Speaker 1: All the Eagles do is win, and all Saquon Barkley
Speaker 1: does is run over, around and through everybody. Every week,
Speaker 1: Brian Baldinger and Steve Whites will join us to break
Speaker 1: down all the fallout from that Thursday night thumping of
Speaker 1: the Commanders. First look at the new look Bears offense
Speaker 1: on Sunday, But will a coordinator change be enough for
Speaker 1: Caleb Williams and company to upset the Packers. We will
Speaker 1: tell you the latest from a wild week at Hallis Hall.
Speaker 1: First place in the ANFC North on the line.
Speaker 2: When these Steelers host the Ravens.
Speaker 1: How can Pittsburgh slow down Lamar King, Henry and friends.
Speaker 1: Defensive coordinator Tara Austin will join us to reveal his
Speaker 1: whole plan, or maybe just gass him up and hope
Speaker 1: they pop before Sunday. Welcome inside with the Insiders alongside
Speaker 1: Ian Rappaport and Mike Gara. Follow I am Tom Pelisero.
Speaker 1: We've been saying it all week, this is rivalry week
Speaker 1: in the NFL. We do have the Ravens and the Steelers.
Speaker 1: We do have the Packers and the Bears. We got
Speaker 1: Seahawks forty nine ers on the slate. We got Chiefs Bills,
Speaker 1: which isn't divisional, but definitely a rivalry at this point.
Speaker 1: And it all got started in style last night in Philadelphia,
Speaker 1: depending what kind of style you like. Sat Kwon Barkley
Speaker 1: one hundred and ninety eight.
Speaker 2: Yards from scrimmage.
Speaker 1: He scored two touchdowns in a game that was not
Speaker 1: nearly as close as that final score. Commander's tacked on
Speaker 1: a touchdown late. But it is now the Eagles up
Speaker 1: two games in the lost column as we have passed
Speaker 1: now the midpoint in the season. Garafalo, you were there,
Speaker 1: you look at those standings. What did you make of
Speaker 1: the Eagles solidifying themselves right now not just unbeaten in
Speaker 1: the division, but again up two games in the.
Speaker 2: Lost column on the Commanders in the East.
Speaker 3: Just coming into the game.
Speaker 4: I like the Eagles, right, We know how the Commanders
Speaker 4: have been playing. They're a really good team this year.
Speaker 4: They're playing with a lot of confidence. But then you
Speaker 4: look at the roster and you go, the Eagles just
Speaker 4: have a better roster, right and Howie Roseman, because the
Speaker 4: Commanders are still building this thing out and it's only
Speaker 4: getting more impressive. I mean to me, it was the
Speaker 4: way the secondary played the way that Quinnyon Mitchell and guys,
Speaker 4: we were at the Senior Ball and he was incredibly
Speaker 4: impressive at the Senior Bowl, impressive in one on ones,
Speaker 4: and we liked him better than the twenty second picking
Speaker 4: the draft or whatever he wound up being. Then you
Speaker 4: go offensively and with Sakuon Barkley and what he means,
Speaker 4: the way that he was a closer the other night
Speaker 4: or last night for this team, the way Jordan Mylatta
Speaker 4: coming back really changed things up front, the way that
Speaker 4: everybody's committed to the running game, the blocks downfield, the
Speaker 4: wide receivers running off defenders to allow Saquon Barkley to
Speaker 4: go to the house. And you say all this stuff,
Speaker 4: and then you realize the quarterback really has not played
Speaker 4: as well as he possibly can. Yeah, and some questionable decisions.
Speaker 4: There are some guys that he missed that were wide open.
Speaker 4: So if he can start to come along a little
Speaker 4: better now, all of a sudden you realize just how
Speaker 4: dangerous they are. And by the way, just to be clear,
Speaker 4: he was checked for a concussion. He did clear, he
Speaker 4: said after the game, and this was his quote, I
Speaker 4: guess I beat the protocol.
Speaker 3: And then he was asked.
Speaker 4: About a specific play and he goes, honestly, I don't
Speaker 4: remember what you're talking about. Maybe I shouldn't use that
Speaker 4: word right now. But did say that he felt no
Speaker 4: ill effects of the concussion. So if that's the case,
Speaker 4: it was just him not seeing guys in front of him,
Speaker 4: if he steps up, this team will only be that
Speaker 4: much more dangerous.
Speaker 5: Yeah, a bunch of takeaways, but I would say this,
Speaker 5: you're right, like, it does seem like he left a
Speaker 5: couple of plays on the field and at some point
Speaker 5: he will hit his stride with this new coordinator and
Speaker 5: this new offense and this new and if that happens,
Speaker 5: you know, look out.
Speaker 6: It's so funny.
Speaker 5: The Eagles draft from two years ago with all the
Speaker 5: Georgia players was the one that everybody lost their freaking
Speaker 5: minds over right. That was where everybody celebrating Howie Roseman
Speaker 5: on draft Day and all of that. This one is
Speaker 5: probably gonna be better. And the fact that they ended
Speaker 5: up with Quinnon Mitchell, who is a lockdown quarter corner
Speaker 5: despite his age, Cooper Degene who in the slot looks great.
Speaker 5: I mean this is these are two legit starters, potentially stars.
Speaker 6: I mean, this draft class.
Speaker 5: If it's only these two guys, is looking great for
Speaker 5: one of the one of the league's best teams. Uh,
Speaker 5: they have gotten younger and better and deeper. And then
Speaker 5: I would say this for the Commanders and specifically.
Speaker 6: For Jayden Daniels.
Speaker 5: You know, there was it was a love fest really
Speaker 5: for the last month or so. It was just truly
Speaker 5: a love fest. And it was more than just the
Speaker 5: hail Mary was you know, best young quarterback in football?
Speaker 5: It was this year CJ. Stroud and I do believe
Speaker 5: he is all of that. But now we're really gonna
Speaker 5: find out, because what happens is people get film on you,
Speaker 5: they start to figure it out. Maybe you play a
Speaker 5: tougher opponents and you kind of hit a lull. Where
Speaker 5: does Jayden Daniels, Where does Cliff Kingsbury go from here?
Speaker 5: And how do they overcome this little lull? Will go
Speaker 5: a long way and telling the story of the Commander season.
Speaker 4: Cliff Kingsbury's that a phenomenal job. This year's done a
Speaker 4: phenomenal job with Jayden Daniels. I thought maybe got away
Speaker 4: from the running game because early on Brian Robinson was
Speaker 4: going he was how many he had that first time
Speaker 4: I thought they really should have committed more to the
Speaker 4: running game. Could have got that defense out of sorts,
Speaker 4: could have gotten the crowd out of it. I think
Speaker 4: if they would go back and look at that, maybe
Speaker 4: Cliff's sanding today, a couple more physical runs from Brian
Speaker 4: Robinson may have helped us early.
