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NFL Wild Card Weekend Saturday Recap: RAMS and BEARS moving on! · NY's Sports Loud Mouth (VIDEO)

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We could do 567 hours and everybody would probably be
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their own takes to everything that we talk about on the show.
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people that have done broadcasting or analyze certain
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If you think it's so easy, then try it.
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Camaraderie. That's something that is very,
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looking over your shoulders and trying to impress.
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be joining us a little bit later in the show.
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He's got a lot of experience in the back end.
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This guy has been a reporter his whole career.
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He's done broadcast. He's been an analyst, a writer,
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a sensational personality. But everybody thinks they can do
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his job. It's that easy.
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I can throw 95 mph, which you probably couldn't.
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I scored fifty goals in peewee hockey.
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figure out, hey, I could go out there and, and do a podcast.
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I can go out there and do a live show wherever because everybody
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So I could sit in front of a YouTube camera and, and pitch
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you garbage about chewing on tobacco or something of that
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magnitude. It's, it's not so easy.
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And I, I just wanted to say that because I've been back and forth
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with somebody, I'm not going to mention any names.
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And I, he as a friend and he told me, you know, you're a
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very, very talented arrow. There's no doubt about it.
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But I could do what you do. I could sit there and I, I can
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have a conversation with a bunch of buddies and talk about what
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you're talking about, if I had any interest in it.
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And I said, oh, really. Well, let's, let's sit down for,
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for 20 minutes and talk about whatever you want to talk about.
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And we did that and the guy couldn't get out more than two
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minutes worth of conversation. It's not.
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Did you let him talk at that point?
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Absolutely, absolutely let him talk.
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Because I honestly, I didn't even know what he wanted to talk
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about. So he was talking about, you
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know, fire pistols and all that other stuff.
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And I'm not going to talk about that on the show.
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But then he wanted to get into politics.
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And I'm going to sit there and just listen and listen to his
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gab because I don't really like to get into that kind of stuff
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in that conversation, those conversations.
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So yeah, I let him speak, but it was 2 minutes of blah, blah,
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blah. And then after that he was like,
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are you going to speak? No, you said you could speak for
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20 minutes. I speak for 20 minutes with my,
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I could speak for 20 minutes blind unfolded.
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I can speak for 20 minutes when I'm taking a dump and looking in
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a mirror. I don't need to show you that.
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It could speak about whatever I want to talk about for 20
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minutes. So I I just want to let
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everybody know, know this, all the college kids, all the people
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that are out there that are trying this and trying to do
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that and trying to make a living doing that.
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Good for you. I think you should do it, but
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it's not so easy. And and whatever you do and
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whatever you put your heart and soul into, make sure you do your
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research and make sure you're out there working, grinding and
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doing the work behind the scenes, because if you're not
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doing it, you're wasting your time.
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All right. Wild Card Weekend kicked off
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Saturday with two great games. Yes ladies and gentlemen, that
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came down to the wire. In the first game.
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The Rams edged out the Panthers 34 to 31 touchdown pass with
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Matthew Stafford to to Colby Parkinson with 34 seconds 38
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seconds left. Wide receiver Puka Nakua had 10
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catches for 111 yards with both a rushing and receiving
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touchdown continuing his dominant season, while Stafford
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went 24 to for 42306 yards, 3 touchdowns and one interception
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in the losing effort. The Panthers, yes, the Panthers
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who are very impressive by the way.
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Hubbard had two touchdowns on the ground and wide receiver
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Jalen Coker had 9 catches for 134 yards and a touchdown that
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put the Panthers ahead until Stafford.
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Late game heroics sealed the deal and the final game on
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Saturday was a doozy. And I would say a doozy in the
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late game. The Bears pulled off another
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thrilling comeback against the Packers, coming back from down
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21 to 3 at halftime to win 31 to 27.
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This is the second, yes, the second massive come from behind
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victory by Caleb Williams and the Bears against the Packers in
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just the past month. Williams celebrated with his
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teammates after the game with cheese grated hats, grating
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cheese all over the place during the post game interview.
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Both Williams and Love were great in this one.
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I thought Jordan was fantastic with Jordan Love having 323
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passing yards and four touchdowns and Caleb Williams
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having 361 passing yards and two touchdowns.
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According to the NFL Next Generation Stats, the Bears
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comeback was the most improbable comeback this season and the
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fifth most improbable in the last 10 years.
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The Rams will now face the Bears in the divisional round of the
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playoffs. First we'll go game from game
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and the first game was unbelievable.
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I, I got to give the first of all the Carolina Panthers a lot
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of credit. Canalis and all of them, I, I
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was just so very impressed. Bryce Young is not a star
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quarterback and I, I do believe Canales can win with Bryce
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Young. We've seen a lot of bad
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quarterbacks or decent quarterbacks win Super Bowls.
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I don't know if it's going to happen, but it's, it was very
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impressive. And the Carolina Panthers
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defense all season long, especially in the second-half,
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was sensational. And in this game, in certain
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parts of the game, they were flat.
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But when they needed to make a play, they made the play.
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And I will say this, Matthew Stafford and I know Steve Watch
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is going to be coming on in just a few moments telling me how
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great Matthew Stafford is and why he believes he's a Hall of
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Famer. There's no day, no doubt, that
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Matthew Stafford is a Hall of Famer.
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There's no question this guy has been the best quarterback all
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season long. And if Drake May wins the MVP,
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shame on the NFL, shame on the voters.
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But I will say this, Bukanukua is a beast.
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That man is not human. I he's a blocker, he can run the
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ball, he can catch. He can do everything you want
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him to play. I think he could be a defensive
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lineman if he wants to be. The guy is unbelievable.
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Cornerback, safety, you could put him anywhere on the field.
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This man is been so impressive. What was he, a fourth round
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draft pick? Round pick.
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I mean, this guy has been unbelievable.
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You're you're talking about the best wide receiver in the NFL.
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Fish were talking about it last week on the show when you're
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trying to compare what Najigba did this year and Puka Nakua.
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Who would you take? What kind of season would you
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take Pukas or Najigba? And and even Fish who has this
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like love fetish, like he wants to like sniff his underwear in
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Ajigba. He said he'd take Puka Nakua.
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What he does best, blocking and doing all the things that Nukua
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does. Nukua is special.
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You think he's the best receiver right now?
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No question. I don't think you can argue that
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he is the best. Why did they decide to move away
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from Cooper Cup? I know Cooper Cup was done.
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He wasn't healthy, but Cooper Cup?
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Think about it. Mcveigh's had arguably two of
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the best wide receivers in the last 20 years on the same
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honest, honest roster for at least.
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And by the way, Cooper Cup was the best wide receiver in the
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league probably for three years. And Puka Nakua is going to have
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a chance to be the best wide receiver in the league for the
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next 10. He is special.
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I know you're not a McVeigh fan, but do you do you give him a
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little credit for believing him and and going to him?
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Well, he didn't draft him. He was a part of the draft
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search. But I mean, he developed him.
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You got to give him credit for developing him, but.
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And he's a master of 11 personnel.
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Think about his first year, too. He went with Sammy Watkins and
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Robert Woods his first year and made that work.
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Yeah, and and and again, Sean McVeigh is a he is a genius when
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it comes to the offense. Just I know a lot of people love
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Kyle Shanahan wants to call Kyle Shanahan a genius, but to have a
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guy like Matthew Stafford's not not too shabby.
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I mean that. I mean, and and 38 to be able to
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do what he's doing, 37 going to be 38 by the end of the year.
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Yep. Yeah.
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And it's it's, it's so fun to see and like the best is just
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the recaps. And I don't know if you guys saw
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this, but like, you know, Mcveigh's play calls are crazy,
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ridiculously long. And they had one of Stafford and
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he was just like, stop, I got it.
