1 00:00:00,200 --> 00:00:02,639 Speaker 1: Matt Locke in motion back to the left, Herbert rolling 2 00:00:02,640 --> 00:00:05,120 Speaker 1: to the right, looking to the right, stops has to 3 00:00:05,200 --> 00:00:06,680 Speaker 1: reverse course, throws. 4 00:00:06,480 --> 00:00:12,560 Speaker 2: To the ends up caught touchdown Chargers Trey Harris. How 5 00:00:12,560 --> 00:00:15,680 Speaker 2: about reward the young man who blocks his tail off 6 00:00:15,720 --> 00:00:19,680 Speaker 2: on every rundown with his first touchdown at his career. 7 00:00:20,239 --> 00:00:24,840 Speaker 2: Hit that ball to the sideline, A beautiful play by Herbert, 8 00:00:24,840 --> 00:00:28,000 Speaker 2: abates the rush, climbs the pocket and throws a strike. 9 00:00:29,840 --> 00:00:34,960 Speaker 3: Oh, Trey Harris, the rookie. Great moment for the rookie 10 00:00:35,000 --> 00:00:37,320 Speaker 3: in a night full of great moments for a lot 11 00:00:37,320 --> 00:00:40,400 Speaker 3: of Chargers. That Tray Harris. As Jordan rodrig said, he's 12 00:00:40,400 --> 00:00:43,080 Speaker 3: got some stuff to him. So does Matt money Smith 13 00:00:43,320 --> 00:00:47,920 Speaker 3: on KFI sodas justin Herbert in this entire Chargers team 14 00:00:47,960 --> 00:00:51,080 Speaker 3: on a Thursday night football game where they destroy the 15 00:00:51,120 --> 00:00:56,760 Speaker 3: Minnesota Vikings thirty seven to ten, Shookie. This was a 16 00:00:56,800 --> 00:01:01,320 Speaker 3: game of two teams who came in not feeling great, 17 00:01:01,400 --> 00:01:05,680 Speaker 3: fan base is very anxious, and one left looking like 18 00:01:05,720 --> 00:01:08,399 Speaker 3: a team that I think eventually we will see in 19 00:01:08,400 --> 00:01:11,280 Speaker 3: the playoffs. I know that's projecting far ahead, and another 20 00:01:11,400 --> 00:01:14,520 Speaker 3: team that has a lot of problems. Let's start with 21 00:01:14,600 --> 00:01:18,240 Speaker 3: the positive. What a night for Herbo Nation. Just a 22 00:01:18,240 --> 00:01:20,400 Speaker 3: great night to watch the quarterback at his best. 23 00:01:20,640 --> 00:01:23,520 Speaker 4: Yeah. Absolutely, It's like I posted on social media, he's 24 00:01:23,520 --> 00:01:25,520 Speaker 4: on another planet. It was right after that touchdown pass 25 00:01:25,560 --> 00:01:28,440 Speaker 4: that we just played as the highlight there, because again 26 00:01:28,560 --> 00:01:30,640 Speaker 4: another example of how prime vision is the best played, 27 00:01:30,640 --> 00:01:32,720 Speaker 4: the best way to watch football. When you watch it 28 00:01:32,760 --> 00:01:35,000 Speaker 4: from that angle, you're like, wow, that's an incredible play 29 00:01:35,040 --> 00:01:36,840 Speaker 4: because of the ground that he gains a step up 30 00:01:36,880 --> 00:01:39,360 Speaker 4: and make that throw on the run. It was just 31 00:01:39,640 --> 00:01:42,720 Speaker 4: a prime example of a great night where in which 32 00:01:42,720 --> 00:01:46,600 Speaker 4: he looked completely in control, felt very comfortable, and was 33 00:01:46,680 --> 00:01:50,520 Speaker 4: willing to improvise, to make plays to use his arm. 34 00:01:50,920 --> 00:01:51,520 Speaker 3: But really, I. 35 00:01:51,440 --> 00:01:53,080 Speaker 4: Got to give all the credit in the world Greg 36 00:01:53,440 --> 00:01:57,320 Speaker 4: to four things with this Charters team that might sound crazy, 37 00:01:57,360 --> 00:01:59,680 Speaker 4: but they all go in order. Number One, they got 38 00:01:59,760 --> 00:02:03,480 Speaker 4: Jill at back, which was huge for their protection and 39 00:02:03,520 --> 00:02:07,160 Speaker 4: their run game. Number Two, they got creative with their 40 00:02:07,280 --> 00:02:10,079 Speaker 4: run blocking, and they committed to what Greg Roman had 41 00:02:10,080 --> 00:02:11,800 Speaker 4: done best in the past, which is loading up on 42 00:02:11,840 --> 00:02:14,600 Speaker 4: the big uglies, the bigger guys in the twenty two 43 00:02:14,639 --> 00:02:18,320 Speaker 4: personnel and relying on that to clear paths and also 44 00:02:18,400 --> 00:02:20,640 Speaker 4: do it in a variety of different fashions, Matt Locke 45 00:02:20,639 --> 00:02:24,040 Speaker 4: in motion, the fullback, you know, offset I all sorts 46 00:02:24,080 --> 00:02:27,040 Speaker 4: of different things they were willing to get creative. Number three, 47 00:02:27,160 --> 00:02:30,960 Speaker 4: the running game flourishing as a result, Kamani Vidal having 48 00:02:31,000 --> 00:02:34,600 Speaker 4: a great day, and then fourth and most importantly, all 49 00:02:34,600 --> 00:02:36,960 Speaker 4: of that coming together to allow Justin Herbert to do 50 00:02:37,040 --> 00:02:39,680 Speaker 4: everything that he does well, which is workout of play, action, 51 00:02:40,200 --> 00:02:42,520 Speaker 4: work on the run, use that cannon for an arm 52 00:02:42,639 --> 00:02:45,519 Speaker 4: fine guys all over the field outside early middle of 53 00:02:45,560 --> 00:02:47,880 Speaker 4: the field, after that, going down the field for a touchdown, 54 00:02:47,960 --> 00:02:51,320 Speaker 4: drive back outside later. Everything was working and it all 55 00:02:51,360 --> 00:02:54,000 Speaker 4: started with the return of Joe ol That's it. 56 00:02:54,440 --> 00:02:58,799 Speaker 3: We're done. It's been a great week. On NFL Daily, 57 00:02:58,919 --> 00:03:04,120 Speaker 3: Shookie wrapped it up up so succinctly. I'm serious. I mean, 58 00:03:05,120 --> 00:03:06,560 Speaker 3: this was not a game where you could say, well, 59 00:03:06,560 --> 00:03:10,880 Speaker 3: if this happened or that happened, you mentioned the running game. 60 00:03:10,919 --> 00:03:14,600 Speaker 3: They finished with four hundred and nineteen yards overall, two 61 00:03:14,720 --> 00:03:18,919 Speaker 3: hundred and seven on the ground, and then they hold 62 00:03:18,960 --> 00:03:23,560 Speaker 3: the Vikings to thirty four yards on the ground. It's 63 00:03:23,600 --> 00:03:26,799 Speaker 3: just been the biggest weakness of this team, and it's 64 00:03:26,840 --> 00:03:30,520 Speaker 3: been going back for a long time before Harbaugh was there. 65 00:03:30,600 --> 00:03:34,000 Speaker 3: Since Harbor has been there, the running game has just 66 00:03:34,160 --> 00:03:39,400 Speaker 3: not been consistent enough. And tonight they pushed the Vikings around. 