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Speaker 1: is He'll take on the three and one Jacksonville Jaguars.

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Speaker 1: But just like last week, for both teams, it's all

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Speaker 1: about stops and steals. This addition of defending the Kingdom,

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Speaker 1: Smith Schuster the door hinge however you want. I'm Mitchell

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Speaker 1: this voice of the Chiefs, along with senior team reporter

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Speaker 1: Matt McMullen. Chiefs are now two and two if you're

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Speaker 1: keeping track at home, after putting thirty seven on the

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Speaker 1: Baltimore Ravens, but more importantly holding the Ravens to really thirteen.

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Speaker 1: Justice Hill added a little seventy one yard scamper at

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Speaker 1: the end, but still an impressive victory for the Chiefs.

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Speaker 1: This episode of DTK is going to be about stops

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Speaker 1: and school, meaning going into that game last week, and

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Speaker 1: four points. But last week I talked to defensive players,

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Speaker 1: We've got to enough stops or steals that at least

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Speaker 2: And it's so easy to look at the box score

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Speaker 2: think that led to Isaiah Pacheco's touchdown. That's how these

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Speaker 1: And I know you all love to play Maden or

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Speaker 1: psychology of the game. Oh yeah, and what you're talking

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Speaker 1: Yeah, and this league has become so razor thin. Then

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Speaker 2: I heard from Edward. He said he's one or part

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Speaker 1: Stops and Steals. There's a finite amount of possessions in

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Speaker 3: Well, Fort Wayne Flash, I haven't heard that one before,

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Speaker 1: The theme of this podcast stops and steals and talking

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Speaker 1: Did you teach Leo that play? I mean you were

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Speaker 3: Well, it's difficult, and in our fans in a good

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Speaker 2: yards per carry. He runks third in the NFL and

432
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Speaker 2: rushing yards just under four hundred. Right now, these guys

433
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Speaker 2: stay out of negative plays. They've allowed the fewest sacks

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Speaker 2: in the NFL and have the fourth fewest negative plays

435
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Speaker 2: overall of any team in the league. And this is

436
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Speaker 2: something with Lawrence that he's always done, but it's even

437
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Speaker 2: more magnified this year. I think he gets rid of

438
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Speaker 2: the ball super quickly, so his average time to throw

439
00:19:50,600 --> 00:19:53,560
Speaker 2: is two point five to seven seconds. That's the second

440
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Speaker 2: fastest of any qualified quarterback in the league right now,

441
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Speaker 2: behind only Aaron Rodgers. So one of the reasons he's

442
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Speaker 2: the least sacked quarterback in the league. Because the ball

443
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Speaker 2: is out lightning quick. Well for the Chiefs in this game,

444
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Speaker 2: you have to make sure you cover up his first read.

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Speaker 2: So stop the run first, which they did a great

446
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Speaker 2: job at that last week against Derrick Henry, and then

447
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Speaker 2: cover up his first read. Make him hold onto the

448
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Speaker 2: ball a little bit longer. Because if you look at

449
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Speaker 2: like it's pro football focus grades, I get it, take

450
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Speaker 2: it with a grain of salt, but it is interesting here.

451
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Speaker 2: When he's under two point five seconds, he's really good.

452
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Speaker 2: When it's over two point five seconds, his numbers dip significantly,

453
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Speaker 2: and that's where he has to make some decisions and

454
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Speaker 2: look around, and that's when the Chiefs pass rush can

455
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Speaker 2: get going and hopefully maybe force a turnover or two.

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Speaker 1: Let's go back to the ancient days of twenty twenty two.

457
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Speaker 1: Remember the Jags when they got hot. We had to

458
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Speaker 1: beat him in November. But Travis Etn was a deal. Yeah,

459
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Speaker 1: he was a thing.

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Speaker 2: It's good.

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Speaker 1: And then we had to play him in the playoffs.

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Speaker 1: Remember the ninety eight yard drive by Chad Henny. But

463
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Speaker 1: Etn started here then that year. Last year just didn't

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Speaker 1: make sense. Well, and to your point, he has ten

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Speaker 1: ten plus runs and near the only one person has

466
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Speaker 1: more in the first four weeks of this season in

467
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Speaker 1: two ten plus touchdown runs, meaning they're looking for places

468
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Speaker 1: to get home runs. And the ball does come out fast.

469
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Speaker 1: That means slants, that means bubble screens, that means checkdown throws.

470
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Speaker 1: Where you're going to get your big plays. It comes

471
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Speaker 1: off Yak, whether it's receivers or it becomes from Etn,

472
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Speaker 1: who is a dangerous dude, and so tackling him is

473
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Speaker 1: at a premium for this team. But again, the Chiefs

474
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Speaker 1: have had their own version of steals, but they've also

475
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Speaker 1: had their own version of stops. If you think what's

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Speaker 1: happened in the last two games, the Chiefs held the

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Speaker 1: Giants to one of ten on third down. They held

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Speaker 1: the Ravens to three of ten on third down. That's

479
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Speaker 1: four of twenty if you combine them, Matt, that's sixteen stops.

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Speaker 1: I told you on third down. You're getting stops on

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Speaker 1: third down. Sixteen stops. Again, every game's only got eight

482
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Speaker 1: to ten possessions, and it's a finite them ount, and

483
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Speaker 1: if you get stops at that level, especially on third down,

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Speaker 1: you'll win any game.

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Speaker 2: So after week one, we were scratching our heads a

486
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Speaker 2: little bit because we really leave in this defense and

487
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Speaker 2: kind of thought the performance in week one isn't quite

488
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Speaker 2: what their standard is and they all agree with that. Well,

489
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Speaker 2: since then, since Week two, this is the number two

490
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Speaker 2: scoring defense in the NFL. I think we've played in

491
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Speaker 2: that span. Playing Philadelphia. I get they've had their offensive issues,

492
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Speaker 2: it's still the Philadelphia Eagles, and of course the Ravens

493
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Speaker 2: as well. I mean to be this stout defensively has

494
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Speaker 2: been really impressive and it's given the offense an opportunity

495
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Speaker 2: to kind of work through some things. And then finally

496
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Speaker 2: the offense paid the defense back last week with that

497
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Speaker 2: awesome performance lighting up a scoreboard, but thirty seven points.

498
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Speaker 2: If we can get this offense to continue playing like

499
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Speaker 2: that and the defense just keeps doing what they're doing,

500
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Speaker 2: especially once Rashi gets back here in a couple weeks, offensively,

501
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Speaker 2: this team's going to be really tough to beat. It

502
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Speaker 2: was just really refreshing to see a complete game on

503
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Speaker 2: both sides of the ball against Baltimore. That's the most

504
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Speaker 2: complete game we've seen in a while. And that's also

505
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Speaker 2: the team that we saw in training camp the last

506
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Speaker 2: two years saying this is what this team can be,

507
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Speaker 2: This is why we believe these things that we're talking about.

508
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Speaker 2: We finally saw it against the Ravens. But it really

509
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Speaker 2: does begin with the defense, because again, Leo getting that

510
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Speaker 2: interception and that fourth down stop provides so much juice

511
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Speaker 2: to the offense. The offense goes and finishes it, then

512
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Speaker 2: a snowballs from there. Just love what we've seen from

513
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Speaker 2: the defense. So they've picked themselves up after that rough

514
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Speaker 2: game in Week one. Let's keep it going here against Jacksonville.

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Speaker 1: And I'll see your two phases and raise you a third.

516
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Speaker 1: The sixteen yard punt return by Nico Romihio led directly

517
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Speaker 1: to a touchdown. Yeah, and then okay, the Ravens do

518
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Speaker 1: get a field goal. Wait a minute, a forty eight

519
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Speaker 1: yard kickoff return led directly to a answering field goal,

520
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Speaker 1: which kept the margin the same. The psychology, that's the

521
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Speaker 1: whole psychology. The game stayed right there because of special teams.

522
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Speaker 1: Now you can also get steals on special teams as well,

523
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Speaker 1: but it's all about stops and steals. But what about

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Speaker 1: the AFC West and what has happened here in just

525
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Speaker 1: a two weeks time where the division looks very different.

526
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Speaker 1: Four games into this seventeen game schedule. Well, our spy

527
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Speaker 1: on the rest of the AFC West is Ari Wolf.

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Speaker 1: We had a chance to check in with Ari again.

