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Speaker 3: What a night for the Detroit Lions.

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Speaker 1: What a statement by this football team.

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Speaker 4: Oh it was the Lions making a statement on Monday

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Speaker 4: The game off in the best most fitting way possible,

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Speaker 4: doing it on the ground where they beat up the

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Speaker 4: absolute favorites on the mics on a night that if

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Speaker 4: everyone listening. The next day, Nick I thought it was

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Speaker 4: gonna be a classic ending, and in a way it was.

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Speaker 4: defense by going for it Jared Goff Layers in a

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Speaker 4: perfect throw. They trusted their quarterback, their running game all night,

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Speaker 4: shootouts against the best of them. What surprised you the

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Speaker 2: I mean, I knew the Ravens were missing Nandi Madabik

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Speaker 2: Detroit Lions send a statement to not only the Baltimore

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Speaker 2: with the hat says, run the damn ball. That's what

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Speaker 2: is it. They won the battle of toughness, the battle

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Speaker 2: Just because Ben Johnson's gone doesn't mean he didn't leave

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Speaker 4: Yeah, they had both running backs on the field at

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Speaker 4: it was really Jared Goff's performance twenty for twenty eight,

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Speaker 4: Back to the third quarter because that was the first

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Speaker 3: Golf out of the gun.

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Speaker 5: One salmon raw end zone got it touchdown Detroit Lions.

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Speaker 3: What did you think about that route?

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Speaker 2: didn't matter. He created that space with his route running.

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Speaker 2: So it was a great design. This game was full

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Speaker 4: Yeah, we're not gonna just talk only positive about the Lions,

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Speaker 3: But it really is so impressive. You know, I'm on ride.

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Speaker 4: It's another one where you look at the box score,

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Speaker 4: in this game. You know, you'll see that the Ravens

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Speaker 3: Let's go to the fourth down call out of the gun.

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Speaker 3: Jackson's got it, run into his right, wants.

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Speaker 5: To throw now press the ball's loose on the ground.

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Speaker 3: That's Lions football.

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Speaker 1: A fourth down stop by this team.

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Speaker 2: Well, it's the downside of that play, which the Ravens,

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Speaker 4: So it came down to ultimately, like could they get

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Speaker 4: the good work, boys, So I like hearing that. But

439
00:20:34,480 --> 00:20:38,800
Speaker 4: the defense is actually what I feel more differently about,

440
00:20:38,920 --> 00:20:42,280
Speaker 4: you know, coming out of this game, because if you

441
00:20:42,280 --> 00:20:46,600
Speaker 4: think about their team build this offseason, and Brad Holmes

442
00:20:46,680 --> 00:20:48,800
Speaker 4: is one of the best to do it, they really

443
00:20:48,840 --> 00:20:52,040
Speaker 4: invested in run stoppers in the middle of their defense.

444
00:20:52,119 --> 00:20:54,320
Speaker 4: They have DJ Reader as their free agent from a

445
00:20:54,320 --> 00:20:57,560
Speaker 4: few years ago that's now healthy again. And Tylee Williams,

446
00:20:58,080 --> 00:20:59,840
Speaker 4: a guy who I know, you know, you looked at

447
00:21:00,080 --> 00:21:02,719
Speaker 4: lot in the draft and there aren't many teams putting

448
00:21:02,880 --> 00:21:05,480
Speaker 4: two guys like that who are really run stoppers and

449
00:21:05,480 --> 00:21:09,879
Speaker 4: not you know, pass rusher type defensive lineman on the

450
00:21:09,880 --> 00:21:12,119
Speaker 4: field almost every snap, and it really paid off tonight.

451
00:21:12,560 --> 00:21:15,120
Speaker 2: Yeah, and guess who made a little shoe string tackle

452
00:21:15,119 --> 00:21:17,480
Speaker 2: on Lamar Jackson when he tried to take off DJ Reader.

453
00:21:17,680 --> 00:21:19,440
Speaker 2: Guess who was there to fill the run lane? Dj

454
00:21:19,520 --> 00:21:20,399
Speaker 2: Reader and Tyler Williams.

455
00:21:20,600 --> 00:21:20,919
Speaker 3: Let's go.

456
00:21:21,320 --> 00:21:24,040
Speaker 2: I felt so good, and I almost felt like, God,

457
00:21:24,080 --> 00:21:26,159
Speaker 2: I'm an idiot for not giving them more respectfuling to

458
00:21:26,200 --> 00:21:29,719
Speaker 2: this game. But then again, who among us expected al

459
00:21:29,800 --> 00:21:32,119
Speaker 2: Kadeen Muhammad to have two and a half sacks, to

460
00:21:32,160 --> 00:21:36,119
Speaker 2: be a constant closer when the Lions effectively caged up

461
00:21:36,160 --> 00:21:37,800
Speaker 2: Lamar Jackson, which it takes me back to when I

462
00:21:37,840 --> 00:21:39,560
Speaker 2: worked for the Browns of twenty nineteen. I remember talking

463
00:21:39,560 --> 00:21:41,320
Speaker 2: to those guys when they went in their Week four

464
00:21:41,359 --> 00:21:43,719
Speaker 2: game against the Ravens that year in Baltimore, and I

465
00:21:43,760 --> 00:21:45,439
Speaker 2: was like, how do you stop Lamar? He's having a

466
00:21:45,440 --> 00:21:47,199
Speaker 2: great year, And they just said, you got a Cajun.

467
00:21:47,240 --> 00:21:48,440
Speaker 2: You got a Cajun. We got to keep him in

468
00:21:48,480 --> 00:21:50,080
Speaker 2: a box. You got to make sure he doesn't escape.

469
00:21:50,200 --> 00:21:52,400
Speaker 2: The Lions did that perfectly, and so many teams don't

470
00:21:52,400 --> 00:21:55,040
Speaker 2: do that. The Lions personnel did not suggest that they

471
00:21:55,080 --> 00:21:57,640
Speaker 2: would do that, And that's why we need to put

472
00:21:57,640 --> 00:22:00,440
Speaker 2: respect on their names. Because of guys like al Kadeen Muhamed,

473
00:22:00,640 --> 00:22:02,840
Speaker 2: because of a veteran like DJ Reader, and of course

474
00:22:03,200 --> 00:22:06,840
Speaker 2: because of Aiden Hutchinson, a guy who Baltimore gets so

475
00:22:06,880 --> 00:22:08,760
Speaker 2: concerned about him, they slide their protection to the left

476
00:22:08,800 --> 00:22:10,560
Speaker 2: and he just splits two guys and gets right after

477
00:22:10,640 --> 00:22:12,600
Speaker 2: Lamar for a crushing sack and a key moment in

478
00:22:12,640 --> 00:22:16,680
Speaker 2: the game. Everybody on this defense, Alex Angeloni's spying Jack

479
00:22:16,720 --> 00:22:19,600
Speaker 2: Campbell back there at the second level. They all made plays.

480
00:22:19,640 --> 00:22:23,240
Speaker 2: They played so cohesively, and that's why I thinks everybody

481
00:22:23,320 --> 00:22:25,120
Speaker 2: who watches the NFL is going to see the lines

482
00:22:25,119 --> 00:22:27,679
Speaker 2: more seriously because of the performance that they gave on

483
00:22:27,800 --> 00:22:28,560
Speaker 2: both sides of the ball.

484
00:22:28,600 --> 00:22:31,280
Speaker 4: To Knight, they got away with lining up in base

485
00:22:31,359 --> 00:22:33,560
Speaker 4: defense most of the night, and by base defense that

486
00:22:33,720 --> 00:22:36,919
Speaker 4: means three linebackers essentially on the field. Almost no teams

487
00:22:37,280 --> 00:22:40,120
Speaker 4: do that at this point, but they had that sort

488
00:22:40,119 --> 00:22:42,640
Speaker 4: of vision again with the team build bigger linebackers, and

489
00:22:42,720 --> 00:22:45,400
Speaker 4: I mean in terms of guys like Derek Barnes, who

490
00:22:45,680 --> 00:22:47,399
Speaker 4: was like an old school also had a great game

491
00:22:47,520 --> 00:22:50,200
Speaker 4: side right like also had a great game, like an

492
00:22:50,240 --> 00:22:54,359
Speaker 4: old school strong side linebacker, kind of the run stopper

493
00:22:54,400 --> 00:22:57,720
Speaker 4: who's almost been like legislated out of the league, like

494
00:22:57,800 --> 00:22:59,959
Speaker 4: that sort of player, but he can blitz.

495
00:23:00,080 --> 00:23:01,160
Speaker 3: He's versatile enough.

496
00:23:01,200 --> 00:23:05,320
Speaker 4: I think like a faster, more dynamic team could take

497
00:23:05,320 --> 00:23:08,040
Speaker 4: advantage of that. Maybe if you have Isaiah likely in

498
00:23:08,119 --> 00:23:10,080
Speaker 4: this game you know when the Ravens are lining up

499
00:23:10,119 --> 00:23:12,359
Speaker 4: in two tight end sets throughout most of the game,

500
00:23:12,720 --> 00:23:16,320
Speaker 4: but they haven't quite gotten the mix with all their receivers. Now,

501
00:23:16,640 --> 00:23:19,320
Speaker 4: I do want to note, like Lamar had some dimes

502
00:23:19,320 --> 00:23:21,920
Speaker 4: in this game. Oh yeah, I'm just gonna mention a few.

