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Speaker 2: Yeah, we're talking wide receivers, safeties, maybe a couple surprises.

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Speaker 1: Plus week ones coming Tampa Bay. Do not overlook them.

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Speaker 1: Those playoff team, playoff team.

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Speaker 2: And Baker Mayfield, he's ready to prove last season was

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Speaker 2: not a fluke.

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Speaker 1: And what do you expect from Washington. We're going to

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Speaker 1: we're going to this year till they had to find out.

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Speaker 1: And we'll get some predictions as well. That's coming up

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Speaker 1: next on Booth Review. Welcome into the latest edition of

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Speaker 1: the Booth Review podcast. I'm Bram Weinstein with the one

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Speaker 1: and only London. Fletcher aka Big Fletch says, it really

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Speaker 1: booth Review this week. It's more booth preview this week.

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Speaker 1: We don't have a game to review. Week one, Happy

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Speaker 1: Labor Day, everybody, Welcome to the new NFL season.

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Speaker 2: I know, man, it is here, It is finally here,

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Speaker 2: and it feels different that Week one, that preparation, the

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Speaker 2: is gonna ramp up because you know, come Sunday we'll

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Speaker 1: So while all of you are on vacation, we are too.

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Speaker 1: This is like our last weekend off that we've had

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Speaker 2: So he's saying, hey, we don't anticipate being in this

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Speaker 2: Staff, I think the coaching staff did a great job of,

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Speaker 3: Of a sudden, you lose that, and you lose that

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Speaker 2: And I think he's at a point where he understands, man,

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Speaker 3: I'm in a great spot. I'm confident I'm being coached.

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Speaker 2: Well, all I got to do out and go and

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Speaker 1: But he came along, you know, as the preseason was progressing.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, you can see that.

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Speaker 1: I think that's what they see in him too, just

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Speaker 2: Yeah, confidence, The speed is great, the you know, experience

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Speaker 2: That's when you make plays, and that's when you lock

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Speaker 1: That's that's where he needs to be. Let's get to

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Speaker 2: But when you have you know Yankov's Ertz sending guys

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Speaker 1: is an extremely versatile group yea, where they've got pieces

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Speaker 1: that can move around and hopefully causes confusion on the defense.

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Speaker 3: It will cause confusion.

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Speaker 2: Again, we talked about Dan Quinn talked about Dan Quinn

440
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Speaker 2: and also Joe widd Jr. Talked about being able to

441
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Speaker 2: you can tell a good defense because you can hear

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Speaker 2: a good defense. So you got b Robin and you know,

443
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Speaker 2: Eckler in the ball game together and somebody moves and

444
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Speaker 2: things like that, you better have some chatter going on

445
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Speaker 2: and let back in a communication standpoint, and it better

446
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Speaker 2: all you all better be communicating the same language and

447
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Speaker 2: be on the same wave left because if you're not,

448
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Speaker 2: and there's okay, are we am I gonna bump out

449
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Speaker 2: and cover him? Is the safety gonna check taking? You know,

450
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Speaker 2: is a corner gonna go with them?

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Speaker 1: It?

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Speaker 2: Actually we saw it happened a couple of times against

453
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Speaker 2: us in the Miami Dolphins game where uh, like a

454
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Speaker 2: quick motion and like who's who's gonna cover this guy?

455
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Speaker 2: That's the type of things that that those players can

456
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Speaker 2: can cause. Those type of problems can cause for you

457
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Speaker 2: from a communication standpoint and uh, in a cover standpoint.

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Speaker 3: It's funny.

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Speaker 1: It goes back to like the press always asks about

460
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Speaker 1: I'm part of it too, so you know, not part

461
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Speaker 1: of the press, right, but like they always bring up

462
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Speaker 1: the you know, like who's wide receiver? One, who's wide

463
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Speaker 1: receiver two, who's wide receiver three? And Quinn was kind

464
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Speaker 1: of pushing back at this idea that we're gonna put

465
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Speaker 1: numbers on anybody outside of Terry McLaurin is our Pro

466
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Speaker 1: Bowl receiver. We'll call him wide receiver one. We have

467
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Speaker 1: quarterback one, but everything else, Like, if you want to

468
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Speaker 1: talk about who's running back one in terms of running

469
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Speaker 1: them all in the middle of the line, Okay, that's

470
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Speaker 1: b Rob, but it could be Eckler two. This goes

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Speaker 1: back to we don't have that here. We don't actually

472
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Speaker 1: want to have that here. We have plenty of players

473
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Speaker 1: that can play at various different roles. You don't need

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Speaker 1: to classify them in a certain way. So I kind

475
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Speaker 1: of I'm starting to understand the vision of how they're

476
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Speaker 1: looking at all this because they keep hearing these like, oh,

477
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Speaker 1: you're tagging this guy this or you're tagging this guy that,

478
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Speaker 1: and they're going, no, we're not, We're actually not even

479
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Speaker 1: doing that here.

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Speaker 2: Here's a secret brand. You also game plan for teams,

481
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Speaker 2: and one week such and such may be so and

482
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Speaker 2: so may be wide receiver number one, number two, so

483
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Speaker 2: to speak, or the guy who's going to be more

484
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Speaker 2: featured in the game plan and then we play you know,

485
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Speaker 2: the New York Giants week two. Well, this game plan

486
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Speaker 2: may calls for somebody else to kind of play a

487
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Speaker 2: major role from a from a defensive ball ball distribution standpoint,

488
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Speaker 2: He's gonna get a little bit more carries, he's gonna

489
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Speaker 2: get a few more a bigger role, so to speak,

490
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Speaker 2: in this offense. So the opponent makes a difference, the

491
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Speaker 2: skill set of the players make a difference. And you know,

492
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Speaker 2: week the week, every everything changes. And also this is

493
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Speaker 2: a new team, new new personnel group, and you you

494
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Speaker 2: won't know the true identity of this office until you're

495
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Speaker 2: probably until week eight and you get a true identity. Well,

496
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Speaker 2: Cliff may come into the season saying, hey, I think

497
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Speaker 2: this is what's gonna be kind of the identity of

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Speaker 2: our ball club. But if you get a few more

499
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Speaker 2: few games under your belt, you say, okay, you know what,

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Speaker 2: I think this kind of suits us a little bit more.

501
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Speaker 2: This style and featuring these players and this personnel group

502
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Speaker 2: of group he may feed may suit us a little

503
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Speaker 2: bit better. So so all those things can change.

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Speaker 1: So let me get to wide receivers, because that's an

505
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Speaker 1: interesting group, and I think there's like a through line

506
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Speaker 1: of at least the initial group that was put in there.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, and that's.

508
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Speaker 1: Toughness and physicality. So Byron Pringle returns kicks and go

509
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Speaker 1: watch him on the field and how he carries himself

510
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Speaker 1: and how tough he is, and how he'll block Jabi's

511
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Speaker 1: the crowded returns punts, old professional will block downfield. The

512
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Speaker 1: Abby Brown's emergence is no surprise to me here with

513
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Speaker 1: the way how willing he is on special teams, how

514
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Speaker 1: he will block downfield, and obviously I think I'd like

515
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Speaker 1: to see him get some more opportunities, make some plays

516
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Speaker 1: and see what happens. Look at this group, McCaffrey. They

517
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Speaker 1: like the work ethic, the physicality he's going to play with.

518
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Speaker 1: Look at this group in general, and I think you

519
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Speaker 1: see that thread line of this is what they're looking for.

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Speaker 3: Now.

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Speaker 1: Are they missing explosiveness? We can talk about that in

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Speaker 1: a second. But they have a group that I think

523
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Speaker 1: embodies what they're trying to build, which is an extremely

524
00:27:00,240 --> 00:27:03,840
Speaker 1: physical group on the outside, it is not just pass catchers,

525
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Speaker 1: but can help break big plays for the other playmakers

526
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Speaker 1: as well.

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Speaker 2: Go back to the very first press conference, the introductory

528
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Speaker 2: press conference, D Q said, play style is going to

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Speaker 2: be important to him.

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Speaker 3: Play style on offense, play style on defense.

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Speaker 2: They play style on offense, They're going to be physical, physical,

532
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Speaker 2: not just with the ball in your hand. You got

533
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Speaker 2: to be physical with the ball out, you know, especially

534
00:27:27,960 --> 00:27:30,119
Speaker 2: if they're on the perimeter, if you don't have the ball,

535
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Speaker 2: are you physical blocking on the second level? Doing different

536
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Speaker 2: things that you need to do to make make your

537
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Speaker 2: teammates successful, Competitive toughness, These are things that have been constantly,

538
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Speaker 2: constantly preached. So those if you have those traits and

539
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Speaker 2: you're willing to do those things, you're going to have

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Speaker 2: a role on this team, and you're going to be

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Speaker 2: a part of it.

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Speaker 3: That's that's who who they are, That's how they want

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Speaker 3: to be.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, and so well, I think it's an interesting group.

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Speaker 1: But I do want to ask you this because they

546
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Speaker 1: tried to profile some younger players, I think in the

547
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Speaker 1: hopes of trying to find some situational players who could

548
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Speaker 1: give them explosive plays. Yeah, exactly, And I don't know

549
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Speaker 1: where they are on all of that, So I wonder

550
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Speaker 1: how you feel about their overall ability to pop off

551
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Speaker 1: big explosive plays with this what I think is an

552
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Speaker 1: eclectic and versatile group of players, but do they have

553
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Speaker 1: the ones to make the big plays they sometimes turn

554
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Speaker 1: games upside down.

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Speaker 2: Well, we know Terry can take the he can you know,

556
00:28:35,160 --> 00:28:38,320
Speaker 2: strike deep, take you deep. Know Diamic can take you deep.

557
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Speaker 2: We'll we'll have a situation. Austin Eckler can be explosive.

558
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Speaker 3: We don't know.

559
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Speaker 2: There's still some moves that could be made to bring

560
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Speaker 2: in some some other weapons on offense. So we don't

561
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Speaker 2: know exactly what these what this final skill position skill

562
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Speaker 2: position group is going to look like. Would you want

563
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Speaker 2: do you want to add you know some guys who

564
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Speaker 2: were four to two? Yeah, absolutely, everybody wants those those

565
00:29:04,680 --> 00:29:07,520
Speaker 2: type of guys. But they'll figure out a way to

566
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Speaker 2: create chunk plays and explosive plays, a lot of creativity,

567
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Speaker 2: so I'm not concerned about that at all.

