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Speaker 1: What's up, guys. Welcome into a week eighteen edition of

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Speaker 1: Chargers Weekly alongside Matt Muddy Smith Chris Hay here with

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Speaker 1: you money. Raiders Chargers Vegas winner goes to playoffs both

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Speaker 1: the hard do you need to say? Man? I mean,

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Speaker 1: how about it? The Chargers and the Raiders is gonna

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Speaker 1: play two primetime games a Monday night and a Sunday night.

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Speaker 1: That's how big it is and how big of a

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Speaker 1: deal this one is. It's the last game of the

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Speaker 1: regular season, and it is the only one that is

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Speaker 1: a win, and you are in lose and you are not.

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Speaker 1: And it's the two teams that hate each other more

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Speaker 1: than any other teams in the league, to fan bases

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Speaker 1: that hate each other more than any other fan bases

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Speaker 1: in the league. And it's gonna be awesome. It is

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Speaker 1: going to be absolutely awesome. And I cannot wait to

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Speaker 1: get into Allegian Stadium on Sunday night. And having seen

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Speaker 1: a lot of the Raider home games and haven't been

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Speaker 1: on the road, and seeing a nice chunk of Charger

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Speaker 1: fans in Houston, in Washington, in Denver and all these

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Speaker 1: places that we've gone, I think we're gonna have a

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Speaker 1: nice EPL Premier League style swath of powder blue insidely,

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Speaker 1: I just think when the chart when the Raiders were

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Speaker 1: six and seven and it wasn't looking good, they went

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Speaker 1: through that one in five stretch. I could totally see

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Speaker 1: a bunch of Charger fans scooping up tickets. And we're

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Speaker 1: gonna get a healthy, little little sliver of Charger fans

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Speaker 1: gonna be great. It's gonna be so electric. And we

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Speaker 1: got a Jampex show. We're gonna talk to Sean Merriman,

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Speaker 1: We're gonna talk to Jack collins Worth of NBC Sports,

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Speaker 1: and we're gonna talk to Steve Weisch of NFL Network.

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Speaker 1: So three great guests. Before we get into money, just

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Speaker 1: let's rewind a little bit to the Broncos game. It

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Speaker 1: was a get right game for the Chargers in all

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Speaker 1: three phases. Yeah, I mean, and that's that's what they needed,

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Speaker 1: because it was a pretty crushing loss in Houston in

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Speaker 1: all three phases. You know, for the most I shouldn't

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Speaker 1: offense defense was not. So I think, you know, you

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Speaker 1: want to have some momentum and not just get a win.

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Speaker 1: And I've said that this year is that there's no

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Speaker 1: such thing as as winning, or you should say there's

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Speaker 1: no such thing as style points. You know, wins have

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Speaker 1: just been weird and hard to come by for so

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Speaker 1: many teams this year. Just get the win. But I

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Speaker 1: do think in this particular case, because of how the

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Speaker 1: Houston game played out, that this was a look. They

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Speaker 1: got Drew Locke out there. They're missing, you know, guys

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Speaker 1: You know, the Chargers got everybody back go out there

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Speaker 1: and you know, put a whopping on them, and it

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Speaker 1: was good to see. It was good to see the

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Speaker 1: offense light up the scoreboard. You know, a nice fourth

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Speaker 1: down conversion that led to a touchdown. Like, there was

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Speaker 1: a lot of good that came out of that game. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: you know de Andre Roberts one hundred one yard oscar return,

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Speaker 1: which was awesome and he said too, getting guys back

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Speaker 1: from that COVID list on special teams that makes a

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Speaker 1: world a difference as well. M Hopkins kicking the ball well,

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Speaker 1: and you know, I look at the defense, and we're

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Speaker 1: finally starting to see them healthy, right Sante Samuel Junior.

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Speaker 1: His first game back was Houston, so he's got a

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Speaker 1: out there. Durwin just makes a world a difference. Man. Incredible,

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Speaker 1: it's it's it's incredible the way he plays. If you

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Speaker 1: haven't seen the micd up, watch the micd up. I

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Speaker 1: mean if if you don't want to run through a

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Speaker 1: He's telling every single person on the team he loves

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Speaker 1: them multiple times, multiple times throughout the game. Throughout the game, man,

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Speaker 1: and he's he's amping people up. Justin Jones is like

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Speaker 1: That's what they were missing. And we didn't We didn't

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Speaker 1: And it almost made me feel a little bit better

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Speaker 1: Tray Pipkins played fantastic. Yeah. I don't think a lot

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Speaker 1: his rookie deal expires. You know, when there was some

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Speaker 1: excitement about his upside. You know, he just needed time

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Speaker 1: a heck of a right tackle Trey Pipkins. And if

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Speaker 1: that's the case, fantastic moving forward. You get your depth

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Speaker 1: because I don't know what Bulag is going to look

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Speaker 1: I can't imagine him coming back. So that out of

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Speaker 1: the way. The second thing I'll bring up with with

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Speaker 1: this guy is not going to let us lose this

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Speaker 1: they're supposed to win. And man, having him out there,

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Speaker 1: you can't oversell it how important it is having him

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Speaker 1: Darwin's a close second. And the confidence level I have

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Speaker 1: in this team, it's probably a three to four hundred

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Speaker 1: about it. And Mighty before we get into all of

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Speaker 1: our guests, I just want to say this, The Charger's

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Speaker 1: Raiders rivalry is back, and the fact that there are

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Speaker 1: makes it even juice here, right, Denzel Perryman and Casey

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Speaker 1: I mean, so many guys who played on this team

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Speaker 1: last year, and it just it batters again Like the

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Speaker 1: Seawan Merriman Nick Hardwick era. They just they boldoze the

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Speaker 1: Raiders every time they played them. This one matters. They're

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Speaker 1: We haven't seen this out of this rivalry in almost

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Speaker 1: four decades. Yeah, And look, the Chargers were en route

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Speaker 1: to a boat race when they met on Monday night football, right.

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Speaker 1: It was twenty one nothing in the first half, and

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Speaker 1: then it got a little shaky there in the third quarter,

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Speaker 1: you probably should have put this team away with like

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Speaker 1: than Sana whatever. With the Raiders. You know, they won

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Speaker 1: or by injury. You know, the Cleveland game was a farce,

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Speaker 1: did not look right. Now. I'm not trying to take

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Speaker 1: great Steve Weish. It's Steve. I immediately think of you

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Speaker 1: when I think a big games man. We wanted to

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Speaker 1: have you on Chargers Raiders last game of the regular

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Speaker 1: season in week eighteen for a playoff spot my friend, Oh,

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Speaker 1: nine twenty nine, yeah, fourth quart overtime game winning drives,

426
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Speaker 1: and we've seen him do that lately. They've got three

427
00:21:09,200 --> 00:21:14,600
Speaker 1: overtime wins this year. So I just think, you know,

428
00:21:14,800 --> 00:21:18,000
Speaker 1: he doesn't He's not Aaron Rodgers, right, He's not the

429
00:21:18,160 --> 00:21:19,879
Speaker 1: dude who's just gonna pull a rabbit out of a

430
00:21:19,920 --> 00:21:21,600
Speaker 1: hat and you're like, oh my god, there's nothing we

431
00:21:21,680 --> 00:21:25,440
Speaker 1: could do. Like he hasn't had that moment basically since

432
00:21:25,480 --> 00:21:27,840
Speaker 1: he's gotten hurt when he was on that great MVP

433
00:21:28,000 --> 00:21:31,160
Speaker 1: type run a couple of years ago. And so yeah,

434
00:21:31,200 --> 00:21:32,520
Speaker 1: so you say to yourself, because I mean, this is

435
00:21:32,520 --> 00:21:34,399
Speaker 1: the thing with the Raiders. You know, it's it's so funny.

436
00:21:34,440 --> 00:21:36,119
Speaker 1: People are like, hey, if Richard Besacci, if they win

437
00:21:36,200 --> 00:21:37,680
Speaker 1: this game, this just got to get some Coach of

438
00:21:37,720 --> 00:21:40,000
Speaker 1: the Year conversation. Well, if they lose this game's gonna

439
00:21:40,000 --> 00:21:42,560
Speaker 1: get fired. And I think that's how people are with Derek, Like,

440
00:21:42,640 --> 00:21:44,720
Speaker 1: if they win this game, Okay, this is Derek's moment.

441
00:21:45,280 --> 00:21:47,439
Speaker 1: If they lose this game, they got they gotta get

442
00:21:47,560 --> 00:21:50,160
Speaker 1: rid of him and start all over. And it's such

443
00:21:50,240 --> 00:21:53,760
Speaker 1: a weird dynamic when you know that Derek Carr is

444
00:21:53,800 --> 00:21:55,960
Speaker 1: a good player. I mean just you know, and I'm

445
00:21:56,359 --> 00:21:58,479
Speaker 1: not taking away from any of Derek's coaches, but can

446
00:21:58,480 --> 00:21:59,720
Speaker 1: you imagine if all of a sudden he goes to

447
00:21:59,800 --> 00:22:02,719
Speaker 1: New Orleans. Tell me one person that's gonna say if

448
00:22:02,720 --> 00:22:05,440
Speaker 1: Derek cargoes Sean Payton, he's not gonna be Who's not

449
00:22:05,440 --> 00:22:07,120
Speaker 1: gonna think he's gonna be a Pro Bowl type player.

450
00:22:07,920 --> 00:22:11,080
Speaker 1: So the talent is there, but like you said, there's

451
00:22:11,080 --> 00:22:15,600
Speaker 1: just there's this right here, like, is he ever gonna

452
00:22:15,640 --> 00:22:20,240
Speaker 1: be the guy to get them going? You just don't know.

453
00:22:21,920 --> 00:22:24,440
Speaker 1: Steve will get you at here on this knowing what

454
00:22:24,560 --> 00:22:27,159
Speaker 1: you know about both these teams, how they're currently playing,

455
00:22:27,800 --> 00:22:29,080
Speaker 1: what do you think it is going to decide this

456
00:22:29,200 --> 00:22:32,800
Speaker 1: one Sunday night? Well, I mean to me, to me,

457
00:22:32,920 --> 00:22:35,359
Speaker 1: it's it's just the Chargers getting out early and not

458
00:22:35,560 --> 00:22:38,359
Speaker 1: letting the not let the Raiders bog them down. I mean,

459
00:22:38,440 --> 00:22:40,960
Speaker 1: we saw the Colts go out earlier on the Raiders

460
00:22:41,520 --> 00:22:46,000
Speaker 1: and and and then the Raiders bog them down. Right,

461
00:22:46,720 --> 00:22:48,480
Speaker 1: You can't get that ten nothing lead then all of

462
00:22:48,480 --> 00:22:52,240
Speaker 1: a sudden it's ten three at halftime, yeah, or thirteen

463
00:22:52,400 --> 00:22:55,200
Speaker 1: seven midway through the third quarter, because then you're in trouble.

