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Speaker 1: to the Chargers Podcast Network. Hey, guys, Chris Harry with

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Speaker 1: you Money week four edition of Chargers Weekly here on

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Speaker 1: the new Chargers Podcast Network. Coming up, we'll get this

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Speaker 1: week's supposing view out of Miami from Joe Shadow of

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Speaker 1: the Palm Beach Post NFL Networks. Dan Helly also stops

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Speaker 1: spy to pick a six pack of games in week four.

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Speaker 1: But first, the voice of the team, Matt money Smith

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Speaker 1: joined me for a preview of Chargers Dolphins. All right, guys,

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Speaker 1: Chargers headed to South Beach this weekend looking to right

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Speaker 1: the ship get to two and two on the year.

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Speaker 1: Now joined by the voice of the team, Matt money Smith,

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Speaker 1: Fresh Golf of NFL Network's power ranking show Money. Where

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Speaker 1: were the Chargers this week? I believe the Chargers took

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Speaker 1: a slide into the sixteen seventeen new teen area. The

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Speaker 1: big topic was which one and two teen do you

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Speaker 1: believe is most likely to make the playoffs? And the

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Speaker 1: Chargers found themselves smack in the middle of that discussion

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Speaker 1: with the Jaguars and the Eagles, I believe were the

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Speaker 1: other two teams we were kicking around. Well, there you go.

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Speaker 1: I mean the Chargers. They take a seventeen seven halftime

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Speaker 1: lead into the Houston game. They are up ten six

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Speaker 1: The second half has been the problem. It's been getting

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Speaker 1: them into trouble. Yeah, that's you know, in a lot

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Speaker 1: of times, halftime's adjustments, right. You figure out what the

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Speaker 1: other team is doing right, you try to take it away,

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Speaker 1: You figure out what you're doing wrong, and you correct it.

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Speaker 1: And that's got to be I would imagine a serious

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Speaker 1: concern for Anthony Lynn's coordinators and the players of why

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Speaker 1: they get out to these great starts. And remember this

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Speaker 1: is like the exact opposite of what we had last year,

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Speaker 1: where they would start slow and they would end up

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Speaker 1: playing catchup in the second half and you overcome these

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Speaker 1: giant holes seventeen points here, fourteen points there. You think

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Speaker 1: about that Stealer game, the Chiefs game, and somehow manage

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Speaker 1: it's been the polar opposite this year, where they have

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Speaker 1: they have a league over the Lions. They have and

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Speaker 1: you know, you think about what they can and also

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Speaker 1: then you think about those moments where they could have

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Speaker 1: extended their lead from ten to seventeen against the Texans,

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Speaker 1: from seven to fourteen against the Lions, and just bad play.

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Speaker 1: Same with the Colts. You know, you think about that interception,

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Speaker 1: and it's just you know, it's it's the exact opposite

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Speaker 1: of what they had last year. So you know they

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Speaker 1: can do it. It's just a matter of making sure

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Speaker 1: you get all those things corrected. What do you think

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Speaker 1: the biggest culprit is, because it's a combination of things,

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Speaker 1: is penalties, turnovers, drops, um, you know, but you get

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Speaker 1: the yard is, but just not being over punched in

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Speaker 1: thing that you want to see change on Sunday, what

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Speaker 1: would it be. Penalties? Yeah, you know, I think not

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Speaker 1: he can't hold there, You just can't. You're you're better

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Speaker 1: and because it's it was just an egregious hold. You

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Speaker 1: gotta somehow in your brain and I know, you know,

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Speaker 1: when it's going and dudes and bodies are flying, it's

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Speaker 1: hard to think, you know, in that moment. It's easy

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Speaker 1: debilitating first and goal from the sixteen is compared to

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Speaker 1: Justice is pretty strong. He's got a good stiff arm,

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Speaker 1: the hold by by Inman was just again egregious in

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Speaker 1: you know, a first intent from the Chargers twenty for

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Speaker 1: mean you know he's running that sideline on that one

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Speaker 1: And the same thing again with Phoeney. Let you actually

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Speaker 1: the running game too, when when you don't have Russell

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Speaker 1: this run offensive line run blocking scheme is especially Tevy.

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Speaker 1: it comes to run blocking. He's so athletic, he gets

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Speaker 1: And we even said a little bit towards the end

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Speaker 1: if if we see a little bit more rotation in

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Speaker 1: Charger's pass rush kind of get back to where they

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Speaker 1: They got there, you know, they got there and just

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Speaker 1: couldn't finish. Look, that's a testament that the Shaun Watson,

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Speaker 1: know they changed that offensive line. Um. You know, they

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Speaker 1: and I think maybe that's something when they're watching the film,

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Speaker 1: the Chargers can kind of ask themselves, all right, you

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Speaker 1: know they were they were leaning on the vets, on Henderson,

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Speaker 1: on Chantrelle and on Kelimente and they were bad. And

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Speaker 1: the secondary is destroyed, and you know it's a broken play.

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Speaker 1: And you've got so much talent out there and speed

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Speaker 1: you know, he can sleep at night. But it's just

426
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Speaker 1: really hard for these players who are being asked to

427
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Speaker 1: practice as hard as they ever have before with the

428
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Speaker 1: first year head coach Brian Flores, and to buy into

429
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Speaker 1: a culture of selflessness and team first and hard work

430
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Speaker 1: and discipline and max effort. It's just so hard to

431
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Speaker 1: do that knowing you really don't have a chance to win. Well.

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Speaker 1: Brian Flores, you mentioned first year head coach. I believe

433
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Speaker 1: you had a piece today as we taped this that

434
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Speaker 1: talks about just his kind of calming force or just

435
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Speaker 1: kind of his emotional stability. What is he brought to

436
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Speaker 1: this team in What do you see in Brian Flores

437
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Speaker 1: not just as a head coach in year one, but

438
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Speaker 1: as the future of this franchise. Well, it's a good thing.

439
00:19:47,760 --> 00:19:50,320
Speaker 1: Flores has a five year contract now. The owner, Stephen

440
00:19:50,560 --> 00:19:53,080
Speaker 1: who Ross, is a billionaire and so certainly he can

441
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Speaker 1: buy out any contract. But the reason his offense chose

442
00:19:56,640 --> 00:19:59,760
Speaker 1: Flores was not because of his defensive play calling acumen,

443
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Speaker 1: but because everyone they spoke to about Flores talked about

444
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Speaker 1: his leadership skills and how all of the things that

445
00:20:07,600 --> 00:20:10,280
Speaker 1: have made him who he is as a person fully

446
00:20:10,320 --> 00:20:13,879
Speaker 1: adversity over Kong came in his youth, growing up in

447
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Speaker 1: a poor family in a rough neighborhood, earning scholarships to

448
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Speaker 1: a private high school and then a private university. All

449
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Speaker 1: of those things sort of made him who he is.

