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Speaker 1: It's a league fifteen to ten touchdown catch.

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Speaker 2: What's up? Guys? Welcome into our final Chargers weekly of

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Speaker 2: the regular season. As always, joined by Matt mney Smith.

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Speaker 2: We are powered by Microsoft Surface. Chargers losing Denver last

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Speaker 2: week final game this Sunday, Sofi Stadium Monday. We got

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Speaker 2: Blaine Gabbert versus and Stick and a lot to discuss

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Speaker 2: after the game. I don't know how much you want

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Speaker 2: to get into last week at Denver, kind of an

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Speaker 2: uneventful game. I know that Sunday a lot of these

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Speaker 2: guys may not be on this team in twenty twenty four,

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Speaker 2: and we're kind of going to turn the page to

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Speaker 2: a brand new era of Chargers football.

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Speaker 1: You know, I think it's worth kind of digging into

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Speaker 1: a little bit in terms of that game, because you know,

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Speaker 1: they had built Obviously the Raider game was a colossal failure,

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Speaker 1: but you watched them take that step and respond and

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Speaker 1: played for gift and played a great game and nearly

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Speaker 1: knocked off the Bills and ruined their postseason hopes. Didn't

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Speaker 1: come together, you know, slipped away from them at the

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Speaker 1: end and unfortunate, and I was hoping they were going

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Speaker 1: to take that next step get that win, knock off

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Speaker 1: the Broncos in Denver officially, you know, even though they

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Speaker 1: were eliminated because of the way the other games played out,

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Speaker 1: but you know, make sure that you do the eliminating

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Speaker 1: of the Broncos, especially with Jared Didham getting the start,

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Speaker 1: and you know, they weren't able to do that. And defensively,

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Speaker 1: I thought they played solid. Obviously, one just terrible play

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Speaker 1: the little Jordan Humphrey touchdown where there were four mistackles,

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Speaker 1: a blown coverage and just you know, ugly all over

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Speaker 1: the field. But outside of that, you're talking about a

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Speaker 1: team that limited Javonte Williams and the Broncos rushing attack,

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Speaker 1: and they tried to run the heck out of the

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Speaker 1: three yards per carry, and really it was bad turnovers.

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Speaker 1: You know, Nick Neeman not secure in the football before

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Speaker 1: he tried to run it on that fourth down fake punt,

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Speaker 1: you know, bobbling it and that just knocked that thing

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Speaker 1: So the defense played well, you know, and I think

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Speaker 1: there's a couple of concerns there. I guess we'll just

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Speaker 1: start there, Chris, Like, you know, the one thing that

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Speaker 1: I would be concerned about is just corners. I think

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Speaker 1: I think you had issues with tackling by the corners

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Speaker 1: far too often in that game, and your corners in

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Speaker 1: this league have got to be able to tackle. Just

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Speaker 1: with the rules. It's a passing league. Flags are getting

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Speaker 1: thrown all the time for pi or for holding, and

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Speaker 1: that means there's going to be a lot of completed

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Speaker 1: and that's just been an issue for this team at

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Speaker 1: that position. So to me, that was kind of even

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Speaker 1: though it was a good day for the defense, that

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Speaker 1: going to play quarter in this league, you've got to

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Speaker 1: be able to tackle, and if you can't tackle, you

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Speaker 1: need to find someone who can.

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Speaker 2: I think that's a great place to start, you know,

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Speaker 2: save for that little Jordan Humphrey. Somebody told me I

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Speaker 2: didn't see the exact number, but next gen stats, that

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Speaker 2: of just the ridiculousness of that play in the mistackle.

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Speaker 2: So you know, you take that play out and I

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Speaker 2: thought the defense played pretty good. But again in twenty

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Speaker 2: have to load up at that position. This offseason we

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Speaker 2: talked about the edge rusher. We know Tooley's gonna be here.

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Speaker 2: Khalil and Joey have massive cap numbers. It's it's safe

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Speaker 2: to say we don't know. Has Joey played his last

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Speaker 2: These are a lot of big decisions that are going

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Speaker 1: No doubt, and a lot of it is you know,

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Speaker 1: you know, it's basically the Big Four, right is what

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Speaker 1: talking about. Those are four gigantic contracts that account for

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Speaker 1: So that's that's where it starts. And I don't know

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Speaker 1: all four of them we're back on this roster next year,

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Speaker 1: considering how bad it went this year, considering the injury history.

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Speaker 1: Keenan Allen. Neither neither is is ideal moving forward, right,

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Speaker 1: probably are going to see it. Listen, these declines do

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Speaker 1: not happen gradually. They show up like that for whatever reason.

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Speaker 1: In the game of football. There are no gradual declines.

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Speaker 1: You have it and then you don't, and it's for something.

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Speaker 1: that's typically how it works. So that's that's the risk

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Speaker 1: And I'm sure that'll be a very uh, it'll be

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Speaker 2: No, we started on the defense, and again, right the

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Speaker 2: two big price tags are Khalil Mack and Joey Bosa

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Speaker 2: I don't think he's missed the game, you know, and

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Speaker 2: you want to get out from under a contract a

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Speaker 2: year early rather than a year late. And that's that's

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Speaker 2: the conundrum I guess you have with guys like now,

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Speaker 2: I will say this, I think Keenan's game can have

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Speaker 2: an interesting decision. Like you have the guys who have

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Speaker 1: My big concern with Keenan would be you know, the

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Speaker 1: third down numbers are incredible, right, yeah, But why are

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Speaker 1: you know, it goes back to the the Vic Fangio

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Speaker 1: Force them to need thirteen fifteen play drives in order

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Speaker 1: field goals. And that's just happened to this team far

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Speaker 1: too often, where we don't have those three play drives,

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Speaker 1: And to me, Chris, that was so evident in that

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Speaker 2: and make him do a start too.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I'm looking off screen here for those watching on YouTube,

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Speaker 1: not because I'm not listening to what Chris is saying.

432
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Speaker 1: I am, but I wanted to check out Tankathon because,

433
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Speaker 1: you know, I just I think about I think about

434
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Speaker 1: what Houston did last year to go up and get

435
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Speaker 1: Will Anderson, right, and what they were willing to give up.

436
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Speaker 1: And I talked about Miami giving up a one, you know,

437
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Speaker 1: two ones to get Jalen Waddle, what Philly gave up

438
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Speaker 1: to go up and get DeVante Smith. So as you

439
00:22:34,760 --> 00:22:39,320
Speaker 1: look and you see, you know, Houston has got that

440
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Speaker 1: seventeenth pick and you know, actually that goes to Arizona.

