1 00:00:00,800 --> 00:00:06,200 Speaker 1: And now move the sticks with Daniel Jeremiah and Bucky Brooks. 2 00:00:06,760 --> 00:00:09,200 Speaker 1: What's up, everybody? Welcome to move the sticks DJ. Buck 3 00:00:09,440 --> 00:00:12,840 Speaker 1: back with you as we have a intriguing Thursday night game, 4 00:00:12,880 --> 00:00:14,760 Speaker 1: which we talked about the other day. Buck. But we 5 00:00:14,800 --> 00:00:18,080 Speaker 1: have a a slate of games here and it feels 6 00:00:18,079 --> 00:00:20,040 Speaker 1: like I don't want to say these must win you know, 7 00:00:20,160 --> 00:00:22,639 Speaker 1: cliches that you get thrown out there, But there's some 8 00:00:22,720 --> 00:00:26,079 Speaker 1: desperate teams out there, a big weekend of football up coming, 9 00:00:26,600 --> 00:00:29,560 Speaker 1: big weekend of football, and even though we're only concluding 10 00:00:29,600 --> 00:00:32,520 Speaker 1: the first quarter of the season, there's some big games. 11 00:00:32,560 --> 00:00:35,000 Speaker 1: Every team has these milestone moments where you want to 12 00:00:35,000 --> 00:00:37,720 Speaker 1: evaluate yourself against other teams just to kind of see 13 00:00:37,760 --> 00:00:39,640 Speaker 1: where you're had in the process. But then you have 14 00:00:39,680 --> 00:00:41,680 Speaker 1: some of these teams that have gotten off to slow stars. 15 00:00:42,080 --> 00:00:43,960 Speaker 1: We just want to get into win column. We just 16 00:00:44,000 --> 00:00:45,640 Speaker 1: want to get into win calling to give themselves a 17 00:00:45,720 --> 00:00:48,640 Speaker 1: chance to have a respectable first quarter records. So, um, 18 00:00:48,720 --> 00:00:51,720 Speaker 1: it's early, so it's not the game of the century, 19 00:00:51,840 --> 00:00:53,520 Speaker 1: but it's the biggest game that we have this week, 20 00:00:53,560 --> 00:00:56,000 Speaker 1: So let's talk about it. Yeah, we're gonna talk about 21 00:00:56,600 --> 00:00:59,320 Speaker 1: three teams in particular today in three scenarios, We're gonna 22 00:00:59,320 --> 00:01:02,880 Speaker 1: talk about one team who's doing things better than everybody else. Uh, 23 00:01:03,040 --> 00:01:05,840 Speaker 1: that would be the Philadelphia Eagles and undefeated squad. We're 24 00:01:05,840 --> 00:01:08,120 Speaker 1: gonna look at a team that is better than they 25 00:01:08,160 --> 00:01:10,480 Speaker 1: were last year in the Atlanta Falcons, particularly in their 26 00:01:10,520 --> 00:01:12,920 Speaker 1: run game and and why that is. And then we're 27 00:01:12,920 --> 00:01:14,880 Speaker 1: gonna look at a team that, even though their record 28 00:01:14,959 --> 00:01:17,039 Speaker 1: is good, they need to be better, and that's the 29 00:01:17,040 --> 00:01:19,679 Speaker 1: Denver Broncos and Russell Wilson and what's you know, what's 30 00:01:19,680 --> 00:01:21,959 Speaker 1: wrong with that offense? With a little deep dive on that, 31 00:01:22,040 --> 00:01:24,039 Speaker 1: but I say we start off here with the Eagles, 32 00:01:24,280 --> 00:01:26,640 Speaker 1: um Buck, I think this is a legitimate Super Bowl 33 00:01:26,680 --> 00:01:30,119 Speaker 1: team when you look at how they're constructed and how 34 00:01:30,120 --> 00:01:32,440 Speaker 1: they're playing the development of Jalen Hurts. We broke down 35 00:01:32,520 --> 00:01:36,680 Speaker 1: Jalen Hurts a few episodes ago. But outside of the quarterback, um, 36 00:01:36,760 --> 00:01:39,480 Speaker 1: what would you attribute this early success to for the Eagles? 37 00:01:40,880 --> 00:01:44,479 Speaker 1: The offensive and defensive lines. We've talked about it for years. 38 00:01:44,760 --> 00:01:47,600 Speaker 1: You work for an organization. You work for that organization 39 00:01:47,640 --> 00:01:50,480 Speaker 1: and understand that their philosophy is to be over from within, 40 00:01:50,920 --> 00:01:55,040 Speaker 1: meaning build from inside out. They've committed capital to making 41 00:01:55,080 --> 00:01:58,400 Speaker 1: sure that their offensive line and defensive lines are loaded 42 00:01:58,400 --> 00:02:01,720 Speaker 1: with big time playmakers and you see it. And because 43 00:02:01,760 --> 00:02:04,640 Speaker 1: they're able to control the point of attack, it gives 44 00:02:04,680 --> 00:02:08,400 Speaker 1: them a chance to put those little skilled players that 45 00:02:08,440 --> 00:02:10,880 Speaker 1: do all the work on the outside and get all 46 00:02:10,880 --> 00:02:13,560 Speaker 1: the accolades. It gives them an opportunity. But the guys 47 00:02:13,560 --> 00:02:16,440 Speaker 1: who are doing the heavy lifting are the ones inside, 48 00:02:16,840 --> 00:02:22,160 Speaker 1: and this year, compared to previous years, man, they're loaded. Uh. 49 00:02:22,280 --> 00:02:25,239 Speaker 1: Just the ability to run people in and out the game. 50 00:02:25,320 --> 00:02:30,359 Speaker 1: On the defensive line, a deep talented rotation allows those 51 00:02:30,400 --> 00:02:32,800 Speaker 1: guys to beat you up. They wear you down over time, 52 00:02:33,120 --> 00:02:35,040 Speaker 1: and they are fresher than you are in the late 53 00:02:35,080 --> 00:02:37,000 Speaker 1: stages of the game. And the same could be said 54 00:02:37,000 --> 00:02:40,360 Speaker 1: about their offensive line. They're so talented that they can 55 00:02:40,400 --> 00:02:42,600 Speaker 1: absorb an injury and it doesn't impact the way that 56 00:02:42,639 --> 00:02:45,799 Speaker 1: the rest of the unit of five place. I want 57 00:02:45,840 --> 00:02:49,680 Speaker 1: to talk about the offensive line first. UM Jeff Stoutland 58 00:02:49,800 --> 00:02:52,400 Speaker 1: start with the offensive line coach. One of the best, 59 00:02:52,400 --> 00:02:54,160 Speaker 1: if not the best in the league right now. He 60 00:02:54,200 --> 00:02:56,920 Speaker 1: has got an unweieable reputation. Came from Alabama, He's been 61 00:02:56,960 --> 00:02:59,320 Speaker 1: with the Eagles for quite some time UH and does 62 00:02:59,360 --> 00:03:03,200 Speaker 1: a nice job of developing lineman. So you look at it, 63 00:03:03,240 --> 00:03:05,920 Speaker 1: there's no better example than Jordan Mylotta. Came in as 64 00:03:06,040 --> 00:03:08,440 Speaker 1: raw as a two dollar steak. I mean, he had 65 00:03:08,560 --> 00:03:12,160 Speaker 1: really no football background and here he's developed him into, uh, 66 00:03:12,240 --> 00:03:14,560 Speaker 1: you know, one of the better left tackles in the NFL. 67 00:03:14,600 --> 00:03:17,239 Speaker 1: He's a massive human being. But to see that kind 68 00:03:17,280 --> 00:03:20,960 Speaker 1: of uh, that jar Clay that he just molded into 69 00:03:21,000 --> 00:03:24,680 Speaker 1: a pretty elite left tackle is a is a great 70 00:03:24,680 --> 00:03:26,720 Speaker 1: example of the coach that you have there in Stout. 71 00:03:26,760 --> 00:03:29,000 Speaker 1: And then I'll also add buck. When you look at 72 00:03:29,040 --> 00:03:35,360 Speaker 1: their starting lineup, Jordan my Latta homegrown, Landon Dickerson, homegrown, Kelsey, homegrown, 73 00:03:35,400 --> 00:03:39,320 Speaker 1: Somalo homegrown, Lane Johnson homegrown, their best back up, their 74 00:03:39,360 --> 00:03:42,120 Speaker 1: second round pick from last year, Cam Jurgen. So we both, 75 00:03:42,160 --> 00:03:44,840 Speaker 1: I think would agree we see as a future Pro 76 00:03:44,920 --> 00:03:48,360 Speaker 1: Bowl player. He was a draft pick. Jack Driscoll another 77 00:03:48,400 --> 00:03:51,440 Speaker 1: one of their backups, draft pick. These guys are all 78 00:03:51,640 --> 00:03:54,680 Speaker 1: home grown. So where other teams you can roll the 79 00:03:54,680 --> 00:03:57,520 Speaker 1: dice on free agency, go out and you know, sometimes 80 00:03:57,520 --> 00:04:00,000 Speaker 1: you get lucky, sometimes you don't. They know, all these 81 00:04:00,040 --> 00:04:03,440 Speaker 1: guys they've had the their entire careers, had the entire careers, 82 00:04:03,440 --> 00:04:05,400 Speaker 1: and one of the benefits of drafting and developing your 83 00:04:05,440 --> 00:04:08,200 Speaker 1: own is that you know their character, you know what 84 00:04:08,240 --> 00:04:10,240 Speaker 1: they're about, you've seen them in the building, you know 85 00:04:10,280 --> 00:04:12,880 Speaker 1: how they work, and even if they have some deficiencies, 86 00:04:13,280 --> 00:04:15,680 Speaker 1: you've had an opportunity to work around those deficiencies so 87 00:04:15,720 --> 00:04:18,200 Speaker 1: they could have success. So to me, it has always 88 00:04:18,240 --> 00:04:21,479 Speaker 1: been a sensible decision to invest in your own team. 89 00:04:21,800 --> 00:04:24,680 Speaker 1: But what they've also done is Howard Roseman and staff 90 00:04:24,680 --> 00:04:27,920 Speaker 1: have done a really good job of