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10-30 H3 Greg Lewis Joins, Seahawks Trade Ideas & Start Demond or No? · Chuck in the Morning

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  Speaker 1: Welcome back, Sports Radio 93.3 KJR FM. Chuck in the morning.
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  Speaker 1: This isn't Chuck, believe it or not. I don't have
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  Speaker 1: the dulcet tones that Mr.
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  Speaker 2: Powell does.
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  Speaker 1: But myself, Anderson Hurst, Christopher Kidd are holding down the
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  Speaker 1: fort for Chuck while he's on vacation. And I get
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  Speaker 1: the pleasure to speak to one of the Husky hogs here.
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  Speaker 3: Mr.
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  Speaker 1: Greg Lewis, one of my favorite Huskies of all time,
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  Speaker 1: joins the show. Greg, how are you, man?
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  Speaker 3: How are you?
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  Speaker 4: Man, I'm doing all right. You know, you got me
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  Speaker 4: in a special spot here.
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  Speaker 3: First time I've seen 8 o'clock in the morning in
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  Speaker 3: a while.
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  Speaker 1: Well, thanks for getting up a little early for us.
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  Speaker 1: Appreciate you getting a different audience than you normally get
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  Speaker 1: the honks in the 4 o'clock afternoon slot. But, you know,
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  Speaker 1: the morning crew has to hear from all of Greg
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  Speaker 1: Lewis's amazing takes as well. So appreciate you hopping on
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  Speaker 1: with us.
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  Speaker 4: Hey, I'm happy to be here, Husky Nation. Hope that
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  Speaker 4: everybody's looking forward to Saturday's game, so let's talk a
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  Speaker 4: little bit about it.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, absolutely. Well, I mean, we have to start at quarterback.
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  Speaker 1: That's the big question, obviously. With the bye week, it's
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  Speaker 1: just been lingering for so long. The DeMond Williams situation,
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  Speaker 1: it just hasn't gone to plan for UW in the
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  Speaker 1: early part of the season. Elijah Brown comes in, throws
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  Speaker 1: a couple picks for sure, but still looks like he
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  Speaker 1: operates the offense at a higher level against Purdue. Who
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  Speaker 1: do you expect to start at quarterback, I guess would
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  Speaker 1: be my first question, against Nebraska on Saturday?
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, I don't see any reason why Elijah Brown would
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  Speaker 4: not start. The last couple of weeks, he's really come
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  Speaker 4: in and played well in Jed Fish's offense. And I think,
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  Speaker 4: for me, it's more a matter of fit. I think
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  Speaker 4: Jed Fish, his program is monikered, be a pro. and
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  Speaker 4: that includes the style of offense that he wants to run,
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  Speaker 4: and that is the head coach slash offensive coordinator. I
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  Speaker 4: believe Elijah Brown really is a better fit overall. He's 6'2.
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  Speaker 4: He can see down the field, over the line. He
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  Speaker 4: can drop back in the pocket. He stays on script.
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  Speaker 4: I think DeMond sometimes with Jed, Jed becomes a little
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  Speaker 4: uncomfortable with DeMond's going off script quite a bit. In
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  Speaker 4: this style of offense, Elijah's just a much better fit.
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  Speaker 4: Not saying that DeMond isn't a talented player, but I
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  Speaker 4: think if we were more of a rollout, get outside
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  Speaker 4: the pocket, RPOs, you know, that type of offense, he
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  Speaker 4: would be a better choice. But at this juncture, we've
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  Speaker 4: seen DeMond for the last couple of years. He struggled
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  Speaker 4: a little bit to play with the way Jed Fish
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  Speaker 4: is comfortable calling plays.
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  Speaker 3: So I expect to see Elijah Brown.
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  Speaker 4: OK.
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  Speaker 3: All right.
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  Speaker 1: And would that be your choice as well? I know
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  Speaker 1: you expect to see it, but that would that be
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  Speaker 1: your choice as well?
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  Speaker 4: Certainly, like I said, at this juncture and in this
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  Speaker 4: style of offense, Elijah gives you a better opportunity to
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  Speaker 4: do the things that we want to do. We want
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  Speaker 4: to stay in the pocket. We want to go first, second, third, read.
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  Speaker 4: We want to be able to see down the field.
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  Speaker 4: And I think Elijah has that skill set. And, you know,
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  Speaker 4: he's going to stay on script. I think some of
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  Speaker 4: it is, again, one, he can see better. But secondly,
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  Speaker 4: he's not the dynamic athlete. So I think that his
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  Speaker 4: first inclination is to hang in the pocket. He's a
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  Speaker 4: bigger guy, so, you know, he can take some of
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  Speaker 4: the hits a little bit better. So I just think
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  Speaker 4: for what we want to do at this point, he's
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  Speaker 4: given us the best opportunity. And you've seen the way
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  Speaker 4: the offense has looked the last game and a half.
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  Speaker 4: It's finally starting to move a little bit. Multiple receivers
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  Speaker 4: are getting a chance to touch the football. I just
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  Speaker 4: think it just overall fits a lot better at this point.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I don't think anyone or very many people would
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  Speaker 1: say that Elijah Brown is necessarily the more talented quarterback
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  Speaker 1: than DeMond Williams. He just operates more in the offense.
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  Speaker 1: So the thought process is maybe is there any thought that, OK,
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  Speaker 1: DeMond saw what made Elijah Brown successful? in the last
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  Speaker 1: game and a half, as you just said. They had
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  Speaker 1: a bye week. It's a perfect time to kind of
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  Speaker 1: have him, you know, start to figure things out a
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  Speaker 1: little bit, work through some stuff in practice and such.
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  Speaker 1: Is there any thought to, okay, we can actually have
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  Speaker 1: the best of both worlds here if DeMond Williams, our
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  Speaker 1: more talented quarterback, looks at what was successful with the
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  Speaker 1: backup in and is able to implement it in this
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  Speaker 1: game here, and that would be the decision-making process to
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  Speaker 1: starting DeMond Williams over Elijah Brown tomorrow.
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  Speaker 4: Well, if he starts DeMond Williams, to me, it wouldn't
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  Speaker 4: necessarily be because he's a better fit. It'd be more
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  Speaker 4: out of loyalty in some kind.
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  Speaker 3: Of sense of that.
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  Speaker 4: Because here's the thing, DeMond Williams did not grow four
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  Speaker 4: inches over the bye week.
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  Speaker 3: It's true.
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  Speaker 4: I really think DeMond's struggles seen down the field over
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  Speaker 4: the offensive lineman and the trajectory on the ball that
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  Speaker 4: he throws from the pocket has to be a little higher.
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  Speaker 3: And so he's not as accurate.
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  Speaker 4: And, you know, there's something about the last three starts,
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  Speaker 4: DeMond has been sacked 18 times. And somewhere in that,
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  Speaker 4: I think he's gotten a little bit anxious, if you
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  Speaker 4: want to use that word, where he's not necessarily trusting things.
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  Speaker 3: And that's a field thing. It's hard to overcome that.
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  Speaker 4: And so his inclination has been, he struggles to see
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  Speaker 4: the first or primary read, starts to get a little fidgety.
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  Speaker 4: And his internal clock has sped up in my eyes.
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  Speaker 4: And so one second, two seconds, now I got to
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  Speaker 4: get out of here. I don't want to get sacked again.
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  Speaker 4: And he starts to get off script. And that's where
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  Speaker 4: I think I see some inkling of frustration in Jed
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  Speaker 4: Fish's eyes. He wants DeMond to stay on script, but
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  Speaker 4: his internal clock has been sped up. And that's not
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  Speaker 4: all on him. The offensive line has struggled in the
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  Speaker 4: first few weeks. So it's been some DeMond, some the
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  Speaker 4: offensive line with the sack. So I think Elijah just
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  Speaker 4: doesn't have that PTSD. He has not had that struggle
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  Speaker 4: from the pocket. And so he's more confident. And again,
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  Speaker 4: able to see better. And so it just works a
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  Speaker 4: little better for him.
