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Speaker 1: Everybody. Chris Harry with you on a week one edition

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Speaker 1: of Chargers Weekly. We've got a great episode ahead for you.

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Speaker 1: A bit later, radio analyst Daniel Jeremiah will give you

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Speaker 1: his keys to victory against the Chiefs. We'll also get

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Speaker 1: the opposing view from Chief Speat reporter Brooke Prior of

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Speaker 1: the Kansas City Star. NFL Networks Dan Helly will close

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Speaker 1: this show with some NFL Pick Them. But first CBS

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Speaker 1: Sports is Evan Washburn gets you ready for Sunday's AFC

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Speaker 1: West showdown against the Chiefs. All right, my first guest,

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Speaker 1: We'll be roaming the sidelines on Sunday for Chiefs Chargers

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Speaker 1: on CBS with Ian Eagle and the Hall of Famer

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Speaker 1: Dan Fouts in the booth. Very pleased to welcome on

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Speaker 1: Evan Washburn to Chargers Weekly. And Evan, we got a

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Speaker 1: beauty NLA to kick off the twenty eighteen regular season.

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Speaker 1: How are you, man? I'm doing well, really excarted for

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Speaker 1: this one. Should be fun. You guys were here a

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Speaker 1: against the Saints. But I want to start. Let's kick

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Speaker 1: things off with that whirlwind training camp tour that you

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Speaker 1: went on for CBS. You got to visit with a

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Speaker 1: lot of teams that a lot of players outside of

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Speaker 1: the Charges of Chiefs. What were your main takeaways for

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Speaker 1: the last month. It's be honest with you, it was

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Speaker 1: a whirlwind. That's an appropriate word, and it does become

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Speaker 1: I've done it is that you don't want to have

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Speaker 1: just there for twenty four hours, sometimes less than that,

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Speaker 1: and you can appreciate this is a guy who's embedded

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Speaker 1: usually trust the opinion of people like yourself that are

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Speaker 1: I'm not ready to bet against them because of what

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Speaker 1: they've shown in past years and a lot of the

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Speaker 1: same important players are still there, but they just don't

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Speaker 1: the AFC games, no doubt, And to your point, the

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Speaker 1: of your stops was Chiefs Training Camp, Evan, what did

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Speaker 1: And Brooke, First, thanks so much for joining us. We

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Speaker 1: a little bit more conservative, just to get him kind

433
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Speaker 1: of worked in it to the flow of the game.

434
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Speaker 1: But you know, knowing Patrick and knowing how much he

435
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Speaker 1: just really relishes throwing those insane passes, I'm sure that

436
00:22:00,200 --> 00:22:02,159
Speaker 1: there's going to be one or two of those also,

437
00:22:02,640 --> 00:22:05,600
Speaker 1: maybe more in this opener. Well, you mentioned this offense,

438
00:22:05,640 --> 00:22:09,640
Speaker 1: and I think what makes it so dangerous is it's balance. Right,

439
00:22:09,680 --> 00:22:11,560
Speaker 1: you have Kareem Hunt in the backfield, you have Spencer

440
00:22:11,600 --> 00:22:15,440
Speaker 1: were behind him. Now you mentioned Watkins. Obviously, Tyreek Hill,

441
00:22:16,080 --> 00:22:21,200
Speaker 1: his speed scares anybody. Travis Kelsey has mahomes gravitated towards

442
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Speaker 1: anyone in particular. I mean we've seen that Tyreek Hill

443
00:22:24,640 --> 00:22:28,720
Speaker 1: bomb on loop seemingly all preseason, but has he gravitated

444
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Speaker 1: towards a specific player during training camp? You know, to me,

445
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Speaker 1: it really seems like it's a toss up between Tyre

446
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Speaker 1: Kill and Travis Kelsey. Tyreek, you know, he's a young

447
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Speaker 1: guy like Tyreek. They you know, Tyreek is kind of

448
00:22:42,160 --> 00:22:44,840
Speaker 1: a trash talker. Obviously, he really likes to say that

449
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Speaker 1: Patrick you know, will never overthrow him, and that every

450
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Speaker 1: throws an underthrow and you know, they just have this

451
00:22:50,440 --> 00:22:52,520
Speaker 1: really good rapport back and forth kind of thing. But

452
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Speaker 1: then I think he also really gravitates to Travis Kelsey

453
00:22:55,359 --> 00:22:56,880
Speaker 1: is the guy that's been here for a long time,

454
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Speaker 1: understands Andy Reid system. And Kelsey's also really making an

455
00:23:00,760 --> 00:23:04,439
Speaker 1: effort to understand the quarterback and understand what's going on

456
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Speaker 1: in Patrick mahomes mind. And he talks about that a

457
00:23:06,920 --> 00:23:09,960
Speaker 1: couple of weeks ago, you know, whether it's talking after

458
00:23:10,040 --> 00:23:12,119
Speaker 1: play as something doesn't go right. Hey man, I was

459
00:23:12,160 --> 00:23:14,399
Speaker 1: thinking of doing this. You look like you were doing this.

460
00:23:14,680 --> 00:23:16,080
Speaker 1: What do I need to do to be on that

461
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Speaker 1: same page? And it seems like that connections really paying dividends.

462
00:23:20,359 --> 00:23:22,600
Speaker 1: I mean, there was a pass in the I think

463
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Speaker 1: it was the third No, it was the Falcons game

464
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Speaker 1: where the week before they tried kind of the same

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Speaker 1: thing passes as Kelsey's cutting, you know, to run out

466
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Speaker 1: to the sideline, and first game, Mahomes overthrew him. Second game,

467
00:23:35,560 --> 00:23:38,959
Speaker 1: he threw the ball before Kelsey even made his break,

468
00:23:39,080 --> 00:23:41,320
Speaker 1: and it was so perfectly time that all he had

469
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Speaker 1: to do was turn over his shoulder and catch it

470
00:23:43,359 --> 00:23:45,240
Speaker 1: right before he ran out of bound to be short

471
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Speaker 1: kind of intermediate throw there, and that's where you can

472
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Speaker 1: see that development that's going on between those two guys

473
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Speaker 1: that you know it's the work in progress, but they're

474
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Speaker 1: both kind of putting in that effort to get on

475
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Speaker 1: the same page. And I think that that's where you're

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Speaker 1: going to see the chemistry between Kelsey and Mahomes and

477
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Speaker 1: then Hill and Mahomes. You know, Brooke at this time

478
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Speaker 1: last year, I remember that the Chiefs went to New

479
00:24:07,440 --> 00:24:11,160
Speaker 1: England shocked the Patriots Week one in Foxborough. And Andy

480
00:24:11,280 --> 00:24:14,280
Speaker 1: Reid throughout his career, whether with the Eagles or the Chiefs,

481
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Speaker 1: he's always been a master game planner, especially with ample

482
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Speaker 1: time to prepare. How do you think he tries to

483
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Speaker 1: attack this Chargers defense knowing that his quarterback is different

484
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Speaker 1: this time, and you got bookend pass rushers and Joey

485
00:24:26,520 --> 00:24:30,320
Speaker 1: Bosa and Melvin Ingram, guys like Casey Hayward, Trevor Williams

486
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Speaker 1: in that secondary. I think it's gonna be a great

487
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Speaker 1: chess match between Gus Bradley and Andy Reid and Eric

488
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Speaker 1: b Enemy. Yeah, I think so too. I mean, I

489
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Speaker 1: think that they've definitely put a big emphasis on shoring

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Speaker 1: up the offensive line. Looking at that pass rush and

491
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Speaker 1: what could be coming at Mahomes, because that was a

492
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Speaker 1: huge issue in the first preseason game. I mean, Mahomes

493
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Speaker 1: got I think he got hit the first play of

494
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Speaker 1: the game and then at least two or three more times,

495
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Speaker 1: and he was just in there for a couple of series.

496
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Speaker 1: So once that was kind of you know, on display,

497
00:24:59,520 --> 00:25:02,480
Speaker 1: they've made to move, say just release their unofficial depth

498
00:25:02,560 --> 00:25:05,399
Speaker 1: chart looking at it, and moved Andrew Wiley, who was

499
00:25:05,440 --> 00:25:09,280
Speaker 1: a backup right guard for Laurent Duvernehardif when he was

500
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Speaker 1: out with a concussion. They put Wiley now and it's

501
00:25:13,040 --> 00:25:15,680
Speaker 1: starting left guard over Cam Irving. So I think that

502
00:25:15,680 --> 00:25:17,560
Speaker 1: that you can see that they're really trying to make

503
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Speaker 1: sure that Mahomes is protected. I think that you're going

504
00:25:21,040 --> 00:25:25,399
Speaker 1: to see, you know, the race between Hill and some

505
00:25:25,440 --> 00:25:27,359
Speaker 1: of those guys in the secondary is going to be

506
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Speaker 1: really something to watch. I know that the Falcons, by

507
00:25:31,119 --> 00:25:35,240
Speaker 1: the time I think that touchdown happened, the Falcon secondary

508
00:25:35,240 --> 00:25:37,480
Speaker 1: that was on the field are not the starters, and

509
00:25:37,560 --> 00:25:40,040
Speaker 1: they were, you know, way far behind he was breaking

510
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Speaker 1: in the end zone. So you're gonna you know, I'm

511
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Speaker 1: most interested to see how the Chargers kind of account

512
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Speaker 1: for that speed, because you know, most guys in the

513
00:25:47,359 --> 00:25:50,200
Speaker 1: secondary aren't going to chase a wide receiver that far

514
00:25:50,240 --> 00:25:52,320
Speaker 1: down the field knowing there's no way the ball actually

515
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Speaker 1: gets to him, And in this situation, the ball can

516
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Speaker 1: get there, So I think that, I mean, you're right.

517
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Speaker 1: The chess match between these two teams, knowing the pieces

518
00:26:00,800 --> 00:26:03,040
Speaker 1: that they each have, is going to be really exciting

519
00:26:03,040 --> 00:26:05,320
Speaker 1: to watch. Yeah, I think it's gonna be fascinating, especially

520
00:26:05,359 --> 00:26:09,160
Speaker 1: with Durwin James Chargers rookie safety, whether they play him

521
00:26:09,160 --> 00:26:11,600
Speaker 1: as strong or free I think matching up against Travis

522
00:26:11,640 --> 00:26:14,720
Speaker 1: Kelcey or just being responsible as the free safety. I

523
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Speaker 1: think there's so many things to look out for on Sunday, Broke,

524
00:26:17,760 --> 00:26:20,240
Speaker 1: I want to shift gears to the Chiefs defense because

525
00:26:20,320 --> 00:26:23,600
Speaker 1: it looks markedly different from last year, most notably, Marcus

526
00:26:23,640 --> 00:26:26,639
Speaker 1: Peters no longer in that secondary. You're bringing Kendall Fuller,

527
00:26:27,000 --> 00:26:31,560
Speaker 1: who's an exceptional nickel corner. Orlando Scandrick is in the mix,

528
00:26:31,600 --> 00:26:35,480
Speaker 1: Steven Nelson, David Emerson was released as we take this.

529
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Speaker 1: I'm not sure of Eric Barry's status for Sunday, but

530
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Speaker 1: what's your assessment of this Chief's defense based on what

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Speaker 1: you saw during training camp in the preseason. You know,

532
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Speaker 1: it's funny you say that it looks different from last year.

