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NFL Week 4 Reaction: Panthers defeat Lions on SNF, Eagles stunned by Rams, Chiefs outlast Raiders · 3 and Out with John Middlekauff

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  Speaker 1: The Volume. What is going on, my friends? John Middlecoff,
• 0:19
  Speaker 1: that'd be me. Three and Out Podcast. Hopefully you are
• 0:22
  Speaker 1: doing well. Better than the Lions, who we just watched... Well,
• 0:27
  Speaker 1: you're listening to this on Monday, but I just watched
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  Speaker 1: get lit up by Joe Montana, also known as Bryce
• 0:34
  Speaker 1: Young and the Carolina Panthers. We got a lot going
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  Speaker 1: on today. We got the Eagles melting down. We got
• 0:41
  Speaker 1: the 49ers taking out Denver. We got the Raiders hanging
• 0:46
  Speaker 1: with the Chiefs. That was a hell of a game.
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  Speaker 1: The Cowboys, CeeDee Lamb, I think just had another catch.
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  Speaker 1: We got refs screaming at players. Lamar got injured. Jeremiah Smith,
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  Speaker 1: I think, just caught another ball for Ohio State. So
• 1:02
  Speaker 1: we're going to talk a lot of football. I went
• 1:04
  Speaker 1: on with Colin, talked a lot of football. So a
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  Speaker 1: lot of me today. If you're listening on Colin's feed,
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  Speaker 1: let's just dive into some football. But I do want
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  Speaker 1: to give some flowers where flowers are due. And that
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  Speaker 1: is Bryce Young, Ted McMillan, and the Carolina Panthers. Because, one,
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  Speaker 1: it was a little jarring to see them on Sunday
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  Speaker 1: Night Football. My wife even looked at me and said, like,
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  Speaker 1: this is, what's going on here? I'm like, well, this,
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  Speaker 1: you know, they made the playoffs last year. She's like,
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  Speaker 1: they were good. I'm like, well, they went 8-9, but
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  Speaker 1: they had a valiant effort against the Rams and easy
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  Speaker 1: team to kind of root for. And I don't know.
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  Speaker 1: And then Collinsworth was like, yeah, it was their first
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  Speaker 1: Sunday Night game in 11 years. And I got to
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  Speaker 1: take the L on this. When they drafted McMillan eighth overall,
• 2:03
  Speaker 1: I thought it was kind of crazy. Now, I've been
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  Speaker 1: wrong on Carolina draft picks before. Like the Keekly pick
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  Speaker 1: at eight, honestly thought Christian McCaffrey at eight was a
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  Speaker 1: little bold. Clearly took the L on that one as well.
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  Speaker 1: But the one thing you see with McMillan, and I
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  Speaker 1: think this goes for any good organization, you're not just
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  Speaker 1: drafting an individual player. You're building a team. So how
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  Speaker 1: does this guy fit, especially if you're drafting a wide receiver,
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  Speaker 1: with your quarterback? And clearly their rapport. I finished with Colin.
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  Speaker 1: I came in from the office, walked into the house,
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  Speaker 1: and first play I saw of the game was Bryce
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  Speaker 1: hitting McMillan on just a beautiful go route down the sideline.
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  Speaker 1: And I was like, jeez, that looked like Joe Montana.
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  Speaker 1: And I think the cohesion between a quarterback... And the
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  Speaker 1: rapport with the wide receiver really matters, right? If you
• 3:01
  Speaker 1: look at Tom Brady or Peyton Manning, those guys could
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  Speaker 1: excel with a lot of different players. And both guys,
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  Speaker 1: you know, had Wes Welker, excelled with a slot wide receiver. Why?
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  Speaker 1: Tall 6'5, 6'6, quarterback, can see over the middle of
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  Speaker 1: the field, can see over the line of scrimmage, and
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  Speaker 1: hit those guys on a lot of shorter breaking routes
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  Speaker 1: and take advantage. Well, if you take a smaller quarterback,
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  Speaker 1: if you just look around the league over the last
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  Speaker 1: 10 years, Russell, Baker, Kyler Murray, obviously Bryce, a smaller
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  Speaker 1: wide receiver is going to be difficult for that player.
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  Speaker 1: So getting a guy that is massive. I mean, McMillan
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  Speaker 1: feels like a basketball player on the football field. Yet
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  Speaker 1: his skill set, I mean, listen, I'm not trying to
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  Speaker 1: take anything away from him in college. He definitely feels
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  Speaker 1: in the best shape of his life. The coaching from
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  Speaker 1: the Carolina Panthers in terms of route running, explosion in
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  Speaker 1: and out of breaks. Obviously, the ball skills are fantastic,
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  Speaker 1: and you saw it on the one sideline catch. But
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  Speaker 1: the rapport those two guys have jumps off the television screen.
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  Speaker 1: And I think the easiest way to take care of
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  Speaker 1: a smaller quarterback is to get bigger wide receivers. It's
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  Speaker 1: kind of basic math. Look at the drop-off. I know
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  Speaker 1: he's injured now, but you could feel it through the
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  Speaker 1: first couple games when Baker Mayfield's missing Mike Evans. Because
• 4:29
  Speaker 1: that player, look at Mike Evans immediately even with broken
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  Speaker 1: ribs with Purdy. It's like, hey, throw it to the
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  Speaker 1: 6'5 guy who's got incredible elite ball skills like he's
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  Speaker 1: a smaller wide receiver. It makes it a lot easier
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  Speaker 1: for the quarterback. And I got a text today from
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  Speaker 1: a buddy that said, like, why? Canales not calling plays?
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  Speaker 1: Why is that? I'm like, I don't know the exact reason.
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  Speaker 1: But clearly they feel the offense and what is working
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  Speaker 1: is a strength of theirs. And I give them credit.
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  Speaker 1: Because the Denver Broncos, who we'll get into later, it's like, Sean,
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  Speaker 1: we can't keep having this young guy call plays if
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  Speaker 1: this is what it's going to look like. We're paying
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  Speaker 1: you way too much money. With Carolina, like, hey. Whatever's working,
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  Speaker 1: don't try to break it down and fix it because
• 5:16
  Speaker 1: just keep it rolling. And you watch them play and
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  Speaker 1: you watch Bryce play. And Collinsworth said this as well.
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  Speaker 1: He's like, this is a pretty big moment for Bryce Young.
• 5:28
  Speaker 1: Playing on Sunday Night Football, this is probably beside the
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  Speaker 1: playoff game. And who knows, we have to look at
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  Speaker 1: the numbers because the playoff game was Saturday afternoon. the
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  Speaker 1: least watched playoff game of the entire slate of the
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  Speaker 1: month of January, there might have been more people watching tonight.
• 5:43
  Speaker 1: Sunday Night Football is the number one television show in America.
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  Speaker 1: And he's like, this is pretty impressive. And my, I guess,
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  Speaker 1: pushback on that would be the question with Bryce Young
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  Speaker 1: was never could he handle the bright lights. The guy
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  Speaker 1: was a blue chip five-star quarterback that went to Nick
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  Speaker 1: Saban and then helped lead them to a national championship.
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  Speaker 1: He's played in college in the SEC championship game, in
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  Speaker 1: the national championship game, I'd argue in games with more
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  Speaker 1: pressure than what he played in tonight. Now, I'm definitely
• 6:20
  Speaker 1: guilty of this. The question mark with him was, is
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  Speaker 1: he good enough in the pros because of his size,
• 6:28
  Speaker 1: because of his skill set? Well, one thing just from
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  Speaker 1: an evaluation standpoint, I would say, is his arm to
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  Speaker 1: me look stronger he feels like his ball like the
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  Speaker 1: the velocity when the ball leaves his hand on just
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  Speaker 1: I'm not talking about like on a go route I'm
• 6:48
  Speaker 1: just talking about on a drive throw the throw to
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  Speaker 1: McMillan is a good example on the move feels stronger
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  Speaker 1: in 2026 than it ever has been in the past
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  Speaker 1: I'd be interested to hear if he feels that's true,
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  Speaker 1: if there's something specifically he's done to work on that.
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  Speaker 1: Because tonight and in all season when you've watched them play,
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  Speaker 1: even that game one against the Bears when the Bears
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  Speaker 1: scored 80 points, they still scored, what, 37 points? They
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  Speaker 1: did not lose because of the offense. Tonight he was 29-41,
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  Speaker 1: but it's the explosive place that I didn't know if
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  Speaker 1: he would have had in the bag a couple years ago.
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  Speaker 1: And now I watch him and I go, well, there
• 7:31
  Speaker 1: was a lot of debate about a couple years ago. God,
• 7:35
  Speaker 1: they screwed that up. They did not even take the
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  Speaker 1: best quarterback in the draft. And listen, CJ actually has
• 7:42
  Speaker 1: played better this year than he did last year. But
• 7:45
  Speaker 1: I don't even think it's debatable that Bryce Young is
• 7:47
  Speaker 1: currently a better player than CJ Stratton. Bryce Young is
• 7:50
  Speaker 1: currently a really good NFL quarterback. I'd have to really
• 7:54
  Speaker 1: take a step back and write down the names. But
• 7:58
  Speaker 1: Jared Goff, who statistically had a good game, threw him
• 8:01
  Speaker 1: for 400 yards, but has some limitations because he can't
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  Speaker 1: really move. And by no means is the loss on him.
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  Speaker 1: But was there any difference watching those two guys play?
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  Speaker 1: And I think we'd all acknowledge Jared Goff is a
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  Speaker 1: really good player. Jared Goff is a guy, if your
• 8:17
  Speaker 1: defense wasn't just... We'll get into their defense in a second,
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  Speaker 1: but if you just had a middle-of-the-road defense, you're going
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  Speaker 1: to win double-digit games because you've got Jared Goff running
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  Speaker 1: your offense. And that's when I watch Bryce Young, I go,
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  Speaker 1: if your defense could just be solid, your offense is
• 8:35
  Speaker 1: going to look like this. You can win 9-10 games.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, last year they won 8, and I would
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  Speaker 1: say that they were figuring it out with Bryce and
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  Speaker 1: with the rookie McMillan. Well, now... You know, you got Mechie,
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  Speaker 1: who he played with in college, so they have a
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  Speaker 1: long-standing history. You have, I mean, Chuba Hubbard looked really good.