503
00:23:22,119 --> 00:23:24,000
Speaker 4: And actually it kind of points out now that I

504
00:23:24,000 --> 00:23:27,680
Speaker 4: think about about it, how tough the Lions defense was playing,

505
00:23:27,720 --> 00:23:30,399
Speaker 4: because I felt like there were more easy throws for

506
00:23:30,800 --> 00:23:33,000
Speaker 4: Jared Goff throughout the course of the night. There was

507
00:23:33,040 --> 00:23:34,840
Speaker 4: a throw early in the game on third and long

508
00:23:34,880 --> 00:23:38,880
Speaker 4: where Lamar is rolling left, throws it across his body

509
00:23:39,160 --> 00:23:41,560
Speaker 4: to Bateman on the sideline for ten yards like an

510
00:23:41,560 --> 00:23:44,320
Speaker 4: incredibly low, you know, percentage type of throw.

511
00:23:44,560 --> 00:23:44,919
Speaker 3: Hits that.

512
00:23:45,040 --> 00:23:47,560
Speaker 4: Then he goes tes Walker deep down the field. That

513
00:23:47,720 --> 00:23:50,960
Speaker 4: was a beautiful throw. He had the crazy sideline throw

514
00:23:51,040 --> 00:23:53,960
Speaker 4: to Nu Hopkins where you thought after it got over

515
00:23:54,160 --> 00:23:56,639
Speaker 4: the underneath defender, that thing's going out of bounce and

516
00:23:56,680 --> 00:24:00,560
Speaker 4: he just like drops it in there. I love the

517
00:24:00,760 --> 00:24:04,280
Speaker 4: third and long to Rashad Bateman when they were down

518
00:24:04,359 --> 00:24:07,040
Speaker 4: twenty eight to twenty one and they're driving and he

519
00:24:07,119 --> 00:24:09,159
Speaker 4: has to hit a whole shot and be patient and

520
00:24:09,320 --> 00:24:13,360
Speaker 4: throw anticipation over the middle. Like these were high level throws.

521
00:24:13,720 --> 00:24:16,879
Speaker 4: He also had that touchdown to Mark Andrews early in

522
00:24:16,920 --> 00:24:18,840
Speaker 4: the second half, So like there were a lot of

523
00:24:18,880 --> 00:24:22,120
Speaker 4: amazing plays hell just to get Jerry Sandusky into the show.

524
00:24:22,280 --> 00:24:25,240
Speaker 4: Let's listen to a Ravens highlight. Let's listen to the

525
00:24:25,320 --> 00:24:27,880
Speaker 4: Mark Andrews touchdown to start the second half.

526
00:24:28,000 --> 00:24:30,320
Speaker 3: You hate to settle for a field goal. Lamar Jackson

527
00:24:30,400 --> 00:24:31,760
Speaker 3: from the shotgun.

528
00:24:32,040 --> 00:24:34,320
Speaker 2: Throws towards the end zone looking for Andrews.

529
00:24:34,359 --> 00:24:39,879
Speaker 5: He's got a touchdown, Mark Andrews driving glob along the

530
00:24:40,040 --> 00:24:45,040
Speaker 5: sideline and the Ravens have their first lead of nights.

531
00:24:45,080 --> 00:24:49,639
Speaker 1: But that was a great throw and a great catch,

532
00:24:49,680 --> 00:24:50,720
Speaker 1: bark Mark Andrews.

533
00:24:51,200 --> 00:24:53,159
Speaker 4: Ah, that was a great throw. That was Rod Woodson,

534
00:24:53,200 --> 00:24:55,320
Speaker 4: who knows a great throw when he sees it, Like,

535
00:24:55,560 --> 00:24:56,240
Speaker 4: what did you see there?

536
00:24:56,280 --> 00:24:59,960
Speaker 2: Shook, threaded, absolutely threaded, and from the distance, because like, yeah,

537
00:25:00,000 --> 00:25:02,119
Speaker 2: I think it was a fourteen yard touchdown pass, but

538
00:25:02,720 --> 00:25:05,040
Speaker 2: the distance you know, from where Lamar was to the

539
00:25:05,040 --> 00:25:06,760
Speaker 2: corner of the end zone makes it a lot longer.

540
00:25:06,960 --> 00:25:09,280
Speaker 2: Couldn't be placed better, I mean, could not be placed

541
00:25:09,320 --> 00:25:12,359
Speaker 2: better in the pocket where Andrews can make that grab.

542
00:25:12,480 --> 00:25:15,240
Speaker 2: Just inside the pylon, just outside the outstretched reach of

543
00:25:15,240 --> 00:25:18,280
Speaker 2: the def nearest defender. You know, I watched that route develop.

544
00:25:18,320 --> 00:25:20,359
Speaker 2: I think it was branch and coverage and I and

545
00:25:20,400 --> 00:25:23,399
Speaker 2: I know it was Angelonian coverage. And I'm watching him

546
00:25:23,480 --> 00:25:25,439
Speaker 2: run with him and I'm like, he's covered pretty well,

547
00:25:25,480 --> 00:25:27,080
Speaker 2: and Lamar throws it and I'm like, oh, he's gonna

548
00:25:27,080 --> 00:25:29,080
Speaker 2: have to fit this one in boom right, and that

549
00:25:29,400 --> 00:25:31,840
Speaker 2: it's like thread in a needle, just just right through

550
00:25:31,880 --> 00:25:33,800
Speaker 2: the eye of the needle for a touchdown. That's what

551
00:25:33,840 --> 00:25:35,400
Speaker 2: Lamar is capable of doing. It. He had a number

552
00:25:35,400 --> 00:25:37,879
Speaker 2: of throws like this, like you said tonight, And I

553
00:25:37,880 --> 00:25:41,280
Speaker 2: think that will get lost in the aftermath conversation about

554
00:25:41,280 --> 00:25:42,560
Speaker 2: this game, because the wait get.

555
00:25:42,560 --> 00:25:46,119
Speaker 4: Lost in our comments right now, people are are killing Lamar.

556
00:25:46,200 --> 00:25:48,080
Speaker 4: I think multiple things can be true.

557
00:25:48,160 --> 00:25:50,639
Speaker 2: Yeah, So the other thing that's true is that Lamar

558
00:25:50,800 --> 00:25:52,480
Speaker 2: needs to figure out how to operate in the pocket

559
00:25:52,480 --> 00:25:54,800
Speaker 2: and not give himself so much time sometimes because it

560
00:25:54,920 --> 00:25:57,080
Speaker 2: hurt them when sometimes you can just take off for

561
00:25:57,119 --> 00:25:58,720
Speaker 2: a gain of five. And I think that they will

562
00:25:58,720 --> 00:26:01,040
Speaker 2: correct that going forward because it definitely hurt them tonight.

563
00:26:01,040 --> 00:26:03,320
Speaker 2: Both things can be true, You're right, but I have.

564
00:26:03,240 --> 00:26:07,359
Speaker 4: A feeling like he's not someone that when you watch

565
00:26:07,640 --> 00:26:11,359
Speaker 4: the film, has open receivers and doesn't let go of

566
00:26:11,359 --> 00:26:14,480
Speaker 4: the ball. I think what the Lions showed him tonight

567
00:26:14,560 --> 00:26:18,680
Speaker 4: with mostly zone coverage like worked. There weren't that many

568
00:26:18,760 --> 00:26:21,840
Speaker 4: open receivers and at least they were mudding up the picture.

569
00:26:22,080 --> 00:26:25,640
Speaker 4: After that Andrews fumble, they go three and out where

570
00:26:25,680 --> 00:26:27,919
Speaker 4: he takes a sack. On that drive, they have to

571
00:26:27,960 --> 00:26:31,560
Speaker 4: go ten plays just to get thirty nine yards. On

572
00:26:31,600 --> 00:26:33,960
Speaker 4: that drive that I mentioned where he hits the ball

573
00:26:34,000 --> 00:26:35,800
Speaker 4: over the middle to Bateman, there were a lot of

574
00:26:35,840 --> 00:26:41,439
Speaker 4: penalties involved here. Then Derrick Henry fumbles the ball. And

575
00:26:41,480 --> 00:26:44,040
Speaker 4: then really the killer was when they got the ball

576
00:26:44,119 --> 00:26:47,560
Speaker 4: back with six thirty five to go and they go

577
00:26:47,880 --> 00:26:50,520
Speaker 4: three and out. They end up with a fourth and nine.

578
00:26:50,560 --> 00:26:54,320
Speaker 4: There another drive that starts with a big time sack.

579
00:26:54,359 --> 00:26:57,639
Speaker 4: And at first it was like these plays where Lamar

580
00:26:57,800 --> 00:26:59,960
Speaker 4: is trying to get out of trouble and he's just

581
00:27:00,119 --> 00:27:02,560
Speaker 4: taken down for no gain. And as the game is

582
00:27:02,680 --> 00:27:07,560
Speaker 4: wearing on, like he is taking bigger and bigger deficits

583
00:27:07,600 --> 00:27:11,480
Speaker 4: in terms of like longer sacks, And I think multiple things.

584
00:27:11,320 --> 00:27:11,840
Speaker 3: Can be true.

585
00:27:13,560 --> 00:27:16,159
Speaker 4: This game is on the Ravens defense obviously, and the

586
00:27:16,240 --> 00:27:18,720
Speaker 4: running game, like the passing game was by far the

587
00:27:18,720 --> 00:27:21,320
Speaker 4: best part of the Ravens. I mean, the freaking Ravens

588
00:27:21,359 --> 00:27:25,040
Speaker 4: gave up two to ninety five yard plus drives. That's outrageous.

589
00:27:25,040 --> 00:27:26,920
Speaker 4: We haven't even mentioned that. There was an eighteen play

590
00:27:27,119 --> 00:27:29,119
Speaker 4: ninety eight yard drive. You mentioned it, but that was

591
00:27:29,160 --> 00:27:31,840
Speaker 4: the longest drive of course in the NFL this season

592
00:27:31,840 --> 00:27:34,000
Speaker 4: in terms of minutes, ten minutes and forty eight seconds.

