1 00:00:08,240 --> 00:00:11,960 Speaker 1: We are just hours away from Week eleven kicking off 2 00:00:12,039 --> 00:00:15,120 Speaker 1: in the NFL. BOYD, do we have a big one? 3 00:00:15,240 --> 00:00:19,440 Speaker 1: Jalen Hurts, Jayden Daniels, Mike Garafollo, all the stars are 4 00:00:19,440 --> 00:00:24,600 Speaker 1: coming out at Lincoln Financial Field. That is just the appetizer, 5 00:00:24,680 --> 00:00:29,520 Speaker 1: main course. How about Patrick Mahomes versus Josh Allen on Sunday? 6 00:00:29,640 --> 00:00:32,239 Speaker 1: Our Jeffrey Judea and Mark Ross are going to be 7 00:00:32,240 --> 00:00:34,760 Speaker 1: here to help us break down the latest chapter in 8 00:00:34,840 --> 00:00:41,479 Speaker 1: the Bills Chief Saga Jets Coles also a game that 9 00:00:41,600 --> 00:00:44,720 Speaker 1: some people will watch on Sunday. Will it be one 10 00:00:44,720 --> 00:00:48,040 Speaker 1: of Aaron Rodgers' last games in the NFL? Here what 11 00:00:48,159 --> 00:00:51,920 Speaker 1: the four time NFL MVP has to say? Now, go 12 00:00:52,120 --> 00:00:58,200 Speaker 1: toward the light. Welcome inside with the insiders alongside Ian Rappaport, 13 00:00:58,400 --> 00:01:04,440 Speaker 1: Judy Bautista Garifolo. I am Tom Pelissaro. It's a full 14 00:01:04,480 --> 00:01:08,279 Speaker 1: house on this show today. You know what that means. 15 00:01:08,400 --> 00:01:12,080 Speaker 1: It's Week eleven. Garrifolo's wearing some type of a trench 16 00:01:12,120 --> 00:01:14,959 Speaker 1: goat thing while he's texting on the field and before 17 00:01:15,000 --> 00:01:18,200 Speaker 1: we get to him, you know it's going down tonight 18 00:01:18,240 --> 00:01:18,639 Speaker 1: in Philly. 19 00:01:20,120 --> 00:01:20,880 Speaker 2: We know who we are? 20 00:01:21,160 --> 00:01:21,720 Speaker 3: What was that? 21 00:01:22,040 --> 00:01:23,400 Speaker 4: This is a good football team anyway. 22 00:01:23,640 --> 00:01:26,479 Speaker 1: Way after playoffs, go attack, move to his right, looking down, 23 00:01:26,840 --> 00:01:28,440 Speaker 1: throw it from mcclorin behind. 24 00:01:28,160 --> 00:01:30,920 Speaker 3: The defender made it, Daniel didn't done it again. 25 00:01:30,720 --> 00:01:32,679 Speaker 1: And they hand them full up the bark play put 26 00:01:32,800 --> 00:01:35,360 Speaker 1: down Daniel have to avoid him, run. 27 00:01:35,280 --> 00:01:37,440 Speaker 3: Run running round forty thirty by thirty. 28 00:01:38,560 --> 00:01:40,080 Speaker 5: What you're gonna do with Tomba right now? 29 00:01:40,160 --> 00:01:43,000 Speaker 6: You're floating good footmark player tell me Tom to night. 30 00:01:43,120 --> 00:01:46,280 Speaker 3: I've never seen that move, and I've been watching football 31 00:01:46,319 --> 00:01:47,080 Speaker 3: Allline life. 32 00:01:47,160 --> 00:01:47,840 Speaker 1: Jade worked it. 33 00:01:47,960 --> 00:01:49,800 Speaker 5: Up, tornty on he rot it, get out. 34 00:01:49,880 --> 00:01:53,680 Speaker 7: Hurt the steep hurts, keep the bigle art down seven. 35 00:01:55,120 --> 00:01:58,280 Speaker 8: Fire. It is my love it at God dot down. 36 00:02:04,880 --> 00:02:08,320 Speaker 1: If you're not jacked up after watching this? How about 37 00:02:08,360 --> 00:02:11,519 Speaker 1: this poster? I can't get enough of these? Is it 38 00:02:11,639 --> 00:02:16,080 Speaker 1: a superhero movie? Has Jalen Hurt's actually been struck by lightning? 39 00:02:16,800 --> 00:02:20,320 Speaker 1: Why is Jadeen Daniels burning in some kind of hell clouds? 40 00:02:20,400 --> 00:02:22,840 Speaker 1: For more on those answers, let's go to the field 41 00:02:22,960 --> 00:02:27,239 Speaker 1: at Lincoln Financial Field. That's where we find are Mike Karafola. 42 00:02:27,320 --> 00:02:28,679 Speaker 5: What do we got Mike there? 43 00:02:28,840 --> 00:02:29,800 Speaker 1: In Philadelphia? 44 00:02:31,280 --> 00:02:33,600 Speaker 7: We have got no shortage of story lines. Tom in 45 00:02:33,639 --> 00:02:36,480 Speaker 7: this NFC East battle here with the Commanders looking to 46 00:02:36,560 --> 00:02:39,280 Speaker 7: come off that disappointing loss to the Steelers. There a 47 00:02:39,320 --> 00:02:41,720 Speaker 7: couple of things that went wrong lately that could have 48 00:02:41,800 --> 00:02:43,919 Speaker 7: gone the other way. And this is a team that 49 00:02:44,200 --> 00:02:46,280 Speaker 7: a lot of folks thought was we're playing with house money. 50 00:02:46,320 --> 00:02:47,679 Speaker 7: You talk to them down there, They're like, no, we 51 00:02:47,800 --> 00:02:50,320 Speaker 7: are in this to compete this year. Certainly that was 52 00:02:50,800 --> 00:02:52,960 Speaker 7: why they made the trade for Marshawn Lattimore, who has 53 00:02:53,000 --> 00:02:55,480 Speaker 7: been ruled out. They will be without him once again. 54 00:02:55,960 --> 00:02:56,080 Speaker 9: Uh. 55 00:02:56,160 --> 00:03:00,239 Speaker 7: But the work week this past couple of days was 56 00:03:00,280 --> 00:03:02,600 Speaker 7: these guys got right back to work, right back to 57 00:03:02,680 --> 00:03:04,840 Speaker 7: that confidence that they have been playing with, so looking 58 00:03:04,880 --> 00:03:07,400 Speaker 7: to put that on display tonight against the Eagles. They 59 00:03:07,400 --> 00:03:10,000 Speaker 7: will have running back Brian Robinson back. My understanding is 60 00:03:10,040 --> 00:03:12,880 Speaker 7: he's expected to be a full go in his return. 61 00:03:12,960 --> 00:03:15,359 Speaker 7: I know both teams want to run the football. That's 62 00:03:15,400 --> 00:03:17,040 Speaker 7: going to be a big key. Which team winds up 63 00:03:17,080 --> 00:03:18,560 Speaker 7: running the football. Bet are probably going to be the 64 00:03:18,600 --> 00:03:20,959 Speaker 7: indication of who's going to win this game. 65 00:03:21,200 --> 00:03:21,480 Speaker 5: Tonight. 66 00:03:21,560 --> 00:03:23,639 Speaker 7: We got the return of Zach Ertz. Julie's going to 67 00:03:23,680 --> 00:03:26,480 Speaker 7: be on hand here with his son Madden as well. 68 00:03:26,800 --> 00:03:28,400 Speaker 7: I talked to him a couple of days ago. He says, 69 00:03:28,400 --> 00:03:30,200 Speaker 7: I can't make it about that. If I start to 70 00:03:30,240 --> 00:03:32,440 Speaker 7: make it about that, I'll come out of my game 71 00:03:32,520 --> 00:03:34,480 Speaker 7: plan with regard to what he needs to do for 72 00:03:34,560 --> 00:03:37,880 Speaker 7: this Commander's team to win. So an exciting NFC East 73 00:03:38,040 --> 00:03:41,560 Speaker 7: matchup here for positioning at the top of a two 74 00:03:41,880 --> 00:03:43,600 Speaker 7: horse race in the nfcas. 75 00:03:45,240 --> 00:03:45,400 Speaker 1: Well. 76 00:03:45,520 --> 00:03:47,840 Speaker 10: This is a huge litmus test for the Commanders because 77 00:03:47,840 --> 00:03:49,880 Speaker 10: it is going to be a two team race in 78 00:03:49,960 --> 00:03:52,960 Speaker 10: the NFC East and they are coming off a loss 79 00:03:53,000 --> 00:03:53,520 Speaker 10: to the Steelers. 80 00:03:53,600 --> 00:03:54,080 Speaker 11: Let's place it. 81 00:03:54,200 --> 00:03:57,200 Speaker 10: They haven't had to come off too many losses this year, 82 00:03:57,240 --> 00:04:00,400 Speaker 10: but they're coming off a loss to the Steelers where 83 00:04:00,400 --> 00:04:03,560 Speaker 10: the Steelers were able to get people around Jayden Daniels 84 00:04:03,640 --> 00:04:05,800 Speaker 10: and sort of sped him up. He did not play 85 00:04:05,880 --> 00:04:08,480 Speaker 10: particularly well in that game, and as a matter of fact, 86 00:04:08,560 --> 00:04:11,200 Speaker 10: something to keep an eye on is his completion percentage 87 00:04:11,400 --> 00:04:15,000 Speaker 10: is off since he suffered the rib injury in Week seven, 88 00:04:15,160 --> 00:04:17,320 Speaker 10: So that's something to keep an eye on if that's 89 00:04:17,400 --> 00:04:20,160 Speaker 10: bothering him. But again, the Steelers were able to get 90 00:04:20,279 --> 00:04:22,719 Speaker 10: bodies around him, or the Eagles going to be able 91 00:04:22,760 --> 00:04:25,640 Speaker 10: to get pressure around him. Will that affect him again tonight? 92 00:04:26,040 --> 00:04:28,560 Speaker 10: Certainly the running games are going to be critical. These 93 00:04:28,600 --> 00:04:33,400 Speaker 10: are two outstanding rushing offenses. As for rushing defenses, the 94 00:04:33,480 --> 00:04:35,960 Speaker 10: Eagles have one of the top five wins that commanders 95 00:04:36,120 --> 00:04:39,560 Speaker 10: have a bottom five rushing defense. That's certainly an inequity 96 00:04:39,640 --> 00:04:40,320 Speaker 10: to keep an eye on. 97 00:04:42,240 --> 00:04:44,520 Speaker 12: Well for me, a couple of things to watch, I'd say, 98 00:04:44,560 --> 00:04:46,360 Speaker 12: first of all, for the Philadelphia Eagles. 99 00:04:46,080 --> 00:04:49,880 Speaker 2: Who are really good and have really really put a 100 00:04:49,920 --> 00:04:51,640 Speaker 2: good product down the field the last couple of weeks. 101 00:04:51,920 --> 00:04:54,360 Speaker 12: It's not like their schedule has been the hardest, right Like, 102 00:04:54,440 --> 00:04:56,720 Speaker 12: obviously they've taken care of what they need to take 103 00:04:56,720 --> 00:04:58,640 Speaker 12: care of, but I'm not sure how many big time 104 00:04:58,839 --> 00:05:01,360 Speaker 12: tests there have been. Tonight is a big time test. 105 00:05:01,440 --> 00:05:04,320 Speaker 12: It's in the division is a pretty feisty defense. It's 106 00:05:04,360 --> 00:05:06,880 Speaker 12: a young quarterback that the entire world is talking about, 107 00:05:07,279 --> 00:05:09,960 Speaker 12: entire world is watching, and you know this Eagles defense. 108 00:05:10,040 --> 00:05:14,000 Speaker 12: Vic Fangio's defense has really garnered a ton of praise 109 00:05:14,040 --> 00:05:16,320 Speaker 12: as one of the top units in the NFL. We 110 00:05:16,400 --> 00:05:19,800 Speaker 12: will see because I'm not sure how many quarterbacks lately 111 00:05:20,360 --> 00:05:22,840 Speaker 12: like Jaden Daniels, they faced, So that is going to 112 00:05:22,880 --> 00:05:24,720 Speaker 12: be fun to watch as teams try to figure out 113 00:05:24,800 --> 00:05:27,120 Speaker 12: like how good each of them are, Like this will 114 00:05:27,160 --> 00:05:29,920 Speaker 12: be essentially a Limus test for the egos and then 115 00:05:30,000 --> 00:05:32,360 Speaker 12: the other side of it. You know, Jaden Daniels has 116 00:05:32,440 --> 00:05:36,240 Speaker 12: had an unbelievable meteoric rise of good feeling and good 117 00:05:36,320 --> 00:05:39,800 Speaker 12: fortune and you know, almost all of it caused by him, 118 00:05:39,839 --> 00:05:42,080 Speaker 12: and it has been very cool to watch. Didn't win 119 00:05:42,240 --> 00:05:45,280 Speaker 12: last week, and as Judy mentioned, like it hasn't been 120 00:05:45,360 --> 00:05:46,800 Speaker 12: quite as easy since that injury. 121 00:05:47,160 --> 00:05:48,400 Speaker 2: How well can he bounce back? 122 00:05:48,520 --> 00:05:50,440 Speaker 12: How well can he kind of stave off any sort 123 00:05:50,480 --> 00:05:53,960 Speaker 12: of low or slump a lot on display tonight for. 124 00:05:54,000 --> 00:05:56,560 Speaker 2: All of us watching, and I am very excited about it. 125 00:05:57,960 --> 00:06:00,320 Speaker 1: No matter what happens tonight, I am sure there will 126 00:06:00,320 --> 00:06:03,480 Speaker 1: be a measured response from that crowd in Philadelphia. It's 127 00:06:03,520 --> 00:06:06,320 Speaker 1: not the only tasty divisional matchup, but they do on 128 00:06:06,480 --> 00:06:10,799 Speaker 1: the week eleventh sleek. Might I interest you in Packers Bears, 129 00:06:10,839 --> 00:06:13,920 Speaker 1: a matchup that bell was notable in part because Caleb Williams, 130 00:06:13,960 --> 00:06:15,480 Speaker 1: the number one pick, is going to have a new 131 00:06:15,600 --> 00:06:19,320 Speaker 1: play caller at Soldier Field, but also because Jordan Love, 132 00:06:19,400 --> 00:06:22,200 Speaker 1: who was dealing with a groin injury a couple of 133 00:06:22,240 --> 00:06:26,240 Speaker 1: weeks ago, was not really entirely moving like himself in 134 00:06:26,360 --> 00:06:28,240 Speaker 1: the game against the Lines. He had the bye to 135 00:06:28,320 --> 00:06:30,960 Speaker 1: rest listed as a full participant I in, which certainly 136 00:06:31,040 --> 00:06:33,080 Speaker 1: bodes well for how he's going to be feeling here 137 00:06:33,120 --> 00:06:33,680 Speaker 1: for the stretcher. 