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Speaker 1: that makes it dangerous. And I think they feel like

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Speaker 1: year it took them half a year to even figure

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Speaker 1: out what that foot was. And Paul, the offensive line,

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Speaker 1: you mentioned Joe William's going to make his first career

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Speaker 1: start against Joey Bosa and Melvin Ingram, just the offensive

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Speaker 1: line in general, maybe starting with Williams. What have you

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Speaker 1: seen from that unit? What do you think that unit's

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Speaker 1: gonna look like in twenty twenty as opposed to last season? Well,

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Speaker 1: it should be better at left tackle, and they were.

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Speaker 1: They were just a mess over there. I mean, they

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Speaker 1: had guys playing out a position who were out of

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Speaker 1: the league at left tackle because they had no answers.

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Speaker 1: They lost Cordy Glenn, they lost John Williams, both before

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Speaker 1: the season starters those were supposed to be. There's number

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Speaker 1: one in two options. Ask any team in the league

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Speaker 1: what happens if you lose your number one and two

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Speaker 1: option at left tackle, not to play a season with it?

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Speaker 1: And they will tell you there's no answers. Not in

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Speaker 1: this league. There's barely enough starters in this league, much

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Speaker 1: less third string guys to step in, and it showed,

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Speaker 1: I mean, they couldn't block anybody. There was a ripple

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Speaker 1: effect on the line that also wasn't super And with

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Speaker 1: Jonah Williams there, I feel like they have stability, and

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Speaker 1: Michael Jordan next to him is going into his second

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Speaker 1: season and they have a lot of good feelings about

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Speaker 1: him in his second year. To solidify that side of

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Speaker 1: the line that was just a disaster last year alone

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Speaker 1: is a major upgrade. They still have questions up and

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Speaker 1: down the line. It's clearly the liability on the offense

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Speaker 1: and whether that front holds up or not will be

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Speaker 1: a big defining factor. And how good they can really be.

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Speaker 1: Who knows on a lot of these guys, because a

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Speaker 1: waiting to see what that looks like, to be honest,

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Speaker 1: but I think there's a lot of confidence in what

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Speaker 1: Jonah Williams can be and he'll certainly be more stable

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Speaker 1: than what there was last year. Paul a couple more

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Speaker 1: for you. Let's flip it over to defense, because the

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Speaker 1: Bengals are a lot of free agent additions on that

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Speaker 1: you got Bonds from Baltimore, McKenzie, Alexander von Bell added

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Speaker 1: to the secondary. How improved is this unit from last year.

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Speaker 1: One of the things the Bengals and Chargers both had

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Speaker 1: in common last year was they could not get the football.

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Speaker 1: I think the Chargers had maybe the worst takeaway number

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Speaker 1: in the league, and I think the Bengals were right

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Speaker 1: behind them. So you know that's going to be the

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Speaker 1: key to both teams successes. He is, can you get

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Speaker 1: the football, get it back to your offense. Yeah, they

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Speaker 1: haven't done a lot of that around here, and I

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Speaker 1: think they purposely tried to acquire people that can't help

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Speaker 1: do that and meant really they just needed new players.

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Speaker 1: They needed upgrades at every level. I think they feel

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Speaker 1: one priority in the offseason. They felt like they needed

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Speaker 1: somebody who could have a ripple effect on the defensive line,

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Speaker 1: and that means help Geno Atkins regain a little bit

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Speaker 1: of his former self. They felt like he just needs

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Speaker 1: somebody next to him at this stage in his career

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Speaker 1: to allow him have more one on ones and not

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Speaker 1: allow teams to easily take him out of games with

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Speaker 1: a double team. Reader does allow that, and I think

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Speaker 1: there's ripple effect out to the edges there Mike Daniels

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Speaker 1: as well. They added who can kind of be a

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Speaker 1: similar type of player on the inside, and that can

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Speaker 1: open things up for you know, they're just weren't getting

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Speaker 1: enough pressure to force bad throws into the secondary, and

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Speaker 1: then then when they did do that, they weren't picking them.

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Speaker 1: If you look at the last few years fewest interceptions

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Speaker 1: Patrick and William Jackson. Who William Jackson unbelievably, he only

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Speaker 1: has one interception on his last couple of years, only

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Speaker 1: had three passes defense last year. Now he's back and

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Speaker 1: he looks ready for his contract here and he's maybe

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Speaker 1: as most impressive guy I saw in camp was him

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Speaker 1: at the number one corner. But those other guys I

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Speaker 1: think they there it's about tackling in space, playing better

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Speaker 1: in space, because they just they were off with that,

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Speaker 1: and anybody that saw the highlight of Lamar Jackson spinning

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Speaker 1: them into into a forever highlight film last year knows

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Speaker 1: how bad they were tackling in space, and so they

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Speaker 1: need to be better at that. And they added guys

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Speaker 1: with that in mind. Binds run defense, DJ Reader run defense,

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Speaker 1: Von Bell run defense. That's their specialty, and so I

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Speaker 1: think they hope to see that immediately. And if maybe

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Speaker 1: the pass rush has more balls going out in there

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Speaker 1: where you can pick them off, well, all the better.

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Speaker 1: Jackson versus Keenan Allen on Sunday is gonna be a

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Speaker 1: lot of fun. I'm looking forward to that, that early

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Speaker 1: matchup here in the season. Last thing for you, Paul,

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Speaker 1: what do you think is gonna decide this game? Listen?