533
00:26:46,359 --> 00:26:49,560
Speaker 1: Will Heckett looks even different than a month ago. That's

534
00:26:49,720 --> 00:26:53,399
Speaker 1: very true. Yeah, I mean it's very fluid. And I

535
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Speaker 1: think that the preseason really that's where most of the

536
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Speaker 1: flaws of this teamwork exposed. David Emerson was working in

537
00:27:00,800 --> 00:27:03,480
Speaker 1: there as a starting corner when some injuries happened and

538
00:27:03,760 --> 00:27:06,159
Speaker 1: Stephen Nelso was out with the concussion, and he was

539
00:27:06,200 --> 00:27:08,879
Speaker 1: just exposed every single time. I mean he was picked on,

540
00:27:09,040 --> 00:27:11,240
Speaker 1: it felt like, you know, two three times in a row,

541
00:27:11,520 --> 00:27:13,440
Speaker 1: and he just wasn't there. He just kept getting beat,

542
00:27:13,480 --> 00:27:15,600
Speaker 1: couldn't make the tackle. They have the same issue at

543
00:27:15,600 --> 00:27:18,119
Speaker 1: safety as Leon McClay, who looked like he was a

544
00:27:18,119 --> 00:27:19,480
Speaker 1: lock to make the team, and then they make some

545
00:27:19,640 --> 00:27:21,800
Speaker 1: last minute roster move and now all of a sudden,

546
00:27:21,800 --> 00:27:23,960
Speaker 1: they've brought in Ron Parker, who was with him all

547
00:27:24,040 --> 00:27:27,639
Speaker 1: last year, released him, you know, to avoid paying him.

548
00:27:27,640 --> 00:27:30,000
Speaker 1: I think it was five million. He signs with Atlanta,

549
00:27:30,080 --> 00:27:31,800
Speaker 1: doesn't make the team there, and now he's coming back

550
00:27:31,800 --> 00:27:33,880
Speaker 1: and he's already listened as a starter for a week one,

551
00:27:35,240 --> 00:27:38,160
Speaker 1: and so I think that that Brett Veach, general manager,

552
00:27:38,200 --> 00:27:41,560
Speaker 1: has really tried to address this problem and they've kind

553
00:27:41,560 --> 00:27:43,879
Speaker 1: of filled their secondary with a lot of young guys.

554
00:27:44,760 --> 00:27:47,960
Speaker 1: Tremont Smith's sixth round draft pick this year, had a

555
00:27:48,000 --> 00:27:50,879
Speaker 1: really good camp as primarily as a returner, but he

556
00:27:51,200 --> 00:27:53,359
Speaker 1: played a lot at corner in the last couple of

557
00:27:53,400 --> 00:27:56,240
Speaker 1: preseason games and really looked like he was starting to

558
00:27:56,280 --> 00:28:00,280
Speaker 1: get the hang of it. Same thing with Armandi Watt's safety.

559
00:28:00,560 --> 00:28:03,679
Speaker 1: He got thrown into the starting mix week one and

560
00:28:03,880 --> 00:28:06,919
Speaker 1: looked kind of lost out there, but he's started to

561
00:28:06,960 --> 00:28:09,359
Speaker 1: figure it out a little bit better. And so I

562
00:28:09,480 --> 00:28:13,520
Speaker 1: think that this Chief's defense has really, you know, become

563
00:28:13,680 --> 00:28:17,800
Speaker 1: a really young unit because they want guys that they

564
00:28:17,800 --> 00:28:19,800
Speaker 1: can develop. But I also think that that means that

565
00:28:19,840 --> 00:28:22,359
Speaker 1: the first couple of weeks are going to be kind

566
00:28:22,400 --> 00:28:24,879
Speaker 1: of bumpy, almost in a way that you know, Patrick

567
00:28:24,960 --> 00:28:27,240
Speaker 1: Mahomes has a huge upside, but the first a little

568
00:28:27,240 --> 00:28:29,119
Speaker 1: bit is gonna be kind of rough if he figures

569
00:28:29,160 --> 00:28:33,160
Speaker 1: it out. Same thing in the secondary, but Kendall Fuller

570
00:28:33,240 --> 00:28:36,400
Speaker 1: being there helps anchor that group. Ron Parker, even though

571
00:28:36,400 --> 00:28:38,680
Speaker 1: he wasn't there during the preseason, I think that he's

572
00:28:38,720 --> 00:28:41,280
Speaker 1: going to help kind of stabilize that situation, and then

573
00:28:41,400 --> 00:28:44,960
Speaker 1: Eric Barry's status is really kind of puzzling at this point.

574
00:28:45,400 --> 00:28:47,000
Speaker 1: You know, he's dealt with a lot of injuries and

575
00:28:47,040 --> 00:28:49,520
Speaker 1: a lot of issues in the past, and this heel

576
00:28:49,520 --> 00:28:51,400
Speaker 1: sourness kind of felt like it came out of nowhere

577
00:28:51,480 --> 00:28:54,440
Speaker 1: in the middle of camp and one day he was there,

578
00:28:54,480 --> 00:28:56,400
Speaker 1: the next day he was out with heelsortness, and then

579
00:28:56,600 --> 00:28:59,280
Speaker 1: he didn't see him again unless he was on the

580
00:28:59,280 --> 00:29:03,160
Speaker 1: sideline of the season game. And the kind of the

581
00:29:03,240 --> 00:29:05,120
Speaker 1: thought was all along and Andy reads him to be

582
00:29:05,120 --> 00:29:07,600
Speaker 1: really positive all along. You know, they like where he's at.

583
00:29:07,640 --> 00:29:09,959
Speaker 1: They just don't want him to backslide, you know, they

584
00:29:10,000 --> 00:29:12,000
Speaker 1: feel comfortable that he's going to be ready. And then

585
00:29:12,560 --> 00:29:14,640
Speaker 1: I asked, you know, first thing out of the gate yesterday,

586
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Speaker 1: would he be ready this week, thinking that it was

587
00:29:16,720 --> 00:29:18,600
Speaker 1: going to be yes, of course, you know that's why

588
00:29:18,640 --> 00:29:21,600
Speaker 1: we've been resting him. And the answer was, we'll see.

589
00:29:21,760 --> 00:29:24,360
Speaker 1: He's day to day, We'll see how it goes. And

590
00:29:24,440 --> 00:29:27,320
Speaker 1: that I think is now really a cause for concern.

591
00:29:27,920 --> 00:29:32,600
Speaker 1: Very interesting, and with those corners, Kendall Fuller one of

592
00:29:32,600 --> 00:29:35,400
Speaker 1: the best nickel corners last year, Brook is he gonna

593
00:29:35,400 --> 00:29:37,480
Speaker 1: play outside or is he gonna play in the nickel?

594
00:29:37,560 --> 00:29:41,360
Speaker 1: I mean, I know that his strong suit is playing inside,

595
00:29:41,640 --> 00:29:43,440
Speaker 1: but it seems like the Chiefs are going to roll

596
00:29:43,520 --> 00:29:45,520
Speaker 1: him out is at number one corner? Yeah, I mean,

597
00:29:45,560 --> 00:29:47,760
Speaker 1: I think that they've tried to really groom him to

598
00:29:47,760 --> 00:29:50,960
Speaker 1: be able to play both positions, and they've kind of

599
00:29:51,000 --> 00:29:54,320
Speaker 1: had this mix of Nelson, Fuller and scan Drick that

600
00:29:54,400 --> 00:29:56,320
Speaker 1: seemed like all three of them can kind of rotate

601
00:29:56,360 --> 00:29:59,600
Speaker 1: inside and outside, and with that it's just kind of

602
00:29:59,600 --> 00:30:02,320
Speaker 1: a fluid position. So I would expect to see him

603
00:30:02,360 --> 00:30:04,760
Speaker 1: at both. It sounds like most of the time they're

604
00:30:04,760 --> 00:30:06,840
Speaker 1: going to try to have three corners on the field anyway,

605
00:30:07,720 --> 00:30:10,600
Speaker 1: So I think that they're going to put him, you know,

606
00:30:10,680 --> 00:30:13,640
Speaker 1: I would think mostly an inside when they can, but

607
00:30:13,760 --> 00:30:15,880
Speaker 1: knowing the issues of that positions had, they may have

608
00:30:15,960 --> 00:30:18,560
Speaker 1: to use in that outside more than than they were

609
00:30:18,600 --> 00:30:21,239
Speaker 1: planning on Brook. We knew all the household names on

610
00:30:21,280 --> 00:30:24,280
Speaker 1: the Chiefs offense and defense, but if you could give

611
00:30:24,320 --> 00:30:27,400
Speaker 1: me a player either on offense or defense that fans

612
00:30:27,440 --> 00:30:29,640
Speaker 1: may not know about, that we should have eyes on

613
00:30:29,680 --> 00:30:32,960
Speaker 1: this Sunday. You know, I think that someone that I there,

614
00:30:33,040 --> 00:30:34,920
Speaker 1: there's two guys I'll get I'll give you an offense

615
00:30:34,960 --> 00:30:39,560
Speaker 1: to the defense offense. I'd look at Damian Williams running back.

616
00:30:39,880 --> 00:30:41,840
Speaker 1: He played college at Ou and then went to the

617
00:30:41,880 --> 00:30:44,760
Speaker 1: Dolphins and was okay there. He never really had a

618
00:30:44,760 --> 00:30:46,760
Speaker 1: breakout season by any means. I mean, I don't think

619
00:30:46,760 --> 00:30:50,120
Speaker 1: he was ever a household name in Miami. But he

620
00:30:50,160 --> 00:30:53,640
Speaker 1: comes to the Chiefs kind of as an insurance running back,

621
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Speaker 1: knowing that Spencer Wear's injury is, you know, kind of iffy.

622
00:30:57,040 --> 00:30:58,920
Speaker 1: A lot of guys don't come back from a catastrophe

623
00:30:58,920 --> 00:31:01,960
Speaker 1: of knee injury like that, and Damian Williams seemed to

624
00:31:01,960 --> 00:31:04,920
Speaker 1: come right in and really fit with this team and

625
00:31:04,960 --> 00:31:09,320
Speaker 1: with Eric the enemy. He can catch passes, he can block,

626
00:31:09,480 --> 00:31:11,200
Speaker 1: He's been able to kind of do a little bit

627
00:31:11,240 --> 00:31:14,680
Speaker 1: of everything and has shown his strength and just tremendous ways.

628
00:31:14,720 --> 00:31:16,920
Speaker 1: I mean, I saw him knock over a coach during

629
00:31:16,920 --> 00:31:19,640
Speaker 1: a drill during a blocking drill, just bowled him over backward,

630
00:31:20,000 --> 00:31:22,120
Speaker 1: and I don't think that was what he was supposed

631
00:31:22,120 --> 00:31:25,480
Speaker 1: to do, you know, but I think that he's gonna

632
00:31:25,520 --> 00:31:28,600
Speaker 1: be a guy that, you know, if Spencerware isn't able

633
00:31:28,680 --> 00:31:30,280
Speaker 1: to go one hundred percent, you're going to see a

634
00:31:30,280 --> 00:31:32,800
Speaker 1: lot more of him on the field, and especially with

635
00:31:32,880 --> 00:31:35,200
Speaker 1: Chark Hendrick West being cut, you know, they need kind

636
00:31:35,240 --> 00:31:37,240
Speaker 1: of that third down back and I think that could

637
00:31:37,320 --> 00:31:40,600
Speaker 1: end up being Damian Williams. And then on the other

638
00:31:40,600 --> 00:31:42,520
Speaker 1: side of the ball, a really good field. Good story

639
00:31:42,720 --> 00:31:47,800
Speaker 1: is Ben Nieman, undrafted rookie free agent from Iowa comes in.