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Speaker 1: And he's an impressive individual. He's a guy who can

451
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Speaker 1: sort of be a chameleon blend in with anybody from anywhere, which,

452
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Speaker 1: as we know, is really important in a football locker

453
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Speaker 1: room where players literally are from everywhere and have every

454
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Speaker 1: different type of experience. So I think that you know,

455
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Speaker 1: the players like him, they respect him, they understand that

456
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Speaker 1: he's bringing a very serious approach to work and he

457
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Speaker 1: expects them to take a serious tone. But the thing

458
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Speaker 1: they like about him is what we as media guys

459
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Speaker 1: like about him is that he's the same guy every day,

460
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Speaker 1: whether he wins fifty nine and nothing, whether or not

461
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Speaker 1: another player goes out to a season ending injury, whether

462
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Speaker 1: or not another player asks politely to be put on

463
00:21:10,320 --> 00:21:13,000
Speaker 1: the please trade me lint, which has happened a few

464
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Speaker 1: times here in South Florida. Flores has the same demeanor,

465
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Speaker 1: the same level, even heeled approach, and frankly, the last

466
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Speaker 1: head coach, Adam Gaze, who's already off to a hard

467
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Speaker 1: time in the New York market. Oh and three, but

468
00:21:29,960 --> 00:21:32,840
Speaker 1: problems that extend beyond the record. It was kind of

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Speaker 1: a roller coaster with Gaye and Floores is really more

470
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Speaker 1: of an even heeled guy, which I think most people prefer.

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Speaker 1: You know, Joe, despite the losing and you know, like

472
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Speaker 1: you said, the first three weeks outscored one thirty three

473
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Speaker 1: to sixteen, you take that away. It's about building a culture.

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Speaker 1: And I remember what coach Lynn, and Coach Lynn has

475
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Speaker 1: nothing but the utmost respect for the Dolphins, and what

476
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Speaker 1: coach Flores is going to do there. But I remember

477
00:22:00,440 --> 00:22:02,959
Speaker 1: coach Len's first year they go oh and four. Albeit

478
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Speaker 1: it was a lot of close games and it wasn't

479
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Speaker 1: with the Dolphins have experienced, but it was about building

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Speaker 1: a culture. And it seems like Flora's is the type

481
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Speaker 1: of coach who has a plan in place that it

482
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Speaker 1: may take a little bit longer than most people expect,

483
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Speaker 1: but it seems like it's probably going to get there. Yeah.

484
00:22:23,320 --> 00:22:26,720
Speaker 1: I mean, he constantly talks about wanting players and wanting

485
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Speaker 1: a team that is, you know, tough, smart and disciplined,

486
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Speaker 1: and it's really hard to be those things when you know,

487
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Speaker 1: it's hard to be tough when you're physically overmatched in

488
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Speaker 1: a one on one matchup. You know, it's hard to

489
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Speaker 1: be smart when you're put in a position where you

490
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Speaker 1: know you kind of have to take a penalty or

491
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Speaker 1: your teammates can get killed, and it's kind of hard

492
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Speaker 1: to be you know, disciplined when the scorers out of hand.

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Speaker 1: We saw their star cornerback to Dolphins, xabian Hour, actually

494
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Speaker 1: get ejected from the last team. He was frustrated with

495
00:22:59,720 --> 00:23:02,720
Speaker 1: bull Is on the field performance and all that was

496
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Speaker 1: happening around him, so you know, I wrote in one

497
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Speaker 1: of my columns this week after Josh Rosen made his

498
00:23:08,400 --> 00:23:12,280
Speaker 1: first start, Let's not judge Josh Rosen based on his

499
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Speaker 1: completion percentage and the final score. Let's use our eye

500
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Speaker 1: and make a fair assessment about, well, what chance did

501
00:23:20,560 --> 00:23:23,480
Speaker 1: he really have on this particular play. What decision did

502
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Speaker 1: he make or not make on this particular play. What

503
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Speaker 1: kind of toughness, what kind of mental aptitude did he

504
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Speaker 1: make on this particular play. And that's kind of what

505
00:23:33,000 --> 00:23:35,040
Speaker 1: we have to do with Floors in this first year.

506
00:23:35,320 --> 00:23:37,760
Speaker 1: You know, they're gonna win two, three, four games, whatever

507
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Speaker 1: it may be. Maybe not, but do the players lay down,

508
00:23:43,080 --> 00:23:47,119
Speaker 1: do they give continuous effort? You know, those are the

509
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Speaker 1: things we're going to judge Floors in his first year. Joe,

510
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Speaker 1: how much did things change with Josh Rosen under center

511
00:23:55,480 --> 00:23:57,840
Speaker 1: last Sunday against the Cowboys? It was only ten to

512
00:23:57,920 --> 00:24:02,080
Speaker 1: six at halftime? Just cure is what you saw based

513
00:24:02,119 --> 00:24:05,040
Speaker 1: on everything that you just mentioned that may have changed

514
00:24:05,080 --> 00:24:07,840
Speaker 1: a little bit with Rosen under center. The reason that

515
00:24:07,920 --> 00:24:12,800
Speaker 1: Dolphins shows Ryan Fitzpatrick is because if his veteran status,

516
00:24:12,840 --> 00:24:17,080
Speaker 1: he's well liked, he's a leader, he's very smart, He

517
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Speaker 1: understands NFL defenses and offenses. You know, he was doing

518
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Speaker 1: all those little things that Josh Rosen hasn't done yet

519
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Speaker 1: in his career, such as demonstrating positive body language encouraging

520
00:24:30,800 --> 00:24:33,959
Speaker 1: his teammates. The Dolphins really felt that by watching Fitzpatrick,

521
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Speaker 1: even for just a couple of games, as it turned out,

522
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Speaker 1: that some of those things would rub off on Rosen.

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Speaker 1: And I did see that in the first game he

524
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Speaker 1: was let down. Preston Williams dropped a pass, DeVante Parker

525
00:24:46,200 --> 00:24:48,719
Speaker 1: dropped the past that could have been a touchdown. Jackie

526
00:24:48,840 --> 00:24:52,720
Speaker 1: Grant dropped the past. You know that Dolphins had to

527
00:24:52,760 --> 00:24:55,199
Speaker 1: play a rookie left guard and left tackle because they

528
00:24:55,240 --> 00:24:58,160
Speaker 1: only dressed to tackles and they're starting left tackle got

529
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Speaker 1: injured and he started getting around, and I saw some

530
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Speaker 1: positive things from Rosen. But the reason he was a

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Speaker 1: top ten draft choice is because of his strong arm

532
00:25:09,080 --> 00:25:13,800
Speaker 1: and his ability to make plays when they break down,

533
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Speaker 1: and he can do that. He can escape the pressure

534
00:25:16,840 --> 00:25:20,240
Speaker 1: by using his feet and keeping his eyes downfield. He

535
00:25:20,400 --> 00:25:25,359
Speaker 1: is a highly skilled thrower of the football. He can

536
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Speaker 1: make all the throws. If Josh Rosen doesn't succeed in

537
00:25:29,600 --> 00:25:33,000
Speaker 1: the NFL, whether it's with the Dolphins or some other franchise.

