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Speaker 2: What's up?

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Speaker 1: Guys?

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Speaker 2: Welcome into an emergency podcast edition of Chargers Weekly Money

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Speaker 2: and I don't usually tape in the evenings. It's Wednesday

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Speaker 2: evening and Jim Harball has just been named head coach

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Speaker 2: of the Los Angeles Chargers. We are presented by Microsoft

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Speaker 2: Surface and Buddy, should I just say it off the top?

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Speaker 2: Who has it better than Chargers fans right now?

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Speaker 1: Nobody.

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Speaker 3: We've been waiting, Chris, We've been waiting weeks, and true

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Speaker 3: to their word, it was an exhaustive search. And thankfully,

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Speaker 3: after that exhaustive search, I think speaking for all Charger fans,

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Speaker 3: for both of us, for a lot of people, they

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Speaker 3: ended up with the person we had hoped they would

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Speaker 3: end up with. You know, it takes two to dance,

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Speaker 3: as we've said, but I could not be more excited

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Speaker 3: about being here right now talking to you about Jim

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Speaker 3: Harbaugh being the next head coach of the Chargers and

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Speaker 3: what it means for this team moving forward.

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Speaker 2: It's an unbelievable day and I just I'm trying to

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Speaker 2: rack my brain, especially since twenty seventeen, since the team

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Speaker 2: has moved up to Los Angeles, Like, is there another moment,

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Speaker 2: especially in the off season, that ranks higher than this?

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Speaker 2: I don't think so. I mean, you know, we talked

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Speaker 2: about the search, and you brought up an excellent point

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Speaker 2: last week saying, we can't think that this person's going

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Speaker 2: to be a good head coach. We have to know

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Speaker 2: and we know. We know that this guy just won

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Speaker 2: a national championship. We know that this guy's been to

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Speaker 2: a super Bowl. We know that he's elevated every program

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Speaker 2: And now he's going to be in Los Angeles for

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Speaker 2: a long time. And you know, it's been funny, like

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Speaker 2: the last three weeks we've been talking about this coaching search,

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Speaker 2: and you know, just the comments and hearing from Chargers fans.

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Speaker 2: They didn't want to hear about anybody else, And I

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Speaker 2: was almost a little nervous. I'm like, what happens if

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Speaker 2: they don't get hardball? Because he is option one, two, three, four,

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Speaker 2: this is the end result.

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Speaker 3: And people watching and listening can take this however they want.

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Speaker 3: I don't care. I've taken a ton of incoming the

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Speaker 3: last couple of days. Anyway, I don't want to hear

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Speaker 3: it anymore. I do not want to hear it when

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Speaker 3: it comes to the Spanos family anymore. That's it. It's over,

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Speaker 3: and it should have been over for a while. But

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Speaker 3: whatever the perceptions were of them and how they spend

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Speaker 3: It's it's not a viable opinion anymore. I'm sorry. The

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Speaker 3: family spent the billion dollars to move it out to

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Speaker 3: long way into convincing Jim Harbaugh to come here. They

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Speaker 3: top of that, they just had the highest paid defense

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Speaker 3: of things that he needed and extensions he needed sign

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Speaker 3: players he needed to keep in order to get this

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Speaker 3: They're not gonna pay him. They're too cheap. They don't

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Speaker 3: is not there are no more boxes to check for

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Speaker 3: the Spanos family. They have proven every step of the

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Speaker 3: way that they are spending, that they are putting capital

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Speaker 3: to Chargers fans for the first time. I'm in the

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Speaker 3: franchise's history. So I don't mean to get on a

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Speaker 1: He's such a dope.

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Speaker 3: But I remember when Anthony Lynn still had a year

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Speaker 3: in this in this market for thirty years. No way

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Speaker 3: He'll play out his contract because they don't play. They

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Speaker 3: retract that statement, never hurt him, didn't at least nobody

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Speaker 3: and they're probably gonna make Jim Harball one of the

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Speaker 3: to start it out with a lecture, but it's been

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Speaker 3: and it doesn't hold.

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Speaker 1: I'm sorry, it just does not hold.

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Speaker 3: And this is the final nail in that coffin that

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Speaker 3: That this was the last piece to that puzzle of

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Speaker 2: And it doesn't just stop with Harball. I mean, he

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Speaker 2: he wants to bring in best in class in everything. Right,

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Speaker 2: He's not going to do this halfway, and he's not

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Speaker 1: Going to do it halfway.

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Speaker 2: You don't leave the University of Michigan and become the

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Speaker 2: an NFL job. That's just okay, right, you know, the facility,

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Speaker 2: class staff. I just want to read Dean Spanos and

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Speaker 2: The Jim Harball was just epic. I can't wait, all right,

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Speaker 2: So so Dean goes. Jim Harball is football personified, and

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Speaker 2: I can think of no one better to lead the

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Speaker 2: two decades, Jim has led hundreds of mens to success

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Speaker 2: everywhere he's been as their coach. And today Jim Harball

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Speaker 2: has it better than us? And then John, you don't

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Speaker 2: and we couldn't be more excited to have him back

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Speaker 2: think this just kind of plays to your point, money,

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Speaker 2: They went to get Brandon Staley because Brandon Staley was

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Speaker 2: and guess what Philly wanted Brandon Staley and a lot

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Speaker 2: So you can't tell me that not everybody was on

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Speaker 2: winner in all of this because Jim Harball plays a

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Speaker 2: style of football where it's not all on the quarterback

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Speaker 2: seen Justin kind of try to put the team on

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Speaker 2: don't think he's gonna have to do that anymore. I

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Speaker 2: elevated because of Jim Harball. And I think that Jim Harball,

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Speaker 2: although it may take a year or two, right, there's

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Speaker 2: But the Chargers are really good hands and I think

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Speaker 1: Certainly.

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Speaker 3: And you described it perfectly, which is we know the

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Speaker 3: he has played it everywhere he's coached, whether that was

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Speaker 1: It is all the same.

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Speaker 3: It is physical, it is line play, It is a

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Speaker 3: it is. What it is is, Oh, we're setting you

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Speaker 3: And when you're not looking, here comes play action downfield

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Speaker 3: do that, and there's no better way to make Justin

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Speaker 3: defenses on their heels. How many times during the season

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Speaker 3: did we talk about the Chargers failing to dictate terms?

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Speaker 3: That it had been long been a I felt like

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Speaker 3: almost a mantra of mine that we would discuss this,

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Speaker 3: Chris that why is it that every game they go

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Speaker 3: into they allow the opponent to dictate the style of play. Oh,

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Speaker 3: we're going to let Tennessee drag us into the deep end.

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Speaker 3: We're going to play in a shootout with the Miami Dolphins.

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Speaker 1: No more.

