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Speaker 1: Welcome to NFL Daily, where we're happy to give starting

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Speaker 1: quarterback jobs to Joe Flacco in the year twenty twenty five.

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Speaker 1: I'm Greg Rosenthal and I'm here in the Chris Westling

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Speaker 1: podcast studio talking to our friend of the show, JP

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Speaker 1: Acosta from SB Nation, who is joining us to talk

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Speaker 1: the top ten most interesting offenses of the season. But

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Speaker 1: first a little bit of news. Great to have you

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Speaker 1: back on the show, JP.

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Speaker 2: Thank you for having me.

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Speaker 1: I'm excited you're you're a fan favorite, and by that

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Speaker 1: I mean like I'm the fan, I'm your fan, and

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Speaker 1: you've been awesome when we've had had you on in

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Speaker 1: the past. And yeah, we're going to get to the

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Speaker 1: most interesting offenses. We'll see how many we can fit in.

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Speaker 1: Maybe it'd be less than ten, maybe it'll be more.

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Speaker 1: I don't like sticking to that number necessarily, because first

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Speaker 1: we got to talk a little bit of news. And yeah,

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Speaker 1: I was looking at Pro Football Reference JP when the

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Speaker 1: Browns made what was the obvious decision to name Joe

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Speaker 1: Flacco the starting quarterback in twenty twenty five, and I

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Speaker 1: was thinking, like, man, who is he playing with the

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Speaker 1: first time he was in a starting quarterback competition. He

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Speaker 1: basically was just giving that job as a rookie, but

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Speaker 1: Troy Smith was on that team. Todd Bowman might have

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Speaker 1: been the backup, or might have been Troy Smith, I'm

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Speaker 1: not sure, but he was throwing to Derek Mason, Todd Heap,

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Speaker 1: and Mark Clayton. I mean, he has been in the

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Speaker 1: NFL that long. That was his weapons and his backfield

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Speaker 1: to me was fascinating. It was Willis mcgahey Ray Rice

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Speaker 1: as a rookie, and the leading rusher for that team

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Speaker 1: that year in Carrie's in yards was actually la Ron

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Speaker 1: mcclayin back when they were doing like a full back

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Speaker 1: running back thing. I think he made the Pro Bowl

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Speaker 1: that year. And so that is how long Joe Flacco

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Speaker 1: has been in the league. And now he's handing the

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Speaker 1: ball off to Dylan Sampson who was probably what about

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Speaker 1: three years old when that was all happening.

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Speaker 3: It's fascinating how Joe Flacco has has survived multiple eras

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Speaker 3: of NFL offense. He has gone from the fullback I

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Speaker 3: formation condensed form of the NFL. He has played in

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Speaker 3: the spread and shred version of the NFL. And now

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Speaker 3: as we sort of returned to the twelve personnel gap scheme,

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Speaker 3: power counter world.

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Speaker 2: Joe Flacco is still around.

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Speaker 3: I'm starting to believe that he is sort of the

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Speaker 3: anchor being of the NFL universe, and you cannot have

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Speaker 3: a thriving NFL season without Joe Blacko starting at least

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Speaker 3: three games.

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Speaker 1: Now. I remember that twenty nineteen battle he was in

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Speaker 1: with the Broncos, and you know, the namesake of the studio,

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Speaker 1: Chris Wesling, was pretty fired up about that Broncos team. Initially,

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Speaker 1: Vic Fangios Joe Flacco Broncos didn't stay on the tracks

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Speaker 1: the whole time. But I love me some Flaco because

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Speaker 1: he went from like overrated initially because he was a

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Speaker 1: very good rookie for a rookie won a couple of

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Speaker 1: playoff games, to you know, a guy who didn't always

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Speaker 1: seem like he loved ball that much. He didn't have

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Speaker 1: that reputation, and then you know, maybe it wasn't the

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Speaker 1: friendliest quarterback for Lamar Jackson to enter into an organization with.

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Speaker 1: And then as it's gone on, I think he just

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Speaker 1: realized he has that love and look, he is obviously

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Speaker 1: the best option for them for Week one. I think

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Speaker 1: during the regular season, probably in that order, but we'll see.

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Speaker 1: And they're they're making the case right now publicly JP,

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Speaker 1: at least through Adam Schefter, that they're strongly considering keeping

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Speaker 1: four quarterbacks, that they're like leaning towards that. To me,

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Speaker 1: that speaks to like, please, someone offer us something for

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Speaker 1: Kenny Pikett. That's what my guess is.

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Speaker 3: I think that also leans towards Kenny Pickett being the

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Speaker 3: it means we're just trying anything in twenty twenty five.

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Speaker 2: We just want to see what works.

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Speaker 3: If one of these guys pans out and they win

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Speaker 2: And looks good, cool, that'd be awesome.

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Speaker 3: If none of them work out and they have the

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Speaker 3: we'll go to go draft the quarterback. Then they are

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Speaker 3: really going for the quarterbacks. Don't matter version of the NFL.

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Speaker 3: just as long as we reach our main goal of

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Speaker 3: figuring out who everybody else is going to be on

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Speaker 3: we might actually need a quarterback.

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Speaker 1: That's fair, And you know, Stefanski talked about how important

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Speaker 1: developing quarterbacks are, and I think they're going to play

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Speaker 1: Kevin Spansky's proven to be a good offensive coach. He's

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Speaker 1: won two Coach of the Year awards, which is crazy.

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Speaker 1: But you know, looking for a year six from Andrew

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Speaker 1: Berry at GM and Stefanski together seems odd to me.

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Speaker 1: I was going to talk about it later, but since

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Speaker 1: not saying that this young man doesn't deserve to go

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Speaker 1: that Andrew Berry and the Browns are a team that

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Speaker 1: has essentially decided to look for an advantage in the

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Speaker 1: market like get an Edge. It's an antechally analytically driven

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Speaker 1: cheap and obviously was a disaster for Deshaun Watson. But

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Speaker 1: Let's move on to Matthew Stafford. He's back at practice.

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Speaker 1: I actually was a little surprised he's back at practice.

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Speaker 1: He took twenty six reps in full team, So not

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Speaker 1: saying the panic is off, but I'm feeling better than

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Speaker 2: My first thought when I saw that was the immortal

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Speaker 2: chamber worked.

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Speaker 3: Whatever whatever they had him in, whatever, a mortal chamber,

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Speaker 2: They had him in cooking for the last three weeks.

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Speaker 1: It worked.

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Speaker 3: I guess, like, we'll see what happens, but this is

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Speaker 3: Stafford being healthy and at least enough for this team

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Speaker 3: long term for the Rams future. Obviously, if he's healthy

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Speaker 3: They have all the skill talent, they had the pass

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Speaker 3: long term, you also are set up with the Falcons

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Speaker 3: blaze of glory, you've kind of given yourself that off ramp,

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Speaker 2: So short term, long term.

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Speaker 3: It feels like a good It's a great thing that

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Speaker 3: out to those guys with the Amortal chainbel because they

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Speaker 1: That was the best branding and deal that they could

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Speaker 1: have advertised and they could have possibly had that He

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Speaker 1: was not on purpose going into the chamber, but yeah,

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Speaker 1: he announced last week that he is taking over as

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Speaker 1: one of the hosts of the Let's Go podcast, you know,

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Speaker 1: I'm only mentioning that because just seems like something a

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Speaker 1: this the final year of Matthew Stafford? I have zero information,

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Speaker 1: even heard zero specta. I just think it's is logical

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Speaker 1: And Sean McVay is not making any promises, saying that

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Speaker 1: he's practicing tomorrow. They are going to ramp him up.

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Speaker 1: But so far, so good. Good to hear a couple

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Speaker 1: other injury items for you. You can respond to whichever

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Speaker 1: Jordan Love already back at practice on Monday, that was

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Speaker 1: So that's good to finally hear. And then unfortunately that

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Speaker 1: the Chiefs lost their first round pick from a few

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Speaker 1: hasn't contributed much to their bottom line, did not get

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Speaker 1: fancy out of that three pack, JP, I think.

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Speaker 3: The thing I'm most fascinated by is energy ky Ozama

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Speaker 3: but they haven't been able to find that consistently. George

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Speaker 3: and Andydique Uzama was supposed to be that guy, was

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Speaker 3: supposed to be another designated pass rusher, just hasn't that

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Speaker 3: Charles Miniu worked for a second.

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Speaker 1: There still there, He's still there, he is, He is

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Speaker 2: Thrive and survive.

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Speaker 3: Out to Charles de Mini who for being the quintessential

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Speaker 3: on the Demico Niners teams. So they need to find

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Speaker 3: a consistent second guy with Chris Jones and Felix heodka Uzama.

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Speaker 3: Going off season in the IR is tough because that's

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Speaker 3: another high draft pick you sit down the drain and

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Speaker 3: another pass rusher that you really lost for the season.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, these the teams, like the Chiefs, who are trying

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Speaker 1: to keep a dynasty going. We'll get to them in

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Speaker 1: a little bit. Spoiler alert. You just can't miss much

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Speaker 1: on these picks. Now you make the trade, you know,

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Speaker 1: when you get rid of Tyreek Hill and then you

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Speaker 1: draft car Loftus and McDuffie and you know that's a

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Speaker 1: home run. But when you miss on some of these picks,

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Speaker 1: like a sky Moore or in a dkay Zama, it

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Speaker 1: really hurts. And yeah, you think about that edge group

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Speaker 1: Carl Loftis is a very good starting edge. But after that,

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Speaker 1: it's Mike Dana and it's Charles Amanahu and it's a

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Speaker 1: he steps up. And yeah, when I mentioned the Bond

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Speaker 1: Now, let's go down the field a little more. JP.

