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Speaker 1: What's up, guys. Chris Harry with you on a week

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Speaker 1: eight edition of Chargers Weekly Bolts headed to Denver, a

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Speaker 1: big divisional showdown with the Broncos coming up. A beat

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Speaker 1: writer's round table haleeo Wood, the Athletics, Daniel Popper, and

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Speaker 1: Gilbert Manzano Southern California News Group. Gonna join me a

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Speaker 1: bit later. We'll also see what's on the menu, presented

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Speaker 1: by Subway with the voice of the Chargers Matt money Smith.

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Speaker 1: But first we get this week's opposing view from Denver,

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Speaker 1: courtesy of Ryan o'hallerin of the Denver Post. All right,

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Speaker 1: my first guest, first of the podcast, Ryan o'halleren Denver Posts.

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Speaker 1: Gonna give us this week's opposing view, Ryan, how are you, buddy? Good?

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Speaker 1: Chris good to join you again. Absolutely, we got a

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Speaker 1: divisional showdown in Denver, both teams two and four. This

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Speaker 1: is a critical game. What are the Broncos saying about

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Speaker 1: the Chargers coming to town? Well, I would agree that

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Speaker 1: in a showdown game, it could be a loser goes

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Speaker 1: home game. Two and five is tough, tough sledness like

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Speaker 1: the Broncos. Interestingly, over the last couple of days, they're

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Speaker 1: more about themselves. You can ask him about Justin Herbert.

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Speaker 1: They're impressed with him the way he goes down the field.

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Speaker 1: But after getting blown out by the Chiefs on Sunday,

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Speaker 1: I think they feel like their company line is take

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Speaker 1: care of their own house before they can worry about

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Speaker 1: the Chargers. Obviously they're worried about the Chargers behind the scenes,

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Speaker 1: but a lot of a lot of taking stock for

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Speaker 1: the Broncos after Sunday's game. What happened in that game?

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Speaker 1: Because if you look at the defensive stats, see Patrick

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Speaker 1: Mahomes over eight on third down. I know there was

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Speaker 1: a pick six. I know there was a kickoff return.

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Speaker 1: What was the reason for that Broncos loss? Yeah, you

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Speaker 1: mentioned those two non offensive touchdowns. Those came within a

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Speaker 1: five minute span in the second quarter. Made it in

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Speaker 1: sixth game, twenty four to six, and the route was on. Yeah, defensively,

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Speaker 1: what Kansasy did. They rushed for him, played coverage and

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Speaker 1: I think that threw Drew Locke for a loop a

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Speaker 1: little bit, and Jerry Judy didn't really get going. Tim

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Speaker 1: so and then Philip Lindsay and I think probably the

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Speaker 1: biggest part of the game. Philip Lindsay had seventy nine

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Speaker 1: with a concussion, so that that sat the offense back

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Speaker 1: of a perfect store. Kennasay is just better the running

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Speaker 1: back position in Denver. Obviously, Melvin Gordon gets to face

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Speaker 1: his old team. What do we know as we take

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Speaker 1: us about Philip Lindsay and his status for Sunday. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: he didn't practice Wednesday and he remains in the protocol

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Speaker 1: and you know, as I'm sure many of your viewers though,

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Speaker 1: that's up to independent doctors. The team has to go

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Speaker 1: go by whatever they say. So, you know, Big Fangios

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Speaker 1: said on Wednesday after practice that Friday at the earlier,

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Speaker 1: with that. So i'd be Melvin Gordon's game. What is

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Speaker 1: Melvin saying about playing his old team. I'm sure he's

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Speaker 1: pretty fired up to play against his old teammates. Yeah, yeah,

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Speaker 1: and it's you know, we talked to him on Wednesday

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Speaker 1: that was the main point of the conversation, as it

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Speaker 1: should have been. But he also talked about playing the Chargers.

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Speaker 1: He said he's talked to a couple of former teammates

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Speaker 1: this week, and you know, he says that, well, it's

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Speaker 1: just another game, it's another team on the schedule. Well,

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Speaker 1: be some kind of motivation maybe that maybe those juices

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Speaker 1: guys like Hammler, who I know he's been nicked up

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Speaker 1: tough games. This Bronco's offense in general, what are fans

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Speaker 1: that means it's a learning experience. This is his first

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Speaker 1: this is a key game for Drew Lock. It's not

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Speaker 1: That was a killer because he makes everybody look good,

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Speaker 1: have so much youth. You flip it over to the defense.

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Speaker 1: I know that they have the attention of Shane Steikeen

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Speaker 1: So uh, you know, one thing Vic Fangios said about

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Speaker 1: only way to get better at this position this league

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Speaker 1: Did they have Did they put Justin in before they

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Speaker 1: But one thing that sticks on about Herbert is he's

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Speaker 1: And maybe Chargers fans should keep an eye on on Sunday,

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Speaker 1: to Albert the tight end. Number eighty five rookie draft

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Speaker 1: so what catch the football? Which is he's targeted seven

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Speaker 1: some matchups for him. And if finally, Ryan, just what

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Speaker 1: lot of weeks would be the same answer. It's turnovers.

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Speaker 1: The Broncos cannot create a takeaway and they give it

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Speaker 1: differential there, you know, and so one thing the defense

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Speaker 1: want to make the Broncos one dimensional, which means containing

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Speaker 1: Melvin Gordon on first down and tell Drew Lock, hey, Gus,

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Speaker 1: find his own throw into We'll see what happens. I

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Speaker 1: always enjoy the trip to Denver and not gonna be

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Speaker 1: able to do it this year, man, but I always

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Speaker 1: appreciate your insight, Ryan, and hopefully we'll see each other

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Speaker 1: a person through it or later. Man, we got to

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Speaker 1: carried over. They got their sixteen point lead, but I

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Speaker 1: think it's still carried over a little bit. So you

427
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Speaker 1: have missed completions. And I thought Ty Long probably had

428
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Speaker 1: his worst game that I seen him have. His punts

429
00:21:02,680 --> 00:21:07,160
Speaker 1: were flat, they were short, they weren't clean, and it

430
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Speaker 1: just gave the Jags really good field position. Repeatedly that

431
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Speaker 1: the Chargers weren't able to flip the field. So I

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Speaker 1: think you take that into consideration. You also had a

433
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Speaker 1: missfield you aso had a missed extra point, which I

434
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Speaker 1: think doesn't do great things for an offense. I think,

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Speaker 1: you know, you score a touchdown, you want to be

436
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Speaker 1: high five, and then you missed the extra point. It

437
00:21:26,000 --> 00:21:27,600
Speaker 1: kind of leaves you with sort of this empty feeling.

438
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Speaker 1: And then he missed a field goal, and then you

439
00:21:30,480 --> 00:21:32,520
Speaker 1: start thinking, oh boy, so he missed a field goal

440
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Speaker 1: against the Saints, and missed field goal against the Bucks,

441
00:21:34,359 --> 00:21:36,640
Speaker 1: missed an extra point against the Saints and missed extra point. Again,

442
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Speaker 1: here we go again. And I think you know the

443
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Speaker 1: special teams was in the first half, was you know,

444
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Speaker 1: through that first play of the third quarter was off

445
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Speaker 1: to a really bad game. I mean one of the

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Speaker 1: worst that I've seen in the three plus years that

447
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Speaker 1: I've been calling games. And I think once they were

448
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Speaker 1: able to figure that out and bat you was able

449
00:21:52,440 --> 00:21:54,840
Speaker 1: to bang home two straight extra points and a field

450
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Speaker 1: goal and you forced the fumble on the kickoff return.

451
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Speaker 1: You know that I think people overlook far too often.

452
00:22:02,520 --> 00:22:05,320
Speaker 1: Special teams is so critical and just kind of going

453
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Speaker 1: back to that Monday night er, I mean, Rams might

454
00:22:08,240 --> 00:22:10,040
Speaker 1: not win that game if it's not for Johnny Hackers

455
00:22:10,040 --> 00:22:12,800
Speaker 1: punts and just he was insistently flip in the field

456
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Speaker 1: against an offend like that's like, and I bring it

457
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Speaker 1: up because that's gonna be so important this week. Drew

458
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Speaker 1: Locke has struggled the last couple of weeks. You know,

459
00:22:19,960 --> 00:22:22,479
Speaker 1: he's not been helped by his receivers dropping passes, but

460
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Speaker 1: he's got zero touchdowns and four picks in the last

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Speaker 1: two weeks. And it's an offense that's still you know,

462
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Speaker 1: the offensive line is still leaky, and it's a really

463
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Speaker 1: good defense. So you know, I out coach Stewart and

464
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Speaker 1: Tay Long and those guys get it figured out because

465
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Speaker 1: they're gonna need him like that that's gonna be a

466
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Speaker 1: big game for him up there in Denver to make

467
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Speaker 1: sure you can flip that field when you need to.

