1 00:00:00,960 --> 00:00:06,360 Speaker 1: And now moved the sticks with Daniel, Jeremiah and Bucky Brooks. 2 00:00:09,000 --> 00:00:12,200 Speaker 1: What's up everybody, d J, Bucky here, moved the sticks 3 00:00:12,280 --> 00:00:15,880 Speaker 1: and we're gonna call this a mini pod buck. We 4 00:00:15,960 --> 00:00:18,799 Speaker 1: have a good topic. Yellttle baby pot a little something 5 00:00:18,840 --> 00:00:21,720 Speaker 1: for a little bonus, really a bonus episode for you. Um, 6 00:00:21,720 --> 00:00:25,280 Speaker 1: We've got a really really cool episode launching today on 7 00:00:25,360 --> 00:00:29,320 Speaker 1: a crossover between basketball and football where we uh do 8 00:00:29,360 --> 00:00:31,479 Speaker 1: a deep dive there. We've always talked about multi sport 9 00:00:31,520 --> 00:00:34,120 Speaker 1: athletes and how important that is, and we take a 10 00:00:34,240 --> 00:00:37,200 Speaker 1: really really fun ride here where we talked to Tom Crean, 11 00:00:37,560 --> 00:00:40,199 Speaker 1: who's uh, you know, famously related to both Jim and 12 00:00:40,240 --> 00:00:42,000 Speaker 1: John Harball. There's brother in law, so we know as 13 00:00:42,040 --> 00:00:44,520 Speaker 1: the football world, but it's also coached great basketball players 14 00:00:44,520 --> 00:00:47,880 Speaker 1: like Dwayne Wade, Victor Oladipot. We found out in talking 15 00:00:47,880 --> 00:00:52,040 Speaker 1: to Mel Tucker, with the head coach at Colorado, about 16 00:00:52,200 --> 00:00:54,960 Speaker 1: Lebron James as a high school football player, So we 17 00:00:55,000 --> 00:00:57,440 Speaker 1: have that conversation with Mel as long as well as 18 00:00:57,480 --> 00:00:59,000 Speaker 1: we had we were able to hunt down and find 19 00:00:59,080 --> 00:01:01,920 Speaker 1: Lebron James football coach in high school. So that's on 20 00:01:01,960 --> 00:01:05,520 Speaker 1: that episode as well. Some other interesting guests other NFL 21 00:01:05,560 --> 00:01:07,400 Speaker 1: players that have been great basketball players. We do a 22 00:01:07,440 --> 00:01:08,840 Speaker 1: little bit of a deep dive there, so be on 23 00:01:08,840 --> 00:01:11,240 Speaker 1: the lookout for that podcast. I think you'll enjoy it. 24 00:01:11,280 --> 00:01:13,959 Speaker 1: But today buck um really focusing on the Monday night 25 00:01:14,000 --> 00:01:16,520 Speaker 1: game because there's so much to takeaway with the performance 26 00:01:16,520 --> 00:01:18,560 Speaker 1: of the Patriots and the Jets, as well as some 27 00:01:18,560 --> 00:01:20,800 Speaker 1: some recent moves that have taken place. Yeah, now this 28 00:01:20,880 --> 00:01:23,880 Speaker 1: is UM terrifically kind of slow down and really be 29 00:01:23,959 --> 00:01:25,840 Speaker 1: able to break this down because I think this is 30 00:01:25,880 --> 00:01:30,399 Speaker 1: really a um an opportunity to talk about the education 31 00:01:30,440 --> 00:01:32,200 Speaker 1: of Sam Donald. That's what I would call it. Last 32 00:01:32,280 --> 00:01:36,800 Speaker 1: night's game, UM, the opportunity to kind of reflect on 33 00:01:36,920 --> 00:01:40,120 Speaker 1: what the New England Patriots did to really try and 34 00:01:40,160 --> 00:01:42,720 Speaker 1: help Sam Donald become a better player down the line. 35 00:01:43,080 --> 00:01:44,800 Speaker 1: And I think that's the way that you have to 36 00:01:44,840 --> 00:01:47,440 Speaker 1: take it. And I know, UM, Sam Donald has taken 37 00:01:47,480 --> 00:01:49,600 Speaker 1: a lot of heat for his comments where he talked 38 00:01:49,600 --> 00:01:53,240 Speaker 1: about seeing goes, but I actually give him credit for 39 00:01:53,560 --> 00:01:57,080 Speaker 1: the admission. UM. I don't know, UM, if you can 40 00:01:57,080 --> 00:01:59,800 Speaker 1: never become great at something without being able to look 41 00:01:59,800 --> 00:02:01,520 Speaker 1: in the mirror and say, man, I have to get better, 42 00:02:01,720 --> 00:02:04,560 Speaker 1: or I have to be self critical and know that 43 00:02:04,600 --> 00:02:07,240 Speaker 1: I need to improve in these areas. And I think 44 00:02:07,360 --> 00:02:12,960 Speaker 1: in the moment in game, Sam Donald was basically self correcting, Man, 45 00:02:13,000 --> 00:02:16,880 Speaker 1: I'm out here seeing ghost I'm not staying uh in 46 00:02:16,960 --> 00:02:19,840 Speaker 1: the pocket, I'm not staying with my wreaths. I'm seeing 47 00:02:19,880 --> 00:02:23,400 Speaker 1: things that aren't really here. And so for him to 48 00:02:23,400 --> 00:02:25,040 Speaker 1: say it, and I know that he was miked up 49 00:02:25,080 --> 00:02:27,000 Speaker 1: because that's not a conversation that we should have been 50 00:02:27,000 --> 00:02:30,560 Speaker 1: privy to. But that's him saying to himself as a mistake, 51 00:02:30,680 --> 00:02:34,239 Speaker 1: letting a little bit, but but not really. I think 52 00:02:34,240 --> 00:02:36,360 Speaker 1: I think people are kind of running away from it, 53 00:02:36,560 --> 00:02:39,320 Speaker 1: like the you've played a position and you've been in 54 00:02:39,360 --> 00:02:43,360 Speaker 1: a game at some point in your life, man like 55 00:02:43,440 --> 00:02:46,760 Speaker 1: it seems like it's thirteen guys on the field. Um um, 56 00:02:46,800 --> 00:02:48,560 Speaker 1: I've been on the field where you're like, man, I'm 57 00:02:48,760 --> 00:02:51,520 Speaker 1: out here just making it up because what I'm supposed 58 00:02:51,520 --> 00:02:54,240 Speaker 1: to be looking at. I have no idea what I'm saying. 59 00:02:54,240 --> 00:02:56,880 Speaker 1: And I think Sam Donald was admitting that to himself, 60 00:02:56,960 --> 00:02:58,760 Speaker 1: and look it was caught on the mic and he 61 00:02:58,760 --> 00:03:01,880 Speaker 1: had to answer for it. But I think the New 62 00:03:01,919 --> 00:03:04,560 Speaker 1: England pages do a great job of doing this too, 63 00:03:04,600 --> 00:03:07,840 Speaker 1: not only young quarterbacks, they do this to all quarterbacks 64 00:03:07,960 --> 00:03:09,800 Speaker 1: and we can talk a little deeper about what they 65 00:03:09,840 --> 00:03:13,080 Speaker 1: actually did. But this was the education of Sam Donald. 