538
00:25:33,320 --> 00:25:36,159
Speaker 1: He's only twenty two years old. It won't be because

539
00:25:36,160 --> 00:25:41,080
Speaker 1: of a failure in his god given skills. He has

540
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Speaker 1: all the skills that are required of an upper echelon

541
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Speaker 1: Pro bowl level type quarterback. The only reason the Dolphins

542
00:25:49,359 --> 00:25:53,000
Speaker 1: are looking a draft a Chua from Alabama or Herbert

543
00:25:53,359 --> 00:25:57,640
Speaker 1: from Oregon is because they're still to this point not

544
00:25:57,880 --> 00:26:02,639
Speaker 1: sold on him being a franchise type quarterback. They just

545
00:26:02,640 --> 00:26:05,800
Speaker 1: haven't seen enough. Joe. Do you think that he could

546
00:26:05,880 --> 00:26:08,639
Speaker 1: change their minds over the court for the next thirteen games?

547
00:26:08,640 --> 00:26:11,040
Speaker 1: I know he didn't start, but let's say that he

548
00:26:11,080 --> 00:26:14,280
Speaker 1: does show promise. Given the talent that he has around him,

549
00:26:14,520 --> 00:26:18,720
Speaker 1: would the Dolphins consider maybe not selecting a quarterback number

550
00:26:18,720 --> 00:26:21,480
Speaker 1: one overall? Would it just take a whole lot to

551
00:26:21,560 --> 00:26:25,760
Speaker 1: change their minds? Remember when the Redskins drafted Kirk Cousins

552
00:26:25,800 --> 00:26:29,240
Speaker 1: and Robert Griffin Jr. In the RG three in the

553
00:26:29,240 --> 00:26:33,560
Speaker 1: same So there's no doubt the Dolphins are using one

554
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Speaker 1: of their three first round draft choices on a quarterback

555
00:26:36,640 --> 00:26:40,080
Speaker 1: next year. And the reason is for so long, the

556
00:26:40,160 --> 00:26:43,680
Speaker 1: Dolphins kept holding out hope that Ryan Tannehill could turn

557
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Speaker 1: a corner, take the next step, you know, become the

558
00:26:48,560 --> 00:26:51,200
Speaker 1: guy who could lead the team the playoff victories. And

559
00:26:51,520 --> 00:26:55,119
Speaker 1: they realized, Man, they waited too long. They passed on

560
00:26:55,200 --> 00:26:59,640
Speaker 1: too many chances to aggressively pursue some of these great

561
00:26:59,680 --> 00:27:04,200
Speaker 1: young quarterbacks. You know, the Patrick mahomes Is, the Carson Wentzes,

562
00:27:04,680 --> 00:27:07,800
Speaker 1: you know the DeShawn Watson. They didn't go after these

563
00:27:07,840 --> 00:27:11,840
Speaker 1: guys in a manner that they should have. And so

564
00:27:12,520 --> 00:27:16,560
Speaker 1: if Josh Rosen is here, he will be a player

565
00:27:16,600 --> 00:27:20,320
Speaker 1: who had a very reasonable salary, can either be an

566
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Speaker 1: outstanding backup quarterback or at least at the start of

567
00:27:23,640 --> 00:27:26,560
Speaker 1: next season, compete with their first round draft choice. I

568
00:27:26,600 --> 00:27:29,600
Speaker 1: don't see any way that he anyway, no matter what

569
00:27:29,680 --> 00:27:32,040
Speaker 1: he does, that he's handed the keys to the two

570
00:27:31,920 --> 00:27:34,480
Speaker 1: thou twenty seasons. Joe, I want to ask you about

571
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Speaker 1: Mike Pouncey, his return to Miami. He's played at a

572
00:27:38,600 --> 00:27:42,160
Speaker 1: Pro Bowl level here. He's awesome. He's an awesome guy

573
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Speaker 1: for this locker room. What are your memories of Mike? Yeah,

574
00:27:45,920 --> 00:27:49,240
Speaker 1: you know, the Dolphins really miscalculated when they let Mike

575
00:27:49,280 --> 00:27:51,840
Speaker 1: Pouncey go. They stay asked him to take a pay cut,

576
00:27:52,520 --> 00:27:55,040
Speaker 1: and then they tried to work out the contract situation.

577
00:27:55,359 --> 00:27:57,480
Speaker 1: Mike really wanted to stay in South Florida. I mean,

578
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Speaker 1: he's a Florida guy. He wanted to hire ideally as

579
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Speaker 1: a Dolphin, but you know, they miscalculated. They thought that

580
00:28:04,840 --> 00:28:08,320
Speaker 1: he didn't have much left and he really did. And

581
00:28:08,400 --> 00:28:12,160
Speaker 1: so I'm really proud of Mike for how well he's

582
00:28:12,240 --> 00:28:16,159
Speaker 1: done in Los Angeles and the kind of way in

583
00:28:16,160 --> 00:28:20,920
Speaker 1: which your guys, coaches and players speak about Mike. He

584
00:28:21,680 --> 00:28:25,560
Speaker 1: was a locker room force. He was a real true

585
00:28:25,680 --> 00:28:28,840
Speaker 1: leader and right now the Dolphins are lacking in that

586
00:28:29,000 --> 00:28:32,120
Speaker 1: area of leadership. And so I'm really happy for Mike

587
00:28:32,160 --> 00:28:35,320
Speaker 1: and I'm really looking forward to seeing him on Sunday. Joe,

588
00:28:35,359 --> 00:28:37,520
Speaker 1: I'm looking at the depth chart right now and there's

589
00:28:37,560 --> 00:28:39,840
Speaker 1: not a ton of household names. You know. You mentioned

590
00:28:39,920 --> 00:28:42,440
Speaker 1: Zavian Howard and Jones, and a lot of people know

591
00:28:42,600 --> 00:28:46,120
Speaker 1: Rosen and DeVante Parker. Who are a few guys that

592
00:28:46,320 --> 00:28:48,840
Speaker 1: Chargers fans should have eyes on that you think are

593
00:28:48,840 --> 00:28:51,400
Speaker 1: going to be part of this program not only this year,

594
00:28:51,440 --> 00:28:54,040
Speaker 1: but maybe over the next several years well. With the

595
00:28:54,080 --> 00:28:57,520
Speaker 1: wide receiver position. As an undrafted rookie free agent named

596
00:28:57,640 --> 00:29:02,840
Speaker 1: Preston Williams. He has been inconsistent through the first three games,

597
00:29:02,880 --> 00:29:06,400
Speaker 1: but he has all the talents that is required of

598
00:29:06,440 --> 00:29:10,960
Speaker 1: a number one receiver in the league in terms of size, speed,

599
00:29:12,240 --> 00:29:18,640
Speaker 1: body control, ability to make acrobatic catches. It was evident

600
00:29:18,720 --> 00:29:21,840
Speaker 1: from his first practice that Preston Williams has a chance

601
00:29:21,840 --> 00:29:25,040
Speaker 1: to be a star in the league. Now is all

602
00:29:25,040 --> 00:29:27,000
Speaker 1: those things that he has to do to become a

603
00:29:27,040 --> 00:29:31,240
Speaker 1: complete receiver, including holding onto the football more consistently. He

604
00:29:31,440 --> 00:29:34,680
Speaker 1: is the only Dolphin to score a touchdown in the

605
00:29:34,720 --> 00:29:37,240
Speaker 1: first three games of this season. I mean that is

606
00:29:37,280 --> 00:29:41,080
Speaker 1: a shocking statistic. I mean, didn't believe me. There are

607
00:29:41,120 --> 00:29:43,720
Speaker 1: a ton of them. In terms of sacks allowed versus

608
00:29:43,760 --> 00:29:48,680
Speaker 1: sacks attained, the Dolphins have six rushing first downs for

609
00:29:48,720 --> 00:29:53,520
Speaker 1: the season and have allowed thirty six six for the

610
00:29:53,560 --> 00:29:57,880
Speaker 1: Dolphins thirty six for the other guys. That is stunning.

