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Speaker 3: watching the Jim Harball interview last week. It was it
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Speaker 3: And you know I asked for questions, buddy, I got
Speaker 3: fifty questions.
Speaker 1: Okay, literally fifty questions.
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Speaker 3: So let's just start with Chris Boltzon. He has been
Speaker 3: out for army training without my phone for the past
Speaker 3: few weeks. Give me the highlights of what I missed. Chris,
Speaker 3: First of all, thank you for your service. I hope
Speaker 3: that this mail bag provides that for you. I think
Speaker 3: that the fans did a really good job of touching
Speaker 3: on a lot of things. And Krim says, I like
Speaker 3: Jalen Rager. Why do you guys think the coaching staph
Speaker 3: loves him so much? And do you think he starts
Speaker 3: over the rookies when Brazil comes around?
Speaker 2: Well, I'll start with Chris. Was his name, I'll start
Speaker 2: with Chris Karim Krim, So that's Corrim. What did I miss?
Speaker 1: Oh?
Speaker 2: Chris?
Speaker 1: Oh? Chris, Chris is what did I miss.
Speaker 2: Yeah, so I think of all the things, of all
Speaker 2: the things that you missed if you were gone for
Speaker 2: the last few weeks, I would recommend going back and
Speaker 2: watching our conversation with Jim Harbaugh and just listen to
Speaker 2: the snippet of the block of grantitede explanation. You gotta
Speaker 2: kind of dig into how you win the block of
Speaker 2: granted award. When I went back and watched the episode
Speaker 2: from last week, Chris, I just he he's so great,
Speaker 2: Like how into it he gets. And he's like when
Speaker 2: he starts with a hundred points come from the game, okay,
Speaker 2: a hundred points, now two and a half points come
Speaker 2: from I'm like, this is incredible, Like this is not
Speaker 2: some Yeah, you know what, you're strong, you had a
Speaker 2: big hit in that game, and you know here's your
Speaker 2: block of grant award. No. I mean he's got seven
Speaker 2: different categories and you get two and a half points here,
Speaker 2: and you know, derwin, Like you could argue you could
Speaker 2: have been number one because it's not really his fault.
Speaker 2: He got a spender for that Chiefs game, so I
Speaker 2: didn't want to hold that against him. But he wasn't
Speaker 2: out there playing, so you know, we got an points
Speaker 2: though in this category. It was fantastic.
Speaker 1: We saw that at the golf tournament.
Speaker 3: Say, it was just a step shot into it that
Speaker 3: he was he was doing that with all the all
Speaker 3: the sponsors in the VIPs and and the fans who
Speaker 3: were part of that golf tournament with the scramble, and
Speaker 3: it was broken down almost the exact same way.
Speaker 2: Yes, yes, and we're going to play fourteen holes and
Speaker 2: then you got a double bogie and then after that
Speaker 2: you got a bogie and then after that you got
Speaker 2: a par to get to eighteen and then we're going
Speaker 2: to crown one champ. And it's just look, it's it's
Speaker 2: practice what you preach, right, competitors welcome, So Chriss, you
Speaker 2: miss a lot. Yeah to the rager thing. You know,
Speaker 2: we're just echoing what coaches say to us and his
Speaker 2: name repeatedly. I think I think there is I believe
Speaker 2: we got into this here. You know, there is just
Speaker 2: something about draft status and you get a draft pick
Speaker 2: attached to your name, and it gives you multiple opportunities
Speaker 2: because of how you were evaluated by front offices and scouting,
Speaker 2: you know, in scouts and the staff that they thought
Speaker 2: you were going to be something special, and when you're
Speaker 2: not and they're trying to figure it out, they just assume, well,
Speaker 2: maybe we can unlock it. And so he's always had speed.
Speaker 2: There's a reason why he got picked in the top
Speaker 2: twenty five and went ahead of Justin Jefferson, you know,
Speaker 2: because they saw something. The Eagles saw something on that film,
Speaker 2: so they're trying to find it, you know, and that's
Speaker 2: I think there's flashes, but the NFL is also about
Speaker 2: consistency and making sure. You know, he had that incredible catch.
Speaker 2: I think it was a Saints game right that he
Speaker 2: had that incredible catch, and then obviously the Arizona game was,
Speaker 2: you know, probably the most unfortunate of his plays with
Speaker 2: that huge drop that really could have set the tone
Speaker 2: for that game.
Speaker 3: He had seven catches for one hundred yards, and it
Speaker 3: was back to back weeks. He had that forty one
Speaker 3: yard reception against Arizona, and then I think he had
Speaker 3: that twenty four yard catch against New Orleans and that
Speaker 3: was the small snapshot. So I think when we say
Speaker 3: that the coaches love Jalen Ragers, it's also what they're
Speaker 3: seeing on the practice field. Yeah, and it's also not
Speaker 3: saying that he's going to be a starter. It's just
Speaker 3: saying even make the team.
Speaker 1: Or even make the team, he's going to be in
Speaker 1: the mix to make the team.
Speaker 2: So I think that was encouraging too, Chris, I don't
Speaker 2: remember who it was, if it was Coach Roman or
Speaker 2: coach LLL, but one of them, you know, said I
Speaker 2: think it might have been Coach Roman who said, you know, look,
Speaker 2: he's got to play special teams. You just got to
Speaker 2: show we can if he wants to make this roster,
Speaker 2: he's gonna have to show because look, if you're the
Speaker 2: fifth or sixth receiver, you're playing special teams. So that's
Speaker 2: also going to be a big part of this as
Speaker 2: to whether or not he's gonna be able to make
Speaker 2: that fifty three.
Speaker 3: Yeah, you know, the preseason's gonna tell us so much.
Speaker 3: We got a Brendan Rice question too, everyone asking about him.
Speaker 3: But it's just it's a very crowded wide receivers room
Speaker 3: from let's say four to nine, right, I mean, we
Speaker 3: don't know who it's gonna be. We know the lad
Speaker 3: and Trey Harris and Mike Williams and Quintin Johnson are
Speaker 3: probably the first four, and then after that it's anybody's guests.
Speaker 2: And I think with Brendan Rice two is I think
Speaker 2: you've now realized and we do this every year, we're like, oh,
Speaker 2: you can't put that wide receiver on the practice squad.
Speaker 2: He'll get claimed and they don't, you know, with Michael
Speaker 2: Bandy every year. And I think if if Brandon, you know,
Speaker 2: I hope he makes the team. I hope he shows out.
Speaker 2: He had a great training camp last year. If he doesn't,
Speaker 2: I think he'll be fine. I think he'll be fine
Speaker 2: as one of those guys on the practice squad.
Speaker 3: Got a lot of international questions, Bunny, this one from
Speaker 3: the UK, Australia, poland in UK, all wrapped up into
Speaker 3: these two mailbacks.
Speaker 1: This is from Lewis.
Speaker 3: Which players or position groups have the most to gain
Speaker 3: going into camp to try to take on or grow
Speaker 3: their role?
Speaker 1: Started defensive line.
Speaker 3: Yeah, I think there's a lot of potential guys on
Speaker 3: the defensive line, whether you're a rookie, whether you're two
Speaker 3: lee to below two stepping up into that starting role.
Speaker 3: You lose punea Ford, you lose Joey Bosa. But I
Speaker 3: think coach Miner alluded to this. You know, we lost
Speaker 3: a couple of guys, but we added more players to
Speaker 3: that line, and coach referenced the line how big it is.
