WEBVTT - Breaking Down the Big Week 17 Games 0:00:00.840 --> 0:00:06.640 And now Move the Sticks with Daniel Jeremiah and Bucky Brooks. 0:00:07.400 --> 0:00:08.119 What's up, everybody? 0:00:08.160 --> 0:00:10.920 Welcome to Move the Sticks DJ, Bucky Baldy with you 0:00:11.039 --> 0:00:13.680 on a little recap Monday. First of all, Baldi, before 0:00:13.720 --> 0:00:15.320 I get to you, Buck, where are you right now? 0:00:15.360 --> 0:00:16.479 I don't recognize this shot? 0:00:16.560 --> 0:00:16.880 I am. 0:00:17.079 --> 0:00:20.680 I am an allowance at hotel and Indy before I 0:00:20.760 --> 0:00:21.880 get on the flight, DA head back. 0:00:22.320 --> 0:00:24.479 It's uh inclement weather here. 0:00:25.079 --> 0:00:28.720 Ah, I agreet you. Travel will get you this time 0:00:28.760 --> 0:00:31.040 of the year. Baldi, where were you yesterday? 0:00:31.280 --> 0:00:31.440 Well? 0:00:31.480 --> 0:00:35.920 Game, I was in Carolina watching Seattle just thump the 0:00:35.960 --> 0:00:40.519 Panthers looking like a good team. It was not not 0:00:40.640 --> 0:00:43.480 fun watching Bryce Young struggle on offense the way he did. 0:00:43.479 --> 0:00:44.280 Man, it was awful. 0:00:44.600 --> 0:00:46.440 Yeah, I mean, it's just it's just tough to think 0:00:46.479 --> 0:00:48.240 that that can be the future if you're really trying 0:00:48.240 --> 0:00:50.280 to build that program. They have a lot of good pieces, 0:00:50.560 --> 0:00:52.760 but that's that was not a good performance. 0:00:53.240 --> 0:00:55.320 No, And I think we're you know, we'll get to 0:00:55.400 --> 0:00:56.640 the end of this thing. We go through some of 0:00:56.680 --> 0:00:58.680 these games. We'll do a little quick peak ause what 0:00:58.760 --> 0:01:01.520 we have you here on this episode, bald of some 0:01:01.560 --> 0:01:03.280 of these massive games that are coming up, you know, 0:01:03.360 --> 0:01:05.600 winner take all Division, number one seed on the line. 0:01:05.640 --> 0:01:07.280 A lot of big games coming up, final week of 0:01:07.280 --> 0:01:09.560 the season. But let's let's start first of all with 0:01:09.600 --> 0:01:12.319 the with the Sunday nighter, Baldy, I'll let you jump 0:01:12.319 --> 0:01:15.000 on this. When Chicago San Francisco was an awesome game, big 0:01:15.040 --> 0:01:15.720 time shootout. 0:01:16.240 --> 0:01:19.840 It was a shootout, and we saw performances, you know, 0:01:19.920 --> 0:01:24.360 from Luther Burdon, who was dynamic throughout the game. And 0:01:24.560 --> 0:01:27.080 one of the reasons why you know that him in Loveland, 0:01:26.880 --> 0:01:29.200 that the two of them have really come on and 0:01:29.240 --> 0:01:31.840 really developed in the past. The game, they had seven plays, 0:01:32.240 --> 0:01:34.479 seven plays of twenty yards and more, two of them 0:01:34.480 --> 0:01:35.240 for touchdowns. 0:01:35.560 --> 0:01:38.440 On the other side, I mean, no George Kittle, but 0:01:38.440 --> 0:01:39.160 he got Jake. 0:01:39.000 --> 0:01:42.120 Tongus, like you know, I'm sure you got all times, 0:01:42.200 --> 0:01:44.480 you know, I mean, what's the difference, you know, and 0:01:44.560 --> 0:01:47.280 Ricky Piersoll really made a difference. But you know, right now, 0:01:47.360 --> 0:01:50.400 Brock Perdy, I mean, I don't know, like you're looking 0:01:50.440 --> 0:01:52.800 at Trevor Lawrence, Bucky you know, Jacksonville, I don't know 0:01:52.800 --> 0:01:55.400 if there's a hotter quarterback. He's accounted for ten touchdown 0:01:55.440 --> 0:01:58.760 passes in the last six days, Like he doesn't make mistakes. 