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UNC Game Recap · Boundary Corner Podcast

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Welcome back, big boundary Corner podcast.
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Cheers buddy. Cheers victory.
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Victory. We'd like the scotch.
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I'm drinking my friend buddy, how you doing?
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I'm doing good man. I spent my night over at Hardy
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would park in West Creek, not drinking some fighting Hokies
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logger watching the Hokies upstairs with with some fellow
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alumni and some other folks for that showed up just a big party
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over there, they have the projector up pretty solid event.
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Very nice man. I will solo here at the house
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all by myself. No one bothering me but my wife
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for that but do my came with me. My wife.
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So hokey this is she Your wife drove you home every day.
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That that helps you shout out to run with this.
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It's 559. Your Hardy would I'm here at the
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house and they're still showing tennis.
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What the fuck was that? Are you kidding me?
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And you know, I'm sure it's contracts want stuff and all of
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a sudden lips. And dude, there's a sea of
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Orange. In the stands.
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Lame. Looked gorgeous tonight.
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You look beautiful the entrance. Sounded great.
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They'll give you a spins production team, a shout-out,
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the intro, sounded great, the running sounded great.
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And then man all night. The teratoma was back.
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Yeah, it was loud all night. They were in the game.
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Looks like the GTA and North End Zone is working.
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As as expected, the students did not leave.
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Yeah that and it was loud. It was really loud.
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I know going to one of the breaks, I don't know if they had
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the volume there, they were showing a highlight from one of
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the other games and Jason been attending and Andre Ware was
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like, Like we had no clue what you just said because it is
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freaking loud here. We had a shit anything that
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you're talking about because it is loud and I don't know if you
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noticed it Brian. And this was just cool to see
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and it again it brings me back to when we were there.
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What we grew up on for all the young kids tonight?
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This is what we grew up on. This was the terror Dome.
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And Chris Fowler said it, he spent a lot of a righteous
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nights at Lane Stadium since 99 and it's cool to see and hear it
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like it was in The Glory Days in a performance.
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Versus a very good team was worth the same in run out.
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I love that. Yeah, I love it.
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They earned it. They did.
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We earned it tonight. You have salmon.
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It's special. It's a great tradition.
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But you also need to go out there and get the w.
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We went out there and got the W and I think that that that's
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just as important as everything else and I'm get in that, we
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were able to To really put together a solid game front to
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back. You know, there there were some
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there's some things here there that we could talk about and
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we're going to get to that in a little bit.
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But I mean, this was a completely different looking
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Virginia Tech Team than what I thought we would see tonight.
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Same here. Same here, I thought we would
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look okay on defense and let's start there but I did not think
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we look like that man. And I'm going to just, let's
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just take our hats off and give them a tip.
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I don't turn it around now. Tip the Hat.
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Hat and J Hamm. He had a hell of a game plan,
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and he called a hell of a game. In my opinion, he knew right
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away, what he wanted to take away from that North Carolina
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offense. And he said, we're going to make
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Sam how beat us through the air or with his legs.
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We're not going to let you Use that RPO that rushing attack,
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we're not going to let you Feast like you did last year we're
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going to shut that shit down and you're going to have to beat us
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with your arm through the air with a couple of your key pieces
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out for this game. And he did it and he did it in
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on every day on whether it be getting sex.
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But Brian, they were 4413 on 3rd and 4th in 4413 you don't win
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that offensive line was confused.
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They never really picked up. What we were doing?
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Consistently on the defensive line throughout that game.
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Absolutely Richard. They were just consistently Just
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off off off balance and there's no other way to say it.
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They were all balance all night, we kept them off balance on the
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offensive line. If you can do that, you got a
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good chance of winning the game. Exactly.
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Now they had 146 yards rushing but you know, Brian we're
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looking here at the stats. 69 of those came on three runs.
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Yeah. And look almost almost half of
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that came on one run before to close out the half, or we were
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in, prevent your in prevent they and they decided to run them
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also. That was impressive.
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It just showed Pam knew what they wanted to do and he was not
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going to let him have it. You know made some really good
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adjustment. Did you mentioned already but
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let's let's start Brian. I'm having a 12 year old scotch
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man. In this is only the first, I'm
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not smashed yet and I only ask because you know more Saturday
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and I've got things to do but I'm doing a victory drink.
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But let's talk long because dude, everybody on the defensive
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line everybody that played had an impact.
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Yes, story. That's the best defensive line
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play in a single game that I've seen in a while from Cruz unit
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yes or no Bardo. Just looked like there was some
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place where he was just unblockable, true and then you
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had Garbutt came in. Got two sacks looked like he's
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back what he wants. He saw him before.
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Yeah, so if we can get that for 12 games, That then we've got
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we've got defensive ends that can make some noise.
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You damn right, we do. No, I loved what they were doing
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with bar know in some of the three down sets when they would
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have been standing up and he Beyond I mean he'd be at like
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nine standing up and the next thing you know, he's running in
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and he's almost in the middle of the between the garden of Center
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just like standing up, showing his head in there.
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They dropped him. Some porno is a freak.
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There's no way to put that he is a freak and if he plays like,
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you did tonight in the upcoming games, a everybody enjoyed this
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year. Because he will not be here next
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year. High Bar B Bar, it plays like he
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did tonight. I mean, you're talking book
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Russians who can get to the quarterback and then hi.
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Let's talk about all the defensive tackles man, all of
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those. Guys, they were disruptive in
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the pass game. They were disruptive in the Run
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game. Run game consistently.
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They clogged up the middle that if they were going to get a run,
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they were Going to be in the spill area, they weren't running
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up the middle on this defense. It was it was as good as I've
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seen our interior Rush defense in a while and it starts I mean
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Pollard had a hell of a game Kendricks.
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Had a hell of a game Kendricks bubble times on stunts.
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Getting to the quarterback multiple times on stunts and
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Slants disrupting. The play, making the running
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back, run the highwomen. Hump speaking it outside and
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letting the guys out there, take care of it.
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Yep. And we have the same way.
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I saw Williams on a couple Slants to Quick slant gets
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inside next thing. You know, pocket is doing this
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and house, he's having to run the hump.
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They knew what they were executing and they went after it
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hard and Williams, didn't get that highlight.
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Play like the other guys did. But Williams was so consistent
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all night, if you go back and watch the tape every time.
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And by the way, shoutout Josh fuga playing at zero a couple
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times and just holding point of attack.
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What he did, that's his job. He did it good.
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I want to know what happened to his head though.
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I think Caroline took a cheap shot at him.
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He came back in a couple plays but like he was laying on the
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ground, At that point when I see slight something like that
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happen immediately think somebody took a cheap shot, but
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you know, each experience production crew.
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Flappy on this y'all don't like to show replays at certain
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times. Brian, they gasp just last year
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tip gashed. We've already mentioned the
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stats and take away those three big runs and they own.
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The other 27 carries a fairly average, you know, where you
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play, which is impressive. Why?
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Why why did what was the difference between this year and
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last year? I mean, the big thing is that we
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were Gap sound across the board, the defense operated, the way it
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should because we were guests sound.
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If your gab sound, you're pushing rushing plays out to the
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spill area or letting you're letting your whip, your LED,
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your nickel, you're letting your safeties kind of clean up the
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mess last year. We didn't do that enough.
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B Gap was like, like we said the other night you can run a damn
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truck through it. Not this year.
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This year, you know, one or two runs here there, and one of
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those was a quarterback scramble.
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The other was one play where we gave up the edge.
