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Speaker 1: appreciate them for that because I actually did work. Like

429
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Speaker 1: I'm still doing special team now. But at the same

430
00:22:29,200 --> 00:22:31,480
Speaker 1: time that actually got my feet under me to be

431
00:22:31,560 --> 00:22:33,400
Speaker 1: able to run and be able to stop all that

432
00:22:33,480 --> 00:22:35,320
Speaker 1: so I can play like a football player out there.

433
00:22:35,480 --> 00:22:37,679
Speaker 1: Did you surpride yourself at all with how well you

434
00:22:37,720 --> 00:22:40,480
Speaker 1: played last week? I slid, didn't. I knew I had it.

435
00:22:41,080 --> 00:22:42,679
Speaker 1: I knew I still got it. I just had to

436
00:22:42,680 --> 00:22:44,720
Speaker 1: trust myself, like I said, like in practice the twenty

437
00:22:44,800 --> 00:22:46,560
Speaker 1: one days and stuff like that. That really helped me

438
00:22:46,600 --> 00:22:48,560
Speaker 1: trust my ability to go out there. Is that the

439
00:22:48,600 --> 00:22:50,640
Speaker 1: biggest part when you're coming back from a knee injury

440
00:22:50,640 --> 00:22:53,120
Speaker 1: and acl like that, it's just trusting yourself and letting

441
00:22:53,119 --> 00:22:55,160
Speaker 1: it go. Not think it's the mental. It's the mental part,

442
00:22:55,160 --> 00:22:57,560
Speaker 1: and that's the that's the part that everybody go through,

443
00:22:57,720 --> 00:22:59,840
Speaker 1: Like with injuries, like you got to control your mental.

444
00:23:00,040 --> 00:23:01,920
Speaker 1: If you can't control that mental like, it would eat

445
00:23:01,960 --> 00:23:04,320
Speaker 1: you alive. So just talking to people, you know, talking

446
00:23:04,359 --> 00:23:06,520
Speaker 1: to doctor Garman like and just trying to control my

447
00:23:06,600 --> 00:23:08,960
Speaker 1: mental really helped me out with this process. What was

448
00:23:08,960 --> 00:23:11,080
Speaker 1: it like in the locker room after that game? How

449
00:23:11,320 --> 00:23:13,200
Speaker 1: we saw that the lines did a great job tweeting

450
00:23:13,200 --> 00:23:15,720
Speaker 1: that out ag gets the game ball. Obviously a tough

451
00:23:15,760 --> 00:23:18,240
Speaker 1: week in that in that room last week for the

452
00:23:18,240 --> 00:23:21,240
Speaker 1: Aubrey pleasant moving on from him and ag has to

453
00:23:21,280 --> 00:23:23,000
Speaker 1: take a little bit bigger role. And then you guys

454
00:23:23,000 --> 00:23:26,080
Speaker 1: play as well as you played against who you played against?

455
00:23:26,080 --> 00:23:27,800
Speaker 1: What was that like in the locker room after watching

456
00:23:27,880 --> 00:23:29,879
Speaker 1: him get that game ball? Oh man, I was so like,

457
00:23:30,040 --> 00:23:31,840
Speaker 1: I'm still in a moment, like I know right now

458
00:23:31,880 --> 00:23:33,960
Speaker 1: we were about Chicago, but I'm just so heavy for

459
00:23:34,040 --> 00:23:36,040
Speaker 1: him because like I told you, um, he brought one

460
00:23:36,080 --> 00:23:37,840
Speaker 1: of his guys and he lost him in that middle

461
00:23:37,840 --> 00:23:39,679
Speaker 1: of the week and just to see him, you know,

462
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Speaker 1: like I say, he put it behind him, but he

463
00:23:42,680 --> 00:23:44,719
Speaker 1: you know, he moved forward and just focused on us

464
00:23:44,720 --> 00:23:46,760
Speaker 1: to try to make make sure the defense better. And

465
00:23:47,080 --> 00:23:49,199
Speaker 1: he did that, and like he deserved that because he

466
00:23:49,280 --> 00:23:50,800
Speaker 1: did that that week and we went out there and

467
00:23:50,800 --> 00:23:52,840
Speaker 1: played for normal and you know, he brought it back together.

468
00:23:52,880 --> 00:23:56,600
Speaker 1: So he deserved the toughness, the tackle after the you know,

469
00:23:56,600 --> 00:23:58,560
Speaker 1: the tackle for loss you had. You've done that quite

470
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Speaker 1: a bit. The chirping with there. You seem to play

471
00:24:00,880 --> 00:24:02,480
Speaker 1: a little bit of a chip on your shoulder, And

472
00:24:02,840 --> 00:24:04,280
Speaker 1: where does that come from it? And why do you

473
00:24:04,320 --> 00:24:07,719
Speaker 1: think that that you know helps your game's good for you. Um,

474
00:24:08,080 --> 00:24:10,160
Speaker 1: I'll just go back to the coaches again from last year,

475
00:24:10,200 --> 00:24:12,920
Speaker 1: just getting an opportunity, like just getting an opportunity to

476
00:24:13,040 --> 00:24:14,880
Speaker 1: just show me that they're believed. Like no matter where

477
00:24:14,880 --> 00:24:17,000
Speaker 1: you're going to draft, don't matter where you who you are,

478
00:24:17,320 --> 00:24:19,159
Speaker 1: they're just believing you if you can play, you know,

479
00:24:19,280 --> 00:24:21,600
Speaker 1: like or you if they believing you're trusting Like so

480
00:24:21,920 --> 00:24:24,720
Speaker 1: just going back off that, I transfer that over to

481
00:24:24,800 --> 00:24:26,760
Speaker 1: this year and like I already knew they trust me

482
00:24:26,800 --> 00:24:29,040
Speaker 1: and stuff like that. So I just how to just

483
00:24:29,119 --> 00:24:31,600
Speaker 1: think about coming back and being who I was want

484
00:24:31,880 --> 00:24:33,400
Speaker 1: far I left, so I want to be a little

485
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Speaker 1: better than that. Are you a great case for players

486
00:24:35,880 --> 00:24:39,119
Speaker 1: out there for that it doesn't matter where you play,

487
00:24:39,160 --> 00:24:42,000
Speaker 1: where you came from, where you're drafted, the NFL will

488
00:24:42,000 --> 00:24:43,479
Speaker 1: find you if you can play. I mean, you went

489
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Speaker 1: to community college, right, you went undrafted, fought your way

490
00:24:47,560 --> 00:24:49,760
Speaker 1: onto this team, fought your way to be a starter,

491
00:24:50,320 --> 00:24:52,480
Speaker 1: had ACL Now you got to go through all this

492
00:24:52,560 --> 00:24:55,639
Speaker 1: rehab again and now you come back and and is

493
00:24:55,680 --> 00:24:58,000
Speaker 1: that a great story for young guys just to be

494
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Speaker 1: like just put your head down, keep grinding, yes, because

495
00:25:00,520 --> 00:25:03,440
Speaker 1: they'll find you. And I like how you describe. I

496
00:25:03,560 --> 00:25:05,760
Speaker 1: love to talk to the kids and stuff like that,

497
00:25:05,840 --> 00:25:07,480
Speaker 1: just to show him like it's a way, like you know,

498
00:25:07,560 --> 00:25:09,639
Speaker 1: like not just because of my story, but like you

499
00:25:09,640 --> 00:25:11,119
Speaker 1: can make your own story. You're like, you know, a

500
00:25:11,160 --> 00:25:13,000
Speaker 1: boy doing what you do. Just like you said, put

501
00:25:13,000 --> 00:25:15,200
Speaker 1: your head down to key working. Well, talk about Chicago.