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Speaker 1: And you know, you go back to a couple of

469
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Speaker 1: weeks ago, they won that game in New England because

470
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Speaker 1: of their special teams six field goals and the way

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Speaker 1: they played defense. So Charge is gonna have to pack

472
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Speaker 1: their defense in their special teams unit to complement Herbert

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Speaker 1: and you know, let's just go to Denver. The last

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Speaker 1: win for the Charges in the division was Week seventeen,

475
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Speaker 1: twenty eighteen. So you don't think this game is important

476
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Speaker 1: for the Chargers in the next couple of weeks where

477
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Speaker 1: you got the Broncos in the Raiders an opportunity to

478
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Speaker 1: get two wins in the division. This is a team

479
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Speaker 1: that we were there last December with Drew Locke. I

480
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Speaker 1: think it was it Drew lux first start. Yeah, it

481
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Speaker 1: was Drew Locks first start. We got a lot of

482
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Speaker 1: darts last year. We got Tannehill's first start, we got

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Speaker 1: Drew Locke's first start. You know, we had Patrick Mahomes

484
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Speaker 1: technically first start two years ago. You know, for Kansas say,

485
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Speaker 1: for whatever reason, it's a it's a good time to

486
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Speaker 1: start when you play the Chargers apparently, and yeah, it

487
00:23:36,359 --> 00:23:39,600
Speaker 1: was that past interference call on on Casey Hayward the

488
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Speaker 1: last play of regulation that ended up with a game

489
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Speaker 1: winning field goal, and you know, it was just a

490
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Speaker 1: season of heartbreak repeatedly. He's got the arm those Look,

491
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Speaker 1: this is a Denver team. I think that's that's gonna

492
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Speaker 1: be a team to contend with moving forward. They are

493
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Speaker 1: just way too banged up. Courtland Sutton is an absolute

494
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Speaker 1: nightmare matchup, and I think once you get him paired

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Speaker 1: with Fan and Jerry Judy, that's gonna be that's gonna

496
00:24:04,200 --> 00:24:05,800
Speaker 1: be a load to deal with. I just still don't

497
00:24:05,800 --> 00:24:08,040
Speaker 1: know about Drew Locke, you know, I'm I think and

498
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Speaker 1: that's that's what I think a lot of people are

499
00:24:09,920 --> 00:24:12,560
Speaker 1: right now. You know, it looks pretty good, you know,

500
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Speaker 1: there's he's got his moments at the same time, just

501
00:24:15,680 --> 00:24:18,520
Speaker 1: not quite there yet. So I would love to see

502
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Speaker 1: this defensive line pick up where they left off. Five sacks,

503
00:24:22,080 --> 00:24:25,439
Speaker 1: great rotation, fresh bodies, you know, Damien Square getting in

504
00:24:25,480 --> 00:24:28,280
Speaker 1: there and Allowingtillery to get his rest and Lindball to

505
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Speaker 1: get his rest. You know, Rochelle doing the same thing

506
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Speaker 1: with Bosa Chenna doing the same thing with Ingram and

507
00:24:33,520 --> 00:24:37,240
Speaker 1: it just makes everybody better. So I think, you know,

508
00:24:37,280 --> 00:24:40,679
Speaker 1: I'm hoping that that Naz gets another one, you know,

509
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Speaker 1: I think this is set up for him to maybe

510
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Speaker 1: get another one, just because that offensive line hadn't been

511
00:24:44,560 --> 00:24:47,479
Speaker 1: great for Denver and Drew lex to take chances. So

512
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Speaker 1: would love to see, you know, another plus in the

513
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Speaker 1: turnover column for the for the Chargers in this one.

514
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Speaker 1: And like you said, Tai Long and Mike badgually got

515
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Speaker 1: to get it right because that defense is really good,

516
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Speaker 1: you know that. It's it's a really really good defense.

517
00:25:00,400 --> 00:25:03,720
Speaker 1: It's well coached by Big Bangio and and there. I

518
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Speaker 1: don't expect this to be a blowout game like the

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Speaker 1: Chiefs made it against the Broncos last week. One touchdown,

520
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Speaker 1: four interceptions for lack on the season and in the backfield,

521
00:25:15,400 --> 00:25:19,879
Speaker 1: an old friend money Melvin Gordon, a friend alert. What

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Speaker 1: do you think that's gonna be like seeing seeing old

523
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Speaker 1: mel I'm sure he's gonna be probably juiced up to

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Speaker 1: play against the Chargers, but I'm sure that defense feels

525
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Speaker 1: the same way. Oh, no question, I would expect nothing less, right,

526
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Speaker 1: you know, hope, hope it's going well for him. Except

527
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Speaker 1: for tomorrow or except for Sunday, I should say, um, look,

528
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Speaker 1: I think Lindsay's the better back, to be honest, and

529
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Speaker 1: I think you know they they view that as a

530
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Speaker 1: true committee. And we know what Lindsay's done to this team,

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Speaker 1: you know, repeatedly. So I think it's it's beyond just Melvin.

532
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Speaker 1: It's it's shutting you know, both of those guys down.

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Speaker 1: I know, Philip Lindsay's a little banged up, but you

534
00:25:52,680 --> 00:25:55,439
Speaker 1: know it's look, it's it's a lot of weapons on

535
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Speaker 1: that offense, you know, trying to figure out. I think

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Speaker 1: that's like, you know, this is this to me, could

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Speaker 1: be a Keneth Murray game because you have someone like

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Speaker 1: Fan at that tight end position, and you're gonna need

539
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Speaker 1: a safety and if you can have a linebacker who's

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Speaker 1: able to run with him step for step, but free

541
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Speaker 1: some things up in your secondary. And I think Kenneth

542
00:26:11,000 --> 00:26:13,439
Speaker 1: Murray's that's why they drafted him. You know, they drafted

543
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Speaker 1: him for Travis Kelsey, they drafted him for Noah Fant,

544
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Speaker 1: they drafted him for Darren Waller. And I think, you know,

545
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Speaker 1: even though we didn't call his name a whole lot

546
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Speaker 1: in the Jags game, O'Shaughnessy wasn't necessarily the tight end

547
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Speaker 1: that you were looking to slow down. So I think

548
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Speaker 1: this week, I'm hoping that, you know, this is maybe

549
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Speaker 1: one of those breakout games where where Fan's kind of

550
00:26:31,840 --> 00:26:34,159
Speaker 1: been doing some damage all season and he has an

551
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Speaker 1: opportunity to shut that sort of safety valve and he's

552
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Speaker 1: almost like a number one option for Locke, you know,

553
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Speaker 1: for you know, it just seems like he's always looking

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Speaker 1: for him, and why wouldn't you. He's a heck of

555
00:26:43,000 --> 00:26:46,160
Speaker 1: a mismatch at that spot. He is, And it's it's

556
00:26:46,200 --> 00:26:49,159
Speaker 1: funny seeing the top of the death chart and you

557
00:26:49,200 --> 00:26:52,720
Speaker 1: see Jody Obviously Tim Patrick is leaving the team in

558
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Speaker 1: receiving yards and I think maybe touchdowns as well. So

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Speaker 1: not having Courtland Sutton out there obviously is a is

560
00:27:00,200 --> 00:27:03,720
Speaker 1: a big advantage for for any defense playing the Bronchos.

561
00:27:03,760 --> 00:27:07,040
Speaker 1: But what have you seen from Jerry Judy. Obviously he

562
00:27:07,080 --> 00:27:09,720
Speaker 1: has not had He's had a lot of inconsistency at

563
00:27:09,720 --> 00:27:12,680
Speaker 1: the quarterback position. And I think when you're a rookie

564
00:27:12,720 --> 00:27:14,919
Speaker 1: wide receiver, you're you're kind of at the mercy of

565
00:27:14,920 --> 00:27:17,959
Speaker 1: who's throwing you the football. Yeah, he look, he had

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Speaker 1: I think he had one good game, right, like one

567
00:27:20,040 --> 00:27:24,080
Speaker 1: really good game, but he's he's just kind of listening

568
00:27:24,119 --> 00:27:26,160
Speaker 1: to the people at the combine when I was down there.

569
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Speaker 1: One of the best route runners that they've seen come

570
00:27:28,600 --> 00:27:31,600
Speaker 1: out of college in a long long time. And you

571
00:27:31,640 --> 00:27:33,280
Speaker 1: know what that can do to corners because we see

572
00:27:33,280 --> 00:27:35,240
Speaker 1: it with Keenan. Right, if you're precise, if you know

573
00:27:35,280 --> 00:27:37,280
Speaker 1: how to get it out of your breaks, uh, you

574
00:27:37,320 --> 00:27:39,360
Speaker 1: can leave guys on the dust in a hurry. Um.