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Speaker 4: Gentlemen, Welcome to week five. We're out West. There's a

530
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Speaker 4: lot to talk about in the AFC West. Two weeks

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Speaker 4: ago when we started this thing, gentlemen, the world looked

532
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Speaker 4: a lot different. It appears that the Earth has returned

533
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Speaker 4: to its proper axis and people are feeling on pretty

534
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Speaker 4: good in the Kingdom. I know, I'm feeling very bullish

535
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Speaker 4: on the season at the moment, and we're going to

536
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Speaker 4: dive right into the AFC West. The Chargers come back

537
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Speaker 4: to Earth a little bit now, Matt, you had forecasted

538
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Speaker 4: had the Chiefs seen Jackson Dart like, maybe it would

539
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Speaker 4: have been a little bit tougher. Well, the Chargers make

540
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Speaker 4: the trip to the Metal Lands and it doesn't go

541
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Speaker 4: quite as well for them. What were your guys take

542
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Speaker 4: away from Justin Herbert and the two interceptions in their performance.

543
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Speaker 2: I was thinking about this segment when I was watching

544
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Speaker 2: that Chargers and Giants game, especially that first drive when

545
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Speaker 2: Dart let them right down the field, and I'm like, hey,

546
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Speaker 2: I said, maybe Jackson Dart can go crazy. You never

547
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Speaker 2: know when you're facing a quarterback for the very first

548
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Speaker 2: time what they're going to do. You have no tape

549
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Speaker 2: on them, you don't know their tendencies, you have no clue.

550
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Speaker 2: And the Giants had nothing to lose in that game.

551
00:25:01,800 --> 00:25:05,080
Speaker 2: They're just going out there and playing, so I mean,

552
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Speaker 2: incredible performance by them. I thought it was resilient as well,

553
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Speaker 2: especially once Neighbors got hurt, to keep playing and to

554
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Speaker 2: fight and to win that game. I think the one

555
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Speaker 2: thing we learned though, that we already knew is the

556
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Speaker 2: Giants defensive line is really good, and the Chargers figured

557
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Speaker 2: that one out. I think the Chiefs will get no

558
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Speaker 2: credit for holding that defensive line at Bay and winning

559
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Speaker 2: that game. But you know anyway that the Chargers, they

560
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Speaker 2: struggled against that pass rush, and that's why Herbert struggled

561
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Speaker 2: as well.

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Speaker 1: One of the most into I think the Giants defensive

563
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Speaker 1: front is probably one of the most underrated groups in

564
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Speaker 1: the entire NFL. I mean that you look at that

565
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Speaker 1: and Brian Burns, I've loved him, you know, since his

566
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Speaker 1: days with the Panthers. Jingo right down the line, Lawrence Thibodeau, Harder,

567
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Speaker 1: Duill Carter, but their secondary played at a level enough

568
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Speaker 1: that I didn't think they could play at because that

569
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Speaker 1: group is probably thirty first or thirty acting in the

570
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Speaker 1: league and what they've been able to do. But then

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Speaker 1: I think already the loss of Joe Alt, the fact

572
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Speaker 1: that now you're going to move Pipkins to the other side,

573
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Speaker 1: and then I mean you're moving your whole offensive line

574
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Speaker 1: around basically got centers going out to right tackle, and

575
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Speaker 1: so anytime you have I mean, they've lost both tackles now,

576
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Speaker 1: and I don't know how the high ankle sprain for

577
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Speaker 1: all how long will be out, But that's difficult for

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Speaker 1: any team to overcome. So yeah, to me, it was

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Speaker 1: just a matter of the Giants getting a little bit. Hey,

580
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Speaker 1: the people that touch the ball were dart and scared

581
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Speaker 1: about they do that. They're gonna win some games, all right.

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Speaker 4: Now, Let's shift to the Raiders and the Bears. I

583
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Speaker 4: thought Kayla Williams looked better for the Bears. Raiders still

584
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Speaker 4: had a chance to win. They get a kick block,

585
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Speaker 4: Gino Smith again, turnover issues, but one thing I think

586
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Speaker 4: is clear. The Raiders are going to beat a couple

587
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Speaker 4: of good teams this season. Hopefully it doesn't happen in

588
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Speaker 4: either game against the Chiefs. But Gino Smith and the

589
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Speaker 4: Raiders I think are just good enough. They're going to

590
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Speaker 4: pull off a couple of upsets, but I don't see

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Speaker 4: them anywhere near making the playoffs.

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Speaker 5: But I did.

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Speaker 4: My takeaway from that game was that the Raiders will

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Speaker 4: be competitive for most of the season.

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Speaker 5: What'd you guys think?

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I think it was the Ashton Genty breakout game.

597
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Speaker 2: I think he had like one hundred and thirty eight

598
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Speaker 2: yards on the ground. That's kind of the performance people

599
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Speaker 2: expected when he was drafted as high as he was.

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Speaker 2: That's kind of the Boise State Ashton Genty, and I

601
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Speaker 2: think for that reason, and brock Bauers being there too,

602
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Speaker 2: that's why they are going to beat some pretty good

603
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Speaker 2: teams at some point. But then the other side of

604
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Speaker 2: the coin is what you're saying. They have four turnovers

605
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Speaker 2: in that game, Gino has three picks. Just gets to

606
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Speaker 2: a point where it's very difficult to win if you're

607
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Speaker 2: turning the ball over at that rate. But Genty was

608
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Speaker 2: good the first three weeks of the year. He didn't

609
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Speaker 2: crack four yards per carry over six yards per carry

610
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Speaker 2: in that game. We'll see these guys in a couple

611
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Speaker 2: of weeks and we'll have to be ready for gent.

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Speaker 1: Well and Gino now leads the league with seven picks.

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Speaker 1: And the theme of this podcast has been steals and stops.

614
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Speaker 1: In this league, the offenses are so good. If you

615
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Speaker 1: get just enough stops and there you get it steals

616
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Speaker 1: one or two, you're gonna win every time. And if

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Speaker 1: you're giving it away for those steals, it's a real problem.

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Speaker 1: But I'm with you. Anytime they show up in Max Crosby,

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Speaker 1: Rock Bowers and Jansy's getting off the bus, then they're

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Speaker 1: capable of beating anybody in the league.

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Speaker 4: All right, Now, let's focus on the Monday night game.

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Speaker 4: We saw the Bengals without Joe Burrow go to Denver.

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Speaker 4: We saw bow Knicks check it down quite a bit.

624
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Speaker 4: It was the checkdown game, but the defense looks solid.

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Speaker 4: At was a game they had to have, especially with

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Speaker 4: them going to Philadelphia next.

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Speaker 5: Bow Knicks, to me is a curious thing.

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Speaker 4: Sometimes I watch him and I think, man, the ceiling's

629
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Speaker 4: just really low.

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Speaker 5: There's no upside.

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Speaker 4: He's always faster than I think. And while he didn't

632
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Speaker 4: throw the ball down When he spins it, it's a

633
00:28:43,720 --> 00:28:46,080
Speaker 4: tight spiral. It looks good coming out of his hand.

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Speaker 4: What do you guys take away from the Monday night game.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I think Nicks makes some really nice throws and

636
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Speaker 2: then there's also throws like the interception and the end

637
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Speaker 2: zone that he had. But I mean, he's a good

638
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Speaker 2: player and obviously a young player who's continually improving. For me, though,

639
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Speaker 2: it's the Broncos d and that's not surprise. We knew

640
00:29:01,640 --> 00:29:03,920
Speaker 2: this defense was very good. I mean, the best friend

641
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Speaker 2: of a young quarterback is a great defense on the

642
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Speaker 2: other side, and that's what the Broncos have. The Bengals

643
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Speaker 2: had no shot in that game once they got behind

644
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Speaker 2: because they couldn't run the ball, and then they're trying

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Speaker 2: to throw just go routes down the sideline and the

646
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Speaker 2: Broncos pass rush was teeing off on the Bengals offensive line.

647
00:29:18,480 --> 00:29:21,240
Speaker 2: So you got to make sure you don't become one

648
00:29:21,280 --> 00:29:24,840
Speaker 2: dimensional against them, because that's what the Broncos won. Their

649
00:29:24,880 --> 00:29:27,600
Speaker 2: defense is so good when they're facing a one dimensional offense.

650
00:29:28,040 --> 00:29:29,840
Speaker 2: If the Bengals ran the ball more like they did

651
00:29:29,920 --> 00:29:31,800
Speaker 2: early on in the game, they might have had a shot.

652
00:29:31,840 --> 00:29:34,400
Speaker 2: But once they became one dimensional, they had no chance.

