1 00:00:07,960 --> 00:00:10,960 Speaker 1: Wins, a change blowing in the Windy City. 2 00:00:11,400 --> 00:00:15,000 Speaker 2: Why did the Bears fire their offensive coordinator after just 3 00:00:15,160 --> 00:00:19,000 Speaker 2: nine games and how could a coordinator change jumpstart. Caleb 4 00:00:19,000 --> 00:00:22,639 Speaker 2: Williams Stacey Dales has the latest from a pivotal day 5 00:00:22,760 --> 00:00:25,960 Speaker 2: at Hallis Hall. Week eleven kicks off Thursday night with 6 00:00:26,040 --> 00:00:29,760 Speaker 2: a tussle between the Eagles and Commanders. Are guys Sam 7 00:00:29,800 --> 00:00:32,159 Speaker 2: Schwarztein's going to be here to show you what the 8 00:00:32,240 --> 00:00:37,960 Speaker 2: numbers say about that NFC East showdout the Cowboys. How 9 00:00:38,040 --> 00:00:41,199 Speaker 2: quickly we forget won that division last year? They had 10 00:00:41,200 --> 00:00:43,479 Speaker 2: to come back to do it this time. They're three 11 00:00:43,560 --> 00:00:46,520 Speaker 2: and six and just lost their quarterback for the season. 12 00:00:46,560 --> 00:00:49,040 Speaker 2: But it's not over in Dallas just yet. Tight End 13 00:00:49,120 --> 00:00:51,920 Speaker 2: Jake Ferguson joins the show to tell you what they're 14 00:00:51,960 --> 00:00:53,519 Speaker 2: saying now at the Star. 15 00:00:53,840 --> 00:00:56,280 Speaker 1: Assuming that he can keep the light out of his eyes. 16 00:00:56,640 --> 00:01:02,440 Speaker 2: Welcome inside with the insiders alongside Judy Batista and Mike Garafolo. 17 00:01:02,840 --> 00:01:04,920 Speaker 1: I am Tom Pelisero. 18 00:01:05,360 --> 00:01:08,480 Speaker 2: We're two days out from the start of Week eleven 19 00:01:08,720 --> 00:01:11,679 Speaker 2: in the NFL. This is right the second week of 20 00:01:11,760 --> 00:01:13,520 Speaker 2: the rest of the twenty twenty four lives of the 21 00:01:13,600 --> 00:01:16,920 Speaker 2: Dallas Cowboys. With Cooper Russia quarterback, and now we do 22 00:01:17,000 --> 00:01:21,679 Speaker 2: have finality out of Dallas on Dak Prescott's season as owner. 23 00:01:21,760 --> 00:01:24,760 Speaker 1: Jerry Jones first revealed on. 24 00:01:24,720 --> 00:01:28,920 Speaker 2: A local radio station earlier today, Dak Prescott is going 25 00:01:28,959 --> 00:01:32,840 Speaker 2: to undergo surgery Wednesday in New York for that hamstring 26 00:01:32,920 --> 00:01:35,440 Speaker 2: tendon of vulsion that he suffered a couple of weeks 27 00:01:35,440 --> 00:01:39,800 Speaker 2: ago against the Atlanta Falcons. This had been considered likely 28 00:01:39,920 --> 00:01:43,240 Speaker 2: since the initial MRI for Dak about a three month recovery. 29 00:01:43,480 --> 00:01:47,360 Speaker 2: He'll be back for twenty twenty five, but obvious implications 30 00:01:47,400 --> 00:01:50,680 Speaker 2: for the Cowboys team and the guy calling the shots. 31 00:01:51,400 --> 00:01:55,440 Speaker 3: Has there been a determination made on Dak having surgery tomorrow? 32 00:01:55,840 --> 00:01:56,440 Speaker 4: Decision tomorrow. 33 00:01:56,520 --> 00:01:58,400 Speaker 5: He'll have it there, New he'll have it here in 34 00:01:58,440 --> 00:02:03,000 Speaker 5: New York. Got a good visit last night and he 35 00:02:03,080 --> 00:02:07,120 Speaker 5: wants to do that there. And he's got great medical 36 00:02:07,160 --> 00:02:13,839 Speaker 5: doctors up there. It's more common Andrew and Hockey, and 37 00:02:13,880 --> 00:02:17,680 Speaker 5: he's got doctors that have are very familiar with how 38 00:02:17,680 --> 00:02:20,880 Speaker 5: to repair that, and his prognopes is a wonderful. It 39 00:02:21,080 --> 00:02:24,200 Speaker 5: just means that we're not going to have address here. Judy. 40 00:02:24,280 --> 00:02:27,320 Speaker 2: We talked about this over the last nine ten days 41 00:02:27,400 --> 00:02:29,280 Speaker 2: or so. Here was obviously this was head of this 42 00:02:29,320 --> 00:02:32,720 Speaker 2: direction for Dak, prescap and now that we have the 43 00:02:32,760 --> 00:02:36,639 Speaker 2: finality of it, there's no magical information coming out that 44 00:02:36,720 --> 00:02:39,360 Speaker 2: maybe this is something he can get back from this season. 45 00:02:39,560 --> 00:02:41,960 Speaker 2: What does it say to you about the present and 46 00:02:42,000 --> 00:02:44,639 Speaker 2: really also the future of these Cowboys. 47 00:02:45,240 --> 00:02:48,120 Speaker 6: It doesn't say much good, that's for sure, because we 48 00:02:48,200 --> 00:02:50,240 Speaker 6: know this is a flawed team. It was a flawed 49 00:02:50,280 --> 00:02:54,120 Speaker 6: team when Dak was healthy. Flawed especially on the offensive 50 00:02:54,120 --> 00:02:57,040 Speaker 6: side of the ball. And Dak, of course is talented 51 00:02:57,160 --> 00:02:59,960 Speaker 6: enough that he can cover up for some of those flaws. 52 00:03:00,200 --> 00:03:02,640 Speaker 6: But now the floods are really going to be laid bare, 53 00:03:02,680 --> 00:03:05,480 Speaker 6: as they were last week with Cooper Rush and presumably 54 00:03:05,520 --> 00:03:09,800 Speaker 6: going forward. They don't have many playmakers that scare defenses. 55 00:03:09,960 --> 00:03:10,760 Speaker 6: Beyond C. D. 56 00:03:10,960 --> 00:03:11,280 Speaker 4: Lamb. 57 00:03:11,720 --> 00:03:13,800 Speaker 1: They have almost no running. 58 00:03:13,600 --> 00:03:15,480 Speaker 6: Game to speak of, and so you know, usually when 59 00:03:15,480 --> 00:03:17,799 Speaker 6: you put in an inexperienced quarterback, you would say, well, lean 60 00:03:17,840 --> 00:03:20,320 Speaker 6: on the running game. You don't have that. They have 61 00:03:20,360 --> 00:03:23,560 Speaker 6: the Texans coming up next, and really the only thing 62 00:03:23,639 --> 00:03:26,960 Speaker 6: you can say is you hope that the defense can 63 00:03:27,040 --> 00:03:27,720 Speaker 6: get to C. J. 64 00:03:27,840 --> 00:03:28,280 Speaker 1: Stroud. 65 00:03:28,280 --> 00:03:30,680 Speaker 6: If you are the Cowboys, that's probably your path to 66 00:03:30,720 --> 00:03:33,960 Speaker 6: at least keeping the game in range, but really it 67 00:03:34,040 --> 00:03:35,120 Speaker 6: is going to be a tough slog. 68 00:03:35,160 --> 00:03:37,360 Speaker 1: The schedule it does not ease up for them. 69 00:03:37,920 --> 00:03:40,800 Speaker 6: And again they are on a team that was not 70 00:03:41,240 --> 00:03:45,360 Speaker 6: equipped well offensively even with the franchise quarterback, and now 71 00:03:45,400 --> 00:03:49,200 Speaker 6: of course he's gone, and Cooper Rush has his own 72 00:03:49,240 --> 00:03:53,000 Speaker 6: failings and those failings broadly are going to be exposed. 73 00:03:53,960 --> 00:03:57,680 Speaker 7: Well, Jerry Jones did come out in support of Cooper Rush, 74 00:03:57,720 --> 00:04:00,640 Speaker 7: as did Mike McCarthy. They still feel like he's better 75 00:04:00,680 --> 00:04:02,840 Speaker 7: than the quarterback that they that he showed the other day. 76 00:04:02,880 --> 00:04:05,160 Speaker 7: Felt like he didn't get into a rhythm early in 77 00:04:05,160 --> 00:04:08,560 Speaker 7: the game and just never quite quite got right. I 78 00:04:08,680 --> 00:04:10,440 Speaker 7: just you know, at this point, you know what it's 79 00:04:10,440 --> 00:04:12,800 Speaker 7: going to be with Cooper Rush. They may win some 80 00:04:12,920 --> 00:04:15,480 Speaker 7: games down the stretch here, but by no means do 81 00:04:15,520 --> 00:04:18,159 Speaker 7: we expect this team to suddenly thrust itself back into 82 00:04:18,200 --> 00:04:20,800 Speaker 7: the playoff picture. We're going to see Trey Lance and 83 00:04:21,200 --> 00:04:23,560 Speaker 7: some capacity, whether it's just a package of plays or 84 00:04:23,600 --> 00:04:25,680 Speaker 7: whether at some point they give him a runway for 85 00:04:25,720 --> 00:04:28,280 Speaker 7: a couple of weeks and say, okay, what kind of 86 00:04:28,360 --> 00:04:29,200 Speaker 7: quarterback do we got here? 87 00:04:29,200 --> 00:04:30,360 Speaker 4: We made the trade last year. 88 00:04:31,040 --> 00:04:34,200 Speaker 7: The fact that he's not starting again here as badly 89 00:04:34,200 --> 00:04:37,120 Speaker 7: as Rush played, not a great indication for what they're 90 00:04:37,160 --> 00:04:38,880 Speaker 7: seeing behind the scenes, but they're never really going to 91 00:04:38,960 --> 00:04:40,800 Speaker 7: know until they put him out there and let him 92 00:04:40,800 --> 00:04:43,800 Speaker 7: play for an extended period. I would anticipate he'll get 93 00:04:43,800 --> 00:04:45,840 Speaker 7: that at some point before the end of the season. 94 00:04:45,920 --> 00:04:48,120 Speaker 7: But Cooper Rush got a chance to fend him off 95 00:04:48,120 --> 00:04:51,160 Speaker 7: to potentially get a victory against the Texans. We'll see. 96 00:04:51,320 --> 00:04:54,279 Speaker 7: I just this Dack injury seems they've taken the air 97 00:04:54,320 --> 00:04:55,960 Speaker 7: out of this team and out of that building right now. 98 00:04:57,560 --> 00:05:00,320 Speaker 7: There is confidence from everything I've been told in that 99 00:05:00,400 --> 00:05:03,080 Speaker 7: Cowboys locker room in Cooper Rush, and it goes back 100 00:05:03,120 --> 00:05:04,760 Speaker 7: to what he did in twenty twenty one and twenty 101 00:05:04,800 --> 00:05:07,440 Speaker 7: two when he was five and one as the starting quarterback. 102 00:05:07,480 --> 00:05:10,599 Speaker 7: They see him every day in practice and in training 103 00:05:10,640 --> 00:05:13,440 Speaker 7: camp being able to operate that offense. For Trey Lance, 104 00:05:13,640 --> 00:05:16,239 Speaker 7: he's been the third string quarterback. He's not even really 105 00:05:16,360 --> 00:05:19,120 Speaker 7: thrown with these guys a lot here. As Mike said, 106 00:05:19,160 --> 00:05:22,920 Speaker 7: I do anticipate we potentially you'll see something with Trey Lance, 107 00:05:22,960 --> 00:05:26,080 Speaker 7: but it's going to be Cooper Rush. Probably Cooper Rush 108 00:05:26,240 --> 00:05:30,920 Speaker 7: until and unless the Cowboys end up eliminated from playoff contention. 