502
00:25:15,760 --> 00:25:18,800
Speaker 1: That's the team that's on that's on. Yeah, they're on fire.

503
00:25:18,840 --> 00:25:20,720
Speaker 1: I mean four straight games with two hundred and twenty

504
00:25:20,720 --> 00:25:22,680
Speaker 1: five rush years. What jumps out when you throw the

505
00:25:22,680 --> 00:25:24,840
Speaker 1: film out when you guys started to prepare on Wednesday?

506
00:25:25,160 --> 00:25:27,679
Speaker 1: What what jumped out about them too? Man? We have

507
00:25:27,760 --> 00:25:30,840
Speaker 1: to control fields, um. And when I say control fields,

508
00:25:31,400 --> 00:25:33,080
Speaker 1: he could throw the ball too, but we have to

509
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Speaker 1: control him by not letting him run the ball all day,

510
00:25:35,359 --> 00:25:37,399
Speaker 1: like being another running back for them, like you know,

511
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Speaker 1: being a third screen running back, which they got two

512
00:25:39,280 --> 00:25:42,879
Speaker 1: already pretty good running back. So like, yeah, so we

513
00:25:42,920 --> 00:25:44,720
Speaker 1: have to just control fields. And you know that's where

514
00:25:44,720 --> 00:25:47,440
Speaker 1: it started right now? So how important are those rush

515
00:25:47,520 --> 00:25:50,920
Speaker 1: lanes for those guys up front and trying to contain

516
00:25:51,080 --> 00:25:55,280
Speaker 1: him and just being gap sound? Being gap responsible? Is

517
00:25:55,320 --> 00:25:57,040
Speaker 1: that kind of some of the big keys this week?

518
00:25:57,119 --> 00:25:59,520
Speaker 1: The big keys um like like we said we can't

519
00:25:59,600 --> 00:26:02,040
Speaker 1: run pad the quarterback. You can't run past him. So

520
00:26:02,280 --> 00:26:05,560
Speaker 1: we really just don't have to collide on the pressure

521
00:26:05,560 --> 00:26:07,520
Speaker 1: in the backfield just so he can be you know, look,

522
00:26:07,920 --> 00:26:10,680
Speaker 1: I know where the move. Just like we gotta contain him.

523
00:26:10,680 --> 00:26:13,360
Speaker 1: We can't let him just play his game. His game

524
00:26:13,480 --> 00:26:15,959
Speaker 1: is I can't read, you know, we can't let him

525
00:26:16,000 --> 00:26:18,200
Speaker 1: do that. We gotta let him just like really look

526
00:26:18,240 --> 00:26:20,000
Speaker 1: for some options. You know, we can't just let him run.

527
00:26:20,040 --> 00:26:22,240
Speaker 1: So we're trying to like collid to part nine points

528
00:26:22,240 --> 00:26:25,040
Speaker 1: allowed last week? How important is it for you guys

529
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Speaker 1: to stack good performances on top of each other's defense.

530
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Speaker 1: Obviously the numbers are what they are, right, you guys

531
00:26:30,119 --> 00:26:32,240
Speaker 1: have struggled early and you weren't part of that, but

532
00:26:32,760 --> 00:26:34,520
Speaker 1: they are what they are. And so now you guys,

533
00:26:34,640 --> 00:26:37,359
Speaker 1: finally you put it together for sixty minutes, had a

534
00:26:37,400 --> 00:26:40,440
Speaker 1: good game to almost validate that, just to have another

535
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Speaker 1: one to stack and on top of how important is

536
00:26:42,640 --> 00:26:44,520
Speaker 1: that for you guys? It's very important, And that's what

537
00:26:44,560 --> 00:26:46,960
Speaker 1: we're standing by now. Like if you hear our defensive media,

538
00:26:47,040 --> 00:26:48,720
Speaker 1: we're trying to control I mean, we're trying to bring

539
00:26:48,760 --> 00:26:51,000
Speaker 1: over this week to the week after to the week

540
00:26:51,040 --> 00:26:52,600
Speaker 1: either to the week were trying to keep it going

541
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Speaker 1: because we know we capable, we know what we're capable of,

542
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Speaker 1: and we showed it this Sunday and we can do

543
00:26:57,240 --> 00:26:59,119
Speaker 1: it again this Sunday. So we just really trying to

544
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Speaker 1: keep that same way at that same moment, on that

545
00:27:01,480 --> 00:27:04,240
Speaker 1: same hogerness and just going this week the shock and

546
00:27:04,359 --> 00:27:06,520
Speaker 1: this week to Chicago, you know, trying to put out

547
00:27:06,520 --> 00:27:08,600
Speaker 1: the win. What about those receivers they got there obviously

548
00:27:08,640 --> 00:27:10,840
Speaker 1: made the move last week to get Chase Claypool at

549
00:27:10,880 --> 00:27:14,439
Speaker 1: six four two thirty. Different kind of game, you know,

550
00:27:14,520 --> 00:27:17,520
Speaker 1: and then and then you know, Movie's a smaller, quicker, faster,

551
00:27:18,359 --> 00:27:20,640
Speaker 1: but he's been productive too. Just what you see from

552
00:27:20,640 --> 00:27:23,640
Speaker 1: those guys and the expectation for those matchups you probably

553
00:27:23,720 --> 00:27:25,800
Speaker 1: might see both guys on yeah, on Sunday. They got

554
00:27:25,840 --> 00:27:27,479
Speaker 1: some pretty good receivers. You know, they got the same

555
00:27:27,560 --> 00:27:30,760
Speaker 1: Brown over there too, the big brother. But Claypool, you know,

556
00:27:30,800 --> 00:27:32,560
Speaker 1: he just got over there, so wedn't really meant send

557
00:27:32,600 --> 00:27:34,600
Speaker 1: him in that offense like that. But Mooning, that's another

558
00:27:34,600 --> 00:27:36,160
Speaker 1: guy that's a big star over there too that we're

559
00:27:36,160 --> 00:27:37,760
Speaker 1: really gonna have to control when it comes to the

560
00:27:37,760 --> 00:27:39,840
Speaker 1: passing game. You know, he played on the outside, the

561
00:27:39,880 --> 00:27:43,080
Speaker 1: inside twols like he played airwar so wherever. Yeah, we

562
00:27:43,119 --> 00:27:44,560
Speaker 1: really got to know where he had him man just

563
00:27:44,680 --> 00:27:46,240
Speaker 1: to field so we don't have to stop him a

564
00:27:46,240 --> 00:27:48,399
Speaker 1: little earlier. It's great to see you back out there,

565
00:27:48,440 --> 00:27:51,120
Speaker 1: and I'm so energy. You bring it, you know, with

566
00:27:51,119 --> 00:27:54,520
Speaker 1: with with Jeff playing the way he's playing. Now you

567
00:27:54,600 --> 00:27:56,200
Speaker 1: get in there at your second you guys have locker

568
00:27:56,280 --> 00:27:58,520
Speaker 1: right next and I saw before we went up here

569
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Speaker 1: to do this, you guys were chatting a little bit.