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Speaker 1: I forgot about that. So because they went back up

442
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Speaker 1: to get Will Anderson. So what I'm getting at is, look,

443
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Speaker 1: maybe it's Arizona. Maybe Arizona decides they want to move

444
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Speaker 1: on from Kyler Murray. They can get a one for

445
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Speaker 1: Kyler Murray, and they're gonna take Jayden Daniels. So they're gonna

446
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Speaker 1: take Drake may Or, They're gonna start over and they

447
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Speaker 1: get a second one. And now next thing you know,

448
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Speaker 1: they want to trade you a couple ones to come

449
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Speaker 1: up and get that wide receiver to help out their

450
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Speaker 1: brand new quarterback and put Elik neighbors with their new

451
00:23:11,320 --> 00:23:15,120
Speaker 1: quarter I think there's so many combinations that could lead

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Speaker 1: to the Chargers getting an extra one, maybe two ones

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Speaker 1: this year. Maybe you end up getting a one a

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Speaker 1: two this year, so now you've got two two's, you

455
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Speaker 1: slide back a little bit, and you've got a one

456
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Speaker 1: going into next year. Like that's the sort of stuff

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Speaker 1: that you can get into when quarterbacks are available and

458
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Speaker 1: quarterbacks are valued. And it's got Seattle at fifteen, Denver

459
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Speaker 1: at fourteen, to Tampa at twenty quarterback exactly, Raiders at eleven.

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Speaker 1: There are so many as you go through and you

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Speaker 1: start looking down, you start looking down the list, and

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Speaker 1: you see New Orleans at thirteen, you see Minnesota at twelve.

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Speaker 1: There's a lot of opportunities for you to pick up

464
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Speaker 1: that first where you're still gonna get an elite player

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Speaker 1: out of one next year, pick up a two or

466
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Speaker 1: a three this year. And that's the sort of stuff.

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Speaker 1: And I hate talking about this because it just it

468
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Speaker 1: reminds you of how bad the season went. But unfortunately

469
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Speaker 1: it's it's where we're at. I'll tell you this.

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Speaker 2: Chargers fans would rather hear about this than than week eighteen,

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Speaker 2: right now, right, Yeah, they want they want to get

472
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Speaker 2: this thing going. They want to jump start on who

473
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Speaker 2: the coach and the general managers gonna be, and they

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Speaker 2: want to see how this roster is gonna be further developed.

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Speaker 2: And I think the white the running back position, it

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Speaker 2: may be a complete expansion, right, it could be. It

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Speaker 2: could be a yeah, it could be a complete total reset.

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Speaker 2: We we'll see what happens with Austin this offseason. I

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Speaker 2: think Josh Kelly's a free agent. I don't know what

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Speaker 2: the next coaching staff is gonna think about Isaiah Spiller.

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Speaker 2: Obviously he's under contract. But I do think that they're

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Speaker 2: gonna have to fight a way to run the football.

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Speaker 2: They're gonna have.

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Speaker 1: To fight a way to run the football, no doubt.

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Speaker 1: And look, if it's the head coach that everybody wants

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Speaker 1: that ends up getting hired, Jim Harbaugh is not not

487
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Speaker 1: gonna run the football. And that's where that's where the

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Speaker 1: tackle conversation comes in. That's where a back in the

489
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Speaker 1: second round comes in, and maybe why you would want

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Speaker 1: to trade back get that extra pick in the second round. There,

491
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Speaker 1: you grab your tight end, you grab your your back

492
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Speaker 1: and you're ready to play the style of football that

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Speaker 1: that Bo Schembeckler embedded into Jim Harbaugh's brain. You know,

494
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Speaker 1: when he called Bo and said, I'm thinking about being

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Speaker 1: a head coach, he said, you're gonna have a full

496
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Speaker 1: back that puts his hand in the ground. Yes, I am.

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Speaker 1: You're gonna have a tight end that blocks. Yes I am.

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Speaker 1: You're gonna run God's play. Yes, we're gonna run power.

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Speaker 1: All right, you can be a head coach. And that's

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Speaker 1: that's the foundation on which Jim Harbaugh, you know, builds

501
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Speaker 1: his football teams. We don't have that. The Chargers do

502
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Speaker 1: not have that right now. They they they are the

503
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Speaker 1: you know, in the conversation, is the worst running team

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Speaker 1: in the league. And that's the identity of Michigan. They

505
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Speaker 1: they drag you into the deep water and in the

506
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Speaker 1: fourth quarter they drown you. They pull you under because

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Speaker 1: they're going to be able to tread water longer than

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Speaker 1: you are. And that's how they've done it since he

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Speaker 1: showed up. They're a physical team. They you know, they

510
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Speaker 1: can take your punches and as long as they've got

511
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Speaker 1: you in their sights, they're gonna beat you. By the

512
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Speaker 1: end of the game, and so that's not what this

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Speaker 1: team is. And that's and that's where the head coach

514
00:26:18,440 --> 00:26:20,080
Speaker 1: is going to determine what they need and how they

515
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Speaker 1: want to play and what they want to play with,

516
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Speaker 1: because chances are that the person you bring in is

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Speaker 1: probably going to be paired with a GM that has

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Speaker 1: a similar vision.

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Speaker 2: Man, I'm just when you're you're talking money in that

520
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Speaker 2: identity that the Charges have lacked, especially running the football.

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Speaker 2: Like I remember, I think the last really successful year

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Speaker 2: they had run the football was when Melvin was at

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Speaker 2: his peak powers under coach Lynn and and they mixed

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Speaker 2: in Eckler and and it was it was a very

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Speaker 2: solid running attack. Have not seen that, have not seen that,

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Speaker 2: and that has been such a missing link. You take

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Speaker 2: off the Miami game. I want to give the whoever

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Speaker 2: somebody on Twitter had a some sort of stat. It

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Speaker 2: escapes me the name, but take out the Miami game.

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Speaker 2: It was like the worst rushing attack in like the

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Speaker 2: last decade.

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Speaker 1: Oh yeah, yeah, it's it's been brutal. It has been brutal.

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Speaker 1: And that's where that's why I bring up the the

534
00:27:18,400 --> 00:27:20,680
Speaker 1: right side of the line collapses every time they try

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Speaker 1: to run the ball that way. So that's why I'm

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Speaker 1: talking about the tackle. That's what I'm talking about, you know,

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Speaker 1: And that's where maybe the brock Bauers thing comes in

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00:27:29,080 --> 00:27:31,360
Speaker 1: because he is a full service tight end. He will

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Speaker 1: block his tail off, and he will catch the ball,

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Speaker 1: and he will body up guys and he can extend

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Speaker 1: plays like he's the full He's the full package. That's

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Speaker 1: why you're talking about him. He's George Kittle, He's TJ Hockinson,

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Speaker 1: He's you know, he's Travis Kelsey's a different deal. Travis

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Speaker 1: Kelsey's more of that receiver. But that's kind of the

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Speaker 1: mold that that Bowers is in. Think of Kittle, think

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Speaker 1: of Hockinson. He can do at all. And that's kind

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Speaker 1: of going back to when Hockinson was traded for a two.

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Speaker 1: It's like, yeah, that's the guy that everybody's looking for,

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Speaker 1: you know. That's that's what you want. If you're going

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Speaker 1: to pay a premium for a tight end, you want

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Speaker 1: to pay it for the tight end that isn't just

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Speaker 1: a pass catcher, but one that's gonna knock you on

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Speaker 1: your tail when they're running the ball. So that's look,

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Speaker 1: there's there's a lot of different directions they can go.

