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Speaker 1: What's up, guys. Welcome into a Week two edition of

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Speaker 1: Chargers Weekly, alongside the voice of the Chargers Matt Muddy

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Speaker 1: Smith Chris Hayry Buddy Chargers within twenty sixteen in DC.

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Speaker 1: I know we're gonna talk a lot of cowboys today,

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Speaker 1: but I just want to get your reaction to what

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Speaker 1: you saw last Sunday. Things you liked, things that could

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Speaker 1: potentially carry over into Week two. You know, It's interesting

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Speaker 1: is we flew home on the you know, when we

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Speaker 1: were flying home, we had Wi Fi, so I had

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Speaker 1: a chance to watch some Sunday night football. I'm kind

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Speaker 1: of watching halftime and then flipping around a little bit

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Speaker 1: and watching some some different sports shows, you know, a

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Speaker 1: little wrap ups, and it was it really was wild

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Speaker 1: to me. And yes, I get it, I'm looking at

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Speaker 1: it through powder blue, you know, shaded glasses. But just

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Speaker 1: how how close people thought this game was. And I

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Speaker 1: know the score was close, and I know they had

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Speaker 1: to you know, there were a couple hairy moments there

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Speaker 1: at the end, a third and sixteen they had to

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Speaker 1: convert on that final drive and who knows what would

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Speaker 1: have happened, But to me, like the Chargers dominated three

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Speaker 1: of the four quarters. You know, the third quarter got

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Speaker 1: away from them, but outside of that, dominated the first half,

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Speaker 1: dominated the fourth quarter, and unfortunately, and I think this,

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Speaker 1: you know, kind of what my main takeaway was from

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Speaker 1: the game was, Man, if they just clean up some

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Speaker 1: straight execution errors, not like, oh, we've got to be

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Speaker 1: able to be better in press coverage, you know, and

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Speaker 1: our wide receivers got to fight to get open and

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Speaker 1: create better separation lanes for her. But no, like Williams

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Speaker 1: dropped the touchdown, Keenan Allen dropped a ball that would

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Speaker 1: have given them first and goal at the seven. Those

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Speaker 1: things rarely happen. Those guys have some of the best

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Speaker 1: hands in the league. It was probably just week one

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Speaker 1: rust those two things occur, and you know, you're basically

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Speaker 1: walking out of this one going, oh, yeah, the Chargers

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Speaker 1: dominated the game. And now I say that, and then

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Speaker 1: I sort of play the other end of the spectrum,

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Speaker 1: Chris and say last year or the last four years

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Speaker 1: or whatever. Yeah, i'd been I'd have been breathing a

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Speaker 1: little out of it and be like, oh boy, here

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Speaker 1: we go again. But I think you just see the

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Speaker 1: difference in this team, and you know, converting fourteen of eighteen.

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Speaker 1: I don't count the nineteenth one because it was a

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Speaker 1: kneel down, converting fourteen of eighteen third downs. This team

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Speaker 1: just had it going. I mean they really had. They

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Speaker 1: had a great day. They just got to clean up

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Speaker 1: a few mistakes that led to it being twenty sixteen

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Speaker 1: instead of like thirty one sixteen. And you're right, fourteen

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Speaker 1: of eighteen. We haven't seen that money in a decade.

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Speaker 1: The Ravens did it in twenty eleven. The first drive

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Speaker 1: and the last drive. The first one couldn't have gone better.

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Speaker 1: You go down the field, you score right away, and

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Speaker 1: then just kneel after six minutes and forty three seconds

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Speaker 1: having the ball, not even having to score. I mean,

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Speaker 1: just if the offense can play like that consistently, help

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Speaker 1: out your defense, help out your special teams. You know,

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Speaker 1: obviously this is a different test this Sunday with Dak

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Speaker 1: Prescott coming to town and these receivers, and you know,

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Speaker 1: Zeke didn't have a very good game against the Bucks.

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Speaker 1: I think that's gonna change. I think they're gonna make

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Speaker 1: a concerned effort to get him to football. But when

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Speaker 1: you possessed the ball, buddy for thirty six minutes, that's

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Speaker 1: a winning formula. Yeah, no doubt, no doubt. I mean,

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Speaker 1: and again, it wasn't by you know, grinding it out

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Speaker 1: You know that you were faced with. It wasn't like

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Speaker 1: that at all. I mean, they threw the heck out

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Speaker 1: of the ball. They ran effectively. It seemed like the

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Speaker 1: I mean, I haven't seen clean pockets like that for Herbert.

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Speaker 1: I haven't seen clean pockets like that for the Chargers

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Speaker 1: since I started calling games. I mean, that's the truth.

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Speaker 1: It was. It was easily the best offensive line game

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Speaker 1: that I've seen, you know, here in my fifth year

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Speaker 1: calling games for the Chargers. And again it wasn't even close.

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Speaker 1: And this was against a defensive front, you know, with

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Speaker 1: Jonathan Allen to Ron Payne, Montes Sweat and Chase Young. So, buddy,

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Speaker 1: if you've been saying the best defensive line of football

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Speaker 1: all last week, that's always it every single day. And

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Speaker 1: it doesn't mean that they're not, but I was were

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Speaker 1: usually I think that was the maybe the shocker of

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Speaker 1: Sunday was the way Rashawn Slater played after two years

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Speaker 1: that I was playing football, eighty one snaps and really

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Speaker 1: the unit as a whole, having never played a snap

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Speaker 1: And Lindsley took care of that. And Reshawn Slater, you know,

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Speaker 1: I mean, you already know where we're so late in

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Speaker 1: the week, everybody's talking about it. He was so good.

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Speaker 1: They had to move Chase Young. They moved into the

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Speaker 1: picking on that. They basically said, okay, well we can't

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Speaker 1: and look credit credit Joe Lombardi and Brandon Staley. They adjusted,

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Speaker 1: It was clear and then Storm Norton when he came in,

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Speaker 1: you know, they helped him out. But overall, you know,

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Speaker 1: the line, like I said, as a whole, you had

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Speaker 1: a couple of hurries, couple pressures, you know, the two sacks.

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Speaker 1: But outside of that, man, it was it was. It

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Speaker 1: seemed like it was a very comfortable day for Justin

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Speaker 1: Herbert and man that he spread the ball around, you know,

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Speaker 1: and that's that's what you love to see. It's what

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Speaker 1: he's so good at. We're taping this on a Thursday.

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Speaker 1: I suggest people watch Washington Giants Thursday night. We see

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Speaker 1: how that defensive line looks against the Giants, and then

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Speaker 1: you could really kind of put that performance great context.

