1 00:00:00,800 --> 00:00:06,200 Speaker 1: And now move the sticks with Daniel Jeremiah and Bucky Brooks. 2 00:00:06,840 --> 00:00:09,360 Speaker 1: What's up, everybody? Welcome to move the sticks, DJ. Bucky 3 00:00:09,440 --> 00:00:12,480 Speaker 1: back with you. Coming off a weekend of a lot 4 00:00:12,480 --> 00:00:15,280 Speaker 1: of fun football here. College football got kicked off with 5 00:00:15,400 --> 00:00:18,280 Speaker 1: a first full weekend slate. We've got an NFL slate 6 00:00:18,320 --> 00:00:20,759 Speaker 1: coming up week one, a lot of football to get 7 00:00:20,760 --> 00:00:23,000 Speaker 1: to today, Buck, how you doing, man, man, I'm good. 8 00:00:23,200 --> 00:00:25,680 Speaker 1: You talk about a football weekend? DJ. Was so fun 9 00:00:25,720 --> 00:00:29,000 Speaker 1: watching college football in all the different games and the 10 00:00:29,040 --> 00:00:32,320 Speaker 1: contrasting styles and actually seeing good teams take on good teams. 11 00:00:32,640 --> 00:00:35,040 Speaker 1: To me, that was the exciting part of the I 12 00:00:35,080 --> 00:00:38,680 Speaker 1: guess it's the opening or kickoff weekend seeing good teams 13 00:00:38,720 --> 00:00:40,640 Speaker 1: battle against one another, because a lot of times we 14 00:00:40,680 --> 00:00:44,920 Speaker 1: get lolled into the cupcake land, uh, seeing cupcakes battle 15 00:00:44,960 --> 00:00:47,519 Speaker 1: each other, and so it was great to actually see 16 00:00:48,080 --> 00:00:51,520 Speaker 1: some top teams face each other. No doubt we are today. 17 00:00:51,560 --> 00:00:54,400 Speaker 1: We got some fun topics. We're gonna touch on some 18 00:00:54,440 --> 00:00:56,640 Speaker 1: things that that popped up this last week, one of 19 00:00:56,680 --> 00:01:00,720 Speaker 1: which was interesting press commerce by Brandon Staley the Chargers 20 00:01:00,760 --> 00:01:05,479 Speaker 1: talking about the difficulty of defending motion and communicating versus motion. 21 00:01:05,520 --> 00:01:06,920 Speaker 1: So we're gonna go a little bit into the weeds 22 00:01:06,959 --> 00:01:09,520 Speaker 1: on this one. I'm gonna play you that sound clip 23 00:01:09,600 --> 00:01:11,440 Speaker 1: from that. We did some homework on the team's that 24 00:01:11,520 --> 00:01:13,640 Speaker 1: motion the most. We're gonna have a little motion discussion 25 00:01:13,680 --> 00:01:16,360 Speaker 1: start this on social media the other day. We'll continue 26 00:01:16,400 --> 00:01:18,759 Speaker 1: that on the pod today. I want to talk about 27 00:01:18,760 --> 00:01:21,000 Speaker 1: the youngest and oldest rosters in the NFL as we 28 00:01:21,080 --> 00:01:23,880 Speaker 1: kind of have the fifty three man set across the league. 29 00:01:24,200 --> 00:01:26,440 Speaker 1: Also look at some of the top college players from 30 00:01:26,480 --> 00:01:29,320 Speaker 1: the weekend, and we'll take a look at the week 31 00:01:29,360 --> 00:01:31,800 Speaker 1: one opener here kicking off in a couple of days 32 00:01:31,840 --> 00:01:33,920 Speaker 1: Cowboys Bucks, So a lot of different ground we're gonna 33 00:01:33,959 --> 00:01:36,680 Speaker 1: kind of bounce around on today's show. UM. But before 34 00:01:36,680 --> 00:01:39,440 Speaker 1: we get to it, but buck out. I was thinking 35 00:01:39,440 --> 00:01:42,200 Speaker 1: about doing something UM for tur Deaker at the end 36 00:01:42,240 --> 00:01:44,960 Speaker 1: of the end of the show, but I don't think that. 37 00:01:45,200 --> 00:01:46,600 Speaker 1: I don't think that's right. I think we should do 38 00:01:46,600 --> 00:01:50,360 Speaker 1: it right here at the top because Deeker is somebody 39 00:01:50,360 --> 00:01:52,400 Speaker 1: that we both worked with at the network for a 40 00:01:52,440 --> 00:01:54,280 Speaker 1: long time, known er forever, and I think if you 41 00:01:54,360 --> 00:01:57,840 Speaker 1: follow any of us or any of the the NFL 42 00:01:57,880 --> 00:02:00,320 Speaker 1: network folks on social media, you see and a lot 43 00:02:00,320 --> 00:02:04,080 Speaker 1: of posts about her passing away over the weekend. So Buck, 44 00:02:04,080 --> 00:02:05,760 Speaker 1: I wanted to just be able to share a little 45 00:02:05,800 --> 00:02:08,320 Speaker 1: bit about her and and how much we loved her 46 00:02:08,360 --> 00:02:11,560 Speaker 1: and celebrate her um as we as we start off 47 00:02:11,560 --> 00:02:13,480 Speaker 1: the show today. But I'll give you the floor first. 48 00:02:13,480 --> 00:02:16,040 Speaker 1: I know we've both known her for quite some time. Yeah, 49 00:02:16,080 --> 00:02:17,560 Speaker 1: I haven't known it for her quite some time. Like 50 00:02:17,639 --> 00:02:21,200 Speaker 1: anyone who has been around Deaker understands the love and 51 00:02:21,240 --> 00:02:24,560 Speaker 1: adoration she had for the St. Louis Cardinals, big time 52 00:02:24,639 --> 00:02:28,400 Speaker 1: baseball fan, loved all things Red Birds, followed them, would 53 00:02:28,400 --> 00:02:31,520 Speaker 1: come to their games when they played anywhere close to 54 00:02:31,639 --> 00:02:33,840 Speaker 1: us in l A, down to San Diego, and so 55 00:02:33,919 --> 00:02:37,320 Speaker 1: that was always a treat to see her reaction when 56 00:02:37,320 --> 00:02:40,800 Speaker 1: it came to it. But really, um, and you know this, DJ, 57 00:02:40,919 --> 00:02:44,320 Speaker 1: it takes a village, uh, for us to do what 58 00:02:44,400 --> 00:02:48,560 Speaker 1: we do. Um, you know, like behind in front of 59 00:02:48,560 --> 00:02:51,840 Speaker 1: the camera, behind the mic podcast. It takes a lot 60 00:02:51,880 --> 00:02:53,480 Speaker 1: of people to kind of help us and support us. 61 00:02:53,480 --> 00:02:57,560 Speaker 1: And I would say that she often allowed us to 62 00:02:57,600 --> 00:02:59,360 Speaker 1: be at our best by the things that she did 63 00:02:59,480 --> 00:03:03,480 Speaker 1: behind the scenes. And so, UM, when you lose someone 64 00:03:03,800 --> 00:03:06,840 Speaker 1: like that, someone who is a giver, someone who sacrifices 65 00:03:06,880 --> 00:03:10,280 Speaker 1: of themselves so that you could be at your best. Look, man, 66 00:03:10,280 --> 00:03:13,079 Speaker 1: it hurts, and it hurts that you see good people 67 00:03:13,840 --> 00:03:17,200 Speaker 1: pass away so soon with so much life left to 68 00:03:17,320 --> 00:03:20,480 Speaker 1: live that it kind of puts things in perspective. But 69 00:03:21,080 --> 00:03:25,280 Speaker 1: with her with Chris Westling, like two of the finest 70 00:03:25,360 --> 00:03:29,639 Speaker 1: people that you will know that have UM going on 71 00:03:29,760 --> 00:03:33,680 Speaker 1: to take their UH talents to a higher place. And 72 00:03:33,720 --> 00:03:36,680 Speaker 1: so it's really sad. But I do believe we should 73 00:03:36,800 --> 00:03:41,080 Speaker 1: celebrate her rather than kind of mope around about her loss, 74 00:03:41,520 --> 00:03:43,840 Speaker 1: because man, she lived life to the fullest and she 75 00:03:44,040 --> 00:03:47,480 Speaker 1: is one of the best people that we've ever been around. Yeah, 76 00:03:47,560 --> 00:03:50,520 Speaker 1: I want to just celebrate her. You know, she was 77 00:03:50,560 --> 00:03:53,800 Speaker 1: somebody that if you were ever around her and you 78 00:03:53,880 --> 00:03:56,640 Speaker 1: saw her, you you would usually hear before you saw 79 00:03:56,640 --> 00:03:59,160 Speaker 1: her because she had this boisterous personality, right, she was 80 00:03:59,200 --> 00:04:01,720 Speaker 1: so loud and so affectious with her energy. I think 81 00:04:01,720 --> 00:04:03,200 Speaker 1: you see that from some of the clips that Damage 82 00:04:03,240 --> 00:04:05,360 Speaker 1: I posted with the pie off that she was always 83 00:04:05,360 --> 00:04:08,840 Speaker 1: involved in UM. But we had some deep talks. We 84 00:04:08,880 --> 00:04:11,120 Speaker 1: had a lot of long conversations. I remember when I 85 00:04:11,160 --> 00:04:12,720 Speaker 1: was first at the network, I would I was doing 86 00:04:12,800 --> 00:04:15,440 Speaker 1: a Monday night post game, and so she was assigned 87 00:04:15,480 --> 00:04:16,839 Speaker 1: to that show. So we would just sit there and 88 00:04:16,880 --> 00:04:18,920 Speaker 1: hang out and talk all the time. Kind of developed 89 00:04:18,920 --> 00:04:22,479 Speaker 1: our friendship during that time. Um and just always full 90 00:04:22,480 --> 00:04:24,599 Speaker 1: of energy, always full of life, always just so much 91 00:04:24,600 --> 00:04:27,159 Speaker 1: fun to be around. And she was great with kids. 92 00:04:27,520 --> 00:04:29,520 Speaker 1: And I'll give you an example that when when I 93 00:04:29,560 --> 00:04:31,360 Speaker 1: was at the Network, one of my first couple of 94 00:04:31,440 --> 00:04:34,880 Speaker 1: years there, I brought my youngest son. I wanted to 95 00:04:34,920 --> 00:04:36,880 Speaker 1: show him around, so he came with me, came with 96 00:04:36,920 --> 00:04:40,320 Speaker 1: that to work that day, and uh, he's walking around. 