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Speaker 1: All right, Oh, let's get into the season a little bit.

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Speaker 1: Tampa Bay and the regular season begins, so let's do

570
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Speaker 1: a little projections of what we think the NFL is

571
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Speaker 1: gonna look like this year. But first I want to

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Speaker 1: remind you we're gonna do this every Monday.

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Speaker 3: Next week.

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Speaker 1: Could be the first time after a game Tampa Bay

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Speaker 1: Buccaneers so please be sure to subscribe on Spotify, Apple Podcasts,

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577
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Speaker 1: bring Big Fletch out. We want you to like and subscribe.

578
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Speaker 1: And because we're in a competition now if Fred Smoothie's like, haha,

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Speaker 1: feels I don't know does he feel? Is he upset

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Speaker 1: that we're doing this because we bring out Big Fletch

581
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Speaker 1: And then he's like questioning whether that should be your nickname.

582
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Speaker 1: He's like coming at us, we need one show. He's

583
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Speaker 1: coming at us like we're walking into his territory somehow.

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Speaker 2: Grand as an only child, so he's used to to

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Speaker 2: getting all the attention. And he didn't know about he

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Speaker 2: knew me. He knows me as London. Big Fletch is

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Speaker 2: here now and I'm talking to third person and I

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Speaker 2: know I.

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Speaker 1: Have So Fred's jealous, is what you're telling me?

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Speaker 3: It is jealous a Big fletch.

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Speaker 1: He's jealous and he's worried if we get up for

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Speaker 1: the awards. What is Fred going to do? What is

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Speaker 1: Fred gonna react well to that?

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Speaker 3: No, he's gonna he's gonna wine and cry.

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Speaker 1: Pu's like, you have a good nickname, Fred, doesn't want

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Speaker 1: to hear his nicknames that people have for him on

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Speaker 1: the We won't be revealing his nicknames on the podcast.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, yeah, he has a lot of nicknames. Uh huh, Yes,

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Speaker 3: he has a lot of nicknames.

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Speaker 1: All right, So Fred, listen, let's all be friends, same neighborhood.

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Speaker 1: Let's hang out. You don't have to come at us,

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Speaker 1: not after one show. You don't have to come at us.

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Speaker 2: Hey, I'm coming here to compete. I don't know how

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Speaker 2: you are, but I can't compete.

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Speaker 1: I'm on to say I'm team I'm a good teammate,

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Speaker 1: up for the team. I see Treusway knock somebody out

607
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Speaker 1: in the preseason game. I'm running down the sideline publoa fifty.

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Speaker 3: We do that. I'm a cheerful.

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Speaker 2: I'm a cheerful but yeah, but I'm still coming to compete.

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Speaker 1: All right, Let's get to the game this weekend Tampa Bay,

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Speaker 1: so first real look for Jaden Daniels. Be interested to

612
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Speaker 1: see what offensive line goes out there in week one?

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Speaker 1: Do they feel comfortable playing Brandon Coleman, who was not

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Speaker 1: able to take a snap in the preseason, and play

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Speaker 1: him against Tampa Bay. Todd Bowles is an outstanding defensive coach,

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Speaker 1: a pressure oriented defensive coach. So just give me your

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Speaker 1: general sense of what are you expecting from the Washington offense.

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Speaker 1: Is gonna be a good challenge against a team that

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Speaker 1: was in the playoffs.

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Speaker 3: He's a major challenge.

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Speaker 2: You look at Tampa Bay, They've done a great job

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Speaker 2: of kind of solidifying their quarterback position. Baker Mayfield played

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Speaker 2: out standard for them last year and got rewarded with

624
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Speaker 2: a new contract this offseason. Mike Evans and what he

625
00:32:01,360 --> 00:32:04,400
Speaker 2: brings to the table as a you know, wide receiver.

626
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Speaker 2: So there's there's They got playmakers on the offense side

627
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Speaker 2: of the ball. Defensively, where Todd Bowles excels. They blitzed

628
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Speaker 2: the third most out of anybody in the National Football

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Speaker 2: League from a percenterge standpoint last year. They believe in

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Speaker 2: getting pressure on a quarterback, bringing extra extra rushers. You're

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Speaker 2: gonna have to have a great game plan to combat

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Speaker 2: that that pressure. I'm sure Todd's looking at this as

633
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Speaker 2: a situation going against the rookie quarterback. Let's see if

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Speaker 2: we can make him uncomfortable. Let's try to confuse him

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Speaker 2: with some coverages and things like that. So what's the plans,

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Speaker 2: and we will have a plan for those types of things,

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Speaker 2: but it will be a major challenge.

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Speaker 3: Man.

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Speaker 2: I know they got some outstanding guys on that on

640
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Speaker 2: that defense, I think at Antoine Winfield Junior, I played

641
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Speaker 2: with his father back in Buffalo, and Antwine Winfield Junior

642
00:32:55,360 --> 00:32:58,040
Speaker 2: probably is the best safety in football.

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Speaker 3: He takes the ball away, he's great at.

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Speaker 2: Blitzing, he's he's he's kind of that chess piece in

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Speaker 2: that defense. So we're gonna have to definitely have a

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Speaker 2: kind of an X on him, like man, nowhere he's

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Speaker 2: at because he he creates a lot of a lot

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Speaker 2: of plays for that defense.

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Speaker 1: So Jaden played three series in the preseason, so there's

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Speaker 1: not a lot out there. This team is going out

651
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Speaker 1: of its way and publicly said, you don't know what

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Speaker 1: we're gonna do. Yeah, how much of an advantage do

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Speaker 1: you think that is going into weeks?

654
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Speaker 3: A major advantage?

655
00:33:27,480 --> 00:33:31,040
Speaker 2: Tremendous advantage because right now Tampa Bay is trying to

656
00:33:31,160 --> 00:33:34,520
Speaker 2: they they're they're looking at stuff that Cliff ran when

657
00:33:34,560 --> 00:33:35,840
Speaker 2: he was in Arizona.

658
00:33:35,880 --> 00:33:36,920
Speaker 3: So they're looking at that stuff.

659
00:33:36,960 --> 00:33:40,600
Speaker 2: They're gonna have to look at some San Francisco film

660
00:33:41,080 --> 00:33:43,440
Speaker 2: because of Anthleen Land and his influence. They're gonna have

661
00:33:43,480 --> 00:33:46,520
Speaker 2: to look at some Philadelphia stuff because of Brian Johnson

662
00:33:46,560 --> 00:33:49,320
Speaker 2: and you know his influence that he he'll have as

663
00:33:49,320 --> 00:33:52,000
Speaker 2: the past game coordinator, and and Athley Land is a

664
00:33:52,040 --> 00:33:53,000
Speaker 2: run game coordinator.

665
00:33:53,240 --> 00:33:55,160
Speaker 3: So they gotta go and and.

666
00:33:55,720 --> 00:34:00,440
Speaker 2: Research three offenses to try to figure out what what

667
00:34:00,480 --> 00:34:04,640
Speaker 2: the Washington Commander's offense will be week one. And they

668
00:34:04,680 --> 00:34:09,719
Speaker 2: haven't seen our players run this offense. So how are

669
00:34:09,680 --> 00:34:12,879
Speaker 2: you're gonna utilize Terry in this offense where you're gonna

670
00:34:12,880 --> 00:34:16,239
Speaker 2: line him up, where you're gonna utilize Austin Eckler, where

671
00:34:16,280 --> 00:34:18,520
Speaker 2: you're gonna utilize zach Ertz and things like that, or

672
00:34:18,560 --> 00:34:23,840
Speaker 2: being sending. So they got it's a tremendous advantage that

673
00:34:23,920 --> 00:34:26,680
Speaker 2: we haven't shown anything. And Tampa Bay is.

674
00:34:26,640 --> 00:34:28,440
Speaker 3: Going to have to do a lot of work on

675
00:34:28,960 --> 00:34:29,600
Speaker 3: our offense.

676
00:34:29,719 --> 00:34:32,480
Speaker 1: Okay, so we do know what Tampa Bay is. We

677
00:34:32,600 --> 00:34:35,600
Speaker 1: do know what Todd Bowles is, right, So what do you.

678
00:34:35,600 --> 00:34:37,560
Speaker 3: Say they have a new offensive coordinator though?

679
00:34:37,560 --> 00:34:37,759
Speaker 1: Too?

680
00:34:38,200 --> 00:34:38,399
Speaker 3: Right?

681
00:34:38,600 --> 00:34:40,360
Speaker 1: Yeah, but I want to stay on our offense for

682
00:34:40,400 --> 00:34:43,160
Speaker 1: a minute. Okay, what are you saying to Jade Daniels

683
00:34:43,239 --> 00:34:45,759
Speaker 1: about the pressure packages that he is probably going to

684
00:34:45,800 --> 00:34:47,239
Speaker 1: face in his first NFL start.

685
00:34:47,440 --> 00:34:50,319
Speaker 2: Just understanding where your hot routes are where you're not,

686
00:34:50,520 --> 00:34:54,200
Speaker 2: and also your answers to their blitz and the answer

687
00:34:54,239 --> 00:34:58,920
Speaker 2: may some simply sometimes be throw the football away or

688
00:34:58,960 --> 00:35:01,040
Speaker 2: get it to get your check down and things like that.

689
00:35:01,080 --> 00:35:05,080
Speaker 2: So making sure he has assers to the to those uh,

690
00:35:05,200 --> 00:35:08,000
Speaker 2: those pressures and things like that, that's that's, that's what

691
00:35:08,000 --> 00:35:10,439
Speaker 2: you're doing. You just trying to prepare him as best

692
00:35:10,480 --> 00:35:12,799
Speaker 2: you can for those, uh, those situations.

