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Speaker 1: Let's go another edition of the NFL Report, James Palmer,

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Speaker 1: Steve Whitch with you. We have a ton of guests, Steve,

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Speaker 1: because it's a Thursday, right Alex high Smith, the pass

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Speaker 1: rusher for the Steelers, will join us for an entire segment.

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Speaker 1: We'll also have Bobby Slowick. You don't know the name,

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Speaker 1: you should, it's the Texans offensive coordinator and he's running

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Speaker 1: one of the most interesting offenses in all of football.

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Speaker 1: We'll also have Baldi's breakdowns. It's Baldi's favorite films. It's

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Speaker 1: every Thursday, as well as the coach Leslie Fraser talking

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Speaker 1: about some rookie.

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Speaker 2: Quarterbacks as well on the show.

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Speaker 1: I'm not gonna mess around though, Steve, because this show's loaded,

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Speaker 1: and let's jump right into what we got going.

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Speaker 2: Starting off, what do we have.

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Speaker 3: Day JP Each Thursday, you'd like to break out popcorn

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Speaker 3: for Baldy's favorite.

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Speaker 2: Films, I do.

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Speaker 3: You may want to like, get the popcorn ready now,

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Speaker 3: because whereas the rest of the sports media world is

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Speaker 3: talking about their mid season awards, we're gonna have some

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Speaker 3: some We're gonna use ours who used the first half

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Speaker 3: of the season to set the stage to win the awards.

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Speaker 3: We're gonna be talking about people who are off the

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Speaker 3: grid right now who could end up winning the awards.

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Speaker 4: It's going to be hot stuff. Everybody love it.

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Speaker 3: So we're gonna call this the unusual suspect jap here

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Speaker 3: we go out of the gate, all right, which team

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Speaker 3: that we don't suspect is going to make a playoff push?

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Speaker 2: I'm going to go with the Denver Broncos.

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Speaker 1: I know it sounds crazy starting one in five, and

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Speaker 1: you look at the schedule that they have, but I

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Speaker 1: look at what they've done each of the last three weeks,

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Speaker 1: turned to corner defensively. Since Week five, they probably have

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Speaker 1: the best red zone defense in all of football. And

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Speaker 1: we saw the formula that Sean Payton wants to use

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Speaker 1: in their last game right here against the Kansas City Chiefs.

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Speaker 2: They were able to run.

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Speaker 1: The football effectively, put Russell Wilson in situations to succeed

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Speaker 1: in the red zone, throwing three touchdown passes on just

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Speaker 1: nineteen passes, getting after the quarterback four turnovers. I do

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Speaker 1: think something could be brewing here with the Denver Broncos.

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Speaker 3: All Right, I like it, you know, I actually was

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Speaker 3: gonna go with the Denver Broncos. I looked at their schedule,

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Speaker 3: didn't love it. But a team I think actually has

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Speaker 3: a chance is the Houston Texans.

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Speaker 2: No, I'm not getting caught up in the moment of CJ.

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Speaker 3: Stroud coming off of that great performance, that rookie setting

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Speaker 3: They're on to Cincinnati in week ten. Then they face Arizona, Jacksonville, Denver,

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Speaker 3: the Giants, Titans, Browns, Titans, Colts. My target number of

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Speaker 3: is ten. They can get to ten with that schedule.

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Speaker 3: They go six and three the rest of the way.

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Speaker 3: Very doable, all right, JP, next topic again, these are

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Speaker 1: I'm gonna go with Dak Prescott, the Dallas Cowboys start.

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Speaker 2: Who is playing like.

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Speaker 1: The best quarterback in football over the last several weeks.

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Speaker 2: Let's just say this that Gan showed you against the.

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Speaker 1: Best team in football. I'm not this is not a

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Speaker 1: hot take. That was the best team in football. The

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Speaker 1: Philadelphia Eagles, with the MVP runner up in Jalen Hurts

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Speaker 1: What he's been able to do is add that element

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Speaker 1: out of this world. They're finding a young tight end

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Speaker 3: Okay, all right, I'll give that to you. But like

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Speaker 3: As we expect, golf will continue to put up these numbers.

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Speaker 4: I think he's going to get a little MVP buzz.

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Speaker 3: All right, James, next topic again, the players who set

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Speaker 3: the season. A player not being talked about now? Who

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Speaker 3: might be the Offensive Player of the year.

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Speaker 1: Travis Kelce nineteen see two Steve the associate press started

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Speaker 1: the Offensive Player of the Year award. You know how

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Speaker 1: How talented he is. I remember talking to Patrick Mahomes

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Speaker 1: Travis Kelsey should be in that conversation for Offensive Player

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Speaker 3: Well, we also know if the voters were also the

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Speaker 3: same people who subscribed to People magazine, he'd be the

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Speaker 2: True up for sexiest Man of the Year.

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Speaker 3: Well, you know, he's probably right, But look, here's using

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Speaker 1: Knows Vic Fangio's system knows really everything they wanted to defensively,

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Speaker 2: Now, Steve, who do you got.

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Speaker 3: Well, I'm gonna say Jags edge rusher Josh Allen. Yeah,

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Speaker 3: the guy who we were waiting to play to show up. Oh,

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Speaker 3: he's shown up. He has got nine sacks this season.

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Speaker 3: He has been absolutely disruptive. And people can say, yeah,

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Speaker 3: it's a contract year. Hey, whatever motivates a player to play,

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Speaker 2: He is getting it done.

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Speaker 3: He's got four rookie quarterbacks on the menu before the

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Speaker 3: end of the season coming up. JP all Right, the

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Speaker 1: I'm gonna go with the rookie offensive player of the

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Speaker 1: I think Zay Flowers is his offense continues to grow

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Speaker 2: Zay Flower's gonna be the offensive rookie of the year.

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Speaker 3: I think Linside and Sam Laporta, who's just absolutely getting

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Speaker 2: He's got like three catches already.

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Speaker 3: He's in the top twenty when it comes to receptions

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Speaker 2: Of the Year. Who do you got.

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Speaker 1: There's a lot of buzz early on, and I feel

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Speaker 3: F TI your player JP is really good, especially because

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Speaker 2: I'm gonna go to the LA Chargers. It's a guy

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Speaker 3: This show, and that's this is your guy Tuley twa

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Speaker 1: It's got to be Shane stiching to me with the

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Speaker 1: Steve this team is seventh in scoring. This is the

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Speaker 1: Shane Stikeen's coaching his butt off.

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Speaker 3: If they get to ten and seven, you better believe

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Speaker 2: That's your guy, JP. I loved it.

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Speaker 4: That was our usual suspects. Everybody.

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Speaker 4: We come back on the NFL Report.

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Speaker 1: Hey, this is Justin Simmons with the Denver Broncos and

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Speaker 1: this is the NFL Report.

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Speaker 4: All right, we have another great interview lined up.

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Speaker 3: One of the best players in the NFL, James and

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Speaker 3: Linebacker Alex Heinsmith. Alex, thank you so much. For joining

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Speaker 5: Yes, sir, thanks for having me.

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Speaker 3: Absolutely absolutely, Hey, before we talks some football man, we

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Speaker 3: because you know, you're on him all the time and

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Speaker 4: These verbal pearls. Uh, just all the time.

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Speaker 3: I mean today somebody asked him, you know, about what's

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Speaker 2: He said, that's just a pebble in my shoe.

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Speaker 3: So tell us about Mike Tomlin, like some of the

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Speaker 6: Uh, I mean he's got He's got so many sayings.

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Speaker 5: We love him. He keeps it real with us, and

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Speaker 6: You know, he's always walking around talking to us, to

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Speaker 6: of all of us. I'd probably say my favorite Tominism

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Speaker 6: And so that's probably say that's my favorite Tominism and

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Speaker 5: That's strong it is.

