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Speaker 1: warm on this Christmas Eve Eve. I'm Matt Taylor. Welcome

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Speaker 1: the red zone and occasionally, and I think because he's

429
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Speaker 1: a great athlete and he always wants to make a play,

430
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Speaker 1: he will throw it to you at times. But we

431
00:21:41,720 --> 00:21:43,960
Speaker 1: have got to stop Herbert. I mean, he has a

432
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Speaker 1: terrific skill set. And then number four and this kind

433
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Speaker 1: of goes with that. We've got to attack. We got

434
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Speaker 1: to get ahead in account and we got to kill

435
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Speaker 1: this offensive line. Destroy their left tackle. He's really struggling

436
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Speaker 1: Sawyer and then their right guard Johnson. I think you

437
00:22:00,840 --> 00:22:04,040
Speaker 1: can really blitz him because they don't have receiver speed.

438
00:22:04,400 --> 00:22:06,719
Speaker 1: I think you can get up and jam those guys

439
00:22:06,800 --> 00:22:09,840
Speaker 1: and really blitz his team. We don't do it, and

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Speaker 1: I think it's a big mistake. This offensive line is

441
00:22:13,600 --> 00:22:16,680
Speaker 1: a turnstyle. If you get him one dimensional. That's why

442
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Speaker 1: stopping the run and keeping Herbert off the edge on

443
00:22:20,480 --> 00:22:23,120
Speaker 1: those bootlegs is so important because if we can get

444
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Speaker 1: him in a one dimensional passing game, even though Herbert's

445
00:22:26,080 --> 00:22:29,440
Speaker 1: good enough, but their offensive line is not good enough,

446
00:22:29,480 --> 00:22:32,919
Speaker 1: and that's what's really important. And just remember lating it

447
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Speaker 1: down no matter how late it is, plaster onto those

448
00:22:35,840 --> 00:22:39,320
Speaker 1: receivers because he is going to move around and he

449
00:22:39,520 --> 00:22:41,800
Speaker 1: liked the great ones in this league can make that

450
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Speaker 1: throw on the run after he scrambles. That's Rick Finzerry.

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Speaker 1: This is inside Football breaking down Colts and Chargers. I'm

452
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Speaker 1: Matt Taylor. Let's talk about the Chargers on defense. They

453
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Speaker 1: don't have great numbers, but it's all about for me,

454
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Speaker 1: what have you done lately? And the li defense has

455
00:22:57,880 --> 00:23:00,760
Speaker 1: done a great job holding down the Dolphins and the

456
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Speaker 1: Titans in their last two wins. In the last two games.

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Speaker 1: Last Sunday, the Titans only had two hundred and eighty

458
00:23:06,800 --> 00:23:09,240
Speaker 1: four yards for the game. They were just three for

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00:23:09,320 --> 00:23:12,520
Speaker 1: eleven on third down, and Derrick Henry finished with one

460
00:23:12,600 --> 00:23:14,879
Speaker 1: hundred and four rushing yards and a touchdown, but the

461
00:23:14,960 --> 00:23:17,960
Speaker 1: Chargers did a good job of preventing the big play.

462
00:23:18,040 --> 00:23:21,479
Speaker 1: Henry's longest gain in that game was only thirteen yards.

463
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Speaker 1: Chargers in their pass rush, it's come alive here lately.

464
00:23:24,800 --> 00:23:27,080
Speaker 1: Last week, they notched their first sack from an edge

465
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Speaker 1: rusher outside of Khalil Mack since Joey Bosa went down

466
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Speaker 1: with an injury in the first month of the season,

467
00:23:33,000 --> 00:23:36,199
Speaker 1: and totality, they logged four sacks against the Titans, the

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Speaker 1: most they've had in a game since Week six, and

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00:23:38,720 --> 00:23:41,160
Speaker 1: they've only given up thirty one points in the last

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00:23:41,160 --> 00:23:44,040
Speaker 1: two games combined, and they've held three of their last

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00:23:44,080 --> 00:23:47,880
Speaker 1: four opponents to under two hundred yards passing on the season.

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Speaker 1: As I said, they don't stop the run well. They

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Speaker 1: give up one hundred and forty five yards per game

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Speaker 1: on the ground. Kyle van Noy, the former Patriot, he

475
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Speaker 1: has shifted primarily to an edge player along with Khalil

476
00:24:00,480 --> 00:24:03,119
Speaker 1: and then in the back end. Derwin James could be

477
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Speaker 1: back this week after missing the last couple of games

478
00:24:05,440 --> 00:24:08,639
Speaker 1: with a quad but Ricky's a tackling machine at safety.