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Speaker 1: You know, Justin Herbert Man, he spread it to eight receivers,

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Speaker 1: like you said, Keaton Allen, but I think Mike Williams

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Speaker 1: and the amount of targets that he got. You mentioned

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Speaker 1: get him the football. And Joe Lobardi was a lie

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Speaker 1: when he said that X receiver gets a lot of

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Speaker 1: shots with Guyton find Cook in the scene. I mean,

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Speaker 1: My favorite, I think my favorite post game quote, or

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Speaker 1: of because they're you know, Austin Eckler got zero targets.

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Speaker 1: and I just I love Justin's answer, and it was,

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Speaker 1: we want to push the ball downfield, and my guys

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Speaker 1: did a great job. Our guys did a good, great

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Speaker 1: push it downfield. You know, Austin's there because we know

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Speaker 1: if that stuff's covered, I can give it to him.

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Speaker 1: He's gonna break a tackle, he's gonna make the first

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Speaker 1: open downfield, let's go get it. And and Mike Williams

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Speaker 1: obviously know what Keenan Allen, you know that final catch

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Speaker 1: I looked at Chase Young and I said, man, if

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Speaker 1: you guys are really going man, this thing is over

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Speaker 1: and you know, and that's you know. I had an

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Speaker 1: was really interesting to hear it from him, you know,

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Speaker 1: he just kept calling Keenan a dog. He's like, man,

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Speaker 1: lot of people do what he does and pay attention

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Speaker 1: to to those things that allow Because I was like,

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Speaker 1: And he just you know, he walked through how how

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Speaker 1: recognizing leverage and knowing I've got a win. He goes,

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Speaker 1: and when you see it, you're just like, this, I've

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Speaker 1: and sixteen, probably the play of the game. Yeah, I

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Speaker 1: you how good Keenan Allen is. Right, people will maybe

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Speaker 1: they picked up right where they left off in week one. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: you know he posted the video of that I don't

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Speaker 1: had heard from from Joe Lombardi, you know, when things

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Speaker 1: got started and what kind of offense are you going

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Speaker 1: to run and talking about options and gray area and

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Speaker 1: where the quarterback and the receiver can you know, this

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Speaker 1: how we teach this offense. And as you know Dan

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Speaker 1: kind of frame by frame, clearly Keenan recognized that safety

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Speaker 1: sort of that next level where that was probably not

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Speaker 1: to preview Bolts Cowboys. Yeah, and I'll tell you, you know,

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Speaker 1: And we're not gonna see it. We're not gonna see

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Speaker 1: was just talking about it. Some tough injury news for

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Speaker 1: I mean, you know, Mike McCarthy's gonna coach his eighteenth

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Speaker 1: and then Prescott misses eleven games. Last year, They lost

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Speaker 1: And I know one of the things he tells his

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Speaker 1: I'll tell you the one thing that really jumped out

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Speaker 1: you feel like Amari Cooper is almost underrated and not

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Speaker 1: You alluded to it before we got on here. Do

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Speaker 1: Chargers have in this game is that Brandon Stanley's coached

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Speaker 1: against this cowboy offense before. He did a week one

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Speaker 1: last year when he was with the Rams, and it

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Speaker 1: was a much different offensive approach at that time than

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Speaker 1: it is now. But I think he has the advantage

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Speaker 1: of having a sense for their personnel and what they're

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Speaker 1: really like and how to scheme against him. So you

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Speaker 1: talk about the injuries they have, and then you add

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Speaker 1: that factor in um and I think it's a big

437
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Speaker 1: advantage for the for the Chargers. And I give Brandon

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Speaker 1: Staley a lot of credit because I think there was

439
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Speaker 1: concern about him coming in and changing the offense on

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Speaker 1: Justin Herbert after the year he had his rookie. But

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Speaker 1: he told me yesterday when we spoke about he wanted

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Speaker 1: to build created an offense for Justin Herbert, not bring

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Speaker 1: an offense that he had used elsewhere. Joe Lombardi had

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Speaker 1: used elsewhere. Bread for him in consideration with the skill

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Speaker 1: people he had around him. At least they've achieved that

446
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Speaker 1: to a certain area. Last thing for me, Edum just

447
00:21:56,480 --> 00:21:58,440
Speaker 1: it was a heck of a game against Tampa. I mean,

448
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Speaker 1: you know, you think about you have the victory in

449
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Speaker 1: your pocket with ninety seconds left and it's just Tom

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Speaker 1: Brady on the other side that leads to a loss. Like,

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Speaker 1: how would you describe this week for them? Is it

452
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Speaker 1: is it panic if they lose? Is it desperation? Do

453
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Speaker 1: they desperately need to win this game. Like, what would

454
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Speaker 1: you say the feeling is out there? Yeah, I'm sure

455
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Speaker 1: there is a sense of desperation. You know, they're they're

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Speaker 1: one of three teams that's you know, gone the longest

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Speaker 1: without having an O and two start. It's Green Bay,

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Speaker 1: New England and Dallas that have gone the longest period

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Speaker 1: of time without having M and O and to start.

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Speaker 1: The Cowboys last one was with Tony Romo in two

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Speaker 1: and ten. You know, history tells us that only ten

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Speaker 1: percent of the teams at start O and two make

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Speaker 1: the playoffs at all, much less advanced once they're there.

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Speaker 1: Given their flow with the injury situation, I'm sure they

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Speaker 1: hope situation where they keep the game close enough that

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Speaker 1: they have a chance to win. This was always going

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Speaker 1: to be a hard game for them to win, and

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Speaker 1: you know, I know that I had said when the

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Speaker 1: schedule came out, Look, the Cowboys could be a really

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Speaker 1: talented team and they could play really well and they

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Speaker 1: could still start oh and two because you're playing the Chargers.

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Speaker 1: Those are really high quality teams, you know. So yeah,

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Speaker 1: I'm sure there's a level of desperation and concern about

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Speaker 1: the direction. But I think there's also a really strong

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Speaker 1: belief that as long as they have Dak Prescott, you know,

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Speaker 1: they can compete with anybody on a week to week basis.

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Speaker 1: It's only been we saw, we saw what happened to

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Speaker 1: them emotionally. I think when Dak went out last year,

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Speaker 1: the whole team just psychologically collapsed. They knew they had

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Speaker 1: no chance. The only guy they have who's capable of

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Speaker 1: overcoming all of the shortcomings they had last year and

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Speaker 1: maybe the same some of the same ones they have

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Speaker 1: now again is Dak Prescott. Well, the Cowboys will have

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Speaker 1: had ten days to still one that week one loss.

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Speaker 1: They'll be at Sofi Stadium on Sunday, So Will Edward

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Speaker 1: or ed it can't thank you enough for your time

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Speaker 1: time this morning, and look forward to seeing you in Inglewood.

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Speaker 1: Great to see you guys, and look forward to seeing

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Speaker 1: those powder blue uniforms and live and in person it's

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Speaker 1: so Fi stating, Oh yeah, and there you go. It's

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Speaker 1: pretty special uniform matchup. Thank you, ed All right, Money,

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Speaker 1: let's bring them on. Daniel Popper the athletic AKA hops

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Speaker 1: with Pop on Sundays after games. Have you have you

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Speaker 1: joined that yet? Money? Yeah, you have a beer with

495
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Speaker 1: Daniel Popper after a game and talk about what happened.