97 00:04:40,320 --> 00:04:42,920 Speaker 1: So then I see Deaker and and you know, look, 98 00:04:43,080 --> 00:04:45,240 Speaker 1: if you know it's Tara Deaker, you call her Deek, 99 00:04:45,279 --> 00:04:47,240 Speaker 1: you call her Deeks. I think Dan Heller call her 100 00:04:47,279 --> 00:04:49,640 Speaker 1: freaky Deek. Like we all had like our all little 101 00:04:49,720 --> 00:04:52,320 Speaker 1: nicknames for Deaker. So so we see Deeker and I'm like, 102 00:04:52,320 --> 00:04:53,919 Speaker 1: I'm gonna bring my son of an introducer. This one 103 00:04:53,920 --> 00:04:56,479 Speaker 1: of my favorite people at the network. This is miss Deaker. 104 00:04:56,560 --> 00:04:59,760 Speaker 1: This is my son. And she goes, uh, what's your name? 105 00:05:00,040 --> 00:05:02,160 Speaker 1: And he's he's a little guy, and so he's just 106 00:05:02,200 --> 00:05:05,240 Speaker 1: thinking he was anticipating her asking how old he was, 107 00:05:05,279 --> 00:05:09,800 Speaker 1: and he goes five. She goes, okay, five, well, all right, 108 00:05:09,960 --> 00:05:12,119 Speaker 1: well five, you have a good day. So then every 109 00:05:12,200 --> 00:05:14,240 Speaker 1: day when I would see her at the network, she 110 00:05:14,240 --> 00:05:17,440 Speaker 1: would always ask me, how's five doing. How it's five? Okay? 111 00:05:17,520 --> 00:05:19,919 Speaker 1: Uh so his name is Hayden, but so you know, 112 00:05:19,960 --> 00:05:22,920 Speaker 1: Hayden's fourteen years old. Now he's in eighth grade. Um, 113 00:05:22,920 --> 00:05:25,480 Speaker 1: and that goes back to, uh, how long that we've 114 00:05:25,480 --> 00:05:29,279 Speaker 1: got a chance to to know Deaker And she was awesome. So, UM, 115 00:05:29,320 --> 00:05:31,720 Speaker 1: I'm not gonna be sad about it. Um, I'm gonna 116 00:05:31,880 --> 00:05:34,240 Speaker 1: I'm gonna just do what Deaker would want us to do, 117 00:05:34,320 --> 00:05:35,960 Speaker 1: and that's just put a smile on your face, live 118 00:05:36,120 --> 00:05:37,720 Speaker 1: live life with a lot of energy and a lot 119 00:05:37,720 --> 00:05:39,680 Speaker 1: of joy. That's what she would want us to do. 120 00:05:39,720 --> 00:05:41,080 Speaker 1: And that's what we're gonna do today. We're gonna have 121 00:05:41,160 --> 00:05:44,240 Speaker 1: fun talking football because that's uh what Deeker love to do. 122 00:05:44,360 --> 00:05:46,159 Speaker 1: And she talked about her Cardinals and she loved talking 123 00:05:46,160 --> 00:05:48,040 Speaker 1: about football and she loved talking about life. So we're 124 00:05:48,080 --> 00:05:49,960 Speaker 1: gonna we're gonna keep that in mind as we kind 125 00:05:49,960 --> 00:05:53,000 Speaker 1: of go through our show today. Buck. Yeah, that's this 126 00:05:53,160 --> 00:05:55,039 Speaker 1: way we can honor her by being at best and 127 00:05:55,040 --> 00:05:58,479 Speaker 1: talking about the things that she certainly knew well and 128 00:05:58,600 --> 00:06:02,640 Speaker 1: loved a ton. Yeah, all right, well let's uh, let's 129 00:06:02,720 --> 00:06:07,240 Speaker 1: kick things off here. Um. I was talking on social 130 00:06:07,520 --> 00:06:09,320 Speaker 1: tweet this out the other day because I was watching 131 00:06:09,320 --> 00:06:11,560 Speaker 1: the tape from the college football weekend and just watching 132 00:06:11,560 --> 00:06:15,240 Speaker 1: the different offenses and what they're doing. And there's some 133 00:06:15,360 --> 00:06:18,240 Speaker 1: offenses you watch, buck and I'm like, man, they're so static. 134 00:06:18,560 --> 00:06:22,000 Speaker 1: You're in a two by two line up, take your time, 135 00:06:22,120 --> 00:06:24,120 Speaker 1: snap the ball, and off you go. And so then 136 00:06:24,120 --> 00:06:25,839 Speaker 1: that led to me having a conversation with a buddy 137 00:06:25,839 --> 00:06:29,000 Speaker 1: in the NFL um and he had said, you know, 138 00:06:29,600 --> 00:06:31,240 Speaker 1: he had been around who is going to be a 139 00:06:31,279 --> 00:06:34,080 Speaker 1: Hall of Fame running back and he said, man, I 140 00:06:34,680 --> 00:06:36,839 Speaker 1: they were on this offense that did not shift their 141 00:06:36,880 --> 00:06:39,559 Speaker 1: motion very much, and they were struggling in a game. 142 00:06:39,600 --> 00:06:41,680 Speaker 1: And he said, in this Hall of Fame running back 143 00:06:41,760 --> 00:06:43,960 Speaker 1: told him, he's like, I feel like we just come up, 144 00:06:44,000 --> 00:06:46,040 Speaker 1: we get over the ball. In the defense, all they 145 00:06:46,080 --> 00:06:47,599 Speaker 1: do is sit there and stare at the gap that 146 00:06:47,640 --> 00:06:51,400 Speaker 1: they're responsible for for twenty seconds and then the ball 147 00:06:51,560 --> 00:06:53,760 Speaker 1: snapped and and and it's like, you don't stress. We 148 00:06:53,800 --> 00:06:56,520 Speaker 1: don't stress the defense at all. There's no thinking, there's 149 00:06:56,520 --> 00:06:59,480 Speaker 1: no communication, just line up here, it goes and so 150 00:06:59,560 --> 00:07:01,760 Speaker 1: he was frustrated with the lack of motion at least 151 00:07:01,800 --> 00:07:04,080 Speaker 1: to pull guys out of gaps and move defenders and 152 00:07:04,080 --> 00:07:06,520 Speaker 1: maybe you get a miscommunication, their missaligned, you get you 153 00:07:06,520 --> 00:07:08,640 Speaker 1: get a gap because like they're just sitting there staring 154 00:07:08,640 --> 00:07:10,800 Speaker 1: at their responsibility for ten fifteen seconds and then we 155 00:07:10,840 --> 00:07:14,080 Speaker 1: snapped the ball um and so it got me thinking 156 00:07:14,400 --> 00:07:17,239 Speaker 1: a little bit about that. And then I remember listening 157 00:07:17,240 --> 00:07:20,200 Speaker 1: to Brandon Staley for the charges that at a press conference. 158 00:07:20,320 --> 00:07:23,160 Speaker 1: It was a really interesting press conference talking about communication. 159 00:07:23,440 --> 00:07:25,000 Speaker 1: And I want to roll this clip right here, and 160 00:07:25,040 --> 00:07:26,640 Speaker 1: I want to get your response coming right out of 161 00:07:26,640 --> 00:07:28,120 Speaker 1: the clip. Go ahead, and no, Bill, you can roll it, 162 00:07:28,760 --> 00:07:32,000 Speaker 1: just pre snap. There's just a standard that we expect 163 00:07:32,280 --> 00:07:34,280 Speaker 1: from our guys. And there's so much happening now in 164 00:07:34,280 --> 00:07:36,560 Speaker 1: the modern NFL. There's so much motion, as you guys 165 00:07:36,600 --> 00:07:38,560 Speaker 1: are aware of, Like the best teams in the NFL 166 00:07:38,840 --> 00:07:42,440 Speaker 1: motion a lot, and the toughest teams to cover motion 167 00:07:42,480 --> 00:07:45,840 Speaker 1: a lot. And it's not just an easy motion like 168 00:07:45,880 --> 00:07:49,080 Speaker 1: it used to be where one guy would move and 169 00:07:49,120 --> 00:07:51,360 Speaker 1: it was an easy sort of paste that you could 170 00:07:51,640 --> 00:07:55,320 Speaker 1: key diagnose. Now there's multiple things happening at the formation. 