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Yeah. And Chandler was able to get I
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think was like a 15 or 20 yard run out of it.
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But other than that, the other, the only other big rush was a
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meaningless Rush before half-time, but the bigger thing
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other than the Gap sound like that's important from a
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technical standpoint but just from a mental standpoint.
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This defense did not play timid or hesitant like they did and so
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many points of last season so many points of last season.
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They were waiting essentially waiting for the play to come to
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them instead of attacking it and some of that comes from repping
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enough to where I know what I'm doing.
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So I don't think about what I'm doing.
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I just see it in react and they were doing a lot more of that
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tonight. And I just, they Were playing
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with confidence and that's another thing we didn't see you
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last season. They looked like they were
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confident that they were going to win that game.
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Right out the jump and that never wavered.
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Yep, you say that not being hesitant not being stupid.
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We already mentioned this x64 on.
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We had nine tackles for loss, we had 15 plays in their backfield
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on 60 or 65 snaps. That's just that one of every
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four where we made a play in the back of, that's not even
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counting pressures. That's not counting his and same
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towel took some hits tonight but Brian you talked about the Gap.
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Last year our linebackers we played like dog shit, purses
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them this year. Hell of a different story and I
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mean, Alan Tisdale his Dale to hit Tisdale bought out tonight.
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If this this is the Tisdale the new and improved his Dale.
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We're in for a pretty big year because he played very well
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tonight. He was sound but he also was
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flashing that athleticism and making plays behind the line of
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scrimmage and just completely taken away, their ability to
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consistently get to where they wanted to in the rushing game.
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Yep. Seven, tackles one for loss and
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the sack. Hell of a game for him and and
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we're couple times, you saw him play Spy, he was dropping
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coverage, he was coming on some blitzes, he would end at 2:28.
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He did not look a bit slower than he did it to 18 or 215 know
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any Penny played much better inside the the Box than he did
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at any point last season and really at any point in terms of
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consent that like that's the most consistent whole game.
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I've seen him put to take So I'm hoping that that's a sign of
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things to come for him because if that's the case, like I feel
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pretty good about this linebacker core.
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I do, let's talk about the next one though.
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Thanks Holly feel. I'm in the towel waving Dax was
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solid all night. He had four tackles, we had half
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a tackle for loss. Also, half a sack he was
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helping. He cleaned up on a Sac.
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We're essentially it look like Well, I think how pretty much
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down but he came in there, make sure you put him down.
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Um, but every time they're three plays that I want to talk about
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and I can't remember exactly when one they ran outside pipe
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run, almost like a sweet pie plate and he got out there and
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he set the edge. He did not let the god drive
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him. He did not get off of The
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Tackle. And in that case, I know we
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there's been discussion. He don't know how to get all
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flops in that case. And if you brought them like, is
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that the right plane? You're like yeah, he held the
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edge. He spilled back inside in the
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alley. Everybody was there to clean up.
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He gets off of it, he helps clean it up the second play, and
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you probably remember this when they did get a good RPO run in
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key step right into the B, Gap made, the tackle fell down.
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It was a three. Yard game, right?
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Where he needed to be and the third play his interception.
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Oh, interception got an interception.
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I was told by certain people, anybody can make that
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interception, but here's the deal with that and Brian you've
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mentioned it when he even played backer.
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He's always in where he's supposed to be in the right
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spot. If you look at that play, he is
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supposed to be in the 5 to 10 yards on drop, that was his
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position. He didn't deviate from it, he
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didn't go freelance, he didn't come up to the line, he stayed
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right there and when or pail Pollard got up in that play,
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Beat the guard gets the hand makes the tip dax's exactly
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where he needs to be, has to make an athletic move makes the
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interception. Three times.
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Did the right plays. We were lined up, right?
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All night, he was getting the crowd going, actually multiple
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players on the defense. We're just raising it up in the
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crowd were responding. If I see that play with Dax all
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year, where he's getting four. Tackles everybody's lined up,
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he's in the right spots. He said in the edge, you said it
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would Tisdale I feel really good about this defensive line back
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and forth because there's one more guy we got to talk about.
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We did it for her, is what we finally did it.
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We've already Connor slid inside and played linebacker on a
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handful of snaps and we we talked about that potentially
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being something that they might do to mix things up and they
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finally went to it. We also, you know, we'll do it a
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little bit but part of that was part of the true nickel package
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that we rolled out there and then some other plays that was
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just okay. We'll situationally, let's get
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the axe off. The field will move Shamari in
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there and It worked any kept North Carolina off-balance all
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night. They really never felt
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comfortable in their game. Sam Howell never got comfortable
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in this offense. You know, he did.
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I know he did not even looked like a couple times, a deer in
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headlights, and I said it four times.
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Now, he got popped, More than one occasion tonight when he
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ran, he paid, he stood there trying to make throws.
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He paid, and I like getting that on tape, because the next
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quarterback will be sitting there.
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Looking at me, like I did not paint that Barn.
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Oh, God. 260 bearing down on me, and probably third Paul couple
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seconds earlier than I probably should.
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Yeah. And let's talk about bar, know a
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little bit more before we move on.
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Bar, know putting on some size. Still guys, the speed still has
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the athleticism and like I said, pretty making making plays man
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11 everywhere on the field of engineering everywhere.
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Yeah, all over the place man all over the place.
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Um youyou. Do we get?
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Kudos to J. Hamm coaching the safeties and
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rotating guys in and out. Not playing favorite.
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We saw Hunter we sell. Take daily.
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Yep. We saw Keon to Jenkins.
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On this an industry or pisan these people's hackles.
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The Seer people said, six tackles, he was in there, making
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plays all for safety's had moments where they were, they
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did. Well I know Hunter didn't log a
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tackle but he was at the right place making sure that the ball
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carrier went where it needed to in the Run game.
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What I saw out of Canto Jenkins, what I saw at a daily and what I
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saw out of Nasir, people's all of it.
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Was was good and if we've got a four-man rotation like that and
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safety good, I'm cool with that by committee because, I mean, I
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mean, we saw, we saw daily, make a bunch of plays.
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We saw him make a really damn good play.
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That should not have been Pi that God called pi, and he has
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consistently a bee farming. I love, I love seeing 17 back
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out there because I mean, we love Diablo, it's nice seeing 17
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back out there. Absolutely.
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So take a daily shout out. Good job.
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Repping the 17th tonight. Damn, good job.
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Robin said the ending play. He got a pi on was just complete
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bullshit. He was literally trying to make
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a play and run. You talked about where his arms
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were. When we were getting ready to
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come on here. It's like he was literally, the
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only thing he was trying to do was get to the fall.
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The it was an incident them good knew that hip wrap, that that
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gets called a lot especially in the NFL, you know, he was right
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on the edge right on the Hip Pocket.
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Rotated to get his shoulder in front reached out, there was a
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little bit of contact with the shoulder but he was clearly
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going for the ball. I mean, that that's very
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incident on. He had position to make that
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play. It wasn't like he not the
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receiver off of a line to get to get there.
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So definitely definitely that one should have been let go
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there but, you know, whatever we won the game.
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Exactly. All right, let's roll up into
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the corners because I think tonight when We went to that
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nickel Waller played the nickel Corner.
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Yep. Again in Jackie.
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You know what I have shades? Are thinking about it now Brian?
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Which got calcula playing nipple.
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Yeah. There's Walters physical shit.
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Yeah. And the Wake strong and Armani
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can cover on the outside. It's awesome.