109 00:05:31,320 --> 00:05:32,960 Speaker 7: The Bears are not there yet, though it might have 110 00:05:33,040 --> 00:05:35,920 Speaker 7: felt like that inside Soldier Field where the Boo Birds 111 00:05:35,920 --> 00:05:39,920 Speaker 7: were out before halftime last Sunday as Caleb Williams got 112 00:05:39,920 --> 00:05:43,839 Speaker 7: sacked and sacked and sacked some more. This morning, the 113 00:05:43,920 --> 00:05:47,839 Speaker 7: Bears sacked their offensive coordinator, Shane Waldron after day long 114 00:05:47,920 --> 00:05:51,720 Speaker 7: discussions and meetings. On Monday, It's going to be Thomas Brown, 115 00:05:51,800 --> 00:05:56,279 Speaker 7: their passing game coordinator, taking over as the offensive play caller. 116 00:05:56,480 --> 00:05:59,400 Speaker 7: This was not solely a Shane Waldron issue, but for 117 00:05:59,480 --> 00:06:02,800 Speaker 7: all the high drafting Caleb Williams number one, trading for 118 00:06:02,920 --> 00:06:07,720 Speaker 7: Keenan Allen, drafting Romadoonza up in the top ten as well, 119 00:06:07,839 --> 00:06:12,039 Speaker 7: they simply have not been very good offensively. Nobody knows 120 00:06:12,080 --> 00:06:15,719 Speaker 7: that team better than ours. Stacy Dale's Stacy, take me 121 00:06:15,839 --> 00:06:18,560 Speaker 7: through the past forty eight hours and really the past 122 00:06:18,760 --> 00:06:21,720 Speaker 7: several months. How did we get to this point that 123 00:06:21,760 --> 00:06:25,400 Speaker 7: the Bears have fired the coach that they handpicked to 124 00:06:25,480 --> 00:06:29,120 Speaker 7: develop the number one pick Caleb Williams after just nine games. 125 00:06:29,560 --> 00:06:33,480 Speaker 8: Yeah, I hate Tom, Judy and Mike. It's really shocking 126 00:06:33,560 --> 00:06:35,920 Speaker 8: to be sitting in this position where we are right now, 127 00:06:35,960 --> 00:06:38,600 Speaker 8: and it's shocking for me, who five weeks ago was 128 00:06:38,640 --> 00:06:41,680 Speaker 8: in London covering the Bears as they played the Jaguars. 129 00:06:41,720 --> 00:06:44,480 Speaker 8: I'm sitting in a production meeting with DJ Moore on Friday, 130 00:06:45,560 --> 00:06:47,520 Speaker 8: and he says it feels like the WiFi is finally 131 00:06:47,560 --> 00:06:50,840 Speaker 8: starting to connect offensively. And then after the game, I'm 132 00:06:50,880 --> 00:06:53,680 Speaker 8: standing on the field with Caleb Williams. He throws four 133 00:06:53,720 --> 00:06:57,400 Speaker 8: touchdowns and he tells me in our postgame interview that 134 00:06:57,680 --> 00:06:59,960 Speaker 8: he loves the progress, thinks it's going to keep growing. 135 00:07:00,160 --> 00:07:04,720 Speaker 8: And they're on the five G network. So and then 136 00:07:04,760 --> 00:07:09,120 Speaker 8: when you consider really how porous the numbers have been offensively, 137 00:07:09,520 --> 00:07:10,720 Speaker 8: there's no sugarcoating it. 138 00:07:10,840 --> 00:07:11,160 Speaker 1: For us. 139 00:07:11,160 --> 00:07:13,320 Speaker 8: It's been a roller coaster covering it. It's a roller 140 00:07:13,320 --> 00:07:16,400 Speaker 8: coaster within the building. I think when you consider last 141 00:07:16,400 --> 00:07:21,480 Speaker 8: season through nine games, my friends, the Bears numbers offensively 142 00:07:21,520 --> 00:07:24,320 Speaker 8: and a number of metrics were better through nine games 143 00:07:24,360 --> 00:07:28,080 Speaker 8: with Justin Fields in six of those Entyson Beagent in 144 00:07:28,320 --> 00:07:30,480 Speaker 8: the backup quarterback now in three of those games than 145 00:07:30,520 --> 00:07:33,080 Speaker 8: they are through nine games this season. We knew a 146 00:07:33,160 --> 00:07:35,800 Speaker 8: change was coming. I just mentioned Tyson Beagent. It's my 147 00:07:35,920 --> 00:07:40,679 Speaker 8: understanding there was consideration for the backup quarterback to possibly 148 00:07:40,720 --> 00:07:44,120 Speaker 8: get some reps this week and potentially play, maybe have 149 00:07:44,240 --> 00:07:47,640 Speaker 8: Caleb Williams sit and kind of watch and learn a 150 00:07:47,680 --> 00:07:52,120 Speaker 8: little bit. But ultimately the decision was to remove Shane 151 00:07:52,120 --> 00:07:54,960 Speaker 8: Waldron from his play calling duties. Add in a dejon 152 00:07:55,280 --> 00:07:59,240 Speaker 8: vous moment for Thomas Brown, who was in this situation 153 00:07:59,360 --> 00:08:02,360 Speaker 8: last season with Carolina with a number one overall pick 154 00:08:02,360 --> 00:08:05,600 Speaker 8: in Bryce Young. And now what's happening this week, you guys, 155 00:08:05,840 --> 00:08:09,320 Speaker 8: is Thomas Brown is sitting down with Caleb Williams and 156 00:08:09,360 --> 00:08:12,040 Speaker 8: getting inside of his head. What is this guy like? 157 00:08:12,120 --> 00:08:15,320 Speaker 8: What is he comfortable with? And there has been I 158 00:08:15,320 --> 00:08:19,880 Speaker 8: would say consternation from all angles. Maybe is he executing 159 00:08:20,320 --> 00:08:22,760 Speaker 8: the right way? From the coaches standpoint? Is he holding 160 00:08:22,760 --> 00:08:25,520 Speaker 8: the ball too long? Is the timing poor on the routes? 161 00:08:25,880 --> 00:08:29,679 Speaker 8: A number of bevy of issues the offensive line nine 162 00:08:29,720 --> 00:08:34,000 Speaker 8: sacks this past game. So it's really what are they 163 00:08:34,000 --> 00:08:36,600 Speaker 8: going to do to get Caleb Williams in a position 164 00:08:36,720 --> 00:08:39,640 Speaker 8: to be comfortable to play because he is the starting 165 00:08:39,720 --> 00:08:43,680 Speaker 8: quarterback moving forward? And be comfortable and have unity. That's 166 00:08:43,679 --> 00:08:46,320 Speaker 8: a word Thomas Brown used when he became the offensive 167 00:08:46,320 --> 00:08:50,360 Speaker 8: coordinator in Carolina. That was one of his first philosophical words. 168 00:08:51,000 --> 00:08:54,240 Speaker 8: Unify is something that he preaches and so it'll be 169 00:08:54,360 --> 00:08:57,920 Speaker 8: very interesting to see how he unifies this offense moving forward. 170 00:08:58,920 --> 00:09:01,439 Speaker 8: You know, with a lot on the line for Maddie 171 00:09:01,440 --> 00:09:02,360 Speaker 8: Reflus to head coach. 172 00:09:03,320 --> 00:09:06,160 Speaker 7: Brown and Waldron both come from that Rams tree, so 173 00:09:06,200 --> 00:09:09,160 Speaker 7: there is some overlap with regard to the concepts here. 174 00:09:09,800 --> 00:09:12,319 Speaker 7: But you know, Brown's got to come in and invigorate 175 00:09:12,480 --> 00:09:16,520 Speaker 7: this offense and invigorate the quarterback. And really, I'm gonna 176 00:09:16,640 --> 00:09:19,600 Speaker 7: call this Brown's first real run as an offensive coordinator 177 00:09:19,600 --> 00:09:22,360 Speaker 7: because with the Panthers, it was like he was in, 178 00:09:22,480 --> 00:09:24,160 Speaker 7: he was out, he was in. Frank w Reich gave 179 00:09:24,200 --> 00:09:25,559 Speaker 7: him the play count, took it back, and. 180 00:09:25,480 --> 00:09:28,920 Speaker 4: It's just like there was that was a mess last year. 181 00:09:28,960 --> 00:09:30,320 Speaker 4: So at least now. 182 00:09:30,320 --> 00:09:33,760 Speaker 7: He's got a full slate of weapons here. Like that's 183 00:09:33,760 --> 00:09:36,000 Speaker 7: the biggest thing here is that this team started to 184 00:09:36,000 --> 00:09:39,839 Speaker 7: put weapons in place well before Caleb Williams arrived and 185 00:09:39,880 --> 00:09:43,600 Speaker 7: then DeAndre Swift this offseason added as well as well 186 00:09:43,600 --> 00:09:46,120 Speaker 7: as some work attempt to work on the offensive line, 187 00:09:46,600 --> 00:09:47,080 Speaker 7: and it's. 188 00:09:46,960 --> 00:09:50,080 Speaker 4: Like the pieces are there, the results should have been. 189 00:09:50,200 --> 00:09:54,560 Speaker 7: It's not like a typical first overall pick situation for 190 00:09:54,640 --> 00:09:56,880 Speaker 7: a quarterback where the cupboard is bare, and then all right, 191 00:09:56,960 --> 00:09:58,199 Speaker 7: year two we got to get it, like the. 192 00:09:58,160 --> 00:10:01,160 Speaker 4: Pieces were already in place. Should have hit the ground running. 193 00:10:01,800 --> 00:10:03,800 Speaker 7: Caleb Williams should have and was thought of as that 194 00:10:03,920 --> 00:10:06,680 Speaker 7: kind of prospect that should hit the ground running because 195 00:10:06,720 --> 00:10:07,520 Speaker 7: of his ability and. 196 00:10:07,480 --> 00:10:09,400 Speaker 4: What he was able to do at USC. 197 00:10:09,520 --> 00:10:13,520 Speaker 7: So when Matt Aberfluss talked on Monday, it was became 198 00:10:14,000 --> 00:10:15,800 Speaker 7: incredibly clear that this was the move that was going 199 00:10:15,840 --> 00:10:17,640 Speaker 7: to be made. And now they're going to move it 200 00:10:17,679 --> 00:10:20,800 Speaker 7: forward because if this doesn't work out, then the talk 201 00:10:20,840 --> 00:10:23,520 Speaker 7: of what does the locker room want Tyson Page in 202 00:10:23,600 --> 00:10:25,840 Speaker 7: all these like then that's going to become more real. 203 00:10:25,920 --> 00:10:28,000 Speaker 7: Right now, that's not real, but it will at some 204 00:10:28,080 --> 00:10:29,600 Speaker 7: point if this doesn't work out. 205 00:10:30,440 --> 00:10:32,880 Speaker 6: Well, I think part of what's so confounding about where 206 00:10:32,880 --> 00:10:35,200 Speaker 6: the Bears are now is there was that period of 207 00:10:35,280 --> 00:10:38,440 Speaker 6: time earlier in the season where it looked like Caleb 208 00:10:38,480 --> 00:10:41,079 Speaker 6: Williams and the offense was making progress. I was at 209 00:10:41,160 --> 00:10:43,440 Speaker 6: one of the games that they won. I believe it 210 00:10:43,520 --> 00:10:45,880 Speaker 6: was the game right before the game in London where 211 00:10:45,960 --> 00:10:48,960 Speaker 6: did look like he was making steps. There were a 212 00:10:48,960 --> 00:10:51,520 Speaker 6: few weeks there where it looked like he was making progress. 213 00:10:51,800 --> 00:10:54,800 Speaker 6: And now of course he has regressed right The offensive 214 00:10:54,800 --> 00:10:58,280 Speaker 6: line is banked up, there's injuries there. Maybe he's holding 215 00:10:58,320 --> 00:11:01,120 Speaker 6: the ball too long, he's taking a ton of sacks. 216 00:11:01,280 --> 00:11:04,720 Speaker 6: Certainly they're not getting the ball to playmakers. There's a 217 00:11:04,760 --> 00:11:05,360 Speaker 6: lot of issues. 