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  Speaker 1: And you have a semblance of a run game. So offensively, like,
• 9:01
  Speaker 1: Darren Wallen, massive. What's the best way to help out
• 9:04
  Speaker 1: a smaller quarterback? Build a basketball team around him. And
• 9:08
  Speaker 1: that's what they have done. So Dan Morgan, the general manager... Canales,
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  Speaker 1: since he's been there and working with Bryce and realizing
• 9:17
  Speaker 1: what works, they deserve a lot of credit because we
• 9:20
  Speaker 1: talk a lot on this show about building teams and
• 9:23
  Speaker 1: front office people. This is, let's face it, a franchise
• 9:27
  Speaker 1: that flies a little under the radar. They don't lead shows.
• 9:31
  Speaker 1: They don't lead podcasts. They don't play on Sunday night football.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, they don't get talked about like the Eagles
• 9:37
  Speaker 1: and the Cowboys and the Niners and the Packers. It's
• 9:40
  Speaker 1: just a fact. And that's probably not going to be
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  Speaker 1: something that changes. But when you play on Sunday night
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  Speaker 1: football and you score 32 points, your quarterback who you
• 9:48
  Speaker 1: drafted one, which let's face it, many of us, including myself,
• 9:53
  Speaker 1: and I was one of the leaders in the clubhouse,
• 9:56
  Speaker 1: considered the guy a bust. And I'm a Bryce Young fan.
• 9:59
  Speaker 1: Like I, was a sneaky bandwagoner to the Saban Alabama
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  Speaker 1: era because I just love Saban team. I love this guy.
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  Speaker 1: I loved him in college. I was like, I would
• 10:09
  Speaker 1: have taken him number one as well. But then I'll
• 10:12
  Speaker 1: just never forget maybe his first game or second game,
• 10:15
  Speaker 1: watching him on television, seeing him in pads, I'm like,
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  Speaker 1: this isn't going to work. And part of the way
• 10:21
  Speaker 1: and the reason why good teams sustain winning is because
• 10:26
  Speaker 1: they draft the right type people. Because at the end
• 10:29
  Speaker 1: of the day, it's people on the field first. Most
• 10:33
  Speaker 1: guys in these NFL games are good players, are talented players.
• 10:38
  Speaker 1: And Bryce Young's intangibles going back to high school through
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  Speaker 1: Saban and now are an A +. And his skill
• 10:48
  Speaker 1: set has improved. And then they've built around him to,
• 10:54
  Speaker 1: I would say, be able to make his positive attributes
• 11:00
  Speaker 1: come to life. And they deserve a lot of credit.
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  Speaker 1: And it's been fun to watch. You know, I'm a fan.
• 11:08
  Speaker 1: And the way they've played it out, I'm not saying
• 11:10
  Speaker 1: to give him $ 200 million tomorrow. But if I'm Carolina,
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  Speaker 1: I feel pretty confident about the direction of my franchise
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  Speaker 1: led by this young quarterback who was awesome. Who was
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  Speaker 1: awesome tonight. And the thing, if you're a Lions fan,
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  Speaker 1: you just can't be a good team if your defense
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  Speaker 1: is that bad. And they were talking about it on
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  Speaker 1: the broadcast, and it's been a consistent theme. And I
• 11:35
  Speaker 1: saw Richard Sherman talking about this a couple weeks ago.
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  Speaker 1: They want to play man-to-man defense. They want to play
• 11:42
  Speaker 1: man-to-man defense, but they don't have the personnel. Well, isn't
• 11:46
  Speaker 1: coaching doing whatever it takes to win the game? If
• 11:51
  Speaker 1: you can't pass, but you have a good running game,
• 11:53
  Speaker 1: what should you do? Run the ball. Like, if you
• 11:58
  Speaker 1: don't have guys who can cover in man-to-man situations, shouldn't
• 12:03
  Speaker 1: you as a defensive coordinator... as a coaching staff, as
• 12:06
  Speaker 1: an organization go, what are the best defenses we can
• 12:10
  Speaker 1: play to maximize our success levels as a group, as
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  Speaker 1: a unit? Because it clearly isn't the plays you were calling,
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  Speaker 1: putting your guys in situations where they don't have any
• 12:23
  Speaker 1: chance to even have a small, small part to be successful.
• 12:31
  Speaker 1: Like it doesn't exist. And I don't understand, like I
• 12:36
  Speaker 1: respect Dan Campbell a lot. He clearly has proven to
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  Speaker 1: be a great leader, solid head coach. Like the Lions
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  Speaker 1: are 2-2 currently, and it feels like they're 0-4. So
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  Speaker 1: the standards he's raised in a city that was known
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  Speaker 1: for losing, that was honestly the Lions were known for
• 12:53
  Speaker 1: Barry Sanders and playing on Thanksgiving. That's in losing. That's
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  Speaker 1: what they were known for. And they're not anymore. Like
• 13:01
  Speaker 1: they're a real NFL franchise. But they are not a
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  Speaker 1: real NFL defense. And until they don't adapt and change
• 13:08
  Speaker 1: some of the things they do, they're not doing a
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  Speaker 1: good job as a coaching staff. And that's where the
• 13:13
  Speaker 1: responsibility does start on Dan Campbell. He has a young,
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  Speaker 1: former player calling his defense. And if he's not comfortable
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  Speaker 1: doing it, they need to get someone in there who
• 13:25
  Speaker 1: is to change. Because what they're doing right now, they
• 13:29
  Speaker 1: cannot make the playoffs playing defense like this. It's just
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  Speaker 1: not possible. Because too many people in the NFL are
• 13:36
  Speaker 1: capable of scoring points. Like next week, they go to Arizona.
• 13:41
  Speaker 1: Arizona has good offensive players. The Packers, they're in shambles.
• 13:45
  Speaker 1: They have good offensive players. The Vikings, they can't score.
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  Speaker 1: The Dolphins, okay. The Patriots, they can score. The Bears,
• 13:55
  Speaker 1: they can score. Atlanta, they can score. The Giants, they
• 13:59
  Speaker 1: can score. So if your defense is going to be...
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  Speaker 1: just I would say bottom of the league, the overwhelming
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  Speaker 1: majority of teams you play, even if they're not a
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  Speaker 1: 13-14 win team, are going to be capable of scoring
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  Speaker 1: 28 to 35 points. And if your offense is a
• 14:16
  Speaker 1: little off, you have a couple bad series, you turn
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  Speaker 1: the ball over, you have a bad quarter, you can lose.
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  Speaker 1: It's not like they were awful tonight on offense, but
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  Speaker 1: they were not good enough. They simply were not good enough.
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  Speaker 1: And they put the pressure on at the end because
• 14:33
  Speaker 1: he went forward on fourth and 20 instead of kicking
• 14:35
  Speaker 1: the field goal. I think that's clearly something he would
• 14:39
  Speaker 1: like back. But if you kick the field goal, the
• 14:43
  Speaker 1: pressure of a field goal sending it to overtime instead
• 14:45
  Speaker 1: of having to score a touchdown to win the game
• 14:49
  Speaker 1: was really your only option. Definitely changes the way you
• 14:52
  Speaker 1: approach the final drive. But let's be real. I think
• 14:57
  Speaker 1: Lions fans, anyone watching the game, were stunned that they
• 15:03
  Speaker 1: got a stop to get the ball back? Because I was.
• 15:06
  Speaker 1: Because I never thought for a second that they were
• 15:09
  Speaker 1: going to be able to put together multiple stops and
• 15:12
  Speaker 1: Carolina wasn't going to be able to run up the clock.
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  Speaker 1: So when they did, I was like, did not see
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  Speaker 1: that coming. Because how can you expect that? When you
• 15:20
  Speaker 1: watch the Lions week after week, they do not stop anybody.
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  Speaker 1: Tyler Shuck, Bryce Young, Obviously, Josh Allen, they got no
• 15:31
  Speaker 1: shot to stop anybody. And it's like, well, Aiden Hutchinson
• 15:35
  Speaker 1: is clearly one of the best defensive linemen in the league.
• 15:39
  Speaker 1: Like that is abundantly, it jumps off the television screen
• 15:43
  Speaker 1: when you're sitting on your couch. Yet the guys behind
• 15:46
  Speaker 1: them have no chance, none. But they, listen, they're NFL players.
• 15:52
  Speaker 1: if you've got to just run zone defense, even give
• 15:55
  Speaker 1: up shorter routes, you are getting beat deep consistently and
• 15:59
  Speaker 1: giving up explosive plays because you're putting these guys in
• 16:02
  Speaker 1: these one-on-one island situations that they're like the opposite of
• 16:06
  Speaker 1: Deion Sanders. They look like me or you out there.
• 16:09
  Speaker 1: Because a lot of guys, like this goes for any
• 16:12
  Speaker 1: player in any organization, there have been a lot of
• 16:16
  Speaker 1: great players who have started their careers in organizations and
• 16:20
  Speaker 1: been in the wrong scheme, been asked to do the
• 16:22
  Speaker 1: wrong things, and we go, oh, this guy can't play.
• 16:25
  Speaker 1: And vice versa. There have been guys with less talent
• 16:28
  Speaker 1: go to the right places and thrive. And that's what
• 16:34
  Speaker 1: coaching is. That's what high-level NFL teams and organizations do.
• 16:39
  Speaker 1: Same with college, right? Most teams can take the elite
• 16:42
  Speaker 1: talents away. Jeremiah Smith or Clowney or Miles Garrett, whoever.
