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Speaker 1: This is Michael Badgeley and you're listening to the Chargers

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Speaker 1: Podcast Network. What's up, guys? Chris Hary with you on

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Speaker 1: a week sixteen edition of Chargers Weekly here on the

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Speaker 1: Chargers Podcast Network. Coming up, our Beat Writers round Table

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Speaker 1: featuring Jeff Miller of the La Times, Gilbert Manzano of

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Speaker 1: Southern California News Group, and Daniel Popper of The Athletic.

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Speaker 1: Plus another edition of Uni Talk with Chargers Assistant equipment

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Speaker 1: manager Kevin Duddy. But first reach out with a couple

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Speaker 1: of members of the Chargers Running Backs Room. All right

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Speaker 1: here in the locker room with Derek Watt, first Alternate

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Speaker 1: Pro Bowl. Yeah yeah, excited about it. Um, you know,

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Speaker 1: I wasn't even on the boat for special teams, so

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Speaker 1: pretty special. Would have loved to be the guy who

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Speaker 1: started there. But um, you know, Matthew Slayer is a

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Speaker 1: great player and has established himself as a great special

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Speaker 1: So you still lead the league and special teams tackles.

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Speaker 1: But to have a guy like Matthew Slater in front

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Speaker 1: you never know, man, you never know what the future

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Speaker 1: holes here in January. Yeah, Um, like you said, he's

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Speaker 1: he's a tremendous player. He's established himself. So I mean

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Speaker 1: this isn't the season you guys all envisioned, but you know,

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Speaker 1: as a family, to see what TJ's doing this year,

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Speaker 1: in these Pro Bowl conversations they have all the wob brothers.

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Speaker 1: That's a very high honor at the highest level. Oh definitely. Um. Yeah.

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Speaker 1: you know, just an exciting time for our family. Like

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Speaker 1: of come to fruition. And finally, how do you guys

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Speaker 1: getting back against the divisional rival, try to get division

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Speaker 1: But right now we're folks. Don't getting that last one.

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Speaker 1: talk with Assistant equipment manager Kevin Duddy. Hale Yo would

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Speaker 1: with me Kevin last week when really well we're having Yeah, thanks,

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Speaker 1: We just went from the Royals now the Powders this week.

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Speaker 1: Last time in the Powders this season, right yeah, last

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Speaker 1: I started this thing, and I still do it now,

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Speaker 1: Kevin in next week's finale a regular season finale Chargers Weekly.

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Speaker 1: I think next week we could talk about what happens

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Speaker 1: when the season ends, what the responsibilities of the equipment team.

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Speaker 1: I'm sure you guys have a lot to button up

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Speaker 1: and yeah and figure out as we head into twenty

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Speaker 1: twenty in a new stadium. So Kevin, it's always a

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Speaker 1: pleasure man. Like I said, the people wanted you back,

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Speaker 1: only two more of these left. It's very sad. Gilbram

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Speaker 1: and I were just talking about Little Pickle Jimmy John's

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Speaker 1: Firehouse Subs training camp. Wow, it's blown by Jeff Well,

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Speaker 1: especially with the absence of Little Pickle UH in the

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Speaker 1: UH over the last fifteen weeks. That was as we

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Speaker 1: you're very high on Little Pickle. Little Pickle won the

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Speaker 1: preseason super Bowl, no question, maybe the regular season one too.

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Speaker 1: I've actually gone back there several times. Really have you really?

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Speaker 1: Pickles shout out. Yeah, the sponsor me, sponsor me. The

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Speaker 1: season has flown by, and I think at that time

471
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Speaker 1: we had pretty high expectations for this Chargers team has

472
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Speaker 1: not gone that way. Five and nine, their worst performance

473
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Speaker 1: against the Vikings seven turnovers. Have not lost any game

474
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Speaker 1: this year by seven points, lost by twenty nine, and

475
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Speaker 1: I think it just unraveled. That last play of the

476
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Speaker 1: first half really was all she wrote. Yeah, the game

477
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Speaker 1: really really swung there. You know, they were moving at

478
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Speaker 1: the worst you're looking at there could be they're gonna

479
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Speaker 1: be up thirteen to twelve at halftime, getting the ball

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Speaker 1: coming out of the second half, and then all of

481
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Speaker 1: a sudden, the crazy play happens with the Philip fumbles

482
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Speaker 1: and then Austin tries to pick it up and can't

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Speaker 1: pick it up and they run it back for touchdown.

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Speaker 1: So the game completely changed at that point, and it

485
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Speaker 1: unraveled completely. And it was really strange to see that

486
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Speaker 1: because we have not I mean, I've never seen the

487
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Speaker 1: limited time I've been around this team, I've never seen

488
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Speaker 1: him lose like that. I mean, the Patriots game last

489
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Speaker 1: year the playoffs was bad, but they at least made

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Speaker 1: it respectable by the end. The other day, there was

491
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Speaker 1: there was nothing respectable about that. The whole second half

492
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Speaker 1: was just a nightmare. Really, the whole Anthony Lynn era

493
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Speaker 1: in the regular season, you've rarely seen that. There was

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Speaker 1: a game in twenty seventeen in arrowhead where they got

495
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Speaker 1: blown out, but very seldom does it happen. That was

496
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Speaker 1: seventeen points. This was this was by far the most

497
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Speaker 1: loutside of loss in the in the Lynn tenure. And

498
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Speaker 1: you just don't see them fumble that much. You don't

499
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Speaker 1: see any team fumble that much. It was pretty insane.

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Speaker 1: They fumbled five times, most since ninety eight, right, yeah,

501
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Speaker 1: seven turnovers. They fumbled five times. And then there was

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Speaker 1: one Eckler fumble that Keenan Allen, you know, pushed out

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Speaker 1: of bounds along the sideline, and Eckler also fumbled again

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Speaker 1: on a play that was blown dead, and it was

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Speaker 1: just like, what's going on here? You talked to Austin

506
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Speaker 1: after the game. He's just like, I don't know. He's like,

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Speaker 1: one week we're all scoring touchdowns. The next week we're

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Speaker 1: all fumbling. And it's like, I don't I don't view

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Speaker 1: it as an effort thing. I just viewed as an

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Speaker 1: aberration of a game. You know, every so often you're

511
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Speaker 1: gonna go out there and fumble a ball a lot,

512
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Speaker 1: and it's just, you know, fumbles are completely luck like

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Speaker 1: when you look at it, when analytics people look at it,

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Speaker 1: it's it's they factored out of a lot of their

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Speaker 1: stats because it's such a lucky thing as far as

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Speaker 1: who recovers it. So it's just it was just one

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Speaker 1: of those games. And then, I mean, I thought the

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Speaker 1: defense played well the number of times they were putting

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Speaker 1: really difficult positions. Four of the first seven Vikings drives

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Speaker 1: started in Chargers territory, including one at the eleven yard line,

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Speaker 1: and they kept holding them to field balls. They kept

522
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Speaker 1: coming up with huge possessions, huge stands to keep the

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Speaker 1: Charges in a game that, frankly, they had no business

524
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Speaker 1: being in. But you turned the ball over seven times,

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Speaker 1: you're not gonna win. That's just save for the last

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Speaker 1: play of the first half. That first half was a

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Speaker 1: really competitive football game, and then it just kind of

528
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Speaker 1: the wheels came off. And the crazy part is Dalvin

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Speaker 1: Cook left that game the third quarter with a shoulder injury.

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Speaker 1: He didn't do much. Kurt Cousin didn't do much. I

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Speaker 1: don't think Stefone Diggs had a couple of plays there

532
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Speaker 1: and there. But when you have turnovers in short fields,

533
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Speaker 1: you know, the game gets away from you. And I

534
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Speaker 1: kept trying to ask the guys, you know what happened

535
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Speaker 1: in that game. You know, you have them lost like

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Speaker 1: that all season seven turnovers. Keep going back to that

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Speaker 1: number seven. At the Alien said, I've never had seven

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Speaker 1: turnovers in my life. So I think it's the gaming

539
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Speaker 1: kind of move on and forget about it. Because it

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Speaker 1: was kind of a nightmare concentration. I think that's what

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Speaker 1: Coachlan was talking about today in his press conference, the concentration,

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Speaker 1: and really it was seven but after the order fourth

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Speaker 1: turned over that kind of sealed their feet. Yeah, it um,

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Speaker 1: it was really a weird game and that when you know,

545
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Speaker 1: I think a lot of us up in the press

546
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Speaker 1: box we missed a lot of the second half because

547
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Speaker 1: we were busy writing and doing others because there was

548
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Speaker 1: no reason to watch the game anymore. And then that

549
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Speaker 1: it really has never that just doesn't happen much in

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Speaker 1: the NFL for anybody, and especially the way, you know,

551
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Speaker 1: all the year we've been talking about these close games,

552
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Speaker 1: these guys keep playing, so that that was you know,

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Speaker 1: it was it was so hard to watch that a

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Speaker 1: lot of us weren't even watching it, frankly. Uh. And

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Speaker 1: I mean there were joking. I was joking in the

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Speaker 1: locker room afterwards or Monday, but there were some stats

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Speaker 1: that I saw in the box where I didn't even

558
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Speaker 1: know what happened in the game, Like I didn't you know,

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Speaker 1: there are a few plays it's like, I didn't even

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Speaker 1: that happen. Man took an eal. It's like, really, I

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Speaker 1: didn't know even so yeah, so, but it was I

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Speaker 1: think Gill's exactly right, and I think, you know, especially

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Speaker 1: where the season is, you just forget about it and

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Speaker 1: move on. I think Austin Ekeler was saying, you know,

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Speaker 1: if this was a if this they were in the

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Speaker 1: middle of something right now and it would be maybe concerning,

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Speaker 1: You're like, wow, what what was it? We really got

568
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Speaker 1: to think about this where in the situation there in

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Speaker 1: and where the Raiders are right now, they can just

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Speaker 1: forget about it, and they don't. You know, there's no

571
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Speaker 1: point in laboring, laboring what this was, just just you know,

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Speaker 1: drop it and move on. No, I'm not trying to

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Speaker 1: make a joke by saying drop it, but you know

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Speaker 1: what I mean, yes you are. Yeah, Mike Boon had to.

