1 00:00:00,600 --> 00:00:07,280 Speaker 1: And now move the sticks with Daniel Jeremiah and Bucky Brooks. Hey, 2 00:00:07,320 --> 00:00:10,560 Speaker 1: what's going on? Everybody? Welcome to move the sticks. DJ 3 00:00:11,000 --> 00:00:15,400 Speaker 1: is out once again with the Chargers, who are now 4 00:00:15,640 --> 00:00:18,439 Speaker 1: out of the playoffs. Division weekend is a wrap. This 5 00:00:18,600 --> 00:00:22,360 Speaker 1: is well. Nick Foles kind of ish is out as well. 6 00:00:22,400 --> 00:00:24,439 Speaker 1: So can I still call myself Nick Foles? Yeah? You 7 00:00:24,440 --> 00:00:26,760 Speaker 1: can still Look Nick Foles was a drop away from 8 00:00:26,760 --> 00:00:28,640 Speaker 1: being right back in the mix. You're right, You're right. 9 00:00:28,680 --> 00:00:30,840 Speaker 1: Red louis here with the man Bucky Brooks, and we 10 00:00:30,880 --> 00:00:34,280 Speaker 1: are getting to our takeaways here from divisional weekend, which 11 00:00:34,320 --> 00:00:37,080 Speaker 1: is now a rap. And how many times have you 12 00:00:37,080 --> 00:00:41,920 Speaker 1: filled out a March Madness bracket and gone chalk all 13 00:00:41,920 --> 00:00:45,879 Speaker 1: the way? It's unbelievable, Like it's really unbelie But this 14 00:00:45,960 --> 00:00:47,839 Speaker 1: is what we wanted. And I felt like in in 15 00:00:47,880 --> 00:00:49,200 Speaker 1: the a f C, you want to see the two 16 00:00:49,200 --> 00:00:51,479 Speaker 1: best teams go. You want to see the Patriots in 17 00:00:51,520 --> 00:00:52,880 Speaker 1: the chief You want to see the Chiefs kind of 18 00:00:52,960 --> 00:00:55,240 Speaker 1: have to go through the right of passage. And then 19 00:00:55,280 --> 00:01:00,560 Speaker 1: in the NFC after Saturday Night's game, once the Rams 20 00:01:00,560 --> 00:01:03,600 Speaker 1: were in, um, I was like, man, you know, like 21 00:01:03,680 --> 00:01:06,080 Speaker 1: the Rams in the Saints, so rematch that wouldn't be 22 00:01:06,120 --> 00:01:09,320 Speaker 1: so bad, or Rams and Eagles because the Eagles had 23 00:01:09,360 --> 00:01:13,480 Speaker 1: knocked them off. Like, yeah, you had good games either way. 24 00:01:13,600 --> 00:01:16,320 Speaker 1: And I think what is compelling? I thought someone tweeted 25 00:01:16,319 --> 00:01:20,920 Speaker 1: out that these are the four top scoring offenses in football, 26 00:01:21,440 --> 00:01:24,520 Speaker 1: and so going against the norm in terms of where 27 00:01:24,520 --> 00:01:27,280 Speaker 1: we've always talked about defense winning championships. Even though defense 28 00:01:27,319 --> 00:01:31,600 Speaker 1: has shown up in the tournament, the four most explosive 29 00:01:31,680 --> 00:01:34,560 Speaker 1: offenses have made their way to the championship round. And 30 00:01:34,640 --> 00:01:38,280 Speaker 1: so now the best defenses that complement those offenses, we'll 31 00:01:38,280 --> 00:01:40,280 Speaker 1: see who makes it to the super Bowl. If you 32 00:01:40,360 --> 00:01:43,960 Speaker 1: like defense, see a sucker. This is the championship game. 33 00:01:44,000 --> 00:01:47,080 Speaker 1: We're offense rules and all right, we're gonna get to 34 00:01:47,200 --> 00:01:50,320 Speaker 1: takeaways here. Uh guys, I'm gonna kick it off your 35 00:01:50,320 --> 00:01:56,280 Speaker 1: buck from the Rams Cowboys game to words, enter first, 36 00:01:56,320 --> 00:01:58,920 Speaker 1: like give to Anderson and he punched it in the 37 00:01:59,000 --> 00:02:05,639 Speaker 1: Paget's down c J. Anderson powered to the left side 38 00:02:06,160 --> 00:02:14,880 Speaker 1: and with seven it's twenty nine Rams with the league. Okay, 39 00:02:15,120 --> 00:02:17,919 Speaker 1: so look, this is a little bit of a hat 40 00:02:17,960 --> 00:02:20,720 Speaker 1: tip to the old what is it, the eighties, rammant 41 00:02:20,720 --> 00:02:24,919 Speaker 1: and m Yeah. So not only that, but we're talking 42 00:02:24,960 --> 00:02:30,239 Speaker 1: about two Rams to rushing games Todd Gurley and c J. Anderson. 43 00:02:30,280 --> 00:02:33,400 Speaker 1: First time that's happened in Rams franchise history. Uh. Together 44 00:02:33,440 --> 00:02:35,959 Speaker 1: they almost eclipsed with Eric Eric Dickerson did the last 45 00:02:36,000 --> 00:02:38,760 Speaker 1: time these two teams met uh in the playoffs back 46 00:02:38,760 --> 00:02:42,119 Speaker 1: in the five. Anyway, this was as impressive a rushing 47 00:02:42,240 --> 00:02:45,800 Speaker 1: performance as we've seen this postseason. C J. Anderson one 48 00:02:45,800 --> 00:02:49,800 Speaker 1: of the two biggest in season pickups this season. By 49 00:02:49,800 --> 00:02:52,480 Speaker 1: the way, the other one, Damian Williams with the Chiefs, 50 00:02:52,560 --> 00:02:55,280 Speaker 1: is still in the mix as well. But I just 51 00:02:55,280 --> 00:02:57,400 Speaker 1: thought the way that Sean McVeigh handed this game to 52 00:02:57,440 --> 00:03:00,560 Speaker 1: his offensive line and to his two workhorses in the backfield, 53 00:03:00,600 --> 00:03:03,560 Speaker 1: I thought it was impressive show confidence in what they 54 00:03:03,600 --> 00:03:07,640 Speaker 1: wanted to do. Um and they wore the Cowboys down 55 00:03:07,880 --> 00:03:10,800 Speaker 1: and then they knocked them out with aggressive timely calls 56 00:03:10,840 --> 00:03:13,919 Speaker 1: by Sean McVeigh, including that fourth down. I really thought 57 00:03:13,919 --> 00:03:16,000 Speaker 1: he was gonna kick it, especially after they tried to 58 00:03:16,040 --> 00:03:18,680 Speaker 1: draw him off sides. Uh No, they just they go 59 00:03:18,760 --> 00:03:21,720 Speaker 1: at it and making a two score ball game with 60 00:03:21,760 --> 00:03:25,000 Speaker 1: the two touchdown Lee that was huge. And then on 61 00:03:25,040 --> 00:03:29,280 Speaker 1: the flip side and Dominican Sue was huge and prevented 62 00:03:29,320 --> 00:03:33,000 Speaker 1: the Cowboys from ramming Ezekiel Elliott. Down the Cowboys or 63 00:03:33,040 --> 00:03:36,200 Speaker 1: down the Ram starts. I think this was um You know, 64 00:03:36,480 --> 00:03:38,280 Speaker 1: there was a lot of pressure on Sean McVeigh in 65 00:03:38,360 --> 00:03:41,040 Speaker 1: this game after the Rams lost last year in the 66 00:03:41,080 --> 00:03:43,520 Speaker 1: opening round, and I think the one thing that they 67 00:03:43,520 --> 00:03:46,360 Speaker 1: were able to do is they stayed true to their identity. 