67 00:03:39,440 --> 00:03:42,720 Speaker 3: And last year the run defense was more than good enough, 68 00:03:42,720 --> 00:03:44,920 Speaker 3: but the last month they have been among, if not 69 00:03:45,040 --> 00:03:48,080 Speaker 3: the worst run defenses in the league. And until late 70 00:03:48,160 --> 00:03:51,200 Speaker 3: in this game, in a garbage time drive, they had 71 00:03:51,240 --> 00:03:55,560 Speaker 3: actually held the Vikings to a zero I said, zero 72 00:03:55,760 --> 00:03:59,840 Speaker 3: point zero percent design success rate. So the return of 73 00:04:00,000 --> 00:04:02,440 Speaker 3: Aaron Jones does not help out at all. But I 74 00:04:02,480 --> 00:04:05,640 Speaker 3: want to go back to something you said. You mentioned 75 00:04:05,640 --> 00:04:09,920 Speaker 3: twenty two personnel for the listeners out there, what does 76 00:04:09,960 --> 00:04:13,760 Speaker 3: that mean? And what did you see when you saw 77 00:04:13,800 --> 00:04:14,480 Speaker 3: that personnel? 78 00:04:14,720 --> 00:04:18,719 Speaker 4: Two tight ends, two backs. You're going heavy. You're absolutely 79 00:04:18,720 --> 00:04:20,240 Speaker 4: stating that you want to run the football and you 80 00:04:20,240 --> 00:04:22,560 Speaker 4: want to win up front. But the difference is, and 81 00:04:22,960 --> 00:04:25,560 Speaker 4: Sam Schwartstein from Prime Vision did a great job with 82 00:04:25,640 --> 00:04:28,840 Speaker 4: this and explaining it. They weren't your typical twenty two. 83 00:04:28,920 --> 00:04:31,560 Speaker 4: It wasn't you know, I don't know Cole Comet and 84 00:04:31,560 --> 00:04:34,320 Speaker 4: Colston loved it Loveland or you know, David Ajoku and 85 00:04:34,360 --> 00:04:37,480 Speaker 4: Harold Fannin. These are guys who are three hundred plus pounds, 86 00:04:37,600 --> 00:04:39,840 Speaker 4: one of them being played at Tighten another one at fullback, 87 00:04:39,839 --> 00:04:42,560 Speaker 4: and Scott Matt Locke. They are absolutely coming out there 88 00:04:42,600 --> 00:04:44,200 Speaker 4: and say we're going to run football. We're gonna run 89 00:04:44,200 --> 00:04:46,000 Speaker 4: it down your throats, we're gonna block it up well. 90 00:04:46,279 --> 00:04:49,760 Speaker 4: And they did that repeatedly with the heavier personnel, which 91 00:04:49,760 --> 00:04:51,520 Speaker 4: again that balanced out the offense. I think at one 92 00:04:51,560 --> 00:04:53,480 Speaker 4: point early in the fourth quarter, Sam came back on 93 00:04:53,560 --> 00:04:56,640 Speaker 4: he made another note which I thought was extremely revelatory 94 00:04:56,680 --> 00:04:59,720 Speaker 4: for how this game had unfolded. Two thirds of the 95 00:04:59,839 --> 00:05:01,960 Speaker 4: char Ar's offensive plays had come out of run action, 96 00:05:02,240 --> 00:05:04,880 Speaker 4: whether it was handoffs or it was play action, and 97 00:05:05,360 --> 00:05:07,040 Speaker 4: it all started with them being able to establish the 98 00:05:07,120 --> 00:05:09,719 Speaker 4: game on the ground early and keeping the Vikings defense 99 00:05:09,720 --> 00:05:10,560 Speaker 4: honest because they tried. 100 00:05:10,560 --> 00:05:11,159 Speaker 3: Flores tried. 101 00:05:11,160 --> 00:05:14,240 Speaker 4: He brought blitzes early. The pick six that wasn't was 102 00:05:14,279 --> 00:05:16,200 Speaker 4: the product of a blitz off the edge where Herbert 103 00:05:16,240 --> 00:05:18,440 Speaker 4: tried to get the ball out hot and quick, but 104 00:05:18,480 --> 00:05:21,279 Speaker 4: it didn't work. Ultimately, because they committed the Chargers did 105 00:05:21,360 --> 00:05:25,279 Speaker 4: to running the football and winning the battle of bulk 106 00:05:25,560 --> 00:05:26,080 Speaker 4: up front. 107 00:05:26,560 --> 00:05:30,400 Speaker 3: It is a great point about the blitzes. They blitzed 108 00:05:30,640 --> 00:05:36,040 Speaker 3: basically every snap on that first drive. And we'll get 109 00:05:36,040 --> 00:05:39,719 Speaker 3: into the near pick six, but Herbert just showed that 110 00:05:39,800 --> 00:05:42,320 Speaker 3: he was going to be able to solve it after 111 00:05:42,400 --> 00:05:45,760 Speaker 3: that play, and he got hit four or five times 112 00:05:45,800 --> 00:05:50,000 Speaker 3: on that first drive, and he just made it happen anyways. 113 00:05:50,040 --> 00:05:52,120 Speaker 3: And at that point it was kind of like, Okay, 114 00:05:52,160 --> 00:05:54,960 Speaker 3: we can't beat you that way? Can we just beat 115 00:05:55,040 --> 00:05:57,440 Speaker 3: you straight up? And I think the answer for this 116 00:05:58,080 --> 00:06:02,240 Speaker 3: pretty disappointing Vikings defense this year was no, they just 117 00:06:02,279 --> 00:06:04,279 Speaker 3: don't have enough of a pass rush. I misspoke the 118 00:06:04,320 --> 00:06:06,560 Speaker 3: other day when I mentioned Van Ginkel. He hasn't been 119 00:06:06,560 --> 00:06:09,559 Speaker 3: around since Week three. Dallas Turner had a penalty tonight. 120 00:06:09,600 --> 00:06:12,839 Speaker 3: He's made no impact this year. It's really Jonathan Gadnard 121 00:06:13,400 --> 00:06:15,720 Speaker 3: and that's about it, because they're not getting enough out 122 00:06:15,760 --> 00:06:19,920 Speaker 3: of Javon Hargrave and Jonathan Allen. And what a great 123 00:06:20,120 --> 00:06:23,359 Speaker 3: thing for Chargers fans to hear that, what like the 124 00:06:23,440 --> 00:06:26,760 Speaker 3: other team just didn't have like a pressure rate through 125 00:06:26,800 --> 00:06:31,039 Speaker 3: the absolute roof and actually it was thirty eight percent tonight. 126 00:06:31,200 --> 00:06:33,839 Speaker 3: But part of that is Herbert, you know, holding the 127 00:06:33,839 --> 00:06:37,840 Speaker 3: ball a little longer to make something happen. And part 128 00:06:37,839 --> 00:06:40,960 Speaker 3: of that is for Herbert that's nothing and he ends 129 00:06:41,000 --> 00:06:43,160 Speaker 3: up scrambling on a lot of those plays. I want 130 00:06:43,160 --> 00:06:45,359 Speaker 3: to go back to what you said. There was a 131 00:06:45,400 --> 00:06:50,479 Speaker 3: play early where it appeared that Herbert on the very 132 00:06:50,520 --> 00:06:55,640 Speaker 3: first drive through a pick six. Only two plays later 133 00:06:56,160 --> 00:06:58,960 Speaker 3: he hits a third and thirteen to Keenan Allen to 134 00:06:59,080 --> 00:07:01,479 Speaker 3: keep that drive alive, and I thought that was such 135 00:07:01,480 --> 00:07:04,960 Speaker 3: a fitting sequence. The Vikings have been on the bad 136 00:07:05,080 --> 00:07:09,040 Speaker 3: end of a couple overturned passes lately, and then when 137 00:07:09,080 --> 00:07:12,720 Speaker 3: they get some bad luck like they can't recover from that, 138 00:07:12,800 --> 00:07:15,520 Speaker 3: so they give up the third and thirteen to Keenan Allen, 139 00:07:15,600 --> 00:07:18,560 Speaker 3: who's just been awesome this season, awesome the last couple weeks. 