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Speaker 1: I do not I have. I have whiskey on my

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Speaker 1: own by myself because I'm a lonely drunk. That's what

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Speaker 1: I do after games. That's how I cooled down. I've

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Speaker 1: got whiskey in a in a hydroflask, but I smuggle

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Speaker 1: and I pour one over ice well whiskey because I'm

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Speaker 1: part of the Hops with Pop campaign is trying to

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Speaker 1: get sponsored by Buffalo Trace, which we're failing at currently,

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Speaker 1: but doesn't mean we'll stop trying. Yeah, I like Buffalo Trace.

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Speaker 1: I mix it up. Um. I think this time, believe

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Speaker 1: it or not, this time I brought some Canadian whiskey.

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Speaker 1: I brought some well Canadian Ride. Just brought some Crown Ride,

507
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Speaker 1: which I like a lot. It's got that little um.

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Speaker 1: I don't know what color the label is. Obviously it's

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Speaker 1: not purple um. But yeah, it's Canadian rye whiskey and

510
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Speaker 1: it's good. It's a little sweet, you know what the hell?

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Speaker 1: Start the season, have a little extra sugar. Live stream

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Speaker 1: live stream the conversations though, Buddy with the whiskey. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I'm gonna go ahead and just kind of keep those

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Speaker 1: to myself. You know, I'm gonna I'm gonna keep me

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Speaker 1: sipping my whiskey to myself in the corner, in my

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Speaker 1: corner all alone, playing with my horse racing machine and

517
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Speaker 1: looking at stats, paper paper, before we get to the

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Speaker 1: Cowboys bad just put a put a bow on Week

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Speaker 1: one in DC. What you liked and what you're expecting

520
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Speaker 1: moving forward. Yeah, So, I mean the biggest storyline that

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Speaker 1: we talked about heading into this game was how this

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Speaker 1: new look offensive line would show up against one of

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Speaker 1: the best defensive fronts in football, and they were playing

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Speaker 1: and simple excellent. I mean it starts with the Shawan

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Speaker 1: Slater at left tackle, who looks like he's going to

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Speaker 1: be a stud um, you know we're talking about before

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Speaker 1: he came on. I finally got my hands in the

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Speaker 1: All twenty two and look like he had a really

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Speaker 1: good game live. It looked like he had a really

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Speaker 1: good game checking the TV tape. But then you watch

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Speaker 1: the All twenty two and you realize this guy is

532
00:26:06,960 --> 00:26:09,359
Speaker 1: going to be a stud. Corey Lindsley, I thought it

533
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Speaker 1: had a fantastic game, just the whole unit in general,

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Speaker 1: just giving Justin Herbert to pass protection that he didn't

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Speaker 1: have last year, particularly on third down. And when you

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Speaker 1: talk about a team going fourteen for nineteen on third down,

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Speaker 1: it really was fourteen for eighteen because the Kniel down

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Speaker 1: at the end of the game was a third down. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: you talk about that, and then Keenan Allen had a

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Speaker 1: drop on a third down which was very uncharacteristic. So

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Speaker 1: it's really fourteen to seventeen. But when you do that,

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Speaker 1: you need good pass protection. And Justin Herbert was pretty

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Speaker 1: much untouched on all these third downs and you see

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Speaker 1: what he's capable of when he has pass protection. It's

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Speaker 1: a thing of beauty because he was firing the ball

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Speaker 1: all over the field. And that's got to be the

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Speaker 1: biggest takeaway year is that the offensive line showed up

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Speaker 1: and that allowed Justin Herbert to really flourish. And looking

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Speaker 1: to the future, you expect that pass protection to continue

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Speaker 1: and expect Justin Herbert to continue to ascend as a

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Speaker 1: quarterback in this league. Yeah, And I think you know,

552
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Speaker 1: when when you talk about watching it back Poperts, it's

553
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Speaker 1: one thing to maybe not have any pressure on the quarterback,

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Speaker 1: and oh the differences when you look at it and

555
00:27:04,640 --> 00:27:07,639
Speaker 1: you look at how it happened like with Shawn, Slater

556
00:27:07,800 --> 00:27:10,359
Speaker 1: just straight stoned those guys. I mean he was not

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Speaker 1: bending back. It wasn't like Herbert got rid of the

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Speaker 1: ball right before his guy could get there. Slater pitched

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Speaker 1: a freaking shutout. And you know when I went back

560
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Speaker 1: and look, they had one I think they had one

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Speaker 1: hurry that they said he allowed. And I watched it

562
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Speaker 1: and I was trying to freeze frame it as best

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Speaker 1: as possible. And I mean, Mantes sweats so long, so

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Speaker 1: he might have had his hand on his throat, but

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Speaker 1: I swear he had his face mask and pulled him

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Speaker 1: forward to get that beat. So that was the only

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Speaker 1: time a guy got close to Herbert, and I swear

568
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Speaker 1: it was in illegal hands to the face by sweat,

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Speaker 1: Like it was crazy. How good he was. Yeah, and

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00:27:42,840 --> 00:27:45,879
Speaker 1: then even adding to that in the running game, he

571
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Speaker 1: is a beast in the run game. I just like

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Speaker 1: going over that first drive, like they were just running

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Speaker 1: behind him. They were like, this guy is dominated, and

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Speaker 1: he was going up against Chase Young on every rep.

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Speaker 1: He was just creating, you know, partying the red seat

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Speaker 1: roston Ekeler for Larry Rountree. It was really impressive what

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Speaker 1: he was able to do in the run game as well.

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Speaker 1: I think so, Popper. It's the Dallas Cowboys now a

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Speaker 1: much different offense than Washington. The receivers, man just in general,

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Speaker 1: Keenan Allen, Mike Williams, Ceedee lamb, Amari Cooper. I mean,

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00:28:15,880 --> 00:28:18,520
Speaker 1: there's so much firepower on the field. But we were

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Speaker 1: talking about Ezekiel Elliott. He didn't do much against Tampa,

583
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Speaker 1: who had the best rushing defense at football last year.

