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D J Bucky here on 11 00:00:31,280 --> 00:00:34,000 Speaker 1: a takeaway podcast from a What'd you say a buck? 12 00:00:34,000 --> 00:00:36,879 Speaker 1: An interesting weekend of NFL football. I think it was 13 00:00:37,000 --> 00:00:40,080 Speaker 1: a very interesting weekend when you look at the matchups 14 00:00:40,080 --> 00:00:41,519 Speaker 1: that we had. We got a chance to kind of 15 00:00:41,560 --> 00:00:45,240 Speaker 1: separate the contenders from the pretenders. Has some marquee matchups 16 00:00:45,360 --> 00:00:48,120 Speaker 1: where we gotta got an opportunity to see which teams 17 00:00:48,120 --> 00:00:50,640 Speaker 1: are really built to go to the Super Bowl. Well, 18 00:00:50,640 --> 00:00:52,360 Speaker 1: we're gonna get into our tent takeaways here in just 19 00:00:52,360 --> 00:00:53,840 Speaker 1: a second, but I do want to show you because 20 00:00:53,840 --> 00:00:56,040 Speaker 1: this is a tweet that was just sent out. This 21 00:00:56,080 --> 00:00:57,680 Speaker 1: is not on the on the rundown here, but I 22 00:00:57,680 --> 00:00:59,120 Speaker 1: just want to show you a tweet that will send out, 23 00:00:59,160 --> 00:01:01,760 Speaker 1: and you you tell me how you would interpret this 24 00:01:01,800 --> 00:01:04,640 Speaker 1: tweet and and what it would mean. Here, you're ready 25 00:01:04,640 --> 00:01:13,240 Speaker 1: for this. This is a tweet from Lamar Jackson. Oh dude, 26 00:01:13,319 --> 00:01:15,840 Speaker 1: thumbs up, dude, he said, dude with two thumbs up. 27 00:01:16,080 --> 00:01:17,960 Speaker 1: And uh, I don't know everybody's every but they're going 28 00:01:18,000 --> 00:01:20,080 Speaker 1: to their bye week right now. I thought this would 29 00:01:20,080 --> 00:01:22,959 Speaker 1: make sense with the Ravens offense that is scuffling, that 30 00:01:23,240 --> 00:01:25,280 Speaker 1: you go ahead and say, hey, let's let's name him 31 00:01:25,280 --> 00:01:27,160 Speaker 1: the starter. We're gonna get a crack at this. See 32 00:01:27,200 --> 00:01:29,640 Speaker 1: if he can save John Harbaugh's job. A team that 33 00:01:29,680 --> 00:01:31,679 Speaker 1: needs to get into the postseason needs a social promise, 34 00:01:31,959 --> 00:01:34,240 Speaker 1: has lost a couple of games in row. Um, I 35 00:01:34,240 --> 00:01:35,680 Speaker 1: don't know, that's just that's just a tweet that I 36 00:01:35,720 --> 00:01:37,600 Speaker 1: just saw. It could mean nothing. You think it could 37 00:01:37,720 --> 00:01:40,039 Speaker 1: mean something. But John Harbor had some quotes after that 38 00:01:40,120 --> 00:01:41,880 Speaker 1: game that said, we've got to find a way to 39 00:01:41,880 --> 00:01:44,520 Speaker 1: get Lamar Jackson more involved and getting more touches. He 40 00:01:44,560 --> 00:01:46,920 Speaker 1: was on the field for like thirteen snaps buck, So 41 00:01:47,480 --> 00:01:49,640 Speaker 1: if you're gonna want him, get him more than thirteen snaps, 42 00:01:49,920 --> 00:01:52,200 Speaker 1: then you can just make them making the quarterback. Look, 43 00:01:52,240 --> 00:01:54,720 Speaker 1: the writing was on the wall when Lamar Jackson was 44 00:01:54,760 --> 00:01:57,400 Speaker 1: drafted at at some point he was going an opportunity 45 00:01:57,440 --> 00:01:59,400 Speaker 1: to do it. And I know people thought that we'd 46 00:01:59,440 --> 00:02:02,480 Speaker 1: be in crazy because we were saying, hey, man, Lamar 47 00:02:02,560 --> 00:02:04,040 Speaker 1: jacks you don't draft it. Got in the first round 48 00:02:04,040 --> 00:02:05,680 Speaker 1: and he doesn't play like not in this time. Like 49 00:02:05,720 --> 00:02:07,440 Speaker 1: Pat Mahomes is the only one that we can really 50 00:02:07,440 --> 00:02:09,960 Speaker 1: think about in recent memory that set out the whole year. 51 00:02:10,040 --> 00:02:12,760 Speaker 1: The difference was Alex Smith last year played at the 52 00:02:12,880 --> 00:02:14,840 Speaker 1: m v P level for about three fourths of the season. 53 00:02:14,880 --> 00:02:17,920 Speaker 1: Held him off. Right now, Joe Flacco has kind of 54 00:02:17,919 --> 00:02:19,600 Speaker 1: come back to the pack and I'm not saying all 55 00:02:19,720 --> 00:02:24,000 Speaker 1: the Braven's offensive issues are on him, but unfortunately, the 56 00:02:24,040 --> 00:02:26,120 Speaker 1: way it's looking, when you have a first round pick, 57 00:02:26,320 --> 00:02:29,359 Speaker 1: a franchise quarterback, they're going to look to put him 58 00:02:29,360 --> 00:02:31,639 Speaker 1: on the field to kind of jump start at the process. 59 00:02:32,320 --> 00:02:35,360 Speaker 1: And so when you're sitting at wherever they're sitting for 60 00:02:35,360 --> 00:02:40,160 Speaker 1: for yeah, like it's an opportunity for them at the 61 00:02:40,200 --> 00:02:42,280 Speaker 1: bye week to maybe make a change. All right, Let's 62 00:02:42,280 --> 00:02:44,200 Speaker 1: so let's get to our takeaways here. We got ten 63 00:02:44,280 --> 00:02:46,440 Speaker 1: coming your way. Let's let's roll the first one camp 64 00:02:46,480 --> 00:02:48,639 Speaker 1: in the I formation. Second and two from the five 65 00:02:48,720 --> 00:02:51,240 Speaker 1: yard line, Brady turns, gives to Patterson. Patterson up the 66 00:02:51,280 --> 00:02:57,639 Speaker 1: mental end for the touchdown. Court dryl Patterson last in 67 00:02:57,760 --> 00:03:02,760 Speaker 1: for six and New England team that Tenley I just wrote, 68 00:03:02,800 --> 00:03:04,839 Speaker 1: the Patriots are creative. You know, there's so much talking 69 00:03:04,840 --> 00:03:07,560 Speaker 1: about the Patriots were talking about how uh discipline they 70 00:03:07,600 --> 00:03:10,760 Speaker 1: are in the Patriot way, but there's also an element 71 00:03:10,760 --> 00:03:13,080 Speaker 1: of creativity. They use it in their defensive game plans, 72 00:03:13,080 --> 00:03:14,760 Speaker 1: they use it in their offensive game plans, and they 73 00:03:14,800 --> 00:03:17,000 Speaker 1: use it with how they use personnel. And this was 74 00:03:17,040 --> 00:03:19,920 Speaker 1: not a surprise anybody that that studied Cordial Patterson throughout 75 00:03:19,919 --> 00:03:21,520 Speaker 1: his career and when he was in college that one 76 00:03:21,600 --> 00:03:23,520 Speaker 1: year at Tennessee, not a surprise to see him run 77 00:03:23,560 --> 00:03:26,240 Speaker 1: the football like this. I think a lot of people thought, Wow, where, 78 00:03:26,360 --> 00:03:27,880 Speaker 1: you know, where did Bill Belichick come up with this? 79 00:03:28,160 --> 00:03:30,040 Speaker 1: I went back and looked it up. Buck at Tennessee 80 00:03:30,040 --> 00:03:32,480 Speaker 1: that one year, twenty five carries, three hundred and eight yards, 81 00:03:32,520 --> 00:03:35,520 Speaker 1: three touchdowns, average twelve point three yards per carry. So 82 00:03:35,960 --> 00:03:37,600 Speaker 1: they got him the ball and some of that sun 83 00:03:37,680 --> 00:03:41,080 Speaker 1: reverses in different things. But he's proven himself play capable 84 00:03:41,120 --> 00:03:43,040 Speaker 1: as a ball carrier, and even with the Raiders, he 85 00:03:43,120 --> 00:03:45,080 Speaker 1: lined up in the in the sidecar and took one 86 00:03:45,080 --> 00:03:46,960 Speaker 1: about forty five yards for a touch. But not even there. 87 00:03:46,960 --> 00:03:48,920 Speaker 1: He goes even further when you go back to his 88 00:03:49,000 --> 00:03:51,400 Speaker 1: time in Minnesota North Turner routine. They put him in 89 00:03:51,440 --> 00:03:54,080 Speaker 1: the backfield game tall sweeps and did those things. I 90 00:03:54,080 --> 00:03:57,240 Speaker 1: think what you're seeing with Cordero Patterson, with Josh Gordon, 91 00:03:57,360 --> 00:03:59,640 Speaker 1: with all of the players for the Patriots. They do 92 00:03:59,680 --> 00:04:01,600 Speaker 1: a great job of putting their players in a position 93 00:04:01,640 --> 00:04:04,160 Speaker 1: to be successful. They find what they can do. They 94 00:04:04,200 --> 00:04:06,600 Speaker 1: don't worry about what you can't do. They only ask 95 00:04:06,680 --> 00:04:08,600 Speaker 1: them to do what they can do and do really well, 96 00:04:08,840 --> 00:04:10,320 Speaker 1: and then they find a way to put the piece 97 00:04:10,360 --> 00:04:13,680 Speaker 1: of the puzzle together. But even playing on what your 98 00:04:14,040 --> 00:04:17,160 Speaker 1: theme was for the pages, being creative man their play 99 00:04:17,200 --> 00:04:20,919 Speaker 1: call it the things that they do flee, flickers, fly, sweep, toss, 100 00:04:21,000 --> 00:04:23,800 Speaker 1: cracks um, the combination of plays that they are able 101 00:04:23,839 --> 00:04:26,680 Speaker 1: to put together. They make it very, very tough and 102 00:04:26,760 --> 00:04:29,040 Speaker 1: challenging on you to deal with them because they do 103 00:04:29,240 --> 00:04:32,720 Speaker 1: so many different things while putting their guys in the 104 00:04:32,760 --> 00:04:35,240 Speaker 1: spot where they can really shine. Can we eliminate the 105 00:04:35,560 --> 00:04:36,760 Speaker 1: on the other side of it here, can we just 106 00:04:36,800 --> 00:04:39,359 Speaker 1: eliminate the Green Bay Packers. I mean, it's just a 107 00:04:39,760 --> 00:04:42,000 Speaker 1: it's just an average football team, am I am? I right? 