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  Speaker 1: Guy's going to be the number one overall pick in
• 16:49
  Speaker 1: the draft. For most teams, the guy's going to stand out.
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  Speaker 1: But there are guys all over football on Saturdays and
• 16:56
  Speaker 1: Sundays who are in the right scheme, coached by the
• 17:00
  Speaker 1: right coordinator, and excel. They're obviously the outliers of the
• 17:06
  Speaker 1: all-time great talents, but the majority of the guys are
• 17:09
  Speaker 1: closer to the mean. And they either have success or failure.
• 17:14
  Speaker 1: They either take off or descend, right, because of who
• 17:19
  Speaker 1: they're around and what they're being asked to do. And
• 17:22
  Speaker 1: I don't pretend to be, you know, Dick LeBeau here.
• 17:25
  Speaker 1: I'm not acting like I know everything about schematics on defense.
• 17:29
  Speaker 1: But I do know when it looks like shit. And
• 17:31
  Speaker 1: when you do the same thing over and over and
• 17:34
  Speaker 1: expect a different result, what do they say? Isn't that insanity?
• 17:38
  Speaker 1: That's what the Lions kind of feel like right now.
• 17:41
  Speaker 1: And I just I don't get it. So this is
• 17:44
  Speaker 1: Dan Campbell's got to make some hard decisions over there,
• 17:48
  Speaker 1: make some dramatic tweaks, because it feels like we see
• 17:51
  Speaker 1: the same thing every week. Like, should we be shocked
• 17:54
  Speaker 1: that Bryce Young lit him up like Christmas tree? Like
• 17:56
  Speaker 1: I said, he's played in he's played against way more
• 17:59
  Speaker 1: resistance in college games against Kirby Smart in Georgia. Not
• 18:02
  Speaker 1: even close. I mean, I bet if you asked him,
• 18:05
  Speaker 1: I mean, he would never say this publicly, like over
• 18:07
  Speaker 1: a cocktail, he'd be like, yeah, it was way harder
• 18:09
  Speaker 1: to play Georgia in the SEC championship game or the
• 18:11
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• 19:42
  Speaker 1: the Philadelphia Eagles. I saw this stat, and I think
• 20:12
  Speaker 1: this sums up what we witnessed today. The Eagles had
• 20:16
  Speaker 1: 172 yards of total offense. Their lowest total in a
• 20:20
  Speaker 1: game in 12 years. Their 68 net passing yards is
• 20:28
  Speaker 1: their lowest total in a regular season game in the
• 20:33
  Speaker 1: last 23 years. I felt that sometimes, like I was
• 20:39
  Speaker 1: defending Kevin Patola, if I owned an NFL team, if
• 20:44
  Speaker 1: I was a general manager in an NFL team, I
• 20:46
  Speaker 1: would not have hired the guy to be my offensive coordinator.
• 20:48
  Speaker 1: So I'm not acting like, hey guys, this was the
• 20:51
  Speaker 1: next Kyle Shanahan. This was Sean McVay 2.0. But everyone
• 20:56
  Speaker 1: egging his house and acting like he was the village idiot,
• 21:00
  Speaker 1: I think we can acknowledge the operation, the mentality of
• 21:05
  Speaker 1: the operation, And the quarterback is unlike anything we've ever seen.
• 21:12
  Speaker 1: Because it's pretty rare. Like, Lamar's a good example, right?
• 21:17
  Speaker 1: He shipped the bet in some playoff games. Trust me,
• 21:19
  Speaker 1: I had 5K on him against the Chiefs a couple
• 21:23
  Speaker 1: years ago at home. It's one of the bigger, just
• 21:26
  Speaker 1: straight-up bets I've ever made, and I felt pretty good
• 21:29
  Speaker 1: about it. And obviously it didn't go well. And he
• 21:33
  Speaker 1: and Todd Munkin, who Props to Todd. He's kind of thriving.
• 21:36
  Speaker 1: And obviously Lamar, up until he hurt his ankle today,
• 21:39
  Speaker 1: looked fantastic. I've watched Lamar's entire career. He is an
• 21:44
  Speaker 1: exceptional player. But Lamar, when it's not going that well,
• 21:49
  Speaker 1: and the other thing is, Zay Flowers, who I shit
• 21:52
  Speaker 1: on that contract, Zay's been awesome. I would say so
• 21:57
  Speaker 1: far through these four weeks, you'd be like, Zay's been
• 22:00
  Speaker 1: worth every penny. But when shit hits the fan with
• 22:02
  Speaker 1: Lamar Jackson, He goes, you know what? I'll make something.
• 22:07
  Speaker 1: Josh Allen, same thing. I'll make something happen with my legs.
• 22:11
  Speaker 1: So when series after series after series, you're going three
• 22:15
  Speaker 1: and out. You would think there'd be a moment when
• 22:18
  Speaker 1: Jalen's like, you know what? Let's call quarterback power. Let's
• 22:22
  Speaker 1: have a play where it's like, you know, I'll look
• 22:25
  Speaker 1: to one side of the field, one, two, and then
• 22:27
  Speaker 1: I'm taking off. I'm going to carry us like I
• 22:30
  Speaker 1: would have five years ago, like I would have at
• 22:32
  Speaker 1: Oklahoma or Alabama. But he will not do that. You'd
• 22:36
  Speaker 1: be like, John, they were missing Lane Johnson. John, they
• 22:39
  Speaker 1: were missing Devontae Smith. John, half their team, Saquon got
• 22:43
  Speaker 1: escorted out by Big Dom in the second or first
• 22:47
  Speaker 1: series of the game. All true. This is the NFL.
• 22:51
  Speaker 1: Guys get hurt constantly. Call Kyle Shanahan and ask what
• 22:55
  Speaker 1: his injury report has looked like for the last eight years.
• 22:59
  Speaker 1: It's football. It happens. But there comes a point when
• 23:03
  Speaker 1: you as a star player, as a highly compensated player,
• 23:07
  Speaker 1: you just say, fuck it. Like Nikola Jokic. Do you
• 23:12
  Speaker 1: think in a perfect world he wants to score 40,
• 23:14
  Speaker 1: 50 points a game? Of course not. But there are
• 23:16
  Speaker 1: some games... Or he's like, I got to go for 50, 20,
• 23:19
  Speaker 1: and 18. And you know what? He does. That's what
• 23:23
  Speaker 1: he's paid to do. And sometimes, given the opponent, that's
• 23:26
  Speaker 1: what's needed. So the Eagles are in shambles. And Sean Mannion,
• 23:32
  Speaker 1: and here's the other thing. When you hire an inexperienced coordinator,
• 23:35
  Speaker 1: think about any time during your professional career. if you
• 23:42
  Speaker 1: felt over your head a little bit or like got
• 23:45
  Speaker 1: a promotion, you're like, this is a pretty, a lot
• 23:47
  Speaker 1: of responsibility on my plate. It is way easier when
• 23:53
  Speaker 1: you're given those promotions or given those opportunities when things
• 23:56
  Speaker 1: are going kind of well, it's like, Hey, here's a,
• 23:59
  Speaker 1: here's Billy's book of business. Or it's like, Hey, we
• 24:02
  Speaker 1: already got these seven construction projects going. You just need
• 24:05
  Speaker 1: to manage them. It's another thing when you get that
• 24:08
  Speaker 1: promotion and like, a recession hits. You're like, what do
• 24:11
  Speaker 1: I do now? Right? The company tanks. Some huge scandal
• 24:16
  Speaker 1: breaks out. And you feel completely underwater and over your head. Well,
• 24:22
  Speaker 1: that's what it kind of feels like. Where are his answers?
• 24:25
  Speaker 1: What answers would he have? He has no experience doing this. None.
• 24:31
  Speaker 1: So it's like, yes, Sirianni's at a front row seat
• 24:33
  Speaker 1: to all these other coordinators, but we already know he
• 24:36
  Speaker 1: doesn't have like the offensive capacity, capabilities, I don't even
• 24:43
  Speaker 1: know how to describe it, ability to really do that much.
• 24:47
  Speaker 1: If anything, he's like yelling at the refs, hanging out
• 24:48
  Speaker 1: with Dom and kind of giving some team meetings. So
• 24:52
  Speaker 1: the offensive construction, adjustments, everything falls on this guy who's
• 25:00
  Speaker 1: never sat in this seat, let alone been in a
• 25:03
  Speaker 1: place that is as intense and the expectations are as
• 25:07
  Speaker 1: high as And they got some flawed situations, right? They
• 25:11
  Speaker 1: already have some injuries. Saquon, boom, he disappears. And your
• 25:16
  Speaker 1: quarterback is just kind of weird. And I don't mean personally,
• 25:21
  Speaker 1: I just mean as a player. It's like, well, he
• 25:24
  Speaker 1: does throw a beautiful deep ball, but you can't really
• 25:28
  Speaker 1: throw that many deep balls with this person. Like, what
• 25:30
  Speaker 1: can you do? Well, I tell you what to do. Like,
• 25:32
  Speaker 1: why today not be like, Jalen, paying you $ 50 million,
• 25:36
  Speaker 1: we're going to need you to run 15 times a game.
