1 00:00:00,680 --> 00:00:02,800 Speaker 1: They and still toughness in me. You know, you have 2 00:00:02,840 --> 00:00:05,400 Speaker 1: no idea what it'll like. You know, back in the 3 00:00:05,480 --> 00:00:08,799 Speaker 1: forties and the Philippines and Okanal and Guadalcanal. You know, 4 00:00:08,840 --> 00:00:10,959 Speaker 1: a team has always got tough for me. My grandpa 5 00:00:11,119 --> 00:00:15,760 Speaker 1: us always say suck it up, hey, everybody. Chris Harry 6 00:00:15,840 --> 00:00:18,680 Speaker 1: with you on the week eleven edition of Chargers Weekly. 7 00:00:19,200 --> 00:00:22,240 Speaker 1: That was the voice of former Chargers linebacker Donnie Edwards, 8 00:00:22,440 --> 00:00:26,000 Speaker 1: the team's nominee for the twenty seventeen Salute to Service Award. 9 00:00:26,200 --> 00:00:28,360 Speaker 1: We'll get to my full interview with Donnie a bit later. 10 00:00:28,680 --> 00:00:31,160 Speaker 1: We'll also be joined by team reporter Haley Elwood to 11 00:00:31,160 --> 00:00:33,920 Speaker 1: get the latest from the Hoog Performance Center. But first 12 00:00:33,960 --> 00:00:37,200 Speaker 1: I sat down with NFL Networks Daniel Jeremiah to talk 13 00:00:37,320 --> 00:00:40,720 Speaker 1: Chargers in a very early look towards the NFL Draft. 14 00:00:42,960 --> 00:00:45,879 Speaker 1: Daniel Jeremiah joins me on Chargers Weekly and DJ, what 15 00:00:46,000 --> 00:00:48,120 Speaker 1: if I laid this scenario off for you before last 16 00:00:48,159 --> 00:00:51,320 Speaker 1: Sunday's game in Jacksonville, Chargers would not allow us sack 17 00:00:51,360 --> 00:00:53,279 Speaker 1: to the Jags, who have thirty five on the year. 18 00:00:53,640 --> 00:00:56,720 Speaker 1: They'd hold Leonard Fournette to thirty three rushing guards and 19 00:00:56,800 --> 00:00:59,800 Speaker 1: Blake Borders would throw fifty one times, get picked twice 20 00:01:00,080 --> 00:01:01,960 Speaker 1: in the last two minutes of the fourth quarter, and 21 00:01:02,080 --> 00:01:04,720 Speaker 1: the Chargers loose. It was a weird game. Of all 22 00:01:04,760 --> 00:01:06,760 Speaker 1: the games this last week, I thought that game was 23 00:01:06,800 --> 00:01:09,360 Speaker 1: just bizarre. I mean you could see the postgame interview 24 00:01:09,360 --> 00:01:12,679 Speaker 1: with Doug Morone where he was like exhausted. I mean, 25 00:01:12,680 --> 00:01:14,600 Speaker 1: the game was in hand. If you don't have the 26 00:01:14,600 --> 00:01:16,360 Speaker 1: fumble late in the game, I think the Chargers get 27 00:01:16,400 --> 00:01:19,280 Speaker 1: either with a win. But man, what that's that's a 28 00:01:19,520 --> 00:01:22,600 Speaker 1: that's a disappointing loss. It is. It just shows how 29 00:01:22,600 --> 00:01:26,000 Speaker 1: crazy this league can be when when all the main players, 30 00:01:26,000 --> 00:01:28,360 Speaker 1: like a Melvin Gordon supposed to get off and Leonard 31 00:01:28,400 --> 00:01:31,640 Speaker 1: Fourndette coming back after four weeks rest, no one does anything, 32 00:01:31,640 --> 00:01:33,800 Speaker 1: and then Austin Ekeler of all people, comes out with 33 00:01:33,800 --> 00:01:38,039 Speaker 1: two touchdowns. Yeah, I mean, look, it's you get him going. 34 00:01:38,160 --> 00:01:40,200 Speaker 1: And they've always had a place for that smaller back 35 00:01:40,240 --> 00:01:42,240 Speaker 1: with Philip has always liked having one of those guys 36 00:01:42,240 --> 00:01:44,679 Speaker 1: around to be able to use and you go back 37 00:01:44,720 --> 00:01:47,120 Speaker 1: all the way to the you know, to the Sproles 38 00:01:47,360 --> 00:01:49,720 Speaker 1: years and now I think you see Eckler getting involved 39 00:01:50,040 --> 00:01:51,840 Speaker 1: as a runner as a pastor. I just watched tape 40 00:01:51,880 --> 00:01:54,520 Speaker 1: this morning and Chris, there's a play where they run 41 00:01:54,600 --> 00:01:57,600 Speaker 1: the ball and he literally disappears behind the line like 42 00:01:57,880 --> 00:01:59,680 Speaker 1: I can't see him, and it was like magic. He 43 00:01:59,760 --> 00:02:02,400 Speaker 1: just it was eleven yard run and I still don't 44 00:02:02,400 --> 00:02:04,360 Speaker 1: know where he was there. In part of the run, 45 00:02:04,360 --> 00:02:06,240 Speaker 1: I couldn't even see him. He guess gets lost inside 46 00:02:06,240 --> 00:02:08,120 Speaker 1: in the trash. But now he did a nice job, 47 00:02:08,200 --> 00:02:10,359 Speaker 1: especially out of the backfield and passing game. I want 48 00:02:10,360 --> 00:02:11,680 Speaker 1: to ask you about guys like that. He had one 49 00:02:11,720 --> 00:02:15,240 Speaker 1: hundred twenty total yards Sunday, two touchdowns and DJ this 50 00:02:15,240 --> 00:02:19,359 Speaker 1: guy who's been undrafted Western State in Colorado as a scout. 51 00:02:19,360 --> 00:02:20,720 Speaker 1: I don't know if you could share with us just 52 00:02:20,800 --> 00:02:23,840 Speaker 1: what goes into the process of tracking small school guys 53 00:02:23,840 --> 00:02:27,160 Speaker 1: like Ecler. Well, you've got the scouting Combine, so people 54 00:02:27,240 --> 00:02:30,360 Speaker 1: see the combine on television. Well that that is actually 55 00:02:30,400 --> 00:02:33,480 Speaker 1: a product of what happens during the fall in terms 56 00:02:33,480 --> 00:02:36,720 Speaker 1: of we have scouts go out. Every team it goes 57 00:02:36,720 --> 00:02:39,160 Speaker 1: out has their own scouts. But there's a service called 58 00:02:39,200 --> 00:02:43,000 Speaker 1: the National Scouting Service, and they have representatives from my 59 00:02:43,080 --> 00:02:45,840 Speaker 1: what's say, probably eighteen to twenty teams, maybe even a 60 00:02:45,840 --> 00:02:48,480 Speaker 1: little bit more than that. So those they have scouts 61 00:02:48,520 --> 00:02:50,840 Speaker 1: actually work for the teams. There's one of them, but 62 00:02:50,960 --> 00:02:54,240 Speaker 1: they report their their information goes back to the group 63 00:02:54,360 --> 00:02:55,799 Speaker 1: and they send it out to everybody else in the 64 00:02:55,840 --> 00:02:59,120 Speaker 1: whole league. So you have every school in the country 65 00:02:59,200 --> 00:03:02,799 Speaker 1: getting covered by those national scouts. Got it. So then 66 00:03:02,880 --> 00:03:05,519 Speaker 1: as a regular scout for a team, you get the list. 67 00:03:05,560 --> 00:03:07,440 Speaker 1: They'll send you the list of Okay, hey, this year, 68 00:03:07,480 --> 00:03:10,519 Speaker 1: there's a prospect at Western State, or there's a prospect 69 00:03:10,600 --> 00:03:13,480 Speaker 1: at some small random school that I normally wouldn't go into, 70 00:03:13,919 --> 00:03:15,720 Speaker 1: but they've gone in there and kind of plucked one 71 00:03:15,720 --> 00:03:17,880 Speaker 1: out of the pile. So that's a nice heads up 72 00:03:17,919 --> 00:03:20,079 Speaker 1: to go on there. And then as a scout you're 73 00:03:20,120 --> 00:03:23,040 Speaker 1: responsible even if they don't show up on that list. 74 00:03:23,360 --> 00:03:25,760 Speaker 1: You're keeping an eye on schools in your area and saying, okay, 75 00:03:26,280 --> 00:03:29,399 Speaker 1: this year, I'm I'm not going to go into Concordia. Okay, yeah, 76 00:03:29,520 --> 00:03:31,040 Speaker 1: not on my list to skip that one this year. 77 00:03:31,080 --> 00:03:33,880 Speaker 1: But they've got a kid that's got twenty rushing touchdowns 78 00:03:33,880 --> 00:03:36,400 Speaker 1: this year, or you know, he's got this unbelievable year, 79 00:03:36,440 --> 00:03:38,600 Speaker 1: and they maybe played up a level in a game 80 00:03:38,640 --> 00:03:41,960 Speaker 1: and they played, um, you know, they played Montana, which 81 00:03:41,960 --> 00:03:44,600 Speaker 1: is a good you know, uh, one double A, I 82 00:03:44,600 --> 00:03:46,160 Speaker 1: still go one double A. I can't go Yeah, I 83 00:03:46,200 --> 00:03:49,320 Speaker 1: can't do asfbis now I'm mess with that. But so 84 00:03:49,400 --> 00:03:51,360 Speaker 1: he had a good game there, So you've got to 85 00:03:51,440 --> 00:03:53,360 Speaker 1: kind of keep track of all that stuff. It's it's 86 00:03:53,360 --> 00:03:55,920 Speaker 1: a lot to get your arms around. But man, he 87 00:03:56,000 --> 00:03:57,880 Speaker 1: was a player. I know people went in there. I 88 00:03:57,920 --> 00:04:00,120 Speaker 1: was told about him last spring, so I watched him 89 00:04:00,120 --> 00:04:03,040 Speaker 1: in the preparation for the draft. He went undrafted, but 90 00:04:03,080 --> 00:04:05,480 Speaker 1: obviously he's been a heck of a pickup. What's that 91 00:04:05,560 --> 00:04:08,640 Speaker 1: process like with the GM on trying to sell the 92 00:04:08,680 --> 00:04:12,320 Speaker 1: general manager on a small school guy, especially when the 93 00:04:12,400 --> 00:04:16,000 Speaker 1: draft is over and it's time to sign these undrafted 94 00:04:16,040 --> 00:04:18,000 Speaker 1: free agents. I imagine there's some pounding on the table 95 00:04:18,080 --> 00:04:20,760 Speaker 1: with scouts and the general manager. How does that process work? Well, 96 00:04:20,800 --> 00:04:23,000 Speaker 1: it's interesting. You would think you would sell what you saw, 97 00:04:23,360 --> 00:04:24,840 Speaker 1: you know, just kind of on the tape. That's the 98 00:04:25,240 --> 00:04:27,440 Speaker 1: natural thing. But when you're talking about small school guys, 99 00:04:27,480 --> 00:04:30,680 Speaker 1: here's the sales pitch that you make. Is usually one 100 00:04:30,680 --> 00:04:32,960 Speaker 1: of three things. They've like I said, they've played up 101 00:04:32,960 --> 00:04:35,720 Speaker 1: a level, so they've played a game at least against 102 00:04:35,800 --> 00:04:38,840 Speaker 1: higher competition and they've performed well. So that's one avenue 103 00:04:39,600 --> 00:04:41,440 Speaker 1: for your sales pitch. The next one is they show 104 