108 00:04:42,320 --> 00:04:45,160 Speaker 1: I mean average, just a very average team. Like they 109 00:04:45,160 --> 00:04:48,919 Speaker 1: don't have anything that is dynamic or creative about the 110 00:04:48,920 --> 00:04:51,080 Speaker 1: way they go about their business. And I know people 111 00:04:51,120 --> 00:04:53,640 Speaker 1: want to take the coach to task and say that 112 00:04:53,640 --> 00:04:56,360 Speaker 1: he should be fired, and he is. Let Aaron Rodgers down, 113 00:04:56,800 --> 00:05:00,000 Speaker 1: and maybe so. I mean, I think the thing about 114 00:05:00,040 --> 00:05:02,920 Speaker 1: the Packers when I look at them, I just don't 115 00:05:02,960 --> 00:05:06,000 Speaker 1: know how talented they are. Like somebody some of my 116 00:05:06,000 --> 00:05:09,360 Speaker 1: buddies working there, but I just don't know how talented 117 00:05:09,600 --> 00:05:12,800 Speaker 1: overall that that squad is. Somebody put it up though 118 00:05:12,839 --> 00:05:14,839 Speaker 1: the other day and showed what that secondary looked like 119 00:05:14,880 --> 00:05:17,600 Speaker 1: three years ago when they jettison all those guys. When 120 00:05:17,600 --> 00:05:20,080 Speaker 1: you have Micah Hide, now how Clinton Dix is gone, 121 00:05:20,320 --> 00:05:24,080 Speaker 1: you had uh Casey Hayward, you had Fields was a 122 00:05:24,200 --> 00:05:26,360 Speaker 1: nickel Like, that's a lot of good NFL players, a 123 00:05:26,360 --> 00:05:28,640 Speaker 1: lot of good NAIL players. And in doing it to 124 00:05:28,720 --> 00:05:31,719 Speaker 1: pack away, they elected to not necessarily pay those guys 125 00:05:31,760 --> 00:05:33,920 Speaker 1: move on, try and do it with the draft and look, 126 00:05:33,960 --> 00:05:36,119 Speaker 1: I like their young class of dvs. But it takes 127 00:05:36,360 --> 00:05:39,680 Speaker 1: time for those guys to kind of develop in jail um. 128 00:05:40,520 --> 00:05:42,720 Speaker 1: And the thing is the other side of real quick here, Buck, 129 00:05:42,800 --> 00:05:44,080 Speaker 1: is that a lot of times you say, and the 130 00:05:44,160 --> 00:05:46,400 Speaker 1: Ravens have done it the same thing. Let guys walk in, 131 00:05:46,440 --> 00:05:48,800 Speaker 1: We'll replace them with trafficks. But here's the thing, when 132 00:05:48,839 --> 00:05:51,479 Speaker 1: you when you resign those guys, you don't have to 133 00:05:51,520 --> 00:05:53,640 Speaker 1: spend draft picks on the same position. You can go 134 00:05:53,680 --> 00:05:56,160 Speaker 1: address something else. I think I think that's the other 135 00:05:56,200 --> 00:05:58,080 Speaker 1: thing too. I think what we're seeing, I think it's 136 00:05:58,080 --> 00:06:01,679 Speaker 1: even tougher now like when we're in the business maybe 137 00:06:01,680 --> 00:06:04,640 Speaker 1: ten years ago. I actually believe it was easier to draft. 138 00:06:04,920 --> 00:06:07,000 Speaker 1: I believe it's more uncertainty in the draft end than 139 00:06:07,080 --> 00:06:10,360 Speaker 1: it's ever been. And so those old notions of hey, 140 00:06:10,360 --> 00:06:13,760 Speaker 1: we're just gonna get another one, yeah, I just think 141 00:06:13,760 --> 00:06:15,720 Speaker 1: it's harder now. I think it's more subjective. I think 142 00:06:15,720 --> 00:06:17,560 Speaker 1: the way they play the game at the collegiate level 143 00:06:17,800 --> 00:06:20,839 Speaker 1: makes it harder to project for the pro game. And 144 00:06:20,880 --> 00:06:24,480 Speaker 1: I think teams are finding that those rebuilds, those drafting 145 00:06:24,520 --> 00:06:26,520 Speaker 1: rebills are certainly not as easy as they used to 146 00:06:26,520 --> 00:06:27,880 Speaker 1: be back in the death all let's get to the 147 00:06:27,880 --> 00:06:31,760 Speaker 1: next takeaway. Priest drops back, throws down the slide, Mike 148 00:06:31,800 --> 00:06:36,720 Speaker 1: Thomas Shrine, He's to the thirty, He's twenty ten touchdown, 149 00:06:37,000 --> 00:06:41,640 Speaker 1: Mike Thomas seventy two yards, and the Saints strange in 150 00:06:41,720 --> 00:06:45,359 Speaker 1: the hearts of the rands in the fourth. Yeah, I 151 00:06:45,360 --> 00:06:48,320 Speaker 1: mean DJ like, there's some things that always kind of 152 00:06:48,360 --> 00:06:52,039 Speaker 1: ring true, but like Super Bowl contenders and teams kind 153 00:06:52,080 --> 00:06:54,800 Speaker 1: of have the same recipe for being able to win. Uh, 154 00:06:54,839 --> 00:06:56,920 Speaker 1: They're able to control the game on offense, be it 155 00:06:57,000 --> 00:07:00,440 Speaker 1: either by a ball control approach or explosive they fair 156 00:07:00,720 --> 00:07:03,600 Speaker 1: typically a traditionally balanced run pass the way they can 157 00:07:03,640 --> 00:07:06,000 Speaker 1: get it done. And then on defense they can create 158 00:07:06,040 --> 00:07:08,520 Speaker 1: turnovers and they can get timely stops. When I look 159 00:07:08,560 --> 00:07:10,960 Speaker 1: at the New Orleans Saints, they have all of those 160 00:07:10,960 --> 00:07:13,040 Speaker 1: components to be the team that hoisted trophy at the 161 00:07:13,120 --> 00:07:15,040 Speaker 1: end of the year. On the offense, the first half, 162 00:07:15,080 --> 00:07:17,720 Speaker 1: they were balanced, they were almost fifty fifty the first 163 00:07:17,720 --> 00:07:21,080 Speaker 1: half run pass mix played powerball. We're still able to 164 00:07:21,120 --> 00:07:24,080 Speaker 1: generate the explosive plays. Defensively did a good job of 165 00:07:24,160 --> 00:07:27,600 Speaker 1: kind of keeping the rams behind the chains. And then 166 00:07:27,680 --> 00:07:29,119 Speaker 1: at the end of the game, but they really needed 167 00:07:29,120 --> 00:07:32,320 Speaker 1: to close it. Michael Thomas gave them explosive plays. And 168 00:07:32,360 --> 00:07:34,880 Speaker 1: so when you look at this team and I mean, 169 00:07:35,120 --> 00:07:36,960 Speaker 1: say what you want to about Michael Thomas, maybe you 170 00:07:36,960 --> 00:07:38,440 Speaker 1: have to put him in that conversation. Is one of 171 00:07:38,440 --> 00:07:42,640 Speaker 1: the top five recei in all of football because he 172 00:07:42,680 --> 00:07:45,160 Speaker 1: was wearing Marcus Peters out and Mark Peters had a 173 00:07:45,240 --> 00:07:49,120 Speaker 1: rough go a little frustrated there in the post. He 174 00:07:49,200 --> 00:07:51,800 Speaker 1: was he was wearing them out. And so um Sean 175 00:07:51,840 --> 00:07:54,280 Speaker 1: Payton understands how the dollar is up, what they do, 176 00:07:54,440 --> 00:07:57,320 Speaker 1: how they get about, how they get down. On offense. 177 00:07:57,320 --> 00:07:59,760 Speaker 1: They are a very very tough team to deal with, 178 00:07:59,800 --> 00:08:03,960 Speaker 1: and Dickens continue to just play adequate defense, They're gonna 179 00:08:03,960 --> 00:08:06,160 Speaker 1: be there a d one thing with them. Interesting going 180 00:08:06,200 --> 00:08:08,160 Speaker 1: up against that Rams group. The offense light a nice 181 00:08:08,200 --> 00:08:09,920 Speaker 1: job and Drew gets the ball out quick, but still 182 00:08:09,960 --> 00:08:11,840 Speaker 1: no sacks in that game for the Rams this year 183 00:08:12,120 --> 00:08:14,320 Speaker 1: their tops in the NFL. They've only allowed nine sacks 184 00:08:14,440 --> 00:08:17,559 Speaker 1: then with one one interception. So when you're not allowing sacks, 185 00:08:17,600 --> 00:08:19,840 Speaker 1: when you're not giving the team possessions by turning the 186 00:08:19,840 --> 00:08:22,320 Speaker 1: ball over men, that's that's that's those are huge numbers 187 00:08:22,360 --> 00:08:24,520 Speaker 1: in their favor. You mentioned the balance they have running 188 00:08:24,520 --> 00:08:27,320 Speaker 1: the football. Bald the I know our buddy Brian Boldinger 189 00:08:27,480 --> 00:08:29,480 Speaker 1: on TowIt this morning said it's the best offensive line 190 00:08:29,480 --> 00:08:31,880 Speaker 1: in the NFL, hands down. Uh, there is no debate. 191 00:08:31,960 --> 00:08:34,280 Speaker 1: And look, there's a couple other ones we're gonna get 192 00:08:34,280 --> 00:08:35,800 Speaker 1: to here in a minute, some other offensive lines that 193 00:08:35,800 --> 00:08:37,240 Speaker 1: are playing really well. But I don't think you can 194 00:08:37,240 --> 00:08:39,920 Speaker 1: say anybody's playing better than the Saints offensive line right now. No. 195 00:08:40,000 --> 00:08:41,840 Speaker 1: I mean the way the Saints so dominating the point 196 00:08:41,840 --> 00:08:43,520 Speaker 1: of attack, it allows them to be able to run 197 00:08:43,559 --> 00:08:45,120 Speaker 1: the football. And they can run it with two different 198 00:08:45,160 --> 00:08:47,560 Speaker 1: guys mark ingram or Alvan Kamara. They can throw it. 199 00:08:47,600 --> 00:08:50,559 Speaker 1: They can create uh, big play opportunities in the passing game. 200 00:08:50,600 --> 00:08:52,840 Speaker 1: They've done a great job of moving Michael Thomas around 201 00:08:53,200 --> 00:08:55,880 Speaker 1: and when you have Drew Brees, you can break him 202 00:08:55,880 --> 00:08:58,080 Speaker 1: out when you need him, but you don't have to 203 00:08:58,120 --> 00:09:00,880 Speaker 1: rely on them. The way this offense and the way 204 00:09:00,960 --> 00:09:04,120 Speaker 1: this team is constructed, they're not solely dependent upon the 205 00:09:04,240 --> 00:09:06,920 Speaker 1: quarterback having to throw for three hundred yards weekend week out. 206 00:09:06,960 --> 00:09:10,240 Speaker 1: The kryptonite though for this team, look their secondary bucket. 