1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:02,080 Speaker 1: Coming up on The Booth Review, London, we got a 2 00:00:02,120 --> 00:00:03,400 Speaker 1: mid season review. 3 00:00:03,840 --> 00:00:06,000 Speaker 2: Yeah, and looking forward to seeing if the defense can 4 00:00:06,040 --> 00:00:08,680 Speaker 2: build on the performance they had in Madrid. 5 00:00:09,240 --> 00:00:09,400 Speaker 3: Yeah. 6 00:00:09,440 --> 00:00:11,239 Speaker 4: And I'm also excited about this offense, like what they 7 00:00:11,240 --> 00:00:12,320 Speaker 4: look like if they get healthy. 8 00:00:12,440 --> 00:00:17,960 Speaker 1: That's next on the Booth Review. Welcome into the post 9 00:00:18,079 --> 00:00:20,880 Speaker 1: bye week edition of The Booth Review podcast. I'm Bram 10 00:00:20,880 --> 00:00:23,919 Speaker 1: Weinstein with Logan Paulsen and London Fletcher. Were brought to 11 00:00:23,960 --> 00:00:27,280 Speaker 1: you by Microsoft Surface Copilot plus PREC. Logan and I 12 00:00:27,360 --> 00:00:30,520 Speaker 1: are in the Big Bear AI Command Center studio lovely 13 00:00:30,560 --> 00:00:33,919 Speaker 1: in deck out for the Thanksgiving holiday. Hic Right, London's 14 00:00:33,920 --> 00:00:37,199 Speaker 1: down the line celebrating Thanksgiving with his family. Nice to 15 00:00:37,240 --> 00:00:37,880 Speaker 1: see you, London. 16 00:00:38,400 --> 00:00:42,800 Speaker 2: Oh yeah, I'm in the big Fletch at home. Ya 17 00:00:43,200 --> 00:00:43,479 Speaker 2: all right. 18 00:00:43,520 --> 00:00:46,080 Speaker 1: So normally for bye week I go away, but because 19 00:00:46,080 --> 00:00:48,920 Speaker 1: we were just in Spain, I decided to sit at home. 20 00:00:49,560 --> 00:00:51,680 Speaker 3: What'd you do? Just show? Yeah? What did I do? 21 00:00:51,760 --> 00:00:54,680 Speaker 4: I hockey tournaments, soccer tournaments. You know, my kids are 22 00:00:54,720 --> 00:00:57,279 Speaker 4: eight to eleven, so that's when you're away. As much 23 00:00:57,280 --> 00:00:59,040 Speaker 4: as if we've been away this year, it's good to 24 00:00:59,120 --> 00:01:02,040 Speaker 4: kind of catch up, built some equity back with the family. 25 00:01:02,120 --> 00:01:05,560 Speaker 1: You know what I mean, What did international fletch do week. 26 00:01:06,240 --> 00:01:07,480 Speaker 5: Man, International fletch. 27 00:01:07,520 --> 00:01:11,320 Speaker 2: I I stayed at home all pretty much the entire 28 00:01:11,319 --> 00:01:15,000 Speaker 2: week except my son and his a high school football team, 29 00:01:15,000 --> 00:01:17,680 Speaker 2: Providence Day School down here in Charlotte. They want to 30 00:01:17,720 --> 00:01:20,440 Speaker 2: state championship there. We got out to them when thirteen 31 00:01:20,480 --> 00:01:23,160 Speaker 2: and zero. We want to state championship on Thursday night, 32 00:01:23,319 --> 00:01:25,520 Speaker 2: I mean on Friday, and I'm sorry. And then the 33 00:01:25,520 --> 00:01:29,520 Speaker 2: rest of the weekend, man, I I literally didn't leave 34 00:01:29,560 --> 00:01:32,200 Speaker 2: my couch much, just sat there, watched a lot of 35 00:01:32,720 --> 00:01:35,080 Speaker 2: college football on Saturday, then a lot of pro football 36 00:01:35,120 --> 00:01:35,680 Speaker 2: on Sunday. 37 00:01:36,000 --> 00:01:38,320 Speaker 5: Logan, did you guys play on Friday? Yeah? 38 00:01:38,360 --> 00:01:42,000 Speaker 3: We did play on Friday. We won forty one zero, yep. 39 00:01:42,040 --> 00:01:43,560 Speaker 4: And now we got kind of our big game this 40 00:01:43,600 --> 00:01:45,360 Speaker 4: week a week against River Bend, which is like for 41 00:01:45,480 --> 00:01:48,280 Speaker 4: the region, and then next week is Semis and the 42 00:01:48,280 --> 00:01:50,040 Speaker 4: following we would be States. So we got a couple 43 00:01:50,040 --> 00:01:52,600 Speaker 4: more games to go, but hopefully we make some waves. 44 00:01:52,640 --> 00:01:54,480 Speaker 1: We're going to get a contingent out there in Virginia 45 00:01:54,560 --> 00:01:57,280 Speaker 1: to see you hopefully. All right, all right, very good, 46 00:01:57,680 --> 00:01:59,920 Speaker 1: because we did not play obviously this weekend, We're gonna 47 00:01:59,920 --> 00:02:02,800 Speaker 1: do so it's kind of not a mid season review 48 00:02:03,080 --> 00:02:06,680 Speaker 1: two thirds of a season review by week review, and 49 00:02:06,760 --> 00:02:08,359 Speaker 1: why don't we just kind of start from the beginning 50 00:02:08,520 --> 00:02:10,200 Speaker 1: and to kind of get us to where we are, 51 00:02:10,240 --> 00:02:13,119 Speaker 1: which is I think we're all hoping after what happened 52 00:02:13,200 --> 00:02:15,800 Speaker 1: in Spain that there's gonna be kind of a reset, 53 00:02:15,880 --> 00:02:18,680 Speaker 1: specifically on the defensive side of the ball. Hopefully some 54 00:02:18,720 --> 00:02:21,440 Speaker 1: people return so we get a better look at what 55 00:02:21,520 --> 00:02:24,560 Speaker 1: this offense could be moving forward. But why don't we 56 00:02:24,600 --> 00:02:26,440 Speaker 1: kind of go through what got us to this point? 57 00:02:26,440 --> 00:02:28,760 Speaker 1: Because the record is clearly not what anybody had hoped 58 00:02:28,760 --> 00:02:30,919 Speaker 1: it would be. There's a lot of reasons for that. 59 00:02:31,240 --> 00:02:33,520 Speaker 1: Why don't we start on offense a little bit here? 60 00:02:33,960 --> 00:02:38,359 Speaker 1: Where I think the story of the season is the 61 00:02:38,400 --> 00:02:42,160 Speaker 1: group that we thought would be the starting unit never 62 00:02:42,240 --> 00:02:45,239 Speaker 1: practice together at any point in time from day one 63 00:02:45,440 --> 00:02:47,640 Speaker 1: of training camp, which I think has a lot to 64 00:02:47,720 --> 00:02:49,040 Speaker 1: do with where they are right now. 65 00:02:49,440 --> 00:02:51,080 Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean I totally feel the same way. 66 00:02:51,120 --> 00:02:53,320 Speaker 4: Obviously, injuries are a big part of the NFL, and 67 00:02:53,360 --> 00:02:55,280 Speaker 4: like Fletch could test that, like everyone's got to kind 68 00:02:55,320 --> 00:02:57,440 Speaker 4: of play banged up. But this is a different type 69 00:02:57,440 --> 00:02:59,160 Speaker 4: of animal, you know, like when you're missing some of 70 00:02:59,200 --> 00:03:04,160 Speaker 4: these key pieces is Terry Noah, obviously, Austin Eckler, and 71 00:03:04,200 --> 00:03:06,760 Speaker 4: then kind of the musical chairs, especially early in the 72 00:03:06,800 --> 00:03:09,680 Speaker 4: season on the offensive line. It just doesn't lead to 73 00:03:09,720 --> 00:03:11,880 Speaker 4: a good product, you know, because so much of what 74 00:03:11,960 --> 00:03:14,720 Speaker 4: this game is, and again, like Fletchnow's is been anybody 75 00:03:14,800 --> 00:03:17,280 Speaker 4: is like your ability to kind of have non verbal 76 00:03:17,280 --> 00:03:21,120 Speaker 4: communication with your teammates, understand route depths, understand different coverages. 77 00:03:21,160 --> 00:03:23,919 Speaker 4: If you're a receiver offensive line, we're passing off twists, 78 00:03:23,919 --> 00:03:25,560 Speaker 4: we're passing off stunts in the past game, but it's 79 00:03:25,600 --> 00:03:27,919 Speaker 4: also run game. How do we fit double teams? Where 80 00:03:27,919 --> 00:03:30,200 Speaker 4: are we targeting these things? How do we communicate these 81 00:03:30,240 --> 00:03:32,480 Speaker 4: kind of last second looks. So I do think that, 82 00:03:33,040 --> 00:03:34,680 Speaker 4: like you said that, the fact that they haven't really 83 00:03:34,800 --> 00:03:38,160 Speaker 4: practiced together at all shows up at times this year, 84 00:03:38,200 --> 00:03:40,040 Speaker 4: and I do think you're starting to feel them come 85 00:03:40,200 --> 00:03:42,760 Speaker 4: out of it a little bit offensively. But I do 86 00:03:42,840 --> 00:03:46,120 Speaker 4: think like some of the offensive woes and issues were. 87 00:03:47,880 --> 00:03:48,720 Speaker 3: Largely due to injury. 88 00:03:48,840 --> 00:03:52,760 Speaker 5: Yeah, I've always felt like it's a lot harder to. 89 00:03:54,320 --> 00:03:58,640 Speaker 2: Play offense produce offensively if you're not geling, you're not 90 00:03:58,680 --> 00:04:02,320 Speaker 2: getting that rhythm together, whether it's the quarterback getting his 91 00:04:02,440 --> 00:04:05,360 Speaker 2: time and career kind of timed up with the with 92 00:04:05,400 --> 00:04:09,000 Speaker 2: the receiving Corps offensive line. As you mentioned, those guys 93 00:04:09,000 --> 00:04:12,120 Speaker 2: they have to really playing unison. They have to spend 94 00:04:12,120 --> 00:04:15,560 Speaker 2: a ton of time together, you know, just Cosmey he 95 00:04:15,640 --> 00:04:17,600 Speaker 2: missed a you know, first, I don't know how many 96 00:04:18,080 --> 00:04:19,200 Speaker 2: ball games he ended up missing. 97 00:04:19,240 --> 00:04:21,360 Speaker 5: We first four or five, six games. 