WEBVTT - The Group Chat Episode 4: It Doesn't Matter 0:00:00.040 --> 0:00:02.240 Hey guys, this is Caroline and welcome to the group 0:00:02.320 --> 0:00:05.359 Chat where this week we're talking about things that exist, 0:00:05.800 --> 0:00:08.840 but we're not really sure why. Advice you either give 0:00:09.480 --> 0:00:12.440 or received between the hours of midnight and three am 0:00:12.640 --> 0:00:15.720 doesn't count. Doesn't matter what you say or here. And 0:00:15.720 --> 0:00:19.400 we're also previewing the very first preseason game of the 0:00:19.480 --> 0:00:22.640 season in Chicago. How do they finish the play when 0:00:22.880 --> 0:00:25.720 when we're you know, it's it's it's live. Now, it's real. 0:00:25.960 --> 0:00:29.120 We've got this and so much more on this week's 0:00:29.200 --> 0:00:41.400 group Chat. You've been added to the group Chat with 0:00:41.479 --> 0:00:45.960 your friends Caroline, can Max Senson, and Charles William McFadden, 0:00:46.080 --> 0:00:53.320 Bryan McFadden, Brian Charles, Charlie will William William William McFadden 0:00:53.720 --> 0:00:56.880 like rating radding nuance this week, I have enjoyed a 0:00:56.920 --> 0:00:59.240 couple of people on Twitter. Guys, thank you so much 0:00:59.320 --> 0:01:01.440 for joining the group out on Twitter and tweeting out 0:01:01.480 --> 0:01:03.480 is about that. I think I changed up your name 0:01:03.720 --> 0:01:07.039 like multiple times to people when they yeah, it's the 0:01:07.160 --> 0:01:09.679 it's a great name. And I hear your mother wasn't 0:01:09.680 --> 0:01:12.959 too happy that we were maybe poking fun. She she 0:01:13.080 --> 0:01:17.720 gets very serious. She was unhappy with you the name. 0:01:18.160 --> 0:01:20.240 You love the name. Yeah, you were the one who 0:01:20.240 --> 0:01:22.039 what did you What did your mom say that you said? 0:01:22.080 --> 0:01:24.640 She wasn't happy with I think it was just that 0:01:25.160 --> 0:01:28.119 it was first she was unhappy with you because because 0:01:28.160 --> 0:01:31.960 you you first said, wait, isn't William Charles And she's like, no, Max, 0:01:32.120 --> 0:01:35.039 it's Charles William. And then it was like Charles William 0:01:35.040 --> 0:01:37.000 Brown like she's like, what about McFadden. We gotta add 0:01:37.000 --> 0:01:40.320 the McFadden in there. I also like the spelling of McFadden, 0:01:40.520 --> 0:01:44.840 not the normal McFadden. It's not Darren McFadden ways. I 0:01:45.120 --> 0:01:49.040 en just to be special, just different. I love it. 0:01:49.120 --> 0:01:53.080 That was producer Matt And we actually had someone tell 0:01:53.160 --> 0:01:55.920 us a nickname for you are you. Yeah, someone came 0:01:56.000 --> 0:01:58.880 up with a nickname for our producer Matt and I'm 0:01:58.920 --> 0:02:00.560 gonna have to look it up because my gosh, I'm 0:02:00.560 --> 0:02:03.080 forgetting it now. Well what do we As we were 0:02:03.080 --> 0:02:05.240 walking out last time, we said, what do we say that? 0:02:05.360 --> 0:02:09.600 We said, everyone calls you Hoges and oh, I like 0:02:09.680 --> 0:02:15.919 HOGI I think that that's got. I'm going to look 0:02:15.919 --> 0:02:18.119 this up while we actually tell you what we're really 0:02:18.120 --> 0:02:20.400 going to talk about on this podcast, and that is 0:02:20.480 --> 0:02:23.480 of course the preseason, because it's here we're playing a 0:02:23.480 --> 0:02:27.320 preseason game. And how while we were kind of talking 0:02:27.360 --> 0:02:30.840 about the preseason and how just very important this game 0:02:30.960 --> 0:02:34.840 is in the longevity of this team's season and career, 0:02:34.880 --> 0:02:39.040 here we realize that it doesn't really matter. So around 0:02:39.080 --> 0:02:42.520 that framework of what people say of the preseason doesn't 0:02:42.520 --> 0:02:44.400 