575
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Speaker 1: So he's even though the numbers aren't there, and like

576
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Speaker 1: you said, inconsistent, some drops. You know, he had a

577
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Speaker 1: huge drop in that game against New England a couple

578
00:27:46,760 --> 00:27:49,119
Speaker 1: of weeks ago. So you know, those are things that

579
00:27:49,119 --> 00:27:50,600
Speaker 1: he's got to clean up. But that's you know, it's

580
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Speaker 1: being a rookie. At the same time, I think, like

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00:27:52,680 --> 00:27:55,040
Speaker 1: you said, between Patrick's good, a lot of guys that

582
00:27:55,040 --> 00:27:57,919
Speaker 1: are overlooked, you know, and like we said earlier, the

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00:27:57,960 --> 00:27:59,960
Speaker 1: fact that Sutton's out as a you know, you hate

584
00:28:00,000 --> 00:28:01,240
Speaker 1: to see it because you don't ever want to see

585
00:28:01,240 --> 00:28:03,800
Speaker 1: anybody get injured. But it's a big, big break for

586
00:28:03,840 --> 00:28:05,879
Speaker 1: the Chargers not to have to contend with him and

587
00:28:06,080 --> 00:28:10,000
Speaker 1: Judy and Fan. It definitely downgrades their receiving corps when

588
00:28:10,000 --> 00:28:13,200
Speaker 1: it's Patrick, Judy and Fan instead. And look we've seen

589
00:28:13,680 --> 00:28:15,159
Speaker 1: you know, we saw speaking of New England, we saw

590
00:28:15,280 --> 00:28:17,040
Speaker 1: New England. You know, Melvin can catch the ball out

591
00:28:17,040 --> 00:28:19,080
Speaker 1: of the backfield and go, I mean eighty seven yard

592
00:28:19,080 --> 00:28:22,120
Speaker 1: touchdown catch out of the backfield on a reception. So

593
00:28:22,280 --> 00:28:23,880
Speaker 1: you got to be aware of that, you know, leak

594
00:28:23,920 --> 00:28:26,520
Speaker 1: into the flat from Melbourne because because he's certainly capable

595
00:28:26,560 --> 00:28:29,399
Speaker 1: of taking it all the way. So, UM, I still

596
00:28:29,480 --> 00:28:31,040
Speaker 1: I still feel like this is going to be a

597
00:28:31,520 --> 00:28:35,720
Speaker 1: grind it out, a grind it out, you know, balanced offense,

598
00:28:36,440 --> 00:28:39,560
Speaker 1: likely lower scoring game is just kind of the vibe

599
00:28:39,560 --> 00:28:42,080
Speaker 1: I get from from what we're going to see. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: in the division against opponents like especially like like the

601
00:28:45,440 --> 00:28:48,200
Speaker 1: Broncos and maybe the Raiders. Sometimes you know the Chiefs

602
00:28:48,200 --> 00:28:51,960
Speaker 1: put up those points. But uh, but I can see

603
00:28:52,000 --> 00:28:54,880
Speaker 1: the same thing then. Yeah, you know you asked me,

604
00:28:55,720 --> 00:28:58,280
Speaker 1: sorry to interrupt there, you asked me last week. Um

605
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Speaker 1: you know about which would I which would I rather

606
00:29:01,360 --> 00:29:03,160
Speaker 1: have back? You know, the two D linemen or the

607
00:29:03,160 --> 00:29:05,600
Speaker 1: two OH lineman? Like this is this is a game

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Speaker 1: where you'd really like to see hopefully Trey and and

609
00:29:09,200 --> 00:29:11,440
Speaker 1: and Brian Blogue to get back out there. I think

610
00:29:11,440 --> 00:29:14,680
Speaker 1: that could go a long way for for Herbert in

611
00:29:14,720 --> 00:29:17,680
Speaker 1: this funning game, you know that. And I think you saw,

612
00:29:17,880 --> 00:29:20,520
Speaker 1: you know, the the issues without Trey Turner and Brian

613
00:29:20,520 --> 00:29:23,040
Speaker 1: Bulogue out there. That's why you got to see. And

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00:29:23,080 --> 00:29:25,400
Speaker 1: I love the play calls, like I've just runned every

615
00:29:25,400 --> 00:29:28,160
Speaker 1: play those those you know, dumps into the flat the

616
00:29:28,200 --> 00:29:32,120
Speaker 1: smoke routes for for Justin Jackson one started runs. Yeah,

617
00:29:32,160 --> 00:29:35,120
Speaker 1: they're runs. They're just extended runs, you know, because they've

618
00:29:35,120 --> 00:29:38,520
Speaker 1: had so much trouble blocking and opening up holes without

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Speaker 1: those two out there. And I think if you can

620
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Speaker 1: get them back, and you know, as we're doing this

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Speaker 1: right now, who knows, you know what what what week,

622
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Speaker 1: if it's this week, if it's one of the two,

623
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Speaker 1: if it's if it's two of the two, zero the two.

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00:29:50,760 --> 00:29:52,920
Speaker 1: Hopefully sooner than later. I think that's when you're going

625
00:29:52,960 --> 00:29:55,160
Speaker 1: to see. Look, a lot of it's Austin Eckler. He's

626
00:29:55,160 --> 00:29:57,680
Speaker 1: one of the best at yards after contact, at breaking tackles,

627
00:29:57,680 --> 00:29:59,360
Speaker 1: at making people miss. But I think it's also a

628
00:29:59,360 --> 00:30:01,440
Speaker 1: big part of it is just the right side of

629
00:30:01,440 --> 00:30:05,080
Speaker 1: the line, you know, having Pipkins and Groy or Saint

630
00:30:05,160 --> 00:30:08,520
Speaker 1: Louis out there is not having Brian blog and Trade Turner. Yeah,

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00:30:08,560 --> 00:30:11,800
Speaker 1: Bulga was practicing on a limited basis all last week.

632
00:30:11,960 --> 00:30:15,720
Speaker 1: I think it was doubtful until really the eleventh hour there.

633
00:30:15,960 --> 00:30:19,040
Speaker 1: Trade didn't practice it all last week. So as we

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Speaker 1: take this, well, we'll continue to check out that injury report.

635
00:30:22,120 --> 00:30:25,200
Speaker 1: But you're right, Austin, I see means a great deal.

636
00:30:25,200 --> 00:30:29,240
Speaker 1: But to get a Pro Bowl guard back and then

637
00:30:29,320 --> 00:30:31,959
Speaker 1: a steady right tackle for a long time in this

638
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Speaker 1: league is gonna do wonders for the running game. I believe, Yeah,

639
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Speaker 1: no doubt. And look, we keep saying it, and it's

640
00:30:39,680 --> 00:30:42,600
Speaker 1: you know, it's it's excuse making sure, but it's it's

641
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Speaker 1: not what I'm trying to do when I say it.

642
00:30:44,080 --> 00:30:46,280
Speaker 1: I just, man, I get excided thinking about what this

643
00:30:46,320 --> 00:30:48,880
Speaker 1: team would look like healthy. That's all I'm saying is like, man,

644
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Speaker 1: if this team was healthy, if Derwin was out there,

645
00:30:52,280 --> 00:30:55,120
Speaker 1: and if you have right, if you have Derwin and

646
00:30:55,160 --> 00:30:57,520
Speaker 1: Trank while on that defense and you get that offensive

647
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Speaker 1: line healthy, I just man, I think this is a

648
00:31:00,200 --> 00:31:03,040
Speaker 1: team that it's as good as any with how Herbert's playing,

649
00:31:03,200 --> 00:31:05,360
Speaker 1: I really, do you know, with Eckler in the backfield,

650
00:31:05,760 --> 00:31:08,800
Speaker 1: you're a healthy offensive line. And like you said, the

651
00:31:08,880 --> 00:31:11,720
Speaker 1: athleticism and the speed of Kenneth Murray and shrank Will

652
00:31:11,760 --> 00:31:14,760
Speaker 1: out there together with just the brilliance that you know,

653
00:31:14,800 --> 00:31:18,480
Speaker 1: the savant that Derwin James is, would really take this team.

654
00:31:18,560 --> 00:31:21,360
Speaker 1: I think I really do believe into the elite levels.

655
00:31:21,400 --> 00:31:23,480
Speaker 1: And it's weird saying that about a team that's two

656
00:31:23,480 --> 00:31:25,960
Speaker 1: and four, but you know, it's a it's a team

657
00:31:25,960 --> 00:31:28,240
Speaker 1: that that we'll know. Look, we'll figure it out over

658
00:31:28,280 --> 00:31:30,280
Speaker 1: this stretch, right, this is the stretch It started with

659
00:31:30,320 --> 00:31:35,120
Speaker 1: the Jags, you know, Broncos, Raiders, Dolphins, Jets. You know,

660
00:31:35,200 --> 00:31:37,440
Speaker 1: that's your stretch. See if you can win all five

661
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Speaker 1: of these, then you know, see get to six and

662
00:31:40,760 --> 00:31:43,040
Speaker 1: four and man that that certainly would be interesting. Thinking

663
00:31:43,040 --> 00:31:46,040
Speaker 1: about Eckler coming back somewhere in that window, you know,

664
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Speaker 1: and having everyone but Derwin and trank Will out there,

665
00:31:48,560 --> 00:31:49,920
Speaker 1: I still think this is a team that could do

666
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Speaker 1: some damage starts in the division. We'll see if the

667
00:31:53,040 --> 00:31:55,720
Speaker 1: Chargers can get their first one in a while in Denver. Money.