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Speaker 2: I love that.

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Speaker 1: I'm gonna write that one down real quick, that one

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Speaker 1: at your guys game. You lose to Jacksonville and then

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Speaker 5: Maybe, Yeah, it was big for us. You know, I

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Speaker 6: We were far from perfect, and there's plenty of areas

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Speaker 5: Can get better. And I'm looking forward to see how

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Speaker 3: Yeah, the sound you play the Green Bay Packers no

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Speaker 3: And if we can call this up, you guys are

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Speaker 3: I mean, they're not going to be able to tell

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Speaker 5: Yeah, it's just the block numbers.

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Speaker 6: So that's what when it says back in block, that's

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Speaker 5: So that's really the main difference.

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Speaker 6: So we wore them last year and we won on

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Speaker 5: But you know, I'm excited to wear those and rock

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Speaker 3: Real quick, I want to get to, you know, talking

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Speaker 2: But isn't the narrative.

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Speaker 3: Actually, the defenses have caught up and the defenses are

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Speaker 6: But I think, you know, from those stats, it shows that,

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Speaker 1: A big part of your guys defense. And I remember

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Speaker 6: And so it's you know, it's awesome being around a

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Speaker 5: And so they've done that. It's done that for us

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Speaker 6: And so that's something that's I've worked on a lot

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Speaker 1: I don't think it's any secret outs those have helped

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Speaker 1: What have those first three quarters been like as a

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Speaker 6: This area we haven't been good at enough is getting

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Speaker 3: I mean, no surprise, you know how tough this division is.

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Speaker 3: teams in the playoffs?

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Speaker 5: Yeah? Absolutely.

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Speaker 6: You know there's divisions of Juggernaut's a heavyweight battle and

443
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Speaker 6: so you know, all four teams in our division are

444
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Speaker 6: really good teams, and so you know, coming down towards

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Speaker 6: the end of the season, I know it's going to

446
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Speaker 6: be a tight race, and so every game from here

447
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Speaker 6: and out matters, you know, especially those division games. I know,

448
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Speaker 6: we've got the Packers this week and we've got two

449
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Speaker 6: straight road division games, so those are gonna be big

450
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Speaker 6: games for us. But you know, that's one thing I

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Speaker 6: love about playing in the AC North is just the competition.

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Speaker 6: And you know, you over the past couple of years,

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Speaker 6: you know, developing these robberies with these teams, it's just awesome.

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Speaker 6: And so it's definitely going to be you know, all

455
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Speaker 6: those all those matchups are going to be high intensity

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Speaker 6: and they're going to mean a lot, you know, especially

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Speaker 6: towards the end of the year.

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Speaker 2: I have to say this.

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Speaker 1: I mean no slight to any other team or anybody

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Speaker 1: else playing in another division, Alex, but what is it

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Speaker 1: truly like playing in this division? I mean, to me, right,

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Speaker 1: it has to be more physical than any other division

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Speaker 1: in football. Is it more draining you think than what

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Speaker 1: other guys are going through in other divisions?

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Speaker 6: I think, just like you said, it's the most most

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Speaker 6: physical division in the league.

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Speaker 5: You know, North. I feel like he always has been.

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Speaker 6: You know when you look back, you know, and at

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Speaker 6: the old Stewards and Ravens rivalries and just how you know.

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Speaker 5: They how physical those games were.

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Speaker 6: You know, when the Ravens had Ray Lewis and Ed Reed,

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Speaker 6: you know we had James Harrison trop Paul Marlou and

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Speaker 6: the rest of the crew. I think, you know, you

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Speaker 6: look at those games and those games, those are physical

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Speaker 6: games and they stay like that now because you know,

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Speaker 6: I feel like every team in this division can run

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Speaker 6: the ball well, and so I think it just starts

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Speaker 6: up front just being physical. But like you said, every

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Speaker 6: single matchup in AFC North is physical, that's for sure.

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Speaker 3: And one thing too, I want to talk is, since

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Speaker 3: we're talking about these throwback jerseys.

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Speaker 2: Well, you and T J.

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Speaker 3: Watt have going on too, is kind of a throwback

484
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Speaker 3: to like the Greg Lloyd Kevin Green era of this dealers.

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Speaker 4: Just two great pass rushers. How do you play off

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Speaker 4: of each other?

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Speaker 3: Is it all the schematic or do you guys have

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Speaker 3: a certain feel, especially in certain situations to know how one.

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Speaker 2: Guy is going to respond off the other.

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Speaker 6: Yeah, I think we just work. We work well together.

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Speaker 6: You know, we make each other better. And I feel

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Speaker 6: like ever since I've gotten in the league, he's maybe

493
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Speaker 6: a lot better as a player. I remember coming in

494
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Speaker 6: as a rookie, you know, having him and Bud Dupree,

495
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Speaker 6: you know, those guys to look up to, and and

496
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Speaker 6: now having him, you know, playing with him for my

497
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Speaker 6: fourth year. Now, you know, he's the best in theward

498
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Speaker 6: of what he does. So he makes me a lot better.

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Speaker 6: You know, there's a lot of times where he gets

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Speaker 6: a lot of attention and at least me, you know,

501
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Speaker 6: having some one on one battles that allow any take

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Speaker 6: advantage of those. And so I just, you know, love

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Speaker 6: working with him, and I think, you know, we're just

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Speaker 6: going to continue to get better throughout the year.

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Speaker 1: Last one I have for you, Alex is obviously everything

506
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Speaker 1: you guys have done up front, you get cammed back,

507
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Speaker 1: which is great in the middle of that defensive line.

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Speaker 1: And I look at what life is like as a

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Speaker 1: member of the Steelers secondary and I want to ask

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Speaker 1: you about two of them back there, a young one

511
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Speaker 1: and an older one in terms of what have you

512
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Speaker 1: learned about Patrick Peterson and Joey Porter junior and who's

513
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Speaker 1: now in a starting role and both of those guys

514
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Speaker 1: in your secondary now because they're kind of new to you.

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Speaker 6: Yeah, both of those guys have been awesome for us,

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Speaker 6: great additions for us. You know, Pat Pe coming in

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Speaker 6: and I think it was so awesome for Joey to

518
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Speaker 6: have him to learn from you whenever he came in,

519
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Speaker 6: came in as a rookie and just having a veteran

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Speaker 6: guy like Pat Pe just to be able to learn

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Speaker 6: from it's huge for him. And so just having those

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Speaker 6: guys is huge. You know, Pat Pe, he's a great

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Speaker 6: leader in our locker room. And Joey's starting to step

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Speaker 6: up now to the starting role and he's been playing well.

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Speaker 5: He's only going to continue to get better. So we're

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Speaker 5: just thankful to.

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Speaker 6: Have both of those guys and so just looking forward

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Speaker 6: to seeing how both of them continue to get better

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Speaker 6: throughout the year.

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Speaker 3: Alex heiss Man, appreciate you taking some time, love watching

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Speaker 3: you play.

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Speaker 2: Good luck the rest of the way.

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Speaker 5: Oh yeah, yes, yes, sir, I appreciate you.

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Speaker 2: Awesome, But we're not done.

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Speaker 1: Not many people know the name Bobby Slowick, but they

536
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Speaker 1: should and they will. The Texans offensive coordinator has their

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Speaker 1: rookie quarterback CJ. Stroud playing unlike any rookie we've seen

538
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Speaker 1: of late and his players they're calling him a genius.

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Speaker 2: Well, we're going to talk to the genius coming up next.

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Speaker 2: In the NFL report ball.

