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  Speaker 1: Welcome to opposition territory here at the Philadelphia Sports Table
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  Speaker 1: podcast show, the longest running weekly Philly sports podcast show
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  Speaker 1: in the world, twelve years strong. We got a great,
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  Speaker 1: great Eagles Broncos preen game preview show coming your way
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  Speaker 1: this week. This is going to be a fascinating game.
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  Speaker 1: And joining us here is one of our good buddies.
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  Speaker 1: Love having him on the first time. We wanted to
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  Speaker 1: bring him back to dive into this matchup. Loosecataglia from
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  Speaker 1: Predominantly Orange, My friend, how are you, and thanks so
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  Speaker 1: much for joining us this week.
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  Speaker 2: I am good, Jeff, thank you for having me back.
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  Speaker 2: I think this is going to be a very interesting game. Yes,
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  Speaker 2: to say the.
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  Speaker 1: Least, absolutely is going to be interesting. And I guess
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  Speaker 1: to start us off here low, I mean, the one
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  Speaker 1: thing that I think is very interesting after four weeks
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  Speaker 1: of play as it pertains to the Denver Broncos here
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  Speaker 1: at this point, been an up and down season for them. Frankly,
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  Speaker 1: and to be honest, you know, talking before the season started,
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  Speaker 1: you know, whether it was with my co host, some
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  Speaker 1: other guests as well, even you, I thought the Broncos
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  Speaker 1: were going to be one of a couple quote sleeper
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  Speaker 1: teams that we're really going to impress us this year.
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  Speaker 1: They're two and two on the season. Right now, they're
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  Speaker 1: at five hundred. So I guess to start this discussion
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  Speaker 1: off in terms of what we may see on the
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  Speaker 1: field against Philadelphia Eagles this week. Want to get into
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  Speaker 1: the biggest strength of this Broncos team after four weeks
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  Speaker 1: and then talk about the biggest weakness as well. So
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  Speaker 1: let's start with the strength. What is the biggest strength
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  Speaker 1: of the Broncos after four weeks of play here?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I still think it's the trenches that's been a
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  Speaker 2: strength really since Sean Payton got here. The offensive line
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  Speaker 2: is again excellent, and pass protection. Yeah, we have seen
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  Speaker 2: the run game come alive these past couple of weeks
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  Speaker 2: with JK Dobbins, So the Broncos are very good and
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  Speaker 2: run blocking and all their assignments and setting up holes.
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  Speaker 2: Obviously the past rush. I think we have fifteen sacks
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  Speaker 2: through four games. That was going to be a strength,
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  Speaker 2: I mean nothing. We had the same starting defensive line
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  Speaker 2: from last year into this year. Say for obviously we
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  Speaker 2: signed Drake Greenlaw but he's yet to play unfortunately. But
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  Speaker 2: it's again the trenches and as you would know as
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  Speaker 2: an Eagles fan, the trenches are the second most important
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  Speaker 2: thing absolutely that the team needs to have settled other
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  Speaker 2: than the franchise quarterback to win. So yeah, we're two
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  Speaker 2: and two. Yeah, maybe we're not three and one or
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  Speaker 2: four and oh, but we're strongest where it matters the most.
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  Speaker 2: Expect to see a very good pass protection from our
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  Speaker 2: offensive line, and expect to see Jalen Hurts definitely getting
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  Speaker 2: pressured because we can get to the quarterback most every
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  Speaker 2: week and that's gonna need to happen here.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah. Five, absolutely, flip side of things. What's the biggest
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  Speaker 1: weakness on this Broncos team that you have seen what
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  Speaker 1: we may actually see here in Week five against the Eagles.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I think sometimes down to down on offense, we're
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  Speaker 2: still pretty inconsistent. We still don't have a consistent go
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  Speaker 2: to guy on offense. It's not yet been Sutton because
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  Speaker 2: he can kind of disappear. Evan Ingram hasn't gotten going.
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  Speaker 2: We traded Devon Valley. I remember I was on last night.