593
00:27:34,040 --> 00:27:36,440
Speaker 4: But Joe Buck mentioned there hasn't been a drive over

594
00:27:36,520 --> 00:27:39,840
Speaker 4: ninety five yards against the Ravens defense in Baltimore for

595
00:27:39,880 --> 00:27:40,720
Speaker 4: over twenty years.

596
00:27:40,720 --> 00:27:42,240
Speaker 3: They gave up two of them tonight.

597
00:27:42,320 --> 00:27:44,800
Speaker 4: So on a night like that where Derrick Henry has

598
00:27:44,840 --> 00:27:47,320
Speaker 4: a terrible success rate and your defense plays like that

599
00:27:47,359 --> 00:27:49,600
Speaker 4: and Dereck Henry fubbles the ball in the fourth quarter,

600
00:27:49,760 --> 00:27:52,120
Speaker 4: Lamar Jackson is not number one on your biggest issues.

601
00:27:52,600 --> 00:27:58,320
Speaker 4: That said, like the accusations that he can be like

602
00:27:58,400 --> 00:28:02,639
Speaker 4: a little amped up in games, I do wonder about

603
00:28:02,640 --> 00:28:05,719
Speaker 4: that sometimes because early on, like you're watching him on

604
00:28:05,800 --> 00:28:09,040
Speaker 4: the sideline when they went three and out early, like

605
00:28:09,160 --> 00:28:13,040
Speaker 4: he was so frustrated early in that game, and you

606
00:28:13,080 --> 00:28:16,439
Speaker 4: can see just like the tension. I hate being the

607
00:28:16,480 --> 00:28:19,280
Speaker 4: body language doctor. A lot of players play well when

608
00:28:19,280 --> 00:28:22,320
Speaker 4: they're angry. I'm not saying that they couldn't, but you

609
00:28:22,480 --> 00:28:25,840
Speaker 4: just can almost like feel the anxiety coming off of

610
00:28:26,040 --> 00:28:29,760
Speaker 4: that sideline between Lamar and then of course Derrick Henry,

611
00:28:30,040 --> 00:28:31,560
Speaker 4: you know, crashing out a.

612
00:28:31,480 --> 00:28:32,840
Speaker 3: Little bit later.

613
00:28:33,080 --> 00:28:36,040
Speaker 4: Like I do think, like you holding onto the ball

614
00:28:36,119 --> 00:28:38,160
Speaker 4: so long like that feels like a little bit of

615
00:28:38,240 --> 00:28:39,880
Speaker 4: a little bit of tightness, even though there was a

616
00:28:39,880 --> 00:28:41,920
Speaker 4: lot of great plays in between.

617
00:28:42,480 --> 00:28:43,360
Speaker 3: I do think there is.

618
00:28:43,640 --> 00:28:46,280
Speaker 4: It's fair to like point out there's something to that

619
00:28:46,360 --> 00:28:48,920
Speaker 4: for the Lamar haters out there, which I am not one,

620
00:28:49,000 --> 00:28:50,440
Speaker 4: but you know, there's something to it.

621
00:28:50,760 --> 00:28:52,960
Speaker 2: Yeah, I'm not a Lamar hater either, but I hate

622
00:28:52,960 --> 00:28:57,120
Speaker 2: to be this guy in this moment. I see a

623
00:28:57,320 --> 00:29:00,360
Speaker 2: trend in the Baltimore Ravens over the last few years

624
00:29:00,360 --> 00:29:02,520
Speaker 2: that we witnessed tonight, which is that when they meet

625
00:29:02,560 --> 00:29:05,040
Speaker 2: a team that is at their level that they cannot

626
00:29:05,080 --> 00:29:08,320
Speaker 2: bully offensively, that they cannot shut down defensively and then

627
00:29:08,440 --> 00:29:10,720
Speaker 2: just run over them with Derrick Henry or with Lamar

628
00:29:10,840 --> 00:29:14,120
Speaker 2: or whatever. They get tight, they play tight, they make mistakes,

629
00:29:14,160 --> 00:29:17,160
Speaker 2: They let the pressure of the moment consume them sometimes

630
00:29:17,160 --> 00:29:19,239
Speaker 2: and I think what you just described is exactly what

631
00:29:19,320 --> 00:29:22,920
Speaker 2: that was. And there were periods in this game where

632
00:29:23,040 --> 00:29:25,480
Speaker 2: I felt as if the Ravens were overcoming that and

633
00:29:25,520 --> 00:29:27,760
Speaker 2: they were just going to be the better team and

634
00:29:27,880 --> 00:29:31,240
Speaker 2: end up winning a game, because, for example, the Ravens

635
00:29:31,280 --> 00:29:35,280
Speaker 2: take the lead twenty one to fourteen after the Lions

636
00:29:35,320 --> 00:29:37,120
Speaker 2: go three and out, the Lions go three and out

637
00:29:37,160 --> 00:29:39,480
Speaker 2: after that goal line stand, and the play calling is

638
00:29:39,480 --> 00:29:42,200
Speaker 2: a little questionable, the Ravens cash in to end the

639
00:29:42,240 --> 00:29:44,440
Speaker 2: first half. There were just a few periods in this

640
00:29:44,480 --> 00:29:47,120
Speaker 2: game where I'm like, the Lions are like one miscue,

641
00:29:47,200 --> 00:29:49,640
Speaker 2: one big Derrick Henry run, one big Lamar Jackson play

642
00:29:49,640 --> 00:29:52,360
Speaker 2: away from being down multiple scores, and maybe they don't

643
00:29:52,360 --> 00:29:54,640
Speaker 2: have enough to come back, and they never got there.

644
00:29:54,840 --> 00:29:57,480
Speaker 2: And I think that frustrated the Ravens and the miscues

645
00:29:57,520 --> 00:30:00,680
Speaker 2: and the small errors in detail. A guy maybe not

646
00:30:00,720 --> 00:30:02,880
Speaker 2: running a route where Lamar wants and he underthrows the ball,

647
00:30:02,960 --> 00:30:04,360
Speaker 2: or it looks like he under throws the ball because

648
00:30:04,360 --> 00:30:06,560
Speaker 2: the receiver's not where he wants them to be. Lamar

649
00:30:06,720 --> 00:30:09,320
Speaker 2: not being able to break the pocket and take off

650
00:30:09,320 --> 00:30:11,960
Speaker 2: for runs when he thinks they're there, guy's not getting open.

651
00:30:12,000 --> 00:30:15,000
Speaker 2: I think all of that compounded and you saw the

652
00:30:15,040 --> 00:30:17,600
Speaker 2: effects of it capped by the Derrick Henry fubble late

653
00:30:17,600 --> 00:30:20,200
Speaker 2: in the fourth quarter where they're like, Wow, we're really

654
00:30:20,200 --> 00:30:22,720
Speaker 2: gonna lose this big game at home on primetime right now,

655
00:30:22,760 --> 00:30:24,960
Speaker 2: I can't believe this. We're the Baltimore Ravens. We're not

656
00:30:25,000 --> 00:30:27,640
Speaker 2: supposed to do this. Well, guess what you also play

657
00:30:27,640 --> 00:30:30,040
Speaker 2: in the NFL where the Browns beat the Packers on Sunday.

658
00:30:30,080 --> 00:30:31,240
Speaker 2: Things like that happen.

659
00:30:31,440 --> 00:30:33,160
Speaker 3: Hey, let's starting on them.

660
00:30:33,280 --> 00:30:35,240
Speaker 4: Hey, the Browns and the Ravens have the same record

661
00:30:35,680 --> 00:30:39,720
Speaker 4: right now. Yeah, Like if you just like, if you

662
00:30:39,800 --> 00:30:43,160
Speaker 4: just said who's played better? And I don't think the

663
00:30:43,240 --> 00:30:47,560
Speaker 4: Ravens have played better this season necessarily than the Browns.

664
00:30:47,600 --> 00:30:50,800
Speaker 4: The Browns outplayed the Bengals in Week one. I know

665
00:30:50,840 --> 00:30:52,160
Speaker 4: they got beat forty one to ten.

666
00:30:52,320 --> 00:30:53,720
Speaker 3: I'm just saying the comline.

667
00:30:54,080 --> 00:30:56,080
Speaker 2: Defensively, the Browns have played better than the Ravens, but

668
00:30:56,120 --> 00:30:57,760
Speaker 2: offensively it's not even in the same pace.

669
00:30:57,840 --> 00:30:59,680
Speaker 4: I need to say is that I feel like the

670
00:31:00,120 --> 00:31:01,960
Speaker 4: both of these teams should be two and one, and

671
00:31:02,120 --> 00:31:03,000
Speaker 4: it's not that big good.

672
00:31:02,920 --> 00:31:05,000
Speaker 2: Difference that could be true, that could be true.