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Speaker 3: At the fourteen yard line of the Bucks, Stroud takes

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Speaker 3: the giftrostnco on the.

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Speaker 7: Slam Nico into the.

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Speaker 1: End zone, sucks down Houston j s crowd.

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Speaker 8: To Nico Collins and the Texans take the lead on

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Speaker 8: Tampa Bay.

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Speaker 9: And he throws down field over the middle and he's got.

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Speaker 4: Ann Brown look side fifty forty look crowd line for

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Speaker 4: prottle twenty.

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Speaker 2: Fifteen ten five fighting for the goal line. Head, He's

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Speaker 2: got it.

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Speaker 4: Touchdown Houston rock and roll.

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Speaker 3: CJ in the gun, gets the snap, pumps now fires

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Speaker 3: deep down the right side.

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Speaker 7: And tag down touchdown.

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Speaker 5: CJ.

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Speaker 9: Stroud with some lightning on this drive.

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Speaker 7: Stroud quick grow right side.

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Speaker 4: Clock touchdown on fourth and goal.

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Speaker 7: They convert. What a rocket frook CEJ.

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Speaker 3: Stroud to the tight end, CJ looking throwing to the

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Speaker 3: end zone to say, by goodness, four hundred seventy yards,

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Speaker 3: five touchdowns.

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Speaker 2: That is the defining moment of the Welcome to Houston,

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Speaker 2: c J.

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Speaker 4: Stroud, That is the moment right there.

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Speaker 2: All right. That was the voice of the Houston Texans.

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Speaker 2: My good buddy Mark Vandermere on the call. What a

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Speaker 2: thriller it.

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Speaker 1: Is, Steve, because we have the Texans offensive coordinator Bobby

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Speaker 1: Slowik with us. After just an unbelievable performance from your

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Speaker 1: offense and your quarterback, I want you to pull back

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Speaker 1: the curtain here, coach that final drive forty seconds, you guys,

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Speaker 1: go seventy five yards. What is said between you and

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Speaker 1: CJ before he takes the field and what said on

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Speaker 1: the headset throughout a drive like that between the two

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Speaker 1: of you.

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Speaker 8: Not much on the headset aside from the play call.

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Speaker 8: You know, there wasn't a lot of time to be

580
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Speaker 8: getting a lot of little info, little nuggets, anything like

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Speaker 8: that most of it was said kind of before we

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Speaker 8: went out there, you know, the intent, what we were

583
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Speaker 8: trying to get done. We had two timeouts limited on

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Speaker 8: what we could do beyond that, so really our goal

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Speaker 8: first of all was to get to the fifty, you know,

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Speaker 8: get to the fifty as fast as we can en

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Speaker 8: sure we have a shot at the end zone at

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Speaker 8: the end of the game, because we knew we needed

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Speaker 8: to touchdown, and then beyond that once we were out

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Speaker 8: of timeouts. You know, at some point he was well

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Speaker 8: aware that he had to make a form of a

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Speaker 8: special play, you know, whether it was him, a receiver,

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Speaker 8: somebody had to get a chunk, which I mean they

594
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Speaker 8: weren't going to just give us.

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Speaker 9: And he did a great job.

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Speaker 8: He went out he operated really fast efficiently. That was

597
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Speaker 8: the biggest thing. The ball was getting out of his

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Speaker 8: hands fast. We were eating up yards pretty quick, especially

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Speaker 8: within the first three plays. And then after that, I

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Speaker 8: think there was about sixteen seconds left and him and

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Speaker 8: Tank made a special play on the connection on the

602
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Speaker 8: sideline that really was just it was unbelievable throw, unbelievable route.

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Speaker 8: It's just like a downfield had up and that really

604
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Speaker 8: was the play that kind of made the whole thing go.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, those last two throws were just unbelievable, stick throws

606
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Speaker 3: right on where they had to be when the defender

607
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Speaker 3: couldn't get to them. But I mean those were just

608
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Speaker 3: part of the four hundred se many yards he had.

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Speaker 3: He had an incredible day, but throughout the week. Remember

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Speaker 3: he did not have a great game the previous week,

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Speaker 3: you know at Carolina.

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Speaker 2: What about his ability and his composure to leave.

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Speaker 3: That behind him and to come out and just put

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Speaker 3: the offense, you know, in motion like he did for

615
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Speaker 3: the entire game, all the way up into the final whistle.

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Speaker 9: Yeah, No, it's impressive.

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Speaker 8: I mean, he's a really he's a fun guy to coach.

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Speaker 9: He's always engaged.

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Speaker 8: He's very willing to take all, you know, all the

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Speaker 8: coaching points we have and go put him into action.

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Speaker 8: And sometimes that's not just football, you know, sometimes that's life.

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Speaker 8: Sometimes that's how to move on from poor performances as

623
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Speaker 8: an offense, as a team, as a player. And really

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Speaker 8: I think that's spread through our whole team right now,

625
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Speaker 8: Like we have a we very much have a next

626
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Speaker 8: week mentality. You know, we think about the next opponent.

627
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Speaker 8: We put the game to bet on Monday, we move on.

628
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Speaker 8: We make sure the upcoming Sunday we're going to put

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Speaker 8: out the best performance we can put out. And I

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Speaker 8: mean the really it was awesome to watch what he

631
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Speaker 8: did this Sunday because a lot of the things that

632
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Speaker 8: we all know he had been really straining to work

633
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Speaker 8: on and we had seen him practice hadn't always shown

634
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Speaker 8: up in games for the world to see. And that

635
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Speaker 8: was the first game I think, down in, down, out

636
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Speaker 8: every quarter like he was, he was clicking. I mean,

637
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Speaker 8: a lot of this stuff we had been seeing for

638
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Speaker 8: a while finally finally showed in a lot of different ways.

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Speaker 1: But a lot of what happens with you, guys as

640
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Speaker 1: an offense coach is the trust factor that we keep

641
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Speaker 1: hearing in Houston about between you and your quarterback and

642
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Speaker 1: the rest of that offense. I was going back looking

643
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Speaker 1: at something CJ said after your guys game against the Falcons,

644
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Speaker 1: where apparently there was a conversation between the two of

645
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Speaker 1: you on the sideline changing I believe a route for

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Speaker 1: Dalton Schultz, and you told him on the sideline, if

647
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Speaker 1: you're feeling it, you go out there and make a play.

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Speaker 1: That's a first year a first year play caller and

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Speaker 1: a rookie quarterback.

650
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Speaker 2: How do you develop.

651
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Speaker 1: That trust in a guy in his fifth NFL start

652
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Speaker 1: to say, go out there, make a play if you're feeling.

653
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Speaker 9: It, Yeah, a lot of it.

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Speaker 8: It's through you know, again a reference back to practice,

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Speaker 8: to training camp, you know, to to just the time

656
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Speaker 8: we've we've spent together and done similar things already. That

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Speaker 8: when we have conversations on the sideline, when we have

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Speaker 8: conversations during the week, like, we get on the same

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Speaker 8: page very quickly a lot, and I think that makes

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Speaker 8: easy sideline conversations. We can adjust fast within games. And

661
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Speaker 8: then the Atlanta game in particular, you know, we had

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Speaker 8: we had run a concept a couple of times, and

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Speaker 8: we had a double move a different way in the

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Speaker 8: game and he's, you know, through the course of our conversation,

665
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Speaker 8: is hey, why don't we run the double move out

666
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Speaker 8: of this? And I was like, Hey, you feel like

667
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Speaker 8: you're confident throwing it to Dalton.

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Speaker 9: I'm all for it. Talk with Dalton about it, and

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Speaker 9: then they made a heck of a play.

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Speaker 2: I love that you talk about trust.

