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Speaker 1: that's great. If you can't, he moves on and finds

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Speaker 1: a completion somewhere else. I don't know about you, but

433
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Speaker 1: number four total offense, number seven scoring offense feels like

434
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Speaker 1: operating at a high level, and he did that, as

435
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Speaker 1: did a Mari Cooper. He scored every game at home

436
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Speaker 1: over five yards five touchdowns for the season, one of

437
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Speaker 1: nine players in the league to hit those numbers. As

438
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Speaker 1: a play caller, when you go against team like Cincinnati,

439
00:20:10,200 --> 00:20:12,520
Speaker 1: they had the injuries in the secondary, they lost Eli Apple,

440
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Speaker 1: Lousier goes down, You're sending guys in motion. You're like

441
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Speaker 1: they're playing man again with the guy who was just

442
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Speaker 1: couldn't quite frankly hang with a Mari Cooper. Is it

443
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Speaker 1: hard to try not turn it into mad and be like,

444
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Speaker 1: we're just gonna go to it in ways we did?

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Speaker 1: You know, we threw right at the goal line. We

446
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Speaker 1: had one on one touchdown. Is that is that kind

447
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Speaker 1: of a fun thing for you? And how do you

448
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Speaker 1: kind of balance you know, not the saying every single

449
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Speaker 1: time no, absolutely, I mean you're trying to be efficient

450
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Speaker 1: in everything you do, and then you're trying to make

451
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Speaker 1: sure you call the game that's called four. So in

452
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Speaker 1: that game, you know, I really have to tip our

453
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Speaker 1: cap to our defense. First. I think our defense played

454
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Speaker 1: so well early that that game was zero zero for

455
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Speaker 1: longer than it maybe could have been. Um. So that

456
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Speaker 1: allowed us to go get the lead and then tach

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Speaker 1: the field go on at the end and take a

458
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Speaker 1: lead into halftime. But uh so our defense really did

459
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Speaker 1: a nice job. And then offensively, to your point, I

460
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Speaker 1: think you're able to be efficient. You want to be

461
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Speaker 1: balanced enough in this game where you can go try

462
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Speaker 1: to exploit weaknesses and and sometimes teams have injuries and

463
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Speaker 1: you want to exploit it. Sometimes it's in the run

464
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Speaker 1: game when teams maybe are lighter up front because the

465
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Speaker 1: defensive tackles up is out, or it can be a

466
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Speaker 1: corner is out and you want to attack those guys.

467
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Speaker 1: In that particular game last week, it was well that

468
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Speaker 1: the score was what it was, and it really turned

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Speaker 1: into a game where we were trying to be efficient

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Speaker 1: in what we're doing but not necessarily throw it um

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Speaker 1: you know, every down. And then they had a safety

472
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Speaker 1: who hadn't played much at all covered in one on one. Well,

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Speaker 1: I'll take fifty yards here, no big deal. We enjoyed

474
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Speaker 1: that you mentioned coverage dictates things. Well, this is a

475
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Speaker 1: team in the middle of the field is gonna be

476
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Speaker 1: closed quite a bit in this game. That's why they

477
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Speaker 1: line up one and three or their top two coverages

478
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Speaker 1: that they play not a whole lot of quarters. Last

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Speaker 1: in the league in that, but they are second most

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Speaker 1: in cover zero all out blitzes, and last game against

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Speaker 1: Cincinnati we did have one issue with that. So, yeah,

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Speaker 1: imagine we're going to see that from this Miami football team. One.

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Speaker 1: How do you try to come bat that and what

484
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Speaker 1: are kind of the answers to the test against the

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Speaker 1: team that's going to close the middlefield but also bring

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Speaker 1: a lot of pressure. Se percent blitz passes top five

487
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Speaker 1: in the league. Yeah, it's it's interesting because it week

488
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Speaker 1: to week you're always trying to put game plans together

489
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Speaker 1: to attack defenses, and this one is a unique defense.

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Speaker 1: I think it's really really well coached. Uh, Josh, Border

491
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Speaker 1: is something that have a ton of respect for and

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Speaker 1: what they've been able to do down there, and they

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Speaker 1: do play a unique brand you like you mentioned they've

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Speaker 1: play that middle field close. You're playing a lot of

495
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Speaker 1: one high safety looks on first and second down. They

496
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Speaker 1: do show that one high and then they can get

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Speaker 1: out of it to a Cover two, which presents its

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Speaker 1: own sort of issues, and then you have to be

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Speaker 1: ready for cover zero and it really can come at

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Speaker 1: any point in the game, any part of the field. Uh.

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Speaker 1: That's really been a calling card for what they've done.

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Speaker 1: You've watched them play Baltimore the last couple of years.

503
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Speaker 1: You've seen how they play Buffalo is certainly an aggressive mindset.

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Speaker 1: So when you go into a game like that with us,

505
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Speaker 1: we haven't played this team, so you have to be

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Speaker 1: ready for the unexpected. You really have to be ready

507
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Speaker 1: for it to be a all out game. It could

508
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Speaker 1: be an all coverage game. Really, we got to see

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Speaker 1: what their plan is. And then conversely, you know, we

510
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Speaker 1: have to counter with whatever we decided to do, whether

511
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Speaker 1: it's you know, different personnel groupings, different plate types, you

512
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Speaker 1: name it. Uh. So that's really the chess match of

513
00:23:14,760 --> 00:23:16,960
Speaker 1: these games, is us going down there and making sure

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Speaker 1: that we're us and doing the things that we do well,

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Speaker 1: but ultimately ready to pivot based on what they do.