acquiring talent via 91 00:04:28,000 --> 00:04:31,160 Speaker 1: means of trade and free agency. But they used a 92 00:04:31,279 --> 00:04:34,840 Speaker 1: vehicle as it was intended for. It is not necessarily 93 00:04:34,880 --> 00:04:37,920 Speaker 1: to build your entire team, but it's to feel glaring 94 00:04:38,000 --> 00:04:40,280 Speaker 1: holes in your roster. They're going to make a move 95 00:04:40,320 --> 00:04:42,560 Speaker 1: for A J. Brown. They had a number one receiver 96 00:04:42,600 --> 00:04:45,280 Speaker 1: in Davante Smith, but they wanted another one because we've 97 00:04:45,279 --> 00:04:50,440 Speaker 1: seen the increased popularity of having two receivers that can 98 00:04:50,480 --> 00:04:53,920 Speaker 1: act as a number one. It benefits your offense because 99 00:04:54,000 --> 00:04:56,440 Speaker 1: now teams don't know where the double team. So a J. 100 00:04:56,560 --> 00:04:58,880 Speaker 1: Brown being a guy that they traded for. You think 101 00:04:58,880 --> 00:05:01,080 Speaker 1: about years ago when they and got Darius Lay because 102 00:05:01,080 --> 00:05:03,320 Speaker 1: they wanted a number one corner he is playing like 103 00:05:03,360 --> 00:05:05,480 Speaker 1: a number one corner. They got him in free agency 104 00:05:05,480 --> 00:05:07,600 Speaker 1: to make it happen. So these are the things that 105 00:05:07,640 --> 00:05:09,640 Speaker 1: you have to be able to do to make sure 106 00:05:09,680 --> 00:05:11,479 Speaker 1: that you get the kind of players that you need 107 00:05:11,640 --> 00:05:15,200 Speaker 1: to get your team over the top. Yeah, you know again, 108 00:05:15,240 --> 00:05:17,360 Speaker 1: I just I look at that defensive side of the ball. 109 00:05:17,440 --> 00:05:19,359 Speaker 1: You talk about the defensive line a minute ago. You 110 00:05:19,360 --> 00:05:22,520 Speaker 1: look at the number of guys they can throw at you. Um, 111 00:05:22,520 --> 00:05:26,039 Speaker 1: it is a deep, deep group talented players, and you 112 00:05:26,080 --> 00:05:29,360 Speaker 1: look at what they've done. Um in the secondary Bradbury 113 00:05:29,400 --> 00:05:32,000 Speaker 1: to go along with with Darius Slay who you just mentioned, 114 00:05:32,320 --> 00:05:36,080 Speaker 1: Vante Maddox homegrown. They got Chauncey Gardner Johnson on the 115 00:05:36,160 --> 00:05:38,160 Speaker 1: cheap with a trade. It feels like how he never 116 00:05:38,200 --> 00:05:40,680 Speaker 1: loses a trade whenever he makes a trade. For the 117 00:05:40,720 --> 00:05:42,920 Speaker 1: most part, he's got to have as high batting average 118 00:05:42,920 --> 00:05:44,919 Speaker 1: as anybody because it feels like he's never having to 119 00:05:44,960 --> 00:05:49,040 Speaker 1: pay top dollar or premium prices for some premium players. 120 00:05:49,120 --> 00:05:54,160 Speaker 1: So it's uh, it's it's drafting. It's being uh selective 121 00:05:54,160 --> 00:05:56,040 Speaker 1: in terms of the guys. You want to go out 122 00:05:56,120 --> 00:05:59,039 Speaker 1: and acquire the veterans, you know, getting premier guys they've 123 00:05:59,040 --> 00:06:02,200 Speaker 1: gotten some big time talent guys that also have you know, 124 00:06:02,279 --> 00:06:06,520 Speaker 1: work ethic, competitiveness, character, UM. They've checked all those boxes. 125 00:06:06,600 --> 00:06:09,960 Speaker 1: So it's really been interesting to see how this whole 126 00:06:10,000 --> 00:06:12,520 Speaker 1: thing has come together. But I think they're in a 127 00:06:12,560 --> 00:06:15,880 Speaker 1: situation where not only they have some frontline guys, you 128 00:06:15,920 --> 00:06:18,919 Speaker 1: look at the depth throughout UM. I mean even at 129 00:06:18,960 --> 00:06:21,039 Speaker 1: the quarterback position, like Gardner, Minshew has gotta be one 130 00:06:21,040 --> 00:06:23,640 Speaker 1: of the better backups UH in the league, just in 131 00:06:23,720 --> 00:06:25,080 Speaker 1: terms of what he could do to win you three 132 00:06:25,160 --> 00:06:26,840 Speaker 1: or four games if you needed him to get out there, 133 00:06:26,880 --> 00:06:29,520 Speaker 1: if if Hurts were to get nicked up. They've got depth. 134 00:06:29,800 --> 00:06:31,720 Speaker 1: They've got depth on both sides of the ball. This 135 00:06:31,839 --> 00:06:35,000 Speaker 1: is a deep, deep team, UM. And the injuries are coming. 136 00:06:35,040 --> 00:06:36,640 Speaker 1: We've seen it come for a bunch of teams already. 137 00:06:36,640 --> 00:06:38,320 Speaker 1: They're going to come. They're gonna happen. I think this 138 00:06:38,480 --> 00:06:41,760 Speaker 1: Eagles team is equipped to handle it. They are equipped 139 00:06:41,800 --> 00:06:45,000 Speaker 1: to handle it, um And when you just look at 140 00:06:45,440 --> 00:06:47,280 Speaker 1: how they've been able to do it. Each of those 141 00:06:47,279 --> 00:06:49,520 Speaker 1: guys that we mentioned were traded. I misspoke when I 142 00:06:49,520 --> 00:06:51,839 Speaker 1: talked about Dari's day because he was traded and then 143 00:06:51,839 --> 00:06:54,000 Speaker 1: he signed his big deal with the Eagles, but you 144 00:06:54,040 --> 00:06:56,520 Speaker 1: traded for him. You traded for A J. Brown Garner 145 00:06:56,560 --> 00:06:59,599 Speaker 1: Minshew was acquired in a trade. They have a clear 146 00:06:59,680 --> 00:07:02,960 Speaker 1: on the standing of what they want from a player, 147 00:07:03,240 --> 00:07:05,200 Speaker 1: how much they value the player, and what they willing 148 00:07:05,279 --> 00:07:08,320 Speaker 1: to give up to bring sad player into the program. 149 00:07:08,360 --> 00:07:11,200 Speaker 1: It is worked for them, but because they've done such 150 00:07:11,200 --> 00:07:14,080 Speaker 1: a good job of drafting, developing, and resigning their own 151 00:07:14,440 --> 00:07:16,840 Speaker 1: it has given them the opportunity to have what we 152 00:07:16,880 --> 00:07:19,720 Speaker 1: call some luxury items added to the roster. And those 153 00:07:19,800 --> 00:07:23,760 Speaker 1: luxury items have been paying off handsomely of late. Yeah, 154 00:07:23,760 --> 00:07:25,520 Speaker 1: and I think the other thing I'll add as we 155 00:07:25,560 --> 00:07:28,920 Speaker 1: kind of wrap up our Eagles chat here, Um, we 156 00:07:28,920 --> 00:07:33,000 Speaker 1: we've mentioned this before about navigating seventeen games in the postseason. 157 00:07:33,680 --> 00:07:36,120 Speaker 1: You're gonna have to win different types of games. There's 158 00:07:36,120 --> 00:07:38,760 Speaker 1: gonna be you're gonna find yourself in some messy street fights. 159 00:07:38,760 --> 00:07:41,440 Speaker 1: You're gonna find yourself in a shootout. I think that 160 00:07:41,520 --> 00:07:45,120 Speaker 1: they can scrap and find themselves in kind of that physical, muddy, 161 00:07:45,360 --> 00:07:47,760 Speaker 1: you know, nasty type of the game because of the 162 00:07:47,760 --> 00:07:49,720 Speaker 1: line of scrimming player that they have. And then if 163 00:07:49,720 --> 00:07:51,760 Speaker 1: they're getting a shootout, you know, you go out and 164 00:07:51,840 --> 00:07:53,680 Speaker 1: get a J. Brown, you have Devonte Smith, You've got 165 00:07:53,720 --> 00:07:55,760 Speaker 1: Dallas Goddard. I think, you know, with Hurts playing the 166 00:07:55,760 --> 00:07:57,720 Speaker 1: way he's playing right now, I think you've got a shot, 167 00:07:57,920 --> 00:08:00,920 Speaker 1: you know, to compete and the shootout as well. Yeah, 168 00:08:00,920 --> 00:08:03,080 Speaker 1: you can in a couple of different ways. And what 169 00:08:03,160 --> 00:08:05,040 Speaker 1: I like about the way the team is comprised is 170 00:08:05,040 --> 00:08:07,640 Speaker 1: they have the ability to play physical football by running 171 00:08:07,680 --> 00:08:11,120 Speaker 1: the ball and doing those things that are necessary when 172 00:08:11,160 --> 00:08:13,920 Speaker 1: you get to the postseason. But it hasn't prevented them 173 00:08:13,920 --> 00:08:17,800 Speaker 1: from challenging Jalen Hurts and their offense to be efficient 174 00:08:18,400 --> 00:08:22,280 Speaker 1: as a passing unit. This aerial attack is terrific, is explosive. 175 00:08:22,680 --> 00:08:25,000 Speaker 1: They have a lot of intriguing weapons, and so I 176 00:08:25,080 --> 00:08:27,800 Speaker 1: was worried in the off season, like, hey man, is 177 00:08:27,800 --> 00:08:29,600 Speaker 1: this hype real? Are they really going to be a 178 00:08:29,600 --> 00:08:31,960 Speaker 1: team that we talked about, I mean earlier in the 179 00:08:32,040 --> 00:08:34,439 Speaker 1: year they have exceeded expectations as one of the top 180 00:08:34,440 --> 00:08:37,600 Speaker 1: teams in football. Yeah, again, really early. But I like 181 00:08:37,679 --> 00:08:39,480 Speaker 1: the way this team is built and I like their 182 00:08:39,559 --> 00:08:42,000 Speaker 1: chances going forward. Um, all right, we're gonna come back. 183 00:08:42,000 --> 00:08:45,080 Speaker 1: We're gonna talk about this Atlanta Falcons run game, which 184 00:08:45,120 --> 00:08:47,560 Speaker 1: is one of the most improved units um in the 185 00:08:47,679 --> 00:08:50,440 Speaker 1: NFL from last year to this year. What are they doing? 