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Speaker 1: But at that point in the game though, the defense

576
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Speaker 1: was just completely worn down. I mean there's only I

577
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Speaker 1: mean Gus Bradley, it's one of his principles is being

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Speaker 1: great at sudden change opportunities. He says this all the time,

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Speaker 1: sudden change opportunities, which is effectively you know when the

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Speaker 1: offense turns the ball over. I guess you could also

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Speaker 1: include like a block punt in that same kind of category.

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Speaker 1: And they did. They really performed well and these sudden

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Speaker 1: change opportunities. It was, it was four different possessions. Even

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Speaker 1: after the block punt. Derwin James had that tackle on

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Speaker 1: third down to force another field goal, and they're still

586
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Speaker 1: like kind of in the game. Um, but you know

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Speaker 1: when you when you have five, six, seven, I didn't

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Speaker 1: change opportunities. I mean they had seven turnovers and outside

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00:27:03,040 --> 00:27:04,919
Speaker 1: a block punt, so you can throw that in there too,

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00:27:04,960 --> 00:27:07,920
Speaker 1: it's really eight sudden change opportunities. Like eventually your defense

591
00:27:08,000 --> 00:27:10,480
Speaker 1: isn't gonna holds as well as they were playing. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: it was a bad loss. These guys are gonna have

593
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Speaker 1: to move forward. Finished the season with two AFC West

594
00:27:15,280 --> 00:27:17,879
Speaker 1: games to go oh and four in the division. You

595
00:27:17,960 --> 00:27:20,399
Speaker 1: look at the Oakland Raiders come into town since they

596
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Speaker 1: beat the Chargers on Thursday Night football. They beat the

597
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Speaker 1: Cincinnati Bengals seventeen ten and lost four in a row.

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Speaker 1: So it's a team that's reeling, and for the Chargers,

599
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Speaker 1: you want to feel good about something as we leave

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Speaker 1: twenty nineteen and get into twenty twenty new stadium obviously

601
00:27:35,560 --> 00:27:37,959
Speaker 1: going to be a new roster in some form or fashion.

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Speaker 1: It'd be nice to get a win in the AFC

603
00:27:40,760 --> 00:27:44,440
Speaker 1: West Gil. Yeah, and you're talking about, you know, maybe

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Speaker 1: the future and stuff like that. Austin Ecliver was saying,

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Speaker 1: you know, you don't know if it could be the

606
00:27:47,760 --> 00:27:49,879
Speaker 1: last time this this core, this group could be together

607
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Speaker 1: with so many contracts of the ure, So yeah, why

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Speaker 1: not have a good game and beat your arrival with

609
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Speaker 1: the Oakland Raiders the last time they'll be the Oakland

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Speaker 1: Raiders and they already they already know it's gonna be

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Speaker 1: covered in silver and black at the dig Ninny Hill

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Speaker 1: Sports Park. That I get it right, Okay, And uh,

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Speaker 1: it's a last game there, and you don't know what

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Speaker 1: could happened after his home game. It could be Philip

615
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Speaker 1: Rivers last home game as well, So it's a lot

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Speaker 1: up in the air. But yeah, so why not just

617
00:28:12,760 --> 00:28:14,960
Speaker 1: go out and try to, you know, give John Gruden

618
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Speaker 1: a loss? And there are also some some interesting storylines

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Speaker 1: to all play. You know, Austin ecklerk could get to

620
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Speaker 1: a thousand yards, Mike Williams could get two thousand yards.

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Speaker 1: You could potentially have three guys, could potentially have the

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Speaker 1: first three trio of a thousand yard receivers since the

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Speaker 1: two thousand and eight Cardinals and only the sixth one

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Speaker 1: in NFL history. Um, so that's on the table. But

625
00:28:31,680 --> 00:28:35,080
Speaker 1: that Steve Brustol was the third. Yeah, yeah, I didn't

626
00:28:35,119 --> 00:28:36,840
Speaker 1: know that. But then you then you had those great

627
00:28:37,160 --> 00:28:39,880
Speaker 1: Colts teams where you had Marvin Harrison, Reggie Wayne, and

628
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Speaker 1: Brandon Stokely that had a thousand nineteen eighty Chargers and yeah,

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Speaker 1: well and then the eighty five Chargers had three with

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Speaker 1: nine hundred Lionel James and uh James coming up again. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: it was the last couple of weeks, like quietly one

632
00:28:54,280 --> 00:28:57,120
Speaker 1: of the best receiving backs of all time. Yeah, so

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Speaker 1: there are I mean, there's some interesting storylines and like that.

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Speaker 1: When it gets to this point of the season and

635
00:29:00,840 --> 00:29:02,760
Speaker 1: I've covered a lot of these teams, I've actually only

636
00:29:02,800 --> 00:29:04,880
Speaker 1: covered these kinds of teams. I've never covered a playoff

637
00:29:04,920 --> 00:29:07,400
Speaker 1: team or winner ever, so I like sort of know

638
00:29:07,480 --> 00:29:09,160
Speaker 1: these situations pretty well. And when you get to this

639
00:29:09,160 --> 00:29:11,360
Speaker 1: point in the season, like you know, guys are playing

640
00:29:11,400 --> 00:29:13,600
Speaker 1: for their contracts. Austin Eckler wants a long term deal

641
00:29:13,640 --> 00:29:15,000
Speaker 1: and doesn't want to just get tender, and so he's

642
00:29:15,040 --> 00:29:17,880
Speaker 1: playing for something. Mike Williams is trying to put good

643
00:29:17,880 --> 00:29:20,000
Speaker 1: tape on there, says, if your option gets picked up,

644
00:29:20,360 --> 00:29:22,680
Speaker 1: you know, Joey Bose is potentially holding out. Hunter Henry's

645
00:29:22,680 --> 00:29:24,840
Speaker 1: playing for a new contract. You know, Philip Rivers is

646
00:29:24,840 --> 00:29:27,960
Speaker 1: playing for a new contract. So as Gill was saying, like, yeah,

647
00:29:28,040 --> 00:29:30,160
Speaker 1: Melvin Gordon's playing for a new contract. You know, if

648
00:29:30,200 --> 00:29:32,640
Speaker 1: not here, then somewhere else. So you know a lot

649
00:29:32,680 --> 00:29:34,520
Speaker 1: of these guys, what they say is like you can't

650
00:29:34,560 --> 00:29:36,280
Speaker 1: go out there and put bad tape. You know, if

651
00:29:36,280 --> 00:29:37,920
Speaker 1: you put any bad tape on, their team's going to

652
00:29:37,960 --> 00:29:39,920
Speaker 1: see it and say, Okay, this guy's not a consistent player.

653
00:29:39,960 --> 00:29:42,360
Speaker 1: So that's the motivation at this point. So I still

654
00:29:42,360 --> 00:29:44,600
Speaker 1: think there are some interesting storylines. Obviously not as many

655
00:29:44,680 --> 00:29:46,880
Speaker 1: as say, like you know, playoff team, but still interesting.

656
00:29:47,200 --> 00:29:49,160
Speaker 1: You know, a five and night team probably doesn't have

657
00:29:49,200 --> 00:29:51,920
Speaker 1: a lot of room to talk about Pro Bowl snubs.

