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Speaker 1: on a Monday morning. Chargers beat the Steelers on Sunday

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Speaker 1: Night Football forty one thirty seven And Haley, I don't

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Speaker 1: think this is how the Chargers drew it up in

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Speaker 1: the fourth quarter specifically, but a big win against an

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Speaker 1: opponent that you may have to have a typebreaker against

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Speaker 1: when it matters in January. Yeah, we talked about it

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Speaker 1: last week. This was a critical, critical stretch for this

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Speaker 1: Chargers team. One of these win, one of these games

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Speaker 1: is now in the win column for them. And Derwin

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Speaker 1: James said it last night. He was not afraid to

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Speaker 1: call it a must win game, which I thought was

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Speaker 1: actually kind of cool and refreshing to hear him say

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Speaker 1: that it was a big one. It was a big

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Speaker 1: one and a big win. For them, for sure. It

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Speaker 1: was a crazy game and I know we'll get into it,

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Speaker 1: but to be in control for so much of it,

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Speaker 1: and then to have the fourth quarter that they had

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Speaker 1: they had. But then you go back to, and I

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Speaker 1: will reference to Derwin James once again what he said

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Speaker 1: a couple of weeks ago, and that's that this team

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Speaker 1: really needs to play complimentary football. And he talked about

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Speaker 1: it after the Eagles game, and he felt like they

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Speaker 1: really did that in that game. And but what he

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Speaker 1: meant was obviously the defense and the offense just complimenting

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Speaker 1: each other throughout. And that's what happened at the end

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Speaker 1: of this game. The offense got the touchdown and then

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Speaker 1: the defense got the stops that they needed to just

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Speaker 1: put it away at the very end. So a huge win.

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Speaker 1: What did Brandon Staley called it? A wild ride? He

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Speaker 1: said that they he felt like they played with a

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Speaker 1: unpack in this one, which was just easy, just absolutely insane.

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Speaker 1: And for all the questions that were maybe going into

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Speaker 1: this game that maybe a network like NBC had of

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Speaker 1: who was going to play and who wasn't. I think

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Speaker 1: they were really happy with how the game panned out

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Speaker 1: at the end. I'd say so, And you said, there's

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Speaker 1: so much some impact, I mean, the gutty performance of

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Speaker 1: Let's kind of work backwards though, because I don't think

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Speaker 1: this is an exaggeration. If the Chargers find themselves in

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Speaker 1: the playoffs, that Mike Williams game winning touchdown may have

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Speaker 1: been a season saving score there. I mean, yeah, Mike

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Speaker 1: was involved early. You know that first drive. They made

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Speaker 1: a concerted effort to get him the football. But Haley,

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Speaker 1: that touchdown, I mean, you know, have you lose that game.

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Speaker 1: You're five and five, but it's not trending the right way,

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Speaker 1: and there are so many teams with five, six and

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Speaker 1: seven wins in the AFC. I think I think there's

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Speaker 1: a game difference between that last playoff spot in the

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Speaker 1: twelfth place team in the AFC. So that touchdown, we

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Speaker 1: may be looking at that in January and saying that

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Speaker 1: was the moment that this Chargers team got on a run. Yeah.

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Speaker 1: I love too that Herbert had said that in the

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Speaker 1: told him be ready, Yeah, like be ready, that this

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Speaker 1: and that fifty three yards score, catch and run happened.

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Speaker 1: But I think you're right. I think when you look

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Speaker 1: at the AFC and you look at how much parody

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Speaker 1: is there within the AFC, no team well, I'll say this,

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Speaker 1: and then everyone else kind of hanging around. I mean,

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Speaker 1: you look right now at obviously the AFC West, the

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Speaker 1: Chiefs one yesterday, the Chargers have to now keep pace

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Speaker 1: with them. That Thursday night football game definitely looms large.

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Speaker 1: But then when you look at a division like the

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Speaker 1: just so absolutely wild and insane, right, now, so that

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Speaker 1: got crazy. But to have for Mike Williams to have

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Speaker 1: get him more involved from the jump, and Joe Lombardi said,

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Speaker 1: off for them. Normally, when when a guy has four

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Speaker 1: before we get to Austin, we've talked to you and

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Speaker 1: I have talked about the running and getting the running

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Speaker 1: had no idea it was gonna be Justin Herbert ninety

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Speaker 1: It changed the offense. And you know, Justin, he's very instinctive,

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Speaker 1: I think is Brandon Staley said last night. But when

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Speaker 1: Justin who's such a big, strong guy. If he can

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Speaker 1: some just basically what he did yesterday. Slide when you

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Speaker 1: unlocked so many possibilities for this offense and I really

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Speaker 1: it'll probably be a week toweek thing based on how

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Speaker 1: On Sunday, Yeah, I mean what a Brandon Stanley staid.

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Speaker 1: He said, he basically what his legs wont us the game? Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I'm pretty sure. Yeah. Yeah, his legs today really helped

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Speaker 1: us win that football game and you're right. I mean,

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Speaker 1: it was like the Justin Herbert stat that you can

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Speaker 1: but guess who did it? Justin Herbert. It was something

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Speaker 1: he did great in college, right, and something that we

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Speaker 1: haven't really seen him do a ton in these Chargers

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Speaker 1: unique element that added to the game last night, as

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Speaker 1: Staley again said, helped them win the game, and something

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Speaker 1: that to your point, really kind of just shows you

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Speaker 1: how instinctive of a quarterback that he is and and

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Speaker 1: something I think, you know, we've talked, especially in some

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Speaker 1: he is still young. He is still sometimes you forget

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Speaker 1: because he'll have nights like he had last night, which

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Speaker 1: that he is still young and hasn't seen a whole lot,

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Speaker 1: a really, really huge component. Is it sustainable. I'm not

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Speaker 1: sure every week if that's ultimately your game plan, but

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Speaker 1: been crazy to see. I think that's his fourth night game,

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Speaker 1: Um so it and that's a it's a good thing.

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Speaker 1: But you know, I think that complimentary football you're talking

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Speaker 1: Defense played pretty good. The Steelers had some short fields

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Speaker 1: But fifty five total rushing yards in an offense that

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Speaker 1: and Austin I apologize for forgetting this gay because I

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Speaker 1: mean it's it's phenomenal. Four touchdowns, he's already set a

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Speaker 1: just another another career a Chargers primetime primetime game, primetime win.

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Speaker 1: know us of the Anna Lindsley. This yes that I

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Speaker 1: that conversation with Anna is about that. If Chargers fans

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Speaker 1: how to be part of that. It's just really you know,

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Speaker 1: Like I said, they actually went through the training to

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Speaker 1: to know the Lindsley's a little bit more as well. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I think can go to the YouTube page out that feature,

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Speaker 1: donating is obviously an awesome thing, and you could join

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Speaker 1: that episode of Playmakers. On Wednesday, we got Running for History.

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Speaker 1: Hailey spearheaded this awesome offensive line episode. If you haven't

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Speaker 1: the guys we talked about unsung heroes from this Chargers

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Speaker 1: hear an offensive lineman's number called during a game, it's

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Speaker 1: I can't wait to listen and watch that episode. You

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Speaker 1: you listen to podcasts, check out Running for History and

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Speaker 1: it finally charges weekly. We'll preview this game this week

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Speaker 1: with Matt money Smith and a writer from Denver and

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Speaker 1: another analyst or broadcaster to break this one down. A

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Speaker 1: to three and oh in Denver in the division. That's

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Speaker 1: gonna do it for us on the I'll drive for Haleyo,

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Speaker 1: what I'm Chris Harry. We'll see you guys next Monday morning,

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