98 00:04:22,000 --> 00:04:24,559 Speaker 2: So you know, now that unit is starting to starting 99 00:04:24,560 --> 00:04:27,159 Speaker 2: to look good, especially you know, the last couple of games. 100 00:04:27,160 --> 00:04:31,240 Speaker 2: But just the injuries. Jayden has missed what six games, 101 00:04:31,240 --> 00:04:34,680 Speaker 2: five games? Terry has only played in four games, knowing 102 00:04:34,839 --> 00:04:38,919 Speaker 2: just two games played. And it adds up to a 103 00:04:38,960 --> 00:04:41,800 Speaker 2: product that you've seen on the football field. Austin Eckler, 104 00:04:42,040 --> 00:04:44,200 Speaker 2: who we really haven't talked to. I don't think we've 105 00:04:44,240 --> 00:04:47,880 Speaker 2: talked enough about the loss of Eckler and what he 106 00:04:47,960 --> 00:04:51,560 Speaker 2: brings to the offense and his dynamic playmaking seals not 107 00:04:51,680 --> 00:04:53,839 Speaker 2: just as a runner but also as a as a 108 00:04:53,880 --> 00:04:56,760 Speaker 2: pass catching back out of the backfield, and his ability 109 00:04:56,760 --> 00:04:59,240 Speaker 2: to pick up blitzes, all the different things that he 110 00:04:59,720 --> 00:05:03,120 Speaker 2: he to the table. So you know, it's there is 111 00:05:03,160 --> 00:05:05,920 Speaker 2: a reason why we're sitting where we are from our 112 00:05:05,920 --> 00:05:09,479 Speaker 2: offensive standpoint, and really as a team standpoint, because you know, 113 00:05:09,480 --> 00:05:12,680 Speaker 2: if you can't score many points, it's gonna be tough, 114 00:05:12,800 --> 00:05:13,760 Speaker 2: tough to win games. 115 00:05:13,960 --> 00:05:17,600 Speaker 1: Yeah, the difficulty from camp was and a lot of 116 00:05:17,600 --> 00:05:20,960 Speaker 1: this is it's been negotiated out through the cbas that 117 00:05:21,000 --> 00:05:24,080 Speaker 1: there's only so much practice you're even allowed to have anymore. 118 00:05:24,320 --> 00:05:27,240 Speaker 1: There's only so much practice in pads that you're even 119 00:05:27,240 --> 00:05:30,479 Speaker 1: allowed to have anymore. And then when you're missing people 120 00:05:30,920 --> 00:05:34,000 Speaker 1: like left and right as what did Cliff call it, 121 00:05:34,080 --> 00:05:37,680 Speaker 1: like time on task, get on the grass, and it 122 00:05:37,800 --> 00:05:40,560 Speaker 1: just never happened throughout the course of the summer, and 123 00:05:40,640 --> 00:05:42,919 Speaker 1: we saw an offense that was kind of struggling to 124 00:05:42,920 --> 00:05:47,040 Speaker 1: find itself throughout the summer, and it was I thought, 125 00:05:47,080 --> 00:05:49,480 Speaker 1: a lack of cohesiveness that was out there, and I 126 00:05:49,520 --> 00:05:52,400 Speaker 1: was kind of hoping that it would turn after they 127 00:05:52,440 --> 00:05:55,520 Speaker 1: had some time together. But then the injury started piling 128 00:05:55,600 --> 00:05:58,120 Speaker 1: up and it just it cascaded on them in a 129 00:05:58,120 --> 00:05:59,480 Speaker 1: certain way, at least on that side of the ball. 130 00:05:59,480 --> 00:06:01,479 Speaker 1: That's kind of how I view what happened at least 131 00:06:01,520 --> 00:06:02,760 Speaker 1: early in the season to them. 132 00:06:03,080 --> 00:06:04,880 Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean, I think you're still seeing ripple effects 133 00:06:04,920 --> 00:06:07,160 Speaker 4: like earlier, not like you're still seeing ripple effects of that, Like, 134 00:06:07,200 --> 00:06:09,000 Speaker 4: I think Cliffs kind of had to change his entire 135 00:06:09,640 --> 00:06:12,440 Speaker 4: offensive approach. You know, it went from this spread, let's 136 00:06:12,480 --> 00:06:15,200 Speaker 4: get into three by ones, let's find our isolations, let's 137 00:06:15,560 --> 00:06:17,839 Speaker 4: run from spread looks, Let's let the quarterback kind of 138 00:06:17,839 --> 00:06:19,960 Speaker 4: be the master at the line of scrimmage. And when 139 00:06:20,000 --> 00:06:21,359 Speaker 4: you lose some of the horses on the perimeter, that 140 00:06:21,440 --> 00:06:23,200 Speaker 4: just becomes much more challenging to do. So I think 141 00:06:23,200 --> 00:06:26,119 Speaker 4: when you look at like kind of the first case study, 142 00:06:26,120 --> 00:06:27,960 Speaker 4: which is the Giants game to the most recent, like 143 00:06:28,040 --> 00:06:30,360 Speaker 4: the offense is I don't want to say completely different, 144 00:06:30,400 --> 00:06:33,080 Speaker 4: but it feels like a like drastically different than what 145 00:06:33,120 --> 00:06:35,320 Speaker 4: they came into the season expecting. Like I remember going 146 00:06:35,320 --> 00:06:37,640 Speaker 4: to training camp practices with you guys and watching and 147 00:06:37,680 --> 00:06:39,240 Speaker 4: being like, man, this is what they want to be doing. 148 00:06:39,600 --> 00:06:41,320 Speaker 4: And now it's kind of a total departure. It's a 149 00:06:41,400 --> 00:06:44,599 Speaker 4: much more of like slow the pace of the game down. 150 00:06:44,600 --> 00:06:46,240 Speaker 4: We're going to be in our hurry up, no huddle stuff, 151 00:06:46,240 --> 00:06:47,640 Speaker 4: but we're going to run the football a little bit. 152 00:06:47,760 --> 00:06:49,240 Speaker 4: We're going to be a little bit more conservative with 153 00:06:49,279 --> 00:06:51,839 Speaker 4: our shots down the field. We had insight the offensive line, 154 00:06:52,040 --> 00:06:53,880 Speaker 4: So I do think it's been a complete overhaul from 155 00:06:53,880 --> 00:06:57,600 Speaker 4: a multitude of perspectives. But again it's I think you're 156 00:06:57,600 --> 00:06:59,880 Speaker 4: still feeling like feeling that ripple all the way through 157 00:07:00,080 --> 00:07:00,800 Speaker 4: earlier in the season. 158 00:07:01,560 --> 00:07:04,960 Speaker 5: Yeah, No, you're You're right. You know, there's been big games. 159 00:07:05,000 --> 00:07:07,280 Speaker 2: We think about the man the game a couple of 160 00:07:07,320 --> 00:07:11,760 Speaker 2: weeks ago where we had to receives maybe three or 161 00:07:11,800 --> 00:07:14,720 Speaker 2: four receivers just active for the ball game, and you're 162 00:07:14,720 --> 00:07:17,600 Speaker 2: going to the game, you got you're playing a bunch 163 00:07:17,640 --> 00:07:21,000 Speaker 2: of three tight end looks and just to try to 164 00:07:21,000 --> 00:07:26,120 Speaker 2: to manufacture plays manufactured yards. That wasn't the idea or 165 00:07:26,160 --> 00:07:29,120 Speaker 2: the vision of this offense coming into the season where 166 00:07:29,560 --> 00:07:33,000 Speaker 2: and I love tight ends, but Cliff, in this offense, 167 00:07:33,080 --> 00:07:35,520 Speaker 2: it was not the vision to have, you know, three 168 00:07:35,560 --> 00:07:38,400 Speaker 2: tightens in the game a lot a ton of times. 169 00:07:38,400 --> 00:07:40,240 Speaker 5: But you're like, hey, these is what we got, this 170 00:07:40,320 --> 00:07:41,920 Speaker 5: is what we got. These are the guys we got. 171 00:07:42,360 --> 00:07:46,840 Speaker 2: Let's figure out ways to make plays manufactured yards. From 172 00:07:46,920 --> 00:07:50,000 Speaker 2: the office standpoint, it seems like, as you mentioned, we're 173 00:07:50,040 --> 00:07:52,520 Speaker 2: starting to turn the corner. Maybe from the health standpoint, 174 00:07:52,520 --> 00:07:55,080 Speaker 2: I know that you know, opening the twenty one day 175 00:07:55,080 --> 00:07:58,120 Speaker 2: window for Noel Brown, so hopefully he's able to get 176 00:07:58,160 --> 00:07:59,280 Speaker 2: back on the football field. 177 00:08:00,320 --> 00:08:00,680 Speaker 5: Terry. 178 00:08:00,880 --> 00:08:03,640 Speaker 2: Hopefully he's able to come back. You know, we need 179 00:08:03,680 --> 00:08:07,000 Speaker 2: those added guys down a stretch. Hopefully Jayden is able 180 00:08:07,000 --> 00:08:11,480 Speaker 2: to come and play and play soon. So let's see 181 00:08:11,480 --> 00:08:13,960 Speaker 2: what that offense looks like with those guys on a 182 00:08:13,960 --> 00:08:17,160 Speaker 2: football field together, and hopefully we can get multiple games 183 00:08:17,200 --> 00:08:19,120 Speaker 2: with these guys on the football field. 184 00:08:19,320 --> 00:08:21,280 Speaker 4: Yeah, And I think it's also interesting too, fledged Like, 185 00:08:21,280 --> 00:08:23,920 Speaker 4: in some ways, I think having to explore these different 186 00:08:23,960 --> 00:08:25,840 Speaker 4: avenues of the offense has been good. I know it 187 00:08:25,840 --> 00:08:28,960 Speaker 4: doesn't feel good, but I think kind of learning different 188 00:08:29,000 --> 00:08:32,920 Speaker 4: ways to kind of insulate personnel, I think that's been 189 00:08:32,920 --> 00:08:34,400 Speaker 4: good to see. So, like all of a sudden, when 190 00:08:34,440 --> 00:08:36,880 Speaker 4: you bring Terry and Noah butt back and we're in 191 00:08:36,920 --> 00:08:39,400 Speaker 4: a little bit more heavy personnel groupings, like the play 192 00:08:39,400 --> 00:08:40,880 Speaker 4: action pass game is going to be a little bit 193 00:08:40,880 --> 00:08:43,400 Speaker 4: more effective, those vertical shots are going to be more 194 00:08:43,400 --> 00:08:45,559 Speaker 4: effective because the offensive line is going to be more comfortable. 