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Let's talk about our mining Chapman and he was Chapman
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played a hell of a game. I love seeing him rotating in it
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outside. When they went with the nickel
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packages he was kind of swapping out with with strong.
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Keeping keeping those guys fresh.
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Yeah. And he He had a couple big plays
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in the running game. A couple.
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Big hits. Oh yeah, he kill number 26, he
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essentially forced to got a miss that blocking, he caught that
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kid and turn him over. That kid was sitting there.
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Like you could see he was just like, I didn't not like getting
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hit like that. The some good pass breakups by
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Armani. He had to pass deflections
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tonight. I mean, You know, tackled past
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deflection that that in that tackle was such a big tackle
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because on that swing pass if you it was set up good when he
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when he beat his guy, it was this whole he gets him.
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It's a 45-yard loss. He got him, he made him pay, he
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made him. Think any put them behind the
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change where they were consistently all night and I
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mean if we're going to consistently, do the nickel
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package thing? It is going to benefit all three
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of these guys. It's also going to benefit.
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There's going to be I'll say this right now.
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After game one, I'll feel comfortable if they on base
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packages. Let Jermaine get a breath.
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Yeah, the way Armani. And 14-play.
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Yeah, yeah. And let's talk about it, too.
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I mean, I know we've already touched on linebacker, but it
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helps play to Dax, has strengths, and minimize has his
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weaknesses, as well, very good. Because, you know, not now you
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Now, you're not only taking Connor out of the potential
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man-to-man mismatch against a slot player like Downs, you
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know, but in where he's probably more responsible for running
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back or a tight end in that type of positioning.
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And he can definitely handle that whereas Dax May struggle
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with that potential a little bit.
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So maybe there's a, there's a lot of things that that can
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benefit us having that true nickel set out there especially
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when you're able to take advantage of it and you don't
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get kind of caught in no man's land with us with a sub or
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anything like that. So exactly.
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All right, let's flip it over. We've already talked about him.
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Jermaine Waller. That it, he he took not only
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that ball. He took that wide receiver Soul
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when he rolled on him. And then there were here, he
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broke on that. He was already a catchy.
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Said no, that's mine, that's mine.
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He loosened it. Then he got snatched his mortal.
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And man it was beautiful when I want to maybe hopefully in the
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next few days here. Brian we can see some of the
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data, but I want to stay all the Downs catches wallet, which is
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when we were in the base. Is one term re they do not want
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you more. No, I don't think the big set of
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the oneplay the I mean, there's a bunch of planes.
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I mean teams are going to get yard shit happens.
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There was only one play that I looked at tonight.
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I was like, damn, that really shouldn't happen.
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And that was that tunnel screen. That Downs took to the house.
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Yeah, no issue with that. Be in a 15 or 20 yard gain, ER,
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but we should have had somebody opposition there to make a play.
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Get the to get it to the ground. Make Sure, that didn't turn into
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a touchdown. Yeah, and that's what it did and
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I think that might have been their biggest pass.
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Play of the night. Get down to numbers up here.
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Yeah, 37-yard touchdown with his biggest pathway of the night.
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He 1841 23. The rest of the crew didn't do
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too much next post 346. So again secondary balled out.
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Shout out before we get to the last Corner.
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We've already talked about tomorrow.
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Connor quite a few times a Hell of an ankle tackle on Downs.
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If Tamara doesn't, make that tackle Downs as way, downfield.
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And then, that last pick, he got the hand under, and he held onto
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it, and they reviewing it. Because what happened is when he
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went down, he had the ball secured, but when he hopped up,
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I want it look like maybe the Carolina kind of nudged him or
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some pop them. They already catching.
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It's like he was literally laying on the ground, his hand
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under the ball, his knees on it. Him trying to stand up Up, you
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can't even rule because college football is down by contact or
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to do something down by contact, it's down in general.
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So if he had the ball secure, when he's laying on the ground,
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it'll make a shit. What happens when he pops up.
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I don't know why they even looked at it.
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But, you know, maybe they were trying to find some for Carolina
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together maybe they thought the never Hannah?
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I don't know. I never really looking for when
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they're so like Brian real quick, Dorian strong, The
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Freshman All-American. I didn't see a regression from
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him tonight manfully. Some plays.
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But those plays and looks like we were in that quarters
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coverage. You talked about where it's
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like, okay? You're going to get 12 yards and
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a first down cool. But you ain't getting shit owes.
26:13
Yeah, he had a couple where he was out there kind of with 50/50
26:16
balls especially that one of the last ones that was thrown to the
26:19
end zone. That he went up made a big play,
26:24
make sure that ball didn't get caught there in the end zone.
26:26
So he had a really good night. Like you said, kind of kind of
26:29
steady made plays we Easy. But I think one thing that's
26:33
improved a little bit for him is the tackling.
26:37
I think he's makes all we saw it towards the end of last season,
26:40
but you know, those plays now, where you're catching the eight
26:45
yard out the 8-yard curl, He's making sure that that's getting.
26:52
That's a tackle every time it might move the sticks but it's
26:55
not, it's not turning into something worse and I think that
26:59
that's big for us and he was solid all night.
27:01
Like I said, I was really impressed with the 50/50 balls
27:05
that he was able to win and keep these guys out of the end zone.
27:09
Absolutely. And I'm trying to go through
27:11
here on the roster real quick because I feel like the last
27:13
time I looked he was waiting at 175 in just looking at him out
27:19
there tonight. Ron and before I let me get
27:23
there quick. Efforting I don't think he's
27:27
174. He looks bigger.
27:30
And it's like some guys play bigger man, but he looks bigger.
27:34
He looks physically bigger and I'm wondering if it's the old
27:37
Robbie company. Think he felt about on the
27:41
coaching, or on the clinic. I said, hey we're going to list.
27:44
We're going to list, Dorian it 175 what he's 190.
27:47
Well what what he check in before springs for spring weight
27:51
started 174, that's what we're listen to Matt.
27:56
So I think he's playing bigger. He look good the cornerbacks
27:59
look good. Shout out tomorrow.
28:01
Connor leading, the team in eight tackles along with that
28:04
pick I'm just going I don't want to label it.
28:12
I don't want to label it but I'm pulling out something behind
28:15
here. Brian.
28:20
That's a cup from 2004. Okay.
28:23
Whose offenses from 2004 in up to about 2010.
28:32
It took me back. We pop the shit out of people
28:35
night. We were rushing.
28:37
They with the exception of them, breaking the nice 20 yarder here
28:40
and there, they weren't getting anything.
28:43
They weren't getting the mid-game.
28:45
Now it took me back even with the crowd as loud as it was, I'm
28:51
a proud guy, didn't stayed in the defense was making plays all
28:54
over the field. They got turnovers, which is
28:57
something that we need to start doing consistently again.
28:59
So, it's nice to see that. But like I said, the biggest
29:02
thing to me was that we look like, we had an identity, we
29:05
have purpose, we were playing fast and loose, but still solid
29:13
in our technique and being where we need to be freaking lutely.
29:19
Yeah. And in Puente said it in the
29:23
interview with TS L couple months ago, we could not
29:26
establish our identity last fall.
29:30
And whether you love Fuente or you hate the one day and
29:33
Loathing or you're like us where you're somewhere in the middle
29:37
where we believe he's a good coach.
29:39
Is he the right fit here? Maybe, maybe not.
29:42
But if that's the identity of the team, the way we ran the
29:44
ball, big plays, which we're going to talk about just a
29:48
couple minutes here. He's found the identity
29:51
especially on defense and having somebody like J Hamm in that
29:55
personality, run it, where you know, he'll call you out.
