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Speaker 1: Everybody. Chris Harry with you on a training camp edition

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Speaker 1: of Chargers Weekly, a jam packed episode after day two

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Speaker 1: with the jackham In Sports Complex, NFL Networks, Cynthia Freeland

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Speaker 1: and Alex Marvez of sirius XM NFL Radio join me

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Speaker 1: to talk about these twenty nineteen Chargers. But first fifteen

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Speaker 1: minutes of entertainment with Mike and Ike, Michael Badgeley and

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Speaker 1: Isaac rothschell, Well, look what we have here, Ike in

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Speaker 1: the badger, Isaac and the money Badger. I don't know,

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Speaker 1: we're working and Mike and Ike, Yes, sir, we're work

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Speaker 1: shopping nature of this because I'm telling you this could

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Speaker 1: be a show. Isaac Rochelle, Michael Badgeley, Day two a

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Speaker 1: Chargers training camp, Fellas, what's up now much? It's exciting

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Speaker 1: to be back. We had another beautiful day here in

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Speaker 1: southern California, so it's hard not to be excited about

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Speaker 1: this season. And just day to day, Isaac was getting

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Speaker 1: a little antsy uh, Listen, this is two different experiences

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Speaker 1: been a grind. These first two days have been fun

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Speaker 1: getting back, but it is a grind. Yeah, I mean

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Speaker 1: it's hot. Uh, you know, you're trying to get back

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Speaker 1: into the flow of things. You can't there's no way

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Speaker 1: to mimic like playing out here. You can't do it.

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Speaker 1: You can't do it with any type of workout. So

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Speaker 1: when you get out here, you're putting different positions that

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Speaker 1: you're not used to, so your body reacts differently than

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Speaker 1: is different right now. I mean from from OTAs and

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Speaker 1: don't you feel like we had like we had one

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Speaker 1: hot day in OTAs. Yeah, you know, we lived down

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Speaker 1: you know, ten degrees out here. But yeah, no, that

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Speaker 1: sun's coming down middle of summer. You know it's gonna

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Speaker 1: be hot at ep In Racial on the podcast yesterday

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Speaker 1: and one of the themes is just everybody knows each

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Speaker 1: other man. There's not a lot of new people, not

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Speaker 1: a lot of introductions that need to be made. This

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Speaker 1: team wonce four games last year. A lot of the

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Speaker 1: same characters on the coaching staff and the players are

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Speaker 1: you know, kind of like I guess Ray and A

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Speaker 1: each other. And one of the bigger things where you

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Speaker 1: know we hit on is having that unity as a team.

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Speaker 1: And h when you're able to do that with the

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Speaker 1: war with, it's makes it down much easier. It's just

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Speaker 1: whether or not you're gonna show up. And I think

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Speaker 1: top down. Talk to him, Talk to him, I mean,

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Speaker 1: and I agree with him. I think like last year,

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Speaker 1: so we have the same team, we know that, and

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Speaker 1: then you look at how much we were just stuck

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Speaker 1: being stuck on a plane for eleven Holm, who was bad.

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Speaker 1: Yeah today, Yeah you're an Indie rate I was stuck.

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Speaker 1: I was out in Indie and you know, it's a

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Speaker 1: different training camp. I didn't know what to expect. It

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Speaker 1: So I've been here. I've been asking Isaac, you know

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Speaker 1: wear shoes that walk through it's it's it's different. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: it's crazy though, because I feel like you've been here

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Speaker 1: I remember I was walking around like a ghost, just thinking,

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Speaker 1: Guess what? They know his name now? And now he's

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Speaker 1: got a mullet. Now he's the money badger, and now

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Speaker 1: it's like whoa all right, Bade. So we spent some

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Speaker 1: time at the draft party, and first of all, how

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Speaker 1: crazy was at That was awesome? S that was awesome.

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Speaker 1: It's like thousands of fun thousands of charges fans. It

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Speaker 1: the hat off, for there was twenty case there were

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Speaker 1: the ocean. It was awesome. D It was a scene.

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Speaker 1: I mean, you were back here in coast to Masa, right, Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I was making moves making Jerry got drafted upstairs in

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Speaker 1: the office. Uh yeah, did you get enough picking? Did

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Speaker 1: you get enough notre dame? Guys, holy can you put

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Speaker 1: the picking? In February, I talked to you about your

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Speaker 1: keep seeing Jerry Tillery getting mocked to the Chargers again.

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Speaker 1: I just talked to Jerry yesterday for thirty minutes about

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Speaker 1: It's like almost like he made the pick Listen, That's

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Speaker 1: why I was here. I'm joking. I'm definitely not a

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Speaker 1: decision maker. If I was, I would never not be

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Speaker 1: a charger. You got a lot of golden domes. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: and they're showing up. I mean Drew, I was just

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Speaker 1: watching him during this practice. I mean he's bawling, Newsome bawling.

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Speaker 1: And then Jerry, once he gets these pads on and

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Speaker 1: Miami was one thing, but to learn from Adam Valentier,

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Speaker 1: you said you got an education in that short time

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Speaker 1: spin more than maybe any any of the time in

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Speaker 1: how you know, enjoy this game, have fun, you know,

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Speaker 1: The chemistry in his locker room. Man, you guys have

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Speaker 1: no doubt. But one of the things that you guys

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Speaker 1: have in comment from off season, you both were featured

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Speaker 1: a roster with little turnover, you bring in a guy

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Speaker 1: like Thomas Davis and Tyrod Taylor, and then you see

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Speaker 1: teams like the Raiders with so many new faces and

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Speaker 1: the Chiefs who have kind of changed their defense a

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Speaker 1: little bit, a lot, a lot, a lot. A thirty

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Speaker 1: four to forty three is a huge difference. They run

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Speaker 1: in a ton of new people in the middle, their

429
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Speaker 1: safeties are totally different, the front is other. They've got

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Speaker 1: one holdover. I mean, that's that's a lot of change.

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Speaker 1: Christiane's the only one. What's the starting point for you

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Speaker 1: when you look at these rosters and how you kind

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Speaker 1: of forecast things going into this upcoming season. Well, luckily

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Speaker 1: both the Chiefs, So when you bring in Steve Spagnol.

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Speaker 1: There's a lot of history on him. He was a

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Speaker 1: head coach, he was defensive coordinator before. Yep. Well, I

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Speaker 1: mean and Reid's you know, head coach. But when you

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Speaker 1: bring in Steve Spagnol's defense and bring that in he

439
00:19:52,520 --> 00:19:54,879
Speaker 1: knows Andy Reid can, you can kind of forecast what

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Speaker 1: he's going to do. You can see what his forty

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Speaker 1: three is likely going to look like given the personnel

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Speaker 1: that they have. And then the same thing kind of

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Speaker 1: with the Raiders too. It's like Gruden has a lot

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Speaker 1: of film and he actually did a lot of things

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Speaker 1: similar from when he coached the first time last year.

446
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Speaker 1: I didn't know if that was going to be the case,

447
00:20:09,960 --> 00:20:11,879
Speaker 1: but he tried to execute some of those same principles

448
00:20:12,000 --> 00:20:14,399
Speaker 1: last season. So luckily there are clues like that. But

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Speaker 1: that's why training camp is really important, right, because you

450
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Speaker 1: get to see kind of who's jelling with whom and

451
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Speaker 1: how they're working together, and you can see which coaches

452
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Speaker 1: are talking to which players. And now we might not

453
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Speaker 1: see very much when we you know, they're not really

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Speaker 1: doing anything out here. That's like we haven't hit the

455
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Speaker 1: Pats yet either, right, But there's a practice right now.

456
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Speaker 1: But it's like you can see who's starting to talk

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Speaker 1: to each other and like little you know which coaches

458
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Speaker 1: are really focusing on which players you can you can

459
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Speaker 1: start to see sort of patterns emerge. So talking and

460
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Speaker 1: being able to talk to everyone while I'm here is

461
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Speaker 1: really great to be like, what's going on with this?

462
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Speaker 1: And you can see who they really like and hit on,

463
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Speaker 1: and I can sit here and I can like, you know,

464
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Speaker 1: make my plead my case for Northwestern running backs because

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Speaker 1: I gotta give my you know, I know, we gotta

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Speaker 1: give our nerdy alma mater like some love here. So

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Speaker 1: that's well in school. Seeing number twenty two out here,

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Speaker 1: he looks he looks good, and he was thrust into

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Speaker 1: action last year. And I think his kind of his

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Speaker 1: welcome to the NFL moment was that second half in Pittsburgh.

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Speaker 1: Right to have that I think it was sixty three yards, Yeah,

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Speaker 1: have a touchdown, really cared low when Melvine was out

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Speaker 1: for that game and beat the Steelers on the road

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Speaker 1: on Sunday night, just the Steelers, just Sunday night football.

