WEBVTT - The Insiders Podcast: Commanders-Eagles TNF, Cardinals Soaring, Full Week 11 Preview 0:00:08.240 --> 0:00:11.960 We are just hours away from Week eleven kicking off 0:00:12.039 --> 0:00:15.120 in the NFL. BOYD, do we have a big one? 0:00:15.240 --> 0:00:19.440 Jalen Hurts, Jayden Daniels, Mike Garafollo, all the stars are 0:00:19.440 --> 0:00:24.600 coming out at Lincoln Financial Field. That is just the appetizer, 0:00:24.680 --> 0:00:29.520 main course. How about Patrick Mahomes versus Josh Allen on Sunday? 0:00:29.640 --> 0:00:32.239 Our Jeffrey Judea and Mark Ross are going to be 0:00:32.240 --> 0:00:34.760 here to help us break down the latest chapter in 0:00:34.840 --> 0:00:41.479 the Bills Chief Saga Jets Coles also a game that 0:00:41.600 --> 0:00:44.720 some people will watch on Sunday. Will it be one 0:00:44.720 --> 0:00:48.040 of Aaron Rodgers' last games in the NFL? Here what 0:00:48.159 --> 0:00:51.920 the four time NFL MVP has to say? Now, go 0:00:52.120 --> 0:00:58.200 toward the light. Welcome inside with the insiders alongside Ian Rappaport, 0:00:58.400 --> 0:01:04.440 Judy Bautista Garifolo. I am Tom Pelissaro. It's a full 0:01:04.480 --> 0:01:08.279 house on this show today. You know what that means. 0:01:08.400 --> 0:01:12.080 It's Week eleven. Garrifolo's wearing some type of a trench 0:01:12.120 --> 0:01:14.959 goat thing while he's texting on the field and before 0:01:15.000 --> 0:01:18.200 we get to him, you know it's going down tonight 0:01:18.240 --> 0:01:18.639 in Philly. 0:01:20.120 --> 0:01:20.880 We know who we are? 0:01:21.160 --> 0:01:21.720 What was that? 0:01:22.040 --> 0:01:23.400 This is a good football team anyway. 0:01:23.640 --> 0:01:26.479 Way after playoffs, go attack, move to his right, looking down, 0:01:26.840 --> 0:01:28.440 throw it from mcclorin behind. 0:01:28.160 --> 0:01:30.920 The defender made it, Daniel didn't done it again. 0:01:30.720 --> 0:01:32.679 And they hand them full up the bark play put 0:01:32.800 --> 0:01:35.360 down Daniel have to avoid him, run. 0:01:35.280 --> 0:01:37.440 Run running round forty thirty by thirty. 0:01:38.560 --> 0:01:40.080 What you're gonna do with Tomba right now? 0:01:40.160 --> 0:01:43.000 You're floating good footmark player tell me Tom to night. 0:01:43.120 --> 0:01:46.280 I've never seen that move, and I've been watching football 0:01:46.319 --> 0:01:47.080 Allline life. 0:01:47.160 --> 0:01:47.840 Jade worked it. 0:01:47.960 --> 0:01:49.800 Up, tornty on he rot it, get out. 0:01:49.880 --> 0:01:53.680 Hurt the steep hurts, keep the bigle art down seven. 0:01:55.120 --> 0:01:58.280 Fire. It is my love it at God dot down. 0:02:04.880 --> 0:02:08.320 If you're not jacked up after watching this? How about 0:02:08.360 --> 0:02:11.519 this poster? I can't get enough of these? Is it 0:02:11.639 --> 0:02:16.080 a superhero movie? Has Jalen Hurt's actually been struck by lightning? 0:02:16.800 --> 0:02:20.320 Why is Jadeen Daniels burning in some kind of hell clouds? 0:02:20.400 --> 0:02:22.840 For more on those answers, let's go to the field 0:02:22.960 --> 0:02:27.239 at Lincoln Financial Field. That's where we find are Mike Karafola. 0:02:27.320 --> 0:02:28.679 What do we got Mike there? 0:02:28.840 --> 0:02:29.800 In Philadelphia? 0:02:31.280 --> 0:02:33.600 We have got no shortage of story lines. Tom in 0:02:33.639 --> 0:02:36.480 this NFC East battle here with the Commanders looking to 0:02:36.560 --> 0:02:39.280 come off that disappointing loss to the Steelers. There a 0:02:39.320 --> 0:02:41.720 couple of things that went wrong lately that could have 0:02:41.800 --> 0:02:43.919 gone the other way. And this is a team that 0:02:44.200 --> 0:02:46.280 a lot of folks thought was we're playing with house money. 0:02:46.320 --> 0:02:47.679 You talk to them down there, They're like, no, we 0:02:47.800 --> 0:02:50.320 are in this to compete this year. Certainly that was 0:02:50.800 --> 0:02:52.960 why they made the trade for Marshawn Lattimore, who has 0:02:53.000 --> 0:02:55.480 been ruled out. They will be without him once again. 0:02:55.960 --> 0:02:56.080 Uh. 0:02:56.160 --> 0:03:00.239 But the work week this past couple of days was 0:03:00.280 --> 0:03:02.600 these guys got right back to work, right back to 0:03:02.680 --> 0:03:04.840 that confidence that they have been playing with, so looking 0:03:04.880 --> 0:03:07.400 to put that on display tonight against the Eagles. They 0:03:07.400 --> 0:03:10.000 will have running back Brian Robinson back. My understanding is 0:03:10.040 --> 0:03:12.880 he's expected to be a full go in his return. 0:03:12.960 --> 0:03:15.359 I know both teams want to run the football. That's 0:03:15.400 --> 0:03:17.040 going to be a big key. Which team winds up 0:03:17.080 --> 0:03:18.560 running the football. Bet are probably going to be the 0:03:18.600 --> 0:03:20.959 indication of who's going to win this game. 0:03:21.200 --> 0:03:21.480 Tonight. 0:03:21.560 --> 0:03:23.639 We got the return of Zach Ertz. Julie's going to 0:03:23.680 --> 0:03:26.480 be on hand here with his son Madden as well. 0:03:26.800 --> 0:03:28.400 I talked to him a couple of days ago. He says, 0:03:28.400 --> 0:03:30.200 I can't make it about that. If I start to 0:03:30.240 --> 0:03:32.440 make it about that, I'll come out of my game 0:03:32.520 --> 0:03:34.480 plan with regard to what he needs to do for 0:03:34.560 --> 0:03:37.880 this Commander's team to win. So an exciting NFC East 0:03:38.040 --> 0:03:41.560 matchup here for positioning at the top of a two 0:03:41.880 --> 0:03:43.600 horse race in the nfcas. 0:03:45.240 --> 0:03:45.400 Well. 0:03:45.520 --> 0:03:47.840 This is a huge litmus test for the Commanders because 0:03:47.840 --> 0:03:49.880 it is going to be a two team race in 0:03:49.960 --> 0:03:52.960 the NFC East and they are coming off a loss 0:03:53.000 --> 0:03:53.520 to the Steelers. 0:03:53.600 --> 0:03:54.080 Let's place it. 0:03:54.200 --> 0:03:57.200 They haven't had to come off too many losses this year, 0:03:57.240 --> 0:04:00.400 but they're coming off a loss to the Steelers where 0:04:00.400 --> 0:04:03.560 the Steelers were able to get people around Jayden Daniels 0:04:03.640 --> 0:04:05.800 and sort of sped him up. He did not play 0:04:05.880 --> 0:04:08.480 particularly well in that game, and as a matter of fact, 0:04:08.560 --> 0:04:11.200 something to keep an eye on is his completion percentage 0:04:11.400 --> 0:04:15.000 is off since he suffered the rib injury in Week seven, 0:04:15.160 --> 0:04:17.320 So that's something to keep an eye on if that's 0:04:17.400 --> 0:04:20.160 bothering him. But again, the Steelers were able to get 0:04:20.279 --> 0:04:22.719 bodies around him, or the Eagles going to be able 0:04:22.760 --> 0:04:25.640 to get pressure around him. Will that affect him again tonight? 0:04:26.040 --> 0:04:28.560 Certainly the running games are going to be critical. These 0:04:28.600 --> 0:04:33.400 are two outstanding rushing offenses. As for rushing defenses, the 0:04:33.480 --> 0:04:35.960 Eagles have one of the top five wins that commanders 0:04:36.120 --> 0:04:39.560 have a bottom five rushing defense. That's certainly an inequity 0:04:39.640 --> 0:04:40.320 to keep an eye on. 0:04:42.240 --> 0:04:44.520 Well for me, a couple of things to watch, I'd say, 0:04:44.560 --> 0:04:46.360 first of all, for the Philadelphia Eagles. 0:04:46.080 --> 0:04:49.880 Who are really good and have really really put a 0:04:49.920 --> 0:04:51.640 good product down the field the last couple of weeks. 0:04:51.920 --> 0:04:54.360 It's not like their schedule has been the hardest, right Like, 0:04:54.440 --> 0:04:56.720 obviously they've taken care of what they need to take 0:04:56.720 --> 0:04:58.640 care of, but I'm not sure how many big time 0:04:58.839 --> 0:05:01.360 tests there have been. Tonight is a big time test. 0:05:01.440 --> 0:05:04.320 It's in the division is a pretty feisty defense. It's 0:05:04.360 --> 0:05:06.880 a young quarterback that the entire world is talking about, 0:05:07.279 --> 0:05:09.960 entire world is watching, and you know this Eagles defense. 0:05:10.040 --> 0:05:14.000 Vic Fangio's defense has really garnered a ton of praise 0:05:14.040 --> 0:05:16.320 as one of the top units in the NFL. We 0:05:16.400 --> 0:05:19.800 will see because I'm not sure how many quarterbacks lately 0:05:20.360 --> 0:05:22.840 like Jaden Daniels, they faced, So that is going to 0:05:22.880 --> 0:05:24.720 be fun to watch as teams try to figure out 0:05:24.800 --> 0:05:27.120 like how good each of them are, Like this will 0:05:27.160 --> 0:05:29.920 be essentially a Limus test for the egos and then 0:05:30.000 --> 0:05:32.360 the other side of it. You know, Jaden Daniels has 0:05:32.440 --> 0:05:36.240 had an unbelievable meteoric rise of good feeling and good 0:05:36.320 --> 0:05:39.800 fortune and you know, almost all of it caused by him, 0:05:39.839 --> 0:05:42.080 and it has been very cool to watch. Didn't win 0:05:42.240 --> 0:05:45.280 last week, and as Judy mentioned, like it hasn't been 0:05:45.360 --> 0:05:46.800 quite as easy since that injury. 0:05:47.160 --> 0:05:48.400 How well can he bounce back? 0:05:48.520 --> 0:05:50.440 How well can he kind of stave off any sort 0:05:50.480 --> 0:05:53.960 of low or slump a lot on display tonight for. 0:05:54.000 --> 0:05:56.560 All of us watching, and I am very excited about it. 0:05:57.960 --> 0:06:00.320 No matter what happens tonight, I am sure there will 0:06:00.320 --> 0:06:03.480 be a measured response from that crowd in Philadelphia. It's 0:06:03.520 --> 0:06:06.320 not the only tasty divisional matchup, but they do on 0:06:06.480 --> 0:06:10.799 the week eleventh sleek. Might I interest you in Packers Bears, 0:06:10.839 --> 0:06:13.920 a matchup that bell was notable in part because Caleb Williams, 0:06:13.960 --> 0:06:15.480 the number one pick, is going to have a new 0:06:15.600 --> 0:06:19.320 play caller at Soldier Field, but also because Jordan Love, 0:06:19.400 --> 0:06:22.200 who was dealing with a groin injury a couple of 0:06:22.240 --> 0:06:26.240 weeks ago, was not really entirely moving like himself in 0:06:26.360 --> 0:06:28.240 the game against the Lines. He had the bye to 0:06:28.320 --> 0:06:30.960 rest listed as a full participant I in, which certainly 0:06:31.040 --> 0:06:33.080 bodes well for how he's going to be feeling here 0:06:33.120 --> 0:06:33.680 for the stretcher. 