171 00:07:55,400 --> 00:07:58,160 Speaker 1: You know, as the ball snap, the snap point, like 172 00:07:58,240 --> 00:08:01,280 Speaker 1: when that motion has happened, how fast it's happening, and 173 00:08:01,280 --> 00:08:05,400 Speaker 1: then where the ball snapped. That's a lot for defenses. Now, 174 00:08:05,440 --> 00:08:07,840 Speaker 1: that's why it's so tough to defend. That's why everyone's 175 00:08:07,840 --> 00:08:10,680 Speaker 1: wonder why the offenses are are exploding. Well, what you're 176 00:08:10,720 --> 00:08:13,720 Speaker 1: defending is really challenging, you know, and so you have 177 00:08:13,760 --> 00:08:16,400 Speaker 1: to really dive into the specifics of what that means. 178 00:08:16,440 --> 00:08:20,600 Speaker 1: And so pre snap, we have a standard that we 179 00:08:20,680 --> 00:08:22,680 Speaker 1: all should be able to close our eyes and if 180 00:08:22,720 --> 00:08:25,240 Speaker 1: we didn't see anything and we were just listening, we 181 00:08:25,280 --> 00:08:27,320 Speaker 1: could feel really good about our chances. And we're getting 182 00:08:27,360 --> 00:08:29,559 Speaker 1: closer to being that way. Well, I mean, I think 183 00:08:29,720 --> 00:08:33,000 Speaker 1: where Brandon's Daley is talking about is what every defensive 184 00:08:33,040 --> 00:08:35,240 Speaker 1: coordinator has to talk to his team about his meetings. 185 00:08:35,920 --> 00:08:40,720 Speaker 1: The constant shift in misdirection, the motion, the blurred motion 186 00:08:41,240 --> 00:08:44,400 Speaker 1: pre impost snap puts a lot of challenges on defenses 187 00:08:44,440 --> 00:08:46,040 Speaker 1: to know exactly what they're doing. You have to know 188 00:08:46,120 --> 00:08:49,640 Speaker 1: your assignments. And the thing about it is, normally you 189 00:08:49,640 --> 00:08:53,120 Speaker 1: can never replicate the tempo and the rhythm of the 190 00:08:53,200 --> 00:08:55,680 Speaker 1: motions and practice that you will face in the game 191 00:08:56,000 --> 00:08:58,719 Speaker 1: unless you live in this same space. And so when 192 00:08:58,760 --> 00:09:02,400 Speaker 1: I see sabral Cisco, Baltimore, Kansas City teams that are 193 00:09:02,400 --> 00:09:07,360 Speaker 1: prolific offensive teams living in the motion world, it tells 194 00:09:07,400 --> 00:09:10,160 Speaker 1: me that those coaches certainly understand the pressure that it 195 00:09:10,160 --> 00:09:12,120 Speaker 1: puts on the defense that kind of have to know 196 00:09:12,960 --> 00:09:17,160 Speaker 1: who's going where, and stretching the defense horizontally and vertically 197 00:09:17,200 --> 00:09:20,120 Speaker 1: and all of those other things, and just creating a 198 00:09:20,160 --> 00:09:24,760 Speaker 1: little doubt and hesitancy, hesitancy in the mind of defenders 199 00:09:25,200 --> 00:09:28,400 Speaker 1: that makes them play on the heels. That's all advantage offense, 200 00:09:28,440 --> 00:09:30,840 Speaker 1: which is why you're stately talked about why these teams 201 00:09:30,800 --> 00:09:34,120 Speaker 1: are scoring points because you're playing against a hesitant defender 202 00:09:34,400 --> 00:09:39,160 Speaker 1: who is thinking um and reacting rather than playing aggressively 203 00:09:39,640 --> 00:09:42,280 Speaker 1: changing the dynamics of the game. Yeah, I'm not saying 204 00:09:42,280 --> 00:09:44,080 Speaker 1: you need to do this on a of the snaps, 205 00:09:44,120 --> 00:09:45,880 Speaker 1: but when you when you get out there and you 206 00:09:45,920 --> 00:09:47,200 Speaker 1: do this a bunch, and I'm gonna give you the 207 00:09:47,200 --> 00:09:48,640 Speaker 1: teams that have done at the most in the league 208 00:09:48,679 --> 00:09:50,960 Speaker 1: here in a second, but even on the ones where 209 00:09:51,000 --> 00:09:53,440 Speaker 1: they're not motioning, you're a linebacker, you come up to 210 00:09:53,480 --> 00:09:55,920 Speaker 1: the line of scrimmage, boom, the offense breaks the huddle, 211 00:09:55,960 --> 00:09:58,599 Speaker 1: they get out in the formation, you're almost that's in 212 00:09:58,640 --> 00:10:00,520 Speaker 1: the back of your mind. Okay, what if this guy's 213 00:10:00,559 --> 00:10:02,520 Speaker 1: coming here, What if this guy's going there and all 214 00:10:02,559 --> 00:10:04,319 Speaker 1: of a sudden, boom, they snapped the ball and off 215 00:10:04,360 --> 00:10:06,160 Speaker 1: they go. There's no motion, there's no shift in there 216 00:10:06,200 --> 00:10:09,400 Speaker 1: right on you, but there's that expectation of it coming. 217 00:10:09,640 --> 00:10:10,960 Speaker 1: And so when I look at the teams that have 218 00:10:11,000 --> 00:10:13,880 Speaker 1: done it the most, you tell me which which neighborhood 219 00:10:13,920 --> 00:10:14,960 Speaker 1: you want to live in? When you look at the 220 00:10:14,960 --> 00:10:16,920 Speaker 1: teams that did it the most last year versus the 221 00:10:16,920 --> 00:10:20,240 Speaker 1: teams who did the least. So last year, San Francisco 222 00:10:21,040 --> 00:10:24,800 Speaker 1: there there they motion more than anybody in the league. Baltimore, 223 00:10:25,840 --> 00:10:31,600 Speaker 1: Kansas City six, the Raiders at and the Packers at. 224 00:10:32,440 --> 00:10:36,880 Speaker 1: So you've got literally Kyle Shanahan the Baltimore raven offense 225 00:10:36,920 --> 00:10:39,559 Speaker 1: with Greg Roman, who has been very dynamic. You've got 226 00:10:39,559 --> 00:10:41,640 Speaker 1: Andy Reid, You've got John Gruden, and you've got La 227 00:10:41,720 --> 00:10:44,760 Speaker 1: Fleur with Green Bay um. So those teams, now, a 228 00:10:44,760 --> 00:10:46,959 Speaker 1: lot of it is outside zone, the run game stuff 229 00:10:47,000 --> 00:10:48,920 Speaker 1: that they do that is complimented by some of these 230 00:10:48,920 --> 00:10:51,400 Speaker 1: shifts and motions, But those guys do it the most. Okay, 231 00:10:51,480 --> 00:10:54,040 Speaker 1: let's look down and see who did the least last 232 00:10:54,040 --> 00:10:56,880 Speaker 1: in the league was Arizona and that's Cliff Kingsbury And 233 00:10:56,920 --> 00:10:59,559 Speaker 1: that's the air raid philosophy of kind of how they play. 234 00:11:00,040 --> 00:11:03,439 Speaker 1: Chicago was second to last. They've you know that they've 235 00:11:03,440 --> 00:11:06,320 Speaker 1: had their issues offensively. Then you look at the Chargers, 236 00:11:07,200 --> 00:11:09,840 Speaker 1: who have a whole new staff coming in. Now, um, 237 00:11:09,920 --> 00:11:11,680 Speaker 1: they did not shift in motion much last year. You 238 00:11:11,679 --> 00:11:14,080 Speaker 1: have Jacksonville whole new staff coming in, and you have 239 00:11:14,080 --> 00:11:16,880 Speaker 1: Philadelphia whole new staff coming in. So in other words, 240 00:11:16,920 --> 00:11:18,400 Speaker 1: if you're buying a house and they say it's all 241 00:11:18,400 --> 00:11:21,600 Speaker 1: about location, location, location, which neighborhood would you want to 242 00:11:21,600 --> 00:11:24,720 Speaker 1: live in between those two? Oh, obviously it's apparent. I 243 00:11:24,760 --> 00:11:29,000 Speaker 1: think was um really glaring to me? Santrancist going Baltimore. 