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Speaker 1: Do you think like combined that many people had seen

476
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Speaker 1: him playing live because our stadiums pretty small but four

477
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Speaker 1: years a thousand yards every year Northwest was all time

478
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Speaker 1: leading Rusher to come to come in and have an

479
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Speaker 1: impact the way that he did, and just his work

480
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Speaker 1: ethic and just his want to to get better. You're

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Speaker 1: you're starting to see that early in training camp here.

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Speaker 1: You know, look, we don't know what's gonna happen with

483
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Speaker 1: melvine Gourd. Maybe you do. I don't. I don't know

484
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Speaker 1: what's going to happen with him yet. But when you

485
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Speaker 1: look at things that are forecasting for success, like something

486
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Speaker 1: that's really important to the way this team runs has

487
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Speaker 1: been rushing between the tackles and the ability to take

488
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Speaker 1: earned yards by rushing between the tackles, and we saw

489
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Speaker 1: him be able to do that really well last season.

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Speaker 1: That Steelers game is what comes to mind initially. So

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Speaker 1: that's promising at least it's some upside here. And if

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Speaker 1: and if you get Melvin Gordon back, great more spoils

493
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Speaker 1: right like every that's that's even better. So and in

494
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Speaker 1: the weapons on the outside they change a little bit

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Speaker 1: with Tyrolle Williams going to Oakland, you're bringing Hunter Henry

496
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Speaker 1: though one hundred percent to go with that combination of

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Speaker 1: Keen and Allen and Mike Williams, who had eleven total touchdowns.

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Speaker 1: Tom Telesco said on Wednesday, he's almost looking at this

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Speaker 1: as a sophomore season for Mike Williams, even though it's

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Speaker 1: your three, because he didn't get really any reps in

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Speaker 1: year one. Well, you know, you get you do benefit

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Speaker 1: quite a bit when you Keenan Allen's route running is

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Speaker 1: like I do a lot of computer vision. Why I

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Speaker 1: do a lot of computer vision, and his is almost

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Speaker 1: like if you were to do the prototype of like,

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Speaker 1: which is if you want to see all the routes

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Speaker 1: in the route tree, just watch Keenan Allen and his

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Speaker 1: computer vision. Got it? Got it right? Like You're like,

509
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Speaker 1: that's oh, that's what that's supposed to look like. Got it?

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Speaker 1: So you're like, what's the curl? Okay? You know, if

511
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Speaker 1: you ever want to learn your routes, if you want

512
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Speaker 1: to go to scouting school, just watch this man run routes.

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Speaker 1: So it's it's impressive. So it does that will also

514
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Speaker 1: help Mike glimps right, because then you you have Kenyan

515
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Speaker 1: Allen's just so good drawing defenses away, and then Michae

516
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Speaker 1: Williams be like, hey, yeah, I'm here already, and we

517
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Speaker 1: shouldn't forget about Travis Benjamin either, because he was hurt

518
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Speaker 1: for most of last year and Coashland said this offseason,

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Speaker 1: you know, luckily we didn't need Travis last year because

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Speaker 1: we had Tyroll, but his ability to stretch the field

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Speaker 1: and open up, you know, the middle of the field

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Speaker 1: for a guy like Hunter Henry or Mike Williams or

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Speaker 1: Keenan Allen that speaks volumes as well. I know, it's

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Speaker 1: very excited, like this is my favorite time every year

525
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Speaker 1: because well everyone's like but it's like, here's my best

526
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Speaker 1: and we're gonna go up against your best and it's

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Speaker 1: your like. It's it's never like, hey, we have seventeen

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Speaker 1: people on IR and this is a problem. You know,

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Speaker 1: It's like this is my this is the best I

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Speaker 1: can like, this is my best. We got it. But

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Speaker 1: the thing about training camp too, every day is going

532
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Speaker 1: to be different because things will happen yeah and oh yeah,

533
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Speaker 1: and there's gonna be a lot to talk about. Defensively,

534
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Speaker 1: we go back to that New England game when you

535
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Speaker 1: when you play with seven dbs because you decimate that

536
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Speaker 1: linebacker position. But it was it was awesome in Baltimore

537
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Speaker 1: and again I think you ran into the Super Bowl

538
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Speaker 1: champs in New England. You know, at some point when

539
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Speaker 1: you do have a lot of injuries like that and

540
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Speaker 1: you're you're creating, like there's only so much seven dB

541
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Speaker 1: stuff that you can throw at Josh McDaniels and Tom

542
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Speaker 1: Brady and before they're going to try to figure out

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Speaker 1: some seams in it, right, like so they had seen

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Speaker 1: it on film the week before, so it was it was.

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Speaker 1: I loved it. I think it's really interesting. It's like

546
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Speaker 1: small bottoms, like Golden State Warriors style, Like you know,

547
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Speaker 1: we're gonna just like out run and go really fast

548
00:24:30,640 --> 00:24:33,840
Speaker 1: paced wise, which is really interesting. But you know, look

549
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Speaker 1: it was hard. You know what, Brady, it was done

550
00:24:36,440 --> 00:24:38,960
Speaker 1: by necessity too though, because because you're white, got hurt,

551
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Speaker 1: him got hurt. Jatavis Brown was out, so none of

552
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Speaker 1: those guys were available. Now they're all healthy, Denzel comes back,

553
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Speaker 1: Jetavis's back, Drew Rank while you drafted in the fourth round,

554
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Speaker 1: and Thomas Davis you're bringing his fifteenth NFL season. I

555
00:24:51,800 --> 00:24:54,320
Speaker 1: was joking with Adrian Phillips yesterday, I said, what's it

556
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Speaker 1: been like working with with t D Because tegos TV

557
00:24:56,880 --> 00:24:58,800
Speaker 1: looks like he's about twenty four right now, I mean,

558
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Speaker 1: so does your coach, Like, I think he can take

559
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Speaker 1: a couple of snaps if you really, like Coach Lynn,

560
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Speaker 1: I wouldn't put it past coach Linda, give us some

561
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Speaker 1: some tough yardage on on a third and two. No,

562
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Speaker 1: for real, Like I'm actually like, if not kidding either,

563
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Speaker 1: like I think like, I'm like, wow, he is in

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Speaker 1: the of all the coach Now, there are a couple

565
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Speaker 1: coaches that are in really good shape. He is like

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Speaker 1: number one on that list though, Coach King training camp ready?

567
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Speaker 1: He what is he even doing all off things? I'm like,

568
00:25:24,119 --> 00:25:27,120
Speaker 1: never skip, no days off his workout, no days off ever.

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Speaker 1: And you know what his his platform. He's just he's

570
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Speaker 1: been using this platform for good too, to open a

571
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Speaker 1: school in Tangent. I know, well, I mean obviously, but

572
00:25:34,359 --> 00:25:40,680
Speaker 1: that also side effect great great conditioning conditions. That's amazing.

573
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Speaker 1: I want to I know you got, but this defense,

574
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Speaker 1: I almost feel like this defense can win this team

575
00:25:48,280 --> 00:25:50,960
Speaker 1: some games this year. When you can list off for

576
00:25:51,160 --> 00:25:55,720
Speaker 1: all pros in Adrian Phillip Stirwin, James Desmond, Kings Kings

577
00:25:55,760 --> 00:25:58,840
Speaker 1: like sneaky ones, you can get to football and as

578
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Speaker 1: your adelaide. Yeah, to bring him in a second round.

579
00:26:01,320 --> 00:26:03,040
Speaker 1: He's really lucky to be able to grow up in

580
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Speaker 1: this environment, you know what I mean, like the development

581
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Speaker 1: and being Casey is one of the most cerebral players

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Speaker 1: that I've tracked, right, Like I would love to be

583
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Speaker 1: in his head and hear like the if then calculations

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Speaker 1: of like what he's doing, right, like the decision tree

585
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Speaker 1: for him because it's probably like that's like textbook. I'm sure,

586
00:26:19,359 --> 00:26:21,800
Speaker 1: I mean, you just it just it must be. So

587
00:26:22,119 --> 00:26:24,360
Speaker 1: it's really interesting. So Nacira Adderleie is in a great

588
00:26:24,400 --> 00:26:27,480
Speaker 1: situation to like really succeed in like out performing. You know,

589
00:26:27,560 --> 00:26:29,440
Speaker 1: second round is still a great high draft pick, but

590
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Speaker 1: you know he probably wants to be a first round

591
00:26:32,400 --> 00:26:33,680
Speaker 1: or like just just like everyone if you were a

592
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Speaker 1: first round you want to be the first pick, like

593
00:26:35,280 --> 00:26:37,439
Speaker 1: everybody wants something more. Right now, it's time for all

594
00:26:37,480 --> 00:26:39,440
Speaker 1: pro He's like, well all these guys are what what's

595
00:26:39,560 --> 00:26:42,359
Speaker 1: upping me? Right? Yeah? Yeawn Jenkins too, he right. He

596
00:26:42,440 --> 00:26:45,879
Speaker 1: talked about that because he started uh week sixteen or

597
00:26:45,920 --> 00:26:49,040
Speaker 1: Week seventeen against the Denver Broncos. He started in the playoffs,

598
00:26:49,480 --> 00:26:52,280
Speaker 1: and he has played really well at the free safety position.

