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- 0:02Speaker 1: This is the Appetizer Hour with Brett Cain on demand.
- 0:06Speaker 1: Check out Brett weekday mornings at 6 on Altitude Sports
- 0:10Speaker 1: Radio 92.5 and on the Altitude Sports Radio app. Nuggets
- 0:19Speaker 1: made it interesting but lose this basketball game in Houston.
- 0:23Speaker 1: Final tonight for the Toyota Center.
- 0:25Speaker 2: Rockets 1-10, Denver 100. The Nuggets attempted to give it
- 0:33Speaker 2: a run.
- 0:34Speaker 3: The thing is, Houston pretty much had that game from
- 0:36Speaker 3: start to finish. I don't want to get like too
- 0:42Speaker 3: over the top with this or anything like that because
- 0:44Speaker 3: they were put in a really difficult situation after the
- 0:49Speaker 3: travel confusion and all that stuff leaving Mexico City. And
- 0:53Speaker 3: it's one thing like it's not just straight travel. I
- 0:59Speaker 3: know a lot of people don't want to hear about
- 1:01Speaker 3: the bougie planes that these guys get to fly on
- 1:06Speaker 3: all the time and using that as some sort of
- 1:09Speaker 3: an excuse.
- 1:10Speaker 2: But bottom line is.
- 1:11Speaker 3: When you're just sitting on an airplane for eight hours,
- 1:15Speaker 3: told you had to get off, and then you're staying
- 1:17Speaker 3: an extra night at a place that you didn't think
- 1:19Speaker 3: you were going to stay, only to get up and,
- 1:20Speaker 3: you know what I mean? All that confusion does create problems, travel-wise.
- 1:28Speaker 3: And it does make your body not feel as good.
- 1:31Speaker 3: And I think that there is at least a little
- 1:33Speaker 3: bit of room to have some built-in, not excuse, but
- 1:39Speaker 3: understanding for why they might not have looked as sharp
- 1:44Speaker 3: last night as the Nuggets should have. First of all,
- 1:49Speaker 3: the Rockets are a really good basketball team. They're 8-3
- 1:52Speaker 3: this year now after the win last night. They were
- 1:55Speaker 3: coming off two straight losses to the T-Wolves and the Suns.
- 1:58Speaker 3: They're probably pretty hungry to get a win. They were
- 2:04Speaker 3: just put in a really tough position. And then on
- 2:07Speaker 3: top of that, Joker and Jamal can't do it by themselves.
- 2:16Speaker 2: They just can't. Only two players in double digits last
- 2:21Speaker 2: night for the Nuggets.
- 2:23Speaker 3: Jamal was 14 of 23 for 38 points. Joker had 25, 16,
- 2:29Speaker 3: and 9 on 11 of 21 from the floor. They
- 2:34Speaker 3: can't do it by themselves. There has to be help
- 2:37Speaker 3: from others. And I mentioned this before. I feel like
- 2:44Speaker 3: these two guys have their games tied into each other
- 2:50Speaker 3: way more than we'd be willing to admit. Aaron Gordon
- 2:57Speaker 3: has the same type of feel as J.K.
- 2:59Speaker 2: Dobbins to me.
- 3:00Speaker 3: It was like this last year when you talked about
- 3:02Speaker 3: guys who were really important to your success. If they
- 3:05Speaker 3: were playing and healthy, then you were one team. If
- 3:07Speaker 3: they were out and unhealthy, then you were another team.
- 3:14Speaker 3: They were very important X factors to your success. And
- 3:20Speaker 3: in both of these guys' cases, I'm getting really concerned
- 3:26Speaker 3: that not only have we seen the best of what
- 3:30Speaker 3: their games are, but you're wondering what the production is
- 3:35Speaker 3: in general, like what is left. This is now for
- 3:41Speaker 3: Aaron Gordon. He has had four games. Out of the
- 3:49Speaker 3: nine played this year, for him, where he scored less
- 3:55Speaker 3: than 10 points, and this is a team that needs
- 3:59Speaker 3: another score on this roster, his three-point shooting, his shooting
- 4:04Speaker 3: overall is not near what it's been the last couple
- 4:07Speaker 3: of years. Shooting 28% from three-point range this season. He's
- 4:11Speaker 3: under 40% from the floor, and I think that tells
- 4:14Speaker 3: me more of he's not getting to the rim as much.
- 4:18Speaker 2: Which is a huge part of his game.
- 4:20Speaker 3: And you wonder if the injuries combined with, you know,
- 4:23Speaker 3: the longevity of his career is starting to catch up
- 4:25Speaker 3: with him.
- 4:26Speaker 2: I don't know.
- 4:29Speaker 3: But between him, Christian Brown only had four points in
- 4:31Speaker 3: 32 minutes. Cam Johnson had eight points. And a big
- 4:35Speaker 3: thing is they just aren't shooting. Jamal shot the ball
- 4:40Speaker 3: 23 times. Joker shot at 21. The next highest shot
- 4:44Speaker 3: attempt number was DeMar DeRozan, who had eight. You just
- 4:50Speaker 3: need help. And if they don't get the help from
- 4:54Speaker 3: the others, then this is going to be a really,
- 4:56Speaker 3: really tough season because we've already known. No, we can
- 5:00Speaker 3: tell by the offseason. They didn't go out.
- 5:03Speaker 2: They don't have.
- 5:06Speaker 3: The cap space nor the ability because they're currently a
- 5:11Speaker 3: second apron team.
- 5:13Speaker 2: To go out and get a player. That is going
- 5:17Speaker 2: to fix this.
- 5:20Speaker 3: They just don't have it. So that's why you need.
- 5:26Speaker 3: The top guys on your roster to play like top guys.
- 5:28Speaker 3: Like we've talked a little bit about the bench this year.
- 5:31Speaker 3: And how you know we have. I've liked some of
- 5:33Speaker 3: the things I've seen from them.
- 5:35Speaker 2: You know obviously.
- 5:36Speaker 3: Trevin Brazil's been a nice addition. Marvin Bagley's looks pretty good.
