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Speaker 1: Late fifteen to ten touched up Sagers.

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Speaker 2: Merry Christmas, Happy holidays, and welcome into a week seventeen

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Speaker 2: edition of Chargers Weekly, usually joined by the voice of

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Speaker 2: the Chargers, Matt Muddy Smith. Santa Claus is here. I

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Speaker 2: look like a scrooge, Santa. How are you, sir?

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Speaker 3: Oh ho, I'm great. I'm a little warm, not gonna lie.

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Speaker 3: I took the uggs on a test run last week

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Speaker 3: and my feet were toasty. And yeah, it turns out

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Speaker 3: this type of flammable fabric does not breathe very much,

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Speaker 3: so we'll see how long it lasts. But you know,

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Speaker 3: embrace the holidays. We're thankful for all the people. What

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Speaker 3: do we want for Christmas? We want more Bolt victories,

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Speaker 3: more boat viewers, folks to comment on our videos. And

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Speaker 3: we're gonna be all right cruising into twenty twenty six.

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Speaker 2: A right Santa, delivering all the gifts for Chargers fans.

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Speaker 2: You know, I have to say every road trip, there

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Speaker 2: are so many Bolts fans. It was unbelievable. In Dallas,

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Speaker 2: we did it again. I think it was.

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Speaker 3: It might have been in the early fourth quarter, I

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Speaker 3: think when they won up by two scores, when the

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Speaker 3: let's go Chargers. Chant broke out and you could hear

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Speaker 3: it echoing, you know, throughout the largest stadium in the league.

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Speaker 3: And it's just and we saw it, you know where

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Speaker 3: we were staying. It was in that complex of where

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Speaker 3: the stadium is. Yep, they kind of have the mall

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Speaker 3: and multiple hotels and there were just a ton of

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Speaker 3: Powder Blues walking around that night before on Saturday night,

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Speaker 3: you saw them out there, and I suspect it's going

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Speaker 3: to be a heck of an atmosphere on Saturday for

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Speaker 3: that one thirty kick a standalone game against the Texans.

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Speaker 3: I think Powder Blues, Bolt fam whatever you want to

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Speaker 3: call yourselves, diehard, Bolt club all you. I think it's

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Speaker 3: going to be a really electric atmosphere inside of sofar

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Speaker 3: And we got a little taste of it at and

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Speaker 3: T on sat on Sunday.

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Speaker 4: I can't wait for it.

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Speaker 2: And before we get into the game, just get you

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Speaker 2: got to give all these guys a shout out.

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Speaker 4: We went to the meet and greet on Saturday.

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Speaker 2: I've never seen so many Chargers fans there for one

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Speaker 2: of these rallies. The Texas Bolt Fan group is it

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Speaker 2: Los REOs Texas?

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Speaker 3: Yah? Yeah, like eight different groups, right that all combined

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Speaker 3: to show up.

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Speaker 4: I mean, but we.

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Speaker 2: Saw Colorado flags, we saw the Texas flags, people that

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Speaker 2: live in Texas.

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Speaker 4: Now that used to live in La or San Diego.

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Speaker 2: It was just remarkable. And so many people listen to

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Speaker 2: the podcast they missed you on Saturday.

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Speaker 3: Brother. Yeah, I had a team dinner that I went

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Speaker 3: to that night that was incredible and wonderful, and I

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Speaker 3: always appreciate being included in those would have loved to

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Speaker 3: have seen the people. I ended up doing a lap

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Speaker 3: like I always do inside the stadium, and very similar

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Speaker 3: couple that drove from Nebraska, met a couple folks that

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Speaker 3: they this is their one shot to see their team,

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Speaker 3: and they certainly showed out. They were loud. You felt it,

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Speaker 3: especially when you're trading blows in that first half, when

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Speaker 3: it's touchdown, touchdown, touchdown, touchdown, field goal, touchdown. To go

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Speaker 3: into the half, you need that, you know, you want

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Speaker 3: a little bit of juice. And I felt like we

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Speaker 3: minters bunch pitch that shutout in the second half and

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Speaker 2: Coming up, a big present dayon Henley. Gonna join us

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Speaker 2: on Charges weekly, looking forward to that. But let's get

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Speaker 2: into this game. And since the bye, it's been the

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Speaker 2: didn't appreciate how good Deck Prescotte is until you see

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Speaker 2: George Pickens was awesome, ceedee lamb. So justin Herbert had

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Speaker 2: last week, Buddy, that was on full display.

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Speaker 3: Yeah. Look, and we set it going in that there's

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Speaker 3: passing offense, it's a Dak Prescott who I believe lost

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Speaker 3: Lost four of those who would probably be the favorite

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Speaker 3: great to see. It was great to see the offense.

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Speaker 3: And I think Derwin said it after the game, right,

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Speaker 3: And I really feel like my football analysis can be

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Speaker 3: taken incredibly seriously with the outfit I have on. As

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Speaker 3: I look at you and you're trying so hard not

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Speaker 3: to laugh, it's the best, But I don't care. I'm

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Speaker 3: keeping it on. I'm gonna keep delivering great football takes

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Speaker 3: with this ridiculous outfit on.

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Speaker 2: I'm gonna make this podcast the longest ever on purpose. Right,

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Speaker 2: so I'm gonna lose ten pounds switch you.

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Speaker 3: Out exactly right. Feel like I'm on a vision quest

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Speaker 3: and I got to make weight. I got to clock

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Speaker 3: in at one thirty four and a half in order

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Speaker 3: to make that one thirty five as a freshman, you know,

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Speaker 3: to make sure I keep the city title and play

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Speaker 3: from a teammates the Christmas Classic. Exactly right, exactly right.

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Speaker 2: The Cowboys score right away, and you said you knew

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Speaker 2: this was going to be a back and forth game.

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Speaker 2: This was a get right game for the passing attack.

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Speaker 2: The Cowboys defense was not good anyway. Quinn Williams didn't

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Speaker 3: Yeah, and I think you would have probably seen him

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Speaker 3: he doesn't care, like it doesn't matter if you're number

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Speaker 3: three catches, one of them a big one, another screen

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Speaker 3: And if I'm I believe I'm correct in this, I

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Speaker 3: He's averaging twenty six yards per per reception. Justin's averaging

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Speaker 3: They have allowed either the most or the second most

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Speaker 2: Quentin Johnson didn't play against the Kansas City Chiefs, comes

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Speaker 2: For as much talk as we've had on this podcast

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Speaker 2: I've never seen him as explosive as he's been. That

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Speaker 2: But that one handed catch money that that's maybe the

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean, it's the best catch of his career.

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Speaker 3: I said it and I posted it on Instagram, and

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Speaker 3: the way social media operates is if you don't have

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Speaker 3: something bad to say, you say nothing at all. And

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Speaker 3: so not enough people are celebrating Quinton for back to back.

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Speaker 2: We were dissecting July training camp catches and drops and

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Speaker 2: it's just like to see where we are now with

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Speaker 3: Right now, he's their deep threat. Yeah, I mean, I

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Speaker 2: long anticipated debut this season.

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Speaker 4: Dan on how we doing, man?

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Speaker 5: I mean, I'm just happy to be here, feeling the

447
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Speaker 5: festive vibe right now, someone came prepared. Yes, I wis

448
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Speaker 5: want want to put me on notice, but I mean,

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Speaker 5: so far clinching the playoffs, that's like the biggest gift

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Speaker 5: for me so far this week, and so I'm just

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Speaker 5: happy to be here.

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Speaker 1: Man, get to speak with you guys. This is always awesome.

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Speaker 3: We appreciate you doing it. Dan, just kind of take

454
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Speaker 3: us through what's happened since Dubai. I know you've been

455
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Speaker 3: asked about it a lot, but we're gonna keep asking us.

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Speaker 3: This win streak keeps going because it just looks so

457
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Speaker 3: so good. I mean, it looks so good out there

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Speaker 3: since that that break you guys had.

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Speaker 1: I mean since Dubie.

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Speaker 5: Obviously we can talk about right before, we didn't put

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Speaker 5: the best our brand on tape, right, you know, we

462
00:21:01,640 --> 00:21:03,240
Speaker 5: didn't do exactly what we were set out to do

463
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Speaker 5: versus a team that is obviously shown to be a

464
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Speaker 5: good opponent. Right, So since then, we had to have

465
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Speaker 5: that reset moment. The bye came at the right time.