464
00:22:55,400 --> 00:22:57,879
Speaker 1: You then the Raiders kind of have you where they

465
00:22:57,960 --> 00:23:00,720
Speaker 1: want you. And it's it's weird because the Raiders make

466
00:23:00,760 --> 00:23:02,760
Speaker 1: the penalties that they've always say, they do the things

467
00:23:02,840 --> 00:23:06,040
Speaker 1: that they've kind of traditionally, but they find themselves able

468
00:23:08,160 --> 00:23:11,000
Speaker 1: to just to make you make that one mistake or

469
00:23:11,040 --> 00:23:13,280
Speaker 1: have that one bad three and out which gives them

470
00:23:13,320 --> 00:23:16,080
Speaker 1: a shot. And so I think the Chargers have got

471
00:23:16,160 --> 00:23:18,240
Speaker 1: to just if they're going to get up by a touchdown,

472
00:23:18,240 --> 00:23:20,120
Speaker 1: They got to stay up by a touch on extended

473
00:23:20,160 --> 00:23:23,240
Speaker 1: to ten, get a takeaway, take away a possession. Just

474
00:23:23,480 --> 00:23:25,840
Speaker 1: not let the Raiders keep within a one possession game,

475
00:23:26,320 --> 00:23:29,359
Speaker 1: because they just somehow this season and it's not just

476
00:23:29,440 --> 00:23:31,400
Speaker 1: the last three games, but this season when you look

477
00:23:31,400 --> 00:23:33,680
Speaker 1: at their games, been able to find a way to

478
00:23:33,720 --> 00:23:37,360
Speaker 1: win those type of ball games. Kind of can't wait.

479
00:23:38,040 --> 00:23:40,080
Speaker 1: It's gonna be so good. It's gonna be so good.

480
00:23:40,240 --> 00:23:42,200
Speaker 1: It's gonna be so good. Man, I know how busy

481
00:23:42,200 --> 00:23:44,159
Speaker 1: you are. We appreciate you taking a few minutes to

482
00:23:44,640 --> 00:23:47,440
Speaker 1: chat with us about this game. Man, always always great

483
00:23:47,480 --> 00:23:54,879
Speaker 1: guys uptown top rank, that's our man, Steve which money

484
00:23:55,000 --> 00:23:59,040
Speaker 1: this is Las Vegas is number one resident Raider lover

485
00:24:00,040 --> 00:24:04,440
Speaker 1: Shaan Meryman. He's been having a week now on social

486
00:24:04,480 --> 00:24:08,520
Speaker 1: media's been having a week now on social media. It's

487
00:24:08,560 --> 00:24:10,920
Speaker 1: been fun. I can't you know, can't lie about that.

488
00:24:11,359 --> 00:24:15,000
Speaker 1: Um well, you know it's look, this is the week

489
00:24:15,320 --> 00:24:18,600
Speaker 1: too for me, you know, just that rivalry that's been

490
00:24:18,680 --> 00:24:21,520
Speaker 1: around for so so for so long. Man, you get

491
00:24:21,520 --> 00:24:23,119
Speaker 1: a chance to go back and forth and I'm not

492
00:24:23,200 --> 00:24:26,800
Speaker 1: playing obviously, but you see the rabbit fans and how

493
00:24:26,840 --> 00:24:30,560
Speaker 1: aggressive and the back and forth banter that they have

494
00:24:30,760 --> 00:24:34,040
Speaker 1: all the time. I mean, I just wish that I

495
00:24:34,160 --> 00:24:36,760
Speaker 1: was on social media more like this when I was playing,

496
00:24:36,760 --> 00:24:38,439
Speaker 1: because it would it would have been no stop for me. Then,

497
00:24:39,359 --> 00:24:41,720
Speaker 1: you know, speak to that, Sean, because we know fans

498
00:24:41,800 --> 00:24:44,000
Speaker 1: get excited, right fan bases. They're not the ones that

499
00:24:44,040 --> 00:24:45,320
Speaker 1: got to put on the pads and get out of

500
00:24:45,359 --> 00:24:47,480
Speaker 1: the field and hit each other and play this game

501
00:24:47,520 --> 00:24:49,480
Speaker 1: that is so violent and it's so hard to do

502
00:24:49,600 --> 00:24:53,200
Speaker 1: anything against any team, let alone one that's supposedly arrival.

503
00:24:53,320 --> 00:24:56,719
Speaker 1: But man, it feels like it's different even for the players.

504
00:24:56,760 --> 00:24:59,280
Speaker 1: I think about last year the win and the Raiders,

505
00:24:59,359 --> 00:25:01,320
Speaker 1: you know, and arm dropped that ball and it was

506
00:25:01,359 --> 00:25:04,359
Speaker 1: announced they're doing their little airplane on the Charger sideline

507
00:25:04,400 --> 00:25:08,040
Speaker 1: when Herbert's in and overtime Chargers doing the same thing back.

508
00:25:08,200 --> 00:25:11,800
Speaker 1: So do these do players? Is there a rivalry between

509
00:25:11,840 --> 00:25:16,440
Speaker 1: these two teams for the players as well? No, absolutely, absolutely, Listen,

510
00:25:16,520 --> 00:25:18,520
Speaker 1: outside of it being a division game, I think that

511
00:25:18,640 --> 00:25:22,480
Speaker 1: we all know that there's a different level of play

512
00:25:22,560 --> 00:25:24,840
Speaker 1: when you're playing. The ratings. Yeah, you know, you you

513
00:25:24,920 --> 00:25:27,040
Speaker 1: want to see as a player in the locker room

514
00:25:27,080 --> 00:25:29,000
Speaker 1: I'm sure Coach Staley is probably telling them this is

515
00:25:29,119 --> 00:25:30,960
Speaker 1: this is a game that we got to win and

516
00:25:31,040 --> 00:25:32,720
Speaker 1: treat this like every other game. You should say it

517
00:25:32,760 --> 00:25:35,440
Speaker 1: in the locker room, but amongst the guys when you're talking,

518
00:25:35,560 --> 00:25:37,520
Speaker 1: you know that this is a little different, right. You

519
00:25:37,600 --> 00:25:39,359
Speaker 1: know that guy's gonna be jumping and dive for that

520
00:25:39,480 --> 00:25:42,560
Speaker 1: extra inch and guys are gonna be finishing off plays.

521
00:25:43,160 --> 00:25:47,119
Speaker 1: This week is different, um than a lot of the others.

522
00:25:47,200 --> 00:25:50,600
Speaker 1: It really is, and even more so because of the implications.

523
00:25:51,760 --> 00:25:53,520
Speaker 1: You know, if this is a game and you know

524
00:25:53,560 --> 00:25:55,200
Speaker 1: we're in the middle of the season and not much

525
00:25:55,280 --> 00:25:57,000
Speaker 1: is riding on the line other than you know, just

526
00:25:57,680 --> 00:26:00,680
Speaker 1: a game on Sunday, then it's it's one thing. But

527
00:26:00,800 --> 00:26:03,919
Speaker 1: this is a winn to go home. Uh, this is uh,

528
00:26:04,320 --> 00:26:06,640
Speaker 1: who's going to you know, kind of look be looked

529
00:26:06,680 --> 00:26:09,320
Speaker 1: at of control the you know outside of Kansas City.

530
00:26:09,320 --> 00:26:12,399
Speaker 1: Who's going to be that that rivalry you know going forward?

531
00:26:12,440 --> 00:26:16,640
Speaker 1: And it's it's it's it has a lot of implications, Sean.

532
00:26:16,800 --> 00:26:19,960
Speaker 1: I talked to Nick Hardwick yesterday about Radar Week and

533
00:26:20,119 --> 00:26:22,200
Speaker 1: what it means, and that's why I think it's so special,

534
00:26:22,280 --> 00:26:25,240
Speaker 1: because it means so much to you, guys, it just

535
00:26:25,680 --> 00:26:28,240
Speaker 1: I don't know if you just talk about the fact

536
00:26:28,280 --> 00:26:32,040
Speaker 1: that Marty Schottenheimer really ratcheted this thing up when he

537
00:26:32,160 --> 00:26:35,399
Speaker 1: was the head coach. He did, he did, and and

538
00:26:35,720 --> 00:26:38,040
Speaker 1: don't get me wrong, I mean, look, I went hard

539
00:26:38,040 --> 00:26:40,520
Speaker 1: against every team, but it was something about Marty where

540
00:26:40,600 --> 00:26:46,200
Speaker 1: he implemented this idea in us that this team deserves

541
00:26:46,200 --> 00:26:48,280
Speaker 1: to be hated just that much more than everybody else.

542
00:26:48,600 --> 00:26:51,240
Speaker 1: And when I tell you that those week of practices

543
00:26:51,400 --> 00:26:54,439
Speaker 1: were more physical than we had all season, I mean

544
00:26:54,520 --> 00:26:56,359
Speaker 1: we had we had to talk guys in not to

545
00:26:56,400 --> 00:26:58,639
Speaker 1: take each other to the ground on tackles. You know,

546
00:26:58,680 --> 00:27:00,920
Speaker 1: we were lining up on fourth goal and then guys

547
00:27:01,040 --> 00:27:03,320
Speaker 1: wasn't fut and they were, you know, taking guys to

548
00:27:03,440 --> 00:27:08,160
Speaker 1: the ground. And so when the temperament is that high

549
00:27:08,320 --> 00:27:10,440
Speaker 1: and that much on the line, and you know, you

550
00:27:10,560 --> 00:27:13,639
Speaker 1: just can't wait to get to the game because all

551
00:27:13,680 --> 00:27:15,880
Speaker 1: the week you're you're fired up to go hit somebody else.