- 5:41Speaker 3: You've seen flashes from. Guys like Bryce Hopkins. Bottom line is,
- 5:48Speaker 3: none of that's going to matter if Christian Brown, Cam Johnson,
- 5:52Speaker 3: and more importantly, Aaron Gordon.
- 5:57Speaker 2: Aren't guys for you.
- 5:59Speaker 3: And I think Cam Johnson's been pretty good this year
- 6:01Speaker 3: when he's been healthy and in the lineup. I think
- 6:05Speaker 3: Christian Brown's had a fine enough season. The AG thing
- 6:12Speaker 3: is really concerning me. Because he just doesn't look right.
- 6:18Speaker 3: And this is the same conversation, the reason why I
- 6:20Speaker 3: make the J.K. Dobbins comparison. I don't know if it's
- 6:24Speaker 3: just the progression of his career. I don't know if
- 6:27Speaker 3: it's him playing through an injury and just not wanting
- 6:29Speaker 3: to admit it.
- 6:32Speaker 2: I don't know what it is.
- 6:35Speaker 3: But you got a game like that last night, and
- 6:37Speaker 3: I know it was difficult for a lot of people with, again,
- 6:40Speaker 3: the travel nonsense that they were dealing with.
- 6:44Speaker 2: But two of your guys came out and played. And
- 6:47Speaker 2: that's Jamal and Joker.
- 6:48Speaker 3: You know, a stat that seems to be very, very
- 6:51Speaker 3: important for the Nuggets this year is rebounds. They were
- 6:55Speaker 3: out-rebounded last night 51-39. Both teams shot 45% from the floor.
- 7:04Speaker 2: The big difference here, I think, is.
- 7:11Speaker 3: The Rockets got eight extra possessions in a game that
- 7:13Speaker 3: you lost by 10. And they do that by out-rebounding you.
- 7:18Speaker 3: When the Nuggets rebound, they typically win if they're on
- 7:22Speaker 3: the plus side of that. When they don't, they typically lose.
- 7:28Speaker 3: And they just aren't good nor deep enough to survive eight, nine,
- 7:36Speaker 3: 10 extra possessions a game going to the opposing team.
- 7:39Speaker 2: Especially a good one in the Houston Rockets.
- 7:42Speaker 3: And the bad news is this, is that there's some
- 7:45Speaker 3: teams in the Western Conference that maybe we thought were
- 7:47Speaker 3: going to be bad that don't look bad at all.
- 7:51Speaker 2: Like the top six teams in the West. LA leads
- 7:55Speaker 2: the way at 10-2.
- 7:56Speaker 3: San Antonio is 9-2, and I believe they've won nine
- 8:00Speaker 3: straight after dropping the first two games of the year.
- 8:04Speaker 3: Oklahoma City is still 8-2 despite their injuries. Golden State
- 8:10Speaker 3: won again last night, 138-87. That's their eighth straight win
- 8:17Speaker 3: of the season after starting 0-3. You got a lot
- 8:21Speaker 3: of good teams that are coming out of the gates
- 8:23Speaker 3: pretty hot. And the Nuggets, as we currently sit here
- 8:27Speaker 3: right now, they're 5-4. It's 10th in the West. And
- 8:33Speaker 3: it's by a pretty wide margin already. If you do
- 8:37Speaker 3: not get the other guys in your starting five or
- 8:40Speaker 3: I would just put it in your top seven. So
- 8:44Speaker 3: that'd be your starting five along with DeMar DeRozan.
- 8:46Speaker 2: And Spencer Jones.
- 8:50Speaker 3: If you don't get those guys playing well, you are
- 8:55Speaker 3: going to be in a lot of trouble. Because it's
- 8:59Speaker 3: too much reliance on two guys within the roster and
- 9:04Speaker 3: it's just too much to overcome. Like on the other
- 9:08Speaker 3: side last night, was KD good? Yeah, he was fine.
- 9:10Speaker 3: I mean, he was only 6 of 15 from the field.
- 9:14Speaker 3: But he finished with 23 points. Shane Goon with 20.
- 9:18Speaker 3: Jabari Smith with 14. Van Vliet with 12. Tari Eason
- 9:24Speaker 3: off the bench had 12. Like they had other guys
- 9:28Speaker 3: that were threats in the game.
- 9:30Speaker 2: The Nuggets didn't.
- 9:33Speaker 3: And the only reason you were in the game is
- 9:35Speaker 3: because Jamal Murray and Nikola Jokic were playing great. So
- 9:41Speaker 3: if this is what it's going to look like for
- 9:45Speaker 3: the Nuggets this year, then you're going to be in
- 9:48Speaker 3: some trouble. We've seen games where they've gotten production from
- 9:52Speaker 3: the others. And when that happens, you know, for example,
- 10:00Speaker 3: the game in Mexico City, you had eight guys in
- 10:04Speaker 3: double-digit scoring.
- 10:06Speaker 2: It was pretty balanced and even.
- 10:08Speaker 3: Nobody went for like 40, but you had a whole
- 10:12Speaker 3: bunch of guys that were just contributing. And the game
- 10:15Speaker 3: against Toronto, in which you won 128-109, you had seven guys.
- 10:20Speaker 3: in double digits, including everybody in the starting five. But
- 10:25Speaker 3: you get a game like last night where it's just
- 10:28Speaker 3: Jamal and Joker, it's not going to be enough.
- 10:30Speaker 2: That maybe was enough.
- 10:31Speaker 3: In the past, you know, when you had maybe a
- 10:35Speaker 3: more even distribution of guys within the roster, but it's
- 10:41Speaker 3: not going to happen now.
- 10:43Speaker 2: So 3-0-3, 5-0-4, 0-9-2-5.
- 10:48Speaker 3: The Nuggets play again tomorrow against Memphis, and if you
- 10:51Speaker 3: weren't paying attention this year, Memphis is also 7-3. They're
- 10:55Speaker 3: having a great start to the year. So that is
- 11:00Speaker 3: going to be another game in which it's going to
- 11:03Speaker 3: be a battle and a grind, especially like a lot
- 11:06Speaker 3: of the things that you see on this road trip.