218 00:11:05,360 --> 00:11:05,559 Speaker 5: To me. 219 00:11:05,679 --> 00:11:08,679 Speaker 6: The question now is can they figure out in the 220 00:11:08,679 --> 00:11:10,439 Speaker 6: weeks that they have left in the season, how do 221 00:11:10,520 --> 00:11:13,680 Speaker 6: at least turn the tide for Caleb Williams to try 222 00:11:13,679 --> 00:11:16,880 Speaker 6: to get something positive out of this season so that 223 00:11:16,960 --> 00:11:19,760 Speaker 6: the entire rookie season is not a waste and at 224 00:11:19,880 --> 00:11:22,839 Speaker 6: least you would have him on a positive path going 225 00:11:22,880 --> 00:11:25,560 Speaker 6: into his second season. Whatever they decide to do in 226 00:11:25,600 --> 00:11:28,679 Speaker 6: the offseason in terms of changes around the Bears. But 227 00:11:28,760 --> 00:11:31,720 Speaker 6: that is the challenge now is can they turn him, 228 00:11:31,920 --> 00:11:34,760 Speaker 6: Can they turn his confidence? Can they get enough out 229 00:11:34,760 --> 00:11:37,440 Speaker 6: of this offense the way it is right now to 230 00:11:37,600 --> 00:11:40,440 Speaker 6: at least get something positive out of this season. The 231 00:11:40,520 --> 00:11:42,920 Speaker 6: playoffs are probably out of the picture for the Bears 232 00:11:43,000 --> 00:11:45,840 Speaker 6: right now, but at least get something positive out of 233 00:11:45,880 --> 00:11:46,800 Speaker 6: his rookie season. 234 00:11:47,720 --> 00:11:49,920 Speaker 2: I've known Shane Walder in a long time. He's a 235 00:11:49,960 --> 00:11:53,200 Speaker 2: good football mind, he's a great dude. He's also a 236 00:11:53,320 --> 00:11:56,600 Speaker 2: very different personality than Thomas Brown. Who I also know 237 00:11:56,720 --> 00:12:00,000 Speaker 2: and is very much high energy. He's a former player. 238 00:12:00,120 --> 00:12:02,360 Speaker 2: Sean McVay has called him one of the greatest competitors 239 00:12:02,559 --> 00:12:04,040 Speaker 2: I've ever been around, which is why he was the 240 00:12:04,040 --> 00:12:06,320 Speaker 2: assistant head coach on that Rams team that won the 241 00:12:06,360 --> 00:12:10,120 Speaker 2: Super Bowl. Sometimes just having some type of a change 242 00:12:10,120 --> 00:12:13,640 Speaker 2: in things feeling different can have a positive impact. Let's 243 00:12:13,640 --> 00:12:16,600 Speaker 2: see what that translates to with a really rough matchup 244 00:12:16,920 --> 00:12:19,840 Speaker 2: coming out of the gate. Stacey, Mike Judy, thank you 245 00:12:20,000 --> 00:12:22,560 Speaker 2: very much. We also have some news tonight. The San 246 00:12:22,559 --> 00:12:25,840 Speaker 2: Francisco forty nine ers wrapping up a friend of the 247 00:12:25,880 --> 00:12:28,480 Speaker 2: show and one of the Brett Young corners in the NFL, 248 00:12:28,559 --> 00:12:32,079 Speaker 2: Diamadoor Lenoir Green, in terms of a five year, ninety 249 00:12:32,160 --> 00:12:36,200 Speaker 2: two million dollar contract extension. Of course, the forty nine 250 00:12:36,240 --> 00:12:38,520 Speaker 2: ers have been extending all sorts of guys. I asked 251 00:12:38,559 --> 00:12:40,959 Speaker 2: Lenora this this summer, when you watch all these other 252 00:12:41,000 --> 00:12:43,200 Speaker 2: deals getting done, do you feel like there's money left? Well, 253 00:12:43,200 --> 00:12:47,079 Speaker 2: obviously the forty nine ers have founded Diamador Lenore sticking 254 00:12:47,160 --> 00:12:50,960 Speaker 2: in the Bay Area four years to come. Jamar Chay 255 00:12:51,040 --> 00:12:54,000 Speaker 2: is still waiting for that new contract, also still waiting 256 00:12:54,000 --> 00:12:56,000 Speaker 2: to get the ball in that two point conversion that 257 00:12:56,080 --> 00:12:59,640 Speaker 2: went to Tanner Hudson instead. Could the Bengals still make 258 00:12:59,640 --> 00:13:02,840 Speaker 2: a run to be a wild card team? Our Jeffrey 259 00:13:02,880 --> 00:13:05,160 Speaker 2: Chide has got some hot takes on that and a 260 00:13:05,200 --> 00:13:07,840 Speaker 2: lot more right after this and The Insiders presented by 261 00:13:07,840 --> 00:13:08,760 Speaker 2: Progressive Insurance. 262 00:13:10,200 --> 00:13:14,600 Speaker 8: The Insiders is presented by Progressive Insurance. The right Call 263 00:13:14,720 --> 00:13:16,079 Speaker 8: for your home and Car. 264 00:13:21,640 --> 00:13:25,600 Speaker 3: Just incredible, incredible, uh incredible day, you know, just being 265 00:13:25,640 --> 00:13:30,240 Speaker 3: around like minded savages and U such a great feeling. 266 00:13:30,280 --> 00:13:31,160 Speaker 9: I mean, what are you done? 267 00:13:31,240 --> 00:13:36,720 Speaker 3: I mean, if it's a line before we break this 268 00:13:36,840 --> 00:13:39,559 Speaker 3: down with a with a familiar question of who's got 269 00:13:39,600 --> 00:13:40,200 Speaker 3: it better than us? 270 00:13:40,440 --> 00:13:41,920 Speaker 9: Just just the talkers. 271 00:13:41,920 --> 00:13:52,880 Speaker 1: Man, I've got speed. 272 00:13:53,120 --> 00:13:55,080 Speaker 10: I've got so much to say in so little time 273 00:13:55,120 --> 00:13:56,840 Speaker 10: to say it. 274 00:13:59,200 --> 00:14:06,400 Speaker 9: Great jobim Hab. 275 00:14:24,760 --> 00:14:30,239 Speaker 2: Time now for Tuesday Takeaways presented by Chipotle, Tom Pelasio, 276 00:14:30,360 --> 00:14:34,720 Speaker 2: Judy Batista, now joined by our Jeffrey Chidia. Jeffrey, I'm 277 00:14:34,720 --> 00:14:37,680 Speaker 2: gonna push down those hunger pangs and the tastiest segment 278 00:14:37,720 --> 00:14:40,440 Speaker 2: that we have here on The Insiders to ask you 279 00:14:40,440 --> 00:14:42,720 Speaker 2: about your story. Nfl dot com slash First read You 280 00:14:42,760 --> 00:14:46,240 Speaker 2: highlighted nine wild car teams that could shape the rest 281 00:14:46,280 --> 00:14:48,520 Speaker 2: of this twenty twenty four NFL season. 282 00:14:48,600 --> 00:14:50,200 Speaker 1: Give me one that's on your mind. 283 00:14:50,880 --> 00:14:52,960 Speaker 10: Let's start with the one we just saw there Tom 284 00:14:53,040 --> 00:14:56,160 Speaker 10: the Los Angeles Chargers, and you see Jim Harbwall working 285 00:14:56,200 --> 00:14:59,640 Speaker 10: his magic once again. This guy wins everywhere he goes 286 00:14:59,720 --> 00:15:02,120 Speaker 10: and got this team off to a six and three start. 287 00:15:02,440 --> 00:15:05,120 Speaker 10: You have to love what they're doing. They're taking care 288 00:15:05,120 --> 00:15:07,800 Speaker 10: of the football. Justin Herbert has eleven touchdown passes in 289 00:15:07,840 --> 00:15:10,320 Speaker 10: one interception. They're running it well. They're ninth in the 290 00:15:10,360 --> 00:15:12,960 Speaker 10: league in that category, first in scoring defense. 291 00:15:13,160 --> 00:15:14,960 Speaker 9: This is how Jim Harbough wants to play football. 292 00:15:15,040 --> 00:15:16,920 Speaker 10: And you thought it was going to take maybe a 293 00:15:17,040 --> 00:15:19,480 Speaker 10: year or two to get it going at a high level. 294 00:15:19,720 --> 00:15:21,600 Speaker 10: This team, you look at what they're facing right now 295 00:15:21,640 --> 00:15:24,280 Speaker 10: coming up. They've got the Bengals, the Ravens, the Falcons, 296 00:15:24,320 --> 00:15:27,480 Speaker 10: and the Chiefs. They get to that's slate. They're in 297 00:15:27,520 --> 00:15:30,160 Speaker 10: pretty good shape to be a wildcard team, all right. 298 00:15:30,200 --> 00:15:33,840 Speaker 6: The Broncos are a blocked field goal, heartbreaking, a blocked 299 00:15:33,840 --> 00:15:35,920 Speaker 6: field goal away from being the only team to beat 300 00:15:35,920 --> 00:15:38,360 Speaker 6: the Kansas City Chiefs. But they're still on your list. 301 00:15:39,360 --> 00:15:42,680 Speaker 10: Yeah, they're high on my list. And really I underestimated 302 00:15:42,720 --> 00:15:44,840 Speaker 10: the Broncos going into that game. I thought that they 303 00:15:44,880 --> 00:15:47,840 Speaker 10: were a nice story, but that defense is for real. 304 00:15:48,080 --> 00:15:50,640 Speaker 10: You saw the problems they caused for the Kansas City Chiefs. 305 00:15:50,920 --> 00:15:53,040 Speaker 10: You saw the way bo Nick was able to move around, 306 00:15:53,080 --> 00:15:54,520 Speaker 10: and great problems. 307 00:15:54,240 --> 00:15:55,360 Speaker 4: For that Chiefs defense. 308 00:15:55,440 --> 00:15:57,440 Speaker 10: And so this team, I give them a ton of 309 00:15:57,440 --> 00:16:00,560 Speaker 10: credit because they got their butts kicked by the Baltimore 310 00:16:00,600 --> 00:16:02,760 Speaker 10: Ravens a week earlier, and the comeback and play that 311 00:16:02,840 --> 00:16:05,200 Speaker 10: game tells me that this team really does have a 312 00:16:05,320 --> 00:16:07,960 Speaker 10: chance to be a playoff contender. It really comes down 313 00:16:07,960 --> 00:16:09,880 Speaker 10: to the last three games of the season. They'll see 314 00:16:09,880 --> 00:16:12,640 Speaker 10: the Bengals, the Chargers, and the Chiefs. If they can 315 00:16:12,640 --> 00:16:15,320 Speaker 10: get through that stretch, pretty good chance of being a 316 00:16:15,320 --> 00:16:16,040 Speaker 10: playoff team. 317 00:16:16,600 --> 00:16:20,120 Speaker 2: What about the Bengals, Jeffrey, nobody's had more painful losses, 318 00:16:20,200 --> 00:16:22,280 Speaker 2: I don't think this year than Cincinnati, which is a 319 00:16:22,280 --> 00:16:25,080 Speaker 2: producting part of how good they are, especially on the 320 00:16:25,120 --> 00:16:25,920 Speaker 2: offensive side. 321 00:16:25,920 --> 00:16:27,840 Speaker 1: What do you make of them for the second half 322 00:16:27,880 --> 00:16:28,400 Speaker 1: of the season. 323 00:16:28,840 --> 00:16:31,560 Speaker 10: Well, I've been driving that bandwagon all year time and 324 00:16:31,600 --> 00:16:33,520 Speaker 10: I'll still keep driving it. I know they've got a 325 00:16:33,520 --> 00:16:35,680 Speaker 10: tough game with the Chargers coming up and the Steelers. 