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Speaker 1: Late fifteen to ten touchdowns.

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Speaker 2: What's some guys, Welcome into a brand new episode of

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Speaker 2: Chargers Weekly. We are presented by Splittero as always, joined

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Speaker 2: by the voice of the Chargers, Matt Muddy Smith. An

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Speaker 2: awesome episode today, Tony Jefferson gonna join us in a

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Speaker 2: bit but money two and zero before even heading to

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Speaker 2: Sofi Stadium in the division you beat the Chiefs in

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Speaker 2: Brazil Monday night football in Vegas. Probably the loudest CROWDFF

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Speaker 2: heard at Elligia Stadium twenty to nine.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, and a tip of the cap to Bolt fam.

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Speaker 1: A lot of Charger fans out there. Now last year

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Speaker 1: Week eighteen was ridiculous, right, it was probably over fifty

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Speaker 1: percent Charger fans. But where our broadcast booth is, you know,

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Speaker 1: on the seventh floor, directly across from the Chargers bench.

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Speaker 1: It was just a sea of powder blue behind them.

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Speaker 1: So a lot of that noise was being made by

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Speaker 1: the folks that made the trip out there to to

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Speaker 1: Vegas to watch their Chargers. And you know what, what

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Speaker 1: do you do when you're in a hostile environment, You

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Speaker 1: set the tone immediately. First play of the game is

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Speaker 1: our first play from scrimmage, I should say after the

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Speaker 1: kickoff is a lowie Gillman bringing some thunder on that

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Speaker 1: hit and popping the ball in the air creating the interception.

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Speaker 1: And that really set the tone for the day in

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Speaker 1: terms of passless defense and turnovers and a defense that

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Speaker 1: just looked impenetrable that there was nothing the Raiders could

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Speaker 1: do to get over on that particular unit on that

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Speaker 2: Three free points really to start the game, and it's

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Speaker 2: probably a good starting points that defense, you know, similar

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Speaker 2: to Makai Beckton. You know, Dan Henley a late add

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Speaker 2: to the injury report within illness and listen, man, that

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Speaker 2: was one of the best games he's ever played in

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Speaker 2: his career as a flu game. And you know Dayon

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Speaker 2: was the one who had that interception to start the game.

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Speaker 2: But we talked about it with Tony who you'll hear

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Speaker 2: from it a little bit. Fifteen pass deflection, seven guys

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Speaker 2: had two past deflections, three interceptions. Gino Smith, who carved

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Speaker 2: up the New England Patriots had no shot against this

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Speaker 2: secondary on whatever.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, and I think you know the one thing and

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Speaker 1: I credit I should say credit. I attribute this, you

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Speaker 1: know when I'm about to say to it to Daniel

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Speaker 1: and early on, like one of the things I love

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Speaker 1: about coach Minter is you can feel him feel the game, like, Okay,

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Speaker 1: what's gonna work. We're gonna throw some different things and

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Speaker 1: then we're gonna play the hits and figure out what works.

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Speaker 1: And early on there are a couple blitzes Gino, couple

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Speaker 1: good completions off those blitzes, and then from that it

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Speaker 1: was probably like maybe ten twelve plays in. From that

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Speaker 1: moment forward, it was just rush for. It was rush

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Speaker 1: for muddy the picture behind, and it's not just a

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Speaker 1: standard rush for, like, hey, here comes our best, what's

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Speaker 1: your best, Let's see who went? It was exotics. There's

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Speaker 1: There's corners, there's safe fifties, there's linebackers like they He

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Speaker 1: really did an exceptional job of not allowing Gino to

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Speaker 1: get comfortable, not allowing the offensive line or the tight

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Speaker 1: coming from. And then on the back end make him

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Speaker 1: view through a clouded lens. And that's where Gino was

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Speaker 1: always run into trouble and man, that secondary was sensational.

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Speaker 1: The line was incredible by rushing four and still getting

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Speaker 1: all those pressures, particularly two Lee two.

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Speaker 2: We had an exceptional game. They did, and normally in

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Speaker 2: a game like this you can point to like one

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Speaker 2: or two guys who had the exceptional game. Everybody touched

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Speaker 2: the football. I mean everybody got their hands on the football.

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Speaker 2: You mentioned the defensive line. I think that's one of

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Speaker 2: the strengths this year. Well, when Pudaford went to the Rams,

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Speaker 2: I think people were concerned. They have like five or

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Speaker 2: six guys they can go super deep across the defensive line.

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Speaker 2: Khalil Mack comes out, Caleb Murphy and Bud Dupree step up.

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Speaker 2: Denzel's not in this game. Troy Die plays fantastic and Jefferson,

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Speaker 2: the guy we're going to talk to, gets elevated. And

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Speaker 2: I don't care if it's a preseason game a regular

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Speaker 2: during a football game money he makes plays. And he

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Speaker 1: It was And I do want to because you started there,

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Speaker 1: so I'm going to start where you started. Chris and

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Speaker 1: I do think Look, Nakwan Jones was exceptional. You know,

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Speaker 1: here's someone who did not play in week one comes

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Speaker 1: been established. I don't feel like we need to say

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Speaker 1: Jamari caledwell, what those three are giving. You know, Jamari

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Speaker 2: The two guys who you know we talked about before this,

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Speaker 2: It really did. But you know, ashion Genty had so

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Speaker 2: Just the discipline in keeping Genty and check and you know,

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Speaker 2: And then Gino really didn't have any other answers outside

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Speaker 1: No, well, look, Gina wants pushball downfield. Yeah, that's what

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Speaker 1: Chargers basically just came into this game and said not today,

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Speaker 1: lost our explosives. We're still that same offense from five

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Speaker 1: years ago when they just haven't been they haven't been

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Speaker 1: same thing. You know, you've got Gino coming in nine

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Speaker 2: It's like, Okay, we're not going to do that.

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Speaker 1: We're just going to rush four and he's still trying

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Speaker 1: when you look at the numbers coming out of New

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Speaker 1: As I'm looking at it, I just want to make

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Speaker 1: sure I have it exactly, Chris. This is what they

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Speaker 2: It's in.

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Speaker 1: That drive was resulted in three points for the Raiders,

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Speaker 1: but it was incredible what the defense did on that

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Speaker 2: Yeah, they're on the field for a big chunk of

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Speaker 1: He has that's the weird he has. But but no,

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Speaker 1: I mean like this year he's trying to Yeah.

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Speaker 2: But but Gino, like Gino was trying to force almost

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Speaker 2: they just look different this year, money Tar, he still

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Speaker 2: looks like a different guy to me. For his as

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Speaker 2: as you can see. He has been a really special player,

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Speaker 1: Look he and he said it, you know in his

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Speaker 1: a fifth round pick. We're celebrating him for his coverage

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Speaker 1: you know he talked about coming in with Khalil and

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Speaker 1: working with Khalil. And that's look that I don't mean

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Speaker 1: this to like take shots at the you know, at

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Speaker 1: previous coaching staffs and previous you know, rosters, but like

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Speaker 1: that was always an issue, that the cornerback tackling was

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Speaker 1: always an issue. And when you looked at the run

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Speaker 1: everyone's like they got to fix the line, and I'm like, man,

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Speaker 1: you know, speaking of the Raiders, think about that Raider

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Speaker 1: to the playoffs. And what happens. It's Josh Jacobs left edge,

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Speaker 1: Sante Samuel's chest and carrying him like a backpack for

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Speaker 1: just the physicality, and I'm sure it's it's a talking

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Speaker 1: for jesse Minner. These guys have to tackle. If you

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Speaker 2: pretty good football play yeah, right, you know you said it.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, he's been exceptional. That fourth down play, that fourth

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Speaker 1: Football is eleven players moving in unison, the defense trying

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Speaker 1: And you see it on that fourth down play. Man,

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Speaker 2: look at Disley's passing pass blocking grade exceptional. Cochland had

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Speaker 1: Like if you're not going to target Conklin and we

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Speaker 1: Running with these guys spread out. You've spread this defense out,

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Speaker 2: He picks him up.

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Speaker 1: If you watch the film, he literally picks the guy

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Speaker 2: Smart, smart football player. I know there was a penalty

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Speaker 2: the two in the morning, he slides down instead of

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Speaker 2: getting extra yards, slides down, knows that the game is

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Speaker 2: over at that point. Yes, you could, you could so

431
00:20:23,280 --> 00:20:25,399
Speaker 2: smart just kneel kneel it out, but I think the

432
00:20:25,520 --> 00:20:29,359
Speaker 2: Chargers were called for a penalty on that play, so

433
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Speaker 2: it ended up not not working out that way. But

434
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Speaker 2: but just Nase has so much awareness. His football IQ

435
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Speaker 2: is a is a big reason why he's had so

436
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Speaker 2: much success in the league, in addition to his durability

437
00:20:40,520 --> 00:20:43,240
Speaker 2: and just the size of both those guys' money. It's

438
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Speaker 2: something we talked about all off season, like when it's

439
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Speaker 2: when it's winning time in the fourth quarter and you

440
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Speaker 2: need those guys to ice a game. We kind of

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Speaker 2: saw that on display late in the fourth.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, and look, I think I think in their defense

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Speaker 1: as well, it's also important to point out.

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Speaker 2: Like running rhythm, running backs need contact. Like that's so.

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Speaker 1: When you got two carries a piece in an entire

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Speaker 1: first half and then all of a sudden you get

447
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Speaker 1: to the end of the game and it's like, all right,

448
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Speaker 1: let's go. It's like you have to expect, like okay,

449
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Speaker 1: shake some rust off and stuff and so not making

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Speaker 1: excuses for him, but to me, it's I'm trying to

451
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Speaker 1: find this Nase, you play because I'm so excited I

452
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Speaker 1: heard this.

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Speaker 2: Watch this, dude, so watch.

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Speaker 1: Sorry folks that are uh, they can't see this, but

455
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Speaker 1: this is what I'm talking about.

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Speaker 2: So it's an offset.

457
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Speaker 1: I they're their own twenty seven on a second and three,

458
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Speaker 1: five minutes left in the fourth quarter, and here comes

459
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Speaker 1: Nase and bang he gets hit at the twenty three

460
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Speaker 1: yard line. So they are now losing four yards on that.

461
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Speaker 1: And watch what Naj does, just flips the guy and

462
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Speaker 1: falls forward all the way to the twenty six yard line,

463
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Speaker 1: and now you got a third and four and they converted.

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Speaker 1: It is the statue, No, it shows up as a

465
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Speaker 1: loss of one in the stat sheet, but it's like

466
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Speaker 1: it instead of third and eight, it's third and four,

467
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Speaker 1: and like that's the difference. Like that's the things that

468
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Speaker 1: people are Oh, it's your EPA is the worst in

469
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Speaker 1: the league and you're getting two yards carrying. It's like

470
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Speaker 1: those are the things that if they can just get

471
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Speaker 1: this thing blocked right, and these guys can get a

472
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Speaker 1: little bit more time to get together and to move

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Speaker 1: this thing, you know. And by them, I mean the

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Speaker 1: offensive line. Yeah, it's there, Like the running backs are

475
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Speaker 1: gonna be fine. I think it's just getting what's in

476
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Speaker 1: front of them squared away.