207 00:09:10,240 --> 00:09:12,480 Speaker 1: When we've seen Ryan Fitzpatrick going there and torch them. 208 00:09:12,679 --> 00:09:15,200 Speaker 1: We see Jared goffin this game throw for darn near 209 00:09:15,240 --> 00:09:18,000 Speaker 1: four hundred yards. They've got some issues and some concerns 210 00:09:18,000 --> 00:09:19,880 Speaker 1: there in the back end. This is not an unflawed 211 00:09:19,880 --> 00:09:22,480 Speaker 1: team there are you know, they certainly have flaws. But 212 00:09:22,520 --> 00:09:24,840 Speaker 1: the great thing about their offense, their offense can master 213 00:09:25,040 --> 00:09:26,880 Speaker 1: defense because when they get a hit, they can take 214 00:09:26,880 --> 00:09:28,520 Speaker 1: the air out of it. And now I really put 215 00:09:28,559 --> 00:09:31,840 Speaker 1: their defense back on the field. Uh, their offense is 216 00:09:31,880 --> 00:09:34,160 Speaker 1: their best defense. All right, Let's let's get to the 217 00:09:34,160 --> 00:09:38,880 Speaker 1: next one hand off right side, sweet Kareem Hunt inside 218 00:09:38,880 --> 00:09:43,280 Speaker 1: the five breaking tackles near the front pylone Countada touchdown, 219 00:09:44,000 --> 00:09:48,560 Speaker 1: Pansa City. What a day for Kareem Hunt and the 220 00:09:48,679 --> 00:09:53,040 Speaker 1: Chiefs have broken it open attift. Here's my point here 221 00:09:53,040 --> 00:09:55,840 Speaker 1: on the Chiefs. Look if seasons today and Pat Mahomes 222 00:09:55,920 --> 00:09:56,960 Speaker 1: gonna be the m v P, and we can talk 223 00:09:56,960 --> 00:09:59,240 Speaker 1: about Drew Brees, and that makes Patrick Mahomes is the 224 00:09:59,320 --> 00:10:01,600 Speaker 1: m v P. And phone right, it is what it is. 225 00:10:01,600 --> 00:10:03,280 Speaker 1: He's throwing for I think seven hundred more yards and 226 00:10:03,360 --> 00:10:05,440 Speaker 1: Drew Brees, so he's going to be the m v P. 227 00:10:05,600 --> 00:10:08,440 Speaker 1: But I will say on the podium should be his 228 00:10:08,480 --> 00:10:10,760 Speaker 1: teammate Kareem Hunt. He should be in that m v 229 00:10:10,840 --> 00:10:14,360 Speaker 1: P discussion now. Todd Gurley's numbers are so ridiculous that 230 00:10:14,440 --> 00:10:16,520 Speaker 1: he's gonna come in behind him when all the votes 231 00:10:16,559 --> 00:10:18,200 Speaker 1: are tallied, if it if it stays the way it is. 232 00:10:18,320 --> 00:10:20,120 Speaker 1: But just look at this buck. He's on pace right 233 00:10:20,160 --> 00:10:23,960 Speaker 1: now for twelve rushing arts, twelve touchdowns, five fifty five 234 00:10:24,040 --> 00:10:26,600 Speaker 1: receiving yards, and eleven touchdowns. He's on pace for twenty 235 00:10:26,640 --> 00:10:28,920 Speaker 1: three touchdowns. And I feel like he's kind of an 236 00:10:28,960 --> 00:10:32,680 Speaker 1: afterthought just because Mahomes has been so spectacular. I mean 237 00:10:32,920 --> 00:10:34,760 Speaker 1: like he does kind of take a backseat to Pat 238 00:10:34,760 --> 00:10:37,400 Speaker 1: Mahols because what Pat Mahomes has done has been remarkable. 239 00:10:37,440 --> 00:10:39,319 Speaker 1: I mean, you just don't expect a guy that's the 240 00:10:39,400 --> 00:10:40,920 Speaker 1: first time starter to come out and had the kind 241 00:10:40,960 --> 00:10:44,200 Speaker 1: of success that he's had right away. But much like 242 00:10:44,320 --> 00:10:47,000 Speaker 1: these other teams that we talked about being Super Bowl contenders, 243 00:10:47,040 --> 00:10:50,960 Speaker 1: the Rams, the Chiefs, the Patriots to like, their ability 244 00:10:51,040 --> 00:10:54,200 Speaker 1: to be able to shift and switch styles offensively allows 245 00:10:54,280 --> 00:10:56,280 Speaker 1: them to play in any kind of contest you want 246 00:10:56,280 --> 00:10:58,680 Speaker 1: to get into a tract. Meat to Kncie, Chiefs can 247 00:10:58,720 --> 00:11:00,440 Speaker 1: match you because he got speed on the friend, you 248 00:11:00,440 --> 00:11:03,520 Speaker 1: want to play a rockh'am sock 'em robots game. Kareem 249 00:11:03,559 --> 00:11:05,360 Speaker 1: Hunt gives him the ability to be able to run 250 00:11:05,360 --> 00:11:07,160 Speaker 1: and to kind of grind it out like that. He 251 00:11:07,320 --> 00:11:09,960 Speaker 1: is underrated. He doesn't get enough credit for what he 252 00:11:10,040 --> 00:11:13,560 Speaker 1: adds to the team and the playoffs, Kareem Hunt would 253 00:11:13,559 --> 00:11:16,280 Speaker 1: be a deciding fact whether this team continues to advance 254 00:11:16,480 --> 00:11:18,800 Speaker 1: and get to the super Bowl like many of us expect. Yeah, 255 00:11:18,840 --> 00:11:21,280 Speaker 1: there's you know, fun and finesse. That's not what this 256 00:11:21,440 --> 00:11:23,640 Speaker 1: offense is all about. There's some power now, there's some 257 00:11:23,679 --> 00:11:27,000 Speaker 1: physicality to it that Kareem Hunt brings that. I'll give 258 00:11:27,040 --> 00:11:28,840 Speaker 1: you one of the two teams right now, Buck, there 259 00:11:28,840 --> 00:11:30,960 Speaker 1: are two teams that are in the top five in 260 00:11:30,960 --> 00:11:32,880 Speaker 1: the NFL in terms of they have the most sacks 261 00:11:33,000 --> 00:11:34,920 Speaker 1: and then there are the fewest sacks allowed. There's only 262 00:11:34,960 --> 00:11:38,120 Speaker 1: two that so you already tweeted, but I'm not gonna 263 00:11:38,120 --> 00:11:39,480 Speaker 1: spoil it for the listeners here. I'll just give you 264 00:11:39,600 --> 00:11:41,760 Speaker 1: one of the two right now. Kand City Chiefs. They 265 00:11:41,800 --> 00:11:43,640 Speaker 1: are fourth in the NFL and sacks a loud. They've 266 00:11:43,640 --> 00:11:46,040 Speaker 1: only allowed twelve sacks and then they're getting after the 267 00:11:46,080 --> 00:11:48,800 Speaker 1: quarterback with twenty six sex on defense missing one of 268 00:11:48,840 --> 00:11:51,240 Speaker 1: the top guys. I think what's remarkab about the chiefs 269 00:11:51,360 --> 00:11:53,480 Speaker 1: um if you go on our website, if you go 270 00:11:53,520 --> 00:11:55,440 Speaker 1: to the next Gen stats thing and you pop in 271 00:11:55,520 --> 00:11:58,160 Speaker 1: Pat mahomes name, and you go to the quarterback stuff 272 00:11:58,360 --> 00:12:02,119 Speaker 1: and you look at the passing chart, there's this perception 273 00:12:02,200 --> 00:12:04,640 Speaker 1: that he is throwing bombs and they're just slinging it 274 00:12:04,679 --> 00:12:07,960 Speaker 1: on in the field. They are beating you with spectacular 275 00:12:08,000 --> 00:12:12,640 Speaker 1: paper cut things are underneath. But what they have done 276 00:12:12,720 --> 00:12:16,360 Speaker 1: is I think they've assembled the perfect offensive corps to 277 00:12:16,480 --> 00:12:19,839 Speaker 1: go around him. Catching run specialist Sammy Watkins, Tyreek Kill, 278 00:12:19,960 --> 00:12:22,400 Speaker 1: Travis Kelsey, all those guys are capable of taking five 279 00:12:22,440 --> 00:12:24,920 Speaker 1: years slants and going to the house. They get the 280 00:12:24,920 --> 00:12:26,840 Speaker 1: ball out, which is why they don't take a lot 281 00:12:26,880 --> 00:12:28,880 Speaker 1: of sacks. They don't have a lot of negative plays, 282 00:12:28,920 --> 00:12:31,920 Speaker 1: and he is really allowing his playmakers to do work. 283 00:12:32,240 --> 00:12:34,800 Speaker 1: Now he also brings that added aspect because he can 284 00:12:34,840 --> 00:12:38,000 Speaker 1: throw it out the stadium. But they are a controlled 285 00:12:38,200 --> 00:12:41,240 Speaker 1: offense with explosive playmakers making big plays and talk about 286 00:12:41,240 --> 00:12:43,520 Speaker 1: space creators. When you look at down the red zone, 287 00:12:43,520 --> 00:12:46,880 Speaker 1: Travis Kelsey can generate space and tight quarters that's not 288 00:12:46,920 --> 00:12:49,360 Speaker 1: easy to do. And then obviously Tyrek Kill the ultimate 289 00:12:49,400 --> 00:12:51,840 Speaker 1: space trader with what he does with his quickness. Sammy 290 00:12:51,880 --> 00:12:54,080 Speaker 1: Watkins offers some of those same things. So they've got 291 00:12:54,080 --> 00:12:56,320 Speaker 1: guys that just can generate some separation, and they got 292 00:12:56,400 --> 00:12:58,280 Speaker 1: a guy that's absolutely throwing the heck out of it. 293 00:12:58,360 --> 00:12:59,880 Speaker 1: But I do want to get back to it to 294 00:13:00,000 --> 00:13:02,040 Speaker 1: cream Hunt. He belongs in that m v P discussion. 295 00:13:02,120 --> 00:13:05,560 Speaker 1: Brown's value effort there. They kept this a ballgame for 296 00:13:05,559 --> 00:13:07,520 Speaker 1: a while, and I thought Baker Mayfield did some nice 297 00:13:07,520 --> 00:13:10,040 Speaker 1: things for this offense. But again, it's gonna be a 298 00:13:10,040 --> 00:13:11,920 Speaker 1: long year for them all. R Let's get to the 299 00:13:12,000 --> 00:13:15,560 Speaker 1: next one punches wide right and then three receivers to 300 00:13:15,600 --> 00:13:18,280 Speaker 1: the left on third and Golf from the seven team 301 00:13:18,280 --> 00:13:21,719 Speaker 1: whoting backs up fires in Zoe one handed grab. Are 302 00:13:21,760 --> 00:13:24,760 Speaker 1: you Syria for the touchdown? Greg? All of a sudden, 303 00:13:24,800 --> 00:13:27,840 Speaker 1: you just went out Odell back home style and spared 304 00:13:27,880 --> 00:13:33,840 Speaker 1: it at the tea and Panthers man, this team, this team. 305 00:13:33,840 --> 00:13:35,280 Speaker 1: A lot of people not talking about him, but the 306 00:13:35,320 --> 00:13:38,520 Speaker 1: Panthers are quietly sitting there. Wait, wait, the Panthers they 307 00:13:38,760 --> 00:13:41,760 Speaker 1: have a team, because I haven't heard anything about one's 308 00:13:41,760 --> 00:13:43,280 Speaker 1: really talking about them. They don't talk about them, and 309 00:13:43,320 --> 00:13:44,880 Speaker 1: didn't talk about the Cowboys, like I don't know why 310 00:13:44,920 --> 00:13:47,520 Speaker 1: you don't talk about those. But when I look at 311 00:13:47,520 --> 00:13:52,360 Speaker 1: the Carolina Panthers, man, they're sitting nicely um when it 312 00:13:52,360 --> 00:13:55,080 Speaker 1: comes to a playoff position and they're in the weeds. 