140 00:07:18,680 --> 00:07:21,920 Speaker 3: Is gonna be the all time leading receiver in Chargers history, 141 00:07:21,960 --> 00:07:25,320 Speaker 3: passing Antonio Gates at some point if he can just 142 00:07:25,320 --> 00:07:28,280 Speaker 3: stay healthy. And then later in that drive, it's a 143 00:07:28,520 --> 00:07:32,080 Speaker 3: third and eight in the red zone again, third line. 144 00:07:32,080 --> 00:07:34,520 Speaker 3: When you think the Vikings are going to finally get home, 145 00:07:34,880 --> 00:07:37,000 Speaker 3: and they do not, Herbro makes them. 146 00:07:36,920 --> 00:07:42,720 Speaker 1: Pay proper to throw looking left now middle and pod touchdown. 147 00:07:43,840 --> 00:07:49,679 Speaker 1: Chargers ah Ronde Gadsden got his first touchdown last week, 148 00:07:50,000 --> 00:07:52,440 Speaker 1: does not take long to get his second. If you 149 00:07:52,520 --> 00:07:54,160 Speaker 1: thought it was a fluke, think again. 150 00:07:54,920 --> 00:07:58,320 Speaker 3: He dominated the first half of this game. Aronde Gadsden. 151 00:07:58,400 --> 00:08:02,000 Speaker 3: This is real. Five catches, seventy seven yards and a touchdown. 152 00:08:02,080 --> 00:08:04,679 Speaker 3: I'm pretty sure that was all in the first half took. 153 00:08:04,840 --> 00:08:06,800 Speaker 3: I don't know if he had a second half catch 154 00:08:06,840 --> 00:08:09,400 Speaker 3: because Herbert didn't have to throw it. What have you seen? 155 00:08:09,480 --> 00:08:11,560 Speaker 3: What do you like watching gads did out there? 156 00:08:11,720 --> 00:08:13,800 Speaker 4: It was him and Lad McCaughey each had matching stat 157 00:08:13,800 --> 00:08:16,240 Speaker 4: lines with five catches for seventy seven yards by halftime. 158 00:08:16,960 --> 00:08:18,960 Speaker 4: What have I seen from him? He's an athletic tight end, 159 00:08:18,960 --> 00:08:22,240 Speaker 4: he's the son of another former NFL player, and he's 160 00:08:22,240 --> 00:08:25,680 Speaker 4: a guy who has steadily found a role in this offense. 161 00:08:25,880 --> 00:08:28,640 Speaker 4: It really showed up as far back as a month ago. 162 00:08:29,000 --> 00:08:32,520 Speaker 4: He had a breakout game last week against the Colts 163 00:08:32,520 --> 00:08:34,640 Speaker 4: in a loss with seven catches for one sixty four. 164 00:08:34,960 --> 00:08:37,080 Speaker 4: But what I saw in that sequence there when you 165 00:08:37,120 --> 00:08:39,120 Speaker 4: mentioned Keenan Allen and Aronde gads and who I think 166 00:08:39,200 --> 00:08:40,640 Speaker 4: is going to continue to be a part of their offense. 167 00:08:40,679 --> 00:08:42,960 Speaker 4: So fantasy managers go pick him up if he's available, 168 00:08:42,960 --> 00:08:46,400 Speaker 4: because Herbert obviously loves throwing the football. Is as soon 169 00:08:46,440 --> 00:08:48,959 Speaker 4: as he throws the near pick six to the outside 170 00:08:49,000 --> 00:08:50,640 Speaker 4: on a play that Herbert had to get the ball 171 00:08:50,640 --> 00:08:52,520 Speaker 4: out because there was pressure in his face and he 172 00:08:52,800 --> 00:08:55,520 Speaker 4: leaves it inside and it gets caught overturned. They get 173 00:08:55,520 --> 00:08:58,160 Speaker 4: a second chance, they immediately say we're gonna stop going 174 00:08:58,160 --> 00:09:00,000 Speaker 4: outside the numbers. We're just gonna feast in the middle 175 00:09:00,120 --> 00:09:02,600 Speaker 4: the field. And it's all because of Herbert being able 176 00:09:02,640 --> 00:09:04,880 Speaker 4: to buy time. Now on that touchdown pass, that's a 177 00:09:04,920 --> 00:09:06,760 Speaker 4: simple read. And it's been a rough five days for 178 00:09:06,800 --> 00:09:09,240 Speaker 4: Josh mcteleison coverage, but all it is is dropping back, 179 00:09:09,360 --> 00:09:11,640 Speaker 4: winning the inside leverage. He wins it, Herbert fires it 180 00:09:11,679 --> 00:09:14,360 Speaker 4: in there dot for a touchdown. Gazon's gonna catch it. 181 00:09:14,400 --> 00:09:16,880 Speaker 4: He's got pretty reliable hands for the most part. But 182 00:09:17,200 --> 00:09:19,400 Speaker 4: it's the combination of the two where they can just 183 00:09:19,440 --> 00:09:22,080 Speaker 4: continually feast on the area in between the hashes. And 184 00:09:22,120 --> 00:09:24,600 Speaker 4: it all comes back to Herbert being able to buy time, 185 00:09:24,640 --> 00:09:27,120 Speaker 4: step up pocket, keep his eyes downfield to use that arm, 186 00:09:27,240 --> 00:09:30,520 Speaker 4: find guys open, hit them accurately, and keep the chains moving. 187 00:09:30,559 --> 00:09:33,320 Speaker 4: And I feel like we've been robbed of herbert greatness 188 00:09:33,320 --> 00:09:35,280 Speaker 4: over the last three to four weeks because they haven't 189 00:09:35,280 --> 00:09:37,120 Speaker 4: had their offensive line, they haven't had their top two 190 00:09:37,160 --> 00:09:38,960 Speaker 4: running backs. And all it took was to get one 191 00:09:39,000 --> 00:09:41,520 Speaker 4: guy back, and suddenly they had that opportunity again, and 192 00:09:41,559 --> 00:09:43,800 Speaker 4: it was such a beautiful thing to watch. 193 00:09:44,080 --> 00:09:46,440 Speaker 3: It really was, and yet they still had a bunch 194 00:09:46,480 --> 00:09:49,600 Speaker 3: of injuries tonight. You mentioned All coming back. That was 195 00:09:49,679 --> 00:09:51,800 Speaker 3: the key I've been saying for the last month and 196 00:09:51,840 --> 00:09:54,440 Speaker 3: a half. Man. Every win they can get without All, 197 00:09:55,120 --> 00:09:58,120 Speaker 3: it's so big. It's almost it's almost like the Bengals 198 00:09:58,160 --> 00:10:00,400 Speaker 3: trying to get as many wins as possible before Burrow 199 00:10:00,440 --> 00:10:02,920 Speaker 3: comes back, because it's not to that level. But we 200 00:10:02,960 --> 00:10:04,360 Speaker 3: knew All it was going to be back, and he 201 00:10:04,440 --> 00:10:08,679 Speaker 3: ends up coming back a little sooner than first expected, 202 00:10:08,760 --> 00:10:11,800 Speaker 3: and it was huge. I think it was even bigger. 