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Speaker 1: A week eight round table joined by Haley O One,

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Speaker 1: Daniel Popper of The Athletic, and Gilbert Menzano Southern California

681
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Speaker 1: News Group. Guys, we are taping this on a Thursday,

682
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Speaker 1: and Haley, I'll start with you. Just this is twenty

683
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Speaker 1: twenty and the Chargers they had their first positive COVID

684
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Speaker 1: nineteen tests. Practice not practicing today, actually yeah, no practice today. Yeah,

685
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Speaker 1: So we learned Ryan groy offensive Lineman was placed on

686
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Speaker 1: the COVID nineteen reserve COVID nineteen list. Look, this is

687
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Speaker 1: the first positive test that the Chargers have had all

688
00:33:09,880 --> 00:33:12,480
Speaker 1: years so far since training camp, obviously they were able

689
00:33:12,520 --> 00:33:14,960
Speaker 1: to get through camp totally. Okay. I think it just

690
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Speaker 1: kind of goes back to Coach Len's message at the

691
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Speaker 1: beginning of this crazy offseason that we knew twenty twenty

692
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Speaker 1: was going to be, which is embraced chaos. It changes

693
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Speaker 1: on the fly, literally calling audibles, and I think that

694
00:33:26,480 --> 00:33:30,360
Speaker 1: happened today obviously with canceling practice, which which coach said

695
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Speaker 1: was because out of an abundance of caution, he wanted

696
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Speaker 1: to get one more day of testing in and then

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Speaker 1: allow the players to conduct their meetings virtually and shift

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Speaker 1: to that virtual format. So, as you said, we're here

699
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Speaker 1: on a Thursday taping this. We'll see what happens. Hopefully

700
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Speaker 1: that's the only positive test. Hopefully. Ryan Groy is also okay, obviously,

701
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Speaker 1: But it's the message of twenty twenty, adapt and change

702
00:33:52,000 --> 00:33:54,880
Speaker 1: on the fly as news comes in. Yeah, and you

703
00:33:54,880 --> 00:33:56,920
Speaker 1: guys are probably listening to this. We could be listening

704
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Speaker 1: on Thursday, Friday, Saturday. This is what's happening now. And

705
00:34:00,120 --> 00:34:03,040
Speaker 1: obviously it's a fluid situation and Gil the Chargers have

706
00:34:03,360 --> 00:34:06,320
Speaker 1: already had to deal with having their bye moved. I mean,

707
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Speaker 1: this is just something that I feel like all NFL teams.

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Speaker 1: If you if you went into this upcoming season not

709
00:34:11,960 --> 00:34:16,040
Speaker 1: thinking something like this could happen, you're probably a little nice. Yeah,

710
00:34:16,080 --> 00:34:18,400
Speaker 1: And especially for this Chargers team that that you know,

711
00:34:18,400 --> 00:34:20,560
Speaker 1: it got their first positive tests, it kind of went,

712
00:34:20,600 --> 00:34:23,120
Speaker 1: you know, smooth throughout. You know what, it's been feels

713
00:34:23,120 --> 00:34:24,719
Speaker 1: like a year, but it's been three months so and

714
00:34:24,840 --> 00:34:27,520
Speaker 1: so far, you know, it's kind of been okay. So

715
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Speaker 1: you felt you feel like, you know, they would do

716
00:34:29,840 --> 00:34:31,880
Speaker 1: which sounds kind of weird to say it, but you know,

717
00:34:31,920 --> 00:34:34,680
Speaker 1: in such a chaotic time that you know, the odds

718
00:34:34,719 --> 00:34:37,000
Speaker 1: say is gonna happen to every team eventually, and for

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Speaker 1: the Charges, happened in week eight, but like you mentioned,

720
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Speaker 1: there was a bye week. Uh, you know, it's kind

721
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Speaker 1: of tough to make this game work. But it seems

722
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Speaker 1: like I think Anthony Ellen's had that is contained. If

723
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Speaker 1: everybody's okay, Ryan Roy's okay. So it sounds like Sunday

724
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Speaker 1: Sunday will have a game against the Broncos Popper. This

725
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Speaker 1: comes after a win, and it comes ahead of a

726
00:34:57,800 --> 00:35:00,960
Speaker 1: very critical stretch for the team where you have back

727
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Speaker 1: to back Division games. You're seeking your first division win

728
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Speaker 1: since Week seventeen in Denver against the Broncos, the year

729
00:35:08,200 --> 00:35:12,080
Speaker 1: you went twelve and four. This is a critical two

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Speaker 1: weeks stretch for this team to maybe get back to

731
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Speaker 1: four and four. Get yourself back in the conversation. Yeah, absolutely, So,

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Speaker 1: you know, obviously not an ideal time to have your

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Speaker 1: first positive COVID tests, but I think you know, for

734
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Speaker 1: Tom to Lasco and the rest of the Charge organization,

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Speaker 1: this is sort of an inevitability. So I'm sure they

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Speaker 1: were prepared for it, and they've been great at adapting

737
00:35:29,800 --> 00:35:31,880
Speaker 1: on the fly, as Hayley was alluding to. But You're right,

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Speaker 1: it's a crucial stretch and I think the thing you

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Speaker 1: have to mention, like you were talking about it their

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Speaker 1: O and seven and their last seven division games. You know,

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Speaker 1: you can't be a good football team in the National

742
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Speaker 1: Football if you don't win games in your division. And

743
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Speaker 1: there's really no excuse for being as bad as they

744
00:35:46,360 --> 00:35:48,640
Speaker 1: have been. You know, the Chiefs obviously are great, but

745
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Speaker 1: the Broncos haven't been a great team. The Raiders haven't

746
00:35:51,120 --> 00:35:53,080
Speaker 1: been a great team, and they've been in all these

747
00:35:53,120 --> 00:35:54,799
Speaker 1: games and just haven't been able to finish and that's

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00:35:54,840 --> 00:35:56,840
Speaker 1: really been a story of this team the last two seasons.

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Speaker 1: You know, Anthony Lyin sort of deferred when asked about

750
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Speaker 1: it this week. About it, you know, is their extra

751
00:36:01,120 --> 00:36:03,160
Speaker 1: onus on this game because of the Division game. You know,

752
00:36:03,200 --> 00:36:04,960
Speaker 1: he's not going to say a public publicly, but I

753
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Speaker 1: can guarantee you he is heated over the fact that

754
00:36:08,080 --> 00:36:10,600
Speaker 1: they have not won Division games with twenty eighteen and

755
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Speaker 1: this is an absolute priority to win this game on Sunday,

756
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Speaker 1: even though it's on the road and Denver yep and

757
00:36:15,800 --> 00:36:19,560
Speaker 1: under center will be the NFL Rookie of the Month

758
00:36:19,960 --> 00:36:23,520
Speaker 1: in Justin Herbert and Haley. We've ran out of adjectives

759
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Speaker 1: to describe what he's done through the first five weeks.

760
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Speaker 1: But he's got a tough test, I guess, a pretty

761
00:36:29,320 --> 00:36:32,279
Speaker 1: good Broncos defense. The score didn't really reflect it last

762
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Speaker 1: week when they played the Chiefs, but this is a

763
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Speaker 1: team that can get after a quarterback, especially a quarterback

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Speaker 1: who may have some offensive live issues. Yeah. I think

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Speaker 1: that's kind of an interesting thing about Denver in the

766
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Speaker 1: sense of they did lose last week and lost handedly

767
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Speaker 1: to the Kansas City Chiefs, but they were so good

768
00:36:48,600 --> 00:36:51,359
Speaker 1: on third down and their third down defense has been

769
00:36:51,440 --> 00:36:54,560
Speaker 1: really really good all years so far this season, and

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00:36:54,760 --> 00:36:57,280
Speaker 1: that's that's the big thing. It's it's can they pressure

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Speaker 1: Justin Herbert who has been great under pressure and has

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Speaker 1: shown this kind of like cool and collected poise that

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Speaker 1: we've seen from him over these last few weeks. But

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Speaker 1: you know, I kind of think going back to that

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Speaker 1: Tampa Bay game, I mean, Tampa's defense is incredibly fast,

776
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Speaker 1: incredibly good at rushing the past, where you saw if

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Speaker 1: you watch that game during our buy what they were

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Speaker 1: able to do against Aaron Rodgers and the Green Bay Packers.