658
00:29:52,360 --> 00:29:54,240
Speaker 1: But what did you guys think of Austin Ekeler not

659
00:29:54,280 --> 00:29:56,440
Speaker 1: even being in an alternate based on the year that

660
00:29:56,520 --> 00:29:59,160
Speaker 1: he's had. I thought that he was at least going

661
00:29:59,200 --> 00:30:03,200
Speaker 1: to be a Pro Bowl alternate because what he's done

662
00:30:03,320 --> 00:30:05,600
Speaker 1: both on the ground and in the year. Justin Jackson

663
00:30:05,880 --> 00:30:07,480
Speaker 1: was joking in the locker room that the Pro Bowl

664
00:30:07,520 --> 00:30:10,520
Speaker 1: should have a flex position because that would be Alstineckler. Yeah,

665
00:30:10,760 --> 00:30:13,840
Speaker 1: that's a good point. He It was surprising. I think

666
00:30:14,480 --> 00:30:17,960
Speaker 1: it probably speaks to the fact that Chargers are having

667
00:30:17,960 --> 00:30:20,520
Speaker 1: a very good season, the factor of the Chargers and

668
00:30:20,600 --> 00:30:23,200
Speaker 1: they don't have a ton of national they don't know,

669
00:30:23,240 --> 00:30:27,480
Speaker 1: there's not all ton of a national exposure. And it

670
00:30:27,560 --> 00:30:29,480
Speaker 1: also speaks to you know, a lot of people before

671
00:30:29,520 --> 00:30:31,720
Speaker 1: the season probably didn't know who Austin Eckler was or

672
00:30:31,720 --> 00:30:33,600
Speaker 1: weren't really sure of who he was or what team

673
00:30:33,640 --> 00:30:35,160
Speaker 1: he played for. But I mean, I think a lot

674
00:30:35,240 --> 00:30:38,200
Speaker 1: more people do now know who he is. But it

675
00:30:38,280 --> 00:30:40,280
Speaker 1: was surprising he at least didn't get one of those

676
00:30:40,280 --> 00:30:43,280
Speaker 1: alternate positions because he's you know, he's done things that

677
00:30:43,320 --> 00:30:46,680
Speaker 1: are you know that literally are been historic this season

678
00:30:46,720 --> 00:30:50,160
Speaker 1: that I don't happen much at all, and to not

679
00:30:50,200 --> 00:30:54,160
Speaker 1: even get any kind of mentioned. Was it was. I

680
00:30:54,160 --> 00:30:56,800
Speaker 1: think that's a legit snub that he didn't get even

681
00:30:56,840 --> 00:30:59,280
Speaker 1: mentioned anywhere. Yeah, that's my thing, Like, I don't I

682
00:30:59,280 --> 00:31:02,440
Speaker 1: don't think he serarily deserved to get into the Pro Bowl.

683
00:31:02,600 --> 00:31:04,560
Speaker 1: I don't think that's a snub of him not being

684
00:31:04,560 --> 00:31:06,480
Speaker 1: on the roster, but him not being an alternate to

685
00:31:06,520 --> 00:31:08,400
Speaker 1: me is a huge snub because I went back and look,

686
00:31:08,440 --> 00:31:11,040
Speaker 1: I mean he's eighth in the league, and who are

687
00:31:11,080 --> 00:31:13,400
Speaker 1: the starters. Who are the running back starters again for

688
00:31:13,720 --> 00:31:20,080
Speaker 1: the AC Yeah, Chubb very deserving Sheriff Dared Henry and

689
00:31:20,240 --> 00:31:23,000
Speaker 1: Mark Ingram. Yeah, so I'll deserve all deserve. Ingram's had

690
00:31:23,000 --> 00:31:26,240
Speaker 1: a huge season. Eckler's eighth in the league in scrimmage

691
00:31:26,280 --> 00:31:30,320
Speaker 1: yards the guys in ninth, tenth, eleventh, and twelfth where

692
00:31:30,360 --> 00:31:32,520
Speaker 1: all either alternates are in, and Eckler's eighth in the

693
00:31:32,600 --> 00:31:35,480
Speaker 1: league in touchdowns with eleven. So it seems like you tweet, Debt,

694
00:31:35,520 --> 00:31:37,200
Speaker 1: I saw that tweet. That was a good Yeah, like

695
00:31:37,920 --> 00:31:39,880
Speaker 1: Joe Mixon being an alternate over him doesn't make a

696
00:31:39,880 --> 00:31:41,800
Speaker 1: lot of sense. Eckler has better stats across the board

697
00:31:41,840 --> 00:31:44,000
Speaker 1: than Joe Mixon. I think maybe one of the things

698
00:31:44,240 --> 00:31:45,480
Speaker 1: that was an issue is that he hasn't had a

699
00:31:45,480 --> 00:31:48,760
Speaker 1: particularly great ball great season running the ball. He's been

700
00:31:48,760 --> 00:31:50,600
Speaker 1: obviously more of a receiver and that's where a lot

701
00:31:50,600 --> 00:31:52,160
Speaker 1: of his scrimmage yards are coming from. So for a

702
00:31:52,240 --> 00:31:54,920
Speaker 1: running back to make it as a running back when

703
00:31:54,920 --> 00:31:57,640
Speaker 1: you haven't run that much, yeah, I think that's probably

704
00:31:57,640 --> 00:31:59,320
Speaker 1: what it is. And I think Justin Jackson brings up

705
00:31:59,320 --> 00:32:00,800
Speaker 1: a really good point, like there was a flex like

706
00:32:00,840 --> 00:32:04,520
Speaker 1: offensive playmaker like he's probably in the conversation, and that's

707
00:32:04,560 --> 00:32:06,200
Speaker 1: probably what it came down to, because you still have

708
00:32:06,240 --> 00:32:09,480
Speaker 1: a lot of you know, you know, coaches and even

709
00:32:09,520 --> 00:32:12,320
Speaker 1: older players that don't really think, you know, accept this

710
00:32:12,480 --> 00:32:14,840
Speaker 1: new age where it's like, okay, you know, passing the

711
00:32:14,880 --> 00:32:17,040
Speaker 1: ball is more efficient than running the ball. So a

712
00:32:17,040 --> 00:32:18,920
Speaker 1: guy that can catch the ball like the way Austin

713
00:32:18,960 --> 00:32:21,360
Speaker 1: Ecklers is extremely valuable and maybe more valuable than a

714
00:32:21,400 --> 00:32:22,959
Speaker 1: guy that can run the ball. But I think that's

715
00:32:22,960 --> 00:32:24,400
Speaker 1: probably a factor in it. But I think it's a

716
00:32:24,400 --> 00:32:26,240
Speaker 1: no brainer that he should have been an altimate. Don't

717
00:32:26,280 --> 00:32:28,800
Speaker 1: they have a flex spot for the All Pro? Thinks okay,

718
00:32:28,920 --> 00:32:30,480
Speaker 1: and that thinks an All Pro? But he have it

719
00:32:30,800 --> 00:32:32,560
Speaker 1: there on the All Pro why not doing the Pro Bowl.

720
00:32:33,200 --> 00:32:35,000
Speaker 1: But yeah, I think, like you guys, we're saying, you know,

721
00:32:35,040 --> 00:32:37,959
Speaker 1: because Austin Ecklers is not really viewed as a running back,

722
00:32:38,160 --> 00:32:40,200
Speaker 1: I think he is. He'd proved this series could run

723
00:32:40,240 --> 00:32:42,240
Speaker 1: between the tackles, do a little bit of everything. But

724
00:32:42,320 --> 00:32:46,360
Speaker 1: the eleven touchdowns approaching one thousand receiving yards, I'm not

725
00:32:46,360 --> 00:32:47,959
Speaker 1: sure if he had a drop last week. I think

726
00:32:48,000 --> 00:32:50,000
Speaker 1: that was an under thrown ball. But he doesn't drop

727
00:32:50,040 --> 00:32:53,720
Speaker 1: the ball ever never. He's reliable, a playmaker, game change

728
00:32:53,760 --> 00:32:55,640
Speaker 1: or he had three touchdowns with a season openers, So

729
00:32:56,200 --> 00:32:57,920
Speaker 1: I think it is a snow for Austin Ackler. But

730
00:32:58,080 --> 00:32:59,800
Speaker 1: how about Casey Hayward. I thought case Hayward had a

731
00:32:59,840 --> 00:33:03,240
Speaker 1: good year also the cornerback. He had that that streak

732
00:33:03,280 --> 00:33:05,680
Speaker 1: of a one one catch alloud in four games, So

733
00:33:05,920 --> 00:33:07,920
Speaker 1: I think that's also another guy on defense. At least

734
00:33:08,160 --> 00:33:11,080
Speaker 1: they got a kind deserving him a spot for the Chargers. Yeah,

735
00:33:11,160 --> 00:33:14,240
Speaker 1: you know, when you're five and nine, it's it's hard

736
00:33:14,240 --> 00:33:17,360
Speaker 1: to make a huge case when you're winning. Like the

737
00:33:17,440 --> 00:33:19,920
Speaker 1: Chargers had the most Pro Bowlers last year, the Ravens

738
00:33:19,920 --> 00:33:23,240
Speaker 1: had twelve, a record twelve this year, which is incredible

739
00:33:23,440 --> 00:33:26,000
Speaker 1: record for the when the initial rosters are announced, because

740
00:33:26,040 --> 00:33:28,320
Speaker 1: the not like the the ninety seven Cowboys had thirteen

741
00:33:28,400 --> 00:33:31,480
Speaker 1: after alternates were moved in. Okay, but they probably will

742
00:33:31,520 --> 00:33:33,560
Speaker 1: beat that after, you know, they because they have alternates

743
00:33:33,600 --> 00:33:35,520
Speaker 1: as well. Yeah, I think unless I get to the

744
00:33:35,520 --> 00:33:37,120
Speaker 1: Super Bowl. Going back to Casey, though, I feel like

745
00:33:37,120 --> 00:33:38,840
Speaker 1: he probably was on a Pro Bowl trajectory and then

746
00:33:38,880 --> 00:33:41,120
Speaker 1: just had a really bad game against the Broncos. Courtland

747
00:33:41,120 --> 00:33:44,480
Speaker 1: Sutton had two touchdowns against him and that probably derailed

748
00:33:44,520 --> 00:33:45,920
Speaker 1: his chances, even though a lot of the voting might

749
00:33:45,920 --> 00:33:47,720
Speaker 1: have happened before then. But I'm still with Gill. I

750
00:33:47,760 --> 00:33:49,320
Speaker 1: think I think he should have been in the conversation

751
00:33:49,440 --> 00:33:52,800
Speaker 1: no arguments with Joey Bosa Keenan Keenan Allen's third straight

752
00:33:53,080 --> 00:33:57,160
Speaker 1: Joey Bosa's second and probably first amending with with Nick

753
00:33:57,480 --> 00:33:59,959
Speaker 1: in Orlando with him. Yeah, here's the staff for Keen

754
00:34:00,040 --> 00:34:02,320
Speaker 1: and throughout there that I was in my Monda everyone.