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Like just stop. Like we got this.
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And he's like tell him to huddle and like he's laughing about it.
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And that's what I think it comes down to what we said a little
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bit earlier, like the leadership of like how he's able just to
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calm everybody down. But a man of that stature in
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what Stafford is, and to do it at the level that he's doing it
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right now. And also it's, it, it makes it a
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little bit easier when you can throw to Puka and, and do things
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off of him where it lets you be able to have a little bit more
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freedom. I think it's just, it's so fun
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to watch them. It it they're, they're a fun
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team to watch. And, and again, the Panthers,
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Bryce Young didn't have a bad day.
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He was 21 for 42164 yards, 1 touchdown, 1 interception.
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He was sacked twice. But I and, and they didn't get a
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lot of run running from this team.
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I mean, Hubbard and Dowdell was left to and Young ran the ball
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24. Young was the second leading
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rusher on the Carolina Panthers in this game.
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Dowdell was completely taken out of the game.
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He had five rush rushes for 9 yards.
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That's all he had. And Hubbard had two touchdowns
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for 40 and 46 yards. They couldn't.
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And, and again, joker Joe Coker was fantastic.
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McMillan was good. I mean, they had, they spread
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out their offense very, very well.
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I, I love what Carolina does. Canales is a great coach.
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I think Canales deserves a little bit of credit and and
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maybe a part of this this coach frenzy for coach of the year.
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I still think McDonald is the coach of the year for what he
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did with Seattle and winning the NFC.
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But I got to give Canalis a little bit of credit.
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He took over for with Bryce Young.
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He was handed Bryce Young, who I thought was to me small, not
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very talented and was they were reaching, they moved up in the
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draft reaching for him and and has failed to really develop
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into the quarterback everybody thought in Carolina.
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But I got to give Canalis. Canalis is the mastermind of
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this team. So I to me from when you look at
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this game and trying to compare and contrast what McVeigh did, I
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got to give a little bit of canal credit for Canales because
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he stayed in this game. And by the way, Carolina had a
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chance to win this game with two minutes left in the game.
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Yeah, I thought Canales coached brilliant, considering the
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Panthers lost their left tackle in Equano, Robert Hunt, their
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other, their left guard was not playing at 100% either.
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And yeah, they didn't have the great running game, but they
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still were very creative and getting those receivers for
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Jalen Coker is a guy that a lot of these fantasy analysts like,
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but he's not an overly talented wide receiver.
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And they got him open tight ends, they were getting open at
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certain points. And the Panthers defense, you're
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right. I got to give him a lot of
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credit. Now, their coordinator in Aveiro
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comes from the Rams, so kind of knows them a little bit.
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So they started off flat, like you were saying, Errol, but they
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second and third quarter, they really outplayed him.
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I think Canalice and Ivaro did a very good coaching job.
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Just the talent gave out at the end.
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Wasn't Iquana the guy we could have gotten instead of Evan Neil
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wasn't? No, he was the one that went
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right before Evan Neil. Right before Evan Neil, I was
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like, oh, I want him or Evan Neil in that draft.
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Well, when that happened, I was like, that's a patellar tendon.
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That's the only injury that can happen when you get rolled up
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like that. That's probably the worst
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injury. I don't know if he's going to be
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able to come back from that one. That sucks like if both, but I
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think he might have messed up both patellar tendons.
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He got rolled straight over in that one.
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It's you almost never see it. They that coach is great.
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Canalis is fantastic. I don't think Bryce Young's very
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good. I think he's created a very good
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offense with a couple of really good receivers.
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Coker was hurt a lot of the year and he was really strong last
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year as a real sleeper and fantasy help.
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It was one of those guys that helped teams win, not this year,
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but last year. And then he kind of came back a
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little slow and he looked like he was at full strength in this
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game. He was awesome, complimenting
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Ted McMillan. They got something with those
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two guys going forwards. The problem was Dowdle was
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having problems with the fact that they took away his carries
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and gave him back to Chuba Hubbard when he came back from
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injury. And there he was very unhappy.
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He was very vocal about being unhappy after the game.
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He's definitely moving on to another place next season and I
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think that was probably more of what happened there and.
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Obviously you think that happens when you have two quality
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running backs like that. I think they got sometimes it's
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like, you know, it was like a great surprise to see Daddell
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was that effective without Hubbard.
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And then when he came back, he was arguably still better than
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Hubbard and it wasn't great. But Daddell's not like going to
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set the world on fire either. He's just a good player.
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If you know he's in the right system and getting fed, he can't
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be like, you give him 5 carries, he's only going to get you 9
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yards like you did in this game. You got to give him the 20
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carries and he's going to break one or two and you're going to
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get those 2470 with a touchdown or two type numbers for him.
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So he wanted that and he didn't get it, and it kind of led some
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dissension and they kind of sucked, man.
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I will say this and the game that I was so excited to watch
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was the Bears and the Packers. I, I thought that to me was so
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exciting. I was at my sister's house.
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I was watching it on my phone and watching these two teams,
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they can't stand each other. They absolutely can't stand one
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another. You saw what Johnson was doing
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and what he was saying on the sidelines.
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I don't know if you can mimic what he was saying on the
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sidelines, but even at the end of the game, they barely shook
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each other's hands. Him on the floor, can't stand
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each other. It's something that we've seen
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before, the Chicago Bears and the Packers never liked each
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other, ever liked each other. And when you take over, you're a
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part of this rivalry. You, you look at him, you, you
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have to come into that rivalry. Remember, Ben Johnson was the,
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the, the offensive coordinator for the Detroit Lions in the
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same division and they couldn't stand each other when they were
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when he was the offensive coordinator and he was coaching
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the Packers for many, many years.
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I could tell that they don't like each other.
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But I, I love the dynamic 2 quarterbacks.
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These are the two quarterbacks that I think are the future of
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the NFL. Jordan Love who special guys in
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the playoffs. This guy is as good as of a
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quarterback we've seen in a very, very long time.
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When you talk about Aaron Rodgers and Brett Favre and what
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they've done in the playoffs many, many times.
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Look at this kids numbers in the last three years in the playoffs
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this man shows up 24 for 46323 yards, 4 touchdowns, 0
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interceptions. He was everything to this packed
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team. He really was the Packers.
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Really it was to me blowing them out going into the second-half,
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21 to 3. This was very, I would say
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patriot esque against the Atlanta Falcons.
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Do you remember that in the Super Bowl?
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That was that's how bad it was. I thought this was going to be a
19:33
blowout, but I said to I was sitting there and I was talking
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to Brittany and I was like, this game is far from over.
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I wouldn't be surprised if Ben Johnson has something up his
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sleeve. And boy, oh boy, did he ever.
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It was so impressive, so impressive what Ben Johnson did
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in the second-half, how he brought Caleb Williams to life.
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Because Caleb Williams in the first half, I don't know where
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he was. He was far, far up his ass
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because or he was trying to paint his nails because his head
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was not in the game. That's for sure, ladies and
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gentlemen. But in the second-half, Caleb
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Williams awoke and he made some dynamic plays and you can see
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why a lot of people are including me or yours truly.
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I believe that he is very Aaron Rodgers esque.
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This guy could do everything on the field.
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He can throw on the run. He's got a lightning arm.
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This guy can can be as elite of elite as we seen any quarterback
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and it showed the final play of the game, offensive play of the
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game for the Bears was so impressive, so impressive by
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Caleb Williams, taking him down the field, doing the things that
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Caleb Williams does so well. And, and, and to me, as cocky as
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Caleb Williams has been when he's coming to the league, he's
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he's been very humble over the last couple of weeks and he
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knows that Ben Johnson is the reason why he is slowly but
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surely developing because we know it's not ever flues who got
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fired again. So we we understand what Caleb
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Williams is going to bring to the table and if Ben Johnson can
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get out what he got out of Caleb Williams in the second-half of
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the game, watch out for the Bears.
