1 00:00:01,040 --> 00:00:03,560 Speaker 1: Late fifteen ten touchdown. 2 00:00:11,240 --> 00:00:11,600 Speaker 2: What's up? 3 00:00:11,640 --> 00:00:13,200 Speaker 3: Guys, Welcome into Chargers Weekly. 4 00:00:13,240 --> 00:00:15,520 Speaker 4: We are presented by Splittero as always, joined by the 5 00:00:15,560 --> 00:00:18,400 Speaker 4: voice of the Chargers, Matt money Smith, fresh off the 6 00:00:18,800 --> 00:00:22,520 Speaker 4: Jim Harball Jill Ortiz end of season press conference. I 7 00:00:22,520 --> 00:00:24,120 Speaker 4: don't know how much you want to get into the game. 8 00:00:24,440 --> 00:00:27,760 Speaker 4: It's been four days. It was not fun, and we're 9 00:00:27,760 --> 00:00:28,840 Speaker 4: moving on to twenty twenty six. 10 00:00:28,880 --> 00:00:30,160 Speaker 5: Money, I'll tell you what I want to get into. 11 00:00:30,200 --> 00:00:33,279 Speaker 5: Why I'm doing a podcast with Gene freaking Stallings and. 12 00:00:33,280 --> 00:00:35,599 Speaker 4: A sweet suit jacket is what I want to get 13 00:00:35,720 --> 00:00:38,120 Speaker 4: Add another assignment, add another assignment this morning. 14 00:00:38,159 --> 00:00:41,240 Speaker 1: That's why you know we're overdressed or I'm underdressed. 15 00:00:41,400 --> 00:00:44,800 Speaker 2: Maybe maybe I'm over just for the podcast. I apologie. 16 00:00:44,840 --> 00:00:47,160 Speaker 5: There you go, No, I think you look it's It's 17 00:00:47,200 --> 00:00:49,480 Speaker 5: not a game that anybody wants to rehash. I can't 18 00:00:49,520 --> 00:00:52,560 Speaker 5: imagine the people that subscribe the Chargers Weekly or watch 19 00:00:52,800 --> 00:00:56,720 Speaker 5: the YouTube really want us to rehash what was a 20 00:00:56,760 --> 00:01:02,080 Speaker 5: pretty pretty tough watch. And we were both there. We 21 00:01:02,080 --> 00:01:05,040 Speaker 5: were both excited on the field before the game and 22 00:01:05,400 --> 00:01:07,480 Speaker 5: felt really good about this matchup. And I think the 23 00:01:07,520 --> 00:01:10,240 Speaker 5: defense showed us why we felt really good. About the matchup, 24 00:01:10,360 --> 00:01:12,880 Speaker 5: you know, based on the defenses that New England had 25 00:01:12,880 --> 00:01:15,880 Speaker 5: played prior, you know, in the season, and sort of 26 00:01:15,920 --> 00:01:18,280 Speaker 5: the strength of schedule conversation, I think, you know, jesse 27 00:01:18,360 --> 00:01:21,400 Speaker 5: Min and his bunch really delivered. It was an impressive 28 00:01:21,400 --> 00:01:24,880 Speaker 5: performance from them. Very to me, similar to the wild 29 00:01:24,920 --> 00:01:27,399 Speaker 5: card game from the year prior, where you had, you know, 30 00:01:27,520 --> 00:01:30,919 Speaker 5: defense and special teams give the offense two opportunities early 31 00:01:31,920 --> 00:01:33,840 Speaker 5: and they only came away with six points last year 32 00:01:33,880 --> 00:01:35,479 Speaker 5: and this year they only came away with three. 33 00:01:35,520 --> 00:01:38,839 Speaker 1: And I think that's ultimately you know, what we looked at. 34 00:01:38,959 --> 00:01:41,240 Speaker 5: You know, we talked about it after that Houston game, 35 00:01:41,319 --> 00:01:43,160 Speaker 5: right like, man, if you could have Will Disley could 36 00:01:43,160 --> 00:01:44,880 Speaker 5: have caught that ball on third down and you get 37 00:01:44,880 --> 00:01:47,640 Speaker 5: a touchdown on that first turnover, it changes the vibe 38 00:01:47,640 --> 00:01:49,960 Speaker 5: of everything. And I think the same could be said 39 00:01:50,080 --> 00:01:52,440 Speaker 5: for the New England game, and that is, you know, 40 00:01:52,480 --> 00:01:54,400 Speaker 5: you get that early interception from Drake May and you 41 00:01:54,440 --> 00:01:56,560 Speaker 5: punch it in for seven. Which is why I totally 42 00:01:57,200 --> 00:01:59,600 Speaker 5: agree with going forward on fourth and two, because I 43 00:01:59,600 --> 00:02:02,480 Speaker 5: think that's just sends. They still get a little victory 44 00:02:02,520 --> 00:02:04,280 Speaker 5: out of giving up a field goal, So I was 45 00:02:04,320 --> 00:02:06,200 Speaker 5: fine with that and I think that just would have 46 00:02:06,360 --> 00:02:07,360 Speaker 5: totally changed the. 47 00:02:07,360 --> 00:02:08,440 Speaker 1: Vibe in that game. 48 00:02:08,520 --> 00:02:10,680 Speaker 5: And when they got to stop, it really just kind 49 00:02:10,680 --> 00:02:12,200 Speaker 5: of shifted momentum considerably. 50 00:02:12,280 --> 00:02:14,280 Speaker 4: Yeah, the second they got to stop, you knew that 51 00:02:14,440 --> 00:02:16,239 Speaker 4: maybe the night was not gonna work out the way 52 00:02:16,280 --> 00:02:18,440 Speaker 4: that we all envisioned. We talked about the formula for 53 00:02:18,440 --> 00:02:21,480 Speaker 4: this team to win, and the postseason was elite defense 54 00:02:21,520 --> 00:02:23,400 Speaker 4: and some hero plays by Justin Herbert. We got the 55 00:02:23,400 --> 00:02:26,000 Speaker 4: elite defense. If you told me before that game that 56 00:02:26,080 --> 00:02:27,760 Speaker 4: sixteen points would be allowed. 57 00:02:28,320 --> 00:02:29,680 Speaker 1: I know we're gonna win that game. 58 00:02:29,720 --> 00:02:30,560 Speaker 2: You're gonna win, right. 59 00:02:31,440 --> 00:02:33,440 Speaker 4: Justin didn't have any answers in the first half, and 60 00:02:33,480 --> 00:02:35,760 Speaker 4: then the second half the game script gets away from 61 00:02:35,760 --> 00:02:38,119 Speaker 4: you and it's just you have no time to throw 62 00:02:38,120 --> 00:02:39,519 Speaker 4: the football in the second half. But I thought in 63 00:02:39,560 --> 00:02:42,320 Speaker 4: the first half there were some opportunities that just were 64 00:02:42,560 --> 00:02:44,040 Speaker 4: I don't know if you want to say squadered, but 65 00:02:44,120 --> 00:02:47,160 Speaker 4: like that once day, I got the interception and you 66 00:02:47,160 --> 00:02:49,640 Speaker 4: don't punch that in, Like, I agree with you, that 67 00:02:49,720 --> 00:02:52,040 Speaker 4: kind of changed everything. And I just I felt like 68 00:02:52,960 --> 00:02:56,120 Speaker 4: just Justin In the offense just out of sync the 69 00:02:56,280 --> 00:02:59,400 Speaker 4: entire first half, and it didn't seem like they had 70 00:02:59,440 --> 00:03:00,880 Speaker 4: any easy answers throughout the. 71 00:03:00,880 --> 00:03:01,680 Speaker 2: Course the first half. 72 00:03:02,160 --> 00:03:03,720 Speaker 5: Well, I think it's been a little bit of a theme, 73 00:03:04,320 --> 00:03:05,919 Speaker 5: and I think it's why we're going to get into, 74 00:03:06,240 --> 00:03:08,000 Speaker 5: you know, what the future looks like and how it's 75 00:03:08,000 --> 00:03:10,600 Speaker 5: going to be different. I feel like there were you know, 76 00:03:10,720 --> 00:03:12,720 Speaker 5: that's kind of something we talked about repeatedly this year, 77 00:03:12,760 --> 00:03:14,919 Speaker 5: is can we find more easy buttons? Can we find 78 00:03:15,000 --> 00:03:17,040 Speaker 5: some more quick game Can we find a way to 79 00:03:17,120 --> 00:03:20,800 Speaker 5: get this offense into a rhythm considering the pressure numbers? 80 00:03:20,960 --> 00:03:25,000 Speaker 5: And you're right, there were some options there early. You know, 81 00:03:25,080 --> 00:03:26,920 Speaker 5: there's a lad Crosser that very well could have gone 82 00:03:26,960 --> 00:03:29,360 Speaker 5: for a touchdown justin decided to kind of take it 83 00:03:29,400 --> 00:03:32,280 Speaker 5: and run. And I think, you know, for the people 84 00:03:32,320 --> 00:03:35,000 Speaker 5: that are taking shots at him for his performance, I 85 00:03:35,040 --> 00:03:39,080 Speaker 5: think it's important to kind of remember what seventeen games 86 00:03:39,120 --> 00:03:41,720 Speaker 5: look like, you know, and the pressure numbers and the 87 00:03:41,800 --> 00:03:45,080 Speaker 5: hits and the sacks and just seeing a team get 88 00:03:45,080 --> 00:03:49,400 Speaker 5: off schedule and him likely being focused on we can't 89 00:03:49,440 --> 00:03:52,920 Speaker 5: take a sack. I can't have second and fourteen. I'd 90 00:03:53,000 --> 00:03:55,680 Speaker 5: rather have second and six. And that's how you've sort 91 00:03:55,720 --> 00:03:57,880 Speaker 5: of miss some of those throws because you're just so 92 00:03:58,160 --> 00:04:02,160 Speaker 5: focused on you know, this seventeen game resume that's in 93 00:04:02,200 --> 00:04:04,160 Speaker 5: your head from what you've put together, and I think 94 00:04:04,240 --> 00:04:06,600 Speaker 5: that's a big part of why it looked, you know, 95 00:04:06,680 --> 00:04:09,160 Speaker 5: And it's just it's strange that it showed up in 96 00:04:09,200 --> 00:04:11,480 Speaker 5: that game because we had seen him make those plays 97 00:04:11,600 --> 00:04:13,760 Speaker 5: right in game after game and the rate of just 98 00:04:13,840 --> 00:04:15,880 Speaker 5: not caring about the pressure, not caring about the hits. 99 00:04:15,880 --> 00:04:19,040 Speaker 5: But that's where the playoffs are different, because it is 100 00:04:20,360 --> 00:04:23,400 Speaker 5: there's just so much more drama attached to it because 101 00:04:23,440 --> 00:04:26,080 Speaker 5: if you lose, your season is over. So you can't 102 00:04:26,120 --> 00:04:28,200 Speaker 5: hang in the pocket, you can't make more of those 103 00:04:28,320 --> 00:04:31,520 Speaker 5: risky throws knowing, ah, you know what, we'll figure it out, 104 00:04:31,640 --> 00:04:33,240 Speaker 5: or we'll just get him back next week. 105 00:04:33,320 --> 00:04:35,279 Speaker 1: Like that's so that's what happens. 