693
00:35:13,080 --> 00:35:15,440
Speaker 1: We know what he's capable of with his legs. What

694
00:35:15,560 --> 00:35:18,120
Speaker 1: I haven't figured out yet, and I'm waiting to see

695
00:35:18,160 --> 00:35:21,160
Speaker 1: when the real game start. How much are they featuring

696
00:35:21,239 --> 00:35:26,000
Speaker 1: designed runs with him? R PO, zone read, maybe something else,

697
00:35:26,200 --> 00:35:29,319
Speaker 1: but designed runs? Do you think that's a feature of

698
00:35:29,360 --> 00:35:33,239
Speaker 1: the Washington offense or something that's kind of there and

699
00:35:33,360 --> 00:35:35,160
Speaker 1: available when necessary.

700
00:35:35,680 --> 00:35:37,359
Speaker 2: I'm gonna take it. I'm gonna tell you. Like this,

701
00:35:37,920 --> 00:35:39,920
Speaker 2: we'll see Tapa Bay might be watching this.

702
00:35:40,000 --> 00:35:40,479
Speaker 3: We'll see.

703
00:35:42,640 --> 00:35:44,480
Speaker 1: Do you know the answer to that? Because I don't.

704
00:35:45,280 --> 00:35:48,720
Speaker 1: I'm asking it because I honestly don't know what's gonna

705
00:35:48,719 --> 00:35:50,640
Speaker 1: happen in that regard with him.

706
00:35:50,960 --> 00:35:54,120
Speaker 3: I have an idea. Okay, Well, we'll see, all.

707
00:35:54,160 --> 00:35:57,359
Speaker 1: Right, I'll give you another guess. I actually think this

708
00:35:57,440 --> 00:36:00,880
Speaker 1: team is gonna be more run orient then you think

709
00:36:00,920 --> 00:36:04,279
Speaker 1: they're going to be. That's my get. I think that

710
00:36:04,320 --> 00:36:07,040
Speaker 1: I think outside thinks they're going to be. I think

711
00:36:07,080 --> 00:36:09,120
Speaker 1: they're far more than last year that.

712
00:36:09,120 --> 00:36:13,200
Speaker 3: Was Tam Tam. We were last in the NFL in

713
00:36:13,360 --> 00:36:14,680
Speaker 3: a rush attempts. That's right.

714
00:36:14,760 --> 00:36:16,719
Speaker 1: Yeah, we threw the ball more than anybody else and

715
00:36:16,800 --> 00:36:21,200
Speaker 1: had the most sacked quarterback in the NFL right alone.

716
00:36:21,560 --> 00:36:23,680
Speaker 1: I actually think this team is going run the ball

717
00:36:23,760 --> 00:36:27,160
Speaker 1: more like when people think about Cliff Kingsbury offense in Arizona,

718
00:36:27,200 --> 00:36:29,600
Speaker 1: whether it's true or not, they think about this air raid,

719
00:36:29,880 --> 00:36:32,160
Speaker 1: four wide receivers, a lot of throwing the ball down

720
00:36:32,200 --> 00:36:35,000
Speaker 1: the field. When I look at this and we go

721
00:36:35,080 --> 00:36:37,720
Speaker 1: back to what we were talking about earlier with sentence,

722
00:36:37,760 --> 00:36:41,719
Speaker 1: this kind of versatile moving piece, and they've got b

723
00:36:41,880 --> 00:36:43,800
Speaker 1: Rob and Eckler who can both catch the ball in

724
00:36:43,840 --> 00:36:47,080
Speaker 1: the backfield but are clearly really good running backs as well.

725
00:36:47,280 --> 00:36:49,920
Speaker 1: You got a running quarterback who's capable of killing you

726
00:36:49,960 --> 00:36:55,320
Speaker 1: with his legs, physical receivers on the outside that actually

727
00:36:55,360 --> 00:36:58,239
Speaker 1: reads to me without really knowing that this team is

728
00:36:58,239 --> 00:36:59,719
Speaker 1: going to lean on the run, probably a lot more

729
00:36:59,800 --> 00:37:01,080
Speaker 1: than people think they're going to.

730
00:37:02,440 --> 00:37:05,040
Speaker 2: When when you got when you got backs like like

731
00:37:05,120 --> 00:37:08,840
Speaker 2: we have you know and b Robin and Eckler and

732
00:37:08,880 --> 00:37:12,279
Speaker 2: I think it. You know, the additions they made on

733
00:37:12,320 --> 00:37:14,440
Speaker 2: the offensive line, especially in the interior offense a line.

734
00:37:14,480 --> 00:37:19,640
Speaker 2: Those guys are are very good run blockers. There will

735
00:37:19,680 --> 00:37:24,960
Speaker 2: be a greater infhensis on running the football, but you know,

736
00:37:25,680 --> 00:37:28,279
Speaker 2: it might be some run plays called, and you know,

737
00:37:28,320 --> 00:37:31,440
Speaker 2: the zone re or the aprio what has been a

738
00:37:31,480 --> 00:37:35,680
Speaker 2: part of cliffs passed where run play or the quarterback

739
00:37:35,760 --> 00:37:39,000
Speaker 2: has the ability to hand the ball off or throw

740
00:37:39,040 --> 00:37:42,400
Speaker 2: it out to a receiver. So those elements will probably

741
00:37:42,440 --> 00:37:45,520
Speaker 2: be a part of this offense. I'm just I don't

742
00:37:45,520 --> 00:37:48,680
Speaker 2: think I'm giving away state state secrets with that. Just

743
00:37:48,840 --> 00:37:51,880
Speaker 2: that's just cliffs kind of DNA as well.

744
00:37:52,719 --> 00:37:53,359
Speaker 3: So there'll be.

745
00:37:55,120 --> 00:37:57,880
Speaker 2: The defense that Tampa Bay puts out there or presents

746
00:37:57,920 --> 00:38:01,880
Speaker 2: may determine how much we run the ball and or

747
00:38:01,920 --> 00:38:04,440
Speaker 2: how much we throw it too as well. Now Tampa's

748
00:38:04,560 --> 00:38:06,920
Speaker 2: they got this big nose tackle Vida veya.

749
00:38:06,800 --> 00:38:09,959
Speaker 3: Yeah, joker, that joke is a low man.

750
00:38:10,239 --> 00:38:13,400
Speaker 2: So we're gonna run ball, run the ball and have success.

751
00:38:13,840 --> 00:38:15,920
Speaker 3: We're gonna have to get him blocked.

752
00:38:16,080 --> 00:38:19,440
Speaker 1: All right, the other side of the ball. Defensively, uh

753
00:38:19,480 --> 00:38:23,080
Speaker 1: Payne Allen Wager never played in the preseason. Louvu played sparingly.

754
00:38:23,440 --> 00:38:26,160
Speaker 1: We see a lot of what this team is. So

755
00:38:27,000 --> 00:38:28,719
Speaker 1: what do you think the strength of the defense is

756
00:38:28,840 --> 00:38:29,520
Speaker 1: entering the season.

757
00:38:29,840 --> 00:38:32,200
Speaker 2: The strength of a defense I think is up the middle.

758
00:38:32,600 --> 00:38:35,480
Speaker 2: You know, you mentioned the two tackles and Bobby waggoning

759
00:38:35,600 --> 00:38:37,960
Speaker 2: in me. I'll even throw Frankie Louvo in there as well.

760
00:38:38,440 --> 00:38:42,160
Speaker 2: The that's where the strength of the defense and then

761
00:38:42,239 --> 00:38:46,200
Speaker 2: our safeties. So on the outside, whether it's defensive ends

762
00:38:46,239 --> 00:38:50,280
Speaker 2: and and and corners. You know, we're still gonna find

763
00:38:50,400 --> 00:38:52,479
Speaker 2: find out what those guys are and who are gonna

764
00:38:52,520 --> 00:38:55,120
Speaker 2: be the primary players at those positions and how they

765
00:38:55,120 --> 00:38:58,759
Speaker 2: emerge things like that. But if you on paper you say,

766
00:38:58,880 --> 00:39:02,040
Speaker 2: where's the strength of this defense is at the defensive

767
00:39:02,080 --> 00:39:04,640
Speaker 2: tackle position, linebackers and safeties.

768
00:39:05,320 --> 00:39:06,960
Speaker 3: How they're gonna utilize guys.

769
00:39:06,760 --> 00:39:10,960
Speaker 2: Personnel group and you got guys who have great versatility

770
00:39:10,960 --> 00:39:13,920
Speaker 2: as well. You got a guy like Frankie Louvill can

771
00:39:13,960 --> 00:39:15,640
Speaker 2: be off the ball. You can put him on the

772
00:39:16,120 --> 00:39:18,319
Speaker 2: on the edge of the defense and bring him off

773
00:39:19,239 --> 00:39:22,680
Speaker 2: the edge. He's a great blitzer. Bobby Wagner, his ability

774
00:39:22,719 --> 00:39:26,640
Speaker 2: to make plays and tackle and get the defense set

775
00:39:26,680 --> 00:39:31,360
Speaker 2: and lined up, those are strengths of his. And you

776
00:39:31,400 --> 00:39:33,719
Speaker 2: know a guy like Jeremy chen who I mean he

777
00:39:33,800 --> 00:39:36,600
Speaker 2: looks like a linebacker. He sometimes he looks like a

778
00:39:36,600 --> 00:39:39,680
Speaker 2: defensive end with his side. How they're gonna utilize him,

779
00:39:39,960 --> 00:39:44,919
Speaker 2: you know, you great versatility there. So they don't really

780
00:39:44,960 --> 00:39:47,240
Speaker 2: know how we're gonna be as a defense either, because

781
00:39:47,280 --> 00:39:52,200
Speaker 2: you really haven't seen all projected eleven starters on the field.

782
00:39:52,520 --> 00:39:54,560
Speaker 2: You haven't seen them on the field at all together

783
00:39:54,920 --> 00:39:56,319
Speaker 2: during the preseason.

784
00:39:55,880 --> 00:39:58,520
Speaker 1: When they talk about because all they talk about is

785
00:39:58,560 --> 00:40:00,800
Speaker 1: turning it over. They want to get them ball. This

786
00:40:00,960 --> 00:40:02,960
Speaker 1: team was lacking last year on that side of the

787
00:40:02,960 --> 00:40:06,439
Speaker 1: ball as well, getting the ball, and Quinn and Witt

788
00:40:06,440 --> 00:40:10,239
Speaker 1: have this history specifically with the secondary of causing turnovers.