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  Speaker 3: In that spot.
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  Speaker 1: One of the Husky honks, Greg Lewis, joining us on
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  Speaker 1: Sports Radio 93.3 KJR FM. Anderson Hurst, Christopher Kidd, and
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  Speaker 1: for Chuck Powell.
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  Speaker 2: Coming into the season, I believe a lot of people
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  Speaker 2: expected the defense to be the strength of this team.
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  Speaker 2: What have you seen from the defensive side of the
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  Speaker 2: ball so far this year?
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  Speaker 4: I think the defense has been solid. I think Coach
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  Speaker 4: Walters is one of the better defensive minds. in college football.
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  Speaker 4: And he's always seems to have the guys at the
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  Speaker 4: point of attack in the right position. Um, I've only
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  Speaker 4: seen him really be quote unquote out coast once. And
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  Speaker 4: that was really when Minnesota got things going. Um, and
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  Speaker 4: he was, you know, kind of on his heels. The
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  Speaker 4: one thing though, that I think our defense has struggled
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  Speaker 4: with is missed tackles. There've been quite a few missed tackles, uh,
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  Speaker 4: that have plagued the defense a little bit. And so
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  Speaker 4: in games where Um, and, and I think you look
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  Speaker 4: at Minnesota and you look at Iowa in particular, um,
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  Speaker 4: they were some point of attack plays where they were
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  Speaker 4: in position. Uh, they weren't able to make the play
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  Speaker 4: or they were just out physical against Iowa. Uh, and,
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  Speaker 4: and that looked different than it had most of the season. Uh,
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  Speaker 4: but again, I think they, they are in the right position.
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  Speaker 4: They have some talented players, their physicality for whatever reason
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  Speaker 4: in those two games in particular.
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  Speaker 3: It was pretty bad.
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  Speaker 4: Even USC, there were some missed tackles, especially in the
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  Speaker 4: second half of that game. So outside of that, I've
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  Speaker 4: seen the defense be where they need to be. I've
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  Speaker 4: seen the secondary make a lot of plays, keeping things
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  Speaker 4: in front of them, not a lot of big passing
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  Speaker 4: plays down the field. So their technical side is good.
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  Speaker 4: I just think there's some strength and size things that still,
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  Speaker 4: at this juncture of being in the Big Ten, need
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  Speaker 4: to get better. And I'll be honest with you, when
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  Speaker 4: you're in a situation where you got to get some
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  Speaker 4: of those big monsters up front, you got to have,
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  Speaker 4: you know, the checkbook nowadays.
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  Speaker 3: To be able to catch those, to get those guys.
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  Speaker 4: And I'm just not sure we're there yet to be
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  Speaker 4: able to build depth on that defensive line, especially. So
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  Speaker 4: I expect us to continue to work there, but I
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  Speaker 4: think our defense has kept us in every game. They've
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  Speaker 4: given us an opportunity to win because They are in
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  Speaker 4: the right position. They do have a great mind, a
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  Speaker 4: defensive coordinator. So we just got to be a little
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  Speaker 4: more physical at the point of attack.
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  Speaker 1: All right.
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  Speaker 2: Who got to step up against the Nebraska Huskers? So
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  Speaker 2: when you look at it outside of the quarterback position,
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  Speaker 2: is there a player or position group that you think
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  Speaker 2: needs to take a bigger step moving forward to find
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  Speaker 2: some consistency down the road as they come to their
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  Speaker 2: final stretch of the season?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, I think the offensive line is where you start.
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  Speaker 4: And that's, you know, taking a hit because I think,
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  Speaker 4: you know, we have another injury, Landon Hatchett. Looks like
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  Speaker 4: he's going to be out for the rest of the year.
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  Speaker 4: They've still been tinkering with, you know, Champ and Garrison and,
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  Speaker 4: you know, with Cody Green at left tackle, sometimes shifting out,
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  Speaker 4: you know, other players. So when you're still moving guys
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  Speaker 4: around at this junction of season offensive line, that's not
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  Speaker 4: a good thing.
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  Speaker 3: You want to have your five guys.
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  Speaker 4: You want to prepare them and take every, you know,
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  Speaker 4: meaningful rep and practice so they're ready to go. So
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  Speaker 4: I think that's the unit that really has to step up. One,
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  Speaker 4: it gives your quarterback, regardless of who it is, a
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  Speaker 4: better opportunity to be successful. You got a young and a,
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  Speaker 4: you know, beat up running back core. I hear Jaden
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  Speaker 4: Lamar might be back this week. So it'd be great
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  Speaker 4: to see Lamar, Jaden Lamar play to bring some reinforcement there.
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  Speaker 4: Cause I know Trey Cooley's got a banged up shoulder,
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  Speaker 4: but it gives you an opportunity now on first and
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  Speaker 4: second down, stay ahead of the chains, not, not have
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  Speaker 4: those third longs, which will kill you because one, we
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  Speaker 4: don't convert third downs. Well, I believe Nebraska is best
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  Speaker 4: in the country in third down defense. So when you're
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  Speaker 4: going up against them, your offensive line has got to
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  Speaker 4: keep you in plus and ahead of the chain situation.
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  Speaker 4: So if we're going to win this week, the offensive
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  Speaker 4: line has got to be really, really solid.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, well, you mentioned it there. What are we seeing
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  Speaker 1: in Nebraska? I mean, narrow losses against Oregon and Indiana
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  Speaker 1: in their last two games, but those are their only
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  Speaker 1: two losses on the season. Seems like a pretty good
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  Speaker 1: team that the Seahawks are going to face tomorrow.
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  Speaker 3: Well, not the Seahawks, the Huskies. Sorry, Huskies, my fault,
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  Speaker 3: my fault, yes.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, yeah, no, I know what you mean. I know
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  Speaker 4: what you mean. Yeah, Nebraska's a really good team, especially defensively.
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  Speaker 4: I think every category, third down defense, we say they're
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  Speaker 4: number one in the country. They're in the top 21
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  Speaker 4: in just about every defensive statistical category, including overall.
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  Speaker 3: Defense, scoring defense, all of those numbers.
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  Speaker 4: And yes, they've only lost to some very good football teams,
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  Speaker 4: And they play tough defense. They're that old Nebraska type
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  Speaker 4: of defensive football on the anniversary of the year of
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  Speaker 4: the 35th anniversary of the national championship team, where our
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  Speaker 4: biggest win was down in Nebraska.
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  Speaker 3: I think we have to give ourselves a chance.
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  Speaker 4: I think there's a possibility we could win, but the
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  Speaker 4: thing is what all the great things Nebraska does, the
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  Speaker 4: one statistic that's negative against them is their ability to
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  Speaker 4: maintain leads in the fourth quarter. I believe they're last
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  Speaker 4: in the country over the last five years in giving
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  Speaker 4: up fourth quarter leads. So the key here would be
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  Speaker 4: to go down and keep the game close. Don't make
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  Speaker 4: the big mistake. Don't make the turnover. Don't take a
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  Speaker 4: lot of chances. Just play the odds, play the numbers,
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  Speaker 4: play solid football, have a running game, hopefully, which will
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  Speaker 4: be bullied a little bit by Jaden Lamar being able
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  Speaker 4: to play and staying in it and getting into the
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  Speaker 4: fourth quarter. And if you get into the fourth quarter,
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  Speaker 4: The Nebraska team has shown some vulnerability and weakness, so
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  Speaker 4: that's got to be your strategy. Let's stay close. Let's
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  Speaker 4: not make the big turnover. Let's not get any big,
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  Speaker 4: silly penalties. Let's not get way behind. And being in
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  Speaker 4: the fourth quarter, then the Huskies could have an opportunity
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  Speaker 4: to win. But it's going to take really solid play
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  Speaker 4: from our defense and somebody stepping up, making a big play.