640
00:31:47,880 --> 00:31:49,480
Speaker 1: You know, those guys are always a long shot to

641
00:31:49,520 --> 00:31:52,400
Speaker 1: make the team, and he had a really great camp

642
00:31:52,400 --> 00:31:55,760
Speaker 1: at linebacker, had good preseason games how to pick six

643
00:31:55,840 --> 00:31:58,760
Speaker 1: in one and he found out this weekend that he

644
00:31:58,800 --> 00:32:00,920
Speaker 1: made the team. And I think that you know, I

645
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Speaker 1: don't know how much of an impact he's going to

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Speaker 1: have right away backing up Reggie Raglan, but hitching both

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Speaker 1: Anthony Hitchins and Reggie Raglin missed a huge part of

648
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Speaker 1: training camp in preseason with some injuries that they've been

649
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Speaker 1: Nieman the opportunity to play. You know, who knows how

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Speaker 1: they do on Saturday. But I think if they're rotating

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Speaker 1: those guys in, Beneatman has the potential to be a playmaker,

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Speaker 1: and now that he's made the fifty three man roster,

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Speaker 1: I'm I'm really excited to see what he does in

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Speaker 1: this next phase of his playing career, Brooke, last thing

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Speaker 1: for you, what's going to decide Sunday's game? Playing and simple,

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Speaker 1: This is a big time matchup in Week one, really

657
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Speaker 1: a chance to set the tone for the AFC West.

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Speaker 1: You know, I think it's going to end up being

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Speaker 1: the run game. I know that that's an area where

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Speaker 1: the Chiefs have had success in the last couple of

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Speaker 1: years against the Chargers, certainly last year, and with Kareem

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Speaker 1: Hints coming back after just an incredible rookie season, you know,

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Speaker 1: he's been kind of limited throughout the preseason and we

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Speaker 1: haven't seen a lot of what he can do. So

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Speaker 1: I think that this game is really going to set

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Speaker 1: the tone for the kind of of sophomore year he's

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Speaker 1: going to have this kind of you know, can he

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Speaker 1: follow up and have another monster season the way he

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Speaker 1: did in this rookie year or is he going to

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Speaker 1: regress a little bit now that teams know what he

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Speaker 1: can do? And I think that this game and seeing

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Speaker 1: how the Chargers deal with that will be really telling

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Speaker 1: for how you know the rest of the season could go.

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Speaker 1: Brooke prior Kansas City Star Brooke, fantastic stuff. We can't

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Speaker 1: wait to see you on Sunday. Welcome to the Chiefs

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Speaker 1: But let's not bury the lead man. We got a

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Speaker 1: regular season debut for you. I think it's a little

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Speaker 1: bit lower on the on the priority list priority A

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Speaker 1: man be excited. Man, Well, I'll tell you what if

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Speaker 1: if this eight game losing streak were to end. You know,

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Speaker 1: I'm not gonna say I'm gonna take all the credit.

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Speaker 1: Maybe eighty eight tops. Yeah, well, before we get into

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Speaker 1: the listen, there are a ton of storylines in this game.

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Speaker 1: Before we get into week one, let's rewind to the preseason.

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Speaker 1: You and Money called for these games. What cuts your

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Speaker 1: eye with some of these players. Well, one thing I

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Speaker 1: always look in the preseason just to see who are

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Speaker 1: the fast teams. You know, get a chance see this

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00:34:45,320 --> 00:34:47,400
Speaker 1: Charger team up close and personal for four weeks. I

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00:34:47,440 --> 00:34:49,719
Speaker 1: think the team's speed, especially on the defensive side of

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Speaker 1: the ball, kind of jumps out at you. With some

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Speaker 1: of the new additions that they've made through the off season.

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Speaker 1: So that was one thing that stood out to me.

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Speaker 1: The depth at certain positions. You know, you look at

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Speaker 1: the cornerback depth, you look at the wide receiver depth.

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Speaker 1: They've done a nice job of building that up, and

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Speaker 1: even the linebacker. It is a good looking group. You

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Speaker 1: know that maybe it was a little bit of a

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Speaker 1: concern a couple of years ago due to injuries, but

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Speaker 1: now I think you're seeing some young depth and I'm

714
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Speaker 1: just a lot more athletic on the defensive side of

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Speaker 1: the ball. Yeah, those defensive rookies. I talk to Money

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Speaker 1: about Kaiser, Chenna and Durwin before the fourth preseason game

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Speaker 1: and then that first defensive series. You know it was

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Speaker 1: it was Durwin with the tackle, it was Kaiser with

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Speaker 1: the tackle, you Chenna with the sack. You got to

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Speaker 1: be impressed with which you saw from those guys. I

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Speaker 1: think they seem to pick things up quickly. Yeah. Look

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Speaker 1: they're getting on the field, and it's gonna be fun

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Speaker 1: to see the roles grow. I mean, I think Durwin's

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Speaker 1: gonna chance obviously be on the field right away, and

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Speaker 1: I think the roles of Uchenna and with Kaiser are

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Speaker 1: just gonna grow as a season goes along. So I'm

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Speaker 1: anxious to see how quick they grow and evolve in

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Speaker 1: this offense. And they give you flexibility. That's the thing

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Speaker 1: when you have guys like that, They're versatile, they're multiple.

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Speaker 1: When you're a defensive coordinator like us, Bradley gives you

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Speaker 1: a lot of options. Yeah. Offensively, what would you see

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Speaker 1: from those guys in the preseason? Well, I thought the

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Speaker 1: offensive line got better and and you to improve from

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Speaker 1: from game one all the way through. In that third

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Speaker 1: preseason game, I think kind of culminating in that one,

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Speaker 1: you know, move people with the line of scrimmage, get

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Speaker 1: the running game cranked up as we all know, I mean,

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Speaker 1: taking some of that pressure off Phillips huge. So to

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Speaker 1: get that offensive line in sync working together, that was

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Speaker 1: great to see there on the offensive side of the ball.

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Speaker 1: And you can't you can't deny that Mike Williams, with

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Speaker 1: all the expectations coming into year two, he's had a

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Speaker 1: phenomenal camp and it started from the first day of

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Speaker 1: training camp. He made some plays and you can see

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Speaker 1: the confidence just grow practice after practice, game after game. DG.

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Speaker 1: You've been in front offices. How different is week one

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Speaker 1: versus middle of the year because there's a lot of unpredictability.

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Speaker 1: I think in September. These guys don't practice as much

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Speaker 1: in the off season as they used to. They're done

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Speaker 1: pads as much. What do you get out of week one?

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Speaker 1: I always caution people just don't make any sweeping conclusions

752
00:36:51,320 --> 00:36:53,680
Speaker 1: after the first week of season, whether good or bad

753
00:36:54,160 --> 00:36:57,760
Speaker 1: things are gonna teams are gonna grow, the lack of contact,

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00:36:57,840 --> 00:37:00,080
Speaker 1: lack of tackling, usually you're gonna see some slop. He

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Speaker 1: played early on in the season, and to me, you

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Speaker 1: get to the quarter term, Why don't you get to

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00:37:04,160 --> 00:37:06,440
Speaker 1: those first four games? Now? Okay, we start to get

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Speaker 1: a sense of what this team looks like. But I

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Speaker 1: trust me, I've seen teams come out there like like

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Speaker 1: a ball at butcher Knives the first week, and then

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00:37:13,600 --> 00:37:17,120
Speaker 1: things drastically change as the season goes along. So let's see.

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Speaker 1: Let you know, this is a big one because it's

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Speaker 1: a division game, those mean a little bit more. And

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Speaker 1: especially with the recent history and this and this battle

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00:37:24,400 --> 00:37:26,719
Speaker 1: between the Chiefs and the Chargers has been pretty lopsided.

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Speaker 1: So I think it's a chance for the Chargers to

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Speaker 1: make a statement. One of the things I had Philip

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Speaker 1: Rivers on our Backstage podcast this week and he cautioned that, hey, listen,

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Speaker 1: we've lost eighth straight, but there was a time where

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Speaker 1: it was flipped. You know, Philip, even with those losses,

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Speaker 1: he's thirteen to twelve against the Chiefs, so he has

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Speaker 1: visualized he has done this before. This is a new

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Speaker 1: look Chiefs team in a way, starting with under center

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Speaker 1: Petrick Mahomes. Yeah, they made major changes. You know. To me,

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Speaker 1: Andy Reid, what he did is he traded away efficiency

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Speaker 1: for explosiveness. You know, yeah, the efficiency of Alex Smith,

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Speaker 1: gonna make right decisions, going to take care of the football.

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00:37:59,719 --> 00:38:01,960
Speaker 1: He was a little bit more aggressive downfield last year,

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Speaker 1: but historically with Alex it's been about protecting the football,

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Speaker 1: not taking sacks, not turning the ball over, and with

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Speaker 1: that you maybe sacrifice some aggressiveness, and I think Andy

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00:38:11,440 --> 00:38:12,920
Speaker 1: wanted a little bit more of that in order to

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Speaker 1: reach the ultimate prize. You know, twelve wins seasons are nice,

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00:38:16,280 --> 00:38:18,640
Speaker 1: but he wants to win a championship and he felt

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Speaker 1: that Patrick Mahomes would give a better chance to do that.

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Speaker 1: But with that, you're gonna see some explosive plays, You're

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Speaker 1: gonna see more turnovers. He's a little less cautious than Alex.

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Speaker 1: So that's a big change for them on the offensive

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Speaker 1: side of the ball. And then defensively, I mean, you

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Speaker 1: lose probably the best ball hawking corner in the NFL.

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Speaker 1: They move on from Marcus Peters. He goes out to

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Speaker 1: the Rams, but there's going to be an adjustment period

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Speaker 1: for them on that side. And one thing they do

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00:38:42,160 --> 00:38:45,359
Speaker 1: a good job of is mixing looks up, mixing coverages up.

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Speaker 1: It'd be a little bit more aggressive in the front

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Speaker 1: as well. So there are definitely some changes on both

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Speaker 1: sides of the ball. It defensively, the quarterback room. Philip,

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Speaker 1: I believe had ten interceptions last year. I think it's not. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: six of them against the chief Against the Chiefs or

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00:39:00,120 --> 00:39:01,799
Speaker 1: expeuters was a big problem too. He was a big

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Speaker 1: part of that. But you look at that secondary Now,

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Speaker 1: Eric Berry's coming back as we tape this, we're still

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Speaker 1: insure of his status for Sunday. But you got Steven Nelson,

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Speaker 1: you got a Orlando Scandik who just got there. They

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Speaker 1: cut David Amerson, you got Kendall Fuller who's a great

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Speaker 1: slot corner. They're probably gonna play him outside a little

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00:39:17,360 --> 00:39:20,040
Speaker 1: bit as well. It looks to be a very nice

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00:39:20,120 --> 00:39:22,799
Speaker 1: favorable matchup for the charge of receivers. Yeah, it does

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Speaker 1: when you just look at the wide receiver corner matchup. Now,

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Speaker 1: when you go back and break down those two games

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Speaker 1: last year though, and I'm sure Philip be the first

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Speaker 1: one to tell you he just got to be more patient.

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00:39:30,760 --> 00:39:32,799
Speaker 1: You know, of those six interceptions, I believe all of

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00:39:32,800 --> 00:39:35,680
Speaker 1: them were down the field, kind of forcing the ball vertical.

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Speaker 1: You watch those games, the Chiefs, they'll mix in three,

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Speaker 1: the Russian three and dropping eight and they're gonna try

817
00:39:40,480 --> 00:39:41,759
Speaker 1: and they're trying to bait you into trying to be

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00:39:41,760 --> 00:39:44,719
Speaker 1: a little bit too aggressive. So patience for Philip, and

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Speaker 1: this one is huge. Just take the layups, take what's there,

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Speaker 1: keep the chains moving, stay on schedule. And I also

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Speaker 1: think some of those are fifty fifty balls. You know,

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Speaker 1: you're throwing a fifty fifty ball to Travis Benjamin and

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Speaker 1: you're throwing one a Tyrolle Williams, both really good receivers.