466
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Speaker 5: We came back healthier and stronger and better than mentally.

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Speaker 5: And so for what you've been seeing since then has

468
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Speaker 5: been a team determined to show what type of brand

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Speaker 5: we want to put on tape continuously through the back

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Speaker 5: end of the season. I mean, this is the perfect

471
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Speaker 5: time to start winning, right. You don't really, you know,

472
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Speaker 5: have to worry about too much of what's going on

473
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Speaker 5: around the league as far as the first half of

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Speaker 5: the season. But then it's when you get to that

475
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Speaker 5: back end where you start to pay attention to other teams,

476
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Speaker 5: but then you have to focus in and hone what

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Speaker 5: you have in house.

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Speaker 2: Dan I said this Tony after the game. It's amazing

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Speaker 2: how a football game can look so different from Kansas

480
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Speaker 2: City to Dallas. And I almost give the defense even

481
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Speaker 2: more credit for how you guys were spotted in the

482
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Speaker 2: second half shutting the Cowboys out. What was it like

483
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Speaker 2: to play in that game see the offense kind of

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Speaker 2: take the lead and then you guys finish it out.

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Speaker 5: I mean, for one, it was just a powerful to

486
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Speaker 5: see that offense in a way they were moving right.

487
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Speaker 5: We knew that we had to put better production out

488
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Speaker 5: there on the field for the first half to the

489
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Speaker 5: second half, but also we understand that the game is

490
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Speaker 5: not one in the first half. You can gain a

491
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Speaker 5: lead or whatever you can do. Everything is is good

492
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Speaker 5: about the first half. I was just want to start fast,

493
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Speaker 5: but it's about that fourth quarter and then and from

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Speaker 5: that point on after halftime, we knew that we had

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Speaker 5: to give our offense a better effort because they were

496
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Speaker 5: outstanding and you've seen it. They not only did they

497
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Speaker 5: start fast, they finished strong. So for us, we just

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Speaker 5: wanted to go ahead and match and give all three

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Speaker 5: phases the same, you know, type of energy because even

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Speaker 5: special teams.

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Speaker 1: Was flying around. I mean, I was an all around

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Speaker 1: game right there for us.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, just to go back to, you know, instead of

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Speaker 3: just focusing on the Cowboys, I'd like to kind of

505
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Speaker 3: take a little bit of a wider lens look because

506
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Speaker 3: I want to if you can take me seriously, as

507
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Speaker 3: I have got serious questions, I want to go back

508
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Speaker 3: to the Eagles game because you're kinda you're the you're

509
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Speaker 3: the mic, you're the middle linebacker, You're you're supposed to

510
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Speaker 3: be the brain center of the defense. Uh. And after

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Speaker 3: the intercept that Tony to secure, you come over, you

512
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Speaker 3: take him to the ground like that. We're talking about

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Speaker 3: a second and a half, two seconds for you to

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Speaker 3: kind of put that whole thing to go, kind of

515
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Speaker 3: take us through what you saw and what you wanted

516
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Speaker 3: to make sure you did to make sure that victory

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Speaker 3: was sealed.

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Speaker 5: The message on the sideline, just to get back to

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Speaker 5: that play overtime, the message on the sideline was get

520
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Speaker 5: the interception, go down. No matter what the turnover is,

521
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Speaker 5: get it, you go down, we win. The game is over.

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Speaker 5: And so just in that split second time, obviously I'm

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Speaker 5: immediately I'm celebrating.

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Speaker 1: I'm just like full of energy, excited that we won

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Speaker 1: the game.

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Speaker 5: And then you know, instincts plus coaching lessons all clicked

527
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Speaker 5: for me, like wait, get down first, let's get back

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Speaker 5: to it.

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Speaker 1: And then just talking to Tony blacked out.

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Speaker 4: He was like, I completely turned out?

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Speaker 1: What was going on?

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Speaker 3: One?

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Speaker 5: He said he didn't realize he was in bounce, And

534
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Speaker 5: I'm like, it's okay, because that's what I'm here for.

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Speaker 5: I mean, team player, just trying to make sure one

536
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Speaker 5: we won the game, but then two trying to make

537
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Speaker 5: sure we secured the game at the end of it

538
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Speaker 5: all because there was still an Eagle player right there

539
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Speaker 5: and who knows what could happen. And that's where my

540
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Speaker 5: mind was, what could possibly go wrong in the best

541
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Speaker 5: situation And shout al Tony again for executing that play

542
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Speaker 5: man and shout out Cam. I mean, don't get enough

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Speaker 5: credit for that play he made. He's supposed to be

544
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Speaker 5: low and flat, but he's playing both high to low

545
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Speaker 5: and he gets back and just excellent player.

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Speaker 2: We go back to the to the Chiefs game too,

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Speaker 2: and yeah, listen, I told Monny this dayon's first two

548
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Speaker 2: years in Nevada, seventeen catches, two hundred and thirty two

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Speaker 2: yards and three touchdowns.

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Speaker 4: You look like a wide receiver on your interception? A

551
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Speaker 4: A did it? Did it? Just kind of bring back

552
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Speaker 4: the Nevada wide receiver vibes?

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Speaker 1: And B have you lobby to get some run?

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Speaker 5: I've been telling coach and I'm talking about coach g Row.

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Speaker 5: I've talked to coach Gio a lot of times. Every

556
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Speaker 5: time I see him. I used to say, I'm always available.

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Speaker 5: I mean not necessarily needed, right, you know, not necessarily

558
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Speaker 5: needed or necessary. But I always tell the guy I'm

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Speaker 5: always available.

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Speaker 4: Did you turn your head?

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Speaker 5: I mean, what did you see on that play? Well,

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Speaker 5: for me, I'm I'm playing man. Obviously, Well I'm not

563
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Speaker 5: playing man. I was in the zone, but it turns

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Speaker 5: in the man after a certain amount of yards because

565
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Speaker 5: it's my homes and when he scrambles. The second play

566
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Speaker 5: is whatever can happen can happen. So for me, I'm

567
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Speaker 5: in phase. That's the first thing when you realize. Usually

568
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Speaker 5: linebackers and I mean, like that's why we get those opportunities.

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Speaker 5: Sometimes it just Pbu's is because we get in phase

570
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Speaker 5: and we're just playing the receiver. But for me, I'm like,

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Speaker 5: I have an opportunity right here. If there's a ball

572
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Speaker 5: throwing where I'm so close to him, I can become

573
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Speaker 5: the receiver. And so for me in that situation you

574
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Speaker 5: talk about Novada days. The reason why it's like, so

575
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Speaker 5: take it back to Nevada, take it back to the

576
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Speaker 5: receiver days. Why like trying to transition back is because

577
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Speaker 5: we don't get those ops.

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Speaker 1: We don't get over the shoulder throws. It's not something

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Speaker 1: we practice.

580
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Speaker 5: It's kind of just like instinct took over where it's like,

581
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Speaker 5: this is the only way I can catch this ball

582
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Speaker 5: and give myself the best shop to block out the

583
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Speaker 5: running back becoming a defender. And so for me, that's

584
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Speaker 5: what it was, and I stand coordination, got how.

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Speaker 1: To make the play.

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Speaker 3: And good on you for staying focused on it because

587
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Speaker 3: it looked like he was just trying to throw it

588
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Speaker 3: away and just didn't get a knop on it. Kmat

589
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Speaker 3: got it on some pressure and he was just kind

590
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Speaker 3: of awkward trying to get rid of it, not to

591
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Speaker 3: avoid this, and you still lock in and are able

592
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Speaker 3: to pull that in. I want to stay on that

593
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Speaker 3: game because you spied him a lot. So for us

594
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Speaker 3: and for all the people watching and listening, kind of

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Speaker 3: take us through a game plan when you're asked to

596
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Speaker 3: spy someone. How how many snaps is it? Every snap?

597
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Speaker 3: What are your responsibilities? How do you execute you know,

598
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Speaker 3: run fits and coverages while you are responsible for freaking

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Speaker 3: fifteen and what he's able to do out there.

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Speaker 1: It comes down to like compartmentalizing, right.

601
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Speaker 5: You want to be able to have the times, know

602
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Speaker 5: the time in place for everything as far as the

603
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Speaker 5: field goes, and knowing that when it comes to third

604
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Speaker 5: down and second down passing downs, I know there's a

605
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Speaker 5: higher chance for the quarterback depending on who it is.