106 00:04:35,279 --> 00:04:37,760 Speaker 5: And that's you know, how a defense ends up giving 107 00:04:37,839 --> 00:04:40,000 Speaker 5: up four hundred yards in a game because they're trying 108 00:04:40,000 --> 00:04:40,920 Speaker 5: to make hero plays. 109 00:04:40,920 --> 00:04:42,320 Speaker 1: They're watching an offense. 110 00:04:42,000 --> 00:04:44,480 Speaker 5: That's not able to get anything going, and now you're 111 00:04:44,560 --> 00:04:47,240 Speaker 5: jumping routes and you're diving for tackles or you're punching 112 00:04:47,279 --> 00:04:50,240 Speaker 5: at the ball instead of kind of sticking with your fundamentals. 113 00:04:50,279 --> 00:04:52,440 Speaker 5: And that's you know, like, well, they give up four 114 00:04:52,480 --> 00:04:54,800 Speaker 5: hundred yards. Yeah, because they're trying to get a pick six. 115 00:04:54,800 --> 00:04:56,240 Speaker 5: They're trying to punch a ball out and get a 116 00:04:56,240 --> 00:04:59,120 Speaker 5: scoop and score. That's where the defense's mind is. Otherwise 117 00:04:59,120 --> 00:05:02,200 Speaker 5: they're going home. And so I think it's important to 118 00:05:02,240 --> 00:05:07,200 Speaker 5: remember that that's the context in which this team is working. 119 00:05:07,600 --> 00:05:09,720 Speaker 5: That if we don't win this game, the season is over, 120 00:05:09,760 --> 00:05:11,200 Speaker 5: and so things change a little bit. 121 00:05:11,360 --> 00:05:13,080 Speaker 4: Yeah, you know, Drake may held out of the end 122 00:05:13,120 --> 00:05:15,479 Speaker 4: zone for the first fifty minutes of the game. But 123 00:05:16,120 --> 00:05:19,920 Speaker 4: going back to just the day on pick those four plays, 124 00:05:19,920 --> 00:05:22,480 Speaker 4: going four on fourth down, the first three plays money, 125 00:05:22,600 --> 00:05:24,920 Speaker 4: it's like Justin is trying to do it himself. He's 126 00:05:24,920 --> 00:05:27,880 Speaker 4: trying to wheel himself into the end zone three straight runs. 127 00:05:27,920 --> 00:05:29,720 Speaker 4: I think one was a pass and he just it 128 00:05:29,760 --> 00:05:33,040 Speaker 4: didn't look connected. Nothing really looked connected the entire game. 129 00:05:33,160 --> 00:05:36,440 Speaker 4: No rhythm, there's no rhythm to anything. You know, you 130 00:05:36,480 --> 00:05:37,800 Speaker 4: mentioned I think it was a second play of the game, 131 00:05:37,839 --> 00:05:40,440 Speaker 4: like lad was wide open, Yeah, wide open, huge game. 132 00:05:40,440 --> 00:05:41,839 Speaker 2: Maybe a touchdown, Yeah, I think it would have been 133 00:05:41,839 --> 00:05:43,520 Speaker 2: a Touchdow Yeah, probably would have been a touchdown. 134 00:05:44,160 --> 00:05:46,960 Speaker 4: But you move on, and here we are. We're here 135 00:05:47,160 --> 00:05:51,480 Speaker 4: in the second week of January, once again eleven wins, 136 00:05:51,800 --> 00:05:54,840 Speaker 4: once again a first round playoff exit, and forty eight 137 00:05:54,839 --> 00:05:58,960 Speaker 4: hours after the game, the Chargers relieve both Greg Roman 138 00:05:59,000 --> 00:06:02,280 Speaker 4: and Mike Devlin of their coaching duty. So the Chargers 139 00:06:02,360 --> 00:06:05,359 Speaker 4: are in the market for a new offensive coordinator, for 140 00:06:05,400 --> 00:06:07,840 Speaker 4: a new offensive line coach, and maybe there are other 141 00:06:08,000 --> 00:06:10,680 Speaker 4: coaching changes on the offense that go with bringing in 142 00:06:10,720 --> 00:06:14,400 Speaker 4: a new OC. We just heard from Joe and Jim 143 00:06:14,440 --> 00:06:17,200 Speaker 4: and head coach of the offense was kind of the 144 00:06:17,240 --> 00:06:19,120 Speaker 4: first thing that kind of stuck out to me. 145 00:06:19,440 --> 00:06:22,360 Speaker 5: Yeah, look, I think that's it's you know, I talked 146 00:06:22,400 --> 00:06:26,360 Speaker 5: to someone yesterday that's pretty connected, that's not pretty as 147 00:06:26,560 --> 00:06:30,400 Speaker 5: very connected, and they said and reaching out and talking 148 00:06:30,440 --> 00:06:32,080 Speaker 5: to some folks just kind of, hey, can you rank 149 00:06:32,120 --> 00:06:34,479 Speaker 5: the openings? You know for me, they were doing a 150 00:06:34,640 --> 00:06:37,720 Speaker 5: thing on you know, head coaches and ocs and that, 151 00:06:37,920 --> 00:06:40,719 Speaker 5: and they said it was unanimous that the Chargers OC 152 00:06:40,920 --> 00:06:44,480 Speaker 5: job is the one that everybody wants. So they're going 153 00:06:44,520 --> 00:06:47,800 Speaker 5: and you know, I think coach I appreciated that they 154 00:06:47,880 --> 00:06:52,200 Speaker 5: kind of went back and and attacked those few questions 155 00:06:52,279 --> 00:06:53,479 Speaker 5: of scheme. 156 00:06:53,960 --> 00:06:56,360 Speaker 4: Yeah, power you asked the question. Then he came back 157 00:06:56,400 --> 00:06:58,440 Speaker 4: to it and basically said, we're open. 158 00:06:58,240 --> 00:07:01,679 Speaker 5: Right, because look, Jim Harbors were with Greg Roman everywhere 159 00:07:01,720 --> 00:07:04,040 Speaker 5: he's been save Michigan. You know, he worked with him 160 00:07:04,080 --> 00:07:07,160 Speaker 5: at Stanford, worked them in San Francisco, had Greg Roman 161 00:07:07,200 --> 00:07:09,320 Speaker 5: worked with his brother in Baltimore. You know what it 162 00:07:09,360 --> 00:07:11,760 Speaker 5: looked like. You know, they played an entire second half 163 00:07:11,760 --> 00:07:14,400 Speaker 5: against Penn State and never threw a single pass, like 164 00:07:14,440 --> 00:07:16,280 Speaker 5: you know what coach wants to do, you know. And 165 00:07:16,880 --> 00:07:19,240 Speaker 5: I brought it up because I'll never forget the answer 166 00:07:19,240 --> 00:07:21,080 Speaker 5: he gave us. When he first got into coaching, he 167 00:07:21,120 --> 00:07:23,160 Speaker 5: asked bo Sham Beckler to give him some advice and 168 00:07:23,160 --> 00:07:25,080 Speaker 5: he said, okay, well, I got three questions. You're gonna 169 00:07:25,080 --> 00:07:26,200 Speaker 5: play with a tight end that's got his hand in 170 00:07:26,240 --> 00:07:27,920 Speaker 5: the ground. Yes, you'renna play with the fullback. Yes, you're 171 00:07:27,920 --> 00:07:30,000 Speaker 5: gonna run power. Yes, all right, you can be a coach. 172 00:07:30,320 --> 00:07:32,600 Speaker 5: And that's what Jim Harbor has been brought up on. 173 00:07:32,680 --> 00:07:33,240 Speaker 1: And you see it. 174 00:07:33,600 --> 00:07:36,800 Speaker 5: You know, physicality is incredibly important to him. And I 175 00:07:36,800 --> 00:07:39,160 Speaker 5: think when you talk about outside zone, it's a little 176 00:07:39,200 --> 00:07:41,840 Speaker 5: bit more of a finesse run game. It just is, 177 00:07:42,080 --> 00:07:45,520 Speaker 5: you know, and gap and power are not they are. 178 00:07:45,760 --> 00:07:48,360 Speaker 5: We're here to fight and we're gonna knock your ass out, 179 00:07:48,480 --> 00:07:52,000 Speaker 5: and outside zone is a little bit more smaller offensive lineman. 