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Speaker 3: You know, we're talking so much about you and TJ,

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Speaker 3: that relationship with your whole offense trust you, and I

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Speaker 3: want you to listen to this. We have Jarmy Tunsel,

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Speaker 3: your left tackle on the show last week. I want

675
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Speaker 3: you to listen to this, to what he has to

676
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Speaker 3: say about you and what you've you've done for this

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Speaker 3: team thus far.

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Speaker 10: He's another guy that's behind the scenes, but he's a mastermind.

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Speaker 10: He'd be doing up. He really does. He's in my opinion,

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Speaker 10: he really does like he's up in my In my opinion,

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Speaker 10: I think he's one of the top o cs in

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Speaker 10: the NFL.

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Speaker 3: How about that. That's Lared me talking to us. One

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Speaker 3: of the best offensive players in the NFL. He's been

685
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Speaker 3: in this league for a while and for them to

686
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Speaker 3: have that buy in Bobby, I mean, what does that

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Speaker 3: mean to you?

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Speaker 9: I mean it means a lot, you know.

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Speaker 8: And that's not I probably didn't have much of a

690
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Speaker 8: reaction right there, but it's it's not like, Uh, we

691
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Speaker 8: have very real meetings. You know, when we get together

692
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Speaker 8: as an offense, we're very truthful and that and that's

693
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Speaker 8: both ways, you know. That's I make sure I tell

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Speaker 8: guys when they do really really well, and I make

695
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Speaker 8: sure I tell guys when you know we have something

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Speaker 8: we need to fix.

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Speaker 9: And they do the same to me.

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Speaker 8: You know, It's it's a two way street for sure,

699
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Speaker 8: and that just it creates a lot of the trust

700
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Speaker 8: we had already talked about, creates a lot of close relationships.

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Speaker 9: You know, everyone knows we're committed to each other.

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Speaker 8: And I think that's really how you wind up building

703
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Speaker 8: a team and a culture that wants to win. Not

704
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Speaker 8: just to win. We want to win for each other.

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Speaker 8: We want to win for the people in the building.

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Speaker 8: We want to win for the fellow coaches. We want

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Speaker 8: to win for Damiko. I want to win for LT

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Speaker 8: you know so, and it really all just plays a

709
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Speaker 8: part in that. You know, we just we really believe

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Speaker 8: in each other, and we know when we go out

711
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Speaker 8: and we play the way we believe we can play

712
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Speaker 8: week in and week out, we always have a shot.

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Speaker 5: Bob.

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Speaker 1: We were looking at all the yards CJ was able

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Speaker 1: to throw for last week and what your skill guys

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Speaker 1: have been able to do, what your quarterback's been able

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Speaker 1: to do. But I look at you've only turned the

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Speaker 1: football over five times as an offense.

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Speaker 2: I mean that's that's number one in the NFL.

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Speaker 1: And I know you love scheming up obviously everything these

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Speaker 1: guys are doing out in space, but scheming up the

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Speaker 1: offensive line. I know that's something you like to do

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Speaker 1: in terms of protecting your quarterback and how important that

724
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Speaker 1: is is What do you love about designing these things

725
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Speaker 1: up front for your offense?

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Speaker 8: Yeah, I don't love That's a that's a great interesting

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Speaker 8: word choice right there.

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Speaker 9: This This that's stressful is another.

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Speaker 8: Uh, but I mean like it.

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Speaker 9: It's just part of it.

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Speaker 8: It's part of the offense, right like when if you

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Speaker 8: really want to go back and you want to throw

733
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Speaker 8: the ball to receivers that we really believe in tight ends,

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Speaker 8: we believe in backs, we believe in and let our

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Speaker 8: quarterback operate and grow within the league and the NFL.

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Speaker 9: You know, you got to give them time and you

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Speaker 9: have to give them a pocket to.

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Speaker 8: Be able to operate in because muddy pockets make things, uh,

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Speaker 8: pretty gray pretty quick. So we you know, we devote

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Speaker 8: a lot of time to that and and thankfully we

741
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Speaker 8: have guys up front that have really blocked their tails off.

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Speaker 9: I would say all year.

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Speaker 8: I would say even Week one, when we probably had

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Speaker 8: what I would consider our worst protection performance.

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Speaker 9: So I don't even know. It wasn't really physical, it

746
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Speaker 9: was more mental on.

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Speaker 8: A lot of things, and they've taken that to heart.

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Speaker 8: Like we all we all want to see CJ go

749
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Speaker 8: out and spin the ball when the way we know

750
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Speaker 8: he can spend it, and to do that, we know

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Speaker 8: he needs time and we need to give our receivers

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Speaker 8: time to be able to work their routes because we

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Speaker 8: have a lot of trusts that if they have time,

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Speaker 8: we're probably going to be getting some yards and we're

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Speaker 8: going to have an efficient day. And again, like I

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Speaker 8: go back to, I mean, it's we definitely have done

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Speaker 8: some things and protection wise so far this year, you know,

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Speaker 8: especially when we were going through week four, five and six.

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Speaker 9: That we had to devote a lot of time to.

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Speaker 8: But more than anything, like the players and how much

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Speaker 8: they've bought in and they've just believed in what we're

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Speaker 8: doing and how we're going to do it because a

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Speaker 8: lot of it's not generic stuff, you know, it was

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Speaker 8: it was stuff that we kind of yeah, stand in

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Speaker 8: game plan specific situations and they were all about it

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Speaker 8: and that's the only way it works.

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Speaker 2: Bob. That really dovetails into this.

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Speaker 3: I mean, your father's former NFL defensive coordinator, he's coach

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Speaker 3: up in the CFL. Your brother's a defensive coach for

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Speaker 3: the Dolphins. You came into this as a defensive coach.

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Speaker 3: What is your knowledge of not only schemes and concepts,

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Speaker 3: but what teams are trying to do in situational football

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Speaker 3: on that side of the ball. Help you scheme up protections,

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Speaker 3: help me scheme up certain run plays, and knowing when

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Speaker 3: you can dial up certain pass patterns or runs.

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Speaker 8: Yeah, no, I mean it's definitely beneficial. That's from Mike Shanahan. Actually,

777
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Speaker 8: when I first got in the NFL, I worked in

778
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Speaker 8: Washington and he was the head coach's and he's the

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Speaker 8: one that got.

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Speaker 9: Me into it.

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Speaker 8: And you know, he told me he knew I wanted

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Speaker 8: to be an offensive coach.

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Speaker 9: I had always been an offensive player.

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Speaker 8: Then you said, you want to be a really good

785
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Speaker 8: offensive coach, what you need to do is you need

786
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Speaker 8: to learn defense, and that's.

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Speaker 9: How you start your career.

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Speaker 8: So he put me on defense as a defensive quality

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Speaker 8: control with my dad, who was a defensive coach, which

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Speaker 8: was probably some of the despite the record like that,

791
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Speaker 8: probably some of the best years I've had in life

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Speaker 8: as far as coaching.

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Speaker 9: That's a special thing.

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Speaker 8: Being able to work with your father but you know,

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Speaker 8: like aside from that, like just being able to see

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Speaker 8: how they're structured, how they think, really speeds up your

797
00:33:09,760 --> 00:33:13,160
Speaker 8: process as an offensive coach, to know what you're trying

798
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Speaker 8: to get to, what you're trying to attack, and in particular,

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Speaker 8: you know what you have to protect against, because that's

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Speaker 8: usually just as much as we always want to attack

801
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Speaker 8: as offensive coaches, we also have to make sure we

802
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Speaker 8: avoid disasters, you know, and that's a large part of

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Speaker 8: you know, making sure you're protecting each and every play,

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Speaker 8: and it speeds that process up. But even then, you know,

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Speaker 8: it's been it's been i want to say, five years

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Speaker 8: now since I've been on defense, and I mean it evolves,

807
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Speaker 8: like it changed, It changes all the time every year,

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00:33:44,920 --> 00:33:48,680
Speaker 8: every game, even now, like there's a there was a

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Speaker 8: point where I would look at other defensive structures and

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Speaker 8: I felt really confident I knew exactly what was going

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Speaker 8: on all the time, and that's not always the case anymore.