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Speaker 1: But now you've got a healthy Mike Williams. If you

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Speaker 1: do want to take some opportunities and some chances on

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Speaker 1: that's what he is, that's his m so to me,

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Speaker 1: that's where if you want to take those chances, those

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Speaker 1: calculated risks. If you're Philip, I think Mike Williams would

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Speaker 1: probably be your guy patients in the passing game, and

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Speaker 1: I think overall, just balance in a running game. And

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Speaker 1: we saw what Mike Palence he was able to do

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Speaker 1: a little bit in the preseason. Those guys seemed to

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Speaker 1: have built up an ice report the last four or

834
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Speaker 1: five months, no question, And I'll tell you who could

835
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Speaker 1: be a key in this game. And Mike's done a

836
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Speaker 1: nice job at center position when especially getting up to

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Speaker 1: that second level. Don't sleep on Virgil Green's impact in

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Speaker 1: the run game being able to set an edge. You

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00:40:34,840 --> 00:40:36,680
Speaker 1: watched the game against Kansas City last year, but he

840
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Speaker 1: was the first contest. Melvin gets the corner and gets

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Speaker 1: a touchdown. Hunter Henry had a nice block there on

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Speaker 1: the edge. They were able to kind of to set

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Speaker 1: that edge and steal the corner. That's something Virgil Green's

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Speaker 1: done an outstanding job throughout his career, and we've seen

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Speaker 1: him do it in the preseason as well. So Virgil

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Speaker 1: Green the tight ends and the run game, getting an edge,

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Speaker 1: I think that'll be a big key to this game. Defensively,

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Speaker 1: Patrick Monos, we mentioned him second career unfl start. He

849
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Speaker 1: doi a rattling guy like that. You have the pass rush,

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00:41:01,560 --> 00:41:05,160
Speaker 1: of course, you have a pretty experienced secondary. What's the

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00:41:05,239 --> 00:41:08,640
Speaker 1: key and just getting to Mahomes Well it's cliche and

852
00:41:08,640 --> 00:41:10,560
Speaker 1: you say it all the time, but about these quarterbacks,

853
00:41:10,600 --> 00:41:12,640
Speaker 1: but you've got to get him off the spot though,

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Speaker 1: not let him get comfortable. One thing Andy Reid is

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00:41:15,680 --> 00:41:17,800
Speaker 1: excellent with having been around him at a time with

856
00:41:17,840 --> 00:41:19,879
Speaker 1: the Eagles. The screen game. I mean, you're gonna see

857
00:41:19,880 --> 00:41:21,520
Speaker 1: a bunch of you're gonna see bunch of formations, You're

858
00:41:21,520 --> 00:41:23,239
Speaker 1: gonna see a bunch of quick hitters try and get

859
00:41:23,280 --> 00:41:25,719
Speaker 1: Mahomes into a rhythm early. You've got a guy like

860
00:41:25,760 --> 00:41:27,439
Speaker 1: Tyreek Hill where you can just flip him the ball

861
00:41:27,440 --> 00:41:30,160
Speaker 1: and he's dangerous, So you'll see some of those. And

862
00:41:30,200 --> 00:41:32,719
Speaker 1: then Mahomes has got the athleticism to be able to

863
00:41:32,719 --> 00:41:35,440
Speaker 1: create and make some things happen. But I'll take my

864
00:41:35,520 --> 00:41:37,400
Speaker 1: chances with that. If you can move him off the

865
00:41:37,440 --> 00:41:40,080
Speaker 1: spot and get him playing kind of helter skelter, Mahomes

866
00:41:40,120 --> 00:41:42,319
Speaker 1: will make a player two here or there. But he's

867
00:41:42,360 --> 00:41:43,799
Speaker 1: also I think he'll get a chance to get the

868
00:41:43,800 --> 00:41:46,279
Speaker 1: football from him, So not letting him get comfortable just

869
00:41:46,280 --> 00:41:48,800
Speaker 1: setting up in the same spot and delivering the football.

870
00:41:48,880 --> 00:41:50,600
Speaker 1: You look at last year too, I think the last

871
00:41:50,600 --> 00:41:52,279
Speaker 1: thing you want to do, especially early in this game.

872
00:41:52,360 --> 00:41:54,240
Speaker 1: He's getting to a track meet with these guys. Because

873
00:41:54,400 --> 00:41:57,040
Speaker 1: the Chargers only scored three offensive touchdowns on the first

874
00:41:57,080 --> 00:41:59,880
Speaker 1: quarter last year. So I think it's imperative that if

875
00:42:00,000 --> 00:42:01,279
Speaker 1: you want to beat this team, you got to get

876
00:42:01,320 --> 00:42:03,040
Speaker 1: up on him and then force Mahomes into doing some

877
00:42:03,040 --> 00:42:04,560
Speaker 1: things he may not want to do. Yeah, keep the

878
00:42:04,560 --> 00:42:06,520
Speaker 1: ball in front of you too, I mean, rally and tackle.

879
00:42:06,600 --> 00:42:08,440
Speaker 1: Keep the ball in front of you, rally and tackle

880
00:42:08,520 --> 00:42:11,120
Speaker 1: the explosive plays, you know, That's what I'm talking about.

881
00:42:11,160 --> 00:42:13,160
Speaker 1: That's when Andy wants That's why he made this change

882
00:42:13,160 --> 00:42:16,439
Speaker 1: at the quarterback position for those explosive plays. Everybody saw

883
00:42:16,480 --> 00:42:18,680
Speaker 1: the highlight throw against Atlanta. You know, with the deep

884
00:42:18,680 --> 00:42:20,840
Speaker 1: ball from Mahomes before the half. He can throw the

885
00:42:20,840 --> 00:42:23,400
Speaker 1: ball over the moon if he wants to, sure, but

886
00:42:23,520 --> 00:42:26,080
Speaker 1: if you can force them to kind of eat the

887
00:42:26,200 --> 00:42:28,000
Speaker 1: eat the sandwich a bite at a time instead of

888
00:42:28,040 --> 00:42:29,880
Speaker 1: let him get it all one bite, yep, I like

889
00:42:29,960 --> 00:42:31,880
Speaker 1: your chances. Just just keep the ball in front of

890
00:42:31,920 --> 00:42:33,640
Speaker 1: you and then tackle. That's one of the things you

891
00:42:33,640 --> 00:42:36,280
Speaker 1: see all these highlights of Tyreek Hill running by people.

892
00:42:36,440 --> 00:42:38,280
Speaker 1: He's also a difficult guy to get on the ground

893
00:42:38,320 --> 00:42:39,759
Speaker 1: and that could be the said for the tight end

894
00:42:39,800 --> 00:42:41,719
Speaker 1: as well with Kelsey. So keep them in front of

895
00:42:41,760 --> 00:42:44,239
Speaker 1: you and then tackling will be huge. And that's where

896
00:42:44,280 --> 00:42:48,160
Speaker 1: you know Derwin James first NFL opportunity here in real action. Yeah,

897
00:42:48,160 --> 00:42:50,480
Speaker 1: that's gonna be a big challenge, big, big challenge for him.

898
00:42:50,520 --> 00:42:53,160
Speaker 1: When you look at this offense, this Can's City offense. DJ,

899
00:42:53,800 --> 00:42:57,400
Speaker 1: who's the most dangerous guy? You know, I think Tyreek Hill.

900
00:42:57,440 --> 00:42:59,359
Speaker 1: You could argue the speed you got cream Punk coming

901
00:42:59,400 --> 00:43:00,719
Speaker 1: out of the backfield, be able to catch the ball

902
00:43:00,719 --> 00:43:03,640
Speaker 1: out of the backfield, Travis Kelsey got Sammy Watkins. Who

903
00:43:03,680 --> 00:43:05,640
Speaker 1: do you appoint some skill position wise? You can make

904
00:43:05,680 --> 00:43:07,520
Speaker 1: the case it's the best group in the NFL. Yeah,

905
00:43:07,920 --> 00:43:10,279
Speaker 1: you really can. And so it's just you have to

906
00:43:10,280 --> 00:43:11,799
Speaker 1: decide what you want to try and take away. And

907
00:43:11,840 --> 00:43:14,040
Speaker 1: I come back to me, the most important thing is

908
00:43:14,120 --> 00:43:16,319
Speaker 1: keeping Tyreek Hill in front of you, not giving up

909
00:43:16,360 --> 00:43:19,400
Speaker 1: the big down the field, explosive place from him. And

910
00:43:19,440 --> 00:43:21,520
Speaker 1: then what they do formation wise, they're going to do

911
00:43:21,560 --> 00:43:22,960
Speaker 1: a lot of three by one stuff and they're going

912
00:43:23,040 --> 00:43:25,239
Speaker 1: to isolate Kelsey and it doesn't matter. We saw in

913
00:43:25,280 --> 00:43:27,360
Speaker 1: the preseason. You know true font is one of the

914
00:43:27,400 --> 00:43:30,480
Speaker 1: better young corners in the NFL. Kelsey turns him inside out.

915
00:43:30,480 --> 00:43:33,319
Speaker 1: So he's going to do that against corner safetys, linebackers.

916
00:43:33,680 --> 00:43:36,479
Speaker 1: He's going to be a difficult matchup. So he's gonna

917
00:43:36,520 --> 00:43:38,120
Speaker 1: get his I don't know how you're gonna be able

918
00:43:38,160 --> 00:43:40,120
Speaker 1: to keep him from that. The way they do it

919
00:43:40,160 --> 00:43:43,440
Speaker 1: with formation to get him isolated, he's gonna make some plays.

920
00:43:43,640 --> 00:43:45,400
Speaker 1: I just keep coming back to the fact, hey be

921
00:43:45,400 --> 00:43:47,440
Speaker 1: able to line up the next down and be able

922
00:43:47,480 --> 00:43:50,040
Speaker 1: to keep playing. Do not let that ball sail over

923
00:43:50,080 --> 00:43:52,920
Speaker 1: your head. Finally, you mentioned Virgil Green as a guy

924
00:43:52,920 --> 00:43:54,920
Speaker 1: to watch. Who are what are two other guys that

925
00:43:54,920 --> 00:43:57,360
Speaker 1: you can have eyes on Sunday. I can't wait to

926
00:43:57,360 --> 00:44:00,200
Speaker 1: see how Austin Ekeler is going to be used. He

927
00:44:00,640 --> 00:44:03,640
Speaker 1: has been phenomenal in the preseason. Now, you know, ball

928
00:44:03,680 --> 00:44:05,640
Speaker 1: security is something you got to continue to focus on

929
00:44:05,680 --> 00:44:07,919
Speaker 1: a harp on with some of those issues last year.

930
00:44:07,960 --> 00:44:10,520
Speaker 1: But he's special man with the ball in his hands

931
00:44:10,520 --> 00:44:12,200
Speaker 1: as a runner as well as show when he can

932
00:44:12,239 --> 00:44:14,279
Speaker 1: do out of the backfield catching the football. I think

933
00:44:14,280 --> 00:44:15,840
Speaker 1: he was surprised that he got the ball severed of

934
00:44:15,880 --> 00:44:18,239
Speaker 1: the first eight times that they're I know, and he

935
00:44:18,320 --> 00:44:21,880
Speaker 1: looked phenomenal. So to me, he's one I makes to

936
00:44:21,920 --> 00:44:23,719
Speaker 1: see what the role is. How many touches do they

937
00:44:23,719 --> 00:44:25,080
Speaker 1: get him? How is he going to be used in

938
00:44:25,080 --> 00:44:27,839
Speaker 1: this offense. He's definitely one that I'm keeping an eye

939
00:44:27,880 --> 00:44:29,600
Speaker 1: on there. And then on the defensive side of the ball.