Speaker 3: So I think that there's a lot of guys who
Speaker 3: can kind of raise their hand across that defensive line
Speaker 3: this year and make a big impact.
Speaker 2: Yeah, for me, it's wide receiver. I think there's so many.
Speaker 2: You know, Mike Williams's back, he's been working off to
Speaker 2: the side. You've got a high raft pick, and Trey Harris,
Speaker 2: who was a second round pick that some people had
Speaker 2: graded as a high second round. You know, perhaps depending
Speaker 2: on what kind of skill set you want, you could
Speaker 2: have him maybe sneak into the back end of that
Speaker 2: first round. So and then on top of that, we
Speaker 2: have Caandre Lambert Smith. We have not seen it all through,
Speaker 2: which is tough for him because that sets you back
Speaker 2: a little bit. And then I think it's just because
Speaker 2: you look at last year and how you know, Look,
Speaker 2: you had a solid season as a number two. You'll
Speaker 2: take those numbers, you know, the way he came to them,
Speaker 2: I think would still say, hey, we've got to figure
Speaker 2: this room out and sort out how you're going to
Speaker 2: help out that. And I think I'll I'll cheat and
Speaker 2: I'll pair the tight end room with that too, just
Speaker 2: because to me, there is so much untapped potential for
Speaker 2: where this offense can go if you can open things
Speaker 2: up a little bit and get it to breathe a
Speaker 2: little bit. And that's just all, you know, one hand
Speaker 2: washing the other of let's get the running game, let's
Speaker 2: get play action, let's get some downfield threats to open
Speaker 2: this thing up so we can breathe. So that's what
Speaker 2: I'm you know, like every year, right, always kind of
Speaker 2: pay attention to the wide.
Speaker 3: Receiver room, to your point of the receivers. Though, with Q,
Speaker 3: I do think he has a lot to gain. With
Speaker 3: Trey Harris and Mike Williams come in, he talks so
Speaker 3: much about that ex receiver. Maybe it puts Q in
Speaker 3: a place where he can finally have a little bit
Speaker 3: of consistency and in a in kind of a rhythm
Speaker 3: that we saw him get from his rookie year to
Speaker 3: second year.
Speaker 1: Maybe year three is even better.
Speaker 2: Yeah, you know, to me, it's like I think everybody
Speaker 2: wants to when they think of a receiver, they want
Speaker 2: thousand yards a touchdown, like you know, eighty catches thousand
Speaker 2: yard or whatever. Sixty five catches, thousand yards, eight touchdowns,
Speaker 2: it's kind of your floor. To me, it's it's it's like,
Speaker 2: I don't I don't think about it like that. I
Speaker 2: just think about it as a room, Like what's the room.
Speaker 2: It's the room. You know, if Q's numbers go down,
Speaker 2: but he's you know, it's working for him as that
Speaker 2: Z and it's those quick hitters and underneath and that's
Speaker 2: he's got a ton of yak and it's opening things
Speaker 2: up and he ends up with a couple of touchdowns
Speaker 2: that are impactful here and there. Great you know, if
Speaker 2: Mike Williams is back to what he was with with
Speaker 2: Keenan Allen, when Keenan was got and thirteen hundred yards
Speaker 2: and one hundred catches and Mike was supplementing that with
Speaker 2: eight hundred yards and six touchdowns and sixty catch great
Speaker 2: like and then like it's just cumulative, Like think about
Speaker 2: Justin's rookie season and what it looked like. You know,
Speaker 2: how many you had Hunter Henry with I don't know
Speaker 2: what it was six hundred yards and Keenan's a thousand
Speaker 2: yards and Mike's eight hundred and ninety five yards and
Speaker 2: Geiden's got three point fifty and t Billy's got two
Speaker 2: fifty and three touchdowns, like that's that's kind of what
Speaker 2: I'm more interested in.
Speaker 3: I'm glad you looped the tight ends into that because
Speaker 3: the emergence of Conklin and we talked about Gatson.
Speaker 1: I'm sure we'll get to on some of these questions.
Speaker 3: Paul Ken seven five seven, one five, five four six.
Speaker 3: How's the third and fourth round defensive draft picks looking well?
Speaker 3: Coach reference how big they are with Caldwell and then
Speaker 3: you got Canard SEC Player of the Year and I
Speaker 3: know coach Mitter uh talked about them with with you
Speaker 3: and Jalil a couple of months ago. It's very difficult
Speaker 3: to see how they look in training camp until they.
Speaker 2: Put that on. In terms of Jamori, I think it's
Speaker 2: just going back to his path here. You know, here's
Speaker 2: someone who was in upfield. You know, pressures, sacks, quarterback, hits,
Speaker 2: defensive tackle at Houston, and you know, that's a pretty
Speaker 2: good ticket to get to the NFL if you can
Speaker 2: do that and put that on your resume. And then
Speaker 2: he gets to Oregon and they're like, yeah, put on
Speaker 2: thirty pounds and eat up double teams and Derek Carmon's
Speaker 2: going to get all the shine and he's going to
Speaker 2: get drafted in the top twenty, and he's like, no problem.
Speaker 2: And so I think that just speaks to the type
Speaker 2: of player he is. So I'll be interested to see
Speaker 2: because that tends to be the way that that jesse
Speaker 2: Minner wants his tackles to play. It's a little bit
Speaker 2: more of a hey, let's let's occupy a couple guys
Speaker 2: and you know, and that's why Puna was so great
Speaker 2: because he could do that and get upfield and get
Speaker 2: those pressures. And I think Jamari's got an opportunity to
Speaker 2: do that.
Speaker 1: Herbo Dog.
Speaker 3: How much room is there for Herbert Herbert to improvise
Speaker 3: on the field. Do you think we'll see a different
Speaker 3: side both Herbert and Roman this season with more talent in.
Speaker 2: Depth to work with.
Speaker 3: Based on what coach Roman said to you, I'd say
Speaker 3: he's pretty happy with the additions, especially the running game,
Speaker 3: which will probably allow Herbert to do even more back there.
Speaker 2: Yeah, for me, it's not even the additions, it's just him.
Speaker 2: You know. He tore his planner in training camp and
Speaker 2: then he had an incredibly brutal high ankle sprain that
Speaker 2: was under reported in Carolina in Week two, So that's
Speaker 2: going to limit And coach said that, he's like, yeah,
Speaker 2: I mean we were playing with one hand tied behind
Speaker 2: our backs with his health when it came to getting
Speaker 2: him on the move. And so if he's healthy and
Speaker 2: his lower half is right, then that is going to
Speaker 2: contrue because we've seen him do it. Yeah, we didn't
Speaker 2: see problem.
Speaker 3: We didn't see in the playoffs. What we saw towards
Speaker 3: the back half of the year seemingly almost.
Speaker 2: Every lea when he started cutting loose. So yeah, I
Speaker 2: think if he's healthy, it's just go through the quarterbacks
Speaker 2: that Greg Romans had in his career, you know, and
Speaker 2: what it looks like. If it's Colin Kaepernick, it's Andrew Luck,
Speaker 2: if it's obviously Lamar Jackson, like he likes his quarterback
Speaker 2: extra run around a little bit.
Speaker 3: Yeah, And just adding to the question where he does
Speaker 3: talk about the talented death that helps certainly when when
Speaker 3: you have two running backs that you're really excited about.
Speaker 3: You talked about all those receivers that were added to
Speaker 3: the the arsenal there to go with Conklin and Gatst
Speaker 3: and I think it's gonna make Herb's to help.