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Speaker 1: And typically when you say that, it's because there's a

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Speaker 1: lot of holes and that you have to fill. And

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Speaker 1: so the one thing I would like to see, and

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Speaker 1: again we're not privy to everything behind the you know,

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00:28:31,240 --> 00:28:35,680
Speaker 1: things that are closed off to us practices, meetings, film study.

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Speaker 1: But Dan Henley got out there for a couple snaps

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Speaker 1: and man, he made a huge tackle, like an explosive

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Speaker 1: play saving tackle when Javonte broke through that line and

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Speaker 1: Eric Kendricks read it wrong and he was running into

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Speaker 1: that gap, and there's day On sprinting over there making

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Speaker 1: that ankle tackle, limiting it to like a ten or

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Speaker 1: eleven yard rush instead of a thirty or forty yard rush.

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Speaker 1: So like to see a little bit more of that

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Speaker 1: out there with him, and he made he made a

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Speaker 1: tackle right after that, made a stuff at the line

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Speaker 1: of scrimmage. So I'm hoping we get a little bit

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Speaker 1: more of that on Sunday against the Chiefs. No, granted,

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Speaker 1: it's gonna be a much different looking Chiefs team. You're

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Speaker 1: not going to see Patrick Mahomes, it's playing Gabbert. You're

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Speaker 1: not going to see Travis Kelcey. You know, I don't know,

575
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Speaker 1: you got to put somebody out there. So they're obviously

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Speaker 1: some players out there. Someone's got to play. But for

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Speaker 1: that matter, I really would like to evaluate keep McFadden

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Speaker 1: out there. Let's see, if you know, if that's something

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Speaker 1: moving forward that that you're comfortable with. I might even

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Speaker 1: consider playing him at center if Zion's healthy and they

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Speaker 1: were working him out at center as well, just because

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Speaker 1: of the contract versus Brendan's contract. So that's I think

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Speaker 1: that's worth to me. That's this Week eight team. As

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Speaker 1: much as I'd like to see Gift get a get

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Speaker 1: a win, and as much as I'd like to see

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Speaker 1: Easton get a win, I think you owe it to

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Speaker 1: the the organization to to really try to put some

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Speaker 1: these younger players as you go into what's likely going

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Speaker 1: to be a pretty big reset in the offseason.

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Speaker 2: Speaking of that, let's take a quick break and we

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Speaker 1: Seems like it right, that's been the high game going

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Speaker 1: down the Obviously, Carolina needs a coach, Washington needs a coach.

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Speaker 1: We've already heard that. Rivera's out there. Sounds like Belichick

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Speaker 1: and Craft are ready to part ways. It feels like

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Speaker 1: that's going to happen. So New England needs a coach.

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Speaker 1: Arizona Giants find Chargers need a coach. Word on Tennessee.

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Speaker 1: To me, that's a trade. Can they get a one

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Speaker 1: for Mike Rabel? If they can, then maybe they decide

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Speaker 1: let's let's reset and move on. The Jets sound like

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Speaker 1: they're fine that they want to give it one more go.

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Speaker 1: Sounds like Atlanta. I think it probably depends what it

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Speaker 1: looks like against New Orleans. If they don't get blown

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Speaker 1: off the field or maybe they win that game. Then

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Speaker 1: Arthur Smith stays, it sounds like they want to keep

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Speaker 1: them Chicago. I'd be really surprised if they kept ever Flues.

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Speaker 1: But they've played great, They've played really good football here

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Speaker 1: to close the season. Sounds like it. But it's like,

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Speaker 1: if you're gonna get rid of Justin Fields and you're

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Speaker 1: want a guy that was probably gonna get fired five

643
00:33:16,200 --> 00:33:20,560
Speaker 1: weeks ago in that quarterback's first season with that offensive

644
00:33:20,600 --> 00:33:22,600
Speaker 1: system that you very well could end up changing the

645
00:33:22,640 --> 00:33:25,800
Speaker 1: following year. You don't want to do that to a

646
00:33:25,800 --> 00:33:28,000
Speaker 1: young quarterback. So that's where that thing is kind of

647
00:33:28,000 --> 00:33:30,640
Speaker 1: interesting to me. And I think it also depends on, Man,

648
00:33:30,680 --> 00:33:33,560
Speaker 1: we got the number one pick, we got Caleb Williams,

649
00:33:34,120 --> 00:33:37,080
Speaker 1: you know, we can maybe really go out and get

650
00:33:37,120 --> 00:33:40,040
Speaker 1: someone here. You know, someone's going to be very interested

651
00:33:40,040 --> 00:33:42,920
Speaker 1: in this job because of how well the Bear's played

652
00:33:42,960 --> 00:33:45,640
Speaker 1: down the stretch, the fact that Caleb Williams is coming

653
00:33:45,680 --> 00:33:48,720
Speaker 1: in on a rookie deal and you've got DJ Moore,

654
00:33:49,200 --> 00:33:51,760
Speaker 1: You've got talent on that roster, you got Montest Sweat

655
00:33:51,760 --> 00:33:54,760
Speaker 1: locked up, So that could end up being like that's

656
00:33:54,800 --> 00:33:56,440
Speaker 1: the sort of discussions that are going to be had

657
00:33:56,480 --> 00:33:59,120
Speaker 1: on Black Monday. Okay, I know we like what Matt

658
00:33:59,160 --> 00:34:02,880
Speaker 1: did down the stretch, but let's let's think about who's

659
00:34:02,920 --> 00:34:06,040
Speaker 1: available and what our pitch is and who we might

660
00:34:06,080 --> 00:34:09,439
Speaker 1: be able to get. Look, it's that's the thing about

661
00:34:09,480 --> 00:34:12,799
Speaker 1: firing your coach. Who are you gonna hire instead? Are

662
00:34:12,800 --> 00:34:16,640
Speaker 1: they better? Are they considerably better? Is it a lateral move?

663
00:34:16,800 --> 00:34:18,560
Speaker 1: Are you just getting rid of the guy in order

664
00:34:18,680 --> 00:34:22,640
Speaker 1: to say we understand the fans frustrations. Here's your red

665
00:34:22,719 --> 00:34:25,040
Speaker 1: meat and your sacrificial lamb. Now we got to go

666
00:34:25,080 --> 00:34:26,799
Speaker 1: find someone that maybe we don't even like as much

667
00:34:26,840 --> 00:34:30,279
Speaker 1: like theirs. That's that's where it comes into the conversation

668
00:34:30,360 --> 00:34:33,000
Speaker 1: with a team like the Bears. Yes, the players like

669
00:34:33,040 --> 00:34:35,439
Speaker 1: Antonio Pierce, Raiders are gonna get a new head coach.

670
00:34:35,520 --> 00:34:38,000
Speaker 1: They're they're going to find someone. Same thing in New Orleans.