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Speaker 1: I think they're gonna make a concerted effort to get

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Speaker 1: him the football and get him some touches, maybe control

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Speaker 1: the clock a little bit. How worried do you think

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00:28:34,240 --> 00:28:37,480
Speaker 1: the Chargers need to be of Ezekiel Elliott. I gotta

588
00:28:37,520 --> 00:28:39,600
Speaker 1: be worried about Ezekiel Elliot because he getting Zach Martin

589
00:28:39,640 --> 00:28:43,200
Speaker 1: back on this offensive line arguably the best guard in football,

590
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Speaker 1: you know, in the competition there with Quinnon Nelson for

591
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Speaker 1: that title. But you bring a guy like that back

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Speaker 1: who is just an elite run blocker, and that's obviously

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Speaker 1: going to open some things up for Ezekiel Elliott. You know,

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Speaker 1: you know, you can't put too much stock in a

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Speaker 1: week one performance. You can't say, Okay, Dac through fifty

596
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Speaker 1: seven times, and this is what the offense is going

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00:28:57,640 --> 00:28:59,640
Speaker 1: to look like, especially when you're missing a player like

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Speaker 1: Zack Martin. So you got to prepare for it all.

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Speaker 1: In my opinion, Yeah, and I'll tell you you look

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Speaker 1: at the performance last week with you know, and Lindball

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00:29:07,000 --> 00:29:09,160
Speaker 1: had some nice plays in there. I think they probably

602
00:29:09,160 --> 00:29:12,360
Speaker 1: want a little bit more from Jerry for sure. But

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Speaker 1: at the same time, it's hard for me to sort

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Speaker 1: of reconcile, like what kind of running day, what kind

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Speaker 1: of running afternoon did Washington have because Antonio had just

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00:29:20,640 --> 00:29:22,800
Speaker 1: kind of that one big run. Yeah, and if you

607
00:29:22,800 --> 00:29:24,760
Speaker 1: take it out, it's like less than four yards percare.

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Speaker 1: But then every time he touched the ball, I felt

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Speaker 1: like he was falling forward for five yards. So I

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Speaker 1: can't quite It's hard for me to figure out what

611
00:29:31,440 --> 00:29:34,479
Speaker 1: the run defense is right now. I don't quite know,

612
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Speaker 1: But like just knowing that bos is so good and

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00:29:37,040 --> 00:29:40,000
Speaker 1: run support, having Derwin out there flying all over the field,

614
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Speaker 1: I think he kind of went under the radar a

615
00:29:41,560 --> 00:29:44,600
Speaker 1: little bit of what a great game he had. I

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Speaker 1: don't know, do you know, Poper, what your what is

617
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Speaker 1: your vibe on the run defense or the Chargers? Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I mean it's an area of I would say concern

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Speaker 1: in my opinion, just because Justin Jones is such a

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Speaker 1: key part of what they're doing on run defense. You

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Speaker 1: obviously I had that tackle for loss right after that

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00:30:02,040 --> 00:30:03,960
Speaker 1: twenty seven yard run you're talking about, but he left

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Speaker 1: the game with cramps. You know, it was really that

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00:30:07,240 --> 00:30:10,440
Speaker 1: one run and what happened was is Michael Davis just

625
00:30:10,520 --> 00:30:12,440
Speaker 1: missed a tackle and then Brandon said that, you know,

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00:30:12,520 --> 00:30:14,360
Speaker 1: Kenneth Murray came on a blitz there and he needed

627
00:30:14,360 --> 00:30:16,800
Speaker 1: to be a little thicker. You take that away. Antonio

628
00:30:16,880 --> 00:30:19,440
Speaker 1: Gibson average three point three yards per carry, So it's

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Speaker 1: hard to say that they didn't perform well. But just

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Speaker 1: moving forward, like the depth that they have on a

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Speaker 1: defensive line is just something that has always been in

632
00:30:28,280 --> 00:30:30,040
Speaker 1: the back of my mind as like, Okay, this could

633
00:30:30,080 --> 00:30:32,000
Speaker 1: definitely pop up later in the season. Like they're kind

634
00:30:32,040 --> 00:30:35,400
Speaker 1: of one injury away from really having some big question

635
00:30:35,480 --> 00:30:38,720
Speaker 1: marks there. They need Lindvall Joseph to stay healthy because

636
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Speaker 1: when he's in there, he's just a he's a run

637
00:30:40,840 --> 00:30:43,160
Speaker 1: stuff er, he's obviously an enormous human being, and he's

638
00:30:43,200 --> 00:30:46,479
Speaker 1: really hard to move. If he's he's an aging player,

639
00:30:46,760 --> 00:30:49,840
Speaker 1: so you lose him, that's a concern. Even losing Justin Jones,

640
00:30:50,040 --> 00:30:51,360
Speaker 1: you have to bring in a guy in Eric Banks

641
00:30:51,360 --> 00:30:55,760
Speaker 1: who they just signed, you know, off waivers after cutdown day.

642
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Speaker 1: So if they stay healthy, I think they'll be okay.

643
00:30:59,560 --> 00:31:02,240
Speaker 1: But you talk about going up up against an elite

644
00:31:02,240 --> 00:31:04,640
Speaker 1: offensive line in the Cowboys, and it'll be a bigger

645
00:31:04,640 --> 00:31:06,640
Speaker 1: test for this unit, and we'll see if Justin Jones,

646
00:31:06,920 --> 00:31:09,920
Speaker 1: you know, ends up playing. I'm anxious, you know, because

647
00:31:10,000 --> 00:31:13,240
Speaker 1: Eric Baints was active. I'm anxious to see if they rotate,

648
00:31:13,560 --> 00:31:16,600
Speaker 1: and because I thought Fujoko and you know, in Forest

649
00:31:16,640 --> 00:31:21,280
Speaker 1: Merrill all had really good you know, preseasons in training camps,

650
00:31:22,040 --> 00:31:23,840
Speaker 1: and I'm wondering whether or not we're going to see

651
00:31:23,840 --> 00:31:27,000
Speaker 1: maybe that that sort of role rotate as they try

652
00:31:27,000 --> 00:31:28,560
Speaker 1: to find someone, like you said, because I do think

653
00:31:28,600 --> 00:31:30,960
Speaker 1: there are some depth questions on the interior that line,

654
00:31:31,000 --> 00:31:32,720
Speaker 1: and then whether or not we might see one of

655
00:31:32,760 --> 00:31:35,400
Speaker 1: those two guys here and see if you know, they

656
00:31:35,400 --> 00:31:40,040
Speaker 1: can try to figure out what pieces of that puzzle fit. Yeah. Absolutely,

657
00:31:40,080 --> 00:31:43,040
Speaker 1: I mean I thought Forest Merrill was really really good

658
00:31:43,040 --> 00:31:46,320
Speaker 1: in training camp and he showed up in those preseason games,

659
00:31:46,360 --> 00:31:49,480
Speaker 1: just as strictly as a run defender, Like you don't

660
00:31:49,520 --> 00:31:52,120
Speaker 1: really need him to be a pass rusher there. Like

661
00:31:52,160 --> 00:31:54,480
Speaker 1: if he can provide depth at the nose tackle spot

662
00:31:54,480 --> 00:31:57,640
Speaker 1: and just be a reliable run stuffer, then he provides value,

663
00:31:57,640 --> 00:31:59,120
Speaker 1: which I think is why he was on the fifty

664
00:31:59,160 --> 00:32:02,040
Speaker 1: three man to begin with. But you know, you show

665
00:32:02,120 --> 00:32:05,800
Speaker 1: up and outside of one really mistake, you know, you

666
00:32:05,800 --> 00:32:07,800
Speaker 1: hold a team to three point three yards per carry,

667
00:32:07,800 --> 00:32:09,560
Speaker 1: you got to walk away feeling pretty good about it.