138 00:06:34,760 --> 00:06:36,480 Speaker 12: Yeah, and there's a couple of different parts of this thing, 139 00:06:36,600 --> 00:06:39,200 Speaker 12: like remember when you remember because you did it, remember 140 00:06:39,200 --> 00:06:42,680 Speaker 12: when you put out the initial injury estimate on Jordan. 141 00:06:42,560 --> 00:06:46,120 Speaker 2: Love and it was like, you know, three to six weeks, right, 142 00:06:46,279 --> 00:06:46,800 Speaker 2: that was the knee. 143 00:06:46,839 --> 00:06:48,200 Speaker 12: And then it's like, well, he gets back, and then 144 00:06:48,200 --> 00:06:50,520 Speaker 12: he wasn't himself for at least a couple of weeks, 145 00:06:50,720 --> 00:06:51,279 Speaker 12: and then he was. 146 00:06:51,320 --> 00:06:53,919 Speaker 2: Back feeling to himself, probably by that six weeks. 147 00:06:54,160 --> 00:06:57,560 Speaker 12: Well, with this groin injury, he didn't miss any time, 148 00:06:58,520 --> 00:07:01,080 Speaker 12: but probably wasn't exactly himself. Then you get to a 149 00:07:01,120 --> 00:07:04,479 Speaker 12: couple weeks later and you're like, all right, now he's himself. 150 00:07:04,600 --> 00:07:06,560 Speaker 12: Now he's one hundred percent. And I think that's the 151 00:07:06,600 --> 00:07:08,479 Speaker 12: way it is with Jordan Love. It really does take 152 00:07:08,560 --> 00:07:12,160 Speaker 12: on a different significance for him from being okay, he's 153 00:07:12,240 --> 00:07:14,440 Speaker 12: on the field, that's cool, to being okay, he is 154 00:07:14,560 --> 00:07:17,000 Speaker 12: back to his whole self fully, like he can be 155 00:07:17,080 --> 00:07:19,560 Speaker 12: under center. More play action game can get a little 156 00:07:19,600 --> 00:07:23,400 Speaker 12: more Love here. Has he played his best football recently, No, 157 00:07:23,920 --> 00:07:27,080 Speaker 12: but he's also been pretty banged up essentially, well, not essentially, 158 00:07:27,120 --> 00:07:28,760 Speaker 12: he's been banged up the entire season. 159 00:07:29,280 --> 00:07:31,160 Speaker 2: Now, finally healthy, finally. 160 00:07:30,960 --> 00:07:33,920 Speaker 12: Full participate, you are going to see the Jordan Love 161 00:07:34,000 --> 00:07:36,400 Speaker 12: that the entire NFL world fell in love with at 162 00:07:36,440 --> 00:07:39,120 Speaker 12: the end last year. The entire reason the Packers gave 163 00:07:39,200 --> 00:07:41,880 Speaker 12: him all that money to start the season. A very 164 00:07:42,000 --> 00:07:44,360 Speaker 12: very good benchmark for Love this week. 165 00:07:46,160 --> 00:07:49,200 Speaker 1: Jordan Love already has a short term lease agreement on 166 00:07:49,360 --> 00:07:52,520 Speaker 1: the Bears. Aaron Rodgers, I believe technically and legally still 167 00:07:52,680 --> 00:07:54,840 Speaker 1: owns them, though he's now a member of the New 168 00:07:54,920 --> 00:07:57,280 Speaker 1: York Jets. He's got his own issues to worry about. 169 00:07:57,520 --> 00:08:00,520 Speaker 1: This week, they're three and seven, hitting do a game 170 00:08:00,560 --> 00:08:03,320 Speaker 1: against the Colts. It feels like every game is an 171 00:08:03,360 --> 00:08:06,480 Speaker 1: elimination game for New York. So what does all that 172 00:08:06,680 --> 00:08:09,520 Speaker 1: mean about Aaron Rodgers in twenty twenty five? 173 00:08:11,160 --> 00:08:12,920 Speaker 13: And I think that the verdict's still not out on 174 00:08:13,000 --> 00:08:17,120 Speaker 13: this season, yet, but I think it's it's always a 175 00:08:17,240 --> 00:08:20,960 Speaker 13: challenge when when they're singing your praises or tearing it 176 00:08:21,040 --> 00:08:24,720 Speaker 13: down outside the building, it's it's an important, important, challenge. 177 00:08:24,880 --> 00:08:27,840 Speaker 13: You know, I don't really you know, look at it 178 00:08:27,920 --> 00:08:31,800 Speaker 13: and stuff. So I'm I'm unaware unless the guy that's 179 00:08:31,840 --> 00:08:34,520 Speaker 13: doing a voir deer right now is telling me what's 180 00:08:34,559 --> 00:08:38,319 Speaker 13: going on with, you know, with the messaging out there. 181 00:08:38,440 --> 00:08:40,640 Speaker 13: So I like to insulate myself, and I care about 182 00:08:40,640 --> 00:08:43,040 Speaker 13: the opinions of these guys in locker room. That's obviously 183 00:08:43,120 --> 00:08:46,199 Speaker 13: not the case with everybody. You start going down that 184 00:08:47,360 --> 00:08:50,320 Speaker 13: that path where you're interacting on social media with fans 185 00:08:50,480 --> 00:08:56,079 Speaker 13: or any of you you people, it doesn't doesn't always 186 00:08:56,160 --> 00:08:58,400 Speaker 13: end the right way, you know, And I think that's 187 00:08:58,440 --> 00:09:01,280 Speaker 13: a good reminder for all of us. When you're right now, 188 00:09:01,360 --> 00:09:05,160 Speaker 13: you can't be reading it and loving that seratonin that's 189 00:09:05,240 --> 00:09:07,800 Speaker 13: coming from these positive things just saying about you when 190 00:09:07,800 --> 00:09:08,480 Speaker 13: they're tearing you down. 191 00:09:08,559 --> 00:09:09,040 Speaker 5: You can't either. 192 00:09:09,240 --> 00:09:12,040 Speaker 13: So that's part of the lessons of the season so far. 193 00:09:12,880 --> 00:09:15,360 Speaker 5: You talked about wanting to play beyond this year. Therefore, 194 00:09:15,880 --> 00:09:18,200 Speaker 5: has the way this season gone for you or as 195 00:09:18,240 --> 00:09:19,400 Speaker 5: a team? Change? 196 00:09:19,400 --> 00:09:20,160 Speaker 9: Stop talk at all? 197 00:09:20,559 --> 00:09:20,920 Speaker 8: Not really? 198 00:09:21,040 --> 00:09:22,640 Speaker 13: Not for the negatives, No, not really. 199 00:09:23,360 --> 00:09:25,080 Speaker 3: So you still want to play in twenty twenty five, 200 00:09:25,160 --> 00:09:25,480 Speaker 3: I think so. 201 00:09:25,600 --> 00:09:25,800 Speaker 5: Yeah. 202 00:09:27,880 --> 00:09:30,959 Speaker 1: At various points, Judy, we heard Aaron Rodgers muse not 203 00:09:31,080 --> 00:09:33,520 Speaker 1: just about playing one more year, but maybe two, three, 204 00:09:33,920 --> 00:09:37,319 Speaker 1: four more years. There is a blowing with the wind 205 00:09:37,480 --> 00:09:40,000 Speaker 1: aspect to this. Nobody truly knows what Aaron Rodgers is 206 00:09:40,080 --> 00:09:41,400 Speaker 1: going to do from year to year. But when you 207 00:09:41,480 --> 00:09:45,560 Speaker 1: hear him say that, I think so yes, what's your reaction? 208 00:09:47,520 --> 00:09:50,640 Speaker 10: My immediate reaction was, that is a lot less certain 209 00:09:50,800 --> 00:09:53,800 Speaker 10: sounding than we have heard him sound, even in training 210 00:09:53,880 --> 00:09:56,559 Speaker 10: camp when he told Baldy and me he wanted to 211 00:09:56,640 --> 00:09:58,920 Speaker 10: play two years this year and next year for the 212 00:09:59,000 --> 00:10:01,640 Speaker 10: Jets because you wanted to to have two super Bowl opportunities, 213 00:10:01,840 --> 00:10:04,520 Speaker 10: and even earlier in the offseason when he'said two, three, 214 00:10:04,600 --> 00:10:07,680 Speaker 10: maybe four years. So keep that in mind, but also 215 00:10:07,840 --> 00:10:10,199 Speaker 10: keep a really big piece of this. This may not 216 00:10:10,360 --> 00:10:13,480 Speaker 10: be entirely his decision. We know there's going to be 217 00:10:13,559 --> 00:10:15,880 Speaker 10: a new head coach. There's very likely to be a 218 00:10:15,960 --> 00:10:18,880 Speaker 10: new general manager. Woody Johnson, the owner could very well 219 00:10:18,960 --> 00:10:22,080 Speaker 10: take a job in the new administration, and so Christopher 220 00:10:22,160 --> 00:10:26,360 Speaker 10: Johnson could be running the franchise, and whoever is making 221 00:10:26,440 --> 00:10:30,079 Speaker 10: the football decisions may not want to start with a 222 00:10:30,360 --> 00:10:33,439 Speaker 10: forty one year old quarterback who is coming off what 223 00:10:33,640 --> 00:10:36,839 Speaker 10: might be his worst season as a professional football player, 224 00:10:36,920 --> 00:10:39,240 Speaker 10: So there are a whole lot of moving parts, and 225 00:10:39,400 --> 00:10:41,920 Speaker 10: we don't even know who's going to be making the 226 00:10:42,000 --> 00:10:44,319 Speaker 10: final decisions for the New York Jets. But just keep 227 00:10:44,360 --> 00:10:47,520 Speaker 10: in mind he did not sound as certain, and I 228 00:10:47,600 --> 00:10:49,640 Speaker 10: think we have to see if the people who are 229 00:10:49,720 --> 00:10:52,079 Speaker 10: running the New York Jets when these decisions have to 230 00:10:52,120 --> 00:10:54,360 Speaker 10: be made, are all that certain about Aaron Rodgers. 231 00:10:55,800 --> 00:10:58,040 Speaker 7: I just have an observation because we run the Aaron 232 00:10:58,080 --> 00:11:00,319 Speaker 7: Rodgers sound every week, and I'm starting to think that 233 00:11:00,840 --> 00:11:03,040 Speaker 7: there's some kind of challenge or something behind the scenes. 234 00:11:03,160 --> 00:11:05,040 Speaker 7: I know he's an educated guy. I know that, Like 235 00:11:05,200 --> 00:11:06,880 Speaker 7: we know he's a smart guy. We know he's well read, 236 00:11:07,760 --> 00:11:12,240 Speaker 7: just ask him. But seratonin, did I hear that there? 237 00:11:12,520 --> 00:11:14,800 Speaker 7: I remember there being a Day new Mont earlier in 238 00:11:14,880 --> 00:11:16,839 Speaker 7: the year. I feel like he's, you know, behind the scenes. 239 00:11:16,840 --> 00:11:20,000 Speaker 7: I watch this word or maybe they're challenging him. 240 00:11:20,520 --> 00:11:21,079 Speaker 13: I think it is. 241 00:11:21,280 --> 00:11:21,760 Speaker 5: I think it is. 242 00:11:21,840 --> 00:11:23,599 Speaker 7: I think I think there's a challenge going on, and 243 00:11:23,760 --> 00:11:26,199 Speaker 7: we are as he referred to us, there you people. 244 00:11:26,679 --> 00:11:29,000 Speaker 7: He is using you people as a way of playing 245 00:11:29,040 --> 00:11:29,480 Speaker 7: a little. 246 00:11:29,320 --> 00:11:29,840 Speaker 5: Game with the media. 247 00:11:29,960 --> 00:11:30,280 Speaker 3: That's right. 248 00:11:30,280 --> 00:11:31,439 Speaker 2: I would like to know more about this. 249 00:11:32,040 --> 00:11:34,160 Speaker 1: I get those word of the day emails I always 250 00:11:34,200 --> 00:11:36,160 Speaker 1: open every single time, so they keep sending it. How 251 00:11:36,200 --> 00:11:38,280 Speaker 1: did I get on that email list? I have no idea, 252 00:11:38,360 --> 00:11:40,679 Speaker 1: but they keep coming and I keep learning a few 253 00:11:40,760 --> 00:11:43,719 Speaker 1: more every day. Kirk Cousins, that seems like something he 254 00:11:43,760 --> 00:11:45,920 Speaker 1: would do as well right now, though he's focused on 255 00:11:46,040 --> 00:11:50,079 Speaker 1: playing quarterback. Listen is limited on the injury report on 256 00:11:50,320 --> 00:11:53,839 Speaker 1: Wednesday with right shoulder right elbow injuries, but upgraded to 257 00:11:53,960 --> 00:11:57,760 Speaker 1: full participation today, Mike, which certainly would seem to erase 258 00:11:57,800 --> 00:11:59,160 Speaker 1: any doubt that he's going to be out there this 259 00:11:59,240 --> 00:12:01,959 Speaker 1: week at Denver. Yeah, that's it. 260 00:12:02,200 --> 00:12:04,439 Speaker 7: That's the report. Everything you just said was what I 261 00:12:04,559 --> 00:12:06,240 Speaker 7: was going to say. He was upgrade at the full 262 00:12:06,880 --> 00:12:08,679 Speaker 7: checked in with the folks in Atlanta, had got a 263 00:12:08,760 --> 00:12:12,240 Speaker 7: sense that there was no concern over Kirk Cousins and 264 00:12:12,440 --> 00:12:16,760 Speaker 7: his right shoulder and right elbow injuries. Just gonna repeat them, 265 00:12:16,960 --> 00:12:19,160 Speaker 7: take some time, maybe punch a couple of words and 266 00:12:19,200 --> 00:12:21,120 Speaker 7: make it seem like I said something different than what 267 00:12:21,280 --> 00:12:23,040 Speaker 7: you just said, Tom, But that is the report. 