0:01:58.800 --> 0:02:01.400 I mean, I know the ball got tipped and intercepted 0:02:01.880 --> 0:02:03.880 or he just shrugged that off and then they just 0:02:03.920 --> 0:02:07.160 went on on a tear. They're doing things though, Like 0:02:07.360 --> 0:02:11.400 I don't know DJ, if Christian McCaffery is real or 0:02:11.440 --> 0:02:15.959 if he's AI because he's over four hundred touches right now, yeah, 0:02:16.000 --> 0:02:18.639 and he's only getting stronger. You know, he's got two 0:02:18.720 --> 0:02:20.880 thousand yards, he's going to get a hundred catches. Like 0:02:21.320 --> 0:02:24.760 he looks indestructible, and we don't see that from running 0:02:24.760 --> 0:02:28.639 backs this far into the career. Maybe La Danian Tomlinson 0:02:28.720 --> 0:02:30.880 in his prime was doing this kind of stuff, but 0:02:30.960 --> 0:02:33.960 we just haven't seen running backs that just get stronger 0:02:34.000 --> 0:02:36.760 as the season's going on, and he's the offense goes 0:02:36.800 --> 0:02:38.600 through him and they just keep feeding him. 0:02:39.040 --> 0:02:39.280 Yeah. 0:02:39.280 --> 0:02:41.480 I think the one thing about Christian McCaffrey, and one 0:02:41.480 --> 0:02:43.200 of the reasons like DJ, I think we had this 0:02:43.280 --> 0:02:46.079 conversation on the pot when he got his contract, his 0:02:46.160 --> 0:02:48.640 ability to catch the ball out the backfield gave him 0:02:48.639 --> 0:02:51.480 a chance to be able to age gracefully because you 0:02:51.520 --> 0:02:54.600 could get him his production not only as a run 0:02:54.680 --> 0:02:55.480 but as a receiver. 0:02:56.040 --> 0:02:58.080 You can lighten the load when it comes to amount 0:02:58.080 --> 0:02:58.640 of hiss that he. 0:02:58.680 --> 0:03:01.880 Takes because he's taking perim shots from little guys as 0:03:01.919 --> 0:03:03.440 opposed to dealing with the big guys. 0:03:03.800 --> 0:03:04.880 But this offense. 0:03:05.840 --> 0:03:07.839 Like to sit here and think that the stimpsonsco forty 0:03:07.919 --> 0:03:09.520 nine ers or went away from being the number one 0:03:09.560 --> 0:03:12.840 seed when two of their blue chip players are out 0:03:13.200 --> 0:03:17.079 Nick Bosa, Fred Warner, George Kittle. Another blue chip player 0:03:17.200 --> 0:03:21.040 is out Brandon Aiyuk when a Wald never came back. 0:03:21.080 --> 0:03:23.280 He was someone they were counting counting on to be 0:03:23.320 --> 0:03:24.359 a high level receiver. 0:03:25.280 --> 0:03:27.640 To me, this is the best coaching went out on 0:03:27.639 --> 0:03:30.320 the first play, went out on first place, went out 0:03:30.320 --> 0:03:31.000 on the first play. 0:03:31.320 --> 0:03:33.400 I don't know Austin pleasants, but he stepped in there 0:03:33.400 --> 0:03:33.880 and playing. 0:03:34.280 --> 0:03:37.480 So to think about what they're doing, this is the 0:03:37.480 --> 0:03:40.080 best coaching job that Kyle Shanahan has done. 0:03:40.360 --> 0:03:42.600 And I read this. This actually came from Omar. 0:03:42.680 --> 0:03:45.320 Omar put the tweet out there about how Kyle changed 0:03:45.320 --> 0:03:46.240 their approach this year. 0:03:46.240 --> 0:03:47.720 Had all the veterans come over doing. 0:03:47.560 --> 0:03:50.440 OTA's and say, hey, let's quit focusing on the super 0:03:50.440 --> 0:03:52.880 Bowl and let's just be the best version that we 0:03:52.920 --> 0:03:54.560 can be with this team and just see how good 0:03:54.600 --> 0:03:57.880 that can be. And maybe that subtle shift in mindset 0:03:58.080 --> 0:04:01.760 where it's more processed than a getting better every week, 0:04:02.000 --> 0:04:05.160 maybe that has worked with this team, because this team, 0:04:05.280 --> 0:04:07.120 it looks like a super Bowl team. And I feel 0:04:07.200 --> 0:04:10.120 crazy for saying that despite all the people that are 0:04:10.160 --> 0:04:11.440 out of their starting line. 0:04:12.200 --> 0:04:14.160 No, and I think there's I want to get a 0:04:14.200 --> 0:04:15.520 lot of stuff on this game. We can cook on 0:04:15.520 --> 0:04:16.760 it for a little bit. But one of the other 0:04:16.760 --> 0:04:18.599 thoughts I had on this