really count. You know, you go through and you try 0:02:44.440 --> 0:02:46.480 and get this amazing record, but at the end of 0:02:46.480 --> 0:02:48.280 the day, we've seen teams go oh and four in 0:02:48.280 --> 0:02:50.679 the preseason going to win the Super Bowl. So how 0:02:50.720 --> 0:02:56.560 important are these games? They're important enough to exist, but 0:02:56.840 --> 0:03:00.680 that's about it. So in that framework, we're going to 0:03:00.720 --> 0:03:04.600 talk about other things that exist, but we're not really 0:03:04.840 --> 0:03:07.480 exactly sure why, but we are going to talk some 0:03:07.520 --> 0:03:11.320 football here at the end. So enjoy this. Coming up 0:03:11.360 --> 0:03:15.440 with these things not easy a challenge, h It was 0:03:15.520 --> 0:03:19.679 kind of challenge, But it all started because McFadden over 0:03:19.720 --> 0:03:24.799 here easily easily came up with his first one. I'm 0:03:24.800 --> 0:03:26.080 not going to say it because I want you to 0:03:26.080 --> 0:03:28.400 say that this one rolled off the tongue when he 0:03:28.440 --> 0:03:31.480 first said it in our legit group chat on our phones. 0:03:31.880 --> 0:03:33.400 What is it? So I, first of all, I came 0:03:33.480 --> 0:03:36.360 up with the idea. You prompted it. I prompted the 0:03:36.360 --> 0:03:39.160 idea of what do do you want me to say that? Like? 0:03:39.200 --> 0:03:41.200 Are we not just one that I have to give 0:03:41.280 --> 0:03:46.120 you credit about when comes up with it? The credit? Gosh, 0:03:46.480 --> 0:03:50.760 all right, good job, it's a wonderful idea. Go ahead. 0:03:50.840 --> 0:03:54.240 What is it Columbus Day? Come on? What? What is 0:03:54.280 --> 0:03:58.560 what is Columbus Day? Good for? No one gets it off? Right? 0:03:59.000 --> 0:04:03.080 I think it's people Columbus Day. Columbus mother is not 0:04:03.160 --> 0:04:06.160 going to be happy with this. Yeah, well cook, cook, 0:04:07.280 --> 0:04:09.880 his family is not going to be happy with this, 0:04:10.000 --> 0:04:11.920 you know, I mean, I mean what did he really 0:04:12.000 --> 0:04:14.680 do outside of spread some diseases and go the wrong 0:04:14.720 --> 0:04:20.080 way around the world? Um? Hello, mistakes sometimes are great things. 0:04:20.480 --> 0:04:23.440 And you know, thanks Columbus, we're finding this land. I 0:04:24.120 --> 0:04:27.279 what's wrong with another holiday? But you don't get it. 0:04:27.720 --> 0:04:29.960 It's a holiday that doesn't mean anything because you don't 0:04:29.960 --> 0:04:31.760 get to do anything with it. What you ever had 0:04:31.839 --> 0:04:34.840 really great Columbus Day plans? Oh? I always really Columbus. 0:04:36.120 --> 0:04:39.560 I'm a huge Columbus Day fan here, yeah, big Columbus 0:04:39.640 --> 0:04:41.280 Day fan. No, but that was a really good one. 0:04:41.560 --> 0:04:43.560 Made me laugh. So We've come up with a list 0:04:43.600 --> 0:04:47.159 of other things that exists but don't really matter. So Max, 0:04:47.240 --> 0:04:49.120 what are some of yours? Yeah? I think, I think 0:04:49.120 --> 0:04:51.200 In Will's text it was like things in life that 0:04:51.279 --> 0:04:54.520 don't count, right, that was like, So with that prompt, 0:04:55.240 --> 0:04:59.200 my first thought was, um, college football and basketball preseason 0:04:59.440 --> 0:05:05.600 polls are the most useless thing preseason all American? What yeah? Right? 