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Speaker 1: Because when you face the team they haven't faced a while. Uh,

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Speaker 1: you really have to be ready for anything. Why are

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Speaker 1: they in base as much as they are second highest

519
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Speaker 1: in the league, and that obviously changes a lot of

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Speaker 1: things for us, Right, sometimes we match that with our

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Speaker 1: you know, two tight ends, say okay, let's go power

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Speaker 1: on power. But we've done a lot of great running

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Speaker 1: this year out of eleven and so is that one

524
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Speaker 1: where we see, Okay, how they canna respond to our eleven? Yeah?

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Speaker 1: I think, yeah, same idea. We'll get out and find

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Speaker 1: out early in the game. You know what their plan

527
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Speaker 1: is part of it maybe who their players are in

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Speaker 1: base and who their players are in their sub that

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Speaker 1: they may they may be more comfortable plan, you know,

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Speaker 1: a linebacker more on the field. So it really comes

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Speaker 1: down to personnel more than they Let's flip it around,

532
00:24:03,200 --> 00:24:06,760
Speaker 1: because offensively, boy do they have some personnel. Jalen Waddle

533
00:24:06,800 --> 00:24:09,080
Speaker 1: Tyree Hill both top five in the league. Tyree Hill

534
00:24:09,119 --> 00:24:11,960
Speaker 1: on pace to break the receiving record. That are well

535
00:24:12,040 --> 00:24:13,520
Speaker 1: on their way to breaking the record for the most

536
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Speaker 1: receiving yards by a duo. And here's to a leading

537
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Speaker 1: the league in rating, leading the league in touchdown percentage,

538
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Speaker 1: leading the league in yards per tempt, yards per completion,

539
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Speaker 1: air yards per tempt. It's wild when you watch them.

540
00:24:24,760 --> 00:24:26,720
Speaker 1: It almost feels like a video game at times, and

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Speaker 1: they crushed the middle of the field. How are they

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Speaker 1: doing it so effectively? And how do you slow them

543
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Speaker 1: down for a defense that great performances from Greg and

544
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Speaker 1: MJ in that game. Miles has been really good the

545
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Speaker 1: last two games. Yeah, I think you said that they're

546
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Speaker 1: slowing them down. I don't think this offense is is

547
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Speaker 1: very prolific. Uh, nobody has stopped them. Nobody's gone out

548
00:24:45,760 --> 00:24:47,919
Speaker 1: and just played so well that you stopped them. So

549
00:24:48,160 --> 00:24:50,200
Speaker 1: you gotta go down there and play your defense and

550
00:24:50,960 --> 00:24:53,800
Speaker 1: play your defenses that you feel give you a chance

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Speaker 1: to slow them down. You mentioned they really do a

552
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Speaker 1: nice jot work in the middle of field. Obviously, the

553
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Speaker 1: quarterbacks playing at a very very high level. Uh, he

554
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Speaker 1: gets the ball out of his hand. I think he

555
00:25:02,680 --> 00:25:05,240
Speaker 1: makes good decisions, he's accurate, So I have a ton

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Speaker 1: of respect for him and what they're doing. The playmakers

557
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Speaker 1: on the outside, like you you talked about, So it's

558
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Speaker 1: a challenge. I don't think as you watch the games

559
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Speaker 1: that they've played this year, there's not one thing that

560
00:25:15,320 --> 00:25:18,720
Speaker 1: will take this offense away. Uh. Now we need to

561
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Speaker 1: lean into the things that we feel it can slow

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Speaker 1: them down, and then ultimately just play good defense, play

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Speaker 1: play solid defense, work to try to get a takeaway

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Speaker 1: or or two or three. You know, obviously that changes

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Speaker 1: games as well, but uh, you really have to go

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Speaker 1: in with the mindset that you have to play really

567
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Speaker 1: sound defense, tackle, not let the ball go over your head. Uh,

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Speaker 1: and then then play a complimentary football game, because it's

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Speaker 1: it's uh, it's not just gonna be how our defense

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Speaker 1: plays against this offense. It's really gonna be how our

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Speaker 1: team plays against their team. How important our first and

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Speaker 1: second down and in what I mean by that is

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Speaker 1: getting them in third and obvious passings that drop back

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Speaker 1: passing situations, because they're great off of play action and

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Speaker 1: they're great in the r p O game eight point

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Speaker 1: seven yards per tent. That's the highest in the n

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Speaker 1: f L for two on those r p O. So

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00:26:02,280 --> 00:26:04,359
Speaker 1: are those downs and third downs the money down? But

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Speaker 1: are those downs take on more importance when you're playing

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Speaker 1: a team that's been as good at getting the ball

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Speaker 1: down the field early? It does, but again easier said

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Speaker 1: than does you'd love to get everybody in the third

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Speaker 1: and long because you're right at first and ten and

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Speaker 1: second and normal really opens up their playbook. They really

585
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Speaker 1: can do, uh anything, and that's all the offenses around

586
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Speaker 1: the league want to live in those down and distances.

