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Mac & Bone Show - Sean Syed Interview · Mac & Bone Podcast

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  Speaker 1: Next guest uh joins us from just an awesome site
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  Speaker 1: them out and part of their team is with us
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  Speaker 1: right now sean syed from sumer sports joins us to
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  Speaker 1: talk panthers talk some nfl football sean what's happening man
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  Speaker 1: how you doing I'm.
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  Speaker 2: Doing really well.
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  Speaker 3: I got excited hearing you guys talking about ordering a
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  Speaker 3: little bit of food. That got me a little bit excited,
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  Speaker 3: but week two, week one in the NFL, I got
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  Speaker 3: equally excited as well.
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  Speaker 1: I know, and people love food, people love points.
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  Speaker 4: Panthers were bear food the other day.
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  Speaker 3: Oh, man.
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  Speaker 1: Yes, they were. And we got tons of points in
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  Speaker 1: the NFL, but to Bone's point over there, unfortunately, 59
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  Speaker 1: of those record-setting week one points were or by the
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  Speaker 1: Bears against the Panthers. What did you think were the
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  Speaker 1: biggest issues in that game for the Panthers' defense? And
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  Speaker 1: do you look at that, Sean, and feel like, oh, crap,
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  Speaker 1: this might not be the improved unit that we thought
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  Speaker 1: it would be when they signed Phillips and Lloyd? Or
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  Speaker 1: would you tell us to relax a little bit about
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  Speaker 1: this defense? What do you think?
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  Speaker 2: It's hard because I think Ben Johnson.
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  Speaker 3: Is the best offensive play caller in the NFL.
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  Speaker 2: At the same time, even if you're playing.
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  Speaker 3: The best offensive play caller in the NFL every single week,
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  Speaker 3: 59 points is a whole lot of points.
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  Speaker 2: So I'm not going to tell.
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  Speaker 3: People here that you should feel great about any of that.
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  Speaker 3: I do think the bears are kind of uniquely suited
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  Speaker 3: to deal with this kind of defense that you're ever
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  Speaker 3: a wants to play where we can get more tight
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  Speaker 3: ends on the field. We can force you to put
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  Speaker 3: more people closer to the offensive line of scrimmage. And Hey,
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  Speaker 3: now we can make explosive throws over you. And I mean,
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  Speaker 3: Caleb was also escaping and making a bunch of plays
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  Speaker 3: off schedule, which, you know, you're hoping that you're, yes,
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  Speaker 3: you're going to see that one more time this year.
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  Speaker 3: You're hoping not to see that every single week. So
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  Speaker 3: I think we've seen over a few years now where
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  Speaker 3: it feels like, Hey, there's parts of this defense that
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  Speaker 3: are maybe an issue. I will say Lee Hunter up front,
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  Speaker 3: the rookie, he impressed me when I was watching. So
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  Speaker 3: let's all hold on to our Lee Hunter stocks. I'm
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  Speaker 3: going to give it a little bit more time. Certainly
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  Speaker 3: just because seeing what Jalen Phillips did in Philadelphia was,
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  Speaker 3: was really, really good. Seeing Bobby O'Kerrick. Hey, make some
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  Speaker 3: plays to the giants last year. It was like, all right,
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  Speaker 3: that's been a good spot, but they were all in
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  Speaker 3: a bind. So a team that still has, you know, cornerbacks,
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  Speaker 3: I think you feel quite good about let's see, you know,
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  Speaker 3: if you're.
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  Speaker 2: Able to change up your approach a little bit as
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  Speaker 2: the season goes on.
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  Speaker 4: How much do you think the other day was a
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  Speaker 4: Vero based with scheme? How much of was execution? Where
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  Speaker 4: does the truth lie and where we figure out where
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  Speaker 4: things went the most wrong?
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  Speaker 3: Well, it has to be both, where players have to
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  Speaker 3: be held accountable for, hey, you're getting beat in one-on-one
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  Speaker 3: type situations, and then also you've got to look at, hey,
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  Speaker 3: is there a way for maybe the coach to put
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  Speaker 3: a player in just a little bit of a different situation?