0:05:05.680 --> 0:05:09.240 I mean? And especially the polls are just like you 0:05:09.279 --> 0:05:11.440 have no idea. You're essentially just saying, here's the how 0:05:11.480 --> 0:05:13.360 teams finished last year and now a bunch of guys 0:05:13.400 --> 0:05:15.920 graduated and the teams are completely different. But like we're 0:05:15.960 --> 0:05:18.360 just gonna throw darts and say, like who we think 0:05:18.440 --> 0:05:21.240 is going to be good? They're just completely meaningless. Um. 0:05:21.279 --> 0:05:26.839 My other one was advice you either give or received 0:05:27.040 --> 0:05:29.920 between the hours of midnight and three am. The best 0:05:30.160 --> 0:05:34.000 doesn't count. Doesn't matter what you say or here, it 0:05:34.000 --> 0:05:36.240 just doesn't. It doesn't count. That's the best because how 0:05:36.240 --> 0:05:38.520 many times have you been out at a bar I know, 0:05:38.600 --> 0:05:41.599 at least like the women's restroom between the hours of 0:05:41.839 --> 0:05:46.640 twelve and three am. Okay, it's I mean, it's an 0:05:46.800 --> 0:05:51.400 advice is being thrown around everywhere because someone's in there crying. 0:05:51.680 --> 0:05:54.560 But I never once a similar situation in the men's room. 0:05:56.640 --> 0:05:59.160 I've never once heard advice and there been like, yeah, 0:05:59.400 --> 0:06:03.200 you know what, take that advice and just do that tomorrow. 0:06:03.240 --> 0:06:07.360 Absolutely not. I loved that one. So mine, Um, your 0:06:07.440 --> 0:06:12.560 g p A in college, I never once have I 0:06:12.600 --> 0:06:15.720 been asked. I've never put it on a resume. I've 0:06:15.760 --> 0:06:18.760 not like, as long as you're you know, keeping your scholarships, 0:06:18.800 --> 0:06:20.919 whatever you have your For me, it was like to 0:06:20.960 --> 0:06:24.599 be eligible to play, like it doesn't matter. I never 0:06:24.680 --> 0:06:28.080 once I've got into a conversation of like, so, thank 0:06:28.080 --> 0:06:30.040 you for coming on this interview. I was curious about 0:06:30.080 --> 0:06:32.080 your g p A in college. It's a good point. 0:06:32.160 --> 0:06:37.360 I mean in major for that matter, that's yeah, that's 0:06:37.400 --> 0:06:40.360 because my brother's history major or was a history major. 0:06:40.680 --> 0:06:45.239 Cell solar energy. Yeah, it does it even really matter, 0:06:45.240 --> 0:06:47.039 Like we're all very proud of where he went to school, 0:06:47.080 --> 0:06:49.000 but doesn't even really matter where you went at the 0:06:49.080 --> 0:06:54.159 end of the day. Yes, I think so, but I 0:06:54.160 --> 0:06:57.320 think it's more so the alumni base. Yeah, Like I'm 0:06:57.360 --> 0:07:00.800 just saying, like I think people extress out like crazy 0:07:00.880 --> 0:07:03.799 in high school trying to get into X school because 0:07:04.000 --> 0:07:06.720 it's got this reputation, But like if I didn't, if 0:07:06.760 --> 0:07:09.520 I really wanted to go to Northwestern and I didn't 0:07:09.520 --> 0:07:11.880 get in and I had to go to Wisconsin. Because 0:07:11.880 --> 0:07:14.880 it's a couple. I hope all of you Wisconsin people 0:07:14.920 --> 0:07:18.560 out there are living. I'm a Wisconsin guy. That's why 0:07:18.600 --> 0:07:21.880 I'm so. I'm but I'm saying like it didn't matter. 0:07:22.000 --> 0:07:24.760 What are you saying? So you're saying that Northwestern is 0:07:24.920 --> 0:07:28.120 extremely better than Wisconsin, and when you look at your 0:07:28.160 --> 0:07:30.800 like US News magazine, like Northwestern is going to be 0:07:30.880 --> 0:07:33.000 ranked whatever and Wisconsin is gonna be a few below. 0:07:33.000 --> 0:07:36.560 I don't think it mattered at all, really in different 0:07:36.560 --> 0:07:38.640 in terms of like job, Yeah, I mean I think 0:07:38.680 --> 0:07:42.120 it matters in terms of, you know, the type of 0:07:42.200 --> 0:07:45.000 social life, the type of social things. I'm saying now, 0:07:45.040 --> 0:07:47.400 I'm saying, when you're like pursuing a job, I don't 0:07:47.400 --> 0:07:50.040 think the interviewer is saying, oh, you you went to 0:07:50.240 --> 0:07:53.720 Davidson instead of Duke. It's like you're not smart enough 0:07:53.760 --> 0:07:56.040 for this, yo. I don't think