Speaker 2: At the mesh point too. You know how many times
Speaker 2: you know, we've talked about it where you know, when
Speaker 2: you're on the seventh floor of so Far, thanks for
Speaker 2: the broadcast position there, Stan, you can see it. And
Speaker 2: it's just like if you just keep it and like now,
Speaker 2: if you have an effective running game with you know,
Speaker 2: with them, with with Amari and and and with Nase,
Speaker 2: now that's going to be even more available. And he's
Speaker 2: you know to me, that's there's like probably ten of
Speaker 2: those over the course of the year that I'd love
Speaker 2: to see, like just ten of those, you know, read options,
Speaker 2: keep it, get your ten yards and put that defense
Speaker 2: on their heels.
Speaker 3: He had the best passer rating of his career yeah
Speaker 3: seven yeah, and then also the the lowest yards per game.
Speaker 3: But if you can get that yards per game up
Speaker 3: a little bit with the talent, I think that that's there.
Speaker 3: In twenty twenty five, This is from David High. Do
Speaker 3: you think Tooley is ready to take another take the
Speaker 3: other starting outside edge spot alongside Mac? How many secks
Speaker 3: do you think Tooley will get this season? You and
Speaker 3: I joked, I think his rookie year just see how
Speaker 3: he set Bosa and back up for the sex. Yeah,
Speaker 3: he's like the stock in the Hockey Assist this year.
Speaker 3: I yeah, I mean obviously think the sacks are going
Speaker 3: to go up, but I do think it's going to
Speaker 3: be a collective effort.
Speaker 1: I mean, there's so many guys across that line.
Speaker 2: Now. Yeah, to the first part of the question, he
Speaker 2: is the starter, like it's gonna be Tooley and Khalil.
Speaker 2: I mean, those are your starting edge players. You know,
Speaker 2: was it November that he had the crazy month that
Speaker 2: he had six sacks? Or was it October? A camera
Speaker 2: of what month it was.
Speaker 1: I think it was October.
Speaker 2: Where Yeah, there's so we know it's in there. It's
Speaker 2: just a matter of and I think you kind of
Speaker 2: then then you go through like the depth chart of
Speaker 2: every other team and you're like, Okay, what tackles is
Speaker 2: he going to be going against? Because they're probably you know,
Speaker 2: if Khalil is you know what Khalil is, I should
Speaker 2: that's stupid to say. If Khalil Mack looks like he
Speaker 2: has the last couple of years and continues to be
Speaker 2: a pass rushing threat, they're going to probably send some
Speaker 2: some team some double teams his way and that's going
Speaker 2: to leave twully one on one. I'm just going to
Speaker 2: like the first.
Speaker 3: It was, it was end of October, that's spilled in November.
Speaker 3: He had a sack versus the Saints, two and a
Speaker 3: half against Cleveland, two against Tennessee, a sac and a
Speaker 3: half against Cincinnati.
Speaker 2: Yeah, so he's got it. You know, he's showed him
Speaker 2: the consistently, you know, with pressures and sacks and quarterback hits.
Speaker 2: He can do it. So Week one Brazil, he's probably
Speaker 2: going to be going up against a rookie left tackle
Speaker 2: and Josh Simmons who's coming off a severe injury, or
Speaker 2: Jawan Taylor, who I think is you know, right at
Speaker 2: that average to below average mark. So and then when
Speaker 2: you talk about tight ends, Travis Kelsey's not really a
Speaker 2: big blocking tight end. They'll throw out Noah Gray there
Speaker 2: to help on one side, but he's probably going to
Speaker 2: be helping a little bit more toward Khalio max side.
Speaker 2: And then you have Pacheco who's a solid pass pro back.
Speaker 2: But like I just look at Week one and it's like, yeah,
Speaker 2: you're going against a rookie or you're going against Jawan Taylor.
Speaker 2: I could see him coming out the gate immediately with
Speaker 2: a sack.
Speaker 3: Next question is from Madeiros, what position group is the
Speaker 3: most concerning for depth. It's tough to answer this question now.
Speaker 3: I always think that the position group that gets injured
Speaker 3: it's the most concerning for depth, and we hopefully won't
Speaker 3: have to worry about that much during the regular season.
Speaker 3: I would say, if if I had to pick, if
Speaker 3: I had to pick a position right now, it's the
Speaker 3: offensive line, just because I don't know how it's gonna
Speaker 3: shake out from a starter perspective, and I don't know how.
Speaker 3: You know, I look like Trey Pipkin is gonna be
Speaker 3: the swing tackle. Coach Harbol we talked about that last week,
Speaker 3: but that would probably be the one position I would
Speaker 3: pick right now if I had to.
Speaker 2: Yeah, for me, I'm gonna go edge just because it's yeah,
Speaker 2: Trulee who has never been a starter and is replacing
Speaker 2: Joey Bosa and it's a rookie and Kyle Canard. And
Speaker 2: then when I go to and I'm gonna just do
Speaker 2: this real quick so I get it right because I
Speaker 2: don't want to short change him. I feel like Bud,
Speaker 2: you know, he's he was great at set in the
Speaker 2: edge but when it came to sort of pass rushing,
Speaker 2: like I don't I don't remember him having a ton
Speaker 2: of pressures. So let's get into like buddpre last year
Speaker 2: had thirty pressures. So like to me, you got fifty
Speaker 2: eight pressures from Mac, you got forty seven from Tully,
Speaker 2: you lost thirty five and twenty eight from Morgan Fox
Speaker 2: and Puna Ford and we of course know that those
Speaker 2: are gonna help your edges out. So like that's the one,
Speaker 2: Like what can Kyle Cnnard give you if is he
Speaker 2: a DPR is he you know, do they trust him
Speaker 2: enough against the run to put him in there? Can
Speaker 2: he help into that rotation to keep these guys fresh?
Speaker 2: So for me, that's that's probably the one I'm gonna
Speaker 2: be the most interested in. I thought that was sort
Speaker 2: of the position that I could have seen them somebody
Speaker 2: out there that we could pick off just to help
Speaker 2: because of how much coach Minner likes to rotate that
Speaker 2: position and just keep fresh bodies coming in over and over.
Speaker 3: And maybe that's still on the table right A guy
Speaker 3: like von Miller or Zadarias Smith, I think is still
Speaker 3: out there, and those would be the type of players
Speaker 3: you wouldn't want to ask a ton out of but
Speaker 3: maybe the supplement what Joey brought, because you're gonna see
Speaker 3: much Yep, bud stats are gonna go up. You know,
Speaker 3: the Jerry's out of Cadards. That's a good one.
Speaker 2: Yeah.
Speaker 3: Offensive line, they actually, I mean they brought in they
Speaker 3: brought in Andre James, So you have like three potential centers.
Speaker 1: You have Sawyer, you have Trey, So the depth is there.
Speaker 1: I just don't know how.
Speaker 3: It's gonna shake out. And I think that there's a
Speaker 3: lot to be determined in training camp at that position group.
Speaker 1: All right, this is.
Speaker 3: VNNG benjel Z ten twenty. How much of an impact
Speaker 3: do you think these rookies will make this season? We
Speaker 3: saw it last year with Alt Ladd and the two
Speaker 3: fifth rounders with Cam and Still and just go back
Speaker 3: to Coach's remarks about the rookie he's pretty high on it.