479
00:24:08,840 --> 00:24:12,000
Speaker 1: So what else do you like about the Chargers on defense?

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Speaker 1: They're kind of an enigma on that side of the

481
00:24:14,640 --> 00:24:16,639
Speaker 1: ball where they play good at times, but if you

482
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Speaker 1: look at them on the whole, they're not going to

483
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Speaker 1: blow you away. Yeah, you're right, there's an inconsistency there,

484
00:24:22,760 --> 00:24:24,720
Speaker 1: There's no question about it. But I think you're right,

485
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Speaker 1: and you know you and I talk about this all

486
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Speaker 1: the time. A lot of times. It's not necessarily who

487
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Speaker 1: you play, it's exactly when you play them right, and

488
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Speaker 1: we are. We are catching them hot and we are

489
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Speaker 1: catching their defense. I think I said this earlier, but

490
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Speaker 1: I define them this way. I think right now their

491
00:24:40,520 --> 00:24:44,240
Speaker 1: whole is playing maybe better than their individual parts. And

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Speaker 1: I think they have helped themselves with a couple things

493
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Speaker 1: on the defense standpoint, And I think that if Derwin

494
00:24:53,000 --> 00:24:55,840
Speaker 1: James is there, if he's ready to go, he makes

495
00:24:55,960 --> 00:24:59,439
Speaker 1: a huge difference. He really makes a huge difference in

496
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Speaker 1: their run defense and in their blitz defense. Okay, those

497
00:25:03,000 --> 00:25:06,160
Speaker 1: two things, you know, and those are critical coming into

498
00:25:06,160 --> 00:25:08,439
Speaker 1: the game. So I don't know where he is. I

499
00:25:08,480 --> 00:25:10,359
Speaker 1: have a feeling he's going to be ready with a

500
00:25:10,440 --> 00:25:13,960
Speaker 1: long week, but they're they're a different team when he plays.

501
00:25:14,000 --> 00:25:17,399
Speaker 1: There isn't any doubt about it now there. You know,

502
00:25:17,480 --> 00:25:20,480
Speaker 1: as I said before, they're kind of a three or

503
00:25:20,520 --> 00:25:26,040
Speaker 1: four team. They'll give you under more than over. And

504
00:25:26,119 --> 00:25:28,840
Speaker 1: they're playing a lot of double sync. You know. Obviously

505
00:25:28,880 --> 00:25:31,680
Speaker 1: I talk about that every week because it's become the

506
00:25:31,840 --> 00:25:36,000
Speaker 1: NFL standard. It's almost the NFL based defense, and we

507
00:25:36,040 --> 00:25:38,439
Speaker 1: know that we've struggled with it, but they're getting better

508
00:25:38,520 --> 00:25:42,840
Speaker 1: with it every week. And I think you hit something.

509
00:25:43,320 --> 00:25:47,160
Speaker 1: You know, you have come. You have Mac on one side, okay,

510
00:25:47,520 --> 00:25:50,920
Speaker 1: who has seven sacks, not necessarily killing it, but when

511
00:25:50,920 --> 00:25:53,760
Speaker 1: they lost Bosa, you know, people were able to direct

512
00:25:53,920 --> 00:25:59,440
Speaker 1: more more protection to Khalil Mack. Now the guy that's

513
00:25:59,440 --> 00:26:02,200
Speaker 1: coming on, you know, the hybrid guy has been around

514
00:26:02,200 --> 00:26:06,560
Speaker 1: a long time. You know, basically has been around there

515
00:26:06,600 --> 00:26:10,639
Speaker 1: a long time. And you know, played with Belichick on

516
00:26:10,680 --> 00:26:13,439
Speaker 1: the other side, you know, and and it's it's he

517
00:26:13,480 --> 00:26:16,439
Speaker 1: has really give them something. And that's van Oy. You know,

518
00:26:16,560 --> 00:26:22,280
Speaker 1: Vanoy is playing kind of a hybrid. He's playing outside linebacker. Um,

519
00:26:22,680 --> 00:26:24,760
Speaker 1: you know, when they get into three two, he'll come

520
00:26:24,760 --> 00:26:28,199
Speaker 1: in and be an inside speed rusher. But when they