- 11:09Speaker 2: It's going to be a tough one. You know, the Nuggets....
- 11:14Speaker 3: After they play against the Grizzlies, two more on the
- 11:16Speaker 3: road after, or I'm sorry, one more on the road
- 11:18Speaker 3: after that. And that's going to be again against New
- 11:20Speaker 3: Orleans for the third time this year, playing the Pelicans already.
- 11:24Speaker 3: And that's before you come back home for a three-game homestand.
- 11:27Speaker 3: But still, it was a tough watch last night because
- 11:32Speaker 3: you just couldn't get production pretty much anywhere else.
- 11:37Speaker 2: Outside of Joker and Jamal.
- 11:41Speaker 3: So a texture says, I think you bring CB off
- 11:43Speaker 3: the bench, start rookie, the rookie or DeRozan.
- 11:47Speaker 2: CB had his best year off the bench. Here's the
- 11:52Speaker 2: thing though. I think that.
- 11:55Speaker 3: Christian Brown is not somebody that can get his own shot.
- 12:00Speaker 3: He's a cutter and sort of a spot up three guy.
- 12:06Speaker 3: You need that guy to operate, I think, in the
- 12:09Speaker 3: Jokic universe, not in the one that's coming off the bench.
- 12:13Speaker 3: The bench has to be more of guys that can create,
- 12:15Speaker 3: and that's why DeMar DeRozan's really good in that spot.
- 12:19Speaker 3: He doesn't need help to create his own shot. He
- 12:21Speaker 3: just goes iso, turnaround jumper from the mid-range, knock it down. Like,
- 12:25Speaker 3: that's his game. Now, you want to talk about Trevin Brazil?
- 12:31Speaker 2: Maybe. You know, the Nuggets have been.
- 12:36Speaker 2: Pretty good when he starts games.
- 12:43Speaker 3: I think it's a little bit too early to start
- 12:44Speaker 3: thinking about like bigger changes like that, but still, I
- 12:51Speaker 3: think you understand that there is an issue that's cropping
- 12:56Speaker 3: up way too much. And I'll point back to it.
- 12:58Speaker 3: Like it's obvious last night when you look at the
- 13:00Speaker 3: point totals. Yeah, they need help on the scoring side.
- 13:05Speaker 3: They just need to be able to get boards. If
- 13:11Speaker 3: you get out-rebounded, this team has a really, really difficult
- 13:14Speaker 3: time winning. They can play decent defense. I don't know
- 13:22Speaker 3: how long they can sustain great defense, but if you're
- 13:25Speaker 3: giving teams extra opportunities, that's where you get beat up.
- 13:30Speaker 3: I mean, 15 offensive rebounds for the Rockets last night.
- 13:35Speaker 3: It's just way too many extra opportunities, especially on a
- 13:38Speaker 3: night where you aren't shooting well. If you aren't shooting well,
- 13:43Speaker 3: those guys, your AGs, your Christian Browns, your Cam Johnsons,
- 13:49Speaker 3: the Marjorosans, Brazils, they have to sell out to box
- 13:54Speaker 3: out and get boards. Because if you aren't knocking down
- 13:57Speaker 3: a shot, then make up for it in some other area.
- 14:01Speaker 2: But I will give....
- 14:04Speaker 3: You know, four-game road trip, difficult travel problems, all give
- 14:08Speaker 3: them a bit of a pass for.
- 14:11Speaker 2: That game last night.
- 14:13Speaker 3: No excuses moving forward for the final two games. First
- 14:17Speaker 3: of all, New Orleans should be a game that you
- 14:18Speaker 3: just straight up win. But the game against Memphis tomorrow,
- 14:25Speaker 3: that's one where I think you should win that game too.
- 14:29Speaker 3: I think you're more talented top to bottom. than Memphis is,
- 14:34Speaker 3: but they've had a great start to the year. So 303-504-0925.
- 14:40Speaker 3: As we broadcast from the Backus & Shanker Studios, Backus
- 14:42Speaker 3: & Shanker, your hometown injury lawyers, called 303-504-0925.
- 14:49Speaker 2: Oh, what's the number? Help me, Nelly. Why did I
- 14:51Speaker 2: lose the number? It's only one number, so you should
- 14:54Speaker 2: be able to remember because it's just 222-2222. There we go. Yeah, 222-2222.
- 15:01Speaker 3: 303-222-2222. We'll get to college football stock up, stock down next.
- 15:05Speaker 3: We do it every week following the college football weekend.
- 15:09Speaker 3: It is college football stock up, stock down. We always
- 15:11Speaker 3: start with the quarterbacks.
- 15:12Speaker 2: Nelly, stock up.
- 15:15Speaker 3: So this guy took over just a couple of weeks ago.
- 15:18Speaker 3: Thomas Castellanos.
- 15:20Speaker 2: He's the new quarterback at Texas Tech. He took over
- 15:22Speaker 2: for Will Hammond.
- 15:24Speaker 3: In the games that he has taken over, the last
- 15:27Speaker 3: two weeks, he has seven touchdown passes, no interceptions, and
- 15:33Speaker 3: has ran for over 100 yards.
- 15:35Speaker 2: In each of those games.
- 15:35Speaker 3: Just his last week, had 102 yards on the ground,
- 15:39Speaker 3: but also five touchdowns through the air and 362 yards.
- 15:45Speaker 3: It's a gear that does not exist with Will Hammond.
- 15:49Speaker 3: And Texas Tech is a team that is still 15th
- 15:53Speaker 3: in the country, still 8-1 overall, 5-1 in Big 12
- 15:57Speaker 3: conference play, looks well on their way into getting into
- 16:02Speaker 3: the Big 12 championship game. And if they found a
- 16:05Speaker 3: quarterback that they like, then maybe this team is a
- 16:09Speaker 3: legitimate threat.
- 16:11Speaker 2: He's a 5'10, 190-pound senior.
- 16:15Speaker 3: Not your prototypical quarterback size, but he's playing some really
- 16:20Speaker 3: good football lately. In Texas Tech, what they have left
- 16:23Speaker 3: is Oklahoma State, which is a tough game.