Speaker 2: Yeah, it's the rookie class is exciting. But last year
Speaker 2: what you got out of joe All which was a
Speaker 2: borderline Pro Bowl season, you got a Pro Bowl. You know,
Speaker 2: we're not for Ceedee Lamp potentially all Pro. If you're
Speaker 2: just valuing slot receivers as a slot receiver only out
Speaker 2: of lad It's going to be hard to match that
Speaker 2: with mari and Hampton and Trey Harris for sure, but
Speaker 2: you know, I go beyond them. Caldwell's going to be
Speaker 2: in the rotation. Canard is going to be in the rotation.
Speaker 2: We've seen what Ronde Gadsden has done through his first
Speaker 2: three weeks for six weeks, I guess technically here and
Speaker 2: how he's tracking. So yeah, I think you could be
Speaker 2: talking about, you know, quite a few players contributing, and
Speaker 2: I think it's just important to set your expectations. Rookies
Speaker 2: rarely come in and make a huge impact on a
Speaker 2: playoff level team. They can do it at the running
Speaker 2: back position. We've seen that repeatedly, but I think to
Speaker 2: expect it from a receiver, especially a tight end. I mean,
Speaker 2: what we saw from Brock Hours last year, that's what
Speaker 2: made it even more remarkable. And why I get it.
Speaker 2: It's Jade and Daniels. He's a quarterback. He helped lead
Speaker 2: the Commanders to the playoffs. But what Brock Powers did
Speaker 2: last year was crazy because it just doesn't happen at
Speaker 2: that position.
Speaker 1: Especially at the quarterback position that the Raiders had.
Speaker 2: You know, and he was arguably the best tight end
Speaker 2: in the league. Like he wasn't just the best rookie,
Speaker 2: he was the best tight end in the league. So
Speaker 2: I think that's it's just important to set your expectations.
Speaker 3: Kurt McIntosh is asking for final fifty three predictions. I
Speaker 3: think that's probably a better question for August. But he said,
Speaker 3: besides Zamarian and Trey Harris, any of the rookies you
Speaker 3: see stepping into a starting role immediately. You kind of
Speaker 3: answered that with colb Well probably be in the rotation.
Speaker 3: I could see Gatson getting more and more snaps as
Speaker 3: the season progresses, but feel good about Disley and Conklin there.
Speaker 1: But you never know.
Speaker 3: Sometimes these guys will surprise you, and maybe there's an
Speaker 3: injury to a specific position where a rookie's kind of
Speaker 3: thrust into a starter role. You'd ever want to see that,
Speaker 3: but we saw Tarheeb still make the most of his opportunity. Yeah,
Speaker 3: when Zout went down, So it's definitely possible.
Speaker 2: And I think you know it's important to remember, like
Speaker 2: lads first third of the season, you know, he came
Speaker 2: out on the basically the back two thirds is when
Speaker 2: he really started lighting it up. It takes these guys
Speaker 2: a second, you know, unless you're Joe all and then
Speaker 2: you just get dropped in there and you're like, yeah, whatever,
Speaker 2: Max Crosby, I'll just stone you in my first ever
Speaker 2: start as in the NFL, all good.
Speaker 3: The only tough game that Joe had was TJ Watt
Speaker 3: when he got hurt, Yeah, in Pittsburgh, and it was
Speaker 3: just remarkable how quickly he a got back, you know,
Speaker 3: playing through pain and then also just being that city
Speaker 3: force for the rest.
Speaker 2: Of the year is crazy. Yeah, I mean it was
Speaker 2: really it was that game, and it was the Houston game,
Speaker 2: you know, in the playoffs. Other than that, you're talking about,
Speaker 2: like I said, Pro Bowl slash all pro level curing thig.
Speaker 3: I feel like people keep confusing football smart with books smart.
Speaker 3: When it comes to Zion Johnson, could you guys elaborate
Speaker 3: a little more on why the coaching staff thinks he
Speaker 3: has both Coach Roman talked about his did he compare
Speaker 3: to Dermadi Dawson like at center or he gave a
Speaker 3: comp well.
Speaker 2: I think he was talking about kind of the build,
Speaker 2: the athleticism, like that's as far as like being smart. Yeah,
Speaker 2: if you're a center, a lot is put on your plate,
Speaker 2: so you've got to process all the information what the
Speaker 2: protections are supposed to be. Then you have to react
Speaker 2: on the fly for what the protections are. When you're
Speaker 2: identifying the mic, where's the pressure coming from? Which way
Speaker 2: are we sliding? Protections? Like, all of that just goes
Speaker 2: into having a good processor, you know, and having a
Speaker 2: brain that processes information, retains information, knows what you're supposed
Speaker 2: to do, so you can tell the other four guys
Speaker 2: what they're going to be doing. So I think that's
Speaker 2: kind of what we're talking about. I think it's a
Speaker 2: misleading question because it's not it's it is both like
Speaker 2: to to I mean we've talked how many centers have
Speaker 2: we talked to? And like when you think about talking
Speaker 2: to Nick Hardwick, he's a smart guy, you know, he's
Speaker 2: not just a football smart guy. But so I think
Speaker 2: that particular position calls for, you know, for that when
Speaker 2: you talk to Corey Linsley, again, smart guy, not just
Speaker 2: a football smart guy. So yeah, I think that's kind
Speaker 2: of what they're talking about, is you know, Zion's an
Speaker 2: intelligent person, you know generally, and then his football smarts
Speaker 2: are also you know, off the charts. It's just a
Speaker 2: matter of again, for we say this repeatedly, it's just
Speaker 2: seeing it, you know, seeing it, knowing and being able
Speaker 2: to react in the appropriate amount of time quick enough
Speaker 2: to make sure you knock it out.
Speaker 3: Plus, my man's got a degree in computer science and
Speaker 3: cybersecurity policy and governance.
Speaker 2: So there's that he's smart as well.
Speaker 1: Uh. This is from Justin Herbert's berner.
Speaker 3: All right, do you think scores the one he excores
Speaker 3: the first regular season touchdown for the Chargers in Brazil?
Speaker 1: Money, you're gonna be calling it.
Speaker 3: I'm gonna say a Naji Harris five yard touchdown after
Speaker 3: Herbert gets.
Speaker 1: Them all the way down the field opening drive.
Speaker 2: Boy, that's a good one.
Speaker 1: What did you call it?
Speaker 2: Right now? No?
Speaker 1: Imagine it?
Speaker 3: Yeah, I'm I'll never forget your your Jill Alt call
Speaker 3: when we when he was drafted that night.
Speaker 1: No, yeah, he pancakes some Carlaftus.
Speaker 2: I think Carlostas, I think, yeah, I think, uh boy,
Speaker 2: what could I see? You know what, I'm just gonna
Speaker 2: play the hits. I'm gonna go lad. I think there's
Speaker 2: just gonna be you know, one of those it's gonna
Speaker 2: I think it's gonna be an explosive. I just I
Speaker 2: don't know. I can see it. I can see a
Speaker 2: Lad explosive, you know where he just does like what
Speaker 2: he did against the Saints, what he did against the Texans.
Speaker 2: Where because you kind of get into that Kansas City
Speaker 2: secondary and obviously you got you know, Trent McDuffie, our
Speaker 2: old friend Christian Fulton is gonna be out there with
Speaker 2: him and Jalen Watson, who solid you know, they've done
Speaker 2: a nice job with that secondary, getting Watson in the
Speaker 2: seventh round. But yeah, I'm gonna go Lad. I'm gonna
Speaker 2: go Lad with an explosive. So twenty yards plus.
Speaker 3: Lad mcconny, Lad getting loose in the Brazil grass early exactly.
Speaker 2: Hopefully they got it fixed.