00:04:41,520 --> 00:04:43,320 Speaker 1: up at an All Star game. So they show up 105 00:04:43,360 --> 00:04:44,960 Speaker 1: at the Senior Bowl of the East West Shrine Game, 106 00:04:44,960 --> 00:04:46,760 Speaker 1: the NFLPA game, one of those games where they're play 107 00:04:46,760 --> 00:04:49,039 Speaker 1: against Division one players and they show out do a 108 00:04:49,040 --> 00:04:52,719 Speaker 1: good job in that setting. That's number two. Number three 109 00:04:52,760 --> 00:04:55,080 Speaker 1: would just be their pro day workout. So then you 110 00:04:55,160 --> 00:04:57,800 Speaker 1: have hard numbers to say, Okay, look he's this is 111 00:04:57,800 --> 00:05:00,520 Speaker 1: his heightweight, speed. We can compare that to what we've 112 00:05:00,520 --> 00:05:02,520 Speaker 1: seen with these other players at bigger schools, and now 113 00:05:02,520 --> 00:05:05,479 Speaker 1: we project him forward. But it's not enough to just 114 00:05:05,480 --> 00:05:06,599 Speaker 1: go into the room and say, hey, you know, this 115 00:05:06,640 --> 00:05:09,280 Speaker 1: guy rushed for two thousand yards, had twenty five touchdowns 116 00:05:09,360 --> 00:05:12,800 Speaker 1: against nobody's state that you know, that's a tough sell 117 00:05:12,800 --> 00:05:14,560 Speaker 1: inside the room. You gotta have some of the data. 118 00:05:14,680 --> 00:05:18,120 Speaker 1: During your stops with the Eagles and Ravens and Browns, 119 00:05:18,560 --> 00:05:20,599 Speaker 1: is there a guy that sticks out to you is 120 00:05:20,640 --> 00:05:22,400 Speaker 1: like kind of a feather in the cap in terms 121 00:05:22,440 --> 00:05:25,480 Speaker 1: of a small school guy or or an undrafted free 122 00:05:25,480 --> 00:05:27,560 Speaker 1: agent that you guys brought in. Yeah, you know, gosh, 123 00:05:27,600 --> 00:05:30,400 Speaker 1: we had that these they will all start running together. 124 00:05:30,440 --> 00:05:33,680 Speaker 1: Now we started talking about undrafted free agents we had. 125 00:05:34,240 --> 00:05:36,520 Speaker 1: Now the name's gonna escape me. We had a receiver 126 00:05:36,600 --> 00:05:37,839 Speaker 1: from it is not a small school, but we had 127 00:05:37,839 --> 00:05:40,760 Speaker 1: a receiver from UCLA who had very little production. And 128 00:05:40,839 --> 00:05:42,520 Speaker 1: maybe somebody listens to this can get you the name, 129 00:05:42,560 --> 00:05:45,479 Speaker 1: because it's gonna drive me nuts. But so he had 130 00:05:45,560 --> 00:05:47,800 Speaker 1: very little production, but we had track background. So he 131 00:05:47,839 --> 00:05:51,360 Speaker 1: had a phenomenal pro day. So yeah, it's sold. Hey, 132 00:05:51,440 --> 00:05:53,160 Speaker 1: let's let's let's bring this kid as a free at 133 00:05:53,200 --> 00:05:55,000 Speaker 1: least he's big and fast, and we hadn't done much there. 134 00:05:55,040 --> 00:05:57,640 Speaker 1: He's got a track background. We bring him in as 135 00:05:57,640 --> 00:06:00,600 Speaker 1: a wide receiver undrafted free agent, and he ended up 136 00:06:00,600 --> 00:06:02,400 Speaker 1: going We had him for a little bit, we cut him. 137 00:06:02,440 --> 00:06:05,599 Speaker 1: He went to the Denver Broncos and actually played for gosh, 138 00:06:05,680 --> 00:06:08,600 Speaker 1: probably five six seven years, hung around the league, and 139 00:06:08,640 --> 00:06:10,839 Speaker 1: it was there was no real college production to go 140 00:06:10,880 --> 00:06:12,320 Speaker 1: off of. It's just, hey, I had a heck of 141 00:06:12,320 --> 00:06:15,719 Speaker 1: a pro day. Let's give him a shot. Trevor Williams 142 00:06:15,760 --> 00:06:19,040 Speaker 1: is another guy, Tom Tolesco. These guys have found some 143 00:06:19,040 --> 00:06:21,560 Speaker 1: some players. You know, when Jason Rhett went down, you 144 00:06:21,640 --> 00:06:23,760 Speaker 1: thought that the guy was following Trevor Williams come in. 145 00:06:23,760 --> 00:06:26,400 Speaker 1: Another undrafted guy has done a good job for Tom Tolesco, 146 00:06:26,720 --> 00:06:28,720 Speaker 1: a guy who did not come from a small school though. 147 00:06:28,800 --> 00:06:32,200 Speaker 1: Mike Williams. Yeah, number seven. Overall, we're starting to see 148 00:06:32,200 --> 00:06:34,800 Speaker 1: an uptick in his snaps DJ over the last four games. 149 00:06:34,800 --> 00:06:36,800 Speaker 1: It looks like he's getting a little bit healthier. What 150 00:06:36,839 --> 00:06:39,160 Speaker 1: are your expectations for him as a pro once he's 151 00:06:39,200 --> 00:06:42,440 Speaker 1: fully integrated into offense. Well, it's just getting him comfortable 152 00:06:42,440 --> 00:06:44,400 Speaker 1: with what they're doing. I've always said when you watched 153 00:06:44,440 --> 00:06:47,600 Speaker 1: him in college that the areas where he's going to 154 00:06:47,640 --> 00:06:50,200 Speaker 1: excel is gonna get him in third downs where he 155 00:06:50,200 --> 00:06:52,280 Speaker 1: can use his big body. Third and four to seven. 156 00:06:52,520 --> 00:06:54,640 Speaker 1: You're gonna use that big body like a Dez Bryant. 157 00:06:54,680 --> 00:06:56,479 Speaker 1: You don't need to get a ton of separation. You 158 00:06:56,480 --> 00:06:58,720 Speaker 1: watch Dez Bryant, you'll see it. But just knows how 159 00:06:58,720 --> 00:07:00,280 Speaker 1: to walk guys off. You can get him on slant, 160 00:07:00,360 --> 00:07:02,600 Speaker 1: you get him on back shoulder throws. He can win 161 00:07:02,640 --> 00:07:05,280 Speaker 1: on those crucial third downs and then obviously get down 162 00:07:05,320 --> 00:07:07,440 Speaker 1: the red zone where his size plays really really well. 163 00:07:07,520 --> 00:07:10,480 Speaker 1: So you know you watched that game and the crucial 164 00:07:10,520 --> 00:07:13,640 Speaker 1: interception and overtime that Philip throws pushed the ball vertically 165 00:07:13,680 --> 00:07:15,880 Speaker 1: down the field of Benjamin. It's kind of a fifty 166 00:07:15,920 --> 00:07:18,920 Speaker 1: fifty ish ball and you've got an undersized receiver that's 167 00:07:18,920 --> 00:07:20,760 Speaker 1: trying to cradle you know, it's trying to cradle the ball, 168 00:07:20,800 --> 00:07:22,200 Speaker 1: and you've got a corner that goes up and high 169 00:07:22,240 --> 00:07:23,680 Speaker 1: points it. That's where you'd like to have a little 170 00:07:23,680 --> 00:07:26,120 Speaker 1: more size. Somebody could attack the football, and that's something 171 00:07:26,120 --> 00:07:28,080 Speaker 1: Mike Williams made a living at a Clemson Yeah, two 172 00:07:28,120 --> 00:07:30,080 Speaker 1: catches for twenty four yards on Sunday, and I think 173 00:07:30,120 --> 00:07:32,160 Speaker 1: we're gonna start to see him more and more as 174 00:07:32,280 --> 00:07:35,920 Speaker 1: the back half of the season progresses. Dan Feeney's played 175 00:07:35,960 --> 00:07:39,880 Speaker 1: well in the Big Dagger. Was losing Forrest Lamp earlier 176 00:07:39,880 --> 00:07:41,920 Speaker 1: in the year, and you get him back next year. 177 00:07:41,960 --> 00:07:43,800 Speaker 1: It's almost like kind of a red shirt season. What 178 00:07:43,920 --> 00:07:46,560 Speaker 1: did you see from Forest Lamp? Because the draft last 179 00:07:46,600 --> 00:07:49,080 Speaker 1: year offensive line was pretty thin, A lot of people 180 00:07:49,080 --> 00:07:51,440 Speaker 1: had him projected as the first round pick. Yeah, I 181 00:07:51,440 --> 00:07:53,800 Speaker 1: thought they got the best two interior offensive lineman in 182 00:07:53,840 --> 00:07:55,640 Speaker 1: the whole draft. Ye when you when you look at 183 00:07:55,680 --> 00:07:57,280 Speaker 1: at Forest Lamp and I like the fact that I'm 184 00:07:57,280 --> 00:07:59,800 Speaker 1: everybody talked about the Alabama game because he shut those 185 00:07:59,840 --> 00:08:01,880 Speaker 1: guys out with all their edge rushers that they had. 186 00:08:02,400 --> 00:08:05,040 Speaker 1: But he just technically sound and solid. You know, it 187 00:08:05,080 --> 00:08:08,640 Speaker 1: was always on balance. You see him don duck his head. 188 00:08:08,720 --> 00:08:10,800 Speaker 1: He doesn't get too wide with his bass plays. He 189 00:08:10,840 --> 00:08:14,000 Speaker 1: plays with good core strength. I thought he could play 190 00:08:14,040 --> 00:08:16,239 Speaker 1: all five positions, and I don't think you want him surviving. 191 00:08:16,280 --> 00:08:17,720 Speaker 1: I think you could survive at tackle. I don't think 192 00:08:17,760 --> 00:08:19,240 Speaker 1: you'd want him play in tackle. Why. I think he's 193 00:08:19,240 --> 00:08:22,160 Speaker 1: got a chance to be a Pro Bowl interior offensive lineman. 194 00:08:22,320 --> 00:08:23,720 Speaker 1: It was kind of to me like a poor man 195 00:08:23,880 --> 00:08:26,520 Speaker 1: Zach Martin that we've seen have tremendous success with the 196 00:08:26,600 --> 00:08:28,800 Speaker 1: Dallas Cowboys, and Phoenie's just a brawler. You know, he 197 00:08:28,840 --> 00:08:30,240 Speaker 1: was gonna be tough, and he could play any of 198 00:08:30,240 --> 00:08:32,600 Speaker 1: those three interior spots. And you know, I watched the 199 00:08:32,640 --> 00:08:34,720 Speaker 1: game this morning, and he's got He's got a couple 200 00:08:34,679 --> 00:08:37,520 Speaker 1: of flatbacks, a couple of knockdowns. You see, the physicality 201 00:08:38,120 --> 00:08:40,559 Speaker 1: balance issues will show up on occasion with him. I 202 00:08:40,640 --> 00:08:42,600 Speaker 1: thought Lamp was a little more consistent in that area. 203 00:08:42,679 --> 00:08:45,199 Speaker 1: But man, going forward, you've got two solid starters that 204 00:08:45,240 --> 00:08:47,240 Speaker 1: can grow together. So you certainly have two good ones 205 00:08:47,559 --> 00:08:50,120 Speaker 1: Joey Bosa and I don't half sacks this season twenty 206 00:08:50,160 --> 00:08:53,679 Speaker 1: career Stars DJ twenty sacks. Have you been surprised by 207 00:08:53,720 --> 00:08:55,800 Speaker 1: just how dominant he has been thoughing THO these first 208 00:08:55,800 --> 00:08:58,240 Speaker 1: two seasons? Those are incredible numbers. I mean, look, I 209 00:08:58,400 --> 00:09:01,160 Speaker 1: was big on him as most people were coming into 210 00:09:01,160 --> 00:09:05,080 Speaker 1: the draft process, and he is not disappointed. He's he's 211 00:09:05,200 --> 00:09:09,360 Speaker 1: he's somebody that's unique because you see a lot of 212 00:09:09,360 --> 00:09:11,559 Speaker 1: times you'll see guys that win with a couple of 213 00:09:11,559 --> 00:09:13,880 Speaker 1: different things, and went with just pure athleticism. Then you'll 214 00:09:13,880 --> 00:09:16,280 Speaker 1: see guys that win with technique, and then you'll see 215 00:09:16,280 --> 00:09:18,720 Speaker 1: guys that win with effort. He's a good mix of 216 00:09:18,760 --> 00:09:21,640 Speaker 1: all three. He's very athletic, his technique is flawless, his 217 00:09:21,720 --> 00:09:23,679 Speaker 1: swite move is as good as you'll see in the league. 