186 00:08:50,559 --> 00:08:52,920 Speaker 1: Is it just cordial Patterson? Is there something scheme wise? 187 00:08:52,920 --> 00:08:59,280 Speaker 1: We're gonna jump into that right after this. Alright, last year, 188 00:08:59,320 --> 00:09:02,640 Speaker 1: the Atlanta file Kins rushing attack second worst in the NFL, 189 00:09:02,679 --> 00:09:06,240 Speaker 1: only four hundred and fifty one yards. Right now through 190 00:09:06,240 --> 00:09:09,839 Speaker 1: three games, four sevent yards rushing their fifth in the NFL. UH. 191 00:09:09,880 --> 00:09:12,120 Speaker 1: I gave Arthur Smith a lot of credit for this buck. 192 00:09:12,240 --> 00:09:14,880 Speaker 1: I like the pieces that they have in their run game. 193 00:09:15,440 --> 00:09:17,160 Speaker 1: I would love to get your thoughts on why you 194 00:09:17,200 --> 00:09:19,600 Speaker 1: think this is working so well, and then I'll follow 195 00:09:19,600 --> 00:09:22,280 Speaker 1: you up on what I've seen. Well, I'm gonna talk 196 00:09:22,280 --> 00:09:26,080 Speaker 1: about the ageless wonder. Cadero Patterson, who had thirty plus 197 00:09:26,240 --> 00:09:28,440 Speaker 1: years of age, has decided that he wanted to be 198 00:09:28,480 --> 00:09:31,720 Speaker 1: a premier running back in the National Football League. Has 199 00:09:31,720 --> 00:09:35,440 Speaker 1: off to Patterson, hass off to Arthur Smith for having 200 00:09:35,480 --> 00:09:38,240 Speaker 1: to vision and the creativity to be able to get 201 00:09:38,240 --> 00:09:40,360 Speaker 1: it done. When you go back and you think about 202 00:09:40,440 --> 00:09:42,720 Speaker 1: Cadero Patterson and when he was coming out of Tennessee, 203 00:09:42,960 --> 00:09:45,000 Speaker 1: remember DJ, it was really hard to figure out what 204 00:09:45,120 --> 00:09:47,120 Speaker 1: position to put him at. He was a guy who 205 00:09:47,120 --> 00:09:49,960 Speaker 1: played wide receiver. He was a terrific return er, kick 206 00:09:50,040 --> 00:09:52,520 Speaker 1: and punt returner, did a bunch of different things for 207 00:09:52,559 --> 00:09:57,120 Speaker 1: the volunteers on sweeps, reverses in the round. You just 208 00:09:57,160 --> 00:09:58,959 Speaker 1: didn't know what he was going to do. Then he 209 00:09:59,000 --> 00:10:02,040 Speaker 1: goes to Minnesota, becomes the Pro Bowl kick returner. Immediately, 210 00:10:02,120 --> 00:10:05,120 Speaker 1: North Turner flirts with him at running back but didn't 211 00:10:05,120 --> 00:10:08,560 Speaker 1: commit to it. Goes to New England, similar stuff. No 212 00:10:08,600 --> 00:10:11,280 Speaker 1: one necessarily commits to him being a running back. Same 213 00:10:11,280 --> 00:10:14,720 Speaker 1: thing in Chicago, But for whatever reason, at thirty years 214 00:10:14,720 --> 00:10:17,680 Speaker 1: of age, he goes to Atlanta. Last year, they get 215 00:10:17,679 --> 00:10:20,160 Speaker 1: in a pitch, they need a running back. He steps up, 216 00:10:20,679 --> 00:10:23,880 Speaker 1: and now he's this supersized wide receiver lining up in 217 00:10:23,920 --> 00:10:28,840 Speaker 1: the backfield in the I formation, coming downhill. And so 218 00:10:28,960 --> 00:10:31,200 Speaker 1: we can talk about the tactics, but I'm gonna tell 219 00:10:31,240 --> 00:10:34,280 Speaker 1: you it's the tenacity and the toughness that this guy, 220 00:10:34,720 --> 00:10:38,480 Speaker 1: a former All Pro kick returner, has added to this 221 00:10:38,880 --> 00:10:42,360 Speaker 1: offense as a downhill running back that has given this 222 00:10:42,440 --> 00:10:46,000 Speaker 1: team a different identity. You just don't see it. You 223 00:10:46,080 --> 00:10:48,040 Speaker 1: just don't see your wide receiver running downhill like a 224 00:10:48,120 --> 00:10:49,680 Speaker 1: running back. I'll tell you what if I was with 225 00:10:49,720 --> 00:10:52,320 Speaker 1: a team right now. Um, and I had a wide 226 00:10:52,320 --> 00:10:55,040 Speaker 1: out who was not one of my top three guys, 227 00:10:55,240 --> 00:10:58,480 Speaker 1: and he was over two hundred pounds at least in practice. 228 00:10:58,520 --> 00:11:00,560 Speaker 1: I want to see what it looks like. You know, 229 00:11:00,640 --> 00:11:02,800 Speaker 1: you haven't really established yourself as a wide receiver in 230 00:11:02,840 --> 00:11:05,280 Speaker 1: this league. Let's let's give you some reps at running backs. 231 00:11:05,280 --> 00:11:07,200 Speaker 1: See what you look like, see if you might find something. 232 00:11:07,520 --> 00:11:09,400 Speaker 1: You know, I'm just throwing out of name, like like, 233 00:11:09,440 --> 00:11:15,880 Speaker 1: if you're a Jalen reagor yeah, perfect, yeah, full time 234 00:11:15,920 --> 00:11:17,720 Speaker 1: running back. We're gonna make you a full time running back. 235 00:11:17,720 --> 00:11:19,400 Speaker 1: We'll see how it goes, just to be an experiment, 236 00:11:19,720 --> 00:11:21,080 Speaker 1: we'll try it out. I mean, there's a lot of 237 00:11:21,120 --> 00:11:23,439 Speaker 1: receivers or two and ten to two d and twenty 238 00:11:23,480 --> 00:11:26,400 Speaker 1: pounds that haven't really hit um, you know, they haven't 239 00:11:26,440 --> 00:11:29,320 Speaker 1: found their mark. Why not, man? Why not in a 240 00:11:29,360 --> 00:11:31,199 Speaker 1: time where you're you know, nobody wants to play the 241 00:11:31,280 --> 00:11:34,000 Speaker 1: running back position anymore, and youth football in college because 242 00:11:34,000 --> 00:11:35,959 Speaker 1: of the because of the limits, it might be hard 243 00:11:36,000 --> 00:11:37,959 Speaker 1: to motivate somebody on the front end. It's a lot 244 00:11:38,000 --> 00:11:40,040 Speaker 1: easier to motivate them on the back end and be like, hey, 245 00:11:40,080 --> 00:11:43,400 Speaker 1: here's the exit here's the end of your career, potentially 246 00:11:43,800 --> 00:11:47,520 Speaker 1: you're not having a job, or there's the running back option. Also, Yes, 247 00:11:47,640 --> 00:11:49,560 Speaker 1: running back looks a little more palatable. I'd be very 248 00:11:49,600 --> 00:11:53,920 Speaker 1: interested in that in that opportunity. Yeah, I think, and 249 00:11:54,200 --> 00:11:57,040 Speaker 1: this is unprecedented. We saw Tom Montgomery have some success, 250 00:11:57,520 --> 00:12:00,440 Speaker 1: uh kind of making the transition as the empty back 251 00:12:00,880 --> 00:12:05,720 Speaker 1: for the Green Bay Packers last year. Yeah, Devo going 252 00:12:05,760 --> 00:12:08,280 Speaker 1: off and and DJ. I think you have to have 253 00:12:08,400 --> 00:12:10,920 Speaker 1: the right mindset to be able to do it because 254 00:12:10,960 --> 00:12:13,120 Speaker 1: it's a tough guy position. Playing running back is a 255 00:12:13,160 --> 00:12:15,240 Speaker 1: tough guy position. Running between the tackle was getting hit 256 00:12:15,679 --> 00:12:18,319 Speaker 1: every time thirty to forty car wrecks the game that 257 00:12:18,440 --> 00:12:22,320 Speaker 1: you're involved in when you're running on those inside plays. Yeah, 258 00:12:22,400 --> 00:12:26,640 Speaker 1: it's tough and it's not for everybody. However, coul Darrell Patterson, 259 00:12:27,320 --> 00:12:28,920 Speaker 1: what he has been able to do, what he's been 260 00:12:28,960 --> 00:12:32,199 Speaker 1: able to show, he's like a top five runner right now, 261 00:12:32,360 --> 00:12:34,760 Speaker 1: like just in terms of the way that he's getting 262 00:12:34,760 --> 00:12:37,200 Speaker 1: it done. You're not supposed to be able to do 263 00:12:37,240 --> 00:12:40,000 Speaker 1: this in your thirties, I don't care what anyone said. 264 00:12:40,040 --> 00:12:41,559 Speaker 1: You're not supposed to be able to just throw someone 265 00:12:41,880 --> 00:12:43,760 Speaker 1: in the back round and say Hey, by the way, 266 00:12:43,960 --> 00:12:46,160 Speaker 1: you're the thirty year old running back when everyone's trying 267 00:12:46,160 --> 00:12:48,760 Speaker 1: to get rid of the running back. Um. So yeah, 268 00:12:49,160 --> 00:12:51,000 Speaker 1: there are definitely some traits that are needed to be 269 00:12:51,000 --> 00:12:53,800 Speaker 1: able to pull off this kind of transition. But after 270 00:12:53,840 --> 00:12:56,480 Speaker 1: watching him do it, you know it's a copycat league. 