66 00:03:13,360 --> 00:03:15,480 Speaker 1: I can't wait to see what his response is like 67 00:03:15,880 --> 00:03:19,120 Speaker 1: going forward, um, because I think this is a launching 68 00:03:19,120 --> 00:03:21,799 Speaker 1: point for him to become a better player. There's a 69 00:03:21,919 --> 00:03:23,640 Speaker 1: lot to unpack here. That's why I wanted to do 70 00:03:23,680 --> 00:03:25,760 Speaker 1: this little mini pot here because I want to start. 71 00:03:25,800 --> 00:03:28,800 Speaker 1: First of all, I'm gonna start with the ghost thing. Um, 72 00:03:29,040 --> 00:03:30,960 Speaker 1: something I've said. I think it's probably something that's been 73 00:03:31,000 --> 00:03:33,120 Speaker 1: ordered on a lot of sidelines. I just in that 74 00:03:33,240 --> 00:03:36,920 Speaker 1: media market where you know Mark Sanchez the butt fumble 75 00:03:37,040 --> 00:03:39,720 Speaker 1: was once that happened buck in that market that was 76 00:03:39,760 --> 00:03:42,480 Speaker 1: attached to him for the remainder of his career. Anytime 77 00:03:42,520 --> 00:03:45,480 Speaker 1: something happened that came back up. I can promise you 78 00:03:45,720 --> 00:03:49,240 Speaker 1: four years from now, Sam Donald has a three interception game, 79 00:03:49,640 --> 00:03:52,280 Speaker 1: that thing's gonna be everywhere. Oh he's seeing ghosts again. 80 00:03:52,320 --> 00:03:54,440 Speaker 1: That's gonna attach to him. So and I don't know 81 00:03:54,520 --> 00:03:56,840 Speaker 1: how that all works. I guess there's their reporting it 82 00:03:56,880 --> 00:03:58,480 Speaker 1: and talking about it today in terms of how that 83 00:03:58,480 --> 00:04:02,119 Speaker 1: stuff gets to air. Um. But I if if I 84 00:04:02,160 --> 00:04:04,480 Speaker 1: was Joe Douglas or if I was Adam Gates, I'd 85 00:04:04,480 --> 00:04:07,240 Speaker 1: be hacked that that got to error, because it's gonna 86 00:04:07,240 --> 00:04:08,960 Speaker 1: be something that's gonna stick the same Donald for the 87 00:04:09,040 --> 00:04:10,960 Speaker 1: remainder of his career, even though, like I said, I 88 00:04:10,960 --> 00:04:12,640 Speaker 1: think it's a common phrase. I think it's said all 89 00:04:12,680 --> 00:04:15,840 Speaker 1: the time. Um. But anyways, that that's that side of 90 00:04:15,840 --> 00:04:18,080 Speaker 1: it for me. Then when you go back and look 91 00:04:18,080 --> 00:04:21,160 Speaker 1: at the performance, Um, we'll start with Sam and I'll 92 00:04:21,160 --> 00:04:22,880 Speaker 1: wide that out to the offense. You go back and 93 00:04:22,920 --> 00:04:26,280 Speaker 1: just watched all four picks and studied those four picks 94 00:04:26,279 --> 00:04:29,400 Speaker 1: too too bad throws in other words, to uh throws 95 00:04:29,400 --> 00:04:32,680 Speaker 1: that were just off the mark and then to misscommunications 96 00:04:32,960 --> 00:04:35,840 Speaker 1: down the field where what could have been big plays, 97 00:04:35,880 --> 00:04:37,479 Speaker 1: but they're not on the same page. And one of 98 00:04:37,480 --> 00:04:40,160 Speaker 1: those with the Mary's Thomas who hasn't been there very long, 99 00:04:40,279 --> 00:04:42,560 Speaker 1: just not on the same page. The one thing they 100 00:04:42,600 --> 00:04:45,080 Speaker 1: all had in common, all four picks were backfoot throws. 101 00:04:45,320 --> 00:04:47,719 Speaker 1: All four of them are fade away throws. Now Sam 102 00:04:47,760 --> 00:04:49,799 Speaker 1: has shown that he can make some of those. They're 103 00:04:49,880 --> 00:04:52,640 Speaker 1: majestic when he's fading away and you're you're you're completing 104 00:04:52,680 --> 00:04:56,000 Speaker 1: balls and even though it's mechanically not sound, it looks 105 00:04:56,000 --> 00:04:58,080 Speaker 1: pretty you know, it's like a nice fade away jumper there, 106 00:04:58,800 --> 00:05:00,960 Speaker 1: but he had space be able to put his feet 107 00:05:01,000 --> 00:05:02,960 Speaker 1: in the ground on all four of those and he 108 00:05:03,000 --> 00:05:05,359 Speaker 1: was fading away. So that's a mechanical fix. He's going 109 00:05:05,440 --> 00:05:09,360 Speaker 1: to have to work on on those interceptions. That's him specifically, 110 00:05:09,360 --> 00:05:11,880 Speaker 1: Buck when you widen it out to this team, I've 111 00:05:11,920 --> 00:05:14,080 Speaker 1: never seen a game and watching the tape this morning 112 00:05:14,080 --> 00:05:17,160 Speaker 1: where there was so many, um, nobody in the middle 113 00:05:17,160 --> 00:05:19,880 Speaker 1: of the field, zero coverage. I mean there is nobody. 114 00:05:19,920 --> 00:05:21,880 Speaker 1: I mean they are they are naked in the middle 115 00:05:21,920 --> 00:05:24,240 Speaker 1: of the field, so you know they're bringing one more 116 00:05:24,279 --> 00:05:27,520 Speaker 1: than you than you can protect. They they there were 117 00:05:27,600 --> 00:05:30,479 Speaker 1: so many plays where you've got zero blitz coming and 118 00:05:30,480 --> 00:05:34,080 Speaker 1: there's no outlet. There's nothing, there's nothing right now. I 119 00:05:34,080 --> 00:05:35,839 Speaker 1: don't know if that if that's on Sam for not 120 00:05:36,240 --> 00:05:39,159 Speaker 1: not not communicating that they're not site adjusting on the outsider. 