668
00:32:09,600 --> 00:32:13,720
Speaker 1: I think here pop for the back end, specifically the

669
00:32:13,840 --> 00:32:17,520
Speaker 1: younger guys, Sante Samuel Junior, and I called Michael Davis

670
00:32:17,520 --> 00:32:19,880
Speaker 1: a younger guy just because he is younger. It's a

671
00:32:19,920 --> 00:32:22,400
Speaker 1: new system. How do you think those corners held up

672
00:32:22,680 --> 00:32:28,240
Speaker 1: against Washington's receivers. I thought Assante played really well, and

673
00:32:28,280 --> 00:32:32,720
Speaker 1: you just when you watch him play, you just the competitiveness,

674
00:32:33,200 --> 00:32:35,880
Speaker 1: the physicality of his game just jumps out right away.

675
00:32:36,160 --> 00:32:38,840
Speaker 1: And you know, Brandon has ever since he took this job,

676
00:32:38,840 --> 00:32:40,440
Speaker 1: and we've asked him about what he's looking for in

677
00:32:40,480 --> 00:32:42,680
Speaker 1: a corner, even before they took a Santa Samuel Junior.

678
00:32:42,880 --> 00:32:45,440
Speaker 1: He always brings up the ability to show up and

679
00:32:46,000 --> 00:32:48,560
Speaker 1: run support. And that's something that's not the Samuel Junior

680
00:32:48,600 --> 00:32:51,760
Speaker 1: did at a really high level in this game against Washington.

681
00:32:52,200 --> 00:32:54,560
Speaker 1: You know, obviously he had that past interference penalty down

682
00:32:54,600 --> 00:32:56,400
Speaker 1: the field. When we asked Brandon Staley about it, he

683
00:32:56,480 --> 00:32:58,320
Speaker 1: said that nas added really actually made a poor read

684
00:32:58,320 --> 00:33:01,320
Speaker 1: there and Asante was expecting help or the top. So obviously,

685
00:33:01,400 --> 00:33:03,760
Speaker 1: anytime you have a playing football, there's a million things

686
00:33:03,800 --> 00:33:06,120
Speaker 1: going on that factor into what actually happened. But the

687
00:33:06,160 --> 00:33:08,600
Speaker 1: fact that he came back from that and made some

688
00:33:08,680 --> 00:33:11,400
Speaker 1: big plays in this game, Like on the very next

689
00:33:11,400 --> 00:33:13,440
Speaker 1: series he had, they went right at him and he

690
00:33:13,480 --> 00:33:15,480
Speaker 1: had two really nice plays in coverage on second and

691
00:33:15,560 --> 00:33:17,920
Speaker 1: third down. He obviously, you know, ends up forcing that

692
00:33:18,000 --> 00:33:20,960
Speaker 1: turnover or helping force that turnover when he slides down

693
00:33:21,200 --> 00:33:23,640
Speaker 1: in run defense. I really liked my stopping him. Michael Davis,

694
00:33:23,640 --> 00:33:27,160
Speaker 1: I thought was inconsistent. You know, on that Terry McLaurin

695
00:33:27,200 --> 00:33:29,840
Speaker 1: catched down the sideline. You know, he got beat off

696
00:33:29,840 --> 00:33:33,160
Speaker 1: the line of scrimmage and made illegal contact there. So

697
00:33:33,200 --> 00:33:34,920
Speaker 1: I still need to see more from him, and then

698
00:33:34,880 --> 00:33:36,680
Speaker 1: the same with nas Atterly, we can group him in

699
00:33:36,720 --> 00:33:39,240
Speaker 1: here with these young defensive backs. You know, I did

700
00:33:39,280 --> 00:33:41,360
Speaker 1: a ranking of the twenty most important players to charge

701
00:33:41,360 --> 00:33:43,640
Speaker 1: of success in the offseason, and I had nas atterly

702
00:33:43,640 --> 00:33:45,440
Speaker 1: at number eleven, because if this is going to be

703
00:33:45,440 --> 00:33:47,480
Speaker 1: an elite defense, he needs to play at a high level,

704
00:33:47,840 --> 00:33:50,240
Speaker 1: like you need two really good safeties there and can't

705
00:33:50,280 --> 00:33:53,280
Speaker 1: just be Derwin. And you know, the frustrating thing for

706
00:33:53,280 --> 00:33:54,640
Speaker 1: me when I watched nas is like when he was

707
00:33:54,640 --> 00:33:57,120
Speaker 1: coming out of college, he was known as this ball hawk,

708
00:33:57,320 --> 00:33:58,440
Speaker 1: like he was a guy that was going to go

709
00:33:58,440 --> 00:34:01,200
Speaker 1: get you to football, and it just hasn't materialized so

710
00:34:01,240 --> 00:34:03,280
Speaker 1: far in the NFL. And it's and I sit there

711
00:34:03,280 --> 00:34:05,640
Speaker 1: and scratch my head, like that play along the sideline

712
00:34:05,640 --> 00:34:08,399
Speaker 1: to Terry McLaurin, Like I don't understand how a guy

713
00:34:08,760 --> 00:34:11,279
Speaker 1: who's developed this reputation as a ballhawk can't make a

714
00:34:11,280 --> 00:34:12,880
Speaker 1: play on the ball there. And so I think we

715
00:34:12,920 --> 00:34:15,360
Speaker 1: need to see a little bit more from from Nasaderi

716
00:34:15,440 --> 00:34:16,840
Speaker 1: here moving forward. If this is really going to be

717
00:34:16,880 --> 00:34:18,799
Speaker 1: the defense that Brandon still he want him to be. Now,

718
00:34:18,840 --> 00:34:21,879
Speaker 1: I'll just piggyback that Daniel And like, the one thing

719
00:34:21,920 --> 00:34:26,880
Speaker 1: that really jumped out at me specifically from Asante was tackling.

720
00:34:27,280 --> 00:34:29,960
Speaker 1: Just what a sound tackler. He was saying, you think

721
00:34:30,000 --> 00:34:32,760
Speaker 1: about this team in years past, and how many freaking

722
00:34:32,800 --> 00:34:37,280
Speaker 1: miss tackles you know, caused two yard plays or potentially

723
00:34:37,400 --> 00:34:41,000
Speaker 1: behind the scrimmage tackles into ten and fifteen yard games.