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Speaker 8: And I think it's the same when you get offense

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Speaker 8: back and forth. It's just an endlessly evolving process. But

814
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Speaker 8: knowing generally how it works and how guys want to

815
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Speaker 8: play and where they want to be without a doubt

816
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Speaker 8: expedites everything and.

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Speaker 1: Involving offenses is obviously something we're seeing you're you're doing, Bobby,

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Speaker 1: I'm not.

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Speaker 2: Sure if this was called. It looked like it was.

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Speaker 1: You had CJ out there as the as the option

821
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Speaker 1: player after.

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Speaker 2: I love that play. I know exactly what you're doing.

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Speaker 1: I love that play was phenomenal. So the reason I yeah,

824
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Speaker 1: when you pitched it to him, that was designed.

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Speaker 9: Right, not not on that one.

826
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Speaker 2: Awesome. What about the way what about the way he.

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Speaker 7: Carried his death?

828
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Speaker 8: We always talk about carrying out keepers, So that that

829
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Speaker 8: right there, that's why you always carry out your keeper.

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Speaker 8: You never know ball might come to you. You always

831
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Speaker 8: carry out your keepers.

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Speaker 3: Oh, I gotta love you guys. Are some patical right there,

833
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Speaker 3: Bobby Sloweck. Fantastic. We could talk about this all day.

834
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Speaker 3: I really appreciate you taking a few minutes, and best

835
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Speaker 3: of luck this weekend.

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Speaker 9: Thanks guys, appreciate it been fun.

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Speaker 2: Bobby, Well, that was great.

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Speaker 3: I mean I just feel so much better and smarter,

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Speaker 3: and that's what the show is about. And coming up,

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Speaker 3: Brian Baldinger, all these favorite films we're gonna talk about

841
00:35:09,640 --> 00:35:13,440
Speaker 3: a QB Hunter in the real sense, here on the

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Speaker 3: NFL Report.

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Speaker 1: We welcome back into the NFL Report is my favorite

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Speaker 1: segment each and every week. Baldy's favorite films and Baldy

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Speaker 1: the best part of breaking all this down with you

846
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Speaker 1: is that you love to watch these interviews that come

847
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Speaker 1: on before you and the people that are on before you.

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Speaker 2: Bobby Slowik, a young offensive mind.

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Speaker 1: What jumped out at you in terms of maybe his

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Speaker 1: offensive philosophy? Anything he said there that you just really

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Speaker 1: kind of soaked in a little bit.

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Speaker 11: Well, I thought it was I thought it was interesting,

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Speaker 11: you know, when you know, Houston's faced with the fact

854
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Speaker 11: they got to go seventy five yards the last forty

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Speaker 11: six seconds to win the game. They need a touchdown

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Speaker 11: to win, They're down thirty seven to thirty three, and

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Speaker 11: he was saying most of the decisions were made before

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Speaker 11: they got on the field because they simply don't have time.

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Speaker 11: You have two timeouts left, but you're trying to figure out,

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Speaker 11: are we going for the chunk plays? Are we spiking it?

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Speaker 11: Are we you know, running a play, we call the

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Speaker 11: time out. Those were kind of the decisions, but you know,

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Speaker 11: the plays that were called were kind of predetermined, and

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Speaker 11: sometimes we think it's just while it was the play,

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Speaker 11: they had the perfect play against defense. Well, sometimes you're

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Speaker 11: just trying to get a chunk, you're just trying to

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Speaker 11: get the midfield.

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Speaker 7: Let's work from there.

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Speaker 11: And so I just thought that whole sequence because you

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Speaker 11: go back and you watch six plays seventy five yards

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Speaker 11: against the talented defense for the game winner, and you

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Speaker 11: know some of those calls and how they executed when

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Speaker 11: really you don't have a you just don't have time

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Speaker 11: for a mistake in that part, a sack, a negative play,

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Speaker 11: you know, getting tackled in bounds. You just don't have

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Speaker 11: time for those kind of mistakes. And it was literally

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Speaker 11: six flawless plays.

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Speaker 7: In a row.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean, see, this shock can not have been

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Speaker 3: more composed. Well, now I want to flip it to

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Speaker 3: a player, James Darr James and I started the show

882
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Speaker 3: talking about players who probably are flying a little bit

883
00:37:04,120 --> 00:37:04,800
Speaker 3: under the radar.

884
00:37:05,680 --> 00:37:08,799
Speaker 2: Would answer me this, How the hell.

885
00:37:08,800 --> 00:37:12,439
Speaker 3: Are we not talking about Danil Hunter and what he

886
00:37:12,520 --> 00:37:14,640
Speaker 3: is doing up with the Vikings this season?

887
00:37:15,760 --> 00:37:17,440
Speaker 11: You know, see, but he's been in the league a

888
00:37:17,480 --> 00:37:19,920
Speaker 11: while and he's got over eighty career sacks. He's had

889
00:37:19,960 --> 00:37:22,920
Speaker 11: some you know, big sack numbers fourteen a couple of years,

890
00:37:23,480 --> 00:37:25,520
Speaker 11: but he's taken it to a different level. I think

891
00:37:25,520 --> 00:37:27,960
Speaker 11: Brian Flores has really helped him.

892
00:37:28,480 --> 00:37:29,840
Speaker 7: But you know if you go back.

893
00:37:29,800 --> 00:37:33,000
Speaker 11: Like here he is against Darnelle right last week, you know,

894
00:37:33,040 --> 00:37:35,799
Speaker 11: getting to the quarterback. But you go back to some

895
00:37:35,840 --> 00:37:38,000
Speaker 11: of these games like against Green Bay two weeks ago,

896
00:37:38,680 --> 00:37:41,319
Speaker 11: like his force fumble. He had two of them, but

897
00:37:41,400 --> 00:37:43,479
Speaker 11: one of them wasn't like hitting the quarterback and getting

898
00:37:43,480 --> 00:37:46,760
Speaker 11: the ball out. It was fifteen yards down field, chasing

899
00:37:46,840 --> 00:37:49,160
Speaker 11: after a play and getting the ball out of Aaron

900
00:37:49,239 --> 00:37:53,600
Speaker 11: Jones's hands from behind. Just effort play. And that's what

901
00:37:53,680 --> 00:37:56,279
Speaker 11: I see from Daniel. Remember the talk a little bit

902
00:37:56,320 --> 00:38:00,000
Speaker 11: of the preseason. He want to be there, street, dal Hunter, trade, deadline,

903
00:38:00,080 --> 00:38:04,560
Speaker 11: all that stuff. He's playing as if he's a cornerstone

904
00:38:04,560 --> 00:38:08,440
Speaker 11: player in a much improved defense over like when I

905
00:38:08,719 --> 00:38:11,200
Speaker 11: first started. When I first started studying him early in

906
00:38:11,200 --> 00:38:15,440
Speaker 11: the year, I just thowe Brian Floores is just what's happy.

907
00:38:15,120 --> 00:38:16,960
Speaker 11: And that's kind of what they were. They were blit

908
00:38:17,080 --> 00:38:19,400
Speaker 11: zero where it's going to live and die about. You know,

909
00:38:19,440 --> 00:38:21,399
Speaker 11: some days you get the bull, some days the bull

910
00:38:21,400 --> 00:38:24,480
Speaker 11: gets you. But it's not like that anymore. They're playing

911
00:38:24,680 --> 00:38:27,319
Speaker 11: very sound defense. They're picking their spots when they want

912
00:38:27,320 --> 00:38:29,120
Speaker 11: to really pressure the quarterback.