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Speaker 1: A lot of guesswork from all of us. We've seen

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Speaker 1: these teams on the field for maybe five weeks. Half

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Speaker 1: of them. We're not in pads, no preseason games, no

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Speaker 1: offseason program on the field. That's it. We're playing football

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Speaker 1: on Sunday. What do you think is gonna decide it?

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Speaker 1: I think the Charger's strength versus the Bengals weakness, and

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Speaker 1: that's gonna be the pass rush. You know. I mean,

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Speaker 1: can this offensive line slow down that charger's pass rush?

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Speaker 1: I don't know how many teams in the league can,

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Speaker 1: and I don't know that this unproven group with a

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Speaker 1: rookie quarterback. Now, granted, Joe Burrow know noted for his

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Speaker 1: feel for the pocket and maneuverability back there and spontaneous

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Speaker 1: plays made out of that, He's also never had to

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Speaker 1: avoid an NFL pass rush. And that's a different ball

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Speaker 1: game than it is in college. And that rush is

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Speaker 1: gonna come and he's gonna take on those hits and

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Speaker 1: have to be chased without ever having to do that before.

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Speaker 1: What does that look like? Can they hold it up?

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Speaker 1: Can they keep this charger's rush from just dominating the

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Speaker 1: pace and the feel of this game? To me, that's

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Speaker 1: going to be the difference. And there's a variables everywhere,

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Speaker 1: but to me, the number one thing I look at.

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Speaker 1: If that offensive line can somehow slow it down and

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Speaker 1: give Burrow a time to make some of those plays,

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Speaker 1: and Burrow can find a way to use some of

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Speaker 1: that pocket presents that we saw at LSU, then yeah,

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Speaker 1: then maybe they have a chance to put up some

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Speaker 1: points and keep up. But you know, that's to me

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Speaker 1: the big if on this Well, one of the things

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Speaker 1: I love to do during game week is read and

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Speaker 1: listen to what the opponent is saying. And you're the

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Speaker 1: best in the business. And Cincinnati, where can charge His

556
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Speaker 1: fans find your work to get caught up on the

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Speaker 1: Bengals this week? Well, I'm at the Athletic along with

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Speaker 1: writers covering every single team, including Chargers, and you can

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Speaker 1: also follow me on Twitter at Paul Dayner Junior and

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Speaker 1: we'll have everything from Paul Brown Stadium. Awesome man, Paul,

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Speaker 1: thank you so much for the time. Man. Looking forward

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Speaker 1: to it all right. Time to see what's on the

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Speaker 1: menu for week one, presented by Subway here with the

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Speaker 1: voice of the Chargers that Money, Smith and Money. Nothing's

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Speaker 1: been normal about twenty twenty, but we're playing football on

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Speaker 1: Sun Day. I know you were DJ ready to go,

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Speaker 1: no question. You know. It's you kind of see the

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Speaker 1: way it's been working for college, where you have a

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Speaker 1: couple conferences, playing a couple knot you have some games

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Speaker 1: firing off as scheduled, you have some getting postponed. And

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Speaker 1: I think when you look at the NFL and the

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Speaker 1: separation between you know, the amateur ranks and the professional ranks.

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Speaker 1: You see the resources that the NFL can throw at

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Speaker 1: this and attack this pandemic and try to make it

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Speaker 1: as safe an environment as possible for each team. And

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Speaker 1: look the money is. You've probably heard the numbers get

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Speaker 1: thrown around. They're talking likely north of one hundred million

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Speaker 1: dollars is what it's going to cost the league to

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Speaker 1: try to keep this thing right and get all sixteen

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Speaker 1: games in and a full playoff. And I'm excited that

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Speaker 1: we're here with so little bumps in the road, seemingly

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Speaker 1: zero hiccups. I mean, when you look at the numbers overall,

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Speaker 1: I know we don't want to talk a ton of coronavirus,

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Speaker 1: but I mean when you're talking about north of fifty

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Speaker 1: thousand tasks and I think a total of eight players

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Speaker 1: from the time they started, it's pretty darn impresses impressive

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Speaker 1: what they've been able to put together to get this

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Speaker 1: thing to happen. Yeah, no question, And it all leads

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Speaker 1: up to Sunday. And there's so much guesswork involved because listen,

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Speaker 1: no preseason games, no off season program on the field,

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Speaker 1: a condensed training camp. These guys have only been in

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Speaker 1: pets for a few weeks, you're playing a rookie quarterback

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Speaker 1: with a left tackle baking his first career start. I

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Speaker 1: guess what's on the menu for you money? What are

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Speaker 1: the Charges need to do to get their first win

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Speaker 1: in twenty twenty? You know, I think I'm in the

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Speaker 1: same I go back to what you said at the

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Speaker 1: first start, at the start there, which is I don't know,

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Speaker 1: you know, I don't know. I went back and I

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Speaker 1: watched a couple of LSU games just to kind of

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Speaker 1: remind myself of how freaking good Joe Burrow was last year.

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Speaker 1: And there's just some like it's it's so funny when

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Speaker 1: you look at the game notes to get you ready

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Speaker 1: for you know, and they have little nuggets in there

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Speaker 1: and fun facts that you can sprinkle in. Joey Bosa

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Speaker 1: and Joe Burrow were teammates for a season at Ohio State,

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Speaker 1: just to put it in perspective, like, you know, and

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Speaker 1: like one of the fun things that's being thrown around

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Speaker 1: is you know that Josh Rosen is younger than Joe

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Speaker 1: Burrow and is already on his third team. So Joe's

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Speaker 1: you know, Burrow's kind of like a season vet, you know,

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Speaker 1: I mean, he's been through it. He's an older, mature

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Speaker 1: guy that is gonna be making Certainly, the NFL is different.