that right. My other 0:07:56.080 --> 0:07:59.440 one is like the opening act of the opening act 0:07:59.440 --> 0:08:02.680 out of consint I almost said opening act here, But 0:08:02.720 --> 0:08:04.440 I think sometimes you can get like a really good 0:08:04.440 --> 0:08:07.320 opening act that I will go early for, but the 0:08:07.400 --> 0:08:10.239 opening act to the opening act at like the State 0:08:10.360 --> 0:08:16.560 Fair or like concert. Yeah, I thank you for being there, 0:08:16.800 --> 0:08:19.400 but I probably won't be You know, does that mean 0:08:19.480 --> 0:08:22.000 you guys aren't you don't you don't support local artists? 0:08:22.760 --> 0:08:26.640 I do that are trying to make you know? Oh man, 0:08:26.680 --> 0:08:29.520 all right, that one might get me? What about what 0:08:29.600 --> 0:08:35.760 about the annual NFL schedule release video matters? It's everything? Yea? 0:08:35.880 --> 0:08:38.959 How proud were we of what exactly what's produced by 0:08:39.120 --> 0:08:42.880 Carson and Co? And it's fantastic, And yet it doesn't matter, 0:08:42.920 --> 0:08:45.520 doesn't matter, It doesn't matter through the lens of like 0:08:45.679 --> 0:08:48.280 what's going to happen that season? But my goodness, if 0:08:48.320 --> 0:08:51.360 we don't get the clicks and views and praise from 0:08:51.360 --> 0:08:53.640 everyone on social media, our lives are over. But you 0:08:53.640 --> 0:08:56.040 don't even know what the schedule is. Like you can 0:08:56.080 --> 0:08:58.280 watch it and you have no idea what the schedule. 0:08:59.040 --> 0:09:00.800 So this is actually a fun thing for those of 0:09:00.840 --> 0:09:02.920 you that enjoy the schedule released videos if you do 0:09:02.960 --> 0:09:07.480 not realize this, The teams themselves are not told what 0:09:07.520 --> 0:09:12.000 the schedule is until like maybe like twenty four hours 0:09:12.000 --> 0:09:14.760 would be an amazing feat to get it. We're talking 0:09:14.840 --> 0:09:18.000 like four to six hours before it's released. That's when 0:09:18.040 --> 0:09:19.400 the teams get them and then they have to put 0:09:19.400 --> 0:09:23.000 them all together. So and everyone tries really hard except 0:09:23.040 --> 0:09:25.800 for the Bengals. I don't know when we were with 0:09:25.840 --> 0:09:30.120 the cold when so the Colts last year, what we down, 0:09:30.240 --> 0:09:32.600 we just had and like sit down in our mail 0:09:32.760 --> 0:09:35.560 room there and just read and we hung. We hung 0:09:35.600 --> 0:09:37.840 like a banner that said like that you buy it, 0:09:38.000 --> 0:09:39.840 you know, but we care. That's the thing though, Like 0:09:40.000 --> 0:09:42.240 we tried to make it underproduced, but there was like 0:09:42.320 --> 0:09:45.600 seven people working on that shoot. We had everything set up. 0:09:45.640 --> 0:09:48.719 We ordered off Amazon. Like oh yeah, that's the way 0:09:48.760 --> 0:09:51.240 to do it. Either you underproduce it and it's funny, 0:09:52.160 --> 0:09:55.679 or you really produce it well and it crushes. If 0:09:55.720 --> 0:09:58.120 you try hard and it doesn't you don't stick the 0:09:58.240 --> 0:10:01.679 landing that it's like embarrassing. All right, I've got one 0:10:01.720 --> 0:10:04.440 more here, Oh man, you really did do some work 0:10:04.480 --> 0:10:07.240 on this. Well I have a few more, but um, 0:10:07.280 --> 0:10:09.840 I think people won't agree with me with your S 0:10:09.880 --> 0:10:11.640 A T and A C T scores. I don't really 0:10:11.640 --> 0:10:13.920 think the matter. No, I agree, Yeah, I agree. I 0:10:13.920 --> 0:10:16.679 think the college thing looking back on it now, was like, man, 0:10:16.720 --> 0:10:20.079 that was a stress. It mattered for like a year. Yeah, 0:10:20.320 --> 0:10:23.040 it matters like when you're seven or sixteen or seventeen, 