Speaker 1: Daniel Jones said goodbye to the Giants on Thursday. Today
Speaker 1: he went goodbye. What does his release mean for the
Speaker 1: Giants and could we see him playing in another uniform
Speaker 1: this season? We will tell you the latest on Danny Dimes,
Speaker 1: Jameis Winston has breathed new life into the Browns or
Speaker 1: hoping last night's win could snowball?
Speaker 2: Do you get it?
Speaker 3: Now?
Speaker 2: Seriously, do you get it?
Speaker 1: Brian Baldinger is gonna be here to break down how
Speaker 1: Cleveland took the Steelers down and what was the deal
Speaker 1: with those Justin Field snaps. Meanwhile, it is Harbaugh versus
Speaker 1: Harbaugh on Monday night and Justin Herbert versus Lamar Jackson.
Speaker 2: How does Jim get his first win?
Speaker 1: And will the loser wrestle the winner to the ground?
Speaker 2: I would watch that fight on Netflix.
Speaker 1: Welcome Inside with the Insiders alongside Ian Rappaport and Mike Girafolo.
Speaker 1: I am I'm Tom Pelicero. We shook up the snow
Speaker 1: Globe for the start of Week twelve last night. We
Speaker 1: will get into all the big matchups on Sunday and
Speaker 1: Monday throughout the course of this show, but let's start
Speaker 1: out with a guy who at least for the next
Speaker 1: few days. Here does not have a team because Daniel
Speaker 1: Jones asked for and received his release earlier today, mere
Speaker 1: days after he had been demoted all the way to
Speaker 1: third string, with Tommy Devitos set to make his first
Speaker 1: start of the season this week against the Buccaneers. The
Speaker 1: owner John Mara put out a statement earlier today saying
Speaker 1: that Daniel came to see me this morning and asked
Speaker 1: we would release him.
Speaker 2: We mutually agreed that would be best for him and
Speaker 2: the team.
Speaker 1: Daniel has seen been a great representative of our organization,
Speaker 1: first class in every way. His handling of this situation
Speaker 1: yesterday exemplifies that we were all disappointed in how things
Speaker 1: have worked out. We hold Daniel in high regard and
Speaker 1: have a great appreciation for him. We wish him nothing
Speaker 1: but the best in the future. Here is what Brian
Speaker 1: Dabele had to say on the firm end of the
Speaker 1: Daniel Jones era.
Speaker 4: This was not a you know, this is not an
Speaker 4: easy situation when things happened like this, and again he
Speaker 4: came in this morning talk with mister Marra.
Speaker 3: Again.
Speaker 4: They had their discussion. We talked, thought it was best
Speaker 4: for him to be able to do that. You know,
Speaker 4: he put a lot into it and he's a great
Speaker 4: young man. It's never easy.
Speaker 5: Do you think this is the best for the team.
Speaker 4: Yeah, looks, you know that's we had good conversations. Those
Speaker 4: are in private. He's been nothing but a pro and
Speaker 4: got to get ready to play here.
Speaker 2: We've talked about it all week.
Speaker 1: Their financial ramifications to the Giants moving on from Daniel
Speaker 1: Jones at this stage, but the football ramifications really can't
Speaker 1: be argued. Three and thirteen since the start of twenty
Speaker 1: twenty three, the Giants were with Daniel Jones in the lineup.
Speaker 1: His numbers across the board among the worst in the NFL.
Speaker 1: So it's going to be Tommy DeVito starting this week.
Speaker 2: Ian.
Speaker 1: In terms of Daniel Jones and his future, he is
Speaker 1: subject to waivers. Any team claiming him would owe him
Speaker 1: eight figures and guaranteed money, So pretty good bet come
Speaker 1: four pm Eastern time on Monday, he's going to be
Speaker 1: a free agent.
Speaker 2: So why now and what's next?
Speaker 6: I do not expect Daniel Jones to get claimed. That's
Speaker 6: not a surprise. I don't think anyone expects him to
Speaker 6: get claimed. It's not just the money this year It's
Speaker 6: also the same issue, frankly, that the New York Giants
Speaker 6: had the twenty three million dollars guaranteed for injury next year,
Speaker 6: which actually goes to why the Giants agreed with Daniel Jones'
Speaker 6: request to be released today. And look, just let me
Speaker 6: go back for a second the way it was yesterday
Speaker 6: with Daniel Jones. I know, people talked about him being
Speaker 6: the fourth string quarterback.
Speaker 2: He was not.
Speaker 6: He was no string. He was not going to play,
Speaker 6: He was not in the depth chart. He was no string.
Speaker 6: He was just someone who was there at practice, there
Speaker 6: in the weight room. If he had got injured, that
Speaker 6: would have been bad for the Giants, either in practice
Speaker 6: or in the weight room. It did not make sense
Speaker 6: for him to be there. The Giants, from my understanding,
Speaker 6: gave him the choice.
Speaker 2: This was the choice.
Speaker 6: He chose to be released and tried to go play
Speaker 6: somewhere else, so it didn't make sense for him to
Speaker 6: be in the building. They obviously moved.
Speaker 2: On for him.
Speaker 6: If you're gonna move on for him at the end
Speaker 6: of the season, just move on now. So yes, Daniel
Speaker 6: Jones is expected to be a free agent Monday. And
Speaker 6: then it gets really interesting because rarely, rarely do you
Speaker 6: have an experienced veteran quarterback available halfway through the season
Speaker 6: or a little more. In fact, it almost never happened.
Speaker 6: You have you know, guys like Jay Culler or whatever
Speaker 6: available before training camp, but almost never like this. The
Speaker 6: Baker Mayfield situation is the only one I could remember.
Speaker 6: Daniel and Jones is not perfect. It was the right
Speaker 6: thing for him and the Giants to move on. But
Speaker 6: for someone this year, he is expected to be an
Speaker 6: option to quarterback and that is when it's going to
Speaker 6: get really interesting for him and his future.
Speaker 5: Mike, Let's clean up a couple of loose ends.
Speaker 7: Daniel Jones addressed the media and addressed the fan base
Speaker 7: just yesterday. The reason for that is that he knew
Speaker 7: that there was a chance, whether it was the scenario
Speaker 7: that Ian painted where he just went away or was released,
Speaker 7: which is what happened today, that he was gonna be
Speaker 7: gone in the near future, and he wanted to say
Speaker 7: goodbye to the Giants franchise and to the fan base,
Speaker 7: and he did it in a classy way with that
Speaker 7: statement and also taking questions. So good on Daniel Jones
Speaker 7: for that. Remember, just a couple of years ago. By
Speaker 7: the way, John Marrow was the one who said, we
Speaker 7: have done everything we possibly can to screw this kid up,
Speaker 7: meaning we kept turning over head coaches, we kept turning
Speaker 7: over offensive coordinators, and he wanted to see him get
Speaker 7: an extended period in the same offense. Obviously, it didn't
Speaker 7: work out, and nobody was happy about that in the end.