570
00:28:00,280 --> 00:28:02,840
Speaker 1: How good of a is it to have a guy

571
00:28:02,880 --> 00:28:05,160
Speaker 1: like that sitting right next to you. You guys look

572
00:28:05,240 --> 00:28:07,000
Speaker 1: like you maybe bounce stuff off each other quite a

573
00:28:07,000 --> 00:28:09,840
Speaker 1: bit there, and you're always chatting. That's just my guy, UM. Like,

574
00:28:10,119 --> 00:28:11,520
Speaker 1: you know, he went through it last year and I

575
00:28:11,560 --> 00:28:13,720
Speaker 1: was I was playing UM in the beginning of the season.

576
00:28:13,760 --> 00:28:15,720
Speaker 1: I was hurt and he was playing. And it's like

577
00:28:16,040 --> 00:28:18,000
Speaker 1: we're there for each other. Like last year he was

578
00:28:18,040 --> 00:28:19,760
Speaker 1: there for me and I just met him, And this

579
00:28:19,840 --> 00:28:22,240
Speaker 1: year we've got even tighter just because I was there.

580
00:28:22,240 --> 00:28:24,119
Speaker 1: He was there for me again. Yeah, but he was playing.

581
00:28:24,119 --> 00:28:26,000
Speaker 1: So to be back out there. He's so happy to

582
00:28:26,040 --> 00:28:27,920
Speaker 1: see me out now. I'm just so happy to know

583
00:28:28,040 --> 00:28:29,520
Speaker 1: he on the other side of me. Man, it's just

584
00:28:29,560 --> 00:28:31,520
Speaker 1: a great feeling. And that's my guy. We just got

585
00:28:31,600 --> 00:28:32,960
Speaker 1: to keep it going, you know, stay humble and just

586
00:28:33,040 --> 00:28:34,760
Speaker 1: keep working. I'm glad you see Kirby had the game

587
00:28:34,760 --> 00:28:38,800
Speaker 1: that he and that's a rookie that you don't have

588
00:28:38,840 --> 00:28:40,720
Speaker 1: to remember for a long time if you just keep

589
00:28:40,760 --> 00:28:42,920
Speaker 1: you know, staying foking, staying with that ball, that he's

590
00:28:42,920 --> 00:28:45,200
Speaker 1: gonna make place. But your second year, Jeff Sinceter, you're

591
00:28:45,280 --> 00:28:47,800
Speaker 1: Kirby's a rookie. You guys are starting to make some plays, right.

592
00:28:47,800 --> 00:28:50,080
Speaker 1: It's exciting now to see some of these you know

593
00:28:50,160 --> 00:28:53,280
Speaker 1: that that's pretty young secondary and now just like you said,

594
00:28:53,320 --> 00:28:55,400
Speaker 1: just stack him on top and then and then you're

595
00:28:55,440 --> 00:28:58,000
Speaker 1: on something. Yeah. Um, yeah, it's great to see guys

596
00:28:58,000 --> 00:28:59,640
Speaker 1: like that. You know, we still got t walk you know,

597
00:28:59,680 --> 00:29:01,640
Speaker 1: the big in the room. You know, he still shows

598
00:29:01,640 --> 00:29:04,200
Speaker 1: the roles around the thing. But like you said, we

599
00:29:04,280 --> 00:29:05,680
Speaker 1: still got a lot of young guys that are really

600
00:29:05,760 --> 00:29:08,440
Speaker 1: hunger ready to play. You know, well, go to Chicago,

601
00:29:08,600 --> 00:29:10,760
Speaker 1: get yourself another good win. They're stack that was on

602
00:29:10,800 --> 00:29:12,640
Speaker 1: top of each other. Thank you for joining me. It's

603
00:29:12,680 --> 00:29:14,480
Speaker 1: fun so it's fun watching you. You bring a lot

604
00:29:14,520 --> 00:29:16,960
Speaker 1: of energy to that defense. It's good seeing you out there,

605
00:29:17,000 --> 00:29:18,480
Speaker 1: and I hope, I hope you keep it up the

606
00:29:18,520 --> 00:29:19,959
Speaker 1: rest of the season. Thank you so much for having

607
00:29:20,000 --> 00:29:32,640
Speaker 1: appreciate you. Welcome back to the twenty minute in the

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Speaker 1: Huddle Podcast. It is time for the Key Matchups segment,

609
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Speaker 1: presented by bet MGM. And I'm already looking forward to

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Speaker 1: this segment. Mike, I mean you you have come prepared,

611
00:29:43,400 --> 00:29:47,080
Speaker 1: my friend, they're they're lined up here. He is Mike O'Hara,

612
00:29:47,160 --> 00:29:49,480
Speaker 1: the Hall of Famer. Obviously, he joins me from time

613
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Speaker 1: to time for key matchups. We love when you do, Mike,

614
00:29:52,880 --> 00:29:55,920
Speaker 1: and this is going to be special. I just know it, Tim,

615
00:29:55,960 --> 00:29:57,600
Speaker 1: you and those people out there. I think these are

616
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Speaker 1: statistics and all these are my one liners. Those are

617
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Speaker 1: my jokes. I can't remember all that stuff. Well, I

618
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Speaker 1: love it, you know, as we as we do every week.

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Speaker 1: We're going to talk about five key matchups, am I.

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Speaker 1: Let's start with this one, obviously. Justin Fields first. Alex

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Speaker 1: ANZELONEI linebacker for the Lions. Justin Fields a quarterback for

622
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Speaker 1: the Bears. He's playing some pretty good football right now. Yeah, really,

623
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Speaker 1: and you know, he's he's really enhanced what he did

624
00:30:20,680 --> 00:30:23,640
Speaker 1: last excuse me, last year as a rookie. I mean, really,

625
00:30:23,800 --> 00:30:26,120
Speaker 1: this is the new age of quarterbacks in the National

626
00:30:26,120 --> 00:30:28,720
Speaker 1: Football League and allions are going through the through the

627
00:30:29,040 --> 00:30:34,320
Speaker 1: gauntlet of him. Started out with with Jalen Hurts week one,

628
00:30:34,440 --> 00:30:38,400
Speaker 1: then to a Tango Violoa, different player, stand and throw

629
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Speaker 1: very well, and all this kid here, I think he's

630
00:30:41,040 --> 00:30:43,760
Speaker 1: just a terrific prospect, way better than I thought he

631
00:30:43,800 --> 00:30:45,200
Speaker 1: was going to be. And you just look at how

632
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Speaker 1: he's progressed throughout the season. I mean, he was completing

633
00:30:47,400 --> 00:30:49,520
Speaker 1: fifty four point eight percent of his passes through the