29:58
And he's going to talk to those guys and he's going to read
30:00
them. And I don't know.
30:05
I brought anything else on the defensive side of the ball when
30:08
your notes there that you want to discuss?
30:10
That's all I got, buddy. Oh one last thing saying how
30:14
career 68 completion percentage tonight?
30:18
51 took a hit and I took a big hit tonight with that before we
30:25
jump into the offensive side of the ball tonight.
30:28
We are going to take a quick break and we're going to go to
30:31
our digital partner. All right, Braun, we battle
31:03
we're back. We got to say it.
31:09
Props. Who.
31:13
Say it with me. Brian Brad, Cornell for the
31:16
Nielsen. There is a caveat to this, but
31:22
overall, that was a well call game by him.
31:26
He did what he needed to do, call Wise, to keep them off
31:30
balance, especially early and get us the lead.
31:35
Good job of kind of peppering different areas of that defense,
31:39
not just leaning on one area, the other not taking too many.
31:45
When it got two critical third Downs, he wasn't kind of going
31:47
back to the Old Faithful. There was a lot of difference in
31:50
mixed up calls on. There was no cool right?
31:56
What blasphemy quality jet sweeps that work lot of jet
32:01
sweeps in most of them were effective period but no
32:07
quarterback Powers. You know, the one thing that
32:10
kind of got me and we had the lead going in the second half
32:13
was he? He did get ultra-conservative.
32:17
I mean, he got into a shell and was almost like, I felt.
32:23
I felt like, again, like 15 years ago.
32:28
Yeah. And he would do that crap.
32:29
Like we were, we were definitely people playing to protect the
32:33
lead at that point and I get that and I'm gonna throw it up
32:40
here on the screen, can makes a good point.
32:41
Do we agree with the conservative calls before at I'm
32:47
torn. I'm torn.
32:48
I would guys, I'm aggressive. I like, if I got a team that's
32:52
Reeling, I want to step on their damn fruits.
32:55
Damn. I was it wasn't something that I
32:57
liked, but if you talk, if you pull 10 coaches, six of them
33:04
would agree with what he did. So, but the whole thing is, I
33:07
think what you can do, Brian, what they got to look at doing
33:09
is it's the, it's the safe aggressiveness.
33:14
It's running a A tunnel screen, it's running, you know, running
33:18
a running back screen, running it in, like, here's a play.
33:22
If you hit it hits, good. You can go try to get points.
33:27
If it doesn't hit. Nothing is lost.
33:31
And I think too many times, we see not old up coaches do that,
33:37
where it's like, you need to have.
33:39
It's almost like these guys getting paid six figures a year,
33:43
don't sit here and say, well I'm going to choose for plays and
33:48
they're all pretty safe. Unless somebody does something,
33:53
you know, Julius Peppers us or Sean, Taylor asked and I'm
33:58
putting some older names out there because those guys are
34:00
freaking to do Crazy shit. DeAngelo Hall has, unless it God
34:06
does something insane. This is going to be a safe place
34:10
now. Worst that can happen, you can
34:13
get dropped. We stopped the plot.
34:16
But in reality, we look at the time on the clock.
34:19
If we put the they're probably not getting back, right?
34:24
The reality Out of Heaven. Yeah.
34:27
Maybe the kind of clothes that they were just close enough that
34:30
if they wanted to take a shot they might could have got it to
34:33
the end zone. Well they ain't giving, I don't
34:35
know if how can a full if how got a full Crow Hop he might
34:39
could have got into like the 45 yard line.
34:42
Yeah I do but the whole piece is have plays in your back pocket.
34:46
I know you love like throwback screens could you could peel off
34:49
and go kill a defensive back. Oh yeah I love not going to piss
34:53
out of guys that are smaller. Yeah that's obviously hole.
34:56
Ask them in your pocket. Just me that if you don't
34:59
execute it, well it's going to fall to the ground fly.
35:01
Okay, we're going to give them 20 exercise.
35:05
Our defense is playing good, so I didn't, I didn't like that.
35:09
I also didn't like the way we kind of went into the shell and
35:11
the second half in again, I think it's the whole you ask me
35:19
what that is weird because he had conservative when we had the
35:22
two score lead, but actually started mixing it up again once
35:27
it was back to one score yet some of the calls, once we got
35:30
it back to one score were a little bit more what we
35:32
anticipated. Because I don't mind.
35:35
I don't mind going a little conservative but as you said
35:38
it's like it's a calculated risk that you have to take with some
35:42
play calls. Not you can't go full
35:44
conservative. We're okay.
35:45
Well, we got to hope that even with a stag box we're going to
35:49
break this inside zone for seven or eight yards here, you know I
35:55
mean you can't do that. You can't just keep pounding
35:58
pounding against the line or, you know, throwing there's like
36:01
real quick. Bubbles and tunnels to the to
36:05
the wide receiver. And hoping that they break out
36:08
there playing us like that. Now knowing that hey they're
36:12
going conservative, we can we can play them like this,
36:15
hopefully stuff them up and get the ball back and they did for a
36:18
good stretch there. And in that we made a couple
36:23
mistakes in the on offense as well that kind of exacerbated
36:26
that a little bit. Yep.
36:28
Alright Ron will throw a stat at you and you tell me if it would
36:31
live with this fall year, if we converted Third Downs.
36:34
All year, would you have to Yep. Absolutely.
36:39
If we can, if we can get between 50 and 60, most games, I'll be
36:44
happy that especially with the what is supposed to be an
36:46
improved Carolina divas and I think overall, they were
36:49
improved, they did it. They did a good job of overall
36:55
of taking away, some of our big plate potential there from, but
37:01
we're able to consistently get yard when we needed to and I
37:04
think that was the big thing is that we we Weren't always
37:08
consistently moving the ball but we got the ball where it needs
37:11
to be at Big times in the game abso-freakin'-lutely.
37:14
And folks, if you look at the stat line that's going to say 64
37:17
13, the last night on third down conversion was practiced in the,
37:21
in the game out. So reality, 6 of 12 and run 50
37:25
percent. Last year would have been a top
37:27
10. Think about that.
37:31
So there's some wiggle room to be in a lead conversion team,
37:34
which if this team runs the ball like that and converts its watch
37:41
out now. All right, so let's let's jump.
37:43
We're gonna look at a couple of positions.
37:44
Let's start with the running back rotation Run.
37:47
Okay. First first, because after that
37:50
we are going to the offensive line and I'm just going to shut
37:52
up for a while. I mean, let's be honest.
37:57
The one thing that we have been heavily A bread for Nielsen.
38:00
And she's been here is occasionally, he does not use
38:03
running backs right there and me and you talk We feel this is an
38:09
agreement, we feel D actually use them correctly.
38:14
Yeah. I mean use Rahim blacks, your
38:16
heavily in the passing game whether it was running some
38:18
wheel routes kind of music and dams, chip downs, and quick
38:25
outs, little Flats screens obviously, but they did
38:30
everything they could to get him the ball in space or the ball
38:34
where he can catch it. Turn and make some plays and he
38:40
was able to get that big one early in the game that really
38:42
kind of set up. You know, how this game ended up
38:45
playing out. You know, when we talked the
38:48
other day about what we needed to do to win this game, it was
38:53
be effective and moving the ball with the running backs with some
38:58
of our other other guys that were necessarily outside.
39:02
And I think we did that early. We get James Mitchell involved.
39:05
Early. Get Marine black sheep in the
39:10
screen game and with the in the passing game and we were able to
39:15
get that first score and that kind of set the tone and then
39:18
the defense came out and did what they did.