313 00:13:56,160 --> 00:13:58,920 Speaker 1: And look, if I know, they don't give assistant Coach 314 00:13:58,920 --> 00:14:01,120 Speaker 1: of the Year awards out but Man North turning what 315 00:14:01,200 --> 00:14:03,400 Speaker 1: he has done to remake this offense, I didn't see 316 00:14:03,520 --> 00:14:06,160 Speaker 1: that coming. I mean, you know, let's say, can't teach 317 00:14:06,160 --> 00:14:08,160 Speaker 1: an old dog new tricks. Man he is. He has 318 00:14:08,160 --> 00:14:10,160 Speaker 1: found a way to blend all the things that Cam 319 00:14:10,200 --> 00:14:12,880 Speaker 1: Newton does really really well while also making them a 320 00:14:13,000 --> 00:14:17,000 Speaker 1: very efficient quarterback. Man Cam Newton has thrown for two 321 00:14:17,040 --> 00:14:18,840 Speaker 1: or more touchdown passes, I want to say, in six 322 00:14:18,880 --> 00:14:24,880 Speaker 1: straight games against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers forty seven two touchdowns, 323 00:14:24,920 --> 00:14:27,880 Speaker 1: but also had eleven carriers for thirty three yards. And 324 00:14:27,960 --> 00:14:30,600 Speaker 1: on paper, like the eleven for thirty three isn't much, 325 00:14:30,800 --> 00:14:33,640 Speaker 1: but as another aspect of the offense that you have 326 00:14:33,680 --> 00:14:37,360 Speaker 1: to defend, Christ McCaffrey seventeen for seventy nine two touchdowns. 327 00:14:37,480 --> 00:14:40,200 Speaker 1: They had a nice little double reverse to Curtis Samuel. 328 00:14:40,400 --> 00:14:43,080 Speaker 1: They're finding a way to generate explosive plays in the 329 00:14:43,160 --> 00:14:46,360 Speaker 1: running game while keeping it creative and fun. The Carolina 330 00:14:46,400 --> 00:14:48,560 Speaker 1: Panthers are built the right way. Their team just gonna 331 00:14:48,560 --> 00:14:50,080 Speaker 1: be tough to deal with. All Right, you ready for 332 00:14:50,240 --> 00:14:52,360 Speaker 1: you ready for some numbers? Here buck give you. I'm 333 00:14:52,360 --> 00:14:54,320 Speaker 1: gonna give you a little ammo. Here for your nerve 334 00:14:54,400 --> 00:14:59,280 Speaker 1: turner argument, offensive code of the year. We can have 335 00:14:59,360 --> 00:15:01,640 Speaker 1: an official of the sticks Coordinator of the Year award. 336 00:15:02,280 --> 00:15:04,920 Speaker 1: Get maybe some certificates made or something. All right, here, 337 00:15:05,040 --> 00:15:08,760 Speaker 1: here's here's your ammo. All right, Cam Newton completion percentage. 338 00:15:09,120 --> 00:15:11,560 Speaker 1: Let's go through his career and you tell me what 339 00:15:11,680 --> 00:15:15,840 Speaker 1: stands out. Fifty seven point seven, sixty one point seven, 340 00:15:15,880 --> 00:15:18,640 Speaker 1: fifty eight point five, fifty nine point eight, fifty two 341 00:15:18,640 --> 00:15:23,040 Speaker 1: point nine, fifty nine point one, sixty seven point three 342 00:15:24,040 --> 00:15:28,520 Speaker 1: one is not like the others. How about that? You 343 00:15:28,560 --> 00:15:31,480 Speaker 1: don't see that's a massive jump. Yeah, I mean, you 344 00:15:31,520 --> 00:15:33,760 Speaker 1: just don't see that kind of stuff. And he's on pace, 345 00:15:33,880 --> 00:15:36,400 Speaker 1: he's got he's already got fifteen touchdown passes. He's on 346 00:15:36,400 --> 00:15:40,200 Speaker 1: pace for thirty touchdowns, So unbelievable. So I mean he's 347 00:15:40,320 --> 00:15:43,120 Speaker 1: and and he's protecting the football. Look, here's well, here's 348 00:15:43,120 --> 00:15:49,680 Speaker 1: some other numbers. You're right. Interceptions for Cam seventeen, twelve, thirteen, twelve, ten, fourteen, sixteen, 349 00:15:49,960 --> 00:15:55,440 Speaker 1: he's got four this year. So you're completion percentages, jumps 350 00:15:55,440 --> 00:15:59,000 Speaker 1: to the roof, your interception percentage drops um, and you're 351 00:15:59,000 --> 00:16:00,960 Speaker 1: getting the ball in the end zone. You're still running 352 00:16:00,960 --> 00:16:03,160 Speaker 1: the football. I mean, I was at at that Seattle 353 00:16:03,200 --> 00:16:04,600 Speaker 1: Charger game. We'll get to that in a minute, but 354 00:16:05,040 --> 00:16:07,040 Speaker 1: they basically have abandoned the run with Russell Wilson and 355 00:16:07,040 --> 00:16:09,040 Speaker 1: said we're not gonna do that. You know, Cam Newton 356 00:16:09,360 --> 00:16:11,640 Speaker 1: don't have to do that. Still running, still still doing 357 00:16:11,640 --> 00:16:13,760 Speaker 1: this thing, still letting him, letting him be the player 358 00:16:13,840 --> 00:16:15,480 Speaker 1: that he is. And I give North Turner a lot 359 00:16:15,480 --> 00:16:18,000 Speaker 1: of credit. He has allowed him to continue to be 360 00:16:18,160 --> 00:16:21,560 Speaker 1: Cam Newton while challenging him and and and forcing him 361 00:16:21,760 --> 00:16:23,400 Speaker 1: to kind of play in a style that you need 362 00:16:23,440 --> 00:16:26,080 Speaker 1: to play to have long term success at that position. 363 00:16:26,200 --> 00:16:27,760 Speaker 1: One other thing here before we get it to the 364 00:16:27,760 --> 00:16:30,560 Speaker 1: next takeaway. Last year, Christi McCaffrey four hundred and thirty 365 00:16:30,560 --> 00:16:33,520 Speaker 1: five rushing yards right now five two yards rushing. So 366 00:16:33,800 --> 00:16:35,760 Speaker 1: last year, after the year, and this year you're starting 367 00:16:35,760 --> 00:16:37,040 Speaker 1: to see him. He's only can have a thousand yard 368 00:16:37,120 --> 00:16:38,600 Speaker 1: rushing season as well as what he's doing in the year. 369 00:16:38,680 --> 00:16:41,720 Speaker 1: The North Turner has always been really good with backs. Uh. 370 00:16:41,760 --> 00:16:43,960 Speaker 1: He had talked about Christie McCaffrey having some of that 371 00:16:44,040 --> 00:16:47,720 Speaker 1: Ladany and Tomlinson like stuff, and so he has recreated that. 372 00:16:47,760 --> 00:16:50,080 Speaker 1: When you talk about the seventy nine Russian yards, he 373 00:16:50,120 --> 00:16:54,000 Speaker 1: had seventy eight receiving yards. And we've talked about hybrids 374 00:16:54,040 --> 00:16:57,640 Speaker 1: and how these guys can impact the game. They found 375 00:16:57,640 --> 00:17:00,280 Speaker 1: a way to really maximize Christian McCaffrey's talents. I will 376 00:17:00,280 --> 00:17:03,720 Speaker 1: say Ron Rivera's decision to add North Turning to the 377 00:17:03,760 --> 00:17:07,159 Speaker 1: staff could be the difference in the Carolina Panther is 378 00:17:07,160 --> 00:17:08,880 Speaker 1: making a legit run. One other thing, like a little 379 00:17:08,960 --> 00:17:11,199 Speaker 1: cheat cheet for Norv is when you look down and 380 00:17:11,240 --> 00:17:14,000 Speaker 1: you see McCaffrey, he wears number twenty two. That's the 381 00:17:14,080 --> 00:17:19,560 Speaker 1: number touches buck seventeen rushes, five receptions right on the head. 382 00:17:19,600 --> 00:17:22,359 Speaker 1: Twenty two touches is the sweet spot for Christian McCaffrey. 383 00:17:22,359 --> 00:17:24,679 Speaker 1: I mean, that's how you get it to him. I 384 00:17:24,760 --> 00:17:27,119 Speaker 1: love what they're doing with Christi McCaffrey. You know, it's 385 00:17:27,160 --> 00:17:29,960 Speaker 1: funny he was taken into top ten and you wondered 386 00:17:30,320 --> 00:17:32,240 Speaker 1: could he be a guy North turn had been the 387 00:17:32,320 --> 00:17:34,200 Speaker 1: right coach because he's figured out a way to maximize 388 00:17:34,200 --> 00:17:36,480 Speaker 1: his talents. All right, let's get to the next one gun. 389 00:17:36,600 --> 00:17:39,080 Speaker 1: Paul's Davis back to his left shoulder. This is the 390 00:17:39,119 --> 00:17:45,040 Speaker 1: game from the six Wilson shotguns snapped passing down, pocket collapses, 391 00:17:45,080 --> 00:17:48,440 Speaker 1: Wilson steps up, throws to the end zone and complete. 392 00:17:49,840 --> 00:17:54,760 Speaker 1: Chargers win. It's David Moore in the hands and falls 393 00:17:54,760 --> 00:17:58,600 Speaker 1: in complete, and the Bolts have won their fifth straight 394 00:17:58,680 --> 00:18:02,760 Speaker 1: game and improved US six and two. That's my buddy 395 00:18:02,800 --> 00:18:06,280 Speaker 1: Matt money Smith, our buddy Matt money Smith on the call. There, Buck, 396 00:18:06,359 --> 00:18:08,040 Speaker 1: and this is a team. That ball actually was tipped 397 00:18:08,080 --> 00:18:10,280 Speaker 1: to the last second by Julila Die, which yeah, that's 398 00:18:10,320 --> 00:18:11,760 Speaker 1: what I thought when I was looking. When I was 399 00:18:11,800 --> 00:18:14,720 Speaker 1: looking at the replay, it looked like it wasn't a drop. 400 00:18:14,800 --> 00:18:16,920 Speaker 1: But it was tight though. But I will say this, 401 00:18:17,160 --> 00:18:18,879 Speaker 1: Russ Puss some more pms. Oh yeah, he's got it. 402 00:18:18,880 --> 00:18:21,800 Speaker 1: He's got a kid, a fastball, fastball. My takeaway just 403 00:18:21,880 --> 00:18:26,000 Speaker 1: having you know, cover these Charter games each and every week. Offensively, 404 00:18:26,040 --> 00:18:28,760 Speaker 1: there's just tremendous balance the twelfth passing offense of the 405 00:18:28,800 --> 00:18:31,240 Speaker 1: sixth rushing offense. They're tied for fourth and a few 406 00:18:31,280 --> 00:18:33,600 Speaker 1: of sacks allowed. So they even gave up a couple 407 00:18:33,600 --> 00:18:36,119 Speaker 1: of sacks yesterday, one of which, Um, this is one 408 00:18:36,160 --> 00:18:38,000 Speaker 1: of those there was one of those plays where it's 409 00:18:38,080 --> 00:18:40,120 Speaker 1: it was a teaching moment, like a total teaching tape. 410 00:18:40,119 --> 00:18:42,360 Speaker 1: The difference between you see these young quarterbacks, you see 411 00:18:42,359 --> 00:18:45,520 Speaker 1: the veteran quarterbacks. So here's the situation. It's third down, 412 00:18:45,560 --> 00:18:48,160 Speaker 1: buck Um. They're trying to trying to get a first 413 00:18:48,160 --> 00:18:49,880 Speaker 1: If they get a first down, the games over. Seattle 414 00:18:49,960 --> 00:18:51,960 Speaker 1: tried on side kick, didn't get it. But if they 415 00:18:51,960 --> 00:18:53,800 Speaker 1: get a stop, they can burn all three time outs. 416 00:18:53,840 --> 00:18:55,199 Speaker 1: They'll get the ball back with a chance to come 417 00:18:55,240 --> 00:18:57,960 Speaker 1: down and potentially tie the game. So it's third down, 418 00:18:58,240 --> 00:19:01,080 Speaker 1: Seattle