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Speaker 1: So it does go back to being sound. Um doesn't

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Speaker 1: mean you're gonna play one coverage the whole game. It might,

589
00:26:29,480 --> 00:26:31,800
Speaker 1: but if you're rolling through your coverages, as long as

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Speaker 1: you're playing sound and guys are making those winning those

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00:26:35,280 --> 00:26:38,160
Speaker 1: one on one matchups, uh, that gives you a chance

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Speaker 1: to slow this team down. But it's a it's a

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Speaker 1: very big challenge. I think the guys are excited about

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Speaker 1: it. I I think that they know, you know, I didn't

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Speaker 1: have to spend a lot of time talking about this

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Speaker 1: offense to them. They know that they've seen the tape.

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Speaker 1: They know what these guys are capable of. You reminded

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00:26:52,680 --> 00:26:55,439
Speaker 1: them that so far under your tenure too and Ol

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Speaker 1: coming off the bye week, let's make it three and

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Speaker 1: o down in Miami. Yeah, you know it's really for me.

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00:27:00,200 --> 00:27:02,960
Speaker 1: It's getting off that bye week is about getting healthy

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00:27:03,080 --> 00:27:05,080
Speaker 1: and give you a little bit extra time to prepare.

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Speaker 1: But this challenge is unique I have no idea who

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Speaker 1: the previous games were coming off by Baltimore and Houston,

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Speaker 1: Houston first year of Baltimore second Well, you know what,

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Speaker 1: I don't know, but I know this. I know that

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00:27:15,960 --> 00:27:18,280
Speaker 1: this challenge trying to go one to know in Miami

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00:27:18,480 --> 00:27:21,520
Speaker 1: is unique to this moment. That's right, Coach, best of luck,

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Speaker 1: Thanks for the time and the insight. Great thanks, Nathan.

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Speaker 1: let's send the applause a post. So yes, the audience

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Speaker 1: going nuts. How was the bye week for you? And

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Speaker 1: how much nicer is it when you have those two

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Speaker 1: weeks coming off of a great win like you guys

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Speaker 1: had against the Bengals. Yeah, we had a huge win

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Speaker 1: Monday night against the Bengals. Uh. And then how did

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Speaker 1: some nice rest and relaxation to you know, decompress and

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Speaker 1: just get ready for the next half of the season. Um,

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Speaker 1: and you know, use it to get a little early

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Speaker 1: preparation for the Dolphins, which are you know, extremely talented

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Speaker 1: team coming up. And Harrison, Nathan and I had his

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Speaker 1: discussion in regards to from a player perspective, the different

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00:29:00,960 --> 00:29:02,920
Speaker 1: things that you could do to take advantage of a

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00:29:03,000 --> 00:29:07,480
Speaker 1: bye for you, was it an opportunity to study more film,

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Speaker 1: to do some more technical things, or just simply sit back, relax,

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Speaker 1: rest and do nothing at all. How did you approach it?

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Speaker 1: For me, mostly it was, you know, just the time

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00:29:16,800 --> 00:29:20,920
Speaker 1: to decompress. Uh, well, eight weeks, nine weeks into the season.

647
00:29:20,960 --> 00:29:23,600
Speaker 1: It's nine weeks is a long time in the NFL season.

648
00:29:23,600 --> 00:29:25,680
Speaker 1: So I used that a lot to decompressed and relaxed.

649
00:29:26,360 --> 00:29:29,480
Speaker 1: But at the same time, I used that once or

650
00:29:29,520 --> 00:29:32,040
Speaker 1: twice during the bye week. I was able to, uh,

651
00:29:32,080 --> 00:29:34,600
Speaker 1: you know, study, look back on some of the games,

652
00:29:34,600 --> 00:29:36,320
Speaker 1: and just see what I can improve on throughout the

653
00:29:36,360 --> 00:29:38,440
Speaker 1: rest of the year, and you know, really focus on that.

654
00:29:38,960 --> 00:29:41,080
Speaker 1: Now you're a veteran, now you've been at this for

655
00:29:41,120 --> 00:29:43,959
Speaker 1: a while. Do you have an appreciation now for what

656
00:29:44,000 --> 00:29:46,240
Speaker 1: it means to get up by in the middle of

657
00:29:46,240 --> 00:29:48,719
Speaker 1: the season. Has opposed in the first early on the

658
00:29:48,720 --> 00:29:51,320
Speaker 1: first stages of it. Yes, it's it's uh, it's a

659
00:29:51,360 --> 00:29:53,960
Speaker 1: big difference right in the middle, because last year we

660
00:29:54,000 --> 00:29:57,000
Speaker 1: had it what week third thirteen, Um, you know, in

661
00:29:57,040 --> 00:30:00,280
Speaker 1: twelve weeks. Thirteen weeks is a long time. But and uh,

662
00:30:00,320 --> 00:30:01,800
Speaker 1: I think this one was perfect. It was right in

663
00:30:01,840 --> 00:30:04,400
Speaker 1: the middle you know, obviously we had some guys that