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Speaker 3: have anybody downfield you could trust to last year offensive

436
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Speaker 3: line was really in going through a lot of issues

437
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Speaker 3: up front. It's really hard to throw the ball downfield

438
00:22:04,600 --> 00:22:06,840
Speaker 3: if you don't have enough time for your receivers to

439
00:22:06,880 --> 00:22:08,879
Speaker 3: get downfield. I think this is gonna be a really

440
00:22:08,920 --> 00:22:11,680
Speaker 3: talented offensive line. I love what I've seen from Josh

441
00:22:11,720 --> 00:22:16,440
Speaker 3: Simmons so far. Kingsley Swamatiya has been up and down,

442
00:22:16,600 --> 00:22:18,960
Speaker 3: especially as a pass protector, and that's gonna be a

443
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Speaker 3: big risk at left guard, but if you have Andy

444
00:22:21,920 --> 00:22:25,160
Speaker 3: Hack as your offensive line coach, Andy Reid, Patrick Mahomes,

445
00:22:25,160 --> 00:22:27,360
Speaker 3: and then playing next to Creed Humphrey, that should help

446
00:22:27,880 --> 00:22:30,320
Speaker 3: be a little bit of a floor razor. So I'm

447
00:22:30,320 --> 00:22:33,800
Speaker 3: expecting a little bit more downfield. But I also think

448
00:22:33,840 --> 00:22:38,040
Speaker 3: that this is sort of what the Chiefs have evolved into.

449
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Speaker 1: This is the you gotta keep you gotta keep changing though,

450
00:22:40,800 --> 00:22:43,080
Speaker 1: And if we're gonna compare them to the Patriots, and

451
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Speaker 1: I think it's a good comparison just in that they're

452
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Speaker 1: trying to do something that almost has never been done.

453
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Speaker 1: Staying at that level that that long, you always have

454
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Speaker 1: to evolve, and I just think Andy Reid's got another

455
00:22:52,720 --> 00:22:54,320
Speaker 1: move in him. I don't know what it's gonna be, like,

456
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Speaker 1: I just think they're gonna be different. You can't keep

457
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Speaker 1: existing this way. And yeah, a great start is just

458
00:23:00,000 --> 00:23:02,560
Speaker 1: increasing that under pressure number. I know Mahomes hold onto

459
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Speaker 1: the ball and everything, but his pressure numbers last year

460
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Speaker 1: were way higher than they had ever been before. And

461
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Speaker 1: so if I truly believe that he Mahomes is, you know,

462
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Speaker 1: right at the top of the all time greats, Like

463
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Speaker 1: I just think this is if you're looking at the

464
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Speaker 1: career arc is a season where we get a little

465
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Speaker 1: more sizzle. That's that's That's what I'm expecting, and well,

466
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Speaker 1: we'll see if it actually happens. Give me another offense

467
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Speaker 1: that you're interested in.

468
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Speaker 3: I'm staying in the AFC East. I'm gonna go with

469
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Speaker 3: the Miami Dolphins. And I have been fascinated with the

470
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Speaker 3: Dolphins offense since Mike McDaniel took over. And it's for

471
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Speaker 3: different reasons that it was when when he first took

472
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Speaker 3: over to Dolphins. They were so explosive when they first

473
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Speaker 3: when he first got there, he was revolutionizing the NFL

474
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Speaker 3: with the cheap motion, with all the cool stuff he

475
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Speaker 3: was doing with Tyreek Hill.

476
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Speaker 2: And then everybody.

477
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Speaker 3: Realized that they can't block anybody in short yardage. They

478
00:23:59,600 --> 00:24:02,280
Speaker 3: are one of the worst short yardage football teams I've

479
00:24:02,400 --> 00:24:05,879
Speaker 3: ever seen. And I think some of it was early

480
00:24:06,040 --> 00:24:10,600
Speaker 3: due to Mike McDaniel's inability to develop an inability to change.

481
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Speaker 3: But now I think it's about the personnel that you have,

482
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Speaker 3: and I think the Dolphins have also realized that they've

483
00:24:16,320 --> 00:24:18,919
Speaker 3: gotten a little bit more athletic up front drafting Jonas

484
00:24:18,920 --> 00:24:21,399
Speaker 3: Savaia and I to play left guard. You kind of

485
00:24:21,520 --> 00:24:25,480
Speaker 3: changed the offensive line configurations. You add Ali Gordon on

486
00:24:25,560 --> 00:24:28,720
Speaker 3: day three, who's probably gonna be your short yardage you're

487
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Speaker 3: I hate to call him this because it's not exactly

488
00:24:32,119 --> 00:24:34,560
Speaker 3: a great player, but he is what Jeff Wilson was

489
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Speaker 3: supposed to be when you brought Jeff Wilson over from

490
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Speaker 3: San Francisco. So I think what I want to see

491
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Speaker 3: from this Dolphins offense. I think the passing game is

492
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Speaker 3: gonna be fine, especially if you get Tyreek Hill and

493
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Speaker 3: Jalen Waddle playing together healthy, but you need some more

494
00:24:51,920 --> 00:24:56,159
Speaker 3: oomph from the blocking, especially what you've tied end, especially

495
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Speaker 3: with the receivers because they play so much eleven and

496
00:24:59,359 --> 00:25:03,120
Speaker 3: twenty one person that requires a lot from your receivers blocking.

497
00:25:03,280 --> 00:25:05,040
Speaker 3: I think Nick Westbrook a QNA, was one of my

498
00:25:05,080 --> 00:25:08,720
Speaker 3: favorite value signings of free agency because he is such

499
00:25:08,760 --> 00:25:11,080
Speaker 3: a good blocker and does some of the dirty work

500
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Speaker 3: over the middle of the field that the Dolphins have

501
00:25:13,240 --> 00:25:17,320
Speaker 3: really lacked. The Dolphins offense has lacked an edge even

502
00:25:17,359 --> 00:25:21,080
Speaker 3: when Mike McDaniel was revolutionizing the NFL when the first

503
00:25:21,080 --> 00:25:23,560
Speaker 3: got there. They have lacked an edge for such a

504
00:25:23,600 --> 00:25:27,479
Speaker 3: long time. So I'm hoping this year even I just

505
00:25:27,520 --> 00:25:30,440
Speaker 3: hope they get a little bit better on in those

506
00:25:30,480 --> 00:25:33,160
Speaker 3: short yard dige, those goal to go situations, just show

507
00:25:33,160 --> 00:25:35,040
Speaker 3: a little bit more edge and physicality.

508
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Speaker 1: Yeah, you know, Aaron Brewer has been coming off of

509
00:25:37,920 --> 00:25:40,520
Speaker 1: an injury, but I believe he's been back on the

510
00:25:40,560 --> 00:25:44,960
Speaker 1: field that they're center. On paper, the offensive line looks

511
00:25:45,000 --> 00:25:48,360
Speaker 1: pretty good. I know Dolphins fans are very sensitive right

512
00:25:48,400 --> 00:25:51,639
Speaker 1: now about everyone in the national media just picking on

513
00:25:51,720 --> 00:25:55,160
Speaker 1: them and them seeming like, you know, it could all

514
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Speaker 1: go very wrong. There is absolutely a world where this

515
00:25:59,680 --> 00:26:03,080
Speaker 1: offense goes very right. Tyreek Hill in a contract year,

516
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Speaker 1: I think that that could be a factor for him.

517
00:26:06,680 --> 00:26:09,639
Speaker 1: I could see him having like one one great last year.

518
00:26:09,760 --> 00:26:12,960
Speaker 1: Jalen Waddle, all reports have been really positive with him

519
00:26:13,200 --> 00:26:16,640
Speaker 1: and healthy, and the two of them are as dynamic

520
00:26:16,840 --> 00:26:20,200
Speaker 1: and fast as it gets. Darren Waller, I'm not expecting

521
00:26:20,240 --> 00:26:22,920
Speaker 1: a lot, but they're hoping he's returning to practice at

522
00:26:22,960 --> 00:26:25,320
Speaker 1: some point this week. But it's something you can count on,

523
00:26:25,359 --> 00:26:28,200
Speaker 1: and like you said, a more athletic, you know, young

524
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Speaker 1: offensive line with h Hn really leading the way in

525
00:26:30,920 --> 00:26:34,760
Speaker 1: the backfield, like when when he has the time, Tua

526
00:26:34,840 --> 00:26:38,479
Speaker 1: at this point should like have a master's level degree

527
00:26:38,640 --> 00:26:41,600
Speaker 1: in this offense, and we've seen the difference between him

528
00:26:41,600 --> 00:26:44,080
Speaker 1: being on the field and the rest. There is absolutely

529
00:26:44,080 --> 00:26:47,960
Speaker 1: a world where you know, they make everyone look stupid

530
00:26:48,000 --> 00:26:50,080
Speaker 1: by putting up a lot of points. But I do

531
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Speaker 1: think you kind of need not a second move, JP,

532
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Speaker 1: but you just need to evolve as a head coach,

533
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Speaker 1: and I think Mike McDaniel, especially in the running game,

534
00:26:58,800 --> 00:27:01,760
Speaker 1: needs to show that that he can evolve one coach.

535
00:27:02,359 --> 00:27:05,280
Speaker 1: I think did do a good job evolving JP. Cliff

536
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Speaker 1: Kingsbury last year was a little different, did he. Were

537
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Speaker 1: you like surprised, I'm gonna go Commanders as my next one.

538
00:27:10,320 --> 00:27:13,359
Speaker 1: Were you surprised how they kept it rolling even getting

539
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Speaker 1: better towards the end.

540
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Speaker 2: I was definitely surprised.

541
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Speaker 3: I have been a Cliff Kingsbury hater ever since he

542
00:27:19,320 --> 00:27:20,359
Speaker 3: was at Texas Tech.

543
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Speaker 2: He shut me up last year.

544
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Speaker 3: I was actually really impressed with the way that he

545
00:27:27,160 --> 00:27:29,520
Speaker 3: was able to keep that offense rolling, kind of develop

546
00:27:29,560 --> 00:27:33,320
Speaker 3: and change the offense, and sort of grow with his

547
00:27:33,440 --> 00:27:35,639
Speaker 3: young quarterback. And I think that's the biggest thing that

548
00:27:35,680 --> 00:27:38,040
Speaker 3: I learned from watching the NFL last year. You can

549
00:27:38,160 --> 00:27:40,840
Speaker 3: grow with your young quarterback. You don't have to throw

550
00:27:41,240 --> 00:27:44,280
Speaker 3: every master's level QB stuff at him right now, when

551
00:27:44,320 --> 00:27:46,720
Speaker 3: he first gets into the NFL, just throw the easy

552
00:27:46,720 --> 00:27:49,120
Speaker 3: stuff at him. And as he grows, as he gets

553
00:27:49,200 --> 00:27:52,320
Speaker 3: game time, you can start to add more stuff into

554
00:27:52,400 --> 00:27:56,399
Speaker 3: the offense. But now it feels like the Commanders are

555
00:27:57,240 --> 00:28:00,359
Speaker 3: firmly entrenched in being one of the better team in

556
00:28:00,400 --> 00:28:04,480
Speaker 3: the NFL offensively. This is why I find them interesting.