671
00:34:38,239 --> 00:34:40,600
Speaker 1: They're saying Dennis Allen is safe. But it's like, is

672
00:34:40,640 --> 00:34:44,719
Speaker 1: he like you really okay with that? With with potentially

673
00:34:44,880 --> 00:34:46,800
Speaker 1: eight and nine this season?

674
00:34:47,280 --> 00:34:52,839
Speaker 2: So I man see, well, okay, So Soldier Field is chanting,

675
00:34:52,840 --> 00:34:55,600
Speaker 2: they're chanting we want fields. DJ Morris come out said,

676
00:34:55,640 --> 00:34:57,520
Speaker 2: I don't want anybody else to be in my quarterback.

677
00:34:57,719 --> 00:35:00,560
Speaker 2: The defense has played lights out the last several weeks

678
00:35:00,600 --> 00:35:04,239
Speaker 2: with Montes sweat at one of those bookend positions. Devontae

679
00:35:04,320 --> 00:35:07,959
Speaker 2: Adams is saying Antonio Pierce is the guy the locker

680
00:35:08,040 --> 00:35:11,480
Speaker 2: room wants Antonio Pierce. So these are these interesting decisions

681
00:35:11,480 --> 00:35:14,120
Speaker 2: that really could affect the Chargers in some of these

682
00:35:15,160 --> 00:35:18,720
Speaker 2: potential destinations for guys like hardball or a college coach,

683
00:35:18,840 --> 00:35:22,440
Speaker 2: or Bill Belichick or Mike Rabel being traded. I think

684
00:35:22,480 --> 00:35:26,319
Speaker 2: I know Washington in Carolina, Carolina, I don't know if

685
00:35:26,400 --> 00:35:27,480
Speaker 2: you want to play for Chepper or not.

686
00:35:28,480 --> 00:35:31,000
Speaker 1: Like that's that's the benefit of there is. I can't

687
00:35:31,040 --> 00:35:33,759
Speaker 1: imagine no matter how big the number is, somebody wanted

688
00:35:33,800 --> 00:35:35,680
Speaker 1: to go play for that guy or going to coach

689
00:35:35,719 --> 00:35:39,760
Speaker 1: for that guy. That's that's where that comes in. Washington's interesting,

690
00:35:40,239 --> 00:35:44,960
Speaker 1: you know, inexplicably, Arizona winning that game and Washington now

691
00:35:45,000 --> 00:35:47,680
Speaker 1: sitting at the number two hole and getting either Drake

692
00:35:47,760 --> 00:35:55,560
Speaker 1: may or Caleb Williams makes that a very interesting spot and.

693
00:35:54,120 --> 00:35:57,920
Speaker 2: And a new and new ownership. Imagine getting Caleb Williams

694
00:35:57,920 --> 00:36:00,560
Speaker 2: who played in his high football and Zach in DC

695
00:36:01,239 --> 00:36:04,279
Speaker 2: coming home and getting getting a blue chip coach.

696
00:36:04,400 --> 00:36:07,359
Speaker 1: Yeah, I think film now I think if I if

697
00:36:07,400 --> 00:36:12,600
Speaker 1: I understand it correctly, I believe based on the way

698
00:36:12,800 --> 00:36:16,600
Speaker 1: the season ends, if New England loses to the Jets

699
00:36:17,160 --> 00:36:23,080
Speaker 1: and Washington loses to the Cowboys, I think I think

700
00:36:23,800 --> 00:36:26,640
Speaker 1: New England will jump Washington for the number two pick

701
00:36:27,080 --> 00:36:29,480
Speaker 1: because it will come down to strength of schedule. It's interesting,

702
00:36:29,600 --> 00:36:29,960
Speaker 1: and so.

703
00:36:31,040 --> 00:36:33,719
Speaker 2: The strength the strength of schedule is a game of

704
00:36:33,800 --> 00:36:36,480
Speaker 2: part money. So I saw, I think of Steve Kornaki

705
00:36:36,640 --> 00:36:42,799
Speaker 2: talking about this. Uh, the Saints smoke the Patriots, the

706
00:36:42,800 --> 00:36:46,439
Speaker 2: Commanders beat the Falcons. The Saints and the Falcons play

707
00:36:46,480 --> 00:36:50,319
Speaker 2: Week eighteen, which will determine the strength of schedule by

708
00:36:50,400 --> 00:36:54,080
Speaker 2: like a game, so yeah, which is crazy. And then

709
00:36:54,120 --> 00:36:56,680
Speaker 2: and then if it's tied, then you go to head

710
00:36:56,680 --> 00:37:00,840
Speaker 2: to head. The Commanders beat the Patriots, that actually hurts

711
00:37:00,880 --> 00:37:05,279
Speaker 2: them because drop them behind the Patriots. So that's like

712
00:37:05,280 --> 00:37:07,040
Speaker 2: some of the fun intrigue at the top.

713
00:37:07,120 --> 00:37:10,200
Speaker 1: But I think, and the reason we kick that around

714
00:37:10,719 --> 00:37:15,200
Speaker 1: is because you know, it's the New England job with

715
00:37:15,280 --> 00:37:18,400
Speaker 1: Robert Kraft now becomes a lot more attractive with a

716
00:37:18,440 --> 00:37:21,600
Speaker 1: franchise quarterback moving forward, with either Drake may or Caleb

717
00:37:21,640 --> 00:37:24,800
Speaker 1: Williams moving forward, so you know what kind of owner

718
00:37:24,840 --> 00:37:27,279
Speaker 1: he is, you know what kind of town you're going to,

719
00:37:27,360 --> 00:37:31,040
Speaker 1: how much they support the team, and that then becomes

720
00:37:31,080 --> 00:37:34,520
Speaker 1: a much more attractive job when they have the number

721
00:37:35,120 --> 00:37:37,640
Speaker 1: two pick instead of the number three or four pick.

722
00:37:37,719 --> 00:37:40,000
Speaker 1: But you know, Bill Belichick's going to go out and

723
00:37:40,040 --> 00:37:43,480
Speaker 1: whoop the Jets and they're gonna end up sliding out

724
00:37:43,480 --> 00:37:45,759
Speaker 1: and it's gonna be hilarious and the Patriot fans are

725
00:37:45,800 --> 00:37:48,520
Speaker 1: going to be staring at Drake May and then, no,

726
00:37:48,880 --> 00:37:52,560
Speaker 1: not so much that, because there is no way that

727
00:37:52,600 --> 00:37:55,399
Speaker 1: guy is losing to the Jets in what very well

728
00:37:55,440 --> 00:37:58,719
Speaker 1: could be his last game as the Patriots head coach,

729
00:37:58,800 --> 00:38:00,759
Speaker 1: just knowing the history there that he was hired by

730
00:38:00,800 --> 00:38:03,120
Speaker 1: the Jets, didn't want the job, turned it down, the

731
00:38:03,120 --> 00:38:05,560
Speaker 1: Patriots trade for him, and the rest is history. The

732
00:38:05,560 --> 00:38:08,480
Speaker 1: Patriots become a dynasty and the Jets become a laughing

733
00:38:08,520 --> 00:38:12,160
Speaker 1: stock and a punching bag. So they aren't losing that game.