0:06:34.760 --> 0:06:36.480 Yeah, and there's a couple of different parts of this thing, 0:06:36.600 --> 0:06:39.200 like remember when you remember because you did it, remember 0:06:39.200 --> 0:06:42.680 when you put out the initial injury estimate on Jordan. 0:06:42.560 --> 0:06:46.120 Love and it was like, you know, three to six weeks, right, 0:06:46.279 --> 0:06:46.800 that was the knee. 0:06:46.839 --> 0:06:48.200 And then it's like, well, he gets back, and then 0:06:48.200 --> 0:06:50.520 he wasn't himself for at least a couple of weeks, 0:06:50.720 --> 0:06:51.279 and then he was. 0:06:51.320 --> 0:06:53.919 Back feeling to himself, probably by that six weeks. 0:06:54.160 --> 0:06:57.560 Well, with this groin injury, he didn't miss any time, 0:06:58.520 --> 0:07:01.080 but probably wasn't exactly himself. Then you get to a 0:07:01.120 --> 0:07:04.479 couple weeks later and you're like, all right, now he's himself. 0:07:04.600 --> 0:07:06.560 Now he's one hundred percent. And I think that's the 0:07:06.600 --> 0:07:08.479 way it is with Jordan Love. It really does take 0:07:08.560 --> 0:07:12.160 on a different significance for him from being okay, he's 0:07:12.240 --> 0:07:14.440 on the field, that's cool, to being okay, he is 0:07:14.560 --> 0:07:17.000 back to his whole self fully, like he can be 0:07:17.080 --> 0:07:19.560 under center. More play action game can get a little 0:07:19.600 --> 0:07:23.400 more Love here. Has he played his best football recently, No, 0:07:23.920 --> 0:07:27.080 but he's also been pretty banged up essentially, well, not essentially, 0:07:27.120 --> 0:07:28.760 he's been banged up the entire season. 0:07:29.280 --> 0:07:31.160 Now, finally healthy, finally. 0:07:30.960 --> 0:07:33.920 Full participate, you are going to see the Jordan Love 0:07:34.000 --> 0:07:36.400 that the entire NFL world fell in love with at 0:07:36.440 --> 0:07:39.120 the end last year. The entire reason the Packers gave 0:07:39.200 --> 0:07:41.880 him all that money to start the season. A very 0:07:42.000 --> 0:07:44.360 very good benchmark for Love this week. 0:07:46.160 --> 0:07:49.200 Jordan Love already has a short term lease agreement on 0:07:49.360 --> 0:07:52.520 the Bears. Aaron Rodgers, I believe technically and legally still 0:07:52.680 --> 0:07:54.840 owns them, though he's now a member of the New 0:07:54.920 --> 0:07:57.280 York Jets. He's got his own issues to worry about. 0:07:57.520 --> 0:08:00.520 This week, they're three and seven, hitting do a game 0:08:00.560 --> 0:08:03.320 against the Colts. It feels like every game is an 0:08:03.360 --> 0:08:06.480 elimination game for New York. So what does all that 0:08:06.680 --> 0:08:09.520 mean about Aaron Rodgers in twenty twenty five? 0:08:11.160 --> 0:08:12.920 And I think that the verdict's still not out on 0:08:13.000 --> 0:08:17.120 this season, yet, but I think it's it's always a 0:08:17.240 --> 0:08:20.960 challenge when when they're singing your praises or tearing it 0:08:21.040 --> 0:08:24.720 down outside the building, it's it's an important, important, challenge. 0:08:24.880 --> 0:08:27.840 You know, I don't really you know, look at it 0:08:27.920 --> 0:08:31.800 and stuff. So I'm I'm unaware unless the guy that's 0:08:31.840 --> 0:08:34.520 doing a voir deer right now is telling me what's 0:08:34.559 --> 0:08:38.319 going on with, you know, with the messaging out there. 0:08:38.440 --> 0:08:40.640 So I like to insulate myself, and I care about 0:08:40.640 --> 0:08:43.040 the opinions of these guys in locker room. That's obviously 0:08:43.120 --> 0:08:46.199 not the case with everybody. You start going down that 0:08:47.360 --> 0:08:50.320 that path where you're interacting on social media with fans 0:08:50.480 --> 0:08:56.079 or any of you you people, it doesn't doesn't always 0:08:56.160 --> 0:08:58.400 end the right way, you know, And I think that's 0:08:58.440 --> 0:09:01.280 a good reminder for all of us. When you're right now, 0:09:01.360 --> 0:09:05.160 you can't be reading it and loving that seratonin that's 0:09:05.240 --> 0:09:07.800 coming from these positive things just saying about you when 0:09:07.800 --> 0:09:08.480 they're tearing you down. 0:09:08.559 --> 0:09:09.040 You can't either. 0:09:09.240 --> 0:09:12.040 So that's part of the lessons of the season so far. 0:09:12.880 --> 0:09:15.360 You talked about wanting to play beyond this year. Therefore, 0:09:15.880 --> 0:09:18.200 has the way this season gone for you or as 0:09:18.240 --> 0:09:19.400 a team? Change? 0:09:19.400 --> 0:09:20.160 Stop talk at all? 0:09:20.559 --> 0:09:20.920 Not really? 0:09:21.040 --> 0:09:22.640 Not for the negatives, No, not really. 0:09:23.360 --> 0:09:25.080 So you still want to play in twenty twenty five, 0:09:25.160 --> 0:09:25.480 I think so. 0:09:25.600 --> 0:09:25.800 Yeah. 0:09:27.880 --> 0:09:30.959 At various points, Judy, we heard Aaron Rodgers muse not 0:09:31.080 --> 0:09:33.520 just about playing one more year, but maybe two, three, 0:09:33.920 --> 0:09:37.319 four more years. There is a blowing with the wind 0:09:37.480 --> 0:09:40.000 aspect to this. Nobody truly knows what Aaron Rodgers is 0:09:40.080 --> 0:09:41.400 going to do from year to year. But when you 0:09:41.480 --> 0:09:45.560 hear him say that, I think so yes, what's your reaction? 0:09:47.520 --> 0:09:50.640 My immediate reaction was, that is a lot less certain 0:09:50.800 --> 0:09:53.800 sounding than we have heard him sound, even in training 0:09:53.880 --> 0:09:56.559 camp when he told Baldy and me he wanted to 0:09:56.640 --> 0:09:58.920 play two years this year and next year for the 0:09:59.000 --> 0:10:01.640 Jets because you wanted to to have two super Bowl opportunities, 0:10:01.840 --> 0:10:04.520 and even earlier in the offseason when he'said two, three, 0:10:04.600 --> 0:10:07.680 maybe four years. So keep that in mind, but also 0:10:07.840 --> 0:10:10.199 keep a really big piece of this. This may not 0:10:10.360 --> 0:10:13.480 be entirely his decision. We know there's going to be 0:10:13.559 --> 0:10:15.880 a new head coach. There's very likely to be a 0:10:15.960 --> 0:10:18.880 new general manager. Woody Johnson, the owner could very well 0:10:18.960 --> 0:10:22.080 take a job in the new administration, and so Christopher 0:10:22.160 --> 0:10:26.360 Johnson could be running the franchise, and whoever is making 0:10:26.440 --> 0:10:30.079 the football decisions may not want to start with a 0:10:30.360 --> 0:10:33.439 forty one year old quarterback who is coming off what 0:10:33.640 --> 0:10:36.839 might be his worst season as a professional football player, 0:10:36.920 --> 0:10:39.240 So there are a whole lot of moving parts, and 0:10:39.400 --> 0:10:41.920 we don't even know who's going to be making the 0:10:42.000 --> 0:10:44.319 final decisions for the New York Jets. But just keep 0:10:44.360 --> 0:10:47.520 in mind he did not sound as certain, and I 0:10:47.600 --> 0:10:49.640 think we have to see if the people who are 0:10:49.720 --> 0:10:52.079 running the New York Jets when these decisions have to 0:10:52.120 --> 0:10:54.360 be made, are all that certain about Aaron Rodgers. 0:10:55.800 --> 0:10:58.040 I just have an observation because we run the Aaron 0:10:58.080 --> 0:11:00.319 Rodgers sound every week, and I'm starting to think that 0:11:00.840 --> 0:11:03.040 there's some kind of challenge or something behind the scenes. 0:11:03.160 --> 0:11:05.040 I know he's an educated guy. I know that, Like 0:11:05.200 --> 0:11:06.880 we know he's a smart guy. We know he's well read, 0:11:07.760 --> 0:11:12.240 just ask him. But seratonin, did I hear that there? 0:11:12.520 --> 0:11:14.800 I remember there being a Day new Mont earlier in 0:11:14.880 --> 0:11:16.839 the year. I feel like he's, you know, behind the scenes. 0:11:16.840 --> 0:11:20.000 I watch this word or maybe they're challenging him. 0:11:20.520 --> 0:11:21.079 I think it is. 0:11:21.280 --> 0:11:21.760 I think it is. 0:11:21.840 --> 0:11:23.599 I think I think there's a challenge going on, and 0:11:23.760 --> 0:11:26.199 we are as he referred to us, there you people. 0:11:26.679 --> 0:11:29.000 He is using you people as a way of playing 0:11:29.040 --> 0:11:29.480 a little. 0:11:29.320 --> 0:11:29.840 Game with the media. 0:11:29.960 --> 0:11:30.280 That's right. 0:11:30.280 --> 0:11:31.439 I would like to know more about this. 0:11:32.040 --> 0:11:34.160 I get those word of the day emails I always 0:11:34.200 --> 0:11:36.160 open every single time, so they keep sending it. How 0:11:36.200 --> 0:11:38.280 did I get on that email list? I have no idea, 0:11:38.360 --> 0:11:40.679 but they keep coming and I keep learning a few 0:11:40.760 --> 0:11:43.719 more every day. Kirk Cousins, that seems like something he 0:11:43.760 --> 0:11:45.920 would do as well right now, though he's focused on 0:11:46.040 --> 0:11:50.079 playing quarterback. Listen is limited on the injury report on 0:11:50.320 --> 0:11:53.839 Wednesday with right shoulder right elbow injuries, but upgraded to 0:11:53.960 --> 0:11:57.760 full participation today, Mike, which certainly would seem to erase 0:11:57.800 --> 0:11:59.160 any doubt that he's going to be out there this 0:11:59.240 --> 0:12:01.959 week at Denver. Yeah, that's it. 0:12:02.200 --> 0:12:04.439 That's the report. Everything you just said was what I 0:12:04.559 --> 0:12:06.240 was going to say. He was upgrade at the full 0:12:06.880 --> 0:12:08.679 checked in with the folks in Atlanta, had got a 0:12:08.760 --> 0:12:12.240 sense that there was no concern over Kirk Cousins and 0:12:12.440 --> 0:12:16.760 his right shoulder and right elbow injuries. Just gonna repeat them, 0:12:16.960 --> 0:12:19.160 take some time, maybe punch a couple of words and 0:12:19.200 --> 0:12:21.120 make it seem like I said something different than what 0:12:21.280 --> 0:12:23.040 you just said, Tom, But that is the report. 