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  Speaker 4: I'll tell you a group that I really like this
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  Speaker 4: year when we do go to them is our tight ends.
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  Speaker 4: So I like to see maybe those guys make a
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  Speaker 4: couple plays. to score a couple touchdowns here, and something
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  Speaker 4: that I've been talking about this week, even if Elijah
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  Speaker 4: Brown does start, there could be a package, especially with
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  Speaker 4: the banged-up running back room where we get DeMond Williams in,
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  Speaker 4: some wildcats, some short yardage, some goal-line situations where he's
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  Speaker 4: able to bring his athleticism because regardless of his shortcomings
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  Speaker 4: that he's had in playing quarterback position this year, he's
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  Speaker 4: still one of the more talented People on the field
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  Speaker 4: every time the Huskies line up. So get him involved
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  Speaker 4: in the game in those kind of ways. Make Nebraska
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  Speaker 4: has to see some things they haven't seen. And I
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  Speaker 4: think overall that, you know, there's still an opportunity. I
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  Speaker 4: wouldn't make the Huskies the favorites, but I think, you know, Nebraska.
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  Speaker 4: will allow us to be in the game if we
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  Speaker 4: don't make any big mistakes.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, well, Greg Lewis joining us, one of the Husky honks,
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  Speaker 1: Husky legend, former running back, of course. But I think
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  Speaker 1: one of the biggest things on his resume here is
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  Speaker 1: he spends the entire Saturday with Dave Softy Mahler during
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  Speaker 1: football season. Man, that is a tough task. I don't
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  Speaker 1: know how you do it.
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  Speaker 4: Well, I just have to channel my inner 15-year-old self,
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  Speaker 4: and then it'll allow me to be on softies level,
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  Speaker 4: and then.
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  Speaker 3: We can hang out on Saturdays and make it through.
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  Speaker 1: There it is.
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  Speaker 2: Greg, how would you assess Jetfish through seven games this season?
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  Speaker 4: I would say that this year was probably, in everybody's opinion,
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  Speaker 4: kind of a step backwards as a team. I know
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  Speaker 4: there have been some challenges.
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  Speaker 3: I think.
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  Speaker 4: At the beginning of the year, people were saying, you know,
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  Speaker 4: potential playoff run. I never bought into that because I
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  Speaker 4: just don't see us yet being able to have the
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  Speaker 4: depth on the offensive and defensive lines that the Big
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  Speaker 4: Ten requires you to have in order to be solid
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  Speaker 4: throughout the year. I just saw, I just see, you know,
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  Speaker 4: some good guys and maybe, you know, the first units,
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  Speaker 4: but you got to have that depth in the interior
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  Speaker 4: to complete this conference. And I think that just still
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  Speaker 4: building that He's hamstringed a little bit because we only
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  Speaker 4: get a half a share of the revenue from television.
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  Speaker 3: So I think.
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  Speaker 4: Until we start really being able to build that depth
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  Speaker 4: on the interior, we're going to still kind of be
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  Speaker 4: in this mid to lower mid part of the conference.
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  Speaker 4: I did think we would be a little better. You know,
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  Speaker 4: kudos to teams like Minnesota who figured out how to
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  Speaker 4: get some things done and win some football games, got
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  Speaker 4: a great coach.
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  Speaker 3: I would give Jed probably a C +.
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  Speaker 4: I know that doesn't sound like a great grade, but,
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  Speaker 4: you know, it's kind of like you're coming into the test,
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  Speaker 4: and you have a time limit, and your pencil breaks
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  Speaker 4: a couple of times, and your pen runs out of ink, and,
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  Speaker 4: you know, you didn't have the same study guide as
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  Speaker 4: everybody else, so you might struggle a little bit. So
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  Speaker 4: I still give them, you know, an opportunity to continue
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  Speaker 4: to build this program up. But right now I'd say
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  Speaker 4: like a C plus.
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  Speaker 3: All right.
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  Speaker 1: What about generally for this team at this point in
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  Speaker 1: the year? I think you mentioned the expectations going into
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  Speaker 1: the year. A lot of people expected that this was
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  Speaker 1: a possible CFP team. Now that you're four and three,
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  Speaker 1: your last five games this season are tomorrow against Nebraska,
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  Speaker 1: Penn State, Michigan State, Indiana and Oregon. What would a
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  Speaker 1: successful season look like for you from this point moving forward?
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, going into the season, I was more of an 8-4,
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  Speaker 4: probably 9-3, you know, ceiling, you know, was my ceiling.
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  Speaker 4: But I think right now you get seven wins to
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  Speaker 4: finish out the season, possibly eight.
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  Speaker 3: That would certainly, eight would be a great.
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  Speaker 4: Season for these guys at this point because that means
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  Speaker 4: you got to win some.
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  Speaker 3: Tough, tough games.
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  Speaker 4: Regardless of what Oregon struggled with, we know we're going
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  Speaker 4: to get their absolute best game of the season, no
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  Speaker 4: matter what. That's just what happens when we play Oregon.
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  Speaker 4: And then Indiana defending national champs, one close loss. Those
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  Speaker 4: are going to be really, really tough games for the
• 16:07
  Speaker 4: dogs to win. Michigan State is winnable. Penn State's winnable.
• 16:11
  Speaker 4: And this game is going to be tough. It's going
• 16:14
  Speaker 4: to be a dog fight. I give them a puncher's chance.
• 16:18
  Speaker 4: Somehow we get a big play in special teams. We
• 16:21
  Speaker 4: get a turnover. We keep it close and can pull
• 16:24
  Speaker 4: something out at the end. So to me, there's three
• 16:26
  Speaker 4: more wins potentially on this schedule. Four would be great
• 16:30
  Speaker 4: for them, though.
• 16:31
  Speaker 1: Yeah, I think.
• 16:31
  Speaker 4: So coming up with eight wins. But I expect to
• 16:33
  Speaker 4: see six. Seven's a possibility. Eight would be outstanding.
• 16:36
  Speaker 1: Yeah, all right. I'd love to see that. What are
• 16:39
  Speaker 1: your biggest memories from going to Lincoln? I mean, you
• 16:41
  Speaker 1: just mentioned earlier that it was a huge game for
• 16:44
  Speaker 1: you earlier in your career. But what's it like going
• 16:47
  Speaker 1: to Nebraska? They have a huge football culture over there.
• 16:51
  Speaker 4: As contrary to... Some people knowledge. I was not on
• 16:55
  Speaker 4: the team when they went to Lincoln. I had already
• 16:57
  Speaker 4: graduated and was in the NFL.
• 16:59
  Speaker 2: Oh, really?
• 17:00
  Speaker 4: Year of the national championship. So be no Bryant and
• 17:02
  Speaker 4: Jay Berry. If you remember, those were the two running backs.
• 17:06
  Speaker 4: Jay Berry had an 80 yard touchdown run at the
• 17:09
  Speaker 4: end of that game that kind of sealed it for
• 17:10
  Speaker 4: the Huskies. I played on the 1990 Husky team that
• 17:14
  Speaker 4: beat Iowa in.
• 17:15
  Speaker 3: The Rose Bowl.
• 17:15
  Speaker 4: So unfortunately for me, I never got a chance to
• 17:18
  Speaker 4: play in Lincoln.
• 17:19
  Speaker 1: Ah, gotcha. Okay, that's my fault. I totally thought you
• 17:21
  Speaker 1: were on that team that went there.