734
00:38:12,440 --> 00:38:15,279
Speaker 1: There is. If there is one bet I could make

735
00:38:15,840 --> 00:38:20,520
Speaker 1: on Sunday, that would be the bet. Unless Belichick is

736
00:38:20,520 --> 00:38:23,200
Speaker 1: coming back and he and Kraft have already had this

737
00:38:23,280 --> 00:38:27,719
Speaker 1: conversation and it's Uh, let's not. Let's not mess this

738
00:38:27,760 --> 00:38:30,879
Speaker 1: one up. Okay, let's let's make sure And that could

739
00:38:30,920 --> 00:38:34,920
Speaker 1: end up being a hot potato game where Sala is like, Hey,

740
00:38:35,120 --> 00:38:37,880
Speaker 1: we want nothing to do with one of them quarterbacks

741
00:38:37,880 --> 00:38:39,640
Speaker 1: going to New England. You guys get the win, get

742
00:38:39,680 --> 00:38:40,200
Speaker 1: out of there.

743
00:38:41,360 --> 00:38:44,640
Speaker 2: Yeah, exactly exactly, Pats fans maybe watching a lot of

744
00:38:44,719 --> 00:38:51,799
Speaker 2: Jdi Daniels tape. If that's the case, it's the intrigue

745
00:38:51,840 --> 00:38:54,440
Speaker 2: and the fact that the Chargers have a franchise quarterback.

746
00:38:54,480 --> 00:38:56,520
Speaker 2: Mat I have to believe that that's the number one

747
00:38:56,640 --> 00:39:00,920
Speaker 2: chip for a coach. I get to coach Justin Herbert, right,

748
00:39:01,320 --> 00:39:05,360
Speaker 2: count me in, right, as opposed to we think Caleb

749
00:39:05,360 --> 00:39:07,959
Speaker 2: Williams is going to be really really good. He probably will, right,

750
00:39:08,040 --> 00:39:12,480
Speaker 2: But we don't know. Drake may could be amazing, He

751
00:39:12,560 --> 00:39:15,879
Speaker 2: could be Justin Herbert two point zero. We don't know, right,

752
00:39:15,920 --> 00:39:18,400
Speaker 2: We don't know Jayden Daniels or Michael Pennix and all

753
00:39:18,480 --> 00:39:21,080
Speaker 2: these all these guys are such a crapshoot in the draft.

754
00:39:21,200 --> 00:39:24,160
Speaker 2: But when you have an established guy and you have

755
00:39:24,680 --> 00:39:29,640
Speaker 2: maybe the ability to make more decisions about the personnel,

756
00:39:30,120 --> 00:39:32,719
Speaker 2: and you get to live in Manhattan Beach, right, and

757
00:39:32,760 --> 00:39:35,000
Speaker 2: you get to have a brand new facility in Elsa Gundel.

758
00:39:35,200 --> 00:39:37,239
Speaker 2: I mean, those things kind of all stack up, and

759
00:39:37,280 --> 00:39:39,040
Speaker 2: you look at the kind of the landing we talked

760
00:39:39,040 --> 00:39:41,920
Speaker 2: about the landscape of the AFC West. You know, I

761
00:39:42,000 --> 00:39:44,320
Speaker 2: know that the team's going to look drastically different in

762
00:39:44,400 --> 00:39:48,360
Speaker 2: terms of personnel. And there's some cap potential hurdles this offseason,

763
00:39:48,960 --> 00:39:51,360
Speaker 2: but the cap goes up every year, and once you

764
00:39:51,400 --> 00:39:53,839
Speaker 2: make these tough decisions this year, if you're looking at

765
00:39:53,880 --> 00:39:55,719
Speaker 2: this as like a five year plan.

766
00:39:55,920 --> 00:39:59,239
Speaker 1: Look, it's important to look. We all want Harbaugh. I

767
00:39:59,320 --> 00:40:01,719
Speaker 1: know that because I talk to people every day and

768
00:40:01,960 --> 00:40:04,160
Speaker 1: I was just out last night. I was out last

769
00:40:04,280 --> 00:40:07,239
Speaker 1: night and everywhere it was we were. You know, I

770
00:40:07,280 --> 00:40:09,160
Speaker 1: don't mean to name drop, but I end up going

771
00:40:09,239 --> 00:40:12,320
Speaker 1: out to this this callaway golf thing that a buddy

772
00:40:12,320 --> 00:40:14,120
Speaker 1: of mine and my friends at Travis Matthew wanted me

773
00:40:14,160 --> 00:40:17,080
Speaker 1: to go to. So I go out and I run

774
00:40:17,120 --> 00:40:20,160
Speaker 1: into to Bill Simmons and he's an old friend. I

775
00:40:20,200 --> 00:40:23,080
Speaker 1: know him through Jimmy, and so we start chatting and

776
00:40:23,120 --> 00:40:26,719
Speaker 1: as we're talking, he's asking me about Harbaugh and you

777
00:40:26,719 --> 00:40:28,759
Speaker 1: think you're gonna get Harball, And I'm like, I don't know,

778
00:40:28,920 --> 00:40:31,239
Speaker 1: but it certainly seems to line up. It feels like

779
00:40:31,280 --> 00:40:34,640
Speaker 1: the organization really wants him, and it feels like it

780
00:40:35,080 --> 00:40:37,759
Speaker 1: makes sense for him to come. And who walks over,

781
00:40:37,840 --> 00:40:40,759
Speaker 1: and again I'm dropping more names. David Chang walks over,

782
00:40:40,760 --> 00:40:42,719
Speaker 1: who's a good friend of Bill's, who was there, and

783
00:40:42,760 --> 00:40:47,200
Speaker 1: he's a huge Washington fan, and he's barking about, Oh no,

784
00:40:47,520 --> 00:40:49,960
Speaker 1: we're getting Harbaugh. They're gonna spend all the money. You

785
00:40:49,960 --> 00:40:51,960
Speaker 1: can't tell You mean to tell me, I'd rather go

786
00:40:52,000 --> 00:40:54,719
Speaker 1: get Herbert than get Drake May and be able to

787
00:40:54,760 --> 00:40:57,440
Speaker 1: start over. And he even likes McCarthy, so they can

788
00:40:57,480 --> 00:41:00,000
Speaker 1: trade back and draft McCarthy and he can get his guys.