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Speaker 3: From now on, Jim harbaughd dictates terms. You are going

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Speaker 3: I can tell you right now there are three people

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Speaker 3: and they are Andy Reid, Antonio Pierce, and Sean Payton

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Speaker 3: because they know what this means. They know what it

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Speaker 3: and that is bust your ass in practice, play physically

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Speaker 3: neighbors and and to me and in both a Donsay

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00:22:58,680 --> 00:23:05,160
Speaker 3: and and Hairs and Junior, you've got big, gnarly, punch

435
00:23:05,200 --> 00:23:07,879
Speaker 3: you in the face wide receivers that are physical, that

436
00:23:07,960 --> 00:23:12,480
Speaker 3: are explosive, that are true difference makers. And so it'll

437
00:23:12,480 --> 00:23:14,720
Speaker 3: be interesting to see what direction he wants to go

438
00:23:14,760 --> 00:23:17,480
Speaker 3: there or if you just want to trade out because

439
00:23:17,480 --> 00:23:19,439
Speaker 3: you know, you need to really rebuild this thing and

440
00:23:19,480 --> 00:23:22,920
Speaker 3: to restock it and to get a lot more bodies

441
00:23:22,960 --> 00:23:25,119
Speaker 3: that fit sort of this new style of play that

442
00:23:25,119 --> 00:23:26,160
Speaker 3: they're going to be getting after.

443
00:23:26,760 --> 00:23:29,399
Speaker 2: Yeah, no question, you know, I think i'd put Henley

444
00:23:29,680 --> 00:23:30,960
Speaker 2: as like the fourth.

445
00:23:30,800 --> 00:23:33,800
Speaker 3: Like I mentioned him too, and DJ was like, yeah,

446
00:23:33,880 --> 00:23:36,399
Speaker 3: he goes definitely, that's funny. So he was the other

447
00:23:36,480 --> 00:23:38,440
Speaker 3: one that I mentioned that the DJ's like, yeah, I

448
00:23:38,480 --> 00:23:40,480
Speaker 3: didn't think about the rookie Henley, but certain just because

449
00:23:40,480 --> 00:23:42,680
Speaker 3: we haven't seen him play a lot, But yes, certainly

450
00:23:43,280 --> 00:23:44,600
Speaker 3: I think that's someone.

451
00:23:45,080 --> 00:23:46,760
Speaker 2: Yeah, I feel like.

452
00:23:46,400 --> 00:23:48,480
Speaker 3: Based on the way he played in college, no doubt

453
00:23:48,760 --> 00:23:51,359
Speaker 3: it's he. He looks like someone that he can really

454
00:23:52,600 --> 00:23:57,280
Speaker 3: especially look at those linebackers in Baltimore. Just so think

455
00:23:57,320 --> 00:23:59,800
Speaker 3: about this, Mike McDonald, Jesse Minner, these are guys that

456
00:23:59,840 --> 00:24:04,119
Speaker 3: were together. So Charger fans do yourself a favor and

457
00:24:04,160 --> 00:24:07,960
Speaker 3: pay very close attention to that Baltimore defense. That's what

458
00:24:08,000 --> 00:24:10,480
Speaker 3: we're talking about. With jesse Minner, that's what we're talking about.

459
00:24:10,480 --> 00:24:13,439
Speaker 3: He did at Michigan, and particularly when it comes to

460
00:24:13,480 --> 00:24:17,680
Speaker 3: Henley and Derwin. I want you get a look at

461
00:24:17,720 --> 00:24:21,480
Speaker 3: Patrick Queen and at Rokwan Smith and at Kyle Hamilton

462
00:24:21,720 --> 00:24:25,280
Speaker 3: and how those guys are playing. And that's kind of

463
00:24:25,280 --> 00:24:28,439
Speaker 3: what we're getting at with Henley and with Derwin and

464
00:24:28,480 --> 00:24:29,720
Speaker 3: what we're going to be looking.

465
00:24:29,440 --> 00:24:34,320
Speaker 2: For money money that the Sunday night game. I think

466
00:24:34,320 --> 00:24:37,320
Speaker 2: we talked about it afterwards, but I have never seen

467
00:24:37,760 --> 00:24:42,000
Speaker 2: a more violent defense than the Baltimore defense. Just like

468
00:24:42,280 --> 00:24:44,840
Speaker 2: the way that they were they were hitting that night,

469
00:24:45,800 --> 00:24:49,040
Speaker 2: and I know the Chargers kept it close but it's

470
00:24:49,080 --> 00:24:52,960
Speaker 2: a violent defense. And you know from Patrick Queen to

471
00:24:53,080 --> 00:24:56,439
Speaker 2: Roquan Smith. Like Roquan Smith, I think he was miked

472
00:24:56,520 --> 00:25:01,040
Speaker 2: up last week against Hugh Oh. It's unbelievable. It's unbelievable.

473
00:25:01,200 --> 00:25:03,160
Speaker 2: And if not mistaken, I think Ortiz is the one

474
00:25:03,160 --> 00:25:06,639
Speaker 2: who had really good notes on on Roquan and and

475
00:25:06,960 --> 00:25:08,320
Speaker 2: brought him Overge.

476
00:25:08,800 --> 00:25:12,040
Speaker 3: Wait a minute, how do you how do you know that, Chris?

477
00:25:12,960 --> 00:25:14,960
Speaker 3: How do you know that about How do you know

478
00:25:15,000 --> 00:25:16,479
Speaker 3: that about Ortiz and Roquan?

479
00:25:17,800 --> 00:25:18,520
Speaker 2: Was it on X?

480
00:25:19,480 --> 00:25:19,760
Speaker 1: Nope?

481
00:25:20,960 --> 00:25:24,400
Speaker 3: Did you say that because John Harbaugh mentioned it in

482
00:25:24,440 --> 00:25:28,080
Speaker 3: his presser? And if and if and if you don't

483
00:25:28,119 --> 00:25:31,840
Speaker 3: think that John's trying to give his guy a little

484
00:25:31,920 --> 00:25:35,560
Speaker 3: nudge here, knowing that he was having that dinner tomorrow

485
00:25:35,840 --> 00:25:38,120
Speaker 3: or having that interview tomorrow, If you don't think he

486
00:25:38,160 --> 00:25:41,399
Speaker 3: wasn't trying to Hey, little nugget, Joe Ortiz is the

487
00:25:41,400 --> 00:25:44,440
Speaker 3: guy that that was doing all the work on Roquan

488
00:25:44,520 --> 00:25:46,560
Speaker 3: and convinced us to make this trade. And now you

489
00:25:46,640 --> 00:25:52,199
Speaker 3: see the benefits. You better believe that's brother sending a

490
00:25:52,200 --> 00:25:54,400
Speaker 3: signal to brother like, hey, I.

491
00:25:54,359 --> 00:25:57,600
Speaker 1: Got your guy. Okay, he's right here. This is going

492
00:25:57,640 --> 00:26:00,479
Speaker 1: to be your guy. I love what you's funny.

493
00:26:00,840 --> 00:26:02,639
Speaker 2: I love when the guys do that, though Muddy, like

494
00:26:02,640 --> 00:26:05,320
Speaker 2: I said, like Les Sneid did. He spent his first

495
00:26:05,359 --> 00:26:09,080
Speaker 2: three minutes of his uh yeah exit talking about Raheem

496
00:26:09,200 --> 00:26:11,240
Speaker 2: and it's just you know, you want to brag on

497
00:26:11,320 --> 00:26:13,840
Speaker 2: your guys, But I mean, yeah, how about that little nugget?

498
00:26:14,760 --> 00:26:15,040
Speaker 1: Yeah.