268 00:12:23,120 --> 00:12:25,839 Speaker 1: Yes, if anybody ever had any doubt about whether this 269 00:12:25,960 --> 00:12:28,920 Speaker 1: show is scripted, whether we have teleprompters, no, we do not. 270 00:12:29,160 --> 00:12:32,920 Speaker 1: And sometimes I snip all over my colleagues here when 271 00:12:32,960 --> 00:12:34,400 Speaker 1: I'm trying to just simply set. 272 00:12:34,320 --> 00:12:36,160 Speaker 5: Up the question in an intelligent manner. 273 00:12:36,440 --> 00:12:39,120 Speaker 1: I'm sure Aaron Rodgers has a word or two for that. 274 00:12:39,520 --> 00:12:43,120 Speaker 1: Another quarterback in the AFC Strake May and the Patriots 275 00:12:43,160 --> 00:12:46,160 Speaker 1: went into Soldier Field. They beat them nineteen to three. 276 00:12:46,720 --> 00:12:50,040 Speaker 1: Last week. The offensive coordinator before Chicago got fired the 277 00:12:50,120 --> 00:12:52,920 Speaker 1: next day. You're not supposed to lose to this Patriots team. 278 00:12:53,360 --> 00:12:55,839 Speaker 1: Get here they are. They got three wins at a 279 00:12:56,040 --> 00:12:59,360 Speaker 1: time that, as offensive coordinator Alex Van Pelton noted today, 280 00:13:00,000 --> 00:13:01,800 Speaker 1: their young quarterbacks still learning a few things. 281 00:13:03,360 --> 00:13:06,280 Speaker 14: He's still growing, he's still pop, So that'll be one. 282 00:13:06,360 --> 00:13:07,520 Speaker 14: I'm sure it'll hold him for the rest of the 283 00:13:07,600 --> 00:13:09,800 Speaker 14: year and he'll learn from moving forward. That a thing 284 00:13:10,120 --> 00:13:12,760 Speaker 14: we always say, if nobody's opened, there's one guy that's 285 00:13:12,800 --> 00:13:15,160 Speaker 14: always open, and that's the tuba player in rote four. 286 00:13:15,920 --> 00:13:17,280 Speaker 14: So I like to see him put that ball right 287 00:13:17,320 --> 00:13:17,760 Speaker 14: in the tuba. 288 00:13:20,800 --> 00:13:22,720 Speaker 1: I'm not sure where. I mean, I know where Alex 289 00:13:22,800 --> 00:13:26,200 Speaker 1: Van Pelt played football. Were there more tuba players twenty 290 00:13:26,280 --> 00:13:29,520 Speaker 1: years ago? Judy in the league. Was that common at 291 00:13:29,640 --> 00:13:32,079 Speaker 1: NFL games? Because you're not getting a ton of bands 292 00:13:32,200 --> 00:13:32,680 Speaker 1: these days. 293 00:13:34,280 --> 00:13:36,439 Speaker 10: All I can think of is the minute men who 294 00:13:36,679 --> 00:13:38,880 Speaker 10: are at Patriots games, like in one of the ends 295 00:13:38,920 --> 00:13:41,160 Speaker 10: Z one, like, don't shoot at one of those rifles. 296 00:13:41,200 --> 00:13:42,640 Speaker 10: Don't throw the ball at one of those rifles. That 297 00:13:42,679 --> 00:13:46,040 Speaker 10: would be bad anyway. But Drake may is doing okay. 298 00:13:46,080 --> 00:13:49,760 Speaker 10: He's playing pretty well, especially considering what's around him right 299 00:13:49,840 --> 00:13:52,720 Speaker 10: We know the offensive line is not that Grady doesn't 300 00:13:52,800 --> 00:13:53,800 Speaker 10: have a whole lot of weapons. 301 00:13:53,840 --> 00:13:54,079 Speaker 11: They're not. 302 00:13:54,400 --> 00:13:59,520 Speaker 10: They don't have explosive playmakers. But he's ascending. His trajectory 303 00:13:59,720 --> 00:14:01,600 Speaker 10: is good. As a matter of fact, I think right now, 304 00:14:01,720 --> 00:14:05,280 Speaker 10: given the Caleb Williams backsliding, you might say he's playing 305 00:14:05,360 --> 00:14:10,000 Speaker 10: second best to Jayden Daniels among the rookie quarterbacks. You know, 306 00:14:10,440 --> 00:14:12,680 Speaker 10: he's been good against the Blitz. Five of his seven 307 00:14:12,800 --> 00:14:15,079 Speaker 10: touchdown passes have come against the Blitz. He's got to 308 00:14:15,080 --> 00:14:17,320 Speaker 10: cut down on the interceptions, which is what Alex man 309 00:14:17,360 --> 00:14:19,880 Speaker 10: Pelt was referring to there. But he's completing almost sixty 310 00:14:19,960 --> 00:14:22,360 Speaker 10: five percent of his passes on the whole. I think 311 00:14:22,480 --> 00:14:26,760 Speaker 10: given the supporting cast that's around him right now, he's 312 00:14:26,840 --> 00:14:30,480 Speaker 10: doing okay. He showed some real leadership ability and some toughness. 313 00:14:30,720 --> 00:14:34,840 Speaker 10: I think the Patriots from their vantage point, are really 314 00:14:34,880 --> 00:14:37,920 Speaker 10: happy with what they have seen from him during what 315 00:14:38,160 --> 00:14:41,280 Speaker 10: they know is a rebuilding season, and I think they 316 00:14:41,320 --> 00:14:43,040 Speaker 10: feel pretty confident they got their guy there. 317 00:14:44,680 --> 00:14:46,800 Speaker 12: You know, when we talked about the Colts yesterday and 318 00:14:46,840 --> 00:14:48,600 Speaker 12: the decision about Anthony Richardson. 319 00:14:48,240 --> 00:14:49,680 Speaker 2: One of the things I talked about was Billy. 320 00:14:49,720 --> 00:14:51,440 Speaker 12: Thing that really matters is you come out of the 321 00:14:51,520 --> 00:14:53,960 Speaker 12: season knowing whether or not you have a franchise quarterback 322 00:14:54,480 --> 00:14:57,680 Speaker 12: for the Patriots and Drake May obviously rookie as was 323 00:14:57,720 --> 00:14:59,760 Speaker 12: the second year guy, but the way he has played 324 00:15:00,120 --> 00:15:02,960 Speaker 12: really does look like they got the guy that they thought. 325 00:15:03,440 --> 00:15:04,400 Speaker 2: Meanwhile, on the. 326 00:15:04,440 --> 00:15:06,280 Speaker 12: Other side of the ball, the Patriots got a guy 327 00:15:06,480 --> 00:15:09,280 Speaker 12: back on defense and that is Christian Barmore. 328 00:15:09,840 --> 00:15:12,800 Speaker 2: This is an unbelievably cool story for the. 329 00:15:12,880 --> 00:15:16,000 Speaker 12: Patriots and for Barmore. He has been on the non 330 00:15:16,120 --> 00:15:18,840 Speaker 12: football injury list. There he is big number ninety, one 331 00:15:18,840 --> 00:15:22,040 Speaker 12: of the best interior defensive lineman in the NFL, and 332 00:15:22,400 --> 00:15:25,240 Speaker 12: as his contract states now, one of the richest. He 333 00:15:25,320 --> 00:15:27,880 Speaker 12: has been out the entire season on the non football 334 00:15:27,920 --> 00:15:30,720 Speaker 12: injury list because of blood clots that started in his 335 00:15:30,880 --> 00:15:33,640 Speaker 12: calf and worked his way up his body. As unfortunately, 336 00:15:33,720 --> 00:15:38,320 Speaker 12: blood cuts do. It was undiagnosed, essentially, just thought he 337 00:15:38,400 --> 00:15:39,560 Speaker 12: had some calf pain and thought it. 338 00:15:39,640 --> 00:15:40,960 Speaker 2: Was a little bit of a bruise. 339 00:15:41,200 --> 00:15:44,600 Speaker 12: Jim Whale and the Patriots had athletic trainer basically forced 340 00:15:44,640 --> 00:15:46,680 Speaker 12: him to go get it checked out. Ended up saving 341 00:15:46,760 --> 00:15:50,520 Speaker 12: his life. Did treatment came out well. Now back on 342 00:15:50,560 --> 00:15:51,920 Speaker 12: the football field, I don't know if he's going to 343 00:15:51,960 --> 00:15:55,880 Speaker 12: play this week. They want to measure expectations and say, 344 00:15:55,920 --> 00:15:57,760 Speaker 12: you know, just because he's back, doesn't mean he's going 345 00:15:57,840 --> 00:15:59,280 Speaker 12: to be the superstar that he was. 346 00:15:59,800 --> 00:16:00,480 Speaker 2: Does it matter? 347 00:16:00,800 --> 00:16:03,440 Speaker 12: The fact that he's back is an amazing win for 348 00:16:03,520 --> 00:16:05,800 Speaker 12: everyone involved in a very very cool. 349 00:16:05,680 --> 00:16:06,200 Speaker 2: Thing to see. 350 00:16:07,920 --> 00:16:11,760 Speaker 1: Patriots hosts the Rams on Sunday. Meanwhile, the Ravens have 351 00:16:11,920 --> 00:16:14,680 Speaker 1: a big divisional game that's the theme of this week 352 00:16:15,080 --> 00:16:17,240 Speaker 1: against these Steelers. And a bit of good news for 353 00:16:17,480 --> 00:16:22,000 Speaker 1: Baltimore in practice today. Safety Kyle Hamilton, who had suffered 354 00:16:22,000 --> 00:16:25,600 Speaker 1: an ankle injury last Sunday, back on the practice field 355 00:16:25,760 --> 00:16:26,640 Speaker 1: for the first time. 356 00:16:26,720 --> 00:16:26,840 Speaker 9: Here. 357 00:16:26,920 --> 00:16:29,560 Speaker 1: We'll see and monitor his participation level and whether or 358 00:16:29,560 --> 00:16:32,000 Speaker 1: not he's good to go, but certainly a good omen 359 00:16:32,240 --> 00:16:34,880 Speaker 1: that he's out there and moving around like this. Per 360 00:16:35,320 --> 00:16:39,560 Speaker 1: Ryan Mink on the social media machine earlier today. Also 361 00:16:39,640 --> 00:16:42,520 Speaker 1: good news for all of us who enjoy going to Indianapolis, 362 00:16:42,600 --> 00:16:45,160 Speaker 1: having some shrimp cocktails, some steaks, and walking around in 363 00:16:45,200 --> 00:16:49,720 Speaker 1: the climate controlled skywalks. The scouting Combine will remain in 364 00:16:49,800 --> 00:16:53,600 Speaker 1: Indianapolis into twenty twenty six. It was already going to 365 00:16:53,680 --> 00:16:56,600 Speaker 1: be there this coming February, s last March, it will 366 00:16:56,640 --> 00:16:59,680 Speaker 1: all straight back the following year. That announcement coming from 367 00:16:59,680 --> 00:17:03,320 Speaker 1: the and the City of Indianapolis today. No better place 368 00:17:03,680 --> 00:17:06,959 Speaker 1: to have the combine. And really, do you really care 369 00:17:07,040 --> 00:17:09,280 Speaker 1: where you're watching Sam Hartman's hair bounce? I think I 370 00:17:09,320 --> 00:17:12,159 Speaker 1: would take this regardless of the venue. We will all 371 00:17:12,200 --> 00:17:15,639 Speaker 1: be watching a couple other quarterbacks. Josh Allen, Patrick Mahomes 372 00:17:15,840 --> 00:17:20,119 Speaker 1: on Sunday. It is a huge game in Buffalo. But 373 00:17:20,320 --> 00:17:22,720 Speaker 1: who's got the edge and the matchup of a team 374 00:17:22,760 --> 00:17:25,320 Speaker 1: that always wins in the regular season between these teams 375 00:17:25,840 --> 00:17:28,080 Speaker 1: and the team that always knocks the other guys out 376 00:17:28,200 --> 00:17:30,639 Speaker 1: in the playoffs. Our Jeffrey Todia Mark Ross will be 377 00:17:30,720 --> 00:17:32,520 Speaker 1: here to help us break that down. 378 00:17:32,720 --> 00:17:38,280 Speaker 10: Next on the Insiders, this might be the game of 379 00:17:38,400 --> 00:17:41,120 Speaker 10: the season coming up, and as the chief Social team said, 380 00:17:41,200 --> 00:17:43,320 Speaker 10: they meet again. This is how it usually goes. The 381 00:17:43,440 --> 00:17:46,119 Speaker 10: Bills generally win in the regular season. Last three in 382 00:17:46,160 --> 00:17:48,040 Speaker 10: a row they've beaten the Chiefs in the regular season, 383 00:17:48,080 --> 00:17:50,440 Speaker 10: and then the postseason comes around and it turns around 384 00:17:50,480 --> 00:17:53,000 Speaker 10: and the Chiefs have won the last three times they 385 00:17:53,080 --> 00:17:56,520 Speaker 10: faced each other in the postseason. Patrick Mahomes has some 386 00:17:56,640 --> 00:17:57,040 Speaker 10: thoughts on. 387 00:17:57,119 --> 00:18:01,520 Speaker 15: That playing this I mean, the best of the best, 388 00:18:02,040 --> 00:18:04,119 Speaker 15: that's what you want in this league. And I've been 389 00:18:04,119 --> 00:18:07,080 Speaker 15: able to go against Josh a multitude of times, and 390 00:18:07,640 --> 00:18:09,719 Speaker 15: every single game he comes down to the very end 391 00:18:09,840 --> 00:18:12,800 Speaker 15: and he's the guy that competes and he has that fire. 392 00:18:12,920 --> 00:18:14,520 Speaker 15: I think you can see that fire that he plays 393 00:18:14,520 --> 00:18:16,359 Speaker 15: with and that kind of goes through his entire team, 394 00:18:17,080 --> 00:18:18,679 Speaker 15: and a lot of guys have had a lot of success, 395 00:18:18,760 --> 00:18:21,240 Speaker 15: and so we know it's gonna take our best football. 