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Speaker 1: Hey guys, Chris hevery with you on a week seven

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Speaker 1: edition of Chargers Weekly. Here of a new Chargers podcast

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Speaker 1: network coming up, a Chargers Beat Writers Roundtable. We preview

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Speaker 1: this Sunday against the Titans and what the Bolts need

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Speaker 1: to do to turn their season around in Nashville. Speaking

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Speaker 1: to Nashville Eric Backrack of the Tennessee and he gives

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Speaker 1: this week's opposing view. But first, CBS Sports is Evan Washburn.

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Speaker 1: All right, my first guest. We'll be on the sidelines

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Speaker 1: for Chargers Titans on CBS along with the great Ion

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Speaker 1: Ego and Dan Fouts in the booth. Very pleased to

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Speaker 1: bring in Evan Washburn to Chargers Weekly. Evan, it's always

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Speaker 1: great having you on, man. How are you doing. I'm

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Speaker 1: doing well, Chris, Thanks for having me. Absolutely. You know,

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Speaker 1: I imagine when you looked at this game in early September,

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Speaker 1: you probably thought that both of these teams would be

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Speaker 1: four and two instead of two and four, and suddenly

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Speaker 1: this becomes a pretty pivotal game if both teams want

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Speaker 1: to stay in the mix, at least in the AFC

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Speaker 1: playoff picture. Absolutely, and look, desperation is never fun for

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Speaker 1: the involved. But I think it can provide for a

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Speaker 1: great environment for a game, for fans and for us

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Speaker 1: covering it, and it feels that way. I think the

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Speaker 1: way the AFC is currently constituted two and four doesn't

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Speaker 1: put you in a position where your season is anywhere

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Speaker 1: close to in jeopardy. But if you're to drop one

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Speaker 1: or two more games, then then it becomes really challenging,

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Speaker 1: depending on the division you're in, obviously, but both of

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Speaker 1: these teams more than just getting a win, I think

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Speaker 1: just proving to themselves that this is a season that

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Speaker 1: can on the field look like one that they at

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Speaker 1: least put it all that work in in the offseason.

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Speaker 1: And specific to LA, this is as talented when healthy

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Speaker 1: a team as there is in the league. And I

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Speaker 1: know expectations were high, and I'm sure are still high internally.

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Speaker 1: They need to see it on the field because the

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Speaker 1: last two weeks have been ugly. It has, and you know,

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Speaker 1: the slow starts have played the Chargers throughout the course

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Speaker 1: of a season, but really these last two weeks, Evan,

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Speaker 1: they've been outscored thirty eight nothing in the first half.

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Speaker 1: You go down seventeen nothing to Denver, twenty four nothing

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Speaker 1: but it's just too little, too late. Coach Lynn talked

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Speaker 1: about it this week. Execution, it just needs to be

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Speaker 1: better on both sides of the football. Yeah, And I've

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Speaker 1: thought a lot about that because looks, flow starts one

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Speaker 1: of those things that it's a reality you can't ignore

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Speaker 1: that's an obvious concern and something that has to be corrected.

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Speaker 1: And execution, to me, is often a crush word that

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Speaker 1: teams and players and coaches can use because it's being honest.

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Speaker 1: But there's so much more depth to it. And just

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Speaker 1: watching back some of these games, as we talked about

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Speaker 1: desperation on the side of LA for the Tennessee Titans

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Speaker 1: come Sunday, the teams that the Chargers have faced when

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Speaker 1: they faced them, to me with a more desperate team early,

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Speaker 1: continue to hammer that point home. It's too late and

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Speaker 1: just havn't had the Pittsburgh Steelers the week prior, as

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Speaker 1: What's interesting about that, Evan is I think the Titans

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Speaker 1: for come middle to late November. Evan, you guys had

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Speaker 1: What do you make this Titans team this year, Evan.

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Speaker 1: I mean, it's a it's an offense that has struggled

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Speaker 1: Eric Backrack of the Tennessee and Eric, I know it's

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Speaker 1: they're hoping that by in certain Ryans Tannehill into the

432
00:21:57,520 --> 00:22:00,280
Speaker 1: mix step that gives them some types of spark. We

433
00:22:00,359 --> 00:22:03,480
Speaker 1: look at week one, they beat the Browns forty three thirteen.

434
00:22:03,720 --> 00:22:06,720
Speaker 1: They had a nice win in Atlanta twenty four ten.

435
00:22:07,160 --> 00:22:10,399
Speaker 1: What were they doing Eric in those games that you

436
00:22:10,480 --> 00:22:13,920
Speaker 1: haven't seen in the four losses. Yeah, I think and

437
00:22:14,240 --> 00:22:18,840
Speaker 1: Mario Thatt spoke about it after the win in Atlantic

438
00:22:18,800 --> 00:22:21,399
Speaker 1: in week four, is that they got they kind of

439
00:22:21,400 --> 00:22:24,479
Speaker 1: started this blueprints when it comes to how they were

440
00:22:24,480 --> 00:22:27,080
Speaker 1: able to win those games. And that was, you know,

441
00:22:27,160 --> 00:22:29,720
Speaker 1: number one, the past game was working, which which it

442
00:22:29,840 --> 00:22:32,119
Speaker 1: hasn't been you know, many of their losses. So so

443
00:22:32,160 --> 00:22:34,600
Speaker 1: they were able to you know, gain chunks of yardage

444
00:22:34,600 --> 00:22:37,320
Speaker 1: on on pass plays. Uh, they got ahead, which is

445
00:22:37,400 --> 00:22:40,120
Speaker 1: key because at that's when you're able to get Derrick

446
00:22:40,160 --> 00:22:42,560
Speaker 1: Henry up to twenty or so carries as he played

447
00:22:42,560 --> 00:22:45,359
Speaker 1: at the league and utilizing my action. It's been a

448
00:22:45,359 --> 00:22:48,160
Speaker 1: really big strength of Theirs when things are going well. Um,

449
00:22:48,480 --> 00:22:52,240
Speaker 1: and again you kind of use Derrick Henry as your closer, uh,

450
00:22:52,280 --> 00:22:54,960
Speaker 1: you know, because he tends to get better running the

451
00:22:55,000 --> 00:22:56,880
Speaker 1: ball later in games in the third and fourth quarter

452
00:22:57,280 --> 00:23:00,439
Speaker 1: when defensives are a little bit worn down and you

453
00:23:00,480 --> 00:23:03,640
Speaker 1: really see from carry sixteen or so maybe twenty five,

454
00:23:04,160 --> 00:23:06,360
Speaker 1: that's really where he begins to rip off seven eight

455
00:23:06,400 --> 00:23:08,879
Speaker 1: yards to carry and at that point, you know the

456
00:23:08,880 --> 00:23:10,480
Speaker 1: Pains were able to sort of coast to a win.

457
00:23:10,560 --> 00:23:13,520
Speaker 1: So they're able to do that since the Browns against

458
00:23:13,560 --> 00:23:15,960
Speaker 1: the Falcons, that's kind of the blueprint, and things have

459
00:23:16,080 --> 00:23:20,800
Speaker 1: obviously gone very far from sort of that. That's that blueprint,

460
00:23:20,920 --> 00:23:24,520
Speaker 1: so to speak, in these losses. But again it's the

461
00:23:24,560 --> 00:23:27,320
Speaker 1: way their defense is playing. It does give them a

462
00:23:27,359 --> 00:23:30,600
Speaker 1: shot usually in most games if they haven't allowed it

463
00:23:30,640 --> 00:23:32,480
Speaker 1: to be. The Poms to Shoo are more than twenty

464
00:23:32,480 --> 00:23:35,000
Speaker 1: points a game in any single game this season. So

465
00:23:35,440 --> 00:23:38,560
Speaker 1: that defense is a really strong unit. And sort of

466
00:23:38,600 --> 00:23:42,040
Speaker 1: the sentiment Karen Nashville is that it's being squandered because

467
00:23:42,040 --> 00:23:45,840
Speaker 1: it's an offense, because of just lifeless offense that the

468
00:23:45,960 --> 00:23:48,360
Speaker 1: Times throw out there every single week. And we'll see

469
00:23:48,359 --> 00:23:52,119
Speaker 1: if Francaneoe could sparked it in any way. When you

470
00:23:52,119 --> 00:23:56,160
Speaker 1: look at this defense, Eric, it's very similar to last year,

471
00:23:56,200 --> 00:23:58,919
Speaker 1: and these two teams meant in London last year. The

472
00:23:59,080 --> 00:24:03,680
Speaker 1: twenty nineteen thriller. Is there anything different about the defense

473
00:24:03,800 --> 00:24:08,119
Speaker 1: that perhaps maybe playing better than they were in twenty eighteen. Uh,

474
00:24:08,160 --> 00:24:10,280
Speaker 1: you know, I think, Um, like you said, it's a

475
00:24:10,400 --> 00:24:15,600
Speaker 1: very similar unit. I think there's more continuity there. You know,

476
00:24:15,640 --> 00:24:17,600
Speaker 1: this is now the second years that are playing under

477
00:24:18,000 --> 00:24:22,399
Speaker 1: detensive quarters. Nador D andps who who is sort of

478
00:24:22,520 --> 00:24:25,360
Speaker 1: you know, one of the masterminds over there in Baltimore. Um,

479
00:24:25,920 --> 00:24:28,840
Speaker 1: you know a few years ago when they were playing

480
00:24:28,840 --> 00:24:31,159
Speaker 1: really well defensively. So you know, I think it's another

481
00:24:31,240 --> 00:24:34,320
Speaker 1: year of that group coming together. Um. You know, you've

482
00:24:34,320 --> 00:24:37,600
Speaker 1: got Kevin Bayer, who who's this past offseason was made

483
00:24:37,640 --> 00:24:40,120
Speaker 1: the rich and safety in NFL history. He's playing really