499
00:26:15,520 --> 00:26:17,359
Speaker 3: When I heard I was watching the pressure today, I

500
00:26:17,400 --> 00:26:19,840
Speaker 3: started cracking up. I was like, this is too good.

501
00:26:20,160 --> 00:26:23,040
Speaker 3: John trying to send a signal to the Chargers into

502
00:26:23,040 --> 00:26:25,560
Speaker 3: his brother. Hey, this guy's been doing it here for

503
00:26:25,600 --> 00:26:28,520
Speaker 3: twenty five years. He deserves a shot. He's really good.

504
00:26:29,440 --> 00:26:31,879
Speaker 3: Which is interesting because you know we play the the

505
00:26:32,000 --> 00:26:34,280
Speaker 3: Chargers play the AFC North next year, so we're gonna

506
00:26:34,280 --> 00:26:35,000
Speaker 3: be at Baltimore.

507
00:26:35,040 --> 00:26:36,000
Speaker 1: We got a hardball Bowl.

508
00:26:36,080 --> 00:26:38,120
Speaker 2: You don't know it's it's it's in La.

509
00:26:39,040 --> 00:26:39,680
Speaker 1: Oh, it's in La.

510
00:26:40,080 --> 00:26:43,240
Speaker 2: I think it's in La. Let me just check that

511
00:26:43,440 --> 00:26:44,840
Speaker 2: as we you know this is.

512
00:26:44,800 --> 00:26:46,840
Speaker 3: A or are we in Pittsburgh in Cleveland? You're right,

513
00:26:46,920 --> 00:26:50,880
Speaker 3: I think we're I think we're in Pittsburgh and we're

514
00:26:50,920 --> 00:26:54,720
Speaker 3: in Cleveland and we have Baltimore here, yeap, Baltimore, absolutely.

515
00:26:54,400 --> 00:26:57,040
Speaker 2: Right, Because uh fans were saying like, oh, that should

516
00:26:57,080 --> 00:26:59,280
Speaker 2: be the kickoff game. If the Ravens win the Super Bowl,

517
00:26:59,359 --> 00:27:01,359
Speaker 2: it won't be. The Ravens are gonna get the rain

518
00:27:01,520 --> 00:27:04,520
Speaker 2: on the open. But you know what, somebody mentioned Thanksgiving,

519
00:27:04,520 --> 00:27:08,000
Speaker 2: and I feel like that's the perfect primetime Thanksgiving game.

520
00:27:08,200 --> 00:27:12,840
Speaker 2: Is the Brothers family coming together in Los Angeles. I

521
00:27:12,920 --> 00:27:14,959
Speaker 2: have to believe it's gonna be a primetime game, and

522
00:27:15,000 --> 00:27:17,040
Speaker 2: I think that that may be the best plate for it.

523
00:27:17,119 --> 00:27:19,280
Speaker 2: So you know, once the schedule comes out, we can

524
00:27:19,359 --> 00:27:23,560
Speaker 2: we can dish on that, but sure, I don't. I

525
00:27:23,560 --> 00:27:25,440
Speaker 2: don't know what else you want to talk about right now,

526
00:27:25,520 --> 00:27:28,440
Speaker 2: because there's so much that's going to come out. As

527
00:27:28,480 --> 00:27:30,920
Speaker 2: we take this on a Wednesday tomorrow, we're probably gonna

528
00:27:30,920 --> 00:27:33,240
Speaker 2: get a little bit more intel as to who some

529
00:27:33,280 --> 00:27:36,280
Speaker 2: of the coordinators he's eyeing, the general manager is gonna

530
00:27:36,280 --> 00:27:40,480
Speaker 2: come out. I just I'm I'm happy for Chargers fans

531
00:27:40,680 --> 00:27:43,760
Speaker 2: because you and I see all the same comments and

532
00:27:44,280 --> 00:27:47,360
Speaker 2: just the way that this is kind of dragged out.

533
00:27:47,480 --> 00:27:51,400
Speaker 2: Since that that that game in Las Vegas, we've kind

534
00:27:51,400 --> 00:27:54,080
Speaker 2: of hit different stages of I can't believe this is

535
00:27:54,119 --> 00:27:58,280
Speaker 2: happening too. All right, Let's let's finish the season two,

536
00:27:58,840 --> 00:28:01,679
Speaker 2: all right, we're gonna interview cast a wide net. The

537
00:28:01,720 --> 00:28:04,080
Speaker 2: wide net was casting. I mean, I give the Spanish

538
00:28:04,080 --> 00:28:06,320
Speaker 2: family a lot of credit for casting this wide net

539
00:28:06,359 --> 00:28:11,560
Speaker 2: and interviewing the likes of Mike Rabel and Ben Johnson

540
00:28:11,600 --> 00:28:15,359
Speaker 2: and all these up and comers too, leaving no stone

541
00:28:15,400 --> 00:28:18,119
Speaker 2: unturned because obviously, you know Jim Harball, you don't know

542
00:28:18,160 --> 00:28:20,080
Speaker 2: what he's gonna do. You don't know what he ultimately

543
00:28:20,119 --> 00:28:23,240
Speaker 2: wanted to do. But we found out today. And I

544
00:28:23,560 --> 00:28:26,879
Speaker 2: give the Spanish family a ton of credit for making

545
00:28:26,920 --> 00:28:31,040
Speaker 2: sure that they get this thing right. And they closed

546
00:28:31,080 --> 00:28:32,280
Speaker 2: the deal, and they certainly did it.

547
00:28:33,160 --> 00:28:36,680
Speaker 3: Yeah, you better coming off a five and twelve season

548
00:28:37,240 --> 00:28:43,040
Speaker 3: and having six primetime games that probably did not excite

549
00:28:43,040 --> 00:28:45,280
Speaker 3: the networks too much. Toward the end of the season,

550
00:28:45,320 --> 00:28:49,480
Speaker 3: they're thinking, probably dial this back now down there like

551
00:28:49,520 --> 00:28:55,160
Speaker 3: maybe three. No, Jim Harbaugh and Justin Herbert, you better

552
00:28:55,160 --> 00:28:57,360
Speaker 3: believe there's gonna be a lot of prime time. There's

553
00:28:57,440 --> 00:29:00,520
Speaker 3: gonna probably be a holiday game in there. There may

554
00:29:00,560 --> 00:29:03,480
Speaker 3: be a flight to Germany to play the Panthers or

555
00:29:03,560 --> 00:29:05,880
Speaker 3: a flight to Brazil to play somebody out. I mean,

556
00:29:06,120 --> 00:29:10,240
Speaker 3: this is this is a this a big day. It's

557
00:29:10,240 --> 00:29:13,240
Speaker 3: a big day, and a huge congratulations to John and

558
00:29:13,280 --> 00:29:17,600
Speaker 3: Dean Spanos and to everybody else in the front office

559
00:29:17,640 --> 00:29:20,520
Speaker 3: that was part of this, you know, Ed and Janie

560
00:29:20,560 --> 00:29:23,840
Speaker 3: and just everybody that works up there. That's all part

561
00:29:23,840 --> 00:29:28,280
Speaker 3: of the decision making process, because look, they hired a

562
00:29:28,400 --> 00:29:32,680
Speaker 3: superstar and you need it in this market. And beyond that,

563
00:29:33,280 --> 00:29:36,080
Speaker 3: so much more important than that, they hired the guy

564
00:29:36,080 --> 00:29:38,080
Speaker 3: that everybody thinks is going to bring a super Bowl.