271 00:12:56,960 --> 00:12:58,719 Speaker 1: Everybody in their mom is trying to find a one 272 00:12:58,720 --> 00:13:01,120 Speaker 1: down there roster that they can make that tweeter player, 273 00:13:01,400 --> 00:13:04,480 Speaker 1: that running back wide receiver that is able to get 274 00:13:04,520 --> 00:13:07,600 Speaker 1: it done. But Antonio Gibson in Washington, he was a 275 00:13:07,600 --> 00:13:10,120 Speaker 1: guy in college who did it. So there's a way 276 00:13:10,840 --> 00:13:15,200 Speaker 1: for this, uh transition to take place and take take 277 00:13:15,240 --> 00:13:18,240 Speaker 1: place more often. You just gotta dig and deep, dig down, 278 00:13:18,280 --> 00:13:20,959 Speaker 1: deep into people's backgrounds and see there's a little running 279 00:13:20,960 --> 00:13:23,240 Speaker 1: back of buildy who gonna put it running back? You know, 280 00:13:23,320 --> 00:13:25,800 Speaker 1: there's like names that are just kind of popping up. 281 00:13:25,800 --> 00:13:29,240 Speaker 1: Maybe guys that didn't that didn't hit that to live 282 00:13:29,280 --> 00:13:30,920 Speaker 1: up to where they were picked. Right, let me just 283 00:13:30,920 --> 00:13:33,320 Speaker 1: give you a couple here and and maybe that. Maybe 284 00:13:33,320 --> 00:13:35,240 Speaker 1: there's a zero percent chance this would work, but shoot, 285 00:13:35,280 --> 00:13:37,600 Speaker 1: I would have been at least try it. Kevin White. 286 00:13:37,960 --> 00:13:41,679 Speaker 1: How about Kevin White with his size and speed? Give 287 00:13:41,760 --> 00:13:44,280 Speaker 1: him a shot. I know bhad Perriman has been a 288 00:13:44,320 --> 00:13:47,480 Speaker 1: little bit up and down in his career, big strong, fast, 289 00:13:47,960 --> 00:13:51,000 Speaker 1: um think about him having potentially an opportunity to play 290 00:13:51,040 --> 00:13:52,679 Speaker 1: that role. I mean, you know, you gotta go through 291 00:13:52,720 --> 00:13:54,680 Speaker 1: some guys. I know Treadwell has had some injuries, but 292 00:13:54,720 --> 00:13:56,400 Speaker 1: a guy who was picked high was a big guy 293 00:13:56,400 --> 00:13:59,880 Speaker 1: who didn't really live up to where he was picked. Um. Shoot, 294 00:14:00,000 --> 00:14:01,880 Speaker 1: watching Kenny Golladay try and catch the ball the other day, 295 00:14:01,880 --> 00:14:05,360 Speaker 1: it might be his last stop. Maybe he had we're 296 00:14:05,360 --> 00:14:09,600 Speaker 1: going handed to him. We can't, yah, I know. And look, 297 00:14:09,920 --> 00:14:12,160 Speaker 1: Corey Davis, Corey Davis has been a good player. He 298 00:14:12,200 --> 00:14:14,040 Speaker 1: got paid, you know, coming off a big ure of 299 00:14:14,120 --> 00:14:15,840 Speaker 1: the Titans and with the Jets, he's been a solid 300 00:14:15,840 --> 00:14:18,520 Speaker 1: player there. But that's a big that's a running back 301 00:14:18,640 --> 00:14:21,920 Speaker 1: type frame for somebody like that. It's just being curious 302 00:14:21,920 --> 00:14:23,400 Speaker 1: to try out some of these dudes and some of 303 00:14:23,400 --> 00:14:25,200 Speaker 1: them some of these spots, well, I think I think 304 00:14:25,280 --> 00:14:27,040 Speaker 1: I think now. The fascination is you want to find 305 00:14:27,040 --> 00:14:28,960 Speaker 1: a way to be created what you're running game. And 306 00:14:29,000 --> 00:14:31,480 Speaker 1: so we saw years ago with the Rams and Roberto 307 00:14:31,600 --> 00:14:35,600 Speaker 1: was and uh Cooper cup fly sweeps, jet sweeps being 308 00:14:35,640 --> 00:14:37,600 Speaker 1: able to utilize those guys take advantage of their speed 309 00:14:37,640 --> 00:14:40,520 Speaker 1: and quickness to be able to do it. Uh Codara Patterson. 310 00:14:40,840 --> 00:14:42,640 Speaker 1: The little bit of difference is what I would say 311 00:14:42,720 --> 00:14:44,640 Speaker 1: some of the prerequisite would be. If I'm gonna make 312 00:14:44,680 --> 00:14:48,520 Speaker 1: a transition like that, I need someone who maybe has 313 00:14:48,560 --> 00:14:52,240 Speaker 1: return skills, someone who also has competed in special teams. 314 00:14:52,920 --> 00:14:56,120 Speaker 1: I need some of the ego out of the mix 315 00:14:56,560 --> 00:14:58,320 Speaker 1: so I can get you the really hone in on 316 00:14:58,400 --> 00:15:00,680 Speaker 1: being a running back, meaning you're gonna have to sit 317 00:15:00,680 --> 00:15:03,120 Speaker 1: in there and deal with some past protection problems. I 318 00:15:03,120 --> 00:15:05,200 Speaker 1: mean that you're gonna have to go facing the fan 319 00:15:05,520 --> 00:15:07,480 Speaker 1: when the linebacker comes Scott Free, and you've gotta be 320 00:15:07,520 --> 00:15:11,120 Speaker 1: able to do it. Guys who played special teams, they 321 00:15:11,200 --> 00:15:13,000 Speaker 1: kind of know what that is like. But if you've 322 00:15:13,040 --> 00:15:16,600 Speaker 1: been pretty all your life and outside dancing around just 323 00:15:16,640 --> 00:15:20,480 Speaker 1: fast and stuff, look different, job description a little harder, 324 00:15:20,800 --> 00:15:23,520 Speaker 1: harder to make that transition. But I certainly would explore 325 00:15:24,040 --> 00:15:25,440 Speaker 1: being able to put some of those guys in the 326 00:15:25,440 --> 00:15:29,080 Speaker 1: backfield because it gives you a different weapon on offense. Yeah, 327 00:15:29,120 --> 00:15:30,800 Speaker 1: I mean even some of smaller, quicker guys. I look 328 00:15:30,800 --> 00:15:33,080 Speaker 1: at the charges with the guy like DeAndre Carter, who's 329 00:15:33,080 --> 00:15:38,000 Speaker 1: a kick returner who's explained dynamic Scared to death Like 330 00:15:38,120 --> 00:15:41,560 Speaker 1: last week watching I kept waiting, hey man, keeping out here. 331 00:15:41,640 --> 00:15:43,880 Speaker 1: This guy he can get loose because you saw it 332 00:15:43,880 --> 00:15:45,560 Speaker 1: in the free seasons. You've seen some of the things. 333 00:15:46,440 --> 00:15:49,280 Speaker 1: He has some talent, some juice. But yeah, that's another one. DJ. 334 00:15:49,440 --> 00:15:53,080 Speaker 1: I think with so many teams going spread empty formation, 335 00:15:53,680 --> 00:15:57,120 Speaker 1: being able to have that fifth wide receiver that can 336 00:15:57,160 --> 00:15:59,240 Speaker 1: get in the backfield and do some of that stuff 337 00:15:59,760 --> 00:16:02,200 Speaker 1: that us when it becomes problematic because remember with the Packers, 338 00:16:02,200 --> 00:16:04,760 Speaker 1: not only was the top Montgomery Randall Cole could go 339 00:16:04,800 --> 00:16:09,360 Speaker 1: into backfield. Yeah. Is we've talked about position lists football, 340 00:16:10,040 --> 00:16:11,680 Speaker 1: being able to have some of those guys that can 341 00:16:11,720 --> 00:16:13,560 Speaker 1: do some of those responsibilities. You're gonna be a full 342 00:16:13,560 --> 00:16:16,440 Speaker 1: time running back, but being able to do added value 343 00:16:16,440 --> 00:16:18,680 Speaker 1: to that. So let me give you what I saw 344 00:16:18,880 --> 00:16:22,200 Speaker 1: just watching this team in particular, um why I thought 345 00:16:22,360 --> 00:16:24,640 Speaker 1: they've having success, not only just Cordill Parterson is an 346 00:16:24,680 --> 00:16:26,960 Speaker 1: incredible talent, but scheme wise and some of the things 347 00:16:27,000 --> 00:16:29,720 Speaker 1: they're doing. I watched all the explosive runs. There is 348 00:16:29,760 --> 00:16:31,680 Speaker 1: a lot of things in common with these explosive runs. 349 00:16:31,680 --> 00:16:33,920 Speaker 1: You're gonna see a lot of speed motion at the snap, 350 00:16:34,040 --> 00:16:36,600 Speaker 1: So you're getting a lot of eyeballs. Iye, candy, whatever 351 00:16:36,600 --> 00:16:37,920 Speaker 1: you want to call that, but you're getting a lot 352 00:16:37,960 --> 00:16:40,360 Speaker 1: of speed motion to kind of grab some eyes and 353 00:16:40,400 --> 00:16:43,200 Speaker 1: create some hesitancy there. At the second level, you've got 354 00:16:43,240 --> 00:16:46,360 Speaker 1: the threat of the quarterback coming out the back door, 355 00:16:46,440 --> 00:16:48,600 Speaker 1: which is holding the backside. And that's the advantage of 356 00:16:48,640 --> 00:16:50,600 Speaker 1: having somebody like Marcus Mario. Do you have to account 357 00:16:50,600 --> 00:16:53,240 Speaker 1: for him? Um? And then obvious, honestly, and maybe the 358 00:16:53,240 --> 00:16:56,600 Speaker 1: biggest surprise to me, Buck was the fact that you 359 00:16:56,640 --> 00:16:59,320 Speaker 1: look at these explosive runs, Kyle Pitts is involved in 360 00:16:59,360 --> 00:17:02,040 Speaker 1: a lot of them and doing a more than adequate 361 00:17:02,120 --> 00:17:04,679 Speaker 1: job as a blocker. So you know, we were complaining 362 00:17:04,680 --> 00:17:06,840 Speaker 1: he wasn't getting the targets