121 00:05:39,240 --> 00:05:41,640 Speaker 1: There's just nothing built into the system. But that is 122 00:05:41,680 --> 00:05:44,640 Speaker 1: a major issue because there as a quarterback, you need answers, 123 00:05:45,000 --> 00:05:48,279 Speaker 1: and there were no answers there for Sam Donald last night. No, 124 00:05:48,400 --> 00:05:51,119 Speaker 1: there weren't any answers. And DJ when I was driving 125 00:05:51,120 --> 00:05:54,479 Speaker 1: in had opportunity to call um a defensive coordinator who 126 00:05:54,520 --> 00:05:56,760 Speaker 1: watched the game last night and we were talking about 127 00:05:56,760 --> 00:05:59,039 Speaker 1: and he said, man, but the Patriots did was really 128 00:05:59,120 --> 00:06:01,560 Speaker 1: very very creative. It was crafty and something that's very 129 00:06:01,600 --> 00:06:04,479 Speaker 1: very difficult for any quarterback to be able to deal with. 130 00:06:04,560 --> 00:06:06,919 Speaker 1: He said, look, part of the reason why Sam Donald 131 00:06:06,960 --> 00:06:09,960 Speaker 1: was seeing ghost is because they put it out there 132 00:06:10,040 --> 00:06:12,440 Speaker 1: to force him to see ghosts, or as the Patriots 133 00:06:12,440 --> 00:06:15,240 Speaker 1: referred to it, the boogeyman. So here's what he said 134 00:06:15,279 --> 00:06:17,240 Speaker 1: that the Patriots did very early in the game, very 135 00:06:17,240 --> 00:06:19,680 Speaker 1: early in the game, if you notice, they covered up 136 00:06:20,520 --> 00:06:24,640 Speaker 1: every eligible offensive lineman. And before I even talked about this, 137 00:06:24,680 --> 00:06:28,000 Speaker 1: he said, look, this wasn't a game plan that was 138 00:06:28,040 --> 00:06:30,960 Speaker 1: designed to blow up Sam Donald. It was a game 139 00:06:30,960 --> 00:06:33,000 Speaker 1: plan that was really designed to blow up the protection 140 00:06:33,000 --> 00:06:35,880 Speaker 1: schemes for the Jets. So what they did is they 141 00:06:35,920 --> 00:06:40,000 Speaker 1: lined up very early, they covered up every offensive linement. 142 00:06:40,160 --> 00:06:42,599 Speaker 1: They had someone right over top of them. So what 143 00:06:42,760 --> 00:06:46,000 Speaker 1: that does is it makes it hard for lineman to 144 00:06:46,120 --> 00:06:48,080 Speaker 1: then communicate because they have to assume that the guy 145 00:06:48,200 --> 00:06:51,160 Speaker 1: is standing up over top of them is coming. So 146 00:06:51,200 --> 00:06:53,160 Speaker 1: now when you do that, you can't slide out, you 147 00:06:53,200 --> 00:06:55,800 Speaker 1: can't fan out, you can't work out to the end 148 00:06:55,800 --> 00:06:57,400 Speaker 1: man of the line of scrimment. You gotta be able 149 00:06:57,400 --> 00:07:00,960 Speaker 1: to protect your gap initially, because most actions always work 150 00:07:01,040 --> 00:07:05,720 Speaker 1: inside out. Secondly, they brought all the pressure early, so 151 00:07:05,760 --> 00:07:07,920 Speaker 1: when they lined up in a gap and everyone was 152 00:07:07,960 --> 00:07:10,560 Speaker 1: lined up there, they came with all our pressure. So 153 00:07:10,600 --> 00:07:15,240 Speaker 1: now they've set the table by bringing that. Secondly, Thirdly, 154 00:07:15,400 --> 00:07:18,880 Speaker 1: basically they came same look and they ran an overload 155 00:07:18,920 --> 00:07:22,160 Speaker 1: pressure where they brought four from one side and dropped 156 00:07:22,160 --> 00:07:24,800 Speaker 1: the other guys out on the backside. So now Sam 157 00:07:24,920 --> 00:07:27,760 Speaker 1: is looking, everyone is up there. WHOA, this has come. 158 00:07:27,840 --> 00:07:29,520 Speaker 1: So I'm gonna go the other way, and then the 159 00:07:29,600 --> 00:07:32,360 Speaker 1: other way people are dropping out, So now he's like, wait, minute, 160 00:07:32,360 --> 00:07:34,680 Speaker 1: are they bringing it? Are they coming? Are they not? 161 00:07:35,040 --> 00:07:37,320 Speaker 1: And then the final thing that they did they showed 162 00:07:37,360 --> 00:07:40,600 Speaker 1: the same look. They bluffed out of it and they 163 00:07:40,600 --> 00:07:43,880 Speaker 1: had a three man rush, eight man in coverage. So now, 164 00:07:43,920 --> 00:07:45,920 Speaker 1: if you're Sam Donald, if every time that you go 165 00:07:46,000 --> 00:07:48,800 Speaker 1: to the line of scrimmage and you're looking and at 166 00:07:48,880 --> 00:07:51,760 Speaker 1: the snap is zero, it looks like a zero look, 167 00:07:51,840 --> 00:07:55,200 Speaker 1: that means nobody in the middle of the field. Everything 168 00:07:55,320 --> 00:07:59,040 Speaker 1: changes after the snap. For a young quarterback or any 169 00:07:59,120 --> 00:08:01,360 Speaker 1: quarterback to be able to figure that out on the 170 00:08:01,440 --> 00:08:05,440 Speaker 1: move in a nanosecond. Everybody would have saw it ghost. 171 00:08:05,480 --> 00:08:08,160 Speaker 1: With the game plan that the Patriots put on there, 172 00:08:08,400 --> 00:08:10,640 Speaker 1: we saw Jerry Golf fall apart on the game plan 173 00:08:10,760 --> 00:08:13,360 Speaker 1: that was very similar in the Super Bowl. We've seen 174 00:08:13,480 --> 00:08:17,600 Speaker 1: other victims uh to their game plan. I think Sam 175 00:08:17,720 --> 00:08:21,360 Speaker 1: Donald I just hadn't seen it, and because it was 176 00:08:21,440 --> 00:08:24,480 Speaker 1: so much chaos with the movement pre snap post snap, 177 00:08:24,880 --> 00:08:26,720 Speaker 1: he did say that I saw it ghost because what 178 00:08:26,840 --> 00:08:30,560 Speaker 1: he saw where imaginary rushers that didn't come, some of 179 00:08:30,600 --> 00:08:33,800 Speaker 1: them were dropping back into coverage. Great game plan, he looked. 180 00:08:34,200 --> 00:08:36,160 Speaker 1: They got out coached. I don't think you necessarily got 181 00:08:36,160 --> 00:08:39,120 Speaker 1: out played. They got out coached, no doubt. And I 182 00:08:39,920 --> 00:08:41,720 Speaker 1: hear everything that you're saying there, and I think they did. 183 00:08:41,800 --> 00:08:44,000 Speaker 1: I just I'd like to freeze it. When you get 184 00:08:44,000 --> 00:08:45,880 Speaker 1: to the top of your drop and you have pressure 185 00:08:45,920 --> 00:08:48,120 Speaker 1: coming and then you freeze the tape, you go, Okay, 186 00:08:48,160 --> 00:08:50,480 Speaker 1: where where's the outlet? Where is it? Oh? For sure's 187 00:08:50,559 --> 00:08:54,120 Speaker 1: one there's one where that there's one where just a 188 00:08:54,160 --> 00:08:56,240 Speaker 1: cardinal sin by Robby Anderson on one of the picks, 189 00:08:56,280 --> 00:08:58,120 Speaker 1: he's got to cross the face of the defender. If 190 00:08:58,160 --> 00:09:00,520 Speaker 1: he crosses his face, it might be a big Instead 191 00:09:00,559 --> 00:09:03,080 Speaker 1: he tries he kind of is in between. Heat doesn't 192 00:09:03,080 --> 00:09:05,720 Speaker 1: give the quarterback