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  Speaker 3: So one of the things that the Panthers have been
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  Speaker 3: doing a lot is rolling one of their safeties down
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  Speaker 3: further into the box. So you're playing a coverage where
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  Speaker 3: you only have one high safety, and it just makes
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  Speaker 3: your life harder as a defense. So teams that are
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  Speaker 3: able to keep two high safeties back, it's a little
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  Speaker 3: bit better against pass coverage. it might be a little
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  Speaker 3: bit worse off against the run. You have to really
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  Speaker 3: trust guys up front to be able to deal with that.
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  Speaker 3: So it's, it's, it's, it's tough overall, but I think
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  Speaker 3: it starts to end with the defensive coordinator, certainly. And I'll, again,
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  Speaker 3: I'll get it just a little bit more time, just
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  Speaker 3: because as you mentioned, you have new pieces. So, Hey,
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  Speaker 3: maybe these guys fit together uh you're hoping to get
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  Speaker 3: you know the quarterback holds the ball on a little
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  Speaker 3: bit longer you'll finish some of those plays and i
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  Speaker 3: mean hey your offense team keeps scoring points like that
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  Speaker 3: then uh then hopefully you have an easier time.
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  Speaker 1: That's the thing it was i will say this it
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  Speaker 1: wasn't 59 10 all right the offense put up 37
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  Speaker 1: themselves and bryce young played amazing and it really looks
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  Speaker 1: like coker if he could stay healthy joins t-mac and
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  Speaker 1: makes a really good duo what do you think about
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  Speaker 1: the panthers offense like could there be a jump From
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  Speaker 1: this Panthers offense and Bryce Young this year, what do
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  Speaker 1: you think?
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  Speaker 3: I was pretty excited from what I saw. And look,
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  Speaker 3: I am not going to pretend like I'm someone that's
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  Speaker 3: been pounding the table for Bryce Young. I'm not going
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  Speaker 3: to pretend like that because I haven't been like that.
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  Speaker 3: And I think in that week one game, he showed
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  Speaker 3: a really nice touch on his default. He showed the
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  Speaker 3: ability to create under pressure. And those are two things
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  Speaker 3: that when you look across the league at quarterbacks that
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  Speaker 3: make this jump, you know, are they like return to form?
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  Speaker 3: Like Daniel Jones for the first half of last season,
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  Speaker 3: Baker Mason for the first half of last season, Sam
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  Speaker 3: Donald over the years, it's like deep throw accuracy and
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  Speaker 3: dealing with pressure are two huge things. So I'd love
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  Speaker 3: to see Bryce continue to do that. And as you mentioned,
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  Speaker 3: you know, two of those big throws, I think more
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  Speaker 3: than that go to Jalen Coker. And yeah, like we're
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  Speaker 3: all in a deal and Coker, please get healthy Jalen
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  Speaker 3: as quick as possible. And I think having Coker and team,
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  Speaker 3: our federal McMillan in where you can attack the defense
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  Speaker 3: in different ways, inside, outside, over the middle deep, that's
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  Speaker 3: really good. And I do think some credit just deserves
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  Speaker 3: with this offensive line where it does feel like, Hey,
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  Speaker 3: this is an offensive line that probably enough people haven't
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  Speaker 3: been talking about over the last few seasons. You get consistent,
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  Speaker 3: solid play at multiple spots that raised the floor. And
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  Speaker 3: I was pretty impressed with Brad. I was talking about Brad,
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  Speaker 3: his dad works for the shot. And I was like, Hey,
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  Speaker 3: like you know, like, what's.
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  Speaker 2: The situation here?
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  Speaker 3: Like, why is Kyle doing? And he's like, no, I
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  Speaker 3: think Brad's ready. And yeah, I would say that about
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  Speaker 3: my son too, if I had one, but no, I
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  Speaker 3: got to.