Speaker 7: But go back also to earlier this week when Jones
Speaker 7: was out there as the scout team safety and during
Speaker 7: a walkthrough that is a common thing for players who
Speaker 7: are not the frontline starters. You need bodies out there
Speaker 7: to line guys up. The Giants didn't ask him to
Speaker 7: do that. He volunteered to do that. They said, we
Speaker 7: need a show team out there. He just walked right
Speaker 7: out on his own, wanted to help in any way
Speaker 7: that he possibly could, knowing that he wasn't getting any
Speaker 7: reps in practice or in the game. So Daniel Jones
Speaker 7: handled this with class all the way through. So I'm
Speaker 7: not surprised then that when he went in and asked
Speaker 7: John Marra, given their history and given how he handled
Speaker 7: things this week, the Giants said, Okay, you know what,
Speaker 7: We're going to grant you that release.
Speaker 1: Just to be very clear too on the salary cap ramifications.
Speaker 1: If they waited until the start of the twenty twenty
Speaker 1: five league year in March, they could have split up
Speaker 1: the dead cap hit Instead, they released them now, which
Speaker 1: means the full twenty two million dollars dead cap hit
Speaker 1: hits in twenty twenty five, Daniel Jones is off the
Speaker 1: books entirely in twenty twenty six.
Speaker 2: If that seems like.
Speaker 1: A big number, it is, but Daniel Jones viewer on
Speaker 1: the roster would have counted upwards of forty millions. They
Speaker 1: actually save close to twenty million dollars in cap space,
Speaker 1: and they will of course need it because now the
Speaker 1: New York Giants are officially in the quarterback market.
Speaker 2: The forty nine Ers are not.
Speaker 1: But they're going to have a different quarterback out there
Speaker 1: on Sunday against the Packers. This was a surprise and
Speaker 1: really an evolving situation through the course of the week,
Speaker 1: Kyle Shanahan announcing just a short time ago brock Perty
Speaker 1: is out for a huge game on Sunday against the
Speaker 1: Packers at lambeau Field because of an injury to his
Speaker 1: right shoulder. Here's what Kyle Shanahan sad to say.
Speaker 8: I don't want to say there's long term concern. You know,
Speaker 8: we got to MRIH on Monday. We thought he just
Speaker 8: needed some rest and really weren't concerned about him not
Speaker 8: being good this week. But when he started up Thursday
Speaker 8: just surprised him, surprised us how it felt.
Speaker 2: So he had to shut him down.
Speaker 8: And so I really don't want to think of it.
Speaker 8: You know, the MEMRII doesn't look like that, so it
Speaker 8: should be all right. But on the way it responded
Speaker 8: this week, it's really up in the air for next week,
Speaker 8: so we'll have to see on Monday.
Speaker 1: My understanding is ian this is not anything that is
Speaker 1: expected to require surgery. They're certainly hopefully he's back next
Speaker 1: week against the Bills, but they also thought as of Thursday,
Speaker 1: as you're sure Kyle Shanahan say that he was going
Speaker 1: to play this Sunday. You're talking about a throwing shoulder.
Speaker 1: These things can be a little bit unpredictable.
Speaker 2: What do we know?
Speaker 6: Yeah, described mostly as soreness, which you know, you could
Speaker 6: sort of say, oh, he's just sore. But when it's
Speaker 6: your like you said, when it's your throwing shoulder, when
Speaker 6: it's a quarterback, when he's got to throw a lot,
Speaker 6: not just in a game, but in practice. Getting reps
Speaker 6: soreness to a throwing shoulder can be a significant deal.
Speaker 6: And so brock Purdy not going to play this weekend.
Speaker 6: You know, Kyle Shanahan was pretty transparent. That does seem
Speaker 6: to be the way it transpired. You had some tests,
Speaker 6: everyone thought, yeah, he's probably gonna be okay, just needs
Speaker 6: to respond well, and then it didn't respond well. Which
Speaker 6: is why for those of us who talk about injuries
Speaker 6: all the time, it's sometimes tough to pin down when
Speaker 6: a guy is going to be able to get out there,
Speaker 6: when he's going to be full speed, when he's going
Speaker 6: to just be able to warm the thing up and go,
Speaker 6: because some of it is determined by just how you feel.
Speaker 6: Clearly did not feel good enough. You could sort of
Speaker 6: see when he didn't practice hardly all on Thursday. This
Speaker 6: was headed in a bad direction. So no brock Purdy
Speaker 6: on Sunday. Brandon Allen, who you know, does have experience,
Speaker 6: has been out there, has been out there for the
Speaker 6: Bengals and for some others.
Speaker 5: We know.
Speaker 6: Kyle's Shanna insistent is an excellent one we have seen
Speaker 6: over the course of the years, several random quarterbacks, not
Speaker 6: saying Brandon Allen is random, but several random quarterbacks go
Speaker 6: out there and do it. Another opportunity for the forty
Speaker 6: nine ers just to stay alive in this thing and
Speaker 6: somehow do it another time without one of their big
Speaker 6: times stars.
Speaker 7: Yep, if Joshua Dobbs as well as well as Tanner
Speaker 7: Mordecai on the practice squad, so they could have a
Speaker 7: transaction coming up tomorrow. We shall see elsewhere with the
Speaker 7: forty nine ers. Nick Bosa not going to play. He's
Speaker 7: got that hip injury which led to the oblique on
Speaker 7: the other side now injured on both I feel like
Speaker 7: we've seen a ton of oblique injuries, more so than
Speaker 7: usual this year.
Speaker 5: Nick Bosa one of them.
Speaker 7: And you knew when he couldn't finish the game the
Speaker 7: other day that it was pretty bad, so not surprising
Speaker 7: he's missing the next game. Trent Williams, though, remains questionable,
Speaker 7: despite the fact that he didn't practice this week. Trent
Speaker 7: Williams a tough guy, so you know he's going to
Speaker 7: do anything he possibly can to be out there.
Speaker 5: We'll keep an eye on his status with his ankle.
Speaker 7: You will get no sympathy from the Packers because they'll say, yeah,
Speaker 7: we're without Jay or Alexander and the forty nine Ers
Speaker 7: in the past have gone on the road in one
Speaker 7: games with guys injured. Just gonna have to do it
Speaker 7: again here against Green Bay.
Speaker 1: Tanner Mordecai, by the way, played six college seasons Oklahoma,
Speaker 1: SMU and wiscons When Mike says a name that I
Speaker 1: can't quite job where exactly, I know a lot of
Speaker 1: people go to college for six years. They're called doctors.
Speaker 1: That's not the only injury impact in the games coming
Speaker 1: up here in Week twelve, A big one for the Eagles.
Speaker 1: DeVante Smith didn't practice all week because of his hamstring.
Speaker 2: He is out for Sunday's game.
Speaker 1: Isaiah Pacheco still working his way back from that ankle injury.
Speaker 2: He also is going to need another week.
Speaker 1: According to Andy Reid, DeAndre Swift and Keenan Allen who
Speaker 1: turned an ankle in practice. They're both listed as questionable.
Speaker 1: Matt Ebrinflu's made it sound like he's hopeful Alan's going
Speaker 1: to be out there, but the injury just happened today.