Speaker 1: On flip side of that, think about the Eagles coaching
Speaker 1: staff that's got their third different OC.
Speaker 2: In as many years.
Speaker 1: Kellen Moore right now is the OC of a team
Speaker 1: that is leading the league in rushing attempts. You would
Speaker 1: not have expected that going in. They're playing a different
Speaker 1: style of football, but this combination of minds they've got
Speaker 1: in that room, including Nick Sirianni, right now, what.
Speaker 2: They're doing is working.
Speaker 1: That was just the kickoff again of week eleven last night.
Speaker 1: We've got some injuries to monitor as we head into
Speaker 1: the games this weekend.
Speaker 2: A big one for the Lions. Tight end Sam Laporta
Speaker 2: out with a shoulder.
Speaker 1: Injury as they get the set to take on the
Speaker 1: Jaguars in Detroit. Jets wide receiver DeVante Adams. Jeff Ulbert
Speaker 1: said he expects him to go. He's been ill this week,
Speaker 1: also dealing with a risk, but sounds like he's gonna
Speaker 1: be out there against the Colts, Vikings clean sheet, Sam Darnold,
Speaker 1: Aaron Jones. They are good to go, no surprise. Isaiah
Speaker 1: Pacheco not ready just yet. Always sounded like he'll be
Speaker 1: right around Thanksgiving that he's got a chance to go.
Speaker 2: He is practicing back sooner than later.
Speaker 1: We will not see Harrison Butker, the Chief star kicker
Speaker 1: for the next four weeks, underwent surgery, as we first
Speaker 1: told you last night on The Insiders, for that meniscous
Speaker 1: injury that he had suffered. He signed Spencer Schrader off
Speaker 1: the Jets practice squad. He's gonna be kicking against the Bills.
Speaker 1: Buffalo has its own injury issues to deal with. Dalton Kinkaid,
Speaker 1: the tight end, surready knee injury on this play. He
Speaker 1: is officially out for this game on Sunday against the Chiefs.
Speaker 1: Keon Coleman we already knew out because of his wrist injury.
Speaker 1: And that's not all Mike in terms of the injury
Speaker 1: report on the Bills weapons.
Speaker 4: Yeah, so Kincaid out, Keith Coleman out, But you've got
Speaker 4: a Marii Cooper who missed last week with that wrist injury.
Speaker 4: He has listed as questionable and has expressed optimism that
Speaker 4: he will be available to play in this game.
Speaker 3: You know, you're going up against a tough defense.
Speaker 4: This is usually where I would say, well, you know,
Speaker 4: you got to keep pace with this Chiefs offense.
Speaker 3: It's not how it's been.
Speaker 4: I mean, I'm not saying that they can't all of
Speaker 4: a sudden put up thirty points, but this is one
Speaker 4: where you say it in a different way. You're going
Speaker 4: up against a tough defense and you really need all
Speaker 4: your guys available. So Amari Cooper, who has missed the
Speaker 4: last couple of games with that risk injury, looking like
Speaker 4: he is going to wind up being a go. But
Speaker 4: you know, we'll let you know for sure Sunday morning,
Speaker 4: NFL Game Day Morning, right here on NFL Network.
Speaker 1: Sunday night, We've got another good one Bengals and Chargers
Speaker 1: and Ian. It sounds like, at long last, Cincinnati is
Speaker 1: going to have that wide receiver corps back to full strength.
Speaker 5: Yeah, if you're someone who's gonna sit here and watch
Speaker 5: from this segment all the way through to the end,
Speaker 5: if you want to know more about.
Speaker 6: That Hill, keep watching. We got a lot of Hill
Speaker 6: talk for you.
Speaker 5: But anyway, and I'm not joking, we will break down
Speaker 5: the hill thoroughly, but yes, T Higgins is eventually off
Speaker 5: the injury report.
Speaker 7: He is good to go.
Speaker 5: And this from a quad injury really like a pretty
Speaker 5: significant quad pull. Remember it was like three weeks ago,
Speaker 5: a little more late in the practice week. Everyone knew
Speaker 5: T Higgins was fine, and he kind of pops up
Speaker 5: on the injury reporters questionable and you're like, oh, maybe
Speaker 5: he can't go. That turned out to be a lot
Speaker 5: longer than I think anyone anticipated, and in that time,
Speaker 5: the Bengals have lost some games.
Speaker 6: The offense has kind of hit its stride.
Speaker 5: Jamar Chase has become maybe the best receiver in football,
Speaker 5: and now you add T Higgins to the mix.
Speaker 6: The Bengals have to go on a run if they're
Speaker 6: going to make the playoffs.
Speaker 5: They certainly are talented enough, and having one of the
Speaker 5: better young receivers in the NFL healthy again probably a
Speaker 5: good thing for Joe Burrow.
Speaker 6: And this offense.
Speaker 1: And if the Bengals make the playoffs, it probably is
Speaker 1: going to be as a wildcard because right now, the
Speaker 1: two teams to play this Sunday, the Steelers and Ravens
Speaker 1: have already put some distance between themselves and the rest
Speaker 1: of the division. Good news on the injury front for Baltimore.
Speaker 1: Kyle Hamilton back on the field. Mike, what's the latest
Speaker 1: on his status for this game?
Speaker 8: Yeah?
Speaker 4: So I was on Good Morning Football last week if
Speaker 4: Peter Schrager did a whole what's your beef segment, and
Speaker 4: his beef was people who go, oh no when they
Speaker 4: see an injury happen. It's like, can you let it
Speaker 4: play out? Can you let the medical people get in
Speaker 4: there and figure out what's going on? And the guy
Speaker 4: winds up being relatively okay. Now, Kyle Hamilton missed the
Speaker 4: rest of that game, but he is going to play
Speaker 4: on Sunday against the Steelers. Here he is off the
Speaker 4: injury report. I'm telling you, one of these days, Peter
Speaker 4: Schreger should auction off the ability to text with him
Speaker 4: for just one day, because when that happened on Sunday
Speaker 4: and we got a whole bunch of like, oh no,
Speaker 4: for Kyle Hamilton, he was fired watching Just keep all
Speaker 4: these posts on X right here and here you go.
Speaker 4: He's expecting to play. Also, Isaiah likely off the injury report.
Speaker 4: The Ravens tight end.
Speaker 3: Definitely, so likely, definitely going to play.
Speaker 1: Just want to say that there's also certain players in
Speaker 1: the NFL, and this is not a shot at Kyle Hamilton.
Speaker 1: There's some players in the NFL who like five times
Speaker 1: a year have an injury and you look at it
Speaker 1: and you're like, oh man, this looks really bad. Kyle
Speaker 1: Hamilton is definitely that guy. He has dodged like seven
Speaker 1: different bullets over the past couple of seasons.
Speaker 3: Every time.
Speaker 2: Well, why would you say that they're all pro safety?
Speaker 2: Still on the fit.