913
00:38:29,719 --> 00:38:31,960
Speaker 7: But Daniel Hunter is a guy DJ won him.

914
00:38:31,960 --> 00:38:36,360
Speaker 11: On the other side, he's winning his battles and ultimately

915
00:38:37,080 --> 00:38:39,680
Speaker 11: become a good defensive player when you win your one

916
00:38:39,719 --> 00:38:40,160
Speaker 11: on ones.

917
00:38:41,000 --> 00:38:43,239
Speaker 1: It was funny, body, We're all going, well, Daniel Hunter

918
00:38:43,320 --> 00:38:46,279
Speaker 1: is really improving his trade value over these next couple

919
00:38:46,320 --> 00:38:46,720
Speaker 1: of weeks.

920
00:38:46,719 --> 00:38:47,880
Speaker 2: And then now nothing happens.

921
00:38:47,880 --> 00:38:50,239
Speaker 1: And now he's on a Vikings team that go win

922
00:38:50,280 --> 00:38:52,319
Speaker 1: in New Orleans and we'll see what happens to them

923
00:38:52,320 --> 00:38:56,160
Speaker 1: against after this game. They're in a decent spot, the

924
00:38:56,200 --> 00:38:59,840
Speaker 1: Minnesota Vikings. And and let's talk about another defense and

925
00:39:00,040 --> 00:39:02,480
Speaker 1: terms of the Cincinnati Bengals. We knew that they lost

926
00:39:02,640 --> 00:39:05,000
Speaker 1: talented safeties. We knew that low and Arimo is a

927
00:39:05,040 --> 00:39:07,600
Speaker 1: great offense, a great defensive mind. They have a good

928
00:39:07,680 --> 00:39:11,000
Speaker 1: front linebackers, and now it seems like they're starting to

929
00:39:11,040 --> 00:39:12,200
Speaker 1: put everything together.

930
00:39:12,239 --> 00:39:14,000
Speaker 2: What are you seeing from Louin Aromo's group.

931
00:39:14,320 --> 00:39:15,919
Speaker 11: Well, I mean, if you just look at the most

932
00:39:15,920 --> 00:39:18,640
Speaker 11: important stat in football outside of wins and losses, I mean, they.

933
00:39:18,600 --> 00:39:20,960
Speaker 7: Lead the league in turnover ratio.

934
00:39:21,320 --> 00:39:23,200
Speaker 11: They're plus nine right now, it's a credit to Joe

935
00:39:23,200 --> 00:39:25,560
Speaker 11: Burrow the offense because they're not giving it away. But

936
00:39:25,640 --> 00:39:28,359
Speaker 11: they lead the league in interceptions. And when you look like, okay,

937
00:39:28,400 --> 00:39:30,399
Speaker 11: how are they doing that? I mean, you love watched

938
00:39:30,440 --> 00:39:33,279
Speaker 11: Logan Wilson play. I mean, he's got ten career interceptions.

939
00:39:33,480 --> 00:39:36,160
Speaker 11: He hasn't finished his fourth season yet. You meant Pratt

940
00:39:36,760 --> 00:39:40,400
Speaker 11: right that interception right there against you know, us Brat Perdy,

941
00:39:40,880 --> 00:39:42,800
Speaker 11: like this interception in the middle of the field. We're

942
00:39:42,840 --> 00:39:45,799
Speaker 11: watching these as I'm talking about these linebackers, but they

943
00:39:45,800 --> 00:39:48,320
Speaker 11: are very crafty, they're very good players.

944
00:39:48,400 --> 00:39:51,040
Speaker 7: Are zone team. They have good zone eyes. And then

945
00:39:51,120 --> 00:39:53,840
Speaker 7: this front. You know, you watch the front at the end.

946
00:39:54,080 --> 00:39:56,880
Speaker 11: Of the of the game against you know, and in

947
00:39:56,880 --> 00:39:59,799
Speaker 11: some of these games, like they're winning at the end

948
00:40:00,239 --> 00:40:01,680
Speaker 11: when they have to when they have to get off

949
00:40:01,719 --> 00:40:04,800
Speaker 11: the field. There's some of these tipball interceptions by Pratt.

950
00:40:05,040 --> 00:40:07,239
Speaker 11: But Trey Henderson at the end of games getting to

951
00:40:07,280 --> 00:40:09,759
Speaker 11: the quarterback like he does right here, Sam Hubbard on

952
00:40:09,800 --> 00:40:13,000
Speaker 11: the other side. Nobody and I know you know this, James,

953
00:40:13,000 --> 00:40:15,320
Speaker 11: but nobody ever talks about DJ Reeder.

954
00:40:15,680 --> 00:40:19,799
Speaker 7: The guy is just a bull inside a lot of snaps.

955
00:40:20,080 --> 00:40:22,680
Speaker 11: He's an immovable object, you know, the big thing for

956
00:40:22,719 --> 00:40:23,879
Speaker 11: lou Ana Rumo this year.

957
00:40:23,920 --> 00:40:25,480
Speaker 7: Guys talking to him in preseason.

958
00:40:25,840 --> 00:40:28,440
Speaker 11: He had to replaces Von Bell and Jesse Bates his

959
00:40:28,480 --> 00:40:31,440
Speaker 11: two starting safeties, and you know that's not an easy

960
00:40:31,480 --> 00:40:33,920
Speaker 11: thing to do. But you know Scott has come in.

961
00:40:34,239 --> 00:40:37,040
Speaker 11: Bac Sale was drafted high. They still have Mike Hilton

962
00:40:37,040 --> 00:40:41,719
Speaker 11: in the slot. They're a very balanced defense, and they

963
00:40:41,800 --> 00:40:45,120
Speaker 11: keep them in every game. Even when Joe Burrow couldn't

964
00:40:45,120 --> 00:40:48,000
Speaker 11: move and they were struggling early in the year, they

965
00:40:48,040 --> 00:40:49,120
Speaker 11: still kept him in games.

966
00:40:49,960 --> 00:40:52,000
Speaker 3: And Cam Taylor Britt has emerged as one of the

967
00:40:52,080 --> 00:40:55,279
Speaker 3: toughest young corners coming up in the NFL ball the

968
00:40:55,360 --> 00:40:57,560
Speaker 3: real quick ball. He got a forty five seconds here

969
00:40:57,920 --> 00:41:01,040
Speaker 3: the Goliath game. This week, the Niners in the Jaguars,

970
00:41:01,080 --> 00:41:02,480
Speaker 3: both coming off of buys.

971
00:41:02,920 --> 00:41:04,400
Speaker 2: What are you expecting to see?

972
00:41:05,440 --> 00:41:08,320
Speaker 11: Well, I think when San Francisco gets back Deebo, Samuel

973
00:41:08,640 --> 00:41:10,520
Speaker 11: and Trent Williams, they're a different offense.

974
00:41:10,800 --> 00:41:13,000
Speaker 7: We've been a seventeen point offense in this three game

975
00:41:13,360 --> 00:41:13,960
Speaker 7: losing streak.

976
00:41:14,239 --> 00:41:16,680
Speaker 11: But the thing that Deebo gives you, he gives you

977
00:41:17,000 --> 00:41:20,640
Speaker 11: he's the toughest player on the field. He runs through contact,

978
00:41:20,680 --> 00:41:21,600
Speaker 11: the crossing routes.

979
00:41:21,840 --> 00:41:23,680
Speaker 7: They don't stop right there.