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Speaker 1: I think the Broncos did set a record though for checkdowns,

654
00:29:37,800 --> 00:29:41,440
Speaker 1: tunnel screens, wide screens, and then let's throw boots to

655
00:29:41,560 --> 00:29:43,240
Speaker 1: the tight end of the full back. I think there

656
00:29:43,280 --> 00:29:46,720
Speaker 1: was seven hundred of them in that game. Well, that's

657
00:29:46,720 --> 00:29:49,480
Speaker 1: what they are right now. And the fact that outside

658
00:29:49,480 --> 00:29:52,520
Speaker 1: of the end zone interception, they're trying to keep things,

659
00:29:53,080 --> 00:29:56,560
Speaker 1: you know, within Bow's world here, which is working and

660
00:29:56,640 --> 00:29:59,200
Speaker 1: so and I like his The way he throws a

661
00:29:59,200 --> 00:30:01,440
Speaker 1: football is any He's a strong player. He's strong, he

662
00:30:01,440 --> 00:30:03,120
Speaker 1: can strong. He saw him when he runs the ball.

663
00:30:03,520 --> 00:30:06,080
Speaker 1: He's very strong and is a threat there. But their

664
00:30:06,080 --> 00:30:09,840
Speaker 1: defense is superb now on the I know we're talking

665
00:30:09,840 --> 00:30:11,480
Speaker 1: at AFC West here, but if you look at the

666
00:30:11,600 --> 00:30:14,840
Speaker 1: NFC North, because that's part of my answer here, the

667
00:30:14,880 --> 00:30:17,360
Speaker 1: Bengals can't fix this defense. They can't fix it on

668
00:30:17,400 --> 00:30:19,680
Speaker 1: the fly. And I don't think the Ravens can fix

669
00:30:19,720 --> 00:30:22,000
Speaker 1: their defense. They got to try to somehow repair it

670
00:30:22,040 --> 00:30:24,520
Speaker 1: on the fly. This is you having two flat tires

671
00:30:24,520 --> 00:30:26,840
Speaker 1: on the freeway and you're going, hey, can we all

672
00:30:26,880 --> 00:30:29,560
Speaker 1: just stop here while I fix it. No, the freeway's

673
00:30:29,640 --> 00:30:33,480
Speaker 1: going and flipping you off right so that's what I

674
00:30:33,520 --> 00:30:35,400
Speaker 1: don't know what the AFC North is going to be,

675
00:30:35,640 --> 00:30:38,640
Speaker 1: but those two defenses are really struggling in that division,

676
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Speaker 1: the Bengals and the Ravens.

677
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Speaker 4: That's that's a little bit of a teaser that gets

678
00:30:42,560 --> 00:30:44,640
Speaker 4: to my parting thought has a lot to do with

679
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Speaker 4: the AFC North. All right, Let's look at what I

680
00:30:46,800 --> 00:30:49,160
Speaker 4: thought was the most compelling game from last week.

681
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Speaker 5: It was the Sunday Night game.

682
00:30:50,960 --> 00:30:54,600
Speaker 4: It was the Packers the Cowboys to iconic franchises. The

683
00:30:54,720 --> 00:30:56,800
Speaker 4: Sunday Night game. It had a buzz to it. It

684
00:30:57,000 --> 00:31:01,120
Speaker 4: was a wild finish. There were seven can scative lead changes.

685
00:31:01,520 --> 00:31:04,400
Speaker 4: The two quarterbacks, Dak Prescott and Jordan Love combine for

686
00:31:04,480 --> 00:31:09,920
Speaker 4: six hundred and fifty six yards passing six touchdowns, zero interceptions,

687
00:31:10,760 --> 00:31:12,400
Speaker 4: and at the end of the game, well, I thought

688
00:31:12,440 --> 00:31:13,480
Speaker 4: Green Bay caught a break.

689
00:31:13,520 --> 00:31:15,520
Speaker 5: That clock operator I felt like he was working at

690
00:31:15,560 --> 00:31:16,520
Speaker 5: lambeau Field.

691
00:31:16,320 --> 00:31:18,680
Speaker 4: Because I wasn't sure they should have gotten the funnel

692
00:31:18,680 --> 00:31:21,960
Speaker 4: playoff with Jordan Love, guys, he both excites me. Sometimes

693
00:31:22,040 --> 00:31:24,080
Speaker 4: I see him, I think, this guy, this guy's got

694
00:31:24,160 --> 00:31:26,560
Speaker 4: it right. He's got the juice, he's got the swagger.

695
00:31:26,840 --> 00:31:29,480
Speaker 4: But sometimes he makes some kind of boneheaded, and I'm like,

696
00:31:29,640 --> 00:31:31,560
Speaker 4: it's guy like an airhead out there. Does he not

697
00:31:31,720 --> 00:31:34,240
Speaker 4: get time and situation? It ends in a forty all

698
00:31:34,360 --> 00:31:37,360
Speaker 4: time made for great television. I'm just curious. I know

699
00:31:37,400 --> 00:31:39,320
Speaker 4: you guys got a chance, I'm guessing to watch the game,

700
00:31:39,360 --> 00:31:39,640
Speaker 4: would you.

701
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Speaker 1: Think of it?

702
00:31:40,520 --> 00:31:41,880
Speaker 2: Well, it was the first time in a while I

703
00:31:41,920 --> 00:31:43,880
Speaker 2: could sit down and watch Sunday night football and just

704
00:31:44,000 --> 00:31:46,280
Speaker 2: be like happy and enjoy it because I know, of

705
00:31:46,360 --> 00:31:49,760
Speaker 2: course the first two Yeah, yeah, yeah, I could just

706
00:31:49,760 --> 00:31:50,800
Speaker 2: sit down and watch football.

707
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Speaker 1: That was great.

708
00:31:52,080 --> 00:31:55,280
Speaker 2: Yeah, the Packers did their best to lose that game. Obviously,

709
00:31:55,360 --> 00:31:57,560
Speaker 2: to play that you're referencing the throw out the back

710
00:31:57,560 --> 00:31:59,080
Speaker 2: of the end zone at the very end when there

711
00:31:59,160 --> 00:32:01,880
Speaker 2: was one second left. Like if I was a Packers fan,

712
00:32:01,880 --> 00:32:04,520
Speaker 2: I'd be losing my mind watching that. But also the

713
00:32:04,560 --> 00:32:06,840
Speaker 2: strip sack at the end of the first half. I mean,

714
00:32:06,920 --> 00:32:10,320
Speaker 2: you just gave the Cowboys some points there and let

715
00:32:10,360 --> 00:32:12,080
Speaker 2: them hang around, and obviously we saw what they were

716
00:32:12,120 --> 00:32:15,360
Speaker 2: able to do. It's interesting for Green Bay because they

717
00:32:15,400 --> 00:32:17,840
Speaker 2: were just a wagon to start the year through the

718
00:32:17,880 --> 00:32:20,360
Speaker 2: first two weeks and now two performances where you kind

719
00:32:20,360 --> 00:32:22,120
Speaker 2: of question it a little bit. I mean, you lose

720
00:32:22,160 --> 00:32:24,280
Speaker 2: to the Browns and then in a lot of ways

721
00:32:24,280 --> 00:32:27,160
Speaker 2: should have lost to the Cowboys. On the other side,

722
00:32:27,360 --> 00:32:30,720
Speaker 2: I respect the Cowboys for fighting like they did. They're

723
00:32:31,120 --> 00:32:33,960
Speaker 2: an interesting team to say the least right now. So

724
00:32:34,080 --> 00:32:37,320
Speaker 2: through Week four they lead the NFL in offensive yards

725
00:32:37,360 --> 00:32:41,400
Speaker 2: per game and defensive yards per game allowed. So I

726
00:32:41,480 --> 00:32:43,520
Speaker 2: mean it's one of those things. It's kind of like

727
00:32:43,560 --> 00:32:46,440
Speaker 2: arena football with them when you're watching the Cowboys. We'll

728
00:32:46,440 --> 00:32:48,920
Speaker 2: see them later this season as well, but I respect

729
00:32:49,000 --> 00:32:51,800
Speaker 2: how they fought despite going down early against the Packers.