195 00:08:45,559 --> 00:08:47,760 Speaker 4: So I do like that they were kind of forced 196 00:08:47,800 --> 00:08:49,440 Speaker 4: to play left handed here a little bit because I 197 00:08:49,440 --> 00:08:52,000 Speaker 4: think it's shown them a different side of what they 198 00:08:52,080 --> 00:08:54,400 Speaker 4: can get to and what they can be, which, again, 199 00:08:54,480 --> 00:08:56,520 Speaker 4: like I'm glass half full here, a little bit, But 200 00:08:56,559 --> 00:08:59,200 Speaker 4: like I think that is with the injuries, you've kind 201 00:08:59,200 --> 00:09:01,040 Speaker 4: of had to figure out again what young players can do, 202 00:09:01,160 --> 00:09:03,080 Speaker 4: what this offense can be. So I think there are 203 00:09:03,120 --> 00:09:03,880 Speaker 4: some positive speed. 204 00:09:04,080 --> 00:09:07,600 Speaker 1: Yeah, like back in the summer, so no Brown was injured, 205 00:09:08,040 --> 00:09:12,160 Speaker 1: Terry was injured, plus the contractual situation, and remember they 206 00:09:12,200 --> 00:09:15,600 Speaker 1: were running out younger receivers outside and they were open 207 00:09:15,679 --> 00:09:18,480 Speaker 1: about these are not the positions we expected them to 208 00:09:18,559 --> 00:09:21,040 Speaker 1: be in, and the hope was all along, well, these 209 00:09:21,080 --> 00:09:22,839 Speaker 1: guys are going to come back and they'll go back 210 00:09:22,880 --> 00:09:25,079 Speaker 1: into the slots that they're supposed to be and it 211 00:09:25,320 --> 00:09:28,840 Speaker 1: just because of injuries never materialized. And it's these two spots. 212 00:09:28,840 --> 00:09:30,600 Speaker 1: So we'll gets to the defense in a minute. The 213 00:09:30,640 --> 00:09:33,440 Speaker 1: defensive end spot that got ravaged by injuries and the 214 00:09:33,480 --> 00:09:37,920 Speaker 1: wide receiver spot that got ravaged by injuries, where all 215 00:09:37,960 --> 00:09:41,000 Speaker 1: of a sudden there was kind of a depth challenge, 216 00:09:41,320 --> 00:09:44,160 Speaker 1: which I think forced both sides to try to figure out, Okay, 217 00:09:44,160 --> 00:09:45,679 Speaker 1: what do we do to try to mask a lot 218 00:09:45,679 --> 00:09:48,520 Speaker 1: of this. I never would have envisioned Trent Scott playing 219 00:09:48,559 --> 00:09:50,040 Speaker 1: as much as he did in the role that he 220 00:09:50,120 --> 00:09:52,480 Speaker 1: did early in the season, but they had to adjust 221 00:09:52,480 --> 00:09:55,640 Speaker 1: to it, which is recently turned into Brandon Coleman playing 222 00:09:55,679 --> 00:09:59,240 Speaker 1: in a similar spot here. So they've played with an 223 00:09:59,280 --> 00:10:02,640 Speaker 1: interesting hand I think throughout the year and they've tried 224 00:10:02,640 --> 00:10:05,680 Speaker 1: to navigate it and unfortunately, welcome to the NFL, where 225 00:10:05,679 --> 00:10:08,080 Speaker 1: if you have deficiencies, there are going to be other 226 00:10:08,120 --> 00:10:10,080 Speaker 1: teams that to try to take advantage of that against you. 227 00:10:10,240 --> 00:10:12,920 Speaker 4: Yeah, and I think, like Fletch, and we've talked about 228 00:10:12,960 --> 00:10:15,200 Speaker 4: this a ton like just the again, when you don't 229 00:10:15,200 --> 00:10:18,280 Speaker 4: have when offenses don't have certain elements to them like 230 00:10:18,400 --> 00:10:20,400 Speaker 4: vertical passing attack, Fletch, like, I just think about you 231 00:10:20,480 --> 00:10:22,920 Speaker 4: as a defensive player, like, it just opens up the 232 00:10:22,960 --> 00:10:23,760 Speaker 4: whole book for you. 233 00:10:23,760 --> 00:10:25,560 Speaker 3: You know what I'm saying. At least that's my understanding 234 00:10:25,600 --> 00:10:25,719 Speaker 3: of it. 235 00:10:25,800 --> 00:10:27,120 Speaker 4: Right, So I'd say, like, if you don't have any 236 00:10:27,200 --> 00:10:29,800 Speaker 4: kind of elite perimeter pieces, and again that's not to 237 00:10:30,120 --> 00:10:32,520 Speaker 4: smirch or indict any of the ays that are playing, 238 00:10:32,559 --> 00:10:36,720 Speaker 4: but when you don't have a Terry McLaurin, it allows you, defensively, 239 00:10:36,720 --> 00:10:38,840 Speaker 4: I'm assuming fledge to play different cover structures and put 240 00:10:38,880 --> 00:10:39,400 Speaker 4: yourselves in better. 241 00:10:39,960 --> 00:10:40,160 Speaker 5: Yeah. 242 00:10:40,160 --> 00:10:46,000 Speaker 2: Absolutely, I've been on plenty of defenses where we. 243 00:10:44,600 --> 00:10:47,360 Speaker 5: We said, hey, this is what we're going to do. 244 00:10:47,400 --> 00:10:52,120 Speaker 2: We don't feel like the outside guys could consistently beat 245 00:10:52,200 --> 00:10:55,319 Speaker 2: us playing and play out down the field, or it 246 00:10:55,400 --> 00:10:57,960 Speaker 2: might be the quarterback. There's times we may not have 247 00:10:58,600 --> 00:11:01,080 Speaker 2: felt like the quarterback was going to really feel comfortable 248 00:11:01,080 --> 00:11:04,280 Speaker 2: throwing and throwing the deep shots and and doing certain things. 249 00:11:04,400 --> 00:11:05,160 Speaker 3: Who are you thinking about? 250 00:11:05,200 --> 00:11:06,880 Speaker 4: What do you talking about that, fletch, who's the quarterback 251 00:11:07,000 --> 00:11:08,680 Speaker 4: like Chad Pennington's style or what. 252 00:11:09,840 --> 00:11:10,920 Speaker 5: Like I. 253 00:11:14,120 --> 00:11:18,520 Speaker 3: Was like, I'm not saying he's not a good player, like. 254 00:11:18,520 --> 00:11:21,800 Speaker 2: He's quarterbacks in the in the NFL, but we didn't 255 00:11:21,880 --> 00:11:23,959 Speaker 2: we Chad didn't take a lot of deep shots. 256 00:11:23,960 --> 00:11:27,000 Speaker 3: So we play the percentages, right. 257 00:11:27,440 --> 00:11:30,040 Speaker 2: The percentages we're going to play only a certain certain 258 00:11:30,559 --> 00:11:32,520 Speaker 2: part of the field, defends certain parts of the field. 259 00:11:32,880 --> 00:11:34,920 Speaker 2: But just from ah as you mentioned, as far as 260 00:11:34,960 --> 00:11:37,400 Speaker 2: if you don't feel like, hey, they're not gonna take 261 00:11:37,400 --> 00:11:40,559 Speaker 2: a bunch of shots deep or these guys can't consistently 262 00:11:40,600 --> 00:11:42,400 Speaker 2: beat man and man coverages, we can. 263 00:11:42,640 --> 00:11:44,400 Speaker 5: We know they're gonna lean heavily on the run game. 264 00:11:44,520 --> 00:11:47,680 Speaker 2: So we're gonna put a lot of stack the box, 265 00:11:48,160 --> 00:11:52,560 Speaker 2: bring blitzes against the rum, force those guys to play 266 00:11:52,640 --> 00:11:55,240 Speaker 2: left handed, like you said, make them make make some 267 00:11:55,280 --> 00:11:58,160 Speaker 2: guys beat you that aren't used to playing making big 268 00:11:58,200 --> 00:12:01,360 Speaker 2: plays in critical situations. And that's what a lot of 269 00:12:01,360 --> 00:12:03,240 Speaker 2: teams did. And I think it started really if you 270 00:12:03,280 --> 00:12:05,360 Speaker 2: go back, it was probably the I want to say 271 00:12:05,400 --> 00:12:08,439 Speaker 2: the Cowboys day, know the Bears game, that first Bears 272 00:12:08,440 --> 00:12:10,319 Speaker 2: game where they were the ones that all of a 273 00:12:10,360 --> 00:12:13,160 Speaker 2: sudden they changed up what they were, what they were 274 00:12:13,160 --> 00:12:15,960 Speaker 2: doing against us, what they had done against other teams. 275 00:12:16,440 --> 00:12:18,920 Speaker 2: They were a high zone team. Didn't really bless it 276 00:12:19,080 --> 00:12:22,000 Speaker 2: up coming to our game. A lot of man and man, 277 00:12:22,200 --> 00:12:24,880 Speaker 2: a lot of pressures, and then teams is just consistently 278 00:12:25,200 --> 00:12:26,520 Speaker 2: kind of stuck with that game plan. 279 00:12:26,960 --> 00:12:28,920 Speaker 4: And do you remember the Dallas game too, like that one? 280 00:12:29,040 --> 00:12:30,600 Speaker 4: That one was when they shocked me. H. I know 281 00:12:30,640 --> 00:12:32,719 Speaker 4: you called that like two days ahead of time that 282 00:12:32,720 --> 00:12:34,240 Speaker 4: they're going to play more man, but I was like, 283 00:12:35,040 --> 00:12:38,640 Speaker 4: they they've never done zone. They've never done like heavy man, 284 00:12:38,720 --> 00:12:41,360 Speaker 4: heavy pressure stuff. It's all been zone cover three, keep 285 00:12:41,360 --> 00:12:43,480 Speaker 4: it in front. And they were like a total departure 286 00:12:43,520 --> 00:12:46,200 Speaker 4: And you don't take those big departure shifts if you 287 00:12:46,320 --> 00:12:51,319 Speaker 4: think that, if you if you aren't not worried about 288 00:12:51,400 --> 00:12:53,680 Speaker 4: what they're bringing offensively in terms of wide receiver positions. 