611
00:29:57,920 --> 00:30:00,640
Speaker 1: That is one of the most insane stat ever heard

612
00:30:01,000 --> 00:30:03,760
Speaker 1: in my life. But anyway to answer your question, is

613
00:30:03,760 --> 00:30:08,280
Speaker 1: a bad team. But Christian Wilkins ninety four on the

614
00:30:08,320 --> 00:30:10,520
Speaker 1: defensive line, he could play defensive end in the three

615
00:30:10,600 --> 00:30:14,360
Speaker 1: four defensive tackle when they use the four down lineman.

616
00:30:14,640 --> 00:30:17,560
Speaker 1: He did a really nice shop against a veteran center

617
00:30:17,640 --> 00:30:23,200
Speaker 1: and guard in Frederick and Jack Martin last week for

618
00:30:23,280 --> 00:30:27,480
Speaker 1: the Cowboys. He is a guy who can really make

619
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Speaker 1: an impact. I don't know how good you're you know,

620
00:30:30,720 --> 00:30:33,840
Speaker 1: the Chargers guards are, but if there's a weak spot there,

621
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Speaker 1: they'll line them up over there. And that's the spot

622
00:30:36,040 --> 00:30:38,840
Speaker 1: where the Dolphins think they can take advantage. Joe file

623
00:30:38,880 --> 00:30:42,200
Speaker 1: fit for you. What are you gonna have eyes on Sunday?

624
00:30:42,240 --> 00:30:44,800
Speaker 1: What do you think the biggest challenge is that maybe

625
00:30:44,800 --> 00:30:48,320
Speaker 1: this Chargers team presents to the Dolphins if you had

626
00:30:48,360 --> 00:30:52,080
Speaker 1: to pick a position group, Well, the Dolphins offensive line

627
00:30:52,160 --> 00:30:53,640
Speaker 1: is one of the worst in the NFL in the

628
00:30:53,720 --> 00:30:57,120
Speaker 1: last twenty years. I mean it's horrendous. And you know,

629
00:30:57,320 --> 00:31:00,360
Speaker 1: nice guys, but literally guys who are like coming in

630
00:31:00,400 --> 00:31:03,560
Speaker 1: off the street introducing themselves to each other in the huddle.

631
00:31:03,960 --> 00:31:08,480
Speaker 1: I mean it is a bad situation. And if Boza

632
00:31:08,560 --> 00:31:11,720
Speaker 1: and Ingram are eligible to play as that right, that's right,

633
00:31:11,840 --> 00:31:15,000
Speaker 1: they'll be there. Okay, yeah, bad bad news for the

634
00:31:15,040 --> 00:31:18,440
Speaker 1: guys in Aquan Orange. You know last week they came

635
00:31:18,440 --> 00:31:22,360
Speaker 1: out and tried to use six seven eight guys to block.

636
00:31:23,200 --> 00:31:25,920
Speaker 1: You know, they were running two three tight ends, a

637
00:31:26,080 --> 00:31:31,240
Speaker 1: fullback and they still just couldn't stop the Chargers. So

638
00:31:32,600 --> 00:31:35,240
Speaker 1: that's what I'm looking at. Man, can the Dolphins. The

639
00:31:35,280 --> 00:31:39,640
Speaker 1: Dolphins have no chance if they average two yards of rush,

640
00:31:39,680 --> 00:31:41,520
Speaker 1: so they need to figure out a way. I'm thinking

641
00:31:41,520 --> 00:31:44,600
Speaker 1: a bunch of screen passes, a bunch of slants, a

642
00:31:44,600 --> 00:31:47,440
Speaker 1: bunch of end arounds. They need to find a way

643
00:31:47,480 --> 00:31:49,080
Speaker 1: to do what they did against the Cowboys in the

644
00:31:49,080 --> 00:31:51,120
Speaker 1: first half when they should have had the lead and

645
00:31:51,200 --> 00:31:54,920
Speaker 1: trailed only ten six, which has find a way to

646
00:31:55,080 --> 00:31:58,280
Speaker 1: control the football and keep the ball out of Philip

647
00:31:58,320 --> 00:32:02,760
Speaker 1: Rivers's hands. That is one of small victories. Man, Drive

648
00:32:02,800 --> 00:32:05,200
Speaker 1: to drive, get a first down. You know, if the

649
00:32:05,280 --> 00:32:07,720
Speaker 1: Dolphins can put together a few first downs, that is

650
00:32:07,760 --> 00:32:11,920
Speaker 1: literally like a victory for them because this team is

651
00:32:12,040 --> 00:32:16,840
Speaker 1: just bad. Well, Joe, I look forward to seeing you

652
00:32:17,040 --> 00:32:20,560
Speaker 1: on Sunday, Man, I really appreciate your time. Hang in

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00:32:20,600 --> 00:32:23,239
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Speaker 1: guy Dan Helly of NFL Network. Dan was on the

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Speaker 1: Panther's Cardinals call last week. You're doing a fantasy zone

675
00:33:25,080 --> 00:33:27,440
Speaker 1: your NFL network all over the place, Ben, how are you?

676
00:33:28,080 --> 00:33:32,280
Speaker 1: I'm doing great, man, Yeah, It's it's been fun football seasons.

677
00:33:32,280 --> 00:33:35,120
Speaker 1: Finally here did the Titans preseason, which is always a blast,

678
00:33:35,160 --> 00:33:37,920
Speaker 1: but once Week one of the regular season rolls around

679
00:33:37,920 --> 00:33:41,719
Speaker 1: and it's actually real, live football that counts and matters,

680
00:33:41,560 --> 00:33:44,240
Speaker 1: it's hard to be brother. Yeah. Man, Well, we have

681
00:33:44,320 --> 00:33:46,960
Speaker 1: some great games in Week four and I thought we'd

682
00:33:46,960 --> 00:33:49,120
Speaker 1: pick six of them, a lot of them. That kind

683
00:33:49,120 --> 00:33:51,480
Speaker 1: of affect the Chargers too, especially in the AFC West.