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I wouldn't even Billy, I would even argue that the Bears could
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go to the Super Bowl this year and surprise the world and win
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Ben Johnson, a rookie coach with Caleb Williams and this defense,
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this defense, when they needed to make a play, they did the
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Packers defense played well. But in the second-half, I their
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heads were so far up their asses and and, and Lafleur, should he
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be fired? No, he shouldn't be fired.
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And by the way, the media has to layoff on Jordan Love at the the
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end of a game. Do you want to deal with the
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media asking you what what they what they think the Packers
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should do to your coach when you have a good relationship with
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that same coach? No, I don't want to hear that.
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I just lost. I got to sit out for the rest of
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the season wondering what my team did wrong because I showed
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up in the game when the game needed me.
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OK, that's what I'm going to say about that.
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I don't want to hear the media. I don't want to hear what the
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media has got to say to me when I'm pissed off because my team
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did not show up in the second-half and I did that to
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me. I would piss me off.
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And I got a Jordan Love handled it very, very well, Very, very
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well. But Jake Jacobs didn't show up
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to this game. What the hell happened to Josh
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Jacobs? 1919 rushing yards.
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I mean 19 rushes for 55 yards. The guy didn't show up.
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They they had no running game, No running game.
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The Green Bay Packers and the only person that showed up
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really. And by the way, Matthew Golden
22:37
had his best game in the big game, but the only one that
22:39
showed up was Dobbs. What happened to Watson?
22:43
What happened to what happened to Reed did to me when you have
22:48
two best wide receivers did not show up to the game and really
22:51
they're I don't know what the hell.
22:53
Maybe they were having some tea and crumpets on the sidelines
22:56
with each other. They did.
22:57
They just look like they were at a no show, no show all game and
23:02
don't I don't want to hear that they didn't have any looks.
23:04
Both guys had 7 targets and both guys did absolutely diddly squat
23:10
and I don't care about their touchdown.
23:12
Everybody, well, they got a Errol, they got a touchdown, A
23:15
touchdown, A touchdown. They didn't do enough.
23:18
They didn't do what they do best.
23:21
Reed, to me, should have done more and he's the lightning bolt
23:25
for Watson. Those guys didn't do enough When
23:29
you're talking about Matthew Golden, who has been really,
23:32
really bad. This guy was a first round draft
23:34
pick, first round, and he didn't show up.
23:39
I mean, he showed up and the other guys didn't show up.
23:41
To me. There's a big problem, Speedy.
23:43
Yeah, there's definitely a problem when you look at there's
23:44
no variance with the wide receivers, with the Packer.
23:46
And I think there's no variance with the offensive line, too.
23:48
And that's why the Bears, I think we're finally able to get
23:50
some leverage. I was worried about the pressure
23:51
rate with them. And you're right, Ben Johnson is
23:53
just that good of a coach. The Rams might have the most
23:54
talented offense. The Bears might have the most
23:56
unpredictable, though, with the schemes that he's running.
23:59
It's like Mcveigh's first year, except with probably a little
24:01
more different concepts than it. And that could make the Bears
24:03
scary if their defense can get healthy.
24:05
I agree with you. This is might be I think I had
24:07
the Rams going to the Super Bowl at the beginning of the year
24:09
that the Bears could get another level to them if they can get
24:12
healthy on defense. We talked about this too, and I
24:15
think we said it early in the year and I think Errol, you're
24:18
the one that said it. It's like he's going to be
24:20
special. We saw how he's kind of
24:21
progressed through, you know, this second-half of the season
24:25
and obviously the defense stepped up.
24:27
But the way I think really like in the maturation process of you
24:32
talked about how Jordan Love handled the media afterwards, it
24:36
was really, really cool to see as somebody that's had to handle
24:40
media through good, bad and indifferent of the way Caleb
24:44
handled the interview afterwards.
24:46
He was took his time, answered the questions very articulately
24:53
and he literally didn't give credit to himself.
24:57
He gave it to everybody else and kind of what they're doing is
24:59
like, we have to get better. Like what do you do?
25:02
Like he was, he was focused on like the negative, which is a
25:06
great thing of how we get better.
25:09
But he was easy to give praise to everybody else.
25:11
And like he took his time to answer the questions.
25:14
And I think we've seen him come in and the expectations of like,
25:19
oh, well, I'm that dude, right? I'm that dude.
25:22
So everybody expects me to do this.
25:24
And then when he handled a little bit of failure, I don't
25:26
think he handled it the best way early.
25:29
But I think you hit the nail on the head.
25:31
And I know I say that a lot, but Ben Johnson has helped him
25:36
progress to be what he is now. And I wouldn't be surprised
25:40
either if they go shock the world and and get a chance to
25:43
get there. And I really, I really think
25:45
it's going to be something fun to watch.
25:49
And speedy, you said it's like they they're the most
25:51
unpredictable offense because you don't know where the hell
25:54
they're going to come from. And that's Ben Johnson.
25:57
And you've seen what the Lions did this year without Ben
26:01
Johnson. And so I think that's a really
26:04
telltale of what we talk about when there is a coaching aspect
26:09
that comes even these are the greatest players in the world
26:11
where that's still, it still comes into play of where you
26:15
exude confidence, you exude the the expertise of what I am, but
26:20
you have to go execute it. But I'm going to give you all
26:22
the pieces of it. And if you go do it, man, we're
26:25
here for you and we'll celebrate you and praise you.
26:29
And I think that it's coming together, which you didn't think
26:33
this Bears team would probably be in this situation at the
26:36
beginning of the year. None of us did.
26:40
It's been crazy. And it's been a great, great,
26:43
great wild card weekend. I got to give them the NFL a lot
26:47
of credit for actually putting this, putting it together.
26:50
I just didn't like the Patriots game on a prime time Sunday
26:53
night game. It was to me, it was out of all
26:56
the games, that's the game you're going to pick.
26:58
I think I would have picked, I would have picked the Buffalo
27:01
Bills and the Jaguars. I would have taken the Packers
27:03
and the Bears on Sunday Night Football.
27:05
I think to me, I know it's Saturday night.
27:07
They were on Saturday night, but I would have moved them to
27:09
Sunday night and maybe move Buffalo into the Jacksonville
27:11
Jaguars on Saturday night. That's where because I thought
27:14
that the Bears and the Packers, they hate each other.
27:16
That's what I want to see. Two teams absolutely dislike
27:19
each other. Go at it on Sunday Night
27:21
Football and where everybody's going to be hanging out at the
27:23
bars and chilling out. I Saturday night.
27:25
I mean, everybody is there, but every, everybody's partying on
27:27
Saturday night, too. That's that handshake was
27:30
something, wasn't it? Yeah, it was great.
27:31
It was great. It was like the side eye, not
27:34
even like a look to the face like I was, you saw Jordan and
27:38
Caleb come together. But then just like the side eye
27:41
of like, hey, I know I have to do this, but I don't want to do
27:44
it. Yeah, it was definitely
27:46
something to very interesting to watch.
27:49
All right, rise. It didn't catch more legs
27:51
though. I mean it did a little bit, but
27:53
not not that much. Well, I it caught a lot of legs.
27:57
Trust me on almost every single social media, especially X.
28:01
It was all over the place on Thursday night in the first
28:05
College Football Playoff semi finals.