724
00:34:41,000 --> 00:34:43,280
Speaker 1: And man, that just jumped out of me. You mentioned

725
00:34:43,280 --> 00:34:46,400
Speaker 1: his physicality, but like just the sound tackling and that,

726
00:34:46,480 --> 00:34:48,920
Speaker 1: you know, the one play that's that's obvious was the

727
00:34:49,320 --> 00:34:51,560
Speaker 1: three yard loss that that led to a fifty one

728
00:34:51,640 --> 00:34:55,239
Speaker 1: yard or from um from Hopkins that didn't go through

729
00:34:55,320 --> 00:34:58,239
Speaker 1: and that was all Asante Like, that's like, I just

730
00:34:58,239 --> 00:35:02,279
Speaker 1: think it's such an underrated, you know, an underrated characteristic

731
00:35:02,320 --> 00:35:04,960
Speaker 1: that you need from your corners. And man, a sound

732
00:35:05,080 --> 00:35:11,040
Speaker 1: that was so impressive and solid in his tackling Popper

733
00:35:11,440 --> 00:35:15,319
Speaker 1: special teams. It was a topic all off season. We

734
00:35:15,360 --> 00:35:19,040
Speaker 1: saw all the all the drills that went into traded

735
00:35:19,080 --> 00:35:22,920
Speaker 1: camp and how much they focused on it. They potted twice,

736
00:35:23,160 --> 00:35:26,719
Speaker 1: viscayto two of two, made both his extra points. Uh.

737
00:35:26,840 --> 00:35:29,440
Speaker 1: As far as kick return punt return, what did you

738
00:35:29,480 --> 00:35:34,320
Speaker 1: see there? Yeah, I mean there was no catastrophic moment

739
00:35:34,800 --> 00:35:39,040
Speaker 1: and that is a step forward from last year. Now

740
00:35:39,040 --> 00:35:42,359
Speaker 1: we're there things to clean up. Absolutely, the first punt

741
00:35:42,360 --> 00:35:44,399
Speaker 1: of the game, kJ Hill let that drop in front

742
00:35:44,400 --> 00:35:46,480
Speaker 1: of him and bounced eighteen yards. I lost eighteen yards

743
00:35:46,480 --> 00:35:48,359
Speaker 1: of field position. I know Brandon Stilly brought that up.

744
00:35:48,600 --> 00:35:50,279
Speaker 1: You know. Tay Long's first punt of the game was

745
00:35:50,280 --> 00:35:53,480
Speaker 1: probably like down the middle a little bit too much

746
00:35:54,000 --> 00:35:56,360
Speaker 1: and gave Carter the return man a little bit of

747
00:35:56,400 --> 00:35:58,120
Speaker 1: a two way go there. Ended up turning into a

748
00:35:58,120 --> 00:36:01,960
Speaker 1: fourteen yard game. So just a few things to clean up.

749
00:36:01,960 --> 00:36:04,520
Speaker 1: But trusted this guy, you know, making his kicks was

750
00:36:04,600 --> 00:36:07,000
Speaker 1: really really big other than Carter also had like a

751
00:36:07,040 --> 00:36:10,560
Speaker 1: thirty one yard return on a kickoff where the leverage

752
00:36:10,560 --> 00:36:13,200
Speaker 1: broke down on the right side. But just little things, right,

753
00:36:14,000 --> 00:36:16,920
Speaker 1: stuff that you can fix. Nothing that was detrimental enough

754
00:36:16,960 --> 00:36:18,879
Speaker 1: for them to to you know, to lead to them

755
00:36:18,920 --> 00:36:21,680
Speaker 1: losing the game, and considering what happened last year, that

756
00:36:21,719 --> 00:36:25,080
Speaker 1: has to be a step forward. And credit to Darius Swinton.

757
00:36:25,080 --> 00:36:27,040
Speaker 1: I mean, there are a lot of young players on

758
00:36:27,080 --> 00:36:29,480
Speaker 1: these four four units. Like you look at it, it's

759
00:36:29,800 --> 00:36:32,719
Speaker 1: you know, rookies like Nick Nieman and Chris rump Its,

760
00:36:32,719 --> 00:36:35,799
Speaker 1: second year players like Alohi Gilman. You know, the most

761
00:36:35,840 --> 00:36:38,960
Speaker 1: experienced guy out there is like Kyler Fackrel and Drew Trankel,

762
00:36:39,239 --> 00:36:41,760
Speaker 1: and Drew's really only had one season. He's like considered

763
00:36:41,800 --> 00:36:44,440
Speaker 1: this really vet savvy guy. But he's only played one

764
00:36:44,480 --> 00:36:46,480
Speaker 1: year after missing all last year. So it's going to

765
00:36:46,520 --> 00:36:48,440
Speaker 1: be a work in progress obviously with the number of

766
00:36:48,440 --> 00:36:51,040
Speaker 1: young players they have. But the mistakes weren't catastrophic, and

767
00:36:51,080 --> 00:36:53,799
Speaker 1: I think that is obviously a feather in the cap

768
00:36:53,840 --> 00:36:56,520
Speaker 1: for for this coaching staff. Yeah, the two things that

769
00:36:56,520 --> 00:36:59,160
Speaker 1: they jumped out to me most um the first field

770
00:36:59,200 --> 00:37:02,120
Speaker 1: goal that they've kin kicked. It was right in front

771
00:37:02,160 --> 00:37:05,480
Speaker 1: of us, and he kicked that damn ball so hard.

772
00:37:05,640 --> 00:37:09,160
Speaker 1: I don't know if you saw this because people, you're

773
00:37:09,200 --> 00:37:10,759
Speaker 1: not gonna see it on TV, right, you don't gonna

774
00:37:10,760 --> 00:37:12,200
Speaker 1: see it on the film because it's gonna be out

775
00:37:12,239 --> 00:37:14,840
Speaker 1: of the frame. He kicked it so hard that it

776
00:37:14,880 --> 00:37:17,440
Speaker 1: went over the net and it went into the concourse.

777
00:37:17,600 --> 00:37:20,720
Speaker 1: I'm not kidding. It cleared the first section of seats,

778
00:37:20,760 --> 00:37:23,080
Speaker 1: and it reminded me of I think the way I

779
00:37:23,080 --> 00:37:24,680
Speaker 1: described it on the I said that was like Barry

780
00:37:24,680 --> 00:37:26,560
Speaker 1: Bonds hitting at home or off Troy Percival in the

781
00:37:26,560 --> 00:37:29,640
Speaker 1: World Series. It went into the concourse, not the seats,

782
00:37:29,840 --> 00:37:31,600
Speaker 1: and I think that's kind of what they were talking about, right.