68 00:03:46,800 --> 00:03:49,520 Speaker 1: As much as the conversation has been the last couple 69 00:03:49,520 --> 00:03:52,400 Speaker 1: of weeks about Sean McVeigh and finding a Sean McVeigh 70 00:03:52,480 --> 00:03:55,120 Speaker 1: clone and elevating the play of the quarterback, when you 71 00:03:55,200 --> 00:03:57,760 Speaker 1: really look at the Rams, the Rams are smashed mo 72 00:03:57,760 --> 00:04:01,120 Speaker 1: off team. The Rams run the ball, they threw off 73 00:04:01,160 --> 00:04:04,720 Speaker 1: play action, but really they beat you up. And we 74 00:04:04,760 --> 00:04:08,120 Speaker 1: can say that, you know, he is this offensive group 75 00:04:08,200 --> 00:04:10,600 Speaker 1: guru and wizard, and he really is because what he 76 00:04:10,640 --> 00:04:14,360 Speaker 1: has done is he has taken the Mike Shanahan Kyle 77 00:04:14,440 --> 00:04:18,200 Speaker 1: Shanahan's system and added his own little flavor to it. 78 00:04:18,480 --> 00:04:20,039 Speaker 1: But at the end of the day, they still do 79 00:04:20,120 --> 00:04:22,680 Speaker 1: the same things. They're gonna run the outside zone and 80 00:04:22,680 --> 00:04:25,440 Speaker 1: then they're gonna throw play action. And when you look 81 00:04:25,480 --> 00:04:28,480 Speaker 1: at t one h yard rushers, C. J. Anderson, Todd Gurley, 82 00:04:28,720 --> 00:04:32,200 Speaker 1: they ran the ball early with effectiveness, but then you 83 00:04:32,240 --> 00:04:34,960 Speaker 1: go and you look deeper in the stats. Jerry golf 84 00:04:35,040 --> 00:04:39,040 Speaker 1: through fifty one of his passage were play actions. So 85 00:04:39,560 --> 00:04:41,520 Speaker 1: when you think about the combination of the ying and 86 00:04:41,520 --> 00:04:43,320 Speaker 1: the yang of oh we run it, then we we 87 00:04:43,400 --> 00:04:44,800 Speaker 1: fake it, then we throw it over your head and 88 00:04:44,839 --> 00:04:48,160 Speaker 1: they work over the middle of the field. The Rams 89 00:04:48,160 --> 00:04:51,240 Speaker 1: are so problematic because they do a great job of 90 00:04:51,320 --> 00:04:55,560 Speaker 1: making everything look alike and they just put linebackers in 91 00:04:55,600 --> 00:04:58,080 Speaker 1: a bind because they're hitting you with the fat back, 92 00:04:58,120 --> 00:05:00,680 Speaker 1: they hit you with tider then if going it right 93 00:05:00,720 --> 00:05:04,120 Speaker 1: behind your ear to all of their wide receivers. It 94 00:05:04,240 --> 00:05:07,560 Speaker 1: is a lot to prepare for and I can't wait 95 00:05:07,560 --> 00:05:10,040 Speaker 1: to see this offensive show that we may get next 96 00:05:10,040 --> 00:05:12,719 Speaker 1: week with the same and the Rams. But the rams 97 00:05:12,760 --> 00:05:14,880 Speaker 1: physicality in toftenance and their ability to run the ball 98 00:05:15,160 --> 00:05:17,159 Speaker 1: is a thing that stood out to me. And their 99 00:05:17,200 --> 00:05:19,600 Speaker 1: defense looked like the defense that we thought was gonna 100 00:05:19,600 --> 00:05:21,599 Speaker 1: finally show up. Oh for sure. Yeah, I mean to 101 00:05:21,680 --> 00:05:23,080 Speaker 1: do all that and to run it with that kind 102 00:05:23,080 --> 00:05:25,720 Speaker 1: of success out of eleven personnel the whole time, is 103 00:05:25,720 --> 00:05:30,480 Speaker 1: is that much more impressive? Um? So I guess on 104 00:05:30,520 --> 00:05:32,919 Speaker 1: the flip side, then for the Cowboys. It was the 105 00:05:32,920 --> 00:05:38,400 Speaker 1: old standbys standing down and letting the Cowboys down. Look 106 00:05:38,520 --> 00:05:42,040 Speaker 1: Zeke rant at twenty times for less than fifty yards. Uh, 107 00:05:42,160 --> 00:05:44,919 Speaker 1: that's not a recipe for a Cowboys win. We have 108 00:05:45,040 --> 00:05:48,920 Speaker 1: given so much love to this Cowboys defense, to their 109 00:05:48,960 --> 00:05:53,680 Speaker 1: young linebackers in particular Laton vander esh Jalen Smith. And 110 00:05:53,680 --> 00:05:55,560 Speaker 1: then you throw Seawan Lee back into the mix and 111 00:05:55,600 --> 00:05:57,799 Speaker 1: like they had all three of them at their disposal. 112 00:05:57,839 --> 00:06:00,240 Speaker 1: I don't know. Maybe that was to their detriment, but 113 00:06:00,480 --> 00:06:03,240 Speaker 1: the lasting image I'll have from those guys is Chris 114 00:06:03,360 --> 00:06:06,960 Speaker 1: Rochard tune them out on the bench. That's That's how 115 00:06:07,000 --> 00:06:10,040 Speaker 1: I'll remember this linebacking corps that had been so prolific 116 00:06:10,080 --> 00:06:13,600 Speaker 1: throughout this season. I mean they were running and chasing 117 00:06:13,600 --> 00:06:17,400 Speaker 1: instead of attacking and and and and tackling. Yeah, you know. 118 00:06:17,440 --> 00:06:19,360 Speaker 1: And and the one thing about it, and I can 119 00:06:19,400 --> 00:06:24,320 Speaker 1: say this from having played against the old Mike Shanahan 120 00:06:24,400 --> 00:06:27,039 Speaker 1: system where they were running the zone, it is really 121 00:06:27,040 --> 00:06:30,680 Speaker 1: frustrating when they are locking you up and you can't 122 00:06:30,720 --> 00:06:32,920 Speaker 1: get off, and when it happens early in the game, 123 00:06:33,040 --> 00:06:35,520 Speaker 1: because early in the game, see Anderson, and so they 124 00:06:35,520 --> 00:06:38,400 Speaker 1: went over a hundred real early in those games, and 125 00:06:39,000 --> 00:06:41,560 Speaker 1: when you're unable to stop the run, there is nothing 126 00:06:41,600 --> 00:06:43,919 Speaker 1: more than moralizing than having someone kind of cram it 127 00:06:43,960 --> 00:06:46,360 Speaker 1: down your throat. And for the Dallas Cowboys, they couldn't 128 00:06:46,360 --> 00:06:48,640 Speaker 1: get off blocks, they couldn't have negative plays, and so 129 00:06:48,720 --> 00:06:52,080 Speaker 1: because they couldn't dictate the terms on early downs, Jerry 130 00:06:52,080 --> 00:06:53,960 Speaker 1: golf Now was comfortable when they were doing the play 131 00:06:54,000 --> 00:06:56,520 Speaker 1: action passes. So, yeah, they got beat at their own 132 00:06:56,560 --> 00:06:59,359 Speaker 1: game because we thought, based on their success against the 133 00:06:59,360 --> 00:07:02,039 Speaker 1: Seattle See that they would be able to stop the run. 134 00:07:02,080 --> 00:07:06,200 Speaker 1: Different different kind of run game, zone scheme that was 135 00:07:06,200 --> 00:07:09,159 Speaker 1: a little different, and then all of the bills and whistles, 136 00:07:09,200 --> 00:07:12,760 Speaker 1: the fake jet sweep, the constant motion and shifting. They 137 00:07:12,840 --> 00:07:16,000 Speaker 1: give you a lot to think about. And they had 138 00:07:16,000 --> 00:07:18,400 Speaker 1: a lot of success. And yeah, and the Cowboys d 139 00:07:18,520 --> 00:07:20,880 Speaker 1: line had a ton of penetration against the Seahawks in 140 00:07:20,880 --> 00:07:22,880 Speaker 1: the wild card game. It's just it's tough to kind 141 00:07:22,880 --> 00:07:25,400 Speaker 1: of maneuver all that with all the things you mentioned 142 00:07:25,440 --> 00:07:28,000 Speaker 1: in the misdirection and then just the zone scheme as 143 00:07:28,000 --> 00:07:31,520 Speaker 1: it is. So uh, yeah, Cowboys, you know they're not 144 00:07:31,600 --> 00:07:33,440 Speaker 1: a winning team when they can't stop the run. Run 145 00:07:33,480 --> 00:07:35,560 Speaker 1: the fo Yeah, they couldn't dictate the terms. They couldn't 146 00:07:35,600 --> 00:07:37,320 Speaker 1: make this the kind of game do they wanted. And 147 00:07:37,400 --> 00:07:39,720 Speaker 1: actually it was funny because they wanted to take the 148 00:07:39,720 --> 00:07:41,760 Speaker 1: game to the Rams and the fast need to ram 149 00:07:41,800 --> 00:07:43,080 Speaker 1: sticking to dam They wanted to hit him in the 150 00:07:43,080 --> 00:07:45,480 Speaker 1: mouth and run it, said dak Up. And when you 151 00:07:45,520 --> 00:07:48,640 Speaker 1: looked at Deck early, I was like, the offense is 152 00:07:48,640 --> 00:07:51,280 Speaker 1: going to thrown passes. Amari Cooper had made an impact 153 00:07:51,320 --> 00:07:53,840 Speaker 1: on the game very early, but they can never get 154 00:07:53,880 --> 00:07:57,160 Speaker 1: the run game on untracked, and Dallas is a team 155 00:07:57,200 --> 00:07:59,520 Speaker 1: that they want to keep the ball away from the offense. 