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What's up, guys, Welcome to the 14 00:00:34,840 --> 00:00:38,839 Speaker 1: Final Drive presented by Mercury Insurance along with Haley Olwood. 15 00:00:38,880 --> 00:00:41,519 Speaker 1: I'm Chris Harry as the Charger skip back in the 16 00:00:41,520 --> 00:00:45,720 Speaker 1: win column over the Bears seventeen sixteen at Soldier Field. 17 00:00:45,720 --> 00:00:48,360 Speaker 1: Haley the first ever win at Soldier Field for the Chargers. 18 00:00:48,440 --> 00:00:49,720 Speaker 1: I saw that I had to do a double take 19 00:00:49,760 --> 00:00:52,599 Speaker 1: the only time they had one in Chicago nineteen seventy 20 00:00:52,600 --> 00:00:55,560 Speaker 1: at Wrigley Field. It's pretty crazy. I mean, obviously, you 21 00:00:55,600 --> 00:00:57,600 Speaker 1: know these are one of those. These are two teams 22 00:00:57,600 --> 00:01:00,480 Speaker 1: that don't meet very often the way it's currently set up. 23 00:01:00,520 --> 00:01:03,440 Speaker 1: Sure every eight years there, you know, every four years 24 00:01:03,440 --> 00:01:07,440 Speaker 1: they alternate who plays home, who plays away. But Soldier Field, though, 25 00:01:07,480 --> 00:01:08,800 Speaker 1: is one of we talked about it, one of those 26 00:01:08,800 --> 00:01:13,720 Speaker 1: super historical kind of football og Mecca stadiums, if you will. 27 00:01:13,720 --> 00:01:15,200 Speaker 1: So it's very cool to kind of go in there 28 00:01:15,240 --> 00:01:17,440 Speaker 1: and get a get a win. And Casey Hayward talked 29 00:01:17,480 --> 00:01:19,160 Speaker 1: about it. He played in the NFC North I think 30 00:01:19,160 --> 00:01:21,760 Speaker 1: four years and he said, you know, it's a hostile environment. 31 00:01:21,760 --> 00:01:23,880 Speaker 1: And those Bears fans they were hot. They were out there, 32 00:01:24,000 --> 00:01:25,560 Speaker 1: they were out there, they were out there, and they 33 00:01:25,560 --> 00:01:27,200 Speaker 1: were a little fired up too. I think there was 34 00:01:27,240 --> 00:01:30,720 Speaker 1: some frustration with their offense only running the ball seven 35 00:01:30,760 --> 00:01:33,320 Speaker 1: times last week. They certainly made up for it, nay, 36 00:01:33,319 --> 00:01:35,679 Speaker 1: almost kind of force fit. David Montgomery I did have 37 00:01:35,680 --> 00:01:39,319 Speaker 1: twenty seven carries something along those lines. They definitely did. 38 00:01:39,640 --> 00:01:42,760 Speaker 1: So if you want to talk about, you know, football 39 00:01:42,800 --> 00:01:45,840 Speaker 1: of the North going through the trenches, that's certainly what 40 00:01:45,880 --> 00:01:48,800 Speaker 1: the Bears did yesterday. These games have been so close. 41 00:01:49,040 --> 00:01:54,000 Speaker 1: We go last week the Titans a yard separated win 42 00:01:54,480 --> 00:02:00,280 Speaker 1: and loss this week and Eddie Pineiro field goal wide left. Yeah, 43 00:02:00,360 --> 00:02:02,640 Speaker 1: not by a lot, not by a lot. Besides the 44 00:02:02,720 --> 00:02:05,440 Speaker 1: game to see this team and we talked about this 45 00:02:05,480 --> 00:02:07,360 Speaker 1: with guys in the locker room. You're gonna hear from Hunter, 46 00:02:07,360 --> 00:02:09,880 Speaker 1: Henry Ray, Shun Jenkins and Roderick team are a little 47 00:02:09,880 --> 00:02:13,760 Speaker 1: bit later, but just to keep fighting, to keep staying 48 00:02:13,840 --> 00:02:16,880 Speaker 1: in the fight and then maybe good things happen and 49 00:02:17,240 --> 00:02:19,359 Speaker 1: it comes down to a play or a missfield goal 50 00:02:19,440 --> 00:02:21,919 Speaker 1: that could maybe flip a season totally. And I think 51 00:02:21,960 --> 00:02:24,480 Speaker 1: that's what was so encouraging yesterday. And that's what Chargers 52 00:02:24,480 --> 00:02:26,840 Speaker 1: head coach Anthony Lynn talked about after the game. They 53 00:02:26,880 --> 00:02:29,520 Speaker 1: found a way to win and that was the story 54 00:02:29,520 --> 00:02:32,600 Speaker 1: of the last three weeks. Where is that fight, you 55 00:02:32,639 --> 00:02:36,320 Speaker 1: know where why can't they come through at the end? 56 00:02:36,360 --> 00:02:38,280 Speaker 1: And he said, they won the fourth quarter and they 57 00:02:38,320 --> 00:02:40,080 Speaker 1: did do that and then they had you know, obviously 58 00:02:40,160 --> 00:02:41,720 Speaker 1: the Bears kind of came back, put a little nice 59 00:02:41,800 --> 00:02:44,280 Speaker 1: drive towards the end of the game. Say what you 60 00:02:44,280 --> 00:02:47,480 Speaker 1: want about the Neil downs and then being able to 61 00:02:47,520 --> 00:02:50,239 Speaker 1: set Pineiro up at that at the forty or whatever's 62 00:02:50,280 --> 00:02:54,320 Speaker 1: Chicago Talk radio handle that. I'm sure they're sure they're 63 00:02:54,320 --> 00:02:57,320 Speaker 1: talking about it today. But this team did. They were 64 00:02:57,360 --> 00:02:59,919 Speaker 1: able to close it out, to find a way to 65 00:03:00,080 --> 00:03:01,839 Speaker 1: win a game, and they did, And I think that's 66 00:03:01,840 --> 00:03:05,440 Speaker 1: just a huge confidence builder, especially and I heard Good 67 00:03:05,440 --> 00:03:08,320 Speaker 1: Morning Football talk about this after what happened in Tennessee, 68 00:03:08,440 --> 00:03:10,400 Speaker 1: because I think so many of us had questions on 69 00:03:10,440 --> 00:03:12,360 Speaker 1: how this team was going to respond, how this team 70 00:03:12,400 --> 00:03:15,040 Speaker 1: was kind of show that resolve, and they certainly did that. 71 00:03:15,200 --> 00:03:17,080 Speaker 1: And they did that all last year, and there's so 72 00:03:17,120 --> 00:03:20,600 Speaker 1: many guys that carry over into this year. So to 73 00:03:20,720 --> 00:03:24,040 Speaker 1: see that fight. It's easy to lose a game and 74 00:03:24,080 --> 00:03:26,919 Speaker 1: be as gutted as you were in Nashville, to be like, oh, man, 75 00:03:27,320 --> 00:03:29,360 Speaker 1: like how do you rebound? How do you get back 76 00:03:29,680 --> 00:03:31,920 Speaker 1: to playing a football game on the road against an 77 00:03:31,919 --> 00:03:34,480 Speaker 1: opponent that needs the game as much as you do 78 00:03:34,560 --> 00:03:37,720 Speaker 1: badly as you do. Yeah, right, So to go into Chicago, 79 00:03:37,840 --> 00:03:39,720 Speaker 1: it's not an easy place to play. We talked about it. 80 00:03:39,880 --> 00:03:41,640 Speaker 1: The crowd was into it. It was a sold out, 81 00:03:41,640 --> 00:03:44,880 Speaker 1: crowded Soldier field. To go in there and just go 82 00:03:45,040 --> 00:03:48,040 Speaker 1: tit for tat with the Bears time of possession, the 83 00:03:48,120 --> 00:03:51,400 Speaker 1: Chargers defense was on the field for thirty eight minutes, 84 00:03:51,440 --> 00:03:54,880 Speaker 1: So those guys deserve a ton of credit for being 85 00:03:54,920 --> 00:03:57,720 Speaker 1: able to hold this Bears team. It's just sixteen points. 