557
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Speaker 1: Are they? I mean it was it was one year

558
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Speaker 1: and so what what are you gonna do basically for

559
00:28:11,359 --> 00:28:11,880
Speaker 1: number two?

560
00:28:12,680 --> 00:28:16,439
Speaker 3: Yeah, that's also been sort of my question with the

561
00:28:16,440 --> 00:28:20,520
Speaker 3: Commander's offense is how will you throw a CounterPunch this year?

562
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Speaker 3: Because Jade Daniels was really good last year and really

563
00:28:24,800 --> 00:28:28,080
Speaker 3: really efficient without turning the ball over, and I think

564
00:28:28,119 --> 00:28:30,920
Speaker 3: that there's probably gonna be some turnover regression.

565
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Speaker 2: There's there's probably that's probably gonna happen. It happens in

566
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Speaker 2: the NFL.

567
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Speaker 3: But I think what's really going to help them, of course,

568
00:28:38,720 --> 00:28:42,400
Speaker 3: outside of Terry McLaurin being back on this team, is

569
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Speaker 3: if you get a healthy Deebo Samuel to do all

570
00:28:45,480 --> 00:28:49,320
Speaker 3: the RPO stuff, because that's really where this offense is built.

571
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Speaker 2: It is built on the rpo game kind.

572
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Speaker 3: Of spreading everybody out and being able to use Jaydeon

573
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Speaker 3: Daniel's legs as a.

574
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Speaker 2: Threat in that area.

575
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Speaker 3: It really has be Deebo Samuel that can be the

576
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Speaker 3: guy that we that he's always been before twenty twenty

577
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Speaker 3: three two down.

578
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Speaker 1: Twenty four, right, and he's kind of come and gone

579
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Speaker 1: really since twenty nineteen and it's gone up, it's gone down,

580
00:29:14,200 --> 00:29:18,600
Speaker 1: like he's had moments. I just wonder, like, how does

581
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Speaker 1: their profile change this year? They were really unique in

582
00:29:23,840 --> 00:29:27,880
Speaker 1: what they did last year. Cliff Kingsbury always plays at

583
00:29:27,920 --> 00:29:31,400
Speaker 1: a really fast paced and these numbers are from the

584
00:29:31,520 --> 00:29:36,680
Speaker 1: FDN Almanac of the Football Outsiders, you know by Aaron Shottz.

585
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Speaker 1: They went no huddle more than sixty two percent of

586
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Speaker 1: the time. The next closest team was was twenty eight percent.

587
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Speaker 1: It was a team that was not great throwing over

588
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Speaker 1: the middle. That was a little bit of a knock

589
00:29:47,760 --> 00:29:49,920
Speaker 1: on Jayden Daniels when you were comparing him to Drake

590
00:29:49,960 --> 00:29:52,120
Speaker 1: May let's say, coming out of college, not great over

591
00:29:52,160 --> 00:29:53,960
Speaker 1: the middle. Well, they didn't really throw over the middle much.

592
00:29:54,080 --> 00:29:57,560
Speaker 1: Was all to the outside and teams when they went

593
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Speaker 1: against them. For such a good running team, they played

594
00:30:02,920 --> 00:30:07,760
Speaker 1: single high a ton And you do wonder if you

595
00:30:07,800 --> 00:30:12,600
Speaker 1: know teams will adjust to Jayden Daniels as a scrambler

596
00:30:12,680 --> 00:30:17,800
Speaker 1: because his scrambling JP it wasn't really the run game,

597
00:30:17,960 --> 00:30:19,760
Speaker 1: like working him as part of the running game. A

598
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Speaker 1: lot of it was just the scrambles. His scramble yards

599
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Speaker 1: and first downs and everything was so far above any

600
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Speaker 1: other quarterback. And so teams are playing them with the

601
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Speaker 1: single high. They weren't trying to prevent like the big play,

602
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Speaker 1: and they took advantage of it a lot of times

603
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Speaker 1: with Jaydeon Daniels scrambling. So they did not throw the

604
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Speaker 1: ball deep very much. Would you think of Jayde Daniels,

605
00:30:41,480 --> 00:30:43,800
Speaker 1: He's such a great deep throw, But they really didn't.

606
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Speaker 1: That wasn't what they did well. And so there's just

607
00:30:47,400 --> 00:30:53,160
Speaker 1: an interesting concoction of like strengths and weaknesses. And maybe

608
00:30:53,200 --> 00:30:55,160
Speaker 1: it can all work again, and maybe they've got a

609
00:30:55,160 --> 00:30:57,240
Speaker 1: good two point zero play And I think Jayde Daniels

610
00:30:57,280 --> 00:30:59,680
Speaker 1: has shown he's ready to handle just about anything. But

611
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Speaker 1: I'm just treis what you think it might look like

612
00:31:03,160 --> 00:31:05,360
Speaker 1: this year versus what it looked like last year.

613
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Speaker 3: I'm also curious in what this offensive line is going

614
00:31:08,600 --> 00:31:12,440
Speaker 3: to look like, especially with Blaron Maytunzel, who has who

615
00:31:12,480 --> 00:31:14,440
Speaker 3: has the pedigree of being one of the top ten

616
00:31:14,480 --> 00:31:18,600
Speaker 3: tackles in the NFL, but last year was brutal by

617
00:31:19,000 --> 00:31:22,720
Speaker 3: any standards, but especially his standards, especially from the pre

618
00:31:22,800 --> 00:31:26,000
Speaker 3: snap penalty perspective, a whole lot of false starts to

619
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Speaker 3: legal formations. He was penalized a lot last year, and

620
00:31:30,200 --> 00:31:33,640
Speaker 3: maybe that's gonna change with being in a new environment.

621
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Speaker 3: You draft Josh Connelly to play right tackle, you move

622
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Speaker 3: I think Brandon Coleman to left guard, you bring back

623
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Speaker 3: Sam cosed me from injury. There's I'm very curious on

624
00:31:44,760 --> 00:31:48,440
Speaker 3: how this offensive line grows because if you're gonna spread

625
00:31:48,480 --> 00:31:51,640
Speaker 3: teams out so much and you're gonna play all the

626
00:31:51,760 --> 00:31:55,640
Speaker 3: RPO stuff that you're not not bringing any extra blockers

627
00:31:55,920 --> 00:31:58,240
Speaker 3: in the run game, it is really five on five

628
00:31:58,680 --> 00:32:01,680
Speaker 3: in the run game. And that's why Jane and Daniels

629
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Speaker 3: as a scrambler, that's why Jane Daniels is a run

630
00:32:03,840 --> 00:32:08,600
Speaker 3: threat matters so much because you're easing some of the

631
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Speaker 3: stress on the offensive line. So I wonder how they're

632
00:32:12,160 --> 00:32:14,560
Speaker 3: going to be able to keep the run game efficient,

633
00:32:15,080 --> 00:32:18,120
Speaker 3: especially in the running back runs area where they just

634
00:32:18,280 --> 00:32:22,080
Speaker 3: weren't that good in true running back runs. Maybe Jacorey

635
00:32:22,160 --> 00:32:23,240
Speaker 3: Krossky Merrit.

636
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Speaker 2: Let's go behavior. Maybe that's a thing Maybell.

637
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Speaker 1: Bill gets a mention on the show.

638
00:32:28,520 --> 00:32:30,680
Speaker 2: I love it. Shout out to Bill.

639
00:32:30,800 --> 00:32:35,080
Speaker 3: I'm curious by Bill Krosskey Merritt.

640
00:32:35,120 --> 00:32:37,560
Speaker 2: I think he can be really fun in the offense.

641
00:32:37,680 --> 00:32:40,720
Speaker 3: If they can generate some more success with their running

642
00:32:40,760 --> 00:32:43,280
Speaker 3: back runs, maybe that'll help alleviate some of the stress

643
00:32:43,400 --> 00:32:46,640
Speaker 3: on Daniels as a runner and help kind of open

644
00:32:46,720 --> 00:32:48,440
Speaker 3: up more lanes for the offense.

645
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Speaker 1: Yeah, they're such a unique team because you add Tunsil

646
00:32:53,000 --> 00:32:55,600
Speaker 1: and it sounds like Sam Cosmi, they're all pro guard

647
00:32:55,680 --> 00:32:59,000
Speaker 1: will be back, they hope this season, earlier than you

648
00:32:59,000 --> 00:33:02,480
Speaker 1: would expect considering how serious his knee injury was. And yes,

649
00:33:02,520 --> 00:33:05,480
Speaker 1: you did, you know draft Josh connorly to play right

650
00:33:05,560 --> 00:33:08,600
Speaker 1: tackle for this team, but it's an older team, you know.

651
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Speaker 1: You add Debo. Noah Brown is probably your second best

652
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Speaker 1: true wide receiver. So without Terry McLaurin back on the field,

653
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Speaker 1: he's like, you're number one almost in terms of running

654
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Speaker 1: like the traditional stuff. Brian Robinson, as we're taping this,

655
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Speaker 1: it's Monday afternoon, they're going to actually play a preseason

656
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Speaker 1: game tonight. Brian Robinson's not in that game, and people

657
00:33:28,320 --> 00:33:30,440
Speaker 1: are like, are they You know, there's some buzz that

658
00:33:30,480 --> 00:33:33,240
Speaker 1: they might be looking to trade him. You know, Zach

659
00:33:33,400 --> 00:33:36,280
Speaker 1: Ertz is still really involved here. It's it's a very

660
00:33:36,400 --> 00:33:40,920
Speaker 1: old team mixed with Jayden just I find them very interesting.