565
00:29:38,160 --> 00:29:40,959
Speaker 3: It's going to maximize the talents of Justin Herbert in

566
00:29:41,000 --> 00:29:43,440
Speaker 3: ages twenty six through thirty one at least, and I

567
00:29:43,480 --> 00:29:47,200
Speaker 3: hope twenty six through thirty six and forty or whatever

568
00:29:47,360 --> 00:29:49,600
Speaker 3: that the two of them are going to be locked

569
00:29:50,120 --> 00:29:55,000
Speaker 3: like Belichick and Brady, Harbaugh and Herbert. It works as

570
00:29:55,040 --> 00:30:00,320
Speaker 3: we said, you know, with alliteration, and it's exactly what

571
00:30:00,440 --> 00:30:05,120
Speaker 3: this franchise needed. You can't not take advantage of the

572
00:30:05,240 --> 00:30:08,520
Speaker 3: talent you have at quarterback when it's a quarterback league.

573
00:30:09,040 --> 00:30:12,320
Speaker 3: You needed someone that was a winner more than anything.

574
00:30:12,560 --> 00:30:15,720
Speaker 3: We discussed that at nauseum, that you needed someone to

575
00:30:15,760 --> 00:30:18,400
Speaker 3: walk through those doors at that new facility in June

576
00:30:19,120 --> 00:30:21,960
Speaker 3: that players look at and go, this guy knows how

577
00:30:21,960 --> 00:30:25,520
Speaker 3: to win. He's gonna He's gonna kick my ass, you know,

578
00:30:25,640 --> 00:30:28,720
Speaker 3: in camp and in practice, and that cake walk is

579
00:30:28,760 --> 00:30:32,880
Speaker 3: over and it's going to be physical, and it's not

580
00:30:32,920 --> 00:30:34,960
Speaker 3: gonna be fun. He's gonna air you out, he's gonna

581
00:30:35,000 --> 00:30:39,080
Speaker 3: run hot, and he's gonna hold you accountable and things

582
00:30:39,120 --> 00:30:41,440
Speaker 3: are gonna be a little uncomfortable, but he's gonna win.

583
00:30:41,880 --> 00:30:45,719
Speaker 3: So that's all he's done his whole life. And there

584
00:30:45,840 --> 00:30:48,840
Speaker 3: it just it made too much sense. It made way

585
00:30:49,040 --> 00:30:52,160
Speaker 3: too much sense for these two parties to get together

586
00:30:52,360 --> 00:30:56,000
Speaker 3: and do this. Someone as competitive as he is, with

587
00:30:56,080 --> 00:30:59,920
Speaker 3: the advantage you have with the quarterback, with the situation

588
00:31:00,200 --> 00:31:02,360
Speaker 3: where you've got both jobs open, to pair it up

589
00:31:02,400 --> 00:31:04,440
Speaker 3: with a general manager, you've got a top five pick,

590
00:31:04,480 --> 00:31:08,000
Speaker 3: and you still have anchors, young anchors on your team

591
00:31:08,040 --> 00:31:12,880
Speaker 3: to build around in Slater to Lee, Derwin and Justin

592
00:31:13,440 --> 00:31:16,000
Speaker 3: and it just I can't wait to see what it

593
00:31:16,000 --> 00:31:18,000
Speaker 3: looks like. Like you said, there's still because we're doing

594
00:31:18,000 --> 00:31:21,360
Speaker 3: this right after the announcement, still a lot to be

595
00:31:21,400 --> 00:31:25,240
Speaker 3: sorted out. Once the staff gets put together and the

596
00:31:25,320 --> 00:31:27,920
Speaker 3: general manager is announced, we'll come back to another one

597
00:31:28,440 --> 00:31:31,600
Speaker 3: and start to break down how this thing might shake out.

598
00:31:31,600 --> 00:31:35,400
Speaker 3: But for now, you got to play Andy Reid, Sean

599
00:31:35,440 --> 00:31:39,680
Speaker 3: Payton twice a year. Antonio Pierce knocked the Chargers around

600
00:31:39,720 --> 00:31:43,080
Speaker 3: for sixty three. Our old friend Tom Telesco's over there.

601
00:31:43,640 --> 00:31:45,120
Speaker 3: You know, we know what he does with his first

602
00:31:45,200 --> 00:31:47,360
Speaker 3: round picks. They got the thirteenth pick. Now you got

603
00:31:47,360 --> 00:31:49,480
Speaker 3: to find a quarterback. Be interesting to see where they

604
00:31:49,520 --> 00:31:53,920
Speaker 3: go with that. But you know, and that's just the division, Chris,

605
00:31:54,000 --> 00:31:57,080
Speaker 3: Jim Harbaugh's got to go up against John Harbaugh. He's

606
00:31:57,080 --> 00:31:59,920
Speaker 3: got up against Mike Tomlin. You know, he's got to

607
00:31:59,920 --> 00:32:04,840
Speaker 3: go up against you know, Josh Allen and Joe Burrow.

608
00:32:05,440 --> 00:32:08,920
Speaker 3: This is a gnarly division. And now knowing that the

609
00:32:09,040 --> 00:32:12,960
Speaker 3: Chargers not only have the quarterback, they have the head

610
00:32:12,960 --> 00:32:15,560
Speaker 3: coach that you believe can go in with a game

611
00:32:15,600 --> 00:32:19,880
Speaker 3: plan and win any of these games because he's proven

612
00:32:19,920 --> 00:32:21,480
Speaker 3: he's done it in the past, all the way to

613
00:32:21,520 --> 00:32:26,240
Speaker 3: the super Bowl. It's just a completely completely different feeling

614
00:32:26,600 --> 00:32:28,200
Speaker 3: around this team moving forward.

615
00:32:29,120 --> 00:32:31,480
Speaker 2: They got an alpha now, I mean they got a

616
00:32:31,520 --> 00:32:34,640
Speaker 2: guy who you know, money. Like you said, there's not

617
00:32:34,760 --> 00:32:38,160
Speaker 2: many coaches that could come into the AFC West and

618
00:32:38,920 --> 00:32:42,240
Speaker 2: still be an alpha, right. There's maybe Belichick and Harball.

619
00:32:42,440 --> 00:32:45,280
Speaker 2: I don't think there's another coach. Yeah, maybe Vayble to

620
00:32:45,560 --> 00:32:49,680
Speaker 2: a smaller degree, but you have Harball and I just

621
00:32:49,720 --> 00:32:51,560
Speaker 2: I was thinking about this because you've been the voice

622
00:32:51,600 --> 00:32:53,600
Speaker 2: of the Chargers since they moved up to Los Angeles

623
00:32:53,640 --> 00:32:56,959
Speaker 2: in twenty seventeen, and there's always been kind of stages here, right.