39:20
So good job with the exact, with the running back rotation to
39:24
start there. I think with He was effective at
39:30
times in the running game as well.
39:31
In terms of just taking the handoff, we had a lot of plays
39:35
where we were handing it off to him.
39:37
In that kind of that lull period of the offense in the second
39:41
half where they had a plastic box that that definitely hurt
39:46
his overall yards per carry. It is in the first half.
39:51
He was pretty. He was pretty effective.
39:52
He didn't have any sort of big runs but he had a handful of
39:55
solid runs. Yep, somewhere between three and
39:58
Five every time. Yeah what really hurt him was a
40:01
couple times. He got caught in the backfield
40:03
and one of the plays was that it was the it was to field side and
40:08
they called a banger. It's like the safety was
40:11
supposed to come down and he completely wiped it like five or
40:13
six yards behind the line of scrimmage and there was another
40:16
play. Just I think before the Mitchell
40:18
touchdown, if I recall where it might have been on another body
40:22
of work, he dropped it, he dropped the handoff.
40:25
Where if you look at that play, I'd love to we're gonna have to
40:28
somehow figure out. How to get the game tape in here
40:33
run? Because if I feel like there's
40:35
going to be an off tackle play in it, there were some Rumors in
40:38
the water. Yeah.
40:40
Well if he would have been kind of like set it up outside and
40:43
then put his foot in the dirt and got up field, there was an
40:46
actual example. Yeah.
40:52
But I think although they were on the field at the same time, I
40:57
think how much better do you feel this year about the way
41:00
they're using the name last year compared to last year?
41:03
Much better, much better. And it was nice.
41:05
Seeing him actually getting the, the official start there on the
41:08
first series and they came out and okay, well, you got Rahim
41:12
starting and then the actually use them the way they should use
41:15
them like right off the gals like, okay, okay, I can work
41:19
with us. I've got but with us, And profit
41:22
on the first job though. You know, they use all three
41:24
bags. Yeah Jalen comes in, get some
41:27
carry Bill. Inhaling came in right after the
41:29
big wheel route to Raheem, Blackshear gets a good carry
41:34
thinking, got a tattoo or three-yard gain on a run later
41:37
in that drive, you know. And then they close it out with
41:40
a score. Yep, we actually Braxton close
41:43
it out with Braxton. Yeah, I'm not sure if that play
41:46
was designed that way, but it worked kind of right?
41:48
I think was supposed to be a sweet but it wasn't.
41:52
But overall, you know, we want it went for 127 rushing which is
41:57
not a you know, compared to what we were doing last year.
41:59
Not a big number but we got the wind because again it was your
42:04
point. They started stacking the bach.
42:07
We play ultra-conservative for a while there.
42:10
You know, Jeremy had a good game.
42:11
They use Jalen for what Jalen supposed to be bigger guy.
42:16
Let him let him wear on paper and, you know, just little
42:19
between the tackles and And you know, with the way this defense
42:23
likes to go multiple and really kind of brings pressure in the
42:27
Run game in the spill areas of the, of the defense working
42:31
between the tackles with wholesome is probably the best
42:33
best course of action there. You know, we're still waiting to
42:36
see if any of these bags are going to be a game breaker type
42:42
in type play. Even occasionally like, like,
42:45
like Khalil Herbert was last year, you know, that, that
42:49
remains to be seen But if we can get Consistent play out of these
42:52
three backs, then that's going to be important.
42:55
I was sad to see, you know, the costly fumble from Keshawn King
42:59
unfortunately, and then he didn't really get a touch after
43:02
that. So I don't know if that's a
43:03
doghouse situation or what, but I'm hoping that he gets a good
43:07
amount of run in next week's game.
43:10
Yeah, yeah, I really want to see what he can do in this offense.
43:14
It's true. And on that, unfortunately own
43:17
that Fumble. If you look on the left side of
43:21
the others, no one there. They committed to the box that
43:24
he makes one cut and runs a home.
43:27
He's probably got the corn. He's got to spend probably get
43:30
the corner there since probably speeding adorned.
43:33
So it's just one of those things he was in on kickoff return
43:37
Beauty, although we can get a chance to so not maybe halfway
43:43
in the doghouse, but I don't recall him coming back in and
43:46
get any more carries, but Overall Silent Night from the
43:49
running back room, especially after losing Herbert from last
43:53
year. Okay, they're just scary enough.
43:57
Just scary enough to make people think about things in their own
44:00
little way. All right, Brian, Chris and
44:04
aerosols. The first round pick.
44:07
We had to figure out what to do with Nestor and Hudson leaving.
44:12
What did you think of the line as a whole?
44:15
And then I want you to focus on the right side because we saw
44:19
everybody on the right side, a lot of felt like yeah I think
44:27
the offensive line they did a really good job of not getting
44:30
bullied by that defense and they pushed him around.
44:34
Especially early on sauteed more get some really good.
44:38
Lots of the Interior Brock had a good couple the Got called on a
44:43
questionable whole. We didn't see it.
44:46
We did not see it. They did not show it again.
44:50
Hey, listen Lane Stadium fans are smart fans.
44:55
And it was a big call bullshit after that because we know in
44:59
folks, some of y'all probably were there tonight and other of
45:02
y'all have probably with they'll show.
45:04
The plan on the video screen, it took a few, it took about 30
45:07
seconds in and you heard bullshit.
45:10
So I'm thinking ESP and then share that because it was
45:12
probably one of those flippy calls where it have been like
45:15
called that a-hole, All right, the first time so it looks like
45:21
they ran it look like a hard slant into the play side and
45:29
brought just kind of tried to get underneath and just kind of
45:33
position his way. And there I didn't see him
45:35
actually grab cloth or anything so it is what it is but I think
45:41
I thought as a whole they held up pretty well.
45:47
Didn't really give up a ton of sacks.
45:50
That was my concern. I was looking at, you know,
45:55
maybe the right side won't be able to hold up and pass Pro.
45:58
Maybe the left side might have some Some moments of laps
46:02
because we've seen those troubles before.
46:05
But overall, they held up across the board.
46:09
There was a, there was only really One play.
46:11
I think it was Silas and Z had a, had a whiff on that sack,
46:16
that Burmeister took, and then the the other Defender got got
46:20
to just face and shoved him for whatever damn reason.
46:23
After that, like, well, that should have been a penalty,
46:25
especially danji, the guy comes running to dandy like yeah,
46:29
option plays. Over and I'm sitting like a,
46:32
that's dangerous because he didn't see him.
46:35
Come, then plays dead should have been a 15.
46:39
We should have moved on. But, you know, we had to win the
46:42
game with a few officiating heiress and we'll talk about a
46:45
really special, and later, but Brian overall, you mentioned it,
46:48
one sack, they gave up one sack. This is, this is this is really
46:53
good for me, four tackles for loss And you're always talked
47:00
about the 245 is an aggressive attacking defense to only say
47:05
out of will get you the snap count total here.
47:09
We had 63 plays to say they were only in the backfield five-time
47:13
there in the back of less, than 10% of time, actually, making a
47:15
play now, it's and stuff. We obviously saw the pic that
47:19
happened and we saw, you know, the screen pass to Blackshear,
47:24
which could have been a massive gain, it affected it.
47:28
But again, we look at our version and some of that was by
47:31
Design. They just had a good call in to
47:33
where we were running the screen.
47:35
Let us just kind of about the I design.
47:38
We're not going to block. Lock sometimes guys.
