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Speaker 1: NFL Report.

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Speaker 2: This is the NFL Report. I'm Steve White with my

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Speaker 2: guy James Palmer.

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Speaker 3: James.

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Speaker 2: This is kind of the lull week before the Super Bowl.

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Speaker 4: But not even on the NFL Report. No, we have

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Speaker 4: plenty coming up.

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Speaker 2: We have gotten Mitchell Schwartz, a former offensive lineman for

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Speaker 2: the Kansas City Chiefs who played in the Super Bowl.

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Speaker 4: He'll be here.

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Speaker 2: We've got our own Brian Balldeer, you know what it is,

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Speaker 2: Baldy favorite films and Jeff shedeah oh all season long.

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Speaker 2: He was talking about the MVP week to week, but

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Speaker 2: we've got.

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Speaker 4: All kinds of postseason awards GP.

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Speaker 3: I love it.

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Speaker 5: I love when we battle it out with Jeff. That's

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Speaker 5: my favorite thing to do. It usually, you know, somehow

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Speaker 5: involves Michigan and Ohio State, which is my least favorite part.

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Speaker 5: And speaking of Michigan and Ohio State on Ohio State

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Speaker 5: alumni and Nick Moosa had some really interesting words for

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Speaker 5: brock Perty in the locker room after for the NFC

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Speaker 5: Championship game. So the fact that.

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Speaker 3: All of us, all of us, it's crazy.

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Speaker 6: Could you think you feel good?

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Speaker 1: Event?

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Speaker 7: But did you like, how much confidence did you have?

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Speaker 6: That was the second hit.

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Speaker 4: Of the draft nineties lacked confidence.

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Speaker 3: Part about the game.

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Speaker 2: But oh man, you know that was that was Nick

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Speaker 2: Bosa and Brock party all that.

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Speaker 4: It was just incredible.

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Speaker 2: I mean that sound aired on inside the NFL. Just

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Speaker 2: just a great sound and JP.

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Speaker 4: You know that was right after the game.

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Speaker 2: Where bosas talking about saying that, Brock, did you know

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Speaker 2: you're going to be this good?

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Speaker 4: How much confidence did you have?

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Speaker 2: Because I was the second overall pick and I lacked confidence?

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Speaker 2: And this is game recognizing game. I mean, this is

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Speaker 2: a QB hunter for sure, going up to the guy

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Speaker 2: that they're going to be leaning on to win them

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Speaker 2: a Lombardi Trophy and just a really special moment. Man,

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Speaker 2: I'm just that video. I was like, we've got to

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Speaker 6: Yeah, it was.

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Speaker 3: It was something STEVEE. It really was.

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Speaker 5: It was kind of that fly on the wall that

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Speaker 5: we're always shooting for, where we can take these moments

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Speaker 5: and kind of peel back the curtain for fans and

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Speaker 5: just kind of show the interaction between a guy that.

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Speaker 3: Probably makes as much money as Nick Bosa does in one.

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Speaker 5: Game in his season. Right, he is carrying this entire offense.

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Speaker 5: Steve in brock Purty, he's maybe your MVP for the year.

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Speaker 5: So let me ask you this question. It's going to

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Speaker 5: be brock Purty versus Steve Spagnolo. And Steve Spagnolo we

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Speaker 5: trust one of the best dcs in all of football

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Speaker 5: and is on a red hot streak right now.

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Speaker 3: How do you see that matchup going down?

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Speaker 2: Well, this is tough because very few quarterbacks have succeeded

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Speaker 2: I mean, Kansas City is here because of its defense.

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Speaker 2: But the one thing we've seen that a brock Purty

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Speaker 2: bit later on, is the composure. Right, people are going

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Speaker 2: to say, always a second your QB. This is the

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Speaker 2: He was mister irrelevant and you have seen even taking

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Speaker 2: from that sound we just played with Nick Bosa, like, man,

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Speaker 2: this guy doesn't cease to amaze me. Now he is

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Speaker 2: gonna have some tough times. This defense gets after everybody.

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Speaker 2: How will he respond? He's had his bad moment he

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Speaker 2: And this is gonna be a challenge for Rock Party

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Speaker 5: They he didnim buckling his very first start when he

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Speaker 5: And remember, I know the the S two test has

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Speaker 5: rock parties were right up there with Joe Burrow or

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Speaker 5: What I do want to see is if he starts better.

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Speaker 5: And that's what the Chiefs have banked on in the

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Speaker 5: postseason is getting these quarterbacks to maybe make a mistake early.

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Speaker 5: It's what they wanted to bank on with Lamar Jackson.

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Speaker 5: Steve that it was his first time in an AFC

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Speaker 5: title game. Maybe he'll make a mistake early. Maybe he'll

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Speaker 5: Lamar turned it over three times. I mean, well the

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Speaker 5: what they're going to look to do to brock Purty early.

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Speaker 5: Does he get off to a better start than what

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Speaker 5: let's move this. This went on to another matchup. This

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Speaker 5: is one of your favorite one, Steve, Lagerious Snead maybe

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Speaker 5: As we know, he shadows the number one wide receiver regularly.

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Speaker 3: Steve, what do you see here with this matchup?

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Speaker 4: I can't see it. I can't see him being able

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Speaker 2: That's because Kyle Shanahan is not gonna have Deebo plays

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Speaker 2: Where they line him up and how Sneid plays him

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Speaker 2: Because of Deebo, he's gonna be used as that chip again.

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Speaker 2: That's going to determine where Lagerious Need, a great player,

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Speaker 3: I love it, Steve.

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Speaker 5: Remember what Lagarious Need has done this entire season and

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Speaker 3: That's gonna be the battle to see. But also I

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Speaker 5: You have plenty that is a number one type wide

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Speaker 5: Steve Spangela dials things up for these entire group of

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Speaker 5: How about Travis Kelcey versus these Niners linebackers.

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Speaker 2: Steve, Yeah, this is this is to me, this is

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Speaker 2: a huge hedge for Kelsey. Not too much because Fred

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Speaker 4: Now they played against big tight ends.

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Speaker 2: But I think the coverage is gonna come down to

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Speaker 5: I think the formation we're going to keep our eye

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Speaker 5: But Fred Warner has been playing out of his mind.

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Speaker 5: Strike that reverse it, Willy Wonka. How about Christian McCaffrey

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Speaker 4: What incredible matgic with Jafe.

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Speaker 2: We've been talking for weeks about the speed and the

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Speaker 4: There's nothing he can't do.

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Speaker 2: He's excellent, as we're seeing here in the tight red

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Speaker 4: This is a tough matchup.

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Speaker 2: I know the Chiefs have the personnel, but they again

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Speaker 2: they can scheme him into situations where he's one on

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Speaker 5: I'm very curious to see which linebackers play where and

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Speaker 5: these guys can play it. And Drew Tranquell and Nick

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Speaker 5: That is difficult on an offense to figure out what's happening.

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Speaker 5: So who's on the field and when they're on the

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Speaker 5: field is going to be a fascinating part for that matchup.

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Speaker 4: Steve JP.

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Speaker 2: They can both run. You killed it so much in

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Speaker 2: knew you would be this good. Coming up next, patching

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Speaker 2: Mahomes and the Chiefs, how do they win?

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Speaker 4: What's the secret sauce?

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Speaker 2: Oh no, We're gonna ask Mitchell Schwartz, who protected Patrick

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Speaker 2: How about you want to Mahomes to throw against a

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Speaker 3: Welcome back to the NFL Report.

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Speaker 5: Steve White, James Palmer with you here now with Super

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Speaker 5: Bowl champion former Chiefs right tackle Mitchell Schwartz the thorn

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Speaker 5: Steve in von Miller's side. Vaughn could just never figure

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Speaker 3: Mitch, thank you for joining us.

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Speaker 7: Yeah, thanks for having me. I missed those days playing him,

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Speaker 2: But as we get started, I mean just this kind

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Speaker 4: What is Andy Reid?

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Speaker 2: I mean, both teams are going through it, but this

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Speaker 4: What are the coaches going through?

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Speaker 7: So this is actually a much different you know, quote

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Speaker 3: Mitchell, you've been through a super Bowl week.

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Speaker 5: Once you get to site with Patrick Mahomes and Andy Reid,

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Speaker 5: I'm just thinking of their offensive mind. You mentioned some

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Speaker 2: You know, I'm so glad you said that because we

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Speaker 7: They're good enough to overcome a mistake. They're good enough

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Speaker 5: Mitchell, you were day in day out with Patrick Mahomes

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Speaker 7: of playing football now and six AFC championship games for

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Speaker 7: Super Bowls with all the physical traits. And there have

442
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Speaker 7: been a couple of rough times, you know, a few

443
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Speaker 7: years ago the start of the season and you know,

444
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Speaker 7: kind of the too high shell look and the Chiefs

445
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Speaker 7: you know, solving it quote unquote, and he had to

446
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Speaker 7: change his game a little bit in that perspective. This year,

447
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Speaker 7: you know, some rough patches with the receiver room, with

448
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Speaker 7: the offensive line room, with really the entire offense not

449
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Speaker 7: being on the same page, and you know, guys taking turns,

450
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Speaker 7: making mistakes. He's had to overcome that as well, and

451
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Speaker 7: so he's able to take you know, for him, what

452
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Speaker 7: looks like a bad stretch is still really MVP level football.