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Speaker 1: Let's speak to Patrick Mahomes.

607
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Speaker 5: It could be any down for him, but knowing no situations,

608
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Speaker 5: knowing that he's going to be more than capable to scramble,

609
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Speaker 5: get out the pocket and then make a play with

610
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Speaker 5: his legs, and so for me, when they give me

611
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Speaker 5: that spy call, it's about being patient. Not only it's

612
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Speaker 5: about being patient, but about being confident, because any of

613
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Speaker 5: these guys can outrun you with the wrong angle, you

614
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Speaker 5: know what I'm saying. So for me, it's about making

615
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Speaker 5: sure I have the right angle, the right technique, and

616
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Speaker 5: not getting grabbed by the whole lineman. Because since I

617
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Speaker 5: don't know, maybe week five, they kind of caught on

618
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Speaker 5: to me. They know that I'm going to be a spy.

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Speaker 5: They kind of like, you know, want to grab my

620
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Speaker 5: shoulder pass. It's so quick that the refs can't really

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Speaker 5: call holding, so I have to be a lot more

622
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Speaker 5: smart about that. I think that's the hardest part about

623
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Speaker 5: being the spies, when the line is approaching you and

624
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Speaker 5: they're trying to grab you, and I'm like, Okay, when

625
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Speaker 5: is it holding?

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Speaker 1: When is it not holding?

627
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Speaker 5: But for me, it's just making sure that the right

628
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Speaker 5: angle is taking place in timing, because there's been times

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Speaker 5: where I felt like, oh, I had the perfect run through,

630
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Speaker 5: but they're still looking at me. The center of the guard,

631
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Speaker 5: whoever it is, is still looking at me, So I can't

632
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Speaker 5: necessarily take it because as soon as I want to,

633
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Speaker 5: they'll turn and grab me and then it's.

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Speaker 1: A dead place.

635
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Speaker 5: But I've gotten enough ops to be able to lock

636
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Speaker 5: in and get some plays made and then not only

637
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Speaker 5: quess because QB hurries at the same time. And when

638
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Speaker 5: you have a defensive line, I mean, look at them

639
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Speaker 5: edges room stacked, Detackle, room stacked. A lot of my

640
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Speaker 5: work is easy because the old line makes it to

641
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Speaker 5: where they have to focus on the guys up in

642
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Speaker 5: front of them and let me do what I do.

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Speaker 2: And there's a reason you're a captain man even playing

644
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Speaker 2: at a high level, but just the way you lift

645
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Speaker 2: your teammates up. We've given the flowers to the last

646
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Speaker 2: two draft classes that Joe Horties is brought in, but

647
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Speaker 2: I go back to your draft class and just the

648
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Speaker 2: joy that you had for q after the game was

649
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Speaker 2: just so awesome. Tully thirteen sacks pro bowler. You continue

650
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Speaker 2: just ascend. How much pride do you take in that

651
00:28:47,760 --> 00:28:51,440
Speaker 2: class knowing that that you, Q and Tully are all

652
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Speaker 2: major contributors.

653
00:28:52,600 --> 00:28:54,040
Speaker 1: Those are the guys that I came in with.

654
00:28:54,200 --> 00:28:56,080
Speaker 5: So for me, I take a lot of pride in

655
00:28:56,120 --> 00:28:58,360
Speaker 5: that class, and not only that, I want to just

656
00:28:58,400 --> 00:29:00,520
Speaker 5: give a lot of appreciation to the coaches that's here

657
00:29:00,600 --> 00:29:03,960
Speaker 5: right now because Harball looked at what we were and

658
00:29:04,280 --> 00:29:06,520
Speaker 5: said we can get more from them. I mean Q

659
00:29:06,680 --> 00:29:09,360
Speaker 5: was playing his best ball right Tully first year starting

660
00:29:09,360 --> 00:29:11,640
Speaker 5: playing his best ball right now, pro bowler. I mean,

661
00:29:11,880 --> 00:29:13,680
Speaker 5: you look at this class and what we're doing under

662
00:29:13,760 --> 00:29:15,800
Speaker 5: Hardball in his era. It's just a lot of appreciation

663
00:29:15,880 --> 00:29:18,000
Speaker 5: for this coaching staff that we have right now. They've

664
00:29:18,000 --> 00:29:21,280
Speaker 5: seen that class and said, although we didn't draft these guys,

665
00:29:21,680 --> 00:29:24,040
Speaker 5: their stuff here and we can do something with him.

666
00:29:24,080 --> 00:29:26,240
Speaker 5: And that's we're producing under these guys right now. Right

667
00:29:26,240 --> 00:29:29,000
Speaker 5: we're having our best years, our best time playing football

668
00:29:29,200 --> 00:29:31,840
Speaker 5: and winning with the Hardball era. And I feel like

669
00:29:32,200 --> 00:29:35,920
Speaker 5: you can't say enough about obviously what they did and

670
00:29:36,040 --> 00:29:38,280
Speaker 5: taking care of us. And then also just the work

671
00:29:38,320 --> 00:29:43,400
Speaker 5: Tuly put in. He's a pro bowler without like football

672
00:29:43,480 --> 00:29:45,520
Speaker 5: like it just just the man and just the player

673
00:29:45,560 --> 00:29:47,880
Speaker 5: he is. He's the pro bowler type of guy like

674
00:29:47,960 --> 00:29:50,360
Speaker 5: all the way around. And then Q Man, I feel

675
00:29:50,400 --> 00:29:51,800
Speaker 5: like he's a pro bowler as well. You just look

676
00:29:51,840 --> 00:29:53,720
Speaker 5: at the work he's put in to be able to

677
00:29:53,720 --> 00:29:56,120
Speaker 5: make the plays he's making right now, and then block

678
00:29:56,120 --> 00:29:58,240
Speaker 5: out all the noise, you know. So for me, I'm

679
00:29:58,280 --> 00:29:59,600
Speaker 5: just proud of those guys and I can go on

680
00:29:59,640 --> 00:30:02,440
Speaker 5: and on the our class. Scott Matt Locke was also right.

681
00:30:02,640 --> 00:30:05,160
Speaker 5: I mean he's alternate, so look at him. He founder's role,

682
00:30:05,320 --> 00:30:07,200
Speaker 5: carved it out and made it. It's a Scott Matlock

683
00:30:07,320 --> 00:30:09,680
Speaker 5: roll both sides. And you look at de d when

684
00:30:09,680 --> 00:30:12,480
Speaker 5: he's when he's able and he's he's contributing it. So

685
00:30:13,040 --> 00:30:14,440
Speaker 5: a lot of love for my class right there. I

686
00:30:14,440 --> 00:30:17,120
Speaker 5: can talk about them all day. And just like I said,

687
00:30:17,160 --> 00:30:19,440
Speaker 5: appreciation to them and appreciation to the coaches we have

688
00:30:19,560 --> 00:30:19,840
Speaker 5: right here.

689
00:30:20,000 --> 00:30:20,280
Speaker 3: Damn.

690
00:30:20,280 --> 00:30:21,960
Speaker 2: Before you got in here, Money was just talking about

691
00:30:22,040 --> 00:30:24,520
Speaker 2: just kind of the nastiness that that Trevor Penning has

692
00:30:24,520 --> 00:30:27,479
Speaker 2: brought to the offensive line. And you know, I just

693
00:30:27,480 --> 00:30:29,840
Speaker 2: look at Tier kind of filling that role for you

694
00:30:29,880 --> 00:30:33,240
Speaker 2: guys across the defensive line. Man like what he has done,

695
00:30:33,440 --> 00:30:35,760
Speaker 2: kind of setting the tone from week one. You lose

696
00:30:35,800 --> 00:30:38,400
Speaker 2: Poona Ford, you lose Joey Bosa, Tully comes in, does

697
00:30:38,400 --> 00:30:42,400
Speaker 2: this thing. And the defensive line, especially the interior with

698
00:30:42,400 --> 00:30:46,560
Speaker 2: with Caldwell and Tier and Deshaun, what can you say

699
00:30:46,560 --> 00:30:50,000
Speaker 2: about just the job that they've done up front? And

700
00:30:50,040 --> 00:30:51,680
Speaker 2: you said it. It makes your life easier.