86 00:03:57,920 --> 00:03:59,600 Speaker 1: It's so impressive. I mean, and when you look at 87 00:03:59,600 --> 00:04:01,880 Speaker 1: some of the individual performances, you can't talk about this 88 00:04:01,920 --> 00:04:06,240 Speaker 1: game talking without talking about Joey Bosa seven total tackles, 89 00:04:06,440 --> 00:04:09,840 Speaker 1: two sacks, four tackles for lost, three quarterback hits. I mean, 90 00:04:09,880 --> 00:04:11,680 Speaker 1: the guy has an animal out there. And to your 91 00:04:11,680 --> 00:04:14,560 Speaker 1: point of time of possession, when you're out there playing 92 00:04:14,600 --> 00:04:18,560 Speaker 1: for as much as you did, oh like, aren't you tired, 93 00:04:18,720 --> 00:04:22,080 Speaker 1: gas gas? Yes, but he goes one hundred percent. And 94 00:04:22,240 --> 00:04:25,520 Speaker 1: also just to kind of tack onto how we would 95 00:04:25,520 --> 00:04:28,280 Speaker 1: see this team respond from last week this week. I mean, 96 00:04:28,360 --> 00:04:30,800 Speaker 1: Joey kind of mentioned it in the locker room last week. 97 00:04:30,800 --> 00:04:33,360 Speaker 1: This will be a good test. We'll see who's with us, 98 00:04:33,600 --> 00:04:35,479 Speaker 1: who might not be with us? And I think on 99 00:04:35,520 --> 00:04:37,479 Speaker 1: Sunday you saw the fact that this whole Charger's team 100 00:04:37,560 --> 00:04:41,040 Speaker 1: rallied together. Joey basically just a man of his word. 101 00:04:41,360 --> 00:04:44,719 Speaker 1: This week, he was fantastic. Joey Bosa was fantastic in 102 00:04:44,760 --> 00:04:48,040 Speaker 1: this game. He was a monster two sacks, tackles for loss. 103 00:04:48,120 --> 00:04:50,320 Speaker 1: He was all over the field, and I think just 104 00:04:50,440 --> 00:04:53,640 Speaker 1: having Melvin Ingram on the field at the same time 105 00:04:54,160 --> 00:04:56,240 Speaker 1: just helps Joey that much more. I think it does too. 106 00:04:56,279 --> 00:04:58,640 Speaker 1: You get that book, ND, buddy, because obviously he's not 107 00:04:58,720 --> 00:05:01,479 Speaker 1: being double teamed or triple teamed or whatever it is 108 00:05:01,480 --> 00:05:03,719 Speaker 1: when he's flying solo out there. Now you have to 109 00:05:03,800 --> 00:05:06,279 Speaker 1: count for both of them, and they're a force. You know, 110 00:05:06,320 --> 00:05:09,479 Speaker 1: we talk about the AFC West has some dominant pass rushers, 111 00:05:09,480 --> 00:05:12,080 Speaker 1: and those two guys are near the top, if not 112 00:05:12,120 --> 00:05:14,480 Speaker 1: the top of the list. I mean they're they're outstanding. 113 00:05:14,600 --> 00:05:17,320 Speaker 1: And what that defense did yesterday and specifically what Joey 114 00:05:17,360 --> 00:05:20,080 Speaker 1: Bosa did was just incredible. So I had to look 115 00:05:20,160 --> 00:05:23,599 Speaker 1: this up before we got on the Chargers field goal 116 00:05:23,600 --> 00:05:27,400 Speaker 1: block team. The opponent has missed nine field goals this 117 00:05:27,480 --> 00:05:31,600 Speaker 1: year and five extra points. Something's going on. Something's going 118 00:05:31,680 --> 00:05:34,760 Speaker 1: on there. Something is going on, and Hunter alluded to it. 119 00:05:34,760 --> 00:05:37,360 Speaker 1: You're here from Hunter in a minute. He said that 120 00:05:37,440 --> 00:05:40,160 Speaker 1: even the ones that were made today didn't look that great. Huh. 121 00:05:40,279 --> 00:05:42,280 Speaker 1: So there's something going on this specialty. If you got 122 00:05:42,279 --> 00:05:45,360 Speaker 1: to give assistant head coach in special teams coordinator George 123 00:05:45,360 --> 00:05:47,359 Speaker 1: Stewart a ton of credit, a lot of credit, and 124 00:05:47,400 --> 00:05:49,520 Speaker 1: I think they talked about it's that push up front, 125 00:05:49,600 --> 00:05:53,680 Speaker 1: just that pressure that comes on from you know, the 126 00:05:53,760 --> 00:05:56,480 Speaker 1: Chargers team on making those plays that I think for 127 00:05:56,520 --> 00:05:58,720 Speaker 1: a while it was almost this kind of funny joke 128 00:05:58,800 --> 00:06:01,800 Speaker 1: of the Chargers obvious have had struggles in the past 129 00:06:01,839 --> 00:06:04,120 Speaker 1: with kicking, but then it's like or they put in 130 00:06:04,160 --> 00:06:06,480 Speaker 1: like weird voodoo on teams. No, they're just doing a 131 00:06:06,520 --> 00:06:09,599 Speaker 1: really great job at being able to get pressure on 132 00:06:09,720 --> 00:06:12,440 Speaker 1: kickers because we've seen week in and week out, guys 133 00:06:12,480 --> 00:06:15,480 Speaker 1: who are usually automatic, you know, Adam Vanitary week one, 134 00:06:15,520 --> 00:06:17,880 Speaker 1: things like that that just you kind of go, whoa, 135 00:06:17,960 --> 00:06:20,320 Speaker 1: wait a second. And they came up big yesterday because 136 00:06:20,480 --> 00:06:22,880 Speaker 1: Pinier also missed a field goal earlier in the game 137 00:06:22,920 --> 00:06:26,160 Speaker 1: as well, which goes to what you were saying earlier 138 00:06:26,160 --> 00:06:29,280 Speaker 1: about taking taking a knee. Yeah, at a forty one 139 00:06:29,360 --> 00:06:31,160 Speaker 1: yard fieldall as supposed to maybe getting five or six 140 00:06:31,240 --> 00:06:35,000 Speaker 1: yards more. But listen, you take a win anyway you 141 00:06:35,040 --> 00:06:39,440 Speaker 1: can get it. In the NFL. Offensively, Keenan Allen came 142 00:06:39,480 --> 00:06:43,200 Speaker 1: into this game a little injured with the hamstrain play. 143 00:06:43,240 --> 00:06:44,560 Speaker 1: We didn't know if he was even going to play. 144 00:06:44,839 --> 00:06:48,400 Speaker 1: Russell Koon was back, a very welcome site for this 145 00:06:48,480 --> 00:06:52,760 Speaker 1: offensive line. At the same time, the running game under 146 00:06:52,800 --> 00:06:56,480 Speaker 1: forty yards for the fourth straight week. That's something that 147 00:06:57,160 --> 00:07:00,680 Speaker 1: just for time of possession purposes and sustaining dry this 148 00:07:00,760 --> 00:07:03,240 Speaker 1: offense is going to have to sustain drives and keep 149 00:07:03,240 --> 00:07:05,080 Speaker 1: the defense off the fiddle little bit better they are, 150 00:07:05,120 --> 00:07:08,320 Speaker 1: and I mean, Anthony Lenna has talked about playing complimentary football, 151 00:07:08,320 --> 00:07:10,520 Speaker 1: and that is ultimately when you kind of look at 152 00:07:11,080 --> 00:07:14,280 Speaker 1: teams that have great records right now in the NFL, 153 00:07:14,320 --> 00:07:17,000 Speaker 1: there is that balance, there's that ability to find that balance. 154 00:07:17,040 --> 00:07:19,080 Speaker 1: I mean, for Austin Eckler to just have three rushing 155 00:07:19,160 --> 00:07:22,960 Speaker 1: yards yesterday, it's not that's not normal, that's not right. 156 00:07:23,040 --> 00:07:24,920 Speaker 1: And so they definitely do have to get that figured 157 00:07:24,920 --> 00:07:28,000 Speaker 1: out because you also about in terms of time of possession. 158 00:07:28,000 --> 00:07:29,559 Speaker 1: You don't want to keep your defense on the field 159 00:07:29,600 --> 00:07:32,800 Speaker 1: that long. You can't be able to sustain drives. You 160 00:07:32,800 --> 00:07:35,000 Speaker 1: can't do it. Hailey and the weapons that this team 161 00:07:35,120 --> 00:07:39,080 Speaker 1: has Keenan Allen, Mike Williams, Hunter Henry on the outside, 162 00:07:39,080 --> 00:07:41,160 Speaker 1: and then you got Austin who you could line up anywhere, 163 00:07:41,480 --> 00:07:45,000 Speaker 1: Melvin Gordon pro Bowl running back. This team has to 164 00:07:45,000 --> 00:07:47,400 Speaker 1: find balance this back half of the season if they're 165 00:07:47,400 --> 00:07:49,080 Speaker 1: going to have success and make a run at this 166 00:07:49,160 --> 00:07:53,400 Speaker 1: AFC West. Listen at three and five, you still have 167 00:07:53,400 --> 00:07:56,320 Speaker 1: five AFC West games to go. Everybody in the division 168 00:07:56,600 --> 00:08:00,000 Speaker 1: lost on Sunday, so you have five AFC West games 169 00:08:00,000 --> 00:08:02,280 Speaker 1: in front of you. Tough one against the Green Bay 170 00:08:02,280 --> 00:08:04,440 Speaker 1: Packers Sunday, a tough one against the Green Bay Packers 171 00:08:04,480 --> 00:08:07,640 Speaker 1: on Sunday. That now have a pretty formidable defense who 172 00:08:07,680 --> 00:08:10,200 Speaker 1: can get after it, which I think that's sort of 173 00:08:10,240 --> 00:08:13,200 Speaker 1: maybe what's been missing on that teams past couple of years. 