156 00:07:59,520 --> 00:08:01,800 Speaker 1: They couldn't do it. And as a result, they are 157 00:08:01,880 --> 00:08:05,360 Speaker 1: nan packing and the Rams are going on. Uh, indeed 158 00:08:05,400 --> 00:08:07,720 Speaker 1: they are, and we are moving on. Let's get to 159 00:08:07,800 --> 00:08:11,320 Speaker 1: our next takeaway. But what you got The Patriots are chameleons. 160 00:08:11,680 --> 00:08:14,520 Speaker 1: Brady turns getting to Michelle, runs up the middle, pushing 161 00:08:14,520 --> 00:08:21,840 Speaker 1: a wile driving away hit into the unzone. Touchdown. Patriots. Wow, 162 00:08:22,080 --> 00:08:25,679 Speaker 1: this kid has been special through two quarters. The extra 163 00:08:26,320 --> 00:08:30,440 Speaker 1: the extra surge. You know, when you think about the 164 00:08:30,440 --> 00:08:33,240 Speaker 1: New England pages and we knew better, we we we knew, 165 00:08:33,559 --> 00:08:35,760 Speaker 1: we knew that this team was eventually going to show 166 00:08:35,840 --> 00:08:38,880 Speaker 1: up in the tournament. But and looking at this, this 167 00:08:38,920 --> 00:08:41,120 Speaker 1: team has kind of come full circle on the Tom 168 00:08:41,160 --> 00:08:44,840 Speaker 1: Brady um. In the early two thousand's, this was a 169 00:08:44,880 --> 00:08:47,800 Speaker 1: team that really grinded the ball out. They had Antoine 170 00:08:47,800 --> 00:08:50,160 Speaker 1: Smith and Corey Dillon, and they played a certain way. 171 00:08:50,200 --> 00:08:52,640 Speaker 1: The defense kind of carry them um, and they found 172 00:08:52,679 --> 00:08:54,440 Speaker 1: a way to win three out of four Super Bowls. 173 00:08:54,800 --> 00:08:57,040 Speaker 1: Then in the middle of the two thousand's, Tom Brady 174 00:08:57,120 --> 00:08:59,440 Speaker 1: kind of grows into being a playmaker. They thought all 175 00:08:59,480 --> 00:09:02,320 Speaker 1: over to y'rd ard um and they win games in 176 00:09:02,400 --> 00:09:05,560 Speaker 1: a spectacular fashion. And then now when we started looking 177 00:09:05,600 --> 00:09:08,280 Speaker 1: at them, they're back to the way they started. They're 178 00:09:08,280 --> 00:09:10,439 Speaker 1: a little more workman like, a little more Blue Collie 179 00:09:10,480 --> 00:09:12,640 Speaker 1: in terms of the way that they attacked the charges. 180 00:09:13,880 --> 00:09:16,400 Speaker 1: Twenty two personnel, two backs, one tight end, two backs, 181 00:09:16,400 --> 00:09:19,760 Speaker 1: two tight ends, very very physical. Then they kind of 182 00:09:19,800 --> 00:09:22,400 Speaker 1: went through and I've always felt this about the Patriots 183 00:09:22,760 --> 00:09:25,520 Speaker 1: that they kind of have a menu and a checklist 184 00:09:25,520 --> 00:09:28,040 Speaker 1: that they go through. Hey, let's explore and probe with 185 00:09:28,120 --> 00:09:30,240 Speaker 1: the run game. Okay, let's go empty and see we 186 00:09:30,240 --> 00:09:32,800 Speaker 1: can get you to quick game. Oh, let's spread it out. 187 00:09:33,240 --> 00:09:39,240 Speaker 1: And then when it's all going, man, they just make 188 00:09:39,280 --> 00:09:44,080 Speaker 1: it so hard and challenging for you to slow them down. Yeah, 189 00:09:44,120 --> 00:09:48,400 Speaker 1: I mean that's again, I thought this would be a 190 00:09:48,400 --> 00:09:51,840 Speaker 1: better game. Um, I thought that. I didn't think they'd 191 00:09:51,840 --> 00:09:54,120 Speaker 1: scored their first four possessions. I didn't think they scored 192 00:09:54,200 --> 00:09:55,920 Speaker 1: touchdown the first four possession. I don't think they would 193 00:09:55,960 --> 00:09:59,760 Speaker 1: have more first downs than the Chargers had total plays 194 00:10:00,080 --> 00:10:02,640 Speaker 1: at the end of the first half, and twenty four 195 00:10:02,679 --> 00:10:06,200 Speaker 1: first downs in the first half. I mean, it was 196 00:10:06,360 --> 00:10:09,679 Speaker 1: it was insane. And and then the Chargers, while they 197 00:10:09,679 --> 00:10:12,800 Speaker 1: had one answer with the Keenan Allen double move touchdown, 198 00:10:13,520 --> 00:10:17,280 Speaker 1: they did not have consistent answers. And to me, playoff 199 00:10:17,320 --> 00:10:20,880 Speaker 1: football is about answers. And it's like, you know, Belichick 200 00:10:20,960 --> 00:10:24,240 Speaker 1: is the ultimate solution man, ultimate solution man. And and 201 00:10:24,280 --> 00:10:27,160 Speaker 1: here's here's what um, and I think you have to 202 00:10:27,200 --> 00:10:29,959 Speaker 1: tip your hat to him. Especially they've had so much 203 00:10:29,960 --> 00:10:33,800 Speaker 1: success for such a long time. They literally can change 204 00:10:33,800 --> 00:10:37,000 Speaker 1: styles week to week. Um, one week you see him 205 00:10:37,040 --> 00:10:40,160 Speaker 1: they throw fifty times. The next week you're like, okay, 206 00:10:40,200 --> 00:10:42,200 Speaker 1: like if you're playing fantasy, like, oh my guy's gonna 207 00:10:42,200 --> 00:10:46,240 Speaker 1: have it. Beginning they never touched, you know, and then 208 00:10:47,040 --> 00:10:51,959 Speaker 1: how many recept James White finished fifteen, had five of 209 00:10:52,040 --> 00:10:54,480 Speaker 1: the first drive. I mean just Dinkon and Duncan and 210 00:10:54,559 --> 00:10:57,600 Speaker 1: just paper cutting them. And so with Tom Brady, he 211 00:10:57,640 --> 00:11:00,920 Speaker 1: has had more success against this Seattle style defense than 212 00:11:00,920 --> 00:11:04,120 Speaker 1: anybody that I can recall in terms of taking the checkdown. 