218 00:09:24,080 --> 00:09:26,080 Speaker 1: And then the effort. I mean, if if you look 219 00:09:26,080 --> 00:09:28,000 Speaker 1: at any pass rusher, I don't care if you go 220 00:09:28,000 --> 00:09:29,640 Speaker 1: back Harver many years and you see a guy that 221 00:09:29,720 --> 00:09:32,880 Speaker 1: ends up with twelve plus sacks in a season, go 222 00:09:32,920 --> 00:09:35,360 Speaker 1: back and break those down. I guarantee if three of 223 00:09:35,360 --> 00:09:38,040 Speaker 1: them are just pure effort, sure, just then some people, 224 00:09:38,040 --> 00:09:39,800 Speaker 1: oh it's a garbage. No, No No, it's not a garbage sack. 225 00:09:39,880 --> 00:09:41,679 Speaker 1: He earned it. It was just he never stopped, he 226 00:09:41,800 --> 00:09:45,680 Speaker 1: never quit, and that's the way Bosa plays. Absolutely. DJ 227 00:09:45,840 --> 00:09:47,800 Speaker 1: some big college games over the next two weeks, and 228 00:09:47,880 --> 00:09:50,080 Speaker 1: we got bull season right around the corner. I know 229 00:09:50,120 --> 00:09:52,199 Speaker 1: it's early, but who are some of the guys you're 230 00:09:52,240 --> 00:09:54,360 Speaker 1: excited to see play over the next few weeks that 231 00:09:54,480 --> 00:09:56,319 Speaker 1: we could be talking about in April, you know it, 232 00:09:56,559 --> 00:09:59,800 Speaker 1: regardless of position. Yeah, I mean, look, there's a there's 233 00:09:59,800 --> 00:10:02,680 Speaker 1: a great group of running backs this year. That's something. 234 00:10:02,720 --> 00:10:04,079 Speaker 1: I think it's gonna be a nice team when you 235 00:10:04,120 --> 00:10:06,520 Speaker 1: go towards the draft. Sa Quon Barkley to me, feels 236 00:10:06,559 --> 00:10:08,680 Speaker 1: just like Leonard Fournette the year before. You don't need 237 00:10:08,679 --> 00:10:10,319 Speaker 1: to see any more sake, No, but you know, but 238 00:10:10,640 --> 00:10:12,559 Speaker 1: this is what happens. We talk about how great somebody 239 00:10:12,640 --> 00:10:14,080 Speaker 1: is and then it's like we got to pull him down. 240 00:10:14,120 --> 00:10:15,679 Speaker 1: So last year with Leonard Fournet, so you can't run 241 00:10:15,679 --> 00:10:17,520 Speaker 1: against Alabama, it's the only time he played in the 242 00:10:17,600 --> 00:10:19,520 Speaker 1: NFL front. Now he's not gonna be able to like no, no, 243 00:10:19,640 --> 00:10:22,040 Speaker 1: their players are better up front. Then hood's blocking for him. 244 00:10:22,280 --> 00:10:24,199 Speaker 1: No matter who's back there you're not getting any yards. 245 00:10:24,480 --> 00:10:26,760 Speaker 1: So we look at the team's just game planning to 246 00:10:27,080 --> 00:10:29,920 Speaker 1: stop say kuon Barkley loading up the box, and so 247 00:10:30,000 --> 00:10:32,600 Speaker 1: his numbers are not great, does not take away from 248 00:10:32,640 --> 00:10:34,800 Speaker 1: what it's special talent he is. He's an elite player, 249 00:10:34,840 --> 00:10:36,600 Speaker 1: So you've got him in the mix. You've got Darius 250 00:10:36,600 --> 00:10:39,559 Speaker 1: Geiss down at LSU, who I think is a fantastic player. 251 00:10:39,640 --> 00:10:42,280 Speaker 1: Ronald Jones, who people in Los Angeles to be familiar 252 00:10:42,320 --> 00:10:45,000 Speaker 1: with at USC is a big time back. Price Love 253 00:10:45,080 --> 00:10:47,760 Speaker 1: up at Stanford's got some some serious home run juice. 254 00:10:47,760 --> 00:10:51,120 Speaker 1: So plenty of backs. That's gonna be fun to monitor. 255 00:10:51,400 --> 00:10:54,439 Speaker 1: And I'm always you know, I'm always chasing quarterbacks. Oh yeah, yeah, 256 00:10:54,480 --> 00:10:56,600 Speaker 1: it's fun. I'm gonna try and get out to see 257 00:10:56,640 --> 00:10:58,959 Speaker 1: this weekend. And you've got Rosen and Donald squaring off 258 00:10:59,000 --> 00:11:01,640 Speaker 1: for the Battle of La. I've seen Josh Allen up 259 00:11:01,640 --> 00:11:04,439 Speaker 1: at Wyoming, who's a good player. Saw Baker Mayfield last week, 260 00:11:04,480 --> 00:11:07,120 Speaker 1: who's a real exciting player. Talks about Baker on the podcast. 261 00:11:07,240 --> 00:11:09,240 Speaker 1: Yeah yeah, now, I'm a big fan of his. So 262 00:11:09,360 --> 00:11:11,880 Speaker 1: then you've got Mason Rudolph at Oklahoma State. I've got 263 00:11:11,880 --> 00:11:13,600 Speaker 1: to get it on the schedule. For the bull season. 264 00:11:13,640 --> 00:11:15,880 Speaker 1: I gotta go out and see my man, Lamar Jackson 265 00:11:15,920 --> 00:11:17,920 Speaker 1: at Louisville because oh yeah, he might be the most 266 00:11:17,920 --> 00:11:20,640 Speaker 1: intriguing player of all of them. So it's gonna be 267 00:11:20,800 --> 00:11:23,160 Speaker 1: running backs, quarterbacks this draft. That's what I'm looking forward 268 00:11:23,160 --> 00:11:25,560 Speaker 1: to watching. What do you make Lamar Jackson DJ in 269 00:11:25,640 --> 00:11:28,400 Speaker 1: terms of this mix? Because we talk about Darnold Rosen 270 00:11:28,480 --> 00:11:30,880 Speaker 1: Allen at the top, you know Mayfield potentially in the 271 00:11:30,880 --> 00:11:34,320 Speaker 1: first round. Lamar Jackson's at wildcard who has just done 272 00:11:34,360 --> 00:11:37,880 Speaker 1: nothing but dazzle in college football. Where where does he 273 00:11:38,000 --> 00:11:40,280 Speaker 1: fit in the NFL? Tell you what? That's my to 274 00:11:40,320 --> 00:11:42,800 Speaker 1: do list. Yeah, when we finish here, I'm gonna I'm 275 00:11:42,800 --> 00:11:44,520 Speaker 1: gonna get in and dig in and watch some more. 276 00:11:44,559 --> 00:11:46,920 Speaker 1: I watched him a little bit earlier this season, but 277 00:11:47,000 --> 00:11:48,320 Speaker 1: I want to I want to do like a three 278 00:11:48,360 --> 00:11:50,160 Speaker 1: game study on those last three games and see what 279 00:11:50,160 --> 00:11:52,719 Speaker 1: he's been doing. Because you see the highlights, it's it's 280 00:11:52,760 --> 00:11:55,000 Speaker 1: always impressive with what he does. I want to see 281 00:11:55,040 --> 00:11:57,880 Speaker 1: how comfortable he's getting in the pocket, sitting work in 282 00:11:57,880 --> 00:12:00,560 Speaker 1: the whole field, because man, he can throw what He's 283 00:12:00,600 --> 00:12:02,520 Speaker 1: got a real slight, slender frame which is going to 284 00:12:02,600 --> 00:12:05,640 Speaker 1: bother some people, but he's a freak of an athlete. 285 00:12:05,679 --> 00:12:08,360 Speaker 1: He's a heck of a competitor and really not a 286 00:12:08,360 --> 00:12:10,120 Speaker 1: lot of talent around him. He's found a way to 287 00:12:10,160 --> 00:12:13,240 Speaker 1: make that team competitive every week. Yeah, d there's a 288 00:12:13,240 --> 00:12:15,320 Speaker 1: ton of football podcasts out there, man, and I had 289 00:12:15,320 --> 00:12:17,199 Speaker 1: to say, I've been a loyal Moved the Sticks listener 290 00:12:17,200 --> 00:12:19,560 Speaker 1: for a long time. What I love about it is 291 00:12:19,559 --> 00:12:22,679 Speaker 1: that it's you know, you get your fixed during the season, obviously, 292 00:12:22,720 --> 00:12:24,520 Speaker 1: but you guys are a year round deal man talking 293 00:12:24,640 --> 00:12:27,600 Speaker 1: talking draft to tell people where they can get Moved 294 00:12:27,600 --> 00:12:30,719 Speaker 1: the Sticks not only the podcast but also online a video. Well, 295 00:12:30,720 --> 00:12:32,800 Speaker 1: first of all, thanks to you for kind of joining 296 00:12:32,800 --> 00:12:34,560 Speaker 1: the team up over here, helping us out a little 297 00:12:34,559 --> 00:12:37,680 Speaker 1: bit man pleasure. They always say in scouting with players, 298 00:12:37,679 --> 00:12:39,160 Speaker 1: the more you can do, the more valuable you are. 299 00:12:39,600 --> 00:12:41,520 Speaker 1: Be Versatile, Yeah, you gotta be able to bounce around, 300 00:12:41,559 --> 00:12:44,000 Speaker 1: so you've got a lot of skills. We've enjoyed having you. 301 00:12:44,120 --> 00:12:46,440 Speaker 1: But the uh, the cool thing with the podcast, Yeah, 302 00:12:46,440 --> 00:12:48,199 Speaker 1: we have fun during the season, we get to talk NFL, 303 00:12:48,400 --> 00:12:50,880 Speaker 1: to talk about college but when we really get our 304 00:12:50,960 --> 00:12:52,679 Speaker 1: juices flown us once we get to the end of 305 00:12:52,720 --> 00:12:55,880 Speaker 1: the college season, get towards the All Star Games, combine 306 00:12:55,960 --> 00:12:58,480 Speaker 1: senior all that stuff. That's when we really get rolling. 307 00:12:58,559 --> 00:13:00,680 Speaker 1: On our podcast, we have a lot of fun. We'll 308 00:13:00,679 --> 00:13:03,320 Speaker 1: have general managers on, We'll have the top players in 309 00:13:03,320 --> 00:13:05,959 Speaker 1: the country will join us, so we do some cool stuff. 