673
00:31:05,240 --> 00:31:08,680
Speaker 4: It's such a long season, but the road to the

674
00:31:08,760 --> 00:31:12,600
Speaker 4: one seed is going to be harder starting off at

675
00:31:12,640 --> 00:31:15,000
Speaker 4: one and two. You know, you're in a division where

676
00:31:15,080 --> 00:31:20,600
Speaker 4: Jake Browning and Aaron Rodgers respect to him, but not

677
00:31:20,640 --> 00:31:24,000
Speaker 4: playing the best quarterback right now are quarterbacking the teams

678
00:31:24,000 --> 00:31:28,600
Speaker 4: that are currently in first place. Like, I'm not that

679
00:31:28,800 --> 00:31:31,880
Speaker 4: concerned about the Ravens long term. To me, this is

680
00:31:32,120 --> 00:31:36,720
Speaker 4: more about the Lions. But when we talk about the tightness,

681
00:31:36,720 --> 00:31:40,080
Speaker 4: to me, it's more just like expectations. It's not like

682
00:31:40,120 --> 00:31:43,800
Speaker 4: that they're getting nervous and that they can't perform well

683
00:31:43,880 --> 00:31:46,960
Speaker 4: in big game. It's just they've lost so many of

684
00:31:46,960 --> 00:31:49,600
Speaker 4: these heartbreakers. They've lost so many big leads, they've been

685
00:31:49,760 --> 00:31:52,840
Speaker 4: on the cuss. They've been the best regular season offense

686
00:31:52,920 --> 00:31:56,640
Speaker 4: now for three straight years. And it's just the expectations,

687
00:31:56,640 --> 00:32:00,600
Speaker 4: and I think those are sometimes difficult to manage as

688
00:32:00,640 --> 00:32:02,400
Speaker 4: a team. And it's one of the reasons why I'm

689
00:32:02,400 --> 00:32:05,920
Speaker 4: really impressed with how the Lions have responded after Week one,

690
00:32:05,960 --> 00:32:08,480
Speaker 4: because they're also in this cycle of they've never been

691
00:32:08,520 --> 00:32:12,560
Speaker 4: here before, right shook and where they're you know, they're

692
00:32:12,600 --> 00:32:15,120
Speaker 4: now like deep into this run of like trying to

693
00:32:15,160 --> 00:32:17,080
Speaker 4: stay at the top. And I think that's the hardest

694
00:32:17,080 --> 00:32:19,200
Speaker 4: thing to do in the NFL, is stay at the top,

695
00:32:19,200 --> 00:32:21,240
Speaker 4: and the Ravens and the Lions, that's exactly what they're

696
00:32:21,240 --> 00:32:21,680
Speaker 4: trying to do.

697
00:32:21,960 --> 00:32:24,400
Speaker 2: There's one difference between those two teams. One of them

698
00:32:24,400 --> 00:32:26,960
Speaker 2: plays in the same conference that's occupied by the Kansas

699
00:32:26,960 --> 00:32:30,080
Speaker 2: City Chiefs and the other one doesn't. And I think

700
00:32:30,120 --> 00:32:33,400
Speaker 2: when you know that you have that team to take down,

701
00:32:33,800 --> 00:32:37,000
Speaker 2: you realize, like, yeah, I mean until they're not there,

702
00:32:37,160 --> 00:32:41,120
Speaker 2: they're there. I think that adds a little bit more pressure.

703
00:32:41,160 --> 00:32:43,200
Speaker 2: And this is a measuring stick game and you know that,

704
00:32:44,000 --> 00:32:45,520
Speaker 2: and so I just think it adds a little bit more.

705
00:32:45,520 --> 00:32:47,120
Speaker 2: And they have a longer history of not getting the

706
00:32:47,200 --> 00:32:49,920
Speaker 2: job done than the Lions do. And also, you know,

707
00:32:50,360 --> 00:32:52,960
Speaker 2: this is no shot at John Harbaugh at all. Hell

708
00:32:53,000 --> 00:32:55,680
Speaker 2: of a coach. But there's something about Dan Campbell in

709
00:32:55,720 --> 00:32:58,840
Speaker 2: the way that he trusts his guys and goes forward

710
00:32:58,920 --> 00:33:01,400
Speaker 2: on fourth down and all those things and wears his

711
00:33:01,400 --> 00:33:03,960
Speaker 2: heart in his sleeve that just seems to invigorate a

712
00:33:04,000 --> 00:33:07,480
Speaker 2: team and creates a culture of that maybe they'll band

713
00:33:07,520 --> 00:33:10,440
Speaker 2: together and rally together when the adversity strikes that maybe

714
00:33:10,480 --> 00:33:13,360
Speaker 2: the Ravens don't have that same mental toughness in them,

715
00:33:13,480 --> 00:33:16,160
Speaker 2: not necessarily on the coach, but just on the key

716
00:33:16,200 --> 00:33:18,400
Speaker 2: figures in each franchise. I think that is one of

717
00:33:18,440 --> 00:33:19,880
Speaker 2: the factors that played into this game tonight.

718
00:33:20,280 --> 00:33:22,840
Speaker 4: Well, yeah, we'd say that the team takes on the

719
00:33:22,880 --> 00:33:25,160
Speaker 4: personality of their head coach. You know, when I was

720
00:33:25,160 --> 00:33:26,880
Speaker 4: talking about like that, you know, Dereck Henry being a

721
00:33:26,880 --> 00:33:30,280
Speaker 4: little tight on the sideline, and John Harbaugh is like

722
00:33:31,360 --> 00:33:34,560
Speaker 4: the number one guy we made a little bit before

723
00:33:34,600 --> 00:33:37,440
Speaker 4: the season, like of any coach that I like, I'm

724
00:33:37,560 --> 00:33:40,120
Speaker 4: literally afraid of John Harbor. There is so much boiling

725
00:33:40,160 --> 00:33:42,200
Speaker 4: beneath the surface. I feel like at all times when

726
00:33:42,200 --> 00:33:44,320
Speaker 4: it is not going well, there is like an anxiety

727
00:33:44,360 --> 00:33:47,480
Speaker 4: and attention and his decision making in big spots has

728
00:33:47,520 --> 00:33:49,840
Speaker 4: not been amazing. And you compare that to Dan Campbell,

729
00:33:49,880 --> 00:33:51,960
Speaker 4: and yeah, maybe maybe it does rub off on the

730
00:33:51,960 --> 00:33:53,360
Speaker 4: rest of the team. All right, I'm doing a little

731
00:33:53,360 --> 00:33:57,120
Speaker 4: schedule watching because we're talking Browns, right, and then we're

732
00:33:57,120 --> 00:34:02,479
Speaker 4: talking Chiefs, and those teams have matchups against these teams

733
00:34:02,880 --> 00:34:06,200
Speaker 4: coming up. So the Lions get this win, they have

734
00:34:06,360 --> 00:34:08,640
Speaker 4: a tricky game. I think it's fair to say The

735
00:34:08,680 --> 00:34:11,200
Speaker 4: Browns are tricky at this point considering how good their

736
00:34:11,239 --> 00:34:14,440
Speaker 4: defense is. They have the Browns next week in Detroit,

737
00:34:14,719 --> 00:34:19,560
Speaker 4: then at Cincinnati, at Kansas City, and then the Tampa

738
00:34:19,600 --> 00:34:23,440
Speaker 4: Bay Buccaneers before their bye week. The Ravens, on the

739
00:34:23,440 --> 00:34:26,680
Speaker 4: other hand, go right from this blood bath on the

740
00:34:26,800 --> 00:34:30,880
Speaker 4: road on a short week to Kansas City in theory

741
00:34:30,920 --> 00:34:33,880
Speaker 4: one of their biggest games of the year before heading

742
00:34:33,920 --> 00:34:38,799
Speaker 4: home for the Texans and the Rams before their bye week.

743
00:34:39,000 --> 00:34:44,200
Speaker 4: Really interesting schedules for both these teams, and we're just

744
00:34:44,239 --> 00:34:47,319
Speaker 4: getting started. But you look at those schedules and they

745
00:34:47,640 --> 00:34:50,320
Speaker 4: are going to be tested in a lot of these games,

746
00:34:50,360 --> 00:34:52,279
Speaker 4: and they are both going to be challenged to not

747
00:34:52,400 --> 00:34:55,279
Speaker 4: get to their bye week with like a three to

748
00:34:55,320 --> 00:34:56,640
Speaker 4: three type of record.

749
00:34:56,920 --> 00:34:59,160
Speaker 2: Yeah. If you want to wash the waves, Yeah, if

750
00:34:59,200 --> 00:35:01,680
Speaker 2: you want to wash away the sour taste in your

751
00:35:01,680 --> 00:35:03,839
Speaker 2: mouth from this and make all the haters shut up,

752
00:35:04,120 --> 00:35:06,800
Speaker 2: you go beat the Chiefs next week, and you do it.

753
00:35:06,800 --> 00:35:09,880
Speaker 2: It's a game in pretty dominant fashion, and I think

754
00:35:09,920 --> 00:35:12,759
Speaker 2: that their strengths matchup well against the Chiefs. And then

755
00:35:12,760 --> 00:35:14,560
Speaker 2: at that point people forget a little bit about what

756
00:35:14,640 --> 00:35:17,040
Speaker 2: happened against the Lions tonight, like it can all change.

757
00:35:17,120 --> 00:35:19,600
Speaker 4: But it puts so much on that game though, and

758
00:35:19,640 --> 00:35:20,400
Speaker 4: we will get into it.

759
00:35:20,400 --> 00:35:25,560
Speaker 2: But that's the beauty of the NFL. Every week it matters.

760
00:35:24,320 --> 00:35:28,319
Speaker 3: In every week matters more. And it's a funny thing.

761
00:35:28,840 --> 00:35:31,240
Speaker 4: I always think about the early part of the season.

762
00:35:32,640 --> 00:35:35,799
Speaker 4: The bigger games to me, having watched you know for

763
00:35:35,880 --> 00:35:39,279
Speaker 4: so many years, is the bigger games early in the

764
00:35:39,320 --> 00:35:42,600
Speaker 4: season are actually with the good teams that are off

765
00:35:42,640 --> 00:35:45,840
Speaker 4: to slow starts, Like it would be great, it'd be fun.

766
00:35:46,160 --> 00:35:50,480
Speaker 4: I bet CBS would love it if Ravens Chiefs was

767
00:35:50,520 --> 00:35:53,280
Speaker 4: a battle of undefeated, isn't that game bigger?

768
00:35:53,320 --> 00:35:54,440
Speaker 3: Now that they're both one and two?