and the touches that he 363 00:17:06,960 --> 00:17:10,480 Speaker 1: needs were the first two games that changed last week. Um, 364 00:17:10,480 --> 00:17:12,679 Speaker 1: but man, I'll give him credit. Not not getting the 365 00:17:12,680 --> 00:17:14,760 Speaker 1: ball and not getting the rock didn't look like he 366 00:17:14,800 --> 00:17:16,320 Speaker 1: was a guy who was pouting. He's actually done a 367 00:17:16,359 --> 00:17:18,879 Speaker 1: pretty nice job in the run game. So, uh, you 368 00:17:18,920 --> 00:17:21,480 Speaker 1: have those factors, and then you know, Mariota has three 369 00:17:21,560 --> 00:17:23,720 Speaker 1: I think you have three explosive runs, two of them 370 00:17:23,760 --> 00:17:26,800 Speaker 1: off of scrambles where it's a pass, he's there's nothing there, 371 00:17:26,800 --> 00:17:29,600 Speaker 1: he takes off and makes something happen. But I've always 372 00:17:30,240 --> 00:17:32,440 Speaker 1: and we've I feel like again, we beat this, beat 373 00:17:32,480 --> 00:17:35,040 Speaker 1: this drum all the time. I'm always frustrated when you 374 00:17:35,040 --> 00:17:37,479 Speaker 1: watch static teams who just line up and there's no 375 00:17:37,560 --> 00:17:39,760 Speaker 1: motion and they just line up and go to me, 376 00:17:39,960 --> 00:17:42,720 Speaker 1: like every run play if you have to worry about 377 00:17:42,760 --> 00:17:45,199 Speaker 1: some type of speed motion or you don't know if 378 00:17:45,200 --> 00:17:46,800 Speaker 1: he's going to get the ball, is it going to 379 00:17:46,880 --> 00:17:49,640 Speaker 1: be a misdirection play? And then I've got an account 380 00:17:49,680 --> 00:17:52,440 Speaker 1: for the quarterback. Like those two things. Those are those 381 00:17:52,440 --> 00:17:54,960 Speaker 1: are easy ways that almost every team in the league 382 00:17:55,000 --> 00:17:57,240 Speaker 1: can help the rushing attack, and a lot of teams 383 00:17:57,240 --> 00:18:00,520 Speaker 1: don't do it. And it baffles me. No teams don't 384 00:18:00,560 --> 00:18:02,600 Speaker 1: do it. You think about what Cal Shanahan has done 385 00:18:02,640 --> 00:18:05,200 Speaker 1: for years in the forty Niners offense, there's always some 386 00:18:05,280 --> 00:18:07,560 Speaker 1: kind of motion before every play. You talk about a 387 00:18:07,560 --> 00:18:10,440 Speaker 1: team that normally does a pre snap shift of motion 388 00:18:10,560 --> 00:18:13,200 Speaker 1: seventy plus percent of the time. It is a huge 389 00:18:13,240 --> 00:18:15,720 Speaker 1: factor because as a defensive player, you've already got so 390 00:18:15,720 --> 00:18:17,199 Speaker 1: many things on your mind. You're trying to hone in 391 00:18:17,240 --> 00:18:19,399 Speaker 1: on tendnessees and you're trying to say, okay, when the 392 00:18:19,920 --> 00:18:23,600 Speaker 1: backs sets on this side, it's high probability of these things. 393 00:18:24,080 --> 00:18:26,959 Speaker 1: When you start moving the pieces on the chessboard around, 394 00:18:27,520 --> 00:18:30,080 Speaker 1: it blurs some of that, so you can't get a 395 00:18:30,200 --> 00:18:33,000 Speaker 1: jump on what you're anticipating based on your film study. 396 00:18:33,320 --> 00:18:38,400 Speaker 1: So yeah, motion shifts, uh, exotic misdirection, things that kind 397 00:18:38,400 --> 00:18:41,520 Speaker 1: of can just divert your eyes just for a nanosecond. 398 00:18:41,920 --> 00:18:44,280 Speaker 1: It allows a good running team to be able to 399 00:18:44,320 --> 00:18:46,280 Speaker 1: find creases and a good running back man he can 400 00:18:46,320 --> 00:18:47,600 Speaker 1: get to the second level. When you get to the 401 00:18:47,600 --> 00:18:50,360 Speaker 1: second level, that's when big things happen. Yeah. They also 402 00:18:50,440 --> 00:18:52,520 Speaker 1: do a nice job to argur Smiths a nice job 403 00:18:52,520 --> 00:18:55,080 Speaker 1: with the fullback of fullback. And then at high school football, Buck, 404 00:18:55,119 --> 00:18:56,840 Speaker 1: I'm sure you you talk to you guys about all 405 00:18:56,840 --> 00:18:59,879 Speaker 1: the time. They're usually not able. Yeah, but if that 406 00:19:00,040 --> 00:19:02,040 Speaker 1: hard to the fullback is going to take you to 407 00:19:02,080 --> 00:19:03,760 Speaker 1: the ball. It's kind of what I'm getting at. If 408 00:19:03,760 --> 00:19:05,920 Speaker 1: you're playing at that, you're a linebacker, you're a safety, 409 00:19:06,160 --> 00:19:08,040 Speaker 1: and you you got your eyes in the backfield. The 410 00:19:08,040 --> 00:19:11,479 Speaker 1: fullbacks usually the balls following the fullback. They will use 411 00:19:11,520 --> 00:19:14,760 Speaker 1: the fullback in misdirection. You'll see linebackers drift and pull 412 00:19:14,920 --> 00:19:17,119 Speaker 1: with the with the fullback and the Cordill Patterson just 413 00:19:17,160 --> 00:19:20,160 Speaker 1: stays front side and You're like, no, there's nobody there, 414 00:19:20,359 --> 00:19:22,480 Speaker 1: And I'm like, oh, yeah, they're just using the fullback 415 00:19:22,640 --> 00:19:25,400 Speaker 1: is just to pull pull those guys out of there. Yes, 416 00:19:25,480 --> 00:19:27,840 Speaker 1: some influence plays like they get it's a Tennessee breaker, 417 00:19:27,960 --> 00:19:30,560 Speaker 1: And there's a lot of creativity when it comes with 418 00:19:31,080 --> 00:19:33,320 Speaker 1: UH to being able to do that kind of stuff. 419 00:19:33,840 --> 00:19:37,040 Speaker 1: I do like that we're talking about the running game 420 00:19:37,080 --> 00:19:39,679 Speaker 1: because you know how it always starts every year. Every year, 421 00:19:39,720 --> 00:19:41,399 Speaker 1: everyone is throwing the ball all over the yard like 422 00:19:41,400 --> 00:19:44,600 Speaker 1: we're ringing up these crazy numbers. Quarterbacks are I mean 423 00:19:44,720 --> 00:19:48,919 Speaker 1: just tossing it, hucking it DJ You know what comes 424 00:19:49,359 --> 00:19:52,399 Speaker 1: once we get into November, all that slows down. We 425 00:19:52,560 --> 00:19:55,720 Speaker 1: begin to see real football, more guys running the ball 426 00:19:55,760 --> 00:19:58,280 Speaker 1: because the only way for you to fully obtain control 427 00:19:58,359 --> 00:20:00,399 Speaker 1: of the game, you have to be able to run it. 428 00:20:00,440 --> 00:20:03,320 Speaker 1: So you can dictate the terms not only your offense 429 00:20:03,359 --> 00:20:06,280 Speaker 1: to do their defense, but how their offense now has 430 00:20:06,280 --> 00:20:08,600 Speaker 1: to play against your defense based on how you utilized 431 00:20:08,640 --> 00:20:11,560 Speaker 1: the clock. Yeah, and and to put a bowl on 432 00:20:11,640 --> 00:20:15,160 Speaker 1: the Falcons. Those nine, I believe there were nine explosive 433 00:20:15,240 --> 00:20:17,159 Speaker 1: runs that I watched. Seven of them are first and 434 00:20:17,240 --> 00:20:21,240 Speaker 1: ten runs, So you know, first down runs, getting yourself 435 00:20:21,280 --> 00:20:24,560 Speaker 1: going their drive starters. Um, you know, there's nothing worse 436 00:20:24,560 --> 00:20:27,199 Speaker 1: than sitting there. You know. I know, analytics you to 437 00:20:27,200 --> 00:20:29,840 Speaker 1: talk about first early down passing is key and it's important, 438 00:20:29,880 --> 00:20:33,240 Speaker 1: but man, there's nothing worse than being second ten. Um, 439 00:20:33,280 --> 00:20:35,480 Speaker 1: you know, be able to get some explosives their drives 440 00:20:36,080 --> 00:20:39,879 Speaker 1: in the rhythm. You know, it's it's hard. Second and 441 00:20:39,920 --> 00:20:41,920 Speaker 1: ten is like the worst down in football, because now, yeah, 442 00:20:41,920 --> 00:20:45,840 Speaker 1: that's what I'm going. Yeah, I mean, it's it's it's 443 00:20:45,840 --> 00:20:47,600 Speaker 1: so if you haven't incomplete the first down and you're like, 444 00:20:48,480 --> 00:20:50,120 Speaker 1: means we have thrown second down and try and get 445 00:20:50,119 --> 00:20:51,640 Speaker 1: half of his back so I can go on third down. 446 00:20:51,640 --> 00:20:55,240 Speaker 1: And didn't figure out what it is. Um, you know, 447 00:20:55,280 --> 00:20:59,640 Speaker 1: I just think the movement that we're seeing with these 448 00:20:59,680 --> 00:21:01,760 Speaker 1: teams in the creativity in the running game and what 449 00:21:01,960 --> 00:21:05,040 Speaker 1: Arthur Smith is doing. Also, when you talked about cal Piss, 450 00:21:05,040 --> 00:21:07,680 Speaker 1: he made me think. You know, Arthur Smith's old position 451 00:21:07,720 --> 00:21:10,040 Speaker 1: was the tight end coach. You know, he also has 452 00:21:10,080 --> 00:21:13,240 Speaker 1: an oldline experience, So I am sure that when he 453 00:21:13,280 --> 00:21:16,840 Speaker 1: pops on the tape, his eyes are always very aware 454 00:21:16,880 --> 00:21:19,560 Speaker 1: of what cal Piss has done. And I'm sure Callipus 455 00:21:19,680 --> 00:21:21,920 Speaker 1: has heard about what he's done on every play from 456 00:21:21,960 --> 00:21:25,439 Speaker 1: the head man. That tis to motivate players to do 457 00:21:25,480 --> 00:21:28,800 Speaker 1: it a little differently so they'ren't caught up meeting. Yeah, 458 00:21:28,880 --> 00:21:31,840 Speaker 1: no doubt. Um, all right, we're gonna get to Russell Wilson. 