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Speaker 2: All right, let's get to Tony Jefferson and then on

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Speaker 2: the other side we'll preview this game against the Broncos.

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Speaker 2: Jefferson joins us on Charges Weekly. First order of business.

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Speaker 2: Congratulations just all the press release side of the fifty

489
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Speaker 2: three mail roster. How would you describe this last week

490
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Speaker 2: for both you and the defense man?

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Speaker 3: Uh?

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Speaker 4: Just a great step forward. I thought we did a

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Speaker 4: good job executing. Preparation was good all week. Guys were confident,

494
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Speaker 4: and we're just building that trust week in and week

495
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Speaker 4: out and loving the preparation that we're doing.

496
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Speaker 3: Just got to continue doing that going forward.

497
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Speaker 1: Think about Baltimore and we think about physicality and you know,

498
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Speaker 1: a violent defense. Watching that game back against the Raiders,

499
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Speaker 1: don't I don't know the last time I saw a

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Speaker 1: Charger team pop like that. Man, it really felt like

501
00:23:32,160 --> 00:23:33,920
Speaker 1: and we saw in that Chiefs game, but it felt

502
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Speaker 1: like this last week. Man, there was some serious hitting

503
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Speaker 1: going on.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, uh, well, we understand the rivalry. We understand you know,

505
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Speaker 4: the Charger Raiders thing, So that was at the forefront

506
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Speaker 4: of our mind there. And also just how we started

507
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Speaker 4: off on the very first play. It was like wow,

508
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Speaker 4: like very first play, I in t like we putting

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Speaker 4: what we did in the practice film in the film

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Speaker 4: room to work right away. And I think that really

511
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Speaker 4: set it off for us as a defense. The energy

512
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Speaker 4: you felt it and then being physical, I mean, that's

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Speaker 4: that's something that we have to do as a defense.

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Speaker 3: That's not an option.

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Speaker 4: So that's just part of our pillars and separators that

516
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Speaker 4: we talk about every day, and you know, like I said,

517
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Speaker 4: physicality is not an option.

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Speaker 2: Fifteen pass deflections seven guys.

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Speaker 3: That was crazy.

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Speaker 2: Seven guys had two past deflections and obviously three interceptions,

521
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Speaker 2: and you had one of the key ones right before

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Speaker 2: the half. I saw you tweet this, I thought the

523
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Speaker 2: same thing. In real time. You weren't down, were you?

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Speaker 3: I don't think.

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Speaker 4: I was like, I honestly felt like I could have

526
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Speaker 4: helped our offense get better field position to try and

527
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Speaker 4: get a score before half. But you know, they call

528
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Speaker 4: what they call it bang bang, but it was bang bang.

529
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Speaker 4: But I was like, it's too bang bang to call

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Speaker 4: that down that quick, but it is what it is.

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Speaker 4: I thought it was an opportunity. I could have, like

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Speaker 4: I said, gotten a little more yards to get off

533
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Speaker 4: of some space out of there. But you know, good

534
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Speaker 4: play overall.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, we got the replay in the booth and we

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Speaker 2: were saying.

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Speaker 3: Like, that's that's not right.

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Speaker 1: I mean, I know, if someone touches you and you're down,

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Speaker 1: you're down, but that didn't look like that. But just

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Speaker 1: to the interception, I mean, there's a lot going on

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Speaker 1: there with the way you were hand fighting and what

542
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Speaker 1: you were doing with or if you could like, you know,

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Speaker 1: for people to kind of think, oh, you just jumped

544
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Speaker 1: up and caught the ball, there was a lot going

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Speaker 1: on on that route for you.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, no, it was. It was it was a lot.

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Speaker 3: You know.

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Speaker 4: I was a half player, so you know, I broke

549
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Speaker 4: on the route. And obviously we understand how Gino is

550
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Speaker 4: as a quarterback. He can move around, and so we

551
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Speaker 4: talked about plaster all week. So I plastered my guy

552
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Speaker 4: and I knew Gino was outside of the pocket. So

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Speaker 4: if you saw, I kind of gave him a little

554
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Speaker 4: veteran push stepped out of bounds, so, uh, he can't be.

555
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Speaker 3: First touch anyway.

556
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Speaker 4: So I felt I felt comfortable, you know, just turn

557
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Speaker 4: it back for the ball, no panic because I knew,

558
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Speaker 4: you know, I was the only one that could really

559
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Speaker 4: get that ball in that in that situation. So, uh,

560
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Speaker 4: you know, just preparation and stuff like that just leading

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Speaker 4: to production.

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Speaker 2: Is that muscle memory?

563
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Speaker 1: Is it like just when it's subconscious or is it

564
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Speaker 1: because look you say it like it was. It took

565
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Speaker 1: ten minutes. I mean that's three seconds, four seconds when

566
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Speaker 1: you make that decision, So how does that work in

567
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Speaker 1: your mind when you know to do that?

568
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Speaker 3: Uh, just part of being an unk man.

569
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Speaker 4: It's part of being been to the game a long time,

570
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Speaker 4: see it a lot, and it's just like it's just

571
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Speaker 4: second nature to me. It's like, okay, plaster quarterbacks rolling out,

572
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Speaker 4: he's close to the sideline.

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Speaker 3: Sideline's your best friend, use him, right.

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Speaker 2: So we talked about this a little bit in the

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Speaker 2: locker room Tony and it talked about it with daylight

576
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Speaker 2: after the game. Just you know, Elijah goes out, Denzel

577
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Speaker 2: goes out, Khalil goes out in the game. Yet it

578
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Speaker 2: all looks the same no matter who's in there. Is

579
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Speaker 2: that just a product of what Jesse Mintzer preaches or

580
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Speaker 2: just affected you guys have been together for a couple

581
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Speaker 2: of years now, how does it look the same?

582
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Speaker 4: Uh? I mean I give credit to Jesse clink Fuller,

583
00:27:01,640 --> 00:27:04,880
Speaker 4: Like everybody on our defensive staff, I mean they don't

584
00:27:04,920 --> 00:27:06,720
Speaker 4: even really have to say next man up. We know,

585
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Speaker 4: like it's it's just guys, when somebody goes down, like

586
00:27:11,600 --> 00:27:13,080
Speaker 4: you have to be able to come in and there

587
00:27:13,119 --> 00:27:15,480
Speaker 4: doesn't need to be a drop off at any at

588
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Speaker 4: any point.

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Speaker 3: And uh, we truly trust in each other. We believe

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Speaker 3: each other. Uh.

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Speaker 4: Durlin says it all the time, like you're not out

592
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Speaker 4: here by yourself, like we've got your back, and uh,

593
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Speaker 4: it's it's just a true genuine like team thing that

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Speaker 4: we do. And you know, you get opportunity.

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Speaker 3: Why not.

596
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Speaker 4: You know what I'm saying, You get your opportunity. It's

597
00:27:36,520 --> 00:27:38,400
Speaker 4: it's it's your it's your time to shine.

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Speaker 1: When you say UNC that makes us think of Okay,

599
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Speaker 1: elder Statesman, young player. I think because of what what

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Speaker 1: Dan did and what Durham was doing that that maybe

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Speaker 1: Tarhee isn't really kind of talked about as much from

602
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Speaker 1: that game, but I don't know how much you had

603
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Speaker 1: to do with it. But man, that dude is turning

604
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Speaker 1: too the one of the most sound tacklers at a

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Speaker 1: cornerback spot that that I think we have in the

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Speaker 1: NFL kind of what's what can you say about his

607
00:28:03,160 --> 00:28:04,360
Speaker 1: jump from year one of year two?

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Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean he spoke to the defense one Chiefs game,

609
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Speaker 4: Chiefs game, he spoke to the defense and he told us,

610
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Speaker 4: you know, he felt like you always want to figure

611
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Speaker 4: out what you need to work on, and last year

612
00:28:19,080 --> 00:28:21,960
Speaker 4: he felt like his covering was good, but he wasn't

613
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Speaker 4: a sound tackler. So he told us his main focus

614
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Speaker 4: this year was tackling, and he's really gone out there

615
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Speaker 4: and put it, put it on tape man like, I'm

616
00:28:32,040 --> 00:28:35,160
Speaker 4: telling you them. Open field tackles are not easy. They're

617
00:28:35,160 --> 00:28:40,080
Speaker 4: not easy. And Bowers is a big guy, fast, he's

618
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Speaker 4: he's a guy and you know he's chopping him down

619
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Speaker 4: and that's just a credit to him, just understanding, especially

620
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Speaker 4: from a young player. You know, you don't you don't

621
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Speaker 4: see that that much. Guy's taking accountability like that, and uh,

622
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Speaker 4: he's kind of just he's matured in such a like

623
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Speaker 4: like fast ascending way just from his mind set. Obviously

624
00:29:00,920 --> 00:29:04,880
Speaker 4: he's a great player, but he's he's just on a

625
00:29:05,040 --> 00:29:09,680
Speaker 4: very good wave of progressing to be one of the

626
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Speaker 4: better players in the league.

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Speaker 2: You know, it's been evident to us really since the

628
00:29:13,200 --> 00:29:16,800
Speaker 2: beginning of training camp that you guys had a clear

629
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Speaker 2: idea of what the schedule looked like at the beginning

630
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Speaker 2: of the year, right Chiefs in Brazil, Monday night football

631
00:29:21,720 --> 00:29:24,200
Speaker 2: on the road, pair of primetime games and then never

632
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Speaker 2: coming to Sofi Stadium. You check off the first two boxes.

633
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Speaker 2: What an opportunity on Sunday to start three and oh

634
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Speaker 2: overall in three and oh in the division how quickly

635
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Speaker 2: have you guys flushed Monday night football and moved.

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Speaker 3: Ahead of the Broncos.

637
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Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean we had we had to flush it

638
00:29:40,680 --> 00:29:45,320
Speaker 4: pretty quick just because it's a short week. But we

639
00:29:45,400 --> 00:29:47,440
Speaker 4: understand the opportunity that's ahead of us, Like I said,

640
00:29:47,520 --> 00:29:50,320
Speaker 4: I think I said it after a game, like it's

641
00:29:50,360 --> 00:29:52,880
Speaker 4: been rare that you get three division games in a row,

642
00:29:53,360 --> 00:29:58,320
Speaker 4: first three games, and we understand where that would put us.

643
00:29:58,880 --> 00:30:03,360
Speaker 4: Being three No, isn't so early, So we understand that.

644
00:30:03,440 --> 00:30:06,560
Speaker 4: But at the same time, it's a week by week basis.

645
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Speaker 4: That's how this league works, and it's game by game,

646
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Speaker 4: and we treat every game like it's a championship game.

647
00:30:11,880 --> 00:30:15,000
Speaker 4: We prepare every week like it's a championship week. And

648
00:30:15,440 --> 00:30:18,120
Speaker 4: if we continue that mindset, I think the Sky's are

649
00:30:18,120 --> 00:30:18,560
Speaker 4: living for.

