WEBVTT - NFC West Preview 

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome to NFL Daily. I think we can just say it,

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<v Speaker 1>football is back.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm Greg Rosenthal and the Chris Westling podcast studio. Late July,

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<v Speaker 2>six teams already in training camp and practicing. Wow fully,

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<v Speaker 2>not with pads, but six teams practicing. The rest of

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<v Speaker 2>the NFL reports on Tuesday.

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<v Speaker 1>It's all happening.

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<v Speaker 3>Jordan Rodrieg, I'm so excited we're here.

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<v Speaker 1>We are here.

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<v Speaker 3>Long summer.

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<v Speaker 2>Hope everyone you know, enjoyed their break. If you weren't

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<v Speaker 2>listening to NFL Daily, who are you? No, Actually, everyone

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<v Speaker 2>was listening to NFL Daily by the numbers, so we

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<v Speaker 2>appreciate all you. We're going to continue our division previews,

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<v Speaker 2>which I'm excited to keep rolling.

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<v Speaker 1>Staying in the West.

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<v Speaker 2>We're going to do the NFC West with the two

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<v Speaker 2>teams that are at the top probably of everyone's power ranking,

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<v Speaker 2>favorite division. It's a great division. But first we're going

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<v Speaker 2>to do a little bit of news, and we have

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<v Speaker 2>to start with Kyle Shanahan. This was surprising news that

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<v Speaker 2>came up over the weekend that he was seriously hurt

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<v Speaker 2>in a car accident. Let's start, I guess with the

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<v Speaker 2>good news, which is that he was healthy enough to

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<v Speaker 2>attend the forty nine ers practice that occurred on Sunday.

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<v Speaker 1>That was their first practice.

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<v Speaker 2>He came after the the media taping session, so there

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<v Speaker 2>wasn't like video of it or anything, but he was

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<v Speaker 2>there for thirty minutes talking. He's not doing all of

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<v Speaker 2>his responsibilities right now as the head coach. He suffered

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<v Speaker 2>a severe concussion. The injuries occurred on July fourteenth, so

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<v Speaker 2>it was a little while back. He needed more than

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<v Speaker 2>forty stitches. He had a broken nose, a broken hand,

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<v Speaker 2>three broken ribs, and assistant head coach Chris Forster, along

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<v Speaker 2>with kind of Raheem Morris on the other side of

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<v Speaker 2>the ball, are handling the head coach responsibilities. It sounds

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<v Speaker 2>like no one's really going to be addressing the entire team.

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<v Speaker 2>They're just dividing into offense, defense, and special teams. But

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<v Speaker 2>the important thing here, as John Lynch the GM pointed out,

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<v Speaker 2>was that Kyle Shannon's on his road to recovery. They

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<v Speaker 2>expect him to be good enough to coach the team

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<v Speaker 2>and go to Australia in week one, and that the

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<v Speaker 2>other party that was in this accident is also okay.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, I was listening and sort of had one eye

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<v Speaker 4>on Chris Sims the morning that we're recording this over

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<v Speaker 4>on Pro Football Talk, where called Monday. Well, yeah, but

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<v Speaker 4>maybe the listeners listening on Tuesdays.

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<v Speaker 3>I don't know.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know.

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<v Speaker 4>I don't judge it would be Monday, say, I don't

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<v Speaker 4>judge what people's schedules are. So he was talking, you know,

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<v Speaker 4>Chris Sims and Kyle Shanahan are our best friends, are

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<v Speaker 4>really really close, have been.

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<v Speaker 3>For famously, have decades. On the matching two.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, and and was talking about how he knew had

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<v Speaker 4>known about this and the severity of it, was getting

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<v Speaker 4>pictures from, you know, Kyle Shanahan's wife and the family

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<v Speaker 4>after the accident happened in that in Chris Sims's words,

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<v Speaker 4>Kyle Shannan came really close to losing his right eye

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<v Speaker 4>in those stitches, the forty stitches you mentioned, stitches in

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<v Speaker 4>his face. So for me, that's it's really really scary,

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<v Speaker 4>serious and thinking about that, and obviously glad everybody is

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<v Speaker 4>overall going to be okay in this situation was scary stuff.

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<v Speaker 2>And there was some conversation how come this didn't come

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<v Speaker 2>out for a couple of weeks. There was no criminal

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<v Speaker 2>activity that we would have seen and not everything is

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<v Speaker 2>a huge conspiracy. That said, if it who was Brock

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<v Speaker 2>Purdy who got in a big accident like two weeks ago,

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<v Speaker 2>I feel like he might not have received the same

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<v Speaker 2>consideration that Kyle Shannan did. But the ultimate thing here

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<v Speaker 2>is that that Kyle Shannan is getting better and you know,

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<v Speaker 2>it's almost something I just want to get to. Like

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<v Speaker 2>the Jordan James is getting back up running back reps

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<v Speaker 2>at the forty nine ers practice. That's excited. That's more

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<v Speaker 2>exciting to me. But it's great to see on the

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<v Speaker 2>k first.

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<v Speaker 3>Day on the practice, Greg, that's like, calm down.

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<v Speaker 1>That's why I have a separate document.

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<v Speaker 3>He's already so fired up.

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<v Speaker 2>That's camp notes and I have learned over there is

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<v Speaker 2>you got to wait for them to pile up for

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<v Speaker 2>a bunch of days until you know what matters what doesn't.

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<v Speaker 2>So that'll be coming later this week with Shooki. The

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<v Speaker 2>Chiefs have been back at practice for a few days

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<v Speaker 2>here at least there are rookies and injured players, which

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<v Speaker 2>include Patrick Mahomes. So since we last taped Patrick Mahomes

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<v Speaker 2>where she rice both fully cleared to start camp at

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<v Speaker 2>this point, they're not doing eleven and elevens because they

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<v Speaker 2>don't have enough people out there. So we don't know

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<v Speaker 2>if Patrick whom is going to do every single aspect

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<v Speaker 2>of camp. They're obviously not practicing with pads. They have

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<v Speaker 2>to practice for four days before that happens. But he

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<v Speaker 2>is out there. Let's listen to Mahomes back at the

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<v Speaker 2>podium looking slender.

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<v Speaker 5>Russell stronger than I've ever felt as far as strength

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<v Speaker 5>and lifting and stuff like that. And so now it's

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<v Speaker 5>just about getting that quarterback stuff down, the stuff moving

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<v Speaker 5>in the pocket quick, making those quick movements, reacting and

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<v Speaker 5>steing stuff like that. I am a competitor, so game day,

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<v Speaker 5>I'm gonna want to be out there, but I understand

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<v Speaker 5>the process of getting myself ready to play and the

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<v Speaker 5>regular season is more important. But we will see. I mean,

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<v Speaker 5>the coaches and dogs will kind of make that decision

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<v Speaker 5>for me. But I'll prepare myself like I'm gonna play,

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<v Speaker 5>and then if I'm just doing a very hard warm up,

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<v Speaker 5>I will take that. As serious as as playing in

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<v Speaker 5>the preseason game is.

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<v Speaker 2>Patrick Mahomes plays in the preseason more than virtually any

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<v Speaker 2>starting quarterback. It's just how the Chiefs do things. They

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<v Speaker 2>also practice with pads on and contact more than just

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<v Speaker 2>about any team out there. It's just how they've done

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<v Speaker 2>things and it works for them. So we might not

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<v Speaker 2>see him in the preseason, but the fact that he's

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<v Speaker 2>talking about getting ready to play shows he's further along

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<v Speaker 2>than I would have expected. And I gotta say, I

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<v Speaker 2>don't know if it's the the fade or the fit

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<v Speaker 2>or what, but it does kind of look like Patrick

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<v Speaker 2>Mahomes in this recovery and this rough season that they

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<v Speaker 2>had last year.

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<v Speaker 1>It's like he's in the best shape of life. That's

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<v Speaker 1>what he looks like.

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<v Speaker 4>He looks leaner to me, and I think that's important

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<v Speaker 4>when you're thinking about you're coming back from from an

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<v Speaker 4>injury where you don't want to put, you know, a

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<v Speaker 4>certain excess amount of body weight or force onto the knee.

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<v Speaker 3>Right.

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<v Speaker 4>And then also he was basically the Chiefs run game

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<v Speaker 4>last year, right, so you know, hope the knee is

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<v Speaker 4>back to full performance.

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<v Speaker 3>Right.

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<v Speaker 4>But in general, you know, if you want to scamper around,

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<v Speaker 4>if you're going to be running, you know, you might

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<v Speaker 4>as well might as well be trim.

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<v Speaker 2>There's only so much like big news that can happen.

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<v Speaker 2>Unfortunately in the first week of training camp. It's mostly

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<v Speaker 2>guys are on schedule, ahead of schedule, or get injured.

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<v Speaker 2>And in this case, I think the Chiefs have to

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<v Speaker 2>be really happy about where he's at, where where she

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<v Speaker 2>writes is at. We also found out Mansor Delane, their

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<v Speaker 2>top ten pick, is coming off shoulder surgery, which from

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<v Speaker 2>an injury that he suffered during the off season, like

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<v Speaker 2>during practice, in his words, going too hard, not supposed

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<v Speaker 2>to be doing contact. So I don't know how and

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<v Speaker 2>where that happened. But he is back on the field

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<v Speaker 2>and they hope that he will be practicing fully soon,

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<v Speaker 2>but he is practicing somewhat Unfortunately. On Monday, we got

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<v Speaker 2>disturbing news concerning Eric Benemy, the assistant coach has left camp,

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<v Speaker 2>the essentially the coach who's expected to run their offense.

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<v Speaker 2>After that, his son was arrested and charged with the

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<v Speaker 2>shooting of Eric Bienemy's wife and at their home in Virginia.

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<v Speaker 2>And obviously, you know, we're just thinking the best thoughts

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<v Speaker 2>for me a b Enemy. She's in stable condition, but

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<v Speaker 2>she suffered from multiple gunshot wounds and in enemy will

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<v Speaker 2>be away from the team in the meantime, more injury news.

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<v Speaker 1>On the field is a good one here.

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<v Speaker 2>Namdi Madabuicke for the Ravens has been cleared to return

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<v Speaker 2>to practice for the Ravens.

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<v Speaker 3>He could practice as early as this week.

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<v Speaker 2>For now he's on the pup list, but the doctors

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<v Speaker 2>have cleared him to return.

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<v Speaker 3>That's significant.

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<v Speaker 4>You know, he was so he's been so missed, his

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<v Speaker 4>presence has been missed. And then also the injury itself,

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<v Speaker 4>there was so there was such murkiness around it throughout

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<v Speaker 4>the course of the season when when he wasn't able

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<v Speaker 4>to play. So this is absolutely significant news.

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<v Speaker 1>For the Ravens.

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<v Speaker 2>There were reports that he was potentially going to retire.

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<v Speaker 2>And he is a guy who's gotten all pro votes.

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<v Speaker 2>He is a guy who to me makes their defensive

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<v Speaker 2>line go from hmmm, that could be a problem. As

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<v Speaker 2>Jordan slides my pen back to me, you know, just

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<v Speaker 2>giving you a little present. Throw it you always take you.

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<v Speaker 3>I do steal your pens a lot. You can't have

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<v Speaker 3>this one.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean I take them from overseas every summer, get

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<v Speaker 2>them from Muji, and then I take bring them back

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<v Speaker 2>and then I run out where were we we were

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<v Speaker 2>talking about the defensive line for the Ravens and generally

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<v Speaker 2>their defense in general.

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<v Speaker 1>To me, you could poke some holes in it.

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<v Speaker 2>It looks a lot different with Matdabuike in the middle,

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<v Speaker 2>so obviously we're gonna have to keep tracking him to

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<v Speaker 2>make sure he's healthy.

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<v Speaker 1>But they just had one of the best quote.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, it's not a signing, but it almost feels

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<v Speaker 2>like signing of any team if I was thinking he

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<v Speaker 2>was not going to join them again. He is one

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<v Speaker 2>of the most important offseason additions, even if he was

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<v Speaker 2>there all along. Malik Neighbors is not starting camp on

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<v Speaker 2>the pup list. I put this in the rundown partly

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<v Speaker 2>because I saw a lot of reaction was like he's back,

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<v Speaker 2>Like this is great, let's boost him in the fantasy

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<v Speaker 2>rankings and stuff. Just because you're not on the pup

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<v Speaker 2>list doesn't necessarily mean you're remotely healthy. Just means that

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<v Speaker 2>they want you to do some extra stuff at the

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<v Speaker 2>start of camp. So this one was like a little

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<v Speaker 2>bit of a TBD. Don't celebrate, don't take them any higher.

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<v Speaker 2>I am still quite concerned about Malik neighbors is recovery

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<v Speaker 2>and him being on the pup list or not has

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<v Speaker 2>no influence on me.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, this for a lot of the Giants in general,

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<v Speaker 4>but specifically this situation. It is I will believe it

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<v Speaker 4>when I see it right kind of a situation.

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<v Speaker 2>And you know he'd still be eligible for short term

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<v Speaker 2>injured reserve at the beginning of the season. We'll see.

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<v Speaker 2>Let's get to the news. I know you've been waiting for.

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<v Speaker 2>One of the reporters who helped confirm report the Jacoby

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<v Speaker 2>Brissett deal is right here on my left, Jordan rod

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<v Speaker 2>Rieg Insider. Should we should get like a down drop

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<v Speaker 2>or something. Well, you helped confirm that Jacoby Brissett has

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<v Speaker 2>indeed signed a new deal. I don't know if you

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<v Speaker 2>had the terms, but I'll give Ian Rapaport where I

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<v Speaker 2>saw it first the credit. Yes, he ut fifteen point

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<v Speaker 2>five million dollars. Incentives would bump that up an extra

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<v Speaker 2>five and a half million or so to twenty one.

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<v Speaker 2>We don't know what the incentives are. That is roughly

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<v Speaker 2>a ten million dollar raise off of where Jacoby Brissett

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<v Speaker 2>was scheduled to be paid. He was serving as his

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<v Speaker 2>own agent. He talked about that and said it was

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<v Speaker 2>a little stressful that situation. But I gotta say good job,

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<v Speaker 2>Jacoby Brissett agent.

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<v Speaker 1>Let's listen to him.

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<v Speaker 6>I mean, I think I gotta go out there and

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<v Speaker 6>prove it, you know. I mean I don't think that's

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<v Speaker 6>I don't think it mean it's a given just because

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<v Speaker 6>the deal gets done. I think, you know, you go

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<v Speaker 6>out there and put your best foot forward. I think

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<v Speaker 6>at the end of the day, no matter what who

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<v Speaker 6>money was, I think as the coach and as the

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<v Speaker 6>people of the organization, they got to put the best

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<v Speaker 6>person forward.

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<v Speaker 2>So he's talking about whether he is just the starter

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<v Speaker 2>or whether he has to earn it.

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<v Speaker 1>I hear what he's saying there.

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<v Speaker 2>When I saw the terms of this contract, Jordan, I said, oh,

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<v Speaker 2>there actually isn't going to be a quarterback battle in

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<v Speaker 2>Arizona if there was, if I was, there was any doubt,

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<v Speaker 2>because this contract actually shows to me he doesn't have

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<v Speaker 2>to prove it. He's the starter, right, That was my interpretation.

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<v Speaker 2>Tell me if you disagree, No, I.

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<v Speaker 3>Don't disagree at all.

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<v Speaker 4>I think that when you're looking at these incentives in

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<v Speaker 4>this contract, it's pretty clear what they what they would be,

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<v Speaker 4>or what.

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<v Speaker 3>They are is will you continue to be the starter?

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<v Speaker 5>Right?

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<v Speaker 4>How many games are you playing? How many you know,

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<v Speaker 4>how many snaps are you taking? Like that is what

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<v Speaker 4>these incentives seem to me to be all about. And

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<v Speaker 4>I think it really he stood his ground. I remember

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<v Speaker 4>telling you the story last off season when I was

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<v Speaker 4>at Cardinals training camp and I had a conversation with

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<v Speaker 4>Jacoby Brissett for a story I was writing for The

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<v Speaker 4>Athletic about being a backup quarterback. He was so confident

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<v Speaker 4>and competitively minded that he was going to work to

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<v Speaker 4>try to get that job and Kyler Murray was still

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<v Speaker 4>on the roster. Now it wasn't like a negative thing.

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<v Speaker 4>It wasn't tension, none of that. It just was how

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<v Speaker 4>he is and how he was thinking about it. And

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<v Speaker 4>in a very non cliche I'm gonna prepare like, it

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<v Speaker 4>wasn't that at all. It was like, no, no, I

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<v Speaker 4>may be starting by mid season. And so he called

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<v Speaker 4>a shot there and then he stood his ground. And

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<v Speaker 4>I think for any of us, who are you know,

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<v Speaker 4>in a negotiation with a ration or anyone out there

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<v Speaker 4>who's thinking, do I.

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<v Speaker 3>Ask for the thing? Ask for the thing, see what happens.

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<v Speaker 4>Maybe Carson Beck has taken snaps in the spring metaphorically speaking,

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<v Speaker 4>and the organization decides to pay you.

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<v Speaker 2>And they didn't have to really give him this money.

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<v Speaker 2>That's why I give him some credit. And my old

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<v Speaker 2>boss Florio and others who are in the business like

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<v Speaker 2>to point out when players who serve as their own

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<v Speaker 2>agent don't do that. Well, they didn't have to give

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<v Speaker 2>him this money, so he did pretty well. My only concern,

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<v Speaker 2>and this could be part of the Cardinals preview which

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<v Speaker 2>is coming up.

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<v Speaker 1>But what the heck.

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<v Speaker 2>Here's just a list of play callers Jacoby Brissett has

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<v Speaker 2>played under in his career. Might not be complete. Josh McDaniels,

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<v Speaker 2>Rod Chadzinski. That was with the Browns, right, Nick Siriani

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<v Speaker 2>for a while, the Sirianni Frank Reich duo, but that

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<v Speaker 2>was the longest he was ever in one place. George

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<v Speaker 2>Gotsee was his coordinator with Miami, Alex Van Pelt a

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<v Speaker 2>couple times with Cleveland and New England and Kevin Stefanski

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<v Speaker 2>and then Drew Petsing last year. There's a lot of systems.

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<v Speaker 2>There's not this system. He has not really been in

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<v Speaker 2>the tree. There's some connection a little bit with Petsing

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<v Speaker 2>last year and whatever. All these trees aren't, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>necessarily pure whatever, But he's not a guy who's shown

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<v Speaker 2>that this is the right system for him, and so

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<v Speaker 2>I expect to see Carson Beck play multiple starts this year.