789
00:40:10,800 --> 00:40:13,759
Speaker 1: Their pathway to doing that this year, in your view,

790
00:40:14,160 --> 00:40:17,279
Speaker 1: is what if we are questioning will they have a

791
00:40:17,320 --> 00:40:18,960
Speaker 1: consistent pass rush on the edge.

792
00:40:19,640 --> 00:40:25,080
Speaker 2: I'm getting pressure on the quarterback obviously, being able to

793
00:40:25,120 --> 00:40:28,480
Speaker 2: make him uncomfortable. Sacks is great force forma not just sacks,

794
00:40:28,800 --> 00:40:32,480
Speaker 2: but sacking and getting the ball out but also making

795
00:40:32,560 --> 00:40:40,440
Speaker 2: him throw Aaron passes, tips, deflections Aaron throws, being sticky

796
00:40:40,480 --> 00:40:45,760
Speaker 2: and coverage also maybe disguising your coverages, enforcing the quarterback

797
00:40:45,800 --> 00:40:50,400
Speaker 2: to have to process as he's dropping back, and not

798
00:40:50,520 --> 00:40:53,560
Speaker 2: giving him answers to the test pre snap, before the

799
00:40:53,560 --> 00:40:56,720
Speaker 2: ball snap. You know, all those different things are ways

800
00:40:56,719 --> 00:41:01,560
Speaker 2: that you can create, create turnovers, catching them football when opportunity,

801
00:41:01,560 --> 00:41:04,560
Speaker 2: opportunity presents itself, you got to steal the deal as well.

802
00:41:04,680 --> 00:41:06,520
Speaker 1: What do you like about Baker Mayfield these days? He

803
00:41:06,600 --> 00:41:09,120
Speaker 1: really turned his career around last year with them.

804
00:41:09,080 --> 00:41:11,880
Speaker 2: First and foremost, you gotta love Baker's swagger and confidence.

805
00:41:12,760 --> 00:41:16,160
Speaker 2: That's That's one thing. He's always had that swagger. That conference,

806
00:41:16,200 --> 00:41:18,600
Speaker 2: He's in the place that they feel he feels like

807
00:41:18,680 --> 00:41:22,000
Speaker 2: they believe in him, and they did that with giving

808
00:41:22,080 --> 00:41:22,840
Speaker 2: him a contract.

809
00:41:22,960 --> 00:41:26,640
Speaker 1: That's important. I think people underrate this. He's finally he

810
00:41:26,800 --> 00:41:29,200
Speaker 1: said this, He's finally somewhere where the team believes in him.

811
00:41:29,360 --> 00:41:32,959
Speaker 1: He likes where he lives, like stuff matters, It really matters.

812
00:41:34,560 --> 00:41:34,799
Speaker 3: Child.

813
00:41:34,880 --> 00:41:38,279
Speaker 2: So all those things kind of help just change your

814
00:41:38,320 --> 00:41:42,160
Speaker 2: perspective as a player. Baker, He's he's gonna be a gunslinger.

815
00:41:42,160 --> 00:41:44,440
Speaker 2: It's gonna take some chances and he has. You know,

816
00:41:44,680 --> 00:41:46,759
Speaker 2: I mentioned Mike Evans. That's a big guy. We're gonna

817
00:41:46,760 --> 00:41:49,880
Speaker 2: have to deal with man what out seven eight straight

818
00:41:49,920 --> 00:41:51,480
Speaker 2: season with over a thousand yards.

819
00:41:51,719 --> 00:41:52,720
Speaker 1: He's a Hall Fame receiver.

820
00:41:52,880 --> 00:41:56,239
Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, so that we're gonna have to have an

821
00:41:56,280 --> 00:41:57,200
Speaker 3: asswer for him.

822
00:41:57,360 --> 00:42:01,160
Speaker 2: But the offense that they have for Baker, so he

823
00:42:01,200 --> 00:42:03,840
Speaker 2: was gonna suit his skill set and put him in

824
00:42:03,880 --> 00:42:05,680
Speaker 2: a position to thrive as well.

825
00:42:06,000 --> 00:42:08,440
Speaker 1: So on them in general, and because I want to

826
00:42:08,440 --> 00:42:10,560
Speaker 1: get some predictions on the season from you a little bit,

827
00:42:10,600 --> 00:42:14,319
Speaker 1: but I look at them. Nobody talks about them. Tampa Bay.

828
00:42:14,800 --> 00:42:17,800
Speaker 1: They were in the fourth quarter one score down to

829
00:42:17,880 --> 00:42:21,239
Speaker 1: Detroit on the road, easily won and been in the

830
00:42:21,320 --> 00:42:24,279
Speaker 1: NFC Championship game. I get the sense that you're just

831
00:42:24,440 --> 00:42:28,840
Speaker 1: completely overlooked. People treat them like they're a fluke somehow.

832
00:42:29,840 --> 00:42:32,680
Speaker 1: And they spent a ton of money in the offseason

833
00:42:33,120 --> 00:42:36,400
Speaker 1: on their guys. They brought Tristan Wirfspeck. They made them

834
00:42:36,400 --> 00:42:38,680
Speaker 1: one of the highest paid tackles. You mentioned Antlin Winfield,

835
00:42:38,680 --> 00:42:40,720
Speaker 1: he's like one of the highest paid second, he's highest

836
00:42:40,719 --> 00:42:43,440
Speaker 1: paid safety, right, highest paid safety. They gave Mike Evans

837
00:42:43,480 --> 00:42:46,040
Speaker 1: a new contract, they gave Baker money. They kept their

838
00:42:46,040 --> 00:42:48,960
Speaker 1: guys because they're confident. They're coming off winning a division.

839
00:42:49,080 --> 00:42:50,520
Speaker 1: They've won it three years in a row, a couple

840
00:42:50,600 --> 00:42:53,239
Speaker 1: with Brady, but like they did it without them last

841
00:42:53,280 --> 00:42:55,799
Speaker 1: year too. And everybody's all hot and heavy about what

842
00:42:55,840 --> 00:42:59,040
Speaker 1: Atlanta did by getting Cousins in Panix and bulking up

843
00:42:59,120 --> 00:43:01,160
Speaker 1: and looking like they have a pretty good offense.

844
00:43:01,200 --> 00:43:02,680
Speaker 3: But them made some sexier move.

845
00:43:02,840 --> 00:43:08,560
Speaker 1: Yes, but this team's no joke. And honestly, if someone

846
00:43:08,760 --> 00:43:11,640
Speaker 1: like San Francisco for some reason doesn't have the season

847
00:43:11,719 --> 00:43:14,360
Speaker 1: you expect them to, or Dallas doesn't have the season

848
00:43:14,400 --> 00:43:16,600
Speaker 1: you expect them to, that team may have a way

849
00:43:16,640 --> 00:43:19,480
Speaker 1: better record than I think anyone is expecting. This is

850
00:43:19,560 --> 00:43:23,000
Speaker 1: a real test in Week one. That's a real legit

851
00:43:23,200 --> 00:43:26,640
Speaker 1: playoff team that is rebooted, has got their guys back,

852
00:43:27,040 --> 00:43:29,600
Speaker 1: and they're being ignored. This is gonna be an incredible

853
00:43:29,640 --> 00:43:30,520
Speaker 1: test for Week one.

854
00:43:30,719 --> 00:43:34,200
Speaker 2: Yeah, that's that's what happens. You know, Tampa's a smaller market.

855
00:43:34,239 --> 00:43:38,080
Speaker 2: It's not it's not New York. It's not Dallas, not Philadelphia,

856
00:43:38,080 --> 00:43:41,920
Speaker 2: it's not DC. So they you mentioned one thing. They

857
00:43:41,960 --> 00:43:45,840
Speaker 2: resigned their guys. Resigning your guys don't necessarily make the

858
00:43:45,880 --> 00:43:50,040
Speaker 2: type of headways that going out signing another team's free

859
00:43:50,040 --> 00:43:53,360
Speaker 2: agent would make, especially if you're signing one of the

860
00:43:53,400 --> 00:43:55,839
Speaker 2: top free agents that are available. So those those aren't

861
00:43:55,840 --> 00:44:01,280
Speaker 2: gonna make headways. Small smaller market see city, so to speak.

862
00:44:03,000 --> 00:44:05,279
Speaker 2: They have to be, in my opinion, the favor to

863
00:44:05,280 --> 00:44:06,360
Speaker 2: win the NFC South.

864
00:44:06,520 --> 00:44:06,920
Speaker 1: I agree.

865
00:44:07,040 --> 00:44:07,239
Speaker 2: I don't.

866
00:44:07,280 --> 00:44:07,520
Speaker 3: I don't.

867
00:44:07,560 --> 00:44:10,520
Speaker 2: I mean, Atlanta has made some moves and and they

868
00:44:10,560 --> 00:44:15,200
Speaker 2: have they have some playmakers, but I still think in

869
00:44:15,239 --> 00:44:17,120
Speaker 2: New Orleans they'll be in contention.

870
00:44:17,880 --> 00:44:19,560
Speaker 3: Carolina's not there yet.

871
00:44:19,880 --> 00:44:23,400
Speaker 2: Tampa, I think they're the best team in the NFC South,

872
00:44:23,960 --> 00:44:26,080
Speaker 2: and they'll be one of the one of the teams that,

873
00:44:26,320 --> 00:44:29,640
Speaker 2: like you said, could could represent the NFC in the

874
00:44:29,760 --> 00:44:31,919
Speaker 2: NFC Championship Game and possibly even the Super Bowl.

875
00:44:31,960 --> 00:44:33,439
Speaker 3: They kind of fallow their way.

876
00:44:33,560 --> 00:44:37,359
Speaker 1: I completely buy them, like, I completely buy them. Like

877
00:44:37,400 --> 00:44:39,480
Speaker 1: it's funny. A couple of years ago, Detroit had a

878
00:44:39,600 --> 00:44:42,600
Speaker 1: kind of a jump up season becau it's been first time,

879
00:44:42,680 --> 00:44:45,719
Speaker 1: long time for them, and they beat Aaron Rodgers what

880
00:44:45,800 --> 00:44:47,799
Speaker 1: was his last game, but they didn't make the playoffs

881
00:44:48,000 --> 00:44:51,000
Speaker 1: right in Green Bay, and they turned around and they

882
00:44:51,040 --> 00:44:52,960
Speaker 1: lived up to what everybody said they were going to be.