634
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Speaker 1: first six weeks of the season. He's increased at the

635
00:30:52,040 --> 00:30:54,920
Speaker 1: sixty five point three over the last three and that

636
00:30:55,000 --> 00:30:58,200
Speaker 1: offense is scored I think, what ninety four points over

637
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Speaker 1: the last three weeks. During that span, he's got one

638
00:31:00,360 --> 00:31:03,479
Speaker 1: hundred and four points ever passer rating. He has two

639
00:31:03,560 --> 00:31:06,080
Speaker 1: hundred and fifty seven yards a game on average. I

640
00:31:06,080 --> 00:31:07,840
Speaker 1: mean last week he had one hundred and seventy eight

641
00:31:07,880 --> 00:31:11,040
Speaker 1: yards rushing against Miami in that close loss. And he's

642
00:31:11,040 --> 00:31:13,320
Speaker 1: a little bit different where Jalen Hurts is a little

643
00:31:13,360 --> 00:31:17,320
Speaker 1: bit smaller, you know, he's justin's a little bit bigger,

644
00:31:17,360 --> 00:31:19,960
Speaker 1: a little bit taller, a little bigger frame. Um can

645
00:31:20,000 --> 00:31:23,280
Speaker 1: handle a little more of the pounding probably, And and boy,

646
00:31:23,360 --> 00:31:26,400
Speaker 1: the Lions have to be really good against him on Sunday. Oh,

647
00:31:26,440 --> 00:31:28,680
Speaker 1: he's already got six hundred plus yards from scrimmage and

648
00:31:28,720 --> 00:31:30,760
Speaker 1: what you mentioned last week and the last game against

649
00:31:30,760 --> 00:31:33,360
Speaker 1: the Miami Dolphins. And this is really not only that

650
00:31:33,440 --> 00:31:36,360
Speaker 1: he threw three touchdown passes incidentally, right, so it wasn't

651
00:31:36,400 --> 00:31:39,120
Speaker 1: just only one hundred and twenty three yards pass him

652
00:31:39,120 --> 00:31:40,960
Speaker 1: for the game, but three of them were touchdowns. And look,

653
00:31:41,080 --> 00:31:42,520
Speaker 1: the ball doesn't know how long it took to get

654
00:31:42,560 --> 00:31:45,400
Speaker 1: the end zone. Okay, that's account just like a ninety

655
00:31:45,440 --> 00:31:47,360
Speaker 1: yard throw and all that. But this is this is

656
00:31:47,440 --> 00:31:49,280
Speaker 1: really a special player. And then when you look at

657
00:31:49,320 --> 00:31:51,280
Speaker 1: the Lions part of stopping him, I think it takes

658
00:31:51,280 --> 00:31:54,680
Speaker 1: an entire team effort. But but look, Alexander Willie has

659
00:31:54,680 --> 00:31:56,480
Speaker 1: been playing, you know, some pretty good football the last

660
00:31:56,520 --> 00:31:58,479
Speaker 1: few weeks. You know, I think, you know, he does

661
00:31:58,520 --> 00:32:00,520
Speaker 1: a lot of the dirty stuff that allows you know,

662
00:32:00,560 --> 00:32:02,880
Speaker 1: some of the guys like Derek Barnes last week to

663
00:32:03,160 --> 00:32:05,360
Speaker 1: come up and have the type of performance that he

664
00:32:05,400 --> 00:32:09,080
Speaker 1: did um. But but look, he makes all the signals um.

665
00:32:09,160 --> 00:32:11,480
Speaker 1: He plays just about one hundred percent the snaps every

666
00:32:11,480 --> 00:32:14,160
Speaker 1: single week. He's a captain. They don't think it's going

667
00:32:14,200 --> 00:32:16,760
Speaker 1: to be on him to kind of rally the troops

668
00:32:16,760 --> 00:32:20,360
Speaker 1: and make sure that they're um. You know, they rally

669
00:32:20,440 --> 00:32:23,000
Speaker 1: to the football for one when when justin fields breaks,

670
00:32:23,040 --> 00:32:27,720
Speaker 1: contain um and and just you know, be solid sound

671
00:32:27,800 --> 00:32:30,280
Speaker 1: like they were last week against Green Bay. Let's see

672
00:32:30,320 --> 00:32:33,240
Speaker 1: that translate and they can stack on top of a

673
00:32:33,240 --> 00:32:35,000
Speaker 1: good performance, on top of a good performance. Yeah, I

674
00:32:35,000 --> 00:32:36,440
Speaker 1: think a couple you know, two or three things and

675
00:32:36,440 --> 00:32:38,240
Speaker 1: you just sort of hit on it right there. The offense,

676
00:32:38,280 --> 00:32:41,600
Speaker 1: the defense and in general is getting better. Yeah, it's

677
00:32:41,640 --> 00:32:43,720
Speaker 1: played better and better and I think probably it's best

678
00:32:43,720 --> 00:32:46,600
Speaker 1: game of the of the season, maybe even last season two.

679
00:32:46,600 --> 00:32:48,680
Speaker 1: But the best game of the season was last week

680
00:32:48,720 --> 00:32:50,440
Speaker 1: in the game where they beat the Green Bay Packers.

681
00:32:50,720 --> 00:32:53,040
Speaker 1: One thing about Alex he has speed and he has

682
00:32:53,320 --> 00:32:55,880
Speaker 1: acceleration if you give him a you know, if you

683
00:32:55,920 --> 00:32:58,200
Speaker 1: if you black the guys up front and and Derek

684
00:32:58,200 --> 00:33:00,640
Speaker 1: Barnes did a great job of that. Like the Packers,

685
00:33:00,680 --> 00:33:02,800
Speaker 1: he can get through the crack and cost havoc there

686
00:33:02,800 --> 00:33:05,400
Speaker 1: in the in the backfield and maybe get a sack

687
00:33:05,520 --> 00:33:08,200
Speaker 1: or make him redirect the quarterback and all that. And

688
00:33:08,240 --> 00:33:10,880
Speaker 1: I think that's just one of his strength and seems

689
00:33:10,880 --> 00:33:13,320
Speaker 1: to stay healthy and resilient on all of that. I

690
00:33:13,360 --> 00:33:15,040
Speaker 1: think I think he's a key guy for the trade

691
00:33:15,080 --> 00:33:16,880
Speaker 1: Lions this week. All right, let's move on to the

692
00:33:16,920 --> 00:33:19,840
Speaker 1: perimeter a little bit, and that one's out, all right,

693
00:33:20,240 --> 00:33:24,560
Speaker 1: the next one. And the Bears, you know, made a

694
00:33:24,600 --> 00:33:27,560
Speaker 1: trade deadline move. They sent a second round pick to

695
00:33:27,720 --> 00:33:31,640
Speaker 1: Pittsburgh to get Chase Claypool. And look, I think jeffe

696
00:33:31,720 --> 00:33:33,680
Speaker 1: cood is going to see a lot of Chase Claypool,

697
00:33:33,720 --> 00:33:36,040
Speaker 1: but I think Jerry Jacobs is too, And so I

698
00:33:36,360 --> 00:33:40,360
Speaker 1: want to focus this week on Jerry Jacob's first Chase Claypool.