28:07
The number 10 Miami Hurricanes beat on Old Miss and the Rebels
28:13
31 to 27 heard. the Hurricanes running back Mark Fletcher had
28:19
another strong game for Miami with 133 yards while Old Miss
28:24
running back Mr. Lacy had 103 yards including a 73 yard
28:30
touchdown in the second quarter but pulled his hamstring
28:34
hamstring limiting him through the rest of the game.
28:37
Old Miss Quarterback Trinidad Chambliss had 277 yards and a go
28:44
ahead passing touchdown to give Old Miss a three-point lead with
28:48
three minutes and 13 seconds remaining in the game.
28:52
But Miami quarterback Carson Back, yeah Carson Back, who
28:57
finished with 268 yards, 3 total touchdowns, responded with a
29:02
game-winning drive. Running it in himself with 18
29:07
seconds left, Chambliss was able to get Old Miss one last shot in
29:13
the end zone, but fell short, sending Miami to a national
29:18
title game for the first time since 2002.
29:24
In the marquee match up, the undefeated #1 seeded Indiana
29:28
Hoosiers stay that way, completely, completely
29:32
destroying the number 5 Oregon Ducks 56 to 22 to advance to
29:38
their first national championship in school history.
29:41
Indiana's ground game was dominated in it again, rushing
29:46
for 183 yards, 85 yards, while Oregon struggled, getting only
29:52
93 as Ducks quarterback Dante Moore had several costly
29:58
turnovers fumbling. Of course, Fish would put this
30:00
together, fumbling a snap inside Oregon's 20 yard line and
30:05
throwing a pick 6 on the first play first play from scrimmage
30:11
in this game, setting the tone for the rest of the night.
30:16
Heisman Trophy winner Fernando Mendoza was nearly perfect again
30:20
with 177 passing yards, 5 touchdowns to four different
30:26
receivers. Indiana is a 7.5 point favorite
30:30
against Miami in the national championship, which is located
30:35
at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami next Monday, which is a a nice
30:40
beautiful stadium. So let's go into the games.
30:44
All right, so the first game was the Hurricanes and Ole Miss.
30:48
And by the way, Champliss is going to probably go to the NFL
30:53
draft because there's something that went something he couldn't.
30:59
Yeah, he was his six year or something.
31:01
So he's going to be going into the NFL draft.
31:02
I don't know if he's a first round talent.
31:04
He'll probably fall to the second round with Carson Beck,
31:07
but we'll see how that falls. But the game I thought was
31:11
fantastic to watch. The Rebels were back and forth
31:14
with Miami and Miami had a very small lead going into the
31:18
second-half. And I, I thought this was what
31:21
we expected it to be. It was going to be a close game.
31:24
It was going to be a battle, I believe, of the running game.
31:28
And I think obviously the Miami Hurricanes did enough
31:33
defensively in the game, especially in the fourth quarter
31:36
that kept them close to Chambliss and, and the Rebels
31:40
and, and gave them a chance to win the game.
31:42
And, and they did. I I will say this, I don't know
31:46
what's going to happen in the national title game.
31:48
And I'll get into the Hoosiers and, and what they did just
31:50
manhandling the Ducks and they did, they manhandle the Ducks.
31:54
And of course Fish wanted to put that put out there Dante Moore
31:58
and how bad he looked in in that game.
32:00
But I still think Dante Moore is going to be a good quarterback
32:04
in the NFL no matter if he goes out this year, it comes out next
32:08
year. But Fish put.
32:09
That was your boys, Speedy. It's not me.
32:11
You got to explain Speedy on that.
32:12
One fish put that there. Whatever speedy put that there,
32:15
because there's a good chance he could be a jet.
32:18
I, I, I don't know. But the fact here is the
32:22
opportunity Miami has to knock off an undefeated Hoosier team
32:26
is, is up for grabs. And I, you heard everybody was
32:29
saying is Miami back is Miami back?
32:31
And on social media, a lot of the ex Miami players said on
32:36
social media, I'm not going to name because you know who they
32:38
are said it. Their only way they're back is
32:41
if they win the national championship.
32:44
And and the question is, and I and we will get into that
32:47
probably in the next couple of weeks.
32:49
Well, actually not a couple of weeks this week on Thursday,
32:51
because the game is what a week away?
32:54
We we can go on the ins and the outs of the game.
32:56
I'm not here to say it or talk about it.
32:58
The fact here is it was a heavy dose of Bain and and this
33:03
talented front seven in the fourth quarter, they put a lot
33:06
of pressure on Chambliss and Chambliss really was put in
33:09
spots where he was uncomfortable.
33:11
Do I think the final play of the game was a penalty, 100%?
33:15
That was a penalty, but no way in hell is the referees going to
33:20
call at the end of the game with what, 3 seconds left or two
33:24
seconds left of the game? You're going to call a penalty
33:26
when it's an if he call. But it was a penalty.
33:29
It was a back and forth battle. I like the fact that Lane Kiffin
33:33
is not getting any more money from from LSU because he he just
33:38
made himself $750,000 because of the advancement of old Mass
33:44
moving from one team to another. Besides the Tulane game, the
33:47
Georgia game was very, very close and this game was very,
33:50
very close for obviously Miami and and and the Rebels.
33:54
I thought it was very well played, very well coached both
33:57
coaches and I think Golden has a chance to be something special
34:01
because going into the playoffs, I was unsure on Golden, But
34:06
watching the coach and watching the players flock to him and
34:09
even calling timeouts at the end of the game and getting more,
34:12
you know, round, you know, riled up and and and really feeling
34:15
and believing in the team. It shows a lot about how a coach
34:19
because college is different from the NFL.
34:21
These guys don't rile you up. You're making millions and
34:24
millions of dollars. Jabba would tell you that.
34:25
Nick Goody would tell you that you don't need to be, you know,
34:28
hyped up. You're making a lot of money.
34:31
You got to go out there and play the game.
34:32
These college players, they're making some money and some of
34:35
them are getting rich, but you're out there trying to play
34:38
for one another. And you can see that both these
34:40
coaches in Miami and with the Rebels have that in them and
34:44
instilled into them. And that's what was so fun,
34:46
speedy to watch was the coaching and and the way they coach these
34:50
players. Yeah, absolutely.
34:51
For a defensive coach to to have that good of an offensive game
34:53
plan against Miami's defense that just shut down Ohio State,
34:56
the defending champs that thought of as the most talented
34:59
team in the country. And then even the week before
35:01
against Texas A&M that had a good offense on paper.
35:03
This was a Miami team that combined for just 17 points
35:05
allowed in those two games. And then to really keep it
35:08
going, they struggled in the first quarter.
35:10
But besides that, they he had a pretty steady game plan and that
35:12
was with Kyron Lacy not playing 100% because of or Kuan Lacy not
35:17
playing 100% because of the hamstring injury he suffered.
35:20
He had that big touchdown run. But again, like I was talking
35:22
about the Jaguars and the Bills and the Jaguars not being
35:24
consistent running. They weren't able to be
35:26
consistent running the ball because of that.
35:28
And if he was healthy, maybe that's a little bit different
35:30
and almost his offensive line, I think against that pass rush, I
35:33
would say still held their own most of the game.
35:35
Yes, you're right. Bane did have his moment.
35:36
I thought the interior rush for Miami did well at.
35:38
Certain in the big parts of the game, especially in the fourth
35:41
quarter, Miami's defense really exploded off the paper.
35:45
Yep, they did. And like I was mentioning with
35:47
the Georgia game, I still think Chambliss made enough of those
35:49
good throws to obviously rally them back.
35:51
Do you think he's a first round talent?
35:52
No, I think he's just because of his size.
35:54
I don't think he'll be a first round talent.