396 00:18:21,560 --> 00:18:23,040 Speaker 15: I think that's what we know, and if we don't, 397 00:18:23,400 --> 00:18:26,080 Speaker 15: we're gonna lose. And we've lost them and we've won some. 398 00:18:26,280 --> 00:18:27,840 Speaker 15: So I'm just hoping that this week we can get 399 00:18:27,840 --> 00:18:29,400 Speaker 15: out there play our best football and find a way 400 00:18:29,400 --> 00:18:29,800 Speaker 15: to get a win. 401 00:18:33,040 --> 00:18:34,879 Speaker 10: You would think the Chiefs would actually be happy with 402 00:18:35,000 --> 00:18:37,960 Speaker 10: how this has broken down. Jeffrey Chidia and Mark Ross. 403 00:18:38,040 --> 00:18:39,280 Speaker 10: It seems to have worked out well. 404 00:18:39,200 --> 00:18:39,720 Speaker 11: For the Chiefs. 405 00:18:39,800 --> 00:18:41,800 Speaker 10: But Jeffrey, I want to start with you, because the 406 00:18:41,880 --> 00:18:45,120 Speaker 10: Chiefs have certainly had some protection issues on the left 407 00:18:45,160 --> 00:18:48,200 Speaker 10: side in particular, How concerned are they about their left 408 00:18:48,240 --> 00:18:49,000 Speaker 10: tackle situation? 409 00:18:49,920 --> 00:18:53,000 Speaker 4: Yeah, some protection issues is an understatement, Judy. They've got 410 00:18:53,280 --> 00:18:56,840 Speaker 4: serious protection issues at left tackle. You know, Yanya Morris 411 00:18:56,880 --> 00:18:58,840 Speaker 4: has been the starter and he went out in the 412 00:18:58,920 --> 00:19:02,320 Speaker 4: last game against Denver and Kingsley Suamataia, their second round 413 00:19:02,320 --> 00:19:05,159 Speaker 4: pick came in and it was a disaster. Denver Broncos 414 00:19:05,200 --> 00:19:08,160 Speaker 4: line up with four sacks. They were dominant at times 415 00:19:08,440 --> 00:19:11,000 Speaker 4: while he was in the game. More should be back. 416 00:19:11,040 --> 00:19:12,639 Speaker 4: He yet a knee injury. That's been an up and 417 00:19:12,720 --> 00:19:15,280 Speaker 4: down thing for him this season. But Patrick Mahomes said 418 00:19:15,280 --> 00:19:17,280 Speaker 4: he believes in these guys. He trusts that they will 419 00:19:17,280 --> 00:19:20,040 Speaker 4: get the job done for him. But again, you're stalking 420 00:19:20,080 --> 00:19:21,960 Speaker 4: about an offense that wance to throw the football down 421 00:19:22,040 --> 00:19:25,600 Speaker 4: the field. They can't get Xavier Worthy going, and if 422 00:19:25,640 --> 00:19:28,600 Speaker 4: they're not able to protect again, Mark, it's going to 423 00:19:28,640 --> 00:19:31,119 Speaker 4: be a serious issue for a Buffalo Bill's defense that's. 424 00:19:31,160 --> 00:19:34,240 Speaker 5: Pretty good, yeah, no question. 425 00:19:34,480 --> 00:19:36,440 Speaker 16: And a part of that which he talked about, is 426 00:19:36,640 --> 00:19:38,720 Speaker 16: this look that Kansas City is having all though he 427 00:19:38,800 --> 00:19:40,879 Speaker 16: struggles and it doesn't matter, like, just get it too 428 00:19:40,920 --> 00:19:42,600 Speaker 16: the last play and we'll go win it again. But 429 00:19:42,960 --> 00:19:47,480 Speaker 16: I think the biggest differential there is the Kansas City 430 00:19:47,600 --> 00:19:50,760 Speaker 16: defense has really been holding this together once again, dare 431 00:19:50,840 --> 00:19:52,760 Speaker 16: we say that the greatest head coach of the generation, 432 00:19:52,880 --> 00:19:55,359 Speaker 16: Andy Reid, and the greatest quarterback and now it's a 433 00:19:55,480 --> 00:19:58,920 Speaker 16: defensive team played by my man, Steve Spagnola, the architect 434 00:19:59,000 --> 00:20:01,280 Speaker 16: of our two thousand, Seve and Giants Super Bowl wins. 435 00:20:01,359 --> 00:20:05,240 Speaker 16: So once again I'm looking to see Kansas City defense. 436 00:20:05,359 --> 00:20:08,359 Speaker 16: Really they have to hold it together against Buffalo's third 437 00:20:08,520 --> 00:20:12,080 Speaker 16: rank scoring offense and Josh Allen, And I think that's 438 00:20:12,160 --> 00:20:14,280 Speaker 16: really going to be the key to the game because 439 00:20:14,560 --> 00:20:16,520 Speaker 16: we kind of know what to expect from the Kansas 440 00:20:16,560 --> 00:20:19,000 Speaker 16: City offense that at this point is a lot of struggles, 441 00:20:19,040 --> 00:20:21,720 Speaker 16: but the defense has been holding it together. And for 442 00:20:21,840 --> 00:20:24,720 Speaker 16: Buffalo's offense, we know what Josh Allen can do. They've 443 00:20:24,760 --> 00:20:27,800 Speaker 16: shown they can run the ball. Will Amari Cooper play 444 00:20:27,960 --> 00:20:31,120 Speaker 16: to give them that extra playmaker for Josh Allen, he's 445 00:20:31,160 --> 00:20:33,440 Speaker 16: been banged up, going to be if until game time. 446 00:20:33,880 --> 00:20:36,399 Speaker 16: If he can play, then that makes the Buffalo offense 447 00:20:36,480 --> 00:20:39,400 Speaker 16: even more potent, and we'll see what my man, Steve 448 00:20:39,520 --> 00:20:40,879 Speaker 16: Bagnola has died up for it. 449 00:20:41,280 --> 00:20:44,119 Speaker 2: If that's the case, we. 450 00:20:44,160 --> 00:20:45,000 Speaker 1: All love spags. 451 00:20:45,040 --> 00:20:47,760 Speaker 10: But let's talk about the wide receivers, Jeffrey, because they 452 00:20:48,160 --> 00:20:51,000 Speaker 10: do have some injury issues in the Buffalo wide receiver room. 453 00:20:51,040 --> 00:20:53,439 Speaker 10: How they're going to manage that they do. 454 00:20:53,520 --> 00:20:56,240 Speaker 4: You're talking about not just Amari Cooper being her key 455 00:20:56,320 --> 00:20:58,400 Speaker 4: on Coleman. Their rookie receiver is not going to play 456 00:20:58,400 --> 00:21:00,880 Speaker 4: in this game because of a risk injury. Dalton Kincaid 457 00:21:01,440 --> 00:21:03,600 Speaker 4: did not practice at least for not outdooring the public 458 00:21:03,720 --> 00:21:05,720 Speaker 4: portion of the practice today with that knee injury. So 459 00:21:05,840 --> 00:21:08,920 Speaker 4: we'll see if they're down three receivers. But you know, 460 00:21:09,080 --> 00:21:11,880 Speaker 4: Joe Brady, their offensive cordiator, talked about this and said 461 00:21:11,920 --> 00:21:13,840 Speaker 4: that they're getting used to this because they've had the 462 00:21:13,920 --> 00:21:16,399 Speaker 4: mix and match players throughout the course of this season. 463 00:21:16,760 --> 00:21:18,800 Speaker 4: He joked that at some points it feels like his 464 00:21:18,880 --> 00:21:21,320 Speaker 4: play call she looks like a Picasso painting because there's 465 00:21:21,320 --> 00:21:24,280 Speaker 4: so many marks and scratches and scuffs on it because 466 00:21:24,280 --> 00:21:25,960 Speaker 4: he's trying to figure out who to get the ball to. 467 00:21:26,119 --> 00:21:29,600 Speaker 4: But this is still a potent offense with James Cook 468 00:21:29,680 --> 00:21:33,040 Speaker 4: and Dawson Knox and all those receivers, so they know 469 00:21:33,320 --> 00:21:35,760 Speaker 4: it's a tough challenge. The bigger thing to look at here, though, 470 00:21:35,840 --> 00:21:38,120 Speaker 4: is pass protection. This team is fourth in the league 471 00:21:38,400 --> 00:21:41,600 Speaker 4: protecting the quarterback, and mark that Chiefs defense is not 472 00:21:41,720 --> 00:21:43,960 Speaker 4: really getting after the passer as it has been in 473 00:21:43,960 --> 00:21:44,560 Speaker 4: the years past. 474 00:21:44,760 --> 00:21:47,400 Speaker 10: Thank you, guys, Jeffrey Mark, thanks so much. And when 475 00:21:47,440 --> 00:21:51,720 Speaker 10: we return, we're going back down the turnpike to Philadelphia. 476 00:21:52,359 --> 00:21:55,000 Speaker 10: We're going to join Mike Grifola more on the big 477 00:21:55,160 --> 00:21:56,600 Speaker 10: Thursday night football matchup. 478 00:21:56,800 --> 00:21:59,800 Speaker 11: Commanders Peoples for the lead in the NFC. 479 00:22:00,080 --> 00:22:10,680 Speaker 6: Yes, we talked yesterday about the detail, right. We talked 480 00:22:10,760 --> 00:22:14,200 Speaker 6: yesterday about the physicality. We talked yesterday about the talent 481 00:22:14,320 --> 00:22:17,439 Speaker 6: that we have, and we said we want to do special, 482 00:22:18,320 --> 00:22:20,280 Speaker 6: and to do special, you gotta do it together. 483 00:22:20,400 --> 00:22:22,520 Speaker 5: There was a moment in this game, right, all right, 484 00:22:22,600 --> 00:22:24,440 Speaker 5: we came out fourteen to six and a half. 485 00:22:24,800 --> 00:22:27,840 Speaker 6: All Right, defense gets a stop, special teams gets a 486 00:22:27,880 --> 00:22:29,399 Speaker 6: big return, offense punches in. 487 00:22:29,520 --> 00:22:31,360 Speaker 5: That's complimentary football, right. 488 00:22:32,119 --> 00:22:35,440 Speaker 6: Continue to find ways that we grow closer together because 489 00:22:35,520 --> 00:22:38,359 Speaker 6: about that's how you do special, right, and we're all 490 00:22:38,400 --> 00:22:42,360 Speaker 6: into special, right, Keep coming closer together as a team. 491 00:22:42,440 --> 00:22:42,960 Speaker 3: I feel it. 492 00:22:43,280 --> 00:22:44,280 Speaker 5: I know y'all feel it. 493 00:22:44,400 --> 00:22:46,159 Speaker 1: It's a great win, all right, But we're gonna have 494 00:22:46,200 --> 00:22:46,800 Speaker 1: to move on quick. 495 00:22:49,800 --> 00:22:52,560 Speaker 7: Oh yeah, battle for first place in the NFC East. 496 00:22:52,640 --> 00:22:55,639 Speaker 7: The upstart Commanders, the Old Guard, I don't wanna call 497 00:22:55,640 --> 00:22:57,200 Speaker 7: them the old Guard, but there. You know, they're the 498 00:22:57,240 --> 00:22:59,480 Speaker 7: guys that have been pretty much the litmus test for 499 00:22:59,520 --> 00:23:02,159 Speaker 7: the NFC East over the last couple of years. They 500 00:23:02,240 --> 00:23:06,399 Speaker 7: meet tonight Thursday night, Football Commander's Eagles here at Lincoln 501 00:23:06,720 --> 00:23:11,240 Speaker 7: Financial Field. You want some specials, we got some special 502 00:23:12,040 --> 00:23:14,800 Speaker 7: Brian Boudinger and Mark Ross joining us. 503 00:23:15,080 --> 00:23:15,439 Speaker 2: Baldy. 504 00:23:15,520 --> 00:23:18,840 Speaker 7: I know we're talking about Jalen and Jayden, but I 505 00:23:18,920 --> 00:23:20,760 Speaker 7: think I know what your key to the offense is 506 00:23:20,880 --> 00:23:22,520 Speaker 7: for both of these teams, and I like it. 507 00:23:23,760 --> 00:23:24,119 Speaker 9: What it is. 508 00:23:24,200 --> 00:23:26,000 Speaker 3: I mean both teams. I mean there are two of 509 00:23:26,080 --> 00:23:27,920 Speaker 3: the teams that run the ball more than they throw 510 00:23:28,000 --> 00:23:33,040 Speaker 3: it higher percentage. The Commanders will get Ryan Robinson Junior back. 511 00:23:33,359 --> 00:23:36,000 Speaker 3: He's their thumper. They need him in the lineup to 512 00:23:36,080 --> 00:23:39,119 Speaker 3: be more effective. But honestly, I mean Sakwan came to 513 00:23:39,160 --> 00:23:41,800 Speaker 3: the Eagles. He knows what the NFC East is all about. 514 00:23:42,080 --> 00:23:44,960 Speaker 3: He knows what these matchups, mean he's played in some 515 00:23:45,080 --> 00:23:47,040 Speaker 3: of these games, not a lot, but some of these 516 00:23:47,080 --> 00:23:49,560 Speaker 3: game to the Giants, and this team is built around 517 00:23:49,600 --> 00:23:52,359 Speaker 3: his skill set right now, and they've got him going. 518 00:23:52,920 --> 00:23:55,560 Speaker 3: And you know, right now he's averaging one hundred and 519 00:23:55,600 --> 00:23:58,560 Speaker 3: ten yards rushing a game, only second to Derrick Henry 520 00:23:58,560 --> 00:23:59,880 Speaker 3: at one hundred and twelve yards game. 521 00:24:00,240 --> 00:24:01,399 Speaker 5: He's having his best season. 522 00:24:01,840 --> 00:24:04,119 Speaker 3: And I would expect that the Eagles will do the 523 00:24:04,280 --> 00:24:08,160 Speaker 3: very best tonight behind a powerful offensive line to try 524 00:24:08,200 --> 00:24:11,200 Speaker 3: to get Saque going and really established that run game. 525 00:24:11,440 --> 00:24:14,080 Speaker 5: And everything has when it goes well to the Eagle, 526 00:24:14,880 --> 00:24:16,280 Speaker 5: it starts with the run game. 527 00:24:18,440 --> 00:24:21,679 Speaker 16: Baldy, no doubt. As sat Quon has gone, the Eagles 528 00:24:21,720 --> 00:24:24,040 Speaker 16: have gone. And I am going to talk about the quarterbacks. 