699
00:33:40,640 --> 00:33:43,200
Speaker 1: I thought it was a big boost for this defense

700
00:33:43,240 --> 00:33:46,959
Speaker 1: to get Jerry Jacobs back. I mean, you just he

701
00:33:47,040 --> 00:33:49,960
Speaker 1: was thrown at four times, no receptions, He had a

702
00:33:50,000 --> 00:33:53,280
Speaker 1: tackle for loss, he had a really key pass defense

703
00:33:53,400 --> 00:33:56,880
Speaker 1: late in that game. And look, he's a physical guy, Mike,

704
00:33:57,000 --> 00:33:59,240
Speaker 1: and and I just think he brings something to that

705
00:33:59,280 --> 00:34:01,840
Speaker 1: outside a little bit the edge. I think to Jerry

706
00:34:01,920 --> 00:34:04,160
Speaker 1: Jacobs just you know, how he had to fight to

707
00:34:04,200 --> 00:34:08,479
Speaker 1: get into this league. And I think there's a little

708
00:34:08,480 --> 00:34:10,360
Speaker 1: bit of a chip on his shoulder, and when I

709
00:34:10,400 --> 00:34:13,239
Speaker 1: watch him, he plays that way to me, and I

710
00:34:13,239 --> 00:34:16,400
Speaker 1: think he gives that defense a little something. Look, Claypool

711
00:34:16,440 --> 00:34:19,480
Speaker 1: is six four, two thirty eight. I don't think Jerry

712
00:34:19,520 --> 00:34:21,560
Speaker 1: Jacobs even knows that. I don't think he cares. I

713
00:34:22,200 --> 00:34:24,680
Speaker 1: don't think anything gets in his way. Look, I wouldn't

714
00:34:24,680 --> 00:34:26,279
Speaker 1: want to be the guy in front of him by

715
00:34:26,280 --> 00:34:28,239
Speaker 1: car breaks down, he can't get through the light, you

716
00:34:28,280 --> 00:34:30,239
Speaker 1: know what I mean. He's he's got that sort of

717
00:34:30,320 --> 00:34:33,839
Speaker 1: dynamic personality to me, you know, none of this isn't

718
00:34:33,840 --> 00:34:36,000
Speaker 1: a bad way where this is. To me, these are

719
00:34:36,000 --> 00:34:38,399
Speaker 1: good traits for pro football player. And I think he'll

720
00:34:38,400 --> 00:34:40,960
Speaker 1: give Claypool all he can handle. I don't care if

721
00:34:40,960 --> 00:34:44,759
Speaker 1: he's six nine and Claypool, obviously just stepping into that

722
00:34:44,840 --> 00:34:47,920
Speaker 1: situation last week, only played twenty six snaps against Miami.

723
00:34:48,000 --> 00:34:51,120
Speaker 1: I would expect that to probably double. And you know

724
00:34:51,320 --> 00:34:54,440
Speaker 1: that just gives justin Fields another weapon on the outside.

725
00:34:54,440 --> 00:34:57,280
Speaker 1: You mentioned the height and weight. It's a big body,

726
00:34:57,320 --> 00:34:59,279
Speaker 1: a guy that can go high point the football some

727
00:34:59,360 --> 00:35:01,880
Speaker 1: fifty fifty balls which they hadn't had in that offense,

728
00:35:02,120 --> 00:35:04,799
Speaker 1: So it'll be interesting to see um, you know how

729
00:35:04,840 --> 00:35:08,120
Speaker 1: they use him. UM. But I think Jerry's gonna see him.

730
00:35:08,120 --> 00:35:10,160
Speaker 1: I think Jeff's gonna see him. Mike Hughes, you know,

731
00:35:10,160 --> 00:35:12,080
Speaker 1: who played pretty well last week, could see him too.

732
00:35:12,320 --> 00:35:15,480
Speaker 1: The lines are kind of rotating guys in UM in

733
00:35:15,520 --> 00:35:18,040
Speaker 1: that secondary. I think all three of those guys could

734
00:35:18,080 --> 00:35:21,799
Speaker 1: see him. But when Jerry Jacobs and Chase Claypool are

735
00:35:21,800 --> 00:35:24,160
Speaker 1: matched up on my eyes will certainly go that way.

736
00:35:24,239 --> 00:35:26,399
Speaker 1: Look at Claypool's had had good stats and I'm really

737
00:35:26,400 --> 00:35:28,279
Speaker 1: it's kind of surprised to me that Pittsburgh would let

738
00:35:28,360 --> 00:35:29,960
Speaker 1: him go, you know, would deal him with some of

739
00:35:29,960 --> 00:35:32,440
Speaker 1: the stuff he did there. Look, he had nine touchdowns

740
00:35:32,440 --> 00:35:34,360
Speaker 1: his rookie here kind of slipped down to three, but

741
00:35:34,400 --> 00:35:36,640
Speaker 1: he's still get in production. You know, sixty two catches,

742
00:35:36,680 --> 00:35:39,440
Speaker 1: fifty nine catches eight in the first eight games this year.

743
00:35:39,680 --> 00:35:42,399
Speaker 1: You kind of wonder why, you know, rookie quarterback there. Yeah,

744
00:35:42,400 --> 00:35:44,360
Speaker 1: you know that that's part of it. The kind of

745
00:35:44,400 --> 00:35:46,279
Speaker 1: wonder why, why why they would move him like that?

746
00:35:46,320 --> 00:35:48,320
Speaker 1: I just say to me, but that's not the issue

747
00:35:48,320 --> 00:35:50,920
Speaker 1: for the for Sunday. The issue is don't let him

748
00:35:50,920 --> 00:35:55,839
Speaker 1: dominate whatever playing time he gets, just keep him in check.

749
00:35:55,880 --> 00:35:58,080
Speaker 1: And I think I think Roberts can do that. Well,

750
00:35:58,160 --> 00:36:00,440
Speaker 1: let's let's move over to the offense sub side of

751
00:36:00,440 --> 00:36:03,080
Speaker 1: the football a little bit with you know, Eddie Jackson.

752
00:36:03,520 --> 00:36:06,760
Speaker 1: They're talented safety who's who's really having a terrific season.