180 00:07:52,040 --> 00:07:54,800 Speaker 5: We're athletic, we're gonna outk you know, We're gonna sort 181 00:07:54,840 --> 00:07:57,960 Speaker 5: of out think you and out and out and outduel 182 00:07:57,960 --> 00:08:00,360 Speaker 5: you that way. So I think going back to that, 183 00:08:01,240 --> 00:08:04,440 Speaker 5: you know shares that guys from the Shanahan tree that 184 00:08:04,640 --> 00:08:05,880 Speaker 5: you know, if you want to call it, that, that 185 00:08:06,000 --> 00:08:08,320 Speaker 5: someone like Mike McDaniel is going to get an interview 186 00:08:08,320 --> 00:08:09,800 Speaker 5: and is going to be in play. And I think 187 00:08:09,840 --> 00:08:13,720 Speaker 5: there's some excitement about that because it's always nice, you know, 188 00:08:13,720 --> 00:08:15,960 Speaker 5: you always hear it. Just it's not even in football, 189 00:08:15,960 --> 00:08:18,400 Speaker 5: but just in business. Right, you don't want a collective 190 00:08:18,400 --> 00:08:21,640 Speaker 5: that all thinks one way. You want to have different 191 00:08:21,680 --> 00:08:24,040 Speaker 5: people that view things through a different lens. And that's 192 00:08:24,080 --> 00:08:26,240 Speaker 5: how you get competitive in coaching, and that's how you 193 00:08:26,280 --> 00:08:28,920 Speaker 5: get competitive in a boardroom. And you know, you have 194 00:08:29,000 --> 00:08:31,360 Speaker 5: different ideas that are bandied about and you. 195 00:08:31,320 --> 00:08:33,280 Speaker 1: Figure out the best way to do it. 196 00:08:34,520 --> 00:08:36,280 Speaker 5: So I do think you know that that they are 197 00:08:36,320 --> 00:08:39,000 Speaker 5: going to interview all of those guys unless they get 198 00:08:39,000 --> 00:08:40,760 Speaker 5: a head coaching job. If Mike McDaniel gets a head 199 00:08:40,760 --> 00:08:42,680 Speaker 5: coaching job. Brian Dabell gets a head coaching job as 200 00:08:42,679 --> 00:08:45,160 Speaker 5: they're making the rounds a little bit. I do think 201 00:08:45,200 --> 00:08:47,240 Speaker 5: everyone's going to be coming in, regardless of what their 202 00:08:47,240 --> 00:08:49,840 Speaker 5: background is and what style of offense we envision them. 203 00:08:49,880 --> 00:08:55,080 Speaker 4: Running Chargers Weekly is presented by Splitaro, helping homeowners access 204 00:08:55,080 --> 00:08:58,679 Speaker 4: their home equity with no monthly payments. Splitteraro offers home 205 00:08:58,720 --> 00:09:01,720 Speaker 4: equity investments better way to access the cash you need 206 00:09:01,960 --> 00:09:04,640 Speaker 4: from your home without getting to go through a bank. 207 00:09:04,920 --> 00:09:07,000 Speaker 4: Get a lump sum of cash in exchange for a 208 00:09:07,040 --> 00:09:10,319 Speaker 4: share of your home's future value. Payoff debt, renovate your 209 00:09:10,320 --> 00:09:13,280 Speaker 4: home and better your life. Get your free cash espmate 210 00:09:13,360 --> 00:09:17,760 Speaker 4: at splitteraro dot com. Slash Chargers I guess unofficial reports 211 00:09:17,840 --> 00:09:19,640 Speaker 4: John Harball is going to go to New York to 212 00:09:19,880 --> 00:09:21,920 Speaker 4: be the Giants head coach, and it sounds like Monk 213 00:09:22,000 --> 00:09:24,120 Speaker 4: and maybe going with him, and that would have been 214 00:09:24,120 --> 00:09:26,640 Speaker 4: a guy that would fit nicely here. Ladd knows him 215 00:09:26,640 --> 00:09:29,600 Speaker 4: pretty well from the University of Georgia. But Mike McDaniel 216 00:09:29,640 --> 00:09:33,920 Speaker 4: obviously the number one candidate for an offensive coordinator. He's 217 00:09:33,920 --> 00:09:36,200 Speaker 4: getting a lot of head coaching interviews right now, so 218 00:09:36,520 --> 00:09:40,400 Speaker 4: you would hope that he would be somebody this team 219 00:09:40,400 --> 00:09:43,720 Speaker 4: would talk to you mentioned, I mean the Shanahan scheme 220 00:09:43,800 --> 00:09:47,320 Speaker 4: versus what they've been running here very different. I guess 221 00:09:47,360 --> 00:09:50,040 Speaker 4: you could kind of remake the personnel across the offensive line. 222 00:09:50,080 --> 00:09:52,880 Speaker 4: You know, Alton Slater could do everything, but to have 223 00:09:52,920 --> 00:09:55,040 Speaker 4: a guy like that. We've seen the success of the 224 00:09:55,040 --> 00:09:58,320 Speaker 4: Shanna entry everywhere from Kyle to McVeigh. 225 00:09:58,400 --> 00:09:59,319 Speaker 2: List goes on and on. 226 00:10:00,360 --> 00:10:02,920 Speaker 4: It's something where you know, you're not really worried about 227 00:10:03,000 --> 00:10:05,040 Speaker 4: justin Herbert picking up another offense. He's far enough to 228 00:10:05,080 --> 00:10:08,000 Speaker 4: do that. Just what the offense would look like an 229 00:10:08,040 --> 00:10:10,120 Speaker 4: other thing. Coach said, it's just got to score points. 230 00:10:10,280 --> 00:10:12,199 Speaker 4: He'd scored three points in the playoffs, expected. 231 00:10:11,960 --> 00:10:14,360 Speaker 5: Well, well, fifteen total in two playoff games. Right, it 232 00:10:14,440 --> 00:10:18,480 Speaker 5: happened in terms of McDaniel, like, to me, the one 233 00:10:18,520 --> 00:10:22,199 Speaker 5: thing that I would want that I would assume coach 234 00:10:22,240 --> 00:10:24,400 Speaker 5: and Joe Ortiz and Chad Alexander, they told us that's 235 00:10:24,400 --> 00:10:28,000 Speaker 5: who's Inny the interviews that it's Chad, Joe and Jim. 236 00:10:28,280 --> 00:10:30,480 Speaker 5: That I would want answered is how are you going 237 00:10:30,520 --> 00:10:32,720 Speaker 5: to deal with pressure? Because we saw that was not 238 00:10:32,840 --> 00:10:36,400 Speaker 5: something that was executed well this year. Pressure and easy 239 00:10:36,440 --> 00:10:39,360 Speaker 5: buttons and quick game was not there. And to me, like, 240 00:10:39,400 --> 00:10:42,280 Speaker 5: you think about what Mike McDaniel built with Tua, and 241 00:10:42,360 --> 00:10:44,520 Speaker 5: what that quick game looked like, and what that offensive 242 00:10:44,559 --> 00:10:47,480 Speaker 5: line that he and Frank Smith inherited looked like, and 243 00:10:47,520 --> 00:10:50,319 Speaker 5: how they were able to overcome what was grated out 244 00:10:50,360 --> 00:10:52,880 Speaker 5: as one of, if not the worst offensive line in 245 00:10:52,880 --> 00:10:54,640 Speaker 5: the league the year prior. And they didn't have a 246 00:10:54,679 --> 00:10:57,480 Speaker 5: lot of additions, and yet they made it work. You know, 247 00:10:57,520 --> 00:10:59,600 Speaker 5: they made two of the leading passer in the league, 248 00:10:59,600 --> 00:11:00,959 Speaker 5: they got them to Pro Bowl, they got back to 249 00:11:01,000 --> 00:11:03,240 Speaker 5: back playoff games, you know, which hadn't been done in 250 00:11:03,240 --> 00:11:07,000 Speaker 5: Miami thirty years. So like, to me, that's that's my 251 00:11:07,120 --> 00:11:09,000 Speaker 5: number one question. It's not hey, what kind of what 252 00:11:09,080 --> 00:11:10,920 Speaker 5: kind of run game you want to it's how are 253 00:11:10,960 --> 00:11:13,319 Speaker 5: you gonna deal with pressure? Because we've seen that pressure 254 00:11:13,440 --> 00:11:16,000 Speaker 5: derailed us in a wild card game last year, derailed 255 00:11:16,080 --> 00:11:18,440 Speaker 5: us in a wild card game this year was a 256 00:11:18,480 --> 00:11:20,839 Speaker 5: major factor. And I think if you've got an answer 257 00:11:20,880 --> 00:11:23,839 Speaker 5: to that, then then you've got my attention. And so 258 00:11:24,040 --> 00:11:27,200 Speaker 5: I think McDaniel has proven that that's something he's he's 259 00:11:27,360 --> 00:11:31,200 Speaker 5: very good at and was able to overcome with with 260 00:11:31,280 --> 00:11:34,960 Speaker 5: Tua with quick game, with a brilliant running game, you know. 261 00:11:35,000 --> 00:11:36,520 Speaker 5: I mean you saw it with most dirt, you saw 262 00:11:36,520 --> 00:11:39,720 Speaker 5: it with han like that. That was a fun offense 263 00:11:39,760 --> 00:11:41,160 Speaker 5: to watch, and they put up some points. 264 00:11:41,160 --> 00:11:43,240 Speaker 4: Man, Yeah, we saw h go forty nine yards for 265 00:11:43,240 --> 00:11:45,680 Speaker 4: a touchdown. I think in the first quarter. I guess 266 00:11:45,760 --> 00:11:48,960 Speaker 4: the Chargers as far as the offensive lines concern, you know, 267 00:11:49,320 --> 00:11:51,920 Speaker 4: save for Alton Slater, I think we're looking at a 268 00:11:51,920 --> 00:11:54,800 Speaker 4: completely new everything's on the board, especially in the interior, 269 00:11:54,840 --> 00:11:56,840 Speaker 4: and that that could lead to Okay, you look at 270 00:11:56,840 --> 00:11:59,080 Speaker 4: free agency, look at the draft. Maybe there are guys 271 00:11:59,080 --> 00:12:01,760 Speaker 4: who've better fit at the Shanahan scheme. For instance, you 272 00:12:01,840 --> 00:12:04,680 Speaker 4: Marcus Brady was a guy that an internal candidate that 273 00:12:04,840 --> 00:12:08,040 Speaker 4: interviewed this morning for the OC job. So that's that's 274 00:12:08,120 --> 00:12:10,079 Speaker 4: one thing that kind of needs to shake out over 275 00:12:10,080 --> 00:12:11,040 Speaker 4: the next couple of weeks. 276 00:12:11,080 --> 00:12:11,480 Speaker 2: And we'll know. 277 00:12:12,120 --> 00:12:14,720 Speaker 4: Especially such a weird time too, because you figure if 278 00:12:14,800 --> 00:12:16,880 Speaker 4: Jesse Minterer gets a job, which we believe he will, 279 00:12:17,400 --> 00:12:19,640 Speaker 4: and John gets a job, I mean, these are all 280 00:12:19,679 --> 00:12:23,040 Speaker 4: coaches that are very familiar with both Harball's and Jesse, 281 00:12:23,280 --> 00:12:25,040 Speaker 4: So a lot of things I think kind of need 282 00:12:25,080 --> 00:12:28,520 Speaker 4: to kind of shake themselves out. Defensively, I just think 283 00:12:28,520 --> 00:12:30,920 Speaker 4: about just what a strength the defense was this year. 284 00:12:31,120 --> 00:12:33,160 Speaker 4: And when you have a guy I almost like it. 285 00:12:33,160 --> 00:12:35,680 Speaker 4: It so like when Ben Johnson left the Lions. When 286 00:12:35,679 --> 00:12:38,080 Speaker 4: you have a guy as smart as Jesse Mintzer leave 287 00:12:38,520 --> 00:12:41,320 Speaker 4: your room, everybody else has to pick up their game. 288 00:12:41,400 --> 00:12:43,720 Speaker 4: And that's something that I think is looming here over 289 00:12:43,720 --> 00:12:44,439 Speaker 4: the next couple of weeks. 