453
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Speaker 7: And combine that with his other worldly mental capabilities, and

454
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Speaker 7: so I do think this is the best version of

455
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Speaker 7: him because he's got the most experienced he has. You know, physically,

456
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Speaker 7: guys are typically in their prime at the age that

457
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Speaker 7: he is, he's probably as healthy as he's ever been.

458
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Speaker 7: In the playoffs, and we've seen this over three weeks,

459
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Speaker 7: he's been I'm not gonna say flawless, but he's been

460
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Speaker 7: pretty close to flawless, especially from a physical perspective when

461
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Speaker 7: you look at where he's putting the ball and how

462
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Speaker 7: he's kind of thrown guys open in case in pointing

463
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Speaker 7: at first touch An the Travis, and.

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Speaker 4: Then you talk about the experience. I mean, the last question,

465
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Speaker 4: we only have about ninety seconds.

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Speaker 2: But Pat said after that game he doesn't have to

467
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Speaker 2: do certain things because he knows he has the defense

468
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Speaker 2: to bail him out. This is a defensive team. The

469
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Speaker 2: Chiefs are here because of their defense. What about what

470
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Speaker 2: you see from Chris Jones and some of the those

471
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Speaker 2: guys at all three levels that gives you, I don't know,

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Speaker 2: faith that they can stop this forty nine ers offense

473
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Speaker 2: and get another Super Bowl.

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Speaker 7: I think the physicality that they're playing with on all

475
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Speaker 7: three levels, you know, typically a defense has a strong

476
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Speaker 7: suit and maybe it's a defensive line. You know, when

477
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Speaker 7: we've faced San Francisco the first time five years ago, now,

478
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Speaker 7: it was their defensive line. You know, their secondary was awesome,

479
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Speaker 7: but the defensive line was the calling card. Well, with

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Speaker 7: the Chiefs, you know, they're able to do that on

481
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Speaker 7: all three levels. They do have a great d line

482
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Speaker 7: in Chris Drone's leading that, you know Bolton, the way

483
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Speaker 7: Drew Trankle's playing, you know William assuming he's going to play.

484
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Speaker 7: And on the back end at this point, you know

485
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Speaker 7: Sneed and McDuffie and Justin Reid and those guys have

486
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Speaker 7: started to get the recognition they deserve and their ability

487
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Speaker 7: to play that position that you know typically doesn't necessarily

488
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Speaker 7: come with physicality, but play it in a certain way

489
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Speaker 7: that makes guys not necessarily want to, you know, try

490
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Speaker 7: to run them over every single time and play it

491
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Speaker 7: in a way that receivers are going to get tired of.

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Speaker 7: I think it's just really special and so they're able

493
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Speaker 7: to blend Spags's really cool scheme with their ability and

494
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Speaker 7: their physicality. And it's all coalesced in too. You know,

495
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Speaker 7: an awesome league leading defense.

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Speaker 4: Great match, real quick, thirty seconds.

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Speaker 2: Your thoughts on Trent Williams, the left tackle for the

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Speaker 2: San Francisco.

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Speaker 4: Forty nine ers.

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Speaker 7: Yeah, I mean, stud he's he does things different than

501
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Speaker 7: everybody else because he can, because he's that good. He's

502
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Speaker 7: six five, three thirty and he ran a four eight

503
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Speaker 7: and he's like thirty six years old now and probably

504
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Speaker 7: only you know runs a four to nine. He probably

505
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Speaker 7: got win a one tenth of a second slower. It's

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Speaker 7: just it's awesome watching him.

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Speaker 6: You know.

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Speaker 7: It sucks that our guys have to go against him

509
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Speaker 7: and have to root against him this week, but it's

510
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Speaker 7: as an offensive line guy, it's so fun watching people

511
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Speaker 7: at his level, to combine the skill, the athleticism, the

512
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Speaker 7: mental capabilities, and just like the pure brute force that

513
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Speaker 7: he plays with.

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Speaker 5: Awesome, Awesome, Mitchie, you when you played, You're one of

515
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Speaker 5: my favorite people to go to that corner that Chiefs

516
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Speaker 5: locker room and I would just learn so much when

517
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Speaker 5: you and I would go and talk. And I appreciate

518
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Speaker 5: you coming on the show and joining us. Hopefully we

519
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Speaker 5: see in Vegas. I don't know, Mitch, what do you

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Speaker 5: think we'll see?

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Speaker 7: You know, still debating going down there and it's going

522
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Speaker 7: to be quite a few people. And usually that's not

523
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Speaker 7: necessarily my bete you, but it's going to be a

524
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Speaker 7: fun weekend.

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Speaker 6: I see you down there.

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Speaker 5: Purty is he featured in Baldi's Favorite Films?

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Speaker 3: You better believe it.

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Speaker 5: But what part of his game did Baldy love in

533
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Speaker 5: the NFC Championship Game.

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Speaker 3: Stay tuned to the NFL Report and find out.

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Speaker 4: You're listening to the NFL Report podcast.

536
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Speaker 2: But you can watch me, Steve Weich and my co

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Speaker 2: host James Palmer on the NFL Report at seven fifteen

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Speaker 4: And other free streaming apps.

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Speaker 5: Welcome into Baldy's Favorite Films this week Baldy's Favorite Films

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Speaker 5: of the week, the Championship Week. Steve Baldy is here

544
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Speaker 5: with us once again. I have my popcorn and Baldy.

545
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Speaker 5: Let's start at the AFC Championship game play him that

546
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Speaker 5: we were both at in the linebacker position for the

547
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Speaker 5: Kansas City Chiefs. They put four guys in there, and

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Speaker 5: I remember having a conversation with their linebackers coach Brendan

549
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Speaker 5: Daly pregame where he said, all four guys really can

550
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Speaker 5: call this defense, can run this defense. There's no drop

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Speaker 5: off if Nick Bolton has to leave the field.

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Speaker 3: It is a really deep group.

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Speaker 5: And the Drew Trankwell signing might be one of the

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Speaker 5: biggest small signings we saw in the NFL this year.

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Speaker 6: I agree, I agree, James. And so they came out

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Speaker 6: and they played big linebackers, you know, they played Leo Chanel,

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Speaker 6: Nick Bolton, Drew Tranquill, and they just they crashed the

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Speaker 6: Ravens party in the run game and they just were

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Speaker 6: not gonna let them shake loose. Now, Baltimore didn't stay

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Speaker 6: with it very long, but it was a big part

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Speaker 6: of this pact his game plan. And Drew Trankle like,

562
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Speaker 6: you know, he led the team in tackles, eight solo tackles.

563
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Speaker 6: He shadowed Lamar, he chased Lamar when Lamar caught the

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Speaker 6: pass that he threw, Lamar scores a touchdown if Drew

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Speaker 6: Trankle doesn't dive and tackle those feet of his before

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Speaker 6: he got going. I mean, it's kind of one of

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Speaker 6: the hidden plays in the game. His effort hustled because

568
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Speaker 6: originally he was rushing the passer and then he circled

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Speaker 6: back and then once he saw what Lamar was doing,

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Speaker 6: like he was the last one to be able to

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Speaker 6: get to Lamar on that play.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, there was a whole lot of green in front

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Speaker 4: of Lamar.

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Speaker 2: Isn't it crazy how Tranquill had such a productive season

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Speaker 2: with the Chargers and they just kind of let him

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Speaker 2: go out there.

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Speaker 4: And the Chiefs were like, thank you because we know

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Speaker 4: what he did to us. Okay, Baldy here but here

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Speaker 4: here go go ahead, JP.

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Speaker 5: They were surprised, Steve. The Chiefs were very surprised that

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Speaker 5: they were able to get Drew Tranquill. I mean they

582
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Speaker 5: were thrown away and jumped at the opportunity out.

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Speaker 4: I'm sure they were.

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Speaker 3: Here.

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Speaker 6: Still the Charger's best linebacker, he's still the best linebacker.

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Speaker 2: Okay, so Baldy, but going into the Super Bowl, I

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Speaker 2: mean that before you know, before the game, you know

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Speaker 2: they lost Derek Noddy, you.

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Speaker 4: Know, he wasn't scheduled to play. He had the triceps

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Speaker 4: injury suffered against the Dolphins.

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Speaker 6: Yep.

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Speaker 2: But then they lose Charles and many who who has

593
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Speaker 2: been crushing it for the past few weeks against and

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Speaker 2: then you know, now they're getting ready to play his

595
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Speaker 2: former team, the Niners, where he stood out big time

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Speaker 2: in the postseason last year. That is a significant blow,

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Speaker 2: especially since the men and who would have been going

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Speaker 2: up against Trent Williams in this game, no.

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Speaker 6: Question about it. In fact, I did a little video

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Speaker 6: on Charles. He hit me up after I did it.