599
00:26:52,359 --> 00:26:54,399
Speaker 1: So it's not like NASA has to come in earned

600
00:26:54,400 --> 00:26:56,280
Speaker 1: the spot right away, because you guys, you have guys

601
00:26:56,359 --> 00:26:59,320
Speaker 1: like Jalen Watkins and Ray Shawn they're kind of competing

602
00:26:59,359 --> 00:27:01,400
Speaker 1: for that role as well. And then rush and cover

603
00:27:01,960 --> 00:27:04,399
Speaker 1: they come together when you have a healthy Joey Bosa in,

604
00:27:04,520 --> 00:27:08,280
Speaker 1: Melvin Ingram and Jerry Tillery coming in. Isaac Raschell, I'm excited.

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00:27:08,320 --> 00:27:11,160
Speaker 1: I'm interested. I'm excited interested to see Jerry Hillory fitting

606
00:27:11,160 --> 00:27:13,320
Speaker 1: in with this because it's like you, like, I love

607
00:27:13,400 --> 00:27:15,680
Speaker 1: that configuration of like two guys on the outside that

608
00:27:15,720 --> 00:27:17,760
Speaker 1: are just going to kill the quarterback and then like

609
00:27:17,840 --> 00:27:20,520
Speaker 1: the back end being so supported. It's a really interesting,

610
00:27:20,640 --> 00:27:23,240
Speaker 1: like it's a really smart configuration. And then you add

611
00:27:23,320 --> 00:27:25,639
Speaker 1: Jerry Tillery, like that's a that's a really that's a

612
00:27:25,760 --> 00:27:28,680
Speaker 1: very compelling case to be a very scared opposing quarterback.

613
00:27:29,119 --> 00:27:32,760
Speaker 1: Absolutely absolutely, As we get you out of here, just

614
00:27:33,160 --> 00:27:37,040
Speaker 1: overall NFL storylines, what are you excited to see Because

615
00:27:37,080 --> 00:27:38,960
Speaker 1: we just talked about your camp schedule, You're gonna see

616
00:27:38,960 --> 00:27:40,720
Speaker 1: a lot of teams here over the next couple of weeks. Yeah,

617
00:27:40,800 --> 00:27:42,920
Speaker 1: So I think it's interesting, Like football is always like

618
00:27:42,960 --> 00:27:45,600
Speaker 1: an EBB and flow. Right, So you have like last season,

619
00:27:45,640 --> 00:27:48,159
Speaker 1: we saw the most passes on first down ever, so

620
00:27:48,440 --> 00:27:51,520
Speaker 1: fifty point one percent more than more than fifty percent

621
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Speaker 1: of the play call on first down was a pass

622
00:27:53,160 --> 00:27:55,200
Speaker 1: for the first time in NFL history. Well, now you've

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Speaker 1: got teams that are like going kind of different strategically

624
00:27:58,320 --> 00:28:01,359
Speaker 1: direction wise, right, Like you have like we're expecting an

625
00:28:01,400 --> 00:28:04,240
Speaker 1: air raid from the Cardinals type of offense, so lots

626
00:28:04,280 --> 00:28:06,879
Speaker 1: of passing very fast, like trying to overcome maybe an

627
00:28:06,960 --> 00:28:10,639
Speaker 1: old line that's not as helpful for Kyler Murray. Right.

628
00:28:10,680 --> 00:28:11,920
Speaker 1: And then then the other end you have like Bill

629
00:28:12,000 --> 00:28:15,160
Speaker 1: Lamar Jackson's who are like more focused on it's gonna

630
00:28:15,160 --> 00:28:19,879
Speaker 1: be slow eighties style, you know, like bringing in like

631
00:28:20,000 --> 00:28:21,760
Speaker 1: the Greg Roman like we saw for the from the

632
00:28:21,800 --> 00:28:23,320
Speaker 1: forty nine, like it's going to see it. So we've

633
00:28:23,320 --> 00:28:25,679
Speaker 1: got this like bifurcation, like as opposed to everyone kind

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Speaker 1: of defaulting to this median. You're gonna have like these

635
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Speaker 1: bifurcation of like some are gonna be slow, it's gonna

636
00:28:30,080 --> 00:28:32,800
Speaker 1: be fast. It's really interesting. So it's gonna be it's

637
00:28:32,840 --> 00:28:35,080
Speaker 1: gonna be To me, that just means your defense has

638
00:28:35,119 --> 00:28:37,800
Speaker 1: to be like more important, maybe even than than you

639
00:28:37,840 --> 00:28:40,480
Speaker 1: would originally think, right, because you know you saw last season,

640
00:28:40,560 --> 00:28:43,320
Speaker 1: like you didn't like the Rams had a great front,

641
00:28:43,360 --> 00:28:45,440
Speaker 1: but like you know, they thought people scoring them a lot,

642
00:28:45,520 --> 00:28:48,320
Speaker 1: and so did you saw the same thing with the Chiefs.

643
00:28:48,400 --> 00:28:51,200
Speaker 1: But then you know, ultimately it's it kind of the

644
00:28:51,320 --> 00:28:54,280
Speaker 1: defense has had to it got you there, right, Either

645
00:28:54,360 --> 00:28:56,480
Speaker 1: they didn't end up going making it to the whole

646
00:28:56,560 --> 00:28:58,280
Speaker 1: way because they were good in the first half of

647
00:28:58,320 --> 00:29:01,480
Speaker 1: that championship game, right, got flipped a little bit. Yeah, So,

648
00:29:01,840 --> 00:29:03,560
Speaker 1: but my point is is, I think it's gonna be

649
00:29:03,560 --> 00:29:05,440
Speaker 1: interesting to see how you know this ebb and flow.

650
00:29:05,520 --> 00:29:08,480
Speaker 1: Now you just have total strategic different lenses to go in.

651
00:29:08,560 --> 00:29:10,680
Speaker 1: And we have a number of first time play callers

652
00:29:10,760 --> 00:29:13,760
Speaker 1: this year, even like sneaky ones like Tennessee first time

653
00:29:13,800 --> 00:29:16,760
Speaker 1: play caller there, Arthur Smith, You've got you know up

654
00:29:16,840 --> 00:29:19,400
Speaker 1: in Green Bay. I don't think it's first time play calling,

655
00:29:19,440 --> 00:29:21,120
Speaker 1: but first time as a head coach, and like that's

656
00:29:21,120 --> 00:29:23,200
Speaker 1: always a little wonky with Aaron Rodgers because like who's

657
00:29:23,200 --> 00:29:25,200
Speaker 1: calling the plays right, right, So there's a lot of

658
00:29:25,200 --> 00:29:28,880
Speaker 1: like interesting storylines with that. Denver first time Scanguarrello is

659
00:29:28,880 --> 00:29:32,320
Speaker 1: an offensive first time play like these are this, We're

660
00:29:32,320 --> 00:29:34,560
Speaker 1: gonna see what happens. Let's go, Cliff Kingsbury, Let's go,

661
00:29:35,120 --> 00:29:37,000
Speaker 1: let's go down up, Let's see what we got. Twenty

662
00:29:37,080 --> 00:29:39,239
Speaker 1: nineteen is gonna be wild. We can't wait to get

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Speaker 1: this thing rolling. Cynthia Freeland, NFL Network always appreciate your time.

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Speaker 1: I'm sure we're going to see you around. This absolutely

665
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Speaker 1: be the first time you'll be at Jackhamis sports Cot Place.

666
00:29:46,440 --> 00:29:48,320
Speaker 1: I mean, no, I'm coming back. I love it here

667
00:29:49,600 --> 00:29:52,760
Speaker 1: as we roll on here on Chargers Weekly, Alex Marvez

668
00:29:53,040 --> 00:29:56,160
Speaker 1: serious XM NFL Radio joins me. Alex, what's up, buddy?

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Speaker 1: How you doing? I'm doing great? Love coming at her too,

670
00:29:58,440 --> 00:30:01,760
Speaker 1: beautiful Coasta Mesa. The only bad part is leaving. I know,

671
00:30:01,960 --> 00:30:04,320
Speaker 1: I know it is beautiful. It's hot. Is it hot

672
00:30:04,400 --> 00:30:06,400
Speaker 1: for you? I live in Gainesville, Florida. Okay, I live

673
00:30:06,440 --> 00:30:08,520
Speaker 1: in a place called the Swamp. One of our our

674
00:30:08,880 --> 00:30:11,959
Speaker 1: VP of marketing was with the Dolphins and I was like, man,

675
00:30:12,040 --> 00:30:14,440
Speaker 1: it's it's human. He's like, dude, don't even don't even come.

676
00:30:14,880 --> 00:30:17,640
Speaker 1: I grew up in South Florida. This is wonderful here,

677
00:30:18,000 --> 00:30:21,120
Speaker 1: no question y'all live in Paradise. Yes, so AFC West made.