203 00:10:12,720 --> 00:10:14,959 Speaker 3: It's a tough call, but might be even bigger in 204 00:10:15,000 --> 00:10:16,920 Speaker 3: the running game than he was in the In the 205 00:10:16,960 --> 00:10:19,760 Speaker 3: passing game. You saw him blowing open a hole for 206 00:10:20,600 --> 00:10:23,880 Speaker 3: Vodell on the early touchdown run that made it fourteen 207 00:10:24,200 --> 00:10:26,880 Speaker 3: nothing where he just you know, pushes one of the 208 00:10:27,200 --> 00:10:30,000 Speaker 3: defensive tackles for the Vikings back into the end zone. 209 00:10:30,080 --> 00:10:32,640 Speaker 3: He's awesome. He makes a big deal, and yet they 210 00:10:32,679 --> 00:10:34,559 Speaker 3: still had a bunch of injuries tonight. Just to lift 211 00:10:34,640 --> 00:10:36,559 Speaker 3: him up, lift him up. Makai Beckton left with a 212 00:10:36,640 --> 00:10:40,160 Speaker 3: knee injury early. That's not great. Irwin James left with 213 00:10:40,160 --> 00:10:43,880 Speaker 3: an injury early. Now, he was talking and laughing on 214 00:10:43,920 --> 00:10:45,760 Speaker 3: the bench in the second half, even though he's in 215 00:10:45,760 --> 00:10:49,040 Speaker 3: a sweatshirt. I'd take that as a relatively good sign, 216 00:10:49,120 --> 00:10:51,440 Speaker 3: but obviously not good that. You know, he didn't play 217 00:10:51,440 --> 00:10:53,880 Speaker 3: the rest of the game. Tony Jefferson, his backup was 218 00:10:53,880 --> 00:10:57,040 Speaker 3: out tarheb still the cornerback left. So these Thursday night 219 00:10:57,040 --> 00:11:00,000 Speaker 3: games are brutal. The Vikings had a bunch of injuries 220 00:11:00,840 --> 00:11:04,800 Speaker 3: as well. I just think Gatston is a really smooth 221 00:11:05,160 --> 00:11:07,760 Speaker 3: mover with and without the ball. He's only two hundred 222 00:11:07,760 --> 00:11:10,280 Speaker 3: and fifty pounds. You know, he's not going to be 223 00:11:10,400 --> 00:11:13,840 Speaker 3: brock Bowers, but that's the mold of tight end that 224 00:11:14,040 --> 00:11:17,120 Speaker 3: he is, and he is getting a ton of snaps, 225 00:11:17,160 --> 00:11:19,640 Speaker 3: and even if he's not like a monster blocker, it 226 00:11:19,800 --> 00:11:23,520 Speaker 3: just it gives you enough formational diversity when you have 227 00:11:23,640 --> 00:11:26,240 Speaker 3: Keenan Allen out there, you have Trey Harris out there. 228 00:11:26,280 --> 00:11:29,600 Speaker 3: Poor Quintin Johnston was a no show tonight, but man, 229 00:11:29,640 --> 00:11:32,120 Speaker 3: they just have a ton of options. It was such 230 00:11:32,200 --> 00:11:37,720 Speaker 3: a blowout. Are you surprised Shook that it was that 231 00:11:37,800 --> 00:11:40,600 Speaker 3: one sided and that, for instance, the EPA per play 232 00:11:41,200 --> 00:11:43,640 Speaker 3: for the Chargers in the first half of this game 233 00:11:44,360 --> 00:11:49,199 Speaker 3: was the highest of any offense in any game all season. 234 00:11:49,600 --> 00:11:53,040 Speaker 3: What happened to the Vikings defense? We love because there's 235 00:11:53,120 --> 00:11:54,520 Speaker 3: a lot of injuries. We'll get to him. On the 236 00:11:54,559 --> 00:11:58,200 Speaker 3: offensive side, they're relatively healthy. They got Blake Cashman back, 237 00:11:58,280 --> 00:11:59,959 Speaker 3: like they're relatively healthy on defense. 238 00:12:00,280 --> 00:12:02,720 Speaker 4: Yeah, I was surprised because I thought the Vikings would 239 00:12:02,920 --> 00:12:05,160 Speaker 4: cause more problems for the Chargers offense because we've seen 240 00:12:05,200 --> 00:12:07,520 Speaker 4: nothing but problems for them since they lost Joel. But 241 00:12:07,520 --> 00:12:09,920 Speaker 4: they got him back, which made a big difference. And 242 00:12:10,240 --> 00:12:13,400 Speaker 4: I was also surprised by not the lack of fight, 243 00:12:13,440 --> 00:12:17,520 Speaker 4: but just it felt like the Vikings were always really close, 244 00:12:17,559 --> 00:12:20,440 Speaker 4: and either they'd make a mistake, or they'd commit a penalty, 245 00:12:20,559 --> 00:12:23,240 Speaker 4: or something would happen that would open the door for 246 00:12:23,280 --> 00:12:25,559 Speaker 4: the Chargers to, you know, continue to move the football 247 00:12:25,600 --> 00:12:28,040 Speaker 4: down the field, and it just became so lopsided. I 248 00:12:28,120 --> 00:12:30,480 Speaker 4: wasn't surprised by their offensive performance. We know what Carson 249 00:12:30,520 --> 00:12:32,360 Speaker 4: Wentz is, which who, by the way, was playing through 250 00:12:32,360 --> 00:12:34,160 Speaker 4: a very obvious injury and I hope that he doesn't 251 00:12:34,160 --> 00:12:37,000 Speaker 4: have to continue to play with that injury. It was 252 00:12:37,160 --> 00:12:38,920 Speaker 4: it was more the defense. It was more the defense 253 00:12:39,400 --> 00:12:41,640 Speaker 4: and Vikings fans aren't surprised though, and I know they're not, 254 00:12:41,679 --> 00:12:42,959 Speaker 4: and I know they'll get in the comments and say 255 00:12:43,000 --> 00:12:45,240 Speaker 4: that because they've seen this happen for weeks. So guess what, 256 00:12:45,360 --> 00:12:47,200 Speaker 4: I guess I'm in your company now. I just thought 257 00:12:47,240 --> 00:12:48,840 Speaker 4: in this matchup, you might have, you know, put up 258 00:12:48,840 --> 00:12:51,280 Speaker 4: a better fight against the Chargers' offense that has definitely 259 00:12:51,280 --> 00:12:52,760 Speaker 4: had a bumpy road the last few weeks. 260 00:12:53,160 --> 00:12:58,240 Speaker 3: It's been a brutal couple of months for for Quasia Adolphomna. 261 00:12:58,880 --> 00:13:02,440 Speaker 3: Not just that, Justin Jejfferson confused him by pretending to 262 00:13:02,480 --> 00:13:06,840 Speaker 3: be a team photographer in a show that my ten 263 00:13:06,920 --> 00:13:10,120 Speaker 3: year old son loves, and I think that's probably the 264 00:13:10,160 --> 00:13:13,400 Speaker 3: target audience. I don't know how many different shows Eli 265 00:13:13,480 --> 00:13:16,520 Speaker 3: Manning can have where people just stress up. I'm just 266 00:13:16,559 --> 00:13:21,440 Speaker 3: gonna keep hitting this point and it's just like an 267 00:13:21,480 --> 00:13:27,360 Speaker 3: insane thing. He signs Jonathan Allen Javon Hargrave in the 268 00:13:27,440 --> 00:13:31,240 Speaker 3: offseason to beef up their defensive line just hasn't worked. 269 00:13:31,480 --> 00:13:34,200 Speaker 3: They trade a number of picks to move up for 270 00:13:34,520 --> 00:13:37,360 Speaker 3: Dallas Turner. Last year, this was supposed to be his 271 00:13:37,440 --> 00:13:39,840 Speaker 3: breakout year and since they haven't had Van Ginkel, they 272 00:13:39,880 --> 00:13:43,000 Speaker 3: needed him to step up. That hasn't happened. On the 273 00:13:43,040 --> 00:13:46,120 Speaker 3: offensive line. You know, they signed the two Colts offensive 274 00:13:46,120 --> 00:13:49,240 Speaker 3: lineman Will Frieses out there tonight, and he hasn't really 275 00:13:49,240 --> 00:13:51,679 Speaker 3: been great this year. And Ryan Kelly's you know, has 276 00:13:51,760 --> 00:13:54,880 Speaker 3: concussion problems or has an injury problem again, and that 277 00:13:54,880 --> 00:13:58,200 Speaker 3: that's something that carried over from you know, the Colts 278 00:13:58,280 --> 00:14:01,160 Speaker 3: last year. And then they've also just had bad luck, 279 00:14:01,240 --> 00:14:04,120 Speaker 3: not just in terms of their acquisitions. It was a shocker. 