980
00:41:23,680 --> 00:41:26,440
Speaker 11: They go for forty yards and thirty yards because he

981
00:41:26,560 --> 00:41:29,120
Speaker 11: just he's going to break tackles, so he gives him

982
00:41:29,120 --> 00:41:31,880
Speaker 11: a toughness and then Trent Williams moves the line of scrimmage.

983
00:41:32,360 --> 00:41:34,960
Speaker 11: Unlike almost any other offensive lineman in this league. The

984
00:41:35,040 --> 00:41:37,400
Speaker 11: running game is so much better as Debo runs right

985
00:41:37,440 --> 00:41:40,000
Speaker 11: behind Trent Williams. Right yet, I think this offense gets

986
00:41:40,000 --> 00:41:42,759
Speaker 11: back on track this week with the additions of those

987
00:41:42,800 --> 00:41:43,400
Speaker 11: two players.

988
00:41:44,480 --> 00:41:46,360
Speaker 1: I am so excited to see this one ball specifically

989
00:41:46,360 --> 00:41:48,440
Speaker 1: also because of what we've seen in terms of the

990
00:41:48,480 --> 00:41:50,880
Speaker 1: physicality up front from Jacksonville right on defense. I mean,

991
00:41:50,920 --> 00:41:52,960
Speaker 1: it's been phenomenal to see what they've seen, you know,

992
00:41:52,960 --> 00:41:55,120
Speaker 1: with their group up front, that bearfront that they've been running.

993
00:41:55,160 --> 00:41:57,600
Speaker 1: It's been awesome. Bald, he appreciate it. Always love when

994
00:41:57,600 --> 00:41:59,560
Speaker 1: you stop by every Thursday. We've's been a lot of time.

995
00:41:59,400 --> 00:42:04,319
Speaker 2: Together this week. It's been great change, we really have.

996
00:42:04,960 --> 00:42:06,920
Speaker 2: It's been great all right.

997
00:42:06,920 --> 00:42:11,920
Speaker 1: Coming up one draft segment on the NFL Report, love

998
00:42:11,960 --> 00:42:14,319
Speaker 1: about it. We got the coach Leslie Fraser coming up

999
00:42:14,360 --> 00:42:18,440
Speaker 1: with some rookie quarterback discussion. Also hybrid players on defense,

1000
00:42:18,480 --> 00:42:20,960
Speaker 1: how important are they with these chess pieces on offense

1001
00:42:21,239 --> 00:42:22,320
Speaker 1: more than you think.

1002
00:42:27,520 --> 00:42:29,759
Speaker 3: Are Back to the NFL report and now James are

1003
00:42:29,800 --> 00:42:31,839
Speaker 3: bringing in one of the best football minds that we've

1004
00:42:31,840 --> 00:42:34,480
Speaker 3: seen in this league in years. That's Leslie Fraser, former

1005
00:42:34,520 --> 00:42:38,040
Speaker 3: head coach, NFL defensive coordinating former player and coach.

1006
00:42:38,480 --> 00:42:43,560
Speaker 4: Last week we saw seven rookies start.

1007
00:42:43,360 --> 00:42:44,120
Speaker 2: In the NFL.

1008
00:42:44,160 --> 00:42:45,959
Speaker 3: That's probably more than most of these teams who wanted

1009
00:42:46,000 --> 00:42:49,640
Speaker 3: to play. When you look at this, which one of

1010
00:42:49,680 --> 00:42:52,360
Speaker 3: these rookies do you think is going to impact their terms?

1011
00:42:52,400 --> 00:42:56,960
Speaker 3: Maybe not right now, but more so for the long term.

1012
00:42:57,120 --> 00:43:01,160
Speaker 12: Yeah, Steve, you know, do you really use that This

1013
00:43:01,239 --> 00:43:06,640
Speaker 12: is the first time since nineteen seventy that seven rookies

1014
00:43:07,239 --> 00:43:11,480
Speaker 12: started this early in the season, going back in twenty nineteen,

1015
00:43:11,600 --> 00:43:14,840
Speaker 12: even when that's the eight rookies that started, but it

1016
00:43:14,880 --> 00:43:16,840
Speaker 12: was a little bit later in the season, So this

1017
00:43:17,320 --> 00:43:22,160
Speaker 12: was very unusual and kind of prended in that way

1018
00:43:22,520 --> 00:43:25,640
Speaker 12: this season in twenty twenty three. We've talked a few

1019
00:43:25,640 --> 00:43:30,160
Speaker 12: different times about how points are down, how explosive plays

1020
00:43:30,160 --> 00:43:32,720
Speaker 12: are down, and a lot of it is the product

1021
00:43:32,960 --> 00:43:35,560
Speaker 12: of these young quarterbacks that are having to play for

1022
00:43:35,600 --> 00:43:39,840
Speaker 12: different reasons, some because of injuries and those are because

1023
00:43:40,280 --> 00:43:43,080
Speaker 12: me and they were drafted so high that they have

1024
00:43:43,160 --> 00:43:46,160
Speaker 12: to start I E. Young and then we're seeing what

1025
00:43:46,239 --> 00:43:50,320
Speaker 12: CJ is doing. But to answer your question, which one

1026
00:43:50,440 --> 00:43:55,279
Speaker 12: has the greatest potential to really become that franchise guy

1027
00:43:55,360 --> 00:43:59,000
Speaker 12: for their team. You guys talked about it earlier in

1028
00:43:59,000 --> 00:44:03,960
Speaker 12: the show, watching Jay Stroud did with the Texans. You

1029
00:44:04,080 --> 00:44:05,840
Speaker 12: have to say that this is not an anomye, this

1030
00:44:05,920 --> 00:44:09,000
Speaker 12: is the real thing. I mean, those numbers that he's

1031
00:44:09,040 --> 00:44:12,359
Speaker 12: put up throughout the season. Probably the most impressive part

1032
00:44:12,400 --> 00:44:14,520
Speaker 12: about it is the fact that he's only thrown I

1033
00:44:14,520 --> 00:44:17,719
Speaker 12: think one interception. Yeah, only one, and that is very

1034
00:44:17,880 --> 00:44:24,000
Speaker 12: unusual for young quarterbacks. Expect those numbers to be much higher,

1035
00:44:24,440 --> 00:44:27,600
Speaker 12: particularly with the number of throws he's had. So it's

1036
00:44:27,640 --> 00:44:29,799
Speaker 12: been very, very impressive. You know what he's done with

1037
00:44:29,840 --> 00:44:32,239
Speaker 12: the boards that he's played with. And I do think

1038
00:44:32,280 --> 00:44:35,840
Speaker 12: that Brice Young will come around. You know, he struggled

1039
00:44:35,840 --> 00:44:39,880
Speaker 12: for sure last week with the three interceptions. I mean,

1040
00:44:39,920 --> 00:44:42,200
Speaker 12: it was a tough day for him all around. It

1041
00:44:42,280 --> 00:44:45,960
Speaker 12: took some sacks as well, but in time, Uh. You know,

1042
00:44:46,040 --> 00:44:47,759
Speaker 12: one of the things I mentioned on our on our

1043
00:44:47,760 --> 00:44:51,799
Speaker 12: show a few days ago when we were doing Game

1044
00:44:51,880 --> 00:44:55,760
Speaker 12: Day final was talking about Haydon Manning in his rookie

1045
00:44:55,840 --> 00:45:00,680
Speaker 12: year in Indy and how he struggled throwing in exceptions.