0:10:23.040 --> 0:10:29.880 and I think it is about that a school, like 0:10:29.960 --> 0:10:33.920 any standardized test in school. Spare me, okay. The other 0:10:33.960 --> 0:10:36.240 one that we can end on here because I think 0:10:36.240 --> 0:10:39.959 everyone can agree with this. Calories on vacation. They exist, 0:10:41.360 --> 0:10:44.520 but they don't matter. I would totally agree. Will Yeah, 0:10:44.559 --> 0:10:47.679 you're gonna disagree with that one. Now. It matters in principle, 0:10:47.720 --> 0:10:50.520 it doesn't matter in practice, Like I'll go on vacation 0:10:50.559 --> 0:10:52.800 thinking like all right, and then it just never works. 0:10:53.880 --> 0:10:57.080 Never works, all right. Calories don't count until you get 0:10:57.080 --> 0:10:59.360 back in it's Monday and your fifteen pounds have yer 0:10:59.440 --> 0:11:03.160 pretty much. But we like that one. Calories don't count 0:11:03.200 --> 0:11:05.160 on vacation. So if you have anything out there, we 0:11:05.320 --> 0:11:09.920 definitely want to hear what exists but doesn't matter. I 0:11:10.000 --> 0:11:13.480 want to hear about it, like substitute butter. That's what 0:11:13.840 --> 0:11:15.920 we didn't come up with that one. You're still rattling 0:11:15.960 --> 0:11:19.440 them up. Man, you're on a roll now, please Max 0:11:19.440 --> 0:11:21.440 anymore from you jump in Now I'm going to end 0:11:21.480 --> 0:11:23.280 on mine that you guys both really liked. I don't 0:11:23.320 --> 0:11:24.840 want to I don't want to rein that. Yeah, I 0:11:24.840 --> 0:11:26.840 think Max does win on this one. Like that was 0:11:26.960 --> 0:11:30.920 really funny. I lose. Really, I'm in last place. That's 0:11:30.920 --> 0:11:34.240 why I'm trying to do like quantity of Okay, but 0:11:34.360 --> 0:11:37.280 you guys really came up some quality ones. I appreciate it. Here. 0:11:37.320 --> 0:11:40.160 If anyone out there, if you have some that you've 0:11:40.160 --> 0:11:42.000 come up with or thought about, please tweet us because 0:11:42.000 --> 0:11:43.680 it has been a really fun conversation for us to 0:11:43.720 --> 0:11:46.319 have over the past twenty four hours. But we are 0:11:46.360 --> 0:11:49.960 going to actually talk football now because even though we 0:11:50.040 --> 0:11:53.679 are saying this game doesn't quite matter, it does exist 0:11:53.720 --> 0:11:55.880 and it really does matter for a lot of players 0:11:56.000 --> 0:11:57.839 on this team and the coaches on this team. This 0:11:57.920 --> 0:12:00.200 is very important for them as they get ready for 0:12:00.280 --> 0:12:02.400 this season. So let's just go around and say, what's 0:12:02.440 --> 0:12:04.800 maybe the one thing that you're if you can narrow 0:12:04.880 --> 0:12:07.120 it down, what is the one thing that you're looking 0:12:07.160 --> 0:12:11.240 for on this team? Start us off, mc fan. I 0:12:11.280 --> 0:12:14.080 want to start with the offensive line because you know, 0:12:14.120 --> 0:12:17.520 we we've seen these guys go against you know, the 0:12:17.520 --> 0:12:22.080 Panthers pass rush. We've seen the way things happen in 0:12:22.080 --> 0:12:24.960 practice when that path, when that pass rush comes, it 0:12:25.000 --> 0:12:27.640 has to stop at some point, you know, Cam or 0:12:27.720 --> 0:12:30.680 Kyle or Will or will Sell if they if they miss, 0:12:30.720 --> 0:12:32.880 you don't see the violent end. No you don't. It's 0:12:32.880 --> 0:12:34.360 just like they step on the pocket and the throw 0:12:34.360 --> 0:12:37.400 still gets out. So you want to see both the 0:12:37.480 --> 0:12:39.600 offensive line and for that matter, the defensive line finish 0:12:39.640 --> 0:12:41.920 the play. You know, how how do they finish the 0:12:41.920 --> 0:12:45.520 play when when we're you know, it's it's it's live now, 0:12:45.520 --> 0:12:48.760 it's real. So and you know, looking at uh, you know, 0:12:48.840 --> 0:12:50.960 potentially who might be playing where you know, we we 0:12:51.000 --> 0:12:53.320 saw a lot of Greg Van roting at center in 0:12:53.360 --> 0:12:55.720 the um and the Tuesday walked through. You know, we 0:12:55.760 --> 0:12:57.280 still a lot of Dennis Daily out there with the 0:12:57.280 --> 0:12:59.440 first team. Would be great to kind of want. Yeah, 0:12:59.480 --> 0:13:01.640 I wonder how much we're gonna see a paradise as 0:13:01.679 --> 0:13:06.080 they're kind of like being a little cautious with with him. Um, yeah, 0:13:06.160 --> 0:13:08.920 does that mean Greg is going to be at center? 0:13:08.960 --> 0:13:10.600 We're gonna see him at left? Yeah? I don't know 0:13:10.640 --> 0:13:13.040 that we're gonna see the Week one starting lineup at 0:13:13.080 --> 0:13:16.640 offensive line, but it would be great to see Greg 0:13:16.720 --> 0:13:19.600 Little and Davis daily and see those guys against opponents, 0:13:19.679 --> 0:13:22.480 especially depending on you know what the Bears rotation looks like. Well, 0:13:22.520 --> 0:13:24.640 we were talking to Trade Turner for our production meetings 0:13:24.640 --> 0:13:26.760 for the game, and one thing that he talked about 0:13:26.800 --> 0:13:29.080 the offensive line is they almost have to learn to 0:13:29.200 --> 0:13:31.559 dance together. And I love that to use the word dance, 0:13:31.600 --> 0:13:35.120 because that's what it is. It's this choreographed almost first 0:13:35.120 --> 0:13:38.319 step that they have to do, and that's what that 0:13:38.360 --> 0:13:41.319 continuity is about. So I'm with you on I want 0:13:41.360 --> 0:13:44.280 to see this offensive line and it does. I get it, 0:13:44.280 --> 0:13:46.000 it's the first one, but it's like it does kind 0:13:46.040 --> 0:13:47.520 of be like, why are we not going to see 0:13:47.559 --> 0:13:49.320 the starting five? Why would you not put them out 0:13:49.360 --> 0:13:51.160 there for a couple of reps at least, you know, 0:13:51.200 --> 0:13:52.920 a series or two so that we can see it. 0:13:53.400 --> 0:13:55.440 But then you also have to look at well, what 0:13:55.480 --> 0:13:58.320 are you weighing here, being cautious with guys that you 0:13:58.320 --> 0:14:00.480 want to make sure ready for week one, or trying 0:14:00.480 --> 0:14:02.680 to get this continuity within a game. So I'm interested 0:14:02.720 --> 0:14:04.240 to see to what they do with that offensive line 0:14:04.240 --> 0:14:06.080 because I think that is huge. We've gotten a lot 0:14:06.120 --> 0:14:09.280 of answers defensive line. Some other positions. But the offensive line, 0:14:09.280 --> 0:14:13.240 we're still like exactly and and how you know who's where? 0:14:13.320 --> 0:14:15.160 And when are we going to see them? Plays on 0:14:15.280 --> 0:14:18.959 with you on offensive line? What are you excited to see? Um? 0:14:19.000 --> 0:14:22.200 I'll go backup quarterbacks, which is probably an easy one, 0:14:22.520 --> 0:14:24.120 but we're we know we're not going to see cam 0:14:24.800 --> 0:14:27.120 Ron has confirmed that we want to see Luke either 0:14:27.160 --> 0:14:29.760 for that matter, But Kyle and Will get the start, 0:14:30.120 --> 0:14:32.520 and we know we're gonna see plenty of Will Greer 0:14:32.520 --> 0:14:34.400 at some point too. And this is the rookies first 0:14:34.440 --> 0:14:37.080 time to be out there in a game setting. Kyle 0:14:37.120 --> 0:14:39.280 has had a great camp, um, and I think a 0:14:39.280 --> 0:14:41.520 lot of people want to know. Look, they invested the 0:14:41.520 --> 0:14:43.840 third round picking Will Greer. Is he going to win 0:14:43.880 --> 0:14:45.920 this backup job? Or is Kyle Allen going to hold 0:14:45.960 --> 0:14:49.000 him off? And I think that competition really starts now. 0:14:49.440 --> 0:14:53.160 Training camp practices are one thing, but especially with the quarterbacks. 