326 00:16:36,000 --> 00:16:38,520 Speaker 10: Those two games are probably defining their odds of making 327 00:16:38,520 --> 00:16:41,320 Speaker 10: the playoffs. But I like their chances because you saw 328 00:16:41,360 --> 00:16:43,400 Speaker 10: this team in that Ravens game. The highlights here, you 329 00:16:43,400 --> 00:16:45,720 Speaker 10: sew the way that offense is functioning. You get t 330 00:16:45,880 --> 00:16:49,400 Speaker 10: Higgins back in the mix. Their defense isn't great, but 331 00:16:49,520 --> 00:16:52,560 Speaker 10: it's getting better. And again they've got a big game 332 00:16:52,600 --> 00:16:55,240 Speaker 10: against the Broncos on December twenty ninth that probably will 333 00:16:55,280 --> 00:16:58,000 Speaker 10: decide the wild card. I thought ten and seven would 334 00:16:58,040 --> 00:16:59,880 Speaker 10: get them in. I think nine an eight will do, 335 00:17:00,200 --> 00:17:02,960 Speaker 10: and this team has a way of round. Joe Burrow 336 00:17:03,320 --> 00:17:05,760 Speaker 10: might be the MVP if this team was winning. That's 337 00:17:05,800 --> 00:17:07,359 Speaker 10: how good he's playing football right now. 338 00:17:07,960 --> 00:17:10,960 Speaker 2: And that's only three of the nine wildcard teams will 339 00:17:10,960 --> 00:17:13,000 Speaker 2: shape the rest of the season. Go to NFL dot 340 00:17:13,000 --> 00:17:15,560 Speaker 2: com slash first Street to hear about the rest. 341 00:17:15,640 --> 00:17:17,480 Speaker 1: Jeffrey Chedia, thank you very much. 342 00:17:17,560 --> 00:17:21,879 Speaker 7: Mike tom Rams Dolphins Monday Night Football. Two teams going 343 00:17:21,880 --> 00:17:24,679 Speaker 7: in opposite directions, so of course we had a couple 344 00:17:24,760 --> 00:17:25,560 Speaker 7: of U turns. 345 00:17:25,840 --> 00:17:28,960 Speaker 4: Sorry spoiler alert. First quarter, no score. 346 00:17:29,000 --> 00:17:32,399 Speaker 7: Malik Washington ran a four to four seven forty at 347 00:17:32,400 --> 00:17:34,960 Speaker 7: the combine. That looks like a four to two seven 348 00:17:35,280 --> 00:17:39,600 Speaker 7: right there. Eighteen yard touchdown. Dolphins go up seven nothing 349 00:17:39,720 --> 00:17:42,760 Speaker 7: late in the first quarter, Matthew Stafford pass tipped at 350 00:17:42,760 --> 00:17:44,120 Speaker 7: the line of scrimmage I. 351 00:17:44,119 --> 00:17:46,160 Speaker 4: Intercepted by Anthony Walker. 352 00:17:46,400 --> 00:17:49,879 Speaker 7: St Stafford six straight game with an interception, tying the 353 00:17:49,920 --> 00:17:52,400 Speaker 7: longest streak of his career. Third quarter, now ten six 354 00:17:52,480 --> 00:17:58,280 Speaker 7: Dolphins to to Tyreek snapping his touchdown list streak at 355 00:17:58,359 --> 00:18:01,560 Speaker 7: seven games, the longest of his career. There's the WWE 356 00:18:01,560 --> 00:18:05,320 Speaker 7: type celebration. Twenty three point fifteen Dolphins win. Now it's 357 00:18:05,359 --> 00:18:09,160 Speaker 7: time for Game Flow of the Week, presented by Progressive Insurance. 358 00:18:09,200 --> 00:18:12,399 Speaker 7: We got a crowded backfield right here, so I'm going 359 00:18:12,440 --> 00:18:15,480 Speaker 7: to shut up. Soon after I introduced Omar Ruiz, Brian Ballier, 360 00:18:15,600 --> 00:18:18,280 Speaker 7: Mark Ross, Omar was that the game Dolphins, you know, 361 00:18:18,320 --> 00:18:20,880 Speaker 7: the windows open, the doors cracked. 362 00:18:20,560 --> 00:18:22,400 Speaker 4: A little bit in the AFC. What kind of confidence 363 00:18:22,400 --> 00:18:23,520 Speaker 4: they had they can make a run here? 364 00:18:23,720 --> 00:18:23,920 Speaker 6: Yeah. 365 00:18:24,040 --> 00:18:26,600 Speaker 11: Talking to people on the sidelines before the game, talking 366 00:18:26,600 --> 00:18:29,440 Speaker 11: to people after a game, the two words that kept 367 00:18:29,480 --> 00:18:32,800 Speaker 11: coming up with the Dolphins are belief and confidence. And 368 00:18:32,800 --> 00:18:35,280 Speaker 11: Mike McDaniel told me after the game that their belief 369 00:18:35,400 --> 00:18:38,359 Speaker 11: didn't just appear out of thin air. It is the 370 00:18:38,359 --> 00:18:41,080 Speaker 11: fact that they've been able to maintain their confidence by 371 00:18:41,119 --> 00:18:45,159 Speaker 11: closely examining everything that they're doing as an operation and 372 00:18:45,280 --> 00:18:48,480 Speaker 11: really believing with such conviction the things that they're doing 373 00:18:48,520 --> 00:18:50,080 Speaker 11: well and trying to build on that. 374 00:18:50,200 --> 00:18:51,960 Speaker 1: We saw much of that last night. 375 00:18:52,000 --> 00:18:55,399 Speaker 11: Specifically, I asked Jalen Ramsey what leads him to believe 376 00:18:55,480 --> 00:18:57,399 Speaker 11: that they can go from a two to sixteen to 377 00:18:57,480 --> 00:19:00,199 Speaker 11: a deep playoff run given all his postseason experience in 378 00:19:00,240 --> 00:19:03,879 Speaker 11: Super Bowl champion, multiple conference championship games, and he mentioned 379 00:19:03,920 --> 00:19:06,159 Speaker 11: that word belief again. You have to have that belief 380 00:19:06,200 --> 00:19:08,359 Speaker 11: in the locker room, he said, they do. The fact 381 00:19:08,400 --> 00:19:11,120 Speaker 11: that they banded together when they faced adversity, the fact 382 00:19:11,160 --> 00:19:13,920 Speaker 11: that they were able to play complimentary football. He commended 383 00:19:13,920 --> 00:19:16,359 Speaker 11: the offense scoring points when they had to score points, 384 00:19:16,600 --> 00:19:19,360 Speaker 11: putting long drives together, when they had to put long 385 00:19:19,480 --> 00:19:23,240 Speaker 11: drives together and keep the Rams offense off of the field. 386 00:19:23,440 --> 00:19:25,560 Speaker 11: They were able to do that, and he thought that 387 00:19:25,640 --> 00:19:28,359 Speaker 11: they were able to be even more dominant here in 388 00:19:28,440 --> 00:19:30,159 Speaker 11: the second half of the season. He felt that they 389 00:19:30,200 --> 00:19:34,120 Speaker 11: were very good at times yesterday, making those splash plays 390 00:19:34,359 --> 00:19:36,800 Speaker 11: that we saw, keeping the Rams out of the end 391 00:19:36,880 --> 00:19:41,080 Speaker 11: zone and playing tightly against the Rams, specifically Puka Nakua 392 00:19:41,160 --> 00:19:42,119 Speaker 11: and Cooper Cup. 393 00:19:42,160 --> 00:19:44,520 Speaker 1: But the tone setter for them yesterday. 394 00:19:44,560 --> 00:19:48,520 Speaker 11: Baldy was Kalaiis Campbell, somebody that I called the ageless wonder. 395 00:19:48,560 --> 00:19:50,040 Speaker 1: You think back at Kalaius's career. 396 00:19:50,080 --> 00:19:53,440 Speaker 11: He played in that Santonio Home Super Bowl way back 397 00:19:53,440 --> 00:19:55,680 Speaker 11: in the two thousand and eight season, and he looked 398 00:19:55,680 --> 00:19:56,639 Speaker 11: fantastic last night. 399 00:19:56,680 --> 00:20:01,520 Speaker 12: Baldi omar whatever he's doing to have that fountain of 400 00:20:01,560 --> 00:20:04,480 Speaker 12: youth right now, he's he's going backwards in time like 401 00:20:04,520 --> 00:20:06,840 Speaker 12: a wizard, because this is the best football he's played 402 00:20:06,880 --> 00:20:09,960 Speaker 12: in years right now, and he's like he's the leadership 403 00:20:10,040 --> 00:20:11,280 Speaker 12: right now on that defense. 404 00:20:11,320 --> 00:20:12,400 Speaker 9: And I think on the team. 405 00:20:13,080 --> 00:20:17,000 Speaker 12: The tipball that we just referenced that Andrew Walker, you know, 406 00:20:17,560 --> 00:20:21,159 Speaker 12: intercepted on Matt Stafford right there, that was all Kalayis 407 00:20:21,200 --> 00:20:22,879 Speaker 12: Campbell getting the hand up right here. I mean he 408 00:20:23,000 --> 00:20:25,320 Speaker 12: is six foot eight, blocked a couple of balls last night. 409 00:20:25,359 --> 00:20:28,200 Speaker 12: He's got five tip passes this season. The sacks to 410 00:20:28,320 --> 00:20:32,600 Speaker 12: tackle lost him and Zach Steeler and Deshaun hand inside. 411 00:20:32,960 --> 00:20:35,400 Speaker 12: I mean, that's about as good as it gets from 412 00:20:35,440 --> 00:20:38,359 Speaker 12: the interior defensive lineman right now, and I feel like 413 00:20:38,440 --> 00:20:38,840 Speaker 12: that's the. 414 00:20:38,880 --> 00:20:40,119 Speaker 9: Strength of this defense. 415 00:20:40,800 --> 00:20:44,439 Speaker 12: They shut down Kyraen Williams yesterday they got pressure on 416 00:20:44,560 --> 00:20:47,560 Speaker 12: Matt Stafford. You're gonna need both sides of the ball 417 00:20:47,640 --> 00:20:50,680 Speaker 12: kind of complimenting one another. But I believe Klay is 418 00:20:50,760 --> 00:20:53,120 Speaker 12: right now, he's playing about sixty percent of the snaps 419 00:20:53,400 --> 00:20:55,960 Speaker 12: he started every game for him right now. I don't 420 00:20:56,000 --> 00:20:58,800 Speaker 12: think that when they signed him this offseason, Mark, I 421 00:20:58,800 --> 00:21:01,000 Speaker 12: don't think they knew what zactly what they were getting. 422 00:21:01,400 --> 00:21:05,080 Speaker 12: But they're getting a recharged Kalais Campbell and a really 423 00:21:05,160 --> 00:21:07,080 Speaker 12: effective player up front right now. 424 00:21:07,720 --> 00:21:07,920 Speaker 5: Yeah. 425 00:21:07,960 --> 00:21:10,080 Speaker 13: I might have been a six year scout or something 426 00:21:10,119 --> 00:21:12,879 Speaker 13: when Kalais Campbell came out of Miami Man just a 427 00:21:12,920 --> 00:21:16,199 Speaker 13: different guy. But I thought that the big change in 428 00:21:16,240 --> 00:21:19,840 Speaker 13: the game flow of the week by presented by Progressive Insurance, 429 00:21:20,040 --> 00:21:23,119 Speaker 13: was the big play that Tua made in the fourth 430 00:21:23,200 --> 00:21:26,040 Speaker 13: quarter after the Rams had kicked the field goal and 431 00:21:26,119 --> 00:21:29,200 Speaker 13: to get it to eight, big third and six, and 432 00:21:29,240 --> 00:21:32,959 Speaker 13: you saw Tua right there using his legs on the 433 00:21:33,000 --> 00:21:36,600 Speaker 13: move to my man OBJ right there finding a soft spot. 434 00:21:36,720 --> 00:21:39,760 Speaker 13: So I've been very critical of Tua and that, yes, 435 00:21:39,840 --> 00:21:42,960 Speaker 13: he's been super proficient in a short, quick passing game, 436 00:21:43,040 --> 00:21:44,480 Speaker 13: super proficient when. 437 00:21:44,280 --> 00:21:45,440 Speaker 1: He's got that one read. 438 00:21:45,520 --> 00:21:48,560 Speaker 13: But really with the Dolphins offense, stalls when he has 439 00:21:48,600 --> 00:21:50,639 Speaker 13: to make plays like that, and you saw him make 440 00:21:50,640 --> 00:21:52,680 Speaker 13: another one earlier where he had to spin out there 441 00:21:52,960 --> 00:21:55,239 Speaker 13: and made a big throw. The Rams got after him 442 00:21:55,240 --> 00:21:57,879 Speaker 13: a lot last night. It seemed like Kobe Turner. It 443 00:21:57,920 --> 00:22:00,919 Speaker 13: was in the backfield all night long and verse, and 444 00:22:00,960 --> 00:22:02,960 Speaker 13: he took a lot of sacks. But when they needed 445 00:22:03,000 --> 00:22:05,720 Speaker 13: it most, he showed that he can use his legs 446 00:22:05,720 --> 00:22:06,359 Speaker 13: to make him play. 447 00:22:06,400 --> 00:22:06,640 Speaker 1: Now. 448 00:22:06,800 --> 00:22:09,320 Speaker 13: Omar talked about the ceiling for the Dolphins, and that's 449 00:22:09,359 --> 00:22:12,080 Speaker 13: really what it is. If Tua can continue to make 450 00:22:12,119 --> 00:22:16,000 Speaker 13: plays when things aren't structured for him, then they will 451 00:22:16,000 --> 00:22:17,840 Speaker 13: be a playoff team. They can make some damage, but 452 00:22:17,920 --> 00:22:19,680 Speaker 13: he has to show that he can do a consistently 453 00:22:19,800 --> 00:22:20,880 Speaker 13: game in a game out. 454 00:22:21,280 --> 00:22:23,880 Speaker 7: Coming up this weekend. They've got the Raiders. I believe 455 00:22:23,920 --> 00:22:25,919 Speaker 7: at home. I believe that game is in Miami if 456 00:22:25,960 --> 00:22:27,680 Speaker 7: I read that correctly earlier. 