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<v Speaker 2>Whether that starts in like week seven or ten or

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<v Speaker 2>fourteen probably depends on how Jacoby is playing. But I

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<v Speaker 2>think it's interesting that they're giving him this money and

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<v Speaker 2>they've never seen him in this type of system.

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<v Speaker 4>They must believe well and his teammates. He helped get

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<v Speaker 4>his teammates paid, you know, he has. He Trey McBride

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<v Speaker 4>had one of the most productive seasons last season. You know,

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<v Speaker 4>has gotten the contract previously, but then also got the

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<v Speaker 4>All pros and all of these things.

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<v Speaker 2>Because he's one of six players in the NFL that

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<v Speaker 2>is a ninety nine on Madden this year. Yeah, in

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<v Speaker 2>a one way, he is one of the six best

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<v Speaker 2>players in the NFL.

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<v Speaker 4>Continued to get his targets, as we know, despite the

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<v Speaker 4>one and eleven record that Jacoby Brissette did have as

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<v Speaker 4>the starter. But this was also we'll get to it

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<v Speaker 4>in the preview. Yah, it just was such an injured

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<v Speaker 4>team and I don't want to get into specific until

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<v Speaker 4>we start, but like it, I just think he really

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<v Speaker 4>endeared himself to his teammates very clearly, Michael Wilson being

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<v Speaker 4>one of them. Those guys are celebrating big time when

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<v Speaker 4>Kyler was when Kyler left the team, and then there

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<v Speaker 4>was sort of this this statement put out by the

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<v Speaker 4>team in the spring that Jacoby Brissette was going to

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<v Speaker 4>be their starter, and then they backed.

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<v Speaker 3>Off of it because of the contract negotiation.

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<v Speaker 4>But when that statement was initially put out, you're seeing

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<v Speaker 4>Instagram posts from teammates celebrating this like it is really

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<v Speaker 4>his teammates love him. And so if you're the organization

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<v Speaker 4>and you're trying to say, hey, this is the first

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<v Speaker 4>year under this new head coach, we're gonna give try

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<v Speaker 4>to give you guys a shot, even though secretly we're

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<v Speaker 4>setting up for whatever happens in twenty twenty seven for

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<v Speaker 4>the quarterback or.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, I'm going too many games.

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<v Speaker 4>They have to instill at least, you know, this sort

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<v Speaker 4>of confidence in the rest of the locker room, and

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<v Speaker 4>I think that's what some of this money is about.

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<v Speaker 2>That's a great point and I'm glad that they did

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<v Speaker 2>it so people can't accuse the Cardinals of being cheap,

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<v Speaker 2>which they have over the years.

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<v Speaker 1>Jeremiah love By.

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<v Speaker 2>The way getting all the RB one snaps early, so

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<v Speaker 2>that's good to hear. Let's fly through the rest of

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<v Speaker 2>this news and then we'll get going on this NFC

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<v Speaker 2>West preview pop list notables I'm going to just point

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<v Speaker 2>out from around the camps that have started. George Kittle

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<v Speaker 2>is still on the pup list, no surpriser. Michael Williams,

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<v Speaker 2>who was the first round edge for the forty nine ers,

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<v Speaker 2>is on the list, so he's still not fully recovered

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<v Speaker 2>from his knee injuries. Kyler Gordon, the defensive back for

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<v Speaker 2>the Bears who's seemingly always hurt, is hurt to start camp.

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<v Speaker 2>Tovandre Sweat, who the Jets traded for a big nose tackle,

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<v Speaker 2>is also on the publist. Some people that are full

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<v Speaker 2>go Quinnjohn Juggins not going to be on the publict again,

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<v Speaker 2>kind of kind of like Malik Neighbors. I do want

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<v Speaker 2>to see it, but there's been more positive signs in

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<v Speaker 2>terms of him practicing. Puka Nakua is not holding out

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<v Speaker 2>or doing anything like that. Both him and Alaric Jackson,

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<v Speaker 2>their left tackle who had off field issues and who

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<v Speaker 2>each could both be suspended by the NFL, are practicing

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<v Speaker 2>at Rams camp.

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<v Speaker 1>The Rams got going on.

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<v Speaker 2>Sunday as are Nick Bosa and Fred Warner at forty

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<v Speaker 2>nine ers camp. That's some real news. Like, when you

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<v Speaker 2>got those guys back, we'll talk about the NFC West.

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<v Speaker 2>The Panthers have just keep getting bad luck. Mike Jackson

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<v Speaker 2>and Rob Hunt, who's a big important guard, highly paid,

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<v Speaker 2>have been out for most of their camp so far

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<v Speaker 2>with back tightness. Doesn't seem that serious, but it's just

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<v Speaker 2>been a lot of bad Panthers news. The last remaining

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<v Speaker 2>rookie who was unsigned in the NFL.

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<v Speaker 3>Was Gabe Yakis.

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<v Speaker 2>Gabe Yakis strange situation there. It was a second round

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<v Speaker 2>pick by the Patriots who had some injuries that maybe

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<v Speaker 2>they didn't know about when they drafted him. Not what

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<v Speaker 2>you want, you do. Wonder if there's some conditions in

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<v Speaker 2>this contract. But he isn'to camp and we'll see if

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<v Speaker 2>and when he starts practicing. And I liked the news

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<v Speaker 2>that DeAndre Hopkins was at Patriots camp, possibly as a coach.

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<v Speaker 1>How about that?

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<v Speaker 7>Yeah?

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<v Speaker 1>I like that the world moves fast.

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<v Speaker 4>They were saying he might look into some front office

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<v Speaker 4>stuff too.

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<v Speaker 3>I love that.

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<v Speaker 4>I like when former players kind of explore around and

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<v Speaker 4>see where they can contribute to an organization.

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<v Speaker 2>We always do the happy trails to player X. I'm

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<v Speaker 2>going to wait a little bit on DeAndre Hopkins. Oh yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>but that's a potential Hall of Famer there, and one

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<v Speaker 2>of the players a kind of similar style, AJ Brown.

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<v Speaker 2>You know with the Patriots. The first ball of camp

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<v Speaker 2>was a deep all to AJ Brown, but he didn't

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<v Speaker 2>catch it.

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<v Speaker 4>Well, I was gonna say, these coordinator scripts, they want you.

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<v Speaker 2>As a bat them And now he apparently went up

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<v Speaker 2>for one hand, didn't make the catch, and I was

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<v Speaker 2>just thinking back to, like I distinctly remember his first

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<v Speaker 2>days in Eagles camp. He destroyed everyone, and I was like,

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<v Speaker 2>oh wow, that's happening right now with the Patriots. Before

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<v Speaker 2>we go to break, let's just listen to Sean McVay

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<v Speaker 2>on a possible Aaron Donald return.

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<v Speaker 8>He's going to go through what he's going through right now.

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<v Speaker 8>We'll see how his body's responding to some of the

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<v Speaker 8>training in the way that he puts himself through the

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<v Speaker 8>paces to know what it looks and feels like to

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<v Speaker 8>be ready to, you know, take on what the rigors

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<v Speaker 8>of an NFL season entail, and if he's feeling good

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<v Speaker 8>about that, you know. Then we'll move forward and what

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<v Speaker 8>those dates are, you know, I'll share with you guys,

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<v Speaker 8>want to have more information.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh that smile at the end, and the way he.

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<v Speaker 3>Said it no poker face.

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<v Speaker 2>It does not seem like Aaron Donald is even still deciding.

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<v Speaker 2>I guess there's a scenario where the working out goes

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<v Speaker 2>so poorly or he gets hurt.

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<v Speaker 1>Or something, but it's all but confirmed at this point.

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<v Speaker 3>I will tell you guys this.

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<v Speaker 4>I was there on site when he gave his press

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<v Speaker 4>conference and he was asked about the potential of Odell

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<v Speaker 4>Beckham Junior joining the team, and he gave a face

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<v Speaker 4>that was exactly like that. And then I was out

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<v Speaker 4>in the parking lot where I would do often do

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<v Speaker 4>my work because there were no at the old facility,

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<v Speaker 4>There were no places to go and make a phone call.

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<v Speaker 4>Got a tip that they were, in fact from outside

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<v Speaker 4>the building source they were in fact going to.

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<v Speaker 3>Bring in Odell Beckham Junior.

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<v Speaker 4>And it happened in such a sequential fashion where I

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<v Speaker 4>was like, this guy has no poker he really does?

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<v Speaker 3>Whatsoever?

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<v Speaker 2>Now will Aaron Donald be on the rams by the

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<v Speaker 2>time that NFL Daily goes there in a week and

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<v Speaker 2>a half. I don't think so. I don't think I

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<v Speaker 2>don't think it would be that soon. But I think

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<v Speaker 2>it's all but confirmed at this point. Let's take a

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<v Speaker 2>quick break. On the other side, we are going to

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<v Speaker 2>continue our division previews.

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<v Speaker 1>Yes, we've already talked about them a little bit. The Cardinals, the.

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<v Speaker 2>Rams, fending Super Bowl champions, and the forty nine ers back.

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<v Speaker 1>In a minute back on NFL Daily.

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<v Speaker 2>If you weren't with us on Friday's show, we debuted

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<v Speaker 2>our new format around the NFC West Division preview is

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<v Speaker 2>coming today.

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<v Speaker 1>We did the AFC West on Friday.

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<v Speaker 3>We got good reviews on theat.

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<v Speaker 1>Okay, yeah, that's good to know.

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<v Speaker 2>Here's the format, twelve minutes per team.

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<v Speaker 1>We got a bunch of different categories.

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<v Speaker 2>You will learn what those categories are in just a

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<v Speaker 2>minute as we go through them, but let's put twelve

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<v Speaker 2>minutes on the clock. We do it alphabetically, so we're

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<v Speaker 2>starting with the Cardinals. You know, if we had a

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<v Speaker 2>producer that it's like, well, don't you know, maybe do

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<v Speaker 2>the Cardinals, Like No, We're gonna stick with the alphabetical order.

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<v Speaker 2>We've got three Super Bowl contenders and the Arizona Cardinals

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<v Speaker 2>in this vision, and the first category here is what

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<v Speaker 2>is bringing us joy for your hometown team, the Arizona Cardinals.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, I'm gonna just hit it right back to you, Greg,

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<v Speaker 4>because I kind of talked about it already with Jacoby.

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<v Speaker 4>That whole contract that gave you. It was really amusing

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<v Speaker 4>to me. It was amusing and not in like a

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<v Speaker 4>negative way or like I wasn't making fun of the

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<v Speaker 4>Cardinals on this at all.

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<v Speaker 3>I think for organization and player it was the right

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<v Speaker 3>thing to do. It just made so much sense, But

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<v Speaker 3>it was hilarious.

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<v Speaker 4>Objectively, Yes, that it dragged out for that long, and

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<v Speaker 4>that was like the main storyline around the Cardinals, right.

0:21:39.520 --> 0:21:41.320
<v Speaker 1>I mean, it's like a little bit of making fun.

0:21:41.480 --> 0:21:45.000
<v Speaker 2>So I will, because I love ball, I will give

0:21:45.080 --> 0:21:48.000
<v Speaker 2>more of a answer here.

0:21:48.040 --> 0:21:48.720
<v Speaker 3>Shots fired.

0:21:49.640 --> 0:21:50.800
<v Speaker 1>Here's what's bringing me joy?

0:21:50.960 --> 0:21:57.840
<v Speaker 2>This skill position group, dear my love Trey McBride, Michael Wilson,

0:21:58.359 --> 0:22:01.240
<v Speaker 2>and then I'm gonna put a maybe Marvin Harrison Junior

0:22:01.359 --> 0:22:06.199
<v Speaker 2>and even a little Kendrick Bourne spilled sprinkled in. I

0:22:06.280 --> 0:22:09.320
<v Speaker 2>love that group, Like that's an explosive group. That's a

0:22:09.359 --> 0:22:13.639
<v Speaker 2>fun team to watch. If you took that skill position

0:22:13.760 --> 0:22:18.040
<v Speaker 2>group and you put them on the Panthers, like, I'd

0:22:18.040 --> 0:22:20.320
<v Speaker 2>feel better about them winning the division. For instance, if

0:22:20.359 --> 0:22:22.639
<v Speaker 2>you put that skill position group and put them on

0:22:22.720 --> 0:22:24.800
<v Speaker 2>the Packers, I'd be like, I think they're more of

0:22:24.840 --> 0:22:28.440
<v Speaker 2>a Super Bowl contender because they have that skill position group.

0:22:29.600 --> 0:22:32.199
<v Speaker 2>There are other elements to the entire team build that

0:22:32.280 --> 0:22:36.119
<v Speaker 2>obviously we're gonna have questions about, and quarterback is one

0:22:36.160 --> 0:22:38.560
<v Speaker 2>of them, and Jacoby Pressett in a new system, But

0:22:38.640 --> 0:22:41.600
<v Speaker 2>I think all those dudes are difference makers. And I'm

0:22:41.600 --> 0:22:44.840
<v Speaker 2>including Michael Wilson in that group. Like, Michael Wilson is

0:22:44.840 --> 0:22:46.760
<v Speaker 2>a dude. Trey McBride is the best tight end in

0:22:46.800 --> 0:22:49.159
<v Speaker 2>the NFL, Jeremiah Love is one of the best running

0:22:49.160 --> 0:22:50.960
<v Speaker 2>back prospects of the last ten years.

0:22:51.520 --> 0:22:52.960
<v Speaker 1>Like, it is an exciting group.

0:22:52.960 --> 0:22:55.880
<v Speaker 2>If Marvin Harrison is your two and Bourn's your three,

0:22:55.880 --> 0:22:56.800
<v Speaker 2>that's a good situation.

0:22:57.000 --> 0:22:59.720
<v Speaker 3>It is. It's layers too, which is what I really

0:22:59.760 --> 0:22:59.920
<v Speaker 3>like it.

0:23:00.440 --> 0:23:03.520
<v Speaker 4>And you know, there's questions about the offensive line and

0:23:03.560 --> 0:23:05.320
<v Speaker 4>how that group's going to look in terms of what

0:23:05.440 --> 0:23:06.760
<v Speaker 4>Jeremiah Love is actually going to be.

0:23:06.760 --> 0:23:08.560
<v Speaker 3>Able to do in their run game.

0:23:08.640 --> 0:23:11.560
<v Speaker 4>And then obviously you had to at least pay some

0:23:11.920 --> 0:23:14.720
<v Speaker 4>respectable amount of money to the guy who's going to

0:23:14.760 --> 0:23:16.240
<v Speaker 4>be throwing the football.

0:23:16.480 --> 0:23:17.560
<v Speaker 3>So, yes, you have to.

0:23:17.520 --> 0:23:20.080
<v Speaker 4>Make you do have talented skills, so you have to

0:23:20.080 --> 0:23:22.080
<v Speaker 4>make those guys happy. They are at least going to

0:23:22.359 --> 0:23:24.800
<v Speaker 4>spread the ball around and get targets. One thing Greg

0:23:24.840 --> 0:23:26.560
<v Speaker 4>that I think is kind of getting slept on is

0:23:27.320 --> 0:23:30.199
<v Speaker 4>Kendrick Boord, Mike and Mike Laflor Michaelafluor being the new

0:23:30.240 --> 0:23:33.359
<v Speaker 4>head coach of the Cardinals and who's designing their offensive system.

0:23:33.640 --> 0:23:38.000
<v Speaker 4>They're tight. Michaelafluor loves him. They have a history like this.

0:23:38.200 --> 0:23:40.159
<v Speaker 3>To me, this is a sneaky player to watch in

0:23:40.200 --> 0:23:40.800
<v Speaker 3>this offense.

0:23:41.040 --> 0:23:44.720
<v Speaker 2>So that would give them even more levels because Jeremiah

0:23:44.720 --> 0:23:46.920
<v Speaker 2>Love is a good pass catcher and it's going to

0:23:47.000 --> 0:23:50.280
<v Speaker 2>be explosive. I am buying all the Michael Wilson stock.

0:23:50.320 --> 0:23:52.400
<v Speaker 2>If I had to give one of the two receivers

0:23:52.400 --> 0:23:55.160
<v Speaker 2>a long term contract, it's Michael Wilson, not Marvin Harrison Junior.

0:23:55.160 --> 0:23:57.359
<v Speaker 2>I think Michael Wilson can be a top twenty receiver

0:23:57.400 --> 0:23:59.480
<v Speaker 2>in this league for a long time. I don't think

0:23:59.520 --> 0:24:03.800
<v Speaker 2>it was like you know, late catchup merchant, Like, no,

0:24:03.920 --> 0:24:07.520
<v Speaker 2>he was beating some tough coverage one on one. Uh,

0:24:08.160 --> 0:24:10.920
<v Speaker 2>it's a good group overall, and that actually it leads

0:24:10.920 --> 0:24:12.760
<v Speaker 2>me into my most important non quarterback.

0:24:12.800 --> 0:24:15.080
<v Speaker 1>So because it's all connected, I'm gonna.

0:24:14.840 --> 0:24:18.040
<v Speaker 2>Go Paris Johnson Junior, who's their left tackle and was

0:24:18.119 --> 0:24:21.120
<v Speaker 2>a high pick what four years ago and is steadily improved.

0:24:21.520 --> 0:24:24.800
<v Speaker 2>And it's a little bit symbolic of the rest of

0:24:24.800 --> 0:24:27.600
<v Speaker 2>the offensive line. But if they play as well as

0:24:27.600 --> 0:24:31.399
<v Speaker 2>they could, then you have these skilled players and a

0:24:31.440 --> 0:24:34.679
<v Speaker 2>pretty dynamic offensive line. Paris Johnson could be like a

0:24:34.680 --> 0:24:36.760
<v Speaker 2>top five left tackle if he improves a little bit.

0:24:36.920 --> 0:24:41.000
<v Speaker 2>You signed Isaac Sciamalo from Pittsburgh. You like your center

0:24:41.119 --> 0:24:44.840
<v Speaker 2>fro hole the right side of the line. More questions there,

0:24:44.880 --> 0:24:47.640
<v Speaker 2>But you did draft Chase Pisontas high in the second round,

0:24:47.680 --> 0:24:49.960
<v Speaker 2>so that's someone you're you're excited about, and it's like,

0:24:50.200 --> 0:24:52.320
<v Speaker 2>that's an offensive line with potential. So there's a lot

0:24:52.359 --> 0:24:54.920
<v Speaker 2>of if if ifs in the schedules, brutal, But if

0:24:54.960 --> 0:24:57.520
<v Speaker 2>that offensive line, if Paris Johnson becomes that kind of

0:24:57.600 --> 0:25:00.440
<v Speaker 2>dude plus skill position, you don't need a great quarterback

0:25:00.440 --> 0:25:01.600
<v Speaker 2>for that offense to be pretty good.