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Speaker 6: I felt bad because you're right, I mean, he was

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Speaker 6: a former forty nine er. I thought. I talked to

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Speaker 6: JJ Watt about it before the game, James, when I

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Speaker 6: saw him down the field, and you know, I thought

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Speaker 6: when he went to San Francisco, I thought, Charles really

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Speaker 6: took a step up with Caseric coaching him. And then

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Speaker 6: he hit free agency and Kansas City said we want

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Speaker 6: this guy. He's an improving player right now, a Stockings

609
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Speaker 6: on the rise, and he's been a situational pass rusher

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Speaker 6: for him all year. He gets the ball out Lamar's hands,

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Speaker 6: I think he got hurt on that play, and now

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Speaker 6: after a really good postseason with the forty nine ers

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Speaker 6: a year ago, he's not going to be able to

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Speaker 6: play in this game. He's going to have to watch it.

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Speaker 6: It's just one of those unfortunate things because I thought

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Speaker 6: he played his best football in both San Francisco and

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Speaker 6: then this year in Kansas City. Yeah.

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Speaker 3: I was talking to him in the locker in Baldi.

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Speaker 5: He was very optimistic, hoping that this wasn't going to

620
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Speaker 5: be major because he was like after those games in

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Speaker 5: the beginning of the season he missed with the suspension,

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Speaker 5: he was like, I'm just now figuring out what Spags

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Speaker 5: wants to do with me, and I'm being able to

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Speaker 5: really click. And it's been a sax City down the stretch.

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Speaker 5: But now they're playing without him and maybe a little

626
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Speaker 5: bit less getting after brock Purdy, maybe more falls on

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Speaker 5: your corners. And I had a conversation with Spags after

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Speaker 5: the game. He said, I don't think you can play

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Speaker 5: in this league without great corners anymore. I just really

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Speaker 5: don't think you can. And they have a duo and

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Speaker 5: Trent mcduffee and l J. Snead that are just maybe

632
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Speaker 5: the best duo in football. But it's not just the

633
00:27:06,040 --> 00:27:07,760
Speaker 5: two of them that stood out to you in that

634
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Speaker 5: AFC title game.

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Speaker 6: No, it was Jala Watson, it was Joshua Williams. It

636
00:27:11,960 --> 00:27:14,760
Speaker 6: was all of them, all four of them, justin Reid

637
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Speaker 6: at certain times. I mean, they used them to blitz

638
00:27:16,600 --> 00:27:20,679
Speaker 6: quite a bit, but you know, they basically were on

639
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Speaker 6: an island against Odell Beckham and Jay Flowers and Rashad

640
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Speaker 6: Bateman and Nelson Aguilar, and they took shots to all

641
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Speaker 6: those guys down the field. Lamar did, and they defended

642
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Speaker 6: every one of those deep shots outside of one where

643
00:27:32,960 --> 00:27:35,080
Speaker 6: there was a little bit of a breakdown. But you

644
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Speaker 6: know they've got length. They challenged the receivers they have

645
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Speaker 6: all year. If they have to play on the island.

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Speaker 6: They seem like they're just fine with the James. We

647
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Speaker 6: saw them all warming up before the game. Spags doesn't

648
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Speaker 6: like this at all, but they all have that T

649
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Speaker 6: shirt on and we trust. I hit Spags up, I

650
00:27:53,800 --> 00:27:55,680
Speaker 6: need one of those T shirts, Spags and he goes,

651
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Speaker 6: I hate those shirts. I want to get rid of

652
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Speaker 6: them because you know, it brings attention to them. But

653
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Speaker 6: the players feel about them, you know, because honestly, you know,

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Speaker 6: even going back to last year guys, I mean, for

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Speaker 6: those guys are just mentioned. I mean, there are rookies

656
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Speaker 6: a year ago. They're all on the field, and you go,

657
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Speaker 6: how many coaches could get four rookies in the secondary?

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Speaker 6: We have to speed, you know, in a rookie season

659
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Speaker 6: and play in a super Bowl and play well in

660
00:28:20,520 --> 00:28:23,120
Speaker 6: a Super Bowl. I mean, those guys are all like,

661
00:28:23,359 --> 00:28:25,320
Speaker 6: you know, like they're all in the front row. They're

662
00:28:25,320 --> 00:28:28,000
Speaker 6: all you know, they must all be taking notes because

663
00:28:28,000 --> 00:28:30,120
Speaker 6: they don't break down on the back end. They're very,

664
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Speaker 6: very sound at what they do, and so as much

665
00:28:32,800 --> 00:28:35,360
Speaker 6: as they do, which is a lot, they don't break down.

666
00:28:35,359 --> 00:28:39,600
Speaker 6: And that's a great testimony to Spags's teaching and Baldi.

667
00:28:39,600 --> 00:28:42,200
Speaker 2: They're great open field tacklers, which is a lost skill

668
00:28:42,880 --> 00:28:45,080
Speaker 2: with some teams in today's game. And that's going to

669
00:28:45,160 --> 00:28:48,160
Speaker 2: be crucial because we know the catch and run ability

670
00:28:48,160 --> 00:28:51,600
Speaker 2: of Deebo Samuel and Brandon Ayuk and George Kittle and

671
00:28:51,640 --> 00:28:53,400
Speaker 2: guys like that. But let's take it to the forty

672
00:28:53,480 --> 00:28:56,560
Speaker 2: nine ers, because you notice something on film about the

673
00:28:56,600 --> 00:28:59,120
Speaker 2: interior of their defense. Remember I was texting you during

674
00:28:59,120 --> 00:29:02,520
Speaker 2: the game, like the line's offensive line is putting on

675
00:29:02,640 --> 00:29:06,320
Speaker 2: a beatdown clinic. What did you see that that kind

676
00:29:06,320 --> 00:29:08,440
Speaker 2: of got your attention about the interior play.

677
00:29:08,280 --> 00:29:10,040
Speaker 4: Of their defensive front. That's got to get better.

678
00:29:11,640 --> 00:29:13,640
Speaker 6: Well, I mean, first of all, they didn't get off

679
00:29:13,680 --> 00:29:16,440
Speaker 6: block Steve, Okay, so you're not you're not beating blocks.

680
00:29:16,520 --> 00:29:18,760
Speaker 6: You got to play fast, you got to defeat blocks.

681
00:29:18,760 --> 00:29:21,640
Speaker 6: And I thought they were catching blocks and not defeating him.

682
00:29:21,640 --> 00:29:24,480
Speaker 6: That that comes down to a couple basic things. You know,

683
00:29:24,600 --> 00:29:28,880
Speaker 6: It's it's playing with low pad level, it's stacking and shedding.

684
00:29:29,240 --> 00:29:30,960
Speaker 6: Like I didn't think they were good at it. And

685
00:29:31,000 --> 00:29:34,160
Speaker 6: then like I and you could say any name at

686
00:29:34,200 --> 00:29:36,920
Speaker 6: defensive tackle, whether it was kin Law or Hargrave or

687
00:29:36,960 --> 00:29:39,440
Speaker 6: Armstead or Gibbons, I didn't think anyone played well in

688
00:29:39,440 --> 00:29:41,360
Speaker 6: the first half. I didn't think they were getting off

689
00:29:41,360 --> 00:29:42,840
Speaker 6: blocks they don't think I thought they were on the

690
00:29:42,840 --> 00:29:45,920
Speaker 6: ground too much. Uh, And I didn't think Chase played

691
00:29:45,960 --> 00:29:49,520
Speaker 6: particularly well either, So I think they all have a room.

692
00:29:49,560 --> 00:29:53,280
Speaker 6: And then the other part, though not because they were playing,

693
00:29:53,320 --> 00:29:56,080
Speaker 6: they didn't have good run fits either. I mean, Fred

694
00:29:56,120 --> 00:29:58,480
Speaker 6: Warner's going this way, Orin Burks is going this way,

695
00:29:58,720 --> 00:30:01,960
Speaker 6: and there's David Montgomery going you know, right down the

696
00:30:02,040 --> 00:30:05,160
Speaker 6: one to oh one freeway for fifteen yards. So I

697
00:30:05,200 --> 00:30:07,760
Speaker 6: thought the run fits have to get a lot better

698
00:30:08,080 --> 00:30:12,080
Speaker 6: before Super Bowl Sunday, because Isaiah Pacheco has proven and

699
00:30:12,160 --> 00:30:16,080
Speaker 6: the interior of that Knessee Chiefs offensive line with Creed

700
00:30:16,160 --> 00:30:19,800
Speaker 6: Humphrey and Trey Smith and Allegretti, we've seen that they're

701
00:30:19,800 --> 00:30:21,960
Speaker 6: not afraid to go pound the ball in the belly

702
00:30:21,960 --> 00:30:25,560
Speaker 6: of any defense. And so I would use last week's

703
00:30:26,120 --> 00:30:29,280
Speaker 6: championship game as a training ground to saying this is

704
00:30:29,320 --> 00:30:32,760
Speaker 6: not how we're playing Super Bowl Sunday, Baldy.

705
00:30:32,800 --> 00:30:35,480
Speaker 5: With that said, we were all curious with Nick Allegretti.