730
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Speaker 1: The bias here is I know Brian Schottenheimer is a

731
00:32:56,080 --> 00:32:59,680
Speaker 1: really good coach and he was in high school quarterback

732
00:32:59,760 --> 00:33:02,920
Speaker 1: here right but I think he's doing what he can

733
00:33:03,400 --> 00:33:05,840
Speaker 1: ari That might be the smallest defense I have seen

734
00:33:05,920 --> 00:33:08,280
Speaker 1: in the National Football League in a while, and meaning

735
00:33:08,320 --> 00:33:12,080
Speaker 1: the Dallas Cowboys. That's a small group looking at this

736
00:33:12,280 --> 00:33:14,960
Speaker 1: day and age of the league, and they're giving up

737
00:33:15,000 --> 00:33:18,880
Speaker 1: forty points like it's an ATM machine. But they're fighting

738
00:33:18,920 --> 00:33:21,440
Speaker 1: their way to try to somehow stay competitive, and to

739
00:33:22,400 --> 00:33:24,680
Speaker 1: tie that game forty to forty for the Cowboys was

740
00:33:24,760 --> 00:33:28,520
Speaker 1: like a win now for the Packers. It's perplexing because

741
00:33:28,520 --> 00:33:30,680
Speaker 1: you're thinking the way it kind of started. Love is

742
00:33:30,680 --> 00:33:32,560
Speaker 1: going to throw for four hundred yards and they're going

743
00:33:32,640 --> 00:33:34,760
Speaker 1: to walk out of there with an impressive victory, and

744
00:33:34,880 --> 00:33:36,640
Speaker 1: yet they get on the plane and fly home and

745
00:33:36,760 --> 00:33:40,360
Speaker 1: feel like it's a loss. So ties are not always neutral.

746
00:33:40,800 --> 00:33:43,640
Speaker 1: It's where it does what's it do psychologically for teams?

747
00:33:44,120 --> 00:33:45,920
Speaker 1: And I think for the Cowboys, at least for Brian

748
00:33:45,960 --> 00:33:48,240
Speaker 1: Shottenhammer in his first year, it felt like, Hey, we

749
00:33:48,360 --> 00:33:51,280
Speaker 1: got out of here not losing, and the Packers are going,

750
00:33:51,360 --> 00:33:53,200
Speaker 1: what did we just do here? Because we just gave

751
00:33:53,240 --> 00:33:53,640
Speaker 1: one away.

752
00:33:54,240 --> 00:33:55,920
Speaker 4: Well, I can tell you this, the Cowboys have made

753
00:33:55,920 --> 00:33:58,080
Speaker 4: it for compelling television because it's only the third time

754
00:33:58,120 --> 00:33:59,840
Speaker 4: we've done this and they've had two of the three

755
00:34:00,440 --> 00:34:02,720
Speaker 4: as game of the week. All right, let's shift forward

756
00:34:02,760 --> 00:34:05,320
Speaker 4: to this coming week. I think a very interesting game

757
00:34:05,520 --> 00:34:09,040
Speaker 4: is Washington in Los Angeles to take on the Chargers.

758
00:34:09,120 --> 00:34:12,440
Speaker 4: The Commanders now two and two, the Jayden Daniels injury,

759
00:34:12,480 --> 00:34:14,320
Speaker 4: it still feels like there's a little bit of mystery.

760
00:34:14,360 --> 00:34:17,640
Speaker 5: When is he gonna come back without him? I think,

761
00:34:17,680 --> 00:34:21,440
Speaker 5: you know, the Chargers probably win at home, but not knowing.

762
00:34:21,320 --> 00:34:23,840
Speaker 4: The situation with Daniels, this Washington team, I think a

763
00:34:23,880 --> 00:34:25,440
Speaker 4: lot of people. There was a lot of buzz, right,

764
00:34:25,560 --> 00:34:28,720
Speaker 4: they played great in the playoffs. Jayden Daniels was the answer.

765
00:34:29,000 --> 00:34:31,360
Speaker 4: But this team out think we found without Jayden Daniels

766
00:34:31,440 --> 00:34:32,839
Speaker 4: is a much different football team.

767
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Speaker 5: Do you think the Chargers win this week at home?

768
00:34:35,880 --> 00:34:38,680
Speaker 2: And Terry McLaurin didn't play last week as well, right, so,

769
00:34:38,920 --> 00:34:41,200
Speaker 2: and we'll see if he plays in this game. I mean,

770
00:34:41,239 --> 00:34:44,239
Speaker 2: it's so difficult. We talk all year about how the

771
00:34:44,320 --> 00:34:47,359
Speaker 2: Chiefs not having Rashi, not having Xavier, it changes things

772
00:34:47,400 --> 00:34:49,719
Speaker 2: once you get those players back, maybe even more so

773
00:34:49,880 --> 00:34:52,160
Speaker 2: for the Commanders. You don't have your quarterback who was

774
00:34:52,200 --> 00:34:55,480
Speaker 2: an MVP candidate last year and your best receiver in McLaurin.

775
00:34:55,760 --> 00:34:57,480
Speaker 2: If they have both those guys back, I think the

776
00:34:57,480 --> 00:34:59,960
Speaker 2: Commanders have a real shot. But they need those play

777
00:35:00,320 --> 00:35:01,720
Speaker 2: back to hang with the Chargers.

778
00:35:01,760 --> 00:35:03,680
Speaker 1: I think I don't know what the Charger O line

779
00:35:03,760 --> 00:35:06,360
Speaker 1: is going to look like all I really don't. So

780
00:35:06,920 --> 00:35:10,279
Speaker 1: they patched it together and lost that game, But now

781
00:35:10,360 --> 00:35:12,239
Speaker 1: what do they do against the Commanders. The other thing

782
00:35:12,239 --> 00:35:15,319
Speaker 1: about the Commanders is they've got playmakers. They get McLaurin back,

783
00:35:15,680 --> 00:35:17,600
Speaker 1: You've got enough guys on that team that can make

784
00:35:17,680 --> 00:35:20,480
Speaker 1: plays all over and then you thrown Debo in there,

785
00:35:20,520 --> 00:35:22,319
Speaker 1: and all of a sudden, now you've got something where

786
00:35:22,360 --> 00:35:25,359
Speaker 1: you can you just make it. You can make life

787
00:35:25,400 --> 00:35:28,239
Speaker 1: hard on anybody you play. So that Commander team, if

788
00:35:28,280 --> 00:35:30,120
Speaker 1: they get Daniels up and run it again. Even if

789
00:35:30,120 --> 00:35:33,040
Speaker 1: they don't, we've seen them still be productive and at

790
00:35:33,120 --> 00:35:36,239
Speaker 1: least get big plays even without Daniels, and that makes

791
00:35:36,280 --> 00:35:37,080
Speaker 1: that a scary team.

792
00:35:38,000 --> 00:35:40,520
Speaker 4: All right, let's go to the Raiders. Here's a great example.

793
00:35:40,600 --> 00:35:42,480
Speaker 4: We said they're going to beat some pretty good teams.

794
00:35:42,560 --> 00:35:45,200
Speaker 4: You're not really sure when it's gonna happen. Raiders are

795
00:35:45,200 --> 00:35:47,479
Speaker 4: going to the Colts. It looks like a game based

796
00:35:47,520 --> 00:35:49,200
Speaker 4: on what we've seen. You you think, Okay, the Colts.

797
00:35:49,320 --> 00:35:52,360
Speaker 4: Daniel Jones is having this you know, resurrection, he's a

798
00:35:52,440 --> 00:35:53,520
Speaker 4: born again quarterback.

799
00:35:54,320 --> 00:35:55,520
Speaker 5: This is the exact kind of game.

800
00:35:55,560 --> 00:35:57,800
Speaker 4: I actually think the Raiders will be super competitive in

801
00:35:58,360 --> 00:36:00,440
Speaker 4: you know, I think for the Colts, being back at

802
00:36:00,440 --> 00:36:02,600
Speaker 4: home will be good. They don't have a great home

803
00:36:02,640 --> 00:36:06,080
Speaker 4: field advantage. I lived in Indianapolis for three years. Their

804
00:36:06,160 --> 00:36:09,279
Speaker 4: fans are super nice, but they're not the rabbit fans

805
00:36:09,320 --> 00:36:11,719
Speaker 4: you see in other markets. What are you guys expecting

806
00:36:12,000 --> 00:36:12,759
Speaker 4: in Indianapolis?

807
00:36:12,840 --> 00:36:13,200
Speaker 1: This week.