678
00:30:21,120 --> 00:30:23,800
Speaker 1: You were with the Broncos earlier. This is with the Broncos. Yeah,

679
00:30:24,600 --> 00:30:28,160
Speaker 1: you know, that offense to work in progress. Let's just

680
00:30:28,200 --> 00:30:29,920
Speaker 1: say that if there was a team that needed an

681
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Speaker 1: extra week of training camp based upon them playing a

682
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Speaker 1: fifth preseason game, well, Denver Broncos would fit that bill.

683
00:30:35,480 --> 00:30:38,160
Speaker 1: And they're just trying to sort of, you know, get

684
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Speaker 1: everything in sync. It's hard when you have a really

685
00:30:40,120 --> 00:30:42,880
Speaker 1: good defense that you're going against. The defense is ahead

686
00:30:42,880 --> 00:30:44,760
Speaker 1: of the offense tradition. It could be a help in

687
00:30:44,880 --> 00:30:47,480
Speaker 1: the long run, right exactly, and they're learning, Look, you

688
00:30:47,520 --> 00:30:50,040
Speaker 1: know can who can play. Joe Flacco looks fine when

689
00:30:50,040 --> 00:30:52,560
Speaker 1: he has time and sometimes he doesn't have time. And

690
00:30:52,680 --> 00:30:54,520
Speaker 1: the wide receiver position has been hit with some injuries.

691
00:30:54,600 --> 00:30:57,120
Speaker 1: Still don't have Emmanuel Sanders back in eleven on eleven.

692
00:30:57,160 --> 00:30:58,880
Speaker 1: He was doing seven on seven when we were there,

693
00:30:58,960 --> 00:31:02,320
Speaker 1: but none of the other wide receivers have really stepped up. Now.

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Speaker 1: One thing that's hard to get a real grip on

695
00:31:04,680 --> 00:31:06,400
Speaker 1: with the Broncos right now. As the running game they're

696
00:31:06,400 --> 00:31:09,280
Speaker 1: gonna there, should be able to pound the ball pretty effectively.

697
00:31:09,280 --> 00:31:11,320
Speaker 1: And Philip Lindsay has looked sharp. You know, they have

698
00:31:11,480 --> 00:31:13,520
Speaker 1: Royce Freeman, they have Devontae Bookcase. They have some depth

699
00:31:13,640 --> 00:31:15,720
Speaker 1: kind of a three headed attack there, right, you know,

700
00:31:15,880 --> 00:31:18,160
Speaker 1: And we know Garrett Bowls is a real good run blocker,

701
00:31:18,200 --> 00:31:19,840
Speaker 1: and you got Mike Munchak in and there's been a

702
00:31:19,960 --> 00:31:22,880
Speaker 1: changing of the guard at some positions, I mean literally

703
00:31:22,960 --> 00:31:25,280
Speaker 1: the guards, but also you know, but also you know,

704
00:31:25,280 --> 00:31:27,400
Speaker 1: a right tackle would you want James? So I think

705
00:31:27,400 --> 00:31:29,000
Speaker 1: they'll be able to do that. But it's just sort

706
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Speaker 1: of going to be a gritty Broncos team in and

707
00:31:31,240 --> 00:31:32,840
Speaker 1: you know what, I think John Elway is fine with that.

708
00:31:33,000 --> 00:31:35,600
Speaker 1: I really think that. And it's funny for an offensive coach,

709
00:31:36,200 --> 00:31:38,760
Speaker 1: you know, or not an offensive coach, but a quarterback

710
00:31:39,160 --> 00:31:41,520
Speaker 1: who's becoming an executive to think that way. But I

711
00:31:41,600 --> 00:31:43,760
Speaker 1: think he's trying to build the Broncos in the same

712
00:31:43,840 --> 00:31:45,600
Speaker 1: fashion as he did the team that won the Super Bowl,

713
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Speaker 1: which is lead with the defense, have a solid running

714
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Speaker 1: game and a quarterback who's a veteran guy who just

715
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Speaker 1: isn't going to make big mistakes. Yeah, and you get

716
00:31:51,640 --> 00:31:53,800
Speaker 1: the personality of your head coach. You want to try

717
00:31:53,840 --> 00:31:56,520
Speaker 1: to kind of follow that with Vic Fangio, and that's

718
00:31:56,560 --> 00:31:58,960
Speaker 1: probably what they're doing there, because you see what Vick's

719
00:31:59,000 --> 00:32:01,240
Speaker 1: done it as a defensive coordinator and see if he

720
00:32:01,240 --> 00:32:02,840
Speaker 1: can kind of mirror that as a head coach. Yeah,

721
00:32:02,840 --> 00:32:05,000
Speaker 1: and bring in a West Coast offensive coordinator and Rich

722
00:32:05,080 --> 00:32:07,400
Speaker 1: Ganderello new to the job, but someone who runs a

723
00:32:07,440 --> 00:32:09,360
Speaker 1: type of system that helped bring John Elway two Super

724
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Speaker 1: Bowl titles. So they've got some pieces in place for success.

725
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Speaker 1: I just don't think it's going to be overnight with

726
00:32:14,120 --> 00:32:17,080
Speaker 1: Vic fanju although do not sleep on this defense. I mean,

727
00:32:17,200 --> 00:32:20,840
Speaker 1: this is going to be with Chub and Miller and

728
00:32:20,960 --> 00:32:24,080
Speaker 1: Derek Wolf is rejuvenated in this system. You know, DeMarcus

729
00:32:24,120 --> 00:32:27,040
Speaker 1: Walker looked really sharp playing for them, and some additions

730
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Speaker 1: to the secondary of Kareem Jackson for example, Plus the

731
00:32:29,920 --> 00:32:32,080
Speaker 1: guys like each other this year. The past two years

732
00:32:32,080 --> 00:32:34,280
Speaker 1: weren't so good. There a lot of chaos, you know,

733
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Speaker 1: really found the coaching staff and just a trickle down

734
00:32:37,040 --> 00:32:39,320
Speaker 1: into the locker room and guys. You know, Derek Wolf

735
00:32:39,360 --> 00:32:41,440
Speaker 1: said it, you know, they're more of a team this year.

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Speaker 1: And then when I asked John Elway about it, he

737
00:32:42,880 --> 00:32:44,600
Speaker 1: told me, hey, you know, the veterans have to be

738
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Speaker 1: responsible for this as well. It's their team. They got

739
00:32:46,920 --> 00:32:49,360
Speaker 1: to take ownership of it. They have in Denver. Well,

740
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Speaker 1: it's great to have you here coming from Denver because

741
00:32:52,680 --> 00:32:55,600
Speaker 1: it gives our fans insight into an AFC West opponent.

742
00:32:55,800 --> 00:32:57,880
Speaker 1: And it's almost the polar opposite here when you talk

743
00:32:57,920 --> 00:33:01,040
Speaker 1: about the continuity have it a guy like Philip Rivers

744
00:33:01,160 --> 00:33:04,120
Speaker 1: entering his sixteenth season, there's I don't have to make

745
00:33:04,160 --> 00:33:06,640
Speaker 1: an introduction to like, hey, this is this is my

746
00:33:06,760 --> 00:33:08,880
Speaker 1: first day. Phil has been doing it for a long time.

747
00:33:08,960 --> 00:33:10,840
Speaker 1: This coaching staff has been doing it for a long time.

748
00:33:11,200 --> 00:33:13,920
Speaker 1: And the roster really from top to bottom for the

749
00:33:13,960 --> 00:33:15,800
Speaker 1: most part, they know each other, right, I mean, and

750
00:33:15,880 --> 00:33:18,040
Speaker 1: that's the great part, for example, about a draft class

751
00:33:18,080 --> 00:33:20,440
Speaker 1: when you can you know, obviously you don't want to

752
00:33:20,480 --> 00:33:22,719
Speaker 1: be drafting a ton of injured players, but Jerry Tillery,

753
00:33:22,760 --> 00:33:24,719
Speaker 1: for example, you'd love for him to contribute. But they

754
00:33:24,720 --> 00:33:26,680
Speaker 1: feel good about the defensive line depth. A lot of

755
00:33:26,720 --> 00:33:28,200
Speaker 1: these rookies are going to have a year to be

756
00:33:28,240 --> 00:33:30,640
Speaker 1: able to develop, and that's a credit to Tom Telesco,

757
00:33:30,720 --> 00:33:33,680
Speaker 1: John Spanos, the personnel department working hand in hand with

758
00:33:33,760 --> 00:33:36,200
Speaker 1: the coaches, and talking to Tom about this, he says

759
00:33:36,240 --> 00:33:38,560
Speaker 1: that he spent a lot of time with Gus Bradley

760
00:33:39,160 --> 00:33:41,440
Speaker 1: on the pieces that he needs for this defense. What

761
00:33:41,600 --> 00:33:43,840
Speaker 1: is it that he's looking for, And he's identified those

762
00:33:43,880 --> 00:33:46,160
Speaker 1: guys and for Tom this offseason with the linebacking corps,

763
00:33:46,400 --> 00:33:49,080
Speaker 1: bringing back to Denzel Perriman, Thomas Davis comes over after

764
00:33:49,240 --> 00:33:52,840
Speaker 1: fourteen glorious years with the Carolina Panthers. You know, Davis

765
00:33:52,880 --> 00:33:55,720
Speaker 1: Brown is back. I mean, there's more bodies there, Drew

766
00:33:55,760 --> 00:33:58,240
Speaker 1: Frank jorg Tree, how he does you're white? Yeah, exactly.