701
00:30:52,000 --> 00:30:55,080
Speaker 5: Yeah, I mean I have to give give credit to

702
00:30:55,120 --> 00:30:57,280
Speaker 5: the front office, right, you know, you say you lose

703
00:30:57,320 --> 00:31:01,040
Speaker 5: guys and Joey and you lose guy in Poona, but

704
00:31:01,440 --> 00:31:03,840
Speaker 5: you don't really lose when you have the type of

705
00:31:03,920 --> 00:31:06,360
Speaker 5: room that was built by the upfront office. But also

706
00:31:06,680 --> 00:31:10,040
Speaker 5: just us in my belief in what we had here already,

707
00:31:10,520 --> 00:31:12,880
Speaker 5: Tier has proven if you've seen the players was making

708
00:31:12,960 --> 00:31:15,480
Speaker 5: last year with a minimal role, I can say the

709
00:31:15,520 --> 00:31:17,560
Speaker 5: same thing about two Lee. These guys had minimal roles.

710
00:31:17,640 --> 00:31:19,400
Speaker 5: Right you say Joe, you say Poona. I say too Lee,

711
00:31:19,440 --> 00:31:22,200
Speaker 5: I say Tier. These guys had minimal roles, but still

712
00:31:22,240 --> 00:31:25,479
Speaker 5: found production. You up their role, they up their production.

713
00:31:25,880 --> 00:31:28,200
Speaker 5: So we know what we had in the room. We

714
00:31:28,200 --> 00:31:31,400
Speaker 5: were able to see that last year. But just being

715
00:31:31,480 --> 00:31:33,880
Speaker 5: I'm just so proud of what Tier is doing right

716
00:31:33,880 --> 00:31:36,360
Speaker 5: now because he's dominant. He's a force to be wrecking with.

717
00:31:36,440 --> 00:31:38,720
Speaker 5: And I mean he plays like that every day. He

718
00:31:38,760 --> 00:31:41,760
Speaker 5: practices it with the same fears, in the same competitive nature.

719
00:31:41,800 --> 00:31:44,760
Speaker 5: And I mean if you see Tier once, they're discoverful.

720
00:31:44,800 --> 00:31:47,160
Speaker 5: He's the first year because he has our back. He's

721
00:31:47,200 --> 00:31:49,880
Speaker 5: a team team guy. I mean he's gonna be first

722
00:31:49,920 --> 00:31:52,280
Speaker 5: to the pal, gonna be last off of it, because

723
00:31:52,320 --> 00:31:53,920
Speaker 5: I mean, he's gonna make sure we're good.

724
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Speaker 4: I would always tell it.

725
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Speaker 3: Ty.

726
00:31:56,000 --> 00:31:57,760
Speaker 2: I don't know if you saw it, but when when

727
00:31:58,240 --> 00:32:00,600
Speaker 2: Denziel had that hit and then yeah, that came into

728
00:32:00,640 --> 00:32:02,560
Speaker 2: the scrub tierscept not.

729
00:32:02,920 --> 00:32:06,920
Speaker 3: No, like a child, my old man.

730
00:32:08,200 --> 00:32:10,400
Speaker 5: I mean, if there's what, what's the saying, it's a

731
00:32:10,440 --> 00:32:12,000
Speaker 5: dark alley? A guy you would want to go down

732
00:32:12,040 --> 00:32:14,400
Speaker 5: the dark? Guess with tier Tart is definitely my guy.

733
00:32:14,480 --> 00:32:16,320
Speaker 5: He's the first call because I know that he has

734
00:32:16,360 --> 00:32:19,240
Speaker 5: my back and I know that he was one of

735
00:32:19,240 --> 00:32:20,760
Speaker 5: those guy who would go down for me. You know

736
00:32:20,800 --> 00:32:23,400
Speaker 5: what I'm saying, Like it doesn't matter whether it's it's

737
00:32:23,440 --> 00:32:24,960
Speaker 5: good or bad, He's going to be one of those

738
00:32:24,960 --> 00:32:26,720
Speaker 5: guys that is gonna have my back. And I partiplicate

739
00:32:26,760 --> 00:32:29,320
Speaker 5: that love any way I can because that's my brother

740
00:32:29,480 --> 00:32:31,800
Speaker 5: for real. And so being out there with him, I'm

741
00:32:31,800 --> 00:32:34,720
Speaker 5: confident in his play. I'm confident in what he brings

742
00:32:34,720 --> 00:32:37,920
Speaker 5: to the table. And so, like I said, we didn't

743
00:32:37,960 --> 00:32:41,120
Speaker 5: really lose anyone because we had a lot here already

744
00:32:41,120 --> 00:32:43,640
Speaker 5: and we love and respect the guys that departed from us.

745
00:32:43,640 --> 00:32:45,959
Speaker 5: But shout out the front office for understanding and respecting

746
00:32:46,040 --> 00:32:46,920
Speaker 5: what we had in the building.

747
00:32:47,320 --> 00:32:49,240
Speaker 4: I guess we should probably ask you about Houston.

748
00:32:49,320 --> 00:32:52,000
Speaker 2: I mean, we know, we know that the playoffs or

749
00:32:52,280 --> 00:32:54,479
Speaker 2: on the horizon, and every game is huge now every

750
00:32:54,520 --> 00:32:55,400
Speaker 2: game is a playoff game.

751
00:32:55,480 --> 00:32:55,920
Speaker 1: Every game.

752
00:32:56,400 --> 00:32:59,200
Speaker 2: We remember what happened in January. Obviously two different seasons,

753
00:32:59,240 --> 00:33:02,520
Speaker 2: two different teams. But they're playing pretty well right now, yes, sir,

754
00:33:02,640 --> 00:33:03,200
Speaker 2: seven straight.

755
00:33:03,640 --> 00:33:06,400
Speaker 5: I mean, Houston is coming in with a vengeance and

756
00:33:07,040 --> 00:33:09,640
Speaker 5: that's just because they're winning and we are winning as well.

757
00:33:09,720 --> 00:33:11,960
Speaker 5: So for them, it's a it's a statement type of game,

758
00:33:12,000 --> 00:33:14,320
Speaker 5: and for us it's a statement type of game because

759
00:33:14,720 --> 00:33:17,240
Speaker 5: I don't they haven't clinched yet, have they No, So

760
00:33:17,280 --> 00:33:19,360
Speaker 5: for them there they have a lot more on the

761
00:33:19,400 --> 00:33:22,640
Speaker 5: table as far as what they're going for, But we

762
00:33:22,760 --> 00:33:24,360
Speaker 5: have so much on the table as far as what

763
00:33:24,400 --> 00:33:26,520
Speaker 5: we need for you know, the West. We want to

764
00:33:26,560 --> 00:33:28,680
Speaker 5: win out, We want to win the West and that's

765
00:33:28,680 --> 00:33:30,760
Speaker 5: something that they're in front of us for that and

766
00:33:30,800 --> 00:33:32,440
Speaker 5: we're in front of them. So this is going to

767
00:33:32,480 --> 00:33:35,120
Speaker 5: be a clash. And we only we not speak about

768
00:33:35,120 --> 00:33:37,200
Speaker 5: those two points is because we could care less about

769
00:33:37,280 --> 00:33:39,520
Speaker 5: last year at the end of the day. Neither one

770
00:33:39,560 --> 00:33:41,000
Speaker 5: of us made it to where we want to go.

771
00:33:41,320 --> 00:33:43,280
Speaker 5: So we could care less about last year. It's about

772
00:33:43,320 --> 00:33:45,400
Speaker 5: this year. It's abouthind on this one week, this one

773
00:33:45,440 --> 00:33:47,600
Speaker 5: week at a time, and so we know they're coming

774
00:33:47,640 --> 00:33:49,960
Speaker 5: in with that vengeance, but I hope they're where we

775
00:33:50,000 --> 00:33:52,680
Speaker 5: have that same vengeance because they're in our way and

776
00:33:52,880 --> 00:33:54,960
Speaker 5: we're not trying to you know, we're not moving first,

777
00:33:54,960 --> 00:33:57,080
Speaker 5: as what is it the trains versus the trains.

778
00:33:56,880 --> 00:33:58,520
Speaker 1: Who's going to budget? We're not moving first.