552
00:27:15,880 --> 00:27:17,879
Speaker 1: And we're better to wait to hit a team to

553
00:27:17,960 --> 00:27:21,639
Speaker 1: hit than the ratings. Yeah, you know, it's interesting, Sean,

554
00:27:21,760 --> 00:27:24,720
Speaker 1: because Joey Bosa didn't hold his tongue when he was

555
00:27:24,800 --> 00:27:26,880
Speaker 1: talking about it after that first game. He's like, hey, look,

556
00:27:26,960 --> 00:27:28,440
Speaker 1: we know how this goes. You know, you get the

557
00:27:28,520 --> 00:27:30,720
Speaker 1: car early and he gets shot and that's just you know,

558
00:27:30,920 --> 00:27:32,800
Speaker 1: and you don't hear that a lot, but if you

559
00:27:32,840 --> 00:27:35,320
Speaker 1: could as playing, you know, the same position is Joey

560
00:27:35,400 --> 00:27:37,040
Speaker 1: and knowing what it means to get after a quarterback

561
00:27:37,119 --> 00:27:38,960
Speaker 1: just kind of speak to what he was trying to

562
00:27:39,040 --> 00:27:41,440
Speaker 1: convey there in that moment. Well, you know, for one,

563
00:27:41,880 --> 00:27:44,240
Speaker 1: one thing I've been loving about Joey's He's been talking,

564
00:27:44,359 --> 00:27:48,000
Speaker 1: you know, even you know when Drew Lockett came out

565
00:27:48,040 --> 00:27:50,040
Speaker 1: and said he was tired, he went to make that

566
00:27:50,119 --> 00:27:52,720
Speaker 1: big play and he says like that part. I think

567
00:27:52,800 --> 00:27:54,680
Speaker 1: that first of all, you know, Joey Bosa's he's a

568
00:27:54,720 --> 00:27:57,280
Speaker 1: great player. He is. I think that the only thing

569
00:27:57,359 --> 00:27:59,000
Speaker 1: that I would say about him is I wish he

570
00:27:59,080 --> 00:28:01,280
Speaker 1: was always a little bit will vocal because he holds

571
00:28:01,359 --> 00:28:04,439
Speaker 1: so much, so much poor and he has so much

572
00:28:04,520 --> 00:28:06,600
Speaker 1: respect in that team. So when he talks and he

573
00:28:06,680 --> 00:28:09,000
Speaker 1: gets vocal, people will listening. It will lift people up.

574
00:28:09,320 --> 00:28:11,480
Speaker 1: So to actually see him going out and saying these things,

575
00:28:11,520 --> 00:28:13,680
Speaker 1: and you know, not only because he's a confident player,

576
00:28:13,720 --> 00:28:16,760
Speaker 1: but he can actually go out and do it. Speaking

577
00:28:16,800 --> 00:28:19,480
Speaker 1: of vocal. You know, Derwin James, it looks like that

578
00:28:19,640 --> 00:28:22,879
Speaker 1: defense finally is getting healthy and kind of rounding the

579
00:28:23,000 --> 00:28:26,520
Speaker 1: corner going into week eighteen. What did you see from

580
00:28:26,520 --> 00:28:29,679
Speaker 1: the Chargers defense last Sunday that you think can hopefully

581
00:28:29,760 --> 00:28:32,919
Speaker 1: carry over into this Sunday night. You know, one thing

582
00:28:32,960 --> 00:28:35,639
Speaker 1: I always said about Darwin and people, it's easy to

583
00:28:35,680 --> 00:28:37,560
Speaker 1: talk about his physical attributes, what he can do in

584
00:28:37,600 --> 00:28:40,640
Speaker 1: the field and been, you know, imposing other people. His

585
00:28:40,880 --> 00:28:43,680
Speaker 1: presence is just will disrupt any offense. You's got to

586
00:28:43,720 --> 00:28:45,400
Speaker 1: look at where he is. He got plays four or

587
00:28:45,440 --> 00:28:49,120
Speaker 1: five different positions, but people don't give him enough credit

588
00:28:49,200 --> 00:28:53,560
Speaker 1: for him communicating and keeping that defense cohesive. And when

589
00:28:53,640 --> 00:28:57,040
Speaker 1: you have somebody out there that's constantly talking, talking to

590
00:28:57,080 --> 00:28:59,080
Speaker 1: guys getting them lined up, sometimes you don't hear the

591
00:28:59,120 --> 00:29:01,479
Speaker 1: play because they maybe loud and he was physically going

592
00:29:01,520 --> 00:29:03,480
Speaker 1: to take a guy and get him lined up, make

593
00:29:03,560 --> 00:29:05,160
Speaker 1: sure that he knows a call so his head is

594
00:29:05,200 --> 00:29:08,160
Speaker 1: not spinning around before the play. Those type of guys

595
00:29:08,160 --> 00:29:11,280
Speaker 1: are invaluable. It's invaluable to a defense because you you

596
00:29:11,400 --> 00:29:13,840
Speaker 1: in a sense, you have a you have a coach

597
00:29:13,920 --> 00:29:15,960
Speaker 1: just out there, and also a guy that can go

598
00:29:16,040 --> 00:29:18,760
Speaker 1: out and make plays and there's very few times. You know,

599
00:29:18,840 --> 00:29:20,960
Speaker 1: sometimes you play with guys they're very vocal, but you

600
00:29:21,000 --> 00:29:23,080
Speaker 1: know it might not be the greatest athlete of the

601
00:29:23,160 --> 00:29:26,360
Speaker 1: greatest player on offensive defense. But when you have someone

602
00:29:26,440 --> 00:29:29,120
Speaker 1: that can do both, um, that's what makes the you know,

603
00:29:29,280 --> 00:29:32,680
Speaker 1: great players. Sean h'm I'm pulling it up right now

604
00:29:32,720 --> 00:29:35,040
Speaker 1: and just getting a look at that that Raiders offensive

605
00:29:35,080 --> 00:29:38,000
Speaker 1: line that's that's struggled this year. Can can you share

606
00:29:38,120 --> 00:29:40,880
Speaker 1: with with us in the listeners the idea of moving

607
00:29:40,920 --> 00:29:43,640
Speaker 1: around finding Waldo And you know, when you have someone

608
00:29:43,680 --> 00:29:46,080
Speaker 1: like Joey Bosa, what kind of challenges that for you

609
00:29:46,440 --> 00:29:48,440
Speaker 1: a pass rusher when you're asked to maybe line up

610
00:29:48,480 --> 00:29:50,880
Speaker 1: inside or move to the other side, are those challenges

611
00:29:50,960 --> 00:29:53,600
Speaker 1: or how does that work you as a pass rusher?

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00:29:53,800 --> 00:29:55,800
Speaker 1: You love it And I'll tell you why because you

613
00:29:55,960 --> 00:29:58,600
Speaker 1: you know, Joey's gonna get it, has been getting so

614
00:29:58,800 --> 00:30:01,720
Speaker 1: much attention, you know, gonna slide protection whatever he is,

615
00:30:01,760 --> 00:30:04,479
Speaker 1: He's gonna make sure they stay away or cut him

616
00:30:04,560 --> 00:30:07,040
Speaker 1: off from the backside and make sure he doesn't make

617
00:30:07,080 --> 00:30:09,200
Speaker 1: any plays. Now, when you start to move him around

618
00:30:09,240 --> 00:30:11,040
Speaker 1: and put him in different positions, they can no longer

619
00:30:11,160 --> 00:30:12,720
Speaker 1: come out and say, hey, this guy's gonna be line

620
00:30:12,800 --> 00:30:14,400
Speaker 1: up on the left, he's gonna be line up on

621
00:30:14,440 --> 00:30:16,120
Speaker 1: the right. I mean, Joey you can line up on

622
00:30:16,160 --> 00:30:17,640
Speaker 1: the inside and he can rush on the guard if

623
00:30:17,680 --> 00:30:19,600
Speaker 1: he had to. He just has that type of ability.

624
00:30:20,320 --> 00:30:22,640
Speaker 1: So to keep him moving around is very smart. And

625
00:30:23,280 --> 00:30:25,600
Speaker 1: coming into these games like this, you want to find

626
00:30:25,640 --> 00:30:28,680
Speaker 1: out what Joey Bosa is at every single point because

627
00:30:29,320 --> 00:30:31,560
Speaker 1: then you force somebody else, you know, some of the

628
00:30:31,640 --> 00:30:34,120
Speaker 1: other guys step up nuos two when uh some you know,

629
00:30:34,200 --> 00:30:36,360
Speaker 1: coming off the end, you want these other guys step

630
00:30:36,480 --> 00:30:38,680
Speaker 1: up because if that happens, you know, if you have

631
00:30:39,200 --> 00:30:42,080
Speaker 1: another guy on the opposite side that also requires any

632
00:30:42,120 --> 00:30:43,960
Speaker 1: type of potential to can make the play. When you

633
00:30:44,080 --> 00:30:46,080
Speaker 1: know Joey's gonna you know, beat double team or they're

634
00:30:46,080 --> 00:30:48,440
Speaker 1: gonna fan protection to slide protect to him, you know,

635
00:30:48,600 --> 00:30:51,959
Speaker 1: it's it's a game changing. So we're gonna be there

636
00:30:52,000 --> 00:30:54,760
Speaker 1: in a few days. You're you've been there, you know

637
00:30:54,920 --> 00:30:57,640
Speaker 1: you live there. Yeah, what's what's the buzz right now

638
00:30:58,120 --> 00:31:01,120
Speaker 1: in the city as we get closer to Sunday. Well, look,

639
00:31:01,360 --> 00:31:04,360
Speaker 1: whenever I have problems getting tickets, you know that that's

640
00:31:04,400 --> 00:31:08,160
Speaker 1: a you know, that's that's a big deal. Um. But

641
00:31:08,360 --> 00:31:11,800
Speaker 1: that's that's the you know, kind of the field that's

642
00:31:11,840 --> 00:31:13,800
Speaker 1: going on about here. I don't know persons that's not

643
00:31:13,920 --> 00:31:16,640
Speaker 1: going to that game. And then somebody that has meant

644
00:31:16,640 --> 00:31:19,520
Speaker 1: to a game all year, Uh, that's finding that way

645
00:31:19,560 --> 00:31:21,280
Speaker 1: to make it a game. And don't be surprised. I

646
00:31:21,320 --> 00:31:23,800
Speaker 1: don't say this, Do not be surprised if it's fifty

647
00:31:23,880 --> 00:31:26,800
Speaker 1: fifty out there. I'm not sure, he said. You know,

648
00:31:26,920 --> 00:31:29,240
Speaker 1: I'll tell you there's a lot living here in Vegas.