• 17:23
  Speaker 3: Oh, no worries. Lots of people think I was on
• 17:25
  Speaker 3: the national championship team. I just left the year before. Ah, gotcha.
• 17:29
  Speaker 1: Okay, all right. Well, Greg, you're a national champion in
• 17:32
  Speaker 1: my mind, so don't worry about that.
• 17:34
  Speaker 3: Thanks.
• 17:35
  Speaker 1: Appreciate you joining the show. We'll hear you and Softie
• 17:38
  Speaker 1: and Mario at one o'clock tomorrow is your airtime. Is
• 17:42
  Speaker 1: that correct?
• 17:43
  Speaker 4: We'll be on from 1 to 4 tomorrow. Catch the
• 17:45
  Speaker 4: Husky Hawks and go Dawgs.
• 17:47
  Speaker 1: All right, go Dawgs. Thanks so much, Greg, to Greg
• 17:49
  Speaker 1: Lewis for joining us. I think this is a huge
• 17:53
  Speaker 1: game for UW because, as he said there, this is
• 17:56
  Speaker 1: going to be a tough one. I wouldn't put them
• 17:57
  Speaker 1: as favorites, but if you can find a way to
• 17:59
  Speaker 1: win this one, I think the two weeks after that
• 18:02
  Speaker 1: are very winnable games. Home against Penn State, on the
• 18:05
  Speaker 1: road against Michigan State. Then you find yourself in a
• 18:08
  Speaker 1: position where if you go 1-1 against Indiana and Oregon...
• 18:13
  Speaker 1: then you're an 8-4 team, just like that. And as
• 18:15
  Speaker 1: he said, that would be a hugely successful season after
• 18:19
  Speaker 1: everything that's gone on in the early portion. So we'll
• 18:21
  Speaker 1: find out if they can do that. Should be a
• 18:23
  Speaker 1: big game for UW tomorrow. It will be the blackout
• 18:26
  Speaker 1: game for Nebraska. So lots going against them, but I
• 18:29
  Speaker 1: think UW has a chance to kind of stay in
• 18:31
  Speaker 1: this game and really put the pressure on and come
• 18:35
  Speaker 1: out with a victory. It would be a huge kind
• 18:36
  Speaker 1: of momentum shift moment in their season. All right, thanks
• 18:40
  Speaker 1: so much to Greg Lewis for joining us. Coming up next,
• 18:43
  Speaker 1: let's talk about some Seahawks trades that we could also
• 18:47
  Speaker 1: see besides the Quentin Nelson. If you were to choose
• 18:50
  Speaker 1: one more position to upgrade at the deadline, what would
• 18:52
  Speaker 1: it be? Let's find out next on Sports Radio 93.3
• 18:55
  Speaker 1: KJR FM.
• 18:56
  Speaker 2: Now back to the Washington State Beef Commission's Football Friday
• 19:00
  Speaker 2: with Chuck in the Morning on your home for the NFL.
• 19:04
  Speaker 1: Sports Radio 93.3 KJR FM.
• 19:05
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• 19:13
  Speaker 1: Thanks, Sam Elliott. Appreciate it. It is a Washington State
• 19:16
  Speaker 1: Beef Commission's Football Friday. This is Chuck in the Morning
• 19:19
  Speaker 1: on Sports Radio 93.3 KJRFM. Huge thank you to Greg
• 19:22
  Speaker 1: Lewis for joining us. I love talking to the Husky honks.
• 19:24
  Speaker 1: He's probably my favorite honk, too. Out of all three
• 19:27
  Speaker 1: of them, even though he corrected me in saying that
• 19:29
  Speaker 1: it was the Seahawks or sorry, it was the Huskies
• 19:31
  Speaker 1: and not the Seahawks. Slip of the tongue. Understandable, Greg.
• 19:35
  Speaker 1: And I also I knew he wasn't on the 91
• 19:38
  Speaker 1: championship team. But for some reason, I just I wanted
• 19:42
  Speaker 1: to ask him about going to Nebraska. But oh, well,
• 19:44
  Speaker 1: it is what it is. Thanks so much to Greg Lewis.
• 19:46
  Speaker 1: He was a champ to get to chat with him.
• 19:50
  Speaker 1: Let's talk some Seahawks here, though. Obviously, the big move
• 19:53
  Speaker 1: at the deadline for Quentin Nelson. Other teams were reacting
• 19:56
  Speaker 1: to that with the Jeffrey Simmons to the Bears trade,
• 19:59
  Speaker 1: with the Niners going to get... DeForest Buckner right after
• 20:05
  Speaker 1: that on the same day, within like a couple hours
• 20:08
  Speaker 1: of the Quentin Nelson trade. Um, Where else do you
• 20:12
  Speaker 1: want to see the Seahawks improve? Would it be wide receiver?
• 20:15
  Speaker 1: Would it be running back? I know a lot of
• 20:18
  Speaker 1: people want to go running back, and that's the first
• 20:20
  Speaker 1: thing they think of. I think you upgraded your running
• 20:22
  Speaker 1: game enough with Quinton Nelson, and the fact that you're getting,
• 20:28
  Speaker 1: as Greg mentioned earlier in the show, Greg Lewis, I
• 20:31
  Speaker 1: should say, or sorry, Greg Bell, I should say. Wrong, Greg.
• 20:36
  Speaker 1: There's a chance that we see both Charbonnet and Jadarian
• 20:39
  Speaker 1: Price back. On Monday versus the Chicago Bears. So I
• 20:44
  Speaker 1: tend to think you upgraded your running game enough with
• 20:46
  Speaker 1: the addition of Quentin Nelson and those two guys coming
• 20:48
  Speaker 1: back that and human. He was mentioned this a couple
• 20:51
  Speaker 1: of times. You don't have a number two wide receiver
• 20:54
  Speaker 1: right now. Rashid, he just whatever you have envisioned for him.
• 20:59
  Speaker 1: has not been the guy, at least on the offensive
• 21:02
  Speaker 1: side of the ball. You could definitely say he's proved
• 21:05
  Speaker 1: his value in special teams, but on the offensive side
• 21:08
  Speaker 1: of the ball, it just doesn't feel like you're getting
• 21:10
  Speaker 1: much out of that. So the pass catcher, I guess,
• 21:14
  Speaker 1: is what I should say, because it could be a
• 21:15
  Speaker 1: tight end. You lost to Elijah Arroyo for the year,
• 21:18
  Speaker 1: and now I know you got, what, Chaz Surratt and
• 21:21
  Speaker 1: Brady Russell also. Brady Russell's been basically filling the fullback spot, though,
• 21:26
  Speaker 1: with no Robbie Utes this year. You need a pass catcher,
• 21:30
  Speaker 1: whether that is a wide receiver or a pass catching
• 21:32
  Speaker 1: tight end. That would be my spot to go. But
• 21:36
  Speaker 1: Christopher Kidd, if you were to upgrade one more position
• 21:39
  Speaker 1: at the deadline, where would you be looking?
• 21:41
  Speaker 2: Oh, man, this is tough. I honestly, I would probably
• 21:44
  Speaker 2: go edge rusher. Just, you know, really bringing a young guy.