0:14:53.320 --> 0:14:55.560 You know, if you put together you know, a fifteen 0:14:55.680 --> 0:14:58.200 for eighteen day with a hundred something yards and two 0:14:58.280 --> 0:15:01.320 touchdowns like that, that makes a state. Um, if you 0:15:01.360 --> 0:15:03.320 turn the ball over in the preseason games, that also 0:15:03.360 --> 0:15:04.720 makes a statement to youve got to be able to 0:15:04.720 --> 0:15:06.840 protect the football. So I'm curious to see how both 0:15:06.880 --> 0:15:09.760 these young guys play against the Good Bears defense that 0:15:09.800 --> 0:15:11.680 I don't think it's going to feature Khalil Mack and co. 0:15:11.920 --> 0:15:13.800 All that much. We know the starters won't be out 0:15:13.800 --> 0:15:16.360 there very much of it all for either team. Um, 0:15:16.400 --> 0:15:18.480 but this is their opportunity to go out there and 0:15:18.760 --> 0:15:21.240 really play and sling it. Yeah. I'm going to stick 0:15:21.280 --> 0:15:23.000 with the offense here. So I think we a lot 0:15:23.080 --> 0:15:26.560 of us we've been watching, but we've been watching the 0:15:26.600 --> 0:15:29.080 defense so heavily in training camp. I think this is 0:15:29.120 --> 0:15:33.720 where we can get some maybe answers on offense running backs. 0:15:33.920 --> 0:15:36.480 So the conversation of you know, lightening the load of 0:15:36.520 --> 0:15:40.280 Christian McCaffrey, we've learned that that's not so much you know, 0:15:40.440 --> 0:15:42.920 his carries per se, or how many times he's touching 0:15:42.960 --> 0:15:45.440 the ball in the game, but it's how many snaps 0:15:45.480 --> 0:15:48.640 he's actually on the field for. So with that great 0:15:48.680 --> 0:15:50.920 in theory, but then who's going to come in and 0:15:50.960 --> 0:15:54.040 still draw the attention that Christian McCaffrey can draw on 0:15:54.080 --> 0:15:55.640 some of these plays. I think that's why he's out there, 0:15:55.640 --> 0:15:58.760 because if you send him up the middle, everyone's going 0:15:58.840 --> 0:16:00.960 that way. And it frees up some plays on the outside. 0:16:00.960 --> 0:16:03.800 So I'm interested to see with the the players that 0:16:03.840 --> 0:16:06.760 are gonna play with the three running backs that would 0:16:06.760 --> 0:16:08.280 be out there. Scarlett's not going to be out there, 0:16:08.280 --> 0:16:12.240 but the other three, how how are they? What are 0:16:12.240 --> 0:16:14.440 they doing? Because I think you know, when you're in practice, 0:16:14.760 --> 0:16:17.120 they're not taking hits. They're not you know, it's very 0:16:17.240 --> 0:16:19.520 just touch the guy and he's down as two hand 0:16:19.640 --> 0:16:21.400 touch football there a lot of times at training camp. 0:16:21.480 --> 0:16:23.680 So what do they do when they're actually getting hit? 0:16:24.040 --> 0:16:26.240 You know, we want to see Hollyfield catch some balls 0:16:26.680 --> 0:16:28.520 that we haven't seen a lot. You know, he's kind 0:16:28.520 --> 0:16:30.640 of that blocker guy. Is that what they're looking for? 0:16:30.640 --> 0:16:32.360 Because I think with when you have a complete running 0:16:32.400 --> 0:16:36.400 back like Christian McCaffrey, you don't necessarily need another complete 0:16:36.480 --> 0:16:38.800 running back. And I don't think they have anyone on 0:16:38.840 --> 0:16:40.560 the roster right now that you would check and just 0:16:40.600 --> 0:16:42.440 be like, he's ready to be a starter in this league. 