310 00:13:05,960 --> 00:13:08,679 Speaker 1: But right now we have three podcasts a week. You 311 00:13:08,720 --> 00:13:11,760 Speaker 1: can catch the Sunday night podcast we do, which is 312 00:13:11,800 --> 00:13:14,760 Speaker 1: just ten takeaway. It's fun, it's new. We haven't done that. 313 00:13:14,800 --> 00:13:16,760 Speaker 1: It's the first year. First year we've done that, and 314 00:13:16,800 --> 00:13:18,600 Speaker 1: we want to just kind of have an instant reaction. 315 00:13:18,920 --> 00:13:20,760 Speaker 1: It's not based off of the tape study, but we 316 00:13:20,800 --> 00:13:22,200 Speaker 1: haven't got a chance to do that at that point 317 00:13:22,200 --> 00:13:24,479 Speaker 1: in time, but just kind of what we saw immediately, 318 00:13:24,840 --> 00:13:28,040 Speaker 1: your gut reaction that post late Sunday night. Most people, 319 00:13:28,240 --> 00:13:30,880 Speaker 1: you know, download it and listen on Monday morning listening 320 00:13:30,960 --> 00:13:32,880 Speaker 1: you know, how you're driving work on Monday, maybe you 321 00:13:32,920 --> 00:13:34,680 Speaker 1: watch your team's game, but you didn't get to see 322 00:13:34,760 --> 00:13:37,120 Speaker 1: much else. This kind of give you and it Usually 323 00:13:37,120 --> 00:13:39,080 Speaker 1: we try and get it done in thirty thirty minutes 324 00:13:39,200 --> 00:13:40,959 Speaker 1: and you can get kind of a brief snapshot of 325 00:13:41,040 --> 00:13:43,000 Speaker 1: what happened in the NFL that week. So that's a 326 00:13:43,040 --> 00:13:45,360 Speaker 1: fun one. Then we have our regular Tuesday Thursday pods 327 00:13:45,400 --> 00:13:49,920 Speaker 1: where talking about previewing NFL games, college games, matchups, lots 328 00:13:49,960 --> 00:13:53,040 Speaker 1: of fun. DJ's seven in the morning here, middle of 329 00:13:53,080 --> 00:13:55,480 Speaker 1: the week, NFL Network, get back to work, man on 330 00:13:55,520 --> 00:13:57,679 Speaker 1: that film. I know, Man, I gotta get rolling. I'm 331 00:13:57,720 --> 00:14:01,400 Speaker 1: an hour and a half in and now I've got mine. 332 00:14:01,480 --> 00:14:04,559 Speaker 1: Now what do you got today? You multitasking with college? Yes? 333 00:14:04,640 --> 00:14:07,400 Speaker 1: So I usually usually at the closer we get to 334 00:14:07,400 --> 00:14:09,040 Speaker 1: the end of the season, I will try and flip it. 335 00:14:09,120 --> 00:14:13,120 Speaker 1: So normally I'm watching eighty percent NFL, twenty percent college 336 00:14:13,200 --> 00:14:15,079 Speaker 1: and then and it starts to switch a little bit. 337 00:14:15,080 --> 00:14:17,080 Speaker 1: So this morning I came in, I got my Chargers 338 00:14:17,080 --> 00:14:18,959 Speaker 1: work done because I want to know we were gonna chat. 339 00:14:19,200 --> 00:14:21,880 Speaker 1: I want to see that that Jags defense. And now 340 00:14:22,040 --> 00:14:24,520 Speaker 1: I've got gosh, what shoot, I've still got I've got 341 00:14:24,520 --> 00:14:27,000 Speaker 1: two hours to dig into some Lamar Jackson here. So 342 00:14:27,000 --> 00:14:28,640 Speaker 1: that's what That's what I'm getting. Ready to a little 343 00:14:28,680 --> 00:14:30,840 Speaker 1: full report later in the week. DJA so much. Thanks, 344 00:14:31,520 --> 00:14:34,360 Speaker 1: Hey fans, be there live to support the LA Chargers 345 00:14:34,400 --> 00:14:37,120 Speaker 1: this season. Always buy your Chargers tickets from our official 346 00:14:37,160 --> 00:14:41,560 Speaker 1: ticketing partner, Ticketmaster and the NFL Ticket exchange only. Ticketmaster 347 00:14:41,640 --> 00:14:44,640 Speaker 1: has verified tickets that are one hundred percent guaranteed to 348 00:14:44,720 --> 00:14:48,119 Speaker 1: get you in every time. Other sellers can only guarantee 349 00:14:48,160 --> 00:14:50,320 Speaker 1: they'll give you a refund if they sell you a 350 00:14:50,400 --> 00:14:53,440 Speaker 1: fraudulent ticket. So go with a trusted source and our 351 00:14:53,480 --> 00:15:00,320 Speaker 1: official partner, and no you go into the game. It's 352 00:15:00,400 --> 00:15:03,240 Speaker 1: my great pleasure to welcome in former Chargers linebacker Donnie 353 00:15:03,320 --> 00:15:06,320 Speaker 1: Edwards the Chargers Weekly. Donnie's the team's nominee for the 354 00:15:06,320 --> 00:15:09,880 Speaker 1: twenty seventeen Salute to Service Award. And Donnie, before we 355 00:15:09,920 --> 00:15:12,600 Speaker 1: get into all the fantastic work you do for the military, 356 00:15:12,880 --> 00:15:14,880 Speaker 1: what does it mean to you to be nominated by 357 00:15:14,920 --> 00:15:17,480 Speaker 1: the Chargers for this award. It's kind of nice because 358 00:15:17,480 --> 00:15:19,800 Speaker 1: it all started in San Diego, being born and raised 359 00:15:19,800 --> 00:15:22,000 Speaker 1: in San Diego, being part of a military family in 360 00:15:22,000 --> 00:15:24,640 Speaker 1: my whome entire life. I mean, you know, San Diego 361 00:15:25,120 --> 00:15:28,240 Speaker 1: has always been a military town with Camp Pendleton, with 362 00:15:28,320 --> 00:15:33,040 Speaker 1: the Marine Corps and also with the Navy. So being 363 00:15:33,080 --> 00:15:35,440 Speaker 1: born and raised here and being such a part of 364 00:15:35,480 --> 00:15:40,920 Speaker 1: the you know, the community and playing for the Chargers 365 00:15:40,960 --> 00:15:43,480 Speaker 1: when they're here and when they were there in San Diego, 366 00:15:43,840 --> 00:15:46,720 Speaker 1: and still you know, being nominated for the Chargers up 367 00:15:46,760 --> 00:15:49,960 Speaker 1: in LA. It's it's a nice honor and recognition, you know, 368 00:15:50,040 --> 00:15:52,880 Speaker 1: working with the military. Donnie, that's something that's very personal 369 00:15:52,920 --> 00:15:56,080 Speaker 1: to you. Say your grandfather is a Pearl Harper survivor. 370 00:15:56,680 --> 00:15:59,720 Speaker 1: How has his story shaped the way that you live 371 00:15:59,760 --> 00:16:02,480 Speaker 1: your life today. Well, it's pretty amazing because I kind 372 00:16:02,480 --> 00:16:04,160 Speaker 1: of grew up with him. Here's my father figure in 373 00:16:04,240 --> 00:16:07,240 Speaker 1: my life, growing up and hanging out with him and 374 00:16:07,280 --> 00:16:10,400 Speaker 1: hanging all of his buddies. You know, they in still 375 00:16:10,480 --> 00:16:14,320 Speaker 1: toughness in me and to suck it up. Yeah, you know, 376 00:16:14,400 --> 00:16:16,760 Speaker 1: you have no idea what it was like, you know, 377 00:16:16,840 --> 00:16:20,120 Speaker 1: back in the forties and the Philippines and Okinawa and Guadalcanal, 378 00:16:20,440 --> 00:16:23,120 Speaker 1: you know, and you know when things get you know, 379 00:16:23,360 --> 00:16:26,160 Speaker 1: things always got tough for me. My grandpa used always 380 00:16:26,160 --> 00:16:30,440 Speaker 1: say suck it up. So every time I you know, 381 00:16:30,480 --> 00:16:32,720 Speaker 1: it comes to some type of like you know, roadblock 382 00:16:32,840 --> 00:16:34,520 Speaker 1: or something, I just hear his voice in the back 383 00:16:34,560 --> 00:16:37,880 Speaker 1: of my head, suck it up. That's awesome. That's also know, 384 00:16:38,200 --> 00:16:40,920 Speaker 1: there's so many commonalities when you talk about that brotherhood 385 00:16:41,080 --> 00:16:44,840 Speaker 1: in an NFL locker room and then the unbelievable, unshakable 386 00:16:44,840 --> 00:16:47,240 Speaker 1: brotherhood of our veterans. I don't know if you could 387 00:16:47,320 --> 00:16:51,120 Speaker 1: describe that unique bond and the profound appreciation that NFL 388 00:16:51,160 --> 00:16:54,440 Speaker 1: players have with our military. Well, it's about camaraderie, It's 389 00:16:54,440 --> 00:16:58,680 Speaker 1: about teamwork and setting goals, is perseverance, is discipline. I mean, 390 00:16:58,760 --> 00:17:02,480 Speaker 1: all these qualities that we learned in football. It's it's 391 00:17:02,640 --> 00:17:07,200 Speaker 1: very similar to the military. So there's an unique bond 392 00:17:07,240 --> 00:17:10,639 Speaker 1: that we both share about teamwork and setting goals and 393 00:17:10,680 --> 00:17:12,520 Speaker 1: trying to get the job done. And every man has 394 00:17:12,560 --> 00:17:15,280 Speaker 1: to do their job, so you know, there's a lot 395 00:17:15,280 --> 00:17:19,160 Speaker 1: of similarities. And you know, I partake and a lot 396 00:17:19,200 --> 00:17:20,800 Speaker 1: of those things and try to use it, you know, 397 00:17:20,800 --> 00:17:23,680 Speaker 1: when I was playing, um, you know, the game of football. 398 00:17:24,119 --> 00:17:28,480 Speaker 1: You've participated in seven tours with the USO, which I 399 00:17:28,480 --> 00:17:30,639 Speaker 1: know it means a great deal to the members of 400 00:17:30,720 --> 00:17:34,240 Speaker 1: our military overseas. What are those experiences like for you, Donnie? 401 00:17:34,800 --> 00:17:37,719 Speaker 1: It's pretty amazing because you get to go out, you know, 402 00:17:37,800 --> 00:17:41,040 Speaker 1: to where our men and women are serving abroad. I mean, 403 00:17:41,080 --> 00:17:43,880 Speaker 1: I think we're in over one hundred and seventy countries 404 00:17:43,880 --> 00:17:45,720 Speaker 1: around the world. I think a lot of people don't 405 00:17:45,760 --> 00:17:50,600 Speaker 1: know that that we have Americans in so many far 406 00:17:50,840 --> 00:17:53,960 Speaker 1: places of this Earth and to go to places like Jibouti. 