753
00:36:06,760 --> 00:36:11,880
Speaker 1: He's got four interceptions on the season, um, two forced fumbles,

754
00:36:11,880 --> 00:36:15,440
Speaker 1: four passes defended. And you know that matchup with him

755
00:36:15,480 --> 00:36:18,319
Speaker 1: and Jared Golf, you know, that quarterback safety matchup is

756
00:36:18,320 --> 00:36:20,919
Speaker 1: always intriguing to me. You know, when you talk about

757
00:36:20,960 --> 00:36:24,080
Speaker 1: a quarterback's eyes, right, it's that safety that they're always

758
00:36:24,080 --> 00:36:26,600
Speaker 1: trying to tease and trying to move and trying to

759
00:36:26,640 --> 00:36:30,120
Speaker 1: create space. And um, you know, I think that's going

760
00:36:30,200 --> 00:36:32,600
Speaker 1: to be important in this one. I think Eddie Jackson

761
00:36:32,719 --> 00:36:35,640
Speaker 1: is their kind of playmaker in their defense, especially with

762
00:36:35,680 --> 00:36:38,080
Speaker 1: no Roquan Smith, no Robert Quinn. Now they traded those

763
00:36:38,080 --> 00:36:42,680
Speaker 1: guys away. I think, now that's that's kind of Jackson's defense. Now,

764
00:36:42,719 --> 00:36:44,759
Speaker 1: he's that playmaker. He's that guy that can go get

765
00:36:44,800 --> 00:36:47,840
Speaker 1: them a big playum. And so you know when you

766
00:36:47,840 --> 00:36:50,239
Speaker 1: talk about Jared, look, he's made a couple of mistakes, right,

767
00:36:50,400 --> 00:36:53,879
Speaker 1: he made some turnovers that was a big point of emphasis. Um.

768
00:36:53,920 --> 00:36:56,759
Speaker 1: The last couple of weeks is limiting some of those turnovers.

769
00:36:56,760 --> 00:36:58,400
Speaker 1: And so to me, I think that's going to be

770
00:36:58,440 --> 00:37:00,239
Speaker 1: a key matchup. You know, I think this gonna be

771
00:37:00,239 --> 00:37:03,000
Speaker 1: a close football game. It's supposed to be cold. Um.

772
00:37:03,120 --> 00:37:06,880
Speaker 1: And you know I both teams like to run the football,

773
00:37:07,160 --> 00:37:10,239
Speaker 1: but when you do throw it, don't make that critical mistake. Right.

774
00:37:10,280 --> 00:37:12,840
Speaker 1: We've seen the fumbles return for a touchdown New England.

775
00:37:12,880 --> 00:37:16,000
Speaker 1: We saw the pick sixes early early in the year.

776
00:37:16,600 --> 00:37:21,200
Speaker 1: Don't make that that that that that that disastrous play. Um.

777
00:37:21,280 --> 00:37:24,560
Speaker 1: And and see if you can't maneuver him Jackson, and

778
00:37:24,800 --> 00:37:26,440
Speaker 1: see if you can't make a big play overs head, well,

779
00:37:26,440 --> 00:37:28,239
Speaker 1: it's gonna be hard to maneuver him. And also it

780
00:37:28,239 --> 00:37:30,279
Speaker 1: seems to be something that happens the first possession of

781
00:37:30,280 --> 00:37:33,359
Speaker 1: the second half too with with Jared Goff to look

782
00:37:33,400 --> 00:37:35,520
Speaker 1: avoid that, you know, don't don't get it, don't don't

783
00:37:35,520 --> 00:37:37,319
Speaker 1: give them a momentum shift at all that in fact,

784
00:37:37,320 --> 00:37:39,560
Speaker 1: there is a one to be had. But look, this

785
00:37:39,719 --> 00:37:42,080
Speaker 1: is a fourth round draft pick out of Alabama, had

786
00:37:42,120 --> 00:37:44,640
Speaker 1: a pretty good strong At six feet two hundred and

787
00:37:44,680 --> 00:37:47,600
Speaker 1: six pounds, he looked like an Alabama player. Guy's really

788
00:37:47,880 --> 00:37:50,879
Speaker 1: really put together. And look, came in strong two second

789
00:37:50,960 --> 00:37:54,239
Speaker 1: year he had what six interceptions, all made All Pro.

790
00:37:54,360 --> 00:37:57,400
Speaker 1: The next year dropped dropped to four or whatever it was,

791
00:37:57,680 --> 00:37:59,560
Speaker 1: and then had kind of a dry spell until till

792
00:37:59,560 --> 00:38:01,640
Speaker 1: this year to have anything the last two years. Now

793
00:38:01,640 --> 00:38:03,520
Speaker 1: he's kind of back on his game like that kind

794
00:38:03,560 --> 00:38:05,279
Speaker 1: of but he really is back on his game and

795
00:38:05,320 --> 00:38:07,960
Speaker 1: I think he's he's a threat in the secondary. Yeah,

796
00:38:08,560 --> 00:38:10,120
Speaker 1: so just take care of the football, right if you,

797
00:38:10,239 --> 00:38:13,279
Speaker 1: Jared Gov, don't make the big mistake and still be

798
00:38:13,320 --> 00:38:15,440
Speaker 1: you still be aggressive, still trying to make some plays,

799
00:38:15,800 --> 00:38:19,480
Speaker 1: but you can't make the big mistake. Number one thing

800
00:38:19,600 --> 00:38:21,799
Speaker 1: is get back to the huddle with the ball. Okay,

801
00:38:22,080 --> 00:38:24,600
Speaker 1: all right, let's go back UM to the two Lions

802
00:38:24,680 --> 00:38:27,480
Speaker 1: defense and Sean Elliott. I think he's been playing some

803
00:38:27,520 --> 00:38:30,120
Speaker 1: pretty good football since he was you know, benched and

804
00:38:30,160 --> 00:38:32,759
Speaker 1: then you know, brought back in UM. You know, we

805
00:38:32,840 --> 00:38:37,040
Speaker 1: talked to UM Brian Duker, the defensive backs coach, you know,

806
00:38:37,080 --> 00:38:38,759
Speaker 1: this week and he said, you know, look, there was

807
00:38:38,800 --> 00:38:41,479
Speaker 1: some assignment stuff. He wasn't quite being you know, as

808
00:38:41,480 --> 00:38:44,759
Speaker 1: sound as we want him to. I think that benching

809
00:38:45,520 --> 00:38:46,960
Speaker 1: and then he ended up having to go, you know,

810
00:38:46,960 --> 00:38:51,360
Speaker 1: back in the game because of injury. Um, but I

811
00:38:51,360 --> 00:38:55,040
Speaker 1: think that kind of, you know, that was awakening call

812
00:38:55,120 --> 00:38:57,719
Speaker 1: for for Deshaun Elliott. And he's played some pretty good

813
00:38:57,800 --> 00:39:00,680
Speaker 1: football and I can see him. He matched up a

814
00:39:00,760 --> 00:39:04,840
Speaker 1: little bit against their talented tight end Cole Commet, a

815
00:39:04,880 --> 00:39:07,239
Speaker 1: guy who they really like to try to get the

816
00:39:07,280 --> 00:39:11,080
Speaker 1: football to six six, two hundred and sixty pounds. You know,

817
00:39:11,160 --> 00:39:12,960
Speaker 1: he was a guy that they direct snap two in

818
00:39:13,000 --> 00:39:15,399
Speaker 1: the backfield, kind of like what Travis Kelsey does with

819
00:39:15,640 --> 00:39:18,360
Speaker 1: Kansas City on a third and one play. And you know,

820
00:39:18,360 --> 00:39:20,319
Speaker 1: he had a couple of touchdowns last week. I think

821
00:39:20,520 --> 00:39:22,600
Speaker 1: they're really trying to make him a bigger part of

822
00:39:22,640 --> 00:39:24,960
Speaker 1: that offense. And so to me that that that's a

823
00:39:25,040 --> 00:39:30,279
Speaker 1: key matchup is Lion safetied Sean Elliott first Bears tight end,

824
00:39:30,600 --> 00:39:32,239
Speaker 1: uh Cole Comet, because I think those two are going

825
00:39:32,280 --> 00:39:33,680
Speaker 1: to see quite a bit of each other on Suddenly,

826
00:39:33,719 --> 00:39:35,200
Speaker 1: I'm glad you said Commet before I had to figure

827
00:39:35,239 --> 00:39:37,200
Speaker 1: out how to pronounce it. But one thing, Look, he

828
00:39:37,239 --> 00:39:39,440
Speaker 1: had a big year last year, and I mean, you know,

829
00:39:39,520 --> 00:39:42,399
Speaker 1: not all pro type everybody had sixty catches for six

830
00:39:42,520 --> 00:39:44,759
Speaker 1: hundred and six hundred one yards or something like that,

831
00:39:45,040 --> 00:39:47,000
Speaker 1: and haven't haven't used him quite as much this year.