624
00:32:57,040 --> 00:33:00,200
Speaker 2: You know, it's very hard to move a team. They

625
00:33:00,240 --> 00:33:02,720
Speaker 2: were at the stub Hub Center and Dignity Hell Sports

626
00:33:02,760 --> 00:33:09,560
Speaker 2: Park for a few years. The big shiny Sofi Stadium

627
00:33:09,840 --> 00:33:12,480
Speaker 2: was kind of you know, it was a little that

628
00:33:12,640 --> 00:33:15,480
Speaker 2: sobering when COVID happened and you couldn't have fans in

629
00:33:15,520 --> 00:33:17,960
Speaker 2: the stands, and then you know, the second your fans

630
00:33:18,000 --> 00:33:22,680
Speaker 2: come into Sofi. They have a brand new facility now

631
00:33:23,000 --> 00:33:25,880
Speaker 2: that they're opening later this year. That's about ten minutes

632
00:33:25,880 --> 00:33:28,520
Speaker 2: from Sofi Stadium, right next to Lax and El Segunda,

633
00:33:28,600 --> 00:33:30,800
Speaker 2: right next to the Lakers and the Kings. And now

634
00:33:30,840 --> 00:33:36,120
Speaker 2: they have a Hall of Fame type head coach, someone

635
00:33:36,120 --> 00:33:37,800
Speaker 2: who's been to a Super Bowl and just won a

636
00:33:37,880 --> 00:33:41,280
Speaker 2: national championship. I think that this is finally the year

637
00:33:41,320 --> 00:33:45,400
Speaker 2: that we can say the Chargers are here. Right. They

638
00:33:45,400 --> 00:33:47,960
Speaker 2: have plannar roots in Los Angeles, They have their own

639
00:33:48,000 --> 00:33:50,480
Speaker 2: brand new facility, and they got a pretty good head

640
00:33:50,480 --> 00:33:55,400
Speaker 2: coach to boot with a franchise quarterback. So today feels different, right,

641
00:33:55,840 --> 00:33:59,520
Speaker 2: It just from everything that's happened over the last several

642
00:33:59,600 --> 00:34:02,880
Speaker 2: years and stay in the course and trying to find

643
00:34:02,920 --> 00:34:05,680
Speaker 2: the right formula. Seems like today they found.

644
00:34:05,480 --> 00:34:07,840
Speaker 1: It, no doubt.

645
00:34:08,160 --> 00:34:11,200
Speaker 3: And just look at the final four and you tip

646
00:34:11,239 --> 00:34:14,839
Speaker 3: your cap to Dan Campbell for getting the Lions there.

647
00:34:14,880 --> 00:34:17,200
Speaker 3: But I think in the case of the Lions, you

648
00:34:17,320 --> 00:34:20,120
Speaker 3: had top ten picks for the last half decade. It's

649
00:34:20,160 --> 00:34:23,799
Speaker 3: about time you cash those things in, you know. But

650
00:34:24,600 --> 00:34:28,680
Speaker 3: Kyle Shanahan been to a Super Bowl. Andy Reid has

651
00:34:28,719 --> 00:34:33,160
Speaker 3: won multiple Super Bowls. John Harbaugh has won a Super Bowl. Like,

652
00:34:34,120 --> 00:34:37,440
Speaker 3: here's what matters in this league, coaching and quarterbacking. Coaching

653
00:34:37,440 --> 00:34:43,000
Speaker 3: and quarterbacking, and maybe you have one that surpasses the

654
00:34:43,040 --> 00:34:47,320
Speaker 3: other considerably and that's why you get here. And or

655
00:34:47,360 --> 00:34:50,840
Speaker 3: maybe you have both, or maybe the quarterback is just

656
00:34:50,920 --> 00:34:55,440
Speaker 3: so good it overcomes everything. That's what I'm talking about.

657
00:34:55,600 --> 00:34:57,840
Speaker 3: And look for Dan Campbell for all the incoming he

658
00:34:57,880 --> 00:35:00,480
Speaker 3: took at that presser, you know, the bite and the

659
00:35:00,520 --> 00:35:02,680
Speaker 3: kneecap on the way down, and bite your kneecap on

660
00:35:02,760 --> 00:35:05,080
Speaker 3: the way back up and oh, there's just some meathead.

661
00:35:06,200 --> 00:35:09,840
Speaker 3: They took on his personality, they took on that team

662
00:35:09,920 --> 00:35:12,960
Speaker 3: plays the way that guy talks, and there's not a

663
00:35:13,040 --> 00:35:16,239
Speaker 3: lot of physical teams like that. Baltimore Ravens are a

664
00:35:16,239 --> 00:35:19,560
Speaker 3: physical team. We know the San Francisco defense is a

665
00:35:19,560 --> 00:35:23,680
Speaker 3: physical team. We see that the Chiefs have the greatest

666
00:35:23,719 --> 00:35:26,359
Speaker 3: quarterback of his generation right now, of his era, right

667
00:35:26,400 --> 00:35:30,040
Speaker 3: now and perhaps could go down as perhaps of all time.

668
00:35:30,120 --> 00:35:33,960
Speaker 3: I mean, six consecutive AFC Championship games. My god, so

669
00:35:34,719 --> 00:35:37,960
Speaker 3: and and you have a Lions team, physical team.

670
00:35:39,520 --> 00:35:40,120
Speaker 1: What do they do?

671
00:35:40,360 --> 00:35:42,319
Speaker 3: Lions run the ball, Run the hell out of the ball.

672
00:35:42,360 --> 00:35:44,799
Speaker 3: That's why they drafted Jamior Gibbs number twelve overall. And

673
00:35:44,880 --> 00:35:47,359
Speaker 3: nobody's making fun of that pick now, and what that

674
00:35:47,400 --> 00:35:50,640
Speaker 3: guy can do? You know they drafted old lineman Taylor

675
00:35:50,719 --> 00:35:53,680
Speaker 3: Decker first round or Piney Sewell first rounder. Look at

676
00:35:53,680 --> 00:35:58,160
Speaker 3: the forty nine ers traded multiple picks to get Christian McCaffrey,

677
00:35:58,160 --> 00:36:00,160
Speaker 3: a former first rounder here. That's what they want of

678
00:36:00,160 --> 00:36:01,920
Speaker 3: their identity, to be traded a first round or to

679
00:36:01,920 --> 00:36:04,600
Speaker 3: get Trent and Williams paid him a bunch of money.

680
00:36:05,360 --> 00:36:08,560
Speaker 3: What do the Ravens do O line and run the

681
00:36:08,560 --> 00:36:13,799
Speaker 3: ball with you know like it works, it works. And

682
00:36:13,880 --> 00:36:16,719
Speaker 3: now the now the Chargers happened. They got it with

683
00:36:16,760 --> 00:36:18,480
Speaker 3: a quarterback, and they got it with a head coach,

684
00:36:19,080 --> 00:36:22,839
Speaker 3: and man, I would it's early. They got to prove it.