779
00:33:58,520 --> 00:34:00,560
Speaker 5: We got to make sure that we come out there

780
00:34:01,240 --> 00:34:03,840
Speaker 5: with you know, just respect for our game, with our

781
00:34:03,880 --> 00:34:06,080
Speaker 5: once and so that's what we're going to have going

782
00:34:06,080 --> 00:34:06,960
Speaker 5: forward into this week.

783
00:34:07,240 --> 00:34:09,680
Speaker 3: Let's get that home playoff game. Man, come on, get

784
00:34:09,680 --> 00:34:10,440
Speaker 3: a game.

785
00:34:10,440 --> 00:34:13,080
Speaker 5: I'm saying we want it bad. It's just so much

786
00:34:13,520 --> 00:34:15,440
Speaker 5: at stake for us as far as just like, you know,

787
00:34:15,520 --> 00:34:18,279
Speaker 5: our pride and man like play when making it to

788
00:34:18,320 --> 00:34:19,799
Speaker 5: the playoffs was.

789
00:34:20,320 --> 00:34:21,160
Speaker 1: A go right.

790
00:34:21,239 --> 00:34:24,000
Speaker 5: It's not vegle though, so you can say, just a

791
00:34:24,120 --> 00:34:26,759
Speaker 5: checkpoint for us as far as clinching the playoffs, and

792
00:34:27,800 --> 00:34:30,200
Speaker 5: we have so much more that we want right now,

793
00:34:30,280 --> 00:34:32,680
Speaker 5: and so we have two teams to handle and every

794
00:34:32,719 --> 00:34:34,600
Speaker 5: game is a playoff. As you said, that's that has

795
00:34:34,600 --> 00:34:37,120
Speaker 5: been our mindset since the bye week, and I'll take

796
00:34:37,160 --> 00:34:39,920
Speaker 5: you back to that the reset. But every game has

797
00:34:39,920 --> 00:34:43,120
Speaker 5: been a playoff game for us, not so much a record.

798
00:34:43,480 --> 00:34:46,040
Speaker 5: We don't really care what the record looks like. It's

799
00:34:46,120 --> 00:34:48,680
Speaker 5: just about winning and making sure we do it right now.

800
00:34:48,760 --> 00:34:51,480
Speaker 5: This is the time too. Our coach Total today hardball

801
00:34:51,520 --> 00:34:55,080
Speaker 5: Tota today that at this time, like point in time,

802
00:34:55,680 --> 00:34:57,799
Speaker 5: you know, we're on a roll. He said, winning four

803
00:34:57,800 --> 00:35:00,759
Speaker 5: games in a row, that's a role. Winning eight is

804
00:35:00,800 --> 00:35:03,400
Speaker 5: like a rampage, and then winning ten is.

805
00:35:03,280 --> 00:35:05,719
Speaker 1: He just went on and on. He said, you need

806
00:35:05,760 --> 00:35:07,239
Speaker 1: to be on a roll to win the big thing.

807
00:35:07,760 --> 00:35:11,120
Speaker 5: And so we're trying to to continue that four game

808
00:35:11,239 --> 00:35:13,080
Speaker 5: type of at a time. That stretch out of time

809
00:35:13,160 --> 00:35:13,600
Speaker 5: is where.

810
00:35:13,400 --> 00:35:14,560
Speaker 1: We get to there we go.

811
00:35:14,600 --> 00:35:17,080
Speaker 4: Okn't wait for it, man, The stage is set.

812
00:35:17,160 --> 00:35:19,000
Speaker 2: You win the next two, you guys can win the

813
00:35:19,040 --> 00:35:21,160
Speaker 2: AFC West for the first time since two thousand and nine.

814
00:35:21,680 --> 00:35:23,759
Speaker 2: It's been a long time. It's always a pleasure to

815
00:35:23,800 --> 00:35:25,440
Speaker 2: watch you play and to have you on the podcast.

816
00:35:25,520 --> 00:35:27,319
Speaker 1: Man, Thank you so much, Thank you guys for having me,

817
00:35:27,560 --> 00:35:30,480
Speaker 1: and Merry Christmas. This on Christmas see that.

818
00:35:31,160 --> 00:35:32,840
Speaker 4: Yeah, you know what, it's the Christmas season.

819
00:35:35,200 --> 00:35:35,520
Speaker 3: Exactly.

820
00:35:35,680 --> 00:35:36,800
Speaker 1: Can I get a gift please?

821
00:35:37,640 --> 00:35:42,439
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822
00:35:42,560 --> 00:35:45,120
Speaker 3: Fill it up with some hot chocolate. We'll celebrate the

823
00:35:45,680 --> 00:35:46,560
Speaker 3: Christmas together.

824
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Speaker 4: Well Sanna Dayon always delivers.

836
00:36:31,640 --> 00:36:31,879
Speaker 1: Huh.

837
00:36:31,960 --> 00:36:34,960
Speaker 3: Yeah, he's great. Uh, there's a reason why he's one

838
00:36:34,960 --> 00:36:37,000
Speaker 3: of the social media's favorites to go to every time.

839
00:36:37,040 --> 00:36:38,560
Speaker 3: You know, if you see the victory cam, you want

840
00:36:38,560 --> 00:36:41,200
Speaker 3: to make sure you get day On in there. He's

841
00:36:41,239 --> 00:36:44,239
Speaker 3: great to everybody, you know, I think there's lessons you

842
00:36:44,360 --> 00:36:46,680
Speaker 3: learned for those that are that are on the younger

843
00:36:46,760 --> 00:36:49,040
Speaker 3: side and maybe have not found their way into the workforce.

844
00:36:50,000 --> 00:36:53,200
Speaker 3: Just I think Dayon's a perfect example of, you know,

845
00:36:53,360 --> 00:36:55,880
Speaker 3: treat everybody with respect, no matter what their job is

846
00:36:56,120 --> 00:36:59,040
Speaker 3: around the office, around the building, no matter if it's

847
00:36:59,040 --> 00:37:01,919
Speaker 3: the head coach Harbaugh, if it's you know, someone that's

848
00:37:01,920 --> 00:37:04,160
Speaker 3: working the front gate. Daon's just one of those guys

849
00:37:04,200 --> 00:37:06,839
Speaker 3: that that makes you feel good about, you know, being

850
00:37:06,880 --> 00:37:09,440
Speaker 3: part of the Chargers family. And there's a reason why

851
00:37:09,440 --> 00:37:11,919
Speaker 3: everybody pulls for him. Why we were so excited when

852
00:37:11,960 --> 00:37:15,560
Speaker 3: this this coaching staff came in. They recognized what I

853
00:37:15,560 --> 00:37:18,880
Speaker 3: felt like we were seeing in spot duty and and

854
00:37:18,920 --> 00:37:20,440
Speaker 3: made him a starter and made him into one of

855
00:37:20,440 --> 00:37:23,000
Speaker 3: the best, you know, and helped him realize, you know,

856
00:37:23,160 --> 00:37:25,359
Speaker 3: through his talents that he is one of the best

857
00:37:25,360 --> 00:37:26,520
Speaker 3: linebackers in the league.

858
00:37:26,880 --> 00:37:29,719
Speaker 2: I love what he said about Coach Harball and just

859
00:37:29,760 --> 00:37:33,800
Speaker 2: this coaching staff embracing him, embracing Tooley, and embracing Quinton

860
00:37:33,840 --> 00:37:36,640
Speaker 2: because you know, in hindsight, they are hardball guys. I

861
00:37:36,640 --> 00:37:39,640
Speaker 2: mean the way that Tooley works, his relentless motor, the

862
00:37:39,719 --> 00:37:41,680
Speaker 2: type of guy he is off the field. Same thing

863
00:37:41,719 --> 00:37:44,719
Speaker 2: with Deayon. Treats everybody with respect, but he's a dog

864
00:37:44,800 --> 00:37:47,000
Speaker 2: on the football field. And just what Quinton has been

865
00:37:47,000 --> 00:37:50,480
Speaker 2: able to provide for this passing attack with Justin Herbert

866
00:37:50,520 --> 00:37:51,520
Speaker 2: at the controls Ben.

867
00:37:51,520 --> 00:37:52,880
Speaker 4: It's it's been cool to see.

868
00:37:52,960 --> 00:37:55,040
Speaker 2: Like I said, we've given so much love to the

869
00:37:55,160 --> 00:37:57,080
Speaker 2: to the draft class of this year and last year,

870
00:37:57,080 --> 00:37:59,480
Speaker 2: but those three guys have made such a huge impact.