755
00:34:02,560 --> 00:34:06,640
Speaker 1: So three players have had at least three straight seasons

756
00:34:06,640 --> 00:34:09,120
Speaker 1: with a thousand yards and ninety catches. Keen Allen's one

757
00:34:09,160 --> 00:34:11,000
Speaker 1: of them. The other two DeAndre Hopkins and Michael Thomas,

758
00:34:11,040 --> 00:34:13,520
Speaker 1: who's actually has an active streak of four he's on

759
00:34:13,600 --> 00:34:17,879
Speaker 1: pace for right those those are the only guys with

760
00:34:18,840 --> 00:34:21,120
Speaker 1: active streaks of at least three seasons with those stats.

761
00:34:21,239 --> 00:34:24,239
Speaker 1: So I mean, like we keep talking about this, I

762
00:34:24,239 --> 00:34:27,240
Speaker 1: think Keenan Allen gets overlooked, is still overlooked, has always

763
00:34:27,239 --> 00:34:29,000
Speaker 1: been overlooked. He's up to me. He's the top five

764
00:34:29,000 --> 00:34:32,279
Speaker 1: receiver in the league and doesn't get enough credit in

765
00:34:32,360 --> 00:34:34,880
Speaker 1: terms of because he said his whole thing is stay consistent,

766
00:34:34,920 --> 00:34:36,880
Speaker 1: stay available, and he really lives up to it. And

767
00:34:36,920 --> 00:34:39,280
Speaker 1: the thing I think what hurts Keenan in that regard

768
00:34:39,400 --> 00:34:41,960
Speaker 1: is too I keep hate to keep saying this, but

769
00:34:42,239 --> 00:34:44,600
Speaker 1: you play for the Chargers, you're gonna be sort of forgotten.

770
00:34:44,800 --> 00:34:46,759
Speaker 1: I mean, let's be honest. And the other thing is

771
00:34:46,760 --> 00:34:49,640
Speaker 1: he doesn't what Keenan doesn't do it, and it's he

772
00:34:49,680 --> 00:34:52,719
Speaker 1: gets penalized because he's so consistent. Is he doesn't he

773
00:34:52,760 --> 00:34:56,680
Speaker 1: doesn't do spectacular things right, Like how like what's the

774
00:34:56,880 --> 00:34:59,439
Speaker 1: what's the one moment of you saw him do something

775
00:34:59,520 --> 00:35:01,920
Speaker 1: that's just incredible that he just did that, Like the

776
00:35:02,000 --> 00:35:03,680
Speaker 1: jump ball, the jump all against the Colts was the

777
00:35:03,760 --> 00:35:05,800
Speaker 1: one in the end zone, but that was really irright,

778
00:35:05,880 --> 00:35:08,040
Speaker 1: It's really though, and then I mean the play that

779
00:35:08,080 --> 00:35:10,160
Speaker 1: would have been It was the touchdown against the Dolphins

780
00:35:10,160 --> 00:35:13,279
Speaker 1: that got called back inexplicably. It took a slam fifty

781
00:35:13,320 --> 00:35:15,239
Speaker 1: five yards and took it out of his shoes. So

782
00:35:15,280 --> 00:35:17,759
Speaker 1: you're right, it's it's I mean, it's so he doesn't

783
00:35:17,560 --> 00:35:19,919
Speaker 1: he doesn't have that flash like wow, you know, yeah,

784
00:35:20,040 --> 00:35:22,520
Speaker 1: we gotta for Keenan seems like, yeah, what a great

785
00:35:22,520 --> 00:35:25,399
Speaker 1: segue into maybe Mike Williams, who had another thirty nine

786
00:35:25,440 --> 00:35:28,319
Speaker 1: yard catch on Sunday, and he's done this at a

787
00:35:28,440 --> 00:35:31,560
Speaker 1: rapid clip. Now, he just doesn't have the touchdown numbers

788
00:35:31,600 --> 00:35:35,440
Speaker 1: and maybe the targets and the catches obviously, but this

789
00:35:35,480 --> 00:35:38,080
Speaker 1: guy is a budding star. I think if you could

790
00:35:38,080 --> 00:35:40,640
Speaker 1: consistently find a place for him in the game plan,

791
00:35:41,360 --> 00:35:44,160
Speaker 1: sky's a limit for eighty one. I think he's kind of,

792
00:35:44,239 --> 00:35:46,439
Speaker 1: you know, taking at tension away from Keena Adden because

793
00:35:46,480 --> 00:35:49,279
Speaker 1: those big plays, those forty yard catches, uh, you know,

794
00:35:49,280 --> 00:35:51,759
Speaker 1: those all those deep bombs that those those plays and

795
00:35:51,880 --> 00:35:55,440
Speaker 1: prime time games against Casey and Oakland. But yeah, you're right.

796
00:35:55,480 --> 00:35:57,040
Speaker 1: I think he is a guy who's gonna on the

797
00:35:57,400 --> 00:35:59,000
Speaker 1: It seems like he keeps saying, tonna be on the

798
00:35:59,040 --> 00:36:00,759
Speaker 1: verge of that next step be that you know that

799
00:36:00,840 --> 00:36:03,719
Speaker 1: the next star. But this year, I think you're really

800
00:36:03,760 --> 00:36:05,480
Speaker 1: taking the next step to be reliable. I think instead

801
00:36:05,480 --> 00:36:07,719
Speaker 1: of last week a popper that he's consistent, I get

802
00:36:07,719 --> 00:36:09,920
Speaker 1: in forty yard catches and that's pretty crazy to do

803
00:36:09,960 --> 00:36:12,960
Speaker 1: for a guy his size. Yeah, like it's however, he

804
00:36:13,040 --> 00:36:14,479
Speaker 1: was going to do it. He just needed to find

805
00:36:14,520 --> 00:36:17,120
Speaker 1: some way to be consistent, consistently impact the game. And

806
00:36:17,160 --> 00:36:18,839
Speaker 1: if it's like I was saying last week, if it's

807
00:36:19,160 --> 00:36:21,840
Speaker 1: if it's a catch for forty yards every week, you

808
00:36:21,960 --> 00:36:23,520
Speaker 1: take that to the bank. The one thing that I'm

809
00:36:23,600 --> 00:36:25,279
Speaker 1: looking back at the stats that I can't wrap my

810
00:36:25,320 --> 00:36:27,359
Speaker 1: mind around is like he only has six red zone

811
00:36:27,400 --> 00:36:30,560
Speaker 1: targets this season. That's that's the same number as Austin Neckler.

812
00:36:30,760 --> 00:36:32,839
Speaker 1: I mean, like you saw it in the game on Sunday. Like,

813
00:36:32,840 --> 00:36:34,560
Speaker 1: if if he's one on one on the outside and

814
00:36:34,560 --> 00:36:36,240
Speaker 1: you throw it up to him, he's going to catch

815
00:36:36,239 --> 00:36:39,480
Speaker 1: it every single time. And how is he not among

816
00:36:39,480 --> 00:36:41,040
Speaker 1: the league leaders in red zone targets? That's what I

817
00:36:41,080 --> 00:36:44,040
Speaker 1: don't understand. How is that that he was six inches

818
00:36:44,040 --> 00:36:46,080
Speaker 1: taller than that he was the other day? Well, he

819
00:36:46,120 --> 00:36:48,520
Speaker 1: caught that ball or these six inches, like, I, you're right,

820
00:36:48,520 --> 00:36:50,759
Speaker 1: I don't understand, Like there's so many times and I

821
00:36:50,840 --> 00:36:53,120
Speaker 1: was kind of half joking but not it's like I'm

822
00:36:53,120 --> 00:36:54,719
Speaker 1: not smart enough to be a football coach because I

823
00:36:54,719 --> 00:36:56,920
Speaker 1: don't get what they do. Like I don't understand why

824
00:36:56,960 --> 00:36:59,400
Speaker 1: you wouldn't just throwing the ball in that situation all

825
00:36:59,440 --> 00:37:01,720
Speaker 1: the time, Like why are why are you bothering throwing

826
00:37:01,719 --> 00:37:04,520
Speaker 1: to anybody else? And I guess it's just that that's simple.

827
00:37:04,560 --> 00:37:06,520
Speaker 1: It can't be because otherwise they did have one drop.