290 00:12:44,520 --> 00:12:47,040 Speaker 5: Yeah, I'm glad you brought up Ben because I answered. 291 00:12:47,080 --> 00:12:49,200 Speaker 5: You know, I not to pat myself on the back 292 00:12:49,240 --> 00:12:50,600 Speaker 5: for the questions that I asked. That's not what I'm 293 00:12:50,600 --> 00:12:53,000 Speaker 5: getting at. But I do think that Jesse's got the 294 00:12:53,000 --> 00:12:55,400 Speaker 5: opportunity to pick his job, you know. And now that 295 00:12:55,400 --> 00:12:58,400 Speaker 5: the Giants is gone and it's you know, Jim's brother John, 296 00:12:58,559 --> 00:13:01,120 Speaker 5: that's probably the number one job that people wanted because 297 00:13:01,160 --> 00:13:03,720 Speaker 5: of ownership, because you have a young quarterback, you've got 298 00:13:03,800 --> 00:13:06,120 Speaker 5: Malik Neighbors, you've got a defensive line. I know people 299 00:13:06,200 --> 00:13:08,200 Speaker 5: may not look at it the same way, but in 300 00:13:08,200 --> 00:13:10,439 Speaker 5: talking to people inside of football, they viewed that as 301 00:13:10,679 --> 00:13:11,280 Speaker 5: far and away the. 302 00:13:11,320 --> 00:13:13,840 Speaker 2: Number one job, just so that division's winnable. 303 00:13:14,040 --> 00:13:17,240 Speaker 5: Yeah, and I think with that now off the board, 304 00:13:17,400 --> 00:13:20,720 Speaker 5: I think there's really to me, there's just there's two jobs. 305 00:13:20,880 --> 00:13:21,080 Speaker 1: You know. 306 00:13:21,120 --> 00:13:22,160 Speaker 2: If I'm in the AFC North. 307 00:13:22,320 --> 00:13:25,160 Speaker 5: Yeah, I think it's you know, I think it's obviously Cleveland, 308 00:13:26,200 --> 00:13:28,720 Speaker 5: you know. I think it's Pittsburgh and Baltimore, you know. 309 00:13:28,760 --> 00:13:30,920 Speaker 5: And if I'm Jesse and I know I'm coming back, 310 00:13:30,960 --> 00:13:32,800 Speaker 5: and we heard what Joe had to say about Tuley 311 00:13:32,920 --> 00:13:35,559 Speaker 5: and oh Way and obviously the decision that Khalil is 312 00:13:35,559 --> 00:13:38,640 Speaker 5: gonna make. I mean, you have that front, you've got 313 00:13:38,679 --> 00:13:40,719 Speaker 5: I'm sure they're gonna get tier Tart done as well, 314 00:13:40,760 --> 00:13:42,760 Speaker 5: based on what he did and how much he likes it. Here, 315 00:13:42,960 --> 00:13:45,280 Speaker 5: You've got day On at the next level. You've got 316 00:13:45,480 --> 00:13:48,880 Speaker 5: you know, Derwin James at the safety level, like Jesse 317 00:13:49,000 --> 00:13:51,120 Speaker 5: can come back and pick his job next year. So 318 00:13:51,200 --> 00:13:55,040 Speaker 5: I do think even though yes, I think the Cardinals 319 00:13:55,200 --> 00:13:59,480 Speaker 5: or the Browns, or the Titans or the Dolphin like 320 00:13:59,520 --> 00:14:01,760 Speaker 5: I did, I think any of those teams could offer 321 00:14:02,040 --> 00:14:04,439 Speaker 5: Jesse the job. I think it's just more of a 322 00:14:04,520 --> 00:14:07,280 Speaker 5: question of if he comes back to coach and says. 323 00:14:07,080 --> 00:14:09,480 Speaker 1: Hey, kind of wait, what do you think that. 324 00:14:09,559 --> 00:14:11,920 Speaker 5: If I were Joe Ortiz and Jim Harbaugh and I 325 00:14:11,920 --> 00:14:13,520 Speaker 5: know they didn't want to talk about money, I would 326 00:14:13,520 --> 00:14:16,160 Speaker 5: just say, look, man's let's. 327 00:14:15,920 --> 00:14:16,680 Speaker 1: Bump you up here. 328 00:14:16,880 --> 00:14:18,480 Speaker 5: Let's make it worth your while to come back, and 329 00:14:18,480 --> 00:14:20,960 Speaker 5: then you can hop back in the cycle next year. 330 00:14:21,000 --> 00:14:22,560 Speaker 5: I think the saying can be said for Matt Burke 331 00:14:22,600 --> 00:14:25,360 Speaker 5: and Houston. It's like, you're gonna have Will Anderson and 332 00:14:25,400 --> 00:14:27,440 Speaker 5: Daniel Hunter next year. You're gonna have Alsheer, You're gonna 333 00:14:27,440 --> 00:14:29,880 Speaker 5: have Peacher, You're gonna have all this Stingley and Lass. 334 00:14:30,080 --> 00:14:31,880 Speaker 5: You're gonna have all those guys next year. If you 335 00:14:31,920 --> 00:14:34,960 Speaker 5: don't have the exact job that you want, come back. 336 00:14:35,080 --> 00:14:37,200 Speaker 5: Do what Ben Johnson did. And if you don't want 337 00:14:37,200 --> 00:14:39,640 Speaker 5: the Washington job, go back and now you've got the 338 00:14:39,720 --> 00:14:43,680 Speaker 5: job that you want Chicago, Caleb, Now you're rolling. And 339 00:14:43,760 --> 00:14:46,520 Speaker 5: I do think that that is something, even though we've 340 00:14:46,560 --> 00:14:48,720 Speaker 5: already written off the idea that Jesse is gonna be gone, 341 00:14:48,760 --> 00:14:51,280 Speaker 5: which I totally think is in the cards because he's 342 00:14:51,280 --> 00:14:51,760 Speaker 5: going to get. 343 00:14:51,640 --> 00:14:52,120 Speaker 1: Offered a gig. 344 00:14:52,320 --> 00:14:53,720 Speaker 2: They said when not if right? 345 00:14:54,040 --> 00:14:56,120 Speaker 5: I think it's a question of does he want it? 346 00:14:56,200 --> 00:14:58,880 Speaker 5: Does he want the Cleveland job, does he want the 347 00:14:58,880 --> 00:15:00,840 Speaker 5: Arizona job? Does he want the Tennessee job? 348 00:15:00,880 --> 00:15:01,480 Speaker 1: And maybe he does. 349 00:15:02,680 --> 00:15:05,400 Speaker 4: I mean, the Steelers feel like the perfect fit, you right, 350 00:15:05,520 --> 00:15:07,920 Speaker 4: defensive minded young guy. They've done that at every stop 351 00:15:07,920 --> 00:15:10,040 Speaker 4: they've only had what three coaches. 352 00:15:09,800 --> 00:15:12,200 Speaker 1: Or yeah, that three in the last fifty years. 353 00:15:11,800 --> 00:15:14,640 Speaker 4: The last fifty years, So that feels like that makes 354 00:15:14,680 --> 00:15:16,240 Speaker 4: a lot of sense. The Ravens, obviously, we know the 355 00:15:16,240 --> 00:15:19,280 Speaker 4: connection there. And then it becomes Okay, do you do 356 00:15:19,320 --> 00:15:22,280 Speaker 4: you promote from within? There's a couple of deserving candidates 357 00:15:22,280 --> 00:15:24,600 Speaker 4: from within? Do you keep the same scheme? Do you 358 00:15:24,640 --> 00:15:26,120 Speaker 4: do what you do with the offense and cast a 359 00:15:26,160 --> 00:15:30,040 Speaker 4: wide net. I feel like you would more likely try 360 00:15:30,040 --> 00:15:34,120 Speaker 4: to keep whatever this scheme is, this scheme and not 361 00:15:34,640 --> 00:15:36,520 Speaker 4: go as drastic as you would maybe offensively. 362 00:15:36,600 --> 00:15:39,800 Speaker 5: Yeah, I think it would depend. I think I think 363 00:15:40,600 --> 00:15:43,920 Speaker 5: you know, like, for instance, Brian Flores has decided that 364 00:15:43,960 --> 00:15:46,840 Speaker 5: he kind of wants to, if not be a head coach, 365 00:15:47,200 --> 00:15:48,600 Speaker 5: go somewhere else that yeahbe it's time. 366 00:15:48,640 --> 00:15:50,760 Speaker 4: He was in Washington yesterday. I think the Steelers are 367 00:15:50,760 --> 00:15:52,320 Speaker 4: going to interview him for the head coaching Yeah. 368 00:15:52,320 --> 00:15:53,800 Speaker 5: So if he doesn't get a head coaching job and 369 00:15:53,880 --> 00:15:56,320 Speaker 5: he decides what, you know that, look, he runs a 370 00:15:56,320 --> 00:15:59,880 Speaker 5: completely different scheme. It is a blitz heavy cover zero 371 00:16:00,000 --> 00:16:02,960 Speaker 5: so heavy, the heaviest rate in the league scheme. And 372 00:16:03,000 --> 00:16:04,840 Speaker 5: if he's the guy that says, yeah, I can I 373 00:16:04,880 --> 00:16:06,400 Speaker 5: can work with this set of edges, and I can 374 00:16:06,440 --> 00:16:08,680 Speaker 5: work with Dayon and Derwin, and then yeah, I think 375 00:16:08,720 --> 00:16:11,400 Speaker 5: you could see maybe a scheme change. But to your point, yeah, 376 00:16:11,400 --> 00:16:16,280 Speaker 5: look for me, Jesse special. He is special. And when 377 00:16:16,320 --> 00:16:17,880 Speaker 5: you look at what he was able to do with 378 00:16:18,080 --> 00:16:22,680 Speaker 5: the players and the salary camp, salary cap constraints last year, 379 00:16:22,960 --> 00:16:24,880 Speaker 5: and to drop a Punaford in and turn him into 380 00:16:24,920 --> 00:16:26,760 Speaker 5: a pro bowler and a guy that got paid thirty 381 00:16:26,760 --> 00:16:28,960 Speaker 5: million bucks and Christian Fulton into a guy that got 382 00:16:28,960 --> 00:16:30,920 Speaker 5: a new contract, like and you see what he did 383 00:16:30,960 --> 00:16:33,720 Speaker 5: with Dante Jackson this year, who is on this low 384 00:16:33,840 --> 00:16:36,440 Speaker 5: number two year contract and he's coming back next year 385 00:16:36,480 --> 00:16:40,480 Speaker 5: at a nice number. Like Jesse was the reason for 386 00:16:40,520 --> 00:16:43,800 Speaker 5: the success, not the scheme and those coaches and Clink 387 00:16:44,080 --> 00:16:48,360 Speaker 5: and Bowman and Elston and like. So, to me, scheme 388 00:16:48,440 --> 00:16:50,760 Speaker 5: is important, no question. But like I think back to 389 00:16:50,760 --> 00:16:55,360 Speaker 5: Brandon Staley, right, he was so blinders on into his 390 00:16:55,480 --> 00:16:59,000 Speaker 5: scheme that I think it did cost the Chargers some games. 