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Speaker 1: The windows are tighter, and the speed is incredibly faster

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Speaker 1: than what you're used to even in the SEC. But

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Speaker 1: at the same time, this is this is someone who's

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Speaker 1: extremely mature, who has been dealt adversity, has overcome it

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Speaker 1: and put together the greatest passing season in the history

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Speaker 1: of college football. So when I watched him, I don't

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Speaker 1: feel like I'm watching a rookie. It almost feels like

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Speaker 1: Andrew Luck when he made his debut for Indianapolis. So

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Speaker 1: I kind of throw that out the window. Now, certainly

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Speaker 1: he's going to have his hands full with the front

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Speaker 1: from the Chargers. But Joe Mixon had a great close

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Speaker 1: to the season after kind of an up and down year.

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Speaker 1: It seemed like Zach Taylor's trying to figure out how

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Speaker 1: best to use him. But this is one of the

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Speaker 1: best complete running backs in the NFL. You know, he

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Speaker 1: is not a safety valve. He is someone like Austin

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Speaker 1: Ekeler that you are looking to get him the ball

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Speaker 1: because he is going to make plays. So you know,

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Speaker 1: to me, it's job number one is figuring out how

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Speaker 1: to make sure, Joe Mixon doesn't have himself a day too.

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Speaker 1: I don't know. You know, you look at that team

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Speaker 1: and you say, okay, their their front is probably the

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Speaker 1: best thing they got going their defensive front, you know,

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Speaker 1: with Dunlap and Atkins and Reader and Hubbard. But at

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Speaker 1: the same time, I don't know. I mean, Dunlap and

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Speaker 1: Atkins are pretty old, you know, do they still have

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Speaker 1: that juice that they've always had. I love Reader. Hubbard's

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Speaker 1: you know, kind off to a nice start to his career.

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Speaker 1: So just kind of going back to what you said, Chris,

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Speaker 1: I think it's a lot of unknowns that we're going

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Speaker 1: to have to figure out through the first quarter and

645
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Speaker 1: maybe get a feel, you know, for for what Anthony

646
00:33:41,200 --> 00:33:43,200
Speaker 1: Lynn's trying to do and Shane Steikin are trying to

647
00:33:43,240 --> 00:33:45,880
Speaker 1: do offensively now with Tyrod and the stretch zone and

648
00:33:46,000 --> 00:33:48,360
Speaker 1: a new right side of the offensive line, and you

649
00:33:48,400 --> 00:33:50,280
Speaker 1: know what Gus is going to try to do to,

650
00:33:51,120 --> 00:33:53,200
Speaker 1: you know, get after a kid that he's known since

651
00:33:53,240 --> 00:33:55,160
Speaker 1: he was sitting on his mom's lap, you know. I mean,

652
00:33:55,400 --> 00:33:57,480
Speaker 1: Gus is a friend of the Borough family and has

653
00:33:57,520 --> 00:34:00,640
Speaker 1: been for decades. Yeah, you know, I go back to

654
00:34:00,680 --> 00:34:02,800
Speaker 1: the one constant that we know about that offense, and

655
00:34:03,120 --> 00:34:05,520
Speaker 1: you said it as Joe Mixon. Just talk to the

656
00:34:05,520 --> 00:34:09,480
Speaker 1: guy from the athletic Cincinnati Paul Dayner Jr. Five hundred

657
00:34:09,560 --> 00:34:12,360
Speaker 1: ninety three touches the last two years, money zero fumbles,

658
00:34:12,360 --> 00:34:14,960
Speaker 1: he didn't turn the ball over. He's tough to tackle.

659
00:34:15,239 --> 00:34:17,440
Speaker 1: So this is gonna be a test for another sooner.

660
00:34:17,640 --> 00:34:20,160
Speaker 1: Sooner on sooner with Kenneth Murray and Mixon. But you

661
00:34:20,280 --> 00:34:22,640
Speaker 1: got Tranquil Denzel Perman. Those guys are gonna have to

662
00:34:22,719 --> 00:34:25,440
Speaker 1: wrap up Mixing and get him down. Don't let him

663
00:34:25,440 --> 00:34:28,160
Speaker 1: be the focal point of this offense. Because to your point,

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Speaker 1: we just don't know what Joe Burrow is gonna look like,

665
00:34:30,440 --> 00:34:32,880
Speaker 1: but you have to assume that he's gonna look pretty good,

666
00:34:32,960 --> 00:34:35,120
Speaker 1: especially with the weapons that they have on the outside.

667
00:34:35,160 --> 00:34:38,320
Speaker 1: But that's another thing too. Aj Green has been limited

668
00:34:38,320 --> 00:34:41,279
Speaker 1: throughout training camp, but if he's on the field, you

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00:34:41,360 --> 00:34:43,839
Speaker 1: have to account for him and just assume that he's

670
00:34:43,840 --> 00:34:47,200
Speaker 1: gonna be one of the best wide receivers in football. Yeah,

671
00:34:47,320 --> 00:34:49,520
Speaker 1: and look, I think that's the other you know that's

672
00:34:49,560 --> 00:34:51,840
Speaker 1: going to be interesting is you know they play a

673
00:34:51,880 --> 00:34:54,080
Speaker 1: lot of nickel, right the Chargers that seems to be

674
00:34:54,160 --> 00:34:57,560
Speaker 1: their their defense of choice is getting those three band

675
00:34:57,640 --> 00:35:00,239
Speaker 1: that's I think just predicated on what most teams are