Speaker 3: Jay Cochran a question from Australia. What are your favorite
Speaker 3: random Chargers jerseys? To see it games. I just bought
Speaker 3: a vintage Darren Bennett jersey from Australia who played AFL
Speaker 3: before NFL in the Chargers.
Speaker 2: Hall of Fame. Then it was a hell of a
Speaker 2: punter man. Good question. Yeah, that is good. You know,
Speaker 2: when we go out, I'm trying to think, who do
Speaker 2: we see a lot of I mean, I feel bad
Speaker 2: saying it's random, but there's still a handful of Ryan
Speaker 2: Matthews jerseys out there.
Speaker 1: That's cool.
Speaker 3: Get we get like a good Darren Sprolls. I've seen
Speaker 3: some Sprolls jerseys.
Speaker 2: That's a great call. We get a lot of Sprolls
Speaker 2: because you know, there's the classics. And that's always my position, like,
Speaker 2: if you're going to get a jersey, get a classic
Speaker 2: jersey just because you know, you kind of know what
Speaker 2: it is, unless you're gonna get a Herbert or you know,
Speaker 2: but go o, get seventeen. You know, wear a Philip
Speaker 2: Rivers out there where a fifty five. As I'm looking
Speaker 2: at the wall behind Brian right now, it's like it's
Speaker 2: so easy Rivers, Yeah, or the twenty one. I was
Speaker 2: just they just played that two thousand and six Divisional
Speaker 2: round game. Happy Birthday LT by the way, Yeah exactly.
Speaker 2: So Yeah, I think I've seen some Hardwick jerseys. I've
Speaker 2: seen some of those sixty, right, wasn't Hardwick sixty sixty one?
Speaker 2: Sixty one? That's right, sixty one. I've seen some sixty
Speaker 2: ones out there. We've seen like the Alworths, the band,
Speaker 2: like a lot. I like the I like there ones though, Yeah,
Speaker 2: the obscure ones are fun. Oh, Danny Woodhead's a good one.
Speaker 2: I've seen a couple of those that maybe the winner. Yeah,
Speaker 2: I've seen a few Woodheads. I've seen some Cramartes. Yeah,
Speaker 2: trying to think of who else it's fun.
Speaker 1: It was the lights out are Sean Phillips, Yes.
Speaker 2: Yeah, DJ and I always look around when we get there,
Speaker 2: and we always look around, and that goes for the
Speaker 2: home team whenever we're on the road, like we like
Speaker 2: to see what are the random jerseys the people uh
Speaker 2: still have?
Speaker 1: How about a guy that I think you interviewed this
Speaker 1: year Natron means.
Speaker 2: Yes, see some me I haven't seen a lot. I
Speaker 2: have not seen a lot of of those of the
Speaker 2: Natron means business jerseys. But shoot, I wish I could
Speaker 2: think because I know there's somewhere I'm like, oh, look
Speaker 2: at that from time to time. So we just unloaded
Speaker 2: a lot of them. Though, I think you know what,
Speaker 2: I think I got it. I do remember one of
Speaker 2: the most I found. I saw a Castillo jersey and
Speaker 2: that when was that? That might have it might have
Speaker 2: been in New England. I remember New England. There were
Speaker 2: some random ones out there last year. So anyway, that's
Speaker 2: that's a good question, jake Ya.
Speaker 3: This is from KHB as we approached the Hall of
Speaker 3: Fame game and the beginning of preseason. One will we
Speaker 3: see a healthy dose of the rookies? And two who
Speaker 3: do you expect to shine of the rookies during the preseason.
Speaker 3: I would just answer the second question that the two
Speaker 3: guys that we talked about last week, Trey Harris in
Speaker 3: GATS and to be honest, man, Mari and Hampton looks
Speaker 3: so good that he does. I don't know how much
Speaker 3: I would play him in the preseason. Yeah, he'll probably
Speaker 3: get he'll probably get some run. But you know that
Speaker 3: that extra preseason game, I almost feel like that that
Speaker 3: game in Canton is more geared towards just the back
Speaker 3: half of the roster. You have to get as many
Speaker 3: reps as possible. You're not gonna see any the veterans.
Speaker 2: In that game. Well, I know our friend Popper wants
Speaker 2: to see a lot of Jalen Jones. He's his pet
Speaker 2: project at safety. So that's something that you'll want to
Speaker 2: keep an eye on, and I always appreciate Popper's opinions.
Speaker 2: I'm looking forward to look, I keep saying that I
Speaker 2: have bias, but I'm looking forward to seeing Djalle and
Speaker 2: you know, if if they can get him right, knowing
Speaker 2: what his talent was, number one, you know, rated quarterback
Speaker 2: coming out of high school, a five star, incredible athlete,
Speaker 2: center fielder at that size, so you know it's in there.
Speaker 2: My favorite guy, Steve oklots looking forward a little bit.
Speaker 2: Can he can he blow up a linebacker, take out
Speaker 2: a safety running down field, maybe catch a pass for
Speaker 2: a touchdown or something. I'm excited about that. I'm doing
Speaker 2: the ones that are a little less obvious. You know,
Speaker 2: I'm hoping that I get to see some Luke Grimm.
Speaker 2: I got a you know, soft spot for Kansas football,
Speaker 2: so I wouldn't mind seeing that. How about our sixth
Speaker 2: round pick and Branson Taylor, you know, making the switch
Speaker 2: to guard. Can he get out there and you know,
Speaker 2: maybe pull a little bit knock some dude out?
Speaker 1: So yeah, Rocket Sanders.
Speaker 2: Rocket Sanders, another good one at running back. Yeah, Raheem Sanders,
Speaker 2: big back out of South Carolina and get a little
Speaker 2: bit of that. Actually. Yeah, so there's quite a few.
Speaker 2: I'm excited about the preseason games. How about Dale Dale
Speaker 2: Von Campbell, the guy that came for a tryout ends
Speaker 2: up making the ninety man. So that's exciting. See if
Speaker 2: you can get him out there. Same thing with Elijah Ellis,
Speaker 2: another one made it on kind of a tryout deal.
Speaker 2: So yeah, there's quite a few, quite a few. We'll
Speaker 2: be keeping our eyes. So we are.
Speaker 1: We are five weeks away from that game.
Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, that's right, it's exactly. I actually started to
Speaker 2: put my my board together. It's like, you know what,
Speaker 2: I'm just gonna get earlier you've ever done that. I
Speaker 2: started doing it just so Oh I'm worried about guys
Speaker 2: maybe changing numbers here and there, so but yeah, I
Speaker 2: already kind of put names, numbers, heightweight, draft status, so
Speaker 2: started making that. I was like, I might as well
Speaker 2: get it done.
Speaker 1: All right, no limit bolds. This is for you money.
Speaker 3: What's your record for the most uncrustables eaten in a
Speaker 3: single day?
Speaker 2: Mine? Yeah, it was specifically SENTI me for you. Well,
Speaker 2: it would definitely be a flight, and it would be
Speaker 2: a long flight because I know for a fact that
Speaker 2: put down three on a flight before I know, I've
Speaker 2: come on the plane hungry, dusted two and had at
Speaker 2: least one more on the way. And then the question
Speaker 2: is did I have another one at the hotel at
Speaker 2: the hotel, and the answer is probably yes. Four four.
Speaker 2: I think four is probably. It's probably the record you
Speaker 2: feel more than that. It's a It's not the calories
Speaker 2: for me, it's the sugar. It's like the sugar spike. Man.
Speaker 2: When I punch one of those down, it's like O
Speaker 2: and then the crash comes and so yeah, so I
Speaker 2: you know, I know, they probably wish the number was bigger,
Speaker 2: but they come forward to a box. So that's well.