Speaker 1: Will monitor that and Mike Evans talked to the media
Speaker 1: he certainly sounds confident that he is going to be
Speaker 1: able to play after missing the past three games because
Speaker 1: of his hamstring injury. Another one to two monitor as
Speaker 1: Week twelve, rolls on, Hey, we.
Speaker 9: Talked about being resilient. Resilient doesn't give a Resilient doesn't care. Okay,
Speaker 9: Resilient just worries about what's in front of them. Okay,
Speaker 9: how about what was in front of us? We're up
Speaker 9: eighteen six, and then the fourth quarter, all of a sudden,
Speaker 9: we're down nineteen eight, And what do.
Speaker 2: We need to be as a team? Resilient?
Speaker 9: And you only do that together, You only do that
Speaker 9: as an offense, as a defense of the special teams. Okay,
Speaker 9: I told you to expect to win this game. I
Speaker 9: told you to have your conviction exceed your doubts. And
Speaker 9: what I saw from this group in that fourth quarter
Speaker 9: was our conviction was so strong we were not leaving
Speaker 9: without this.
Speaker 2: Win as a team.
Speaker 9: Tell us that is a great, great team win, and
Speaker 9: I appreciate this group.
Speaker 5: Team on three one two three.
Speaker 1: Big win for the Browns coming off thereby, and a
Speaker 1: fun post game right here. Next time that one of
Speaker 1: the Harbor brothers says, who's got it better than us.
Speaker 1: I think the answer is Jameis Winston. Is anyone on
Speaker 1: the planet having more fun right now than Jamis Whitston,
Speaker 1: And of course Whitworth and Sherman and the entire crew
Speaker 1: get into the act with him right there, Mike. You know,
Speaker 1: for the Steelers, obviously this is a tough loss, but
Speaker 1: for the Browns also, there was just this new juice
Speaker 1: that Jamis Winston brought into the building Ravalry game. It's
Speaker 1: in the snow, It's on National TV, and they gutted
Speaker 1: this one out.
Speaker 7: If you win some games down the stretch, it's only
Speaker 7: going to add fuel to the fire. For what should
Speaker 7: the Browns do that kind of conversation with the Shawn Watson,
Speaker 7: especially coming off an achilles, They're gonna have to have
Speaker 7: the own their own conversations inside the building as well.
Speaker 2: And you know, Ian, you put this to bed last night.
Speaker 7: We had our show on NFL Game Day kickoff talking
Speaker 7: about Kevin Stefanski that it was highly unlikely that he
Speaker 7: is going anywhere, and this team's gonna play for him
Speaker 7: down the stretch. And they still have really good players
Speaker 7: all over this roster on both sides of the ball.
Speaker 7: So you're looking at. They played Denver, they play Pittsburgh again.
Speaker 7: They've got Baltimore coming up. They've got Miami like teams
Speaker 7: that are Cincinnati as well, teams that are either in
Speaker 7: the playoffs, on their way to the playoffs, or trying
Speaker 7: to get into the postseason. They're gonna have a tough
Speaker 7: time dealing with this Cleveland team, maybe not every week,
Speaker 7: but down the stretch here, because they showed that they're
Speaker 7: still out there and they're still playing hard.
Speaker 5: And credit to the fan base for still showing up.
Speaker 7: Al Michaels and the Kirk kurch feet did a great
Speaker 7: job of giving those folks credit, especially in those conditions,
Speaker 7: for showing up and for staying the entire game.
Speaker 6: I mean, could have put some shirts on if they're
Speaker 6: really gonna do it. I mean, the shots of those dudes,
Speaker 6: big old bellies, no shirts. Meanwhile, I'm like sitting on
Speaker 6: the couch with like, you know, I gotta blanket on
Speaker 6: and I'm all cozy, and those guys are anyway. So
Speaker 6: here's what stood out to me in this game. Obviously,
Speaker 6: great win for the Browns, and you know, listening to
Speaker 6: Kevin Sabanski talk about the resiliency of his team. You're right,
Speaker 6: they got some guys there. They're gonna be an annoying
Speaker 6: team to face down the stretch. We'll see what they
Speaker 6: end up playing for gonna be an annoying team to face.
Speaker 5: Down the stretch.
Speaker 6: For me, though, this as it pertains to the Steelers,
Speaker 6: there's such a thin margin forrer and obviously so much
Speaker 6: has gone right for the Steelers, and Russell Wilson had
Speaker 6: won all the games since he became a starter, and
Speaker 6: there was so much good there. But you go out
Speaker 6: and maybe don't one hundred percent player. Best of Russell
Speaker 6: Wilson's stats are good. Definitely made some plays, but they
Speaker 6: have to be almost perfect. When you're you're not a quarterback,
Speaker 6: good driven team, when your run game, when your defense
Speaker 6: and you gotta get pressure on the quart like, when
Speaker 6: it is not absolutely perfect, this can happen. And I
Speaker 6: would also say this, they had some We saw more
Speaker 6: last night of the Justin Fields package then we had.
Speaker 6: I definitely have some questions about that. I mean, Field
Speaker 6: is more than just a runner. It looked a little
Speaker 6: weird and disjointed. Obviously, Fields is talented. They want to
Speaker 6: get him on the field. It's it's got to work
Speaker 6: a little better than it did last night.
Speaker 1: Everything the timing of it just seemed a little bit off,
Speaker 1: and then obviously the third and fourth shot play with
Speaker 1: Justin Fields mean, he said after the game, felt a
Speaker 1: little bit stiff. He standing out there in the snow
Speaker 1: and then go in and play a snap or two.
Speaker 1: But listen, this is also how Mike Tomlin has kind
Speaker 1: of been pushing the evolution of this. Everybody questioned when
Speaker 1: he went to Russell Wilson, Now, it's why are you
Speaker 1: put in Justin Fields back out there?
Speaker 2: For some steps?
Speaker 1: I imagine this is going to be part of the
Speaker 1: experimentation process they go through the entire season here as
Speaker 1: they try to figure out exactly what they're going to
Speaker 1: look like, because they are going to be there in
Speaker 1: January betting the Ravens and the Chargers probably going to
Speaker 1: be there down.
Speaker 2: At the end as well.
Speaker 1: They face off on Monday night in a good one
Speaker 1: right across the street here at SOFI Stadium.
Speaker 2: Our Bridget Condon is going to.
Speaker 1: Be there, but first she'll be here right on set,
Speaker 1: joining me to break this matchup down next on The Insiders,
Speaker 1: Chargers and Broncos Primetime Thursday Night Football Week sixteen, Big
Speaker 1: game in the AFC West, Big game Monday Night for
Speaker 1: the Chargers as well. And for more on that here
Speaker 1: on the inside, let's bring in Bridget Condon right here
Speaker 1: on set with me, Tom Pilisero. When you look at
Speaker 1: this Chargers team, Bridge, there's so many things that seem
Speaker 1: to be headed a positive direction. The story of JK.
Speaker 1: Dobbins has been huge throughout the season. What's the latest there.
Speaker 10: He has been such a big addition to this Chargers offense.
Speaker 10: They needed that piece at running back the past couple
Speaker 10: seasons and now they have it.
Speaker 11: JK.