407 00:17:55,119 --> 00:17:57,919 Speaker 1: Jibouti is on the east side of Africa, next to 408 00:17:58,000 --> 00:18:04,760 Speaker 1: Somalia and Tria and Ethiopia. And to go there with 409 00:18:04,880 --> 00:18:07,320 Speaker 1: you know, my former teammate Drew Brees, and to go 410 00:18:07,760 --> 00:18:10,080 Speaker 1: you know, visit the troops out there and you know, 411 00:18:10,280 --> 00:18:12,560 Speaker 1: throw the football around and play a little football back 412 00:18:12,560 --> 00:18:14,560 Speaker 1: in the day, and you know, it's just just to 413 00:18:14,680 --> 00:18:17,560 Speaker 1: be there. It's just great for them because it's gets 414 00:18:17,600 --> 00:18:20,240 Speaker 1: kind of boring, it's kind of I'm monotonous, and for 415 00:18:20,280 --> 00:18:22,119 Speaker 1: them to get a piece of home, to come back 416 00:18:22,160 --> 00:18:26,320 Speaker 1: and talk football and hang out, it's always great and 417 00:18:26,359 --> 00:18:28,159 Speaker 1: it makes me feel good to you know, to go 418 00:18:28,280 --> 00:18:30,000 Speaker 1: visit these men and women that are out there that 419 00:18:30,040 --> 00:18:33,080 Speaker 1: are protecting them, you know Carbucks. Oh absolutely. You know, 420 00:18:33,280 --> 00:18:35,520 Speaker 1: these guys look at you like as Donnie Edwards of 421 00:18:35,560 --> 00:18:38,720 Speaker 1: the Chargers. That's Donnie Edwards of the Chiefs. And when 422 00:18:38,760 --> 00:18:41,359 Speaker 1: you get there, I mean, what is it like knowing 423 00:18:41,520 --> 00:18:45,360 Speaker 1: that what you did in your NFL career in comparison 424 00:18:45,359 --> 00:18:48,760 Speaker 1: to what these guys are doing each and every single day, 425 00:18:49,160 --> 00:18:51,760 Speaker 1: there's really no comparison when you look at it, right, No, 426 00:18:51,960 --> 00:18:54,119 Speaker 1: there's no comparison at all. I mean my hat is 427 00:18:54,119 --> 00:18:58,640 Speaker 1: often these guys, I mean I I mean, you don't 428 00:18:58,640 --> 00:19:00,320 Speaker 1: have known until you go out there. You see the 429 00:19:00,359 --> 00:19:02,480 Speaker 1: conditions and what the you know, what they have to 430 00:19:02,520 --> 00:19:04,960 Speaker 1: do and go through day in and day out. I mean, 431 00:19:04,960 --> 00:19:07,800 Speaker 1: it's tough work, and you know the luxuries that we 432 00:19:07,880 --> 00:19:11,320 Speaker 1: have here, and you know, back home is a is 433 00:19:11,359 --> 00:19:15,880 Speaker 1: a mirror. You know what they're going through every day, 434 00:19:16,000 --> 00:19:20,639 Speaker 1: and you know it's uh, it makes you put everything 435 00:19:20,640 --> 00:19:23,680 Speaker 1: into perspective for sure, and when every time you come 436 00:19:23,680 --> 00:19:26,840 Speaker 1: back to you know, come back to the States, you 437 00:19:26,920 --> 00:19:29,040 Speaker 1: just have more of appreciation for this country and what 438 00:19:29,040 --> 00:19:31,840 Speaker 1: it means and how blessed we are to be born 439 00:19:31,840 --> 00:19:34,840 Speaker 1: and raised here. Now, your primary work today is with 440 00:19:34,920 --> 00:19:38,119 Speaker 1: the Greatest Generations Foundation for those who may not know 441 00:19:38,200 --> 00:19:40,840 Speaker 1: what it is. Please tell me about that mission. Well, 442 00:19:40,880 --> 00:19:43,200 Speaker 1: I'm actually not with them anymore. Actually I left them 443 00:19:43,280 --> 00:19:46,240 Speaker 1: last year. Kind of do my own work now. It's 444 00:19:46,280 --> 00:19:49,680 Speaker 1: kind of deal. Yeah, through Daniver's best defense. I've had 445 00:19:49,720 --> 00:19:52,040 Speaker 1: it since two thousand and one and so doing the 446 00:19:52,119 --> 00:19:54,360 Speaker 1: same thing. I've been taking World War Two veterans back 447 00:19:54,359 --> 00:19:57,560 Speaker 1: to the battlefields for the last twelve years and more 448 00:19:57,680 --> 00:20:01,199 Speaker 1: recently the last six years. Actually, um, since I've been 449 00:20:01,240 --> 00:20:03,280 Speaker 1: out of football six seven years. I've been out of football, 450 00:20:03,280 --> 00:20:05,960 Speaker 1: which is great because at the time and energy and 451 00:20:05,960 --> 00:20:08,080 Speaker 1: and uh, you know, and I want to to do it, 452 00:20:08,400 --> 00:20:11,399 Speaker 1: which has been pretty nice. Um. We've been to a 453 00:20:11,440 --> 00:20:16,360 Speaker 1: lot of different countries around the world with veterans, most notably, 454 00:20:16,760 --> 00:20:20,560 Speaker 1: um going to Euojiema. So being on the top of 455 00:20:20,920 --> 00:20:23,760 Speaker 1: Mount serabas you have an opportunity to bring uh you know, 456 00:20:23,840 --> 00:20:27,760 Speaker 1: some euogiam or survivors back to that point was just amazing. 457 00:20:27,960 --> 00:20:30,480 Speaker 1: I mean, they thought that they'll never get opportunity to 458 00:20:30,520 --> 00:20:32,040 Speaker 1: go back, and it was really happy that I can 459 00:20:32,080 --> 00:20:34,000 Speaker 1: help provide an opportunity for them to go back and 460 00:20:34,040 --> 00:20:37,480 Speaker 1: pay their respects to the brothers. Um. It's just really rewarding, 461 00:20:37,640 --> 00:20:39,440 Speaker 1: you know, it's really rewarding for me to go there 462 00:20:39,440 --> 00:20:41,359 Speaker 1: and to like, you know, to to be with the 463 00:20:41,400 --> 00:20:44,840 Speaker 1: men that made the history possible, the reason why we're there, 464 00:20:44,920 --> 00:20:48,640 Speaker 1: and it's just it's just, you know, just amazing. Doddy, 465 00:20:48,720 --> 00:20:51,520 Speaker 1: can you describe just kind of the feelings when you 466 00:20:51,600 --> 00:20:56,400 Speaker 1: go to these sites with veterans just as an observer, 467 00:20:56,640 --> 00:20:59,200 Speaker 1: like what's going on there? Because I have to imagine, 468 00:20:59,720 --> 00:21:01,200 Speaker 1: you know, and I've read I've read in the press 469 00:21:01,240 --> 00:21:04,159 Speaker 1: releasing these guys are you go with other veterans and 470 00:21:04,400 --> 00:21:07,040 Speaker 1: their brothers and they go back to these sites. Just 471 00:21:07,480 --> 00:21:10,480 Speaker 1: describe what that is like for these guys. Well, I 472 00:21:10,480 --> 00:21:13,359 Speaker 1: think it's different for everyone because sometimes there's some guys 473 00:21:13,359 --> 00:21:17,000 Speaker 1: who have gone back before, like twenty five thirty years ago, 474 00:21:17,280 --> 00:21:21,720 Speaker 1: and there's other guys who haven't revisited, you know, the 475 00:21:21,800 --> 00:21:26,320 Speaker 1: site since they were there without a passport as they say, 476 00:21:26,400 --> 00:21:29,000 Speaker 1: back during the war. You know. So it's different for everybody. 477 00:21:29,000 --> 00:21:31,320 Speaker 1: But every time we bring guys together, we bring them 478 00:21:31,359 --> 00:21:33,600 Speaker 1: together as a team, you know, the boys back in 479 00:21:33,640 --> 00:21:37,440 Speaker 1: the foxhold together and you know, they don't bring anyone 480 00:21:37,480 --> 00:21:40,040 Speaker 1: with them, they just bring themselves. And it's amazing. You 481 00:21:40,160 --> 00:21:43,000 Speaker 1: have like ten guys that are really don't know each other, 482 00:21:43,200 --> 00:21:45,639 Speaker 1: and some guys have different experiences where they are at 483 00:21:45,640 --> 00:21:48,760 Speaker 1: the time, and it's interesting to watch the dynamics and 484 00:21:48,840 --> 00:21:51,200 Speaker 1: how the relationship works from the beginning of the week 485 00:21:51,280 --> 00:21:52,959 Speaker 1: until the end of the week. I mean the first time, 486 00:21:53,000 --> 00:21:55,199 Speaker 1: they're just kind of introducing themselves, like I did this 487 00:21:55,280 --> 00:21:56,960 Speaker 1: and did that, and then by the end of the week, 488 00:21:57,600 --> 00:22:01,240 Speaker 1: they're hugging, they're high five in each other, they're telling stories, 489 00:22:01,240 --> 00:22:04,919 Speaker 1: it's amazing. It's amazing to see in a transformation because 490 00:22:05,119 --> 00:22:07,520 Speaker 1: it takes them back to where they were when they're 491 00:22:07,520 --> 00:22:10,320 Speaker 1: you know, young teens and in their early twenties, and 492 00:22:10,400 --> 00:22:14,159 Speaker 1: it's just nice for them to, you know, to to 493 00:22:14,280 --> 00:22:16,639 Speaker 1: look back seventy three years ago, to have that respect 494 00:22:16,720 --> 00:22:20,959 Speaker 1: and recognition that so many people don't forget about what 495 00:22:21,000 --> 00:22:23,240 Speaker 1: they did. And I think for them it just kind 496 00:22:23,280 --> 00:22:26,920 Speaker 1: of like fulfills them and fills them up in their life. 497 00:22:27,040 --> 00:22:29,840 Speaker 1: I mean, most of the guys are well into their 498 00:22:29,920 --> 00:22:33,280 Speaker 1: nineties now, and for so many people are on the 499 00:22:33,280 --> 00:22:36,800 Speaker 1: world to never forget about what they did their service 500 00:22:36,880 --> 00:22:41,480 Speaker 1: and sacrifice to you know, you could spend the world recently. 501 00:22:41,520 --> 00:22:43,560 Speaker 1: I mean, the world we know now is because of 502 00:22:43,600 --> 00:22:46,520 Speaker 1: these men and women that that served and fought. I mean, 503 00:22:46,680 --> 00:22:49,840 Speaker 1: that's why I believe it's the greatest generations, because they 504 00:22:49,920 --> 00:22:52,479 Speaker 1: served and they did it in time of need, and 505 00:22:52,520 --> 00:22:55,080 Speaker 1: we're all benefited from it now. And I don't forget that. 506 00:22:55,160 --> 00:22:58,600 Speaker 1: And I'm very proud in American and Johnnie we talked 507 00:22:58,720 --> 00:23:02,200 Speaker 1: off air. You're bringing some vets to the game on Sunday. 