1 00:00:15,280 --> 00:00:17,960 Speaker 1: Coming to you live from the Cross Country Mortgage Campus 2 00:00:17,960 --> 00:00:21,560 Speaker 1: in Barrio, Ohio. This is Cleveland Brown's Daley Brunt to 3 00:00:21,560 --> 00:00:25,000 Speaker 1: you buy bally Beck coming soon to Ohio on fifty 4 00:00:25,400 --> 00:00:29,760 Speaker 1: ESPM Cleveland. Here are your hosts, Bo Bishop and Nathan Zagura. 5 00:00:32,240 --> 00:00:35,320 Speaker 1: Good afternoon and welcome to Cleveland Browns Daily, brought to 6 00:00:35,320 --> 00:00:38,720 Speaker 1: you by Bally Bett, Nathan Ziggura alongside Jason Gives. But 7 00:00:38,800 --> 00:00:40,440 Speaker 1: just for a little bit, Just for a little bit, 8 00:00:40,479 --> 00:00:43,360 Speaker 1: because folks, it's a big day in Barria. That's why 9 00:00:43,720 --> 00:00:46,720 Speaker 1: I am not on vacation. I am here right now 10 00:00:46,760 --> 00:00:48,960 Speaker 1: with you. It has been reported that the Browns have 11 00:00:49,080 --> 00:00:53,320 Speaker 1: named Jim Schwartz their next defensive coordinator, and Gibbe we 12 00:00:53,400 --> 00:00:55,560 Speaker 1: knew that this was something that was coming down. The 13 00:00:55,600 --> 00:00:58,480 Speaker 1: Browns conducted a good number of interviews I believe for 14 00:00:58,800 --> 00:01:02,000 Speaker 1: in total for the defensive coordinator position. Schwartz was the 15 00:01:02,080 --> 00:01:05,240 Speaker 1: first to interview with the team. He gets the nod 16 00:01:05,319 --> 00:01:08,080 Speaker 1: and for Schwartz in many ways, this is a homecoming. 17 00:01:08,520 --> 00:01:12,319 Speaker 1: Jim Schwartz started his NFL career twenty nine years ago 18 00:01:12,920 --> 00:01:16,560 Speaker 1: as a member of the Browns personnel department in nine 19 00:01:16,800 --> 00:01:20,000 Speaker 1: to nine five, and now he is back with the 20 00:01:20,040 --> 00:01:23,640 Speaker 1: Browns as the defensive coordinator. Schwartz, of course, has been 21 00:01:23,680 --> 00:01:26,840 Speaker 1: a defensive coordinator before. He was a defensive coordinator of 22 00:01:26,840 --> 00:01:29,559 Speaker 1: the Tennessee Titans from two thousand and one to two 23 00:01:29,600 --> 00:01:31,920 Speaker 1: thousand and eight. He was a defense coordinator the Buffalo 24 00:01:31,959 --> 00:01:33,920 Speaker 1: Bills in two thousand and fourteen, and he was a 25 00:01:33,920 --> 00:01:36,560 Speaker 1: defensive coordinator for the Philadelphia Eagles from two thousand and 26 00:01:36,600 --> 00:01:40,800 Speaker 1: sixteen to two thousand and twenty, including their two thousand 27 00:01:40,880 --> 00:01:44,200 Speaker 1: seventeen Super Bowl season. He's also been a head coach. 28 00:01:44,319 --> 00:01:46,160 Speaker 1: Was head coach of the Detroit Lions from two thousand 29 00:01:46,280 --> 00:01:47,960 Speaker 1: nine to two thousand and thirteen, leading them to the 30 00:01:47,960 --> 00:01:51,440 Speaker 1: playoffs in two thousand and eleven. This will be his 31 00:01:51,600 --> 00:01:55,480 Speaker 1: fifteenth season as a defensive coordinator in the NFL, so 32 00:01:55,720 --> 00:01:59,280 Speaker 1: he absolutely has experience. He's got the pedigree of being 33 00:01:59,280 --> 00:02:01,680 Speaker 1: a former head coach, but also somebody who has coordinated 34 00:02:01,720 --> 00:02:05,400 Speaker 1: defenses at a very very high level, including as I mentioned, 35 00:02:05,440 --> 00:02:08,400 Speaker 1: that defense that allowed the Eagles and helped the Eagles 36 00:02:08,600 --> 00:02:10,959 Speaker 1: win the Super Bowl ultimately with a backup quarterback and 37 00:02:11,040 --> 00:02:13,920 Speaker 1: Nick Foles who filled in for Carson Wentz in the 38 00:02:13,919 --> 00:02:15,800 Speaker 1: playoffs that year, the defense a lot of ten points 39 00:02:15,800 --> 00:02:18,760 Speaker 1: in the Divisional round, seven points in the NFC Championship, 40 00:02:18,960 --> 00:02:21,400 Speaker 1: and they got it done against the Patriots that season 41 00:02:21,520 --> 00:02:24,960 Speaker 1: for the Super Bowl win. So Jim Schwartz is in, 42 00:02:25,240 --> 00:02:27,680 Speaker 1: he joins the staff. Now you've got Kevin Stefanski the 43 00:02:27,680 --> 00:02:30,120 Speaker 1: head coach. You've got the offense queer Alex van Peldo. 44 00:02:30,120 --> 00:02:32,200 Speaker 1: Though Kevin Stefanski has of now still calling plays, and 45 00:02:32,240 --> 00:02:33,920 Speaker 1: I don't expect that to change. When I say, as 46 00:02:33,960 --> 00:02:36,720 Speaker 1: of now, Jim Schwartz will be the man running the 47 00:02:36,760 --> 00:02:40,120 Speaker 1: Browns defense, give me just your kind of initial reaction 48 00:02:40,400 --> 00:02:43,760 Speaker 1: to this news. Twenty five years coaching in the NFL 49 00:02:43,919 --> 00:02:48,520 Speaker 1: defensive coordinator, he's fiery, Yes, likes to get the most 50 00:02:48,520 --> 00:02:51,800 Speaker 1: out of his defensive lineman, especially on the edge, and 51 00:02:52,040 --> 00:02:55,239 Speaker 1: he's had a lot of success with that defensive tackle position. 52 00:02:55,840 --> 00:02:58,239 Speaker 1: His defense has come to play weekend and week out. 53 00:02:58,680 --> 00:03:01,680 Speaker 1: I think it's a great higher for this football team. Again, reportedly, 54 00:03:02,040 --> 00:03:05,239 Speaker 1: we're waiting on official word from the team, but uh, 55 00:03:05,280 --> 00:03:07,840 Speaker 1: as of now, looks like he's gonna be our defensive 56 00:03:07,880 --> 00:03:10,359 Speaker 1: coordinator and you've gotta be happy about it. In two 57 00:03:10,400 --> 00:03:14,000 Speaker 1: thousand nineteen, spent a year with Brown's GM Andrew Barry 58 00:03:14,040 --> 00:03:18,160 Speaker 1: in Philly when Aby was under Howie Roseman. Uh. But 59 00:03:18,560 --> 00:03:21,359 Speaker 1: the guy has been everywhere and he's had success everywhere 60 00:03:21,400 --> 00:03:24,200 Speaker 1: he's been, even even that Lion's job when he when 61 00:03:24,200 --> 00:03:27,000 Speaker 1: he was the head coach. You take a look, he 62 00:03:27,040 --> 00:03:29,239 Speaker 1: went fifty one, but he did take him to the 63 00:03:29,280 --> 00:03:32,160 Speaker 1: playoffs to snap an eleven year playoff drought ten and 64 00:03:32,200 --> 00:03:35,560 Speaker 1: six and team he inherited had gone Owen sixteen before 65 00:03:35,560 --> 00:03:37,760 Speaker 1: he took over there. Uh. The last two years he's 66 00:03:37,760 --> 00:03:40,560 Speaker 1: been the senior defensive assistant for the Tennessee Titans, working 67 00:03:40,640 --> 00:03:43,000 Speaker 1: under Mike Rabel. That's been a team that's had a 68 00:03:43,160 --> 00:03:47,040 Speaker 1: very strong defense, obviously going to the playoffs um a 69 00:03:47,080 --> 00:03:50,320 Speaker 1: couple of years ago. This is an opportunity for Jim 70 00:03:50,360 --> 00:03:52,920 Speaker 1: Schwartz though, to get back to that level he was 71 00:03:53,240 --> 00:03:55,520 Speaker 1: with the Philadelphia Eagles when, as I said, he led 72 00:03:55,520 --> 00:03:58,520 Speaker 1: that defense and that team to a Super Bowl win. 73 00:03:58,800 --> 00:04:00,800 Speaker 1: And so you've got experience. As you pointed out, he 74 00:04:00,880 --> 00:04:02,840 Speaker 1: is fiery. You go back and you can find some 75 00:04:02,880 --> 00:04:04,440 Speaker 1: of his stuff as a head coach there, he can 76 00:04:04,440 --> 00:04:06,400 Speaker 1: find some of his his clips. As a defensi coorinator, 77 00:04:06,440 --> 00:04:09,840 Speaker 1: he is firing. He likes to run an aggressive wide 78 00:04:09,920 --> 00:04:13,200 Speaker 1: nine kind of four three attacking front, which should suit 79 00:04:13,280 --> 00:04:15,960 Speaker 1: Myles Garrett very well and suit our personnel. He has 80 00:04:16,000 --> 00:04:19,080 Speaker 1: been great with defensive tackles in the past, Albert Haynesworth 81 00:04:19,120 --> 00:04:21,960 Speaker 1: and Tennessee and Dominckensou and Detroit, Fletcher Cox in Philadelphia. 82 00:04:22,240 --> 00:04:24,680 Speaker 1: So I would imagine that will be a position and 83 00:04:24,720 --> 00:04:27,560 Speaker 1: a point of big emphasis for this Brown's team this 84 00:04:27,680 --> 00:04:30,120 Speaker 1: offseason to get Jim Schwartz, the kind of player that 85 00:04:30,200 --> 00:04:32,640 Speaker 1: he likes in the middle of his defense to really 86 00:04:32,640 --> 00:04:35,120 Speaker 1: help kind of make this thing go. So that's something 87 00:04:35,160 --> 00:04:36,960 Speaker 1: to keep an eye on there. But if you wanted 88 00:04:36,960 --> 00:04:39,919 Speaker 1: a veteran, you wanted somebody with a proven track record, 89 00:04:40,080 --> 00:04:42,120 Speaker 1: You wanted somebody who's got, as we said, a wealth 90 00:04:42,160 --> 00:04:44,960 Speaker 1: of experience. He's got leadership capabilities. He's done it as 91 00:04:45,000 --> 00:04:47,160 Speaker 1: a head coach, he's done it as a defensive coordinate again, 92 00:04:47,160 --> 00:04:50,520 Speaker 1: this is his fifteenth season as a defensive coordinator. And 93 00:04:50,560 --> 00:04:53,120 Speaker 1: he's got that relationship. That's an important thing. He knows 94 00:04:53,160 --> 00:04:55,760 Speaker 1: Andrew Berry from their time together. Andrew Berry knows him. 95 00:04:56,040 --> 00:04:57,920 Speaker 1: And so this is a team that you hope now 96 00:04:58,279 --> 00:05:00,240 Speaker 1: can kind of take that next level. It is the 97 00:05:00,279 --> 00:05:02,280 Speaker 1: defense and the early portion of the season that kind 98 00:05:02,279 --> 00:05:04,320 Speaker 1: of struggled for the Browns this year. You're hoping the 99 00:05:04,360 --> 00:05:06,880 Speaker 1: Jim Schwartz can erase that he can get this team 100 00:05:06,880 --> 00:05:09,200 Speaker 1: better against the run, and of course get this team 101 00:05:09,240 --> 00:05:11,840 Speaker 1: getting after the quarterback, which is something that has been 102 00:05:11,839 --> 00:05:14,200 Speaker 1: a hallmark of every single stop that he's been. When 103 00:05:14,200 --> 00:05:16,520 Speaker 1: he was with the Bills in two thousand fourteen, they 104 00:05:16,520 --> 00:05:19,120 Speaker 1: finished first with fifty four sacks. When he was with 105 00:05:19,200 --> 00:05:22,800 Speaker 1: the Eagles there in his five seasons there, they average 106 00:05:22,800 --> 00:05:25,479 Speaker 1: they were seventh and sacks in the league. Tight and 107 00:05:25,520 --> 00:05:28,000 Speaker 1: so this is something that's that's a staple of what 108 00:05:28,080 --> 00:05:29,800 Speaker 1: he does, and that's what you hope he brings here 109 00:05:29,800 --> 00:05:31,960 Speaker 1: to this team. Stop the run, get him in obvious 110 00:05:31,960 --> 00:05:34,640 Speaker 1: passing situations, and then go get after the quarterback. And 111 00:05:34,640 --> 00:05:36,440 Speaker 1: not only that, but in there in the Super Bowl 112 00:05:36,440 --> 00:05:39,400 Speaker 1: winning season with the Eagles in two thousand and seventeen, 113 00:05:39,960 --> 00:05:43,640 Speaker 1: fourth fourth most takeaways in the in the National Football League. 114 00:05:43,680 --> 00:05:45,680 Speaker 1: So we're making a big deal about what they do 115 00:05:45,760 --> 00:05:48,760 Speaker 1: on on the defensive line and at the edge rusher position. 116 00:05:49,160 --> 00:05:52,640 Speaker 1: But he's gotten a lot out of his secondary as well. Yeah, 117 00:05:52,720 --> 00:05:55,280 Speaker 1: he's been he's been a successful defensive cording. You don't 118 00:05:55,320 --> 00:05:57,039 Speaker 1: get to last, you know, this is gonna be his 119 00:05:57,080 --> 00:06:00,240 Speaker 1: fifteenth season as a defensive coordinator. That doesn't happen and us, 120 00:06:00,279 --> 00:06:03,320 Speaker 1: of course, you have had success in this league and 121 00:06:03,360 --> 00:06:06,760 Speaker 1: that is something that he has had. And so that's 122 00:06:06,800 --> 00:06:09,000 Speaker 1: what the Browns are looking for. That's what they're looking for. 123 00:06:09,080 --> 00:06:12,240 Speaker 1: A defense that is consistent, a defense that is disruptive, 124 00:06:12,400 --> 00:06:14,560 Speaker 1: a defense that gets after the quarterback and takes the 125 00:06:14,560 --> 00:06:17,400 Speaker 1: football away. And if that is what Jim Schwartz can bring, 126 00:06:17,720 --> 00:06:20,280 Speaker 1: then this is a team that once again can get 127 00:06:20,320 --> 00:06:22,039 Speaker 1: to the top, a team that can get to the 128 00:06:22,040 --> 00:06:25,320 Speaker 1: playoffs and be a team of consequence challenge for this division. 129 00:06:25,320 --> 00:06:27,920 Speaker 1: It's something that we have needed and unfortunately, the Browns 130 00:06:27,920 --> 00:06:30,120 Speaker 1: felt a change needed to be made at that defensive 131 00:06:30,160 --> 00:06:32,480 Speaker 1: coordinator spot after the defense kind of took a step 132 00:06:32,480 --> 00:06:36,280 Speaker 1: back this year, and so incomes Jim Schwortz. So this 133 00:06:36,360 --> 00:06:39,440 Speaker 1: is gonna be I think it's gonna be fun. He 134 00:06:39,640 --> 00:06:42,080 Speaker 1: is fiery. I think there will be. It will not 135 00:06:42,120 --> 00:06:44,320 Speaker 1: be dull, certainly in the press conferences. I don't think 136 00:06:44,360 --> 00:06:46,560 Speaker 1: it will be dull on the practice field as well. 137 00:06:46,920 --> 00:06:50,200 Speaker 1: So Jim Schwartz, welcome to the Browns. And now I 138 00:06:50,200 --> 00:06:52,480 Speaker 1: guess it's really time to get to work and talk 139 00:06:52,560 --> 00:06:55,240 Speaker 1: to the personnel department and make a lot of decisions. 140 00:06:55,240 --> 00:06:56,640 Speaker 1: We have a lot of decisions that need to be 141 00:06:56,680 --> 00:06:58,360 Speaker 1: made on the defensive side of the ball in terms 142 00:06:58,400 --> 00:07:01,440 Speaker 1: of who's staying, who's coming back, what we want to address. 143 00:07:01,640 --> 00:07:03,360 Speaker 1: And now I think it's good though, that they got 144 00:07:03,360 --> 00:07:06,120 Speaker 1: the head start on this. They've got their defensive coordinator 145 00:07:06,360 --> 00:07:10,680 Speaker 1: today middle of January, and now they have all that 146 00:07:10,720 --> 00:07:13,239 Speaker 1: time leading up. You got probably two months basically until 147 00:07:13,280 --> 00:07:15,880 Speaker 1: free agency to get that all sorted out and go 148 00:07:15,920 --> 00:07:18,120 Speaker 1: into the draft and have a plan, having your scheme 149 00:07:18,120 --> 00:07:20,280 Speaker 1: in place, knowing what that's gonna look like. Yeah, and 150 00:07:20,320 --> 00:07:22,960 Speaker 1: there's a lot to determine. I mean, right now, Miles 151 00:07:22,960 --> 00:07:26,320 Speaker 1: Garrett's back at the edge rusher position, but that's clearly 152 00:07:27,000 --> 00:07:29,560 Speaker 1: a position you're gonna need another couple of bodies. You know, 153 00:07:29,840 --> 00:07:34,200 Speaker 1: Alex right obviously is back defensive line, that defensive tackle position. 154 00:07:35,200 --> 00:07:38,320 Speaker 1: How are we going to address that linebackers? I mean, 155 00:07:38,360 --> 00:07:42,480 Speaker 1: we we lost five six linebackers here in two got 156 00:07:42,480 --> 00:07:44,760 Speaker 1: to figure that position out as well. And then you've 157 00:07:44,760 --> 00:07:46,920 Speaker 1: got a deep secondary, and how do you make the 158 00:07:46,960 --> 00:07:49,880 Speaker 1: most and take advantage of their opportunities and their talents. Yeah, 159 00:07:49,880 --> 00:07:52,480 Speaker 1: there's gonna be decisions that need to be made, you know, 160 00:07:52,760 --> 00:07:54,800 Speaker 1: really at all three levels of this defense. As you 161 00:07:54,840 --> 00:07:58,160 Speaker 1: pointed out, it feels highly unlikely that Jadevion Clowney will 162 00:07:58,200 --> 00:08:00,520 Speaker 1: be back with the Cleveland Browns. That might be a 163 00:08:00,600 --> 00:08:03,560 Speaker 1: mutual thing. There. You've got Chase Winovich. Could he be 164 00:08:03,600 --> 00:08:05,200 Speaker 1: somebody he brought back. I thought he played well at 165 00:08:05,200 --> 00:08:07,440 Speaker 1: the end of the year. He fits this in terms 166 00:08:07,440 --> 00:08:09,080 Speaker 1: of being able to kind of stand up, get wide 167 00:08:09,080 --> 00:08:10,920 Speaker 1: and then get after the quarterback. And I thought played 168 00:08:10,920 --> 00:08:13,520 Speaker 1: well against the run. You mentioned Alex Right Isaiah Thomas, 169 00:08:13,520 --> 00:08:15,960 Speaker 1: but they will look to buttress that position, no doubt, 170 00:08:16,000 --> 00:08:18,120 Speaker 1: to give Miles in every down running mate. You hope 171 00:08:18,160 --> 00:08:20,320 Speaker 1: Alex Right can become that And he played well I 172 00:08:20,360 --> 00:08:22,480 Speaker 1: thought against the run as a rookie, but we need 173 00:08:22,560 --> 00:08:24,600 Speaker 1: to see him more of him getting after the quarterback. 174 00:08:24,640 --> 00:08:26,840 Speaker 1: And then second level you mentioned the only Taki Taki. 175 00:08:26,880 --> 00:08:29,000 Speaker 1: A decision to be made there. I certainly would love 176 00:08:29,000 --> 00:08:30,840 Speaker 1: to see him back. I know he wants to be back. 177 00:08:31,080 --> 00:08:33,560 Speaker 1: You know. Decision on Anthony Walker Jr. Does he come 178 00:08:33,559 --> 00:08:35,760 Speaker 1: back to this team. I know he certainly wants to 179 00:08:35,920 --> 00:08:37,880 Speaker 1: as well, which would be a good thing. And then 180 00:08:37,920 --> 00:08:40,800 Speaker 1: in the defensive backfield. You know, there are some decisions 181 00:08:40,800 --> 00:08:43,440 Speaker 1: to be made. Greedy Williams will be a free agent, UM, 182 00:08:43,480 --> 00:08:46,000 Speaker 1: But for the most part, it's gonna be how do 183 00:08:46,040 --> 00:08:47,480 Speaker 1: we get the most out of what we have, as 184 00:08:47,520 --> 00:08:49,920 Speaker 1: you mentioned, a very talented group with Emerson, with Newsome, 185 00:08:49,920 --> 00:08:52,640 Speaker 1: with Ward, with Delpitt and John Johnson as you're starting five, 186 00:08:52,640 --> 00:08:54,880 Speaker 1: and then it's gonna be about finding the depth behind 187 00:08:54,920 --> 00:08:57,200 Speaker 1: that and kind of changing those things around into the 188 00:08:57,200 --> 00:08:59,720 Speaker 1: mold that the Jim Schwartz wants. But this is you know, 189 00:08:59,760 --> 00:09:02,520 Speaker 1: he's well versed. He's been around in teams that have 190 00:09:02,559 --> 00:09:05,800 Speaker 1: played multiple styles of front up front, you know, and 191 00:09:05,960 --> 00:09:07,640 Speaker 1: with the Lions and obviously with the Eagles he had 192 00:09:07,640 --> 00:09:10,200 Speaker 1: the four down lineman. With the Titans, you've seen some 193 00:09:10,240 --> 00:09:12,079 Speaker 1: of that kind of would be a five man front, 194 00:09:12,120 --> 00:09:14,360 Speaker 1: which would be kind of the three interior guys and 195 00:09:14,360 --> 00:09:16,319 Speaker 1: then two stand up guys on the outside getting after 196 00:09:16,360 --> 00:09:18,680 Speaker 1: the quarterback. So he will have the ability to be 197 00:09:18,800 --> 00:09:21,480 Speaker 1: scheme wise to be multiple for this Brown's defense, and 198 00:09:22,080 --> 00:09:23,440 Speaker 1: you know, I think that's a good thing. That's what 199 00:09:23,480 --> 00:09:26,640 Speaker 1: you're always looking for. UM probably will play a little 200 00:09:26,640 --> 00:09:28,560 Speaker 1: bit more man, I would think than what we have 201 00:09:28,640 --> 00:09:31,720 Speaker 1: seen in the past. Um, but he's aggressive. He likes 202 00:09:31,720 --> 00:09:33,840 Speaker 1: to get after the quarterback, and I think that will 203 00:09:33,880 --> 00:09:36,240 Speaker 1: be a welcome thing for the Browns. So Joe Woods 204 00:09:36,240 --> 00:09:38,560 Speaker 1: was aggressive and it's unfortunate that it didn't work out 205 00:09:38,640 --> 00:09:41,600 Speaker 1: the way that that it did, you know, because obviously 206 00:09:41,600 --> 00:09:44,240 Speaker 1: we all like Joe around this building. We've seen flashes 207 00:09:44,240 --> 00:09:46,439 Speaker 1: of that defense being what it was. But the hope 208 00:09:46,480 --> 00:09:48,559 Speaker 1: is now with a guy like Jim Schwartz coming in 209 00:09:48,600 --> 00:09:51,640 Speaker 1: that you can get that kind of consistency that you're 210 00:09:51,640 --> 00:09:54,640 Speaker 1: looking for. Yeah, and that's what it comes down to. 211 00:09:54,960 --> 00:09:58,440 Speaker 1: I mean, weekend week out, we've got to be good 212 00:09:58,520 --> 00:10:00,400 Speaker 1: right from the get go. I think the other big 213 00:10:00,440 --> 00:10:04,160 Speaker 1: thing with this he's aggressive defensively. I can't wait to 214 00:10:04,200 --> 00:10:06,360 Speaker 1: see what it looks like in training camp, you know, 215 00:10:06,480 --> 00:10:09,040 Speaker 1: because he's gonna go after Deshaun Watson. It's all about 216 00:10:09,040 --> 00:10:11,960 Speaker 1: getting the offense ready to go as well. And I 217 00:10:12,000 --> 00:10:15,680 Speaker 1: think the better the defenses in training camp, the better 218 00:10:15,720 --> 00:10:17,520 Speaker 1: prepared the offense is going to be when we kick 219 00:10:17,600 --> 00:10:20,120 Speaker 1: things off in September. Yeah, you want to have a 220 00:10:20,160 --> 00:10:23,600 Speaker 1: competitive training camp, and you know, I think a lot 221 00:10:23,679 --> 00:10:26,720 Speaker 1: of people have talked about, you know, on the defensive side, 222 00:10:26,720 --> 00:10:30,719 Speaker 1: of the ball discipline leadership. I think Jim Schwartz will 223 00:10:30,720 --> 00:10:33,800 Speaker 1: bring that kind of accountability. Look, we saw it with 224 00:10:33,800 --> 00:10:37,400 Speaker 1: Greg Williams. He's not Greg Williams. He's not gonna be that. 225 00:10:37,720 --> 00:10:40,720 Speaker 1: There's not fire and brimstone intense, but he will be. 226 00:10:40,880 --> 00:10:42,920 Speaker 1: I think it will be a much more intense style 227 00:10:43,240 --> 00:10:45,680 Speaker 1: than what this group of guys has become accustomed to 228 00:10:45,720 --> 00:10:47,199 Speaker 1: the last few years. And I think that's good. I 229 00:10:47,200 --> 00:10:49,560 Speaker 1: think this team needs a little bit of fire, and 230 00:10:49,600 --> 00:10:52,760 Speaker 1: certainly you hope that Jim Schwartz brings that to the 231 00:10:52,800 --> 00:10:57,240 Speaker 1: Cleveland brown So Jim Schwartz, first to interview, gets the job. 232 00:10:57,280 --> 00:11:00,120 Speaker 1: Obviously impressed the Cleveland Browns brass. Now, don't forget he 233 00:11:00,200 --> 00:11:03,080 Speaker 1: interviewed for the head coaching job back in the job 234 00:11:03,080 --> 00:11:05,319 Speaker 1: that ultimately went to Kevin Stefancy. He has been here 235 00:11:05,320 --> 00:11:07,360 Speaker 1: a few times, and I know that on his way 236 00:11:07,360 --> 00:11:09,160 Speaker 1: out of the building last time, he said, let's not 237 00:11:09,200 --> 00:11:11,760 Speaker 1: do this anymore. Let's not do these interviews anymore. The 238 00:11:11,760 --> 00:11:14,280 Speaker 1: brown said, you know what, Jim, You're right, You're hired. 