174 00:08:13,200 --> 00:08:15,280 Speaker 1: And now you add we'll talk about him this week. 175 00:08:15,320 --> 00:08:17,960 Speaker 1: The Smith brothers, Preston and Zadarius. They're two big free 176 00:08:17,960 --> 00:08:22,040 Speaker 1: agent acquisitions. They can get after it, and so running 177 00:08:22,040 --> 00:08:25,120 Speaker 1: the football pretty much, that's a if you can If 178 00:08:25,160 --> 00:08:27,960 Speaker 1: you can run the football, that'll certainly help you. On Sunday, 179 00:08:28,440 --> 00:08:30,960 Speaker 1: all right, we're gonna hear from Hunter, Henry Ray, Shawn 180 00:08:31,120 --> 00:08:34,640 Speaker 1: Jenkins in Roderick Teamber. Then on the other side, ESPN's 181 00:08:34,720 --> 00:08:37,400 Speaker 1: Eric Williams will join us. We'll talk more about the 182 00:08:37,480 --> 00:08:40,640 Speaker 1: Chargers Week eight win against the Bears. All right, in 183 00:08:40,640 --> 00:08:44,000 Speaker 1: the winning Locker Room, with tight end Hunter Henry as 184 00:08:44,000 --> 00:08:48,800 Speaker 1: the Chargers Winness one seventeen sixteen. Hunter got a double 185 00:08:49,800 --> 00:08:54,520 Speaker 1: Yeah goodness, man, shot, We're every single week is going 186 00:08:54,559 --> 00:08:56,880 Speaker 1: to come down to the wire and that's just the NFL. 187 00:08:57,120 --> 00:09:01,040 Speaker 1: So it went our way this week, and you know, 188 00:09:01,120 --> 00:09:04,079 Speaker 1: it's good to finally taste taste victory after a few weeks. 189 00:09:04,160 --> 00:09:06,439 Speaker 1: I want to get into your game. But at the end, 190 00:09:06,920 --> 00:09:08,440 Speaker 1: when he was about to kick that field goal, what 191 00:09:08,520 --> 00:09:11,040 Speaker 1: was going on on the sidelines? Man, we were all 192 00:09:11,080 --> 00:09:12,800 Speaker 1: just hoping. I remember what it looked at me and 193 00:09:12,960 --> 00:09:15,520 Speaker 1: was like, man, this whole season has been a story 194 00:09:15,520 --> 00:09:19,320 Speaker 1: of one yard and miss kicks, um, and you know, 195 00:09:19,320 --> 00:09:22,120 Speaker 1: we just need a miss kick here, And I was like, yeah, 196 00:09:22,360 --> 00:09:25,280 Speaker 1: I really hope he misses this. Just to see him 197 00:09:25,320 --> 00:09:28,960 Speaker 1: miss it and wow, so much just joy and excitement 198 00:09:29,000 --> 00:09:31,640 Speaker 1: because you put so much into this and hasn't has 199 00:09:31,640 --> 00:09:33,560 Speaker 1: it gone our way in the last couple of weeks. 200 00:09:33,600 --> 00:09:35,880 Speaker 1: So to finally get one to go our way and 201 00:09:36,280 --> 00:09:38,600 Speaker 1: this is big for us. Yeah you said it, it 202 00:09:38,600 --> 00:09:41,160 Speaker 1: hasn't gone your way. But to come off of such 203 00:09:41,200 --> 00:09:43,840 Speaker 1: a painful loss last week and to come on the road, 204 00:09:43,920 --> 00:09:46,560 Speaker 1: I guess a really good Bears team A really good defense. 205 00:09:46,840 --> 00:09:48,880 Speaker 1: What does it say about just the fight that you 206 00:09:48,920 --> 00:09:52,240 Speaker 1: guys have we get here? Yeah, you know, I really 207 00:09:52,240 --> 00:09:56,199 Speaker 1: thought defensively and special teams wise, I mean, those guys 208 00:09:56,200 --> 00:10:00,760 Speaker 1: played unreal, tremendous. It was really fun to watch those guys. 209 00:10:00,920 --> 00:10:03,680 Speaker 1: You know, Offensive, we had spurts where we were good. 210 00:10:03,840 --> 00:10:05,559 Speaker 1: We all, I think we were you know all as 211 00:10:05,559 --> 00:10:08,800 Speaker 1: a receiving corps. We had mistakes where we messed out. 212 00:10:08,840 --> 00:10:12,120 Speaker 1: We had drops and you know, just big, big mistakes, uh, 213 00:10:12,679 --> 00:10:15,640 Speaker 1: that you can't have and uh, you know, we need 214 00:10:15,640 --> 00:10:17,240 Speaker 1: to be better. And I think we're not running the 215 00:10:17,280 --> 00:10:20,520 Speaker 1: football still and that that's tough, but um, you know 216 00:10:20,559 --> 00:10:22,520 Speaker 1: we're It's it's good to finally just get a win, 217 00:10:22,679 --> 00:10:24,199 Speaker 1: you know. Yeah, I was gonna say he isn't a 218 00:10:24,240 --> 00:10:25,800 Speaker 1: good just go through things like, hey, you realize you 219 00:10:25,880 --> 00:10:28,400 Speaker 1: have to run the football, but you're figuring things out 220 00:10:28,440 --> 00:10:30,560 Speaker 1: in a win. Yeah, yeah, yeah, you know it. It 221 00:10:30,600 --> 00:10:33,320 Speaker 1: makes it a little bit better watching film, you know 222 00:10:33,360 --> 00:10:36,280 Speaker 1: and going through it. It's like, all right, we won, 223 00:10:37,200 --> 00:10:39,240 Speaker 1: and uh you can look at things, you look at 224 00:10:39,240 --> 00:10:41,400 Speaker 1: things through a different little lens, but you know, we 225 00:10:41,480 --> 00:10:44,240 Speaker 1: still know offensive, we need to be better. Four for 226 00:10:44,240 --> 00:10:46,200 Speaker 1: forty seven for you today and you were about a 227 00:10:46,280 --> 00:10:49,360 Speaker 1: yard from ended it. Yeah, I was on the sidelines. 228 00:10:49,440 --> 00:10:51,520 Speaker 1: I saw you. What were the emotions when when you 229 00:10:51,600 --> 00:10:53,520 Speaker 1: knew you were that close to maybe getting that first down? 230 00:10:53,679 --> 00:10:56,800 Speaker 1: I was all, I was all out, all in on that. Uh, 231 00:10:57,200 --> 00:10:58,679 Speaker 1: just trying to get it and just give it my 232 00:10:58,720 --> 00:11:03,360 Speaker 1: all and uh golly to be whatever it is like 233 00:11:03,400 --> 00:11:06,360 Speaker 1: an ancher or whatever, half of half a yard short. 234 00:11:07,640 --> 00:11:09,760 Speaker 1: I mean, I was just I was devastating because I 235 00:11:09,760 --> 00:11:11,920 Speaker 1: really wanted to end it there and I really gave 236 00:11:12,000 --> 00:11:14,480 Speaker 1: him all. So I was pretty I was pretty not 237 00:11:14,640 --> 00:11:18,439 Speaker 1: upsetting myself last three games. Man, You've been really the 238 00:11:18,480 --> 00:11:21,680 Speaker 1: offenses run through you essentially to come back from that 239 00:11:21,720 --> 00:11:24,160 Speaker 1: injury and then kind of not miss a beat. How 240 00:11:24,160 --> 00:11:26,640 Speaker 1: does that feel? It feels good. Feels good. Um, you know, 241 00:11:26,640 --> 00:11:29,280 Speaker 1: I worked my tail off all off season and then 242 00:11:29,520 --> 00:11:31,679 Speaker 1: you know, throughout this rehab early on in the season 243 00:11:31,760 --> 00:11:33,760 Speaker 1: just to get back and so that I could, you know, 244 00:11:34,080 --> 00:11:37,000 Speaker 1: be a factor when I got back. You know, you know, 245 00:11:37,040 --> 00:11:39,440 Speaker 1: I just I propped myself on trying to be consistent 246 00:11:39,480 --> 00:11:41,160 Speaker 1: for this team, and you know, I want to be 247 00:11:41,200 --> 00:11:43,000 Speaker 1: here for these guys, and so I just try to 248 00:11:43,000 --> 00:11:44,880 Speaker 1: give them all every time I'm out there, a nice 249 00:11:44,880 --> 00:11:46,360 Speaker 1: shot in the yard for this team to get a 250 00:11:46,400 --> 00:11:49,240 Speaker 1: win green Bay next week. But before you even think 251 00:11:49,280 --> 00:11:52,720 Speaker 1: about Green Bay, just regrouping and getting back to what 252 00:11:52,920 --> 00:11:54,680 Speaker 1: you guys are so good at last. You're winning those 253 00:11:54,679 --> 00:11:57,640 Speaker 1: close games and then stringing a little run together here. Yeah, 254 00:11:57,679 --> 00:12:01,160 Speaker 1: we need that obviously very important, big big games ahead. 