871
00:37:59,600 --> 00:38:02,640
Speaker 3: Yeah they have. I mean Tooley is and I guess

872
00:38:02,680 --> 00:38:04,520
Speaker 3: as we flipped this thing forward to I'm gonna take

873
00:38:04,520 --> 00:38:08,759
Speaker 3: this off, it's it's enough. I've I'm really started. And

874
00:38:09,080 --> 00:38:11,440
Speaker 3: sorry kids if I've ruined Christmas for you. I'm not

875
00:38:11,480 --> 00:38:14,399
Speaker 3: really saying as just a I'm just a middle aged

876
00:38:14,800 --> 00:38:19,080
Speaker 3: play man. The podcast, it was really starting to get

877
00:38:19,080 --> 00:38:21,120
Speaker 3: to me, and I was just powering through it during

878
00:38:21,120 --> 00:38:23,160
Speaker 3: the day on interview, but I figure I can swear

879
00:38:23,160 --> 00:38:27,960
Speaker 3: it away now. But I think in the where was

880
00:38:27,960 --> 00:38:29,759
Speaker 3: I at with this? What was I starting to say?

881
00:38:29,800 --> 00:38:32,879
Speaker 3: The Texans game? Oh yeah, we clipping forward to the Texans. Yeah,

882
00:38:33,200 --> 00:38:35,600
Speaker 3: you know everybody, and understandably so. Will Anderson's in the

883
00:38:35,600 --> 00:38:38,239
Speaker 3: conversation for Defensive Player of the Year. He probably is

884
00:38:38,280 --> 00:38:40,879
Speaker 3: gonna win it. You know, he and Nick but Nito

885
00:38:40,920 --> 00:38:42,239
Speaker 3: are kind of the two guys that are being talked

886
00:38:42,280 --> 00:38:44,239
Speaker 3: about the most. But when you look at it and

887
00:38:44,239 --> 00:38:47,239
Speaker 3: instead of taking a whole season snapshots, I kind of

888
00:38:47,280 --> 00:38:49,560
Speaker 3: like doing the whole one month. You know, what have

889
00:38:49,600 --> 00:38:51,160
Speaker 3: we seen in the last month? And when you look

890
00:38:51,200 --> 00:38:55,480
Speaker 3: at the last month Tooley has been arguably the best

891
00:38:55,760 --> 00:38:58,600
Speaker 3: defensive lineman in the league. Like in the Miles Garrett

892
00:38:58,640 --> 00:39:01,359
Speaker 3: in the Will Anderson category's got five sacks, He's got

893
00:39:01,600 --> 00:39:04,120
Speaker 3: the same amount of pressures. He's got more sacks than Anderson.

894
00:39:04,160 --> 00:39:06,120
Speaker 3: And he's doing it against the Chiefs, against the Eagles,

895
00:39:06,120 --> 00:39:10,840
Speaker 3: against the Cowboys, like he is that guy. He's I

896
00:39:10,920 --> 00:39:13,200
Speaker 3: know the you know, some folks in this building don't

897
00:39:13,200 --> 00:39:14,719
Speaker 3: want to hear me say it, but he's gonna make

898
00:39:14,719 --> 00:39:17,800
Speaker 3: a lot of money this offseason, and deservedly so because

899
00:39:17,840 --> 00:39:20,720
Speaker 3: this is his first year of being a full time player,

900
00:39:21,280 --> 00:39:24,279
Speaker 3: and you see what he's capable of doing. You put

901
00:39:24,360 --> 00:39:26,680
Speaker 3: him over a guard and it's just it's game over, man.

902
00:39:26,880 --> 00:39:30,160
Speaker 3: And with that NASCAR package with o Way and Khalil

903
00:39:30,200 --> 00:39:32,359
Speaker 3: as your edges, it's just it's not a fair fight

904
00:39:32,480 --> 00:39:34,160
Speaker 3: with what Touley can do inside and I think you

905
00:39:34,200 --> 00:39:37,720
Speaker 3: look at this Houston offensive line and especially if Titus

906
00:39:37,719 --> 00:39:39,759
Speaker 3: Howard's gonna have to kick out to tackle, if Trent

907
00:39:39,760 --> 00:39:42,680
Speaker 3: Brown's not able to go, who you can you can

908
00:39:42,680 --> 00:39:45,440
Speaker 3: eat on the inside. And I think that means big

909
00:39:45,480 --> 00:39:48,279
Speaker 3: Tier Tart game, big Deshaun Han, big Tuley in those

910
00:39:48,360 --> 00:39:51,120
Speaker 3: NASCAR packages, because it's not like CJ. Stroud is running

911
00:39:51,160 --> 00:39:53,399
Speaker 3: all over the place, you know, like a Josh Allen

912
00:39:53,480 --> 00:39:55,680
Speaker 3: or Patrick Mulls just not his game. He's more sit

913
00:39:55,760 --> 00:39:58,120
Speaker 3: back there, pick you apart from the pocket. And I

914
00:39:58,120 --> 00:40:00,520
Speaker 3: think you could see some real you can see some

915
00:40:00,560 --> 00:40:03,520
Speaker 3: real action from Tuley in this one if it breaks right.

916
00:40:03,760 --> 00:40:06,120
Speaker 2: Tully got his thirteenth sec the end of the first

917
00:40:06,120 --> 00:40:08,920
Speaker 2: half to make sure the Cowboys didn't get any points

918
00:40:09,200 --> 00:40:11,360
Speaker 2: before the half, and then you know, it kind of

919
00:40:11,360 --> 00:40:14,000
Speaker 2: flips it to the end of the game where you know,

920
00:40:14,160 --> 00:40:16,560
Speaker 2: Derwin gets the game winning interception against Kansas City and

921
00:40:16,640 --> 00:40:19,799
Speaker 2: the game was in hand, but Joe Milton that peanut punch, Yeah,

922
00:40:19,840 --> 00:40:23,360
Speaker 2: to kind of put the exclamation point on that defensive performance.

923
00:40:23,920 --> 00:40:26,960
Speaker 2: It's just it's another Derwin James impact play. He had

924
00:40:27,000 --> 00:40:29,040
Speaker 2: several of them throughout the course of the Cowboys game

925
00:40:29,080 --> 00:40:32,400
Speaker 2: two and to have each level of the defense we

926
00:40:32,440 --> 00:40:33,200
Speaker 2: talked about day On.

927
00:40:33,640 --> 00:40:36,160
Speaker 4: Hopefully Denzel appeals and wins it.

928
00:40:36,239 --> 00:40:38,719
Speaker 2: I don't know when this comes out, you'll probably know,

929
00:40:39,880 --> 00:40:43,160
Speaker 2: but to have Drwin in the secondary Totley playing the

930
00:40:43,200 --> 00:40:46,600
Speaker 2: way he is mac you know when it's crunch time

931
00:40:46,640 --> 00:40:48,480
Speaker 2: and it's money time too, you know number fifty two

932
00:40:48,560 --> 00:40:50,360
Speaker 2: is going to show up as well. Oh way, it

933
00:40:50,480 --> 00:40:52,799
Speaker 2: just seems like they have impact playmakers at every level.

934
00:40:52,920 --> 00:40:55,759
Speaker 3: Yeah, I think for this game against the Texans, you know,

935
00:40:55,800 --> 00:40:57,839
Speaker 3: Derlin's going to be asked to fill some of that

936
00:40:57,880 --> 00:41:00,960
Speaker 3: Denzel Paraman role. We know the number he can bring to,

937
00:41:01,200 --> 00:41:03,600
Speaker 3: you know, to one on one in those run fits

938
00:41:03,640 --> 00:41:04,960
Speaker 3: and stuff, and I think he's going to be asked

939
00:41:04,960 --> 00:41:07,520
Speaker 3: to probably do a lot of that. I wouldn't be

940
00:41:07,560 --> 00:41:12,480
Speaker 3: surprised if you see Elijah and Tony as your highs

941
00:41:12,719 --> 00:41:15,800
Speaker 3: and Derwin playing that dimebacker role next to day On.