650
00:30:18,640 --> 00:30:22,680
Speaker 1: Us yards per attempt three point four. That's insane, Like

651
00:30:22,720 --> 00:30:25,240
Speaker 1: that's just it's crazy. So kind of if you can

652
00:30:25,720 --> 00:30:28,640
Speaker 1: share this sort of philosophy, what you guys are looking

653
00:30:28,680 --> 00:30:32,200
Speaker 1: to do, the defense that you want to execute when

654
00:30:32,240 --> 00:30:34,400
Speaker 1: you go into a game, and what leads to I mean,

655
00:30:34,400 --> 00:30:36,280
Speaker 1: because Gino came in average in ten point six per

656
00:30:36,280 --> 00:30:38,200
Speaker 1: at tenth, you went zero for ten on anything over

657
00:30:38,240 --> 00:30:40,680
Speaker 1: ten are yards Like it was crazy to erase that,

658
00:30:40,840 --> 00:30:42,600
Speaker 1: So how does that happen? Like what are you guys

659
00:30:42,680 --> 00:30:43,480
Speaker 1: trying to do out there?

660
00:30:43,600 --> 00:30:48,760
Speaker 4: Yeah, So obviously like going into a game no explosives,

661
00:30:49,080 --> 00:30:50,920
Speaker 4: we don't want to give up explosive plays. We want

662
00:30:50,960 --> 00:30:54,040
Speaker 4: to keep everything in front of us, especially from a

663
00:30:54,080 --> 00:30:56,840
Speaker 4: secondary standpoint in the run game, you want to keep

664
00:30:56,840 --> 00:31:01,760
Speaker 4: those runs per us. What under under three two yards?

665
00:31:02,080 --> 00:31:05,400
Speaker 4: Want to keep it around there. And you know, everybody's

666
00:31:05,440 --> 00:31:07,680
Speaker 4: flying to the ball. We call it bt B bt

667
00:31:07,840 --> 00:31:10,920
Speaker 4: B and like when you turn on the tape other

668
00:31:11,000 --> 00:31:15,800
Speaker 4: teams are they want to see like or say like wow,

669
00:31:16,560 --> 00:31:19,120
Speaker 4: like these guys are really running to the ball. The effort,

670
00:31:19,760 --> 00:31:22,360
Speaker 4: all all that, all that stuff really comes together and

671
00:31:22,400 --> 00:31:25,040
Speaker 4: that that kind of makes the stats what they are

672
00:31:25,880 --> 00:31:28,400
Speaker 4: with eleven guys flying to the ball because not not

673
00:31:28,440 --> 00:31:31,720
Speaker 4: everybody's gonna make every tackle. There's going to be miss tackles.

674
00:31:31,920 --> 00:31:33,760
Speaker 4: But if you miss a tackle, you got ten other

675
00:31:33,800 --> 00:31:36,520
Speaker 4: guys flying to the ball, You're you're gonna limit the

676
00:31:36,600 --> 00:31:38,800
Speaker 4: yardage and the leak yardage and stuff like that. So

677
00:31:38,840 --> 00:31:41,440
Speaker 4: we we really dive into that stuff every day in

678
00:31:41,520 --> 00:31:45,720
Speaker 4: meetings and uh, you know, guys believe guys believe.

679
00:31:45,840 --> 00:31:47,920
Speaker 2: A small sample size first two weeks of the year,

680
00:31:47,960 --> 00:31:51,040
Speaker 2: but bo Nick's his average depth of target one of

681
00:31:51,080 --> 00:31:53,320
Speaker 2: the lowest in the league. But they have a lot

682
00:31:53,320 --> 00:31:56,680
Speaker 2: of playmakers, man, I mean you talk about Courtland, Sutton, Ingram,

683
00:31:57,080 --> 00:31:59,120
Speaker 2: jk who you guys are very well and in the

684
00:31:59,200 --> 00:32:01,000
Speaker 2: rookie r J. Harvey the backfield. What have you seen

685
00:32:01,040 --> 00:32:04,640
Speaker 2: from this this Broncos offense that that presents challenges for defense?

686
00:32:05,040 --> 00:32:11,959
Speaker 4: Yeah, starting with bow Knicks, great player, really really fast,

687
00:32:12,240 --> 00:32:14,280
Speaker 4: Like I don't think he gets enough credit for what

688
00:32:14,320 --> 00:32:17,400
Speaker 4: he can do with his legs and keeping plays alive.

689
00:32:17,600 --> 00:32:22,120
Speaker 4: So obviously, just like last week, plastier coverage, this guy

690
00:32:22,200 --> 00:32:24,720
Speaker 4: is going to be running around, moving around stuff like that,

691
00:32:24,800 --> 00:32:28,160
Speaker 4: and they have all the weapons. Uh underrated receiver they

692
00:32:28,200 --> 00:32:31,239
Speaker 4: have in Franklin. Guy's a really good route runner. I

693
00:32:31,240 --> 00:32:33,800
Speaker 4: believe he was there in Oregon with bow Nick, so

694
00:32:33,840 --> 00:32:37,160
Speaker 4: they probably have a little connection going on there. Evan

695
00:32:37,320 --> 00:32:40,960
Speaker 4: Ingram coming in a tight end, who's elusive, can run

696
00:32:41,000 --> 00:32:44,640
Speaker 4: good routes, and obviously Sudden he's one of He's one

697
00:32:44,680 --> 00:32:46,680
Speaker 4: of those guys where you've you've got to know where

698
00:32:46,680 --> 00:32:49,480
Speaker 4: he's at in the field at all times. And then

699
00:32:49,640 --> 00:32:52,960
Speaker 4: our our our friend JK. Dobbins. He already sent me

700
00:32:52,960 --> 00:32:54,640
Speaker 4: a friendly text like early this week.

701
00:32:54,760 --> 00:32:56,720
Speaker 2: Oh yeah, what was it? What was that deal?

702
00:32:57,760 --> 00:33:00,560
Speaker 4: We'll keep that on side, so imagine that, you know.

703
00:33:00,720 --> 00:33:03,000
Speaker 4: But uh yeah, I'm looking forward to the matchup. I

704
00:33:03,080 --> 00:33:03,640
Speaker 4: think it's good.

705
00:33:03,720 --> 00:33:06,960
Speaker 3: Man. It's a Division game Denver.

706
00:33:07,320 --> 00:33:09,880
Speaker 4: Like I'm I'm I'm old school, so you know, I

707
00:33:09,920 --> 00:33:12,920
Speaker 4: grew up a Chargers fan, so I know you know

708
00:33:13,000 --> 00:33:14,040
Speaker 4: what these games mean.

709
00:33:14,320 --> 00:33:16,800
Speaker 3: So I really excited for the opportunity.

710
00:33:16,880 --> 00:33:19,239
Speaker 2: Man, I feel like I have to do this.

711
00:33:19,280 --> 00:33:21,560
Speaker 1: I was, I was with Lorenz O'Neil yesterday, since you

712
00:33:21,720 --> 00:33:23,400
Speaker 1: grew up a Charger fan and talking about one of

713
00:33:23,400 --> 00:33:24,800
Speaker 1: the alties should be in the Hall of Fame. It's

714
00:33:24,920 --> 00:33:28,800
Speaker 1: a great crime that he's not. But I mentioned I said, look,

715
00:33:28,800 --> 00:33:30,520
Speaker 1: I love Tony man, He's one of my favorite guys

716
00:33:30,560 --> 00:33:32,880
Speaker 1: on the team. And I feel like I gotta say

717
00:33:32,880 --> 00:33:34,520
Speaker 1: this because I was watching, you know, and maybe it's

718
00:33:34,560 --> 00:33:36,920
Speaker 1: the Dodger guy and me and you're a Padre guy,

719
00:33:36,920 --> 00:33:39,520
Speaker 1: and like I'm I'm watching on the field and we

720
00:33:39,560 --> 00:33:41,880
Speaker 1: got a bunch of guys playing catch. I'm watching Tuley

721
00:33:42,040 --> 00:33:45,400
Speaker 1: and I'm I'm watching Tony, and I think Troy Die

722
00:33:45,480 --> 00:33:46,800
Speaker 1: was throwing around and was a Marlowe.

723
00:33:47,440 --> 00:33:49,200
Speaker 2: It was okay.

724
00:33:49,280 --> 00:33:53,080
Speaker 1: So I'm like, you know, when when Tony had to

725
00:33:53,080 --> 00:33:58,680
Speaker 1: make a long throw, balls come up a little bit short,

726
00:33:58,760 --> 00:34:00,000
Speaker 1: when he had a cris like when he was fine

727
00:34:00,120 --> 00:34:01,240
Speaker 1: when he was going on the arms, but when he

728
00:34:01,280 --> 00:34:02,000
Speaker 1: went that agonal.

729
00:34:02,200 --> 00:34:04,120
Speaker 2: Yeah, I watched two when I was like, both from

730
00:34:04,200 --> 00:34:05,920
Speaker 2: hit the dirt a little bit and I got to

731
00:34:05,920 --> 00:34:06,560
Speaker 2: ask him about it.

732
00:34:06,560 --> 00:34:06,840
Speaker 3: I did.

733
00:34:06,920 --> 00:34:10,200
Speaker 4: I did dirt a few only because the Raiders coach

734
00:34:10,320 --> 00:34:14,560
Speaker 4: was like a few yards, like fifteen yards behind, be respectful.

735
00:34:14,560 --> 00:34:16,239
Speaker 4: I was being respectful. I didn't want to get the ball,

736
00:34:16,280 --> 00:34:17,920
Speaker 4: so I was coming up. Why I had to bring

737
00:34:17,920 --> 00:34:19,920
Speaker 4: it up, I know, but I was like, but this

738
00:34:19,960 --> 00:34:21,640
Speaker 4: week we should have a little more room. So if

739
00:34:21,640 --> 00:34:23,719
Speaker 4: you want to be watching out, okay, I have my

740
00:34:23,760 --> 00:34:26,480
Speaker 4: twenty three on. I'm like when I when I'm in

741
00:34:26,520 --> 00:34:28,719
Speaker 4: baseball mode, I consider myself like a tatist.

742
00:34:29,120 --> 00:34:31,360
Speaker 3: Okay, that's what I played in the Little league. I

743
00:34:31,400 --> 00:34:34,120
Speaker 3: was an outfielder. He goes and like tracking the right

744
00:34:34,280 --> 00:34:35,560
Speaker 3: left center centers.

745
00:34:35,560 --> 00:34:37,800
Speaker 4: I would have assumed, yeah, with the coach would be like, hey,

746
00:34:38,800 --> 00:34:41,600
Speaker 4: this guy is there, big hitter. We want you to

747
00:34:41,640 --> 00:34:44,799
Speaker 4: move over to rife or whatever. So tracking the ball

748
00:34:45,080 --> 00:34:47,080
Speaker 4: and I like doing that pregame. That gives me a

749
00:34:47,120 --> 00:34:49,120
Speaker 4: little Yeah, and hey.