Speaker 10: Dobbins has scored at least two rushing touchdowns in two
Speaker 10: of their last three games. He leads the Chargers in
Speaker 10: rushing yards and rushing touchdowns, and he has a chance
Speaker 10: to do something huge Monday Night against his former team,
Speaker 10: the Ravens, the team that drafted him. He spent four
Speaker 10: seasons with Baltimore, but Monday Night, he could set a
Speaker 10: new career record for a season in touchdowns and rushing yards.
Speaker 10: He told me the season's been different one because he's
Speaker 10: been healthy, but.
Speaker 11: Also he says it's been special being able.
Speaker 10: To be a part of this Chargers team and help
Speaker 10: turn around the organization. They've already won more games this
Speaker 10: year than they did last season. He also said, though
Speaker 10: about playing his former team. You know, I had to
Speaker 10: ask him about that and he said, it's gonna be
Speaker 10: a little weird.
Speaker 11: He still talks to those guys.
Speaker 10: He called them his brothers, and he said, I know
Speaker 10: that they're gonna play me really hard.
Speaker 11: But in his words, and I.
Speaker 10: Want to get this quo right because I'm not saying this.
Speaker 10: He said, I gotta go whoop there.
Speaker 5: You know what.
Speaker 10: I don't think we can say it say it, but
Speaker 10: you know, if he's saying that, they're gonna have fun.
Speaker 1: Dickie albums always the numbers are always wild because his
Speaker 1: efficiency ratings, his yards per touch were off the charts.
Speaker 1: But torn acl a torn Achilles costume, basically two full
Speaker 1: seats now. Good to see him rolling here. Also rolling
Speaker 1: the Chargers defense. Jesse Mintter, the first year coordinator there,
Speaker 1: who Jimar Bob brought along from the University of Michigan.
Speaker 1: I had him on my Young Head Coaches candidate list
Speaker 1: just this past week. What everybody says about him is
Speaker 1: there's just there's so much substance there. He's so smart,
Speaker 1: he does very well, and he's really got that you
Speaker 1: to playing well.
Speaker 10: They have the top scoring defense in the NFL. When
Speaker 10: you think about where this defense was a season ago,
Speaker 10: they were bottom ten in that category. There are so
Speaker 10: many things going right for this Chargers team. They've won
Speaker 10: four games in a row. A big reason why is
Speaker 10: because of the way that defense is playing. Joey Bosa
Speaker 10: has three sacks already this season. He's healthy. I had
Speaker 10: a chance to catch up with him and he said,
Speaker 10: you remember, he's been on this team nine seasons, but
Speaker 10: he says this season feels different as a Charger than
Speaker 10: any other season he's ever played in.
Speaker 11: And I asked him why, and.
Speaker 10: He said, it's just because of games like that Bengals
Speaker 10: game on Sunday Night last week, when the Bengals came
Speaker 10: back and it looked like, oh, this is gonna be
Speaker 10: a Bengals chance to win tonight, and in.
Speaker 11: Seasons past, the Chargers would have lost.
Speaker 10: That game, but they found a way to hang in there,
Speaker 10: especially on defense, and win that game.
Speaker 11: And that's exactly what Joey Bosa said.
Speaker 10: He said, Look, you can tell us all these things,
Speaker 10: but it's kind of like a false sense of confidence
Speaker 10: until you have a game like that and you play
Speaker 10: a situation where you don't implode and let a team
Speaker 10: come from behind and win. And he's like, Jim Harbaugh
Speaker 10: has been telling us since the beginning, if we keep
Speaker 10: doing everything right, we have a real chance at something special.
Speaker 11: And he said, for the first time, they're starting to
Speaker 11: believe it.
Speaker 1: Huge implications in the wild Card chase in the AFC
Speaker 1: as much as anything. Monday Night, the Ravens Chargers right
Speaker 1: over there at SOFI Stadium, three.
Speaker 6: Hundred and sixty six pounds at the combine five point
Speaker 6: two seven forty yard dash, one of my favorite moments
Speaker 6: of the entire combine. Want to get to that in
Speaker 6: the second. You know who I'm talking about, body, You
Speaker 6: know who I'm talking about. I want to get to
Speaker 6: Baldy's ballers. I'm going to talk about Dayon Henley. First,
Speaker 6: I know he has been balling with the Chargers. Also
Speaker 6: former guest on The Insiders. Want you to tell me why
Speaker 6: you love this young linebacker?
Speaker 12: Well, first of all, he leads his team in tackles
Speaker 12: by a wide march. He's got ninety four tackles after
Speaker 12: ten games. Derwin James the second with fifty nine, so
Speaker 12: he never come off the field three the last four games,
Speaker 12: He's played every snap, every package. But you know, Bridget
Speaker 12: was just saying about the improvements on defense, and it
Speaker 12: starts with their tackling, and dayon, Henley doesn't miss tackles.
Speaker 12: I don't care if he's blitzing, if he's chasing, if
Speaker 12: he's covering. He's the leader of that defense right now,
Speaker 12: and they have desperately needed somebody from the linebacking position
Speaker 12: over the.
Speaker 2: Last couple of years to do it. He's just a
Speaker 2: same your player.
Speaker 12: Didn't get a chance to play much last year, but
Speaker 12: he is taking advantage of the opportunity this year, and
Speaker 12: he shows up everywhere ian Like. He is a every
Speaker 12: down player. Sidelined the sideline, he's a blitzer.
Speaker 1: Uh.
Speaker 12: He is uh, one of those energizer bunnies. I think
Speaker 12: that Hardball really enjoys coaching and watching them playing.
Speaker 6: Got a great story, great young player, and certainly one
Speaker 6: of the reasons that the Chargers are balling on the
Speaker 6: I love ball these balls.
Speaker 5: This is good, all right.
Speaker 6: I was so excited to talk about the big man.
Speaker 13: Uh.
Speaker 6: One of my favorite combine moments. One of my favorite
Speaker 6: moments of training camp when I was there with the
Speaker 6: Tennessee Titans, Watson, Tondre, Sweat just throw people around. I
Speaker 6: know you love him, Tell me why you love him?
Speaker 2: Well, you know me. His nickname is meatloaf, right, I
Speaker 2: mean that's a good that's a good nickname. Good one.
Speaker 2: But I like t pain like. He brings the pain.
Speaker 2: Ian like he can't get doubled. You don't move him.
Speaker 12: He gets off blocks, he sheds bluck and when he
Speaker 12: makes tackles, he just tosses him around like they're just
Speaker 12: like stuffed animals out there. I mean, him next to
Speaker 12: Jeffrey Simmons is a foundation to this defense. I think
Speaker 12: that anybody in Tennessee can really love. But I love
Speaker 12: his energy level. He's a guy that does it fatigue.
Speaker 12: He plays sixty five percent of the snaps. He's got
Speaker 12: pass rush to him. He collapses the pocket, he's helped out,
Speaker 12: you know, arden Key and Harold Landry on the edges
Speaker 12: and him and Simmons inside run these little twist stunts
Speaker 12: and whatnot.
Speaker 2: But to Fandre is t paint. He brings the paint in.
Speaker 2: I love watching the kid play.
