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Best of Ian Furness 10/29 · The Ian Furness Show

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Speaker 1: Yes.
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Speaker 2: Emmanuel Wilson's walking in right now.
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Speaker 3: Excited to talk to the Seahawks running back coming off.
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Speaker 2: Hi, Ian. Nice to meet you. Nice to meet you.
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Speaker 3: I'll have you throw that on there. We're live right
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Speaker 3: now on KJR radio and get you all set to go.
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Speaker 3: Make sure this isn't too loud. Is that, how's that sound?
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Speaker 4: That's fine. Is that fine?
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Speaker 1: Yeah. Okay.
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Speaker 2: How are you doing?
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Speaker 4: I'm good. Are you? I'm good.
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Speaker 2: Nice to meet you. Finally. Seahawks fans want to hear
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Speaker 2: from you. A hundred yards, baby.
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Speaker 4: Let's go. Yes, sir.
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Speaker 2: What'd that mean to you?
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Speaker 5: Uh, meant a lot. Uh, you know, the guys believed
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Speaker 5: in me, uh, to go out there and finish the game. And, um, Honestly,
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Speaker 5: I didn't even know I had over 100 yards until
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Speaker 5: after the game.
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Speaker 2: That was it? You're just like, oh, how about that?
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Speaker 2: I got 100 yards. That's cool.
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Speaker 4: Yes, sir.
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Speaker 3: You come here, and they draft a first-round pick in
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Speaker 3: Jadarian Price. Sharps is coming off an injury. There's some
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Speaker 3: other guys in there. Let's go back in time. Why'd
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Speaker 3: you come here in the first place?
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Speaker 4: Really, it's my childhood team. It was between... The 49ers
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Speaker 4: in here. Oh. Yeah.
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Speaker 2: It was.
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Speaker 4: It was. Me and my agent.
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Speaker 2: Don't worry.
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Speaker 6: I can bleep that out.
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Speaker 2: Thanks, Ash.
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Speaker 6: Yeah.
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Speaker 5: Me and my agent just had a great conversation.
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Speaker 4: He said it's probably a good opportunity for me here.
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Speaker 1: Yeah.
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Speaker 2: What's it been like here?
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Speaker 4: It's been wonderful, man. The guys here are wonderful. It
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Speaker 4: feels like a family.
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Speaker 5: And the guys just always joking.
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Speaker 4: Around and stuff like that. And I love that.
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Speaker 3: Yeah, I want to go back in time. You played
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Speaker 3: at Fort Valley State after playing at Johnson C. Smith University.
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Speaker 3: What level is Johnson C.
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Speaker 4: Smith? Division II. Division, so both Division II.
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Speaker 7: Yes, sir.
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Speaker 2: I have a son that played Division III.
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Speaker 4: Okay.
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Speaker 2: If you play that level, II or III or NAIA,
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Speaker 2: you love the game.
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Speaker 4: Yes, sir.
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Speaker 5: It's just like you're getting it out the mud for
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Speaker 5: real because everybody views the D1 like, talented and stuff
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Speaker 5: like that. And there's a lot of players in the
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Speaker 5: Division II, Division III, NIAIA, and stuff like that. So, really,
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Speaker 5: when I go back home and stuff like that, I'll
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Speaker 5: be giving, like, little nuggets to the guys and letting
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Speaker 5: them know. Like, you just put in the work, you
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Speaker 5: stay in your Bible, and you put up the numbers,
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Speaker 5: they'll come find you.
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Speaker 2: I love that, though.
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Speaker 3: I mean, did you ever have second thoughts, regrets, or
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Speaker 3: anything like that?
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Speaker 4: Like, transferring-wise?
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Speaker 3: Yeah, and just even like, hey, why am I doing this?
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Speaker 3: You know, it's probably a partial scholarship. It's not the
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Speaker 3: big money. You're not getting the NIL deal?
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Speaker 4: Yeah.
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Speaker 5: No, I never had no regrets about it. I always, like,
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Speaker 5: ask the coaches, like, do you see me going to
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Speaker 5: the league from your school? And they always told me, yeah,
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Speaker 5: I had the talent.
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Speaker 4: I just got to do it.
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Speaker 1: Yeah.
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Speaker 3: Good for you, man. Emmanuel Wilson joining us here. 92
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Speaker 3: yards against Arizona, 100 yards this past week. That was
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Speaker 3: a finish game. Like, you guys finished that game on
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Speaker 3: Sunday against Kansas City. You know, had you played in
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Speaker 3: Lumen before you came here?
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Speaker 4: Yes, back in 2024.
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Speaker 1: 2024.
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Speaker 3: So you know what this place was like. Sunday night, though,
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Speaker 3: is a little different. Kansas City is a little different.
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Speaker 3: What was that experience like in terms of, you know,
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Speaker 3: especially a guy coming from, ain't nothing like Lambeau. Lambeau
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Speaker 3: is a different beast. I've covered a bunch of games
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Speaker 3: there over the years. Love Lambeau.
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Speaker 2: But looming on a night game is something else, isn't it?
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Speaker 5: Yeah, man, it's crazy. You can feel the ground shaking
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Speaker 5: when the crowd is going crazy, man. I love it.
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Speaker 4: It was different, different atmosphere, and I love it.
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Speaker 3: You've got a big one this week against Chicago. Before
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Speaker 3: I get to that, I'm assuming you've seen the new
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Speaker 3: big guy walk in the room. You lay eyes on
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Speaker 3: Quentin Nelson yet?
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Speaker 2: Because all we hear is this dude is just like
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Speaker 2: a dude, like a beast.
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Speaker 4: Not yet, but I heard he was an eight-time pro bowler. Hey,
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Speaker 4: we love that.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah.
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Speaker 4: You know, they got him for a reason. I feel
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Speaker 4: like he could get a job done for us.
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Speaker 7: Yeah.
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Speaker 3: That offensive line, though, they've given you some room along
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Speaker 3: the way. But you just add a good player. Everyone's
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Speaker 3: adding players. DeForest Buckner goes to the 49ers the same day.
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Speaker 2: I don't know if.
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Speaker 4: You saw this.
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Speaker 3: Jeffrey Simmons. I'm sure this is mentioned in the meeting.
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Speaker 3: Jeffrey Simmons goes, and he's now a member of the
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Speaker 3: Chicago Bears. It almost feels like teams are like counterpunch.
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Speaker 3: Every time Seattle does something, they've got to try to
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Speaker 3: play catch-up here. Yeah, that's what it seemed like. Let's
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Speaker 3: talk about the Bears on Monday night a little bit,
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Speaker 3: what you're looking at. You've watched some film by now
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Speaker 3: and stuff, and we don't know what Simmons is going
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Speaker 3: to do and how much he's going to play. But
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Speaker 3: along those lines with Jeffrey Simmons and what you've seen
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Speaker 3: with Chicago, what do you see with their defense? Because
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Speaker 3: everyone talks about the offense of Ben Johnson.
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Speaker 2: What do you see with their defense?
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Speaker 5: Their defense, guys fly around on their defense, and they're
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Speaker 5: a great defense. They blitz a lot, so we're just
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Speaker 5: going to be extra cautious on that and getting out
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Speaker 5: of protection.
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Speaker 3: For you as a running back with maybe– Sharps coming back,
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Speaker 3: maybe Jadarian coming back, but there was always going to
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Speaker 3: be probably a role for you here. Did your role
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Speaker 3: change at all? What goes through your mind when you
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Speaker 3: see these guys that close to getting back.
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Speaker 4: And being in the NFL? Really, I just try to
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Speaker 4: prepare the same.
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Speaker 5: You know, try to go out there and prepare as
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Speaker 5: a starter and just continue to do what I have
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Speaker 5: to do to, like, when the opportunity's called, just go
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Speaker 5: out there and execute.
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Speaker 3: It feels like with a running back position, every guy's different.
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Speaker 3: There's a unique skill set, right? Like, does every guy
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Speaker 3: on this team have kind of a unique skill set? Like,
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Speaker 3: for you, George, maybe it's Valus, doesn't matter, and then
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Speaker 3: these other two guys. Sharps, we've always heard about him.
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Speaker 3: For us in the media, he's very quiet. He's kind
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Speaker 3: of like you. He's kind of a quiet dude, kind
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Speaker 3: of understated to say, I'm just going to do my job, man.
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Speaker 3: Let me go do my job. Mike McDonnell, whether it
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Speaker 3: was hard knocks or what he's talked to us about
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Speaker 3: in the media and his media sessions, he talks about
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Speaker 3: Zach Sharpen as kind of being very much a leader
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Speaker 3: and a guy that really is there for everybody, especially
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Speaker 3: the running back. What has he meant to you? He
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Speaker 3: hasn't been on the field, but he's been in all
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Speaker 3: those meetings. What is Sharves like?
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Speaker 5: You know, Sharves is a funny guy, actually.
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Speaker 8: He'd be talking and stuff like that, yeah. So he
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Speaker 8: talks to you guys, just not us. We have our
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Speaker 8: conversations and stuff. But all that aside, Zach is a
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Speaker 8: wonderful leader in that room. He tells us what we
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Speaker 8: need to see, what he's seeing, and how we can
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Speaker 8: go out there and execute things. Even on Sundays, like,
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Speaker 8: I ask him what he's seeing out there and stuff
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Speaker 8: like that. He'd give me great feedback.