664
00:30:04,400 --> 00:30:06,440
Speaker 1: that are injured that we needed back, and uh, I

665
00:30:06,480 --> 00:30:09,320
Speaker 1: think it as it worked well for so far. We

666
00:30:09,400 --> 00:30:11,720
Speaker 1: had some guys back at practice, so we'll see what

667
00:30:11,720 --> 00:30:14,560
Speaker 1: happens now. When you said you looked at some things

668
00:30:14,600 --> 00:30:16,640
Speaker 1: you wanted to work on, what what are the things

669
00:30:16,640 --> 00:30:18,680
Speaker 1: that jumped out to you over the first eight games

670
00:30:18,680 --> 00:30:20,600
Speaker 1: that you said, Okay, here's where I'm doing, well, here's

671
00:30:20,600 --> 00:30:23,480
Speaker 1: what I want to get better at. I would just say,

672
00:30:24,040 --> 00:30:27,040
Speaker 1: you know, it always comes down to the fundamentals. Uh footwork,

673
00:30:27,120 --> 00:30:30,880
Speaker 1: ham placement, um and and just a little the intricacies

674
00:30:30,880 --> 00:30:33,520
Speaker 1: of running routes against what type of defense, what type

675
00:30:33,520 --> 00:30:36,440
Speaker 1: of player. It's just so so many small things that

676
00:30:36,480 --> 00:30:38,560
Speaker 1: make such a big difference in the game and and

677
00:30:38,680 --> 00:30:41,520
Speaker 1: a performance for not only yourself personally, but as the

678
00:30:41,520 --> 00:30:43,960
Speaker 1: whole team. Like you know, how it comes down one

679
00:30:44,000 --> 00:30:46,960
Speaker 1: play can win or lose the game. Uh So it's

680
00:30:46,960 --> 00:30:48,960
Speaker 1: just it's really the small things that it comes down to.

681
00:30:49,520 --> 00:30:52,480
Speaker 1: And Harrison, we heard so many guys talk about leading

682
00:30:52,520 --> 00:30:55,240
Speaker 1: up to the Bengals game that the practices were much better.

683
00:30:55,320 --> 00:30:58,320
Speaker 1: Guys are intense and you could feel it sense a

684
00:30:58,360 --> 00:31:01,200
Speaker 1: difference about it. What would your perception of what took

685
00:31:01,240 --> 00:31:03,280
Speaker 1: place lead into the Bengals game. Do you feel that

686
00:31:03,360 --> 00:31:05,320
Speaker 1: coming off to buy you guys have that same level

687
00:31:05,560 --> 00:31:10,240
Speaker 1: of intensity and paying attention to detail. Yeah, Actually, coach Dfanski, Uh,

688
00:31:10,400 --> 00:31:12,719
Speaker 1: we kind of talked about it. Were we were. We

689
00:31:12,720 --> 00:31:15,080
Speaker 1: were a desperate team. Um, you know, coming off three

690
00:31:15,080 --> 00:31:18,160
Speaker 1: at losses and and you know, desperate team is usually

691
00:31:18,240 --> 00:31:21,800
Speaker 1: like play harder, practice harder, prepare harder. And you know

692
00:31:22,000 --> 00:31:24,320
Speaker 1: we did that and and had great practices and then

693
00:31:24,600 --> 00:31:27,040
Speaker 1: came out and got a huge win. So you know,

694
00:31:27,160 --> 00:31:28,960
Speaker 1: we're we're still a desperate team with three and five

695
00:31:29,040 --> 00:31:32,400
Speaker 1: right now, so we're trying to have that same intensity. Um,

696
00:31:32,440 --> 00:31:34,720
Speaker 1: you know throughout the practices this week and leading into

697
00:31:34,720 --> 00:31:38,760
Speaker 1: this game too. For you personally, how do your responsibilities change?

698
00:31:38,800 --> 00:31:41,240
Speaker 1: You know, David was out against the Bengals and we'll

699
00:31:41,240 --> 00:31:42,880
Speaker 1: see if he's gonna be able to come back for

700
00:31:42,920 --> 00:31:44,920
Speaker 1: this game against Bamby. But how did that change for you?

701
00:31:45,160 --> 00:31:47,360
Speaker 1: Not only responsibility on game day, but the responsibility in

702
00:31:47,440 --> 00:31:49,240
Speaker 1: terms of your preparation knowing that you were gonna be

703
00:31:49,240 --> 00:31:51,120
Speaker 1: out there a lot more and that playing tight end

704
00:31:51,120 --> 00:31:53,600
Speaker 1: in this offense doesn't mean just catching the football in fact,

705
00:31:53,600 --> 00:31:57,040
Speaker 1: sometimes it means focusing a lot on blocking for Nick

706
00:31:57,120 --> 00:32:00,320
Speaker 1: Chubb in this great ground game. Yeah. For me personally, uh,

707
00:32:00,360 --> 00:32:02,480
Speaker 1: I don't really think my preparation has changed much because

708
00:32:02,480 --> 00:32:05,000
Speaker 1: I've always known, you know, one play I could be

709
00:32:05,040 --> 00:32:07,840
Speaker 1: in for the whole game, because no Dave goes down,

710
00:32:08,160 --> 00:32:10,400
Speaker 1: one play I could, I could be in. And also