484
00:24:40,119 --> 00:24:42,800
Speaker 1: well history interceptions. You know, he's come back. Sean. I

485
00:24:42,840 --> 00:24:45,320
Speaker 1: think you look at a guy like Howard Landry the

486
00:24:45,359 --> 00:24:49,600
Speaker 1: Titans drafted in the second round last year. Um, he

487
00:24:49,720 --> 00:24:51,639
Speaker 1: was you know, drafted to sort of be as a

488
00:24:51,720 --> 00:24:56,440
Speaker 1: successor to Bryana Rackfell and Derek morgan Um at outside linebacker,

489
00:24:56,440 --> 00:24:58,520
Speaker 1: and both of those guys were tired after last year

490
00:24:58,960 --> 00:25:01,280
Speaker 1: and they combined for to be sacked last year. So

491
00:25:01,480 --> 00:25:03,240
Speaker 1: you just weren't getting a lot of production out of

492
00:25:03,280 --> 00:25:07,160
Speaker 1: that starting outside linebacker. Google last year. This year, how

493
00:25:07,280 --> 00:25:10,119
Speaker 1: Landry already has I believe it's sports sack hit for

494
00:25:10,480 --> 00:25:12,920
Speaker 1: only having four and a half last year, So there's

495
00:25:12,920 --> 00:25:15,720
Speaker 1: certainly improvements there. Trains are doing a little bit better

496
00:25:15,720 --> 00:25:18,880
Speaker 1: with their past rush they had. They added Tam Weeks

497
00:25:19,160 --> 00:25:22,200
Speaker 1: this offseason and he's been a big boost. He's been

498
00:25:22,200 --> 00:25:25,560
Speaker 1: banged up and her basketball game, so there hasn't been, um,

499
00:25:25,800 --> 00:25:29,440
Speaker 1: you know, quite an impact player of late obviously, but

500
00:25:29,440 --> 00:25:32,000
Speaker 1: he's still given them a boost. We'll see if he

501
00:25:32,080 --> 00:25:34,920
Speaker 1: suits up on Son and he didn't practice today Wednesday,

502
00:25:35,600 --> 00:25:37,359
Speaker 1: so we'll see what happens there. But you know, I

503
00:25:37,359 --> 00:25:40,040
Speaker 1: think the passers improved and that's been a big part

504
00:25:40,040 --> 00:25:42,080
Speaker 1: of it. And you know, they're just a really good team.

505
00:25:42,200 --> 00:25:44,159
Speaker 1: And as far as keeping me off the board, like

506
00:25:44,200 --> 00:25:48,399
Speaker 1: I mentioned earlier, they're only allowing opponents to score fifteen

507
00:25:48,440 --> 00:25:51,679
Speaker 1: point three points per game. Um, So again, you know,

508
00:25:51,760 --> 00:25:54,119
Speaker 1: this this defense is really doing its parts. It's the

509
00:25:54,160 --> 00:25:58,159
Speaker 1: offense where it's just lacking severely. And if you can

510
00:25:58,240 --> 00:26:01,040
Speaker 1: get any production there, Titans should be a better team

511
00:26:01,040 --> 00:26:03,800
Speaker 1: than they are. Eric, what are the Titans saying about

512
00:26:03,800 --> 00:26:06,280
Speaker 1: the Chargers coming to town? Obviously, the last two weeks

513
00:26:06,760 --> 00:26:09,800
Speaker 1: for LA they have struggled against the Broncos, who the

514
00:26:09,840 --> 00:26:12,480
Speaker 1: Titan soul last week and the Steelers all of a sudden,

515
00:26:12,560 --> 00:26:15,320
Speaker 1: I football, But you so you got Philip Rivers under center.

516
00:26:15,359 --> 00:26:17,520
Speaker 1: I think he's seven and one all time against the Titans,

517
00:26:17,960 --> 00:26:20,240
Speaker 1: and some pieces on the outside when you talk about Keenan,

518
00:26:20,280 --> 00:26:24,840
Speaker 1: Allen Hunter, Henry Beck, Mike Williams, Melvin Gordon, and Austin

519
00:26:24,920 --> 00:26:27,320
Speaker 1: Ekeler in the backfield. Yeah, you know, I think the

520
00:26:27,320 --> 00:26:30,440
Speaker 1: Titans probably think they stacked up well in this one. Um.

521
00:26:30,560 --> 00:26:32,920
Speaker 1: You know, for them, they're they're looking at it do

522
00:26:33,400 --> 00:26:36,480
Speaker 1: get right game against the struggling team. Um. You know,

523
00:26:36,520 --> 00:26:39,520
Speaker 1: I know that the Chargers have underwhelmed two, but uh,

524
00:26:39,680 --> 00:26:41,959
Speaker 1: you know, I do think you kind of look at

525
00:26:42,000 --> 00:26:45,359
Speaker 1: that the recent history of these of this series, and

526
00:26:45,560 --> 00:26:47,920
Speaker 1: I believe the Chargers are for something like twelve to

527
00:26:48,040 --> 00:26:52,600
Speaker 1: one against the Titans going back to ninety three. So, um,

528
00:26:53,160 --> 00:26:54,840
Speaker 1: you know, this is a chance for them to sort of,

529
00:26:55,119 --> 00:26:56,560
Speaker 1: you know, get on the right side of teams in

530
00:26:56,560 --> 00:26:59,720
Speaker 1: that regarden. Um. You know, I think for the Times

531
00:26:59,720 --> 00:27:02,879
Speaker 1: a lot because facts of how their offense backs up

532
00:27:02,920 --> 00:27:06,160
Speaker 1: against the Chargers defense. Um, you know, I think that's

533
00:27:06,160 --> 00:27:08,159
Speaker 1: going to be the big thing to watch, you know,

534
00:27:08,240 --> 00:27:11,440
Speaker 1: especially if you're a Titans stand here in Nashville. Uh,

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00:27:11,880 --> 00:27:15,480
Speaker 1: it's really offense comes to life, can to do anything,

536
00:27:15,480 --> 00:27:19,800
Speaker 1: can manufacture, um, you know some sort of uh just

537
00:27:19,920 --> 00:27:22,119
Speaker 1: kind of you know points when it comes to, um,

538
00:27:23,320 --> 00:27:26,080
Speaker 1: running the ball, packing the ball. It really is. The

539
00:27:26,119 --> 00:27:30,000
Speaker 1: Titans problems on offense are are the big um sort

540
00:27:30,000 --> 00:27:32,840
Speaker 1: of Achilles heel of of their season so far to

541
00:27:32,960 --> 00:27:36,080
Speaker 1: this point. So um, you know that's that's really what

542
00:27:36,160 --> 00:27:38,200
Speaker 1: they're focusing on. They look at the Chargers as a

543
00:27:38,280 --> 00:27:41,720
Speaker 1: team that um it's certainly beatable, more beatable than maybe

544
00:27:41,760 --> 00:27:44,359
Speaker 1: they appear on the schedule to the beginning season. Um.

545
00:27:44,600 --> 00:27:46,560
Speaker 1: But really, you know, I think the Titans need to

546
00:27:46,600 --> 00:27:49,560
Speaker 1: look more than anything else in words when it comes

547
00:27:49,560 --> 00:27:52,880
Speaker 1: to their strugglies offensively because you know, they just didn't

548
00:27:53,000 --> 00:27:55,880
Speaker 1: they looked awful. They made a Bronco team that really

549
00:27:55,960 --> 00:27:58,120
Speaker 1: isn't that good. They made them look pretty good last week.

550
00:27:58,160 --> 00:28:00,600
Speaker 1: So you know, I think the Titans problems uh go

551
00:28:00,760 --> 00:28:04,800
Speaker 1: back to just the offense and really the offense alone. UM.

552
00:28:04,960 --> 00:28:07,080
Speaker 1: So we'll see how that that changes or doesn't change

553
00:28:07,080 --> 00:28:09,840
Speaker 1: this week. Eric, who are some of these under the

554
00:28:09,920 --> 00:28:13,480
Speaker 1: radar guys on the Titans that you think could potentially

555
00:28:13,520 --> 00:28:16,879
Speaker 1: impact this game, maybe somebody that wasn't in the matchup

556
00:28:17,000 --> 00:28:19,840
Speaker 1: last year, or a rookie who you think may have

557
00:28:19,920 --> 00:28:22,600
Speaker 1: a say in the game on Sunday. You know, I

558
00:28:22,640 --> 00:28:24,879
Speaker 1: think I think weekend and week out the the the

559
00:28:24,880 --> 00:28:28,280
Speaker 1: answer for that for the Pentons is probably a J. Brown. Um.

560
00:28:28,320 --> 00:28:31,080
Speaker 1: You know, rookie the second round pick wide receiver out

561
00:28:31,080 --> 00:28:33,560
Speaker 1: of all mints, who's got a couple of really big

562
00:28:33,600 --> 00:28:36,920
Speaker 1: plays this year for the Titans. Um. And that's something

563
00:28:36,960 --> 00:28:39,320
Speaker 1: that they were missing last year, that that big, explosive

564
00:28:40,400 --> 00:28:43,680
Speaker 1: path catcher. Um. And we've seen a J. Brown do

565
00:28:43,800 --> 00:28:46,840
Speaker 1: that a few times this year where he catches the

566
00:28:46,960 --> 00:28:49,200
Speaker 1: ball maybe over the middle, tends to fifty yards doubt

567
00:28:49,640 --> 00:28:53,000
Speaker 1: and then really the show kind of starts at that point. Um.