676
00:35:00,320 --> 00:35:04,000
Speaker 1: running anyway. You know, they're mostly running three wide receiver sets,

677
00:35:04,040 --> 00:35:06,520
Speaker 1: and I would expect Cincinnatic to do a lot of

678
00:35:06,560 --> 00:35:10,080
Speaker 1: that with you know, Tyler boyd aj Green and likely

679
00:35:10,120 --> 00:35:12,480
Speaker 1: Autumn Tate, who you know, by all accounts, seem to

680
00:35:12,520 --> 00:35:14,600
Speaker 1: be Joe Burrow's favorite target. And if you remember him

681
00:35:14,640 --> 00:35:16,760
Speaker 1: from Florida State or if you if you've watched any

682
00:35:16,920 --> 00:35:19,080
Speaker 1: Bengals football, I mean he's he's a load. And now

683
00:35:19,080 --> 00:35:21,080
Speaker 1: I ain't fast, but man, he is big and that

684
00:35:21,239 --> 00:35:24,399
Speaker 1: is a catch radius. So you know, I don't. I'm

685
00:35:24,440 --> 00:35:26,719
Speaker 1: anxious to see if it's if it's Murrie and Tranquil,

686
00:35:26,880 --> 00:35:29,800
Speaker 1: is it three linebacker sets? Is it you know? Is

687
00:35:29,840 --> 00:35:32,560
Speaker 1: it Dime? Is is Desmond king king out there? You know?

688
00:35:32,640 --> 00:35:34,880
Speaker 1: So I'm anxious to see how they approach, because, like

689
00:35:34,880 --> 00:35:38,960
Speaker 1: you said, Mixon is not your your typical really good

690
00:35:39,000 --> 00:35:42,760
Speaker 1: pass catching back. He's big, he's a load between the tackles,

691
00:35:42,760 --> 00:35:45,719
Speaker 1: he's got soft and sure hands, uh, and he is

692
00:35:45,719 --> 00:35:48,600
Speaker 1: a legitimate all around back that just happens to be

693
00:35:48,680 --> 00:35:52,200
Speaker 1: about two inches taller and fifteen pounds heavier than most

694
00:35:52,200 --> 00:35:55,359
Speaker 1: of the guys that can do and have that full

695
00:35:55,440 --> 00:35:58,879
Speaker 1: complement of skills at the running back position. So it's

696
00:35:59,200 --> 00:36:01,680
Speaker 1: it's gonna be a smash, you know. But between Gus

697
00:36:01,760 --> 00:36:05,000
Speaker 1: and and what Zach Taylor wants to do and how

698
00:36:05,120 --> 00:36:07,839
Speaker 1: he wants to deploy his offense, you flip it over

699
00:36:07,840 --> 00:36:11,480
Speaker 1: to the offensive side for the Chargers. Throw out every

700
00:36:11,520 --> 00:36:15,520
Speaker 1: offensive number in twenty nineteen with no Philip Rivers, Tyrod

701
00:36:15,520 --> 00:36:18,840
Speaker 1: Taylor under center. You got two big boys up front

702
00:36:18,840 --> 00:36:21,040
Speaker 1: in Bluelag and Trade Turner. We haven't seen in this

703
00:36:21,120 --> 00:36:25,840
Speaker 1: offense yet. Austin Eclo, Justin Jackson. I think the formula

704
00:36:25,920 --> 00:36:29,080
Speaker 1: is gonna be run to football, don't turn to football

705
00:36:29,120 --> 00:36:33,279
Speaker 1: over and pick your spots for Keenan Allen a company. Yeah,

706
00:36:33,280 --> 00:36:35,240
Speaker 1: you know, I just got done saying, you know, everybody's

707
00:36:35,320 --> 00:36:37,759
Speaker 1: running like eleven personnel and those three wide receivers. I

708
00:36:37,800 --> 00:36:39,439
Speaker 1: think you're going to see a lot of two tight

709
00:36:39,520 --> 00:36:41,680
Speaker 1: end sets for the Chargers. I think you'll see Virgil

710
00:36:41,719 --> 00:36:44,320
Speaker 1: on that side with Sam Tevy, and you're gonna see

711
00:36:44,520 --> 00:36:47,560
Speaker 1: Hunter matched up with linebackers or safeties, and I think

712
00:36:47,600 --> 00:36:50,279
Speaker 1: that's gonna be one of Tyrod Taylor's favorite spots to

713
00:36:50,320 --> 00:36:53,440
Speaker 1: throw and you know, and with that, you've got the

714
00:36:53,520 --> 00:36:55,200
Speaker 1: right side of the line, like you said, that's just

715
00:36:55,360 --> 00:36:58,200
Speaker 1: chock full of Pro bowlers now and Bulaga and Turner,

716
00:36:58,360 --> 00:37:00,440
Speaker 1: and then the left side you're probably gonna have Virgil

717
00:37:00,480 --> 00:37:02,359
Speaker 1: Green over there, one of the best blocking tight ends

718
00:37:02,719 --> 00:37:05,440
Speaker 1: in all of football. To try to help solidify and

719
00:37:05,680 --> 00:37:08,360
Speaker 1: just kind of get Sam Tebby settled as he starts

720
00:37:08,400 --> 00:37:10,359
Speaker 1: his career at left tackle. You know, haven't played right

721
00:37:10,400 --> 00:37:13,560
Speaker 1: the last few seasons. And also I'm anxious to see,

722
00:37:13,840 --> 00:37:16,440
Speaker 1: you know, kind of what's what's happening with Mike Pouncey