684
00:33:51,840 --> 00:33:54,960
Speaker 1: I want to start with the Raiders at Colts. Raiders

685
00:33:55,400 --> 00:33:58,040
Speaker 1: lost to Minnesota thirty four to fourteen last week. They're

686
00:33:58,040 --> 00:34:01,160
Speaker 1: down twenty one nothing in the first half. And then

687
00:34:01,160 --> 00:34:03,720
Speaker 1: the Cults. They've won their last two games, but I

688
00:34:03,800 --> 00:34:06,320
Speaker 1: just looked at their injury report. It's brutal. They have

689
00:34:06,360 --> 00:34:08,719
Speaker 1: a lot of guys that did not practice as we

690
00:34:08,800 --> 00:34:11,040
Speaker 1: tape this. What do you think in this game, Dan

691
00:34:11,239 --> 00:34:14,399
Speaker 1: Raiders Cults. Well, you know, the Raiders made it too

692
00:34:14,400 --> 00:34:17,160
Speaker 1: easy on that Minnesota offense. Dalvin Cook diceed them up.

693
00:34:17,200 --> 00:34:19,879
Speaker 1: You know, Kirk Cousins, as he has all season, hasn't

694
00:34:19,880 --> 00:34:24,080
Speaker 1: really had to do a whole lot. And offensively, I

695
00:34:24,239 --> 00:34:27,080
Speaker 1: really would like to see Josh Jacobs more involved in

696
00:34:27,160 --> 00:34:30,680
Speaker 1: the passing. He's a really good receiver out of the backfield.

697
00:34:31,040 --> 00:34:35,320
Speaker 1: He has one catch all season long, and in regards

698
00:34:35,360 --> 00:34:37,479
Speaker 1: to the Colts, I think offensively, Yeah, they're they're banged

699
00:34:37,560 --> 00:34:39,160
Speaker 1: up around it one a little bit. But they opened

700
00:34:39,200 --> 00:34:41,560
Speaker 1: things up against Atlanta. You know, after a couple of

701
00:34:41,560 --> 00:34:44,600
Speaker 1: games in which jacobry Brisette didn't break two hundred yards

702
00:34:45,000 --> 00:34:47,759
Speaker 1: he has a career high and twenty eight completions and

703
00:34:48,000 --> 00:34:50,439
Speaker 1: throws for over three hundred yards. You know, Atlanta really

704
00:34:50,480 --> 00:34:53,680
Speaker 1: sold out stop Marlon Mack and that run game. Obviously

705
00:34:53,680 --> 00:34:57,160
Speaker 1: it didn't work. I like what Indi has going on here, man,

706
00:34:57,239 --> 00:34:59,960
Speaker 1: I would take them over over for sure. Yeah, Indie

707
00:35:00,120 --> 00:35:02,640
Speaker 1: Charges beat him in week one, but it was not easy.

708
00:35:02,760 --> 00:35:04,680
Speaker 1: And we'll get to the Charges a little bit later.

709
00:35:04,760 --> 00:35:09,400
Speaker 1: But another AFC West opponent, the Chiefs. They play the Lions,

710
00:35:09,440 --> 00:35:11,160
Speaker 1: and the Charges were up in Detroit a couple of

711
00:35:11,160 --> 00:35:14,239
Speaker 1: weeks ago, lost to Detroit. Detroit coming off a couple

712
00:35:14,280 --> 00:35:17,399
Speaker 1: oppressive wins against the Bolts and the Eagles, and then

713
00:35:17,600 --> 00:35:19,520
Speaker 1: what can you say about the Chiefs band? Even when

714
00:35:19,560 --> 00:35:23,320
Speaker 1: you take Tyreek Hill out of the equation. Mahomes makes

715
00:35:23,520 --> 00:35:27,839
Speaker 1: other guys stars, whether it's Sammy Watkins, DeMarcus Robinson, this

716
00:35:27,960 --> 00:35:32,200
Speaker 1: rookie Hardman. What do you see here? Lions, Chiefs, it's

717
00:35:32,200 --> 00:35:34,319
Speaker 1: a great point. You know, each week they've had a

718
00:35:34,360 --> 00:35:37,840
Speaker 1: different leading receiver, and I remember Week one, you know,

719
00:35:37,880 --> 00:35:40,759
Speaker 1: everybody on the other fantasy teams just jumping to pick

720
00:35:40,840 --> 00:35:43,320
Speaker 1: up Sammy Watkins on the waiver wire if he was available.

721
00:35:43,360 --> 00:35:45,960
Speaker 1: And then you know, DeMarcus Robinson comes out of nowhere

722
00:35:46,000 --> 00:35:48,120
Speaker 1: and goes for you know, one hundred and sixty hundred

723
00:35:48,160 --> 00:35:50,960
Speaker 1: and seventy yards and McCole Hardman is that speed merchants

724
00:35:50,960 --> 00:35:53,480
Speaker 1: that they were counting on to hold down the fort

725
00:35:53,560 --> 00:35:56,120
Speaker 1: until Tyree Hill, you know, got back. I think that

726
00:35:56,320 --> 00:35:59,720
Speaker 1: secondary for Detroit, but Darius playing quadre digs and company

727
00:35:59,800 --> 00:36:02,239
Speaker 1: is to have their hands full. You know that that

728
00:36:02,360 --> 00:36:06,759
Speaker 1: defense is ranked bottom third of the league. I don't

729
00:36:06,840 --> 00:36:11,360
Speaker 1: see them being able to contain this Kansas City offense.

730
00:36:11,520 --> 00:36:14,120
Speaker 1: I really don't know anybody who can't Patrick Mahomes on

731
00:36:14,160 --> 00:36:17,080
Speaker 1: pace to throw for sixty three hundred yards. I know

732
00:36:17,120 --> 00:36:21,440
Speaker 1: it's only Week four, but that is absolutely insane. Did

733
00:36:21,560 --> 00:36:23,560
Speaker 1: me Casey? I don't even know what the line is

734
00:36:23,600 --> 00:36:26,279
Speaker 1: on that, but I think they're gonna win. Handling. Just

735
00:36:26,440 --> 00:36:28,919
Speaker 1: the one example of just how crazy Mahomes is that

736
00:36:28,920 --> 00:36:31,319
Speaker 1: that second quarter against the Raiders, they didn't have to

737
00:36:31,320 --> 00:36:33,880
Speaker 1: do anything else the rest of the game. Four touchdowns

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00:36:33,880 --> 00:36:37,040
Speaker 1: in a quarter. I think some people thought he was

739
00:36:37,080 --> 00:36:41,000
Speaker 1: gonna slow a little bit in his third season. No, not,

740
00:36:41,040 --> 00:36:44,800
Speaker 1: no chance. No. You know, Mahomes is such a joy

741
00:36:44,960 --> 00:36:48,000
Speaker 1: to watch. The first two weeks in the season, he

742
00:36:48,120 --> 00:36:51,440
Speaker 1: had three hundred and thirteen yards passing in the first

743
00:36:51,480 --> 00:36:54,160
Speaker 1: half in both games, right on the number. Three thirteen

744
00:36:54,160 --> 00:36:57,239
Speaker 1: two games in a row, which was just crazy. He

745
00:36:57,440 --> 00:37:01,400
Speaker 1: is the Magic Johnson of the NFL because to your point,

746
00:37:01,560 --> 00:37:04,560
Speaker 1: he makes every single person better. You know, I don't.