769
00:35:54,760 --> 00:35:57,879
Speaker 4: One of those two teams with very challenging schedules ahead

770
00:35:57,880 --> 00:35:59,879
Speaker 4: of them is going to be one in three.

771
00:36:00,320 --> 00:36:00,799
Speaker 3: And if you.

772
00:36:00,840 --> 00:36:05,280
Speaker 4: Thought, like the tension with Travis Kelcey bumping Andy Reid

773
00:36:05,440 --> 00:36:08,719
Speaker 4: or the tension of Derrick Henry like falling over on

774
00:36:08,760 --> 00:36:10,880
Speaker 4: the sideline was bad after this week, like how about

775
00:36:10,880 --> 00:36:13,440
Speaker 4: you lose to your other AFC rivals next week? And

776
00:36:13,520 --> 00:36:17,239
Speaker 4: so it really sets up like a fascinating matchup there.

777
00:36:17,400 --> 00:36:19,759
Speaker 4: And the Lions, on the other hand, can breathe a

778
00:36:19,840 --> 00:36:22,880
Speaker 4: little bit of a sigh relief. Book Man that they

779
00:36:22,880 --> 00:36:25,080
Speaker 4: would love nothing more to beat up on the Chiefs.

780
00:36:25,080 --> 00:36:26,759
Speaker 4: That in a couple of weeks too, the Bucks are

781
00:36:26,800 --> 00:36:28,719
Speaker 4: on the schedule coming up, which is gonna be big,

782
00:36:28,800 --> 00:36:31,319
Speaker 4: and I just love it. Before we move on from

783
00:36:31,360 --> 00:36:33,480
Speaker 4: this game, and we are gonna do some news very

784
00:36:33,520 --> 00:36:35,640
Speaker 4: quickly on this show because there were some big time

785
00:36:35,760 --> 00:36:41,359
Speaker 4: injury news. It is time for delivering results presented by

786
00:36:41,680 --> 00:36:45,239
Speaker 4: Uber Eats. And no one, and I mean no one

787
00:36:45,360 --> 00:36:50,440
Speaker 4: deserves this honor more than the Lions offensive line and

788
00:36:50,480 --> 00:36:54,319
Speaker 4: their running backs. And I am talking about David Montgomery.

789
00:36:54,360 --> 00:36:57,640
Speaker 4: We've hit a couple of his highlights already. Let's go

790
00:36:57,840 --> 00:37:01,320
Speaker 4: to the big seventy two yard rush in the second

791
00:37:01,360 --> 00:37:02,120
Speaker 4: half of this game.

792
00:37:02,640 --> 00:37:05,759
Speaker 3: I center, there's the snap Jared Hans to Montgomery.

793
00:37:05,800 --> 00:37:06,320
Speaker 1: Montgomery.

794
00:37:06,680 --> 00:37:08,040
Speaker 2: There it goes across twenty twenty five.

795
00:37:08,960 --> 00:37:10,799
Speaker 1: He goes middle of the fields to the fifty tank

796
00:37:10,880 --> 00:37:13,680
Speaker 1: thing right at the forty five down, to the thirty down,

797
00:37:13,719 --> 00:37:15,440
Speaker 1: to the twenty taking.

798
00:37:15,200 --> 00:37:17,800
Speaker 5: Down from behind it the fifteen yard line.

799
00:37:17,920 --> 00:37:22,359
Speaker 1: David Montgomery running for daylight and running big for these

800
00:37:22,400 --> 00:37:23,440
Speaker 1: Detroit Lions.

801
00:37:23,600 --> 00:37:28,040
Speaker 4: Oh my goodness, oh man, twelve for one, fifty one

802
00:37:28,280 --> 00:37:31,839
Speaker 4: and two. I was watching that still with my son

803
00:37:31,880 --> 00:37:34,000
Speaker 4: and my wife and Emmaica just goes like.

804
00:37:34,120 --> 00:37:37,960
Speaker 3: I thought he was faster, and Walker is like, no,

805
00:37:38,080 --> 00:37:38,800
Speaker 3: that's Gibbs.

806
00:37:38,840 --> 00:37:41,720
Speaker 4: But uh, don't dog on David Montgomery because that bursts

807
00:37:41,719 --> 00:37:44,600
Speaker 4: through the whole is fantastic. His ability to make people

808
00:37:44,640 --> 00:37:47,600
Speaker 4: miss and his freaking toughness. Shout out to Brad Holmes

809
00:37:47,960 --> 00:37:51,320
Speaker 4: and David and Dan Campbell for making him one of

810
00:37:51,360 --> 00:37:54,239
Speaker 4: their very first free agent signings, saying there he is

811
00:37:54,280 --> 00:37:57,719
Speaker 4: going to set the tempo and the really the mo

812
00:37:57,719 --> 00:38:00,160
Speaker 4: o for this team and that that dou ah. They

813
00:38:00,160 --> 00:38:02,200
Speaker 4: wouldn't be as good without each other. They were just

814
00:38:02,200 --> 00:38:03,040
Speaker 4: a lot of fun to watch.

815
00:38:03,239 --> 00:38:05,520
Speaker 2: Yeah. I mean it's thunder and lightning right there, and

816
00:38:05,560 --> 00:38:07,479
Speaker 2: we saw them both in action. It was Gibbs early,

817
00:38:07,800 --> 00:38:09,760
Speaker 2: it was Gibbs and short yardage. Then it was Montgomery

818
00:38:09,800 --> 00:38:11,680
Speaker 2: and short yardage, and then it was Montgomery ripping off the

819
00:38:11,680 --> 00:38:14,560
Speaker 2: big game. It was Montgomery closing the game with another

820
00:38:14,600 --> 00:38:16,359
Speaker 2: big run down the side then where he did look

821
00:38:16,400 --> 00:38:20,040
Speaker 2: fast enough to get the job done. I love We've

822
00:38:20,040 --> 00:38:22,040
Speaker 2: already talked about it. I love offensive line play when

823
00:38:22,040 --> 00:38:24,120
Speaker 2: it works well, when you run duo and then your

824
00:38:24,640 --> 00:38:27,640
Speaker 2: bulldozer of our running back who still got burst gets

825
00:38:27,640 --> 00:38:29,920
Speaker 2: through the hole and rips off a big one. They

826
00:38:29,960 --> 00:38:31,799
Speaker 2: out raven the Ravens tonight, and it was because of

827
00:38:31,800 --> 00:38:32,759
Speaker 2: guys like them.

828
00:38:33,120 --> 00:38:36,239
Speaker 4: Yeah, and look, that's just what they do when they

829
00:38:36,280 --> 00:38:38,960
Speaker 4: need a play. It's especially like if they're in like

830
00:38:39,000 --> 00:38:43,160
Speaker 4: a second and long situation, especially they just run duo.

831
00:38:43,239 --> 00:38:45,959
Speaker 4: Explain to the listeners what that means, because that's like real,

832
00:38:46,680 --> 00:38:49,840
Speaker 4: no nonsense. They're not trying to fool your power football exactly.

833
00:38:49,880 --> 00:38:52,319
Speaker 2: That's when you when you dedicate two blockers to one

834
00:38:52,320 --> 00:38:53,719
Speaker 2: guy with the idea of getting one of them to

835
00:38:53,760 --> 00:38:56,359
Speaker 2: the second level, and you just bully the first guy

836
00:38:56,400 --> 00:38:58,399
Speaker 2: off the line, create an initial run lane. The second

837
00:38:58,400 --> 00:39:00,680
Speaker 2: guy gets the second level, creates you a second And

838
00:39:00,719 --> 00:39:04,120
Speaker 2: that's exactly what Montgomery did and followed, except he also

839
00:39:04,160 --> 00:39:06,000
Speaker 2: broke a tackle on his way out, which is really

840
00:39:06,000 --> 00:39:08,399
Speaker 2: what sprung him for the massive gain and to show

841
00:39:08,440 --> 00:39:10,920
Speaker 2: off those wheels that may not be as fast as Gibbs,

842
00:39:10,960 --> 00:39:12,120
Speaker 2: but they're still fast enough.

843
00:39:12,880 --> 00:39:14,640
Speaker 3: I absolutely love it.

844
00:39:14,680 --> 00:39:18,680
Speaker 4: And yes we went a little long on Lions Ravens,

845
00:39:18,680 --> 00:39:21,400
Speaker 4: but these are two teams into me in the inner

846
00:39:21,440 --> 00:39:26,040
Speaker 4: circle of possible teams we could see in Santa Clara

847
00:39:26,480 --> 00:39:30,279
Speaker 4: in February and they delivered an incredible game that was

848
00:39:30,320 --> 00:39:33,640
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851
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Speaker 4: because you know, it's probably early somewhere, and yeah, it's

852
00:39:47,280 --> 00:39:48,920
Speaker 4: never too late to I still kind of want to

853
00:39:48,960 --> 00:39:51,800
Speaker 4: snack after this game. Okay, We're gonna do some news

854
00:39:51,800 --> 00:39:56,160
Speaker 4: and I appreciate everyone, you know commenting that the Ravens

855
00:39:56,160 --> 00:39:58,960
Speaker 4: are lost and everything's you know, just calm down.

856
00:39:59,239 --> 00:40:00,960
Speaker 3: It's still se This team.

857
00:40:00,800 --> 00:40:04,200
Speaker 4: More than anyone else, traditionally improves at least in the

858
00:40:04,239 --> 00:40:05,080
Speaker 4: regular season.

859
00:40:05,480 --> 00:40:05,760
Speaker 3: Late.

860
00:40:09,480 --> 00:40:13,680
Speaker 4: We are going to rank the news items that came

861
00:40:13,719 --> 00:40:17,240
Speaker 4: out today in injuries in order of how I believe

862
00:40:17,800 --> 00:40:20,960
Speaker 4: it will impact these teams. And we'll be quick on it,

863
00:40:21,000 --> 00:40:23,799
Speaker 4: but some of them are pretty big. Nothing bigger than

864
00:40:23,840 --> 00:40:27,960
Speaker 4: Nick Bosa being out for the season with a torn ACL.