has one time out left and trying it was 419 00:19:01,080 --> 00:19:03,480 Speaker 1: about third and seven. You're oneing, okay, Rivers gonna gonna 420 00:19:03,560 --> 00:19:05,159 Speaker 1: run the ball just to force them to use their 421 00:19:05,200 --> 00:19:07,119 Speaker 1: time out, or you trust him as a veteran to 422 00:19:07,320 --> 00:19:09,680 Speaker 1: hopefully get a completion, get a first down. The game's over, 423 00:19:10,000 --> 00:19:14,280 Speaker 1: so they call past play. There's nothing there. So how 424 00:19:14,280 --> 00:19:16,480 Speaker 1: many times would you see a young quarterback in that situation, 425 00:19:16,520 --> 00:19:19,560 Speaker 1: there's nothing there. Throw the ball away, nobody's open. Rivers 426 00:19:19,600 --> 00:19:22,359 Speaker 1: holds it, eats, it, takes a sack. Okay, so you 427 00:19:22,400 --> 00:19:24,840 Speaker 1: sacrifice seven eight yards of field position, but you forced 428 00:19:24,840 --> 00:19:27,800 Speaker 1: Seattle to burn the final time out. It's just little 429 00:19:27,840 --> 00:19:29,920 Speaker 1: things like that. When you watch him each and every week, 430 00:19:29,920 --> 00:19:32,400 Speaker 1: you see you truly appreciate how smart and how good 431 00:19:32,400 --> 00:19:34,720 Speaker 1: Philip Rivers is. He's protecting the football. Now you go 432 00:19:34,720 --> 00:19:36,240 Speaker 1: over the last couple of years, this is not the 433 00:19:36,280 --> 00:19:38,560 Speaker 1: same reckless Philip Rivers we saw when he was younger. 434 00:19:38,840 --> 00:19:41,720 Speaker 1: So here so on the heels of a conversation that 435 00:19:41,760 --> 00:19:43,760 Speaker 1: I had with you last week. I wrote about Philip 436 00:19:43,840 --> 00:19:46,160 Speaker 1: Rivers being an m VP candidate, and I went back 437 00:19:46,200 --> 00:19:48,040 Speaker 1: and you talked about the numbers, and I'm looking at 438 00:19:48,040 --> 00:19:50,800 Speaker 1: the interception numbers, and I think it's important to know 439 00:19:50,840 --> 00:19:53,120 Speaker 1: that when Philip Rivers was drafted, he was drafted by 440 00:19:53,240 --> 00:19:56,840 Speaker 1: Marty Schottenheimer. And having played for Marty, Marty's big thing 441 00:19:56,840 --> 00:19:59,600 Speaker 1: has always marty ball, protect the football, rotect the football, 442 00:19:59,680 --> 00:20:02,200 Speaker 1: all the things. So Phillips first year as a starter 443 00:20:02,359 --> 00:20:05,199 Speaker 1: for Marty, they went fourteen and two. Philip Rivers only 444 00:20:05,280 --> 00:20:08,639 Speaker 1: had nine interceptions. Only one other time in his career 445 00:20:08,640 --> 00:20:11,640 Speaker 1: besides that first year has he had fewer than ten interceptions. 446 00:20:12,000 --> 00:20:14,879 Speaker 1: That year they went thirteen and three. And so the 447 00:20:14,920 --> 00:20:18,200 Speaker 1: common denominator is when Philip Rivers takes care of the ball, 448 00:20:18,320 --> 00:20:20,680 Speaker 1: the Charges win a lot of games. He has bought 449 00:20:20,680 --> 00:20:23,240 Speaker 1: in and I read something from Ken wizzen Hunt where 450 00:20:23,240 --> 00:20:26,280 Speaker 1: he talked about not only does he take care of 451 00:20:26,280 --> 00:20:29,560 Speaker 1: the ball, now he's getting everybody in the middle. All 452 00:20:29,600 --> 00:20:33,159 Speaker 1: the playmakers are dealing, and Ken wizzen Hunt said, there's 453 00:20:33,280 --> 00:20:36,320 Speaker 1: never been anyone better at getting the ball to the backs. 454 00:20:36,400 --> 00:20:39,360 Speaker 1: And you're seeing Austin Ekeler Mel and Gordon. Those guys 455 00:20:39,400 --> 00:20:41,400 Speaker 1: are being able to impact the game. And Keenan Allen 456 00:20:41,440 --> 00:20:43,920 Speaker 1: doesn't have the touchdowns, but man, he does so much dirty. 457 00:20:44,200 --> 00:20:49,160 Speaker 1: He was working. They the one thing I liked about 458 00:20:49,160 --> 00:20:52,119 Speaker 1: their game plan. They got him in the mix early. 459 00:20:52,160 --> 00:20:55,320 Speaker 1: Don't waste time to first play the game, get tight, 460 00:20:55,920 --> 00:20:58,000 Speaker 1: quick motion twenty yard run to start the game. They're 461 00:20:58,040 --> 00:21:00,520 Speaker 1: backed up inside their own five. There look always really 462 00:21:00,560 --> 00:21:02,600 Speaker 1: talking about this Charger team anymore. They lost those two 463 00:21:02,640 --> 00:21:04,240 Speaker 1: games early to the to the rams of the Chiefs. 464 00:21:04,320 --> 00:21:06,679 Speaker 1: Argue the best two teams in the NFL, and they 465 00:21:06,720 --> 00:21:08,360 Speaker 1: feel like this kind of hanging out here. They've won 466 00:21:08,400 --> 00:21:10,480 Speaker 1: five in a row. Now you look at the schedule. 467 00:21:10,800 --> 00:21:12,879 Speaker 1: This week, it's at Oakland, then it's at home against 468 00:21:12,920 --> 00:21:15,960 Speaker 1: Denver and Arizona. So right now there's six and two. 469 00:21:15,960 --> 00:21:18,000 Speaker 1: They have a chance if they just handle their business, 470 00:21:18,040 --> 00:21:19,679 Speaker 1: they should be sitting at nine and two as they 471 00:21:19,680 --> 00:21:21,960 Speaker 1: get into some more difficult games, including a road trip 472 00:21:21,960 --> 00:21:24,320 Speaker 1: against Pittsburgh and a road trip against Kansas City. So 473 00:21:24,640 --> 00:21:26,520 Speaker 1: I have a chance later on the season to find out, 474 00:21:26,880 --> 00:21:28,640 Speaker 1: uh if they are the real deal. But right now, 475 00:21:28,680 --> 00:21:31,520 Speaker 1: it's a really really balanced football team, really balanced football team, 476 00:21:31,560 --> 00:21:33,600 Speaker 1: and so it's very important and we'll talk about the 477 00:21:33,640 --> 00:21:36,959 Speaker 1: maturity that this team displays. Take care of business. Get 478 00:21:37,000 --> 00:21:39,720 Speaker 1: to nine into ten wins typically gets you into playoffs. 479 00:21:40,119 --> 00:21:42,840 Speaker 1: Handle your business, don't have any hiccups, just get to 480 00:21:42,880 --> 00:21:44,679 Speaker 1: the point. Didn't deal with whatever you have to deal 481 00:21:44,680 --> 00:21:45,879 Speaker 1: with at the end of the year. This is a 482 00:21:45,880 --> 00:21:48,040 Speaker 1: good team, that's a balanced team, and it's a team 483 00:21:48,040 --> 00:21:50,480 Speaker 1: that no one really wants to face because the X 484 00:21:50,480 --> 00:21:53,280 Speaker 1: factor for the charges Philip Rivers can always go for 485 00:21:53,359 --> 00:21:55,560 Speaker 1: three hundred. There's another X factor that hadn't even played 486 00:21:55,560 --> 00:21:58,240 Speaker 1: a game yet for that, I mean, when you've got 487 00:21:58,240 --> 00:21:59,840 Speaker 1: a chance. Who else in the NFL we talked about 488 00:21:59,840 --> 00:22:02,720 Speaker 1: these trade line trade deadline editions, nobody will have a 489 00:22:02,760 --> 00:22:04,720 Speaker 1: bigger impact than what Joey Bosa would have if he 490 00:22:04,760 --> 00:22:07,800 Speaker 1: comes back healthy, not to mention potentially even get a 491 00:22:07,840 --> 00:22:10,320 Speaker 1: Hunter Henry back. Uh. So they've got a chance to 492 00:22:10,320 --> 00:22:12,520 Speaker 1: add some firepower to a team that's already playing pretty 493 00:22:12,520 --> 00:22:15,280 Speaker 1: good football. All r Let's get the number six those 494 00:22:15,280 --> 00:22:19,200 Speaker 1: Steelers operating left to right. Ben gets the snap, he's back, 495 00:22:19,400 --> 00:22:21,320 Speaker 1: he throws up to the right running for the end 496 00:22:21,359 --> 00:22:25,520 Speaker 1: Zon Connors. Such touchdown ruff Bettsburgh for jains Connor his 497 00:22:25,800 --> 00:22:30,200 Speaker 1: first as the two thousand and eight team season moves 498 00:22:30,240 --> 00:22:34,960 Speaker 1: along Eric Weddle could keep him out of the end zone. Look, 499 00:22:35,720 --> 00:22:38,919 Speaker 1: the Pittsburgh Steelers can win it all with or without 500 00:22:39,119 --> 00:22:42,760 Speaker 1: Levyan Bill. And I've been a big supporter of Levan Bill. 501 00:22:43,359 --> 00:22:45,280 Speaker 1: I will say now it's kind of gets to the 502 00:22:45,280 --> 00:22:47,440 Speaker 1: point of being ridiculous in terms of like whether he's 503 00:22:47,440 --> 00:22:49,280 Speaker 1: gonna show up or not. I can see why the 504 00:22:49,320 --> 00:22:51,280 Speaker 1: Steelers have kind of bed down the hatches and why 505 00:22:51,320 --> 00:22:53,840 Speaker 1: one of the offensive lineman came out David to Castro 506 00:22:53,920 --> 00:22:55,760 Speaker 1: came out said, while we here, we don't care if 507 00:22:55,880 --> 00:22:58,120 Speaker 1: if he's here or not, like it doesn't matter. We're 508 00:22:58,160 --> 00:23:01,680 Speaker 1: going to keep on doing what you do. Now they 509 00:23:01,720 --> 00:23:04,800 Speaker 1: have found a player in James Conner. James Conner four 510 00:23:04,880 --> 00:23:08,280 Speaker 1: straight one yard rushing games and in that same span, 511 00:23:08,359 --> 00:23:10,840 Speaker 1: I think the thing that is remarkable He's had eighty 512 00:23:10,920 --> 00:23:15,160 Speaker 1: eight carries and twenty receptions. So he basically is giving 513 00:23:15,200 --> 00:23:17,600 Speaker 1: them the kind of production that Levy and Bill used 514 00:23:17,600 --> 00:23:20,320 Speaker 1: to give him, the work horseback being able to carry 515 00:23:20,320 --> 00:23:23,359 Speaker 1: the workload, and the thing that you're seeing now, they've 516 00:23:23,480 --> 00:23:26,840 Speaker 1: shifted this offense to fit his skill set. The plays 517 00:23:26,880 --> 00:23:29,600 Speaker 1: they call are the plays that are specifically designed for 518 00:23:29,680 --> 00:23:32,920 Speaker 1: him to be very, very successful. So the trick will 519 00:23:32,960 --> 00:23:35,720 Speaker 1: be when twenty six does come back, if he comes back, 520 