940
00:44:29,960 --> 00:44:32,760
Speaker 1: You know you've got your frontline players, but another player.

941
00:44:32,760 --> 00:44:34,640
Speaker 1: It makes it to see how a guy like Isaac

942
00:44:34,680 --> 00:44:37,040
Speaker 1: Rochelle rolls through the rotation here and what kind of

943
00:44:37,040 --> 00:44:39,200
Speaker 1: snaps he can give you, especially when you get in

944
00:44:39,200 --> 00:44:41,960
Speaker 1: those subsituations to let him rush a little bit. The

945
00:44:42,080 --> 00:44:44,200
Speaker 1: tension is going to be on the two guys coming outside.

946
00:44:44,239 --> 00:44:47,200
Speaker 1: You've got premier, premier players, but he's gonna be able

947
00:44:47,200 --> 00:44:49,439
Speaker 1: to give you some good snaps in there as well. DJ,

948
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Speaker 1: we got a treat week one, your debut in the

949
00:44:52,080 --> 00:44:54,560
Speaker 1: Booth regular season debut, and the boothborg excited to hear him. Man,

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Speaker 1: I can't wait to get the Stubb pub I'm pumped

951
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Speaker 1: for this one. Everybody. All right, We'll get to NFL

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Speaker 1: Dan Helly of NFL Network. Dan, it's like Christmas morning, brother,

961
00:45:30,080 --> 00:45:33,000
Speaker 1: football is back. How are you I'm doing great and

962
00:45:33,200 --> 00:45:38,840
Speaker 1: I am so pumped for football. Listen, I enjoy the preseason.

963
00:45:38,880 --> 00:45:41,520
Speaker 1: I called the preseason games for the Tennessee Titans, but

964
00:45:41,640 --> 00:45:45,120
Speaker 1: I can't wait for real live football starting with the

965
00:45:45,560 --> 00:45:47,719
Speaker 1: Falcons and the Eagles, and then a full slate on

966
00:45:47,840 --> 00:45:50,320
Speaker 1: Sunday and a couple of Monday Niners too, dude, and

967
00:45:50,600 --> 00:45:54,680
Speaker 1: the games are so good this week one slate. We

968
00:45:54,760 --> 00:45:56,960
Speaker 1: see you all over NFL Network. You have you have

969
00:45:57,040 --> 00:45:58,640
Speaker 1: some new things that you're doing too, right with direct

970
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Speaker 1: TV and calling some games here. Yeah, direct TV show

971
00:46:02,200 --> 00:46:06,360
Speaker 1: on Sundays. It's called the Fantasy Zone. It's right next

972
00:46:06,400 --> 00:46:09,040
Speaker 1: to the Red Zone on Direct TV if you're a

973
00:46:09,040 --> 00:46:11,520
Speaker 1: Direct TV watcher, and it's it's a lot like the

974
00:46:11,520 --> 00:46:15,040
Speaker 1: Red Zone, only we have a fantasy spin on it,

975
00:46:15,120 --> 00:46:17,200
Speaker 1: meaning we focus on the players as opposed to the

976
00:46:17,200 --> 00:46:20,640
Speaker 1: teams and who's gonna be helping your fantasy squad. But

977
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Speaker 1: we're hopping around from game to game. And my NFL

978
00:46:23,640 --> 00:46:26,799
Speaker 1: Network sister Kay Adams hosts a show from New York

979
00:46:26,840 --> 00:46:29,399
Speaker 1: with Brian Westbrook and doctor Mark Addos, who's gonna give

980
00:46:29,440 --> 00:46:32,480
Speaker 1: us all the injury updates. John Hansen is there as well.

981
00:46:32,480 --> 00:46:34,640
Speaker 1: The Fantasy guru, we call him and then James co

982
00:46:34,760 --> 00:46:36,879
Speaker 1: and I will be holding down the fort in LA

983
00:46:37,000 --> 00:46:39,279
Speaker 1: that get started on Sunday, and I'm pretty pumped about that.

984
00:46:39,360 --> 00:46:44,040
Speaker 1: And of course NFL Network shows always great, doing a

985
00:46:44,080 --> 00:46:46,879
Speaker 1: Pick Him Show on Friday, a new show that we're

986
00:46:46,880 --> 00:46:51,080
Speaker 1: debuting this year to help everybody make their NFL picks.

987
00:46:51,680 --> 00:46:55,040
Speaker 1: And then the Power Ranking Show with Maurice Jones, Drew

988
00:46:55,040 --> 00:46:59,279
Speaker 1: and Elliott Harrison which airs on Tuesday. Always a lot

989
00:46:59,320 --> 00:47:02,279
Speaker 1: to chew on. Elliott throws his rankings out there every week,

990
00:47:02,440 --> 00:47:04,560
Speaker 1: no doubt. Well, hey, let's do this then, and you

991
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Speaker 1: gotta you gotta pick them show. Let's go through five

992
00:47:07,960 --> 00:47:09,640
Speaker 1: of the biggest games this week, and then we'll get

993
00:47:09,640 --> 00:47:12,440
Speaker 1: into Chiefs charges at the end. And I think the

994
00:47:12,480 --> 00:47:15,239
Speaker 1: biggest one, Correct me if I'm wrong, guy, I think

995
00:47:15,280 --> 00:47:17,600
Speaker 1: forty nine ers at the Vikings. You got a lot

996
00:47:17,600 --> 00:47:20,759
Speaker 1: of intrigue there with Jimmy g versus Kirk Cousins, both

997
00:47:20,800 --> 00:47:23,160
Speaker 1: teams expecting to give us the playoffs. I think Minnesota

998
00:47:23,160 --> 00:47:25,239
Speaker 1: expecting to get to the super Bowl. And then you

999
00:47:25,320 --> 00:47:28,600
Speaker 1: have that wrinkle with Kyle Shanahan and Kirk Cousins, the

1000
00:47:28,600 --> 00:47:31,480
Speaker 1: guy that we thought he ultimately wanted in San Francisco.

1001
00:47:32,280 --> 00:47:35,520
Speaker 1: He is absolutely the guy he wanted in San Francisco

1002
00:47:35,920 --> 00:47:39,160
Speaker 1: from everything that I have heard. And then Jimmy kind

1003
00:47:39,200 --> 00:47:41,879
Speaker 1: of fell in their laps, and um, I think even

1004
00:47:41,880 --> 00:47:44,879
Speaker 1: after they traded for Jimmy Garoppolo, the thought was, Hey,

1005
00:47:44,920 --> 00:47:46,920
Speaker 1: if it doesn't work out, you know, we only we

1006
00:47:46,920 --> 00:47:48,680
Speaker 1: didn't waste the first round draft pick. We could still

1007
00:47:48,719 --> 00:47:50,480
Speaker 1: go get Kirk Cousins and then and then maybe trade

1008
00:47:50,520 --> 00:47:52,680
Speaker 1: Jimmy g But then, you know, Jimmy rips off five

1009
00:47:52,680 --> 00:47:56,960
Speaker 1: straight wins and for a second becomes the highest paid

1010
00:47:57,080 --> 00:48:00,080
Speaker 1: quarterback in football, and uh, and then you have and

1011
00:48:00,120 --> 00:48:02,920
Speaker 1: it's going to Minnesota. It's a super Bowl ready made team.

1012
00:48:03,680 --> 00:48:05,080
Speaker 1: I got a chance to talk to him in the

1013
00:48:05,120 --> 00:48:08,040
Speaker 1: offseason a little bit. I've never seen him so relaxed.

1014
00:48:08,120 --> 00:48:10,640
Speaker 1: You know, it was three tumultuous years as a starter

1015
00:48:11,280 --> 00:48:13,400
Speaker 1: with the Redskins, never knowing if he was going to

1016
00:48:13,440 --> 00:48:16,120
Speaker 1: be back the next season. You know what they say,

1017
00:48:16,200 --> 00:48:17,960
Speaker 1: that guy just wants to be loved. Players just want

1018
00:48:17,960 --> 00:48:19,640
Speaker 1: to be loved. Show me the money, Yeah, and they

1019
00:48:19,640 --> 00:48:22,440
Speaker 1: feel to love. And I think he's comfortable. I love

1020
00:48:22,560 --> 00:48:27,040
Speaker 1: that team and I want to pull the reins back

1021
00:48:27,120 --> 00:48:28,880
Speaker 1: on the forty nine ers just a little bit. A

1022
00:48:28,880 --> 00:48:32,000
Speaker 1: little bit you said is entirely accurate. I think a

1023
00:48:32,000 --> 00:48:33,919
Speaker 1: lot of people are saying that this is a team

1024
00:48:33,960 --> 00:48:36,440
Speaker 1: that can make a playoff push. I think that's a

1025
00:48:36,520 --> 00:48:40,440
Speaker 1: little quick. I love the coaching staff. I think Kyle Shanahan,

1026
00:48:40,480 --> 00:48:44,200
Speaker 1: along with Sean mcveaher to the greatest offensive minds in football.

1027
00:48:44,280 --> 00:48:49,120
Speaker 1: But not having Jered McKinnon hurts a lot, a lot.

1028
00:48:50,080 --> 00:48:54,320
Speaker 1: So I like the Vikings to win this one big.

1029
00:48:54,600 --> 00:48:57,759
Speaker 1: And I think we're gonna just, you know, not put

1030
00:48:57,840 --> 00:49:00,720
Speaker 1: up a full stop sign on San Francisco, just maybe

1031
00:49:01,360 --> 00:49:04,319
Speaker 1: dial it back by you know, ten fifteen miles per hour. Yeah,

1032
00:49:04,360 --> 00:49:06,480
Speaker 1: I agree with you, and it's a shame for McKinnon.

1033
00:49:06,480 --> 00:49:08,879
Speaker 1: This would have been a homecoming for him. And now

1034
00:49:09,040 --> 00:49:11,640
Speaker 1: to your point that that backfield looks like to be

1035
00:49:11,719 --> 00:49:14,520
Speaker 1: led by Alfred Morris, who Kyle knows very well from

1036
00:49:14,520 --> 00:49:17,479
Speaker 1: that twenty twelfth season with the Redskins. But I agree

1037
00:49:17,520 --> 00:49:19,720
Speaker 1: with you. I still think there's some pieces on defense

1038
00:49:19,760 --> 00:49:22,440
Speaker 1: that the Niners need, and they may not be there

1039
00:49:22,440 --> 00:49:24,160
Speaker 1: fully on offense, but they got a heck of a

1040
00:49:24,200 --> 00:49:29,239
Speaker 1: coach in Kyle Shanahan. Dan Pittsburgh at Cleveland we got

1041
00:49:29,360 --> 00:49:31,920
Speaker 1: all right, this is about as many storylines you can get.

1042
00:49:31,920 --> 00:49:35,000
Speaker 1: We get the hard Knox Browns versus a Pittsburgh Steelers

1043
00:49:35,000 --> 00:49:37,759
Speaker 1: team without Levion Bell. It looks like at this point

1044
00:49:37,800 --> 00:49:40,680
Speaker 1: as we taped us, Yeah, I don't think Levion's going

1045
00:49:40,760 --> 00:49:43,480
Speaker 1: to be coming back anytime soon. And I mean that's

1046
00:49:43,560 --> 00:49:45,520
Speaker 1: I think that's a surprise to a lot of people. Obviously,

1047
00:49:45,600 --> 00:49:48,799
Speaker 1: it created quite a stir in Steelers camp where you

1048
00:49:48,800 --> 00:49:50,520
Speaker 1: had a couple of alignement who are coming out and

1049
00:49:51,200 --> 00:49:53,279
Speaker 1: basically saying, we thought he was going to be here

1050
00:49:53,280 --> 00:49:57,359
Speaker 1: and we're disappointed. And you have Levion's agent coming out

1051
00:49:57,400 --> 00:50:01,439
Speaker 1: and basically alluding to the fact that Lebon could miss

1052
00:50:01,480 --> 00:50:06,120
Speaker 1: several games and cost himself a ton of money, but

1053
00:50:06,360 --> 00:50:10,720
Speaker 1: he's he's a businessman and he wants to keep himself

1054
00:50:10,719 --> 00:50:13,759
Speaker 1: healthy for that next big contract. And obviously that that

1055
00:50:13,840 --> 00:50:15,640
Speaker 1: doesn't look like that's going to be in Pittsburgh since

1056
00:50:15,680 --> 00:50:18,680
Speaker 1: he was franchise Tech. Now without Bell, James Connor going

1057
00:50:18,719 --> 00:50:21,200
Speaker 1: to be the Bell Coal for the Steelers. Is that enough?