391 00:16:59,040 --> 00:17:03,000 Speaker 5: And so yeah, it's nice to have a roster built 392 00:17:03,040 --> 00:17:05,600 Speaker 5: around a scheme that has worked with these players. 393 00:17:05,600 --> 00:17:06,720 Speaker 1: But I do think more. 394 00:17:06,560 --> 00:17:09,960 Speaker 5: Of it was was Jesse and that that set of 395 00:17:10,000 --> 00:17:12,840 Speaker 5: coaches than just hey, we're playing a ton of two 396 00:17:12,920 --> 00:17:16,680 Speaker 5: high or Cover six or a lot more matchup zone 397 00:17:16,760 --> 00:17:20,159 Speaker 5: than you know, Cover three man de man you know, 398 00:17:20,440 --> 00:17:22,040 Speaker 5: or Cover zero type stuff. 399 00:17:23,240 --> 00:17:25,919 Speaker 3: Head to San Francisco and experience the Super Bowl with 400 00:17:26,040 --> 00:17:29,679 Speaker 3: on Location, the official hospitality provider of the NFL and 401 00:17:29,760 --> 00:17:33,520 Speaker 3: proud partner of the Los Angeles Chargers. 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I mean it was a necessity this year. 411 00:18:08,800 --> 00:18:10,080 Speaker 4: You had to pick up the offense because of the 412 00:18:10,160 --> 00:18:13,280 Speaker 4: offensive line issues and all the injuries to the running backs, 413 00:18:13,280 --> 00:18:16,439 Speaker 4: and you know, list goes on and on offensively, especially 414 00:18:16,440 --> 00:18:18,960 Speaker 4: with Justin. We keep forgetting that Justin had a broken hand, 415 00:18:19,080 --> 00:18:20,520 Speaker 4: a growing broken hand. 416 00:18:21,359 --> 00:18:25,240 Speaker 2: So this upcoming year, you have to. One has to wonder. 417 00:18:25,280 --> 00:18:28,200 Speaker 4: I guess if a McDaniel or another offensive quarter comes 418 00:18:28,240 --> 00:18:30,520 Speaker 4: in and they can get this offense going and they 419 00:18:30,520 --> 00:18:34,000 Speaker 4: can protect Justin Herbert, can that help maybe compensate for 420 00:18:34,080 --> 00:18:36,320 Speaker 4: maybe some of the losses you see on defense? Every 421 00:18:36,359 --> 00:18:40,359 Speaker 4: year is different. The injuries you know, haveing Alton Slater 422 00:18:40,560 --> 00:18:42,960 Speaker 4: not a part of this team this year was absolutely crushing. 423 00:18:43,200 --> 00:18:44,600 Speaker 2: You hope you get those guys back. 424 00:18:45,200 --> 00:18:48,159 Speaker 4: But from a free agency and draft standpoint money, this 425 00:18:48,200 --> 00:18:50,800 Speaker 4: team is going to look pretty different offensively, especially across 426 00:18:50,880 --> 00:18:51,320 Speaker 4: the line. 427 00:18:51,440 --> 00:18:51,640 Speaker 1: Yeah. 428 00:18:51,680 --> 00:18:55,200 Speaker 5: Look, and I think you know, you mentioned Monkin and 429 00:18:55,200 --> 00:18:58,119 Speaker 5: and to me, it just was such a perfect you know, 430 00:18:58,760 --> 00:19:01,240 Speaker 5: it was a perfect fit. Right obviously worked with John. 431 00:19:01,880 --> 00:19:05,439 Speaker 5: You saw the difference, you know, Roman left Baltimore, Lunkin 432 00:19:05,480 --> 00:19:06,000 Speaker 5: shows up. 433 00:19:06,160 --> 00:19:07,320 Speaker 1: What's it look like? You know? 434 00:19:07,400 --> 00:19:09,399 Speaker 5: And so I think that was easy to see. You 435 00:19:09,400 --> 00:19:11,159 Speaker 5: mentioned what he did with Ladd at Georgia, that was 436 00:19:11,200 --> 00:19:13,359 Speaker 5: easy to see, Like it just look what he did 437 00:19:13,400 --> 00:19:15,520 Speaker 5: with Zay Flowers, And to me, Lad's a better version 438 00:19:15,560 --> 00:19:17,400 Speaker 5: of Za Flowers. So it's like, God, what he could 439 00:19:17,440 --> 00:19:19,399 Speaker 5: do with Ladd, you know, with what he did with 440 00:19:19,520 --> 00:19:22,200 Speaker 5: Za having Gadsden and what he does with tied it 441 00:19:22,359 --> 00:19:27,560 Speaker 5: like it was such a perfect fit. And so now 442 00:19:27,560 --> 00:19:30,200 Speaker 5: that you kind of move on from that is maybe 443 00:19:30,280 --> 00:19:33,400 Speaker 5: the best possible guy. I think McDaniels is in there 444 00:19:33,400 --> 00:19:35,560 Speaker 5: as a top three. I think Brian dave Ball is 445 00:19:35,640 --> 00:19:38,399 Speaker 5: absolutely in there, is one of the top three, you know, 446 00:19:38,440 --> 00:19:41,840 Speaker 5: with what he did with Josh Allen, just the fact 447 00:19:41,840 --> 00:19:43,440 Speaker 5: that he kind of comes from that Patriots tree, and 448 00:19:43,480 --> 00:19:48,000 Speaker 5: I think coach sees offense very similarly to how you know, 449 00:19:48,320 --> 00:19:51,320 Speaker 5: Rabel runs an offense. McDaniels runs an offense. Bill Belichick 450 00:19:51,440 --> 00:19:54,240 Speaker 5: chose to run offense, and dave Ball comes from that family, 451 00:19:54,280 --> 00:19:56,879 Speaker 5: you know, with Sabe at Alabama running a pro style 452 00:19:56,920 --> 00:19:59,199 Speaker 5: set down there and winning a national championship doing that. 453 00:19:59,320 --> 00:20:01,960 Speaker 5: So to me, he shoots to the top of the list, 454 00:20:02,560 --> 00:20:05,959 Speaker 5: and I think, to me, I think for guys like 455 00:20:06,000 --> 00:20:08,760 Speaker 5: that that believe they're still head coaching in their future, 456 00:20:09,200 --> 00:20:11,320 Speaker 5: then maybe got a little sideways on them, or you know, 457 00:20:11,359 --> 00:20:13,600 Speaker 5: in the case of McDaniel, thinks he was fired unfairly. 458 00:20:14,200 --> 00:20:15,919 Speaker 5: I don't think if you're not going to get one 459 00:20:15,960 --> 00:20:18,240 Speaker 5: in this cycle, there's any better place you could go. 460 00:20:18,359 --> 00:20:20,640 Speaker 5: And then you know that comes with some issues like Okay, 461 00:20:20,720 --> 00:20:22,119 Speaker 5: now you're hiring someone the E knows can be here 462 00:20:22,160 --> 00:20:24,960 Speaker 5: for if all goes well for a year and you're 463 00:20:25,000 --> 00:20:26,520 Speaker 5: going to be moving on from you know, and he's 464 00:20:26,560 --> 00:20:28,680 Speaker 5: going to get a gig likely the following year because 465 00:20:28,680 --> 00:20:31,200 Speaker 5: you're putting up, you know, the numbers that we think 466 00:20:31,320 --> 00:20:34,520 Speaker 5: Justin could put up five thousand yards, forty touchdowns, twenty 467 00:20:34,560 --> 00:20:38,600 Speaker 5: eight twenty nine, thirty points per game. So that's sort 468 00:20:38,600 --> 00:20:40,880 Speaker 5: of the danger you run into there, right, is it's 469 00:20:40,880 --> 00:20:43,840 Speaker 5: someone that's likely going to find their way, and I 470 00:20:43,880 --> 00:20:47,639 Speaker 5: think that could go for anyone, right because people want 471 00:20:47,720 --> 00:20:50,760 Speaker 5: offensive teams want offensive play callers as head coaches. They're 472 00:20:50,800 --> 00:20:53,520 Speaker 5: the most valuable. Kyle Shanahan, shaum. It just look who's 473 00:20:53,560 --> 00:20:57,760 Speaker 5: left in the playoffs, right, Kyle Shanahan, Sean McVay, Ben Johnson. 474 00:20:57,880 --> 00:21:00,439 Speaker 5: I mean we can go through every just going. 475 00:21:01,280 --> 00:21:03,280 Speaker 2: Liam Cohen was three points away, William Cohen. 476 00:21:03,359 --> 00:21:03,560 Speaker 1: Yeah. 477 00:21:03,600 --> 00:21:05,800 Speaker 5: I mean, Sean McDermott, for the most part, calls defense, 478 00:21:06,119 --> 00:21:08,919 Speaker 5: you know, Mike McDonald calls the defense. They want a 479 00:21:10,119 --> 00:21:12,600 Speaker 5: so they know that at least one side of the 480 00:21:12,640 --> 00:21:17,199 Speaker 5: ball is going to stay I shouldn't say stagnant is 481 00:21:17,240 --> 00:21:18,320 Speaker 5: going to stay. 482 00:21:18,160 --> 00:21:21,399 Speaker 1: Consistent, and especially. 483 00:21:21,359 --> 00:21:23,919 Speaker 5: When it's offense, and you can keep the offensive system 484 00:21:23,920 --> 00:21:26,000 Speaker 5: if you can find a play calling head coach with 485 00:21:26,080 --> 00:21:28,360 Speaker 5: a quarterback that's McVeigh. 486 00:21:28,480 --> 00:21:30,520 Speaker 2: Yeah, Shanahan, it's kind of it's kind of the formula 487 00:21:30,640 --> 00:21:32,199 Speaker 2: for what's happening in New England right now. 488 00:21:32,280 --> 00:21:35,800 Speaker 4: With Josh McDaniels coming in, you know, very unlikely he's 489 00:21:35,840 --> 00:21:38,399 Speaker 4: gonna kind of goee the head coach again. He's one 490 00:21:38,400 --> 00:21:41,600 Speaker 4: of the best offensive coordinators in all of football maybe ever. 491 00:21:41,880 --> 00:21:43,480 Speaker 4: You know when we talk about what he did with Brady. 