711
00:32:10,520 --> 00:32:12,840
Speaker 1: just in the offense coach the Fansky runs, we run

712
00:32:12,840 --> 00:32:14,960
Speaker 1: a lot of twelve and thirteen, so you know, every

713
00:32:15,000 --> 00:32:19,040
Speaker 1: week is preparing to play forty snaps the game. Um,

714
00:32:19,200 --> 00:32:21,200
Speaker 1: depending on what the scheme is a twelve or thirteen

715
00:32:21,240 --> 00:32:25,360
Speaker 1: personnel so um, But obviously when when Dave's not out

716
00:32:25,480 --> 00:32:27,360
Speaker 1: uh not out there on the field, it's it's a

717
00:32:27,360 --> 00:32:29,840
Speaker 1: different role. Um asked to do a little bit more

718
00:32:29,840 --> 00:32:32,680
Speaker 1: of pass protection and a little more stuff in the

719
00:32:32,760 --> 00:32:34,720
Speaker 1: run game. And and I take prode in that and

720
00:32:34,720 --> 00:32:36,720
Speaker 1: trying to do the best I can, and you know,

721
00:32:36,800 --> 00:32:38,240
Speaker 1: whatever I can do to help the team win, That's

722
00:32:38,240 --> 00:32:40,120
Speaker 1: what I'm gonna out there and do. How what was

723
00:32:40,200 --> 00:32:42,240
Speaker 1: the reaction in the film room when you guys watched

724
00:32:42,280 --> 00:32:44,360
Speaker 1: James Hudson down to the goal line? But was how

725
00:32:44,400 --> 00:32:47,520
Speaker 1: many times was that played? And where people going nuts? Yeah?

726
00:32:47,560 --> 00:32:51,320
Speaker 1: We Uh. In the offensive film room. UH, we were meeting.

727
00:32:51,520 --> 00:32:53,600
Speaker 1: We watched two or three drives of the game before

728
00:32:53,600 --> 00:32:56,520
Speaker 1: we split up, and UH coach Fancy was like, hey,

729
00:32:56,520 --> 00:32:59,040
Speaker 1: can you play one play for me? And he called

730
00:32:59,080 --> 00:33:01,880
Speaker 1: down out and you know, everyone was juicing there. It was.

731
00:33:03,040 --> 00:33:05,600
Speaker 1: It was an extremely violent hit. What was better the

732
00:33:05,680 --> 00:33:10,680
Speaker 1: block itself were his jubilation and celebration after. UH. We

733
00:33:11,000 --> 00:33:13,080
Speaker 1: all got a good laugh out of the celebration because

734
00:33:13,240 --> 00:33:16,480
Speaker 1: Kobe Jacobe was going to celebrate, but once he saw

735
00:33:16,520 --> 00:33:18,720
Speaker 1: that James did, he went and celebrated with him, which

736
00:33:18,760 --> 00:33:20,960
Speaker 1: was the best part of the place. So everyone was

737
00:33:21,000 --> 00:33:23,360
Speaker 1: extremely excited for him just to you know, make a

738
00:33:24,160 --> 00:33:26,200
Speaker 1: make a big block. And it was a block that

739
00:33:26,400 --> 00:33:28,400
Speaker 1: we talked about during the week, like, hey, I guess

740
00:33:28,520 --> 00:33:30,160
Speaker 1: you gotta get it done right. And he went out

741
00:33:30,160 --> 00:33:32,960
Speaker 1: there and did more than that rush. He certainly did crush.

742
00:33:32,960 --> 00:33:35,960
Speaker 1: It was a beautiful play. Harrison, you have an opportunity

743
00:33:36,040 --> 00:33:38,960
Speaker 1: to go back to the sunny state of Florida. What

744
00:33:39,120 --> 00:33:41,280
Speaker 1: is that gonna be like for you? Because you're gonna

745
00:33:41,280 --> 00:33:42,960
Speaker 1: be an area where you played a lot of football,

746
00:33:43,040 --> 00:33:44,920
Speaker 1: did a great job while in college. So do you

747
00:33:44,920 --> 00:33:46,880
Speaker 1: have a lot of people coming to the game. Is

748
00:33:46,880 --> 00:33:48,600
Speaker 1: this something about the water in Florida that calls you

749
00:33:48,600 --> 00:33:52,480
Speaker 1: to play a better brand of football? Um, I definitely

750
00:33:52,520 --> 00:33:54,000
Speaker 1: think there would be some people showing up that I

751
00:33:54,040 --> 00:33:57,520
Speaker 1: went to college with and stuff. I'm actually a little

752
00:33:57,520 --> 00:34:00,040
Speaker 1: worried about the heat though, being up in Ohio for

753
00:34:00,080 --> 00:34:03,040
Speaker 1: a while. This Uh it's different. Back then, I could

754
00:34:03,040 --> 00:34:05,680
Speaker 1: play like ninety snaps a game and not even get tired,

755
00:34:05,680 --> 00:34:07,880
Speaker 1: but you know, just really focusing on preparing my body

756
00:34:07,920 --> 00:34:11,640
Speaker 1: for that. Um, hopefully playing a lot of snaps. But uh,