767
00:33:58,400 --> 00:34:01,800
Speaker 1: So there's there's talent there. It's a team, interestingly enough,

768
00:34:01,840 --> 00:34:05,120
Speaker 1: because the secondary is so good and so deep, you

769
00:34:05,200 --> 00:34:08,200
Speaker 1: don't always have to play, you know, bass person. Now.

770
00:34:08,280 --> 00:34:10,400
Speaker 1: I mean we'll see how teams want to attack the Chargers,

771
00:34:10,719 --> 00:34:13,120
Speaker 1: but you know, if you're in nickel and dime most

772
00:34:13,160 --> 00:34:16,000
Speaker 1: of the time, this place to the Charger strength. Quite honestly,

773
00:34:16,040 --> 00:34:18,440
Speaker 1: they just need some guys, you know, with some gravitas

774
00:34:18,480 --> 00:34:20,200
Speaker 1: and being able to stop the run and you know,

775
00:34:20,280 --> 00:34:22,360
Speaker 1: and that's where a Pareman comes in his forte and

776
00:34:22,400 --> 00:34:24,239
Speaker 1: I know he's lost some weight. Hopefully he's not too

777
00:34:24,280 --> 00:34:26,279
Speaker 1: injured again. I know his hammy get a little tight

778
00:34:26,320 --> 00:34:28,680
Speaker 1: in the conditioning drill on Thursday, but in Thomas Davis

779
00:34:28,760 --> 00:34:30,800
Speaker 1: as well. I don't think you need Thomas Davis to

780
00:34:30,840 --> 00:34:33,040
Speaker 1: be an every down player for your team, And at

781
00:34:33,080 --> 00:34:35,400
Speaker 1: thirty six years old, I'm not sure it behooves you

782
00:34:35,480 --> 00:34:37,680
Speaker 1: to do you pick your spots with him because you

783
00:34:37,760 --> 00:34:40,120
Speaker 1: have a guy like Kaisier White too, who he was

784
00:34:40,160 --> 00:34:42,399
Speaker 1: getting first team reps last year. He started the first

785
00:34:42,440 --> 00:34:44,640
Speaker 1: three games of twenty eighteen. I think people forget when

786
00:34:44,640 --> 00:34:47,120
Speaker 1: you go twelve and four, You forget the first three

787
00:34:47,239 --> 00:34:50,040
Speaker 1: four weeks of the season and just how impactful he was.

788
00:34:50,400 --> 00:34:51,920
Speaker 1: And to bring in a guy like Drew trenk why.

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00:34:52,000 --> 00:34:54,080
Speaker 1: I talked to Gus Bradley about him and he's really

790
00:34:54,160 --> 00:34:57,040
Speaker 1: kind of popped during this offseason. We'll see what he

791
00:34:57,120 --> 00:34:59,240
Speaker 1: can do. He's got to have to contribute on special

792
00:34:59,280 --> 00:35:03,240
Speaker 1: teams obviously, but the rush and the cover they work together.

793
00:35:03,440 --> 00:35:06,279
Speaker 1: And to have number ninety seven now Joey Bosa's there,

794
00:35:06,320 --> 00:35:08,640
Speaker 1: for see, that's gonna be the key Alex Right to

795
00:35:08,760 --> 00:35:11,640
Speaker 1: have the pass rush with with Ingram and Bosa and

796
00:35:11,760 --> 00:35:14,760
Speaker 1: Rochelle and Nuo Sue. And then you talk about Jerry Tillery.

797
00:35:15,080 --> 00:35:17,040
Speaker 1: Justin Jones, a guy who's gonna make that next step

798
00:35:17,080 --> 00:35:19,440
Speaker 1: from year one to year two. They're high on him

799
00:35:19,440 --> 00:35:23,439
Speaker 1: as well, and bringing back Brandon mebame for that veteran leadership. Yeah,

800
00:35:23,560 --> 00:35:25,600
Speaker 1: Damien squares back as well. And I know I believe

801
00:35:25,680 --> 00:35:27,640
Speaker 1: Damien was spending a little bit of time with Jerry

802
00:35:27,640 --> 00:35:30,080
Speaker 1: Tillery after the practice on Thursday. Was I saw that

803
00:35:30,120 --> 00:35:32,600
Speaker 1: at the beginning of practice. And you know, we talked

804
00:35:32,600 --> 00:35:35,080
Speaker 1: about that defensive line room during the offseason and just

805
00:35:35,200 --> 00:35:37,399
Speaker 1: how you know, they want to make each other better.

806
00:35:37,520 --> 00:35:40,480
Speaker 1: And it's cool to see a VET take a rookie

807
00:35:40,560 --> 00:35:43,360
Speaker 1: first pro practice under his wing on on just individual

808
00:35:43,440 --> 00:35:47,040
Speaker 1: technique and things like that, getting him ingratiated into the

809
00:35:47,160 --> 00:35:48,920
Speaker 1: defensive line room because it's one thing to have the

810
00:35:48,960 --> 00:35:50,840
Speaker 1: mental reps, it's another thing to implement it on the

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Speaker 1: football field. Yeah. And you know the thing too is,

812
00:35:52,800 --> 00:35:55,080
Speaker 1: I mean the Chargers had more Pro Bowl selections than

813
00:35:55,160 --> 00:35:57,800
Speaker 1: any team in the NFL. Guys us, It's remarkable. And

814
00:35:57,880 --> 00:36:00,640
Speaker 1: you know and that that didn't count Joey Bosa when

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00:36:00,640 --> 00:36:02,160
Speaker 1: you think about it, right, because he was hurt or

816
00:36:02,239 --> 00:36:04,800
Speaker 1: Casey Award, right, and I mean, my gosh, and Casey,

817
00:36:04,840 --> 00:36:07,320
Speaker 1: I mean, he's fantastic. I know the numbers, it was interesting.

818
00:36:07,320 --> 00:36:09,040
Speaker 1: I looked team still threw at him. I don't think

819
00:36:09,040 --> 00:36:11,279
Speaker 1: they've had very much success still, but you know, he's

820
00:36:11,360 --> 00:36:14,120
Speaker 1: traditionally a guy double digit passes defense. You look at

821
00:36:14,160 --> 00:36:17,439
Speaker 1: also his you know, the interceptions that any normally brings

822
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Speaker 1: to the table. I think he gets back to doing

823
00:36:19,040 --> 00:36:20,719
Speaker 1: that a little bit more this year. I love seeing

824
00:36:20,760 --> 00:36:22,719
Speaker 1: Desmond King haven't expanded role now, He's going to be

825
00:36:22,800 --> 00:36:24,640
Speaker 1: more than a slot, going to play a little safety,

826
00:36:24,680 --> 00:36:27,400
Speaker 1: play a little on the outside, expand his repertoire. It

827
00:36:27,520 --> 00:36:30,640
Speaker 1: gives you options in the secondary, especially if there's an injury,

828
00:36:30,840 --> 00:36:32,879
Speaker 1: being able to move people over and not skip a beat.

829
00:36:32,880 --> 00:36:35,200
Speaker 1: And I think that's what's just so encouraging about this

830
00:36:35,320 --> 00:36:38,040
Speaker 1: Chargers team. And gosh, Darwin James just I mean, he

831
00:36:38,680 --> 00:36:40,719
Speaker 1: is a rookie. How he is? How good can he be?

832
00:36:40,920 --> 00:36:43,120
Speaker 1: I mean, you don't know yet. I guess could we

833
00:36:43,120 --> 00:36:45,080
Speaker 1: say the name Rodney Harrison type good? I mean, when

834
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Speaker 1: we talk to the great safeties and Chargers history, Rodney's

835
00:36:47,840 --> 00:36:49,600
Speaker 1: probably right at the top of that list. If if

836
00:36:49,840 --> 00:36:52,799
Speaker 1: you know, if if he's not number one overall, he's

837
00:36:52,840 --> 00:36:55,200
Speaker 1: just special and he's a weapon. You can use him

838
00:36:55,200 --> 00:36:56,919
Speaker 1: in so many different ways. You know, you can blitz

839
00:36:57,000 --> 00:36:59,200
Speaker 1: with him, you can cover with him. You know, he

840
00:36:59,320 --> 00:37:01,320
Speaker 1: tackles and I mean supports in the run game, and

841
00:37:01,400 --> 00:37:03,840
Speaker 1: he does everything he covers ground. I mean he is

842
00:37:03,960 --> 00:37:06,960
Speaker 1: essentially the quintessential safety. And you know, kudos to the

843
00:37:07,040 --> 00:37:09,120
Speaker 1: Chargers because there were some questions about the fact that

844
00:37:09,200 --> 00:37:11,560
Speaker 1: since he was a redshirt sophomore who turned you know,

845
00:37:11,640 --> 00:37:13,800
Speaker 1: pro so early and didn't play a heck of a

846
00:37:13,840 --> 00:37:16,160
Speaker 1: lot of FSU I think some teams for squeamish like

847
00:37:16,360 --> 00:37:18,399
Speaker 1: is he you know, what are we really getting in him?