00:23:36,080 --> 00:23:38,159 Speaker 1: how do they handle that part of it. If I'm 521 00:23:38,240 --> 00:23:41,359 Speaker 1: the Pittsburgh Steelers, knowing what we know now about Levyan 522 00:23:41,400 --> 00:23:43,160 Speaker 1: Bill and knowing how the future is going to play out, 523 00:23:43,440 --> 00:23:46,640 Speaker 1: I'm all in on number thirty. He's a side piece out. 524 00:23:46,760 --> 00:23:48,800 Speaker 1: The other thing I was gonna tell you we talked 525 00:23:48,800 --> 00:23:51,320 Speaker 1: about earlier with Kansas City being a team that's in 526 00:23:51,359 --> 00:23:53,520 Speaker 1: the top five in sacks and sacks allowed Pittsburgh, it's 527 00:23:53,560 --> 00:23:55,920 Speaker 1: the other team in terms of UH they are number 528 00:23:56,520 --> 00:23:58,159 Speaker 1: three and sacks allowed, they have only a lot of 529 00:23:58,160 --> 00:24:01,000 Speaker 1: eleven sacks. And then defensively they tied with Kansas City 530 00:24:01,000 --> 00:24:04,159 Speaker 1: tied for fourth there with twenty six sacks on the 531 00:24:04,160 --> 00:24:05,840 Speaker 1: defensive side of the ball. But the point I wanted 532 00:24:05,840 --> 00:24:07,840 Speaker 1: to make here, Buck is it feels like the debate 533 00:24:07,920 --> 00:24:10,040 Speaker 1: is always going on. Is it you know what makes 534 00:24:10,040 --> 00:24:12,200 Speaker 1: the Steeler's offense skill is It's still Big Ben Show? 535 00:24:12,320 --> 00:24:14,520 Speaker 1: Is it? Is it Antonio Brown? Is that the engine? 536 00:24:14,800 --> 00:24:16,280 Speaker 1: Or is it the running backs? And well if it's 537 00:24:16,320 --> 00:24:18,320 Speaker 1: the running backs, well who's better? Is it Leve Bell? 538 00:24:18,680 --> 00:24:20,439 Speaker 1: Is it James Conner. I'm like, you know, we're not 539 00:24:20,440 --> 00:24:22,639 Speaker 1: talking about we're not talking about this offensive line that 540 00:24:22,720 --> 00:24:25,160 Speaker 1: has been what makes this whole thing go the way 541 00:24:25,200 --> 00:24:27,680 Speaker 1: they've played. And if we're gonna give North Turner the 542 00:24:27,720 --> 00:24:30,479 Speaker 1: Coordinator of the Year award, I like to nominate Mike 543 00:24:30,560 --> 00:24:33,199 Speaker 1: Munchak for the Position coach award. He has done a 544 00:24:33,240 --> 00:24:35,120 Speaker 1: wonderful job with this group over the last few years, 545 00:24:35,119 --> 00:24:36,800 Speaker 1: and they're playing at a very high level, playing at 546 00:24:36,800 --> 00:24:39,040 Speaker 1: an exceptionally high level. He has done a terrific job 547 00:24:39,080 --> 00:24:41,640 Speaker 1: of making his team this offensive line. You know, it's 548 00:24:41,640 --> 00:24:44,080 Speaker 1: funny to say this about the Pittsburgh Steels. He's made 549 00:24:44,119 --> 00:24:46,760 Speaker 1: him tougher and rougher upfront. They can get into those 550 00:24:46,760 --> 00:24:48,800 Speaker 1: phone booth games, they can dominate it, they can win. 551 00:24:48,880 --> 00:24:51,600 Speaker 1: They can really really mash people at the point of attack. 552 00:24:51,680 --> 00:24:53,920 Speaker 1: And so the way the Pittsburgh still is a bill 553 00:24:54,040 --> 00:24:56,520 Speaker 1: like this actually gives them a better chance of having 554 00:24:56,560 --> 00:24:58,000 Speaker 1: to deal with the New England pages in the kan 555 00:24:58,040 --> 00:25:00,840 Speaker 1: City Chiefs because the balance that have being able to 556 00:25:00,880 --> 00:25:03,639 Speaker 1: kind of grind it out, they can muddy the game up. 557 00:25:03,640 --> 00:25:06,399 Speaker 1: And I think for Pittsburgh, even though we've talked for 558 00:25:06,480 --> 00:25:09,399 Speaker 1: years about their prolific offense, I think they kind of 559 00:25:09,440 --> 00:25:12,040 Speaker 1: want to be a little more workman like more with 560 00:25:12,119 --> 00:25:15,359 Speaker 1: those teams. Because it's funny a team that we've celebrated 561 00:25:15,440 --> 00:25:18,880 Speaker 1: for their triplets. I don't know if they match up 562 00:25:18,880 --> 00:25:21,840 Speaker 1: going totete with the explosive offense that Kanna City Chiefs, 563 00:25:22,080 --> 00:25:24,359 Speaker 1: and even they've always had their struggles with Newing the Patriots. 564 00:25:24,400 --> 00:25:27,160 Speaker 1: All right, let's get to the next take away out there. 565 00:25:27,240 --> 00:25:30,159 Speaker 1: I wanted to throw it. Darnell has picked off my 566 00:25:30,320 --> 00:25:33,800 Speaker 1: t J McDonald, who slides down in midfield and of 567 00:25:33,840 --> 00:25:38,560 Speaker 1: offense with this football gamecause because of the defense, the 568 00:25:38,680 --> 00:25:42,640 Speaker 1: Dolphins are gonna win. Yeah. Look, Sam Donald, that's a rough, 569 00:25:42,760 --> 00:25:44,280 Speaker 1: rough afternoon. I haven't got a chance to see this 570 00:25:44,320 --> 00:25:46,119 Speaker 1: tape yet, so I'll have it on TV while he's 571 00:25:46,160 --> 00:25:48,560 Speaker 1: waiting for the Charger game up there in Seattle. But 572 00:25:48,720 --> 00:25:53,880 Speaker 1: four interceptions now obviously leads the NFL with fourteen picks. Look, 573 00:25:54,160 --> 00:25:57,719 Speaker 1: I would say I'm not surprised that the turnovers are 574 00:25:57,800 --> 00:26:00,240 Speaker 1: high here on a rookie that's twenty one years old, 575 00:26:00,280 --> 00:26:04,000 Speaker 1: playing with the very average supporting cast. But I didn't 576 00:26:04,040 --> 00:26:05,800 Speaker 1: I thought, you know, I didn't think we'd see this. 577 00:26:05,920 --> 00:26:08,440 Speaker 1: It's been worse than I expected. Now the big question 578 00:26:08,600 --> 00:26:10,800 Speaker 1: is one of the Uh. One of the things that 579 00:26:10,880 --> 00:26:14,640 Speaker 1: we we liked about Sam Donald coming out was his resiliency, 580 00:26:14,720 --> 00:26:17,479 Speaker 1: his mental toughness, his ability to bounce back. Now it's 581 00:26:17,520 --> 00:26:19,440 Speaker 1: going to be tested because not only are you turning 582 00:26:19,440 --> 00:26:21,320 Speaker 1: the ball over a bunch, you turn over more than 583 00:26:21,320 --> 00:26:22,680 Speaker 1: anybody in the NFL, and you're doing it in the 584 00:26:22,760 --> 00:26:25,919 Speaker 1: number one media market. So he's going to hear about 585 00:26:25,960 --> 00:26:28,720 Speaker 1: it a ton. So we're gonna see just how thick 586 00:26:28,880 --> 00:26:31,639 Speaker 1: his skin is. Yeah, but I don't think it's an issue. 587 00:26:31,680 --> 00:26:34,520 Speaker 1: I think we we we kind of expected him to 588 00:26:34,520 --> 00:26:37,960 Speaker 1: have some turnover issues. I think um a lot of 589 00:26:38,000 --> 00:26:40,040 Speaker 1: what we do when it comes to evaluating guys is 590 00:26:40,080 --> 00:26:41,720 Speaker 1: like you really have to know who the player is, 591 00:26:41,800 --> 00:26:44,560 Speaker 1: Like he has some turnover issues at see. I expected 592 00:26:44,640 --> 00:26:47,720 Speaker 1: him to continue because the game only gets faster and quarriker, 593 00:26:47,880 --> 00:26:50,320 Speaker 1: And when you think about his age and really his 594 00:26:50,440 --> 00:26:53,600 Speaker 1: relative inexperience playing the position, you knew some of those 595 00:26:53,600 --> 00:26:55,679 Speaker 1: things we're gonna happen now. I'll be the first to 596 00:26:55,680 --> 00:26:58,840 Speaker 1: say this, the Jets don't necessarily have a talented supporting 597 00:26:58,840 --> 00:27:01,119 Speaker 1: cast around him. I think it's very very important to 598 00:27:01,119 --> 00:27:04,520 Speaker 1: the address those situations in the off season. They would 599 00:27:04,520 --> 00:27:06,960 Speaker 1: be a team that could use a marquee running back 600 00:27:07,280 --> 00:27:10,200 Speaker 1: that could make some things happen. Olvian Bill type player 601 00:27:10,280 --> 00:27:13,200 Speaker 1: was certainly helped there. And they need two big time 602 00:27:13,280 --> 00:27:15,399 Speaker 1: receivers on the outside or a big time receiver to 603 00:27:15,480 --> 00:27:18,240 Speaker 1: tight end something. They have to give him more to 604 00:27:18,320 --> 00:27:20,720 Speaker 1: take some of the burden off of his plate. They 605 00:27:20,760 --> 00:27:22,680 Speaker 1: have to make all of the plays with his arm, 606 00:27:22,760 --> 00:27:24,160 Speaker 1: with with his Let me just give you a couple 607 00:27:24,160 --> 00:27:27,399 Speaker 1: of numbers here on their losses this year. Okay, in 608 00:27:27,480 --> 00:27:30,359 Speaker 1: their losses, this is how many yards they're leading rusher 609 00:27:30,440 --> 00:27:34,399 Speaker 1: had Okay, Isaiah crow Well thirty five yards against Miami. 