- 16:27Speaker 2: Baylor, which is a tough game. And TCU, which is easy.
- 16:33Speaker 3: I think they can win out, go 11-1, maybe climb
- 16:37Speaker 3: into the top 10 of the college football playoff rankings.
- 16:41Speaker 2: And compete for a big 12 title. And it's due
- 16:45Speaker 2: to this, I.
- 16:45Speaker 3: Think renewed energy that's been put into their offense with
- 16:49Speaker 3: Thomas Castellanos, not taking over. Um, fun guy to watch. Remember,
- 16:55Speaker 3: it's only been a couple of games now that he
- 16:57Speaker 3: started for him. He's been at a new school almost
- 16:59Speaker 3: every single year. He started at UCF in 2022. He
- 17:02Speaker 3: transferred to Boston college. Then he transferred to Florida state.
- 17:06Speaker 3: Now he's at Texas tech. Um, He is always going
- 17:11Speaker 3: to be a threat on the ground. The passing game
- 17:13Speaker 3: is the thing that needs to improve. But his nine
- 17:16Speaker 3: touchdowns that he has this year with only two starts
- 17:18Speaker 3: under his belt in 56 passing attempts total is already
- 17:23Speaker 3: halfway to his highest total ever in a season. So
- 17:28Speaker 3: Thomas Castellanos gets the stock up. Let's go quarterback stock down.
- 17:32Speaker 2: Look, I love this kid and I love this team.
- 17:39Speaker 3: But you can't help but take anything that has to
- 17:42Speaker 3: do with Kentucky down a peg after the way that
- 17:45Speaker 3: they lost to Tennessee last week, 34-6. Their quarterback, Kenny Minji,
- 17:49Speaker 3: who's been really good this year, 14 touchdowns, two picks
- 17:52Speaker 3: on the season through his second interception of the year
- 17:55Speaker 3: in the game against Tennessee. His problem is this. He's
- 18:00Speaker 3: put up great numbers. He's a very consistent player. But
- 18:03Speaker 3: when it feels like they play against some of the
- 18:05Speaker 3: top competition in the country... Number 13, Tennessee. He throws
- 18:12Speaker 3: for 224 yards, no touchdowns, one interception. In a win
- 18:16Speaker 3: that they had against LSU a few weeks ago, they
- 18:19Speaker 3: did get the win, but 246 yards through the air,
- 18:22Speaker 3: no touchdowns and no picks. Early in the season against
- 18:26Speaker 3: Alabama in a 45-17 loss, 146 yards, one touchdown, one interception.
- 18:33Speaker 3: Getting Kentucky to the point that they've gotten to, which
- 18:36Speaker 3: right now, you know, we'll wait on what the new
- 18:38Speaker 3: standings are going to be, but going into the week,
- 18:41Speaker 3: they were number six in the country. He's done a
- 18:43Speaker 3: great job. He was the transfer that came over from
- 18:47Speaker 3: backing up CJ Carr at Notre Dame last year.
- 18:51Speaker 2: Had a good season.
- 18:53Speaker 3: The trouble is, if you aren't doing that against the
- 18:56Speaker 3: top-tier competition in the SEC, I think it gets noticed.
- 19:01Speaker 3: His final three games of the season are against Florida, Missouri,
- 19:06Speaker 3: and Louisville. Florida, this upcoming game on the 14th, should
- 19:12Speaker 3: be one in which they should move the football because
- 19:14Speaker 3: Florida might be decent in some areas. They're bad defensively.
- 19:19Speaker 3: So we'll see what the rest of this season brings.
- 19:22Speaker 3: But I think overall, Kenny Minchie, very good season, good quarterback,
- 19:28Speaker 3: Just need to see it be a little bit better
- 19:30Speaker 3: against the top competition in the SEC.
- 19:32Speaker 2: So he gets the stock down. Let's go Big 12 teams.
- 19:34Speaker 2: Stock up. I don't think that there's any disputing this.
- 19:38Speaker 2: It's Utah.
- 19:39Speaker 3: I mean, Utah with a big win over BYU last week.
- 19:43Speaker 3: They came out of the gate super hot. Put up
- 19:45Speaker 3: two touchdowns on the first couple of drives of the game.
- 19:48Speaker 3: Did then allow for... four straight scoring drives from BYU
- 19:52Speaker 3: to go down 20-14. But in the third quarter, when
- 19:56Speaker 3: they needed it, made the plays. Win the game 28-20.
- 20:00Speaker 3: Devin Dampier with another very nice game. Four total touchdowns
- 20:04Speaker 3: for him. 89 yards on the ground. 177 through the air.
- 20:08Speaker 3: I don't think they're going to overwhelm anybody with big-time
- 20:12Speaker 3: offensive numbers. But when they need to make a play happen,
- 20:15Speaker 3: they do. They play very tough and stingy defense. I
- 20:21Speaker 3: just think they're a better version of their opponent that
- 20:23Speaker 3: they played last week. BYU is a very similar team.
- 20:27Speaker 3: I think just a notch below what Utah is. And
- 20:30Speaker 3: Utah feels every bit to me like the Big 12 champion.
- 20:33Speaker 3: And I think the style of football that they play
- 20:36Speaker 3: is one that can compete with some of the best
- 20:38Speaker 3: teams in the country.
- 20:39Speaker 2: They were number three last week.
- 20:40Speaker 3: I don't know if they stay there, if they jump
- 20:42Speaker 3: to number two, or what the case is going to be.
- 20:45Speaker 3: But they're going to have a really good shot at,
- 20:48Speaker 3: I think, getting into the college football playoff.
- 20:52Speaker 2: Is likely going to happen.
- 20:53Speaker 3: But secondly, maybe beating some teams that maybe people wouldn't expect.
- 21:00Speaker 3: some top-tier competition nationally. I just like the way that
- 21:05Speaker 3: Utah plays a very, very likable brand of football, disciplined
- 21:10Speaker 3: brand of football. For example, they had 19 penalty yards
- 21:14Speaker 3: in that game against BYU. BYU had 80. When you
- 21:18Speaker 3: do that, when you play disciplined, you typically end up
- 21:23Speaker 3: on the winning side. BYU, by the way, four turnovers.