883
00:44:53,880 --> 00:44:55,520
Speaker 1: You know, I look at them and they had Jared

884
00:44:55,560 --> 00:44:58,359
Speaker 1: Goff been around the block a couple of times quarterback there.

885
00:44:58,480 --> 00:44:59,920
Speaker 1: I look at Tampa in the same way, and I go,

886
00:45:00,239 --> 00:45:03,040
Speaker 1: you're just not talking about them that way. That that's

887
00:45:03,080 --> 00:45:05,440
Speaker 1: the only difference. You're not talking about them that way.

888
00:45:05,760 --> 00:45:08,919
Speaker 1: They're dangerous, like they're really dangerous this year.

889
00:45:09,000 --> 00:45:10,080
Speaker 3: Yeah, they're very dangerous.

890
00:45:10,080 --> 00:45:14,080
Speaker 2: And again when I saw the schedule, man going to

891
00:45:14,120 --> 00:45:17,000
Speaker 2: tap of week one and knowing what type of defense

892
00:45:17,040 --> 00:45:19,200
Speaker 2: that that Todd Bowles brings to the table.

893
00:45:19,280 --> 00:45:22,839
Speaker 3: Now here's what I will say.

894
00:45:22,960 --> 00:45:25,880
Speaker 2: The people in this building, the coaches and the players,

895
00:45:26,360 --> 00:45:28,720
Speaker 2: they're going to respect the heck out of the Tapa

896
00:45:28,719 --> 00:45:29,480
Speaker 2: Bay Buccaneers.

897
00:45:29,480 --> 00:45:32,760
Speaker 3: They're not overlooking them, and they understand.

898
00:45:32,320 --> 00:45:35,160
Speaker 2: The challenge and the task at hand, and that's what

899
00:45:35,320 --> 00:45:36,120
Speaker 2: matters the most.

900
00:45:36,640 --> 00:45:39,120
Speaker 1: Franchise won their division three years in a row. We've

901
00:45:39,160 --> 00:45:43,279
Speaker 1: done that long time, the very effect. Nobody's won our

902
00:45:43,320 --> 00:45:45,960
Speaker 1: division three years in a row in what twenty five

903
00:45:46,040 --> 00:45:50,240
Speaker 1: thirty years something like that, So what they've done is impressive.

904
00:45:50,239 --> 00:45:52,239
Speaker 1: It's under the radar. All right, Let's go through the

905
00:45:52,239 --> 00:45:54,120
Speaker 1: divisions a little bit, Let's pick the season a little bit. Here,

906
00:45:54,160 --> 00:45:55,840
Speaker 1: all right, we'll start in the NFC South. I agree

907
00:45:55,840 --> 00:45:57,840
Speaker 1: with you. I think Tampa is the favorite. I know

908
00:45:57,880 --> 00:46:00,799
Speaker 1: everybody's talking about Atlanta because they got Kirk Cousins and

909
00:46:00,800 --> 00:46:02,799
Speaker 1: they drafted Pennock, so they figure they're in a good

910
00:46:02,840 --> 00:46:06,640
Speaker 1: spot there. They have very sexy offensive weapons Vijan he

911
00:46:06,719 --> 00:46:08,719
Speaker 1: or two. I don't know that I see it on

912
00:46:08,800 --> 00:46:13,080
Speaker 1: defense with them. I think Tampa's done this kind of Yeah.

913
00:46:12,920 --> 00:46:15,160
Speaker 2: Judan, he's going to be in an addition to that

914
00:46:15,160 --> 00:46:17,120
Speaker 2: past Russ. I mean, I think they sorely need it.

915
00:46:17,160 --> 00:46:19,920
Speaker 1: Caroline is interesting because I think they got the right

916
00:46:19,960 --> 00:46:22,440
Speaker 1: coach to find out where Bryce Shong is by bringing

917
00:46:22,480 --> 00:46:25,080
Speaker 1: in Canalis from Tampa Bay. Because they added some weapons, Yeah,

918
00:46:25,200 --> 00:46:25,960
Speaker 1: added some weapons.

919
00:46:26,000 --> 00:46:26,359
Speaker 3: We'll see.

920
00:46:26,400 --> 00:46:28,560
Speaker 1: I don't love their roster enough to compete there, but

921
00:46:29,200 --> 00:46:31,360
Speaker 1: I got Tampa here, and I think a lot of

922
00:46:31,360 --> 00:46:33,520
Speaker 1: people are falling in love with Atlanta. I don't know

923
00:46:33,560 --> 00:46:35,319
Speaker 1: that I like them on the defensive side of the ball.

924
00:46:35,360 --> 00:46:36,800
Speaker 1: So I like Tampa in that division.

925
00:46:36,880 --> 00:46:39,920
Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean, I've I just already told you I

926
00:46:40,360 --> 00:46:43,000
Speaker 3: like tapping that division. Let's move on to it. Let's see,

927
00:46:43,239 --> 00:46:45,080
Speaker 3: let's go to the NFC West.

928
00:46:45,800 --> 00:46:48,080
Speaker 1: All right, So I'm gonna go off the board here

929
00:46:48,120 --> 00:46:51,279
Speaker 1: a little bit and I'm gonna take the Rams. I

930
00:46:51,360 --> 00:46:56,200
Speaker 1: like the Rams, so I think San Francisco. I don't

931
00:46:56,280 --> 00:46:59,960
Speaker 1: like what's happened this whole offseason with the Ayuk situation,

932
00:47:00,719 --> 00:47:04,400
Speaker 1: the Trent situation. There's some attrition because they just can't

933
00:47:04,400 --> 00:47:07,160
Speaker 1: pay everybody. I think they have a really, really, really

934
00:47:07,160 --> 00:47:11,480
Speaker 1: good team. They've been close No cigar so many times.

935
00:47:11,960 --> 00:47:16,000
Speaker 1: And the Rams were a quote unquote surprising playoff team,

936
00:47:16,320 --> 00:47:19,839
Speaker 1: extremely well coached. They spent money on their offensive line,

937
00:47:19,880 --> 00:47:22,160
Speaker 1: so they're trying to protect Stafford. He stays healthy with

938
00:47:22,200 --> 00:47:24,319
Speaker 1: the receivers they have, the running backs that they have.

939
00:47:25,120 --> 00:47:26,919
Speaker 1: I love them on offense. I think they're a top

940
00:47:26,960 --> 00:47:30,080
Speaker 1: ten to top five offensive Stafford stays healthy, and I

941
00:47:30,160 --> 00:47:33,240
Speaker 1: think they're a mild surprise and they win that division.

942
00:47:35,560 --> 00:47:37,400
Speaker 3: The Rams are an interesting pick.

943
00:47:39,600 --> 00:47:41,920
Speaker 2: What's the element and how much of a factor not

944
00:47:42,040 --> 00:47:44,279
Speaker 2: having Aaron Donald on this team?

945
00:47:44,320 --> 00:47:46,520
Speaker 3: How much is that going to factor? Say that?

946
00:47:46,680 --> 00:47:49,759
Speaker 2: I mean, he's been Defensive Player of the Year, what

947
00:47:49,960 --> 00:47:53,600
Speaker 2: multiple times, perennial Pro Bowl Player, perennial All Pro.

948
00:47:53,920 --> 00:47:56,160
Speaker 3: You don't just replace Aaron Donald.

949
00:47:56,400 --> 00:47:59,680
Speaker 2: I know they drafted two guys from the Florida State

950
00:48:00,080 --> 00:48:03,480
Speaker 2: to kind of take take his spot and help with

951
00:48:03,560 --> 00:48:07,839
Speaker 2: some of the pressure. I just I find it hard

952
00:48:07,880 --> 00:48:11,640
Speaker 2: to not pick the San Francisco forty nine ers. Despite

953
00:48:11,680 --> 00:48:14,680
Speaker 2: all the things that have taking place from them Brad

954
00:48:14,760 --> 00:48:18,000
Speaker 2: and au Trey Williams, contractor issues and all those types

955
00:48:18,040 --> 00:48:24,600
Speaker 2: of things, they still have the best roster in that NFC,

956
00:48:25,120 --> 00:48:28,080
Speaker 2: not just in the NFC West, but maybe even in

957
00:48:28,120 --> 00:48:30,879
Speaker 2: the NFC in general. So I'm gonna say I'm gonna stay.

958
00:48:30,920 --> 00:48:32,960
Speaker 2: I'm gonna take the San Francisco forty nine ers.

959
00:48:32,800 --> 00:48:35,480
Speaker 1: All right, NFC North, which I think is very interesting.

960
00:48:37,560 --> 00:48:40,399
Speaker 1: Caleb Williams with those offensive weapons. It's hard to know

961
00:48:40,719 --> 00:48:42,560
Speaker 1: right what the Bears are gonna be in year one.

962
00:48:42,600 --> 00:48:44,319
Speaker 1: I think they're pretty good on the defensive side of

963
00:48:44,320 --> 00:48:48,279
Speaker 1: the ball now too. Green Bay came on heavy late

964
00:48:48,480 --> 00:48:51,720
Speaker 1: last year, took a run, knocked out Dallas in the playoffs,

965
00:48:51,719 --> 00:48:55,160
Speaker 1: looked good doing it. Detroit's turning and around, trying to

966
00:48:55,160 --> 00:48:58,200
Speaker 1: say we're here permanently with this group that they have

967
00:48:58,360 --> 00:49:01,160
Speaker 1: very very, very very competitive team. I think the Vikings

968
00:49:01,160 --> 00:49:03,600
Speaker 1: are very well coached, but I don't like their roster

969
00:49:03,840 --> 00:49:06,319
Speaker 1: and their quarterback compared to the other three teams, and

970
00:49:06,320 --> 00:49:07,879
Speaker 1: so I think that's a difference for them, and I don't.