685
00:36:23,600 --> 00:36:25,880
Speaker 3: I'd put that pair up against anybody. You tell me

686
00:36:25,920 --> 00:36:28,759
Speaker 3: you can take any head coach and quarterback pairing in

687
00:36:28,800 --> 00:36:31,440
Speaker 3: the league. And I know it'll start with Andy Reid

688
00:36:31,480 --> 00:36:33,400
Speaker 3: and Patrick Mahomes because of what they've been able to

689
00:36:33,440 --> 00:36:38,520
Speaker 3: do together. But man, this is this might be right

690
00:36:38,560 --> 00:36:41,440
Speaker 3: behind it. You know, John Harbalamar Jackson is gonna win

691
00:36:41,480 --> 00:36:42,560
Speaker 3: a second MVP this year.

692
00:36:42,760 --> 00:36:45,280
Speaker 1: This is right there. I believe that to be the case.

693
00:36:45,760 --> 00:36:49,880
Speaker 2: Yeah, And you can retool and reload pretty quickly in

694
00:36:49,920 --> 00:36:53,040
Speaker 2: the NFL. And again there's there's a lot of household

695
00:36:53,160 --> 00:36:56,960
Speaker 2: names that frankly can't be here next year because of

696
00:36:57,000 --> 00:36:59,759
Speaker 2: the cap numbers. So we're gonna find out who those

697
00:36:59,840 --> 00:37:02,120
Speaker 2: names are going to be very shortly. But you know,

698
00:37:02,200 --> 00:37:05,680
Speaker 2: you mentioned the Lions, and you know they really they

699
00:37:05,760 --> 00:37:08,440
Speaker 2: hit on that, that Golf and Stafford trade. But but

700
00:37:08,480 --> 00:37:11,000
Speaker 2: I just I look at the contributions that they've gotten.

701
00:37:11,440 --> 00:37:16,600
Speaker 2: You mentioned Jamir Gibbs, Sam Laporta, I mean Campbell, they're there,

702
00:37:16,719 --> 00:37:20,400
Speaker 2: their linebacker, I mean Jack. You have guys that are

703
00:37:20,440 --> 00:37:24,800
Speaker 2: contributing immediately. And again, if you bring in a smart

704
00:37:24,800 --> 00:37:28,560
Speaker 2: personnel mind and pair him with Harball, Harball knows his

705
00:37:28,640 --> 00:37:32,040
Speaker 2: tight he knows what he needs to be successful, whether

706
00:37:32,080 --> 00:37:34,360
Speaker 2: that's in free agency or the draft. So if you

707
00:37:34,440 --> 00:37:38,120
Speaker 2: hit on some draft picks, retool this roster and maybe

708
00:37:38,160 --> 00:37:40,400
Speaker 2: get more out of some of the guys who are

709
00:37:40,400 --> 00:37:42,840
Speaker 2: currently on the rostery. I don't know who it's going

710
00:37:42,920 --> 00:37:47,040
Speaker 2: to be, but I venture to say there's some guys

711
00:37:47,160 --> 00:37:50,080
Speaker 2: that are currently on this roster that maybe didn't perform

712
00:37:50,560 --> 00:37:54,359
Speaker 2: or you didn't see their potential this year, You'll see

713
00:37:54,360 --> 00:37:58,000
Speaker 2: it this year, right. Jim Harbaugh's gonna identify some guys

714
00:37:58,000 --> 00:38:00,040
Speaker 2: that he said, you know what, I think that this

715
00:38:00,080 --> 00:38:01,640
Speaker 2: guy could be better. I think he can fit in

716
00:38:01,680 --> 00:38:03,920
Speaker 2: my system, but we got to get more out of him.

717
00:38:03,920 --> 00:38:05,960
Speaker 2: What does he do better? And I don't know who

718
00:38:06,000 --> 00:38:08,480
Speaker 2: those guys are, like I said, but I have a

719
00:38:08,520 --> 00:38:12,160
Speaker 2: feeling that there's some players on this roster that maybe

720
00:38:12,239 --> 00:38:14,879
Speaker 2: didn't make the impact in twenty twenty three, that they're

721
00:38:14,880 --> 00:38:16,160
Speaker 2: going to make in twenty twenty four.

722
00:38:17,360 --> 00:38:19,320
Speaker 3: Yeah, I'll say, you know, one that's a free agent

723
00:38:19,360 --> 00:38:21,600
Speaker 3: that we didn't mention, and I think is fair and

724
00:38:21,680 --> 00:38:25,839
Speaker 3: because he doesn't necessarily fit the profile of a Jim

725
00:38:25,880 --> 00:38:30,399
Speaker 3: Harbaugh type. But man, you'd be hard pressed to tell

726
00:38:30,400 --> 00:38:33,080
Speaker 3: me that Gerald Everett wasn't one of the hardest workers

727
00:38:33,120 --> 00:38:36,800
Speaker 3: and one of the biggest effort givers from this past

728
00:38:36,840 --> 00:38:40,120
Speaker 3: season when it did not matter what the score was.

729
00:38:40,320 --> 00:38:42,640
Speaker 3: I'll never forget him for that Raider game when they

730
00:38:42,640 --> 00:38:46,360
Speaker 3: were down and he's out there cracking helmets and fighting

731
00:38:46,400 --> 00:38:50,240
Speaker 3: for extra yards and still yapping at guys and trying

732
00:38:50,280 --> 00:38:52,160
Speaker 3: to get something going with this team. And I think

733
00:38:52,160 --> 00:38:54,120
Speaker 3: we've seen that from him. You put someone one on

734
00:38:54,120 --> 00:38:56,160
Speaker 3: one with Gerald Everett, he's going to break the tackle.

735
00:38:56,560 --> 00:38:58,560
Speaker 3: You're not getting him down, And so I think they're

736
00:38:59,120 --> 00:39:01,560
Speaker 3: you know, that's just to your point that there may

737
00:39:01,560 --> 00:39:04,960
Speaker 3: be players you don't think of on this roster that

738
00:39:04,960 --> 00:39:08,680
Speaker 3: that end up. Isaiah Spiller's a big back. It's a

739
00:39:08,680 --> 00:39:13,359
Speaker 3: big dude, you know, so you know, think about he's

740
00:39:13,440 --> 00:39:15,840
Speaker 3: he's a bigger guy. He's a lot bigger than Austin

741
00:39:15,920 --> 00:39:19,920
Speaker 3: and Joshua. So I think it's you know, that's that's

742
00:39:19,960 --> 00:39:22,320
Speaker 3: another one that comes to mind is here's a legitimate

743
00:39:22,360 --> 00:39:25,520
Speaker 3: two fifteen, two hundred and twenty pound back. You know,

744
00:39:25,600 --> 00:39:28,520
Speaker 3: the clock's in at six feet and that's sort of

745
00:39:28,600 --> 00:39:35,040
Speaker 3: more in the style. So yeah, like you're gonna you're

746
00:39:35,040 --> 00:39:36,800
Speaker 3: gonna carry over a lot of these players.

747
00:39:36,800 --> 00:39:39,040
Speaker 1: There's gonna be a lot of the Yeah, I was.

748
00:39:39,040 --> 00:39:41,239
Speaker 2: Gonna say money like saw your or Zion, Like those

749
00:39:41,239 --> 00:39:43,200
Speaker 2: are the guy guys I'm thinking about, Like they have

750
00:39:43,239 --> 00:39:45,320
Speaker 2: an extra gear they got to get to right, and

751
00:39:45,600 --> 00:39:47,000
Speaker 2: I think the gym could probably get that.