a decisive read. Um, So he just 193 00:09:05,760 --> 00:09:07,800 Speaker 1: kind of that in between. So Sam throws it like 194 00:09:07,800 --> 00:09:09,920 Speaker 1: he's coming underneath and then he tries to go over 195 00:09:09,920 --> 00:09:12,319 Speaker 1: the top and it gets picked. Um. So, just little 196 00:09:12,320 --> 00:09:15,000 Speaker 1: things like that. It just wasn't crisp you. You turn around, 197 00:09:15,000 --> 00:09:17,120 Speaker 1: you watch the Patriots, there's just a Christmas to it. 198 00:09:17,160 --> 00:09:19,280 Speaker 1: There's answers, the ball can come out right now, they 199 00:09:19,320 --> 00:09:22,120 Speaker 1: have places for Tom Brady to go with the football. Um, 200 00:09:22,400 --> 00:09:24,520 Speaker 1: that didn't really exist. I went back and looked, how 201 00:09:24,559 --> 00:09:27,000 Speaker 1: about this against Bill Belichick against the State of New 202 00:09:27,080 --> 00:09:29,599 Speaker 1: York book. Uh so this is two games with the 203 00:09:29,679 --> 00:09:31,760 Speaker 1: Jets this year, a game with the Bills, a game 204 00:09:31,800 --> 00:09:33,160 Speaker 1: with the Giants. You want to know what the quarterback 205 00:09:33,240 --> 00:09:36,240 Speaker 1: numbers are for the starting quarterbacks in those games. Fifty 206 00:09:36,320 --> 00:09:42,040 Speaker 1: one for one, thirteen for four ninety eight yards, one touchdown, 207 00:09:42,240 --> 00:09:46,800 Speaker 1: eleven interceptions, fourteen sacks. That's Bill Belichick against the State 208 00:09:46,840 --> 00:09:50,320 Speaker 1: of New York this year. I mean ridiculous. And and 209 00:09:50,800 --> 00:09:52,200 Speaker 1: the thing that they have in common. If you look 210 00:09:52,240 --> 00:09:55,320 Speaker 1: at those teams, who are you scared of? Who are 211 00:09:55,360 --> 00:09:57,400 Speaker 1: you scared of because you're gonna play this much zero coverage, 212 00:09:57,400 --> 00:09:59,440 Speaker 1: you're gonna play this much tight man, and you're gonna 213 00:09:59,440 --> 00:10:02,240 Speaker 1: be aggressive, even send blitzers. You can get burned. Well, 214 00:10:02,280 --> 00:10:04,679 Speaker 1: Golden take got him for one, So Golden take down 215 00:10:04,679 --> 00:10:06,840 Speaker 1: them for sixty four yard touchdown in the Giants game. 216 00:10:07,320 --> 00:10:09,280 Speaker 1: But when you really look at those teams, the Jets 217 00:10:09,320 --> 00:10:11,319 Speaker 1: don't have anybody they're scared of, not scared any of 218 00:10:11,400 --> 00:10:14,000 Speaker 1: those guys. The Buffalo Bills have some good players, but 219 00:10:14,040 --> 00:10:16,280 Speaker 1: nobody that's gonna that's gonna really really scary you. And 220 00:10:16,280 --> 00:10:19,000 Speaker 1: they hit a couple of plays, um, But that's that's 221 00:10:19,000 --> 00:10:20,760 Speaker 1: what it is. The Giants not either. I mean, Golden 222 00:10:20,760 --> 00:10:23,400 Speaker 1: take out one, that's it. But the people ask like, 223 00:10:23,400 --> 00:10:25,040 Speaker 1: how are the who's gonna beat the Patriots? Who can 224 00:10:25,040 --> 00:10:28,760 Speaker 1: attack the Patriots? This is a it's an aggressive defense 225 00:10:28,800 --> 00:10:31,360 Speaker 1: they're playing, and you play aggressive when you don't have fear, 226 00:10:31,720 --> 00:10:33,560 Speaker 1: and you have to have somebody that can strike fear 227 00:10:33,600 --> 00:10:35,360 Speaker 1: into that team. And thus far they haven't really played 228 00:10:35,360 --> 00:10:38,200 Speaker 1: teams that could do that. Yeah, I mean like they 229 00:10:38,520 --> 00:10:41,440 Speaker 1: haven't played teams that have had answers for there. But 230 00:10:41,480 --> 00:10:43,920 Speaker 1: I will I will say this and you know, like 231 00:10:44,400 --> 00:10:47,360 Speaker 1: I give Bill Belichick a tremendous amount of credit for 232 00:10:47,400 --> 00:10:49,440 Speaker 1: what they've been able to do with this defense, because look, 233 00:10:49,480 --> 00:10:52,079 Speaker 1: he is actually the one that is acting as the coordinator. 234 00:10:52,120 --> 00:10:54,760 Speaker 1: You saw Brian Floores leave, You got the hit coaching job. 235 00:10:55,000 --> 00:10:57,080 Speaker 1: So now they have, uh, some young guys that are 236 00:10:57,080 --> 00:10:59,560 Speaker 1: still trying to figure out how to kind of fix 237 00:10:59,640 --> 00:11:01,920 Speaker 1: the deef and called the defense. You have Brett Vilma, 238 00:11:02,480 --> 00:11:04,800 Speaker 1: who's the little linebacker that they have that used to 239 00:11:04,840 --> 00:11:07,440 Speaker 1: be a great Gerad Mayo I think is over there 240 00:11:07,480 --> 00:11:10,680 Speaker 1: also helping out. And then Belichick's son who is coaching 241 00:11:10,679 --> 00:11:13,240 Speaker 1: in the second. All those guys are kind of um 242 00:11:13,280 --> 00:11:16,040 Speaker 1: collaborating to come up with this, but Bill is obviously 243 00:11:16,120 --> 00:11:18,200 Speaker 1: running this game, and this scheme is one that really 244 00:11:18,240 --> 00:11:21,120 Speaker 1: tests you, um and it's one of those where when 245 00:11:21,120 --> 00:11:22,959 Speaker 1: you play man coverage, he gives you the freedom to 246 00:11:23,000 --> 00:11:24,960 Speaker 1: do a lot of different things. And so their team 247 00:11:25,000 --> 00:11:28,240 Speaker 1: that lives and man coverage more than any other team 248 00:11:28,440 --> 00:11:30,480 Speaker 1: in the National Football League. And then when you add 249 00:11:30,559 --> 00:11:33,800 Speaker 1: the pressure and the free snap and post nap looks 250 00:11:33,840 --> 00:11:36,000 Speaker 1: and going back and forth and then sprinkling in a 251 00:11:36,000 --> 00:11:38,800 Speaker 1: little zone dog and zone, they put a lot at 252 00:11:38,840 --> 00:11:41,320 Speaker 1: you and So it'll be interesting to see what their 253 00:11:41,360 --> 00:11:44,040 Speaker 1: game plan looks like when they played the Cleveland Browns, 254 00:11:44,040 --> 00:11:46,320 Speaker 1: because I think the Cleveland Browns are next up, and 255 00:11:46,360 --> 00:11:51,600 Speaker 1: so what does Baker Mayfield do against the outside you know, yeah, 256 00:11:52,679 --> 00:11:55,719 Speaker 1: can they hold up? Yeah? I think we willing to 257 00:11:55,720 --> 00:11:57,880 Speaker 1: be as courageous when you have oh, b J and 258 00:11:57,960 --> 00:12:01,240 Speaker 1: Jarvis Landry and those guys on the outside. Um, and 259 00:12:01,280 --> 00:12:03,320 Speaker 1: then he goes from like this is funny because this 260 00:12:03,400 --> 00:12:05,920 Speaker 1: is kind of like the second year quarterback murderers row Right, 261 00:12:05,960 --> 00:12:09,520 Speaker 1: you have Sam Donald and Baker Mayfield and faced Lamar Jackson. 