971
00:49:07,880 --> 00:49:09,600
Speaker 1: I don't think they can win the division that way.

972
00:49:10,320 --> 00:49:12,719
Speaker 1: I think this one's a toss up. I'm gonna take

973
00:49:12,800 --> 00:49:16,160
Speaker 1: green Bay, but I could hear out a scenario by

974
00:49:16,160 --> 00:49:18,160
Speaker 1: Detroit or Chicago somehow doing it too.

975
00:49:19,239 --> 00:49:24,280
Speaker 2: You made great cases for for green Bay, Chicago, Detroit,

976
00:49:24,280 --> 00:49:27,400
Speaker 2: but I'm going with the I'm going with the Detroit Lions.

977
00:49:27,440 --> 00:49:29,520
Speaker 3: And here's here's one thing I just said, you know

978
00:49:29,600 --> 00:49:30,280
Speaker 3: the round.

979
00:49:30,320 --> 00:49:32,040
Speaker 2: I mean the forty nine ers may have the best

980
00:49:32,120 --> 00:49:36,560
Speaker 2: roster in the in the NFC. I actually think, and

981
00:49:36,600 --> 00:49:40,799
Speaker 2: I'm saying this right here on Booth Review Labor Day,

982
00:49:42,239 --> 00:49:44,880
Speaker 2: I think the Detroit Lions are going to be the

983
00:49:44,920 --> 00:49:46,480
Speaker 2: number one seed in the NFC.

984
00:49:47,600 --> 00:49:49,839
Speaker 1: I think the division's too hard to get it.

985
00:49:49,960 --> 00:49:53,040
Speaker 2: I think the Detroit Lions are going to be the

986
00:49:53,120 --> 00:49:55,800
Speaker 2: number one seed in the NFC.

987
00:49:58,680 --> 00:50:01,040
Speaker 1: I think it might be somebody in our division, but

988
00:50:01,160 --> 00:50:05,120
Speaker 1: I don't want to name them. We're not even preview thefright.

989
00:50:05,200 --> 00:50:08,600
Speaker 1: Let's go to AFC. AFC East is interesting. Buffalo is

990
00:50:08,680 --> 00:50:12,080
Speaker 1: kind of rebooting around Josh Allen now very different roster

991
00:50:12,160 --> 00:50:15,440
Speaker 1: than what they had. Questions about their very different. Jets

992
00:50:15,440 --> 00:50:18,879
Speaker 1: get Aaron Rodgers back and a top five defense kind

993
00:50:18,880 --> 00:50:22,160
Speaker 1: of right in front of them. Dolphins have this remarkably

994
00:50:22,200 --> 00:50:26,880
Speaker 1: explosive offense and a good defense. Not sure great, but

995
00:50:26,960 --> 00:50:31,000
Speaker 1: Anthony Weaver is an interesting addition as the coordinator, and

996
00:50:31,080 --> 00:50:34,319
Speaker 1: New England is I think very competitive. Actually having seen them,

997
00:50:34,520 --> 00:50:37,719
Speaker 1: I feel differently about them, but with a young quarterback

998
00:50:37,760 --> 00:50:40,279
Speaker 1: situation which is probably going to happen, not a lot

999
00:50:40,320 --> 00:50:42,399
Speaker 1: of explosive offensive players. I don't know how to keep

1000
00:50:42,480 --> 00:50:44,000
Speaker 1: up with these other three teams. I have a hard

1001
00:50:44,040 --> 00:50:48,680
Speaker 1: time buying them, keeping up with them. I can't pick

1002
00:50:48,719 --> 00:50:52,239
Speaker 1: the Jets. I've seen it so eight like this is

1003
00:50:52,320 --> 00:50:56,239
Speaker 1: their year. But I can't pick them. Like something's going

1004
00:50:56,280 --> 00:50:58,680
Speaker 1: to go wrong. I know, I don't know what it is,

1005
00:50:58,920 --> 00:51:01,600
Speaker 1: but it is, and I can't. I can't pick them.

1006
00:51:01,640 --> 00:51:06,879
Speaker 1: So I'm gonna take Miami to outscore everybody and win

1007
00:51:06,960 --> 00:51:07,560
Speaker 1: that division.

1008
00:51:08,480 --> 00:51:12,000
Speaker 3: I'm gonna go with the Dolphins as well, and Dolphin

1009
00:51:12,120 --> 00:51:13,040
Speaker 3: is gonna be outstanding.

1010
00:51:13,120 --> 00:51:17,120
Speaker 2: I mean, they have playmakers, good lower but you mentioned

1011
00:51:17,160 --> 00:51:21,399
Speaker 2: Anthony Weaver and him and with the defense, the style

1012
00:51:21,440 --> 00:51:24,920
Speaker 2: of defense that he's bringing haven't been with the Baltimore Ravens.

1013
00:51:25,200 --> 00:51:26,600
Speaker 3: They're gonna pressure the heck out of you.

1014
00:51:26,600 --> 00:51:30,120
Speaker 2: They're gonna bring blitz, They're not afraid to bring zero

1015
00:51:30,680 --> 00:51:34,080
Speaker 2: zero blitzeres and things like that. I'm gonna go with

1016
00:51:34,160 --> 00:51:36,680
Speaker 2: the Miami Dolphins to win that division out And I

1017
00:51:36,719 --> 00:51:39,279
Speaker 2: don't know when the last time they actually won that

1018
00:51:39,360 --> 00:51:41,280
Speaker 2: division been quite.

1019
00:51:41,160 --> 00:51:43,640
Speaker 1: A wid the note It could be off and like

1020
00:51:43,800 --> 00:51:46,200
Speaker 1: remembering the board in front of me, but I'm pretty

1021
00:51:46,200 --> 00:51:47,799
Speaker 1: sure it was like two thousand and two.

1022
00:51:48,080 --> 00:51:49,879
Speaker 3: It's been a really long time. I mean they.

1023
00:51:49,800 --> 00:51:52,000
Speaker 1: Also they're victims like everybody else of Tom Brady.

1024
00:51:52,080 --> 00:51:53,080
Speaker 3: Yes, yeah, Tom was.

1025
00:51:53,160 --> 00:51:55,719
Speaker 2: There in that division for twenty years. But I'm gonna

1026
00:51:55,719 --> 00:51:59,440
Speaker 2: go with the the Miami Dolphins to win that division.

1027
00:51:59,640 --> 00:52:03,399
Speaker 2: The Jets, I think they'll make the playoffs. I think

1028
00:52:03,400 --> 00:52:04,399
Speaker 2: they're a playoff team.

1029
00:52:04,560 --> 00:52:06,399
Speaker 1: I buy their defense big time.

1030
00:52:07,000 --> 00:52:07,319
Speaker 3: You can.

1031
00:52:07,920 --> 00:52:11,919
Speaker 2: The interesting question is is the AFC. He's gonna get

1032
00:52:11,960 --> 00:52:18,040
Speaker 2: three teams in the playoffs. So it's gonna be the Dolphins,

1033
00:52:18,040 --> 00:52:20,600
Speaker 2: who you think, and the Bills or the Bills and

1034
00:52:20,800 --> 00:52:22,280
Speaker 2: or the Dolphins and the Jets.

1035
00:52:22,880 --> 00:52:23,960
Speaker 1: That's gonna be the toss up.

1036
00:52:24,840 --> 00:52:28,960
Speaker 3: You gotta pick, you can't, Yeah, don't toss.

1037
00:52:28,880 --> 00:52:32,960
Speaker 1: Dolphins Jets, all right, Dolphins Jets make playoffs, assuming Rogers

1038
00:52:33,000 --> 00:52:37,360
Speaker 1: stays health, Buffalo's Buffalo is a third place team in

1039
00:52:37,400 --> 00:52:39,960
Speaker 1: that division, That's what I think. But I think they're

1040
00:52:39,960 --> 00:52:44,320
Speaker 1: rebooting and they'll turn it around because Allen's so good

1041
00:52:44,520 --> 00:52:46,600
Speaker 1: that they'll turn it around. They're looking at the second

1042
00:52:46,640 --> 00:52:49,279
Speaker 1: half of his career and rebooting the roster around them.

1043
00:52:49,280 --> 00:52:50,799
Speaker 1: That's what I think it'sppened. It's gonna be a tough year

1044
00:52:50,800 --> 00:52:52,319
Speaker 1: for them this year. I think I can.

1045
00:52:52,440 --> 00:52:53,920
Speaker 3: I can. I can take that.

1046
00:52:53,960 --> 00:52:56,719
Speaker 2: And the reason why I say it may I can

1047
00:52:56,760 --> 00:52:59,400
Speaker 2: agree with you about two teams out of the AFC's

1048
00:52:59,440 --> 00:53:02,960
Speaker 2: because you look at the Let's go to the AFC North.

1049
00:53:02,920 --> 00:53:05,239
Speaker 1: Right, that's a blood bath that division. All four of

1050
00:53:05,239 --> 00:53:06,440
Speaker 1: those teams could be in the playoffs.

1051
00:53:06,520 --> 00:53:14,040
Speaker 2: All four, Yes, So that's that division right there. Baltimore,

1052
00:53:14,160 --> 00:53:16,920
Speaker 2: I would say steal has to be the favorite in

1053
00:53:16,920 --> 00:53:17,600
Speaker 2: that division.

1054
00:53:18,920 --> 00:53:21,200
Speaker 3: Cleveland's gonna be nipping at their heels.

1055
00:53:20,840 --> 00:53:27,080
Speaker 2: Though, especially if Dashaun Watson it's finally fully healthy. I

1056
00:53:27,120 --> 00:53:29,680
Speaker 2: know Nick Chubb is going to miss the first at

1057
00:53:29,760 --> 00:53:32,759
Speaker 2: least the first four games, yeah of the season, but

1058
00:53:32,800 --> 00:53:36,520
Speaker 2: they were number one ranked defense in the NFL a

1059
00:53:36,560 --> 00:53:43,560
Speaker 2: season ago. Should maybe even be top five again that

1060
00:53:44,120 --> 00:53:46,920
Speaker 2: right there, what's Pittsburgh gonna do at the quarterback spot.

1061
00:53:46,719 --> 00:53:47,080
Speaker 3: I don't know.