752
00:39:47,120 --> 00:39:52,040
Speaker 3: No, that's the whole line play, you know, o line,

753
00:39:52,520 --> 00:39:55,200
Speaker 3: and that'll be the interesting you know, that'll be the

754
00:39:55,239 --> 00:39:59,000
Speaker 3: interesting debate. You know, you're I don't think you're gonna

755
00:39:59,000 --> 00:40:01,279
Speaker 3: get rid of all four those guys, all four of

756
00:40:01,320 --> 00:40:05,279
Speaker 3: those contracts. Maybe you do, but you you can keep one.

757
00:40:05,560 --> 00:40:08,520
Speaker 3: You can restructure, you can figure it out, you know,

758
00:40:08,760 --> 00:40:12,719
Speaker 3: it certainly seems I think about Justin Smith and then

759
00:40:12,719 --> 00:40:14,840
Speaker 3: I look at Joey Bos and I'm like, eh, I

760
00:40:14,920 --> 00:40:15,239
Speaker 3: see that.

761
00:40:15,800 --> 00:40:18,200
Speaker 1: I can see it. And also, let's not.

762
00:40:18,200 --> 00:40:21,719
Speaker 3: Forget I've you know, I feel bad doing it, but

763
00:40:22,200 --> 00:40:24,640
Speaker 3: I've told the story before. I remember standing on the

764
00:40:24,680 --> 00:40:30,960
Speaker 3: sideline at training camp when joint practices Joey Bosa's I

765
00:40:31,000 --> 00:40:32,719
Speaker 3: can't remember who he was running with. Maybe it was

766
00:40:32,800 --> 00:40:34,239
Speaker 3: Kamara or so who did they who do they have

767
00:40:34,280 --> 00:40:35,040
Speaker 3: joint practices with?

768
00:40:35,080 --> 00:40:36,920
Speaker 1: This year? Was it? Uh?

769
00:40:38,320 --> 00:40:40,319
Speaker 2: This year? It was uh?

770
00:40:40,800 --> 00:40:41,680
Speaker 1: It was it New Orleans?

771
00:40:41,680 --> 00:40:43,480
Speaker 2: It was New Orleans, it was New Orleans. Yeah, it

772
00:40:43,480 --> 00:40:43,960
Speaker 2: was New Orleans.

773
00:40:44,040 --> 00:40:45,759
Speaker 1: Yeah it was New Orleans. Or No, No, it wasn't

774
00:40:45,800 --> 00:40:48,120
Speaker 1: it wasn't New Orleans. Yeah it was. It was because Derek.

775
00:40:47,920 --> 00:40:49,840
Speaker 2: Carr was I wanted you to sit with that with

776
00:40:49,880 --> 00:40:50,879
Speaker 2: Derek Carr.

777
00:40:51,480 --> 00:40:54,839
Speaker 3: Right, And I remember Joey ended up. I remember Joey

778
00:40:54,920 --> 00:40:56,319
Speaker 3: ended up. Or it may have been two years ago

779
00:40:56,360 --> 00:40:58,200
Speaker 3: when he ended up covering Kittle, or maybe it was

780
00:40:58,200 --> 00:40:58,560
Speaker 3: this year.

781
00:40:58,600 --> 00:40:59,160
Speaker 1: No, it's this year.

782
00:40:59,200 --> 00:41:02,160
Speaker 3: He was covering Commar and he just looks up and

783
00:41:02,200 --> 00:41:04,200
Speaker 3: he's like, what am I ef in doing? Like what

784
00:41:04,280 --> 00:41:06,720
Speaker 3: am I even effing? And like, I think we've heard

785
00:41:06,800 --> 00:41:11,400
Speaker 3: that he was never quite comfortable with what was asked

786
00:41:11,400 --> 00:41:14,759
Speaker 3: of him. Yeah, and so there's I think that's something

787
00:41:14,800 --> 00:41:17,640
Speaker 3: to keep in mind with with Joey and and moving

788
00:41:17,719 --> 00:41:21,319
Speaker 3: forward and all those names I rattled off, you know,

789
00:41:21,680 --> 00:41:26,520
Speaker 3: mod Brooks, Alden Smith, Justin Smith and those dudes that

790
00:41:26,640 --> 00:41:29,800
Speaker 3: performed and just think about the guys up at Michigan

791
00:41:30,600 --> 00:41:33,520
Speaker 3: and and how those guys have for all those aiden

792
00:41:33,600 --> 00:41:38,759
Speaker 3: Hutchinson Joey Bosa, Like, come on, I mean we're we're

793
00:41:38,800 --> 00:41:42,240
Speaker 3: shopping in the same aisle on that exactly. So that's

794
00:41:42,360 --> 00:41:47,839
Speaker 3: something I think to keep an eye on. I if

795
00:41:47,920 --> 00:41:50,759
Speaker 3: Joey Bosa stays healthy, it's not even in the conversation.

796
00:41:51,360 --> 00:41:53,160
Speaker 3: It's what's this cap number thirty two? All right, we'll

797
00:41:53,160 --> 00:41:55,479
Speaker 3: figure out how to work around that. Well, we'll figure

798
00:41:55,480 --> 00:41:57,560
Speaker 3: out how to work around that. Let's let's let's sort

799
00:41:57,600 --> 00:41:59,719
Speaker 3: that out, because that guy ain't going anywhere. I know

800
00:41:59,760 --> 00:42:02,840
Speaker 3: the injuries are a concern, but that's a Jim Harbaugh player,

801
00:42:03,960 --> 00:42:06,080
Speaker 3: if you know, just going back to what he had

802
00:42:06,120 --> 00:42:11,439
Speaker 3: in San Francisco and what he's had in Michigan. There's

803
00:42:11,480 --> 00:42:13,600
Speaker 3: always been a pass rusher in the first round or

804
00:42:13,680 --> 00:42:15,840
Speaker 3: second round from Michigan in the draft.

805
00:42:16,840 --> 00:42:20,239
Speaker 2: And man like I think Khalil Macks a harball player too.

806
00:42:20,400 --> 00:42:23,160
Speaker 2: It's just that does does the money work? Right? A

807
00:42:23,239 --> 00:42:26,600
Speaker 2: guy who is a veteran who can play on the

808
00:42:26,600 --> 00:42:29,279
Speaker 2: other side of Tully. Let's say, I don't think you

809
00:42:29,320 --> 00:42:31,920
Speaker 2: can go wrong with Joey or Khalil Heck, it'd be

810
00:42:31,960 --> 00:42:34,360
Speaker 2: great to have them both, but just the cap is

811
00:42:34,760 --> 00:42:36,479
Speaker 2: telling us something else.

812
00:42:36,960 --> 00:42:39,319
Speaker 3: I think the cap would suggest otherwise that it's going

813
00:42:39,360 --> 00:42:41,440
Speaker 3: to be hard to keep both of them. You're probably

814
00:42:41,480 --> 00:42:43,480
Speaker 3: gonna have to pick, would be my guess.

815
00:42:43,760 --> 00:42:45,919
Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, and that's again, and.