289 00:12:53,679 --> 00:12:55,120 Speaker 4: So I think that you felt the rip. And again 290 00:12:55,240 --> 00:12:57,520 Speaker 4: there's more elements to that. I think the offensive line, yeah, 291 00:12:57,760 --> 00:12:59,680 Speaker 4: of course this season, but I think that is like 292 00:12:59,720 --> 00:13:02,320 Speaker 4: the story like talking about like positions of injury. Yeah, 293 00:13:02,400 --> 00:13:04,400 Speaker 4: the receiver specifically you look at and you say, man 294 00:13:04,480 --> 00:13:07,679 Speaker 4: like it really had a cascading effect for probably I 295 00:13:07,720 --> 00:13:09,920 Speaker 4: don't know, like trying to think about their game schedule 296 00:13:09,960 --> 00:13:12,280 Speaker 4: here in terms of like which games were really impacted, 297 00:13:12,280 --> 00:13:14,400 Speaker 4: but I think it did start obviously, like you felt 298 00:13:14,440 --> 00:13:16,440 Speaker 4: it in the Packers game. You felt it in the 299 00:13:16,440 --> 00:13:17,760 Speaker 4: Falcons game to a certain extent. 300 00:13:17,840 --> 00:13:18,040 Speaker 5: Yep. 301 00:13:18,600 --> 00:13:21,480 Speaker 3: And then those are the games, excuse me, for the season. 302 00:13:21,640 --> 00:13:24,480 Speaker 5: So yeah, I thought to go ahead, Uh. 303 00:13:26,040 --> 00:13:29,280 Speaker 2: I thought that the Falcons game, the offense were able 304 00:13:29,320 --> 00:13:31,199 Speaker 2: to do enough. I thought Cliff did a nice job 305 00:13:31,240 --> 00:13:34,640 Speaker 2: of scheming up some some shots down the field. Defensively 306 00:13:34,720 --> 00:13:37,240 Speaker 2: kind of you know, didn't hold up there into the bargain. 307 00:13:37,280 --> 00:13:39,960 Speaker 2: But definitely the game that stands out the most to 308 00:13:40,080 --> 00:13:44,120 Speaker 2: me was that that that Bears game where they came 309 00:13:44,200 --> 00:13:47,560 Speaker 2: in there and really you know, just just said, hey, 310 00:13:47,559 --> 00:13:49,640 Speaker 2: we're gonna play a ton of man and man and 311 00:13:49,640 --> 00:13:51,800 Speaker 2: and and bring pressure and see can they can they 312 00:13:51,840 --> 00:13:54,480 Speaker 2: deal with that? And it kind of went from there. 313 00:13:54,520 --> 00:13:57,080 Speaker 2: At Kansas City, I mean, Kansas City did what they 314 00:13:57,160 --> 00:14:01,800 Speaker 2: wanted to, did what they normally do. But Chicago Seattle 315 00:14:02,360 --> 00:14:05,120 Speaker 2: just you know, a bunch of different games where where 316 00:14:05,120 --> 00:14:08,800 Speaker 2: we weren't able to consistently get production out of that 317 00:14:09,679 --> 00:14:13,120 Speaker 2: core because of as you mentioned, just the injuries and 318 00:14:13,200 --> 00:14:17,240 Speaker 2: guys being forced into roles that they weren't necessarily view 319 00:14:17,679 --> 00:14:19,480 Speaker 2: viewed the play coming into the season. 320 00:14:19,600 --> 00:14:23,200 Speaker 1: Yeah, so Austin Eckler gets injured, that became a big 321 00:14:23,240 --> 00:14:25,240 Speaker 1: deal I think for their run game and their passing 322 00:14:25,280 --> 00:14:28,360 Speaker 1: game for that matter. And that wide receiver corps gets 323 00:14:28,400 --> 00:14:30,400 Speaker 1: hit by a glut of injuries and then all of 324 00:14:30,440 --> 00:14:33,520 Speaker 1: a sudden, teams are playing them differently saying we dare 325 00:14:33,600 --> 00:14:35,840 Speaker 1: you right to try to beat us at this position? 326 00:14:36,120 --> 00:14:39,560 Speaker 1: On defense, Dietrich wise represents both of those things to 327 00:14:39,640 --> 00:14:43,960 Speaker 1: me that he was brought in alongside a number of 328 00:14:44,040 --> 00:14:47,200 Speaker 1: the other position players to help with a rush defense 329 00:14:47,200 --> 00:14:49,400 Speaker 1: that needed improvement from a year ago, and in the 330 00:14:49,440 --> 00:14:51,720 Speaker 1: first couple of weeks you saw it in real time. 331 00:14:52,080 --> 00:14:55,640 Speaker 1: The second he got hurt, all of a sudden, that 332 00:14:55,800 --> 00:14:58,800 Speaker 1: became a big deal. And then not unlike the wide 333 00:14:58,800 --> 00:15:02,120 Speaker 1: receiver position. They got hit with a glut of injuries 334 00:15:02,160 --> 00:15:05,320 Speaker 1: at the exact same spot over and over and over, 335 00:15:06,040 --> 00:15:08,800 Speaker 1: and suddenly not only were they without some of their 336 00:15:08,840 --> 00:15:12,280 Speaker 1: best defensive lineman Drdan's Armstrong namely that comes to mind there, 337 00:15:12,840 --> 00:15:15,960 Speaker 1: but they had lost the depth of it. And that, 338 00:15:16,080 --> 00:15:18,280 Speaker 1: to me is the story of the beginning of the 339 00:15:18,320 --> 00:15:21,640 Speaker 1: issues that the defense had was upfront at one position 340 00:15:21,920 --> 00:15:24,960 Speaker 1: where they could kind of not afford to lose certain 341 00:15:24,960 --> 00:15:27,200 Speaker 1: people like Wise and Armstrong, and they did. 342 00:15:27,560 --> 00:15:28,880 Speaker 4: Yeah, but I don't know how you saw it, but 343 00:15:28,960 --> 00:15:29,960 Speaker 4: like to me, it was kind of like one of 344 00:15:30,000 --> 00:15:32,400 Speaker 4: these things where they came into the season with a 345 00:15:32,480 --> 00:15:35,360 Speaker 4: roadmap or a plan of what they wanted to do defensively, 346 00:15:35,360 --> 00:15:37,080 Speaker 4: and it was like, we're going to get bigger in 347 00:15:37,120 --> 00:15:38,960 Speaker 4: the defensive front. We're going to be better on first 348 00:15:38,960 --> 00:15:41,040 Speaker 4: and second down. We're going to kind of tip that 349 00:15:41,080 --> 00:15:44,160 Speaker 4: statistical variance in our favor on first second down because 350 00:15:44,160 --> 00:15:45,840 Speaker 4: we'll be better. It will be in more third downs, 351 00:15:45,880 --> 00:15:49,120 Speaker 4: will win more third downs. And again, like when that 352 00:15:49,240 --> 00:15:52,680 Speaker 4: piece left, when Dorrin' Armstrong got hurt, obviously they weren't 353 00:15:52,720 --> 00:15:55,560 Speaker 4: that defense anymore. And I felt like that was a 354 00:15:55,640 --> 00:15:57,000 Speaker 4: huge part of it, But I also felt like there 355 00:15:57,040 --> 00:15:59,800 Speaker 4: was kind of this I don't know, like this mental 356 00:16:00,080 --> 00:16:02,680 Speaker 4: lapse that kind of started right after the Bears game. 357 00:16:02,720 --> 00:16:04,800 Speaker 4: That kind of again like it's a personnel thing, but 358 00:16:04,800 --> 00:16:06,840 Speaker 4: there was also like an execution thing that popped up 359 00:16:06,840 --> 00:16:08,640 Speaker 4: for me when I was watching a little bit, and 360 00:16:08,640 --> 00:16:10,120 Speaker 4: I was just you know, I'd defer to you and 361 00:16:10,120 --> 00:16:11,600 Speaker 4: a lot of this stuff if you felt the same. 362 00:16:11,840 --> 00:16:14,920 Speaker 5: I'll say this, the Wise injury was big. 363 00:16:14,960 --> 00:16:18,560 Speaker 2: That was huge because of his his versatility, not just 364 00:16:18,640 --> 00:16:22,040 Speaker 2: as a he's a bigger defensive end and being able 365 00:16:22,040 --> 00:16:25,160 Speaker 2: to stop the run set hard edges, which you know, 366 00:16:25,200 --> 00:16:27,200 Speaker 2: we've had a lot We've had a lot of trouble 367 00:16:27,200 --> 00:16:31,280 Speaker 2: with the perimeter runs, whether it's outside zon toss plays, 368 00:16:31,320 --> 00:16:34,000 Speaker 2: things like that, anything that there're any ways that they're 369 00:16:34,000 --> 00:16:38,240 Speaker 2: attacking me the perimeter. So that was a huge and 370 00:16:39,280 --> 00:16:41,760 Speaker 2: us winning a lot of first and second downs. I 371 00:16:41,800 --> 00:16:46,880 Speaker 2: thought also you mentioned Doris, Also I thought Javonte John 372 00:16:46,920 --> 00:16:49,600 Speaker 2: Baptiste was also going to take a step forward. I 373 00:16:49,640 --> 00:16:52,880 Speaker 2: thought he would benefit greatly from having a guy like 374 00:16:53,000 --> 00:16:56,960 Speaker 2: von Miller in the room to kind of help him 375 00:16:57,560 --> 00:17:00,520 Speaker 2: really help with his past rush. And that was another 376 00:17:00,560 --> 00:17:03,200 Speaker 2: guy that we lost and then obviously Drince who was 377 00:17:03,440 --> 00:17:05,600 Speaker 2: who was our best pass rusher. So from the pass 378 00:17:05,680 --> 00:17:08,639 Speaker 2: rush standpoint, but also from the stop and a run standpoint, 379 00:17:09,040 --> 00:17:12,679 Speaker 2: all those things hurt. You mentioned there was some definitely 380 00:17:12,720 --> 00:17:16,400 Speaker 2: some communication issues on the back end, some some busted coverages, 381 00:17:16,520 --> 00:17:20,280 Speaker 2: some you know, just I think also some confidence had 382 00:17:20,680 --> 00:17:24,000 Speaker 2: uh some guys that lost some confidence too, and it's 383 00:17:24,040 --> 00:17:28,320 Speaker 2: hard to to get your confidence back during the season. 384 00:17:28,800 --> 00:17:31,360 Speaker 5: You can, you have to continue to. 385 00:17:31,320 --> 00:17:34,159 Speaker 2: Have like really good games, build those games up and 386 00:17:34,200 --> 00:17:38,639 Speaker 2: it's hopefully this pass ball game that we had Madrid 387 00:17:39,000 --> 00:17:42,000 Speaker 2: guys that are able to really build upon that moving forward. 