649
00:31:29,280 --> 00:31:32,080
Speaker 1: There's a lot of Chargers fans walking around. Um. You know,

650
00:31:32,160 --> 00:31:33,760
Speaker 1: you see your silver and black, you're gonna have that.

651
00:31:34,280 --> 00:31:35,640
Speaker 1: But for the most part, you have a lot of

652
00:31:35,720 --> 00:31:38,600
Speaker 1: Chargers fans walking around here in Vegas. And don't be

653
00:31:38,680 --> 00:31:41,840
Speaker 1: surprised if you see a fifty fifty crowd out there. Now,

654
00:31:42,120 --> 00:31:44,720
Speaker 1: I would love to know. Last thing for me here, Sean,

655
00:31:44,840 --> 00:31:47,520
Speaker 1: we see the lights out light side extreme fighting. You

656
00:31:47,640 --> 00:31:50,840
Speaker 1: mentioned Marty would ratchet up the practices for Radar week

657
00:31:50,880 --> 00:31:53,240
Speaker 1: for you and watching what you've been doing on social media,

658
00:31:53,280 --> 00:31:54,800
Speaker 1: what are the workouts have been like this week? You're

659
00:31:54,840 --> 00:31:57,120
Speaker 1: hitting a little harder, you're taggling a little harder. Look

660
00:31:57,160 --> 00:31:59,320
Speaker 1: two of days, look at my look at my look

661
00:31:59,360 --> 00:32:01,880
Speaker 1: at my Instagram and yesterday, and watch the morning workout

662
00:32:01,960 --> 00:32:04,640
Speaker 1: at seven thirty in the morning, and then watch the

663
00:32:04,760 --> 00:32:07,320
Speaker 1: afternoon the evening workout. I've been hitting two days this week.

664
00:32:07,520 --> 00:32:10,760
Speaker 1: But you know, I'm in the spirit, you know, I like,

665
00:32:11,640 --> 00:32:13,880
Speaker 1: I like when this happens. And you know, for me

666
00:32:15,120 --> 00:32:17,160
Speaker 1: being on this side now I'm stepping away from the game,

667
00:32:17,280 --> 00:32:19,880
Speaker 1: you start to understand and feel how fans feel about

668
00:32:19,920 --> 00:32:23,160
Speaker 1: the game, right because they obviously they can't go out

669
00:32:23,160 --> 00:32:25,080
Speaker 1: there and make a big play, They can't tackle anybody,

670
00:32:25,160 --> 00:32:26,560
Speaker 1: do anything. So the most you can do is go

671
00:32:26,640 --> 00:32:28,960
Speaker 1: at another team's fans. And that's that's your robbery, that's

672
00:32:29,000 --> 00:32:32,040
Speaker 1: your that's your game. So you know, I think that,

673
00:32:32,960 --> 00:32:34,560
Speaker 1: you know, I think the Charge is definitely gonna come

674
00:32:34,560 --> 00:32:36,920
Speaker 1: out on top. I do believe that the Raiders is

675
00:32:36,920 --> 00:32:39,520
Speaker 1: gonna put up a fight full quarter or two. But

676
00:32:39,840 --> 00:32:42,000
Speaker 1: I just feel that the way justin Herbert and these

677
00:32:42,040 --> 00:32:45,080
Speaker 1: guys are playing as a cohesive unit right now, that

678
00:32:45,200 --> 00:32:47,440
Speaker 1: they're going to overwhelm them before that game is over.

679
00:32:48,360 --> 00:32:51,800
Speaker 1: Short the final thing, lights out, extreme fighting. What's the latest?

680
00:32:52,040 --> 00:32:53,760
Speaker 1: What do you got cooking right now? You know, the

681
00:32:53,840 --> 00:32:55,640
Speaker 1: funny part is we were supposed to have a fight

682
00:32:55,760 --> 00:32:58,640
Speaker 1: this Friday out here, and I was gonna make it

683
00:32:58,720 --> 00:33:03,280
Speaker 1: a very very rivalry special for Lights Out Extreme Fighting.

684
00:33:03,640 --> 00:33:05,400
Speaker 1: We couldn't pull it off. We couldn't get the dates

685
00:33:05,400 --> 00:33:08,080
Speaker 1: in time. But you know, all of our fights are

686
00:33:08,120 --> 00:33:10,560
Speaker 1: still there on Fullball Sports Football TV to check us out,

687
00:33:11,280 --> 00:33:13,440
Speaker 1: and we do have some big announcements coming up, some

688
00:33:13,560 --> 00:33:17,800
Speaker 1: more dates outside of California as well, and some big

689
00:33:17,880 --> 00:33:20,520
Speaker 1: tournaments we're looking at putting on. There we go. Maybe

690
00:33:20,560 --> 00:33:23,360
Speaker 1: we can get you in Kansas City or Tennessee or

691
00:33:23,440 --> 00:33:25,840
Speaker 1: Cincinnati or wherever we are for that first playoff game.

692
00:33:25,880 --> 00:33:27,800
Speaker 1: We'll set up a lights out on Friday night going

693
00:33:27,840 --> 00:33:31,600
Speaker 1: into that playoff contest. There you go, make it happened, Sean.

694
00:33:31,840 --> 00:33:33,720
Speaker 1: We will see you at Allegion on Sunday, my man,

695
00:33:34,240 --> 00:33:37,640
Speaker 1: all right, can't wait? All right, buddy, let's bring it.

696
00:33:37,800 --> 00:33:43,000
Speaker 1: Jack Collinsworth and Jack, when did you find out Chargers

697
00:33:43,120 --> 00:33:45,040
Speaker 1: Raiders and did you have an inkling that this would

698
00:33:45,040 --> 00:33:47,840
Speaker 1: be the destination here in week eighteen. It's kind of

699
00:33:47,880 --> 00:33:49,880
Speaker 1: funny because we have all those vans, you know, we're

700
00:33:49,920 --> 00:33:52,160
Speaker 1: sitting all the production trucks and we have our own

701
00:33:52,280 --> 00:33:54,640
Speaker 1: little sort of corner of the trailer, or we have

702
00:33:54,800 --> 00:33:56,880
Speaker 1: the TVs and we watch all the games on Sunday

703
00:33:57,280 --> 00:34:00,560
Speaker 1: and everybody's watching all the different matchups. Score, Well, this happens,

704
00:34:00,600 --> 00:34:02,800
Speaker 1: then we're in Cleveland. If that match if that happens,

705
00:34:02,840 --> 00:34:05,360
Speaker 1: we're in Vegas. And I gotta say probably the most

706
00:34:05,400 --> 00:34:09,560
Speaker 1: popular was a trip to Vegas and exactly that. Yeah,

707
00:34:09,600 --> 00:34:11,520
Speaker 1: no doubt. And I look, you've seen both of these

708
00:34:11,600 --> 00:34:14,520
Speaker 1: teams already this year. Just kind of your thoughts, Jack

709
00:34:14,600 --> 00:34:17,680
Speaker 1: on what you saw Sunday night Football Chargers Steelers. I mean,

710
00:34:17,760 --> 00:34:20,040
Speaker 1: it was an awesome game. Looked like it was going

711
00:34:20,080 --> 00:34:22,640
Speaker 1: to be a blowout, but it never is with the Chargers,

712
00:34:22,719 --> 00:34:24,839
Speaker 1: And just sort of your impressions of where we're at

713
00:34:24,920 --> 00:34:27,640
Speaker 1: now with this team at nine and seven and fighting

714
00:34:27,680 --> 00:34:30,680
Speaker 1: for a playoff spot with its final contest. I don't

715
00:34:30,760 --> 00:34:33,759
Speaker 1: think the future is bright, right, not many You don't

716
00:34:33,800 --> 00:34:36,440
Speaker 1: want to trade places with many other teams, many other

717
00:34:36,560 --> 00:34:39,279
Speaker 1: quarterback situations. And I'm in Cincinnati right now. We were

718
00:34:39,320 --> 00:34:41,680
Speaker 1: just talking about that, and I see a whole bunch

719
00:34:41,760 --> 00:34:44,799
Speaker 1: of parallels between the Bengals and where the Chargers are.

720
00:34:44,840 --> 00:34:47,800
Speaker 1: And it's a young quarterback and you'll have those multi

721
00:34:48,000 --> 00:34:51,839
Speaker 1: interception games and tough moments, and you're gonna go up

722
00:34:51,880 --> 00:34:53,640
Speaker 1: and you're gonna go down, and it's never gonna be

723
00:34:53,760 --> 00:34:56,080
Speaker 1: the perfect smooth sailing. And it's not even that for

724
00:34:56,200 --> 00:34:59,439
Speaker 1: Tom Brady, right, But he's a little more consistent. Aaron

725
00:34:59,560 --> 00:35:02,520
Speaker 1: Rodgers get a little more consistency. Just think you hit

726
00:35:02,560 --> 00:35:05,920
Speaker 1: a little of those learning curves. But there's no quarterback

727
00:35:06,000 --> 00:35:08,279
Speaker 1: that I would trade for Joe Burrow, And if I

728
00:35:08,360 --> 00:35:10,279
Speaker 1: were you guys, there'd be no quarterback that I would

729
00:35:10,320 --> 00:35:12,879
Speaker 1: trade for Justin Herbert. So you just kind of live

730
00:35:12,960 --> 00:35:14,839
Speaker 1: with it and learn with it and grow with them.

731
00:35:15,640 --> 00:35:17,960
Speaker 1: But I think both these guys are ahead of schedule, man,

732
00:35:18,200 --> 00:35:20,239
Speaker 1: I really do. Like I think the Bengals are going

733
00:35:20,280 --> 00:35:23,080
Speaker 1: to put together a potential playoff run here and one

734
00:35:23,160 --> 00:35:25,160
Speaker 1: game away for the Chargers to go do the same.

735
00:35:26,400 --> 00:35:28,239
Speaker 1: What do you make of the Charges right now? Jack?

736
00:35:28,520 --> 00:35:31,080
Speaker 1: This late in the year, obviously, you know, with these

737
00:35:31,120 --> 00:35:33,719
Speaker 1: COVID issues, a lot of teams had some difficulties at

738
00:35:33,760 --> 00:35:35,920
Speaker 1: the end of the year, and the Chargers difficulty was

739
00:35:35,960 --> 00:35:39,720
Speaker 1: in Houston right after Christmas, losing that game to the Texans,

740
00:35:39,840 --> 00:35:43,560
Speaker 1: but appeared to be full strength now. Justin Herbert Humming

741
00:35:43,600 --> 00:35:46,120
Speaker 1: and you know, we've been talking about Darwin James all

742
00:35:46,239 --> 00:35:48,440
Speaker 1: podcasts and just the impact that he has on the

743
00:35:48,520 --> 00:35:52,520
Speaker 1: defensive ends. He's pretty amazing. Derwin James is pretty amazing.