1058
00:50:21,600 --> 00:50:23,759
Speaker 1: I really can't wait to see Cleveland because this is

1059
00:50:23,760 --> 00:50:27,400
Speaker 1: another team that a lot of people, including MJD who

1060
00:50:27,440 --> 00:50:30,120
Speaker 1: works with me at NFL Network Maurice Jones Drew picked

1061
00:50:30,120 --> 00:50:34,480
Speaker 1: to a nine or ten games now that at Medication

1062
00:50:34,920 --> 00:50:37,520
Speaker 1: he was on. But he really thinks that they are

1063
00:50:37,640 --> 00:50:40,480
Speaker 1: talented enough on both sides the ball to be a

1064
00:50:40,560 --> 00:50:43,000
Speaker 1: legitimate contender for the playoffs. I'm not I don't know

1065
00:50:43,040 --> 00:50:46,279
Speaker 1: that I'm buying into that just yet, but I want

1066
00:50:46,280 --> 00:50:48,960
Speaker 1: to see what Pittsburgh can be with James Connor in

1067
00:50:48,960 --> 00:50:51,600
Speaker 1: the backfield instead of Leveon Bell. I'm a huge believer

1068
00:50:51,719 --> 00:50:53,719
Speaker 1: in Juju Smith Schuster. I think he's gonna have a

1069
00:50:53,760 --> 00:50:56,919
Speaker 1: breakout year almost a thousand yards last year. They still

1070
00:50:56,960 --> 00:50:59,719
Speaker 1: haven't found a way on defense to replace Ryan Shay's year.

1071
00:51:00,080 --> 00:51:03,200
Speaker 1: They have a slew of journeyman linebackers that they have

1072
00:51:03,360 --> 00:51:07,120
Speaker 1: rolled through there to do that. I think the back

1073
00:51:07,200 --> 00:51:12,000
Speaker 1: end of that Steelers defense can be susceptible, and I

1074
00:51:13,000 --> 00:51:15,040
Speaker 1: I like the tools that that Cleveland has. Let's just

1075
00:51:15,120 --> 00:51:17,440
Speaker 1: let's see him put it together now, right. Yeah, we

1076
00:51:17,520 --> 00:51:20,640
Speaker 1: watched hard Knox, we watched the preseason. There was a

1077
00:51:20,680 --> 00:51:24,600
Speaker 1: reason that Tyrod Taylor was benched by the Bills last

1078
00:51:24,680 --> 00:51:27,120
Speaker 1: year when they came to visit the Chargers. They didn't

1079
00:51:27,120 --> 00:51:29,439
Speaker 1: have a ton of faith in him. And if they

1080
00:51:29,520 --> 00:51:34,640
Speaker 1: win and they go three and two, four and one,

1081
00:51:34,800 --> 00:51:37,239
Speaker 1: like Tyrod Taylor will remain a starting quarterback. If not,

1082
00:51:37,280 --> 00:51:39,920
Speaker 1: they're gonna they're gonna go to Baker Mayfield pretty quickly.

1083
00:51:39,960 --> 00:51:42,759
Speaker 1: So I'm just I'm anxious to see what they have.

1084
00:51:42,920 --> 00:51:44,920
Speaker 1: The one person on that Cleveland team that I think

1085
00:51:45,000 --> 00:51:46,520
Speaker 1: is the best player on the team right now Barnon,

1086
00:51:46,640 --> 00:51:48,680
Speaker 1: is Miles Garrett. We're gonna be hearing a lot about

1087
00:51:48,680 --> 00:51:52,359
Speaker 1: Miles Garrett this year without questions, so without Levon Bell.

1088
00:51:52,440 --> 00:51:55,120
Speaker 1: First of all, the fantasy intrigue. I think there's a

1089
00:51:55,160 --> 00:51:57,520
Speaker 1: lot of intrigue on Cleveland side with with Josh Gordon

1090
00:51:57,640 --> 00:52:01,520
Speaker 1: and Jarvis Landry David and Joe Coup that backfield there.

1091
00:52:01,560 --> 00:52:04,720
Speaker 1: But I mean Levion Bell, Let's be honest. You probably

1092
00:52:04,719 --> 00:52:08,040
Speaker 1: picked him top three in the first round your fantasy draft.

1093
00:52:08,120 --> 00:52:10,360
Speaker 1: You can roll James Connor out there probably is a

1094
00:52:10,480 --> 00:52:13,279
Speaker 1: very solid running back to this week. Oh, I think

1095
00:52:13,320 --> 00:52:15,040
Speaker 1: James Connor is going to get plenty of touches. I

1096
00:52:15,320 --> 00:52:17,680
Speaker 1: don't know that he well, I do know he doesn't

1097
00:52:17,719 --> 00:52:20,839
Speaker 1: bring the versatility to the game that a Levion Bell does.

1098
00:52:20,920 --> 00:52:23,320
Speaker 1: He's not going to rack up, you know, seventy eighty

1099
00:52:23,360 --> 00:52:27,560
Speaker 1: catches this year. And it changes the dynamic of that offense.

1100
00:52:27,640 --> 00:52:31,080
Speaker 1: I think to have Connor back there instead of Levon Bell.

1101
00:52:31,200 --> 00:52:33,400
Speaker 1: But from a fantasy perspective, yeah, you slide him in

1102
00:52:33,440 --> 00:52:36,560
Speaker 1: there as you're running back to your RB two, as

1103
00:52:36,600 --> 00:52:38,719
Speaker 1: they say, And I think you feel pretty comfortable about it.

1104
00:52:38,960 --> 00:52:41,520
Speaker 1: Cleveland in terms of you know the guys that you named,

1105
00:52:41,520 --> 00:52:43,880
Speaker 1: and Joku had a couple of nice touchdown catches in

1106
00:52:43,880 --> 00:52:45,879
Speaker 1: the preseason, but if you watched Hard Knocks, you also

1107
00:52:45,920 --> 00:52:48,080
Speaker 1: saw that he had some some issues with his hands.

1108
00:52:48,080 --> 00:52:52,120
Speaker 1: Not always the most reliable pass catcher. Jarvis Landry is

1109
00:52:52,160 --> 00:52:53,759
Speaker 1: going to catch a ton of balls. Nobody's caught more

1110
00:52:53,760 --> 00:52:56,680
Speaker 1: in his first four seasons in the NFL. Josh Gordon,

1111
00:52:58,239 --> 00:53:04,440
Speaker 1: who knows? Yeah, Yeah, I wouldn't rely on Josh Gordon

1112
00:53:05,120 --> 00:53:07,160
Speaker 1: until he shows me that we can and he hasn't

1113
00:53:07,160 --> 00:53:10,399
Speaker 1: shown us that we can in three seasons. Who gets

1114
00:53:10,400 --> 00:53:12,920
Speaker 1: to win here? Dan Pittsburgh? Yeah, I think. I think

1115
00:53:12,960 --> 00:53:16,719
Speaker 1: Pittsburgh goes into Cleveland and wins it. I'm not Yes,

1116
00:53:16,760 --> 00:53:19,640
Speaker 1: the brown stock is up, but it's not high enough

1117
00:53:19,719 --> 00:53:21,520
Speaker 1: right now. I think to beat the Steelers in the opener.

1118
00:53:21,880 --> 00:53:23,600
Speaker 1: All right, we'll buzz through this next one because it's

1119
00:53:23,600 --> 00:53:25,800
Speaker 1: not the biggest of games, but it is an AFC

1120
00:53:25,920 --> 00:53:29,000
Speaker 1: West team. I want to put the Denver Broncos in here.

1121
00:53:29,040 --> 00:53:31,879
Speaker 1: They're hosting the Seattle Seahawks, and this is a new

1122
00:53:31,920 --> 00:53:35,600
Speaker 1: look Broncos offense. I know you and Charlie Cashley were

1123
00:53:35,760 --> 00:53:38,359
Speaker 1: in Denver for training camp. What did you see from

1124
00:53:38,400 --> 00:53:41,520
Speaker 1: this offense led by Case Keeno. They love Case. I

1125
00:53:41,560 --> 00:53:43,719
Speaker 1: think Case is a perfect fit for this offense. I

1126
00:53:43,760 --> 00:53:46,560
Speaker 1: think Elway was really smart to just bail on the

1127
00:53:46,640 --> 00:53:49,000
Speaker 1: Kirk Cousins sleep stakes when he realized it was getting

1128
00:53:49,000 --> 00:53:50,600
Speaker 1: too rich for his blood, and to go all in

1129
00:53:50,800 --> 00:53:53,080
Speaker 1: on Case. You know, it's not a deal that's going

1130
00:53:53,160 --> 00:53:55,440
Speaker 1: to break the franchise. It's just a couple of years.

1131
00:53:55,440 --> 00:53:58,239
Speaker 1: It's actually a pretty reasonable figure. And I know he

1132
00:53:58,280 --> 00:54:00,719
Speaker 1: has had some struggles in the pre season, but when

1133
00:54:00,760 --> 00:54:03,680
Speaker 1: I was there, he was fitting in and meshing with

1134
00:54:03,719 --> 00:54:06,319
Speaker 1: that offense very well. The one guy that I think

1135
00:54:06,360 --> 00:54:09,200
Speaker 1: is going to end up being his security blankets Emmanuel Sanders.

1136
00:54:09,520 --> 00:54:13,480
Speaker 1: He had fifteen targets in the preseason. Everybody obviously raving

1137
00:54:13,480 --> 00:54:15,480
Speaker 1: about the two rookies on the offensive side of the

1138
00:54:15,480 --> 00:54:18,040
Speaker 1: ball Courtland Sutton, the wide receiver out of SNU, was

1139
00:54:18,120 --> 00:54:22,360
Speaker 1: spectacular throughout preseason and training camp. And Royce Freeman, that

1140
00:54:22,440 --> 00:54:26,040
Speaker 1: rookie running back out of Oregon by him now man

1141
00:54:26,080 --> 00:54:28,360
Speaker 1: because that they are going to feed him, and I

1142
00:54:28,400 --> 00:54:30,319
Speaker 1: think he is an absolute stud. They were trying to

1143
00:54:30,360 --> 00:54:33,920
Speaker 1: make it seem throughout training camp and into the preseason

1144
00:54:34,040 --> 00:54:36,759
Speaker 1: like it was an open race at running back when

1145
00:54:36,800 --> 00:54:39,240
Speaker 1: we were there, which was early in camp. By the way,

1146
00:54:39,600 --> 00:54:42,640
Speaker 1: they they told us this was Royce Freeman's job to lose.

1147
00:54:42,640 --> 00:54:45,960
Speaker 1: They were impressed to him from the jump, so very

1148
00:54:46,000 --> 00:54:48,400
Speaker 1: much looking forward to seeing that offense get on the field.