508 00:23:02,240 --> 00:23:05,520 Speaker 1: You're firing off that cannon at StubHub Center when the 509 00:23:05,600 --> 00:23:08,040 Speaker 1: Chargers take on the bills. But you said you you 510 00:23:08,119 --> 00:23:09,679 Speaker 1: allowed to call to some of these vets to let 511 00:23:09,760 --> 00:23:12,040 Speaker 1: them know that they're going to the game, right, Yeah, 512 00:23:12,080 --> 00:23:15,800 Speaker 1: I did. It's funny. Uh yeah. I saw two of 513 00:23:15,800 --> 00:23:18,119 Speaker 1: the veterans today and I thought it was gonna be 514 00:23:18,119 --> 00:23:20,280 Speaker 1: a short, you know visit. I just went over there, 515 00:23:20,320 --> 00:23:22,280 Speaker 1: get some information and got a picture, and I end 516 00:23:22,359 --> 00:23:25,000 Speaker 1: up stand there for two hours. I had tea, they 517 00:23:25,080 --> 00:23:28,719 Speaker 1: made me a soundwich and telling me some great stories 518 00:23:28,760 --> 00:23:31,240 Speaker 1: and everything like that. So it was just great. And 519 00:23:31,520 --> 00:23:34,359 Speaker 1: a lot of these guys it's very special because they 520 00:23:34,359 --> 00:23:36,280 Speaker 1: want to, you know, tell their story and what they 521 00:23:36,320 --> 00:23:39,479 Speaker 1: did and you know, and it's amazing. I mean, these 522 00:23:39,520 --> 00:23:43,639 Speaker 1: stories need to be remembered and need to be you know, 523 00:23:43,800 --> 00:23:47,600 Speaker 1: recorded and wrint down because if not, it's gonna be gone. 524 00:23:47,920 --> 00:23:50,400 Speaker 1: And you know, we're gonna look back ten fifteen years 525 00:23:50,400 --> 00:23:52,840 Speaker 1: from now and it's all all gonna be a memory. 526 00:23:52,960 --> 00:23:55,360 Speaker 1: So it's really important. I'm very blessed to hear these 527 00:23:55,359 --> 00:23:58,040 Speaker 1: great stories. And I'm sure you'll hear some. If you 528 00:23:58,080 --> 00:24:00,560 Speaker 1: see some of the guys this Sunday will be I'll 529 00:24:00,600 --> 00:24:02,560 Speaker 1: be searching you out on the field to see you 530 00:24:02,600 --> 00:24:04,840 Speaker 1: in the in the guys and DOWNNY. I know you're 531 00:24:04,880 --> 00:24:07,200 Speaker 1: also doing some work with the NFL. Tell us about 532 00:24:07,200 --> 00:24:09,040 Speaker 1: what you're doing with the league. Well, for the last 533 00:24:09,040 --> 00:24:12,960 Speaker 1: four years, I've been with the NFL Legends community, and 534 00:24:13,119 --> 00:24:17,480 Speaker 1: it's basically a community where guys when they get done 535 00:24:17,520 --> 00:24:21,200 Speaker 1: play and have a place where they celebrate your career 536 00:24:21,640 --> 00:24:23,960 Speaker 1: and in the community, it's a great place to land 537 00:24:23,960 --> 00:24:28,160 Speaker 1: where we have benefits, services, is everything available to guys 538 00:24:28,160 --> 00:24:30,360 Speaker 1: to help the transition to their next phase in your 539 00:24:30,359 --> 00:24:32,960 Speaker 1: life and want them to be successful and and a 540 00:24:33,040 --> 00:24:36,040 Speaker 1: lot of times you know it's lonely out there when 541 00:24:36,080 --> 00:24:38,760 Speaker 1: you leave the game, but knowing now that the Legends 542 00:24:38,800 --> 00:24:43,200 Speaker 1: community is there for the bedos, it's It's been fantastic. 543 00:24:43,240 --> 00:24:44,879 Speaker 1: It's been a lot. I think we've been doing it 544 00:24:44,920 --> 00:24:48,800 Speaker 1: for the last four years and uh we um for 545 00:24:49,119 --> 00:24:52,280 Speaker 1: players are part of the program and we're moving forward. 546 00:24:53,480 --> 00:24:56,720 Speaker 1: It's been a huge success and we continue to hope 547 00:24:56,720 --> 00:24:58,720 Speaker 1: that more guys get signed up that play the game 548 00:24:59,040 --> 00:25:02,520 Speaker 1: and U start connecting with your brothers. I'd be remiss 549 00:25:02,560 --> 00:25:04,280 Speaker 1: if I didn't ask you about this Chargers team. A 550 00:25:04,320 --> 00:25:06,880 Speaker 1: tough loss on Sunday against the Jags, but I'm sure 551 00:25:06,920 --> 00:25:10,480 Speaker 1: you like watching some of the pieces on this defense, Donnie. Yeah, 552 00:25:10,520 --> 00:25:12,280 Speaker 1: I like the big play actually, I mean it's all 553 00:25:12,320 --> 00:25:14,640 Speaker 1: about making plays and that's what it comes down to defense. 554 00:25:14,680 --> 00:25:17,000 Speaker 1: I mean every all the defenses I played for when 555 00:25:17,000 --> 00:25:18,520 Speaker 1: I was with the Charges, I mean, we made big 556 00:25:18,520 --> 00:25:21,520 Speaker 1: plays and that's what's about. You know, it's not about 557 00:25:21,560 --> 00:25:23,240 Speaker 1: just getting it done. It's about making the plays and 558 00:25:24,280 --> 00:25:26,920 Speaker 1: in doing what accounts. And you know, that's what they've 559 00:25:26,920 --> 00:25:30,080 Speaker 1: been doing, which is it's been fun to watch. I 560 00:25:30,119 --> 00:25:32,640 Speaker 1: talked to you yesterday. You said you may be able 561 00:25:32,640 --> 00:25:34,960 Speaker 1: to get in there some third down packages if Gus 562 00:25:35,000 --> 00:25:37,040 Speaker 1: needed you. Would you be able to play like fifteen 563 00:25:37,080 --> 00:25:42,440 Speaker 1: twenty plays on Sunday. I think you're kind of overestimated 564 00:25:42,600 --> 00:25:44,360 Speaker 1: number of plays. I said, I can go in there 565 00:25:44,400 --> 00:25:50,760 Speaker 1: for a play to one play third down, maybe maybe 566 00:25:50,800 --> 00:25:54,720 Speaker 1: the pat block team or something like that. Look, I'm 567 00:25:54,720 --> 00:25:57,359 Speaker 1: forty four years old now, and you know, thirty years 568 00:25:57,359 --> 00:25:59,600 Speaker 1: of football, the long time of wearing, tearing the body. 569 00:25:59,640 --> 00:26:02,240 Speaker 1: For sure, I appreciate what these guys do. And it's amazing, 570 00:26:02,760 --> 00:26:04,840 Speaker 1: you know, to sit back and watch the game from 571 00:26:04,880 --> 00:26:06,960 Speaker 1: you know, from my level and see you know, how 572 00:26:07,000 --> 00:26:10,800 Speaker 1: intense and how and how tough and how hard hitting 573 00:26:10,800 --> 00:26:12,840 Speaker 1: and brutal. This game is this is amazing. I mean 574 00:26:12,880 --> 00:26:14,840 Speaker 1: I just love it. I mean I love the game. 575 00:26:15,080 --> 00:26:16,560 Speaker 1: I love the game, and I love to see it. 576 00:26:16,640 --> 00:26:19,000 Speaker 1: And I'm just blessed I have an opportunity to play, 577 00:26:19,119 --> 00:26:21,639 Speaker 1: you know, they play football, play for the Chargers and 578 00:26:21,680 --> 00:26:23,600 Speaker 1: the play in the NFL. I mean it's a dream 579 00:26:23,640 --> 00:26:26,720 Speaker 1: come true from just a kid from San Diego. Donnie 580 00:26:26,760 --> 00:26:29,320 Speaker 1: Philip Rivers, former teammate of years. Can you give me 581 00:26:29,359 --> 00:26:31,880 Speaker 1: your favorite Philip Rivers story? You know we were talking 582 00:26:31,920 --> 00:26:34,120 Speaker 1: about it earlier. This is a guy who hasn't missed 583 00:26:34,119 --> 00:26:36,600 Speaker 1: the games. Is two thousand and five. Yeah, it's been 584 00:26:36,640 --> 00:26:38,560 Speaker 1: a long time. I mean, Philip's a tough guy. I mean, 585 00:26:38,600 --> 00:26:41,239 Speaker 1: I love I love playing with that guy. I mean 586 00:26:41,280 --> 00:26:43,359 Speaker 1: he's always great to watch and with his teammate. He 587 00:26:43,440 --> 00:26:45,919 Speaker 1: was always you know, he's a great teammate. He's a 588 00:26:45,920 --> 00:26:48,040 Speaker 1: great leader. Two thousand and four. I think it was 589 00:26:48,040 --> 00:26:50,679 Speaker 1: his rookie year and all the rookies have to go 590 00:26:50,800 --> 00:26:53,480 Speaker 1: up and and you know, seeing or tell a joke 591 00:26:53,640 --> 00:26:55,639 Speaker 1: or something like that. So I believe it or not. 592 00:26:57,400 --> 00:26:59,159 Speaker 1: Twelve years ago I think it was. Yeah, when he 593 00:26:59,200 --> 00:27:01,440 Speaker 1: was a rookie. Um, we were at the at the 594 00:27:01,480 --> 00:27:03,399 Speaker 1: stuff Up Center, the Home Deeple Center back then, and 595 00:27:03,440 --> 00:27:04,960 Speaker 1: that's where we had our training camp for two thousand 596 00:27:04,960 --> 00:27:06,840 Speaker 1: and three and two thousand and four. And I never 597 00:27:06,920 --> 00:27:09,680 Speaker 1: forget that, uh you know, was yeah, it was Phillip's 598 00:27:09,720 --> 00:27:11,159 Speaker 1: turn to go up there and right there at the 599 00:27:11,200 --> 00:27:13,520 Speaker 1: stuff Up Center, down in one of those meeting rooms. 600 00:27:13,600 --> 00:27:15,919 Speaker 1: He goes up there and it's just turned to sing 601 00:27:16,359 --> 00:27:19,800 Speaker 1: and uh, you know, and you got a guy like 602 00:27:19,880 --> 00:27:22,800 Speaker 1: Phil you know, who's you know, who's just a riot. 603 00:27:22,840 --> 00:27:25,359 Speaker 1: He goes up there and he sings A devil goes 604 00:27:25,359 --> 00:27:28,639 Speaker 1: down to Georgia and he and he has the whole 605 00:27:28,960 --> 00:27:33,240 Speaker 1: entire team clapping singing. It was so awesome. And I 606 00:27:33,240 --> 00:27:35,200 Speaker 1: don't know if you know, if he I don't think 607 00:27:35,240 --> 00:27:37,560 Speaker 1: that he knows. But I have a recording of that. 608 00:27:37,640 --> 00:27:39,679 Speaker 1: I have a video of that that I recorded and 609 00:27:39,680 --> 00:27:43,000 Speaker 1: I just saw it maybe probably yeah, about about two 610 00:27:43,000 --> 00:27:46,920 Speaker 1: months ago. And I meant to tell Philo when I 611 00:27:46,960 --> 00:27:49,240 Speaker 1: saw him at the game when they played the Eagles. 