game was watching both these 0:04:18.600 --> 0:04:21.080 teams playing a ton of young players, as you know, 0:04:21.120 --> 0:04:23.719 the Niners on the defensive side, the Bears particularly on 0:04:23.760 --> 0:04:26.360 the offensive side. And you look at some of these 0:04:26.360 --> 0:04:28.159 teams that are playing with all these young guys and 0:04:28.200 --> 0:04:31.039 then not only are you you know, you're surviving, they're 0:04:31.279 --> 0:04:33.240 in the in the mix. There's the best teams in 0:04:33.279 --> 0:04:35.480 the NFL, and these young players are getting better each 0:04:35.520 --> 0:04:37.640 and every week, like the whole forget the whole rookie 0:04:37.720 --> 0:04:40.280 wall thing, Like these guys are, you know, getting stronger 0:04:40.279 --> 0:04:42.000 as the year goes along. And I think some of 0:04:42.000 --> 0:04:44.279 that is that college football season has gotten longer, Baldy. 0:04:44.480 --> 0:04:46.400 I don't think people talk about that quite as much. 0:04:46.560 --> 0:04:49.040 You know, with with especially with playoffs and things like that. 0:04:49.080 --> 0:04:50.919 But it's it's become a longer season. It's not that 0:04:51.160 --> 0:04:54.080 different from from where we are in the NFL at 0:04:54.080 --> 0:04:55.640 this point in time. But I think it speaks to the 0:04:55.680 --> 0:04:58.360 importance of having good teachers. You know, coaches is the 0:04:58.440 --> 0:05:00.400 coaches the word we use, but teacher, to me is 0:05:00.440 --> 0:05:02.120 the more appropriate term for these guys. 0:05:02.440 --> 0:05:05.040 Well, I mean, you know, just Chicago Ozzie Trapilo over 0:05:05.080 --> 0:05:07.560 at left tackle right now, and Luther Burden didn't do 0:05:07.640 --> 0:05:09.719 much in the first half of the season either. The 0:05:09.800 --> 0:05:12.560 Colston Loveland we kind of questioned whether Ty Warren was 0:05:12.560 --> 0:05:14.640 the better pick. And now you're watch in Loveland do 0:05:14.800 --> 0:05:17.599 just about everything, you know, and these guys are getting 0:05:17.640 --> 0:05:21.359 down the field for big plays. So those are just 0:05:21.440 --> 0:05:24.039 three young guys and Kyle Manungai of course, you know, 0:05:24.080 --> 0:05:26.360 and what they're able to do. But you know, we'll 0:05:26.480 --> 0:05:29.560 just go back to the coaching aspect of it. Man, 0:05:29.680 --> 0:05:33.920 It's not just coaching, Bucky, It's it's it's specific game day, 0:05:34.440 --> 0:05:38.800 you know, coaching, like just watching DeAndre Swift score from 0:05:38.839 --> 0:05:41.720 the two yard line. You know, where San Francisco's got 0:05:42.000 --> 0:05:44.640 a reduced front, they've got five defensive linement on there. 0:05:44.800 --> 0:05:47.159 They're not running inside, they're pulling Jonah Jackson. 0:05:47.400 --> 0:05:49.200 They got a tight end all the way outside of 0:05:49.320 --> 0:05:52.400 Darnell right to cut the outside defensive end, you know, 0:05:52.440 --> 0:05:54.640 and Swifty, you know, runs into the end zone for 0:05:54.720 --> 0:05:57.760 two yard. And then you're watching similar things and what 0:05:57.880 --> 0:06:00.320 Kyle's doing in the run game right now with both 0:06:00.600 --> 0:06:04.240 Robinson and with Christian McCaffrey, just the subtle little tweaks 0:06:04.800 --> 0:06:06.960 of Okay, this is the anticipated front. 