783
00:37:31,640 --> 00:37:33,799
Speaker 1: They were in the kicking competition. They're like, look, this

784
00:37:33,840 --> 00:37:36,759
Speaker 1: guy has got special leg talent. And when you were

785
00:37:36,800 --> 00:37:40,759
Speaker 1: talking about the return, the thirty yard return, we asked

786
00:37:40,719 --> 00:37:42,880
Speaker 1: and I remember if we asked Tom or coach Staley

787
00:37:42,880 --> 00:37:45,040
Speaker 1: about a time to LESCo. But they had pointed out

788
00:37:45,040 --> 00:37:48,400
Speaker 1: that they're trying different things, that Tristan's so talented that

789
00:37:48,520 --> 00:37:50,759
Speaker 1: they were Okay, let's let's see when you pop this

790
00:37:50,800 --> 00:37:52,359
Speaker 1: thing up and drop it at the one and get

791
00:37:52,360 --> 00:37:55,400
Speaker 1: our coverage right. And when they had that breakdown, they

792
00:37:55,400 --> 00:37:56,960
Speaker 1: were like, yeah, just kick it out of the back

793
00:37:57,000 --> 00:37:58,879
Speaker 1: of the end zone and like that's something they did

794
00:37:58,880 --> 00:38:01,120
Speaker 1: not have with Badge, And to me, it was such

795
00:38:01,160 --> 00:38:04,160
Speaker 1: a detriment that they had to deal with when you

796
00:38:04,200 --> 00:38:07,000
Speaker 1: had really good returners and you constantly saw these balls

797
00:38:07,080 --> 00:38:09,480
Speaker 1: drop at the seven or the six, and not to

798
00:38:09,520 --> 00:38:12,000
Speaker 1: have a guy that can do whatever you ask pop

799
00:38:12,040 --> 00:38:13,799
Speaker 1: it up, put it at the one, let's see if

800
00:38:13,800 --> 00:38:15,520
Speaker 1: we can get it, you know, at the seventeen or

801
00:38:15,560 --> 00:38:17,160
Speaker 1: eighteen instead of the twenty five. And then not just

802
00:38:17,160 --> 00:38:18,359
Speaker 1: put it out of the back of the end zone.

803
00:38:18,360 --> 00:38:21,000
Speaker 1: To me, that's such a big gain. And then just

804
00:38:21,040 --> 00:38:22,880
Speaker 1: to back up what you were saying on the punt,

805
00:38:23,560 --> 00:38:26,120
Speaker 1: I tell you man. You know, I love Tie and

806
00:38:26,120 --> 00:38:28,400
Speaker 1: it's clear the players love him because he's a captain.

807
00:38:28,880 --> 00:38:31,759
Speaker 1: But man, that operation scares me because he climbs, he

808
00:38:31,880 --> 00:38:34,279
Speaker 1: climbs that pocket and he takes a little bit of

809
00:38:34,360 --> 00:38:37,040
Speaker 1: time and I'm just old in my breath every time

810
00:38:37,040 --> 00:38:41,600
Speaker 1: he's about to boot that thing away. Yeah. Absolutely, but yeah,

811
00:38:41,640 --> 00:38:46,000
Speaker 1: I mean that's really what differentiated Tristan, you know. And

812
00:38:45,800 --> 00:38:48,960
Speaker 1: and the reality is this coaching staff is very confident

813
00:38:49,040 --> 00:38:51,040
Speaker 1: despite the fact that they don't have a lot of experience.

814
00:38:51,080 --> 00:38:53,760
Speaker 1: They're very confident in their ability to teach and groom

815
00:38:54,040 --> 00:38:56,720
Speaker 1: young players. And I think they look at and they say, Okay,

816
00:38:56,920 --> 00:38:59,640
Speaker 1: we see the talent here. It's obvious this guy has

817
00:38:59,719 --> 00:39:02,360
Speaker 1: him more talented leg than Badgeley, and we trust ourselves

818
00:39:02,600 --> 00:39:04,040
Speaker 1: to get the most out of him and turn him

819
00:39:04,040 --> 00:39:06,120
Speaker 1: into a consistent kicker. This is a big step. I mean,

820
00:39:06,120 --> 00:39:07,920
Speaker 1: this guy has not kicked a lot in the NFL.

821
00:39:08,200 --> 00:39:09,520
Speaker 1: And to go out there and to hit both of

822
00:39:09,520 --> 00:39:12,200
Speaker 1: his kicks and look the way he did, I think

823
00:39:12,280 --> 00:39:14,320
Speaker 1: is really important for this team moving forward. From a

824
00:39:14,320 --> 00:39:17,480
Speaker 1: special team's perspective. Yeah, that's a great call, Poper. Let's

825
00:39:17,520 --> 00:39:20,080
Speaker 1: push you forward to Sunday. Man what are a few

826
00:39:20,120 --> 00:39:22,799
Speaker 1: things that you're going to keep your eye on With

827
00:39:22,800 --> 00:39:25,279
Speaker 1: the Dallas Cowboys covering to town. They've been all for

828
00:39:25,360 --> 00:39:28,880
Speaker 1: ten days, they're one one, they have an explosive offense,

829
00:39:29,680 --> 00:39:32,880
Speaker 1: they've been decimated by injuries over the last couple of days.

830
00:39:32,719 --> 00:39:38,120
Speaker 1: It's an interesting matchup against another NFC'ST opponent. Yeah, I mean,

831
00:39:38,600 --> 00:39:41,839
Speaker 1: I think the Chargers passing offense could be in store

832
00:39:41,920 --> 00:39:44,839
Speaker 1: for a huge day, Like I really really believe that.

833
00:39:45,680 --> 00:39:47,880
Speaker 1: You know, just looking at the depth chart of the

834
00:39:47,920 --> 00:39:51,600
Speaker 1: Cowboys secondary, it's Trayvon Diggs and then no One that

835
00:39:51,719 --> 00:39:55,839
Speaker 1: really scares me. You know. Obviously Chargers fans are really

836
00:39:55,880 --> 00:39:58,799
Speaker 1: familiar with the defensive scheme that Dan Quinn runs. It's

837
00:39:58,800 --> 00:40:00,560
Speaker 1: a lot of Cover three. I think gonna mixing it

838
00:40:00,640 --> 00:40:02,080
Speaker 1: up a little bit more just looking at you know,

839
00:40:02,120 --> 00:40:05,640
Speaker 1: the PFF splits, you know, zone versus man from their opener,

840
00:40:05,880 --> 00:40:08,160
Speaker 1: it might be a little bit more man coverage than

841
00:40:08,719 --> 00:40:11,000
Speaker 1: gust Ran, but the crux of the defenses of the

842
00:40:11,040 --> 00:40:13,239
Speaker 1: crux of the defense, and they're not going to throw

843
00:40:13,280 --> 00:40:16,480
Speaker 1: a ton of disguise at you, and Justin Herbert is

844
00:40:16,480 --> 00:40:18,320
Speaker 1: going to eat that up if he gets past protection.