568
00:28:53,560 --> 00:28:55,440
Speaker 1: You know, it's with his speed. For how big a

569
00:28:55,520 --> 00:28:59,320
Speaker 1: guy he is, he's um, he's pretty agile, he's shipping

570
00:29:00,080 --> 00:29:02,320
Speaker 1: um and you know he's got a lot of strength,

571
00:29:02,400 --> 00:29:04,760
Speaker 1: So he's capable of a lot of big plays that

572
00:29:04,880 --> 00:29:07,880
Speaker 1: the Titans didn't have last year. Um. You know, so

573
00:29:08,760 --> 00:29:11,160
Speaker 1: again for how bad the offense has been, he's he's

574
00:29:11,200 --> 00:29:14,600
Speaker 1: been a bright spot at this point. So he's He's

575
00:29:14,640 --> 00:29:19,480
Speaker 1: somebody's certainly worth watching this week. Eric, final thing for you,

576
00:29:19,760 --> 00:29:21,560
Speaker 1: what do you think it's going to decide this game?

577
00:29:21,760 --> 00:29:24,080
Speaker 1: I look at a really key stat I think for

578
00:29:24,160 --> 00:29:27,720
Speaker 1: both teams. The Chargers have gotten off to really bad

579
00:29:27,840 --> 00:29:31,040
Speaker 1: starts the last two weeks, and the Titans it looks

580
00:29:31,080 --> 00:29:33,520
Speaker 1: like that's kind of the same deal with them. They've

581
00:29:33,560 --> 00:29:36,680
Speaker 1: been out scored thirty seven to seventeen in the first

582
00:29:36,760 --> 00:29:39,680
Speaker 1: quarter this year. So I really think whoever kind of

583
00:29:39,920 --> 00:29:43,760
Speaker 1: starts this thing hot may have the early edge in

584
00:29:43,880 --> 00:29:46,760
Speaker 1: getting the victory. I agree, and again it goes back

585
00:29:46,840 --> 00:29:50,120
Speaker 1: to sort of the Titans blueprint for success. They would

586
00:29:50,200 --> 00:29:52,440
Speaker 1: obviously love to be a team that could play from

587
00:29:52,480 --> 00:29:55,760
Speaker 1: behind and too well from behind. But you know, when

588
00:29:55,800 --> 00:29:58,640
Speaker 1: they get a head, that's really when things, um, you know,

589
00:29:58,760 --> 00:30:01,920
Speaker 1: sort of moving their favor. They've got Derek Henry, who

590
00:30:02,400 --> 00:30:06,200
Speaker 1: um you know in wins, uh, you know, he's consistently

591
00:30:06,800 --> 00:30:08,800
Speaker 1: you know, rushing for close to a hundred yards of play,

592
00:30:08,800 --> 00:30:11,640
Speaker 1: actions working well and everything kind of them from there.

593
00:30:11,640 --> 00:30:14,640
Speaker 1: And then in losses you work at a statue and um,

594
00:30:14,840 --> 00:30:16,680
Speaker 1: you know, the production just with them there enough because

595
00:30:16,680 --> 00:30:18,480
Speaker 1: they have the past the ball. More so, if the

596
00:30:18,560 --> 00:30:21,880
Speaker 1: Titans can get ahead, um, which again I think with

597
00:30:22,040 --> 00:30:25,320
Speaker 1: Tannehill it's kind of shocked to do that. I think, Um,

598
00:30:25,760 --> 00:30:27,880
Speaker 1: he's certainly just with the way things are going with

599
00:30:28,000 --> 00:30:30,880
Speaker 1: Mario to heat can only be an improvement. Um, because

600
00:30:30,880 --> 00:30:32,320
Speaker 1: again it would be hard to be a much horse.

601
00:30:32,680 --> 00:30:35,120
Speaker 1: So I think, Um, if the Titans can get ahead

602
00:30:35,160 --> 00:30:37,360
Speaker 1: with the defense that they have, I think that's going

603
00:30:37,400 --> 00:30:40,040
Speaker 1: to be key. Um. And uh, you know, I think

604
00:30:40,080 --> 00:30:42,600
Speaker 1: the Titans at home, you know, despite being only two

605
00:30:42,680 --> 00:30:45,560
Speaker 1: this year, they've been historically really good at then Stadium,

606
00:30:45,600 --> 00:30:47,800
Speaker 1: So I think for them that's the key. And I

607
00:30:47,840 --> 00:30:51,320
Speaker 1: think for the Chargers, I think I saw that they were.

608
00:30:51,840 --> 00:30:54,600
Speaker 1: They's been outscored thirty eight and nothing in the first

609
00:30:54,640 --> 00:30:58,040
Speaker 1: half of the past couple of games, so I agree.

610
00:30:58,040 --> 00:31:02,320
Speaker 1: I think whoever gets gets after that. Sorry, that'll really

611
00:31:02,920 --> 00:31:05,440
Speaker 1: sort of loom large. As far as to long pix one,

612
00:31:06,160 --> 00:31:09,160
Speaker 1: it's a huge game for both teams in week seven. Eric,

613
00:31:09,240 --> 00:31:11,920
Speaker 1: backreck to Tennessee and you do great workman, Appreciate you

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00:31:12,000 --> 00:31:15,560
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Speaker 1: It's been a while. Daniel Popper, what's popping the athletic?

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Speaker 1: What's going on? Before we started, I'd like to publicly

630
00:31:57,160 --> 00:31:58,920
Speaker 1: apologize to Jeff for my ages I'm joke that I

631
00:31:58,960 --> 00:32:01,040
Speaker 1: made against in the last time we round table. I

632
00:32:01,120 --> 00:32:02,440
Speaker 1: think that was like a month and a half ago.

633
00:32:02,680 --> 00:32:04,440
Speaker 1: I just want you to know that I haven't stopped

634
00:32:04,480 --> 00:32:06,320
Speaker 1: thinking about it. I think about it every night before

635
00:32:06,320 --> 00:32:08,320
Speaker 1: I fall asleep, and I wanted to say I'm deeply

636
00:32:08,400 --> 00:32:10,120
Speaker 1: sorry and I'll never make a joke like that again,

637
00:32:10,280 --> 00:32:12,920
Speaker 1: Jeff Miller, La Times. It was before the Detroit game.

638
00:32:12,960 --> 00:32:16,800
Speaker 1: I think you offered maybe a coney dog suggestion or something.

639
00:32:16,840 --> 00:32:19,640
Speaker 1: I don't know. Given my advanced age, I don't remember

640
00:32:19,680 --> 00:32:24,120
Speaker 1: this instance. I appreciatesking about like like best places to

641
00:32:24,160 --> 00:32:26,160
Speaker 1: eat in Detroit. Yeah, I was like, oh, he must

642
00:32:26,160 --> 00:32:27,760
Speaker 1: have been in there in eighteen seventy five, which was like,

643
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Speaker 1: wasn't a very well thought out joke. I wasn't creative

644
00:32:30,040 --> 00:32:32,320
Speaker 1: at all. And so but you also said Greektown, which

645
00:32:32,440 --> 00:32:35,640
Speaker 1: is a perfect suggestion, I thought. So the irony is

646
00:32:35,680 --> 00:32:38,840
Speaker 1: I ate it at Greektown on based off your recommendation.

647
00:32:39,040 --> 00:32:42,840
Speaker 1: So all right, thank you. So so you're saying there's

648
00:32:42,880 --> 00:32:45,800
Speaker 1: a little elderly advice you can go along, got it.

649
00:32:45,840 --> 00:32:47,479
Speaker 1: What I'm saying is he still got it all right.

650
00:32:47,720 --> 00:32:50,600
Speaker 1: Gil Mazzatto, Southern California News Group, Guys, we have a

651
00:32:50,720 --> 00:32:55,440
Speaker 1: great destination city Sunday, Nashville, so we can get into

652
00:32:55,520 --> 00:32:58,360
Speaker 1: food Rex and I know Popper in his days of

653
00:32:58,440 --> 00:33:01,520
Speaker 1: covering the Jacksonville Jaguars' been to Tennessee a few times.

654
00:33:01,560 --> 00:33:03,800
Speaker 1: But let's just start on the field, because the Chargers

655
00:33:04,280 --> 00:33:07,320
Speaker 1: they gotta right their season on Sunday against the Titans,

656
00:33:07,360 --> 00:33:10,480
Speaker 1: against the team with a new quarterback in Ryan Tannehill

657
00:33:10,560 --> 00:33:16,000
Speaker 1: Jeff new quarterback again, new quarterback um last week and

658
00:33:16,160 --> 00:33:18,479
Speaker 1: that didn't go very well for the Chargers. So, uh,

659
00:33:19,320 --> 00:33:22,480
Speaker 1: this this team right their season you you said it,

660
00:33:22,560 --> 00:33:24,600
Speaker 1: I mean, this is they gotta there. They're trying to

661
00:33:24,680 --> 00:33:27,640
Speaker 1: save things at this point, and they're they're playing another

662
00:33:27,680 --> 00:33:29,520
Speaker 1: team without a good record. But we've seen the last

663
00:33:29,520 --> 00:33:31,120
Speaker 1: two weeks what's happened when they played teams at home

664
00:33:31,200 --> 00:33:35,000
Speaker 1: without a good records. So they if if this team

665
00:33:35,120 --> 00:33:37,880
Speaker 1: is not desperate going out there Sunday, they're never going

666
00:33:37,920 --> 00:33:41,360
Speaker 1: to be desperate. I think the Titans are desperate as well. Yeah,

667
00:33:41,480 --> 00:33:43,320
Speaker 1: they're kind of the same position as the Chargers that

668
00:33:43,440 --> 00:33:45,520
Speaker 1: both teams had last four of the last five games,

669
00:33:46,040 --> 00:33:48,000
Speaker 1: and the Titans kind of have a similar field of

670
00:33:48,040 --> 00:33:51,040
Speaker 1: the Pittsburgh Steelers. Like Jeff mentioned the quarterback change, but