521
00:26:28,280 --> 00:26:32,360
Speaker 1: play that under or that double sink. It's Khalil Mack

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00:26:32,480 --> 00:26:35,760
Speaker 1: on one side and it's Vanoy and you're right. Vanoy

523
00:26:35,880 --> 00:26:38,479
Speaker 1: now has gotten to the quarterback a couple of times

524
00:26:38,520 --> 00:26:41,240
Speaker 1: here in the last couple of weeks, and he's asserted

525
00:26:41,320 --> 00:26:44,280
Speaker 1: himself on that other side. And then Fox is not

526
00:26:44,440 --> 00:26:48,159
Speaker 1: bad inside. He's a pretty good inside rusher, so you

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00:26:48,160 --> 00:26:51,680
Speaker 1: know they're presentable there. I really like Tranquil, the Notre

528
00:26:51,760 --> 00:26:53,960
Speaker 1: Dame kid, you know, I mean, he's really active on

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Speaker 1: the run, big time tackler. He's got a million tackles

530
00:26:58,080 --> 00:27:00,640
Speaker 1: and you know he has four sacks, so they're very

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00:27:00,720 --> 00:27:05,920
Speaker 1: capable of blitzing you with Tranquil and James. Those two

532
00:27:05,960 --> 00:27:09,200
Speaker 1: guys are really really good. They got eight sacks between

533
00:27:09,240 --> 00:27:12,320
Speaker 1: the two of them, so they can do that. And again,

534
00:27:12,400 --> 00:27:14,639
Speaker 1: so you know they like that as I said that

535
00:27:14,840 --> 00:27:18,840
Speaker 1: under and then they run that double sink. They like

536
00:27:19,000 --> 00:27:22,439
Speaker 1: to bring cats off the edge, either the nickel or

537
00:27:22,480 --> 00:27:25,560
Speaker 1: the free safety, you know, in play three deep with that.

538
00:27:26,080 --> 00:27:29,199
Speaker 1: If they get longer yardage then they're then they'll go

539
00:27:29,240 --> 00:27:31,960
Speaker 1: to a little bit more coverage, you know, the quarters

540
00:27:32,000 --> 00:27:35,320
Speaker 1: to cover four and then what I call a reverse

541
00:27:35,359 --> 00:27:39,720
Speaker 1: eight where they roll strong and play quarters week and

542
00:27:39,720 --> 00:27:42,320
Speaker 1: on third down, and this is where we really have

543
00:27:42,400 --> 00:27:44,320
Speaker 1: to be sharp and if we can stay ahead and account,

544
00:27:44,400 --> 00:27:47,920
Speaker 1: it's gonna matter. Because we have had just a terrible

545
00:27:48,000 --> 00:27:51,040
Speaker 1: time from the beginning of the season to now and

546
00:27:51,119 --> 00:27:54,560
Speaker 1: I don't know what's happened. It's it's a combination of everybody,

547
00:27:54,960 --> 00:27:57,560
Speaker 1: but we've just been so bad. And Blitz pick up

548
00:27:57,600 --> 00:28:01,040
Speaker 1: and what they do is they get to that three

549
00:28:01,119 --> 00:28:05,359
Speaker 1: man look and then Vanoy walks inside, so it's a

550
00:28:05,680 --> 00:28:09,359
Speaker 1: I call that delta and he's standing up inside and

551
00:28:09,520 --> 00:28:12,080
Speaker 1: you know, sometimes they'll walk the mic up with them

552
00:28:12,520 --> 00:28:15,040
Speaker 1: and they'll get in there and they'll run three man rushes,

553
00:28:15,119 --> 00:28:17,639
Speaker 1: four man rushes, and then all of a sudden, you know,

554
00:28:17,680 --> 00:28:19,760
Speaker 1: they'll bring the mic and the dime and then they'll

555
00:28:19,760 --> 00:28:22,240
Speaker 1: walk those guys up and bring guys from the edge.

556
00:28:22,320 --> 00:28:25,240
Speaker 1: That's where James is so dangerous because he plays the

557
00:28:25,320 --> 00:28:28,800
Speaker 1: dime on third down. And so I think what's so

558
00:28:28,920 --> 00:28:33,120
Speaker 1: critical there, you know, is obviously that protection right there.