529 00:24:24,080 --> 00:24:27,400 Speaker 16: And I think the big difference of the finer point 530 00:24:27,440 --> 00:24:29,720 Speaker 16: difference will be who doesn't turn the ball over. And 531 00:24:29,840 --> 00:24:33,000 Speaker 16: our man Jalen Hurts has turned it over nine times 532 00:24:33,080 --> 00:24:35,880 Speaker 16: this year, whereas Jaydon Daniels has only turned it over 533 00:24:36,200 --> 00:24:38,080 Speaker 16: two times. You think the rookie would be the one 534 00:24:38,160 --> 00:24:41,240 Speaker 16: making the mistakes, and we've seen Jalen make a lot 535 00:24:41,280 --> 00:24:44,000 Speaker 16: of mistakes this year that have cost them these last 536 00:24:44,040 --> 00:24:46,840 Speaker 16: few weeks against these bad teams that has not cost them. 537 00:24:47,160 --> 00:24:49,280 Speaker 16: But I think that when you get two teams this 538 00:24:49,520 --> 00:24:52,960 Speaker 16: evenly matched, the fine line will be the turnover battle 539 00:24:53,000 --> 00:24:54,960 Speaker 16: at all. You know, every game I've ever gone into 540 00:24:55,119 --> 00:24:57,600 Speaker 16: the coach they've talked about winning the turnover battle. And 541 00:24:57,720 --> 00:25:00,360 Speaker 16: I know it's been constantly harped on with Jalen as 542 00:25:00,600 --> 00:25:02,960 Speaker 16: Kenny stopped turning it over, and even last week he 543 00:25:03,040 --> 00:25:05,400 Speaker 16: turned it over. So if he doesn't turn it over, 544 00:25:05,640 --> 00:25:08,040 Speaker 16: obviously against the Eagles a better chance, But that will 545 00:25:08,119 --> 00:25:10,920 Speaker 16: be the difference. And really the bigger picture is I 546 00:25:11,000 --> 00:25:12,679 Speaker 16: know this, we're going to hype this game up. It's 547 00:25:12,720 --> 00:25:15,320 Speaker 16: going to be great, but are these teams any good? 548 00:25:15,400 --> 00:25:18,920 Speaker 16: Of fourteen wins? Two wins between these two teams have 549 00:25:19,080 --> 00:25:21,359 Speaker 16: come against teams with winning records. That was the Eagles 550 00:25:21,400 --> 00:25:24,159 Speaker 16: first game, very first game against Green Bay, and the 551 00:25:24,320 --> 00:25:27,440 Speaker 16: Washington beat Arizona when they hadn't become really the good 552 00:25:27,520 --> 00:25:30,520 Speaker 16: Cardinals yet. So you know, are these teams just beating 553 00:25:30,600 --> 00:25:33,680 Speaker 16: up on bad teams fellas or are these actually legitimate 554 00:25:33,760 --> 00:25:34,639 Speaker 16: teams in the NFC? 555 00:25:36,119 --> 00:25:37,959 Speaker 7: Yeah, I know that's been the question about the Eagles, 556 00:25:38,000 --> 00:25:40,320 Speaker 7: but you can say at least they handled those teams 557 00:25:40,600 --> 00:25:43,280 Speaker 7: the way you're supposed to handle teams that have inferior 558 00:25:43,359 --> 00:25:45,159 Speaker 7: records to you. So now this has bit of a 559 00:25:45,240 --> 00:25:49,000 Speaker 7: litmus test really for both teams tonight, Mark specifically with 560 00:25:49,840 --> 00:25:53,119 Speaker 7: Jayden having trouble with this this week, Jalen Jaden specifically 561 00:25:53,160 --> 00:25:56,080 Speaker 7: with Jayden Daniels coming off a long We know what 562 00:25:56,160 --> 00:25:57,840 Speaker 7: he could do, like, we've seen the ability and all 563 00:25:57,880 --> 00:26:00,840 Speaker 7: that stuff, but as a quarterback, especially in a short 564 00:26:00,840 --> 00:26:02,639 Speaker 7: week after a loss like that, you got to get 565 00:26:02,720 --> 00:26:05,560 Speaker 7: these guys right. So Jaden Daniels, what was he need 566 00:26:05,640 --> 00:26:07,280 Speaker 7: to do to make sure that the Commanders are ready 567 00:26:07,280 --> 00:26:10,320 Speaker 7: for this NFC East matchup after that disappointing loss to Pittsburgh. 568 00:26:11,040 --> 00:26:13,760 Speaker 16: Well, he hasn't faced anything like this, Mike and Baldy, 569 00:26:13,800 --> 00:26:16,160 Speaker 16: as you know, going into the link on a Thursday night. 570 00:26:17,040 --> 00:26:19,440 Speaker 16: I know he's played at some big games at LSU 571 00:26:19,680 --> 00:26:22,399 Speaker 16: and a few this year already. But this is a 572 00:26:22,480 --> 00:26:25,600 Speaker 16: whole different deal here playing in Philly, work for him 573 00:26:25,640 --> 00:26:28,240 Speaker 16: for eight years, right down the road now here going 574 00:26:28,280 --> 00:26:29,800 Speaker 16: to go watch the game with my mob. I mean, 575 00:26:30,320 --> 00:26:32,080 Speaker 16: this is going to be something different for him. But 576 00:26:32,119 --> 00:26:34,240 Speaker 16: I think he's built for this. There's certain players, there's 577 00:26:34,240 --> 00:26:36,960 Speaker 16: certain quarterbacks that are just built for the moment, and 578 00:26:37,119 --> 00:26:39,800 Speaker 16: every time this guy gets a moment, he just goes 579 00:26:39,840 --> 00:26:42,639 Speaker 16: in there and pretty much crushes these moments. And I 580 00:26:42,720 --> 00:26:45,639 Speaker 16: think he'll continue to do that if he plays great tonight. 581 00:26:45,720 --> 00:26:47,920 Speaker 16: We don't know, but I think the moment will not 582 00:26:48,080 --> 00:26:50,280 Speaker 16: be too big for him. And I think the team 583 00:26:50,359 --> 00:26:53,159 Speaker 16: has total confidence in what he can do and that 584 00:26:53,359 --> 00:26:55,920 Speaker 16: he will have the ability to bounce back from the 585 00:26:56,000 --> 00:26:58,919 Speaker 16: performance last week and say, you know what, I can 586 00:26:59,040 --> 00:27:01,280 Speaker 16: do this, and everyone has confidence in that Baldy. 587 00:27:01,960 --> 00:27:04,040 Speaker 5: You know, Mark, he's an incredibly poised kid. 588 00:27:04,560 --> 00:27:05,080 Speaker 8: He just is. 589 00:27:05,680 --> 00:27:08,280 Speaker 3: Anybody that meets him, spends any time with him, they 590 00:27:08,359 --> 00:27:10,560 Speaker 3: come away saying the same thing and then you see 591 00:27:10,640 --> 00:27:13,000 Speaker 3: that carry over to the game. But you know, honestly, 592 00:27:13,160 --> 00:27:16,080 Speaker 3: this Eagles defense and the resurgence and how they're playing, 593 00:27:16,080 --> 00:27:18,440 Speaker 3: and maybe to your point, Mark, maybe they're just beating 594 00:27:18,520 --> 00:27:20,320 Speaker 3: up on a lot of bad teams right now. But 595 00:27:20,359 --> 00:27:23,280 Speaker 3: they've got two rookies after starting that have made a difference. 596 00:27:23,320 --> 00:27:26,600 Speaker 3: Gwinyon Mitchell at the right cornerback position. I can't find 597 00:27:26,600 --> 00:27:29,040 Speaker 3: anybody who beat him this year, and he plays the 598 00:27:29,119 --> 00:27:32,000 Speaker 3: game with poise and with his feet, and then Cooper 599 00:27:32,040 --> 00:27:35,320 Speaker 3: dejen Once they've inserted him into the nickel back spot. 600 00:27:35,680 --> 00:27:38,320 Speaker 3: He just keeps making big play after big play. And 601 00:27:38,440 --> 00:27:41,040 Speaker 3: those two guys tonight are gonna see a lot of 602 00:27:42,200 --> 00:27:45,600 Speaker 3: Terry McLaurin, a wide receiver who's been an Eagle killer 603 00:27:45,680 --> 00:27:48,000 Speaker 3: over the years. And they're gonna see Zach Ertz, the 604 00:27:48,040 --> 00:27:50,159 Speaker 3: former Eagle who's having a good season. They are the 605 00:27:50,240 --> 00:27:52,840 Speaker 3: two leading receivers. They will get matched up in man 606 00:27:52,960 --> 00:27:56,280 Speaker 3: coverage or even in the matchup zone concepts that Vic 607 00:27:56,359 --> 00:27:57,080 Speaker 3: Fangio has. 608 00:27:57,440 --> 00:27:59,800 Speaker 5: They're gonna see those two young players a lot tonight. 609 00:28:00,160 --> 00:28:01,960 Speaker 3: And I want to see how those guys hold up 610 00:28:02,200 --> 00:28:05,560 Speaker 3: against Jayden Daniels and against Cliff Kingsbury Stephens tonight. 611 00:28:05,880 --> 00:28:06,600 Speaker 5: Are offense tonight. 612 00:28:06,680 --> 00:28:09,040 Speaker 3: I think those are two of the matchups I can't 613 00:28:09,080 --> 00:28:10,800 Speaker 3: wait to kind of watch here in a couple hours. 614 00:28:12,600 --> 00:28:14,199 Speaker 1: Baldy h don't go far. 615 00:28:14,520 --> 00:28:17,280 Speaker 7: Got you coming up shortly here, Mark Ross, appreciate you 616 00:28:17,440 --> 00:28:20,520 Speaker 7: very much. Jalen versus Jayden just a couple hours away. 617 00:28:20,840 --> 00:28:26,560 Speaker 5: You got it, You got it, Mike, what. 618 00:28:29,920 --> 00:28:30,640 Speaker 2: I'm good? 619 00:28:30,720 --> 00:28:30,880 Speaker 8: Here? 620 00:28:41,360 --> 00:28:43,800 Speaker 5: It drops straight back a bad right corner of the 621 00:28:43,920 --> 00:28:44,240 Speaker 5: end zone. 622 00:28:44,280 --> 00:28:47,240 Speaker 1: Harrison home, want a cat for at much down Warburn 623 00:28:47,360 --> 00:28:49,120 Speaker 1: Harrison Junior halls it in. 624 00:28:49,680 --> 00:28:50,720 Speaker 5: You can't talking down. 625 00:28:51,400 --> 00:28:54,200 Speaker 1: Come on, man, woo whoosh. 626 00:28:56,480 --> 00:28:58,960 Speaker 15: And he's gonna keep it running right to the outside 627 00:28:59,080 --> 00:29:01,800 Speaker 15: ten the end zone for a second touchdown. 628 00:29:08,080 --> 00:29:15,520 Speaker 1: What how about the comeback of Kyler Murray and the 629 00:29:15,720 --> 00:29:20,720 Speaker 1: first place Arizona Cardinals. Murray NFC Offensive Player of the 630 00:29:20,800 --> 00:29:24,360 Speaker 1: Week Arizona right now one of the best stories in football. 631 00:29:24,440 --> 00:29:27,800 Speaker 1: Look at the NFC West standings. It is the Cardinals 632 00:29:28,240 --> 00:29:31,120 Speaker 1: on top. Obviously, the forty nine ers starting to get 633 00:29:31,120 --> 00:29:34,080 Speaker 1: a little bit healthier at this stage, the Rams coming 634 00:29:34,120 --> 00:29:37,080 Speaker 1: off of a tough loss, The Seahawks have slid since 635 00:29:37,160 --> 00:29:40,960 Speaker 1: their hot start. The Cardinals, Yes, the Cardinals are forks 636 00:29:41,040 --> 00:29:44,360 Speaker 1: to be reckoned with right now in the NFC playoff picture. 637 00:29:44,400 --> 00:29:48,400 Speaker 1: Welcome back to the insiders. Tom Pellisero here with Omar Ruiz, 638 00:29:48,720 --> 00:29:52,640 Speaker 1: Brian Baldinger as well as Mark Ross. Omar, I'll start 639 00:29:52,680 --> 00:29:56,400 Speaker 1: out with you, what do the Cardinals attribute this success to? 640 00:29:56,640 --> 00:29:58,680 Speaker 1: With the fact that coming off of a four win 641 00:29:58,800 --> 00:30:01,640 Speaker 1: season that was impressive by four win season standards, they've 642 00:30:01,640 --> 00:30:04,000 Speaker 1: already got six on the board and potentially could be 643 00:30:04,040 --> 00:30:05,160 Speaker 1: playing late into January. 644 00:30:07,080 --> 00:30:09,680 Speaker 8: Well, Tom, you looked at the highlight reel to start 645 00:30:09,760 --> 00:30:13,840 Speaker 8: this segment with Kyler Murray getting blasted by Quincy Williams, 646 00:30:13,880 --> 00:30:17,520 Speaker 8: who came in off the edge untouched. Kyler Murray's helmet 647 00:30:17,640 --> 00:30:21,840 Speaker 8: goes flying. What happened after that, a drive that culminated 648 00:30:21,880 --> 00:30:25,960 Speaker 8: with Marvin Harrison Junior's touchdown, is everything that the Cardinals 649 00:30:26,000 --> 00:30:29,400 Speaker 8: have been talking about. Kyler Murray on full display and 650 00:30:29,480 --> 00:30:32,720 Speaker 8: a big reason why they are in first place by themselves. 