832
00:39:47,040 --> 00:39:49,600
Speaker 1: I don't think he's nineteen catches, that's really I think

833
00:39:49,600 --> 00:39:51,719
Speaker 1: he's I think he's just got more value to them

834
00:39:52,040 --> 00:39:54,080
Speaker 1: than that. But let's not have it this week. Let's

835
00:39:54,080 --> 00:39:56,239
Speaker 1: have it next week. And I think, like we talked about,

836
00:39:56,320 --> 00:39:58,600
Speaker 1: with this passing game evolving a little bit more as

837
00:39:58,640 --> 00:40:01,080
Speaker 1: justin fields gets more comfortab now you've got a weapon

838
00:40:01,120 --> 00:40:03,080
Speaker 1: on the outside that you feel pretty good about. I

839
00:40:03,080 --> 00:40:05,520
Speaker 1: could see there being some more one on one opportunities

840
00:40:05,840 --> 00:40:08,360
Speaker 1: for a guy like Coal claimet. Plus you have to,

841
00:40:09,160 --> 00:40:11,000
Speaker 1: you know, watch the run game so much. I mean

842
00:40:11,080 --> 00:40:13,359
Speaker 1: Chicago's run for at least two hundred twenty five yards

843
00:40:13,360 --> 00:40:15,440
Speaker 1: and four straight games, Mike, I mean no team has

844
00:40:15,480 --> 00:40:18,960
Speaker 1: done that since the mid seventies, and so um I

845
00:40:19,120 --> 00:40:23,360
Speaker 1: remember that. And so there's there's all those elements now

846
00:40:23,480 --> 00:40:25,600
Speaker 1: that that I think you can now could claimet I

847
00:40:25,600 --> 00:40:27,440
Speaker 1: think becomes a bigger part of that. So that's a

848
00:40:27,520 --> 00:40:29,719
Speaker 1: key matchup, right, that's a key matchup. But also just

849
00:40:29,760 --> 00:40:31,640
Speaker 1: think about it. You know they're running for this many

850
00:40:31,719 --> 00:40:35,439
Speaker 1: yards and your young quarterback is getting his game together

851
00:40:35,480 --> 00:40:38,759
Speaker 1: as a passer too. It's so deadly deadly duo right there.

852
00:40:38,760 --> 00:40:40,600
Speaker 1: It really is. They got a lot of confidence. Well

853
00:40:40,640 --> 00:40:44,160
Speaker 1: they should. Yeah, all right, last one, um to me,

854
00:40:44,320 --> 00:40:47,640
Speaker 1: Braxon Jones, Um, you know, left tackle for them, a

855
00:40:47,680 --> 00:40:51,960
Speaker 1: fifth round draft pick Southern Southern Utah verse Aidan Hutchinson.

856
00:40:52,239 --> 00:40:54,440
Speaker 1: You know, and Aiden made a big play the other day.

857
00:40:54,480 --> 00:40:55,960
Speaker 1: He's got four and a half sacks on the year.

858
00:40:56,040 --> 00:40:58,080
Speaker 1: He's now got his first career interception. But when you

859
00:40:58,120 --> 00:41:00,520
Speaker 1: look at a guy like Braxon Jones and look at that,

860
00:41:00,560 --> 00:41:03,480
Speaker 1: there's some rookie on rookie crime this week right on

861
00:41:03,520 --> 00:41:07,120
Speaker 1: the left side there. But look he's allowed five sacks

862
00:41:07,239 --> 00:41:09,600
Speaker 1: on the season. Yeah, and like all rookies, you know,

863
00:41:09,800 --> 00:41:12,719
Speaker 1: I mean, that's just going to happen. But to me,

864
00:41:12,920 --> 00:41:15,680
Speaker 1: I think that's I think Aiden's got an opportunity this week.

865
00:41:15,680 --> 00:41:17,360
Speaker 1: We're not talking about an all pro guy, We're not

866
00:41:17,360 --> 00:41:19,359
Speaker 1: talking about a guy with a ton of experience where

867
00:41:19,680 --> 00:41:21,760
Speaker 1: you know, Aiden's got to try to figure this out.

868
00:41:21,920 --> 00:41:23,840
Speaker 1: I think this rookie across from him is going to

869
00:41:23,880 --> 00:41:25,600
Speaker 1: be trying to figure it out just as Aiden is.

870
00:41:25,680 --> 00:41:29,120
Speaker 1: And I think this is an opportunity this week for

871
00:41:29,160 --> 00:41:32,560
Speaker 1: Aiden Hutchinson maybe to make a few more big impact

872
00:41:32,560 --> 00:41:36,320
Speaker 1: plays like we saw in Washington, like we saw against

873
00:41:36,320 --> 00:41:40,360
Speaker 1: Green Bay with the interception, and I think that's a

874
00:41:40,400 --> 00:41:42,000
Speaker 1: big one. Well, you would hope so. And look, we've

875
00:41:42,280 --> 00:41:44,839
Speaker 1: both talked to Todd Walsh, the defensive line coach here,

876
00:41:44,840 --> 00:41:48,239
Speaker 1: and he told us back after they drafted Aiden and

877
00:41:48,600 --> 00:41:52,719
Speaker 1: since then, look one thing, the transition from college to

878
00:41:52,840 --> 00:41:54,960
Speaker 1: pro for a pass rush, for a rookie pass rushers

879
00:41:55,040 --> 00:41:57,359
Speaker 1: is tough as anything else in the National Football League.

880
00:41:57,520 --> 00:41:59,839
Speaker 1: And we look at it this and this really makes sense.

881
00:42:00,360 --> 00:42:02,560
Speaker 1: As a fourth year player at Michigan last year, he

882
00:42:02,560 --> 00:42:04,640
Speaker 1: had a great year. And look, this takes nothing away

883
00:42:04,640 --> 00:42:07,160
Speaker 1: from him. It's just the reality of the National Football League.

884
00:42:07,480 --> 00:42:11,719
Speaker 1: You're playing against freshman sophomores, juniors, and you're twenty two

885
00:42:11,800 --> 00:42:14,360
Speaker 1: years old. You come into the National Football League and

886
00:42:14,400 --> 00:42:16,239
Speaker 1: you're playing the guys who've been there for ten years.