262 00:12:10,240 --> 00:12:13,240 Speaker 1: How does the game plan change for each of those quarterbacks. 263 00:12:13,240 --> 00:12:15,440 Speaker 1: The one thing that the Patriots will do, it will 264 00:12:15,559 --> 00:12:20,000 Speaker 1: educate us on how they view um the talent and 265 00:12:20,040 --> 00:12:22,320 Speaker 1: the performance of each of their playmakers based on the 266 00:12:22,320 --> 00:12:24,680 Speaker 1: game plan that they present for each of them. Yeah, 267 00:12:24,720 --> 00:12:26,679 Speaker 1: they're gonna have to They're gonna play a little bit different. 268 00:12:26,720 --> 00:12:28,600 Speaker 1: I think when you go up against Baltimore, because you 269 00:12:28,600 --> 00:12:31,800 Speaker 1: play that much man and Lamar breaks contain, there's nobody, 270 00:12:31,880 --> 00:12:34,880 Speaker 1: I mean there's nobody, and he will, uh, he'll gut 271 00:12:34,920 --> 00:12:36,839 Speaker 1: them if they do that. So I would say that's 272 00:12:36,840 --> 00:12:38,760 Speaker 1: gonna have to change when they play against the Baltimore 273 00:12:38,840 --> 00:12:40,959 Speaker 1: Ravens with the with the style of their plan. I 274 00:12:41,000 --> 00:12:43,000 Speaker 1: want to real quick to finish up shop here on 275 00:12:43,040 --> 00:12:46,720 Speaker 1: the Jets, I would just say, look, it's a terrible 276 00:12:46,720 --> 00:12:48,760 Speaker 1: game for Sam Donald, the worst game of his career. 277 00:12:49,000 --> 00:12:51,400 Speaker 1: But when you look at the schedule, let's let's reserve 278 00:12:51,480 --> 00:12:53,400 Speaker 1: judgment a little bit till we get through this stretch. Here. 279 00:12:53,480 --> 00:12:56,600 Speaker 1: They got the Jags, you know Jacks, you know Jalen Ramsey. 280 00:12:56,600 --> 00:12:59,360 Speaker 1: It's still it's a decent defense. But you got Jacksonville 281 00:12:59,400 --> 00:13:03,680 Speaker 1: next after at Dolphins, Giants, Redskins, Raiders who really can't 282 00:13:03,720 --> 00:13:07,360 Speaker 1: rush the pastor even though they're playing better Bengals Dolphins again. 283 00:13:07,600 --> 00:13:10,280 Speaker 1: So he's got a stretch five six games in there 284 00:13:10,360 --> 00:13:12,560 Speaker 1: where you know, if if they can't get anything going 285 00:13:12,559 --> 00:13:14,160 Speaker 1: and Sam can't get anything going, that would be a 286 00:13:14,200 --> 00:13:17,120 Speaker 1: little bit concerned. Um, but let's let's get through that 287 00:13:17,160 --> 00:13:20,200 Speaker 1: stretch before we before we go all on piling on him. Yeah. 288 00:13:20,240 --> 00:13:22,800 Speaker 1: I mean, look, I think look, it's it's it's an 289 00:13:22,800 --> 00:13:25,920 Speaker 1: overreaction to a one game scenario because the week before, 290 00:13:25,960 --> 00:13:28,800 Speaker 1: Sam Donald look terrific going against the Dallas Cowboys. They 291 00:13:28,800 --> 00:13:32,120 Speaker 1: played a different style. Uh, the aggressiveness that the Patriots 292 00:13:32,120 --> 00:13:33,680 Speaker 1: shown was a little different in the way that the 293 00:13:33,720 --> 00:13:35,800 Speaker 1: Cowboys attack. Is one of those things when you were 294 00:13:35,800 --> 00:13:37,920 Speaker 1: a young quarterback, if you played a position long enough. 295 00:13:38,240 --> 00:13:41,680 Speaker 1: Hey man, sometimes uh, sometimes the rabbit gets the gun. 296 00:13:42,080 --> 00:13:44,480 Speaker 1: And what happened. The rabbit had the gun last night. 297 00:13:44,600 --> 00:13:46,800 Speaker 1: He had to take it. I appreciate him owning up 298 00:13:46,800 --> 00:13:49,320 Speaker 1: to it in the postgame presser. Now it's about getting 299 00:13:49,320 --> 00:13:51,120 Speaker 1: on the practice field and getting ready because the one 300 00:13:51,160 --> 00:13:54,040 Speaker 1: thing that will happen in the National Football League once 301 00:13:54,080 --> 00:13:57,200 Speaker 1: you put this kind of performance on display versus dead 302 00:13:57,280 --> 00:14:00,480 Speaker 1: kind of defense, He's going to have answers. Again. He 303 00:14:00,880 --> 00:14:04,000 Speaker 1: has to have answers against cover zero blitz is because 304 00:14:04,000 --> 00:14:06,400 Speaker 1: people are going to test him to see if he 305 00:14:06,480 --> 00:14:09,120 Speaker 1: and Adam Gates can come up with answers to that 306 00:14:09,440 --> 00:14:11,480 Speaker 1: or they're going to continue to see this kind of 307 00:14:11,520 --> 00:14:15,240 Speaker 1: game plan presented at them each and every week. Think 308 00:14:15,240 --> 00:14:18,360 Speaker 1: about this number here, how crazy this is. The Miami 309 00:14:18,440 --> 00:14:22,520 Speaker 1: Dolphins this year are giving up thirty five points a game. 310 00:14:23,680 --> 00:14:27,640 Speaker 1: That's a long points. New England Patriots are giving up 311 00:14:27,680 --> 00:14:31,240 Speaker 1: six point nine. That's that's from the top to the 312 00:14:31,280 --> 00:14:34,560 Speaker 1: bottom of the NFL. One's giving up seven ones, giving 313 00:14:34,640 --> 00:14:37,880 Speaker 1: up thirty five. I mean, that's that's incredible, man, that 314 00:14:38,080 --> 00:14:41,400 Speaker 1: the disparity between those two teams in the same division. Yeah, 315 00:14:41,440 --> 00:14:44,920 Speaker 1: I mean it is. I mean it is crazy. It's 316 00:14:44,960 --> 00:14:47,720 Speaker 1: so crazy. But look, there's a difference between the have 317 00:14:47,720 --> 00:14:49,920 Speaker 1: has and