942
00:41:16,120 --> 00:41:17,840
Speaker 3: And I know you lose a little bit of size,

943
00:41:17,880 --> 00:41:21,200
Speaker 3: but the Texans have not been a really good rushing

944
00:41:21,280 --> 00:41:23,400
Speaker 3: team this year, so I think you can kind of

945
00:41:23,440 --> 00:41:26,640
Speaker 3: get away with probably playing dime and Drwin as your

946
00:41:26,640 --> 00:41:29,160
Speaker 3: dimebacker and keeping him closer to the line of scrimmage

947
00:41:29,800 --> 00:41:31,680
Speaker 3: to try to provide some of that that might be

948
00:41:31,760 --> 00:41:34,680
Speaker 3: lost if the appeal doesn't go the Chargers way. So

949
00:41:35,640 --> 00:41:37,600
Speaker 3: to me, and I just kind of think back to

950
00:41:37,600 --> 00:41:40,080
Speaker 3: that playoff game last year. You know, I know when

951
00:41:40,080 --> 00:41:43,799
Speaker 3: you think of it and it's totality, it's you know,

952
00:41:44,160 --> 00:41:47,200
Speaker 3: way different than sort of the way I visualize it,

953
00:41:47,200 --> 00:41:49,760
Speaker 3: because I think about that first half and what Drwin

954
00:41:49,920 --> 00:41:52,719
Speaker 3: was doing and what that defense was doing to that

955
00:41:52,800 --> 00:41:55,879
Speaker 3: offense until they just got gassed because the offense could

956
00:41:56,000 --> 00:41:57,919
Speaker 3: not hold onto the ball, They couldn't move the ball.

957
00:41:57,960 --> 00:41:59,760
Speaker 3: It was a ton of three and outs and eventually

958
00:41:59,800 --> 00:42:03,240
Speaker 3: it's caught up to him. But prior to that defense

959
00:42:03,320 --> 00:42:05,840
Speaker 3: got after it man, that offensive line was not able

960
00:42:05,840 --> 00:42:09,719
Speaker 3: to contain the front And to me, that's sort of

961
00:42:09,719 --> 00:42:12,719
Speaker 3: what's going overlooked and this, you know, lead up to

962
00:42:12,760 --> 00:42:15,000
Speaker 3: this game as everybody's talking about how and they should

963
00:42:15,080 --> 00:42:18,120
Speaker 3: talk about how great this Texans defense is, but I

964
00:42:18,200 --> 00:42:21,400
Speaker 3: do think they're failing to acknowledge that, yes, the Texans

965
00:42:21,440 --> 00:42:24,680
Speaker 3: have had issues on their offensive line as well. A

966
00:42:24,719 --> 00:42:26,759
Speaker 3: lot of that was mitigated with the arrival of Trent

967
00:42:26,800 --> 00:42:29,600
Speaker 3: Brown and him settling that that right tackle position out

968
00:42:29,920 --> 00:42:33,440
Speaker 3: a little bit, but to me, it's I think it's

969
00:42:33,440 --> 00:42:37,239
Speaker 3: an I think there's opportunities there and if Derwin has

970
00:42:37,280 --> 00:42:39,160
Speaker 3: to kind of help out with Dalton Schultz because really

971
00:42:39,840 --> 00:42:42,480
Speaker 3: CJ doesn't trust those rookies just yet. You know, Higgins

972
00:42:42,520 --> 00:42:45,200
Speaker 3: isn't really as involved as you would. It's Nico Collins

973
00:42:45,239 --> 00:42:47,800
Speaker 3: and Dalton Schultz, and I think, you know, with Nico

974
00:42:47,880 --> 00:42:49,560
Speaker 3: it's it's gonna be tough. He's a heck of a

975
00:42:49,600 --> 00:42:52,120
Speaker 3: receiver and they're probably gonna have to shade, you know,

976
00:42:52,239 --> 00:42:54,400
Speaker 3: some help over that way. But I think if Derwin

977
00:42:54,440 --> 00:42:57,680
Speaker 3: can kind of negate what Dalton Schultz is doing, you

978
00:42:57,719 --> 00:42:59,719
Speaker 3: can end up getting after CJ. You know, he can

979
00:42:59,719 --> 00:43:01,600
Speaker 3: hold on to that ball a little bit and you

980
00:43:01,640 --> 00:43:04,480
Speaker 3: can maybe get a little little stripsack action going, try

981
00:43:04,520 --> 00:43:07,479
Speaker 3: to create some turnovers. They've been really good at taking

982
00:43:07,520 --> 00:43:08,960
Speaker 3: care of the ball, but see if you can force

983
00:43:09,040 --> 00:43:11,080
Speaker 3: some some mistakes, because that's exactly what they did in

984
00:43:11,120 --> 00:43:12,719
Speaker 3: the first half of that game of that playoff game

985
00:43:12,760 --> 00:43:13,200
Speaker 3: in Houston.

986
00:43:13,440 --> 00:43:15,200
Speaker 2: You know who's been good actually as the running back

987
00:43:15,280 --> 00:43:17,799
Speaker 2: is the rookie Woody Marks. Yeah, the trojan he did

988
00:43:17,840 --> 00:43:19,759
Speaker 2: not play against the stinged up is he is he

989
00:43:19,800 --> 00:43:20,399
Speaker 2: playing this week?

990
00:43:21,040 --> 00:43:24,000
Speaker 3: I think original is questionable. So you know, typically if

991
00:43:24,239 --> 00:43:27,040
Speaker 3: you're listed as I mean, I think he was limited

992
00:43:27,239 --> 00:43:30,239
Speaker 3: if I remember right, I don't. You can look it up,

993
00:43:30,239 --> 00:43:33,000
Speaker 3: but it's uncertain. Their whole thing has been you know,

994
00:43:33,040 --> 00:43:36,200
Speaker 3: their whole running back room has been dinged up. Nick Chubb,

995
00:43:36,239 --> 00:43:38,279
Speaker 3: Woody Marks like they've all been kind of dinged up

996
00:43:38,280 --> 00:43:41,759
Speaker 3: a little bit. Hey, look Amario on Hampton, And like

997
00:43:41,800 --> 00:43:44,480
Speaker 3: I said, I've been looking at this four game capsule

998
00:43:44,560 --> 00:43:47,640
Speaker 3: of how this thing lines up between Woody, Marx and

999
00:43:47,760 --> 00:43:50,920
Speaker 3: Chubb and I can't remember their third back's names, Jalen Shoot.

1000
00:43:51,320 --> 00:43:53,080
Speaker 4: Marx is participating in practice.

1001
00:43:52,840 --> 00:43:54,239
Speaker 3: So there you go. So he'll probably be out there,

1002
00:43:54,239 --> 00:43:57,640
Speaker 3: but a Mario and Hampton leads all the backs in

1003
00:43:57,719 --> 00:44:01,240
Speaker 3: rushing over these four weeks, anyone on the Texans, anyone

1004
00:44:01,280 --> 00:44:04,359
Speaker 3: on the Chargers. Amarian's got five yards per carry, two

1005
00:44:04,440 --> 00:44:08,560
Speaker 3: hundred and twenty plus yards. He's the bellcow out there.

1006
00:44:08,600 --> 00:44:10,960
Speaker 3: He's the difference maker in a running back room of

1007
00:44:11,040 --> 00:44:12,719
Speaker 3: either of these teams. And if that's what this is

1008
00:44:12,760 --> 00:44:13,920
Speaker 3: going to come down to, if it's going to be

1009
00:44:13,960 --> 00:44:17,040
Speaker 3: a rock fight, then kind of like our guy and

1010
00:44:17,440 --> 00:44:20,120
Speaker 3: what and what they've got going versus what they've got going.

1011
00:44:20,200 --> 00:44:23,279
Speaker 2: Yeah, being able to contain though Nico Collins. I think

1012
00:44:23,320 --> 00:44:25,480
Speaker 2: George Pickens was the best receiver they've seen all year. Yes,

1013
00:44:25,520 --> 00:44:28,000
Speaker 2: he was unbelievable in that game. He's better than Ceedee

1014
00:44:28,040 --> 00:44:31,160
Speaker 2: Lamb Nico. A nice test for what we're going to

1015
00:44:31,200 --> 00:44:35,520
Speaker 2: see Saturday, Nico Collins, whether it's Cam Hard or Tarheb. Nico,

1016
00:44:35,520 --> 00:44:37,520
Speaker 2: if I'm not mistaken, had a pretty big game against

1017
00:44:37,560 --> 00:44:38,640
Speaker 2: the Chargers in the playoffs.