47:40
Just let me get expecting to get there as quick as they did and
47:44
let it gets whipped on the guy just a little bit.
47:46
I think if lettuce had put his foot, his back, or just kind of
47:50
give the guy just a little punk, it probably would have been okay
47:53
with the play. But I think it's also a thought.
47:55
As I'm running a screen, I'm the third line of defense because it
47:59
was Katie and Silas out, let it because his back over here.
48:03
Ford's right in front of Braxton.
48:06
So I'm sure his responsibility and has screen would've probably
48:08
been anybody coming from this way.
48:11
Try to get to him because we've got probably what we call they
48:14
re Tracer. So a lot of times screens have a
48:17
re Tracer will there usually is the center of the back side
48:21
guard and they're essentially responsible to try to wall off
48:26
any defensive lineman that have kind of red screening or working
48:29
their way, back to where the balls going.
48:32
Yep. But we saw.
48:35
We also Cadence Alice. We saw Tyrell and Johnny play
48:37
Johnny, took some time at, Right Guard?
48:40
Glad to see. Both those guys getting in the
48:41
rotation. I'm also glad to see that Vice
48:45
and I know he rotates guys, but glad to see, Vice that early
48:47
because it was pretty early that they were in their trusted them
48:51
early enough in the game to put both of those guys in there, to
48:53
get them some reps, which again, as we see that, it's like, okay,
48:58
maybe we're okay, we're getting slowly better depth lat.
49:01
Sighs. Yeah.
49:02
Sorry Braun. Let's flip over to the wide
49:05
receivers in the tight ends. Trait, a in Big Stone.
49:10
Gap had good nights. Yeah, good night's across the
49:13
board, Tay to good rushes, from the jet Suite.
49:18
Had another catch that, that I think move the sticks.
49:22
We had, all of Jane's Mitchell's catches came and clutch moments,
49:28
whether it was the touchdown, there was a grab Down the
49:31
sideline. I mean it just see what about
49:33
the one in the middle. What he literally facepalm, not
49:37
one. He facepalm to Carolina's to
49:40
give 15 yards and uniformed. I mean yep that that play it
49:45
that's going to rival the Eric Kuma facepalm equivalent it.
49:49
Well yeah, I mean he had a good night and then big play tray to
49:56
You Catches That that like education problem man.
50:02
Yeah that catch on the sidelines and then that Jet Sweep to lock
50:06
it up at the end. There you saw him get it in here
50:09
at like when when you see, when you saw Trey run that play and
50:14
he was running hard. I was a point I was like, get
50:17
down and he was just, it was almost.
50:19
You can see the mentality of know.
50:22
I'm ending this right here, right now, I'm getting the first
50:26
down. He didn't stop and he eventually
50:28
got the 12 yard. Yards and he eventually got
50:31
there. Let's talk about this.
50:40
Let's look on the schedule, Brian the next 11 games, and I
50:43
know, we don't know what everybody has yet, but just sort
50:46
of between looking the breath and pick six, previews, looking
50:50
at PFF are just general knowledge about who were
50:53
playing. Or we, we didn't have a lot of
50:57
outside passes. We didn't have a lot of stuff
50:59
going on tonight. Very good game plan why we're
51:02
giving for credit. We're going to face a more
51:06
talented threesome of cornerbacks this year, probably
51:12
not know. Maybe the, at least athleticism
51:17
wise, Miami might be the next closest.
51:20
But just in terms of overall, Ability and the fact that
51:26
they've come along so quickly, I think this is definitely the
51:31
most talented group are as I should say, they are, they are
51:34
one of the most talented group, they are definitely the most
51:36
physical group relative that talent that will play.
51:40
So Miami might be a little more seasoned overall and in still
51:45
have some of that athleticism but I don't think they're going
51:47
to be playing that bully ball, like North Carolina likes to I
51:52
got you another thing tonight did notice people and we
51:55
mentioned about Dwayne Lofton and we mentioned Jalen Jones and
51:59
some of the other guys we didn't see him we didn't see them on.
52:04
Primarily offensive plays, we'd have to go back and look at the
52:06
special teams play. If anybody knows how to get all
52:09
22 during the game, please message boundary Corner podcast
52:13
so we can actually pull that feed in.
52:15
So we know where everybody is, but the game plan tonight, Brian
52:19
didn't dictate. We're running up to a, we were
52:22
running fast, we were running where we needed multiple the
52:25
game plan was we were freaking waiting for the call to get in
52:28
alignment about 14 seconds. Yep.
52:31
We were we were definitely Ball control.
52:34
We did not want them. How to have the ball?
52:37
We were taking our time. We deliberate with our play
52:41
calling, we were being delivered with our execution.
52:44
Absolutely. And Brian.
52:45
And me, and you talking here beforehand, it took me back to
52:51
the Fuente or to the Oklahoma State game back in the bowl,
52:57
back in 2017. In that game was exactly like
53:02
that. Exactly like that.
53:06
We were, we were slowing down. We were going to play very slow.
53:10
You had James Washington, you had Mason Rudolph.
53:12
They were hell of a tandem. Oklahoma state scored a lot of
53:15
points and in that game who lost 3021.
53:21
We also had in that game. You can go back and recollect.
53:24
Brian, we had a fumble inside, the 10-yard line, which you
53:28
know, wants to make you lose your freaking mind.
53:32
I'm because if you remember as early in that game, I think we
53:35
were up 7. Nothing where it's like, are we
53:39
up 73 or something like that? Where it's like if we score
53:41
here, they're going to have to do things a little bit different
53:45
because they had to but the time we're not too heavy, they had,
53:48
somebody had a good running back that a good wide receiver for
53:52
And it was just like we're slowing to a snail's pace.
53:55
If you're going to beat us You're going to pop some big
53:59
plays, that's fine but you're going to have to do it in.
54:02
Your defense is going to have to suffer.
54:03
Unfortunately for that game we had crucial turnovers at
54:07
different points in time. You know we had the fumble and
54:10
we had an interception. Tonight, the only one turnover.
54:15
Yep. One turnover.
54:17
We get we out game them. Three to one on turnovers.
54:22
I'll take that back. No, 32 on turnovers.
54:26
So we only really plus one of the turnover category tonight.
54:29
Yeah. So let's talk about bb.
54:34
Bb 3, the QB, Do you think Brian yet a pretty efficient night.
54:41
Especially did a great job with his pocket.
54:46
Awareness with his knowing when to tuck and go knowing when to
54:49
keep eyes down field, I like that.
54:53
He took a chance to thread the needle to James Mitchell.
54:56
On that touchdown. That was a ballsy, ballsy, Play
55:02
Ball, Z plate. But I think he sought a to I
55:05
think he felt like one of my boys.
55:07
Going to get this small fire, this thing, it went right past
55:12
the Defenders hand and he was high enough where Mitchell could
55:15
make the play. So it was like it was a
55:17
calculated risk but definitely a ballsy through there and but I
55:21
like the fact that he took that risk there.
55:25
But the thing that impressed me the most was his pocket
55:28
awareness and knowing when to when the moving the pocket when
55:31
to step up in the pocket when to take off out of the pocket he
55:35
did he did a really good job there.
55:38
And that extended some extended, some drives for us took what
55:42
could have been a negative play or a no Gainer.
55:45
Tournament to a five or six yard gain.
55:47
That's all one. One in particular we drop back
55:50
looked like it was about to get sex stepped up in the pocket,
55:54
kind of went down the line of scrimmage a little bit more
55:59
guys, bearing down on them took off got a 7-yard gain so I
56:03
thought he was about to either. Throw it away or take the sack.