239 00:11:14,440 --> 00:11:17,559 Speaker 1: Jim Schwartz now the defensive coordinator board war. The Cleveland 240 00:11:17,600 --> 00:11:22,520 Speaker 1: Browns reportedly, well, I'm pretty sure it's gonna become official. 241 00:11:24,280 --> 00:11:27,600 Speaker 1: Pay attention to the scores, Folks, pay attention to the scores, alright, 242 00:11:27,720 --> 00:11:29,280 Speaker 1: So that's how we're kicking it off here today. I'm 243 00:11:29,320 --> 00:11:31,679 Speaker 1: gonna turn it over to GiB A for the rest 244 00:11:31,720 --> 00:11:35,640 Speaker 1: of the way here, but big news. Jim Schwortz, next 245 00:11:35,720 --> 00:11:37,800 Speaker 1: Defensive Coordinator of the the Cleveland Browns. We've got a loaded 246 00:11:37,800 --> 00:11:40,560 Speaker 1: lineup for you here today. Gerard Cherry at Won thirty 247 00:11:40,559 --> 00:11:43,960 Speaker 1: Browns Radio Network analyst two o'clock, Nick Shook from the 248 00:11:44,040 --> 00:11:47,600 Speaker 1: NFL Network, and two thirty Browns dot com writer Anthony 249 00:11:47,640 --> 00:11:50,679 Speaker 1: Poisel joins us as well to talk about the news 250 00:11:50,720 --> 00:11:53,920 Speaker 1: of the day. Jim Schwartz, next defensive Coordinator of the 251 00:11:53,960 --> 00:11:56,240 Speaker 1: Cleveland Browns. We're back with more clean Brown's Daily brought 252 00:11:56,280 --> 00:11:58,719 Speaker 1: to you by Bally Bet, coming Suono, Ohio right here 253 00:11:58,720 --> 00:12:11,199 Speaker 1: on eight fifty EESPN Cleveland. 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Bishop wakes 263 00:12:53,760 --> 00:12:57,280 Speaker 1: up under the weather. Hopefully he's feeling better here as 264 00:12:57,320 --> 00:13:00,000 Speaker 1: the week goes on, because twenty four hours from now, 265 00:13:00,480 --> 00:13:04,160 Speaker 1: I'm on an airplane. But good news. The Browns reportedly 266 00:13:04,200 --> 00:13:09,240 Speaker 1: have a defensive coordinator. Jim Schwartz reportedly will become the 267 00:13:09,280 --> 00:13:13,680 Speaker 1: next Brown's signal caller on defense. The last couple of 268 00:13:13,720 --> 00:13:18,440 Speaker 1: years a senior defensive assistant with the Tennessee Titans, and 269 00:13:18,760 --> 00:13:21,960 Speaker 1: UH boy did some good things with Tennessee. Has spent 270 00:13:22,000 --> 00:13:24,439 Speaker 1: a lot of time with Tennessee twelve years to be exact, 271 00:13:24,960 --> 00:13:30,840 Speaker 1: working with Mike Vrabel uh In. The Titans finished first 272 00:13:30,880 --> 00:13:36,000 Speaker 1: in the NFL UH in run defense seventy six point 273 00:13:36,040 --> 00:13:38,760 Speaker 1: nine yards per game, first with three point four yards 274 00:13:38,760 --> 00:13:41,600 Speaker 1: per carry. They were third in allowing third down conversions 275 00:13:42,200 --> 00:13:46,400 Speaker 1: at thirty four percent. All areas that the Browns could 276 00:13:46,480 --> 00:13:49,920 Speaker 1: definitely UH need a little work on and need a 277 00:13:49,920 --> 00:13:52,920 Speaker 1: little improvement, and if Jim Schwartz is indeed the guy, 278 00:13:53,000 --> 00:13:55,960 Speaker 1: which all indications are he is, he will be the 279 00:13:56,000 --> 00:14:00,400 Speaker 1: new defensive coordinator for your Cleveland Browns. Again just wordedly 280 00:14:00,880 --> 00:14:03,760 Speaker 1: waiting for official word from down the hall here at 281 00:14:03,760 --> 00:14:07,000 Speaker 1: the Cross Country Mortgage Campus. In two thousand nineteen, you 282 00:14:07,080 --> 00:14:09,840 Speaker 1: heard Zaga and I talked about it. Spent a year 283 00:14:09,840 --> 00:14:12,120 Speaker 1: with Brown's GM Andre Berry. He was the vice president 284 00:14:12,160 --> 00:14:15,320 Speaker 1: of football operations under Howie Roseman. He was a candidate 285 00:14:15,360 --> 00:14:19,880 Speaker 1: for the Brown's head coaching gig in when Kevin Stefanski 286 00:14:20,160 --> 00:14:25,400 Speaker 1: got the job. So, uh, look excited. You know, Joe 287 00:14:25,440 --> 00:14:29,240 Speaker 1: Woods did an admirable job, but at the same time, 288 00:14:29,560 --> 00:14:32,680 Speaker 1: the organization felt they needed to go in a different direction. 289 00:14:33,040 --> 00:14:35,680 Speaker 1: They have They picked Jim Schwartz and we'll see how 290 00:14:35,720 --> 00:14:40,240 Speaker 1: things play out here as we get into the three 291 00:14:40,920 --> 00:14:45,200 Speaker 1: NFL season. Still a lot going on in two Dash 292 00:14:45,280 --> 00:14:49,280 Speaker 1: twenty three as the march to the playoffs officially underway, 293 00:14:49,360 --> 00:14:54,040 Speaker 1: and boy, quite the weekend around the National Football League 294 00:14:54,160 --> 00:14:58,440 Speaker 1: on the field as well as off the field. Uh 295 00:14:58,680 --> 00:15:02,560 Speaker 1: hopefully you were watching on Saturday night. Uh, just a 296 00:15:02,560 --> 00:15:05,680 Speaker 1: fantastic night. Uh. The forty Niners got a nice scare 297 00:15:05,880 --> 00:15:08,840 Speaker 1: from Seattle before dominating in the second half to win. 298 00:15:10,520 --> 00:15:15,640 Speaker 1: The Jaguarars down thirty to nothing, thirty to nothing, come 299 00:15:15,680 --> 00:15:18,280 Speaker 1: back and win thirty one to thirty. They take out 300 00:15:18,360 --> 00:15:21,280 Speaker 1: the Chargers, and the Chargers have been busy today. They 301 00:15:21,280 --> 00:15:26,040 Speaker 1: have fired offensive coordinator Joe Lombardi and quarterback coach Shane 302 00:15:26,160 --> 00:15:30,680 Speaker 1: Day following Saturday's collapse. That is from NFL Network insider 303 00:15:31,160 --> 00:15:36,280 Speaker 1: Tom Pella sero, we go to Sunday, I think everybody 304 00:15:36,920 --> 00:15:40,400 Speaker 1: on this radio show thought that the Bills were just 305 00:15:40,480 --> 00:15:43,840 Speaker 1: going to go out there and blow out the Miami Dolphins. 306 00:15:44,480 --> 00:15:48,280 Speaker 1: Credit Skyler Thompson and Mike McDaniel and his staff and 307 00:15:48,320 --> 00:15:52,640 Speaker 1: that Miami Dolphin team. They gave the Buffalo Bills everything 308 00:15:52,840 --> 00:15:57,200 Speaker 1: and then some, falling just short. Thirty four to thirty 309 00:15:57,240 --> 00:16:01,200 Speaker 1: one the final score in that football our game also 310 00:16:01,440 --> 00:16:05,360 Speaker 1: on Sunday, I believe we have this Giants taking care 311 00:16:05,360 --> 00:16:08,800 Speaker 1: of the Vikings thirty one to twenty four. I have 312 00:16:08,920 --> 00:16:11,440 Speaker 1: no idea what Kirk Cousins was doing on fourth down 313 00:16:11,480 --> 00:16:14,560 Speaker 1: and eight throwing a two yard pass, but that's where 314 00:16:14,560 --> 00:16:17,840 Speaker 1: we are in uh the season, and that's why Minnesota 315 00:16:18,080 --> 00:16:22,040 Speaker 1: will be watching on their couch the rest of the season. Uh. 316 00:16:22,080 --> 00:16:24,800 Speaker 1: And then Sunday night football again a game that no 317 00:16:24,960 --> 00:16:26,920 Speaker 1: Lamar Jackson, he's out for the rest of the year. 318 00:16:27,960 --> 00:16:30,680 Speaker 1: What Ravens team are we gonna get? Is Huntly gonna play? 319 00:16:30,800 --> 00:16:32,520 Speaker 1: We think he's gonna play, but he's only gonna be 320 00:16:33,560 --> 00:16:36,800 Speaker 1: well eight percent was almost enough to beat the Cincinnati Bengals. 321 00:16:36,880 --> 00:16:40,760 Speaker 1: Is the Bengals knock off the Ravens twenty four to seventeen? 322 00:16:40,880 --> 00:16:43,320 Speaker 1: Sam Hubbard with one of the most amazing plays that 323 00:16:43,400 --> 00:16:47,200 Speaker 1: you will ever see. Uh officiated the right way, that 324 00:16:47,280 --> 00:16:50,600 Speaker 1: they made the right call. Uh. Hotley never got close 325 00:16:50,640 --> 00:16:53,760 Speaker 1: to the goal line and Hubbard the ball gets punched out. 326 00:16:53,800 --> 00:16:56,560 Speaker 1: Hubbard takes it, goes the length of the field and 327 00:16:56,600 --> 00:16:58,760 Speaker 1: that is the difference in the football game. And then 328 00:16:58,840 --> 00:17:00,960 Speaker 1: last night, the game that we thought was gonna be 329 00:17:01,040 --> 00:17:04,280 Speaker 1: the best game of the weekend was arguably the worst. 330 00:17:04,400 --> 00:17:07,480 Speaker 1: Matter of fact, it was the worst. Dallas takes care 331 00:17:07,520 --> 00:17:11,680 Speaker 1: of Tampa Bay and out the questions Tom Brady, what's 332 00:17:11,680 --> 00:17:16,359 Speaker 1: gonna happen? Uh? There are reports this morning that Byron left, 333 00:17:16,359 --> 00:17:19,040 Speaker 1: which is gonna be out as offensive coordinator? Could he 334 00:17:19,200 --> 00:17:24,280 Speaker 1: end up going to Pittsburgh that we've seen that today? Um, Again, 335 00:17:24,280 --> 00:17:28,800 Speaker 1: nothing official on Byron left which yet but it appears 336 00:17:28,880 --> 00:17:30,800 Speaker 1: left which could be on his way out in Tampa 337 00:17:31,119 --> 00:17:33,640 Speaker 1: as the fall guy. But I don't know if that 338 00:17:33,720 --> 00:17:38,240 Speaker 1: means anything to Tom Brady. Frankly, um Brady had never 339 00:17:38,280 --> 00:17:41,679 Speaker 1: thrown a red zone interception. Uh, and I think in 340 00:17:41,720 --> 00:17:44,920 Speaker 1: a playoff game in the last like four or five years, 341 00:17:45,240 --> 00:17:48,280 Speaker 1: throws a pick. Uh. They had some chances at the 342 00:17:48,400 --> 00:17:51,600 Speaker 1: end of the game, couldn't get it done. Uh. Just 343 00:17:52,600 --> 00:17:56,520 Speaker 1: couldn't make plays. Receivers dropping balls, and they couldn't run 344 00:17:56,560 --> 00:17:58,840 Speaker 1: the ball four net I think at five carries for 345 00:17:58,880 --> 00:18:02,960 Speaker 1: eleven yards. Just an ugly game. Yet maybe the coming 346 00:18:02,960 --> 00:18:05,119 Speaker 1: out party for the Dallas Cowboys. We saw what the 347 00:18:05,200 --> 00:18:08,399 Speaker 1: Dallas Cowboys could really be, and they took care of 348 00:18:08,440 --> 00:18:13,200 Speaker 1: their business. And now it sets up a unbelievable divisional 349 00:18:13,359 --> 00:18:18,760 Speaker 1: round weekend, especially on Sunday Saturday. It's okay, Sunday is 350 00:18:18,800 --> 00:18:24,040 Speaker 1: where it's at Saturday Jaguars Chiefs for thirty Saturday night, 351 00:18:24,359 --> 00:18:27,480 Speaker 1: the Eagles host the New York Football Giants, a little 352 00:18:27,480 --> 00:18:30,480 Speaker 1: interdivision there at little NFC East action and we'll see 353 00:18:30,480 --> 00:18:32,920 Speaker 1: if the Giants can keep up their hot Street st 354 00:18:33,000 --> 00:18:36,600 Speaker 1: Kawan Barkley, look at Daniel Jones. Where did that come from? 355 00:18:36,960 --> 00:18:39,360 Speaker 1: Games like that? I'll get you paid there, buddy. Uh, 356 00:18:39,400 --> 00:18:42,800 Speaker 1: we go to Sunday and Sunday Uh is the lineup 357 00:18:42,800 --> 00:18:47,480 Speaker 1: of lineups three o'clock Bills hosting the Bengals. Bengals not 358 00:18:47,560 --> 00:18:50,480 Speaker 1: pleased to go to Buffalo. I believe they might have 359 00:18:50,480 --> 00:18:52,959 Speaker 1: been cheering from Miami more than Miami Dolphin fans were 360 00:18:53,040 --> 00:18:56,480 Speaker 1: cheering over the weekend. And then to wrap things up 361 00:18:56,480 --> 00:19:01,520 Speaker 1: and the weekend Cowboys forty Niners Sunday night at six thirty. 362 00:19:01,960 --> 00:19:05,080 Speaker 1: Can't ask for a whole lot more than that, all right? 363 00:19:05,160 --> 00:19:07,879 Speaker 1: As we go around the NFL landscape, I mentioned the Chargers, 364 00:19:08,240 --> 00:19:13,080 Speaker 1: UH possibly on the look for a few coaches. Now, Uh, 365 00:19:13,160 --> 00:19:15,840 Speaker 1: it is indeed the case. They have fired offensive coordinator 366 00:19:15,880 --> 00:19:21,199 Speaker 1: Joe Lombardi and quarterback coach Shane Day Uh. In addition, UM, 367 00:19:21,240 --> 00:19:23,159 Speaker 1: it looks like Tampa Bay could be on the lookout 368 00:19:23,200 --> 00:19:26,920 Speaker 1: for an offensive coordinator as well. Tampa Bay, UH, a 369 00:19:27,040 --> 00:19:29,119 Speaker 1: scary moment. I'm sure a lot of people turned the 370 00:19:29,119 --> 00:19:31,480 Speaker 1: game off, but again, had a had a moment on 371 00:19:31,520 --> 00:19:34,960 Speaker 1: the field. An injury wide receiver Russell Gauge had to 372 00:19:34,960 --> 00:19:37,000 Speaker 1: be carted off at the end of the night. Was 373 00:19:37,040 --> 00:19:40,600 Speaker 1: one of those situations where again you saw Joe Buck 374 00:19:40,640 --> 00:19:42,680 Speaker 1: and the ESPN crew had to go to time out. 375 00:19:43,240 --> 00:19:45,480 Speaker 1: They came back, they had to go to time out again, 376 00:19:45,640 --> 00:19:47,600 Speaker 1: they had to go to time out a third time. 377 00:19:48,000 --> 00:19:50,439 Speaker 1: And now you're worried about what's going on on the field, 378 00:19:50,560 --> 00:19:52,840 Speaker 1: and you could hear a pin drop and you know 379 00:19:53,119 --> 00:19:55,880 Speaker 1: a lot of players wide eyed and and just kind 380 00:19:55,920 --> 00:19:59,879 Speaker 1: of going, oh no, not again. Russell Gauge did suffer 381 00:20:00,080 --> 00:20:04,440 Speaker 1: serious neck injury and a concussion late in last night's game. UH, 382 00:20:04,520 --> 00:20:07,119 Speaker 1: the Tampa Bay Buccaneers putting out today he does have 383 00:20:07,240 --> 00:20:10,320 Speaker 1: movement in all his extremities, will continue to undergo further 384 00:20:10,400 --> 00:20:15,200 Speaker 1: test today after spending the night at a local hospital. UH. 385 00:20:15,400 --> 00:20:19,120 Speaker 1: Former Cardinals head coach Cliff Kingsbury, I believe we had 386 00:20:19,200 --> 00:20:21,720 Speaker 1: him in the former category as we started the year 387 00:20:21,840 --> 00:20:24,120 Speaker 1: as a guy who would end up there. He buys 388 00:20:24,119 --> 00:20:27,000 Speaker 1: a one way plane ticket to Thailand and has declined 389 00:20:27,040 --> 00:20:30,720 Speaker 1: all coaching inquiries from teams. According to Fox Sports senior 390 00:20:30,800 --> 00:20:34,680 Speaker 1: national writer and Good Morning Football host Peter Schreger, I 391 00:20:34,720 --> 00:20:36,879 Speaker 1: would probably do the same thing if I was making 392 00:20:36,920 --> 00:20:40,560 Speaker 1: what he was for the next four years. YEA, he's 393 00:20:40,600 --> 00:20:44,960 Speaker 1: under contract seven the Cardinals are at least paying him. 394 00:20:45,119 --> 00:20:49,800 Speaker 1: Let's put it that way. Through seven Michigan head coach 395 00:20:49,920 --> 00:20:52,359 Speaker 1: to the college ranks, Jim Harbaugh planning to return to 396 00:20:52,400 --> 00:20:56,360 Speaker 1: the program next season despite receiving interest from multiple NFL teams. 397 00:20:57,400 --> 00:21:00,320 Speaker 1: That was confirmed by the University of Michigan's president in 398 00:21:00,359 --> 00:21:03,960 Speaker 1: a tweet yesterday. Um, he did call a couple of 399 00:21:03,960 --> 00:21:06,360 Speaker 1: teams that had he had met with to tell them 400 00:21:06,400 --> 00:21:10,600 Speaker 1: he was going back to Michigan. Uh. Something to see there, 401 00:21:10,600 --> 00:21:15,080 Speaker 1: but hardball back at Michigan. Uh. The other hardball dealing 402 00:21:15,080 --> 00:21:17,840 Speaker 1: with the mess in Baltimore with Lamar Jackson and a 403 00:21:17,880 --> 00:21:21,320 Speaker 1: team that players are lobbying for Lamar to come back. 404 00:21:22,200 --> 00:21:25,879 Speaker 1: J K. Dobbins had to clarify some comments where he 405 00:21:26,200 --> 00:21:30,920 Speaker 1: originally said it appeared that he said, well, we would 406 00:21:30,960 --> 00:21:35,359 Speaker 1: have one had Lamar been a quarterback. Maybe, I don't know. 407 00:21:36,040 --> 00:21:40,399 Speaker 1: The Bengals pretty good. Daniel Snyder also reportedly nearing the 408 00:21:40,440 --> 00:21:44,040 Speaker 1: sale of the Commanders. Josh Harris, owner of the seventy 409 00:21:44,080 --> 00:21:47,280 Speaker 1: Sixers and New Jersey Devils, appears to be the top 410 00:21:47,400 --> 00:21:53,159 Speaker 1: candidate per NBC Washington Commanders insider J P. Finlay. So 411 00:21:53,840 --> 00:21:59,280 Speaker 1: something to monitor there with Daniel Snyder and a possible sale. 412 00:21:59,800 --> 00:22:02,719 Speaker 1: Uh wow, that would be a big one, and an 413 00:22:02,760 --> 00:22:07,000 Speaker 1: owner that then would own an NBA team, an NHL team, 414 00:22:07,040 --> 00:22:12,080 Speaker 1: and an NFL team. Congratulations on all of your successes 415 00:22:12,200 --> 00:22:16,120 Speaker 1: if that indeed comes to fruition. We'll take a quick 416 00:22:16,119 --> 00:22:19,840 Speaker 1: time out. When we come back, we start the parade 417 00:22:19,880 --> 00:22:24,080 Speaker 1: of Stars, Brown's Radio network analyst and co host on 418 00:22:24,119 --> 00:22:26,080 Speaker 1: the Next Level with Emmett Golden right here on a 419 00:22:26,200 --> 00:22:30,159 Speaker 1: fifty ESPN Cleveland. He joins the program to give us 420 00:22:30,560 --> 00:22:33,760 Speaker 1: his thoughts on Jim Schwartz, and we'll take one thought 421 00:22:33,920 --> 00:22:37,400 Speaker 1: around all of the weekend's games in a wacky wild 422 00:22:37,440 --> 00:22:40,720 Speaker 1: card weekend. You're listening to Cleveland Brown's Daily, brought you 423 00:22:40,760 --> 00:22:43,480 Speaker 1: by Bally Bet coming soon to Ohio on a fifty 424 00:22:43,800 --> 00:22:54,960 Speaker 1: ESPN Cleveland. Cleveland Brown's Daily brought to you by Bally Bet, 425 00:22:55,119 --> 00:23:07,359 Speaker 1: coming soon to Ohio on fifty ESPN Cleveland. Well, welcome 426 00:23:07,400 --> 00:23:11,480 Speaker 1: you back into a football Tuesday edition of Cleveland Browns Daily, 427 00:23:11,520 --> 00:23:15,080 Speaker 1: brought to you by Bally Betam Jason Gibbs. We heard 428 00:23:15,080 --> 00:23:17,840 Speaker 1: from Nathan's Girl already coming up later on in the 429 00:23:17,840 --> 00:23:21,639 Speaker 1: program at two o'clock, NFL analyst Nick Shook from the 430 00:23:21,720 --> 00:23:26,400 Speaker 1: NFL Network. At two thirty, staff writer Anthony Poiseal from 431 00:23:26,400 --> 00:23:28,840 Speaker 1: Your Cleveland Browns will join us as well. It is 432 00:23:28,880 --> 00:23:32,160 Speaker 1: a news filled day here at the Cross Country Mortgage campus, 433 00:23:32,680 --> 00:23:37,840 Speaker 1: reportedly waiting for the team an official announcement that could 434 00:23:37,880 --> 00:23:42,320 Speaker 1: come later later this week, today, tomorrow. I don't know, 435 00:23:42,600 --> 00:23:45,840 Speaker 1: but it is reported, and it's reported by enough people 436 00:23:45,920 --> 00:23:49,560 Speaker 1: that I got a feeling. As the girl said earlier, yeah, 437 00:23:50,359 --> 00:23:54,080 Speaker 1: read the scores. It's probably gonna happen. The new defensive 438 00:23:54,119 --> 00:23:57,160 Speaker 1: coordinator allegedly for Your Cleveland Browns, Jim Schwartz, to talk 439 00:23:57,200 --> 00:23:59,960 Speaker 1: about that and to give us one thought from every 440 00:24:00,280 --> 00:24:04,800 Speaker 1: game super wild Card weekend. Brown's radio network analyst and 441 00:24:04,840 --> 00:24:06,959 Speaker 1: co host of The Next Level with him at Golden 442 00:24:07,200 --> 00:24:11,399 Speaker 1: Gerard Cherry joins me. Greetings, my friend, welcome, and I 443 00:24:11,400 --> 00:24:14,520 Speaker 1: hope you had a good long weekend. I certainly did. Gibby, 444 00:24:14,560 --> 00:24:17,399 Speaker 1: how you do him? I'm in did I you know what? 445 00:24:17,720 --> 00:24:20,920 Speaker 1: I'm great. I had a nice long weekend. I am 446 00:24:21,040 --> 00:24:25,200 Speaker 1: here today and uh, starting tomorrow, gonna get a nice 447 00:24:25,240 --> 00:24:28,480 Speaker 1: long weekend down in the Sunshine State for a few days. 448 00:24:28,840 --> 00:24:31,080 Speaker 1: Bring some of that sun back with you, please, Yeah, 449 00:24:33,240 --> 00:24:36,399 Speaker 1: it's for you. I feel like that's pretty good for 450 00:24:36,440 --> 00:24:40,760 Speaker 1: you now, you know what, Jay, because of that Christmas 451 00:24:40,760 --> 00:24:46,919 Speaker 1: Eve game, Yeah, degrees is now comfortable to me. There 452 00:24:47,000 --> 00:24:48,560 Speaker 1: used to be a point in time when that was 453 00:24:48,960 --> 00:24:51,359 Speaker 1: the case. I wasn't leaving, I wasn't going outside, or 454 00:24:51,359 --> 00:24:54,040 Speaker 1: I have five coats, layers and everything else on it. 455 00:24:54,359 --> 00:24:56,679 Speaker 1: So yes, thank you, Ja. I can say thank you 456 00:24:56,720 --> 00:24:58,960 Speaker 1: because now I am much tougher than when I was 457 00:24:59,000 --> 00:25:01,000 Speaker 1: when I actually played when it comes to deal with 458 00:25:01,000 --> 00:25:05,080 Speaker 1: the cold. So thank you very much for that. Trust me, 459 00:25:05,440 --> 00:25:08,520 Speaker 1: it was not my intention to just be like, oh, 460 00:25:08,640 --> 00:25:10,959 Speaker 1: let's get your ride a little bit more, you know, 461 00:25:11,280 --> 00:25:13,560 Speaker 1: ready for cold weather by putting him in the coldest 462 00:25:13,600 --> 00:25:17,680 Speaker 1: game maybe in the history of Cleveland Brown's football. That's 463 00:25:17,680 --> 00:25:21,399 Speaker 1: where we were were indeed, my friend, Oh good, I'm 464 00:25:21,400 --> 00:25:23,879 Speaker 1: glad you had a good weekend, what a crazy weekend. 