they have not s, and we're seeing it. 318 00:14:50,000 --> 00:14:51,600 Speaker 1: Like a lot of people are saying that the Patriots 319 00:14:51,600 --> 00:14:54,560 Speaker 1: will skate to the playoffs because of the division. Um, 320 00:14:54,600 --> 00:14:56,800 Speaker 1: I'm not quite. I'm not ready to necessarily say that. 321 00:14:56,840 --> 00:14:59,600 Speaker 1: I think the Buffalo Bills will be a challenge because 322 00:14:59,640 --> 00:15:02,840 Speaker 1: Buffalo was playing really good football. I think, um, the 323 00:15:02,960 --> 00:15:05,880 Speaker 1: Jets have the opportunity to present some challenges. They didn't 324 00:15:05,880 --> 00:15:08,200 Speaker 1: get it done this time, so we'll see what it 325 00:15:08,240 --> 00:15:12,040 Speaker 1: looks like. Um. The one thing about the Patriots, the 326 00:15:12,080 --> 00:15:15,320 Speaker 1: Patriots always have an eye towards getting better. I think 327 00:15:15,360 --> 00:15:17,840 Speaker 1: the big thing that came out of that game how 328 00:15:17,880 --> 00:15:20,840 Speaker 1: Bill Belichick keeps his thumb and his foot on the gas, 329 00:15:21,160 --> 00:15:24,000 Speaker 1: he doesn't let up, and how they were continued to 330 00:15:24,040 --> 00:15:28,880 Speaker 1: coach the guys regardless of the score. Um. Their high performance, Uh, 331 00:15:28,880 --> 00:15:32,359 Speaker 1: the high standard of performance that the Patriots have for themselves, 332 00:15:32,800 --> 00:15:35,680 Speaker 1: to me is unbelievable. It's unbelievable that in that game 333 00:15:35,920 --> 00:15:38,360 Speaker 1: that you can grind and consistently try and get your 334 00:15:38,360 --> 00:15:40,880 Speaker 1: guys to focus in on playing their best game regardless 335 00:15:40,920 --> 00:15:43,960 Speaker 1: of score. To me, that's the difference between the the 336 00:15:43,960 --> 00:15:47,200 Speaker 1: the elite teams and the other teams that look, you 337 00:15:47,280 --> 00:15:50,080 Speaker 1: expect them to win, and they delivered the performance that 338 00:15:50,200 --> 00:15:53,440 Speaker 1: is expected each and every week. You know who? You 339 00:15:53,440 --> 00:15:55,760 Speaker 1: know who he is? By the way, who check? Yes, 340 00:15:55,800 --> 00:15:58,920 Speaker 1: I finally figured this out. He's he's He's John Crease. 341 00:15:58,960 --> 00:16:01,360 Speaker 1: He's the he's the sent say for the Cobra Kai. 342 00:16:01,680 --> 00:16:05,040 Speaker 1: And there is no mercy in his dojo. Absolutely none. 343 00:16:05,200 --> 00:16:08,280 Speaker 1: With Bill Belichick, it's it has sweep the leg I 344 00:16:08,280 --> 00:16:11,440 Speaker 1: mean it is. It is absolutely start to finish, you'll 345 00:16:11,480 --> 00:16:13,680 Speaker 1: pull up. They'll wait till they pull you off. That's 346 00:16:13,760 --> 00:16:15,760 Speaker 1: that's when we'll that's when we'll stop and make sure 347 00:16:15,760 --> 00:16:17,600 Speaker 1: they pull you off. The fight that you know, it's 348 00:16:17,640 --> 00:16:19,360 Speaker 1: just like the m m a uh. You get a 349 00:16:19,360 --> 00:16:21,520 Speaker 1: guy on the ground, you're wailing away and just just 350 00:16:21,560 --> 00:16:23,680 Speaker 1: wait till that that referee has to get and kind 351 00:16:23,680 --> 00:16:25,200 Speaker 1: of pull the back of your g to pull you 352 00:16:25,240 --> 00:16:28,040 Speaker 1: off there. Uh, that's that's the way they're playing. It's crazy, 353 00:16:28,360 --> 00:16:31,560 Speaker 1: you know, it's it is, it is funny, you know, um, 354 00:16:31,600 --> 00:16:33,440 Speaker 1: because because you wonder about that, right, because you hear 355 00:16:33,480 --> 00:16:35,080 Speaker 1: people saying like, hey, why is he in the game? 356 00:16:35,280 --> 00:16:36,960 Speaker 1: And last night, I will say this, this kind of 357 00:16:37,000 --> 00:16:40,480 Speaker 1: irked me on on the telecast because they kept saying, hey, man, 358 00:16:40,480 --> 00:16:43,520 Speaker 1: they should pull a Donald out. No, you don't pull 359 00:16:43,600 --> 00:16:45,560 Speaker 1: him out like at the beginning of the fourth quarter, 360 00:16:45,800 --> 00:16:48,760 Speaker 1: because it's not necessarily going his way. If anything, you 361 00:16:48,840 --> 00:16:52,200 Speaker 1: let him play through this, like his confidence, his self 362 00:16:52,320 --> 00:16:54,640 Speaker 1: esteem won't be wrecked because he's having a bad game 363 00:16:54,680 --> 00:16:56,840 Speaker 1: from the New England Patriots. I think what you would 364 00:16:56,880 --> 00:16:59,000 Speaker 1: like to do is let him work through some of 365 00:16:59,000 --> 00:17:01,920 Speaker 1: these things and hopefully in the fourth quarter he has 366 00:17:01,960 --> 00:17:04,000 Speaker 1: a few completions that he can build on the game 367 00:17:04,080 --> 00:17:06,520 Speaker 1: confidence going into the next game. But to pull him 368 00:17:06,520 --> 00:17:10,080 Speaker 1: out with thirteen fourteen minutes left, No, I don't think 369 00:17:10,080 --> 00:17:11,600 Speaker 1: that's the right thing to do. I think you have 370 00:17:11,640 --> 00:17:13,600 Speaker 1: to kind of make him sitting there and kind of 371 00:17:13,720 --> 00:17:16,920 Speaker 1: learned through some of these hard lessons. Yeah, that's that's 372 00:17:16,920 --> 00:17:19,480 Speaker 1: a great point. The uh the little clip that was 373 00:17:19,520 --> 00:17:22,200 Speaker 1: circulated on the meet on social media last night was 374 00:17:22,560 --> 00:17:25,240 Speaker 1: Dan Marino when they were asking him about turnovers or something, 375 00:17:25,280 --> 00:17:27,440 Speaker 1: and he said, look, I remember playing against this team 376 00:17:27,560 --> 00:17:30,000 Speaker 1: was in college alway through three. I mean, what's you 377 00:17:30,080 --> 00:17:35,320 Speaker 1: throw the three? What's the difference four? Five? Gunslinger? Gunslinger 378 00:17:35,600 --> 00:17:37,679 Speaker 1: mentality there? So you gotta let that roll off your 379 00:17:37,680 --> 00:17:39,600 Speaker 1: back a little bit and hopefully you can get on 380 00:17:39,640 --> 00:17:41,160 