Speaker 1: I don't have Jink's power. Okay, it's a Friday night
Speaker 1: or just trying to do a show. If you don't
Speaker 1: say it, it's not a jinx. This is just me
Speaker 1: trying to transition to the fact that on the other
Speaker 1: side of this break, we're gonna be talking to the
Speaker 1: architect of the defense on the other side in this game,
Speaker 1: That of course is Steelers defensive coordinator Tera Austin, who
Speaker 1: does have TJ. Watt on his side. But they have
Speaker 1: been tough on that side of the ball. So what
Speaker 1: is the plan to slow down Lamar and Derrick Henry
Speaker 1: and all the Ravens other weapons We'll ask him. Maybe
Speaker 1: I'll answer probably not. That's next on the insiders.
Speaker 8: They don't like us. We down, but so I don't
Speaker 8: like them.
Speaker 7: They by coming to house, take it down with no
Speaker 7: going into the.
Speaker 1: Come on, what.
Speaker 9: Tuts down? A Steeler that puts the ball.
Speaker 10: Right on the money cuts down here It is a
Speaker 10: first time star who lamar Jackson against the Steeler. Jackson
Speaker 10: is unbelievably gifted, Raven, unbelievable plastic Raven.
Speaker 7: Steelers all kind of hitting the rows, tough to all down.
Speaker 10: Indeed, there's a hitting, there's some jow there's everything we thought.
Speaker 7: There would be. Definitely got a fasbook game. The Steelers
Speaker 7: are spelling blood.
Speaker 10: They got he got two teams, they're respect one another,
Speaker 10: putting door like one another.
Speaker 7: Pitpsburg and Baltimore.
Speaker 8: You don't have to say a whole lot more.
Speaker 3: Oh, here it comes.
Speaker 4: We are just a couple of days away from the
Speaker 4: latest insolvent of the Steelers Ravens rivalry, with first place
Speaker 4: in the AFC North on the line, and happy to
Speaker 4: be joined as he prepares for this game. Terrell Austin,
Speaker 4: the defensive coordinator of the Steelers, the second ranked defense
Speaker 4: when it comes to points, allowed going up against the
Speaker 4: first scoring offense, so you know that that's going to
Speaker 4: be a great matchup. Tarrell, give us a peek into
Speaker 4: what the week has been like, because I know your
Speaker 4: guys understand what this rivalry is about.
Speaker 3: How has the preparation been for this game.
Speaker 11: The preparation has been good. Our guys will dialed in.
Speaker 12: I think the one thing is we know what kind
Speaker 12: of game it's going to be because they're all the same.
Speaker 11: It's going to be a hard hitting, physical game.
Speaker 12: The team that makes the least amount of mistakes gives
Speaker 12: himselves the best chance to win.
Speaker 13: So Teroll, look, first off, you've been on both sides
Speaker 13: of this rival We'll get that to in just a second.
Speaker 13: But you as the DC for the Steelers, Priority Lamar
Speaker 13: or Derek.
Speaker 12: Well, you have to pick your poison there. So I
Speaker 12: think it's it's got to be you know, they're one
Speaker 12: in one a uh. And I think for us, we
Speaker 12: always go into a game that we say, hey, we
Speaker 12: don't want the running game to really batter us, because
Speaker 12: if the running game is battering you, it demoralizes you.
Speaker 11: And and so we're really.
Speaker 12: Going to be a focus on the run game and
Speaker 12: how if we can slow this guy down.
Speaker 11: I think that's going to be a big thing.
Speaker 12: And then obviously the things that Lamar is doing in
Speaker 12: the past game, you know, they're they're very challenging. I mean,
Speaker 12: the guys had three or four perfect passer ratings this year.
Speaker 12: I mean they're number one and points scored, all the
Speaker 12: all the things that the good offense does.
Speaker 11: So you know, you can try to stop them both.
Speaker 12: But I think we'll really be trying to focus on
Speaker 12: this run game first and then you know, doing what
Speaker 12: we can in the past game to try to hold
Speaker 12: them down.
Speaker 4: You know, we'll talk about picking your poison, and with
Speaker 4: their offense, they have to pick their poison. With your defense,
Speaker 4: I mean, you're strong upfront, You've got pass rushers that
Speaker 4: can get it down. To understand Alex Heismith being down
Speaker 4: for a bit, it's going to be a bit of
Speaker 4: a loss. But you've got other guys that can get
Speaker 4: after the quarterback. You've got good linebacker play. You've got
Speaker 4: some good play in the secondary as well. Beamie Bishop,
Speaker 4: the rookie stepping up a little bit there. What has
Speaker 4: impressed you most about your defense? What are you happiest
Speaker 4: with at this point for your defense.
Speaker 12: I think the thing that I'm happiest with is are guys.
Speaker 12: You know, I don't think any moments too big for him.
Speaker 12: It doesn't matter the situation. They go out there and
Speaker 12: they just are determined to make plays and determined to
Speaker 12: try to get, you know, the other team off the field.
Speaker 11: So I think that's really the thing that I'm really.
Speaker 12: Most impressed and most proud about this group of men,
Speaker 12: because they play hard and they don't flinch when things
Speaker 12: maybe aren't going as well as you want them to.
Speaker 12: And I think that's the sign of a really good
Speaker 12: defensive group.
Speaker 13: Hey, Teal to follow it up, because you have a
Speaker 13: real good mix of veterans and young people who understand
Speaker 13: what AFC North football it's about, especially this time of year.
Speaker 13: Six of your next opponents, six of your next eight opponents,
Speaker 13: I should say, are all divisional games. I mean, what
Speaker 13: about the stretch is kind of an odd scheduling quirk.
Speaker 7: Oh and by the way, the two.
Speaker 13: Non accomplished non divisional games are Philadelphia and Kansas City.
Speaker 13: But what about the scheduling quirk where you have this
Speaker 13: huge run of AFC North games right now?
Speaker 12: Yeah, I mean, we have no control over that and
Speaker 12: so we just look at it like, hey, we're just
Speaker 12: working and getting ready for the next game, and so
Speaker 12: that's our mindset. We know how the AFC North battles
Speaker 12: are going to be, and it's just again, we just
Speaker 12: get ready for the next game that next week, and
Speaker 12: we don't put anything in looking ahead or how the
Speaker 12: schedule comes out, because we have no you know, there's
Speaker 12: nothing we can do about. So we got to line
Speaker 12: up and play these guys, and we're going to have
Speaker 12: to play them at any point during the year.
Speaker 11: So what's the difference if you.
Speaker 12: Play them all in the month or you play them
Speaker 12: spread out over three months?
Speaker 4: Terroll, I've covered a couple of your games, and I've
Speaker 4: made the point that to me, this team is always
Speaker 4: extremely well prepared.
Speaker 3: He's playing hard. You can see it's tangibly.