457 00:22:27,720 --> 00:22:29,399 Speaker 4: So a chance to get to four and six. 458 00:22:29,480 --> 00:22:32,000 Speaker 7: Although that Raiders team switched up an offensive coordinator coming 459 00:22:32,040 --> 00:22:34,040 Speaker 7: off of BUYE, we'll see if they wind up being 460 00:22:34,040 --> 00:22:37,560 Speaker 7: a dangerous opponent. That has been your game flow presented 461 00:22:37,600 --> 00:22:38,840 Speaker 7: by a Progressive Insurance. 462 00:22:38,840 --> 00:22:40,440 Speaker 4: Omar Baldi Mark, Thank you very. 463 00:22:40,400 --> 00:22:44,000 Speaker 7: Much, Jake, Ferguson's going to join us next the Cowboys 464 00:22:44,040 --> 00:22:45,720 Speaker 7: tight end. He's been a bright spot for them on 465 00:22:45,840 --> 00:22:49,199 Speaker 7: a few bright spots this season. We've got some questions 466 00:22:49,200 --> 00:22:51,480 Speaker 7: for him, but he's a straight shooter. I'm sure he'll 467 00:22:51,480 --> 00:22:54,000 Speaker 7: give us the best possible answers he can give. 468 00:22:54,080 --> 00:22:55,000 Speaker 4: Jake Ferguson up. 469 00:22:54,880 --> 00:22:59,760 Speaker 2: Next Bell's Cowboys, like all teams on Sunday, honoring current 470 00:22:59,760 --> 00:23:03,280 Speaker 2: and former members the military ahead of Veterans Day as 471 00:23:03,400 --> 00:23:08,440 Speaker 2: part of the league wide Salute to Service initiative. One 472 00:23:08,440 --> 00:23:11,480 Speaker 2: of the many tremendous things that the league and its 473 00:23:11,520 --> 00:23:16,399 Speaker 2: team due to support our armed forces. Joining us right now. 474 00:23:17,160 --> 00:23:20,080 Speaker 2: Member of that Dallas Cowboys team, it is tight end 475 00:23:20,400 --> 00:23:25,280 Speaker 2: Jake Ferguson, who is all geared up to talk about USAA. Jake, 476 00:23:25,480 --> 00:23:26,960 Speaker 2: thank you very much for being or tell us what 477 00:23:26,960 --> 00:23:27,879 Speaker 2: you're doing with USA. 478 00:23:27,960 --> 00:23:29,119 Speaker 1: Yeah, thank you guys for having me. 479 00:23:29,200 --> 00:23:29,440 Speaker 5: Yeah. 480 00:23:29,480 --> 00:23:32,399 Speaker 14: So, today I partnered with USA and the City of 481 00:23:32,480 --> 00:23:36,080 Speaker 14: Arlington in the Arlington Fire Department to raise awareness in 482 00:23:36,119 --> 00:23:38,600 Speaker 14: the community on how to stay safe when we're cooking 483 00:23:38,640 --> 00:23:41,639 Speaker 14: this Thanksgiving and to avoid ultimately home fires and fires 484 00:23:41,640 --> 00:23:44,639 Speaker 14: around the kitchen in an event called Huddle Up for 485 00:23:44,680 --> 00:23:49,880 Speaker 14: Home Prevention and safety during this holiday season, the data 486 00:23:49,960 --> 00:23:52,520 Speaker 14: has shown that there's a significant increase in homeowners and 487 00:23:52,560 --> 00:23:56,680 Speaker 14: certain insurance claims due to fire started by cooking activities. 488 00:23:57,080 --> 00:24:00,719 Speaker 14: So today, working with the fire Department, we demonstrated a 489 00:24:00,760 --> 00:24:03,879 Speaker 14: safe way to cook turkeys, and then we also demonstrated 490 00:24:03,920 --> 00:24:05,720 Speaker 14: a unsafe way to cook turkeys. 491 00:24:06,119 --> 00:24:06,760 Speaker 9: And I was in the. 492 00:24:06,680 --> 00:24:11,560 Speaker 14: Full firefighter get up unsafe way. Turkey went in up 493 00:24:11,600 --> 00:24:16,080 Speaker 14: flames when we had to put it out with fire extinguishers. 494 00:24:16,080 --> 00:24:19,359 Speaker 14: So just a couple of tips, you know, don't leave 495 00:24:19,880 --> 00:24:23,000 Speaker 14: anything that you're cooking unattended, especially with the little kids 496 00:24:23,080 --> 00:24:26,399 Speaker 14: running around, little hands going might be touching hot food 497 00:24:26,560 --> 00:24:29,920 Speaker 14: or whatever it may be. And just you know, think 498 00:24:29,920 --> 00:24:32,320 Speaker 14: ahead of time and try to keep a fire extinguisher 499 00:24:32,320 --> 00:24:33,760 Speaker 14: and you know, a plan ready. 500 00:24:33,720 --> 00:24:35,080 Speaker 1: Especially when you're deep trying it. 501 00:24:35,600 --> 00:24:39,960 Speaker 6: Obviously, on Thanksgiving we all gather around and watch the 502 00:24:40,040 --> 00:24:42,360 Speaker 6: Dallas Cowboys. You're in a bit of a rough stretch 503 00:24:42,440 --> 00:24:45,760 Speaker 6: right now. Take us inside the building, inside the locker room. 504 00:24:46,119 --> 00:24:48,040 Speaker 1: How are you guys doing for sure? 505 00:24:48,119 --> 00:24:51,280 Speaker 14: Yeah, it's definitely not easy coming off a couple losses 506 00:24:52,119 --> 00:24:52,760 Speaker 14: three and six. 507 00:24:53,080 --> 00:24:54,479 Speaker 9: Not an easy place to be in. 508 00:24:55,200 --> 00:24:59,800 Speaker 14: And you know we talked about yesterday you know just 509 00:25:00,040 --> 00:25:03,000 Speaker 14: how we're executing as a team. As an offense. It's 510 00:25:03,040 --> 00:25:04,760 Speaker 14: hard to win games when you're turning the ball over. 511 00:25:05,320 --> 00:25:07,480 Speaker 14: It's hard to win games when you'rehooting yourself in the foot. 512 00:25:09,000 --> 00:25:11,359 Speaker 14: So you really ultimately just got to go in the 513 00:25:11,400 --> 00:25:13,960 Speaker 14: next week. It's not a full flush everything. It's it's 514 00:25:14,040 --> 00:25:16,119 Speaker 14: learned from that, learn from the past, learn from what 515 00:25:16,160 --> 00:25:19,080 Speaker 14: you just did, and really come in that week, work 516 00:25:19,119 --> 00:25:21,080 Speaker 14: on your prep, work on what you're doing the whole week, 517 00:25:21,600 --> 00:25:25,600 Speaker 14: prep with intention, and you know, when it comes Sunday 518 00:25:25,680 --> 00:25:28,760 Speaker 14: in our case, Monday, this week, we just got to execute, 519 00:25:29,040 --> 00:25:30,479 Speaker 14: and we got to trust the guy next to us, 520 00:25:30,520 --> 00:25:33,600 Speaker 14: do our one eleventh on offense, on defense, on special teams, 521 00:25:34,000 --> 00:25:37,479 Speaker 14: and trust the screen, the scheme, trust the preparation, and 522 00:25:37,600 --> 00:25:39,320 Speaker 14: like I said earlier, just execute. 523 00:25:40,040 --> 00:25:43,480 Speaker 2: When you see your quarterback Deak Prescott have that injury 524 00:25:43,520 --> 00:25:46,200 Speaker 2: in Atlanta, and based on the you know, the TV replays, 525 00:25:46,200 --> 00:25:48,119 Speaker 2: you can see that he's in more pain than a 526 00:25:48,280 --> 00:25:52,800 Speaker 2: normal hamstring type injury. When you hear though, that's not 527 00:25:52,840 --> 00:25:54,639 Speaker 2: going to be back. You know, initially it was just 528 00:25:54,760 --> 00:25:56,639 Speaker 2: going to be weeks. Now it's for the rest of 529 00:25:56,680 --> 00:25:59,280 Speaker 2: the season. What's the reaction and how do you overcome 530 00:25:59,320 --> 00:26:02,200 Speaker 2: the emotional weight of we're not going to have our 531 00:26:02,280 --> 00:26:03,720 Speaker 2: leader for the rest of the way. 532 00:26:03,600 --> 00:26:06,520 Speaker 14: Here right, Yeah, you said it best. You know, Dack's 533 00:26:06,560 --> 00:26:07,600 Speaker 14: our leader. DA's our guy. 534 00:26:08,280 --> 00:26:09,080 Speaker 9: He's in there every day. 535 00:26:09,080 --> 00:26:11,000 Speaker 14: He's the first win in the last one out. And 536 00:26:11,200 --> 00:26:14,120 Speaker 14: to have a guy go down like that season ending, 537 00:26:14,160 --> 00:26:16,720 Speaker 14: you know, you feel for him, and you know the 538 00:26:16,720 --> 00:26:19,000 Speaker 14: first thing that comes to my mind is him. You know, 539 00:26:19,040 --> 00:26:23,080 Speaker 14: how's he doing, how's he doing mentally, and just trying 540 00:26:23,080 --> 00:26:24,879 Speaker 14: to be there for him, you know, be the happy, 541 00:26:24,920 --> 00:26:27,600 Speaker 14: go like a guy that I am. Make jokes to him, 542 00:26:27,960 --> 00:26:29,480 Speaker 14: try to you know, let him know that you know, 543 00:26:29,520 --> 00:26:30,960 Speaker 14: I'm here for him, and then also that I'm going 544 00:26:31,040 --> 00:26:33,080 Speaker 14: to go on the field for you. And then on 545 00:26:33,119 --> 00:26:35,680 Speaker 14: the other hand, you know Cooper Rush coming in, Trey Lance. 546 00:26:36,760 --> 00:26:38,320 Speaker 14: I got all the faith in the world and those guys. 547 00:26:38,359 --> 00:26:41,600 Speaker 14: You know, my first NFL touchdown was for Coop. I 548 00:26:41,760 --> 00:26:45,040 Speaker 14: love I call him red, I tell him he's been 549 00:26:45,080 --> 00:26:47,280 Speaker 14: kissed by fire. You know that dude's awesome. He's the 550 00:26:47,320 --> 00:26:49,360 Speaker 14: way he approaches the game, the way he approaches every 551 00:26:49,359 --> 00:26:54,400 Speaker 14: single day. You know, it's infectious, and you know, one 552 00:26:54,440 --> 00:26:57,800 Speaker 14: game doesn't define the guy. I got all the faith 553 00:26:57,840 --> 00:27:00,280 Speaker 14: in him, all the faith in Trey. Yeah, you know, 554 00:27:00,400 --> 00:27:03,399 Speaker 14: rally back, make plays and get us back on the 555 00:27:03,480 --> 00:27:03,920 Speaker 14: right track. 