0:12:23.120 --> 0:12:25.839 Yes, if anybody ever had any doubt about whether this 0:12:25.960 --> 0:12:28.920 show is scripted, whether we have teleprompters, no, we do not. 0:12:29.160 --> 0:12:32.920 And sometimes I snip all over my colleagues here when 0:12:32.960 --> 0:12:34.400 I'm trying to just simply set. 0:12:34.320 --> 0:12:36.160 Up the question in an intelligent manner. 0:12:36.440 --> 0:12:39.120 I'm sure Aaron Rodgers has a word or two for that. 0:12:39.520 --> 0:12:43.120 Another quarterback in the AFC Strake May and the Patriots 0:12:43.160 --> 0:12:46.160 went into Soldier Field. They beat them nineteen to three. 0:12:46.720 --> 0:12:50.040 Last week. The offensive coordinator before Chicago got fired the 0:12:50.120 --> 0:12:52.920 next day. You're not supposed to lose to this Patriots team. 0:12:53.360 --> 0:12:55.839 Get here they are. They got three wins at a 0:12:56.040 --> 0:12:59.360 time that, as offensive coordinator Alex Van Pelton noted today, 0:13:00.000 --> 0:13:01.800 their young quarterbacks still learning a few things. 0:13:03.360 --> 0:13:06.280 He's still growing, he's still pop, So that'll be one. 0:13:06.360 --> 0:13:07.520 I'm sure it'll hold him for the rest of the 0:13:07.600 --> 0:13:09.800 year and he'll learn from moving forward. That a thing 0:13:10.120 --> 0:13:12.760 we always say, if nobody's opened, there's one guy that's 0:13:12.800 --> 0:13:15.160 always open, and that's the tuba player in rote four. 0:13:15.920 --> 0:13:17.280 So I like to see him put that ball right 0:13:17.320 --> 0:13:17.760 in the tuba. 0:13:20.800 --> 0:13:22.720 I'm not sure where. I mean, I know where Alex 0:13:22.800 --> 0:13:26.200 Van Pelt played football. Were there more tuba players twenty 0:13:26.280 --> 0:13:29.520 years ago? Judy in the league. Was that common at 0:13:29.640 --> 0:13:32.079 NFL games? Because you're not getting a ton of bands 0:13:32.200 --> 0:13:32.680 these days. 0:13:34.280 --> 0:13:36.439 All I can think of is the minute men who 0:13:36.679 --> 0:13:38.880 are at Patriots games, like in one of the ends 0:13:38.920 --> 0:13:41.160 Z one, like, don't shoot at one of those rifles. 0:13:41.200 --> 0:13:42.640 Don't throw the ball at one of those rifles. That 0:13:42.679 --> 0:13:46.040 would be bad anyway. But Drake may is doing okay. 0:13:46.080 --> 0:13:49.760 He's playing pretty well, especially considering what's around him right 0:13:49.840 --> 0:13:52.720 We know the offensive line is not that Grady doesn't 0:13:52.800 --> 0:13:53.800 have a whole lot of weapons. 0:13:53.840 --> 0:13:54.079 They're not. 0:13:54.400 --> 0:13:59.520 They don't have explosive playmakers. But he's ascending. His trajectory 0:13:59.720 --> 0:14:01.600 is good. As a matter of fact, I think right now, 0:14:01.720 --> 0:14:05.280 given the Caleb Williams backsliding, you might say he's playing 0:14:05.360 --> 0:14:10.000 second best to Jayden Daniels among the rookie quarterbacks. You know, 0:14:10.440 --> 0:14:12.680 he's been good against the Blitz. Five of his seven 0:14:12.800 --> 0:14:15.079 touchdown passes have come against the Blitz. He's got to 0:14:15.080 --> 0:14:17.320 cut down on the interceptions, which is what Alex man 0:14:17.360 --> 0:14:19.880 Pelt was referring to there. But he's completing almost sixty 0:14:19.960 --> 0:14:22.360 five percent of his passes on the whole. I think 0:14:22.480 --> 0:14:26.760 given the supporting cast that's around him right now, he's 0:14:26.840 --> 0:14:30.480 doing okay. He showed some real leadership ability and some toughness. 0:14:30.720 --> 0:14:34.840 I think the Patriots from their vantage point, are really 0:14:34.880 --> 0:14:37.920 happy with what they have seen from him during what 0:14:38.160 --> 0:14:41.280 they know is a rebuilding season, and I think they 0:14:41.320 --> 0:14:43.040 feel pretty confident they got their guy there. 0:14:44.680 --> 0:14:46.800 You know, when we talked about the Colts yesterday and 0:14:46.840 --> 0:14:48.600 the decision about Anthony Richardson. 0:14:48.240 --> 0:14:49.680 One of the things I talked about was Billy. 0:14:49.720 --> 0:14:51.440 Thing that really matters is you come out of the 0:14:51.520 --> 0:14:53.960 season knowing whether or not you have a franchise quarterback 0:14:54.480 --> 0:14:57.680 for the Patriots and Drake May obviously rookie as was 0:14:57.720 --> 0:14:59.760 the second year guy, but the way he has played 0:15:00.120 --> 0:15:02.960 really does look like they got the guy that they thought. 0:15:03.440 --> 0:15:04.400 Meanwhile, on the. 0:15:04.440 --> 0:15:06.280 Other side of the ball, the Patriots got a guy 0:15:06.480 --> 0:15:09.280 back on defense and that is Christian Barmore. 0:15:09.840 --> 0:15:12.800 This is an unbelievably cool story for the. 0:15:12.880 --> 0:15:16.000 Patriots and for Barmore. He has been on the non 0:15:16.120 --> 0:15:18.840 football injury list. There he is big number ninety, one 0:15:18.840 --> 0:15:22.040 of the best interior defensive lineman in the NFL, and 0:15:22.400 --> 0:15:25.240 as his contract states now, one of the richest. He 0:15:25.320 --> 0:15:27.880 has been out the entire season on the non football 0:15:27.920 --> 0:15:30.720 injury list because of blood clots that started in his 0:15:30.880 --> 0:15:33.640 calf and worked his way up his body. As unfortunately, 0:15:33.720 --> 0:15:38.320 blood cuts do. It was undiagnosed, essentially, just thought he 0:15:38.400 --> 0:15:39.560 had some calf pain and thought it. 0:15:39.640 --> 0:15:40.960 Was a little bit of a bruise. 0:15:41.200 --> 0:15:44.600 Jim Whale and the Patriots had athletic trainer basically forced 0:15:44.640 --> 0:15:46.680 him to go get it checked out. Ended up saving 0:15:46.760 --> 0:15:50.520 his life. Did treatment came out well. Now back on 0:15:50.560 --> 0:15:51.920 the football field, I don't know if he's going to 0:15:51.960 --> 0:15:55.880 play this week. They want to measure expectations and say, 0:15:55.920 --> 0:15:57.760 you know, just because he's back, doesn't mean he's going 0:15:57.840 --> 0:15:59.280 to be the superstar that he was. 0:15:59.800 --> 0:16:00.480 Does it matter? 0:16:00.800 --> 0:16:03.440 The fact that he's back is an amazing win for 0:16:03.520 --> 0:16:05.800 everyone involved in a very very cool. 0:16:05.680 --> 0:16:06.200 Thing to see. 0:16:07.920 --> 0:16:11.760 Patriots hosts the Rams on Sunday. Meanwhile, the Ravens have 0:16:11.920 --> 0:16:14.680 a big divisional game that's the theme of this week 0:16:15.080 --> 0:16:17.240 against these Steelers. And a bit of good news for 0:16:17.480 --> 0:16:22.000 Baltimore in practice today. Safety Kyle Hamilton, who had suffered 0:16:22.000 --> 0:16:25.600 an ankle injury last Sunday, back on the practice field 0:16:25.760 --> 0:16:26.640 for the first time. 0:16:26.720 --> 0:16:26.840 Here. 0:16:26.920 --> 0:16:29.560 We'll see and monitor his participation level and whether or 0:16:29.560 --> 0:16:32.000 not he's good to go, but certainly a good omen 0:16:32.240 --> 0:16:34.880 that he's out there and moving around like this. Per 0:16:35.320 --> 0:16:39.560 Ryan Mink on the social media machine earlier today. Also 0:16:39.640 --> 0:16:42.520 good news for all of us who enjoy going to Indianapolis, 0:16:42.600 --> 0:16:45.160 having some shrimp cocktails, some steaks, and walking around in 0:16:45.200 --> 0:16:49.720 the climate controlled skywalks. The scouting Combine will remain in 0:16:49.800 --> 0:16:53.600 Indianapolis into twenty twenty six. It was already going to 0:16:53.680 --> 0:16:56.600 be there this coming February, s last March, it will 0:16:56.640 --> 0:16:59.680 all straight back the following year. That announcement coming from 0:16:59.680 --> 0:17:03.320 the and the City of Indianapolis today. No better place 0:17:03.680 --> 0:17:06.959 to have the combine. And really, do you really care 0:17:07.040 --> 0:17:09.280 where you're watching Sam Hartman's hair bounce? I think I 0:17:09.320 --> 0:17:12.159 would take this regardless of the venue. We will all 0:17:12.200 --> 0:17:15.639 be watching a couple other quarterbacks. Josh Allen, Patrick Mahomes 0:17:15.840 --> 0:17:20.119 on Sunday. It is a huge game in Buffalo. But 0:17:20.320 --> 0:17:22.720 who's got the edge and the matchup of a team 0:17:22.760 --> 0:17:25.320 that always wins in the regular season between these teams 0:17:25.840 --> 0:17:28.080 and the team that always knocks the other guys out 0:17:28.200 --> 0:17:30.639 in the playoffs. Our Jeffrey Todia Mark Ross will be 0:17:30.720 --> 0:17:32.520 here to help us break that down. 0:17:32.720 --> 0:17:38.280 Next on the Insiders, this might be the game of 0:17:38.400 --> 0:17:41.120 the season coming up, and as the chief Social team said, 0:17:41.200 --> 0:17:43.320 they meet again. This is how it usually goes. The 0:17:43.440 --> 0:17:46.119 Bills generally win in the regular season. Last three in 0:17:46.160 --> 0:17:48.040 a row they've beaten the Chiefs in the regular season, 0:17:48.080 --> 0:17:50.440 and then the postseason comes around and it turns around 0:17:50.480 --> 0:17:53.000 and the Chiefs have won the last three times they 0:17:53.080 --> 0:17:56.520 faced each other in the postseason. Patrick Mahomes has some 0:17:56.640 --> 0:17:57.040 thoughts on. 0:17:57.119 --> 0:18:01.520 That playing this I mean, the best of the best, 0:18:02.040 --> 0:18:04.119 that's what you want in this league. And I've been 0:18:04.119 --> 0:18:07.080 able to go against Josh a multitude of times, and 0:18:07.640 --> 0:18:09.719 every single game he comes down to the very end 0:18:09.840 --> 0:18:12.800 and he's the guy that competes and he has that fire. 0:18:12.920 --> 0:18:14.520 I think you can see that fire that he plays 0:18:14.520 --> 0:18:16.359 with and that kind of goes through his entire team, 0:18:17.080 --> 0:18:18.679 and a lot of guys have had a lot of success, 0:18:18.760 --> 0:18:21.240 and so we know it's gonna take our best football. 