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Speaker 7: Yeah.
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Speaker 2: Is it a tight room?
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Speaker 1: Yeah.
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Speaker 3: Cause I always wonder with you guys all want carries.
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Speaker 3: Like everybody wants, like if you're in the D line room,
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Speaker 3: you know, you're going to get your snaps, right? You're
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Speaker 3: going to get, I'm going to play 30, 40, 50%,
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Speaker 3: whatever it's going to be. Uh, you, you, you know,
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Speaker 3: you're getting your snaps. If you're a corner, if most
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Speaker 3: of those guys on defense, right. For being honest, those
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Speaker 3: guys know they're going to get their snaps.
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Speaker 2: Well, they're out. But for you guys, it's about the touches.
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Speaker 7: Yeah.
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Speaker 2: Is there competition? Is it friendly competition? Do you root
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Speaker 2: for each other? How does that work?
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Speaker 4: We always going to root for each other. It's, it's
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Speaker 4: one ball. Like, you know, uh, the receivers get it.
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Speaker 4: We get it.
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Speaker 5: Sam might take off around with it. Um, you know,
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Speaker 5: we just always dare for one another. I mean, it's competition.
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Speaker 1: Yeah.
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Speaker 4: It's friendly competition, but we always going to support one another.
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Speaker 2: Well, listen, welcome to Seattle.
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Speaker 3: Uh, great job so far this season. I, not knowing
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Speaker 3: you were at a hundred, but you got to a hundred.
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Speaker 3: That's a magical number for running back and a guy
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Speaker 3: that gets yards the hard way like you do as well.
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Speaker 2: Uh, that's a really cool number to see. Uh, and
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Speaker 2: so congratulations on that.
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Speaker 3: Welcome to Seattle. And, uh, how much are you looking
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Speaker 3: forward to a Monday night game in Seattle? You said Sunday.
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Speaker 3: What about Monday standalone, end of the week, what that
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Speaker 3: crowd could be like on Monday when they have all
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Speaker 3: damn day to get juiced up?
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Speaker 4: I'm looking forward to it. I'm looking forward to it.
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Speaker 4: I love the fans here.
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Speaker 2: I love it. Emmanuel Wilson, thank you so much. Go
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Speaker 2: get them. We'll take a quick break. Come back with
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Speaker 7: Now with Ian, here's Steve Palazzolo.
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Speaker 3: All right, let's check in with our good friend Steve Palazzolo,
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Speaker 3: 3013 Check the Mic podcast. I'm at Seahawk headquarters here
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Speaker 3: at the Virginia Mason Athletic Center where I don't know
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Speaker 3: what the reaction was today. They made the first move,
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Speaker 3: the 49ers made the next move, and then today the
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Speaker 3: Chicago Mariners make the next move.
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Speaker 2: Steve, it's a whirlwind right now. How are you?
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Speaker 7: Doing great.
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Speaker 9: The AFC South is just a feeder system for the NFC.
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Speaker 7: That's all it is.
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Speaker 9: AFC South's feeding all these good players.
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Speaker 3: That used to be what we used to call the
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Speaker 3: Mariners out here when they would be trading like, I
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Speaker 3: don't know, Randy Johnson away or Mark Langston or Ken
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Speaker 3: Phelps or whoever along the way. It's just, hey, you
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Speaker 3: know what? You got to know when to hold them.
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Speaker 3: You got to know when to fold them. Let's just
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Speaker 3: go through chronological order of all the moves that have happened,
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Speaker 3: and we'll break them down. Let's start first with Seattle.
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Speaker 3: They pick up Quinton Nelson from the Colts who started
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Speaker 3: their fire sale, and they pick up a guy that's
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Speaker 3: one of the best guards, if not the best guard,
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Speaker 3: in the NFL, your thoughts on what they did there.
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Speaker 7: Yeah. Quentin Nelson. So good.
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Speaker 9: I mean, I love this move for Seattle. People need to,
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Speaker 9: first off, we need to like recalibrate when it comes
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Speaker 9: to this player going for, you know, only a third
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Speaker 9: or a third and a fourth or third and a fifth.
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Speaker 7: In this case.
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Speaker 9: It is only a half year officially of Quentin Nelson
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Speaker 9: that Seattle's buying, but you get the benefit of, hey,
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Speaker 9: he's going to hit this, he's in his contract year.
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Speaker 9: You might be able to re-sign him if they really
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Speaker 9: want to think long-term. I am intrigued by the long-term
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Speaker 9: prospects of Quentin Nelson, who's still, you know, 10 plus
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Speaker 9: years into the league or 10 years in the league,
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Speaker 9: but man, he's still playing extremely well. Linemen age pretty
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Speaker 9: well in their, you know, early to mid thirties. And
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Speaker 9: so I think Seattle has a chance to get, one
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Speaker 9: of the best guards locked up for the next couple
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Speaker 9: of years next to Charles Cross. And you've got Zabel
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Speaker 9: there and you've got Abe Lucas, and you might be
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Speaker 9: able to really solidify the offensive.
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Speaker 7: Line for, for a few years now.
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Speaker 9: Well, that's rare in the NFL to say, Hey, we're,
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Speaker 9: we're good at four or five spots, you know, over
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Speaker 9: the next three years. So that's like from a long-term perspective,
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Speaker 9: I think that's a possibility, but technically it's a short-term
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Speaker 9: move to, to bring him in, to shore up the,
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Speaker 9: the weakness of, on the offensive line, which is right guard,
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Speaker 9: I'm assuming Zabel's moving over there.
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Speaker 7: There could be.
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Speaker 9: Some growing pains switching sides. Now, that's not the easiest
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Speaker 9: thing in the world when you talk to offensive linemen,
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Speaker 9: but for Nelson in particular, the guy can run any
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Speaker 9: scheme from a run-blocking perspective. He brings great power to
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Speaker 9: the table. You can run behind him in a gap scheme.
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Speaker 7: He moves well.
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Speaker 9: For his own scheme he's one of the better pass
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Speaker 9: protectors so excellent player it might take some time to
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Speaker 9: figure out communication and everything up front for the offensive
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Speaker 9: line but you know on paper it looks like a great.
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Speaker 3: Move steve you know and i'll just say this we've
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Speaker 3: talked about it all week just our experience here with
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Speaker 3: john schneider when he makes these types of moves is
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Speaker 3: pretty simple uh he He makes these moves in season,
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Speaker 3: and with one exception recently in the last four years,
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Speaker 3: that's Roy Robertson Harris, or whatever his name was, when
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Speaker 3: they were massively desperate. But when you look through, it's
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Speaker 3: Leonard Williams, Ernest Jones, Rashid Shaheed, and now Quentin Nelson.
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Speaker 3: It never happens without the plan to sign the player
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Speaker 3: long-term afterwards on an expiring deal. I think just the
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Speaker 3: past history would tell us, we can learn from history, right,
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Speaker 3: that You can say, okay, well, what are they going
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Speaker 3: to do?
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Speaker 2: They're going to make a move.
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Speaker 3: They're going to sign this guy long-term or the next
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Speaker 3: contract and keep him here.
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Speaker 7: That's what they've done.
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Speaker 3: I'm sure there was a wink-wink or some sort of
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Speaker 3: conversation with an agent that took place to make sure
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Speaker 3: he was interested in it. But he comes here, as
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Speaker 3: you mentioned, playing still at a very high level. What
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Speaker 3: separates Quentin Nelson from other guards in the league?
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Speaker 9: I mean, it goes all the way back to when
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Speaker 9: he was at Notre Dame. I remember watching him as
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Speaker 9: a redshirt freshman, and he immediately popped on film. And
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Speaker 9: it's like, the guy moves well, he's got incredible power, finish,
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Speaker 9: and he just looks like a future all-pro guard. And
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Speaker 9: it wasn't a secret. And that's why he goes number
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Speaker 9: six overall. He never really regressed or anything like that.
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Speaker 9: That's what he looked like. As soon as he hit
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Speaker 9: the field at Notre Dame. And when you're watching, you know,
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Speaker 9: certain guards, you're like, Hey, this guy should be in
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Speaker 9: his own scheme or this guy's got great power, but
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Speaker 9: he doesn't move well enough. Or he's not as good
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Speaker 9: in pass pro doesn't move his feet, whatever. Nelson just
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Speaker 9: does it all. He just does it all extremely well.
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Speaker 9: So you're not limited schematically. If you put them in
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Speaker 9: Kyle Shanahan system, he'd do fine. If you put them
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Speaker 9: in the Patriots downhill running system, he would be great.
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Speaker 9: So I think he's scheme agnostic. He can do whatever
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Speaker 9: he needs to do. And he's one of the better
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Speaker 9: pass protectors. And then you just add the experience factor.
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Speaker 9: And so much of today's NFL is about communication and unpacking.
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Speaker 9: Think about what Brian Flores is doing, putting eight guys
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Speaker 9: up on the line of scrimmage and trying to figure
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Speaker 9: out who's coming from where. I know Nelson just played
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Speaker 9: against Flores last week, and they only scored 10 points.
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Speaker 9: But still, the veterans can do a better job of
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Speaker 9: unpacking today's blitz concepts, blitz, blitz concepts, stunts and twists
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Speaker 9: and everything that you have to handle. So I think
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Speaker 9: Nelson's good at everything. And so that's why he's a,
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Speaker 9: you know, an all pro type of guard who's still
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Speaker 9: playing well, you know, still not showing that he's slowing down,
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Speaker 9: moves well, has the same.