744
00:35:52,600 --> 00:35:54,080
Speaker 1: And I think you got to saw a little bit

745
00:35:54,120 --> 00:35:57,480
Speaker 1: of his leadership stuff last week too. I was watching

746
00:35:57,560 --> 00:35:59,680
Speaker 1: that miked up in the relationship that he has with

747
00:36:00,000 --> 00:36:02,279
Speaker 1: which I thought was pretty cool. And I know a

748
00:36:02,360 --> 00:36:04,719
Speaker 1: bunch of those guys. I know Bosa and you had

749
00:36:04,760 --> 00:36:07,400
Speaker 1: some Notre damers there as well. Drew Frank who was

750
00:36:08,040 --> 00:36:10,480
Speaker 1: basically a strong safety and he had all kinds of

751
00:36:10,560 --> 00:36:13,400
Speaker 1: knee injuries man at least two or three one in

752
00:36:13,520 --> 00:36:16,080
Speaker 1: high school, maybe two at college, one of them even

753
00:36:16,080 --> 00:36:19,600
Speaker 1: when he was celebrating, and he's sort of converted safety

754
00:36:19,760 --> 00:36:23,719
Speaker 1: now linebackers. You see that position evolved. Jerry Tillery's another one.

755
00:36:23,760 --> 00:36:25,759
Speaker 1: I saw he had a sack last week. I can

756
00:36:25,840 --> 00:36:28,400
Speaker 1: remember Jerry Tillery coming into Notre Dame when we were

757
00:36:28,440 --> 00:36:31,719
Speaker 1: there and the very first practice as an early en

758
00:36:31,800 --> 00:36:34,200
Speaker 1: role lead Brian Kelly being like, who the heck is

759
00:36:34,320 --> 00:36:37,320
Speaker 1: that guy? He played a bunch all four years and

760
00:36:37,600 --> 00:36:40,520
Speaker 1: so to finally see his career sort of come back around,

761
00:36:40,640 --> 00:36:42,680
Speaker 1: and I think he's being productive now too, has been

762
00:36:42,760 --> 00:36:44,560
Speaker 1: very cool for me to watch. But I think this

763
00:36:44,680 --> 00:36:47,920
Speaker 1: team's got a great offensive line. Austin Ekelers creates that

764
00:36:48,120 --> 00:36:50,440
Speaker 1: natural leverage. He's one of the hardest backs to bring

765
00:36:50,560 --> 00:36:52,960
Speaker 1: down anywhere in football that I watch. And then you

766
00:36:53,040 --> 00:36:55,279
Speaker 1: have two of the best receivers and Mike Williams and

767
00:36:55,400 --> 00:36:57,760
Speaker 1: Keenan Allen. Finally getting to see them have a quarterback

768
00:36:57,800 --> 00:37:00,960
Speaker 1: throwing the football like Justin Herbert's pretty dang exciting. So

769
00:37:01,400 --> 00:37:04,040
Speaker 1: I think this team's got basically everything and they can

770
00:37:04,120 --> 00:37:07,000
Speaker 1: go compete with Kansas City. We've already seen that. So

771
00:37:07,120 --> 00:37:08,759
Speaker 1: if you can go beat them, I don't I don't

772
00:37:08,760 --> 00:37:10,560
Speaker 1: think there's any reason to think they can't get out

773
00:37:10,600 --> 00:37:12,680
Speaker 1: of the AFC if they get hot at the right time.

774
00:37:13,120 --> 00:37:15,000
Speaker 1: You know what, Just keep running with that, Jack, because

775
00:37:15,080 --> 00:37:16,759
Speaker 1: you've seen all these teams, you know. I mean, like,

776
00:37:16,840 --> 00:37:19,600
Speaker 1: when you look at the AFC, do you feel like

777
00:37:19,760 --> 00:37:22,120
Speaker 1: there's a favorite? Is there a team that you feel

778
00:37:22,200 --> 00:37:25,160
Speaker 1: has distanced itself when you look at the top, you

779
00:37:25,640 --> 00:37:28,600
Speaker 1: still you still they feel like Kansas City's probably that

780
00:37:28,880 --> 00:37:32,040
Speaker 1: that best team any given week, if there was, I

781
00:37:32,160 --> 00:37:34,720
Speaker 1: still feel like they're gonna be the favorite. Now Tennessee.

782
00:37:34,800 --> 00:37:37,239
Speaker 1: If they get Derrick Henry back, that's a physical group

783
00:37:37,320 --> 00:37:39,719
Speaker 1: and I feel like they always get overlooked a bit,

784
00:37:39,800 --> 00:37:41,759
Speaker 1: and I don't really know why or how that they

785
00:37:41,840 --> 00:37:44,920
Speaker 1: get overlooked. But Ryan Tannehill has really been a good

786
00:37:45,000 --> 00:37:47,840
Speaker 1: quarterback there and he knows how to play within that offense,

787
00:37:47,840 --> 00:37:50,359
Speaker 1: and they play hard for Vrabel and if they they're

788
00:37:50,440 --> 00:37:53,399
Speaker 1: running well without Derrick Henry. So if Derrick Henry comes back,

789
00:37:53,480 --> 00:37:55,760
Speaker 1: and he very well may have gone for two thousand

790
00:37:55,800 --> 00:37:58,600
Speaker 1: plus this year, he was, he was on some crazy

791
00:37:58,760 --> 00:38:01,520
Speaker 1: terror before he got hurt. And I also think about

792
00:38:01,640 --> 00:38:03,840
Speaker 1: fresh legs, right with all these other guys who have

793
00:38:03,920 --> 00:38:07,040
Speaker 1: played eighteen weeks. If he comes back and he's healthy

794
00:38:07,200 --> 00:38:10,879
Speaker 1: and fresh, that could be a scary sights. That's another team.

795
00:38:10,920 --> 00:38:14,279
Speaker 1: But I've seen coach Staley game plan for Kansas City,

796
00:38:14,360 --> 00:38:17,680
Speaker 1: and those are some good game plans and he makes

797
00:38:17,719 --> 00:38:20,200
Speaker 1: them go, you know, twenty throws to get the ball

798
00:38:20,239 --> 00:38:22,279
Speaker 1: down the field, and I think that's the formula. I mean,

799
00:38:22,320 --> 00:38:25,560
Speaker 1: the Bengals just somehow beat the Chiefs just going out

800
00:38:25,680 --> 00:38:29,800
Speaker 1: dual mode with Patrick Mahomes and you don't see that

801
00:38:29,920 --> 00:38:33,000
Speaker 1: strategy work often. But Joe Burrow was able to overcome,

802
00:38:33,040 --> 00:38:34,759
Speaker 1: and I think I think the Chargers have a much

803
00:38:34,800 --> 00:38:38,000
Speaker 1: better defensive formula than I've seen most teams, and especially

804
00:38:38,040 --> 00:38:41,319
Speaker 1: the Bengals just had Jack. It'll be my first time

805
00:38:41,360 --> 00:38:43,560
Speaker 1: to Allegian Money. Have you been to Allegiance Stadium? No? Now,

806
00:38:43,600 --> 00:38:45,279
Speaker 1: we were shut out last year. I remember we couldn't go.

807
00:38:45,480 --> 00:38:47,120
Speaker 1: We couldn't go last year, So this will be our

808
00:38:47,200 --> 00:38:49,400
Speaker 1: first time. I know you've been there when it's a

809
00:38:49,480 --> 00:38:52,600
Speaker 1: packed house. Just describe the atmosphere and then what you're

810
00:38:52,640 --> 00:38:57,680
Speaker 1: anticipating Sunday night, especially it's it's a very different atmosphere.

811
00:38:57,719 --> 00:38:59,600
Speaker 1: I'll be honest with you. And we've been to all

812
00:38:59,640 --> 00:39:01,879
Speaker 1: of them, and you know, we were in so far

813
00:39:01,960 --> 00:39:04,360
Speaker 1: a handful of times. Hopefully be back out there and

814
00:39:04,640 --> 00:39:07,160
Speaker 1: in your guy's homeland it comes Super Bowl time. We'll

815
00:39:07,200 --> 00:39:10,719
Speaker 1: see what happens with all that. But just the environment

816
00:39:10,840 --> 00:39:13,160
Speaker 1: there was very interesting because I thought you had fans

817
00:39:13,280 --> 00:39:15,880
Speaker 1: from everywhere, and you definitely have Vegas fans, but there

818
00:39:16,000 --> 00:39:17,440
Speaker 1: was a heavy it was a Chiefs game that we

819
00:39:17,520 --> 00:39:19,440
Speaker 1: were there for. You had a whole lot of Chiefs

820
00:39:19,480 --> 00:39:21,359
Speaker 1: fans too, and then you had people who were there

821
00:39:21,719 --> 00:39:24,440
Speaker 1: just to place bets right who just had a betting interest,

822
00:39:24,520 --> 00:39:27,000
Speaker 1: and it's got a really cool feel pulling up to

823
00:39:27,040 --> 00:39:30,120
Speaker 1: because it's the all black stadium, Like what the heck

824
00:39:30,160 --> 00:39:32,319
Speaker 1: am I even pulling into? And then when you get

825
00:39:32,400 --> 00:39:34,759
Speaker 1: inside of it, they close these black curtains so that

826
00:39:34,840 --> 00:39:37,560
Speaker 1: you just see the field and I don't know, it's

827
00:39:37,560 --> 00:39:39,640
Speaker 1: a very different feeling dome than any o them. It

828
00:39:39,680 --> 00:39:42,200
Speaker 1: doesn't feel like Lucas Oil, it doesn't feel like the Minnesota,

829
00:39:42,360 --> 00:39:45,320
Speaker 1: doesn't feel like so far. It's got its own identity

830
00:39:45,360 --> 00:39:48,040
Speaker 1: and honestly, in a lot of ways, it's perfect feeling

831
00:39:48,440 --> 00:39:51,480
Speaker 1: for Vegas. It's perfect feeling for Vegas, that outdoor set

832
00:39:51,600 --> 00:39:54,360
Speaker 1: that we have there. It gets crazy with all the