0:06:07.200 --> 0:06:08.159 This is what we get. 0:06:08.320 --> 0:06:10.840 We're gonna run juice in this motion and we're gonna 0:06:10.880 --> 0:06:13.560 come back with tongus here and the linebackers are just 0:06:13.600 --> 0:06:16.200 taking himself out of the play, and unless you're Luke Keikley, 0:06:16.560 --> 0:06:18.279 you might not ever figure out where the hell the 0:06:18.279 --> 0:06:19.200 ball is going right now. 0:06:20.920 --> 0:06:22.760 No, I mean it's all of that. I want to 0:06:22.760 --> 0:06:26.719 talk on your point, DJ. I think playing the young players, 0:06:27.080 --> 0:06:29.160 and eventually we'll talk about the Jaguars, but I would 0:06:29.160 --> 0:06:32.719 say my observation and playing the young players, James Gladstone 0:06:32.760 --> 0:06:35.000 said this, and I think other general managers are doing it. 0:06:35.160 --> 0:06:36.960 You have to clear a pathway from them to get 0:06:37.000 --> 0:06:39.160 on the field, meaning you. 0:06:39.120 --> 0:06:42.440 Can't bring veterans in as the backups, like coaches want 0:06:42.480 --> 0:06:43.240 the veteran. 0:06:42.960 --> 0:06:44.919 Players and blankets. 0:06:45.000 --> 0:06:47.640 Yes, you have to make it where this young player 0:06:47.720 --> 0:06:50.440 is the next one up and there's no other recourse 0:06:51.279 --> 0:06:52.640 but that you have to play him. 0:06:53.040 --> 0:06:55.240 And then the coaches are adapting. 0:06:55.320 --> 0:06:57.160 So the San Francisco forty nine is and I think 0:06:57.240 --> 0:06:59.000 Robert Solid needs to get a lot of credit for 0:06:59.040 --> 0:07:01.839 this defense league. They're not doing what they've done in 0:07:01.880 --> 0:07:04.160 the past. They're more bin but don't break than they've 0:07:04.240 --> 0:07:10.160 ever been this year. Solve Zoel's keeping in front, run, rally, tackle, 0:07:10.960 --> 0:07:13.800 because with young players you have to simplify so you 0:07:13.840 --> 0:07:16.240 can give them a chance to be successful. And the 0:07:16.280 --> 0:07:18.080 teams that I'm seeing that are playing a bunch of 0:07:18.120 --> 0:07:22.040 young players, they're not doing complex things. They're letting them 0:07:22.080 --> 0:07:25.680 sit in these basic schemes and they're saying they're gonna 0:07:25.680 --> 0:07:28.240 get better and better each week with more reps and experience. 0:07:28.440 --> 0:07:31.080 I think that's true. Bucket, that's a great point. And look, 0:07:31.080 --> 0:07:33.320 the lead of this game has brought Perty's playing out 0:07:33.320 --> 0:07:36.920 of his mind with anticipation, accuracy, the athleticism which has 0:07:36.960 --> 0:07:40.280 been incredible with him getting outside the pocket, using his legs, 0:07:40.320 --> 0:07:42.320 using his arms. You know, that's that's kind of an 0:07:42.440 --> 0:07:44.240 X factor, which has been fun to watch. He's just 0:07:44.320 --> 0:07:47.480 he's locked in. Ricky Piersalz turned into a really good player, 0:07:47.520 --> 0:07:50.000 really good option for them in the pass game. But 0:07:50.200 --> 0:07:53.040 I wanted to leave you with this thought because I 0:07:53.080 --> 0:07:55.520 was watching the game on TV last night and collins Worth, 0:07:55.520 --> 0:07:58.600 who's great, but he kept kind of highlighting, you know, 0:07:58.680 --> 0:08:02.440 Caleb missing some of these layup throws and how it's 0:08:02.600 --> 0:08:04.840 bizarre that you can make some of these incredible throws 0:08:04.840 --> 0:08:07.040 but misses some of these layup throws, and it just 0:08:07.120 --> 0:08:09.760 kind of triggered a memory of mine where I was thinking, Gosh, 0:08:09.880 --> 0:08:12.360 I remember they say the same thing about Josh Allen 0:08:12.400 --> 0:08:14.000 those first couple of years in the league. So I'm like, 0:08:14.000 --> 0:08:16.280 you don't let me pull those numbers. So I posted 0:08:16.280 --> 0:08:19.840 them bullying Buck Josh Allen year two fifty eight point 0:08:19.840 --> 0:08:22.920 eight percent, Caleb Williams year two fifty seven point nine 0:08:23.160 --> 0:08:26.040 total touchdowns for Josh Allen, twenty nine for Caleb, twenty 0:08:26.080 --> 0:08:31.560 eight interceptions for Josh nine Caleb six total yards thirty 0:08:31.600 --> 0:08:35.200 five ninety nine for Josh, forty one seventeen for Caleb. Like, 0:08:35.240 --> 0:08:38.640 their numbers