244 00:11:29,000 --> 00:11:32,240 Speaker 1: Two teams that are run heavy, how they manipulate the 245 00:11:32,360 --> 00:11:36,439 Speaker 1: odds of the defenders by utilizing motion uh and shifts 246 00:11:36,440 --> 00:11:39,680 Speaker 1: to divert their attention. I don't think it's a coincidence 247 00:11:39,720 --> 00:11:42,760 Speaker 1: that these two teams are run heavy, no over running 248 00:11:42,760 --> 00:11:44,839 Speaker 1: the ball a ton, but they both live in that 249 00:11:45,040 --> 00:11:50,800 Speaker 1: shift motion redirect space. There's something that they've uncovered from 250 00:11:51,040 --> 00:11:53,679 Speaker 1: opponents that enables them to kind of live in this 251 00:11:53,720 --> 00:11:56,120 Speaker 1: space and say, oh, we're perfectly comfortable being a team 252 00:11:56,120 --> 00:11:58,800 Speaker 1: to shifts on every now. Yeah. And so if you're 253 00:11:58,800 --> 00:12:00,680 Speaker 1: looking at the team that wanted all us your Tampa 254 00:12:00,800 --> 00:12:03,600 Speaker 1: dead in the middle, Uh, they were sixte in the league, 255 00:12:03,640 --> 00:12:07,320 Speaker 1: they were they were shifting or motioning ontent. So you 256 00:12:07,360 --> 00:12:09,600 Speaker 1: go to the top. San Francisco did it on se 257 00:12:10,440 --> 00:12:12,840 Speaker 1: the Snaps. You go to the bottom. Arizona did it 258 00:12:12,880 --> 00:12:16,560 Speaker 1: ont of the Snaps. So those are the two extremes. 259 00:12:16,559 --> 00:12:19,800 Speaker 1: Obviously they're in the same division, Uh, in the NFC West. 260 00:12:20,040 --> 00:12:23,000 Speaker 1: So what are the advantages to not shifting or motion 261 00:12:23,000 --> 00:12:25,679 Speaker 1: Because there are some advantages there. It's a very again 262 00:12:25,720 --> 00:12:28,680 Speaker 1: your static, which somehow leads a defense to be static. 263 00:12:28,920 --> 00:12:31,440 Speaker 1: So Peyton Manning notoriously didn't want to shift from motion. 264 00:12:31,480 --> 00:12:33,240 Speaker 1: He wanted to line up because he felt like he 265 00:12:33,280 --> 00:12:35,520 Speaker 1: could read the mail of the defense of what they 266 00:12:35,559 --> 00:12:37,559 Speaker 1: were getting ready to do. And then he had the 267 00:12:37,559 --> 00:12:39,960 Speaker 1: whole playbook at his disposal with the line of scrimmage 268 00:12:40,040 --> 00:12:42,400 Speaker 1: to be able to dial up whatever he wanted. You 269 00:12:42,440 --> 00:12:44,559 Speaker 1: would think Tom Brady could be in that same type 270 00:12:44,559 --> 00:12:46,840 Speaker 1: of situation. With twenty years of knowledge, you'd be able 271 00:12:46,840 --> 00:12:50,640 Speaker 1: to see everything, anticipate, predict change place. Not many guys 272 00:12:50,679 --> 00:12:53,160 Speaker 1: have that bucks, So why not instead of keeping it 273 00:12:53,240 --> 00:12:55,839 Speaker 1: static for both of us, I'd much rather stress your 274 00:12:55,880 --> 00:12:58,360 Speaker 1: communication on the defensive side of the ball. And I'm 275 00:12:58,360 --> 00:13:02,080 Speaker 1: gonna get indicators with motion what coverage you're in. You know, 276 00:13:02,120 --> 00:13:05,000 Speaker 1: I think it's funny because when you think about that, 277 00:13:05,080 --> 00:13:08,760 Speaker 1: like veteran quarterbacks sometimes get in the way of all 278 00:13:08,800 --> 00:13:11,400 Speaker 1: the motion stuff because they have such an expertise and 279 00:13:11,440 --> 00:13:15,880 Speaker 1: experience reading. They don't want the picture to change. And 280 00:13:15,960 --> 00:13:18,360 Speaker 1: so when your motion you run the risk of the 281 00:13:18,360 --> 00:13:20,240 Speaker 1: picture changing right in front of your eyes, and if 282 00:13:20,240 --> 00:13:23,000 Speaker 1: you're not able to quickly decipher, it can mess you up. 283 00:13:23,280 --> 00:13:26,120 Speaker 1: Paid money and the old inn Appolis colts, you knew 284 00:13:26,160 --> 00:13:28,560 Speaker 1: exactly what they were doing. They said, we're better than 285 00:13:28,600 --> 00:13:30,679 Speaker 1: you were doing what we do and the way they 286 00:13:30,720 --> 00:13:33,480 Speaker 1: go other teams. I've seen the Raiders for years on 287 00:13:33,520 --> 00:13:38,240 Speaker 1: the John Gruten shift motion meter. Mr wrect Di virtual eyes, 288 00:13:39,040 --> 00:13:41,840 Speaker 1: a lot of good stuff that he's done throughout the time. 289 00:13:41,880 --> 00:13:44,960 Speaker 1: But like that is what these teams and these play 290 00:13:45,000 --> 00:13:49,000 Speaker 1: callers doing. Andy Reid also does creative stuff. When you're creative, 291 00:13:49,440 --> 00:13:53,439 Speaker 1: you use to shift to changing tempos understanding the play 292 00:13:53,440 --> 00:13:56,720 Speaker 1: as It's a lot to deal with as a defenders. 293 00:13:56,840 --> 00:13:58,880 Speaker 1: I mean, I can't even imagine how tough it would 294 00:13:58,920 --> 00:14:02,079 Speaker 1: be for some of the my linebackers that are sitiually okay, 295 00:14:02,200 --> 00:14:04,440 Speaker 1: having to deal with all of that motion and can 296 00:14:04,600 --> 00:14:07,000 Speaker 1: congestion and chaos at the point of attack. Yeah, So 297 00:14:07,080 --> 00:14:09,319 Speaker 1: keep an eye on that when you're watching games this weekend. 298 00:14:09,600 --> 00:14:11,000 Speaker 1: Keep an eye on some of these teams. See if 299 00:14:11,000 --> 00:14:12,280 Speaker 1: we see a change, See if we see some of 300 00:14:12,320 --> 00:14:14,160 Speaker 1: these teams maybe at the bottom. Keep an eye in 301 00:14:14,240 --> 00:14:17,760 Speaker 1: Chicago obviously that some of these new coaching staff with Philadelphia, uh, 302 00:14:17,760 --> 00:14:19,720 Speaker 1: and what the Chargers are We gonna see more shifts, 303 00:14:19,720 --> 00:14:23,000 Speaker 1: more motion, more movement. I anticipate you probably will. And 304 00:14:23,280 --> 00:14:24,480 Speaker 1: the teams there at the top, those are some of 305 00:14:24,520 --> 00:14:27,320 Speaker 1: the best offensive teams in business. So I guarantee they're 306 00:14:27,320 --> 00:14:30,600 Speaker 1: going to continue to do what they do. The NFL 307 00:14:30,640 --> 00:14:33,800 Speaker 1: podcast network is expanding this year. NFL Media is teaming 308 00:14:33,840 --> 00:14:37,000 Speaker 1: up with iHeart Radio to launch several new podcasts, including 309 00:14:37,160 --> 00:14:40,160 Speaker 1: NFL Explained. 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New episodes 317 00:15:01,080 --> 00:15:03,120 Speaker 1: drop on Thursdays and you can listen to the podcast 318 00:15:03,200 --> 00:15:06,160 Speaker 1: on the I Heart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever 319 00:15:06,640 --> 00:15:10,040 Speaker 1: you get your podcasts. Looking forward to that one. Buck 320 00:15:10,200 --> 00:15:13,000 Speaker 1: always cool to see the new podcast get launched here 321 00:15:13,040 --> 00:15:15,360 Speaker 1: at NFL Media. Next thing I wanted to hit on 322 00:15:15,440 --> 00:15:19,400 Speaker 1: before we get into some some NFL stuff previewing this 323 00:15:19,480 --> 00:15:21,960 Speaker 1: Thursday game and looking back at a little bit of 324 00:15:21,960 --> 00:15:24,560 Speaker 1: this college football. Did you see this article got posted 325 00:15:24,600 --> 00:15:28,400 Speaker 1: on youngest oldest Rosters. I thought it was fascinating, man, Yeah, 326 00:15:28,440 --> 00:15:30,600 Speaker 1: DJ I saw it. I thought it was fascinating to 327 00:15:30,600 --> 00:15:33,360 Speaker 1: see the differences between the approaches at teams take when 328 00:15:33,360 --> 00:15:37,560 Speaker 1: it comes to young rosters and older rosters. You know, 329 00:15:37,640 --> 00:15:40,680 Speaker 1: we talked about the league trending younger just because of 330 00:15:41,120 --> 00:15:43,320 Speaker 1: the way the college game is, the way teams are 331 00:15:43,360 --> 00:15:45,200 Speaker 1: kind of stacking their rosters. When you have to work 332 00:15:45,200 --> 00:15:49,840 Speaker 1: around a big quarterback contract. But if you have a 333 00:15:49,880 --> 00:15:52,640 Speaker 1: young roster, you better make sure that you have great 334 00:15:52,760 --> 00:15:56,240 Speaker 1: teachers