0:16:42.800 --> 0:16:44.920 Complete running back, But you need to find one that, 0:16:44.960 --> 0:16:46.600 if you're trying to lighten the load on snaps, be 0:16:46.640 --> 0:16:48.840 the one that can pull some attention. So how's the 0:16:48.880 --> 0:16:50.640 ability to make some plays? But it's also a really 0:16:50.640 --> 0:16:52.880 good blocker, So I want to see what do they 0:16:52.960 --> 0:16:55.360 look like when it's live football out there. And the 0:16:55.360 --> 0:16:59.880 guy that no one has talked about that could emmul 0:17:00.200 --> 0:17:02.920 Christian style of play the most now that Scarlett is 0:17:02.960 --> 0:17:06.240 hurt is Reggie Bonifon. Like, I mean, what a name 0:17:06.320 --> 0:17:08.560 I mean, right, I mean, he came out and made 0:17:08.600 --> 0:17:11.639 all sorts of waves when the depth chart that someone 0:17:11.720 --> 0:17:13.760 who will remain name was put out this last week, 0:17:14.160 --> 0:17:16.120 you know, and he's third, you know, I mean it's 0:17:16.119 --> 0:17:18.400 completely unofficial, but we're going to get to see him. 0:17:18.600 --> 0:17:21.359 And you know, he played all these positions in college. 0:17:21.359 --> 0:17:23.000 You know, he's done everything. You know when he was 0:17:23.040 --> 0:17:25.119 at Louisville, you know, can he go out there and 0:17:25.160 --> 0:17:27.760 all of a sudden, you know, be be someone that 0:17:27.800 --> 0:17:30.080 you're looking at him to do stuff that Christian is 0:17:30.160 --> 0:17:32.639 also doing at the same time, because you know, I 0:17:32.680 --> 0:17:34.919 feel like artists pain and all the feel a kind 0:17:34.920 --> 0:17:36.840 of more of the same cloth, you know, kind of 0:17:37.160 --> 0:17:39.960 really really hard nose between the tackles, not necessarily threats 0:17:40.080 --> 0:17:42.040 to catch out of the back field. And Ron has 0:17:42.080 --> 0:17:44.240 even said, like every year he seems to say, like 0:17:44.320 --> 0:17:47.040 artist pain has had a great camp. He's had a 0:17:47.040 --> 0:17:50.320 great camp, he's had a great past. Yeah, so is 0:17:50.400 --> 0:17:55.120 that enough to apparently you know, like isn't enough? So 0:17:55.280 --> 0:17:57.879 then who can jump over him in the preseason? Approved 0:17:57.880 --> 0:17:59.640 because it is kind of one of those well gosh, 0:17:59.640 --> 0:18:01.320 he's play and great, you want to keep him around, 0:18:01.480 --> 0:18:02.840 And I think it's gonna be interesting to see to 0:18:02.960 --> 0:18:05.200 once those roster cuts do come, how many running backs 0:18:05.200 --> 0:18:07.080 are they going to keep? Um if they're really going 0:18:07.119 --> 0:18:09.200 to buy into this lightning the load for Christian. But 0:18:09.240 --> 0:18:10.760 it was also funny to bring that up to some 0:18:10.840 --> 0:18:12.840 of the other offensive players and they're like, I'm sorry, 0:18:12.880 --> 0:18:17.440 we're what it's Christian McCaffrey, Like if he's let him eat, 0:18:17.560 --> 0:18:20.080 Like if he he is who he is. I mean, 0:18:20.080 --> 0:18:21.640 that's why they're giving the ball to him. So it'll 0:18:21.680 --> 0:18:23.680 be interesting to see. That's one thing that I am 0:18:23.800 --> 0:18:25.840 very just. I want to see how it plays out. 0:18:26.080 --> 0:18:27.720 How many are they going to have? And it's a 0:18:27.760 --> 0:18:30.199 shame that Scarlett's hurt because this is this is the 0:18:30.200 --> 0:18:31.800 time of year whereas a rookie you want to be 0:18:31.840 --> 0:18:34.879 out there playing and if you're you're behind, it's it 0:18:34.920 --> 0:18:36.840 can be tough to catch up, especially if guys go 0:18:36.880 --> 0:18:40.000 out there and really show out. So hopefully, um, he's 0:18:40.040 --> 0:18:42.240 able to recover quickly and get out there for weeks 0:18:42.240 --> 0:18:44.800 two of the preseason because it's this This is not 0:18:44.840 --> 0:18:46.159 the one the way you want to get this part 0:18:46.200 --> 0:18:48.160 of the year going. 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