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  Speaker 2: I said de von Vailey is going to be a dude, yep,
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  Speaker 2: And we traded him to the New Orleans Saints. So
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  Speaker 2: I would say, down to down, consistency on offense is
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  Speaker 2: still a little up in the air. And believe it
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  Speaker 2: or not, our defense just really hasn't been as good
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  Speaker 2: as I thought it would be. We've actually allowed on
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  Speaker 2: every single opening drive this year, albeit it's been a
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  Speaker 2: field goal, but we're practically gifting the opponent a free
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  Speaker 2: three points to begin each game. I don't know what
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  Speaker 2: the deal is, but there's been times where Daniel Jones
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  Speaker 2: justin Herbert like and even Jake Browning at the beginning
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  Speaker 2: of the Cincinnati game like this, you can throw on
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  Speaker 2: this defense, and I don't like that. Yeah, I've definitely
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  Speaker 2: would have expected, especially in a secondary you know, a
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  Speaker 2: little bit, things to be a little bit tighter. This
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  Speaker 2: isn't as of now. This isn't the the shutdown, elite
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  Speaker 2: defense that it was last year. Now we're still in
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  Speaker 2: the first you know quarter of the season, so things
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  Speaker 2: can change and maybe with another you know, if he
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  Speaker 2: passer and Jalen hurts, the defense can again have a
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  Speaker 2: strong performance. But I guess in the same way it's
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  Speaker 2: similar to the Eagles defense, just it feels like a
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  Speaker 2: slight regression far this year. Yep, despite having you know,
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  Speaker 2: two very good defensive coordinators. It just you'd like to
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  Speaker 2: see more. I'd personally like to see more from the defense.
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  Speaker 2: And then again, obviously, the down to down consistency on
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  Speaker 2: offense I think still isn't there yet.
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  Speaker 1: Play by play with the Philadelphia Eagles, from a defensive standpoint,
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  Speaker 1: you're gonna get amazing fantastic play from players like Cooper
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  Speaker 1: dejen and Quinnon Mitchell. You know, even in terms of
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  Speaker 1: your linebacker play with Zach Bond, you're gonna have some
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  Speaker 1: fantastic plays being made. But then again, it's a theme
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  Speaker 1: that we've been talking about on this show. The pass rush. Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: I mean the pass rush. The Eagles pass rush is
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  Speaker 1: there to an extent, but they're not getting home hardly
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  Speaker 1: any sacks this season. And on the flip side of things,
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  Speaker 1: you talked about what the secondary might be for this
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  Speaker 1: Broncos team. You've got Jalen Hurts. It's only passed for
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  Speaker 1: six hundred and nine yards this season so far. It's
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  Speaker 1: not a stellar passing game by the Philadelphia Eagles by
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  Speaker 1: any stretch. But I mean that's a good segue into
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  Speaker 1: the next topic here. Want to get into these quarterbacks.
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  Speaker 1: What we're going to be seeing from bow Knicks and
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  Speaker 1: Jalen Hurts. I mean bow Knicks this past week he
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  Speaker 1: threw forty two times. Forty two times. He's and you know,
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  Speaker 1: I was so excited to see the progression from him
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  Speaker 1: this year, and we still certainly may see a ton
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  Speaker 1: of progression, but he's kind of just been that middle
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  Speaker 1: of the pack type of quarterback. When you take a
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  Speaker 1: look at his NFL Quarterback Power rankings here, Jalen Hurts
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  Speaker 1: again has a ton of rushing yards, as I mentioned,
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  Speaker 1: only put up hundred and nine passing yards. My gosh,
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  Speaker 1: Bryce Young and cam Ward lou they have they have
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  Speaker 1: more air yards than herds here. So a two part question,
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  Speaker 1: another two part question here for you about Nicks and Hurts. First,
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  Speaker 1: with Nicks, what have you seen from Bownick so far
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  Speaker 1: this season that you've liked from him and what you've
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  Speaker 1: also disliked?
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  Speaker 2: Sure? So, I mean Bonix is leaps and bounds ahead
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  Speaker 2: of where he was at this time last year, and
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  Speaker 2: that should be a thing because he's not a rookie anymore.