465 00:25:23,880 --> 00:25:26,760 Speaker 1: And we will get to the NFL games. But again, 466 00:25:26,800 --> 00:25:30,879 Speaker 1: the reports are out there. The Browns d C reportedly 467 00:25:30,920 --> 00:25:35,080 Speaker 1: going to be Jim Schwartz. Schwartz h the twenty five 468 00:25:35,160 --> 00:25:38,040 Speaker 1: year coaching veteran, brings fourteen years of experience as a 469 00:25:38,080 --> 00:25:42,439 Speaker 1: defensive coordinator to the league. Uh. Just wondering if you 470 00:25:42,520 --> 00:25:45,639 Speaker 1: hadn't had any run ins with him over your NFL 471 00:25:45,720 --> 00:25:48,800 Speaker 1: career and what a signing like this could mean for 472 00:25:48,800 --> 00:25:52,720 Speaker 1: this Cleveland Browns defense going into as a coach. I've 473 00:25:52,760 --> 00:25:54,879 Speaker 1: never had any runs and run ins with him, but 474 00:25:55,000 --> 00:25:57,840 Speaker 1: I'm familiar the fact that he's from the Belichick tree. 475 00:25:58,000 --> 00:25:59,680 Speaker 1: He was a scout here in Cleveling at one point 476 00:25:59,760 --> 00:26:01,840 Speaker 1: time in the nineties. So right there, you know, he 477 00:26:01,840 --> 00:26:04,119 Speaker 1: gets my stamp of approval. And on top of that, 478 00:26:04,200 --> 00:26:06,760 Speaker 1: j what does he have going for him? He's won 479 00:26:06,920 --> 00:26:09,840 Speaker 1: a Super Bowl as a defensive coordinator. So when he 480 00:26:09,880 --> 00:26:12,720 Speaker 1: sits in front of the stands, better yet in front 481 00:26:12,720 --> 00:26:15,679 Speaker 1: the defensive meeting room and tells guys, hey, that's not 482 00:26:15,720 --> 00:26:19,680 Speaker 1: gonna get it done. He's coming from experience as a coordinator. Hey, 483 00:26:19,720 --> 00:26:21,080 Speaker 1: this is what you're gonna have to do. This is 484 00:26:21,080 --> 00:26:24,760 Speaker 1: how we're gonna have to play if you have championship aspirations, 485 00:26:24,760 --> 00:26:26,560 Speaker 1: because if you don't, then you need to get out 486 00:26:26,560 --> 00:26:28,320 Speaker 1: of here or this is not gonna cut it. So 487 00:26:28,400 --> 00:26:30,240 Speaker 1: I love the fact that he brings that to the 488 00:26:30,280 --> 00:26:36,080 Speaker 1: table from our experience standpoint. Fiery is definitely the term 489 00:26:36,160 --> 00:26:38,200 Speaker 1: that Nathan and I talked about a little earlier on 490 00:26:38,240 --> 00:26:40,440 Speaker 1: the show. I think the other term that you can 491 00:26:40,480 --> 00:26:43,800 Speaker 1: add into that accountable. He's gonna hold guys accountable on 492 00:26:43,840 --> 00:26:46,040 Speaker 1: that defense, right, and that's so key. If you don't 493 00:26:46,040 --> 00:26:47,879 Speaker 1: do that, you stand no chance of winning. Because if 494 00:26:47,920 --> 00:26:49,879 Speaker 1: guy feels like, hey, I can do the same thing 495 00:26:49,880 --> 00:26:51,920 Speaker 1: and go rogue whenever I want to because it feels 496 00:26:51,920 --> 00:26:54,000 Speaker 1: good to me and I'm more concerned about a statistical 497 00:26:54,520 --> 00:26:56,639 Speaker 1: output as opposed to doing what's best for the team, 498 00:26:56,800 --> 00:26:58,920 Speaker 1: then you're screwed. It's just no simple way around. I 499 00:26:58,920 --> 00:27:00,640 Speaker 1: wish I could say the more gray just way, Jake, 500 00:27:00,720 --> 00:27:02,960 Speaker 1: but I really can't. If you've got guys doing their 501 00:27:03,000 --> 00:27:06,520 Speaker 1: own thing and doing you or yourself, it's not going 502 00:27:06,560 --> 00:27:08,960 Speaker 1: to work because ultimately the whole point is to do 503 00:27:09,000 --> 00:27:13,680 Speaker 1: what play team defense. Complimentary football takes place when guys 504 00:27:13,720 --> 00:27:15,879 Speaker 1: are doing with their aliement, assignment is and doing what 505 00:27:15,960 --> 00:27:17,440 Speaker 1: they're supposed to do. So I love that, and I 506 00:27:17,480 --> 00:27:20,000 Speaker 1: also love this to Jake based upon what I saw 507 00:27:20,040 --> 00:27:22,200 Speaker 1: in his interaction with Hardball back in the day when 508 00:27:22,200 --> 00:27:24,480 Speaker 1: he was the head coach for Alliance. Something tells me 509 00:27:24,520 --> 00:27:26,920 Speaker 1: he's not gonna take or any crap from anybody. So 510 00:27:27,119 --> 00:27:30,399 Speaker 1: that's a good thing too. I've seen that video all 511 00:27:30,480 --> 00:27:33,320 Speaker 1: day to day. I had forgotten that that happens, and 512 00:27:35,000 --> 00:27:36,760 Speaker 1: it makes all the sense in the world, knowing how 513 00:27:36,800 --> 00:27:40,920 Speaker 1: weird hardball is that he would come at at him 514 00:27:41,040 --> 00:27:44,440 Speaker 1: like that, and Schwartz's reaction is just, I'm gonna follow 515 00:27:44,440 --> 00:27:46,919 Speaker 1: you into the tunnel. I'm gonna I'm gonna beat your 516 00:27:46,960 --> 00:27:49,520 Speaker 1: you know what in the tunnel, and you know what, Yeah, 517 00:27:49,560 --> 00:27:51,680 Speaker 1: you might have one, but I'm gonna win the war 518 00:27:51,760 --> 00:27:56,159 Speaker 1: here or that. Yeah. I just I was entertained by that. 519 00:27:56,200 --> 00:28:00,760 Speaker 1: And I think, you know, like you said, uh, it's there, 520 00:28:00,760 --> 00:28:03,760 Speaker 1: it's gonna be a little fiery. It's gonna be accountable 521 00:28:03,800 --> 00:28:06,920 Speaker 1: as well. But I would also say this, I think 522 00:28:06,960 --> 00:28:10,199 Speaker 1: it will be fascinating to see what he does. We 523 00:28:10,280 --> 00:28:13,400 Speaker 1: talked about the secondary and and the linebacker room. We're 524 00:28:13,440 --> 00:28:15,720 Speaker 1: not sure what that's gonna look like with five six 525 00:28:15,760 --> 00:28:19,439 Speaker 1: guys going down over the course of the season, but 526 00:28:20,000 --> 00:28:23,199 Speaker 1: especially up the middle. Defensively, that seems to be an 527 00:28:23,200 --> 00:28:26,520 Speaker 1: area where he excels from a coaching standpoint, right, And obviously, 528 00:28:26,520 --> 00:28:28,320 Speaker 1: if you look at the weakness of the defense and 529 00:28:28,320 --> 00:28:31,080 Speaker 1: what was the focal point in which teams constantly attacked 530 00:28:31,080 --> 00:28:33,119 Speaker 1: and had a lot of success, it was right there 531 00:28:33,119 --> 00:28:35,520 Speaker 1: in interior between the d tackles in the middle linebackers. Now, 532 00:28:35,560 --> 00:28:37,280 Speaker 1: I felt at the end of the season we started 533 00:28:37,280 --> 00:28:39,440 Speaker 1: to share things up in guys play better, and I 534 00:28:39,440 --> 00:28:42,160 Speaker 1: attribute that more just to simply having size and experience 535 00:28:42,240 --> 00:28:45,240 Speaker 1: there as opposed to lacking in size and lacking experience 536 00:28:45,400 --> 00:28:47,600 Speaker 1: to help the cause. So yeah, it's gonna be very 537 00:28:47,720 --> 00:28:49,720 Speaker 1: interesting to see with what we have on the roster 538 00:28:49,800 --> 00:28:52,080 Speaker 1: and what we acquire, how they're able to share that up. 539 00:28:52,120 --> 00:28:54,920 Speaker 1: Because we talked so much about past left pass, right pass, 540 00:28:54,960 --> 00:28:57,480 Speaker 1: with the middle passed down the scenes, passed on the sideline. 541 00:28:57,760 --> 00:28:59,560 Speaker 1: What don't we see a lot this year? Run with 542 00:28:59,600 --> 00:29:01,960 Speaker 1: the middle, run to the right A gap, went to 543 00:29:02,000 --> 00:29:04,800 Speaker 1: the left B gap, run to the right CE gap. 544 00:29:04,880 --> 00:29:06,840 Speaker 1: You saw a lot of things in the interior, not 545 00:29:06,960 --> 00:29:10,200 Speaker 1: much only outside. So we have to share that because again, 546 00:29:10,240 --> 00:29:13,840 Speaker 1: the game is about what jay focusing on and exploiting 547 00:29:13,920 --> 00:29:16,160 Speaker 1: one's weakness, and that certainly was one for us in 548 00:29:16,240 --> 00:29:17,840 Speaker 1: the course of the season on the defensive side of 549 00:29:17,880 --> 00:29:20,160 Speaker 1: the ball. And you know what, in Schwartz, that's one 550 00:29:20,160 --> 00:29:22,560 Speaker 1: of the things his hallmark on defense, getting the most 551 00:29:22,600 --> 00:29:27,320 Speaker 1: out of his pass rushers, UH and isolating his stars 552 00:29:27,360 --> 00:29:30,440 Speaker 1: for favorable matchups. I know that there was a certain 553 00:29:30,480 --> 00:29:33,840 Speaker 1: defensive end that maybe he had a little problem with that. 554 00:29:34,840 --> 00:29:36,480 Speaker 1: I don't, Yeah, I don't. I don't know if that's 555 00:29:36,480 --> 00:29:39,719 Speaker 1: gonna I would highly doubt that's gonna happen. But you know, 556 00:29:39,960 --> 00:29:42,800 Speaker 1: getting the most out of the pass rushers, which you know, 557 00:29:43,400 --> 00:29:46,280 Speaker 1: if you're looking at this Brown's football team, is there 558 00:29:46,360 --> 00:29:49,640 Speaker 1: a bigger need for pass rushing help or is there 559 00:29:49,680 --> 00:29:52,040 Speaker 1: a bigger need for defensive tackle here as we entered 560 00:29:52,040 --> 00:29:55,200 Speaker 1: this offseason. I know you've got Myles Garrett, but there's 561 00:29:55,240 --> 00:29:57,840 Speaker 1: a lot of unknown behind Myles Garrett. Well, I'm gonna 562 00:29:57,880 --> 00:30:00,760 Speaker 1: say in the interior still because I would like to 563 00:30:00,840 --> 00:30:04,160 Speaker 1: think if you got drafted, if you made an NFL roster, 564 00:30:04,640 --> 00:30:07,280 Speaker 1: and you're gonna command one on one attention, not grand. 565 00:30:07,280 --> 00:30:09,320 Speaker 1: They're gonna be times when you're going against an all 566 00:30:09,440 --> 00:30:12,040 Speaker 1: pro tackle and they're gonna more likely win more than you. 567 00:30:12,600 --> 00:30:14,400 Speaker 1: And that's gonna happen at times. But if you're in 568 00:30:14,440 --> 00:30:16,560 Speaker 1: the NFL and you're getting one on one matchups and 569 00:30:16,560 --> 00:30:19,800 Speaker 1: teams are gonna disrespect you like that, make them pay. 570 00:30:19,840 --> 00:30:22,840 Speaker 1: So ultimately, we it's obviously we need helping the interior. 571 00:30:22,920 --> 00:30:24,840 Speaker 1: So I say you have to go there j because 572 00:30:25,440 --> 00:30:26,640 Speaker 1: at the end of the day, if I can run 573 00:30:26,640 --> 00:30:28,760 Speaker 1: the football on you, who cares about passing? Because when 574 00:30:28,760 --> 00:30:30,320 Speaker 1: I can run the football on you, you know what 575 00:30:30,360 --> 00:30:32,720 Speaker 1: that says. That says I'm tougher than you, that says 576 00:30:32,760 --> 00:30:34,760 Speaker 1: I'm more physical than you. That says I can make 577 00:30:34,760 --> 00:30:36,800 Speaker 1: you succumb to my will, quicker and beat you down. 578 00:30:36,840 --> 00:30:38,840 Speaker 1: Because after you get beat down by the running game, 579 00:30:39,080 --> 00:30:41,320 Speaker 1: guess what you're not ready to do play the passing game. 580 00:30:41,360 --> 00:30:43,080 Speaker 1: Because they got this thing, as you well know, called 581 00:30:43,240 --> 00:30:45,880 Speaker 1: play action pass and it works very well when the 582 00:30:45,960 --> 00:30:48,040 Speaker 1: running game is working very well. And then you have 583 00:30:48,120 --> 00:30:50,320 Speaker 1: in the minds of defensive backs, I gotta play the run. 584 00:30:50,360 --> 00:30:52,000 Speaker 1: And the last thing that we need is for guys 585 00:30:52,000 --> 00:30:54,080 Speaker 1: to do what do their own thing and think they 586 00:30:54,120 --> 00:30:55,640 Speaker 1: should be playing one thing when they should be playing 587 00:30:55,680 --> 00:30:59,000 Speaker 1: something else. Well, so we talked the defensive line that 588 00:30:59,040 --> 00:31:03,040 Speaker 1: takes you into linebackers, and we we've got some guys 589 00:31:03,200 --> 00:31:06,959 Speaker 1: that are a little lighter than your average sized linebackers. 590 00:31:07,040 --> 00:31:10,239 Speaker 1: So and you saw some big moments this year with 591 00:31:10,320 --> 00:31:13,040 Speaker 1: guys that we brought in later in the year, Reggie Raggling, 592 00:31:13,120 --> 00:31:17,320 Speaker 1: Dion Jones. Uh. You saw some place from some bigger 593 00:31:17,360 --> 00:31:21,239 Speaker 1: heavier linebackers. And I'm what I'm interested to see that 594 00:31:21,320 --> 00:31:25,440 Speaker 1: dynamic between Schwartz and the front office as to what 595 00:31:25,560 --> 00:31:28,680 Speaker 1: kind of linebacker we're gonna see here in Well, that's 596 00:31:28,680 --> 00:31:31,480 Speaker 1: gonna be very interesting because you do have a situation 597 00:31:31,480 --> 00:31:34,320 Speaker 1: where we have several linebackers who are young guys, who 598 00:31:34,400 --> 00:31:38,640 Speaker 1: are draft picks, who are under size. Now, there's gonna 599 00:31:38,640 --> 00:31:40,920 Speaker 1: be said for having one or two of those guys 600 00:31:41,280 --> 00:31:44,040 Speaker 1: in your defense, especially on passing downs, and they can 601 00:31:44,080 --> 00:31:46,240 Speaker 1: also operate with the running the run game concept. But 602 00:31:46,240 --> 00:31:48,680 Speaker 1: if you got two to three guys showing up your 603 00:31:48,720 --> 00:31:52,240 Speaker 1: defense like that, we saw what that led to. Now. Granted, 604 00:31:52,240 --> 00:31:53,880 Speaker 1: you could also point the fact that several of the 605 00:31:53,880 --> 00:31:56,080 Speaker 1: guys who I'm describing from a physical standpoint but not 606 00:31:56,240 --> 00:31:59,320 Speaker 1: naming names or inexperienced as well, so that plays a 607 00:31:59,400 --> 00:32:01,760 Speaker 1: party anymore. But ultimately I feel this way, Jay, You're 608 00:32:01,760 --> 00:32:03,840 Speaker 1: gonna have to have as I like to say, girth 609 00:32:04,480 --> 00:32:07,800 Speaker 1: in the middle there. You can't just have undersized guys 610 00:32:07,840 --> 00:32:10,440 Speaker 1: because ultimately what you saw this year is gonna more 611 00:32:10,600 --> 00:32:13,880 Speaker 1: likely take place if I weigh three pounds and I'm 612 00:32:13,880 --> 00:32:16,680 Speaker 1: alignment and I'm hitting some guy weighs two fifteen two 613 00:32:18,000 --> 00:32:20,360 Speaker 1: who are even gonna win that matchup your speed in 614 00:32:20,400 --> 00:32:23,440 Speaker 1: those counts seasons and that in those close confines, speed 615 00:32:23,480 --> 00:32:25,920 Speaker 1: doesn't matter. It's about power and strength. Not Granted, you 616 00:32:25,920 --> 00:32:27,720 Speaker 1: can shoot the gap and you just beat but you 617 00:32:27,720 --> 00:32:29,320 Speaker 1: can only do that so many times until they run 618 00:32:29,360 --> 00:32:30,719 Speaker 1: a trap on you and the next you know, we're 619 00:32:30,720 --> 00:32:33,600 Speaker 1: getting gas for a lot of yards. Right, So I 620 00:32:33,640 --> 00:32:35,280 Speaker 1: think it has to be a combination where you got 621 00:32:35,360 --> 00:32:37,680 Speaker 1: some big guys to take on the heavy work and 622 00:32:37,720 --> 00:32:39,800 Speaker 1: you let these speed guys when they're on the football 623 00:32:39,800 --> 00:32:42,200 Speaker 1: field clean things up. You saw fields do a really 624 00:32:42,200 --> 00:32:44,960 Speaker 1: good job of it in the latter part of season. Yeah, 625 00:32:45,000 --> 00:32:47,040 Speaker 1: and you bring it up like, let them clean up, 626 00:32:47,360 --> 00:32:50,480 Speaker 1: let the let the speedsters make uh you know, dive 627 00:32:50,560 --> 00:32:52,760 Speaker 1: in and make the plays there at the very end, 628 00:32:53,080 --> 00:32:55,480 Speaker 1: while the big guys take care of the big guys. 629 00:32:56,080 --> 00:32:59,560 Speaker 1: Essentially talking with Brown's radio network analyst Gerard Cherry, also 630 00:33:00,200 --> 00:33:02,120 Speaker 1: of the Next Level with him at Golden coming up 631 00:33:02,200 --> 00:33:05,200 Speaker 1: right after this show on eight fift ESPN Cleveland. All Right, 632 00:33:05,440 --> 00:33:07,800 Speaker 1: I saw your question on Twitter. I hopefully am not 633 00:33:07,840 --> 00:33:12,640 Speaker 1: taking your show prep for three o'clock. Uh, you had 634 00:33:12,880 --> 00:33:15,560 Speaker 1: tweeted this out. Makes me wonder, is it best to 635 00:33:15,560 --> 00:33:19,840 Speaker 1: go first or last when interviewing for a job. What 636 00:33:19,880 --> 00:33:24,920 Speaker 1: do you think about that, given, given the given the situation. 637 00:33:24,960 --> 00:33:28,360 Speaker 1: Obviously the situation is Schwartz went first here, But is 638 00:33:28,400 --> 00:33:31,200 Speaker 1: that always necessarily a good thing? And That's where I 639 00:33:31,240 --> 00:33:33,520 Speaker 1: was stuck at because I'm of the mindset that if 640 00:33:33,560 --> 00:33:36,160 Speaker 1: I'm last. Now you can also say, if I'm first, 641 00:33:36,160 --> 00:33:38,560 Speaker 1: I'm the most important and I could set the president. 642 00:33:38,600 --> 00:33:40,400 Speaker 1: But if I'm last and I've just blow them away, 643 00:33:40,440 --> 00:33:42,080 Speaker 1: wouldn't that be the last thing on their mind because 644 00:33:42,080 --> 00:33:44,840 Speaker 1: of recent memory bias that we didn't have. So that's 645 00:33:44,840 --> 00:33:46,880 Speaker 1: what I was thinking. But in this case, obviously that 646 00:33:47,000 --> 00:33:49,440 Speaker 1: was not the case because Swarts was the first to go, 647 00:33:49,560 --> 00:33:52,680 Speaker 1: and he looks like from all accounts being reported, he'll 648 00:33:52,680 --> 00:33:57,320 Speaker 1: be the one to sign. It's an interesting question. I 649 00:33:57,600 --> 00:34:00,400 Speaker 1: don't know. Yeah, it makes you wonder, man, I guess 650 00:34:00,400 --> 00:34:03,120 Speaker 1: you don't want to be in the middle. How about that? Exactly? 651 00:34:03,880 --> 00:34:06,400 Speaker 1: If you're if you're on the late day Friday or 652 00:34:06,440 --> 00:34:09,520 Speaker 1: the late day Thursday, and you're not Tuesday, and you're 653 00:34:09,520 --> 00:34:16,319 Speaker 1: not on Sunday, I don't know. Unfortunately, Yeah, all right, 654 00:34:16,680 --> 00:34:18,319 Speaker 1: I want to get your thoughts. And this is what 655 00:34:18,360 --> 00:34:20,960 Speaker 1: we call one thought, and we do one thought around 656 00:34:20,960 --> 00:34:25,360 Speaker 1: the national one week. No, okay, can you can get crazy? 657 00:34:25,760 --> 00:34:30,080 Speaker 1: All good? Um, so it's one thought from every game 658 00:34:30,160 --> 00:34:34,880 Speaker 1: on Super wild Card weekend. Uh, there is no time 659 00:34:35,320 --> 00:34:37,920 Speaker 1: Zagura makes that point. And by the way, Ziagura's one 660 00:34:37,920 --> 00:34:40,040 Speaker 1: thought usually ends up being three or four by the 661 00:34:40,040 --> 00:34:42,560 Speaker 1: time it's all said and done. So let's get down 662 00:34:42,600 --> 00:34:45,200 Speaker 1: to it. Uh, Paul's get this a little traveling music 663 00:34:45,280 --> 00:34:51,200 Speaker 1: onto this for forty Niners forty one Seahawks twenty three. 664 00:34:51,520 --> 00:34:54,680 Speaker 1: One thought from you on this one. You are witnessing 665 00:34:54,760 --> 00:34:58,879 Speaker 1: the rebirth of Tom Brady. In part You're gonna watch 666 00:35:00,000 --> 00:35:05,640 Speaker 1: Harold Lowly Mr Ill relevant draft pick take a team 667 00:35:06,080 --> 00:35:10,560 Speaker 1: to the Super Bowl and win out the gate. That's 668 00:35:10,600 --> 00:35:15,880 Speaker 1: my one thought, really, really it was. It was crazy 669 00:35:15,920 --> 00:35:18,200 Speaker 1: because I didn't watch a lot of the first half. 670 00:35:18,239 --> 00:35:20,960 Speaker 1: I was in transit meeting up with some friends of ours, 671 00:35:21,719 --> 00:35:25,719 Speaker 1: and all of a sudden, I was like, Seahawks giving 672 00:35:25,760 --> 00:35:29,520 Speaker 1: them a game. Yeah they maybe maybe Perdie is not 673 00:35:29,640 --> 00:35:32,600 Speaker 1: the guy. Maybe maybe maybe Tom is gonna go to 674 00:35:32,640 --> 00:35:35,319 Speaker 1: San France, go to the Bay Area, go home to 675 00:35:35,440 --> 00:35:38,719 Speaker 1: close out the career. I'm not so sure about that. 676 00:35:38,800 --> 00:35:43,240 Speaker 1: And the interesting thing and I saw this, How about Greasy? 