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Speaker 7: Kind of power.
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Speaker 9: And I think that's, you know, why you feel safe
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Speaker 9: bringing in a guy like Quentin Nelson, especially for a
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Speaker 9: third and a fifth.
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Speaker 3: More than likely you mentioned it. Gray's able moves to
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Speaker 3: the right guard position.
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Speaker 2: We, We won't know.
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Speaker 3: As we speak right now, the Seahawks are getting ready
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Speaker 3: to hit the field for practice on what would be
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Speaker 3: their normal Wednesday with the Monday night game here on
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Speaker 3: a Thursday. But they're getting ready to go out there
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Speaker 3: and we would expect Zabel goes to the right side,
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Speaker 3: plays right guard, and Bradford goes to the bench. You
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Speaker 3: mentioned the transition. Let's just start with those two guys.
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Speaker 3: For those who don't know, Steve used to work for
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Speaker 3: PFF and now with the 30-13 and the Check the
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Speaker 3: Mic podcast, but you know, we still look at the numbers.
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Speaker 2: I don't know what Zabel's are.
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Speaker 3: I know that Bradford, you know, even in the one
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Speaker 3: limited sample size, you know, and PFF over the years
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Speaker 3: has not been kind to Anthony Bradford. So does it
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Speaker 3: just make sense to go with the first round pick
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Speaker 3: Zabel at right guard here for now?
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Speaker 7: Yeah, I think it does.
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Speaker 9: I mean, Bradford's had some struggles in past pro, you know,
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Speaker 9: go back to when Gino was there and everything. And look,
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Speaker 9: I know they just won a Super Bowl. Bradford is
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Speaker 9: the right guard. It's not like they can't do it.
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Speaker 9: But I think they're better with Sable at right guard,
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Speaker 9: Quinn Nelson at his spot at left guard. Old linemen,
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Speaker 9: it'd be good to maybe ask an offensive lineman specifically,
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Speaker 9: but they're really sensitive about switching sides. It's more so
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Speaker 9: at the tackle position than guard, but it's the same idea.
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Speaker 9: It's like the only position, like you're more reactive when
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Speaker 9: it comes to pass protection. And when you're reactive, it's
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Speaker 9: all about get to your spot as quickly as possible.
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Speaker 9: And yeah, you just, if you're a right guard or
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Speaker 9: a left guard, like you're just doing it the same
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Speaker 9: way every single time. So now you're flipping that to
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Speaker 9: the other way. It might take some time because if
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Speaker 9: you're off by half a step, like you can get
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Speaker 9: beat in the NFL. And so that's why I think
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Speaker 9: the flipping of sides is a little bit more challenging.
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Speaker 9: And if you do that for say a Nelson late
14:22
Speaker 9: in his career, you know, you're, you're making them worse,
14:25
Speaker 9: you know, before he gets better and you might be
14:27
Speaker 9: risking injury. Like there's so many things to, to figure
14:30
Speaker 9: out there is able, if you go back to when
14:32
Speaker 9: we were at the senior bowl, watching him, He's taking
14:34
Speaker 9: snaps at center. He's playing guard. He's playing tackle. The
14:37
Speaker 9: NFL liked him as, hey, he could play. any of
14:39
Speaker 9: five positions if needed. And so he might have an
14:42
Speaker 9: opportunity to, to show that, Hey, we're going to go
14:44
Speaker 9: over to right guard, you know, same, same assignments, essentially
14:46
Speaker 9: just everything's flipped. So I think that does make the
14:49
Speaker 9: most sense, but it's, it's not as simple as say
14:52
Speaker 9: like a pass rusher switching sides because the alignment has
14:55
Speaker 9: to be in the same spot with the same footwork
14:58
Speaker 9: over and over and over again, run game and pass game.
15:00
Speaker 9: And so it could take some time, could take some
15:02
Speaker 9: time from how you see things, you know, think of
15:04
Speaker 9: like a, a second baseman moving to shortstop the game,
15:07
Speaker 9: like the angles are different. I think over time, Zabel
15:10
Speaker 9: at right guard.
15:10
Speaker 7: Just makes the most sense.
15:12
Speaker 3: Steve, then later in the day, I mean, the dust
15:14
Speaker 3: had not even settled. The ink had not dried on
15:16
Speaker 3: that particular trade. And then, boom, our friends, the San
15:19
Speaker 3: Francisco 49ers down the road, they go ahead and say, well,
15:21
Speaker 3: we're going to bring back DeForest Buckner and make that
15:24
Speaker 3: move and bring him into the fold. So let's get
15:26
Speaker 3: some thoughts from you on what you guys have discussed
15:28
Speaker 3: with the DeForest Buckner move.
15:30
Speaker 9: I'm a huge DeForest Buckner fan. He's, you know, getting
15:33
Speaker 9: a little bit older as well as drafted way back
15:35
Speaker 9: in 2016 by the Niners. It was a fascinating move
15:38
Speaker 9: by them. They got four years out of Buckner back then,
15:41
Speaker 9: and then traded him for a first round pick, which
15:43
Speaker 9: I thought was good business at the time. They just
15:45
Speaker 9: were unable to directly replace him, but they got four
15:48
Speaker 9: years out of them. They got a first round pick back,
15:49
Speaker 9: tried to replace it with Javon Kinlaw. Buckner goes to
15:52
Speaker 9: the Colts, has four, five, six more years, excellent seasons.
15:56
Speaker 9: Very good, consistent player. He's 6'7, plays like it, bats passes,
16:02
Speaker 9: disruptive pass rusher. He's been extremely durable, started to get
16:05
Speaker 9: nicked up a little bit these last couple of years,
16:07
Speaker 9: but he was usually a guy that you could depend
16:09
Speaker 9: on for 800 to 1,000 snaps on the defensive line,
16:12
Speaker 9: which is a ton. You're looking at like 50, 60.
16:14
Speaker 7: Snaps a game.
16:16
Speaker 9: And so he's just a really good player. I think
16:17
Speaker 9: he immediately becomes their best defensive tackle. it puts a
16:21
Speaker 9: little bit less pressure on a rookie Grayson Halton, who's
16:23
Speaker 9: shown some flashes, of course, a couple of weeks ago
16:25
Speaker 9: with the big play in the end zone against Seattle. Um,
16:28
Speaker 9: they've got an intriguing group of pass rushers there. They
16:31
Speaker 9: have key on white and his power. They have Nick
16:33
Speaker 9: Bosa coming back at some point, they have rookie Romello
16:36
Speaker 9: height with his burst off the edge. They have second round,
16:39
Speaker 9: first round, second year, first rounder, Michael Williams, who's also
16:42
Speaker 9: long and difficult to block. So it just, it adds
16:45
Speaker 9: depth to their defensive line, but also a dependable playmaker.
16:48
Speaker 9: And it just, it, they're one of those defensive lines
16:51
Speaker 9: that you could say, hey, they're rolling six to eight
16:53
Speaker 9: deep right now in a difficult-to-block rotation. So it does
16:57
Speaker 9: make the Niners better, and Buckner's just been a really
16:59
Speaker 9: good player. And he looked like he was done in Indy.
17:02
Speaker 9: It sounded like he didn't want to be there anymore,
17:04
Speaker 9: so even a rejuvenated DeForest Buckner I think helps that
17:06
Speaker 9: much more for the Niners.
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Speaker 3: So then we get up this morning here on the
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18:12
Speaker 3: that Seattle's opponent on Monday, the Chicago Bears, are saying, well,
18:16
Speaker 3: let's hold my beer.
18:17
Speaker 2: You got Quentin Nelson.
18:18
Speaker 3: We're going to stay in that AFC South, and we're
18:20
Speaker 3: going to go out and get Jeffrey Simmons because, you know.
18:22
Speaker 2: Why the hell not, right? So let's get some thoughts
18:24
Speaker 2: on that one.
18:26
Speaker 9: Oh, man, a monster move. It happened right in the
18:28
Speaker 9: middle of our show. We were live, so we had
18:30
Speaker 9: to stop and talk about this and figure out, is
18:33
Speaker 9: Simmons going to play this Monday? How quickly can you
18:35
Speaker 9: get him acclimated to the Bears? It's an interesting one
18:38
Speaker 9: for the Bears as well. I don't think on paper
18:40
Speaker 9: their defensive line is anything special. Montez Sweat's been a
18:44
Speaker 9: good dependable player. I think they're lacking juice off the
18:47
Speaker 9: edge overall. I think their defensive tackles are okay. And
18:50
Speaker 9: then they made a curious move before the season to
18:52
Speaker 9: trade Gervon Dexter, who is in year four, second rounder
18:56
Speaker 9: who's a pretty good player for them. And he goes
18:58
Speaker 9: to Atlanta and he's having a really nice season and
19:00
Speaker 9: they re-signed him long-term. So you could stack up the
19:03
Speaker 9: Bears defensive tackle group on paper and say, yeah, it's
19:05
Speaker 9: bottom 10, probably in the NFL. And if you watch
19:09
Speaker 9: the Bears, they've done a really nice job getting pressure
19:11
Speaker 9: on the quarterback, but they've been blitzing.
19:13
Speaker 7: To do it.