671
00:33:51,440 --> 00:33:53,720
Speaker 1: their front seven and they have some key players in

672
00:33:53,720 --> 00:33:55,960
Speaker 1: the secondary that that Titans defense is going to be

673
00:33:56,000 --> 00:33:58,960
Speaker 1: a problem again for the Chargers. But there's good news. Finally,

674
00:33:59,040 --> 00:34:01,240
Speaker 1: Russell Koon is about for the Chargers. So I don't

675
00:34:01,240 --> 00:34:04,000
Speaker 1: know if it's gonna play on Sunday, but he's practicing,

676
00:34:04,160 --> 00:34:06,120
Speaker 1: so at least there's some kind of help coming for

677
00:34:06,240 --> 00:34:10,000
Speaker 1: the offensive line. Yeah. Shoot, if if Russell Okum plays

678
00:34:10,239 --> 00:34:13,680
Speaker 1: on Sunday, that would be an absolutely enormous development for

679
00:34:13,719 --> 00:34:16,840
Speaker 1: the Chargers because they're they're struggling up front. They're struggling

680
00:34:16,880 --> 00:34:18,640
Speaker 1: up front. They cannot get the run game going. They've

681
00:34:18,640 --> 00:34:20,560
Speaker 1: been under third, you know, thirty five or below, and

682
00:34:20,600 --> 00:34:22,479
Speaker 1: rushing yards the last two weeks to the our yards

683
00:34:22,520 --> 00:34:24,440
Speaker 1: per carry have been two point two three yards. They've

684
00:34:24,440 --> 00:34:25,880
Speaker 1: been the worst rushing team in the league over the

685
00:34:25,960 --> 00:34:29,480
Speaker 1: last two weeks. Coincidentally, it's it's been when Melvin Gordon

686
00:34:29,520 --> 00:34:31,239
Speaker 1: has come back. But it's really the offensive line up

687
00:34:31,280 --> 00:34:33,320
Speaker 1: front that isn't isn't opening up poles and they have

688
00:34:33,400 --> 00:34:35,200
Speaker 1: to find a way to get it going, and it's

689
00:34:35,200 --> 00:34:37,440
Speaker 1: going to be very difficult. As Gill just mentioned, it's

690
00:34:37,440 --> 00:34:39,640
Speaker 1: a really good front seven um, they don't let up

691
00:34:39,640 --> 00:34:41,480
Speaker 1: a lot of rushing yards. You know, Mike Rabel's got

692
00:34:41,520 --> 00:34:43,799
Speaker 1: a really good unit there. So that's really the key

693
00:34:43,840 --> 00:34:46,200
Speaker 1: to me, is like can they get this rushing game

694
00:34:46,280 --> 00:34:48,640
Speaker 1: going and how do they do it? If Oakum doesn't

695
00:34:48,640 --> 00:34:50,120
Speaker 1: come back, how do they do it? Behind a really young,

696
00:34:50,160 --> 00:34:53,800
Speaker 1: inexperienced offensive line, and whenever Russell does come back, you

697
00:34:53,960 --> 00:34:56,120
Speaker 1: lose Mike Penalty. So you know, you get a pro

698
00:34:56,200 --> 00:34:58,319
Speaker 1: bowler back, but you'll lose a pro bowler, a guy

699
00:34:58,360 --> 00:35:00,560
Speaker 1: who means a great deal to that that offensive line

700
00:35:00,560 --> 00:35:02,680
Speaker 1: in general, So you're gonna have to kind of regel

701
00:35:03,160 --> 00:35:06,680
Speaker 1: across the front five. And I think just Coach Link

702
00:35:06,800 --> 00:35:10,000
Speaker 1: talked about the execution you just have to execute. You

703
00:35:10,080 --> 00:35:12,960
Speaker 1: can't go down seventeen nothing to a division rival. You

704
00:35:13,000 --> 00:35:15,040
Speaker 1: can't go down twenty four nothing on Sunday Night football

705
00:35:15,040 --> 00:35:17,239
Speaker 1: to the Pittsburgh Steelers. You have to find a way

706
00:35:17,520 --> 00:35:20,680
Speaker 1: to start fast. The Titans have had trouble starting fast.

707
00:35:20,680 --> 00:35:23,160
Speaker 1: They've been outscored thirty seven seventeen the first quarter. So

708
00:35:23,200 --> 00:35:25,120
Speaker 1: I think the team who can get off to a

709
00:35:25,239 --> 00:35:28,000
Speaker 1: quick start and kind of let your offense go from there,

710
00:35:28,280 --> 00:35:31,160
Speaker 1: they're gonna have the edge. Yeah. I think if you

711
00:35:31,239 --> 00:35:33,120
Speaker 1: think about it, this team, they mean, they haven't led

712
00:35:33,160 --> 00:35:35,000
Speaker 1: a game the last two games. They haven't led. They

713
00:35:35,040 --> 00:35:38,080
Speaker 1: haven't led since they beat in Miami, and it to me,

714
00:35:38,160 --> 00:35:40,759
Speaker 1: it just feels like if they can just survive the

715
00:35:40,800 --> 00:35:43,680
Speaker 1: first quarter, and even if at zero zero, I think

716
00:35:43,719 --> 00:35:46,520
Speaker 1: that would be a win. And I just I have

717
00:35:46,600 --> 00:35:49,000
Speaker 1: a sense that they are just in a situation where

718
00:35:49,040 --> 00:35:51,520
Speaker 1: they would if they can just get ahead and sort

719
00:35:51,560 --> 00:35:54,560
Speaker 1: of get back to feeling like we're a decent team.

720
00:35:54,600 --> 00:35:56,279
Speaker 1: We have to get some confidence back. I think that

721
00:35:56,320 --> 00:35:58,560
Speaker 1: would help. But they you know, the last two weeks

722
00:35:58,560 --> 00:36:00,879
Speaker 1: we've seen it. Think the games have been essentially over.

723
00:36:01,320 --> 00:36:03,640
Speaker 1: I mean, they came back in both, but those games

724
00:36:03,680 --> 00:36:07,600
Speaker 1: were decided in the first ten minutes of the game, basically. Yeah.

725
00:36:07,680 --> 00:36:11,080
Speaker 1: And for me, it's like I asked Anthony about, you know,

726
00:36:11,160 --> 00:36:13,040
Speaker 1: the whole starting slow this week, and he says it

727
00:36:13,080 --> 00:36:14,960
Speaker 1: comes down to execution. But for me, it's like, you

728
00:36:15,040 --> 00:36:17,359
Speaker 1: gotta come out with some energy, you gotta come out

729
00:36:17,400 --> 00:36:20,080
Speaker 1: with some juice. And the last two weeks, whether it's

730
00:36:20,120 --> 00:36:22,400
Speaker 1: execution or effort or whatever it is, they just haven't

731
00:36:22,440 --> 00:36:25,200
Speaker 1: come out with any juice. And that's why you see

732
00:36:25,239 --> 00:36:27,920
Speaker 1: him going behind fourteen nothing. You know, against the Broncos

733
00:36:28,000 --> 00:36:29,759
Speaker 1: was the defense just came out flat and they were

734
00:36:29,800 --> 00:36:32,839
Speaker 1: just getting scorched. Run game, pass game, down fourteen nothing.

735
00:36:33,080 --> 00:36:34,640
Speaker 1: Last week, it was the offense that didn't come out

736
00:36:34,800 --> 00:36:37,080
Speaker 1: and they look flat, and the philip Rivers turnover and

737
00:36:37,080 --> 00:36:39,960
Speaker 1: then obviously a deflected interception, but all of a sudden, they,

738
00:36:40,160 --> 00:36:43,800
Speaker 1: as Anthony put it, they needed thirty yards the Steelers

739
00:36:43,840 --> 00:36:45,799
Speaker 1: did to score two touchdowns to go at fourteen nothing.

740
00:36:45,880 --> 00:36:47,879
Speaker 1: I mean, you gotta have both sides, all three units,

741
00:36:47,920 --> 00:36:50,040
Speaker 1: really special teams, defense and offense. Come out with some

742
00:36:50,160 --> 00:36:51,759
Speaker 1: juice and play with the type of desperation that the

743
00:36:51,800 --> 00:36:53,520
Speaker 1: Broncos and the Steelers were playing with, and what you

744
00:36:53,600 --> 00:36:55,239
Speaker 1: expect the Titans to play with. You gotta come out

745
00:36:55,280 --> 00:36:57,160
Speaker 1: and beat and beat, desperate and play like you're desperate,

746
00:36:57,160 --> 00:36:58,720
Speaker 1: because you are. You're two and four. If you dropped

747
00:36:58,719 --> 00:37:00,960
Speaker 1: to two and five, you're looking at a very, very

748
00:37:01,000 --> 00:37:02,560
Speaker 1: tough odds to making the playoffs. That's a lot of

749
00:37:02,600 --> 00:37:04,200
Speaker 1: juice from Popper, by the way, a lot of juice

750
00:37:04,200 --> 00:37:07,480
Speaker 1: from Juice, Orange Juice, Crankerry juice. Popper brought the juice

751
00:37:07,480 --> 00:37:09,799
Speaker 1: to the table, the round table. But I think another

752
00:37:09,840 --> 00:37:11,960
Speaker 1: reason that could be, you know, they're they're getting guys

753
00:37:12,040 --> 00:37:14,839
Speaker 1: back Hunter Henry and Melvin Gordon, but these guys haven't

754
00:37:14,840 --> 00:37:16,640
Speaker 1: been around in a month or two and just kind

755
00:37:16,640 --> 00:37:19,759
Speaker 1: of get those guys to execute, to get on the

756
00:37:19,800 --> 00:37:22,960
Speaker 1: same page. And then Russell Komb you know that's a lot.