706
00:30:35,520 --> 00:30:37,600
Speaker 5: You brought him up, he fills in for Joe Tooney,

707
00:30:37,960 --> 00:30:39,680
Speaker 5: the All Pro at left guard.

708
00:30:39,760 --> 00:30:41,720
Speaker 3: I think we were all wondering how that.

709
00:30:41,640 --> 00:30:43,480
Speaker 5: Was going to hold up in this AFC title game,

710
00:30:43,520 --> 00:30:46,480
Speaker 5: and now we're curious how that goes into the Super Bowl.

711
00:30:46,600 --> 00:30:48,960
Speaker 5: You know you're gonna get max effort from Nick Allighretty.

712
00:30:49,000 --> 00:30:51,960
Speaker 5: You know you're gonna get unreal effort from him. What

713
00:30:52,080 --> 00:30:54,280
Speaker 5: did you see from his performance though, because he's probably

714
00:30:54,280 --> 00:30:55,200
Speaker 5: gonna have to do it again.

715
00:30:56,080 --> 00:30:57,920
Speaker 6: I didn't see a drop off. I did not see

716
00:30:57,920 --> 00:30:59,960
Speaker 6: a drop off. They still ran the same power play

717
00:31:00,200 --> 00:31:03,240
Speaker 6: were they're pulling him like they would Touney up into

718
00:31:03,400 --> 00:31:06,800
Speaker 6: the line of scrimmage. The combo blocks with Donovan Smith

719
00:31:06,840 --> 00:31:11,040
Speaker 6: were solid. I thought his past protection inside against some

720
00:31:11,160 --> 00:31:14,360
Speaker 6: massive people you know, uh that they have for Baltimore,

721
00:31:14,800 --> 00:31:18,120
Speaker 6: I thought he was solid. And really sometimes you see

722
00:31:18,120 --> 00:31:20,080
Speaker 6: a real drop off when you go from the starter

723
00:31:20,240 --> 00:31:22,840
Speaker 6: to the backup. Because Dick can fill in a tackle,

724
00:31:23,040 --> 00:31:25,800
Speaker 6: he can fill in a guard. I thought his play

725
00:31:26,480 --> 00:31:29,400
Speaker 6: was that of a starting quality, and that's a that's

726
00:31:29,400 --> 00:31:31,640
Speaker 6: a credit to what they're doing in Kansas City that

727
00:31:31,680 --> 00:31:34,200
Speaker 6: where there was not a drop off and left guard.

728
00:31:34,640 --> 00:31:37,320
Speaker 2: Paulli listen to these quarterbacks for a little bit because

729
00:31:37,840 --> 00:31:40,520
Speaker 2: I do think there is a shared quality in both

730
00:31:40,560 --> 00:31:42,360
Speaker 2: of them. And I don't think it's talked about enough

731
00:31:42,880 --> 00:31:46,040
Speaker 2: with the real MVP Brock Purty as much as we

732
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Speaker 2: talk about it with Patrick Mahomes. And that's that's the

733
00:31:49,280 --> 00:31:53,000
Speaker 2: killer that they have got, that killer gene.

734
00:31:53,160 --> 00:31:54,600
Speaker 4: And you saw with Purdy.

735
00:31:54,440 --> 00:31:58,920
Speaker 2: Last year, like he is a finisher and we know Patrick,

736
00:31:59,040 --> 00:32:01,360
Speaker 2: I mean, showing it more this year than I think

737
00:32:01,360 --> 00:32:04,320
Speaker 2: we've ever seen it. Let's start with Mahomes and just

738
00:32:04,400 --> 00:32:07,160
Speaker 2: about what you see in his eyes like, you know,

739
00:32:07,200 --> 00:32:09,719
Speaker 2: that finish m type of mentality.

740
00:32:11,480 --> 00:32:13,480
Speaker 6: So me and James are down the field, Chiefs are

741
00:32:13,480 --> 00:32:16,640
Speaker 6: warming up. Steve, you could take any gain that the

742
00:32:16,720 --> 00:32:19,840
Speaker 6: Chiefs play. Their routine is exactly the same. It doesn't

743
00:32:19,880 --> 00:32:22,240
Speaker 6: matter if it's you know, if it's a misty rain

744
00:32:22,280 --> 00:32:25,120
Speaker 6: in Baltimore in thirty five degrees or thirty five below

745
00:32:25,200 --> 00:32:27,880
Speaker 6: zero in Kansas City. Mahomes comes out in his warm ups,

746
00:32:28,560 --> 00:32:30,600
Speaker 6: you know, three hours for kickoff. He sets on the bench,

747
00:32:30,640 --> 00:32:33,920
Speaker 6: he talks to the trainers, equipment guys. He's got his routine.

748
00:32:34,040 --> 00:32:35,720
Speaker 6: About an hour and a half before kickoff, he just

749
00:32:35,760 --> 00:32:39,560
Speaker 6: starts throwing passes. It's just bald toss, honestly. And you

750
00:32:39,560 --> 00:32:41,520
Speaker 6: know then they're all running the route tree. They're running

751
00:32:41,520 --> 00:32:44,320
Speaker 6: every route. In fact, the route that Kelsey scored on

752
00:32:44,600 --> 00:32:48,000
Speaker 6: the little wheel, the out and up against Hamilton. They

753
00:32:48,080 --> 00:32:50,880
Speaker 6: ran that route in pregame warm up five or six times,

754
00:32:51,080 --> 00:32:53,520
Speaker 6: and they do it every game. And my point, Steve

755
00:32:53,760 --> 00:32:58,160
Speaker 6: is like, there's just this relaxed feel about how Mahomes throws.

756
00:32:57,960 --> 00:33:01,400
Speaker 6: It's nothing new. It's exactly the way he throws the

757
00:33:01,440 --> 00:33:03,720
Speaker 6: ball in pregame warm up, and probably how he doesn't

758
00:33:03,720 --> 00:33:06,720
Speaker 6: practice all week. It's a relaxed feel. He puts the

759
00:33:06,760 --> 00:33:09,680
Speaker 6: ball right where he's got to put it. He's deadly accurate,

760
00:33:09,880 --> 00:33:11,760
Speaker 6: and he doesn't have to think about it. It's just

761
00:33:11,840 --> 00:33:15,560
Speaker 6: from it, just you know, it's it's it. The mother

762
00:33:15,640 --> 00:33:18,640
Speaker 6: of invention is just repetition, right, So that's what they do.

763
00:33:18,720 --> 00:33:20,880
Speaker 6: They just rep these plays out over and over again,

764
00:33:21,040 --> 00:33:23,080
Speaker 6: and when he gets to the game, it's just what

765
00:33:23,120 --> 00:33:25,800
Speaker 6: they did in pre game. Morma. He's a silent assassin,

766
00:33:25,880 --> 00:33:29,960
Speaker 6: James like this guy has. And the similarity Steven James

767
00:33:30,000 --> 00:33:33,720
Speaker 6: took to your question is they both play with no fear.

768
00:33:34,240 --> 00:33:37,560
Speaker 6: And we all see Mahomes go through stretches in his

769
00:33:37,600 --> 00:33:40,520
Speaker 6: career where he throws interceptions and maybe they lose the game,

770
00:33:40,560 --> 00:33:42,480
Speaker 6: maybe they come back and win it. But you know,

771
00:33:43,600 --> 00:33:46,160
Speaker 6: and we've seen perty go through little stretches where the

772
00:33:46,240 --> 00:33:48,080
Speaker 6: ball is, you know, being caught by the other team.

773
00:33:48,320 --> 00:33:51,680
Speaker 6: It never affects him. They come back even stronger the

774
00:33:51,720 --> 00:33:55,880
Speaker 6: next series and they they flush it. It doesn't stay

775
00:33:55,880 --> 00:33:58,760
Speaker 6: with them. And then those throws in the middle of

776
00:33:58,800 --> 00:34:02,200
Speaker 6: the field that San Francisco loves. It reminds me of

777
00:34:02,240 --> 00:34:05,640
Speaker 6: Kurt Warner and the Greatest Show on turf to those receivers,

778
00:34:05,640 --> 00:34:08,320
Speaker 6: those dig routes in the millfield. A lot of quarterbacks

779
00:34:08,360 --> 00:34:10,680
Speaker 6: don't want to make those throws because those throws can

780
00:34:10,719 --> 00:34:14,600
Speaker 6: get tipped, those throws can be intercepted. Those throws are

781
00:34:14,600 --> 00:34:17,480
Speaker 6: into the you know, the jaws of the den of

782
00:34:17,480 --> 00:34:20,959
Speaker 6: the lion. He loves those throws and he layers them

783
00:34:21,239 --> 00:34:23,719
Speaker 6: as well as any quarterback in this sleep. And that

784
00:34:23,760 --> 00:34:25,719
Speaker 6: throw that he made early to third quarter to the

785
00:34:25,760 --> 00:34:28,480
Speaker 6: debo across the middle, right in the teeth of that

786
00:34:28,560 --> 00:34:31,840
Speaker 6: lion zone, like he bought that fifth step, he hitched

787
00:34:32,000 --> 00:34:34,560
Speaker 6: and he just let that thing fly with not one

788
00:34:34,600 --> 00:34:36,799
Speaker 6: ounce of fear that he was putting that ball right

789
00:34:36,840 --> 00:34:40,200
Speaker 6: on a tee to tebow and it was He's just

790
00:34:40,280 --> 00:34:42,640
Speaker 6: running with it full speed on the catch it. It's

791
00:34:42,719 --> 00:34:46,719
Speaker 6: just he's a silent assassin, Like I can't wait for

792
00:34:46,760 --> 00:34:48,799
Speaker 6: the matchup, all.