are really really similar and Josh was making 0:08:38.679 --> 0:08:41.480 those big splash plays, but then you have some easy 0:08:41.520 --> 0:08:44.280 misses and he just kind of slowly worked those out 0:08:44.320 --> 0:08:46.000 of his game now. And I said, in the bottom 0:08:46.000 --> 0:08:48.280 of it, look, Caleb's supporting cast way better than what 0:08:48.480 --> 0:08:50.720 Josh Allen had at that time in Buffalo, all the 0:08:50.720 --> 0:08:53.200 way across board, offensive line, skill players, all that. I 0:08:53.200 --> 0:08:55.760 get all that, but I'm just saying you could see it. 0:08:56.040 --> 0:08:58.840 This is like Bucket feels like you just like you've 0:08:58.840 --> 0:09:01.360 planted this little seed in the garden and you're starting 0:09:01.360 --> 0:09:02.720 to see it kind of grow and you're like, one 0:09:02.800 --> 0:09:04.360 day this is going to be a big, old, big 0:09:04.400 --> 0:09:06.520 old tree man the way that the way the Caleb 0:09:06.559 --> 0:09:07.400 Williams is going. 0:09:08.040 --> 0:09:11.720 Yeah, I think it's funny because I heard the commentary 0:09:12.000 --> 0:09:14.319 and even in looking at Josh Allen because he missed 0:09:14.320 --> 0:09:16.840 the two point throw that was open, like, you're gonna 0:09:16.840 --> 0:09:19.079 have some of those like that that happens. They're no poor, 0:09:19.200 --> 0:09:21.920 perfect quarterback when it comes to they never miss or whatever. 0:09:22.600 --> 0:09:25.240 I think we have to exhibit enough patience with the 0:09:25.280 --> 0:09:29.559 young quarterbacks that we don't nitpicking the death before they 0:09:29.559 --> 0:09:33.320 can have their full developmental process. Okay, yeah, he misses 0:09:33.360 --> 0:09:35.319 some of these throws. But man, can we talk about 0:09:35.360 --> 0:09:38.880 the things that he's trinky from his rookie season to 0:09:38.960 --> 0:09:42.040 now and how well he's playing in Ben Johnson's offense 0:09:42.080 --> 0:09:43.320 and how there's been. 0:09:43.200 --> 0:09:44.320 A slow. 0:09:45.440 --> 0:09:49.200 Increase, a slow ascent to where he's at right now. Look, man, 0:09:49.240 --> 0:09:52.080 he's a second year player who has his team in 0:09:52.200 --> 0:09:54.319 the playoffs and they were playing for an opportunity to 0:09:54.360 --> 0:09:56.600 be the number one seed. Let's give him credit. And 0:09:56.600 --> 0:09:58.480 I think for these young guys that are doing it 0:09:58.480 --> 0:10:01.319 and doing it at a high level, meet them where 0:10:01.320 --> 0:10:04.240 they're at. Talk about where we want them to go, 0:10:04.400 --> 0:10:06.480 But may can we appreciate where they are and how 0:10:06.480 --> 0:10:09.040 far they've come from their rickey season And he's. 0:10:08.920 --> 0:10:11.640 Been clutch, baldy like whatever people want to talk about. 0:10:11.840 --> 0:10:13.240 I mean, the numbers look good to me. I mean, 0:10:13.240 --> 0:10:15.319 obviously the completion percentage people are going to harp on that, 0:10:15.679 --> 0:10:20.280 but the explosives, the ability to win games is a dime. 0:10:20.360 --> 0:10:23.319 The touchdown Holly Loveland. 0:10:23.720 --> 0:10:26.160 As much as we love Burden and Loveland, they both 0:10:26.160 --> 0:10:28.960 had easy drops on that on that last. 0:10:28.760 --> 0:10:32.680 Time, they might win the game if Burdon doesn't. 0:10:32.720 --> 0:10:34.680 I mean, he was eight for eight, caught everything and 0:10:34.720 --> 0:10:37.680 then the one on just going out of bounds right there. 0:10:37.760 --> 0:10:40.480 I mean, it's a first down, and you know that 0:10:40.520 --> 0:10:43.040 one goes through his hands. But maybe that just gives 0:10:43.080 --> 0:10:44.160 you want to crack at it. 0:10:44.200 --> 0:10:44.360 You know. 0:10:44.400 --> 0:10:46.640 Maybe that with the times, you know, and the yard 0:10:46.760 --> 0:10:48.360 is gained on those two, maybe they get more cracks 0:10:48.400 --> 0:10:50.600 at Ben Johnson. Look, I know some people are criticizing 0:10:50.640 --> 0:10:53.520 him for the hooking ladder. I just I think that's 0:10:53.559 --> 0:10:55.200 the way he goes, man, That's the way he rolls. 