845
00:40:18,800 --> 00:40:21,200
Speaker 1: And then you talk about just how talented Keenan Allen

846
00:40:21,200 --> 00:40:23,960
Speaker 1: and Mike Williams are, Like, that's going to be the offense. Like,

847
00:40:24,000 --> 00:40:26,680
Speaker 1: if you don't have the guys to cover those two receivers,

848
00:40:26,800 --> 00:40:28,600
Speaker 1: you're gonna be in trouble. And a lot of teams

849
00:40:28,640 --> 00:40:31,080
Speaker 1: don't have the cornerback talent to match up with both

850
00:40:31,080 --> 00:40:34,520
Speaker 1: of those guys because they're immensely, immensely talented. And I'll

851
00:40:34,560 --> 00:40:36,960
Speaker 1: repeat this again. If Justin Herbert gets the kind of

852
00:40:37,000 --> 00:40:40,719
Speaker 1: protection that he got in this opener against Washington, He's

853
00:40:40,760 --> 00:40:43,399
Speaker 1: going to be an MVP candidate. Like he's just that

854
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Speaker 1: talented in terms of his arm in terms of how

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Speaker 1: much better he is at reading defenses and knowing what

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Speaker 1: opposing defenses are trying to do to him. Like, if

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Speaker 1: he gets protection, he's going to be excellent because of

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Speaker 1: the talent around him, because of how good he is.

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Speaker 1: So that's really what I'm watching, Like I think it

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Speaker 1: could be a huge day there. And then obviously, you know,

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Speaker 1: Dak is really really, really really good, And I think

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Speaker 1: something that gets overlooked with Dak is just how cerebral

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Speaker 1: he is and how how well he operates to the

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Speaker 1: line of scrimmage. So It's going to be a really

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Speaker 1: fascinating chess match there between Brandon Dilly's defense and obviously

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Speaker 1: that's high powered, uh, you know Cowboys passing attacks. So

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Speaker 1: some really fascinating matchups on both sides of the ball.

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Speaker 1: I think I'm anxious to see the three by one

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Speaker 1: over route on the Charger side of offense supposed to

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Speaker 1: us constantly seeing that lineup and going a boy's yeah,

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Speaker 1: that's Kenneth trying to carry that inside that three man.

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Speaker 1: This is not gonna be fun. I see it the

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Speaker 1: other way, whether it's Dan or Palmer or Keenan, whoever

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Speaker 1: that that three man is. I want to see it

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Speaker 1: from the Chargers side. Yeah. Finally, Popper h We'll get

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Speaker 1: you out here on this. Uh, what's going to decide

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Speaker 1: the game? What's going to decide the game? I would

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Speaker 1: say the Chargers secondary and how they hold up because

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Speaker 1: I look at it and I think it's a good unit, right, Like,

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Speaker 1: it's hard to say that the secondary isn't good when

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Speaker 1: they have Derwin James, who is an All Pro safety

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Speaker 1: when he is on the field. I just feel like

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Speaker 1: they have some weak links and and we're talking about

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Speaker 1: it earlier like this year Adderley. I felt like did

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Speaker 1: not have a very good game against Washington and he

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Speaker 1: needs to play better, and the quarterback is going to

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Speaker 1: be much better in this game then against Washington. Asante

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Speaker 1: Samuel Jr. Obviously we talked about it. We love what

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Speaker 1: he did on Sunday, but he's a rookie corner and

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Speaker 1: you're gonna have ups and downs. And you know this

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Speaker 1: week it's going to be, you know, either Amari Cooper

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Speaker 1: or Cede Lamb. Right. You know, obviously Terry McLaurin is

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00:42:40,640 --> 00:42:43,680
Speaker 1: a really good player, but you know, Diamie Brown was

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Speaker 1: their number two receiver in that game, and it's it's

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Speaker 1: it's a different animal, right, going up against Cede or

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Speaker 1: a Marii Cooper. Michael Davis, I think needs like I

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Speaker 1: said earlier, needs to needs to play a little better.

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Speaker 1: So there are some weak links to exploit here. Can

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Speaker 1: these young players and guys who we think need to

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Speaker 1: play a little better, can they get there in this game?

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Speaker 1: Can they take that next step against a really good

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Speaker 1: quarterback and a really good passing offense. To me, that's

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Speaker 1: the matchup I'm gonna be watching, And I think if

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Speaker 1: brand Silly can get these guys playing at a high

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Speaker 1: level these young players, then the Chargers should should have

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Speaker 1: a victory on Sunday. But if they continue to have

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Speaker 1: some mistakes and some slip ups, um Dak Prescott's going

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Speaker 1: to exploit them, There's no question about that, Popper. We'll

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Speaker 1: see you on Sunday. Man. Fans love your content, always

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00:43:26,040 --> 00:43:29,400
Speaker 1: appreciate your time coming on and we'll see it's so

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Speaker 1: far stadium, dude, big one sounds good. Thanks for having me,

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Speaker 1: Thanks Popper. All right, Bunny, good stuff for Popper and

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Speaker 1: Edwarder as we get ready for Sunday. Band, your your

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Speaker 1: first game ads so far with fans in the stands

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Speaker 1: calling the game. Yeah, I gotta be better, I'll tell you,

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Speaker 1: Chris Um. I wasn't used to it, and I and

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Speaker 1: I kind of sort of screamed my voice out by

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Speaker 1: the third quarter because I'm just I wasn't used to

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Speaker 1: all that noise around me. And you're used to hearing

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Speaker 1: your voice that, Yeah, you're used to hearing your voice

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Speaker 1: in your ear when you call a game through your headphone,

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Speaker 1: and I couldn't hear it. So I just kept talking

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Speaker 1: louder and louder and louder because it was the crowd

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Speaker 1: noise that was causing me to not be able to

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Speaker 1: hear it, and it took me a half to figure

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Speaker 1: out what was going on and why my voice was

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Speaker 1: getting a little thin. So got that out of the way.

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Speaker 1: Ready to go. I mean, so far is loud. That

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Speaker 1: is a loud stadium. So I am most definitely looking

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Speaker 1: forward to it on Sunday, especially I meant to open

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Speaker 1: up against the Cowboys. My gosh, it's gonna be unbelievable.

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Speaker 1: A lot of juice going to be in that building. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: it was loud with no fans in the stands last year,

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Speaker 1: just the speaker system and everything that you add seventy

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Speaker 1: thousand people. Man, it's a different animal. We can't wait

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Speaker 1: to see out there. That's gonna do it for us.

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Speaker 1: A big thanks to Edward or Daniel Popper. Be sure

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Speaker 1: to download and subscribe to the Chargers Podcast Network wherever

939
00:44:46,360 --> 00:44:49,040
Speaker 1: you listen to podcasts, and you can watch full video

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Speaker 1: episodes on Chargers dot com and the Chargers official YouTube channel,

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Speaker 1: so check that out. Enjoy the game on Sunday. For

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Speaker 1: Matt Buddy Smith, I'm Chris Harry