255 00:12:01,760 --> 00:12:04,280 Speaker 1: We have really good teams. But you know, to start 256 00:12:04,280 --> 00:12:06,360 Speaker 1: a streak, you need one. You know, you gotta you gotta, 257 00:12:06,400 --> 00:12:08,880 Speaker 1: you gotta have one. You know. Obviously you can look 258 00:12:08,920 --> 00:12:10,679 Speaker 1: back and be like, oh, I don't even have had 259 00:12:10,720 --> 00:12:13,200 Speaker 1: this one or whatever, but you know, forget it. Uh, 260 00:12:13,240 --> 00:12:14,440 Speaker 1: you know, I think we have a lot of mentally 261 00:12:14,480 --> 00:12:16,480 Speaker 1: tough guys in here. We've had a lot of injuries, um, 262 00:12:17,440 --> 00:12:19,920 Speaker 1: and so you know, we just keep fighting, uh, keep 263 00:12:19,960 --> 00:12:22,440 Speaker 1: plugging away and you know and trying to beat our 264 00:12:22,440 --> 00:12:24,560 Speaker 1: best next week. Just last thing, because you said it, 265 00:12:24,840 --> 00:12:28,640 Speaker 1: just keep fighting. Last week it was a yard, it 266 00:12:28,720 --> 00:12:30,800 Speaker 1: was wide left. Today. I mean, we were talking about 267 00:12:30,800 --> 00:12:33,240 Speaker 1: one play that decides a game. So just to have 268 00:12:33,320 --> 00:12:36,360 Speaker 1: that positive mindset, that positive attitude, Hey we fight, good 269 00:12:36,360 --> 00:12:39,199 Speaker 1: things can happen. Yeah. Yeah, it's uh, you know, you 270 00:12:39,280 --> 00:12:41,120 Speaker 1: never know when it's gonna be that play. And I 271 00:12:41,120 --> 00:12:43,320 Speaker 1: think there's place throughout the game too that are you know, 272 00:12:43,400 --> 00:12:45,719 Speaker 1: maybe one play that's big that we need to make too, 273 00:12:46,080 --> 00:12:49,160 Speaker 1: um to maybe not put us ourselves in that position. 274 00:12:49,280 --> 00:12:53,160 Speaker 1: But obviously, you know, our field goal block team, goodness, 275 00:12:53,160 --> 00:12:56,679 Speaker 1: they're obviously one of the best in the league because, 276 00:12:56,920 --> 00:12:59,240 Speaker 1: I mean, week after week, dudes are missing kicks. Got 277 00:12:59,240 --> 00:13:01,840 Speaker 1: missed two today and really it's been happening all year 278 00:13:01,920 --> 00:13:03,880 Speaker 1: and the other two are I mean they're gimmes, but 279 00:13:03,920 --> 00:13:06,920 Speaker 1: they didn't look great. Uh So, you know, I don't 280 00:13:06,920 --> 00:13:08,880 Speaker 1: think it's just the kickers. I think it's our field 281 00:13:08,880 --> 00:13:11,080 Speaker 1: goal block team and our special teams. Uh, you know, 282 00:13:11,160 --> 00:13:13,800 Speaker 1: doing a great job. Team win. Thanks. I don't appreciate it, man. 283 00:13:13,880 --> 00:13:17,040 Speaker 1: Thanks man, We're gonna win the locker room Ray Shawn 284 00:13:17,160 --> 00:13:19,880 Speaker 1: Jenkins as the Chargers up's up get a big win 285 00:13:19,960 --> 00:13:22,640 Speaker 1: against Chicago Bears. You guys were just run the field 286 00:13:22,640 --> 00:13:24,600 Speaker 1: for a long time. Man, you guys are bawling. Oh yeah, Man, 287 00:13:24,640 --> 00:13:26,400 Speaker 1: appreciate it, man. That's I mean, that's what we try 288 00:13:26,480 --> 00:13:29,120 Speaker 1: to you know, uh, get going before we even came 289 00:13:29,120 --> 00:13:30,520 Speaker 1: in here. Man, just just get back to how we 290 00:13:30,600 --> 00:13:33,520 Speaker 1: used to play, you know, um, continue to just set 291 00:13:33,559 --> 00:13:36,320 Speaker 1: that standard and you know, you know, bring guys along, 292 00:13:37,000 --> 00:13:38,560 Speaker 1: you know. And I was just you know, the main 293 00:13:38,600 --> 00:13:40,719 Speaker 1: focus of this week and just getting back on the 294 00:13:40,720 --> 00:13:42,440 Speaker 1: track as a football team. You held this team to 295 00:13:42,480 --> 00:13:45,679 Speaker 1: sixteen points. You knew they had seven total Russias last week. 296 00:13:45,679 --> 00:13:47,240 Speaker 1: You knew they were gonna try to run to football, 297 00:13:48,080 --> 00:13:50,360 Speaker 1: but you guys still it seemed like they would get 298 00:13:50,360 --> 00:13:52,600 Speaker 1: a player two but they were never really in sick. 299 00:13:52,600 --> 00:13:54,800 Speaker 1: You guys kind of kept them kind of jumbled a 300 00:13:54,840 --> 00:13:56,240 Speaker 1: little bit all day. All day, I would say, so, 301 00:13:56,320 --> 00:13:58,959 Speaker 1: I would say so, Um, I would say that I 302 00:13:59,000 --> 00:14:01,760 Speaker 1: feel like they did a good job of managing their offense. Um, 303 00:14:01,800 --> 00:14:04,920 Speaker 1: you know, uh, controlling what they could could control. Sure, 304 00:14:05,240 --> 00:14:07,160 Speaker 1: and um you know, just like you said, they did 305 00:14:07,160 --> 00:14:08,880 Speaker 1: try to come in here and dominate us in the run, 306 00:14:08,920 --> 00:14:10,720 Speaker 1: but we you know, we held our own. You know, 307 00:14:10,760 --> 00:14:14,000 Speaker 1: they had one, um I want to say, like fifty 308 00:14:14,040 --> 00:14:16,120 Speaker 1: yard runs. Sure, But besides that, I feel like we 309 00:14:16,520 --> 00:14:19,120 Speaker 1: contained them pretty well. Yeah, you bottled them up. What 310 00:14:19,200 --> 00:14:23,280 Speaker 1: was the key to kind of keeping Tribisky off schedule? Man? 311 00:14:23,400 --> 00:14:25,560 Speaker 1: Just throwing you know, just getting back to our fundament, 312 00:14:25,680 --> 00:14:27,280 Speaker 1: was throwing some stuff at him, you know that that 313 00:14:27,280 --> 00:14:29,400 Speaker 1: that he probably hadn't really seen or you know, seen 314 00:14:29,480 --> 00:14:32,440 Speaker 1: from a previous team. Um, just stuff like that. You know, 315 00:14:32,480 --> 00:14:34,680 Speaker 1: it's just different ways you gain playing different kind of guys. 316 00:14:34,920 --> 00:14:37,080 Speaker 1: You know, we felt like that was gonna be you know, 317 00:14:37,280 --> 00:14:39,840 Speaker 1: uh how we're gonna kind of manipulate him this week. 318 00:14:39,880 --> 00:14:42,480 Speaker 1: So but in my opinion, credit goes to him. I 319 00:14:42,520 --> 00:14:44,520 Speaker 1: feel like he did a good job. Yeah. It came 320 00:14:44,520 --> 00:14:46,640 Speaker 1: back down to their field though, team it did, Yeah 321 00:14:46,640 --> 00:14:48,680 Speaker 1: it did. And you know, this was a complete team 322 00:14:48,680 --> 00:14:50,480 Speaker 1: where just talking to Hunter, he's like the defense and 323 00:14:50,560 --> 00:14:53,440 Speaker 1: special teams picked us up today even though you know 324 00:14:53,440 --> 00:14:55,960 Speaker 1: Austin had that big touchdown, Mell got in the end zone. 325 00:14:56,240 --> 00:14:58,840 Speaker 1: But talk about the team win, the team aspects, all 326 00:14:58,880 --> 00:15:01,200 Speaker 1: three phases getting in the You know what I felt today, man? 327 00:15:01,320 --> 00:15:03,360 Speaker 1: Just energy. Man. I just felt that energy from play 328 00:15:03,440 --> 00:15:06,640 Speaker 1: one to play however many plays we played, it was there. Yeah. Man, 329 00:15:06,680 --> 00:15:08,360 Speaker 1: I just felt that energy. I felt like God just 330 00:15:08,440 --> 00:15:11,080 Speaker 1: wanted it. And don't get me wrong, I feel like 331 00:15:11,120 --> 00:15:13,840 Speaker 1: guys wanted every Sunday. But it was just that extra 332 00:15:13,880 --> 00:15:15,800 Speaker 1: you know, that extra something today and it was just 333 00:15:16,160 --> 00:15:17,720 Speaker 1: and it was just great to see and just great 334 00:15:17,720 --> 00:15:20,120 Speaker 1: to just just be a part of what was going 335 00:15:20,120 --> 00:15:22,480 Speaker 1: through your mind. When he lined up to kick that 336 00:15:22,480 --> 00:15:24,800 Speaker 1: field goal. Man, I was just like fire off the ball, 337 00:15:24,800 --> 00:15:27,800 Speaker 1: a thousand miles of fire. Man. Hopefully his eye catches 338 00:15:27,840 --> 00:15:30,280 Speaker 1: my body, you know, or something like that, Just something 339 00:15:30,280 --> 00:15:32,520 Speaker 1: to throw him off a little bit. And I feel 340 00:15:32,560 --> 00:15:34,920 Speaker 1: like I got especially in the belly the middle of 341 00:15:34,920 --> 00:15:38,440 Speaker 1: our field goal block unit, Derek, Man, they're they're they're 342 00:15:38,440 --> 00:15:40,680 Speaker 1: doing a really good job this year. Um. I want 343 00:15:40,720 --> 00:15:42,480 Speaker 1: to say, that's like nine or ten misuses kicks from 344 00:15:42,480 --> 00:15:46,200 Speaker 1: field goal kickers against our field goal unit. Something's going on. Yeah, yeah, yeah, 345 00:15:46,200 --> 00:15:48,120 Speaker 1: So so, I mean we're doing some special there, and 346 00:15:48,720 --> 00:15:53,560 Speaker 1: you know, it definitely helped us today finally to lose 347 00:15:53,680 --> 00:15:56,040 Speaker 1: the way you guys lost last week and then come back. 348 00:15:56,360 --> 00:15:58,040 Speaker 1: We'll just say about the group of guys you got 349 00:15:58,080 --> 00:16:00,400 Speaker 1: in this slack round now, we just have a different mindset. 