35:56
I think his arm talent is is not super big arm, but I think he
35:59
makes enough intermediate throws where I think.
36:00
He doesn't get drafted over a guy like a Carson Beck.
36:04
I would draft him over Carson Beck personally, but I think it
36:07
all depends on scheme. It all depends on because Beck
36:10
has the experience where I think he's still the way that a lot of
36:13
drafts are now. You still can be bought in if
36:15
you start for a long time or you sit around in college.
36:18
Football. So where do you think he goes?
36:20
Third round, I think Chambliss, I think he has enough talent.
36:24
I'm obviously depend on the combine a lot too in his
36:26
athletic grades where he still might fall to four or something
36:28
like that if because of his size and maybe because of his speed.
36:31
But I think he's proven enough with his traits.
36:33
I think you're looking at a quarterback that could still
36:35
play back is kind of the opposite we were seeing.
36:38
We were talking about the batting guys too.
36:40
We'll always see the deep ball out of Carson Beck.
36:41
He finally showed in this game. He was able to sling at 53 yards
36:45
on one of the touchdowns, got 33 on another and some other big
36:47
plays and didn't rely on the yards after the catch.
36:50
And Miami's defense got the big stops when they needed to.
36:52
And Fletcher, like he was saying, did a really good job.
36:54
He was the more consistent runner in that game, obviously
36:56
with Lacey getting hurt, but that was enough for Miami to get
36:59
the win and they win a high scoring game.
37:00
Which that's the that's the only way Miami beats Indiana.
37:03
They have to run the ball, they have to control the clock and
37:06
they have to keep Mendoza off the field.
37:08
That's the only way they beat the Hoosiers.
37:11
I'm going to tell you this and and back and forth coaching.
37:14
We all know who has the advantage after watching that
37:17
Danny Atlanta game. But Jabba, your thought I'll get
37:19
into the the Ducks and the Hoosiers because that game made
37:22
me sick. No, I, I think you guys kind of
37:24
touched on a lot of what I wanted to do.
37:27
Like Carson Beck has been there. He he's seen how to win.
37:32
I think with what Trinidad wanted to do and, and coming
37:36
back and we'll we'll use what now college football is in NIL.
37:43
Why do you think he wanted a sixth year?
37:45
Because he's probably going to be a day three, but he can come
37:48
back. He saw just what Soresby got
37:51
from Cincinnati and $5 million from Texas Tech.
37:54
Gets an extra year, gets to make NIL money, isn't going to get
37:59
big money going day three, right?
38:02
And, and just look at this like you look at Ben Rice, who's
38:07
going to start first base for the New York Yankees.
38:09
Soresby transferred in his fifth year, is making 5 million.
38:14
Ben Rice is making $820,000. I thought why wouldn't you want
38:18
that extra year and he knows that he's not going to be in
38:22
this Class A day two guy, not a first round guy.
38:27
So why do you think he wanted that extra year and why they put
38:31
in There was 3 prospects of him putting in a waiver and they did
38:36
it three times and they said no because that's the because he
38:40
knew and he's going to be undersized.
38:43
But Speedy brought something up where maybe he does go ball out
38:47
in the combine, maybe his his IQ when he goes in and does all
38:52
this stuff, but undersized and all the other things they're
38:55
going to be like, well, we're not taking this guy.
38:56
So I think that's the reason he wanted the extra year.
39:01
But I, I just think the defense, what was the key of the game?
39:05
And then Carson Beck knowing how to win and being able to lead at
39:09
that point. And and we touched on it early
39:11
in the shows, like having a leader that can win, understands
39:14
how it's supposed to get done. And this dude 16 months ago,
39:18
granted it was one of the best division twos, but he was the
39:21
backup. And now he comes in, he wasn't
39:24
even the starter at the beginning of the year and he got
39:26
hurt and then became the starter in week 3.
39:28
So it's just, I mean, it's happened fast, but he
39:32
understands what he can do in college now with what he's done
39:35
and and what colleges allowed them to do, why he wanted that
39:39
other year because he knew he was going to be a day three guy.
39:42
If he's a day three guy, he's going to want the money.
39:44
But there's I read something that the state of Mississippi's
39:48
going to try to file some kind of injunction on for a good old
39:52
Ole Miss to be able to bring Chambliss back for one more
39:55
year. I hope they do get him.
39:56
It's a good story, but the the real story I thought of that
39:59
game was the amount of first, second and third round picks on
40:03
that Miami defense that was just balling out the entire game.
40:08
Their coach is awesome. Mario Crystal Ball, if you you
40:11
might remember him from Oregon. He's got big. 4 Dan Land.
40:14
He's got big boobs, I can tell you that.
40:17
Well, maybe. Maybe he's deflated in certain
40:20
areas over the years and inflated in others.
40:23
Did anybody see the memes all over social media?
40:27
That was so funny, man. The everybody was throwing out
40:31
memes of, you know, some of the pictures, him on the sidelines
40:34
and then popping up and down. Dude, that was funny.
40:37
How could you not laugh at that? I was laughing the whole time.
40:41
And then when it was going on, while the game was going on and
40:44
I was actually watching it, like in real life, I was like, holy
40:48
crap, I never even noticed. And this guy wears these tight
40:50
shirts. Like you can see what's going on
40:53
over there. He's also a Sabin guy too.
40:56
Yeah. Crystal Ball was a Sabin for
40:58
years and in the in the before the game, you know, Pat McAfee
41:02
and you know, game day, they had them talking with each other,
41:05
just busting chops. And it's clear that you know,
41:09
everyone that Saban's kind of been around has got a little bit
41:12
of Pixie dust on them. He's starting with Kirby Smart
41:15
and down that entire. Huge.
41:16
Tree, it's something that we don't talk enough about.
41:18
I think that just the massive impact that guy's had and you're
41:22
seeing it all the way down to guys that are, you know, 20-30
41:25
years younger all the way down to Dan Lanning and other guys.
41:28
So it's real impressive what what he did over there.
41:31
I just want to talk a little bit about Mesador because we talk
41:32
about Bane a lot. Mesador is a little bigger guy.
41:35
He's going to play inside more than Bain, but he can also rush
41:38
the passer. Having the two of those guys
41:40
rush from the same side of the line is unfair, Like it's
41:44
completely unfair. But they also do things with
41:46
Mesedore where they'll drop them back to an off ball linebacker
41:48
and move them around the formation.
41:50
So they're doing stuff on that defense that you really see only
41:53
in pro defenses because they got guys that are going to be top 15
41:58
picks on that defensive line as well as a couple of second and
42:01
third round picks as well. I think it knows tackle and a
42:04
couple of the other linebackers. All right, so I was waiting for
42:07
this and I know all you who's your fans should be very
42:11
excited. And and Mendoza threw 5
42:14
touchdowns. Congratulations to him.
42:16
He had 177 yards and I am butt hurt that he's not going to be a
42:19
New York Jet. It doesn't seem like that's
42:21
going to happen. OK, but for anybody to go after
42:25
this kid, Dante Moore, and say that this guy is not going to be
42:29
a good NFL quarterback, that's ridiculous.
42:31
He was sacked 3 times. His offensive line was not
42:33
protecting him. And I'll say this, the Hoosiers
42:36
put a lot of pressure on him to make throws out of position, but
42:40
the guy still had 285 yards. He still, he still threw 2
42:44
passing touchdowns. He did throw 1 interception.
42:46
And he couldn't run the ball because he was running for dear
42:49
life because his offensive line didn't understand what they were
42:53
doing in the game. I, I, I really think they were
42:55
just hanging out needing some microwave steak because they
42:58
didn't show up in that game. The fact here is organ, the game
43:04
was over really before the half. You can see it.