789
00:41:01,239 --> 00:41:04,960
Speaker 1: I bring it up to point out they might that

790
00:41:05,000 --> 00:41:08,680
Speaker 1: may be what Harball wants May. He may want McCarthy,

791
00:41:08,800 --> 00:41:11,120
Speaker 1: and he may want Washington, and he may want to

792
00:41:11,200 --> 00:41:14,680
Speaker 1: fight with the Eagles and the Cowboys every and the Giants,

793
00:41:15,120 --> 00:41:17,480
Speaker 1: you know, for a division every year. That would certainly

794
00:41:17,520 --> 00:41:22,160
Speaker 1: fit his personality. And if that happens, Okay, there are

795
00:41:22,200 --> 00:41:25,799
Speaker 1: other guys out there. There are other quality coaches out

796
00:41:25,840 --> 00:41:29,080
Speaker 1: there that if for whatever reason, it's not Jim Harbaugh,

797
00:41:29,640 --> 00:41:32,880
Speaker 1: maybe it's Dan Quinn who took the Falcons to a

798
00:41:32,920 --> 00:41:35,360
Speaker 1: Super Bowl maybe and won a Super Bowl as a

799
00:41:35,440 --> 00:41:38,520
Speaker 1: DC with the Seattle Seahawks and has one of the

800
00:41:38,520 --> 00:41:41,160
Speaker 1: best defenses in the NFL this year. And who knows

801
00:41:41,200 --> 00:41:43,040
Speaker 1: what's gonna happen with the Cowboys when they get into

802
00:41:43,040 --> 00:41:47,520
Speaker 1: the playoffs. So it could be Jim Schwartz who has

803
00:41:48,200 --> 00:41:52,160
Speaker 1: managed to somehow help Kevin Stefanski guide the Browns to

804
00:41:52,239 --> 00:41:56,440
Speaker 1: eleven wins, maybe twelve without a quarterback, without the center

805
00:41:56,480 --> 00:41:59,200
Speaker 1: of their offense because the defense had been so dominant.

806
00:41:59,200 --> 00:42:03,000
Speaker 1: Maybe it's Ben Johnsson who is resurrected the Detroit Lions

807
00:42:03,000 --> 00:42:05,839
Speaker 1: franchise offensively and has got a mon Ross Saint Brown

808
00:42:05,880 --> 00:42:08,279
Speaker 1: as an All Pro and Jared Goff is now a

809
00:42:08,320 --> 00:42:12,040
Speaker 1: Pro Bowl quarterback. Like there are other options, there are

810
00:42:12,120 --> 00:42:16,279
Speaker 1: other guys that will be available. And let's just you

811
00:42:16,280 --> 00:42:17,640
Speaker 1: know what, let me just kind of pull up the

812
00:42:18,400 --> 00:42:21,520
Speaker 1: standings real quick, Chris, because that's what's interesting about this

813
00:42:21,680 --> 00:42:24,440
Speaker 1: is and I get it, man, I want Harbaugh. I

814
00:42:24,480 --> 00:42:27,440
Speaker 1: would be beyond excited if Harbaugh is the guy. But

815
00:42:27,600 --> 00:42:30,600
Speaker 1: I go into standings and I'm looking at the playoff picture.

816
00:42:31,320 --> 00:42:35,520
Speaker 1: Miami Dolphins, Mike McDaniel, Jacksonville, Jay well that's Doug Peterson,

817
00:42:35,640 --> 00:42:38,839
Speaker 1: so Buffalo Bill Sean McDermott, first time head coach, Kevin

818
00:42:38,880 --> 00:42:41,600
Speaker 1: Stefanski Brown's first time head coach. The Colts are right

819
00:42:41,640 --> 00:42:44,880
Speaker 1: now the seventh seat, our old friend Shane Steichen the Texans.

820
00:42:44,920 --> 00:42:47,839
Speaker 1: If they beat the Colts, Demiko Ryan's first year as

821
00:42:47,880 --> 00:42:50,759
Speaker 1: a head coach, ends up in there. Who's behind him?

822
00:42:50,960 --> 00:42:55,680
Speaker 1: Mike Tomlin, Sean Payton all behind him, So Mike Rabel

823
00:42:55,719 --> 00:42:58,960
Speaker 1: in the fourteen hole. You go to the opposite side

824
00:42:59,160 --> 00:43:02,280
Speaker 1: and you've got the Detroit Lions at three with Dan Campbell,

825
00:43:02,280 --> 00:43:05,000
Speaker 1: first time head coach. You've got the Eagles who were

826
00:43:05,000 --> 00:43:07,800
Speaker 1: in the Super Bowl last year with Nick Sirianni. The Rams,

827
00:43:07,800 --> 00:43:10,040
Speaker 1: of course, got McVeigh as a first time head coach

828
00:43:10,040 --> 00:43:12,800
Speaker 1: and a thirty two year old. The Packers Matt Lafleur,

829
00:43:12,960 --> 00:43:17,479
Speaker 1: first time head coach. Like it can work, it Kevin

830
00:43:17,520 --> 00:43:20,279
Speaker 1: mcconnam with the Vikings last year with thirteen wins. Like

831
00:43:21,160 --> 00:43:25,359
Speaker 1: it can work. It works. It's not the end. It's

832
00:43:25,400 --> 00:43:27,560
Speaker 1: not the end all be all that for some reason,

833
00:43:27,719 --> 00:43:31,840
Speaker 1: Jim Harbaugh decides or the Chargers decide that there's just

834
00:43:31,880 --> 00:43:37,640
Speaker 1: a better fit somewhere else. It's because that's gonna happen quick.

835
00:43:37,680 --> 00:43:40,880
Speaker 1: I think the Harbaugh things probably win or lose the

836
00:43:40,960 --> 00:43:45,319
Speaker 1: National Championship. That's gonna progress pretty quickly because I think

837
00:43:45,320 --> 00:43:49,640
Speaker 1: when you look at there's there's really no there's no coordinators.

838
00:43:49,640 --> 00:43:52,680
Speaker 1: With San Francisco. The dan Quinn thing might string it

839
00:43:52,719 --> 00:43:54,239
Speaker 1: out if they make their way all the way to

840
00:43:54,280 --> 00:43:56,759
Speaker 1: the championship round, right, that'll that'll take till the end

841
00:43:56,800 --> 00:43:59,480
Speaker 1: of January before you'd be able to hire him. Ben

842
00:43:59,560 --> 00:44:02,640
Speaker 1: Johnson with the Lions, that could take a couple of weeks.

843
00:44:02,640 --> 00:44:05,440
Speaker 1: But you know, Mike McDonald with the with the Baltimore Ravens,

844
00:44:05,440 --> 00:44:08,759
Speaker 1: who are the one seed, Like there's to me, the

845
00:44:08,800 --> 00:44:11,200
Speaker 1: Harball thing happens pretty quick. I think a team wants

846
00:44:11,239 --> 00:44:13,240
Speaker 1: to blow him out of the water with the deal

847
00:44:14,000 --> 00:44:17,399
Speaker 1: and offer him. You know, Michigan's offered him ten years

848
00:44:17,440 --> 00:44:20,360
Speaker 1: twelve per. I think you can structure. You know, the

849
00:44:20,400 --> 00:44:22,839
Speaker 1: floor is going to be fifteen for him, So it's

850
00:44:22,880 --> 00:44:24,840
Speaker 1: fifteen per. You don't have to worry about nil, you

851
00:44:24,840 --> 00:44:27,200
Speaker 1: don't have to worry about recruiting. And if you want

852
00:44:27,200 --> 00:44:29,759
Speaker 1: your ten years, win a super Bowl will guarantee you five.