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  Speaker 2: Tell him, Hey, I think you're right.
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  Speaker 3: Like he did really feel like he was up in
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  Speaker 3: the challenge. So yeah, I'm glad we can take away
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  Speaker 3: a silver lining from that game, because as you mentioned,
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  Speaker 3: rough on the defensive end, but I was pretty impressed
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  Speaker 3: by the offense for sure.
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  Speaker 4: What did you like about the way that is it
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  Speaker 4: called the game and how he handled it? And with that,
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  Speaker 4: what do you think is most sustainable from the outing
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  Speaker 4: the other day?
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  Speaker 3: I think allowing Bryce to be a little bit versatile where, hey,
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  Speaker 3: sometimes we are going to get condensed. We're going to
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  Speaker 3: run inside.
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  Speaker 2: Sometimes we are going.
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  Speaker 3: To spread it out. So understanding that we have all
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  Speaker 3: these different kind of ways we can attack, you're able
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  Speaker 3: to get 125 yards on the ground. So if you
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  Speaker 3: can be multiple. biggest thing it's like in the nfl
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  Speaker 3: now you can't just do one thing over and over
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  Speaker 3: and over again unless you're better than everyone at every
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  Speaker 3: single spot and no team is like that right now
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  Speaker 3: so i like feeling like hey there are a bunch
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  Speaker 3: of tools that you could actually turn to where in
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  Speaker 3: the past it maybe felt like in my head okay
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  Speaker 3: just spread bryce out all the time but then you're
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  Speaker 3: not able to kind of run inside sometimes so it
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  Speaker 3: felt like i think it did probably understand hey we
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  Speaker 3: actually do now have talent at multiple spots and we
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  Speaker 3: can find different ways to attack the defense We're.
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  Speaker 1: Talking to Sean Syed. Check out Summersports.com. Great website for
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  Speaker 1: people that want more information, more stats. What are the trends,
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  Speaker 1: you know, in terms of man and zone coverage and,
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  Speaker 1: you know, pressure percentage, blitz rate, all these stats. It's
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  Speaker 1: a great site. you know, a website for stats and
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  Speaker 1: making yourself a smarter fan. Let's move forward to this
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  Speaker 1: game because we, our texters are begging us to move
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  Speaker 1: forward on this Thursday to focus on week two and
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  Speaker 1: not relive week one. So let's talk about the Falcons
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  Speaker 1: a little bit. They lose 20 to 13 in a
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  Speaker 1: game that was the complete opposite of the type of
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  Speaker 1: game the Panthers and the bears played. Kevin Stefanski literally says,
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  Speaker 1: I got four quarterbacks. I'm not ruling out any of them.
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  Speaker 1: It kind of feels like it's most likely to be
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  Speaker 1: Cooper rush. What do you think about this Atlanta Falcons team?
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  Speaker 1: The quarterback situation is a mess. We hate them, so
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  Speaker 1: we're biased, but we've been kind of feeling like all
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  Speaker 1: summer they're going to have a hideous season, Sean. What
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  Speaker 1: do you think about this Falcons team?
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  Speaker 3: I also think that they're looking directly at a pretty
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  Speaker 3: hideous season. I'm very glad that the Panthers get to
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  Speaker 3: play the Falcons team going into week two. It feels
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  Speaker 3: like if this is an offense that you can't just
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  Speaker 3: close the door on. Yes. I understand. It's on the road.
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  Speaker 4: Yes.
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  Speaker 2: It's a division rival.
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  Speaker 3: Of course, it's going to be a close game. They'll
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  Speaker 3: probably put up some points. Like this is really like a, Hey,
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  Speaker 3: if you're not doing it here, then we're going to,
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  Speaker 3: we're going to have to have some discussions because when
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  Speaker 3: your quarterback is just like a, a really like a
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  Speaker 3: replacement level player at that point, that's just a tough thing.