779
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Speaker 1: And Denver though, with guys like Bradley Chubb, he can

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Speaker 1: get after it, especially him being healthy. So it's going

781
00:37:24,080 --> 00:37:26,799
Speaker 1: to be a big test. And you mentioned it with

782
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Speaker 1: the offensive line sort of and a little bit of

783
00:37:29,600 --> 00:37:34,600
Speaker 1: a rebuilding or shape shifting kind of mode here, it'll

784
00:37:34,640 --> 00:37:37,359
Speaker 1: be interesting with who they place in those positions. Ryan

785
00:37:37,400 --> 00:37:41,120
Speaker 1: Groy has been starting, I believe, and if he's healthy,

786
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Speaker 1: you know, whatever happens with the COVID situation, who then

787
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Speaker 1: steps in if Trey Turner can't go on Sunday, But

788
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Speaker 1: you know, it'll be interesting. But yes, Denver has an incredible,

789
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Speaker 1: incredible pass rush getting after it and it'll be a

790
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Speaker 1: big test, especially for a rookie quarterback. This week A

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Speaker 1: Gilbert Herbert has really answered the bill. I mean, he

792
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Speaker 1: hasn't hit el past couple of weeks, he hasn't really

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Speaker 1: played with with Turner Bulaga, and he's really kind of

794
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Speaker 1: elevating the play. That's been kind of the theme this

795
00:38:07,520 --> 00:38:09,840
Speaker 1: week is you see all the guys who have scored

796
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Speaker 1: touchdowns for the Chargers this year already entering Week eight,

797
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Speaker 1: Herbert has found a way. What do you think this

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Speaker 1: challenge is going to bring him on the road against

799
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Speaker 1: the divisional opponent. Yeah, you know, it's kind of hard

800
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Speaker 1: to say it might be the toughest opponent because he's

801
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Speaker 1: played the Chiefs, he's played the Saints, that played the Buccaneers,

802
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Speaker 1: and he's kind of played very well against all those

803
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Speaker 1: very times to defenses against so Bronco, it just feels different,

804
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Speaker 1: maybe because you know, this one's on the road or

805
00:38:35,640 --> 00:38:37,400
Speaker 1: they playing a division rabble, and he feels like a

806
00:38:37,520 --> 00:38:40,560
Speaker 1: must winning game. Like a paper was mentioned that they're

807
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Speaker 1: owning seven in division. You gotta get this win, especially

808
00:38:43,280 --> 00:38:45,759
Speaker 1: to beat two and four, and you gotta win last week.

809
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Speaker 1: You gotta build on that. But you mentioned Chris, I

810
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Speaker 1: am very impressed with how Justin Herbert Ka makes to

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Speaker 1: work with what he has on the field. No trade turner,

812
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Speaker 1: no Brian Bulaga, no Mike Williams for a game, no

813
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Speaker 1: Austin Ectra for a couple of games, and he's still

814
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Speaker 1: throwing for theirn yards past scene. He's had a record

815
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Speaker 1: in rushing yards last week, so he's kind of always

816
00:39:03,360 --> 00:39:05,920
Speaker 1: adding a little more to his game. And the best part,

817
00:39:05,920 --> 00:39:08,480
Speaker 1: no turnovers in the last two games. So whatever Herbert

818
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Speaker 1: is doing, he's getting better and it's been fun to

819
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Speaker 1: watch Poppa. That's been the big thing is no turnovers

820
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Speaker 1: the last two weeks for the Chargers. The Broncos have

821
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Speaker 1: had a turnover in every single game this year, multiple

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Speaker 1: turnovers in five or six. I look at the Chargers defense,

823
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Speaker 1: They're gonna have to get a couple against True Locking

824
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Speaker 1: Company because we keep saying this and maybe Herbert will

825
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Speaker 1: prove us wrong and just play elite every single Sunday.

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Speaker 1: You'd have three hund to plus yards and three touchdowns.

827
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Speaker 1: But at some point another aspect of the team, another

828
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Speaker 1: phase of the team, is going to have to pick

829
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Speaker 1: up the offense. I'm looking at this Chargers defense maybe

830
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Speaker 1: trying to get whether it's a fumble or a true lock, interception,

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Speaker 1: forcing a turnover, maybe even getting a score. Man. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: the splash plays would be great, But for me, what

833
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Speaker 1: I'm really looking for is this sound four quarters of

834
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Speaker 1: football from this Chargers defense. I may they really haven't

835
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Speaker 1: done the last three weeks really. I mean the Bucks

836
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Speaker 1: game was it was a disaster. They had some letdowns

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Speaker 1: in that Saints game, and then the second quarter. I mean,

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Speaker 1: they played great, you know this past weekend against the Jaguars.

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Speaker 1: Besides the second quarter, it was almost like they just

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Speaker 1: had a lull and then came back in that second half,

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Speaker 1: you know, playing you know, much faster and tackling better.

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Speaker 1: When the second quarter the tackling was off, they had coverage.

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Speaker 1: Bus if they're just not executing and they're not sharp

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Speaker 1: for four quarters, and you know, Justin Herbert talked about

845
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Speaker 1: that after the game. I asked him, you know, what

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Speaker 1: did you learn about winning in the NFL this week

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Speaker 1: and on Sunday in this game? He said, it takes

848
00:40:28,640 --> 00:40:31,799
Speaker 1: four quarters. That applies to every phase of the football team,

849
00:40:32,000 --> 00:40:35,160
Speaker 1: including the defense. What I'm looking for at the defensive

850
00:40:35,480 --> 00:40:40,120
Speaker 1: four quarters of sound football. No explosive plays and no mistackles,

851
00:40:40,120 --> 00:40:43,000
Speaker 1: no coverage blunders, none of those kinds of things. The

852
00:40:43,000 --> 00:40:45,360
Speaker 1: turnovers would be great, but if they can just execute

853
00:40:45,400 --> 00:40:48,560
Speaker 1: Gus Gus Bradley's scheme and play sound football, you're gonna

854
00:40:48,560 --> 00:40:50,239
Speaker 1: hold teams to not a lot of points in the way,

855
00:40:50,320 --> 00:40:52,640
Speaker 1: justin Herbert's playing, He's gonna win games if you hold

856
00:40:52,640 --> 00:40:55,239
Speaker 1: opposing teams to seventeen, twenty points and that sort of things.

857
00:40:55,280 --> 00:40:57,279
Speaker 1: I'm looking for just four quarters of sound football that

858
00:40:57,480 --> 00:40:59,680
Speaker 1: that should be the priority for Gus Bradley and his

859
00:40:59,760 --> 00:41:02,200
Speaker 1: defend the players this week, Haley, I was just talking

860
00:41:02,200 --> 00:41:04,239
Speaker 1: to Ryan o'haller and at the Denver Post and he

861
00:41:04,640 --> 00:41:08,839
Speaker 1: basically said that Kansas City rushed for and said Drew

862
00:41:08,880 --> 00:41:13,160
Speaker 1: Locke beat us. So when you have Melvin Gordon on deck,

863
00:41:13,200 --> 00:41:16,160
Speaker 1: and we've talked about it all week, obviously we know

864
00:41:16,440 --> 00:41:18,839
Speaker 1: he played for the Chargers and he was a running back.

865
00:41:18,840 --> 00:41:24,959
Speaker 1: He did, but just stopping Melvin Anthony Lynn talked about

866
00:41:25,160 --> 00:41:28,600
Speaker 1: getting hats to the ball. James Robinson, he was a

867
00:41:28,680 --> 00:41:31,360
Speaker 1: tough runner last week and broke a lot of tackles.

868
00:41:32,000 --> 00:41:35,320
Speaker 1: Stopping Melvin Gordon could really be the key to this game.

869
00:41:36,239 --> 00:41:38,680
Speaker 1: Probably could be the key to this game, especially because

870
00:41:38,760 --> 00:41:41,520
Speaker 1: we don't know yet what Philip Lindsay's availability is going

871
00:41:41,560 --> 00:41:44,640
Speaker 1: to be. Like. He obviously poses an Eckler type threat

872
00:41:44,719 --> 00:41:46,839
Speaker 1: for their offense, but if you have to contain one

873
00:41:46,880 --> 00:41:48,839
Speaker 1: of those guys, contain him on the ground. I think

874
00:41:48,880 --> 00:41:50,680
Speaker 1: the weather is going to be a little better this

875
00:41:50,719 --> 00:41:53,400
Speaker 1: week than last week against Kansas City. But yeah, this

876
00:41:53,560 --> 00:41:56,359
Speaker 1: Chargers defense or I'm sorry, Chargers team overall, they know

877
00:41:56,400 --> 00:41:58,799
Speaker 1: what Melvin Gordon is capable of. He was in their

878
00:41:58,840 --> 00:42:01,080
Speaker 1: system these last few years years. They know him very

879
00:42:01,200 --> 00:42:03,319
Speaker 1: very well, and it's going to be up to those

880
00:42:03,320 --> 00:42:06,320
Speaker 1: guys up front. New piece though this year Linvall, Joseph

881
00:42:06,400 --> 00:42:08,719
Speaker 1: up there, that big body guy. You talk about adjectives

882
00:42:08,760 --> 00:42:11,879
Speaker 1: for Justin her We had many an adjective for him

883
00:42:11,920 --> 00:42:14,880
Speaker 1: thrown over the summer about what his size and strength

884
00:42:14,880 --> 00:42:17,520
Speaker 1: and what he's capable of doing. But I think you're right.