651 00:30:32,760 --> 00:30:33,640 Speaker 5: At six and four. 652 00:30:34,120 --> 00:30:38,120 Speaker 8: Murray gets smashed there on that play, gets back. Jonathan 653 00:30:38,200 --> 00:30:40,880 Speaker 8: Gannon credits Drew Petsing, the offensive coordinator, for calling a 654 00:30:40,960 --> 00:30:44,160 Speaker 8: handoff to James Connor. He gets eight yards, sets up 655 00:30:44,200 --> 00:30:46,320 Speaker 8: a third and ten, They call time out, allows Kyler 656 00:30:46,400 --> 00:30:49,959 Speaker 8: Murray to gather himself once again, hangs in the pocket 657 00:30:50,000 --> 00:30:53,280 Speaker 8: after getting smashed by Williams a couple plays before, hangs 658 00:30:53,320 --> 00:30:57,000 Speaker 8: in the crumbling pocket and hits Trey McBride on third 659 00:30:57,040 --> 00:30:59,520 Speaker 8: and ten. Converts in the clutch on that play and 660 00:30:59,600 --> 00:31:02,400 Speaker 8: then the very next one dropping that dime in to 661 00:31:02,520 --> 00:31:05,840 Speaker 8: Marvin Harrison Junior for that touchdown. So we saw everything 662 00:31:05,840 --> 00:31:08,680 Speaker 8: about Kyler Murray how he's been playing this season. That 663 00:31:08,800 --> 00:31:13,080 Speaker 8: particular sequence a microcosm of that. The toughness, the skill set, 664 00:31:13,360 --> 00:31:17,840 Speaker 8: the leadership all on display. Meanwhile, Baldy defensively, I specifically 665 00:31:17,920 --> 00:31:21,040 Speaker 8: remember in training camp Darius Robinson, the other first round 666 00:31:21,120 --> 00:31:24,440 Speaker 8: pick that the Cardinals drafted to go along with Marvin 667 00:31:24,440 --> 00:31:27,600 Speaker 8: Harrison Junior back in April to help with the pass rush. 668 00:31:27,720 --> 00:31:30,480 Speaker 8: He was just announced that he had that injury that 669 00:31:30,720 --> 00:31:33,320 Speaker 8: we've yet to see him play so far this season. 670 00:31:33,440 --> 00:31:36,000 Speaker 8: Bjojulari gets hurt. They're counting on him to take a 671 00:31:36,000 --> 00:31:38,680 Speaker 8: big step this year. He's out for the season, and 672 00:31:38,800 --> 00:31:41,840 Speaker 8: Jonathan Gannon saying, I know it may sound crazy to 673 00:31:41,920 --> 00:31:43,920 Speaker 8: you guys, We're not going to go after anybody. We're 674 00:31:43,920 --> 00:31:45,880 Speaker 8: not going to make any moves. We're not going to 675 00:31:45,920 --> 00:31:48,040 Speaker 8: bring in a star here in training camp. I believe 676 00:31:48,080 --> 00:31:51,120 Speaker 8: in the players that we have defensively. You'll see, we'll 677 00:31:51,160 --> 00:31:53,320 Speaker 8: scheme them up, we'll coach them up, and we have 678 00:31:53,400 --> 00:31:56,000 Speaker 8: a belief and weekend and week out, Baldy, it's a 679 00:31:56,000 --> 00:31:58,760 Speaker 8: different player stepping up defensively, and they are coming together 680 00:31:58,800 --> 00:31:59,560 Speaker 8: when they've needed it. 681 00:32:00,080 --> 00:32:00,920 Speaker 5: Big reason why. 682 00:32:00,880 --> 00:32:03,800 Speaker 8: As well, in addition to Kyler Murray's play, that defense 683 00:32:03,840 --> 00:32:04,760 Speaker 8: has them in first place. 684 00:32:04,800 --> 00:32:07,000 Speaker 5: Baldy omar, this is a very. 685 00:32:06,920 --> 00:32:08,959 Speaker 3: Well coached team and they play like a a well 686 00:32:09,000 --> 00:32:11,520 Speaker 3: coach team. They don't beat themselves. Kyler has turned it 687 00:32:11,560 --> 00:32:14,880 Speaker 3: over six times in ten games. They're getting contributions. The 688 00:32:14,960 --> 00:32:17,880 Speaker 3: offensive line is solid. You go around the league and 689 00:32:17,920 --> 00:32:20,520 Speaker 3: you look at offensive lines. Now you look at Paris 690 00:32:20,600 --> 00:32:21,640 Speaker 3: and Evan Brown. 691 00:32:21,440 --> 00:32:23,160 Speaker 5: And fro Hold. This is a good group. 692 00:32:23,680 --> 00:32:27,520 Speaker 3: And you know, Tristan Coloonne has stepped in and Beach 693 00:32:27,600 --> 00:32:29,640 Speaker 3: has stepped in as you know, the third right tackle. 694 00:32:30,120 --> 00:32:31,920 Speaker 3: But they run the ball well. They run the ball 695 00:32:32,000 --> 00:32:34,200 Speaker 3: with power. They run the ball when they have to, 696 00:32:34,280 --> 00:32:38,280 Speaker 3: when they have a leade. The defensive coordinator, Nick Rayalis, 697 00:32:38,760 --> 00:32:40,160 Speaker 3: I think he's the youngest in the league. 698 00:32:40,440 --> 00:32:42,280 Speaker 5: He came there. I think he was twenty eight years old, 699 00:32:43,160 --> 00:32:45,320 Speaker 5: you know, but they believe in him and the. 700 00:32:45,400 --> 00:32:47,800 Speaker 3: Way that he pulls out some of these pressures to 701 00:32:47,920 --> 00:32:50,480 Speaker 3: get to Aaron Rodgers, to get to Rock Perty and 702 00:32:50,560 --> 00:32:53,240 Speaker 3: key spots of the game. They've overcome some of the 703 00:32:53,320 --> 00:32:55,560 Speaker 3: loss of those pass rushers. The thing that I look 704 00:32:55,640 --> 00:32:58,280 Speaker 3: forward to in the second half is I think the schedules. 705 00:32:58,400 --> 00:33:00,600 Speaker 3: Outside of these first two games on the road in 706 00:33:00,640 --> 00:33:03,000 Speaker 3: Minnesota in Seattle, you know they're two and zero in 707 00:33:03,040 --> 00:33:06,120 Speaker 3: the division. They get New England and Carolina at home. 708 00:33:06,640 --> 00:33:09,160 Speaker 3: They've got winnable games on the schedule. But I look 709 00:33:09,240 --> 00:33:12,840 Speaker 3: for Marvin Harrison Junior to have a great second half. 710 00:33:13,040 --> 00:33:15,560 Speaker 3: I don't think he's been utilized very well so far, 711 00:33:15,680 --> 00:33:18,600 Speaker 3: even with the six touchdown catches. They're gonna get Darius 712 00:33:18,680 --> 00:33:21,600 Speaker 3: Robinson back on the defensive front. They're gonna get some 713 00:33:22,040 --> 00:33:24,680 Speaker 3: of these rookies back for the second half of the season, 714 00:33:25,120 --> 00:33:28,720 Speaker 3: and I like rookie enthusiasm. They kind of pushed veterans 715 00:33:29,320 --> 00:33:31,560 Speaker 3: into a playoff spot. I think they're gonna find one. 716 00:33:32,000 --> 00:33:34,280 Speaker 3: I think they're well led by Buddha Baker, James Connor, 717 00:33:34,320 --> 00:33:37,120 Speaker 3: and Kyler Murray, and it shows up week in week. 718 00:33:36,960 --> 00:33:41,240 Speaker 16: Out right now, you guys touched on it. Why I 719 00:33:41,360 --> 00:33:44,080 Speaker 16: like the Cardinals this year as opposed to the Cardinals 720 00:33:44,160 --> 00:33:47,080 Speaker 16: of the past. I don't think toughness and physicality would 721 00:33:47,080 --> 00:33:50,000 Speaker 16: have ever been associated with the Cardinals in their history 722 00:33:50,040 --> 00:33:52,840 Speaker 16: there and when I watched them Omar you alluded to 723 00:33:52,880 --> 00:33:55,400 Speaker 16: it with Kyler taking that hit. But they are tough 724 00:33:55,640 --> 00:33:58,840 Speaker 16: and they are physical. James Connor is tough and physical. 725 00:33:59,120 --> 00:34:02,959 Speaker 16: Trey McBride is tough and physical. Marvin Harrison Junior, when 726 00:34:03,000 --> 00:34:04,880 Speaker 16: he gets his hands on the ball is tough and physical. 727 00:34:05,120 --> 00:34:08,000 Speaker 16: The defense despite all those no names there, led by 728 00:34:08,040 --> 00:34:11,200 Speaker 16: Buddha Baker, is tough and physical. And I watched them 729 00:34:11,239 --> 00:34:13,840 Speaker 16: and it's like, Wow, this team really brings it and 730 00:34:13,960 --> 00:34:16,880 Speaker 16: that is bringing the energy, and that is bringing the wins. 731 00:34:17,080 --> 00:34:19,800 Speaker 16: And then you get the magic of Kyler Murray and 732 00:34:19,880 --> 00:34:22,239 Speaker 16: the things he can do playing at an outside of 733 00:34:22,280 --> 00:34:26,360 Speaker 16: Lamar Jackson MVP level that this team I think is legit. Baldy, 734 00:34:26,440 --> 00:34:29,040 Speaker 16: you talked about they're well coached as well. So when 735 00:34:29,080 --> 00:34:31,839 Speaker 16: you get those elements of a supreme playmaker, a lot 736 00:34:31,920 --> 00:34:35,600 Speaker 16: of talent on offense, physicality and toughness and well coached, 737 00:34:36,040 --> 00:34:37,720 Speaker 16: this is for real here with the Cardinals. 738 00:34:37,760 --> 00:34:39,640 Speaker 2: I don't think this is a fluke whatsoever. 739 00:34:39,800 --> 00:34:46,200 Speaker 1: Fellas NFC West very tightly packed at this point. Omar 740 00:34:46,520 --> 00:34:49,439 Speaker 1: and games like this week for the Seahawks could play 741 00:34:49,480 --> 00:34:51,319 Speaker 1: a big role in who comes out on top. 742 00:34:53,080 --> 00:34:55,320 Speaker 8: Yeah, the forty nine Ers probably the biggest threat to 743 00:34:55,360 --> 00:34:58,280 Speaker 8: the Cardinals at this point. Mark talked about the toughness 744 00:34:58,600 --> 00:35:02,319 Speaker 8: and physicality of the Cardinals. Well, obviously we've talked about 745 00:35:02,360 --> 00:35:06,000 Speaker 8: the forty nine ers for years having those two attributes 746 00:35:06,040 --> 00:35:08,399 Speaker 8: and reason why they have appeared in four or five 747 00:35:08,520 --> 00:35:11,520 Speaker 8: NFC Championship games and appear poised at this point to 748 00:35:11,560 --> 00:35:14,040 Speaker 8: make a run in the second half to have five 749 00:35:14,160 --> 00:35:18,160 Speaker 8: of six potentially NFC Championship game appearances. And it starts 750 00:35:18,520 --> 00:35:21,319 Speaker 8: with the return of Christian McCaffrey. We talk about how 751 00:35:21,360 --> 00:35:24,520 Speaker 8: he opens up everything in that offense. You see Brock 752 00:35:24,600 --> 00:35:28,239 Speaker 8: Purdy going deep there for George Kittle. The five forty 753 00:35:28,320 --> 00:35:31,400 Speaker 8: nine ers dot caught passes from Purdy on Sunday against 754 00:35:31,440 --> 00:35:36,880 Speaker 8: the Buccaneers. Deebo, Jwan Jennings, Ricky pearsall, George Kittle, Christian 755 00:35:36,960 --> 00:35:40,480 Speaker 8: McCaffrey all had catches of at least thirty yards, so 756 00:35:40,600 --> 00:35:44,360 Speaker 8: that big play capability them going down the field. You 757 00:35:44,560 --> 00:35:47,440 Speaker 8: have to think that Christian McCaffrey's presence helping do that. 758 00:35:47,520 --> 00:35:51,400 Speaker 8: And here's McCaffrey himself getting his big play in that regard. 759 00:35:51,480 --> 00:35:55,040 Speaker 8: Then you have the sideline spat between Deebo Samuel and 760 00:35:55,120 --> 00:35:58,920 Speaker 8: their long snapper Tabor Pepper, something that Kyle Shanahan described 761 00:35:58,920 --> 00:36:03,440 Speaker 8: as an overreaction. Pepper overreacting to the words that Deebo 762 00:36:03,600 --> 00:36:06,800 Speaker 8: had for Jake Moody, their kicker who missed three field goals. 763 00:36:07,239 --> 00:36:10,600 Speaker 8: Shanahan saying that he and Jake Moody didn't have an 764 00:36:10,600 --> 00:36:13,400 Speaker 8: issue with what Deebo Samuel was telling him, So Pepper 765 00:36:13,480 --> 00:36:17,040 Speaker 8: overreacting in that regard and then Deebo Samuel overreacting and 766 00:36:17,160 --> 00:36:18,919 Speaker 8: how he wanted Pepper to get out of his face. 767 00:36:18,960 --> 00:36:22,319 Speaker 8: But sometimes those things can galvanize a team and really 768 00:36:22,440 --> 00:36:24,520 Speaker 8: spur them in the second half to get on that 769 00:36:24,640 --> 00:36:27,399 Speaker 8: same page. They got some good vibes earlier this week 770 00:36:27,480 --> 00:36:30,440 Speaker 8: when one of the most popular players in that locker room, 771 00:36:30,480 --> 00:36:34,400 Speaker 8: Diamondor Lenor, had the huge contract extension, somebody who has 772 00:36:34,480 --> 00:36:37,640 Speaker 8: been a tone setter for that defense starting last year 773 00:36:38,040 --> 00:36:41,040 Speaker 8: and then rewarded into this season playing at an extremely 774 00:36:41,160 --> 00:36:43,680 Speaker 8: high level. So you look at all those factors in 775 00:36:43,800 --> 00:36:45,719 Speaker 8: place for the forty nine ers to really turn it 776 00:36:45,800 --> 00:36:48,000 Speaker 8: on here in the second half and make that surge 777 00:36:48,200 --> 00:36:50,160 Speaker 8: to get to the top of the NFC where they've 778 00:36:50,200 --> 00:36:51,439 Speaker 8: been for years and years and years. 