• 21:46
  Speaker 2: I think to your point that. Well, also, I would
• 21:50
  Speaker 2: add that the run game, if it does get rolling,
• 21:53
  Speaker 2: perhaps that helps you. perhaps that gets him more opportunities
• 21:57
  Speaker 2: because now you're focused on the run where she can,
• 22:00
  Speaker 2: maybe they drop a safety down. So now instead of
• 22:03
  Speaker 2: having two safeties high, you only got one and nine
• 22:06
  Speaker 2: times out of 10, they're going to go to JSN
• 22:07
  Speaker 2: side because JSN is unguardable. So that would be my
• 22:11
  Speaker 2: thought process in that go get an edge trade for
• 22:13
  Speaker 2: an edge, or maybe a tight end. As you mentioned,
• 22:16
  Speaker 2: I want to say earlier on the season, maybe week
• 22:18
  Speaker 2: three or four, you're like, man, they can get a
• 22:19
  Speaker 2: tight end in there. They're not using AJ Barner and
• 22:21
  Speaker 2: then call us a, or Elijah Arroyo. He goes out
• 22:24
  Speaker 2: with an injury a few weeks ago. So I would say, yeah,
• 22:27
  Speaker 2: if you want to bring in another tight end edge rusher,
• 22:29
  Speaker 2: a young edge rusher, I'd be okay with that. Even,
• 22:32
  Speaker 2: I would say receiver could be a potential, but my
• 22:34
  Speaker 2: concern is who you're going to come in that's going
• 22:36
  Speaker 2: to get open, right? Because the problem the Seahawks have
• 22:39
  Speaker 2: is everyone's, or JSN's the only one that is consistently
• 22:43
  Speaker 2: just like, well, you can't guard them, right?
• 22:45
  Speaker 1: So who on this market would come.
• 22:47
  Speaker 2: In and then provide you that same process of oh
• 22:52
  Speaker 2: they're open i don't i'm going to him right now.
• 22:54
  Speaker 1: Well you don't need someone as good as jsn not
• 22:57
  Speaker 1: as good.
• 22:57
  Speaker 2: But even then like the touchdown that jsn caught again
• 23:01
  Speaker 2: last week yeah rashid g was wide open too on
• 23:05
  Speaker 2: the same play on the same exact route now obviously
• 23:07
  Speaker 2: you're going to go to a guy you're feeling good
• 23:09
  Speaker 2: about and you you're just going to look that way
• 23:11
  Speaker 2: that's your number one target your favorite receiver i'm not
• 23:13
  Speaker 2: mad at that but rashid he's been open a couple
• 23:15
  Speaker 2: of times now does the quarterback throw it his way
• 23:19
  Speaker 2: And it is what it is. If you're going to
• 23:21
  Speaker 2: go to JSN, he completes the catch. You can't be
• 23:22
  Speaker 2: upset at that. So I think that will be my
• 23:25
  Speaker 2: next question. You bring another receiver, what does that do?
• 23:27
  Speaker 2: Is that going to be another guy that he just
• 23:28
  Speaker 2: looks off or he doesn't throw to? Or is he
• 23:31
  Speaker 2: going to actively use him in the offense?
• 23:34
  Speaker 1: So you think the reason that maybe Shahid isn't getting
• 23:36
  Speaker 1: as involved in this offense is not because.
• 23:39
  Speaker 2: I think it has to do with it. Sometimes he's open,
• 23:41
  Speaker 2: he doesn't get the ball. And that's fine. That's football.
• 23:44
  Speaker 2: You're going to be open sometimes and not get the football.
• 23:47
  Speaker 2: So it's just Jason's that good, right? I can't be
• 23:49
  Speaker 2: mad at it. Like I said, Jason, he caught a touchdown.
• 23:53
  Speaker 2: So it's not as if, oh, you missed a play.
• 23:56
  Speaker 2: You didn't miss it. If you would have thrown it
• 23:58
  Speaker 2: to the left or to the right, It should have
• 24:00
  Speaker 2: been a touchdown.
• 24:01
  Speaker 1: So your argument is if you bring in another receiver,
• 24:03
  Speaker 1: that doesn't really change much because you're still going to
• 24:04
  Speaker 1: be looking at JSN every single time. I don't know
• 24:06
  Speaker 1: if it does, and that's why I'm saying you need
• 24:07
  Speaker 1: an impact.
• 24:08
  Speaker 2: So you need someone that's going to be like, yeah,
• 24:10
  Speaker 2: I'm going here because my first read is probably going
• 24:13
  Speaker 2: to be doubled. JSN was doubled against the Chiefs, I think,
• 24:17
  Speaker 2: in my head at least three times. And you know
• 24:19
  Speaker 2: who caught the ball?
• 24:20
  Speaker 4: JSN.
• 24:22
  Speaker 2: So my thing is if they bring in somebody— Sam's
• 24:25
  Speaker 2: got to be like, yep, my number one's covered.
• 24:27
  Speaker 1: Number two, bang. It's got to be like that. Instead,
• 24:30
  Speaker 1: it's my number one's covered. I don't care.
• 24:32
  Speaker 2: Which is not a bad thing, but how sustainable is
• 24:34
  Speaker 2: that in week 16 or going into the playoffs?
• 24:37
  Speaker 1: So if they go and trade for a receiver.
• 24:40
  Speaker 2: That receiver needs to really be that guy, a number
• 24:43
  Speaker 2: two guy. And I think Rasheed can do that. He
• 24:46
  Speaker 2: just hasn't got the opportunities. And I think it's on him.
• 24:49
  Speaker 2: It's on Sam. It's a whole offensive problem. It's not just, Rasheed,
• 24:52
  Speaker 2: you're not getting open, man.
• 24:53
  Speaker 1: You suck.
• 24:54
  Speaker 2: What are you paying this guy for? Which I'm not
• 24:57
  Speaker 2: going to be upset if people feel that way. But
• 24:58
  Speaker 2: he does get open. The ball just doesn't go his
• 25:01
  Speaker 2: way all the time. And he only had 16 routes
• 25:03
  Speaker 2: that he ran in the last game. So he's not
• 25:04
  Speaker 2: even getting... A bunch of opportunities, which, you know, that
• 25:08
  Speaker 2: maybe Fleury is.
• 25:11
  Speaker 1: Not trusting him quite yet. And that's fine, too. We
• 25:13
  Speaker 1: got a new OC. The Seahawks have a new OC
• 25:15
  Speaker 1: yet again.
• 25:16
  Speaker 3: Yeah.
• 25:16
  Speaker 2: So this is just a recurring theme. Like the offense
• 25:19
  Speaker 2: is trying to find its groove.
• 25:20
  Speaker 3: Yeah.
• 25:21
  Speaker 2: Defense is freaking money. So it's like the offense can
• 25:24
  Speaker 2: just be half of what the defense is.
• 25:26
  Speaker 1: Oh, my gosh. And that's not including JSN doing what
• 25:28
  Speaker 1: he's doing.
• 25:28
  Speaker 3: Yeah.
• 25:28
  Speaker 2: If you get a second number two, whether it's a
• 25:30
  Speaker 2: tight end, Jadarian Price, a running back.
• 25:32
  Speaker 3: Yep.
• 25:33
  Speaker 1: I'm cool with that. Yeah, see, I think that's where
• 25:35
  Speaker 1: I would go with pass catching tight end into this
• 25:37
  Speaker 1: because I know AJ Barnett, I'm high on him too.
• 25:39
  Speaker 1: Chuck's been a big fan of his for a while.
• 25:41
  Speaker 1: He expected a breakout this year. And it still may come, absolutely,
• 25:46
  Speaker 1: but it's been a little bit slower developing than we expected.
• 25:51
  Speaker 1: I still think, so maybe you don't get a second
• 25:54
  Speaker 1: wide receiver, you get a guy that's a pass catching
• 25:57
  Speaker 1: tight end. I don't know who that would be. I
• 25:59
  Speaker 1: don't know who's on the market in that sort of
• 26:02
  Speaker 1: aspect at this point. there's definitely something out there where
• 26:06
  Speaker 1: you can add and maybe get someone you do trust
• 26:09
  Speaker 1: to run more routes, as you said.