828
00:37:06,640 --> 00:37:08,560
Speaker 1: He did have one drop on want to play like that,

829
00:37:08,640 --> 00:37:11,400
Speaker 1: But I mean, you know, there is something to be

830
00:37:11,440 --> 00:37:13,759
Speaker 1: said about getting about getting too cute, and there's also

831
00:37:13,800 --> 00:37:15,960
Speaker 1: something to be said about like the number of playmakers

832
00:37:16,040 --> 00:37:17,600
Speaker 1: they have and you want to spread the ball around

833
00:37:17,640 --> 00:37:21,399
Speaker 1: and like and also Anthony Lynn's mentality a guy it

834
00:37:21,480 --> 00:37:25,040
Speaker 1: was a running back as a professional football player, was

835
00:37:25,080 --> 00:37:28,319
Speaker 1: a running backs coach. Like in his mind and his philosophy,

836
00:37:28,520 --> 00:37:30,440
Speaker 1: if you're at the one yard line and you have

837
00:37:30,520 --> 00:37:32,520
Speaker 1: a proball running back, like that guy's got to get

838
00:37:32,560 --> 00:37:34,399
Speaker 1: that yard, like that's it, and that like if you're

839
00:37:34,400 --> 00:37:35,719
Speaker 1: not going to get that yard, then you're not good

840
00:37:35,800 --> 00:37:37,839
Speaker 1: enough to be my running back, and that's the sort

841
00:37:37,840 --> 00:37:40,040
Speaker 1: of a philosophy thing. But going back, like I just

842
00:37:40,760 --> 00:37:42,920
Speaker 1: I feel like, you know, we talked about like the

843
00:37:42,920 --> 00:37:45,080
Speaker 1: touchdown drought he was on. You know how much of

844
00:37:45,080 --> 00:37:46,600
Speaker 1: that is the fact that just weren't targeting him in

845
00:37:46,600 --> 00:37:48,160
Speaker 1: the red zone when they should have been because he's

846
00:37:48,160 --> 00:37:51,600
Speaker 1: a he's a weapon there. He's he's enormous and extremely

847
00:37:51,600 --> 00:37:54,080
Speaker 1: strong at the point of catch and rarely doesn't come

848
00:37:54,080 --> 00:37:56,600
Speaker 1: down with these jump all situations, very rarely. When you

849
00:37:56,640 --> 00:37:59,360
Speaker 1: score ten points and you have these weapons, you know,

850
00:37:59,480 --> 00:38:03,000
Speaker 1: Keenan head ten targets, Mike had nine, Eckler and Gordon

851
00:38:03,040 --> 00:38:05,800
Speaker 1: at seven apiece, Hunter only had two, two for twenty

852
00:38:05,880 --> 00:38:08,719
Speaker 1: nine yards. I think they're just there needs to be

853
00:38:08,719 --> 00:38:11,200
Speaker 1: a way to figure out, Okay, how are you gonna

854
00:38:11,200 --> 00:38:13,600
Speaker 1: spread the ball around evenly and score more than ten

855
00:38:13,640 --> 00:38:16,239
Speaker 1: points with these weapons? Because they have the guys to

856
00:38:16,239 --> 00:38:19,360
Speaker 1: do it. Every guy just named has either been to

857
00:38:19,400 --> 00:38:22,360
Speaker 1: the Pro Bowl or is in the conversation as best

858
00:38:22,400 --> 00:38:25,040
Speaker 1: young tight end or best young wide receiver in Mike

859
00:38:25,080 --> 00:38:27,799
Speaker 1: Williams's case, or breakout guy like Austin Ekeler. There are

860
00:38:27,840 --> 00:38:29,319
Speaker 1: a lot of guys here. I think it's a matter

861
00:38:29,320 --> 00:38:31,279
Speaker 1: of getting to the red zone and then finding a

862
00:38:31,280 --> 00:38:34,440
Speaker 1: way to convert, whether it's running the ball or through

863
00:38:34,480 --> 00:38:36,920
Speaker 1: the air, because they certainly have the weapons on offensive

864
00:38:37,000 --> 00:38:38,880
Speaker 1: do it. And these guys for the most part, are

865
00:38:38,920 --> 00:38:41,000
Speaker 1: all coming back next year. And when you can't keep

866
00:38:41,040 --> 00:38:42,759
Speaker 1: the ball, though, I think if you're turning the ball over,

867
00:38:42,800 --> 00:38:44,920
Speaker 1: you don't you don't have that rhythm. Let's find it. Yeah,

868
00:38:45,200 --> 00:38:47,520
Speaker 1: we saw it in the last game in Oakland on

869
00:38:47,600 --> 00:38:50,359
Speaker 1: that first drive that rivers and camera march him down,

870
00:38:50,400 --> 00:38:51,960
Speaker 1: but he overthrew him and it was in a reception

871
00:38:52,120 --> 00:38:54,440
Speaker 1: comes back Eric Harris. You know they get a pick

872
00:38:54,480 --> 00:38:56,319
Speaker 1: six later. But yeah, every time you get there, because

873
00:38:56,360 --> 00:38:59,440
Speaker 1: if you look at the stats, total yard yardage there there,

874
00:38:59,480 --> 00:39:00,880
Speaker 1: they're there there one of the best, you know. And

875
00:39:00,920 --> 00:39:03,399
Speaker 1: I think I saw a stat that they've lost six

876
00:39:03,440 --> 00:39:06,040
Speaker 1: games this year when they've kind of outtotaled the opponent.

877
00:39:06,360 --> 00:39:08,960
Speaker 1: So they're moving the ball, they just can't like get

878
00:39:09,000 --> 00:39:11,160
Speaker 1: in there. That the turnover, the red zone struggle, So

879
00:39:11,200 --> 00:39:12,839
Speaker 1: I think that that kind of tell you something. But yeah,

880
00:39:12,920 --> 00:39:15,000
Speaker 1: last week it was kind of a we don't recognize

881
00:39:15,000 --> 00:39:16,600
Speaker 1: this team because they do at least get the yards

882
00:39:16,600 --> 00:39:19,960
Speaker 1: and they keep it get competitive but I think those

883
00:39:19,960 --> 00:39:21,600
Speaker 1: turnout was going to kill you every day. I just

884
00:39:21,640 --> 00:39:24,080
Speaker 1: don't understand how Hunter Henry can only have two targets

885
00:39:24,239 --> 00:39:25,920
Speaker 1: and then he didn't have one. I think it was

886
00:39:25,960 --> 00:39:30,080
Speaker 1: the third quarter record. Yet this happened, I want to say,

887
00:39:30,160 --> 00:39:32,520
Speaker 1: in the Broncos game, and I asked about it in

888
00:39:32,520 --> 00:39:35,800
Speaker 1: a press conference to both Shane and Anthony Lynn. Shane'sying

889
00:39:35,800 --> 00:39:37,840
Speaker 1: the offensive coordinator, and it was like, well, you know,

890
00:39:37,920 --> 00:39:40,640
Speaker 1: we have so many playmakers that sometimes guys don't get

891
00:39:40,680 --> 00:39:43,640
Speaker 1: the ball, Like that doesn't that doesn't ring true for me,

892
00:39:43,719 --> 00:39:45,879
Speaker 1: Like that excuse doesn't make sense to me. Like the guy,

893
00:39:46,120 --> 00:39:47,799
Speaker 1: it's pretty clear to me that when they get Hunter

894
00:39:47,800 --> 00:39:51,120
Speaker 1: Henry involved early, their offense just opens up. He's such

895
00:39:51,160 --> 00:39:54,960
Speaker 1: a difference maker, such a playmaker. He's such a mismatch

896
00:39:54,960 --> 00:39:57,080
Speaker 1: in the middle of the field, especially when he's going

897
00:39:57,120 --> 00:39:59,840
Speaker 1: up against the linebacker. Like to me, it makes sense

898
00:40:00,040 --> 00:40:02,760
Speaker 1: to just target him early and get him involved early,

899
00:40:03,160 --> 00:40:05,600
Speaker 1: and then everything opens up for the offense. So I

900
00:40:05,600 --> 00:40:07,680
Speaker 1: don't know, like now it's sort of a trend, like

901
00:40:07,719 --> 00:40:10,040
Speaker 1: that game was like okay, standalone, Like all right, maybe

902
00:40:10,120 --> 00:40:11,560
Speaker 1: it was just the game planner. The way that the

903
00:40:11,560 --> 00:40:13,799
Speaker 1: game unfolded but now you have two games since the

904
00:40:13,800 --> 00:40:15,640
Speaker 1: bye week where he's only we've been targeted three or

905
00:40:15,680 --> 00:40:18,799
Speaker 1: a fewer times, and it's like, what's going on. Well,

906
00:40:18,840 --> 00:40:22,280
Speaker 1: the turnover thing is a big deal, and I hammered

907
00:40:22,320 --> 00:40:25,480
Speaker 1: this last week, but the stat is even more glaring now.