350 00:16:00,560 --> 00:16:02,640 Speaker 1: We have a different mindset. Man. We don't let stuff 351 00:16:02,680 --> 00:16:06,040 Speaker 1: dwell on us. Um, we don't uh, you know, we 352 00:16:06,200 --> 00:16:09,400 Speaker 1: don't see anything about the past, you know, just like 353 00:16:09,840 --> 00:16:11,840 Speaker 1: Field says Man. Just new beginning, the new beginning, the 354 00:16:11,880 --> 00:16:13,880 Speaker 1: new beginning, every day, every day, every day. So we 355 00:16:13,960 --> 00:16:15,720 Speaker 1: do a good job with that, just staying you know, 356 00:16:15,880 --> 00:16:19,280 Speaker 1: kind of inside the bunker. And keeping um just keeping 357 00:16:19,280 --> 00:16:21,760 Speaker 1: the crowd news out. Yeah. Good play right back too, right? 358 00:16:21,800 --> 00:16:23,840 Speaker 1: Oh yeah, man, great playing right back. It's always great 359 00:16:23,880 --> 00:16:26,720 Speaker 1: with a dub. Absolutely, rayhel Jake is always appreciate it, man, Yeah, 360 00:16:26,720 --> 00:16:30,280 Speaker 1: I appreciate Chris all right. Big time defensive effort from 361 00:16:30,280 --> 00:16:32,280 Speaker 1: the Chargers as they beat the Bears here and Soldier 362 00:16:32,320 --> 00:16:36,040 Speaker 1: Field in the locker room with Roger, teamer Roger described 363 00:16:36,040 --> 00:16:39,440 Speaker 1: that victory Manum, I mean, it's really exciting for us. 364 00:16:40,120 --> 00:16:42,400 Speaker 1: We needed it. We had a couple of games that 365 00:16:42,440 --> 00:16:44,200 Speaker 1: were close. I mean, I believe all the games that 366 00:16:44,240 --> 00:16:46,640 Speaker 1: we lost we by less than seven points or something 367 00:16:46,680 --> 00:16:48,920 Speaker 1: like that. So we really needed a victory. We needed 368 00:16:48,960 --> 00:16:50,960 Speaker 1: something to go our way. However, you can get it, 369 00:16:51,000 --> 00:16:53,080 Speaker 1: you take it and try to build off of no doubt. 370 00:16:53,280 --> 00:16:56,040 Speaker 1: And for you, I feel like each and every game 371 00:16:56,040 --> 00:16:58,880 Speaker 1: you get more comfortable playing at the NFL level. Does 372 00:16:58,880 --> 00:17:01,240 Speaker 1: it feel that way to you most? And I credited 373 00:17:01,240 --> 00:17:03,960 Speaker 1: all that to my coaches and teammates. I started off 374 00:17:04,040 --> 00:17:06,760 Speaker 1: rough my first start, blowing some coverages and things like that, 375 00:17:07,040 --> 00:17:09,080 Speaker 1: but they stuck with me, and they understood and they 376 00:17:09,119 --> 00:17:12,320 Speaker 1: worked with me. My teammates always encourage me. Coaches always 377 00:17:12,359 --> 00:17:14,520 Speaker 1: encourage me. So I'm only gonna keep getting better and 378 00:17:14,560 --> 00:17:16,639 Speaker 1: I'm gonna keep improving for this team. Ray sew And 379 00:17:16,760 --> 00:17:18,800 Speaker 1: I just talked to him, and you knew the Bears 380 00:17:18,840 --> 00:17:20,359 Speaker 1: were gonna come in here try to run the football. 381 00:17:20,359 --> 00:17:22,280 Speaker 1: They only ran the seven times last week. What was 382 00:17:22,320 --> 00:17:24,600 Speaker 1: the game plan going into this Sunday against the Bears. 383 00:17:24,800 --> 00:17:26,680 Speaker 1: We need to stop the run, We need to be physical. 384 00:17:26,840 --> 00:17:29,560 Speaker 1: We knew that their offense was under some heat and 385 00:17:29,600 --> 00:17:32,200 Speaker 1: under some criticism, so obviously the things that they were 386 00:17:32,240 --> 00:17:34,399 Speaker 1: being criticized about they're gonna try to change for the 387 00:17:34,400 --> 00:17:36,600 Speaker 1: next game. And running the ball was one of those things. 388 00:17:36,640 --> 00:17:38,480 Speaker 1: Taking some deep shots down the fields one of those things. 389 00:17:38,520 --> 00:17:41,440 Speaker 1: So coming into the game, we knew what tispect when 390 00:17:41,440 --> 00:17:44,600 Speaker 1: you see last week and the difficult loss and to 391 00:17:44,720 --> 00:17:47,840 Speaker 1: come back and it's just a play here or there 392 00:17:48,040 --> 00:17:50,440 Speaker 1: that can really decide a game. And they really changed 393 00:17:50,480 --> 00:17:53,080 Speaker 1: the season. So do you feel like coming off a 394 00:17:53,119 --> 00:17:55,240 Speaker 1: win like this it can really kind of set the 395 00:17:55,280 --> 00:17:57,679 Speaker 1: course for the rest of the twenty nineteen Definitely. I 396 00:17:57,720 --> 00:18:00,439 Speaker 1: mean it gets frustrated and you try too, but it 397 00:18:00,440 --> 00:18:03,280 Speaker 1: gets frustrated when you have closed games that you just 398 00:18:03,320 --> 00:18:05,600 Speaker 1: can't seem to figure out. So I mean, like I said, 399 00:18:05,960 --> 00:18:08,160 Speaker 1: for this t happen for us. You know, we take 400 00:18:08,200 --> 00:18:10,080 Speaker 1: wins any kind of we can get him in his league. 401 00:18:10,080 --> 00:18:12,760 Speaker 1: Every every team is great. Yeah, you know, some teams 402 00:18:12,800 --> 00:18:16,240 Speaker 1: just execute better than others. So we're excited about this 403 00:18:16,280 --> 00:18:17,959 Speaker 1: and we definitely want to build up on it. What 404 00:18:18,000 --> 00:18:20,080 Speaker 1: can you guys do to build off it with Green 405 00:18:20,119 --> 00:18:24,800 Speaker 1: Bay next up at home? Get another win. That's the 406 00:18:24,840 --> 00:18:26,280 Speaker 1: only way you can build off of a win is 407 00:18:26,280 --> 00:18:29,480 Speaker 1: to get another win, ye, Roger team or appreciate your time, man, 408 00:18:29,560 --> 00:18:33,040 Speaker 1: Thank you? All right, We now bring in Eric Williams 409 00:18:33,280 --> 00:18:36,880 Speaker 1: ESPN and Eric Haley and I shared our thoughts at 410 00:18:36,880 --> 00:18:40,879 Speaker 1: the top your reaction to the win in Chicago. I 411 00:18:40,960 --> 00:18:44,720 Speaker 1: think it's like a shooter going through a slump where 412 00:18:44,720 --> 00:18:46,720 Speaker 1: they just haven't seen the ball going to the NAT 413 00:18:47,359 --> 00:18:49,720 Speaker 1: and like once you actually see it go to then 414 00:18:49,880 --> 00:18:52,040 Speaker 1: maybe that gives you a little more confidence. I think 415 00:18:52,040 --> 00:18:54,040 Speaker 1: the Chargers need to see like a w in the 416 00:18:54,080 --> 00:18:58,560 Speaker 1: win calm, no matter how ugly it was, and certainly 417 00:18:59,600 --> 00:19:04,240 Speaker 1: it was pretty um you know at Chicago, but but 418 00:19:04,359 --> 00:19:06,919 Speaker 1: being able to get that win and try to build 419 00:19:07,040 --> 00:19:10,480 Speaker 1: sustain ful amentum off of that, I think it's important 420 00:19:11,480 --> 00:19:14,520 Speaker 1: and I think you know, any win as a confidence booster, 421 00:19:15,080 --> 00:19:17,879 Speaker 1: just because it's so hard to get them in the league. Um, 422 00:19:18,040 --> 00:19:20,800 Speaker 1: so sending out three and five, I think there there's 423 00:19:20,920 --> 00:19:23,399 Speaker 1: there are two games back of Kansas City, which is 424 00:19:24,000 --> 00:19:28,600 Speaker 1: a little surprising, but you know, you have the Packers 425 00:19:28,600 --> 00:19:31,160 Speaker 1: coming in town, and Packers are playing lights out right now, 426 00:19:31,200 --> 00:19:33,639 Speaker 1: so it's certainly going to be a daunting task for 427 00:19:33,680 --> 00:19:36,880 Speaker 1: them to try to get ready to face Aaron Rodgers 