• 26:11
  Speaker 2: Yeah, you've got to find someone you trust. Like someone
• 26:14
  Speaker 2: texted in Brian Thomas Jr., I'm like, eh, he drops
• 26:16
  Speaker 2: the ball a lot. He'll get open, but will he
• 26:19
  Speaker 2: catch it? That can't be your, hey, we're going to
• 26:23
  Speaker 2: get Thomas, he's open, but... It's third and seven.
• 26:26
  Speaker 1: He dropped it. A lot of people forget about Torrey
• 26:28
  Speaker 1: Horton in this conversation as well. He has to step up, right?
• 26:30
  Speaker 1: I'm sure if we went and looked at all the plays,
• 26:33
  Speaker 1: he needs to.
• 26:35
  Speaker 2: Maybe Sam's not throwing it to him because he's going
• 26:37
  Speaker 2: to JSN.
• 26:38
  Speaker 1: Cooper Cupp would be a nice possession guy.
• 26:40
  Speaker 2: You don't need Cooper Cupp to catch it on first
• 26:42
  Speaker 2: and second down, but maybe on a third and sixth,
• 26:44
  Speaker 2: can Cooper Cupp get open using his wiggle, what he's
• 26:48
  Speaker 2: famous for. In that short yard situation, he is unguardable.
• 26:51
  Speaker 2: I know he's older, but.
• 26:53
  Speaker 1: Is he that bad? I don't think so.
• 26:55
  Speaker 2: I wouldn't think he is, but they got to find
• 26:57
  Speaker 2: some consistency there instead of just relying on Jason because
• 27:01
  Speaker 2: someone takes it in. Whatever Jason gets banged up. And
• 27:04
  Speaker 2: that's a scary thought. That is a scary thought. So, yeah,
• 27:08
  Speaker 2: it still is a priority. But again, now you're bringing
• 27:10
  Speaker 2: in somebody new, whoever that is, to learn the offense.
• 27:13
  Speaker 1: Like, it's not easy.
• 27:14
  Speaker 2: Rashid Shaheed.
• 27:15
  Speaker 1: It didn't work last season in terms of receiving. It
• 27:18
  Speaker 1: was a challenge.
• 27:18
  Speaker 2: And everyone talked about, oh, well, next year through training camp, blah, blah, blah.
• 27:22
  Speaker 2: And that's still not really the thing. It's still not
• 27:24
  Speaker 2: happening the way it needs to be.
• 27:25
  Speaker 1: I just don't think it's working. Again, at least on
• 27:28
  Speaker 1: the offensive side of the ball. No, you're right. It's
• 27:30
  Speaker 1: not working.
• 27:31
  Speaker 2: So they've got to figure something out. They've got to say, hey,
• 27:33
  Speaker 2: how can we get you the ball? Instead of running
• 27:35
  Speaker 2: six-yard curl routes, we should attack downfield. Make them respect
• 27:38
  Speaker 2: the deep ball. But if Sam doesn't have time, do
• 27:40
  Speaker 2: you even have? Trust, but bring it in. Yep, I
• 27:43
  Speaker 2: know where you're going. Bring it in, Quentin.
• 27:44
  Speaker 3: Exactly.
• 27:45
  Speaker 1: Change a bunch of things. We'll see what happens. It
• 27:47
  Speaker 1: might change everything, honestly. But I think he's out Sunday. Yeah,
• 27:50
  Speaker 1: you're right.
• 27:50
  Speaker 2: I think he's out because he didn't practice yesterday. Yeah, well,
• 27:53
  Speaker 2: as Greg's... And Greg's just like, well, I mean, he
• 27:55
  Speaker 2: ain't doing much anyways. Let's see if anyone notices. Yeah,
• 27:58
  Speaker 2: and I'm just like, you really want to play that game? Like,
• 28:01
  Speaker 2: Jason's going to end up with like 20 targets and
• 28:04
  Speaker 2: 19 catches, and hopefully they win.
• 28:06
  Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah. Well, I mean.
• 28:09
  Speaker 1: Your thought process with, and we talked about it earlier
• 28:11
  Speaker 1: in the show, John Schneider at this trade deadline has
• 28:13
  Speaker 1: been not just signing guys and trading for guys, I
• 28:17
  Speaker 1: should say, for this season, right? But he's been extending
• 28:21
  Speaker 1: them to be part of the team and part of
• 28:23
  Speaker 1: the core for long portions, right? It's not just for
• 28:26
  Speaker 1: the season that you're trying to win now. It's for
• 28:28
  Speaker 1: down the road as well.
• 28:30
  Speaker 3: And.
• 28:31
  Speaker 1: You know, you look at your point about DeMarcus Lawrence,
• 28:34
  Speaker 1: I didn't even think about, right? The guy that was
• 28:37
  Speaker 1: debating retiring this offseason. Most likely, I think most people
• 28:41
  Speaker 1: kind of come to the conclusion that he might be
• 28:43
  Speaker 1: done after this year. So you have to really fill
• 28:45
  Speaker 1: that gap. Now, of course, you can fill it in
• 28:47
  Speaker 1: the draft, but that this is one way to address that.
• 28:51
  Speaker 3: Right.
• 28:51
  Speaker 1: You have a ton of draft picks. Let's go get
• 28:53
  Speaker 1: a guy for this year, too. So you can wait
• 28:55
  Speaker 1: to the draft to upgrade or you can upgrade now.
• 28:58
  Speaker 1: But you could say the same thing about wide receiver, too.
• 29:00
  Speaker 1: You could say Cooper Cup is kind of coming down
• 29:02
  Speaker 1: to the end of his career. That's going to be
• 29:03
  Speaker 1: a even if he still plays next year, it's one
• 29:06
  Speaker 1: step slower. He's a great kind of receiver coach, kind
• 29:11
  Speaker 1: of quarterback on the field, quarterback in the receiver room,
• 29:14
  Speaker 1: so to speak. But you're going to need another guy
• 29:17
  Speaker 1: to step up. And especially for Rashid Shaheed's injury is
• 29:19
  Speaker 1: kind of a thing that's going to linger here. So
• 29:22
  Speaker 1: that's why I'm thinking wide receiver. But on the defensive
• 29:24
  Speaker 1: side of the ball, a lot of people are just thinking,
• 29:26
  Speaker 1: let's go make this defense historic. Who would you be
• 29:28
  Speaker 1: targeting in that aspect? I know you mentioned a couple
• 29:30
  Speaker 1: names earlier.
• 29:31
  Speaker 2: The guy I mentioned earlier from, I think he's with
• 29:33
  Speaker 2: the Chargers, Tuli tui pulato palatu perfect go get him
• 29:38
  Speaker 2: young stud playing well he could fit right in with
• 29:41
  Speaker 2: mike mcdonald and his young team yeah he's gonna cost
• 29:44
  Speaker 2: a lot but that's a good problem to have yeah
• 29:45
  Speaker 2: you want to bring in a bunch of talent to
• 29:47
  Speaker 2: build for the future so i think that's one trade
• 29:51
  Speaker 2: target because is he on the chargers let me double
• 29:54
  Speaker 2: check yes yes yeah i mean they're below two yeah they're.
• 29:56
  Speaker 1: About to be oh and seven Fire sale. If my
• 29:59
  Speaker 1: fact or fiction pick is right.
• 30:01
  Speaker 2: So with that being said, yeah, if John is able
• 30:03
  Speaker 2: to get value from that, which I think he could bring,
• 30:09
  Speaker 2: just learning behind Demarcus Lawrence, getting opportunities, learning the system,
• 30:14
  Speaker 2: that could be a guy you sign for a couple
• 30:15
  Speaker 2: years down the road.
• 30:16
  Speaker 1: That's just a hot take.
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  Speaker 3: Who knows?
• 30:18
  Speaker 2: They're probably not going to go and get that guy.