388 00:17:42,000 --> 00:17:44,560 Speaker 2: But it just from a confidence standpoint on the back 389 00:17:44,640 --> 00:17:47,120 Speaker 2: end we had, we had some issues there and some 390 00:17:47,160 --> 00:17:50,080 Speaker 2: coverage things that that crept up and got to be 391 00:17:50,080 --> 00:17:52,480 Speaker 2: able to put pressure on the quarterback get get get 392 00:17:52,480 --> 00:17:53,160 Speaker 2: a pass rush. 393 00:17:53,480 --> 00:17:55,000 Speaker 4: Fletch, Have you ever been a part of a team 394 00:17:55,000 --> 00:17:57,040 Speaker 4: that's kind of seen this confidence up. I know you've 395 00:17:57,080 --> 00:18:00,359 Speaker 4: mentioned some time in Saint Louis before and maybe, but 396 00:18:00,480 --> 00:18:02,800 Speaker 4: like could you talk about like the process of what 397 00:18:02,800 --> 00:18:04,600 Speaker 4: that feels like for the player, maybe because I know 398 00:18:04,640 --> 00:18:08,400 Speaker 4: offensively it feels a very specific way, but defensively, what's 399 00:18:08,400 --> 00:18:08,679 Speaker 4: that like? 400 00:18:09,080 --> 00:18:12,560 Speaker 2: Yeah, it's it's the same where say, I'll talk about 401 00:18:12,600 --> 00:18:16,439 Speaker 2: it from a unit standpoint, where when I was in 402 00:18:16,520 --> 00:18:21,120 Speaker 2: Saint Louis, we had ninety ninety nine won a Super Bowl, 403 00:18:21,840 --> 00:18:24,120 Speaker 2: and I just I just happened to check this yesterday. 404 00:18:24,560 --> 00:18:27,000 Speaker 2: We're the number one ranked run defense in the NFC, 405 00:18:28,000 --> 00:18:32,560 Speaker 2: I think fourth and points allowed. I think we're tied 406 00:18:32,560 --> 00:18:35,240 Speaker 2: for first in sacks. We had a lot of top five, 407 00:18:35,320 --> 00:18:40,479 Speaker 2: top ten rankings. The next year, I mean we were 408 00:18:40,480 --> 00:18:44,520 Speaker 2: at the bottom, bottom third and sometimes thirty plus ranked 409 00:18:44,520 --> 00:18:47,920 Speaker 2: thirty or worse, and some of the key key metrics 410 00:18:47,920 --> 00:18:50,040 Speaker 2: points being one of them, and it will be a 411 00:18:50,040 --> 00:18:54,600 Speaker 2: situation where we'd have, you know, really good good halves, 412 00:18:54,600 --> 00:18:56,320 Speaker 2: good quarters, and then we give up a big play 413 00:18:56,680 --> 00:18:58,520 Speaker 2: and then it was like, oh shoot, here it goes again. 414 00:18:58,600 --> 00:19:00,800 Speaker 2: And you know, guys that at a tire year, we 415 00:19:01,000 --> 00:19:04,720 Speaker 2: just were never able to collectively get our confidence back 416 00:19:05,280 --> 00:19:07,240 Speaker 2: and be the same unit. And this was with us 417 00:19:07,520 --> 00:19:11,840 Speaker 2: pretty much. We brought back maybe ten starters on that 418 00:19:11,920 --> 00:19:15,480 Speaker 2: defense and drafted some other good defensive players, but for 419 00:19:15,560 --> 00:19:18,400 Speaker 2: one reason or another, we were not able to get 420 00:19:18,400 --> 00:19:22,320 Speaker 2: our confidence back going because you know, you'd have some 421 00:19:22,400 --> 00:19:23,960 Speaker 2: good plays and then you give up one player and 422 00:19:24,000 --> 00:19:26,000 Speaker 2: be like, oh shoot, here we go again, and it 423 00:19:26,119 --> 00:19:27,800 Speaker 2: was just that rip on snowball effect. 424 00:19:28,280 --> 00:19:29,800 Speaker 4: I think that's another thing too that we haven't really 425 00:19:29,840 --> 00:19:32,680 Speaker 4: talked about, maybe as much as I'd like, is that 426 00:19:32,880 --> 00:19:35,280 Speaker 4: I think this team this offseason was designed as like 427 00:19:35,320 --> 00:19:37,280 Speaker 4: an offensive led football team. 428 00:19:37,080 --> 00:19:39,800 Speaker 1: Correct, right, And they went and acquired Laramie Tumseel, they 429 00:19:39,800 --> 00:19:42,040 Speaker 1: went and acquired Deebo Samuel. They were going all in 430 00:19:42,080 --> 00:19:43,640 Speaker 1: to have an offensive oriented team. 431 00:19:43,720 --> 00:19:45,200 Speaker 4: Yeah yeah, And so like when you have a team 432 00:19:45,240 --> 00:19:47,399 Speaker 4: like that, again, it insulates the defense. You possess the 433 00:19:47,400 --> 00:19:50,040 Speaker 4: football longer, you score more points, you play with the lead, 434 00:19:50,119 --> 00:19:53,959 Speaker 4: you kind of let the defense. You force the other 435 00:19:54,000 --> 00:19:56,119 Speaker 4: team's offense to play a very specific way that the 436 00:19:56,160 --> 00:19:59,080 Speaker 4: defense can now make sure that they're covering and handling. 437 00:19:59,080 --> 00:20:01,960 Speaker 4: And I think that that the whole thing changed, right 438 00:20:02,000 --> 00:20:06,520 Speaker 4: when obviously with jay Nails injury, Terry's injury, Norge practice together, 439 00:20:06,600 --> 00:20:07,640 Speaker 4: they never practiced. 440 00:20:07,600 --> 00:20:08,200 Speaker 3: Back the same thing. 441 00:20:08,200 --> 00:20:10,320 Speaker 4: But like the fact that the offensive unit never got 442 00:20:10,359 --> 00:20:12,400 Speaker 4: to where they were, I think it showed a lot 443 00:20:12,440 --> 00:20:14,240 Speaker 4: of the defensive wards. And it was interesting here and 444 00:20:14,280 --> 00:20:16,240 Speaker 4: you talked about Saint Louis, like with that really good 445 00:20:16,240 --> 00:20:20,080 Speaker 4: offense and how again, that helps, That helps you defensively. 446 00:20:19,680 --> 00:20:23,000 Speaker 5: Yeah, yeah, we won. We were winning gays, but the 447 00:20:23,000 --> 00:20:23,840 Speaker 5: offense was scoring. 448 00:20:24,040 --> 00:20:28,560 Speaker 2: We were winning games thirty five thirty, you know, thirty 449 00:20:28,920 --> 00:20:31,720 Speaker 2: thirty eight thirty one, where because we had a margin 450 00:20:31,760 --> 00:20:35,800 Speaker 2: for error error because of the offense being able to 451 00:20:35,800 --> 00:20:38,119 Speaker 2: put up the type of points that they they were 452 00:20:38,160 --> 00:20:41,400 Speaker 2: able to put up. But it's just unprecedented where where 453 00:20:41,440 --> 00:20:45,320 Speaker 2: you had two positions ravished by injuries. You know, it 454 00:20:45,359 --> 00:20:47,560 Speaker 2: would be one thing if we got hey we lose 455 00:20:47,560 --> 00:20:51,520 Speaker 2: one receiver, leave one defensive man, you lose one defensive back, 456 00:20:51,640 --> 00:20:53,960 Speaker 2: and you know, kind of spread it out throughout the 457 00:20:54,280 --> 00:20:58,520 Speaker 2: football team in different position groups. But it's been the 458 00:20:58,680 --> 00:21:02,440 Speaker 2: off it's been the receivers, and it's been a defensive hands. 459 00:21:02,680 --> 00:21:03,200 Speaker 5: Yeah. 460 00:21:03,240 --> 00:21:05,480 Speaker 1: And the big difference this year, and I think we 461 00:21:05,520 --> 00:21:07,600 Speaker 1: knew this was going to be different, was the schedule. 462 00:21:08,160 --> 00:21:11,040 Speaker 1: And a lot of times it's not who you play, 463 00:21:11,040 --> 00:21:14,160 Speaker 1: it's when you play them. Frankly, had the Commanders played 464 00:21:14,160 --> 00:21:17,720 Speaker 1: in Miami three four weeks ago amid what was going 465 00:21:17,760 --> 00:21:19,920 Speaker 1: on with them, that could have been a very different 466 00:21:19,920 --> 00:21:21,439 Speaker 1: They could have won anyway, but like that could have 467 00:21:21,440 --> 00:21:23,119 Speaker 1: been a very different outcome. At the same time, you 468 00:21:23,119 --> 00:21:24,879 Speaker 1: could say, like they played the Giants in Week one, 469 00:21:24,920 --> 00:21:26,439 Speaker 1: the Giants are a very different team. Now you get 470 00:21:26,440 --> 00:21:28,720 Speaker 1: a very different performance out of them. But think about 471 00:21:28,720 --> 00:21:31,119 Speaker 1: the people that they lost, especially on defense, and the 472 00:21:31,119 --> 00:21:35,920 Speaker 1: opponents that they played A Chan Jamier Gibbs, Bijon Robinson, 473 00:21:36,200 --> 00:21:39,240 Speaker 1: Josh Jacobs, Like they caught a lot of the wrong 474 00:21:39,320 --> 00:21:41,840 Speaker 1: teams at the wrong time. This was a much more 475 00:21:41,840 --> 00:21:44,160 Speaker 1: difficult schedule than they had a year ago, and they 476 00:21:44,160 --> 00:21:46,080 Speaker 1: had all of these things that were compounding it, and 477 00:21:46,080 --> 00:21:49,000 Speaker 1: they're catching what were in what it was week after week. 478 00:21:49,040 --> 00:21:53,119 Speaker 1: We were catching top seven offenses with strong running backs 479 00:21:53,160 --> 00:21:56,040 Speaker 1: as a focal point of their offense. That was trouble. 