559
00:28:33,160 --> 00:28:37,840
Speaker 1: You just gotta do a good job on that. And

560
00:28:37,920 --> 00:28:40,280
Speaker 1: so I think when you look at them, the must

561
00:28:40,360 --> 00:28:43,760
Speaker 1: for our offense, I think I do think you have

562
00:28:43,800 --> 00:28:46,920
Speaker 1: to believe their thirty first against the rush this is

563
00:28:47,120 --> 00:28:49,920
Speaker 1: you know, it's five five three per rush. I mean

564
00:28:49,960 --> 00:28:52,400
Speaker 1: they have struggled and even though they've been a little

565
00:28:52,400 --> 00:28:54,680
Speaker 1: bit better, I think we have to make them prove it.

566
00:28:55,080 --> 00:28:57,640
Speaker 1: And basically what I say is that, you know, you

567
00:28:57,760 --> 00:29:00,160
Speaker 1: have to have check with me runs. If if they

568
00:29:00,200 --> 00:29:02,479
Speaker 1: give you up bubbles, you want to attack the bubble.

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00:29:02,760 --> 00:29:05,400
Speaker 1: If they give you that double sink, then you got

570
00:29:05,440 --> 00:29:09,640
Speaker 1: to be able to attack them off tackle. You know, powers,

571
00:29:09,760 --> 00:29:12,920
Speaker 1: counter trays, and I think you can bounce the edge some.

572
00:29:13,080 --> 00:29:14,840
Speaker 1: And the reason I say bounce the edge, you want

573
00:29:14,880 --> 00:29:18,960
Speaker 1: to start it in and freeze that inside five and

574
00:29:19,000 --> 00:29:21,040
Speaker 1: then get on the edge on those edge guys in

575
00:29:21,080 --> 00:29:23,720
Speaker 1: those corners. And I think that and then you know,

576
00:29:23,800 --> 00:29:26,680
Speaker 1: sometimes you just toss it and then as hard as

577
00:29:26,720 --> 00:29:29,160
Speaker 1: their play, and we did a pretty good job with this.

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00:29:29,280 --> 00:29:31,160
Speaker 1: We we only ran two of them, but they were

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00:29:31,200 --> 00:29:34,720
Speaker 1: both pretty successful. And you know, that's just a reverse game.

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00:29:34,840 --> 00:29:36,719
Speaker 1: I think the reverse game is there because they go

581
00:29:36,800 --> 00:29:39,959
Speaker 1: so hard. And then number two, we just we just

582
00:29:40,000 --> 00:29:42,560
Speaker 1: have to have protection. And we've got to have both

583
00:29:42,800 --> 00:29:46,000
Speaker 1: edge protection on Mac and Benoy, but we have to

584
00:29:46,080 --> 00:29:50,640
Speaker 1: have blitz protection because again you've got you know, you've

585
00:29:50,680 --> 00:29:53,760
Speaker 1: got one one linebacker and Tranquil with four sacks. You've

586
00:29:53,760 --> 00:29:57,400
Speaker 1: got James with four sacks. So they are a very

587
00:29:57,520 --> 00:30:01,400
Speaker 1: very good blitzing team. And even though they're stacks, statistic

588
00:30:01,520 --> 00:30:04,680
Speaker 1: doesn't look very good. As much trouble as we have,

589
00:30:05,000 --> 00:30:07,880
Speaker 1: we have to do our very very best from that situation.

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00:30:08,480 --> 00:30:13,000
Speaker 1: I think we really have to attack their corners. Davis

591
00:30:13,040 --> 00:30:16,440
Speaker 1: and Samuel are okay, and I think they're pretty good

592
00:30:16,440 --> 00:30:19,280
Speaker 1: in the press, but I think they're going to leave

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00:30:19,360 --> 00:30:22,400
Speaker 1: them out there naked quite a bit a lot of

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Speaker 1: particularly on first down. Almost always in order to play

595
00:30:25,760 --> 00:30:28,320
Speaker 1: that double sync. They end up being man to man

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00:30:28,400 --> 00:30:31,520
Speaker 1: on the outside. And if you let them press, they're

597
00:30:31,560 --> 00:30:34,840
Speaker 1: pretty good. So what I think is really important is

598
00:30:34,880 --> 00:30:37,320
Speaker 1: you have to attack them, but you want to be

599
00:30:37,440 --> 00:30:42,840
Speaker 1: able to get information stacks, movement, motion and that. What

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00:30:42,960 --> 00:30:45,240
Speaker 1: that does is that takes the press off. No matter