723
00:37:16,640 --> 00:37:19,160
Speaker 1: and kind of where we're at there. So certainly we

724
00:37:19,200 --> 00:37:21,400
Speaker 1: know that we did not see him in training camp,

725
00:37:21,440 --> 00:37:23,480
Speaker 1: and obviously if he's out there, you got another Pro

726
00:37:23,520 --> 00:37:26,160
Speaker 1: bowler at center. If he's not, you're probably talking about

727
00:37:26,200 --> 00:37:29,160
Speaker 1: Shufflin Dan Feeney moving over who I thought plays. I

728
00:37:29,280 --> 00:37:33,240
Speaker 1: like him better at center. I think Dan played, Yeah,

729
00:37:33,239 --> 00:37:36,440
Speaker 1: he's to me, that's his more natural spot. Um, and

730
00:37:36,480 --> 00:37:39,520
Speaker 1: then you kind of figure out, Okay, is Forest lamp

731
00:37:39,600 --> 00:37:41,680
Speaker 1: what we thought he was when when he was dominating

732
00:37:41,719 --> 00:37:43,520
Speaker 1: the Senior Bowl and was a second round pick of

733
00:37:43,560 --> 00:37:45,600
Speaker 1: Tom Talasco and just has not been able to shake

734
00:37:45,640 --> 00:37:47,400
Speaker 1: that injury. But that's the other thing too, Chris, is

735
00:37:47,760 --> 00:37:50,080
Speaker 1: you know, we're gonna get to see some injury some

736
00:37:50,360 --> 00:37:54,080
Speaker 1: guys who aren't injured, who have been dealing with injuries,

737
00:37:54,160 --> 00:37:56,560
Speaker 1: be it you know, early in their career, like Nazi

738
00:37:56,680 --> 00:37:58,359
Speaker 1: Rader Lee, who we got to see in that that

739
00:37:58,400 --> 00:38:00,799
Speaker 1: preseason game against San Francisco go picked off a ball,

740
00:38:00,800 --> 00:38:03,520
Speaker 1: should have picked off three, just all over the place.

741
00:38:03,560 --> 00:38:05,480
Speaker 1: He's gonna be starting at free safety with the injury

742
00:38:05,520 --> 00:38:08,440
Speaker 1: to Derwin James, and I'm excited about that, obviously, not

743
00:38:08,480 --> 00:38:10,799
Speaker 1: the circumstances in which he's out there with with the

744
00:38:10,840 --> 00:38:12,880
Speaker 1: injury to Derwin, but excited to see him out there.

745
00:38:12,920 --> 00:38:14,480
Speaker 1: But just kind of going back to your point about

746
00:38:14,719 --> 00:38:17,719
Speaker 1: what's this offense going to look like, I don't know,

747
00:38:17,920 --> 00:38:21,200
Speaker 1: And that's just me guessing that that that's probably what

748
00:38:21,320 --> 00:38:23,920
Speaker 1: they're they're gonna do again, because that seems to be

749
00:38:23,960 --> 00:38:28,200
Speaker 1: the strength of Cincinnati, is that front four. So probably

750
00:38:28,200 --> 00:38:30,080
Speaker 1: gonna get some two tight end sets, you know, and

751
00:38:30,320 --> 00:38:31,960
Speaker 1: we know Anthony wants to run the heck out of

752
00:38:31,960 --> 00:38:33,279
Speaker 1: the ball, and I don't think it's just going to

753
00:38:33,360 --> 00:38:35,200
Speaker 1: be a two back rotation. I think you will see

754
00:38:35,239 --> 00:38:38,640
Speaker 1: all three of those guys, Josh Kelly, Justin Jackson, Austin Eckler,

755
00:38:38,760 --> 00:38:41,560
Speaker 1: because I think Eckler's gonna be lining up in the slot.

756
00:38:41,640 --> 00:38:43,279
Speaker 1: He's gonna be lining up outside, you know what I mean.

757
00:38:43,320 --> 00:38:45,040
Speaker 1: So it's not even a running back money, he's like

758
00:38:45,200 --> 00:38:49,360
Speaker 1: that ow, you know, exactly offensive weapon. I mean, that

759
00:38:49,480 --> 00:38:51,719
Speaker 1: is so and that's the benefit they have because you know,

760
00:38:51,760 --> 00:38:53,520
Speaker 1: then you can just flex him, motion him into the

761
00:38:53,520 --> 00:38:55,759
Speaker 1: backfield with two you know, two backs back there and

762
00:38:56,719 --> 00:38:59,239
Speaker 1: keep the defense guessing. And that's that's what someone like

763
00:38:59,360 --> 00:39:02,520
Speaker 1: Eckler brings to a football team. And you know that

764
00:39:02,640 --> 00:39:05,799
Speaker 1: old queen on the chessboard type of piece that Shane

765
00:39:05,840 --> 00:39:08,560
Speaker 1: Steiken can play around with. And Eckler mentioned this in

766
00:39:08,600 --> 00:39:11,040
Speaker 1: the offseason. Coach Lenz is gonna go with the hot hand.

767
00:39:11,080 --> 00:39:13,160
Speaker 1: He doesn't know how many carries he's gonna get. So

768
00:39:13,560 --> 00:39:16,439
Speaker 1: if Justin Jackson breaks off a couple ten twelve yard

769
00:39:16,480 --> 00:39:18,480
Speaker 1: runs to start the game, chances are he's going to

770
00:39:18,520 --> 00:39:21,040
Speaker 1: continue to get the football. And we saw a little

771
00:39:21,040 --> 00:39:22,879
Speaker 1: bit of this in Week one and two last year,

772
00:39:22,920 --> 00:39:26,160
Speaker 1: that the combination of Jackson and Eckler and just what

773
00:39:26,280 --> 00:39:29,120
Speaker 1: Jackson was able to do in limited touches unfortunately got hurt.