747
00:37:04,800 --> 00:37:06,920
Speaker 1: I don't think they're ideally set up in terms of

748
00:37:06,920 --> 00:37:09,560
Speaker 1: their run game, but it almost doesn't matter. And who

749
00:37:09,600 --> 00:37:13,520
Speaker 1: would have expected this without Tyreek Hill early on for

750
00:37:13,600 --> 00:37:15,920
Speaker 1: him to be as effective, if not more effective than

751
00:37:15,960 --> 00:37:20,120
Speaker 1: he was last year. He's a generational talent and I

752
00:37:20,160 --> 00:37:22,640
Speaker 1: think we should all just drink it up. Man, enjoy

753
00:37:22,719 --> 00:37:24,600
Speaker 1: every second you get to see if Patrick lumps of

754
00:37:24,600 --> 00:37:27,080
Speaker 1: course when he's not taken on the charts. Yeah, exactly,

755
00:37:27,640 --> 00:37:30,319
Speaker 1: all right. AFC North, you got a pair of Owen

756
00:37:30,400 --> 00:37:32,719
Speaker 1: three teams, and then you got the Browns in the

757
00:37:32,800 --> 00:37:36,520
Speaker 1: Ravens in Baltimore. Browns haven't looked sharp through the first

758
00:37:36,560 --> 00:37:38,800
Speaker 1: three weeks. A lot of penalties, not a lot of points.

759
00:37:39,000 --> 00:37:42,120
Speaker 1: I think Baker's been sacked eleven times already, five interceptions,

760
00:37:42,560 --> 00:37:44,799
Speaker 1: and then the Ravens. They went down to the wire

761
00:37:44,800 --> 00:37:47,200
Speaker 1: with the Chiefs, and I mean they looked awesome the

762
00:37:47,239 --> 00:37:49,960
Speaker 1: first couple of weeks. What do you see here Lamar

763
00:37:50,040 --> 00:37:54,160
Speaker 1: Jackson versus Baker. Yeah, you know, the Browns have been interesting.

764
00:37:54,560 --> 00:37:56,279
Speaker 1: I obviously follow the Titans a lot because I do

765
00:37:56,280 --> 00:37:59,319
Speaker 1: their games, as I said earlier, and you know, they

766
00:38:00,000 --> 00:38:02,239
Speaker 1: threw up a real stinker there against the Titans to

767
00:38:02,239 --> 00:38:05,560
Speaker 1: open up the season, and obviously the play calling of

768
00:38:05,640 --> 00:38:08,920
Speaker 1: Freddy Kitchens, his clock management of penalties have been called

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00:38:08,920 --> 00:38:11,680
Speaker 1: into questions. Baker not the same guy that we saw

770
00:38:11,760 --> 00:38:13,600
Speaker 1: last year, at least not yet. I think he's going

771
00:38:13,680 --> 00:38:15,920
Speaker 1: to get back to where he was. He's kind of

772
00:38:15,920 --> 00:38:19,359
Speaker 1: bailing out of the pocket too early. I think Chris

773
00:38:19,440 --> 00:38:21,239
Speaker 1: collins Worth hit the nail on the head. It's it's

774
00:38:21,280 --> 00:38:24,479
Speaker 1: almost like he's shooting fadeaway jumpers and you just can't

775
00:38:24,520 --> 00:38:26,480
Speaker 1: win in the NFL where you're just falling off your

776
00:38:26,520 --> 00:38:28,520
Speaker 1: back foot and you know, slinging it up there on

777
00:38:28,560 --> 00:38:31,000
Speaker 1: a wing in a prayer. Their next four games are

778
00:38:31,120 --> 00:38:34,560
Speaker 1: absolutely brutal, They obviously have Baltimore this week, then they're

779
00:38:34,600 --> 00:38:39,239
Speaker 1: at San Francisco. They have Seattle and New England and

780
00:38:39,280 --> 00:38:41,120
Speaker 1: the Ravens, even though they're coming off that loss at

781
00:38:41,200 --> 00:38:44,480
Speaker 1: KC on the road. Lamar Jackson, that's all the guys

782
00:38:44,520 --> 00:38:47,040
Speaker 1: were talking about defensively for KC after that game. He's

783
00:38:47,080 --> 00:38:49,560
Speaker 1: the fifth rated quarterback in the NFL. From what we

784
00:38:49,560 --> 00:38:51,239
Speaker 1: saw last year, I thought it would take three to

785
00:38:51,320 --> 00:38:54,719
Speaker 1: four years for him to get to be a passable

786
00:38:54,840 --> 00:38:57,880
Speaker 1: NFL quarterback in terms of just throwing the football. He

787
00:38:57,920 --> 00:39:01,520
Speaker 1: hasn't throwing an interception since Week A leven of last year.

788
00:39:01,880 --> 00:39:04,200
Speaker 1: The Browns were without their entire starting secondary and that

789
00:39:04,239 --> 00:39:06,040
Speaker 1: loss to the Rams, and they still only lost by seven.

790
00:39:06,080 --> 00:39:08,040
Speaker 1: I think they're a good football team. They're trying to

791
00:39:08,040 --> 00:39:10,560
Speaker 1: sort some things out to match up. I'm really curious

792
00:39:10,600 --> 00:39:14,880
Speaker 1: to watch here quarterback Marlin Humphrey against ob J. Humphrey

793
00:39:14,960 --> 00:39:17,160
Speaker 1: kind of a silent assassin, doesn't stay a whole lot,

794
00:39:17,200 --> 00:39:20,680
Speaker 1: but he has a zero passer rating when thrown again

795
00:39:21,200 --> 00:39:24,000
Speaker 1: this year. I think it's gonna be a close game.

796
00:39:24,200 --> 00:39:25,640
Speaker 1: I know it's amazing. I think it's gonna be a

797
00:39:25,680 --> 00:39:28,440
Speaker 1: close game. I think Cleveland, if they kind of right

798
00:39:28,560 --> 00:39:32,360
Speaker 1: this ship. They're gonna They're gonna keep it close, but

799
00:39:32,360 --> 00:39:35,400
Speaker 1: but I don't see them being able to contain Lamar

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00:39:36,040 --> 00:39:38,359
Speaker 1: Well Baltimore and they if they go three and one

801
00:39:38,760 --> 00:39:41,560
Speaker 1: again we talked about the Bengals and Steelers and three

802
00:39:41,640 --> 00:39:44,080
Speaker 1: right now, the Browns would drop to one and three.

803
00:39:44,120 --> 00:39:47,560
Speaker 1: I mean, you're already putting a lot of separation between

804
00:39:47,640 --> 00:39:50,160
Speaker 1: you and the rest of the the three teams of the division. Oh,

805
00:39:50,239 --> 00:39:51,960
Speaker 1: there's no doubt, you know. And then they have they

806
00:39:52,000 --> 00:39:54,799
Speaker 1: have Pittsburgh next week, and they have Cincinnati after that,

807
00:39:54,920 --> 00:39:57,239
Speaker 1: So you know, a couple of division games there that

808
00:39:57,280 --> 00:39:59,799
Speaker 1: one would think that Baltimore would be able to win.