0:25:01.640 --> 0:25:05.359
<v Speaker 4>And look, this scheme we'll see right, but allegedly it

0:25:05.440 --> 0:25:08.119
<v Speaker 4>is supposed to make life a little bit easier on

0:25:08.200 --> 0:25:12.280
<v Speaker 4>the protections that you have up front on those offensive linemen.

0:25:12.359 --> 0:25:15.400
<v Speaker 4>And I feel like too, this is this is an

0:25:15.400 --> 0:25:19.080
<v Speaker 4>interesting somalow. I've been catching some some clips right coming

0:25:19.119 --> 0:25:21.600
<v Speaker 4>out of Cardinals camp early. It's early. This is file

0:25:21.680 --> 0:25:24.920
<v Speaker 4>it away under things that don't matter yet, umalow against

0:25:24.960 --> 0:25:27.880
<v Speaker 4>your guy Walter Nolan saw a couple of real positive

0:25:27.920 --> 0:25:30.399
<v Speaker 4>reps from Sumalo coming out of Cardinals camp, so that

0:25:30.640 --> 0:25:33.119
<v Speaker 4>this is this is an interesting group altogether. To me,

0:25:33.720 --> 0:25:37.719
<v Speaker 4>my most important player, it just has to be Trade McBride, honestly,

0:25:38.000 --> 0:25:38.840
<v Speaker 4>the non quarterback.

0:25:38.920 --> 0:25:39.080
<v Speaker 7>Yeah.

0:25:39.320 --> 0:25:40.840
<v Speaker 2>I said, you can't pick and you could pick a

0:25:40.840 --> 0:25:43.400
<v Speaker 2>different coach if you really wanted, but non head I'll

0:25:43.400 --> 0:25:43.760
<v Speaker 2>get to that.

0:25:43.800 --> 0:25:44.879
<v Speaker 1>We'll get to this scheme stuff.

0:25:44.920 --> 0:25:49.000
<v Speaker 4>But the the Trade McBride factor in this, in this offense,

0:25:49.000 --> 0:25:51.080
<v Speaker 4>it's gonna look a little bit different, I think, and

0:25:51.359 --> 0:25:53.240
<v Speaker 4>that I'll that'll come to some of my scheme stuff

0:25:53.240 --> 0:25:53.920
<v Speaker 4>I want to talk about.

0:25:53.920 --> 0:25:55.920
<v Speaker 3>But he he got paid.

0:25:56.320 --> 0:25:58.560
<v Speaker 4>He's one of the best tight ends, if not right now,

0:25:58.600 --> 0:26:00.600
<v Speaker 4>the best tight end we'll see when Tucker Craft comes back,

0:26:00.640 --> 0:26:02.080
<v Speaker 4>which is like one of the best tight ends in

0:26:02.119 --> 0:26:04.679
<v Speaker 4>the league, if not the best. He has gotten the

0:26:04.720 --> 0:26:08.320
<v Speaker 4>respect from his peers, and also he's starting to be

0:26:08.400 --> 0:26:09.639
<v Speaker 4>a little bit more vocal.

0:26:09.400 --> 0:26:10.879
<v Speaker 3>About the direction of the organization.

0:26:11.280 --> 0:26:13.960
<v Speaker 4>A couple of podcasts he did this offseason, he was

0:26:14.000 --> 0:26:16.760
<v Speaker 4>a little bit more vocal about we need to get

0:26:16.800 --> 0:26:19.399
<v Speaker 4>this thing right, We need to get this thing moving

0:26:19.440 --> 0:26:23.040
<v Speaker 4>and going, get some credibility, get some seriousness here in

0:26:23.080 --> 0:26:23.760
<v Speaker 4>this organization.

0:26:23.760 --> 0:26:25.800
<v Speaker 2>He's the guy right now because Kittle was hurt at

0:26:25.840 --> 0:26:27.600
<v Speaker 2>the end of last year, but I think even before

0:26:27.640 --> 0:26:30.600
<v Speaker 2>that there was separation. And when you combine the blocking,

0:26:30.800 --> 0:26:34.000
<v Speaker 2>the receiving, the down to down consistency, he's tight end

0:26:34.040 --> 0:26:37.520
<v Speaker 2>one right now in the NFL. Well, you said the

0:26:37.560 --> 0:26:39.760
<v Speaker 2>scheme stuff is related when it comes to McBride, let's

0:26:39.760 --> 0:26:40.080
<v Speaker 2>hear about it.

0:26:40.200 --> 0:26:43.879
<v Speaker 4>Yes, because this is not even a hot take, is

0:26:44.359 --> 0:26:48.040
<v Speaker 4>just this is just football, Greg, which I also love,

0:26:48.320 --> 0:26:50.680
<v Speaker 4>by the way, Greg, not.

0:26:50.680 --> 0:26:52.879
<v Speaker 2>As much because he just picked like a little funny

0:26:52.920 --> 0:26:54.919
<v Speaker 2>contract story as the thing that's bringing.

0:26:54.680 --> 0:26:56.800
<v Speaker 3>You to true that means that I like it less

0:26:56.800 --> 0:26:57.040
<v Speaker 3>than you.

0:26:58.720 --> 0:27:00.600
<v Speaker 4>This is the team that I think has a better

0:27:00.800 --> 0:27:04.520
<v Speaker 4>shot of actually playing thirteen personnel, actually copying what the

0:27:04.600 --> 0:27:06.880
<v Speaker 4>Rams did. Like every team trying to use their tight

0:27:06.960 --> 0:27:09.760
<v Speaker 4>ends a little bit more and load up on these

0:27:09.760 --> 0:27:11.760
<v Speaker 4>tight ends so they can build at least a twelve

0:27:11.800 --> 0:27:14.399
<v Speaker 4>personnel room. But everybody sort of had their eye on

0:27:14.440 --> 0:27:17.119
<v Speaker 4>that thirteen personnel well, Mike laflor who helped set that

0:27:17.200 --> 0:27:21.359
<v Speaker 4>in motion last season for the Rams, has a really

0:27:21.480 --> 0:27:27.000
<v Speaker 4>like sneaky underrated, high high upside, high ceiling tight ends room. Obviously,

0:27:27.040 --> 0:27:31.159
<v Speaker 4>Trey McBride is the headline here. Elijah Higgins has some

0:27:31.160 --> 0:27:34.399
<v Speaker 4>stuff to him seriously, really came along near the end

0:27:34.440 --> 0:27:36.679
<v Speaker 4>of last season. Is it more of a pass catcher

0:27:36.680 --> 0:27:39.320
<v Speaker 4>He's been in a blocking role, but definitely more of

0:27:39.440 --> 0:27:41.840
<v Speaker 4>like that mismatch pass catcher he was a former receiver

0:27:42.160 --> 0:27:44.960
<v Speaker 4>and tip ryman who was coming off the injury. Is

0:27:45.000 --> 0:27:48.960
<v Speaker 4>the guy who really activates the blocking surface and really

0:27:49.000 --> 0:27:51.399
<v Speaker 4>does a lot of that dirty work, but still also

0:27:51.480 --> 0:27:54.520
<v Speaker 4>can catch the ball very respectably. So this, to me,

0:27:55.040 --> 0:27:56.639
<v Speaker 4>what I think we're gonna see in camp for the

0:27:56.680 --> 0:27:59.119
<v Speaker 4>Cardinals is I think we're going to see Michaelafloor do

0:27:59.200 --> 0:28:02.760
<v Speaker 4>exactly what the d which is established the eleven personnel playbook,

0:28:02.800 --> 0:28:06.160
<v Speaker 4>because as you mentioned, they've got a respectable three deep

0:28:06.520 --> 0:28:09.440
<v Speaker 4>of those receivers where they can actually do that and

0:28:09.600 --> 0:28:13.919
<v Speaker 4>then translate that over into these thirteen personnel concepts again,

0:28:14.240 --> 0:28:16.760
<v Speaker 4>just like what the Rams did last season. And I

0:28:16.800 --> 0:28:19.320
<v Speaker 4>think of the teams that are wanting or hoping to

0:28:19.359 --> 0:28:22.280
<v Speaker 4>try to do something like this. It's very sneaky but

0:28:23.080 --> 0:28:24.919
<v Speaker 4>under the radar. But I think Michae Lafleur and this

0:28:25.000 --> 0:28:27.679
<v Speaker 4>team has actually got the personnel and the scheme to

0:28:27.720 --> 0:28:27.919
<v Speaker 4>do it.

0:28:28.000 --> 0:28:31.000
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, Michaelafler their new head coach. He's a huge question

0:28:31.320 --> 0:28:33.800
<v Speaker 2>like does he have the goods? We'll find out. He's

0:28:33.840 --> 0:28:36.680
<v Speaker 2>sort of the forgotten Lafleur brother, a guy who, when

0:28:36.720 --> 0:28:39.240
<v Speaker 2>you think about the people from the Shanahan mcveaghtreet like

0:28:39.280 --> 0:28:42.120
<v Speaker 2>it took him a while to get picked, including this offseason.

0:28:42.160 --> 0:28:44.920
<v Speaker 2>They were the ten team to hire a head coach.

0:28:45.040 --> 0:28:46.960
<v Speaker 2>He was not their first choice, so he has to

0:28:47.000 --> 0:28:49.400
<v Speaker 2>prove it. But schematically and with the players that he have,

0:28:49.480 --> 0:28:52.120
<v Speaker 2>it does make a lot of sense. This category, by

0:28:52.120 --> 0:28:53.880
<v Speaker 2>the way, is called scheme Dream. It's where we talk

0:28:53.960 --> 0:28:56.560
<v Speaker 2>some schematic stuff. I just want to point out the

0:28:56.560 --> 0:28:59.720
<v Speaker 2>defensive coordinator is still the same Nick Rollis. He did

0:28:59.760 --> 0:29:02.680
<v Speaker 2>some really weird stuff a couple of years ago, super

0:29:02.720 --> 0:29:06.680
<v Speaker 2>creative with Jonathan Gannon who was the head coach, and

0:29:06.760 --> 0:29:08.800
<v Speaker 2>everyone was like, Wow, that was pretty cool. They had

0:29:08.840 --> 0:29:10.960
<v Speaker 2>a lot of injuries, not a lot of talent. Last

0:29:11.000 --> 0:29:12.920
<v Speaker 2>year they had more talent. I don't think they were

0:29:12.920 --> 0:29:14.680
<v Speaker 2>expected to do as much weird stuff. Then they got

0:29:14.720 --> 0:29:17.760
<v Speaker 2>hurt all over again. It was less effective. I think

0:29:17.800 --> 0:29:20.640
<v Speaker 2>it was partly less effective because Buddhabaker was less effective,

0:29:20.880 --> 0:29:23.880
<v Speaker 2>and he's a big part of all that. Yeah, getting older,

0:29:23.960 --> 0:29:27.360
<v Speaker 2>so him getting better. They're pretty deep at edge. They

0:29:27.360 --> 0:29:29.480
<v Speaker 2>have Josh Sweat who's on the pup list right now,

0:29:29.880 --> 0:29:32.480
<v Speaker 2>and Xavin Collins and Baron Browning and bj os Alert

0:29:32.560 --> 0:29:34.600
<v Speaker 2>like guys that are decent, but it's not like the

0:29:34.640 --> 0:29:37.560
<v Speaker 2>most talented group. So just keeping an eye on how

0:29:37.600 --> 0:29:41.720
<v Speaker 2>creative Nick rallis and this Cardinals defense, which doesn't look

0:29:41.720 --> 0:29:44.160
<v Speaker 2>amazing on paper, is going to be. But you mentioned

0:29:44.160 --> 0:29:47.240
<v Speaker 2>Walter Nolan is a young defensive tackle that I really like.

0:29:47.280 --> 0:29:49.840
<v Speaker 3>Let's go to the things go wrong if.

0:29:50.440 --> 0:29:53.440
<v Speaker 4>Section, well, it's it really goes part and parcel with

0:29:53.520 --> 0:29:55.600
<v Speaker 4>what you're talking about with their defense. If they don't

0:29:55.600 --> 0:29:58.960
<v Speaker 4>look like a pro operation overall, First of all, this progress,

0:29:58.960 --> 0:30:01.680
<v Speaker 4>that's all they're asking for after such a bad season,

0:30:02.040 --> 0:30:05.320
<v Speaker 4>decimated by injuries. This was the number one team in

0:30:05.400 --> 0:30:08.640
<v Speaker 4>a jested games lost to injuries last season per FTN

0:30:08.680 --> 0:30:11.480
<v Speaker 4>and per the Elite FTN Almanag.

0:30:11.080 --> 0:30:12.120
<v Speaker 3>Which I've really enjoyed.

0:30:12.360 --> 0:30:14.720
<v Speaker 4>I've enjoyed the writing style of a lot of those

0:30:14.800 --> 0:30:16.080
<v Speaker 4>ride ups too, So shout.

0:30:15.800 --> 0:30:18.520
<v Speaker 2>Out to the second most injured teams in twenty five

0:30:18.600 --> 0:30:19.120
<v Speaker 2>years in.

0:30:19.080 --> 0:30:21.800
<v Speaker 4>Twenty five years since they created the stat, Like, it's

0:30:22.200 --> 0:30:26.920
<v Speaker 4>absolutely wild. They lost people. They lost players everywhere the defense.

0:30:27.360 --> 0:30:30.200
<v Speaker 4>They are getting back some of these really promising corners.

0:30:30.240 --> 0:30:33.120
<v Speaker 4>Garrett Williams, who played some slot for them last season,

0:30:33.240 --> 0:30:35.480
<v Speaker 4>is going to be back. Mac Wilson, the linebacker, is

0:30:35.480 --> 0:30:37.320
<v Speaker 4>going to be back. Walter Nolan, who we mentioned is

0:30:37.360 --> 0:30:39.600
<v Speaker 4>going to be back. Will Johnson was really banged up

0:30:39.640 --> 0:30:41.080
<v Speaker 4>on and off last season.

0:30:41.160 --> 0:30:41.880
<v Speaker 3>He's going to be back.

0:30:41.880 --> 0:30:44.680
<v Speaker 4>Sean Murphy Bunting, who may at this point be a

0:30:44.720 --> 0:30:47.600
<v Speaker 4>move player or maybe even a depth guy because of

0:30:47.640 --> 0:30:50.560
<v Speaker 4>how Garrett Williams was playing, you know, could come back.

0:30:50.680 --> 0:30:53.560
<v Speaker 4>This is going to be really really interesting to me

0:30:53.680 --> 0:30:56.040
<v Speaker 4>because these are all guys I like, these are all

0:30:56.040 --> 0:31:00.360
<v Speaker 4>players that I see potential in, and yet the well,

0:31:00.360 --> 0:31:02.600
<v Speaker 4>the coordinator is a huge question mark to me.

0:31:02.640 --> 0:31:03.960
<v Speaker 3>Still after some strong.

0:31:03.720 --> 0:31:07.560
<v Speaker 2>Start, Yeah, it's less about the coordinator. I think he's

0:31:07.600 --> 0:31:10.560
<v Speaker 2>fun and it's just it's the schedule. I mean, that's

0:31:10.800 --> 0:31:13.080
<v Speaker 2>the things go wrong if the schedule is actually as

0:31:13.120 --> 0:31:16.480
<v Speaker 2>hard as it looks. Sometimes schedules are predictable, sometimes they're not.

0:31:17.160 --> 0:31:20.080
<v Speaker 2>I think the Cardinals do not fit in these bottom

0:31:20.080 --> 0:31:23.320
<v Speaker 2>five or six teams in the NFL. I am more

0:31:23.480 --> 0:31:26.120
<v Speaker 2>like the projections that the f DAN Almanac had. They

0:31:26.120 --> 0:31:28.360
<v Speaker 2>actually in terms of just pure efficiency, had them as

0:31:28.360 --> 0:31:29.920
<v Speaker 2>the twenty third best team in the league. Whch doesn't

0:31:29.920 --> 0:31:32.760
<v Speaker 2>sound great, but it means you're better than eight or nineteen. Yeah,

0:31:33.040 --> 0:31:34.840
<v Speaker 2>I agree with that. Like I think you put them

0:31:34.880 --> 0:31:36.880
<v Speaker 2>in a in a bad division, they could come in

0:31:36.920 --> 0:31:39.280
<v Speaker 2>second place like the NFC South or some other, but

0:31:39.320 --> 0:31:41.040
<v Speaker 2>they are not in that division. Like they open with

0:31:41.480 --> 0:31:44.360
<v Speaker 2>at Chargers and then Seahawks forty nine ers, and like

0:31:44.560 --> 0:31:46.600
<v Speaker 2>can you find a way to avoid being zero and three?

0:31:46.640 --> 0:31:50.480
<v Speaker 2>And then it's on paper with this division and even

0:31:50.520 --> 0:31:52.479
<v Speaker 2>with some of the out of division schedule it is

0:31:52.560 --> 0:31:56.240
<v Speaker 2>just absolutely brutal. And then part and parcel that is

0:31:56.280 --> 0:31:58.520
<v Speaker 2>kind of like, all right, if we're winning too much,

0:31:58.640 --> 0:31:59.920
<v Speaker 2>like when do we pull the car set?

0:32:00.480 --> 0:32:01.720
<v Speaker 1>They could kind of tank.

0:32:01.600 --> 0:32:04.040
<v Speaker 2>By going to Carson Beck at some point, like if

0:32:04.040 --> 0:32:05.920
<v Speaker 2>they go to Carson Beck at week seven. I feel

0:32:05.960 --> 0:32:07.920
<v Speaker 2>like the season's got to feel over in week seven.

0:32:08.000 --> 0:32:09.400
<v Speaker 3>Hard and Parcel Huh, I don't know.

0:32:09.520 --> 0:32:12.920
<v Speaker 2>I said that, George h ceiling floor of the team.

0:32:13.320 --> 0:32:15.920
<v Speaker 2>You know, I just mentioned the twenty third team in DVA.

0:32:16.160 --> 0:32:19.520
<v Speaker 2>So with the schedule, if they play to their talent

0:32:19.560 --> 0:32:21.960
<v Speaker 2>and stay healthy, I still think they could scrape out

0:32:21.960 --> 0:32:22.640
<v Speaker 2>like six wins.