459 00:21:32,040 --> 00:21:35,800 Speaker 1: This team is is two and one, miraculously because the 460 00:21:35,840 --> 00:21:38,480 Speaker 1: offense has not been very good. Uh, we're gonna take 461 00:21:38,480 --> 00:21:40,400 Speaker 1: a quick break, we're gonna come back and we're gonna 462 00:21:40,400 --> 00:21:46,920 Speaker 1: talk about how to fix this Denver Broncos offense. And 463 00:21:47,200 --> 00:21:49,359 Speaker 1: like to see the good side of this Denver Broncos offense. 464 00:21:49,440 --> 00:21:52,400 Speaker 1: We haven't seen it yet, Buck. I mean, I've got 465 00:21:52,480 --> 00:21:59,879 Speaker 1: some simplistic answers for why they aren't very good. Complicated, 466 00:22:00,480 --> 00:22:04,919 Speaker 1: simple you want to answers, Yeah, simpleness, Okay, getting sacked 467 00:22:04,920 --> 00:22:07,440 Speaker 1: too much. So I think they're seventh and sacks allowed 468 00:22:08,040 --> 00:22:12,120 Speaker 1: their second and league and drop passes, red zone turnovers. 469 00:22:12,560 --> 00:22:15,000 Speaker 1: I mean, like I feel like sometimes it's like we 470 00:22:15,080 --> 00:22:17,040 Speaker 1: gotta dig in and we gotta find out what's wrong 471 00:22:17,040 --> 00:22:19,320 Speaker 1: with Russell Wilson. What's wrong with the Denver Broncos. Is 472 00:22:19,359 --> 00:22:22,120 Speaker 1: this head coach any good? And I'm like, okay, well 473 00:22:22,119 --> 00:22:25,040 Speaker 1: where the complicated answers? I don't know. They can't. They 474 00:22:25,040 --> 00:22:28,560 Speaker 1: aren't protecting very well, they're not catching very well, and 475 00:22:28,560 --> 00:22:32,400 Speaker 1: they're turning the football over. That's pretty pretty bad formula. 476 00:22:33,040 --> 00:22:35,320 Speaker 1: You know, you know what this sounds like. This sounds 477 00:22:35,359 --> 00:22:37,440 Speaker 1: like some of the conversations that I've had Ache not 478 00:22:37,520 --> 00:22:41,680 Speaker 1: a Hills Charter John always Alma Mater. So the first 479 00:22:41,680 --> 00:22:44,560 Speaker 1: thing that you said is, Oh, we're getting sacked a lot, 480 00:22:44,840 --> 00:22:46,639 Speaker 1: and oh we don't catch will So you know what 481 00:22:47,040 --> 00:22:50,320 Speaker 1: the head coaches response normally is we probably should run 482 00:22:50,320 --> 00:22:54,280 Speaker 1: the football because every time we pass it it doesn't 483 00:22:54,280 --> 00:22:56,320 Speaker 1: appear that there are a lot of good things happening. 484 00:22:56,560 --> 00:22:59,560 Speaker 1: So maybe we run the football. Maybe that helps us 485 00:22:59,840 --> 00:23:02,080 Speaker 1: and maybe that allows Russell Wilson to throw the ball 486 00:23:02,119 --> 00:23:04,800 Speaker 1: in favorable situations. When you look at how this team 487 00:23:04,840 --> 00:23:08,080 Speaker 1: was really constructed prior to Nathaniel hack It, when Mike 488 00:23:08,200 --> 00:23:10,920 Speaker 1: Munchek was the old line coach and they were having success, 489 00:23:11,200 --> 00:23:13,440 Speaker 1: it was because they could run the ball. The guys 490 00:23:13,440 --> 00:23:17,000 Speaker 1: that are up front are better going forward than going backwards. 491 00:23:17,160 --> 00:23:19,879 Speaker 1: The two running backs in the backfield, Melvin Gordon and 492 00:23:19,920 --> 00:23:23,680 Speaker 1: Javonte Williams as a tandem, they are a problem. When 493 00:23:23,680 --> 00:23:26,760 Speaker 1: the Broncos have decided to run the ball, they've had 494 00:23:26,800 --> 00:23:29,880 Speaker 1: a lot of success. So to me, this is the 495 00:23:29,880 --> 00:23:33,639 Speaker 1: thing where you cannot allow what you paid the quarterback 496 00:23:34,040 --> 00:23:37,720 Speaker 1: to impact how you go about your business winning games. 497 00:23:38,080 --> 00:23:40,919 Speaker 1: Russell has gotten his money. Now it's about calling the 498 00:23:40,960 --> 00:23:44,520 Speaker 1: game to win the game. I believe that once Nathaniel 499 00:23:44,520 --> 00:23:47,320 Speaker 1: hack It gets out of the internal pressure of having 500 00:23:47,359 --> 00:23:51,560 Speaker 1: to justify having a franchise quarterback and showing him off, 501 00:23:52,080 --> 00:23:54,080 Speaker 1: when they get back to the business of hey man, 502 00:23:54,080 --> 00:23:55,800 Speaker 1: we're doing whatever we need to do to win the game, 503 00:23:55,960 --> 00:23:57,760 Speaker 1: and that that involves us run the ball thirty or 504 00:23:57,800 --> 00:24:02,320 Speaker 1: five times and Russell throwing a thirty let's do it. 505 00:24:02,320 --> 00:24:05,200 Speaker 1: It has to be about what helps the team, not 506 00:24:05,359 --> 00:24:11,040 Speaker 1: necessarily what helps number three. Yeah, I mean, I think 507 00:24:11,080 --> 00:24:13,920 Speaker 1: that formula. Their defense has kind of proven that this 508 00:24:14,040 --> 00:24:16,439 Speaker 1: is a formula that will that will work if they 509 00:24:16,520 --> 00:24:18,400 Speaker 1: keep playing like they've played. I mean, I think that's 510 00:24:18,440 --> 00:24:21,520 Speaker 1: got kind of lost in the discussion here. Um, it's 511 00:24:21,560 --> 00:24:23,119 Speaker 1: just how well they're playing on the other side of 512 00:24:23,160 --> 00:24:25,920 Speaker 1: the ball. They haven't been very dynamic, and I think 513 00:24:25,960 --> 00:24:28,240 Speaker 1: people kind of look and say, okay, where the dynamic 514 00:24:28,320 --> 00:24:31,240 Speaker 1: plays come from? And I think you're kind of you're 515 00:24:31,280 --> 00:24:32,960 Speaker 1: kind of hitting it on the head there, Buck. When 516 00:24:33,000 --> 00:24:36,480 Speaker 1: that run game is going, um, I think you're gonna 517 00:24:36,520 --> 00:24:39,640 Speaker 1: see more of those vertical pops and more those vertical opportunities. 518 00:24:39,720 --> 00:24:44,080 Speaker 1: One touchdown inside the red zone in I mean there 519 00:24:44,119 --> 00:24:46,720 Speaker 1: you go at your point totals, look a lot difference, 520 00:24:47,000 --> 00:24:49,680 Speaker 1: a lot different. You had six more touchdowns to their ledger. 521 00:24:50,440 --> 00:24:53,080 Speaker 1: They have to be able to do that. And everyone thinks, 522 00:24:53,119 --> 00:24:55,440 Speaker 1: because look, I've been pegged the Russell heter. It's not 523 00:24:55,520 --> 00:24:59,920 Speaker 1: a Russell hater. It's in evaluation of like what Russ 524 00:25:00,040 --> 00:25:03,440 Speaker 1: It really is great player. But as we've talked about 525 00:25:03,480 --> 00:25:05,520 Speaker 1: it sometimes we've done TV segments on Path to the 526 00:25:05,600 --> 00:25:08,280 Speaker 1: Draft about oh, this is the toy that you get 527 00:25:08,280 --> 00:25:11,280 Speaker 1: for Christmas. Here are the instructions where if I look 528 00:25:11,320 --> 00:25:14,280 Speaker 1: at when Russell has played his best throughout his career, 529 00:25:14,760 --> 00:25:17,679 Speaker 1: it is a bit about the running game setting the 530 00:25:17,680 --> 00:25:20,320 Speaker 1: table for him to be able to do his magic stuff, 531 00:25:20,440 --> 00:25:24,639 Speaker 1: either off play action down the field or on bootlegs 532 00:25:24,640 --> 00:25:28,480 Speaker 1: and scrambles. But now, because Russell is older and because 533 00:25:28,520 --> 00:25:32,480 Speaker 1: he's a reluctant runner as opposed to the eager runner 534 00:25:32,520 --> 00:25:35,040 Speaker 1: that he used to be. It's more important now than 535 00:25:35,080 --> 00:25:39,400 Speaker 1: ever make this a run play action team as opposed 536 00:25:39,440 --> 00:25:42,840 Speaker 1: to a straight drop back team, because the running game 537 00:25:43,160 --> 00:25:45,719 Speaker 1: sets the table, it brings somebody in the box, creates 538 00:25:45,720 --> 00:25:49,080 Speaker 1: big opportunities down the field, and as he gets older, 539 00:25:49,720 --> 00:25:54,240 Speaker 1: less is more. Less Russell ends up being more Russell 540 00:25:54,440 --> 00:25:56,679 Speaker 1: down the line because now you're not using them for 541 00:25:56,760 --> 00:25:59,280 Speaker 1: every play, you use them for a handful of players. 