492 00:21:43,520 --> 00:21:45,960 Speaker 4: So you have an MVP candidate, you have Vrabel, and 493 00:21:46,000 --> 00:21:49,360 Speaker 4: you have McDaniels. Listen, if it's a guy like Mike 494 00:21:49,440 --> 00:21:52,720 Speaker 4: McDaniel who gets a head coaching job in twenty twenty seven, 495 00:21:52,920 --> 00:21:55,040 Speaker 4: that means the Chargers will have maybe won a playoff game, 496 00:21:55,160 --> 00:21:57,919 Speaker 4: kind have gotten further than the wildcard round, which is 497 00:21:57,920 --> 00:21:59,160 Speaker 4: the ultimate goal right here. 498 00:21:59,200 --> 00:21:59,800 Speaker 2: And that kind of. 499 00:22:00,160 --> 00:22:02,560 Speaker 4: Leads me to, you know, we look at the division 500 00:22:02,760 --> 00:22:05,119 Speaker 4: right now and Hardball has had so much success. I 501 00:22:05,119 --> 00:22:08,600 Speaker 4: think he's nine and is it nine and three? Nine 502 00:22:08,640 --> 00:22:09,360 Speaker 4: and three in the. 503 00:22:09,400 --> 00:22:11,680 Speaker 5: Yeah, lost one game this year, lost to the Chiefs 504 00:22:11,720 --> 00:22:13,240 Speaker 5: last year, swept the Raiders. 505 00:22:13,320 --> 00:22:15,159 Speaker 4: Nine and three in the division. Yet you still have 506 00:22:15,200 --> 00:22:17,159 Speaker 4: that hosted a playoff game. If you want Justin Herbert 507 00:22:17,200 --> 00:22:19,280 Speaker 4: to win in the postseason, having a home game at 508 00:22:19,280 --> 00:22:21,480 Speaker 4: SOFI Stadium would go a long way. And I think 509 00:22:21,520 --> 00:22:25,520 Speaker 4: with what we're seeing from a transition perspective in Kansas 510 00:22:25,560 --> 00:22:28,040 Speaker 4: City Vegas kind of starting from the Studs again and 511 00:22:28,560 --> 00:22:31,800 Speaker 4: Denver being a team that frankly is beatable for the Chargers, 512 00:22:31,800 --> 00:22:34,359 Speaker 4: I mean, this is the year where you know, you 513 00:22:34,400 --> 00:22:36,800 Speaker 4: go back to the Week four game against the Giants 514 00:22:36,840 --> 00:22:39,119 Speaker 4: and like, if you win that game, that game in 515 00:22:39,160 --> 00:22:41,960 Speaker 4: Week eighteen was for the division, You're this close to 516 00:22:42,040 --> 00:22:43,200 Speaker 4: winning the AFC West. 517 00:22:43,320 --> 00:22:46,359 Speaker 5: Yeah, And I think that's I think that's why I 518 00:22:46,480 --> 00:22:49,080 Speaker 5: was so encouraging, and I think it's one of the 519 00:22:49,119 --> 00:22:51,640 Speaker 5: reasons why it's such an attractive job to hear coach 520 00:22:51,680 --> 00:22:53,480 Speaker 5: say what are you looking for in an offensive coordinator, 521 00:22:53,480 --> 00:22:55,680 Speaker 5: a head coach of the offense, to say, look, this 522 00:22:55,760 --> 00:22:58,959 Speaker 5: is this is yours man, you go you go get it. 523 00:22:59,119 --> 00:23:03,040 Speaker 5: And then when he answered, all position groups are open. 524 00:23:03,160 --> 00:23:05,520 Speaker 5: And that's that's one of the reasons why, because that's 525 00:23:05,560 --> 00:23:07,560 Speaker 5: the number one thing. Like it's there's an old saying 526 00:23:07,600 --> 00:23:09,840 Speaker 5: in football that, yeah, when you're a head coach, you 527 00:23:09,880 --> 00:23:12,520 Speaker 5: can fire anyone but the offensive line coach, because that's 528 00:23:12,600 --> 00:23:17,320 Speaker 5: just it's it's it's its own breathing, living entity. And 529 00:23:17,359 --> 00:23:20,240 Speaker 5: when you have a good old line coach, nobody bothers them. 530 00:23:20,320 --> 00:23:23,280 Speaker 5: They do their thing and and that's why they typically 531 00:23:23,280 --> 00:23:26,840 Speaker 5: stay in one place forever. And for that position group. 532 00:23:26,920 --> 00:23:31,600 Speaker 5: You know how many d line, secondary, linebacker, running back, 533 00:23:31,840 --> 00:23:34,600 Speaker 5: quarterback coaches do you really know? But you know names 534 00:23:34,640 --> 00:23:38,200 Speaker 5: like Scarnekia like because when they're good, Alex Gibs, Alex 535 00:23:38,240 --> 00:23:41,280 Speaker 5: gives that they And so I think that's one of 536 00:23:41,320 --> 00:23:45,639 Speaker 5: the reasons why, amongst others, Mike Devlin was relieved with 537 00:23:45,640 --> 00:23:48,400 Speaker 5: his duties as well. It's like, yes, here's the OC 538 00:23:48,800 --> 00:23:50,639 Speaker 5: you're gonna be able to bring. You know, we'd like 539 00:23:50,720 --> 00:23:53,960 Speaker 5: you to please look at our guy, Nick Hardwick. We 540 00:23:54,000 --> 00:23:56,600 Speaker 5: believe in him. We think he could absolutely be one 541 00:23:56,600 --> 00:23:58,800 Speaker 5: of the best offensive line coaches in the league. And 542 00:23:58,800 --> 00:24:00,359 Speaker 5: I'm sure they're going to give him opport unity. And 543 00:24:00,359 --> 00:24:04,000 Speaker 5: I would assume they'll mention that to every offensive you know, 544 00:24:04,520 --> 00:24:08,159 Speaker 5: coordinator candidate. But I think that's why coach answered it 545 00:24:08,200 --> 00:24:11,280 Speaker 5: that way, like, no, if you've got a wide receivers, quarterbacks, 546 00:24:11,800 --> 00:24:16,080 Speaker 5: running backs, o line, whatever, you're the head coach, you're 547 00:24:16,119 --> 00:24:19,040 Speaker 5: going to hire your staff, and I think that's when 548 00:24:19,080 --> 00:24:21,600 Speaker 5: you're talking about and they brought this up as well, 549 00:24:21,760 --> 00:24:24,040 Speaker 5: just the caliber of the candidates and how deep this 550 00:24:24,119 --> 00:24:27,960 Speaker 5: pool is. When you're talking about that level, particularly the 551 00:24:28,000 --> 00:24:31,119 Speaker 5: Big Three, I think you could even just from a 552 00:24:31,160 --> 00:24:34,040 Speaker 5: Harbass standpoint and the way he liked talking about the 553 00:24:34,040 --> 00:24:36,560 Speaker 5: beaucham Beckler view of offense. I think Arthur Smith is 554 00:24:36,600 --> 00:24:38,880 Speaker 5: in that conversation. And I know people kind of get 555 00:24:38,920 --> 00:24:42,080 Speaker 5: stuck on the head coaching job in Atlanta, but when 556 00:24:42,119 --> 00:24:44,680 Speaker 5: you think about what he did in Tennessee and making 557 00:24:44,720 --> 00:24:47,280 Speaker 5: Ryan Tannehill comeback Player of the Year and an All 558 00:24:47,280 --> 00:24:49,840 Speaker 5: Pro level quarterback, and getting to the AFC Championship, making 559 00:24:49,880 --> 00:24:51,880 Speaker 5: Derrek Henry the best running back in the league, AJ 560 00:24:52,000 --> 00:24:54,600 Speaker 5: Brown one of the most feared wide receivers in the league. 561 00:24:54,640 --> 00:24:56,359 Speaker 5: You see what the run game looks like year and 562 00:24:56,400 --> 00:24:59,960 Speaker 5: in year out in Pittsburgh, and to me, that's, you know, 563 00:25:00,080 --> 00:25:02,560 Speaker 5: tight ends, the use of tight ends. Like I think 564 00:25:02,560 --> 00:25:07,399 Speaker 5: he's in that top tier sort of level of guys. 565 00:25:07,440 --> 00:25:11,520 Speaker 5: Before you start digging into who's the non calling oc 566 00:25:11,960 --> 00:25:16,680 Speaker 5: in Chicago, who's is it? Davis Webb, the quarterbacks coach, 567 00:25:16,720 --> 00:25:19,199 Speaker 5: in den Bright. Yeah, I'm not sure if they're going 568 00:25:19,280 --> 00:25:21,840 Speaker 5: to get to that level because I do think you're 569 00:25:21,840 --> 00:25:25,160 Speaker 5: going to have the availability of one of those, you know, Monkin' 570 00:25:25,280 --> 00:25:28,680 Speaker 5: day Ball McDaniel, and then you want to established dude. 571 00:25:28,720 --> 00:25:31,760 Speaker 4: Man, it's year three of this right and eleven wins 572 00:25:31,800 --> 00:25:34,119 Speaker 4: back to back seasons is great, but now it's like, Okay, 573 00:25:34,400 --> 00:25:36,760 Speaker 4: now we need to see some success in January. And 574 00:25:37,040 --> 00:25:38,960 Speaker 4: it kind of leads me to the wide receivers on 575 00:25:39,000 --> 00:25:41,240 Speaker 4: this team. I want to ask you, do you think 576 00:25:41,280 --> 00:25:43,040 Speaker 4: they need to upgrade at any of the wide receiver 577 00:25:43,080 --> 00:25:44,880 Speaker 4: positions or do you think do you envision lad as 578 00:25:44,880 --> 00:25:45,920 Speaker 4: being a wide receiver one? 579 00:25:46,000 --> 00:25:46,240 Speaker 1: Yes? 580 00:25:46,640 --> 00:25:47,160 Speaker 2: I do too. 581 00:25:47,320 --> 00:25:47,639 Speaker 1: Yes. 582 00:25:48,080 --> 00:25:51,000 Speaker 4: I got a little pushback on on the Old X 583 00:25:51,040 --> 00:25:53,239 Speaker 4: about that, and I just I feel like lad what 584 00:25:53,280 --> 00:25:55,480 Speaker 4: he did is rookie year. I feel like he can 585 00:25:55,560 --> 00:25:56,840 Speaker 4: kind of cut into some of his production. 586 00:25:56,920 --> 00:26:00,000 Speaker 5: This year he's some I mean, he's the leading targeted receivers. 