661
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Speaker 1: You could tell me their top five, you could tell

662
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Speaker 1: me they take a big step back. I would not

663
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Speaker 1: be shocked either way. Let's take a quick break. We'll

664
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Speaker 1: be back with more of the most interesting offenses in

665
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Speaker 1: a little bit. One of the reasons I wanted to

666
00:34:01,680 --> 00:34:04,520
Speaker 1: have Jpacosta on the show, they just wanted to hear

667
00:34:04,560 --> 00:34:07,400
Speaker 1: him talk a little Jags ball. I'm very interested in

668
00:34:07,440 --> 00:34:10,640
Speaker 1: the Jags. If he wasn't gonna talk Jags from his

669
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Speaker 1: part of the you know country, I was gonna talk Jags.

670
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Speaker 1: But to me, you're more of like the Jags expert here.

671
00:34:17,560 --> 00:34:19,279
Speaker 1: I know you've got it all set up for me.

672
00:34:20,000 --> 00:34:22,000
Speaker 1: Oh yeah, this is I have.

673
00:34:22,120 --> 00:34:24,920
Speaker 3: Spent so many weeks and months leading up to the

674
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Speaker 3: season emotionally hedging for the possibility that the Jaguars are

675
00:34:29,320 --> 00:34:32,319
Speaker 3: just not good, which for my entire life, they have

676
00:34:32,400 --> 00:34:35,200
Speaker 3: not been good. But I actually think this offense is

677
00:34:35,239 --> 00:34:39,160
Speaker 3: gonna be really fun and it's gonna be a legitimately

678
00:34:39,200 --> 00:34:41,800
Speaker 3: good offense. If I'm using what they've done in the

679
00:34:41,840 --> 00:34:46,319
Speaker 3: preseason as sort of the barrier for what barometer for

680
00:34:46,400 --> 00:34:48,840
Speaker 3: what Liam Cohen is going to bring to this offense,

681
00:34:49,280 --> 00:34:52,120
Speaker 3: it is so much more precise and there's so much

682
00:34:52,160 --> 00:34:55,480
Speaker 3: more detail within the offense. There's a there's an idea

683
00:34:55,560 --> 00:34:57,920
Speaker 3: of what's going on. I think last year there was

684
00:34:57,960 --> 00:35:00,480
Speaker 3: a whole lot of what are we trying to do?

685
00:35:00,920 --> 00:35:06,000
Speaker 3: There's no straightforward vision of what's being done. So now

686
00:35:06,040 --> 00:35:09,480
Speaker 3: with Liam Cohen running the offense, there's a straightforward vision,

687
00:35:09,480 --> 00:35:12,200
Speaker 3: there's an idea, there's a whole lot more yards.

688
00:35:11,920 --> 00:35:13,080
Speaker 2: After the catch opportunity.

689
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Speaker 3: I think this skill position group is going to be

690
00:35:15,040 --> 00:35:18,920
Speaker 3: really fun, fun, It's really fun and led by Brian

691
00:35:19,000 --> 00:35:22,400
Speaker 3: Thomas Junior, who I think is fantastic, gonna have another

692
00:35:22,400 --> 00:35:27,279
Speaker 3: great year this upcoming year. Travis Hunter is obviously super fun.

693
00:35:27,320 --> 00:35:30,280
Speaker 3: Every time he touches the ball, and you can tell

694
00:35:30,480 --> 00:35:33,000
Speaker 3: when he touches the ball he is looking to make

695
00:35:33,040 --> 00:35:35,879
Speaker 3: a big play and it's evident every time he gets

696
00:35:35,960 --> 00:35:39,520
Speaker 3: after the catch. Briton Strange has actually really impressed me

697
00:35:39,840 --> 00:35:42,799
Speaker 3: during this preseason. I was never of the belief that

698
00:35:43,000 --> 00:35:47,040
Speaker 3: Liam Cohen used his tight ends very much in Tampa.

699
00:35:47,320 --> 00:35:50,680
Speaker 3: I think that that's probably because of how Mike Evans,

700
00:35:50,800 --> 00:35:52,760
Speaker 3: Chris Godwin and the running backs were used.

701
00:35:52,760 --> 00:35:55,280
Speaker 2: But Britain Strange is super athletic.

702
00:35:55,520 --> 00:35:57,719
Speaker 3: He's played a lot of plays in the receiving game,

703
00:35:57,920 --> 00:36:01,319
Speaker 3: especially underneath. And now the all things has layers to

704
00:36:01,320 --> 00:36:04,400
Speaker 3: where Dianmi Brown is the vertical explosive guy, you have

705
00:36:04,480 --> 00:36:06,680
Speaker 3: Brian Thomas Junior and Travis Hunter a sort of you're

706
00:36:06,719 --> 00:36:09,240
Speaker 3: in between doing most of the stuff after the catch.

707
00:36:09,640 --> 00:36:12,160
Speaker 3: You have Brenton Strange you're underneath. And then you also

708
00:36:12,239 --> 00:36:15,040
Speaker 3: have this running back room which is really talented. Not

709
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Speaker 3: even include guys like Bischeltutin, who shows that he has

710
00:36:19,280 --> 00:36:22,200
Speaker 3: the juice when he runs. There's just a different feel

711
00:36:22,280 --> 00:36:24,319
Speaker 3: when he has the ball in his hands. He sort

712
00:36:24,320 --> 00:36:27,080
Speaker 3: of like bounces around when he runs the ball, and

713
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Speaker 3: I think it's super cool. So I'm really intrigued by

714
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Speaker 3: how all this mixes together. I think Trevor Lawrence has

715
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Speaker 3: played really well this preseason. Outside of just one hospital

716
00:36:38,080 --> 00:36:40,759
Speaker 3: ball to Brian Thomas Junior against the Steelers, he has

717
00:36:40,800 --> 00:36:43,960
Speaker 3: been incredibly efficient. Razor Sharp, I think the footwork has

718
00:36:44,000 --> 00:36:48,880
Speaker 3: been much cleaner. So I'm I'm in on this Jags offense.

719
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Speaker 3: I know it's sort of easy to say as someone

720
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Speaker 3: who's a Jaguars fan, but as someone who has been

721
00:36:53,560 --> 00:36:57,160
Speaker 3: mostly hedging against his team possibly be to make sure

722
00:36:57,200 --> 00:36:58,120
Speaker 3: this team isn't bad.

723
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Speaker 2: I think this offense is going to be really good.

724
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Speaker 1: Yeah, I am optimistic, maybe not as much as Liam

725
00:37:04,760 --> 00:37:08,279
Speaker 1: Cohen on day one. And there's a lot of ideas here, right,

726
00:37:08,480 --> 00:37:09,719
Speaker 1: You know, you have a lot of ideas in the

727
00:37:09,760 --> 00:37:13,520
Speaker 1: front office with James Gladwell, you have Liam Cohen. Obviously,

728
00:37:13,640 --> 00:37:16,200
Speaker 1: you have Grant Yudinski, like one of, if not the

729
00:37:16,239 --> 00:37:19,719
Speaker 1: youngest offensive coordinators in the league, who comes from Minnesota,

730
00:37:19,760 --> 00:37:23,680
Speaker 1: who's younger than half the players here. I do love that.

731
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Speaker 1: You know, when you first signed Diami Brown, I'm like, man,

732
00:37:26,000 --> 00:37:28,480
Speaker 1: that's is that a lot for Diami brand? And now

733
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Speaker 1: you kind of think about it, it's like, no, he's a

734
00:37:30,200 --> 00:37:32,839
Speaker 1: role player. Role players now make a ten million dollar

735
00:37:33,000 --> 00:37:36,160
Speaker 1: one year contract. That's actually like your fourth option in

736
00:37:36,200 --> 00:37:39,480
Speaker 1: the receiving game. That, as you say, is adding layers.

737
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Speaker 1: And the thing I've liked out of Trevor Lawrence is

738
00:37:41,400 --> 00:37:44,400
Speaker 1: he just seems to be thinking a little quicker. We

739
00:37:44,440 --> 00:37:46,120
Speaker 1: got to see it when when it's a real game

740
00:37:46,160 --> 00:37:50,560
Speaker 1: and you're facing real defenses. Obviously, but I love hearing that.

741
00:37:50,280 --> 00:37:52,920
Speaker 1: You think the footwork is cleaner and there's just a

742
00:37:52,960 --> 00:37:55,319
Speaker 1: lot going on. Now, I will push back on you know,

743
00:37:55,320 --> 00:37:58,000
Speaker 1: they haven't been bad all your life. I talked to

744
00:37:58,320 --> 00:38:01,560
Speaker 1: Dante Fowler last week. Now, the offense wasn't amazing, but

745
00:38:02,000 --> 00:38:05,200
Speaker 1: Blake Bortos was pretty efficient in twenty seventeen, So you

746
00:38:05,239 --> 00:38:07,000
Speaker 1: had good one year that you could enjoy.

747
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Speaker 2: I very much.

748
00:38:08,680 --> 00:38:12,160
Speaker 3: Remember the Tommy Bohannon full back up the middle touchdown

749
00:38:12,160 --> 00:38:14,520
Speaker 3: against the Steelers. I was able to brag all my

750
00:38:14,640 --> 00:38:18,000
Speaker 3: friends that the Jaguars finally went in and did something

751
00:38:18,040 --> 00:38:20,200
Speaker 3: really cool. I am.

752
00:38:20,840 --> 00:38:21,839
Speaker 2: I was a super big fan.

753
00:38:21,920 --> 00:38:24,400
Speaker 3: I'm a super big fan of that team just in

754
00:38:24,440 --> 00:38:28,279
Speaker 3: the way they played. But I think that is one

755
00:38:28,320 --> 00:38:30,600
Speaker 3: of the like three seasons.

756
00:38:30,280 --> 00:38:31,600
Speaker 2: Yeah that they were good.

757
00:38:31,800 --> 00:38:32,799
Speaker 1: It's been pretty rough.

758
00:38:33,760 --> 00:38:38,319
Speaker 3: It's been rough, but this offense is going to I

759
00:38:38,320 --> 00:38:40,680
Speaker 3: think they're going to be really cool to watch a

760
00:38:40,800 --> 00:38:43,479
Speaker 3: day in day out. The screen game has been really fun,

761
00:38:43,520 --> 00:38:47,759
Speaker 3: whether it's been the slip screens to Bigsby or ETN.