Speaker 4: This coaching staff both sides of the ball, your side
Speaker 4: of the defense, Arthur Smith offensively, and certainly the head
Speaker 4: man in charge, Mike Tomlin. What I want you to do, though,
Speaker 4: is take us inside if you can as much as
Speaker 4: you can. When Mike Tomlin makes the decision to go
Speaker 4: to Russell Wilson, because it's no secret and he made
Speaker 4: no secret about it.
Speaker 3: It was a gutsy call.
Speaker 4: By his estimation. What kind of leadership do you see that?
Speaker 4: What kind of guts did you see there for him
Speaker 4: to make that call in the middle of the season
Speaker 4: understanding that Justin Fields had played well?
Speaker 12: Yeah, I think you know, that's the one thing that
Speaker 12: Mike has an abundance, and that's great leadership. And so
Speaker 12: I don't think our guys questioned when he decided to
Speaker 12: make the move. He explained to our men, because he
Speaker 12: always likes to tell our guys, Hey, if I give
Speaker 12: a capable man information, he should be able to handle
Speaker 12: that and go forward and do you know something positive
Speaker 12: with it? And so I don't think there was ever
Speaker 12: any question about when he decided to make the move
Speaker 12: in our locker room. We trust what he's doing, ass fall.
Speaker 12: You know, well, we're gonna we're gonna fight our tails
Speaker 12: off to do, you know what we need to do
Speaker 12: to win and let him make the decisions. And that's
Speaker 12: why I don't think there was any blowback from anybody. Uh,
Speaker 12: And we just move forward because the bottom line is
Speaker 12: as a leader, that's his job to make choices and uh,
Speaker 12: it's our job to help him follow up on it.
Speaker 12: And I think our guys feel the same way.
Speaker 7: Hey, hey, Tarah, talk about great coaching.
Speaker 13: I mean, you know what Mike Tomlin has done coming
Speaker 13: up on the defensive side of the ball. But you
Speaker 13: kicked off your coaching career working under Jim Caldwell, and
Speaker 13: you've been with him multiple times, some really good offensive coaches,
Speaker 13: But what about being with somebody like a Jim Caldwell
Speaker 13: who's got the leadership and the offensive brilliance to help
Speaker 13: you kind of master what you do defensively.
Speaker 11: Yeah, I think.
Speaker 12: It's been I've been very fortunate, you know, with the
Speaker 12: with the guys I've been around and the guys I've
Speaker 12: worked for. And obviously you talk about Jim, who absolutely
Speaker 12: wonderful person, a wonderful man, great coach, But you learned
Speaker 12: a lot from both sides. So again, with Jim, I
Speaker 12: would always learn, you know, what things would be good,
Speaker 12: why they would be good, why they wouldn't.
Speaker 11: Be so good.
Speaker 12: And with Mike I get a different philosophy coming from
Speaker 12: the defensive side on the things he likes and how
Speaker 12: he structures them. So, you know, I think it's our
Speaker 12: job as coaches to always you know, you're always trying
Speaker 12: to get better.
Speaker 11: The same things you talk to your players.
Speaker 12: About you have to do, and that means you're always improving,
Speaker 12: you're always working for it is because if you're not,
Speaker 12: then you're losing ground. And if you lose ground in
Speaker 12: our game in the NFL, you're going to lose a
Speaker 12: lot of games. You're not going to be very good.
Speaker 12: And so I just take the things that the guys,
Speaker 12: the leadership guys in front of me have given me,
Speaker 12: and I try to run with them as best I can.
Speaker 4: Teral, I thank you for your time earlier, because I
Speaker 4: know it's a busy week you're preparing for the Steelers
Speaker 4: or sere preparing for the Ravings. Excuse me in this
Speaker 4: rivalry between you and them, but it's Friday and night.
Speaker 4: I want to give folks a piece because I know
Speaker 4: you guys pull long hours all week line, and I
Speaker 4: know you're giving us some time because tonight is some
Speaker 4: time for you and your wife. You were going to
Speaker 4: go out to dinner, but it took some time to
Speaker 4: do this interview with us. How important is it for you,
Speaker 4: because I've heard it from many a coach, is to
Speaker 4: get this little bit of time. Friday night is like
Speaker 4: the night where you can actually be a real human
Speaker 4: being during the season.
Speaker 3: How important is that for you?
Speaker 11: Yeah, I think it's important.
Speaker 12: I probably do it better now than I did earlier
Speaker 12: in my career, but I always try to take time
Speaker 12: on Fridays, and we, you know, as our kids have
Speaker 12: gotten older, we're able to have some date nights and
Speaker 12: do some things to try to make sure we reconnect.
Speaker 12: Because the bottom line is, you know your family is
Speaker 12: going to always be there for you, and you want
Speaker 12: to make sure that you know you don't get so
Speaker 12: wrapped up in this coaching profession that you forget that
Speaker 12: you've got a family, a wife, kids, and other things
Speaker 12: outside of it. And so this time on Friday is
Speaker 12: really good for me for my family. And like I said,
Speaker 12: the longer I've been in it, the better I've gotten
Speaker 12: at it. I probably wasn't so good at it when
Speaker 12: I was young, but I think I've kind of found
Speaker 12: a balance in it now.
Speaker 3: That's awesome.
Speaker 8: Man.
Speaker 4: We all get better with age. We all learn how
Speaker 4: to manage everything as we go along. You've certainly done that.
Speaker 4: So I appreciate that you can now clock out for
Speaker 4: at least ten night. I know you're gonna be back
Speaker 4: at it tomorrow, but you can clock out.
Speaker 3: It's time to enjoy your Friday night. Tarol Austin, thank
Speaker 3: you very much. Listen.
Speaker 4: I know he's locked in right now the Steelers defense.
Speaker 4: That's his focus. But you know, we as reporters, Steve,
Speaker 4: we're looking ahead. There's some head coaching interviews coming up.
Speaker 4: Would not be surprised to hear this man's name mentioned
Speaker 4: amongst those, and he absolutely should be.
Speaker 3: I know Steve agrees with me. Tarol, thank you very
Speaker 3: much for your time.
Speaker 11: All Right, you got it, guys, Thanks appreciate it.
Speaker 3: Awesome. Enjoy your Friday. Jalen hurts the Eagles.
Speaker 4: They're enjoying their Friday after a victory against the Commanders
Speaker 4: on Thursday night. We're gonna break this one down a
Speaker 4: little bit more. Coming up next here on the Insiders
Speaker 4: Eagles Commanders for a first place in the NFC East
Speaker 4: on Thursday night. Jayden Daniels, Jalen Hurst, Jayden, Jalen We
Speaker 4: talked about that all week long.
Speaker 3: I screwed up the names from time to time.
Speaker 4: Here's Jalen Hurst trying to step up in the pocket
Speaker 4: taking down as the pass.
Speaker 3: Falls in complete. He had two guys that he tried
Speaker 3: to get it.