- 21:27Speaker 3: Utah did turn the ball over a couple times, but
- 21:29Speaker 3: they're plus two in that category.
- 21:32Speaker 2: I just think the way that they.
- 21:34Speaker 3: Go about their business is one where if you play sound,
- 21:38Speaker 3: you can beat a lot of teams in this league,
- 21:40Speaker 3: and Utah's certainly one of them.
- 21:41Speaker 2: Utah, give me two. They get the stock up. Let's go,
- 21:44Speaker 2: Big 12 team, stock down. It's a big twill! See you.
- 21:49Speaker 2: And it's because it's not.
- 21:52Speaker 3: That they lost last week, it's how and why they lost.
- 21:57Speaker 2: Arizona State is not a good football team. They just aren't.
- 22:01Speaker 3: They were 4-4 heading into that game. They're 2-3 in
- 22:04Speaker 3: Big 12 conference play.
- 22:05Speaker 2: You're coming off.
- 22:06Speaker 3: A win against Kansas State, which Kansas State is bad,
- 22:11Speaker 3: but it did give you a sliver of hope that
- 22:14Speaker 3: if you play well against a middling Arizona State team,
- 22:18Speaker 3: maybe you could find your way in a bowl game
- 22:20Speaker 3: and carry some positive momentum into the end of this season.
- 22:24Speaker 2: Problem is.
- 22:25Speaker 1: I don't think we have a whole playbook.
- 22:27Speaker 3: You didn't do anything right. You couldn't hang on to
- 22:32Speaker 3: the football, the penalties. You're the most penalized team in
- 22:35Speaker 3: the Big 12. that continued in critical moments in that
- 22:38Speaker 3: game couldn't get anything going on third down I feel
- 22:42Speaker 3: bad because it feels like CU finally has a defense
- 22:46Speaker 3: that you like and trust and it's just going by
- 22:49Speaker 3: the wayside because when you only score 10 points it's
- 22:54Speaker 3: really hard to win um There's just too much about
- 22:58Speaker 3: this team that looks like you are teetering on the
- 23:01Speaker 3: edge of falling off a cliff. And we have finally
- 23:05Speaker 3: gotten to the point where people are seriously discussing if
- 23:11Speaker 3: this is the end of Deion Sanders at CU. If
- 23:15Speaker 3: they can go out and get a big win somehow
- 23:17Speaker 3: against Houston this weekend, then maybe that.
- 23:22Speaker 2: Puts a salve on it.
- 23:23Speaker 1: But.
- 23:26Speaker 3: Houston, you are going to be a big-time dog in
- 23:28Speaker 3: this game. In fact, what is the spread? It's going
- 23:30Speaker 3: to be 10.5, despite this game being played at home.
- 23:35Speaker 3: The following week, you play against Cincinnati. Cincinnati, another middling
- 23:39Speaker 3: Big 12 team, but seems to have your number lately.
- 23:43Speaker 3: And then you close out the year against UCF. You
- 23:46Speaker 3: need three straight wins to get to a bowl game.
- 23:49Speaker 3: Not going to happen. I just think CU is in
- 23:51Speaker 3: a world of hurt right now. So they get the
- 23:52Speaker 3: stock down. Let's go national team stock up. big response
- 23:57Speaker 3: from Notre Dame beating the number one team in the country, Miami, uh,
- 24:02Speaker 3: game ended up being very close, but that was a
- 24:04Speaker 3: 24 to three game in which Notre Dame kind of
- 24:07Speaker 3: allowed Miami back into it.
- 24:10Speaker 2: Controversy at the end. Was it a touchdown?
- 24:12Speaker 3: I think I w I think it was, but what
- 24:15Speaker 3: does it matter if you are going to go down
- 24:17Speaker 3: 24 to three in a football game and leave it
- 24:19Speaker 3: up to last second chance and ref calls and all
- 24:21Speaker 3: this different stuff, then this is the result that you get. Um,
- 24:26Speaker 3: Notre Dame, I think, throughout the course of this year,
- 24:30Speaker 3: we can talk about scheduling and who did they play
- 24:33Speaker 3: and all these different things. Bottom line is they beat
- 24:36Speaker 3: the number one team in the country. And Miami was
- 24:38Speaker 3: number one without anybody particularly close. Notre Dame is capable.
- 24:43Speaker 3: of beating anybody in the country. And a lot of
- 24:46Speaker 3: teams that are near the top of the list in
- 24:49Speaker 3: the top 25 are capable of beating Notre Dame.
- 24:52Speaker 2: Newsflash, that's everybody in college football this year.
- 24:55Speaker 3: It's one of the first years in a long time
- 24:57Speaker 3: where there's not like a bona fide, holy bleep number
- 25:00Speaker 3: one overall team in the country. Everybody's in like this
- 25:04Speaker 3: same sort of tier just rolling around.
- 25:08Speaker 2: And Notre Dame's certainly one of them.
- 25:09Speaker 3: And that win was not only what kept them in
- 25:14Speaker 3: the college football playoff discussion, I think it punched their ticket.
- 25:18Speaker 2: So they get the stock up. Let's go national team
- 25:20Speaker 2: stock down.
- 25:23Speaker 3: As much as this pains me to say, very similar
- 25:27Speaker 3: situation for this team. I think they rolled in this
- 25:29Speaker 3: weekend for a sort of do or die, we win
- 25:33Speaker 3: or we don't make the playoff. Well, Ole Miss is
- 25:35Speaker 3: not making the playoff. Third loss of the year. It
- 25:38Speaker 3: was 42-7 to Georgia, and that loss came at home.
- 25:44Speaker 3: Trinidad Chambliss, one of my favorite guys, just hasn't had
- 25:47Speaker 3: a great season. Turned the ball over a lot. That
- 25:50Speaker 3: was his third straight game with a turnover. They've lost
- 25:53Speaker 3: two of their last three games. In those games, Trinidad
- 25:57Speaker 3: Chambliss has four touchdowns and five interceptions.
- 26:01Speaker 2: It just hasn't been the year that I think he wanted.