480 00:21:56,560 --> 00:21:58,199 Speaker 4: Yeah, but I mean I think that's something that like, 481 00:21:58,520 --> 00:22:00,679 Speaker 4: you know, we like we I know, I talk with 482 00:22:00,720 --> 00:22:03,280 Speaker 4: Flex about this offseason, Like when you play, strength of 483 00:22:03,280 --> 00:22:05,719 Speaker 4: schedule increase, right, So you're gonna play better offenses, you're 484 00:22:05,720 --> 00:22:07,720 Speaker 4: gonna play better quarterbacks. And people talk, oh, you don't 485 00:22:07,760 --> 00:22:09,200 Speaker 4: know where the team is going to be. It I 486 00:22:09,720 --> 00:22:12,320 Speaker 4: the one metric that's pretty consistent is like quarterback. If 487 00:22:12,320 --> 00:22:14,280 Speaker 4: that if that's a good player, it's going to be tough. So, 488 00:22:14,320 --> 00:22:15,720 Speaker 4: like we knew the schedule was going to be tough. 489 00:22:15,840 --> 00:22:18,120 Speaker 4: They knew they were going to stretch, Like, regardless about 490 00:22:18,160 --> 00:22:19,920 Speaker 4: healthy the team was, they were going to get stressed, 491 00:22:20,480 --> 00:22:22,720 Speaker 4: regardless by the quarterback play by the teams. You mentioned 492 00:22:22,800 --> 00:22:25,080 Speaker 4: running backs, but I look at you know, Jared Golf, 493 00:22:25,080 --> 00:22:28,040 Speaker 4: Pat Mahone, Darnold, patri Mahomes, all these guys that are 494 00:22:28,280 --> 00:22:31,320 Speaker 4: playing good football at the moment, and like when you 495 00:22:31,359 --> 00:22:33,240 Speaker 4: when you are a good rising team, like you're going 496 00:22:33,280 --> 00:22:34,920 Speaker 4: to see more of those quarterbacks. You got to rise 497 00:22:34,960 --> 00:22:37,080 Speaker 4: to the occasion, no doubt. But I think that's another 498 00:22:37,080 --> 00:22:38,879 Speaker 4: thing that needs to be considered here too, is like 499 00:22:39,440 --> 00:22:41,639 Speaker 4: this team was not at their best. They didn't prepare 500 00:22:41,680 --> 00:22:44,240 Speaker 4: at their best, not because of people not wanting to 501 00:22:44,280 --> 00:22:46,720 Speaker 4: but because of injuries and injuries those things. Yeah, and 502 00:22:46,960 --> 00:22:49,600 Speaker 4: you're playing better opponents. So like, to me, it just 503 00:22:49,840 --> 00:22:51,600 Speaker 4: makes sense that there's going to be a little bit 504 00:22:51,640 --> 00:22:54,000 Speaker 4: of a struggle this year in terms of performance. 505 00:22:54,080 --> 00:22:57,280 Speaker 1: Yeah, this needs to be asked to. Like the whole 506 00:22:57,280 --> 00:23:00,879 Speaker 1: offseason was about expectations, all of it. Go look at 507 00:23:00,880 --> 00:23:02,919 Speaker 1: the way the schedule was set up, like all of 508 00:23:02,960 --> 00:23:06,080 Speaker 1: the night games, all the standalone games, and then there 509 00:23:06,119 --> 00:23:08,399 Speaker 1: was a ramped up pressure on this team off of 510 00:23:08,480 --> 00:23:10,320 Speaker 1: the way that they performed a year ago, and here 511 00:23:10,359 --> 00:23:13,000 Speaker 1: they are with all of these injuries, critical spots where 512 00:23:13,040 --> 00:23:16,000 Speaker 1: depth is truly tested. They never really practiced together on 513 00:23:16,040 --> 00:23:18,399 Speaker 1: a certain side of the ball. Their quarterback gets injured 514 00:23:18,400 --> 00:23:20,800 Speaker 1: a couple of times, and it all kind of feels 515 00:23:20,880 --> 00:23:23,040 Speaker 1: like it was closing the walls in on them a 516 00:23:23,080 --> 00:23:23,479 Speaker 1: little bit. 517 00:23:23,560 --> 00:23:25,520 Speaker 4: Yeah, yeah, I mean, I think that's another thing to 518 00:23:25,600 --> 00:23:27,879 Speaker 4: talk about too, is like I think about this is 519 00:23:27,920 --> 00:23:30,320 Speaker 4: a little bit different, Fletch, but like the expectations of 520 00:23:30,400 --> 00:23:33,639 Speaker 4: twenty twelve going into twenty thirteen, and again there's a 521 00:23:33,680 --> 00:23:36,520 Speaker 4: million other factors that go into that year for US, 522 00:23:36,600 --> 00:23:40,440 Speaker 4: But I do think that's something that players, especially young players, 523 00:23:40,760 --> 00:23:42,920 Speaker 4: maybe players who haven't been in these situations a lot, 524 00:23:42,960 --> 00:23:45,640 Speaker 4: they have to negotiate that too, you know. So it's 525 00:23:45,640 --> 00:23:48,280 Speaker 4: like it's the injuries, it's the expectation. It's a tougher schedule, 526 00:23:48,520 --> 00:23:51,000 Speaker 4: and I think people talk about opponent toughness, but I 527 00:23:51,000 --> 00:23:53,480 Speaker 4: think like this for US, I know, traveling with the team, 528 00:23:53,600 --> 00:23:56,159 Speaker 4: like this schedule has been tough. Man late night games, 529 00:23:56,960 --> 00:24:00,560 Speaker 4: early mornings, back, kind of shorter bridged weeks, Like it's 530 00:24:00,600 --> 00:24:02,400 Speaker 4: a different ballgame when you win a lot of football 531 00:24:02,440 --> 00:24:06,600 Speaker 4: games and I think you feel all of those things. 532 00:24:05,960 --> 00:24:07,879 Speaker 3: There's a lot of adversity. 533 00:24:08,520 --> 00:24:10,520 Speaker 4: They didn't set themselves up in the best position to 534 00:24:10,520 --> 00:24:14,080 Speaker 4: be successful with the university, and then all those variables come. 535 00:24:14,000 --> 00:24:17,280 Speaker 1: Togein, you know, real quick. I talked to somebody and 536 00:24:17,480 --> 00:24:19,959 Speaker 1: they put it this way. It was said to me like, 537 00:24:20,240 --> 00:24:22,680 Speaker 1: in the case of a situation like this, a win 538 00:24:22,800 --> 00:24:25,880 Speaker 1: feels like a relief and a loss feels like three losses. 539 00:24:26,320 --> 00:24:29,560 Speaker 1: And that's partially the expectations just kind of like bearing 540 00:24:29,600 --> 00:24:32,520 Speaker 1: down on you. Meantime, they're not even putting out their 541 00:24:32,600 --> 00:24:34,680 Speaker 1: as semblance of what they thought their team was going 542 00:24:34,720 --> 00:24:36,520 Speaker 1: to look like when they started the season. 543 00:24:37,040 --> 00:24:38,200 Speaker 5: Yeah, I'll say this too. 544 00:24:39,760 --> 00:24:46,560 Speaker 2: Not only expectations from obviously the national media, the fans, expectations, 545 00:24:46,640 --> 00:24:48,439 Speaker 2: and expectations within the building. 546 00:24:48,960 --> 00:24:52,280 Speaker 5: There's also the element of you got a bulls eye 547 00:24:52,320 --> 00:24:52,960 Speaker 5: on your back too. 548 00:24:53,000 --> 00:24:56,600 Speaker 2: Now, so you're a twelve win team, you went two 549 00:24:56,640 --> 00:24:59,560 Speaker 2: playoff two role playoff games, make it to the NFC 550 00:24:59,640 --> 00:25:04,800 Speaker 2: championsh Game. Now teams aren't going to overlook you. Teams 551 00:25:04,800 --> 00:25:07,879 Speaker 2: are gonna hey, circle, Hey, we're playing the Washington Commanders. 552 00:25:08,320 --> 00:25:10,600 Speaker 2: They got this high, high powered offense, they got Jade 553 00:25:10,560 --> 00:25:13,840 Speaker 2: and Daddy's office, a Rookie of the Year, expectation for 554 00:25:13,920 --> 00:25:17,479 Speaker 2: him to make another step. The expectation is we're going 555 00:25:17,560 --> 00:25:21,800 Speaker 2: to be definitely a playoff team. So these these teams, 556 00:25:21,880 --> 00:25:24,760 Speaker 2: as they're competing against us, they're like, hey, we're gonna 557 00:25:24,800 --> 00:25:28,360 Speaker 2: knock them off. We uh you know that's that's that's 558 00:25:28,400 --> 00:25:31,320 Speaker 2: part of it too. You you're no longer a hunter. 559 00:25:31,440 --> 00:25:34,959 Speaker 2: You're being hunted. So you have to have that mindset 560 00:25:35,200 --> 00:25:37,440 Speaker 2: and it has to take place in your and your 561 00:25:37,480 --> 00:25:40,960 Speaker 2: preparation during the off season too, realizing, hey, people are 562 00:25:41,000 --> 00:25:43,720 Speaker 2: going to be gunning for us now too. If we 563 00:25:43,840 --> 00:25:48,080 Speaker 2: don't take the proper mindset and realize that teams are 564 00:25:48,080 --> 00:25:50,840 Speaker 2: gonna ramp up when they play against us. You have 565 00:25:50,960 --> 00:25:53,800 Speaker 2: some games where you're like, man, how do we find 566 00:25:53,800 --> 00:25:56,480 Speaker 2: ourselves in a battle against this team, or how do 567 00:25:56,520 --> 00:26:00,359 Speaker 2: we lose this ball game? And whether it's a better team, 568 00:26:00,480 --> 00:26:04,320 Speaker 2: you know, tougher schedule. Now, you have to understand that 569 00:26:04,680 --> 00:26:06,639 Speaker 2: teams are going to come and play against you, and 570 00:26:06,680 --> 00:26:08,240 Speaker 2: you got to be ready for that challenge. 571 00:26:08,920 --> 00:26:11,840 Speaker 1: On the other side of the bye, I felt this 572 00:26:11,880 --> 00:26:14,880 Speaker 1: way watching Miami like playing them, you know, in Madrid 573 00:26:14,920 --> 00:26:17,160 Speaker 1: a couple of weeks ago, they went through the worst 574 00:26:17,160 --> 00:26:20,080 Speaker 1: of it about three weeks earlier, they fired their GM, 575 00:26:20,200 --> 00:26:22,600 Speaker 1: they traded away one of their star players on defense. 