762
00:38:48,080 --> 00:38:50,400
Speaker 3: There's been a lot of quick game to Travis Hunter,

763
00:38:50,880 --> 00:38:53,680
Speaker 3: and I think that emphasis on yards after the catch

764
00:38:53,880 --> 00:38:56,279
Speaker 3: is so much different from what Doug Pearson and Press

765
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Speaker 3: Taylor were trying to do last year, which is we're

766
00:38:59,120 --> 00:39:01,080
Speaker 3: not going to make this at all. We are throwing

767
00:39:01,120 --> 00:39:04,120
Speaker 3: them all fifty yards downfield, which I think Trevor Lawrence

768
00:39:04,120 --> 00:39:06,680
Speaker 3: can do. But you want to give your offense easy buttons.

769
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Speaker 2: Now.

770
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Speaker 3: I think this offense, of course in limited time in

771
00:39:10,120 --> 00:39:13,960
Speaker 3: the preseason, but the premise has been to give your

772
00:39:14,040 --> 00:39:18,239
Speaker 3: quarterback easy buttons and options, especially if the first read

773
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Speaker 3: isn't open. And I think that's why Trevor Lawrence has

774
00:39:21,000 --> 00:39:24,000
Speaker 3: looked so much crisper, so much cleaner, is because he

775
00:39:24,120 --> 00:39:27,800
Speaker 3: has those easy yack buttons to press.

776
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Speaker 1: And they're in the AFC South. I think it matters

777
00:39:31,719 --> 00:39:35,400
Speaker 1: because I think the Colts and the Titans have a

778
00:39:35,480 --> 00:39:37,800
Speaker 1: chance to be two of the worst teams in the AFC.

779
00:39:38,160 --> 00:39:39,799
Speaker 1: I think they have a chance, and I think that

780
00:39:39,840 --> 00:39:42,040
Speaker 1: matters you get four games against them. In general, the

781
00:39:42,320 --> 00:39:47,080
Speaker 1: schedule is forgiving. The Texans are dangerous, you know. I

782
00:39:47,120 --> 00:39:49,520
Speaker 1: don't think they're They're the Ravens or the Chiefs or

783
00:39:49,560 --> 00:39:52,319
Speaker 1: the Bills going into this season. They're dangerous, but I

784
00:39:52,320 --> 00:39:54,520
Speaker 1: think that's an advantage, and yeah, I think they're just

785
00:39:54,560 --> 00:39:59,279
Speaker 1: gonna make more sense in general. I'm gonna go with

786
00:39:59,400 --> 00:40:02,080
Speaker 1: the Lions. And again, I'm I've picking a lot of

787
00:40:02,080 --> 00:40:03,640
Speaker 1: the better teams in the league from a year ago

788
00:40:03,640 --> 00:40:06,840
Speaker 1: because I actually don't think we've talked about them enough.

789
00:40:07,000 --> 00:40:10,760
Speaker 1: I mean, they were averaging thirty three points a game

790
00:40:10,880 --> 00:40:16,160
Speaker 1: last season. It's just absolutely preposterous. And you've got, you know,

791
00:40:16,239 --> 00:40:21,600
Speaker 1: eight starters back or eight starters rather that are from

792
00:40:21,680 --> 00:40:26,480
Speaker 1: these recent Lions draft classes, like this regime, that's amazing.

793
00:40:26,880 --> 00:40:29,000
Speaker 1: And the three that aren't are Jared Goff, who you

794
00:40:29,000 --> 00:40:32,520
Speaker 1: obviously feel very good about in terms of how he

795
00:40:32,640 --> 00:40:35,799
Speaker 1: fits in this scheme and with the talent around him,

796
00:40:36,280 --> 00:40:39,160
Speaker 1: Like he's not a top five quarterback, and there have

797
00:40:39,280 --> 00:40:42,120
Speaker 1: been moments and including that Washington game a year ago,

798
00:40:42,160 --> 00:40:44,719
Speaker 1: where he made some big mistakes and that worries you.

799
00:40:44,800 --> 00:40:46,799
Speaker 1: But the fact that you have this combination when I

800
00:40:46,840 --> 00:40:50,200
Speaker 1: mentioned the eight starters, and I'm counting Isaac Toslaw as

801
00:40:50,239 --> 00:40:53,000
Speaker 1: a starter already as like a third receiver. That's my

802
00:40:53,120 --> 00:40:56,759
Speaker 1: projection for like Week fifteen because otherwise you're counting Tim

803
00:40:56,800 --> 00:40:59,520
Speaker 1: Patrick as a starter, and I think Isaac Taslaw in

804
00:40:59,560 --> 00:41:02,560
Speaker 1: the end will a bigger role. The only older guys

805
00:41:02,560 --> 00:41:06,320
Speaker 1: on this entire roster are the offensive lineman Graham Glasgow

806
00:41:06,480 --> 00:41:09,680
Speaker 1: and Taylor Decker on the offense, and I just think

807
00:41:10,320 --> 00:41:13,520
Speaker 1: people are like if the windows closing or you know this,

808
00:41:13,680 --> 00:41:16,920
Speaker 1: or have they missed their opportunity? They are the envy

809
00:41:16,960 --> 00:41:19,239
Speaker 1: of every team in the league. If you could ask

810
00:41:19,360 --> 00:41:24,600
Speaker 1: for one thing, it would be to have continuity and

811
00:41:24,880 --> 00:41:28,880
Speaker 1: youth and talent all at the exact same time. With

812
00:41:29,040 --> 00:41:32,000
Speaker 1: the with the way that the collective bargaining agreement is

813
00:41:32,040 --> 00:41:35,440
Speaker 1: set up JP, it's almost impossible to do that and

814
00:41:35,560 --> 00:41:38,480
Speaker 1: keep it for long. And the lines have it right now.

815
00:41:39,080 --> 00:41:42,719
Speaker 1: I think they are ready to show that it's not

816
00:41:42,760 --> 00:41:46,200
Speaker 1: all about Ben Johnson. You know, Dan Campbell is definitely

817
00:41:46,239 --> 00:41:50,200
Speaker 1: striking that, you know, drum be like throughout the preseason

818
00:41:50,239 --> 00:41:53,680
Speaker 1: that he is ready. It's approve it season for Dan Campbell,

819
00:41:53,719 --> 00:41:56,480
Speaker 1: and there's really every reason to believe, because of that

820
00:41:56,560 --> 00:41:58,640
Speaker 1: youth and their continuity, that they can do it again

821
00:41:58,680 --> 00:41:59,040
Speaker 1: this year.

822
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Speaker 3: I actually think Dan Campbell doesn't get enough credit for

823
00:42:03,800 --> 00:42:07,280
Speaker 3: what he's done, especially with that offense, I think he

824
00:42:07,480 --> 00:42:09,919
Speaker 3: I think he had more of a say in the

825
00:42:09,960 --> 00:42:12,960
Speaker 3: operations of that offense and people gave him credit for

826
00:42:13,280 --> 00:42:15,800
Speaker 3: And that's because you know, you don't associate Dan Campbell

827
00:42:15,800 --> 00:42:19,879
Speaker 3: with being offensive mastermind. But when you think about what

828
00:42:19,960 --> 00:42:22,160
Speaker 3: the offense wanted to be and what the offense wants

829
00:42:22,200 --> 00:42:25,120
Speaker 3: to do, I think Dan Campbell has to take get

830
00:42:25,160 --> 00:42:27,759
Speaker 3: some credit there outside of Ben Johnson. But when you

831
00:42:27,800 --> 00:42:30,960
Speaker 3: look at what this offense is and what they are

832
00:42:31,000 --> 00:42:34,200
Speaker 3: from a roster and talent acquisition standpoint, this year, like

833
00:42:34,239 --> 00:42:35,680
Speaker 3: you said, it's sort of setting up to be a

834
00:42:35,680 --> 00:42:39,759
Speaker 3: Brad Holmes flex year, Like this is why I get

835
00:42:39,800 --> 00:42:42,320
Speaker 3: paid the way I do. This is why everybody thinks

836
00:42:42,360 --> 00:42:44,200
Speaker 3: I am one of the best gms in the league

837
00:42:44,640 --> 00:42:46,840
Speaker 3: because of the way that he can draft and the

838
00:42:46,840 --> 00:42:49,600
Speaker 3: way the Lions draft and develop to get guys in

839
00:42:49,640 --> 00:42:52,920
Speaker 3: the starting spots. I think Christian Mahogany played well in

840
00:42:53,000 --> 00:42:55,400
Speaker 3: his spare time, and now he's going to be a starter.

841
00:42:55,719 --> 00:42:58,759
Speaker 3: Tate Ratler's moving over to guard is going to be

842
00:42:58,880 --> 00:43:01,000
Speaker 3: really I thought they try to I'm a center, which

843
00:43:01,040 --> 00:43:03,480
Speaker 3: I was like, that's weird, and then they're like, nevermind,

844
00:43:03,520 --> 00:43:05,560
Speaker 3: We'll move him back to guard where he naturally played

845
00:43:05,640 --> 00:43:09,399
Speaker 3: at Georgia. So I'm really intrigued by how they can

846
00:43:09,400 --> 00:43:13,080
Speaker 3: sort of mitigate having two first year starters along that

847
00:43:13,200 --> 00:43:16,000
Speaker 3: offensive line. And I think that goes back to Jared Goff.

848
00:43:16,080 --> 00:43:20,080
Speaker 3: I think Jared Goff being the guy now where he

849
00:43:20,160 --> 00:43:23,360
Speaker 3: has had a complete and total mastery of this offense

850
00:43:23,880 --> 00:43:25,799
Speaker 3: to where I think he's going to be the one

851
00:43:25,920 --> 00:43:30,240
Speaker 3: setting the protections, making the checks and getting everything aligned

852
00:43:30,320 --> 00:43:33,000
Speaker 3: up there, whereas I think he and Frank ragnow sort

853
00:43:33,000 --> 00:43:35,239
Speaker 3: of shared that with Rag noow Gone.

854
00:43:35,280 --> 00:43:38,000
Speaker 2: I think that's mostly going to be on Jared Goff's shoulders.

855
00:43:38,000 --> 00:43:43,480
Speaker 3: But this offense is still incredibly talented and incredible and

856
00:43:43,640 --> 00:43:46,480
Speaker 3: has the ability to put up so many points on

857
00:43:46,560 --> 00:43:47,480
Speaker 3: so many teams.