885
00:42:17,560 --> 00:42:20,080
Speaker 1: I think it would probably come down to stopping Melvin Gordon.

886
00:42:20,080 --> 00:42:22,239
Speaker 1: And his coach linn said, you know he's going to

887
00:42:22,320 --> 00:42:24,800
Speaker 1: be motivated. You know this team is going to be motivated.

888
00:42:24,880 --> 00:42:27,000
Speaker 1: It's a little extra juice and I do have to

889
00:42:27,000 --> 00:42:29,520
Speaker 1: say I do kind of love divisional games because you

890
00:42:29,520 --> 00:42:33,040
Speaker 1: almost throw records out the window at this point. This

891
00:42:33,080 --> 00:42:36,040
Speaker 1: does feel a little bit almost like the Titans game

892
00:42:36,120 --> 00:42:38,480
Speaker 1: last year where you had two two and four teams

893
00:42:38,520 --> 00:42:42,480
Speaker 1: and someone's you know, someone's obviously gonna win, someone's gonna lose,

894
00:42:42,560 --> 00:42:44,560
Speaker 1: and could that set the course for the rest of

895
00:42:44,600 --> 00:42:47,839
Speaker 1: the season. Kind of has a similar vibe there, But

896
00:42:48,000 --> 00:42:51,000
Speaker 1: it's going to be very, very intriguing with what happens,

897
00:42:51,120 --> 00:42:53,680
Speaker 1: especially in that ground game. And Keenan Allen I love it.

898
00:42:53,719 --> 00:42:55,680
Speaker 1: I mean, he said, look, those who aren't obviously going

899
00:42:55,719 --> 00:42:56,920
Speaker 1: to be on the field at the same time, but

900
00:42:56,920 --> 00:42:58,880
Speaker 1: he goes there's gonna be a lot of talking and

901
00:42:58,960 --> 00:43:02,480
Speaker 1: a lot of playmaking that opens this Sunday. Anybody, anybody

902
00:43:02,520 --> 00:43:04,920
Speaker 1: that knows anybody that knows mel knows that he circled

903
00:43:04,960 --> 00:43:06,560
Speaker 1: that game as soon as the schedule came out, and

904
00:43:06,600 --> 00:43:09,600
Speaker 1: then recircled it when the schedule got shuffled. I mean,

905
00:43:09,920 --> 00:43:11,560
Speaker 1: this guy's probably been looking forward to this game ever

906
00:43:11,600 --> 00:43:13,880
Speaker 1: since he signed that contract, and I'm gonna I imagine

907
00:43:13,920 --> 00:43:16,200
Speaker 1: he's gonna come out running as hard as probably we've

908
00:43:16,200 --> 00:43:19,480
Speaker 1: ever seen him run. Bryan o'helen also said that did

909
00:43:19,480 --> 00:43:21,960
Speaker 1: Melvin in a zoom press roll was he said, it's

910
00:43:22,000 --> 00:43:24,920
Speaker 1: just another game, and it's like, come on, go check

911
00:43:26,000 --> 00:43:28,360
Speaker 1: go check his Instagram comments and you'll see it's definitely

912
00:43:28,440 --> 00:43:33,160
Speaker 1: not It's definitely not another just another game, Gill. The

913
00:43:33,200 --> 00:43:36,480
Speaker 1: fact that the Charges got Melvin Ingram back in Justin

914
00:43:36,600 --> 00:43:38,799
Speaker 1: Jones back comes at a really a perfect time. We're

915
00:43:38,800 --> 00:43:40,799
Speaker 1: talked about stopping the run. What did you see from

916
00:43:40,800 --> 00:43:43,120
Speaker 1: the defensive line in just an effort to keep those

917
00:43:43,160 --> 00:43:46,640
Speaker 1: guys fresh, Maybe see the Jerry Tillery we saw the

918
00:43:46,640 --> 00:43:48,879
Speaker 1: first two weeks of the year. I think that came

919
00:43:48,920 --> 00:43:51,800
Speaker 1: at the right time. Obviously, the offensive line, you're hoping

920
00:43:51,840 --> 00:43:54,080
Speaker 1: for Bulaga and Turner to come back, but at least

921
00:43:54,080 --> 00:43:57,000
Speaker 1: you get two key pieces back on the D line. Yeah,

922
00:43:57,040 --> 00:43:58,840
Speaker 1: you gotta have those two guys where Melvin Goren's for

923
00:43:58,840 --> 00:44:01,200
Speaker 1: advantage game. You know, you gotta be fully loaded to

924
00:44:01,239 --> 00:44:04,799
Speaker 1: stop Melvin Gordon, the hard tackler there. But yeah, you're right,

925
00:44:04,840 --> 00:44:06,560
Speaker 1: it felt like this team was missing something for the

926
00:44:06,640 --> 00:44:09,000
Speaker 1: last couple of weeks without Melvin Ingram and Justin Jones,

927
00:44:09,320 --> 00:44:11,680
Speaker 1: two very vital guys with a D line especial for

928
00:44:11,719 --> 00:44:13,640
Speaker 1: him Melvin Ingram. He's such a you know, he's a

929
00:44:13,640 --> 00:44:16,160
Speaker 1: ball of energy. It just brings out the best and everybody.

930
00:44:17,000 --> 00:44:19,319
Speaker 1: I know, it wasn't like the greatest Melbourne Ingram game,

931
00:44:19,360 --> 00:44:21,440
Speaker 1: but just be out there. You could tell that all

932
00:44:21,520 --> 00:44:23,799
Speaker 1: guys on the D line wanted to play better. He

933
00:44:23,880 --> 00:44:26,240
Speaker 1: got a couple of pressures there and he helps everybody

934
00:44:26,239 --> 00:44:28,839
Speaker 1: from Jared Hillery to your Channa Boosa. So I think

935
00:44:28,840 --> 00:44:31,440
Speaker 1: for the Charger to have me Ingram back the leader,

936
00:44:31,480 --> 00:44:34,160
Speaker 1: it really helped out. And you saw the Boos against Jaguars.

937
00:44:34,400 --> 00:44:36,680
Speaker 1: And just to add to that real quick, Joey Bosa

938
00:44:36,840 --> 00:44:39,439
Speaker 1: was healthy on Sunday. That was the first time, first

939
00:44:39,480 --> 00:44:41,319
Speaker 1: time pretty much since Week one where I saw on

940
00:44:41,400 --> 00:44:43,880
Speaker 1: tape like a legitimately healthy Joey Bozza. And he was

941
00:44:43,880 --> 00:44:47,280
Speaker 1: an absolute force. And when he is winning one matchups

942
00:44:47,280 --> 00:44:49,160
Speaker 1: on the edge like it opens up everything for this

943
00:44:49,280 --> 00:44:52,080
Speaker 1: defensive line. And I thought before he hurt himself in

944
00:44:52,120 --> 00:44:54,399
Speaker 1: the fourth quarter, I thought mel look looked really solid.

945
00:44:54,440 --> 00:44:56,000
Speaker 1: I mean, he was getting pressures and what an interesting

946
00:44:56,040 --> 00:44:57,120
Speaker 1: thing he was. He was doing a lot of bull

947
00:44:57,160 --> 00:44:59,600
Speaker 1: rushing on the interior. Usually he's a speed guy, using

948
00:44:59,640 --> 00:45:02,080
Speaker 1: the spin moves and sent his athleticism around the edge,

949
00:45:02,080 --> 00:45:04,320
Speaker 1: but he was like running guys over on the interior

950
00:45:04,400 --> 00:45:06,160
Speaker 1: like he was. He looked healthy as well before he

951
00:45:06,200 --> 00:45:08,400
Speaker 1: got got you know, he nicked up his knee there

952
00:45:08,400 --> 00:45:10,839
Speaker 1: again in the fourth quarter. But like they're just it's

953
00:45:10,880 --> 00:45:13,160
Speaker 1: just so obvious. But when you finally see them back

954
00:45:13,200 --> 00:45:14,920
Speaker 1: on the field together, you're like, Wow, this defense is

955
00:45:14,960 --> 00:45:17,479
Speaker 1: so different when both those guys are in there, because

956
00:45:17,560 --> 00:45:19,480
Speaker 1: when you get pressure with your with your front four,

957
00:45:19,719 --> 00:45:21,719
Speaker 1: it opens up so much on the back end where

958
00:45:21,719 --> 00:45:23,960
Speaker 1: you can throw out a Dine Packers for example, you

959
00:45:23,960 --> 00:45:26,279
Speaker 1: can bring Jolila dian as a sixth defensive back and

960
00:45:26,360 --> 00:45:28,280
Speaker 1: play a lot of SOB zone on those thirdain longs