428 00:19:36,880 --> 00:19:39,480 Speaker 1: and what the Packers are going to bring. One of 429 00:19:39,480 --> 00:19:41,680 Speaker 1: the things, obviously Coachlynn talked about after the game were 430 00:19:41,680 --> 00:19:43,199 Speaker 1: some things that need to get corrected, and one of 431 00:19:43,200 --> 00:19:45,240 Speaker 1: them is running the football. So when you talk about 432 00:19:45,280 --> 00:19:47,679 Speaker 1: the Packers coming in they now, as I mentioned earlier 433 00:19:47,680 --> 00:19:50,480 Speaker 1: with Chris, have a pretty formidable defense. How do they 434 00:19:50,520 --> 00:19:54,359 Speaker 1: rectify that and get that going? Well? That was one 435 00:19:54,400 --> 00:19:56,920 Speaker 1: of the promising things I thought that came out of 436 00:19:57,359 --> 00:20:00,320 Speaker 1: that game was Melbourne is finally kind of it's like 437 00:20:00,440 --> 00:20:04,000 Speaker 1: himself late that that run, that touchdown run is like, 438 00:20:04,119 --> 00:20:07,680 Speaker 1: oh okay, that's that's the melting we know. Um and 439 00:20:07,720 --> 00:20:10,000 Speaker 1: I think you know, Melvin's kind of talked about it. 440 00:20:10,160 --> 00:20:13,840 Speaker 1: He needs more carries in order to get a rhythm 441 00:20:14,280 --> 00:20:16,880 Speaker 1: at going you know, week in and week out, and 442 00:20:16,920 --> 00:20:19,679 Speaker 1: so to me that was like a positive sign for 443 00:20:19,720 --> 00:20:22,760 Speaker 1: the running game that that explosive run just because we 444 00:20:22,800 --> 00:20:25,879 Speaker 1: haven't haven't seen any of them Um, and so maybe 445 00:20:25,880 --> 00:20:28,800 Speaker 1: that's something that he can kind of latch onto through 446 00:20:28,840 --> 00:20:31,639 Speaker 1: the week and put in this memory bank and it'll 447 00:20:31,640 --> 00:20:34,639 Speaker 1: help him get going in the following week. So the 448 00:20:34,680 --> 00:20:36,720 Speaker 1: other thing, I was just doing a little bit of research. 449 00:20:36,880 --> 00:20:39,920 Speaker 1: I'm doing a story on Hunter Henry Um. They've they've 450 00:20:40,040 --> 00:20:43,440 Speaker 1: ran two tight insets are more than two tight ends 451 00:20:43,480 --> 00:20:46,800 Speaker 1: just nineteen times total in the last three weeks since 452 00:20:46,840 --> 00:20:49,440 Speaker 1: Henrys them back, So they haven't used a lot of 453 00:20:49,520 --> 00:20:51,880 Speaker 1: too tight in sent now. They haven't been very successful 454 00:20:51,960 --> 00:20:54,240 Speaker 1: running the football when they when they've ran those, but 455 00:20:54,720 --> 00:20:56,560 Speaker 1: it seemed like last year when they were running the 456 00:20:56,560 --> 00:21:00,199 Speaker 1: football effectively, they were using too tight insets to to 457 00:21:00,200 --> 00:21:02,600 Speaker 1: be able to set the edge and spring Melvine loose 458 00:21:03,000 --> 00:21:05,600 Speaker 1: on the outside. And I'm interested if maybe they try 459 00:21:05,640 --> 00:21:07,200 Speaker 1: to do that a little bit more, because now they 460 00:21:07,240 --> 00:21:10,199 Speaker 1: have the depth to be able to do that. They 461 00:21:10,200 --> 00:21:12,280 Speaker 1: need to run the football though, they need to create 462 00:21:12,320 --> 00:21:16,120 Speaker 1: some type of balance and so defenses just can't pin 463 00:21:16,240 --> 00:21:19,359 Speaker 1: their ears back and come after Philip and so The 464 00:21:19,440 --> 00:21:22,800 Speaker 1: other thing I thought from the game was I thought 465 00:21:22,840 --> 00:21:25,560 Speaker 1: Russell Olson played pretty well. I was surprised at how 466 00:21:25,560 --> 00:21:29,240 Speaker 1: well he played, to be honest, and it was a 467 00:21:30,160 --> 00:21:32,840 Speaker 1: It was a difference because Philip has a lot of 468 00:21:32,880 --> 00:21:36,200 Speaker 1: time back there to throw and looks more comfortable than 469 00:21:36,200 --> 00:21:39,080 Speaker 1: he had in Weeks passed, and so, um, maybe with 470 00:21:39,200 --> 00:21:41,760 Speaker 1: Russell in there, the protection is a little better and 471 00:21:41,840 --> 00:21:44,120 Speaker 1: now you can run the football a little more authority 472 00:21:44,160 --> 00:21:46,680 Speaker 1: than you have in weeks pass Eric. I think that's 473 00:21:46,680 --> 00:21:48,920 Speaker 1: going to have to be a priority on Sunday with 474 00:21:49,480 --> 00:21:52,320 Speaker 1: an offense like Green Base coming to town. You can't 475 00:21:52,440 --> 00:21:54,639 Speaker 1: have your defense on the field for thirty eight minutes 476 00:21:54,680 --> 00:21:57,800 Speaker 1: against the Packers. And rarely do you win games in 477 00:21:57,800 --> 00:22:01,040 Speaker 1: the NFL with the time of possession at lopsided. So 478 00:22:01,359 --> 00:22:03,840 Speaker 1: they're gonna have to make a concerted effort to run 479 00:22:03,880 --> 00:22:07,159 Speaker 1: the football and keep Aaron Rodgers off the field and 480 00:22:07,240 --> 00:22:09,040 Speaker 1: more than twelve attempts. I think it's gonna have to 481 00:22:09,080 --> 00:22:11,879 Speaker 1: do it. Yeah, I've seen that movie before because I've 482 00:22:11,920 --> 00:22:14,240 Speaker 1: covered Green Bay a lot in the path during my time, 483 00:22:14,280 --> 00:22:17,560 Speaker 1: and I covered Seattle, and that's that's not a recipe 484 00:22:17,600 --> 00:22:21,000 Speaker 1: for success. You don't want to seventy eighty plays to 485 00:22:21,119 --> 00:22:24,240 Speaker 1: run offense. So yeah, you are gonna have to kind 486 00:22:24,240 --> 00:22:26,120 Speaker 1: of play keep away a little bit. And one thing 487 00:22:26,160 --> 00:22:29,280 Speaker 1: you do that is by sustaining drives and creating balance 488 00:22:29,320 --> 00:22:31,720 Speaker 1: and running football. But like Phillip says, you also have 489 00:22:31,800 --> 00:22:34,040 Speaker 1: to score points because the pastors are going to put 490 00:22:34,040 --> 00:22:35,800 Speaker 1: points in the board, so you're gonna have to match. 491 00:22:36,560 --> 00:22:38,119 Speaker 1: You know, if they get seven, you're gonna have to 492 00:22:38,160 --> 00:22:41,159 Speaker 1: go get seven. The other thing with with Aaron, and 493 00:22:41,200 --> 00:22:43,439 Speaker 1: I think the charges are set up pretty good for 494 00:22:43,480 --> 00:22:45,840 Speaker 1: this is you need to be able to get pressure 495 00:22:45,840 --> 00:22:49,000 Speaker 1: with four guys at front. You really can't blitz Aaron 496 00:22:49,080 --> 00:22:51,159 Speaker 1: because he sees it so quick and he's able to 497 00:22:51,160 --> 00:22:54,240 Speaker 1: get to his hot routes and those end up turning 498 00:22:54,240 --> 00:22:56,840 Speaker 1: in the explosive game. So when I covered the sea 499 00:22:56,880 --> 00:22:59,639 Speaker 1: offs and once that was the defensive coordinator, he had 500 00:22:59,680 --> 00:23:03,320 Speaker 1: a lot of success and getting four rushers and for 501 00:23:03,400 --> 00:23:05,639 Speaker 1: the charges that would beat Joey Melvin obviously, and then 502 00:23:05,760 --> 00:23:07,560 Speaker 1: make sure they're getting the push up front and then 503 00:23:07,600 --> 00:23:10,840 Speaker 1: playing coverage behind that and keeping all those those guys 504 00:23:10,880 --> 00:23:12,680 Speaker 1: in front of them so they don't give a blot 505 00:23:12,720 --> 00:23:14,639 Speaker 1: explosive play. Well, do you have a guy who knows 506 00:23:14,640 --> 00:23:16,960 Speaker 1: Aaron Rodgers pretty well. And Casey Hayward back there too, 507 00:23:17,600 --> 00:23:19,639 Speaker 1: you do, And I think Casey's going to be a 508 00:23:19,720 --> 00:23:22,840 Speaker 1: key because, like he said, he's practiced against them day 509 00:23:22,880 --> 00:23:24,720 Speaker 1: and in, day out when he was there in Green Bay, 510 00:23:24,840 --> 00:23:28,560 Speaker 1: and knows Aaron's tendencies and what he likes to lean 511 00:23:28,600 --> 00:23:30,360 Speaker 1: on in terms of bread and butter plays. So I'm 512 00:23:30,400 --> 00:23:34,040 Speaker 1: sure coaches will be in case He's will have Casey 513 00:23:34,160 --> 00:23:36,920 Speaker 1: talking this week and try to give them a little 514 00:23:36,920 --> 00:23:40,720 Speaker 1: bit of insight too. Eric, you mentioned getting to Rogers 515 00:23:40,720 --> 00:23:43,000 Speaker 1: with four. It's early in the week obviously, but I'm 516 00:23:43,040 --> 00:23:45,200 Speaker 1: interested to see whether or not we're gonna get Justin 517 00:23:45,240 --> 00:23:48,399 Speaker 1: Jones and Brandon me being back. Not having those guys 518 00:23:48,600 --> 00:23:51,160 Speaker 1: over the last two weeks obviously another hit to the defense. 