908
00:40:26,000 --> 00:40:29,120
Speaker 1: And there're five wins, three total turnovers in those five wins,

909
00:40:29,120 --> 00:40:32,560
Speaker 1: and their nine losses twenty six total turnovers. That tells

910
00:40:32,560 --> 00:40:33,759
Speaker 1: you all you need to know the last in the

911
00:40:33,840 --> 00:40:37,400
Speaker 1: league and turnover differentials the bank. And you can't do

912
00:40:37,440 --> 00:40:39,560
Speaker 1: it against a team like the Vikings, who you know,

913
00:40:39,600 --> 00:40:41,359
Speaker 1: I know, Kirk through an interception, but he had four

914
00:40:41,440 --> 00:40:44,600
Speaker 1: going in all season. So when you take care of

915
00:40:44,600 --> 00:40:47,160
Speaker 1: the football, you have to do that against really any

916
00:40:47,160 --> 00:40:49,440
Speaker 1: team in the NFL, especially the good ones, because that

917
00:40:49,560 --> 00:40:52,960
Speaker 1: was not Jacksonville last Sunday Minnesota. And also you're not

918
00:40:53,000 --> 00:40:55,360
Speaker 1: turning other teams over at the same rate as you

919
00:40:55,400 --> 00:40:57,239
Speaker 1: were last year. Now we I mean, that's something to

920
00:40:57,239 --> 00:40:58,719
Speaker 1: sort of talk about after the season. We gotta go

921
00:40:58,760 --> 00:41:00,600
Speaker 1: back and figure out exactly what happened there and why

922
00:41:00,600 --> 00:41:03,000
Speaker 1: they're not forcing turnovers. But like I was saying before,

923
00:41:03,000 --> 00:41:04,880
Speaker 1: with the fumbles being kind of lucky, like you do

924
00:41:04,960 --> 00:41:08,400
Speaker 1: have to get bounces, Like, you cannot rely on forcing

925
00:41:08,440 --> 00:41:10,759
Speaker 1: lots of turnovers every year unless you have like an

926
00:41:10,800 --> 00:41:14,760
Speaker 1: exceptionally talented defense. I think this defense is very talent.

927
00:41:14,760 --> 00:41:16,680
Speaker 1: But I don't think you're talking about the eighty five

928
00:41:16,760 --> 00:41:21,120
Speaker 1: Bears or the two thousand Ravens, you know. And I also,

929
00:41:21,400 --> 00:41:24,920
Speaker 1: they haven't been sacking the quarterback. The pressure rate is

930
00:41:25,040 --> 00:41:27,919
Speaker 1: like twenty fourth in the league, but they're twenty eighth,

931
00:41:27,920 --> 00:41:30,879
Speaker 1: and sacks they're third. The guy with the third leaning

932
00:41:30,880 --> 00:41:33,520
Speaker 1: sacks on the team is Desmond King with two and

933
00:41:33,520 --> 00:41:37,319
Speaker 1: a half. Like that, they so like, you're when you're

934
00:41:37,320 --> 00:41:39,160
Speaker 1: turning the ball over as much as you are on offense,

935
00:41:39,280 --> 00:41:41,920
Speaker 1: you're not forcing turnatovers or getting the quarterback on defense,

936
00:41:42,000 --> 00:41:44,279
Speaker 1: Like that's a recipe for five and nine. And it's

937
00:41:44,280 --> 00:41:46,520
Speaker 1: it's funny we're talking about this because I think the

938
00:41:46,560 --> 00:41:49,560
Speaker 1: defense has played well, you know, this whole season. I

939
00:41:49,560 --> 00:41:52,000
Speaker 1: think the defense has played. What I would say is

940
00:41:52,000 --> 00:41:53,759
Speaker 1: they've played well enough for this team to be in

941
00:41:53,800 --> 00:41:55,359
Speaker 1: the middle of whatever they want to be in the middle,

942
00:41:55,440 --> 00:41:58,600
Speaker 1: especially considering that Derwin's been out. Yes, and yet here

943
00:41:58,640 --> 00:42:01,800
Speaker 1: we are talking about how they haven't Like Joey Boss

944
00:42:01,840 --> 00:42:04,200
Speaker 1: in the Pro Bowl, Melvin Ingram's an alternate to go

945
00:42:04,239 --> 00:42:06,560
Speaker 1: to the Pro Bowl, and yet they're where they are

946
00:42:06,600 --> 00:42:09,759
Speaker 1: in the league in sacks is incredible and the fact

947
00:42:10,320 --> 00:42:13,719
Speaker 1: it's it's it's mind boggling that they wouldn't be higher

948
00:42:13,760 --> 00:42:18,200
Speaker 1: than that. And it's so the defense. Imagine if the

949
00:42:18,239 --> 00:42:21,480
Speaker 1: defense was making plays, which basically that's what we're talking about,

950
00:42:21,520 --> 00:42:24,200
Speaker 1: they're not getting sacks, they're not getting turnovers. That's when

951
00:42:24,200 --> 00:42:27,040
Speaker 1: you make plays, you know, game changing plays, and they're

952
00:42:27,080 --> 00:42:30,200
Speaker 1: not doing that. Yet their defense is still played played

953
00:42:30,360 --> 00:42:33,520
Speaker 1: decently well enough. So if they were making those plays

954
00:42:33,520 --> 00:42:36,879
Speaker 1: on defense, you know, these guys would we'd be talking

955
00:42:36,880 --> 00:42:39,040
Speaker 1: about everybody around the league would be talking about what

956
00:42:39,080 --> 00:42:41,160
Speaker 1: a great defense the Chargers have. And I think too

957
00:42:41,280 --> 00:42:44,680
Speaker 1: sometimes it's just catching lightning at a bottle. Sometimes throughout

958
00:42:44,719 --> 00:42:48,080
Speaker 1: the course of a season, and when Jude Trank will

959
00:42:48,200 --> 00:42:50,040
Speaker 1: in year two, when Darwin James are on the field

960
00:42:50,040 --> 00:42:53,360
Speaker 1: together with Joey and Melvin and hopefully you see some

961
00:42:53,440 --> 00:42:57,240
Speaker 1: development out of Jerry Tillery, Justin Jones continues to develop,

962
00:42:57,440 --> 00:42:59,839
Speaker 1: Nazier Adelie who was a ballhawk. We didn't see him

963
00:42:59,840 --> 00:43:02,080
Speaker 1: all year. So they're gonna have the pieces and the

964
00:43:02,120 --> 00:43:04,720
Speaker 1: potential to do it. It's just a matter of okay,

965
00:43:04,840 --> 00:43:06,360
Speaker 1: can you do can you have that bend but not

966
00:43:06,400 --> 00:43:08,960
Speaker 1: break defense? But also a couple that with turning the

967
00:43:08,960 --> 00:43:11,000
Speaker 1: ball over and helping out your offense too. Yeah. I

968
00:43:11,000 --> 00:43:13,960
Speaker 1: was talking to Derwin James on Sunday and I'm asking them, like,

969
00:43:14,360 --> 00:43:16,760
Speaker 1: you know what, what's what's not going right? You're back,

970
00:43:16,800 --> 00:43:18,680
Speaker 1: Adrian Philip is back, though it seemed like the whole

971
00:43:18,800 --> 00:43:20,399
Speaker 1: teaming is back together. You guys are one and two

972
00:43:20,440 --> 00:43:23,000
Speaker 1: as a group now as a whole besides Mike Pounty,

973
00:43:23,560 --> 00:43:25,920
Speaker 1: He's like, there's no chemistry there. We didn't have time

974
00:43:25,920 --> 00:43:27,800
Speaker 1: to jail to. Guys are figuring that out in the

975
00:43:27,840 --> 00:43:30,800
Speaker 1: training camp over in September, and you can't just expect

976
00:43:30,800 --> 00:43:33,200
Speaker 1: guys to kind of roll out there and figure everything

977
00:43:33,280 --> 00:43:35,239
Speaker 1: out and be the same team to wear a year ago.

978
00:43:36,080 --> 00:43:38,160
Speaker 1: But yeah, I think they kind of finally realized, like

979
00:43:38,160 --> 00:43:40,160
Speaker 1: they got I think Derwin said, behind the eight ball,

980
00:43:40,200 --> 00:43:43,560
Speaker 1: and they couldn't find the momentum. And now that you're

981
00:43:43,600 --> 00:43:45,600
Speaker 1: out of the season, maybe you know, you see one

982
00:43:45,640 --> 00:43:47,600
Speaker 1: turnover too, you're like, okay, well we're not really in

983
00:43:47,640 --> 00:43:49,200
Speaker 1: the playoffs, or you know, you kind of get a

984
00:43:49,360 --> 00:43:51,759
Speaker 1: let down. So but yeah, I think, you know, next year,

985
00:43:51,880 --> 00:43:53,799
Speaker 1: you know, you know, you can't control these injuries, but

986
00:43:53,840 --> 00:43:56,279
Speaker 1: hopefully for them, you know, they get some chemistry now

987
00:43:56,400 --> 00:43:58,080
Speaker 1: and you move in a positive note and you know,

988
00:43:58,239 --> 00:44:00,040
Speaker 1: keep it going for next year. That's why it's and

989
00:44:00,280 --> 00:44:02,080
Speaker 1: that's why it's so important for them to make sure

990
00:44:02,080 --> 00:44:04,879
Speaker 1: that Joey Bosa is happy and if he does want

991
00:44:04,880 --> 00:44:06,960
Speaker 1: a contract assension, you give it to him, because without him,

992
00:44:07,360 --> 00:44:09,160
Speaker 1: you have nobody with more than five and a half

993
00:44:09,160 --> 00:44:11,319
Speaker 1: sacks on the team. You know, you're you're already twenty

994
00:44:11,360 --> 00:44:13,120
Speaker 1: eighth and sacks with a guy who's got ten and

995
00:44:13,120 --> 00:44:15,560
Speaker 1: a half sacks? What are you without him? You know?