Speaker 6: I'm gonna have to tell him that you came up
Speaker 6: with a new nickname for him. Well, we'll get into
Speaker 6: he's gonna be He's gonna be here for a while.
Speaker 6: We got plenty of time, Baldy, Thank you very much.
Speaker 6: Don't go anywhere. I want a little bit more from you,
Speaker 6: especially when we're talking about last night's snowfest. Look at
Speaker 6: Nick Chubb. I mean, is there there was a good
Speaker 6: storyline coming into this game about Nick Chubb coming to
Speaker 6: face and make it fitz Patrick first time since its injury.
Speaker 6: Chubb took it upon himself to change the story. So
Speaker 6: much more on that and everything else as it pertains
Speaker 6: at Thursday Night coming up.
Speaker 1: Next, Steelers undefeated with Russell Wilson's they're starting quarterback entering
Speaker 1: Thursday Night football. Let's talk about the real star of
Speaker 1: the show, the snow Can you even see russ in there?
Speaker 2: Can we talk about the face?
Speaker 14: Hey?
Speaker 2: Hash marks out there now? Russell got that one.
Speaker 1: Been a long time since they score a touchdown hit
Speaker 1: Calvin Austin that gave the Steelers a.
Speaker 2: Nineteen eighteen lead.
Speaker 1: But back come the Browns, Nick Chubb powering into the
Speaker 1: end zone his second touchdown on the night. Mike Tomlin,
Speaker 1: it says here on the shot set. He's not happy.
Speaker 1: I can't tell.
Speaker 2: Can anyone see him?
Speaker 1: Did anyone see anything on the field? One last gasp
Speaker 1: for the Steelers. Russell Wilson gets absolutely demolished. George Pickens
Speaker 1: is trying to rip Greg Newsom's head off. The ball
Speaker 1: falls to the floor. If the Browns win, and a
Speaker 1: big one for them over one of their rivals of
Speaker 1: what has been a really difficult season. Welcome back to
Speaker 1: the Insiders, Tom Pellisero, now join by our Brian Baldinger
Speaker 1: for this Steelers Baldy. They've been on this run and
Speaker 1: it would seem like the bounces were going their way
Speaker 1: last night. They did not, And there were also some
Speaker 1: curious decisions through the course of that game.
Speaker 2: Give me your breakdown. I thought so too, Tom.
Speaker 12: You know, you go back and you just showed the
Speaker 12: picture of Calvin Austin scoring on the twenty six twenty
Speaker 12: three yard touchdown pass and they go for two.
Speaker 2: Now they're up nineteen eighteen. You go for two, try
Speaker 2: to go up three.
Speaker 12: So they get a one on one down here Cardero Patterson,
Speaker 12: who they hadn't thrown the ball to against Grant Delpitt,
Speaker 12: And you thought, if you want the one on one outside.
Speaker 2: That's the play for George Pickens. That's what he specialized in, those.
Speaker 12: Jump balls, that contested balls, the sideline catches. To me,
Speaker 12: that should have been a play for George Pickens. I
Speaker 12: had questions about that one. And then later in the
Speaker 12: fourth quarter, with that lead nineteen to eighteen, they had
Speaker 12: a third and four. Justin Fields is in the game
Speaker 12: and he has not thrown a pass since oct Team
Speaker 12: and they have him throw this go route to George
Speaker 12: Pickens on third and four, in these conditions, in this
Speaker 12: weather and all of that. On third and four, that's
Speaker 12: your choice. I mean, there's three minutes and thirty four
Speaker 12: seconds to go in the fourth quarter. If you convert
Speaker 12: that third down, Cleveland might not get the ball back.
Speaker 12: And so I just thought that was an opportunity, you know,
Speaker 12: I mean, if you want Justin Field's quarterback option, run
Speaker 12: pass option, okay, but the spray fade right there to
Speaker 12: Pickens as a low percentage throw to begin with, But
Speaker 12: then when you put it in those conditions, in the
Speaker 12: blizzard that was going on, and the fact that Justin
Speaker 12: hadn't thrown a ball and well over a month, I
Speaker 12: thought that was a questionable throw on third and four.
Speaker 2: I would second guess that one.
Speaker 1: Justin Field's also said he felt stiff on the sidelines.
Speaker 1: He's standing over there, it's cold, it's snowing. Then to
Speaker 1: come in and make that throw. By the way, also
Speaker 1: throws like that. The downfield passing game is the reason
Speaker 1: they went from Justin Fields to Russell Wilson. I would imagine, though,
Speaker 1: this will be an evolving process here in terms of
Speaker 1: how they get fields on the field for the rest
Speaker 1: of the season. Thank you very much. The Browns have
Speaker 1: not changed head coaches in a while. The Steelers really
Speaker 1: have not changed head coaches in a while. We already
Speaker 1: got a couple of vacancies with the Jets and the Saints.
Speaker 1: Here's some of the notable coaches to watch. Joe Brady
Speaker 1: has revived himself his career and that Bill's offense this season.
Speaker 1: Thomas Brown taken over a good week last week with
Speaker 1: the Bears, and Caleb Williams, Ben Johnson. Of course, Jesse
Speaker 1: Minter we talked about him. Anthony Weaver a couple of
Speaker 1: good interviews last year. Keep an eye on that name.
Speaker 1: Jim Murney, the sun of the late Steelers chairman Dan
Speaker 1: Rooney joined our Juda Batista on Thursday.
Speaker 11: Navias that your father's name is on the Rooney Rule,
Speaker 11: and be still talking awful lot about the Rooney Rule.
Speaker 11: Every January seems to dominate our conversations.
Speaker 14: It hasn't been perfect, but I think in many ways
Speaker 14: it was the keystone to get everyone to start saying, Okay,
Speaker 14: we have to do something more than talking about this problem.
Speaker 14: And now you see, you know, at the beginning of
Speaker 14: the season we had a high water mark of nine
Speaker 14: minority coaches. You have a significant increase in terms of coordinators,
Speaker 14: particularly defensive coordinators, special teams coaches. You now have women
Speaker 14: coaches at a rate that you never had before. You
Speaker 14: have minority and women referees on field. The general manager
Speaker 14: job has increased to eleven. So over and over again,
Speaker 14: you see some really good progress. But as you've been
Speaker 14: part of this conversation and the experts have also said,
Speaker 14: you know, I think there's still a pretty big concern
Speaker 14: when we look at the offensive coordinator position, and I
Speaker 14: think going forward, that's something we're all going to have to,
Speaker 14: you know, make sure we keep an eye on and
Speaker 14: address at some point, because that is the most common
Speaker 14: feeder path to becoming a head coach.
Speaker 5: So this is the coats what they put out there.
Speaker 7: These are called the Indiana Knights uniforms, which sounds like
Speaker 7: something that I don't know John Mellacamp would sing about,
Speaker 7: or maybe Tom Petty or Bob Seeger or maybe they
Speaker 7: all got together and wrote it together. Indiana Knight's uniform
Speaker 7: pretty cool, all blues with the black helmet.
Speaker 15: There.
Speaker 7: You know who's gonna be on hand to see them,
Speaker 7: my man Cameron Wolf covering this Lions Colts game on Sunday.