- 26:04Speaker 3: In fact, on the season, Trinidad Chambliss only has two
- 26:07Speaker 3: games in which he hasn't thrown a pick. And that
- 26:09Speaker 3: was a 31 to three win against Missouri and a
- 26:12Speaker 3: 41 to nine win against Colgate, which I thought was
- 26:17Speaker 3: a toothpaste. Well, doesn't he have sleep apnea because he
- 26:21Speaker 3: was changing diapers or something?
- 26:22Speaker 2: What was that court case about? Well, that's the thing, man.
- 26:25Speaker 3: It, He got the extra year of eligibility and you
- 26:29Speaker 3: would think that he was going to build upon the
- 26:31Speaker 3: momentum that he had last season and continue to grow
- 26:34Speaker 3: and climb.
- 26:35Speaker 2: Turns out that is not the case.
- 26:37Speaker 3: Last year, he only had three interceptions on 445 passing attempts.
- 26:41Speaker 3: This year, he has nine on 330. Just not the year.
- 26:47Speaker 3: that you were expecting to see out of him. And
- 26:51Speaker 3: it stinks because I really liked the kid. But Ole
- 26:54Speaker 3: Miss very obviously gets the stock down. You could have
- 26:56Speaker 3: gone with a few teams this year in that one.
- 26:59Speaker 3: So let's go Heisman stock up. Yeah, we were just
- 27:02Speaker 3: talking about Notre Dame. I think CJ Carr has now
- 27:05Speaker 3: put himself back in that discussion. 319 yards, three touchdowns
- 27:10Speaker 3: in the win over Miami.
- 27:12Speaker 2: On the year you want to.
- 27:13Speaker 3: Talk about touchdown interception ratios, you get 21 TDs to
- 27:17Speaker 3: one interception on the season, almost 2,200 passing yards.
- 27:22Speaker 2: He's doing it efficiently too.
- 27:25Speaker 3: He's got 2,200 passing yards on only 262 attempts. His
- 27:30Speaker 3: completion percentage is at 68. He's been a rock for
- 27:34Speaker 3: what Notre Dame wants to do. Um, Almost matched his
- 27:38Speaker 3: totals already from last year. He's better in almost every
- 27:42Speaker 3: single category. Completion percentage better. He's three touchdowns away from
- 27:47Speaker 3: matching last year's total, and they have three games left,
- 27:50Speaker 3: plus whatever happens in the postseason. Only one pick to
- 27:54Speaker 3: six interceptions. The big category, though, do you know how
- 27:57Speaker 3: many times CJ Carr has been sacked this season?
- 28:00Speaker 1: Twice.
- 28:02Speaker 2: Twice.
- 28:04Speaker 1: Twice.
- 28:06Speaker 2: Through nine games.
- 28:08Speaker 3: He's had a remarkable year, and I feel like this
- 28:11Speaker 3: might be the year the Heisman goes to somebody who
- 28:13Speaker 3: is not a quarterback, but if CJ Carr still plays
- 28:16Speaker 3: or continues to play this way, then he's going to
- 28:19Speaker 3: have something to say about that. So let's go Heisman
- 28:21Speaker 3: stock down. For the second straight week, I have this
- 28:25Speaker 3: guy here, and it's not his fault. I'm straight up
- 28:29Speaker 3: being just Robin Williams, Goodwill hunting, giving him a hug,
- 28:32Speaker 3: saying it's not your fault.
- 28:34Speaker 2: It's not your fault.
- 28:35Speaker 3: Jeremiah Smith, he had seven catches for 133 yards and
- 28:39Speaker 3: a touchdown. He's doing what he has to do. Here's
- 28:42Speaker 3: the problem. Ohio State stinks now. They've lost their last
- 28:46Speaker 3: two games. In those games, you know, when you think
- 28:50Speaker 3: about who wins the Heisman, it's very difficult for a
- 28:53Speaker 3: Heisman to win that trophy if his team isn't at.
- 28:57Speaker 2: The top of the heap.
- 28:58Speaker 3: And I think Ohio State just got their ticket to
- 29:00Speaker 3: the college football playoff ripped away from them last week.
- 29:03Speaker 3: They are just nowhere near the same caliber of team
- 29:07Speaker 3: without Julian Sane as their starting quarterback. Luke Fahey had
- 29:12Speaker 3: 360 yards on 50 attempts.
- 29:14Speaker 2: I get it.
- 29:15Speaker 3: But it's like when Julian Sane left, so did the
- 29:18Speaker 3: defense for Ohio State, which is crazy. But Ohio State
- 29:23Speaker 3: now lost three games on the year. I don't think
- 29:25Speaker 3: there's any three-loss team that's going to be getting into
- 29:28Speaker 3: the college football playoff.
- 29:29Speaker 2: You get nothing!
- 29:32Speaker 3: And if he doesn't have a chance to show out
- 29:34Speaker 3: on a big stage like that, I just think that
- 29:36Speaker 3: his Heisman which seemed to be his to lose, was
- 29:41Speaker 3: fumbled away through no fault of his own.
- 29:45Speaker 2: Best game of the week?
- 29:46Speaker 1: Oh, yes!
- 29:47Speaker 2: I loved Utah and BYU. I loved it.
- 29:49Speaker 3: Two disciplined, sound teams going against each other. BYU made
- 29:53Speaker 3: a lot of mistakes uncharacteristically in that game. But anytime,
- 29:57Speaker 3: if you guys get a chance to watch Devin Dampier... Man,
- 30:00Speaker 3: is he a fun watch. Another four total touchdown game.
- 30:03Speaker 3: He does it through the air, on the ground. Utah's
- 30:06Speaker 3: just a fun team, so they get the best game
- 30:07Speaker 3: of the week.
- 30:08Speaker 2: Upset of the week. No!
- 30:11Speaker 1: God, please, no!