0:32:22.760 --> 0:32:25.400
<v Speaker 3>Yeah, that's my ceiling for them, sixty seven wins.

0:32:25.440 --> 0:32:26.600
<v Speaker 1>But with this schedule that's hard.

0:32:26.600 --> 0:32:28.400
<v Speaker 2>That's almost saying that in a bad division you might

0:32:28.400 --> 0:32:29.480
<v Speaker 2>be able to win eight or nine.

0:32:29.840 --> 0:32:30.040
<v Speaker 3>Yeah.

0:32:30.080 --> 0:32:32.840
<v Speaker 4>Well, that's my ceiling for them is six games, and

0:32:32.880 --> 0:32:35.760
<v Speaker 4>then I could see four that they could win on

0:32:36.080 --> 0:32:38.400
<v Speaker 4>their on their actual schedule as a you know, so

0:32:38.760 --> 0:32:41.719
<v Speaker 4>for me, four to six games is their spot, and

0:32:41.720 --> 0:32:42.240
<v Speaker 4>that's fine.

0:32:42.400 --> 0:32:44.040
<v Speaker 1>I feel like their floor is like two.

0:32:44.320 --> 0:32:46.560
<v Speaker 2>They could be the worst team in the NFL because

0:32:46.600 --> 0:32:49.120
<v Speaker 2>if they get hurt, if things go wrong again, and

0:32:49.120 --> 0:32:50.920
<v Speaker 2>I know we're not trying to think about injuries.

0:32:50.640 --> 0:32:52.240
<v Speaker 4>I don't think they will be they have I don't

0:32:52.240 --> 0:32:56.080
<v Speaker 4>think they have competence if not like elite talent at quarterback,

0:32:56.120 --> 0:32:59.880
<v Speaker 4>it's just competent. You're setting, You're just setting a stability factor,

0:33:00.280 --> 0:33:01.560
<v Speaker 4>and then I think this offense is.

0:33:01.560 --> 0:33:02.120
<v Speaker 3>Gonna be good.

0:33:02.200 --> 0:33:03.680
<v Speaker 2>It's like, you got a couple of games against the

0:33:03.720 --> 0:33:07.560
<v Speaker 2>Commanders and you know Saints and Giant's, like, you gotta

0:33:07.600 --> 0:33:10.600
<v Speaker 2>win those games. Yeah, you know the others, the others,

0:33:11.440 --> 0:33:16.760
<v Speaker 2>big big underdogs. Let's go to the Los Angeles Rams,

0:33:17.120 --> 0:33:22.320
<v Speaker 2>the Super Bowl favorites in the desert right now. And

0:33:22.360 --> 0:33:25.400
<v Speaker 2>that's part of what's bringing me joy about this team.

0:33:25.800 --> 0:33:27.320
<v Speaker 2>We can get to the defense like should be as

0:33:27.360 --> 0:33:29.040
<v Speaker 2>good as the offense, which is exciting. But to me,

0:33:29.520 --> 0:33:31.240
<v Speaker 2>the fact that we have a super team, that we

0:33:31.360 --> 0:33:33.240
<v Speaker 2>kind of got a boogeyman, that we got a team

0:33:33.280 --> 0:33:35.560
<v Speaker 2>that when they're in primetime or every day of the

0:33:35.560 --> 0:33:38.840
<v Speaker 2>week is kind of like the flashy team because of

0:33:38.840 --> 0:33:41.600
<v Speaker 2>the Miles Garrett trade in large part, but also because

0:33:42.000 --> 0:33:44.320
<v Speaker 2>of the other players. Pukinakua and you have the MVP

0:33:44.560 --> 0:33:46.320
<v Speaker 2>and and all the other moves you can get into.

0:33:46.800 --> 0:33:47.480
<v Speaker 1>I just like that.

0:33:47.600 --> 0:33:50.880
<v Speaker 2>I it's not because my family's RAMS fans, so that

0:33:50.880 --> 0:33:53.720
<v Speaker 2>that doesn't hurt, but like, I like that people will

0:33:53.760 --> 0:33:57.800
<v Speaker 2>be like going at them. Every Rams game is gonna

0:33:57.800 --> 0:33:59.720
<v Speaker 2>feel like a bigger game that I like.

0:33:59.800 --> 0:34:01.800
<v Speaker 4>Well, it's going to be similar to what we saw.

0:34:02.000 --> 0:34:03.920
<v Speaker 4>I don't even think it'll be as similar as what

0:34:03.920 --> 0:34:05.880
<v Speaker 4>we saw in twenty twenty one, because what we saw

0:34:05.880 --> 0:34:07.600
<v Speaker 4>in twenty two one was all this came in waves.

0:34:07.600 --> 0:34:10.440
<v Speaker 4>Everybody knew that Stafford and McVeigh was going to be solid,

0:34:10.440 --> 0:34:13.000
<v Speaker 4>but then they just kept adding players in waves. Now

0:34:13.360 --> 0:34:16.080
<v Speaker 4>everybody's got a full training camp to get their best

0:34:16.160 --> 0:34:19.000
<v Speaker 4>ready for that game on the schedule. And so for me,

0:34:19.200 --> 0:34:21.520
<v Speaker 4>what this sort of reminds me of is some of

0:34:21.520 --> 0:34:25.600
<v Speaker 4>that twenty eighteen stuff, some of that league rattling, concept

0:34:25.719 --> 0:34:29.400
<v Speaker 4>changing stuff when the collision of a good team with

0:34:29.480 --> 0:34:31.600
<v Speaker 4>a good defense or a good offense in this case,

0:34:32.160 --> 0:34:36.279
<v Speaker 4>clashes and collides against us perceived super team like this,

0:34:36.400 --> 0:34:38.480
<v Speaker 4>And that's for me, that's my joy is, like, what

0:34:38.480 --> 0:34:41.680
<v Speaker 4>are we gonna learn out of this season? Not just

0:34:41.760 --> 0:34:44.040
<v Speaker 4>from the Rams and how they're built. They're built like

0:34:44.120 --> 0:34:46.719
<v Speaker 4>a what if team, Like what if we just tried this?

0:34:47.239 --> 0:34:49.520
<v Speaker 4>People think people are talking with their friends in the

0:34:49.520 --> 0:34:51.560
<v Speaker 4>bar or whatever they're like, wouldn't it be cool if

0:34:51.560 --> 0:34:53.640
<v Speaker 4>a team just did this like Wool.

0:34:53.040 --> 0:34:55.839
<v Speaker 2>What if we added Miles Garrett to Byron Young, who's

0:34:55.880 --> 0:34:59.720
<v Speaker 2>a top twenty five young edge and Kobe Turner who's

0:34:59.760 --> 0:35:03.719
<v Speaker 2>a fifteen young defensive tackle, and Braden Fisk, and they

0:35:03.800 --> 0:35:06.719
<v Speaker 2>like Josiah Stewart, and what if we added Trent McDuffie

0:35:06.719 --> 0:35:08.600
<v Speaker 2>in the back end and his old teammate give him

0:35:08.600 --> 0:35:10.319
<v Speaker 2>a lot of money, and like they feel good about

0:35:10.320 --> 0:35:10.920
<v Speaker 2>every position.

0:35:11.520 --> 0:35:12.640
<v Speaker 1>I was trying to think of comps.

0:35:12.680 --> 0:35:17.280
<v Speaker 2>People have brought up the Eagles dream team with Namdi Osma,

0:35:17.360 --> 0:35:19.520
<v Speaker 2>which if you look back at the time, was more

0:35:19.560 --> 0:35:22.000
<v Speaker 2>of a media creation. It was like they added like Osama,

0:35:22.080 --> 0:35:24.720
<v Speaker 2>who is awesome, and like Vince Young as their backup

0:35:24.719 --> 0:35:27.480
<v Speaker 2>and a couple It wasn't It wasn't the same. Reminds

0:35:27.480 --> 0:35:29.839
<v Speaker 2>me a little more of just like peak Patriots when

0:35:29.840 --> 0:35:32.000
<v Speaker 2>they were rolling a little bit and just like, Okay,

0:35:32.200 --> 0:35:34.640
<v Speaker 2>that's the team that everyone's shooting for because they're just

0:35:34.680 --> 0:35:36.960
<v Speaker 2>playing that well, and yet like are they even favorites

0:35:37.000 --> 0:35:39.400
<v Speaker 2>in this division? That's that's for later. We're gonna predict it.

0:35:39.520 --> 0:35:42.200
<v Speaker 2>Let's go for the most important non quarterback give Yeah.

0:35:42.239 --> 0:35:44.880
<v Speaker 4>So I had a big number of factors to choose

0:35:44.920 --> 0:35:47.279
<v Speaker 4>from here, Yes, because I wanted to pick someone like

0:35:47.320 --> 0:35:51.200
<v Speaker 4>perhaps Kobe Turner, who couldn't finish that NFC Championship game

0:35:51.320 --> 0:35:53.560
<v Speaker 4>because of the injury and then really is going to

0:35:53.640 --> 0:35:55.960
<v Speaker 4>be counted on as the true knows, like that anchor

0:35:56.000 --> 0:35:58.719
<v Speaker 4>that lets Miles Garrett do whatever he wants to do.

0:35:58.920 --> 0:36:01.840
<v Speaker 4>Essentially on the edge, Warren McClendon, who's taking over for

0:36:01.920 --> 0:36:05.240
<v Speaker 4>Rob Havenstein at right tackle. Depth along their offensive line

0:36:05.680 --> 0:36:06.920
<v Speaker 4>is obviously going to be crucial.

0:36:07.680 --> 0:36:08.279
<v Speaker 3>I am hope.

0:36:08.320 --> 0:36:10.239
<v Speaker 4>I'm actually going to go with David Goone, a name

0:36:10.280 --> 0:36:13.920
<v Speaker 4>that Dave many people have not heard of, but he

0:36:13.960 --> 0:36:17.880
<v Speaker 4>is the quarterbacks coach, and this is the guy who

0:36:17.960 --> 0:36:20.880
<v Speaker 4>is actually going to be in charge of getting either

0:36:20.960 --> 0:36:25.160
<v Speaker 4>backup Stetson Bennett or backup rookie Ty Simpson ready to

0:36:25.280 --> 0:36:29.799
<v Speaker 4>back up MVP quarterback Matthew Stafford at thirty eight years old,

0:36:30.080 --> 0:36:33.200
<v Speaker 4>if anything happens to him, if that tackle depth isn't

0:36:33.200 --> 0:36:35.200
<v Speaker 4>what we think it's going to be, if Aleric Jackson,

0:36:35.440 --> 0:36:38.240
<v Speaker 4>the left tackle, misses time due to his legal situation,

0:36:38.280 --> 0:36:41.759
<v Speaker 4>if the league decides to suspend him, this is a

0:36:42.080 --> 0:36:46.560
<v Speaker 4>potential pivot point here collectively, if anything happens. I don't

0:36:46.560 --> 0:36:49.320
<v Speaker 4>want to assume anything will because he was great last season,

0:36:49.719 --> 0:36:53.080
<v Speaker 4>but if anything happens, backup quarterback is a huge question

0:36:53.160 --> 0:36:55.600
<v Speaker 4>mark for this team and that is David Gohon's job.

0:36:55.640 --> 0:36:58.200
<v Speaker 4>That is not Sean mcvay's job. Sean McVay famously is

0:36:58.239 --> 0:37:01.120
<v Speaker 4>not developing these quarterbacks if they are not the number

0:37:01.160 --> 0:37:03.920
<v Speaker 4>one quarterback behind the scenes. That is David Goone, who

0:37:03.960 --> 0:37:06.560
<v Speaker 4>is Sean mcvay's like number one guy. The coach he

0:37:06.560 --> 0:37:08.879
<v Speaker 4>has hoped to not lose the most over the last

0:37:08.920 --> 0:37:12.120
<v Speaker 4>couple of years. He is in charge, and camp reports

0:37:12.160 --> 0:37:15.640
<v Speaker 4>are saying so far he has been glued to Ty Simpson.

0:37:16.120 --> 0:37:20.439
<v Speaker 2>I love that choice, and I immediately searched for David

0:37:20.520 --> 0:37:22.040
<v Speaker 2>Goon's game blog because I was like.

0:37:22.040 --> 0:37:24.080
<v Speaker 3>Well, I'm going to get a phone call because oh,

0:37:24.200 --> 0:37:26.640
<v Speaker 3>you can't. Don't we keep him on the radar?

0:37:26.800 --> 0:37:30.000
<v Speaker 2>I was like, I think David Goones started some games

0:37:30.320 --> 0:37:33.080
<v Speaker 2>and it was the first year I covered the NFL

0:37:33.760 --> 0:37:39.480
<v Speaker 2>lefty long time ago. He averaged three point four yards

0:37:39.520 --> 0:37:42.680
<v Speaker 2>per attempt. That might be the lowest number I've ever seen.

0:37:43.160 --> 0:37:45.560
<v Speaker 2>I mean it was only for forty attempts. He struggled

0:37:45.560 --> 0:37:49.440
<v Speaker 2>in those two games for the Texans, but he's an

0:37:49.520 --> 0:37:54.160
<v Speaker 2>elite athlete compared to everyone else, you know, compared to

0:37:54.200 --> 0:37:55.719
<v Speaker 2>like ninety nine point you know.

0:37:55.600 --> 0:37:57.560
<v Speaker 1>Six percent of people have tried to play sports.

0:37:57.560 --> 0:37:59.560
<v Speaker 2>He made it to professional sports, but I just remembered

0:37:59.560 --> 0:38:02.359
<v Speaker 2>he's struggle in a really difficult to watch away one

0:38:02.440 --> 0:38:05.400
<v Speaker 2>hundred and thirty five yards combined and two starts.

0:38:05.480 --> 0:38:08.719
<v Speaker 1>You don't you don't see that too much. I chose Pina.

0:38:08.880 --> 0:38:11.080
<v Speaker 3>Mm hm, that's a good choice.

0:38:12.080 --> 0:38:15.000
<v Speaker 1>It's not. Yeah, no, it's not just because.

0:38:16.160 --> 0:38:18.239
<v Speaker 4>I guess you just don't great such as me. Yeah,

0:38:18.360 --> 0:38:20.520
<v Speaker 4>you just picked the obvious answer.

0:38:20.719 --> 0:38:23.400
<v Speaker 1>Well, they were a little thin, Like.

0:38:25.040 --> 0:38:30.880
<v Speaker 2>Pokin Akua is dealing with this civil suit, some allegations

0:38:31.160 --> 0:38:33.600
<v Speaker 2>from from a woman, and there are pictures of bite

0:38:33.640 --> 0:38:36.719
<v Speaker 2>marks out there, and he made some thunder hitted off

0:38:36.880 --> 0:38:40.120
<v Speaker 2>field stuff last season, and like that made you not

0:38:40.280 --> 0:38:42.279
<v Speaker 2>related to that. That was like made you question his

0:38:42.360 --> 0:38:44.759
<v Speaker 2>maturity a little bit. And yet you know he he

0:38:45.000 --> 0:38:47.680
<v Speaker 2>has the argument for maybe the best receiver in the NFL,

0:38:48.040 --> 0:38:50.160
<v Speaker 2>the most important and the reason I put him here

0:38:50.200 --> 0:38:52.960
<v Speaker 2>more than anything is not just that is that it's

0:38:53.000 --> 0:38:54.200
<v Speaker 2>a little thin after them.

0:38:54.280 --> 0:38:56.000
<v Speaker 1>Yes, DeVante Adams was not the.

0:38:56.080 --> 0:38:57.680
<v Speaker 2>Same last year, and I want I want to see

0:38:57.719 --> 0:39:01.120
<v Speaker 2>DeVante Adams maybe like either stop that client or improve.

0:39:02.520 --> 0:39:04.440
<v Speaker 2>I know the tight end group is great and we

0:39:04.440 --> 0:39:06.320
<v Speaker 2>can get into that with the scheme and everything, but

0:39:06.920 --> 0:39:09.759
<v Speaker 2>the third receiver is just not there, and so they

0:39:09.880 --> 0:39:12.759
<v Speaker 2>just they just need Puka to stay and be at

0:39:12.840 --> 0:39:15.120
<v Speaker 2>that level, yeah or else it it all gets a

0:39:15.239 --> 0:39:18.280
<v Speaker 2>little rickety if you're counting too much on DeVante Adams.

0:39:18.360 --> 0:39:20.840
<v Speaker 2>And then who do you think will be their third receiver?

0:39:21.040 --> 0:39:24.080
<v Speaker 4>I think Kunate Momfield first of all, could take a

0:39:24.120 --> 0:39:25.840
<v Speaker 4>step forward, needs to take a step forward.

0:39:26.120 --> 0:39:28.200
<v Speaker 2>A seventh round pick from a year ago and played

0:39:28.280 --> 0:39:29.440
<v Speaker 2>well for a seventh round.

0:39:29.280 --> 0:39:29.960
<v Speaker 3>Rookie played well.

0:39:30.000 --> 0:39:31.479
<v Speaker 4>And if you go back and you watch his tape

0:39:31.480 --> 0:39:32.920
<v Speaker 4>while he was at Pitt, they were doing a lot

0:39:32.960 --> 0:39:35.759
<v Speaker 4>of things similarly to what mcveigh's like former sort of

0:39:35.800 --> 0:39:39.160
<v Speaker 4>pure eleven personnel offense look like. And he really he

0:39:39.400 --> 0:39:41.800
<v Speaker 4>has the knack for like really understanding like where the

0:39:41.840 --> 0:39:42.800
<v Speaker 4>voids on the field.

0:39:42.560 --> 0:39:43.279
<v Speaker 3>Are that he needs to hit.

0:39:43.360 --> 0:39:46.000
<v Speaker 2>I mean, he was on the field in the moments

0:39:46.080 --> 0:39:48.120
<v Speaker 2>that decided whether they went to the super Bowl or now.

0:39:48.160 --> 0:39:50.600
<v Speaker 3>It was hard because he and it was tough, tough

0:39:50.640 --> 0:39:51.560
<v Speaker 3>moments for him too.