757
00:37:23,000 --> 00:37:25,120
Speaker 1: I know they're played together last year, but just be

758
00:37:25,239 --> 00:37:26,880
Speaker 1: in a way. Maybe it takes some time, so that

759
00:37:26,960 --> 00:37:29,440
Speaker 1: could be part of the lag for the Charges. You know,

760
00:37:29,440 --> 00:37:31,360
Speaker 1: they haven't scored a point in the first half the

761
00:37:31,400 --> 00:37:33,480
Speaker 1: past two weeks, but you know, they go down into

762
00:37:33,560 --> 00:37:35,840
Speaker 1: Nashville and they scoring the first drive, they'll have a

763
00:37:35,880 --> 00:37:37,880
Speaker 1: lot of juice. Like Popera is saying, I think they

764
00:37:37,960 --> 00:37:40,520
Speaker 1: need some kind of positive right away. We just talked

765
00:37:40,520 --> 00:37:42,520
Speaker 1: about it. I think was it the first play of

766
00:37:42,560 --> 00:37:45,160
Speaker 1: the game, like a fifteen twenty yard pass the hunter.

767
00:37:45,760 --> 00:37:47,359
Speaker 1: You thought that that was gonna be maybe the play

768
00:37:47,440 --> 00:37:49,479
Speaker 1: that kind of gets them going. Maybe they score first.

769
00:37:49,680 --> 00:37:51,640
Speaker 1: They're gonna have to put that together. And I think

770
00:37:51,760 --> 00:37:54,120
Speaker 1: the third game with Melvin Gordon got to see something

771
00:37:54,160 --> 00:37:56,080
Speaker 1: from Melvin, whether it's in the in the past game,

772
00:37:56,160 --> 00:37:58,120
Speaker 1: if it's the run game, whatever, get him in space,

773
00:37:58,560 --> 00:38:01,160
Speaker 1: find ways to get him the football, get positive yards

774
00:38:01,480 --> 00:38:05,600
Speaker 1: while also keeping Austin Ekeler on the field uninvolved. It's difficult.

775
00:38:05,719 --> 00:38:07,480
Speaker 1: It's difficult. I mean I talk to Austin this week

776
00:38:07,520 --> 00:38:09,719
Speaker 1: about sort of how do you approach it because you're

777
00:38:09,760 --> 00:38:13,000
Speaker 1: going from he was the number five player in football

778
00:38:13,000 --> 00:38:14,640
Speaker 1: and yards from scrimmage for the first four weeks of

779
00:38:14,680 --> 00:38:16,799
Speaker 1: the season, and now he has one hundred twenty over

780
00:38:16,840 --> 00:38:19,080
Speaker 1: the last two weeks, and most of those came on

781
00:38:19,160 --> 00:38:22,200
Speaker 1: that garbage time drive against the Broncos. So how do

782
00:38:22,239 --> 00:38:24,120
Speaker 1: you approach it? And what he told me is, you know,

783
00:38:24,680 --> 00:38:27,280
Speaker 1: it's hard to gauge what the defense is doing against

784
00:38:27,320 --> 00:38:31,000
Speaker 1: you without the snaps. You know, you need four or

785
00:38:31,040 --> 00:38:33,200
Speaker 1: five rushes before you figure out, Okay, this is how

786
00:38:33,280 --> 00:38:34,960
Speaker 1: they're playing us, and this is what I need to

787
00:38:35,040 --> 00:38:37,080
Speaker 1: do to combat it. And without those snaps, you have

788
00:38:37,160 --> 00:38:39,000
Speaker 1: to make those kinds of reads and determinations a lot

789
00:38:39,080 --> 00:38:40,560
Speaker 1: more quickly. And you can say the same thing about

790
00:38:40,600 --> 00:38:42,160
Speaker 1: Mom and Gordon, because he said it on Monday in

791
00:38:42,200 --> 00:38:44,360
Speaker 1: the locker room to Jeff. You're in there, you know,

792
00:38:44,640 --> 00:38:46,960
Speaker 1: he said, I'm not getting enough snaps running backs that

793
00:38:47,000 --> 00:38:48,520
Speaker 1: you talk about it. It's not so much of a rhythm,

794
00:38:48,600 --> 00:38:49,840
Speaker 1: but that's sort of the word that you used to

795
00:38:49,880 --> 00:38:52,040
Speaker 1: describe it, but it's having enough snaps to be able

796
00:38:52,040 --> 00:38:53,719
Speaker 1: to determine, Okay, this is what the defense is doing

797
00:38:53,760 --> 00:38:55,800
Speaker 1: to me, and here is how I can combat it.

798
00:38:55,800 --> 00:38:57,960
Speaker 1: Whether it's a certain type of juke, whether it's running

799
00:38:57,960 --> 00:39:00,840
Speaker 1: a certain type of play. You know that those are

800
00:39:00,840 --> 00:39:02,320
Speaker 1: the things that running backs look at. It's hard to

801
00:39:02,400 --> 00:39:03,839
Speaker 1: do it. It's hard to gauge, it's hard to balance

802
00:39:03,880 --> 00:39:05,920
Speaker 1: it out when you have two really productive guys and

803
00:39:06,000 --> 00:39:07,840
Speaker 1: finding a way to get them both comfortable. You know,

804
00:39:07,960 --> 00:39:09,960
Speaker 1: I see that, and then I also see a guy

805
00:39:10,000 --> 00:39:13,040
Speaker 1: like Justin Jackson who unlimited touches was number one in

806
00:39:13,080 --> 00:39:16,120
Speaker 1: the NFL and yards per carry with limited snaps too,

807
00:39:16,239 --> 00:39:18,160
Speaker 1: So I guess it cuts both ways. But you're right.

808
00:39:18,160 --> 00:39:19,319
Speaker 1: I mean, you have to find a way to get

809
00:39:19,360 --> 00:39:22,560
Speaker 1: twenty five involved, you know, get him feeling good about

810
00:39:22,640 --> 00:39:24,560
Speaker 1: just being in the mix. And then also Keenan Allen

811
00:39:24,760 --> 00:39:27,719
Speaker 1: teams have made a concerted effort to get him kind

812
00:39:27,760 --> 00:39:29,920
Speaker 1: of phased out of the game. And if the Charges

813
00:39:29,960 --> 00:39:34,120
Speaker 1: can get number thirteen back involved, couple with Hunters return,

814
00:39:34,520 --> 00:39:35,719
Speaker 1: you know, maybe you can get some points on the

815
00:39:35,760 --> 00:39:38,560
Speaker 1: board early. Yeah. I think. You know, other teams have

816
00:39:38,719 --> 00:39:40,480
Speaker 1: two backs and they seem to make it work, and

817
00:39:41,400 --> 00:39:44,799
Speaker 1: other teams Tights have two backs, ye, two very different backs.

818
00:39:44,960 --> 00:39:47,759
Speaker 1: And I think part of it last you know, the

819
00:39:47,840 --> 00:39:50,400
Speaker 1: first week when Melvine was back, it could have just

820
00:39:50,480 --> 00:39:53,359
Speaker 1: been he hasn't played last week. I think the way

821
00:39:53,400 --> 00:39:55,560
Speaker 1: that game went. They were in trouble right from the beginning,

822
00:39:55,600 --> 00:39:57,160
Speaker 1: and they had to go away from whatever they were

823
00:39:57,200 --> 00:39:58,880
Speaker 1: going to do because they fell so far behind. The

824
00:39:58,920 --> 00:40:01,680
Speaker 1: offense was falling apart. So I think that has had part.

825
00:40:02,200 --> 00:40:04,640
Speaker 1: You know, that's that's certainly part of it. But you know,

826
00:40:04,760 --> 00:40:07,600
Speaker 1: in the case of Keenan, I mean, these there's other

827
00:40:07,680 --> 00:40:09,880
Speaker 1: teams have great receivers and they do get they get

828
00:40:09,920 --> 00:40:12,080
Speaker 1: them the ball even when they're doubled, and they're the

829
00:40:12,160 --> 00:40:15,640
Speaker 1: teams are focused on just stopping them. So they've they've

830
00:40:15,680 --> 00:40:17,960
Speaker 1: got to figure this out, and they've got to if

831
00:40:18,320 --> 00:40:20,839
Speaker 1: Keenan Allen can't be catching the ball twice in the game.

832
00:40:20,960 --> 00:40:22,959
Speaker 1: And this offense, I mean, I know they talk about

833
00:40:23,000 --> 00:40:24,880
Speaker 1: the weapons they have and all that, and they do

834
00:40:25,040 --> 00:40:26,960
Speaker 1: have some guys who've done some things, but right now,

835
00:40:27,040 --> 00:40:29,440
Speaker 1: nobody's really doing anything, and you've got to you know,

836
00:40:29,520 --> 00:40:31,279
Speaker 1: you've got a guy who was great for the first

837
00:40:31,360 --> 00:40:34,600
Speaker 1: three weeks and they've just whether it's what the other

838
00:40:34,640 --> 00:40:36,279
Speaker 1: teams are doing, I'm sure that has a lot to

839
00:40:36,320 --> 00:40:38,080
Speaker 1: do with it, but they've gone away from him. And

840
00:40:39,040 --> 00:40:41,600
Speaker 1: you know, that guy was unbelievable for like three weeks

841
00:40:41,760 --> 00:40:44,840
Speaker 1: and now he's just the last couple of games, he

842
00:40:44,880 --> 00:40:46,960
Speaker 1: was blown the legal way, Jeff. It was he was

843
00:40:47,040 --> 00:40:51,840
Speaker 1: unbelievable yards, catches, targets, everything, Yeah, and and they it

844
00:40:52,000 --> 00:40:53,880
Speaker 1: just stopped, you know. And then obviously in Miami he

845
00:40:53,960 --> 00:40:55,719
Speaker 1: did he I think he had five targets. But I

846
00:40:55,800 --> 00:40:58,360
Speaker 1: mean that was a game they were in control of

847
00:40:58,520 --> 00:41:01,480
Speaker 1: basically down back though too. I mean, that was a

848
00:41:01,680 --> 00:41:04,359
Speaker 1: that was and it shouldn't have been. I don't think uh,

849
00:41:04,480 --> 00:41:08,960
Speaker 1: and neither to Keenan. Uh. But the last two weeks,

850
00:41:09,239 --> 00:41:11,520
Speaker 1: you know, he's been a non factor. He's if he

851
00:41:11,560 --> 00:41:13,919
Speaker 1: didn't know any better, you wouldn't know he was as

852
00:41:13,960 --> 00:41:15,239
Speaker 1: good a player as he's if you just if he

853
00:41:15,280 --> 00:41:18,240
Speaker 1: just walked in the stadium the last two weeks, he wouldn't.