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  Speaker 3: I will say B John Robinson, as everyone knows, is
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  Speaker 3: still awesome. So he can single-handedly, you know, get you
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  Speaker 3: five or six explosive plays. He was able to do
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  Speaker 3: that against the Pittsburgh Steelers, but Yeah. I mean, if you're,
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  Speaker 3: if you're passing offense and not able to really do much,
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  Speaker 3: like you're not having to deal with a kill boys
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  Speaker 3: running around in the same way, just feels like a
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  Speaker 3: situation where like, if this doesn't go your way, then
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  Speaker 3: like you start, you start off going to, you have the, Oh,
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  Speaker 3: this is how many teams have made the playoffs when
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  Speaker 3: they start. Oh, and two, and then it's off to
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  Speaker 3: go in that direction. So this is a situation where
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  Speaker 3: I feel like, Hey, the Panthers are favorites in this game.
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  Speaker 3: They absolutely should be favorites in this game.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, you know, the Falcons have some.
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  Speaker 3: Fun stuff going on in defense for sure. I don't
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  Speaker 3: want to pretend like they're just going to roll over
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  Speaker 3: their professional football team, but it feels like, hey, I
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  Speaker 3: need to see improvement on the defensive end here because
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  Speaker 3: you should just looking at everything going on.
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  Speaker 4: Sean, do you have a theory why league-wide the offenses
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  Speaker 4: look so far ahead of the defenses for once the
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  Speaker 4: first week of the season?
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  Speaker 3: So I think that Catherine was really bad across the
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  Speaker 3: NFL this, this week. Uh, the easiest one we saw
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  Speaker 3: was the Broncos defense had like the third highest missed
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  Speaker 3: tackle rate of all time or like in the last
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  Speaker 3: five years against the, the, uh, chief.
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  Speaker 2: And so, uh, I don't know if I necessarily say, oh, well.
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  Speaker 3: Like people aren't playing in preseason, therefore they're missing tackles.
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  Speaker 3: I'm not sure if like, I can't draw that line
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  Speaker 3: a hundred percent just because I think there's so many
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  Speaker 3: commanding factors. I thought that was a really big deal.
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  Speaker 3: We see more teams getting under center now at a
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  Speaker 3: higher rate. It's like, I've got like 10 percentage points.
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  Speaker 3: We see more teams getting an extra tight end on
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  Speaker 3: the field. So you're finding ways to create explosive play.
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  Speaker 3: So it feels like, Hey, the defense is, is maybe
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  Speaker 3: it's a little bit behind the offense and that week
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  Speaker 3: one is, Over time, a lot of times these, these
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  Speaker 3: things do tend to even out. So I love overreacting
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  Speaker 3: to week one. I'm already, I'm already hanging up the
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  Speaker 3: banner for all the things that I got right in
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  Speaker 3: the off season. But it feels like, okay, if, if
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  Speaker 3: the tackling across the league is going to continue to
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  Speaker 3: be a problem, then as an offense, I'm.
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  Speaker 2: Like, Oh man, like this is, this is a good
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  Speaker 2: place to be in.
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  Speaker 3: Cause you're drawing a play at the end of in
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  Speaker 3: five yard completions. Now we're getting 50 yard games. That's
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  Speaker 3: just such a nice place to be in.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah. People love offenses. I don't know if it's a
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  Speaker 1: bad thing, but I would like to see, I would
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  Speaker 1: like to see our defense here in town. Get below 50, man.
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  Speaker 1: Get below 50. 50, maybe below 40. Sean Sy at
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  Speaker 1: Sumer sports.
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  Speaker 4: All right.
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  Speaker 1: So the last question I want to ask you, I'm
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  Speaker 1: just curious what you think about a couple of decisions
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  Speaker 1: Kellen Moore made in that Saints-Lions game. I am glad
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  Speaker 1: it played out the way it did. It allows us
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  Speaker 1: to say we're in first place because every team in
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  Speaker 1: the South lost this week. But the Saints were close.