• 25:39
  Speaker 1: And under no circumstance, and listen, Sirianni, I know they
• 25:43
  Speaker 1: lost 24-20, and even if he kicks the field goal,
• 25:47
  Speaker 1: it's 24-23. You cannot convince me, with how shitty your
• 25:50
  Speaker 1: offense has been, that kicking that field goal doesn't change
• 25:54
  Speaker 1: the trajectory of the game. The Rams were dead. I
• 25:59
  Speaker 1: swear to God, when Sean McVay had his entire offense
• 26:04
  Speaker 1: surrounding him on the sideline, He's on a knee giving
• 26:07
  Speaker 1: this impassioned speech like you'd see in a movie. The
• 26:11
  Speaker 1: first thing I thought of was like, there's like over
• 26:14
  Speaker 1: a 50% chance he's calling games at Amazon last week
• 26:17
  Speaker 1: or next year. Like in 2027, he's the Amazon color
• 26:22
  Speaker 1: commentator because they just re-signed Kirk Herbstreet. But I read
• 26:26
  Speaker 1: the article. It's like, it does give them the ability
• 26:29
  Speaker 1: if they can land a quote unquote big fish like
• 26:31
  Speaker 1: Sean McVay, they don't have to honor the contract or
• 26:34
  Speaker 1: Kirk Herbstreet would just be out. I was like, I
• 26:37
  Speaker 1: see Sean McVay seeing his entire season crumble. Matt Stafford
• 26:42
  Speaker 1: looked like he was 55 years old. They looked terrible.
• 26:47
  Speaker 1: They couldn't have looked any worse. The Eagles had the
• 26:50
  Speaker 1: ball at the two-yard line on a fourth down, up 10,
• 26:53
  Speaker 1: with like eight minutes to go. In complete control of
• 26:55
  Speaker 1: the game. But when you cannot gain a first down consistently...
• 27:02
  Speaker 1: And you go three and out, three and out, three
• 27:04
  Speaker 1: and out, three and out, four and out, three and out,
• 27:06
  Speaker 1: four and out. I don't care who you're playing. You're
• 27:10
  Speaker 1: going to find yourself in some weird spots. And that's
• 27:13
  Speaker 1: exactly what happened. But you can't convince me. I'm watching
• 27:18
  Speaker 1: Brock Purdy. Do you know what Brock Purdy says every
• 27:19
  Speaker 1: once in a while? I got to run the ball.
• 27:23
  Speaker 1: Nothing's there. I'm going to take off. And you would
• 27:27
  Speaker 1: not consider him to be the runner that hurts this.
• 27:32
  Speaker 1: I'm not expecting Hurts to light them up with some
• 27:34
  Speaker 1: of these random guys. Obviously, the stats are historically low.
• 27:40
  Speaker 1: It doesn't get much worse than this. And at the
• 27:44
  Speaker 1: end of the day, Sirianni's the boss. Are you just
• 27:47
  Speaker 1: going to fire the coordinators again? This thing does feel
• 27:50
  Speaker 1: like it could have... And listen, they lost both corners. Mitchell, Dejean,
• 27:56
  Speaker 1: Grenard left the game. Saquon's hammy, he was able to
• 28:01
  Speaker 1: walk off, feels exactly like Caleb Williams' hammy. I would
• 28:05
  Speaker 1: expect Saquon to be gone for games, whether that's three,
• 28:10
  Speaker 1: whether that's five. I don't expect to see him anytime soon.
• 28:14
  Speaker 1: It's one of those he's gone, ruled him probable or
• 28:17
  Speaker 1: questionable or whatever it is, then he's out. He's out
• 28:19
  Speaker 1: for the game. He definitely ain't playing this week against Jacksonville,
• 28:22
  Speaker 1: who I don't know is one of the best teams
• 28:24
  Speaker 1: in the league. So, everyone, like, Sean Mannion, like, to me,
• 28:30
  Speaker 1: Sirianni and Jalen Hurst. And the one thing I'll say
• 28:33
  Speaker 1: about Philly, plays at a short leash before, man. They
• 28:38
  Speaker 1: pivoted on Carson Wentz in the blink of an eye.
• 28:41
  Speaker 1: It's like, well, what about three years ago? It's 2026.
• 28:43
  Speaker 1: We're three months away from 2027. If you want to
• 28:48
  Speaker 1: hold on to two years ago, great. I promise you this.
• 28:51
  Speaker 1: Howie Roseman and Jeffrey Lurie will not. So I think
• 28:55
  Speaker 1: now we have a three-month audition for the quarterback and
• 28:58
  Speaker 1: the coach. Definitely the coach, who I think we have
• 29:01
  Speaker 1: to start questioning. Like, what's he really bringing to the table?
• 29:03
  Speaker 1: Because it's not like this year is out of nowhere.
• 29:05
  Speaker 1: It looks exactly like last year. And if their defense
• 29:10
  Speaker 1: is just going to have some flaws now, they definitely
• 29:13
  Speaker 1: don't rush the passer as well. And by the end
• 29:16
  Speaker 1: of the game, they're just exhausted because they're on the
• 29:17
  Speaker 1: field constantly. Like, what can you possibly do when you're
• 29:20
  Speaker 1: on the field that much? And the answer is, you're
• 29:24
  Speaker 1: going to run out of gas. And that's what's going on.
• 29:27
  Speaker 1: I think Philadelphia and Dallas winning that game, as Philly
• 29:32
  Speaker 1: is imploding, and CeeDee Lamb looked like he had 75 catches.
• 29:38
  Speaker 1: As someone that drafted the Houston Texans defensively, in fantasy
• 29:40
  Speaker 1: because I thought they're going to be the best defense
• 29:42
  Speaker 1: in the league I saw them last year bringing everyone
• 29:45
  Speaker 1: back they're going to dominate they aren't even close to
• 29:48
  Speaker 1: what they were last year they're secondary now I've seen
• 29:51
  Speaker 1: Josh Allen light them up like Christmas tree I saw
• 29:54
  Speaker 1: Dak today go to CeeDee Lamb over and over and
• 29:58
  Speaker 1: over again I mentioned this to Coward when we recorded
• 30:02
  Speaker 1: the podcast. In basketball, for example, when you're playing a
• 30:05
  Speaker 1: guy in the NBA, and it's like, this guy's going
• 30:08
  Speaker 1: to go for 60. When that guy gets around 45,
• 30:11
  Speaker 1: maybe early 40s, high 40s, any respectable team goes, yeah,
• 30:17
  Speaker 1: we're just going to start doubling you. We'll leave other
• 30:19
  Speaker 1: guys wide open, but we are just not going to
• 30:21
  Speaker 1: let you score on us over and over and over again.
• 30:25
  Speaker 1: And that's what it felt like with CeeDee. It wasn't
• 30:27
  Speaker 1: like every play he's making one-handed grabs over three guys.
• 30:30
  Speaker 1: Half the play is wide open. I mean, his game-winning
• 30:33
  Speaker 1: touchdown in the middle of the end zone is just like,
• 30:36
  Speaker 1: what are we doing here? And I get it. Like,
• 30:38
  Speaker 1: George Pickens, a real threat. Ferguson's a real threat. Like,
• 30:41
  Speaker 1: their personnel is fantastic. But Dallas' offense– and here's the thing. Like,
• 30:47
  Speaker 1: I don't really know what the Eagles do well. The Cowboys'
• 30:51
  Speaker 1: defense is not great. I wouldn't get it– confused with
• 30:57
  Speaker 1: some top unit I mean it's it's going to be
• 31:00
  Speaker 1: an uphill climb to crack the top half of the
• 31:03
  Speaker 1: league when it's all said and done right but offensively
• 31:07
  Speaker 1: they are potent I mean they are potent it's what
• 31:10
  Speaker 1: drove me nuts last week against Baltimore when it's like
• 31:13
  Speaker 1: you have a really good offensive coordinator at least I
• 31:15
  Speaker 1: thought a dominant offense who was humming how can you
• 31:19
  Speaker 1: call those three plays how's that possible Right? Like, look
• 31:23
  Speaker 1: at the Chiefs. Couple huge situations in the red zone.
• 31:28
  Speaker 1: Easy touchdowns. Early in the game, Thornton, play that they've
• 31:33
  Speaker 1: ran in the Super Bowl before, walk in in the
• 31:35
  Speaker 1: corner of the front pylon. Late in the game, boom,
• 31:38
  Speaker 1: hit Thornton in the back. Who we're all thinking. It's like,
• 31:40
  Speaker 1: are they going to throw to Kelsey? Are they going
• 31:41
  Speaker 1: to run something to Walker? Nope. Thornton, Thornton, touchdown, touchdown. Why?
• 31:46
  Speaker 1: Because they're an innovative offensive group. And once you get closer,
• 31:50
  Speaker 1: I got some plays in my back pocket that that
• 31:52
  Speaker 1: I feel pretty confident aren't like a 50-50 coin flip.
• 31:55
  Speaker 1: In my mind, as a play caller, because of what
• 31:58
  Speaker 1: we've run, because of the look I know I'm going
• 32:00
  Speaker 1: to get after scouting you, it feels like 80-90%. Doesn't
• 32:04
  Speaker 1: mean we're going to score, but I feel pretty confident
• 32:08
  Speaker 1: if we can just block a little bit and my
• 32:09
  Speaker 1: quarterback goes the right guy, this is a pretty good
• 32:12
  Speaker 1: chance to be open. And that's what the Cowboys like.
• 32:16
  Speaker 1: Sometimes you just ride the hot hand. And they just
• 32:18
  Speaker 1: fed him and fed him and fed him. And, you know,
• 32:22
  Speaker 1: the Eagles were the complete opposite. And I got to
• 32:23
  Speaker 1: give the Rams credit. I watched McVay's postgame speech. He
• 32:27
  Speaker 1: was going nuts. That's the most excited I've seen McVay. McVay,
• 32:33
  Speaker 1: when they, the last play of the game, when they
• 32:36
  Speaker 1: broke up the pass to Hurts, he must have run
• 32:39
  Speaker 1: like 40 yards on the sideline, like jump ninja kicks
• 32:43
  Speaker 1: one of his dudes and is just going berserk. And
• 32:46
  Speaker 1: after the game, like he's hooting and hollering. And one
• 32:48
  Speaker 1: thing he said, like, and I was like, I think
• 32:50
  Speaker 1: he's right. So a lot of teams would have folded.
• 32:53
  Speaker 1: And I do agree. Because it's one thing to be
• 32:56
  Speaker 1: down 10. It felt like they were down 40. How
• 33:00
  Speaker 1: bad Stafford was playing. It was wet. Their guys weren't
• 33:03
  Speaker 1: catching the ball. And then everything flipped. And then in
• 33:06
  Speaker 1: two drives that won them the game or helped them.