0:10:55.200 --> 0:10:57.760 It's it's the shot, a shot in the four yard line, 0:10:57.840 --> 0:10:59.559 you know what it was too and four yard line 0:10:59.600 --> 0:11:00.360 they got down there. 0:11:00.400 --> 0:11:01.720 They you know, they spiked it. 0:11:01.840 --> 0:11:04.840 They got the first down, and so you know that 0:11:04.880 --> 0:11:07.319 guy's always going to have something up his sleeve, you know, 0:11:07.360 --> 0:11:10.600 and in any situation, they always look like they've been 0:11:10.600 --> 0:11:12.719 practicing all of those kinds of things that they do. 0:11:13.240 --> 0:11:13.480 Yeah. 0:11:13.600 --> 0:11:15.200 No, it's a good good test for them, a good 0:11:15.280 --> 0:11:17.960 road test, I thought, Chicago. You know, it is right 0:11:18.000 --> 0:11:19.640 in the game against you know, one of the elite teams. 0:11:19.640 --> 0:11:21.240 They're going to be a tough team to get out 0:11:21.280 --> 0:11:21.760 of the playoffs. 0:11:21.760 --> 0:11:23.800 Once we get one little stat I know that. 0:11:25.440 --> 0:11:27.480 It was well announced that the Bears had never had 0:11:27.520 --> 0:11:29.400 a four thousand yard passer in there, two hundred and 0:11:29.440 --> 0:11:30.640 seventy to go to. 0:11:30.840 --> 0:11:31.920 Seventy to go right here. 0:11:31.960 --> 0:11:35.440 So against Detroit with you know, a defense that uh, 0:11:35.679 --> 0:11:38.640 you know has been pretty poor of late, he might 0:11:38.679 --> 0:11:41.840 get that in against Detroit this weekend in Chicago. 0:11:42.320 --> 0:11:44.440 Yeah, will see how much, you know, how they play 0:11:44.480 --> 0:11:46.280 those guys. Interesting. A lot of teams have decisions to 0:11:46.320 --> 0:11:47.959 make on if they want to try and pursue a 0:11:48.000 --> 0:11:49.559 little bit of a higher seed or whether they want 0:11:49.559 --> 0:11:50.839 to rest knowing they got to turn around play in 0:11:50.880 --> 0:11:53.200 a playoff game the next week. Uh, Chicago one of 0:11:53.200 --> 0:11:55.600 those teams. Baldy, you were at Seattle Carolina. You touched 0:11:55.600 --> 0:11:59.200 on it early. I think Seattle's defense probably the headliner 0:11:59.200 --> 0:12:00.200 in this one. 0:12:00.720 --> 0:12:02.000 They were I mean it was a three to three 0:12:02.040 --> 0:12:04.920 game and you know, early third quarter and you know, 0:12:04.960 --> 0:12:07.200 Tank Lawrence, you know, punches the ball out of Trouba 0:12:07.240 --> 0:12:10.439 Hubbard's hands and recovers it. I mean it was literally 0:12:10.480 --> 0:12:13.320 a peened punch, knocked it out, recovered it. They scored, 0:12:13.400 --> 0:12:16.560 you know quickly after that, and then Julian Love, you know, 0:12:16.720 --> 0:12:21.360 just really played perfect coverage against against Bryce Young picked 0:12:21.360 --> 0:12:23.320 it off. They went down scored, and you know, in 0:12:23.320 --> 0:12:25.000 a matter of minutes it went from three to three 0:12:25.040 --> 0:12:27.880 to seventeen to three. But Carolina never was in it 0:12:27.880 --> 0:12:31.640 because they have had zero passing game against Seattle. And 0:12:31.679 --> 0:12:34.920 it's interesting because I saw John Schneider, you know, before 0:12:34.960 --> 0:12:36.440 the game. I was talking to him. I talked to 0:12:36.920 --> 0:12:38.280 you know, a bunch of the guys. I've known the 0:12:38.360 --> 0:12:41.120 letter of Williams since he was drafted, Like he just 0:12:41.200 --> 0:12:45.720 keeps getting not just better, but bigger, stronger, his endurance, 0:12:46.040 --> 0:12:49.640 