848
00:37:18,520 --> 00:37:21,279
Speaker 1: We'll give Talesco and company credit because they've gotten an

849
00:37:21,280 --> 00:37:23,480
Speaker 1: absolute beast in the middle of the first round. Yeah,

850
00:37:23,800 --> 00:37:25,840
Speaker 1: and I don't think he has a position Alex right,

851
00:37:26,320 --> 00:37:28,719
Speaker 1: he may be the third best pass rusher on the

852
00:37:28,800 --> 00:37:32,680
Speaker 1: defense outside of Bosa and Ingram. And the secondary's ability

853
00:37:32,680 --> 00:37:34,640
Speaker 1: to get the football. You alluded to it. You're bringing

854
00:37:34,680 --> 00:37:37,040
Speaker 1: a guy like Nazier Adalie who showcased that at the

855
00:37:37,160 --> 00:37:40,080
Speaker 1: University of Delaware. But but Desmond's ability to get his

856
00:37:40,200 --> 00:37:42,439
Speaker 1: hands on the football, whether it's in the return game

857
00:37:42,680 --> 00:37:45,480
Speaker 1: or taken back a pick six in Seattle last year.

858
00:37:45,800 --> 00:37:49,640
Speaker 1: Casey did that for a couple of years consecutive. He

859
00:37:49,760 --> 00:37:52,080
Speaker 1: didn't really have the interception numbers last year. But if

860
00:37:52,080 --> 00:37:54,320
Speaker 1: you get those up, I mean, there's a bunch of

861
00:37:54,400 --> 00:37:56,640
Speaker 1: guys that can get the football take it the other way, right,

862
00:37:56,920 --> 00:37:59,600
Speaker 1: That's the thing big a big play defense. And listen,

863
00:37:59,640 --> 00:38:03,440
Speaker 1: it's not like this Chargers offense needs the defense to

864
00:38:03,520 --> 00:38:06,680
Speaker 1: pitch a shutout or have single digits you know in

865
00:38:06,760 --> 00:38:08,880
Speaker 1: the scoring column to win games. They are going to

866
00:38:08,960 --> 00:38:11,120
Speaker 1: put up points. They're going to put up points. Whether

867
00:38:11,160 --> 00:38:13,880
Speaker 1: Melvin Gordon is here or whether Melvin Gordon takes an

868
00:38:13,920 --> 00:38:17,480
Speaker 1: extended vacation while he works at his contract situation. Hopefully

869
00:38:17,520 --> 00:38:19,440
Speaker 1: he'll be here sooner than later. He makes his Chargers

870
00:38:19,440 --> 00:38:21,759
Speaker 1: team that much better. But that's the wonderful part about

871
00:38:21,800 --> 00:38:23,600
Speaker 1: this team that they're not going to have to rely,

872
00:38:24,080 --> 00:38:26,680
Speaker 1: you know, heavily on this defense, like the Broncos team

873
00:38:26,680 --> 00:38:28,959
Speaker 1: will quite honestly to win the majority of their games.

874
00:38:29,280 --> 00:38:32,040
Speaker 1: And I also think though this defense could win them games.

875
00:38:32,400 --> 00:38:34,400
Speaker 1: Let's say if there's a Sunday and it's going to

876
00:38:34,440 --> 00:38:37,320
Speaker 1: happen inevitably where the offense just can't get rolling, this

877
00:38:37,480 --> 00:38:40,000
Speaker 1: defense can win you a thirteen ten game, right, I mean,

878
00:38:40,239 --> 00:38:43,399
Speaker 1: and it's a deep team, and it's a deep team

879
00:38:43,560 --> 00:38:46,279
Speaker 1: it's a veteran team. It's a team that has continuity.

880
00:38:46,320 --> 00:38:48,319
Speaker 1: I mean, for all the coordinators to come back when

881
00:38:48,360 --> 00:38:50,560
Speaker 1: you think around the league and all the turnover that's

882
00:38:50,600 --> 00:38:52,960
Speaker 1: gone on everywhere, and for the Chargers, yeah, they lost

883
00:38:53,000 --> 00:38:55,000
Speaker 1: an assistant here or there. That happens around the NFL.

884
00:38:55,360 --> 00:38:58,640
Speaker 1: No staff returns entirely intact. But to have the coordinators

885
00:38:58,719 --> 00:39:01,640
Speaker 1: and to have the same message Anthony Lynn, the consistency

886
00:39:01,719 --> 00:39:04,320
Speaker 1: that he provides a former player, he gets it. He

887
00:39:04,640 --> 00:39:07,040
Speaker 1: can he can connect and reach with his players in

888
00:39:07,160 --> 00:39:09,640
Speaker 1: so many great ways. I mean, it's just I mean,

889
00:39:09,880 --> 00:39:12,479
Speaker 1: it's really the sky's the limit for this Chargers team.

890
00:39:12,760 --> 00:39:14,440
Speaker 1: And you know, people play at the narrative of the

891
00:39:14,640 --> 00:39:16,879
Speaker 1: lack of homefield advantage. Whatever. These guys are tough, man,

892
00:39:17,360 --> 00:39:20,080
Speaker 1: They are a tough, tough group. I mean, and you

893
00:39:20,120 --> 00:39:21,920
Speaker 1: saw that when they went to Baltimore did what they did.

894
00:39:21,960 --> 00:39:24,319
Speaker 1: The only team they figured out Lamar Jackson. Of course,

895
00:39:24,360 --> 00:39:26,319
Speaker 1: it's hard Preak going to have to lose the first

896
00:39:26,360 --> 00:39:28,600
Speaker 1: time and potentially lose the AFC West in the process,

897
00:39:28,719 --> 00:39:31,839
Speaker 1: but they figured it out. Now the question is figuring out, Okay,

898
00:39:31,920 --> 00:39:33,799
Speaker 1: can we get that home field advantage? Can we win

899
00:39:33,880 --> 00:39:36,920
Speaker 1: this AFC West and with the Chiefs, you know, rebuilding

900
00:39:36,960 --> 00:39:39,719
Speaker 1: on defense, and when I say rebuilding, it's all brand new.

901
00:39:40,120 --> 00:39:42,080
Speaker 1: And who knows some of the players that they drafted

902
00:39:42,120 --> 00:39:43,440
Speaker 1: in recent years are they're going to be able to

903
00:39:43,480 --> 00:39:45,719
Speaker 1: make the transition to the fourth three defense when you're

904
00:39:45,760 --> 00:39:48,080
Speaker 1: drafting for a three four and different ways you use

905
00:39:48,120 --> 00:39:50,480
Speaker 1: the personnel, Steve Spagnola has a lot of work ahead.

906
00:39:50,520 --> 00:39:52,320
Speaker 1: I know that the Chiefs, you know, obviously I have

907
00:39:52,400 --> 00:39:54,400
Speaker 1: an extremely talented offense and great news for them. The

908
00:39:54,480 --> 00:39:57,160
Speaker 1: Tyree Hill isn't going to miss any playing time. But

909
00:39:57,680 --> 00:39:59,560
Speaker 1: you know, man, I mean that they still got to

910
00:39:59,600 --> 00:40:01,719
Speaker 1: play fence at some point, and I just don't know

911
00:40:01,760 --> 00:40:03,000
Speaker 1: how long it's going to take for them to get

912
00:40:03,040 --> 00:40:04,560
Speaker 1: that their act together on that side of the ball.

913
00:40:04,880 --> 00:40:08,879
Speaker 1: I'm glad you mentioned the road wins because going into

914
00:40:08,920 --> 00:40:11,560
Speaker 1: that New England game, every single game they got on

915
00:40:11,560 --> 00:40:15,680
Speaker 1: an airplane. They didn't lose every single game, and it's

916
00:40:15,719 --> 00:40:17,440
Speaker 1: I don't think they get enough credit for that. We

917
00:40:17,800 --> 00:40:20,480
Speaker 1: talked about this. Faults don't get enough credit period. I mean,

918
00:40:20,480 --> 00:40:22,759
Speaker 1: you don't hear it nationally. They're twelve and four team

919
00:40:22,800 --> 00:40:25,680
Speaker 1: that returns basically everybody, and it's getting a healthy Joey

920
00:40:25,719 --> 00:40:28,800
Speaker 1: Bosa back, Well, what's not to like? But you know,

921
00:40:28,880 --> 00:40:30,640
Speaker 1: you mentioned the Patriots as well. This team has a

922
00:40:30,680 --> 00:40:33,080
Speaker 1: New England problem. A lot of teams have in New England.