Speaker 7: The Lions, their journey to the top of the NFC,
Speaker 7: What has really defined them in your mind?
Speaker 5: Camp Yeah, Mike.
Speaker 15: I talked with their left tackle Taylor Decker, and he
Speaker 15: told me when Dan Campbell first got here, we had
Speaker 15: to stack wins and practice and meetings to actually feel
Speaker 15: his message coming through. It didn't translate to the win book.
Speaker 15: Then he said, last year in our playoff run, we
Speaker 15: prove we belong, and now we know we belong and
Speaker 15: we're trying to build something special and that ends in
Speaker 15: the super Bowl ideally for him. And I think you
Speaker 15: have to start with talking about the Lions with their
Speaker 15: head coach Dan Campbell, and I think a lot of
Speaker 15: people drew the headlines to the Biden knees early in
Speaker 15: his tenure, But as I talked to players, they tell
Speaker 15: me he's more than that, you know. Decker said, he's
Speaker 15: the best leader he's ever been around. Phenomenal, he said.
Speaker 15: One example is every week he calls a handful of
Speaker 15: players to his lock, to his office individually and sits
Speaker 15: with them for about ten minutes, talks about their journey
Speaker 15: that week or different troubles going on in their life.
Speaker 15: And he said, that's something I've never had and it
Speaker 15: makes us play a different way for him. And another
Speaker 15: thing that was made clear to me this week, this
Speaker 15: team has a lot of talent. Now the general manager,
Speaker 15: Brad Holmes has increased it tremendously. But when you look
Speaker 15: at their star players in the weapon group, whether it's
Speaker 15: Aman Ross, Saint Brown, whether Sam Laporter will be back
Speaker 15: this week, Jamis and Williams, David Montgomery, Jamiir Gibbs, if
Speaker 15: you put on the tape, they all block down field
Speaker 15: extremely well for each other. That's a testament for the
Speaker 15: Detroit tough culture and it's the reason why they're at
Speaker 15: the top of the NFC.
Speaker 7: Plus one fifty nine point differentially. You see at the
Speaker 7: bottom of the screen there they've played ten games. It's
Speaker 7: an average point differential fifteen point nine. I'm really good
Speaker 7: at the math. Fifteen point nine points per game.
Speaker 5: Camp.
Speaker 7: On the other side of this game, Anthony Richardson came back,
Speaker 7: played extremely well. Seems like he sat down for a
Speaker 7: little bit and did everything they needed him to do
Speaker 7: to kind of reset.
Speaker 5: Can it continue for more than just one game?
Speaker 2: Yeah, Mike, You're on the money.
Speaker 15: That version of Anthony Richardson we saw last week is
Speaker 15: the one the Colts drafted in mind fourth overall a
Speaker 15: year ago, and it really brought a level of energy
Speaker 15: back into the Colts building. They were on a three
Speaker 15: game losing streak. They benched their starting quarterback, and you
Speaker 15: talk to players there and they said the energy was down.
Speaker 15: But when AR got back into the lineup, it brought
Speaker 15: a youthful energy, the juice that they need. And then
Speaker 15: he performed the way he did on the Sunday. Talked
Speaker 15: to a couple of guys when he ran over the
Speaker 15: Jets defender for the touchdown, they jumped out of their
Speaker 15: shoes and excitement because that pure version of AR is
Speaker 15: the guy who they think can lead them, and when
Speaker 15: you look at the way he was able to have
Speaker 15: accuracy down the field, they can consider this growth from
Speaker 15: that benching. And I talked to their tight end Moley Cox,
Speaker 15: who said they detext Richardson after the benching and said, hey,
Speaker 15: you're to get your opportunity again. How you respond defines you.
Speaker 15: And then he texted Richardson again this week and say
Speaker 15: don't be content with just one week. See how you
Speaker 15: respond from there. Ali Cox told me Richardson's preps has
Speaker 15: been a lot better since he's been back.
Speaker 5: He's gotten into the.
Speaker 15: Building a little bit earlier. And he also said Richardson's
Speaker 15: been answering questions from Shane Stiken without a hesitation the
Speaker 15: last week or two, which is something that's showing just
Speaker 15: maybe his progress in studying as well. So a lot
Speaker 15: of the things they wanted to see in Richardson he's
Speaker 15: putting out there on the field, but they place a
Speaker 15: face a very tough Detroit team who has a talk
Speaker 15: to Carlton Davis, their cornerback, said they want to force
Speaker 15: Anthony Richardson to play quarterback, prove they can do it again,
Speaker 15: and we think that we can get some turnovers off.
Speaker 5: He did it the other day and he saw what
Speaker 5: we just showed it.
Speaker 7: When he is right, when he's on point, when he's confident,
Speaker 7: it is as pretty as it gets. I don't know
Speaker 7: that we've got another quarterback with this skill set, and
Speaker 7: that is why the Cults, even though they benched him,
Speaker 7: stayed locked in on him, said we're not giving up
Speaker 7: on him because the upside here is unbelievable.
Speaker 5: Let's see if he can continue for more than just
Speaker 5: one game.
Speaker 7: Cam Wolf will be there on Sunday ahead of the
Speaker 7: game on NFL Game Day morning to give you all
Speaker 7: you need ready for that game. Big game between the
Speaker 7: Lions and the Cults, Big game between the Packers and
Speaker 7: the forty nine ers. We told you about a bunch
Speaker 7: of players that aren't playing, but there's still a bunch
Speaker 7: of really good ones.
Speaker 2: That are going to play.
Speaker 5: Baldy coming back after this to break it down for you.
Speaker 6: So you're on a plane, it happens to be the
Speaker 6: San Francisco forty nine Ers team flight. You get one
Speaker 6: choice of who to sit next to. You want kittle
Speaker 6: 'ant McCaffrey. I feel like I would choose Patrick willis
Speaker 6: one of my favorite players growing up. Just tell me
Speaker 6: cool stories about crushing dudes in football games of past.
Speaker 6: I don't know that would be my choice. Where does
Speaker 6: Brandon Allen sit Baldy? Does he sit next to Brock Purdy, who,
Speaker 6: of course is traveling but not anyway. I got a
Speaker 6: lot of questions, Brian Baldinger, thank you again for joining us,
Speaker 6: and of course welcome back. You actually are going to
Speaker 6: the forty nine ers Packers game. You might see Rock
Speaker 6: Purty there. You're not going to see him on the
Speaker 6: There's a lot to look forward to for this game.
Speaker 6: What are you looking forward to?
Speaker 14: So?
Speaker 12: I mean whether black Perty was playing or not playing.
Speaker 12: Now Brandon Island probably will be starting. I thought the
Speaker 12: most important thing for the forty nine ers is to
Speaker 12: get Christian McCaffrey going, and he really hasn't gotten going yet.