809
00:40:00,000 --> 00:40:03,400
Speaker 1: And they are quickly proving to be the cream of

810
00:40:03,480 --> 00:40:07,440
Speaker 1: the of the division crop again in a very different

811
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Speaker 1: way than Patrick Mahomes. Lamar Jackson just so electric and

812
00:40:10,920 --> 00:40:13,839
Speaker 1: fun to watch. If they get you know, a two

813
00:40:13,960 --> 00:40:17,440
Speaker 1: three game cushion, you know, after let's just say the

814
00:40:17,440 --> 00:40:19,160
Speaker 1: midpoint of the season, it's it's going to be hard

815
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Speaker 1: to catch him, all right. This next one, you were

816
00:40:21,160 --> 00:40:24,000
Speaker 1: on the call last week for Panthers Cardinals. This one's

817
00:40:24,040 --> 00:40:28,080
Speaker 1: Panthers at Texans. Kyle Allen four touchdowns you saw up close,

818
00:40:28,239 --> 00:40:31,160
Speaker 1: and then we saw DeShawn Watson up close and personal

819
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Speaker 1: against the Chargers. He was fantastic against the Bolts. What

820
00:40:34,200 --> 00:40:35,880
Speaker 1: are you expecting in this one? This one's got a

821
00:40:35,920 --> 00:40:39,560
Speaker 1: little juice. Kyle Allen versus Deshaun Watson. Yeah, Kyle Allen

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Speaker 1: of course, you know, spent some time at Texas at

823
00:40:42,040 --> 00:40:44,759
Speaker 1: am in college and then wrapped up in Houston. He

824
00:40:44,920 --> 00:40:47,120
Speaker 1: is such a great story, you know, the number one

825
00:40:47,200 --> 00:40:51,319
Speaker 1: quarterback in the country coming out of high school in Scottsdale, Arizona,

826
00:40:51,760 --> 00:40:54,920
Speaker 1: goes to Texas A and m wins the starting job

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Speaker 1: for a portion of his freshman year, and then his

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Speaker 1: next year, Kyler Murray comes in. Kyle Allen beats out Kyler,

829
00:41:02,280 --> 00:41:04,560
Speaker 1: then Kyler takes the job for a couple of games.

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00:41:04,600 --> 00:41:08,680
Speaker 1: Then Kyle Allen wrestles it back and both decide to transfer.

831
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Speaker 1: After that. He of course beats Tyler head to head

832
00:41:11,680 --> 00:41:14,359
Speaker 1: last week as an incredible game. You know, he's from

833
00:41:14,360 --> 00:41:18,120
Speaker 1: the area, in front of family and friends. Four touchdown passes.

834
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Speaker 1: As you mentioned, I like the weapons that he has

835
00:41:21,120 --> 00:41:23,640
Speaker 1: on offense. I think Dj Moore and Curtis Samuel will

836
00:41:23,680 --> 00:41:26,440
Speaker 1: compliment each other incredibly well. They're the youngest wide receiver

837
00:41:26,560 --> 00:41:29,239
Speaker 1: duo in the NFL, and I think they might be

838
00:41:29,239 --> 00:41:32,200
Speaker 1: the most underrated duo in the NFL. He's throwing Greg Olsen,

839
00:41:33,400 --> 00:41:36,520
Speaker 1: who had a nice game last week, a couple of touchdowns.

840
00:41:36,520 --> 00:41:38,520
Speaker 1: He's coming off one hundred yard game two weeks ago.

841
00:41:38,600 --> 00:41:41,440
Speaker 1: Christian McCaffrey got back on track next week. I like

842
00:41:41,520 --> 00:41:43,359
Speaker 1: what they're doing there. I'm worried about the letdown though.

843
00:41:43,400 --> 00:41:46,040
Speaker 1: I think Kyle the one thing they said about him

844
00:41:46,120 --> 00:41:50,600
Speaker 1: was that he was so even keeled, I think didn't

845
00:41:50,600 --> 00:41:53,520
Speaker 1: really rattle him, and that was interesting to see in

846
00:41:53,560 --> 00:41:56,799
Speaker 1: the homecoming game that that held true. Now on the

847
00:41:56,880 --> 00:42:00,279
Speaker 1: road again, this time in Houston, against a def that

848
00:42:00,280 --> 00:42:02,160
Speaker 1: I think is going to be tougher than that Cardinals

849
00:42:02,200 --> 00:42:05,359
Speaker 1: defense that he faced. I'll be interested to see if

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Speaker 1: he can put up similar type numbers. You know, the

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Speaker 1: Texans offensively allowed twelve sacks. As you know, Deshaun one

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Speaker 1: of those Michael Jordan Magic Johnson type guys that makes

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Speaker 1: everybody around him better. DeAndre Hopkins was neutralized to a

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Speaker 1: certain extent last week. They still found a way to

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Speaker 1: pull it out. I like Houston here at home. I

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Speaker 1: just don't know that the Carolina offense can sustain what

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Speaker 1: they had last week against the stronger defense in the Texans.

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Speaker 1: All right, Dan Jags at Broncos. The Broncos are oz

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Speaker 1: and three, But I think more surprising they don't have

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Speaker 1: a sack this year, and they have Bradley Chubb and

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Speaker 1: Von Miller. And then you flip to Jacksonville. They're tied

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Speaker 1: for the lead league in sacks with thirteen and they

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Speaker 1: got this guy, Gardner minshewho has become one of the

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00:42:49,600 --> 00:42:53,160
Speaker 1: biggest stories in this early season in the NFL. Yeah,

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00:42:53,200 --> 00:42:55,799
Speaker 1: the Denver offense, you know, just hasn't been going either.

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Speaker 1: You know, they're twentieth overall. That the run games kind

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Speaker 1: of middle the pack. The passing game of Joe Flacco

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Speaker 1: really hasn't gotten going. I love the swag that Gardner

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Speaker 1: Minshew brings to the table, what he wears on some

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00:43:10,360 --> 00:43:13,480
Speaker 1: of the road trip. It's incredible. We love storylines, right,

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00:43:13,560 --> 00:43:16,719
Speaker 1: Chris and Gardner Minshew is an incredible storyline. You know.

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00:43:16,800 --> 00:43:18,759
Speaker 1: You know that he was all slated to go to

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00:43:18,760 --> 00:43:22,000
Speaker 1: Alabama as a backup, actually a third string quarterback there

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00:43:22,520 --> 00:43:25,080
Speaker 1: to back up Ta and Jalen Hurts, and you know,

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00:43:25,120 --> 00:43:27,160
Speaker 1: get set for a career in coaching, and then Mike

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00:43:27,280 --> 00:43:29,920
Speaker 1: Leach talked him into coming to Washington State as a

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Speaker 1: graduate transfer. He goes there, he leads the nation in passing,

878
00:43:33,800 --> 00:43:35,839
Speaker 1: he was a Heisman finalist, and then he ends up

879
00:43:35,840 --> 00:43:41,239
Speaker 1: getting drafted by Jacksonville and he's been relatively unslappable so far.

880
00:43:41,440 --> 00:43:44,320
Speaker 1: I think that Denver is a tough place to play.