612 00:27:49,800 --> 00:27:53,480 Speaker 1: But I do have a copy of his rookie song 613 00:27:53,840 --> 00:27:56,280 Speaker 1: at training camp back in two thousand and five. You 614 00:27:56,280 --> 00:27:58,320 Speaker 1: got to bring that to the game on Sunday. I 615 00:27:58,359 --> 00:28:01,000 Speaker 1: don't know, I'm a. I have to ask him first 616 00:28:01,080 --> 00:28:03,760 Speaker 1: if it's okay. So if he wants a copy of it, 617 00:28:03,840 --> 00:28:06,000 Speaker 1: I'll give a copy and then if you says, throw 618 00:28:06,040 --> 00:28:09,280 Speaker 1: it on YouTube and then everybody can see Philip Rivers 619 00:28:09,280 --> 00:28:12,480 Speaker 1: seeing Devil goes down to Georgia. We'll definitely have a 620 00:28:12,520 --> 00:28:18,040 Speaker 1: link on charges dot com for sure. Yeah, right, Donnie, 621 00:28:18,119 --> 00:28:21,520 Speaker 1: how can people learn more about your foundation? Um? Well, 622 00:28:21,800 --> 00:28:24,639 Speaker 1: it's the Donnie Ever's Best Defense Foundation. It's through the 623 00:28:24,720 --> 00:28:31,840 Speaker 1: Greater Horizons, um dot org Um we have there's just 624 00:28:31,880 --> 00:28:34,240 Speaker 1: a one page right now. But you know what I 625 00:28:34,320 --> 00:28:36,199 Speaker 1: do is kind of on the small deal, just like 626 00:28:36,320 --> 00:28:39,880 Speaker 1: per per program basis. Right now, So my next program 627 00:28:39,880 --> 00:28:42,960 Speaker 1: that I'm doing, I'm taking h five veterans to Normandy 628 00:28:43,400 --> 00:28:47,840 Speaker 1: for the two thousan twenty eighteen. It's going to be 629 00:28:47,920 --> 00:28:51,680 Speaker 1: the seventy fourth anniversary of D Day and you know, 630 00:28:51,720 --> 00:28:54,400 Speaker 1: bringing those boys about, giving him opportunity to go back 631 00:28:54,400 --> 00:28:58,360 Speaker 1: and and touch French soil one last time. So it's 632 00:28:58,360 --> 00:29:00,400 Speaker 1: gonna be pretty nice. Well, let's tell you, Donnie, was 633 00:29:00,440 --> 00:29:01,920 Speaker 1: a great pleasure for me to have you on and 634 00:29:02,000 --> 00:29:04,200 Speaker 1: learn all the things that you do for our military. 635 00:29:04,560 --> 00:29:06,720 Speaker 1: He's Donnie Edwards. You can follow him on Twitter at 636 00:29:06,760 --> 00:29:09,520 Speaker 1: Donnie Edwards, I will see on Sunday, my man, look 637 00:29:09,520 --> 00:29:12,920 Speaker 1: forward to seeing you and the guys. Sounds good. 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To have 655 00:30:09,200 --> 00:30:13,280 Speaker 1: a game like that, guys were bummed. You know, a 656 00:30:13,320 --> 00:30:15,720 Speaker 1: lot of them talked about the need to finish games, 657 00:30:15,720 --> 00:30:17,760 Speaker 1: and this has been a common theme for the team 658 00:30:17,800 --> 00:30:21,440 Speaker 1: this season. They turned it around at one point, you know, 659 00:30:21,520 --> 00:30:23,560 Speaker 1: kind of flipped the script a little bit, but then 660 00:30:23,960 --> 00:30:25,880 Speaker 1: fell back into I don't want to say fell back 661 00:30:25,920 --> 00:30:28,600 Speaker 1: into their ways on Sunday, but kind of in that 662 00:30:28,680 --> 00:30:32,120 Speaker 1: sense where you know, they they let it go at 663 00:30:32,160 --> 00:30:33,520 Speaker 1: the end of the game. I mean, it was it 664 00:30:33,560 --> 00:30:36,000 Speaker 1: was a bummer. It was a huge bummer, especially when 665 00:30:36,000 --> 00:30:38,360 Speaker 1: you travel, you know, across the country. You're fresh, you're 666 00:30:38,360 --> 00:30:40,680 Speaker 1: coming off to buy, you feel good, and then you 667 00:30:40,760 --> 00:30:43,760 Speaker 1: have a game like that. I mean, the disappointing thing 668 00:30:43,800 --> 00:30:47,080 Speaker 1: is how many times do you have two interceptions at 669 00:30:47,080 --> 00:30:49,480 Speaker 1: the end of the game with a lead and then 670 00:30:49,560 --> 00:30:53,560 Speaker 1: ultimately lose And now that's crazy. Bummer again. Yeah, yeah, 671 00:30:53,560 --> 00:30:55,680 Speaker 1: I talked to Daniel Jeremiah about that. I kind of 672 00:30:55,760 --> 00:30:58,000 Speaker 1: laid out that scenario, like what if I told you 673 00:30:58,080 --> 00:31:00,640 Speaker 1: before the game that Blake Portals would throw fifty one 674 00:31:00,720 --> 00:31:04,200 Speaker 1: times two interceptions the last two minutes, you'd hold four 675 00:31:04,240 --> 00:31:07,800 Speaker 1: nette to thirty three yards rushing and you wouldn't allow 676 00:31:07,840 --> 00:31:10,640 Speaker 1: a sack to the team that leads the nfiliand sacks 677 00:31:10,920 --> 00:31:13,320 Speaker 1: and you lose, you know. So it's just it's just 678 00:31:13,360 --> 00:31:16,960 Speaker 1: try trying to figure out this league is puzzling on 679 00:31:17,280 --> 00:31:20,920 Speaker 1: a week to week basis. But going into Sunday Monday morning, 680 00:31:20,960 --> 00:31:23,000 Speaker 1: we're thinking this is going to be a Tyrod Taylor 681 00:31:23,120 --> 00:31:27,680 Speaker 1: versus Philip Rivers matchup. Philip is in concussion protocol this week, 682 00:31:27,760 --> 00:31:29,560 Speaker 1: so we'll know more later in the week about his 683 00:31:29,600 --> 00:31:32,720 Speaker 1: status for Sunday, but the Bills have made a change 684 00:31:32,760 --> 00:31:35,320 Speaker 1: at quarterback. Tyrod Taylor, who I think through for fifty 685 00:31:35,360 --> 00:31:38,040 Speaker 1: six yards last week against the Saints, is out and 686 00:31:38,360 --> 00:31:42,440 Speaker 1: the rookie Nathan Peterman is in. Quite the shift in 687 00:31:42,960 --> 00:31:46,760 Speaker 1: storylines tailing. Yeah, totally quite the shift. I mean, any 688 00:31:46,800 --> 00:31:49,520 Speaker 1: given Sunday, right, this is a week to week league, 689 00:31:49,520 --> 00:31:52,560 Speaker 1: as they say, and here we are on Wednesday, heading 690 00:31:52,560 --> 00:31:55,640 Speaker 1: into week eleven, don't know the status about Philip Rivers, 691 00:31:55,680 --> 00:31:57,640 Speaker 1: and then if you have a rookie fifth round pick 692 00:31:58,080 --> 00:32:01,560 Speaker 1: coming in as the opposing quarterback. But yeah, Sean McDermott 693 00:32:01,560 --> 00:32:05,240 Speaker 1: made that change this morning, said that he wanted to 694 00:32:05,280 --> 00:32:08,400 Speaker 1: see if he if Peterman could make Buffalo a better team, 695 00:32:08,400 --> 00:32:10,720 Speaker 1: and this is a team. They're five and four, and 696 00:32:11,000 --> 00:32:14,400 Speaker 1: I had watched mcdermot's press conference on Monday post games, 697 00:32:14,480 --> 00:32:17,280 Speaker 1: because you know, they lost forty seven ten to the 698 00:32:17,320 --> 00:32:20,360 Speaker 1: Saint Huge. You know, to give up forty seven points, 699 00:32:20,360 --> 00:32:22,400 Speaker 1: that's not good. They lost. I think they gave up 700 00:32:22,440 --> 00:32:25,800 Speaker 1: thirty four to the Jets the week prior. But they're 701 00:32:25,800 --> 00:32:28,160 Speaker 1: still in the playoff race. That's the crazy thing about it. 702 00:32:28,200 --> 00:32:29,800 Speaker 1: They still have a winning records, they're still in the 703 00:32:29,800 --> 00:32:31,760 Speaker 1: playoff race. So he I think just wants to see 704 00:32:31,760 --> 00:32:34,960 Speaker 1: what the rookie can do. When he came in last Sunday, 705 00:32:34,960 --> 00:32:37,200 Speaker 1: he went seven of nine for seventy nine yards and 706 00:32:37,280 --> 00:32:40,600 Speaker 1: a touchdown, so he's got a little something there. But 707 00:32:41,240 --> 00:32:44,920 Speaker 1: I think this could be very opportunistic for the Chargers defense. 708 00:32:45,280 --> 00:32:49,000 Speaker 1: I mean, they're already stud they already get after the quarterback, 709 00:32:49,000 --> 00:32:50,800 Speaker 1: and I have a rookie coming in, so that could 710 00:32:50,840 --> 00:32:53,440 Speaker 1: be that could be huge for the Chargers. Yeah, that's 711 00:32:53,480 --> 00:32:56,400 Speaker 1: a that's a tough spot for Peterman to come in 712 00:32:56,520 --> 00:33:00,720 Speaker 1: and have to account for a Joey Bosa, Melvin Ingram 713 00:33:00,760 --> 00:33:03,600 Speaker 1: and guys like Denzel Perriman coming back, and besides the 714 00:33:03,640 --> 00:33:06,800 Speaker 1: play of Tyrod Taylor, though Haley. I mean, the Buffalo 715 00:33:06,840 --> 00:33:10,080 Speaker 1: Bills gave up two hundred ninety eight rushing yards to 716 00:33:10,120 --> 00:33:13,120 Speaker 1: the New Orleans Saints. And you know, we saw Austin 717 00:33:13,160 --> 00:33:17,080 Speaker 1: Eckler really have a breakout game on Sunday. Melvin Gordon, 718 00:33:17,520 --> 00:33:20,680 Speaker 1: he had it was tough sledding for him. I feel like, 719 00:33:20,760 --> 00:33:23,760 Speaker 1: regardless of who is quarterback, whether it's Philip Rivers or 720 00:33:23,840 --> 00:33:27,240 Speaker 1: Kellyn Clemens, We're gonna see a heavy dose of Gordon 721 00:33:27,360 --> 00:33:29,920 Speaker 1: and Eckler on Sunday. I agree with that. And the 722 00:33:29,960 --> 00:33:32,480 Speaker 1: other thing is, I mean, yeah, New Orleans ran all 723 00:33:32,480 --> 00:33:36,160 Speaker 1: over Buffalo. I don't think they had a passing touchdown 724 00:33:36,160 --> 00:33:39,280 Speaker 1: in that game. Everything was either snow gold or rushing scorer. 725 00:33:39,400 --> 00:33:42,160 Speaker 1: So that's huge for the Chargers. And that's something obviously 726 00:33:42,200 --> 00:33:44,480 Speaker 1: that head coach Anthony Lynn has wanted to get going. 727 00:33:44,520 --> 00:33:46,560 Speaker 1: He's talked about the run game all this season and 728 00:33:46,600 --> 00:33:49,400 Speaker 1: getting it going, and you saw Eckler provide a bit 729 00:33:49,440 --> 00:33:51,920 Speaker 1: of a spark last Sunday. And I agree with you. 730 00:33:51,960 --> 00:33:54,440 Speaker 1: I think he'll probably see more of him. And with 731 00:33:54,600 --> 00:33:57,400 Speaker 1: the complimentary, you know, to compliment Melvin Gordon, I should 732 00:33:57,400 --> 00:34:01,120 Speaker 1: say this coming week, Yeah, I'm excited to see Melvin 733 00:34:01,200 --> 00:34:03,520 Speaker 1: kind of come out and bounce back from last Sunday's 734 00:34:03,560 --> 00:34:06,520 Speaker 1: game and also Field Haley. Hey. It Salute the Service 735 00:34:06,560 --> 00:34:09,160 Speaker 1: Week and the Chargers are participating in a number of 736 00:34:09,160 --> 00:34:12,560 Speaker 1: military appreciation events and earlier this week, the Chargers teamed 737 00:34:12,640 --> 00:34:15,359 Speaker 1: up with the Bob Hope USO for their annual Feed 738 00:34:15,400 --> 00:34:17,240 Speaker 1: the Troops event. I know you were there at Lax. 739 00:34:17,760 --> 00:34:20,000 Speaker 1: Tell us about the day. Yeah, it was a super 740 00:34:20,040 --> 00:34:21,759 Speaker 1: great day. It was a super fun event. We were 741 00:34:21,800 --> 00:34:25,040 Speaker 1: at Lax with Bob Hope USO. We had Cardale Jones, 742 00:34:25,120 --> 00:34:29,280 Speaker 1: Isaac Rochelle, and Adrian Phillips come out and it was awesome. 