0:39:52.120 --> 0:39:54.400
<v Speaker 4>But this is a player who I know they're really

0:39:54.480 --> 0:39:57.120
<v Speaker 4>high on and who, like I said, absolutely has to

0:39:57.239 --> 0:40:00.440
<v Speaker 4>take a step forward. Jordan Whittington, maybe is that you know,

0:40:00.840 --> 0:40:03.320
<v Speaker 4>lateral receiver three, but he's going to be used a

0:40:03.400 --> 0:40:05.800
<v Speaker 4>lot as a blocker and sort of like elevating that

0:40:05.920 --> 0:40:09.200
<v Speaker 4>run game and getting that that you know, sort of

0:40:09.360 --> 0:40:10.920
<v Speaker 4>figured out if they want to stay in some of

0:40:10.960 --> 0:40:13.280
<v Speaker 4>these smaller personnels when they're run blocking.

0:40:13.400 --> 0:40:15.880
<v Speaker 3>So that's someone to look at too. But this is

0:40:16.080 --> 0:40:17.480
<v Speaker 3>this is a for me.

0:40:17.719 --> 0:40:21.000
<v Speaker 4>It goes into scheme dream with them Greg, which you know,

0:40:21.120 --> 0:40:23.360
<v Speaker 4>I know everybody's probably sick of me talking about thirteen

0:40:23.400 --> 0:40:27.239
<v Speaker 4>personnel tough cookies. I'm going to talk about it all year, guys,

0:40:27.719 --> 0:40:30.359
<v Speaker 4>But this is one of the stories of last season,

0:40:30.360 --> 0:40:32.359
<v Speaker 4>the three tight ends on the field and basically Sean

0:40:32.440 --> 0:40:36.160
<v Speaker 4>McVay taking his eleven personnel playbook and translating it directly

0:40:36.239 --> 0:40:38.680
<v Speaker 4>into what his tight ends, who all could catch the

0:40:38.800 --> 0:40:41.680
<v Speaker 4>ball and all could block, what would be able to

0:40:41.800 --> 0:40:45.720
<v Speaker 4>do using those same concepts. And it was really interesting

0:40:45.800 --> 0:40:49.120
<v Speaker 4>to me that they stayed with the two elite receivers

0:40:49.200 --> 0:40:51.439
<v Speaker 4>this year, and it begged the question for me, does

0:40:51.480 --> 0:40:54.080
<v Speaker 4>he now start to build in more twelve personnel, two

0:40:54.160 --> 0:40:57.560
<v Speaker 4>tight ends, two receivers, understanding the depth questions that he

0:40:57.680 --> 0:41:00.560
<v Speaker 4>does have and understanding where some of the skills sets are,

0:41:00.719 --> 0:41:03.840
<v Speaker 4>what they didn't have was a more natural fit into

0:41:04.000 --> 0:41:07.279
<v Speaker 4>twelve personnel. They could go eleven to thirteen in my mind,

0:41:07.400 --> 0:41:10.960
<v Speaker 4>because he already had an entire team understanding what that

0:41:11.040 --> 0:41:15.319
<v Speaker 4>eleven personnel look like. Three receivers, making them bigger going

0:41:15.360 --> 0:41:18.000
<v Speaker 4>into three tight ends playing very similar pass structure. So

0:41:18.440 --> 0:41:21.279
<v Speaker 4>for me, what if he builds out more twelve into camp.

0:41:21.360 --> 0:41:22.399
<v Speaker 3>We don't know. We have to see.

0:41:22.800 --> 0:41:26.200
<v Speaker 4>That gives them maybe like not player depth they that

0:41:26.320 --> 0:41:29.400
<v Speaker 4>they do need. But another answer, should anything happen to

0:41:29.480 --> 0:41:30.640
<v Speaker 4>any of the receivers.

0:41:30.320 --> 0:41:32.960
<v Speaker 2>And they have great depth that tight end, it's outrageous.

0:41:33.000 --> 0:41:35.520
<v Speaker 2>Kolby Parkinson has turned into a dude. Tyler Higbee has

0:41:35.520 --> 0:41:37.319
<v Speaker 2>been there forever. Might be his last year with the Rams.

0:41:37.360 --> 0:41:37.719
<v Speaker 1>We'll see.

0:41:38.239 --> 0:41:40.160
<v Speaker 2>But they have a second round pick and Terrence Ferguson

0:41:40.239 --> 0:41:43.319
<v Speaker 2>from a year ago who's very physically impressive and could

0:41:43.360 --> 0:41:44.799
<v Speaker 2>take a step up. They have a second round pick

0:41:44.880 --> 0:41:46.600
<v Speaker 2>this year in Max Clair. They have a guy in

0:41:46.680 --> 0:41:50.520
<v Speaker 2>Davis Allen who literally some games would play more than

0:41:50.600 --> 0:41:53.080
<v Speaker 2>DeVante Adams because they trusted him so much as a

0:41:53.120 --> 0:41:56.399
<v Speaker 2>blocker and they were playing so much thirteen personnel. And yes,

0:41:56.760 --> 0:41:59.480
<v Speaker 2>it's gotten talked about a lot this offseason. I don't

0:41:59.520 --> 0:42:01.719
<v Speaker 2>think by you, just by everyone, but I don't think

0:42:01.920 --> 0:42:04.200
<v Speaker 2>like I do. Think it's worth pointing out that they

0:42:04.280 --> 0:42:07.160
<v Speaker 2>did it more than like more than double any other

0:42:07.239 --> 0:42:09.200
<v Speaker 2>team in the league, more than probably any team in

0:42:09.320 --> 0:42:12.040
<v Speaker 2>NFL history, and the efficiency with which they did it,

0:42:12.200 --> 0:42:14.799
<v Speaker 2>like they were the best offense ever buy a lot

0:42:14.920 --> 0:42:16.960
<v Speaker 2>if you just isolate those plays. So it was like

0:42:17.120 --> 0:42:19.000
<v Speaker 2>that effective. It made that big of adherence. We have

0:42:19.120 --> 0:42:22.200
<v Speaker 2>to move on things go wrong for this super duper team.

0:42:22.640 --> 0:42:26.479
<v Speaker 3>Yeah, if well, we're not trying to factor in injuries here.

0:42:26.600 --> 0:42:30.080
<v Speaker 1>Not really now. Yeah, it feels like for me, yeah, I've.

0:42:29.920 --> 0:42:33.319
<v Speaker 4>Already presented the depth concerns that I have. Obviously those

0:42:33.400 --> 0:42:36.000
<v Speaker 4>still are a factor here in this in this category,

0:42:36.640 --> 0:42:39.000
<v Speaker 4>for me, it's sort of a much simpler question than that,

0:42:39.200 --> 0:42:42.759
<v Speaker 4>like what if it just doesn't work, Like what if

0:42:44.239 --> 0:42:47.400
<v Speaker 4>the vibes go bad or something. I have no proof

0:42:47.600 --> 0:42:50.759
<v Speaker 4>of believing that would be the case, other than if

0:42:50.840 --> 0:42:53.920
<v Speaker 4>like compounding injuries happen at one position group that's important

0:42:54.000 --> 0:42:57.320
<v Speaker 4>or more. This is like they did it in Waves

0:42:57.400 --> 0:42:59.400
<v Speaker 4>in twenty twenty one and it sort of kept the

0:42:59.640 --> 0:43:02.960
<v Speaker 4>energy rolling. This is interesting to me because it's like,

0:43:03.200 --> 0:43:05.400
<v Speaker 4>what's gonna be their thing that they do in November.

0:43:05.880 --> 0:43:08.839
<v Speaker 4>That's always the question with this team when they're contending team,

0:43:09.040 --> 0:43:10.759
<v Speaker 4>what's gonna be the new thing or the wrinkle they

0:43:10.800 --> 0:43:13.759
<v Speaker 4>add in November that sparks everybody up again. So for me,

0:43:14.080 --> 0:43:17.279
<v Speaker 4>it's like, Okay, all of this looks awesome and so

0:43:17.520 --> 0:43:20.480
<v Speaker 4>fun on paper, what if it just doesn't work?

0:43:20.600 --> 0:43:20.719
<v Speaker 1>Right?

0:43:20.800 --> 0:43:25.040
<v Speaker 2>I think the two routes, and I'm picking knits, would

0:43:25.080 --> 0:43:28.040
<v Speaker 2>be the defense is just good instead of great, Like

0:43:28.120 --> 0:43:32.200
<v Speaker 2>it looks pretty great on paper. Secondaries especially aren't predictable.

0:43:32.400 --> 0:43:34.320
<v Speaker 2>I think that goes to the like, what if it

0:43:34.360 --> 0:43:36.759
<v Speaker 2>doesn't work. McDuffie and Watson come in, they really trust

0:43:36.880 --> 0:43:39.120
<v Speaker 2>cam curl and Quentin Lake like it all makes sense,

0:43:39.440 --> 0:43:42.239
<v Speaker 2>but between them and the linebackers, maybe that is just like, oh,

0:43:42.360 --> 0:43:44.759
<v Speaker 2>it's just good not great. My answer though, is the

0:43:44.840 --> 0:43:48.919
<v Speaker 2>offensive line. You know, Alaric Jackson might be suspended, we'll see.

0:43:49.840 --> 0:43:53.239
<v Speaker 2>Like they played well last year. You mentioned McClendon at center,

0:43:53.280 --> 0:43:56.560
<v Speaker 2>it's Coleman Shelton and Ovula has been good when he's

0:43:56.560 --> 0:43:57.799
<v Speaker 2>been out there, but it's a little up and down.

0:43:57.880 --> 0:44:00.120
<v Speaker 2>I just feel like that's probably my biggest concern, that

0:44:00.239 --> 0:44:03.520
<v Speaker 2>that's not like a difference making offensive line. And then

0:44:03.719 --> 0:44:05.920
<v Speaker 2>I could throw this into our little Land Yaps section,

0:44:06.040 --> 0:44:08.279
<v Speaker 2>which is just like a little something extra if we've

0:44:08.320 --> 0:44:10.440
<v Speaker 2>got it, which is you know specialties.

0:44:11.080 --> 0:44:14.440
<v Speaker 4>Well, yeah, that they'd like that much like the Rams

0:44:14.520 --> 0:44:17.200
<v Speaker 4>we have not spoken about, right, I mean.

0:44:17.160 --> 0:44:20.200
<v Speaker 1>I probably cost them the Super Bowl last year. Over yeah,

0:44:20.200 --> 0:44:20.640
<v Speaker 1>I would say.

0:44:21.040 --> 0:44:21.200
<v Speaker 6>Yeah.

0:44:21.239 --> 0:44:24.080
<v Speaker 4>They hired new special teams coordinator Bubba van Trone, they

0:44:24.160 --> 0:44:26.960
<v Speaker 4>have Harrison MeVis as their kicker. Still big questions for

0:44:27.080 --> 0:44:29.279
<v Speaker 4>me in the return game for them, They're not an

0:44:29.280 --> 0:44:32.440
<v Speaker 4>aggressive return team. They started being a little more aggressive

0:44:32.480 --> 0:44:34.680
<v Speaker 4>with Jordan Winnington last year, which was great, but they

0:44:34.719 --> 0:44:36.880
<v Speaker 4>had some ball security issues that really cost them, and

0:44:36.960 --> 0:44:40.600
<v Speaker 4>then their return coverage was a huge problem for them

0:44:40.719 --> 0:44:45.239
<v Speaker 4>obviously in key moments last season and into the postseason.

0:44:45.360 --> 0:44:46.839
<v Speaker 3>So that's that's a huge question.

0:44:46.960 --> 0:44:50.480
<v Speaker 4>And my Land yap is Cliff Kingsbury's there, but I

0:44:50.520 --> 0:44:52.200
<v Speaker 4>don't Yeah, he's going to be doing much with the

0:44:52.280 --> 0:44:54.640
<v Speaker 4>quarterbacks specifically. I don't know why we keep pushing this

0:44:54.760 --> 0:44:57.759
<v Speaker 4>narrative that he's working with quarterbacks this. I think he's

0:44:57.920 --> 0:45:00.160
<v Speaker 4>I think there's going to be some some inter some

0:45:00.280 --> 0:45:01.600
<v Speaker 4>creative stuff they might try.

0:45:01.680 --> 0:45:04.759
<v Speaker 3>Well, I was gonna say oh, some spread with big

0:45:04.880 --> 0:45:07.800
<v Speaker 3>bodies like that is what I would be really curious about.

0:45:07.840 --> 0:45:09.880
<v Speaker 2>Seeing they played at the second fastest pace of any

0:45:09.920 --> 0:45:10.960
<v Speaker 2>team in the league last year.

0:45:11.000 --> 0:45:12.120
<v Speaker 1>Stafford's great at that.

0:45:12.239 --> 0:45:14.879
<v Speaker 2>So I'm really glad you mentioned Kingsbury because the things

0:45:14.880 --> 0:45:17.759
<v Speaker 2>that he does well tempo and then coming up with

0:45:17.960 --> 0:45:21.120
<v Speaker 2>like four or five plazy treat that's like, oh, that

0:45:21.239 --> 0:45:23.520
<v Speaker 2>was pretty cool, Like that's kind of a perfect role

0:45:23.600 --> 0:45:23.880
<v Speaker 2>for him.

0:45:24.080 --> 0:45:25.919
<v Speaker 3>Yes, in LA it's great. I agree.

0:45:25.960 --> 0:45:28.000
<v Speaker 4>And also, I can't be the only one who noticed

0:45:28.040 --> 0:45:30.799
<v Speaker 4>from the content that the RAMS social media team posted that.

0:45:31.160 --> 0:45:35.600
<v Speaker 3>The Immortal trailer is already at training camp. It's parked

0:45:35.680 --> 0:45:36.600
<v Speaker 3>right outside the door.

0:45:36.719 --> 0:45:38.440
<v Speaker 1>The trailer here, the Immortal Chamber.

0:45:38.560 --> 0:45:40.600
<v Speaker 3>The trailer that the silver Bullet trailer that is.

0:45:40.600 --> 0:45:41.840
<v Speaker 1>A Mortal from Amortal.

0:45:42.200 --> 0:45:45.040
<v Speaker 3>The chamber is parked right outside the freaking dorms.

0:45:45.440 --> 0:45:48.120
<v Speaker 2>The a Mortal actually came in what fourth and MVP

0:45:48.320 --> 0:45:50.560
<v Speaker 2>voting last year. It was like Stafford and then.

0:45:50.640 --> 0:45:52.200
<v Speaker 3>Well, I don't have a vote, but that's what I hear.

0:45:52.560 --> 0:45:55.320
<v Speaker 2>I'm working on it. We haven't gotten to the ceiling

0:45:55.480 --> 0:45:59.879
<v Speaker 2>floor obviously. The ceiling is is the Super Bowl? Yeah, yeah,

0:46:00.120 --> 0:46:02.520
<v Speaker 2>I think the floor. They are one of two teams.

0:46:02.600 --> 0:46:04.720
<v Speaker 2>I just would be stunned if they didn't make the playoffs.

0:46:04.719 --> 0:46:06.719
<v Speaker 2>It's it's hard in the NFL, like so to me,

0:46:06.840 --> 0:46:09.400
<v Speaker 2>the floor is it's a tough division and you're playing

0:46:09.440 --> 0:46:11.279
<v Speaker 2>on the road in the playoffs as a wild card team.

0:46:11.360 --> 0:46:12.040
<v Speaker 1>That's how I.

0:46:13.600 --> 0:46:16.640
<v Speaker 4>For my ceiling floor. I was curious, have you heard

0:46:16.719 --> 0:46:19.600
<v Speaker 4>of the phenomenon of the Tzara death Pants? No?

0:46:19.960 --> 0:46:23.040
<v Speaker 3>Okay, let me inform you about this. The Zara Death

0:46:23.120 --> 0:46:24.400
<v Speaker 3>Pants are a.

0:46:24.719 --> 0:46:28.800
<v Speaker 4>Very wide leg, flowy pair of Palazzo pants sold by Zara,

0:46:28.880 --> 0:46:32.360
<v Speaker 4>the clothing company, that are causing young women to trip

0:46:32.480 --> 0:46:35.520
<v Speaker 4>and fall in heinous fashion if they are not totally

0:46:35.600 --> 0:46:38.400
<v Speaker 4>focused on the legs of the pants and they're swishing.

0:46:38.640 --> 0:46:40.279
<v Speaker 4>Sort of reminded me of when I tripped over my

0:46:40.360 --> 0:46:43.120
<v Speaker 4>own pants at the combine and fell face.

0:46:42.920 --> 0:46:45.720
<v Speaker 1>Down right in front of you are a great physical comedian.

0:46:45.440 --> 0:46:49.120
<v Speaker 4>Right in front of another set. Really embarrassing moment. These

0:46:49.200 --> 0:46:51.320
<v Speaker 4>pants are stylish, and they're beautiful, and they got a

0:46:51.360 --> 0:46:53.200
<v Speaker 4>lot going for them, and they look great on paper.

0:46:53.239 --> 0:46:55.640
<v Speaker 3>But if you are not locked in, you're gonna each.

0:46:55.640 --> 0:46:58.440
<v Speaker 2>Okay that the expectations are a lot to deal with.

0:46:59.320 --> 0:47:01.800
<v Speaker 2>This is your te for McVeigh like these are the

0:47:01.880 --> 0:47:05.080
<v Speaker 2>good old days. They're in them right now. Sometimes you know,

0:47:05.400 --> 0:47:08.920
<v Speaker 2>it's been a fun build, like in Stafford two point zero.

0:47:08.920 --> 0:47:11.520
<v Speaker 2>If you think about it's been very orderly. Wildcard loss

0:47:11.560 --> 0:47:14.440
<v Speaker 2>in a surprise season, division round loss where they were

0:47:14.840 --> 0:47:17.319
<v Speaker 2>rounding into i think championship form right at the end.

0:47:17.560 --> 0:47:19.040
<v Speaker 2>And then last year where they're one of the best

0:47:19.080 --> 0:47:20.960
<v Speaker 2>two teams in the league but they lose in the

0:47:21.000 --> 0:47:23.280
<v Speaker 2>conference title Like now they are expected.

0:47:24.719 --> 0:47:25.399
<v Speaker 3>Sorry, death pant.