Speaker 4: To a little bit of a face mask and then
Speaker 4: the head hitting the ground. He said he never felt
Speaker 4: any ill effects and he passed the concussion protocol, or
Speaker 4: as he called it, I guess I beat the concussion protocol.
Speaker 3: Fourth quarter now hurts after he was officially.
Speaker 4: Cleared vulturing Saquon Barkley once again. Saquan's been tackled at
Speaker 4: the one yard line or the two yard line eleven
Speaker 4: times this year. So Saquon bolted once again and in
Speaker 4: this one could have been a field goal to take
Speaker 4: the lead. Dan Quinn says, no, we're gonna be aggressive.
Speaker 4: Zach Bahn makes the stop after Jalen Carter gets the
Speaker 4: penetration to force Jade and Daniels after a botch snap
Speaker 4: to get to the outside there.
Speaker 3: Big stop there. Nick Sirianni is fired up.
Speaker 4: Zach Bond, good job from bald guys everywhere way to
Speaker 4: play that one. And then the closer, Saquan says, not
Speaker 4: getting tackled at the ones, Look at this, Devonte Smith
Speaker 4: ran off the defensive back there didn't have to block him.
Speaker 4: Nick Sirianni gave him credit for that. That guy right there,
Speaker 4: he's wearing a poppy. He's got a British accent. I
Speaker 4: gotta talk to that guy. I gotta find out what
Speaker 4: his name is. He's a very nice guy. And then
Speaker 4: there's Reed blanket Ship, one of the exciting whites. They
Speaker 4: said it, I didn't say it. It was on their
Speaker 4: T shirt making the interception right there. And then sa
Speaker 4: Quon with another one to close it.
Speaker 3: Out, thirty nine yard touchdown ron I think is the
Speaker 3: one where he fires the ball into the stands. No,
Speaker 3: he did that before that.
Speaker 4: There he is Saquon very excited the fans, then chatting afterward.
Speaker 3: Thank you Giants, Thank you Giants.
Speaker 14: Eagles twenty six to eighteen, twenty six points, twenty six
Speaker 14: carries for Saquon Barkley on DeVante Smith's twenty sixth birthday,
Speaker 14: So twenty six was the wild number last night for
Speaker 14: the Eagles.
Speaker 3: In fact, Smith got a birthday cake inside that.
Speaker 4: Eagles locker room, the victorious locker room. You know what,
Speaker 4: we'll take you there, Sands the birthday celebration.
Speaker 7: Hey, proud of you guys.
Speaker 6: How you fought right.
Speaker 15: It wasn't pretty right, it wasn't pretty, but we just
Speaker 15: kept fighting. And that's the type of game we like
Speaker 15: in that dirt row that Joe Pi talks about. It's nasty,
Speaker 15: it's crime, it's gritty, it's right where we want to be.
Speaker 15: That's right where we want to be. All right, guys,
Speaker 15: enjoy that. You can enjoy this one a little longer.
Speaker 15: You can enjoy this one a little longer. But as
Speaker 15: soon as Monday hits, it's right em back to work.
Speaker 16: But my baddn't I didn't realize we actually weren't going
Speaker 16: to show there.
Speaker 4: There's the cake right there. I was able to take
Speaker 4: a picture of it. I saw Big Dom right there.
Speaker 4: Big Dom was offering Canoli's shmi adell. If you don't
Speaker 4: know what that is, look it up. That's not the
Speaker 4: actual Italian pronunciation. That's the South Philly Italian pronunciation right there.
Speaker 4: But there it is the birthday boy, DeVante Smith is
Speaker 4: twenty sixth birthday. There were no slices take it out
Speaker 4: of that cake by the time I got there. Hopefully
Speaker 4: somebody eventually did dig in. Baldy, I know you would
Speaker 4: love to dig in on that cake right there, Steve Weisch,
Speaker 4: you as well come in join us, bald Sakuon Barkley
Speaker 4: for a team that never spent a lot of draft
Speaker 4: resources at the running back position, at least not in
Speaker 4: the first round. Didn't spend a lot of money at
Speaker 4: the running all of a sudden, did it this offseason.
Speaker 3: It's certainly paying off. I know it sounds like an
Speaker 3: obvious question, But what does he bring to this offense?
Speaker 17: Saque Well, I mean number one, number one here, Mike.
Speaker 17: He leads the NFL in rushing after ten games. He's
Speaker 17: got seventeen more yards right now with Derek Nmy So
Speaker 17: here's a leading rusher right now.
Speaker 8: And late Johnson described this offense.
Speaker 17: To me, Mike a couple of weeks ago, when they
Speaker 17: started getting rolling and feeding Zaquon, he said, Baldi, all
Speaker 17: we do, honestly is we just run and hit people.
Speaker 17: And that's kind of what they do up front. They
Speaker 17: just keep slamming you. They just keep running to you.
Speaker 17: They got traps, they've got whams, they've got triple trap,
Speaker 17: double scoops, they got it all.
Speaker 8: And you know, they ran for eighty.
Speaker 17: Eight yards in the first half, a little pedestrian, but
Speaker 17: they stayed with it. Nineteen runs in the second half,
Speaker 17: one hundred and forty more yards.
Speaker 8: This is their identity.
Speaker 17: They hadn't run the ball Mike this year almost one
Speaker 17: hundred more times than they'd thrown him. Like they're a
Speaker 17: run first team, and when they are able to play
Speaker 17: that style, they wear everybody down. That's what they did
Speaker 17: to the Commanders last night, Steve and Baldy.
Speaker 13: Guess who else they're gonna have to compete against other
Speaker 13: run first teams like the Detroit Lions, and liked the
Speaker 13: San Francisco forty nine ers.
Speaker 7: So you have to love that style.
Speaker 13: But one thing I love right here is the way
Speaker 13: this defense continued to play.
Speaker 7: I said earlier this week. We have seen this.
Speaker 13: Defense dominate, but they had not based a dual threat
Speaker 13: quarterback during their winning streak like Jayden Daniels.
Speaker 7: Well, they faced him and they defaced him. They showed
Speaker 7: how dominant they could be.
Speaker 13: They didn't allow him to run now, and we know
Speaker 13: he's a little nicked up, but they slowed him down.
Speaker 13: In the past game, one hundred and ninety one passing yards,
Speaker 13: you only got one completion to Terry McLaurin because Quinnon Mitchell,
Speaker 13: the rookie cornerback, locked him up. Then on the front lines,
Speaker 13: you had Jordan Davis blow up that fourth down attempt
Speaker 13: after blowing up a third and one on the play before.
Speaker 13: And Zach Bond, Mike Garrifolo, you've been talking about this
Speaker 13: guy for weeks fourteen tackles.
Speaker 7: He absolutely like dehumanize. Look at this hit right here,
Speaker 7: Oh and your mama.