1149
00:54:50,200 --> 00:54:53,120
Speaker 1: Bradley Chubb is going to be a difference maker at

1150
00:54:53,120 --> 00:54:55,360
Speaker 1: some point. The impression I got was that he was

1151
00:54:55,400 --> 00:54:59,480
Speaker 1: a little slower coming along than some of the other rookies.

1152
00:55:00,040 --> 00:55:02,000
Speaker 1: To see. With von Miller and Chubb, you're gonna have

1153
00:55:02,040 --> 00:55:06,399
Speaker 1: some really great book in there. I think that they're

1154
00:55:06,400 --> 00:55:09,399
Speaker 1: going to take advantage of a of a new look

1155
00:55:09,480 --> 00:55:13,120
Speaker 1: Seattle secondary And yeah, I think this is going to

1156
00:55:13,160 --> 00:55:15,880
Speaker 1: be kind of the same story for the Seahawks as

1157
00:55:15,880 --> 00:55:17,480
Speaker 1: it was last year. They're going to go as far

1158
00:55:17,520 --> 00:55:19,640
Speaker 1: as Russell Wilson could take him, and he had a

1159
00:55:19,680 --> 00:55:21,319
Speaker 1: he had a tremendous season, but you got to give

1160
00:55:21,400 --> 00:55:23,600
Speaker 1: him a little help on the offensive side of the ball.

1161
00:55:23,640 --> 00:55:27,239
Speaker 1: And I don't know if if Chris Carson um is

1162
00:55:27,280 --> 00:55:28,920
Speaker 1: the guy to do that right now. From the running

1163
00:55:28,920 --> 00:55:32,279
Speaker 1: back position, obviously you have Doug Balwin. They're a wide

1164
00:55:32,280 --> 00:55:35,239
Speaker 1: receiver who's always gonna put up some numbers, never going

1165
00:55:35,280 --> 00:55:37,200
Speaker 1: to be spectacular. But it's that defense. We got to

1166
00:55:37,200 --> 00:55:39,520
Speaker 1: see what they have. There's no more there's no more

1167
00:55:39,600 --> 00:55:43,480
Speaker 1: legion of Boom. There's no more Michael Bennett. This is

1168
00:55:43,680 --> 00:55:46,759
Speaker 1: this is an entirely different Seattle Seahawks team. Yeah, the

1169
00:55:47,120 --> 00:55:50,239
Speaker 1: Legion of Boom is no longer. And it's your point.

1170
00:55:50,280 --> 00:55:53,720
Speaker 1: On offense, Russell Wilson can't do everything. You have Doug Baldwin,

1171
00:55:54,280 --> 00:55:57,400
Speaker 1: that offensive line needs to play better, and Chris Carson.

1172
00:55:57,480 --> 00:55:59,640
Speaker 1: You will see what Rashide Penny could bring at some

1173
00:55:59,719 --> 00:56:02,120
Speaker 1: point during the season too. So let's move on to

1174
00:56:02,200 --> 00:56:06,040
Speaker 1: Chicago Green Bay Sunday Night. Added intrigue when you figure

1175
00:56:06,120 --> 00:56:09,560
Speaker 1: Khalil Mack is now as Chicago Bear, Aaron Rodgers returns

1176
00:56:10,000 --> 00:56:13,359
Speaker 1: after getting hurt last year and essentially missing the rest

1177
00:56:13,400 --> 00:56:16,600
Speaker 1: of the season, and obviously the Packers playoff hopes go

1178
00:56:16,719 --> 00:56:19,640
Speaker 1: with it. What do you see in Lambeau Sunday Night, Dan,

1179
00:56:20,280 --> 00:56:23,280
Speaker 1: So this is the Cinderella team everybody's talking about, especially

1180
00:56:23,320 --> 00:56:25,919
Speaker 1: now that they have Khalil Mack right in the Bears. Yeah,

1181
00:56:25,920 --> 00:56:28,720
Speaker 1: a lot of parallels right between the Rams and McVeigh,

1182
00:56:28,760 --> 00:56:32,600
Speaker 1: young offensive coordinator, young quarterback, tons all over the place.

1183
00:56:32,680 --> 00:56:35,520
Speaker 1: And I say, hold your horses to that. Let's let's

1184
00:56:35,560 --> 00:56:41,000
Speaker 1: not get crazy. I understand the comparisons, I absolutely do.

1185
00:56:41,880 --> 00:56:44,520
Speaker 1: But is Mitch Trubisky gonna make that jump to Jared

1186
00:56:44,560 --> 00:56:47,279
Speaker 1: Goff made from year one to year two. I don't

1187
00:56:47,280 --> 00:56:49,200
Speaker 1: know yet. We'll have to see, and I don't think

1188
00:56:49,239 --> 00:56:52,359
Speaker 1: they're going to do that in Green Bay. Khalil Mack

1189
00:56:52,400 --> 00:56:54,719
Speaker 1: hasn't played a whole lot of football in the preseason

1190
00:56:54,920 --> 00:56:58,360
Speaker 1: and not much training camp. So but that being said,

1191
00:56:58,680 --> 00:57:00,799
Speaker 1: there's no reason you can't put him in there for

1192
00:57:00,880 --> 00:57:03,960
Speaker 1: ten to twelve plays and just let him come off

1193
00:57:03,960 --> 00:57:05,719
Speaker 1: the edge and try to get to Aaron Rodgers. I

1194
00:57:05,880 --> 00:57:07,520
Speaker 1: don't know. I don't know if he's gonna be a

1195
00:57:07,560 --> 00:57:10,160
Speaker 1: difference maker at this point in week one because he's

1196
00:57:10,200 --> 00:57:11,920
Speaker 1: just been out for so long, you know, and you

1197
00:57:11,960 --> 00:57:14,960
Speaker 1: have to get into football shape. But he could absolutely

1198
00:57:14,960 --> 00:57:19,400
Speaker 1: surprise us, and Green Bay is is what they have

1199
00:57:19,520 --> 00:57:22,760
Speaker 1: been for the last decade. They've been, you know, a

1200
00:57:22,800 --> 00:57:25,600
Speaker 1: team that rides on the shoulders of Aaron Rodgers, who,

1201
00:57:25,600 --> 00:57:29,760
Speaker 1: in my mind is the greatest quarterback in the game today.

1202
00:57:29,880 --> 00:57:35,120
Speaker 1: Have they surrounded him with enough enough weapons? I don't know.

1203
00:57:35,480 --> 00:57:38,360
Speaker 1: I don't know a lot of young receivers there Dan

1204
00:57:38,600 --> 00:57:40,720
Speaker 1: a lot of young receivers well, as we've heard him

1205
00:57:40,720 --> 00:57:44,440
Speaker 1: complain about in the offseason, right, Yeah, I think that

1206
00:57:44,520 --> 00:57:48,640
Speaker 1: they He has a couple that he trusts. He has

1207
00:57:48,760 --> 00:57:50,960
Speaker 1: the you know, the Randall Cobbs and Davante Adams that

1208
00:57:51,000 --> 00:57:53,960
Speaker 1: have been there for a long time. I think DeVante

1209
00:57:54,000 --> 00:57:55,960
Speaker 1: is ready to take that He getting paid like a

1210
00:57:56,000 --> 00:57:58,520
Speaker 1: dominant number one receiver. I think he's ready to take

1211
00:57:58,560 --> 00:58:01,200
Speaker 1: that step and become that guy. We haven't seen a

1212
00:58:01,360 --> 00:58:05,400
Speaker 1: dominant number one receiver. I mean there's there's Antonio Brown,

1213
00:58:05,760 --> 00:58:09,120
Speaker 1: and there's Julio Jones, and there's Odell Beckham, and then

1214
00:58:09,160 --> 00:58:12,320
Speaker 1: there's kind of everybody else. Yeah, I think he's I

1215
00:58:12,360 --> 00:58:14,880
Speaker 1: think he's he could get through the top of that

1216
00:58:15,040 --> 00:58:20,440
Speaker 1: list of the everybody else's Monday Night Football Rams Raiders.

1217
00:58:21,160 --> 00:58:23,560
Speaker 1: A lot of intrigue coming out of this one as well.

1218
00:58:23,360 --> 00:58:26,440
Speaker 1: We got that new look Rams defense, Marcus Peters and

1219
00:58:26,560 --> 00:58:30,240
Speaker 1: keep to leave, Aaron Donald is back and domakinsue and

1220
00:58:30,280 --> 00:58:33,360
Speaker 1: then the Raiders. I think everybody scratching their head about

1221
00:58:33,360 --> 00:58:36,720
Speaker 1: the Clio mcdeal, you know, whatever side you're on, they're

1222
00:58:36,760 --> 00:58:39,040
Speaker 1: rolling out on Monday. And they got a new coach,

1223
00:58:39,160 --> 00:58:42,440
Speaker 1: John Gruden. Yeah, I can't wait to see this. You know.

1224
00:58:42,520 --> 00:58:47,520
Speaker 1: I was actually covering the Tampa Bay Buccaneers when Sean

1225
00:58:47,600 --> 00:58:52,120
Speaker 1: McVeagh came in as a quality control consistence right assistant

1226
00:58:52,160 --> 00:58:55,600
Speaker 1: out of out of Miami of Ohio, and he then

1227
00:58:55,680 --> 00:58:59,840
Speaker 1: went to work before the Florida Tusters with Jay, John

1228
00:59:00,040 --> 00:59:03,560
Speaker 1: Rudin's brother Jay, and he was then hired by the

1229
00:59:03,640 --> 00:59:08,520
Speaker 1: Washington Redskins as a quality control assistant again, and I

1230
00:59:08,560 --> 00:59:11,760
Speaker 1: was also there covering the Redskins. So I literally have

1231
00:59:11,920 --> 00:59:16,800
Speaker 1: watched Sean grow up from low level NFL assistant to

1232
00:59:17,240 --> 00:59:19,720
Speaker 1: head coach. And one of the men responsible for giving

1233
00:59:19,800 --> 00:59:23,520
Speaker 1: him his shot was John Gruden. So teacher meets pupil

1234
00:59:23,600 --> 00:59:27,600
Speaker 1: here on Monday Night football. Unfortunately for John, the pupil

1235
00:59:28,440 --> 00:59:31,840
Speaker 1: roster that is star studded, and there is a lot

1236
00:59:31,880 --> 00:59:34,280
Speaker 1: of work to be done in Oakland. Just a ton.

1237
00:59:35,960 --> 00:59:41,840
Speaker 1: I think that the team. The players specifically were rocked

1238
00:59:41,880 --> 00:59:45,760
Speaker 1: by the Khalil Mack trade. I think that most of

1239
00:59:45,800 --> 00:59:48,880
Speaker 1: them were very surprised that it went down the way

1240
00:59:48,920 --> 00:59:56,000
Speaker 1: it did. And you have a generational type player that, yes,

1241
00:59:56,560 --> 01:00:00,040
Speaker 1: is going to command generational type money and you you

1242
01:00:00,080 --> 01:00:01,720
Speaker 1: don't give him away. You get a couple of first

1243
01:00:01,800 --> 01:00:03,520
Speaker 1: round picks and you give a second round or along

1244
01:00:03,520 --> 01:00:06,920
Speaker 1: with Khalil in exchange for those picks. But I'm not

1245
01:00:07,000 --> 01:00:09,120
Speaker 1: so sure that those guys are over that right now.