Speaker 1: a little bit of a hot streak. I do want 381 00:17:41,160 --> 00:17:42,800 Speaker 1: to touch on one move by the Patriot before we 382 00:17:42,840 --> 00:17:45,000 Speaker 1: get out of here. Make the trade for Mohamed Sanu 383 00:17:45,080 --> 00:17:47,760 Speaker 1: second rounder next year. I know some people felt like 384 00:17:47,800 --> 00:17:50,000 Speaker 1: that's a lot to give up for Mohamed Sanu, but 385 00:17:50,040 --> 00:17:52,280 Speaker 1: buck I I look at his his skill set, what 386 00:17:52,320 --> 00:17:55,920 Speaker 1: he brings, which is catch, run, after the catch, physicality, 387 00:17:56,000 --> 00:17:58,119 Speaker 1: which it's a bunch of these little underneath throws from 388 00:17:58,160 --> 00:18:00,040 Speaker 1: Tom Brady. He'll fit in well there. And then and 389 00:18:00,080 --> 00:18:01,440 Speaker 1: you get inside the red zone. I thought they needed 390 00:18:01,440 --> 00:18:03,119 Speaker 1: a little more size there on the outside, so we 391 00:18:03,200 --> 00:18:05,080 Speaker 1: give them some of that as well. I think it's 392 00:18:05,080 --> 00:18:07,440 Speaker 1: actually a pretty good fit there. Okay, I'm gonna say, 393 00:18:07,440 --> 00:18:09,560 Speaker 1: and I don't know if Bill Belichick has done this, 394 00:18:09,600 --> 00:18:11,760 Speaker 1: I'm gonna say that Bill Belichick and the Patriots are 395 00:18:11,760 --> 00:18:14,800 Speaker 1: stilling a page from the New Orleans Saints offensive playbook. 396 00:18:15,200 --> 00:18:18,040 Speaker 1: The New Orleans Saints for years have used what we 397 00:18:18,119 --> 00:18:20,600 Speaker 1: call the big slot receiver. Uh, they did it with 398 00:18:20,640 --> 00:18:23,600 Speaker 1: Marcus Colston, they're currently doing it with Michael Thomas. And 399 00:18:23,640 --> 00:18:27,119 Speaker 1: what the big slide receiver does is he basically acts 400 00:18:27,160 --> 00:18:29,880 Speaker 1: as a replacement to the tight end. When you look 401 00:18:29,880 --> 00:18:32,159 Speaker 1: at Tom Brady and you really study how Tom Brady 402 00:18:32,200 --> 00:18:34,720 Speaker 1: attacks the field as a passer, he likes to work 403 00:18:34,800 --> 00:18:37,719 Speaker 1: inside the numbers. He wants to work inside the numbers. 404 00:18:37,760 --> 00:18:40,199 Speaker 1: Really has to hash well, when I look at the 405 00:18:40,200 --> 00:18:43,760 Speaker 1: Patriots with Rob Gronkowski out of the mix, they don't 406 00:18:43,760 --> 00:18:45,359 Speaker 1: really have a big guy that can do the dirty 407 00:18:45,400 --> 00:18:49,000 Speaker 1: work over the middle. Yes, Julian Edelman goes over there 408 00:18:49,000 --> 00:18:51,440 Speaker 1: and is fearless running the option routes, but they don't 409 00:18:51,480 --> 00:18:54,080 Speaker 1: have what I call that that guy that can expand 410 00:18:54,119 --> 00:18:57,399 Speaker 1: the strike zone, that has a big pass catching radius 411 00:18:57,440 --> 00:19:00,840 Speaker 1: that Tom Brady can go to a critical moments. So, 412 00:19:00,880 --> 00:19:03,680 Speaker 1: if we talked about this team being a basketball team, 413 00:19:03,680 --> 00:19:06,600 Speaker 1: when it comes to their wide receiver corps um, Josh 414 00:19:06,640 --> 00:19:09,800 Speaker 1: Gordon is the big guy on the outside. But Josh 415 00:19:09,800 --> 00:19:12,560 Speaker 1: Gordon isn't necessarily guy that you're dumbing it down into 416 00:19:12,600 --> 00:19:15,439 Speaker 1: in the post. On the basketball court, Josh Gordon is 417 00:19:15,480 --> 00:19:18,439 Speaker 1: more of your your power forward. Then you have Julian 418 00:19:18,520 --> 00:19:20,960 Speaker 1: Element who's running the wings and doing all those other things. 419 00:19:21,000 --> 00:19:23,080 Speaker 1: You got the little backs who are acting as your guards. 420 00:19:23,320 --> 00:19:25,560 Speaker 1: The one thing that was missing was the guy that 421 00:19:25,600 --> 00:19:27,520 Speaker 1: you could put on the block and throw it down 422 00:19:27,600 --> 00:19:30,160 Speaker 1: into and say, a big fella, go get us a bucket. 423 00:19:30,600 --> 00:19:33,320 Speaker 1: Mohammed Sanknew now becomes that guy. I believe they're going 424 00:19:33,359 --> 00:19:36,359 Speaker 1: to use him in that role over the middle of 425 00:19:36,359 --> 00:19:38,520 Speaker 1: the field. He'll do some of the stuff that Rob 426 00:19:38,520 --> 00:19:41,879 Speaker 1: Gronkowski did for the Patriots for years. It would be 427 00:19:41,920 --> 00:19:45,240 Speaker 1: out of different looks, different personnel packages, but I believe 428 00:19:45,320 --> 00:19:47,200 Speaker 1: Mohammed san Knew is going to be the guy that 429 00:19:47,280 --> 00:19:51,000 Speaker 1: makes the bulk of his catches inside the numbers, primarily 430 00:19:51,080 --> 00:19:54,240 Speaker 1: between the hashes. Well, I think it's interesting because the 431 00:19:54,240 --> 00:19:56,680 Speaker 1: Patriots are always one step ahead, and we talked about 432 00:19:56,680 --> 00:19:59,119 Speaker 1: the tight end phase. You know, when it's tight end 433 00:19:59,160 --> 00:20:01,400 Speaker 1: heavy offense, So you want to put a little guy 434 00:20:01,440 --> 00:20:03,800 Speaker 1: in there, then you're gonna be able to man handle 435 00:20:03,840 --> 00:20:05,119 Speaker 1: them in the run game. You want to put a 436 00:20:05,119 --> 00:20:06,560 Speaker 1: big guy in there, they're gonna be able to run 437 00:20:06,560 --> 00:20:08,360 Speaker 1: away from me. In the past game and now when 438 00:20:08,400 --> 00:20:10,399 Speaker 1: you look at it, you know, we talked about the 439 00:20:10,440 --> 00:20:12,359 Speaker 1: basketball team, buck, I think they're trying to collect as 440 00:20:12,359 --> 00:20:14,200 Speaker 1: many power forward as possible. You're gonna get to kill 441 00:20:14,200 --> 00:20:17,719 Speaker 1: Harry back um nikkil. Harry was six two three two 442 00:20:18,359 --> 00:20:21,840 Speaker 1: eight pounds mohammedsan News six to ten. Uh. You get 443 00:20:21,840 --> 00:20:24,320 Speaker 1: Gordon in there, man, he's he's hulking. Now all of 444 00:20:24,359 --> 00:20:26,800 