996
00:44:15,920 --> 00:44:19,760
Speaker 1: And I think, and you're Pops exactly right. And look,

997
00:44:20,760 --> 00:44:22,320
Speaker 1: you know, you can look back on this now and

998
00:44:23,840 --> 00:44:26,200
Speaker 1: you know look like like you know, oh, I knew

999
00:44:26,239 --> 00:44:27,920
Speaker 1: this all long. But I think even back at the

1000
00:44:27,960 --> 00:44:30,520
Speaker 1: beginning of the season, there were concerns about the fact

1001
00:44:30,560 --> 00:44:35,040
Speaker 1: that Melvin Gordon wasn't here, Russell Lakun wasn't here. I mean,

1002
00:44:35,040 --> 00:44:37,759
Speaker 1: those guys and not knowing they were both not here,

1003
00:44:37,880 --> 00:44:39,759
Speaker 1: and it looked like and it turned out to be

1004
00:44:40,520 --> 00:44:42,080
Speaker 1: long term for both of them, that we didn't know

1005
00:44:42,120 --> 00:44:44,000
Speaker 1: how long before they were going to be here. If

1006
00:44:44,000 --> 00:44:46,680
Speaker 1: they go into next season and the season starting and

1007
00:44:46,800 --> 00:44:49,120
Speaker 1: Joey Bosa is not here, it's they're going to be

1008
00:44:49,120 --> 00:44:52,440
Speaker 1: in that same situation again. And hopefully nobody else is

1009
00:44:52,440 --> 00:44:55,359
Speaker 1: going through a situation like Russell Lakun had to go through.

1010
00:44:55,400 --> 00:44:57,120
Speaker 1: But I mean, who knows, Maybe there's someone else has

1011
00:44:57,160 --> 00:44:59,440
Speaker 1: got it and they're they're starting off again in the

1012
00:44:59,480 --> 00:45:02,000
Speaker 1: same situation that they were this year. And I don't

1013
00:45:02,000 --> 00:45:04,239
Speaker 1: think though, you know, like I said, it's easier to

1014
00:45:04,320 --> 00:45:06,520
Speaker 1: look back now now, but even back then, I think

1015
00:45:06,560 --> 00:45:08,920
Speaker 1: we're thinking that this could have an impact, and I

1016
00:45:08,960 --> 00:45:11,040
Speaker 1: think it did. It definitely had an impact that they

1017
00:45:11,440 --> 00:45:13,239
Speaker 1: you know, they went into the season without all their

1018
00:45:13,239 --> 00:45:15,759
Speaker 1: guys and then it just you know, and obviously with

1019
00:45:15,840 --> 00:45:17,919
Speaker 1: Derwin James, it took forever for him to come back,

1020
00:45:18,000 --> 00:45:19,719
Speaker 1: so by the time he got back, it was over.

1021
00:45:20,160 --> 00:45:23,080
Speaker 1: But they don't want to I mean, and if you're

1022
00:45:23,120 --> 00:45:24,839
Speaker 1: a fan of this team, you don't want to us

1023
00:45:24,880 --> 00:45:27,560
Speaker 1: all writing about Joey Bosa not being here. Next at

1024
00:45:27,560 --> 00:45:29,319
Speaker 1: the end of July and then into August, and then

1025
00:45:29,320 --> 00:45:32,040
Speaker 1: here comes September, He's still not here, and you know,

1026
00:45:32,080 --> 00:45:33,839
Speaker 1: you don't want to be reading that as a Charger fan,

1027
00:45:33,880 --> 00:45:37,520
Speaker 1: and nobody in this in this facility wants that to happen.

1028
00:45:37,560 --> 00:45:39,799
Speaker 1: So it's gonna be interesting to see what happens. And

1029
00:45:39,880 --> 00:45:42,239
Speaker 1: that you know, all the contracts that you know who

1030
00:45:42,440 --> 00:45:45,279
Speaker 1: unsigned guys and all that. The Joey Bosa is right there,

1031
00:45:45,400 --> 00:45:47,080
Speaker 1: it's gonna be really interesting to see what he does

1032
00:45:47,120 --> 00:45:51,279
Speaker 1: and what they do. NFL teams from the end of

1033
00:45:51,280 --> 00:45:53,960
Speaker 1: the season to you know, end of the draft, the

1034
00:45:54,280 --> 00:45:58,040
Speaker 1: turnover and free agency teams start to look a lot different,

1035
00:45:58,239 --> 00:46:01,480
Speaker 1: some more drastic than other. This team saw us two

1036
00:46:01,520 --> 00:46:04,520
Speaker 1: games to go, we'll do we do this every week.

1037
00:46:04,560 --> 00:46:06,960
Speaker 1: We'll do it again. Just maybe a player that you're

1038
00:46:07,000 --> 00:46:09,880
Speaker 1: watching on Sunday. It also maybe moving it forward to

1039
00:46:09,920 --> 00:46:11,960
Speaker 1: twenty twenty, somebody that you want to see kind of

1040
00:46:11,960 --> 00:46:15,040
Speaker 1: take that next step as the Chargers move their focus

1041
00:46:15,160 --> 00:46:18,399
Speaker 1: to the new stadium and a new season next year. Well,

1042
00:46:18,440 --> 00:46:21,160
Speaker 1: I think we're gonna see I don't. I don't think

1043
00:46:21,280 --> 00:46:23,799
Speaker 1: Russell le Quinn's gonna play this week. So we may

1044
00:46:23,840 --> 00:46:27,719
Speaker 1: see Trey Pipkins again. And he's a guy who you

1045
00:46:27,760 --> 00:46:31,160
Speaker 1: know that they they took thinking that maybe this could

1046
00:46:31,160 --> 00:46:33,680
Speaker 1: be a long term solution. And so if he gets

1047
00:46:33,680 --> 00:46:35,719
Speaker 1: a chance to play, well, maybe see what he can do.

1048
00:46:35,800 --> 00:46:39,160
Speaker 1: And he I think he's played decently the limited time

1049
00:46:39,200 --> 00:46:43,600
Speaker 1: he's gotten, and he's probably I would guess he's probably

1050
00:46:43,600 --> 00:46:45,439
Speaker 1: played better than maybe they thought he would, given where

1051
00:46:45,480 --> 00:46:47,719
Speaker 1: his background, where he came from, and the amount of

1052
00:46:47,719 --> 00:46:50,600
Speaker 1: development that was going to have to happen. So I think,

1053
00:46:50,680 --> 00:46:53,160
Speaker 1: you know, he's a guy who he could be a

1054
00:46:53,200 --> 00:46:55,600
Speaker 1: big part of the future this this franchise if he

1055
00:46:55,640 --> 00:46:57,839
Speaker 1: can develop, and so he you know, he may get

1056
00:46:57,880 --> 00:47:00,400
Speaker 1: a chance to play a bunch Sunday and then you know,

1057
00:47:00,440 --> 00:47:02,759
Speaker 1: these these last two weeks could be really big for

1058
00:47:02,800 --> 00:47:04,880
Speaker 1: a guy like that. Yeah, a third round pick who

1059
00:47:05,200 --> 00:47:08,239
Speaker 1: got some action against the Raiders the first time around. Yeah,

1060
00:47:08,400 --> 00:47:11,680
Speaker 1: root you, Daniel. This is not a young guy, but

1061
00:47:11,680 --> 00:47:14,680
Speaker 1: it's definitely gonna affect the future. I'm still watching Philip Rivers.

1062
00:47:14,880 --> 00:47:17,480
Speaker 1: I mean, it seems like every week you go, everyone

1063
00:47:17,520 --> 00:47:19,719
Speaker 1: is sort of arguing like, okay, well only one of

1064
00:47:19,760 --> 00:47:22,920
Speaker 1: the interceptions was bad and the other two came in

1065
00:47:22,960 --> 00:47:26,799
Speaker 1: a scenario where the game was already lost. I mean,

1066
00:47:26,920 --> 00:47:29,400
Speaker 1: and he even says, well, seven isn't a number that

1067
00:47:29,440 --> 00:47:32,360
Speaker 1: truly indicates how we played in terms of the turnovers,

1068
00:47:32,400 --> 00:47:34,440
Speaker 1: and I don't look at the amount of interceptions I've

1069
00:47:34,440 --> 00:47:36,280
Speaker 1: thrown because a lot of them have come in certain situations.