19:13
Speaker 9: They've been doing a really nice job just getting after
19:16
Speaker 9: the QBs with five and six rushers. So now you
19:20
Speaker 9: had Jeffrey Simmons to the mix. You know, not a
19:22
Speaker 9: lot of people have watched him in Tennessee the last
19:24
Speaker 9: couple of years. He's been maybe the best defensive tackle
19:26
Speaker 9: in the NFL. I know NFL executives, I think in
19:30
Speaker 9: one of the polls this off season had Leonard Williams.
19:32
Speaker 9: Number one, I think there was another poll out there
19:34
Speaker 9: that had Jeffrey Simmons. Number one, I would have probably,
19:36
Speaker 9: you know, they're close. I think Simmons has been the
19:38
Speaker 9: best defensive tackle in the NFL these last couple of years.
19:41
Speaker 9: And he's had his best seasons and, the last couple
19:43
Speaker 9: of years as Tennessee has been winning three games. So
19:45
Speaker 9: he's a guy that moves up and down the line
19:47
Speaker 9: of scrimmage. You could put him over the guard. You
19:49
Speaker 9: could put him over the center. He's an excellent run defender.
19:52
Speaker 9: He's got incredible strength, and he rushes the passer extremely well.
19:55
Speaker 9: So you have to account for Simmons. I think he
19:57
Speaker 9: adds a very good playmaker to that defensive line. Still
20:02
Speaker 9: in his prime. So he's playing his best football, he's disruptive,
20:06
Speaker 9: he's a three-down player, and he instantly gives the Bears
20:10
Speaker 9: somebody that needs to be accounted for when they rush four.
20:13
Speaker 9: And I think it puts a little bit less pressure
20:16
Speaker 9: on their back seven, don't have to blitz as much,
20:18
Speaker 9: can trust their pass rush.
20:19
Speaker 7: Simmons is an absolute game-changer.
20:22
Speaker 3: Yeah, we would assume he plays Monday, although, I mean, again,
20:24
Speaker 3: he gets traded on a Thursday, so he won't even
20:27
Speaker 3: be able, the earliest he'd be on the field for
20:29
Speaker 3: Chicago would be Friday, which would be normally a Thursday.
20:32
Speaker 1: Okay.
20:33
Speaker 3: I sound like Jim Harbaugh back when he was with
20:34
Speaker 3: the 49ers on Mondays and Tuesdays and Tuesdays and Wednesdays.
20:36
Speaker 2: But, yeah, so he would be out there.
20:39
Speaker 3: Probably safe to say, I mean, Nelson's been in the
20:41
Speaker 3: building for a couple days here in Seattle, even though
20:43
Speaker 3: today's really kind of their first main practice day. We
20:46
Speaker 3: would assume Nelson plays. We would assume, I mean, we're
20:49
Speaker 3: talking about a defensive lineman, right? You know, hand on ground,
20:51
Speaker 3: go forward, make a play, right? It shouldn't be that
20:54
Speaker 3: difficult to get him in the lineup on Monday.
20:57
Speaker 9: That'd be my expectation. It's so funny that they were
21:00
Speaker 9: playing each other two weeks ago, Titans versus Colts. Simmons
21:03
Speaker 9: and Nelson, and they've been battling in the AFC South
21:05
Speaker 9: the last few years and everything.
21:07
Speaker 7: So I love that. Now they're in the NFC battling.
21:11
Speaker 9: Maybe it's an NFC Championship preview, monster game, Monday night football.
21:15
Speaker 9: It's going to be a lot of fun. So yeah,
21:17
Speaker 9: I would expect Simmons to at least get in there
21:19
Speaker 9: and play. We'll see how the rotation works, but he's
21:23
Speaker 9: an impact player, and it does give the Bears the
21:26
Speaker 9: ability to change their game plan, play a little bit
21:29
Speaker 9: more coverage on the back end, and protect their secondary.
21:32
Speaker 2: Yeah, worrying about JSN.
21:33
Speaker 3: That's a good point, because you say that, and the
21:35
Speaker 3: first thing I thought of is, because if you're Chicago,
21:37
Speaker 3: your biggest concern is what?
21:38
Speaker 2: JSN, right? And so all of a sudden, this allows
21:41
Speaker 2: you to maybe concentrate more on him, correct?
21:44
Speaker 9: And they don't have the corners. Jalen Johnson's having a
21:46
Speaker 9: terrible season. He would be the guy on paper the
21:48
Speaker 9: last couple of years. You'd say, hey, he's a pretty
21:49
Speaker 9: good corner. He was the highest paid corner for a
21:52
Speaker 9: minute a couple of years ago. He's coming off a
21:54
Speaker 9: rough game against the Patriots. He just hasn't had a
21:56
Speaker 9: good season overall. I don't trust anybody. I mean, I
21:59
Speaker 9: was impressed with Montsour Delane last week. I'm over there like, hey,
22:01
Speaker 9: Chiefs fans, you got a star in Delane. He was
22:04
Speaker 9: right there with JSN, who's just too good.
22:06
Speaker 7: And Donald's putting the ball right on him.
22:08
Speaker 9: So yeah, I don't think the Bears have anybody that
22:10
Speaker 9: you really trust to slow down JSN. It might give
22:12
Speaker 9: them the ability to, deploy some more resources his way,
22:16
Speaker 9: even as early as Monday night.
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Speaker 3: including tonight, Thursday night football. Steve, you watched that game
22:36
Speaker 3: on Sunday with Seahawks and the Chiefs. It was an
22:38
Speaker 3: impressive night for the Seahawks defense. Now they've got a
22:42
Speaker 3: A different challenge, but a big challenge nonetheless. Caleb Williams
22:45
Speaker 3: playing at a high level. Ben Johnson against Mike McDonald.
22:48
Speaker 3: DeAndre Swift probably isn't Ken Walker, but they absolutely stuffed
22:52
Speaker 3: Ken Walker. Better receivers probably for Caleb Williams, and Patrick
22:56
Speaker 3: Mahomes has a throw too. So let me get your
22:59
Speaker 3: feel and what you guys are talking about as far
23:01
Speaker 3: as this matchup on Monday Night Football coming up.
23:03
Speaker 7: I love all of it.
23:04
Speaker 9: I love all of it, especially that side of the ball.
23:06
Speaker 9: I mean, that's going to be must-see TV because the Bears,
23:10
Speaker 9: the story for the Bears for me is Ben Johnson,
23:13
Speaker 9: great play caller, Caleb Williams, great playmaker. And how is
23:16
Speaker 9: that going to work? And we're a year and a
23:18
Speaker 9: half into it now, just about. And I think you're
23:21
Speaker 9: starting to finally see the combination where Caleb Williams can
23:25
Speaker 9: always make great plays outside of structure and just out-athlete people.
23:29
Speaker 9: By the way, I've been so impressed with Caleb Williams'
23:31
Speaker 9: performance athleticism, just his speed. He is as fast as
23:34
Speaker 9: any quarterback to the edge. When Imanwari tracked down Mahomes
23:39
Speaker 9: the other night, it was like, whoa, I know Mahomes
23:41
Speaker 9: is coming off an ACL, but he usually doesn't mistime
23:44
Speaker 9: those things. Caleb Williams is as fast as any quarterback.
23:48
Speaker 9: If it's Imanwari trying to track down Caleb Williams this week,
23:51
Speaker 9: Caleb might win. It's this level of Ben Johnson's play
23:56
Speaker 9: call against an elite defense, Mike McDonald on defense. But
24:01
Speaker 9: then when, will Ben Johnson win some of the play
24:05
Speaker 9: calling battles? Will he be able to scheme open some
24:07
Speaker 9: open throws? But then when he doesn't, will Caleb Williams
24:10
Speaker 9: be able to create as an athlete with a cannon
24:14
Speaker 9: for an arm who throws on the run as well
24:16
Speaker 9: as anybody in the league. So I just love this
24:19
Speaker 9: matchup because it's both schematic, but it's also backyard football. And,
24:23
Speaker 9: and Ken, you know, cause the bears, the bears are
24:25
Speaker 9: at their best when they have a little bit of both.
24:28
Speaker 9: And Seattle's good at stopping both. Seattle's really good at
24:30
Speaker 9: keeping quarterbacks in the pocket. McDonald's defenses have been great
24:33
Speaker 9: at that through the years, you know, keeping their pass
24:36
Speaker 9: lanes and just not letting the, you know, the running
24:39
Speaker 9: quarterback crush them, but they're also good at taking away
24:41
Speaker 9: first and second reads. And so I think it's a
24:43
Speaker 9: great battle. It's going to come down to, I think
24:46
Speaker 9: if Caleb Williams is going to have success, it could
24:48
Speaker 9: be an ugly game for him. But if like, he
24:50
Speaker 9: just makes a couple special throws, we might wake up
24:52
Speaker 9: Tuesday and I don't want to, you know, Seattle doesn't
24:54
Speaker 9: want to hear this, but You wake up Tuesday morning,
24:57
Speaker 9: it's like he went 15 of 30 but made two
24:59
Speaker 9: or three special plays that helped lift the Bears. That's
25:03
Speaker 9: a possibility, but he's capable of doing that even if
25:06
Speaker 9: Mike McDonald in Seattle wins the majority of the reps,
25:09
Speaker 9: which is certainly a possibility.
25:10
Speaker 7: That defense is so good.