0:18:21.560 --> 0:18:23.040 I think that's what we know, and if we don't, 0:18:23.400 --> 0:18:26.080 we're gonna lose. And we've lost them and we've won some. 0:18:26.280 --> 0:18:27.840 So I'm just hoping that this week we can get 0:18:27.840 --> 0:18:29.400 out there play our best football and find a way 0:18:29.400 --> 0:18:29.800 to get a win. 0:18:33.040 --> 0:18:34.879 You would think the Chiefs would actually be happy with 0:18:35.000 --> 0:18:37.960 how this has broken down. Jeffrey Chidia and Mark Ross. 0:18:38.040 --> 0:18:39.280 It seems to have worked out well. 0:18:39.200 --> 0:18:39.720 For the Chiefs. 0:18:39.800 --> 0:18:41.800 But Jeffrey, I want to start with you, because the 0:18:41.880 --> 0:18:45.120 Chiefs have certainly had some protection issues on the left 0:18:45.160 --> 0:18:48.200 side in particular, How concerned are they about their left 0:18:48.240 --> 0:18:49.000 tackle situation? 0:18:49.920 --> 0:18:53.000 Yeah, some protection issues is an understatement, Judy. They've got 0:18:53.280 --> 0:18:56.840 serious protection issues at left tackle. You know, Yanya Morris 0:18:56.880 --> 0:18:58.840 has been the starter and he went out in the 0:18:58.920 --> 0:19:02.320 last game against Denver and Kingsley Suamataia, their second round 0:19:02.320 --> 0:19:05.159 pick came in and it was a disaster. Denver Broncos 0:19:05.200 --> 0:19:08.160 line up with four sacks. They were dominant at times 0:19:08.440 --> 0:19:11.000 while he was in the game. More should be back. 0:19:11.040 --> 0:19:12.639 He yet a knee injury. That's been an up and 0:19:12.720 --> 0:19:15.280 down thing for him this season. But Patrick Mahomes said 0:19:15.280 --> 0:19:17.280 he believes in these guys. He trusts that they will 0:19:17.280 --> 0:19:20.040 get the job done for him. But again, you're stalking 0:19:20.080 --> 0:19:21.960 about an offense that wance to throw the football down 0:19:22.040 --> 0:19:25.600 the field. They can't get Xavier Worthy going, and if 0:19:25.640 --> 0:19:28.600 they're not able to protect again, Mark, it's going to 0:19:28.640 --> 0:19:31.119 be a serious issue for a Buffalo Bill's defense that's. 0:19:31.160 --> 0:19:34.240 Pretty good, yeah, no question. 0:19:34.480 --> 0:19:36.440 And a part of that which he talked about, is 0:19:36.640 --> 0:19:38.720 this look that Kansas City is having all though he 0:19:38.800 --> 0:19:40.879 struggles and it doesn't matter, like, just get it too 0:19:40.920 --> 0:19:42.600 the last play and we'll go win it again. But 0:19:42.960 --> 0:19:47.480 I think the biggest differential there is the Kansas City 0:19:47.600 --> 0:19:50.760 defense has really been holding this together once again, dare 0:19:50.840 --> 0:19:52.760 we say that the greatest head coach of the generation, 0:19:52.880 --> 0:19:55.359 Andy Reid, and the greatest quarterback and now it's a 0:19:55.480 --> 0:19:58.920 defensive team played by my man, Steve Spagnola, the architect 0:19:59.000 --> 0:20:01.280 of our two thousand, Seve and Giants Super Bowl wins. 0:20:01.359 --> 0:20:05.240 So once again I'm looking to see Kansas City defense. 0:20:05.359 --> 0:20:08.359 Really they have to hold it together against Buffalo's third 0:20:08.520 --> 0:20:12.080 rank scoring offense and Josh Allen, And I think that's 0:20:12.160 --> 0:20:14.280 really going to be the key to the game because 0:20:14.560 --> 0:20:16.520 we kind of know what to expect from the Kansas 0:20:16.560 --> 0:20:19.000 City offense that at this point is a lot of struggles, 0:20:19.040 --> 0:20:21.720 but the defense has been holding it together. And for 0:20:21.840 --> 0:20:24.720 Buffalo's offense, we know what Josh Allen can do. They've 0:20:24.760 --> 0:20:27.800 shown they can run the ball. Will Amari Cooper play 0:20:27.960 --> 0:20:31.120 to give them that extra playmaker for Josh Allen, he's 0:20:31.160 --> 0:20:33.440 been banged up, going to be if until game time. 0:20:33.880 --> 0:20:36.399 If he can play, then that makes the Buffalo offense 0:20:36.480 --> 0:20:39.400 even more potent, and we'll see what my man, Steve 0:20:39.520 --> 0:20:40.879 Bagnola has died up for it. 0:20:41.280 --> 0:20:44.119 If that's the case, we. 0:20:44.160 --> 0:20:45.000 All love spags. 0:20:45.040 --> 0:20:47.760 But let's talk about the wide receivers, Jeffrey, because they 0:20:48.160 --> 0:20:51.000 do have some injury issues in the Buffalo wide receiver room. 0:20:51.040 --> 0:20:53.439 How they're going to manage that they do. 0:20:53.520 --> 0:20:56.240 You're talking about not just Amari Cooper being her key 0:20:56.320 --> 0:20:58.400 on Coleman. Their rookie receiver is not going to play 0:20:58.400 --> 0:21:00.880 in this game because of a risk injury. Dalton Kincaid 0:21:01.440 --> 0:21:03.600 did not practice at least for not outdooring the public 0:21:03.720 --> 0:21:05.720 portion of the practice today with that knee injury. So 0:21:05.840 --> 0:21:08.920 we'll see if they're down three receivers. But you know, 0:21:09.080 --> 0:21:11.880 Joe Brady, their offensive cordiator, talked about this and said 0:21:11.920 --> 0:21:13.840 that they're getting used to this because they've had the 0:21:13.920 --> 0:21:16.399 mix and match players throughout the course of this season. 0:21:16.760 --> 0:21:18.800 He joked that at some points it feels like his 0:21:18.880 --> 0:21:21.320 play call she looks like a Picasso painting because there's 0:21:21.320 --> 0:21:24.280 so many marks and scratches and scuffs on it because 0:21:24.280 --> 0:21:25.960 he's trying to figure out who to get the ball to. 0:21:26.119 --> 0:21:29.600 But this is still a potent offense with James Cook 0:21:29.680 --> 0:21:33.040 and Dawson Knox and all those receivers, so they know 0:21:33.320 --> 0:21:35.760 it's a tough challenge. The bigger thing to look at here, though, 0:21:35.840 --> 0:21:38.120 is pass protection. This team is fourth in the league 0:21:38.400 --> 0:21:41.600 protecting the quarterback, and mark that Chiefs defense is not 0:21:41.720 --> 0:21:43.960 really getting after the passer as it has been in 0:21:43.960 --> 0:21:44.560 the years past. 0:21:44.760 --> 0:21:47.400 Thank you, guys, Jeffrey Mark, thanks so much. And when 0:21:47.440 --> 0:21:51.720 we return, we're going back down the turnpike to Philadelphia. 0:21:52.359 --> 0:21:55.000 We're going to join Mike Grifola more on the big 0:21:55.160 --> 0:21:56.600 Thursday night football matchup. 0:21:56.800 --> 0:21:59.800 Commanders Peoples for the lead in the NFC. 0:22:00.080 --> 0:22:10.680 Yes, we talked yesterday about the detail, right. We talked 0:22:10.760 --> 0:22:14.200 yesterday about the physicality. We talked yesterday about the talent 0:22:14.320 --> 0:22:17.439 that we have, and we said we want to do special, 0:22:18.320 --> 0:22:20.280 and to do special, you gotta do it together. 0:22:20.400 --> 0:22:22.520 There was a moment in this game, right, all right, 0:22:22.600 --> 0:22:24.440 we came out fourteen to six and a half. 0:22:24.800 --> 0:22:27.840 All Right, defense gets a stop, special teams gets a 0:22:27.880 --> 0:22:29.399 big return, offense punches in. 0:22:29.520 --> 0:22:31.360 That's complimentary football, right. 0:22:32.119 --> 0:22:35.440 Continue to find ways that we grow closer together because 0:22:35.520 --> 0:22:38.359 about that's how you do special, right, and we're all 0:22:38.400 --> 0:22:42.360 into special, right, Keep coming closer together as a team. 0:22:42.440 --> 0:22:42.960 I feel it. 0:22:43.280 --> 0:22:44.280 I know y'all feel it. 0:22:44.400 --> 0:22:46.159 It's a great win, all right, But we're gonna have 0:22:46.200 --> 0:22:46.800 to move on quick. 0:22:49.800 --> 0:22:52.560 Oh yeah, battle for first place in the NFC East. 0:22:52.640 --> 0:22:55.639 The upstart Commanders, the Old Guard, I don't wanna call 0:22:55.640 --> 0:22:57.200 them the old Guard, but there. You know, they're the 0:22:57.240 --> 0:22:59.480 guys that have been pretty much the litmus test for 0:22:59.520 --> 0:23:02.159 the NFC East over the last couple of years. They 0:23:02.240 --> 0:23:06.399 meet tonight Thursday night, Football Commander's Eagles here at Lincoln 0:23:06.720 --> 0:23:11.240 Financial Field. You want some specials, we got some special 0:23:12.040 --> 0:23:14.800 Brian Boudinger and Mark Ross joining us. 0:23:15.080 --> 0:23:15.439 Baldy. 0:23:15.520 --> 0:23:18.840 I know we're talking about Jalen and Jayden, but I 0:23:18.920 --> 0:23:20.760 think I know what your key to the offense is 0:23:20.880 --> 0:23:22.520 for both of these teams, and I like it. 0:23:23.760 --> 0:23:24.119 What it is. 0:23:24.200 --> 0:23:26.000 I mean both teams. I mean there are two of 0:23:26.080 --> 0:23:27.920 the teams that run the ball more than they throw 0:23:28.000 --> 0:23:33.040 it higher percentage. The Commanders will get Ryan Robinson Junior back. 0:23:33.359 --> 0:23:36.000 He's their thumper. They need him in the lineup to 0:23:36.080 --> 0:23:39.119 be more effective. But honestly, I mean Sakwan came to 0:23:39.160 --> 0:23:41.800 the Eagles. He knows what the NFC East is all about. 0:23:42.080 --> 0:23:44.960 He knows what these matchups, mean he's played in some 0:23:45.080 --> 0:23:47.040 of these games, not a lot, but some of these 0:23:47.080 --> 0:23:49.560 game to the Giants, and this team is built around 0:23:49.600 --> 0:23:52.359 his skill set right now, and they've got him going. 0:23:52.920 --> 0:23:55.560 And you know, right now he's averaging one hundred and 0:23:55.600 --> 0:23:58.560 ten yards rushing a game, only second to Derrick Henry 0:23:58.560 --> 0:23:59.880 at one hundred and twelve yards game. 0:24:00.240 --> 0:24:01.399 He's having his best season. 0:24:01.840 --> 0:24:04.119 And I would expect that the Eagles will do the 0:24:04.280 --> 0:24:08.160 very best tonight behind a powerful offensive line to try 0:24:08.200 --> 0:24:11.200 to get Saque going and really established that run game. 0:24:11.440 --> 0:24:14.080 And everything has when it goes well to the Eagle, 0:24:14.880 --> 0:24:16.280 it starts with the run game. 0:24:18.440 --> 0:24:21.679 Baldy, no doubt. As sat Quon has gone, the Eagles 0:24:21.720 --> 0:24:24.040 have gone. And I am going to talk about the quarterbacks. 