854
00:41:18,280 --> 00:41:20,000
Speaker 1: He didn't stand out at all. He didn't know anything

855
00:41:20,000 --> 00:41:23,279
Speaker 1: about him because he just wasn't he wasn't featured. Well,

856
00:41:23,320 --> 00:41:24,759
Speaker 1: it's kind of funny that the first month of the

857
00:41:24,760 --> 00:41:27,239
Speaker 1: season keeps we kept saying, why is there's too much Keenan. No,

858
00:41:27,320 --> 00:41:30,200
Speaker 1: there's not enough Keenan, and I mean that healthy ballots

859
00:41:30,200 --> 00:41:32,359
Speaker 1: to get Yeah, but I guess they just can't find

860
00:41:32,520 --> 00:41:34,600
Speaker 1: a game where they can't they all click at the

861
00:41:34,640 --> 00:41:36,719
Speaker 1: same time. Last week it was Hunter Henry, who which

862
00:41:36,760 --> 00:41:38,600
Speaker 1: is kind of amazing to come back from a knee

863
00:41:38,640 --> 00:41:40,920
Speaker 1: injury and then kind of get involved right away. But

864
00:41:41,200 --> 00:41:44,840
Speaker 1: after Hunter Henry, there was nothing there. Early Austin Eckler

865
00:41:44,880 --> 00:41:47,480
Speaker 1: was a lot of Austin. After that, not much. I know,

866
00:41:47,520 --> 00:41:49,840
Speaker 1: their hobbled with Michael Williams and then they lost Triles

867
00:41:49,880 --> 00:41:52,319
Speaker 1: Benjamin dontre Inman. So you need guys like Jason Moore

868
00:41:52,600 --> 00:41:55,440
Speaker 1: and all japan to step up. But you're just waiting

869
00:41:55,520 --> 00:41:57,799
Speaker 1: for that game where the charts are all clicking at

870
00:41:57,840 --> 00:42:00,040
Speaker 1: the same time, and it happened often last year, but

871
00:42:00,120 --> 00:42:01,840
Speaker 1: this they just can't get on the same page. And

872
00:42:01,840 --> 00:42:04,360
Speaker 1: I don't know if it's injuries or whatnot. That was

873
00:42:04,400 --> 00:42:07,680
Speaker 1: always the concern though, because they were going to Keenan

874
00:42:07,760 --> 00:42:09,759
Speaker 1: so much. I mean he was targeted what's seventeen times

875
00:42:09,800 --> 00:42:12,640
Speaker 1: in that game. You keep you know, teams are going

876
00:42:12,680 --> 00:42:15,200
Speaker 1: to adjust. That's how the NFL works. Okay, teams adjust,

877
00:42:15,280 --> 00:42:17,160
Speaker 1: they find out what you do well, they take it away,

878
00:42:17,200 --> 00:42:19,480
Speaker 1: and you have to find out another way to beat

879
00:42:19,880 --> 00:42:21,919
Speaker 1: that team that you're playing. That's how the NFL works.

880
00:42:22,040 --> 00:42:24,000
Speaker 1: So what they did is the team saw that Keenan

881
00:42:24,120 --> 00:42:27,080
Speaker 1: was absolutely torching opposing defenses. They take him away, and

882
00:42:27,200 --> 00:42:29,320
Speaker 1: now what can you do? And you need guys to

883
00:42:29,400 --> 00:42:31,239
Speaker 1: step up in his stead. That's what you need, and

884
00:42:31,400 --> 00:42:33,520
Speaker 1: you saw a little bit that with Hunter Henry last week.

885
00:42:33,640 --> 00:42:35,480
Speaker 1: But you need receivers to step up. You need Mike

886
00:42:35,520 --> 00:42:38,399
Speaker 1: Williams making plays out there and being a big part

887
00:42:38,440 --> 00:42:41,279
Speaker 1: of this offense because once he starts making plays, then

888
00:42:41,320 --> 00:42:43,480
Speaker 1: you sort of have to shade him and that opens

889
00:42:43,560 --> 00:42:45,360
Speaker 1: up things for Keenan. But the one thing with Keenan

890
00:42:45,400 --> 00:42:47,279
Speaker 1: that you have to keep in mind is you talked about,

891
00:42:47,280 --> 00:42:49,160
Speaker 1: is how some of the great receivers in the NFL

892
00:42:49,200 --> 00:42:51,320
Speaker 1: are able to beat double coverage. That's always sort of

893
00:42:51,320 --> 00:42:53,439
Speaker 1: been the knock on Keenan Allen that he's really good

894
00:42:53,719 --> 00:42:55,960
Speaker 1: in the slot. He's an exceptional route runner and he's

895
00:42:55,960 --> 00:42:59,200
Speaker 1: gonna beat man man to man most if not every

896
00:42:59,239 --> 00:43:02,320
Speaker 1: single time. But when he's double coveraged, is he that

897
00:43:02,680 --> 00:43:05,520
Speaker 1: next level elite receiver that can still beat double coverage

898
00:43:05,560 --> 00:43:06,960
Speaker 1: and make play? So far the season, he hasn't been

899
00:43:07,000 --> 00:43:09,319
Speaker 1: able to do that. He hasn't been what Julio Jones isn't.

900
00:43:09,360 --> 00:43:11,879
Speaker 1: And Julio can beat double coverage, doesn't matter how many guys.

901
00:43:11,920 --> 00:43:14,480
Speaker 1: You throwout him, he's gonna get his So it's really

902
00:43:14,480 --> 00:43:16,400
Speaker 1: it's about other guys stepping up and making sure that

903
00:43:16,480 --> 00:43:19,200
Speaker 1: that hey, Mike Williams saying hey, I'm a threat and

904
00:43:19,320 --> 00:43:20,759
Speaker 1: now you have to account for me, and that's going

905
00:43:20,800 --> 00:43:22,319
Speaker 1: to open things up for you. That's what I think's

906
00:43:22,320 --> 00:43:24,680
Speaker 1: fascinating about this week is we didn't really know how

907
00:43:24,800 --> 00:43:26,560
Speaker 1: much Hunter was going to play and how effective he

908
00:43:26,640 --> 00:43:30,000
Speaker 1: was going to be. And hundred receiving yards, two touchdowns.

909
00:43:30,200 --> 00:43:33,040
Speaker 1: I want to see this week. Is Keenan gonna continue

910
00:43:33,080 --> 00:43:35,960
Speaker 1: to be doubled. Mike Williams had eleven total touchdowns last year.

911
00:43:35,960 --> 00:43:37,400
Speaker 1: I don't think he's had one hundred yard game in

912
00:43:37,440 --> 00:43:39,879
Speaker 1: his career yet. So is Mike Williams going to get

913
00:43:39,920 --> 00:43:43,000
Speaker 1: more involved? Is Hunter gonna take away some of those

914
00:43:43,040 --> 00:43:46,080
Speaker 1: double teams that Keenan was getting. Is Melvin going to

915
00:43:46,160 --> 00:43:48,120
Speaker 1: become the Pro Bowl back that we've seen the last

916
00:43:48,160 --> 00:43:50,719
Speaker 1: two years. Is Austin going to go back to what

917
00:43:51,040 --> 00:43:53,480
Speaker 1: we saw the first three weeks. There are plenty of

918
00:43:53,560 --> 00:43:55,960
Speaker 1: weapons on this team. It's all about I think coaches,

919
00:43:56,000 --> 00:43:57,840
Speaker 1: he nil hit it on the head. It's about execution

920
00:43:57,920 --> 00:44:00,279
Speaker 1: because you have the pieces. I know the offensive line

921
00:44:00,560 --> 00:44:02,040
Speaker 1: is beat up, but you do have the pieces on

922
00:44:02,080 --> 00:44:03,560
Speaker 1: the outside. That's what it comes down to them. I

923
00:44:03,640 --> 00:44:05,840
Speaker 1: mean it comes down to offensive line play. Like you

924
00:44:05,920 --> 00:44:09,440
Speaker 1: can have the best skills players in the whole entire league,

925
00:44:09,640 --> 00:44:12,920
Speaker 1: but if you don't block, if you don't prevent the

926
00:44:12,960 --> 00:44:14,839
Speaker 1: pass rush and open up polls in the running game,

927
00:44:14,880 --> 00:44:17,839
Speaker 1: it doesn't matter how skillful your skills players are. Well,

928
00:44:17,880 --> 00:44:19,600
Speaker 1: that's that's what we saw last week. I mean, how

929
00:44:19,600 --> 00:44:22,440
Speaker 1: many times a day you know, what, did Melvin have

930
00:44:22,520 --> 00:44:25,080
Speaker 1: eight carries? And did he have any space at all?

931
00:44:25,160 --> 00:44:26,759
Speaker 1: And any of those eight carries, I mean he had

932
00:44:26,760 --> 00:44:28,239
Speaker 1: space on a couple and then he had one where

933
00:44:28,239 --> 00:44:29,960
Speaker 1: he slipped where he could have could but it wasn't

934
00:44:30,080 --> 00:44:34,120
Speaker 1: when it wasn't anything huge. Just the turnovers are just killer.