he doesn't fatigue. And the entire defensive front, I don't 0:12:49.679 --> 0:12:52.440 care if it's Byron Murphy or Tank or Jiranrie, Like 0:12:52.760 --> 0:12:55.200 they just roll those guys through and there is no 0:12:55.320 --> 0:12:58.840 drop off whoever's on the field and the other thing 0:12:59.280 --> 0:13:01.160 and just talking and you know, some of the guys 0:13:01.200 --> 0:13:04.600 AJ Barner and you know, graves Able, like they just 0:13:04.679 --> 0:13:07.600 have a bond on that team, like you can feel it. 0:13:07.679 --> 0:13:09.520 Like I know, Buck, you probably feel the same way 0:13:09.520 --> 0:13:12.480 about Jacksonville right now. And I'm sure DJ you feel 0:13:12.520 --> 0:13:14.960 the same way about the Chargers. You're being around him 0:13:15.000 --> 0:13:17.240 quite a bit, but just being around Seattle for the 0:13:17.280 --> 0:13:20.160 first time, like the entire teams out there on the 0:13:20.160 --> 0:13:23.000 field warming up in lousy weather and Charlotte, and they 0:13:23.000 --> 0:13:25.400 look like they're having a ball just warming up. Whether 0:13:25.440 --> 0:13:28.920 it's Starnold throwing balls to you know, Rasie schahat whoever, 0:13:28.960 --> 0:13:31.280 it is, like the entire teams out there warming up. 0:13:31.320 --> 0:13:33.960 They couldn't wait to play that game. And I thought 0:13:33.960 --> 0:13:37.280 they just, you know, they took Carolina part. Carolina's defense 0:13:37.320 --> 0:13:40.520 played well. They've got Derek Brown and j C. Horn this, 0:13:40.720 --> 0:13:43.080 Mike Jackson played the game of his life. They had 0:13:43.120 --> 0:13:46.160 a lot of good performances. But I just felt like 0:13:46.200 --> 0:13:49.760 Seattle's defense just you know, the or the hat that day. 0:13:50.240 --> 0:13:52.679 I think that's an underrated part of what's going on 0:13:53.320 --> 0:13:57.920 with Seattle. Their defense, particularly their front line. Man, they 0:13:57.920 --> 0:13:59.800 can get after it with a four man rush. And 0:13:59.800 --> 0:14:01.719 that's also the thing is DJ. I know we're talking 0:14:01.720 --> 0:14:03.920 about Houston. The teams that are able to do it 0:14:03.960 --> 0:14:06.679 with a four man rush just dominating the live scrimmage. 0:14:06.760 --> 0:14:09.760 It just sets up the rest of the unit for success. 0:14:10.080 --> 0:14:13.640 And when I look at Lawrence and Williams and Brian Murphy, 0:14:13.960 --> 0:14:16.559 all those guys that they have at the front line 0:14:16.679 --> 0:14:20.200 that can just dominate their one on one matchups. Man, 0:14:20.240 --> 0:14:24.000 you have all these fast guys behind them, running and 0:14:24.080 --> 0:14:25.080 chasing things. 0:14:24.800 --> 0:14:27.120 Down from behind. It just makes it very difficult to move. 0:14:27.600 --> 0:14:33.200 And as they continue to embrace Mike McDonald's philosophy, schematics 0:14:33.200 --> 0:14:35.880 and all this other stuff, man, you can just see 0:14:36.360 --> 0:14:38.960 they're not the legion of Boom, but man, they certainly 0:14:38.960 --> 0:14:41.200 give those vibes in terms of how they can control 0:14:41.240 --> 0:14:42.280 the name with their defense. 0:14:42.920 --> 0:14:44.640 They got players at all three levels, and they got 0:14:44.680 --> 0:14:46.400 a ton of depth in their front so they can 0:14:46.480 --> 0:14:49.560 roll those guys through and keep them fresh. Speaking of 0:14:49.560 --> 0:14:52.800 a team that can get home with four Philly against Buffalo, 0:14:53.160 --> 0:14:55.000 I mean I watched this game on TV, which I 0:14:55.000 --> 0:14:56.360 don't get a chance to do a lot, but I 0:14:56.400 --> 0:14:58.720 watched the whole game on TV, and the whole game 0:14:58.800 --> 0:15:00.880 it felt like the whole second half was played on 0:15:00.920 --> 0:15:03.680 the fifty yard line and in for Philly. I mean, 