853
00:44:29,800 --> 00:44:32,279
Speaker 1: You win a super Bowl, there's your other five. We'll

854
00:44:32,280 --> 00:44:34,359
Speaker 1: lock in the other five, you know, because then it's

855
00:44:34,360 --> 00:44:34,719
Speaker 1: worth it.

856
00:44:34,880 --> 00:44:39,040
Speaker 2: So and then who are you in competition with? You're

857
00:44:39,040 --> 00:44:41,400
Speaker 2: also in competition with no doubt the Raiders. They're in

858
00:44:41,440 --> 00:44:44,240
Speaker 2: your division. You know, Like if you think that Pierce

859
00:44:44,280 --> 00:44:45,960
Speaker 2: isn't going to be the guy, and it's very possibly

860
00:44:45,960 --> 00:44:47,839
Speaker 2: that he won't be the guy, that Mark Davis just says,

861
00:44:47,840 --> 00:44:49,880
Speaker 2: you know what, I need another big fish. I'm going

862
00:44:49,960 --> 00:44:51,879
Speaker 2: to go try to get Harball too. So you're gonna

863
00:44:51,880 --> 00:44:55,480
Speaker 2: be a competition with some of these other teams. I

864
00:44:55,480 --> 00:44:57,840
Speaker 2: think with Chargers fans that I'm sure, like you said,

865
00:44:58,760 --> 00:45:03,120
Speaker 2: we hear these guys uh in girls all around the

866
00:45:03,200 --> 00:45:08,759
Speaker 2: country on x on Instagram, in person. I think the

867
00:45:08,840 --> 00:45:11,759
Speaker 2: fact that they have gone first year head coach the

868
00:45:11,840 --> 00:45:14,360
Speaker 2: last three years is the only reason why it's like, okay,

869
00:45:14,480 --> 00:45:16,720
Speaker 2: maybe it's time to change it up. Like I'm with you.

870
00:45:16,719 --> 00:45:19,359
Speaker 2: You could very well get a Ben Johnson and he's

871
00:45:19,400 --> 00:45:21,840
Speaker 2: awesome and you go to the playoffs right away. You

872
00:45:21,840 --> 00:45:23,760
Speaker 2: could you could very well get one of these first

873
00:45:23,760 --> 00:45:27,240
Speaker 2: time coordinators and bring them in a guy like Raheem

874
00:45:27,280 --> 00:45:30,600
Speaker 2: Morris who did it before and I think probably deserves

875
00:45:30,600 --> 00:45:34,040
Speaker 2: a head coaching job. Somewhere you could do that and

876
00:45:34,080 --> 00:45:37,920
Speaker 2: you could have success. But based on how the last

877
00:45:37,920 --> 00:45:40,320
Speaker 2: three have gone and how they've ended, really I shouldn't

878
00:45:40,360 --> 00:45:43,920
Speaker 2: say they've gone, but how they've ended. That's why hardball

879
00:45:43,960 --> 00:45:45,239
Speaker 2: seems so glaring, and so.

880
00:45:46,880 --> 00:45:49,600
Speaker 1: You don't have to change offensive coordinators. He's gonna he's

881
00:45:49,600 --> 00:45:52,719
Speaker 1: gonna determine. He's going to determine what offense you run.

882
00:45:53,360 --> 00:45:55,520
Speaker 1: He's a winner from the second he steps in the door.

883
00:45:55,960 --> 00:45:58,720
Speaker 1: What he did with San Francisco, I keep I should

884
00:45:58,719 --> 00:46:00,279
Speaker 1: look it up. I keep saying I think it's forty

885
00:46:00,280 --> 00:46:03,000
Speaker 1: four and sixteen. But what he did with San Francisco

886
00:46:03,560 --> 00:46:08,320
Speaker 1: and obviously Michigan, Stanford, San Diego, he's won everywhere he's gone.

887
00:46:08,800 --> 00:46:13,520
Speaker 1: You have no concerns. He's like, he's Mike Tomlin, He's

888
00:46:13,560 --> 00:46:18,280
Speaker 1: Andy Reid, He's John Harbaugh. These dudes that love football,

889
00:46:18,400 --> 00:46:21,799
Speaker 1: that just want to compete and can't help themselves. It's

890
00:46:21,840 --> 00:46:24,600
Speaker 1: all they think about. That's what you need. And so

891
00:46:24,760 --> 00:46:26,000
Speaker 1: that's did he.

892
00:46:26,040 --> 00:46:28,640
Speaker 2: Work closely with Pep Hamilton and Michigan too, Like you know,

893
00:46:28,920 --> 00:46:31,759
Speaker 2: when Pep was the quarterback coach Justin's rookie year. I

894
00:46:31,760 --> 00:46:35,759
Speaker 2: mean it's it's just he has NFL connections. I'm not

895
00:46:35,800 --> 00:46:38,200
Speaker 2: saying like Pep to the to the Chargers too. I'm

896
00:46:38,239 --> 00:46:41,919
Speaker 2: just saying like he has NFL connections, he knows, oh yeah,

897
00:46:41,960 --> 00:46:42,680
Speaker 2: the personnel.

898
00:46:45,680 --> 00:46:47,200
Speaker 1: It's like I said to me, I think it's a

899
00:46:47,200 --> 00:46:49,120
Speaker 1: no brainer for the team, and I would assume that's

900
00:46:49,160 --> 00:46:52,400
Speaker 1: what they want. It's just whether or not he wants you.

901
00:46:52,480 --> 00:46:54,759
Speaker 1: We all want things well, you know, but it takes two.

902
00:46:55,120 --> 00:46:57,600
Speaker 1: It takes two to dance. And if if you ask

903
00:46:57,680 --> 00:46:59,440
Speaker 1: him to dance, there's a chance that he says no

904
00:46:59,719 --> 00:47:01,719
Speaker 1: because he wants to dance with somebody else. And that's

905
00:47:01,719 --> 00:47:04,560
Speaker 1: something that's out of your control. So you control what

906
00:47:04,600 --> 00:47:08,000
Speaker 1: you can and you make a compelling offer, and you

907
00:47:08,040 --> 00:47:11,799
Speaker 1: certainly feel like you're pretty attractive with Justin Herbert and

908
00:47:11,880 --> 00:47:16,080
Speaker 1: Rashaun Slater and an AFC West that has the Raiders,

909
00:47:16,520 --> 00:47:20,120
Speaker 1: that has the Broncos that are going to cut Russell

910
00:47:20,160 --> 00:47:22,680
Speaker 1: Wilson and take a thirty nine million dollar cap hit

911
00:47:22,719 --> 00:47:26,040
Speaker 1: on that contract this upcoming year, and a Chiefs team

912
00:47:26,080 --> 00:47:30,400
Speaker 1: that looked totally vulnerable all season long without you know,

913
00:47:30,520 --> 00:47:33,480
Speaker 1: Tyreek Hill and certainly took a step back on the

914
00:47:33,520 --> 00:47:38,319
Speaker 1: offensive line. So at a fourth place schedule, exactly in

915
00:47:38,360 --> 00:47:40,919
Speaker 1: a fourth place schedule the first year you're here, so

916
00:47:41,040 --> 00:47:41,799
Speaker 1: Tooba works out.