961
00:45:28,560 --> 00:45:31,200
Speaker 1: because Joey Bosa and mell are getting the quarterback and

962
00:45:31,680 --> 00:45:34,439
Speaker 1: wreaking havoc with just those four rushers. I was gonna

963
00:45:34,440 --> 00:45:37,719
Speaker 1: say charges for down Melvin Ingram and Justin Jones in

964
00:45:37,880 --> 00:45:41,040
Speaker 1: half of Joey Bosa. I think it was probably more

965
00:45:41,040 --> 00:45:44,000
Speaker 1: than that. Like Joey was not anywhere close to himself,

966
00:45:44,440 --> 00:45:46,600
Speaker 1: especially in that Bucks game, like against Worth's just he

967
00:45:46,680 --> 00:45:48,440
Speaker 1: got he got manhammeled by a rookie, and it was

968
00:45:48,560 --> 00:45:50,239
Speaker 1: he just didn't look like himself. He just wasn't he

969
00:45:50,320 --> 00:45:52,960
Speaker 1: wasn't healthy. All guys, let's go around the horn. I

970
00:45:53,040 --> 00:45:54,840
Speaker 1: want a key to the game and a player to watch,

971
00:45:54,880 --> 00:45:58,239
Speaker 1: and we'll start with Haley Mike key to the game. Obviously,

972
00:45:58,280 --> 00:46:00,200
Speaker 1: it kind of references what I talked about earlier, but

973
00:46:00,320 --> 00:46:03,400
Speaker 1: winning on third down. I believe the Chargers they currently

974
00:46:03,480 --> 00:46:05,439
Speaker 1: ring seventh in the NFL. They have a forty seven

975
00:46:05,560 --> 00:46:08,840
Speaker 1: percent conversion rate on third down, which is great. But

976
00:46:09,000 --> 00:46:12,160
Speaker 1: knowing that Denver held Kansas City to offer on third

977
00:46:12,160 --> 00:46:14,680
Speaker 1: down last week, casey obviously still one. So there are

978
00:46:14,719 --> 00:46:17,279
Speaker 1: ways around that. But the easiest way to obviously suit

979
00:46:17,320 --> 00:46:20,440
Speaker 1: the stain Drives score points went on third down. And

980
00:46:20,440 --> 00:46:22,480
Speaker 1: then your player to watch. I'm actually gonna go with

981
00:46:22,560 --> 00:46:26,279
Speaker 1: Donald Parham two catches, two touchdowns. We've seen that a

982
00:46:26,320 --> 00:46:29,440
Speaker 1: little interesting one because former Denver bronco Virgil Green will

983
00:46:29,440 --> 00:46:31,920
Speaker 1: not be playing in this game obviously, so we'll probably

984
00:46:31,920 --> 00:46:34,520
Speaker 1: see a little more parm in the run game, a

985
00:46:34,520 --> 00:46:36,520
Speaker 1: little more of an expanded role for him there. But

986
00:46:36,600 --> 00:46:38,640
Speaker 1: he's been a really interesting one to watch and really

987
00:46:38,680 --> 00:46:41,320
Speaker 1: kind of come along with the progression of Justin Herbert

988
00:46:41,360 --> 00:46:46,000
Speaker 1: as well. Two good one's Parum two catches, two touchdowns, Gil,

989
00:46:46,000 --> 00:46:48,080
Speaker 1: what about you Ben? You know, let's go with the

990
00:46:48,160 --> 00:46:51,359
Speaker 1: Russian attack. I want to see the Chargers a duo

991
00:46:51,360 --> 00:46:54,319
Speaker 1: of Justin Jackson and Joshua Kelly, you know, you know,

992
00:46:54,400 --> 00:46:56,560
Speaker 1: bring it on and really carry this game. Especially it

993
00:46:56,560 --> 00:46:58,520
Speaker 1: seems like every time you played then where you got

994
00:46:58,520 --> 00:47:00,719
Speaker 1: to get that ground game going. It's never like a

995
00:47:00,800 --> 00:47:03,360
Speaker 1: high scoring affair. Even though they have Justin Herbert. That

996
00:47:03,360 --> 00:47:05,560
Speaker 1: could happen, but you want to get the running game going.

997
00:47:05,560 --> 00:47:09,080
Speaker 1: But I'll narrow it down to Joshua Kelly. He won

998
00:47:09,120 --> 00:47:10,680
Speaker 1: that game in week one and he's kind of been

999
00:47:10,800 --> 00:47:13,440
Speaker 1: very quiet ever since. And there's very high host for

1000
00:47:13,520 --> 00:47:16,000
Speaker 1: Joshua Kelly. So hopefully for the rookie he kind of

1001
00:47:16,000 --> 00:47:18,279
Speaker 1: figures it out this week. I think he got the

1002
00:47:18,280 --> 00:47:20,160
Speaker 1: book with it carries a week ago, but still didn't

1003
00:47:20,160 --> 00:47:22,879
Speaker 1: get the yards. He's still very involved in the passing game.

1004
00:47:22,920 --> 00:47:25,439
Speaker 1: So hopefully for Joshua Kelly, he gets gets it going

1005
00:47:25,520 --> 00:47:28,839
Speaker 1: and gets that promising a rookie career back on track. Yeah,

1006
00:47:29,000 --> 00:47:31,439
Speaker 1: they need to get somebody to get the running game going,

1007
00:47:31,440 --> 00:47:33,920
Speaker 1: whether that's Jackson or Kelly. We'll see Sunday. Pop what

1008
00:47:33,960 --> 00:47:36,160
Speaker 1: about you? So many to choose him I love the

1009
00:47:36,160 --> 00:47:38,760
Speaker 1: Donald Palm's that's like your your hipster peck. I totally

1010
00:47:38,840 --> 00:47:40,440
Speaker 1: love it. But I'm gonna go I'm gonna go with

1011
00:47:40,600 --> 00:47:43,719
Speaker 1: with a more mainstream pick here, Keenan Allen. I mean,

1012
00:47:43,800 --> 00:47:47,200
Speaker 1: the guys has been absolutely incredible. He is clearly Justin

1013
00:47:47,239 --> 00:47:50,800
Speaker 1: Herbert's favorite target. Whenever Justin drops back, he is looking

1014
00:47:50,840 --> 00:47:53,279
Speaker 1: for thirteen. And that's how this offensive function because Keenan,

1015
00:47:53,360 --> 00:47:55,440
Speaker 1: there's not a cornerback in the league. Well, let me

1016
00:47:55,560 --> 00:47:57,600
Speaker 1: let me trace there's one cornerback in the league who

1017
00:47:57,600 --> 00:47:59,120
Speaker 1: can guard him one on one in the slot, and

1018
00:47:59,160 --> 00:48:02,160
Speaker 1: he is now the Chargers. That's Chris Harris R. And

1019
00:48:02,200 --> 00:48:04,359
Speaker 1: so he's going into a Broncos game for the first

1020
00:48:04,360 --> 00:48:05,879
Speaker 1: time in his career without having to go up against

1021
00:48:05,920 --> 00:48:08,680
Speaker 1: Chris Harrison the slot, and you have a potential for

1022
00:48:08,719 --> 00:48:10,560
Speaker 1: a huge game out of him because it's not clear

1023
00:48:10,600 --> 00:48:13,640
Speaker 1: exactly who who can stick with Keenan Allen. Now that

1024
00:48:13,719 --> 00:48:15,640
Speaker 1: Chris Harris isn't on the Broncos, I mean obviously that

1025
00:48:15,800 --> 00:48:18,240
Speaker 1: Julie who's back. He's more of an outside boundary corner.