280 00:14:04,200 --> 00:14:07,720 Speaker 3: Brian O'Neal, the right tackle, didn't play tonight, right, he 281 00:14:07,800 --> 00:14:10,520 Speaker 3: was questionable on the injury report, but he played every 282 00:14:10,520 --> 00:14:13,080 Speaker 3: stat last week and he must have gutted through it 283 00:14:13,120 --> 00:14:15,920 Speaker 3: because he was not available on the quick turnaround to play. 284 00:14:16,200 --> 00:14:18,720 Speaker 3: So that's the right tackle. And then their left tackle, 285 00:14:18,800 --> 00:14:22,360 Speaker 3: Christian Darrisaw apparently was a game time decision worked out 286 00:14:22,680 --> 00:14:24,840 Speaker 3: to prove that he could play before the game and 287 00:14:24,920 --> 00:14:27,640 Speaker 3: only lasted nine snaps. If you had told me, and 288 00:14:27,720 --> 00:14:29,560 Speaker 3: we knew going into it that they weren't going to 289 00:14:29,600 --> 00:14:34,600 Speaker 3: have their two starting tackles, it would have been more 290 00:14:34,640 --> 00:14:37,640 Speaker 3: obvious that the Chargers were real favorites in this game, 291 00:14:37,680 --> 00:14:39,960 Speaker 3: and that it was going to be very difficult for 292 00:14:40,040 --> 00:14:42,920 Speaker 3: their offense to get anything done, and that's what happened. 293 00:14:42,920 --> 00:14:45,480 Speaker 3: They made the Chargers pass rush look pretty good today. 294 00:14:45,720 --> 00:14:48,440 Speaker 4: Yeah they did. And I did get a bit of 295 00:14:48,440 --> 00:14:51,640 Speaker 4: a moment of bummer when I watched Adafeoway get that 296 00:14:51,720 --> 00:14:55,400 Speaker 4: sack on Carson Wentz because he kind of delays a 297 00:14:55,440 --> 00:14:58,160 Speaker 4: stunt and then twists back around toward the guard and 298 00:14:58,200 --> 00:14:59,880 Speaker 4: they pick up the stunt well on the inside it 299 00:15:00,200 --> 00:15:02,440 Speaker 4: center and guard because the de tackle kind of crashes 300 00:15:02,440 --> 00:15:04,920 Speaker 4: inside and then Will Fryes is late to pick it 301 00:15:05,000 --> 00:15:07,360 Speaker 4: up and Oa goes right around him and gets in 302 00:15:07,400 --> 00:15:11,080 Speaker 4: there for the stack. And I'm just like ah ah, 303 00:15:11,120 --> 00:15:14,720 Speaker 4: like this this killing me, man, Like why you're supposed 304 00:15:14,720 --> 00:15:16,320 Speaker 4: to better than this? This is when they went and signed you. 305 00:15:16,360 --> 00:15:19,480 Speaker 4: But again, you're right, like I wouldn't sound the alarms 306 00:15:19,520 --> 00:15:21,960 Speaker 4: on the Vikings necessarily because they are missing so many guys. Oh, 307 00:15:21,960 --> 00:15:24,400 Speaker 4: by the way, their quarterback, like their quarterback hasn't played 308 00:15:24,480 --> 00:15:26,600 Speaker 4: in a long time, and they seem to be playing 309 00:15:26,600 --> 00:15:29,640 Speaker 4: it extremely cautiously. But I do. I had this thought 310 00:15:29,640 --> 00:15:32,280 Speaker 4: in the third quarter tonight where I'm like, man, you know, 311 00:15:32,360 --> 00:15:37,240 Speaker 4: the Vikings, they're They're one last minute drive from of 312 00:15:37,280 --> 00:15:39,520 Speaker 4: Carson Wentz leading them over the Browns from being two 313 00:15:39,600 --> 00:15:43,320 Speaker 4: and five right now, which would be real concerning, right. 314 00:15:43,600 --> 00:15:47,360 Speaker 3: I remember saying that day when we did the show, 315 00:15:48,320 --> 00:15:50,200 Speaker 3: and you know, I was at that game thinking like 316 00:15:51,160 --> 00:15:54,200 Speaker 3: this felt close to not a seving, season saving win. 317 00:15:54,320 --> 00:15:57,680 Speaker 3: But if you look at their schedule, man, they really 318 00:15:58,160 --> 00:16:01,320 Speaker 3: needed to get this one while they could. And it's 319 00:16:01,360 --> 00:16:04,360 Speaker 3: come home to roost. They lose to the Eagles after 320 00:16:04,480 --> 00:16:06,840 Speaker 3: they come home. They lose this game and they're not 321 00:16:06,920 --> 00:16:11,720 Speaker 3: remotely competitive, and now the bad news starts. FDN Fantasy 322 00:16:11,800 --> 00:16:16,080 Speaker 3: aka Aaron Shots and his Numbers has them as the 323 00:16:16,160 --> 00:16:21,320 Speaker 3: toughest remaining schedule in the entire NFL. You know, they 324 00:16:21,360 --> 00:16:24,280 Speaker 3: they come back, they have Detroit, they have five division 325 00:16:24,360 --> 00:16:28,520 Speaker 3: games left, uh, you know, including the Packers game is 326 00:16:28,560 --> 00:16:31,840 Speaker 3: in the next few games. They have the Ravens a 327 00:16:31,880 --> 00:16:36,560 Speaker 3: couple other tough out of division games, and it's gonna 328 00:16:36,560 --> 00:16:41,280 Speaker 3: be a really difficult path back to the playoffs. And 329 00:16:41,360 --> 00:16:45,520 Speaker 3: there is a path to this team bottoming. Now, I'm 330 00:16:45,560 --> 00:16:47,560 Speaker 3: not saying that's gonna happen. If you can get healthy, 331 00:16:47,640 --> 00:16:50,840 Speaker 3: you get your your tackles. JJ McCarthy gives you something 332 00:16:51,240 --> 00:16:54,040 Speaker 3: I don't think this season is over, but I do 333 00:16:54,120 --> 00:16:56,520 Speaker 3: think it is more likely than not they finished with 334 00:16:56,560 --> 00:17:01,000 Speaker 3: a losing record this season, certainly, and there is a 335 00:17:01,040 --> 00:17:03,880 Speaker 3: more likely chance I think they end up with like 336 00:17:03,960 --> 00:17:07,520 Speaker 3: a top eight to ten pick. Then they do make 337 00:17:07,560 --> 00:17:10,040 Speaker 3: the playoffs, and that is a It's a big come 338 00:17:10,160 --> 00:17:13,080 Speaker 3: down and it's really going to be up to McCarthy 339 00:17:15,280 --> 00:17:18,600 Speaker 3: of whether this season ends up feeling like a success. 340 00:17:18,840 --> 00:17:22,960 Speaker 3: And they've treated him very carefully and now it's going 341 00:17:23,040 --> 00:17:24,800 Speaker 3: to be time to play. They've kind of telegraphed that 342 00:17:24,800 --> 00:17:28,160 Speaker 3: they've been planning all along for him to return next week. 343 00:17:28,240 --> 00:17:31,159 Speaker 3: I don't think it was exactly a soft benching, but 344 00:17:31,280 --> 00:17:34,040 Speaker 3: if he was medically clear to be the emergency quarterback 345 00:17:34,240 --> 00:17:36,760 Speaker 3: in theory, he could have been playing here. And I 346 00:17:36,800 --> 00:17:38,840 Speaker 3: think they just wanted to get more time with him 347 00:17:38,880 --> 00:17:40,679 Speaker 3: on the practice field and hope they could get a 348 00:17:40,720 --> 00:17:43,240 Speaker 3: win along the way these last two weeks, and it 349 00:17:43,480 --> 00:17:47,920 Speaker 3: just didn't happen. Carson Wentz wasn't great, But I don't 350 00:17:47,920 --> 00:17:49,560 Speaker 3: know what you were expecting, you know what I mean, 351 00:17:49,680 --> 00:17:50,800 Speaker 3: considering the situation. 