757
00:34:12,120 --> 00:34:14,439
Speaker 1: you know it's I had a great career down there,

758
00:34:14,480 --> 00:34:17,520
Speaker 1: so I mean, hopefully it'll something about Florida will continue

759
00:34:17,520 --> 00:34:19,960
Speaker 1: this weekend. Now you guys still because I know when

760
00:34:20,000 --> 00:34:22,279
Speaker 1: I was playing, Borro'll tickets from teammates like, hey man,

761
00:34:22,320 --> 00:34:23,960
Speaker 1: you guys body come to the game. Are you guys

762
00:34:24,000 --> 00:34:26,040
Speaker 1: still able to do that? Um? Yeah we are. But

763
00:34:26,160 --> 00:34:28,000
Speaker 1: I didn't have to do that this week. That was

764
00:34:28,080 --> 00:34:31,279
Speaker 1: more of a Falcons week just being an hour from

765
00:34:31,280 --> 00:34:33,400
Speaker 1: my home when we played in Atlanta, so there was

766
00:34:33,760 --> 00:34:35,960
Speaker 1: I think in Atlanta, like thirty people showed up. So

767
00:34:36,160 --> 00:34:39,080
Speaker 1: it was awesome. That is awesome going back to Florida

768
00:34:39,080 --> 00:34:41,520
Speaker 1: where you're the macky award winner Best tight End the Nation.

769
00:34:41,560 --> 00:34:44,239
Speaker 1: No big deal there when you put on the tape.

770
00:34:44,239 --> 00:34:46,800
Speaker 1: Though you watch this Dolphins team, They're gonna close the

771
00:34:46,800 --> 00:34:48,879
Speaker 1: middle of the field the majority of the time. They're

772
00:34:48,920 --> 00:34:50,920
Speaker 1: gonna bring a lot of pressure. They're not afraid to

773
00:34:50,960 --> 00:34:53,839
Speaker 1: go cover zero, all out blitz. What did you see

774
00:34:54,040 --> 00:34:55,759
Speaker 1: and how can we kind of attack this team and

775
00:34:55,920 --> 00:34:59,080
Speaker 1: especially from your position to tight end position? Yeah, just

776
00:34:59,160 --> 00:35:02,080
Speaker 1: first off, though their defense they have some extremely times.

777
00:35:02,120 --> 00:35:06,520
Speaker 1: The dudes they you know, brought in Bradley chub Uh,

778
00:35:06,600 --> 00:35:11,000
Speaker 1: they're there, their front seven and ingram dudes that will

779
00:35:11,040 --> 00:35:13,799
Speaker 1: be matched up within the tightening room. I think it's

780
00:35:13,840 --> 00:35:15,880
Speaker 1: one of the best fronts that we've gone against so

781
00:35:15,920 --> 00:35:19,239
Speaker 1: far and probably we'll go against this season. So you know,

782
00:35:19,280 --> 00:35:22,200
Speaker 1: we're just we're just really trying to prepare um in

783
00:35:22,280 --> 00:35:24,839
Speaker 1: terms of a personnel standpoint, but also, like you said,

784
00:35:24,840 --> 00:35:27,400
Speaker 1: their scheme, they'll they'll bring zero pressure. We gotta be

785
00:35:27,440 --> 00:35:30,439
Speaker 1: able to protect that get the ball out in time. Um.

786
00:35:30,600 --> 00:35:32,440
Speaker 1: But it's just a lot of preparation going into it

787
00:35:32,440 --> 00:35:35,120
Speaker 1: in terms of physically and mentally, and I think the

788
00:35:35,160 --> 00:35:36,840
Speaker 1: coaching staff so far has done a great job and

789
00:35:36,920 --> 00:35:38,920
Speaker 1: we're just looking to continue that throughout the week. Well,

790
00:35:38,920 --> 00:35:41,040
Speaker 1: we certainly hope to see the team continue with success.

791
00:35:41,080 --> 00:35:43,359
Speaker 1: You continue your success as well, Harrison, Thanks for being

792
00:35:43,400 --> 00:35:47,000
Speaker 1: with us. All right. That is Brown's tight End. Harrison

793
00:35:47,080 --> 00:35:51,160
Speaker 1: Bryant joining us here live at teams. When we come back,

794
00:35:51,200 --> 00:35:53,320
Speaker 1: we're gonna go around the league. This sin is the

795
00:35:53,400 --> 00:35:57,480
Speaker 1: Kevin Stevanski Show on the University Hospitals Cleveland Brown's radio network.