858
00:43:47,520 --> 00:43:51,480
Speaker 2: They are going to be dynamic. You mentioned Isaac taslah I.

859
00:43:51,600 --> 00:43:54,359
Speaker 3: You know, I it was initially like, oh, that's weird

860
00:43:54,360 --> 00:43:57,520
Speaker 3: they drapped him in the third round. But if you're big,

861
00:43:57,600 --> 00:44:01,680
Speaker 3: tall and fast and don't drop anything, that's gonna lead

862
00:44:01,760 --> 00:44:05,880
Speaker 3: you to some success in the NFL. You have to

863
00:44:05,880 --> 00:44:08,279
Speaker 3: be a superstar. But if you if you're big, tall,

864
00:44:08,440 --> 00:44:11,799
Speaker 3: fast and can catch, you're gonna play. And I think

865
00:44:11,840 --> 00:44:14,160
Speaker 3: Tesslaw is gonna play a lot. You saw the box

866
00:44:14,200 --> 00:44:16,719
Speaker 3: out touchdown against the Dolphins. I think that's gonna be

867
00:44:17,160 --> 00:44:20,320
Speaker 3: his sort of area and where he wins this year.

868
00:44:20,440 --> 00:44:23,439
Speaker 3: But this Lions team is still going to be really good.

869
00:44:23,719 --> 00:44:27,319
Speaker 1: Yeah. The the overall idea of like the draft picks

870
00:44:27,360 --> 00:44:29,319
Speaker 1: that I brought up is just just think how many

871
00:44:29,320 --> 00:44:31,439
Speaker 1: guys could be peaking now. Isaac saw he's a rookie.

872
00:44:31,480 --> 00:44:34,440
Speaker 1: He's not gonna be peaking. Jamison Williams ready to do

873
00:44:34,480 --> 00:44:36,480
Speaker 1: that thing, like he has steadily gotten better and better.

874
00:44:36,520 --> 00:44:40,399
Speaker 1: A'mon Rossain Brown like squarely at the top of his prime,

875
00:44:40,440 --> 00:44:44,080
Speaker 1: Pine Sewell squarely at the top of his prime. Jamir Gibbs.

876
00:44:44,200 --> 00:44:46,239
Speaker 1: I think the running back timeline is different to me.

877
00:44:46,360 --> 00:44:49,000
Speaker 1: He's hitting the top of his prime. He could be

878
00:44:49,280 --> 00:44:52,040
Speaker 1: an offensive Player of the Year type of candidate. Sam

879
00:44:52,120 --> 00:44:56,240
Speaker 1: Laporta entering year three. It's guys that are getting better,

880
00:44:57,160 --> 00:45:00,560
Speaker 1: ideally all at the same time. So I'm really excited

881
00:45:01,160 --> 00:45:03,440
Speaker 1: to watch them and we'll see, like, you don't need

882
00:45:03,480 --> 00:45:05,080
Speaker 1: to evolve it that much, but I think they'll be

883
00:45:05,080 --> 00:45:08,360
Speaker 1: looking to evolve it, you know somewhat. The the you know,

884
00:45:08,400 --> 00:45:10,759
Speaker 1: average depth of target for golf was just so low

885
00:45:10,840 --> 00:45:13,200
Speaker 1: last year. The play action is always going to be high.

886
00:45:13,440 --> 00:45:15,600
Speaker 1: Uh you'll see if he can do a little more

887
00:45:15,600 --> 00:45:17,520
Speaker 1: on the sidelines that you know they barely throw to

888
00:45:17,560 --> 00:45:19,840
Speaker 1: the sidelines last year. But I'm excited. All right, we

889
00:45:19,880 --> 00:45:21,640
Speaker 1: got to pick up the pace slightly if we want

890
00:45:21,680 --> 00:45:23,560
Speaker 1: to get through all our team. So maybe we will.

891
00:45:23,680 --> 00:45:25,240
Speaker 1: Maybe we will give me another offense.

892
00:45:26,000 --> 00:45:30,040
Speaker 3: So speaking of evolution, I am going with what I

893
00:45:30,120 --> 00:45:32,919
Speaker 3: call the function in the NFL. I love the Las

894
00:45:33,040 --> 00:45:36,520
Speaker 3: Vegas Raiders. I think that this offense is going to rock.

895
00:45:36,800 --> 00:45:39,480
Speaker 3: And I think that it's going to rock because they

896
00:45:39,520 --> 00:45:42,560
Speaker 3: have built through the draft and sort of found this

897
00:45:42,640 --> 00:45:45,120
Speaker 3: identity of we're going to be really tough to tackle

898
00:45:45,640 --> 00:45:48,760
Speaker 3: no matter what happens, that you're gonna have a really

899
00:45:48,800 --> 00:45:52,440
Speaker 3: hard time tackling. I think adding Ashon john T obviously

900
00:45:52,640 --> 00:45:55,080
Speaker 3: is one of the biggest feathers in the cap that

901
00:45:55,239 --> 00:45:58,200
Speaker 3: in that area, and he's going to affect the passing game.

902
00:45:58,080 --> 00:45:58,600
Speaker 2: The run game.

903
00:45:58,640 --> 00:46:01,160
Speaker 3: You've already seen the Raiders try and get him involved

904
00:46:01,360 --> 00:46:04,000
Speaker 3: in the screen game, and underneath. I think the way

905
00:46:04,040 --> 00:46:06,560
Speaker 3: that they have sort of built the layering in that offense.

906
00:46:06,640 --> 00:46:11,160
Speaker 3: Dante Thornton becoming the starting third receiver is huge because

907
00:46:11,239 --> 00:46:15,320
Speaker 3: he is going to occupy that vertical plane of explosiveness.

908
00:46:15,320 --> 00:46:18,520
Speaker 3: He really didn't do anything else outside of that. At Tennessee.

909
00:46:18,680 --> 00:46:22,000
Speaker 3: He was asked to run posts and goes and when you,

910
00:46:22,080 --> 00:46:24,320
Speaker 3: like I said, when you are big, tall and fast,

911
00:46:24,960 --> 00:46:26,960
Speaker 3: that that works in the NFL.

912
00:46:27,040 --> 00:46:28,200
Speaker 2: You can find a role there.

913
00:46:28,239 --> 00:46:30,560
Speaker 3: But I think you're opening up so much that area

914
00:46:30,640 --> 00:46:33,200
Speaker 3: for a guy like Brock Bauers, who now that is

915
00:46:33,320 --> 00:46:35,040
Speaker 3: now that he is bald, I think we need a

916
00:46:35,080 --> 00:46:36,000
Speaker 3: new nickname for him.

917
00:46:36,040 --> 00:46:37,880
Speaker 2: I'm going with stone cold brought Bowers.

918
00:46:38,000 --> 00:46:42,160
Speaker 3: Okay, we gotta gotta go stone cold for Brock Bowers.

919
00:46:42,560 --> 00:46:44,799
Speaker 3: I think Jack Besh when he when he starts coming along,

920
00:46:44,880 --> 00:46:48,120
Speaker 3: is going to occupy that intermediate area. Chakobe Myers is

921
00:46:48,120 --> 00:46:50,800
Speaker 3: also gonna be really tough to tackle. But this team

922
00:46:50,920 --> 00:46:53,600
Speaker 3: has an identity on offense, and you're led by a

923
00:46:53,680 --> 00:46:59,720
Speaker 3: quarterback in Geno Smithy. The identity is yards after the catch,

924
00:47:00,160 --> 00:47:01,600
Speaker 3: physical and tough to tackle.

925
00:47:01,760 --> 00:47:04,080
Speaker 2: I think that's gonna be there. That's gonna be their moo.

926
00:47:04,280 --> 00:47:06,520
Speaker 3: If you look at sort of what Chip Kelly did

927
00:47:06,520 --> 00:47:09,320
Speaker 3: at Ohio State this past year, of course, the collection

928
00:47:09,440 --> 00:47:14,000
Speaker 3: of talent was drastically different compared to you know, the

929
00:47:14,080 --> 00:47:16,600
Speaker 3: Raiders collection of talent compared to the NFL versus Ohio

930
00:47:16,600 --> 00:47:17,960
Speaker 3: States compared to.

931
00:47:17,719 --> 00:47:18,920
Speaker 2: The rest of the college football.

932
00:47:19,000 --> 00:47:21,680
Speaker 3: But their idea was we were gonna be physical, We're

933
00:47:21,719 --> 00:47:23,799
Speaker 3: gonna try and beat you up, and then we have

934
00:47:23,920 --> 00:47:27,720
Speaker 3: guys who are incredibly tough to tackle. So I think

935
00:47:27,920 --> 00:47:31,120
Speaker 3: having all this collection of talent that's gonna really occupy

936
00:47:31,600 --> 00:47:34,000
Speaker 3: this middle of the field, the underneath area, and we're

937
00:47:34,000 --> 00:47:36,400
Speaker 3: gonna try and make it really hard for you to

938
00:47:36,440 --> 00:47:39,000
Speaker 3: tackle us on through sixty minutes, and then ask your

939
00:47:39,040 --> 00:47:42,279
Speaker 3: quarterback to make some of those high level deep throws.

940
00:47:41,960 --> 00:47:43,759
Speaker 2: That Gino Smith has shown he can make.

941
00:47:44,320 --> 00:47:47,960
Speaker 3: I think this offense is gonna be like really good,

942
00:47:48,000 --> 00:47:50,120
Speaker 3: and they're probably gonna have to be because the defense

943
00:47:50,239 --> 00:47:51,200
Speaker 3: isn't going to be.

944
00:47:51,160 --> 00:47:54,319
Speaker 2: That good, right, But I'm excited to see what this

945
00:47:54,400 --> 00:47:55,080
Speaker 2: offense does.