25:13
Speaker 3: Out here in Seattle, we're wondering what happened to the
25:15
Speaker 3: Roma-Dunze experience. We know he was hurt a little bit
25:17
Speaker 3: last year. But it looks like it's burden and the
25:20
Speaker 3: tight ends and obviously the running game of DeAndre Swift
25:22
Speaker 3: that they're more reliant on right now. But also it's
25:24
Speaker 3: scary to me because we also know that Roma Dunze
25:27
Speaker 3: and that experience could hit a switch too, right?
25:30
Speaker 9: Yeah, I think he's still fine. He hasn't been great,
25:33
Speaker 9: but I think when you look at, once again, Ben
25:35
Speaker 9: Johnson and his offenses, Amon Ross St. Brown was the
25:39
Speaker 9: high-volume guy, and Sam Laporta, and the Bears will have
25:42
Speaker 9: some equivalents where it's Luther Burden moving around and working
25:46
Speaker 9: out of the slot, and Colston Loveland as the mismatched
25:48
Speaker 9: tight end. But every now and again, back in Detroit,
25:51
Speaker 9: they'd have Jamison Williams go off on the outside. Well,
25:54
Speaker 9: Adunze is capable of doing that. He had some big
25:56
Speaker 9: plays the other day. He had a drop in the
25:58
Speaker 9: end zone and offensive pass interference, but He had some
26:00
Speaker 9: big plays, including the 39 conversion that Caleb Williams had.
26:04
Speaker 9: So every now and again, they have to go to
26:05
Speaker 9: the outside receiver, which is a doomsday. I think he's
26:08
Speaker 9: maybe not dominating at the catch point the same way
26:11
Speaker 9: you saw him and walked in and maybe assumed that
26:13
Speaker 9: he could do at the NFL level, but it's been fine.
26:16
Speaker 9: So I think he's been a good complementary piece. I
26:18
Speaker 9: just think when you look at the Bears, Loveland has
26:21
Speaker 9: a chance to be one of the better mismatched weapons
26:23
Speaker 9: at tight end in the NFL. And Luther Burden, when
26:26
Speaker 9: you see him with the ball in his hands, it
26:27
Speaker 9: just looks different.
26:28
Speaker 7: He's faster. He's quicker.
26:30
Speaker 9: He's a big play threat every time he touches the ball.
26:32
Speaker 9: So the Bears have to work their pass game through
26:34
Speaker 9: those guys. But Adunze is a really good number three
26:37
Speaker 9: type of option for that offense.
26:39
Speaker 3: One more for you on this game, and then I
26:40
Speaker 3: want to get quickly to Carolina Green Bay tonight.
26:43
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26:46
Speaker 7: 5-15.
26:46
Speaker 3: Just the other side, Sam Darnold did throw the egregious
26:49
Speaker 3: interception in the end zone. That's the Sam Darnold experience,
26:52
Speaker 3: I guess. But at the same time, you know, Emmanuel
26:55
Speaker 3: Wilson ran for 100. We don't know what the status
26:56
Speaker 3: of the running backs is. We thought Charbonnet was going
26:58
Speaker 3: to play last week.
26:58
Speaker 2: Obviously, he didn't. But JSN is still the key. They
27:01
Speaker 2: did get Barner more involved.
27:03
Speaker 3: So what do you think about the matchup between the
27:04
Speaker 3: Seattle offense and Jeffrey Simmons, perhaps, and that Chicago defense?
27:09
Speaker 9: Yeah, I was so impressed by Seattle's offense. It was
27:11
Speaker 9: only 20 points, but it was one of those, yeah,
27:13
Speaker 9: you don't throw the end zone interception. It's going to
27:15
Speaker 9: be 23. It might be 27. It was like to
27:19
Speaker 9: beat a Spags defense, you've got to win on third down.
27:22
Speaker 9: You've got to make some tight window throws on third down,
27:24
Speaker 9: and Sam Donald did that. And so that's why I
27:26
Speaker 9: think you look at that performance and say, man, that
27:28
Speaker 9: was good to see. If you're a Seahawks fan, Donald
27:30
Speaker 9: making huge tight window throws. The two scrambles that he
27:34
Speaker 9: had were incredible. I'm sure you were holding your breath
27:36
Speaker 9: watching him reverse field a couple times, but he did
27:38
Speaker 9: a nice job getting just enough. So I thought it
27:41
Speaker 9: was good to see Donald get the playmaking back. Get
27:45
Speaker 9: some confidence back, throw the ball down the field. Yeah,
27:47
Speaker 9: there's a mishap in the end zone. And when you're
27:49
Speaker 9: playing the Chiefs, you think, oh, boy, let's remember that play.
27:52
Speaker 9: Did they just take three points off the board and
27:54
Speaker 9: give Kansas City a field goal attempt? So you still
27:57
Speaker 9: want to avoid those plays.
27:58
Speaker 7: But that was.
28:00
Speaker 9: You know, finally had an interception that, you know, wasn't
28:02
Speaker 9: in their own territory, too. So it didn't set up
28:04
Speaker 9: the well, it ended up in their territory, but there
28:06
Speaker 9: was no time left.
28:08
Speaker 7: Anyway, it was good to see.
28:09
Speaker 9: I was most impressed by the run game, though, because,
28:12
Speaker 9: you know, the Spags defenses are usually really good at,
28:15
Speaker 9: you know, stopping you on first and second down and
28:17
Speaker 9: making you hit those, you know, third and longs. And
28:20
Speaker 9: I thought Seattle's run game certainly got going. The breakaway
28:23
Speaker 9: run toward the end, I thought they did a really
28:26
Speaker 9: nice job of just picking up three, four, five yards
28:28
Speaker 9: at a pop and, you know, helping Donald stay on
28:31
Speaker 9: schedule a little bit more, even though he had to
28:33
Speaker 9: complete a bunch of those third and longs. So I
28:34
Speaker 9: thought it was a good overall offensive effort. You know,
28:36
Speaker 9: one of those that's better than the 20 points would indicate,
28:39
Speaker 9: and you certainly want to lose the head-scratching interception, but
28:43
Speaker 9: Donald and JSN were on point for sure.
28:46
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28:51
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28:53
Speaker 2: Carolina 3-3.
28:54
Speaker 3: They're the tallest short person in the NFC South as
28:58
Speaker 3: it stands right now because everybody else is below.
28:59
Speaker 7: 500.
29:00
Speaker 2: And Green Bay is 4-3.
29:02
Speaker 3: They've got a winning record, but they sit in last
29:03
Speaker 3: place in the NFC North.
29:05
Speaker 2: It's a key matchup tonight.
29:06
Speaker 7: Thoughts?
29:08
Speaker 9: Are you making a Bryce Young joke? That's not a
29:09
Speaker 9: Bryce Young joke. No, I'm just kidding.
29:11
Speaker 2: It was not a Bryce Young joke, but now I
29:13
Speaker 2: see that you can't.
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Speaker 7: Carolina.
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Speaker 9: Has been really good in five out of six games
29:19
Speaker 9: for the most part. They got smoked last week. Everything
29:22
Speaker 9: was bad. They did a nice job last year of
29:24
Speaker 9: bouncing back, though. Bryce Young's having an excellent season. It
29:26
Speaker 9: was awful last week. Their pass protection's been an issue.
29:30
Speaker 9: Green Bay can't run the ball at all. Josh Jacobs
29:33
Speaker 9: might help that a little bit. Jordan Love's playing pretty well.
29:36
Speaker 9: He's had some of those Donald-esque decisions the last couple weeks,
29:40
Speaker 9: but it's one of those, outside of that, Love is
29:42
Speaker 9: really kind of feeling it. getting the ball down the field,
29:45
Speaker 9: throwing the ball at a high level. I think we
29:46
Speaker 9: have a chance to see some points on both sides. Packers'
29:49
Speaker 9: defense has been sneaky good, which surprises me. I was
29:52
Speaker 9: not expecting them with Micah Parsons out. They're missing Edger
29:55
Speaker 9: and Cooper. They're missing maybe their two best players, but
29:57
Speaker 9: they've been playing a really good defense the last couple weeks.
29:59
Speaker 9: So I think Green Bay's trending in the right direction.
30:02
Speaker 9: Tough loss last week to Detroit. Carolina, I think they'll
30:05
Speaker 9: look much better than they did last week. I think
30:07
Speaker 9: we see a really competitive game and maybe a lot
30:10
Speaker 9: of points with both quarterbacks overall playing pretty well for
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Speaker 9: the majority of the season.
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30:18
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30:20
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30:23
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30:25
Speaker 3: a Lombardi trophy from the 2013 season, although.
30:28
Speaker 2: We all know how it.
30:29
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30:32
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30:34
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30:37
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30:38
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30:41
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30:44
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30:58
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31:00
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31:06
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31:07
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32:06
Speaker 3: How are you, my friend?
32:07
Speaker 2: Yeah, exactly.
32:08
Speaker 4: You said it.
32:08
Speaker 11: I'm happy to be back in the saddle at home,
32:11
Speaker 11: not standing in the middle of the Newark airport trying
32:14
Speaker 11: to field questions on a little piece of scratch paper.
32:18
Speaker 6: So, yeah, things are good.
32:21
Speaker 3: Yeah, we've had cracking games. We've had Funston traveling. So
32:24
Speaker 3: we've been all over the place the last couple weeks,
32:26
Speaker 3: but we're back in the norm. Phone calls, 206-286-9595. In
32:30
Speaker 3: addition to that, we will take your text, 49451. I
32:33
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32:35
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32:38
Speaker 2: I don't know if it's a first. We had two
32:40
Speaker 2: bullseyes today.