in your coaching staff. And I think you have 335 00:15:56,320 --> 00:16:00,160 Speaker 1: to be in lockstep front office coaching staff when you 336 00:16:00,200 --> 00:16:03,960 Speaker 1: take that approach that hey, we're gonna be young, we're 337 00:16:03,960 --> 00:16:06,560 Speaker 1: gonna be dynamic. We're gonna have an athletic team that 338 00:16:06,640 --> 00:16:09,200 Speaker 1: is fresh out of college. So we better have coaches 339 00:16:09,240 --> 00:16:11,920 Speaker 1: to understand how to deal with that who are patient 340 00:16:12,000 --> 00:16:14,440 Speaker 1: enough to get those guys going, but also have enough 341 00:16:14,560 --> 00:16:18,520 Speaker 1: in them to push them a little faster to accelerate 342 00:16:18,520 --> 00:16:20,640 Speaker 1: the development. So here's what I look at when this 343 00:16:20,760 --> 00:16:22,960 Speaker 1: comes out. Every year, you look at the five youngest 344 00:16:23,000 --> 00:16:25,560 Speaker 1: and the five oldest, and I'm looking for are there 345 00:16:25,600 --> 00:16:29,480 Speaker 1: any great teams that are young and and are there 346 00:16:29,520 --> 00:16:32,920 Speaker 1: any bad teams that are old? Because the last thing 347 00:16:32,960 --> 00:16:35,600 Speaker 1: you want to be is you don't want to be 348 00:16:35,680 --> 00:16:38,520 Speaker 1: old and bad. It's okay to be young and bad. 349 00:16:38,880 --> 00:16:40,480 Speaker 1: You don't want to be old and bad. And the 350 00:16:40,520 --> 00:16:43,680 Speaker 1: best thing you can be is young and good because 351 00:16:43,760 --> 00:16:46,200 Speaker 1: then you're looking at something. So it's interesting when you 352 00:16:46,240 --> 00:16:49,520 Speaker 1: look at this. So the youngest five teams, the Jets, 353 00:16:49,760 --> 00:16:52,000 Speaker 1: the youngest team in the NFL. They've been bad, right. 354 00:16:52,360 --> 00:16:54,960 Speaker 1: The Lions, the second youngest team, Nail, they've been bad. 355 00:16:55,000 --> 00:16:57,880 Speaker 1: Expected right, then we go. Let let's skip over. Let's 356 00:16:57,920 --> 00:17:00,840 Speaker 1: go to the fourth team, the Panthers top ten pick 357 00:17:00,960 --> 00:17:04,439 Speaker 1: last year. They're the fourth youngest, and the fifth youngest 358 00:17:04,560 --> 00:17:06,240 Speaker 1: is the Jags, who had the first pick in the 359 00:17:06,320 --> 00:17:09,280 Speaker 1: draft last year. So four of the five young teams 360 00:17:09,359 --> 00:17:11,840 Speaker 1: youngest team in the NFL are are coming off bad years. 361 00:17:12,200 --> 00:17:14,520 Speaker 1: Not a surprise. You'd expect that to be, you know, 362 00:17:14,600 --> 00:17:17,480 Speaker 1: kind of a rebuild, you're starting young. But the team 363 00:17:17,480 --> 00:17:19,439 Speaker 1: that's right there in the middle of the number three 364 00:17:19,520 --> 00:17:22,600 Speaker 1: youngest team in the NFL should cause alarms to go off, 365 00:17:22,880 --> 00:17:25,359 Speaker 1: because that is the Cleveland Browns. That is a team 366 00:17:25,400 --> 00:17:28,359 Speaker 1: coming off a playoff appearance, that is a loaded roster, 367 00:17:28,840 --> 00:17:31,000 Speaker 1: and here they are, buck they're the third youngest team 368 00:17:31,000 --> 00:17:33,480 Speaker 1: in the NFL. That should send off alarms of hey, 369 00:17:33,720 --> 00:17:36,600 Speaker 1: watch out because here they come. Yeah, watch out because 370 00:17:36,600 --> 00:17:38,359 Speaker 1: here they come. Because when we talk about it, we 371 00:17:38,400 --> 00:17:43,240 Speaker 1: always hear people talk about dynastic potential. Well, dynastic potential 372 00:17:43,359 --> 00:17:46,200 Speaker 1: comes when you have a team that is already pretty 373 00:17:46,240 --> 00:17:49,920 Speaker 1: good and you can keep the nucleus around for a while. 374 00:17:50,240 --> 00:17:52,040 Speaker 1: And when we think about a while, we're talking about 375 00:17:52,040 --> 00:17:54,360 Speaker 1: a three to five year run where you can keep 376 00:17:54,400 --> 00:17:56,800 Speaker 1: your core guys together and hope that they can play 377 00:17:56,840 --> 00:17:59,720 Speaker 1: at a high level. When I think about the Seattle Seahawks, 378 00:17:59,720 --> 00:18:02,359 Speaker 1: when they would be able to make that run, uh 379 00:18:02,440 --> 00:18:07,679 Speaker 1: early two thousand, two thousand twelve, two fourteen, young roster 380 00:18:07,880 --> 00:18:12,600 Speaker 1: dynamic grew together, dominated and even after they faulted in 381 00:18:12,680 --> 00:18:15,960 Speaker 1: that second Super Bowl, they still worried team that was 382 00:18:16,359 --> 00:18:19,960 Speaker 1: in the hunt for two or three years afterwards. You're 383 00:18:19,960 --> 00:18:23,600 Speaker 1: the Cleveland Browns with a very young roster, a team 384 00:18:23,640 --> 00:18:26,280 Speaker 1: that has confidence coming off of how well they played 385 00:18:26,280 --> 00:18:28,960 Speaker 1: in the postseason last year, to the Kansas City Chief 386 00:18:29,119 --> 00:18:32,960 Speaker 1: deep into the fourth quarter. If you're Andrew Berry and 387 00:18:33,040 --> 00:18:36,320 Speaker 1: Kevin Stefanski, you have to feel great about where you're at, 388 00:18:37,359 --> 00:18:39,880 Speaker 1: but you know that there's so much more to do 389 00:18:40,000 --> 00:18:41,639 Speaker 1: and so much more that you can accomplish with the 390 00:18:41,640 --> 00:18:44,320 Speaker 1: crew that you have right in front of you. Yeah, 391 00:18:44,240 --> 00:18:47,400 Speaker 1: you know, it's uh, it's all there for him. It's 392 00:18:47,400 --> 00:18:48,959 Speaker 1: all there for the Cleveland Browns to go on an 393 00:18:48,960 --> 00:18:51,200 Speaker 1: extended run here. So that's gonna be interesting to see. 394 00:18:51,240 --> 00:18:52,880 Speaker 1: So that that's the one that jumps out there now 395 00:18:52,880 --> 00:18:55,800 Speaker 1: we go to the five oldest teams. The oldest team 396 00:18:55,800 --> 00:18:59,280 Speaker 1: in the NFL is the Bears. So I mean, this 397 00:18:59,400 --> 00:19:01,320 Speaker 1: is a team coming off a five hundred season, but 398 00:19:01,960 --> 00:19:03,280 Speaker 1: you know, it's not a it's not a it's not 399 00:19:03,320 --> 00:19:05,840 Speaker 1: a great team. You've then you've got the Texans, who 400 00:19:05,840 --> 00:19:08,360 Speaker 1: have a chance to be pretty bad. They're coming off 401 00:19:08,359 --> 00:19:10,960 Speaker 1: a four and twelve season. Bucks, so they're they are 402 00:19:11,080 --> 00:19:14,720 Speaker 1: old and bad, bad combination. You've got the Bucks, the 403 00:19:14,760 --> 00:19:16,879 Speaker 1: winners of it all. Obviously, Tom Brady's gonna scuw those 404 00:19:16,920 --> 00:19:19,280 Speaker 1: numbers with his agent Dominican Sue. They've got some veterans 405 00:19:19,320 --> 00:19:21,440 Speaker 1: on that group jpps, you know, a third or thirty 406 00:19:21,440 --> 00:19:23,440 Speaker 1: two I want to say, but that you're fine being 407 00:19:23,480 --> 00:19:25,880 Speaker 1: old when you're good. That's the Bucks. Then you've got 408 00:19:25,880 --> 00:19:29,360 Speaker 1: the Cardinals, um, who were not a playoff team last year, 409 00:19:29,359 --> 00:19:31,600 Speaker 1: but I think probably adding a J. Greening company again, 410 00:19:31,640 --> 00:19:33,920 Speaker 1: they're like the Bears, they're they're five hundred team last year. 411 00:19:34,200 --> 00:19:36,679 Speaker 1: And you've got the Patriots, who, you know, get a 412 00:19:36,680 --> 00:19:39,240 Speaker 1: lot of veterans back. They're gonna be obviously young at 413 00:19:39,240 --> 00:19:43,119 Speaker 1: the quarterback position, but seven and nine. So it's interesting 414 00:19:43,119 --> 00:19:44,560 Speaker 1: to me when you look at that and say, Okay, 415 00:19:45,359 --> 00:19:47,240 Speaker 1: you love you love the Browns in the best position 