808
00:36:13,239 --> 00:36:16,600
Speaker 2: Yet the Colts are still this enigma to me where

809
00:36:16,680 --> 00:36:18,960
Speaker 2: I'm trying to figure it out. I haven't been able

810
00:36:19,000 --> 00:36:20,600
Speaker 2: to watch them much just because of the way our

811
00:36:20,640 --> 00:36:22,880
Speaker 2: schedule has worked out. I haven't watched a lot of

812
00:36:23,080 --> 00:36:25,799
Speaker 2: Colts games. I'd kind of like to watch this game

813
00:36:26,239 --> 00:36:28,360
Speaker 2: just out of curiosity, and I guess we will be

814
00:36:28,400 --> 00:36:32,120
Speaker 2: able to because we play on Monday night. I respect

815
00:36:32,440 --> 00:36:34,200
Speaker 2: how the Colts have figured this out and done this

816
00:36:34,480 --> 00:36:37,520
Speaker 2: kind of against the odds and against the expectations. I'm

817
00:36:37,560 --> 00:36:39,680
Speaker 2: curious if the Colts can keep this thing going. Maybe

818
00:36:39,680 --> 00:36:43,279
Speaker 2: they can, if they can turn the Raiders over like

819
00:36:43,320 --> 00:36:45,480
Speaker 2: the Raiders have been doing over the last few weeks,

820
00:36:45,800 --> 00:36:47,840
Speaker 2: I think it's going to be the Colts day. But again,

821
00:36:47,960 --> 00:36:50,720
Speaker 2: like when the Raiders have Ashon, Jindy and Brock Bauers

822
00:36:50,800 --> 00:36:52,600
Speaker 2: on their team and it's hard to diskinnd of team

823
00:36:52,640 --> 00:36:53,680
Speaker 2: that has playmakers like that.

824
00:36:54,400 --> 00:36:56,560
Speaker 1: Matt told me that he thought the Colts were going seventeen,

825
00:36:56,600 --> 00:36:59,120
Speaker 1: and oh I did, and I thought, wow did Okay, well, whoa, whoa,

826
00:36:59,160 --> 00:37:02,600
Speaker 1: whoa wait, okay, uh, that's gone. But the Colts, to me,

827
00:37:02,960 --> 00:37:06,120
Speaker 1: I would say, opportunistic. Yeah, is the They're one of

828
00:37:06,120 --> 00:37:08,560
Speaker 1: the more opportunistic teams. And this goes back to what

829
00:37:08,640 --> 00:37:10,440
Speaker 1: we said before and kind of the genre of this

830
00:37:10,800 --> 00:37:14,200
Speaker 1: entire podcast was who gets steals, but what do you

831
00:37:14,280 --> 00:37:17,360
Speaker 1: do with them? And the Colts have a certain toughness

832
00:37:17,400 --> 00:37:19,880
Speaker 1: about them. I give Chris Ballard their GM a lot

833
00:37:19,920 --> 00:37:22,520
Speaker 1: of credit. He was with us, and I have a

834
00:37:22,680 --> 00:37:26,080
Speaker 1: tremendous respect for Chris. But there's a there's a grit

835
00:37:26,600 --> 00:37:30,560
Speaker 1: to the Colts. Now this is all about who can

836
00:37:31,280 --> 00:37:33,600
Speaker 1: you know those possessions, those one or two possessions. I

837
00:37:33,640 --> 00:37:36,239
Speaker 1: think this is an extremely close game. I think the

838
00:37:36,440 --> 00:37:40,080
Speaker 1: uh is Gino going to turn it over like four times?

839
00:37:40,160 --> 00:37:43,360
Speaker 1: Then might as well not even go but right, because

840
00:37:43,360 --> 00:37:45,480
Speaker 1: the Colts will make you pay. But I just think

841
00:37:45,560 --> 00:37:47,240
Speaker 1: this is one of the better games of the weekend

842
00:37:47,280 --> 00:37:50,279
Speaker 1: that people kind of gloss over just because oh it's

843
00:37:50,320 --> 00:37:52,279
Speaker 1: the Colts and Raiders. Let's don't pay attention to it.

844
00:37:52,320 --> 00:37:53,719
Speaker 1: But I think it's going to be an awesome game.

845
00:37:54,160 --> 00:37:56,520
Speaker 4: And I also like the Jonathan Taylor Ashton, Jenny, you

846
00:37:56,560 --> 00:37:57,880
Speaker 4: got a couple of great tailbacks.

847
00:37:57,920 --> 00:38:00,480
Speaker 5: You like a running game. I like those guys. They

848
00:38:00,560 --> 00:38:01,840
Speaker 5: both run with a certain flare.

849
00:38:02,320 --> 00:38:04,320
Speaker 4: All right, So my game of the week for the

850
00:38:04,440 --> 00:38:07,160
Speaker 4: second second of week features the Chiefs, but I want

851
00:38:07,280 --> 00:38:09,279
Speaker 4: everyone to know it's just because it actually is the

852
00:38:09,320 --> 00:38:09,960
Speaker 4: game of the week.

853
00:38:10,200 --> 00:38:13,080
Speaker 5: It won't always be as this part of the podcast.

854
00:38:13,160 --> 00:38:15,840
Speaker 4: But you've got a three and one Jaguars team with

855
00:38:16,000 --> 00:38:18,839
Speaker 4: Trevor Lawrence playing so much better than he did last year,

856
00:38:18,920 --> 00:38:21,279
Speaker 4: looks like a completely different quarterback. We're going to get

857
00:38:21,360 --> 00:38:24,800
Speaker 4: to see Travis Hunter experiment, seeing him play offensive defense.

858
00:38:25,239 --> 00:38:26,600
Speaker 4: You know, at the beginning of the season, I just

859
00:38:26,640 --> 00:38:27,920
Speaker 4: them were one of the teams I was like, I

860
00:38:28,000 --> 00:38:30,239
Speaker 4: just don't know what to think of the Jaguars. Well,

861
00:38:30,400 --> 00:38:33,000
Speaker 4: three and one, they've been pretty impressive and this is

862
00:38:33,080 --> 00:38:35,800
Speaker 4: going to be a pretty good test for the Chiefs

863
00:38:35,800 --> 00:38:38,080
Speaker 4: heading to Jacksonville on Monday night. What are your guys,

864
00:38:38,640 --> 00:38:41,560
Speaker 4: What are your guys predictions from Monday night down in Florida.

865
00:38:42,080 --> 00:38:43,960
Speaker 2: Yeah, Well, one thing we've been talking about on the

866
00:38:44,000 --> 00:38:46,040
Speaker 2: other side of the podcast is how the Jags have

867
00:38:46,080 --> 00:38:50,600
Speaker 2: been living off takeaways. Thirteen takeaways already this year. It's

868
00:38:50,719 --> 00:38:52,520
Speaker 2: very difficult to win if you're turning the ball over

869
00:38:52,560 --> 00:38:54,800
Speaker 2: a whole bunch, and the JAG's opponents have learned that

870
00:38:55,120 --> 00:38:57,480
Speaker 2: the Jags have turned their opponent over at least three

871
00:38:57,560 --> 00:39:00,960
Speaker 2: times in all four games this year. Can't let that happen,

872
00:39:01,080 --> 00:39:03,560
Speaker 2: and fortunately the Chiefs have been great about protecting the ball.

873
00:39:03,800 --> 00:39:05,840
Speaker 2: Knock on Wood. Can't turn the ball over here in

874
00:39:05,960 --> 00:39:07,880
Speaker 2: this game. But I think the challenge for the Chiefs

875
00:39:07,920 --> 00:39:11,000
Speaker 2: going against a good Jag squad is you just had

876
00:39:11,160 --> 00:39:14,719
Speaker 2: this awesome palate cleanser against Baltimore where he saw a

877
00:39:14,760 --> 00:39:18,279
Speaker 2: complete football game, really in all three phases. Now keep

878
00:39:18,320 --> 00:39:22,640
Speaker 2: that going. Even though the Jags didn't have the preseason

879
00:39:22,719 --> 00:39:25,759
Speaker 2: expectations of Baltimore. I don't think people circled this game

880
00:39:25,840 --> 00:39:28,600
Speaker 2: like they circled Chiefs in Baltimore when the season first began.

881
00:39:28,960 --> 00:39:31,000
Speaker 2: You have to keep attacking it with that same intensity.

882
00:39:31,320 --> 00:39:33,279
Speaker 2: And that's the beauty of this team. As I know

883
00:39:33,360 --> 00:39:34,640
Speaker 2: Coachrie will have our guys ready.

884
00:39:35,160 --> 00:39:38,000
Speaker 1: I'm just mesmerized by your mat behind Jai. I just can't,

885
00:39:38,080 --> 00:39:41,080
Speaker 1: you know. I keep looking at Green Australia thinking who's

886
00:39:41,120 --> 00:39:42,880
Speaker 1: going to play there next year and play the Rams.