- 30:12Speaker 3: I'm not going anywhere in the top 25. The biggest
- 30:15Speaker 3: upset in college football that took place last weekend was
- 30:18Speaker 3: the rivalry game between Michigan State and Michigan. And I
- 30:22Speaker 3: know both of those teams are terrible. Michigan State is
- 30:25Speaker 3: especially awful. But Michigan, to lose that game at home
- 30:29Speaker 3: the way that they did, 15-6, to their hated rivals,
- 30:35Speaker 3: is absolutely brutal. and one in which Michigan fans want
- 30:40Speaker 3: Kyle Whittingham fired in the middle of his first season.
- 30:46Speaker 3: So that is the upset of the week, and that
- 30:48Speaker 3: is college football stock up, stock down. Again, do it
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- 31:54Speaker 3: $ 10 usually doesn't get you much anymore, but on Tuesdays,
- 31:57Speaker 3: it's any large pizza at Papa Murphy's.
- 32:00Speaker 2: It's a $ 10 Tuesday.
- 32:02Speaker 3: Order at PapaMurphy's.com. Pick it up and bake it fresh
- 32:05Speaker 3: at home. Today's a big day. Trade deadline ends.
- 32:12Speaker 2: At 2 o'clock. There is... Man.
- 32:21Speaker 2: I think a ton on the line.
- 32:22Speaker 3: For multiple teams, if you watched, if you could stomach
- 32:27Speaker 3: any of that game yesterday between the Bills and the Vikings,
- 32:31Speaker 3: I mean, the Vikings.
- 32:31Speaker 2: Are just in absolute shambles.
- 32:34Speaker 3: They have a defense that is remarkable, and they have
- 32:39Speaker 3: an offense that can't do anything. Carson Wentz yesterday was
- 32:45Speaker 3: 8 of 25 throwing the football for 81 yards, no touchdowns,
- 32:49Speaker 3: and two picks.
- 32:51Speaker 2: You just can't waste a defense that's that good.
- 32:56Speaker 3: My assumption would be they're going to be burning the
- 33:00Speaker 3: phones today to try and find some sort of suitor
- 33:04Speaker 3: to get a quarterback in. It just feels like Minnesota
- 33:12Speaker 3: is done with Kyler Murray.
- 33:14Speaker 2: They're done.
- 33:16Speaker 3: With Carson Wentz, they're still 6-2. If they get somebody
- 33:20Speaker 3: competent in there, they might have a shot at it.
- 33:22Speaker 3: And who knows, guys, like maybe Minnesota's calling the Broncos
- 33:25Speaker 3: today and saying, what do you want for Stidham? I mean,
- 33:31Speaker 3: we heard, Adam Schefter told us yesterday that teams have
- 33:35Speaker 3: made calls to the Broncos about.
- 33:40Speaker 2: Taking a quarterback.
- 33:42Speaker 3: Now, funny thing is, I don't know I've wondered to myself,
- 33:51Speaker 3: do the Broncos, if they don't make a big move today,
- 33:54Speaker 3: is there a chance that they could maybe sell something?
- 33:58Speaker 3: And what I mean by that is, could it be
- 34:00Speaker 3: a backup quarterback? Could it be like a Chris Abrams drain?
- 34:04Speaker 3: You know, who's fifth on your depth chart has had
- 34:08Speaker 3: moments where he's played this year, or do you not
- 34:11Speaker 3: even consider that?
- 34:14Speaker 2: Considering you're going for a championship. Like, I don't know.
- 34:18Speaker 2: But I'll be honest with you. We hit two o'clock today.
- 34:21Speaker 3: If the Broncos haven't made a move, something to help
- 34:24Speaker 3: them on the offensive side, I am still totally sold
- 34:28Speaker 3: on the idea you need another running back. I don't
- 34:31Speaker 3: think it's even a question of want. I think it's
- 34:35Speaker 3: a necessity. I do not want to risk the Broncos
- 34:42Speaker 3: being back in a place where they make the playoffs,
- 34:45Speaker 3: and let's say you really like Jonah Coleman.
- 34:48Speaker 2: Well, what happens if he goes down with an injury?
- 34:52Speaker 2: We're back to whatever's left of J.K.
- 34:54Speaker 3: Dobbins and R.J. Harvey, who doesn't really run the ball
- 34:57Speaker 3: between the tackles. And Cody Schrader. You know what I mean?
- 35:02Speaker 3: I would never, based on what happened last season, risk
- 35:07Speaker 3: putting myself in that position again. I think it is
- 35:13Speaker 3: an absolute... necessity that you go out and get one
- 35:18Speaker 3: of those guys. Now, haven't heard much rumor about it.
- 35:23Speaker 3: You know, we did see about a week ago that
- 35:27Speaker 3: the Broncos were one of the teams that were calling
- 35:29Speaker 3: about Jonathan Taylor. I still think that Indianapolis is playing
- 35:32Speaker 3: a game of chicken here. They're threatening to just keep
- 35:36Speaker 3: him if they don't get the offer that they want.
- 35:39Speaker 3: But I think that that's a staring contest in which
- 35:41Speaker 3: they're going to lose. Because there is no purpose on
- 35:45Speaker 3: keeping Jonathan Taylor on that roster any time beyond this week.
- 35:49Speaker 3: Could they, in theory, keep him until the end of
- 35:52Speaker 3: the year, trade him in the offseason? Yeah, they could.
- 35:56Speaker 3: But Jonathan Taylor wants no part of being there anymore.
- 36:01Speaker 3: All of his buddies were traded away. The best players
- 36:03Speaker 3: on the roster were traded away. He's getting later in
- 36:10Speaker 3: his career, and he recognizes....
- 36:14Speaker 2: He knows as well as anybody, when.
- 36:15Speaker 3: You're a running back who's in your high 20s, pushing 30,
- 36:21Speaker 3: the years of your elite level play are shrinking. And
- 36:27Speaker 3: you don't want to waste that with a roster that
- 36:32Speaker 3: doesn't seem to want to win.
- 36:33Speaker 2: I mean, that's the bottom line.
- 36:38Speaker 3: So I think this game of chicken that they're playing
- 36:40Speaker 3: is going to end by 2 o'clock today.
- 36:42Speaker 2: But we'll see.