865
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Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean this is a history. He has a

866
00:40:32,120 --> 00:40:34,160
Speaker 2: history of a torny acl. He is their best player

867
00:40:34,160 --> 00:40:35,960
Speaker 2: on the defensive front. They underwent a lot of changes

868
00:40:35,960 --> 00:40:38,360
Speaker 2: in the offseason on the defensive front with the idea

869
00:40:38,440 --> 00:40:41,359
Speaker 2: that hey, we're gonna trim salary, but we have Nick

870
00:40:41,400 --> 00:40:44,880
Speaker 2: Bosa there to still rush the passer. Now you lose him, Greg,

871
00:40:44,920 --> 00:40:47,920
Speaker 2: I watched the game against the Cardinals on Sunday and

872
00:40:47,960 --> 00:40:50,600
Speaker 2: they win that one, and I'm like, I cannot freaking

873
00:40:50,600 --> 00:40:52,719
Speaker 2: believe that the San Francisco forty nine Ers are three

874
00:40:52,719 --> 00:40:56,160
Speaker 2: and zero because they continue to lose guys. Yeah, they

875
00:40:56,200 --> 00:40:58,200
Speaker 2: continue to win games. Bryce Huff had a nice game

876
00:40:58,239 --> 00:41:01,000
Speaker 2: against Arizona, but he's not Nick Bosa. They invested in

877
00:41:01,080 --> 00:41:04,840
Speaker 2: Mikel Williams. He's young, Like it does concern me, but

878
00:41:04,840 --> 00:41:07,680
Speaker 2: I'm also not gonna sound the alarm bells because they've been,

879
00:41:07,800 --> 00:41:09,640
Speaker 2: you know, managing all these injuries so far in they're

880
00:41:09,640 --> 00:41:11,719
Speaker 2: three to zero, but it is a crushing blow for them,

881
00:41:11,800 --> 00:41:15,120
Speaker 2: for sure, just because of your in terms of defensive

882
00:41:15,160 --> 00:41:17,600
Speaker 2: potential and what you can do to get after a passer.

883
00:41:17,640 --> 00:41:20,279
Speaker 2: It's gonna put that much more stress on their fantastic

884
00:41:20,320 --> 00:41:22,759
Speaker 2: linebacking due a Fred Warner and d Winners and on

885
00:41:22,800 --> 00:41:25,120
Speaker 2: that secondary and you hope that they can make it through.

886
00:41:25,160 --> 00:41:27,160
Speaker 2: So far they are, but it's a big loss.

887
00:41:27,920 --> 00:41:28,480
Speaker 3: It's huge.

888
00:41:28,840 --> 00:41:31,359
Speaker 4: I listened to a forty nine Ers podcast sometimes called

889
00:41:31,440 --> 00:41:35,400
Speaker 4: Candlestick Chronicles, and they thought he was the most irreplaceable

890
00:41:36,239 --> 00:41:38,440
Speaker 4: guy on the entire roster, at least going into the

891
00:41:38,480 --> 00:41:39,879
Speaker 4: season because of the.

892
00:41:39,840 --> 00:41:41,719
Speaker 3: Total lack of depth in their mind.

893
00:41:41,760 --> 00:41:46,080
Speaker 4: Now now three weeks in, Bryce Huff has been better

894
00:41:46,120 --> 00:41:48,279
Speaker 4: than you could have ever expected. He can give you

895
00:41:48,320 --> 00:41:50,880
Speaker 4: some pass rush juice. He's not a number one, but

896
00:41:50,960 --> 00:41:54,880
Speaker 4: he's been better. Mikel Williams, their first round pick, is

897
00:41:54,920 --> 00:41:57,960
Speaker 4: in that Aric Armstead mold as a good run stopper.

898
00:41:58,040 --> 00:41:59,480
Speaker 3: You can play him inside.

899
00:41:59,520 --> 00:42:02,319
Speaker 4: He really looks like a good pick, top fifteen pick,

900
00:42:02,680 --> 00:42:05,040
Speaker 4: and he looks like it not a big time pass rusher.

901
00:42:05,360 --> 00:42:08,440
Speaker 4: They're gonna have to manufacture some pass rush. They are

902
00:42:08,480 --> 00:42:11,239
Speaker 4: a good team defense. I think Robert Sala has really

903
00:42:11,280 --> 00:42:15,240
Speaker 4: helped their defense overall. But it's just a huge fall

904
00:42:15,280 --> 00:42:18,960
Speaker 4: and you do wonder if with Bosa out, those two

905
00:42:19,000 --> 00:42:22,080
Speaker 4: guys won't get to be as effective as they've been.

906
00:42:22,160 --> 00:42:26,399
Speaker 4: I think they are a huge candidate to go pick

907
00:42:26,480 --> 00:42:29,480
Speaker 4: up someone because the forty nine ers are about that life.

908
00:42:29,920 --> 00:42:34,440
Speaker 4: Now we'll see who's you know, trading defensive ends well,

909
00:42:34,480 --> 00:42:37,719
Speaker 4: the Saints want to trade like a Carl Granderson or

910
00:42:37,760 --> 00:42:42,360
Speaker 4: a Cam Jordan like there will be players available generally

911
00:42:42,440 --> 00:42:45,400
Speaker 4: these types of trades, it's not gonna be blockbuster, but

912
00:42:46,080 --> 00:42:48,319
Speaker 4: like a Carl Granderson, for instance, from the Saints for

913
00:42:48,360 --> 00:42:51,040
Speaker 4: like a fourth or a fifth round pick, he's gonna

914
00:42:51,040 --> 00:42:53,200
Speaker 4: play valuable snaps. Those are the types of moves that

915
00:42:53,239 --> 00:42:55,200
Speaker 4: I'm talking about, because if you look at the forty

916
00:42:55,239 --> 00:42:56,440
Speaker 4: nine ers schedule.

917
00:42:56,840 --> 00:42:58,319
Speaker 3: It's pretty It's pretty cake.

918
00:42:58,400 --> 00:43:01,560
Speaker 4: The rest to the way, Like this division is great

919
00:43:01,600 --> 00:43:03,319
Speaker 4: and not everyone can make it right now, they're all

920
00:43:03,320 --> 00:43:06,000
Speaker 4: above five hundred, but the out of division schedules pretty cake.

921
00:43:06,080 --> 00:43:08,439
Speaker 4: So I would think that they will make a move

922
00:43:08,480 --> 00:43:11,080
Speaker 4: because I think their offense can get better as they

923
00:43:11,080 --> 00:43:14,120
Speaker 4: get Brandon ayukback, as obviously they get Rock Purty back,

924
00:43:14,280 --> 00:43:17,400
Speaker 4: and just get healthier in general on offense.

925
00:43:17,880 --> 00:43:20,360
Speaker 2: Yeah, I'm trying to think about who might be available

926
00:43:20,400 --> 00:43:22,359
Speaker 2: outside of a team like the Saints, because, like I

927
00:43:22,719 --> 00:43:24,480
Speaker 2: they're not going to trade Cameron Jordan. It's well, they're

928
00:43:24,480 --> 00:43:26,360
Speaker 2: not gonna get the return that makes it worthwhile. I

929
00:43:26,400 --> 00:43:28,279
Speaker 2: think even at this point in his career, just because

930
00:43:28,280 --> 00:43:30,719
Speaker 2: he's a Saints legend, but like you do have to

931
00:43:30,719 --> 00:43:32,200
Speaker 2: swing some.

932
00:43:32,080 --> 00:43:35,680
Speaker 4: Sort of someone from the Titans like arden Key, Like

933
00:43:35,800 --> 00:43:38,760
Speaker 4: there are some gross looking teams out there. Would Cavon

934
00:43:38,840 --> 00:43:42,640
Speaker 4: Thibodeau be available if they're one in six in MIDDI yeah,

935
00:43:42,719 --> 00:43:45,440
Speaker 4: you know this is this is a conversation probably for

936
00:43:45,520 --> 00:43:46,120
Speaker 4: another day.

937
00:43:46,200 --> 00:43:46,839
Speaker 3: And I.

938
00:43:48,400 --> 00:43:49,879
Speaker 4: You know, on one hand, you know, you really feel

939
00:43:49,920 --> 00:43:53,000
Speaker 4: for Bosa and anyone who has a big time injured

940
00:43:53,040 --> 00:43:55,200
Speaker 4: like this. On the other hand, man, the forty nine

941
00:43:55,280 --> 00:44:00,440
Speaker 4: ers are almost like a case study in the risks

942
00:44:00,480 --> 00:44:03,320
Speaker 4: of putting so much of your salary cap into just

943
00:44:03,360 --> 00:44:05,840
Speaker 4: a handful of players. Every guy they give a monster

944
00:44:05,920 --> 00:44:09,400
Speaker 4: contract to has like a major injury, doesn't the players

945
00:44:09,480 --> 00:44:12,319
Speaker 4: deserve it? So you know, I always believe they deserve it.

946
00:44:12,360 --> 00:44:16,000
Speaker 4: But cmc Aric Armstead a couple of years ago that

947
00:44:16,440 --> 00:44:18,880
Speaker 4: happened exactly to him, and then like right when he

948
00:44:18,920 --> 00:44:22,560
Speaker 4: got a contract, Brandon Ayuk now Nick Bosa, I might

949
00:44:22,600 --> 00:44:26,279
Speaker 4: be forgetting Dre Greenlaw got a nice contract for them

950
00:44:26,320 --> 00:44:28,200
Speaker 4: and then got hurt. There there's just been a lot

951
00:44:28,239 --> 00:44:30,279
Speaker 4: of bad luck. The Cowboys have had some bad luck too.