917
00:47:44,200 --> 00:47:47,960
Speaker 2: So obviously, man, we're speculating because we were not there yet. Right,

918
00:47:47,960 --> 00:47:49,759
Speaker 2: we got one more game to go. But a week

919
00:47:49,800 --> 00:47:51,480
Speaker 2: from today, money, we're gonna have a lot, you know,

920
00:47:51,520 --> 00:47:53,960
Speaker 2: we're gonna know if Michigan is the national champion. We're

921
00:47:53,960 --> 00:47:57,640
Speaker 2: gonna know who needs a head coach. We're gonna know

922
00:47:57,800 --> 00:47:59,600
Speaker 2: some of the candidates that are out there that are

923
00:47:59,600 --> 00:48:03,160
Speaker 2: out there imediately, uh and probably safe to say that

924
00:48:03,239 --> 00:48:07,080
Speaker 2: we will have maybe a little bit more concrete news

925
00:48:07,120 --> 00:48:08,920
Speaker 2: to talk about, not saying that there's gonna be a

926
00:48:09,000 --> 00:48:12,480
Speaker 2: higher made, but like you know, well, the speculation and

927
00:48:12,480 --> 00:48:13,400
Speaker 2: stuff can be ramped up.

928
00:48:14,239 --> 00:48:16,040
Speaker 1: Like the one thing that they tend to do is

929
00:48:16,080 --> 00:48:18,799
Speaker 1: they announce who they're interviewing. So we're going to at

930
00:48:18,840 --> 00:48:20,759
Speaker 1: least get that. We're going to find out who they're

931
00:48:20,800 --> 00:48:23,759
Speaker 1: interested in, what what what coaches are they interested in?

932
00:48:24,400 --> 00:48:27,440
Speaker 1: You know, between between like you said, the end of

933
00:48:27,440 --> 00:48:29,719
Speaker 1: the season on Sunday and the next time we do

934
00:48:29,800 --> 00:48:32,440
Speaker 1: this on Thursday, we'll probably have at least one, maybe

935
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Speaker 1: two coaches that have been interviewed by then.

936
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Speaker 2: It sucks because you don't want to talk about terrible

937
00:48:39,800 --> 00:48:43,319
Speaker 2: right now. A year ago, we're going to Denver and

938
00:48:43,880 --> 00:48:48,080
Speaker 2: in the playoffs and get ready for Jacksonville, and you

939
00:48:48,120 --> 00:48:50,960
Speaker 2: know the excitement and and all that stuff that that

940
00:48:51,680 --> 00:48:54,120
Speaker 2: you know, fans they live for. You know, you get

941
00:48:54,120 --> 00:48:56,960
Speaker 2: to the postseason in January May, there's nothing better. Uh So,

942
00:48:57,000 --> 00:49:00,239
Speaker 2: it's been a very disappointing season, but we're trying to

943
00:49:00,440 --> 00:49:03,640
Speaker 2: push it forward with the hope that that springs eternal

944
00:49:03,680 --> 00:49:07,000
Speaker 2: every off season. And and there's a lot to look

945
00:49:07,080 --> 00:49:11,640
Speaker 2: forward to because I think whoever comes in here, those

946
00:49:11,680 --> 00:49:16,040
Speaker 2: they got the quarterback, and it'll it'll be a nice

947
00:49:16,080 --> 00:49:18,480
Speaker 2: breath of fresh air for everybody as as they kind

948
00:49:18,480 --> 00:49:21,400
Speaker 2: of turn the page, build the culture, move into this

949
00:49:21,440 --> 00:49:23,880
Speaker 2: new practice facility, No doubtfully, get back.

950
00:49:23,719 --> 00:49:26,400
Speaker 1: On tre no doubt. I'm with you one hundred percent. Facility.

951
00:49:26,400 --> 00:49:28,680
Speaker 1: That's the other thing they have to sell. Brand new

952
00:49:28,719 --> 00:49:33,520
Speaker 1: facility right next to Lax, right next to Sofi La traffic.

953
00:49:33,719 --> 00:49:35,520
Speaker 1: You don't have to worry about it. Man, you're gonna

954
00:49:35,560 --> 00:49:37,719
Speaker 1: live in the South Bay and you're gonna be ten

955
00:49:37,760 --> 00:49:40,839
Speaker 1: minutes from the facility. You're gonna be fifteen minutes from

956
00:49:40,880 --> 00:49:44,640
Speaker 1: so far. You're gonna be ten minutes from Lax. Welcome

957
00:49:44,640 --> 00:49:47,080
Speaker 1: to the Chargers. You've got a house on the beach

958
00:49:47,640 --> 00:49:49,360
Speaker 1: you want to live in you or you can go

959
00:49:49,440 --> 00:49:51,640
Speaker 1: up on the hill live live in Palace Verdies. It's

960
00:49:51,680 --> 00:49:53,399
Speaker 1: gonna take you twenty five minutes to get to work,

961
00:49:53,520 --> 00:49:56,560
Speaker 1: not an issue at all. And it's they got a

962
00:49:56,600 --> 00:49:59,759
Speaker 1: lot to sell, no doubt. It's an attractive job. I

963
00:49:59,800 --> 00:50:01,960
Speaker 1: have no doubt about it, especially if you give somebody

964
00:50:02,000 --> 00:50:05,520
Speaker 1: long term security five years, you know, with an option

965
00:50:05,640 --> 00:50:07,440
Speaker 1: for eight or something like that. If you win a

966
00:50:07,480 --> 00:50:09,759
Speaker 1: Super Bowl for one of these top tier candidates and

967
00:50:10,320 --> 00:50:12,560
Speaker 1: they're gonna end up with somebody good, I'm excited about

968
00:50:12,600 --> 00:50:14,000
Speaker 1: that future. And they're gonna end up with a great

969
00:50:14,040 --> 00:50:16,200
Speaker 1: draft pick and the potential for even more draft picks.

970
00:50:16,200 --> 00:50:19,120
Speaker 1: And that's what it's gonna take. It's it's it's gonna

971
00:50:19,160 --> 00:50:21,239
Speaker 1: it's it's gonna take a lot to try to get

972
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Speaker 1: this thing turned around. Coming off a season that that

973
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Speaker 1: ended like this, Well, happy to.

974
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Speaker 2: Year, guys. One more game. I want to see these

975
00:50:29,520 --> 00:50:32,319
Speaker 2: guys finish, finish the season the right way, and then

976
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Speaker 2: we turned the page and we get ready for a

977
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Speaker 2: new era of Chargers football. For Matt Muddy Smith, I'm

978
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Speaker 2: Chris Hayry. This has been chargers weekly, powered by Microsoft

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