743 00:34:29,320 --> 00:34:33,239 Speaker 1: The guys helped serve the troops, they hung with them, 744 00:34:33,320 --> 00:34:35,799 Speaker 1: they ate with them. What was really neat was when 745 00:34:35,840 --> 00:34:39,720 Speaker 1: the four buses of Marines came in. They were helping 746 00:34:39,760 --> 00:34:42,960 Speaker 1: these guys unload. And the crazy thing is you look 747 00:34:43,000 --> 00:34:45,560 Speaker 1: at these Marines and they're just young kids. I mean 748 00:34:45,600 --> 00:34:48,600 Speaker 1: some of them are eighteen, nineteen years old, but they 749 00:34:48,600 --> 00:34:51,640 Speaker 1: are making the ultimate sacrifice. And when you work in 750 00:34:51,719 --> 00:34:54,280 Speaker 1: sports and you get caught up and everything that happens 751 00:34:54,320 --> 00:34:57,520 Speaker 1: on Sunday, you see players on the field and you think, 752 00:34:57,640 --> 00:35:01,000 Speaker 1: like those guys are heroes, Like those are the heroes. 753 00:35:01,080 --> 00:35:03,680 Speaker 1: You know, they take the hits and they put on 754 00:35:03,680 --> 00:35:06,279 Speaker 1: shows and everything like that, but it kind of makes 755 00:35:06,320 --> 00:35:08,319 Speaker 1: you pause. It gives you pause and you go, these 756 00:35:08,320 --> 00:35:10,719 Speaker 1: are the real heroes out there. So to see the 757 00:35:10,800 --> 00:35:13,960 Speaker 1: two combined, it was a really really neat event and 758 00:35:14,000 --> 00:35:16,239 Speaker 1: I know guys were super touched. I know Cardell told 759 00:35:16,239 --> 00:35:19,399 Speaker 1: me that he has a history of military ties within 760 00:35:19,480 --> 00:35:23,600 Speaker 1: his family. His uncle is now serving his twenty second year. 761 00:35:24,360 --> 00:35:27,680 Speaker 1: And even though he just talked about giving back, like, 762 00:35:27,760 --> 00:35:30,399 Speaker 1: it's cool when you have an opportunity to give back 763 00:35:30,400 --> 00:35:32,480 Speaker 1: like that, and they certainly did that on their off 764 00:35:32,560 --> 00:35:35,000 Speaker 1: day yesterday, you know, and that was just the beginning. 765 00:35:35,320 --> 00:35:37,960 Speaker 1: Haley Friday, the team is inviting a group of local 766 00:35:37,960 --> 00:35:41,040 Speaker 1: Window Warriors to practice something that they've done the organization 767 00:35:41,080 --> 00:35:43,680 Speaker 1: has done for over a decade now. And just to 768 00:35:43,719 --> 00:35:45,600 Speaker 1: echo you and professional sports, I feel like we get 769 00:35:45,600 --> 00:35:48,520 Speaker 1: wrapped up and consumed with wins and losses, and I 770 00:35:48,520 --> 00:35:51,080 Speaker 1: think it's weeks like this that really put things in 771 00:35:51,120 --> 00:35:54,280 Speaker 1: its proper perspective totally. You kind of take a step 772 00:35:54,320 --> 00:35:57,600 Speaker 1: back and you go, it's so much more than football sometimes. 773 00:35:57,600 --> 00:36:00,560 Speaker 1: And like Adrian Phillips was telling me yesterday's meet, when 774 00:36:00,600 --> 00:36:05,400 Speaker 1: the two can combine because he said, it literally allows 775 00:36:05,520 --> 00:36:08,400 Speaker 1: us to show our full appreciation for those guys, just 776 00:36:08,480 --> 00:36:10,920 Speaker 1: like when the World War two vets come out on Friday, 777 00:36:11,239 --> 00:36:15,000 Speaker 1: you'll have the whole team. They're honoring these men and 778 00:36:15,040 --> 00:36:18,600 Speaker 1: everything that they did for this country. And I think 779 00:36:18,600 --> 00:36:20,319 Speaker 1: it was Cardinals who told me yesterday, you know, if 780 00:36:20,320 --> 00:36:22,120 Speaker 1: it wasn't for them, we wouldn't be allowed to do 781 00:36:22,160 --> 00:36:24,120 Speaker 1: any of this, you know, he said, we wouldn't be 782 00:36:24,160 --> 00:36:26,080 Speaker 1: allowed to have the freedoms that we have, so we 783 00:36:26,160 --> 00:36:28,880 Speaker 1: owe them everything. So it's just one of those times 784 00:36:28,880 --> 00:36:30,600 Speaker 1: where you kind of take a step back and you go, 785 00:36:31,160 --> 00:36:33,760 Speaker 1: it's time to honor them, and it's meat And obviously 786 00:36:33,840 --> 00:36:36,240 Speaker 1: the NFL does it every November with Salute of Service, 787 00:36:36,280 --> 00:36:39,120 Speaker 1: but it reminds you that you should have that gratitude 788 00:36:39,160 --> 00:36:41,600 Speaker 1: all year round. Yeah, and we just had Donnie Edwards, 789 00:36:41,880 --> 00:36:46,040 Speaker 1: the Chargers Salute Service nominee, on the podcast right before you. 790 00:36:46,120 --> 00:36:48,280 Speaker 1: So we looking forward to seeing Donnie fire the cannon 791 00:36:48,360 --> 00:36:51,000 Speaker 1: on Sunday. Haley, what's going on this week on the 792 00:36:51,000 --> 00:36:53,879 Speaker 1: website and on Access Chargers. I know there's a there's 793 00:36:53,880 --> 00:36:57,000 Speaker 1: a lot going on, so yeah, so we'll have a 794 00:36:57,000 --> 00:36:59,680 Speaker 1: little bit of ask to boost action happening with our 795 00:36:59,760 --> 00:37:01,960 Speaker 1: rady a team of Matt money Smith and Nick Hardwick. 796 00:37:02,040 --> 00:37:04,960 Speaker 1: And if any of you have questions that you want 797 00:37:05,000 --> 00:37:06,680 Speaker 1: them to answer, you can submit them to all of 798 00:37:06,680 --> 00:37:10,440 Speaker 1: our social platforms, so on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, the 799 00:37:10,480 --> 00:37:13,839 Speaker 1: whole kitten kaboodle there, and then we'll have our miked 800 00:37:13,920 --> 00:37:16,399 Speaker 1: up So Corey Legia was miked up versus the Jack, 801 00:37:16,560 --> 00:37:19,360 Speaker 1: so we'll have that in there, and we'll have a 802 00:37:19,360 --> 00:37:21,960 Speaker 1: little piece on the community event that we had yesterday 803 00:37:22,120 --> 00:37:25,000 Speaker 1: or on Tuesday, I should say, at Bob Hope at 804 00:37:25,120 --> 00:37:27,960 Speaker 1: LAX with Bob Hope USO. So a little bit of 805 00:37:28,080 --> 00:37:31,600 Speaker 1: a little variety coming to you on Access Chargers this 806 00:37:31,640 --> 00:37:33,759 Speaker 1: week and then also on Chargers dot com. Oh you 807 00:37:33,760 --> 00:37:37,240 Speaker 1: know what else, the Chargers Pro Bowl voting has started. 808 00:37:37,640 --> 00:37:39,719 Speaker 1: Go to Chargers dot com slash Pro Bowl. You can 809 00:37:39,800 --> 00:37:42,800 Speaker 1: vote for them there. Many are deserving this year, especially 810 00:37:42,840 --> 00:37:44,640 Speaker 1: you know, I'd say you look at the performances of 811 00:37:44,680 --> 00:37:47,279 Speaker 1: Melvin Ingram and Joy Botha, and I think Ingram's a 812 00:37:47,280 --> 00:37:49,560 Speaker 1: guy who has always wanted to make a Pro Bowl 813 00:37:49,600 --> 00:37:53,080 Speaker 1: and he hasn't, so it would be super special and 814 00:37:53,120 --> 00:37:55,080 Speaker 1: I'm sure he would be very honored if he got 815 00:37:55,160 --> 00:37:58,799 Speaker 1: the call this year. Well, he's done his part, you know, 816 00:37:59,120 --> 00:38:02,880 Speaker 1: nineteen games into the season, so hopefully Belvin can close 817 00:38:02,920 --> 00:38:05,560 Speaker 1: the season on a high note too. She's Haley Elwood. 818 00:38:05,560 --> 00:38:08,520 Speaker 1: You can follow her on Twitter at Chargers Hlwood. Haley, 819 00:38:08,600 --> 00:38:11,680 Speaker 1: I will see you practice on Friday. Looking forward to it. Yeah, 820 00:38:11,719 --> 00:38:13,480 Speaker 1: sounds great. I was gonna say one thing. The last 821 00:38:13,480 --> 00:38:15,120 Speaker 1: time I talked to you, The last time you had 822 00:38:15,120 --> 00:38:17,080 Speaker 1: me on is right before the Giants game if we 823 00:38:17,080 --> 00:38:20,200 Speaker 1: were owing four and we're on a two game losing skits. 824 00:38:20,239 --> 00:38:22,239 Speaker 1: So I hope that because you had me on this week, 825 00:38:22,239 --> 00:38:24,239 Speaker 1: we turn it around. Seeing good luck, you know what? 826 00:38:24,440 --> 00:38:27,440 Speaker 1: Moving forward? An every time we lose, we gotta get 827 00:38:27,440 --> 00:38:29,800 Speaker 1: Haley back to get back in the good graces of 828 00:38:29,880 --> 00:38:34,640 Speaker 1: the football gods. Right, yep, exactly. I appreciate it all right, 829 00:38:34,680 --> 00:38:37,600 Speaker 1: see Haley. Then I'll do it for this week's episode. 830 00:38:37,640 --> 00:38:40,520 Speaker 1: Some fantastic guests this week. My thanks to Haley Elwood, 831 00:38:40,600 --> 00:38:44,040 Speaker 1: Daniel Jeremiah, and Donnie Edwards for joining me, and thanks 832 00:38:44,040 --> 00:38:46,120 Speaker 1: to you guys for listening. Be sure to download and 833 00:38:46,120 --> 00:38:49,239 Speaker 1: subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts, and please leave a 834 00:38:49,239 --> 00:38:51,520 Speaker 1: review on iTunes if you listen to it on iTunes. 835 00:38:51,560 --> 00:38:53,799 Speaker 1: It helps us move up the charts and get this 836 00:38:53,880 --> 00:38:57,080 Speaker 1: podcast who as many Chargers fans as possible enjoy the 837 00:38:57,080 --> 00:39:02,160 Speaker 1: game on Sunday and until next time. I'm Chris Hayry four.