952
00:44:30,400 --> 00:44:32,319
Speaker 4: This is number two on my list for affecting them.

953
00:44:32,400 --> 00:44:36,120
Speaker 4: Can they win games? Shook without ceed Lamb and their

954
00:44:36,120 --> 00:44:39,040
Speaker 4: guard Tyler Booker, their first round pick. Both of them

955
00:44:39,080 --> 00:44:42,600
Speaker 4: will be out multiple weeks with high ankle springs. Ceed

956
00:44:42,760 --> 00:44:45,440
Speaker 4: Lamb will not be put on IR. They want to

957
00:44:45,480 --> 00:44:48,600
Speaker 4: evaluate it really after a couple games and see if

958
00:44:48,600 --> 00:44:50,200
Speaker 4: he has a chance to return after that.

959
00:44:50,400 --> 00:44:52,239
Speaker 2: Yeah, you know why they're valuing after a couple of

960
00:44:52,239 --> 00:44:54,200
Speaker 2: games because they saw how bad their offense was with

961
00:44:54,280 --> 00:44:56,400
Speaker 2: him out of the game in Chicago on Sunday and

962
00:44:56,600 --> 00:44:59,200
Speaker 2: how much it hurt. I mean, Dak's playing great football,

963
00:44:59,280 --> 00:45:02,520
Speaker 2: but you your guard in Tyler Booker, who's played, you know,

964
00:45:02,840 --> 00:45:05,160
Speaker 2: really well for a rookie, and then you lose your

965
00:45:05,200 --> 00:45:07,080
Speaker 2: top targeted receiver and suddenly all you're left with is

966
00:45:07,160 --> 00:45:11,040
Speaker 2: Jake Ferguson and George Pickens. That's a big loss, and

967
00:45:11,040 --> 00:45:12,560
Speaker 2: that's a big loss for a team that is going

968
00:45:12,600 --> 00:45:15,520
Speaker 2: to be heavily dependent on their offense because their defense

969
00:45:15,560 --> 00:45:17,680
Speaker 2: can't stop a nosebleed. So that's why you give yourself

970
00:45:17,680 --> 00:45:20,680
Speaker 2: the shorter runway or the possibility of it by evaluating

971
00:45:20,719 --> 00:45:22,200
Speaker 2: in two weeks. Because the hih ankle sprain is not

972
00:45:22,239 --> 00:45:25,680
Speaker 2: a quick turn, and unless he's young enough to heal quickly,

973
00:45:26,480 --> 00:45:29,040
Speaker 2: it's going to be more wish casting than actual reality,

974
00:45:29,040 --> 00:45:31,200
Speaker 2: and that's gonna hurt them, and especially you know where

975
00:45:31,239 --> 00:45:32,839
Speaker 2: they are as a team right now. You know they're

976
00:45:32,840 --> 00:45:35,080
Speaker 2: one and two and They're coming off of a loss

977
00:45:35,080 --> 00:45:37,680
Speaker 2: in which they looked significantly worse than the team they

978
00:45:37,719 --> 00:45:40,480
Speaker 2: played in the second half in Chicago, and I just

979
00:45:40,520 --> 00:45:42,279
Speaker 2: don't see it getting any better for them because they

980
00:45:42,280 --> 00:45:44,479
Speaker 2: can't stop anybody defensively and now their offense is gonna

981
00:45:44,440 --> 00:45:46,239
Speaker 2: be weaker. Oh no, by the way, the date with

982
00:45:46,320 --> 00:45:48,719
Speaker 2: Mike Parsons and the Packers is next week. Maybe they

983
00:45:48,719 --> 00:45:51,080
Speaker 2: get a bit of a reprieve by week five at

984
00:45:51,080 --> 00:45:53,920
Speaker 2: the Jets and then the Panthers week six, But I

985
00:45:53,960 --> 00:45:55,560
Speaker 2: don't know. Man. The vibes are not good with this

986
00:45:55,600 --> 00:45:57,560
Speaker 2: team right now, and this does not help at all.

987
00:45:57,880 --> 00:46:00,000
Speaker 4: No, there are only chance to having a fun season

988
00:46:00,320 --> 00:46:02,600
Speaker 4: was gonna be able to outscore teams, and you just

989
00:46:02,600 --> 00:46:05,560
Speaker 4: can't do it with Ceedee Lamb and two missing offensive lineman.

990
00:46:05,640 --> 00:46:09,560
Speaker 4: Remember they also lost their their starting center for six

991
00:46:09,600 --> 00:46:12,600
Speaker 4: to eight weeks, So that's two interior offensive linemen that

992
00:46:12,640 --> 00:46:13,279
Speaker 4: are gonna be out.

993
00:46:13,320 --> 00:46:14,359
Speaker 3: It's just not gonna happen.

994
00:46:14,360 --> 00:46:16,080
Speaker 4: They're gonna be one and three, and their only chance,

995
00:46:17,000 --> 00:46:18,840
Speaker 4: you know, schedule wise, to kind of get to that

996
00:46:18,960 --> 00:46:21,760
Speaker 4: relevance and win those shootouts were to win the games

997
00:46:21,840 --> 00:46:24,960
Speaker 4: like Carolina and against the Jets like you have to

998
00:46:25,160 --> 00:46:27,520
Speaker 4: win those games, and that's going to be more difficult

999
00:46:27,760 --> 00:46:30,120
Speaker 4: without Ceedee Lamb and Tyler Booker, who, like I said,

1000
00:46:30,120 --> 00:46:31,759
Speaker 4: it's gonna be out a couple weeks all right. Number three,

1001
00:46:31,800 --> 00:46:34,000
Speaker 4: and these are ranked in order of how it will

1002
00:46:34,040 --> 00:46:37,799
Speaker 4: impact Stanley's number one in my eyes, of how much

1003
00:46:37,840 --> 00:46:40,040
Speaker 4: you feel for the player. It's tough to rank this

1004
00:46:40,080 --> 00:46:42,279
Speaker 4: because Naja Harris is coming up at number four, But

1005
00:46:42,520 --> 00:46:46,680
Speaker 4: I just love James Connor and he's been really set

1006
00:46:46,719 --> 00:46:49,960
Speaker 4: back by injuries. Obviously overcame cancer early in his career,

1007
00:46:50,000 --> 00:46:52,360
Speaker 4: so to hear he is out with a broken ankle,

1008
00:46:52,440 --> 00:46:55,840
Speaker 4: not a surprise after what we saw on the field,

1009
00:46:55,960 --> 00:46:59,400
Speaker 4: but beyond you know, feeling for him, like what do

1010
00:46:59,440 --> 00:47:02,320
Speaker 4: you think this does for their running attack this season

1011
00:47:02,320 --> 00:47:05,520
Speaker 4: shook which really hasn't been great even with Connor there.

1012
00:47:05,640 --> 00:47:07,799
Speaker 2: Yeah, I was gonna talk about how I feel about him,

1013
00:47:07,840 --> 00:47:09,440
Speaker 2: just because I talked to him about his battle with

1014
00:47:09,480 --> 00:47:11,120
Speaker 2: cancer years ago and he was just a super nice

1015
00:47:11,120 --> 00:47:13,359
Speaker 2: guy and he's a got easy to root for. He's

1016
00:47:13,360 --> 00:47:16,960
Speaker 2: also been the identity of this Cardinal's rushing attack. I mean,

1017
00:47:16,960 --> 00:47:18,640
Speaker 2: he's been there since twenty twenty one, which I was

1018
00:47:18,719 --> 00:47:21,000
Speaker 2: reminded of today. I can't believe time is flying by

1019
00:47:21,040 --> 00:47:23,759
Speaker 2: that fast. And he's let them be in rushing every

1020
00:47:23,840 --> 00:47:25,719
Speaker 2: year he's been there. His last two seasons, he's broken

1021
00:47:25,800 --> 00:47:29,080
Speaker 2: a thousand yards sometimes for offenses that are pretty limited.

1022
00:47:29,280 --> 00:47:31,600
Speaker 2: They've been pretty limited overall in their first three games,

1023
00:47:32,000 --> 00:47:34,600
Speaker 2: but they dearly missed him when he got hurt in

1024
00:47:34,640 --> 00:47:36,280
Speaker 2: this game and they were trying to put one away

1025
00:47:36,640 --> 00:47:38,640
Speaker 2: in San Francisco. All they needed was like a first down,

1026
00:47:38,640 --> 00:47:40,480
Speaker 2: and they couldn't get one because they couldn't run the ball.

1027
00:47:40,680 --> 00:47:42,920
Speaker 2: And Mario Dearmercado is not a guy that you run

1028
00:47:42,960 --> 00:47:45,040
Speaker 2: between the tackles consistently. He's more of a guy that

1029
00:47:45,080 --> 00:47:46,919
Speaker 2: you're gonna lead as your lean on as a pass

1030
00:47:46,960 --> 00:47:49,399
Speaker 2: catching back. You got Trey Benson, who's a second year

1031
00:47:49,400 --> 00:47:51,200
Speaker 2: player who's gonna have to be asked to do a

1032
00:47:51,200 --> 00:47:53,960
Speaker 2: lot more. You're probably gonna pick up somebody because those

1033
00:47:54,000 --> 00:47:57,720
Speaker 2: are your two remaining guys, essentially, and I don't feel

1034
00:47:57,719 --> 00:47:59,840
Speaker 2: good about the balance of this offense, which is already

1035
00:48:00,000 --> 00:48:03,759
Speaker 2: I'm struggling. Kyler Murray's been all right. His connection with

1036
00:48:03,760 --> 00:48:07,319
Speaker 2: Marvin Harrison Junior is not consistent. He's more consistent with

1037
00:48:07,360 --> 00:48:09,600
Speaker 2: other pass catchers on his team. You do have Trey McBride.