887
00:39:44,840 --> 00:39:48,439
Speaker 1: This Jaguars team, the defense and the fact that they've

888
00:39:48,520 --> 00:39:50,880
Speaker 1: got I thought they're on a record pace with thirteen

889
00:39:50,960 --> 00:39:53,279
Speaker 1: takeaways in four weeks. Then I looked up the thirty

890
00:39:53,320 --> 00:39:57,000
Speaker 1: five Chicago Bears had sixty seven takeaways in a twelve

891
00:39:57,080 --> 00:39:59,520
Speaker 1: game season and still lost four games. So I don't

892
00:39:59,520 --> 00:40:01,800
Speaker 1: know how to app that Bears offense was in nineteen

893
00:40:01,880 --> 00:40:05,000
Speaker 1: thirty five, but sixty seven takeaways in twelve weeks is

894
00:40:05,040 --> 00:40:07,759
Speaker 1: pretty good. But that's what the Jaguars are doing. This

895
00:40:07,960 --> 00:40:11,880
Speaker 1: is a young, fast, frenzied defense. You look at what

896
00:40:12,400 --> 00:40:15,120
Speaker 1: Devin Lloyd's got three picks on this team. You talked

897
00:40:15,160 --> 00:40:19,880
Speaker 1: about Travis Hunter, but Josh heinz Allen, he's got seventeen

898
00:40:20,000 --> 00:40:23,040
Speaker 1: quarterback hits. You've got to handle your business against the

899
00:40:23,160 --> 00:40:25,400
Speaker 1: Jags defense or you can be in trouble. Now the

900
00:40:25,480 --> 00:40:29,120
Speaker 1: other side, Lawrence has played better, but still four picks

901
00:40:29,200 --> 00:40:33,120
Speaker 1: in four weeks. Last week against the Niners was the

902
00:40:33,160 --> 00:40:35,600
Speaker 1: first time in seven games he hadn't thrown a pick,

903
00:40:36,200 --> 00:40:39,279
Speaker 1: and so offensively right now, they're living a little bit

904
00:40:39,280 --> 00:40:42,080
Speaker 1: off Travis etn who's having an awesome start to this season.

905
00:40:42,160 --> 00:40:45,120
Speaker 1: We're back to twenty two with him, and he's an

906
00:40:45,200 --> 00:40:50,640
Speaker 1: electric player catching or running it. So dangerous team, but young, fast, frisky.

907
00:40:52,000 --> 00:40:54,799
Speaker 1: You know they've got a GM that's twenty years old.

908
00:40:56,920 --> 00:41:00,440
Speaker 1: But anyway, if the Chiefs handled it and handled it business,

909
00:41:00,480 --> 00:41:03,320
Speaker 1: and getting Xavier Worthy back is meant the world. But

910
00:41:05,239 --> 00:41:07,480
Speaker 1: you can't give the ball away. And so if you

911
00:41:07,600 --> 00:41:09,440
Speaker 1: don't give the ball away, you got a chance of

912
00:41:09,760 --> 00:41:10,520
Speaker 1: handling this game.

913
00:41:11,480 --> 00:41:14,719
Speaker 4: Well, I'm looking forward to seeing Mahomes maybe another four touchdown,

914
00:41:14,840 --> 00:41:19,040
Speaker 4: no turnover day. He looked like vintage Patrick Mahomes against Baltimore.

915
00:41:19,040 --> 00:41:21,560
Speaker 4: All right, now to our parting thoughts, and it brings

916
00:41:21,640 --> 00:41:24,280
Speaker 4: me back to the AFC North and it it actually

917
00:41:24,360 --> 00:41:25,200
Speaker 4: is gonna pain me a.

918
00:41:25,200 --> 00:41:26,040
Speaker 5: Little bit to say this.

919
00:41:26,200 --> 00:41:29,440
Speaker 4: So being an Aaron Rodgers hater has sort of been

920
00:41:29,520 --> 00:41:31,680
Speaker 4: my brand for a long time. I just there's so

921
00:41:31,760 --> 00:41:34,680
Speaker 4: many things about him that frustrate me, that disappoint me.

922
00:41:35,440 --> 00:41:36,640
Speaker 5: So I thought him going.

923
00:41:36,560 --> 00:41:39,480
Speaker 4: To Pittsburgh, like a blue collar city, that it was

924
00:41:39,560 --> 00:41:41,719
Speaker 4: just it was just going to fail miserably. I thought

925
00:41:41,760 --> 00:41:44,799
Speaker 4: it was the worst combination. I thought when Terry Bradshaws

926
00:41:44,880 --> 00:41:47,400
Speaker 4: said he's not welcome here, that's how it's going to go.

927
00:41:47,719 --> 00:41:50,200
Speaker 4: But you look at the standings, there were three in one.

928
00:41:50,800 --> 00:41:54,160
Speaker 4: The division is a mess. Baltimore is a mess, Cincinnati

929
00:41:54,280 --> 00:41:54,640
Speaker 4: is a mess.

930
00:41:54,719 --> 00:41:56,839
Speaker 5: We knew Cleveland was gonna be a mess. So they're

931
00:41:56,920 --> 00:41:58,439
Speaker 5: on top of the AFC North.

932
00:41:58,520 --> 00:42:01,720
Speaker 4: He's Aaron Rodgers got eight touch down passes, just three picks,

933
00:42:02,000 --> 00:42:03,880
Speaker 4: and a quarterback rating over one hundred.

934
00:42:04,120 --> 00:42:06,800
Speaker 5: So my parting thought is I was a full I

935
00:42:07,000 --> 00:42:07,880
Speaker 5: was completely wrong.

936
00:42:08,040 --> 00:42:10,320
Speaker 4: I thought the Steelers and Aaron Rodgers were going to

937
00:42:10,360 --> 00:42:13,440
Speaker 4: be a disaster, and so far through four weeks, they

938
00:42:13,480 --> 00:42:14,839
Speaker 4: have been my surprise team.

939
00:42:14,920 --> 00:42:16,719
Speaker 5: So that is my parting thought onto.

940
00:42:16,520 --> 00:42:19,400
Speaker 2: You, Matt, I think for me this week, I'd just

941
00:42:19,480 --> 00:42:23,080
Speaker 2: say how much fun Sunday was. And it's easy when

942
00:42:23,080 --> 00:42:25,080
Speaker 2: you get in the grind of the season, especially when

943
00:42:25,080 --> 00:42:27,880
Speaker 2: things don't start off well like they didn't for the Chiefs,

944
00:42:28,239 --> 00:42:31,680
Speaker 2: easy to you know, it gets kind of laborious, like

945
00:42:31,719 --> 00:42:33,279
Speaker 2: you're just trying to get every win that you can.

946
00:42:33,719 --> 00:42:36,319
Speaker 2: Sunday was so much fun where the Chiefs came out

947
00:42:36,360 --> 00:42:38,439
Speaker 2: there and just dominated on both sides of the ball.

948
00:42:38,600 --> 00:42:41,200
Speaker 2: Dominated a team that we respect and we know is

949
00:42:41,360 --> 00:42:44,080
Speaker 2: very good despite their injuries and their issues are going through,

950
00:42:44,600 --> 00:42:47,000
Speaker 2: and a team that over the years has been there

951
00:42:47,080 --> 00:42:49,080
Speaker 2: with us in January. To go out there and to

952
00:42:49,160 --> 00:42:51,239
Speaker 2: have that kind of game, for Patrick Mahomes to have

953
00:42:51,320 --> 00:42:53,440
Speaker 2: the game that he did, the defense to play well

954
00:42:53,560 --> 00:42:55,960
Speaker 2: the way that they did. We talked about it on

955
00:42:56,040 --> 00:42:57,640
Speaker 2: the podcast, but it's in a lot of ways a

956
00:42:57,680 --> 00:43:00,279
Speaker 2: team that we saw in training camp, and I'm just

957
00:43:00,400 --> 00:43:03,360
Speaker 2: very excited to see that kind of game against that

958
00:43:03,440 --> 00:43:06,440
Speaker 2: kind of opponent, especially after the O and two start,

959
00:43:06,640 --> 00:43:08,239
Speaker 2: and can't wait to see where we go from here.

960
00:43:08,320 --> 00:43:09,480
Speaker 2: I just had fun on something.

961
00:43:09,440 --> 00:43:12,120
Speaker 4: That's going to tag on what he's saying there, because

962
00:43:12,800 --> 00:43:14,959
Speaker 4: with all the one score games last year, I feel

963
00:43:14,960 --> 00:43:18,400
Speaker 4: like late in fourth quarters of every game, your anxiety

964
00:43:18,480 --> 00:43:20,440
Speaker 4: and stress level because of how much you care has

965
00:43:20,480 --> 00:43:23,320
Speaker 4: been high. That must have been the most relaxing fourth

966
00:43:23,400 --> 00:43:25,880
Speaker 4: quarter you've had in at least a couple of seasons.