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00:30:45,400 --> 00:30:48,200
Speaker 1: what you say, you can't press a moving target. You're

602
00:30:48,240 --> 00:30:50,520
Speaker 1: not going to press a guy in a stack. And

603
00:30:50,600 --> 00:30:53,840
Speaker 1: so if you can get free access on those guys,

604
00:30:54,160 --> 00:30:56,640
Speaker 1: I think they get very average and then they know

605
00:30:56,680 --> 00:30:59,360
Speaker 1: the double moves. And again I'm gonna say this, I'm

606
00:30:59,360 --> 00:31:03,600
Speaker 1: gonna beg that we get Tierce and Gilanni Woods going

607
00:31:03,680 --> 00:31:06,000
Speaker 1: those are two game breakers. I mean, you can't take

608
00:31:06,040 --> 00:31:09,080
Speaker 1: Pittman in running on Peterson and think you're gonna win that.

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00:31:09,080 --> 00:31:12,200
Speaker 1: That's not a winning equation. You've got to get Pierce

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00:31:12,360 --> 00:31:15,959
Speaker 1: in Gilani Woods on their weakest links and push that

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00:31:16,040 --> 00:31:18,719
Speaker 1: ball down field and be able to get something. And

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00:31:18,760 --> 00:31:21,160
Speaker 1: then in the end, there's two things we gotta go do.

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00:31:21,320 --> 00:31:23,120
Speaker 1: And this is really kind of the whole team. It's

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00:31:23,120 --> 00:31:25,440
Speaker 1: not just offense, you know, but we got to take

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Speaker 1: care of the ball, and we got to play great

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00:31:27,720 --> 00:31:29,800
Speaker 1: in the red zone both ways. Take care of the

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Speaker 1: ball and play great in the red zone. And as

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Speaker 1: a team, we just gotta finish a fourth quarter and

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Speaker 1: to hear from Colt safety Julian Blackman, who returned a

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Speaker 1: touchdown against the Vikings last week. Now he's playing more

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Speaker 1: as a cornerback and the nickel package for the time being.

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Speaker 1: With the injury to Kenny Moore, I'm not sure if

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Speaker 1: continue to watch that. Blackman was a corner for three

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Speaker 1: And here's my conversation with Julian Blackman earlier this week,

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Speaker 1: We're joined today by special guest safety Julian Blackman, fresh

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Speaker 1: here in just a second, Julian, but really appreciate the time. Man.

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Speaker 1: How are you heading into the holidays here? Doing well?

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Speaker 1: I'm doing really well. You know, especially there in the

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Speaker 1: excited about, no question about it. And it is a

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Speaker 1: then the day before the game, you've got Christmas where

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Speaker 1: you're kind of winding down, You're supposed to be relaxed,

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Speaker 1: but then you play on primetime on Monday Night football

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Speaker 1: the next day, which is a completely different mindset, and

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Speaker 1: you know, your your body's all ramped up. Then at

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Speaker 1: that point, how hard is it to go from zero

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Speaker 1: in terms of energy on Christmas too? You know, all

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Speaker 1: out on primetime the next day. You know, speaking for myself.

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Speaker 1: I don't I don't find it too difficult, just because

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Speaker 1: you know, it's a part of our job and we

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Speaker 1: realized that. But at the same time, our coaches are

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Speaker 1: doing a great job, you know, at giving us time.

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Speaker 1: So we'll have time with our families in the morning.

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Speaker 1: So you know, you'll take advantage of that and be

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Speaker 1: there and be president in that moment. But you know

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Speaker 1: when when we got to the hotel on Saturday or

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Speaker 1: Sunday night, and you gotta be ready, and so I

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Speaker 1: think that you just gotta prepare in that way, knowing

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Speaker 1: that you know, although this is a good time forgiving,

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Speaker 1: we also have to be professionals and play the game,

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Speaker 1: no question about it. That's Julian Blackman right there, all right,

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Speaker 1: your first career pick six the other day against the

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Speaker 1: Minnesota Vikings. Take me through the play. How did you

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Speaker 1: come away with a football in that instance? Oh Man? Yeah,

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Speaker 1: it was two by two. I'm pretty sure Riggor was

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Speaker 1: in the slot and it was third and four, and

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Speaker 1: you know, he ran a just kind of a spot, right,

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Speaker 1: was just trying to open up or sitting his zone basically,

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Speaker 1: and you know, I knew I had inside help with

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Speaker 1: the mic, so I was playing outside leverage and um,

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Speaker 1: you know, I think he just got off his spot.