0:24:24.080 --> 0:24:27.400 And I think the big difference of the finer point 0:24:27.440 --> 0:24:29.720 difference will be who doesn't turn the ball over. And 0:24:29.840 --> 0:24:33.000 our man Jalen Hurts has turned it over nine times 0:24:33.080 --> 0:24:35.880 this year, whereas Jaydon Daniels has only turned it over 0:24:36.200 --> 0:24:38.080 two times. You think the rookie would be the one 0:24:38.160 --> 0:24:41.240 making the mistakes, and we've seen Jalen make a lot 0:24:41.280 --> 0:24:44.000 of mistakes this year that have cost them these last 0:24:44.040 --> 0:24:46.840 few weeks against these bad teams that has not cost them. 0:24:47.160 --> 0:24:49.280 But I think that when you get two teams this 0:24:49.520 --> 0:24:52.960 evenly matched, the fine line will be the turnover battle 0:24:53.000 --> 0:24:54.960 at all. You know, every game I've ever gone into 0:24:55.119 --> 0:24:57.600 the coach they've talked about winning the turnover battle. And 0:24:57.720 --> 0:25:00.360 I know it's been constantly harped on with Jalen as 0:25:00.600 --> 0:25:02.960 Kenny stopped turning it over, and even last week he 0:25:03.040 --> 0:25:05.400 turned it over. So if he doesn't turn it over, 0:25:05.640 --> 0:25:08.040 obviously against the Eagles a better chance, But that will 0:25:08.119 --> 0:25:10.920 be the difference. And really the bigger picture is I 0:25:11.000 --> 0:25:12.679 know this, we're going to hype this game up. It's 0:25:12.720 --> 0:25:15.320 going to be great, but are these teams any good? 0:25:15.400 --> 0:25:18.920 Of fourteen wins? Two wins between these two teams have 0:25:19.080 --> 0:25:21.359 come against teams with winning records. That was the Eagles 0:25:21.400 --> 0:25:24.159 first game, very first game against Green Bay, and the 0:25:24.320 --> 0:25:27.440 Washington beat Arizona when they hadn't become really the good 0:25:27.520 --> 0:25:30.520 Cardinals yet. So you know, are these teams just beating 0:25:30.600 --> 0:25:33.680 up on bad teams fellas or are these actually legitimate 0:25:33.760 --> 0:25:34.639 teams in the NFC? 0:25:36.119 --> 0:25:37.959 Yeah, I know that's been the question about the Eagles, 0:25:38.000 --> 0:25:40.320 but you can say at least they handled those teams 0:25:40.600 --> 0:25:43.280 the way you're supposed to handle teams that have inferior 0:25:43.359 --> 0:25:45.159 records to you. So now this has bit of a 0:25:45.240 --> 0:25:49.000 litmus test really for both teams tonight, Mark specifically with 0:25:49.840 --> 0:25:53.119 Jayden having trouble with this this week, Jalen Jaden specifically 0:25:53.160 --> 0:25:56.080 with Jayden Daniels coming off a long We know what 0:25:56.160 --> 0:25:57.840 he could do, like, we've seen the ability and all 0:25:57.880 --> 0:26:00.840 that stuff, but as a quarterback, especially in a short 0:26:00.840 --> 0:26:02.639 week after a loss like that, you got to get 0:26:02.720 --> 0:26:05.560 these guys right. So Jaden Daniels, what was he need 0:26:05.640 --> 0:26:07.280 to do to make sure that the Commanders are ready 0:26:07.280 --> 0:26:10.320 for this NFC East matchup after that disappointing loss to Pittsburgh. 0:26:11.040 --> 0:26:13.760 Well, he hasn't faced anything like this, Mike and Baldy, 0:26:13.800 --> 0:26:16.160 as you know, going into the link on a Thursday night. 0:26:17.040 --> 0:26:19.440 I know he's played at some big games at LSU 0:26:19.680 --> 0:26:22.399 and a few this year already. But this is a 0:26:22.480 --> 0:26:25.600 whole different deal here playing in Philly, work for him 0:26:25.640 --> 0:26:28.240 for eight years, right down the road now here going 0:26:28.280 --> 0:26:29.800 to go watch the game with my mob. I mean, 0:26:30.320 --> 0:26:32.080 this is going to be something different for him. But 0:26:32.119 --> 0:26:34.240 I think he's built for this. There's certain players, there's 0:26:34.240 --> 0:26:36.960 certain quarterbacks that are just built for the moment, and 0:26:37.119 --> 0:26:39.800 every time this guy gets a moment, he just goes 0:26:39.840 --> 0:26:42.639 in there and pretty much crushes these moments. And I 0:26:42.720 --> 0:26:45.639 think he'll continue to do that if he plays great tonight. 0:26:45.720 --> 0:26:47.920 We don't know, but I think the moment will not 0:26:48.080 --> 0:26:50.280 be too big for him. And I think the team 0:26:50.359 --> 0:26:53.159 has total confidence in what he can do and that 0:26:53.359 --> 0:26:55.920 he will have the ability to bounce back from the 0:26:56.000 --> 0:26:58.919 performance last week and say, you know what, I can 0:26:59.040 --> 0:27:01.280 do this, and everyone has confidence in that Baldy. 0:27:01.960 --> 0:27:04.040 You know, Mark, he's an incredibly poised kid. 0:27:04.560 --> 0:27:05.080 He just is. 0:27:05.680 --> 0:27:08.280 Anybody that meets him, spends any time with him, they 0:27:08.359 --> 0:27:10.560 come away saying the same thing and then you see 0:27:10.640 --> 0:27:13.000 that carry over to the game. But you know, honestly, 0:27:13.160 --> 0:27:16.080 this Eagles defense and the resurgence and how they're playing, 0:27:16.080 --> 0:27:18.440 and maybe to your point, Mark, maybe they're just beating 0:27:18.520 --> 0:27:20.320 up on a lot of bad teams right now. But 0:27:20.359 --> 0:27:23.280 they've got two rookies after starting that have made a difference. 0:27:23.320 --> 0:27:26.600 Gwinyon Mitchell at the right cornerback position. I can't find 0:27:26.600 --> 0:27:29.040 anybody who beat him this year, and he plays the 0:27:29.119 --> 0:27:32.000 game with poise and with his feet, and then Cooper 0:27:32.040 --> 0:27:35.320 dejen Once they've inserted him into the nickel back spot. 0:27:35.680 --> 0:27:38.320 He just keeps making big play after big play. And 0:27:38.440 --> 0:27:41.040 those two guys tonight are gonna see a lot of 0:27:42.200 --> 0:27:45.600 Terry McLaurin, a wide receiver who's been an Eagle killer 0:27:45.680 --> 0:27:48.000 over the years. And they're gonna see Zach Ertz, the 0:27:48.040 --> 0:27:50.159 former Eagle who's having a good season. They are the 0:27:50.240 --> 0:27:52.840 two leading receivers. They will get matched up in man 0:27:52.960 --> 0:27:56.280 coverage or even in the matchup zone concepts that Vic 0:27:56.359 --> 0:27:57.080 Fangio has. 0:27:57.440 --> 0:27:59.800 They're gonna see those two young players a lot tonight. 0:28:00.160 --> 0:28:01.960 And I want to see how those guys hold up 0:28:02.200 --> 0:28:05.560 against Jayden Daniels and against Cliff Kingsbury Stephens tonight. 0:28:05.880 --> 0:28:06.600 Are offense tonight. 0:28:06.680 --> 0:28:09.040 I think those are two of the matchups I can't 0:28:09.080 --> 0:28:10.800 wait to kind of watch here in a couple hours. 0:28:12.600 --> 0:28:14.199 Baldy h don't go far. 0:28:14.520 --> 0:28:17.280 Got you coming up shortly here, Mark Ross, appreciate you 0:28:17.440 --> 0:28:20.520 very much. Jalen versus Jayden just a couple hours away. 0:28:20.840 --> 0:28:26.560 You got it, You got it, Mike, what. 0:28:29.920 --> 0:28:30.640 I'm good? 0:28:30.720 --> 0:28:30.880 Here? 0:28:41.360 --> 0:28:43.800 It drops straight back a bad right corner of the 0:28:43.920 --> 0:28:44.240 end zone. 0:28:44.280 --> 0:28:47.240 Harrison home, want a cat for at much down Warburn 0:28:47.360 --> 0:28:49.120 Harrison Junior halls it in. 0:28:49.680 --> 0:28:50.720 You can't talking down. 0:28:51.400 --> 0:28:54.200 Come on, man, woo whoosh. 0:28:56.480 --> 0:28:58.960 And he's gonna keep it running right to the outside 0:28:59.080 --> 0:29:01.800 ten the end zone for a second touchdown. 0:29:08.080 --> 0:29:15.520 What how about the comeback of Kyler Murray and the 0:29:15.720 --> 0:29:20.720 first place Arizona Cardinals. Murray NFC Offensive Player of the 0:29:20.800 --> 0:29:24.360 Week Arizona right now one of the best stories in football. 0:29:24.440 --> 0:29:27.800 Look at the NFC West standings. It is the Cardinals 0:29:28.240 --> 0:29:31.120 on top. Obviously, the forty nine ers starting to get 0:29:31.120 --> 0:29:34.080 a little bit healthier at this stage, the Rams coming 0:29:34.120 --> 0:29:37.080 off of a tough loss, The Seahawks have slid since 0:29:37.160 --> 0:29:40.960 their hot start. The Cardinals, Yes, the Cardinals are forks 0:29:41.040 --> 0:29:44.360 to be reckoned with right now in the NFC playoff picture. 0:29:44.400 --> 0:29:48.400 Welcome back to the insiders. Tom Pellisero here with Omar Ruiz, 0:29:48.720 --> 0:29:52.640 Brian Baldinger as well as Mark Ross. Omar, I'll start 0:29:52.680 --> 0:29:56.400 out with you, what do the Cardinals attribute this success to? 0:29:56.640 --> 0:29:58.680 With the fact that coming off of a four win 0:29:58.800 --> 0:30:01.640 season that was impressive by four win season standards, they've 0:30:01.640 --> 0:30:04.000 already got six on the board and potentially could be 0:30:04.040 --> 0:30:05.160 playing late into January. 0:30:07.080 --> 0:30:09.680 Well, Tom, you looked at the highlight reel to start 0:30:09.760 --> 0:30:13.840 this segment with Kyler Murray getting blasted by Quincy Williams, 0:30:13.880 --> 0:30:17.520 who came in off the edge untouched. Kyler Murray's helmet 0:30:17.640 --> 0:30:21.840 goes flying. What happened after that, a drive that culminated 0:30:21.880 --> 0:30:25.960 with Marvin Harrison Junior's touchdown, is everything that the Cardinals 0:30:26.000 --> 0:30:29.400 have been talking about. Kyler Murray on full display and 0:30:29.480 --> 0:30:32.720 a big reason why they are in first place by themselves. 