793
00:34:48,719 --> 00:34:50,480
Speaker 4: Right, Baldi, Hey man, we appreciate you.

794
00:34:51,160 --> 00:34:52,839
Speaker 2: We are going to have you back on next week

795
00:34:52,880 --> 00:34:55,399
Speaker 2: before we get ready to rock and roll have fun

796
00:34:55,440 --> 00:34:57,839
Speaker 2: a Las Vegas. We will to enjoy the bye week

797
00:34:58,000 --> 00:34:59,319
Speaker 2: while you'll be doing the senior ball.

798
00:34:59,360 --> 00:35:02,600
Speaker 4: We always appree siate you. Yeah, Webaldi, thanksgiving man, appreciate your.

799
00:35:02,560 --> 00:35:05,400
Speaker 6: Brother okay, ye see out in Las Vegas, guys, take.

800
00:35:05,239 --> 00:35:08,320
Speaker 2: Care lines running back to mere Gambs is no longer

801
00:35:08,320 --> 00:35:12,040
Speaker 2: in the playoffs, but he was dealing Jeff Shedea, oh

802
00:35:12,120 --> 00:35:13,560
Speaker 2: and James and I are going to be handing out

803
00:35:13,560 --> 00:35:17,400
Speaker 2: the postseason hardware. This gives get some stay tuned for

804
00:35:17,480 --> 00:35:18,480
Speaker 2: the NFL report.

805
00:35:24,520 --> 00:35:27,400
Speaker 4: The statement has been made for the MVP of the

806
00:35:27,480 --> 00:35:29,359
Speaker 4: National Football League.

807
00:35:29,640 --> 00:35:31,319
Speaker 3: P say it with me.

808
00:35:31,680 --> 00:35:34,680
Speaker 4: Lamar has certainly set himself up to win the MVP.

809
00:35:35,600 --> 00:35:36,879
Speaker 4: Rusted up, what a throw?

810
00:35:36,920 --> 00:35:38,919
Speaker 6: And what again? Hold up? Put on the guard?

811
00:35:39,120 --> 00:35:42,200
Speaker 4: See see me blowing it up?

812
00:35:42,280 --> 00:35:45,319
Speaker 2: God talent up beat has been released.

813
00:35:45,480 --> 00:35:54,319
Speaker 8: Rock Party, mister relevant and Purdy, that is what you

814
00:35:54,440 --> 00:35:55,920
Speaker 8: call an explosive offense.

815
00:35:56,000 --> 00:35:57,600
Speaker 6: Cut down Lamar.

816
00:35:58,160 --> 00:35:59,680
Speaker 4: Well, this guy right here could win.

817
00:35:59,680 --> 00:36:07,440
Speaker 2: Then all right, Dave, Now we're doing by Jeff today,

818
00:36:07,520 --> 00:36:10,480
Speaker 2: and gentlemen, we saw that montage of great efforts. In

819
00:36:10,520 --> 00:36:14,000
Speaker 2: a week from today at NFL Honors, we're gonna find

820
00:36:14,000 --> 00:36:16,640
Speaker 2: out who the regular season MVPs are and Jeff all

821
00:36:16,640 --> 00:36:19,160
Speaker 2: week long. In your first recolumn, you would chronicle them,

822
00:36:19,320 --> 00:36:22,759
Speaker 2: change them, listen to us about Rock Party sometimes. But

823
00:36:22,880 --> 00:36:26,279
Speaker 2: let's kind of touch on, let's kind of hit on

824
00:36:26,440 --> 00:36:30,640
Speaker 2: our post season award winners, and let's.

825
00:36:30,480 --> 00:36:31,160
Speaker 4: Start out with this.

826
00:36:31,680 --> 00:36:33,799
Speaker 2: We're gonna go right to the MVP, and most people

827
00:36:33,840 --> 00:36:37,040
Speaker 2: think it will be Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson, but Jeff

828
00:36:37,160 --> 00:36:40,000
Speaker 2: who has been the postseason MVP.

829
00:36:41,000 --> 00:36:43,480
Speaker 1: For me, I'm going with Travis Kelce and I know

830
00:36:43,920 --> 00:36:45,800
Speaker 1: tight ends off and get this kind of love. I

831
00:36:45,800 --> 00:36:48,120
Speaker 1: can't think of Titan ever being in the MVP of anything,

832
00:36:48,480 --> 00:36:50,239
Speaker 1: but you look at the numbers he's put up. He's

833
00:36:50,239 --> 00:36:53,480
Speaker 1: found the fountain of youth. He had one touchdown catch

834
00:36:53,719 --> 00:36:56,000
Speaker 1: in his last nine games. He had eighty eight receiving

835
00:36:56,080 --> 00:36:58,080
Speaker 1: yards in his last three games in the regular season.

836
00:36:58,160 --> 00:37:00,760
Speaker 1: But he has been the main stay of the Chiefs

837
00:37:00,800 --> 00:37:03,360
Speaker 1: offense throughout the postseason. The way he played against the

838
00:37:03,440 --> 00:37:06,920
Speaker 1: Ravens top ranked defense, touchdown out of the gate in

839
00:37:06,960 --> 00:37:09,480
Speaker 1: the first drive. He's driving the bust again for the

840
00:37:09,520 --> 00:37:11,880
Speaker 1: Kannasey Chiefs offense, and that's a big deal for this team.

841
00:37:12,320 --> 00:37:14,839
Speaker 5: I'm sticking to the rules of the Mvpjef, which means

842
00:37:14,840 --> 00:37:16,000
Speaker 5: it's a quarterback award.

843
00:37:16,239 --> 00:37:18,120
Speaker 3: I'm going to go to Rock Party.

844
00:37:18,120 --> 00:37:20,759
Speaker 5: As the MVP of the postseason because the Niners are

845
00:37:20,840 --> 00:37:23,480
Speaker 5: not in the Super Bowl without Steve's guy Rock Party.

846
00:37:23,480 --> 00:37:25,399
Speaker 5: And it's not because he's done what we've seen him

847
00:37:25,400 --> 00:37:28,720
Speaker 5: do in the past. It's because we saw the improvisational skills.

848
00:37:28,920 --> 00:37:32,239
Speaker 5: We saw the legs he was ad living, breaking tackles,

849
00:37:32,320 --> 00:37:35,560
Speaker 5: making plays, creating things that we really haven't seen too

850
00:37:35,600 --> 00:37:37,720
Speaker 5: much of Rock Party. You look at the two games

851
00:37:37,760 --> 00:37:41,360
Speaker 5: against the Packers and the Lions. They were outgained rushing

852
00:37:41,400 --> 00:37:44,600
Speaker 5: the football dramatically, really, especially against the Packers, and then

853
00:37:44,640 --> 00:37:47,759
Speaker 5: outgained running the football against the Lions Steve, and they

854
00:37:47,840 --> 00:37:50,400
Speaker 5: end up having to put this game on brock Party's

855
00:37:50,400 --> 00:37:53,600
Speaker 5: shoulders both times coming from behind. Purty, I know you

856
00:37:53,719 --> 00:37:55,600
Speaker 5: love it. That's my MVP of the postseason.

857
00:37:55,680 --> 00:37:57,440
Speaker 4: So I do love it. I love that guy. But

858
00:37:57,640 --> 00:37:59,160
Speaker 4: I'm not going to be long here because.

859
00:37:58,960 --> 00:38:02,319
Speaker 2: Mine, to Mike Drop, the MVP of the postseason has

860
00:38:02,360 --> 00:38:04,200
Speaker 2: been Chiefs cornerback Lagurious Sneed.

861
00:38:04,680 --> 00:38:06,800
Speaker 4: He has shut down, shut.

862
00:38:06,600 --> 00:38:09,640
Speaker 2: Down, He has been the best player on the field

863
00:38:09,880 --> 00:38:12,520
Speaker 2: no matter who they've played. Hey, anybody here in Posy

864
00:38:12,520 --> 00:38:16,319
Speaker 2: wide receiver get down didn't think so might Drop the

865
00:38:16,600 --> 00:38:19,439
Speaker 2: MVP of the postseason Lagerious Need.

866
00:38:20,200 --> 00:38:21,640
Speaker 6: Okay, Okay.

867
00:38:22,280 --> 00:38:24,879
Speaker 5: Also, Matthew Stafford only played one game, and I thought

868
00:38:24,920 --> 00:38:27,680
Speaker 5: Matthew Stafford maybe had the best quarterback performance of the postseason.

869
00:38:27,719 --> 00:38:30,400
Speaker 3: He was phenomenal in that loss to the Lions.