43:07
I was, I was watching a rodeo and I was watching the game on
43:11
my phone. I was like, this game's over.
43:12
There's no way Dante Moore can throw two or three touchdowns in
43:16
this game and there's no way they're coming back.
43:18
Because to me, Indiana has like some they're they're they're
43:23
like, I don't even know what it says.
43:26
It's like the Terminator. They're terminating opponents
43:29
and they're making it look so damn easy.
43:32
If they played the Buckeyes, they terminate them just as bad.
43:35
It doesn't matter if it was Oregon or Oregon or it was Ohio
43:40
State or it's going to be Miami and they're Miami is going to
43:43
have to put up a great game plan if they're going to beat this
43:46
team. Mendoza had a good game, but the
43:48
story wasn't Mendoza. I, I think people don't
43:51
understand the story was how dominant this Indiana Hoosiers
43:57
offensive line is. This offensive line is beastly.
44:02
Do you know how many times Mendoza got sacked in that game?
44:05
This is a good Oregon defense, very good.
44:09
They've got first round draft picks on this defense.
44:12
They sacked him once. They sacked him one time.
44:18
Think about that. That's how dominant the Hoosiers
44:22
offensive line was. And think about this, the
44:25
offensive line of the Hoosiers with these guys were guys that
44:29
came from the portal. These guys weren't five star
44:32
recruits, They weren't 4 star recruits.
44:35
Some of them weren't even any star recruits.
44:38
Think also the average age of the Hoosiers is 23.
44:41
Yeah, I mean, we're talking about men.
44:44
It's ridiculous. Did the Hoosiers, did they have
44:47
a guy that had 100 yards? No, they spread out their
44:50
running games. Black, Hemby, Martin, they all
44:54
ran the ball and it equally one of them Black Blackett 63 yards,
44:58
Hamby had 53 yards, Martin had 42 yards.
45:01
They all touched the ball. Black was the important one.
45:04
He's the one that ran in two touchdowns.
45:06
But this defense has laid the smack if on every single team
45:12
they've played and it doesn't matter who they match up
45:15
against. And again, Miami's going to have
45:17
to have a good game plan against this offensive line because as
45:20
good as Bain is in this front 7 has been throughout this
45:24
tournament in the second-half of the the college football season,
45:28
I don't know if they're going to touch Mendoza enough where he is
45:32
going to fall off his sweet spot, where he's going to feel
45:35
he's going to have to do something that he's
45:37
uncomfortable to do. Mendoza was standing firm in the
45:40
pocket. If you watch Dante, Dante Moore,
45:43
he was running for dear life, dear life.
45:47
And for anybody to say that Dante Moore isn't a first round
45:50
talent and he's not going to be a good quarterback, then guys,
45:53
you don't know what you're watching.
45:54
This guys got all the ability in the world.
45:57
He can move inside and out of the pocket, can make every
45:59
single throw. He's got the speed.
46:01
Unfortunately, ladies and gentlemen, I don't believe Dan
46:05
Lanning was up for a Signetti. I, I you, you've seen it.
46:09
Signetti has been the best coach in the country for two years.
46:13
Dan Lanning, who has spoke very highly at the end of the game
46:18
about what he thinks Signetti is and how how great of a coach he
46:21
is. Before the game he was taking
46:23
shots at him and saying that where you, you came from, James
46:26
Madison and all this other stuff.
46:28
So Dan Lanning obviously had a lot to chew at the end of the
46:32
game, but it wasn't chewing a trophy or a a imagining winning
46:38
a national champion trophy. It was chewing his pride because
46:42
his pride is what sent him down and sent him down far.
46:46
So Dan Lanning, I love you still, man.
46:48
I, I root for you every single time you get you, you go as far
46:52
as you do in these tournaments and everyone, everything that
46:54
you do, but you got out coached outclassed and, and honestly, I,
47:01
I mean, there's nothing more to say.
47:03
I, I, it was a battle of 1 coach to the other coach Mendoza,
47:08
congratulations to him. But did he have the he was 17
47:12
for 20. He threw the ball 20 times.
47:14
OK, it, it's, it's really just he didn't really have to do
47:18
much. He didn't have to do much.
47:20
Yeah, there was also a difference in the yardage.
47:22
Split wasn't even that great either.
47:23
Like it was just Oregon's turnovers or just that much all
47:26
at once, which I think hurt. And you're right, the offensive
47:29
line had a lot to do with it, too.
47:30
They were awesome. They the Indiana.
47:32
I'm talking about Oregon's offensive line being horrible
47:34
too, no? No, no, I said that too, but
47:36
Indiana's offensive line was awesome.
47:40
And them winning the trenches that significantly was something
47:44
that I wouldn't have thought like that big of a gap.
47:47
I had Oregon winning the game because I thought they're more
47:48
well-rounded team. I thought Indiana, we have to
47:50
see how that defense would have been against a more well-rounded
47:53
I, I guess. You like that word?
47:54
Well-rounded. Yeah, because Oregon's offense
47:57
brought a lot events. You talk about the three running
47:59
backs last week and none of them were really that effective in
48:01
that game because of the way this offensive line has been.
48:03
Oregon's been a factory of developing offensive line even
48:05
before Landing was there with Cristobal and with all their
48:07
other coaches have been a factory of offensive lineman and
48:10
a factory of running backs as a result of that.
48:12
But they did not have anything in this game.
48:15
That and then Indiana running the ball to 175 yards after they
48:19
ran for 189. Against Alabama and shutting
48:22
down Sodic, who's been as good a tight end in the nation,
48:27
probably the best tight end in the nation the last couple of
48:29
weeks, and shutting him down. No team has shut him down the
48:32
way the Hoosier shut him down in this game. 5 receptions for 29
48:38
yards. Think about that.
48:39
And we've seen this pattern a lot, I think with Oregon to like
48:43
sometimes these second second time around or these games later
48:47
in the season, they either go to 1 tendency too much or they just
48:51
aren't prepared as much. We saw them in the PAC 12
48:53
championship. I think the last year Herbert
48:54
was there, they lost to Utah. Kyle Whittingham just got hired
48:57
by Michigan, an experienced coach.
48:59
Sometimes I think they buy into their talent too much.
49:01
Now, I'm not saying Signetti is definitively signetti is
49:04
definitively better than landing like I don't think it's a big
49:07
gap, but I think he's a better enough where that extra prep.
49:10
I even the week before that, maybe they were already
49:12
thinking, all right, we're going to prepare for this kind of
49:14
tendency. Indiana takes away your best
49:16
things and then you have to adjust accordingly.
49:18
And I don't think Moore was ready for that kind of thing.
49:19
He was really one read a lot of the time and the offensive like
49:23
definitely wasn't ready for that kind of thing.
49:24
And Oregon defense, which there were some questions because of
49:27
who they played on their schedule, and I think it finally
49:29
got exposed in this game. Are you going to play Dante
49:31
Moore? Have you made it seem like in
49:34
this, this presentation of monologue, this, this guy's a
49:38
failure? That's what it seems like if
49:41
I'm. Well I'm was part of the reason
49:42
they lost the game. He throws a pick 6 on the first
49:44
play of the game. He puts you right.
49:46
That's not the reason why they lost the game.
49:48
The offense that's not but. The thing is, they were down 42
49:51
to 7 in this game to court. All of his yards were in garbage
49:54
time. He was a disaster because they
49:57
came up with a game plan that would stop him.
49:59
What do they do? Make it so they can't run the
50:01
football, add extra lineman into the box, put a five man front up
50:05
there and make it so that they can't do it.