213 00:11:04,640 --> 00:11:07,839 Speaker 1: They just stretch you from side to side. They have 214 00:11:07,880 --> 00:11:10,280 Speaker 1: the vertical pass game, and then we saw Julian Edelman 215 00:11:10,360 --> 00:11:15,400 Speaker 1: show up. So now going into the championship round, you're wondering, Okay, 216 00:11:15,520 --> 00:11:17,800 Speaker 1: they only have two games left, like who do you 217 00:11:17,800 --> 00:11:19,880 Speaker 1: put your money on? And you've seen them do it 218 00:11:19,960 --> 00:11:22,480 Speaker 1: so long that it's just it's hard to go away 219 00:11:22,480 --> 00:11:25,000 Speaker 1: from seeing the Pagriots in the Super Bowl because we 220 00:11:25,040 --> 00:11:28,200 Speaker 1: have seen them do this time and time again. I think, honestly, 221 00:11:28,240 --> 00:11:30,360 Speaker 1: I think James White is the most difficult weapon they 222 00:11:30,360 --> 00:11:33,280 Speaker 1: have the game plan for now. Oh I think so too. Yeah, 223 00:11:33,320 --> 00:11:36,000 Speaker 1: I mean I think, how do you even really you 224 00:11:36,080 --> 00:11:38,920 Speaker 1: don't because you can put him in so many like 225 00:11:39,040 --> 00:11:42,240 Speaker 1: he is their modern day Kevin Falk, Like they have 226 00:11:42,400 --> 00:11:44,520 Speaker 1: always found a way to do it. It was Kevin Falk, 227 00:11:44,600 --> 00:11:47,600 Speaker 1: then for a while it was Danny Woodhead. Now James 228 00:11:47,640 --> 00:11:51,600 Speaker 1: White is kind of savory, Like they have these backs 229 00:11:51,640 --> 00:11:53,360 Speaker 1: that can catch the ball out the backfield. They can 230 00:11:53,360 --> 00:11:54,839 Speaker 1: split them all the way out and put them in 231 00:11:54,920 --> 00:11:57,360 Speaker 1: empty formations. They'll motion them into the backfield and do 232 00:11:57,480 --> 00:12:01,160 Speaker 1: some things. They just create so many problems for you. 233 00:12:01,200 --> 00:12:03,920 Speaker 1: And then they changed the tempo. They go fast, they 234 00:12:03,960 --> 00:12:06,960 Speaker 1: go slow, they go big, they go small. They give 235 00:12:07,040 --> 00:12:10,000 Speaker 1: you a lot as a defense, and you simply don't 236 00:12:10,000 --> 00:12:13,360 Speaker 1: have enough practice time to handle all of the different 237 00:12:13,360 --> 00:12:15,280 Speaker 1: things that they throw at you. Yeah, report out there. 238 00:12:15,440 --> 00:12:18,480 Speaker 1: Tom is as health was as healthy today or on 239 00:12:18,640 --> 00:12:21,760 Speaker 1: Sunday as he has been since he kind of banged 240 00:12:21,800 --> 00:12:24,120 Speaker 1: up his knee a little bit mid season. It showed 241 00:12:24,160 --> 00:12:26,360 Speaker 1: he was I think thirty three or forty four. It 242 00:12:26,440 --> 00:12:28,840 Speaker 1: was for just precision. I mean one of the throw 243 00:12:28,920 --> 00:12:32,160 Speaker 1: to Julian Edelman down the middle late was maybe one 244 00:12:32,200 --> 00:12:33,560 Speaker 1: of the best throws I've seen from him in the 245 00:12:33,600 --> 00:12:35,840 Speaker 1: last half of the season. So look, they got it 246 00:12:35,880 --> 00:12:37,880 Speaker 1: all working. It's a matter of how you can how 247 00:12:37,920 --> 00:12:39,640 Speaker 1: you deal with the backs. You know, can you stop 248 00:12:39,640 --> 00:12:41,280 Speaker 1: the run game. I mean, Sony Michelle had over a 249 00:12:41,360 --> 00:12:44,319 Speaker 1: hundred and three touchdowns in the first half, so h 250 00:12:44,480 --> 00:12:46,800 Speaker 1: that's uh, that's part of it, you know. And and 251 00:12:46,880 --> 00:12:49,400 Speaker 1: so looking at on the other side, like with the Chargers, 252 00:12:50,360 --> 00:12:53,600 Speaker 1: I think my biggest takeaway in watching them, they're not 253 00:12:53,720 --> 00:12:56,640 Speaker 1: quite ready to take that next step. And the reason 254 00:12:56,679 --> 00:13:00,160 Speaker 1: I say they're not ready is because as don in it, 255 00:13:00,200 --> 00:13:02,480 Speaker 1: as they looked against the Baltimore Ravens having a great 256 00:13:02,480 --> 00:13:05,320 Speaker 1: game plan. Um, you like the thing that Gus Bradley 257 00:13:05,400 --> 00:13:08,160 Speaker 1: had to know that Nowaday had put uh six and 258 00:13:08,200 --> 00:13:11,600 Speaker 1: seven dbs on film, that the Patrons were gonna as sect, 259 00:13:11,640 --> 00:13:13,680 Speaker 1: that they're gonna have a counter, that they needed to 260 00:13:13,720 --> 00:13:16,560 Speaker 1: have something knew that they hadn't seen to kind of 261 00:13:16,600 --> 00:13:19,120 Speaker 1: just get them off the scent, and they didn't have anything. 262 00:13:19,120 --> 00:13:21,000 Speaker 1: And then they tried to zone them up, and you 263 00:13:21,000 --> 00:13:23,160 Speaker 1: can't really play zone against Tom Brady because he will 264 00:13:23,200 --> 00:13:26,040 Speaker 1: always take check down. I mean he would pick you apart. 265 00:13:26,360 --> 00:13:27,960 Speaker 1: And then it took them a while to settle in, 266 00:13:28,040 --> 00:13:30,679 Speaker 1: and you know, the turnovers like the turnover in the 267 00:13:30,760 --> 00:13:35,199 Speaker 1: kicking and really hurt them uh pone but from Desmond King, Yeah, 268 00:13:35,240 --> 00:13:37,280 Speaker 1: that was that was the gun put allowed them to 269 00:13:37,320 --> 00:13:41,400 Speaker 1: kind of separate. And so the Chargers put themselves in 270 00:13:41,440 --> 00:13:44,600 Speaker 1: a nice position. The advanced to the divisional round, but 271 00:13:44,720 --> 00:13:47,640 Speaker 1: you still kind of feel like, can we really take 272 00:13:47,720 --> 00:13:52,520 Speaker 1: this team seriously? As a title contender because they just 273 00:13:52,640 --> 00:13:54,640 Speaker 1: haven't been able to get over home. They made progress 274 00:13:54,679 --> 00:13:56,600 Speaker 1: this year, but man, how many more years as Philip 275 00:13:56,640 --> 00:13:59,079 Speaker 1: rivers have, how many more years can we see them 276 00:13:59,120 --> 00:14:01,960 Speaker 1: kind of get closed and I get over the top. Yeah, 277 00:14:02,040 --> 00:14:03,920 Speaker 1: it was you know what I felt like they took. 278 00:14:03,960 --> 00:14:06,400 Speaker 1: They were taking a ton of deep shots and uh 279 00:14:06,440 --> 00:14:08,960 Speaker 1: and they weren't hitting him. Yeah, you know, Philip Philip. Yeah, 280 00:14:08,960 --> 00:14:12,199 Speaker 1: Philip Philip does that. Like I feel like down the stretch, 281 00:14:12,240 --> 00:14:15,319 Speaker 1: he had played so well for maybe the first eleven 282 00:14:15,400 --> 00:14:17,320 Speaker 1: or twilve weeks of the season. He was playing at 283 00:14:17,320 --> 00:14:18,839 Speaker 1: the m v P level. Part of it. He was 284 00:14:18,920 --> 00:14:21,160 Speaker 1: using the backs more than he ever had. He was 285 00:14:21,200 --> 00:14:24,600 Speaker 1: allowing the offense to just kind of come to him. 286 00:14:24,720 --> 00:14:27,000 Speaker 1: And then I felt like he gets in these things 287 00:14:27,040 --> 00:14:29,960 Speaker 1: where he's trying to force the plays to happen. And 288 00:14:30,000 --> 00:14:32,200 Speaker 1: I really think that the Patriots used that against him. 289 00:14:32,200 --> 00:14:33,960 Speaker 1: We're gonna take away the deep ball, make him dincon 290 00:14:34,000 --> 00:14:37,440 Speaker 1: duck and he just refused to kind of play this