0:15:03.920 --> 0:15:06.520 every drive for Buffalo would start like at the forty 0:15:06.560 --> 0:15:08.360 fifty yard line. I was talking to one of my 0:15:08.400 --> 0:15:11.720 buddies in the in the Eagles organization last night and 0:15:11.720 --> 0:15:13.520 I said, man, it felt like when you're a kid, 0:15:13.720 --> 0:15:16.080 you know, when you're playing ping pong with your kids 0:15:16.080 --> 0:15:17.560 and you're like, all right, we're going to twenty one. 0:15:17.600 --> 0:15:20.040 We'll start you at fifteen and see if I can 0:15:20.080 --> 0:15:21.480 see if I can get you. I mean they're spotting 0:15:21.520 --> 0:15:23.680 them half the field the whole second half. Then the 0:15:23.720 --> 0:15:25.800 defense just kept standing up time after time, and a 0:15:25.800 --> 0:15:29.280 lot of it was you know, Jalen Carter's he's healthy, 0:15:29.360 --> 0:15:31.960 he looked full go. He was a nightmare. Jalen Phillips 0:15:31.960 --> 0:15:33.880 had nine pressures in this game, which was tied for 0:15:33.920 --> 0:15:36.200 the most of any defensive lineman this week. With that's 0:15:36.240 --> 0:15:38.960 going to go down, I posted they win the Super Bowl, 0:15:39.040 --> 0:15:41.800 that'll be like, that'll be a major discussion point was 0:15:41.840 --> 0:15:43.840 how the heck did the Eagles get Jalen Phillips for 0:15:43.880 --> 0:15:48.040 a third round pick as unbelievable. Jylex Hunt had two sacks, baldy. 0:15:48.120 --> 0:15:50.120 When they can get home what they're for and their 0:15:50.200 --> 0:15:53.360 secondary can smot you by the way, Epps is playing 0:15:53.400 --> 0:15:55.320 great to go along with all the other guys they got. 0:15:55.360 --> 0:15:58.480 I mean, this defense is legit. Yeah, and they smack 0:15:58.560 --> 0:15:59.080 you too now. 0:15:59.160 --> 0:16:01.000 I mean you saw his from Red Blanket Ship and 0:16:01.040 --> 0:16:04.160 from Cooper Dejan like, they'll SMACKI right now. And Zach 0:16:04.240 --> 0:16:06.440 Bond is just as steady as it comes. He's not 0:16:06.440 --> 0:16:08.160 putting up the numbers that he had a year ago, 0:16:08.600 --> 0:16:10.400 but he never comes off the field. 0:16:10.800 --> 0:16:13.040 Campbell was great. Campbell played great yesterday. 0:16:13.120 --> 0:16:16.120 John I played played really really well for Nacobe in there, 0:16:16.160 --> 0:16:19.200 and you know he's just uh, he took he didn't 0:16:19.200 --> 0:16:21.520 get benched. But you know, they really went with Da 0:16:21.600 --> 0:16:24.280 Kobe for about a month or four or six weeks there, 0:16:24.520 --> 0:16:26.040 and he kind of got a reduced role. But he 0:16:26.120 --> 0:16:29.320 stepped up yesterday. And so I mean they can keep 0:16:29.360 --> 0:16:31.160 the score down against the I mean it's thirteen nothing 0:16:31.240 --> 0:16:31.840 deep into. 0:16:31.640 --> 0:16:34.080 The fourth quarter. I mean, Buffalo can't get a sniff. 0:16:34.680 --> 0:16:37.320 You know, that offensive line been running through everybody the 0:16:37.360 --> 0:16:39.840 last couple of weeks. It's a good couldn't get anything going. 0:16:41.240 --> 0:16:43.760 You know, it's funny you talked about the Eagles and 0:16:43.800 --> 0:16:46.320 how they're able to get it done with their defense, 0:16:46.360 --> 0:16:49.280 and DJ is funny because I'm looking at this team 0:16:49.280 --> 0:16:52.240 and offensively, they couldn't move the ball at all, and 0:16:52.280 --> 0:16:55.480 so defensively, I mean, I literally feel like you're boxing 0:16:55.520 --> 0:16:58.440 from the corner the whole fight, like you you're just 0:16:58.600 --> 0:17:01.520 finding them off, like you just Mike Tyson is waylaying 0:17:01.560 --> 0:17:03.640 and you're just trying to jab him and keep them 0:17:03.640 --> 0:17:07.800 at bay. But man, Jayalen Card on the inside, Jalen Phillips, 0:17:07.800 --> 0:17:10.960