923
00:40:33,080 --> 00:40:34,960
Speaker 1: They're not the only I get it, you know what

924
00:40:35,040 --> 00:40:37,239
Speaker 1: I mean. I I totally understand that, you know, just

925
00:40:37,360 --> 00:40:39,560
Speaker 1: has the Bills, just has to Jets, just has the Dolphins.

926
00:40:39,840 --> 00:40:42,880
Speaker 1: But they've had a couple of decades of Patriot problems,

927
00:40:43,040 --> 00:40:46,080
Speaker 1: right it literally decades because of Brady and Belichick and

928
00:40:46,360 --> 00:40:47,920
Speaker 1: the way that they do their business up in Fox

929
00:40:48,000 --> 00:40:49,920
Speaker 1: where I get it. Charges though, at some point are

930
00:40:49,960 --> 00:40:51,319
Speaker 1: gonna have to get are gonna have to get over

931
00:40:51,400 --> 00:40:54,360
Speaker 1: that hum And that's just a team that you know

932
00:40:54,480 --> 00:40:57,000
Speaker 1: last year and you could say, yeah, the defense was

933
00:40:57,239 --> 00:40:59,120
Speaker 1: you know, hamstrung because of the fact that they didn't

934
00:40:59,120 --> 00:41:01,799
Speaker 1: have linebackers, but offensively it was no great shakes either.

935
00:41:01,880 --> 00:41:04,400
Speaker 1: That was a Patriots team. And maybe we're underestimating just

936
00:41:04,480 --> 00:41:06,920
Speaker 1: how good that New England team was. They actually, by

937
00:41:06,960 --> 00:41:09,320
Speaker 1: Patriots standards, in a Super Bowl won by a blowout.

938
00:41:09,640 --> 00:41:12,120
Speaker 1: And I'm I'm only half kidding because they had never

939
00:41:12,280 --> 00:41:14,279
Speaker 1: really won a Super Bowl by double digits before. If

940
00:41:14,280 --> 00:41:16,840
Speaker 1: I'm not mistaken, in the it's always by the hair

941
00:41:16,880 --> 00:41:18,400
Speaker 1: of their chinney chin chin, which will tell you that

942
00:41:18,440 --> 00:41:20,880
Speaker 1: they are mortal, you know. But you know, at the

943
00:41:20,960 --> 00:41:22,360
Speaker 1: end of the day, they always seem to find a

944
00:41:22,360 --> 00:41:25,799
Speaker 1: way to win. But they play that the Chargers particularly well.

945
00:41:25,800 --> 00:41:28,359
Speaker 1: I can't even remember the last time that Philip Rivers

946
00:41:28,400 --> 00:41:30,120
Speaker 1: and the Chargers beat the Patriots. It's been a long

947
00:41:30,239 --> 00:41:33,280
Speaker 1: time uphill battle. Yeah, that's why. But getting that winning

948
00:41:33,320 --> 00:41:36,880
Speaker 1: this division and getting home field advantage so critical for

949
00:41:37,000 --> 00:41:39,480
Speaker 1: this Chargers team because when it's filled with Chargers fans,

950
00:41:39,520 --> 00:41:41,560
Speaker 1: and it would be in the postseason, it's loud. It

951
00:41:41,640 --> 00:41:44,160
Speaker 1: does give them an advantage and at some point, you know,

952
00:41:44,600 --> 00:41:47,359
Speaker 1: we talked about the depth of this roster. Like I said,

953
00:41:47,440 --> 00:41:50,880
Speaker 1: this defense can win you a game. The combination of

954
00:41:50,960 --> 00:41:54,080
Speaker 1: Keenan Hellen and Mike Williams. I think we're just starting

955
00:41:54,080 --> 00:41:56,080
Speaker 1: to scratch the surface on Mike Williams. And it's it's

956
00:41:56,080 --> 00:41:59,320
Speaker 1: hard to be elevenuntital touchdowns last year, but just watching

957
00:41:59,360 --> 00:42:01,960
Speaker 1: this guy on the football field, he looks like he's

958
00:42:02,000 --> 00:42:04,520
Speaker 1: going to be a future All Pro And obviously there's

959
00:42:04,520 --> 00:42:05,920
Speaker 1: a lot of mouths to feed on this offense. You

960
00:42:06,000 --> 00:42:09,680
Speaker 1: bring Hunter Henry back, you got Keenan, you got Mike,

961
00:42:10,040 --> 00:42:12,600
Speaker 1: and you got these kind of the staple running backs.

962
00:42:12,840 --> 00:42:14,799
Speaker 1: But Mike Williams, man, he looks like the real deal.

963
00:42:15,200 --> 00:42:17,279
Speaker 1: What he did against Kansas City last year. I mean,

964
00:42:17,360 --> 00:42:19,320
Speaker 1: if you're a Chargers fan, I mean you're just salivating

965
00:42:20,000 --> 00:42:22,600
Speaker 1: at the at what he provides. He's so big, but

966
00:42:22,719 --> 00:42:25,680
Speaker 1: he's so fast. He smooth do yeah, I mean you

967
00:42:25,840 --> 00:42:28,200
Speaker 1: name It's It's funny though, I used smooth with Keenan

968
00:42:28,239 --> 00:42:30,560
Speaker 1: Allen because Keenan Allen to me, has that quality where

969
00:42:30,600 --> 00:42:32,840
Speaker 1: he looks like he's gliding. He's not even like running.

970
00:42:32,880 --> 00:42:35,600
Speaker 1: He's just so smooth. We're talking about his footwork with

971
00:42:35,640 --> 00:42:39,440
Speaker 1: Cynthy Freeland. It's it's basically a clinic tape. Yeah, he's ridiculous, right,

972
00:42:39,719 --> 00:42:42,440
Speaker 1: you know with Mike, I mean just the mismatches that

973
00:42:42,520 --> 00:42:46,000
Speaker 1: you can get with him is I mean you give

974
00:42:46,040 --> 00:42:47,640
Speaker 1: a team fits. Oh and then by the way, you

975
00:42:47,680 --> 00:42:50,279
Speaker 1: can throw deep to Travis Benjamin. Travis is a guy

976
00:42:50,400 --> 00:42:52,440
Speaker 1: now and it's amazing. He's been on w I think

977
00:42:52,440 --> 00:42:54,680
Speaker 1: it's his ninth season coming up. But we don't really

978
00:42:54,760 --> 00:42:57,560
Speaker 1: talk about him, you know, in the same terms as

979
00:42:57,600 --> 00:42:59,520
Speaker 1: a lot of other wide receivers, because Allen is so

980
00:42:59,600 --> 00:43:01,960
Speaker 1: good and and you know, obviously Mike Williams and Tyroll Williams,

981
00:43:02,120 --> 00:43:03,440
Speaker 1: you know, was here last year and did a great

982
00:43:03,520 --> 00:43:05,640
Speaker 1: job for a number of seasons. But Travis Bencher is

983
00:43:05,640 --> 00:43:07,520
Speaker 1: a pretty darn steady player. Yeah, you know what you

984
00:43:07,600 --> 00:43:09,400
Speaker 1: get with him. So that's another target. And he was

985
00:43:09,480 --> 00:43:11,160
Speaker 1: hurt last year he had that foot injury, and coach

986
00:43:11,280 --> 00:43:13,359
Speaker 1: Linn said, hey, luckily we didn't need him last year

987
00:43:13,360 --> 00:43:15,239
Speaker 1: because it's Tyroll Willams, but we're gonna need him this year.

988
00:43:15,440 --> 00:43:17,600
Speaker 1: And his ability to stretch the football field, I think

989
00:43:17,640 --> 00:43:19,440
Speaker 1: that's so under rated way, especially when you bring in

990
00:43:19,440 --> 00:43:21,960
Speaker 1: a hunterback. Yeah, exactly. The one thing I am curious

991
00:43:22,000 --> 00:43:23,480
Speaker 1: about is how is this depth going to play out

992
00:43:23,480 --> 00:43:26,640
Speaker 1: if number four, number five receivers, those positions are not set.