946
00:47:55,520 --> 00:47:57,879
Speaker 1: I am too. I've you know, we've been talking up

947
00:47:58,280 --> 00:48:01,840
Speaker 1: the Raiders and they're just one of those teams that

948
00:48:01,960 --> 00:48:04,719
Speaker 1: are fascinating to watch us here and I love having

949
00:48:04,800 --> 00:48:06,560
Speaker 1: Chip Kelly back in our lives. I think from a

950
00:48:06,600 --> 00:48:09,759
Speaker 1: fantasy football perspective, the fact that their defense is going

951
00:48:09,840 --> 00:48:12,200
Speaker 1: to be so bad, in my mind, is only going

952
00:48:12,239 --> 00:48:14,440
Speaker 1: to help this team out. I do fear as a

953
00:48:14,520 --> 00:48:16,160
Speaker 1: Geno guy, it's going to be a lot of like

954
00:48:16,280 --> 00:48:19,160
Speaker 1: fourth quarters where they're down by ten and he's just

955
00:48:19,200 --> 00:48:21,160
Speaker 1: slinging it and there's gonna be a lot of interceptions

956
00:48:21,200 --> 00:48:23,840
Speaker 1: and there's going to be a lot of big plays.

957
00:48:24,960 --> 00:48:28,400
Speaker 1: I don't know, though, you're really counting on the scheme

958
00:48:28,560 --> 00:48:31,560
Speaker 1: to help out this offensive line. I think on paper

959
00:48:31,600 --> 00:48:34,320
Speaker 1: it's a pretty average group in terms of talent and

960
00:48:34,719 --> 00:48:39,360
Speaker 1: help out at least the perimeter receivers that will be

961
00:48:39,360 --> 00:48:41,399
Speaker 1: along with Gino Smith. But you're absolutely right that over

962
00:48:41,440 --> 00:48:43,560
Speaker 1: the middle of the field they should be nails. I'm

963
00:48:43,560 --> 00:48:46,040
Speaker 1: going to go with the Bengals as my next team,

964
00:48:46,200 --> 00:48:50,120
Speaker 1: and the reason I want to put them as interesting

965
00:48:50,239 --> 00:48:56,520
Speaker 1: is can they be like the Colts under Peyton Manning

966
00:48:56,920 --> 00:49:01,080
Speaker 1: a little bit? Maybe maybe even the Bills in the nineties?

967
00:49:01,719 --> 00:49:03,759
Speaker 1: And what why point out? Those two teams are like

968
00:49:04,680 --> 00:49:07,359
Speaker 1: they kind of just did what they did every year, right,

969
00:49:07,400 --> 00:49:11,680
Speaker 1: They didn't really evolve, but they were just awesome. You know.

970
00:49:12,280 --> 00:49:14,719
Speaker 1: The Colts kind of just did what they did. They

971
00:49:14,719 --> 00:49:17,439
Speaker 1: were extremely talented, they had the right quarterback leading the way.

972
00:49:17,520 --> 00:49:20,120
Speaker 1: Same thing with the Bills. They had a very specific

973
00:49:20,120 --> 00:49:23,960
Speaker 1: way of attacking defenses that you know, you know that

974
00:49:24,280 --> 00:49:26,279
Speaker 1: no one looks like now Manning is is more of

975
00:49:26,320 --> 00:49:29,719
Speaker 1: a comp to Joe Burrow point and shoot and and

976
00:49:29,800 --> 00:49:32,960
Speaker 1: I just wonder, because is this an offense that is

977
00:49:33,080 --> 00:49:36,520
Speaker 1: going to change much? Do they need to change to

978
00:49:36,560 --> 00:49:39,680
Speaker 1: stay at the level they're at. I'm worried about their

979
00:49:39,680 --> 00:49:43,640
Speaker 1: offensive line in general, but maybe I shouldn't be like

980
00:49:43,760 --> 00:49:46,359
Speaker 1: when you when you look at what they do from

981
00:49:46,400 --> 00:49:50,240
Speaker 1: a schematic perspective and kind of how they approach playing football,

982
00:49:50,239 --> 00:49:52,680
Speaker 1: do you think they need to be any different or

983
00:49:52,800 --> 00:49:55,840
Speaker 1: can they just be the same group that they always

984
00:49:55,840 --> 00:49:57,840
Speaker 1: are and kind of the same type of attack with

985
00:49:58,000 --> 00:50:00,000
Speaker 1: just Joe Burrow, you know, in that in that shot

986
00:50:00,400 --> 00:50:04,000
Speaker 1: and spread out and making decisions because when they try

987
00:50:04,040 --> 00:50:06,279
Speaker 1: to go under center JP it never works out very well.

988
00:50:06,320 --> 00:50:08,960
Speaker 1: The numbers are terrible. They're as pass happy as any

989
00:50:09,000 --> 00:50:11,400
Speaker 1: team in the league, and it's it has worked. So

990
00:50:11,800 --> 00:50:14,920
Speaker 1: can they be one of those teams that we remember,

991
00:50:15,080 --> 00:50:18,239
Speaker 1: like in two decades that is that consistently good every

992
00:50:18,280 --> 00:50:19,879
Speaker 1: year doing the same thing over and over.

993
00:50:21,000 --> 00:50:24,359
Speaker 3: So I do think they need a little bit of

994
00:50:24,440 --> 00:50:28,279
Speaker 3: evolution from their offense. And it's not in any way

995
00:50:28,360 --> 00:50:31,480
Speaker 3: towards the passing game. It is like you said, it

996
00:50:31,560 --> 00:50:34,680
Speaker 3: is that. I guess you'd call it the siloing of

997
00:50:34,760 --> 00:50:37,960
Speaker 3: their undercenter versus shotgun, where if they're under center, they're

998
00:50:38,000 --> 00:50:40,359
Speaker 3: running it, if they are in shotgun, they're passing it.

999
00:50:40,680 --> 00:50:42,920
Speaker 3: I think involving a little bit more gun run is

1000
00:50:42,960 --> 00:50:44,880
Speaker 3: going to help this team. If you're in the shotgun,

1001
00:50:44,920 --> 00:50:47,839
Speaker 3: it can run the ball effectively. It's really hard to

1002
00:50:47,840 --> 00:50:50,640
Speaker 3: do in the NFL or at any level of football,

1003
00:50:50,719 --> 00:50:53,959
Speaker 3: to be in shotguns so exclusively and run the ball

1004
00:50:54,000 --> 00:50:57,040
Speaker 3: well unless you have a running threat at quarterback or

1005
00:50:57,120 --> 00:51:00,640
Speaker 3: the best offensive line in football. So I'm curious on

1006
00:51:00,680 --> 00:51:02,400
Speaker 3: how they're going to do that. If they can just

1007
00:51:03,040 --> 00:51:05,719
Speaker 3: add a little bit more variety to their run game

1008
00:51:05,760 --> 00:51:08,440
Speaker 3: out of shutgun shotgun, it's going to really help them out.

1009
00:51:08,840 --> 00:51:12,960
Speaker 3: But really, as a passing team, you don't really need

1010
00:51:13,000 --> 00:51:15,440
Speaker 3: to do much like there's like you said, there's not

1011
00:51:15,560 --> 00:51:18,359
Speaker 3: much evolution that has to come from this group when

1012
00:51:18,400 --> 00:51:22,480
Speaker 3: you have the most dominant quarterback receiver threat in the

1013
00:51:22,640 --> 00:51:25,839
Speaker 3: NFL right now. I think another thing that's gonna really

1014
00:51:25,840 --> 00:51:29,280
Speaker 3: help this team is keeping Amarus Men's healthy right tackle.

1015
00:51:29,360 --> 00:51:30,080
Speaker 2: I think that he.

1016
00:51:30,160 --> 00:51:35,200
Speaker 3: Is such a talented, talented player, but he just can't

1017
00:51:35,200 --> 00:51:37,799
Speaker 3: stay healthy. He can never stay on the field, and

1018
00:51:37,840 --> 00:51:40,360
Speaker 3: that's an issue for an offensive line that is already

1019
00:51:40,640 --> 00:51:43,680
Speaker 3: sort of operating by bits and bobs. We're gonna try

1020
00:51:43,719 --> 00:51:46,480
Speaker 3: and bring in Dalton Risner for a visit here, We're

1021
00:51:46,520 --> 00:51:49,920
Speaker 3: gonna try and put Cody Ford here, We're gonna try

1022
00:51:49,960 --> 00:51:51,120
Speaker 3: Cordovolson there.

1023
00:51:51,280 --> 00:51:54,920
Speaker 2: Like there's there's so much of.

1024
00:51:54,800 --> 00:51:57,319
Speaker 3: The we're gonna try and just get by on the

1025
00:51:57,360 --> 00:52:01,160
Speaker 3: offensive line because Joe Burrow was such a good sack

1026
00:52:01,200 --> 00:52:04,799
Speaker 3: of void and you already have two of the best,

1027
00:52:05,040 --> 00:52:08,560
Speaker 3: two of the best receivers in the league. But I

1028
00:52:08,600 --> 00:52:12,479
Speaker 3: think they can evolve by just making Joe Burrow's life

1029
00:52:12,520 --> 00:52:13,400
Speaker 3: a little easier.

1030
00:52:13,960 --> 00:52:16,840
Speaker 1: I totally agree. And yet it feels like we're a

1031
00:52:16,880 --> 00:52:19,040
Speaker 1: little bit back in the twenty twenty one season where

1032
00:52:19,080 --> 00:52:21,920
Speaker 1: to me, there are you know, the tackle positions better overall,

1033
00:52:21,920 --> 00:52:24,879
Speaker 1: but there are major questions because if Mims misses any time,

1034
00:52:25,000 --> 00:52:28,319
Speaker 1: it is a cliff to the third tackle. They're trying

1035
00:52:28,360 --> 00:52:30,520
Speaker 1: to figure out who that would be, and it's probably

1036
00:52:30,520 --> 00:52:33,160
Speaker 1: Cody Ford, who had been playing guard. And you know,

1037
00:52:33,320 --> 00:52:35,359
Speaker 1: I listened to the local covers there and they think

1038
00:52:35,400 --> 00:52:38,680
Speaker 1: it's it's already almost a five alarm fire in terms

1039
00:52:38,719 --> 00:52:40,799
Speaker 1: of the injuries, of the depth that they have, and

1040
00:52:40,840 --> 00:52:44,040
Speaker 1: the interior of their offensive line. And I and I

1041
00:52:44,080 --> 00:52:47,960
Speaker 1: saw those Brady comments. You know, it's like he does

1042
00:52:48,000 --> 00:52:50,280
Speaker 1: come off a little bit as an angry old man

1043
00:52:50,960 --> 00:52:55,239
Speaker 1: talking about the quarterback position. And when he was talking

1044
00:52:55,320 --> 00:52:58,040
Speaker 1: about that he doesn't want to be a quarterback. That's

1045
00:52:58,120 --> 00:52:59,840
Speaker 1: you know, you got to be a quarterback. That's hands

1046
00:52:59,840 --> 00:53:02,440
Speaker 1: off that you're doing. You're you're making these changes, You're

1047
00:53:02,480 --> 00:53:06,960
Speaker 1: meeting with the coaches, You're you're you're saying what plays

1048
00:53:07,000 --> 00:53:10,560
Speaker 1: that you want, You're yelling at people, And I was like,

1049
00:53:10,600 --> 00:53:12,840
Speaker 1: who is he talking to? If you want to And

1050
00:53:13,120 --> 00:53:14,600
Speaker 1: to me, I was like, is he talking did he

1051
00:53:14,719 --> 00:53:17,479
Speaker 1: just watch quarterback? And is he talking to Joe Burrow?