Speaker 13: He took him all the way back generations with that
Speaker 13: hyph and the way this defense keeps playing, because it
Speaker 13: just got better and better throughout the game, and it
Speaker 13: really stifled everything Washington liked to do, stuffing everything that
Speaker 13: the five previous opponents like to do. This could be
Speaker 13: as much their bread and butter as Saquan is and
Speaker 13: that complimentary physical style. Baldy in Mike, that's something that
Speaker 13: should give Philly deep in the playoffs.
Speaker 4: Beg Fangio took the early part of the season to
Speaker 4: challenge some of these guys to find out exactly what
Speaker 4: they did well, and it's like you could see it
Speaker 4: all clicking, all coming together, certainly at the right time
Speaker 4: for the Eagles. Brian Baldinger, Steve Weish, thank you guys
Speaker 4: very much, and now it's time bull Adham rank Ian.
Speaker 5: Dude, if we're gonna be singing, I'm gonna be the
Speaker 5: one singing Anyway, there is Caleb Williams, and if we're
Speaker 5: showing Cale Williams footage, are some good. Don't get me wrong,
Speaker 5: there's definitely some good, but there's some not as good.
Speaker 5: There's him getting sacked, there's maybe an incompletion or two.
Speaker 5: There's place where you're oh, where that happens. And that's
Speaker 5: been that kind of week that we have had in
Speaker 5: Chicago with the repair the offensive needs repairing. I've screwed
Speaker 5: this whole thing up, and the coordinator who needs replacing.
Speaker 5: Speaking of that anyway, let's get right to it. Repair
Speaker 5: and replace. Brought to you by Safe Light. This is
Speaker 5: my good friend Adam Rank. Sorry for stepping all over
Speaker 5: the tagline right.
Speaker 6: There, Rank.
Speaker 5: Anyway, we know it has been that kind of week
Speaker 5: in Chicago. They have clearly replaced Shane Walder and the
Speaker 5: rofins coordinator with Thomas Brown, the past game coordinator. What
Speaker 5: do the Bears need to do to repair this offense?
Speaker 6: Down that they've replaced the coordinator you.
Speaker 9: Know you keep here and mentioning that it's been a
Speaker 9: bad week, it's actually been a bad month. Ever, since
Speaker 9: this team returned from London, it's looked like a completely
Speaker 9: different like what happened in London, Like, please please tell
Speaker 9: me what happened in London, because this team has not
Speaker 9: looked the safe and now that you have Thomas Brown
Speaker 9: taking go over as the offensive coordinator, I think there
Speaker 9: are three things this Bears team needs to do to
Speaker 9: get back to being successful. Number One, they have to
Speaker 9: establish the run once again with DeAndre Swift. Too many
Speaker 9: times over the last couple of weeks we saw the
Speaker 9: Bears seemingly get bored with running the football getting away
Speaker 9: from DeAndre Swift. He was one of the guys who
Speaker 9: made that team so successful over that little win streak,
Speaker 9: the three game win streak that included that London game
Speaker 9: against the Jacksonville Jaguars.
Speaker 7: And Number two, you.
Speaker 9: Gotta go back to getting the ball to Cole Kmett.
Speaker 11: Now.
Speaker 9: I know a lot of fantasy managers will look at
Speaker 9: Cole Comett and say, listen, he's only been good in
Speaker 9: two games. I'm like, yeah, their best two games of
Speaker 9: the season. I don't think that's a coincidence. This play
Speaker 9: right here that they ran in London, I've never seen
Speaker 9: a Bears team run a play like that. Here he
Speaker 9: is wide open against the Indianapolis Colts, they need to
Speaker 9: get the ball to him. They've invested a lot of
Speaker 9: money into him and that's one of the things that
Speaker 9: was a struggle. And finally the last thing they got
Speaker 9: to do. Let Caleb Williams just throw the football. Sometimes
Speaker 9: it feels like you're instructing him not to make a turnover,
Speaker 9: trying to whatever you tell somebody like we play, we
Speaker 9: play a lot of golf.
Speaker 6: Whatever.
Speaker 9: Somebody says like, hey, try not to hit it off
Speaker 9: the hostle. The next shot that you take is one
Speaker 9: going off the hostle. Let let Caleb go out there
Speaker 9: and play. See what happens, and see what can happen
Speaker 9: with Thomas Brown.
Speaker 5: And that is a great way to repair and replace
Speaker 5: the Bears offense. Presented by Safelight and our good friend
Speaker 5: Adam Rank.
Speaker 6: Rank thank you very much, but don't go anywhere. Stay
Speaker 6: literally right there.
Speaker 5: We are now going to be talking about two offenses
Speaker 5: that they don't need fixing. Joe Burrow justin Herbert Bengals Chargers.
Speaker 5: Let's get into it because this is going to be
Speaker 5: some fireworks this weekend or better because otherwise I'll have
Speaker 5: lie to you guys, and I hate that anyway.
Speaker 6: Coming up next on the Insiders, We.
Speaker 1: Got a good one between the Bengals and the Chargers
Speaker 1: on Sunday Night Football. Always love these graphics, though, I
Speaker 1: gotta say Justin Herbert maybe maybe, given like you know,
Speaker 1: the upgrade of the facial hair by about twenty percent,
Speaker 1: there just a thought I like it though.
Speaker 2: It's good.
Speaker 1: Look the hair looks fantastic. Welcome back to the Insiders,
Speaker 1: Tom Pelaicero, joined by Brian Baldinger and Our Bridge of
Speaker 1: Condon Bridget. Not gonna ask you for a facial hair
Speaker 1: breakdown on Justin Herbert. I am gonna ask you about
Speaker 1: a guy who was dealing with a really significant ankle injury,
Speaker 1: obviously early on in the season. He's finally off the
Speaker 1: report and Jim Harbaugh seems like he can't stop talking
Speaker 1: about the guy as a superhero.
Speaker 18: This week and he was still talking about Justin Herbert
Speaker 18: being able to play tight end or pass rusher week eleven.
Speaker 18: I was like, Okay, this guy really loves his quarterback.
Speaker 18: But look, it's because he's excelled so far this season.
Speaker 18: He hasn't thrown an interception in seven straight games. That's
Speaker 18: the longest active streak in the NFL, and he's really
Speaker 18: doing well since.
Speaker 9: That bye week.
Speaker 18: You talk about that ankle, he's averaging nearly twice as
Speaker 18: many passing yards per game since the bye then he
Speaker 18: did in weeks one through four. I asked him about that.
Speaker 18: He said, is it just because of the ankle, and
Speaker 18: he said, well, yes, of course. The ankle's much better
Speaker 18: now and he's not missing practice like he did in
Speaker 18: the beginning of the season because of the injury. But
Speaker 18: he also said, with this new offense, it takes some time.