south. Yeah, 291 00:14:37,440 --> 00:14:39,560 Speaker 1: it's just credit me. He hit the Kane Allen shot, 292 00:14:40,040 --> 00:14:41,800 Speaker 1: He should have hit the Mike Williams shot on the 293 00:14:41,840 --> 00:14:44,600 Speaker 1: first drive, but Mike dropped it. Uh, he did make 294 00:14:44,600 --> 00:14:46,920 Speaker 1: a couple of big third down catches, but they didn't 295 00:14:46,960 --> 00:14:48,760 Speaker 1: run the ball at all. You know, maybe I think 296 00:14:49,040 --> 00:14:51,440 Speaker 1: you see Melvin Gordon out there with two Don Joys, 297 00:14:51,480 --> 00:14:55,040 Speaker 1: you know what I mean. It's hard. Yeah, like when 298 00:14:55,080 --> 00:14:57,680 Speaker 1: you have double knee braks an old line braces on 299 00:14:57,720 --> 00:14:59,920 Speaker 1: your knees as a running back. I mean he had. 300 00:15:00,440 --> 00:15:02,480 Speaker 1: And I think the thing that one of the themes 301 00:15:02,520 --> 00:15:07,560 Speaker 1: that we're seeing balance is necessary in these games because 302 00:15:07,600 --> 00:15:10,200 Speaker 1: the balance gives you the opportunity to control the game 303 00:15:10,240 --> 00:15:12,480 Speaker 1: and kind of get the game on your terms. And 304 00:15:12,480 --> 00:15:14,840 Speaker 1: however you get to that balance, whether it's running early 305 00:15:14,920 --> 00:15:18,000 Speaker 1: than throwing as a compliment, or throwing early and get 306 00:15:18,000 --> 00:15:20,520 Speaker 1: into the run, you have to be able to run 307 00:15:20,560 --> 00:15:24,040 Speaker 1: the ball. All of the teams that are left have 308 00:15:24,160 --> 00:15:25,680 Speaker 1: the ability to run the ball. And I think that 309 00:15:25,840 --> 00:15:27,800 Speaker 1: is something that we have to look at when we're 310 00:15:27,800 --> 00:15:30,920 Speaker 1: talking about these offenses in these new head coaches. The 311 00:15:31,040 --> 00:15:33,080 Speaker 1: running game still has to matter. Just how do you 312 00:15:33,080 --> 00:15:35,440 Speaker 1: want to get there? And uh, and that's a big 313 00:15:35,560 --> 00:15:40,200 Speaker 1: key to sustaining drives, which Patriots did first drive the 314 00:15:40,240 --> 00:15:43,160 Speaker 1: first half when seven eleven. First drive they had in 315 00:15:43,200 --> 00:15:46,840 Speaker 1: the second half was even longer about seven thirty. And 316 00:15:47,000 --> 00:15:49,080 Speaker 1: that's also something I'm gonna get to is we take 317 00:15:49,080 --> 00:15:52,720 Speaker 1: you to our next takeaway, uh into the game that 318 00:15:53,160 --> 00:15:56,880 Speaker 1: just wrapped up Sunday evening Saints an Eagles, where I'm 319 00:15:56,880 --> 00:16:00,280 Speaker 1: gonna tell you the dome field advantage do to the 320 00:16:00,320 --> 00:16:04,760 Speaker 1: underdogs and looms large snap gets off before the two 321 00:16:04,760 --> 00:16:10,320 Speaker 1: minute warning falls in the pocket, thrown balls intercepted mars 322 00:16:10,320 --> 00:16:17,000 Speaker 1: Shawn Lattimore, Yes, Marshawn Lattimore, and the second interception of 323 00:16:17,040 --> 00:16:21,080 Speaker 1: the game returns it to the thirties four and better 324 00:16:21,120 --> 00:16:26,840 Speaker 1: than any time this season. Saints don't take a photograph. 325 00:16:27,320 --> 00:16:29,400 Speaker 1: You know, I thought it was fitting that it was 326 00:16:29,480 --> 00:16:32,040 Speaker 1: Lattimore that came up with that pick because I do 327 00:16:32,160 --> 00:16:34,120 Speaker 1: feel like he is the reason they got back in 328 00:16:34,160 --> 00:16:38,160 Speaker 1: this game. Um So let me get back to the 329 00:16:38,200 --> 00:16:39,960 Speaker 1: Saints part here. So for the first quarter, it was 330 00:16:39,960 --> 00:16:43,840 Speaker 1: all Eagles right four, But then you know, Nick Foles 331 00:16:44,000 --> 00:16:47,400 Speaker 1: realizes he is mortal, throws an interception to Marshawn Lata, 332 00:16:47,560 --> 00:16:49,640 Speaker 1: which was under thrown by Foals but was still a 333 00:16:49,720 --> 00:16:54,640 Speaker 1: great play by Lattimore. Uh. In the the Saint's got 334 00:16:54,680 --> 00:16:57,800 Speaker 1: the crowd back into this one. And so there's two 335 00:16:57,840 --> 00:17:00,440 Speaker 1: things you can't do. If you're beating the Saints, you 336 00:17:00,480 --> 00:17:03,040 Speaker 1: have to step on the throat. You cannot open the window, 337 00:17:03,160 --> 00:17:05,560 Speaker 1: even a crack and let them back in a number two. 338 00:17:05,600 --> 00:17:09,760 Speaker 1: You especially cannot let them back into a game at 339 00:17:09,800 --> 00:17:13,760 Speaker 1: home because that crowd will take anything, any positive twist, 340 00:17:14,240 --> 00:17:15,960 Speaker 1: and then they will not shut up for the rest 341 00:17:16,040 --> 00:17:17,600 Speaker 1: of the game. And you are you got to deal 342 00:17:17,640 --> 00:17:19,880 Speaker 1: with it. And the Eagles couldn't deal with it. They 343 00:17:19,920 --> 00:17:22,200 Speaker 1: the Eagles let the Saint score twenty un answered points. 344 00:17:22,200 --> 00:17:25,080 Speaker 1: The fake punt was huge, led to the score on 345 00:17:25,119 --> 00:17:27,280 Speaker 1: that possession, and then now the crowds into a ladder 346 00:17:27,320 --> 00:17:29,800 Speaker 1: and stand up and get crunk and it's over. And 347 00:17:29,920 --> 00:17:32,600 Speaker 1: I'm telling you, the Saints had just scored a touchdown. 348 00:17:32,600 --> 00:17:36,320 Speaker 1: They were still down, and I was like, well, I mean, 349 00:17:36,359 --> 00:17:38,320 Speaker 1: it felt like it was over at that point, felt 350 00:17:38,320 --> 00:17:39,840 Speaker 1: like they were at some point they were gonna take 351 00:17:39,880 --> 00:17:43,040 Speaker 1: the lead and they were gonna never let it up. Um, 352 00:17:43,080 --> 00:17:44,960 Speaker 1: you know, and now you know, fire up the gumbo. 353 00:17:45,119 --> 00:17:48,280 Speaker 1: It's Marcus Peters rematch and the dome with all that 354 00:17:48,359 --> 00:17:50,800 Speaker 1: thing with the Rams. But the two other things, the 355 00:17:50,840 --> 00:17:55,120 Speaker 1: in breaking routes with Michael Thomas, I guess they're unstoppable. Yeah, 356 00:17:55,119 --> 00:17:59,560 Speaker 1: I mean like like the bang eight, like the funny 357 00:17:59,560 --> 00:18:03,360 Speaker 1: thing and and we've talked about it. Um. Another thing 358 00:18:03,440 --> 00:18:07,000 Speaker 1: that is a comment trade. These teams work the middle 359 00:18:07,119 --> 00:18:10,000 Speaker 1: of the field. They work inside the numbers. They take 360 00:18:10,080 --> 00:18:13,080 Speaker 1: the real estate that is there being off play action 361 00:18:13,160 --> 00:18:16,520 Speaker 1: or Drew Brees or Tom Brady working the same. Those 362 00:18:16,520 --> 00:18:19,600 Speaker 1: guys work in between the numbers, and they do a 363 00:18:19,680 --> 00:18:22,880 Speaker 1: great job of taking advantage of what of what your 364 00:18:22,880 --> 00:18:27,400 Speaker 1: weak spots are in zone and man and Michael Thomas, Um, 365 00:18:27,680 --> 00:18:30,280 Speaker 1: you're Some people debate whether he's the best receiving football. 