0:47:25.560 --> 0:47:27.520
<v Speaker 2>That was actually the only thing I have noticed. This

0:47:27.680 --> 0:47:31.560
<v Speaker 2>is a stupid point, But they're a lot like they're no,

0:47:31.680 --> 0:47:34.960
<v Speaker 2>you're those great go for it greg. Their losses have

0:47:35.080 --> 0:47:39.320
<v Speaker 2>been like perfectly distributed in the Sean McVay era. Okay,

0:47:39.880 --> 0:47:42.440
<v Speaker 2>when they've made the playoffs, they've lost in the wildcard

0:47:42.520 --> 0:47:46.399
<v Speaker 2>round twice, they've lost in the division round twice, they've

0:47:46.520 --> 0:47:49.600
<v Speaker 2>lost now in the conference championship game, you've lost in

0:47:49.680 --> 0:47:51.440
<v Speaker 2>the Super Bowl, and you've won the Super Bowl. If

0:47:51.440 --> 0:47:53.919
<v Speaker 2>you just sort of averaged it out, they've almost done

0:47:53.960 --> 0:47:56.279
<v Speaker 2>exactly what you would expect that each time. So maybe

0:47:56.520 --> 0:47:58.799
<v Speaker 2>maybe it's their time to go win another Super Bowl.

0:47:58.880 --> 0:48:03.560
<v Speaker 2>Let's take a break and let's come back with another team,

0:48:03.719 --> 0:48:05.680
<v Speaker 2>another pair of teams we think could win the Super

0:48:05.840 --> 0:48:07.319
<v Speaker 2>at least I think the fourth nine is good.

0:48:07.560 --> 0:48:08.120
<v Speaker 1>They're up next.

0:48:19.360 --> 0:48:25.000
<v Speaker 2>Back on NFL Daily. H's some big divisions right off

0:48:25.040 --> 0:48:29.400
<v Speaker 2>the top. We're continuing it on Wednesday. But have we

0:48:29.480 --> 0:48:32.960
<v Speaker 2>got AFC North? I think NFC North North. Okay, But

0:48:33.040 --> 0:48:35.200
<v Speaker 2>we'll have a show in between. More on that later,

0:48:35.360 --> 0:48:38.960
<v Speaker 2>that'll be with Nick Schubb. For now, we're talking about

0:48:39.200 --> 0:48:44.440
<v Speaker 2>a team in the San Francisco forty nine Ers who

0:48:44.680 --> 0:48:49.399
<v Speaker 2>are already practicing like the Rams, like the Seahawks. That's

0:48:49.440 --> 0:48:51.880
<v Speaker 2>giving me joy? What is giving you joy about this

0:48:52.040 --> 0:48:52.799
<v Speaker 2>forty nine ers?

0:48:54.239 --> 0:48:56.440
<v Speaker 4>Remembering that Mike Evans is a forty nine Ers, yes,

0:48:56.719 --> 0:49:00.239
<v Speaker 4>which I know is a sense of really sore point

0:49:00.320 --> 0:49:02.960
<v Speaker 4>for Tampa Bay Buccaneers fans, and I think that's totally

0:49:03.000 --> 0:49:05.520
<v Speaker 4>fair to feel your feelings on that. But watching him

0:49:05.560 --> 0:49:07.759
<v Speaker 4>walk into forty nine Ers camp via social media and

0:49:07.840 --> 0:49:10.600
<v Speaker 4>then some of the practice reports about him, just like

0:49:10.680 --> 0:49:13.640
<v Speaker 4>going up for catches already, and just how he just

0:49:13.760 --> 0:49:16.520
<v Speaker 4>looks like the receiver one there it to me. It

0:49:16.680 --> 0:49:18.480
<v Speaker 4>just makes so much sense to me. And I know

0:49:18.560 --> 0:49:20.720
<v Speaker 4>he's coming off of the collarbone injury.

0:49:20.719 --> 0:49:21.759
<v Speaker 3>I understand all of that.

0:49:22.000 --> 0:49:24.600
<v Speaker 4>But it just brings me joy that they've got a

0:49:24.640 --> 0:49:28.560
<v Speaker 4>bona fide wide receiver one and there's like lore to it,

0:49:28.719 --> 0:49:30.120
<v Speaker 4>and I just think it's going to be a fun

0:49:30.160 --> 0:49:30.640
<v Speaker 4>year for him.

0:49:30.760 --> 0:49:30.960
<v Speaker 8>Yeah.

0:49:31.080 --> 0:49:35.480
<v Speaker 2>The report that like Purty's first deep ball, which omens

0:49:35.719 --> 0:49:38.600
<v Speaker 2>favorite reportedly did not hit on almost at all and

0:49:38.719 --> 0:49:41.560
<v Speaker 2>practices last year, is to Mike Evans and he has

0:49:41.640 --> 0:49:42.480
<v Speaker 2>separation and he.

0:49:42.560 --> 0:49:43.200
<v Speaker 1>Makes the play.

0:49:44.000 --> 0:49:45.520
<v Speaker 3>Omens inside, I'm into it.

0:49:47.160 --> 0:49:49.759
<v Speaker 2>It's very similar to what's bringing me joy about the team,

0:49:49.800 --> 0:49:51.600
<v Speaker 2>which is just that they won't go away. Yeah, that

0:49:51.840 --> 0:49:54.800
<v Speaker 2>they've won twelve games in three the last four years

0:49:54.880 --> 0:49:56.840
<v Speaker 2>and here they are right back. Last year was supposed

0:49:56.840 --> 0:49:58.920
<v Speaker 2>to be a step back and it really wasn't. And

0:49:59.520 --> 0:50:02.840
<v Speaker 2>that the offseason, including Evans, gave me joy, Like I

0:50:03.040 --> 0:50:06.399
<v Speaker 2>just think Evans and then the Osa Odigie Zua trade

0:50:06.520 --> 0:50:09.560
<v Speaker 2>was just exactly what they needed for those just checking in,

0:50:09.640 --> 0:50:11.719
<v Speaker 2>you know, they traded a mid round pick, they got

0:50:11.760 --> 0:50:14.160
<v Speaker 2>these guys. Evans took way less money to play for

0:50:14.239 --> 0:50:16.400
<v Speaker 2>the forty nine and just because he wanted to, and

0:50:16.520 --> 0:50:19.759
<v Speaker 2>they got Odigi Zua for a low pick price, like

0:50:19.840 --> 0:50:22.720
<v Speaker 2>a third round pick, and he's exactly what they needed.

0:50:23.200 --> 0:50:25.840
<v Speaker 2>And they bring back Drake Greenlaw where he belongs, and

0:50:26.200 --> 0:50:29.280
<v Speaker 2>even some of the lottery kind of defensive back tickets

0:50:29.360 --> 0:50:32.319
<v Speaker 2>they bought Jack Jones Nate Hobbs like those makes sense

0:50:32.360 --> 0:50:35.200
<v Speaker 2>to meet Jack Jones in the middle already supposedly a

0:50:35.239 --> 0:50:38.719
<v Speaker 2>two interceptions like tipping passes and stuff at practice. So

0:50:39.080 --> 0:50:41.920
<v Speaker 2>I just think they had a really good offseason, considering

0:50:42.040 --> 0:50:44.720
<v Speaker 2>they were kind of limited by all these big salaries

0:50:44.760 --> 0:50:48.359
<v Speaker 2>at the top of their docket, including Trent Williams who

0:50:48.400 --> 0:50:51.359
<v Speaker 2>got a new deal. I think they really did well.

0:50:51.640 --> 0:50:56.000
<v Speaker 2>That leads me into my most important non quarterback, Nick Bosa. Okay,

0:50:56.440 --> 0:51:00.200
<v Speaker 2>just because he's one of those big salaries, and he

0:51:00.200 --> 0:51:02.080
<v Speaker 2>missed a lot of time in twenty twenty four too,

0:51:03.000 --> 0:51:05.200
<v Speaker 2>and then he missed almost all last year with the

0:51:05.239 --> 0:51:09.399
<v Speaker 2>ACL was the second time. And they just the way

0:51:09.400 --> 0:51:11.440
<v Speaker 2>they're built. I know DIGGI Zoo is going to help

0:51:11.640 --> 0:51:15.520
<v Speaker 2>in the middle, but he's like a second guy, you know,

0:51:15.680 --> 0:51:17.719
<v Speaker 2>like right now, you need four or five guys. I

0:51:17.880 --> 0:51:21.279
<v Speaker 2>just don't think they have enough. But they really don't

0:51:21.320 --> 0:51:26.240
<v Speaker 2>have enough if Nick Bosa isn't like capital Nick Bosa

0:51:26.360 --> 0:51:28.239
<v Speaker 2>one of the five best pass rushers.

0:51:27.880 --> 0:51:28.480
<v Speaker 1>In the NFL.

0:51:29.680 --> 0:51:32.920
<v Speaker 4>The way that they're going to do some of their fronts,

0:51:32.960 --> 0:51:36.280
<v Speaker 4>and reports out of training camp already have have shown

0:51:36.360 --> 0:51:39.440
<v Speaker 4>Raheem Morris mixing with some five man fronts too, and

0:51:39.560 --> 0:51:43.120
<v Speaker 4>so Mikel Williams at some point coming back into full

0:51:43.200 --> 0:51:45.080
<v Speaker 4>speed is going to be really important for them.

0:51:45.160 --> 0:51:48.160
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, the first round pick right now, they actually have

0:51:48.280 --> 0:51:51.000
<v Speaker 2>been using Romelo Height in their starting lineup, a third

0:51:51.080 --> 0:51:51.600
<v Speaker 2>round pick.

0:51:51.520 --> 0:51:51.960
<v Speaker 1>Which I like.

0:51:52.120 --> 0:51:54.200
<v Speaker 4>I like eventually as a little bit of an out

0:51:54.239 --> 0:51:56.120
<v Speaker 4>wider player if they're going to play some of these

0:51:56.160 --> 0:51:58.880
<v Speaker 4>wide five man fronts, because I like him as a

0:51:58.920 --> 0:52:01.360
<v Speaker 4>little bit more of a speed right purely off the

0:52:01.520 --> 0:52:04.439
<v Speaker 4>edge as a rusher, and that sort of goes into

0:52:04.920 --> 0:52:06.840
<v Speaker 4>some of the mix of players that they're gonna have

0:52:06.960 --> 0:52:08.960
<v Speaker 4>along this front. You're right, Nick Bosa has to be

0:52:09.360 --> 0:52:11.640
<v Speaker 4>outstanding for them in order for this to really come

0:52:11.719 --> 0:52:13.600
<v Speaker 4>to life, because you're just looking at when you play

0:52:13.600 --> 0:52:16.239
<v Speaker 4>odd fronds like this, you're looking at mathematical equations and

0:52:16.360 --> 0:52:18.760
<v Speaker 4>how you can be a plus two over someone else's

0:52:18.800 --> 0:52:20.640
<v Speaker 4>blocking plus one or plus one and a half if

0:52:20.680 --> 0:52:22.880
<v Speaker 4>they have a chip. So I really really like what

0:52:23.000 --> 0:52:25.360
<v Speaker 4>they're trying to do. Are they healthy enough to do it?

0:52:25.480 --> 0:52:29.080
<v Speaker 4>Which is why my most important non quarterback is their

0:52:29.120 --> 0:52:31.480
<v Speaker 4>medical staff. Okay, and I know that's a little on

0:52:31.640 --> 0:52:33.320
<v Speaker 4>the nose or tongue in cheek or whatever, but the

0:52:33.360 --> 0:52:35.480
<v Speaker 4>forty nine Ers had the fifth most adjusted games last

0:52:35.520 --> 0:52:38.640
<v Speaker 4>due to injuries in twenty twenty five per FTN Almanac.

0:52:38.880 --> 0:52:41.320
<v Speaker 4>It felt like more because of some of the players

0:52:41.360 --> 0:52:44.920
<v Speaker 4>who were injured. Fred Warner's coming back, which is practice.

0:52:44.960 --> 0:52:47.600
<v Speaker 4>That's another reason for joy overall. If you like football,

0:52:47.680 --> 0:52:50.400
<v Speaker 4>you like watching Fred Warner play football. He's practicing, and

0:52:50.480 --> 0:52:54.560
<v Speaker 4>I think he elevates even a maybe not as explosive

0:52:54.680 --> 0:52:57.600
<v Speaker 4>Dre Greenlaw, who had some flashes when he was healthy

0:52:57.640 --> 0:52:59.920
<v Speaker 4>and then has been dealing obviously with the injuries too.

0:53:01.400 --> 0:53:04.719
<v Speaker 4>George Kittle will obviously at some point be back. We're

0:53:04.760 --> 0:53:07.759
<v Speaker 4>not sure yet about the Australia game. Jake Tanjis would

0:53:07.760 --> 0:53:09.920
<v Speaker 4>back him up at that point. Played well last year,

0:53:10.000 --> 0:53:13.240
<v Speaker 4>got the contract. Nick Bosa, as you mentioned, Mike Evans,

0:53:13.400 --> 0:53:15.879
<v Speaker 4>like I mentioned, is coming off the broken collarbone. Rock

0:53:15.920 --> 0:53:17.879
<v Speaker 4>Perty was banged up through the year and missed games.

0:53:17.960 --> 0:53:20.320
<v Speaker 4>Ricky Pearsall was banged up and missed some time and

0:53:20.400 --> 0:53:23.279
<v Speaker 4>hasn't quite taken that next level yet. Christian McCaffrey is

0:53:23.320 --> 0:53:26.760
<v Speaker 4>thirty years old. Mike Evans is thirty three, Trent Williams

0:53:26.880 --> 0:53:29.480
<v Speaker 4>is what thirty eight, So you're reaching like the end

0:53:29.520 --> 0:53:31.800
<v Speaker 4>of this era and they just keep going. They're like,

0:53:32.360 --> 0:53:36.640
<v Speaker 4>you know, they just keep like respawning essentially, and this

0:53:36.840 --> 0:53:40.400
<v Speaker 4>medical staff, to me, it becomes the most important quarterback

0:53:40.440 --> 0:53:41.200
<v Speaker 4>in this organization.

0:53:41.320 --> 0:53:42.960
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, and it's been rough for a couple of seasons,

0:53:43.000 --> 0:53:45.520
<v Speaker 2>but that staff's been there for a long time and

0:53:46.040 --> 0:53:47.879
<v Speaker 2>it just feels like it's been bad luck.

0:53:47.920 --> 0:53:48.400
<v Speaker 1>But yeah, you may.

0:53:48.480 --> 0:53:50.200
<v Speaker 2>And it's not just the old player like Michael Williams,

0:53:50.239 --> 0:53:52.080
<v Speaker 2>the first round pick who's probably more of like a

0:53:52.200 --> 0:53:55.600
<v Speaker 2>run a run stuffer. They need to they need to

0:53:55.640 --> 0:53:58.480
<v Speaker 2>stay healthy. You're you're absolutely right. My scheme dream is

0:53:58.560 --> 0:54:01.719
<v Speaker 2>gonna be about what you mentioned with Raheem Morris, who

0:54:01.840 --> 0:54:04.280
<v Speaker 2>was great last year and he wasn't calling the plays

0:54:04.480 --> 0:54:07.239
<v Speaker 2>for the Falcons on defense that was Jeff Oulbrook. But

0:54:07.920 --> 0:54:11.000
<v Speaker 2>a creative defensive mind. You know they're going to be

0:54:12.280 --> 0:54:16.040
<v Speaker 2>I want to see what they do to change in general,

0:54:16.280 --> 0:54:18.480
<v Speaker 2>like what do you expect? Do you think they're going

0:54:18.560 --> 0:54:23.720
<v Speaker 2>to be as wild as a Falcons twenty twenty five defense,

0:54:24.360 --> 0:54:27.000
<v Speaker 2>because you do that in part when you don't have

0:54:27.160 --> 0:54:30.520
<v Speaker 2>all the horses and like I said, like I like

0:54:30.600 --> 0:54:34.319
<v Speaker 2>odg Azua and Bosa and everything, but it's it's relatively thin.

0:54:34.440 --> 0:54:36.719
<v Speaker 2>The defensive tackles have a lot to prove outside O

0:54:36.840 --> 0:54:42.040
<v Speaker 2>Digizua and the edges do two and like the secondary's fine,

0:54:42.560 --> 0:54:44.680
<v Speaker 2>but I think this team could use a little uh

0:54:45.440 --> 0:54:47.600
<v Speaker 2>Raheem Morris sprinkling in some creativity.

0:54:47.680 --> 0:54:47.879
<v Speaker 1>Yeah.

0:54:47.920 --> 0:54:50.160
<v Speaker 4>We've talked about this with a couple of other teams

0:54:50.400 --> 0:54:53.080
<v Speaker 4>in our past preview, the Raiders being one of them.

0:54:53.120 --> 0:54:55.000
<v Speaker 4>This is a much more talented defense than that, so

0:54:55.040 --> 0:54:56.839
<v Speaker 4>I don't want to compare them by any means one

0:54:56.880 --> 0:54:58.640
<v Speaker 4>to one here, but I think they're going to need

0:54:58.719 --> 0:55:01.040
<v Speaker 4>some scheme like you mentioned, and I think for Rahee

0:55:01.160 --> 0:55:04.399
<v Speaker 4>Morris again, mixing up with those odd fronts, those five

0:55:04.560 --> 0:55:07.759
<v Speaker 4>extra man fronts are going to look like mixing up

0:55:07.880 --> 0:55:10.560
<v Speaker 4>their secondary a lot, which I think is going to happen.

0:55:11.000 --> 0:55:13.600
<v Speaker 4>You know two players who really took a step forward

0:55:13.680 --> 0:55:15.759
<v Speaker 4>during their rookie seasons last year. One of them is

0:55:15.800 --> 0:55:18.799
<v Speaker 4>going to play up front at knows Alfred Collins for them,

0:55:18.880 --> 0:55:21.360
<v Speaker 4>and he was a factor at times and he is

0:55:21.440 --> 0:55:23.600
<v Speaker 4>expected to be that again. If you're going to play

0:55:23.640 --> 0:55:25.719
<v Speaker 4>those types of fronts, like it really does help to

0:55:25.840 --> 0:55:28.360
<v Speaker 4>have that anchor point where I call it sort of

0:55:28.400 --> 0:55:30.680
<v Speaker 4>the center of the solar system that everything else can

0:55:30.840 --> 0:55:34.560
<v Speaker 4>orbit and rotate in these different rush packages around that player.