Speaker 12: And he's played two games against Tampa in Seattle. He's
Speaker 12: had thirty two rushes. He's averaged three point seven yards
Speaker 12: of carry. Pretty pedestrian for Christian McCaffrey. He averaged five
Speaker 12: point four a year ago. But when you watch it
Speaker 12: like you really break it down here I in he said,
Speaker 12: seventeen of his thirty two runs have gone for two
Speaker 12: yards or less. They have not blocked well. I don't
Speaker 12: know that he's seen the field really well at this point,
Speaker 12: and they really missed George Kittle in the blocking game
Speaker 12: last week, who was out with the hamstring injury. So
Speaker 12: I think if San Francisco is going to go up
Speaker 12: there and take care of business, I think they got
Speaker 12: to get the running game going, and that means getting
Speaker 12: McCaffrey unleashed or maybe seeing more Jordan Mason. But everything
Speaker 12: that they want to do offensively has got to come
Speaker 12: off the run game. So I think that's what their
Speaker 12: biggest concern needs to be, and that's what they need
Speaker 12: to really execute with come Sunday at Lambeau.
Speaker 6: My head, Baldy, I was kind of thinking, well, maybe
Speaker 6: McCaffrey needs like a couple games just to get back
Speaker 6: in the flow. He's had those. It is time to row.
Speaker 6: He doesn't have his quarterback. We will see if this
Speaker 6: is a game for him to break out. Baldy, enjoy
Speaker 6: that one. That's gonna be awesome. Of course, thank you
Speaker 6: for hanging out with us as always. Coming up next,
Speaker 6: we're gonna talk about not just that guy, which is
Speaker 6: Caleb Williams. We're gonna talk about eleven other people. See
Speaker 6: it's week twelve. We got a dirty dozen, which, of
Speaker 6: course we got Adam Brank coming up to break down
Speaker 6: twelve things again because it's it's week twelve. Anyway, we'll explain.
Speaker 6: Coming up next on the Insiders.
Speaker 1: Time now for Repair and Replace, presented by Safe Flight
Speaker 1: Tom Peliso, join now by Adam Rank along with.
Speaker 2: Ian Rappaport and Mike Garafolo.
Speaker 1: Here on the Insiders, all right, rank every week you
Speaker 1: give us some some type of fantasy insights in this
Speaker 1: segment here today you got I'm told, a dirty dozen,
Speaker 1: dirty dozen placement parts.
Speaker 2: Fantasy doesn't sound quite right. I'm not going to lie
Speaker 2: to you.
Speaker 16: But the quarterbacks, hey, listen, fantasy football it's a war
Speaker 16: of attrition, and with six teams on a buy or
Speaker 16: perhaps you're in some sort of situation, you might need
Speaker 16: to find a player that you don't normally want to start.
Speaker 16: Last night, I was going into I almost started Jamis Winston,
Speaker 16: and I pulled him out at the last second, and
Speaker 16: I said, I got to go at the backup quarterback.
Speaker 2: There are three guys.
Speaker 16: Available on the waiver wire. Caleb Williams two, a tug
Speaker 16: of Ioloa, Drake May. The last two have high ceilings,
Speaker 16: but I'm going to go with Caleb Williams. And I
Speaker 16: understand this is going to be a little bit of
Speaker 16: a homer play. But the one thing that I really
Speaker 16: loved about the way the Bears played against the Packers
Speaker 16: last week is that they were getting the ball out
Speaker 16: of the hands of Caleb Williams very quickly and things
Speaker 16: like that. He was running with the ball. Coming into
Speaker 16: this season, I thought that that would be something that
Speaker 16: would give him the edge. He's certainly not the runner
Speaker 16: that Justin Fields is, but still, well, he's an accomplished runner,
Speaker 16: and when he took advantage of those running lanes against
Speaker 16: the Packers, he really made it work. And we do
Speaker 16: know that Brian Flores is gonna blitz this team. So
Speaker 16: if Caleb Williams can either escape the pocket get the
Speaker 16: ball out of his hands, he could actually have a
Speaker 16: huge game against the Vikings this week. So I'm streaming him.
Speaker 16: He's got the best thirteen points, that's how much Jami
Speaker 16: has had last night, and he's got a best at
Speaker 16: then I'll feel good about myself.
Speaker 7: All right, Let's go to the running back position rank.
Speaker 7: Who do we replace and repair, repair replace run.
Speaker 16: Safe light repair, safe light replace. Come on, we know
Speaker 16: the jingle.
Speaker 2: I got three guys. I'm gonna go with Cam Akers.
Speaker 16: Bucky Irving and Austin Eckler are great options this week,
Speaker 16: but I want to dive into cam Akers for just
Speaker 16: a moment, and he might think you you know this
Speaker 16: as well as anybody with the Minnesota Vikings as Cam
Speaker 16: Akers is starting to get like legitimate touches, not like, hey,
Speaker 16: at the end of the game, let's let's.
Speaker 2: Let him run.
Speaker 16: No, they're actually counting on him to be a viable
Speaker 16: part of their running game. He's had at least twelve
Speaker 16: touches in back to back games, and now he's going
Speaker 16: up against the Bears. We were just talking about this
Speaker 16: a moment ago. The Bears defense has been pretty good
Speaker 16: this year. They have not allowed a lot of points
Speaker 16: in a lot of games. What they have allowed is
Speaker 16: a lot of yards, especially.
Speaker 2: On the ground.
Speaker 16: I think back to a couple of weeks ago, the
Speaker 16: Arizona Cardinals had a great job having three different guys
Speaker 16: run like They had three guys rush for touchdowns for
Speaker 16: the first time since Gaynell Tinsley was on that team.
Speaker 16: Ernie Nevers. Sure who is the Goldberg guy who JJ
Speaker 16: Watt took his number out of? Well whatever, cam Akers
Speaker 16: is a viable start this week. Did you guys, did
Speaker 16: I not tell you cam Akers? Or were we supposed
Speaker 16: to go Bucky Irving? And I messed you all up
Speaker 16: in your way? You're waiting to roll the be role
Speaker 16: of Buck Irving. Buddy Irving's a great call. I still
Speaker 16: wanted to go with cam Akers, but I wanted Bucky
Speaker 16: Irving on the list and not Tony Poll.
Speaker 2: That's on me, my mistake.
Speaker 5: All right, we'll dry picture of them.
Speaker 6: Yeah, it's fine. Look, we're all just trying to figure
Speaker 6: it out and make you it's a war of attrition.
Speaker 6: Mentioned give me some receivers instant, maybe you'll nail that order.
Speaker 16: They're getting in my ear right now, being like, this
Speaker 16: is the player you're supposed to talk about. This is
Speaker 16: my old Fantasy Live trick where I say the wrong
Speaker 16: player so I get to be on camera the whole time.
Speaker 2: We have three guys.
Speaker 16: We can go with Josh Downs, Roma Duns, but I
Speaker 16: will get off that game because I want to talk
Speaker 16: about Jackson Smith and Jigba, who has been one of
Speaker 16: the best wide receivers in Fantasy football over the last
Speaker 16: couple of weeks, and he's really the guy that we
Speaker 16: thought he was going to be coming out of Ohio
Speaker 16: State and over since Week six, he has been the
Speaker 16: wide receiver two in PPR leagues in Fantasy football. He's
Speaker 16: had at least twelve Fantasy points in back to back games.
Speaker 16: He's getting eleven plus targets in back to back games.