556 00:27:04,560 --> 00:27:07,640 Speaker 6: What did you guys collectively as an offense need to do, 557 00:27:07,840 --> 00:27:10,159 Speaker 6: whether it's Scrooper rush, whether there's a package and for 558 00:27:10,280 --> 00:27:12,800 Speaker 6: Trey Lance, what does the offense need to do to 559 00:27:12,840 --> 00:27:14,119 Speaker 6: support those guys? 560 00:27:15,040 --> 00:27:17,520 Speaker 14: Yeah, I think the offense as a whole, we just 561 00:27:17,800 --> 00:27:19,560 Speaker 14: do your one eleventh. You don't You don't have to 562 00:27:19,600 --> 00:27:22,000 Speaker 14: do too much. You don't have to do someone else's job, 563 00:27:22,080 --> 00:27:25,840 Speaker 14: do your own job. And you know, I think in 564 00:27:25,840 --> 00:27:29,560 Speaker 14: regards to preparation the week before, you know, just let 565 00:27:29,600 --> 00:27:32,160 Speaker 14: them know throughout that whole that whole practice. I'm talking 566 00:27:32,280 --> 00:27:35,879 Speaker 14: no balls on the ground from the receiving court. You know, 567 00:27:36,000 --> 00:27:39,600 Speaker 14: motions are clean, You're clean on all your plays. So 568 00:27:39,680 --> 00:27:41,600 Speaker 14: he doesn't have to reiterate anything in the huddle, or 569 00:27:41,600 --> 00:27:43,960 Speaker 14: he doesn't have to question anything. Be there for those 570 00:27:44,040 --> 00:27:46,960 Speaker 14: quarterbacks and be good on your prep so they don't 571 00:27:47,000 --> 00:27:49,320 Speaker 14: have any questions or they don't have any doubt that 572 00:27:49,840 --> 00:27:51,680 Speaker 14: they might be wrong or we might be wrong. 573 00:27:51,600 --> 00:27:52,240 Speaker 9: Or something like that. 574 00:27:52,760 --> 00:27:54,920 Speaker 14: Do everything you can so that those guys can play 575 00:27:55,200 --> 00:27:58,680 Speaker 14: play loose, play free, and ultimately just play their game play, 576 00:27:58,840 --> 00:27:59,399 Speaker 14: play loose. 577 00:28:00,280 --> 00:28:02,399 Speaker 2: You know, when I started working in TV, Jake, I 578 00:28:02,600 --> 00:28:04,919 Speaker 2: got advice from a producer that in order to adjust 579 00:28:04,960 --> 00:28:07,240 Speaker 2: your eyes when something's really bright, like you close your eyes, 580 00:28:07,320 --> 00:28:08,840 Speaker 2: hear it's at the sun or at the light, and 581 00:28:08,840 --> 00:28:10,879 Speaker 2: then when you open your eyes you can see a 582 00:28:10,920 --> 00:28:13,760 Speaker 2: whole lot better. Is there a trick to catching balls 583 00:28:13,800 --> 00:28:16,560 Speaker 2: when that sunlight's beaming in at the right time of 584 00:28:16,680 --> 00:28:18,440 Speaker 2: year inside at and T Stadium? 585 00:28:18,880 --> 00:28:30,640 Speaker 14: Catch the black spot? But you know there's excuses. I mean, 586 00:28:31,200 --> 00:28:32,560 Speaker 14: you know where the sun is going to be every 587 00:28:32,560 --> 00:28:39,280 Speaker 14: single day. How granted, yes it is shining, it is bright. However, 588 00:28:39,360 --> 00:28:41,280 Speaker 14: if you look at that video, see me pulling my 589 00:28:41,400 --> 00:28:42,840 Speaker 14: I probably should have just caught that ball. 590 00:28:42,880 --> 00:28:47,720 Speaker 9: Anyway, That's something I think about for a little bit. 591 00:28:47,800 --> 00:28:49,040 Speaker 9: But uh, you know, he's not. 592 00:28:49,560 --> 00:28:51,640 Speaker 14: We're not having this conversation if I just reach out 593 00:28:51,640 --> 00:28:52,320 Speaker 14: and catch that ball. 594 00:28:52,400 --> 00:28:57,960 Speaker 6: So all right, let me ask you about Mike McCarthy. 595 00:28:58,240 --> 00:29:00,720 Speaker 6: You know that he does not have a contract after 596 00:29:00,960 --> 00:29:06,520 Speaker 6: this year. Micah sort of addressed maybe it was misconstrued. 597 00:29:07,040 --> 00:29:09,720 Speaker 6: What's the feeling about Mike McCarthy with the season going 598 00:29:09,760 --> 00:29:12,560 Speaker 6: this way and a whole lot of conversation about his future. 599 00:29:13,480 --> 00:29:17,680 Speaker 14: Yeah, I think you know, three and six is it's tough. 600 00:29:17,680 --> 00:29:21,160 Speaker 14: It's a tough spot to be in. You know, I've 601 00:29:21,160 --> 00:29:22,640 Speaker 14: said this from the start. I'd run through a wall 602 00:29:22,680 --> 00:29:26,840 Speaker 14: for coach Mcarthy. I love the way he coaches. You know, 603 00:29:27,240 --> 00:29:29,560 Speaker 14: he's a great coach to me. And you know, I 604 00:29:30,160 --> 00:29:32,080 Speaker 14: think you know, we're three and six, But at the 605 00:29:32,080 --> 00:29:35,360 Speaker 14: same time, season's not over. There's you know, eight games. 606 00:29:35,240 --> 00:29:36,520 Speaker 9: Left, plenty of ball to be had. 607 00:29:37,600 --> 00:29:41,200 Speaker 14: And we've talked about what's happened in the past and years, 608 00:29:41,240 --> 00:29:43,760 Speaker 14: and there's been some teams that are you know, have 609 00:29:43,880 --> 00:29:46,320 Speaker 14: been three and six and have gone on in won games. 610 00:29:46,360 --> 00:29:48,640 Speaker 14: And there's been teams with worst records gone on and 611 00:29:48,920 --> 00:29:52,000 Speaker 14: done better things. You know, the season isn't over. There's 612 00:29:52,000 --> 00:29:53,680 Speaker 14: two things you can do right now. You can either quit, 613 00:29:53,760 --> 00:29:56,480 Speaker 14: give up, or you know, you can put your head down, 614 00:29:56,560 --> 00:29:59,120 Speaker 14: go to work, buckle down and make something happen. 615 00:30:00,080 --> 00:30:03,880 Speaker 2: SAA's Huddle up for Home fire Prevention and Safety. Learn 616 00:30:03,920 --> 00:30:06,840 Speaker 2: more about how to not burn your house down. Step one, 617 00:30:07,280 --> 00:30:10,120 Speaker 2: don't have me cooking Thanksgiving dinner. Last thing, real quick, Jake, 618 00:30:10,600 --> 00:30:13,000 Speaker 2: before we let you go. Now that you're partnering here 619 00:30:13,240 --> 00:30:16,800 Speaker 2: with USAA, is there any strings you can pull to 620 00:30:16,920 --> 00:30:19,400 Speaker 2: get Gronk the insurance or are we going to have 621 00:30:19,520 --> 00:30:22,080 Speaker 2: to watch these commercials in perpetuity? 622 00:30:23,000 --> 00:30:26,600 Speaker 14: No, he's gonna have to. They told me today. We 623 00:30:26,640 --> 00:30:28,240 Speaker 14: don't know if we could get it to him, so. 624 00:30:29,880 --> 00:30:32,240 Speaker 4: We're gonna have to see that commercial a couple more times. 625 00:30:32,680 --> 00:30:34,120 Speaker 1: He's working so hard. 626 00:30:34,560 --> 00:30:38,320 Speaker 2: He's trying so hard, Jake, thanks a ton for coming on. 627 00:30:38,320 --> 00:30:40,840 Speaker 1: Man, We appreciate it. Thank you guys for having me. 628 00:30:41,320 --> 00:30:46,280 Speaker 2: Big changes today in Chicago. What does an offensive coordinator 629 00:30:46,360 --> 00:30:49,360 Speaker 2: change mean for Caleb Williams? Our guys, Mark Ross and 630 00:30:49,400 --> 00:30:53,200 Speaker 2: Brian balln here with insight like no other coming up 631 00:30:53,240 --> 00:30:56,400 Speaker 2: after this on the Insiders presented by Progressive Insurance. 632 00:31:01,000 --> 00:31:04,680 Speaker 7: Back in January, a bunch of teams hired new offensive coordinators. 633 00:31:05,000 --> 00:31:08,080 Speaker 7: Shane Waldron may have been the first of those hires. 634 00:31:08,120 --> 00:31:10,840 Speaker 7: Definitely one of the first of those hires. He was 635 00:31:10,960 --> 00:31:13,560 Speaker 7: let go on Tuesday. The Bears one of the teams 636 00:31:13,600 --> 00:31:15,840 Speaker 7: that interviewed Cliff Kingsbury but decided to. 637 00:31:15,760 --> 00:31:16,720 Speaker 4: Go with Waldron. 638 00:31:17,080 --> 00:31:21,160 Speaker 7: Didn't quite work out for Caleb Williams and this stacked offense, 639 00:31:21,200 --> 00:31:24,240 Speaker 7: and there is talent on this offense, just you wouldn't 640 00:31:24,280 --> 00:31:27,040 Speaker 7: know it by looking at those numbers right there. For Williams, 641 00:31:27,520 --> 00:31:29,800 Speaker 7: who has struggled sort of gone backwards a little bit. Now, 642 00:31:29,840 --> 00:31:32,600 Speaker 7: there's a lot of questions about him in his rookie season. 643 00:31:33,720 --> 00:31:35,560 Speaker 7: So you know what, We're going to go to the 644 00:31:35,760 --> 00:31:39,480 Speaker 7: Aces for some answers. This is Asked Ask the Aces, 645 00:31:39,560 --> 00:31:44,520 Speaker 7: presented by Ace Hardware, Brian Baldinger and Mark Ross joining me. Mark, 646 00:31:44,520 --> 00:31:46,520 Speaker 7: I want to start with you your thoughts on the 647 00:31:46,560 --> 00:31:48,520 Speaker 7: firing of offensive coordinator Shane Waldron. 648 00:31:48,960 --> 00:31:50,840 Speaker 13: Well, you know, it was something that just had to 649 00:31:50,840 --> 00:31:53,680 Speaker 13: be done, guys, And you know Caleb Williams was getting 650 00:31:53,720 --> 00:31:54,840 Speaker 13: better throughout the year. 651 00:31:54,880 --> 00:31:55,880 Speaker 1: You could see it each. 652 00:31:55,720 --> 00:31:57,800 Speaker 13: Game, and then he had the one where he just looked, Okay, 653 00:31:57,840 --> 00:32:00,280 Speaker 13: it's all coming together, He's on fire, and then you 654 00:32:00,280 --> 00:32:02,720 Speaker 13: should just keep getting better at least level. He just 655 00:32:02,760 --> 00:32:05,200 Speaker 13: completely went down and looks as if something had just 656 00:32:05,280 --> 00:32:08,840 Speaker 13: absolutely broken with the Bears, guys. And I don't know 657 00:32:08,840 --> 00:32:11,600 Speaker 13: whether it was all on Shane Waldron or some of us, 658 00:32:11,640 --> 00:32:13,280 Speaker 13: Caleb Williams. A lot of it has to do with 659 00:32:13,320 --> 00:32:16,000 Speaker 13: that porous offensive line as well. But when things get 660 00:32:16,040 --> 00:32:18,440 Speaker 13: that bad, it's not just one thing. It's a lot 661 00:32:18,440 --> 00:32:22,160 Speaker 13: of different things. And obviously at least having a new voice, 662 00:32:22,200 --> 00:32:25,160 Speaker 13: a new person there running the show, the offensive coordinator, 663 00:32:25,200 --> 00:32:27,680 Speaker 13: Thomas Brown, who has done it before. You know, that 664 00:32:27,720 --> 00:32:30,040 Speaker 13: may give him a vote of confidence. And you know, 665 00:32:30,080 --> 00:32:33,120 Speaker 13: it's not all lost for Caleb Williams. It's still in there. 