50:07
So then what is? The box more in this game than
50:11
they've done all year. Because that's what Oregon did
50:14
best. It's it's the old Belichick
50:16
strategy, which he taught Saban, which by the way, Kurt Signetti,
50:20
where did he start with Sabin as his recruiter when he first got
50:25
to Alabama? Who's responsible for Julio
50:28
Jones playing at Alabama? Kurt Signetti, Mark Ingram
50:31
playing at Alabama, Kurt Signetti.
50:33
And then he left famously to bet on himself and Sabin told him
50:38
not to. Is the story that we've been
50:40
here in the last couple of weeks and obviously look at him now.
50:44
And he came up with this game plan that shut down Dante Moore.
50:47
They put some trap coverages. You're right, Speed.
50:49
He's a one read type of guy. So that's easy to coach against
50:52
if you're going to make him throw too much.
50:54
And they got him to turn the ball over.
50:56
And it's not really his fault they so Chris.
51:00
Why do you think some guys still have Dante Moore projected over
51:04
Mendoza? So I don't think they do
51:06
anymore, but I don't think they're going to anymore because
51:09
Mendoza's had like 5 incompletions and sick and like
51:13
8 touchdowns in the last two games.
51:16
He's also only thrown crazy. He's also only thrown 20 passes
51:20
in. Every single one.
51:21
But he's come out in the third quarter of both games.
51:23
He's been. He's only had to play 3/4 of the
51:25
game. You project it out.
51:26
He's had regular stats. Because the Hoosiers have been
51:29
flat out the best. Team in Errol, he's got perfect
51:31
passer. I like, I'm not taking shots at
51:33
Mendoza, but to sit here and say, well, he's flat out that
51:36
much better than Dante Moore. If you throw 17 passes.
51:40
Three are incomplete and fair. If Dante Moore If Dante Moore
51:44
was playing for the Hoosiers, he would win, too.
51:46
He would have want to. I mean, you could.
51:48
He would, absolutely. Dominate it.
51:50
I mean, we're going to find out when they both get to the NFL
51:53
because you know, they're both going to play in this league.
51:55
It's ridiculous. I don't think.
51:56
We saw. I'm sorry I missed that.
51:59
Last, I don't think Dante's coming out.
52:01
That's what I'm hearing. Well, if he doesn't, I think
52:03
it's a mistake because they and we're going to talk about in the
52:05
sports minute later, Jabba, your boy just transferred to Oregon
52:09
many more rooms. So I have a feeling they think
52:12
he's coming out or else they wouldn't have spent the probably
52:15
$3,000,000 plus on dominant on. Well, he was, he was getting, he
52:19
was getting 2.8 here. Yeah, so I would bet it's closer
52:23
to 4. They're not going to pay more
52:25
and and Rayola at the same. Time don't tell guy to pay him
52:27
something under the table too. You, you got to come out.
52:30
If you're top two pick, I don't care.
52:32
You know, if if you're, you would do better.
52:34
Like Zach Wilson would have done better if he stayed another
52:37
year. Like Sam Darnold would have
52:38
stayed better if he did another year.
52:40
Mark Sanchez. And guess who's picking #2 just
52:43
like those 3. Teams, I'm not upset about it if
52:45
The Jets draft Dante Moore, good because I.
52:48
Think you want to start them the first?
52:49
And I'm not going to they're not going to Moji will not do that.
52:54
So I I've, I've seen this enough.
52:56
I think Moji, if they draft Dante Moore, he's he's riding
53:00
the bench for at least six to seven.
53:02
Weeks, I think this game showed you that he should.
53:04
It's not that he's not competent.
53:06
Like his end numbers were fine and he's going to be OK in the
53:09
long run. He's going to be right now when
53:11
they took the runaway, he's going to get a lot better.
53:14
But when they took the run away, he didn't really have the
53:15
answers right. And you need to have those
53:18
answers when you're playing in the NFL or they're going to just
53:20
kill you. They're going to come up with
53:21
this game plan every time. You're going to have eight or
53:23
nine guys in the box, they're going to play cover four so the
53:26
safeties can play up and their first steps are going to be for
53:28
run. And you're not going to be able
53:30
to beat people on like 5 play actions, you know, hoping to
53:34
trick people all game. That's just how it is.
53:36
But I mean, look what I think before we finish this.
53:40
What Cignetti's doing is legendary.
53:42
If they do this and they, I mean, I mean undefeated and
53:50
killing everybody. I mean, I don't think anyone
53:52
thinks Miami's. As good as Oregon?
53:55
Maybe they are, but I don't think they're much better.
53:57
So if they're not much better, how are they going to do much
54:00
better than Oregon did? It's really fascinating.
54:02
I think Crystal Ball's the right coach to figure it out because
54:05
he's a great seems to be a tactician.
54:07
Again, both saving guys. It should be an awesome game on
54:11
Monday. I will say this for anybody that
54:17
sitting here as a Jet fan, I wouldn't be upset if Dante Moore
54:20
becomes a Jet. I'm just letting you guys know
54:22
this, but The Jets have to be smart with Dante Moore.
54:24
They have to understand that this kid needs to ride the bench
54:28
for at least five to six weeks, maybe 7 weeks to understand the
54:31
speed of the game. I think the kid and Speedy is
54:33
Speedy watches college football just as much as anybody.
54:36
He told me even before this game, Dante Moore has a
54:39
tremendous amount of upside. This guy can throw Ron, do
54:43
everything, has the best arm in this draft class.
54:46
It's not even an argument, but speedy, Speedy, would you take
54:49
Dante Moore over Mendoza? I like him more.
54:53
Yeah, I do like him more. If you sit him on the.
54:55
Best, but you have to probably sit him at least until like week
54:58
10, something like that before you can throw him into the fire,
55:01
especially if you're a team like the Raiders or The Jets, that
55:04
Jets of Garrett Wilson, the Raiders of Brock Bowers, like 1
55:07
elite skill player and that's it a.
55:10
Lot of teams only have one. I know if you're drafting that
55:13
low, you're generally going to be stuck in that kind of
55:15
circumstance anyway. You just have an underwhelming
55:19
defense. And all who do you, who do you
55:20
think's upside is bigger, more, more, 100% more?
55:23
And I'm not saying that. Because Jonas is more ready now.
55:26
Like he could. He could start in week 1, most
55:28
likely more. Look, it's the Tulsi guy versus
55:32
the guy who's accurate. That's that's this discussion.
55:35
We have it every time. But who went first?
55:38
A number of years ago, Baker Mayfield was the accurate guy.
55:40
They took him and and Josh Allen was the toolsy guy and he went
55:45
7th in that draft. If you do it again, I don't
55:48
think anyone's taking Baker Mayfield ahead of Josh Allen.
55:51
So that's why you always look at and you want to project forward.
55:54
Sure, Mendoza certainly better right now, but going forwards
55:58
with equal coaching, you know, the coaching, you know, I think
56:02
there's huge advantage he has with this coaching staff in the
56:05
college game. He's being set up for absolute
56:08
success. If he plays for the Raiders of
56:10
The Jets, he will not be set up for absolute success.
56:14
Well, I could say that, but hold on.
56:16
I think that's something we touched on earlier and I don't
56:18
remember who it was that was talking about the combine, but
56:22
Josh Allen got recognized through the combine, yes, at
56:26
Wyoming, but Josh Allen got recognized for the tools he got
56:29
because of what he did at the combine.
56:33
Do you think that like when they when they go and show that part
56:38
of it and see what Mendoza does compared to Dante Moore, because
56:44
that's kind of the conversation right now.
56:45
Who who's going to be that 10? The conversation is Tom Brady is
56:49
what Tom Brady thinks is going to be the guy for the future for
56:53
this organization. If Tom Brady thinks Mendoza is
56:56
the guy, he's the pocket present quarterback, which is probably
56:59
where they're going to go. Tom might be wrong.