• 33:10
  Speaker 1: One came storming back and the other one won the game.
• 33:12
  Speaker 1: I think it was 19 plays for almost 180 yards. Boom, boom.
• 33:17
  Speaker 1: And like both drives combined were under five minutes. So
• 33:21
  Speaker 1: they flipped a switch. They never tapped out. And then
• 33:24
  Speaker 1: it felt like they broke the Eagles and they killed them.
• 33:28
  Speaker 1: They feel dead. I would be stunned. I mean stunned
• 33:37
  Speaker 1: if the Philadelphia Eagles can get on a plane and
• 33:39
  Speaker 1: go to London and beat the Jags. I feel it's
• 33:42
  Speaker 1: more likely that game ends up like 38-10 than it
• 33:44
  Speaker 1: does Philly wins 19-15 or something. So, and the Rams
• 33:52
  Speaker 1: saved their season because at one and three, with how
• 33:56
  Speaker 1: bad they had looked, you know, Puka coming back is
• 33:59
  Speaker 1: a game changer. He was fantastic today. You felt his presence.
• 34:04
  Speaker 1: He had the touchdown on the end around. He just
• 34:07
  Speaker 1: had so many big catches over the middle of the field.
• 34:10
  Speaker 1: He had tough grabs in traffic. Might have some issues.
• 34:14
  Speaker 1: Might hang out with some questionable streamers, but I'll tell
• 34:16
  Speaker 1: you this, that fucker's a war daddy. That guy's a baller.
• 34:20
  Speaker 1: Speaking of war daddies, I wasn't that confident on the 49ers.
• 34:25
  Speaker 1: They had a bunch of injuries. Eventually, Seattle's coming up next. Denver,
• 34:33
  Speaker 1: going to be a tough matchup because they have a
• 34:34
  Speaker 1: good defense. Mike Evans is dealing with these broken ribs.
• 34:39
  Speaker 1: I don't even know why they played Mike Evans before
• 34:41
  Speaker 1: the game. I was like, you know what? If he's 50%,
• 34:45
  Speaker 1: you get him the next week. And I spoke about
• 34:50
  Speaker 1: McMillan and building your team the right way. You're not
• 34:52
  Speaker 1: just picking players. You're not just signing and drafting players.
• 34:56
  Speaker 1: You're building a team. And the type guys you have
• 34:59
  Speaker 1: in the building create the culture. You know, we hear
• 35:02
  Speaker 1: this all the time, and it's so cliche and kind
• 35:04
  Speaker 1: of cheesy, like, head coach setting the culture, head coach
• 35:07
  Speaker 1: setting the culture. The head coach, there have been a
• 35:09
  Speaker 1: lot of head coaches who have failed with incredible messages.
• 35:13
  Speaker 1: Because if you don't have the right type people that
• 35:16
  Speaker 1: are taking in that message... and then living out that message,
• 35:20
  Speaker 1: none of it matters. And at the end of the day,
• 35:23
  Speaker 1: no coach with a headset has ever gained a yard,
• 35:27
  Speaker 1: made a tackle, scored a touchdown, prevented a touchdown between
• 35:33
  Speaker 1: the white lines. The players do that. And having the
• 35:36
  Speaker 1: right type players, the mentality, is how you win. Forever,
• 35:40
  Speaker 1: you know, the Steelers, now they're old, but for a
• 35:44
  Speaker 1: long period of time with Coward and then Tomlin, It's
• 35:47
  Speaker 1: like just the Ravens. It's why they were mirror images
• 35:49
  Speaker 1: of each other. Because they had so many of these
• 35:53
  Speaker 1: crazy dudes that were just football playing Jesses. It's like,
• 35:59
  Speaker 1: I want that guy on my team. That's what so
• 36:01
  Speaker 1: many people that were fans of other teams, when we
• 36:03
  Speaker 1: watched those two teams play in their heyday, were like,
• 36:06
  Speaker 1: can I get some of those guys? And watching Mike
• 36:09
  Speaker 1: Evans come from Tampa to the 49ers, and break ribs
• 36:14
  Speaker 1: and clearly struggle to breathe when he's getting tackled, be
• 36:17
  Speaker 1: out there. I saw Trent Williams after the game was like,
• 36:21
  Speaker 1: none of us, not a soul in this locker room
• 36:23
  Speaker 1: would have blamed him if he didn't play. But you
• 36:26
  Speaker 1: just watch that guy clearly never cross his mind. He
• 36:29
  Speaker 1: wasn't going to play. And now looking back, is it
• 36:32
  Speaker 1: shocking that, I'm sure he had other offers, not like
• 36:35
  Speaker 1: the 49ers even gave him that much money, that he
• 36:38
  Speaker 1: chose to play with Fred Warner, Christian McCaffrey, George Kittle,
• 36:42
  Speaker 1: who tore his Achilles in the playoff game. I saw
• 36:48
  Speaker 1: a clip today that his touchdown at the end of
• 36:51
  Speaker 1: the game, which he took to the house, I think
• 36:53
  Speaker 1: from like 60, 70 yards, he was going like 20
• 36:57
  Speaker 1: miles an hour. And I think the big difference today
• 37:02
  Speaker 1: in that game was it was a hard-hitting early half.
• 37:06
  Speaker 1: The Broncos are tough. Turns out the 49ers are just tougher.
• 37:10
  Speaker 1: Bo Nix has obviously had some really good moments throughout
• 37:13
  Speaker 1: his NFL career. Brock Purdy's on a completely different level.
• 37:17
  Speaker 1: And the other thing is, like, if I was the
• 37:18
  Speaker 1: Walton family, Penner, you know, the brother-in-law, technically the boss, but,
• 37:24
  Speaker 1: you know, you know where he gets his cash. It's like, Sean,
• 37:28
  Speaker 1: you and Kyle right now, right? You're the older version
• 37:31
  Speaker 1: of Kyle, but you guys are both making $ 18, $ 20
• 37:34
  Speaker 1: million a year. He runs the offense and he runs
• 37:39
  Speaker 1: the team. I get you really wanted to keep this guy.
• 37:44
  Speaker 1: Seems like a good guy. I've followed his career as
• 37:46
  Speaker 1: a player. It has not gone well. Something feels off,
• 37:51
  Speaker 1: even different from last year when it would feel off,
• 37:53
  Speaker 1: but they would pull these games out of their you-know-what.
• 37:56
  Speaker 1: So I would just sit down with Sean and I'd go, listen,
• 38:00
  Speaker 1: I understand we wanted to keep this guy, but you're
• 38:05
  Speaker 1: the play caller. That's why you make all this money.
• 38:09
  Speaker 1: You were the guy that hand-stamped this quarterback. And there
• 38:12
  Speaker 1: are so many plays, like basic plays. One big difference
• 38:16
  Speaker 1: today that I noticed watching Purdy and Bo Nix. Because
• 38:21
  Speaker 1: I think when they drafted Bo Nix, they wanted some
• 38:24
  Speaker 1: version of like what Purdy had become. To be able
• 38:28
  Speaker 1: to run the offense kind of Drew Brees style, but
• 38:30
  Speaker 1: with some mobility. Yet there will be basic like wheel
• 38:33
  Speaker 1: routes that are wide open. It'll be like second and eight.
• 38:39
  Speaker 1: And he'll skip the ball at the guy's feet where
• 38:41
  Speaker 1: if he catches it, maybe he gets the first down.
• 38:45
  Speaker 1: But instead of being third and eight, it's third and one.
• 38:49
  Speaker 1: And that's the difference in Brock Purdy. The layup throws,
• 38:52
  Speaker 1: he hits with his eyes closed. Everyone's going to miss
• 38:55
  Speaker 1: some deep daggers, some deep balls over the middle of
• 38:58
  Speaker 1: the field, some deep go routes. It's football. Those are
• 39:02
  Speaker 1: hard balls to complete. To me, it's what Mahomes never
• 39:07
  Speaker 1: gets enough credit for. If you run a wheel route
• 39:10
  Speaker 1: or a screen pass or like some weird play to
• 39:13
  Speaker 1: Kelsey where he has to touch pass it over an
• 39:16
  Speaker 1: outstretched defender, I'm talking something not vertical, like horizontal over,
• 39:23
  Speaker 1: you know, like parallel to him. I feel like he
• 39:27
  Speaker 1: hits it 95% of the time. And I watch Bo Nix.
• 39:33
  Speaker 1: I feel like it's going to be incomplete when he
• 39:34
  Speaker 1: throws it. And right now, offensively, I know they had
• 39:38
  Speaker 1: some major injuries today too. I mean, we'll see Sertan
• 39:42
  Speaker 1: got carted off. Hopefully he's okay. But Bo Nix is
• 39:47
  Speaker 1: just kind of a flawed player. And you can only
• 39:51
  Speaker 1: have these crazy fourth quarter comebacks. You're not going to
• 39:53
  Speaker 1: have those every year your entire career. And right now
• 39:56
  Speaker 1: they clearly, like the 49ers, were just a little tougher
• 39:59
  Speaker 1: than them. But they also have way better quarterback play.
• 40:02
  Speaker 1: Like their quarterback is just a better player. I don't
• 40:05
  Speaker 1: watch the Broncos and think, ah, they don't have enough
• 40:07
  Speaker 1: skill guys. No, I think their quarterback is not playing
• 40:11
  Speaker 1: very well. And for most of this season, beside a
• 40:14
  Speaker 1: couple quarters, they have not played well. Like the Jags
• 40:18
  Speaker 1: are the opposite. They had the one half against the
• 40:23
  Speaker 1: Broncos that they played like shit and they lost the game.