935
00:44:34,200 --> 00:44:36,359
Speaker 1: I think the rivers that you know, he has five

936
00:44:36,400 --> 00:44:38,920
Speaker 1: in the last two weeks, two interception in each game.

937
00:44:38,960 --> 00:44:41,840
Speaker 1: And and when you're giving defense a short field and

938
00:44:41,880 --> 00:44:44,840
Speaker 1: you're falling behind, you can't really get to execute on

939
00:44:44,920 --> 00:44:46,920
Speaker 1: offense because now you're changing the game plan and you're

940
00:44:47,000 --> 00:44:48,480
Speaker 1: kind of just trying to play cats. And so I

941
00:44:48,520 --> 00:44:51,120
Speaker 1: think just the turnovers and falling behind and trying to

942
00:44:51,120 --> 00:44:54,520
Speaker 1: add new pieces and having injuries, all that kind of snowballs,

943
00:44:54,600 --> 00:44:56,480
Speaker 1: and then now you're kind of you're facing which which

944
00:44:56,480 --> 00:44:58,120
Speaker 1: you are now two and four record, and you're kind

945
00:44:58,160 --> 00:45:00,680
Speaker 1: of missed opportunities with two two teams at home that

946
00:45:00,719 --> 00:45:02,600
Speaker 1: you should have beat him, and now you're kind of

947
00:45:02,640 --> 00:45:05,120
Speaker 1: following behind. But at least the AFC went standings. The

948
00:45:05,200 --> 00:45:07,560
Speaker 1: Chiefs lost two games, so they're not it's not panic

949
00:45:07,640 --> 00:45:09,840
Speaker 1: time yet, but they kind I kind of feel like

950
00:45:09,880 --> 00:45:11,520
Speaker 1: they blew an opportunity and went two games at home.

951
00:45:11,880 --> 00:45:15,239
Speaker 1: Six turnovers the last two weeks. There were stretches last year,

952
00:45:15,280 --> 00:45:17,560
Speaker 1: but they didn't turn the ball over and they were successful,

953
00:45:17,560 --> 00:45:20,240
Speaker 1: I mean, to win twelve games. There was a formula

954
00:45:20,280 --> 00:45:22,480
Speaker 1: to it in not turning the football over. It was

955
00:45:22,560 --> 00:45:25,799
Speaker 1: certainly a big piece of it. Defensively, Listen, we've seen

956
00:45:25,880 --> 00:45:29,120
Speaker 1: this team play really well in spurts and I don't

957
00:45:29,160 --> 00:45:31,399
Speaker 1: think you can discount, and I've talked about this every week,

958
00:45:31,840 --> 00:45:35,719
Speaker 1: the loss of Dorwin James is gigantic. Yeah, Adrian Phillips too,

959
00:45:35,840 --> 00:45:39,080
Speaker 1: it's gigantic. Melvin Ingram, you see the past Rush, how

960
00:45:39,160 --> 00:45:42,640
Speaker 1: much he means to the past Rush, obviously, but at

961
00:45:42,680 --> 00:45:45,320
Speaker 1: the same time you have enough guys on that defense

962
00:45:45,600 --> 00:45:48,800
Speaker 1: to shut down a Titans offense led by Ryan Tannehill

963
00:45:48,880 --> 00:45:51,000
Speaker 1: this week. Yeah, you should, but I mean, going back

964
00:45:51,000 --> 00:45:54,200
Speaker 1: to what you're saying, like, it's hard to put value

965
00:45:54,239 --> 00:45:57,279
Speaker 1: on how important Derwin James is to this defense because

966
00:45:57,280 --> 00:45:59,480
Speaker 1: obviously he's an incredible athlete and a playmaker, and he's

967
00:45:59,480 --> 00:46:01,400
Speaker 1: around the ball and he's tipping balls and he's intercepting

968
00:46:01,440 --> 00:46:04,000
Speaker 1: and he's gives him the big hit. But getting guys

969
00:46:04,040 --> 00:46:07,279
Speaker 1: in position, the communication on the field. Durwin is such

970
00:46:07,320 --> 00:46:09,919
Speaker 1: a vocal guy that he is so important getting guys

971
00:46:09,960 --> 00:46:12,000
Speaker 1: in position. And that's been a big issue when the

972
00:46:12,040 --> 00:46:14,560
Speaker 1: issues have come up for this defense. It's been guys

973
00:46:14,600 --> 00:46:18,719
Speaker 1: out of position. It's been wide open receivers um and

974
00:46:18,800 --> 00:46:21,080
Speaker 1: even miss tackles. But you talk about Derwin getting guys

975
00:46:21,080 --> 00:46:22,960
Speaker 1: in position A and then b being the guy that's

976
00:46:23,000 --> 00:46:25,279
Speaker 1: gonna make the tackle, you know you let him up,

977
00:46:25,280 --> 00:46:28,400
Speaker 1: You let him up anywhere Davis Brown's miss tackle, Derwin's not.

978
00:46:28,760 --> 00:46:30,880
Speaker 1: If that's if he's in that position, Derwin's not missing

979
00:46:30,920 --> 00:46:33,120
Speaker 1: that tackle. And so yeah, and he also he's a

980
00:46:33,160 --> 00:46:35,799
Speaker 1: pass rusher. He tacks the quarterbacks, and you you're missing

981
00:46:35,840 --> 00:46:38,879
Speaker 1: a pass ruscher. Pretty much essentially with Drwin James. Yeah, yeah,

982
00:46:39,120 --> 00:46:42,239
Speaker 1: I think the well, the first game that teamer played

983
00:46:42,320 --> 00:46:45,080
Speaker 1: product Roderick Tamer, who is a great story and he

984
00:46:45,480 --> 00:46:49,279
Speaker 1: I mean, he's he's a good player. He's an NFL player, undrafted,

985
00:46:49,440 --> 00:46:51,640
Speaker 1: you know, but he is an NFL player. That game,

986
00:46:51,960 --> 00:46:53,920
Speaker 1: there were probably three or four plays if Derwin was

987
00:46:54,000 --> 00:46:55,960
Speaker 1: in there, they would have won that game. Yeah, you know,

988
00:46:56,040 --> 00:46:58,200
Speaker 1: and just in that you're watching the game and it's

989
00:46:58,239 --> 00:47:01,640
Speaker 1: it's that obvious. And uh, I mean if you just

990
00:47:01,680 --> 00:47:04,800
Speaker 1: substitute those you know, one for one player, they probably

991
00:47:04,840 --> 00:47:07,880
Speaker 1: they and you replay the game exactly, they would have

992
00:47:07,920 --> 00:47:12,080
Speaker 1: won that game. Final think one guy you're watching against

993
00:47:12,080 --> 00:47:15,000
Speaker 1: the Titans, start with you, Popper, Oh, one guy I'm watching.

994
00:47:15,080 --> 00:47:16,319
Speaker 1: I have to go back to what I was talking

995
00:47:16,320 --> 00:47:19,719
Speaker 1: about earlier. Um, Mike Williams, you know, you've, like you said,

996
00:47:19,760 --> 00:47:21,640
Speaker 1: he hasn't had one hundred yard game. It'scre you're waiting.

997
00:47:21,719 --> 00:47:23,319
Speaker 1: This was sort of the season where everyone was waiting

998
00:47:23,400 --> 00:47:24,920
Speaker 1: for him to become that guy. He dealt with the

999
00:47:25,000 --> 00:47:27,560
Speaker 1: knee injury early on, some back spasms that have sort

1000
00:47:27,560 --> 00:47:29,560
Speaker 1: of limited him. But now he's feeling a little bit better.

1001
00:47:29,600 --> 00:47:33,200
Speaker 1: He's feeling healthier. Keenan's getting doubled all the attentions on thirteen.

1002
00:47:33,320 --> 00:47:35,080
Speaker 1: It's time for eighty one to step up and make

1003
00:47:35,120 --> 00:47:36,799
Speaker 1: the plays that they were expecting him to make. He's

1004
00:47:36,800 --> 00:47:38,480
Speaker 1: starting to show flashes of it, but put together a

1005
00:47:38,520 --> 00:47:41,040
Speaker 1: comprehensive game and put up the type of eight catch,

1006
00:47:41,040 --> 00:47:43,200
Speaker 1: one hundred twenty yard game that they think he's capable

1007
00:47:43,239 --> 00:47:46,440
Speaker 1: of putting up. About you, Jeff Well, I would I

1008
00:47:46,520 --> 00:47:49,760
Speaker 1: would say, uh, Michael Badgeley just in case he plays,

1009
00:47:50,239 --> 00:47:55,160
Speaker 1: But I'm gonna say Keenan Allen because I'm writing about Keenan.

1010
00:47:55,280 --> 00:47:58,720
Speaker 1: So I want to make sure that that people realize

1011
00:47:58,760 --> 00:48:00,799
Speaker 1: anyone happens to be listening to the said you might

1012
00:48:00,880 --> 00:48:02,719
Speaker 1: want to go to Latimes dot com and read I'm

1013
00:48:02,760 --> 00:48:04,440
Speaker 1: gonna be writing about Keenan here in the next couple

1014
00:48:04,480 --> 00:48:07,960
Speaker 1: of days. But no, seriously, I do the plug yet, Yes, exactly,

1015
00:48:08,280 --> 00:48:11,160
Speaker 1: I do want to. Uh. I am interest to see

1016
00:48:11,200 --> 00:48:14,160
Speaker 1: how this, how this goes, and I think, uh, um,

1017
00:48:14,600 --> 00:48:17,719
Speaker 1: you know, he certainly is at a point where he's uh,

1018
00:48:18,200 --> 00:48:20,160
Speaker 1: you know, we've seen it. He's starting to get frustrated,

1019
00:48:20,200 --> 00:48:23,400
Speaker 1: There's no question about it. And as as the whole offenses,

1020
00:48:23,440 --> 00:48:26,120
Speaker 1: I'm sure then they and he, uh, you know, he

1021
00:48:26,280 --> 00:48:28,279
Speaker 1: wants to He wants the ball more as they all do.