774
00:39:29,400 --> 00:39:31,799
Speaker 1: But if he stays on the field money, I'm just

775
00:39:31,840 --> 00:39:34,960
Speaker 1: so intrigued by him, his running style and how he

776
00:39:35,000 --> 00:39:37,720
Speaker 1: compliments Alston in the backfield. And then you mentioned Joshua Kelly,

777
00:39:37,920 --> 00:39:40,520
Speaker 1: who had a pretty good training camp and he really

778
00:39:40,560 --> 00:39:42,399
Speaker 1: can do some of the things that Melvin Gordon did

779
00:39:42,520 --> 00:39:44,879
Speaker 1: last year in terms of getting those tough yards well.

780
00:39:44,960 --> 00:39:47,399
Speaker 1: And I think also the best. You know, I think

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00:39:47,440 --> 00:39:48,839
Speaker 1: you always want to try to say, oh, well, what's

782
00:39:48,840 --> 00:39:51,360
Speaker 1: this pro comparison when we kind of talk about guys

783
00:39:51,400 --> 00:39:53,399
Speaker 1: coming out of college into the NFL, and I think

784
00:39:53,400 --> 00:39:55,440
Speaker 1: when you're talking about a new offense, it's like, Okay, well,

785
00:39:55,440 --> 00:39:58,240
Speaker 1: what's the comparison. Well, let's not forget you know, Anthony

786
00:39:58,320 --> 00:40:00,920
Speaker 1: Lynn won two Super Bowls under Mike Shannahan. Kyle Shanahan

787
00:40:01,320 --> 00:40:04,360
Speaker 1: coached under his dad, Mike Shanahan. It's his dad's system.

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00:40:04,400 --> 00:40:07,239
Speaker 1: It's Alex Gibbs wide zone. And think about San Francisco

789
00:40:07,320 --> 00:40:09,960
Speaker 1: last year, it's you know, they wanted it to be

790
00:40:10,040 --> 00:40:12,399
Speaker 1: Jerick McKinnon, then it became Tevin Coleman, then it became

791
00:40:12,440 --> 00:40:15,239
Speaker 1: Matt Brida, then it became raheem. Most just they just

792
00:40:15,320 --> 00:40:18,520
Speaker 1: kept coming at you in waves, and every single one

793
00:40:18,560 --> 00:40:20,720
Speaker 1: of those backs, when you look at their yards per carry,

794
00:40:20,719 --> 00:40:23,480
Speaker 1: it's four point but you know, and that's that's kind

795
00:40:23,480 --> 00:40:25,640
Speaker 1: of what if you want to know what this offense

796
00:40:25,760 --> 00:40:28,440
Speaker 1: is capable of. That's sort of what the old adage

797
00:40:28,600 --> 00:40:30,800
Speaker 1: was about, you know. And Gibbs was the famous offensive

798
00:40:30,840 --> 00:40:33,400
Speaker 1: line coach who was responsible for that wide zone or

799
00:40:33,440 --> 00:40:35,640
Speaker 1: the stretch zone, whatever you want to call it. And

800
00:40:35,800 --> 00:40:38,680
Speaker 1: basically they would say, hey, we're gonna get you three

801
00:40:38,760 --> 00:40:41,120
Speaker 1: to four, and depending on how good of a back

802
00:40:41,200 --> 00:40:43,600
Speaker 1: you are, is what you're able to get after that.

803
00:40:43,640 --> 00:40:46,160
Speaker 1: But we are going to create an offense where you

804
00:40:46,320 --> 00:40:49,200
Speaker 1: are going to have the ability and pretty much more

805
00:40:49,239 --> 00:40:51,399
Speaker 1: often than not to get And that's and that's kind

806
00:40:51,400 --> 00:40:53,560
Speaker 1: of what you saw in San Francisco. And Mostart with

807
00:40:53,640 --> 00:40:58,000
Speaker 1: that speed is the guy that separated himself from you know,

808
00:40:58,120 --> 00:41:01,120
Speaker 1: Tevin Coleman who's averaging four point and Breed who's averaging

809
00:41:01,160 --> 00:41:02,719
Speaker 1: four point seven. And you look at Most, it's like,

810
00:41:02,760 --> 00:41:04,880
Speaker 1: my god, he's averaging over five yards per carry. And

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Speaker 1: I think that's probably what we're gonna see, Like you said,

812
00:41:08,239 --> 00:41:10,359
Speaker 1: when it comes to the hot hand that's what they

813
00:41:10,360 --> 00:41:11,919
Speaker 1: did up with the forty nine ers, and they wrote

814
00:41:11,960 --> 00:41:14,040
Speaker 1: it all the way to the Super Bowl. Hey, final

815
00:41:14,080 --> 00:41:16,560
Speaker 1: thing for you. One match up. I'm pretty intrigued by

816
00:41:16,560 --> 00:41:19,560
Speaker 1: as well. Keenan Allen William Jackson. William Jackson a lot

817
00:41:19,600 --> 00:41:21,279
Speaker 1: of people don't know about. He's a pretty darn good

818
00:41:21,280 --> 00:41:25,279
Speaker 1: corner and just the chemistry with Tyrod and Keenan early on.