993
00:43:26,960 --> 00:43:29,680
Speaker 1: So you know, we got our Tavis Scott from Clemson,

994
00:43:29,719 --> 00:43:31,960
Speaker 1: the all time receptions leader. You got Jeremy Davis, you

995
00:43:32,000 --> 00:43:34,719
Speaker 1: got Done Cantrell, Andre Patton. A lot of guys there

996
00:43:34,800 --> 00:43:36,640
Speaker 1: competing for that four and five role. Yeah, so it's

997
00:43:36,680 --> 00:43:38,759
Speaker 1: good competition. You know, we'll just see if someone can

998
00:43:38,840 --> 00:43:40,719
Speaker 1: make a difference if they're called upon, you know, knock

999
00:43:40,760 --> 00:43:42,840
Speaker 1: on what. Everyone stays healthy, but if you have to

1000
00:43:42,920 --> 00:43:44,640
Speaker 1: go to a backup. None of those guys have really

1001
00:43:44,680 --> 00:43:46,719
Speaker 1: proven themselves. So that's an area that we're going to

1002
00:43:46,760 --> 00:43:48,560
Speaker 1: continue to watch, not to say that they can't. Yeah,

1003
00:43:48,719 --> 00:43:50,200
Speaker 1: you know, we gotta watch that. We gotta watch the

1004
00:43:50,280 --> 00:43:53,279
Speaker 1: offensive line. Tom Talasco basically put it out there when

1005
00:43:53,280 --> 00:43:55,239
Speaker 1: I talked to him for a serious sex emp show. Look,

1006
00:43:55,520 --> 00:43:58,759
Speaker 1: we're looking for five starters, and they are willing to

1007
00:43:58,880 --> 00:44:02,160
Speaker 1: mix and match. They are to make some changes if

1008
00:44:02,280 --> 00:44:05,400
Speaker 1: need be. I mean, and some of this obviously stems

1009
00:44:05,840 --> 00:44:07,960
Speaker 1: the shuffling. Some of it is Russell o'cum sure, but

1010
00:44:08,040 --> 00:44:10,640
Speaker 1: it's providing opportunities for others. Now, you know, to be

1011
00:44:10,719 --> 00:44:12,160
Speaker 1: able to say, well, if there are our best five,

1012
00:44:12,280 --> 00:44:14,960
Speaker 1: we're starting with these guys. Just try to figure out

1013
00:44:15,200 --> 00:44:17,600
Speaker 1: how this tackle configuration works. Until Russell is able to

1014
00:44:17,640 --> 00:44:19,319
Speaker 1: return to the field, and thank goodness, he is able

1015
00:44:19,560 --> 00:44:21,480
Speaker 1: to return to the field again, that's the most important

1016
00:44:21,520 --> 00:44:24,960
Speaker 1: thing his hell first and foremost. And you know, you're right,

1017
00:44:25,000 --> 00:44:26,880
Speaker 1: it's it's a fluid situation. But you have guys like

1018
00:44:26,960 --> 00:44:29,399
Speaker 1: I think Forrest Lamp where Yeah, this is year three

1019
00:44:29,480 --> 00:44:32,080
Speaker 1: for Forest now, and I think the expectation is he's

1020
00:44:32,080 --> 00:44:34,680
Speaker 1: going to play a lot, you know, probably maybe a guard.

1021
00:44:34,719 --> 00:44:36,400
Speaker 1: Well we'll see how things I mean, stay too, a

1022
00:44:36,480 --> 00:44:39,279
Speaker 1: training can't We don't know yet. But to your point,

1023
00:44:39,560 --> 00:44:42,600
Speaker 1: the five best are going to play and the competition

1024
00:44:42,680 --> 00:44:45,040
Speaker 1: there kind of an underrated storyline here as well. I

1025
00:44:45,120 --> 00:44:46,919
Speaker 1: think so. And you know, when you hear Anthony Lynn

1026
00:44:46,960 --> 00:44:49,800
Speaker 1: talk about Dan Feeney, you know, maybe having a future

1027
00:44:49,800 --> 00:44:52,000
Speaker 1: at center in the NFL, I think that when you

1028
00:44:52,080 --> 00:44:53,839
Speaker 1: look into the snow globe and you're trying to predict

1029
00:44:53,880 --> 00:44:56,279
Speaker 1: the future, I'm not saying for twenty nineteen, because Mike

1030
00:44:56,360 --> 00:44:59,600
Speaker 1: Pouncey obviously had a great season here. Maybe come twenty twenty,

1031
00:45:00,080 --> 00:45:02,279
Speaker 1: maybe it's time Mike's a little bit older, you move

1032
00:45:02,360 --> 00:45:05,120
Speaker 1: on and Dan Feeney is your guy at the center spot.

1033
00:45:05,200 --> 00:45:07,040
Speaker 1: So I thought that was sort of a either a

1034
00:45:07,200 --> 00:45:09,440
Speaker 1: very interesting comment base. It's interesting for the future. I

1035
00:45:09,560 --> 00:45:12,239
Speaker 1: tell you, Mike what he brought to the offensive line

1036
00:45:12,320 --> 00:45:15,760
Speaker 1: last year, just the attitude and the leadership to compliment Philip.

1037
00:45:16,160 --> 00:45:19,000
Speaker 1: I really think that that that got the running game going.

1038
00:45:19,239 --> 00:45:22,360
Speaker 1: It got it got that entire line. Just the continuity

1039
00:45:22,360 --> 00:45:25,600
Speaker 1: and the camaraderie that Mike brings is really invaluable. You know,

1040
00:45:25,640 --> 00:45:27,799
Speaker 1: It's interesting. So the Chargers. In a history of players

1041
00:45:27,840 --> 00:45:29,600
Speaker 1: getting hurt at the worst possible time, right, and just

1042
00:45:29,719 --> 00:45:33,560
Speaker 1: a terrible injury history. Mike Bounces does heart in reverse.

1043
00:45:34,320 --> 00:45:37,160
Speaker 1: The guy was always hurt with the Dolphins, and they

1044
00:45:37,239 --> 00:45:39,080
Speaker 1: made a huge investment in him, and they just simply

1045
00:45:39,360 --> 00:45:41,919
Speaker 1: just didn't trust that he could stay healthy. So he moved.

1046
00:45:41,960 --> 00:45:43,640
Speaker 1: They move on, and then they spend all this money

1047
00:45:43,719 --> 00:45:45,279
Speaker 1: on the guy. He comes here at a much lesser

1048
00:45:45,360 --> 00:45:47,320
Speaker 1: contract and ends up being one of the great steals

1049
00:45:47,360 --> 00:45:49,320
Speaker 1: and free agency of two thousand and eight. Seamen Orlando

1050
00:45:49,360 --> 00:45:51,040
Speaker 1: at the Pro Bowl exactly that that's what you got,

1051
00:45:51,080 --> 00:45:53,680
Speaker 1: and that's the Dolphins knew that he had that potential,

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Speaker 1: but he just could never really escape that. The injury

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Speaker 1: history never could and then they had problems with the

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Speaker 1: center position, then a ton of problems in South Florida.

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Speaker 1: I digress, but yeah, Mike Pouncing no longer his problem.

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Speaker 1: He's with the Chargers and he's better off for it. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: fairly good on the West Coast. Alex Barvez pub your

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Speaker 1: show man. What do you got going on over the

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Speaker 1: next couple weeks? Now? Are you're gonna be a lot

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Speaker 1: of differ training camp site? Yeah? Oh my gosh. So

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Speaker 1: by the time all is said and done, we're gonna

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Speaker 1: be mentioned Denver and we're here at the Chargers, We're

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Speaker 1: at Arizona, We're at the Dallas Cowboys, where you know

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Speaker 1: we cover all thirty two teams. These are just the

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Speaker 1: ones I'm doing. I got the La Rams, We've got

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Speaker 1: a couple of days in Canada, the Pro Football Hall

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Speaker 1: of Fames, Fundan Hall Brother then we got Atlanta, Carolina,

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Speaker 1: Kansas City, Detroit. You can hear all of those on

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Speaker 1: demand as well through the Serious xMAP. So subscribers SERIOUSXM

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Speaker 1: dot com forward slash app at Serious XM dot com

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Speaker 1: forward slash app to check it out, so you know,

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Speaker 1: again at your leisure you can listen to all of

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Speaker 1: these interviews, everything that we got coming up from Chargers

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Speaker 1: camp as well. You'll hear from everybody, so please check

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Speaker 1: it out. Is it's a it's what we do on

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Speaker 1: Seririous XM. And we're on live so you can also

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Speaker 1: check us out. You know we're twenty four seven, three

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Speaker 1: sixty five. I gotta be at twenty nineteen, right, you

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Speaker 1: got it day all the time, did you know? On

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Speaker 1: the go from head to toe that's what we do

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Speaker 1: one of the best of the bids. Alex Marvez, thanks

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Speaker 1: so much, buddy, father, thank you so much. All Right, guys,

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Speaker 1: that's gonna do it. A big thanks to Alex Marvez,

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Speaker 1: Cynthia Freeland, Michael Badgeley, and Isaac Rochelle for joining me,

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Speaker 1: and of course thanks to you all for listening. Be

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Speaker 1: sure to subscribe to Chargers Weekly on Apple Podcasts. Why

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Speaker 1: are you there? Give us a rating and review, help

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Speaker 1: spread the word. Have a great weekend. We hope to

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Speaker 1: see a lot of you guys at the Jack Himmett

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Speaker 1: Sports Complex on Saturday and Sunday. And until next time,

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Speaker 1: I'm Chris Harry