416 00:19:47,280 --> 00:19:48,960 Speaker 1: to be young and talented. And you look at some 417 00:19:49,000 --> 00:19:51,919 Speaker 1: of these old teams, you know, I could see the 418 00:19:51,960 --> 00:19:54,320 Speaker 1: Patriots being a playoff team, obviously, the Bucks are a 419 00:19:54,359 --> 00:19:57,480 Speaker 1: Super Bowl champ, and I could see the Cardinals being 420 00:19:57,760 --> 00:20:02,040 Speaker 1: a playoff team. But when I look at the outlook 421 00:20:02,080 --> 00:20:04,320 Speaker 1: for this coming season, the Bears and the Texans have 422 00:20:04,359 --> 00:20:06,080 Speaker 1: a potential to be the worst. Right, You've got a 423 00:20:06,160 --> 00:20:08,560 Speaker 1: chance to be old and bad exactly what you do 424 00:20:08,640 --> 00:20:11,879 Speaker 1: not want. No, you certainly don't want that. And I 425 00:20:11,960 --> 00:20:15,240 Speaker 1: understand it because sometimes, like what you're doing when you're 426 00:20:15,280 --> 00:20:18,679 Speaker 1: the Bears, you have a team that is old. You 427 00:20:18,720 --> 00:20:21,760 Speaker 1: want the experience and the expertise. But what happens is 428 00:20:22,160 --> 00:20:25,159 Speaker 1: old guys fall off a cliff like that, and it 429 00:20:25,240 --> 00:20:28,920 Speaker 1: happened right in front of your eyes. And so if 430 00:20:28,920 --> 00:20:31,520 Speaker 1: you're an old Bears team and then you're gonna try 431 00:20:31,560 --> 00:20:35,199 Speaker 1: tout Andy Dalton and all these other things, man, it 432 00:20:35,280 --> 00:20:39,840 Speaker 1: just looks like you're not really progressing for next year, 433 00:20:40,160 --> 00:20:42,120 Speaker 1: Like you're putting all your eggs in the basket, saying 434 00:20:42,119 --> 00:20:46,520 Speaker 1: that these veterans that you expect to kind of raise 435 00:20:46,640 --> 00:20:48,960 Speaker 1: the hopes and lift the standard and all those other 436 00:20:49,040 --> 00:20:51,600 Speaker 1: things that they're gonna get you over the top. But man, 437 00:20:51,640 --> 00:20:55,920 Speaker 1: without enough young players that can be difference makers, it's 438 00:20:55,920 --> 00:20:59,680 Speaker 1: hard to believe that your success is going to be long. 439 00:20:59,760 --> 00:21:02,560 Speaker 1: Lad And so if I'm the Bears, I'm trying to 440 00:21:02,600 --> 00:21:05,440 Speaker 1: flip this roster while I'm great, because the last thing 441 00:21:05,440 --> 00:21:07,080 Speaker 1: you want to do is like those four teams that 442 00:21:07,119 --> 00:21:09,640 Speaker 1: are the youngest and bad. You don't want to be 443 00:21:09,680 --> 00:21:13,119 Speaker 1: young and bad. It's just such a hole to climb 444 00:21:13,119 --> 00:21:15,640 Speaker 1: out of. It's just hard. So if you can kind 445 00:21:15,640 --> 00:21:18,360 Speaker 1: of start the process on the front end, you may 446 00:21:18,359 --> 00:21:20,240 Speaker 1: be able to negate some of that stuff on the 447 00:21:20,280 --> 00:21:22,360 Speaker 1: back end. Yeah. I think you bring up a good 448 00:21:22,359 --> 00:21:25,000 Speaker 1: point there. Um, all right, let's let's look at this game. 449 00:21:25,000 --> 00:21:28,720 Speaker 1: On Thursday, we got our first NFL game Cowboys Bucks. Um, 450 00:21:28,760 --> 00:21:31,080 Speaker 1: we've talked about Tampa being one of those older teams, 451 00:21:31,760 --> 00:21:33,560 Speaker 1: but when you look at this game specifically, and we'll 452 00:21:33,560 --> 00:21:35,679 Speaker 1: see Zack Martin as we're recording this, looks like up 453 00:21:35,680 --> 00:21:38,240 Speaker 1: in the Air might not play in this game. Um, 454 00:21:38,359 --> 00:21:42,040 Speaker 1: we'll see what happens. But uh, man, that that's supposed 455 00:21:42,040 --> 00:21:43,480 Speaker 1: to be good to go, Ready to rock and roll? 456 00:21:43,800 --> 00:21:46,920 Speaker 1: What do you think. This is a tough matchup. It's 457 00:21:46,920 --> 00:21:49,640 Speaker 1: a tough matchup for the Cowboys just because you're you're 458 00:21:49,680 --> 00:21:53,000 Speaker 1: facing the defending champs. And the one thing that comes 459 00:21:53,000 --> 00:21:55,320 Speaker 1: with defending champions is they have a level of confidence 460 00:21:55,320 --> 00:21:58,399 Speaker 1: in knowing that they can get it done. They have 461 00:21:58,400 --> 00:22:00,159 Speaker 1: a little bounce in this step. It's different, and the 462 00:22:00,200 --> 00:22:02,800 Speaker 1: food at the hotel takes a little different. They are 463 00:22:02,920 --> 00:22:05,119 Speaker 1: champions and they understand what it's like to wear the 464 00:22:05,160 --> 00:22:09,760 Speaker 1: championship band built around the waist. The tam Bay Buccaneers 465 00:22:09,760 --> 00:22:11,720 Speaker 1: are interesting because normally, when you have a team that 466 00:22:11,760 --> 00:22:15,520 Speaker 1: wins like that, complacency sets in. The problem is, you've 467 00:22:15,520 --> 00:22:17,800 Speaker 1: got Tom Brady, one of the most competitive, if not 468 00:22:17,840 --> 00:22:20,280 Speaker 1: the most competitive player we've seen in the league. His 469 00:22:20,400 --> 00:22:23,040 Speaker 1: voice will even trumpet Bruce Arians voice when it comes 470 00:22:23,040 --> 00:22:27,920 Speaker 1: to some of these things, and so he refuses to relent. Man, 471 00:22:27,920 --> 00:22:30,240 Speaker 1: he won't let up off the gas. And so this 472 00:22:30,280 --> 00:22:33,040 Speaker 1: is a team that kind of has it all. Defensively 473 00:22:33,080 --> 00:22:35,920 Speaker 1: there temp is so good on defense with the front line, 474 00:22:35,960 --> 00:22:39,000 Speaker 1: Vida Bell and dominance sued Jason bre Paul shack Berry, 475 00:22:39,080 --> 00:22:42,720 Speaker 1: Devin White counting that because he brushed the pastor secondary 476 00:22:42,800 --> 00:22:46,119 Speaker 1: is good. An Winfield Junior was a great discovery, um 477 00:22:46,359 --> 00:22:47,879 Speaker 1: the Coiners to have on the outside. They just do 478 00:22:47,920 --> 00:22:50,520 Speaker 1: a good job of playing solid. And so when you're 479 00:22:50,560 --> 00:22:54,800 Speaker 1: solid and efficiental offense, solid and potentially dominant on defense, 480 00:22:55,680 --> 00:22:59,560 Speaker 1: hard to win games against the team that's formidable like that. Yeah, 481 00:22:59,840 --> 00:23:01,960 Speaker 1: And to me, I look at them and you're talking 482 00:23:01,960 --> 00:23:04,600 Speaker 1: about defensively and how good they are at that front 483 00:23:04,640 --> 00:23:06,720 Speaker 1: well documented now you had Joe try onto that mix. 484 00:23:06,760 --> 00:23:09,720 Speaker 1: So they're they're dominant front linebackers, they can all run, 485 00:23:09,760 --> 00:23:12,639 Speaker 1: they're all athletic. We saw it last year in the postseason. Uh, 486 00:23:12,720 --> 00:23:15,760 Speaker 1: Devin White, Lavonte David, that's a special crew. The exciting 487 00:23:15,760 --> 00:23:18,800 Speaker 1: thing for me with Tampa is this secondary was was 488 00:23:18,800 --> 00:23:20,639 Speaker 1: was a group that got better throughout the year and 489 00:23:20,720 --> 00:23:22,840 Speaker 1: was playing at a very high level. And there is 490 00:23:22,920 --> 00:23:24,639 Speaker 1: still more room for them to grow. So I think 491 00:23:24,640 --> 00:23:28,000 Speaker 1: you're gonna see with Winfield company, those young corners, Carlton Davis, 492 00:23:28,000 --> 00:23:29,800 Speaker 1: You're gonna see those guys continue to just take that 493 00:23:29,880 --> 00:23:32,280 Speaker 1: next step, which is gonna be fun to watch, which 494 00:23:32,320 --> 00:23:34,600 Speaker 1: gives them even more upside coming off of a super Bowl. 495 00:23:34,600 --> 00:23:37,560 Speaker 1: And then when I flip it over to Dallas, like 496 00:23:37,960 --> 00:23:40,240 Speaker 1: the matchup I want in this game, give me Digs, 497 00:23:40,600 --> 00:23:44,600 Speaker 1: Travon Diggs against Mike Evans. Now, this is why you wanted. 