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  Speaker 2: He's actually played quite well the past three games. I
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  Speaker 2: think that first game against Tennessee has really kind of
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  Speaker 2: brought down the ross stats because he threw two picks.
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  Speaker 2: But as you know, Week one is just a fourth
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  Speaker 2: preseason game. Yeah, he's got a one hundred passer rating
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  Speaker 2: over the last three weeks, so I do think he's
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  Speaker 2: playing a little bit better than the stats might indicate.
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  Speaker 2: I definitely like that that he is pushing the ball
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  Speaker 2: down the field. He is generally putting the ball where
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  Speaker 2: it needs to be. We have had about four or
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  Speaker 2: five big time drops already. Troy Franklin had to drop
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  Speaker 2: it was going to be a fifty yard game, maybe
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  Speaker 2: even walk in touchdown, and it went right through his hands.
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  Speaker 2: I definitely like that he is progressed from at this
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  Speaker 2: point last year to now. I like that that he
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  Speaker 2: is definitely staying in the pocket more. He's not really
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  Speaker 2: taking off and running as much. I'd like to see
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  Speaker 2: him use his legs more, but you can see the
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  Speaker 2: comfortability in the pocket. You can see the development from
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  Speaker 2: last year into now. I will say that Sean Payton
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  Speaker 2: is historically a five hundred coach in the month of September,
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  Speaker 2: So him him being two and two when Broncs being
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  Speaker 2: two and two, you know, it's it's it's par for
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  Speaker 2: the course. It's it's It's what you would expect from
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  Speaker 2: a Sean Payton coach team. As for weaknesses with Belle,
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  Speaker 2: I do think the footwork at times is still a
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  Speaker 2: little bit sloppy. I think it's a good thing, but
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  Speaker 2: it's a bad thing. I think Boonix is such a
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  Speaker 2: fast processor that if he sees something open, he really
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  Speaker 2: he wants to get rid of the ball as quick
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  Speaker 2: as possible. But that sometimes hurts, you know, footwork wise,
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  Speaker 2: because he's maybe not getting his feet set. But as
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  Speaker 2: he sees an open man, and if he just took
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  Speaker 2: that split second to set his feet and deliver on
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  Speaker 2: a clean base, you know, he maybe has a few
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  Speaker 2: more completions. So I do think the mechanics at times
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  Speaker 2: have still been a little bit shaky. But okay, I
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  Speaker 2: mean I don't want to, you know, drink the orange
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  Speaker 2: kool aid, but that's like kind of honestly it like
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  Speaker 2: that's really been his only weakness is that, you know,
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  Speaker 2: the footwork can get a little sloppy. But I mean
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  Speaker 2: he's a second year quarterback. He's made what twenty one
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  Speaker 2: starts in the NFL, so he's still developing. Yeah, yeah,
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  Speaker 2: he's older for a second year player. He's twenty five.
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  Speaker 2: But he's on the right track, and I think that
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  Speaker 2: he's probably a little bit better than what the ross
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  Speaker 2: stats might indicate.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah s and I I mean, as somebody on the
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  Speaker 1: outside looking at bo Nicks and what he's done so
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  Speaker 1: far this season when he is outside the pocket, when
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  Speaker 1: he is on the run, he's completing passes, and there's
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  Speaker 1: something to be said for that in this league where
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  Speaker 1: defenses have really stepped up their game over the past
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  Speaker 1: couple of seasons. But you know, when we look at
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  Speaker 1: Jalen Ertz here again, you know it's we are seeing
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  Speaker 1: a bizarre, bizarre Eagles offense where they are dominating in
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  Speaker 1: one quarter and absolutely crapping the bed in there. Not
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  Speaker 1: the quarter, the half they're they're they're they're dominating in
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  Speaker 1: a half and then the next half or vice versa.
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  Speaker 1: There's a whole lot of nothing going on. I mean,
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  Speaker 1: in this pass game this week against Tampa Bay Buccaneers,
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  Speaker 1: Jalen Hurts didn't complete a pass in the second half.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, it's so bizarre.