576 00:26:22,760 --> 00:26:25,040 Speaker 1: Clearly the record was what it was. There's a lot 577 00:26:25,080 --> 00:26:27,440 Speaker 1: of discussion about, well, what's coming down the road, and 578 00:26:27,480 --> 00:26:29,280 Speaker 1: maybe things just kind of opened up for them a 579 00:26:29,280 --> 00:26:31,000 Speaker 1: little bit and they've been more competitive. They've won three 580 00:26:31,080 --> 00:26:32,879 Speaker 1: or four, you know, off of that beat the Bills, 581 00:26:32,920 --> 00:26:36,360 Speaker 1: one in Madrid against Washington. I'm hoping and I think 582 00:26:36,480 --> 00:26:39,119 Speaker 1: that after what I saw in Madrid, that we're behind 583 00:26:39,160 --> 00:26:41,240 Speaker 1: what is probably the hardest part of this whole season. 584 00:26:41,400 --> 00:26:43,359 Speaker 1: I thought the defense kind of level set itself a 585 00:26:43,400 --> 00:26:46,280 Speaker 1: little bit there, like, and I'm hoping we're going to see, 586 00:26:46,280 --> 00:26:49,240 Speaker 1: as London alluded to earlier, some of our star players 587 00:26:49,280 --> 00:26:52,360 Speaker 1: may come back in the next couple of weeks, maybe sooner, 588 00:26:52,760 --> 00:26:54,720 Speaker 1: where we get a chance to see what this team 589 00:26:54,720 --> 00:26:57,080 Speaker 1: could look like moving forward. So I'm hoping we're kind 590 00:26:57,080 --> 00:26:58,720 Speaker 1: of through part of that. So on the other side 591 00:26:58,720 --> 00:27:01,440 Speaker 1: of this, I think you may see a very different team, 592 00:27:01,680 --> 00:27:04,640 Speaker 1: a level set on defense. Hopefully Jaden and Terry are 593 00:27:04,640 --> 00:27:07,200 Speaker 1: playing sooner rather than later, and we get a little 594 00:27:07,200 --> 00:27:08,920 Speaker 1: bit more of as semblance of the team we thought 595 00:27:08,920 --> 00:27:10,600 Speaker 1: we had in the summer as opposed to the one 596 00:27:10,600 --> 00:27:12,080 Speaker 1: that we had the first couple of months. 597 00:27:12,359 --> 00:27:14,159 Speaker 4: Yeah, I think the big thing for me is just 598 00:27:14,200 --> 00:27:16,359 Speaker 4: the level set defensively, Like it was, they went through 599 00:27:16,400 --> 00:27:18,640 Speaker 4: a couple weeks there, it was kind of rough, and yeah, 600 00:27:19,359 --> 00:27:21,840 Speaker 4: I think everyone was disappointed. But I think after watching 601 00:27:21,920 --> 00:27:24,920 Speaker 4: them in Madrid, watching them versus Miami, and again, Miami's 602 00:27:24,960 --> 00:27:27,160 Speaker 4: not a top shelf offense by any stretch of the imagination, 603 00:27:27,240 --> 00:27:30,520 Speaker 4: but they have dynamic playmakers. I thought the tackling was better. 604 00:27:30,600 --> 00:27:32,280 Speaker 4: I thought the runfits were better. I thought the coverage 605 00:27:32,320 --> 00:27:35,199 Speaker 4: responsibilities were better. And again it's are are they going 606 00:27:35,240 --> 00:27:37,199 Speaker 4: to be the best defense in the NFL? No, Like 607 00:27:37,359 --> 00:27:39,080 Speaker 4: you know, Dan Quinn on the game plan last week 608 00:27:39,200 --> 00:27:41,120 Speaker 4: was like, we need to turn the football over still, 609 00:27:41,119 --> 00:27:43,040 Speaker 4: we need to set better edges in the run. All 610 00:27:43,040 --> 00:27:44,760 Speaker 4: those things are still true, but at least there was 611 00:27:44,800 --> 00:27:47,880 Speaker 4: a the floor was raised. And so if you can 612 00:27:47,960 --> 00:27:51,240 Speaker 4: just play games like that again versus the Broncos offense, 613 00:27:51,280 --> 00:27:54,440 Speaker 4: which is kind of middling, the Minnesota offense, which is 614 00:27:54,480 --> 00:27:56,200 Speaker 4: kind of middling at the moment, you kind of say, 615 00:27:56,400 --> 00:27:57,960 Speaker 4: if they can just keep us in it and we're 616 00:27:57,960 --> 00:28:00,199 Speaker 4: not losing by twenty points in the third court or 617 00:28:01,080 --> 00:28:03,280 Speaker 4: this this team has a shot, especially with I think 618 00:28:03,320 --> 00:28:05,359 Speaker 4: the way that Cliff is now calling games, So I 619 00:28:05,440 --> 00:28:08,399 Speaker 4: think of all the things. Health obviously is important, but 620 00:28:09,080 --> 00:28:12,800 Speaker 4: kind of finding something defensively to hang your hat on 621 00:28:12,880 --> 00:28:14,560 Speaker 4: and say this is our standard, this is what we 622 00:28:14,560 --> 00:28:16,760 Speaker 4: can look too moving forward. I think that may be 623 00:28:16,800 --> 00:28:18,160 Speaker 4: the biggest thing coming out of Madrid. 624 00:28:18,600 --> 00:28:21,359 Speaker 2: They were they were they were more connected. You saw 625 00:28:21,600 --> 00:28:26,040 Speaker 2: just a more cohesive defense. Was it perfect? No, it 626 00:28:26,119 --> 00:28:28,640 Speaker 2: was not perfect, And as a as you mentioned, DQ 627 00:28:28,800 --> 00:28:31,080 Speaker 2: talked about some of the run things, some of the 628 00:28:31,160 --> 00:28:33,480 Speaker 2: run fits, stuff like that, and I'm sure that that 629 00:28:33,520 --> 00:28:36,280 Speaker 2: would be the big takeaway. Like, man, we still could 630 00:28:36,280 --> 00:28:40,360 Speaker 2: be much better at our run fits where we allowed 631 00:28:40,360 --> 00:28:42,560 Speaker 2: them to get get some of those, uh, some of 632 00:28:42,560 --> 00:28:45,760 Speaker 2: those explosive runs. So you still still need to improve. 633 00:28:45,840 --> 00:28:49,440 Speaker 2: There didn't really they have maybe one pass play over 634 00:28:49,560 --> 00:28:52,920 Speaker 2: twenty yards that was you know, aighted by mistackle. But 635 00:28:53,760 --> 00:28:57,120 Speaker 2: just they looked much better as a defense you're able 636 00:28:57,160 --> 00:29:01,200 Speaker 2: to I thought the the confidence, the physicality you saw 637 00:29:01,240 --> 00:29:04,520 Speaker 2: some guys. I saw some guys flying around playing really 638 00:29:04,520 --> 00:29:07,720 Speaker 2: good football. The linebackers as a as a core, I 639 00:29:07,760 --> 00:29:10,480 Speaker 2: thought that was their best Game of the season. McGee 640 00:29:10,480 --> 00:29:14,160 Speaker 2: made some outstanding plays in space, Frankie had some nice plays. 641 00:29:14,200 --> 00:29:17,320 Speaker 2: Bobby you know, did make some nice plays, had that 642 00:29:17,520 --> 00:29:20,200 Speaker 2: had that excellent pass breakup in the end zone to 643 00:29:20,240 --> 00:29:22,959 Speaker 2: prevent a touchdown on the fourth down. So there's a 644 00:29:22,960 --> 00:29:25,000 Speaker 2: lot of stuff you can build on. And I think 645 00:29:25,040 --> 00:29:29,400 Speaker 2: even within that, there'll be even more things to kind 646 00:29:29,440 --> 00:29:31,880 Speaker 2: of add to the defense. And we saw a couple 647 00:29:31,920 --> 00:29:35,600 Speaker 2: of different types of pressures or simulated pressures. Maybe you 648 00:29:35,640 --> 00:29:38,160 Speaker 2: add you add some things off of those things off 649 00:29:38,160 --> 00:29:40,760 Speaker 2: of those what you saw showed last week gets dumphin. 650 00:29:40,840 --> 00:29:45,120 Speaker 2: So moving forward, you mentioned that the Broncos offense, Let's 651 00:29:45,120 --> 00:29:47,720 Speaker 2: see if we can take advantage of an offense that 652 00:29:47,920 --> 00:29:50,640 Speaker 2: that has had some struggles at time, and and and 653 00:29:50,640 --> 00:29:52,640 Speaker 2: and add some turnovers, like you said. 654 00:29:52,840 --> 00:29:54,960 Speaker 4: Yeah, and again, like that's a group that's okay being 655 00:29:55,000 --> 00:29:57,800 Speaker 4: in a close game, and like that's awesome because like 656 00:29:57,800 --> 00:30:00,800 Speaker 4: they're trusting their defense and they're being conservative offense. But 657 00:30:00,840 --> 00:30:02,400 Speaker 4: when you're in a one score game, it can go 658 00:30:02,480 --> 00:30:04,640 Speaker 4: either way. And I think like if they kind of 659 00:30:04,640 --> 00:30:07,240 Speaker 4: capture some of that explosive play magic, they really need 660 00:30:07,280 --> 00:30:10,600 Speaker 4: to make sure that they are that that is a 661 00:30:10,600 --> 00:30:13,880 Speaker 4: building piece the Miami stuff that it's not just kind 662 00:30:13,920 --> 00:30:15,760 Speaker 4: of a flash in the pan like NFL to me, 663 00:30:15,840 --> 00:30:19,080 Speaker 4: is about being consistent. It's it's about coaching consistency, it's 664 00:30:19,080 --> 00:30:22,520 Speaker 4: about player consistency, it's about consistent execution, and so like, 665 00:30:22,720 --> 00:30:25,160 Speaker 4: can you take that performance and then parlay it into 666 00:30:25,160 --> 00:30:27,440 Speaker 4: something down the road here where you say, like, these 667 00:30:27,440 --> 00:30:29,720 Speaker 4: are some pieces that are that we can build around, 668 00:30:29,760 --> 00:30:31,800 Speaker 4: that are growing. And I think again, like, that's what 669 00:30:31,840 --> 00:30:34,120 Speaker 4: I'm really excited about coming out of the buy is 670 00:30:34,120 --> 00:30:35,240 Speaker 4: all the stuff the defense did. 671 00:30:35,360 --> 00:30:38,400 Speaker 1: Yeah, and these are interesting opponents for what I think 672 00:30:38,480 --> 00:30:41,760 Speaker 1: is now the set group of the offensive line moving forward. 