• 40:26
  Speaker 1: Other than that, I feel like they have won the overwhelming,
• 40:29
  Speaker 1: if not all the quarters they played this season. And
• 40:32
  Speaker 1: for the first time today, you know, the Niners, if anything,
• 40:35
  Speaker 1: it was a wash, but like they didn't outplay their
• 40:38
  Speaker 1: opponent in a quarter or a half. Probably a wash.
• 40:43
  Speaker 1: They got stuffed on a fourth down. But it was
• 40:45
  Speaker 1: 3-3 at half. And it felt right. It was a
• 40:47
  Speaker 1: tight game. But in the second half, they separated. Because
• 40:51
  Speaker 1: their quarterback can consistently lead them on a drive when
• 40:54
  Speaker 1: it matters the most. When the game is still a
• 40:57
  Speaker 1: field goal game. And it goes from 10-6 to 17-6.
• 41:00
  Speaker 1: And let's be honest, when it went 17-6, it felt
• 41:04
  Speaker 1: over because it didn't feel like they were going to
• 41:05
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  Speaker 1: Terms and conditions apply. The other game that blew me
• 43:09
  Speaker 1: away was... The Raiders. The Chiefs are a lot like
• 43:18
  Speaker 1: the 49ers. There is an institutional, competitive culture there that's elite.
• 43:26
  Speaker 1: The focus, the determination, the drive of the group is special.
• 43:32
  Speaker 1: And then when you onboard, as the tech companies say,
• 43:35
  Speaker 1: new guys... especially rookies, right? Kenneth Walker came from a
• 43:40
  Speaker 1: Super Bowl champion, so you knew you were getting a
• 43:42
  Speaker 1: high-level guy that knew what winning looks like. And the
• 43:45
  Speaker 1: majority of his career in Seattle, they had been good.
• 43:49
  Speaker 1: But when you get young players from the draft class,
• 43:53
  Speaker 1: there's no kind of figuring it out. You watch Jeremiah
• 43:55
  Speaker 1: Love right now. He's talking about how he's tired and stuff.
• 43:59
  Speaker 1: I don't think Jeremiah Love would be talking like that
• 44:01
  Speaker 1: if he played for the Ravens, if he played for
• 44:02
  Speaker 1: the Chiefs, if he played for the 49ers or the Rams.
• 44:06
  Speaker 1: But you play for the Cardinals, all of a sudden
• 44:08
  Speaker 1: a couple years later, and I don't think Jeremiah Love's
• 44:10
  Speaker 1: going to become Marvin Harrison, but you can just get
• 44:13
  Speaker 1: lost in the toxicity of losing. Most people are humans.
• 44:18
  Speaker 1: Most people are not able to rise above it. And
• 44:22
  Speaker 1: the Chiefs this year, there has been an edge to
• 44:25
  Speaker 1: them that has been really, really impressive. And obviously Kenneth
• 44:28
  Speaker 1: Walker's been incredible. Thornton today was unreal until his ankle broke.
• 44:34
  Speaker 1: pointed the opposite direction, which was one of the worst
• 44:37
  Speaker 1: moments of the day. Because the guy was having... It's
• 44:42
  Speaker 1: got to be the game of his life. It was
• 44:44
  Speaker 1: dominating the game. Red zone dominating, the deep bomb dominating.
• 44:48
  Speaker 1: It was awesome to watch. And to see his season
• 44:53
  Speaker 1: probably end like that sucks. But I will say this.
• 45:00
  Speaker 1: Most coaches in pro football will... say there are no
• 45:05
  Speaker 1: such thing as moral victories. I think there are certain
• 45:08
  Speaker 1: times that moral victories are real. And I think if
• 45:12
  Speaker 1: you're a Raiders player, a Raiders coach, and definitely a
• 45:15
  Speaker 1: Raiders fan, I think most Raiders fans are going to
• 45:17
  Speaker 1: be pretty excited. Because today kind of validated, like, okay,
• 45:21
  Speaker 1: this team is real. This team could be a playoff contender. Like,
• 45:26
  Speaker 1: to make the 7 or 6 seed. Like, we can
• 45:29
  Speaker 1: win 10 games. We have one of the best players
• 45:31
  Speaker 1: on defense in Max Crosby. We have clearly one of
• 45:35
  Speaker 1: the best offensive players in Bowers. Our second tight end
• 45:39
  Speaker 1: is awesome. Our two running backs are good. Our receiver room,
• 45:42
  Speaker 1: not great. But defensively, we're solid. We're well coached. And
• 45:46
  Speaker 1: I also think it shows you that we got a
• 45:50
  Speaker 1: lot of scam artists in America. We got scams all
• 45:52
  Speaker 1: over the place, right? The scam Pete Carroll's son and
• 45:57
  Speaker 1: Chip Kelly ran last year on the Raiders operation would
• 46:02
  Speaker 1: get some people put in prison. And you watch Kubiak
• 46:06
  Speaker 1: and his coaching staff and just how well they're buttoned
• 46:11
  Speaker 1: up in a game that mattered a lot. You know,
• 46:14
  Speaker 1: you could tell. Like, if you've watched, and I've watched
• 46:16
  Speaker 1: every snap the Chiefs have played, first two games to
• 46:20
  Speaker 1: the Kansas City felt like playoff games. They took that
• 46:22
  Speaker 1: shit really seriously. Last week, Miami, you know, it was
• 46:25
  Speaker 1: kind of a little cruise control. You know, it was like, oh,
• 46:28
  Speaker 1: we're just going to go to the South Beach. We'll
• 46:30
  Speaker 1: get us a win, but, you know, we'll feel it out. Today,
• 46:34
  Speaker 1: they came in, and so did the Raiders, and they
• 46:37
  Speaker 1: matched them. And it was really– those two games on simultaneously,
• 46:42
  Speaker 1: the Denver game, Denver Niners and Raiders Chiefs, the hitting,
• 46:46
  Speaker 1: the physicality, the intensity of it was just– as someone
• 46:51
  Speaker 1: that just loves– there's a purity aspect of just football
• 46:55
  Speaker 1: to me that sometimes I miss. We spend so much
• 46:58
  Speaker 1: time talking about, like, Jed York gets suspended for a hooker.
• 47:01
  Speaker 1: I like talking about that stuff a lot too. But
• 47:03
  Speaker 1: just like three hours of just high-level football, that was
• 47:08
  Speaker 1: an extremely enjoyable stretch. And while the 49ers separated, honestly,
• 47:13
  Speaker 1: I kept waiting. I was like, are the Raiders going
• 47:15
  Speaker 1: to break? They never really did until they fumble on
• 47:17
  Speaker 1: the kickoff. Then obviously Walker scores on the next play,
• 47:20
  Speaker 1: and then it kind of separated. But Cousins, the other thing,
• 47:23
  Speaker 1: I would say has been one of the biggest revelations
• 47:25
  Speaker 1: in the sport because I don't think there are many people–
• 47:31
  Speaker 1: I would even imagine even the Raiders that thought he
• 47:33
  Speaker 1: would be this good. Now, part of it is they're
• 47:35
  Speaker 1: blocking for him. He's not getting hit. He's got time.
• 47:38
  Speaker 1: But he is playing. It's one thing to just show
• 47:41
  Speaker 1: up to help Fernando learn how to be a pro.
• 47:45
  Speaker 1: He's playing really good football. If you watch that game,
• 47:49
  Speaker 1: he's going toe-to-toe with Patrick Mahomes. I'd have to look
• 47:55
  Speaker 1: at the numbers, but through the first month of the season,
• 47:58
  Speaker 1: he's got to be one of, if not top two
• 48:02
  Speaker 1: or three players in the AFC at quarterback. True pro bowlers,
• 48:05
  Speaker 1: where the top three players from each conference go, I
• 48:10
  Speaker 1: would imagine through four weeks, Kirk Cousins is a pro bowler.
• 48:13
  Speaker 1: And again, he's not exactly playing with Jerry Rice and
• 48:15
  Speaker 1: Tim Brown at wide receiver. So congrats to Kubiak, who
• 48:20
  Speaker 1: I think at halftime, he might have just been kind
• 48:22
  Speaker 1: of feeling himself. Said, like, we're going to go get
• 48:25
  Speaker 1: some halftime adjustments. We're going to win this game. You know,
• 48:28
  Speaker 1: if you've watched Kubiak talk, he is not like that.
• 48:30
  Speaker 1: I think it was just the emotions. It shows you
• 48:32
  Speaker 1: the adrenaline. Just the football juices coursing through your body.
• 48:37
  Speaker 1: I had to really get him going. Chargers stink. I mean,
• 48:39
  Speaker 1: they are. I know the final score was 30-23. I
• 48:43
  Speaker 1: did not feel like that. They lost McConkie and Joe
• 48:47
  Speaker 1: Alt during the game. They're terrible. They're terrible. Minnesota Vikings
• 48:50
  Speaker 1: are 4-0. I saw this stat. The Chiefs, they're a
• 48:54
  Speaker 1: 3-4-0 team. Chiefs, Niners, Vikings. The 49ers have scored 16 touchdowns.
• 48:59
  Speaker 1: The Chiefs have scored 14, and the Vikings have scored 6. Now,
• 49:03
  Speaker 1: it technically probably should have been 7. Anyone that had
• 49:06
  Speaker 1: the old Dolphins and the 11.5, they hit the ground.
• 49:10
  Speaker 1: I had the game on mute. I'm pretty sure it
• 49:12
  Speaker 1: was T.J. Hawkinson. hit the ground, and they ran out
• 49:14
  Speaker 1: the clock. So it could be seven, but their offense
• 49:17
  Speaker 1: is awful. I mean, it's a Brian Flores. lot of operation. Now,
• 49:23
  Speaker 1: as they play better teams, are they going to be
• 49:25
  Speaker 1: able to win games just on Flores, blitzing everybody? Probably not.