0:55:34.960 --> 0:55:37.840
<v Speaker 4>And then upton Stout, who it was bumpy, Let's not

0:55:38.200 --> 0:55:40.440
<v Speaker 4>be you know, incorrect here, Like it was bumpy at

0:55:40.480 --> 0:55:42.600
<v Speaker 4>first as a rookie. He was thrown into it playing

0:55:42.680 --> 0:55:45.640
<v Speaker 4>right away, he's five foot nine, played a lot bigger

0:55:45.719 --> 0:55:48.839
<v Speaker 4>than he actually is, and then really through including through

0:55:48.840 --> 0:55:52.320
<v Speaker 4>the postseason, really really took another step forward. And so

0:55:52.640 --> 0:55:54.800
<v Speaker 4>when you've got Nate Hobbs who's dealing with injuries, and

0:55:54.880 --> 0:55:57.960
<v Speaker 4>Jack Jones, and then you've got like Diamond or Leonard

0:55:58.400 --> 0:56:01.000
<v Speaker 4>who you know should be should be held and playing better,

0:56:01.360 --> 0:56:04.120
<v Speaker 4>like it just it's like to me, they're going to

0:56:04.200 --> 0:56:07.120
<v Speaker 4>mix a lot of their defensive backfield. They're gonna make

0:56:07.200 --> 0:56:09.400
<v Speaker 4>things or try to make things as cloudy as possible

0:56:09.440 --> 0:56:12.160
<v Speaker 4>for the quarterbacks. It's almost like we hope that our

0:56:12.280 --> 0:56:14.879
<v Speaker 4>coverage sets the table a little bit for our rush,

0:56:14.920 --> 0:56:19.000
<v Speaker 4>and eventually our rush when healthy, comes together to help

0:56:19.160 --> 0:56:20.000
<v Speaker 4>the coverage.

0:56:20.040 --> 0:56:21.680
<v Speaker 3>Near the back stretch of the season, when teams are

0:56:21.719 --> 0:56:22.440
<v Speaker 3>going to be trying.

0:56:22.280 --> 0:56:25.520
<v Speaker 2>To throw long on projected starting players in the secondary

0:56:25.640 --> 0:56:28.319
<v Speaker 2>Ronardo Green, second round pick, Gyre Brown, third round pick,

0:56:28.400 --> 0:56:31.319
<v Speaker 2>Malik Mustaffa fourth round pick, Diamino or lador who's been

0:56:31.360 --> 0:56:33.400
<v Speaker 2>there for a while now, fifth round pick, Upton Stout,

0:56:33.480 --> 0:56:36.759
<v Speaker 2>third round pick, Marcus Siegle fifth round pick. They really

0:56:36.840 --> 0:56:40.160
<v Speaker 2>need some young guys to step up and be guys.

0:56:40.480 --> 0:56:44.800
<v Speaker 2>Barnwell did a or no Aaron Schotz did a ranking

0:56:44.880 --> 0:56:47.640
<v Speaker 2>of the best teams in terms of under twenty five talent.

0:56:47.719 --> 0:56:50.239
<v Speaker 2>He had the forty nine ers twenty seventh. I think

0:56:50.280 --> 0:56:52.600
<v Speaker 2>that's instructive, like they're just not a team. They need

0:56:52.719 --> 0:56:54.680
<v Speaker 2>some of these younger guys to get better, although a

0:56:54.719 --> 0:56:57.000
<v Speaker 2>lot of those guys already over twenty five. What do

0:56:57.040 --> 0:56:59.040
<v Speaker 2>you think Kyle's going to do while we're still in scheme?

0:56:59.320 --> 0:57:00.960
<v Speaker 2>Is that where you're looking something on offense?

0:57:01.239 --> 0:57:03.440
<v Speaker 4>Yeah, well I was looking at defense because they were

0:57:03.480 --> 0:57:05.759
<v Speaker 4>twenty seventh in defensive DVOA and to me that's the

0:57:05.840 --> 0:57:08.879
<v Speaker 4>biggest thing they were. What offensive DVOA was number two?

0:57:09.440 --> 0:57:12.520
<v Speaker 1>So I know Kyle doesn't like try to be as like, hey,

0:57:12.680 --> 0:57:13.080
<v Speaker 1>look at.

0:57:13.080 --> 0:57:15.239
<v Speaker 3>Me, and yet he just does what he does.

0:57:15.480 --> 0:57:17.480
<v Speaker 4>That's the thing is, like, you know, I think we've

0:57:17.520 --> 0:57:20.080
<v Speaker 4>been waiting for a long time, or we say we've

0:57:20.120 --> 0:57:22.560
<v Speaker 4>been waiting for a long time about Okay, well, when

0:57:22.640 --> 0:57:26.160
<v Speaker 4>does Christian McCaffrey take less carries and turn more into

0:57:26.240 --> 0:57:27.840
<v Speaker 4>this like respectral receiver.

0:57:28.200 --> 0:57:29.640
<v Speaker 3>They already they already.

0:57:29.320 --> 0:57:32.439
<v Speaker 4>Throw the ball to running backs on thirty percent thirty

0:57:32.480 --> 0:57:35.400
<v Speaker 4>three percent of their of their past plays anyway, So

0:57:35.800 --> 0:57:38.280
<v Speaker 4>that's like, I don't know how much you even want

0:57:38.320 --> 0:57:41.400
<v Speaker 4>to increase that because then it takes balance away elsewhere.

0:57:41.480 --> 0:57:44.000
<v Speaker 4>I think that, like it's again, you're gonna just see

0:57:44.040 --> 0:57:46.360
<v Speaker 4>these guys do what they do. You'll see wrinkles, you'll

0:57:46.360 --> 0:57:49.320
<v Speaker 4>see motion, different wrinkles. I hope you see more of

0:57:49.400 --> 0:57:51.880
<v Speaker 4>a mix at running back because I just think that's

0:57:51.960 --> 0:57:55.840
<v Speaker 4>more sustainable down the stretch. But really, what Kyle Shanahan

0:57:55.920 --> 0:57:59.320
<v Speaker 4>does that is so effective is he takes his elite

0:57:59.360 --> 0:58:03.080
<v Speaker 4>personnel who happened to be a mixture of personnel and

0:58:03.200 --> 0:58:05.360
<v Speaker 4>he moves them all around the field and it just

0:58:05.520 --> 0:58:06.200
<v Speaker 4>it has been the.

0:58:06.200 --> 0:58:06.800
<v Speaker 3>Bread and butter.

0:58:06.880 --> 0:58:10.000
<v Speaker 4>It is hard to defend the quarterback is playing excellent football.

0:58:10.240 --> 0:58:12.840
<v Speaker 4>When you have that combination, I don't think you need

0:58:12.920 --> 0:58:16.480
<v Speaker 4>to like think to overcomplicate it. I think you just

0:58:16.880 --> 0:58:19.479
<v Speaker 4>go do what you do and expect that those guys

0:58:19.480 --> 0:58:20.960
<v Speaker 4>will perform the way that you're used to.

0:58:21.600 --> 0:58:24.080
<v Speaker 2>I hate that McCaffrey had four hundred and thirteen touches

0:58:24.160 --> 0:58:26.320
<v Speaker 2>last year, the most in the NFL, the most he's

0:58:26.360 --> 0:58:28.000
<v Speaker 2>ever had in his career. I just don't think he

0:58:28.080 --> 0:58:30.560
<v Speaker 2>can expect the same season, which is why things go wrong.

0:58:30.600 --> 0:58:32.600
<v Speaker 2>If you they just look old, you know, Yeah, it's

0:58:32.680 --> 0:58:35.280
<v Speaker 2>just a common That's that was my I think the

0:58:35.640 --> 0:58:38.080
<v Speaker 2>roster solid. I really believe in Purty. We haven't talked

0:58:38.120 --> 0:58:40.600
<v Speaker 2>pretty here. We've talked about him before this offseason. I

0:58:40.640 --> 0:58:43.520
<v Speaker 2>think he's a top ten quarterback. But Trent Williams was

0:58:43.840 --> 0:58:46.920
<v Speaker 2>down a little bit last year, not much CMC could

0:58:47.000 --> 0:58:50.480
<v Speaker 2>he feel the impact of last year. Kitt Killy's a

0:58:50.480 --> 0:58:53.160
<v Speaker 2>pretty big deal at his age, you know. Mike Evans

0:58:53.280 --> 0:58:55.320
<v Speaker 2>I believe in, but he is thirty three years old,

0:58:55.400 --> 0:58:56.840
<v Speaker 2>Greenlaw Warner Bosa.

0:58:57.320 --> 0:58:57.640
<v Speaker 1>You know that.

0:58:58.640 --> 0:59:01.040
<v Speaker 2>Add it all up and like and the secondary could

0:59:01.120 --> 0:59:03.280
<v Speaker 2>could get fried a little bit in the back end.

0:59:03.320 --> 0:59:05.360
<v Speaker 2>So that that's to me that if things go wrong

0:59:05.440 --> 0:59:08.120
<v Speaker 2>with a very tough schedule, it goes for the entire division.

0:59:08.200 --> 0:59:10.040
<v Speaker 4>You know, I've talked about the defense a lot. That's

0:59:10.080 --> 0:59:12.960
<v Speaker 4>a big my if things go wrong. They were a

0:59:13.400 --> 0:59:17.080
<v Speaker 4>at times a ledweight. This this offense put some really

0:59:17.200 --> 0:59:20.760
<v Speaker 4>interesting things together with two different quarterbacks. Mac Jones played

0:59:20.800 --> 0:59:24.480
<v Speaker 4>really well. He's still the backup there to me. They've

0:59:24.560 --> 0:59:27.000
<v Speaker 4>reshaped their receivers room a little bit, which is really

0:59:27.040 --> 0:59:29.440
<v Speaker 4>interesting now featuring Christian Kirk, who was sort of.

0:59:29.560 --> 0:59:30.440
<v Speaker 3>In and out of practice.

0:59:30.760 --> 0:59:32.440
<v Speaker 1>He's already and it's going to miss some time.

0:59:32.760 --> 0:59:35.760
<v Speaker 2>I'm not stated while we were taping cap strain, which

0:59:35.800 --> 0:59:37.880
<v Speaker 2>is the worst early Yeah, so that's.

0:59:37.840 --> 0:59:40.080
<v Speaker 4>Terrible, and that kind of we were wondering even if

0:59:40.120 --> 0:59:41.760
<v Speaker 4>he was going to even make this roster because of

0:59:41.800 --> 0:59:43.480
<v Speaker 4>some of the other They still have DeMarcus Robinson on

0:59:43.560 --> 0:59:46.600
<v Speaker 4>the roster. Dejehn Stribbling is someone who you know, the

0:59:46.600 --> 0:59:49.640
<v Speaker 4>middle round pick, your second round pick. He was an

0:59:49.680 --> 0:59:53.440
<v Speaker 4>example of a team going very scheme dominant in their

0:59:53.480 --> 0:59:56.400
<v Speaker 4>evaluation and not looking at the consensus board and not

0:59:56.520 --> 0:59:59.320
<v Speaker 4>looking at all these things. They were literally taking a

0:59:59.440 --> 1:00:02.480
<v Speaker 4>scheme player and taking him where they wanted to take him.

1:00:02.960 --> 1:00:05.400
<v Speaker 2>And that wasn't like Brandon Nayuk. He kind of reminds

1:00:05.480 --> 1:00:07.880
<v Speaker 2>me of Brandon Nayuk when Ayuk was coming out.

1:00:07.800 --> 1:00:10.760
<v Speaker 4>Really interesting, really really interesting player to me. I'm curious

1:00:10.800 --> 1:00:12.560
<v Speaker 4>to see how he does. They are going to need

1:00:12.680 --> 1:00:15.120
<v Speaker 4>him to be a factor early on, and it's sort

1:00:15.120 --> 1:00:17.320
<v Speaker 4>of a rare thing for a rookie receiver to really

1:00:17.400 --> 1:00:19.880
<v Speaker 4>separate in this system. But if he can, if he

1:00:19.920 --> 1:00:22.840
<v Speaker 4>can block, if he can can just sort of be

1:00:22.920 --> 1:00:25.040
<v Speaker 4>fearless across the middle of the field. They got him

1:00:25.120 --> 1:00:27.959
<v Speaker 4>running drift routes already out there, which tells me, which

1:00:28.040 --> 1:00:30.920
<v Speaker 4>tells me something because that's a predominant scheme in that system,

1:00:31.080 --> 1:00:33.720
<v Speaker 4>or predominant concept in that system. I think he's an

1:00:33.760 --> 1:00:36.320
<v Speaker 4>interesting player to watch for me. You heard some buzz

1:00:36.400 --> 1:00:37.520
<v Speaker 4>about him after the fact.

1:00:37.680 --> 1:00:41.080
<v Speaker 1>They need they need some young players to step up.

1:00:41.160 --> 1:00:43.040
<v Speaker 2>He is high on the on the list of possibilities

1:00:43.440 --> 1:00:47.000
<v Speaker 2>floor ceiling as we wrap up, You know, they are

1:00:47.040 --> 1:00:48.840
<v Speaker 2>on my list of teams that can win the Super Bowl.

1:00:49.680 --> 1:00:51.480
<v Speaker 1>But this is not a big three to me.

1:00:51.560 --> 1:00:54.320
<v Speaker 2>It's a pretty big difference between the Rams Seahawks and

1:00:54.400 --> 1:00:56.400
<v Speaker 2>forty nine ers. So the floor is, you missed the playoffs.

1:00:56.440 --> 1:01:00.040
<v Speaker 2>It's a tough schedule and very likely, Like what do

1:01:00.120 --> 1:01:01.640
<v Speaker 2>I give their chances to win the division?

1:01:01.720 --> 1:01:02.280
<v Speaker 1>Let's say.

1:01:03.880 --> 1:01:07.120
<v Speaker 2>Fifteen to twenty percent max, Like, you know, compared to

1:01:07.120 --> 1:01:09.560
<v Speaker 2>the run in three. I mean no, see that's what

1:01:09.600 --> 1:01:12.360
<v Speaker 2>I'm saying. It's like more like one in six to me. Yeah, one,

1:01:12.760 --> 1:01:14.640
<v Speaker 2>And so that means they're all in the NFCS, right,

1:01:14.760 --> 1:01:16.760
<v Speaker 2>So that means you're playing road games in the playoffs.

1:01:16.920 --> 1:01:17.560
<v Speaker 2>Tough place to be.

1:01:17.880 --> 1:01:20.320
<v Speaker 4>Yeah, it's interesting to me they have one. They're one

1:01:20.360 --> 1:01:24.120
<v Speaker 4>of the highest floor teams. We saw what they drop

1:01:24.240 --> 1:01:28.040
<v Speaker 4>off to backup quarterback when things are going well. You know,

1:01:28.280 --> 1:01:31.040
<v Speaker 4>we saw that they're pretty solid. You know, they don't

1:01:31.040 --> 1:01:33.000
<v Speaker 4>have depth, a lot of depth on defense that I

1:01:33.080 --> 1:01:36.080
<v Speaker 4>feel confident in, but on offense, I feel confident that

1:01:36.200 --> 1:01:38.360
<v Speaker 4>this team, based on what we saw last year, is

1:01:38.440 --> 1:01:40.240
<v Speaker 4>going to find a way. So for me, this is

1:01:40.280 --> 1:01:42.880
<v Speaker 4>a super Bowl team at best, really really high floor,

1:01:43.000 --> 1:01:45.200
<v Speaker 4>even playoff team at their worst.

1:01:45.520 --> 1:01:48.720
<v Speaker 2>Okay, we got to start writing these down. You can't

1:01:48.760 --> 1:01:49.800
<v Speaker 2>put everyone in the playoffs.

1:01:49.920 --> 1:01:52.680
<v Speaker 3>But I hear you, oh you can't, weird, Well, we'll

1:01:52.720 --> 1:01:54.400
<v Speaker 3>do that right before the season.

1:01:54.880 --> 1:01:57.560
<v Speaker 2>The Seattle Seahawks will definitely be in the playoffs in

1:01:57.720 --> 1:02:01.680
<v Speaker 2>our projections. What is bringing I need joy about the

1:02:02.160 --> 1:02:06.120
<v Speaker 2>defending Super Bowl champion Seahawks.

1:02:06.360 --> 1:02:07.400
<v Speaker 3>I like their off season.

1:02:07.840 --> 1:02:10.240
<v Speaker 4>I like hearing you know, some of these guys kind

1:02:10.280 --> 1:02:12.520
<v Speaker 4>of go into off season mode and we get to

1:02:12.600 --> 1:02:14.040
<v Speaker 4>learn more about their personalities.

1:02:14.120 --> 1:02:15.920
<v Speaker 3>I like to hear them on podcasts.

1:02:16.000 --> 1:02:20.040
<v Speaker 4>I really got a really really like sort of beam

1:02:20.080 --> 1:02:23.360
<v Speaker 4>of joy listening to Grey's Abel on Chris Lung's podcast

1:02:23.400 --> 1:02:26.200
<v Speaker 4>the other day, just talking about what he learns from

1:02:26.240 --> 1:02:29.200
<v Speaker 4>other teams, what he learns from players. I think they've

1:02:29.240 --> 1:02:32.560
<v Speaker 4>got a real like student mentality on offense and defense

1:02:32.640 --> 1:02:35.880
<v Speaker 4>and special teams in that building coaching staff as well.

1:02:36.000 --> 1:02:38.200
<v Speaker 4>And that's something that really brings me joy, is just

1:02:38.280 --> 1:02:41.040
<v Speaker 4>like listening to him and them in general talk about

1:02:41.040 --> 1:02:41.480
<v Speaker 4>their process.

1:02:41.600 --> 1:02:44.400
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, because they're still like a new team. It's a

1:02:44.440 --> 1:02:46.280
<v Speaker 2>mix of young and old, but a lot of young

1:02:46.320 --> 1:02:49.320
<v Speaker 2>players like Gray's Abel. Let's listen to him on the

1:02:49.440 --> 1:02:52.880
<v Speaker 2>green Light podcast with Chris Long from Yo House Media.

1:02:53.120 --> 1:02:56.000
<v Speaker 7>Well, first off, Kobe Turners like my kryptonite right now

1:02:56.080 --> 1:02:58.560
<v Speaker 7>in the game of football. Like I don't know what

1:02:58.680 --> 1:03:01.720
<v Speaker 7>it is, He's just Scott. My number just works me

1:03:02.040 --> 1:03:06.160
<v Speaker 7>every single game. But it's so cool because, like like

1:03:06.280 --> 1:03:08.040
<v Speaker 7>I said, as much as you want to like hate

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<v Speaker 7>the Rams, like they're all really good dudes across the board,

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<v Speaker 7>and like Kobe for an instance, is like he's out

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<v Speaker 7>there and he just smiles, like he just plays the

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<v Speaker 7>game for the love of the game. He's what makes

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<v Speaker 7>the game fun to play against.