610 00:27:34,480 --> 00:27:38,160 Speaker 1: Early against Cleveland, Powell had seventy three yards. Not bad. 611 00:27:38,240 --> 00:27:42,840 Speaker 1: Jacksonville Pale twenty six yards rushing against Minnesota, crow L 612 00:27:42,920 --> 00:27:46,200 Speaker 1: twenty nine yards rushing against Chicago, crow L twenty five 613 00:27:46,280 --> 00:27:48,840 Speaker 1: yards rushing and Miami And this one that just happened, 614 00:27:49,080 --> 00:27:51,800 Speaker 1: kro L forty nine yards rushing. So you don't have 615 00:27:51,800 --> 00:27:53,960 Speaker 1: a guy rushed for fifty yards, and you've got a 616 00:27:54,040 --> 00:27:56,680 Speaker 1: rookie quarterback with an average offensive line and not a 617 00:27:56,680 --> 00:27:58,800 Speaker 1: whole lot on the outside. I don't know that we 618 00:27:58,840 --> 00:28:01,240 Speaker 1: should be surprised they weren't successful. Now, he still needs 619 00:28:01,240 --> 00:28:03,040 Speaker 1: to do a better job throwing the ball away and 620 00:28:03,040 --> 00:28:05,320 Speaker 1: and just live to play another down. But it's, uh, 621 00:28:05,359 --> 00:28:07,840 Speaker 1: it's it's more than just Sam Donald, is what I'm 622 00:28:07,840 --> 00:28:10,480 Speaker 1: getting at with the New York Jets, oh with I mean, 623 00:28:10,520 --> 00:28:12,919 Speaker 1: without a doubt, it's it's more than him. And I 624 00:28:12,960 --> 00:28:16,320 Speaker 1: think people who are really understanding what the Jets had 625 00:28:16,560 --> 00:28:19,240 Speaker 1: they kind of know that. Um, it just comes down 626 00:28:19,240 --> 00:28:22,160 Speaker 1: to how are they going to build this team, this team, 627 00:28:22,240 --> 00:28:26,280 Speaker 1: this offense around him and Willie have to experience a 628 00:28:26,359 --> 00:28:30,240 Speaker 1: coaching change two get the most the best out of him. 629 00:28:30,240 --> 00:28:33,480 Speaker 1: I know we saw with Jared Goffin that worked out 630 00:28:33,600 --> 00:28:36,280 Speaker 1: pretty well. Yeah, So like it's gonna be it's gonna 631 00:28:36,280 --> 00:28:39,920 Speaker 1: be uh an intriguing job, um an interesting job, particularly 632 00:28:39,920 --> 00:28:41,720 Speaker 1: if he comes open. But I mean it's gonna be 633 00:28:41,760 --> 00:28:43,880 Speaker 1: a fight because everyone is looking for somebody that can 634 00:28:43,960 --> 00:28:47,160 Speaker 1: jump stop their offense and their quarterback. Third down to 635 00:28:47,320 --> 00:28:49,400 Speaker 1: three for Peter and he's got it back to his left, 636 00:28:49,400 --> 00:28:52,040 Speaker 1: three receivers to the right. He takes the snap coming 637 00:28:52,080 --> 00:28:54,800 Speaker 1: to their side of upt it out of the reflection 638 00:28:55,040 --> 00:29:04,520 Speaker 1: letterd Flord. It's touchdown Bear number two today, pay Aroma ball. 639 00:29:04,720 --> 00:29:08,520 Speaker 1: The celebration begins in the end zone. Bears extend their league. 640 00:29:09,320 --> 00:29:13,720 Speaker 1: That's twenty enough thing here in Buffalo. Hey, look, I'm 641 00:29:13,720 --> 00:29:17,120 Speaker 1: saying the Chicago Bears are playoff ready. And I know 642 00:29:17,280 --> 00:29:20,640 Speaker 1: offensively they put up a dismal performance. But one of 643 00:29:20,680 --> 00:29:22,360 Speaker 1: the reasons why the Bears would be a tough out 644 00:29:22,400 --> 00:29:24,880 Speaker 1: of team that can be there in the postseasons because 645 00:29:24,880 --> 00:29:26,760 Speaker 1: of their defense, and when you look at the way 646 00:29:26,800 --> 00:29:29,360 Speaker 1: their defense is playing, people focus on the yards, But 647 00:29:29,400 --> 00:29:33,120 Speaker 1: I really worry about only two categories, scoring, defense and turnovers, 648 00:29:33,120 --> 00:29:36,040 Speaker 1: and then takeaways their second in the National Football League. 649 00:29:36,160 --> 00:29:37,880 Speaker 1: If you go back and you look at all the stats, 650 00:29:38,280 --> 00:29:42,440 Speaker 1: winning the turnover battle by just one is a chance 651 00:29:44,680 --> 00:29:47,880 Speaker 1: to winning by two just goes up to almost eighty two. 652 00:29:48,480 --> 00:29:51,680 Speaker 1: And so the Chicago's Bears ability to turn the ball 653 00:29:51,840 --> 00:29:54,479 Speaker 1: over gives them a chance to be one of those teams. 654 00:29:54,680 --> 00:29:57,760 Speaker 1: And if they can just muster enough out of Mr 655 00:29:57,840 --> 00:30:00,360 Speaker 1: Bisky and the running game with Jordan Howard into re going, 656 00:30:00,760 --> 00:30:02,800 Speaker 1: they can be a team in a wild card round. 657 00:30:02,800 --> 00:30:04,600 Speaker 1: They could give you a problem. And look at what 658 00:30:04,640 --> 00:30:06,240 Speaker 1: they have coming up here. They just went through the 659 00:30:06,280 --> 00:30:09,360 Speaker 1: a f C East Miami, New England, the Jets, and 660 00:30:09,400 --> 00:30:10,920 Speaker 1: Buffalo just played all four those teams in a row. 661 00:30:11,000 --> 00:30:15,360 Speaker 1: Now they get into their division Detroit, Minnesota, Detroit again. Um, 662 00:30:15,400 --> 00:30:17,520 Speaker 1: they get a lay up trip to play the Giants 663 00:30:17,520 --> 00:30:20,320 Speaker 1: and then they get the Rams the Packers. So they've 664 00:30:20,320 --> 00:30:22,320 Speaker 1: got we'll see what this Bears team is all about 665 00:30:22,400 --> 00:30:24,280 Speaker 1: here coming up with some big games. Sorry, let's get 666 00:30:24,280 --> 00:30:27,120 Speaker 1: to the next one second and tend from the eleven 667 00:30:27,160 --> 00:30:32,440 Speaker 1: staffer shotgun, five step drop luster and he is sacked. 668 00:30:32,760 --> 00:30:36,480 Speaker 1: And that's a team record ten sacks today from the 669 00:30:36,480 --> 00:30:40,320 Speaker 1: Minnesota Vikings and Danil Hunter past three and a half. 670 00:30:40,680 --> 00:30:45,160 Speaker 1: Congratulations Danil, you should be the NFC Defensive Player of 671 00:30:45,160 --> 00:30:48,600 Speaker 1: the Week with that touchdown and three and a half sacks. 672 00:30:48,640 --> 00:30:52,520 Speaker 1: Well done, young man. Nice given the award. I think 673 00:30:52,520 --> 00:30:54,680 Speaker 1: he's right to him. All right, this is so this 674 00:30:54,840 --> 00:30:58,000 Speaker 1: after watching this this morning, the Minnesota Vikings. You you're 675 00:30:58,080 --> 00:31:00,440 Speaker 1: you've seen who's yours, right, your big Hoosiers get they 676 00:31:00,520 --> 00:31:03,480 Speaker 1: ran the normandale defense. Coach, you only have four out there. 677 00:31:03,640 --> 00:31:05,840 Speaker 1: My team's on the floor. Coach, you're only rushing flour 678 00:31:05,880 --> 00:31:08,360 Speaker 1: Coach Zimmer, You're you're only gonna rush for Yep, we're good. 679 00:31:08,640 --> 00:31:11,400 Speaker 1: Nine of the ten sacks rushing four, that's all. It's 680 00:31:11,440 --> 00:31:14,720 Speaker 1: four on five, right, four on five. They couldn't block him. Uh. 681 00:31:14,760 --> 00:31:17,240 Speaker 1: And and the other thing is with Stafford. Four of 682 00:31:17,280 --> 00:31:19,520 Speaker 1: the ten sacks, he's holding the ball. He's got to 683 00:31:19,560 --> 00:31:21,520 Speaker 1: get rid of it, so some of that's on him. 684 00:31:21,640 --> 00:31:24,240 Speaker 1: But they only had one of their ten sacks where 685 00:31:24,240 --> 00:31:27,120 Speaker 1: they brought five, so they're just just whipping people up 686 00:31:27,120 --> 00:31:29,680 Speaker 1: front with their four. Everson Griffin being back in the mix, 687 00:31:30,080 --> 00:31:32,480 Speaker 1: uh makes makes that thing go with with Hunter on 688 00:31:32,480 --> 00:31:34,880 Speaker 1: the other side. They were getting after it in this game. 689 00:31:34,920 --> 00:31:37,760 Speaker 1: So to see the Minnesota Vikings defense show up in 690 00:31:37,800 --> 00:31:40,000 Speaker 1: this game and show what they can be going forward, 691 00:31:40,440 --> 00:31:42,840 Speaker 1: this to me is uh is starting to see the 692 00:31:42,880 --> 00:31:45,520 Speaker 1: way they ran the ball and the way they played defense. 693 00:31:45,800 --> 00:31:48,120 Speaker 1: This is why Kirk Cousins went there, Buck, because Kirk 694 00:31:48,120 --> 00:31:49,760 Speaker 1: Cousins can have a game where he doesn't have to 695 00:31:49,760 --> 00:31:51,520 Speaker 1: throw for a ton of yards and they can win 696 00:31:51,560 --> 00:31:53,520 Speaker 1: a football game. Now that they have Dalvin Cook healthy 697 00:31:53,560 --> 00:31:55,880 Speaker 1: and Everson Griffin back, this is what this team can 698 00:31:55,920 --> 00:31:59,080 Speaker 1: look like. Yeah, this is absolutely what this team should 699 00:31:59,120 --> 00:32:01,360 Speaker 1: look like. They would be balanced. They should have the 700 00:32:01,360 --> 00:32:03,360 Speaker 1: ability to get the ball to Dalvin Cooke to take 701 00:32:03,560 --> 00:32:05,320 Speaker 1: some of the pressure off Kirk Cousins. They should be 702 00:32:05,400 --> 00:32:06,760 Speaker 1: able to use him to set up some of the 703 00:32:06,800 --> 00:32:09,560 Speaker 1: play action stuff that they want to do. I like 704 00:32:09,760 --> 00:32:12,280 Speaker 1: this team coming into the year. I thought this team 705 00:32:12,440 --> 00:32:15,440 Speaker 1: um was built the right way. And we're talking about it. 706 00:32:15,480 --> 00:32:17,480 Speaker 1: I just got off of my we're talking about the 707 00:32:17,560 --> 00:32:20,560 Speaker 1: Chicago Bears. But man, when you look at the Minnesota Vikings, 708 00:32:20,600 --> 00:32:24,400 Speaker 1: those two should be competing for the NFC North title, 709 00:32:24,560 --> 00:32:26,280 Speaker 1: and I think the Losers should be able to find 710 00:32:26,280 --> 00:32:28,720 Speaker 1: his way in the back door into the playoffs. I 711 00:32:28,720 --> 00:32:30,920 Speaker 1: think they only around forty five plays, is that right? 712 00:32:31,720 --> 00:32:34,240 Speaker 1: She's cousins through it twenty two times, they ran the 713 00:32:34,240 --> 00:32:36,560 Speaker 1: ball twenty three times. They didn't have a lot of 714 00:32:36,560 --> 00:32:39,520 Speaker 1: a lot of often, didn't have a lot of possessions there. Uh. Anyways, 715 00:32:39,520 --> 00:32:41,960 Speaker 1: they absolutely got it done. And that's a team. The 716 00:32:42,120 --> 00:32:45,440 Speaker 1: Vikings are another team. Look, there's uh, there's a lot 717 00:32:45,440 --> 00:32:47,200 Speaker 1: of teams that NFC that can come out of there. 