542 00:25:59,280 --> 00:26:01,960 Speaker 1: That helps your off get over the top. Yeah, I 543 00:26:02,000 --> 00:26:04,600 Speaker 1: think you You've made an interesting point there about the 544 00:26:04,680 --> 00:26:07,640 Speaker 1: lack of scrambling, right and the younger Russell. What did 545 00:26:07,640 --> 00:26:09,359 Speaker 1: the younger Russell look like. Let me give you a 546 00:26:09,400 --> 00:26:11,960 Speaker 1: couple of players here. Jalen Hurts we talked about earlier. 547 00:26:12,200 --> 00:26:15,720 Speaker 1: Jalen Hurts has eighteen scrambles this year. And that's where 548 00:26:15,760 --> 00:26:17,480 Speaker 1: when you're young and you've got your legs, there's an 549 00:26:17,480 --> 00:26:19,840 Speaker 1: opportunity for you to make big plays off of those scrambles. 550 00:26:19,840 --> 00:26:21,879 Speaker 1: That's the most in the league. Uh. You look at 551 00:26:21,960 --> 00:26:24,800 Speaker 1: Josh Allen, He's got eleven. And how many times have 552 00:26:24,840 --> 00:26:27,560 Speaker 1: we seen Josh Allen extend and create and make magical 553 00:26:27,600 --> 00:26:32,160 Speaker 1: plays so far this season. Uh, Russell Wilson's got six, 554 00:26:33,520 --> 00:26:36,840 Speaker 1: So you're like Jalen Hurts is three times as many 555 00:26:36,920 --> 00:26:40,159 Speaker 1: in terms of extending, creating, making things happen. So I 556 00:26:40,200 --> 00:26:42,560 Speaker 1: think kind of the well, we're just gonna we're gonna 557 00:26:42,600 --> 00:26:44,840 Speaker 1: call a zillion passing plays and Russ is gonna be 558 00:26:44,880 --> 00:26:47,480 Speaker 1: able to scramble around, make some magic happen in a 559 00:26:47,520 --> 00:26:50,439 Speaker 1: good number of those. It's just not that's not happening. 560 00:26:50,480 --> 00:26:53,439 Speaker 1: That's not who he is anymore. No, that's not who 561 00:26:53,480 --> 00:26:54,639 Speaker 1: he is. The other thing, and I don't know if 562 00:26:54,640 --> 00:26:56,919 Speaker 1: you had a chance to hear Nathaniel Hacketts pressed, he 563 00:26:56,920 --> 00:26:59,879 Speaker 1: talked about He didn't call him out directly, but he 564 00:27:00,040 --> 00:27:02,840 Speaker 1: talked about, we just kind of need to exhaust two 565 00:27:02,880 --> 00:27:06,879 Speaker 1: plays a little more before we kind of play. And 566 00:27:06,960 --> 00:27:10,320 Speaker 1: so you and I had a discussion. I've never believed 567 00:27:10,320 --> 00:27:14,280 Speaker 1: that Russell is a timing and rhythm passer, meaning that 568 00:27:14,480 --> 00:27:17,919 Speaker 1: is catch, turn throat. That has not necessarily been his 569 00:27:18,000 --> 00:27:23,399 Speaker 1: game in Seattle. His game was fake deep drop shot 570 00:27:24,240 --> 00:27:27,600 Speaker 1: or fake deep drop. I don't like it run around, 571 00:27:28,640 --> 00:27:32,480 Speaker 1: scramble or make a play down the field. When you 572 00:27:32,520 --> 00:27:36,399 Speaker 1: get older and you're asking Russell to play like Drew 573 00:27:36,440 --> 00:27:40,639 Speaker 1: Brees and Tom Brady and those guys. They've always played 574 00:27:40,720 --> 00:27:43,119 Speaker 1: like that. So to think that he is going to 575 00:27:43,160 --> 00:27:47,800 Speaker 1: become a timing and rhythm passer later in his career, man, 576 00:27:47,880 --> 00:27:50,800 Speaker 1: it's it's fools, go. That's not who he is. And 577 00:27:50,840 --> 00:27:55,400 Speaker 1: so to help him more play action, more stuff where 578 00:27:55,440 --> 00:27:58,320 Speaker 1: you're able to utilize the threat of the run game 579 00:27:58,720 --> 00:28:01,879 Speaker 1: to separate the defense and give him more opportunities. And 580 00:28:01,920 --> 00:28:05,000 Speaker 1: so when the Broncos get to that point, then we'll 581 00:28:05,000 --> 00:28:06,960 Speaker 1: see Russell play at a high level. But if they're 582 00:28:07,000 --> 00:28:09,120 Speaker 1: gonna keep trying to make him a drop back passer 583 00:28:09,160 --> 00:28:11,200 Speaker 1: and we're gonna show the world that he can do 584 00:28:11,240 --> 00:28:14,640 Speaker 1: these things, it's always gonna be disjointed in chaota because 585 00:28:14,680 --> 00:28:17,560 Speaker 1: he doesn't have a level of consistency in that part 586 00:28:17,600 --> 00:28:19,439 Speaker 1: of his game to be able to sustain it over 587 00:28:19,480 --> 00:28:22,320 Speaker 1: the course of a seventeen weeks, seventeen games season. I 588 00:28:22,320 --> 00:28:23,920 Speaker 1: think about little kids. Think about if you give a 589 00:28:23,920 --> 00:28:25,840 Speaker 1: little kid a piece of paper, a blank piece of paper, 590 00:28:25,880 --> 00:28:27,520 Speaker 1: and you say, you know, write your name, and then 591 00:28:27,520 --> 00:28:29,800 Speaker 1: they kind of write your name, and then then you go, Okay, 592 00:28:30,040 --> 00:28:32,479 Speaker 1: here's now we're gonna graduate to line paper, can you 593 00:28:32,600 --> 00:28:34,439 Speaker 1: can you do that? And then can you keep it 594 00:28:34,480 --> 00:28:37,159 Speaker 1: all in between the lines like Russell Wilson's kind of 595 00:28:37,200 --> 00:28:39,600 Speaker 1: lived with no lines on the paper, just kind of 596 00:28:39,800 --> 00:28:41,880 Speaker 1: do whatever you kind of wanted in terms of making 597 00:28:41,880 --> 00:28:44,080 Speaker 1: things happen. And then now if you try and put 598 00:28:44,160 --> 00:28:46,840 Speaker 1: him in something where it's like okay, within the within 599 00:28:46,880 --> 00:28:49,760 Speaker 1: the parameters of the play, within the parameters of the pocket, 600 00:28:50,120 --> 00:28:53,080 Speaker 1: and with this timing in terms of parameters of time, 601 00:28:53,520 --> 00:28:56,600 Speaker 1: I don't know that he, to your point, operates best 602 00:28:56,760 --> 00:28:59,960 Speaker 1: under those parameters. And so the way you kind of 603 00:29:00,040 --> 00:29:02,400 Speaker 1: solve all of this is that you get a little 604 00:29:02,400 --> 00:29:03,680 Speaker 1: bit more out of your run game, you lean a 605 00:29:03,720 --> 00:29:05,479 Speaker 1: little bit more in your run game, and I'll tell 606 00:29:05,520 --> 00:29:07,200 Speaker 1: you what your red zone percentage to go away the 607 00:29:07,200 --> 00:29:10,320 Speaker 1: heck up? If you can finish drives on the ground. Yeah, 608 00:29:10,320 --> 00:29:12,400 Speaker 1: So let's think about this because people are thinking this 609 00:29:12,480 --> 00:29:14,160 Speaker 1: is a not and it's not a knock on Russ. 610 00:29:14,200 --> 00:29:18,600 Speaker 1: It's an understanding of his playing style. So in my mind, 611 00:29:19,000 --> 00:29:22,920 Speaker 1: if you do what Kyl Shanahan has to do with 612 00:29:23,000 --> 00:29:26,600 Speaker 1: Jimmy Garoppolo, if you do that with Russell Wilson, Russell 613 00:29:26,640 --> 00:29:29,680 Speaker 1: Wilson flourishes many Hey, I'm gonna utilize the threat of 614 00:29:29,680 --> 00:29:33,040 Speaker 1: the run. I'm gonna give him a series of misdirection, 615 00:29:33,200 --> 00:29:36,520 Speaker 1: deep shot plays and stuff like that. So when he throws, 616 00:29:36,960 --> 00:29:40,520 Speaker 1: he's gonna throw for big yards because the running game 617 00:29:40,600 --> 00:29:43,840 Speaker 1: is going to attract him. So I am saying, Nathaniel 618 00:29:43,880 --> 00:29:46,800 Speaker 1: Hackett in the coaching staff, make the game easy on 619 00:29:46,840 --> 00:29:49,720 Speaker 1: your quarterback. These kind of plays that we're seeing right now. 620 00:29:50,120 --> 00:29:52,960 Speaker 1: Man live in that world. Live in the world of 621 00:29:53,120 --> 00:29:57,800 Speaker 1: a bootleg traditional traditional play action passes, a bunch of 622 00:29:57,800 --> 00:30:00,480 Speaker 1: different things with laird routes. Let Russell will do that. 623 00:30:00,520 --> 00:30:02,040 Speaker 1: It's not a knock on who he is as a 624 00:30:02,080 --> 00:30:04,600 Speaker 1: player at this point. If he wins at a high level, 625 00:30:04,840 --> 00:30:07,040 Speaker 1: he would get all the accolades and things that he wants. 