1018
00:44:38,680 --> 00:44:41,799
Speaker 3: Yeah, but it was second half like it was after

1019
00:44:41,840 --> 00:44:44,800
Speaker 3: they wore down. They ended up getting a couple explosive

1020
00:44:44,840 --> 00:44:47,000
Speaker 3: and that's the thing, like Nico is not this short

1021
00:44:47,080 --> 00:44:50,000
Speaker 3: yardage like they need time for those routes to develop

1022
00:44:50,040 --> 00:44:53,279
Speaker 3: for Nico to really be maximized. So that's why I

1023
00:44:53,360 --> 00:44:56,000
Speaker 3: keep going back to it. If Trent Brown is questionable,

1024
00:44:56,120 --> 00:44:59,560
Speaker 3: I think Urseries is trying to work through something as well.

1025
00:44:59,640 --> 00:45:01,760
Speaker 3: So if those guys are dinged up, even if they play,

1026
00:45:02,200 --> 00:45:04,120
Speaker 3: if they're dinged up and they're not one hundred percent,

1027
00:45:04,160 --> 00:45:06,040
Speaker 3: you got to deal with Khalil mac Tooley and o

1028
00:45:06,200 --> 00:45:10,000
Speaker 3: way out there. And again they're Titus Howard's been great

1029
00:45:10,040 --> 00:45:11,600
Speaker 3: at the guard, but if you've got to kick him

1030
00:45:11,600 --> 00:45:13,640
Speaker 3: out and now you're bringing a backup guard in there

1031
00:45:14,000 --> 00:45:16,239
Speaker 3: to go with. I think it's Ingram, who's the other

1032
00:45:16,239 --> 00:45:18,800
Speaker 3: guard who's really been kind of a leak, a leaky spot,

1033
00:45:19,160 --> 00:45:21,400
Speaker 3: like they're going to be able to get after CJ.

1034
00:45:21,520 --> 00:45:24,120
Speaker 3: Stroud and and I think it's going to be you

1035
00:45:24,160 --> 00:45:26,480
Speaker 3: know what I like to call fair fight man, fair

1036
00:45:26,560 --> 00:45:29,960
Speaker 3: fight their D line against Chargers offensive line. Fair fight

1037
00:45:30,040 --> 00:45:32,799
Speaker 3: Chargers defensive line versus their offensive line. I do I

1038
00:45:32,840 --> 00:45:35,239
Speaker 3: do not think there is a giant gap between what

1039
00:45:35,320 --> 00:45:38,040
Speaker 3: that matchup looks like depending on which offense is out

1040
00:45:38,080 --> 00:45:38,520
Speaker 3: on the field.

1041
00:45:38,719 --> 00:45:39,160
Speaker 4: Two more things.

1042
00:45:39,160 --> 00:45:41,480
Speaker 2: I want to hit them before we get out of here.

1043
00:45:41,520 --> 00:45:43,040
Speaker 2: We kind of talked about it with day On just

1044
00:45:43,080 --> 00:45:46,120
Speaker 2: the Pro Bowlers right game gets in awesome as he should,

1045
00:45:46,280 --> 00:45:50,280
Speaker 2: Darwin five time Pro Bowler, Tooley, who am I missing?

1046
00:45:50,320 --> 00:45:52,200
Speaker 4: Alton Herbert, Joe al and of.

1047
00:45:52,080 --> 00:45:55,560
Speaker 2: Course Justin So congratulations to those guys. And you know, Khalil,

1048
00:45:55,560 --> 00:45:57,320
Speaker 2: they'll have four alternates, I believe.

1049
00:45:57,120 --> 00:46:02,520
Speaker 3: Yeah, Khalil, Matt Lane, Documenttion Del San Del Shan Phillips,

1050
00:46:02,520 --> 00:46:05,480
Speaker 3: special teams and it's escaping me.

1051
00:46:05,560 --> 00:46:06,400
Speaker 4: Whoever we're missing.

1052
00:46:06,440 --> 00:46:10,080
Speaker 2: We apologize, but to get five in pretty cool. I

1053
00:46:10,120 --> 00:46:11,759
Speaker 2: know that the Pro Bowl doesn't mean much but it

1054
00:46:11,760 --> 00:46:13,680
Speaker 2: means a lot to these guys in terms of just

1055
00:46:13,880 --> 00:46:18,680
Speaker 2: who they are as professional. So final thing Charges clinched,

1056
00:46:19,000 --> 00:46:20,920
Speaker 2: it was it was good to see Philip play the

1057
00:46:20,920 --> 00:46:24,160
Speaker 2: way he did and for the Chargers to clinch, and

1058
00:46:24,200 --> 00:46:28,000
Speaker 2: now money we enter I think the most unpredictable part

1059
00:46:28,480 --> 00:46:31,000
Speaker 2: of a season as I can remember in the AFC.

1060
00:46:31,480 --> 00:46:34,600
Speaker 2: Anybody can be the one seed. Essentially, anybody could be

1061
00:46:34,640 --> 00:46:37,120
Speaker 2: the five, six or seven seed. I mean, over the

1062
00:46:37,120 --> 00:46:39,399
Speaker 2: next two weeks, the Chargers, we could be talking about

1063
00:46:39,440 --> 00:46:41,879
Speaker 2: them hosting a playoff game. At so far, I think

1064
00:46:42,000 --> 00:46:43,959
Speaker 2: a very small chance to be the number one seed.

1065
00:46:44,040 --> 00:46:46,000
Speaker 3: Yeah, they needed the Ravens to beat the Patriots, I

1066
00:46:46,000 --> 00:46:48,480
Speaker 3: think just because the Patriots have had the easiest schedule

1067
00:46:48,520 --> 00:46:49,600
Speaker 3: all year and they finished with.

1068
00:46:49,600 --> 00:46:51,799
Speaker 2: The Jets and Dolphins, and the Jags have an eight

1069
00:46:51,800 --> 00:46:54,719
Speaker 2: and two conference record too, so that may be tough

1070
00:46:54,760 --> 00:46:57,080
Speaker 2: to get to get the one, But to beat the

1071
00:46:57,120 --> 00:46:58,359
Speaker 2: Broncos and potentially be.

1072
00:46:58,320 --> 00:46:59,759
Speaker 4: A two or three seed, We'll take it.

1073
00:47:00,239 --> 00:47:02,080
Speaker 2: You take it any day of the week, or you

1074
00:47:02,200 --> 00:47:04,719
Speaker 2: the five, six or even seven. So that's that's kind

1075
00:47:04,719 --> 00:47:05,319
Speaker 2: of the get the.

1076
00:47:05,239 --> 00:47:06,960
Speaker 3: Two of the three, Let's get the two or the three.

1077
00:47:07,080 --> 00:47:10,279
Speaker 3: Let's get a home game in the first round, and potentially,

1078
00:47:10,520 --> 00:47:13,719
Speaker 3: with what the wild cards look like in Houston, Buffalo,

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Speaker 3: potentially a second game at home, because I think you'll

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Speaker 3: probably see some of these wild cards be favored, you know,

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Speaker 3: the five. Whoever's the five is probably going to be

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Speaker 3: favored over the Steelers. Yep, you know. So, I think

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Speaker 3: Buffalo you could end up having two home games if

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Speaker 3: you win the division based on how talented and how

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Speaker 3: deep the AFC is and those wild cards, maybe getting

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Speaker 3: one or two of them to get out with victories.

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Speaker 2: There would be a scenario too, if you happen to

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Speaker 2: beat the Broncos in Week eighteen, the Broncos just come

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Speaker 2: to Sofi Stadium the following week could be for for

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Speaker 2: a wild card.

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Speaker 3: Yeah.

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Speaker 2: I mean, that's just the type of season it's been. Man,

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Speaker 2: no Joe Burrow, no Lamar Jackson, no Patrick Mahomes, the

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Speaker 2: AFC wide open. I'll put my face, put it on,

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Speaker 2: take you home, put it back on. The Charges fans,

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Speaker 2: We we love you, we appreciate you. Thank you for

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Speaker 2: watching Chargers weekly for Santa Oh, I'm Chris Harry.

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Speaker 4: We'll see you next week.

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Speaker 2: Hmm.