816
00:42:45,800 --> 00:42:48,360
Speaker 3: That could mean what can you fetch in a trade?

817
00:42:49,280 --> 00:42:52,879
Speaker 3: You get anything for Khalil in a trade? Maybe can

818
00:42:52,880 --> 00:42:55,919
Speaker 3: you get anything for Joey boson the trade? Yes, even

819
00:42:55,960 --> 00:43:00,560
Speaker 3: with the injuries. Absolutely, I can promise you people are

820
00:43:00,560 --> 00:43:02,640
Speaker 3: going to be lined up to trade for that guy.

821
00:43:03,040 --> 00:43:05,040
Speaker 3: So that's where I guess a little bit of the

822
00:43:05,080 --> 00:43:07,000
Speaker 3: conversation could come in, because you get to get rid

823
00:43:07,000 --> 00:43:09,200
Speaker 3: of more of the dead money if you end up

824
00:43:09,239 --> 00:43:11,960
Speaker 3: with a trade, as opposed to just straight out moving on.

825
00:43:14,040 --> 00:43:15,520
Speaker 2: I want to ask you how weird it was for

826
00:43:15,560 --> 00:43:16,439
Speaker 2: you to watch Tom tell.

827
00:43:16,440 --> 00:43:18,200
Speaker 1: Us go to the Raiders press conference today.

828
00:43:19,120 --> 00:43:22,120
Speaker 3: Funny, it was really funny to see the water that

829
00:43:22,160 --> 00:43:25,600
Speaker 3: said just win baby on it as hilarious. But I'm

830
00:43:25,600 --> 00:43:28,760
Speaker 3: happy for Tom. He's a great guy. He's a great friend,

831
00:43:28,960 --> 00:43:31,680
Speaker 3: great friend of the show that we do. Watched it

832
00:43:31,719 --> 00:43:33,399
Speaker 3: all the time. We talk to us about what we've

833
00:43:33,400 --> 00:43:37,880
Speaker 3: been talking about. Just a really good person that you

834
00:43:37,960 --> 00:43:41,480
Speaker 3: know you can always, you can always, and I guess

835
00:43:41,560 --> 00:43:43,480
Speaker 3: maybe we can help him out a little bit by

836
00:43:43,480 --> 00:43:45,720
Speaker 3: crafting a narrative. But you can always tell the character

837
00:43:45,840 --> 00:43:49,320
Speaker 3: of someone based on how they treat people that can't

838
00:43:49,400 --> 00:43:53,520
Speaker 3: quite elevate them in their professional lives, and Tom, I

839
00:43:53,520 --> 00:43:57,200
Speaker 3: think is a testament to that and all the relationships

840
00:43:57,200 --> 00:44:00,520
Speaker 3: that he had with people on the team. So happy

841
00:44:00,520 --> 00:44:04,600
Speaker 3: for him, family, trust, respect, But still very happy for

842
00:44:04,680 --> 00:44:07,839
Speaker 3: him and happy you know, he gets to stay close

843
00:44:07,880 --> 00:44:10,160
Speaker 3: to home, his son can finish up his final year

844
00:44:10,239 --> 00:44:13,400
Speaker 3: at CDM with with him just being over in Vegas,

845
00:44:13,760 --> 00:44:16,640
Speaker 3: a quick jump away, and in that way, they're they're

846
00:44:16,680 --> 00:44:17,200
Speaker 3: square there.

847
00:44:17,239 --> 00:44:18,040
Speaker 1: So I'm happy for him.

848
00:44:18,040 --> 00:44:21,719
Speaker 3: But yeah, sweep them and let them win all the

849
00:44:22,200 --> 00:44:23,799
Speaker 3: year now and then meet him in the playoffs and

850
00:44:23,880 --> 00:44:25,800
Speaker 3: win a third time, no.

851
00:44:25,680 --> 00:44:28,000
Speaker 2: Doubt, no doubt. Yeah, Tom's all class.

852
00:44:28,239 --> 00:44:28,319
Speaker 3: Uh.

853
00:44:28,560 --> 00:44:30,960
Speaker 2: And it's just football, you know, It's just football, and

854
00:44:31,000 --> 00:44:33,200
Speaker 2: that's the business people people bounce around all the time.

855
00:44:33,239 --> 00:44:35,520
Speaker 2: And I'm glad that he laid it on his feet.

856
00:44:35,520 --> 00:44:38,120
Speaker 2: And it's going to just add more injury to the division.

857
00:44:38,160 --> 00:44:38,359
Speaker 1: Man.

858
00:44:38,400 --> 00:44:41,200
Speaker 2: I mean, you have Antonio Piers, a young and upcoming

859
00:44:41,239 --> 00:44:44,640
Speaker 2: coach who isn't in the same class as as a

860
00:44:44,640 --> 00:44:47,640
Speaker 2: paytent or a hardball or a read. But you never

861
00:44:47,760 --> 00:44:50,719
Speaker 2: know what he can become. And you know there they

862
00:44:50,719 --> 00:44:52,879
Speaker 2: may be a quarterback away. Their defense played really well

863
00:44:52,880 --> 00:44:54,799
Speaker 2: down the stretch. We know that.

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Speaker 3: It's weird, though, Chris, isn't it. It is weird that

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Speaker 3: Raiders hung a sixty three on the Chargers and they

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Speaker 3: hire Time and the Dolphins scored on every possession in

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Speaker 3: the opening week against Brandon and had like two hundred

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Speaker 3: yards of a half for Tyreek Hill and they hire

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Speaker 3: him as their DC.

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Speaker 2: It's like, are they gonna hire him?

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Speaker 1: Yeah, Yeah, They're gonna hire him. Yeah. Wow, wow, it

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Speaker 1: is It is funny.

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Speaker 2: It is funny.

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Speaker 1: This is weird.

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Speaker 2: It's but whatever, and this is man, this is just January.

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Speaker 2: It's gonna get weirder. There's a lot more openings, free

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Speaker 2: agency trades. I mean, I can't wait for all of it.

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Speaker 2: The Combine. We're gonna be cooking at the combine. Man,

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Speaker 2: We're gonna be cooking at the combin. It's gonna be

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Speaker 2: a lot of fun.

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Speaker 3: It's gonna be fun. It's gonna be a fun combine trip.

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Speaker 3: We'll be doing it from there.

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Speaker 2: I think that.

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Speaker 3: Uh.

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Speaker 2: I think next week we're gonna have a lot of

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Speaker 2: a lot of fun stuff and sore for you guys

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Speaker 2: once we kind of get the the press conference stuff

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Speaker 2: all shaped out and hopefully talk to a lot of

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Speaker 2: people next week about a new day in Los Angeles

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Speaker 2: for the Chargers. Jim Harball is the head coach and

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Speaker 2: we're just getting started. When it comes to content, I'm

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Speaker 2: glad that we were able to do this money. If

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Speaker 2: you're listening to this on Wednesday night, congratulations you're one

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Speaker 2: of the first few to do so, because I think

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Speaker 2: this thing is going up right away.

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Speaker 1: Looking forward to it.

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Speaker 2: All right, guys for money, I'm Chris. This has been

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Speaker 2: Charged Weekly. We'll see you next time.