750
00:34:48,960 --> 00:34:53,000
Speaker 1: Paid off on this off, paid on that armunt throughout that.

751
00:34:54,400 --> 00:34:56,719
Speaker 2: But I'm sorry, Chris, because this is great. I love this.

752
00:34:56,840 --> 00:35:02,239
Speaker 1: So how would you explain Tatis and his lack of

753
00:35:02,400 --> 00:35:05,840
Speaker 1: power for about six seven weeks and now all of

754
00:35:05,880 --> 00:35:08,799
Speaker 1: a sudden there's this burst of home runs. What would

755
00:35:08,840 --> 00:35:09,920
Speaker 1: you attribute that to?

756
00:35:10,840 --> 00:35:14,799
Speaker 4: Uh, championship mentalities. He's getting ready for the playoffs, man,

757
00:35:14,800 --> 00:35:16,600
Speaker 4: he's getting ready for the playoffs. We got to finish

758
00:35:16,640 --> 00:35:19,560
Speaker 4: this series with the Mets good win last night.

759
00:35:20,880 --> 00:35:24,080
Speaker 2: But it's it's you know this happens. I hope, I

760
00:35:24,120 --> 00:35:25,160
Speaker 2: hope it's Dodgers Padre.

761
00:35:26,040 --> 00:35:30,120
Speaker 3: It always has it is.

762
00:35:30,239 --> 00:35:32,080
Speaker 4: You know, Michael King's coming back. You know you had

763
00:35:32,080 --> 00:35:33,720
Speaker 4: a rough game the first one, but he's just getting

764
00:35:33,760 --> 00:35:37,319
Speaker 4: back into it. Uh We're I think we'll be fine.

765
00:35:37,360 --> 00:35:39,279
Speaker 2: Like you're a big fan, right, huge?

766
00:35:39,560 --> 00:35:40,560
Speaker 3: But I love I love it.

767
00:35:40,600 --> 00:35:42,839
Speaker 4: I went to Game five last year when they beat

768
00:35:42,920 --> 00:35:47,239
Speaker 4: us in at Dodger Stadium, and uh yeah they Dodger fans.

769
00:35:47,280 --> 00:35:49,320
Speaker 4: Let me have it there, I have my Tatis jersey.

770
00:35:50,120 --> 00:35:54,040
Speaker 4: I was leaving there throwing bottles at stuff. So you guys,

771
00:35:54,239 --> 00:35:57,479
Speaker 4: Dodger fans, be nice, be nice, you know right, it's fun.

772
00:35:57,560 --> 00:35:59,759
Speaker 4: I respect the rivalry, Yes, it's fun.

773
00:35:59,800 --> 00:36:00,719
Speaker 3: It's padres All.

774
00:36:00,640 --> 00:36:04,880
Speaker 2: Day Tony last one for me, Jim Harball. Just the

775
00:36:04,960 --> 00:36:10,160
Speaker 2: competitive nature that he exudes. What is it like, especially

776
00:36:10,200 --> 00:36:13,200
Speaker 2: for a division game? Like to get you guys up

777
00:36:13,239 --> 00:36:15,600
Speaker 2: for these games. I know it probably doesn't take much.

778
00:36:15,640 --> 00:36:18,040
Speaker 2: You guys are professionals. But when you have a coach

779
00:36:18,120 --> 00:36:20,959
Speaker 2: that wants to win, is desperately as coach Harball wants

780
00:36:20,960 --> 00:36:22,440
Speaker 2: to win, it's got to be infectious.

781
00:36:22,600 --> 00:36:27,120
Speaker 4: It's it's really infectious, man. And as a player, that's

782
00:36:27,160 --> 00:36:28,879
Speaker 4: the type of coach you want to be playing for

783
00:36:29,040 --> 00:36:31,440
Speaker 4: because he's like he's played it. And then like when

784
00:36:31,440 --> 00:36:34,680
Speaker 4: he's talking, you can feel like he wants to be

785
00:36:34,719 --> 00:36:37,200
Speaker 4: in the game. Like he like that's like you get

786
00:36:37,200 --> 00:36:39,719
Speaker 4: that real feeling and it's real, it's genuine. He's he's

787
00:36:39,760 --> 00:36:42,640
Speaker 4: all about ball, and like I love that. I love

788
00:36:42,719 --> 00:36:46,520
Speaker 4: that about coach. He's he he knows how to how

789
00:36:46,520 --> 00:36:49,880
Speaker 4: to reach us and uh, you know, we're we're all ears.

790
00:36:49,880 --> 00:36:53,560
Speaker 4: When he talks and like he doesn't just say he's

791
00:36:53,600 --> 00:36:56,279
Speaker 4: he's not just talking. Like when he says something he

792
00:36:56,320 --> 00:36:59,080
Speaker 4: actually means it and like his heart's in it and

793
00:36:59,120 --> 00:37:02,200
Speaker 4: we could feel that players, and then it makes us

794
00:37:02,239 --> 00:37:02,600
Speaker 4: just want to.

795
00:37:02,600 --> 00:37:03,040
Speaker 3: Go out there.

796
00:37:03,040 --> 00:37:06,319
Speaker 4: And I heard Durwin before the game against the Raiders like, hey, Coach,

797
00:37:06,360 --> 00:37:10,920
Speaker 4: we got your back, and he's like you that's that.

798
00:37:11,160 --> 00:37:13,719
Speaker 3: Yeah. So man, It's it's so fun, Bro. I love

799
00:37:13,719 --> 00:37:13,960
Speaker 3: it here.

800
00:37:14,000 --> 00:37:17,560
Speaker 4: I love playing for for coach and the whole staff,

801
00:37:17,560 --> 00:37:18,640
Speaker 4: all my all my teammates.

802
00:37:18,680 --> 00:37:18,839
Speaker 3: Bro.

803
00:37:18,880 --> 00:37:22,759
Speaker 4: It's just being where I'm at in my career. It's

804
00:37:22,840 --> 00:37:25,719
Speaker 4: just it's just been a blast here and I'm just

805
00:37:25,960 --> 00:37:28,600
Speaker 4: I'm willing to do whatever at any point in time.

806
00:37:28,760 --> 00:37:30,799
Speaker 2: But I was going to say, we have our ear

807
00:37:30,800 --> 00:37:34,520
Speaker 2: to the ground. The fans love Tony. It was really

808
00:37:34,520 --> 00:37:36,960
Speaker 2: cool to see just the outpouring of love for you

809
00:37:37,200 --> 00:37:40,200
Speaker 2: after that game. Just being in this league for as

810
00:37:40,200 --> 00:37:42,680
Speaker 2: long as you have, your story is well documented, and

811
00:37:42,760 --> 00:37:46,080
Speaker 2: just stepping up in a primetime spot. Man, it was

812
00:37:46,080 --> 00:37:46,799
Speaker 2: really cool to see.

813
00:37:46,880 --> 00:37:49,560
Speaker 3: Yeah, I appreciate it. I'm an. Everyone keeps telling me

814
00:37:49,600 --> 00:37:51,480
Speaker 3: you need to write a book one day or whatever.

815
00:37:52,040 --> 00:37:54,000
Speaker 3: I don't know. I don't know. I might do something

816
00:37:54,000 --> 00:37:55,600
Speaker 3: I need to, like somehow tell the story.

817
00:37:55,840 --> 00:37:57,400
Speaker 2: The title is the title.

818
00:37:58,920 --> 00:38:01,239
Speaker 3: From Young and too unk. I don't know something like that.

819
00:38:01,360 --> 00:38:03,080
Speaker 1: I got to do it. We got to get you

820
00:38:03,120 --> 00:38:04,640
Speaker 1: to lunch because you gotta eat. But I do want

821
00:38:04,680 --> 00:38:06,560
Speaker 1: to ask before you go real quick. You may as

822
00:38:06,560 --> 00:38:09,279
Speaker 1: long as you want. I do not disagree that San

823
00:38:09,320 --> 00:38:11,800
Speaker 1: Diego's Mexican food is incredible and it's probably the best,

824
00:38:12,160 --> 00:38:15,239
Speaker 1: but I feel like probably I fit Listen, I just

825
00:38:15,320 --> 00:38:17,960
Speaker 1: open that up, you know. I want to be respectful

826
00:38:18,040 --> 00:38:19,640
Speaker 1: of some spots in Texas that are right on the

827
00:38:19,640 --> 00:38:22,080
Speaker 1: border and stuff like that. You know, I want to

828
00:38:22,080 --> 00:38:25,759
Speaker 1: be respectful. I feel like you're not even giving LA

829
00:38:25,800 --> 00:38:27,200
Speaker 1: a chance. I feel like you won't even go. Like

830
00:38:27,239 --> 00:38:28,960
Speaker 1: if I want to take you to on Hell's right

831
00:38:29,000 --> 00:38:30,560
Speaker 1: off the seven ten, and I'm going to take you

832
00:38:30,600 --> 00:38:32,279
Speaker 1: to that truck in the middle, Like I feel like

833
00:38:32,280 --> 00:38:33,480
Speaker 1: you're like, no, I don't even want to go. I

834
00:38:33,480 --> 00:38:35,560
Speaker 1: don't even want to know that there's the possibility that

835
00:38:35,600 --> 00:38:36,520
Speaker 1: there's something better off there.

836
00:38:36,560 --> 00:38:36,600
Speaker 3: No.

837
00:38:36,880 --> 00:38:38,759
Speaker 4: I want to go because I love good Mexican food.

838
00:38:39,280 --> 00:38:45,240
Speaker 4: But I just know that overall San Diego's Mexican food,

839
00:38:45,840 --> 00:38:49,120
Speaker 4: I feel like it's more authentic, it's more real, and

840
00:38:49,160 --> 00:38:53,160
Speaker 4: like in San Diego we have certain places, so like

841
00:38:53,160 --> 00:38:55,560
Speaker 4: if you want a California brido. Is there California bridos

842
00:38:55,560 --> 00:38:55,879
Speaker 4: out here?

843
00:38:56,200 --> 00:38:59,719
Speaker 3: Yeah, I can get you.

844
00:38:59,800 --> 00:39:02,320
Speaker 2: I can get your California brea California breed. Is that

845
00:39:02,400 --> 00:39:04,080
Speaker 2: what the competition is? Like, you tell me what the

846
00:39:04,080 --> 00:39:04,799
Speaker 2: competition is.

847
00:39:05,239 --> 00:39:09,480
Speaker 4: The competition for me is a California brito and Cornea

848
00:39:09,520 --> 00:39:10,120
Speaker 4: side of fries.

849
00:39:10,719 --> 00:39:13,759
Speaker 2: Okay, I like out here, I'll take you.

850
00:39:14,120 --> 00:39:14,479
Speaker 3: I don't.

851
00:39:15,040 --> 00:39:17,120
Speaker 4: I haven't really heard of like Carnea side of fries

852
00:39:17,160 --> 00:39:20,319
Speaker 4: out here. Like that's really huge in San Diego, right,

853
00:39:20,400 --> 00:39:24,120
Speaker 4: And like we have certain spots for certain things. So

854
00:39:24,160 --> 00:39:25,800
Speaker 4: like if I want a California brito, I have a

855
00:39:25,840 --> 00:39:28,680
Speaker 4: certain spot for there. If I want California Cornea side

856
00:39:28,680 --> 00:39:30,279
Speaker 4: of fries, I have a certain spot for there.