352 00:17:51,000 --> 00:17:53,240 Speaker 4: Yeah, once the situation worse than once they lost Darrisaw, 353 00:17:53,280 --> 00:17:54,440 Speaker 4: I was like, Oh, this is gonna be bad. Now 354 00:17:54,440 --> 00:17:57,000 Speaker 4: Wentz to his credit, through a really beautiful touchdown pass 355 00:17:57,000 --> 00:17:58,760 Speaker 4: in the back of the end zone, and he made 356 00:17:58,800 --> 00:18:00,960 Speaker 4: a few nice throws like that. He did start to 357 00:18:01,000 --> 00:18:03,240 Speaker 4: get into a bit of a rhythm with Justin Jefferson, 358 00:18:04,000 --> 00:18:05,959 Speaker 4: but they had a lot of missed opportunities. Will rekerd 359 00:18:05,960 --> 00:18:07,480 Speaker 4: missing that field goal at the end of the half 360 00:18:07,520 --> 00:18:09,359 Speaker 4: by kicking part of the ground and it comes up 361 00:18:09,400 --> 00:18:11,439 Speaker 4: short of a fifty three yarder, which was eye opening 362 00:18:11,440 --> 00:18:13,560 Speaker 4: to most everybody because he's got the leg for much 363 00:18:13,560 --> 00:18:16,240 Speaker 4: more than that. It was just indicative of the small 364 00:18:16,280 --> 00:18:18,240 Speaker 4: mistakes and the small misses that they had all night. 365 00:18:18,720 --> 00:18:20,840 Speaker 4: And and by the fourth quarter, you knew Wentz was 366 00:18:20,920 --> 00:18:23,959 Speaker 4: playing very hurt and he's the type of guy that 367 00:18:24,040 --> 00:18:24,520 Speaker 4: he's going to go. 368 00:18:25,240 --> 00:18:28,080 Speaker 3: I was like, does does Kevin O'Connell not like Carson Wentz? 369 00:18:28,119 --> 00:18:30,199 Speaker 3: Like I thought he'd like Carson Wentz. But I started 370 00:18:30,200 --> 00:18:32,800 Speaker 3: to think, like, is he just out there like as 371 00:18:32,840 --> 00:18:36,119 Speaker 3: like a human shield taking bullets? That's what he was doing? 372 00:18:36,200 --> 00:18:38,800 Speaker 3: He doesn't, Yeah, that's put in Max Prosmer. 373 00:18:39,160 --> 00:18:41,400 Speaker 4: Yeah. They were like, all right, short week, we'll buy 374 00:18:41,400 --> 00:18:43,159 Speaker 4: a little bit more time for jaj to get right 375 00:18:43,240 --> 00:18:45,439 Speaker 4: right like and for those who are watching on YouTube, 376 00:18:45,480 --> 00:18:47,560 Speaker 4: You'll see Wentz, you know, gets a pass deflected, he 377 00:18:47,680 --> 00:18:49,840 Speaker 4: knocks it down, he starts to grab his shoulder. I 378 00:18:49,880 --> 00:18:51,600 Speaker 4: don't know what the injury is specifically, but I know 379 00:18:51,680 --> 00:18:53,639 Speaker 4: that brace and I know that hold, and that is 380 00:18:53,680 --> 00:18:56,920 Speaker 4: not a good feeling from my own experience. So he 381 00:18:57,000 --> 00:18:59,880 Speaker 4: credit to him for gutting it out. But it's it's 382 00:19:00,000 --> 00:19:01,560 Speaker 4: it's tough for them when you look at their season 383 00:19:01,600 --> 00:19:05,680 Speaker 4: outlook because they've played one division game so far and 384 00:19:05,720 --> 00:19:07,800 Speaker 4: they're in one of the toughest divisions in the NFL, 385 00:19:07,880 --> 00:19:10,399 Speaker 4: with the rest of their schedule in the division awaiting them. 386 00:19:10,440 --> 00:19:13,000 Speaker 4: By the way, next week they play the Lions in Detroit. 387 00:19:13,600 --> 00:19:15,360 Speaker 4: It's gonna be a really rough road, and that's gonna 388 00:19:15,359 --> 00:19:17,280 Speaker 4: be a tough situation to throw McCarthy back into it, 389 00:19:17,320 --> 00:19:19,359 Speaker 4: because he's a de facto rookie at this point. Like 390 00:19:19,400 --> 00:19:22,200 Speaker 4: he didn't play last year, he's only gotten a couple 391 00:19:22,280 --> 00:19:24,560 Speaker 4: games worth of experience this season. It's gonna be really 392 00:19:24,560 --> 00:19:27,280 Speaker 4: tough for them. It's definitely, it's not impossible, but they 393 00:19:27,280 --> 00:19:28,920 Speaker 4: got to get healthy. They already had their bye week 394 00:19:28,920 --> 00:19:31,080 Speaker 4: in Week six, and the road is not going to 395 00:19:31,160 --> 00:19:33,960 Speaker 4: get any easier by any stretch of the imagination going forward, 396 00:19:34,000 --> 00:19:35,479 Speaker 4: So they're gonna need to turn around. They're gonna need 397 00:19:35,520 --> 00:19:36,240 Speaker 4: one pretty quickly. 398 00:19:36,640 --> 00:19:39,000 Speaker 3: They need Florist to cook up some magic because this 399 00:19:39,119 --> 00:19:43,240 Speaker 3: defense is average this season at best. If you took 400 00:19:43,240 --> 00:19:46,040 Speaker 3: out the numbers of one of the most dominant defensive 401 00:19:46,040 --> 00:19:48,840 Speaker 3: performances of the year against the Bengals, they really are 402 00:19:48,880 --> 00:19:53,840 Speaker 3: a below average yep, defense, they just they have the 403 00:19:53,840 --> 00:19:57,000 Speaker 3: pieces and I thought the continuity potentially to be special 404 00:19:57,040 --> 00:20:01,600 Speaker 3: this year. But defense and County on defense year after 405 00:20:01,720 --> 00:20:04,680 Speaker 3: year is tricky. Sometimes opponents catch up a little bit 406 00:20:05,080 --> 00:20:08,359 Speaker 3: to your schemes, and in Flores has been creative, but 407 00:20:08,400 --> 00:20:15,440 Speaker 3: they haven't had enough one on one winners. You know 408 00:20:15,480 --> 00:20:18,120 Speaker 3: who had some one on one winners tonight? The Chargers 409 00:20:18,280 --> 00:20:20,639 Speaker 3: in their defense and had been killing Jesse Minter on 410 00:20:20,680 --> 00:20:23,520 Speaker 3: the podcast the last month, So let's get a little up. 411 00:20:23,560 --> 00:20:26,920 Speaker 3: Not only did they stop the run very well tonight, 412 00:20:27,040 --> 00:20:31,159 Speaker 3: but some surprising names got some production. Yeah, let's have 413 00:20:31,160 --> 00:20:33,560 Speaker 3: a rare sack call on the TNF. 414 00:20:33,200 --> 00:20:38,880 Speaker 1: Recap for two seconds, he takes the shotgun, snaps head, 415 00:20:39,000 --> 00:20:39,800 Speaker 1: drop sack. 416 00:20:41,880 --> 00:20:43,520 Speaker 4: Well to keep the theme going. 