- 36:44Speaker 3: Regardless of his situation, you have to go out and
- 36:51Speaker 3: get somebody to fill out that backfield. Or at least
- 36:54Speaker 3: make a move on the offensive side. You know, Schefter
- 36:56Speaker 3: told us this yesterday. The Broncos are going to be
- 36:58Speaker 3: active in making phone calls. Do you think it's more
- 37:01Speaker 3: likely that those calls would result in a tight end
- 37:05Speaker 3: or a running back?
- 37:06Speaker 2: Tight end right now. But I think it could be
- 37:09Speaker 2: a safety too.
- 37:11Speaker 3: Safety is the interesting one. Safety is interesting because you're
- 37:20Speaker 3: going into a bye. Talanoa Hufanga practiced last week, did
- 37:26Speaker 3: not play in the game, but now the bye.
- 37:28Speaker 2: Week coming up, you would assume that.
- 37:34Speaker 3: Once you get to that next game that the Broncos have, um,
- 37:43Speaker 3: against the Raiders that he would be ready to go.
- 37:47Speaker 3: Brandon Jones is the interesting one because he had a hamstring.
- 37:51Speaker 3: He then went back to practice, played in the game,
- 37:53Speaker 3: re-injured the hamstring in the middle of that Kansas City game,
- 37:57Speaker 3: was ruled out at half, didn't play this last week
- 37:59Speaker 3: against Carolina. Now, Sean Payton said there's hope that he
- 38:05Speaker 3: returns to the lineup following the bye week, but if
- 38:09Speaker 3: you're going out and getting a safety, I don't know
- 38:12Speaker 3: if that's just depth purposes or if that is a
- 38:18Speaker 3: bigger concern about his hammy. You know, my guess would
- 38:22Speaker 3: be if you go out and get a safety, it's
- 38:24Speaker 3: just going to be a backup somewhere, which won't really
- 38:27Speaker 3: move the needle. I think you want to see this
- 38:30Speaker 3: team with where they're at right now, push your chips
- 38:34Speaker 3: to the middle of the table, go all in on
- 38:36Speaker 3: a Super Bowl this year.
- 38:40Speaker 2: Because why not? You're in the window.
- 38:45Speaker 3: We've seen the offense, I think, take baby steps forward
- 38:48Speaker 3: each of the last three games. Pushing the ball downfield
- 38:52Speaker 3: a lot more often now in the last couple of weeks,
- 38:55Speaker 3: I think, is something that's a bright spot within that offense.
- 38:58Speaker 3: I thought they played fine this last week. But there
- 39:02Speaker 3: is certainly room for them to grow and get better.
- 39:05Speaker 3: And I think if they go out and make a
- 39:06Speaker 3: move like that, that could do it. Now, a texter says,
- 39:09Speaker 3: regarding the Vikings, they have to give a a phone
- 39:12Speaker 3: call to the Chargers about Herbert. The weird thing about
- 39:16Speaker 3: where the Chargers are at, they're an 0-4 team that
- 39:21Speaker 3: doesn't look like a win is coming on the horizon
- 39:23Speaker 3: anytime soon. They just went up until they got a
- 39:26Speaker 3: fourth quarter touchdown in this last game. 37 consecutive offensive
- 39:33Speaker 3: drives without a TD. Herbert was sacked eight times last weekend.
- 39:39Speaker 3: He's thrown a pick in every game this year. And
- 39:43Speaker 3: it still feels like they're a team that is refusing
- 39:46Speaker 3: to give up on what they have. Which is incredible.
- 39:55Speaker 3: I've never seen anything like it. At the same time,
- 39:59Speaker 3: do I think that Herbert is just washed now?
- 40:03Speaker 2: No, I don't.
- 40:04Speaker 3: I think that he's got too much ability to just
- 40:06Speaker 3: have that disappear. But when's the last time you saw
- 40:13Speaker 3: a team that was supposed to be good that has
- 40:17Speaker 3: been good recently, that has made the playoffs recently, then
- 40:21Speaker 3: has a season like this and keeps their quarterback year
- 40:24Speaker 3: over year. It's just a very unique situation. But the
- 40:28Speaker 3: fact that they are refusing to sell anything, including Khalil Mack,
- 40:33Speaker 3: who's on an expiring contract, veteran pass rusher, that's going
- 40:37Speaker 3: to do nothing for them this year. They are handling
- 40:42Speaker 3: everything so entirely wrong. that I think it makes it
- 40:48Speaker 3: impossible to even try and understand where their heads are at.
- 40:55Speaker 3: But in regards to the Broncos, man, I have my
- 40:59Speaker 3: Schefter notifications on.
- 41:03Speaker 2: I think.
- 41:05Speaker 3: If they don't have a move before 2 o'clock today,
- 41:10Speaker 3: you're going to have a lot of people in this
- 41:12Speaker 3: town upset, including myself.
- 41:14Speaker 2: Because why wouldn't you?
- 41:19Speaker 3: You're a couple of years away from having to make
- 41:21Speaker 3: a decision about Bo Nix, whether that's long-term or whether
- 41:25Speaker 3: that's Bo Nix on a franchise tag or whether that's
- 41:28Speaker 3: moving on or like all of these options are on
- 41:30Speaker 3: the table. But here's one thing about Bo Nix. They're
- 41:36Speaker 3: seven and two this year. They were 14 and three
- 41:38Speaker 3: last year.
- 41:40Speaker 2: They win. Continue to give pieces to help and win.
- 41:49Speaker 3: So 303, 504, 0925, and it actually makes a good point.
- 41:52Speaker 3: If they don't make a move, the Jags are the
- 41:54Speaker 3: new favorite. Like, the Jags are going way in. They're
- 42:00Speaker 3: trading way first and second, so over the next couple
- 42:02Speaker 3: of years to go out and fortify that defense, that
- 42:05Speaker 3: defensive line, I think making one singular move to help
- 42:10Speaker 3: out your backfield could be enough. So we'll talk more
- 42:14Speaker 3: about this as we go along today. We got Ryan
- 42:15Speaker 3: Harris joining us at 8 o'clock this morning. You can
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- 42:36Speaker 2: Here this morning.
- 42:37Speaker 3: Nuggets lose to the Rockets last night. Trade deadline today.
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