Speaker 18: Right they're learning from a new offensive coordinator, and it's
Speaker 18: not just about being in OTAs or training camp. He says,
Speaker 18: until you're like in the game, playing live, you can't
Speaker 18: really grasp that offense. And he said you got to
Speaker 18: get comfortable, but real quick, guys. He's also improving in
Speaker 18: another area. You guys saw that postgame interview or postgame
Speaker 18: speech he gave. I don't know if're calling it as
Speaker 18: weary Beach. It was a couple words in the locker
Speaker 18: room after they beat the Titans on Sunday. He was
Speaker 18: asked about that and said, you know, in college or
Speaker 18: high school, I might have been a little awkward in
Speaker 18: those situations, like everyone's looking at me. But he appreciates
Speaker 18: that Jim Harbaugh's calling on him more and he knows
Speaker 18: that he's got to be that person. He said, you know,
Speaker 18: the more I do it, the more I feel normal.
Speaker 18: Maybe just next time, I should probably prepare something so
Speaker 18: I have something ready to say to the guys after
Speaker 18: the win.
Speaker 2: Flip side of this, Baldy.
Speaker 1: The Bengals obviously four and six at this point, but
Speaker 1: Joe Burrow has played at a really high level this season.
Speaker 1: He goes up against that defense coordinated by Jesse Minter
Speaker 1: that not only is the top scoring defense in the league,
Speaker 1: they haven't given up more than twenty points to any
Speaker 1: opponent in a game this season. What are they doing
Speaker 1: so well and what do you make of this matchup?
Speaker 8: Well, it's a great matchup.
Speaker 17: And the first thing you're doing, and this is way
Speaker 17: different than years past, they're tackling.
Speaker 8: They're tackling really well.
Speaker 17: And then their safety play has been excellent because if
Speaker 17: you make mistakes tom at the safety position, you.
Speaker 8: Either give up explosive plays or touchdowns.
Speaker 17: So that's obviously if you're giving up thirteen points a game,
Speaker 17: you know through the season so far you're not doing that.
Speaker 8: And then I think getting.
Speaker 17: Perriman and Dayon Henley and at linebacker, they finally have
Speaker 17: found two linebackers that compliment each other, that play. Henley
Speaker 17: leads in to the attack with by over thirty right now,
Speaker 17: and they're getting good pass rush and they're starting two
Speaker 17: rookie corners the last couple of weeks out there. I
Speaker 17: don't know if they're both going to go this week
Speaker 17: two fifth round picks, and so they played lockdown football,
Speaker 17: but they're going to see Joe Burrow. It just going
Speaker 17: back to talking to Joe a couple of weeks ago,
Speaker 17: and Bridgett myself spent a lot of time with him
Speaker 17: in training camp this year. He's come out and said
Speaker 17: almost every week that he has to be perfect and
Speaker 17: in some ways, when you play a Jim Harball team
Speaker 17: you may only get eight possession, you.
Speaker 8: Have to maximize the possession.
Speaker 17: And so Joe, I mean, obviously you got Jamar, you
Speaker 17: get your receivers back right now. I mean, Joe's got
Speaker 17: to play a nearly perfect game because if he does,
Speaker 17: don't play out of the playoff praise. If he goes
Speaker 17: out and place post the perfect the way he has
Speaker 17: much of the year, and they can win.
Speaker 8: They can get right back in the playoff praise.
Speaker 17: That's what they'll feel like coming back from Los Angeles
Speaker 17: after that game.
Speaker 2: A lot on the line in the AFC Wildcard Chase
Speaker 2: on Sunday night, Bridget, you're gonna be there, give me
Speaker 2: a matchup. You're gonna have your eye on all right.
Speaker 18: This one's for Baldy. This is your Christmas present, early
Speaker 18: Christmas present. How about a little O line D line
Speaker 18: action left tackle over Shawn Slater going up against defensive
Speaker 18: end Trey Hendrickson for the Bengals. Let me put in
Speaker 18: perspective how good these guys are. Rareshawn Slater left tackle.
Speaker 18: He has the third highest grade according to PFF in
Speaker 18: terms of pass blocking, and he's going up against Trey Hendrickson.
Speaker 7: Who leads the league with eleven.
Speaker 18: Sacks so far this season. I asked for Sean, like, Hey,
Speaker 18: when you know you're going up against a guy this good,
Speaker 18: do you get a little more excited for that? He
Speaker 18: said yeah. I mean, of course, he called Hendrickson physically gifted,
Speaker 18: saying he's has a good blend of strength, speed, technique,
Speaker 18: but he also look, I'm more excited for the opportunity
Speaker 18: for the Chargers If they win Sunday Night, that's four
Speaker 18: in a row for this team who expectations were high
Speaker 18: coming into this season, but they haven't really done much
Speaker 18: in the postseason in years past. Yes, they made it
Speaker 18: with the wildcard in twenty twenty two. They're currently sitting
Speaker 18: in a wildcard position. But the reason that they brought
Speaker 18: in Jim Harbaugh in this mindset was to have success,
Speaker 18: especially November, December and January. And it starts Sunday night.
Speaker 18: They have a chance to impress a lot of people
Speaker 18: on a big stage in primetime on Sunday.
Speaker 2: Baldi Bridget, thank you very much. Enjoy your games on Sunday.
Speaker 1: I'm going to be at the Jaguars versus Lions game scene.
Speaker 1: If Jared Goff can throw six interceptions, probably not not
Speaker 1: in this game, but legit question here for everybody who's
Speaker 1: got Jared goffin fantasy. After that, let's call it an
Speaker 1: up and down performance. Should he be in your lineup?
Speaker 1: Can he help you steal a win in fantasy? Our
Speaker 1: guy Adam Rank has the answer.
Speaker 2: And a lot more. Next on The Insiders.
Speaker 1: Time now to go inside with NFL Fantasy Live. On
Speaker 1: The Insiders, Tom Pilisero Ian Rapp or Mike you're a fullo.
Speaker 1: And Adam Rank, who has answered our challenge even as
Speaker 1: we get later in the schedule to somehow match the
Speaker 1: number week of the NFL season to his weekly fantasy
Speaker 1: segment on Fridays.
Speaker 2: So here we are week eleven.
Speaker 9: Rank.
Speaker 2: I'm told you've got an ocean eleven's.
Speaker 1: Style of a way to steal a fantasy win.
Speaker 2: Get give me a quarterback to start off here. Maybe
Speaker 2: you can steal a win.
Speaker 9: With all Right, you want one more, I got one
Speaker 9: more for you. Let's start with Jared Goff, who is
Speaker 9: now and throw for over two thousand yards this season,
Speaker 9: sixteen touchdowns and nine interceptions. All nine came on Sunday night. No,
Speaker 9: I'm kidding, but still I understand the abrasion to trying
Speaker 9: to play him this week after kind of a poor
Speaker 9: performance against the hous At Texans. But listen, he's going
Speaker 9: up against the Jacksonville jack allowed the third most points
Speaker 9: the fantasy quarterbacks this season. To me, I understand the
Speaker 9: people fear a blowout. This might be a big David
Speaker 9: Montgomery game, which I think it will be, But I
Speaker 9: still have enough confidence in Jared Goff to deliver in
Speaker 9: this one.