857
00:39:30,800 --> 00:39:32,719
Speaker 3: And like and if I want Alabama.

858
00:39:32,280 --> 00:39:34,800
Speaker 4: Tacos, everybody knows in San Diego you go to Tacos

859
00:39:34,800 --> 00:39:38,160
Speaker 4: o Gordo, shout out Tacos o Gordo and it's exceptional.

860
00:39:38,239 --> 00:39:41,520
Speaker 4: Oh man, it's amazing. So but like I said, I

861
00:39:41,520 --> 00:39:44,239
Speaker 4: did say, La does have good Mexican food, it's just

862
00:39:44,280 --> 00:39:46,640
Speaker 4: not on the level of San Diego Mexican.

863
00:39:46,719 --> 00:39:50,240
Speaker 3: I mean, it's like San.

864
00:39:50,160 --> 00:39:53,839
Speaker 2: Diego and you're still my number one. I want that

865
00:39:53,960 --> 00:39:55,920
Speaker 2: road trip was a week six Miami. That should that

866
00:39:56,080 --> 00:40:01,719
Speaker 2: may lineup with Dodgers padres CARNI watch the game, but

867
00:40:01,920 --> 00:40:03,680
Speaker 2: I just I want to watch you to watch the game.

868
00:40:03,960 --> 00:40:05,759
Speaker 4: Yeah, but what we're not going to do is say

869
00:40:05,800 --> 00:40:08,760
Speaker 4: Texas text mex Is in any.

870
00:40:08,600 --> 00:40:12,680
Speaker 1: Type of conversation have you ever had? Yeah, like ol

871
00:40:12,719 --> 00:40:14,719
Speaker 1: pastos got pretty damn good Mexican food.

872
00:40:14,800 --> 00:40:15,719
Speaker 3: I was in Oklahoma.

873
00:40:15,880 --> 00:40:18,279
Speaker 4: When I was in Oklahoma when I first got there,

874
00:40:18,600 --> 00:40:20,759
Speaker 4: the first thing I did I try to go find

875
00:40:20,800 --> 00:40:23,800
Speaker 4: Mexican food. And I told him, I said, can I

876
00:40:23,840 --> 00:40:28,319
Speaker 4: get a like corner side of They're like huh, I'm

877
00:40:28,320 --> 00:40:30,640
Speaker 4: like where am I at? And so they were like, no,

878
00:40:30,680 --> 00:40:32,399
Speaker 4: you got to try text men went to the wrong spot.

879
00:40:32,440 --> 00:40:36,279
Speaker 4: So I went to Dallas and I tried there.

880
00:40:36,400 --> 00:40:37,319
Speaker 3: I was like, no, but.

881
00:40:37,280 --> 00:40:41,239
Speaker 1: See Dallas would be like La whereas l Passa would

882
00:40:41,239 --> 00:40:43,080
Speaker 1: be like San Diego right there on the board, you

883
00:40:43,120 --> 00:40:43,480
Speaker 1: know what I mean?

884
00:40:43,560 --> 00:40:46,879
Speaker 4: Yeah, I got because El Paso is closer to South

885
00:40:47,080 --> 00:40:49,319
Speaker 4: So okay, I just don't want to disrespect I was.

886
00:40:49,360 --> 00:40:52,239
Speaker 4: I was like more more North Texas when I tried that,

887
00:40:52,360 --> 00:40:53,440
Speaker 4: So not okay.

888
00:40:53,520 --> 00:40:56,520
Speaker 1: Yeah, I'm still looking. I'm still giving San Diego front.

889
00:40:56,560 --> 00:40:58,920
Speaker 1: I just feel like if I guide you, Okay, well

890
00:40:59,040 --> 00:40:59,520
Speaker 1: we can get you.

891
00:40:59,520 --> 00:41:01,160
Speaker 4: We're gonna We're have to get a day where we

892
00:41:01,239 --> 00:41:03,000
Speaker 4: go and I'll stream it, I'll put it on Twitch.

893
00:41:03,160 --> 00:41:06,760
Speaker 4: We'll do the whole. We'll go to the best spots

894
00:41:06,760 --> 00:41:10,359
Speaker 4: in LA. I'll give a true review done and with

895
00:41:10,480 --> 00:41:12,319
Speaker 4: no bias to San Diego and we'll do that.

896
00:41:12,840 --> 00:41:13,480
Speaker 2: Now, I'm hungry.

897
00:41:13,600 --> 00:41:14,359
Speaker 3: If we go, me too.

898
00:41:14,360 --> 00:41:14,959
Speaker 2: We gotta get.

899
00:41:16,719 --> 00:41:20,000
Speaker 3: All Tony. Look, yes, sir, Thank you, guys, appreciate it.

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Speaker 2: You know, Muddy, I really meant it. The love for

911
00:42:03,280 --> 00:42:06,759
Speaker 2: Tony Jefferson among Charger fans has been real since he

912
00:42:06,880 --> 00:42:09,239
Speaker 2: really he became a Charger, But just to see what

913
00:42:09,280 --> 00:42:12,520
Speaker 2: he's done a preseason, to have his number called in

914
00:42:12,600 --> 00:42:14,480
Speaker 2: a big spot, for him to perform the way he

915
00:42:14,520 --> 00:42:16,359
Speaker 2: did against the Raiders was pretty awesome. Yeah.

916
00:42:16,480 --> 00:42:18,839
Speaker 1: Look, he's everyone's favorite. He's great, and I think when

917
00:42:18,880 --> 00:42:20,719
Speaker 1: he didn't make the initial fifty three, we were all

918
00:42:20,800 --> 00:42:22,840
Speaker 1: worried that he was going to get picked up. And

919
00:42:23,000 --> 00:42:25,719
Speaker 1: I think certainly what we saw in the transaction that

920
00:42:26,040 --> 00:42:29,160
Speaker 1: happened today is after that game, you can't he's he's

921
00:42:29,200 --> 00:42:31,120
Speaker 1: gonna get claimed, Like, you can't put him back on

922
00:42:31,160 --> 00:42:33,160
Speaker 1: the practice squad or he's a goner. And so I

923
00:42:33,200 --> 00:42:36,360
Speaker 1: think they recognize that, and I think that's something to

924
00:42:36,480 --> 00:42:38,960
Speaker 1: keep in the context and to keep perspective when we

925
00:42:39,040 --> 00:42:40,920
Speaker 1: go through this again next year and it's time to

926
00:42:41,000 --> 00:42:43,520
Speaker 1: put the fifty three together and everyone's like, we gotta

927
00:42:43,560 --> 00:42:46,120
Speaker 1: get Nico, we gotta get Marlowe, We've got to get

928
00:42:46,440 --> 00:42:49,200
Speaker 1: you know, and it's like, remember, if you get those

929
00:42:49,239 --> 00:42:52,680
Speaker 1: guys their depth pieces, they're going to likely be inactive

930
00:42:52,760 --> 00:42:55,200
Speaker 1: for most games as they continue to develop to turn

931
00:42:55,239 --> 00:42:57,400
Speaker 1: into great football players, and you certainly don't want to

932
00:42:57,440 --> 00:43:00,400
Speaker 1: lose them in your system. But I think, like in

933
00:43:00,440 --> 00:43:03,040
Speaker 1: the case of Raheem Sanders, right, everybody's freaking out, and

934
00:43:03,080 --> 00:43:05,960
Speaker 1: it's like that guy would have been inactive every single

935
00:43:06,040 --> 00:43:08,680
Speaker 1: week if they kept four backs, because they certainly aren't

936
00:43:08,840 --> 00:43:11,840
Speaker 1: not going to keep Asan Haskins, who's arguably one of

937
00:43:11,880 --> 00:43:14,719
Speaker 1: their three best special teams players, you know, and of

938
00:43:14,760 --> 00:43:17,040
Speaker 1: course I'm Marian Anton and Najihiera. So it's like you're

939
00:43:17,280 --> 00:43:19,800
Speaker 1: freaking out over someone who's going to be inactive, and

940
00:43:19,880 --> 00:43:24,799
Speaker 1: here's Tony Jefferson who has a huge impact on every

941
00:43:24,880 --> 00:43:29,000
Speaker 1: game he plays, and so we're so precious about things

942
00:43:29,040 --> 00:43:31,520
Speaker 1: that we don't know and what they could be. What

943
00:43:31,800 --> 00:43:34,320
Speaker 1: could Nico Rebia. I hope he's a great player in

944
00:43:34,400 --> 00:43:36,600
Speaker 1: an all pro corner and I think he could be that.

945
00:43:36,920 --> 00:43:39,960
Speaker 1: But you know, Tony Jefferson with Elijah Molden getting a hurt,

946
00:43:40,000 --> 00:43:42,400
Speaker 1: goes out there defense, does not miss a beat, and

947
00:43:42,480 --> 00:43:44,120
Speaker 1: he comes up with his fifth career interception.

948
00:43:44,320 --> 00:43:45,960
Speaker 2: It's awesome, And I think you said it too in August.

949
00:43:46,040 --> 00:43:48,319
Speaker 2: It's all we got. We're watching preseason. We're seeing these

950
00:43:48,360 --> 00:43:51,640
Speaker 2: guys show out, you know, KALs Man like KALs was awesome.

951
00:43:51,719 --> 00:43:54,239
Speaker 2: In August, they don't need him right now right and

952
00:43:54,840 --> 00:43:56,600
Speaker 2: you know that the game will come to him, like

953
00:43:56,680 --> 00:43:58,759
Speaker 2: he will have a big play in a game, come out.

954
00:43:59,000 --> 00:44:01,080
Speaker 2: But when Keenan comes in and does what he does, man,

955
00:44:01,160 --> 00:44:04,040
Speaker 2: it's like you're pretty good with Quintin lad and Keenan,

956
00:44:04,160 --> 00:44:06,279
Speaker 2: And then you know Trey Harris having a couple of

957
00:44:06,360 --> 00:44:10,400
Speaker 2: big receptions as well. Let's get into this Broncos game. Obviously,

958
00:44:10,520 --> 00:44:13,560
Speaker 2: the Chargers two and zero in the division. What an

959
00:44:13,600 --> 00:44:17,239
Speaker 2: opportunity to go three and oh in the division, three

960
00:44:17,280 --> 00:44:19,800
Speaker 2: to o to start a season. You're in September to

961
00:44:19,880 --> 00:44:23,200
Speaker 2: get a leg up on this division. Again, a small

962
00:44:23,239 --> 00:44:26,480
Speaker 2: sample size with the Broncos, say a close game Week

963
00:44:26,560 --> 00:44:28,680
Speaker 2: one against the Titans, kind of a lower scoring game,

964
00:44:28,719 --> 00:44:31,879
Speaker 2: twenty to twelve, and then they probably should have won

965
00:44:31,920 --> 00:44:36,480
Speaker 2: that game against the Indianapolis it's kind of a did

966
00:44:36,520 --> 00:44:38,160
Speaker 2: he hit did the lever hit?