• 30:19
  Speaker 2: They might go get a tight end because they do
• 30:21
  Speaker 2: need pass catchers, but we shall see.
• 30:23
  Speaker 1: John is.
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  Speaker 2: I'm excited to see what John does before November 10th.
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  Speaker 2: Maybe nothing, maybe something.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I tend to think he's not done, but I
• 30:30
  Speaker 1: could be wrong. I don't think it'll be as big
• 30:32
  Speaker 1: of a move as Quentin Nelson, but we'll see what
• 30:33
  Speaker 1: ends up happening.
• 30:34
  Speaker 2: All right.
• 30:35
  Speaker 1: Well, we talked to Greg Lewis earlier in the hour
• 30:37
  Speaker 1: about the Huskies versus the Huskers tomorrow. You can hear
• 30:41
  Speaker 1: him on the honks starting at 1 o'clock, leading up
• 30:44
  Speaker 1: to the game at 5. But I asked him a
• 30:47
  Speaker 1: question that I'm curious as to what you think about, Mr.
• 30:50
  Speaker 1: Christopher Kidd. Is there any argument for starting DeMond Williams
• 30:54
  Speaker 1: over Elijah Brown? We'll talk about that next. Sports Radio
• 30:56
  Speaker 1: 93.3 KJRFM. DJ Kid dropping the beats. Sports Radio 93.3 KJRFM.
• 31:11
  Speaker 1: You need a turntable back there. I don't. You don't?
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  Speaker 3: No.
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  Speaker 2: This is all from iHeartMedia.
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  Speaker 1: All right. Play into it a little bit.
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  Speaker 2: Why don't you?
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  Speaker 4: No.
• 31:18
  Speaker 1: Because I would be back here. They would probably say,
• 31:21
  Speaker 1: cut it out. You do seem like the guy that
• 31:23
  Speaker 1: kind of does your own music production at home.
• 31:28
  Speaker 2: I did have the thought of creating my own music.
• 31:31
  Speaker 1: There you go.
• 31:31
  Speaker 2: When I was at Seattle Central, shout out to Mr.
• 31:34
  Speaker 3: Kirk.
• 31:35
  Speaker 2: I took his class. on, I want to say it
• 31:39
  Speaker 2: was music production.
• 31:40
  Speaker 1: Yeah.
• 31:40
  Speaker 2: I don't think it was 101, but it was music
• 31:42
  Speaker 2: production and I learned a lot. And I made a
• 31:44
  Speaker 2: really cool beat.
• 31:45
  Speaker 1: Hey, there you go.
• 31:46
  Speaker 2: And I remember he pulled me aside and was like, man,
• 31:47
  Speaker 2: that was really, really good. You could have added a
• 31:49
  Speaker 2: different more element, blah, blah, blah. But long story short, yeah,
• 31:53
  Speaker 2: I've always had an interest in it. I just never
• 31:55
  Speaker 2: pursued it because- I don't want to be sitting at
• 31:57
  Speaker 2: home just making beats all day. But that doesn't have
• 32:01
  Speaker 2: to be the end of my story. I can still
• 32:02
  Speaker 2: try it out if I wanted to.
• 32:03
  Speaker 1: Well, it doesn't have to be all day. It can
• 32:04
  Speaker 1: be just a little hobby.
• 32:05
  Speaker 2: No, if I'm going to do it, I'm going to
• 32:06
  Speaker 2: lock in there and get something done.
• 32:08
  Speaker 1: I feel that. I want to, yeah. If you're going
• 32:10
  Speaker 1: to do it, do it all. Yeah, I'm going to
• 32:13
  Speaker 1: be here for a while.
• 32:14
  Speaker 2: All right. So I've never tried it after that class, but,
• 32:16
  Speaker 2: you know, maybe DJing would be so bad. That could
• 32:20
  Speaker 2: be fun, but then I've got to be up late
• 32:21
  Speaker 2: all night.
• 32:23
  Speaker 1: Lots of events, especially the early morning show here. Welcome back.
• 32:26
  Speaker 1: Sports Radio 93.3 KJR FM. My name's Anderson Hurst on Chuck.
• 32:30
  Speaker 1: The morning's here. Chuck's spending a few days on vacation,
• 32:33
  Speaker 1: so we're holding down the fort for him. myself, Christopher Kidd,
• 32:37
  Speaker 1: maybe future DJ Christopher Kidd. We'll see what ends up
• 32:39
  Speaker 1: happening with that one. But, you know, I mentioned something
• 32:42
  Speaker 1: to Greg Lewis earlier on in the show and, you know,
• 32:44
  Speaker 1: I heard his thoughts on it and it seems like
• 32:47
  Speaker 1: a pretty simple prospect. I'm not saying really anyone out
• 32:50
  Speaker 1: there is suggesting that DeMond Williams should be starting over
• 32:54
  Speaker 1: Elijah Brown right now. Elijah Brown came in at the
• 32:57
  Speaker 1: very end of the game before the Purdue game. It
• 33:03
  Speaker 1: was the Iowa game. Excuse me. I was trying to
• 33:05
  Speaker 1: remember Um, and just looked completely different. Now there was
• 33:08
  Speaker 1: some thought process that, you know, Iowa had already had
• 33:11
  Speaker 1: the game one. It was a blowout at that point. Um,
• 33:13
  Speaker 1: they were playing some prevent defense, probably left a lot
• 33:17
  Speaker 1: open underneath, um, for, for Elijah Brown to, you know,
• 33:20
  Speaker 1: kind of rack up the numbers there. But then he
• 33:23
  Speaker 1: came out and performed admirably against Purdue. And yes, he
• 33:27
  Speaker 1: threw a couple of picks, uh, But he was still
• 33:30
  Speaker 1: able to get the offense moving. You know, they end
• 33:34
  Speaker 1: up getting the running game going. It seemed like they
• 33:36
  Speaker 1: were getting receivers involved a little bit more. They put
• 33:39
  Speaker 1: up 38 points with him at quarterback, which is the
• 33:41
  Speaker 1: most they've scored this season. So that was, I think,
• 33:45
  Speaker 1: a huge... Actually, second most after the East of Washington game,
• 33:49
  Speaker 1: excuse me.
• 33:50
  Speaker 3: But.
• 33:51
  Speaker 1: That was the most complete performance this offense has looked,
• 33:54
  Speaker 1: especially against a Big Ten opponent this year. So I'm
• 33:58
  Speaker 1: not suggesting that DeMond Williams should be starting over Elijah Brown.
• 34:02
  Speaker 1: I think it's pretty much a foregone conclusion that most
• 34:05
  Speaker 1: people have come to, including Greg Lewis and the Hawks,
• 34:09
  Speaker 1: that yes, it should be Elijah Brown. But is there
• 34:12
  Speaker 1: any argument whatsoever for starting DeMond Williams over Elijah Brown
• 34:18
  Speaker 1: on Saturday? The one I brought up to Greg, Chris, is.
• 34:21
  Speaker 1: I think most people would agree DeMond Williams is the
• 34:24
  Speaker 1: more talented player.
• 34:28
  Speaker 2: We've seen it.
• 34:29
  Speaker 1: He's already been highly touted as a prospect. A lot
• 34:32
  Speaker 1: of people were hyping him up for Heisman last year,
• 34:35
  Speaker 1: and then especially this year, expecting him to take another
• 34:38
  Speaker 1: step forward. You have Elijah Brown who comes in, backup quarterback,
• 34:46
  Speaker 1: does things on schedule, just runs the offense the way
• 34:49
  Speaker 1: it's supposed to be run. Is there an element for
• 34:51
  Speaker 1: Demond to see what made Elijah Brown successful, take the
• 34:55
  Speaker 1: bye week that they had, and implement that, kind of
• 35:00
  Speaker 1: get the best of both worlds, where you have the
• 35:01
  Speaker 1: more talented quarterback, but then doing the things that Elijah
• 35:04
  Speaker 1: Brown was doing successfully? Is that a thought process at all?