56:05
There ended up getting the 7-yard gain for us.
56:07
So those type of plays are like with the game within a game that
56:12
quarterbacks kind of in your they are and I think he did a
56:14
good job with that where he needs to get more consistent is
56:17
obviously some of the the short passes.
56:22
You know. We had one that ended up getting
56:24
intercepted. You had a couple that the screen
56:28
is black sheer, screened of rescue that year.
56:32
Yeah. That screams like that if that
56:36
had been executed the way you want with just enough touch.
56:39
I mean he had he had room to run for days so that would have been
56:42
another big run there for us. Same way with overthrowing the
56:47
little swinger out for the little half way, I'm going to
56:49
call her call into half wheel. He has worth blowing it like six
56:53
yards, but the little half wheel and it was late in the game.
56:56
If he hits that last year has about 15 yards, up the sideline
57:00
before probably near, then there's can get us.
57:02
We definitely has to work on That run definitely has to be
57:06
more consistent, but there were things I did like within
57:09
throwing the ball and that was some of the feeds and some of
57:12
the throws down the sideline that he made.
57:15
There was a big 12 tray. Yes, beautiful.
57:20
That could have been placed any perfect with the coverage.
57:23
Yep. And then he had a, you know, the
57:25
fade to say they got called back.
57:28
The second fade, the trade that was Pi that didn't get called We
57:34
G all those. Yeah that was that was Tony.
57:37
I was Joker was Tony he was hooking if they caught a daily
57:41
pi and they didn't call that. It's just like what are you
57:44
doing for their hands? By like know people, his arm
57:47
like this, this wasn't Hand by because tray you can see
57:50
trailers trying to get the arm like up, like he is literally
57:55
stopping the arm. Yep.
57:57
That in say what you will they call that and we're at the
58:01
one-yard line we get in and it's really unlikely.
58:04
It's going to call it. Sweet Jets who James Mitchell
58:07
case would give James a second test.
58:10
I'm gonna go back to something. You just said a few minutes ago
58:13
about Braxton and his pocket awareness and his scrambling
58:18
ability. Is he might Vic tie rod beer and
58:24
marking it, he's not but he has an unbelievable screaming,
58:28
ability to do not sell it short, do not Stella short, that there
58:32
are going to be times this year, where unlike the past there's
58:38
room times, where it's like, oh shit.
58:40
We're going to lose four yards here that he's going to scramble
58:42
get out of it and get a positive game.
58:45
Yeah. Is he doesn't have, he doesn't
58:46
have that like the the game breaker.
58:49
The that mentality. That like a vacatur that a tie
58:54
rod has but he's got speed and again the awareness of the
58:59
pocket to know when to take advantage of that speed and I
59:01
think that's going to be an asset for us.
59:04
He doesn't have their twitch does not have their quit.
59:08
I will be pulling with that but when he recognizes it, he
59:12
doesn't have a pass play and he can get two, three steps.
59:17
He can get going, he accelerates, he celebrates fast
59:21
and he's got pretty good top end.
59:23
Like I said, like you said that the twitch, the being able to,
59:27
you know, take that that one one, good move and turn it into
59:33
a touchdown for 40 50 yards. Haven't seen that from him
59:37
right. There is going to be always got
59:38
playing speed to do that. Yep, there is going to be one.
59:44
Play that Brad for Nielsen. Trey Turner.
59:52
Justin .8 just walk away and look at it that design play
59:57
where Trey kind of went out and ran a smash.
1:00:00
He was wide open. Yeah, couple motion and it
1:00:03
pulled that safety over entry beat has Guy.
1:00:08
And he missed it. If he hits that in at the point,
1:00:11
I'm if he had hit that tree walks in and I think at that
1:00:15
time it would have been a 17-point lead and I think we
1:00:17
should have been like points. Yep, ballgame ballgame that that
1:00:23
would have been the dagger at that point in time in the game
1:00:26
and just you know, that that's the ones you can't miss know.
1:00:33
We got lucky tonight. We got lucky, we missed it, but
1:00:37
also Bron We want 1710 in this era of college football, we won
1:00:44
17 to 10, but you know what makes me feel kind of half bad,
1:00:49
half good, but you got, we could ask or 31 points tonight.
1:00:54
Yeah, we definitely got points on the field as he is big, as
1:00:59
big as this game was for us. We still left points on the
1:01:03
field. This could have been a better
1:01:05
victory for us than it was. We could have been definitely
1:01:08
definitely room to Oh no doubt. Well, that's a piece.
1:01:12
We could have blown the doors off and they can't say that they
1:01:16
can't know, Carolina fan can come and say we should have beat
1:01:20
y'all about to touch down bullshit.
1:01:21
We should have beat ya'll B 3, maybe 24 points.
1:01:26
Yeah, I mean, we had you at arm's length, the entire game
1:01:29
and, you know, there was only there at the end.
1:01:33
Was there even really the feel of the threat?
1:01:36
Okay, well, this this this is going to happen.
1:01:38
This might happen. Whatever it is, Virginia Tech
1:01:42
controlled the flow of that game from start to finish.
1:01:46
And, you know, missing a field goal, not getting a call,
1:01:50
putting the ball on the ground, you know, if you let them I mean
1:01:59
straight up. This could have been really
1:02:01
ugly. And to a point you're like,
1:02:05
well, that sucks. But to a point it's almost like
1:02:07
no, this is good. We'll get that shit on tape in
1:02:10
a, in a win against a big time opponents.
1:02:12
And then improve on it from that point, right?
1:02:15
Damn, right. First time in seven years that
1:02:20
we beat a top ten team of any site that was the Ohio State
1:02:23
game Ohio State. Yeah, first time since 2009
1:02:27
Miami in the rain, that would be the top 10 team in Lane.
1:02:32
Justin Fuente, gets another rank win.
1:02:36
And you know what can we just get like a month to prepare for
1:02:40
every game we play, like 38 say abre to say about what does he
1:02:46
does? A damn good job of preparing to
1:02:50
open a season especially against the quality, opponent opponent.
1:02:53
And let's talk a little bit about trickle down here because
1:02:57
that's going to that's going to matter and it will see how much
1:03:00
it matters later. But It can't be undersold, the
1:03:05
impact that beating a North Carolina team.
1:03:09
That's been eating your lunch a little bit, especially in the
1:03:12
off, the field stuff. Uh-huh.
1:03:16
If it's nice to get a victory and shut those fuckers up a
1:03:20
little bit right. Dang, right.
1:03:21
And there's nice to get a little bit of momentum on that
1:03:24
recruiting trail that you can point say, hey, he might have a
1:03:28
top 10 and top 15 classes. Step back to back.
1:03:31
We still I'll beat their ass. We're being all your High
1:03:35
Caliber. We're being your high-caliber
1:03:40
guys. You know, he's coming to
1:03:43
Virginia. He's coming to 275 and taken
1:03:45
guys, and he's coming to the 804 I'm taking, guys, we still up in
1:03:49
the ass. Max been there three years, he's
1:03:52
two and three in the year he won was the most fucked-up year in
1:03:57
the history of Collegiate football, in the history of
1:04:01
Collegiate football. It's never been anything like
1:04:04
that before. We're out there playing with
1:04:06
literally backups, and guys, Guys who are having one day to
1:04:10
prepare. We got Walk-Ons out there guys.
1:04:14
And let's just say this to Braun because this is the one that
1:04:17
really, really, to me even matters, even more.