Speaker 5: All right, So that's the quarterbacks. Let's talk about running backs.
Speaker 5: I'm actually fine. I started Austin Ekler had a really
Speaker 5: nice night on Thursday. But the people who didn't take
Speaker 5: me to the running backs, well.
Speaker 9: There's a couple of guys that I've getten a lot
Speaker 9: of questions about. We'll start with Aaron Jones against the
Speaker 9: Tennessee Titans this week, the top defense in the NFL statistically.
Speaker 9: But here's the thing to know about Aaron Jones. He
Speaker 9: has been eighty percent of the team's goal line rush
Speaker 9: attempts this season. That's six highest total in the NFL.
Speaker 9: He's also valuable in the passing game. He's had the
Speaker 9: second most receptions on the team this season. He's averaging
Speaker 9: close to twenty touches per game. And despite the fact
Speaker 9: that the Titans have been so stout in yards allowed,
Speaker 9: they've allowed the fourth most fantasy points per game to
Speaker 9: running backs this season. And another run back who is
Speaker 9: ready to break out, Nick Chubb, a player that we
Speaker 9: have been waiting for for quite some time, coming back
Speaker 9: from that devastating knee injury. I truly believe that this
Speaker 9: is going to be a monster game for him. The
Speaker 9: Saints have allowed seven top fifteen running backs in the
Speaker 9: last six weeks that they've allowed the most rushing yards
Speaker 9: to running backs this season, they've allowed the most rushing
Speaker 9: yards per game. This is a perfect opportunity in a
Speaker 9: Jamis Winston revenge game. It is going to be Nick
Speaker 9: Chubb who ends up stealing today for the Cleveland Browns.
Speaker 4: Love it all, right, Let's go to the wide receiver position.
Speaker 4: Tell me some guys who can you know? Wide receivers
Speaker 4: grab you, you steal stuff, You grab.
Speaker 3: Them going for it.
Speaker 9: No, and sometimes they work in tandem. They like the
Speaker 9: Mormon Twins promotions eleven.
Speaker 7: But here's the thing.
Speaker 9: The Steelers have a couple of great wide receivers with
Speaker 9: Mike Williams and George Pickens. I like both of them
Speaker 9: this week. But I really like George Pickens. I think
Speaker 9: that he's really starting to come into his own, really
Speaker 9: developing that kemtree with Russell Wilson. And traditionally you would
Speaker 9: look at the Ravens defense like he looked at Terry
Speaker 9: bennettick'svaults and say, there's no way we can steal this.
Speaker 9: But the Ravens have allowed the most fantasy points per
Speaker 9: game to wide receivers this season. They've allowed the most
Speaker 9: receiving yards and receiving touchdowns. And I sit there and
Speaker 9: I ask, does it say plagio in the end zone?
Speaker 9: It does not. It's a fake. So you can start
Speaker 9: George Pickens. And then I love Calvin Ridley going up
Speaker 9: against the Minnesota Vikings defense this season. Twelve plus fantasy
Speaker 9: points in three consecutive games, eight plus targets in five games.
Speaker 9: He goes out there, he goes on a little profanity
Speaker 9: lace tirade in the locker room, and good things happen.
Speaker 9: And now this Vikings defense, which is pretty good, it's
Speaker 9: a good Vikings defense. They've still allowed the third most
Speaker 9: fantasy points per game to wide receivers this season. So
Speaker 9: I think Calvin Ridley is an absolute must start this
Speaker 9: week against the Vikings.
Speaker 1: Watching those George Pickens highlights, I mainly won to steal
Speaker 1: that roll at toilet paper that he's got dangling eight
Speaker 1: feet off his pants on every single snap that we
Speaker 1: just watched. There, Okay, one more break tight ends. Give
Speaker 1: me somebody there who can steal you one in Week eleven.
Speaker 9: Well, you know what, I know, people have kind of
Speaker 9: a volatile relationship with Kyle Pitts.
Speaker 7: Excuse me.
Speaker 9: Sometimes he's great, sometimes not so much. What do we
Speaker 9: do with them? This is a great start against the
Speaker 9: Denver Broncos. I understand the Broncos are one of the
Speaker 9: best defenses in the NFL. They're a tough matchup for everybody. However,
Speaker 9: this is where the matchup gets pretty good. When you
Speaker 9: think about the top corners for the Denver Broncos. I
Speaker 9: really fear about starting Drake London this week. Darnell Mooney,
Speaker 9: who's had fourteen points in three consecutive games. He's gonna
Speaker 9: have a tough matchup as well. But the Broncos love
Speaker 9: to run a lot of single high safety, which is
Speaker 9: where Kyle Pitts feast. I think this is the Kyle
Speaker 9: Pitts game. I know it's tough to decipher, but I
Speaker 9: truly believe that against this Broncos defense, the way to
Speaker 9: attack him is with Kyle Pitts.
Speaker 1: Ocean's Twelve was not a good movie, but I feel
Speaker 1: like we could go for that that music and that
Speaker 1: that bit.
Speaker 2: I think over and over, you disagree. We don't have time.
Speaker 2: We don't know if text me, text me, text me
Speaker 2: your your input on that, right now you talk to
Speaker 2: you again.
Speaker 1: Next Friday, T Higgins is back, officially off the injury report,
Speaker 1: will play Sunday night for the Bengals against the Chargers,
Speaker 1: a few weeks after suffering that quad strain. A clue
Speaker 1: to his availability was provided by Andrew Cooper a ka
Speaker 1: coupe a fiasco. Great name there on social media by
Speaker 1: Virtue Ian of something you point out earlier today, a
Speaker 1: series of videos in which that hill the jug up
Speaker 1: that hill seems to give us some clues about T Higgins.
Speaker 5: This is amazing, and I would say every once in
Speaker 5: a while, the internet comes at you and really brings it.
Speaker 5: So what we learned is that when T Higgins does
Speaker 5: not conquer the hill, when he sort of either you know,
Speaker 5: maybe walks up slowly or does it really like he's
Speaker 5: probably not gonna play, when he goes after the hell hard,
Speaker 5: you know he's gonna play.
Speaker 6: So he posted this, I retweeted it like a boss.
Speaker 5: And then later we found out that after taking that
Speaker 5: hill like a champion, Te Higgins is off the injured
Speaker 5: report and playing. This is literally genius. I will never
Speaker 5: come up with anything this clever.
Speaker 4: Yeah, well now, but T Higgins a regular viewer of
Speaker 4: the Insider is not gonna probably dog it a couple
Speaker 4: of times to throw you off.
Speaker 1: No, he can't. Bar moves the the weekend. Everybody