32:41
Speaker 7: Two.
32:42
Speaker 3: Yeah, I don't know if we've ever done that before.
32:44
Speaker 3: Exactly high noon, 12 o'clock, 0000. Two of them, which
32:49
Speaker 3: is amazing when you think about it.
32:51
Speaker 2: So good stuff. Good job by everybody along the way.
32:54
Speaker 2: We'll get your text. I'll take the early text.
32:56
Speaker 3: Ashley will take the ones that are coming in right now, 49451.
32:59
Speaker 2: But this feels good. I'm looking at the list here.
33:02
Speaker 3: Ashley just sent me the phone calls, and it looks
33:05
Speaker 3: very good, very familiar.
33:08
Speaker 2: Let's go to line one. First up, Mike in Edmonds.
33:10
Speaker 2: Mike in Edmonds is back, ladies and gentlemen. He is
33:13
Speaker 2: back with us. Hello, Mike. How are you?
33:17
Speaker 12: Hey, Ian. Hey, Brandon. Glad to be on at regular time.
33:21
Speaker 2: We are glad to be back. Funston, glad to be back.
33:24
Speaker 2: We're glad to have your voice. I see some other
33:25
Speaker 2: familiar ones. So fire away, Mike. Let's go. What do
33:28
Speaker 2: we got?
33:29
Speaker 7: Okay.
33:31
Speaker 12: I have Jonathan Taylor backed up by Ollie Gordon, and
33:35
Speaker 12: I have Garrett Wilson backed up by Omar Cooper. So
33:38
Speaker 12: I trust either Taylor or Wilson this weekend. Thank you.
33:43
Speaker 2: Thank you.
33:44
Speaker 11: Yeah, I'm going to subscribe to the squeaky wheel gets
33:47
Speaker 11: the grease in Garrett Wilson. He's been good most of
33:50
Speaker 11: the year, and he was basically ignored last week. Omar
33:54
Speaker 11: Cooper stole the thunder in the passing game there, but
33:57
Speaker 11: Garrett Wilson is their alpha. It is a good matchup
34:00
Speaker 11: against Las Vegas, so I'm definitely leaning Garrett Wilson there,
34:03
Speaker 11: and I'm going Jonathan Taylor over Ollie Gordon.
34:05
Speaker 2: Ollie Gordon's been great.
34:06
Speaker 6: But Jonathan Taylor's one of the top five running backs
34:08
Speaker 6: in the league.
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Speaker 11: Yeah, maybe we'll see how he does without Quentin Nelson,
34:12
Speaker 11: but A lot of headwind for Ollie Gordon against New England.
34:15
Speaker 11: They're almost 10-point underdogs, and that could be them having
34:20
Speaker 11: to abandon the running game a little bit early there.
34:22
Speaker 2: Love it.
34:22
Speaker 3: Perfect.
34:23
Speaker 2: All right, next up.
34:24
Speaker 3: Man, it's been too long since we heard this guy's voice.
34:27
Speaker 3: Ricky in Tacoma. Ricky, what's up? Welcome back.
34:32
Speaker 12: How's it going, ladies and gentlemen?
34:34
Speaker 7: I try at 1 o'clock. I can listen with an
34:36
Speaker 7: earbud in my ear, and I'm like, I want to
34:37
Speaker 7: call in, darn it.
34:38
Speaker 2: Hey, you know what? Work comes in the way. Priorities, buddy.
34:44
Speaker 7: I'm excited to go to my game.
34:46
Speaker 2: All right.
34:47
Speaker 9: What do you got, buddy?
34:48
Speaker 7: What do you got?
34:49
Speaker 9: Okay, I got a whole bunch of second and third string,
34:52
Speaker 9: third tier running backs.
34:53
Speaker 7: I'm going to avoid that. So I'll just go straight up.
34:55
Speaker 9: Half point PPR, Aaron Rodgers or Kyler Murray this week, Brandon?
35:01
Speaker 6: Yeah, I'm going to.
35:02
Speaker 11: Go Kyler Murray. He hasn't been good, but Detroit in
35:04
Speaker 11: terms of pass defense is perfect. By far the worst
35:08
Speaker 11: in the league. And they're actually giving up like three
35:09
Speaker 11: and a half more fantasy points per game to quarterback
35:12
Speaker 11: than any other team in the league. So they're the worst,
35:16
Speaker 11: and they're well out in front as being the worst.
35:18
Speaker 11: So you add a little bit of Kyler Murray running
35:20
Speaker 11: in addition to him throwing better than usual this week,
35:23
Speaker 11: and I like him better.
35:24
Speaker 7: Than Aaron Rodgers.
35:25
Speaker 4: All right.
35:26
Speaker 2: Good job, Ricky. Good to have you back. All right.
35:28
Speaker 2: So what's your prediction, Funston, before we go to the
35:31
Speaker 2: next call? What's your prediction?
35:34
Speaker 6: Are you talking Monday night?
35:35
Speaker 2: No. Oh, no.
35:37
Speaker 11: The return to normalcy here? How pervasive is it? Does
35:41
Speaker 11: it affect the upside-down world of Rob? Yeah, it's been
35:45
Speaker 11: so out of whack. Let's see where we're at. All right,
35:47
Speaker 11: here we go. Let's give it a shot. Rob and Buren,
35:49
Speaker 11: you're up next. What's up, Rob?
35:53
Speaker 7: Well, since the season's over, I decided to stay home
35:55
Speaker 7: and do some day drinking. I know your season's not over.
36:04
Speaker 11: You're coming off freshly off of a three-game win streak. So,
36:08
Speaker 11: you know, you're back to the bump in the road.
36:09
Speaker 11: But I know your season's not over. It can't be over, Rob.
36:13
Speaker 2: You've had at least three. What are you, three and four?
36:15
Speaker 7: Yeah, something like that.
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Speaker 12: I've got to check.
36:18
Speaker 7: Yeah, something like that. When we lose by. 03, it
36:21
Speaker 7: all feels like it's bad. Right there.
36:24
Speaker 2: Oh, God.
36:26
Speaker 4: That's a tough one.
36:27
Speaker 3: Well, it is a return to normalcy, so before you
36:29
Speaker 3: finish that Jack and Coke, what do you got for fun?
36:32
Speaker 7: Is Lamar Jackson playing? And Jordan, look, which one do
36:39
Speaker 7: you like?
36:40
Speaker 11: No wonder you're doing pretty well. That's a nice combo there. Yeah,
36:42
Speaker 11: Lamar Jackson, good with the ankle. The Buffalo game is
36:47
Speaker 11: 54.5 on the game total.
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Speaker 6: It's the highest of the week. They're expecting a shootout.
36:51
Speaker 11: I have Jackson third on my list this week behind
36:54
Speaker 11: Josh Allen and Drake May, so Yeah, go with Lamar.
36:59
Speaker 7: Thank you, sir.
37:04
Speaker 6: Oh, we might have lost Ian. Ian, are you there?
37:07
Speaker 11: All right.
37:07
Speaker 13: Well, I'm not hearing Ian, so I'm going to turn
37:09
Speaker 13: his mic off for a second, just in case he
37:11
Speaker 13: comes back swearing. And we will go to Stephen Insulton.
37:16
Speaker 13: Just playing this by ear. Here we go, Stephen Insulton.
37:18
Speaker 7: Hey, so I need one quarterback. Rodgers, Darnold... Caleb, or
37:26
Speaker 7: I can pick up Brissette, or Geno.
37:29
Speaker 11: Of that group, I have Caleb the highest, and it's not,
37:34
Speaker 11: you know, it's probably the worst matchup, but he does
37:37
Speaker 11: have the rushing upside. He has some playmaking potential. I'm
37:43
Speaker 11: going to say, you said you could pick up Brissette?
37:47
Speaker 9: I can pick up Brissette, Geno, or even Deshaun Watson
37:49
Speaker 9: if I need to.
37:51
Speaker 11: Well, Brissette's the closest to Caleb. They're pretty close in
37:54
Speaker 11: my mind. If you don't want to root for Caleb
37:56
Speaker 11: and you don't have to cut anybody of consequence, I
37:59
Speaker 11: don't think it's a big difference between Brissette this week
38:01
Speaker 11: and Caleb because Brissette's going to throw a lot, and
38:04
Speaker 11: it's the Dallas defense.
38:05
Speaker 6: They've not been good against the pass.
38:06
Speaker 11: So I give you that option, but if it's my team,
38:09
Speaker 11: I'm probably going to still play Caleb.
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Speaker 7: All right, thank you.
38:15
Speaker 6: All right, so that was Stephen.
38:17
Speaker 2: Now I'm multitasking, so this is going to be fun.
38:19
Speaker 13: So that was Stephen Insultin, and now we're going to
38:20
Speaker 13: stay Insultin and go to Derek Insultin.
38:23
Speaker 7: What's up, guys?
38:26
Speaker 2: What's going on?
38:29
Speaker 9: Hey, okay, so this would be assuming that Brees Hall
38:32
Speaker 9: sits this week, I'm hoping, but I need one of
38:36
Speaker 9: these four for a full PPR.
38:39
Speaker 7: Rashad White, Braylon Allen... RJ Harvey or Amari Hampton.