Speaker 3: Also, okay, let me let me ask the follow up
Speaker 3: question because there there are like the jumbo ones.
Speaker 2: I don't like the jumbo ones, so this isn't a
Speaker 2: jumbo now. I like the jumbo ones are a little
Speaker 2: too much for me. They it's just it's.
Speaker 1: It's ridge too far.
Speaker 2: It's yeah, it's like the jumbo ones. Man, that's a
Speaker 2: lot of sugar, you know, so that the the mini
Speaker 2: ones are are pretty good. So I'm I'm it's four
Speaker 2: regular sized ones. Yeah, I've I've dusted a box before.
Speaker 3: You know what, when people we got some incrustable comments,
Speaker 3: they like the incrustible.
Speaker 2: Chat and I think, uh, well, it's relatable. It's relatable,
Speaker 2: it's relatable. They're good. It's really good. Yeah.
Speaker 3: Uh, Todd's Kennedy. Any chance or indication that Herbert plays
Speaker 3: a series in the Hall of Fame game, We haven't
Speaker 3: got anything, but going off history, I don't think that
Speaker 3: he would.
Speaker 2: Play in canon. No, yeah, I cannot imagine that.
Speaker 3: It's Do we assume first reps will be in Brazil
Speaker 3: based on last year?
Speaker 2: Yes, but that would be my guest as well. Yeah,
Speaker 2: you never know, though, you know, maybe they want to
Speaker 2: get out there with everybody and run it in a
Speaker 2: game situation. They can do that though, and joint practices
Speaker 2: and they can do that, and you know, they can
Speaker 2: get their reps that they need.
Speaker 3: So all right, I like this question. Time to cook
Speaker 3: at six, one nine, Shaggy one player on both sides
Speaker 3: of the ball that nobody's talking about. They'll have a
Speaker 3: big impact for the Bolts.
Speaker 2: Well, if nobody's talking about them, that's probably not good
Speaker 2: because that would mean that people got hurt and that's
Speaker 2: why they have a big impact player. Nobody's I feel
Speaker 2: like nobody's talking about Tyler Conklin.
Speaker 1: You know that was that was my pick for the offense.
Speaker 2: There you go. So then you take defense first.
Speaker 1: Uh, Junior Colston.
Speaker 2: Yeah, great one.
Speaker 3: I think Junior Colston is going to have a big
Speaker 3: year this year. He has he has so many setbacks, Uh,
Speaker 3: the appendicitis in training camp, and you know, the the
Speaker 3: emergence of Dayon Henley and how well Denzel played. You know,
Speaker 3: you were able to mask not having Junior in there
Speaker 3: for as much as you anticipated. But I just think
Speaker 3: the three of those guys together, when Colson was out there,
Speaker 3: you could feel his presence and you could understand why
Speaker 3: he was drafted by the Chargers and what he did
Speaker 3: at Michigan. So I'm excited to see Colston in this
Speaker 3: defense in year two, fully healthy, with the emergence of
Speaker 3: Dayon and the way that Denzel played throughout the course
Speaker 3: of the year.
Speaker 2: Yeah, for me, I'll cheat on defense. I'm gonna take
Speaker 2: two because I think it's important for both of them.
Speaker 2: And it's a Lowie Gilman and Elijah Molden And when
Speaker 2: the three safeties were out there with Derwin playing essentially
Speaker 2: big Nickel and Alowie and Elijah playing up high when
Speaker 2: they were and that was special. That's when this defense
Speaker 2: was at its peak. So if Elijah picks up where
Speaker 2: he left off last year, and Alowie continues to just
Speaker 2: be that settling force on the back of the defense
Speaker 2: and just kind of the glue of this defense. Those
Speaker 2: are two guys that don't get brought up enough because
Speaker 2: it does allow Derwin to stay in the box and
Speaker 2: to get closer to the ball, to play nickel, to blitz,
Speaker 2: to attack at the line of scrimmage because they're so
Speaker 2: good back there. So for me, it's those two. It's
Speaker 2: you know, specifically Elijah because man, when he was able
Speaker 2: to take over that role and Derwin didn't have to
Speaker 2: keep going up high anymore. Man, that just changed things
Speaker 2: so much for this defense.
Speaker 3: Yeah, and Derwin alluded to it, he said, I'm my
Speaker 3: best when those guys are on the ress. This is
Speaker 3: from Darryl Sandlin, Hey, Money and Chris, first time asking
Speaker 3: a question here. With an approved run game, how can
Speaker 3: our offense capitalize on Justin's talents more play action or
Speaker 3: perhaps using his legs war Did we see coach Troman
Speaker 3: utilizing the passing game with better weapons this year?
Speaker 2: Thanks, guys, Yes, that's my answer to all of that. Yeah,
Speaker 2: with a better running game, it's just play action that's
Speaker 2: what Greg Roman wants to do. That's how he gets
Speaker 2: his deep shots. Justin's really good at it. He's the
Speaker 2: best play action passer in the league. I think numerically
Speaker 2: that the data bears that out. So if you have
Speaker 2: a running game that needs to be honored and people
Speaker 2: are gonna bite on those fakes and you're gonna have
Speaker 2: dudes flying down the field, we know Justin is as
Speaker 2: accurate a passer as there is in the league, and
Speaker 2: he's gonna put it on the money and all these
Speaker 2: guys got to do is catch it, and it's gonna
Speaker 2: lead to explosives, and then that's gonna screw with the
Speaker 2: defense because now they're worried about that, and now you're
Speaker 2: ripping off six and sevens instead of threes and fours
Speaker 2: on your carries. And that's just kind of how you
Speaker 2: know you get a complimentary offense. Your running game helps
Speaker 2: your passing game. Your passing game helps your running game,
Speaker 2: and then it helps your fakes and then next thing
Speaker 2: you know, Justin's ripping off thirty yards on a mesh
Speaker 2: and on an RPO that he keeps it and you
Speaker 2: know that's what you want.
Speaker 3: Play action percentage last year according to team rankings, twenty
Speaker 3: third in the NFL fifty five percent. That's gonna go
Speaker 3: up this year.
Speaker 2: He's gotta go away.
Speaker 3: It's gonna go away with with Lambert Smith and Trey
Speaker 3: Harris and Mike Williams and that running game.
Speaker 1: That running game I think is going to change everything.
Speaker 2: Money. Yeah, it starts with the run game. And if
Speaker 2: the run game can be what we think it can be,
Speaker 2: then yes, that play action number is going to change dramatically.
Speaker 3: This is from Chris at c KG seven oh one High.
Speaker 3: Chris and Matt is Andre James currently a dark horse
Speaker 3: candidate to take over the starting job at center. Do
Speaker 3: you have any insight into what the coaching staff thinks
Speaker 3: of him? What would it take for James to supersed
Speaker 3: Bozeman and Zion? Prior to and during the season, we
Speaker 3: asked Joel Ortiz about this and I don't know, did you.
Speaker 1: Talk to Greg Roman about Andre James? I don't remember.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I know, I know it came up, and I
Speaker 2: think even coach Harball alluded to it. Look, he's just
Speaker 2: running with the twos like that's what he's doing right now. Now.
Speaker 2: Can he take it? Yeah? Yeah, I mean, if they
Speaker 2: if he's dominating in these preseason games, or if he's
Speaker 2: showing out in practice, then they're this is not a
Speaker 2: team that you know, money plays or draft status plays,
Speaker 2: or they're going to put the best guys out there.