1046
00:45:00,719 --> 00:45:03,480
Speaker 12: But you're hoping and Jim Carwell, who's on that staff

1047
00:45:03,480 --> 00:45:07,000
Speaker 12: in Carolina, you know you're hoping that this is gonna

1048
00:45:07,000 --> 00:45:09,680
Speaker 12: pay Dividy is down down the road because he has

1049
00:45:09,719 --> 00:45:12,759
Speaker 12: the talent, just a matter of getting the confidence and

1050
00:45:12,800 --> 00:45:16,239
Speaker 12: getting more weapons around him. He has a chance to

1051
00:45:16,960 --> 00:45:19,200
Speaker 12: really improve as a quarterback. And then the third guy

1052
00:45:19,320 --> 00:45:23,680
Speaker 12: Property and his two starts, you know he's he's done

1053
00:45:23,680 --> 00:45:28,080
Speaker 12: a good job. In particular, his first start against Arizona

1054
00:45:28,160 --> 00:45:31,759
Speaker 12: was the first start Uh had Atlanta Atlanta fALS had

1055
00:45:31,760 --> 00:45:35,359
Speaker 12: a big day against Atlanta and came back against Pittsburgh and.

1056
00:45:35,280 --> 00:45:36,520
Speaker 7: Played well in that game.

1057
00:45:36,600 --> 00:45:39,480
Speaker 12: Although the pick at the end of the game, I'm

1058
00:45:39,480 --> 00:45:42,759
Speaker 12: sure he'd like to have, but he's done some good

1059
00:45:42,800 --> 00:45:45,360
Speaker 12: things in his short time on the field, so he

1060
00:45:45,400 --> 00:45:45,640
Speaker 12: has a.

1061
00:45:45,680 --> 00:45:46,319
Speaker 5: Chance as well.

1062
00:45:47,120 --> 00:45:51,520
Speaker 12: When you look at Clayton Tune, Jared Hall, me those

1063
00:45:51,560 --> 00:45:56,719
Speaker 12: guys are more placeholders. Tyson Bajic more of a placeholder,

1064
00:45:56,840 --> 00:45:58,840
Speaker 12: not a guy you think long term is going to

1065
00:45:58,920 --> 00:46:04,240
Speaker 12: be the answer. But CJ taking a look at what.

1066
00:46:04,239 --> 00:46:07,120
Speaker 7: Even Aidan O'Connell. Even Aidan O'Connell did a.

1067
00:46:07,040 --> 00:46:09,759
Speaker 12: Good job with the Raiders, but he needs a run

1068
00:46:09,840 --> 00:46:13,480
Speaker 12: game to be effective. That Josh Jacob sure really look

1069
00:46:13,600 --> 00:46:15,239
Speaker 12: like himself in that Giants game.

1070
00:46:15,320 --> 00:46:16,880
Speaker 7: So those are the guys who.

1071
00:46:16,719 --> 00:46:18,719
Speaker 5: I think you have a chance to really take it

1072
00:46:18,760 --> 00:46:19,520
Speaker 5: to another level.

1073
00:46:21,160 --> 00:46:23,200
Speaker 1: Yeah, Alex Iigh Smith was on this show coach saying

1074
00:46:23,239 --> 00:46:24,880
Speaker 1: that he thinks Will lev is going to be a

1075
00:46:24,960 --> 00:46:28,200
Speaker 1: dynamite quarterback at the NFL level. And we talk on

1076
00:46:28,239 --> 00:46:30,319
Speaker 1: this show so much about the tight end position. We've

1077
00:46:30,320 --> 00:46:32,839
Speaker 1: broken down with David Shaw, you know, and shows past

1078
00:46:32,960 --> 00:46:35,759
Speaker 1: about how dynamic that spot is getting. You have to

1079
00:46:35,760 --> 00:46:38,880
Speaker 1: cover these chess pieces that are on offense with dynamic

1080
00:46:38,920 --> 00:46:41,879
Speaker 1: type of players that are versatile on the defensive side

1081
00:46:41,920 --> 00:46:44,359
Speaker 1: of the ball. What do you see about those type

1082
00:46:44,360 --> 00:46:46,920
Speaker 1: of players that we're seeing in the league right now.

1083
00:46:47,520 --> 00:46:50,319
Speaker 12: Well, you see there's a there's a trend around the

1084
00:46:50,440 --> 00:46:55,040
Speaker 12: NFL with the weak teams are drafting linebackers that are

1085
00:46:55,160 --> 00:46:59,000
Speaker 12: kind of hybrid tights with this Nikobe Dean in Philly

1086
00:46:59,080 --> 00:47:02,680
Speaker 12: or some ofty guys league that are they have the

1087
00:47:02,719 --> 00:47:05,520
Speaker 12: size of a safety but they're playing in the line

1088
00:47:05,520 --> 00:47:07,239
Speaker 12: back of position. We kind of did that with Matt

1089
00:47:07,280 --> 00:47:10,920
Speaker 12: Mulano uh in Buffalo, where he was a guy who

1090
00:47:10,960 --> 00:47:14,520
Speaker 12: played safety in college, but he had the ability to

1091
00:47:14,520 --> 00:47:16,480
Speaker 12: be able to play close to the line of scrimmage

1092
00:47:17,040 --> 00:47:19,839
Speaker 12: but be able to cover on the back end as well. So, uh,

1093
00:47:19,920 --> 00:47:24,320
Speaker 12: that's that's you're looking for the matchups, James, finding guys

1094
00:47:24,360 --> 00:47:26,920
Speaker 12: on the on the second level that can match up

1095
00:47:26,960 --> 00:47:30,279
Speaker 12: with these prolific tight ends, these running backs that come

1096
00:47:30,280 --> 00:47:32,480
Speaker 12: out of the backfield that are almost like receivers like

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Speaker 12: an Avon Kamara, and you need the personnel on on

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Speaker 12: the defensive side that can match up in the past game,

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Speaker 12: but yet you don't have a big drop off when

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Speaker 12: it comes to defending the run. And you're seeing more

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Speaker 12: and more teams drafting those hybrid types at the safety

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Speaker 12: position slash linebacker position to be able to offset the

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Speaker 12: matchup issues that offenses are trying to create. And it's uh,

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Speaker 12: you know, it's it's it's changing that and amix of

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Speaker 12: the elite and it's really good for defenses as well.

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Speaker 3: Coach, real quick, we only have about twenty seconds here

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Speaker 3: when you see someone like a Marquise Bell a safety

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Speaker 3: play in your will linebacker.

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Speaker 2: Why don't team just load up and try and pound him.

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Speaker 12: Well, he's a good example of what we're talking about,

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Speaker 12: that hybrid type and the reason they don't do it.

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Speaker 12: It's still a pass the league and when and if

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Speaker 12: you're not gonna admit to the run, like most teams

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Speaker 12: don't today, it's really hard to say, Okay, now we're

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Speaker 12: gonna switch out philosophy and become a pounded team.

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Speaker 7: But you would think more teams.

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Speaker 12: Would try to run at a Marquise Bell or some

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Speaker 12: of the other guys that are in that position, but

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Speaker 12: that's not their philosophy for the most part.

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Speaker 2: Coach, you really appreciate it.

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Speaker 3: And when we get you on next time, I'm gonna

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Speaker 3: give a little bit more time, get you on a

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Speaker 3: little bit earlier in the show because there's just so

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Speaker 3: much more to kind of dig into right here, Coach.

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Speaker 3: Going ahead in the week ten and from a different show,

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Speaker 3: James James Coach and I were on. I didn't have

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Speaker 3: to buy him a Tyson baijor jersey because he's a

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Speaker 3: big Bears guy. But we'll be back on Monday at

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Speaker 3: the NFL Report JP. A huge weekend ahead, a lot

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Speaker 3: of good games. We were guests never forget to listen

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Speaker 3: to the podcast anywhere you get your pods.

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