587 00:26:00,280 --> 00:26:02,320 Speaker 5: He took way too many targets from Ladd. 588 00:26:02,720 --> 00:26:05,600 Speaker 4: I feel like Ladd has wide receiver one like production 589 00:26:05,680 --> 00:26:07,760 Speaker 4: in him. I look at Trey Harris and I don't 590 00:26:07,760 --> 00:26:10,320 Speaker 4: think we've even seen close to what Trey Harris is 591 00:26:10,359 --> 00:26:12,760 Speaker 4: going to be in twenty twenty six, I thought q's 592 00:26:12,800 --> 00:26:15,479 Speaker 4: development was awesome. So just having those three guys as 593 00:26:15,520 --> 00:26:18,679 Speaker 4: a starting point, with Gadsden, with Hampton in the backfield, 594 00:26:18,960 --> 00:26:21,480 Speaker 4: and just kind of adding and maybe further strengthening the 595 00:26:21,520 --> 00:26:24,199 Speaker 4: death behind those guys, I feel like to your point, 596 00:26:24,320 --> 00:26:26,359 Speaker 4: it's got to be the most attractive job. 597 00:26:26,280 --> 00:26:28,760 Speaker 2: Especially with number number ten at a trigger man. 598 00:26:28,840 --> 00:26:30,879 Speaker 5: It's not even close. I mean, it's not even close. 599 00:26:30,960 --> 00:26:34,040 Speaker 5: If you come in under the assumption that Alton Slater 600 00:26:34,119 --> 00:26:37,719 Speaker 5: are back and they're fully healthy, and you have amari 601 00:26:37,800 --> 00:26:40,000 Speaker 5: On Hampton in the backfield, and you've got you know, 602 00:26:40,280 --> 00:26:42,879 Speaker 5: they're going to address the interior line. I would assume, 603 00:26:43,320 --> 00:26:45,320 Speaker 5: you know, I can talk about it. 604 00:26:45,359 --> 00:26:45,800 Speaker 1: They can't. 605 00:26:45,800 --> 00:26:48,000 Speaker 5: But you know, I assume Tyler Linderbaum is going to 606 00:26:48,080 --> 00:26:50,360 Speaker 5: get a huge offer to play center, and I think 607 00:26:50,400 --> 00:26:51,639 Speaker 5: that's going to have a lot to do with what 608 00:26:51,680 --> 00:26:54,160 Speaker 5: they do with Zion. Is you know, how much of 609 00:26:54,200 --> 00:26:57,040 Speaker 5: their salary cap resources do they have to allocate to 610 00:26:57,119 --> 00:26:59,879 Speaker 5: Center compared to what Zion's going to be able to 611 00:27:00,040 --> 00:27:03,119 Speaker 5: etching free agency? Because you know, the guard market exploded 612 00:27:03,200 --> 00:27:06,159 Speaker 5: last year and then are you how you know? So, 613 00:27:06,280 --> 00:27:08,600 Speaker 5: I I think that's part of it just to your 614 00:27:08,640 --> 00:27:13,160 Speaker 5: wide receiver point before the attractiveness of the job. I like, again, 615 00:27:13,200 --> 00:27:15,000 Speaker 5: I think you look at all the openings, there's nothing 616 00:27:15,160 --> 00:27:18,159 Speaker 5: that's remotely close to that to Justin Herbert, you know, 617 00:27:18,400 --> 00:27:22,159 Speaker 5: and being given control of the offense as well, but 618 00:27:22,320 --> 00:27:25,359 Speaker 5: to the wide receivers. I just to me, it's you 619 00:27:25,440 --> 00:27:27,600 Speaker 5: kind of think about you know, I mentioned aj Brown 620 00:27:27,720 --> 00:27:30,640 Speaker 5: second round pick, DK Metca, Metca second round pick, Ladd 621 00:27:30,760 --> 00:27:33,440 Speaker 5: second round pick. Like, I don't think they need to 622 00:27:33,520 --> 00:27:38,040 Speaker 5: invest financial resources into dipping into the free agent market 623 00:27:38,400 --> 00:27:42,879 Speaker 5: or trading for someone who's making twenty five thirty million 624 00:27:42,920 --> 00:27:45,440 Speaker 5: bucks a year. I think you're good enough with q 625 00:27:46,320 --> 00:27:50,280 Speaker 5: Trey Lad And then perhaps you're drafting. You know, if 626 00:27:50,320 --> 00:27:51,960 Speaker 5: you're trading out of the first round and picking up 627 00:27:51,960 --> 00:27:53,879 Speaker 5: an extra two, you're picking up a wide receiver. 628 00:27:53,960 --> 00:27:56,760 Speaker 1: Again. I mean, there's that position is so deep now, 629 00:27:57,080 --> 00:27:57,320 Speaker 1: you know. 630 00:27:57,520 --> 00:27:59,440 Speaker 2: Key Andre kind of steps into a role, he gets 631 00:27:59,440 --> 00:27:59,879 Speaker 2: more production. 632 00:28:00,000 --> 00:28:02,040 Speaker 5: You don't forget Ronde Gaston's part of that too. They've 633 00:28:02,080 --> 00:28:06,080 Speaker 5: got an incredibly athletic pass catching tight end that's part 634 00:28:06,119 --> 00:28:10,399 Speaker 5: of that groups as well. So I think with what 635 00:28:10,440 --> 00:28:13,639 Speaker 5: they have, I'd be totally comfortable going into next season 636 00:28:13,680 --> 00:28:15,320 Speaker 5: with what they have and then finding you know, sort 637 00:28:15,359 --> 00:28:19,399 Speaker 5: of that affordable one year. You know, I know it 638 00:28:19,400 --> 00:28:21,359 Speaker 5: didn't work out, but you just kind of think of 639 00:28:21,400 --> 00:28:25,239 Speaker 5: Mike Williams, Keenan Allen, things like that level receiver that 640 00:28:25,280 --> 00:28:27,679 Speaker 5: you would then sign in the offseason and plug in. 641 00:28:28,000 --> 00:28:29,840 Speaker 4: Have you given Lance heads up there? We're going to 642 00:28:29,920 --> 00:28:32,520 Speaker 4: have a ninety minute deep dive on the offensive. 643 00:28:32,040 --> 00:28:34,520 Speaker 1: Line at the camera Lancer line. 644 00:28:34,840 --> 00:28:37,240 Speaker 5: Yeah. I think that's and that's like the great thing 645 00:28:37,280 --> 00:28:40,640 Speaker 5: about for those that are frustrated and upset, Like the 646 00:28:40,680 --> 00:28:44,880 Speaker 5: great thing about this team is like the first round 647 00:28:45,560 --> 00:28:47,840 Speaker 5: is to me if I were a GM, which I 648 00:28:47,880 --> 00:28:51,160 Speaker 5: will never be, but to me, the first round is 649 00:28:51,360 --> 00:28:54,320 Speaker 5: premium positions. I don't want to use my first round 650 00:28:54,360 --> 00:28:58,280 Speaker 5: pick unless it's on a wide receiver, a quarterback, a tackle, 651 00:28:59,320 --> 00:29:01,840 Speaker 5: a corner, and then I think the rest of the 652 00:29:01,920 --> 00:29:05,640 Speaker 5: rounds are for running back in amarians different you're talking 653 00:29:05,640 --> 00:29:08,440 Speaker 5: about an elite probably top ten on their board player 654 00:29:08,480 --> 00:29:10,720 Speaker 5: that slid to where they were in the twenties and 655 00:29:10,720 --> 00:29:15,959 Speaker 5: that's why they did it. But linebacker, safety, guard, center, 656 00:29:16,080 --> 00:29:19,560 Speaker 5: those are all second third. You're getting starters. You know, 657 00:29:19,600 --> 00:29:23,320 Speaker 5: when you're looking at Zach Frasier's second rounder Bordolini, fourth rounder. 658 00:29:23,640 --> 00:29:26,000 Speaker 5: You know, that's and so you can trade out of 659 00:29:26,000 --> 00:29:28,160 Speaker 5: the first pick up a second, trade back out of 660 00:29:28,160 --> 00:29:31,080 Speaker 5: the second. Now you've got two seconds and two thirds, 661 00:29:31,120 --> 00:29:34,480 Speaker 5: and like that's sort of what I'm I'm talking about, 662 00:29:34,480 --> 00:29:37,560 Speaker 5: and I think that's how you can build sort of 663 00:29:37,560 --> 00:29:41,880 Speaker 5: where their holes are. Is conducive to picking later in 664 00:29:41,960 --> 00:29:44,520 Speaker 5: the draft as opposed to being like, hey, we got 665 00:29:44,560 --> 00:29:46,479 Speaker 5: to get this taken care of right here with this 666 00:29:46,560 --> 00:29:48,960 Speaker 5: pick in the first round at whatever it's going to 667 00:29:48,960 --> 00:29:51,800 Speaker 5: be now twenty twenty one, whatever that thing is, And 668 00:29:51,840 --> 00:29:54,600 Speaker 5: it's like, now you can you can find you can 669 00:29:54,640 --> 00:29:56,400 Speaker 5: trade out of the first pick up an extra second, 670 00:29:56,400 --> 00:29:58,240 Speaker 5: and now you got two two's and you're drafting a 671 00:29:58,280 --> 00:30:00,120 Speaker 5: center and a guard or you're drafting a guard in 672 00:30:00,160 --> 00:30:02,960 Speaker 5: a linebacker an off ball linebacker, you know, or a 673 00:30:02,960 --> 00:30:06,040 Speaker 5: safety like whatever those Another one thing they could chase 674 00:30:06,280 --> 00:30:08,680 Speaker 5: with their one is is a number one corner. You know, 675 00:30:08,720 --> 00:30:10,880 Speaker 5: I think that's something that could certainly be in play. 676 00:30:11,080 --> 00:30:14,880 Speaker 4: Yeah, do you view the season money as just a 677 00:30:14,920 --> 00:30:18,600 Speaker 4: missed opportunity given how wide open the AFC has been 678 00:30:18,800 --> 00:30:21,000 Speaker 4: or this this year and how you know it currently 679 00:30:21,080 --> 00:30:23,959 Speaker 4: is wide open. We have what the Bills, Broncos, Texans 680 00:30:24,000 --> 00:30:27,640 Speaker 4: and Patriots and the playoffs or just like, man, how 681 00:30:27,640 --> 00:30:29,719 Speaker 4: do they even get to eleven wins with all the attrition? 