Speaker 1: a sudden, you want to get your run game cranked up, 445 00:20:26,800 --> 00:20:29,560 Speaker 1: and maybe your offensive line is missing some pieces. That's fine. 446 00:20:29,880 --> 00:20:32,280 Speaker 1: You can get those wide receivers involved in the running game. 447 00:20:32,359 --> 00:20:34,080 Speaker 1: Let them ragged all some of these little corners they're 448 00:20:34,080 --> 00:20:35,880 Speaker 1: gonna be going against. Hey, look, that's a great point 449 00:20:35,880 --> 00:20:38,280 Speaker 1: because you talk about these big guys, because now what 450 00:20:38,320 --> 00:20:39,879 Speaker 1: you can do is not only with those guys on 451 00:20:40,000 --> 00:20:42,280 Speaker 1: the perimeter. The New England Pages have been a team 452 00:20:42,320 --> 00:20:45,360 Speaker 1: that have always loved to use these close, nasty alignments, 453 00:20:45,440 --> 00:20:48,920 Speaker 1: nasty splits with their wire receivers stacked and bunch looks. 454 00:20:48,960 --> 00:20:51,480 Speaker 1: So now when you're a defender and a defensive back, 455 00:20:51,480 --> 00:20:53,280 Speaker 1: you gotta make a decision. Man, I'm in here with 456 00:20:53,320 --> 00:20:55,320 Speaker 1: a lot of traffic, so a couple of things that 457 00:20:55,440 --> 00:20:56,879 Speaker 1: I can either do. I can go here and go 458 00:20:56,960 --> 00:20:59,439 Speaker 1: toe to toe with his big receiver and close they 459 00:20:59,440 --> 00:21:01,520 Speaker 1: can collapse me down and we can run around the edge, 460 00:21:02,040 --> 00:21:04,639 Speaker 1: or I have to backing up. I have to back up, 461 00:21:04,720 --> 00:21:07,280 Speaker 1: soften up, and now I give them what they want 462 00:21:07,359 --> 00:21:09,680 Speaker 1: in the running game, I don't have a hard force 463 00:21:09,760 --> 00:21:13,080 Speaker 1: player at the point of attack. You are right, they 464 00:21:13,080 --> 00:21:15,840 Speaker 1: are one step ahead of the posse. They are playing 465 00:21:15,920 --> 00:21:18,760 Speaker 1: matchup ball. They're building their team to get ready for 466 00:21:18,800 --> 00:21:21,200 Speaker 1: the playoffs. Last year we saw them more into a 467 00:21:21,280 --> 00:21:24,159 Speaker 1: twenty one personnel team, a team that was physical in 468 00:21:24,200 --> 00:21:28,280 Speaker 1: that regard well with Josh Gordon, Mohammed Sanu and maybe 469 00:21:28,320 --> 00:21:32,520 Speaker 1: to cure Harry. Those guys are your quasi tight ends. 470 00:21:32,960 --> 00:21:35,520 Speaker 1: They can make you make a determination. Hey we're gonna 471 00:21:35,560 --> 00:21:37,719 Speaker 1: put Nickel and Dime on the field. Great, we got 472 00:21:37,800 --> 00:21:39,680 Speaker 1: all of these little guys on the field, and they're 473 00:21:39,680 --> 00:21:42,720 Speaker 1: still playing powerful ball running around the corner. Think about it. 474 00:21:42,760 --> 00:21:46,360 Speaker 1: They have receivers basically playing running back. When you look 475 00:21:46,359 --> 00:21:48,760 Speaker 1: at what they do with James White. So people look 476 00:21:48,800 --> 00:21:51,200 Speaker 1: at the program. If you're gonna match up personnel wise 477 00:21:51,600 --> 00:21:54,280 Speaker 1: based off the letters next to their number in the program, 478 00:21:54,600 --> 00:21:57,000 Speaker 1: you're you're gonna lose against New England Patriots because you're 479 00:21:57,000 --> 00:21:59,440 Speaker 1: gonna see, Okay, they got running back, Well, that's James White. 480 00:21:59,440 --> 00:22:01,040 Speaker 1: You might as well just treating my receiver. He runs 481 00:22:01,080 --> 00:22:02,560 Speaker 1: routes like a receiver. They can split them out and 482 00:22:02,560 --> 00:22:04,440 Speaker 1: do whatever they want. Now you're gonna have a bunch 483 00:22:04,480 --> 00:22:07,160 Speaker 1: of of wide receivers that they're gonna be basically tight 484 00:22:07,240 --> 00:22:09,200 Speaker 1: ends with a wide receiver next to their name. It's 485 00:22:09,240 --> 00:22:11,119 Speaker 1: just the way they do it. Man. They're one step 486 00:22:11,160 --> 00:22:13,679 Speaker 1: ahead at all times. Once they paid a deposity. They 487 00:22:13,680 --> 00:22:15,280 Speaker 1: make it very very difficult for you to kind of 488 00:22:15,280 --> 00:22:17,920 Speaker 1: play the way that you want to play. And it's um, 489 00:22:17,960 --> 00:22:21,040 Speaker 1: it's tough, it is. It is a challenge playing playing 490 00:22:21,080 --> 00:22:23,240 Speaker 1: the features man, because they have so many different things 491 00:22:23,320 --> 00:22:25,840 Speaker 1: that they throw at you, and because they operate using 492 00:22:25,880 --> 00:22:29,600 Speaker 1: that snowflake philosophy where every game plan is like a snowflake. 493 00:22:29,640 --> 00:22:32,200 Speaker 1: It's unique and has his life of his own. Hard 494 00:22:32,240 --> 00:22:33,760 Speaker 1: to prepare for, and they're gonna be hard to prepare 495 00:22:33,800 --> 00:22:36,520 Speaker 1: for going down the stretch and in the playoffs, no doubt. 496 00:22:36,520 --> 00:22:38,520 Speaker 1: We'll see if they can keep it going. Here. A 497 00:22:38,520 --> 00:22:40,960 Speaker 1: couple undefeated teams left New England Patriots in the a 498 00:22:41,080 --> 00:22:43,800 Speaker 1: f C and the forty Niners over there in the NFC. 499 00:22:43,920 --> 00:22:46,000 Speaker 1: Be interested to see which one of them drops a 500 00:22:46,040 --> 00:22:48,280 Speaker 1: game first. All right, that's gonna do it for us today. 501 00:22:48,280 --> 00:22:50,040 Speaker 1: Thank you guys for listening. If you have a question 502 00:22:50,040 --> 00:22:52,560 Speaker 1: for us, drop it on the Apple podcast in the 503 00:22:52,760 --> 00:22:54,479 Speaker 1: in the rating review section there. If you leave us 504 00:22:54,480 --> 00:22:56,520 Speaker 1: a little review, pop a question in there, we'll do 505 00:22:56,560 --> 00:22:58,680 Speaker 1: our best to get it answered on the next episode. 506 00:22:58,840 --> 00:23:00,760 Speaker 1: I appreciate you guys, listen. 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