718 00:32:47,240 --> 00:32:48,280 Speaker 1: You know, you can make a case in the a 719 00:32:48,360 --> 00:32:52,120 Speaker 1: f C maybe three three four teams in the NFC. Man, 720 00:32:52,560 --> 00:32:54,920 Speaker 1: it is, there's a lot of teams that are dangerous 721 00:32:54,960 --> 00:32:56,640 Speaker 1: if they get into the term. I think it teams 722 00:32:56,680 --> 00:32:59,840 Speaker 1: like Minnesota, teams like Philadelphia. Obviously we know the Saints 723 00:32:59,840 --> 00:33:01,120 Speaker 1: in the Rams and what they're doing, but there are 724 00:33:01,120 --> 00:33:03,520 Speaker 1: a lot of teams that, man, it's on any given day, 725 00:33:03,680 --> 00:33:05,400 Speaker 1: that's a It's a toss up. To me, it is 726 00:33:05,400 --> 00:33:08,040 Speaker 1: a toss up. I mean, like the tournament is going 727 00:33:08,080 --> 00:33:11,880 Speaker 1: to be so exciting watch this year because I mean, really, 728 00:33:11,880 --> 00:33:14,200 Speaker 1: who could we say is the favorite. We can like 729 00:33:14,720 --> 00:33:18,600 Speaker 1: the Rams and the Saints, uh, the Chiefs, but every 730 00:33:18,680 --> 00:33:21,240 Speaker 1: team has a fatal flaw, even the New England Patriots 731 00:33:21,240 --> 00:33:25,239 Speaker 1: they have fatal flaws. There's not that you can just 732 00:33:25,600 --> 00:33:27,959 Speaker 1: right and say this is the class of the league 733 00:33:28,320 --> 00:33:30,360 Speaker 1: and then just put them into the super Bowl. It 734 00:33:30,440 --> 00:33:32,520 Speaker 1: is gonna be really, really compelling. And we talked about 735 00:33:32,560 --> 00:33:36,240 Speaker 1: styles making fights. We could see in both sides, six 736 00:33:36,400 --> 00:33:39,960 Speaker 1: teams with contrasting styles where whichever team is able to 737 00:33:40,000 --> 00:33:42,040 Speaker 1: impose their will is able to advance. Right, we got 738 00:33:42,080 --> 00:33:43,320 Speaker 1: just a couple minutes left before we get to this 739 00:33:43,360 --> 00:33:44,680 Speaker 1: last takeaway. But I want to just go through this 740 00:33:44,680 --> 00:33:46,320 Speaker 1: real quick because I want to go through the league 741 00:33:46,360 --> 00:33:48,360 Speaker 1: real quick and just say, try and identify how many 742 00:33:48,360 --> 00:33:50,000 Speaker 1: teams we think can win a Super Bowl. You are ready, 743 00:33:50,160 --> 00:33:51,320 Speaker 1: all right, Well we'll go to the a f C 744 00:33:51,520 --> 00:33:54,440 Speaker 1: in the East of just the Patriots, right, that's one team. Uh, 745 00:33:54,480 --> 00:33:56,800 Speaker 1: the North, I think I don't think the Bengals can't 746 00:33:56,800 --> 00:33:58,760 Speaker 1: want to SUPERVISEE say the Steelers can super Bowl? So 747 00:33:58,760 --> 00:34:01,680 Speaker 1: that's two um and the South are the Houston Texans 748 00:34:01,840 --> 00:34:03,920 Speaker 1: with their defense and Deshaun Watson. Is that a dangerous 749 00:34:04,000 --> 00:34:05,960 Speaker 1: enough team they can win the Super Bowl? Through that? 750 00:34:06,320 --> 00:34:07,520 Speaker 1: I don't know if they can win and they can 751 00:34:07,560 --> 00:34:09,160 Speaker 1: make it tough. I don't know if Okay, we're gonna 752 00:34:09,160 --> 00:34:11,520 Speaker 1: say nobody there. Okay, the Jacksonville Jaguars are a couple 753 00:34:11,520 --> 00:34:14,200 Speaker 1: of games back and they're not quarterback plays. Not good enough. Uh, 754 00:34:14,280 --> 00:34:16,440 Speaker 1: a f C West, I think two teams. I think 755 00:34:16,440 --> 00:34:18,319 Speaker 1: the Chiefs in the Chargers. So that puts us at 756 00:34:18,360 --> 00:34:20,600 Speaker 1: four teams that we think are Super Bowl cons. So 757 00:34:20,640 --> 00:34:22,600 Speaker 1: four teams and in the Texas would be possible to 758 00:34:22,640 --> 00:34:25,359 Speaker 1: so that if you only get six in the tournament. Yeah, yeah, 759 00:34:25,400 --> 00:34:27,640 Speaker 1: so we're thinking four or five and the a f 760 00:34:27,800 --> 00:34:30,680 Speaker 1: C are could hoist the trophy here. Now we'll go 761 00:34:30,719 --> 00:34:33,040 Speaker 1: to the NFC. I don't see the Reds. I know 762 00:34:33,080 --> 00:34:34,879 Speaker 1: the redsins your first place. I don't know they can't 763 00:34:34,880 --> 00:34:37,080 Speaker 1: win the trophy. We would like to say that maybe 764 00:34:37,120 --> 00:34:39,160 Speaker 1: the Eagles could win it coming out of the East. 765 00:34:39,200 --> 00:34:41,000 Speaker 1: I think that's the only team that you feel confident 766 00:34:41,080 --> 00:34:42,680 Speaker 1: enough about when you look at them, like, yeah, they 767 00:34:42,680 --> 00:34:44,239 Speaker 1: can win it because they've been there before. They can 768 00:34:44,239 --> 00:34:46,080 Speaker 1: get it done. Cowboys are a couple games back out there, 769 00:34:46,080 --> 00:34:47,960 Speaker 1: not good enough, I don't think. So we've got the 770 00:34:47,960 --> 00:34:50,640 Speaker 1: Eagles there in the North, I think you know, you've 771 00:34:50,680 --> 00:34:53,080 Speaker 1: got the Bears and the Vikings thinking. I don't think 772 00:34:53,080 --> 00:34:54,840 Speaker 1: the Bears are a super Bowl caliber team, but I 773 00:34:54,880 --> 00:34:58,960 Speaker 1: do think the Vikings could. So that's two Saints and Panthers. 774 00:34:59,000 --> 00:35:00,640 Speaker 1: I put them both in their and I'm telling you, 775 00:35:00,760 --> 00:35:03,600 Speaker 1: I'm gonna be like the Atlanta Falcon. They're scary. They're 776 00:35:03,719 --> 00:35:06,080 Speaker 1: almost that they can be in that ore. They'll be there. 777 00:35:06,120 --> 00:35:08,239 Speaker 1: They can be in that category just because they've had 778 00:35:08,280 --> 00:35:10,400 Speaker 1: so many injuries on defense, but they know how to 779 00:35:10,440 --> 00:35:13,120 Speaker 1: get there, all right. So we have one with just 780 00:35:13,160 --> 00:35:15,440 Speaker 1: the NFC. Again, here we have the Eagles, one. We 781 00:35:15,520 --> 00:35:20,200 Speaker 1: have the Vikings too. We have the Saints and Panthers. Saints, 782 00:35:20,239 --> 00:35:24,879 Speaker 1: Panthers and Falcons appreciate five. So we got five there 783 00:35:25,200 --> 00:35:28,239 Speaker 1: and then there just the Rams, so six six. So 784 00:35:28,360 --> 00:35:32,120 Speaker 1: every team in the tournament potentially could absolutely want. It's 785 00:35:32,160 --> 00:35:34,640 Speaker 1: a lot of teams. So we're saying overall, there's in 786 00:35:34,960 --> 00:35:36,920 Speaker 1: the chance to win a Super Bowl. Of the thirty 787 00:35:36,920 --> 00:35:39,600 Speaker 1: two teams, we feel like they're ten or eleven teams 788 00:35:39,640 --> 00:35:41,600 Speaker 1: that have a legitimate shot. At the halfway mark we 789 00:35:41,719 --> 00:35:44,239 Speaker 1: view as super Bowl caliber teams. Pretty interesting. That is 790 00:35:44,320 --> 00:35:46,960 Speaker 1: very very interesting. Um, let's get to the final. We 791 00:35:46,960 --> 00:35:48,960 Speaker 1: gotta roll through this last one. Final take away. Here 792 00:35:49,920 --> 00:35:52,319 Speaker 1: Filler in the backfield watching in the gun On third 793 00:35:52,400 --> 00:35:55,799 Speaker 1: down at five, Watson takes to snap. Watson with time 794 00:35:55,880 --> 00:35:58,720 Speaker 1: throwing to the ends on the right side. Head's hot guns, 795 00:35:58,920 --> 00:36:03,279 Speaker 1: what's the touchdown down? Hey? Look, the Houston Texas are 796 00:36:03,280 --> 00:36:06,640 Speaker 1: the Kings of the South, and look I had put 797 00:36:06,719 --> 00:36:09,200 Speaker 1: this team in as one of the Super Bowl contenders 798 00:36:09,239 --> 00:36:11,000 Speaker 1: at the beginning of the year, coming off the heels 799 00:36:11,000 --> 00:36:14,680 Speaker 1: of Deshaun watson spectacular rookie season. Uh, they haven't kind 800 00:36:14,680 --> 00:36:16,799 Speaker 1: of played that video game like offense that we thought 801 00:36:16,840 --> 00:36:19,000 Speaker 1: they'd played. But what we've seen is this team has 802 00:36:19,000 --> 00:36:21,520 Speaker 1: found in an identity they can lean on their defense. 803 00:36:21,719 --> 00:36:24,319 Speaker 1: They're starting to get better contributions from the running game. 804 00:36:24,400 --> 00:36:27,120 Speaker 1: It wasn't necessarily productive against the Denver Broncos, but if 805 00:36:27,120 --> 00:36:29,040 Speaker 1: they can run the ball and be efficient like they 806 00:36:29,040 --> 00:36:33,400 Speaker 1: were in the past game Deshaun Watson sevent two touchdowns, 807 00:36:34,280 --> 00:36:36,560 Speaker 1: I feel good about their chances of being able to 808 00:36:36,560 --> 00:36:38,799 Speaker 1: win the division and they maybe win a playoff games. 809 00:36:38,800 --> 00:36:40,840 Speaker 1: So far, so good. With the Mary's Thomas uh a 810 00:36:40,960 --> 00:36:43,560 Speaker 1: nice little first run through for him, three for sixty one, 811 00:36:44,800 --> 00:36:47,360 Speaker 1: suid solid, so not the not the same vertical stretch 812 00:36:47,400 --> 00:36:49,920 Speaker 1: you get with Will Fuller. Obviously, with that the speed 813 00:36:49,920 --> 00:36:51,880 Speaker 1: that Will Fuller had, but uh, finding a way to 814 00:36:51,920 --> 00:36:53,919 Speaker 1: get done in a game. Really, Broncos could have won 815 00:36:54,719 --> 00:36:56,440 Speaker 1: some some interesting decisions there at the end of that 816 00:36:56,480 --> 00:36:58,319 Speaker 1: game in terms of not being a little bit more 817 00:36:58,360 --> 00:37:00,200 Speaker 1: aggressive to get better field position for the for a 818 00:37:00,200 --> 00:37:03,520 Speaker 1: game winning kick. But uh, they lose a ballgame. Houston wins, 819 00:37:03,560 --> 00:37:05,319 Speaker 1: and they've won I believe six in a row right now, 820 00:37:05,360 --> 00:37:07,840 Speaker 1: so they are absolutely rolling. All right, that's gonna do 821 00:37:07,840 --> 00:37:09,920 Speaker 1: it for us today on the Takeaway Pod. Be sure 822 00:37:10,000 --> 00:37:12,319 Speaker 1: to check out the next podcast coming your way. We'll 823 00:37:12,320 --> 00:37:15,160 Speaker 1: have two more coming this week with some some NFL 824 00:37:15,239 --> 00:37:17,880 Speaker 1: and some college football sprinkled in there. Uh. Thank you 825 00:37:17,920 --> 00:37:20,680 Speaker 1: again though for listening. Thanks for downloading, subscribing, and leaving 826 00:37:20,719 --> 00:37:22,840 Speaker 1: us a review there on Apple Podcast. 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