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  Speaker 2: Second half, Yes.
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  Speaker 1: It was ridiculous. As somebody on the outside looking in,
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  Speaker 1: what are your thoughts about Jalen Hurts in this Eagles
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  Speaker 1: passing game here, lou.
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  Speaker 2: So I have I have very vocally been a lot
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  Speaker 2: lower on Jalen Hurts than maybe most people. I think
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  Speaker 2: he is a below average passer. And yes, the offensive
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  Speaker 2: coordinators have switched for like the past five years, but
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  Speaker 2: Jalen Hurts has never been a quarterback that you can
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  Speaker 2: build a consistent drop back passing game with. That's just
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  Speaker 2: not who he is. He doesn't see the middle of
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  Speaker 2: the field well, not really someone who can play on
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  Speaker 2: time and in rhythm, and he takes a lot more
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  Speaker 2: sacks than you think despite having consistently top five offensive lines.
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  Speaker 2: I know this is a little bit different with Dickerson.
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  Speaker 2: I know he has been playing well, and I think
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  Speaker 2: the interior overall just hasn't been up to snuff. But
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  Speaker 2: I think a lot of those issues are magnified when
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  Speaker 2: a new offensive coordinator comes in. Right, So, he was
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  Speaker 2: pretty solid with Kellen Moore last year, but then he
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  Speaker 2: gets a head coaching job and now you're kind of
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  Speaker 2: seeing Jalen Hurts. His weakness is kind of magnified. And
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  Speaker 2: then the year after Stiken got poached for the Colts,
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  Speaker 2: it was, gosh, his name's escaping me. The quarterbacks coach.
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  Speaker 2: He was the offensive coordinator after that in twenty twenty three.
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  Speaker 1: Yes, oh my gosh, why am I frighting? Oh yeah,
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  Speaker 1: br Yes, yeah, you're right on the right track. He
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  Speaker 1: was very unforgetta again, he was very forgettable. Yes, yeah.
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  Speaker 2: The point here is that the offensive coordinator turnovers doesn't
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  Speaker 2: really help Jalen Hurts. But I also don't think he's
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  Speaker 2: not somebody that you can say, all right, Jalen, we're
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  Speaker 2: gonna need you to throw the ball. Yeah, you know,
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  Speaker 2: eighteen times. This has to get us back in the game.
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  Speaker 2: That's not going to happen despite having elite weapons like
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  Speaker 2: Brown and Devonte Smith. So I really think the Broncos
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  Speaker 2: need to need to dare the Eagles to pass the ball.
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  Speaker 2: I think they'll be able to stop the run because
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  Speaker 2: I know the run game has had issues, but I
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  Speaker 2: really think they need they need to get the Eagles
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  Speaker 2: in a situation where Jalen Hurts has to throw the
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  Speaker 2: ball because I think that's kind of the weakness of
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  Speaker 2: this team overall, and I think that's kind of how
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  Speaker 2: Denver wins this game.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, in Saquon Barkley only averaging about three point three
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  Speaker 1: yards per rush this year. Yeah, really and Brian Johnson,
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  Speaker 1: that's who the that's it was again very forgettable. However,
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  Speaker 1: as look as we're moving along here, we're talking about offenses,
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  Speaker 1: and I wanted to dive into before we go to
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  Speaker 1: a break here. Lou wanted to dive in what we're
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  Speaker 1: going to be seeing from JK. Dobbins, the rushing attack
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  Speaker 1: and how that's going to be balanced with the passing
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  Speaker 1: attack and what bo Nicks is hoping to do against
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  Speaker 1: this Eagles Uh secondary again, who has quinyon Mitchell Cooper
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  Speaker 1: Dejen They've been very very productive over the past few weeks.