870
00:38:30,520 --> 00:38:34,520
Speaker 5: All right, let's go to coordinator of the postseason, Jeff

871
00:38:35,080 --> 00:38:37,480
Speaker 5: best performance by a coordinator in the postseason so far

872
00:38:37,520 --> 00:38:39,640
Speaker 5: as who Well, I'm following.

873
00:38:39,400 --> 00:38:42,320
Speaker 1: Up with that Chiefs reference with the guy who calls

874
00:38:42,360 --> 00:38:44,920
Speaker 1: the plays for the Chiefs on defense, Steve Spagnolo. And

875
00:38:44,960 --> 00:38:48,280
Speaker 1: he has been white hot in the postseason. Yes, look again,

876
00:38:48,520 --> 00:38:52,479
Speaker 1: how he this coombobulated Lamar Jackson in that Ravens game.

877
00:38:52,680 --> 00:38:55,680
Speaker 1: Looked at what he had set up for Josh Allen.

878
00:38:55,760 --> 00:38:57,760
Speaker 1: Obviously the two attack of a low thing was affected

879
00:38:57,760 --> 00:38:58,360
Speaker 1: by the weather.

880
00:38:58,719 --> 00:39:00,520
Speaker 6: But again to think in.

881
00:39:00,400 --> 00:39:03,480
Speaker 1: That contest these Spike Nola has been outside of might

882
00:39:03,520 --> 00:39:06,359
Speaker 1: be Donald, the best coordinator in football this entire year.

883
00:39:06,400 --> 00:39:08,600
Speaker 1: And he's showing it again why he's getting it done

884
00:39:08,640 --> 00:39:10,840
Speaker 1: with great players but also great schemes.

885
00:39:10,920 --> 00:39:11,200
Speaker 6: Steve.

886
00:39:11,760 --> 00:39:13,440
Speaker 2: Really, it's really hard to go against bags, but I'm

887
00:39:13,440 --> 00:39:15,800
Speaker 2: going to go against bags because I think Ben Johnson.

888
00:39:16,000 --> 00:39:17,920
Speaker 2: I think Ben Johnson for the Detroit Lions has been

889
00:39:17,960 --> 00:39:20,400
Speaker 2: the best coordinator. Look at this, they played three games

890
00:39:20,440 --> 00:39:22,440
Speaker 2: eighty six points. Okay, so let's go to only two

891
00:39:22,520 --> 00:39:25,960
Speaker 2: games sixty two points, okay, and then had had some

892
00:39:26,000 --> 00:39:27,719
Speaker 2: of the receivers held on to some of those third

893
00:39:27,719 --> 00:39:30,480
Speaker 2: and fourth down opportunities that they went, they might have

894
00:39:30,600 --> 00:39:32,839
Speaker 2: had more. I think what Ben Johnson has done, and

895
00:39:32,880 --> 00:39:35,560
Speaker 2: salute to him for staying to your hometown Lions, Jeff,

896
00:39:36,239 --> 00:39:42,640
Speaker 2: I think he has been just as exceptional Steve Spagnola.

897
00:39:40,520 --> 00:39:43,000
Speaker 3: I'm gonna go with a little outside of the box here.

898
00:39:43,040 --> 00:39:45,280
Speaker 5: You know that forty nine ers have an offensive coordinator,

899
00:39:45,320 --> 00:39:47,879
Speaker 5: so I'm gonna say Kyle Shanahan is my pick, even

900
00:39:47,920 --> 00:39:48,759
Speaker 5: though he's the head coach.

901
00:39:48,800 --> 00:39:50,640
Speaker 3: There's no oc there, Francisco.

902
00:39:50,920 --> 00:39:54,320
Speaker 5: Wait, let's talk about another guy. Just like his quarterback

903
00:39:54,320 --> 00:39:57,240
Speaker 5: has gotten over the hump, Steve. Late in games, Kyle

904
00:39:57,239 --> 00:40:00,759
Speaker 5: Shannan has been very methodical, playing these games out, not

905
00:40:01,040 --> 00:40:04,920
Speaker 5: panicking in the second half. Everybody's been evaluating his coaching

906
00:40:04,960 --> 00:40:08,400
Speaker 5: and evaluating his gameplay in the second half of these games.

907
00:40:08,400 --> 00:40:09,480
Speaker 3: He's been very.

908
00:40:09,239 --> 00:40:12,560
Speaker 5: Patient, sticking with the run, finding ways to come from behind.

909
00:40:12,840 --> 00:40:16,239
Speaker 5: Kyle Shanahan the head coach and offensive coordinator for the

910
00:40:16,239 --> 00:40:18,160
Speaker 5: forty nine ers. All right, most of us believe that

911
00:40:18,200 --> 00:40:19,600
Speaker 5: Texans quarterback c. J.

912
00:40:19,719 --> 00:40:21,600
Speaker 2: Strout will be the offensive Rookie of the Year, But

913
00:40:21,680 --> 00:40:25,880
Speaker 2: Jeff who is the post season offensive two rookie of

914
00:40:25,920 --> 00:40:26,359
Speaker 2: the Year.

915
00:40:26,800 --> 00:40:28,600
Speaker 1: Well, I'm going to the Lions for this one because

916
00:40:28,600 --> 00:40:31,160
Speaker 1: Stroud didn't do anything. It is one playoff game. Jamiir

917
00:40:31,160 --> 00:40:34,560
Speaker 1: Gibbs not on fire, and even in that loss in

918
00:40:34,560 --> 00:40:37,320
Speaker 1: San Francionsco. He was still doing incredible stuff. And I

919
00:40:37,360 --> 00:40:39,560
Speaker 1: think about that running head against Tampa Bay where he

920
00:40:39,760 --> 00:40:43,880
Speaker 1: just broke in the secondary and caught Antoine Winfield flatflat

921
00:40:43,920 --> 00:40:44,680
Speaker 1: and just took off.

922
00:40:44,600 --> 00:40:45,319
Speaker 6: Right past him.

923
00:40:45,600 --> 00:40:48,279
Speaker 1: Everybody was talking about how Brad Holmes was crazy the

924
00:40:48,320 --> 00:40:51,200
Speaker 1: Lions deneral manager for acting of running back twelfth overall.

925
00:40:51,560 --> 00:40:53,680
Speaker 6: Guess what it was the right choice.

926
00:40:54,320 --> 00:40:54,719
Speaker 3: I love it.

927
00:40:54,760 --> 00:40:57,800
Speaker 5: I'm going with Rashi Rice with the Kansas City Chiefs.

928
00:40:57,800 --> 00:41:01,719
Speaker 5: He has more receiving yards, reception and receiving touchdowns then

929
00:41:01,760 --> 00:41:04,200
Speaker 5: the rest of the Kansas City Chiefs wide receivers in

930
00:41:04,239 --> 00:41:05,960
Speaker 5: the postseason combined.

931
00:41:06,120 --> 00:41:06,880
Speaker 3: And if he has.

932
00:41:06,760 --> 00:41:09,400
Speaker 5: Eight catches in the Super Bowl, that would be his

933
00:41:09,560 --> 00:41:12,920
Speaker 5: third game with eight catches this postseason. That would put

934
00:41:12,960 --> 00:41:15,399
Speaker 5: him in the likes. So let's see Julian Edelman, Travis Kelce,

935
00:41:15,560 --> 00:41:16,400
Speaker 5: and Cooper Cup.

936
00:41:16,800 --> 00:41:17,279
Speaker 3: That's it.

937
00:41:17,800 --> 00:41:21,640
Speaker 5: He has carried this passing game outside of Travis Kelce

938
00:41:21,760 --> 00:41:22,760
Speaker 5: for Patrick Mahomes.

939
00:41:22,920 --> 00:41:24,520
Speaker 2: I love it, Jeff, I'm going to the lines. But

940
00:41:24,560 --> 00:41:27,200
Speaker 2: now Jamiir Gibbs, I'm going to Sam Laporta. He comes

941
00:41:27,239 --> 00:41:30,040
Speaker 2: back from the knee injury. The tight end has twenty

942
00:41:30,080 --> 00:41:33,120
Speaker 2: one postseason catches. Again, let's take it down to the

943
00:41:33,160 --> 00:41:37,240
Speaker 2: final two eighteen catches for one hundred and sixty yards

944
00:41:37,360 --> 00:41:41,680
Speaker 2: and the divisional and conference championship. The rookie tight end again,

945
00:41:41,800 --> 00:41:44,280
Speaker 2: coming back from that knee injury, showed up and showed

946
00:41:44,320 --> 00:41:46,920
Speaker 2: out in the two biggest games.

947
00:41:47,680 --> 00:41:50,080
Speaker 5: All right, let's go with defensive player of the year.

948
00:41:50,160 --> 00:41:52,120
Speaker 5: During the regular season, all three of us are saying

949
00:41:52,200 --> 00:41:54,960
Speaker 5: it is TJ. Watt the defensive player of the year

950
00:41:55,000 --> 00:41:57,960
Speaker 5: this season. So let's go, Jeff to the defensive player

951
00:41:58,080 --> 00:41:59,759
Speaker 5: of the postseason is who?