1062
00:53:48,239 --> 00:53:51,000
Speaker 1: I mean, Russ is publicly going to tell everybody that

1063
00:53:51,040 --> 00:53:53,680
Speaker 1: he's the quarterback, so then they got to make Tomlin

1064
00:53:53,760 --> 00:53:56,520
Speaker 1: make a decision about it. They scream to me, if

1065
00:53:56,560 --> 00:53:57,880
Speaker 1: there ever was a time that you should have a

1066
00:53:57,880 --> 00:53:59,759
Speaker 1: two quarterback system, that they're the team that should be

1067
00:53:59,760 --> 00:54:02,040
Speaker 1: doing it. Like I don't think that they should both

1068
00:54:02,080 --> 00:54:04,000
Speaker 1: be on the bench for entire games. Like, if you're

1069
00:54:04,000 --> 00:54:07,919
Speaker 1: not running packages at bare minimum with fields, I don't

1070
00:54:07,920 --> 00:54:10,120
Speaker 1: know why you have them on the team. So I

1071
00:54:10,160 --> 00:54:13,920
Speaker 1: think they both play, and at some point my gut

1072
00:54:14,000 --> 00:54:16,319
Speaker 1: is Field takes over full time. But we'll just have

1073
00:54:16,400 --> 00:54:21,239
Speaker 1: to see. And then Cincinnati's got Burrow back healthy. I

1074
00:54:21,280 --> 00:54:23,280
Speaker 1: don't love what's going on on defense over.

1075
00:54:23,080 --> 00:54:25,000
Speaker 3: There with them, extremely well coach.

1076
00:54:25,080 --> 00:54:30,080
Speaker 1: Extremely well coached, Burrows a MVP caliber quarterback. Chase and

1077
00:54:30,160 --> 00:54:33,680
Speaker 1: Higgins are back, so they're dynamic on the outside, they're

1078
00:54:33,719 --> 00:54:35,560
Speaker 1: run games. Is a little different this year without mixing,

1079
00:54:35,640 --> 00:54:38,320
Speaker 1: So I'll have to just see. I'm gonna go Baltimore

1080
00:54:38,360 --> 00:54:41,040
Speaker 1: because they do it every year, and I think Lamar's

1081
00:54:41,120 --> 00:54:44,759
Speaker 1: kind of too good. But you know, not unlike what

1082
00:54:44,760 --> 00:54:48,560
Speaker 1: happened with Dallas. They lost their defensive staff, right, and

1083
00:54:48,640 --> 00:54:52,160
Speaker 1: so that's a change again. So can they replicate what

1084
00:54:52,200 --> 00:54:54,400
Speaker 1: they did a year ago the completely different defensive staff.

1085
00:54:54,440 --> 00:54:57,359
Speaker 1: I don't really know. And honestly, I would buy any

1086
00:54:57,400 --> 00:54:59,440
Speaker 1: of those four teams winning that division because I think

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00:54:59,440 --> 00:55:00,640
Speaker 1: they're all good enough to do it.

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00:55:00,719 --> 00:55:00,879
Speaker 3: Yeah.

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00:55:01,200 --> 00:55:05,000
Speaker 2: Yeah, And just kind of going back and piggybacking off

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00:55:05,000 --> 00:55:07,359
Speaker 2: of Baltimore. I know, I say Cleveland had the number

1091
00:55:07,400 --> 00:55:09,239
Speaker 2: one ranked defense that maybe in yards, but I know

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00:55:09,280 --> 00:55:12,680
Speaker 2: Baltimore number one in points, number one sacks, and number

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00:55:12,719 --> 00:55:15,560
Speaker 2: one in takeaways. Yeah, and you know, I will have

1094
00:55:15,640 --> 00:55:17,799
Speaker 2: my stats in front of me. I think Cleveland may

1095
00:55:17,800 --> 00:55:20,360
Speaker 2: have been number one in yards, but when you do

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00:55:20,480 --> 00:55:24,160
Speaker 2: those things that Baltimore did from a point standpoint, taking

1097
00:55:24,160 --> 00:55:28,400
Speaker 2: the ball away in sacks and they're returning the majority

1098
00:55:28,440 --> 00:55:32,480
Speaker 2: of that defense and Lamar Jackson. Then they added to

1099
00:55:32,640 --> 00:55:36,520
Speaker 2: his his his weapons as well, bringing in Derrick Henry.

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00:55:37,880 --> 00:55:42,320
Speaker 2: So Baltimore's gonna win that division in my opinion.

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00:55:42,719 --> 00:55:46,760
Speaker 1: Antsy South's interesting. Everybody loves Houston CJ. Stroud off his rookieyear.

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00:55:46,760 --> 00:55:49,279
Speaker 1: Why wouldn't you? They bulked up got Stefan Diggs made

1103
00:55:49,280 --> 00:55:50,880
Speaker 1: a couple other signs. They look like they're kind of

1104
00:55:50,920 --> 00:55:54,560
Speaker 1: up and coming. Why not like them? Colts are already

1105
00:55:54,600 --> 00:55:58,080
Speaker 1: having people publicly questioned Anthony Richardson in the preseason. That's

1106
00:55:58,120 --> 00:56:01,640
Speaker 1: not good. That's not good Jacksonville. This is could be

1107
00:56:01,680 --> 00:56:03,799
Speaker 1: a show me year. I think if they don't turn around.

1108
00:56:03,800 --> 00:56:05,719
Speaker 1: They just gave Trevor Lawrence the money even they make

1109
00:56:05,760 --> 00:56:08,400
Speaker 1: the playoffs last year, if they don't do something, I

1110
00:56:08,640 --> 00:56:10,560
Speaker 1: think that's gonna be a wonky year for them. So

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00:56:10,680 --> 00:56:12,279
Speaker 1: they're gonna they're in a total show meet with the

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00:56:12,280 --> 00:56:15,160
Speaker 1: team that they have. And Tennessee I think is under

1113
00:56:15,200 --> 00:56:19,040
Speaker 1: the radar. New coach came from Cincinnati. Levis second year,

1114
00:56:19,440 --> 00:56:23,319
Speaker 1: rebooted the roster, made some under the radar improvements to

1115
00:56:23,440 --> 00:56:25,719
Speaker 1: their roster. I think they're gonna be very competitive, but

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00:56:25,800 --> 00:56:27,880
Speaker 1: I don't know. Year one, new coach hard to tell.

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00:56:28,080 --> 00:56:30,480
Speaker 1: I'll take Houston, but I don't think they're gonna run

1118
00:56:30,480 --> 00:56:32,600
Speaker 1: away with anything here, but I'll pick Houston.

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00:56:32,719 --> 00:56:34,680
Speaker 3: Yeah, I like Houston. I like it. I liked them

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Speaker 3: a lot.

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00:56:34,960 --> 00:56:37,520
Speaker 2: I think Damico Round and Ryans has done an outstanding

1122
00:56:37,640 --> 00:56:40,520
Speaker 2: job in a you know, just in one year and

1123
00:56:41,040 --> 00:56:43,719
Speaker 2: you go out and they kind of said, hey, we're

1124
00:56:43,719 --> 00:56:45,520
Speaker 2: in it to win it, and we feel like they can.

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00:56:46,640 --> 00:56:50,120
Speaker 2: They can really compete. In the mindset, just based on

1126
00:56:50,239 --> 00:56:53,359
Speaker 2: going out and trading for Diggs, they feel like maybe

1127
00:56:53,400 --> 00:56:59,280
Speaker 2: they they can't compete and possibly challenge Baltimore in Kansas

1128
00:56:59,320 --> 00:57:05,080
Speaker 2: City for you know, the supremacy in AFC. I'm going

1129
00:57:05,120 --> 00:57:07,520
Speaker 2: with the Houston Texas Texas to win AFC.

1130
00:57:07,719 --> 00:57:09,240
Speaker 1: I think you know, when you see a two Strouds

1131
00:57:09,280 --> 00:57:11,719
Speaker 1: got it like this, that wasn't That was not a

1132
00:57:12,320 --> 00:57:15,000
Speaker 1: oh great rookie season. Let's see what you do next.

1133
00:57:15,000 --> 00:57:15,320
Speaker 3: It's no.

1134
00:57:15,440 --> 00:57:18,240
Speaker 1: That guy's good and he's gonna be good. So he's

1135
00:57:18,280 --> 00:57:19,040
Speaker 1: gonna be a problem.

1136
00:57:19,640 --> 00:57:23,040
Speaker 2: He's gonna be a problem. He's being coached by Bobby

1137
00:57:23,080 --> 00:57:26,760
Speaker 2: Slowick junior. Bobby Slowick was he was he used to

1138
00:57:26,800 --> 00:57:29,560
Speaker 2: work here. He was my he was my assistant linebackers coach.

1139
00:57:29,640 --> 00:57:34,480
Speaker 2: Is dad uh Bob Bob slock was was the livebacker coach,

1140
00:57:34,520 --> 00:57:37,040
Speaker 2: and Bobby was in there in the meeting room as well,

1141
00:57:37,080 --> 00:57:39,040
Speaker 2: so he was on the defensive side. At one point,

1142
00:57:39,080 --> 00:57:41,320
Speaker 2: Andy he went over to the dark side. He went

1143
00:57:41,360 --> 00:57:45,320
Speaker 2: to the offensive size. Bobby's outstanding coach. A f C

1144
00:57:45,480 --> 00:57:49,840
Speaker 2: West Chiefs. Yeah, Chiefs, do we even need that?

1145
00:57:50,520 --> 00:57:53,680
Speaker 1: Here's the craziest bother why chief Here's.

1146
00:57:53,520 --> 00:57:55,320
Speaker 3: A crazy thing about the Chiefs.

1147
00:57:56,640 --> 00:57:59,920
Speaker 2: They won the Super Bowl last year, and there's the

1148
00:58:00,120 --> 00:58:03,680
Speaker 2: great case to be made that the offense was kind

1149
00:58:03,720 --> 00:58:05,880
Speaker 2: of second fiddle to the defense last season.

1150
00:58:06,880 --> 00:58:09,760
Speaker 3: That defense won that Super Bowl.