779 00:36:51,520 --> 00:36:54,399 Speaker 3: Now, Omar NH might very well go on a run 780 00:36:54,560 --> 00:36:56,359 Speaker 3: like they did a year ago when they came out 781 00:36:56,360 --> 00:36:58,640 Speaker 3: of the buying, went six in a row, and you know, 782 00:36:58,719 --> 00:37:00,920 Speaker 3: we're the team to beat in the NFC, But their 783 00:37:01,000 --> 00:37:03,960 Speaker 3: special team problems have not gone away, and it's not 784 00:37:04,120 --> 00:37:06,160 Speaker 3: just Jake Moody missing three field goals last week. 785 00:37:06,400 --> 00:37:08,680 Speaker 5: It's the buff punt, you know, It's it's week in, 786 00:37:08,800 --> 00:37:09,279 Speaker 5: week out. 787 00:37:09,680 --> 00:37:13,359 Speaker 3: This team like really doesn't put anything special in their 788 00:37:13,440 --> 00:37:16,839 Speaker 3: special team and it's an issue and it's cost him 789 00:37:16,880 --> 00:37:19,680 Speaker 3: games this year, you know. And if you go around 790 00:37:19,920 --> 00:37:22,799 Speaker 3: this division now, the Rams are still trying to get 791 00:37:22,840 --> 00:37:25,640 Speaker 3: Kyrin Williams going. He was the key to the second 792 00:37:25,640 --> 00:37:28,840 Speaker 3: half surge a year ago. The offensive line had struggled. 793 00:37:28,880 --> 00:37:31,160 Speaker 3: They got a couple of starters back last week against 794 00:37:31,400 --> 00:37:34,799 Speaker 3: Miami that didn't really you know, prove to be anything great. 795 00:37:35,840 --> 00:37:37,600 Speaker 3: You know, we got to see how the secondary with 796 00:37:37,680 --> 00:37:40,400 Speaker 3: the Rams, you know, comes together here down to stretch, 797 00:37:40,480 --> 00:37:42,880 Speaker 3: because it has not been a strength of theirs. 798 00:37:43,000 --> 00:37:46,080 Speaker 5: So far this season. And Seattle, look, they just released 799 00:37:46,080 --> 00:37:47,320 Speaker 5: their starting middle linebacker. 800 00:37:47,640 --> 00:37:50,919 Speaker 3: They've had major issues on defense, trying to adopt Mike 801 00:37:51,000 --> 00:37:54,719 Speaker 3: McDaniel when what he wants to do, you know, as 802 00:37:54,760 --> 00:37:57,719 Speaker 3: far as Mike McDonald what he wants to do defensively 803 00:37:57,880 --> 00:37:58,120 Speaker 3: right now. 804 00:37:58,120 --> 00:37:59,960 Speaker 5: And I don't trust their offensive line. 805 00:38:00,160 --> 00:38:02,960 Speaker 3: It's just they haven't figured out how to protect you 806 00:38:03,239 --> 00:38:05,399 Speaker 3: well enough or to get Kenni's Walker going. 807 00:38:06,000 --> 00:38:07,400 Speaker 5: And so I feel like. 808 00:38:08,000 --> 00:38:10,399 Speaker 3: Arizona doesn't have a lot of these issues, and why 809 00:38:10,440 --> 00:38:12,520 Speaker 3: I think they're still going to be standing here as 810 00:38:12,520 --> 00:38:14,279 Speaker 3: they get ready to play the Rams and forty nine 811 00:38:14,360 --> 00:38:18,160 Speaker 3: ers to finish out the season. Maybe this division comes 812 00:38:18,239 --> 00:38:20,000 Speaker 3: down to those last two weeks. 813 00:38:19,800 --> 00:38:20,360 Speaker 5: In this league. 814 00:38:22,239 --> 00:38:25,200 Speaker 16: Baldy use the word I was thinking about trust, like 815 00:38:25,360 --> 00:38:27,160 Speaker 16: who do you trust the most and who has the 816 00:38:27,239 --> 00:38:30,000 Speaker 16: highest ceiling in the division? Seattle, I don't trust them 817 00:38:30,000 --> 00:38:31,919 Speaker 16: at all. You talk about the offensive line. You watched 818 00:38:31,960 --> 00:38:33,920 Speaker 16: Seattle game in a game out, like what is his 819 00:38:34,040 --> 00:38:37,000 Speaker 16: team doing here? But and then the Rams don't After 820 00:38:37,120 --> 00:38:39,680 Speaker 16: that lost last week against Miami, seems like things are 821 00:38:39,719 --> 00:38:42,000 Speaker 16: going in the right direction. I don't trust them down 822 00:38:42,000 --> 00:38:44,560 Speaker 16: the stretch anymore. So it comes down to San Fran 823 00:38:44,680 --> 00:38:46,880 Speaker 16: and Arizona and who you trust more. And when I 824 00:38:46,960 --> 00:38:49,880 Speaker 16: watch San Fran, it just seems as if I don't know, 825 00:38:50,040 --> 00:38:52,560 Speaker 16: just things aren't working out quite right like we've seen before. 826 00:38:52,680 --> 00:38:55,640 Speaker 16: But they're still in it. And ultimately I do trust 827 00:38:55,719 --> 00:38:59,040 Speaker 16: Arizona the most out in this division because of the 828 00:38:59,120 --> 00:39:01,880 Speaker 16: factors we already talked about with the quarterback and the 829 00:39:01,960 --> 00:39:04,960 Speaker 16: physicality and the toughness and being well coached, and they've 830 00:39:05,000 --> 00:39:08,479 Speaker 16: beaten San Francisco already in San Francisco, So that extra 831 00:39:08,760 --> 00:39:12,320 Speaker 16: motivation of the extra confidence we can do this, you know, 832 00:39:12,400 --> 00:39:14,279 Speaker 16: to be the man, you gotta beat the man. 833 00:39:14,320 --> 00:39:15,080 Speaker 5: They've done it once. 834 00:39:15,400 --> 00:39:18,399 Speaker 16: The last game of the season is in Arizona. That'd 835 00:39:18,440 --> 00:39:20,480 Speaker 16: be the biggest game in Arizona in a long time 836 00:39:20,840 --> 00:39:23,719 Speaker 16: if the division comes down to those two. So I 837 00:39:23,760 --> 00:39:25,680 Speaker 16: think it'll go right down there to the end between 838 00:39:25,760 --> 00:39:27,560 Speaker 16: those two and the other two out of it, and 839 00:39:27,600 --> 00:39:29,440 Speaker 16: I'm going to ultimately go with the Cardinals there. 840 00:39:31,360 --> 00:39:34,000 Speaker 8: And we talked about the toughness and the physicality of 841 00:39:34,160 --> 00:39:36,440 Speaker 8: the Cardinals and Tommy, you remember last year and speaking 842 00:39:36,480 --> 00:39:39,279 Speaker 8: with Drew petsiing that's something that they were establishing last year. 843 00:39:39,320 --> 00:39:41,920 Speaker 8: Maybe they didn't have the talent to find ways to win. 844 00:39:42,560 --> 00:39:42,719 Speaker 5: Well. 845 00:39:42,800 --> 00:39:45,160 Speaker 8: This year, they're finding those ways to win. They blow 846 00:39:45,200 --> 00:39:48,279 Speaker 8: people out when it happens, they win games that they 847 00:39:48,320 --> 00:39:50,919 Speaker 8: shouldn't win. They can win games going back and forth. 848 00:39:50,960 --> 00:39:53,560 Speaker 8: So they're a young team that is finding its consistency 849 00:39:54,080 --> 00:39:56,600 Speaker 8: and finding ways to win and obviously have been a 850 00:39:56,719 --> 00:39:58,160 Speaker 8: huge factor for their success here. 851 00:40:00,080 --> 00:40:05,239 Speaker 1: Omar Baldy, Mark, thank you all very much. Enjoy Week 852 00:40:05,280 --> 00:40:07,839 Speaker 1: eleven kicking off tonight in Philadelphia. We got some other 853 00:40:07,880 --> 00:40:09,960 Speaker 1: good games. We've got some players coming back from injuries 854 00:40:10,040 --> 00:40:13,960 Speaker 1: going into this weekend as well, including in that Seattle game. 855 00:40:14,120 --> 00:40:17,760 Speaker 1: DK Metcalf was a full participate in practice on Wednesday, 856 00:40:17,840 --> 00:40:20,279 Speaker 1: first time that he had practiced at all since he 857 00:40:20,480 --> 00:40:24,120 Speaker 1: suffered that low grade MCL spring several weeks ago, missed 858 00:40:24,160 --> 00:40:26,640 Speaker 1: a couple of games, had the bye week to rest up. 859 00:40:26,719 --> 00:40:29,879 Speaker 1: Certainly sounds like he is on track to be back 860 00:40:30,000 --> 00:40:33,040 Speaker 1: and face the forty nine ers. San Francisco has had 861 00:40:33,120 --> 00:40:35,880 Speaker 1: its own injury issues, to say the least, throughout the 862 00:40:36,000 --> 00:40:38,600 Speaker 1: course of this season. One of the latest, George Kittle, 863 00:40:38,640 --> 00:40:41,640 Speaker 1: their standout tight end, did not practice a practice on 864 00:40:41,719 --> 00:40:46,719 Speaker 1: Wednesday because of a hamstring issue. Kyle Shanahan had downplayed it, 865 00:40:46,840 --> 00:40:49,800 Speaker 1: said it was just some soreness, but certainly one to monitor. 866 00:40:49,840 --> 00:40:53,120 Speaker 1: George Kittle tends to miss some practice time, usually shows 867 00:40:53,200 --> 00:40:55,839 Speaker 1: up on Sundays. We'll see if indeed that is the case. 868 00:40:55,960 --> 00:40:59,959 Speaker 1: Also a significant injury with a two time defending Super 869 00:41:00,000 --> 00:41:03,239 Speaker 1: Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs as they get set 870 00:41:03,560 --> 00:41:06,680 Speaker 1: to go to Buffalo. I was told literally during that 871 00:41:06,960 --> 00:41:10,200 Speaker 1: segment Cheeves kicker Harrison Bucker expected to miss three to 872 00:41:10,320 --> 00:41:13,360 Speaker 1: four weeks, likely headed to injured reserve. He suffered a 873 00:41:13,520 --> 00:41:17,200 Speaker 1: meniscous injury in his left knee. He's going to undergo 874 00:41:17,400 --> 00:41:20,480 Speaker 1: arthroscopic surgery to clean that up. I am told no 875 00:41:20,680 --> 00:41:23,920 Speaker 1: concern that this is anything season ending for Butker should 876 00:41:24,000 --> 00:41:26,520 Speaker 1: be back well before we get the playoff time. But 877 00:41:26,600 --> 00:41:29,960 Speaker 1: for now, the Chiefs are signing Spencer Schrader off the 878 00:41:30,040 --> 00:41:33,239 Speaker 1: Jets practice squad in Buffalo. But the way the win 879 00:41:33,400 --> 00:41:34,839 Speaker 1: can go there, if it comes down to a game 880 00:41:34,880 --> 00:41:37,800 Speaker 1: winning kick, no butt kicker for the Chiefs, It'll be 881 00:41:37,880 --> 00:41:41,800 Speaker 1: Spencer Schrader getting the call. Coming up after this, the 882 00:41:42,040 --> 00:41:44,680 Speaker 1: Cowboys have their own injury issues to soar through, namely 883 00:41:44,760 --> 00:41:49,440 Speaker 1: Dak Prescott out for the season undergoing season ending hamstring surgery. 884 00:41:49,480 --> 00:41:52,680 Speaker 1: Mike McCarthy said, it's Cooper Rush again this week, but 885 00:41:52,960 --> 00:41:55,600 Speaker 1: for how long? And could we soon see Trey Lance 886 00:41:55,840 --> 00:41:59,040 Speaker 1: at least in packages as well? Nobody knows the Cowboys 887 00:41:59,120 --> 00:42:02,440 Speaker 1: like our James. Later, she joins us next on the Insiders. 888 00:42:09,040 --> 00:42:11,560 Speaker 12: For better or worse, the Dallas Cowboys are going to 889 00:42:11,600 --> 00:42:13,560 Speaker 12: be seeing a lot of that guy. There's been good 890 00:42:13,800 --> 00:42:17,000 Speaker 12: a couple of years ago, went four and one, then 891 00:42:17,080 --> 00:42:18,280 Speaker 12: won another game in relief. 892 00:42:18,440 --> 00:42:20,600 Speaker 2: He has played good football. Did he play good football 893 00:42:20,640 --> 00:42:20,960 Speaker 2: last week? 894 00:42:21,040 --> 00:42:21,120 Speaker 9: Now? 895 00:42:21,480 --> 00:42:23,320 Speaker 2: He certainly did not. But this is the reality. 896 00:42:23,400 --> 00:42:25,600 Speaker 12: Now, It's gonna be a lot of Cooper rush now 897 00:42:25,680 --> 00:42:30,040 Speaker 12: that Dak Prescott had season ending surgery on his hamstring. 898 00:42:30,239 --> 00:42:33,560 Speaker 2: The Cowboys want the good Cooper, not the not so 899 00:42:33,680 --> 00:42:34,240 Speaker 2: good Cooper. 900 00:42:34,560 --> 00:42:37,040 Speaker 12: But either way, as Mike McCarthy notes today, they're gonna 901 00:42:37,040 --> 00:42:39,560 Speaker 12: need to rely a lot on their run game, which 902 00:42:39,640 --> 00:42:41,400 Speaker 12: now will take on a little bit of a different 903 00:42:41,560 --> 00:42:42,400 Speaker 12: focus for Dallas. 904 00:42:44,239 --> 00:42:46,279 Speaker 9: Yeah, definitely gotta get them the ball. I mean, you know, 905 00:42:46,360 --> 00:42:48,440 Speaker 9: that's that's my focus. You know, just continue to get 906 00:42:48,560 --> 00:42:51,440 Speaker 9: him opportunities. Uh, he's you know, he's the lead back, 907 00:42:51,680 --> 00:42:54,600 Speaker 9: and you know, I thought he had a really good 908 00:42:54,640 --> 00:42:58,040 Speaker 9: first half and I think that's really illustrated by you know, 909 00:42:58,239 --> 00:43:00,600 Speaker 9: the attempts. You know, Rico needs touch the ball. 910 00:43:03,200 --> 00:43:06,800 Speaker 12: Probably good news for those fantasy teams that have Rico Downell. 911 00:43:06,880 --> 00:43:09,880 Speaker 12: I don't, by the way, welcome in Jane Slater are 912 00:43:10,360 --> 00:43:11,520 Speaker 12: Cowboys guru. 913 00:43:11,360 --> 00:43:13,399 Speaker 2: And guru of obviously many many other things. 