417 00:20:43,359 --> 00:20:45,399 Speaker 1: Shoot your fight or is it a boy bee? Is 418 00:20:45,440 --> 00:20:45,760 Speaker 1: it tu? 419 00:20:45,840 --> 00:20:46,199 Speaker 2: Lee? 420 00:20:46,240 --> 00:20:49,000 Speaker 1: Is it O way, Whatever it is, it's a loss 421 00:20:49,000 --> 00:20:49,280 Speaker 1: of aid. 422 00:20:49,359 --> 00:20:50,000 Speaker 4: I think it was a. 423 00:20:49,960 --> 00:20:52,800 Speaker 3: Boy be It was a boy beee who's uh, you know, 424 00:20:52,840 --> 00:20:55,040 Speaker 3: making a name for himself, justin a boy bee with 425 00:20:55,160 --> 00:20:57,680 Speaker 3: a couple of sacks tonight. Has had some pressures lately. 426 00:20:57,800 --> 00:21:00,960 Speaker 3: They need some people to step up. I'm not going 427 00:21:01,040 --> 00:21:03,840 Speaker 3: to say their defensive line problems are fixed, but they 428 00:21:03,880 --> 00:21:08,000 Speaker 3: added a body in Oway who's solid at least, and 429 00:21:08,440 --> 00:21:12,320 Speaker 3: they had five players tonight with multiple pressures and they 430 00:21:12,440 --> 00:21:15,000 Speaker 3: just are getting back to respectable. It was as good 431 00:21:15,000 --> 00:21:17,840 Speaker 3: a matchup as you're going to get against these Vikings backups. 432 00:21:17,920 --> 00:21:20,800 Speaker 3: So I'm not gonna say that they've been crowned, but 433 00:21:20,840 --> 00:21:23,160 Speaker 3: it was complimentary football. They need to be an offense 434 00:21:23,200 --> 00:21:25,600 Speaker 3: first team, so the Vikings need to be defense first. 435 00:21:25,640 --> 00:21:27,720 Speaker 3: The Chargers need to be offense first, and their offense 436 00:21:27,760 --> 00:21:30,959 Speaker 3: protected their defense tonight. I have a wild stat for you, 437 00:21:31,320 --> 00:21:35,600 Speaker 3: no great call there by Matt Muney Smith. At one 438 00:21:35,600 --> 00:21:41,120 Speaker 3: point tonight, the Chargers had twenty one first downs. Oh yes, 439 00:21:41,280 --> 00:21:45,840 Speaker 3: and the Vikings had twenty four offensive plays yep, cause 440 00:21:45,960 --> 00:21:49,359 Speaker 3: they came out of halftime after completely dominating the first half. 441 00:21:49,359 --> 00:21:51,440 Speaker 3: It was crazy numbers and then they came out a 442 00:21:51,480 --> 00:21:55,159 Speaker 3: halftime and ran the ball down the Vikings throats. They 443 00:21:55,240 --> 00:21:57,040 Speaker 3: ended up settling for a field goal, but at that 444 00:21:57,119 --> 00:21:59,760 Speaker 3: point like they just killed more time, put more points 445 00:21:59,800 --> 00:22:01,600 Speaker 3: on the on the and it was one of the 446 00:22:01,600 --> 00:22:04,320 Speaker 3: more one sided games of the entire season. To shout out, 447 00:22:04,480 --> 00:22:07,840 Speaker 3: shout out to the defensive line, to everyone, to complimentary football. 448 00:22:07,880 --> 00:22:10,480 Speaker 4: Yeah, time of possession difference was basically two to one, 449 00:22:10,760 --> 00:22:12,920 Speaker 4: thirty nine zero four to twenty fifty six. It felt 450 00:22:13,200 --> 00:22:16,200 Speaker 4: kind of like that Chiefs Raiders game on Sunday in 451 00:22:16,240 --> 00:22:19,120 Speaker 4: which the Raiders only had thirty offensive plays at least 452 00:22:19,200 --> 00:22:25,520 Speaker 4: until garbage time. Yeah, it's a tough man. I it's 453 00:22:25,560 --> 00:22:27,720 Speaker 4: what a turn, What a turn for the Chargers. Like 454 00:22:27,880 --> 00:22:30,359 Speaker 4: last week, you get dominated at home by the Colts, 455 00:22:30,400 --> 00:22:32,879 Speaker 4: who are a well oiled offensive machine, and then you 456 00:22:32,920 --> 00:22:35,760 Speaker 4: do the same thing to the Vikings, which just underscores 457 00:22:35,800 --> 00:22:37,760 Speaker 4: what I've said all along. We don't know what's coming 458 00:22:37,840 --> 00:22:40,080 Speaker 4: in the NFL, and that's why it's so fun to watch. 459 00:22:39,920 --> 00:22:42,359 Speaker 3: Well, and that schedule explains so much. I really do 460 00:22:42,440 --> 00:22:45,199 Speaker 3: believe like the Chargers could have come in and the 461 00:22:45,240 --> 00:22:47,440 Speaker 3: Colts could have come in again this week. I think 462 00:22:47,480 --> 00:22:50,240 Speaker 3: something similar would happen. They're just the Chargers defense is 463 00:22:50,280 --> 00:22:52,280 Speaker 3: not in that class. No, you know what, you get 464 00:22:52,280 --> 00:22:55,159 Speaker 3: a little healthy and you get some help from your 465 00:22:55,200 --> 00:22:59,560 Speaker 3: offense and you can outclass this Vikings offense and suddenly, look, 466 00:23:00,040 --> 00:23:01,639 Speaker 3: I don't think they're one of the best teams in 467 00:23:01,640 --> 00:23:04,159 Speaker 3: the AFC, but they're five and three. They're three to 468 00:23:04,280 --> 00:23:07,800 Speaker 3: zero in the division. They have the Titans next, they 469 00:23:07,840 --> 00:23:11,240 Speaker 3: have then the Steelers and at Jacksonville before they're by, 470 00:23:11,920 --> 00:23:16,359 Speaker 3: and then the Raiders. And like you, to me, you 471 00:23:16,400 --> 00:23:18,720 Speaker 3: look at that schedule, you're five and three. Now, if 472 00:23:18,720 --> 00:23:22,480 Speaker 3: they're anything less than eight and four after that stretch, 473 00:23:22,880 --> 00:23:25,600 Speaker 3: I would think it'd be a disappointment. And you have 474 00:23:25,680 --> 00:23:28,240 Speaker 3: your buy in there to get a little healthier too. 475 00:23:28,480 --> 00:23:31,639 Speaker 3: So they're in a good position. And I say that 476 00:23:31,680 --> 00:23:35,080 Speaker 3: because to me, Titans Raiders those should be two automatic wins, 477 00:23:35,160 --> 00:23:37,600 Speaker 3: and then you split the others in which you might 478 00:23:37,640 --> 00:23:40,760 Speaker 3: even be favored. And we'll see. It's a long season. 479 00:23:40,800 --> 00:23:44,600 Speaker 3: They're figuring it out, but they've maybe steadied the ship. 480 00:23:44,640 --> 00:23:47,680 Speaker 3: Here two more quick points before we go. Number one, 481 00:23:47,880 --> 00:23:52,840 Speaker 3: I like the Philip Rivers, even the Rodney Harrison era 482 00:23:53,080 --> 00:23:54,879 Speaker 3: charges uniforms. Tonight, what do you think. 483 00:23:55,119 --> 00:23:58,640 Speaker 4: Yeah, I thought that the Chargers are one of those 484 00:23:58,720 --> 00:24:03,240 Speaker 4: unique franchises that they want to be powder blue and gold, 485 00:24:03,680 --> 00:24:05,480 Speaker 4: but they also don't want to let go of their 486 00:24:05,520 --> 00:24:08,480 Speaker 4: other shades of blue, like they had that royal blue 487 00:24:08,560 --> 00:24:10,800 Speaker 4: alternate before when color rush was first a thing. 