498 00:23:44,680 --> 00:23:47,080 Speaker 1: This is why you want big corners because you're gonna 499 00:23:47,080 --> 00:23:49,280 Speaker 1: have to deal with some of these power forward type players. 500 00:23:49,720 --> 00:23:52,160 Speaker 1: So this can be a nice I want to say, 501 00:23:52,200 --> 00:23:54,000 Speaker 1: coming out party, because he did some good things before 502 00:23:54,000 --> 00:23:56,439 Speaker 1: he got hurt last year. A little bit uneven up 503 00:23:56,440 --> 00:23:58,160 Speaker 1: and down, but you saw some of the upside with Diggs. 504 00:23:58,200 --> 00:24:00,680 Speaker 1: But let's see it, man, I'm looking forward to that. Yeah. 505 00:24:00,680 --> 00:24:03,280 Speaker 1: The upside instrument is Tryvon Diggs has come in and 506 00:24:03,320 --> 00:24:06,560 Speaker 1: being terrific for the Cowboys from the jump. It wasn't 507 00:24:06,560 --> 00:24:09,920 Speaker 1: necessarily always pretty, but it was just a long, athletic 508 00:24:09,920 --> 00:24:13,280 Speaker 1: guy who has ball skills, technician, come from Alabama. He 509 00:24:13,359 --> 00:24:16,840 Speaker 1: is automatically then number one on on on the outside. 510 00:24:17,040 --> 00:24:20,040 Speaker 1: Anthony Brown is someone who gets playing time uh Naan 511 00:24:20,080 --> 00:24:21,800 Speaker 1: Wright has actually had a good camp and he will 512 00:24:21,840 --> 00:24:24,280 Speaker 1: get playing time. But when you really look down at it, 513 00:24:24,320 --> 00:24:26,880 Speaker 1: this is a team that has five dbs that can 514 00:24:26,880 --> 00:24:30,399 Speaker 1: play some form of uh safety and then try and 515 00:24:30,400 --> 00:24:32,840 Speaker 1: get those guys on the field. And so I think 516 00:24:32,880 --> 00:24:37,119 Speaker 1: it's just one of these situations where you're the Dallas Cowboys, 517 00:24:37,160 --> 00:24:39,639 Speaker 1: and you're trying to try out a bunch of different 518 00:24:39,640 --> 00:24:43,000 Speaker 1: combinations to figure out what you eventually have. And then 519 00:24:43,040 --> 00:24:46,159 Speaker 1: I think they will sell it into their approach and 520 00:24:46,280 --> 00:24:49,480 Speaker 1: the concrete will probably come in January where it settles 521 00:24:49,920 --> 00:24:52,560 Speaker 1: you can feel what the team is. I mean not January, 522 00:24:52,680 --> 00:24:54,600 Speaker 1: like middle of September. You can feel what the team 523 00:24:54,680 --> 00:24:56,720 Speaker 1: is and how they're gonna play. I think that is 524 00:24:56,760 --> 00:24:59,560 Speaker 1: going to happen. Also, don't under estimate when it comes 525 00:24:59,560 --> 00:25:02,000 Speaker 1: to the cow Boys. I feel like Mike McCarthy had 526 00:25:02,040 --> 00:25:04,040 Speaker 1: to knock off the Russ. There are a lot of 527 00:25:04,160 --> 00:25:08,480 Speaker 1: in game decisions that didn't really relate to how he 528 00:25:08,560 --> 00:25:12,320 Speaker 1: typically coaches the game. Hopefully, after having those games under 529 00:25:12,320 --> 00:25:17,080 Speaker 1: this Bilt, he's a much better clear playing you know, 530 00:25:17,240 --> 00:25:19,800 Speaker 1: play call it. Yeah. I'm curious to see again, what 531 00:25:19,840 --> 00:25:22,560 Speaker 1: does Dak look like? How does he move around? Um? 532 00:25:22,680 --> 00:25:25,320 Speaker 1: Can he extend plays with that? With that ankle? Is 533 00:25:25,359 --> 00:25:27,240 Speaker 1: he comfortable doing that? How's the shoulder looks? As the 534 00:25:27,280 --> 00:25:29,600 Speaker 1: ball have life? And we don't know, We'll see, We'll 535 00:25:29,600 --> 00:25:30,840 Speaker 1: see when we get out there and see what that 536 00:25:30,880 --> 00:25:34,760 Speaker 1: looks like. College football wise, looking forward to another week 537 00:25:34,880 --> 00:25:37,800 Speaker 1: coming up with some some big time matchups Ohio State. 538 00:25:37,800 --> 00:25:39,840 Speaker 1: Oregan is gonna be fun. But looking back, I'm gonna 539 00:25:39,840 --> 00:25:41,399 Speaker 1: give you a list of names that just jumped out 540 00:25:41,440 --> 00:25:43,000 Speaker 1: to me, Buck and tell me if there's anybody else 541 00:25:43,240 --> 00:25:45,480 Speaker 1: that stood out to you. Watched a bunch of tape 542 00:25:45,520 --> 00:25:48,400 Speaker 1: from the weekend. Cayle Hambleton's is probably best in show 543 00:25:48,520 --> 00:25:51,000 Speaker 1: what he did day in the Safety, the Freak Show, 544 00:25:51,359 --> 00:25:55,359 Speaker 1: Um quarterback Wise, the three best that I watched that 545 00:25:55,400 --> 00:25:57,600 Speaker 1: I thought were the most impressive from the weekend, I 546 00:25:57,600 --> 00:26:00,199 Speaker 1: would go Matt Corrown number one. From last night, I 547 00:26:00,200 --> 00:26:03,480 Speaker 1: would go Desmond Ritter from Cincinnati. Number two made some 548 00:26:03,480 --> 00:26:05,680 Speaker 1: some nice throws, can really move around, move around even 549 00:26:05,720 --> 00:26:08,000 Speaker 1: better than I remember from looking at him and peeking 550 00:26:08,000 --> 00:26:09,719 Speaker 1: at him over the summer. And then Carson Strong from 551 00:26:09,800 --> 00:26:12,360 Speaker 1: Nevada with a big win over Cal make some big 552 00:26:12,359 --> 00:26:14,679 Speaker 1: time throws, pure pocket guy, but a lot of far 553 00:26:14,800 --> 00:26:18,280 Speaker 1: hash drive throws. Was impressed with him. And then receiver wise, 554 00:26:18,600 --> 00:26:21,359 Speaker 1: Hello Crystal Love at Ohio State is silky smooth what 555 00:26:21,440 --> 00:26:23,360 Speaker 1: we thought he was gonna be. And uh and Drake 556 00:26:23,440 --> 00:26:26,400 Speaker 1: London from USC had a big day. Yeah, big day 557 00:26:26,480 --> 00:26:28,199 Speaker 1: for those guys. I think the thing that stood up 558 00:26:28,200 --> 00:26:29,840 Speaker 1: to me DJ was not only the guys that have 559 00:26:29,840 --> 00:26:32,600 Speaker 1: been celebrated, but the Struggles. I feel like every year 560 00:26:32,680 --> 00:26:35,840 Speaker 1: this happens where we talked about a certain uh set 561 00:26:35,840 --> 00:26:37,960 Speaker 1: of guys and these guys are gonna be the next coming, 562 00:26:38,000 --> 00:26:40,080 Speaker 1: and then when we see them in Week one, they 563 00:26:40,160 --> 00:26:43,760 Speaker 1: put up does Spencer Rattler didn't look great against Tulane 564 00:26:43,760 --> 00:26:47,320 Speaker 1: watch that game. Struggle still plays a little too lucy 565 00:26:47,359 --> 00:26:50,240 Speaker 1: goosey for my taste. I think that is something that's 566 00:26:50,240 --> 00:26:51,760 Speaker 1: going to have to be coached out of him. And 567 00:26:51,800 --> 00:26:54,720 Speaker 1: I would say that he's not a Pat Mahomes like talent, 568 00:26:55,080 --> 00:26:57,080 Speaker 1: so some of those things that you give leeway the 569 00:26:57,080 --> 00:26:59,880 Speaker 1: Pat Mahomes to be able to do, you still want 570 00:26:59,880 --> 00:27:04,119 Speaker 1: to rain him in before he becomes a factor. I 571 00:27:04,160 --> 00:27:10,080 Speaker 1: think Sam Howell, another quarterback similar Struggles, doesn't have the 572 00:27:10,119 --> 00:27:12,720 Speaker 1: same supporting cast, try to do too much trying to 573 00:27:12,720 --> 00:27:16,320 Speaker 1: fit balls in where he didn't need to. Um just 574 00:27:17,000 --> 00:27:21,120 Speaker 1: can never make the play to to get him over 575 00:27:21,200 --> 00:27:23,719 Speaker 1: the hump. And I think that was a common nominated 576 00:27:23,760 --> 00:27:25,440 Speaker 1: with a lot of the quarterbacks that we watched that 577 00:27:25,520 --> 00:27:29,960 Speaker 1: were very decorated. They just couldn't make the plays when 578 00:27:29,960 --> 00:27:32,479 Speaker 1: they needed to make them. So it just makes it 579 00:27:32,520 --> 00:27:35,600 Speaker 1: makes it very very dough. Yeah, Now it was not 580 00:27:35,680 --> 00:27:37,639 Speaker 1: the best day for Sam how their offensive line was 581 00:27:37,720 --> 00:27:40,879 Speaker 1: terrible in that game too. Virginia Tech got after whooped 582 00:27:40,920 --> 00:27:43,560 Speaker 1: up front, so you don't get it. We we talked 583 00:27:43,600 --> 00:27:46,040 Speaker 1: about the fact maybe we could uh needle Reggie a 584 00:27:46,080 --> 00:27:50,320 Speaker 1: little bit because North Carolina half one and Miami got roasted, 585 00:27:50,359 --> 00:27:53,240 Speaker 1: which which did happened against Alabama. Alabama is just bigger, faster, strong, 586 00:27:53,280 --> 00:27:55,800 Speaker 1: and everybody that that's that's not fair. Georgia looked great too. 587 00:27:55,840 --> 00:27:57,800 Speaker 1: That's gonna be a heavyweight matchup when they see each other. 