967
00:43:26,239 --> 00:43:28,319
Speaker 1: That go pro camera's up there, but you couldn't see

968
00:43:28,320 --> 00:43:32,000
Speaker 1: the foot massage I was getting in the fourth quarter.

969
00:43:32,080 --> 00:43:35,040
Speaker 1: I'm like, what what is this? So yeah, it was.

970
00:43:35,840 --> 00:43:37,880
Speaker 1: It was I was just chill man. It was like,

971
00:43:38,040 --> 00:43:40,560
Speaker 1: this is over, Let's just roll on and go home.

972
00:43:40,920 --> 00:43:45,399
Speaker 1: I'm just I'm mesmerized by Kazakhstan over your left ear

973
00:43:45,840 --> 00:43:49,840
Speaker 1: because to me, that might be where Aaron Rodgers' house was.

974
00:43:49,880 --> 00:43:52,040
Speaker 1: I remember when he was nobody could find him. He's

975
00:43:52,080 --> 00:43:53,880
Speaker 1: in a house in the dark. I think it might

976
00:43:53,920 --> 00:43:56,279
Speaker 1: have been right over your left ear in Kazakhstan that

977
00:43:57,400 --> 00:43:59,719
Speaker 1: I would say all right, let's just stay tuned on

978
00:43:59,800 --> 00:44:04,400
Speaker 1: the North. Yes, this could be a division and I

979
00:44:04,480 --> 00:44:07,440
Speaker 1: don't say this for a disparaging remark. This could be

980
00:44:07,600 --> 00:44:09,799
Speaker 1: one of your ten and seven, nine and eight kind

981
00:44:09,840 --> 00:44:12,520
Speaker 1: of division winners. Yep, that's kind of what it feels

982
00:44:12,560 --> 00:44:15,200
Speaker 1: to me. I know, the Ravens feel like they could

983
00:44:15,280 --> 00:44:18,000
Speaker 1: still kind of kind of slog their way through this.

984
00:44:18,760 --> 00:44:20,720
Speaker 1: I said, I don't think they can fix that defense,

985
00:44:20,760 --> 00:44:23,719
Speaker 1: but if that offense will still be right there, they'll

986
00:44:23,719 --> 00:44:27,640
Speaker 1: get it figured out and go. Uh So, I just

987
00:44:27,680 --> 00:44:31,960
Speaker 1: stay tuned on all of this, and it's a week

988
00:44:32,000 --> 00:44:34,600
Speaker 1: to week deal. But I don't know if there's going

989
00:44:34,640 --> 00:44:36,480
Speaker 1: to be a wild card out of that division. Let's

990
00:44:36,480 --> 00:44:36,839
Speaker 1: put it there.

991
00:44:37,920 --> 00:44:40,320
Speaker 5: I think I agree with you, But gentlemen, I appreciate

992
00:44:40,360 --> 00:44:42,160
Speaker 5: you coming out West. For me, this was a ton

993
00:44:42,239 --> 00:44:44,879
Speaker 5: of fun. Go Chiefs. I never thought two and two

994
00:44:44,880 --> 00:44:45,839
Speaker 5: would feel so good.

995
00:44:46,760 --> 00:44:49,399
Speaker 1: Yeah. Ari's got it, man, he's he's he's on the case.

996
00:44:49,640 --> 00:44:53,040
Speaker 2: So Ari is two and oh now with these segments, right, yeah,

997
00:44:53,160 --> 00:44:53,920
Speaker 2: let's make it three and.

998
00:44:53,960 --> 00:44:58,440
Speaker 1: Oh yeah yeah without ur slow down. It's Monday night football.

999
00:44:58,800 --> 00:45:01,080
Speaker 1: That's the Jags, and it's all about stops and steals

1000
00:45:01,120 --> 00:45:04,040
Speaker 1: in any NFL game. But the offense you mentioned it

1001
00:45:04,239 --> 00:45:07,399
Speaker 1: earlier in the podcast. We saw some clicking and moving

1002
00:45:07,440 --> 00:45:10,560
Speaker 1: and shaking. But I also mentioned a week ago one

1003
00:45:10,600 --> 00:45:13,279
Speaker 1: thing that excited me about the Giants game was the

1004
00:45:13,440 --> 00:45:18,640
Speaker 1: resurgence with Forshard Smith. Just enough of the jet sweep,

1005
00:45:18,719 --> 00:45:22,480
Speaker 1: flip pass end around. Now you put Worthy in those

1006
00:45:22,600 --> 00:45:25,319
Speaker 1: roles or both of those guys in the roles. Look

1007
00:45:25,360 --> 00:45:28,160
Speaker 1: what that did in the Ravens game. So now some

1008
00:45:28,280 --> 00:45:31,560
Speaker 1: way to try to attack this Jaguar team. When you

1009
00:45:31,640 --> 00:45:33,799
Speaker 1: look at it. We mentioned about this Steve and Jordan

1010
00:45:33,880 --> 00:45:35,920
Speaker 1: Lewis is good. He's been around the league a lot.

1011
00:45:36,040 --> 00:45:38,279
Speaker 1: He's got two picks on this team. But can you

1012
00:45:38,400 --> 00:45:42,680
Speaker 1: slow down this fast, feisty, takeaway Jaguar defense. One way

1013
00:45:42,719 --> 00:45:45,480
Speaker 1: to do it is counter speed with speed, especially if

1014
00:45:45,520 --> 00:45:47,080
Speaker 1: you get vertical and horizontal both.

1015
00:45:47,440 --> 00:45:50,160
Speaker 2: Yeah, and Xavier makes such a big difference. I mean

1016
00:45:50,200 --> 00:45:52,040
Speaker 2: you could see it on the first snap of the game.

1017
00:45:52,400 --> 00:45:55,120
Speaker 2: You can tell when people cover the Chiefs like locally

1018
00:45:55,560 --> 00:45:57,600
Speaker 2: and when they just talk about them like on national

1019
00:45:57,800 --> 00:46:00,960
Speaker 2: TV shows, and they'll be like, gonave Worthy really make

1020
00:46:01,040 --> 00:46:03,719
Speaker 2: that big of a difference, Yeah, he can. He was

1021
00:46:03,760 --> 00:46:06,799
Speaker 2: the Chiefs leading rusher and receiver. On Sunday, he had

1022
00:46:06,840 --> 00:46:09,520
Speaker 2: one hundred and twenty one yards from scrimmage on seven touches.

1023
00:46:09,719 --> 00:46:13,320
Speaker 2: That's over seventeen yards per touch. I mean, it was incredible.

1024
00:46:13,520 --> 00:46:15,719
Speaker 2: He was opening everything up. And when you have to

1025
00:46:15,800 --> 00:46:18,279
Speaker 2: worry about Xavier Worthy running the go route down the

1026
00:46:18,320 --> 00:46:21,560
Speaker 2: sideline like he did successfully. Love seeing Mahomes hit him

1027
00:46:21,560 --> 00:46:23,640
Speaker 2: on that one, but also taken like the end a

1028
00:46:23,719 --> 00:46:26,400
Speaker 2: round for thirty yards or whatever it was. I mean,

1029
00:46:26,440 --> 00:46:29,200
Speaker 2: that creates so many problems for the defense and opens

1030
00:46:29,239 --> 00:46:31,720
Speaker 2: everyone else up. That's why Hollywood Brown had a touchdown

1031
00:46:31,800 --> 00:46:34,160
Speaker 2: in this game. Juju had a touchdown in the game,

1032
00:46:34,239 --> 00:46:37,080
Speaker 2: Pacheco had a touchdown, Thornton had a touchdown. When Xavier

1033
00:46:37,160 --> 00:46:40,000
Speaker 2: is there and can put fear into the defense and

1034
00:46:40,080 --> 00:46:42,200
Speaker 2: they have to respect all the different things that he

1035
00:46:42,280 --> 00:46:45,120
Speaker 2: can do, it opens things up for everybody else. So

1036
00:46:45,280 --> 00:46:47,160
Speaker 2: to see it come to fruition right away when he

1037
00:46:47,239 --> 00:46:49,600
Speaker 2: got back was awesome. Now let's just keep it going

1038
00:46:49,640 --> 00:46:51,560
Speaker 2: against a young secondary in Jacksonville.