519 00:23:51,200 --> 00:23:54,200 Speaker 1: But they held their own, they did, and give credit 520 00:23:54,240 --> 00:23:56,159 Speaker 1: to the guys that were replacing them, you know, Damien 521 00:23:56,200 --> 00:23:59,440 Speaker 1: Squaire and Jerry Tillery, that's Investor Williams played a lot, 522 00:23:59,560 --> 00:24:03,520 Speaker 1: you know, making thirty snaps something like that. So those 523 00:24:03,520 --> 00:24:05,320 Speaker 1: guys held their own in there, although you know, they 524 00:24:05,320 --> 00:24:07,560 Speaker 1: did give up over one hundred and fifty rushing yards 525 00:24:07,640 --> 00:24:10,520 Speaker 1: and that was one of the reasons why the Bears 526 00:24:10,640 --> 00:24:13,800 Speaker 1: had so many snaps is because the Charger struggles getting 527 00:24:13,800 --> 00:24:15,840 Speaker 1: off the field and third down and that's been an 528 00:24:15,880 --> 00:24:18,080 Speaker 1: issue for them all season. I think they're one of 529 00:24:18,080 --> 00:24:20,359 Speaker 1: the worst teams in turns the third down defense, and 530 00:24:20,440 --> 00:24:24,800 Speaker 1: that's one of the things that the building blocks that 531 00:24:25,119 --> 00:24:28,040 Speaker 1: Bradley kind of looks towards in terms of defense, you know, 532 00:24:28,080 --> 00:24:33,040 Speaker 1: point scored third down defense and takeaways, and so that's 533 00:24:33,040 --> 00:24:36,040 Speaker 1: something that they need to to fix and get better at. 534 00:24:36,520 --> 00:24:39,959 Speaker 1: But I do think overall, the two d tackles that 535 00:24:40,359 --> 00:24:42,679 Speaker 1: were in there did a solid job, and I think 536 00:24:42,760 --> 00:24:44,920 Speaker 1: in particular, they did a pretty good job of pushing 537 00:24:44,920 --> 00:24:48,159 Speaker 1: the pocket so botha and Ingram could get help. Speaking 538 00:24:48,160 --> 00:24:50,239 Speaker 1: of one half of those guys, Joey Bosa, I mean, 539 00:24:50,280 --> 00:24:52,320 Speaker 1: we talked about him last week in the kind of 540 00:24:52,320 --> 00:24:54,440 Speaker 1: performance that he put up in Tennessee, and he did 541 00:24:54,440 --> 00:24:59,040 Speaker 1: it again. And it's kind of cool when we watched 542 00:24:59,119 --> 00:25:01,720 Speaker 1: Joey play and then we look at the Niner stats 543 00:25:01,720 --> 00:25:03,680 Speaker 1: and what Nick's doing right now. I just think it's 544 00:25:03,680 --> 00:25:07,080 Speaker 1: so awesome to watch these two brothers play at such 545 00:25:07,080 --> 00:25:10,160 Speaker 1: a high level. But just what impresses you about Joey 546 00:25:10,200 --> 00:25:11,840 Speaker 1: and what even what he was able to do this 547 00:25:11,880 --> 00:25:14,679 Speaker 1: past Sunday, Eric, before you answer that, did you envision 548 00:25:14,800 --> 00:25:17,119 Speaker 1: Nick having a better game than Joey because that was 549 00:25:17,119 --> 00:25:21,200 Speaker 1: hard to believe. I watched the interception on our plane 550 00:25:21,200 --> 00:25:23,840 Speaker 1: as weird before we took off. It was like, dude, 551 00:25:23,880 --> 00:25:26,960 Speaker 1: Joey just had an incredible game and his brother one 552 00:25:27,040 --> 00:25:30,160 Speaker 1: up to him in the one o'clock window. Yeah, I'd 553 00:25:30,160 --> 00:25:32,200 Speaker 1: like to see what their chats like, you know, and 554 00:25:32,280 --> 00:25:34,320 Speaker 1: they're going back and forth because I'm sure there's some 555 00:25:34,359 --> 00:25:37,400 Speaker 1: smack talking going on between the boat the brothers because 556 00:25:38,080 --> 00:25:39,919 Speaker 1: they seem to be trying to one up each other. 557 00:25:39,960 --> 00:25:42,000 Speaker 1: It's like, Okay, you got two sacks, Well I'm gonna 558 00:25:42,000 --> 00:25:45,240 Speaker 1: get you know, three sacks in an interception or whatever 559 00:25:45,680 --> 00:25:49,119 Speaker 1: Nick did in the game after Joey's I think the 560 00:25:49,160 --> 00:25:51,479 Speaker 1: one thing that stands out though for Joey for me, 561 00:25:51,520 --> 00:25:55,000 Speaker 1: and I think coach Winn said it is his unselfishness. 562 00:25:56,000 --> 00:25:57,840 Speaker 1: We know he can get after the pastor I mean, 563 00:25:57,880 --> 00:25:59,760 Speaker 1: that's kind of what he's known for and that's kind 564 00:25:59,800 --> 00:26:03,240 Speaker 1: of what he's always working on. But really the reason 565 00:26:03,280 --> 00:26:06,920 Speaker 1: why the defense has been successful is because his willingness 566 00:26:06,640 --> 00:26:10,200 Speaker 1: to play the run as well as you know, going 567 00:26:10,280 --> 00:26:13,680 Speaker 1: after the quarterback, and he's just made plays where he's 568 00:26:13,680 --> 00:26:15,919 Speaker 1: just like wow, like how did he do that? Like 569 00:26:16,240 --> 00:26:19,000 Speaker 1: the one play where Trubisky I think, kept it on 570 00:26:19,000 --> 00:26:23,600 Speaker 1: the option and Joey did his assignment, read it perfectly 571 00:26:23,960 --> 00:26:26,679 Speaker 1: and him them up made an open field tackle. It 572 00:26:26,680 --> 00:26:29,960 Speaker 1: gets a pretty good athlete as a defensive end. It's 573 00:26:30,040 --> 00:26:32,360 Speaker 1: those kind of plays that have really been standing out 574 00:26:32,480 --> 00:26:36,920 Speaker 1: to me. Not necessarily you know, the facts, which you expect. 575 00:26:37,000 --> 00:26:40,480 Speaker 1: It's been those tackles for loss on running plays where 576 00:26:40,600 --> 00:26:43,800 Speaker 1: he doesn't make that tackle. It could be explosive games. 577 00:26:44,359 --> 00:26:46,920 Speaker 1: If the record was flipped, if the charges were five 578 00:26:46,960 --> 00:26:49,880 Speaker 1: and three instead of three and five, this guy would 579 00:26:49,920 --> 00:26:52,720 Speaker 1: be maybe the leader for defensive Players of the Year. 580 00:26:52,720 --> 00:26:55,280 Speaker 1: I think. Yeah, you know, for a lot of different reasons, 581 00:26:55,280 --> 00:26:58,040 Speaker 1: he's probably not getting the recognition he deserves right now. 582 00:26:58,640 --> 00:27:00,560 Speaker 1: But you know, that's the way the league works. You know, 583 00:27:00,640 --> 00:27:03,880 Speaker 1: you have to win games in order for your top 584 00:27:03,920 --> 00:27:07,520 Speaker 1: players to shine. And that's why his brother is getting 585 00:27:07,560 --> 00:27:09,280 Speaker 1: a lot of shine right now because the team that 586 00:27:09,320 --> 00:27:11,359 Speaker 1: he plays on is undefeated and they're playing at a 587 00:27:11,400 --> 00:27:14,320 Speaker 1: really high level right now. But things could change. You know, 588 00:27:14,400 --> 00:27:17,600 Speaker 1: we're halfway through the season. You know, it's a sixteen 589 00:27:17,640 --> 00:27:21,400 Speaker 1: game schedule, and it always fluctuates a week to week 590 00:27:21,440 --> 00:27:23,560 Speaker 1: in terms of what teams are having success and what 591 00:27:23,600 --> 00:27:26,120 Speaker 1: teams are struggling. So who knows what's going to happen 592 00:27:26,160 --> 00:27:28,680 Speaker 1: four weeks from now. Maybe that narrative changes a little bit. 593 00:27:28,960 --> 00:27:33,360 Speaker 1: Hopefully that