677 00:35:43,800 --> 00:35:47,120 Speaker 1: I think it's it's Brian Greasy goes from the Monday 678 00:35:47,239 --> 00:35:50,120 Speaker 1: Night Football booth to the quarterback coach of the forty 679 00:35:50,200 --> 00:35:55,200 Speaker 1: niners first year, No pressure, you gotta go through three quarterbacks, 680 00:35:55,640 --> 00:35:57,680 Speaker 1: and he's handing like a Probably the beautiful thing is 681 00:35:57,719 --> 00:36:00,480 Speaker 1: one he played a position, and he had two of 682 00:36:00,600 --> 00:36:03,920 Speaker 1: your Mike Shanahan as his head coach when he was 683 00:36:03,920 --> 00:36:06,879 Speaker 1: a quarterback. And obviously his dad played at extremely high 684 00:36:06,920 --> 00:36:09,200 Speaker 1: level playing on the perfect football team as well with 685 00:36:09,320 --> 00:36:11,600 Speaker 1: the Dolphins. So if you're and here's the thing with 686 00:36:11,680 --> 00:36:16,400 Speaker 1: coaching Jay, if you know how to teach, and he 687 00:36:16,440 --> 00:36:18,320 Speaker 1: had the role as an analyst for Monday Night Football, 688 00:36:18,320 --> 00:36:20,719 Speaker 1: and obviously he's he's able to convey information to where 689 00:36:20,719 --> 00:36:22,800 Speaker 1: a lot of people can understand and comprehend what he's saying. 690 00:36:23,280 --> 00:36:25,400 Speaker 1: The same premise holds true as a coach. If you 691 00:36:25,400 --> 00:36:28,040 Speaker 1: can teach guys and not just tell him all right, 692 00:36:28,400 --> 00:36:30,320 Speaker 1: you need to do three steps right there as a quarterback, 693 00:36:30,320 --> 00:36:32,280 Speaker 1: need to drew your fifth step and then throw the football, 694 00:36:32,360 --> 00:36:35,360 Speaker 1: but explain the rationale behind it and why it makes sense. 695 00:36:35,640 --> 00:36:37,440 Speaker 1: You can have a situation where a guy who was 696 00:36:37,480 --> 00:36:40,800 Speaker 1: the last person to be picked in last year's NFL Draft. 697 00:36:41,840 --> 00:36:44,040 Speaker 1: Is playing at a high level in the sense that 698 00:36:44,080 --> 00:36:46,800 Speaker 1: he's not making mistakes, he's being cautious with the football, 699 00:36:46,960 --> 00:36:49,439 Speaker 1: he's making plays, and he's doing things that you normally 700 00:36:49,480 --> 00:36:54,800 Speaker 1: wouldn't associate with a rookie quarterback, especially in the playoff scenario. Yeah, 701 00:36:55,200 --> 00:36:58,560 Speaker 1: just impressive all the way around. Forty Niners take care 702 00:36:58,600 --> 00:37:01,879 Speaker 1: of business on the Saturday day night and the debacle here. 703 00:37:02,120 --> 00:37:06,200 Speaker 1: I'm surprised that Brandon Staley still has a job. I 704 00:37:06,200 --> 00:37:08,200 Speaker 1: know the O C and the QB coach got fired, 705 00:37:08,239 --> 00:37:12,360 Speaker 1: which makes no sense to me. Uh yeah, you're telling 706 00:37:12,400 --> 00:37:16,880 Speaker 1: me Jacksonville beats the Chargers. I believe the Chargers. It 707 00:37:16,960 --> 00:37:19,960 Speaker 1: was twenty seven nothing, thirty and nothing something like that. 708 00:37:19,960 --> 00:37:22,360 Speaker 1: I think it's twenty seven nothing. I said thirty earlier 709 00:37:22,680 --> 00:37:27,600 Speaker 1: it was twenty seven nothing, Chargers rolling, and here comes 710 00:37:27,680 --> 00:37:31,680 Speaker 1: Trevor Lawrence. I'm the white horse, dude. One thought from 711 00:37:31,719 --> 00:37:37,520 Speaker 1: you on this one run. It's really that's simple. Run 712 00:37:37,600 --> 00:37:41,840 Speaker 1: the football. This whole idea and of past craziness is 713 00:37:41,920 --> 00:37:44,600 Speaker 1: sometimes when you're up that big, why not do this 714 00:37:44,640 --> 00:37:47,040 Speaker 1: thing called milk the clock? Is it against the law 715 00:37:47,120 --> 00:37:49,960 Speaker 1: to just milk the clock? Because at some point, do 716 00:37:50,000 --> 00:37:52,560 Speaker 1: the math. There's a point to where they're gonna simply 717 00:37:52,560 --> 00:37:56,560 Speaker 1: just run out of possessions. But if you're passing here, there, everywhere, 718 00:37:56,880 --> 00:37:58,800 Speaker 1: then you're gonna give them opportunities to get back in 719 00:37:58,840 --> 00:38:00,920 Speaker 1: the football game simply because us you're not doing the 720 00:38:00,920 --> 00:38:04,480 Speaker 1: thing proper with clock management. So for me, j it's run. 721 00:38:04,640 --> 00:38:07,440 Speaker 1: It's really that simple. You would have a job today 722 00:38:07,840 --> 00:38:10,560 Speaker 1: in l A for the charge of office coordinator if 723 00:38:10,560 --> 00:38:13,200 Speaker 1: you simply ran the football. Now, I can't put all 724 00:38:13,239 --> 00:38:16,680 Speaker 1: the onus on him. Where the defensive coordinator in this scenario, 725 00:38:17,120 --> 00:38:24,160 Speaker 1: you gave up thirty one. I just I don't understand 726 00:38:24,760 --> 00:38:27,719 Speaker 1: for the life of me, what the hell was going 727 00:38:27,800 --> 00:38:31,080 Speaker 1: on on that sideline. Bosa lost his mind. He gets 728 00:38:31,120 --> 00:38:36,200 Speaker 1: like two Unsportsmanlis, I come on, like, what is going 729 00:38:36,239 --> 00:38:38,440 Speaker 1: on ways man? And think about that. He doesn't get 730 00:38:38,480 --> 00:38:41,680 Speaker 1: that last play, they more likely go for it. They 731 00:38:41,680 --> 00:38:43,680 Speaker 1: go for the field goal as opposed to two point conversion. 732 00:38:43,719 --> 00:38:49,280 Speaker 1: You at least have a chance to play in overtime. Yeah, 733 00:38:49,719 --> 00:38:52,160 Speaker 1: I just I didn't. I was literally yelling at the 734 00:38:52,200 --> 00:38:55,520 Speaker 1: TV run the ball, and then they just kept throwing 735 00:38:55,520 --> 00:38:59,319 Speaker 1: the football and they couldn't complete anything. But I get 736 00:38:59,320 --> 00:39:01,719 Speaker 1: it though, because a lot of times coaches fall in 737 00:39:01,760 --> 00:39:04,319 Speaker 1: love with a particular player and they want to promote him. 738 00:39:04,480 --> 00:39:06,080 Speaker 1: I saw it in the Super Bowl. I saw it 739 00:39:06,080 --> 00:39:08,799 Speaker 1: with the Seattle Seahawks and Russell Wilson. There was no 740 00:39:08,840 --> 00:39:10,759 Speaker 1: excuse on the one yard line not to hand the 741 00:39:10,800 --> 00:39:13,439 Speaker 1: ball off to a guy who's outing five or six 742 00:39:13,520 --> 00:39:15,759 Speaker 1: yards of carry and Marshawn Lynch at that point at 743 00:39:15,760 --> 00:39:17,759 Speaker 1: the goal line. But no, you want Russell Wilson to 744 00:39:17,800 --> 00:39:19,720 Speaker 1: be the hero. So what do you do? You pass 745 00:39:19,760 --> 00:39:22,160 Speaker 1: a football. So in this scenario, no, you don't want 746 00:39:22,160 --> 00:39:23,880 Speaker 1: equally to get involved with the running game. So you 747 00:39:23,880 --> 00:39:25,920 Speaker 1: want to make Herbert the start. So you do what 748 00:39:25,960 --> 00:39:30,040 Speaker 1: you keep passing the football. Just do what makes sense. 749 00:39:30,160 --> 00:39:32,960 Speaker 1: And they call it a balance attack for a reason, Jay, 750 00:39:33,280 --> 00:39:35,200 Speaker 1: So if you don't and you have the ability to 751 00:39:35,200 --> 00:39:37,880 Speaker 1: do just there was nothing balanced about what happened with 752 00:39:37,920 --> 00:39:41,239 Speaker 1: the Chargers, with the league. I'm pretty sure the one's 753 00:39:41,280 --> 00:39:45,319 Speaker 1: wrote a book. Paul Brown, Bill Walsh, Bill Belichick, Bill Parcels, 754 00:39:46,719 --> 00:39:49,719 Speaker 1: Bill Cower. He got any more? Bill? Do you need 755 00:39:49,760 --> 00:39:53,279 Speaker 1: to write the I mean, obviously I guess you do, 756 00:39:53,360 --> 00:39:58,560 Speaker 1: But do you really need to? Right? Yeah? Alright, we 757 00:39:58,640 --> 00:40:02,680 Speaker 1: go to Sunday's games because that one befuddled me. Uh this, 758 00:40:03,480 --> 00:40:05,640 Speaker 1: two of these three games were supposed to be blowouts 759 00:40:05,920 --> 00:40:08,520 Speaker 1: and they were anything but. And I have a firm 760 00:40:08,560 --> 00:40:11,000 Speaker 1: belief it is because when you play a team three 761 00:40:11,040 --> 00:40:14,080 Speaker 1: times in the football season and they are in your division, 762 00:40:14,640 --> 00:40:16,960 Speaker 1: you take you better take nothing for granted. And the 763 00:40:17,120 --> 00:40:21,600 Speaker 1: Bills did not look invincible and the Dolphins, you could 764 00:40:21,600 --> 00:40:23,279 Speaker 1: have made an argument, should have come away with that 765 00:40:23,520 --> 00:40:26,520 Speaker 1: w Bills thirty four, Dolphins thirty one. Yeah, I make 766 00:40:26,560 --> 00:40:28,680 Speaker 1: the argument of two of plays they likely win that game. 767 00:40:28,719 --> 00:40:32,520 Speaker 1: You're absolutely right. There's nothing like familiarity when you play 768 00:40:32,560 --> 00:40:34,799 Speaker 1: a team a third time and you just played what 769 00:40:34,840 --> 00:40:36,719 Speaker 1: two or three weeks ago, so you still have a 770 00:40:36,719 --> 00:40:38,799 Speaker 1: sense of who they are right there. And to the 771 00:40:38,840 --> 00:40:42,120 Speaker 1: Dolphins credit, they went to Buffalo in harsh weather conditions 772 00:40:42,239 --> 00:40:44,960 Speaker 1: and almost pulled that one out, so in their mind 773 00:40:45,000 --> 00:40:51,680 Speaker 1: they had reasons to be confident. I just it was crazy. 774 00:40:51,719 --> 00:40:54,279 Speaker 1: And Josh Allen does does not look he can have 775 00:40:54,440 --> 00:40:57,160 Speaker 1: something going on there. He cannot play the way he's playing, 776 00:40:57,480 --> 00:40:59,480 Speaker 1: and you think that they're they're gonna go to the 777 00:40:59,520 --> 00:41:02,359 Speaker 1: super Bowl. I'm sorry, I cannot endorse that they did 778 00:41:02,440 --> 00:41:04,400 Speaker 1: not look like a Super Bowl winning football team the 779 00:41:04,440 --> 00:41:06,319 Speaker 1: way he played, with all the mistakes that he's making. 780 00:41:06,360 --> 00:41:09,640 Speaker 1: But guess what, Jay, you heard me say this about him. 781 00:41:09,760 --> 00:41:17,399 Speaker 1: Every game he gives you what one or two chances? Yeah, good, 782 00:41:17,760 --> 00:41:22,080 Speaker 1: great quarterbacks do that. But well I shouldn't say that. 783 00:41:22,200 --> 00:41:25,160 Speaker 1: Let me take that back st strike that from the 784 00:41:25,160 --> 00:41:30,000 Speaker 1: record counter. You're right, he does get he gives the 785 00:41:30,040 --> 00:41:32,200 Speaker 1: other team chances. I know where you were going there, 786 00:41:33,160 --> 00:41:37,399 Speaker 1: and I just I don't. I don't understand it. It's 787 00:41:37,520 --> 00:41:41,520 Speaker 1: like he had one interception in the postseason going into Sunday, 788 00:41:41,719 --> 00:41:45,120 Speaker 1: three picks later, they barely escape with a win, and 789 00:41:45,280 --> 00:41:48,480 Speaker 1: it will not get any easier going forward. Uh. The 790 00:41:48,520 --> 00:41:51,920 Speaker 1: middle game on Sunday, Giants thirty one, Vikings twenty four. 791 00:41:52,120 --> 00:41:54,879 Speaker 1: I had this one accurately called all week. I had 792 00:41:54,920 --> 00:41:58,239 Speaker 1: no faith in the Minnesota Viking reason to have it right? Yeah, 793 00:41:58,320 --> 00:42:00,480 Speaker 1: can someone explain to me what the play call was 794 00:42:00,520 --> 00:42:05,439 Speaker 1: on fourth and eight that I actually heard the head 795 00:42:05,440 --> 00:42:08,160 Speaker 1: coach McDonald explain it, and he said something to the 796 00:42:08,160 --> 00:42:11,520 Speaker 1: effect that they sent guys vertical and they wanted to 797 00:42:11,560 --> 00:42:16,600 Speaker 1: tie end to come underneath. Okay, now I don't, I don't, 798 00:42:16,640 --> 00:42:18,360 Speaker 1: I don't haven't seen all tween two because I'm not 799 00:42:18,400 --> 00:42:21,200 Speaker 1: sure if the Giants blitz or anything like that, but 800 00:42:21,239 --> 00:42:23,759 Speaker 1: I know that pass rush was causing havoc. Why not 801 00:42:23,800 --> 00:42:25,360 Speaker 1: have the guy just simply run to the sticks and 802 00:42:25,360 --> 00:42:29,600 Speaker 1: turn around. Why do a shallow cross on on that situation, 803 00:42:29,680 --> 00:42:31,080 Speaker 1: especially with a tied end. If you're gonna do a 804 00:42:31,120 --> 00:42:33,480 Speaker 1: shallow cross put in the hands of receiver, who can 805 00:42:33,520 --> 00:42:38,400 Speaker 1: more unlikely elude someone? Right? Correct? I thought that was 806 00:42:38,440 --> 00:42:41,680 Speaker 1: a play call from the O N sixteen Cleveland Brown season, 807 00:42:43,000 --> 00:42:46,040 Speaker 1: like you need eight and you get five. You need ten, 808 00:42:46,600 --> 00:42:54,160 Speaker 1: you get five. That's what I felt like, exactly, you 809 00:42:54,200 --> 00:42:59,279 Speaker 1: get minus seven. Yeah, I just I did not understand it, 810 00:42:59,560 --> 00:43:02,200 Speaker 1: and I said it earlier. Daniel Jones keeps playing like 811 00:43:02,200 --> 00:43:05,399 Speaker 1: that he's gonna get paid. Well, that's that's great. I'm 812 00:43:05,400 --> 00:43:08,560 Speaker 1: glad you brought that up because it is clear that 813 00:43:08,640 --> 00:43:11,920 Speaker 1: coaching has helped his cause. So if I'm Daniel Jones, 814 00:43:11,960 --> 00:43:14,680 Speaker 1: I won't go too crazy with contract demands because you're 815 00:43:14,680 --> 00:43:19,520 Speaker 1: definitely not in the Aaron Rodgers Deshaun Watson to ten, 816 00:43:19,680 --> 00:43:21,560 Speaker 1: I feel like, but he's playing like one right now. 817 00:43:21,640 --> 00:43:24,000 Speaker 1: Jay last, but he's been the best quarterback in the game. 818 00:43:24,960 --> 00:43:27,719 Speaker 1: So if I were him, I would one, yeah, asked 819 00:43:27,760 --> 00:43:31,239 Speaker 1: forty million, But don't go crazy because I think they 820 00:43:31,280 --> 00:43:33,200 Speaker 1: will resign you for that because you are playing to 821 00:43:33,239 --> 00:43:35,839 Speaker 1: that caliber and looked at that second contract or third 822 00:43:35,920 --> 00:43:39,480 Speaker 1: rather in this case, to break the bank up. Next 823 00:43:39,680 --> 00:43:43,839 Speaker 1: Sunday Night Foodsball Bengals four Ravens seventeen. I don't know 824 00:43:43,880 --> 00:43:47,759 Speaker 1: what's going on in Baltimore. Lamar Jackson's not playing. You 825 00:43:47,880 --> 00:43:51,840 Speaker 1: got players turning on players, although they all seem to 826 00:43:51,840 --> 00:43:56,520 Speaker 1: be like re signed Lamar. But Lamar, we sure about 827 00:43:56,560 --> 00:43:58,960 Speaker 1: that because the guy hasn't played in December and now 828 00:43:59,040 --> 00:44:01,480 Speaker 1: three in two reasons. I'm sure about it because he's 829 00:44:01,480 --> 00:44:04,480 Speaker 1: trying to get his payola. It's really that simple, Jay. 830 00:44:04,719 --> 00:44:06,719 Speaker 1: You did you read the cryptic tweet if you will 831 00:44:06,760 --> 00:44:10,640 Speaker 1: that he put out today? Yes, I saw, I loved it. 832 00:44:10,680 --> 00:44:14,239 Speaker 1: But you know what that helps her cause you want 833 00:44:14,280 --> 00:44:16,799 Speaker 1: them to have a disgrunt on Lamar Jackson. You want 834 00:44:16,840 --> 00:44:18,400 Speaker 1: them to have a Lamar who does not think that 835 00:44:18,440 --> 00:44:20,520 Speaker 1: they have his best interest at heart and they don't 836 00:44:20,520 --> 00:44:23,239 Speaker 1: appreciate what he brings to the table though his teammates do. 837 00:44:23,440 --> 00:44:25,200 Speaker 1: Because that's the type of deal where I was saying 838 00:44:25,200 --> 00:44:27,800 Speaker 1: to myself, why in the world. Considering what's going on 839 00:44:27,960 --> 00:44:30,799 Speaker 1: Lamar Jackson, You guys would smack him in the face 840 00:44:31,160 --> 00:44:34,359 Speaker 1: by giving Smith a hundred million dollars and making him 841 00:44:34,400 --> 00:44:36,920 Speaker 1: the highest paid linebacker when you're unwilling to make him 842 00:44:36,920 --> 00:44:39,720 Speaker 1: on the highest paid quarterbacks. What are what's the logic 843 00:44:39,760 --> 00:44:42,120 Speaker 1: in that? Why would you do that and think that 844 00:44:42,160 --> 00:44:44,719 Speaker 1: he's gonna have the mindset that, Hey, these guys are 845 00:44:44,719 --> 00:44:46,680 Speaker 1: on board with me, these guys have love for me, 846 00:44:46,719 --> 00:44:50,000 Speaker 1: these guys appreciate me. You did the exact opposite. Sometimes 847 00:44:50,000 --> 00:44:53,120 Speaker 1: when you sign people could be a bad move for 848 00:44:53,160 --> 00:44:55,600 Speaker 1: your football team from around standpoint, because the worst thing 849 00:44:55,600 --> 00:44:57,319 Speaker 1: you can have dudes thinking Jay and the course of 850 00:44:57,320 --> 00:45:00,400 Speaker 1: the season is about money as opposed to playing football games. 851 00:45:00,480 --> 00:45:02,640 Speaker 1: And I think Lamar made a business decision when you 852 00:45:02,680 --> 00:45:05,040 Speaker 1: saw you still couldn't win without him. And two he 853 00:45:05,080 --> 00:45:07,160 Speaker 1: was able to send the Ravens a message once again 854 00:45:07,600 --> 00:45:12,200 Speaker 1: that you need me more than I need you. I 855 00:45:12,320 --> 00:45:15,480 Speaker 1: just I look at that and I go, well, I mean, 856 00:45:15,520 --> 00:45:18,400 Speaker 1: maybe they tried, and the problem is maybe Lamar getting 857 00:45:18,440 --> 00:45:21,480 Speaker 1: in his own way as his own aging. I don't know, 858 00:45:21,719 --> 00:45:25,080 Speaker 1: dor Man, he ruled himself out. I thought that was amazing. 859 00:45:25,520 --> 00:45:28,600 Speaker 1: I didn't. I don't know what he's thinking there. I 860 00:45:28,680 --> 00:45:32,160 Speaker 1: really don't. Look I ain't playing today, by the way, 861 00:45:32,160 --> 00:45:34,080 Speaker 1: I had given ro Kuan Smith the money. I think 862 00:45:34,280 --> 00:45:39,080 Speaker 1: Kuan Smith's a hell of a foot. He only plays 863 00:45:39,080 --> 00:45:43,319 Speaker 1: the most important position in the game. He does play 864 00:45:43,360 --> 00:45:46,040 Speaker 1: the most important position in the game. But if, if, 865 00:45:46,160 --> 00:45:50,239 Speaker 1: if we can only assume, but I would guess that 866 00:45:50,360 --> 00:45:54,000 Speaker 1: Lamar Jackson wants like a fully guaranteed contract, and Baltimore 867 00:45:54,080 --> 00:45:56,960 Speaker 1: is not going to do that, nor should they give him. 868 00:45:57,000 --> 00:45:59,640 Speaker 1: The fact that he's missed at least four or five 869 00:45:59,680 --> 00:46:01,880 Speaker 1: games for the last two year, you're gonna continue to miss, Well, 870 00:46:01,880 --> 00:46:04,480 Speaker 1: they're gonna pay him fifty million dollars next year, about 871 00:46:04,760 --> 00:46:10,480 Speaker 1: million they're going to trade him if they'll have a taker, 872 00:46:10,760 --> 00:46:12,520 Speaker 1: I'm sure they will, and they'll be happy. Whoever it 873 00:46:12,600 --> 00:46:16,000 Speaker 1: is that taker will be happy to pay him. Maybe 874 00:46:16,640 --> 00:46:20,200 Speaker 1: I see it happening regards He's gonna at least make 875 00:46:20,239 --> 00:46:23,800 Speaker 1: forty seven million dollars next year. Again, it helps our cause. 876 00:46:24,640 --> 00:46:27,160 Speaker 1: Get him out of the division. With that, get him 877 00:46:27,160 --> 00:46:30,319 Speaker 1: out of the a f C. Police. If he's gonna 878 00:46:30,320 --> 00:46:35,120 Speaker 1: go somewhere, don't be surprised it's not Miami. Right now, 879 00:46:36,200 --> 00:46:43,040 Speaker 1: that will be ugly. No thank you, no, thank you? Yeah, 880 00:46:43,120 --> 00:46:45,640 Speaker 1: final one. I don't know what's going on with your 881 00:46:45,680 --> 00:46:49,640 Speaker 1: guy down in Tampa. But Cowboys thirty one, Buccaneers fourteen. 