666 00:32:33,160 --> 00:32:35,720 Speaker 13: They drafted him number one for a reason. There still 667 00:32:35,760 --> 00:32:39,080 Speaker 13: is some talent around him, but his confidence has to 668 00:32:39,120 --> 00:32:39,840 Speaker 13: get better as well. 669 00:32:39,920 --> 00:32:41,920 Speaker 1: Getting Thomas Brown in there may help that. 670 00:32:42,040 --> 00:32:45,240 Speaker 13: And it was interesting that Stacey talked about Thomas Brown 671 00:32:45,320 --> 00:32:47,600 Speaker 13: going to Caleb and saying, you know, what do you like? 672 00:32:47,640 --> 00:32:48,400 Speaker 1: What do you like to do? 673 00:32:48,440 --> 00:32:50,400 Speaker 13: And I think a lot of the failures with hiring 674 00:32:50,400 --> 00:32:53,120 Speaker 13: a head coaches and even offensive coordinators is not asking 675 00:32:53,560 --> 00:32:56,400 Speaker 13: players about the former, you know, offensive coordinator where they're 676 00:32:56,440 --> 00:32:59,200 Speaker 13: coming from. So you know that big quote, that controversial 677 00:32:59,320 --> 00:33:01,400 Speaker 13: quote with Jackson Smith and Jiglit where he was like 678 00:33:01,760 --> 00:33:04,200 Speaker 13: good luck with Shane Waldron. So I think maybe this 679 00:33:04,320 --> 00:33:06,200 Speaker 13: next time they make it a little bit more input 680 00:33:06,280 --> 00:33:07,000 Speaker 13: some from players. 681 00:33:07,000 --> 00:33:09,360 Speaker 1: The next offensive coordinator hiring their baldy. 682 00:33:10,160 --> 00:33:11,600 Speaker 9: You know Mark from the. 683 00:33:11,680 --> 00:33:14,840 Speaker 12: Very first play on Sunday where it's max protection, they're 684 00:33:14,880 --> 00:33:17,480 Speaker 12: taking a shot down the field. You can't get a 685 00:33:17,480 --> 00:33:20,240 Speaker 12: better pocket. You know, it looks like the Cradle of 686 00:33:20,360 --> 00:33:23,880 Speaker 12: Love and he just sits there frozen, doesn't get the 687 00:33:23,880 --> 00:33:26,040 Speaker 12: ball out of his hands and takes a sack on 688 00:33:26,080 --> 00:33:26,680 Speaker 12: the first play. 689 00:33:27,240 --> 00:33:28,959 Speaker 9: It's very disjointed. 690 00:33:28,520 --> 00:33:31,680 Speaker 12: This offense, you know, And there's a lot of look 691 00:33:31,720 --> 00:33:34,960 Speaker 12: they asked these three receivers Romadonza and Keenan Allen and 692 00:33:35,040 --> 00:33:37,400 Speaker 12: DJ Moore to go win one on ones. It's kind 693 00:33:37,400 --> 00:33:40,280 Speaker 12: of what it looks like. And you know when Caleb's 694 00:33:40,280 --> 00:33:42,840 Speaker 12: ready to throw. Now, I don't see anybody winning like 695 00:33:42,960 --> 00:33:44,800 Speaker 12: he's ready to do. So it doesn't look like it's 696 00:33:44,800 --> 00:33:48,440 Speaker 12: timed up right. But you can't just say it's caleby 697 00:33:48,800 --> 00:33:51,680 Speaker 12: The offense is a little disjointed. The receivers aren't winning, 698 00:33:52,000 --> 00:33:54,240 Speaker 12: and they've dropping some passes, and I don't know about 699 00:33:54,280 --> 00:33:56,720 Speaker 12: the efforts sometimes and then if you want to go, okay, 700 00:33:57,120 --> 00:33:58,920 Speaker 12: the Patriots are playing a lot of man coverage. 701 00:33:59,080 --> 00:34:01,920 Speaker 9: Let's get some man up. Even the man. 702 00:34:01,720 --> 00:34:05,240 Speaker 12: Beaters at a bunch don't make any sense, like nobody's 703 00:34:05,280 --> 00:34:08,800 Speaker 12: getting free. And so I think it just looks hard 704 00:34:08,960 --> 00:34:10,799 Speaker 12: and he should be this hard. I mean, I know 705 00:34:10,880 --> 00:34:13,719 Speaker 12: the offense line isn't the greatest, but they should be 706 00:34:13,760 --> 00:34:17,239 Speaker 12: able to get the ball and get easier completions than 707 00:34:17,239 --> 00:34:19,839 Speaker 12: what they got Sunday against the Patriots. And it's been 708 00:34:19,880 --> 00:34:23,799 Speaker 12: a downwards fire since that game against Washington, filed up 709 00:34:23,840 --> 00:34:27,440 Speaker 12: against Arizona and then the culmination up against the Patriots 710 00:34:27,960 --> 00:34:31,480 Speaker 12: was the worst. And so like you said, Mark, look 711 00:34:31,600 --> 00:34:34,000 Speaker 12: when it's like this, you got to make a change. 712 00:34:34,000 --> 00:34:35,600 Speaker 9: And some teams have benefited. 713 00:34:35,760 --> 00:34:38,680 Speaker 12: The Buffalo Bills have made a change last year midseason, 714 00:34:38,719 --> 00:34:41,560 Speaker 12: and it was the right change when they elevated Joe Braden. 715 00:34:42,800 --> 00:34:46,239 Speaker 7: We were running these throws from Caleb Williams all game long. 716 00:34:46,320 --> 00:34:48,239 Speaker 7: And if you just watch Red Zone on Sunday, which 717 00:34:48,239 --> 00:34:50,480 Speaker 7: sometimes I'm forced to do, you miss a lot of 718 00:34:50,480 --> 00:34:51,480 Speaker 7: these and when you string. 719 00:34:51,320 --> 00:34:53,560 Speaker 4: Them together, they don't look very good. 720 00:34:53,640 --> 00:34:56,400 Speaker 7: They look like a guy who is struggling to find 721 00:34:56,960 --> 00:34:59,480 Speaker 7: his rhythm, struggling to find the right place to put 722 00:34:59,480 --> 00:35:01,319 Speaker 7: the football. And see if Thomas Brown can help make 723 00:35:01,360 --> 00:35:03,959 Speaker 7: that happen as the new offensive coordinator of the Chicago Bears. 724 00:35:04,000 --> 00:35:06,360 Speaker 4: Thank you Baldi, Thank you Mark Ross. 725 00:35:06,680 --> 00:35:11,320 Speaker 7: Coming up next, we've got a Thursday night Prime video 726 00:35:12,200 --> 00:35:15,799 Speaker 7: preview here with our guy Sam Schwarztein, And I'll tell 727 00:35:15,800 --> 00:35:17,440 Speaker 7: you what I'm covering this game, So I'm gonna be 728 00:35:17,480 --> 00:35:19,239 Speaker 7: paying attention close that you should be as well. 729 00:35:19,239 --> 00:35:21,200 Speaker 4: That's coming up next here on the Insiders. 730 00:35:22,520 --> 00:35:25,920 Speaker 2: Thursday Night Football on Prime delivers a pair of NFC 731 00:35:25,960 --> 00:35:28,880 Speaker 2: East rivals. It's Jayden Daniels in the Washington Commanders against 732 00:35:28,920 --> 00:35:32,360 Speaker 2: Jalen Hurts and the Philadelphia Eagles this Thursday, eight p 733 00:35:32,560 --> 00:35:36,759 Speaker 2: fifteen pm Eastern Time only on Prime Video. If we 734 00:35:36,840 --> 00:35:40,600 Speaker 2: bringing Sam Schwarztein Prime Video in Thursday, Football's analytics experts 735 00:35:40,600 --> 00:35:44,400 Speaker 2: to use next gen stats to break this matchup down. 736 00:35:45,000 --> 00:35:46,600 Speaker 1: Samm' the only one who. 737 00:35:46,400 --> 00:35:47,960 Speaker 2: Every time I see the word Prime, I have to 738 00:35:48,000 --> 00:35:49,960 Speaker 2: say Prime like the guy on the you know, the 739 00:35:50,000 --> 00:35:54,160 Speaker 2: commercial stars. Anyway, off topic, Jayden Daniels been unbelievable so 740 00:35:54,200 --> 00:35:55,800 Speaker 2: far of the season, coming off. 741 00:35:55,680 --> 00:35:56,160 Speaker 1: Of the loss. 742 00:35:56,280 --> 00:35:58,640 Speaker 2: What are the numbers tell us about what Jayden's doing 743 00:35:58,640 --> 00:35:59,400 Speaker 2: so far this season? 744 00:36:00,160 --> 00:36:03,160 Speaker 3: We got a great matchup in prime time on Prime 745 00:36:03,239 --> 00:36:06,719 Speaker 3: and Jaden Daniels is on exciting players specifically because what 746 00:36:06,800 --> 00:36:09,759 Speaker 3: he can do scrambling. Now, he scrambles the most of 747 00:36:09,760 --> 00:36:11,799 Speaker 3: any player in the NFL. That's breaking the structure of 748 00:36:11,800 --> 00:36:15,319 Speaker 3: a traditional broadcast or play our play, and what he's 749 00:36:15,360 --> 00:36:17,600 Speaker 3: doing is being able to beat you with his legs 750 00:36:17,960 --> 00:36:20,200 Speaker 3: and his arm. Now here's the thing. He has a 751 00:36:20,320 --> 00:36:24,320 Speaker 3: sixty one percent success right when he breaks the structure 752 00:36:24,440 --> 00:36:26,840 Speaker 3: of a play, and it's because of his ability to 753 00:36:26,880 --> 00:36:29,160 Speaker 3: be smooth out of the pocket avoiding the rush. But 754 00:36:29,239 --> 00:36:30,839 Speaker 3: the big thing that team's got to look out for 755 00:36:31,040 --> 00:36:33,640 Speaker 3: is his deep shots when he is breaking the structure 756 00:36:33,680 --> 00:36:35,919 Speaker 3: of the play. Now, last week was his first time 757 00:36:36,160 --> 00:36:38,480 Speaker 3: without a scramble. It could be the rib injury, it 758 00:36:38,520 --> 00:36:40,359 Speaker 3: could be the great pass rush for the Steelers, but 759 00:36:40,400 --> 00:36:42,520 Speaker 3: he had his first negative game last week, and it's 760 00:36:42,520 --> 00:36:44,800 Speaker 3: because the Steelers kept him in the pocket. 761 00:36:45,600 --> 00:36:48,319 Speaker 2: Eagles on a four game winning streak. The offense has 762 00:36:48,360 --> 00:36:50,560 Speaker 2: improved those at that one in Cincinnati, which is kind 763 00:36:50,560 --> 00:36:52,440 Speaker 2: of where you started to see things turn when they 764 00:36:52,520 --> 00:36:55,200 Speaker 2: poured it on their late third and into the fourth quarter. 765 00:36:55,239 --> 00:36:58,120 Speaker 2: What has you excited about the direction of things for 766 00:36:58,120 --> 00:36:59,000 Speaker 2: that Philly offense. 767 00:37:00,040 --> 00:37:02,959 Speaker 3: Yeah, they finally found what their identity was. Pre bye week, 768 00:37:03,000 --> 00:37:05,760 Speaker 3: they had a forty two percent called run rate. Post 769 00:37:05,840 --> 00:37:09,319 Speaker 3: by week sixty three percent, and that's because they're able 770 00:37:09,360 --> 00:37:11,600 Speaker 3: to attack you in so many different ways on the ground. 