1246
01:00:09,600 --> 01:00:12,520
Speaker 1: And I think that if you lose to the Rams,

1247
01:00:12,960 --> 01:00:15,520
Speaker 1: and then let's just say you lose to the Broncos

1248
01:00:15,520 --> 01:00:17,440
Speaker 1: and Dolphins and you start oh on two O three,

1249
01:00:17,480 --> 01:00:21,280
Speaker 1: there could be problems there in Oakland. Now that being said,

1250
01:00:21,920 --> 01:00:24,320
Speaker 1: I think we're going to see a better version of

1251
01:00:24,360 --> 01:00:28,800
Speaker 1: them offensively this year. I think the defense needs a

1252
01:00:28,800 --> 01:00:31,440
Speaker 1: lot of additions to there. I don't know how they

1253
01:00:31,440 --> 01:00:33,200
Speaker 1: get to the quarterback. I don't know how they're going

1254
01:00:33,280 --> 01:00:38,000
Speaker 1: to cover anybody offensively. Derek Carr's gonna make up for

1255
01:00:38,040 --> 01:00:39,680
Speaker 1: a lot of that. I feel like Jordy Nelson is

1256
01:00:39,720 --> 01:00:42,560
Speaker 1: going to be the security blanket that he lacked. I

1257
01:00:42,560 --> 01:00:45,000
Speaker 1: think we're going to see a better Amari Cooper and

1258
01:00:45,120 --> 01:00:47,840
Speaker 1: the key obviously is going to be if Marshawn Lynch

1259
01:00:48,680 --> 01:00:52,000
Speaker 1: can be the Marshawn Lynch of old. But you know you,

1260
01:00:52,920 --> 01:00:58,160
Speaker 1: I think any average to above average football fan would

1261
01:00:58,240 --> 01:01:01,600
Speaker 1: struggle to name two or three members of their defense.

1262
01:01:01,640 --> 01:01:03,200
Speaker 1: I mean, you look at the you look at the

1263
01:01:03,200 --> 01:01:05,600
Speaker 1: linebacking court. You're bringing Derek Johnson, he's like one hundred

1264
01:01:05,600 --> 01:01:07,640
Speaker 1: and eight years old. You have to hear white out

1265
01:01:07,640 --> 01:01:11,480
Speaker 1: who's a good player, not a great player? You know

1266
01:01:11,520 --> 01:01:16,920
Speaker 1: you have some Gary on Conley has potential. I believe

1267
01:01:16,960 --> 01:01:19,880
Speaker 1: in Karl Joseph at safety. You know, the youngster out

1268
01:01:19,880 --> 01:01:24,000
Speaker 1: of West Virginia. I just I just don't see how

1269
01:01:24,040 --> 01:01:28,640
Speaker 1: Oakland with that defense wins more than six games this year.

1270
01:01:29,160 --> 01:01:32,400
Speaker 1: There's a stark contrast between the age on the offense

1271
01:01:32,400 --> 01:01:34,680
Speaker 1: when you talk about guys like Doug Martin, Marshawn Lynch,

1272
01:01:34,760 --> 01:01:38,360
Speaker 1: Jordy Nelson, and the youth on the defense. You mentioned

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Speaker 1: guys like Gary and Connley his second season. They're counting

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Speaker 1: on guys like Maurice Hurst and arden Key from LSU.

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Speaker 1: These these rookies on the defensive line to really make

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Speaker 1: an impact this year, and nobody's replacing Khalil mac out there.

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Speaker 1: You got Bruce Irvan rushing the passer. But a lot

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Speaker 1: of young guys, Dan, that are going to be asked

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Speaker 1: to do some big things in twenty eighteen oh percent,

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Speaker 1: you know. And Bruce Servan is one of those guys

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Speaker 1: that you look at him as a pass rusher, but

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Speaker 1: he's never had more than eight sacks in a season

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Speaker 1: in his career. I mean, he's always been a solid player,

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Speaker 1: but he's not a game changer. I think one of

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Speaker 1: the reasons they felt like they could survive without Khalil

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01:02:15,480 --> 01:02:18,680
Speaker 1: Mack was because of a guy like ardent Y, who

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Speaker 1: they have been impressed with. The rookie out of LSU's

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01:02:21,440 --> 01:02:24,520
Speaker 1: done some nice things in the preseason, and obviously it

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Speaker 1: took a flyer on more researched who had some health issues,

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Speaker 1: and he's been very impressive so far. So they meet

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Speaker 1: both of those guys to contribute. They can't be bystanders

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Speaker 1: this season and they need to probably have them contribute

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01:02:35,040 --> 01:02:37,800
Speaker 1: more than they expected them to when they drafted them. Finally, Dan,

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Speaker 1: the main event at least over here Chiefs Chargers StubHub Center.

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01:02:42,680 --> 01:02:44,720
Speaker 1: We've got your guy DJ, who was just on the

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Speaker 1: segment before Matt Money Smith making their their regular season

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Speaker 1: debut in the Booth and a lot of fun stuff

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Speaker 1: in this one. The Chargers have lost eighth straight, but

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Speaker 1: they bring back a lot of guys and this is

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Speaker 1: a new look Chiefs team. When you talk about the

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Speaker 1: quarterback and the secondary, Yeah, I love the Chargers this year.

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Speaker 1: I mean, this isn't a year when the Chargers are

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01:03:06,920 --> 01:03:08,640
Speaker 1: gonna snake up on a new body. I believe that

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Speaker 1: they're the favorites in the AFC West. The eighth straight

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Speaker 1: that you brought up is certainly something that's going to

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Speaker 1: be in the back of their heads, I think a

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Speaker 1: little bit. Obviously, this is a different Chiefs team with

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Speaker 1: Patrick Mahomes at quarterback. Philip Rivers stubbled last year immensely.

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01:03:24,200 --> 01:03:27,160
Speaker 1: It touched down in six interceptions in his two games

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Speaker 1: to the Chiefs. But I guess Eric Berry's a little

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01:03:31,040 --> 01:03:34,760
Speaker 1: banged up, has a heel issue, and if if he's

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Speaker 1: not out there one hundred percent, I would certainly say

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Speaker 1: advantage Chargers. I also I also think that Patrick Mahomes

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Speaker 1: is going to have a learning curve. He's he's as

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Speaker 1: talented as any quarterback in the league, but he has

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Speaker 1: also Brett farve esque in terms of being a gun slinger.

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Speaker 1: And I talked to Travis Kelfy a couple of times

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Speaker 1: in the offseason, once shortly after the trade went down

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01:03:57,160 --> 01:03:59,840
Speaker 1: when they traded Alex Smith and Patrick Mahomes officially got

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Speaker 1: the job, and another time a couple of months later,

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Speaker 1: and he loves Mahomes. Loves Mahomes, but one of the

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01:04:07,680 --> 01:04:10,080
Speaker 1: first things he said is, we're going to have to

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Speaker 1: deal with the turnovers. That's just reality. They're gonna be

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Speaker 1: there because he's gonna take chances that Alex Smith wouldn't take,

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Speaker 1: which is one of the reasons they wanted him in

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Speaker 1: that role. But I wouldn't be surprised to see Pat

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Speaker 1: Humes lead the NFL in interceptions, and you know, perhaps

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Speaker 1: the Chargers could be on the receiving end of a

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Speaker 1: few of those, and maybe even the rookie throwin James,

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Speaker 1: who I feel like it's really hitting a stride. Not

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Speaker 1: listed as a starter right now. Yeah, but you know,

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Speaker 1: we've seen what a couple of young guys in the

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Speaker 1: secondary can do for a defense, right Marshawn Lattimore Marcus

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Speaker 1: Williams last year with the Saints. Obviously, the Chargers defense

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Speaker 1: light years ahead of where the Saints was going into

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Speaker 1: last season. But I see the Chargers. I don't want

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Speaker 1: to say handling the two in this game, but but

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Speaker 1: coming out with the victory and after a couple of

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Speaker 1: slow arts the last few years, I one, four and

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Speaker 1: one and four, I think the Chargers are gonna be

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Speaker 1: in good shape after Week one. I'd tell you the

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Speaker 1: key Dan on Sunday for me at least is that

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Speaker 1: running game, because you mentioned Patrick Mahomes maybe making some mistakes,

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Speaker 1: because he's gonna he's gonna sling it around. Kareem Hunt

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01:05:15,680 --> 01:05:18,400
Speaker 1: had his two best games of the twenty seventeen season

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Speaker 1: against the Chargers three hundred and twenty seven rushing yards

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Speaker 1: combined in two games, and that was the reason the

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Speaker 1: Chiefs beat the Chargers. So if he relies on Kareem Hunt,

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Speaker 1: this Chargers defense needs to be stout against the run.

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Speaker 1: And to your point, Drwin James is going to bring

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Speaker 1: that and he's an Alpha. He's gonna help in the

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Speaker 1: run game. And I think he's the type of player

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01:05:39,240 --> 01:05:41,960
Speaker 1: you could put all over the football field, oh one

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Speaker 1: hundred percent. And that's why they got him. And it

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Speaker 1: was interesting, you know, let a guy like Trey Boston Go,

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Speaker 1: who is coming off a career year. I think some

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01:05:50,080 --> 01:05:52,120
Speaker 1: people thought, why don't you just, you know, keep him around.

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01:05:52,120 --> 01:05:56,160
Speaker 1: He's basically signed a veteran minimum type deal with the Cardinals,

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01:05:57,120 --> 01:05:59,000
Speaker 1: but they let him go and they were able to

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Speaker 1: get a guy like Darwin James and that that secondary

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Speaker 1: with Hayward and James and Brett. It's just it's just stack,

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01:06:06,320 --> 01:06:10,440
Speaker 1: you know, as as is the D line. I fully

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Speaker 1: expect the outcome in terms of rushing statistics to be

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Speaker 1: a little different. In the opening week at the season

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Speaker 1: for the Chargers Week one, Man, I cannot wait for Sunday.

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Speaker 1: He's Dan Helly, NFL Network, you can catch them all.

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Speaker 1: Foxes you're calling some games and the Red Zone, the

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Speaker 1: Fantasy Red Zone Channel, Direct TV. You're making your debut

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Speaker 1: on Sunday. Man, huh yeah, looking forward to that. And

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Speaker 1: then uh and then got a game for Fox Week two,

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Speaker 1: going to be calling the Falcons and the Panthers, and

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Speaker 1: then another one coming up Week four with the Jets

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Speaker 1: and the Jags. So this first month of the season

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Speaker 1: is gonna be gonna be busy. Then, man, is it

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Speaker 1: gonna be fun? And I want to say one last thing, Chris.

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Speaker 1: Before I leave, So Argers fans, I hope you appreciate

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Speaker 1: how lucky you guys are to have two pros like

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Speaker 1: Matt money Smith and Daniel Jeremiah on your games. Those

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01:06:57,080 --> 01:07:03,800
Speaker 1: guys are absolute monsters. The operation is unparalleled, and two

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Speaker 1: of my very good friends that I work with an

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Speaker 1: NFL network and I'm not going to be able to

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Speaker 1: listen on Sunday because I'll be working, but I hope

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Speaker 1: every Charger San in LA and in southern California is

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Speaker 1: I couldn't have said it better myself, Danny. I can't

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01:07:15,280 --> 01:07:17,520
Speaker 1: wait for those guys to get rolling on Sunday, and

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01:07:17,560 --> 01:07:19,760
Speaker 1: hopefully we'll see you at Stop Up Center at some point.

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Speaker 1: I know you've got other obligations on a Sunday, but

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Speaker 1: maybe we can get into the postseason and see if

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Speaker 1: we can get you out there. I'd love it, Chris,

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Speaker 1: let's do it, and that's gonna do it. Man win

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Speaker 1: an episode. Big thanks to Dan Hellye, Daniel Jeremiah, Brooke

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Speaker 1: prior Evan Washburn for joining me, and of course thanks

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Speaker 1: to you all for listening. You can find Chargers Weekly

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Speaker 1: in our new Backstage Chargers podcast on Apple Podcasts. While

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Speaker 1: you're there, Please leave a review, help spread the word.

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Speaker 1: Enjoy Sunday's game. It's a big one and until next time,

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Speaker 1: I'm Chris Harry