882 00:46:50,200 --> 00:46:52,239 Speaker 1: How Tom, it's my pleasure to defend you on this 883 00:46:52,400 --> 00:46:54,600 Speaker 1: day after you a major loss in which you played 884 00:46:55,160 --> 00:46:57,880 Speaker 1: bad and you did things that were totally uncharacteristic of 885 00:46:57,920 --> 00:47:00,080 Speaker 1: how you approach and played the game of football. But 886 00:47:00,160 --> 00:47:02,879 Speaker 1: that's okay. One in their forties can have a bad 887 00:47:02,920 --> 00:47:05,600 Speaker 1: game here and there. And the season for them was 888 00:47:05,640 --> 00:47:08,200 Speaker 1: tumultuous to begin with, and a personal level obviously was 889 00:47:08,360 --> 00:47:10,440 Speaker 1: rough for him. And this is how that team played 890 00:47:10,480 --> 00:47:13,760 Speaker 1: overall was rough for him. And I was not impressive 891 00:47:13,800 --> 00:47:15,040 Speaker 1: what I saw. But I'm not one of these people 892 00:47:15,040 --> 00:47:17,440 Speaker 1: saying retired, time you need to retire. I think he 893 00:47:17,480 --> 00:47:20,279 Speaker 1: has one more in them. The man through have four 894 00:47:20,800 --> 00:47:25,000 Speaker 1: what ninety completions or some crazy number like that. At 895 00:47:25,040 --> 00:47:27,120 Speaker 1: one point last night, I saw you throwing like fifty 896 00:47:27,200 --> 00:47:32,600 Speaker 1: six passes. That's too much. I'm like, thank you, that's 897 00:47:32,640 --> 00:47:36,319 Speaker 1: too much. Too much. Where's a balance, Where's a running game? 898 00:47:36,680 --> 00:47:40,120 Speaker 1: Where are then the defense was to no helping because, 899 00:47:40,200 --> 00:47:42,960 Speaker 1: let's be Frank did not the Cowboys do what they 900 00:47:42,960 --> 00:47:44,440 Speaker 1: wanted to do on offense. I mean, other than the 901 00:47:44,480 --> 00:47:46,520 Speaker 1: first two drives of the game. After that was it 902 00:47:46,560 --> 00:47:51,400 Speaker 1: was smooth sailing for Dak Prescott and company. I just 903 00:47:51,560 --> 00:47:54,200 Speaker 1: like you ran the fault Leonard four net five carries 904 00:47:54,239 --> 00:47:57,400 Speaker 1: for eleven yards. No commitment to it. Pass pass pass too. 905 00:47:57,440 --> 00:48:01,040 Speaker 1: Depended upon Tom Brady's greatness as he needs said I've 906 00:48:01,080 --> 00:48:05,480 Speaker 1: always said this, he needs help now. Granted ten years ago, 907 00:48:08,600 --> 00:48:10,080 Speaker 1: years ago, when he was like when he put up 908 00:48:10,080 --> 00:48:13,040 Speaker 1: those historic numbers with Randy mosson Crew, Yeah, he was 909 00:48:13,040 --> 00:48:15,440 Speaker 1: putting up crazy numbers. But I think at this point 910 00:48:15,560 --> 00:48:18,040 Speaker 1: balance again, it goes back to what we said about 911 00:48:18,080 --> 00:48:22,279 Speaker 1: the Chargers game. Balance. You need balance. Ultimate life is 912 00:48:22,280 --> 00:48:26,080 Speaker 1: about balance. That's my tip for the day. I just 913 00:48:26,239 --> 00:48:27,880 Speaker 1: I don't where does he end up a year from 914 00:48:27,920 --> 00:48:35,759 Speaker 1: now with Tampa's Gonda in Tempo one. I mean, we 915 00:48:35,800 --> 00:48:38,400 Speaker 1: could make the argument the Raiders would make some sense 916 00:48:38,400 --> 00:48:41,560 Speaker 1: because of the relationship with McDaniel and they need a quarterback, 917 00:48:42,160 --> 00:48:43,920 Speaker 1: so I can see that. But then I say, okay, 918 00:48:43,960 --> 00:48:47,000 Speaker 1: well that's the case. What about your family situation, Because 919 00:48:47,160 --> 00:48:50,000 Speaker 1: everyone knows his family situation that his kids and his 920 00:48:50,040 --> 00:48:53,239 Speaker 1: wife live on the East coast, and obviously Vegas is 921 00:48:53,280 --> 00:48:55,960 Speaker 1: on on the East coast, on the West coast, if 922 00:48:55,960 --> 00:48:59,799 Speaker 1: you will, so I don't I see Tampa being the spot. 923 00:48:59,840 --> 00:49:02,360 Speaker 1: But here's the thing with Tampa. I think the team 924 00:49:02,680 --> 00:49:05,399 Speaker 1: in general just don't have that drive that you see 925 00:49:05,400 --> 00:49:08,120 Speaker 1: you have a championship caliber team. They look disinterested in 926 00:49:08,120 --> 00:49:10,759 Speaker 1: the whole season. But it's definitely his easiest path back 927 00:49:10,760 --> 00:49:12,960 Speaker 1: to the playoffs because we gotta assume that the NFC 928 00:49:13,040 --> 00:49:16,120 Speaker 1: South will be lackluster once again, though we said that 929 00:49:16,120 --> 00:49:20,040 Speaker 1: about the East, they're pretty damn good this year. Yeah. Again, 930 00:49:20,160 --> 00:49:23,000 Speaker 1: I'm seeing some reports that Byron Leftwich is gonna be 931 00:49:23,000 --> 00:49:26,200 Speaker 1: out as OC. I think that's I think that's him 932 00:49:26,200 --> 00:49:28,120 Speaker 1: getting a raw deal because a year ago he was 933 00:49:28,200 --> 00:49:32,160 Speaker 1: one of the hottest coaching candidates out there. Huh. And 934 00:49:32,320 --> 00:49:37,160 Speaker 1: I just I wonder, I'm not so sure Bruce Harrians 935 00:49:37,200 --> 00:49:40,400 Speaker 1: promoted the right guy to coach that football team. Sometimes 936 00:49:40,400 --> 00:49:42,680 Speaker 1: you're better as a coordinator than a head coach. Yeah, 937 00:49:43,000 --> 00:49:44,880 Speaker 1: sometimes you are. Sometimes you know that you don't know 938 00:49:44,880 --> 00:49:49,799 Speaker 1: where you stand. Yeah, And I just I'm I'm that's 939 00:49:49,800 --> 00:49:52,720 Speaker 1: a fascinating one. Like we didn't think we'd have another 940 00:49:52,800 --> 00:49:57,160 Speaker 1: quarterback roulette after last season. I think it's shaping up 941 00:49:57,200 --> 00:50:01,399 Speaker 1: with Brady Lamar, Jimmy Garoppolo, trade lance. What a forty 942 00:50:01,440 --> 00:50:04,120 Speaker 1: nine is gonna do with trade lance? Like, I think 943 00:50:04,120 --> 00:50:07,040 Speaker 1: there's a lot of them here. Let's get healthy. You 944 00:50:07,080 --> 00:50:09,640 Speaker 1: got the fort nine is are notorious for back in 945 00:50:09,680 --> 00:50:12,080 Speaker 1: the day j of having multiple great quarterbacks. I could 946 00:50:12,080 --> 00:50:14,680 Speaker 1: tell you at one point in time they had Joe Montana, 947 00:50:15,160 --> 00:50:17,960 Speaker 1: Steve Young, and Steve Bono in a rocket. I was 948 00:50:18,080 --> 00:50:21,279 Speaker 1: just gonna say, Steve Bono. Steve Bono went fifteen and 949 00:50:21,360 --> 00:50:23,000 Speaker 1: one one season for the Chiefs. Did you know that? 950 00:50:24,080 --> 00:50:26,200 Speaker 1: I did not know that fourteen and two something crazy 951 00:50:26,280 --> 00:50:32,120 Speaker 1: like that. I love Steve Bono. They literally had they 952 00:50:32,120 --> 00:50:34,759 Speaker 1: recognize the importance of the position long before anybody else 953 00:50:34,840 --> 00:50:39,600 Speaker 1: doubt about it. Gerade Cherry, I appreciate your time, my friends. Uh, 954 00:50:39,640 --> 00:50:41,480 Speaker 1: what's coming up today on your show at three o'clock? 955 00:50:41,920 --> 00:50:44,880 Speaker 1: Let me see? Yeah, we got back. Is he causing 956 00:50:44,920 --> 00:50:47,399 Speaker 1: trouble now? Climb Mac is back and we have Joe 957 00:50:47,440 --> 00:50:53,600 Speaker 1: Batonio in the house from Florida. Yeah, that's seven. Obviously 958 00:50:53,600 --> 00:50:56,839 Speaker 1: we'll talk Brown's deef as a coordinator and what that 959 00:50:57,040 --> 00:50:59,200 Speaker 1: entails if it is sports, if he is the man, which, 960 00:50:59,239 --> 00:51:01,279 Speaker 1: like you said before, you've got multi people going out 961 00:51:01,280 --> 00:51:04,399 Speaker 1: there on a limb report. Yeah, it's gonna happen. Yeah, 962 00:51:04,440 --> 00:51:06,719 Speaker 1: I would think. So, it's only a matter of time. Uh, 963 00:51:07,000 --> 00:51:11,040 Speaker 1: get some downtime, my friends. We'll talk soon. Appreciate your time. Actually, 964 00:51:11,040 --> 00:51:16,160 Speaker 1: you're you're with on Thursday. Yeah, this Thursday, This Thursday. 965 00:51:16,160 --> 00:51:19,120 Speaker 1: I'm glad I know my dates. I'm glad you did too, 966 00:51:19,800 --> 00:51:23,280 Speaker 1: because after tomorrow at about one thirty, I will definitely 967 00:51:23,360 --> 00:51:27,239 Speaker 1: not appreciate the time, buddy, And we'll talk soon. All right, 968 00:51:27,480 --> 00:51:30,200 Speaker 1: take your gibby. All right, that's Gerard Cherry Brown's radio 969 00:51:30,239 --> 00:51:32,279 Speaker 1: network analyst. Will take a quick time out when we 970 00:51:32,320 --> 00:51:35,919 Speaker 1: come back. The parade of stars continues. Nick Shook from 971 00:51:36,120 --> 00:51:38,640 Speaker 1: NFL dot Com and the NFL Network joins us, you're 972 00:51:38,680 --> 00:51:41,080 Speaker 1: listening to Cleveland Brown's Daily brought to you by Baally Bet. 973 00:51:41,120 --> 00:51:55,560 Speaker 1: Coming soon to Ohio on eight fifty ESPN Cleveland Cleveland 974 00:51:55,560 --> 00:51:58,319 Speaker 1: Brown's Daily brought to you by Ballly Bet. Coming soon 975 00:51:58,400 --> 00:52:07,360 Speaker 1: to Ohio. On eighth of the ESPN Cleveland. Our two 976 00:52:07,600 --> 00:52:10,600 Speaker 1: of Cleveland Browns Daily, brought to you by Belly Pett 977 00:52:10,680 --> 00:52:14,480 Speaker 1: Coming soon to Ohio. I'm Jason Gibbs. Sigura's in a plane. 978 00:52:14,480 --> 00:52:18,120 Speaker 1: He's on his way to his assignment. Bishop feel better, 979 00:52:18,640 --> 00:52:21,520 Speaker 1: especially because twenty four hours from now, I will be 980 00:52:21,560 --> 00:52:23,880 Speaker 1: on assignment for the rest of the week. And frankly, 981 00:52:24,280 --> 00:52:27,160 Speaker 1: I need you here, buddy. But I hope he feels better. 982 00:52:27,200 --> 00:52:29,520 Speaker 1: He's had a rough weekend and I mean we could 983 00:52:29,520 --> 00:52:33,640 Speaker 1: truly blame it on Bootsy. Uh. So uh, I feel better, 984 00:52:33,680 --> 00:52:37,280 Speaker 1: my friend, appreciate gerag Erry joining us. Uh. Anthony Poisel 985 00:52:37,400 --> 00:52:39,719 Speaker 1: will join us at the bottom of the hour. Right now, though, 986 00:52:39,760 --> 00:52:43,040 Speaker 1: to the hot line we go. It is the Twisted 987 00:52:43,080 --> 00:52:45,359 Speaker 1: Tea Hotline, brought to you by Twisted Tea, hard Ied 988 00:52:45,360 --> 00:52:48,200 Speaker 1: Tea and official sponsor of the Cleveland Browns. Keep it 989 00:52:48,239 --> 00:52:55,360 Speaker 1: Twisted Cleveland NFL network guru. One of our great friends, um, 990 00:52:55,400 --> 00:52:59,160 Speaker 1: maybe my best friend during the combine week, the great 991 00:52:59,280 --> 00:53:02,480 Speaker 1: Nick Shook, joins us on the Twisted t Hotline. Greetings, 992 00:53:02,520 --> 00:53:05,040 Speaker 1: my friend, I hope you are resting your liver in 993 00:53:05,080 --> 00:53:07,799 Speaker 1: preparation for what's coming in the next month and a half. 994 00:53:09,400 --> 00:53:10,799 Speaker 1: I mean, we've still got to get through the super 995 00:53:10,840 --> 00:53:13,319 Speaker 1: Bowl before we get there. I'm not going to the 996 00:53:13,400 --> 00:53:17,000 Speaker 1: Super Bowl. I don't know. Are you going? Oh? Yeah? 997 00:53:17,040 --> 00:53:19,360 Speaker 1: I'll be there, all right, Are you there for like 998 00:53:19,400 --> 00:53:24,319 Speaker 1: the full two weeks, about eight days going the what 999 00:53:24,520 --> 00:53:26,040 Speaker 1: used to be the Pro Bowl it is now the 1000 00:53:26,080 --> 00:53:29,560 Speaker 1: Flag Football Game in Vegas. Uh. In fact, few years ago, 1001 00:53:29,800 --> 00:53:32,239 Speaker 1: I used to go from Orlando when it was out 1002 00:53:32,280 --> 00:53:35,399 Speaker 1: there directly well actually home for a little bit, as 1003 00:53:35,400 --> 00:53:37,799 Speaker 1: you know, Cleveland, and then right back to the Super 1004 00:53:37,880 --> 00:53:40,879 Speaker 1: Bowls site. So you know we're in for around here, 1005 00:53:40,920 --> 00:53:43,279 Speaker 1: my friend. But don't worry. I'll be uh, I'll be 1006 00:53:43,320 --> 00:53:46,640 Speaker 1: in in great shape. I was gonna say, you're gonna 1007 00:53:46,680 --> 00:53:49,400 Speaker 1: be in prime shape. I'm the one that is not worried. 1008 00:53:50,560 --> 00:53:53,400 Speaker 1: I mean, eight days in Arizona. That leads to a 1009 00:53:53,440 --> 00:53:59,120 Speaker 1: whole host of issues. Like all positive is it's you? 1010 00:54:02,800 --> 00:54:05,400 Speaker 1: I want to we'll talk about wild card weekend and 1011 00:54:05,440 --> 00:54:08,239 Speaker 1: the divisional stuff here in just a minute. But obviously 1012 00:54:08,360 --> 00:54:10,880 Speaker 1: the news of the day, the reports out there, nothing 1013 00:54:10,880 --> 00:54:14,000 Speaker 1: official from the team yet, but the reports out there 1014 00:54:14,719 --> 00:54:17,239 Speaker 1: that the Browns do have a new defensive coordinator. His 1015 00:54:17,320 --> 00:54:20,920 Speaker 1: name is Jim Schwartz. He has quite an impressive history 1016 00:54:21,440 --> 00:54:24,520 Speaker 1: in the National Football League, especially coaching defense. Is wanted 1017 00:54:24,560 --> 00:54:28,320 Speaker 1: to get a few thoughts from you on the Browns 1018 00:54:28,360 --> 00:54:32,759 Speaker 1: reportedly new defensive coordinator. Well, I think it's a great 1019 00:54:32,800 --> 00:54:36,040 Speaker 1: higher for the Browns. Um. I was a little bit 1020 00:54:36,120 --> 00:54:39,640 Speaker 1: concerned that they might try to go young again with 1021 00:54:39,360 --> 00:54:42,440 Speaker 1: a different candidate who was not Jim Schwartz, but I 1022 00:54:42,440 --> 00:54:45,160 Speaker 1: think that this is really the situation that they're in 1023 00:54:45,239 --> 00:54:47,200 Speaker 1: right now, is they need veteran experience and they needed 1024 00:54:47,280 --> 00:54:50,200 Speaker 1: a proven defensive coordinator. Now, you know, Schwartz has spent 1025 00:54:50,440 --> 00:54:53,680 Speaker 1: his recent years with Titans as as a senior defensive assistant. 1026 00:54:53,719 --> 00:54:55,600 Speaker 1: But this is a guy who's built a reputation for 1027 00:54:55,640 --> 00:54:57,600 Speaker 1: being an excellent defensive coordinator so much that he was 1028 00:54:57,640 --> 00:54:59,840 Speaker 1: a head coach at one time of the Lions, and 1029 00:55:00,000 --> 00:55:02,120 Speaker 1: and folks in Detroit would probably say that maybe he 1030 00:55:02,160 --> 00:55:04,600 Speaker 1: didn't deserve because fired, much like Jim Caldwell probably didn't 1031 00:55:04,600 --> 00:55:06,960 Speaker 1: deserve you get fired back then as well. So he's 1032 00:55:07,000 --> 00:55:08,680 Speaker 1: been a solid coach for the majority of his career. 1033 00:55:08,719 --> 00:55:11,920 Speaker 1: He's helped Um kind of lead a bit of a 1034 00:55:12,000 --> 00:55:14,360 Speaker 1: charge when it comes to the focused on pass rush 1035 00:55:14,760 --> 00:55:18,000 Speaker 1: and specifically in his use of wide nine alignments. UM, 1036 00:55:18,239 --> 00:55:20,080 Speaker 1: and I think that's would be great for Miles Garrett 1037 00:55:20,440 --> 00:55:22,320 Speaker 1: uh and his ability to kind of get him in 1038 00:55:22,600 --> 00:55:25,520 Speaker 1: one on one matchups where you know, his athleticism is 1039 00:55:25,520 --> 00:55:27,520 Speaker 1: really gonna thrive. And I think most importantly based on 1040 00:55:27,520 --> 00:55:30,879 Speaker 1: the weakness of the Browns this season in particular, there's 1041 00:55:30,880 --> 00:55:33,040 Speaker 1: gonna be a focus on the defensive interior, which there 1042 00:55:33,160 --> 00:55:35,480 Speaker 1: was not in the last couple of years. Kind of 1043 00:55:35,480 --> 00:55:37,399 Speaker 1: trusting the young guys to figure it out and get 1044 00:55:37,400 --> 00:55:40,160 Speaker 1: it done, and realizing how Sinney were it's position, especially 1045 00:55:40,200 --> 00:55:41,600 Speaker 1: when he came to try and to stop the run 1046 00:55:42,280 --> 00:55:45,800 Speaker 1: in some key moments, uh in in the season, especially 1047 00:55:45,840 --> 00:55:47,279 Speaker 1: late in the in the second half of the season, 1048 00:55:47,320 --> 00:55:49,640 Speaker 1: we needed to stop the run and you weren't able to. 1049 00:55:49,800 --> 00:55:52,319 Speaker 1: And it's also a reunion of Storts. Anybody who's ever 1050 00:55:52,320 --> 00:55:55,920 Speaker 1: watched Cleveland ninety five, the Football Life Cleveland plug for 1051 00:55:55,920 --> 00:55:59,080 Speaker 1: our content on NFL Network, you will know that Schwartz 1052 00:55:59,120 --> 00:56:01,920 Speaker 1: was one of the uh the Slappies as they called 1053 00:56:01,920 --> 00:56:05,040 Speaker 1: them under Bill Belichick. You know, that was a huge group. 1054 00:56:05,080 --> 00:56:07,920 Speaker 1: You know, you had Thomas Dimitroff, you had Still Savage, 1055 00:56:08,560 --> 00:56:10,759 Speaker 1: Eric Me and Jeanie. Schwartz was another one of those 1056 00:56:10,800 --> 00:56:13,680 Speaker 1: many many that ended up, you know, moving on to 1057 00:56:13,960 --> 00:56:15,920 Speaker 1: bigger and better things in the NFL. So as you're 1058 00:56:15,920 --> 00:56:18,040 Speaker 1: trying to Cleveland, where he was eventually nothing more than 1059 00:56:18,080 --> 00:56:21,200 Speaker 1: a glorified intern, and now he'll be the defensive coordinator 1060 00:56:21,320 --> 00:56:24,120 Speaker 1: tasked with taking a team that has talent but needs 1061 00:56:24,160 --> 00:56:27,400 Speaker 1: to be more more organized, I think, in more discipline 1062 00:56:27,400 --> 00:56:28,840 Speaker 1: than they were. They were just too out of sorts 1063 00:56:28,920 --> 00:56:31,120 Speaker 1: this season, and we know how that contributed to their 1064 00:56:31,160 --> 00:56:35,240 Speaker 1: overall record. Indeed, Nick Shock joins us from the NFL Network. 1065 00:56:35,360 --> 00:56:39,320 Speaker 1: You can read him on NFL dot com that that's 1066 00:56:39,400 --> 00:56:42,480 Speaker 1: you mentioned the inside of this defense. That's a position 1067 00:56:42,520 --> 00:56:45,000 Speaker 1: I'm watching now if Jim Schwartz is indeed our new 1068 00:56:45,040 --> 00:56:50,680 Speaker 1: defensive coordinator. The other is the what Jim Schwartz's philosophy 1069 00:56:50,800 --> 00:56:53,120 Speaker 1: is and how it meshes with the front office as 1070 00:56:53,160 --> 00:56:57,239 Speaker 1: it pertains to linebacker, because let's be honest, linebackers were 1071 00:56:57,320 --> 00:56:59,800 Speaker 1: light and fast, and at some point in the NFL 1072 00:57:00,040 --> 00:57:01,880 Speaker 1: you've got to have a couple of thumpers, as we 1073 00:57:02,680 --> 00:57:05,200 Speaker 1: uh showed at late in the year with some of 1074 00:57:05,239 --> 00:57:08,040 Speaker 1: the guys that we brought in that had success. What 1075 00:57:08,160 --> 00:57:10,120 Speaker 1: type of linebacker are we going to see here in 1076 00:57:10,160 --> 00:57:14,000 Speaker 1: addition to those defensive tackles. Yeah, I was super surprised, 1077 00:57:14,000 --> 00:57:15,200 Speaker 1: and I was kind of just looking back in this 1078 00:57:15,239 --> 00:57:17,640 Speaker 1: past season to see Reggie Raglan show up and make 1079 00:57:17,680 --> 00:57:19,640 Speaker 1: a difference pretty quickly. I mean, this is a guy 1080 00:57:19,680 --> 00:57:22,160 Speaker 1: that's kind of bounced around the league, was a highly 1081 00:57:22,160 --> 00:57:24,880 Speaker 1: tied prospect coming out of college. But uh, to see 1082 00:57:24,920 --> 00:57:26,880 Speaker 1: him make a difference like that, it was I was 1083 00:57:26,880 --> 00:57:30,320 Speaker 1: pretty impressed Dion Jones beginning season acquisition. You know, he 1084 00:57:30,360 --> 00:57:32,720 Speaker 1: had some key plays. There were some other games where 1085 00:57:32,720 --> 00:57:35,640 Speaker 1: he wasn't so great. You really missed Anthony Walker, and 1086 00:57:35,680 --> 00:57:38,280 Speaker 1: I think that going forward, you've got at least one 1087 00:57:38,280 --> 00:57:40,480 Speaker 1: guy you know you can count on in j Okay 1088 00:57:40,640 --> 00:57:42,480 Speaker 1: like that's he's going to be a key part of 1089 00:57:42,520 --> 00:57:44,720 Speaker 1: your franchise moving forward. I think you can see a 1090 00:57:44,760 --> 00:57:47,240 Speaker 1: decent amount of turnover with the rest of this group, 1091 00:57:47,680 --> 00:57:49,720 Speaker 1: just based on the fact that a lot of them 1092 00:57:49,760 --> 00:57:51,720 Speaker 1: have not put on, you know, put together a full 1093 00:57:51,760 --> 00:57:55,200 Speaker 1: season of effective play. So I don't know if it's 1094 00:57:55,200 --> 00:57:57,400 Speaker 1: so much that what pipe you're looking for a lot 1095 00:57:57,440 --> 00:57:59,200 Speaker 1: of the league now, you know, there's less of an 1096 00:57:59,240 --> 00:58:02,360 Speaker 1: emphasis on the position because you go subpackaged so much 1097 00:58:02,440 --> 00:58:04,360 Speaker 1: that you end up with maybe two backers out there 1098 00:58:04,440 --> 00:58:06,720 Speaker 1: most of the time. You got one who's definitely a 1099 00:58:06,760 --> 00:58:09,120 Speaker 1: great sub linebacker in j Okay, and it's just a 1100 00:58:09,200 --> 00:58:10,880 Speaker 1: question of filling out the rest of the group. I 1101 00:58:10,880 --> 00:58:13,440 Speaker 1: thought that it's a position that they've kind of ignored 1102 00:58:13,440 --> 00:58:15,840 Speaker 1: in recent years, much like they ignored the interior this 1103 00:58:15,960 --> 00:58:19,120 Speaker 1: pass off season saved for the addition of harry On Winfrey. Um, 1104 00:58:19,240 --> 00:58:21,200 Speaker 1: they just they've kind of been like, hey, well, you know, 1105 00:58:21,240 --> 00:58:23,120 Speaker 1: they signed Anthony Walker two years ago. They brought him 1106 00:58:23,120 --> 00:58:25,040 Speaker 1: back last year. That was great. Yet Jacob Phillips, who 1107 00:58:25,040 --> 00:58:26,520 Speaker 1: was a draft pick a few years ago, they could 1108 00:58:26,520 --> 00:58:28,280 Speaker 1: have entrusted him to take on a bigger role. But 1109 00:58:28,560 --> 00:58:31,040 Speaker 1: you saw how then they were when injury struck, when 1110 00:58:31,040 --> 00:58:33,040 Speaker 1: you lost Walker and you needed to go get Dion Jones, 1111 00:58:33,080 --> 00:58:35,440 Speaker 1: you had to go sign Reggie Raglan. You you pushed 1112 00:58:35,480 --> 00:58:37,720 Speaker 1: you know Georgan Nask, you know, who was a bubble 1113 00:58:37,760 --> 00:58:40,320 Speaker 1: guy in camp and ended up making the final fifty 1114 00:58:40,360 --> 00:58:43,120 Speaker 1: three uh into more of a prominent role. And you 1115 00:58:43,160 --> 00:58:45,240 Speaker 1: still have Taki Taki out there, who unfortunately get hurt, 1116 00:58:45,280 --> 00:58:47,320 Speaker 1: you know, late in season as well. So you know, 1117 00:58:47,880 --> 00:58:49,600 Speaker 1: it's just a group that needs to be deeper. I 1118 00:58:49,600 --> 00:58:51,800 Speaker 1: don't know if you necessarily land the top end talent, 1119 00:58:52,120 --> 00:58:54,000 Speaker 1: especially the fact that you don't really have a ton 1120 00:58:54,000 --> 00:58:56,080 Speaker 1: of picks because of what you've made in recent years. 