1022
00:48:28,560 --> 00:48:30,040
Speaker 1: And that's I think that's a good thing. And I

1023
00:48:30,080 --> 00:48:32,560
Speaker 1: think one of these games, he's just too good to

1024
00:48:32,719 --> 00:48:35,480
Speaker 1: not make plays and do things. We saw it. We've

1025
00:48:35,480 --> 00:48:37,279
Speaker 1: seen him do so many times. We've saw him do

1026
00:48:37,360 --> 00:48:39,080
Speaker 1: just a few weeks ago. So it's hard to vision

1027
00:48:39,120 --> 00:48:41,640
Speaker 1: three straight games like this, right it is? And uh,

1028
00:48:41,840 --> 00:48:44,480
Speaker 1: you know, and obviously it's not just him, it's it's

1029
00:48:44,480 --> 00:48:46,839
Speaker 1: all gotta it's all got to flow, and it's all

1030
00:48:46,880 --> 00:48:48,840
Speaker 1: gonna work, and everybody's got to do their job. And

1031
00:48:48,840 --> 00:48:52,400
Speaker 1: I think it, assuming that happens, I could see him

1032
00:48:52,480 --> 00:48:55,520
Speaker 1: having a big game and I uh, um, so that's

1033
00:48:55,560 --> 00:48:57,799
Speaker 1: the guy who I think is gonna be a good

1034
00:48:57,840 --> 00:49:00,840
Speaker 1: barometer for this one. Gil. I'll go the quarterback. Philip

1035
00:49:00,960 --> 00:49:03,440
Speaker 1: Rivers has been two games and kind of subpar for him.

1036
00:49:04,200 --> 00:49:06,439
Speaker 1: And then you have two bad games. You start hearing

1037
00:49:06,480 --> 00:49:08,560
Speaker 1: people say, oh, this is the decline of Philip Rivers

1038
00:49:08,640 --> 00:49:11,560
Speaker 1: thirty seven years old. Uh, is he going downhill? I

1039
00:49:11,600 --> 00:49:12,960
Speaker 1: don't think that's what it is. I think, you know,

1040
00:49:13,719 --> 00:49:15,640
Speaker 1: you know, I know people are big on the age,

1041
00:49:15,680 --> 00:49:18,279
Speaker 1: but I think he's still a great quarterback, but it's

1042
00:49:18,320 --> 00:49:20,680
Speaker 1: just a turnovers. If you keep you if you keep

1043
00:49:20,760 --> 00:49:23,400
Speaker 1: that ball in your possession, you're gonna have success. But

1044
00:49:23,840 --> 00:49:26,000
Speaker 1: even those, even those opportunities, but he has chances to

1045
00:49:26,120 --> 00:49:27,400
Speaker 1: kind of win the game. I know he did it

1046
00:49:27,520 --> 00:49:29,880
Speaker 1: and overtime a as the Colts, but Detroit had the

1047
00:49:30,000 --> 00:49:33,560
Speaker 1: interception there to Darius Lay last week interception there, and

1048
00:49:33,560 --> 00:49:35,080
Speaker 1: then he got he got frustrate at the end. You

1049
00:49:35,160 --> 00:49:37,440
Speaker 1: saw signs of it. So I think, you know, for Rivers,

1050
00:49:37,520 --> 00:49:39,239
Speaker 1: just have that bounce back game, get everybody on the

1051
00:49:39,320 --> 00:49:41,279
Speaker 1: same page, and just do what you've been doing for

1052
00:49:41,320 --> 00:49:43,920
Speaker 1: the last sixteen years. And then and in your hometown

1053
00:49:44,000 --> 00:49:46,120
Speaker 1: kind though, you know, I know Nashville is pretty close

1054
00:49:46,160 --> 00:49:48,839
Speaker 1: to it. His hometown Alabama, So you know, go home,

1055
00:49:48,960 --> 00:49:50,520
Speaker 1: have a good game, and you know, get this team

1056
00:49:50,560 --> 00:49:52,279
Speaker 1: back right right on track. One thing to add, though,

1057
00:49:52,320 --> 00:49:54,919
Speaker 1: like you say, do what he's been doing for sixteen years,

1058
00:49:55,080 --> 00:49:57,560
Speaker 1: Like Philip Rivers has always been a turnover prone quarterback,

1059
00:49:57,920 --> 00:50:00,360
Speaker 1: Like that's that's kind of always what he's been. So

1060
00:50:00,360 --> 00:50:04,400
Speaker 1: you're gonna right. Yeah. Under under Lynn, I think the

1061
00:50:04,480 --> 00:50:07,000
Speaker 1: first two years there has been a concerted effort to

1062
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Speaker 1: not turn to football over. Yeah, but that's I asked

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Speaker 1: was about that today. I was like, how do you

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Speaker 1: how do you get a guy that's been this way

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Speaker 1: his whole career to change the mentality? And you know,

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Speaker 1: is he susceptible to those past tendencies arising even if

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Speaker 1: he is making a conscious effort, which I think is

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Speaker 1: what you've seen over last weeks and all on this season,

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Speaker 1: because the interceptions have been mostly bad decisions. I mean,

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Speaker 1: the one he threw and from the two yard line

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Speaker 1: was it was hard to see what he was looking at.

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Speaker 1: The one to Darius Slay, It's like, do you need

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Speaker 1: that in that situation you're down three, you could kick

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Speaker 1: a field goal. I'm just saying, like, I don't know

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Speaker 1: if it's that far away from what he's always been.

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Speaker 1: You guys all went all offense, I'll go defense. Joey

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Speaker 1: Bosa three sacks on the year. That doesn't illustrate how

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Speaker 1: good he's been, you know, and what he's had to do,

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Speaker 1: I think in the run game and everything. But when

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Speaker 1: you have a team that's allowed twenty nine sacks, this

1081
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Speaker 1: is an opportunity to get to the quarterback. The Chargers

1082
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Speaker 1: need a game where they can get to the quarterback

1083
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Speaker 1: multiple times, maybe they force a turn over, maybe they

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Speaker 1: get a strip seck, maybe they do what the Steelers

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Speaker 1: in the Broncos did to them the past two weeks.

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Speaker 1: And I think if Joey Bosa can get that rolling,

1087
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Speaker 1: maybe that sparks the offense. Maybe the defense need's a

1088
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Speaker 1: player two to spark the offense. Who knows he's been

1089
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Speaker 1: so close too. I mean, he's so close for me,

1090
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Speaker 1: he was so so close. Even the last two weeks

1091
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Speaker 1: he's come up. He's come very close. So it's always

1092
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Speaker 1: tough with pass rushers because you're always not putting up

1093
00:51:23,360 --> 00:51:25,200
Speaker 1: the sack numbers. But if you watch go back and

1094
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Speaker 1: watch the tape, I know it's cliche, so like good,

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Speaker 1: he's so good, Like he is really close on a

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Speaker 1: lot of plays and he is affecting the quarterback. You know,

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Speaker 1: there's a reason that he's being talked about the way

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Speaker 1: he is. Like he's playing at a very high level.

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Speaker 1: He's just not getting home. And what's interesting is if

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Speaker 1: if Bosa is getting double team, then you do need

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Speaker 1: those other guys in the line to get to the quarterback.

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Speaker 1: You need Chenna to have the type of game that

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Speaker 1: he had against the Broncos and need Justin Jones and

1104
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Speaker 1: Jerry Tillery and those guys on the interior to get

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Speaker 1: to the quarterback. So I agree with you. Bosa is

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Speaker 1: a big name, but it does follow the other guys too. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: where are we going to? Nashville? Guys? Hattie B's hat TB?

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Speaker 1: Are you going to? You going to that? Jeff, I'm

1109
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Speaker 1: gonna go where the kid tells me to go. You'll

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Speaker 1: eat that. Yeah, if you're recommending it, I know it's

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Speaker 1: I'm going. My my parents are coming from Charleston. They're

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Speaker 1: making the drive. We're gonna go aheady be's listening to

1113
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Speaker 1: live music on broad is a Broadway? Yeah? On Broadway?

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Speaker 1: YEA excited honestly. Also, it's great is the um there's

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Speaker 1: a museum there, rock and roll museum. Oh yeah, that's right.

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Speaker 1: Country is a country music No, it's um. I can't

1117
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Speaker 1: remember the country artist's name, like hum the most famous musician.

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Speaker 1: I promise you listen to music, guys. Well, guys, this

1119
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Speaker 1: round table was fun. Nobody was made fun of, nobody

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Speaker 1: was belittled. No, I'll try to do better next time.

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Speaker 1: I love it, all right, fellas, thanks, yep, all right, guys,

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Speaker 1: that's gonna do it for us. A big thanks to

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Speaker 1: our beat writers, plus Evan back Rack and Evan Washburn

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Speaker 1: for joining me, and of course thanks to you all

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Speaker 1: for listening. Remember be sure to download and subscribe to

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00:52:55,280 --> 00:52:58,680
Speaker 1: the all new Chargers Podcast Network wherever you listen to podcasts.

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Speaker 1: We are now on Spot five in SoundCloud too, so

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Speaker 1: two other places to get the Chargers Podcast Network. Thanks

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Speaker 1: so much for listening. Enjoy the game this Sunday as

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Speaker 1: the Chargers look to get back on track in Nashville.

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Speaker 1: And until next time, I'm Chris Harry