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  Speaker 1: I mean JK Dobbins having a very very nice season
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  Speaker 1: coming off a number of injuries. Yeah, I mean he's
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  Speaker 1: been at the forefront of the Broncos rushing attack. He's
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  Speaker 1: got three hundred and twenty three yards rushing, which is
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  Speaker 1: fourth in the league. And I'm wondering, how do you
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  Speaker 1: see that balance really between the passing game and the
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  Speaker 1: rushing attack really taking shape here? And in terms of
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  Speaker 1: what we might see this week against the Eagles, what
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  Speaker 1: are your thoughts?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, so, so Bonix's passing attempts last week. We're definitely
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  Speaker 2: inflated because we had that two minute dro to end
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  Speaker 2: the first half, so it was like pass play, pass play,
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  Speaker 2: pass play. I do think Sean Payton really loves to
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  Speaker 2: have a balanced run run pass split, especially now when
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  Speaker 2: we have a running back like Dobbins. I'm going to
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  Speaker 2: take a victory lap here. I was pounding the table
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  Speaker 2: for months for JK. Dobbins on the Broncos, and so
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  Speaker 2: far I have I could not have been more right. Yeah,
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  Speaker 2: we are. I definitely think we are going to see
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  Speaker 2: more of an emphasis on running the ball on Sunday
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  Speaker 2: because I think I think we want to shorten this
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  Speaker 2: game and get out of town with the win. And
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  Speaker 2: seeing as we've had great success running the ball or
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  Speaker 2: averaging over five yeards per Kerry, I really think Sean
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  Speaker 2: Payton wants to get JK. Dobbins going to add a
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  Speaker 2: layer to that in Week five. What Sean Payton did
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  Speaker 2: with the run game more is instead of switching personnel
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  Speaker 2: during series, he decided to more so keep in Dobbins
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  Speaker 2: or Harvey for an entire series or most of a
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  Speaker 2: series to see if they could get in a rhythm.
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  Speaker 2: And both Dobbins and Harvey had their best games of
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  Speaker 2: the season on Monday night football. So I think we're
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  Speaker 2: going to see a heavy dose of JK. Dobbins. It
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  Speaker 2: wouldn't shock me if he was close to twenty carries,
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  Speaker 2: and it wouldn't shock me if bo Nicks was under
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  Speaker 2: thirty passing attempts. I just think when you're in a
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  Speaker 2: hostile environment like this against a really good secondary, but
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  Speaker 2: against a defense that you can run the ball on,
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  Speaker 2: I do think we are going to see Sean Payton
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  Speaker 2: really try to get Dobbins and Harvey going, and I
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  Speaker 2: think obviously, if you can do that, that's going to
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  Speaker 2: open up the play action pass for Boonicks. You have
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  Speaker 2: good downfield targets in Mims and Sutton. You have the
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  Speaker 2: jump ball guy in Sutton, and then you have someone
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  Speaker 2: like Troy Franklin who can definitely win on some of
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  Speaker 2: those underneath routes and in the middle of the field.
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  Speaker 2: And then obviously you have Evan Ingram, who I think
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  Speaker 2: can get going here soon. But I definitely think you're
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  Speaker 2: going to see a balanced attack unless you know we
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  Speaker 2: fall behind and it's the second half, yeah, and now
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  Speaker 2: needs to say, hey, Bo, you need to go win
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  Speaker 2: the game for us. But otherwise you're going to see
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  Speaker 2: a balanced attack. For sure.
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  Speaker 1: It's going to be fascinating to see if the Eagles
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  Speaker 1: are going to be able to stop that attack, quite frankly,
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  Speaker 1: because sometimes I think Eagles luck maybe running out week
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  Speaker 1: by week based on how they're playing on both sides
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  Speaker 1: of the ball. So yeah, that being said, Louke, where
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  Speaker 1: along here, I'm gonna talk about the defense, specifically talk
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  Speaker 1: about the trenches, because the one thing you know that
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  Speaker 1: we've been monitoring over these weeks is how and you've
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  Speaker 1: kind of mentioned it before the break as well. Eagles
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  Speaker 1: left guard Landon Dickerson. I mean, he's been playing not
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  Speaker 1: well at all, and I think it's due to a
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  Speaker 1: nagging back injury that he's had since the preseason. He's
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  Speaker 1: given up three sacks at this point, he's allowed thirteen pressures.