1038
00:48:09,640 --> 00:48:11,520
Speaker 2: He finally caught a touchdown before the last month of

1039
00:48:11,560 --> 00:48:13,840
Speaker 2: the season this year, which is great, But ultimately, like

1040
00:48:13,880 --> 00:48:16,160
Speaker 2: I just, I'm very much concerned about the ceiling of

1041
00:48:16,200 --> 00:48:18,560
Speaker 2: this offense now without James Connor. And it may sound,

1042
00:48:18,760 --> 00:48:21,040
Speaker 2: you know, like I'm hitting the panic button and freaking

1043
00:48:21,080 --> 00:48:23,400
Speaker 2: everybody out or whatever, but that's how important James Connor

1044
00:48:23,440 --> 00:48:26,399
Speaker 2: has been to this offense. There are games last year

1045
00:48:26,440 --> 00:48:28,600
Speaker 2: if he ran well, they probably won, and if he didn't,

1046
00:48:28,600 --> 00:48:30,080
Speaker 2: they lost. And now they don't have him at all,

1047
00:48:30,160 --> 00:48:31,480
Speaker 2: so they got to find a different way to win.

1048
00:48:32,760 --> 00:48:34,920
Speaker 4: Yeah, and he didn't look great, but I think it

1049
00:48:34,960 --> 00:48:36,880
Speaker 4: was more about the blocking scheme that I think they

1050
00:48:36,960 --> 00:48:40,640
Speaker 4: might miss their run game coordinator, their offensive coordator last year,

1051
00:48:40,640 --> 00:48:43,239
Speaker 4: Clayton Adams, who's with the Dallas Cowboys. Their run game

1052
00:48:43,560 --> 00:48:47,880
Speaker 4: looks fantastic. I do think Trey Benson gives them some juice,

1053
00:48:47,960 --> 00:48:50,560
Speaker 4: but this is a team that's mediocre across the board.

1054
00:48:50,560 --> 00:48:54,239
Speaker 4: We'll talk about him more on Tuesday show, which is

1055
00:48:54,320 --> 00:48:57,759
Speaker 4: only what is it like sixteen hours from now, so

1056
00:48:57,880 --> 00:48:59,560
Speaker 4: you don't have to wait long. We'll be previewing T

1057
00:48:59,680 --> 00:49:03,520
Speaker 4: and F Jordan Rodriege in the studio. Soon enough, Naje

1058
00:49:03,640 --> 00:49:06,320
Speaker 4: Harris I mentioned out for the season with a torn achilles.

1059
00:49:06,400 --> 00:49:08,720
Speaker 4: We thought this was coming. I thought he was running

1060
00:49:08,719 --> 00:49:11,520
Speaker 4: well this year. And there was a player two on

1061
00:49:11,600 --> 00:49:14,000
Speaker 4: Sunday which I think showed the difference between him and

1062
00:49:14,000 --> 00:49:15,839
Speaker 4: a mari and Hampton one where he got hit behind

1063
00:49:15,840 --> 00:49:18,200
Speaker 4: the line of scrimmage on a third and one. Hampton

1064
00:49:18,280 --> 00:49:21,520
Speaker 4: is strong, but Na he's even stronger, and he in

1065
00:49:21,640 --> 00:49:23,920
Speaker 4: like he he got over the line, and so I

1066
00:49:23,920 --> 00:49:27,040
Speaker 4: think they will miss him, but ultimately they still have

1067
00:49:27,080 --> 00:49:29,520
Speaker 4: a great back in Hampton and in some depth there,

1068
00:49:29,560 --> 00:49:33,440
Speaker 4: so I think they'll be okay. And then another thing

1069
00:49:33,440 --> 00:49:36,920
Speaker 4: we'll probably follow up on Tuesday with the Giants Jackson

1070
00:49:36,960 --> 00:49:41,319
Speaker 4: Dart situation. Brian Davele said that they're evaluating everything. When

1071
00:49:41,360 --> 00:49:46,200
Speaker 4: asked if he's sticking with Russell Wilson, ninety six percent

1072
00:49:46,360 --> 00:49:48,560
Speaker 4: chance they're going to Jackson Dart, but let's just talk

1073
00:49:48,600 --> 00:49:50,759
Speaker 4: about that when it actually happens, So we'll do that

1074
00:49:51,200 --> 00:49:54,239
Speaker 4: on Tuesday. The bigger surprise to me shook was they

1075
00:49:54,239 --> 00:49:58,600
Speaker 4: asked Aaron Glenn if Justin Fields is definitely starting if

1076
00:49:58,640 --> 00:50:00,959
Speaker 4: he gets out of the concussion protoco and he didn't

1077
00:50:01,000 --> 00:50:02,280
Speaker 4: give a clear answer for that.

1078
00:50:02,280 --> 00:50:05,680
Speaker 2: Like I'm okay with that, he just was he just.

1079
00:50:05,719 --> 00:50:08,080
Speaker 3: Not ready for the answer. I know Tyron played pretty well,

1080
00:50:08,080 --> 00:50:08,480
Speaker 3: but no.

1081
00:50:09,120 --> 00:50:13,720
Speaker 2: I think that it's weird because you signed Justin Fields

1082
00:50:13,719 --> 00:50:16,399
Speaker 2: to that two year contract with the idea that he's

1083
00:50:16,400 --> 00:50:17,640
Speaker 2: gonna be your guy for the next couple of years

1084
00:50:17,640 --> 00:50:20,440
Speaker 2: and hopefully it works out. But I think that the

1085
00:50:20,480 --> 00:50:23,520
Speaker 2: difference in the way this offense operates not dissimilar to

1086
00:50:23,560 --> 00:50:25,839
Speaker 2: the difference the way the Giants offense operates with Russell

1087
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Speaker 2: Wilson versus Jackson Dark Grant. We haven't gotten the regular

1088
00:50:28,080 --> 00:50:29,719
Speaker 2: season sample size on that, but we saw what we

1089
00:50:29,719 --> 00:50:32,800
Speaker 2: saw in the preseason. I think that could convince Aaron

1090
00:50:32,840 --> 00:50:36,319
Speaker 2: Glenn maybe we stick with Tyrod and he ekes out

1091
00:50:36,320 --> 00:50:37,799
Speaker 2: a win for us, or at least gives us a

1092
00:50:37,840 --> 00:50:40,919
Speaker 2: better chance of winning than going back to Justin right away.

1093
00:50:40,960 --> 00:50:43,120
Speaker 2: Give Justin a longer runway. And I also think that

1094
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Speaker 2: they're playing Miami where he senses an opportunity. Oh and

1095
00:50:46,800 --> 00:50:49,360
Speaker 2: also it's a primetime game. I don't know if you'd

1096
00:50:49,400 --> 00:50:52,319
Speaker 2: probably trust the veteran in Tyrod more than Justin in

1097
00:50:52,320 --> 00:50:54,160
Speaker 2: that scenario. And then you play the Cowboys the week

1098
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Speaker 2: after that, which could oh an opportunity to light it up.

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Speaker 4: So what are we talking about. He played two games.

1100
00:51:01,120 --> 00:51:03,880
Speaker 4: One was terrible, the whole team was terrible. One was

1101
00:51:03,960 --> 00:51:07,120
Speaker 4: an incredible quarterback performance. I feel like you got to

1102
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Speaker 4: keep starting Justin Fields because if you get five of those,

1103
00:51:10,800 --> 00:51:13,960
Speaker 4: he would have won the game by himself. Like against

1104
00:51:13,960 --> 00:51:15,799
Speaker 4: most teams, it was his defense's fault.

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Speaker 3: And so I disagree. Here's another thing.

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Speaker 2: He's looking for a win. I think he's gonna lean

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Speaker 2: on the veteran.

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Speaker 4: Here's another theory. It's a long week, they don't have

1109
00:51:24,760 --> 00:51:28,440
Speaker 4: a practice till Thursday. Those the two quarterbacks are quite different.

1110
00:51:28,480 --> 00:51:32,799
Speaker 4: Maybe he's just being for the sake of being, you know,

1111
00:51:33,080 --> 00:51:35,320
Speaker 4: like just he's a defensive coach. He knows he doesn't

1112
00:51:35,320 --> 00:51:38,240
Speaker 4: want to have to prepare for Justin Fields or Tyrod

1113
00:51:38,280 --> 00:51:40,239
Speaker 4: and the difference, and he's just being big.

1114
00:51:40,280 --> 00:51:41,120
Speaker 3: We'll find out.

1115
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Speaker 4: We'll talk about that later in the week. Appreciate everything

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Speaker 4: you do, Shook. You will be back with us on

1117
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Speaker 4: Thursday night football. At that time, I actually will be

1118
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Speaker 4: in Dublin. So you're handling that game with Jordan Rodrieg.

1119
00:51:55,960 --> 00:51:58,759
Speaker 4: But we got a couple big time shows before that,

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Speaker 4: play the music.

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Speaker 3: We're ready to go. We've got our Tuesday show.

1122
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Speaker 4: We're going to decide what takes I'm bringing with me overseas,

1123
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Speaker 4: so we're gonna just try out some big, hot takes.

1124
00:52:11,200 --> 00:52:13,000
Speaker 4: After three weeks figure out what the best ones.

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Speaker 3: Are.

1126
00:52:13,200 --> 00:52:15,960
Speaker 4: Of course, we have our preview show coming up later

1127
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Speaker 4: in the week, Man, Ravens and Lyons I thank you.

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Speaker 4: When we were thinking about football in the offseason, this

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Speaker 4: is the game we were waiting for.