0:30:32.760 --> 0:30:33.640 At six and four. 0:30:34.120 --> 0:30:38.120 Murray gets smashed there on that play, gets back. Jonathan 0:30:38.200 --> 0:30:40.880 Gannon credits Drew Petsing, the offensive coordinator, for calling a 0:30:40.960 --> 0:30:44.160 handoff to James Connor. He gets eight yards, sets up 0:30:44.200 --> 0:30:46.320 a third and ten, They call time out, allows Kyler 0:30:46.400 --> 0:30:49.959 Murray to gather himself once again, hangs in the pocket 0:30:50.000 --> 0:30:53.280 after getting smashed by Williams a couple plays before, hangs 0:30:53.320 --> 0:30:57.000 in the crumbling pocket and hits Trey McBride on third 0:30:57.040 --> 0:30:59.520 and ten. Converts in the clutch on that play and 0:30:59.600 --> 0:31:02.400 then the very next one dropping that dime in to 0:31:02.520 --> 0:31:05.840 Marvin Harrison Junior for that touchdown. So we saw everything 0:31:05.840 --> 0:31:08.680 about Kyler Murray how he's been playing this season. That 0:31:08.800 --> 0:31:13.080 particular sequence a microcosm of that. The toughness, the skill set, 0:31:13.360 --> 0:31:17.840 the leadership all on display. Meanwhile, Baldy defensively, I specifically 0:31:17.920 --> 0:31:21.040 remember in training camp Darius Robinson, the other first round 0:31:21.120 --> 0:31:24.440 pick that the Cardinals drafted to go along with Marvin 0:31:24.440 --> 0:31:27.600 Harrison Junior back in April to help with the pass rush. 0:31:27.720 --> 0:31:30.480 He was just announced that he had that injury that 0:31:30.720 --> 0:31:33.320 we've yet to see him play so far this season. 0:31:33.440 --> 0:31:36.000 Bjojulari gets hurt. They're counting on him to take a 0:31:36.000 --> 0:31:38.680 big step this year. He's out for the season, and 0:31:38.800 --> 0:31:41.840 Jonathan Gannon saying, I know it may sound crazy to 0:31:41.920 --> 0:31:43.920 you guys, We're not going to go after anybody. We're 0:31:43.920 --> 0:31:45.880 not going to make any moves. We're not going to 0:31:45.920 --> 0:31:48.040 bring in a star here in training camp. I believe 0:31:48.080 --> 0:31:51.120 in the players that we have defensively. You'll see, we'll 0:31:51.160 --> 0:31:53.320 scheme them up, we'll coach them up, and we have 0:31:53.400 --> 0:31:56.000 a belief and weekend and week out, Baldy, it's a 0:31:56.000 --> 0:31:58.760 different player stepping up defensively, and they are coming together 0:31:58.800 --> 0:31:59.560 when they've needed it. 0:32:00.080 --> 0:32:00.920 Big reason why. 0:32:00.880 --> 0:32:03.800 As well, in addition to Kyler Murray's play, that defense 0:32:03.840 --> 0:32:04.760 has them in first place. 0:32:04.800 --> 0:32:07.000 Baldy omar, this is a very. 0:32:06.920 --> 0:32:08.959 Well coached team and they play like a a well 0:32:09.000 --> 0:32:11.520 coach team. They don't beat themselves. Kyler has turned it 0:32:11.560 --> 0:32:14.880 over six times in ten games. They're getting contributions. The 0:32:14.960 --> 0:32:17.880 offensive line is solid. You go around the league and 0:32:17.920 --> 0:32:20.520 you look at offensive lines. Now you look at Paris 0:32:20.600 --> 0:32:21.640 and Evan Brown. 0:32:21.440 --> 0:32:23.160 And fro Hold. This is a good group. 0:32:23.680 --> 0:32:27.520 And you know, Tristan Coloonne has stepped in and Beach 0:32:27.600 --> 0:32:29.640 has stepped in as you know, the third right tackle. 0:32:30.120 --> 0:32:31.920 But they run the ball well. They run the ball 0:32:32.000 --> 0:32:34.200 with power. They run the ball when they have to, 0:32:34.280 --> 0:32:38.280 when they have a leade. The defensive coordinator, Nick Rayalis, 0:32:38.760 --> 0:32:40.160 I think he's the youngest in the league. 0:32:40.440 --> 0:32:42.280 He came there. I think he was twenty eight years old, 0:32:43.160 --> 0:32:45.320 you know, but they believe in him and the. 0:32:45.400 --> 0:32:47.800 Way that he pulls out some of these pressures to 0:32:47.920 --> 0:32:50.480 get to Aaron Rodgers, to get to Rock Perty and 0:32:50.560 --> 0:32:53.240 key spots of the game. They've overcome some of the 0:32:53.320 --> 0:32:55.560 loss of those pass rushers. The thing that I look 0:32:55.640 --> 0:32:58.280 forward to in the second half is I think the schedules. 0:32:58.400 --> 0:33:00.600 Outside of these first two games on the road in 0:33:00.640 --> 0:33:03.000 Minnesota in Seattle, you know they're two and zero in 0:33:03.040 --> 0:33:06.120 the division. They get New England and Carolina at home. 0:33:06.640 --> 0:33:09.160 They've got winnable games on the schedule. But I look 0:33:09.240 --> 0:33:12.840 for Marvin Harrison Junior to have a great second half. 0:33:13.040 --> 0:33:15.560 I don't think he's been utilized very well so far, 0:33:15.680 --> 0:33:18.600 even with the six touchdown catches. They're gonna get Darius 0:33:18.680 --> 0:33:21.600 Robinson back on the defensive front. They're gonna get some 0:33:22.040 --> 0:33:24.680 of these rookies back for the second half of the season, 0:33:25.120 --> 0:33:28.720 and I like rookie enthusiasm. They kind of pushed veterans 0:33:29.320 --> 0:33:31.560 into a playoff spot. I think they're gonna find one. 0:33:32.000 --> 0:33:34.280 I think they're well led by Buddha Baker, James Connor, 0:33:34.320 --> 0:33:37.120 and Kyler Murray, and it shows up week in week. 0:33:36.960 --> 0:33:41.240 Out right now, you guys touched on it. Why I 0:33:41.360 --> 0:33:44.080 like the Cardinals this year as opposed to the Cardinals 0:33:44.160 --> 0:33:47.080 of the past. I don't think toughness and physicality would 0:33:47.080 --> 0:33:50.000 have ever been associated with the Cardinals in their history 0:33:50.040 --> 0:33:52.840 there and when I watched them Omar you alluded to 0:33:52.880 --> 0:33:55.400 it with Kyler taking that hit. But they are tough 0:33:55.640 --> 0:33:58.840 and they are physical. James Connor is tough and physical. 0:33:59.120 --> 0:34:02.959 Trey McBride is tough and physical. Marvin Harrison Junior, when 0:34:03.000 --> 0:34:04.880 he gets his hands on the ball is tough and physical. 0:34:05.120 --> 0:34:08.000 The defense despite all those no names there, led by 0:34:08.040 --> 0:34:11.200 Buddha Baker, is tough and physical. And I watched them 0:34:11.239 --> 0:34:13.840 and it's like, Wow, this team really brings it and 0:34:13.960 --> 0:34:16.880 that is bringing the energy, and that is bringing the wins. 0:34:17.080 --> 0:34:19.800 And then you get the magic of Kyler Murray and 0:34:19.880 --> 0:34:22.239 the things he can do playing at an outside of 0:34:22.280 --> 0:34:26.360 Lamar Jackson MVP level that this team I think is legit. Baldy, 0:34:26.440 --> 0:34:29.040 you talked about they're well coached as well. So when 0:34:29.080 --> 0:34:31.839 you get those elements of a supreme playmaker, a lot 0:34:31.920 --> 0:34:35.600 of talent on offense, physicality and toughness and well coached, 0:34:36.040 --> 0:34:37.720 this is for real here with the Cardinals. 0:34:37.760 --> 0:34:39.640 I don't think this is a fluke whatsoever. 0:34:39.800 --> 0:34:46.200 Fellas NFC West very tightly packed at this point. Omar 0:34:46.520 --> 0:34:49.439 and games like this week for the Seahawks could play 0:34:49.480 --> 0:34:51.319 a big role in who comes out on top. 0:34:53.080 --> 0:34:55.320 Yeah, the forty nine Ers probably the biggest threat to 0:34:55.360 --> 0:34:58.280 the Cardinals at this point. Mark talked about the toughness 0:34:58.600 --> 0:35:02.319 and physicality of the Cardinals. Well, obviously we've talked about 0:35:02.360 --> 0:35:06.000 the forty nine ers for years having those two attributes 0:35:06.040 --> 0:35:08.399 and reason why they have appeared in four or five 0:35:08.520 --> 0:35:11.520 NFC Championship games and appear poised at this point to 0:35:11.560 --> 0:35:14.040 make a run in the second half to have five 0:35:14.160 --> 0:35:18.160 of six potentially NFC Championship game appearances. And it starts 0:35:18.520 --> 0:35:21.319 with the return of Christian McCaffrey. We talk about how 0:35:21.360 --> 0:35:24.520 he opens up everything in that offense. You see Brock 0:35:24.600 --> 0:35:28.239 Purdy going deep there for George Kittle. The five forty 0:35:28.320 --> 0:35:31.400 nine ers dot caught passes from Purdy on Sunday against 0:35:31.440 --> 0:35:36.880 the Buccaneers. Deebo, Jwan Jennings, Ricky pearsall, George Kittle, Christian 0:35:36.960 --> 0:35:40.480 McCaffrey all had catches of at least thirty yards, so 0:35:40.600 --> 0:35:44.360 that big play capability them going down the field. You 0:35:44.560 --> 0:35:47.440 have to think that Christian McCaffrey's presence helping do that. 0:35:47.520 --> 0:35:51.400 And here's McCaffrey himself getting his big play in that regard. 0:35:51.480 --> 0:35:55.040 Then you have the sideline spat between Deebo Samuel and 0:35:55.120 --> 0:35:58.920 their long snapper Tabor Pepper, something that Kyle Shanahan described 0:35:58.920 --> 0:36:03.440 as an overreaction. Pepper overreacting to the words that Deebo 0:36:03.600 --> 0:36:06.800 had for Jake Moody, their kicker who missed three field goals. 0:36:07.239 --> 0:36:10.600 Shanahan saying that he and Jake Moody didn't have an 0:36:10.600 --> 0:36:13.400 issue with what Deebo Samuel was telling him, So Pepper 0:36:13.480 --> 0:36:17.040 overreacting in that regard and then Deebo Samuel overreacting and 0:36:17.160 --> 0:36:18.919 how he wanted Pepper to get out of his face. 0:36:18.960 --> 0:36:22.319 But sometimes those things can galvanize a team and really 0:36:22.440 --> 0:36:24.520 spur them in the second half to get on that 0:36:24.640 --> 0:36:27.399 same page. They got some good vibes earlier this week 0:36:27.480 --> 0:36:30.440 when one of the most popular players in that locker room, 0:36:30.480 --> 0:36:34.400 Diamondor Lenor, had the huge contract extension, somebody who has 0:36:34.480 --> 0:36:37.640 been a tone setter for that defense starting last year 0:36:38.040 --> 0:36:41.040 and then rewarded into this season playing at an extremely 0:36:41.160 --> 0:36:43.680 high level. So you look at all those factors in 0:36:43.800 --> 0:36:45.719 place for the forty nine ers to really turn it 0:36:45.800 --> 0:36:48.000 on here in the second half and make that surge 0:36:48.200 --> 0:36:50.160 to get to the top of the NFC where they've 0:36:50.200 --> 0:36:51.439 been for years and years and years. 