Speaker 2: It's just what it is, and so that's that's what
Speaker 2: I would expect. But I do think based on a
Speaker 2: the contract that he signed and b what we've seen
Speaker 2: in training camp so far, he's the backup, and he's
Speaker 2: a heck of a backup. You know, to have the
Speaker 2: guy that started sixty games at center is great. You know,
Speaker 2: if something were to happen to either Bozeman or Zion,
Speaker 2: if one of those two go down, But I don't
Speaker 2: see any reason why when the pads come on, he's
Speaker 2: seeing it and he's blocking it, and he's working better
Speaker 2: than those two. I think it's important for people to
Speaker 2: remember too, there's two you know, there's kind of two facets, right.
Speaker 2: It's run blocking and it's pass blocking. You know, it's
Speaker 2: not just who's the best pass blocker, who's the best
Speaker 2: run blocker? You want to try to find that Zion,
Speaker 2: Bradley or Andre which of those three is adequate enough?
Speaker 2: You know, when you who is the best when you
Speaker 2: merge those two things.
Speaker 3: Yeah, Andre James last year didn't have his best year,
Speaker 3: but he had some good seasons with the Raiders. And
Speaker 3: you know, last year, outside of Brock Bowers, who you
Speaker 3: mentioned earlier, I mean, the Raiders'.
Speaker 1: Offense was kind of a mess.
Speaker 3: Yeah, so I think you have to take that into
Speaker 3: consideration when we're talking about James. Now, James is six four,
Speaker 3: three hundred, so he was drafted in twenty nineteen and
Speaker 3: I'm just wanting to get his pass blocking out.
Speaker 2: It wasn't good.
Speaker 1: Yeah, pass blocking was sixty five point.
Speaker 2: Four and here we go. He allowed twenty pressures, which
Speaker 2: is quite a bit from the center position. Two sacks,
Speaker 2: twenty pressures.
Speaker 1: He had tough COVID run blocking fifty point two.
Speaker 2: That's the big issue. You've got to be able to
Speaker 2: run block if you're going to play on this offensive line.
Speaker 2: So that's what I'm saying, Like you know you, it's
Speaker 2: not just preventing sacks, it's not just slow and pressure.
Speaker 2: It's you've got to be able to block it up
Speaker 2: when they want to run the ball between the tackles.
Speaker 3: From Connor Wills. Do you see them ever trying out
Speaker 3: the starting offensive line of Slater, Pipkins, Johnson, Johnson, Becton Alt.
Speaker 3: With Hardball's obsession with size, this would be a huge line.
Speaker 3: I just when Coach Harball mentioned Trey, he mention him
Speaker 3: as a swing tackle.
Speaker 1: That feels like that's where he's gonna be.
Speaker 2: That's what he is. He's the swing So I think
Speaker 2: that's the way they view him. They like him better
Speaker 2: as a tackle than a guard, and he'll be the
Speaker 2: he'll be the swing tackle. So you know, these guys
Speaker 2: aren't small. I think that's the thing. McKay beck and
Speaker 2: Joe Walt are just Titans. They're giant. So you know,
Speaker 2: Zion is still six to four, Bradley is still six'.
Speaker 2: Five they're still really big. GUYS i get. It you,
Speaker 2: Know trey six six sixty seven, Ish so that's what they're.
Speaker 2: Thinking but, no THAT'S i, think like you, Said coach said,
Speaker 2: it and he's, like he's our. Swing he's a heck
Speaker 2: of a.
Speaker 1: Swing flock with.
Speaker 3: Me one two Three my question unless somebody already asked,
Speaker 3: it and actually somebody did laser, beaming so we'll combine
Speaker 3: these two. Questions do you See Jalen ramsey ending up
Speaker 3: with the team even though other teams are mentioned on his,
Speaker 3: List ramsey did say he will play WITH dj before
Speaker 3: or his career is.
Speaker 1: Over keep up the good, work fell.
Speaker 3: AS i Saw derwin At Jalila diees camp down In San,
Speaker 3: diego AND i think somebody asked him About, jalen and
Speaker 3: you know they're they're the best of.
Speaker 1: Friends so you HEARD.
Speaker 3: I think it was rap sheet or one of the
Speaker 3: insiders talking about Maybe schefter talking about maybe The rams
Speaker 3: of The chargers in the mix for A Jalen ramsey
Speaker 3: who's gonna be traded by The.
Speaker 1: Dolphins we just don't know.
Speaker 2: WHERE i think the money is a, lot you. KNOW
Speaker 2: i think the average annual value is twenty seven million
Speaker 2: bucks a. Year he's got three years left on. It
Speaker 2: it feels like he's because of his size and his.
Speaker 2: Physicality as you get, older you lose a little bit
Speaker 2: of your speed and your. Athleticism it feels like he's
Speaker 2: sort of trending toward What derwin already, does like a
Speaker 2: lot of that big nickel sort of, stuff as opposed
Speaker 2: to just throwing him out on the. Island it feels
Speaker 2: like he's a little more effective in the role That
Speaker 2: derwin plays right. Now so but if the you, know
Speaker 2: if the number's, right if the compensation's, right Then i'm
Speaker 2: sure they'd be, interested you, know But miami would probably
Speaker 2: have to pick up some money and the value would
Speaker 2: probably have to be pretty low in terms of what
Speaker 2: the pick compensation. Is SO i THINK i think a
Speaker 2: lot of things would have to line. Up but, LOOK i,
Speaker 2: Mean Jalen ramsey is an incredible. Player i'd love to
Speaker 2: see it and love, it And i'm sure if anyone
Speaker 2: could figure it, out It's Jesse minner be able to
Speaker 2: figure it.
Speaker 1: Out Saint Ju's Dante jackson committed the.
Speaker 3: Veterans you Have Kim hart In tarheve In derwin, obviously
Speaker 3: but that's a. Posy you can never have enough, corners,
Speaker 3: no especially someone Like jalen who could probably play multiple.
Speaker 2: Positions and that's what they, want, Right just put our
Speaker 2: best five out. THERE i don't care if you're a,
Speaker 2: safety if you're a, nickel if you're an outside. Corner
Speaker 2: we're going to play the best five guys and we
Speaker 2: want them to be available at all five.
Speaker 3: Positions this is FROM Bhb Brandon houses the running back
Speaker 3: competition going one in Two, Locke but who's the favor
Speaker 3: for the third and fourth, spot and what's the most
Speaker 3: concerning position group the team has and what's the most
Speaker 3: underrated kind of answer that the second half the question
Speaker 3: in earlier.
Speaker 2: Questions but as far as the.
Speaker 3: Running back, competition we know It's Harrison hampton and you
Speaker 3: Know Keimiti videll was praised By Greg.
Speaker 1: Roman haskins still in the roster were.
Speaker 2: Me haskins is a four core, guy core four guy
Speaker 2: on special, teams and he's a great pass pro. Blocking
Speaker 2: he's a great pass pro. Back SO i think he's
Speaker 2: on the roster Unless sanders shows that he can take,
Speaker 2: that you, know BECAUSE i think last year what we
Speaker 2: saw From camani was he really really struggled in pass.
Speaker 2: Protection now he can get better at it and work
Speaker 2: at it all off, season AND i hope that's the
Speaker 2: case because we saw the explosiveness as a, runner BUT
Speaker 2: i think this, team you need to be able to
Speaker 2: pass protect in order to get on the, field AND
Speaker 2: i think that's why we saw his reps limited quite a.