967
00:44:38,280 --> 00:44:38,480
Speaker 3: Yeah?

968
00:44:38,480 --> 00:44:40,440
Speaker 1: It was leven Yeah, jumped on top of the long

969
00:44:40,520 --> 00:44:42,080
Speaker 1: put a hand on top of the long snapper and

970
00:44:42,120 --> 00:44:42,719
Speaker 1: shove them down.

971
00:44:42,719 --> 00:44:44,600
Speaker 2: You can't touch that, So a sixty yard field goal

972
00:44:44,680 --> 00:44:46,960
Speaker 2: becomes a forty five yard field goal. Colts win the

973
00:44:47,000 --> 00:44:50,719
Speaker 2: football game. Love it just just to give you guys

974
00:44:51,040 --> 00:44:53,360
Speaker 2: again with with Bo Nicks. I was looking at some

975
00:44:53,440 --> 00:44:55,840
Speaker 2: of his pro football focused ats, and you take it

976
00:44:55,880 --> 00:44:57,680
Speaker 2: for what it's worth, right, but he's the worst graded

977
00:44:57,719 --> 00:44:59,919
Speaker 2: quarterback in football right now. It was forty out of forty.

978
00:45:00,880 --> 00:45:04,440
Speaker 2: His average depth of target six point two yards, thirty

979
00:45:04,520 --> 00:45:07,839
Speaker 2: fifth among quarterbacks. He has three interceptions. He has six

980
00:45:08,040 --> 00:45:11,840
Speaker 2: turnover worthy plays, which is thirty ninth among quarterbacks. And

981
00:45:12,080 --> 00:45:14,439
Speaker 2: I mentioned the forty out of forty great quarterbacks forty

982
00:45:14,440 --> 00:45:17,400
Speaker 2: point nine. He did have a few touchdowns against the Colts,

983
00:45:17,440 --> 00:45:21,040
Speaker 2: but he's a guy who you know, last year I

984
00:45:21,120 --> 00:45:23,719
Speaker 2: didn't really see him push the football down the field much.

985
00:45:23,880 --> 00:45:27,600
Speaker 2: And the way that the Chargers are playing defense right now,

986
00:45:28,120 --> 00:45:30,839
Speaker 2: I'm very intrigued to see how the Broncos are going

987
00:45:30,880 --> 00:45:33,360
Speaker 2: to try to attack this defense. Yeah, look, he's tried to.

988
00:45:33,800 --> 00:45:37,080
Speaker 1: I went through all of his throws earlier this week

989
00:45:37,160 --> 00:45:39,600
Speaker 1: and just kind of was shotting some stuff down because,

990
00:45:40,000 --> 00:45:41,799
Speaker 1: like you said, he had a couple nice touchdown throws

991
00:45:41,840 --> 00:45:46,000
Speaker 1: down the field, but last week throws of ten plus

992
00:45:46,120 --> 00:45:50,239
Speaker 1: yards ten plus air yards one for seven, one touchdown,

993
00:45:50,960 --> 00:45:53,880
Speaker 1: one interception, one for seven. And then if you go

994
00:45:54,200 --> 00:45:56,200
Speaker 1: for the entire year, for the first two weeks, I

995
00:45:56,239 --> 00:45:57,680
Speaker 1: say the entire season, the first two weeks. If you

996
00:45:57,719 --> 00:46:03,359
Speaker 1: put the Tennessee numbers in there, seventeen, two touchdowns, two interceptions.

997
00:46:03,800 --> 00:46:06,960
Speaker 1: So he's clearly trying to push the ball a lot

998
00:46:07,080 --> 00:46:10,760
Speaker 1: more than he did last year and it's not working.

999
00:46:11,040 --> 00:46:13,440
Speaker 1: And so that's probably what's led. I mean, he's five

1000
00:46:13,480 --> 00:46:15,720
Speaker 1: to seventeen's under thirty percent. He's like around thirty percent

1001
00:46:15,760 --> 00:46:18,520
Speaker 1: completion rate on those. He's trying to get these explosivenesses

1002
00:46:18,600 --> 00:46:20,600
Speaker 1: not happen. And you mentioned the six turnover worthy plays.

1003
00:46:20,600 --> 00:46:22,280
Speaker 1: There were two more in there where there's a straight

1004
00:46:22,320 --> 00:46:25,320
Speaker 1: up pick six that was dropped by Tennessee where receiver

1005
00:46:25,400 --> 00:46:27,400
Speaker 1: got undercut by the defensive back. It hit him right

1006
00:46:27,440 --> 00:46:29,680
Speaker 1: between the numbers and he just dropped it. But a

1007
00:46:29,760 --> 00:46:32,399
Speaker 1: lot of his stuff that works is in the middle

1008
00:46:32,400 --> 00:46:36,520
Speaker 1: of the field. It's checkdowns underneath, and I think that

1009
00:46:36,680 --> 00:46:38,160
Speaker 1: plays into what the Chargers do.

1010
00:46:38,520 --> 00:46:38,640
Speaker 2: Right.

1011
00:46:38,880 --> 00:46:42,439
Speaker 1: No explosives, You're gonna have to just dink and dunk

1012
00:46:42,480 --> 00:46:44,560
Speaker 1: your way down the field and eventually we're gonna get you.

1013
00:46:44,600 --> 00:46:46,440
Speaker 1: We're gonna get you with a holding penalty, get you

1014
00:46:46,560 --> 00:46:48,520
Speaker 1: with a sack. We're gonna tip a ball and pick

1015
00:46:48,600 --> 00:46:50,279
Speaker 1: it off, and like that's just the way Jesse Minner

1016
00:46:50,320 --> 00:46:52,040
Speaker 1: wants to operate, and I think it does sort of

1017
00:46:52,120 --> 00:46:57,040
Speaker 1: play into how you know, bo has to operate to

1018
00:46:57,120 --> 00:47:00,680
Speaker 1: be successful. The one thing to remember though is Bonicks

1019
00:47:00,760 --> 00:47:02,680
Speaker 1: carved this defense up in the first half of that

1020
00:47:02,800 --> 00:47:06,080
Speaker 1: game on Thursday night, and bon Nicks used his legs

1021
00:47:06,600 --> 00:47:09,799
Speaker 1: really kind of became bon Nicks in the first meeting

1022
00:47:09,880 --> 00:47:12,520
Speaker 1: in Denver in the second half of that game, So

1023
00:47:12,640 --> 00:47:15,239
Speaker 1: we know he's had some success. So I think the

1024
00:47:15,360 --> 00:47:17,719
Speaker 1: idea that we can just apply what has happened against

1025
00:47:17,760 --> 00:47:21,120
Speaker 1: Tennessee and Indy and assume it's going to be the case.

1026
00:47:21,200 --> 00:47:22,840
Speaker 1: This is a guy that's played this team twice and

1027
00:47:22,920 --> 00:47:23,600
Speaker 1: it's played okay.

1028
00:47:23,960 --> 00:47:26,560
Speaker 2: Yeah, you know, Tony mentioned that they have weapons on

1029
00:47:26,600 --> 00:47:30,160
Speaker 2: the outside Courtland Sutton is probably the leader when you

1030
00:47:30,480 --> 00:47:33,480
Speaker 2: talk about their number one option. Evan Ingram did not

1031
00:47:33,680 --> 00:47:37,920
Speaker 2: practice on Wednesday, I believe. So that's something to monitor

1032
00:47:38,040 --> 00:47:40,520
Speaker 2: throughout the week. And you know, we know who JK.

1033
00:47:40,640 --> 00:47:43,040
Speaker 2: Dobbins is, and I know that he's probably gonna want

1034
00:47:43,040 --> 00:47:44,160
Speaker 2: to come in here and put on a show.

1035
00:47:44,280 --> 00:47:44,480
Speaker 3: R J.

1036
00:47:44,640 --> 00:47:48,759
Speaker 2: Harvey had a big run against Tennessee, didn't really get

1037
00:47:48,800 --> 00:47:51,520
Speaker 2: loose against the Colts, So I don't know, do you

1038
00:47:51,520 --> 00:47:53,400
Speaker 2: think they'll maybe lead with the run on Sunday.

1039
00:47:53,480 --> 00:47:53,640
Speaker 3: Yeah.

1040
00:47:53,680 --> 00:47:55,560
Speaker 1: Look, JK has been doing a lot of what he

1041
00:47:55,640 --> 00:47:57,120
Speaker 1: did here. You know, he's had a couple of big

1042
00:47:57,239 --> 00:48:00,600
Speaker 1: explosive runs and then others that really aren't doing a

1043
00:48:00,640 --> 00:48:02,520
Speaker 1: whole lot. But he's still a threat. You know, he

1044
00:48:02,600 --> 00:48:05,200
Speaker 1: can break tackles. He's explosive when he gets into the

1045
00:48:05,239 --> 00:48:08,320
Speaker 1: open field. So these guys know it. They practice against

1046
00:48:08,400 --> 00:48:11,359
Speaker 1: him every day. It's a good offensive line. I think

1047
00:48:11,400 --> 00:48:14,320
Speaker 1: they're celebrated a little bit more than they should be,

1048
00:48:14,480 --> 00:48:17,840
Speaker 1: but it is a good offensive line. It's going to

1049
00:48:17,880 --> 00:48:20,160
Speaker 1: be the best offensive line they've seen of these three

1050
00:48:20,239 --> 00:48:23,560
Speaker 1: games that they've played. The thing that really jumped out

1051
00:48:23,600 --> 00:48:24,960
Speaker 1: at me when I was looking at the box car,

1052
00:48:25,000 --> 00:48:26,200
Speaker 1: I was like, gott, I go back and watch this

1053
00:48:26,280 --> 00:48:31,279
Speaker 1: because this is weird. So Daniel Jones man freaking Indianapolis.

1054
00:48:31,400 --> 00:48:36,040
Speaker 1: Jones attacked Patrick Sartan over and over and over again.

1055
00:48:36,080 --> 00:48:36,600
Speaker 2: In that game.

1056
00:48:36,719 --> 00:48:40,600
Speaker 1: He threw out him nine times for seven completions, sixty

1057
00:48:40,640 --> 00:48:44,800
Speaker 1: three yards as nine per reception and five first downs.

1058
00:48:44,920 --> 00:48:48,759
Speaker 1: Like Daniel Jones was not afraid of Patrick Shirtan in

1059
00:48:48,840 --> 00:48:51,520
Speaker 1: the least bit, and they went at him. Riley Mossel

1060
00:48:51,600 --> 00:48:54,800
Speaker 1: so eight targets, allowed, six catches, ninety yards a touchdown,

1061
00:48:54,920 --> 00:48:58,080
Speaker 1: fifteen yards per reception against what a lot of people

1062
00:48:58,120 --> 00:49:00,319
Speaker 1: think is the best corner tandem in the league.