• 35:08
  Speaker 1: Is that a valid thought for tomorrow? Again, I'm not
• 35:11
  Speaker 1: saying Demond should be starting, but is there almost an
• 35:14
  Speaker 1: element of Jed Fish could start to look at things
• 35:17
  Speaker 1: that way, trying to get Demond going.
• 35:19
  Speaker 3: A little bit?
• 35:20
  Speaker 2: I would even say I think it's a legitimate argument
• 35:22
  Speaker 2: for DeMond over Elijah, especially if you want to look
• 35:25
  Speaker 2: at explosiveness from the offense. But I would even consider
• 35:29
  Speaker 2: separating the two questions and flip it as who gives
• 35:33
  Speaker 2: Washington the better chance to win right now and who
• 35:39
  Speaker 2: has the higher term or higher long term ceiling?
• 35:44
  Speaker 3: Right?
• 35:45
  Speaker 1: So now you've put it in, okay. I think those
• 35:47
  Speaker 1: are two different players. I think the guy right now
• 35:50
  Speaker 1: is Elijah Brown, and the long-term ceiling is DeMond Williams.
• 35:52
  Speaker 2: So what you could do, to answer your question now,
• 35:55
  Speaker 2: is you're going to start Elijah Brown, right? He's going
• 35:59
  Speaker 2: to play the entire game. Based on how Elijah plays,
• 36:05
  Speaker 2: the following week is now where you say, start it
• 36:08
  Speaker 2: from here on out.
• 36:10
  Speaker 3: Period.
• 36:10
  Speaker 1: If he plays well. Performs well, yeah. It's his.
• 36:13
  Speaker 3: Yeah.
• 36:13
  Speaker 1: It's his. I think that's fair.
• 36:15
  Speaker 2: If he struggles, you go to the film room, you
• 36:18
  Speaker 2: go over everything, you readjust, and you name your starter,
• 36:21
  Speaker 2: whether it's going to be Elijah again or DeMond. But
• 36:24
  Speaker 2: that's what I would try to do. I would say tonight,
• 36:27
  Speaker 2: or excuse me, Saturday night, it's your opportunity, Elijah. Go
• 36:31
  Speaker 2: out here and do what you do. You play well,
• 36:33
  Speaker 2: reevaluate everything, take everything into consideration, but I will make
• 36:37
  Speaker 2: a decision based on that performance and go from there.
• 36:39
  Speaker 3: Go ahead.
• 36:40
  Speaker 1: No, I mean, it's just the other thing I worry
• 36:42
  Speaker 1: about is.
• 36:44
  Speaker 1: What message could be sent to the team if you
• 36:48
  Speaker 1: do start DeMond Williams? And the guy that struggles, has
• 36:52
  Speaker 1: struggled almost all year, and then a guy comes in
• 36:56
  Speaker 1: for him via injury, technically, because that's how he did
• 37:00
  Speaker 1: come in against Iowa, because DeMond got injured, but then
• 37:03
  Speaker 1: has much more success. How could you sell to the
• 37:06
  Speaker 1: team that, We're doing the best thing that we need
• 37:12
  Speaker 1: to do to win when you go back to the
• 37:13
  Speaker 1: guy that struggled.
• 37:14
  Speaker 2: Money talks, which is not a great answer.
• 37:17
  Speaker 3: No.
• 37:18
  Speaker 1: That might be how you minimize and deflect. Like, hey, man,
• 37:23
  Speaker 1: we're paying. He's going to have to be on the field.
• 37:25
  Speaker 1: You don't go to your team. If Jed Fish goes
• 37:27
  Speaker 1: to your team and say, hey, we have to play
• 37:30
  Speaker 1: this guy because we're paying him. You have to say
• 37:31
  Speaker 1: it in Jed Fish's way, whatever that looks like. I'm
• 37:33
  Speaker 1: not a Jed Fish fan. I don't know the word.
• 37:37
  Speaker 3: Translator. Yeah.
• 37:38
  Speaker 2: So he would just need to, if that's the route
• 37:40
  Speaker 2: he's going. But that's a tough decision, a tough discussion
• 37:44
  Speaker 2: that needs to be had. But this is also a
• 37:45
  Speaker 2: guy that left and came back.
• 37:47
  Speaker 1: So it's like, are you. That's a good point. Like how.
• 37:49
  Speaker 1: It is funny.
• 37:50
  Speaker 2: How much weight are you carrying here, Daman? Because you
• 37:53
  Speaker 2: didn't want to be here. We had to beg you
• 37:54
  Speaker 2: and say, this is not how, not beg. This is
• 37:56
  Speaker 2: not how you do business. That's what it was. And
• 37:58
  Speaker 2: you decided to come back. So technically, I don't owe
• 38:01
  Speaker 2: you a thing. And you're not playing well. So Elijah,
• 38:03
  Speaker 2: do your job, homie.
• 38:04
  Speaker 1: And it is funny. When I brought that up to
• 38:05
  Speaker 1: Greg earlier. He was like, oh, the reason that DeMond
• 38:08
  Speaker 1: would be starting would be loyalty. And I'm like, oh, funny, weird, loyalty.
• 38:12
  Speaker 1: What a concept.
• 38:13
  Speaker 2: Yeah, that's– someone on the text line was like, oh, loyalty, huh?
• 38:16
  Speaker 1: Was he loyal?
• 38:17
  Speaker 3: Yeah. He wasn't. Yeah.
• 38:18
  Speaker 2: But as a mature adult head coach, those are things
• 38:22
  Speaker 2: that you're going to have to be weighing.
• 38:23
  Speaker 3: Right.
• 38:23
  Speaker 2: You don't want to stoop to that level of like, oh,
• 38:25
  Speaker 2: you did us dirty, so we're going to do you
• 38:26
  Speaker 2: dirty now. You're going to sit the bench. Especially if
• 38:28
  Speaker 2: Elijah plays poorly. Like, what message are you sending now?
• 38:30
  Speaker 2: The guy doesn't even play well. And you're like, eh,
• 38:32
  Speaker 2: still sit, DeMond. But what about his injury too? Like,
• 38:35
  Speaker 2: is he really ready to take hits? Is he okay?
• 38:37
  Speaker 2: So there's a lot on this game and we'll find
• 38:40
  Speaker 2: out a lot more after the game, I think is
• 38:42
  Speaker 2: the biggest thing. We'll find out who starts, which is
• 38:43
  Speaker 2: probably gonna be Elijah. And after the game, we'll know more.
• 38:46
  Speaker 2: Going to that next week, it should be even more exciting.
• 38:48
  Speaker 3: Yep.
• 38:48
  Speaker 1: All right. Well, I think it's a big turning point
• 38:50
  Speaker 1: for multiple reasons in the Huskies season. If they find
• 38:52
  Speaker 1: a way to win this game, there could still be
• 38:53
  Speaker 1: a path to them having a good year this year.
• 38:56
  Speaker 3: All right.
• 38:57
  Speaker 1: Coming up next, we're going to talk to Andrew Destin,
• 38:59
  Speaker 1: the new athletic reporter for the Seattle Seahawks. Lots to
• 39:02
  Speaker 1: discuss regarding the Quentin Nelson trade, going against the Bears
• 39:06
  Speaker 1: on Monday Night Football, who he sees as the greatest
• 39:08
  Speaker 1: threat to the Seahawks and the NFC. All coming up
• 39:11
  Speaker 1: next here on Sports Radio 93.3 KJR FM.