Speaker 2: Bit so to, me that's it's a heck of a
Speaker 2: battle for that fourth running back. POSITION i THINK i
Speaker 2: think to, Me haskins has that third spot pretty well
Speaker 2: locked and then it's just a matter of who's the
Speaker 2: Fourth Is sanders is going to be able to knock Off?
Speaker 2: Idell is he able to get enough you know of
Speaker 2: an improvement in his past pro where he can be
Speaker 2: that fourth.
Speaker 1: Guy what's the most underrated position?
Speaker 2: Group that is a good. Question, underrated, underrated oh, man.
Speaker 2: Underrated we know it's not. Tackle it's the best tackle
Speaker 2: duel in the. League maybe your, second third, BEST, UMM
Speaker 2: i think probably. LINEBACKER i was gonna say, this and
Speaker 2: it's just Because deon didn't get the knot he should
Speaker 2: have got last. Year you, know he should have been
Speaker 2: A pro bowler and he. Wasn't and so.
Speaker 3: That denzel's injury too at the end of the year
Speaker 3: showed his. Importance and then not Having junior on the field.
Speaker 2: Either, yeah so that that's probably a safe. One or,
Speaker 2: SAFETY i think it might be the best safety room
Speaker 2: in the league with a Lowie elijah And. DERWIN i
Speaker 2: think that's in the, conversation it's the best safety room
Speaker 2: in the. League this is.
Speaker 1: From the Lago i'm. Asked i'm asked it a little
Speaker 1: earlier this, offseason but.
Speaker 3: In each of your, opinions what was the most IMPACTFUL
Speaker 3: i think move of the offseason for next.
Speaker 2: Season for, me Keeping Jesse, MINNER i was convinced that he.
Speaker 2: WAS i was floored that he didn't get any. Interviews
Speaker 2: SO i, thought you, know when you're talking about both
Speaker 2: levels of FOOTBALL NC, double you, know college AND, nfl
Speaker 2: that he would get, interviews and he's so impressive when
Speaker 2: you sit and talk with, him that he might be.
Speaker 2: Gone so to, me that's what he did with that
Speaker 2: defense last year was incredible and cannot overstate enough how
Speaker 2: important it is that he's still.
Speaker 3: Here so for, me it's that that's a great, one
Speaker 3: and you know that goes for most of the coaching
Speaker 3: staff stand. ATTACK a couple of guys obviously got well
Speaker 3: well deserved promotions, elsewhere but.
Speaker 2: Kept everyone But Oleary.
Speaker 3: Ryan ficken here and Coach roman and Coach harball doing
Speaker 3: their thing on.
Speaker 1: Offense for, me WOULD i would kind.
Speaker 3: Of loop in the that week span where you Get
Speaker 3: Najie harris And Makai beckton and then you Add Marian
Speaker 3: hampton to the.
Speaker 1: MIX i JUST i think that they're going to play
Speaker 1: just a much different way.
Speaker 3: Where they are going to lean on that running game
Speaker 3: and you have two durable running backs who could do
Speaker 3: a lot of things in the. Backfield you get that
Speaker 3: offensive line that much, bigger it's just going to elevate
Speaker 3: the play Justin, Herbert.
Speaker 1: SO i would just the running game for.
Speaker 3: Me it felt like that they knew they had to
Speaker 3: get that right this, year especially if you're Playing. January,
Speaker 3: yeah that's a good. ONE a couple more and then
Speaker 3: we got like fifty. Questions we have to do part two, here,
Speaker 3: guys this is a fun. One Assuming Joe ortiz authorized
Speaker 3: the two of you to sign a free, agent you,
Speaker 3: sign and why my tickets for the game in Style
Speaker 3: apollo are already bought to see you guys. There That's
Speaker 3: antonio Gn greo nineteen twenty. Eight So joe's giving you
Speaker 3: a pick or a free agent. Money, yeah you get
Speaker 3: to call.
Speaker 2: Somebody, WELL i think for, ME i probably Go Brandon.
Speaker 2: SHERIFF i think that's where i'd. Go just give me
Speaker 2: a little bit more. Depth you, know somebody THAT i
Speaker 2: know is baseline is, here you, know and that's what
Speaker 2: you need on the offensive line in case you have
Speaker 2: an injury or. Something as opposed to an, unknown you
Speaker 2: have a little bit more of a. Known SO i
Speaker 2: would probably go With. Sheriff For. Martinez that would be
Speaker 2: one of my.
Speaker 3: Two i'm gonna piggyback off of what you said about
Speaker 3: the edge, room And i'm going to go with a
Speaker 3: did did You Davian clowney get picked? UP i think
Speaker 3: he's In? Carolina, right did he? Go did he do
Speaker 3: a deal WITH i think he may be a free agent,
Speaker 3: anyway whether it's Von, Miller Ziderius, Smith Jadevian clowney kind
Speaker 3: of in the similar mold Of bud Du pree last,
Speaker 3: year just adding another veteran presence who you. Know keep
Speaker 3: in mind, too this Is june twenty. Fourth there's not
Speaker 3: a ton out there except for probably grizzled veterans that
Speaker 3: probably don't want to be in training camp and want
Speaker 3: to help you win a. Ring SO i would kind
Speaker 3: of lean on, that maybe take the place of A
Speaker 3: Joey bosa in that room and just further bolster.
Speaker 2: It, Yeah clownish still out. There, yeah so there's a
Speaker 2: couple of guys. There you Got Zadarias smith still out.
Speaker 2: There you mentioned, Him so, yeah.
Speaker 3: All, right let's see uh last, one uh epake six
Speaker 3: most likely contract extension After slater or most.
Speaker 1: Deserving we're probably gonna have the same answer.
Speaker 2: Here most likely contract extension After slater most, DESERVING i.
Speaker 2: DON'T i, mean they're gonna have to get A drwin deal. Done,
Speaker 2: yeah so, yeah.
Speaker 1: GUY i think his deals up in twenty.
Speaker 2: Six, yeah and so they're either going to do it
Speaker 2: next offseason or you, know just get it done. Now
Speaker 2: like that to me makes all the sense in the.
Speaker 2: World just get that, done locked that thing up and move.
Speaker 2: Along IF i, could IF i could Sign joe alt
Speaker 2: to an extension right, now some sort of eligible, players
Speaker 2: like An Evan longoria deal that they did In, Tampa,
Speaker 2: like IF i could figure that, out just to save
Speaker 2: some money down the, ROAD i would do that right. Now,
Speaker 2: yeah but that's not. Allowed, yeah but, YEAH i Think
Speaker 2: derwin makes the same with Lad IF i could just
Speaker 2: get that thing done right, Now.
Speaker 3: I'm gonna say that there's a couple of guys who
Speaker 3: you would probably want to do, it especially with their,
Speaker 3: youth and you, know someone like Alt man.
Speaker 2: Exactly dan's an interesting. One you, know he's going into
Speaker 2: year three next year will be the last year of
Speaker 2: his his rookie, Deal so that's an interesting one as. Well,
Speaker 2: YEAH i think it's It's. Derwin Cool Derwin.
Speaker 3: James all, right, guys we have a ton more. Questions
Speaker 3: we'll probably get to him next, week coming fourth Of july.
Speaker 3: Week and, yeah if you're listening to this, one just
Speaker 3: add to the list. Man, well we'll get to as
Speaker 3: many as we can next week as. Well appreciate you guys,
Speaker 3: listening watching all the support means the world and we're
Speaker 3: gonna be in camp before you know.
Speaker 1: What for money On, chris this has Been Chargers weekly