narrative does change. But regardless, again, his rookie year, 594 00:27:33,480 --> 00:27:36,240 Speaker 1: Chargers won five and eleven. That guy didn't play four 595 00:27:36,280 --> 00:27:38,360 Speaker 1: games and he's still walked out with defensive for three 596 00:27:38,359 --> 00:27:42,960 Speaker 1: of the years. Bosas have an impact in this league, yeah, 597 00:27:43,040 --> 00:27:45,960 Speaker 1: no doubt. I mean talented players, both of them. And again, 598 00:27:46,000 --> 00:27:49,280 Speaker 1: I think it's cool that there's that compettion competition between 599 00:27:49,320 --> 00:27:52,480 Speaker 1: the two brothers that that serves as motivation along with 600 00:27:52,520 --> 00:27:55,600 Speaker 1: everything else that they used to kind of motivate themselves 601 00:27:55,600 --> 00:27:58,080 Speaker 1: on a daily basis. Are a couple of quick ones 602 00:27:58,119 --> 00:28:00,480 Speaker 1: for you, Hilly and I talked about this. The top 603 00:28:01,080 --> 00:28:04,480 Speaker 1: opponents have missed nine field goals and five extra points 604 00:28:04,520 --> 00:28:08,720 Speaker 1: this year. I guess the Chargers what's going on. I 605 00:28:08,800 --> 00:28:12,680 Speaker 1: have no idea, but Daniel Popper Pop has been kind 606 00:28:12,680 --> 00:28:15,760 Speaker 1: of from the athletic updat me weekly on what's going 607 00:28:15,840 --> 00:28:18,040 Speaker 1: on with that, and it's been fun to kind of 608 00:28:18,040 --> 00:28:21,199 Speaker 1: just look at that because it's so weird. Now you know, 609 00:28:21,600 --> 00:28:25,280 Speaker 1: past win rightly, you know, it's taken some of the 610 00:28:25,320 --> 00:28:28,760 Speaker 1: credit for that based on you know, the the field 611 00:28:28,760 --> 00:28:32,280 Speaker 1: goal blocking it and their ability to put pressure on kickers, 612 00:28:32,920 --> 00:28:36,359 Speaker 1: and it does seem like that's having an effect. But 613 00:28:36,480 --> 00:28:39,200 Speaker 1: other than that, I mean, you know, I think guys 614 00:28:39,200 --> 00:28:43,200 Speaker 1: are just missing for whatever reason. And you'll take it, 615 00:28:43,400 --> 00:28:46,720 Speaker 1: right I mean, this is a team that in the past, 616 00:28:46,760 --> 00:28:51,320 Speaker 1: as we've seen, have struggled with their kicking situations. So 617 00:28:52,240 --> 00:28:55,160 Speaker 1: if you're the Chargers, you like the fact that you know, 618 00:28:55,360 --> 00:28:59,000 Speaker 1: it's kind of working your way in terms of opposing kickers. 619 00:28:59,320 --> 00:29:04,960 Speaker 1: It hasn't resulted in enough win unfortunately, but it did 620 00:29:05,000 --> 00:29:08,200 Speaker 1: result in the win, you know, in Chicago, and I 621 00:29:08,200 --> 00:29:11,000 Speaker 1: don't know if it's you know, the wind just kicked 622 00:29:11,080 --> 00:29:14,960 Speaker 1: up a little bit narrow, But if you the Charger, 623 00:29:15,000 --> 00:29:17,320 Speaker 1: you'll take it. Yep. Eric will get you out here 624 00:29:17,320 --> 00:29:19,880 Speaker 1: on this. Three to five is not where this team 625 00:29:20,040 --> 00:29:23,680 Speaker 1: wanted to be at the midway point. Silver Lining though 626 00:29:23,680 --> 00:29:25,680 Speaker 1: we keep talking about the fact that they've only had 627 00:29:25,760 --> 00:29:28,960 Speaker 1: one division game. You got five games left to go 628 00:29:29,520 --> 00:29:33,360 Speaker 1: with AFC West opponents Packers a tough one Sunday, but 629 00:29:33,400 --> 00:29:35,480 Speaker 1: there's still a lot to be played for the entire division. 630 00:29:35,520 --> 00:29:38,760 Speaker 1: Loss on Sunday, Yeah, so everybody kind of came back 631 00:29:38,800 --> 00:29:42,320 Speaker 1: to them a game. I think the Charges are two 632 00:29:42,360 --> 00:29:45,320 Speaker 1: games back the Chiefs, is that correct? The Chiefs are 633 00:29:45,320 --> 00:29:48,120 Speaker 1: five and three now after so and they played the 634 00:29:48,200 --> 00:29:51,400 Speaker 1: Chiefs twice and like you said, they have five games 635 00:29:51,440 --> 00:29:55,920 Speaker 1: total and a US still remaining. So you still have 636 00:29:55,960 --> 00:29:58,240 Speaker 1: a chance. You know, even though you haven't played well 637 00:29:58,280 --> 00:30:00,880 Speaker 1: the first half of the season, you're gonna get some 638 00:30:01,000 --> 00:30:04,440 Speaker 1: guys back in terms of you know, playmakers like Derwin 639 00:30:04,600 --> 00:30:09,080 Speaker 1: James and Adrian Phillips and and Michael Badgeley there goes. 640 00:30:09,120 --> 00:30:11,880 Speaker 1: They're gonna eventually get healthy and and that will help 641 00:30:12,000 --> 00:30:16,040 Speaker 1: your depth and just add um pieces, particularly in the 642 00:30:16,080 --> 00:30:17,480 Speaker 1: defense side of the wall where you're just playing a 643 00:30:17,520 --> 00:30:20,040 Speaker 1: lot of young guys there. It'd be nice for Death 644 00:30:20,080 --> 00:30:23,040 Speaker 1: to have some of those veterans back. Um, So you 645 00:30:23,040 --> 00:30:25,080 Speaker 1: still have a lot of things to play for and 646 00:30:25,120 --> 00:30:28,760 Speaker 1: that should motivate, you know, the guys. But this is 647 00:30:28,760 --> 00:30:30,920 Speaker 1: a big game on Sunday. Um, you know, people are 648 00:30:30,920 --> 00:30:33,200 Speaker 1: gonna be paying attention to this game because Daron Rodgers 649 00:30:33,480 --> 00:30:36,240 Speaker 1: nationally and I think if you're Philip Rivers and the 650 00:30:36,280 --> 00:30:37,800 Speaker 1: rest of that group. You want to come out and 651 00:30:38,320 --> 00:30:42,320 Speaker 1: have a good shilling. The biggest stat from Monday, Haley 652 00:30:42,360 --> 00:30:44,360 Speaker 1: and I are both very proud of Eric Williams gets 653 00:30:44,360 --> 00:30:50,760 Speaker 1: his first eat with the dub. That's what we care about. 654 00:30:50,800 --> 00:30:53,040 Speaker 1: Here on the final drive, Eric, so I could I 655 00:30:53,080 --> 00:30:55,480 Speaker 1: could have that? I got the monkey off my back. Finally, 656 00:30:56,000 --> 00:31:01,520 Speaker 1: finally I did I did you win? Yeah, let's listen 657 00:31:01,560 --> 00:31:03,760 Speaker 1: to Eric Williams guaranteeing the win right here on the 658 00:31:03,760 --> 00:31:07,520 Speaker 1: final drive. You know, I'm just hoping for a win 659 00:31:08,160 --> 00:31:12,560 Speaker 1: so I can be on the podcast and no head 660 00:31:12,600 --> 00:31:15,920 Speaker 1: you on after a win. Yeah, you know, I'm saying 661 00:31:15,920 --> 00:31:18,600 Speaker 1: it right now. Chargers are going to beat the Bears. 662 00:31:18,720 --> 00:31:21,000 Speaker 1: There you go. Okay, just putting that out there. Good. 663 00:31:21,960 --> 00:31:24,480 Speaker 1: So there you go, buddy, you guaranteed it. What do 664 00:31:24,480 --> 00:31:26,360 Speaker 1: you got for us this week? You got anything? We 665 00:31:26,520 --> 00:31:28,360 Speaker 1: just want to keep it, keep your keep your cards 666 00:31:28,400 --> 00:31:30,960 Speaker 1: close on a Monday, I'm going to keep it close 667 00:31:31,040 --> 00:31:34,360 Speaker 1: to that. You know, still early in the week. You know, 668 00:31:34,400 --> 00:31:37,760 Speaker 1: I did what I did last week, and and I 669 00:31:37,920 --> 00:31:41,160 Speaker 1: was fortunate enough that the Chargers came through. But I 670 00:31:41,200 --> 00:31:43,160 Speaker 1: don't know if I'll be making any more guarantees for 671 00:31:43,160 --> 00:31:45,400 Speaker 1: the rest of the year. Okay, that's fair enough. That's 672 00:31:45,440 --> 00:31:48,480 Speaker 1: fair enough. Eric Williams ESPN on the final drive, he 673 00:31:48,560 --> 00:31:52,120 Speaker 1: joins us every post game. Always appreciate your time, buddy, 674 00:31:52,160 --> 00:31:54,200 Speaker 1: and look forward to seeing you the facility this week. 675 00:31:54,600 --> 00:31:56,959 Speaker 1: Sure it sounds good. Thanks for having guys, I appreciate it.