588 00:27:58,520 --> 00:28:01,800 Speaker 1: But but man, and we can't see anything because your 589 00:28:01,800 --> 00:28:03,560 Speaker 1: tar Hill didn't take care of business. Now we've got 590 00:28:03,560 --> 00:28:06,480 Speaker 1: the Hurricanes this week. We've got app at Miami. Um 591 00:28:06,560 --> 00:28:08,640 Speaker 1: so fingers crossed on that one. I know, I haven't 592 00:28:08,640 --> 00:28:11,640 Speaker 1: reading all about it. Um one thing about APP. I mean, 593 00:28:11,640 --> 00:28:15,440 Speaker 1: I saw y'all took East Carolina to the ship kind 594 00:28:15,440 --> 00:28:17,080 Speaker 1: of put your hands on them. It looked like a 595 00:28:17,119 --> 00:28:20,639 Speaker 1: whole bunch of new guys and in new mountaineer stuff. 596 00:28:20,680 --> 00:28:23,240 Speaker 1: I don't I don't know if the gear has lasted 597 00:28:23,240 --> 00:28:24,520 Speaker 1: a year or two, but it looked like it was 598 00:28:24,560 --> 00:28:27,320 Speaker 1: all fresh and crispy. Some of these so it seemed 599 00:28:27,320 --> 00:28:30,760 Speaker 1: like that they have definitely taken advantage of what we 600 00:28:30,800 --> 00:28:32,520 Speaker 1: talked about on the podcast. Let me tell you this 601 00:28:32,960 --> 00:28:34,840 Speaker 1: got good feedback on the podcast when we talked about 602 00:28:34,840 --> 00:28:37,399 Speaker 1: the super seniors and how teams could exploit it. I 603 00:28:37,440 --> 00:28:39,280 Speaker 1: think we saw that play at a real time, not 604 00:28:39,320 --> 00:28:44,080 Speaker 1: only with your Mountaineers, but U c l A's defense. 605 00:28:44,600 --> 00:28:45,920 Speaker 1: I don't know if you had a chance to watch 606 00:28:45,960 --> 00:28:48,360 Speaker 1: the game when you watched the Yeah, they got after it. 607 00:28:48,400 --> 00:28:50,440 Speaker 1: They I didn't know that that had any super seniors 608 00:28:50,440 --> 00:28:54,520 Speaker 1: over there. So how about this dear defense? Only fourth, fifth, 609 00:28:54,520 --> 00:28:57,720 Speaker 1: and six year players. So when you we talked about 610 00:28:57,840 --> 00:29:02,200 Speaker 1: experience and expertise, a defense that flew around, a defense 611 00:29:02,240 --> 00:29:06,320 Speaker 1: that understood how to play, I think they look it's 612 00:29:06,320 --> 00:29:08,920 Speaker 1: the perfect storm for them because they played a brand 613 00:29:08,960 --> 00:29:11,600 Speaker 1: of football. Dad, We're not used to seeing the guys 614 00:29:11,640 --> 00:29:14,800 Speaker 1: in the Powder Blue play. They were very physical from 615 00:29:14,800 --> 00:29:17,200 Speaker 1: the start, and in my mind, I felt like they 616 00:29:17,240 --> 00:29:22,040 Speaker 1: dominated the trenches, which is the one thing that SEC 617 00:29:22,240 --> 00:29:24,600 Speaker 1: teams have been able to hold over patch with teams 618 00:29:24,840 --> 00:29:28,360 Speaker 1: they could play them anywhere and dominate them in the trenches. 619 00:29:28,840 --> 00:29:34,200 Speaker 1: The fact that Oregon kind of kept it together speaks volumes. Yeah, No, 620 00:29:34,320 --> 00:29:39,160 Speaker 1: it was you're always gonna have the You're always gonna 621 00:29:39,160 --> 00:29:40,520 Speaker 1: have that in the back of your head. Uh, and 622 00:29:40,560 --> 00:29:45,360 Speaker 1: their sisty blue uniforms. According to Orion, you got Look, 623 00:29:45,400 --> 00:29:47,840 Speaker 1: you can't do all of that talking when it comes 624 00:29:47,840 --> 00:29:50,280 Speaker 1: to it. Speaking of Oregon Capon tip of the or 625 00:29:50,360 --> 00:29:52,440 Speaker 1: having an injury, we don't know how severe it is, 626 00:29:52,480 --> 00:29:54,520 Speaker 1: but we saw him kind of booted up. You just 627 00:29:54,560 --> 00:29:57,520 Speaker 1: kind of wonder with guys like that like Willie, will 628 00:29:57,520 --> 00:30:01,360 Speaker 1: we get a chance to see him at form this year. 629 00:30:01,840 --> 00:30:05,400 Speaker 1: A lot of conversation and expectation for him, maybe at 630 00:30:05,400 --> 00:30:06,680 Speaker 1: the end of the year if he did decide to 631 00:30:06,680 --> 00:30:09,120 Speaker 1: come out where he would be kind of projected. This 632 00:30:09,320 --> 00:30:11,640 Speaker 1: injury will kind of weigh in and factor into a 633 00:30:11,640 --> 00:30:13,680 Speaker 1: little bit of that because we might not get a 634 00:30:13,720 --> 00:30:16,920 Speaker 1: chance to see him play in as many decorated games 635 00:30:16,920 --> 00:30:19,360 Speaker 1: as we would have if you had been healthy. Yeah, gosh, 636 00:30:19,360 --> 00:30:20,680 Speaker 1: I would love to see him healthy and that one 637 00:30:20,680 --> 00:30:22,840 Speaker 1: that would be a fun one. Uh. This upcoming weekend, 638 00:30:23,200 --> 00:30:24,800 Speaker 1: all right, Buck, anything else you want to add before 639 00:30:24,840 --> 00:30:27,720 Speaker 1: we jump out of here? Full full full weekend here 640 00:30:27,720 --> 00:30:29,880 Speaker 1: coming up with with college football and at Fuel football. 641 00:30:29,880 --> 00:30:32,480 Speaker 1: Can't wait? Yeah, full weekend and I think it's a 642 00:30:32,480 --> 00:30:35,160 Speaker 1: great weekend for college games to just kind of sit 643 00:30:35,240 --> 00:30:38,200 Speaker 1: and watch. Iowa Iowa State is one that I had 644 00:30:38,200 --> 00:30:40,880 Speaker 1: my eye on. I alway, Stay didn't play great last week, 645 00:30:40,920 --> 00:30:43,760 Speaker 1: but you know rivalry game, Uh, that should be one 646 00:30:44,240 --> 00:30:50,840 Speaker 1: to watch. And then Michigan and you dubbed me, you 647 00:30:50,960 --> 00:30:53,640 Speaker 1: dubbed losing the Montana but we know they're certainly not 648 00:30:53,680 --> 00:30:56,479 Speaker 1: as bad as they played. And then Michigan losing their 649 00:30:56,480 --> 00:30:59,160 Speaker 1: big returner Brown and why receiver Brown who was a 650 00:30:59,160 --> 00:31:02,320 Speaker 1: big time playmaker for them. Which team shows up? Which 651 00:31:02,440 --> 00:31:06,680 Speaker 1: Washington team shows up? Because naturally, when you lose the 652 00:31:06,680 --> 00:31:08,520 Speaker 1: way they lost, man, it's hard for guys to get 653 00:31:08,600 --> 00:31:10,160 Speaker 1: up for him and have the same kind of vigor 654 00:31:10,240 --> 00:31:13,400 Speaker 1: and zest to knock them off. We'll see how mature 655 00:31:13,440 --> 00:31:15,920 Speaker 1: some of these teams are. I have no doubt. All Right, 656 00:31:16,000 --> 00:31:17,440 Speaker 1: I hope you guys have enjoyed that today. It was 657 00:31:17,440 --> 00:31:21,320 Speaker 1: a fun one. Um. Again, appreciate you guys hanging with us. 658 00:31:21,360 --> 00:31:23,480 Speaker 1: Appreciate you guys leaving us those ratings and reviews on 659 00:31:23,520 --> 00:31:26,480 Speaker 1: Apple podcasts. Those are great. Uh, we'll catch you next 660 00:31:26,520 --> 00:31:28,080 Speaker 1: time right here on Move the Sticks