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  Speaker 1: You mentioned the interior of the Eagles offensive line. They're
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  Speaker 1: just not having that great of a season. Tyler Steen,
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  Speaker 1: Cam Jurgens. You know, we're seeing Cam Jurgens a couple
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  Speaker 1: times this season floating the ball over Jalen hurts his head.
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  Speaker 1: When Hurts is in shotgun look. Landon Dickerson has certainly
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  Speaker 1: been a weak link on this Eagles offense at this
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  Speaker 1: point because of this injury, and I think the Broncos
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  Speaker 1: are gonna do all they can to exploit not only him,
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  Speaker 1: but the interior of the offensive line. How do you
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  Speaker 1: see the Broncos defense and the defensive front really leveraging
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  Speaker 1: and trying to get control of the Eagles offensive line,
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  Speaker 1: which is in general a pretty good offensive line.
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  Speaker 2: What are your thoughts here, Low, Yeah, So Vance Joseph,
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  Speaker 2: our defensive coordinator, loves to blitz. He blitzes all the time,
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  Speaker 2: and it just so happens that the Zach Allen is
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  Speaker 2: on our defense. He led the NFL with forty quarterback
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  Speaker 2: hits last year, so he could be in some vein
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  Speaker 2: one of the best pass rushers in the NFL. Definitely
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  Speaker 2: a top five defensive end. So I really think you're
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  Speaker 2: gonna see Zach Allen and John Franklin Myers a very
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  Speaker 2: underrated player. I think those guys are going to be
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  Speaker 2: able to create a lot of interior pressure because they've
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  Speaker 2: done it at a high level for over a year now.
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  Speaker 2: I don't really think Vance Joseph is going to do
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  Speaker 2: anything special in this game in terms of rushing the passer.
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  Speaker 2: We blitz at one of the highest rates in the NFL.
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  Speaker 2: Nick Benito, I think leads the NFL in quick pressure.
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  Speaker 2: So I think you're going to see strong play from
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  Speaker 2: Nick Benito and Jonathan Cooper, and I think our pass
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  Speaker 2: rush works really well together because if you double team
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  Speaker 2: a Zach Allen, well then you're gonna leave Nick Benito
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  Speaker 2: with a one on one. If you try and double
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  Speaker 2: Nick Benito, well then you're gonna leave Zach Allen maybe
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  Speaker 2: one on one with Landon Dickerson. So I really think, again,
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  Speaker 2: I'm not trying to drink the orange Koy, but I
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  Speaker 2: really think Jalen Hurts is going to be I think
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  Speaker 2: he's going to have his hands full with this pass rush.
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  Speaker 2: I think, especially with this interior being kind of shaky
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  Speaker 2: this year, I think you're going to see a lot
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  Speaker 2: of interior pressure. DJ Jones. Our defensive tackle is not
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  Speaker 2: anything special in terms of rushing the passer. But he's
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  Speaker 2: he's he's six feet tall, so he's got a lot
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  Speaker 2: of leverage. He's three hundred pounds, so he's definitely got
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  Speaker 2: a lot of leverage on some of these some of
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  Speaker 2: these centers. So I think he can get in the
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  Speaker 2: backfield for sure and create some pressure up the middle
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  Speaker 2: as well. Again, I don't think you'll see anything anything
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  Speaker 2: different from the Broncos defense. I think Vance Joseph sees
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  Speaker 2: the weaknesses along the Eagles offensive line, and I think
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  Speaker 2: he is going to challenge his players to get to
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  Speaker 2: Jalen Hurts and create some pressure, see if maybe we
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  Speaker 2: can force a strip sack, a couple bat at balls,
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  Speaker 2: maybe get off the field. Because I know Philly leads
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  Speaker 2: the league in three and outs, so I definitely think
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  Speaker 2: Van Siosa is going to prioritize that. But again, I
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  Speaker 2: don't think it's going to be anything assidly different than
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  Speaker 2: what we've done this year.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I think that I think the Bryan the Broncos
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  Speaker 1: defense could absolutely eat this week. I really do. Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: I think I think I think it's a possibility too. Yes,
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  Speaker 1: Eagles are four and oh, but it's a it's a
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  Speaker 1: bizarre the four and oh really for sure? Yeah, well, buddy,
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  Speaker 1: before I let you go, you know, we always ask
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  Speaker 1: our our guests on our Opposition Territory Show these two
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  Speaker 1: questions about what's one thing each team is going to
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  Speaker 1: need to hit on for a win. So let's start
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  Speaker 1: with the Denver Broncos here. What's the one thing that
• 19:32
  Speaker 1: Denver Broncos are going to need to hit on for
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  Speaker 1: a win against the Philadelphia Eagles this week?