1070
00:47:36,280 --> 00:47:38,120
Speaker 1: So on and so on. I want to see the

1071
00:47:38,120 --> 00:47:40,680
Speaker 1: guy go out and play a complete game like he

1072
00:47:40,719 --> 00:47:43,719
Speaker 1: did against the Jaguars, and do it in back to

1073
00:47:43,800 --> 00:47:46,839
Speaker 1: back weeks. Finish the season with two games where you're

1074
00:47:46,840 --> 00:47:49,160
Speaker 1: protecting the football and you show that you're able to

1075
00:47:49,160 --> 00:47:51,719
Speaker 1: do it. Against the Raiders, are you know, I know

1076
00:47:51,719 --> 00:47:54,040
Speaker 1: they've been on a losing street, but a decent a

1077
00:47:54,080 --> 00:47:56,280
Speaker 1: decent team, and against the Chiefs, a really good team.

1078
00:47:56,560 --> 00:47:58,279
Speaker 1: And like he said, he hopes that the Chiefs are

1079
00:47:58,280 --> 00:48:00,359
Speaker 1: playing for a boy, so they're actually throwing out there,

1080
00:48:00,920 --> 00:48:03,920
Speaker 1: their first teamers out there doing back to back weeks,

1081
00:48:04,200 --> 00:48:07,279
Speaker 1: back to back weeks where you protect the football and

1082
00:48:07,640 --> 00:48:10,719
Speaker 1: show at least some glimmer that you can still do

1083
00:48:10,760 --> 00:48:13,520
Speaker 1: it at a high level in this league without committing

1084
00:48:13,560 --> 00:48:16,000
Speaker 1: the turnovers that have been absolutely backreaking for this team,

1085
00:48:16,000 --> 00:48:18,560
Speaker 1: and as we discussed, are the primary reason why they're

1086
00:48:18,600 --> 00:48:20,360
Speaker 1: five and nine, even the head of the injuries for me,

1087
00:48:20,640 --> 00:48:22,879
Speaker 1: so Philip rivers my guy and it's sixty two yards

1088
00:48:23,000 --> 00:48:25,640
Speaker 1: rushing as a team. Last Sunday, almost kind of reverting

1089
00:48:25,680 --> 00:48:27,160
Speaker 1: back to earlier in the year when they just couldn't

1090
00:48:27,239 --> 00:48:29,759
Speaker 1: run the football. You have to establish the run so

1091
00:48:29,880 --> 00:48:33,400
Speaker 1: Philip can can have that time and be balanced as

1092
00:48:33,400 --> 00:48:36,040
Speaker 1: an offense. Well, yeah, so I'm just gonna say, Melvin

1093
00:48:36,040 --> 00:48:37,840
Speaker 1: Gordon and so you can give me a good sad

1094
00:48:37,920 --> 00:48:41,799
Speaker 1: reading your mind on the same page Jill got here

1095
00:48:41,840 --> 00:48:45,239
Speaker 1: earlier we were talking, okay, but you finally have a

1096
00:48:45,239 --> 00:48:47,720
Speaker 1: little rehearsal. Alright, But I also speaking of the turnovers,

1097
00:48:47,719 --> 00:48:51,279
Speaker 1: to say, the turnover then the rushing attack. You know,

1098
00:48:51,440 --> 00:48:53,440
Speaker 1: Melvin Goring had two of those fumbles then couldn't get

1099
00:48:53,480 --> 00:48:57,279
Speaker 1: a rhythm last week. But yeah, we talked about the

1100
00:48:57,360 --> 00:49:01,080
Speaker 1: hold out shaky year, you know for Melvine Gordon, he's

1101
00:49:01,080 --> 00:49:03,200
Speaker 1: also a free agent, and you know, why not finish

1102
00:49:03,280 --> 00:49:05,520
Speaker 1: these next two games, you know, with the bank showing

1103
00:49:05,520 --> 00:49:07,680
Speaker 1: that you're still one of the top running bags. Tim

1104
00:49:07,760 --> 00:49:10,799
Speaker 1: and overlooked right now by Austin Ekeler. He was the

1105
00:49:10,800 --> 00:49:12,800
Speaker 1: one that was a Pro Bowl snob. Nobody really mentioned

1106
00:49:12,880 --> 00:49:15,880
Speaker 1: Melvin Gordon. So for him to have two more games

1107
00:49:16,200 --> 00:49:20,080
Speaker 1: against the Raiders and the Chiefs, two ACUF rivals, why not,

1108
00:49:20,160 --> 00:49:22,120
Speaker 1: you know, get a hundred yards rushing and a couple

1109
00:49:22,120 --> 00:49:24,080
Speaker 1: of touchdowns and kind of make it interesting for yourself

1110
00:49:24,120 --> 00:49:26,319
Speaker 1: in the offseason. Melvin probably had his best game this

1111
00:49:26,400 --> 00:49:30,560
Speaker 1: year against the Raiders, right you know yeah yard rushing,

1112
00:49:30,640 --> 00:49:33,160
Speaker 1: yeah he does this game. Yeah. Also played well against

1113
00:49:33,200 --> 00:49:35,279
Speaker 1: the Packers. Packers too. I don't think he has many

1114
00:49:35,360 --> 00:49:37,680
Speaker 1: yards as he had against Oakland. Yeah, that was a

1115
00:49:37,680 --> 00:49:39,879
Speaker 1: good one, Gil, Thank you, good one, Gil. That's gonna

1116
00:49:39,880 --> 00:49:42,319
Speaker 1: take yours. But then we went Rivers, so I had

1117
00:49:42,320 --> 00:49:45,160
Speaker 1: to switch it up. Upset that this is almost over?

1118
00:49:45,320 --> 00:49:47,120
Speaker 1: Can we get one more next week? Yeah? We get

1119
00:49:47,120 --> 00:49:49,120
Speaker 1: one more? Okay, we get one more we could do

1120
00:49:49,160 --> 00:49:51,279
Speaker 1: at the end of season one is just I was.

1121
00:49:51,400 --> 00:49:53,439
Speaker 1: I was a joking with Daniel that I could put

1122
00:49:53,480 --> 00:49:56,319
Speaker 1: the banter between you two and turn it into like

1123
00:49:56,360 --> 00:49:58,839
Speaker 1: a best of There'd be a lot of good ones

1124
00:49:58,920 --> 00:50:02,640
Speaker 1: from Nashville two weeks ago. Lately, though, you guys have

1125
00:50:02,640 --> 00:50:04,920
Speaker 1: been in a good good buddies now. Huh Yeah, it's

1126
00:50:04,960 --> 00:50:07,440
Speaker 1: kind of boring, isn't it. It's for me. It's indifference.

1127
00:50:07,680 --> 00:50:11,000
Speaker 1: You ever gonna get that beer with Daniel? I don't

1128
00:50:11,040 --> 00:50:14,560
Speaker 1: have the energy now. Jeff's never gonna get a beer

1129
00:50:14,600 --> 00:50:18,160
Speaker 1: with me. It's fine. See now you sent me up

1130
00:50:18,200 --> 00:50:20,600
Speaker 1: to say something that I choked. I took at choke.

1131
00:50:21,480 --> 00:50:22,680
Speaker 1: You're gonna have to get a beer with me in

1132
00:50:22,760 --> 00:50:24,879
Speaker 1: Kansas City because we're all going out together. That's right. Yeah,

1133
00:50:25,000 --> 00:50:28,239
Speaker 1: we are going to do that. You know if you

1134
00:50:28,320 --> 00:50:31,360
Speaker 1: do show, yeah, you just you know, come down with

1135
00:50:31,360 --> 00:50:35,320
Speaker 1: a mystery illness. I know I'm gonna be there and uh,

1136
00:50:35,719 --> 00:50:37,160
Speaker 1: you and I we maybe we should do a keke

1137
00:50:37,239 --> 00:50:40,319
Speaker 1: stand wow. Maybe we should just go right off the

1138
00:50:40,360 --> 00:50:44,000
Speaker 1: top rope. All right, I'm down. If you're promise you listeners,

1139
00:50:44,000 --> 00:50:47,080
Speaker 1: we will tape that. If we're to go down, gentlemen,

1140
00:50:47,120 --> 00:50:49,440
Speaker 1: always appreciate it. We will see you next week. Idio.

1141
00:50:50,440 --> 00:50:52,000
Speaker 1: All right, guys, that's gonna do it for us. A

1142
00:50:52,000 --> 00:50:54,120
Speaker 1: big day so all of our guests, and of course

1143
00:50:54,160 --> 00:50:56,480
Speaker 1: thanks to you all for listening. Remember be sure to

1144
00:50:56,520 --> 00:50:59,440
Speaker 1: subscribe to the All New Chargers podcast network. Wherever you

1145
00:50:59,520 --> 00:51:02,200
Speaker 1: listen to podcast, we are everywhere. You can find us

1146
00:51:02,200 --> 00:51:05,160
Speaker 1: on Spotify, in SoundCloud now as well. I also want

1147
00:51:05,160 --> 00:51:07,319
Speaker 1: to give a shout out to a specific listener that

1148
00:51:07,440 --> 00:51:12,239
Speaker 1: I met in Oakland, big Chargers fan, Carlos Bernault. Carlos

1149
00:51:12,480 --> 00:51:15,000
Speaker 1: always appreciate you listening. We love all of our listeners.

1150
00:51:15,320 --> 00:51:18,520
Speaker 1: Thanks for all your support all season long. Enjoy the

1151
00:51:18,560 --> 00:51:21,760
Speaker 1: game on Sunday and until next time, I'm Chris Harry