833
00:39:54,440 --> 00:39:57,279
Speaker 1: people walking off the strip, so one of our favorite

834
00:39:57,280 --> 00:40:00,960
Speaker 1: places to go. How surprised are you that we're here

835
00:40:01,080 --> 00:40:03,080
Speaker 1: right now? Jack That it's that it comes down to

836
00:40:03,200 --> 00:40:05,200
Speaker 1: Raiders in Chargers. I mean, there was so many of

837
00:40:05,320 --> 00:40:08,359
Speaker 1: us that thought, man, we might see four teams from

838
00:40:08,400 --> 00:40:10,359
Speaker 1: the AFC North, you know, just kind of the way

839
00:40:10,440 --> 00:40:13,279
Speaker 1: the season played out, that the Raiders were able to

840
00:40:13,640 --> 00:40:15,840
Speaker 1: figure out a way to just thread that needle and

841
00:40:15,960 --> 00:40:18,680
Speaker 1: get here to where we are in week eighteen. Yeah,

842
00:40:18,760 --> 00:40:21,880
Speaker 1: I mean, I think Lamar Jackson getting hurt probably helped

843
00:40:21,920 --> 00:40:24,680
Speaker 1: the causes for both of those teams. You know, I've

844
00:40:24,760 --> 00:40:27,400
Speaker 1: been Roethlisberger sort of falling off in terms of just

845
00:40:27,600 --> 00:40:30,120
Speaker 1: his game probably helped. And then Baker Mayfield just could

846
00:40:30,160 --> 00:40:32,879
Speaker 1: not get healthy either. I know he's taken all kinds

847
00:40:32,920 --> 00:40:35,800
Speaker 1: of all kinds of crap right now, but he was

848
00:40:35,880 --> 00:40:38,960
Speaker 1: playing through a lot just trying to survive this season.

849
00:40:39,040 --> 00:40:41,680
Speaker 1: I think he's a much better quarterback than he was.

850
00:40:41,800 --> 00:40:44,560
Speaker 1: But there's definitely some surprise, you know. I just just

851
00:40:44,719 --> 00:40:47,560
Speaker 1: the fact that the Raiders, with all that happened in

852
00:40:47,719 --> 00:40:50,279
Speaker 1: Vegas this year, that they're in this position. I think

853
00:40:50,280 --> 00:40:52,000
Speaker 1: you got to give a ton of credit to Derek

854
00:40:52,080 --> 00:40:54,759
Speaker 1: Carr and you know, Crosby, some of the leadership on

855
00:40:54,840 --> 00:40:57,880
Speaker 1: that team. Waller just that they were able to battle

856
00:40:57,960 --> 00:41:00,560
Speaker 1: to this point. And then, like we were talking about

857
00:41:00,719 --> 00:41:03,440
Speaker 1: with La, I'm not surprised at all by them. I

858
00:41:03,960 --> 00:41:06,560
Speaker 1: really thought that they would be a winner too, better

859
00:41:06,680 --> 00:41:09,040
Speaker 1: than they are right now. And I think it just

860
00:41:09,160 --> 00:41:11,640
Speaker 1: comes down to you fast forward a year or two

861
00:41:11,800 --> 00:41:13,960
Speaker 1: years in the career of Justin Herbert. He's not going

862
00:41:14,000 --> 00:41:16,600
Speaker 1: to lose those games, but sometimes it just takes a

863
00:41:16,640 --> 00:41:18,200
Speaker 1: bit of a learning curve and I think we saw that.

864
00:41:18,239 --> 00:41:19,880
Speaker 1: We saw that with Burrow, we saw that with Herbert,

865
00:41:19,880 --> 00:41:22,799
Speaker 1: and that's why I see those similarities there. Jack. What's

866
00:41:22,840 --> 00:41:24,840
Speaker 1: this year been like for you? Man? It's it's awesome

867
00:41:24,880 --> 00:41:27,200
Speaker 1: because we always know when at Saturday football, it's the

868
00:41:27,280 --> 00:41:30,640
Speaker 1: biggest game, it's the biggest stage. I remember seeing you

869
00:41:30,800 --> 00:41:33,239
Speaker 1: after the game with Austin Ekeler and Keenan Allen on

870
00:41:33,360 --> 00:41:37,640
Speaker 1: the field Snoop and roding me. What has that experience

871
00:41:37,760 --> 00:41:41,600
Speaker 1: been like to do that type of stuff. Oh, it's crazy, man,

872
00:41:41,840 --> 00:41:44,960
Speaker 1: it is. It's as crazy as it looks. It is

873
00:41:45,040 --> 00:41:47,120
Speaker 1: that crazy. I mean, we're hanging out in the tunnel

874
00:41:47,200 --> 00:41:50,320
Speaker 1: there with Snoop and that was that was that Charger

875
00:41:50,440 --> 00:41:52,040
Speaker 1: Steelers game. You start to get a lot of them

876
00:41:52,120 --> 00:41:54,000
Speaker 1: mixed up, to be honest with you, but we're sitting

877
00:41:54,040 --> 00:41:55,959
Speaker 1: there hanging out in the tunnel with Snoop's a huge

878
00:41:56,080 --> 00:41:59,480
Speaker 1: Steelers fan, and so Snoop's rooting like hell for the

879
00:41:59,560 --> 00:42:01,400
Speaker 1: Steelers to win the game. And it looked like they

880
00:42:01,440 --> 00:42:03,000
Speaker 1: were going to win the game for a long time.

881
00:42:03,120 --> 00:42:04,960
Speaker 1: Then they hit the game winner down the sideline. You

882
00:42:05,040 --> 00:42:07,320
Speaker 1: saw Snoop kind of melt and then he has to

883
00:42:07,440 --> 00:42:10,200
Speaker 1: go talk to the guys who just beat his Steelers.

884
00:42:10,560 --> 00:42:13,440
Speaker 1: So there's there's been a lot of surreal moments, but

885
00:42:13,600 --> 00:42:15,399
Speaker 1: you just try to live in them, and I don't,

886
00:42:15,520 --> 00:42:17,680
Speaker 1: you know, I just try to. I'm really good friends

887
00:42:17,760 --> 00:42:19,920
Speaker 1: with Rodney, which I think helps because I could just

888
00:42:20,280 --> 00:42:21,840
Speaker 1: you know how it is, whenever you're going through some

889
00:42:21,960 --> 00:42:24,480
Speaker 1: crazy experiences, if you're doing it with a friend, it

890
00:42:24,640 --> 00:42:27,000
Speaker 1: sort of helps to calm you down and just let

891
00:42:27,120 --> 00:42:29,319
Speaker 1: you live in that moment. So I've sort of leaned

892
00:42:29,360 --> 00:42:31,680
Speaker 1: on Rodney. And the cool thing is that all of

893
00:42:31,760 --> 00:42:34,399
Speaker 1: these different cities and all of these memories, we get

894
00:42:34,440 --> 00:42:37,319
Speaker 1: to share them collectively. And Big Showski our researcher too,

895
00:42:37,480 --> 00:42:40,520
Speaker 1: so we have stories to tell collectively, which which makes

896
00:42:40,520 --> 00:42:43,560
Speaker 1: it off on. You know, the Sunday at football is

897
00:42:43,560 --> 00:42:46,440
Speaker 1: a different deal, right, It's a big intro. It's it's

898
00:42:46,520 --> 00:42:49,200
Speaker 1: you're sitting around all day waiting for kick. Have you noticed,

899
00:42:49,640 --> 00:42:51,640
Speaker 1: like Jack and covering it, have you noticed that certain

900
00:42:51,680 --> 00:42:55,319
Speaker 1: players are just wired to perform at a certain level

901
00:42:55,400 --> 00:42:58,520
Speaker 1: on Sunday night, and maybe others just something's not right

902
00:42:58,800 --> 00:43:00,960
Speaker 1: and they don't play to to the level you expect

903
00:43:01,000 --> 00:43:04,640
Speaker 1: them to. Absolutely, absolutely, I mean you can just feel

904
00:43:04,680 --> 00:43:07,000
Speaker 1: because we're we go down on the field, you know,

905
00:43:07,320 --> 00:43:10,720
Speaker 1: two segments before, so it's about you know, seven to fifty.

906
00:43:10,719 --> 00:43:13,160
Speaker 1: If we're an East Coast game, we're on the field,

907
00:43:13,200 --> 00:43:15,200
Speaker 1: so you're seeing all these players warm up. There is

908
00:43:15,280 --> 00:43:17,400
Speaker 1: just a different energy about it, right, We've all been

909
00:43:17,480 --> 00:43:19,799
Speaker 1: to one o'clock games or four o'clock games, but when

910
00:43:19,800 --> 00:43:22,480
Speaker 1: you're out there at eight fifteen, these guys know that,

911
00:43:22,920 --> 00:43:26,600
Speaker 1: you know, all of their peers are watching, families, friends,

912
00:43:26,920 --> 00:43:29,600
Speaker 1: You can just feel that. And also the buildings, right,

913
00:43:29,600 --> 00:43:31,640
Speaker 1: I mean, there is a buzz and they a lot

914
00:43:31,680 --> 00:43:33,520
Speaker 1: of times you'll have it where they you know, they

915
00:43:33,640 --> 00:43:36,719
Speaker 1: roll some intro video or they shoot off fireworks. And

916
00:43:37,120 --> 00:43:39,520
Speaker 1: every week I have shills before kickoff and I'll take

917
00:43:39,600 --> 00:43:42,680
Speaker 1: those moments, even at lambeau Field where we make our

918
00:43:42,719 --> 00:43:45,000
Speaker 1: pick and we have these short of this group that

919
00:43:45,080 --> 00:43:46,719
Speaker 1: sort of walks off the field. But I always just

920
00:43:46,800 --> 00:43:49,360
Speaker 1: take a second and look around and just try to

921
00:43:49,440 --> 00:43:52,120
Speaker 1: soak it in because it's you almost can't believe some

922
00:43:52,280 --> 00:43:54,320
Speaker 1: of these cities with the fireworks going off and the

923
00:43:54,400 --> 00:43:57,720
Speaker 1: fans losing their minds, and you know, Aaron Rodgers running

924
00:43:57,760 --> 00:43:59,880
Speaker 1: onto the field or Mahomes or whoever it is, running

925
00:44:00,000 --> 00:44:02,400
Speaker 1: into the field. I live for that stuff, so I

926
00:44:02,520 --> 00:44:05,880
Speaker 1: try not to let those moments get away. Jack. We'll

927
00:44:05,920 --> 00:44:08,279
Speaker 1: get you ahead of here on this. Just what do

928
00:44:08,360 --> 00:44:12,880
Speaker 1: you think could decide this game on Sunday? The two rivals,

929
00:44:13,640 --> 00:44:16,560
Speaker 1: they're both good again, and you know the way that

930
00:44:16,719 --> 00:44:19,640
Speaker 1: Justin has played in primetime, it's it's in the back

931
00:44:19,680 --> 00:44:21,680
Speaker 1: of my mind for sure, the way that he's really

932
00:44:21,719 --> 00:44:25,080
Speaker 1: stepped up and risen to the occasion. Yeah, it's I

933
00:44:25,160 --> 00:44:27,279
Speaker 1: think it's gonna come down to those quarterbacks. I really do.