488 00:24:11,119 --> 00:24:14,159 Speaker 3: Then they wear they don't wear shirts anyway. 489 00:24:14,600 --> 00:24:16,760 Speaker 4: I liked the banana shirts. Those are good too. I'm 490 00:24:17,320 --> 00:24:19,400 Speaker 4: that Oh yeah, I mean I played when I played 491 00:24:19,400 --> 00:24:21,080 Speaker 4: football as kid, we had all yellow uniforms and I 492 00:24:21,119 --> 00:24:24,359 Speaker 4: love those two. But these this was tasteful. This is 493 00:24:24,400 --> 00:24:26,800 Speaker 4: a good way to modernize what they had. Then they 494 00:24:26,840 --> 00:24:29,320 Speaker 4: even went with the same font and art in the 495 00:24:29,440 --> 00:24:31,640 Speaker 4: end zone that they used to have back at Qualcomm. Yes, 496 00:24:31,800 --> 00:24:33,960 Speaker 4: Jack Robbie you know back in the day U or 497 00:24:34,040 --> 00:24:36,960 Speaker 4: Jack Murphy excuse me stadium, and uh it was really 498 00:24:36,960 --> 00:24:38,399 Speaker 4: it was a great touch. I really liked it. 499 00:24:39,359 --> 00:24:43,560 Speaker 3: Great call in terms of the end zone. I love 500 00:24:43,600 --> 00:24:48,200 Speaker 3: those teams. Harrison, whom I swear I'm not just seeing 501 00:24:48,200 --> 00:24:49,959 Speaker 3: this as a Patriots omer. I do think is one 502 00:24:49,960 --> 00:24:52,720 Speaker 3: of the more underrated players and should be a more 503 00:24:52,760 --> 00:24:55,400 Speaker 3: serious Hall of Fame consideration. But those teams with him 504 00:24:56,000 --> 00:24:59,439 Speaker 3: and Saw and Quentin Jammer. 505 00:25:00,320 --> 00:25:01,560 Speaker 4: You said it because if you didn't say it, I 506 00:25:01,600 --> 00:25:02,280 Speaker 4: was gonna say. 507 00:25:02,119 --> 00:25:06,000 Speaker 3: It fun fun defenses and I love seeing that tonight. 508 00:25:06,040 --> 00:25:08,880 Speaker 3: And then I hate talking about the refs, but that 509 00:25:08,960 --> 00:25:13,879 Speaker 3: overturn pick six awful? What are we doing? The whole 510 00:25:13,920 --> 00:25:16,800 Speaker 3: thing I hate, And I thought the Hockinson overturned last 511 00:25:16,800 --> 00:25:20,880 Speaker 3: week on the Vikings was also brutal. The whole thing 512 00:25:20,920 --> 00:25:24,000 Speaker 3: that I think we've gotten away from is it's supposed 513 00:25:24,040 --> 00:25:26,400 Speaker 3: to be clear and obvious if you're going to overturn it. 514 00:25:26,600 --> 00:25:29,000 Speaker 3: Neither of those plays were clear and obvious. The only 515 00:25:29,040 --> 00:25:31,680 Speaker 3: reason you even see the ball like moving a little 516 00:25:31,720 --> 00:25:34,239 Speaker 3: bit is because you're slowing it down so much. But 517 00:25:34,320 --> 00:25:36,360 Speaker 3: we live in a world where where no one's going 518 00:25:36,440 --> 00:25:38,840 Speaker 3: in that slow motion. So if it's just moving that 519 00:25:39,000 --> 00:25:42,199 Speaker 3: little bit while you're actually moving, it's it is a catch, 520 00:25:42,440 --> 00:25:44,840 Speaker 3: and it's definitely not clear and obvious. Both of those, 521 00:25:44,960 --> 00:25:46,119 Speaker 3: especially the pick six. 522 00:25:47,080 --> 00:25:48,679 Speaker 4: I thought there was some slight room for them to 523 00:25:48,760 --> 00:25:50,439 Speaker 4: maybe think about it, but I thought it was pretty 524 00:25:50,440 --> 00:25:52,000 Speaker 4: firm that it was a pick six, which, by the way, 525 00:25:52,280 --> 00:25:54,000 Speaker 4: talk about a way a play can change the tone 526 00:25:54,000 --> 00:25:56,120 Speaker 4: of a game early on, you get that second chance 527 00:25:56,160 --> 00:25:58,080 Speaker 4: to go down there and score. It was it was terrible. 528 00:25:58,560 --> 00:26:00,879 Speaker 4: I posted on social we had a emilia. I was like, 529 00:26:00,880 --> 00:26:04,880 Speaker 4: that's a terrible review because we don't need to overlegislate 530 00:26:04,920 --> 00:26:07,320 Speaker 4: things like that. We're already obsessed with finishing, completing the 531 00:26:07,320 --> 00:26:10,359 Speaker 4: process of the catch. That's a great play. There's no 532 00:26:10,480 --> 00:26:12,720 Speaker 4: clear evidence that it wasn't that he'd used the ground 533 00:26:12,760 --> 00:26:15,120 Speaker 4: to aid him in catching that. I was stunned. Let's 534 00:26:15,160 --> 00:26:17,639 Speaker 4: stop being so particular about these things. 535 00:26:17,720 --> 00:26:20,680 Speaker 3: Let's just let's not be looking for reasons every time 536 00:26:20,720 --> 00:26:23,399 Speaker 3: to overturn it. N you got to look for something 537 00:26:23,440 --> 00:26:27,239 Speaker 3: that's just so clear and obvious, going to keep using 538 00:26:27,280 --> 00:26:29,719 Speaker 3: those words, and it just it just wasn't that, you know, 539 00:26:29,800 --> 00:26:31,760 Speaker 3: and I know that it would have been a different game. 540 00:26:32,280 --> 00:26:35,719 Speaker 3: I choose to believe in a world where those Chargers 541 00:26:35,720 --> 00:26:38,240 Speaker 3: fans who were allowed tonight by the way, I know 542 00:26:38,280 --> 00:26:39,800 Speaker 3: there were a lot of Vikings fans there, and there 543 00:26:39,800 --> 00:26:43,240 Speaker 3: were and whatnot, but it was rocking. The Chargers fans 544 00:26:43,280 --> 00:26:46,320 Speaker 3: love it like this team. I choose to believe in 545 00:26:46,359 --> 00:26:48,800 Speaker 3: a world where if they were this dominant, otherwise they 546 00:26:48,840 --> 00:26:50,520 Speaker 3: would have found their way to win. It might have 547 00:26:50,600 --> 00:26:52,920 Speaker 3: been more entertaining for us along the way, a little 548 00:26:52,920 --> 00:26:55,840 Speaker 3: more drama, but that you know not. Every Thursday Night 549 00:26:55,840 --> 00:26:59,720 Speaker 3: game can beautiful. Every Nick Shook performance can beautiful. Though, 550 00:27:00,160 --> 00:27:04,400 Speaker 3: we will be talking to you on Sunday night. Take 551 00:27:04,440 --> 00:27:06,760 Speaker 3: some time off, hang out with the family. I don't 552 00:27:06,760 --> 00:27:08,200 Speaker 3: know if you're working the next couple of days. 553 00:27:08,760 --> 00:27:10,760 Speaker 4: Gussie, Gussie, the Nise nephew. This weekend, why not. 554 00:27:12,200 --> 00:27:15,400 Speaker 3: We will be back in the feed. Yes, the pic 555 00:27:15,440 --> 00:27:17,480 Speaker 3: show is already up if you haven't noticed. So the 556 00:27:17,520 --> 00:27:20,920 Speaker 3: next time this feed will be active will be Sunday night. 557 00:27:21,000 --> 00:27:25,919 Speaker 3: Me Shookie, Patrick, Jordan, all your favorites. Good Sunday Slate. 558 00:27:26,080 --> 00:27:28,160 Speaker 3: We will see you for the Week eight recap.