952
00:42:00,440 --> 00:42:02,200
Speaker 1: Well, I guess this is my mic drop because I'm

953
00:42:02,200 --> 00:42:05,319
Speaker 1: going to go back to Steve's MVP, Jerius Snea.

954
00:42:07,080 --> 00:42:08,520
Speaker 3: Pick it up and drop it again.

955
00:42:09,360 --> 00:42:11,359
Speaker 4: Drop it again, because Lajerius sneak.

956
00:42:11,440 --> 00:42:13,879
Speaker 1: What Steve said. Everything Steve said is right. He made

957
00:42:13,920 --> 00:42:16,840
Speaker 1: Stefan Digg disappear. You know, he was obviously giving you

958
00:42:16,920 --> 00:42:18,719
Speaker 1: a flowers. Some issues in that game to the point

959
00:42:18,719 --> 00:42:21,360
Speaker 1: where the Flowers got a huge taunting penalty in the

960
00:42:21,440 --> 00:42:23,600
Speaker 1: in the fourth quarter of the contest, and you talk

961
00:42:23,640 --> 00:42:26,440
Speaker 1: about what he did against uh the press jam he

962
00:42:26,480 --> 00:42:30,319
Speaker 1: had on to Tyreek Hill went viral. When this is

963
00:42:30,360 --> 00:42:31,799
Speaker 1: the guy you probably should have been an All Pro

964
00:42:31,920 --> 00:42:33,520
Speaker 1: or a Pro bowler and he's showing it.

965
00:42:33,560 --> 00:42:36,560
Speaker 4: Why in the postseason, absolutely, I would say lagerious need.

966
00:42:36,600 --> 00:42:38,520
Speaker 2: But if he gave him the big trophy of the MVP,

967
00:42:38,920 --> 00:42:41,359
Speaker 2: I have to go to Niners linebacker Fred Warner. Now,

968
00:42:41,400 --> 00:42:44,360
Speaker 2: he did not have a great first half against Detroit,

969
00:42:44,400 --> 00:42:46,400
Speaker 2: but the way he settled in in the second half

970
00:42:46,680 --> 00:42:50,439
Speaker 2: and dominated and dominated against the Packers in the divisional round,

971
00:42:50,800 --> 00:42:52,600
Speaker 2: I have to go Fred Warner. And I think he's

972
00:42:52,640 --> 00:42:54,719
Speaker 2: going to be an X factor in the Super Bowl

973
00:42:54,800 --> 00:42:55,200
Speaker 2: as well.

974
00:42:56,120 --> 00:42:59,200
Speaker 5: I'm gonna stick with the Chiefs defense, just like Jeff did,

975
00:42:59,200 --> 00:43:01,080
Speaker 5: but I'm not going Jerry Steen. I'm going with the

976
00:43:01,120 --> 00:43:04,320
Speaker 5: guy who runs that defense, Nick Bolton, in the middle

977
00:43:04,320 --> 00:43:06,080
Speaker 5: of that group. I had a chance to talk to

978
00:43:06,120 --> 00:43:08,600
Speaker 5: Steve Spendel in the locker room after that championship game,

979
00:43:08,600 --> 00:43:10,600
Speaker 5: and he told me he really is the one that

980
00:43:10,680 --> 00:43:13,120
Speaker 5: makes all of this go. There's very few times he

981
00:43:13,200 --> 00:43:15,560
Speaker 5: comes to the sideline and him and I talk it out.

982
00:43:15,600 --> 00:43:18,160
Speaker 5: He has ideas that I don't go. N Actually it's

983
00:43:18,239 --> 00:43:20,080
Speaker 5: very smart. We should run that, and we end up

984
00:43:20,320 --> 00:43:23,360
Speaker 5: running it, he said. The only other player mentally, Jeff,

985
00:43:23,880 --> 00:43:26,319
Speaker 5: that is on par with Nick Bolton he's had in

986
00:43:26,360 --> 00:43:29,600
Speaker 5: the past Antonio Pierce, he told me, and he is

987
00:43:29,719 --> 00:43:32,120
Speaker 5: a head coach right now in the NFL.

988
00:43:32,200 --> 00:43:33,880
Speaker 3: High praise from spags for Nick Bolton.

989
00:43:34,000 --> 00:43:36,120
Speaker 2: All right, go to the offensive player of the year, James,

990
00:43:36,160 --> 00:43:37,839
Speaker 2: and I think it's going to be Tyreek Hill when

991
00:43:37,840 --> 00:43:40,160
Speaker 2: the award is handed out next week. Jeff, you think

992
00:43:40,200 --> 00:43:44,480
Speaker 2: it's Christian McCaffrey. Who is your season offensive player.

993
00:43:44,239 --> 00:43:44,640
Speaker 6: Of the year.

994
00:43:45,280 --> 00:43:48,279
Speaker 1: It's McCaffrey again. And look, it's like we talked about

995
00:43:48,280 --> 00:43:50,680
Speaker 1: what Black perry in the most games in the second half,

996
00:43:50,680 --> 00:43:53,160
Speaker 1: but they were leading on Christian McCaffrey a lot in

997
00:43:53,200 --> 00:43:54,120
Speaker 1: those games as well.

998
00:43:54,400 --> 00:43:55,440
Speaker 6: And he's shown up.

999
00:43:55,480 --> 00:43:57,759
Speaker 1: I mean, he's got over ninety yards rushking both contests,

1000
00:43:58,080 --> 00:44:00,680
Speaker 1: score touchdown in both contests. But really he's the engine

1001
00:44:00,719 --> 00:44:03,440
Speaker 1: that makes things things go and makes things easier for

1002
00:44:03,520 --> 00:44:05,960
Speaker 1: Brock Party and Kyle Shanahan. Having that kind of a

1003
00:44:06,040 --> 00:44:08,080
Speaker 1: chess piece that can run and catch and do all

1004
00:44:08,080 --> 00:44:09,880
Speaker 1: these things from different places.

1005
00:44:09,680 --> 00:44:10,120
Speaker 6: On the field.

1006
00:44:10,200 --> 00:44:12,440
Speaker 4: It's he is the guy hands.

1007
00:44:12,160 --> 00:44:15,399
Speaker 5: Down, although quick because I have Christian McCaffrey as well.

1008
00:44:15,400 --> 00:44:17,640
Speaker 5: When it's almost a guarantee that you will have two

1009
00:44:17,680 --> 00:44:21,000
Speaker 5: touchdowns a game in the postseason, I think you're playing

1010
00:44:21,000 --> 00:44:21,480
Speaker 5: pretty well.

1011
00:44:22,239 --> 00:44:22,439
Speaker 6: Yep.

1012
00:44:23,000 --> 00:44:25,239
Speaker 2: Yeah, Look, because he didn't get the MVP Trophy because

1013
00:44:25,280 --> 00:44:27,680
Speaker 2: I did give it to Lagarious Sneed. Patrick Mahomes is

1014
00:44:27,719 --> 00:44:30,800
Speaker 2: my offensive player of the postseason. We've seen that killer

1015
00:44:30,840 --> 00:44:34,200
Speaker 2: come back out. He's been absolutely just dynamic. He's been

1016
00:44:34,239 --> 00:44:36,920
Speaker 2: Patrick Mahomes in this offensive role. So got to get

1017
00:44:36,920 --> 00:44:39,200
Speaker 2: to number fifteen. Tis he didn't get the MVP.

1018
00:44:41,680 --> 00:44:42,759
Speaker 3: Okay, I like it.

1019
00:44:42,880 --> 00:44:43,319
Speaker 6: I like it.

1020
00:44:43,360 --> 00:44:47,480
Speaker 5: How about sweetest play of the postseason, Jeff?

1021
00:44:47,480 --> 00:44:50,360
Speaker 3: What was the just the one that just gotcha?

1022
00:44:51,000 --> 00:44:53,960
Speaker 1: Lagarious Need forced fumbles eight flowers to go line.

1023
00:44:54,000 --> 00:44:57,239
Speaker 6: It changes the entire game. Ravens scored that truch down.

1024
00:44:57,239 --> 00:45:00,560
Speaker 1: It's a conferent contest, so there's been other great plays,

1025
00:45:00,640 --> 00:45:02,920
Speaker 1: but that was the one that had the biggest biggest

1026
00:45:02,960 --> 00:45:04,719
Speaker 1: impact on what the postseason is right now?

1027
00:45:05,560 --> 00:45:07,000
Speaker 4: All right, yeah, thanks so much, man.

1028
00:45:07,040 --> 00:45:09,120
Speaker 2: We got to wrap it up. That was fun again.

1029
00:45:09,160 --> 00:45:11,600
Speaker 2: A week from now. In NFL Honors, we will see

1030
00:45:11,640 --> 00:45:14,520
Speaker 2: who gets the real awards. But ours here at the end,

1031
00:45:14,719 --> 00:45:18,400
Speaker 2: the real awards, right, we are the real ones, just

1032
00:45:18,400 --> 00:45:21,080
Speaker 2: like brock perty is the real MVP. When we come

1033
00:45:21,120 --> 00:45:26,040
Speaker 2: back on the NFL Report, some coaching changes, Mike McDonald,

1034
00:45:26,160 --> 00:45:30,000
Speaker 2: Dan Quinn JP, and I will discuss on the NFL Report.