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Speaker 1: Kirk Cousins throw it where he thought he was gonna be,

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Speaker 1: but it was to me, so I was just kind

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Speaker 1: of like y man, like, uh, you know, I didn't

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Speaker 1: really know what to do when I got to the

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Speaker 1: ends and I'm like, oh, come up. I told my

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Speaker 1: kid that I was gonna hit the Michael Jackson's I

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Speaker 1: have to have to do the kid real quick. But

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Speaker 1: I was like, yeah, it was. It was really cool

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Speaker 1: room moment. So you didn't have a plan in place.

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Speaker 1: I mean, every player has there in case I score,

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Speaker 1: even though like a defensive tack on case I was

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Speaker 1: ever get in the end zone. I'm gonna do this rightly.

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Speaker 1: And you know, now that I'm playing Nickel, I wanted to,

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Speaker 1: you know, kind of contribute to Kenny Moore when I

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Speaker 1: made plays and ye show like how he does the

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Speaker 1: suit and tie. That's one of my favorite This is

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Speaker 1: a clean celebration. So I wanted to do that because

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Speaker 1: I thought him I was gonna do that. But yeah,

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Speaker 1: I didn't expect to score. So when I when I scored,

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Speaker 1: I was like, okay, here we go, Like I gotta

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Speaker 1: bring back because I mean, this is the things you

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Speaker 1: practice in the mirror, like, all right, what am I

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Speaker 1: gonna do? I gotta make sure it looks good. But

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Speaker 1: uh yeah, I just hadn't practice did in a while,

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Speaker 1: but I did it anyway. So, how many defensive touchdowns

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Speaker 1: did you have in college? In college? I had two. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I mean, ninety nine point nine percent of our audience

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Speaker 1: will never know what it's like to score a touchdown

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Speaker 1: in the NFL. What What is the feeling, especially the

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Speaker 1: adrenaline rush that you get as a defender that that

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Speaker 1: finds the end zone. It's the best feeling in football, honestly,

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Speaker 1: not not only to pick it, but to score with it.

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Speaker 1: And you know, it's just it's a humbling thing. You know,

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Speaker 1: it just makes you grateful for all the hard work

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Speaker 1: that you've been putting in. Yeah, all right, Julian Blackman

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Speaker 1: is with us. Unfortunately, going back to that Minnesota game,

785
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Speaker 1: a little bit of a two part question. Defensively, it

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Speaker 1: was a tale of two halves. So in the first half,

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Speaker 1: what allowed you to stifle the Vikings to to get

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Speaker 1: up thirty three to nothing, And then in the second half,

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Speaker 1: how did things unravel there? Man, I think in the

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00:39:49,280 --> 00:39:52,319
Speaker 1: first half we were playing discipline ball. We were doing

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Speaker 1: everything that we needed to do, you know, creating turnovers,

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Speaker 1: and we had momentum, and momentum is a real thing

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Speaker 1: in any sport, you know. Second half came around and

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Speaker 1: we told each other, hey, like all guys, no breaks.

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Speaker 1: We gotta keep going. But um, you know, little mistakes,

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Speaker 1: especially like myself, there was just little things that the

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Speaker 1: nickel spot that you know, I wasn't used to fitting

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Speaker 1: and so you know, those are things that I hold

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Speaker 1: myself accountable for. Um. And so you know, there was

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Speaker 1: just plays where we usually make that we weren't making

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Speaker 1: and you just kind of have to take that and um,

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Speaker 1: you know, learn from it as best as you can

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Speaker 1: and apply what you learn from last week to this

804
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Speaker 1: week as best as you can, because I mean it's

805
00:40:30,360 --> 00:40:32,680
Speaker 1: been a rough season when we all know that. But um,

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Speaker 1: either way, I mean I love balls, So it's it's

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Speaker 1: kind of like, you know, whether we're winning or losing,

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Speaker 1: I just want to try to be the best I

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Speaker 1: can be. And you know, the nice thing about it is,

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Speaker 1: like I said, I'm learning a new position, so I

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Speaker 1: have more to improve on. There's there's always something that

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00:40:46,400 --> 00:40:48,480
Speaker 1: you can improve on less that's at any position, And

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Speaker 1: so I think that we just have to learn from

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Speaker 1: this as best as we can and realize, like when

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Speaker 1: we have momentum, we gotta we gotta choke people out.