1063
00:49:00,360 --> 00:49:00,920
Speaker 2: So there's some.

1064
00:49:01,040 --> 00:49:03,480
Speaker 1: Film there, you know, for guys that are a lot

1065
00:49:03,560 --> 00:49:05,920
Speaker 1: smarter than me to figure out, you know, a lot

1066
00:49:05,960 --> 00:49:08,960
Speaker 1: smarter than me, a lot smarter than I am. Never

1067
00:49:08,960 --> 00:49:11,120
Speaker 1: we go trying to figure out that's a me or nine.

1068
00:49:11,560 --> 00:49:13,279
Speaker 1: I think it can work both ways if I put

1069
00:49:13,280 --> 00:49:16,799
Speaker 1: a period, But I do think that there's something there.

1070
00:49:17,040 --> 00:49:19,480
Speaker 1: Like normally it's like, hey, man, stay away from from

1071
00:49:19,520 --> 00:49:21,959
Speaker 1: Patsartan and just work the other side of the field.

1072
00:49:22,000 --> 00:49:25,879
Speaker 1: But Daniel Jones like, whatever, man, we're going after him.

1073
00:49:26,000 --> 00:49:29,160
Speaker 1: And meanwhile Jonathan Taylor ran for one hundred and sixty yards.

1074
00:49:29,040 --> 00:49:31,239
Speaker 2: Yeah, two hundred and fifteen total yards. Yes, right, So

1075
00:49:31,680 --> 00:49:33,960
Speaker 2: that was another thing I think if you want to

1076
00:49:34,000 --> 00:49:36,920
Speaker 2: get this running game going and established a run, and

1077
00:49:37,040 --> 00:49:39,320
Speaker 2: we've seen kind of great Roman do the opposite of

1078
00:49:39,400 --> 00:49:41,480
Speaker 2: what he typically does. He's leading with the pass, he's

1079
00:49:41,560 --> 00:49:44,239
Speaker 2: leading with justin Herbert. Jonathan Taylor twenty five carries one

1080
00:49:44,280 --> 00:49:45,960
Speaker 2: hundred and sixty five yards. He had a sixty eight

1081
00:49:46,040 --> 00:49:48,719
Speaker 2: yard run six point six yards per carry. Also had

1082
00:49:48,880 --> 00:49:51,160
Speaker 2: a pair of catches for fifty yards at a touchdown,

1083
00:49:51,239 --> 00:49:54,520
Speaker 2: so two or fifteen total yards from one guy. You

1084
00:49:54,640 --> 00:49:57,320
Speaker 2: mentioned Daniel Joe's twenty three of thirty four three hundred

1085
00:49:57,320 --> 00:49:59,719
Speaker 2: and sixteen yards in a touchdown. I want to give

1086
00:49:59,719 --> 00:50:01,759
Speaker 2: Shane's tyking a little bit of credit. So Shane, you know,

1087
00:50:01,960 --> 00:50:04,040
Speaker 2: we saw Shane do this with Justin Herbert his rookie

1088
00:50:04,120 --> 00:50:07,200
Speaker 2: year and what he did in Philly, and it's clear

1089
00:50:07,320 --> 00:50:10,239
Speaker 2: that that they targeted Daniel Jones and had a plan

1090
00:50:10,400 --> 00:50:12,200
Speaker 2: for him. And you know they're they're two and oh

1091
00:50:12,239 --> 00:50:13,799
Speaker 2: at this point. We'll see them later in the year.

1092
00:50:13,920 --> 00:50:16,960
Speaker 2: But I look at this as an opportunity. You know,

1093
00:50:17,040 --> 00:50:19,040
Speaker 2: Drake Greenlaw probably won't play in this game. He hasn't

1094
00:50:19,040 --> 00:50:20,360
Speaker 2: played yet for the Broncos.

1095
00:50:20,480 --> 00:50:20,680
Speaker 3: Yeah.

1096
00:50:20,680 --> 00:50:23,640
Speaker 2: I think he practiced yesterday. He did not practice. No,

1097
00:50:23,719 --> 00:50:26,240
Speaker 2: he didn't practice. That's he. I think he's a quad injury.

1098
00:50:26,320 --> 00:50:28,520
Speaker 2: So maybe that's something to monitor. Maybe he practices today.

1099
00:50:28,600 --> 00:50:28,719
Speaker 3: Well.

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00:50:28,800 --> 00:50:31,480
Speaker 1: Nick Benito has always done a number on this team. Yeah,

1101
00:50:31,520 --> 00:50:33,120
Speaker 1: so he's an eye on him man, and he's I

1102
00:50:33,160 --> 00:50:34,920
Speaker 1: think had a sack if I remember right last week.

1103
00:50:35,000 --> 00:50:37,320
Speaker 1: But he's always been uh he's a really good player.

1104
00:50:38,680 --> 00:50:41,640
Speaker 1: They typically at least I shouldn't say typically, watching back there,

1105
00:50:41,640 --> 00:50:44,600
Speaker 1: I watched all their defensive pass rushes as well, and

1106
00:50:44,680 --> 00:50:47,040
Speaker 1: typically they're just rushing four, but then you get those

1107
00:50:47,320 --> 00:50:50,040
Speaker 1: perfectly topt Benito just he's so good at timing it up.

1108
00:50:51,000 --> 00:50:53,600
Speaker 1: He's a real headache. So he's one to keep an

1109
00:50:53,600 --> 00:50:53,880
Speaker 1: eye on.

1110
00:50:54,040 --> 00:50:54,640
Speaker 2: I wash.

1111
00:50:54,760 --> 00:50:54,880
Speaker 3: You know.

1112
00:50:54,920 --> 00:50:55,719
Speaker 2: What I was going to say is.

1113
00:50:57,239 --> 00:50:59,560
Speaker 1: Like we saw finally, you know, not you get those

1114
00:50:59,600 --> 00:51:01,879
Speaker 1: two pass is in the flat, and it's like when

1115
00:51:01,920 --> 00:51:04,200
Speaker 1: you look at the when you look at the Chargers

1116
00:51:04,280 --> 00:51:08,839
Speaker 1: right now, whereas it eighty two percent of their dropbacks

1117
00:51:09,000 --> 00:51:10,680
Speaker 1: are wide receiver targets.

1118
00:51:10,440 --> 00:51:11,160
Speaker 2: Eight two percent.

1119
00:51:11,760 --> 00:51:14,239
Speaker 1: So it's like, let's see if we can get you know,

1120
00:51:14,320 --> 00:51:16,640
Speaker 1: with Naje getting those two dump offs for ten yards

1121
00:51:16,680 --> 00:51:18,719
Speaker 1: a piece, let's just kind of get a little bit

1122
00:51:18,840 --> 00:51:20,759
Speaker 1: more of that incorporated, because you do want to try

1123
00:51:20,760 --> 00:51:22,600
Speaker 1: to put this defense on their heels a little bit more,

1124
00:51:23,160 --> 00:51:24,600
Speaker 1: you know, and I think they did a really good

1125
00:51:24,680 --> 00:51:26,520
Speaker 1: job of doing that with play action in their first

1126
00:51:26,560 --> 00:51:28,840
Speaker 1: two games. So to me, that's another element where you

1127
00:51:28,960 --> 00:51:31,359
Speaker 1: can try to get this defense because it's a good

1128
00:51:31,400 --> 00:51:33,960
Speaker 1: defense man to sock off a little bit instead of

1129
00:51:33,960 --> 00:51:35,600
Speaker 1: having their ears pinned back and coming right at you.

1130
00:51:36,000 --> 00:51:36,160
Speaker 3: You know.

1131
00:51:36,280 --> 00:51:40,239
Speaker 2: Steve Spagnola after the Brazil game said that they caught

1132
00:51:40,280 --> 00:51:43,440
Speaker 2: them off guard a little bit. The Chargers started to

1133
00:51:43,680 --> 00:51:46,400
Speaker 2: started with the pass. Yeah, and I tried to establish

1134
00:51:46,440 --> 00:51:48,000
Speaker 2: the run because they tried to establish the run every

1135
00:51:48,040 --> 00:51:50,879
Speaker 2: game last year. What do you think Greg Roman tries

1136
00:51:50,960 --> 00:51:53,640
Speaker 2: to do in this one, knowing that you know, the

1137
00:51:55,080 --> 00:51:57,960
Speaker 2: Broncos run defense was a little shaky last week.

1138
00:51:58,920 --> 00:52:00,759
Speaker 1: Yeah, I don't, Like I said, I think the only

1139
00:52:01,560 --> 00:52:05,120
Speaker 1: the only thing I can see perhaps changing is that

1140
00:52:06,000 --> 00:52:08,680
Speaker 1: tight end receiver combo. You know, when we were talking

1141
00:52:08,680 --> 00:52:10,520
Speaker 1: about the fifty three, we were like, Wow, it's not

1142
00:52:10,600 --> 00:52:12,160
Speaker 1: necessarily who's going to make it. We know these six

1143
00:52:12,200 --> 00:52:13,320
Speaker 1: are going to make it. It's who's going to be

1144
00:52:13,360 --> 00:52:16,040
Speaker 1: an active every single week Because I just assumed that

1145
00:52:16,680 --> 00:52:18,640
Speaker 1: Tucker Fisk was going to be active every single week,

1146
00:52:18,640 --> 00:52:21,120
Speaker 1: that that's how they wanted to play. So that's the

1147
00:52:21,160 --> 00:52:23,120
Speaker 1: one thing I'll be looking at because I think that's

1148
00:52:23,920 --> 00:52:25,640
Speaker 1: they do need to start running the ball. I know

1149
00:52:25,760 --> 00:52:28,719
Speaker 1: Play Action works without being successful in the run game,

1150
00:52:28,800 --> 00:52:33,239
Speaker 1: the under center run game, but at the same time,

1151
00:52:33,320 --> 00:52:35,719
Speaker 1: I feel like you've got to start getting you have

1152
00:52:35,800 --> 00:52:38,000
Speaker 1: to start having some success or teams are just going

1153
00:52:38,080 --> 00:52:39,600
Speaker 1: to make you prove it, and it's going to be

1154
00:52:39,640 --> 00:52:41,319
Speaker 1: a little bit harder to get those, you know, because

1155
00:52:41,360 --> 00:52:44,239
Speaker 1: Herbert's so good on play action, and I think we've

1156
00:52:44,280 --> 00:52:46,640
Speaker 1: seen enough from both of these backs that it can

1157
00:52:46,800 --> 00:52:49,600
Speaker 1: work if we get it blocked upright or they figure

1158
00:52:49,600 --> 00:52:51,759
Speaker 1: out the right way to run the ball, that it

1159
00:52:51,920 --> 00:52:54,160
Speaker 1: can work. That these backs are plenty talented enough to

1160
00:52:54,160 --> 00:52:55,839
Speaker 1: get you four or five yards per carry and maybe

1161
00:52:55,880 --> 00:52:59,560
Speaker 1: pop one. So I think that's certainly something that I

1162
00:52:59,600 --> 00:53:01,680
Speaker 1: think could I could see that maybe is a difference

1163
00:53:01,800 --> 00:53:04,800
Speaker 1: is that one of those six receivers is inactive and

1164
00:53:05,440 --> 00:53:09,560
Speaker 1: Tucker Fists is active for this game, just to see

1165
00:53:09,600 --> 00:53:12,080
Speaker 1: if that's something you can help out with a little

1166
00:53:12,080 --> 00:53:12,440
Speaker 1: bit more.