38:47
Speaker 2: Okay, so here's the good news.
38:50
Speaker 11: I think whether Brees Hall plays or not, I have
38:52
Speaker 11: ranked Brees Hall as playing because it's kind of trending
38:55
Speaker 11: towards him playing. But even that said, I don't think
38:57
Speaker 11: they're going to give him a full workload, and I
39:00
Speaker 11: still have Braylon Allen.
39:01
Speaker 6: Ahead of the other guys. I have Rashad White kind.
39:03
Speaker 11: Of right behind Braylon Allen, but even with Brees Hall playing,
39:07
Speaker 11: unless you hear that they're just going to Turn things
39:09
Speaker 11: back over to Breesaw, which they won't. Braylon Allen's been great.
39:12
Speaker 11: I think it's going to just be your classic platoon
39:15
Speaker 11: combo this week. Good matchup against the Raiders. I would
39:18
Speaker 11: play Braylon Allen.
39:19
Speaker 2: There we go. Appreciate Ashley getting us back on the air.
39:22
Speaker 2: We have a little issue here. All right. Chris and Buren,
39:24
Speaker 2: you're up next. Chris, fire away.
39:27
Speaker 7: Hey, guys. Full point PPL. I just can't decide on
39:31
Speaker 7: my tight ends. Brenton Strange, or do I finally trust
39:35
Speaker 7: Kyle Pitts because I've missed out on him for two
39:37
Speaker 7: weeks straight?
39:39
Speaker 11: Yeah, it's like the one area on defense that Tampa
39:42
Speaker 11: has not been good against is the tight ends, and
39:45
Speaker 11: Kyle Pitts is finding the end zone with Pennix, and
39:47
Speaker 11: it's kind of working. So I have Pitts ranked higher
39:52
Speaker 11: than Brenton Strange.
39:57
Speaker 13: Now someone just kicked him off.
39:58
Speaker 6: This is fun.
40:01
Speaker 13: Yeah, so people are just jumping into our Comrexes. Yeah,
40:04
Speaker 13: that's Softy just kicking Funston off.
40:05
Speaker 3: You got me?
40:07
Speaker 2: Yeah, we're using the Comrex. He just knocked us off
40:09
Speaker 2: the air.
40:09
Speaker 4: So call back.
40:10
Speaker 7: Thanks.
40:11
Speaker 2: All right, let's try to reset here. My goodness, what
40:14
Speaker 2: a day. What a day. What a day, ladies and gentlemen.
40:17
Speaker 2: What a day.
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Speaker 7: What a day.
40:18
Speaker 4: What a day. What a day.
40:20
Speaker 2: All right.
40:21
Speaker 3: We'll get Brandon reconnected here. We'll get Frank and Renton
40:25
Speaker 3: on in a second.
40:26
Speaker 6: Yeah, I'm getting Funston back here.
40:27
Speaker 2: Hold on.
40:28
Speaker 7: Beautiful.
40:28
Speaker 4: Awesome.
40:29
Speaker 2: Thank you very much.
40:30
Speaker 3: Thank you very much. This is the beautiful thing about
40:36
Speaker 3: live radio. Stuff happens sometimes, and we'll get it figured
40:40
Speaker 3: out here in just a second. And when I said
40:42
Speaker 3: it was return to normalcy for Funston this week, I
40:44
Speaker 3: think that's exactly what it was.
40:46
Speaker 6: My goodness.
40:47
Speaker 2: It's return to normalcy. I mean, what are the odds
40:48
Speaker 2: in one segment?
40:49
Speaker 13: You get kicked off, and then Funston gets kicked off?
40:53
Speaker 6: Yeah.
40:54
Speaker 13: And Softy knows better, too. He knows that we have
40:56
Speaker 13: Funston at the 2 o'clock hour on the air.
40:58
Speaker 3: I know.
40:58
Speaker 2: He doesn't like fantasy football.
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Speaker 6: That's true.
41:00
Speaker 9: All right.
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Speaker 13: I'm seeing what I can do with Funston here, so
41:04
Speaker 13: talk amongst yourself.
41:05
Speaker 3: Okay, yeah, we'll talk amongst ourselves. Frank, if you're still
41:08
Speaker 3: there on hold, stay with us for a second. We'll
41:09
Speaker 3: get to the text as well at 49451 here on
41:12
Speaker 3: the Tacoma Dodge text line, and we'll get all your
41:15
Speaker 3: questions answered.
41:16
Speaker 2: We'll get everybody going. I'm more upset.
41:18
Speaker 3: Actually, I'll be honest with you. I'm a little bummed
41:20
Speaker 3: out about Rob Imburian because that bums me out, the
41:22
Speaker 3: fact that old Rob Imburian, he was on a winning streak.
41:25
Speaker 3: We took a couple weeks off, and now all of
41:26
Speaker 3: a sudden Rob is struggling. That makes me sad, almost
41:29
Speaker 3: as sad as my own team.
41:31
Speaker 2: But that's okay.
41:32
Speaker 3: It's also a return to normalcy too, so we're all good.
41:35
Speaker 3: While we get Funston back on, we should remind you,
41:37
Speaker 3: big Thursday night game tonight. Carolina taking on Green Bay.
41:40
Speaker 3: There's a lot of fantasy involved there. And we did
41:43
Speaker 3: have two bullseyes, which we're going to get to, and
41:45
Speaker 3: we had the four others that were one second after.
41:47
Speaker 3: So we've got a lot to get to once we
41:48
Speaker 3: get Brandon reconnected here. Hopefully that will happen here in
41:52
Speaker 3: a second. And then we'll be good to go.
41:55
Speaker 2: How are we looking, Ash? Are we good?
41:56
Speaker 4: What do we need to do here?
41:57
Speaker 13: Well, I'm trying to connect him to five now because
41:59
Speaker 13: it wouldn't let him because Softy locked him out.
42:01
Speaker 12: So hold on.
42:02
Speaker 2: Okay, good.
42:03
Speaker 4: Good, good, good.
42:04
Speaker 2: I need it. Always fun in live radio.
42:07
Speaker 6: All right, we got him back. We got him back. Okay,
42:10
Speaker 6: here we go.
42:10
Speaker 2: Let's try this.
42:11
Speaker 11: You're good about always picking against Softee and all those
42:14
Speaker 11: end-of-the-segment questions now.
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Speaker 3: It's a good call. Yeah, it's a very good call.
42:17
Speaker 3: All right, I think Frank and Renton will be our
42:19
Speaker 3: last phone call.
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Speaker 7: Okay.
42:21
Speaker 2: Frank, go ahead.
42:22
Speaker 4: Hello, guys.
42:23
Speaker 12: Denver Bronco running back question.
42:26
Speaker 9: I dropped Dobbins and I kept Coleman.
42:29
Speaker 7: Did I goog it?
42:31
Speaker 2: No, you didn't goog it. Stop it. Stop it.
42:34
Speaker 11: Yeah, I'm... Besides, I don't use that term anymore now
42:38
Speaker 11: that my son's going there. No, he's been like almost
42:42
Speaker 11: two yards better per carry. The two games that Jonah
42:45
Speaker 11: Coleman's played, he's basically equaled the number of touches of
42:49
Speaker 11: the rest of the Denver running backs combined. So clearly
42:52
Speaker 11: Sean Payton likes him and is trending him towards being
42:56
Speaker 11: the platoon leader. The platoon will never go away with
42:59
Speaker 11: Sean Payton. There's always going to be multiple running backs
43:01
Speaker 11: in play, but Coleman looks like he's going to be
43:04
Speaker 11: the leader of that pack.
43:05
Speaker 2: All right.
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Speaker 4: All right.
43:06
Speaker 2: Let's hit the music. Let's get some texts.
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Speaker 7: 49451.
43:08
Speaker 3: We've got a zillion texts coming in. And, again, we
43:11
Speaker 3: had a couple bullseyes as well.
43:13
Speaker 2: Here we go.
43:14
Speaker 3: First bullseye, 120000. Andy from Redmond. By the way, bonus
43:19
Speaker 3: points when you put your name on it. Andy from Redmond.
43:22
Speaker 2: Full PPR.
43:22
Speaker 3: Need one for a flex. Shakir Dobbins or Omari Cooper Jr.?
43:29
Speaker 3: I would go with Omar Cooper Jr.
43:32
Speaker 6: He's been hot.
43:33
Speaker 7: Yeah.
43:33
Speaker 11: He's been hot. Dobbins, as I just talked about, kind
43:35
Speaker 11: of fading. And I think we might get DJ Moore back,
43:38
Speaker 11: and that will hurt Khalil Shakir a bit.
43:40
Speaker 7: Beautiful.
43:41
Speaker 2: Need two. Full PPR. Boston, Diggs, Tett, and Michael Wilson.
43:46
Speaker 2: Need two of those.
43:47
Speaker 11: I'm going to go with Tett, and I'm going to
43:49
Speaker 11: go with Stephon Diggs with Terry McLaurin out.
43:52
Speaker 6: Probably going to see a few more targets this week.
43:55
Speaker 2: All right. Next up, half PPR flex. Waddle or Downs?
44:00
Speaker 11: Um well you're gonna have to watch jaylen waddle's kind
44:02
Speaker 11: of hanging in the balance has a chest injury if
44:05
Speaker 11: he plays i would give him the ever so slight
44:08
Speaker 11: nod over downs.