796
00:35:58,520 --> 00:36:00,640
Speaker 1: I feel like I have people in a building that

797
00:36:00,760 --> 00:36:02,319
Speaker 1: can tell me the truth, and I think that's really

798
00:36:02,320 --> 00:36:03,919
Speaker 1: important because I don't want this to be a place

799
00:36:03,920 --> 00:36:06,319
Speaker 1: where I don't get the truth from our guys. This

800
00:36:06,400 --> 00:36:09,600
Speaker 1: is the Coach Kevin Stefanski Show. You're listening to the

801
00:36:09,719 --> 00:36:13,960
Speaker 1: University Hospitals Cleveland Brown's radio network. Here are your hosts,

802
00:36:14,080 --> 00:36:19,319
Speaker 1: Nathan Zagura and Gerard Cherry. Be sure to stop by

803
00:36:19,360 --> 00:36:22,280
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804
00:36:22,320 --> 00:36:25,000
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805
00:36:25,000 --> 00:36:27,680
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00:36:27,719 --> 00:36:31,440
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00:36:31,480 --> 00:36:35,120
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808
00:36:35,120 --> 00:36:36,880
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809
00:36:36,960 --> 00:36:40,640
Speaker 1: ticket to the game, Nathan Zagura and Gerard Cherry. Here

810
00:36:40,760 --> 00:36:43,680
Speaker 1: it is the Kevin Safanski Show, Live from Teams, presented

811
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Speaker 1: by Button Light Tonight, all along the University Hospitals Cleveland,

812
00:36:46,680 --> 00:36:50,520
Speaker 1: Brown's Radio Network and Gerard It's time to go around

813
00:36:50,760 --> 00:36:54,960
Speaker 1: the league. Gibbet has provided us the following m VP

814
00:36:55,200 --> 00:36:58,640
Speaker 1: candidates at the halfway point. You can rank them, but also,

815
00:36:58,800 --> 00:37:01,120
Speaker 1: is there anybody that's an on on this list that

816
00:37:01,239 --> 00:37:03,600
Speaker 1: should be My answer to that is yes, But here

817
00:37:03,640 --> 00:37:08,799
Speaker 1: he's got Pat Mahomes, Josh Allen, Geno Smith, Jalen Hurts,

818
00:37:08,840 --> 00:37:11,440
Speaker 1: and Lamar Jacks. Well, let's get to the niitty gritty

819
00:37:11,480 --> 00:37:14,000
Speaker 1: who should be on this list? That's not on this list?

820
00:37:14,000 --> 00:37:18,920
Speaker 1: For you? My man Tyree Hill, and to uh, the

821
00:37:19,040 --> 00:37:21,840
Speaker 1: guy hasn't lost the guys doing things that only m

822
00:37:21,920 --> 00:37:23,640
Speaker 1: v P s do. You gotta put him on the list. Now,

823
00:37:23,640 --> 00:37:25,520
Speaker 1: he's not gonna get my vote, but he's gotta be

824
00:37:25,560 --> 00:37:28,040
Speaker 1: on the list. I can actually respect that, especially what

825
00:37:28,120 --> 00:37:29,840
Speaker 1: Hill is doing because he may pull around and go

826
00:37:29,920 --> 00:37:33,000
Speaker 1: over two thousand yards at the pace that he's going in. Obviously,

827
00:37:33,120 --> 00:37:35,840
Speaker 1: the quarterback responsible for that. If it's gonna be a

828
00:37:35,880 --> 00:37:38,719
Speaker 1: record should obviously get some consideration as well. Well. Like

829
00:37:38,760 --> 00:37:42,239
Speaker 1: we said earlier, what he's doing is legitimately historic. He

830
00:37:42,360 --> 00:37:44,880
Speaker 1: is on a pace right now that only three quarterbacks

831
00:37:44,880 --> 00:37:46,719
Speaker 1: in the league I've ever been on, and all of

832
00:37:46,760 --> 00:37:48,879
Speaker 1: them won the m v P. So there you go. Yeah.

833
00:37:48,920 --> 00:37:51,640
Speaker 1: But from a ranking standpoint, Nathan, if we go from

834
00:37:51,640 --> 00:37:53,880
Speaker 1: one to five out the gate, you gotta put Josh

835
00:37:53,880 --> 00:37:55,759
Speaker 1: Allen at number one, and we already see that he's

836
00:37:55,800 --> 00:37:57,799
Speaker 1: not on his a game. The Bills are not the

837
00:37:57,840 --> 00:37:59,799
Speaker 1: same football team and they're one of the best teams

838
00:37:59,800 --> 00:38:01,880
Speaker 1: in the league. At number two, I have to go

839
00:38:01,960 --> 00:38:04,600
Speaker 1: with Jalen Hurts, and he's like one B for me

840
00:38:04,719 --> 00:38:07,400
Speaker 1: at at this point in time, and that I believe

841
00:38:07,400 --> 00:38:09,640
Speaker 1: that Philadelphia is the more complete football team, and all

842
00:38:09,680 --> 00:38:12,320
Speaker 1: three paces complement each other the best hint their record.

843
00:38:12,840 --> 00:38:14,520
Speaker 1: But I will still put Josh a hell of Jalen.

844
00:38:14,520 --> 00:38:16,960
Speaker 1: And then if I'm gonna go third, this is where

845
00:38:17,000 --> 00:38:19,840
Speaker 1: it gets interesting, because this guy is definitely gonna be

846
00:38:19,880 --> 00:38:23,800
Speaker 1: the comeback player of the century. Let's talk about Gino Smith,

847
00:38:23,880 --> 00:38:26,319
Speaker 1: but ultimately he'll get Pat Mahomes will get the nod

848
00:38:26,360 --> 00:38:28,760
Speaker 1: over him. So I'm gonna say Pat Mahomes then Gino

849
00:38:28,880 --> 00:38:34,040
Speaker 1: Smith and rounding out with Lamar Jackson as my fifth choice.