934
00:44:27,440 --> 00:44:29,000
Speaker 1: And I gotta make a pick and we got a

935
00:44:29,160 --> 00:44:32,080
Speaker 1: we got a heated pick battle between Drew Brees and

936
00:44:32,200 --> 00:44:35,440
Speaker 1: Tarico and all those guys, and it matters to us.

937
00:44:35,600 --> 00:44:38,080
Speaker 1: And so I all week I've already been thinking about

938
00:44:38,320 --> 00:44:41,720
Speaker 1: which way am I leaning with this? And it's it's hard.

939
00:44:41,800 --> 00:44:44,640
Speaker 1: And you know, I think Carr has shown moments where

940
00:44:44,680 --> 00:44:47,920
Speaker 1: he's clutch and that you know, he's a veteran and

941
00:44:48,000 --> 00:44:50,320
Speaker 1: he's gonna have that experience and he's gonna have that clutch.

942
00:44:50,440 --> 00:44:52,600
Speaker 1: He's gonna be at home and it's gonna be a

943
00:44:52,760 --> 00:44:55,839
Speaker 1: big game for his career, and I think he's gonna

944
00:44:55,880 --> 00:44:58,680
Speaker 1: feel that and shoulder a lot of that responsibility and

945
00:44:58,760 --> 00:45:00,400
Speaker 1: then you look at the other side of that. I

946
00:45:00,480 --> 00:45:03,040
Speaker 1: think the Chargers are a little better team, and I think,

947
00:45:03,440 --> 00:45:06,000
Speaker 1: you know, Herbert has better wide receivers. I don't think

948
00:45:06,040 --> 00:45:08,880
Speaker 1: anybody's really arguing that point. I really like Austin Eckler,

949
00:45:08,880 --> 00:45:12,120
Speaker 1: I like their offensive line. I like Joey Bosa rushing,

950
00:45:12,160 --> 00:45:15,120
Speaker 1: and when when Joey Bosa turns it up to full speed,

951
00:45:15,600 --> 00:45:18,160
Speaker 1: Joey Bosa can wreck a game, right, I mean, and

952
00:45:18,360 --> 00:45:20,160
Speaker 1: I think we've seen him sort of turn it up

953
00:45:20,200 --> 00:45:23,279
Speaker 1: to full speed. Derwin James's healthy, Casey Haywards. So I

954
00:45:23,800 --> 00:45:25,840
Speaker 1: like a lot of the Chargers and then he just

955
00:45:25,960 --> 00:45:28,480
Speaker 1: comes down to them. Are you willing to bet on

956
00:45:28,719 --> 00:45:32,520
Speaker 1: Justin Herbert's clutch gene against cars clutch geen? Because this

957
00:45:32,680 --> 00:45:34,279
Speaker 1: is gonna be one of those games that comes down

958
00:45:34,320 --> 00:45:36,680
Speaker 1: to the fourth quarter and can you go make that

959
00:45:36,840 --> 00:45:40,600
Speaker 1: final drive? And I've been wrestling internally all week with

960
00:45:40,760 --> 00:45:43,040
Speaker 1: do I think Herbert can go make that final drive?

961
00:45:43,080 --> 00:45:45,560
Speaker 1: And I really do feel like he can. What do

962
00:45:45,640 --> 00:45:49,279
Speaker 1: you get, man? You guys agree? Yeah? I mean, you know,

963
00:45:49,920 --> 00:45:51,680
Speaker 1: for me, you know, we talked about it a little,

964
00:45:51,760 --> 00:45:54,400
Speaker 1: you know, a little bit before the pod and I

965
00:45:54,480 --> 00:45:57,200
Speaker 1: said to me, it's it's defense. I feel like Herbert

966
00:45:57,239 --> 00:45:59,520
Speaker 1: and the offense of the Chargers is going to be

967
00:45:59,600 --> 00:46:02,000
Speaker 1: able to class that defense. It just feels like they

968
00:46:02,080 --> 00:46:04,560
Speaker 1: have too much and like we saw on that first

969
00:46:04,600 --> 00:46:07,000
Speaker 1: game when they went up twenty one nothing and really

970
00:46:07,080 --> 00:46:08,759
Speaker 1: just kind of stepped on their own tails a little

971
00:46:08,800 --> 00:46:11,200
Speaker 1: bit and not making that thing a boat race. For me,

972
00:46:11,280 --> 00:46:13,680
Speaker 1: it's defense. You said it. You know, if Joey can

973
00:46:13,760 --> 00:46:15,520
Speaker 1: turn this thing up. The old line of the Raiders

974
00:46:15,560 --> 00:46:17,719
Speaker 1: has been suspect all season, and to me, if that

975
00:46:17,840 --> 00:46:21,960
Speaker 1: defensive front can get things going, I think that's that's

976
00:46:22,000 --> 00:46:23,600
Speaker 1: what it's going to come down to, because like you said,

977
00:46:23,800 --> 00:46:25,840
Speaker 1: you know you can't. You don't want this thing to

978
00:46:25,880 --> 00:46:28,280
Speaker 1: be close. The last thing you want is to plant

979
00:46:28,360 --> 00:46:31,239
Speaker 1: that seed of believability in the Raiders because like you said,

980
00:46:31,280 --> 00:46:33,600
Speaker 1: I mean, look, the guy's got seven turnovers in the

981
00:46:33,680 --> 00:46:36,200
Speaker 1: last three games, and yet they've won all three because

982
00:46:36,239 --> 00:46:38,080
Speaker 1: they've been able to keep it close. It's just it's

983
00:46:38,160 --> 00:46:41,400
Speaker 1: such a weird it's such a weird team. And you

984
00:46:41,480 --> 00:46:43,680
Speaker 1: know what. I know, Chris said it was last one, Jack,

985
00:46:43,760 --> 00:46:44,920
Speaker 1: but I do want to ask you just because you

986
00:46:45,000 --> 00:46:47,000
Speaker 1: mentioned Notre Dame a couple of times and you know,

987
00:46:47,080 --> 00:46:49,000
Speaker 1: we get a chance to be around Drew and he's

988
00:46:49,000 --> 00:46:51,440
Speaker 1: as good a person as you'll ever see. Would just

989
00:46:51,520 --> 00:46:53,120
Speaker 1: love to know, just kind of as someone who was

990
00:46:53,120 --> 00:46:54,759
Speaker 1: around that team. And I think you were there when

991
00:46:55,080 --> 00:46:56,520
Speaker 1: it forgive me if I'm wrong, but I think you

992
00:46:56,560 --> 00:46:58,960
Speaker 1: were there when Drew was there. Drew Tranquill, Like what

993
00:46:59,120 --> 00:47:01,239
Speaker 1: you can tell us about your experience with him at

994
00:47:01,320 --> 00:47:06,160
Speaker 1: Notre Dame. Alo he too, right? Alohe? Oh? Gilman for sure, man,

995
00:47:06,200 --> 00:47:08,200
Speaker 1: I mean those are those are a couple of salts

996
00:47:08,200 --> 00:47:10,040
Speaker 1: of the earth guys, And I want to start with

997
00:47:10,200 --> 00:47:12,919
Speaker 1: Drew Tranquil because he was he was a heart and soul.

998
00:47:13,040 --> 00:47:15,160
Speaker 1: He was a heartbeat of the team when he was there,

999
00:47:15,239 --> 00:47:18,919
Speaker 1: and it was offense defense coaching staff like people would

1000
00:47:18,960 --> 00:47:21,360
Speaker 1: come to Drew to get a sense of the heartbeat

1001
00:47:21,360 --> 00:47:23,920
Speaker 1: of the team. And even since he's left the program,

1002
00:47:24,280 --> 00:47:26,279
Speaker 1: he still represents a little bit of that. Like when

1003
00:47:26,320 --> 00:47:29,520
Speaker 1: we were going through the coaching search and Brian Kelly left,

1004
00:47:29,760 --> 00:47:31,640
Speaker 1: I mean, he was one of the first people that

1005
00:47:31,760 --> 00:47:34,359
Speaker 1: they were referring to, right, And he's got a good

1006
00:47:34,400 --> 00:47:37,239
Speaker 1: relationship with coach Freeman, who's the new head coach coming in.

1007
00:47:37,440 --> 00:47:40,640
Speaker 1: So he's just one of those guys. And even when

1008
00:47:40,680 --> 00:47:43,960
Speaker 1: he tores acl on the celebration, it was a second

1009
00:47:44,040 --> 00:47:45,879
Speaker 1: knee injury, and it was as low as it could

1010
00:47:45,920 --> 00:47:48,520
Speaker 1: have been. And everyone's going and that's it, and you're

1011
00:47:48,520 --> 00:47:51,359
Speaker 1: not going to see him, you know, probably play football again,

1012
00:47:51,400 --> 00:47:53,480
Speaker 1: at least not play football at that level with that

1013
00:47:53,680 --> 00:47:56,800
Speaker 1: many substantial injuries to that knee. And he just battled

1014
00:47:56,920 --> 00:47:58,600
Speaker 1: right back and he's right back on the field and

1015
00:47:58,640 --> 00:48:00,960
Speaker 1: now he's a position change. He's putting on weight and

1016
00:48:00,960 --> 00:48:03,800
Speaker 1: he's flying around at linebacker. He's one of my favorite

1017
00:48:03,880 --> 00:48:05,960
Speaker 1: NFL players to watch, just because I know how hard

1018
00:48:06,000 --> 00:48:08,440
Speaker 1: it's been for him to be in this position, to

1019
00:48:08,560 --> 00:48:11,640
Speaker 1: continue to evolve himself in his game, to be at

1020
00:48:11,680 --> 00:48:14,080
Speaker 1: the highest level is what I admire most about Drew.