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<v Speaker 2>Defensive blindman Dable has a chance to be one of

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<v Speaker 2>the most dynamic you know, run blocker. His best reps

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<v Speaker 2>last year were just absolutely outrageous. This team kind of

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<v Speaker 2>like grays Abel. It's just like laying in the cut,

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<v Speaker 2>but it's like sneaky dynamic. That's what's bringing me joy

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<v Speaker 2>that we have a super duper power led by Sam Darnold,

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<v Speaker 2>like what in an average offensive line. Like I like

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<v Speaker 2>that different team builds can work, Like this is the

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<v Speaker 2>first defending champion and I went back through this century

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<v Speaker 2>that I was really thinking is like really led by

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<v Speaker 2>defense since the last Seahawks championship and then you have

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<v Speaker 2>to go back to the Bucks and Ravens.

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<v Speaker 1>It's just rare.

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<v Speaker 2>It's a different team build and it's not just like, hey,

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<v Speaker 2>they won one Super Bowl by the numbers like DVOA, Like, yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>that seems a little over its skis, but they had

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<v Speaker 2>them as one of the five best teams in the

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<v Speaker 2>last fifty years, Like they were that good. We had

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<v Speaker 2>two just completely dominant teams last year. One of them

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<v Speaker 2>was the Seahawks, and I just like the idea that

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<v Speaker 2>they kind of follow in the steps of their coach.

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<v Speaker 2>I think that's maybe like why they're a little laying

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<v Speaker 2>it really tim, but it's it's just an incredibly talented

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<v Speaker 2>defense and team in general. That's it's different than the

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<v Speaker 2>superpowers we've seen lately, which are all just offense, offense, offense, quarterback.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, they're a catalyst and that is probably the highest

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<v Speaker 4>compliment I could pay a team or like a team

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<v Speaker 4>build in general, and that they are also forcing people

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<v Speaker 4>to ask the question this offseason of our defense is

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<v Speaker 4>back in charge? Like do they have like the the

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<v Speaker 4>power sword back in their hand?

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<v Speaker 3>Right?

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<v Speaker 4>And I think that maybe it's the slightly different framing

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<v Speaker 4>of the question that's actually accurate. Is I think it's

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<v Speaker 4>more possible to build outlier teams that are led by

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<v Speaker 4>outlier defenses like this when the product of quarterback play

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<v Speaker 4>has really risen to about medium to very good in

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<v Speaker 4>the majority of you know quarterbacks who are starting full time.

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<v Speaker 4>So I think that that also helps it make it

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<v Speaker 4>possible you can focus your attention on really having this

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<v Speaker 4>identity like this. It is possible to build an outlier

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<v Speaker 4>defense that just like kicks doors down and just rex

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<v Speaker 4>people and we'll keep evolving. Like that's one thing. Defense

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<v Speaker 4>is hard to predict year over year. We talk about

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<v Speaker 4>this a lot. You talked about it with Aaron Shotts.

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<v Speaker 4>This is not a defense to me that I worry

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<v Speaker 4>about because they do reflect the head coach, and they

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<v Speaker 4>did not lose, you know, concerning levels of personnel, and

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<v Speaker 4>they have an identity. And even with nickhim and Worry

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<v Speaker 4>starting the year on pup which was out of nowhere,

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<v Speaker 4>the ankle surgery and all of that that he had

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<v Speaker 4>this offseason, I still think that this is a team

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<v Speaker 4>that just knows what it's about and has a philosophy

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<v Speaker 4>a teaching philosophy as well, and it's a really cool

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<v Speaker 4>to watch.

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<v Speaker 1>Could he be the most important non quarterback Emon Worry.

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<v Speaker 2>Because he does help unlock them, not really substituting and

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<v Speaker 2>changing on defense and McDonald, I don't know if it

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<v Speaker 2>was just because he was getting pushed by a reporter.

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<v Speaker 2>It was Greg Bell in Seattle, but he was very

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<v Speaker 2>noncommittal about Emon Worry not just being back for Week one,

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<v Speaker 2>but anytime. But it might have just been mcdonaldant not

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<v Speaker 2>wanting to answer the question, but I do wonder you know,

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<v Speaker 2>if they missed a lot of time, they would really

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<v Speaker 2>miss Nick Invatory.

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<v Speaker 1>I was thinking about him.

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<v Speaker 4>For most personnel neutritarizer, personnel neutralizer, what do you have?

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<v Speaker 4>I actually have je Jeri and Price on there. I

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<v Speaker 4>think that because they lost Kenneth Walker. The thing that

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<v Speaker 4>about running backs is, I know we don't like immediately

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<v Speaker 4>like gasp and clutch our pearls when running backs changed teams.

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<v Speaker 4>We did with Saquon Barkley again outliers. I'm not chasing

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<v Speaker 4>outliers here, chasing the mean, which is usually you can

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<v Speaker 4>get somebody else who can come in and affect the team.

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<v Speaker 4>The thing that does make me concerned and then also

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<v Speaker 4>really I'm curious about I'm not ruling this out at all,

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<v Speaker 4>just very curious about it, is that while Seattle had

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<v Speaker 4>the six best explosive play rate on offense last season,

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<v Speaker 4>and obviously a ton of that was Jackson Smith and Jigba,

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<v Speaker 4>who was phenomenal, they also got a lot of their

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<v Speaker 4>you know, tone setting and evening pace, evening explosives out

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<v Speaker 4>of Kenneth Walker in the run in the pass game,

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<v Speaker 4>So like I've always done explosive plays as ten plus

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<v Speaker 4>ten or more plus ten plus yards run or twenty

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<v Speaker 4>plus yards pass. And he had the sixth highest explosive

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<v Speaker 4>play rate among running backs who caught at least thirty

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<v Speaker 4>passes last season per next Gen. And he was, you know,

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<v Speaker 4>one of the more explosive play creating runners as well

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<v Speaker 4>in the NFL per next Gen. And so I think

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<v Speaker 4>that when you're looking for another place to get those

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<v Speaker 4>explosives from, and Seattle was a very explosive, dominant offense,

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<v Speaker 4>you're looking at the run game, you're looking at what

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<v Speaker 4>Kenjidarian price do. I think he's really really talented. So

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<v Speaker 4>I'm excited to see. But this is exactly where I'm

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<v Speaker 4>looking at, is how can we keep this offense moving?

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<v Speaker 4>We know the defense will sustain. How do we keep

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<v Speaker 4>this offense staying middle to great as they were all

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<v Speaker 4>last season?

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<v Speaker 2>And it was a very inconsistent offense, including in the playoffs,

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<v Speaker 2>Like it wasn't great in the Super Bowl for the

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<v Speaker 2>most part, it wasn't great in that forty nine ers game.

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<v Speaker 2>Like they weren't great down the stretch. They were up

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<v Speaker 2>and down. They were quite good the first half of

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<v Speaker 2>the season, and Donald's talked about that as he still

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<v Speaker 2>is like mad that he didn't play better in the

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<v Speaker 2>Super Bowls, like enjoy it, bro, But to your point, yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>Price didn't profile as like a heavy workload guy. They're

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<v Speaker 2>using him a lot in the passing game in the

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<v Speaker 2>early days of practice, but it's going to be him

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<v Speaker 2>and right now George Hallani is taking all the first

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<v Speaker 2>team reps and so it's going to be maybe Halani

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<v Speaker 2>and Price at the beginning of the season. Zach Sharbon

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<v Speaker 2>he's coming off a torn achilles JSN is my most important.

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<v Speaker 1>Nine quarterbacks well picked because like.

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<v Speaker 2>I really don't have any doubts about him, but he's

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<v Speaker 2>just he's gonna have to be justin Jefferson Jamar Chase

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<v Speaker 2>like year after year, Like if he just continues on

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<v Speaker 2>this pass, he's going to be a Hall of Famer.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, you know, the falloff is just big too.

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<v Speaker 2>Like Rashid Shaheed, I think in year two in this

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<v Speaker 2>system can can help out. And you know, we didn't

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<v Speaker 2>even mention they have a new offensive coordinator and Brian Fleury,

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<v Speaker 2>which is a little bit of a concern. Maybe maybe

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<v Speaker 2>that's part of your scheme dream here, but either way

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<v Speaker 2>with Cooper Cup and Shaheed, it's still a pretty big

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<v Speaker 2>fall off to like weapon two. So JSN just has

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<v Speaker 2>to be that, dude, what is your scheme dream choice?

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, Well, something that we didn't mention enough, well, I

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<v Speaker 4>say we is in like the ecosystem of media in general,

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<v Speaker 4>was that how damn good their special teams was last season?

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<v Speaker 4>They were number two in special teams DVOA. They're coached

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<v Speaker 4>by Surprise A Harba. Jay Harbaugh is their special teams coordinator.

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<v Speaker 3>Here's what they do.

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<v Speaker 4>That is different though about it, and it's it's when

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<v Speaker 4>you have a defensive minded and also defensive play calling

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<v Speaker 4>head coach, as Mike McDonald, is your tendency as a

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<v Speaker 4>you're not in control at all of the offense, which

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<v Speaker 4>is where things may to me a big question mark

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<v Speaker 4>is a later part of the conversation. But you can use,

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<v Speaker 4>or you can decide to weaponize your special teams unit

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<v Speaker 4>in as like an extension of what you do on

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<v Speaker 4>defense and also use it as what you can control

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<v Speaker 4>as a defensive coordinator on offense.

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<v Speaker 3>That's exactly what they did.

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<v Speaker 4>It wasn't just that their their field goal unit was

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<v Speaker 4>great and Michael Dixon had what like ten touchbacks or

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<v Speaker 4>ten inside the twenty punts no touchbacks, which is incredible,

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<v Speaker 4>so consistent and flipping the field for them, but also

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<v Speaker 4>that they were like really aggressive in their returns, in

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<v Speaker 4>their coverage, in their field goal unit defense, they just

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<v Speaker 4>they they were foot on the gas the entire time.

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<v Speaker 4>And to me, that is clearly Mike McDonald and j

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<v Speaker 4>Harbaugh deciding to say, we're not just going to make

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<v Speaker 4>this a neutral phase of our team like most teams

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<v Speaker 4>in the NFL still do, especially after the kickoff rule changed.

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<v Speaker 4>What we're going to do is we're going to use

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<v Speaker 4>this as an extension of our best unit and our

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<v Speaker 4>best phases on the field, our explosive plays on offense.

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<v Speaker 4>So this is an extension the return game obviously an

1:11:18.600 --> 1:11:21.759
<v Speaker 4>extension of that, and then our aggression on defense.

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<v Speaker 3>And that's exactly what they did. That's exactly what this

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<v Speaker 3>special team is.

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<v Speaker 1>Well them a super Bowl.

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<v Speaker 3>It was incredible.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, I don't think they win without It's hard

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<v Speaker 2>to be elite special teams year after year after year,

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<v Speaker 2>although some teams have pulled it off. We'll see if

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<v Speaker 2>the third Harbaugh can do it. I mentioned new offensive

1:11:36.760 --> 1:11:40.400
<v Speaker 2>coordinator Brian Florey, the tight ends coach from the forty

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<v Speaker 2>nine ers, make your rival a little worse. I'm not

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<v Speaker 2>as worried about him as you normally would be. It's

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<v Speaker 2>a third you know, coordinator in three years under Mike McDonald,

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<v Speaker 2>which isn't great because the rest of the staff, their

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<v Speaker 2>run game coordinator, their offensive line coach, they're all still

1:11:55.120 --> 1:12:01.400
<v Speaker 2>in place. Things go wrong if I think the offensive line,

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<v Speaker 2>like their improvement was a little overstated last year. And

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<v Speaker 2>I don't want to get too much into injuries, but

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<v Speaker 2>Charles Cross, you know, Abe Lucas, they've had injuries in

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<v Speaker 2>the past.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, they're a little weak in the middle.

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<v Speaker 2>With Anthony Bradford, like, they were an inconsistent offense, and

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<v Speaker 2>I think that was a reflection of the running game,

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<v Speaker 2>which was inconsistent, which was a reflection of the offensive

1:12:20.720 --> 1:12:21.639
<v Speaker 2>line for the most part.

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<v Speaker 1>Darnold a little bit, you know, has has highs and

1:12:24.360 --> 1:12:25.040
<v Speaker 1>lows two.

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<v Speaker 2>So to me, that's that's where this goes wrong, is

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<v Speaker 2>if the offensive line goes from like inconsistent to kind

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<v Speaker 2>of bad. You know, I think I think there's a

1:12:34.720 --> 1:12:38.519
<v Speaker 2>route that that happens with tough schedule and that you know,

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<v Speaker 2>you're if you're not the tenth offense in the league

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<v Speaker 2>like last if you're suddenly like the seventeenth, and then

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<v Speaker 2>it just it all gets harder for a defense to

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<v Speaker 2>carry you.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, I think variants is things go wrong if if

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<v Speaker 4>the variants, like you sort of have mentioned, dips too

1:12:51.920 --> 1:12:54.080
<v Speaker 4>low on one side of the ball. They were so

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<v Speaker 4>consistent in two of the three phases, defense and special

1:12:57.640 --> 1:13:02.120
<v Speaker 4>teams last year, particularly November onward when special teams really

1:13:02.200 --> 1:13:04.519
<v Speaker 4>took off for them with Rashid Shaheed on the team.

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<v Speaker 4>To me, if they're variant steps too low on offense,

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<v Speaker 4>that's when you start to stumble things compound. That's a

1:13:10.920 --> 1:13:13.160
<v Speaker 4>number of different factors. That could be offensive line that

1:13:13.200 --> 1:13:15.080
<v Speaker 4>could be, what does their run game look like? That

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<v Speaker 4>could be, you know, are the tight ends still playing

1:13:17.800 --> 1:13:19.720
<v Speaker 4>at this high level? That could be can they still

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<v Speaker 4>use all the personnel that they are who are there?

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<v Speaker 4>Can their receivers you know, Cooper Cup had a nice season,

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<v Speaker 4>certainly showed up in big spots down the stretch for them,

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<v Speaker 4>But can they can they continue to sustain behind JSN?

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<v Speaker 4>These are all things where if your variants it is high,

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<v Speaker 4>that's a concern to me. You know, you saw some

1:13:37.640 --> 1:13:40.280
<v Speaker 4>with the offense last year. I don't really have anything

1:13:40.320 --> 1:13:41.880
<v Speaker 4>else that I would be worried about with them.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I mean, look, they I guess the defense wasn't

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<v Speaker 2>always great. The Rams smoked them a couple of times,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, so that's that. I guess that's just a

1:13:51.520 --> 1:13:55.000
<v Speaker 2>very specific we have to beat the Rams and ultimately,

1:13:55.160 --> 1:13:58.200
<v Speaker 2>like our defense lost the battle two straight times at

1:13:58.200 --> 1:14:00.920
<v Speaker 2>the end of the season, they made the big plays

1:14:00.920 --> 1:14:02.800
<v Speaker 2>they won. I just think they just want to be better.

1:14:02.840 --> 1:14:04.320
<v Speaker 2>They don't want to be giving up thirty points a

1:14:04.360 --> 1:14:07.240
<v Speaker 2>game to the Rams. But yeah, it's hard to put calls.

1:14:07.439 --> 1:14:10.320
<v Speaker 3>We see something a little more bespoke from them in those.

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<v Speaker 2>And it won't be until late in the season. That's

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<v Speaker 2>part of the weird schedule.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't like it.

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<v Speaker 2>Seahawks Rams are playing two of the final three weeks

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<v Speaker 2>of the season, so stupid. I know, first games on Christmas.

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<v Speaker 4>Give me one in November, right, Yeah, I hate that

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<v Speaker 4>they don't love football. The schedulement.

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<v Speaker 1>Ceiling.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, Like, I just don't see a world where you

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<v Speaker 2>don't power rank these two teams, the Rams and the

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<v Speaker 2>Seahawks is the best two teams in the league. I

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<v Speaker 2>guess I'm not that creative going into the season. I

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<v Speaker 2>know it's going to change at some point. There will

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<v Speaker 2>be some week obviously where we don't believe that. But

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<v Speaker 2>right now roster schedule, even the biggest Darnold skeptics of

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<v Speaker 2>us have to admit he's fitting nice and comfortably and

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<v Speaker 2>then in a good middle of the NFL. So yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>the floor I think is is that, Yeah, you're playing

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<v Speaker 2>on the road in the in the playoffs because you

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<v Speaker 2>don't win this division that you only you know it's

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<v Speaker 2>a tough schedule. Overall, you win eleven games or something

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<v Speaker 2>like that, you know that you're not like a world beater.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, this is a repeat Super Bowl champion team at

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<v Speaker 4>their best, still a playoff team at their worst.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, So now we get to the part though, where

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<v Speaker 2>you have to make a choice. I'm assuming and I

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<v Speaker 2>don't want to assume. Are you putting the forty nine

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<v Speaker 2>ers third and Cardinals fourth?

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<v Speaker 3>Yes?

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<v Speaker 1>I am too.

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<v Speaker 3>Crazy, crazy how that works. We're both like biting our nails.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know, why do you think about it before?

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<v Speaker 1>Now it's July twenty seven. Why did I assign that?

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<v Speaker 7>I know?

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<v Speaker 1>Why did I assign this?

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<v Speaker 7>Now?

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<v Speaker 1>I want to wait until it's almost this season.

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<v Speaker 2>I'll go Rams in the regular season over the Seahawks.

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<v Speaker 1>That's my choice.

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<v Speaker 4>You if if the Rams, it's the Miles Garret trade.

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<v Speaker 4>To me, it's the quarterback and the Miles Garrett trade.

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<v Speaker 4>And like, let it be known Seahawks fans before you

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<v Speaker 4>come for me. I've been holding it down for Sam

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<v Speaker 4>Darnold on this particular podcast for quite some time, all.

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<v Speaker 3>Right, and I still am.

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<v Speaker 4>It is the trade for the best player in football

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<v Speaker 4>and a quarterback coming off the MVP season for me,

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<v Speaker 4>So I'd put the Rams at one.

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<v Speaker 3>It's tough, the Hawks at one. A ro Matthew Stuffers.

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<v Speaker 2>It's tough to repeat, but it's tough to be where

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<v Speaker 2>the Rams are at, too, which is like the highest

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<v Speaker 2>possible expectations and yet you know you're not coming off

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<v Speaker 2>that win.

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<v Speaker 1>That's that's tough. That's it for the NFC wes.

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<v Speaker 3>We did it, really messing with our cuticles on that one.

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<v Speaker 1>I know, I was like, did why did I? Why

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<v Speaker 1>did I assign in order?

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<v Speaker 3>Now you know how I feel, always subject to change.

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