1039
00:46:51,600 --> 00:46:54,200
Speaker 1: The other thing was four red zone touchdowns, four yeah,

1040
00:46:54,560 --> 00:46:58,719
Speaker 1: to four different receivers, and all four play designs were different. Now,

1041
00:46:58,760 --> 00:47:00,759
Speaker 1: when I reviewed the video, you know who popped off

1042
00:47:00,800 --> 00:47:04,440
Speaker 1: the screen Juju Smith Schuster. Oh yeah, not only get

1043
00:47:04,480 --> 00:47:07,120
Speaker 1: his own touchdown, he got his own. He door hinged

1044
00:47:07,160 --> 00:47:07,680
Speaker 1: the other three.

1045
00:47:07,920 --> 00:47:09,520
Speaker 2: He would have had one too if that one ball

1046
00:47:09,600 --> 00:47:10,839
Speaker 2: wasn't tipped on our opening drive.

1047
00:47:10,960 --> 00:47:13,319
Speaker 1: Yeah, and that's when Pat was going. But the point

1048
00:47:13,400 --> 00:47:17,520
Speaker 1: is Juju Smith Schuster, either how he runs his route

1049
00:47:17,760 --> 00:47:20,440
Speaker 1: or what depthy runs his route, he recognizes the defense

1050
00:47:20,840 --> 00:47:24,600
Speaker 1: guys pop open because of Juju Smith Schuster. He is

1051
00:47:24,680 --> 00:47:27,400
Speaker 1: such a red zone door hinge. He's taken it to

1052
00:47:27,480 --> 00:47:29,799
Speaker 1: another level and it's really pretty cool. But to get

1053
00:47:29,920 --> 00:47:33,200
Speaker 1: four red zone touchdowns, four different ways, with four different

1054
00:47:33,239 --> 00:47:35,400
Speaker 1: guys bodes well for the future.

1055
00:47:35,719 --> 00:47:38,160
Speaker 2: And my favorite one, I think was the one to Hollywood,

1056
00:47:38,200 --> 00:47:39,799
Speaker 2: the one that really put a bow on the whole thing,

1057
00:47:39,920 --> 00:47:42,600
Speaker 2: because go back and watch that play. I'm pretty sure

1058
00:47:42,640 --> 00:47:45,440
Speaker 2: Hollywood was his third read because that was it was

1059
00:47:45,480 --> 00:47:47,120
Speaker 2: third and one or fourth and one, I can't remember.

1060
00:47:47,160 --> 00:47:49,239
Speaker 2: It was short yardage, fourth and one, fourth and one, Okay,

1061
00:47:49,280 --> 00:47:52,040
Speaker 2: so you got to have it right. Mahomes is rolling

1062
00:47:52,080 --> 00:47:55,040
Speaker 2: to his right and Xavier was running that play. We

1063
00:47:55,120 --> 00:47:57,440
Speaker 2: always run where he's like right with the sticks, but

1064
00:47:57,560 --> 00:48:00,759
Speaker 2: he was covered. He was covered, okay, to the second level.

1065
00:48:01,080 --> 00:48:03,719
Speaker 2: The second receiver was covered as well, and in my

1066
00:48:03,840 --> 00:48:06,120
Speaker 2: brain i'm watching it, I'm like, oh, shoot, like Mahomes

1067
00:48:06,160 --> 00:48:08,160
Speaker 2: has to probably run for this or just give Xavier

1068
00:48:08,200 --> 00:48:10,040
Speaker 2: a chance. Now there's Hollywood in the back of the

1069
00:48:10,160 --> 00:48:12,160
Speaker 2: end zone for the third read. It's a touchdown. Don't

1070
00:48:12,160 --> 00:48:14,719
Speaker 2: even worry about about picking up the first down. That

1071
00:48:14,880 --> 00:48:17,640
Speaker 2: right there is like the twenty twenty two Chiefs offense

1072
00:48:17,800 --> 00:48:20,680
Speaker 2: where you did everything right, you covered the way the

1073
00:48:20,760 --> 00:48:23,200
Speaker 2: play that the way it was designed doesn't matter. We're

1074
00:48:23,239 --> 00:48:25,440
Speaker 2: actually going to score a touchdown on it. And that's

1075
00:48:25,480 --> 00:48:27,000
Speaker 2: the kind of thing I'm looking forward to seeing more

1076
00:48:27,040 --> 00:48:30,400
Speaker 2: of as we progress here and get Rashi back and

1077
00:48:30,520 --> 00:48:31,879
Speaker 2: Exavier more back into the fold.

1078
00:48:32,000 --> 00:48:35,600
Speaker 1: Go back and watch that play and watch Juju. Watch

1079
00:48:35,680 --> 00:48:38,320
Speaker 1: what he does to influence the defensive coverage to allow

1080
00:48:38,440 --> 00:48:41,279
Speaker 1: the over route to happen. And watch what he does

1081
00:48:41,840 --> 00:48:42,719
Speaker 1: without touching the.

1082
00:48:42,719 --> 00:48:44,719
Speaker 2: Ball fires me up. Oh yeah, and he loves being

1083
00:48:44,760 --> 00:48:45,239
Speaker 2: that guy too.

1084
00:48:45,320 --> 00:48:47,919
Speaker 1: Like I said to the text, I'm watching, Oh my gosh,

1085
00:48:47,960 --> 00:48:50,879
Speaker 1: Juju door hinge, door hinge, watch these plays and so yeah,

1086
00:48:51,120 --> 00:48:55,440
Speaker 1: just it's fun to see that. But these Jaguar linebackers

1087
00:48:55,480 --> 00:48:58,720
Speaker 1: are good. Already mentioned Devin Lloyd, our guy foy Lucon,

1088
00:48:58,800 --> 00:49:02,240
Speaker 1: the Saint Louis native hooked out took out Nick Bolton

1089
00:49:02,239 --> 00:49:05,680
Speaker 1: for the Tackle Championship a couple of years ago. They're good,

1090
00:49:05,800 --> 00:49:08,480
Speaker 1: they're consistent, they're good, but if you make them side

1091
00:49:08,520 --> 00:49:10,879
Speaker 1: to side, make them go to an eye exam every

1092
00:49:10,960 --> 00:49:13,359
Speaker 1: time you snap the football. Here's the eye chart. Where

1093
00:49:13,440 --> 00:49:16,080
Speaker 1: we going. It's the shell game. You've got it. That's

1094
00:49:16,080 --> 00:49:18,560
Speaker 1: the way you slow down this really good linebacking corps. Yeah,

1095
00:49:18,600 --> 00:49:21,960
Speaker 1: you spread them out horizontically and vertically. And for the

1096
00:49:22,040 --> 00:49:24,440
Speaker 1: Chiefs in this game, just keep doing that over and over.

1097
00:49:24,760 --> 00:49:27,239
Speaker 1: And we saw some pop from the run game as well.

1098
00:49:27,600 --> 00:49:30,520
Speaker 1: Isaiah had a few big runs in there. Kareem was

1099
00:49:30,600 --> 00:49:32,920
Speaker 1: kind of like the workman, like he's just going to

1100
00:49:32,960 --> 00:49:35,279
Speaker 1: go in there for fifteen carries and get you the

1101
00:49:35,360 --> 00:49:38,200
Speaker 1: tough yards. But then Burchard really showed us some stuff.

1102
00:49:38,600 --> 00:49:41,279
Speaker 1: It was a season high and snaps for him last week.

1103
00:49:41,320 --> 00:49:43,560
Speaker 1: I think he had like fifteen or sixteen snaps and

1104
00:49:43,680 --> 00:49:45,239
Speaker 1: he did a lot with them. So let's see if

1105
00:49:45,239 --> 00:49:47,200
Speaker 1: he can get more of those moving forward and see

1106
00:49:47,239 --> 00:49:51,600
Speaker 1: what he can do with them. But the margin of

1107
00:49:51,640 --> 00:49:55,200
Speaker 1: everyone in these NFL games is ridiculous. It's just crazy.

1108
00:49:55,239 --> 00:49:57,279
Speaker 1: How and coach talks about it all the time, the

1109
00:49:57,440 --> 00:50:00,239
Speaker 1: thin margin of winning and losing in this league, talked

1110
00:50:00,280 --> 00:50:04,360
Speaker 1: about the psychology can actually make that grow. But know this,

1111
00:50:05,200 --> 00:50:07,879
Speaker 1: even this Monday night game, and check out how many

1112
00:50:07,960 --> 00:50:09,800
Speaker 1: games from here on end are going to be decided

1113
00:50:10,280 --> 00:50:12,760
Speaker 1: by who gets the most stops and steals