44:10
Speaker 3: Okay uh also one second after half ppr flex waddle
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Speaker 3: or downs i already did that did i already do
44:15
Speaker 3: that you already did that one i'm sorry i skipped
44:17
Speaker 3: over one this is jamie from allen had another one
44:19
Speaker 3: one second after jamie from allen i have a running
44:21
Speaker 3: back and quarterback question braylon allen or rj harvey this
44:23
Speaker 3: week i would go with braylon allen uh Should I
44:27
Speaker 3: sit Caleb Williams and play Jaden Daniels this week?
44:29
Speaker 2: That's one of those ones you talk about. There's an
44:31
Speaker 2: emotional tie here.
44:33
Speaker 11: Yeah, and for me this one's a good one because
44:36
Speaker 11: I just like Jaden Daniels better anyways. The Philadelphia Eagles
44:39
Speaker 11: defense hasn't been up to snuff this year. The ninth
44:41
Speaker 11: most fancy points allowed to the quarterback position. So a
44:44
Speaker 11: much better matchup for Daniels. He's been playing pretty well.
44:47
Speaker 11: This is a good way to not have to worry
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Speaker 11: about going against your Seattle Seahawks.
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Speaker 3: All right, two seconds after the wave, Seattle shut down Canine.
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Speaker 3: Do I start DeAndre Swift at flex this week? Other
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Speaker 3: options are Denzel Boston or Trey Tucker. So Swift or
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Speaker 3: Boston or Tucker? Yeah, see, do I start DeAndre Swift
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Speaker 3: at flex? Other options are Denzel Boston or Trey Tucker.
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Speaker 11: Okay, yeah, I'm going to go with DeAndre Swift. And
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Speaker 11: I don't think Kyle Medonga is going to play again.
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Speaker 11: He hasn't come back to practice. He's got a thumb injury.
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Speaker 11: They don't want a running back with a thumb injury.
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Speaker 11: problem playing against the Seahawks and potential to turn the
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Speaker 11: ball over so look at Seattle made it a point
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Speaker 11: to shut down canine but the running backs previously had done.
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Speaker 6: Pretty good against Seattle they haven't they haven't been.
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Speaker 11: Completely shut down and so you know I don't know
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Speaker 11: if you go in against Chicago and say we're just
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Speaker 11: going to definitely shut out DeAndre Swift like they did
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Speaker 11: that with canine so I still like Swift to be
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Speaker 11: better than the other two Yezzy.
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Speaker 3: From Los Angeles. Again, love the fact you're listening on
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Speaker 3: the iHeart app. Love the fact that you're putting your
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Speaker 3: name on there.
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Speaker 6: Yeah, she's back. She called last week.
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Speaker 2: Oh, she did.
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Speaker 6: That's right.
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Speaker 4: Yeah, yeah.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, we love that. Calling from L.A.
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Speaker 3: And listening on the iHeart app. Halfpoint PPR. Need one
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Speaker 3: for my flex. Jeremy Bernard or Ramondre Stevenson?
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Speaker 11: Yeah, I'm going to go with Ramondre Stevenson. Got a
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Speaker 11: great matchup against Miami. They could be milking that clock
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Speaker 11: for much of the game. And, yeah, and Travion Henderson
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Speaker 11: been dealing with an illness right now. He hasn't practiced,
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Speaker 11: so maybe a little extra run for Stevenson in this one.
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Speaker 2: All right, I've got two or three more. Dak or Love?
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Speaker 6: I have Dak top five this week. Love about number
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Speaker 6: nine on my list. So, yeah, I'd go with Dak
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Speaker 6: against Arizona.
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Speaker 2: Half-point PPR flex, waddle or downs?
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Speaker 6: Yeah, we do this one. This is the third time.
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Speaker 4: Oh, it is.
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Speaker 2: I was like, wait, I thought you were joking that time.
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Speaker 2: I'm sorry. No, don't worry about that. Laporta, Hampton, or Strange?
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Speaker 11: I'm going to go with Laporta.
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Speaker 4: Against Minnesota.
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Speaker 11: I love the matchup, but I don't love the other
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Speaker 11: two options, frankly. All right, Ashley, you get the last few.
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Speaker 13: All right, we've got Brandon and Edmonds need to start
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Speaker 13: one for wide receiver, one for flex, full point PPR,
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Speaker 13: Trey Tucker or Caleb Douglas, Ramondre Stevenson, Zach Charbonnet or
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Speaker 13: Ollie Gordon. So one wide receiver, one flex.
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Speaker 11: I have Stevenson just ahead of Gordon for the flex,
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Speaker 11: and I will go with Trey Tucker who's been hot.
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Speaker 6: So yeah, let's go with Trey Tucker as a wide receiver.
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Speaker 13: Okay, I like this one because it's just a straight-up UW.
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Speaker 13: Boston or Odunze?
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Speaker 2: Oh, the Roma-Dunze experience.
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Speaker 6: Let me consult where I'm at on these guys. I
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Speaker 6: think they're really close.
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Speaker 11: I have Boston slightly two spots ahead of Odunze against Seattle.
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Speaker 11: So there you go. Another place where you don't have
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Speaker 11: to root against. You'd be rooting for a Husky against
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Speaker 11: the Seahawks. I guess that crosses each other out, but
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Speaker 11: I would go Boston here.
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Speaker 2: All right.
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Speaker 13: Marty in Virginia, Standard League, need one for the flex,
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Speaker 13: Saquon or Rashad White?
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Speaker 11: Well, I'll play Saquon if he plays, but I don't
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Speaker 11: think he's going to. Back in hamstring issue, he was
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Speaker 11: talking a good game, but he hasn't practiced, and he
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Speaker 11: might be on a limited. I just think he was
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Speaker 11: less problematic just to go with Rashad White, who no
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Speaker 11: Ja'Cory Kroski merit, so he should get some pretty good
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Speaker 11: run this week.
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Speaker 13: All right, and now from the 206, I'm in a
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Speaker 13: keeper league. Someone's offering me Swift for Gente.
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Speaker 6: Do I take it?
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Speaker 2: Someone's going to give me Swift.
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Speaker 6: Nah, you know what?
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Speaker 11: I don't know what the shelf life is on DeAndre Swift.
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Speaker 11: Gente is probably destined to be a high-level receiving back
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Speaker 11: and not be the feature back in a few years,
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Speaker 11: but I think I might still just hang on and
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Speaker 11: hold out hope because I don't know how many years
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Speaker 11: Swift has left as the feature guy.
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Speaker 6: One quick one from the 206 because this affects me
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Speaker 6: as well.
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Speaker 13: Is DJ Moore playing this week?
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Speaker 11: I would say it's a coin flip with the shoulder.
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Speaker 11: I thought coming off the bye that this would be
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Speaker 11: the week, but they haven't practiced him yet. They had
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Speaker 11: the red jersey on him, but they also had the
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Speaker 11: red jersey on Dalton Kincaid. They might just be doing
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Speaker 11: a bunch of precautions. So I think Friday's practice report
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Speaker 11: will be very telling. On that one, we'll have to
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Speaker 11: wait and see about 24 hours.
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Speaker 3: And because they're a sponsor, I won't mention the name
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Speaker 3: of the person at Georgetown, but they have a quick question.
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Speaker 3: What's Carnell Tate's status, and would you put him in,
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Speaker 3: or Adunze, or Worthy?
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Speaker 11: Yeah, I mean, this is multi-layered because Rasheed Rice is
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Speaker 11: trying to come back. If Rice gets back, then Mahomes
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Speaker 11: has a tendency to really lie. in on him and
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Speaker 11: forget about worthy so you have to watch that um
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Speaker 11: carnal tate kind of the shoulder thing has snuck up
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Speaker 11: this week he hasn't practiced i would play him if
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Speaker 11: he plays and the nice nice thing is you're going
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Speaker 11: to know before you have to make a decision on
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Speaker 11: a dunesay because he's going on monday night so i'm
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Speaker 11: I'm going to go Carnell Tate if he plays.
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Speaker 6: If not, I'm going to go with Dunzay.
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Speaker 4: Gotcha. All right, all right.
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Speaker 3: Well, the Roman Dunzay experience, I can just tell people
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Speaker 3: right now, including my friend down there, the beer man, no.
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Speaker 6: He had like 60 yards last week. It was a
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Speaker 6: breakout for him.
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Speaker 2: Get to the damn waiver wire.
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Speaker 3: All right, Funston, for people who didn't get their questions
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Speaker 3: answered or we got cut off due to technical issues,
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Speaker 3: where can they find the information? Yeah, you can find
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Speaker 3: it at The Athletic on the Fantasy Football pages, all
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Speaker 3: kinds of stuff.
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Speaker 6: Every week it's just loaded. Rankings are always up-to-date.
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Speaker 11: Injuries, we do a ton of injury stuff now just
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Speaker 11: to make sure that we've got all that covered and
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Speaker 11: a lot of really good analysis and sleeper plays and
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Speaker 11: everything you can need.
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Speaker 13: Beautiful.
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Speaker 2: Good stuff. We'll talk to you next week. Thank you, Funston.
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Speaker 2: Appreciate it.
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Speaker 6: Okay, thank you.
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Speaker 2: All right, that's Brandon Funston. We'll come back. We'll check
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Speaker 2: the text line. We'll also check. Talk backs.
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Speaker 3: Ashley has a pick today for fact or fiction. That's
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