626 00:30:07,240 --> 00:30:09,360 Speaker 1: But what he doesn't need to do is feel like 627 00:30:09,400 --> 00:30:11,960 Speaker 1: he has to show the world. I can play like 628 00:30:12,040 --> 00:30:14,760 Speaker 1: Drew Brees, I can play like Tom Brady. I can 629 00:30:14,800 --> 00:30:17,400 Speaker 1: cut people up from the pocket. You gotta know your game. 630 00:30:17,560 --> 00:30:20,320 Speaker 1: I think that's the biggest thing in life. Know who 631 00:30:20,360 --> 00:30:23,480 Speaker 1: you are, know your lane, and man, just stick to 632 00:30:23,560 --> 00:30:26,040 Speaker 1: that lane. I want to I want to bring up 633 00:30:26,040 --> 00:30:28,719 Speaker 1: a point and kind of turn slightly here as we 634 00:30:28,720 --> 00:30:32,360 Speaker 1: wrap this discussion, up here, buck Um. When you look 635 00:30:32,400 --> 00:30:36,360 Speaker 1: at the comparison with TA when he was coming out right, 636 00:30:36,680 --> 00:30:40,600 Speaker 1: there were two cops. It was Drew Brees and it 637 00:30:40,680 --> 00:30:43,440 Speaker 1: was Russell Wilson. And I remember we had these conversations 638 00:30:43,480 --> 00:30:45,560 Speaker 1: as well, and it was like, look, people are making 639 00:30:45,560 --> 00:30:49,040 Speaker 1: this Russell Wilson comparison. That ain't to us. And you 640 00:30:49,040 --> 00:30:51,479 Speaker 1: know how many scrambles. You know how many scrambles too? 641 00:30:51,600 --> 00:30:56,240 Speaker 1: Has this year? One? Probably none, probably because he's not 642 00:30:56,360 --> 00:30:59,520 Speaker 1: that And then he's not flourishing because we've talked about it. 643 00:30:59,520 --> 00:31:01,800 Speaker 1: It's not it's not about what you can or can't do. 644 00:31:01,840 --> 00:31:05,280 Speaker 1: It's about, Okay, I'm gonna design an offense that fits. 645 00:31:05,680 --> 00:31:07,800 Speaker 1: And now they have an offense where it is it 646 00:31:07,960 --> 00:31:10,920 Speaker 1: is precisions strike and that is who toa is man. 647 00:31:11,080 --> 00:31:13,520 Speaker 1: That is absolutely who he is. So that that's like 648 00:31:13,600 --> 00:31:16,000 Speaker 1: an example of of how you need to craft an 649 00:31:16,080 --> 00:31:18,480 Speaker 1: offense for Toa versus how you need to craft an 650 00:31:18,520 --> 00:31:22,080 Speaker 1: offense for Russell. Those are totally different styles, totally different players. 651 00:31:23,000 --> 00:31:25,240 Speaker 1: And then and what that takes dj It takes a 652 00:31:25,320 --> 00:31:29,040 Speaker 1: few different things. It takes one self awareness, but then 653 00:31:29,080 --> 00:31:31,880 Speaker 1: it also takes someone in the building to be a 654 00:31:31,920 --> 00:31:34,880 Speaker 1: truth teller. To be able to say, here's where we 655 00:31:34,920 --> 00:31:37,720 Speaker 1: are right now. We we we have three games under 656 00:31:37,720 --> 00:31:39,560 Speaker 1: that built. Let's look at the numbers. Just look at 657 00:31:39,600 --> 00:31:42,400 Speaker 1: the tape. It takes suggest that we as an offense 658 00:31:42,440 --> 00:31:44,520 Speaker 1: is better when we run the ball and you do 659 00:31:44,600 --> 00:31:46,720 Speaker 1: your thing off play action. So my job as the 660 00:31:46,760 --> 00:31:49,480 Speaker 1: play caller, I'm gonna put you in a position to succeed. 661 00:31:50,280 --> 00:31:53,280 Speaker 1: Here's how we're gonna play. When Nathaniel Hackett makes that move, 662 00:31:53,880 --> 00:31:57,000 Speaker 1: then the Broncos were entered the conversation as one of 663 00:31:57,040 --> 00:31:59,520 Speaker 1: the best teams in the a f C, particularly in 664 00:31:59,560 --> 00:32:02,160 Speaker 1: the a f E West. When they make that decision 665 00:32:02,200 --> 00:32:06,120 Speaker 1: that we're gonna play, I would say the right way, 666 00:32:06,360 --> 00:32:09,800 Speaker 1: run it defense, Russell, make a handful of plays, that's 667 00:32:09,800 --> 00:32:12,840 Speaker 1: when they have a chance to go from good to great. Yeah. No, 668 00:32:12,960 --> 00:32:15,040 Speaker 1: it's interesting. I mean, I think you can make a 669 00:32:15,040 --> 00:32:17,520 Speaker 1: case with two of that, you know, games where he 670 00:32:17,560 --> 00:32:20,320 Speaker 1: throws it thirty plus times. I think they'll be okay 671 00:32:20,400 --> 00:32:22,400 Speaker 1: because he's gonna get the ball out, he's not gonna 672 00:32:22,400 --> 00:32:25,080 Speaker 1: take punishment, he's gonna make good decisions. I think they 673 00:32:25,080 --> 00:32:27,560 Speaker 1: can flourish that way. I think with Russell, we think 674 00:32:27,600 --> 00:32:32,560 Speaker 1: the sweet spot for him is you know, I think, 675 00:32:32,560 --> 00:32:36,480 Speaker 1: I think, I think thirty two, but it has to 676 00:32:36,480 --> 00:32:38,920 Speaker 1: be the right kind of passes and DJ it was 677 00:32:38,960 --> 00:32:41,840 Speaker 1: the same way early in Seattle. I think life comes 678 00:32:41,840 --> 00:32:43,680 Speaker 1: full circle. I think if you go back and look 679 00:32:43,720 --> 00:32:45,880 Speaker 1: at how he played in Seattle, very early in his career, 680 00:32:46,200 --> 00:32:48,800 Speaker 1: I think you begin to do that. And I would 681 00:32:48,800 --> 00:32:51,240 Speaker 1: tell Russ we don't need you to put on the 682 00:32:51,320 --> 00:32:54,240 Speaker 1: cape every week. There are three or four games where 683 00:32:54,280 --> 00:32:56,440 Speaker 1: we need you to be super rust and do your thing. 684 00:32:56,960 --> 00:33:00,320 Speaker 1: But for the most part, if we can efficiently run 685 00:33:00,320 --> 00:33:03,200 Speaker 1: an office without you having to expend all of the 686 00:33:03,240 --> 00:33:06,400 Speaker 1: effort and energy, why would we do it. Like at 687 00:33:06,440 --> 00:33:09,440 Speaker 1: this stage of your career, you want to do less 688 00:33:09,440 --> 00:33:12,000 Speaker 1: of the work until you absolutely have to. Don't feel 689 00:33:12,040 --> 00:33:13,880 Speaker 1: like you gotta go put all of this on your 690 00:33:13,920 --> 00:33:17,600 Speaker 1: back and prove to the football world that you this superhero. 691 00:33:17,840 --> 00:33:21,120 Speaker 1: You just don't need to do that. No, it's interesting, uh, 692 00:33:21,160 --> 00:33:24,320 Speaker 1: definitely interesting discussion there. I want to remind everybody about 693 00:33:24,360 --> 00:33:27,160 Speaker 1: the London game. We've got Vikings Saints live on NFL 694 00:33:27,200 --> 00:33:30,520 Speaker 1: Network from Tottenham Hotspur Stadium Sunday, nine thirty a m 695 00:33:30,640 --> 00:33:34,040 Speaker 1: Eastern Again nine thirty a m Eastern. Don't forget about 696 00:33:34,040 --> 00:33:35,720 Speaker 1: that You're gonna wake up and there's gonna be football 697 00:33:35,760 --> 00:33:38,960 Speaker 1: on and it's it's pretty glorious. 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So a big 708 00:34:07,800 --> 00:34:09,960 Speaker 1: weekend of football. What do we where? We got again, 709 00:34:09,960 --> 00:34:11,920 Speaker 1: Buck Jags? We have a big one this week. You 710 00:34:12,000 --> 00:34:14,640 Speaker 1: got the Eagles, right. This is the Doug Peterson bol 711 00:34:15,640 --> 00:34:17,759 Speaker 1: This is the Doug Peterson Bowl. This is one where 712 00:34:17,840 --> 00:34:19,880 Speaker 1: you almost get nervous when people started talking about the 713 00:34:19,880 --> 00:34:22,200 Speaker 1: team and the team having success or whatever. This would 714 00:34:22,200 --> 00:34:25,040 Speaker 1: be a great opportunity. I can't wait to see Javan 715 00:34:25,120 --> 00:34:28,360 Speaker 1: Hurts up close, because DJ we talked about him. We 716 00:34:28,400 --> 00:34:33,720 Speaker 1: talked about how he's evolved. He's exceeded everybody's expectations based 717 00:34:33,719 --> 00:34:36,640 Speaker 1: on how he was drafted, what he was expected to be, 718 00:34:36,840 --> 00:34:39,640 Speaker 1: and what he's become. Credit to him, but I can't 719 00:34:39,640 --> 00:34:41,840 Speaker 1: wait to see it up close in person. I have 720 00:34:41,920 --> 00:34:43,840 Speaker 1: no doubt have fun with that one. I'm gonna be 721 00:34:43,840 --> 00:34:46,920 Speaker 1: in Houston for the Chargers and the Texans gotta get 722 00:34:47,200 --> 00:34:50,279 Speaker 1: over their first win, the Chargers despot for the second win, 723 00:34:51,040 --> 00:34:52,399 Speaker 1: I gotta get a dub. I need you to get 724 00:34:52,400 --> 00:34:54,520 Speaker 1: that dub. I need a dub. I know, I know. 725 00:34:54,680 --> 00:34:57,440 Speaker 1: We've got homecoming Friday night for the Christian High Patriots 726 00:34:57,440 --> 00:34:59,960 Speaker 1: against Patrick Henry High School. Uh, that is a Rick 727 00:35:00,120 --> 00:35:01,879 Speaker 1: Williams Old High school. I want to say Eddie Vetter 728 00:35:01,880 --> 00:35:04,400 Speaker 1: went there as well from Pearl Jam you guys have. 729 00:35:05,680 --> 00:35:09,280 Speaker 1: We're playing chass Worth. Chas Worth is a local team 730 00:35:09,280 --> 00:35:10,839 Speaker 1: down the streets. So we get a chance to see 731 00:35:10,840 --> 00:35:12,799 Speaker 1: if we can get on track after taking a loss. 732 00:35:12,800 --> 00:35:14,360 Speaker 1: See if we can get back on track, See we 733 00:35:14,360 --> 00:35:17,200 Speaker 1: can get the four one. There we go full ones. 734 00:35:17,200 --> 00:35:18,839 Speaker 1: A heck of a start buck. Good luck with that one. 735 00:35:19,200 --> 00:35:21,480 Speaker 1: That's fantastic. I appreciate you guys hanging with us. We'll 736 00:35:21,520 --> 00:35:23,160 Speaker 1: catch you next time right here and move the sticks