1121 00:58:56,120 --> 00:58:59,600 Speaker 1: But I I do trust you know, Shortz's ability to 1122 00:58:59,600 --> 00:59:01,240 Speaker 1: get the most out of these guys. I mean, like 1123 00:59:01,280 --> 00:59:03,360 Speaker 1: I said before, you know, he's he has not gotten 1124 00:59:03,360 --> 00:59:05,800 Speaker 1: to this prominent role in the NFL and and in 1125 00:59:05,880 --> 00:59:08,720 Speaker 1: the past, and you know, in recent years without producing, 1126 00:59:08,880 --> 00:59:10,880 Speaker 1: and I think that he will be able to maximize 1127 00:59:10,920 --> 00:59:12,160 Speaker 1: some of these guys. And I really think you'd be 1128 00:59:12,160 --> 00:59:13,760 Speaker 1: shut up that defensive front four. It's gonna take a 1129 00:59:13,760 --> 00:59:16,920 Speaker 1: lot of pressure off those linebackers as well, absolutely, and 1130 00:59:16,920 --> 00:59:19,600 Speaker 1: it's gonna allow that secondary to make more plays here 1131 00:59:20,640 --> 00:59:25,720 Speaker 1: hopefully in uh real quick before the playoff talk, you're 1132 00:59:25,920 --> 00:59:28,480 Speaker 1: you're a quick thought or two on DeShawn Watson and 1133 00:59:28,560 --> 00:59:31,040 Speaker 1: what you saw in six games. I mean, it definitely 1134 00:59:31,040 --> 00:59:33,680 Speaker 1: got better as we went on. Still some things to 1135 00:59:33,720 --> 00:59:36,600 Speaker 1: work on here as we go into the off season. Yeah, 1136 00:59:36,640 --> 00:59:39,960 Speaker 1: you know, I think that Shaun when it comes to 1137 00:59:40,040 --> 00:59:42,480 Speaker 1: public perception, is gonna be fighting an uphill battle for 1138 00:59:42,520 --> 00:59:45,000 Speaker 1: a long time because of you know, how how he 1139 00:59:45,080 --> 00:59:48,880 Speaker 1: ended up in Cleveland, everything that happened, um and probably 1140 00:59:48,960 --> 00:59:51,600 Speaker 1: rightfully so. But I think if so, if you look 1141 00:59:51,640 --> 00:59:53,480 Speaker 1: at his numbers and you go in with maybe like 1142 00:59:53,560 --> 00:59:55,760 Speaker 1: you're trying to find a reason to dislike him. You 1143 00:59:55,760 --> 00:59:57,520 Speaker 1: can look at the numbers and say, yeah, it wasn't 1144 00:59:57,520 --> 01:00:00,120 Speaker 1: a good performance overall in his first season, but have 1145 01:00:00,240 --> 01:00:02,920 Speaker 1: to also consider all the external factors that were involved. 1146 01:00:02,960 --> 01:00:05,200 Speaker 1: Like let's think about the fact that he rejoined the 1147 01:00:05,240 --> 01:00:08,080 Speaker 1: team in what week thirteen, I mean that he started 1148 01:00:08,120 --> 01:00:11,120 Speaker 1: his first game was at the place he formerly called home. 1149 01:00:11,240 --> 01:00:12,760 Speaker 1: You could tell that the speed of the game he 1150 01:00:12,880 --> 01:00:14,880 Speaker 1: was not adjusted to it. There was some visible rust. 1151 01:00:15,320 --> 01:00:17,280 Speaker 1: He just wasn't very good, But it didn't take that 1152 01:00:17,320 --> 01:00:19,240 Speaker 1: long for him to start to really show signs of 1153 01:00:19,280 --> 01:00:21,400 Speaker 1: what he could be. Now you go all the way 1154 01:00:21,400 --> 01:00:23,640 Speaker 1: to week eighteen and those two interceptions against Pittsburgh. We're 1155 01:00:23,640 --> 01:00:25,200 Speaker 1: pretty ugly, but he was running for his life a 1156 01:00:25,280 --> 01:00:30,160 Speaker 1: lot of that game. Yeah, of course, because you're missing 1157 01:00:30,200 --> 01:00:33,560 Speaker 1: you know, your right tackle and and it wasn't the 1158 01:00:33,560 --> 01:00:36,080 Speaker 1: only guy you were missing up front, right so against 1159 01:00:36,080 --> 01:00:38,520 Speaker 1: the stingy fits very defense, So it makes sense. But 1160 01:00:38,560 --> 01:00:40,960 Speaker 1: I think if you look at his week by week progression, 1161 01:00:40,960 --> 01:00:43,360 Speaker 1: you ignore the total numbers, the gross numbers in the year, 1162 01:00:43,760 --> 01:00:45,960 Speaker 1: and you kind of watched the tape for what it was, 1163 01:00:46,040 --> 01:00:48,840 Speaker 1: you'll see like statistically he was fifteen or thirty one 1164 01:00:48,840 --> 01:00:50,880 Speaker 1: against New Orleans, but he had a ton of drop passes. 1165 01:00:50,880 --> 01:00:53,120 Speaker 1: The conditions were terrible. He should have had another touchdown 1166 01:00:53,120 --> 01:00:55,480 Speaker 1: pastor Amari Cooper in that game at the game that 1167 01:00:55,520 --> 01:00:58,720 Speaker 1: they very very well could have won. Uh. And so 1168 01:00:58,800 --> 01:01:00,680 Speaker 1: I think that there were glimpses of him starting to 1169 01:01:00,720 --> 01:01:03,240 Speaker 1: put together. We saw the most in Washington nine of 1170 01:01:03,320 --> 01:01:05,680 Speaker 1: eight teen passing, but the three touchdown drives to start 1171 01:01:05,760 --> 01:01:08,120 Speaker 1: the second half, all three touchdown passes by Watson, that 1172 01:01:08,160 --> 01:01:09,800 Speaker 1: was the best he's looked so far. I think that's 1173 01:01:09,800 --> 01:01:12,080 Speaker 1: the guy he can be, because that's not a slodge 1174 01:01:12,080 --> 01:01:14,680 Speaker 1: of a defense in Washington, especially upfront. That's the guy 1175 01:01:14,720 --> 01:01:16,520 Speaker 1: he can be with the whole off season of preparation 1176 01:01:16,600 --> 01:01:18,720 Speaker 1: and the time before it and really get on the 1177 01:01:18,720 --> 01:01:21,120 Speaker 1: same page everybody's playing with, really get an understanding of 1178 01:01:21,120 --> 01:01:22,520 Speaker 1: this offense, and not be thrown to the fire in 1179 01:01:22,560 --> 01:01:24,000 Speaker 1: the middle of the season because it looked a lot 1180 01:01:24,040 --> 01:01:26,800 Speaker 1: like they were playing in late preseason, early season when 1181 01:01:26,800 --> 01:01:28,720 Speaker 1: they're still figuring things out when he's in there, except oh, 1182 01:01:28,760 --> 01:01:31,280 Speaker 1: it's Week fourteen in the NFL, you know. So I 1183 01:01:31,280 --> 01:01:33,160 Speaker 1: think that that whole offseason can help him a lot 1184 01:01:33,240 --> 01:01:34,800 Speaker 1: of fact that he can get passed all of you know, 1185 01:01:34,840 --> 01:01:37,120 Speaker 1: the off field stuff and just focus on football will 1186 01:01:37,160 --> 01:01:40,320 Speaker 1: be good for him. And you know, I expect him 1187 01:01:40,360 --> 01:01:42,400 Speaker 1: to be close to what he was when he was 1188 01:01:42,440 --> 01:01:44,320 Speaker 1: in Houston. The only thing I really needed to see 1189 01:01:44,360 --> 01:01:47,120 Speaker 1: from him, it's a little bit more comfort in the pocket. 1190 01:01:47,160 --> 01:01:49,320 Speaker 1: I think better pass detection will assist with that. You 1191 01:01:49,360 --> 01:01:51,240 Speaker 1: get Jack Conklin back you know you're resigning, and get 1192 01:01:51,280 --> 01:01:53,959 Speaker 1: him healthy, that will help. Getting you know, the center 1193 01:01:53,960 --> 01:01:56,680 Speaker 1: position solidified as well, that's also going to help. I 1194 01:01:56,760 --> 01:01:58,880 Speaker 1: just needed to trust the pope a little bit more, 1195 01:01:58,920 --> 01:02:00,600 Speaker 1: which I think he'll be able to with more game 1196 01:02:00,600 --> 01:02:03,240 Speaker 1: reps and eventually, you know, it could pay off for 1197 01:02:03,240 --> 01:02:06,439 Speaker 1: for the Browns. Amen, let's hope. So Nick Shift joined 1198 01:02:06,520 --> 01:02:09,520 Speaker 1: us from NFL Network and NFL dot Com. Your your 1199 01:02:09,560 --> 01:02:14,480 Speaker 1: thoughts on Super wild Card weekend obviously were I don't 1200 01:02:14,600 --> 01:02:16,920 Speaker 1: I was not expecting what went down last night, but 1201 01:02:17,040 --> 01:02:19,880 Speaker 1: clearly it did. Uh. And then a couple of games 1202 01:02:19,880 --> 01:02:22,520 Speaker 1: that we thought that we're going to be blowouts anything 1203 01:02:22,640 --> 01:02:26,480 Speaker 1: but just a wild weekend that sets up a fantastic 1204 01:02:26,520 --> 01:02:29,440 Speaker 1: divisional round. See gives This is how I know, and 1205 01:02:29,480 --> 01:02:31,880 Speaker 1: I know this from experience working with you, that when 1206 01:02:31,920 --> 01:02:34,480 Speaker 1: you are with one team You are dialed in on 1207 01:02:34,480 --> 01:02:36,120 Speaker 1: that team and you know everything about the team, but 1208 01:02:36,200 --> 01:02:39,880 Speaker 1: you probably not quite as aware of the other teams 1209 01:02:39,920 --> 01:02:41,520 Speaker 1: that are supposed to be good and are actually not 1210 01:02:41,560 --> 01:02:43,000 Speaker 1: good because you just don't have the time to be 1211 01:02:43,040 --> 01:02:45,120 Speaker 1: able to watch them on a weekly basis. Anybody who 1212 01:02:45,160 --> 01:02:49,360 Speaker 1: watched the Buccaneers for a month this season every like 1213 01:02:49,600 --> 01:02:52,280 Speaker 1: Tom tom Brady and underdog in a playoff game, and 1214 01:02:52,360 --> 01:02:54,880 Speaker 1: I hope, I don't care. I don't care. Come on, 1215 01:02:56,000 --> 01:02:57,919 Speaker 1: they were that bad. They were that team, the team 1216 01:02:57,960 --> 01:03:00,360 Speaker 1: they were last night, That's who they were all season. 1217 01:03:00,560 --> 01:03:03,280 Speaker 1: In fact, if it wasn't for Tom Brady, they may 1218 01:03:03,280 --> 01:03:05,640 Speaker 1: have not been in the playoffs because there was multiple 1219 01:03:05,760 --> 01:03:08,760 Speaker 1: instances where their offense did nothing for three and a 1220 01:03:08,760 --> 01:03:10,800 Speaker 1: half quarters, but somehow they were able to keep it 1221 01:03:10,840 --> 01:03:12,360 Speaker 1: a one tore yam against a bad team. I think 1222 01:03:12,360 --> 01:03:15,000 Speaker 1: about the game against the Rams in particular, and all 1223 01:03:15,000 --> 01:03:16,720 Speaker 1: of a sudden, they get into two minute drill. Tom 1224 01:03:16,720 --> 01:03:19,040 Speaker 1: Brady gets full control the offense. He goes right down 1225 01:03:19,080 --> 01:03:22,120 Speaker 1: the field. What happened last night? They're down twenty four nothing, 1226 01:03:22,360 --> 01:03:24,120 Speaker 1: they decided to hurry it up. They go into two 1227 01:03:24,160 --> 01:03:26,360 Speaker 1: minute drill situation, even though they're outside of the two 1228 01:03:26,360 --> 01:03:29,160 Speaker 1: minute mark in that game, end of the third quarter, 1229 01:03:29,240 --> 01:03:31,400 Speaker 1: Brady puts them right down the fields. Is a great 1230 01:03:31,400 --> 01:03:33,760 Speaker 1: touchdown passed down the sideline, they get on the board. 1231 01:03:33,880 --> 01:03:35,880 Speaker 1: That's who they are when Brady's in control. And I 1232 01:03:35,880 --> 01:03:37,280 Speaker 1: think this is why you're gonna see a change in 1233 01:03:37,280 --> 01:03:39,520 Speaker 1: the staff in camp. But if Brady returns, which that's 1234 01:03:39,520 --> 01:03:42,360 Speaker 1: a whole other topic at offensive coordina, because I think 1235 01:03:42,360 --> 01:03:43,840 Speaker 1: Byron left Which and Tom Brady were just not on 1236 01:03:43,880 --> 01:03:46,120 Speaker 1: the same page as they did not work well together 1237 01:03:46,160 --> 01:03:48,040 Speaker 1: for the majority of the season. There's way too much 1238 01:03:48,080 --> 01:03:50,320 Speaker 1: talent on that team for them to be as bad 1239 01:03:50,360 --> 01:03:52,480 Speaker 1: as they were to get to the playoffs at eight 1240 01:03:52,520 --> 01:03:54,560 Speaker 1: and nine. Your offense has never really shown that they 1241 01:03:54,600 --> 01:03:56,840 Speaker 1: could be that type of team that you expect. This 1242 01:03:56,960 --> 01:03:58,120 Speaker 1: is the team that was putting up a ton of 1243 01:03:58,120 --> 01:04:00,600 Speaker 1: point last two years and suddenly they couldn't do it anymore. 1244 01:04:00,920 --> 01:04:02,720 Speaker 1: And there really weren't that many changes in talent. They 1245 01:04:02,720 --> 01:04:05,000 Speaker 1: lost some guys in the offensive line, but overall no 1246 01:04:05,080 --> 01:04:07,560 Speaker 1: excuse other than the fact that they were just just disjoined. 1247 01:04:07,680 --> 01:04:09,440 Speaker 1: So going into that game, I think I had Cowboys 1248 01:04:09,440 --> 01:04:11,800 Speaker 1: thirty to twenty, and afterward I thought about it, probably 1249 01:04:11,840 --> 01:04:14,240 Speaker 1: more like thirty to thirteen, and I thought third team 1250 01:04:14,280 --> 01:04:17,360 Speaker 1: was being with with Mike McCarthy and the Cowboy team 1251 01:04:17,400 --> 01:04:19,520 Speaker 1: that you have no idea what you're gonna get week 1252 01:04:19,560 --> 01:04:23,640 Speaker 1: in and week outest it seems, yeah, that Tampa may 1253 01:04:23,760 --> 01:04:27,720 Speaker 1: was that badly that that that's because the dan Quinn 1254 01:04:27,720 --> 01:04:31,120 Speaker 1: defense is still opportunistic enough to cause problems for Brady, 1255 01:04:31,240 --> 01:04:33,080 Speaker 1: especially with you know the fact that they've been playing 1256 01:04:33,080 --> 01:04:34,840 Speaker 1: backups on the offensive line for most of the year 1257 01:04:34,840 --> 01:04:36,760 Speaker 1: and they haven't been able to figure it out. And 1258 01:04:36,800 --> 01:04:39,080 Speaker 1: if Dak Prescott could just avoid the mistakes, they could 1259 01:04:39,080 --> 01:04:40,840 Speaker 1: put up enough points because they have talent. What did 1260 01:04:40,880 --> 01:04:42,360 Speaker 1: you do last thing? And one of his best games 1261 01:04:42,360 --> 01:04:45,960 Speaker 1: as a Cowboy. They dominated Kellen Moore, the offensive coordinator 1262 01:04:46,000 --> 01:04:48,480 Speaker 1: in his bag from start to finish, dialing up great 1263 01:04:48,520 --> 01:04:51,800 Speaker 1: plays in perfect situations. Everybody playing good football. That's the Cowboys, 1264 01:04:51,840 --> 01:04:53,200 Speaker 1: that their best, that they play like that they can 1265 01:04:53,240 --> 01:04:55,400 Speaker 1: beat the Niners this week. As crazy as it sounds, 1266 01:04:55,720 --> 01:04:58,440 Speaker 1: I had no no worries, had full confidence in the 1267 01:04:58,480 --> 01:05:01,120 Speaker 1: Cowboys being the Buccaneers more because the Buccaneers are are 1268 01:05:01,160 --> 01:05:03,200 Speaker 1: not a good football team, and we know we had 1269 01:05:03,240 --> 01:05:05,040 Speaker 1: this weekend games. We got a ton of relief. We 1270 01:05:05,120 --> 01:05:07,320 Speaker 1: got rid of a bunch of teams that were pretenders, 1271 01:05:07,680 --> 01:05:10,480 Speaker 1: one being the Vikings, the worst start team in four 1272 01:05:10,520 --> 01:05:12,720 Speaker 1: team you'll ever find a team that never really looked 1273 01:05:12,720 --> 01:05:16,000 Speaker 1: like title contenders. The Dolphins tour rolling with a third 1274 01:05:16,040 --> 01:05:20,040 Speaker 1: string quarterback unfortunately, and and the Buccaneers, a pretender team 1275 01:05:20,080 --> 01:05:22,560 Speaker 1: that you know, finally they're they're gone as well. What 1276 01:05:23,080 --> 01:05:25,080 Speaker 1: the hell is going on with the l A Chargers 1277 01:05:25,480 --> 01:05:27,480 Speaker 1: All season long? I thought they won in spite of 1278 01:05:27,520 --> 01:05:30,640 Speaker 1: their their coach. They didn't beat a team. They only 1279 01:05:30,680 --> 01:05:35,640 Speaker 1: beat one team in the playoffs, like they had one win. 1280 01:05:35,720 --> 01:05:39,440 Speaker 1: Everything else was against teams under five hundred. What is 1281 01:05:39,480 --> 01:05:42,360 Speaker 1: going on with the child I'm not a stately guy. 1282 01:05:42,880 --> 01:05:46,640 Speaker 1: I know I'm not necessarily to show off the Browns, 1283 01:05:46,640 --> 01:05:50,360 Speaker 1: but for being completely honest. Okay, So this is a 1284 01:05:50,400 --> 01:05:52,919 Speaker 1: team that struggled because they didn't have their their top 1285 01:05:52,920 --> 01:05:54,640 Speaker 1: weapons for a lot of the season. I mean, they 1286 01:05:54,640 --> 01:05:56,320 Speaker 1: didn't have Keenan Allen for a good chunk of it. 1287 01:05:56,320 --> 01:05:57,920 Speaker 1: They didn't have Mike Williams. They started to get all 1288 01:05:57,920 --> 01:06:00,360 Speaker 1: these guys back late in the year. They lost other 1289 01:06:00,360 --> 01:06:02,560 Speaker 1: guys elsewhere. They lose J C. Jackson, the defensive side 1290 01:06:02,560 --> 01:06:03,920 Speaker 1: of the ball who wasn't having a good season to 1291 01:06:03,960 --> 01:06:06,160 Speaker 1: begin with. That he didn't get both the back until 1292 01:06:06,200 --> 01:06:08,680 Speaker 1: week eighteen and then the playoff, you know, so it 1293 01:06:08,720 --> 01:06:11,080 Speaker 1: was kind of a disjointed year for them, but too 1294 01:06:11,120 --> 01:06:13,600 Speaker 1: often he put them in situations in which they were 1295 01:06:13,800 --> 01:06:17,000 Speaker 1: vulnerable to lose. There is no explanation for going up 1296 01:06:17,080 --> 01:06:20,120 Speaker 1: twenty seven to nothing and blowing that game. And the 1297 01:06:20,120 --> 01:06:22,800 Speaker 1: biggest issue I thought was a lack of aggression. You know, 1298 01:06:22,880 --> 01:06:25,440 Speaker 1: we often talked about it coach, going from coaching to 1299 01:06:25,480 --> 01:06:28,040 Speaker 1: win to coaching not to lose. That's what they did 1300 01:06:28,080 --> 01:06:30,520 Speaker 1: in that game. And the big series that really told 1301 01:06:30,560 --> 01:06:32,280 Speaker 1: me that, oh man, there might be in a tough 1302 01:06:32,320 --> 01:06:35,400 Speaker 1: spot was right before halftime, they get a turnover and 1303 01:06:35,440 --> 01:06:37,400 Speaker 1: they go three and out and punt immediately and they 1304 01:06:37,400 --> 01:06:39,800 Speaker 1: gave the Jaguars just enough time to get the ball 1305 01:06:39,800 --> 01:06:42,560 Speaker 1: back go right down the field, score making seven. Also, 1306 01:06:42,680 --> 01:06:43,920 Speaker 1: they got a little bit of hope, a little bit 1307 01:06:43,920 --> 01:06:46,000 Speaker 1: of confident, because if you watch the Jaguars, especially in 1308 01:06:46,040 --> 01:06:48,080 Speaker 1: the second half of the season, what team are they 1309 01:06:48,120 --> 01:06:50,560 Speaker 1: there a team that does not stop believing until the 1310 01:06:50,600 --> 01:06:53,920 Speaker 1: clock hits triple zeros. They've authored multiple comebacks. They did 1311 01:06:53,920 --> 01:06:56,120 Speaker 1: it against the Ravens. They did it against the Cowboys, 1312 01:06:56,360 --> 01:06:59,560 Speaker 1: including a pick six walk off in overtime. Their team 1313 01:06:59,560 --> 01:07:01,960 Speaker 1: that's capable bull of doing that because travel Lawrence is 1314 01:07:01,960 --> 01:07:03,560 Speaker 1: turning the corner and all those signs they made the 1315 01:07:03,560 --> 01:07:06,080 Speaker 1: off season, they're starting to pay off. And I think 1316 01:07:06,080 --> 01:07:09,160 Speaker 1: that the Chargers walked into that situation because they were 1317 01:07:09,200 --> 01:07:10,600 Speaker 1: just saying, all right, let's just sit on this leave, 1318 01:07:10,720 --> 01:07:13,880 Speaker 1: let's try to avoid losing, and instead of playing aggressively, 1319 01:07:14,000 --> 01:07:16,560 Speaker 1: they end up losing in his stunner in one of 1320 01:07:16,600 --> 01:07:19,320 Speaker 1: the better wild card games you're gonna see. Okay, one 1321 01:07:19,400 --> 01:07:22,000 Speaker 1: last question, and I appreciate the time today. Nick Shook 1322 01:07:22,000 --> 01:07:25,120 Speaker 1: from NFL Network and NFL dot Com one of the greats. 1323 01:07:25,280 --> 01:07:27,400 Speaker 1: Make sure you follow him, make sure you read him. 1324 01:07:27,560 --> 01:07:31,080 Speaker 1: He's fantastic. He's one of our great friends on this 1325 01:07:31,120 --> 01:07:35,640 Speaker 1: program in this program's history. I will, I will, I'm 1326 01:07:35,640 --> 01:07:39,920 Speaker 1: going to I'm going to ask you this, give me 1327 01:07:40,080 --> 01:07:44,920 Speaker 1: one reason why Saturday night could be better than Sunday's 1328 01:07:45,000 --> 01:07:50,200 Speaker 1: games this coming weekend. Give me one reason because you 1329 01:07:50,200 --> 01:07:54,720 Speaker 1: have the two number one seeds, you know, Philly Giants, Chiefs, Jaguars. 1330 01:07:54,720 --> 01:07:59,520 Speaker 1: But Sundays where it's at three o'clock Bengals Bills, followed 1331 01:07:59,520 --> 01:08:04,080 Speaker 1: by Colin give me one reason why Saturday could be 1332 01:08:04,200 --> 01:08:09,959 Speaker 1: as good, if not better, if the Jaguars carry over 1333 01:08:10,040 --> 01:08:12,960 Speaker 1: their momentum. He said, you can't if they carry over 1334 01:08:13,000 --> 01:08:15,000 Speaker 1: the momentum from last game and and go toe to 1335 01:08:15,040 --> 01:08:17,479 Speaker 1: toe with the Chiefs because they you know, they're a 1336 01:08:17,479 --> 01:08:19,479 Speaker 1: team that has nothing to lose. They weren't supposed to 1337 01:08:19,479 --> 01:08:20,920 Speaker 1: be here. They definitely weren't supposed to be in the 1338 01:08:20,920 --> 01:08:23,040 Speaker 1: divisional round. Their team that has nothing to lose, but 1339 01:08:23,120 --> 01:08:25,280 Speaker 1: all the faith and confidence in the world in both 1340 01:08:25,320 --> 01:08:28,120 Speaker 1: their coach, their quarterback, and their young talent on both 1341 01:08:28,160 --> 01:08:30,360 Speaker 1: sides of the ball. They can get that game close. 1342 01:08:30,479 --> 01:08:32,280 Speaker 1: Kind of makes me think about how the Titans used 1343 01:08:32,280 --> 01:08:34,719 Speaker 1: to play the Chiefs in these games in recent years. 1344 01:08:35,000 --> 01:08:36,679 Speaker 1: They can keep it close, it will be really thrilling. 