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Speaker 1: We can't, we can't let them feel like they can

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Speaker 1: still come back and have a chance. So, um, that's

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Speaker 1: that's something that you know, we're trying to learn and

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Speaker 1: and hopefully we can, um, you know apply that this week.

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Speaker 1: As you said, going back to something that you brought up,

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Speaker 1: You're you're playing more in the nickel now due to

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Speaker 1: the injury to Kenny Moore, and you were a corner

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Speaker 1: for the first couple of years of your college career

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Speaker 1: at Utah before you transition to safety. Now, going back

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Speaker 1: to corner, do you feel like it's it's home, so

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Speaker 1: to speak, like riding a bike. I definitely felt natural

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Speaker 1: at it. And um, you know, luckily I had Kenny.

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Speaker 1: I have Kenny, and he teaches me so much about it,

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Speaker 1: you know, I mean, best nickel in the in the

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Speaker 1: in the NFL um and and his job is hard,

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Speaker 1: and that's one thing that I just respect him for

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Speaker 1: because the more I'm learning it, the more I'm like, wow,

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Speaker 1: this is like I mean, you got to be a

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Speaker 1: backer or a corner and safety all at once, and

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Speaker 1: you got to communicate. You gotta you just understand you know,

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Speaker 1: passion strengths where you can get hurt. So Um, for me,

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Speaker 1: it was just it's it's nice to have good a

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Speaker 1: good leader in him, a good mentor and Kenny and

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Speaker 1: and you know, he's been really good about it. Although

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Speaker 1: he's sidelined because I mean I had the high ankle too,

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Speaker 1: and I get how that goes. But he's been he's

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Speaker 1: been really great for me. Yeah, that's Julian Blackman with

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Speaker 1: US cult safety now playing cornerback as well. Kind of

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Speaker 1: a big picture question for you, Julian, how have you

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Speaker 1: adapted and embraced Jeff Saturday since he took over as

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Speaker 1: interim head coach. I honestly love him. Um. He's he's

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00:42:13,680 --> 00:42:15,360
Speaker 1: a good coach and he's a good motivator. Man. That

848
00:42:15,520 --> 00:42:18,399
Speaker 1: guy will make you want to run through a brick wall. Um. Um.

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Speaker 1: It's it's been nice to have something um fresh and

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00:42:22,760 --> 00:42:26,000
Speaker 1: so you know, like it's just new um. And I

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Speaker 1: feel like, you know, it's easy for you to want

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Speaker 1: to play for a guy like him. So it's been

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Speaker 1: nice and it's been an easy adjustment elsewhere. Another teammate

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Speaker 1: that I want to talk about Rodney Thomas. You know,

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Speaker 1: the rookie out of Yale. Um, you know, you know

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Speaker 1: him very well. He's in the same room as you.

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Speaker 1: Why is the NFL not too big for him? I

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Speaker 1: mean a lot of times people think those those day

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Speaker 1: three draft picks, you know, kind of fifty fifty to

860
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Speaker 1: make the roster, especially where he came from, not a

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Speaker 1: powerhouse school. He's contributing and you know, again he's very

862
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Speaker 1: poised and these moments are not at all too big

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Speaker 1: for him. Um. I can't speak for why the NFL

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Speaker 1: is not too big on him, but I mean our

865
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Speaker 1: team knows the value that he has. Sure, you know,

866
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Speaker 1: us as players know how how how much importance he

867
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Speaker 1: brings to the defense. And I feel like, you know,

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Speaker 1: as a young guy that that's coming into the NFL

869
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Speaker 1: as an as you know, a round three like you're

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Speaker 1: a third day guy. Like you said, I mean, he

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Speaker 1: has a chip on his show there and he wants

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Speaker 1: to show everybody that he can play. And I mean

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Speaker 1: he's proven that so far. M and so you know,

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Speaker 1: he's just got to continue to learn things, Um, you know,

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Speaker 1: little things, and he'll be in a really good spot

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Speaker 1: to right Julian Blackman with us. Last couple of things, Julian,

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Speaker 1: what do you see out of the Chargers in terms

878
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Speaker 1: of offense? Justin Herbert, He's gonna throw it around a lot, right,

879
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Speaker 1: and he's averaging over forty pass attempts per game. They've

880
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Speaker 1: got Eckler who can run it, who can catch it.