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00:43:45,440 --> 00:43:48,080
Speaker 1: I need to see something from Denver before I picked

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00:43:48,120 --> 00:43:50,520
Speaker 1: the Broncos because I haven't seen enough on either side

883
00:43:50,560 --> 00:43:52,160
Speaker 1: of the ball. And you bring up a great point.

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00:43:52,560 --> 00:43:55,240
Speaker 1: You know, they have the perhaps the greatest pass rushed

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00:43:55,239 --> 00:43:57,160
Speaker 1: handon in the NFL, and they're not able to take

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00:43:57,160 --> 00:43:59,160
Speaker 1: advantage of that right now, and they have a defensive

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00:43:59,200 --> 00:44:01,040
Speaker 1: minded dead coach would think that they were gonna be

888
00:44:01,160 --> 00:44:03,520
Speaker 1: some some changes there after the first two weeks of

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00:44:03,560 --> 00:44:07,160
Speaker 1: the season. We didn't see that week three. I'm gonna

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00:44:07,239 --> 00:44:09,640
Speaker 1: I'm gonna say that they're gonna bounce back this year.

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00:44:09,960 --> 00:44:12,920
Speaker 1: I think this seat this week rather and I think

892
00:44:12,960 --> 00:44:14,680
Speaker 1: that just being an almost going to be a tremendous

893
00:44:14,680 --> 00:44:17,120
Speaker 1: advantage for them. Yeah. I think DJ brought this up

894
00:44:17,160 --> 00:44:19,879
Speaker 1: on his bike as they've lost seven straight dating back

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00:44:19,880 --> 00:44:22,239
Speaker 1: to last year the Broncos, So I think their last

896
00:44:22,239 --> 00:44:25,640
Speaker 1: win came in like early December of twenty eighteen, so

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00:44:25,640 --> 00:44:28,719
Speaker 1: it's been a long time coming for the Broncos. Final one.

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00:44:28,760 --> 00:44:30,440
Speaker 1: It wears on you, you know, it wears on you

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00:44:30,480 --> 00:44:32,480
Speaker 1: after a while. But I think with the new head coach,

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00:44:32,560 --> 00:44:35,439
Speaker 1: that's like, for him, it's just three losses, right, He's

901
00:44:35,480 --> 00:44:37,719
Speaker 1: not thinking about that. But for for some of the

902
00:44:37,760 --> 00:44:40,480
Speaker 1: players though, I mean, they're they're hungry, and I think

903
00:44:40,520 --> 00:44:43,160
Speaker 1: what happens in the NFL is you know, you go

904
00:44:43,280 --> 00:44:45,800
Speaker 1: seven eight games in a row during a single season

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Speaker 1: with the loss, and then you find guys just starting

906
00:44:48,680 --> 00:44:50,319
Speaker 1: to kind of make it through the game instead of

907
00:44:50,320 --> 00:44:51,920
Speaker 1: trying to make an impact. But we're not there yet.

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00:44:51,960 --> 00:44:54,400
Speaker 1: I don't believe the Denver all Right Final one Chargers

909
00:44:54,440 --> 00:44:59,160
Speaker 1: Dolphins and the Dolphins struggles have been well documented. Charges

910
00:44:59,200 --> 00:45:01,279
Speaker 1: have lost two straight. They're one and two as well,

911
00:45:01,320 --> 00:45:03,080
Speaker 1: so they're not I don't think they have any sympathy

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00:45:03,160 --> 00:45:06,400
Speaker 1: for Miami bolt see to get back on track on Sunday, Dan,

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Speaker 1: you think they do it? Yeah, I mean, if there's

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Speaker 1: a back on track team to play against the NFL,

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00:45:11,840 --> 00:45:14,600
Speaker 1: it has to be the Miami Dolphins, right. I mean, listen,

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00:45:15,040 --> 00:45:18,200
Speaker 1: penalties have absolutely killed the Bolts this year. I believe

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00:45:18,280 --> 00:45:21,560
Speaker 1: that that four touchdown called back you know, drops an

918
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Speaker 1: issue last week. Keenan Allen needs some help on offense

919
00:45:25,360 --> 00:45:27,200
Speaker 1: and career high one hundred and eighty three yards, which

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Speaker 1: is great. The forty two targets, that's nine more than

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Speaker 1: the next closest receiver, which I believe is Michael Thomas.

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Speaker 1: And the injury situation is familiar, right Russell o'coon hunter,

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Speaker 1: Henry Derwin, James badually all out. But this is a

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Speaker 1: place that they've been before. You know, this is a

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Speaker 1: fifth year in a row they've had a losing record

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Speaker 1: after three in a row. We saw how they bounced

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Speaker 1: back last year. I think that the Dolphins and what

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Speaker 1: they're dealing with right now, Josh Rosen has a banged

929
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Speaker 1: up the ELB. Always listening on the injury report this week.

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Speaker 1: This is the perfect remedy for what's been ailing the

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00:45:59,520 --> 00:46:02,840
Speaker 1: Chargers thing. Yeah, Charges, get to two and two this

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Speaker 1: first quarter of the season and then maybe start to

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Speaker 1: get our role, get some guys back. But you want

934
00:46:07,800 --> 00:46:10,520
Speaker 1: to see them kind of right the ship here and

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Speaker 1: correct some of those mistakes we've seen the first three weeks.

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Speaker 1: Dan Helly, what do you got this weekend? May you

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Speaker 1: in the fantasy zone this weekend? I got the fantasy

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Speaker 1: zone on Sunday, traveling to Charlotte to call a North

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Speaker 1: Carolina Charlotte FAU game Conference USA can be seen every

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Speaker 1: week on NFL Network and this will be my first

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Speaker 1: one of these, and looking forward to catching up with

942
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Speaker 1: Olane Kiffin to see what he has to say, and

943
00:46:34,880 --> 00:46:39,359
Speaker 1: a nice Charlotte program with Coach Chiley that's actually doing

944
00:46:39,400 --> 00:46:41,560
Speaker 1: some nice things there, so it'll be a'll be a

945
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Speaker 1: fun game to call there in Charlotte. Dan, you always

946
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Speaker 1: do great work man, Always appreciate your time, and we'll

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Speaker 1: have you back here soon. Sounds good, brother, appreciate it, Chris,

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Speaker 1: and then I'll do it for us. A big thanks

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Speaker 1: to Dan, Hellye, Joe, Shad and Money for joining me,

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Speaker 1: and of course thanks to you all for listening. Remember

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Speaker 1: be sure to download and subscribe to the All New

952
00:46:58,920 --> 00:47:02,880
Speaker 1: Chargers podcast wherever you listen to podcasts. Backstage Charges this

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Speaker 1: week with Mike and Ike Playmakers with Haley Elwood and

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Speaker 1: Alison Minor. We're gonna have a bonus Charges weekly on

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Speaker 1: Friday as well, so be on the lookout for that.

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Speaker 1: Thanks so much for listening. Enjoy the game on Sunday

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Speaker 1: as the Chargers look to even their record at two

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Speaker 1: and two, and until next time, I'm Chris Hayry.