771 00:37:11,719 --> 00:37:14,439 Speaker 3: The first this offensive line and the offensive line coach 772 00:37:14,520 --> 00:37:17,919 Speaker 3: Jeff Stotland. They get so much movement and when now 773 00:37:18,040 --> 00:37:19,960 Speaker 3: they have Saykwad Barkley tote in the rock for them 774 00:37:20,000 --> 00:37:22,200 Speaker 3: as well. It only makes even better. The next is 775 00:37:22,320 --> 00:37:25,279 Speaker 3: they also have a scrambling quarterback, often scrambling to his right, 776 00:37:25,480 --> 00:37:28,320 Speaker 3: but Jalen Hurts picks up those situational first first downs 777 00:37:28,400 --> 00:37:31,919 Speaker 3: and here specifically the tush push, the brotherly shove, whatever 778 00:37:31,960 --> 00:37:32,880 Speaker 3: you want to call it. 779 00:37:32,880 --> 00:37:33,520 Speaker 1: It's such a. 780 00:37:33,520 --> 00:37:36,640 Speaker 3: Valuable play for them. When they convert a fourth down 781 00:37:36,680 --> 00:37:39,080 Speaker 3: on a drive, they score fifty eight percent of the time, 782 00:37:39,400 --> 00:37:42,719 Speaker 3: all other drives only twenty five percent. Situationally the best 783 00:37:42,800 --> 00:37:43,800 Speaker 3: rushing team in the NFL. 784 00:37:45,080 --> 00:37:48,240 Speaker 2: There was a lot of changes for Philly after last season, obviously, 785 00:37:48,239 --> 00:37:50,239 Speaker 2: including both of the coordinators Kellen Moore and I were 786 00:37:50,239 --> 00:37:54,160 Speaker 2: in that offense, Vic Fangio running the defense. How they 787 00:37:54,160 --> 00:37:56,239 Speaker 2: gotten things turned around on that side of the ball set. 788 00:37:57,160 --> 00:37:59,040 Speaker 3: Yeah, I had the pleasure of being the scout team 789 00:37:59,120 --> 00:38:01,400 Speaker 3: center against Vic fans you in college at Stanford, and 790 00:38:01,440 --> 00:38:03,960 Speaker 3: it is not fun, especially when he has studs like 791 00:38:04,080 --> 00:38:07,360 Speaker 3: Cooper Degen and Quinya Mitchell. These two rookie dbs have 792 00:38:07,560 --> 00:38:10,960 Speaker 3: stepped up. Cooper Dejen in the slot, he has a 793 00:38:11,080 --> 00:38:13,600 Speaker 3: seventy four percent coverage success rate. Those last two players 794 00:38:13,640 --> 00:38:16,600 Speaker 3: you saw, we'regains Jamar Chase and Ceedee Lamb Next Qunya 795 00:38:16,640 --> 00:38:19,000 Speaker 3: Mitchell has taken that next step, especially since the bye week. 796 00:38:19,320 --> 00:38:22,080 Speaker 3: Hasn't given up over twenty five yards in a game 797 00:38:22,280 --> 00:38:25,360 Speaker 3: in the last five weeks. He is a true superstar 798 00:38:25,400 --> 00:38:27,359 Speaker 3: on the edge and that's what's helping this defense coming 799 00:38:27,400 --> 00:38:27,879 Speaker 3: to its own. 800 00:38:28,480 --> 00:38:31,800 Speaker 2: You can catch Sam Swartstein every Thursday on Thursday and 801 00:38:31,800 --> 00:38:34,800 Speaker 2: Football's Prime Vision with Next Gen Stats, Alternate Stream, Tomorrow 802 00:38:34,880 --> 00:38:37,720 Speaker 2: night's coverage of Eagles Commanders Prime Video, and NFL Plus 803 00:38:38,000 --> 00:38:42,160 Speaker 2: seven pm Eastern Time. It all begins with t NF tonight, Sam. 804 00:38:42,200 --> 00:38:44,920 Speaker 2: Thank you very much. We will see you next week. 805 00:38:45,400 --> 00:38:48,000 Speaker 2: Coming up after this, the Lions some uh pulled out 806 00:38:48,040 --> 00:38:51,640 Speaker 2: that game against the Texans. If you were, oh, I 807 00:38:51,680 --> 00:38:54,160 Speaker 2: don't know, traveling at the time, you might have really 808 00:38:54,160 --> 00:38:56,719 Speaker 2: wanted to see how this one finished. We'll explain more 809 00:38:56,760 --> 00:38:59,520 Speaker 2: after this on The Insider is presented by Progressive Insurance. 810 00:39:01,160 --> 00:39:04,520 Speaker 2: New Tonight, Broncos assistant head coach Mike Westoff has stepped 811 00:39:04,560 --> 00:39:08,160 Speaker 2: down from his role to monitor a potential health issue. 812 00:39:08,400 --> 00:39:10,839 Speaker 2: West Off, with seventy six years old, experience problems were 813 00:39:10,840 --> 00:39:14,000 Speaker 2: related to his vision last week underwent testing on Monday. 814 00:39:14,320 --> 00:39:17,040 Speaker 2: After consulting doctors, speaking with Sean Payton, he made the 815 00:39:17,040 --> 00:39:20,160 Speaker 2: difficult decision to walk away. West Off told me in 816 00:39:20,239 --> 00:39:23,000 Speaker 2: a statement quote, it's not easy to make this decision, 817 00:39:23,040 --> 00:39:25,160 Speaker 2: but this was a wake up call that I needed 818 00:39:25,200 --> 00:39:28,120 Speaker 2: to put my health first. All the best to Mike 819 00:39:28,160 --> 00:39:32,760 Speaker 2: Westoff and his family. Giants headed into the buy and 820 00:39:33,160 --> 00:39:36,359 Speaker 2: Brian Dable not willing to commit the Daniel Jones will 821 00:39:36,400 --> 00:39:39,200 Speaker 2: be the starting quarterback when they come out of it. 822 00:39:39,239 --> 00:39:41,640 Speaker 2: Here's what GM Joe Shane had to say on that 823 00:39:41,680 --> 00:39:42,440 Speaker 2: subject today. 824 00:39:43,360 --> 00:39:45,680 Speaker 15: We're going to evaluate it the rest of the week, 825 00:39:45,840 --> 00:39:49,640 Speaker 15: and the decisions we make will be football decisions. I mean, 826 00:39:49,960 --> 00:39:52,040 Speaker 15: is it intended to give your team the best chance 827 00:39:52,080 --> 00:39:52,319 Speaker 15: to win? 828 00:39:52,400 --> 00:39:54,840 Speaker 4: Is that that's what we're here to do. 829 00:39:54,880 --> 00:39:56,400 Speaker 15: Yeah, I mean we'd like, yeah, we're going to do 830 00:39:57,360 --> 00:39:59,400 Speaker 15: the best football decision for us to win games. 831 00:40:00,800 --> 00:40:03,240 Speaker 5: We keep saying, Joe Dangers, how would you evaluate Daniel 832 00:40:03,600 --> 00:40:05,399 Speaker 5: right this season? Yeah? 833 00:40:05,400 --> 00:40:07,560 Speaker 15: Again, we're gonna go back through all that this. We're 834 00:40:07,560 --> 00:40:11,960 Speaker 15: two and eight, so again everybody needs to, you know, 835 00:40:12,000 --> 00:40:13,759 Speaker 15: including myself, look in the mirror and how can we 836 00:40:13,800 --> 00:40:16,760 Speaker 15: do things better? And again that's what we're gonna continue 837 00:40:16,800 --> 00:40:18,400 Speaker 15: to do. It's I understand, you know, you guys want 838 00:40:18,440 --> 00:40:20,880 Speaker 15: to ask about Daniel and it's the quarterback position. I mean, 839 00:40:20,920 --> 00:40:23,560 Speaker 15: that's what comes with the territory specifically in this market. 840 00:40:23,840 --> 00:40:26,480 Speaker 15: And again it's it's not all on one person. It's 841 00:40:26,520 --> 00:40:27,680 Speaker 15: not on one person. 842 00:40:28,480 --> 00:40:30,880 Speaker 2: Just one of the issues for the Giants. We haven't 843 00:40:30,880 --> 00:40:33,680 Speaker 2: seen Malik neighbors name very often on the Pepsi zero 844 00:40:33,840 --> 00:40:36,239 Speaker 2: Sugar Rookie of the Week list, including this week, get 845 00:40:36,280 --> 00:40:39,000 Speaker 2: and score a touchdown. Since Week three, all these guys 846 00:40:39,000 --> 00:40:42,200 Speaker 2: stepping up. Jared Verse was everywhere on the field, albeit 847 00:40:42,239 --> 00:40:45,040 Speaker 2: in a lost tyrone. Tracy Junior continuing to make me 848 00:40:45,239 --> 00:40:48,080 Speaker 2: regret cutting him early in the season. In fantasy go 849 00:40:48,120 --> 00:40:51,480 Speaker 2: to nfl dot com slash Rookies to cast your vote. 850 00:40:51,560 --> 00:40:54,440 Speaker 2: I'maginally not sure if Jake Bates is technically a rookie 851 00:40:54,480 --> 00:40:56,319 Speaker 2: since this is not his first year. He is a 852 00:40:56,320 --> 00:40:59,040 Speaker 2: first year guy, but he is doing things that we 853 00:40:59,120 --> 00:41:02,400 Speaker 2: have never seen before in the NFL, inclining to be 854 00:41:02,520 --> 00:41:05,200 Speaker 2: the first former brick salesman to make a game winning 855 00:41:05,280 --> 00:41:07,520 Speaker 2: field goal. As people on a plane are begging the 856 00:41:07,600 --> 00:41:08,840 Speaker 2: flight attendants. 857 00:41:08,400 --> 00:41:10,080 Speaker 1: They shut up and let us watch the game. 858 00:41:14,520 --> 00:41:16,560 Speaker 5: It's been our absolute pleasure to have you on board tonight. 859 00:41:23,719 --> 00:41:24,279 Speaker 7: Apologies. 860 00:41:25,320 --> 00:41:50,600 Speaker 2: I wonder if he and Rapport is going to start 861 00:41:50,600 --> 00:41:53,200 Speaker 2: texting us about that game, because there you see him 862 00:41:53,200 --> 00:41:54,920 Speaker 2: over on the left side of the screen. He had 863 00:41:55,000 --> 00:41:57,879 Speaker 2: jury duty, which is why he's not here today. Got 864 00:41:59,680 --> 00:42:04,479 Speaker 2: a great job with these sketches here. He was Mike 865 00:42:04,640 --> 00:42:09,160 Speaker 2: texting you and I scoops from one to two hours earlier, 866 00:42:09,239 --> 00:42:11,840 Speaker 2: breathlessly when he got a phone break. This is not 867 00:42:11,920 --> 00:42:14,320 Speaker 2: a great setup if you have Rapaport on the jury. 868 00:42:15,400 --> 00:42:18,239 Speaker 7: I just want to know why he spontaneously combusted right there. 869 00:42:18,280 --> 00:42:19,200 Speaker 7: That was an interesting one. 870 00:42:19,280 --> 00:42:22,399 Speaker 4: Here's an idea, twelve twelve Angry Men. 871 00:42:22,520 --> 00:42:24,320 Speaker 7: We'll call it twelve Angry Drawers in this day and 872 00:42:24,440 --> 00:42:28,480 Speaker 7: twelve Angry Draws a remake featuring Ian Rappaport. 873 00:42:28,760 --> 00:42:30,040 Speaker 4: I just just wants a. 874 00:42:30,040 --> 00:42:36,040 Speaker 7: Verdict to get out of there, that's all he wants. 875 00:42:36,440 --> 00:42:38,640 Speaker 6: I think you had to surrender your phone when you 876 00:42:38,680 --> 00:42:39,759 Speaker 6: get into the jury room. 877 00:42:39,960 --> 00:42:40,239 Speaker 12: He did. 878 00:42:40,440 --> 00:42:43,400 Speaker 7: That's why he was late on stuff today. 879 00:42:44,320 --> 00:42:46,960 Speaker 2: Great job mccormickle, Mira twelve Anger Man or with Ian 880 00:42:47,040 --> 00:42:47,839 Speaker 2: eleven and a half. 881 00:42:48,160 --> 00:42:48,840 Speaker 9: See you tomorrow.