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00:41:25,640 --> 00:41:28,759
Speaker 1: I'm interested to see how that looks. Obviously, you know,

820
00:41:28,840 --> 00:41:30,839
Speaker 1: Keenan is gonna be in Powder Blue for a long

821
00:41:30,880 --> 00:41:33,319
Speaker 1: time now, but he's gonna be a key to this

822
00:41:33,360 --> 00:41:35,760
Speaker 1: offense too, and how they click early on in the season.

823
00:41:35,760 --> 00:41:38,239
Speaker 1: I'm gonna be looking out for. Yeah. I you know,

824
00:41:38,280 --> 00:41:40,680
Speaker 1: we did the Hard Knocks post show for the fifth

825
00:41:40,719 --> 00:41:43,480
Speaker 1: and final episode and Tom Tellsco came on and it

826
00:41:43,520 --> 00:41:46,680
Speaker 1: was right after Keenan, like you said, got that contract extension,

827
00:41:46,719 --> 00:41:49,200
Speaker 1: making him the second highest paid receiver in football. And

828
00:41:49,200 --> 00:41:52,719
Speaker 1: it also came on a day when when DeAndre Hopkins

829
00:41:53,000 --> 00:41:56,560
Speaker 1: became the highest paid wide receiver in football on a

830
00:41:56,560 --> 00:42:00,759
Speaker 1: non quarterback actually on his two year extension. And I

831
00:42:00,800 --> 00:42:02,280
Speaker 1: brought up to town, I said, you know, it's interesting

832
00:42:02,320 --> 00:42:05,120
Speaker 1: when you look at these players the top receivers with

833
00:42:05,200 --> 00:42:08,400
Speaker 1: the biggest contracts. It's Michael Thomas, it's DeAndre Hopkins, it's

834
00:42:08,480 --> 00:42:11,920
Speaker 1: Keenan Allen. These are guys that aren't burners, that aren't

835
00:42:11,960 --> 00:42:15,160
Speaker 1: four three guys, but they're four six guys, and they

836
00:42:15,239 --> 00:42:17,200
Speaker 1: slip in the draft into the second round or the

837
00:42:17,280 --> 00:42:21,000
Speaker 1: late first round. And there's And I said, so, what

838
00:42:21,480 --> 00:42:24,080
Speaker 1: do you point to. How is it that that's when

839
00:42:24,080 --> 00:42:26,600
Speaker 1: you look at the hierarchy of salaries and what teams

840
00:42:26,600 --> 00:42:29,520
Speaker 1: are willing to pay. When you know salary cap is

841
00:42:29,560 --> 00:42:33,520
Speaker 1: also crucial to manage, why is it those guys? And

842
00:42:33,640 --> 00:42:36,760
Speaker 1: he pointed out, it's the ability to shape coverage early

843
00:42:36,920 --> 00:42:40,359
Speaker 1: and to get open early. And we know, I mean, look,

844
00:42:40,360 --> 00:42:42,800
Speaker 1: we got a large enough sample size to know Tyrod

845
00:42:42,800 --> 00:42:48,640
Speaker 1: Taylor is comfortable not putting the football in percarious situations.

846
00:42:48,719 --> 00:42:51,560
Speaker 1: He wants say throws. And that's why I think, going

847
00:42:51,600 --> 00:42:54,440
Speaker 1: back to what you said with Keenan versus Jackson, Keenan's

848
00:42:54,480 --> 00:42:57,080
Speaker 1: got that ability to just break early. You don't have

849
00:42:57,120 --> 00:43:00,040
Speaker 1: to hold the football and you can find him for

850
00:43:00,040 --> 00:43:02,480
Speaker 1: for all those targets and all those catches. Now, will

851
00:43:02,520 --> 00:43:04,680
Speaker 1: it look like Philip Probably not, because they're not gonna

852
00:43:04,680 --> 00:43:06,200
Speaker 1: be throwing the ball as much as they did with

853
00:43:06,200 --> 00:43:08,359
Speaker 1: Philip last year. Sir Keenan's not going to get those

854
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Speaker 1: hundred and forty five or hundred and seventy targets that

855
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Speaker 1: he's used to, But I think you'll see him continue

856
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Speaker 1: to be the number one target for a quarterback because

857
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Speaker 1: of what he's able to do. And that's pretty much

858
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Speaker 1: shake any coverage out there except for Durwin during practice. Right,

859
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Speaker 1: So I'm with you. I think that's gonna be that's

860
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Speaker 1: gonna be something to watch. But I also think, you know,

861
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Speaker 1: I also think, like I go back to Hunter Henry

862
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Speaker 1: and just you know, that's a brand new linebacking corps

863
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Speaker 1: in Cincinnati, and with Trey Wayne's being out at that

864
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Speaker 1: second corner position, now you gotta shuffle your secondary a

865
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Speaker 1: little bit. So to me, that seems to be the

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Speaker 1: one matchup that I wouldn't be surprised becomes, you know,

867
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Speaker 1: sort of the one go to for Tyrod in a

868
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Speaker 1: lot of this game. I'm with you, I think hunters

869
00:43:50,560 --> 00:43:52,799
Speaker 1: do for a big year in twenty twenty if he

870
00:43:52,800 --> 00:43:55,560
Speaker 1: could stay on the field and then just one to

871
00:43:55,760 --> 00:43:59,759
Speaker 1: end doing the turnover differential last year, the difference between

872
00:43:59,800 --> 00:44:02,680
Speaker 1: five eleven and ten and six. They were the worst

873
00:44:02,719 --> 00:44:04,880
Speaker 1: in the league at turning the football over and then

874
00:44:05,040 --> 00:44:07,759
Speaker 1: just giving it away on offense. So if they can