673 00:30:41,800 --> 00:30:45,200 Speaker 1: There's been a lot of changes here. Josh Connerly is now, 674 00:30:45,600 --> 00:30:48,440 Speaker 1: you know, eleven games into his career. Sam Cosmy, we 675 00:30:48,440 --> 00:30:50,000 Speaker 1: were waiting for him to get his sea legs back. 676 00:30:50,040 --> 00:30:52,520 Speaker 1: He's played a few games. He's out there, Chris Paul 677 00:30:52,560 --> 00:30:55,600 Speaker 1: is settled in here, Brandon Coleman's being used as the 678 00:30:55,640 --> 00:30:58,760 Speaker 1: big tight end, the sixth offensive lineman. Tuntle is as 679 00:30:58,800 --> 00:31:00,920 Speaker 1: good as advertised, And all of a sudden, you're going 680 00:31:00,960 --> 00:31:03,000 Speaker 1: to get Denver, who as of a couple of weeks 681 00:31:03,040 --> 00:31:05,560 Speaker 1: ago led the league in sacks. You're going to get Minnesota, 682 00:31:05,560 --> 00:31:09,520 Speaker 1: who's incredibly talented upfront and very exotic in the way 683 00:31:09,560 --> 00:31:10,920 Speaker 1: that they bring their defense. You're going to get the 684 00:31:10,920 --> 00:31:13,520 Speaker 1: Giants front. I know they just fired their defensive coordinator, 685 00:31:13,520 --> 00:31:16,000 Speaker 1: but that there's not a lack of talent upfront on 686 00:31:16,040 --> 00:31:18,520 Speaker 1: that group. I'm interested to see that. And then I'm 687 00:31:18,560 --> 00:31:22,720 Speaker 1: hoping Jade and Terry Deebo, Noah Ertz, Bill, let's see 688 00:31:22,760 --> 00:31:24,880 Speaker 1: what this looks like. You know, I'm hoping they all 689 00:31:24,920 --> 00:31:27,960 Speaker 1: could come out play together. Let's get a look at 690 00:31:27,960 --> 00:31:28,560 Speaker 1: what this is. 691 00:31:29,280 --> 00:31:30,640 Speaker 3: Yeah, I'm one hundred percent with that. 692 00:31:30,720 --> 00:31:34,640 Speaker 4: I think, yeah, man, And I think the thing that again, 693 00:31:34,680 --> 00:31:36,160 Speaker 4: I go back to that point that I made earlier 694 00:31:36,160 --> 00:31:39,480 Speaker 4: Fletch basically saying that I kind of like that they 695 00:31:39,480 --> 00:31:41,600 Speaker 4: had to play a little bit left handed here for 696 00:31:41,640 --> 00:31:43,520 Speaker 4: the last couple of weeks, because I do think Cliff, 697 00:31:43,600 --> 00:31:46,240 Speaker 4: like Connolly is playing better. And one of the reasons 698 00:31:46,280 --> 00:31:49,120 Speaker 4: he's playing better is because Cliff is calling a game 699 00:31:49,160 --> 00:31:51,560 Speaker 4: that is more supportive of the offensive line in pass 700 00:31:51,600 --> 00:31:54,080 Speaker 4: protection and on first and second down. And so I think, 701 00:31:54,160 --> 00:31:57,479 Speaker 4: like bringing that knowledge with you into games like this 702 00:31:57,600 --> 00:31:59,760 Speaker 4: versus teams that have high sack production, you say, hey, 703 00:32:00,160 --> 00:32:02,360 Speaker 4: now our offensive line is not only playing better, but 704 00:32:02,360 --> 00:32:04,440 Speaker 4: we're putting them in better positions because we had to 705 00:32:04,520 --> 00:32:07,160 Speaker 4: earlier in the season. Let's keep doing that because if 706 00:32:07,160 --> 00:32:08,680 Speaker 4: that group's playing well, we have a shot to win 707 00:32:08,720 --> 00:32:10,400 Speaker 4: the game. We have a shot to elevate skill position 708 00:32:10,400 --> 00:32:12,800 Speaker 4: players on the perimeter. So I think in some ways 709 00:32:13,440 --> 00:32:15,360 Speaker 4: that's really good for that group to kind of have 710 00:32:15,440 --> 00:32:16,760 Speaker 4: that elevation schematically. 711 00:32:16,760 --> 00:32:21,000 Speaker 2: Also, oh yeah, absolutely, Denver is the number one they 712 00:32:21,000 --> 00:32:24,719 Speaker 2: still league the league at sacks. Bro the forty nine sacks. 713 00:32:24,720 --> 00:32:28,520 Speaker 2: And the key is, don't be a third long situation. 714 00:32:29,080 --> 00:32:31,920 Speaker 2: Let's try to run the football. And we ran a 715 00:32:32,040 --> 00:32:34,360 Speaker 2: thirty three times I think it thirty two or thirty 716 00:32:34,400 --> 00:32:37,080 Speaker 2: three times against the Dolphins, and see if we can 717 00:32:37,080 --> 00:32:37,400 Speaker 2: get that. 718 00:32:37,400 --> 00:32:39,520 Speaker 5: Number up even high. You know, Logan, I love to run. 719 00:32:39,400 --> 00:32:42,680 Speaker 2: The football, especially I guess teams are teams like that 720 00:32:42,880 --> 00:32:44,760 Speaker 2: who want to rush the passer. 721 00:32:45,360 --> 00:32:47,800 Speaker 5: They want to get out of the quarterback. Just continue 722 00:32:47,800 --> 00:32:48,240 Speaker 5: to lead. 723 00:32:48,160 --> 00:32:56,200 Speaker 2: On those guys, man, Let the batter around a continue 724 00:32:56,200 --> 00:32:59,200 Speaker 2: to do a thing. Let Bill Cross get married, get 725 00:32:59,200 --> 00:33:03,280 Speaker 2: going to you know you mentioned we've added elements to 726 00:33:03,360 --> 00:33:06,800 Speaker 2: our office that you know, hey, wasn't there at the 727 00:33:06,840 --> 00:33:10,120 Speaker 2: begin of the year, and that's been a good thing. 728 00:33:10,240 --> 00:33:14,560 Speaker 2: You've seen some guys start to establish roles for their sales, 729 00:33:14,640 --> 00:33:15,600 Speaker 2: bigger roles too. 730 00:33:15,480 --> 00:33:15,680 Speaker 5: You know. 731 00:33:15,920 --> 00:33:18,960 Speaker 1: Less thy real quick here before we go. So we 732 00:33:18,960 --> 00:33:21,400 Speaker 1: had the bye week. I'm watching the Cowboys play the Eagles. 733 00:33:21,480 --> 00:33:23,720 Speaker 1: I watched the Eagles blow this big lead and Dallas 734 00:33:23,760 --> 00:33:25,520 Speaker 1: beats them. And this is one of those it feels 735 00:33:25,560 --> 00:33:27,880 Speaker 1: like season defining type of moments where things could turn 736 00:33:27,920 --> 00:33:30,680 Speaker 1: for Philadelphia after losing who knows right, And I'm sitting 737 00:33:30,680 --> 00:33:34,120 Speaker 1: there going, had Washington just won that Miami game, held 738 00:33:34,160 --> 00:33:35,920 Speaker 1: onto the ball one that Chicago game, they'd be five 739 00:33:35,960 --> 00:33:38,640 Speaker 1: and six, all things being equally, you would and with 740 00:33:38,720 --> 00:33:41,400 Speaker 1: two shots at Philadelphia. That was the what if for 741 00:33:41,440 --> 00:33:45,360 Speaker 1: me watching that happen going if those two games went 742 00:33:45,440 --> 00:33:48,240 Speaker 1: the other way, we would be having a very different 743 00:33:48,240 --> 00:33:50,720 Speaker 1: conversation about what the second half of the season is 744 00:33:50,760 --> 00:33:51,320 Speaker 1: for this team. 745 00:33:51,600 --> 00:33:53,120 Speaker 3: I mean one million percent. 746 00:33:53,120 --> 00:33:54,480 Speaker 4: I think about it all the time, Like five and 747 00:33:54,520 --> 00:33:56,400 Speaker 4: six feels great at this point, you know, with all 748 00:33:56,440 --> 00:33:58,000 Speaker 4: this ahead of you, with all these divisional games in 749 00:33:58,040 --> 00:34:01,000 Speaker 4: front of you. Obviously you're still not Mathema eliminated, but 750 00:34:01,440 --> 00:34:04,640 Speaker 4: it does feel very different on things that were totally 751 00:34:04,680 --> 00:34:05,479 Speaker 4: within your control. 752 00:34:05,760 --> 00:34:06,160 Speaker 1: That's right. 753 00:34:06,240 --> 00:34:07,520 Speaker 5: Yeah, absolutely, yeah. 754 00:34:07,600 --> 00:34:12,680 Speaker 2: You I mean, man, that's just football as football play here, 755 00:34:12,800 --> 00:34:15,800 Speaker 2: playing there, and you know you're riding a thick of things. 756 00:34:16,080 --> 00:34:18,840 Speaker 1: Yep. I'm excited for Sunday night though. Denver. That'll be fun. 757 00:34:19,320 --> 00:34:21,719 Speaker 1: Great duo of defensive ends. They're gonna have to deal 758 00:34:21,719 --> 00:34:25,480 Speaker 1: with Benito and Cooper and bo Nicks. We'll get another 759 00:34:25,520 --> 00:34:29,879 Speaker 1: profile game of a prominent quarterbacks from the twenty twenty 760 00:34:29,920 --> 00:34:32,520 Speaker 1: four class. Jayde Well hopefully Jane Days, we'll see see 761 00:34:32,520 --> 00:34:34,440 Speaker 1: you later this week. But bon Nick's coming to town too. 762 00:34:34,440 --> 00:34:36,359 Speaker 1: It should be a good one. All right, guys, we'll 763 00:34:36,360 --> 00:34:38,520 Speaker 1: do this after the Denver game next week. See all 764 00:34:38,520 --> 00:34:41,240 Speaker 1: next time on the Booth Review. Booth Review was filmed 765 00:34:41,280 --> 00:34:44,560 Speaker 1: at the Big Bear AI Command Center Studio. Big Bear 766 00:34:44,600 --> 00:34:48,680 Speaker 1: AI offers mission ready AI for a rapidly evolving world, 767 00:34:49,000 --> 00:34:52,440 Speaker 1: proudly protecting the Washington Commanders and its fans.