366 00:18:30,280 --> 00:18:32,200 Speaker 1: I would say he's not the best receiving in football, 367 00:18:32,200 --> 00:18:35,200 Speaker 1: but I will say that Sean Payton does a great 368 00:18:35,240 --> 00:18:38,199 Speaker 1: job of putting him in a position to dominate the 369 00:18:38,200 --> 00:18:41,160 Speaker 1: game on the inside. He's a big slot receiver, which 370 00:18:41,280 --> 00:18:44,440 Speaker 1: really he is doing the old stuff that Jimmy Graham 371 00:18:44,520 --> 00:18:46,439 Speaker 1: used to do. He's big, he's more physical than your 372 00:18:46,440 --> 00:18:49,639 Speaker 1: little nickel corners, and so he is just mauling them 373 00:18:49,880 --> 00:18:52,120 Speaker 1: at the line of scriptages throughout the run. He creates separation. 374 00:18:52,160 --> 00:18:55,360 Speaker 1: He's a big target for Drew Brees. Colson did too. 375 00:18:55,840 --> 00:18:58,600 Speaker 1: It is the old Marcus Colston, That's what it is. 376 00:18:58,640 --> 00:19:02,400 Speaker 1: It's it's exactly like that. This team, more than any 377 00:19:02,440 --> 00:19:07,560 Speaker 1: team that I watch, Third and thirteen, third and sixteen, 378 00:19:07,680 --> 00:19:10,200 Speaker 1: Third and long might as well be third and short. 379 00:19:10,359 --> 00:19:13,200 Speaker 1: It's third and manageable. There is no down in distance 380 00:19:13,280 --> 00:19:16,560 Speaker 1: that is within with that is not within reach for 381 00:19:16,600 --> 00:19:20,080 Speaker 1: the Saints, the Saint's offense, it just every time Drew 382 00:19:20,080 --> 00:19:23,120 Speaker 1: Brees drops back the past, it feels like I Am 383 00:19:23,119 --> 00:19:25,880 Speaker 1: going to be surprised if it's incomplete. That's just that's 384 00:19:25,880 --> 00:19:27,120 Speaker 1: just the way it is with them. I mean, they 385 00:19:27,160 --> 00:19:29,720 Speaker 1: worked the digs in the same digs and seams. They 386 00:19:29,760 --> 00:19:31,199 Speaker 1: can throw it down the same as they go hit 387 00:19:31,240 --> 00:19:33,720 Speaker 1: the digs. The squarenes there thward to a bunch of 388 00:19:33,760 --> 00:19:37,360 Speaker 1: different players, and they always have the luxury of being 389 00:19:37,400 --> 00:19:39,640 Speaker 1: able to fall back on their running backs. The best 390 00:19:39,640 --> 00:19:41,520 Speaker 1: thing that Sean Payton has done the last couple of 391 00:19:41,600 --> 00:19:46,080 Speaker 1: years mark ingraman Alvin Kamar putting those guys together, because 392 00:19:46,520 --> 00:19:49,040 Speaker 1: in Ingram you got the punishing runner who also can 393 00:19:49,080 --> 00:19:52,080 Speaker 1: give you production in the screen game. And then Alvin 394 00:19:52,160 --> 00:19:55,720 Speaker 1: Kamar is really their second receiver. He is their number 395 00:19:55,720 --> 00:19:58,919 Speaker 1: two receiver out the backfield. He creates mismatches, but he 396 00:19:59,040 --> 00:20:02,080 Speaker 1: also has the ability need to run um, they're a 397 00:20:02,160 --> 00:20:05,000 Speaker 1: tough team. Like I can't say that they're the most 398 00:20:05,040 --> 00:20:07,840 Speaker 1: talented team left in the tournament. But the way that 399 00:20:07,960 --> 00:20:13,320 Speaker 1: Sean Payton uses his personnel, UM, it's fantastic. And I 400 00:20:13,359 --> 00:20:15,960 Speaker 1: think Taysom Hill is a prime example of that. The 401 00:20:16,000 --> 00:20:19,000 Speaker 1: way they keep him in and out the game didn't 402 00:20:19,000 --> 00:20:25,960 Speaker 1: count means he does a great job of maximizing his talent. 403 00:20:26,040 --> 00:20:28,760 Speaker 1: And now we're the point where here's where the coaching 404 00:20:28,760 --> 00:20:31,280 Speaker 1: takes over. Like the coaching takes over in the Final four. 405 00:20:31,359 --> 00:20:33,760 Speaker 1: You all of these coaches that are here, you can 406 00:20:33,800 --> 00:20:36,840 Speaker 1: talk about their top coaches on both sides of the ball. 407 00:20:36,960 --> 00:20:41,560 Speaker 1: Where there's Sean mcvaan Wave Phillips, uh, Bill Belichick, Josh McDaniels. 408 00:20:42,000 --> 00:20:44,280 Speaker 1: You think about Sean Payton and what Dennis Allen has 409 00:20:44,280 --> 00:20:46,560 Speaker 1: done with the defense, and then with the chiefs Andy Reid, 410 00:20:46,840 --> 00:20:49,320 Speaker 1: Bob Sutton has kind of gotten his defense going, but 411 00:20:49,440 --> 00:20:52,320 Speaker 1: Andy Reid, Eric b Enemy that offense is so high powered. 412 00:20:52,760 --> 00:20:57,399 Speaker 1: UM coaching matters, it absolutely does. And so on the 413 00:20:57,440 --> 00:21:00,439 Speaker 1: flip side, what I say about the Eagles, you know, 414 00:21:00,720 --> 00:21:04,720 Speaker 1: Philly's special season slips through their hands. And I don't 415 00:21:04,800 --> 00:21:08,040 Speaker 1: just mean the all Sean Jeffrey drop that really sealed 416 00:21:08,520 --> 00:21:11,440 Speaker 1: the defeat. They were up fourteen nothing in the first quarter. 417 00:21:11,480 --> 00:21:13,959 Speaker 1: They had a perfect first quarter. You could not have 418 00:21:14,000 --> 00:21:17,680 Speaker 1: scripted a better start to this game for the Eagles 419 00:21:17,800 --> 00:21:22,600 Speaker 1: in New Orleans with an opportunity to knock off the Saints. Uh. 420 00:21:22,640 --> 00:21:25,680 Speaker 1: But then you know, the interception tip the scales in 421 00:21:25,680 --> 00:21:28,240 Speaker 1: in the Saints favor, and Philly succumb to the momentum shift. 422 00:21:28,320 --> 00:21:30,479 Speaker 1: They had the Saints on the ropes, they let them up, 423 00:21:30,760 --> 00:21:33,679 Speaker 1: they let them off, They let a mistake change the 424 00:21:33,720 --> 00:21:36,120 Speaker 1: course of the game, and then the Saints fed into 425 00:21:36,160 --> 00:21:38,720 Speaker 1: it the fake punt. They scored the touchdown. And then 426 00:21:38,920 --> 00:21:43,719 Speaker 1: I'm telling you the third quarter, eleven twenty nine, they 427 00:21:43,720 --> 00:21:46,280 Speaker 1: had a drive that lasted eleven minutes, in twelve and 428 00:21:46,320 --> 00:21:50,280 Speaker 1: twenty nine seconds, eighteen plays, a hundred and twelve yards 429 00:21:50,280 --> 00:21:53,600 Speaker 1: actually gained. They scored twice on the drive. One of 430 00:21:53,600 --> 00:21:56,400 Speaker 1: them was called back. And so here's what goes back 431 00:21:56,440 --> 00:21:58,320 Speaker 1: to my point about the third and third and long 432 00:21:58,440 --> 00:22:01,600 Speaker 1: or whatever. Uh, the rest of the league calls a 433 00:22:01,680 --> 00:22:05,000 Speaker 1: non favorable down to distance, they go second and twenty 434 00:22:05,400 --> 00:22:08,880 Speaker 1: second and twenty third and sixteen, first and fifteen, all 435 00:22:08,920 --> 00:22:11,480 Speaker 1: of it no problem. For the The drive killers were 436 00:22:11,520 --> 00:22:16,000 Speaker 1: not drive jers for the Saints. Let Billy let him 437 00:22:16,040 --> 00:22:20,160 Speaker 1: off the hook. And it's just amazing how they were 438 00:22:20,200 --> 00:22:22,280 Speaker 1: able to do it, and and and the Saints being 439 00:22:22,320 --> 00:22:24,680 Speaker 1: balanced and using play action and being able to kind 440 00:22:24,720 --> 00:22:26,320 Speaker 1: of like the pages man, they kind of come in 441 00:22:26,359 --> 00:22:29,679 Speaker 1: and out of different personnail packages and formations. They stretch 442 00:22:29,720 --> 00:22:34,280 Speaker 1: you horizontally and vertically. Um. Just a very very tough out. 443 00:22:34,520 --> 00:22:37,639 Speaker 1: And in this round you're gonna begin to see the 444 00:22:37,720 --> 00:22:41,680 Speaker 1: injuries take their toll because they lost Sheldon Rankings um 445 00:22:41,680 --> 00:22:45,600 Speaker 1: talking about potentially in achilles tears, so he's not available 446 00:22:46,080 --> 00:22:49,119 Speaker 1: UM on that front. Seven Cam Jordan is kind of 447 00:22:49,119 --> 00:22:51,679 Speaker 1: like a kind of like the only dude that you 448 00:22:51,760 --> 00:22:55,679 Speaker 1: really really are concerned about. And so can they on 449 00:22:55,800 --> 00:22:59,159 Speaker 1: defense muster up enough, whether it be to stop to 450 00:22:59,280 --> 00:23:01,119 Speaker 1: run or to get after the past or to be 451 00:23:01,160 --> 00:23:03,760 Speaker 1: able to affect the Ramps team? Debt's not the RUNI 452 00:23:04,280 --> 00:23:07,160 Speaker 1: how you we have to stop to run like that? 453 00:23:07,160 --> 00:23:08,480 Speaker 1: That is going to be the thing. How are they 454 00:23:08,520 --> 00:23:10,640 Speaker 1: gonna stop to run? How didn't get it down all right? Bucky? 455 00:23:10,680 --> 00:23:14,200 Speaker 1: Take us home? The Chiefs are still the most explosive 456 00:23:14,280 --> 00:23:17,600 Speaker 1: offense in football. My Homes scrambling to the right side, 457 00:23:17,840 --> 00:23:20,680 Speaker 1: holding it puff baking Diners to the far front pylon. 458 00:23:21,400 --> 00:23:26,600 Speaker 1: Does he have a touchdown? Kansas City? My Homes runs 459 00:23:26,600 --> 00:23:30,680 Speaker 1: it in stretching out the football for the right front 460 00:23:30,760 --> 00:23:35,320 Speaker 1: pylons and the Chiefs answer the black punt front touchdown 461 00:23:35,400 --> 00:23:40,119 Speaker 1: with a long drive touchdown. You know, when when I 462 00:23:40,160 --> 00:23:43,040 Speaker 1: look at this team, this team is is really a 463 00:23:43,119 --> 00:23:45,640 Speaker 1: video game squad. It's the ultimate team that you could 464 00:23:45,680 --> 00:23:49,000 Speaker 1: put together on Madden. They have speed and explosiveness at 465 00:23:49,040 --> 00:23:51,040 Speaker 1: all of the weapons on the outside of the perimeter, 466 00:23:51,160 --> 00:23:55,200 Speaker 1: be it Tyreek Hill, Travis Kelsey, Sammy Watkins. Uh. Now 467 00:23:55,200 --> 00:23:57,480 Speaker 1: we have Damian Williams in the backfield. You have the 468 00:23:57,600 --> 00:24:00,119 Speaker 1: ultimate quarterback and the trigger man in the gunsling and 469 00:24:00,160 --> 00:24:02,639 Speaker 1: Pat Mahomes. He can throw it out the stadium. He 470 00:24:02,680 --> 00:24:05,439 Speaker 1: can make plays from all different kinds of platforms. He 471 00:24:05,600 --> 00:24:08,080 Speaker 1: is very aggressive, yet he takes care of the ball. 472 00:24:08,600 --> 00:24:11,440 Speaker 1: And then you have the ultimate mastermind and play caller 473 00:24:11,560 --> 00:24:13,560 Speaker 1: and Andy Reid and Aria b Enemy In terms of 474 00:24:13,600 --> 00:24:17,040 Speaker 1: what they're doing with the multiple shifts and motions the 475 00:24:17,080 --> 00:24:20,280 Speaker 1: screen game that they use, they are creative. They do 476 00:24:20,359 --> 00:24:23,600 Speaker 1: a great job of keeping their uh foot on the 477 00:24:23,680 --> 00:24:26,960 Speaker 1: gas while also down their back so the turnovers don't come. 478 00:24:27,440 --> 00:24:30,200 Speaker 1: This is a team that is very, very challenging to defend, 479 00:24:30,280 --> 00:24:34,159 Speaker 1: and it looks like their defense may be good enough 480 00:24:34,680 --> 00:24:37,080 Speaker 1: to get them there because they can play with the lead, 481 00:24:38,200 --> 00:24:39,960 Speaker 1: you know. And this was I felt like this was 482 00:24:40,000 --> 00:24:43,760 Speaker 1: the best we've seen that defense all year long, probably yeah, 483 00:24:43,880 --> 00:24:45,760 Speaker 1: with the I mean just it was the best I've 484 00:24:45,800 --> 00:24:49,400 Speaker 1: seen justin Houston and de Ford in tandem, um this year. 485 00:24:49,480 --> 00:24:51,920 Speaker 1: And and then you throw Chris Jones in the middle 486 00:24:51,960 --> 00:24:55,639 Speaker 1: in the interior, and they've got the real potential to 487 00:24:55,800 --> 00:24:59,560 Speaker 1: bother Tom Brady a lot more than the Chargers did, 488 00:24:59,600 --> 00:25:00,960 Speaker 1: which I thought that they were going to do more 489 00:25:01,000 --> 00:25:04,400 Speaker 1: of this week that didn't end up happening. But uh, 490 00:25:04,960 --> 00:25:08,840 Speaker 1: I was just I'm I'm consistently impressed with the Chiefs, 491 00:25:09,600 --> 00:25:12,040 Speaker 1: and I'm even more impressed in the fact that, you know, 492 00:25:12,040 --> 00:25:14,560 Speaker 1: they pick up a guy a month ago and Damian Williams, 493 00:25:14,680 --> 00:25:17,680 Speaker 1: and all of a sudden, you know, they even look 494 00:25:17,760 --> 00:25:20,760 Speaker 1: more explosive in the run game. They do look more 495 00:25:20,880 --> 00:25:24,320 Speaker 1: explosive in the run game. And the thing about what 496 00:25:24,480 --> 00:25:27,240 Speaker 1: he is, he's a nice compliment, nice change of pays back. 497 00:25:27,600 --> 00:25:30,960 Speaker 1: I still believe that you know, Kareem Hunt gave them 498 00:25:30,960 --> 00:25:33,160 Speaker 1: something that was a little different in terms of his physicality. 499 00:25:33,160 --> 00:25:35,480 Speaker 1: He could run the ball a little tougher inside. But 500 00:25:36,280 --> 00:25:39,879 Speaker 1: you have to worry about so much on the perimeter. 