0:36:51.520 --> 0:36:54.399 Now, Omar NH might very well go on a run 0:36:54.560 --> 0:36:56.359 like they did a year ago when they came out 0:36:56.360 --> 0:36:58.640 of the buying, went six in a row, and you know, 0:36:58.719 --> 0:37:00.920 we're the team to beat in the NFC, But their 0:37:01.000 --> 0:37:03.960 special team problems have not gone away, and it's not 0:37:04.120 --> 0:37:06.160 just Jake Moody missing three field goals last week. 0:37:06.400 --> 0:37:08.680 It's the buff punt, you know, It's it's week in, 0:37:08.800 --> 0:37:09.279 week out. 0:37:09.680 --> 0:37:13.359 This team like really doesn't put anything special in their 0:37:13.440 --> 0:37:16.839 special team and it's an issue and it's cost him 0:37:16.880 --> 0:37:19.680 games this year, you know. And if you go around 0:37:19.920 --> 0:37:22.799 this division now, the Rams are still trying to get 0:37:22.840 --> 0:37:25.640 Kyrin Williams going. He was the key to the second 0:37:25.640 --> 0:37:28.840 half surge a year ago. The offensive line had struggled. 0:37:28.880 --> 0:37:31.160 They got a couple of starters back last week against 0:37:31.400 --> 0:37:34.799 Miami that didn't really you know, prove to be anything great. 0:37:35.840 --> 0:37:37.600 You know, we got to see how the secondary with 0:37:37.680 --> 0:37:40.400 the Rams, you know, comes together here down to stretch, 0:37:40.480 --> 0:37:42.880 because it has not been a strength of theirs. 0:37:43.000 --> 0:37:46.080 So far this season. And Seattle, look, they just released 0:37:46.080 --> 0:37:47.320 their starting middle linebacker. 0:37:47.640 --> 0:37:50.919 They've had major issues on defense, trying to adopt Mike 0:37:51.000 --> 0:37:54.719 McDaniel when what he wants to do, you know, as 0:37:54.760 --> 0:37:57.719 far as Mike McDonald what he wants to do defensively 0:37:57.880 --> 0:37:58.120 right now. 0:37:58.120 --> 0:37:59.960 And I don't trust their offensive line. 0:38:00.160 --> 0:38:02.960 It's just they haven't figured out how to protect you 0:38:03.239 --> 0:38:05.399 well enough or to get Kenni's Walker going. 0:38:06.000 --> 0:38:07.400 And so I feel like. 0:38:08.000 --> 0:38:10.399 Arizona doesn't have a lot of these issues, and why 0:38:10.440 --> 0:38:12.520 I think they're still going to be standing here as 0:38:12.520 --> 0:38:14.279 they get ready to play the Rams and forty nine 0:38:14.360 --> 0:38:18.160 ers to finish out the season. Maybe this division comes 0:38:18.239 --> 0:38:20.000 down to those last two weeks. 0:38:19.800 --> 0:38:20.360 In this league. 0:38:22.239 --> 0:38:25.200 Baldy use the word I was thinking about trust, like 0:38:25.360 --> 0:38:27.160 who do you trust the most and who has the 0:38:27.239 --> 0:38:30.000 highest ceiling in the division? Seattle, I don't trust them 0:38:30.000 --> 0:38:31.919 at all. You talk about the offensive line. You watched 0:38:31.960 --> 0:38:33.920 Seattle game in a game out, like what is his 0:38:34.040 --> 0:38:37.000 team doing here? But and then the Rams don't After 0:38:37.120 --> 0:38:39.680 that lost last week against Miami, seems like things are 0:38:39.719 --> 0:38:42.000 going in the right direction. I don't trust them down 0:38:42.000 --> 0:38:44.560 the stretch anymore. So it comes down to San Fran 0:38:44.680 --> 0:38:46.880 and Arizona and who you trust more. And when I 0:38:46.960 --> 0:38:49.880 watch San Fran, it just seems as if I don't know, 0:38:50.040 --> 0:38:52.560 just things aren't working out quite right like we've seen before. 0:38:52.680 --> 0:38:55.640 But they're still in it. And ultimately I do trust 0:38:55.719 --> 0:38:59.040 Arizona the most out in this division because of the 0:38:59.120 --> 0:39:01.880 factors we already talked about with the quarterback and the 0:39:01.960 --> 0:39:04.960 physicality and the toughness and being well coached, and they've 0:39:05.000 --> 0:39:08.479 beaten San Francisco already in San Francisco, So that extra 0:39:08.760 --> 0:39:12.320 motivation of the extra confidence we can do this, you know, 0:39:12.400 --> 0:39:14.279 to be the man, you gotta beat the man. 0:39:14.320 --> 0:39:15.080 They've done it once. 0:39:15.400 --> 0:39:18.399 The last game of the season is in Arizona. That'd 0:39:18.440 --> 0:39:20.480 be the biggest game in Arizona in a long time 0:39:20.840 --> 0:39:23.719 if the division comes down to those two. So I 0:39:23.760 --> 0:39:25.680 think it'll go right down there to the end between 0:39:25.760 --> 0:39:27.560 those two and the other two out of it, and 0:39:27.600 --> 0:39:29.440 I'm going to ultimately go with the Cardinals there. 0:39:31.360 --> 0:39:34.000 And we talked about the toughness and the physicality of 0:39:34.160 --> 0:39:36.440 the Cardinals and Tommy, you remember last year and speaking 0:39:36.480 --> 0:39:39.279 with Drew petsiing that's something that they were establishing last year. 0:39:39.320 --> 0:39:41.920 Maybe they didn't have the talent to find ways to win. 0:39:42.560 --> 0:39:42.719 Well. 0:39:42.800 --> 0:39:45.160 This year, they're finding those ways to win. They blow 0:39:45.200 --> 0:39:48.279 people out when it happens, they win games that they 0:39:48.320 --> 0:39:50.919 shouldn't win. They can win games going back and forth. 0:39:50.960 --> 0:39:53.560 So they're a young team that is finding its consistency 0:39:54.080 --> 0:39:56.600 and finding ways to win and obviously have been a 0:39:56.719 --> 0:39:58.160 huge factor for their success here. 0:40:00.080 --> 0:40:05.239 Omar Baldy, Mark, thank you all very much. Enjoy Week 0:40:05.280 --> 0:40:07.839 eleven kicking off tonight in Philadelphia. We got some other 0:40:07.880 --> 0:40:09.960 good games. We've got some players coming back from injuries 0:40:10.040 --> 0:40:13.960 going into this weekend as well, including in that Seattle game. 0:40:14.120 --> 0:40:17.760 DK Metcalf was a full participate in practice on Wednesday, 0:40:17.840 --> 0:40:20.279 first time that he had practiced at all since he 0:40:20.480 --> 0:40:24.120 suffered that low grade MCL spring several weeks ago, missed 0:40:24.160 --> 0:40:26.640 a couple of games, had the bye week to rest up. 0:40:26.719 --> 0:40:29.879 Certainly sounds like he is on track to be back 0:40:30.000 --> 0:40:33.040 and face the forty nine ers. San Francisco has had 0:40:33.120 --> 0:40:35.880 its own injury issues, to say the least, throughout the 0:40:36.000 --> 0:40:38.600 course of this season. One of the latest, George Kittle, 0:40:38.640 --> 0:40:41.640 their standout tight end, did not practice a practice on 0:40:41.719 --> 0:40:46.719 Wednesday because of a hamstring issue. Kyle Shanahan had downplayed it, 0:40:46.840 --> 0:40:49.800 said it was just some soreness, but certainly one to monitor. 0:40:49.840 --> 0:40:53.120 George Kittle tends to miss some practice time, usually shows 0:40:53.200 --> 0:40:55.839 up on Sundays. We'll see if indeed that is the case. 0:40:55.960 --> 0:40:59.959 Also a significant injury with a two time defending Super 0:41:00.000 --> 0:41:03.239 Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs as they get set 0:41:03.560 --> 0:41:06.680 to go to Buffalo. I was told literally during that 0:41:06.960 --> 0:41:10.200 segment Cheeves kicker Harrison Bucker expected to miss three to 0:41:10.320 --> 0:41:13.360 four weeks, likely headed to injured reserve. He suffered a 0:41:13.520 --> 0:41:17.200 meniscous injury in his left knee. He's going to undergo 0:41:17.400 --> 0:41:20.480 arthroscopic surgery to clean that up. I am told no 0:41:20.680 --> 0:41:23.920 concern that this is anything season ending for Butker should 0:41:24.000 --> 0:41:26.520 be back well before we get the playoff time. But 0:41:26.600 --> 0:41:29.960 for now, the Chiefs are signing Spencer Schrader off the 0:41:30.040 --> 0:41:33.239 Jets practice squad in Buffalo. But the way the win 0:41:33.400 --> 0:41:34.839 can go there, if it comes down to a game 0:41:34.880 --> 0:41:37.800 winning kick, no butt kicker for the Chiefs, It'll be 0:41:37.880 --> 0:41:41.800 Spencer Schrader getting the call. Coming up after this, the 0:41:42.040 --> 0:41:44.680 Cowboys have their own injury issues to soar through, namely 0:41:44.760 --> 0:41:49.440 Dak Prescott out for the season undergoing season ending hamstring surgery. 0:41:49.480 --> 0:41:52.680 Mike McCarthy said, it's Cooper Rush again this week, but 0:41:52.960 --> 0:41:55.600 for how long? And could we soon see Trey Lance 0:41:55.840 --> 0:41:59.040 at least in packages as well? Nobody knows the Cowboys 0:41:59.120 --> 0:42:02.440 like our James. Later, she joins us next on the Insiders. 0:42:09.040 --> 0:42:11.560 For better or worse, the Dallas Cowboys are going to 0:42:11.600 --> 0:42:13.560 be seeing a lot of that guy. There's been good 0:42:13.800 --> 0:42:17.000 a couple of years ago, went four and one, then 0:42:17.080 --> 0:42:18.280 won another game in relief. 0:42:18.440 --> 0:42:20.600 He has played good football. Did he play good football 0:42:20.640 --> 0:42:20.960 last week? 0:42:21.040 --> 0:42:21.120 Now? 0:42:21.480 --> 0:42:23.320 He certainly did not. But this is the reality. 0:42:23.400 --> 0:42:25.600 Now, It's gonna be a lot of Cooper rush now 0:42:25.680 --> 0:42:30.040 that Dak Prescott had season ending surgery on his hamstring. 0:42:30.239 --> 0:42:33.560 The Cowboys want the good Cooper, not the not so 0:42:33.680 --> 0:42:34.240 good Cooper. 0:42:34.560 --> 0:42:37.040 But either way, as Mike McCarthy notes today, they're gonna 0:42:37.040 --> 0:42:39.560 need to rely a lot on their run game, which 0:42:39.640 --> 0:42:41.400 now will take on a little bit of a different 0:42:41.560 --> 0:42:42.400 focus for Dallas. 0:42:44.239 --> 0:42:46.279 Yeah, definitely gotta get them the ball. I mean, you know, 0:42:46.360 --> 0:42:48.440 that's that's my focus. You know, just continue to get 0:42:48.560 --> 0:42:51.440 him opportunities. Uh, he's you know, he's the lead back, 0:42:51.680 --> 0:42:54.600 and you know, I thought he had a really good 0:42:54.640 --> 0:42:58.040 first half and I think that's really illustrated by you know, 0:42:58.239 --> 0:43:00.600 the attempts. You know, Rico needs touch the ball. 0:43:03.200 --> 0:43:06.800 Probably good news for those fantasy teams that have Rico Downell. 