1035
00:45:35,360 --> 00:45:37,960
Speaker 5: Hey, it's James Palmer and you're listening to the NFL

1036
00:45:38,120 --> 00:45:41,280
Speaker 5: Report podcast along with myself and Steve Weisch. But remember,

1037
00:45:41,280 --> 00:45:43,440
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00:45:43,480 --> 00:45:48,200
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1039
00:45:48,280 --> 00:45:52,399
Speaker 5: fifteen pm Eastern, and we are on the NFL app

1040
00:45:52,400 --> 00:45:55,480
Speaker 5: as well as fast streaming platforms. That's two B, that's Roku,

1041
00:45:55,560 --> 00:45:59,080
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1042
00:45:59,120 --> 00:46:02,280
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1043
00:46:02,320 --> 00:46:04,320
Speaker 3: Find us all of those spots.

1044
00:46:08,200 --> 00:46:10,560
Speaker 5: Welcome back to the NFL Report, James Palmer, Steve which

1045
00:46:10,640 --> 00:46:13,200
Speaker 5: with you once again and Steve. As we finished this out,

1046
00:46:13,520 --> 00:46:16,720
Speaker 5: there are the last two head coach openings have been filled.

1047
00:46:16,719 --> 00:46:19,280
Speaker 5: Mike McDonald is the new head coach of the Seattle Seahawks,

1048
00:46:19,480 --> 00:46:22,880
Speaker 5: and you have Dan Quinn DQ heading to our nation's

1049
00:46:22,920 --> 00:46:26,520
Speaker 5: capital to run the ship with the commanders. You have

1050
00:46:26,600 --> 00:46:29,160
Speaker 5: an interesting inside look at both of these. What's one

1051
00:46:29,280 --> 00:46:31,680
Speaker 5: thing that stands out with you with both hires.

1052
00:46:31,800 --> 00:46:34,560
Speaker 2: Well, first off, we've got some defensive coaches, more defensive

1053
00:46:34,600 --> 00:46:37,040
Speaker 2: coaches getting head coaching jobs, probby more than we've seen

1054
00:46:37,360 --> 00:46:38,560
Speaker 2: in the past few cycles.

1055
00:46:38,640 --> 00:46:41,560
Speaker 4: Let's go to Washington first with Dan Quinn.

1056
00:46:41,600 --> 00:46:44,080
Speaker 2: Now, everyone including us, thought that Ben Johnson from the

1057
00:46:44,160 --> 00:46:47,000
Speaker 2: Lions would be the guy he opts to say in Detroit.

1058
00:46:47,440 --> 00:46:50,080
Speaker 4: So Dan Quinn, he is a culture builder.

1059
00:46:50,120 --> 00:46:52,600
Speaker 2: You talk to anybody with the Cowboys, he is the

1060
00:46:52,680 --> 00:46:55,240
Speaker 2: reason why so many players love being.

1061
00:46:55,080 --> 00:46:55,839
Speaker 4: On that team.

1062
00:46:55,920 --> 00:46:57,919
Speaker 2: That's what they need with new ownership and a team

1063
00:46:57,920 --> 00:47:00,160
Speaker 2: in transition. They got the number two pick to get

1064
00:47:00,160 --> 00:47:03,240
Speaker 2: a quarterback and cap space to get some edge rushers

1065
00:47:03,239 --> 00:47:05,560
Speaker 2: for the two that they let go. Now, let's go

1066
00:47:05,600 --> 00:47:09,040
Speaker 2: to Mike McDonald in Seattle. And this is interesting because

1067
00:47:09,080 --> 00:47:12,680
Speaker 2: we know the Ravens defensive coordinator. He was a hot candidate.

1068
00:47:13,239 --> 00:47:15,840
Speaker 2: But who are the teams that really did numbers on people?

1069
00:47:15,920 --> 00:47:20,000
Speaker 2: The Shanahan and McVeigh tree. Oh, but not on McDonald

1070
00:47:20,440 --> 00:47:24,359
Speaker 2: has he I guess coaches with that Shanahan, McVeagh Tree,

1071
00:47:24,360 --> 00:47:27,480
Speaker 2: and that Sean McVay, Brandon Staley, Zach Taylor, Robert Sala,

1072
00:47:28,120 --> 00:47:29,040
Speaker 2: Mike McDaniel.

1073
00:47:29,719 --> 00:47:30,760
Speaker 4: You know Matt Lafleur.

1074
00:47:31,120 --> 00:47:35,680
Speaker 2: He has a nine and three record. So, mose are

1075
00:47:35,719 --> 00:47:38,200
Speaker 2: the teams that are leading the NFC West. Well, now

1076
00:47:38,239 --> 00:47:44,920
Speaker 2: you're bringing the Shanahan McVeigh tree Lumberjack JP into the division.

1077
00:47:45,520 --> 00:47:46,960
Speaker 4: This will be good, but you know they got to

1078
00:47:46,960 --> 00:47:47,719
Speaker 4: get a quarterback too.

1079
00:47:48,360 --> 00:47:49,239
Speaker 3: I love it. I love it.

1080
00:47:49,280 --> 00:47:51,719
Speaker 5: I'm gonna talk about two guys here that didn't land

1081
00:47:51,760 --> 00:47:53,960
Speaker 5: a head coaching job, and maybe they're gonna be two

1082
00:47:53,960 --> 00:47:55,840
Speaker 5: of the hottest guys coming in in the twenty twenty

1083
00:47:55,840 --> 00:47:58,479
Speaker 5: five cycle. And that's gonna be Ben Johnson, who pulled

1084
00:47:58,480 --> 00:48:02,040
Speaker 5: his name out for the second year in terms of

1085
00:48:02,200 --> 00:48:04,680
Speaker 5: not being available. He got a big raise and he's

1086
00:48:04,920 --> 00:48:06,440
Speaker 5: you know when he did it last year, Steve, and

1087
00:48:06,480 --> 00:48:08,600
Speaker 5: then he does it again this season. I don't think

1088
00:48:08,600 --> 00:48:10,520
Speaker 5: he takes a step back by any stretch. They had

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Speaker 5: such a young offense, so many rookies contributed and they're

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Speaker 5: going to be a year older and they may even

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Speaker 5: be more dynamic as an offense. But what's fascinating with

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Speaker 5: this is you don't stay the hot guy. It's an

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Speaker 5: interesting take as we look at Ben Johnson what I

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Speaker 5: just said, but you don't stay the hot candidates forever,

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Speaker 5: and how long is he going to wait? Sometimes these

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Speaker 5: things don't last as long as you think as being

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Speaker 5: the guy everybody desires to be their next head coach.

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Speaker 5: And the other one is Bobby Slowick, who's going back

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Speaker 5: to Houston. He's almost doing everything that we saw Ben

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Speaker 5: Johnson do a year ago.

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Speaker 6: Steve.

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Speaker 5: He gets a massive raise, to my understanding, to remain

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Speaker 5: the offensive coordinator for rookie phenom CJ.

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Speaker 3: Stroud.

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Speaker 5: And now Stroud doesn't have to go through some things

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Speaker 5: that we've seen guys like Trevor Lawrence or Justin Fields

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Speaker 5: or Jalen Hurts go through, which is a new play

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Speaker 5: caller and offensive coordinator in their second season.

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Speaker 3: He gets to remain there with CJ. Stroud.

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Speaker 5: This not only benefits I think Slowick as he's a

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Speaker 5: younger guy, this was his first dip in the water

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Speaker 5: in terms of these interviews, but also benefits the Houston

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Speaker 5: Texans and their star quarterback c J.

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Speaker 3: Stroud.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, those are great points because you talk to people

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Speaker 2: who were in the interview process. Some Almos said Slowak

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Speaker 2: was probably a year out, but we'll see he's got

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Speaker 2: all that talent. And then Ben Johnson, like you said,

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Speaker 2: we've seen many coaches in the past. You know, I'm

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Speaker 2: not going to go to certain situations and next thing,

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Speaker 2: you know, we never hear from them again because they're

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Speaker 2: not the hot guy coming up.

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Speaker 4: JP. We do not have a hot guy.

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Speaker 2: We do not have an NFL report on Monday, boohoo, boohoo,

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Speaker 2: but we will have a special one from Las Vegas

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Speaker 2: at the Super Bowl. Now, I remember we typically are

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Speaker 2: on Mondays and Thursdays at seven to fifteen pm on

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Speaker 2: Roku Tube the NFL at Peacock, Pluto, you name it.

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Speaker 2: We're also a podcast JP. Hey, JP, you got the

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Speaker 2: great assignment. You get to watch the Chiefs plane land right.

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Speaker 6: Oh yeah.

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Speaker 5: I'll be at the airport just kind of stalking everybody out.

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Speaker 5: But those two sharp dressed men that are gonna be

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Speaker 5: walking the strip in Vegas next week, we got.

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Speaker 3: A monster show for you from Vegas. I watch it,

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Speaker 3: listen to it, all of it.