875
00:44:07,800 --> 00:44:11,000
Speaker 1: just clean both of those things up in concert, you're

876
00:44:11,040 --> 00:44:13,640
Speaker 1: looking at a team that can win, you know, the floors,

877
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Speaker 1: probably eight nine games. Then you see what happened. So

878
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Speaker 1: I'm just looking for that throughout the season, not just

879
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Speaker 1: Week one. Is take care of the football and then

880
00:44:20,480 --> 00:44:23,560
Speaker 1: get a couple for your offense each and every week. Yeah,

881
00:44:23,600 --> 00:44:25,560
Speaker 1: I think I think Gus put it best, and he

882
00:44:25,680 --> 00:44:29,160
Speaker 1: just said it's unacceptable. There's no way you have that

883
00:44:29,200 --> 00:44:32,040
Speaker 1: pass rush and all those hurries and all those hits

884
00:44:32,080 --> 00:44:36,120
Speaker 1: and all those sacks with Bosa and Melvine and you

885
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Speaker 1: don't have the turnovers and you struggle to get off

886
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Speaker 1: the field on third downs. Now, granted, you know, the

887
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Speaker 1: most important thing was they boat up in the red

888
00:44:44,760 --> 00:44:47,400
Speaker 1: zone and they prevented teams from scoring touchdowns. But at

889
00:44:47,400 --> 00:44:49,720
Speaker 1: the same time, like you said, if you're giving it away,

890
00:44:49,920 --> 00:44:52,960
Speaker 1: and you know, unfortunately last year was a lot of

891
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Speaker 1: giving it away, and it was a lot of giving

892
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Speaker 1: it away in crucial situations. You know, I'd say you

893
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Speaker 1: could probably take maybe three to five of those turnovers

894
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Speaker 1: and say they're circumstance based their end of the half,

895
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Speaker 1: their end of the game, when Phillip's just throwing it

896
00:45:05,800 --> 00:45:08,640
Speaker 1: up trying to make something happen. But then you think

897
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Speaker 1: about the fumble from Melvin Gordon against Tennessee, You think

898
00:45:12,200 --> 00:45:14,799
Speaker 1: about the fumble against Detroit by Austin Ackler. I mean

899
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Speaker 1: those are critical basically wins. Those are wins. You know,

900
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Speaker 1: the Detroit game is a win if Austin Eckler does

901
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Speaker 1: not fumble at the goal line. The Tennessee game is

902
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Speaker 1: obviously a win if Melvin doesn't fumble at the goal line.

903
00:45:27,960 --> 00:45:31,160
Speaker 1: So yeah, you clean that stuff up. And the defense,

904
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Speaker 1: you know, they did it without Derwin last year and

905
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Speaker 1: they're gonna be asked to do it again without him. Look,

906
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Speaker 1: if he had been healthy, I think this could have

907
00:45:38,400 --> 00:45:40,480
Speaker 1: been the best defense in football. I think they would

908
00:45:40,520 --> 00:45:44,319
Speaker 1: have challenged for that title without him, it certainly changes things.

909
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Speaker 1: But like I said, Nazia Radalie, not a lot of

910
00:45:47,360 --> 00:45:51,280
Speaker 1: people watching Delaware Blue Blue hen football, But that dude

911
00:45:51,320 --> 00:45:54,040
Speaker 1: finds the football. He has got a nose for it.

912
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Speaker 1: And in this scheme, in Gus Bradley's scheme, that high

913
00:45:57,120 --> 00:46:00,440
Speaker 1: safety has got a ton of opportunities, and I think

914
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Speaker 1: I think he's gonna get him. I think he's got

915
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Speaker 1: cash Erman because man, he's got good hands and he's

916
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Speaker 1: got a nose for it. So I'm with you. You

917
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Speaker 1: know you're bringing Chris Harris. He's a guy that can

918
00:46:08,560 --> 00:46:10,719
Speaker 1: pick a bunch of balls off. You got Nazi Rader

919
00:46:10,800 --> 00:46:12,759
Speaker 1: Lee back there, you keep that pass rush, and then

920
00:46:12,800 --> 00:46:15,439
Speaker 1: you got two super athletic linebackers that are probably gonna

921
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Speaker 1: be out there and Nickel all the time, and Tranquil

922
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Speaker 1: and Kenneth Murray. And it's look, I'm playing name soup now,

923
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Speaker 1: but man, it's exciting knowing what the possibilities are on

924
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Speaker 1: that side of the football. Monny, I could do this

925
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Speaker 1: for hours, Matthew, Man, I know we're excited. Man, it's

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Speaker 1: here's I'm happy to be doing this with you throughout

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Speaker 1: the season, and it's just happy to have football back.

928
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Speaker 1: We'll have a lot more to talk about with so

929
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Speaker 1: far stadium on deck next week he gets the Chiefs.

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Speaker 1: But in the meantime, let's see if the Bullsky get

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Speaker 1: win number one up and since and we'll see you soon, brother,

932
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Speaker 1: have a great call, all right? Enjoyed it as always

933
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Speaker 1: looking forward to it again next week. Thanks Chris, Well,

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Speaker 1: how's that for a week one show? With big thanks

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Speaker 1: to Matt money Smith, Paul Dayner Junior, and Kevin Harland

936
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Speaker 1: for joining me, and of course thanks to you all

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Speaker 1: for listening. Remember be sure to subscribe to the Chargers

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Speaker 1: Podcast Network wherever you listen to podcasts. Have a great

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Speaker 1: weekend and until next time, I'm Chris Hayreas