1167
00:53:12,719 --> 00:53:15,279
Speaker 2: I think the first two weeks as well as like

1168
00:53:15,520 --> 00:53:18,480
Speaker 2: you know, Greg Roman and Jim Harball, their reputation for

1169
00:53:18,600 --> 00:53:21,160
Speaker 2: wanting to run the football is almost enough for play

1170
00:53:21,200 --> 00:53:23,279
Speaker 2: actually at this point. Now now you have to prove it.

1171
00:53:23,320 --> 00:53:24,759
Speaker 2: You have to run the football. But I do think

1172
00:53:24,880 --> 00:53:27,719
Speaker 2: just their history of what they like to do offensively

1173
00:53:28,160 --> 00:53:31,479
Speaker 2: has really maybe caught the division off guard a little

1174
00:53:31,520 --> 00:53:33,760
Speaker 2: bit to start the year in terms of just seeing

1175
00:53:33,960 --> 00:53:35,319
Speaker 2: justin throw it all over the.

1176
00:53:35,400 --> 00:53:37,560
Speaker 1: R nine point two per attempt. Yeah, like that's that's

1177
00:53:37,640 --> 00:53:41,239
Speaker 1: a crazy number. And he's, like I said, you can

1178
00:53:41,920 --> 00:53:44,040
Speaker 1: put him in the conversation with Mark Jackson and Josh Allen.

1179
00:53:44,080 --> 00:53:46,120
Speaker 1: That's the big three right now in the NFL. They

1180
00:53:46,160 --> 00:53:48,239
Speaker 1: are the three that they are in a tier under

1181
00:53:48,280 --> 00:53:51,560
Speaker 1: themselves through two weeks, and everyone else slots in behind him,

1182
00:53:51,560 --> 00:53:54,200
Speaker 1: and I credit, you know, coach Harbaugh and coach Roman

1183
00:53:54,280 --> 00:53:56,080
Speaker 1: for leaning into it. It's like, well, whatever, man, we got,

1184
00:53:56,440 --> 00:53:58,160
Speaker 1: we got one of those elite quarterbacks.

1185
00:53:58,680 --> 00:54:00,680
Speaker 2: Let's just ride it. That's right.

1186
00:54:00,719 --> 00:54:03,080
Speaker 1: And he's running around and he's extending plays, so just

1187
00:54:03,239 --> 00:54:06,319
Speaker 1: keep it going and don't worry about chipping your way

1188
00:54:06,320 --> 00:54:08,000
Speaker 1: down the field, chunk your way down the field. And

1189
00:54:08,080 --> 00:54:09,839
Speaker 1: that's kind of what's been happening here.

1190
00:54:10,360 --> 00:54:12,359
Speaker 2: Justin was nearly perfect. I mean he is. He has

1191
00:54:12,440 --> 00:54:15,000
Speaker 2: one turnover worthy play this year and it was that

1192
00:54:15,160 --> 00:54:18,000
Speaker 2: that interception that didn't happen against the Raiders that probably

1193
00:54:18,040 --> 00:54:20,560
Speaker 2: should have happened. But outside of that, man, when you

1194
00:54:20,640 --> 00:54:22,600
Speaker 2: have your when you have a quarterback protect the football

1195
00:54:22,719 --> 00:54:26,120
Speaker 2: like Justin, I mean, it just it brings this this

1196
00:54:26,520 --> 00:54:30,200
Speaker 2: kind of unsaid element to your team where you don't

1197
00:54:30,239 --> 00:54:32,920
Speaker 2: have to worry about the turnover battle. And you know,

1198
00:54:33,680 --> 00:54:36,239
Speaker 2: we know that fumbles can happen and interceptions happened, but

1199
00:54:36,440 --> 00:54:38,200
Speaker 2: like Justin has been so good taking care of the

1200
00:54:38,239 --> 00:54:39,480
Speaker 2: football through of course of his career.

1201
00:54:39,640 --> 00:54:42,360
Speaker 1: I had three interceptions last year, zero this year to

1202
00:54:42,480 --> 00:54:46,080
Speaker 1: five touchdowns. And then you talk about the defense, and

1203
00:54:46,120 --> 00:54:48,400
Speaker 1: you know that that's Look, that's complimentary football.

1204
00:54:48,440 --> 00:54:48,520
Speaker 3: Right.

1205
00:54:48,560 --> 00:54:50,759
Speaker 1: You have a defense that's not allowed seven points in

1206
00:54:50,800 --> 00:54:53,080
Speaker 1: a first half yet this season and went ten consecutive

1207
00:54:53,120 --> 00:54:56,000
Speaker 1: games without allowing more than seven points in a first half.

1208
00:54:56,120 --> 00:54:58,040
Speaker 2: And it's like only Green Bay has done that this year.

1209
00:54:58,080 --> 00:54:59,080
Speaker 2: I think, yeah, take care.

1210
00:54:59,040 --> 00:55:02,520
Speaker 1: Of the football. Care of the football. Defense will that game.

1211
00:55:02,880 --> 00:55:04,480
Speaker 1: You know, there were a couple of weird moments right

1212
00:55:04,520 --> 00:55:05,960
Speaker 1: in the Raider game. But at the same time, we're

1213
00:55:06,000 --> 00:55:09,160
Speaker 1: like doing anything against this defense, like it just doesn't

1214
00:55:09,440 --> 00:55:12,040
Speaker 1: like it. I don't know, I'm not not nervous like

1215
00:55:12,080 --> 00:55:13,880
Speaker 1: I normally am. You know, like, oh boy, I was

1216
00:55:13,880 --> 00:55:14,960
Speaker 1: just gonna money out football.

1217
00:55:14,960 --> 00:55:15,320
Speaker 2: Here we go.

1218
00:55:15,880 --> 00:55:18,879
Speaker 1: No, it's just like, yeah, let's the defense is crushing it, man,

1219
00:55:18,920 --> 00:55:20,080
Speaker 1: They'll continue to crush it.

1220
00:55:20,880 --> 00:55:23,000
Speaker 2: I said this as soon as the schedule came out.

1221
00:55:23,120 --> 00:55:24,919
Speaker 2: We were going to know so much about this team

1222
00:55:25,040 --> 00:55:27,359
Speaker 2: after the first three weeks of the season, NBC right

1223
00:55:27,560 --> 00:55:30,160
Speaker 2: to win the first two. I mean, Maddy, I don't

1224
00:55:30,160 --> 00:55:33,040
Speaker 2: know if you could just put into context winning your

1225
00:55:33,080 --> 00:55:36,640
Speaker 2: first three games all in the division, how that sets

1226
00:55:36,640 --> 00:55:39,000
Speaker 2: you up for success? And you know, knowing that if

1227
00:55:39,040 --> 00:55:41,480
Speaker 2: you beat the Broncos, they'll be one and two. The

1228
00:55:41,600 --> 00:55:44,279
Speaker 2: Raiders are going cross country to play Washington coming off

1229
00:55:44,360 --> 00:55:46,839
Speaker 2: a loss with a little bit of rest, and hey,

1230
00:55:47,200 --> 00:55:49,360
Speaker 2: the Chiefs have to go to New York, and the

1231
00:55:49,440 --> 00:55:52,160
Speaker 2: way that Russell Wilson played last Sunday, I wouldn't put

1232
00:55:52,200 --> 00:55:54,160
Speaker 2: it past them to maybe upset the Chiefs.

1233
00:55:54,600 --> 00:55:56,719
Speaker 1: Look, it's a coach said it after they beat the

1234
00:55:56,800 --> 00:55:59,120
Speaker 1: Chiefs that it's worth one and a half and then

1235
00:55:59,120 --> 00:56:00,640
Speaker 1: he's like, you know, it's kind of two and then

1236
00:56:00,719 --> 00:56:03,200
Speaker 1: maybe three, right, because look, you go three and zero

1237
00:56:03,680 --> 00:56:06,759
Speaker 1: and you now have a three and zero record in

1238
00:56:06,840 --> 00:56:10,319
Speaker 1: your division, which is the secondary tipe breaker beyond head

1239
00:56:10,320 --> 00:56:13,200
Speaker 1: to head. So you're already guaranteed at least a five

1240
00:56:13,320 --> 00:56:17,320
Speaker 1: hundred record in the division. And like you said, the

1241
00:56:17,360 --> 00:56:20,399
Speaker 1: Broncos slipped to one in two, and you've already got

1242
00:56:21,040 --> 00:56:23,600
Speaker 1: a victory over each and every opponent, Like it's a

1243
00:56:23,960 --> 00:56:26,279
Speaker 1: huge setup for them to start this season. And I

1244
00:56:26,320 --> 00:56:27,840
Speaker 1: think we know what the back end of the schedule

1245
00:56:27,920 --> 00:56:30,520
Speaker 1: looks like. How gnarly it is, you know, to have

1246
00:56:30,760 --> 00:56:33,759
Speaker 1: the Eagles and the Chiefs in back to back weeks.

1247
00:56:33,840 --> 00:56:36,360
Speaker 1: Chiefs on a short week, Eagles are Monday night. You

1248
00:56:36,440 --> 00:56:38,799
Speaker 1: get the Cowboys in there on the road. I think

1249
00:56:38,840 --> 00:56:41,680
Speaker 1: the Texans are in there as well, So it's you know,

1250
00:56:41,800 --> 00:56:45,279
Speaker 1: it's a pretty gnarly finish. But you know, and the

1251
00:56:45,320 --> 00:56:47,320
Speaker 1: Denver Broncos on the road in week eighteen. So like

1252
00:56:47,400 --> 00:56:48,600
Speaker 1: you look at that and now you look here and

1253
00:56:48,640 --> 00:56:51,080
Speaker 1: you're like, Okay, here's our opportunity. Let's build this equity

1254
00:56:51,800 --> 00:56:54,480
Speaker 1: in the division. You know, I think they'll do it.

1255
00:56:54,800 --> 00:56:56,680
Speaker 2: It's been fun, fun to see the fans of Sofi

1256
00:56:56,760 --> 00:56:58,399
Speaker 2: Stadium too. Sunday finally right.

1257
00:56:58,560 --> 00:57:02,200
Speaker 1: Yep, no doubt looking forward to it home opener. It'll

1258
00:57:02,239 --> 00:57:05,200
Speaker 1: be electric, no doubt about it. Very excited, very.

1259
00:57:05,080 --> 00:57:08,640
Speaker 2: Excited, Tony Jefferson. We appreciate you joining us, man for money.

1260
00:57:08,680 --> 00:57:10,880
Speaker 2: I'm christ this has been Chargers Weekly. We'll see it

1261
00:57:10,960 --> 00:57:11,279
Speaker 2: so fine