57:01
I've seen a lot of great, a great big time superstar players
57:05
become executives. Hey, Michael Jordan, remember
57:08
Kwame Brown, Remember that pick was one of the worst picks in
57:11
NBA history. He thought the high school kid
57:14
and Kwame Brown was going to be a star, and he was an absolute
57:18
smack in the face to Michael Jordan.
57:20
That ruined Michael Jordan. Anything that anybody thought
57:23
Michael Jordan was going to be as an executive that ruined him
57:26
because Kwame Brown will always be remembered as Michael
57:28
Jordan's first 1st pick and he was the number one pick and he
57:33
was an absolute bloodshed. So I, I'm not saying that Tom
57:36
Brady's going to get it wrong. I think both these guys could be
57:39
good as and I like Mendoza, I think he fit here very well in
57:43
New York and Dante Moore already came out that he, he's unsure
57:46
about playing in New York. So and that's fine if he says
57:50
that, but you want to know something.
57:52
You don't go out there when you know The Jets are set drafting
57:55
too, because what is that spell to you when you go at the
57:58
combine and they're interviewing you or anybody's interview?
58:01
You think it's going to be better if you go to one of these
58:03
other bad teams? If you went to the Saints, you
58:06
think that's going to be better Arizona or Arizona, it's not
58:09
going to make it any better. You know you're going to go to a
58:12
bad team. A-Team that's rebuilding The
58:14
Giants right now, a fifth, the Giants, they think that, quote
58:17
UN quote, the Giants have a quarterback.
58:19
Well, only time will tell. Whoever they bring in, that's
58:22
going to develop him even more because Dabel as good as Dabel
58:25
was the quarterback whisperer. He had his ups and downs at
58:29
developing a guy like Jackson Dart.
58:31
Jackson Dart has God-given talent.
58:34
He looks like he works very well in New York because he loves it
58:37
here and he loves the fan base. But that doesn't mean that it's
58:40
going he's going to take his second year to that next.
58:44
You know that that next floor that you need to take.
58:46
I don't know if Jackson Dart's going to get there.
58:48
Only time will tell. And the court, the coach they
58:51
bring in or offensive coordinator they bring in to
58:53
help develop him. So and.
58:55
That's what it should be with the Raiders, too.
58:56
Except. With the Raiders, absolutely.
58:58
If I was Mendoza, If I was Mendoza, I want to be a Jet.
59:02
And I'm just speaking the truth, not because I'm a Jet fan.
59:05
If I'm Mendoza, I'm staying far, far away from the Raiders
59:08
because the Raiders organization, they are the
59:11
worst. As bad as The Jets have been,
59:13
and they haven't gone to the playoffs in 15 years, they are
59:16
the worst organ. They're so cheap.
59:18
The owner, he, he was nickel and diming.
59:21
That's why he went to Vegas. He didn't buy the state.
59:23
He didn't. He didn't pay for the stadium.
59:25
He had taxpayer dollars pay for the stadium.
59:28
And who knows what other kind of gambling money might be
59:30
involved? He has to.
59:30
He had to sell a piece of the team to Tom Brady, 10% and other
59:35
guys because he couldn't afford it.
59:36
You want to go to that organization, please.
59:39
And as bad as Woody Johnson. Is, and I'm fine with Brady
59:42
having some say in the quarterback thing, but if you
59:44
hire an offensive minded head coach and GM that's a little
59:48
more of a a mindset like a modern era football type, they
59:51
should still have more than Brady does.
59:52
So they can't just, like, reach on a quarterback or take the
59:54
wrong guy just because Brady prefers them, too.
59:57
I think that's what's going to happen though, because Brady's
59:59
going to pick the coach and the coach is going to be picked
1:00:01
based on their shared vision for who they're picking at #1.
1:00:04
And you know where I think they should go, right?
1:00:06
I think if I was the Raiders right now, if they want Mendoza,
1:00:10
go after Signetti, pay him whatever he wants.
1:00:12
That's a fascinating idea. And I think, look, if they if
1:00:16
they do complete this, what else does he have to prove at the
1:00:19
college level? You know what I mean?
1:00:21
He just had the greatest possible season you could
1:00:23
possibly have, right? If they do pull this off.
1:00:27
So then what's left to prove? Go to the next level.
1:00:29
I I kind of feel like the guy's kind of like that, but he's been
1:00:32
in the college game his whole career.
1:00:33
Guys don't just jump at age 62 away from the league, the league
1:00:37
they've been in their whole life.
1:00:38
But either way, I can't wait to watch it.
1:00:41
I hope we see this coronation of this great of this great
1:00:45
franchise of that came out of nowhere.
1:00:47
That was the losing, losing a school in the Big 10 and now in
1:00:52
the last two years they completely turned around with a
1:00:54
coach out of nowhere. It's such an awesome story.
1:00:57
Or very much like how the Giants upset the Patriots way back in
1:01:02
after the 22,007 season going 18 and one.
1:01:05
This one would be 15 and one. It would be quite the win for
1:01:08
Mario Cristobal. Over there.
1:01:11
It's going to be fun to watch. And again, Jet fans, if if
1:01:14
you're upset, if they get Dante Moore, don't be upset.
1:01:17
You're getting your the, The Jets will get a great young
1:01:21
quarterback if they develop him right.
1:01:24
Let him sit, let him learn, let him understand the lingo.
1:01:27
Because if you go in there and you put him in in harm's way, as
1:01:30
we've seen over the years, Browning, Nagel, I mean, we
1:01:34
Christian Hackenberg, I mean Geno Smith, even guys like Sam
1:01:40
Darnold, let him sit, let him learn, let him figure out the
1:01:42
playbook. And then when he understands,
1:01:45
you put him out there and let him finish the season on a high
1:01:48
note and then go into next year knowing that you know what you
1:01:52
need to go after to, to be a contender.
1:01:54
So that's the way I would go. Don't, don't go, don't go
1:01:58
jumping off a bridge because they get Dante Moore.
1:02:00
I think Dante Moore's a slam dunk just as much as Mendoza.
1:02:03
Just you're going to have to, Mendoza's going to start no
1:02:07
matter what right away. Dante is not, he's not ready to
1:02:10
do that. So that's all I'm going to say
1:02:12
about that just because we saw him at the event a couple weeks
1:02:15
ago. You ever when Kyle Carroll said
1:02:17
that the Jetson draft a quarterback in 2018 against
1:02:20
Christian Hackenberg. More of a chance, please.
1:02:22
And by the way, he's laughing to the bank because his.
1:02:25
Casey his Kansas City Chiefs at the time was so bad I remember
1:02:29
and now they get Patrick Mahomes and it changed their fortunes.
1:02:32
They added Andy Ray to change their fortune.
1:02:34
So I love cotton. I'm me and Kyle made-up so I
1:02:37
love you Kyle. I know good seeing him again.
1:02:38
Yes, it was. He lost a lot of weight.
1:02:40
Very. Very happy he's.
1:02:41
Coaching freshman. The freshman team over there,
1:02:45
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Anyways, we are done speeding who we have on on Thursday,
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Wednesday, Wednesday, I'm sorry Wednesday it is 8:45 we got
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Laura. Albanese, who is the Mets beat
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writer for Newsday? Oh, that's a good one.
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That's a slam dunk. That'll be fun to to get into a
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conversation with. But the New York Mets, why not
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the laughing stock right now of New York?
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Or are they? It might be The Jets or the
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Giants or whoever else. It seems like New York, it's The
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Jets or the Giants. They're the laughing stocks.
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New York sports. Anyways, that's it.
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We'll talk. To you Wednesday, Goodnight.
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