Speaker 16: They've really pivoted off Tyler Lockett and instead it's become
Speaker 16: Jackson Smith's job to go out there and get those balls.
Speaker 16: And this year or this week, excuse me, against the
Speaker 16: Arizona Cardinals, I do expect him to have a pretty
Speaker 16: big game. So Jackson's and Jigba. You drafted him late.
Speaker 16: People weren't quite sure if this if he was going
Speaker 16: to have a breakout year. But it's happening right now
Speaker 16: and it's pretty exciting.
Speaker 1: Last week I picked up Taysom Hill and then benched
Speaker 1: him last second when David Njok was here.
Speaker 2: Give me a way to fix the tight ends, and
Speaker 2: this time I'll actually use it.
Speaker 16: You know, it's interesting because taste Hill, that's a great pickup.
Speaker 16: But Will Disley has been fantastic for the Los Angeles
Speaker 16: Chargers over the last couple of weeks.
Speaker 6: You know this was the guy again.
Speaker 16: When you look at this Chargers roster at the beginning
Speaker 16: of the season, you didn't expect to have a lot
Speaker 16: of Fantasy production from these guys outside of maybe the
Speaker 16: running backs.
Speaker 2: But Will Disley has been amazing.
Speaker 16: Leads the team in targets and end zone targets since
Speaker 16: Week seven, the fifth most yards per route run amongst
Speaker 16: tight ends this season, and they got a great matchup
Speaker 16: against the Baltimore Ravens. I know a lot of people
Speaker 16: when you see the Baltimore Ravens you get a little skit.
Speaker 16: It's you're like, I'm not going into that hot lz no.
Speaker 16: But the Ravens have allowed the second most targets and
Speaker 16: receptions that tight ends this season, the second most receiving
Speaker 16: yards to the position is well, Will Disley not only is.
Speaker 6: A viable tight end.
Speaker 16: I was sitting there talking to this kid on the
Speaker 16: Fantasy Live show mere minutes ago, mere minutes ago, and
Speaker 16: I said, Will Disley is actually a flex option.
Speaker 2: You get to an extra seconds. Well, I got hey.
Speaker 16: I want to say congratulation to my U ten red lightning.
Speaker 16: We got the at large bid to Section eleven. We're
Speaker 16: going to the tournament, the three time champs.
Speaker 2: We got our bid.
Speaker 16: Hey, sorry everybody. I know there's a bunch of parents
Speaker 16: right now spitting out their drinks.
Speaker 2: Going, what yep?
Speaker 16: Back to practice next well after Thanksgiving, but back to practice,
Speaker 16: back to the tournament. So proud of these girls. I'm
Speaker 16: trying to say this without crying, but it's too late.
Speaker 16: The waterworks are starting.
Speaker 2: Tom. I can't help it. Wrong football in over ten seconds.
Speaker 2: But your cried. So that makes it all better. Rank,
Speaker 2: Thank you very much, Devin.
Speaker 6: Oh yeah, that makes it all better. All right. I
Speaker 6: got some malarkey to clear up. I got some stuff.
Speaker 6: You guys are gonna listen. One of my career mysteries
Speaker 6: has now been solved. Let's go get the breakover with.
Speaker 6: I gotta get to this good one.
Speaker 1: In the late window Sunday, Cardinals and Seahawks, our Kurt
Speaker 1: Warners sat down with Seattle quarterback Gino Smith.
Speaker 2: Here's the taste and.
Speaker 17: There was nothing that stops Geno Smith. When the game
Speaker 17: was on the line last week against San Francisco, you
Speaker 17: went in, you made the plays to win. But I
Speaker 17: loved your quote afterwards where you said I was just
Speaker 17: out there smiling and felt like there was no pressure.
Speaker 2: Yeah. I remember.
Speaker 13: You know, a couple of years ago, I was watching
Speaker 13: Brett fav I caught onto this documentary and he was
Speaker 13: talking about, you know, when he was the backup and
Speaker 13: the starting quarterback got hurt and how he just felt
Speaker 13: like it was his time and there was no pressure,
Speaker 13: And you know, that's exactly.
Speaker 6: How I felt.
Speaker 13: No, I don't worry about what people have to say.
Speaker 13: It allows me to go out there and just play
Speaker 13: the game and enjoy the moments really like as a kid.
Speaker 2: Is like living out a dream.
Speaker 6: After the twenty seventeen season, In the twenty eighteen playoffs,
Speaker 6: I reported a couple different times that Titans were expected
Speaker 6: to fire Mike Morky, and then I got a tip
Speaker 6: from a very trusted and reliable source that he was
Speaker 6: actually getting a contract extension after a playoff run. I
Speaker 6: reported it. He was fired the next day. It has
Speaker 6: been one of the biggest mysteries of my entire career,
Speaker 6: and now it has been solved.
Speaker 14: Go.
Speaker 3: I knew they were going to fire me, so Sunday night,
Speaker 3: I called Ian Rappaport and I said, hey, I don't
Speaker 3: know if you know this, but I'm gonna break it.
Speaker 3: See it, but I'm getting it. I'm getting a new
Speaker 3: contract in the morning, and he reported it. It was
Speaker 3: all over the country. I was getting a contract in
Speaker 3: the morning, knowing that I was going to get fired,
Speaker 3: but I just wanted to see the faces on the
Speaker 3: owner and the GM who was out to get me,
Speaker 3: and uh, I'm pretty sure I got him for a
Speaker 3: minute or two.
Speaker 2: That's amazing. That is awesome.
Speaker 6: That was the Brenton Austin show in Action Sports. You
Speaker 6: know those guys yucking it up. Pretty funny for them.
Speaker 6: I guess if you don't care about accuracy and taking
Speaker 6: someone's reputation and rubbing it in the mud. Everyone said,
Speaker 6: Mike Mullarkey's a good guy. He always was to me.
Speaker 2: I liked him.
Speaker 6: Thought it was very respectable. That is not cool. That's
Speaker 6: not funny. I was a younger reporter then, and the
Speaker 6: amount of online hate and ridicule I got because Mike
Speaker 6: Mallarkey thought it'd be funny to get back at his
Speaker 6: old boss, it was not fun. So I don't have
Speaker 6: much to say. I don't blame Mike Mullarkey, but I
Speaker 6: want to and that was not cool, and that was
Speaker 6: not funny, and we should treat truth better than that.
Speaker 5: Mike, I agree with you.
Speaker 7: I also think that Ian has learned lessons along We've
Speaker 7: all learned lessons along the way, but modern day Ian
Speaker 7: would not have been a fallen victim to that.
Speaker 5: You learn hard lessons along the way. That was one
Speaker 5: of them. Yeah, not cool.
Speaker 6: I guess it's supposed to be a trusted source.
Speaker 2: See I'm sitting here and I'm like biting my lip
Speaker 2: because you're right, not cool. Don't do that.
Speaker 1: Don't lie to reporters, don't make them look bad. But
Speaker 1: it happened to Ian, so like it's a little funny.
Speaker 1: It's all as he's like, we got enough distance now
Speaker 1: it's been like six years.
Speaker 6: It's like it's been
Speaker 2: Maybe now, so yeah,