887
00:42:16,440 --> 00:42:18,640
Speaker 1: You've got a good left tackle, they don't go they

888
00:42:18,719 --> 00:42:21,280
Speaker 1: play from their rookie year. They'll out there for fifteen

889
00:42:21,360 --> 00:42:23,880
Speaker 1: years and you have no advantage on them. This is

890
00:42:24,360 --> 00:42:27,040
Speaker 1: a matchup to me where I think Aiden Hutchinson should

891
00:42:27,160 --> 00:42:29,200
Speaker 1: should have the advantage and he should I really I

892
00:42:29,239 --> 00:42:31,800
Speaker 1: think he should take advantage of it, and I wouldn't.

893
00:42:31,800 --> 00:42:33,839
Speaker 1: I'd be surprised if he doesn't. I really would be.

894
00:42:34,040 --> 00:42:36,960
Speaker 1: I think getting the interception he got against against the

895
00:42:37,000 --> 00:42:38,920
Speaker 1: Packers last week, all he didn't make the initial plan,

896
00:42:39,000 --> 00:42:40,239
Speaker 1: it was a bad throw and all that, but he

897
00:42:40,280 --> 00:42:42,520
Speaker 1: did it, and I think that should give him that

898
00:42:42,600 --> 00:42:44,600
Speaker 1: and the fact that they follow through and they win

899
00:42:44,680 --> 00:42:47,279
Speaker 1: the game. You know, it's an upset victory and any

900
00:42:47,280 --> 00:42:49,040
Speaker 1: way you want to look at it, when you really

901
00:42:49,040 --> 00:42:51,920
Speaker 1: look at the two teams, not so much. But I

902
00:42:51,960 --> 00:42:55,240
Speaker 1: think this should give Aidan Hutchinson a little more believe

903
00:42:55,440 --> 00:42:57,920
Speaker 1: a little more confidence, a little more assurance and what

904
00:42:57,960 --> 00:43:00,480
Speaker 1: he's doing that it's work and continue to do this,

905
00:43:00,600 --> 00:43:03,359
Speaker 1: work on it, develop it, and I think he's got

906
00:43:03,360 --> 00:43:05,359
Speaker 1: a chance to have a big game. And he's got

907
00:43:05,360 --> 00:43:07,160
Speaker 1: to be really good against the run game too, you know,

908
00:43:07,320 --> 00:43:10,239
Speaker 1: especially off the edge. Absolutely he can't be you know,

909
00:43:10,280 --> 00:43:12,600
Speaker 1: getting out of some of his rush lanes. He can't

910
00:43:12,640 --> 00:43:18,480
Speaker 1: be um you know, going off assignment and he's call

911
00:43:18,520 --> 00:43:20,640
Speaker 1: that fields get out. I mean we saw it with

912
00:43:20,719 --> 00:43:23,160
Speaker 1: the big plays last week. He can go and so

913
00:43:24,000 --> 00:43:25,360
Speaker 1: you want to be able to make plays in the

914
00:43:25,360 --> 00:43:27,360
Speaker 1: passing game. But I think he's got to be strong

915
00:43:27,440 --> 00:43:29,279
Speaker 1: against the run too. He's got to be able to

916
00:43:29,280 --> 00:43:32,760
Speaker 1: contain the edge, um, you know, be responsible with his rushes.

917
00:43:32,800 --> 00:43:34,799
Speaker 1: I just think overall, I think he's going to be

918
00:43:34,800 --> 00:43:38,040
Speaker 1: a big component of how well the Lions play defensively,

919
00:43:38,080 --> 00:43:40,520
Speaker 1: both from a run game pass point and containing the

920
00:43:40,600 --> 00:43:43,560
Speaker 1: edge and trying to contain Justin fields and from trying

921
00:43:43,560 --> 00:43:45,279
Speaker 1: to get Justin fields on the ground when he does

922
00:43:45,360 --> 00:43:46,960
Speaker 1: drop back in the film, Yeah, absolutely. You know. I

923
00:43:47,600 --> 00:43:52,359
Speaker 1: listened to the one of the post game sessions with

924
00:43:52,400 --> 00:43:54,480
Speaker 1: the with the Bears last week after their game, and

925
00:43:54,560 --> 00:43:58,839
Speaker 1: their head coach Matt Everfuse if I'm saying it right, said,

926
00:43:59,040 --> 00:44:00,640
Speaker 1: you know, one of the things so and he was

927
00:44:00,680 --> 00:44:03,239
Speaker 1: talking about defending his own quarterback. He said, you've got

928
00:44:03,239 --> 00:44:05,160
Speaker 1: a rush five and you got to have one guy

929
00:44:05,200 --> 00:44:07,040
Speaker 1: on him. In other words, if that's a spy or

930
00:44:07,040 --> 00:44:09,160
Speaker 1: whatever it is, but you can't just let him. You know,

931
00:44:09,200 --> 00:44:11,080
Speaker 1: you've got to keep eyes on him at all times.

932
00:44:11,280 --> 00:44:13,200
Speaker 1: That's something Detroit Lions. I think I have to figure

933
00:44:13,239 --> 00:44:15,160
Speaker 1: out how to do well. He is the Hall of

934
00:44:15,160 --> 00:44:18,920
Speaker 1: Famer Mike O'Hara, Thanks for joining me, Mike for key matchups.

935
00:44:18,920 --> 00:44:20,560
Speaker 1: It was good. And then we just had one thing

936
00:44:20,600 --> 00:44:23,959
Speaker 1: all the stuff we've talked about. If it's Chicago weather

937
00:44:24,040 --> 00:44:27,279
Speaker 1: that's windy, and it's snow and all that, put it away,

938
00:44:27,320 --> 00:44:28,880
Speaker 1: put it away, and just a game it does, and

939
00:44:28,920 --> 00:44:31,720
Speaker 1: it's supposed to be I think thirty two degrees thirty

940
00:44:31,920 --> 00:44:34,440
Speaker 1: thirty two to thirty six, somewhere right in their mid thirties.

941
00:44:34,680 --> 00:44:37,839
Speaker 1: Take a warmcote, brother, I'll take a warmcote. You do too.

942
00:44:38,200 --> 00:44:41,080
Speaker 1: Thank you so much for joining me. You know, obviously

943
00:44:41,239 --> 00:44:44,040
Speaker 1: big game Sunday, UM, p J Clark and I will

944
00:44:44,120 --> 00:44:47,680
Speaker 1: be in Chicago, will break that down. Um, and it

945
00:44:47,680 --> 00:44:51,200
Speaker 1: should be a fun matchup. It should be NFC North right.

946
00:44:52,480 --> 00:44:54,360
Speaker 1: How about this the Lions win in two games against

947
00:44:54,400 --> 00:44:56,480
Speaker 1: division rivals back to Beck, I haven't done that a

948
00:44:56,480 --> 00:44:58,800
Speaker 1: long time. It'd be a nice, nice time start to

949
00:44:58,840 --> 00:45:02,000
Speaker 1: the seconds after their season. Absolutely, thanks for driving, Mike,