• 49:30
  Speaker 1: But it has been pretty impressive. You know, it's not
• 49:34
  Speaker 1: easy to win in the NFL no matter what, especially
• 49:36
  Speaker 1: when your offense is not doing much. So their kicker
• 49:40
  Speaker 1: dominated today. I know I was going against them in
• 49:43
  Speaker 1: fantasy at like 20 points, but Vikings are 4-0. Now,
• 49:47
  Speaker 1: if I'm a betting man, I am taking the Bears
• 49:50
  Speaker 1: to win that division. The power of a play caller,
• 49:56
  Speaker 1: whether it's your head coach, your offensive coordinator, if they
• 49:59
  Speaker 1: can win games with a backup quarterback, the play caller
• 50:03
  Speaker 1: immediately becomes underpaid. To go back-to-back weeks with two different
• 50:07
  Speaker 1: backup quarterbacks, and dominate both games is just, what a
• 50:14
  Speaker 1: feather in Ben Johnson's cap. I don't think you can
• 50:19
  Speaker 1: be hyperbolic with hyping this guy up. He's been as
• 50:24
  Speaker 1: good as advertised. And this stat, the Bears had 34
• 50:27
  Speaker 1: first downs. The Jets had 32 plays. It's only the
• 50:32
  Speaker 1: second game in the Super Bowl era, which started in 1966,
• 50:38
  Speaker 1: which a team had more first downs than its opponent
• 50:41
  Speaker 1: had plays. That is an insane stat. And I looked
• 50:46
  Speaker 1: at this when I was talking to Colin. They had
• 50:47
  Speaker 1: like 240 yards rushing. Their longest rush was like 24 yards.
• 50:52
  Speaker 1: It's not like they had a 70-yarder. They just gash you.
• 50:56
  Speaker 1: And I had said last week I assumed Tyson was
• 50:59
  Speaker 1: going to play. You could kind of tell in case
• 51:02
  Speaker 1: in his postgame presser on Monday and then if you
• 51:04
  Speaker 1: watch some of his interviews on Tuesday. I think that's
• 51:08
  Speaker 1: part of the reason he was so emotional. He knew
• 51:10
  Speaker 1: it was going to be his only shot. I bet
• 51:12
  Speaker 1: Bennett even... Their relationship is pretty close. It's probably more
• 51:16
  Speaker 1: like coach to coach than player to player. It's like
• 51:19
  Speaker 1: Tyson also got an extension. And Tyson is... Tyson is
• 51:25
  Speaker 1: really talented. Not a perfect player. Once they start dominating,
• 51:29
  Speaker 1: I start paying attention more to the Eagle game and
• 51:32
  Speaker 1: the Cowboy game. But like mobile, big arm... Hit some
• 51:37
  Speaker 1: big plays. I know he had a pick, but there's
• 51:40
  Speaker 1: a lot there to work with as a backup quarterback.
• 51:43
  Speaker 1: And then you watch his interviews after the game, talking
• 51:46
  Speaker 1: about how much Case means to him. It's like his
• 51:48
  Speaker 1: favorite teammate of all time, and Case is the one
• 51:50
  Speaker 1: that told him. Ben had Case tell him that he
• 51:52
  Speaker 1: was going to start, I think on Tuesday or Wednesday morning.
• 51:57
  Speaker 1: When your quarterback room is that buttoned up, it's hard
• 52:01
  Speaker 1: not to have a good team. I'm really high on
• 52:05
  Speaker 1: the Bears. Now, is their defense going to play like
• 52:08
  Speaker 1: it's been playing against the Eagles and the Jets against
• 52:11
  Speaker 1: the better offensive teams? I'm not sure. Their personnel is
• 52:14
  Speaker 1: still the same. But I would just say this, and
• 52:17
  Speaker 1: Ben Johnson, I believe. Like, the way you feel about Sirianni,
• 52:21
  Speaker 1: it's like, wouldn't trust him, right? It's the opposite of
• 52:25
  Speaker 1: how you feel with Ben Johnson right now, and he's
• 52:26
  Speaker 1: proving it with Tyson Badgett. and Case Keenum in a
• 52:31
  Speaker 1: six-day stretch. They played on Monday, and then they played
• 52:33
  Speaker 1: again Sunday morning. And they beat the living shit out
• 52:37
  Speaker 1: of both teams. So it's got to feel good to
• 52:41
  Speaker 1: be a Bears fan. It really does. Anything else? A
• 52:45
  Speaker 1: ref screamed F-U at Trey McBride. Probably can't do that.
• 52:52
  Speaker 1: I would imagine the guy would get fired for screaming
• 52:55
  Speaker 1: that unless Trey comes out. He said something crazy, which... Personally,
• 53:00
  Speaker 1: I never have an issue with anyone screaming F-bombs at
• 53:04
  Speaker 1: each other. I'm personally very pro that in life, in
• 53:08
  Speaker 1: professional settings. Maybe growing up around farmers, most of my
• 53:14
  Speaker 1: friends growing up, their families were in the construction world.
• 53:17
  Speaker 1: I've just been around that culture professionally, and then I
• 53:21
  Speaker 1: started working in football, so I'm just used to hearing
• 53:22
  Speaker 1: that word a lot. If you told me Trey screamed
• 53:25
  Speaker 1: at him, I just don't care. It doesn't bother me
• 53:28
  Speaker 1: at all. Now, if this guy is just Trey screaming
• 53:31
  Speaker 1: at him, like, throw the flag, and he screams that back, like, yeah,
• 53:34
  Speaker 1: I got no problem firing the guy or suspending him
• 53:37
  Speaker 1: or whatever, but I'm not as, I would say, like,
• 53:43
  Speaker 1: on some moral high ground when it comes, it always
• 53:46
  Speaker 1: bothers me when Draymond Green gets his attack for screaming
• 53:49
  Speaker 1: the F-bomb. It's like, this is pro sports. This isn't
• 53:51
  Speaker 1: Little League. Not everyone has, you know, the vocabulary of
• 53:56
  Speaker 1: a Cal English major. I don't care that they're using
• 54:00
  Speaker 1: this word. And maybe that makes some people uncomfortable. My
• 54:04
  Speaker 1: mom doesn't love it. But I'm very comfortable around it.
• 54:08
  Speaker 1: I'm not as bothered by it. Unless it was completely
• 54:10
  Speaker 1: impromptu and he just screamed at him. I would guess
• 54:13
  Speaker 1: it wasn't. Trey was screaming at him. There was another
• 54:15
  Speaker 1: video of a referee hitting the ground and him getting up.
• 54:20
  Speaker 1: I just... I don't care. I'm unbothered. I actually think
• 54:24
  Speaker 1: it's kind of funny. People... refs hear shit all the
• 54:28
  Speaker 1: time they're constantly getting screamed at so now if you
• 54:31
  Speaker 1: tell me the ref's terrible at his job fire him
• 54:34
  Speaker 1: i've always been pro that everyone else on a field
• 54:38
  Speaker 1: players and coaches they're literally their job is on the
• 54:41
  Speaker 1: line player in the nfl players get cut constantly obviously
• 54:45
  Speaker 1: coaches get fired coordinators position coaches all the time throughout
• 54:50
  Speaker 1: the season hell jim moore jr colorado state fired his
• 54:54
  Speaker 1: coach in the middle of the game Let me say
• 54:57
  Speaker 1: this about Jim Moore Jr. I don't think there's an
• 55:00
  Speaker 1: individual in the sport of football who I would least rather,
• 55:05
  Speaker 1: like he would be on the bottom of the list
• 55:07
  Speaker 1: if you had to rank every head coach in college
• 55:10
  Speaker 1: and the pros who you'd want to work for. Jim
• 55:12
  Speaker 1: Moore Jr. would be near the bottom. That was before
• 55:16
  Speaker 1: whatever happened yesterday firing the coach in the middle of
• 55:18
  Speaker 1: the game. I think Jim Moore Jr. is one of
• 55:21
  Speaker 1: the biggest, I don't even want to say it, but
• 55:26
  Speaker 1: Absolute D-bag. I've always thought that. And a lunatic. Lamar
• 55:33
  Speaker 1: was in a walking boot. Not ideal. As someone that
• 55:37
  Speaker 1: was on the Titans today, I got very lucky. The
• 55:41
  Speaker 1: Ravens could have beat them if he doesn't get hurt
• 55:43
  Speaker 1: 60 to 10. The Titans are so bad. He gets hurt.
• 55:48
  Speaker 1: They kind of go prevent operation. They end up winning by,
• 55:53
  Speaker 1: I think, less than 10 points. But Titans. Titans stink.
• 55:58
  Speaker 1: I mean, Sal, love the guy, but his gig's in trouble.
• 56:17
  Speaker 1: And I'll end on this. I am blown away. We
• 56:24
  Speaker 1: have seen so many guys who Clowney comes to mind,
• 56:29
  Speaker 1: but there have been other players who are viewed as
• 56:31
  Speaker 1: elite prospect, are going to go to the pros, get
• 56:36
  Speaker 1: drafted really high, and are just the best player in
• 56:38
  Speaker 1: college football. And their junior year is always kind of
• 56:42
  Speaker 1: weird because you don't want to get injured. You always
• 56:46
  Speaker 1: kind of toggle between being there for your team, but
• 56:51
  Speaker 1: half-assing it a little bit because what do you got
• 56:53
  Speaker 1: to play for? It's a tough spot. You're about to
• 56:56
  Speaker 1: sign a $ 40, $ 50 million contract. Now, the guys now,
• 56:59
  Speaker 1: Jeremiah Smith's a good example. There are rumors that he's
• 57:02
  Speaker 1: making $ 8, $ 10 million, and he's underpaid, clearly. So he's
• 57:06
  Speaker 1: making money unlike previous, before the NIL generation, obviously didn't,
• 57:12
  Speaker 1: beside brown bags of $ 40, $ 50K and a free car.