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  Speaker 1: It went to overtime. They chose to not take the ball,
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  Speaker 1: Kellen Moore did, right? And he said afterwards... I wanted
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  Speaker 1: to know, what do we need a field goal touchdown?
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  Speaker 1: What do we need when we get the ball? But
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  Speaker 1: as a, but then when they scored with a minute
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  Speaker 1: 34 left, instead of he didn't want to tie it
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  Speaker 1: because then the only team that's probably going to get
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  Speaker 1: the ball in the final minute, minute 34 is Detroit.
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  Speaker 1: And they could beat you with a field goal. Then
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  Speaker 1: he goes for two and tries to win it, and
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  Speaker 1: then they lose a game. And we talked about this yesterday.
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  Speaker 1: We believe a tie in this division is a good result, probably,
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  Speaker 1: that they may have cost themselves in this division by
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  Speaker 1: not just taking the tie. What did you think of
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  Speaker 1: those two decisions in the overtime?
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  Speaker 2: I get in fights with.
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  Speaker 3: My brothers about this all the time, about situations like this.
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  Speaker 3: So the question going into overtime, do I want the
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  Speaker 3: ball first or do I want the ball second? That
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  Speaker 3: has shown to be a little bit of a 50-50 problem.
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  Speaker 3: You're the team that scores first. The most optimal decision
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  Speaker 3: is take the extra point. If you're the team that
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  Speaker 3: scores second, the optimal decision on the numbers is to
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  Speaker 3: go for two.
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  Speaker 2: You have the information advantage. You know exactly how much
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  Speaker 2: you have. You can win. Now, you make a phenomenal,
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  Speaker 2: extremely interesting point.
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  Speaker 3: That I would never have considered that, yeah, a tie
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  Speaker 3: kind of might be really good in this division. I think, though...
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  Speaker 3: If we were in week 16, then I think he
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  Speaker 3: looks at it and says, okay, like I know if
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  Speaker 3: we tie here, this kind of counts as just like
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  Speaker 3: a win based on how everything goes. I think it's
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  Speaker 3: too hard in week one. And honestly, as a fan base,
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  Speaker 3: I would much.
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  Speaker 2: Prefer my head coach.
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  Speaker 3: Like, Hey, if we're going to go down, we're going
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  Speaker 3: to go down swinging here. I think the Saints probably
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  Speaker 3: leave that game looking at, Hey, if we're able to
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  Speaker 3: get second half Tyler shot going, we're The rest of
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  Speaker 3: the way, this can be a positive situation. So if
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  Speaker 3: you get the ball first guy, I think that's point
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  Speaker 3: gets the ball. Second, got to go for two, just
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  Speaker 3: because as you mentioned, you know, now this other team
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  Speaker 3: has the ball last and you're not going to be
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  Speaker 3: able to get the, the situation to have it. I'm
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  Speaker 3: fine with that. I kind of hope now that in
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  Speaker 3: week 17, you guys can be like, remember the guy
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  Speaker 3: that came on a week one wasn't idiot. If they
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  Speaker 3: tied the game, they would've made the playoff. So I'm
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  Speaker 3: kind of rooting for that situation, but I, I, it's
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  Speaker 3: hard for me to, to advocate for a post to
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  Speaker 3: look for a tie in the NFL. Unless, yeah.
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  Speaker 1: I'm telling you.
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  Speaker 2: It's week 17.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: That 8-8-1. That 8-8-1 could have won the division.
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  Speaker 3: It was good.
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  Speaker 4: And now they're going to take it 8-9.
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  Speaker 1: I bet it cost them, Boney.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: Oh, man. All right, Sean, we appreciate you talking ball
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  Speaker 1: with us, man. We can tell you love it. And, again,
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  Speaker 1: for people that love football, check out Sumersports, S-U-M-E-R. You
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  Speaker 1: can also, Sumersports.com, follow them as well on Twitter, at Sumersports.
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  Speaker 1: Thank you, Sean. Appreciate it, man.
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  Speaker 2: Thanks so much, guys.
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  Speaker 3: Appreciate it.