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  Speaker 2: Sure? So, I definitely think. I mean, the run game
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  Speaker 2: has to has to get going. When you play, you know,
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  Speaker 2: away from home in a hostile environment, you have to
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  Speaker 2: be able to run the ball. And I am not
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  Speaker 2: sure if we need bo Nicks to throw the ball
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  Speaker 2: forty two times against the Vic Fangio defense. I'm not
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  Speaker 2: sure he's quite there yet to be able to do it.
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  Speaker 2: And I'm not sure we have the outside weapons to
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  Speaker 2: consistently win against Quinnon, Mitchell and Cooper. So I really
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  Speaker 2: think we're going to need to eclipse one hundred hundred
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  Speaker 2: and twenty one hundred and fifty rushing yards to win
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  Speaker 2: this game and to shorten the game. Yeah, but you're
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  Speaker 2: also going to need to see some success with the
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  Speaker 2: play action passing with the drop back passing game, Bonix,
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  Speaker 2: you know, he's going to have to complete some passes.
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  Speaker 2: But most importantly, the run game has to get going.
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  Speaker 2: It got going last week against the Bengals, It's gotten
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  Speaker 2: going almost every game this year, So I really think
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  Speaker 2: this is when it's gonna have to be at its
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  Speaker 2: best through the first five weeks of the season, for sure.
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  Speaker 1: All Right, And on the flip side of that, what's
• 20:34
  Speaker 1: one thing the Philadelphia Eagles are going to need to
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  Speaker 1: hit on for a week against the Denver Broncos this week.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, So obviously, if Saquan can get going, that would
• 20:43
  Speaker 2: be maybe a huge surprise, because I'm not sure he's
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  Speaker 2: gotten going yet this year. But I do think the
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  Speaker 2: one way that the offense can can win against the
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  Speaker 2: Broncos defense is maybe a lot of quick passes. Jalen Hurts,
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  Speaker 2: you know, drops back three five step drop and gets
• 20:58
  Speaker 2: the ball out quickly on maybe some outrun near the
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  Speaker 2: sideline to AJ Brown and Devonte Smith. Those six seven
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  Speaker 2: eight yard gains on first and second down, those you know,
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  Speaker 2: nickel and dime type of plays to sort of eat
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  Speaker 2: up the clock and to get the passing game going.
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  Speaker 2: I think is a way that the Eagles can win
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  Speaker 2: this game because I don't think Jalen Hurts is going
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  Speaker 2: to be able to drop back and wait for some
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  Speaker 2: of these more long developing routes like I don't know,
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  Speaker 2: like a post route or something or anything down the field.
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  Speaker 2: I know both Aj Brown and DeVante Smith are very good,
• 21:25
  Speaker 2: you know, as downfield targets, especially AJ Brown because he's
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  Speaker 2: so big and physical, But I don't think that's he's
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  Speaker 2: going to be able to do that with how could
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  Speaker 2: our pass rush is? So I really think the quick
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  Speaker 2: passing game could be the key here for the Eagles,
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  Speaker 2: and if they can have success with the quick passing game,
• 21:39
  Speaker 2: I think it could be a long day for the
• 21:42
  Speaker 2: Broncos defense.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, great analysis and it's always great having you on low. Seriously,
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  Speaker 1: I I thoroughly enjoyed our discussion here again folks, Loose
• 21:51
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• 21:59
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  Speaker 1: I'd love to have you back, my friend.
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  Speaker 2: Yep, thank you, Jeff Broncos twenty three, Eagles twenty one.
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