1345 01:08:36,680 --> 01:08:38,439 Speaker 1: And then the Giants, they're another team. They're playing with 1346 01:08:38,439 --> 01:08:40,280 Speaker 1: house money as well. Against the Eagles, team that had 1347 01:08:40,280 --> 01:08:42,560 Speaker 1: a week off. It's kind of a little bit of 1348 01:08:42,640 --> 01:08:45,120 Speaker 1: a skid in the last month or so with Jalen 1349 01:08:45,200 --> 01:08:47,680 Speaker 1: Hurts getting hurt and then coming back and still kind 1350 01:08:47,680 --> 01:08:50,280 Speaker 1: of playing through injury. That could be an interesting game 1351 01:08:50,320 --> 01:08:53,800 Speaker 1: because it's a divisional rivalry and uh and you know, 1352 01:08:53,920 --> 01:08:56,280 Speaker 1: I can see that one being close where the Giants 1353 01:08:56,280 --> 01:08:58,519 Speaker 1: maybe have a chance to know Jones get it, you know, 1354 01:08:58,560 --> 01:09:00,960 Speaker 1: get them over the homps. He played really well last week. 1355 01:09:01,000 --> 01:09:04,960 Speaker 1: But I mean, you're right, Sundays, where's that? But there's 1356 01:09:05,000 --> 01:09:06,920 Speaker 1: definitely a reason to watch on Saturday, just because you've 1357 01:09:06,920 --> 01:09:08,760 Speaker 1: got a couple of upstart teams that nobody thought we're 1358 01:09:08,760 --> 01:09:10,719 Speaker 1: gonna be here playing against a couple of power houses, 1359 01:09:10,800 --> 01:09:12,519 Speaker 1: and any time to get that in the playoffs, you 1360 01:09:12,520 --> 01:09:15,640 Speaker 1: know how it is any given Sunday. Just look at 1361 01:09:15,640 --> 01:09:20,720 Speaker 1: what happened this past weekend, buddy, Yes exactly, Sugar. I 1362 01:09:20,760 --> 01:09:23,640 Speaker 1: do watch football, darn it, and I'm okay at it. 1363 01:09:23,720 --> 01:09:28,559 Speaker 1: Not great, but I'm okay at it that I just 1364 01:09:28,640 --> 01:09:31,519 Speaker 1: know because I didn't, Guys, I was like, I lost 1365 01:09:31,560 --> 01:09:33,240 Speaker 1: track of the rest of league, not at the level 1366 01:09:33,240 --> 01:09:34,519 Speaker 1: that I have to have it working for a year, 1367 01:09:34,600 --> 01:09:36,360 Speaker 1: you know, I just thought'm like, oh man, I didn't 1368 01:09:36,360 --> 01:09:38,160 Speaker 1: realize it. So and SO is having this type of year, 1369 01:09:38,479 --> 01:09:40,320 Speaker 1: and I couldn't do me if you never watch, I 1370 01:09:40,360 --> 01:09:43,360 Speaker 1: still have no idea what cowboy team is gonna show up. 1371 01:09:43,360 --> 01:09:46,200 Speaker 1: But I'm not I'm not going against Tom Brady, maybe 1372 01:09:46,200 --> 01:09:49,479 Speaker 1: I should have and that's we'll leave it at that, Sugar. 1373 01:09:49,520 --> 01:09:51,360 Speaker 1: I appreciate the time. Man. All the best to the 1374 01:09:51,439 --> 01:09:54,960 Speaker 1: lady and hope all as well. All right, good, thanks 1375 01:09:54,960 --> 01:09:57,439 Speaker 1: for having man, you got it. We'll talk soon. Nick 1376 01:09:57,439 --> 01:10:00,320 Speaker 1: Shook from NFL Network and NFL dot Com. It a car, 1377 01:10:00,360 --> 01:10:03,160 Speaker 1: truck or motorcycle accident cost you injury? 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Earlier today, Nathan 1392 01:11:04,880 --> 01:11:08,720 Speaker 1: Ziagura kicked off Cleveland Brown's Daily and then he was 1393 01:11:08,720 --> 01:11:11,920 Speaker 1: whisked away to his assignment for the next couple of 1394 01:11:12,000 --> 01:11:16,840 Speaker 1: days in somewhere sunny. We appreciated his time. Wanted to 1395 01:11:16,880 --> 01:11:20,040 Speaker 1: replay a quick clip from him. This is Nathan Zagura 1396 01:11:20,560 --> 01:11:24,720 Speaker 1: on the reports of our new defensive coordinator, Jim Schwartz 1397 01:11:24,760 --> 01:11:28,479 Speaker 1: being hired. This is an opportunity for Jim Schwartz though, 1398 01:11:28,520 --> 01:11:31,000 Speaker 1: to get back to that level he was with the 1399 01:11:31,040 --> 01:11:33,639 Speaker 1: Philadelphia Eagles when, as I said, he led that defense 1400 01:11:33,880 --> 01:11:36,559 Speaker 1: and that team to a Super Bowl win. And so 1401 01:11:36,600 --> 01:11:38,880 Speaker 1: you've got experience. As you pointed out, he is firing. 1402 01:11:38,920 --> 01:11:40,559 Speaker 1: You go back and you can find some of his 1403 01:11:40,600 --> 01:11:42,240 Speaker 1: stuff as a head coach there, he can find some 1404 01:11:42,280 --> 01:11:44,559 Speaker 1: of his his clips as a defense coorinator. He is firing. 1405 01:11:44,840 --> 01:11:48,120 Speaker 1: He likes to run an aggressive, wide nine kind of 1406 01:11:48,200 --> 01:11:51,680 Speaker 1: four three attacking front, which should suit Myles Garrett very 1407 01:11:51,720 --> 01:11:54,120 Speaker 1: well and suit our personnel. He has been great with 1408 01:11:54,200 --> 01:11:57,200 Speaker 1: defensive tackles in the past. Albert Haynesworth and Tennessee and 1409 01:11:57,240 --> 01:12:00,759 Speaker 1: dominckensuon Detroit, Fletcher Cox in Philadelphia. So I would imagine 1410 01:12:00,800 --> 01:12:03,000 Speaker 1: that will be a position and a point of big 1411 01:12:03,040 --> 01:12:06,439 Speaker 1: emphasis for this Brown's team this offseason to get Jim 1412 01:12:06,479 --> 01:12:08,320 Speaker 1: Schwartz the kind of player that he likes in the 1413 01:12:08,320 --> 01:12:10,960 Speaker 1: middle of his defense to really help kind of make 1414 01:12:11,000 --> 01:12:13,160 Speaker 1: this thing go. So that's something to keep an eye 1415 01:12:13,160 --> 01:12:15,559 Speaker 1: on there. But if you wanted a veteran, you wanted 1416 01:12:15,600 --> 01:12:18,760 Speaker 1: somebody with a proven track record, you wanted somebody who's got, 1417 01:12:18,800 --> 01:12:21,920 Speaker 1: as we said, a wealth of experience. He's got leadership capabilities. 1418 01:12:21,920 --> 01:12:23,439 Speaker 1: He's done it as a head coach, he's done it 1419 01:12:23,439 --> 01:12:26,160 Speaker 1: as a defensive coordinate. Again, this is his fifteenth season 1420 01:12:26,520 --> 01:12:29,439 Speaker 1: as a defensive coordinator, and he's got that relationship. That's 1421 01:12:29,439 --> 01:12:32,120 Speaker 1: an important thing. He knows Andrew Berry from their time together. 1422 01:12:32,200 --> 01:12:34,559 Speaker 1: Andrew Berry knows him. And so this is a team 1423 01:12:34,560 --> 01:12:37,360 Speaker 1: that you hope now can kind of take that next level. 1424 01:12:37,360 --> 01:12:39,160 Speaker 1: It was the defense and the early portion of the 1425 01:12:39,200 --> 01:12:41,160 Speaker 1: season that kind of struggled for the Browns. This year, 1426 01:12:41,360 --> 01:12:43,800 Speaker 1: you're hoping the Jim Schwartz can erase that he can 1427 01:12:43,800 --> 01:12:46,080 Speaker 1: get this team better against the run and of course 1428 01:12:46,120 --> 01:12:48,719 Speaker 1: get this team getting after the quarterback, which is something 1429 01:12:48,760 --> 01:12:51,120 Speaker 1: that has been a hallmark of every single stop that 1430 01:12:51,200 --> 01:12:52,720 Speaker 1: he's been. When he was with the Bills in two 1431 01:12:52,760 --> 01:12:56,160 Speaker 1: thousand fourteen, they finished first with fifty four sacks. When 1432 01:12:56,200 --> 01:12:58,760 Speaker 1: he was with the Eagles there, uh in his five 1433 01:12:58,800 --> 01:13:01,439 Speaker 1: seasons there, they average they were seventh and sacks in 1434 01:13:01,479 --> 01:13:04,120 Speaker 1: the league two eight. And so this is something that's 1435 01:13:04,200 --> 01:13:06,280 Speaker 1: that's a staple of what he does, and that's what 1436 01:13:06,320 --> 01:13:08,439 Speaker 1: you hope he brings here to this team. Stop the run, 1437 01:13:08,680 --> 01:13:11,040 Speaker 1: get him in obvious passing situations, and then go get 1438 01:13:11,120 --> 01:13:16,880 Speaker 1: after the quarterback. Again. The is reported not official yet 1439 01:13:17,000 --> 01:13:19,960 Speaker 1: from down the hall here at the Cross Country Mortgage 1440 01:13:20,000 --> 01:13:24,040 Speaker 1: Campus in Maria, but all the reports leaning towards Jim 1441 01:13:24,080 --> 01:13:28,040 Speaker 1: Schwartz becoming the new defensive coordinator for the Cleveland Browns. 1442 01:13:28,080 --> 01:13:31,080 Speaker 1: A twenty five year NFL coaching veteran, also brings fourteen 1443 01:13:31,160 --> 01:13:34,559 Speaker 1: years experience as a decordinator from two thousand to two, 1444 01:13:35,200 --> 01:13:38,080 Speaker 1: two thousand one to oh eight with the Titans, fourteen 1445 01:13:38,080 --> 01:13:41,880 Speaker 1: with the Bills, sixteen through twenty with the Philadelphia Eagles, 1446 01:13:41,880 --> 01:13:45,400 Speaker 1: where he won a Super Bowl. A reminder he two 1447 01:13:45,400 --> 01:13:48,400 Speaker 1: thousand nineteen, he spent a year with Brown's GM Andrew Barry, 1448 01:13:48,400 --> 01:13:51,040 Speaker 1: who was the vice president of football operations under Howie 1449 01:13:51,080 --> 01:13:54,280 Speaker 1: Roseman with the Eagles, he was a candidate for the 1450 01:13:54,280 --> 01:13:58,200 Speaker 1: Brown's head coaching gig in when Kevin Stefanski got the job. 1451 01:13:58,520 --> 01:14:00,920 Speaker 1: Schwartz's hallmark on defense, getting the most out of his 1452 01:14:00,960 --> 01:14:06,679 Speaker 1: pass rushers, isolating his stars for favorable matchups, and of course, 1453 01:14:07,080 --> 01:14:09,720 Speaker 1: got his start here with the Cleveland Browns as a 1454 01:14:09,760 --> 01:14:12,920 Speaker 1: scout in the Bill Belichick era from ninety three through 1455 01:14:13,080 --> 01:14:16,120 Speaker 1: nine five. When the Browns moved to Baltimore ninety six, 1456 01:14:16,160 --> 01:14:21,479 Speaker 1: he became the Ravens outside linebackers coach from nine eight, 1457 01:14:21,800 --> 01:14:25,080 Speaker 1: then went on to Tennessee as a Titans defensive assistant 1458 01:14:25,080 --> 01:14:28,439 Speaker 1: in ninety nine and linebacker coach in two thousand before 1459 01:14:28,439 --> 01:14:30,960 Speaker 1: being promoted to coordinator in oh one. He has spent 1460 01:14:31,040 --> 01:14:34,800 Speaker 1: twelve years with the Titans, including the last two as 1461 01:14:34,840 --> 01:14:39,559 Speaker 1: senior defensive assistant under Mike vrabel and and he's done 1462 01:14:40,120 --> 01:14:43,960 Speaker 1: quite quite well. Uh. In two thousand and fourteen, his 1463 01:14:44,040 --> 01:14:47,559 Speaker 1: Buffalo Bill's defense led the NFL and sacks and third 1464 01:14:47,560 --> 01:14:51,080 Speaker 1: down conversion rate thirty three percent while finishing second and scoring, 1465 01:14:51,200 --> 01:14:55,920 Speaker 1: giving up only sixteen point nine points per game. As 1466 01:14:55,960 --> 01:14:58,439 Speaker 1: a defensive coordinator, helped the Eagles win the Super Bowl 1467 01:14:58,479 --> 01:15:00,799 Speaker 1: while leading the NFL and rush d fense that season, 1468 01:15:00,840 --> 01:15:04,519 Speaker 1: only giving up seventy nine yards per game. Uh in 1469 01:15:04,600 --> 01:15:07,960 Speaker 1: Detroit as the head coach. He took over after an 1470 01:15:08,000 --> 01:15:11,080 Speaker 1: oh and sixteen season, later directed the Lions to a 1471 01:15:11,120 --> 01:15:15,679 Speaker 1: ten and six record in marketing Detroit's first postseason appearance 1472 01:15:16,040 --> 01:15:21,480 Speaker 1: since nineteen nine. The guy has a long list of credentials. 1473 01:15:21,640 --> 01:15:24,160 Speaker 1: He is very good at what he does. He is fiery, 1474 01:15:24,400 --> 01:15:28,120 Speaker 1: He's gonna hold people accountable, and it will be fun 1475 01:15:28,520 --> 01:15:32,120 Speaker 1: to see how this defense take shape going into this season, 1476 01:15:32,479 --> 01:15:34,280 Speaker 1: especially in the off season. We've talked about it with 1477 01:15:34,360 --> 01:15:36,960 Speaker 1: Nick Shook, we talked about it with Gerarde Cherry. What's 1478 01:15:36,960 --> 01:15:40,200 Speaker 1: the interior that defensive line going to look like, what's 1479 01:15:40,240 --> 01:15:44,479 Speaker 1: the linebacker situation gonna take? What kind of shape is 1480 01:15:44,479 --> 01:15:47,200 Speaker 1: that going to take? And Nathan mentioned it earlier as well. 1481 01:15:47,240 --> 01:15:49,800 Speaker 1: There's some questions in the secondary. Greedy Williams is a 1482 01:15:49,840 --> 01:15:52,280 Speaker 1: free agent. Uh, what are you gonna do with that 1483 01:15:52,360 --> 01:15:55,639 Speaker 1: safety spot. I'm gonna need a little more depth at corner. 1484 01:15:56,120 --> 01:15:58,760 Speaker 1: What happens after the main guys and the starters. A 1485 01:15:58,800 --> 01:16:02,200 Speaker 1: lot of questions to be in sight here on the defense. Uh. 1486 01:16:02,240 --> 01:16:04,919 Speaker 1: The good news is the Browns have a defensive coordinator. 1487 01:16:05,000 --> 01:16:08,759 Speaker 1: It appears uh and they have it in mid January, 1488 01:16:08,880 --> 01:16:11,439 Speaker 1: which just gives us more time and gives him more time, 1489 01:16:11,520 --> 01:16:14,439 Speaker 1: gives us team more time to get ready for the season. 1490 01:16:14,479 --> 01:16:17,320 Speaker 1: With that coaching staff. We'll take a quick time out 1491 01:16:17,320 --> 01:16:20,160 Speaker 1: when we come back. Higher or Lower, presented by the 1492 01:16:20,200 --> 01:16:24,439 Speaker 1: Ohio Lottery. The Great Anthony Poisel, Brown's staff writer joins 1493 01:16:24,520 --> 01:16:27,160 Speaker 1: us here in studio, you're listening to Cleveland Brown's Daily, 1494 01:16:27,160 --> 01:16:29,400 Speaker 1: brought to you by bally Bet coming soon to Ohio 1495 01:16:29,439 --> 01:16:40,840 Speaker 1: and eight fifty ESPN Cleveland. Cleveland Brown's Daily brought to 1496 01:16:40,840 --> 01:16:45,960 Speaker 1: you by bally Bet, coming soon to Ohio on ESPN Cleveland. 1497 01:16:49,600 --> 01:16:51,880 Speaker 1: All right back here on Cleveland Brown's Daily, brought to 1498 01:16:51,880 --> 01:16:55,000 Speaker 1: you by bally Bet, coming soon to Ohio. Thanks to 1499 01:16:55,080 --> 01:16:58,120 Speaker 1: Nick Shook for his time, Thanks to Gerard Cherry. Thanks 1500 01:16:58,160 --> 01:17:00,639 Speaker 1: to z for stopping in before he goes on assignment 1501 01:17:00,680 --> 01:17:03,640 Speaker 1: for a couple of days, well deserved by him. The 1502 01:17:03,680 --> 01:17:05,840 Speaker 1: Parade of Stars wraps up with the one and only 1503 01:17:06,040 --> 01:17:09,200 Speaker 1: Steph writer for the Cleveland Browns, Anthony Poisel joins us, 1504 01:17:09,320 --> 01:17:12,640 Speaker 1: you know forty degrees dude firing off a ninety on 1505 01:17:12,720 --> 01:17:16,479 Speaker 1: the scorecard playing golf in Maryland, in January. Yeah, you're 1506 01:17:16,479 --> 01:17:20,160 Speaker 1: talking about Z disgusted, you talk about going on his 1507 01:17:20,200 --> 01:17:23,000 Speaker 1: assignment and was able to, uh, you know, take a 1508 01:17:23,040 --> 01:17:27,000 Speaker 1: vacation myself last weekend, got back to Maryland. Um, played 1509 01:17:27,000 --> 01:17:30,240 Speaker 1: golf on Sunday in what was the coldest round I 1510 01:17:30,240 --> 01:17:33,439 Speaker 1: think I've ever played. But that's just how desperate I 1511 01:17:33,520 --> 01:17:35,120 Speaker 1: kind of was to get out because I know there's 1512 01:17:35,439 --> 01:17:37,840 Speaker 1: there's not any chances at all to to took off 1513 01:17:37,840 --> 01:17:40,639 Speaker 1: in the wintertime in Cleveland. So but it was still 1514 01:17:40,720 --> 01:17:43,280 Speaker 1: very cold, and uh, you know, we were able to 1515 01:17:43,880 --> 01:17:45,599 Speaker 1: kind of simplify the game a little bit and ended 1516 01:17:45,680 --> 01:17:47,759 Speaker 1: up not shooting too bad. So I'll take a ninety 1517 01:17:47,800 --> 01:17:51,040 Speaker 1: and in thirty two degrees of that was the temperature 1518 01:17:51,080 --> 01:17:53,200 Speaker 1: when we teed off. I'll take that. I'll take that 1519 01:17:53,240 --> 01:17:57,040 Speaker 1: any round. So, um, yeah, it was good. So obviously, 1520 01:17:57,400 --> 01:18:00,000 Speaker 1: the big news of the day is not officially news 1521 01:18:00,640 --> 01:18:05,200 Speaker 1: reports only. We await any kind of further instructions from 1522 01:18:05,439 --> 01:18:09,160 Speaker 1: our PR department in the Cleveland Brown's front office, but 1523 01:18:09,479 --> 01:18:11,880 Speaker 1: that's going on down the hall. What we can't tell 1524 01:18:11,920 --> 01:18:13,880 Speaker 1: you is there are plenty of reports out there that 1525 01:18:13,920 --> 01:18:16,800 Speaker 1: the Browns have indeed decided on a defensive coordinator now 1526 01:18:16,880 --> 01:18:19,880 Speaker 1: they interviewed four different guys. Uh, they have settled on 1527 01:18:20,000 --> 01:18:24,120 Speaker 1: Jim Schwartz. He will be the new to defensive coordinator. Reportedly. 1528 01:18:24,840 --> 01:18:28,360 Speaker 1: Your thoughts on the Browns essentially finding their man and 1529 01:18:28,400 --> 01:18:31,000 Speaker 1: finding him early in this process, Yeah, I I really 1530 01:18:31,000 --> 01:18:33,280 Speaker 1: like it. And I think Schwartz was a guy when 1531 01:18:33,280 --> 01:18:34,920 Speaker 1: when the list of candidates that they were going to 1532 01:18:34,960 --> 01:18:36,800 Speaker 1: be interviewing kind of came out in the you know, 1533 01:18:36,800 --> 01:18:39,040 Speaker 1: a couple of days after the season ended. Um, he 1534 01:18:39,080 --> 01:18:40,680 Speaker 1: seemed like a guy that always was going to be 1535 01:18:41,080 --> 01:18:43,360 Speaker 1: a good choice if if, if that was what or 1536 01:18:43,360 --> 01:18:45,240 Speaker 1: who they picked. And the reason for that is just 1537 01:18:45,280 --> 01:18:47,920 Speaker 1: because he has a proven track record of just building 1538 01:18:47,920 --> 01:18:51,400 Speaker 1: a defense, I think through defensive line and knowing how 1539 01:18:51,439 --> 01:18:53,559 Speaker 1: to use the defensive best pieces to stop the run, 1540 01:18:53,640 --> 01:18:56,680 Speaker 1: which obviously is the big thing that they're one of 1541 01:18:56,720 --> 01:18:59,040 Speaker 1: the big things that they're really looking to to address 1542 01:18:59,040 --> 01:19:01,360 Speaker 1: on the defense to see and so, um, he was 1543 01:19:01,400 --> 01:19:03,519 Speaker 1: the most experienced of the group. He's the oldest of 1544 01:19:03,520 --> 01:19:05,880 Speaker 1: the group. I think he's got a nice kind of 1545 01:19:05,920 --> 01:19:07,840 Speaker 1: fiery edge to him that that will kind of help 1546 01:19:07,920 --> 01:19:11,479 Speaker 1: that room this year. Um, and he's just shown over 1547 01:19:11,520 --> 01:19:13,639 Speaker 1: the years. I mean he's I think he's three decades 1548 01:19:13,680 --> 01:19:16,000 Speaker 1: into his coaching career now in the pros, and he's 1549 01:19:16,000 --> 01:19:18,599 Speaker 1: shown that he knows how to maximize a d line talent. 1550 01:19:18,800 --> 01:19:21,080 Speaker 1: And and I think, you know, that's really good for 1551 01:19:21,160 --> 01:19:23,960 Speaker 1: Miles Garrett Um. I think he'll be able to scheme 1552 01:19:24,000 --> 01:19:26,240 Speaker 1: up ways for him to even attack the quarterback even more. 1553 01:19:26,680 --> 01:19:29,120 Speaker 1: I think a lot of that is going to depend on, however, 1554 01:19:29,200 --> 01:19:31,920 Speaker 1: what they do at defensive tackle and who they're able 1555 01:19:32,000 --> 01:19:34,280 Speaker 1: to bring in, because a big part of of a 1556 01:19:34,360 --> 01:19:37,680 Speaker 1: Jim Schwartz defense is having stud defensive tackles. They've you know, 1557 01:19:37,720 --> 01:19:40,760 Speaker 1: had four guys over the course of Schwartz's career, both 1558 01:19:40,760 --> 01:19:43,720 Speaker 1: as a defensive coordinator and as a head coach, who 1559 01:19:43,840 --> 01:19:46,559 Speaker 1: were All Pro defensive tackles. I don't know if you've 1560 01:19:46,840 --> 01:19:48,920 Speaker 1: rolled this off, but you know, Albert Hainesworth, the domin Kin, 1561 01:19:49,000 --> 01:19:53,200 Speaker 1: Sue Fletcher Cox, Marcel Darius all those guys pretty very good. 1562 01:19:53,240 --> 01:19:57,120 Speaker 1: And they were already very good before Schwartz really took over. 1563 01:19:57,160 --> 01:19:59,240 Speaker 1: And I guess with Sue he drafted him, but Um 1564 01:19:59,720 --> 01:20:02,479 Speaker 1: and and Schwartz was able to really maximize the town's 1565 01:20:02,479 --> 01:20:04,320 Speaker 1: even more. Like all those guys had their all Pro 1566 01:20:04,439 --> 01:20:07,240 Speaker 1: seasons only all pro seasons. I believe when Schwartz was 1567 01:20:07,280 --> 01:20:09,800 Speaker 1: their coach, so he knows how to make the most 1568 01:20:09,800 --> 01:20:11,280 Speaker 1: out of those guys. That's what I think he's gonna 1569 01:20:11,280 --> 01:20:13,920 Speaker 1: be able to do with Miles Garrett Um. Now, I 1570 01:20:14,000 --> 01:20:17,000 Speaker 1: think the big thing is getting him um some some 1571 01:20:17,080 --> 01:20:18,600 Speaker 1: of the tackles who can do that. I don't. I 1572 01:20:18,600 --> 01:20:21,000 Speaker 1: don't think there's there's a anyone on the roster right 1573 01:20:21,000 --> 01:20:23,880 Speaker 1: now who is capable of that. Obviously, um So, I 1574 01:20:23,920 --> 01:20:26,240 Speaker 1: think it's gonna be a busy off season for for 1575 01:20:26,280 --> 01:20:28,920 Speaker 1: the front office as far as finding guys who are 1576 01:20:28,920 --> 01:20:31,040 Speaker 1: going to allow Jim Schwartz to do what he wants 1577 01:20:31,040 --> 01:20:33,280 Speaker 1: to do with this defense, and obviously still building it 1578 01:20:33,320 --> 01:20:35,880 Speaker 1: around Miles Garrett Um. But overall, I like it. I 1579 01:20:35,880 --> 01:20:37,960 Speaker 1: think this is a sign that that that they are 1580 01:20:38,000 --> 01:20:41,040 Speaker 1: ready to really improve that interior part of the defense, 1581 01:20:41,040 --> 01:20:42,680 Speaker 1: because that's where Jim Schwartz has had a lot of 1582 01:20:42,680 --> 01:20:45,360 Speaker 1: his success as a coach. All right, let's get into 1583 01:20:45,400 --> 01:20:49,240 Speaker 1: it now, let's go around the league and a little 1584 01:20:49,280 --> 01:20:51,840 Speaker 1: higher or lower presented by keeping fun Ohio from the 1585 01:20:51,840 --> 01:20:55,200 Speaker 1: Ohio Lottery, who reminds you to know the risks before 1586 01:20:55,240 --> 01:20:57,799 Speaker 1: you gamble. Normally, we would look at some power rankings. 