1026
00:48:18,600 --> 00:48:20,120
Speaker 1: So I'm curious to see who they match up with

1027
00:48:20,160 --> 00:48:22,920
Speaker 1: on the interior. And just the way that chemistry is

1028
00:48:22,920 --> 00:48:25,120
Speaker 1: developing between Justin Herbert and Keenan Allen. It's only going

1029
00:48:25,160 --> 00:48:28,759
Speaker 1: to get better. And I'm, you know, envisioning sometime in

1030
00:48:28,840 --> 00:48:30,399
Speaker 1: a couple of weeks, perhaps as soon as this week,

1031
00:48:30,520 --> 00:48:32,160
Speaker 1: that Keenan Allen's going to bust out for like a

1032
00:48:32,160 --> 00:48:34,840
Speaker 1: career game, just because of how often Justin Herbert is

1033
00:48:34,840 --> 00:48:37,480
Speaker 1: targeting him. The questions from a helmet did you guys

1034
00:48:37,480 --> 00:48:40,080
Speaker 1: see that with Keenan Allen On the Chargers website, you

1035
00:48:40,200 --> 00:48:42,200
Speaker 1: pull up a question out and it said what cornerback

1036
00:48:42,239 --> 00:48:44,000
Speaker 1: do you want to face the most this year? And

1037
00:48:44,040 --> 00:48:46,600
Speaker 1: he said, aj blue Gay. So we're gonna see it

1038
00:48:46,640 --> 00:48:52,040
Speaker 1: on Sunday, all right? For me? For me, it's protecting

1039
00:48:52,239 --> 00:48:55,520
Speaker 1: Justin Herbert by any means necessary. And that may mean

1040
00:48:55,640 --> 00:48:58,160
Speaker 1: Justin Herbert protecting himself getting the ball out of his

1041
00:48:58,200 --> 00:49:00,279
Speaker 1: hands quickly if he needs to. We don't know what

1042
00:49:00,280 --> 00:49:02,520
Speaker 1: the offensive life situation is going to be. If my

1043
00:49:02,640 --> 00:49:06,000
Speaker 1: player to watch is Justin Jones. Bradley Chubb and Justin

1044
00:49:06,120 --> 00:49:09,680
Speaker 1: Jones are really tight, they're they're they're good friends, and

1045
00:49:09,719 --> 00:49:12,000
Speaker 1: you know, Bradley Chubb's gonna show out. Justin Jones is

1046
00:49:12,000 --> 00:49:14,680
Speaker 1: gonna want to turn the favor and when you're talking

1047
00:49:14,680 --> 00:49:17,759
Speaker 1: about stopping Melvin Gordon Jones could play a big role

1048
00:49:17,800 --> 00:49:20,880
Speaker 1: in that. So paper Gil, what do you think do

1049
00:49:20,920 --> 00:49:28,360
Speaker 1: you think the Chargers get their first win in the division? Hurt, Yeah,

1050
00:49:28,400 --> 00:49:31,880
Speaker 1: I think they do. I think they do. And here's why.

1051
00:49:32,520 --> 00:49:35,840
Speaker 1: When Anthony Lynn gets some momentum going, he's proven that

1052
00:49:35,880 --> 00:49:37,799
Speaker 1: he's able to turn things around. And like, I really

1053
00:49:37,840 --> 00:49:39,799
Speaker 1: believe that all of these players in that locker room

1054
00:49:39,840 --> 00:49:42,400
Speaker 1: are playing really really hard for this guy and playing

1055
00:49:42,520 --> 00:49:44,719
Speaker 1: really really hard for Anthony Lynn. And I, you know,

1056
00:49:45,400 --> 00:49:47,000
Speaker 1: I asked him the question this week because I want

1057
00:49:47,000 --> 00:49:49,160
Speaker 1: to just a genuine answer at him. But getting a

1058
00:49:49,200 --> 00:49:51,440
Speaker 1: win after a losing streak like that can just change

1059
00:49:51,560 --> 00:49:53,840
Speaker 1: everything internally, and all of a sudden, you get a

1060
00:49:53,880 --> 00:49:55,840
Speaker 1: taste of it, and you're starting to get some guys

1061
00:49:55,880 --> 00:49:59,160
Speaker 1: back healthy, and all of a sudden, this could turn

1062
00:49:59,200 --> 00:50:01,160
Speaker 1: into you know, several game winning street but this is

1063
00:50:01,200 --> 00:50:03,200
Speaker 1: the one that you have to have, um. But I

1064
00:50:03,280 --> 00:50:05,359
Speaker 1: you know, it feels like this was a turning point.

1065
00:50:05,360 --> 00:50:07,440
Speaker 1: Maybe I'm being a little naive, but it does feel

1066
00:50:07,440 --> 00:50:09,960
Speaker 1: like they got a little taste of winning. Justin Herbert

1067
00:50:10,000 --> 00:50:11,680
Speaker 1: got a taste of winning and took a big step

1068
00:50:11,719 --> 00:50:14,040
Speaker 1: forward in terms of making the plays Laton games that

1069
00:50:14,080 --> 00:50:15,840
Speaker 1: you have to make to win football games in the NFL,

1070
00:50:16,120 --> 00:50:18,720
Speaker 1: and it just seems like they're they're on the cusp

1071
00:50:19,040 --> 00:50:21,640
Speaker 1: of something pretty special here. Um and then so it

1072
00:50:21,680 --> 00:50:23,440
Speaker 1: starts this week in Denver. I'm going to take a

1073
00:50:23,480 --> 00:50:28,680
Speaker 1: close win, low scoring twenty twenty seventeen, something in that range. Yeah,

1074
00:50:28,680 --> 00:50:32,279
Speaker 1: an old AFC West matchup. Grinded it out, Gil, What

1075
00:50:32,360 --> 00:50:34,799
Speaker 1: about you, sir? Yeah, I wanted to hear from Pop

1076
00:50:34,800 --> 00:50:36,600
Speaker 1: because it was kind of defense on Wednesday. I thought

1077
00:50:36,600 --> 00:50:38,560
Speaker 1: I was gonna say a loss in Denver, but it

1078
00:50:38,680 --> 00:50:40,640
Speaker 1: changed his mind there, So I'll make it two for two.

1079
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Speaker 1: Charges get to win. I feel like they're kind of

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00:50:44,120 --> 00:50:46,000
Speaker 1: due for a victory, you know, being oh and seven

1081
00:50:46,000 --> 00:50:48,359
Speaker 1: and the a FC West must be eating an and

1082
00:50:48,400 --> 00:50:50,719
Speaker 1: the whole the whole entire staff. When the players like

1083
00:50:51,120 --> 00:50:53,120
Speaker 1: you cannot go oh and eight, you can't be last

1084
00:50:53,160 --> 00:50:54,759
Speaker 1: in the division. So for these charges, I think they

1085
00:50:54,880 --> 00:50:57,520
Speaker 1: get it done. A big rider game game against the

1086
00:50:57,560 --> 00:51:01,040
Speaker 1: Broncos mentioned Melvin Gordon, anybody gonna be fired up, and

1087
00:51:01,080 --> 00:51:04,239
Speaker 1: you got Melvin Ingram back. So I think, especially you know,

1088
00:51:04,280 --> 00:51:06,359
Speaker 1: guys like Kei, I just feel like the energy kind

1089
00:51:06,400 --> 00:51:08,480
Speaker 1: of rolls in that game as the Jaguar they scored,

1090
00:51:09,000 --> 00:51:11,759
Speaker 1: you know, thirty seven, thirty nine points, I forget, So

1091
00:51:11,800 --> 00:51:13,160
Speaker 1: they're on a roll right now. So I feel like

1092
00:51:13,160 --> 00:51:15,759
Speaker 1: they'll get it done in Denver. Guys, I'm digging this

1093
00:51:15,840 --> 00:51:19,960
Speaker 1: four box me, Haley, Popper, Gil. What should next week's be?

1094
00:51:20,320 --> 00:51:25,040
Speaker 1: We had Ready, Jeff Miller and Fernando last week. I

1095
00:51:25,120 --> 00:51:27,240
Speaker 1: want to get some bands or maybe we get Ready

1096
00:51:27,280 --> 00:51:30,200
Speaker 1: and Popper together. Let's just do let's just do three boxes,

1097
00:51:30,239 --> 00:51:31,759
Speaker 1: you two and me, and that way I can get

1098
00:51:31,800 --> 00:51:37,520
Speaker 1: more takes off I have. I have about seven takes

1099
00:51:37,520 --> 00:51:39,840
Speaker 1: written down that I didn't get to get off, so like, well,

1100
00:51:40,200 --> 00:51:42,920
Speaker 1: maybe I'll save them for next week. I guess Popper's furious.

1101
00:51:43,040 --> 00:51:46,560
Speaker 1: It's a four bucks. I want to just it shouldn't

1102
00:51:46,600 --> 00:51:48,440
Speaker 1: just be one box and me talking the entire time,

1103
00:51:48,440 --> 00:51:51,480
Speaker 1: but then it would just be my own podcast. Yeer

1104
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Speaker 1: going out. That's a good matchup, Jeff and Popper. Jeff

1105
00:51:53,880 --> 00:51:56,440
Speaker 1: and Popper's great, Jeff and Popper is great. All right,

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Speaker 1: well we had we had a good one today, Haley.

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Speaker 1: I would Daniel Popper, Gil'll appreciate you guys, and we'll

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Speaker 1: see you back here very soon. Thank you all right, guys,

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Speaker 1: that's gonna do it for us. A big thanks to

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Speaker 1: all of my guests Halleo Wood, Daniel Popper, Gilbert Manzano,

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00:52:12,040 --> 00:52:15,560
Speaker 1: Matt Money Smith and Ryan O'Halloran for joining me, and

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Speaker 1: of course thanks to you all for listening. Be sure

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

1114
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Speaker 1: you listen to podcasts. Enjoy the game on Sunday. We'll

1115
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Speaker 1: also catch you on the Final Drive after the game.

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Speaker 1: Be sure to download that on the Chargers Podcast Network

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Speaker 1: or catch it on YouTube. Have a great weekend and

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Speaker 1: until next time, I'm Chris Harry