914 00:43:13,960 --> 00:43:16,760 Speaker 12: Okay, I want you to weigh in on the Rico'dowdell 915 00:43:17,200 --> 00:43:21,480 Speaker 12: news slash declaration slash making official where it seemed to 916 00:43:21,560 --> 00:43:22,480 Speaker 12: kind of be going anyway. 917 00:43:23,160 --> 00:43:26,440 Speaker 2: But the Cowboys have that injuries, as we've detailed, they got. 918 00:43:26,400 --> 00:43:29,160 Speaker 12: Other issues to take me through some of these scoring 919 00:43:29,239 --> 00:43:30,560 Speaker 12: issues that the Cowboys have had. 920 00:43:32,840 --> 00:43:35,880 Speaker 17: Listen, third quarter has been an issue for them. But 921 00:43:36,040 --> 00:43:38,320 Speaker 17: one way you might be able to address this is 922 00:43:38,560 --> 00:43:40,680 Speaker 17: why don't you get a little bit of help on offense? 923 00:43:40,719 --> 00:43:44,360 Speaker 17: In terms of consistency? Running back by committee is gone. 924 00:43:45,040 --> 00:43:47,480 Speaker 17: It's been an internal debate, I think in this building. 925 00:43:47,680 --> 00:43:47,879 Speaker 5: Ian. 926 00:43:47,960 --> 00:43:49,920 Speaker 11: I mean at times we saw them rolling out four 927 00:43:50,000 --> 00:43:50,960 Speaker 11: different running. 928 00:43:50,760 --> 00:43:53,120 Speaker 17: Backs, and you talk to a lot of players, you 929 00:43:53,239 --> 00:43:55,480 Speaker 17: talk to coaches, and they will tell you that it 930 00:43:55,680 --> 00:43:58,799 Speaker 17: is a philosophy that many of them disagree with back 931 00:43:58,840 --> 00:44:01,279 Speaker 17: to the one position that needs to get in a rhythm. Now, 932 00:44:01,680 --> 00:44:03,839 Speaker 17: you might push back and say, well, look, you guys 933 00:44:03,880 --> 00:44:06,600 Speaker 17: had Tony Pollard in Dallas and Zeke mark Ingram and 934 00:44:06,680 --> 00:44:09,840 Speaker 17: Camara go down the list. Yes, when you have change 935 00:44:09,840 --> 00:44:12,520 Speaker 17: of backs are complimentary. Back the way they were doing 936 00:44:12,560 --> 00:44:15,640 Speaker 17: it just wasn't working. So we started to see Rico 937 00:44:15,719 --> 00:44:17,759 Speaker 17: Daddle take that lead back role in games. And now 938 00:44:17,800 --> 00:44:21,160 Speaker 17: it's official and it sounds like Mike McCarthy has finally 939 00:44:21,200 --> 00:44:24,480 Speaker 17: won an internal debate. So maybe that will address those 940 00:44:24,520 --> 00:44:26,320 Speaker 17: third quarter wos that I was telling you about. I 941 00:44:26,440 --> 00:44:28,759 Speaker 17: have joked with Rico Daddel yesterday. I said, are you 942 00:44:28,760 --> 00:44:31,000 Speaker 17: guys not eating enough uncrustables at the half? 943 00:44:31,760 --> 00:44:31,920 Speaker 1: Down? 944 00:44:32,000 --> 00:44:32,640 Speaker 11: All half laugh? 945 00:44:32,719 --> 00:44:35,040 Speaker 17: But he did say, in all seriousness, they've been outscored 946 00:44:35,160 --> 00:44:37,120 Speaker 17: eighty two to twenty second in the third quarter. 947 00:44:37,480 --> 00:44:40,040 Speaker 11: That is a minus sixty differential. How does that stack 948 00:44:40,120 --> 00:44:40,920 Speaker 11: up against the league? 949 00:44:41,360 --> 00:44:44,440 Speaker 17: Almost double that of the second worst brows. Now, Donald 950 00:44:44,520 --> 00:44:46,719 Speaker 17: tells me they do come up with a plan at 951 00:44:46,760 --> 00:44:48,400 Speaker 17: the half, and they know what they need to do 952 00:44:48,560 --> 00:44:52,000 Speaker 17: based on the first half, but it isn't happening. He said, 953 00:44:52,080 --> 00:44:54,880 Speaker 17: quote definitely something we've got to get fixed. And I 954 00:44:54,920 --> 00:44:56,640 Speaker 17: went back and I looked at looked at the third 955 00:44:56,719 --> 00:44:59,920 Speaker 17: quarter against the Eagles. Here's here's a way to help. 956 00:45:00,000 --> 00:45:02,000 Speaker 17: But why don't you have drives that are more than 957 00:45:02,080 --> 00:45:08,120 Speaker 17: five plays? This was their third quarter punt, punt, fumble, fumble, interception, punt, 958 00:45:08,440 --> 00:45:11,600 Speaker 17: and again most of those were three or four plays. 959 00:45:11,680 --> 00:45:14,480 Speaker 17: The longest was five. So let's see if the running 960 00:45:14,560 --> 00:45:17,360 Speaker 17: game can help them extend some of those drives. 961 00:45:17,400 --> 00:45:19,359 Speaker 11: I think that's sort of the focus here. 962 00:45:21,320 --> 00:45:23,200 Speaker 12: You left the lot out there by talking about the 963 00:45:23,320 --> 00:45:25,600 Speaker 12: internal debate that Michae McCarthy one, which I'd like to 964 00:45:25,640 --> 00:45:28,000 Speaker 12: ask you about. But the Cowboys are also playing another 965 00:45:28,080 --> 00:45:32,040 Speaker 12: team this week. The Houston Texans say their offensive issues 966 00:45:32,080 --> 00:45:36,000 Speaker 12: have been slightly under the radar, but very real offensive 967 00:45:36,040 --> 00:45:38,839 Speaker 12: line issues have been real. They are getting a big 968 00:45:38,920 --> 00:45:41,880 Speaker 12: piece potentially back this week. Talk to me about the 969 00:45:42,000 --> 00:45:43,400 Speaker 12: Texans and Nico Collins. 970 00:45:45,840 --> 00:45:48,839 Speaker 11: The return of Nico Collins cannot be understated. 971 00:45:48,920 --> 00:45:49,120 Speaker 14: Ian. 972 00:45:49,200 --> 00:45:51,480 Speaker 17: If we look at the Houston Texans and some of 973 00:45:51,520 --> 00:45:53,880 Speaker 17: their woes on offense, remember they start off the season 974 00:45:53,960 --> 00:45:56,000 Speaker 17: four and one and they've been on a two. 975 00:45:55,960 --> 00:45:57,560 Speaker 11: In three run as of late. 976 00:45:57,680 --> 00:45:57,759 Speaker 6: Now. 977 00:45:57,920 --> 00:45:59,040 Speaker 11: Some of that has to do with some of the 978 00:45:59,120 --> 00:46:01,800 Speaker 11: offensive line plays. I mean, when you look at c. J. 979 00:46:01,960 --> 00:46:05,920 Speaker 17: Stroud, he's been astonishedlyly sacked thirty four times this season, 980 00:46:05,960 --> 00:46:07,960 Speaker 17: and this is with three veterans on the offensive line 981 00:46:08,000 --> 00:46:10,200 Speaker 17: and just two young guys in Week nine eight times 982 00:46:10,239 --> 00:46:14,600 Speaker 17: against the Jets for just this week. Now, when you 983 00:46:14,680 --> 00:46:17,759 Speaker 17: get Collins back, he helps with the separation and the 984 00:46:17,920 --> 00:46:21,080 Speaker 17: stats really show that. According to next Gen with Nico, 985 00:46:21,440 --> 00:46:25,600 Speaker 17: the Texans saw less interceptions, less dropbacks, higher completion rating, 986 00:46:25,680 --> 00:46:29,120 Speaker 17: and more touchdowns. But for Stroud specifically, less sacks, and 987 00:46:29,239 --> 00:46:32,640 Speaker 17: blitzes Titan Dalton. Schultz says, more than anything, it's his 988 00:46:32,800 --> 00:46:34,319 Speaker 17: mentality that's contagious. 989 00:46:34,640 --> 00:46:37,360 Speaker 11: He said, look who he's running through. Watch how he transitions, 990 00:46:37,480 --> 00:46:38,840 Speaker 11: how he gets the ball in his hands. 991 00:46:39,200 --> 00:46:42,080 Speaker 17: Schultz told me that's the mentality that they preached to 992 00:46:42,120 --> 00:46:44,680 Speaker 17: the offense as a whole. So just getting him back 993 00:46:44,800 --> 00:46:47,640 Speaker 17: really helps everything around them. So let's see if this 994 00:46:47,800 --> 00:46:50,040 Speaker 17: offense turns around. But I do think it's really interesting 995 00:46:50,120 --> 00:46:52,560 Speaker 17: when you start to see this offense struggle. It had 996 00:46:52,600 --> 00:46:53,960 Speaker 17: a lot to do with having one of their leading 997 00:46:54,000 --> 00:46:55,200 Speaker 17: wide receivers not on the field. 998 00:46:56,480 --> 00:46:58,880 Speaker 2: Yeah, it's like he left us for like five games. 999 00:46:58,960 --> 00:47:02,080 Speaker 12: We all forgot how believably good he was playing. Looking 1000 00:47:02,160 --> 00:47:05,719 Speaker 12: forward to seeing that for the Houston Texans. Jane, thank 1001 00:47:05,760 --> 00:47:09,200 Speaker 12: you very much for hanging out with us as always. Meanwhile, 1002 00:47:09,440 --> 00:47:12,440 Speaker 12: the Steelers and Ravens are going to be hanging out 1003 00:47:12,560 --> 00:47:14,880 Speaker 12: this week. One of the NFL's best rivalries, one of 1004 00:47:14,920 --> 00:47:19,640 Speaker 12: the NFL's toughest rivalries, has a new participant. Russell Wilson 1005 00:47:19,760 --> 00:47:23,120 Speaker 12: has been absolutely balling since he took. 1006 00:47:22,960 --> 00:47:25,640 Speaker 2: Over these starting quarterback positions. But is he as good 1007 00:47:25,640 --> 00:47:28,480 Speaker 2: as Lamar Well, we'll get into it. 1008 00:47:30,120 --> 00:47:34,600 Speaker 1: It's a rivalry week across the NFL, including the Ravens 1009 00:47:34,760 --> 00:47:37,839 Speaker 1: and the Steelers. Those two guys up at the top, 1010 00:47:38,320 --> 00:47:41,719 Speaker 1: they've done this a number of times. Sometimes one of 1011 00:47:41,760 --> 00:47:44,799 Speaker 1: them wanders into the field during a live play bottom line, 1012 00:47:45,040 --> 00:47:47,319 Speaker 1: John Harvard Mike Tomlin. They know each other. 1013 00:47:47,400 --> 00:47:50,920 Speaker 5: Well, how you doing much? 1014 00:47:51,200 --> 00:47:51,399 Speaker 12: Yeah? 1015 00:47:51,560 --> 00:47:51,799 Speaker 15: Good? 1016 00:47:53,239 --> 00:47:54,480 Speaker 5: You bet man? 1017 00:47:55,040 --> 00:47:55,200 Speaker 9: Man. 1018 00:47:55,200 --> 00:47:56,520 Speaker 5: We'dn't been in a bunch of these you. 1019 00:47:56,560 --> 00:47:56,880 Speaker 9: And I have. 1020 00:47:57,360 --> 00:47:59,799 Speaker 5: We have grown them up again, I guess. 1021 00:48:00,719 --> 00:48:02,280 Speaker 3: I mean, what time talking. 1022 00:48:02,120 --> 00:48:03,520 Speaker 5: About what our kids were for Halloween? 1023 00:48:03,640 --> 00:48:03,799 Speaker 1: Yeah? 1024 00:48:06,160 --> 00:48:06,480 Speaker 15: Grown? 1025 00:48:09,800 --> 00:48:10,360 Speaker 9: How you doing? Bro? 1026 00:48:12,920 --> 00:48:13,359 Speaker 2: That's cool? 1027 00:48:13,920 --> 00:48:16,920 Speaker 1: It's good stuff with those two guys there. Judy, where 1028 00:48:16,960 --> 00:48:19,279 Speaker 1: do you put this one? What's your favorite rivalry in 1029 00:48:19,320 --> 00:48:19,880 Speaker 1: the NFL? 1030 00:48:21,640 --> 00:48:21,759 Speaker 3: Uh? 1031 00:48:22,320 --> 00:48:24,400 Speaker 10: Well, I have a few, but this is actually my 1032 00:48:24,719 --> 00:48:27,640 Speaker 10: current favorite because this is usually like the most these 1033 00:48:27,680 --> 00:48:30,120 Speaker 10: two games are usually the most brutal games of the 1034 00:48:30,360 --> 00:48:33,800 Speaker 10: entire season. Like these teams beat the crap out of 1035 00:48:33,880 --> 00:48:36,640 Speaker 10: each other usually, and so many great players have played 1036 00:48:36,960 --> 00:48:37,480 Speaker 10: in these games. 1037 00:48:37,640 --> 00:48:38,839 Speaker 2: So I actually love this game. 1038 00:48:40,719 --> 00:48:43,720 Speaker 7: Like for me, it's I was watching the Eagles Cowboys. 1039 00:48:43,719 --> 00:48:44,800 Speaker 7: I don't know where it came up or how it 1040 00:48:44,840 --> 00:48:47,399 Speaker 7: came up. With a Bounty Bowl clip from way back, 1041 00:48:47,480 --> 00:48:48,920 Speaker 7: that's the one that I grew up watching, so that 1042 00:48:49,120 --> 00:48:49,640 Speaker 7: that's it for me. 1043 00:48:52,320 --> 00:48:54,279 Speaker 12: For me, it's it's this one only because of what 1044 00:48:54,400 --> 00:48:56,879 Speaker 12: Judy said, like, and I don't players talk about during 1045 00:48:56,920 --> 00:49:00,719 Speaker 12: the playoffs, how like everything's faster and hard, And I'm like, 1046 00:49:01,360 --> 00:49:01,960 Speaker 12: is that true? 1047 00:49:02,160 --> 00:49:04,759 Speaker 2: Probably definitely true for this game. I'm looking forward to 1048 00:49:04,800 --> 00:49:05,480 Speaker 2: it on Sundays. 1049 00:49:06,480 --> 00:49:08,759 Speaker 1: Sounds like the helicopters coming to get Mike. So we 1050 00:49:08,920 --> 00:49:11,560 Speaker 1: gotta go enjoy the game. Everybody, see you