• 57:16
  Speaker 1: This guy's making millions of dollars. That being said, he's
• 57:20
  Speaker 1: already won a national championship. He is widely, I would
• 57:24
  Speaker 1: say universally regarded as the best player in college football non-quarterback.
• 57:28
  Speaker 1: And a lot of people argue, like, is there a
• 57:30
  Speaker 1: quarterback worth taking over him? And I think it's a
• 57:32
  Speaker 1: fair argument. I think he is almost guaranteed to be
• 57:37
  Speaker 1: the first non-quarterback off the board unless there is some
• 57:40
  Speaker 1: Trent Williams, Miles Garrett level, guy on the line of
• 57:44
  Speaker 1: scrimmage that we're not that familiar with yet. You know,
• 57:48
  Speaker 1: I think there are some question marks about Colin Simmons
• 57:50
  Speaker 1: at Texas, his size. But he's obviously a really talented player.
• 57:55
  Speaker 1: I'm not sure there's a tackle viewed as some blue-chip
• 57:58
  Speaker 1: Jonathan Ogden-level guy. Watching Jeremiah Smith these last couple weeks,
• 58:04
  Speaker 1: he's got a combined– he had 23 catches the last
• 58:08
  Speaker 1: two weeks for 200– 25 yards and six touchdowns, and
• 58:13
  Speaker 1: on the season he has 44 catches, 820 yards, and
• 58:16
  Speaker 1: nine touchdowns in five games. He is playing like his
• 58:21
  Speaker 1: job is on the line every snap. His effort against Iowa,
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  Speaker 1: against Illinois, is like he's playing for the national championship.
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  Speaker 1: And if you, these people scouting him, are going to
• 58:33
  Speaker 1: go tell their general managers that It is crazy to
• 58:37
  Speaker 1: watch a guy this good who's already accomplished, and people
• 58:39
  Speaker 1: will be like, well, he hasn't won the Heisman yet.
• 58:41
  Speaker 1: It's like, well, okay. Most people, if his drive is like,
• 58:47
  Speaker 1: I just want to win the Heisman, that's insane. I
• 58:51
  Speaker 1: have the utmost respect watching this guy play. I said
• 58:55
  Speaker 1: it after the Texas game when they lost. They did
• 58:57
  Speaker 1: not throw him the ball enough. He had eight catches
• 58:59
  Speaker 1: for 164 yards in that. He should have had 14
• 59:02
  Speaker 1: or 15 catches in that game. He was unstoppable. He
• 59:05
  Speaker 1: has been a one man wrecking crew this season. And
• 59:09
  Speaker 1: it like got announced that, you know, Portnoy and those
• 59:11
  Speaker 1: guys at barstool got fired because Ohio state wanted them gone.
• 59:15
  Speaker 1: And Fox had to kind of, you know, acquiesce to
• 59:18
  Speaker 1: their demands. Well, yeah, they kind of do. Ohio state
• 59:21
  Speaker 1: is carrying the conference right now. We'll see how good
• 59:23
  Speaker 1: Indiana is this week against Nebraska. Um, I think they
• 59:28
  Speaker 1: might be down a little bit from last year. They're
• 59:29
  Speaker 1: still pretty good. And Oregon's got to get their shit
• 59:31
  Speaker 1: together still. But the Big Ten's in shambles. And Michigan
• 59:35
  Speaker 1: is the opposite of Ohio State right now. A complete joke.
• 59:39
  Speaker 1: Unwatchable product. We make a lot of fun about the
• 59:41
  Speaker 1: Eagles being tough watch. Michigan's an awful watch. And there
• 59:45
  Speaker 1: was this viral screenshot of last year's freshman class. The
• 59:51
  Speaker 1: top two players in the entire class were Bryce Underwood,
• 59:54
  Speaker 1: who was the number one player And Keelan Russell, who's
• 59:57
  Speaker 1: the number two player. And people quoting it like, how's
• 1:00:00
  Speaker 1: this possible? This gets to the draft. There are no
• 1:00:05
  Speaker 1: sure things. But I feel like Jeremiah Smith is for
• 1:00:10
  Speaker 1: sure a thing at that position as we've seen since
• 1:00:12
  Speaker 1: Calvin Johnson, Larry Fitzgerald, that level of player. Julio Jones.
• 1:00:19
  Speaker 1: At wide receiver, you're dependent on your coordinator and your
• 1:00:23
  Speaker 1: quarterback to But I can't see that guy not becoming
• 1:00:26
  Speaker 1: a high end player. You know, Marvin Harrison just kind
• 1:00:29
  Speaker 1: of goes through the most. This guy plays like his
• 1:00:32
  Speaker 1: life is on the line every game. It is. It's remarkable.
• 1:00:37
  Speaker 1: And the Underwood thing, like he's obviously terrible and they
• 1:00:42
  Speaker 1: would like their money back. But there are quarterbacks all
• 1:00:46
  Speaker 1: the time, just like there are players all the time
• 1:00:48
  Speaker 1: that are five stars, top player, top two player, who
• 1:00:52
  Speaker 1: aren't any good. And then there are other guys in
• 1:00:54
  Speaker 1: that list, like Keelan Russell, who immediately looks like a star.
• 1:00:58
  Speaker 1: Alabama just lost their quarterback to the NFL draft. He
• 1:01:01
  Speaker 1: went 13th, which was kind of crazy. But still, there's
• 1:01:05
  Speaker 1: a team who's just in the NFC Championship, whose GM
• 1:01:08
  Speaker 1: has the Super Bowl, who picked the guy 13th in
• 1:01:11
  Speaker 1: the draft. And the gap in which they've upgraded is
• 1:01:15
  Speaker 1: like the size of the Grand Canyon. Alabama is so
• 1:01:20
  Speaker 1: much better this year just because of Keelan Russell, their
• 1:01:23
  Speaker 1: big playability. That game against Georgia this week is going
• 1:01:27
  Speaker 1: to be fantastic. And, you know, obviously DeBoers beat Kirby
• 1:01:31
  Speaker 1: two straight years in the regular season. Listen, if this
• 1:01:34
  Speaker 1: quarterback keeps playing like he's playing, if you're Alabama, if anything,
• 1:01:39
  Speaker 1: you're just mad that Bryce Underwood didn't end up at–
• 1:01:43
  Speaker 1: at LSU where you're supposed to go with Brian Kelly
• 1:01:45
  Speaker 1: because you get to play him every single year. Well,
• 1:01:48
  Speaker 1: you wouldn't get to play him, actually. Lane would have
• 1:01:50
  Speaker 1: got rid of him. Absolutely no chance Lane would have
• 1:01:52
  Speaker 1: played this guy. And it's not all his fault. Michigan
• 1:01:56
  Speaker 1: has a little bit of a vibe. I think Kyle Whittingham,
• 1:02:00
  Speaker 1: in the peak of his powers, one of the best
• 1:02:02
  Speaker 1: college coaches of my life. What he did at Utah,
• 1:02:04
  Speaker 1: went to the Pac-12, went to the Rose Bowl. Utah,
• 1:02:08
  Speaker 1: like 20 years ago, was in the WAC, Western Athletic Conference.
• 1:02:12
  Speaker 1: with teams like Fresno State, San Diego State, New Mexico.
• 1:02:16
  Speaker 1: That's who they were playing. And then 15, 10 years later,
• 1:02:19
  Speaker 1: they're in the Rose Bowl. Kyle Whittingham was excellent. So
• 1:02:22
  Speaker 1: was Pete Carroll. Pete Carroll won national championships. Pete Carroll
• 1:02:25
  Speaker 1: went to back-to-back Super Bowls. If it wasn't for a
• 1:02:28
  Speaker 1: pass call on a second down, they'd win back-to-back Super Bowls.
• 1:02:32
  Speaker 1: But by the time Pete Carroll got to the Raiders,
• 1:02:34
  Speaker 1: he was washed. He was shot. And that's what it
• 1:02:36
  Speaker 1: feels like, Kyle Whittingham. my guess is that Kyle Whittingham,
• 1:02:40
  Speaker 1: like Bryce Underwood, are not part of this Michigan program.
• 1:02:43
  Speaker 1: Because right now, you know, in the business Fox is
• 1:02:46
  Speaker 1: in with the Big Ten, it's pretty important to have
• 1:02:49
  Speaker 1: Michigan good. Just like it's pretty important to have USC good.
• 1:02:52
  Speaker 1: And USC's decent. Like, they'll probably still win nine games,
• 1:02:55
  Speaker 1: but they're very flawed. Michigan is terrible. Michigan is, they
• 1:02:59
  Speaker 1: get their ass kicked in that game. You know, if
• 1:03:02
  Speaker 1: Minnesota had a little more, I would say, firepower, that's
• 1:03:06
  Speaker 1: a 25-point game. They got worked. I can't believe how
• 1:03:10
  Speaker 1: much of that game I watched. At one point in time,
• 1:03:12
  Speaker 1: I'm like, why am I watching this? I don't have
• 1:03:14
  Speaker 1: money on the game. I'm not a Michigan or Minnesota fan.
• 1:03:17
  Speaker 1: I guess it was because I was rooting for the
• 1:03:18
  Speaker 1: ball guy. And that's how I will end this. If
• 1:03:22
  Speaker 1: Michigan's smart. assuming Minnesota keeps playing well and wins eight
• 1:03:26
  Speaker 1: or nine games with one of the lowest budgets in
• 1:03:29
  Speaker 1: the conference, why wouldn't you just hire that guy? Look
• 1:03:31
  Speaker 1: what he's doing in Minnesota. What do you think he'd
• 1:03:33
  Speaker 1: do with you where he can recruit a better player
• 1:03:35
  Speaker 1: but also develop with his energy and effort? Like, are
• 1:03:39
  Speaker 1: we going to discriminate against the ball community? I'd go
• 1:03:41
  Speaker 1: out and get P.J. Fleck. Adios, have a great night.
• 1:03:45
  Speaker 1: See you tomorrow. The Volume.