1:04:21
We've been in the AC since 2004 right now, since 2004, unc's be
1:04:28
this 4 times 4. Hopefully, that's why you are a
1:04:34
rival. You beat us four times.
1:04:40
Go steal all the recruits. You don't know how to coach, in
1:04:43
Max prove it. I'll say it, I'll say it aloud,
1:04:46
he was having freaking top five classes at Texas.
1:04:49
Is last three years there, and he was freaking barely winning
1:04:52
eight games. I think the problem is that he's
1:04:57
a decent coach in a damn good recruiter.
1:05:00
Yes. And that only gets you so far
1:05:06
against quality opponents and we'll see if he ends up putting
1:05:11
things together here in North Carolina.
1:05:12
But you know looking at this team if they play the same way
1:05:16
they played today, I mean that's that's at least a three lost
1:05:20
team, right? At least a three loss tea.
1:05:23
Well, see how Miami looks tomorrow against Alabama.
1:05:28
Yeah, but we'll see. We'll see how I'm Alabama looks
1:05:31
against their. They don't play Boston College,
1:05:36
we do NC State look good last night.
1:05:38
I think they played them this year.
1:05:40
NC State is needing to watch damn right at defense is nasty.
1:05:45
I completely blew that out probably went to say, if you
1:05:49
told me last year that the NC State that we played in our
1:05:53
first official game in 2020 would have been number one, the
1:05:56
NC State that finished the season.
1:05:58
Number two, the NC State that opened the season and 2021
1:06:03
they're going to make some noise, I'm looking out for them.
1:06:06
I don't necessarily think they're ready to challenge
1:06:09
Clemson. Not but that's that's not a
1:06:12
that's not a game that Clemson's going to kind of just by
1:06:14
default. Okay, well they're the, they're
1:06:17
the second-best in our in our division of the ACC we're going
1:06:21
to kind of put the screws to him.
1:06:23
Like we normally do and keep moving.
1:06:26
Well, other things we're finding out the night.
1:06:28
Right. Duke is bad bad, bad bad.
1:06:32
I will now have to really watch the West Virginia game Ryan?
1:06:37
Yeah, I told you we lose that one.
1:06:39
You said:. I was wrong.
1:06:45
But you received it. I was wrong model, hold on.
1:06:49
But what did you say? Would have to happen if we want
1:06:52
this game. Now, I've told you the keys to
1:06:55
Victory. I was right about the keys to
1:06:57
Vinnie. I was wrong about the
1:06:58
prediction, I was wrong on two fronts, I predicted, we lose, I
1:07:02
predicted that both teams of scoring the 30s and neither came
1:07:07
close. I think Bay has made a lot of
1:07:09
money tonight because apparently the short for all over us, the
1:07:13
general public was all over you and see I guarantee you I think
1:07:17
the lie was 63 after what happened last year and then what
1:07:20
happened two years ago, the biggest is about to build
1:07:24
another building because of this game, everyone was hammering the
1:07:28
over and they came up well short and they probably knew after
1:07:33
halftime that that was all all bets are off on the if they
1:07:37
Hammer the over. Well shit we're not going to hit
1:07:41
the over here but okay, we're going to find about.
1:07:43
We're going to find out a ton of that mine.
1:07:46
We are gonna find out a ton about Tennessee or excuse me
1:07:49
pit. Next week when they play
1:07:50
Tennessee, it pit looks like trash Miss Tennessee.
1:07:53
We Tennessee played last night. It's almost yeah.
1:07:57
Yeah. I'm not worrying about them as
1:07:59
much and then something that's already one based on how much
1:08:04
they lost in the offseason that I felt.
1:08:06
I feel pretty good about I mean it's at least a Pick'em,
1:08:09
especially in Lane, it's going to be interesting to see how
1:08:13
they handle Tennessee. I mean if that's an out rate law
1:08:18
oil then then you already start questioning if it's 10 points or
1:08:23
more. Yep.
1:08:26
That pit team can struggle again.
1:08:29
They're going to live and die by what Kenny pickets able to do.
1:08:32
Which I mean we've seen The Good the Bad and the Ugly pretty
1:08:39
decent floor. You know?
1:08:42
He's not going to be awful because they need him to be
1:08:46
something because they just can't run the ball.
1:08:48
And are you sure about all he scored zero points?
1:08:51
Last time he s links a them. This is that I've got yeah, I'll
1:08:56
give I'll say that was an awful outing for him.
1:08:58
Almost transparent Allowed, by the way, he last two times fans
1:09:02
have been in Lane Stadium. The Virginia Tech defense is
1:09:05
giving up Five Points. A game people in the stadium.
1:09:12
You be? Let's just add of the day.
1:09:17
Let's look Sarah. You know, we're looking at some
1:09:19
of the folks in the coast we've looked at you obviously bad.
1:09:23
Um UVA. I don't think we find out much
1:09:25
about tomorrow playing. Will you marry except if they
1:09:27
lose cheeses Christ, they're going to do, we don't know much
1:09:31
about UVA unless it's a nail-biter, or they lose.
1:09:35
Yeah. One.
1:09:36
But I think we, I think we found out a little more about them in,
1:09:39
not this weekend, but next week when they play Illinois although
1:09:44
who knows where Nebraska is, but I think breath and feeling was
1:09:46
like, got something going in Illinois.
1:09:49
Yeah, make fun of Bret, Bielema, all you want.
1:09:53
I think the guy knows how to cook Big 10 football and I think
1:09:56
he probably is going to get them in the right direction.
1:10:00
So, you know, we've already got keep them competitive in that
1:10:04
League. They may be home when it, but
1:10:08
it's been truly. They're going to get there.
1:10:10
Eventually they're going to be a team that if he gets what he
1:10:14
wants and does what he wants to do.
1:10:16
It's one of those how long it play those guys, he's in a find
1:10:19
335 down, guys, he's gonna lose his shit out of us.
1:10:23
I don't play that Brian. There's no way.
1:10:29
No way that your season prediction can be 100%.
1:10:33
Correct. You have to be happy about that,
1:10:36
right? I do I do you know?
1:10:40
I'm already. I've already taken the the L on
1:10:43
that one and so we done celebrating the like yes sons of
1:10:48
bitches! Hell yes prove me wrong.
1:10:52
Yes! I mean if they prove me wrong
1:10:55
and keep keep the the w train moving here.
1:10:58
Yes. You know that her name still
1:11:02
going to be a struggle. Miami still going to be a Raghu
1:11:04
lasts till he sees going to be based on tomorrow night.
1:11:10
You know, I still like and especially after what I saw from
1:11:13
fucking North Carolina today. I still like Miami to win the
1:11:17
when the coastal you did say that but but we're looking
1:11:23
better than my fault. We're looking better and I
1:11:25
thought because we've turned it back and it looks like a defense
1:11:28
from the 8A. We're playing defense first
1:11:31
again, but with an offense that is dynamic enough to score
1:11:36
points when it needs to. So if that formula can be
1:11:39
carried across the board against the other big opponent that we
1:11:43
have this year and we don't have those let down games that we
1:11:46
occasionally have in the season. You know, maybe this can, this
1:11:50
can be something, we'll see. But cautiously optimistic
1:11:54
cautiously optimistic is the frame of mind.
1:11:58
I'm in right now. Hey, I'm before we close it out
1:12:01
here tonight. I'm really hoping that game day
1:12:04
shows that tomorrow when they open up, that's a big swing in
1:12:11
the Miss across the board. All of you, all of you.
1:12:16
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