1587 01:20:57,800 --> 01:21:00,000 Speaker 1: We'd have a little fun with that. And we're trying 1588 01:21:00,120 --> 01:21:02,519 Speaker 1: to do a little bit. We're thinking outside the box here, 1589 01:21:02,600 --> 01:21:05,040 Speaker 1: poison and it was gonna be you, me and Bishop 1590 01:21:05,080 --> 01:21:08,519 Speaker 1: Bishop under the weather. Feel better, Bootsy, stay away from 1591 01:21:08,520 --> 01:21:11,400 Speaker 1: your father when you're not feeling good. Easier said than done. 1592 01:21:11,439 --> 01:21:14,759 Speaker 1: But that's where we are in life. We are ranking 1593 01:21:14,800 --> 01:21:19,320 Speaker 1: the remaining quarterbacks from worst to first heading into the 1594 01:21:19,360 --> 01:21:24,920 Speaker 1: divisional round. Uh, and I guess, I guess I can 1595 01:21:24,960 --> 01:21:27,240 Speaker 1: go we can go every other one. Okay, have you 1596 01:21:27,280 --> 01:21:28,720 Speaker 1: done this like this? This This is what you've done on 1597 01:21:28,720 --> 01:21:33,600 Speaker 1: the show before? Because what's so what we've done in 1598 01:21:33,600 --> 01:21:38,000 Speaker 1: the past was, Uh, it's like if we have three 1599 01:21:38,080 --> 01:21:41,040 Speaker 1: of us, then there's three of us going up and ranking. 1600 01:21:41,160 --> 01:21:43,800 Speaker 1: So I got my rankings here, so that's fine. We 1601 01:21:44,080 --> 01:21:48,639 Speaker 1: so if you do eight, I'll do number seven, six, five, four, three. 1602 01:21:49,400 --> 01:21:56,200 Speaker 1: So we're starting from from bottom to topices yes, worst, 1603 01:21:57,040 --> 01:22:00,519 Speaker 1: So what do you got number eight? Um? I think 1604 01:22:00,560 --> 01:22:03,000 Speaker 1: it's Trevor Lawrence and that may be a little bit 1605 01:22:03,000 --> 01:22:05,920 Speaker 1: of surprise considering there's Daniel Jones Brock parody also on 1606 01:22:05,920 --> 01:22:09,439 Speaker 1: this list. But I have Trevor Lawrence because, um, you know, 1607 01:22:09,520 --> 01:22:11,120 Speaker 1: he played really well in the second half, but he 1608 01:22:11,120 --> 01:22:13,360 Speaker 1: played about as bad as a quarterback could play in 1609 01:22:13,400 --> 01:22:15,840 Speaker 1: the first half with those four interceptions. And to me, 1610 01:22:15,920 --> 01:22:17,519 Speaker 1: that just can't be ignored when you're making a power 1611 01:22:17,560 --> 01:22:19,640 Speaker 1: rankings list like this. I think he's really talented. I 1612 01:22:19,640 --> 01:22:21,519 Speaker 1: wouldn't be surprised if he turns in a really good 1613 01:22:21,520 --> 01:22:25,200 Speaker 1: game uh this weekend as well. That bounced continue showing 1614 01:22:25,240 --> 01:22:27,640 Speaker 1: he bounced back from that. But there was only one 1615 01:22:27,720 --> 01:22:30,640 Speaker 1: quarterback who through four interceptions last weekend, and that was 1616 01:22:30,680 --> 01:22:33,640 Speaker 1: Trevor Lawrence. Into me, even though the Jags won, I 1617 01:22:33,640 --> 01:22:36,040 Speaker 1: still believe that makes him eight on this list of 1618 01:22:36,040 --> 01:22:38,679 Speaker 1: of the QPIE power rankings, I would disagree with that. 1619 01:22:38,960 --> 01:22:41,960 Speaker 1: I would put Daniel Jones at number eight as good 1620 01:22:41,960 --> 01:22:44,880 Speaker 1: a performance as he had against a dreadful Vikings team. 1621 01:22:45,040 --> 01:22:47,360 Speaker 1: A Vikings team, I don't know how many people actually 1622 01:22:47,400 --> 01:22:50,240 Speaker 1: gave them a realistic chance to win the game. I 1623 01:22:50,320 --> 01:22:52,439 Speaker 1: think everybody felt good that the Giants were going to 1624 01:22:52,520 --> 01:22:57,680 Speaker 1: somehow win that football game over the weekend. Um, congratulations, 1625 01:22:57,760 --> 01:23:00,640 Speaker 1: you did what you needed to do. I I'm going 1626 01:23:00,680 --> 01:23:02,360 Speaker 1: to tell you that the dream probably comes to an 1627 01:23:02,439 --> 01:23:06,000 Speaker 1: end and you come back to Earth this Saturday against Philadelphia. 1628 01:23:06,080 --> 01:23:09,559 Speaker 1: Probably the thing with Jones is that UM and a 1629 01:23:09,600 --> 01:23:11,479 Speaker 1: big thing that I looked at with this list, as 1630 01:23:11,479 --> 01:23:13,479 Speaker 1: you can tell based on what I said with Trevor Lawrence, 1631 01:23:13,520 --> 01:23:18,360 Speaker 1: was Yeah, but I looked at, you know, turnovers because 1632 01:23:18,400 --> 01:23:20,479 Speaker 1: I think that's just so important. And and being able 1633 01:23:20,520 --> 01:23:22,400 Speaker 1: to protect the ball, especially in the play Obviously it's 1634 01:23:22,400 --> 01:23:24,200 Speaker 1: an important thing in every game, but in the playoffs 1635 01:23:24,240 --> 01:23:27,160 Speaker 1: in particular. If you if you are able to protect 1636 01:23:27,200 --> 01:23:29,559 Speaker 1: the football on offense, you're going to have you should 1637 01:23:29,600 --> 01:23:32,439 Speaker 1: have a good chance to win. And I think the 1638 01:23:32,439 --> 01:23:34,160 Speaker 1: reason why I'm ranking Damion Jones in front of Trevor 1639 01:23:34,240 --> 01:23:36,000 Speaker 1: Lawrence is because, yeah, he may not have blown up 1640 01:23:36,040 --> 01:23:39,080 Speaker 1: the stat sheet, UM, but he also didn't throw an interception, 1641 01:23:39,520 --> 01:23:42,120 Speaker 1: and just looking at his work over the course of 1642 01:23:42,120 --> 01:23:45,639 Speaker 1: this season, he's got the lowest interception percentage of all 1643 01:23:45,640 --> 01:23:47,439 Speaker 1: the QBS. He leads the league. I guess I think 1644 01:23:47,439 --> 01:23:50,040 Speaker 1: an interception sens which is one point one UM only 1645 01:23:50,080 --> 01:23:52,599 Speaker 1: five picks. So that's why I think I'm putting Jones 1646 01:23:52,640 --> 01:23:56,599 Speaker 1: in front of Lawrence. I understand why you may think so, 1647 01:23:56,880 --> 01:23:59,400 Speaker 1: then Josh Allen should be like at the bottom of 1648 01:23:59,400 --> 01:24:04,200 Speaker 1: your list two according to your thinking. Okay, not. We'll 1649 01:24:04,200 --> 01:24:06,200 Speaker 1: get the Jo We'll get the Josh Allen eventually. How 1650 01:24:06,200 --> 01:24:08,920 Speaker 1: about what do you got a number six? So at six, 1651 01:24:10,040 --> 01:24:13,400 Speaker 1: I'm I'm gonna have Dak Prescott here. Um, so we're 1652 01:24:13,400 --> 01:24:15,519 Speaker 1: going in my list, I go Trevor Lawrence had eight, 1653 01:24:15,600 --> 01:24:19,880 Speaker 1: Daniel Jones at seven, Dak Prescott at six, and I 1654 01:24:19,960 --> 01:24:23,800 Speaker 1: have Dak here because um, I have Okay, I'm gonna 1655 01:24:23,880 --> 01:24:26,000 Speaker 1: keep going. I have Dak Prescott and then brock Purty 1656 01:24:26,000 --> 01:24:27,840 Speaker 1: because I was comparing these two when I was putting 1657 01:24:27,880 --> 01:24:31,960 Speaker 1: this drank together. Um, I have brock Purty in front 1658 01:24:32,000 --> 01:24:35,040 Speaker 1: of Dak because just look at the success that he's 1659 01:24:35,080 --> 01:24:38,879 Speaker 1: had obviously with a Kyle Shanahan playbook. Kyle Shannon's a genius. 1660 01:24:38,880 --> 01:24:41,040 Speaker 1: He's got top players at every skill position. He's got 1661 01:24:41,080 --> 01:24:43,240 Speaker 1: as much help as a quarterback could possibly ask for 1662 01:24:43,320 --> 01:24:45,600 Speaker 1: around him. Um, but all the staff still suggest that 1663 01:24:45,640 --> 01:24:48,240 Speaker 1: he's been a great qb. Um. He's protected the ball 1664 01:24:48,280 --> 01:24:50,360 Speaker 1: extremely well. I keep going back to that deliberate to 1665 01:24:50,400 --> 01:24:53,720 Speaker 1: the top lay careers, and and uh, this performance on 1666 01:24:53,720 --> 01:24:56,000 Speaker 1: on Saturday was the best that he's had in the 1667 01:24:56,080 --> 01:24:58,000 Speaker 1: six or seven starts he's made with the Niners. So 1668 01:24:58,479 --> 01:25:00,120 Speaker 1: that's why I have him in front of Dak, not 1669 01:25:00,200 --> 01:25:03,519 Speaker 1: that that played poorly, but before the playoffs dec had 1670 01:25:03,560 --> 01:25:07,440 Speaker 1: woke gone seven games with at least one interception. Um, 1671 01:25:07,520 --> 01:25:09,360 Speaker 1: he looked great last night, but before that it was 1672 01:25:09,479 --> 01:25:11,840 Speaker 1: it was a little inconsistent, a little shaky, whereas that 1673 01:25:11,880 --> 01:25:14,360 Speaker 1: hasn't been the case with brock Party. So I got 1674 01:25:14,360 --> 01:25:16,680 Speaker 1: Brock at five and Dock at six, and I know 1675 01:25:16,800 --> 01:25:19,439 Speaker 1: that's maybe some people think that's too high for brock Party, 1676 01:25:19,479 --> 01:25:20,920 Speaker 1: but he hasn't lost the game yet. As a starter 1677 01:25:20,960 --> 01:25:24,200 Speaker 1: in San Francisco. If I'm going confidence poll for these 1678 01:25:24,280 --> 01:25:27,479 Speaker 1: quarterbacks going into this weekend, my number five would be 1679 01:25:27,520 --> 01:25:31,679 Speaker 1: Jalen Hurts. Jen. I would put brock Party ahead because 1680 01:25:31,720 --> 01:25:34,519 Speaker 1: I just don't know if Jalen Hurts is fully recovered 1681 01:25:34,560 --> 01:25:36,760 Speaker 1: yet or not, because he didn't look fully recovered in 1682 01:25:36,800 --> 01:25:39,599 Speaker 1: Week eight. Team He's played one game in the last month, 1683 01:25:39,640 --> 01:25:41,720 Speaker 1: and there's a lot there's the whole thing of this 1684 01:25:41,920 --> 01:25:44,639 Speaker 1: having a bye a first jound bike can had actually 1685 01:25:44,720 --> 01:25:46,800 Speaker 1: hurt a team. I think maybe it hurts his case. 1686 01:25:46,840 --> 01:25:48,320 Speaker 1: It could help him as far as getting back from 1687 01:25:48,320 --> 01:25:49,840 Speaker 1: the injury, but you still also have to take in 1688 01:25:49,880 --> 01:25:52,840 Speaker 1: consideration that it was one more week that he did 1689 01:25:52,880 --> 01:25:54,760 Speaker 1: not play and did not sort of maybe get an 1690 01:25:54,800 --> 01:25:57,080 Speaker 1: opportunity to get his feet back on him. So that 1691 01:25:57,160 --> 01:25:59,800 Speaker 1: doesn't that also doesn't surprise me at all. I'm Hurts 1692 01:25:59,840 --> 01:26:01,439 Speaker 1: his another guy. I think that you could put in 1693 01:26:01,439 --> 01:26:02,920 Speaker 1: a lot of different spots on this list. I have 1694 01:26:03,000 --> 01:26:04,920 Speaker 1: him at three for what it's worth. So all right, 1695 01:26:04,960 --> 01:26:08,160 Speaker 1: what do you got? Uh? You have Hurts at number three? 1696 01:26:08,360 --> 01:26:11,639 Speaker 1: I have Alan at four. Josh Allen fourth best quarterback 1697 01:26:11,720 --> 01:26:14,000 Speaker 1: in the playoffs this weekend, and I have him fourth 1698 01:26:14,000 --> 01:26:16,120 Speaker 1: because of how he looked last week, which what we 1699 01:26:16,120 --> 01:26:18,960 Speaker 1: were alluding to their um, he didn't do a good 1700 01:26:19,000 --> 01:26:21,519 Speaker 1: job I think of protecting the ball. He through two picks, 1701 01:26:21,560 --> 01:26:25,719 Speaker 1: fumbled three times. It just looked like a very uncharacteristic 1702 01:26:25,760 --> 01:26:27,320 Speaker 1: game for Josh Allen, although I know he's kind of 1703 01:26:27,320 --> 01:26:30,240 Speaker 1: struggled with turnovers a little bit this year. UM and 1704 01:26:30,320 --> 01:26:33,400 Speaker 1: I just think that's risky. They it gave the Dolphins 1705 01:26:33,400 --> 01:26:35,280 Speaker 1: a chance. And if your quarterback is gonna turn the 1706 01:26:35,320 --> 01:26:37,760 Speaker 1: ball over or lose the ball five times normally that 1707 01:26:37,800 --> 01:26:39,120 Speaker 1: doesn't mean you win. So I think they got a 1708 01:26:39,120 --> 01:26:41,880 Speaker 1: little lucky against the Dolphins. Said it best earlier, he 1709 01:26:41,920 --> 01:26:44,120 Speaker 1: goes Josh Allen's always going to give you one or 1710 01:26:44,160 --> 01:26:47,400 Speaker 1: two chances, and by that one or two chances for 1711 01:26:47,439 --> 01:26:50,080 Speaker 1: the defense to make a play. Yeah, exactly. I mean 1712 01:26:50,080 --> 01:26:53,599 Speaker 1: they gave the Dolphins every chance really to win that game. 1713 01:26:53,640 --> 01:26:55,479 Speaker 1: And if it wasn't for him playing, you know, kind 1714 01:26:55,479 --> 01:26:57,080 Speaker 1: of out of his mind in some of those other 1715 01:26:57,120 --> 01:26:59,240 Speaker 1: moments of the game, then they would have lost. But 1716 01:26:59,280 --> 01:27:01,360 Speaker 1: here's the thing. They were playing the Dolphins, and and 1717 01:27:01,360 --> 01:27:03,640 Speaker 1: and every team they play from here going forward is 1718 01:27:03,680 --> 01:27:05,720 Speaker 1: going to be likely better than the Dolphins. And so 1719 01:27:05,760 --> 01:27:08,439 Speaker 1: that's why. All right, So who do your final four? 1720 01:27:08,960 --> 01:27:11,720 Speaker 1: So my final four one no surprise at all here 1721 01:27:11,720 --> 01:27:15,200 Speaker 1: it's Pat Mahomes. Um he should win m VP. He's 1722 01:27:15,200 --> 01:27:17,800 Speaker 1: been marvelous without Tyree Hill. I don't I think to 1723 01:27:17,840 --> 01:27:19,719 Speaker 1: some degree he still has even has got enough credit 1724 01:27:19,760 --> 01:27:23,880 Speaker 1: for how he's improved on the offense without having Tyree 1725 01:27:24,000 --> 01:27:26,080 Speaker 1: Hill in it. Um, you know, led the league in 1726 01:27:26,120 --> 01:27:28,360 Speaker 1: passing yards. Chiefs would still be my Super Bowl pick. 1727 01:27:28,520 --> 01:27:30,160 Speaker 1: I don't think there's much of an arguments we made 1728 01:27:30,160 --> 01:27:35,439 Speaker 1: that he is the best quarterback left of the book. Bros. 1729 01:27:35,479 --> 01:27:38,240 Speaker 1: Number two, Um, I like him over. I had heard 1730 01:27:38,320 --> 01:27:40,800 Speaker 1: that number three and I just like bro Over hurts 1731 01:27:40,800 --> 01:27:44,040 Speaker 1: more because like the reasons we talked about. He's actually 1732 01:27:44,040 --> 01:27:46,439 Speaker 1: played games in the last month, He's got more playoff, 1733 01:27:46,520 --> 01:27:49,920 Speaker 1: more Super Bowl experience. Um, and he's just a better passer. 1734 01:27:50,000 --> 01:27:52,760 Speaker 1: And I think when you get into these playoffs situations 1735 01:27:52,840 --> 01:27:55,559 Speaker 1: late in games, uh, the person who is the better 1736 01:27:55,640 --> 01:27:57,920 Speaker 1: passer always triumph. But it's not like over the years 1737 01:27:57,960 --> 01:28:01,200 Speaker 1: we've seen mobile quarterbacks in in blake playoff games be 1738 01:28:01,240 --> 01:28:02,840 Speaker 1: able to you know, kind of carry their team to 1739 01:28:02,880 --> 01:28:04,920 Speaker 1: a win. And that's why I think I would take 1740 01:28:04,960 --> 01:28:07,240 Speaker 1: Joe Burrow over Jalen Hurts and and all the other 1741 01:28:07,280 --> 01:28:09,160 Speaker 1: guys on this list. And if he has another big week, 1742 01:28:09,280 --> 01:28:12,280 Speaker 1: Dak Prescott's going to crack that top four. Yeah, for sure, 1743 01:28:12,320 --> 01:28:14,880 Speaker 1: another big week. Yeah, it's the the key with Dac, 1744 01:28:15,040 --> 01:28:17,240 Speaker 1: like I said, is just just protecting the ball. I 1745 01:28:17,280 --> 01:28:20,479 Speaker 1: mean before before yesterday, he had interceptions in his last 1746 01:28:20,520 --> 01:28:23,759 Speaker 1: seven games. Um. Obviously, they've got some great, great weapons 1747 01:28:23,760 --> 01:28:26,000 Speaker 1: on that Cowboys offense that I think could lead them 1748 01:28:26,040 --> 01:28:28,720 Speaker 1: to a long run. But um, there's just too many 1749 01:28:28,760 --> 01:28:30,880 Speaker 1: other quarterbacks that are also have been playing really, really 1750 01:28:30,880 --> 01:28:33,320 Speaker 1: well and have been a lot more consistent. In my opinion, 1751 01:28:33,320 --> 01:28:36,439 Speaker 1: Brock Prairies one of them. So yeah, I think this 1752 01:28:36,520 --> 01:28:38,599 Speaker 1: is going to be interesting, by the way, programming note 1753 01:28:38,680 --> 01:28:41,479 Speaker 1: Connor and and paulas. I'll just take this for another 1754 01:28:41,520 --> 01:28:45,800 Speaker 1: minute and then we'll wrap up here because I can. 1755 01:28:46,320 --> 01:28:49,559 Speaker 1: That's what happens on you. You can do whatever you want. 1756 01:28:49,600 --> 01:28:51,519 Speaker 1: I did not. I did not wake up with this 1757 01:28:51,600 --> 01:28:54,840 Speaker 1: in mind today. So here we go. We're kind of 1758 01:28:55,240 --> 01:29:00,000 Speaker 1: I did not have us U hiring a defensive coordinator today. Uh, 1759 01:29:00,560 --> 01:29:04,920 Speaker 1: that's potentially what we're looking at. Um, yeah, I mean 1760 01:29:04,960 --> 01:29:09,880 Speaker 1: it's Mahomes Burrow. Burrow didn't look great the other night. 1761 01:29:10,240 --> 01:29:12,200 Speaker 1: I feel like they really slowed down towards the end 1762 01:29:12,200 --> 01:29:14,280 Speaker 1: of the game. Like it wasn't But there is something 1763 01:29:14,320 --> 01:29:16,680 Speaker 1: to be said, and we talked. I talked about this 1764 01:29:16,720 --> 01:29:21,080 Speaker 1: with Shook. But you know, like go look at the Dolphins, Bills, Um, 1765 01:29:21,120 --> 01:29:24,120 Speaker 1: you know, go look at the Bengals and Ravens. Like 1766 01:29:24,240 --> 01:29:26,840 Speaker 1: you play a team three times in a season, they're 1767 01:29:26,840 --> 01:29:30,479 Speaker 1: gonna figure something. They know everything, right, Like no team 1768 01:29:30,560 --> 01:29:32,240 Speaker 1: is going to be able to just blow You're not 1769 01:29:32,240 --> 01:29:35,120 Speaker 1: gonna blow a team out. And it's not like Burrow 1770 01:29:35,160 --> 01:29:37,760 Speaker 1: really made any mistakes in that game. There were a 1771 01:29:37,800 --> 01:29:39,960 Speaker 1: lot of drop passes. Jamar Chase had a free drops 1772 01:29:39,960 --> 01:29:42,360 Speaker 1: in that game. Um, and it's also the I mean 1773 01:29:42,400 --> 01:29:45,200 Speaker 1: the Ravens defense. We knew was going to make it 1774 01:29:45,280 --> 01:29:47,960 Speaker 1: incredibly tough because that's what they've done on quarterbacks all season. 1775 01:29:48,200 --> 01:29:50,160 Speaker 1: And they might not have won everything, well, they did 1776 01:29:50,160 --> 01:29:51,559 Speaker 1: win a ton of games when we're playing that easy 1777 01:29:51,560 --> 01:29:54,240 Speaker 1: part of the schedule, but um, they've just made it 1778 01:29:54,280 --> 01:29:56,439 Speaker 1: hard on QB's all season. They made it hard on 1779 01:29:56,520 --> 01:30:00,000 Speaker 1: Burrow all season. Even in in Week eighteen, they limited 1780 01:30:00,120 --> 01:30:01,960 Speaker 1: what I think the bank was only scored twenty four 1781 01:30:01,960 --> 01:30:03,240 Speaker 1: points in that game, which is what they had in 1782 01:30:03,280 --> 01:30:05,640 Speaker 1: this one too. So I think this could be this 1783 01:30:05,720 --> 01:30:07,720 Speaker 1: could be the worst game that Joe Burrow has as 1784 01:30:07,760 --> 01:30:10,440 Speaker 1: long as the Bengals are in the playoffs in this postseason. 1785 01:30:10,439 --> 01:30:13,120 Speaker 1: That's what I'm saying, all right, thirty seconds worst Tom 1786 01:30:13,120 --> 01:30:15,920 Speaker 1: Brady end up a year from now when camp, when 1787 01:30:15,960 --> 01:30:18,000 Speaker 1: camp opens in eight months, you know, not a year 1788 01:30:18,000 --> 01:30:20,080 Speaker 1: from now. Year from now the season is over. It's interesting, 1789 01:30:20,120 --> 01:30:23,360 Speaker 1: it doesn't seem like he's probably gonna retire. And and 1790 01:30:23,479 --> 01:30:26,120 Speaker 1: if you had asked me a month ago, the Niners 1791 01:30:26,160 --> 01:30:27,880 Speaker 1: would have been the easy bed, and now it's it's 1792 01:30:27,920 --> 01:30:30,920 Speaker 1: a lot more uncertain. So Vegas, I think it could 1793 01:30:30,960 --> 01:30:33,200 Speaker 1: be Vegas. Vegas could Yeah, Vegas is a good one. 1794 01:30:33,200 --> 01:30:35,000 Speaker 1: I'm trying to run through the other snares in my head. 1795 01:30:35,040 --> 01:30:37,559 Speaker 1: Maybe the Jets make a play, which would be interesting 1796 01:30:37,600 --> 01:30:41,400 Speaker 1: because obviously they were in the division. Net Um, we 1797 01:30:41,520 --> 01:30:44,200 Speaker 1: try to run back to Miami thing again. Yeah, Well, 1798 01:30:44,479 --> 01:30:46,559 Speaker 1: I don't I think Miami's I think Miami set tight 1799 01:30:46,600 --> 01:30:50,799 Speaker 1: with two. But I would say the top two teams Jets, 1800 01:30:50,080 --> 01:30:52,760 Speaker 1: I don't know. I don't know if too is two 1801 01:30:52,760 --> 01:30:57,519 Speaker 1: are gonna play ever again. That now that's a that's 1802 01:30:57,520 --> 01:31:02,880 Speaker 1: a bigger conversation. Poisel appreciated my friend as always, anything 1803 01:31:02,880 --> 01:31:06,200 Speaker 1: for you gives. I don't know anything for you, Mr Poys. 1804 01:31:06,760 --> 01:31:09,559 Speaker 1: All right, that's gonna wrap up. A Tuesday edition of 1805 01:31:09,720 --> 01:31:12,800 Speaker 1: Cleveland Brown's Daily. 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