881
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Speaker 1: They've got Keenan Allen back, They've got Mike Williams healthy.

882
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Speaker 1: How much of a challenge is this going to be

883
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Speaker 1: for you having to play both safety and nickel corner.

884
00:43:52,200 --> 00:43:54,200
Speaker 1: It's gonna be a big challenge because, like you said,

885
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Speaker 1: this is an all around explosive team that got a

886
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Speaker 1: really good quarterback, they got a really good running back,

887
00:43:58,360 --> 00:44:00,920
Speaker 1: they got really good receivers. As a core unit, I

888
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Speaker 1: think that this is probably one of the best that

889
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Speaker 1: we've played, and so I just think it comes down

890
00:44:05,800 --> 00:44:08,759
Speaker 1: to for us, is just executing because I mean, I

891
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Speaker 1: feel like we're one of the best defenses in this

892
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Speaker 1: in this league. So, um, it just comes down to

893
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Speaker 1: who wants him more and who's who's gonna play more physical,

894
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Speaker 1: who's gonna play the right way and who plays more

895
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Speaker 1: situational ball correctly. Yeah, yeah, Austin Eckler too. I mean,

896
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Speaker 1: how much stress does he put on the defense? Knowing

897
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Speaker 1: he can do so many different things and line up

898
00:44:29,640 --> 00:44:33,920
Speaker 1: so many different places formationally within that offense puts a

899
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Speaker 1: lot of stress on the defense, especially because we know

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Speaker 1: that he's going to get the ball. You know, that's

901
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Speaker 1: like their number one guy that's going to get the ball,

902
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Speaker 1: and so knowing that, you just gotta keep tabs on. Okay,

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Speaker 1: we're thirty yet? Where thirty yet? Because you know, a

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Speaker 1: lot of the times with how much offenses are just

905
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Speaker 1: very like they stick to what they like. You kind

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Speaker 1: of get a beat on. Okay, when he's here, they

907
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Speaker 1: like this, or when he's you know, um, in certain

908
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Speaker 1: areas he might get a different kind of play. So

909
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Speaker 1: you just gotta kind of understand where players are and

910
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Speaker 1: that goes throughout their whole team. You know, you just

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Speaker 1: quarterbacks comfortable throwing and which I mean this quarterback he'll

913
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914
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Speaker 1: just gotta kind of be ready for for everything almost

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Speaker 1: as if Okay, the plays coming to me. Everybody that's

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Speaker 1: Julian Blackman, Cults safety, whether it's Julian, how's a fam

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Speaker 1: Everybody good, Everybody getting ready for Santa's arrival coming up

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Speaker 1: in a couple of days. They're doing awesome. You know,

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Speaker 1: my daughter's now nineteen months, so she's just now understanding pressions,

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Speaker 1: right Christmas and Santa Claus and opening gifts. She loves

921
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Speaker 1: opening gifts. So um, you know this this time, like

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Speaker 1: I said, it's just it's it's a good time to

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Speaker 1: be around family and to remember how how chairs these

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Speaker 1: give back, you know, and remember Christ because I mean

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Speaker 1: the main thing on my mind. So um, it's a

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Speaker 1: um in this time. Yeah, well said right there, Julian Blackman.

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Speaker 1: Nothing better than being a parent at Christmas of a

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Speaker 1: That's good stuff right there. Julian. Really appreciate the time

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Speaker 1: and best of luck on Monday Night football. Thank you,

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Speaker 1: thank you for having me. That's Julian black Men from

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Speaker 1: first home Monday Night football wins since two ten, and

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Speaker 1: if they get it, they're gonna need special teams to

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Speaker 1: also ironically, on Monday Night Football. He leads the NFL

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Speaker 1: The rookie had of Pittsburgh State had to play and

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Speaker 1: the back end and earlier this week, I asked Dallas

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Speaker 1: So on the outside looking in, I was in a

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Speaker 1: use it for my teammates and my brothers. Obviously, that

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Speaker 1: game stings, right, you know that the Vikings coming back

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Speaker 1: You and I talked a couple of weeks ago about

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Speaker 1: Why do you think you're having so much effectiveness returning

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Speaker 1: I said, I've been doing this my whole life. Um,

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Speaker 1: So I mean, this is pretty it's flewing for me.

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Speaker 1: It's just it just it just comes easy and natural

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Speaker 1: just just give me little little tidbits on how to

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