501 00:25:40,359 --> 00:25:43,639 Speaker 1: That man Williams is an afterthought, but he's so explosive 502 00:25:43,640 --> 00:25:45,600 Speaker 1: that he makes you pay for not paying that takes 503 00:25:45,600 --> 00:25:49,200 Speaker 1: you to him. You're focused on Tyreek Hill and Travis Kelsey, 504 00:25:49,200 --> 00:25:53,200 Speaker 1: and then Sammy Watchins makes some plays early, so now 505 00:25:53,240 --> 00:25:55,960 Speaker 1: you're like, Okay, we need to corral this passing game. 506 00:25:56,240 --> 00:25:58,440 Speaker 1: And the Damon Williams is hitting you, be it on 507 00:25:58,440 --> 00:26:01,320 Speaker 1: on runs or screens or and he plays, and so 508 00:26:01,520 --> 00:26:04,480 Speaker 1: it is a lot to defend. And the one thing 509 00:26:04,600 --> 00:26:06,440 Speaker 1: that we can say for all these teams, I would 510 00:26:06,440 --> 00:26:08,760 Speaker 1: say the pages are a little bit of the exception 511 00:26:08,800 --> 00:26:12,639 Speaker 1: because their talent is a little different. The multiplicity of 512 00:26:12,720 --> 00:26:15,080 Speaker 1: how they play and how they get you. They can 513 00:26:15,119 --> 00:26:17,880 Speaker 1: attack you in so many different ways that they make 514 00:26:17,920 --> 00:26:21,040 Speaker 1: it very, very difficult for the defensive coordinator to make 515 00:26:21,119 --> 00:26:24,199 Speaker 1: choices on what are the most important things that we 516 00:26:24,240 --> 00:26:26,720 Speaker 1: need to take away from this offense. And so I 517 00:26:26,760 --> 00:26:29,040 Speaker 1: go back to what I mentioned before, and to me, 518 00:26:29,119 --> 00:26:31,800 Speaker 1: that like playoff football, seems like seems to me to 519 00:26:31,880 --> 00:26:36,000 Speaker 1: be about what answers you have, whether it's just something 520 00:26:36,200 --> 00:26:38,199 Speaker 1: that you're doing that's not working. You know, like what 521 00:26:38,280 --> 00:26:40,640 Speaker 1: else can we find to kick start an offense or 522 00:26:40,680 --> 00:26:42,720 Speaker 1: how do we respond to what a defense or to 523 00:26:42,760 --> 00:26:45,320 Speaker 1: what another offense is doing to us. I mean, the 524 00:26:45,400 --> 00:26:48,320 Speaker 1: Chiefs to me, showed answers. They got the punt blocked, 525 00:26:48,400 --> 00:26:51,000 Speaker 1: which could have been a tide turner in that game, 526 00:26:51,040 --> 00:26:53,960 Speaker 1: and they come back back right back and Mahomes scores 527 00:26:53,960 --> 00:26:57,560 Speaker 1: the rushing touchdown. Uh. I believe Sammy Watkins that fumbled 528 00:26:57,960 --> 00:27:00,760 Speaker 1: uh and gave the ball to the Colts in Chief's territory. 529 00:27:00,880 --> 00:27:04,199 Speaker 1: And then edge rush comes around and forces the fumble 530 00:27:04,359 --> 00:27:06,840 Speaker 1: on luck right away on the very next possession. So 531 00:27:06,880 --> 00:27:10,240 Speaker 1: like they answered adversity there, they found answers into me, 532 00:27:10,320 --> 00:27:12,320 Speaker 1: Like Travis Kelsey is one of the best answers in 533 00:27:12,359 --> 00:27:15,080 Speaker 1: all football because you know, whether whether you're taking away 534 00:27:15,080 --> 00:27:17,560 Speaker 1: deep shots to Tyreek Hill or coming up to stop 535 00:27:17,560 --> 00:27:19,800 Speaker 1: the run, I mean, like Kelsey's like the he's like 536 00:27:19,840 --> 00:27:23,159 Speaker 1: the the the perfect answer to anything because he's a 537 00:27:23,200 --> 00:27:26,720 Speaker 1: mismatch on anybody. And and that's tofficult that's difficult to 538 00:27:26,720 --> 00:27:28,919 Speaker 1: deal with. It is difficult to deal with. But if 539 00:27:28,960 --> 00:27:31,320 Speaker 1: I'm named up as coast, I still feel good about 540 00:27:32,160 --> 00:27:35,119 Speaker 1: what we were able to accomplish this year. We were 541 00:27:35,160 --> 00:27:37,760 Speaker 1: able to bounce back from a one in five start, 542 00:27:38,200 --> 00:27:41,360 Speaker 1: We made the playoffs. We kind of solidified our identity 543 00:27:41,440 --> 00:27:44,040 Speaker 1: because we became more of a blue collar squad than 544 00:27:44,080 --> 00:27:47,680 Speaker 1: a finesse thought around the yard team um, the offensive 545 00:27:47,720 --> 00:27:50,760 Speaker 1: line looked like they are able to dominate at times. 546 00:27:51,040 --> 00:27:53,880 Speaker 1: Andrew Luck made it through the entire season without having 547 00:27:54,320 --> 00:27:58,159 Speaker 1: a recurrent injury. Frank right and the quarterback appeared to 548 00:27:58,160 --> 00:28:01,040 Speaker 1: be able on the right thing. And Marlon Mack you 549 00:28:01,160 --> 00:28:04,160 Speaker 1: discovered that you have a back. But in bowing out 550 00:28:04,160 --> 00:28:07,080 Speaker 1: where they bowed out, I think he gives Chris Ballard 551 00:28:07,240 --> 00:28:10,639 Speaker 1: enough clarity to be like, Okay, look we're solid, but 552 00:28:10,720 --> 00:28:13,159 Speaker 1: for us to take the next step, we need to 553 00:28:13,200 --> 00:28:16,399 Speaker 1: ask some more pieces. There are being conversations about maybe 554 00:28:16,440 --> 00:28:18,040 Speaker 1: Levy and Bill would be a fit there as a 555 00:28:18,119 --> 00:28:20,920 Speaker 1: running back. Maybe they need to go and find another 556 00:28:21,000 --> 00:28:24,200 Speaker 1: receiver or a playmate. He'd be fit there, and both 557 00:28:24,440 --> 00:28:26,560 Speaker 1: because they could use another perimeter, you know, and and 558 00:28:26,560 --> 00:28:29,040 Speaker 1: and so when you when you look at this team 559 00:28:29,080 --> 00:28:31,200 Speaker 1: and how they're going, they have an opportunity to stack 560 00:28:31,280 --> 00:28:34,120 Speaker 1: some more draft picks on top of what they currently 561 00:28:34,160 --> 00:28:38,120 Speaker 1: have on their foundation. If I'm Chris Ballard, I'm disappointed 562 00:28:38,160 --> 00:28:40,560 Speaker 1: that we weren't able to go on, but I feel 563 00:28:40,600 --> 00:28:44,040 Speaker 1: good about Okay, here's part two of the plan that 564 00:28:44,120 --> 00:28:46,360 Speaker 1: we put in place with Frank Wright. We should have 565 00:28:46,400 --> 00:28:50,280 Speaker 1: an opportunity to begin to dominate our division because they 566 00:28:50,360 --> 00:28:53,080 Speaker 1: look like even with the Houston Texas, they look like 567 00:28:53,120 --> 00:28:55,120 Speaker 1: a team that is on the rise, and that could 568 00:28:55,160 --> 00:28:57,520 Speaker 1: give them an opportunity to come of lord over that division, 569 00:28:57,520 --> 00:28:59,560 Speaker 1: which gives them an opportunity to be one of those 570 00:28:59,560 --> 00:29:01,840 Speaker 1: teams that always talk about being in the tournament where 571 00:29:01,880 --> 00:29:04,480 Speaker 1: Andrew love no, no question about it. And a little 572 00:29:04,480 --> 00:29:06,400 Speaker 1: more edge rush and this is a this is a 573 00:29:06,440 --> 00:29:10,320 Speaker 1: real dangerous cold football team. And uh and that's gonna 574 00:29:10,320 --> 00:29:13,040 Speaker 1: be a fun division to watch as well, considering the 575 00:29:13,080 --> 00:29:15,800 Speaker 1: run that the Texans had this year. Uh, in addition 576 00:29:15,800 --> 00:29:17,960 Speaker 1: to what the Colts did. So all right, there we 577 00:29:18,000 --> 00:29:20,960 Speaker 1: go a little divisional round takeaway pod there. 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