1151
00:58:09,880 --> 00:58:12,920
Speaker 2: Now, Kelsey and Mahomes is gonna make a lot of

1152
00:58:12,960 --> 00:58:17,960
Speaker 2: plays and do their thing, but very inconsistent offensively, a

1153
00:58:17,960 --> 00:58:21,840
Speaker 2: lot of drops, especially during the regular season from some receivers.

1154
00:58:22,320 --> 00:58:23,840
Speaker 3: What did Andy Reid go out and do?

1155
00:58:23,960 --> 00:58:28,480
Speaker 2: He He brought in new reinforcement to that offense, drafted

1156
00:58:28,680 --> 00:58:32,960
Speaker 2: Xavier Worthy, the fastest guy ever at the combine, signed

1157
00:58:33,000 --> 00:58:38,160
Speaker 2: Hollywood Brown, added added to the They just signed Juju

1158
00:58:38,200 --> 00:58:42,840
Speaker 2: Smith Schuster. So I think the offense is going to

1159
00:58:42,880 --> 00:58:47,520
Speaker 2: be much improved from a year ago. Defensively, they'll still

1160
00:58:47,560 --> 00:58:52,560
Speaker 2: be really good the Chiefs, even though they're DESI defendise

1161
00:58:52,600 --> 00:58:53,400
Speaker 2: Super Bowl champion.

1162
00:58:54,000 --> 00:58:56,040
Speaker 3: They got better. I think this is a better version

1163
00:58:56,080 --> 00:58:56,840
Speaker 3: of the Chiefs.

1164
00:58:57,040 --> 00:59:00,440
Speaker 1: Yeah, and the Chargers rebooted very different. Wrong all of

1165
00:59:00,440 --> 00:59:03,320
Speaker 1: a sudden, Raiders didn't get the quarterback they wanted. We'll

1166
00:59:03,320 --> 00:59:06,200
Speaker 1: see how that goes with them. Broncos did get the

1167
00:59:06,280 --> 00:59:08,480
Speaker 1: quarterback they wanted, but he'll be a rookie on a

1168
00:59:08,600 --> 00:59:11,120
Speaker 1: roster that's improving. I just don't see anybody in their

1169
00:59:11,120 --> 00:59:14,120
Speaker 1: class right now. So I think Chiefs win that division handily.

1170
00:59:14,320 --> 00:59:19,400
Speaker 2: Actually, then the question becomes, do they win three super

1171
00:59:19,400 --> 00:59:20,200
Speaker 2: Bowls in a row?

1172
00:59:20,520 --> 00:59:21,680
Speaker 3: That's the major.

1173
00:59:21,720 --> 00:59:25,120
Speaker 1: I guess your Lions. Is that what we're getting right now?

1174
00:59:25,600 --> 00:59:25,800
Speaker 3: Yeah?

1175
00:59:26,040 --> 00:59:28,840
Speaker 2: I said the Lions would have the best record in

1176
00:59:28,880 --> 00:59:29,480
Speaker 2: the NFC?

1177
00:59:30,120 --> 00:59:31,760
Speaker 3: Do we do? We do? We do? Make a super

1178
00:59:31,760 --> 00:59:32,600
Speaker 3: Bowl prediction? Naw?

1179
00:59:33,160 --> 00:59:34,680
Speaker 1: Do you want to do that before the seasons starts?

1180
00:59:34,680 --> 00:59:35,320
Speaker 3: All right? Yeah?

1181
00:59:35,560 --> 00:59:36,960
Speaker 1: Who you got?

1182
00:59:37,200 --> 00:59:38,080
Speaker 3: I got the Chiefs of the.

1183
00:59:38,080 --> 00:59:44,800
Speaker 1: Lions, Chiefs and the Lions. Uh give me? Uh?

1184
00:59:45,520 --> 00:59:45,680
Speaker 3: Am?

1185
00:59:45,680 --> 00:59:50,000
Speaker 1: I buying Baltimore that much? That's a tough one. Give

1186
00:59:50,040 --> 00:59:54,560
Speaker 1: me Baltimore and the Rams. All right, Baltimore and the Rams.

1187
00:59:54,800 --> 00:59:58,640
Speaker 1: Rams surprise everybody this year? Or no, you know what, Now,

1188
00:59:58,880 --> 01:00:01,520
Speaker 1: give me a Baltimore Green Rams are in the NFC

1189
01:00:01,600 --> 01:00:05,160
Speaker 1: Championship against Green Bay. Baltimore Green Bay super Bowl this year?

1190
01:00:05,280 --> 01:00:06,800
Speaker 1: Are you gonna do awards really really quick?

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01:00:07,360 --> 01:00:08,080
Speaker 3: Sure? All right?

1192
01:00:08,600 --> 01:00:08,760
Speaker 2: Uh?

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01:00:08,920 --> 01:00:11,720
Speaker 1: Comeback player the Year is gonna be Aaron Rodgers one hundred?

1194
01:00:12,400 --> 01:00:12,600
Speaker 3: Yeah?

1195
01:00:12,880 --> 01:00:14,680
Speaker 1: Who else is one hundred percent.

1196
01:00:15,920 --> 01:00:19,600
Speaker 3: He plays fifteen games, one hundred percent, he'll be come back. Yeah.

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01:00:19,760 --> 01:00:21,960
Speaker 1: Defensive Rookie of the Year is gonna be weird because

1198
01:00:22,000 --> 01:00:25,400
Speaker 1: the draft. Remember the first defensive drafted player was like

1199
01:00:25,440 --> 01:00:31,280
Speaker 1: eighteenth overall Dallas Turner. So I picked out Latu Latu

1200
01:00:31,280 --> 01:00:33,760
Speaker 1: from UCLA went to the Colts, who I thought might

1201
01:00:33,800 --> 01:00:36,400
Speaker 1: be the best edge rusher out there. Watch out for him,

1202
01:00:36,560 --> 01:00:39,040
Speaker 1: he's good. And Jared Verse with the Rams, because I'm

1203
01:00:39,080 --> 01:00:40,520
Speaker 1: high on the Rams. I think he's got a shot.

1204
01:00:41,080 --> 01:00:41,240
Speaker 3: Man.

1205
01:00:41,240 --> 01:00:43,280
Speaker 1: You should have gave me a Yeah, it's hard, but

1206
01:00:43,320 --> 01:00:46,920
Speaker 1: we just ignore it. Yeah, well, I know what offensive.

1207
01:00:47,480 --> 01:00:49,400
Speaker 3: I like the Jared Verse. I like the Jared Verse.

1208
01:00:49,760 --> 01:00:53,200
Speaker 2: Yeah, pick because he will play a major role with

1209
01:00:53,240 --> 01:00:55,080
Speaker 2: the with the Rams and that defense.

1210
01:00:57,080 --> 01:00:59,320
Speaker 3: Yeah, I can tell I can buy Jared Verse.

1211
01:01:00,120 --> 01:01:01,520
Speaker 1: Offensive Rookie of the Year Jaden.

1212
01:01:02,120 --> 01:01:03,480
Speaker 3: Oh yeah, I'm going with Jada.

1213
01:01:04,200 --> 01:01:08,240
Speaker 1: I think it's either him, Caleb or I think Marvin

1214
01:01:08,240 --> 01:01:10,520
Speaker 1: Harrison is getting overlooked in this a little bit. He

1215
01:01:10,600 --> 01:01:14,600
Speaker 1: can be have prominent prolific numbers with Kyler back in

1216
01:01:14,640 --> 01:01:15,240
Speaker 1: his first year.

1217
01:01:15,200 --> 01:01:19,480
Speaker 2: The very those two quarterbacks. Yeah, they're gonna have top billing.

1218
01:01:19,560 --> 01:01:23,120
Speaker 2: They're gonna have the ball in their hands. Jaden I

1219
01:01:23,120 --> 01:01:26,080
Speaker 2: will his ability to make plays, not only throwing the

1220
01:01:26,080 --> 01:01:29,480
Speaker 2: football and also with his legs. Caleb can do it

1221
01:01:29,520 --> 01:01:31,960
Speaker 2: as well, but I think Jaden may do it a

1222
01:01:32,000 --> 01:01:35,080
Speaker 2: little bit more, you know, in terms of just being

1223
01:01:35,120 --> 01:01:37,320
Speaker 2: able to have more yards rushing.

1224
01:01:38,120 --> 01:01:40,720
Speaker 3: So I like I like Jaden Daniels as the offensive

1225
01:01:40,760 --> 01:01:41,320
Speaker 3: rookie of the year.

1226
01:01:41,360 --> 01:01:43,160
Speaker 1: All right, MVP, we got.

1227
01:01:45,400 --> 01:01:46,760
Speaker 3: Lamar one of last year.

1228
01:01:50,960 --> 01:01:53,160
Speaker 2: You're gonna give it to Jared Goff Now I was

1229
01:01:53,360 --> 01:01:59,640
Speaker 2: I was thinking Jared golf with yeah, yeah, No, Patrick Mahomes.

1230
01:02:00,680 --> 01:02:02,480
Speaker 1: I think it's either him because they owe it to

1231
01:02:02,600 --> 01:02:05,880
Speaker 1: he can get it every year, or Jordan Love. Jordan

1232
01:02:05,920 --> 01:02:07,160
Speaker 1: Love is Beaker.

1233
01:02:07,320 --> 01:02:09,920
Speaker 3: Bay By for reasy for some reason. You probably got

1234
01:02:09,960 --> 01:02:11,880
Speaker 3: a cheese hits for some reason.

1235
01:02:12,080 --> 01:02:13,640
Speaker 1: Do you watch him in the playoffs last year?

1236
01:02:13,800 --> 01:02:14,480
Speaker 3: I've watched him.

1237
01:02:15,080 --> 01:02:18,560
Speaker 2: They read a ball extremely well, uh huh.

1238
01:02:18,000 --> 01:02:20,640
Speaker 1: All right, we'll see. All right, that'll do it for

1239
01:02:20,840 --> 01:02:23,520
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1240
01:02:23,600 --> 01:02:27,280
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1241
01:02:27,320 --> 01:02:29,760
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1242
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1243
01:02:34,360 --> 01:02:38,120
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1244
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