1052
00:53:17,480 --> 00:53:20,719
Speaker 1: Because Joe Burrow is very different Joe Burrow and is like,

1053
00:53:20,880 --> 00:53:22,239
Speaker 1: I'm not going to be the guy that's going to

1054
00:53:22,320 --> 00:53:24,600
Speaker 1: tell the guys that do it wrong that they would

1055
00:53:24,600 --> 00:53:26,200
Speaker 1: need to do it wrong and the job's hard enough.

1056
00:53:26,239 --> 00:53:28,920
Speaker 1: And I don't think if he was talking to Joe

1057
00:53:28,960 --> 00:53:30,680
Speaker 1: Burrow that that's right to do so, But I do

1058
00:53:30,760 --> 00:53:34,200
Speaker 1: get the feeling that Joe Burrow is is a little

1059
00:53:34,200 --> 00:53:37,000
Speaker 1: more hands off. And yet they make sure to build

1060
00:53:37,000 --> 00:53:39,520
Speaker 1: the offense like around his strengths. No one ever talks

1061
00:53:39,520 --> 00:53:43,360
Speaker 1: about like what Zach Taylor does from a schematic perspective.

1062
00:53:43,440 --> 00:53:45,320
Speaker 1: But I don't get the sense that it's it's Burrow

1063
00:53:45,400 --> 00:53:47,879
Speaker 1: like dictating everything. I think it's them trying to play

1064
00:53:47,920 --> 00:53:49,480
Speaker 1: to his strengths. And you mentioned the running game, like,

1065
00:53:49,520 --> 00:53:51,920
Speaker 1: I'm huge on Chase Brown. Spoiler alert where you've got

1066
00:53:51,920 --> 00:53:54,879
Speaker 1: a fantasy mock draft later this week coming up. I

1067
00:53:54,960 --> 00:53:57,360
Speaker 1: love me some Chase Brown. A lot of that is

1068
00:53:57,360 --> 00:53:59,319
Speaker 1: because of the receiving game. But I'm going to give

1069
00:53:59,360 --> 00:54:01,520
Speaker 1: you some stats before we go to our next offense

1070
00:54:02,600 --> 00:54:06,040
Speaker 1: that that is the most interesting of the of the season.

1071
00:54:06,560 --> 00:54:12,080
Speaker 1: The Bengals versus expected in terms of passes and runs

1072
00:54:12,640 --> 00:54:17,040
Speaker 1: led the league in passing versus expected JP on second

1073
00:54:17,040 --> 00:54:24,040
Speaker 1: and long in power situations, while ahead while behind, Like

1074
00:54:24,080 --> 00:54:27,960
Speaker 1: that is everything, every single thing that there is basically

1075
00:54:28,000 --> 00:54:29,759
Speaker 1: like well ahead a and while behind, you lead the

1076
00:54:29,840 --> 00:54:32,799
Speaker 1: league in passing versus expected. The only stat that I

1077
00:54:32,800 --> 00:54:35,640
Speaker 1: could find, and this is all from from the FTN Almanac,

1078
00:54:35,719 --> 00:54:38,919
Speaker 1: that they weren't first was on first downs. They were

1079
00:54:38,960 --> 00:54:43,360
Speaker 1: actually you know, second in terms of passing over expected.

1080
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Speaker 1: So they are as you know, pass heavy as you

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Speaker 1: can possibly be. Let's do a speed round to wrap

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Speaker 1: it up. I'll give a quick one first. Seahawks. It's

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Speaker 1: not just because of the preseason. It's partly because our producer,

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Speaker 1: Christoph Bono wanted me to give a little love to them.

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Speaker 1: But they've got some talent on the offensive line between

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Speaker 1: Gray's Abel and Charles Cross and Abe Lucas. Look, it's

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Speaker 1: going to be two wide receivers on the field. Clint

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Speaker 1: Kubiak led the league in that last year with the Saints,

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Speaker 1: and it's going to be you know, Cup and JSN

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Speaker 1: on the field together. Do they fit together? I don't know.

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Speaker 1: Is Ken Walker a scheme fit? I don't quite know,

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Speaker 1: But to me, they're going to be really fascinating. Whether

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Speaker 1: they can make this offense work around Sam Darnold, whether

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00:55:25,880 --> 00:55:28,799
Speaker 1: he can build just career arc wise off what he

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Speaker 1: did a year ago.

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Speaker 3: The Seahawks are bringing sexy back, They're bringing the fullback

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Speaker 3: back to the NFL.

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Speaker 2: This is the game that I am here for.

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Speaker 3: Robbie Ootz has been one of my favorite rookies to

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Speaker 3: watch because you can tell when he comes into the game.

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Speaker 2: I hope the.

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Speaker 3: Seahawks fans really kind of play up to the Robbie

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Speaker 3: Oots name, kind of like the Packers David John Coole,

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Speaker 3: because I think that'd be incredible. But you can tell

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Speaker 3: that the offensive line really meshes a lot better with

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Speaker 3: this offensive scheme, with this system. The movement skills of

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Speaker 3: Anthony brad for Gray's abel has been really good. I

1108
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Speaker 3: think Jalensendell is pushing Oluola for the center spot, and

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Speaker 3: that's because they can move really well on those wide

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Speaker 3: zone runs, and that's really where Sam Donald is effective.

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Speaker 3: You want to mitigate the amount of time Sam Darnald

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Speaker 3: has to be the You want to mitigate the amount

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Speaker 3: of times that Donald has to take the reins of

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Speaker 3: the offense and move the ball by himself. And I

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Speaker 3: think you do that through a successful and efficient run game.

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Speaker 3: And everything that I've seen this preseason has been leading

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Speaker 3: up to that point of them becoming a really effective

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Speaker 3: team on the ground.

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Speaker 1: All right, give me your last one, one you gotta get.

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Speaker 2: I have unfortunately fallen from the Jerry Jones propaganda train.

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Speaker 2: I'm going to the Dallas Cowboys. I am so.

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Speaker 3: Fascinated by what they can be, and it's partially because

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Speaker 3: of who they brought in is offensive coordinator Clayton Adams,

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Speaker 3: the former offensive line coach at Arizona. I am all

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Speaker 3: four offensive line coaches. Being a promoted offensive coordinator, they

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Speaker 3: are going to do a whole lot more twelve personnel,

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00:56:58,480 --> 00:57:02,279
Speaker 3: thirteen gap scheme. That is what Arizona did. But I

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Speaker 3: think that's gonna help in Dak Prescott not having to

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Speaker 3: do everything in the offense. I've talked so much about

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Speaker 3: widening the margin for error for your quarterback, and I

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00:57:11,840 --> 00:57:14,719
Speaker 3: think Dak's margin for error was so small in that

1132
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Speaker 3: offense because they had no running game. They had no

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Speaker 3: commitment to the run game. They had one receiver. And

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Speaker 3: now you have compliments like a run game that should

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Speaker 3: on the offensive line. The offensive line should be good enough.

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Speaker 3: I know Tyler Guiden's gonna miss some time, but when

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Speaker 3: Guidon is back, that run game, that offensive line should

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Speaker 3: be fun. I'm worried about what they're gonna do with

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Speaker 3: running back, but the receiving group, if George Pickens has

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Speaker 3: his head on straight, that is an incredibly complimentary group.

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Speaker 3: You're thinking of. When you think of George Pickens fit

1142
00:57:47,480 --> 00:57:49,320
Speaker 3: in this offense, you're thinking of the best years of

1143
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Speaker 3: Michael gallup where you throw the ball to him on

1144
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Speaker 3: the sideline. Every fifty to fifty ball becomes seventy thirty.

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Speaker 3: You know, I think that's something that the offense has

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Speaker 3: really missed. But I'm excited to see what this offense

1147
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Speaker 3: does and I'm intrigued to see what they do in

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Speaker 3: Towy twenty five.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, one of the They're one of the teams in

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Speaker 1: Week one that I'm most curious because I don't what

1151
00:58:07,920 --> 00:58:09,440
Speaker 1: is the Clayton Adams effect going to be? Is it

1152
00:58:09,480 --> 00:58:11,560
Speaker 1: going to be more Shotenheimer? What is a Brian Schottenheimer

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Speaker 1: offense in twenty twenty five? I don't really know. And

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Speaker 1: that's why I think they totally fit on this list.

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Speaker 1: And who knows, maybe one of those Jaguars running backs

1156
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Speaker 1: bigs Be or Etn, maybe they shake loose before the

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Speaker 1: beginning of the season and the Cowboys would be a

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Speaker 1: logical landing spot for then JP, you did a fantastic job.

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Speaker 1: Appreciate you and check out JP's work at s B Nation.

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Speaker 1: We'll get you on again soon. Of course, we will

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Speaker 1: be back in the studio next for QB Island, but

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Speaker 1: that's not the next show that you're going to hear

1163
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Speaker 1: in the feed forties in free agents with me and

1164
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Speaker 1: Daniel Jeremiah talking about all the pickups in the offseason.

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Speaker 1: That's next, then QB Island Me, Jordan Rodrieg, Steve Weisch.

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Speaker 1: By the way, I owe you Atlanta Falcons and your fans.

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Speaker 1: Later this week, I'm going to talk about you and

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Speaker 1: your offense because you are fascinating football's back