682 00:30:29,880 --> 00:30:31,520 Speaker 1: Yeah, I think you can do both. I do. 683 00:30:32,000 --> 00:30:35,160 Speaker 5: I think eleven wins for this group, the run they 684 00:30:35,200 --> 00:30:37,360 Speaker 5: had and what was to be their gauntlet, and they're 685 00:30:37,480 --> 00:30:39,719 Speaker 5: undoing everybody predicting that this would be the team that 686 00:30:39,760 --> 00:30:41,880 Speaker 5: was currently in the playoff picture. That's no longer in 687 00:30:41,880 --> 00:30:44,160 Speaker 5: the playoff picture, you know, because they're going to lose 688 00:30:44,160 --> 00:30:46,600 Speaker 5: to the Eagles, lose to the Chiefs, and they end 689 00:30:46,680 --> 00:30:51,320 Speaker 5: up just hammering. That portion of the schedule is encouraging, 690 00:30:51,360 --> 00:30:53,920 Speaker 5: it's exciting, and it's a testament to the fight in 691 00:30:53,960 --> 00:30:57,480 Speaker 5: these players, the job that these coaches did to get 692 00:30:57,480 --> 00:31:01,800 Speaker 5: to eleven and also be incredibly disappointed because, to use 693 00:31:01,800 --> 00:31:04,560 Speaker 5: a harballism, be it your best when your best is required. 694 00:31:05,040 --> 00:31:08,120 Speaker 5: The offense had its worst day when its best was required, 695 00:31:08,160 --> 00:31:10,280 Speaker 5: and that's a bummer. And then when you look at 696 00:31:10,280 --> 00:31:12,840 Speaker 5: the matchups right now and you see the team that 697 00:31:12,880 --> 00:31:16,000 Speaker 5: beat them, that they held the sixteen points and two 698 00:31:16,080 --> 00:31:19,360 Speaker 5: first half turnovers and a quarterback rating of thirty six 699 00:31:19,400 --> 00:31:21,680 Speaker 5: on the potential MVP of the league is now the 700 00:31:21,760 --> 00:31:26,160 Speaker 5: favorite to win the AFC. It's like, damn, that's that's 701 00:31:26,160 --> 00:31:29,160 Speaker 5: a bummer. So yeah, I think I think you can 702 00:31:29,160 --> 00:31:29,800 Speaker 5: have both things. 703 00:31:29,920 --> 00:31:31,840 Speaker 1: Yeah, feel both ways. I should say. 704 00:31:31,800 --> 00:31:33,920 Speaker 4: Before we get out of here, shout out to you, 705 00:31:33,960 --> 00:31:36,600 Speaker 4: my friend, You and DJ. What were amazing this year. 706 00:31:36,680 --> 00:31:37,520 Speaker 1: That's what I get paid to do. 707 00:31:37,760 --> 00:31:38,720 Speaker 2: Yeah, awesome. 708 00:31:38,880 --> 00:31:40,280 Speaker 1: It showed up to work. 709 00:31:40,720 --> 00:31:41,600 Speaker 2: It showed up to work. 710 00:31:42,080 --> 00:31:44,000 Speaker 1: But I appreciate it. Sound bit you as well. 711 00:31:44,840 --> 00:31:46,520 Speaker 4: We're not going anywhere, but I gotta I got to 712 00:31:46,520 --> 00:31:51,880 Speaker 4: shout out our crew here, Tyler, Jason, Brian Ella, Steven 713 00:31:52,320 --> 00:31:55,000 Speaker 4: Sarah who's produced all these awesome clips for us and 714 00:31:55,360 --> 00:31:57,080 Speaker 4: has been a part of this thing from the beginning 715 00:31:57,120 --> 00:31:57,440 Speaker 4: this year. 716 00:31:57,480 --> 00:31:59,480 Speaker 5: Appreciate them. Yeah, they've been great. Well, it's not like 717 00:31:59,480 --> 00:32:01,960 Speaker 5: they're going on where they're stuck with us once a week. Yeah, 718 00:32:02,000 --> 00:32:04,200 Speaker 5: they going forward, they're stuck. We're still going to be here. 719 00:32:04,240 --> 00:32:06,880 Speaker 4: The season has ended, but it's actually just beginning for us, 720 00:32:06,880 --> 00:32:08,240 Speaker 4: man because it's just kind of we kind of get 721 00:32:08,240 --> 00:32:10,680 Speaker 4: into a new iteration of the podcast where it's really 722 00:32:10,720 --> 00:32:14,600 Speaker 4: all all season stuff, the combines, just around the corner, 723 00:32:15,320 --> 00:32:18,520 Speaker 4: the draft, free agency. So it's it's kind of fun 724 00:32:18,560 --> 00:32:21,120 Speaker 4: because you you're doing the same podcast, but it's actually 725 00:32:21,120 --> 00:32:21,800 Speaker 4: completely different. 726 00:32:21,880 --> 00:32:22,520 Speaker 1: Yeah it is. 727 00:32:23,440 --> 00:32:25,480 Speaker 5: And look, I think with the OC thing that certainly 728 00:32:25,520 --> 00:32:29,240 Speaker 5: makes the next two weeks, you know, Mandatory Chargers Weekly 729 00:32:29,360 --> 00:32:32,360 Speaker 5: must listen just because it's going to shape what this 730 00:32:32,400 --> 00:32:33,360 Speaker 5: team's going to look like. 731 00:32:33,800 --> 00:32:35,520 Speaker 2: Hopefully get that third chair out so we could talk 732 00:32:35,560 --> 00:32:36,280 Speaker 2: to whoever. 733 00:32:36,000 --> 00:32:36,960 Speaker 1: It is exactly right. 734 00:32:38,000 --> 00:32:40,520 Speaker 5: Yeah, And I think and I do think, much like 735 00:32:40,600 --> 00:32:45,480 Speaker 5: John Harbaugh was hired in fast Fashion. I know it's 736 00:32:45,520 --> 00:32:47,680 Speaker 5: not official at the moment we're doing this, but it's 737 00:32:47,720 --> 00:32:52,480 Speaker 5: done and Monkin's done. I do think if if and 738 00:32:52,760 --> 00:32:54,720 Speaker 5: that may prolong it a little bit because they're all 739 00:32:54,760 --> 00:32:57,000 Speaker 5: involved in head coaching hires, but I do think if 740 00:32:57,440 --> 00:32:59,560 Speaker 5: if there is one of those that we discussed, you 741 00:32:59,600 --> 00:33:03,320 Speaker 5: know that if you're talking about they identify someone from 742 00:33:03,360 --> 00:33:09,640 Speaker 5: that sort of elite category, you know, whether it's Dayball, McDaniel, Kingsbury, Smith, 743 00:33:09,840 --> 00:33:10,240 Speaker 5: like one of. 744 00:33:10,280 --> 00:33:11,920 Speaker 2: Those who's out there. 745 00:33:12,040 --> 00:33:14,640 Speaker 5: Yeah, So it's like I do think they could say, hey, 746 00:33:14,720 --> 00:33:16,240 Speaker 5: let's not let them get out of the building. Let's 747 00:33:16,880 --> 00:33:18,520 Speaker 5: you know, at least tell them, all right, if you 748 00:33:18,680 --> 00:33:21,360 Speaker 5: get another offer and let us know and we'll match 749 00:33:21,440 --> 00:33:24,000 Speaker 5: or whatever like that. I do think there's something there 750 00:33:24,080 --> 00:33:26,400 Speaker 5: that could lead to it potentially being quicker than not. 751 00:33:26,760 --> 00:33:29,840 Speaker 4: Coach said that Justin won't have any any input. It 752 00:33:29,880 --> 00:33:33,040 Speaker 4: seems like he just I'm sure Coach and Joe have 753 00:33:33,080 --> 00:33:34,600 Speaker 4: a pretty good idea of what Justin. 754 00:33:34,520 --> 00:33:35,000 Speaker 1: Is looking for. 755 00:33:35,280 --> 00:33:37,920 Speaker 5: Well, I think yeah, and I know that. Like some 756 00:33:37,960 --> 00:33:39,840 Speaker 5: people would listen to that and be like, well, that's 757 00:33:39,960 --> 00:33:43,040 Speaker 5: just stupid. No, it's not, because then you're stuck. If 758 00:33:43,080 --> 00:33:45,320 Speaker 5: you bring the player in to say who they want, 759 00:33:45,400 --> 00:33:46,560 Speaker 5: then you're done. 760 00:33:46,720 --> 00:33:47,200 Speaker 1: That's it. 761 00:33:47,520 --> 00:33:49,520 Speaker 5: That's who you have to get. So that's why it's 762 00:33:49,560 --> 00:33:53,920 Speaker 5: best to not involve the player. And just now you're 763 00:33:54,680 --> 00:33:57,880 Speaker 5: the one that makes the decision with his best interests 764 00:33:57,880 --> 00:33:59,880 Speaker 5: in mind, and he knows that that they're not going 765 00:33:59,920 --> 00:34:02,880 Speaker 5: to hire someone that he's not into. He's facing the franchise. 766 00:34:02,920 --> 00:34:05,640 Speaker 5: He's the most important player and most important person in 767 00:34:05,680 --> 00:34:08,719 Speaker 5: the building, so they're going to have his best interest 768 00:34:08,760 --> 00:34:10,800 Speaker 5: in mine. But that's I remember having that conversation and 769 00:34:10,960 --> 00:34:14,160 Speaker 5: like Aaron Rodgers was complaining about, yeah, they didn't come 770 00:34:14,160 --> 00:34:15,520 Speaker 5: to me and ask me, well, yeah, because if they 771 00:34:15,600 --> 00:34:17,040 Speaker 5: come to you, then that's who they have to hire. 772 00:34:17,080 --> 00:34:19,239 Speaker 5: They have now they have one person they can go 773 00:34:19,320 --> 00:34:21,640 Speaker 5: get because you said that's the person you want and 774 00:34:21,640 --> 00:34:23,040 Speaker 5: if you don't get it, you're gonna be upsete. 775 00:34:23,200 --> 00:34:25,480 Speaker 4: They did that in New York with Nathaniel Hackett, right, yes, 776 00:34:25,719 --> 00:34:28,240 Speaker 4: and how that work out didn't work out so exactly. 777 00:34:27,880 --> 00:34:29,759 Speaker 2: For anybody with the New York Jets. But this is 778 00:34:29,800 --> 00:34:31,719 Speaker 2: a Chargers podcast, so we'll we'll. 779 00:34:31,480 --> 00:34:33,480 Speaker 4: Move on and we have a lot, a lot to 780 00:34:33,560 --> 00:34:36,640 Speaker 4: discuss over the next several months. For money, Chris has 781 00:34:36,680 --> 00:34:37,520 Speaker 4: been charges weekly. 782 00:34:37,600 --> 00:34:38,359 Speaker 2: We'll see you next week.