1021
00:48:14,160 --> 00:48:17,000
Speaker 1: And ask some of his teammates about him. He's about

1022
00:48:17,000 --> 00:48:19,439
Speaker 1: as good as a teammate as you'll find. Yeah, he's

1023
00:48:19,800 --> 00:48:22,279
Speaker 1: and he's been exceptional this year, no doubt about he

1024
00:48:22,440 --> 00:48:24,120
Speaker 1: is like that. When he got inserted and it was

1025
00:48:24,200 --> 00:48:27,760
Speaker 1: him and Kaisier white Man that really changed this defense,

1026
00:48:27,840 --> 00:48:31,840
Speaker 1: specifically the run defense. He's he's so smart, he's so fast,

1027
00:48:31,960 --> 00:48:35,040
Speaker 1: he's athletic. Man. I don't know if there's a better, Like,

1028
00:48:35,600 --> 00:48:38,040
Speaker 1: I truly don't believe there's a better player at timing

1029
00:48:38,120 --> 00:48:41,920
Speaker 1: up blitz like Ity's uncanny where he is the moment

1030
00:48:42,000 --> 00:48:43,959
Speaker 1: that ball is snapped when he's coming out of blitz.

1031
00:48:44,080 --> 00:48:47,000
Speaker 1: It's crazy to watch. Yeah, yeah, well, it's it's the

1032
00:48:47,080 --> 00:48:50,360
Speaker 1: evolution of that position, right, because it's no longer about

1033
00:48:50,560 --> 00:48:54,200
Speaker 1: can you have a six three, two hundred and sixty

1034
00:48:54,239 --> 00:48:56,880
Speaker 1: pound linebacker that can run stuff? It's can you fly

1035
00:48:57,120 --> 00:48:59,880
Speaker 1: sideline to sideline? Can you cover? Can you blitz and

1036
00:49:00,080 --> 00:49:02,440
Speaker 1: get there? Like you're saying, I think he's a combination

1037
00:49:02,520 --> 00:49:05,560
Speaker 1: of being that new age linebacker with athleticism and speed,

1038
00:49:05,960 --> 00:49:08,480
Speaker 1: but he's super smart and safeties a lot of times,

1039
00:49:08,600 --> 00:49:11,320
Speaker 1: or lining up the coverages and getting everybody in position,

1040
00:49:11,640 --> 00:49:14,279
Speaker 1: and he's taking that knowledge to the linebacker spot and

1041
00:49:14,560 --> 00:49:17,960
Speaker 1: it's a scary accommodation and he's gonna be a big

1042
00:49:18,040 --> 00:49:20,479
Speaker 1: piece to this defense hopefully Sunday. He did not play

1043
00:49:20,760 --> 00:49:23,439
Speaker 1: against the Broncos. I think he's a limited participant earlier

1044
00:49:23,480 --> 00:49:25,640
Speaker 1: in the week, so that's certainly something to watch we

1045
00:49:25,719 --> 00:49:28,920
Speaker 1: get closer to Sunday, Jack, you're the man. Really appreciate

1046
00:49:29,000 --> 00:49:30,520
Speaker 1: your time and can't wait to see you on the

1047
00:49:30,640 --> 00:49:33,720
Speaker 1: Field Sunday night. Thank you guys for having really appreciate

1048
00:49:33,800 --> 00:49:35,319
Speaker 1: maybe you get a cup of coffee or a drink

1049
00:49:35,400 --> 00:49:37,680
Speaker 1: one day out there in LA around the Super Bowl.

1050
00:49:37,760 --> 00:49:42,200
Speaker 1: Appreciate absolutely. Thanks Jack all right, Money, I always ask

1051
00:49:42,239 --> 00:49:44,000
Speaker 1: you at the end of the podcast your keys to

1052
00:49:44,120 --> 00:49:47,400
Speaker 1: the game. What's your key to the Chargers getting to

1053
00:49:47,440 --> 00:49:50,080
Speaker 1: the postseason? Now, I'm just gonna take my key on

1054
00:49:50,200 --> 00:49:53,240
Speaker 1: a queue from Joey Bosa. You know he gets shook,

1055
00:49:53,600 --> 00:49:56,440
Speaker 1: Derek Carr does. He just not like getting hit. And

1056
00:49:56,640 --> 00:49:59,319
Speaker 1: that offensive line has been leaky all year. They've been

1057
00:49:59,360 --> 00:50:01,920
Speaker 1: trying to find place for Alex Leatherwood and he's the

1058
00:50:01,960 --> 00:50:04,239
Speaker 1: wal though. Find him, go get him, and I will

1059
00:50:04,280 --> 00:50:07,239
Speaker 1: not be surprised in the least if if Joey is

1060
00:50:07,280 --> 00:50:10,080
Speaker 1: moving all over that defensive line. We've seen how much

1061
00:50:10,160 --> 00:50:12,919
Speaker 1: better this team is with Justin Jones on the D line.

1062
00:50:12,920 --> 00:50:16,600
Speaker 1: You've got Lindball, Joseph and just that rotation at end

1063
00:50:16,719 --> 00:50:20,479
Speaker 1: with Chris Rump and Chenna and factral to have that back,

1064
00:50:20,680 --> 00:50:22,960
Speaker 1: not to mention Derwin come and flying off the edge

1065
00:50:23,000 --> 00:50:26,200
Speaker 1: three four times a game. To me, that's it. If

1066
00:50:26,320 --> 00:50:29,080
Speaker 1: you can get to car he just I'm in the

1067
00:50:29,200 --> 00:50:31,319
Speaker 1: Joey bosat camp on this one. I know that he's

1068
00:50:31,360 --> 00:50:33,040
Speaker 1: got you know, we talked about it repeatedly with all

1069
00:50:33,080 --> 00:50:35,200
Speaker 1: our guests. He's got these twenty nine fourth quarter wins

1070
00:50:35,200 --> 00:50:38,160
Speaker 1: if you let him hang around. But he doesn't. He's

1071
00:50:38,239 --> 00:50:41,560
Speaker 1: just something happens to him. And I think that's the key.

1072
00:50:41,760 --> 00:50:45,320
Speaker 1: You got to get to him by any means necessary.

1073
00:50:45,480 --> 00:50:47,480
Speaker 1: You know, I feel like the secondary played their best

1074
00:50:47,520 --> 00:50:49,680
Speaker 1: game that we've seen all season long last week. I

1075
00:50:49,760 --> 00:50:52,680
Speaker 1: know it was Drew Locke and a banged up Broncos team,

1076
00:50:52,880 --> 00:50:56,520
Speaker 1: but I've got faith that the secondary, as long as

1077
00:50:56,560 --> 00:50:58,839
Speaker 1: they stay whole, they're gonna be able to hold up,

1078
00:50:59,200 --> 00:51:01,640
Speaker 1: you know, for that X beat to allow those pass

1079
00:51:01,719 --> 00:51:03,799
Speaker 1: rushers to get to them. So to me, I think

1080
00:51:03,840 --> 00:51:05,880
Speaker 1: the offense is going to score points. I have confidence

1081
00:51:05,920 --> 00:51:08,239
Speaker 1: in the offense against this Raiders d even though they've

1082
00:51:08,280 --> 00:51:10,319
Speaker 1: you know, put up pretty really good numbers these last

1083
00:51:10,360 --> 00:51:13,480
Speaker 1: three weeks. Chargers is they're a different deal than a

1084
00:51:13,560 --> 00:51:16,080
Speaker 1: banged up Browns team, you know, a Drew lock led

1085
00:51:16,120 --> 00:51:18,680
Speaker 1: Broncos team, and a Colts team that really has not

1086
00:51:18,760 --> 00:51:20,400
Speaker 1: thrown the ball that well this year at all. It's

1087
00:51:20,440 --> 00:51:24,120
Speaker 1: been great defense. Takeaways Jonathan Taylor very one dimensional offense

1088
00:51:24,200 --> 00:51:26,520
Speaker 1: for the most part. That's not the characters. So I

1089
00:51:26,600 --> 00:51:29,480
Speaker 1: feel like the offense is going to get there's defense,

1090
00:51:29,800 --> 00:51:32,839
Speaker 1: get at you know, gatta get after that ass. That's

1091
00:51:32,880 --> 00:51:36,360
Speaker 1: what it is, and that wins this game. I'm not

1092
00:51:36,400 --> 00:51:38,560
Speaker 1: worried about the charges offense either. This is a game

1093
00:51:38,640 --> 00:51:40,160
Speaker 1: the defense is going to have to win them. And

1094
00:51:40,360 --> 00:51:43,880
Speaker 1: you said get after car. But also we saw the

1095
00:51:44,040 --> 00:51:46,920
Speaker 1: problems they had third down the defense really all year

1096
00:51:47,040 --> 00:51:49,560
Speaker 1: and then and then stopping the run. They remedied that

1097
00:51:49,760 --> 00:51:52,759
Speaker 1: last week against Jevanna Ta Williams and Melvin Gordon. They

1098
00:51:52,840 --> 00:51:55,799
Speaker 1: got after Drew Lock and they were good on third down.

1099
00:51:56,200 --> 00:51:59,640
Speaker 1: If they can kind of carry that over into Vegas,

1100
00:52:00,200 --> 00:52:03,160
Speaker 1: you're packing that justin Herbert led offense and a special

1101
00:52:03,239 --> 00:52:05,680
Speaker 1: teams that's clicking right now with Andre Roberts getting them

1102
00:52:05,719 --> 00:52:08,920
Speaker 1: good field position. If the defense shows up, Money, I

1103
00:52:08,960 --> 00:52:11,719
Speaker 1: think they're going to the postseason. Man, I'm with you,

1104
00:52:12,760 --> 00:52:15,160
Speaker 1: all right, guys. That's gonna do it for us. I

1105
00:52:15,239 --> 00:52:17,040
Speaker 1: think Money alluded to this at the beginning. I think

1106
00:52:17,040 --> 00:52:20,040
Speaker 1: we're gonna see some powder blue at Allegian Stadium. So

1107
00:52:20,239 --> 00:52:22,759
Speaker 1: if you are there, cub, say hey to us. A

1108
00:52:23,000 --> 00:52:26,040
Speaker 1: big one on Sunday Night for Matt money Smith. I'm

1109
00:52:26,120 --> 00:52:26,680
Speaker 1: Chris Harry