0:43:06.880 --> 0:43:09.880 I don't, by the way, welcome in Jane Slater are 0:43:10.360 --> 0:43:11.520 Cowboys guru. 0:43:11.360 --> 0:43:13.399 And guru of obviously many many other things. 0:43:13.960 --> 0:43:16.760 Okay, I want you to weigh in on the Rico'dowdell 0:43:17.200 --> 0:43:21.480 news slash declaration slash making official where it seemed to 0:43:21.560 --> 0:43:22.480 kind of be going anyway. 0:43:23.160 --> 0:43:26.440 But the Cowboys have that injuries, as we've detailed, they got. 0:43:26.400 --> 0:43:29.160 Other issues to take me through some of these scoring 0:43:29.239 --> 0:43:30.560 issues that the Cowboys have had. 0:43:32.840 --> 0:43:35.880 Listen, third quarter has been an issue for them. But 0:43:36.040 --> 0:43:38.320 one way you might be able to address this is 0:43:38.560 --> 0:43:40.680 why don't you get a little bit of help on offense? 0:43:40.719 --> 0:43:44.360 In terms of consistency? Running back by committee is gone. 0:43:45.040 --> 0:43:47.480 It's been an internal debate, I think in this building. 0:43:47.680 --> 0:43:47.879 Ian. 0:43:47.960 --> 0:43:49.920 I mean at times we saw them rolling out four 0:43:50.000 --> 0:43:50.960 different running. 0:43:50.760 --> 0:43:53.120 Backs, and you talk to a lot of players, you 0:43:53.239 --> 0:43:55.480 talk to coaches, and they will tell you that it 0:43:55.680 --> 0:43:58.799 is a philosophy that many of them disagree with back 0:43:58.840 --> 0:44:01.279 to the one position that needs to get in a rhythm. Now, 0:44:01.680 --> 0:44:03.839 you might push back and say, well, look, you guys 0:44:03.880 --> 0:44:06.600 had Tony Pollard in Dallas and Zeke mark Ingram and 0:44:06.680 --> 0:44:09.840 Camara go down the list. Yes, when you have change 0:44:09.840 --> 0:44:12.520 of backs are complimentary. Back the way they were doing 0:44:12.560 --> 0:44:15.640 it just wasn't working. So we started to see Rico 0:44:15.719 --> 0:44:17.759 Daddle take that lead back role in games. And now 0:44:17.800 --> 0:44:21.160 it's official and it sounds like Mike McCarthy has finally 0:44:21.200 --> 0:44:24.480 won an internal debate. So maybe that will address those 0:44:24.520 --> 0:44:26.320 third quarter wos that I was telling you about. I 0:44:26.440 --> 0:44:28.759 have joked with Rico Daddel yesterday. I said, are you 0:44:28.760 --> 0:44:31.000 guys not eating enough uncrustables at the half? 0:44:31.760 --> 0:44:31.920 Down? 0:44:32.000 --> 0:44:32.640 All half laugh? 0:44:32.719 --> 0:44:35.040 But he did say, in all seriousness, they've been outscored 0:44:35.160 --> 0:44:37.120 eighty two to twenty second in the third quarter. 0:44:37.480 --> 0:44:40.040 That is a minus sixty differential. How does that stack 0:44:40.120 --> 0:44:40.920 up against the league? 0:44:41.360 --> 0:44:44.440 Almost double that of the second worst brows. Now, Donald 0:44:44.520 --> 0:44:46.719 tells me they do come up with a plan at 0:44:46.760 --> 0:44:48.400 the half, and they know what they need to do 0:44:48.560 --> 0:44:52.000 based on the first half, but it isn't happening. He said, 0:44:52.080 --> 0:44:54.880 quote definitely something we've got to get fixed. And I 0:44:54.920 --> 0:44:56.640 went back and I looked at looked at the third 0:44:56.719 --> 0:44:59.920 quarter against the Eagles. Here's here's a way to help. 0:45:00.000 --> 0:45:02.000 But why don't you have drives that are more than 0:45:02.080 --> 0:45:08.120 five plays? This was their third quarter punt, punt, fumble, fumble, interception, punt, 0:45:08.440 --> 0:45:11.600 and again most of those were three or four plays. 0:45:11.680 --> 0:45:14.480 The longest was five. So let's see if the running 0:45:14.560 --> 0:45:17.360 game can help them extend some of those drives. 0:45:17.400 --> 0:45:19.359 I think that's sort of the focus here. 0:45:21.320 --> 0:45:23.200 You left the lot out there by talking about the 0:45:23.320 --> 0:45:25.600 internal debate that Michae McCarthy one, which I'd like to 0:45:25.640 --> 0:45:28.000 ask you about. But the Cowboys are also playing another 0:45:28.080 --> 0:45:32.040 team this week. The Houston Texans say their offensive issues 0:45:32.080 --> 0:45:36.000 have been slightly under the radar, but very real offensive 0:45:36.040 --> 0:45:38.839 line issues have been real. They are getting a big 0:45:38.920 --> 0:45:41.880 piece potentially back this week. Talk to me about the 0:45:42.000 --> 0:45:43.400 Texans and Nico Collins. 0:45:45.840 --> 0:45:48.839 The return of Nico Collins cannot be understated. 0:45:48.920 --> 0:45:49.120 Ian. 0:45:49.200 --> 0:45:51.480 If we look at the Houston Texans and some of 0:45:51.520 --> 0:45:53.880 their woes on offense, remember they start off the season 0:45:53.960 --> 0:45:56.000 four and one and they've been on a two. 0:45:55.960 --> 0:45:57.560 In three run as of late. 0:45:57.680 --> 0:45:57.759 Now. 0:45:57.920 --> 0:45:59.040 Some of that has to do with some of the 0:45:59.120 --> 0:46:01.800 offensive line plays. I mean, when you look at c. J. 0:46:01.960 --> 0:46:05.920 Stroud, he's been astonishedlyly sacked thirty four times this season, 0:46:05.960 --> 0:46:07.960 and this is with three veterans on the offensive line 0:46:08.000 --> 0:46:10.200 and just two young guys in Week nine eight times 0:46:10.239 --> 0:46:14.600 against the Jets for just this week. Now, when you 0:46:14.680 --> 0:46:17.759 get Collins back, he helps with the separation and the 0:46:17.920 --> 0:46:21.080 stats really show that. According to next Gen with Nico, 0:46:21.440 --> 0:46:25.600 the Texans saw less interceptions, less dropbacks, higher completion rating, 0:46:25.680 --> 0:46:29.120 and more touchdowns. But for Stroud specifically, less sacks, and 0:46:29.239 --> 0:46:32.640 blitzes Titan Dalton. Schultz says, more than anything, it's his 0:46:32.800 --> 0:46:34.319 mentality that's contagious. 0:46:34.640 --> 0:46:37.360 He said, look who he's running through. Watch how he transitions, 0:46:37.480 --> 0:46:38.840 how he gets the ball in his hands. 0:46:39.200 --> 0:46:42.080 Schultz told me that's the mentality that they preached to 0:46:42.120 --> 0:46:44.680 the offense as a whole. So just getting him back 0:46:44.800 --> 0:46:47.640 really helps everything around them. So let's see if this 0:46:47.800 --> 0:46:50.040 offense turns around. But I do think it's really interesting 0:46:50.120 --> 0:46:52.560 when you start to see this offense struggle. It had 0:46:52.600 --> 0:46:53.960 a lot to do with having one of their leading 0:46:54.000 --> 0:46:55.200 wide receivers not on the field. 0:46:56.480 --> 0:46:58.880 Yeah, it's like he left us for like five games. 0:46:58.960 --> 0:47:02.080 We all forgot how believably good he was playing. Looking 0:47:02.160 --> 0:47:05.719 forward to seeing that for the Houston Texans. Jane, thank 0:47:05.760 --> 0:47:09.200 you very much for hanging out with us as always. Meanwhile, 0:47:09.440 --> 0:47:12.440 the Steelers and Ravens are going to be hanging out 0:47:12.560 --> 0:47:14.880 this week. One of the NFL's best rivalries, one of 0:47:14.920 --> 0:47:19.640 the NFL's toughest rivalries, has a new participant. Russell Wilson 0:47:19.760 --> 0:47:23.120 has been absolutely balling since he took. 0:47:22.960 --> 0:47:25.640 Over these starting quarterback positions. But is he as good 0:47:25.640 --> 0:47:28.480 as Lamar Well, we'll get into it. 0:47:30.120 --> 0:47:34.600 It's a rivalry week across the NFL, including the Ravens 0:47:34.760 --> 0:47:37.839 and the Steelers. Those two guys up at the top, 0:47:38.320 --> 0:47:41.719 they've done this a number of times. Sometimes one of 0:47:41.760 --> 0:47:44.799 them wanders into the field during a live play bottom line, 0:47:45.040 --> 0:47:47.319 John Harvard Mike Tomlin. They know each other. 0:47:47.400 --> 0:47:50.920 Well, how you doing much? 0:47:51.200 --> 0:47:51.399 Yeah? 0:47:51.560 --> 0:47:51.799 Good? 0:47:53.239 --> 0:47:54.480 You bet man? 0:47:55.040 --> 0:47:55.200 Man. 0:47:55.200 --> 0:47:56.520 We'dn't been in a bunch of these you. 0:47:56.560 --> 0:47:56.880 And I have. 0:47:57.360 --> 0:47:59.799 We have grown them up again, I guess. 0:48:00.719 --> 0:48:02.280 I mean, what time talking. 0:48:02.120 --> 0:48:03.520 About what our kids were for Halloween? 0:48:03.640 --> 0:48:03.799 Yeah? 0:48:06.160 --> 0:48:06.480 Grown? 0:48:09.800 --> 0:48:10.360 How you doing? Bro? 0:48:12.920 --> 0:48:13.359 That's cool? 0:48:13.920 --> 0:48:16.920 It's good stuff with those two guys there. Judy, where 0:48:16.960 --> 0:48:19.279 do you put this one? What's your favorite rivalry in 0:48:19.320 --> 0:48:19.880 the NFL? 0:48:21.640 --> 0:48:21.759 Uh? 0:48:22.320 --> 0:48:24.400 Well, I have a few, but this is actually my 0:48:24.719 --> 0:48:27.640 current favorite because this is usually like the most these 0:48:27.680 --> 0:48:30.120 two games are usually the most brutal games of the 0:48:30.360 --> 0:48:33.800 entire season. Like these teams beat the crap out of 0:48:33.880 --> 0:48:36.640 each other usually, and so many great players have played 0:48:36.960 --> 0:48:37.480 in these games. 0:48:37.640 --> 0:48:38.839 So I actually love this game. 0:48:40.719 --> 0:48:43.720 Like for me, it's I was watching the Eagles Cowboys. 0:48:43.719 --> 0:48:44.800 I don't know where it came up or how it 0:48:44.840 --> 0:48:47.399 came up. With a Bounty Bowl clip from way back, 0:48:47.480 --> 0:48:48.920 that's the one that I grew up watching, so that 0:48:49.120 --> 0:48:49.640 that's it for me. 0:48:52.320 --> 0:48:54.279 For me, it's it's this one only because of what 0:48:54.400 --> 0:48:56.879 Judy said, like, and I don't players talk about during 0:48:56.920 --> 0:49:00.719 the playoffs, how like everything's faster and hard, And I'm like, 0:49:01.360 --> 0:49:01.960 is that true? 0:49:02.160 --> 0:49:04.759 Probably definitely true for this game. I'm looking forward to 0:49:04.800 --> 0:49:05.480 it on Sundays. 0:49:06.480 --> 0:49:08.759 Sounds like the helicopters coming to get Mike. So we 0:49:08.920 --> 0:49:11.560 gotta go enjoy the game. Everybody, see you