850
00:38:34,400 --> 00:38:36,520
Speaker 1: I'm with you on that, the only one. I think

851
00:38:36,560 --> 00:38:40,160
Speaker 1: it's hard for me to not have Mahomes higher. They

852
00:38:40,200 --> 00:38:43,279
Speaker 1: got rid of Tyreek Hill. Tyreek Hill is doing what

853
00:38:43,400 --> 00:38:46,040
Speaker 1: he is doing, and all Pat Mahomes has done is

854
00:38:46,080 --> 00:38:48,560
Speaker 1: go sixty six point two percent completions right on what

855
00:38:48,600 --> 00:38:50,880
Speaker 1: he's always in right. He leads the league in passing

856
00:38:50,960 --> 00:38:53,359
Speaker 1: yards two thousand, six hundred and five. He's on pace

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Speaker 1: Tyreek Hill, and he leads a league with twenty one

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Speaker 1: Where's it a hundred and four, and he's averaging three

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Speaker 1: I mean, it's incredible what he's on. It's without Tyreek Kill.

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Speaker 1: It's incredible with Tyreek Kills doing without Pat Mulloks. These

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Speaker 1: what they've done in Philly has been awesome to watch.

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Speaker 1: When we come back, we're gonna go a little stock

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Speaker 1: Ohio dot com stock um step up as we wrap

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Speaker 1: Nathan Scura, Gerade Cherry, We're live for the teams. It's

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Speaker 1: the Kevin Stefanski Show. On the University Hospitals Cleveland Browns

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Speaker 1: Radio Network and Gerard time for stock up, Step up?

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Speaker 1: Whose stock is up for you? Going into Miami? Who

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Speaker 1: stock is up for me? Is really simple? Anyone Brown's

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Speaker 1: offensive line stock is up because I'm hoping and praying

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Speaker 1: Natid that they bring out that eight lineman offenses setting

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Speaker 1: a great Law's gonna be seen as tight end and

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Speaker 1: they will give you the numbers of the guys who

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Speaker 1: are eligible. But if you could bring that back on

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Speaker 1: the football field, I love what that representtion. There's nothing

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Speaker 1: wrong with plans will smash mall football, even when you're

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Speaker 1: going to get some an explosive offense like the Miami Dolphins.

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Speaker 1: So just to set the tone of hey, we're came

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Speaker 1: here to play a physical brand of football, So I

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Speaker 1: love what our offici line is doing. On top of that,

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Speaker 1: Harrison alluded to it they have a talented front. For

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Speaker 1: the Dolphins is just they don't do anything from production standpoint,

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Speaker 1: and you don't want this to be the weekend which

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Speaker 1: they do what something? Yeah, absolutely not. And for the Browns,

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Speaker 1: you know, looking at the quarterback position, Jacoby brit was

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Speaker 1: only sacked five times in the first five games eleven

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Speaker 1: times in the last three they brought in shoved, they

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Speaker 1: got Jalen Phillips. You don't want them to get hot

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Speaker 1: there for me, stock upa Taki talk. Love what he

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Speaker 1: did against the Bengals, thirteen tackles to lead this football team.

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Speaker 1: He was playing some of the mic, playing some of

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Speaker 1: the will and even the sub packages. And I thought

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Speaker 1: he did a great job next to Dion Jones. And

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Speaker 1: we're not sure if we love Jeremiah Whoso Cormoa back

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Speaker 1: in this one? All right, who has to step up

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Speaker 1: for you against this Miami. I'm gonna get in and

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Speaker 1: you're right, Taki, Taki did a phenomenal job. But I'm

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Speaker 1: gonna say the defensive unit period, you're gonna have to

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Speaker 1: duplicate what you did against the Bengals. You're going to

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Speaker 1: have to be in the right gap as signments tackle

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Speaker 1: and not a situation whereas run after to catch or

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Speaker 1: after contact, but flat out I hit you, you go down.

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Speaker 1: And if you do that and don't allow these guys

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Speaker 1: to get looser, run down the football free using that

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Speaker 1: great agility and athletic ability that they possessed, you stend

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Speaker 1: a great chance. If you can just limit them to

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Speaker 1: just catching the football because they do so much damage

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Speaker 1: once they catch you. They are electric. And I'm kind

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Speaker 1: of in the same vein. But I'm gonna say, Denzel Ward,

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Speaker 1: we haven't seen you in a few man. The man

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Speaker 1: comes off the men and you put them back on

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Speaker 1: the hot spot. I'm not put him on the hot spot.

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Speaker 1: But we need them and we need him to come

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Speaker 1: back and step up. And quite frankly, m j Emerson

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Speaker 1: Denzel has gotta come back in and maintain that high

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Speaker 1: level of play that made him for one time the

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Speaker 1: highest paid quarterback in the NFL this offseason. So it's

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Speaker 1: the Browns and it is the Dolphins. Dolphins six and three,

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Speaker 1: the Browns three and five. The Dolphins have won three

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Speaker 1: in a row. The Browns finally got on the winning

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Speaker 1: spot on Monday night on Halloween against the Bengals thirty

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Speaker 1: two to third team. We'll have full coverage for you

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Speaker 1: of the game starting on the radio nine a m.

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