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"No Love in the Tub" Episode 74 · DMV Mess Hall

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Hi folks, this is Rick Doc. Walker in DOC, this is John
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Kind, and you're listening to the mess hall with rally captain
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and Tailgate 10. What's going on?
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Rally. You made him back from Baltimore
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safely, man. How you doing?
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Yo, I'm excited. I really am.
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For what is in store for us fans as well as the team.
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I really am, man. I am too, man.
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And before we jump into what you saw from Baltimore, I got to ask
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you. I don't know where Owings Mills
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is. I've never even thought it was a
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place on the map. I thought it was kind of made-up
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like RAL John Maryland was. But you got a chance to go up
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there, and I know where you live.
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I'm not trying to put you on blast and let everyone else know
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where you are, but how early did you have to get up to be there
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for a 9:00 practice? And how many don't sleep
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energies did you chug on the way up 95 or whatever Rd. you were
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going to take to get out there? Well, first let me say this,
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because Don't Sleep is such a great product.
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I only needed one. They took good care of me.
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As far as that's concerned. I had to get up roughly about
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5:30, you know, just to make sure that I was there on time.
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So you know, it, it, it, it, it. I waited a while, but
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nevertheless. It's about 5:30 sixish if you
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will, so you're up earlier than that for work.
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So I mean, I guess that's not too bad it.
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Was kind of like sleeping in a little bit but still when it's
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not working and it's pleasure don't sleep handle handle their
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business and I needed it and and it helped me out because I was I
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was excited already to trying to get up there and beat the
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traffic in the whole 9 yards and and.
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Once I got there, I'll just wait for another segment.
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How about that? I'm jealous, man.
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It it looked like a ton of fun, and we'll jump into that in a
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minute. But I want to talk about the
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Browns preseason game before we jump into what's been going on
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this past week. And for those wondering, it's
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Wednesday, August 16th at 4:30 that we're recording this.
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And if you're listening to this, odds are you watched some of the
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Browns game. Maybe if you didn't fall asleep
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during the rain delay, because that was frustrating.
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I didn't think that a preseason game could get dragged out in
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longer than it should. And then we had a hour to kill
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before that damn thing turned on.
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What did you actually do during the time you had to just got to
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sit around and wait? Deal.
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Probably 99.9% of everybody else did and watch this stupid show
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they had on TV. But you know, it reminded me.
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I think it was 201617, possibly when I went down to Tampa for a
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preseason game and they actually had, the game was gonna be on
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like on a Friday and they moved it.
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No, the game was gonna be on a Thursday.
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Moved it back to a Friday because of the hurricane, and
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sure enough. The game really wasn't delayed
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that that long, but it was delayed just for a minute if you
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will, because they were staying at a hurricanes coming and and
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torrential rain downpour. It was matter.
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I even made a live video. I have to go in my archives and
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and maybe pull it up, but it was crazy.
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Being down at the celebrity reminded me of.
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But luckily I was in the comforts of my own home and I
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didn't have to worry about anything foolish.
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Like that. But some fans did actually go to
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that game and and I was actually shocked because there was a
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young lady who I saw with a rapid heart tshirt on.
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Oh nice man. I got to give me one of those
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too if. You got a large line around.
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I'll see you on Monday at FedEx. But it reminded me of, I don't
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know if you remember a preseason game years ago against the
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Ravens where we actually had a rain delay at FedEx Field the
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preseason game and we got stuck and had to evacuate the
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concourse. And it wasn't as packed as a
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Beyoncé concert. But just imagine all these
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Baltimoreons and then a bunch of Washington fans hanging out in
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the lower level concourse. The amount of fights that broke
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out down that lower level concourse was insane.
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I. Was going to say that that
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doesn't bode with no, not at all because they had signs that they
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brought into the stadium of get your team out of our state and
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just all this other crap. This isn't Washington.
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It's Maryland. And just like to me, I I can't
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stay in Baltimore and I know you got to meet my man Captain
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Defense up there and I love Wes. He's a good dude to meet.
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People from Baltimore have little brother syndrome when it
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comes to DC. Our town is just more important
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than their town and we get the coverage.
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Their football team has been better than ours, but we still
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get more coverage than they do in my opinion.
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So they hate all us and you know it.
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It was interesting. But when I saw all those Browns
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fans in the dog pound, I could only imagine in my head like
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that Lady that you mentioned that was actually at the game.
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How many people are probably barking in her ear right now and
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she's just trying to get to her seat and watch this preseason
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game that means nothing and come back home to DMV.
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Well man, you know, maybe I'm a little biased, but they treated
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the captain pretty good when I was there, so it wasn't that
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bad. Maybe they just know who to pick
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on. I'm actually, I'm a firm
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believer of that. Other fans know who they can and
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can't pick on and and and for me, for whatever reason, I just
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don't get picked on. I may get talked about a little
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bit, but. After a couple times of me
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giving them a good little look, it is it stops like your mom in
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church to get that side eye, they they stop.
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To me, preseason is kind of amateur hour because you got a
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bunch of people that don't typically come to games, that
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got tickets to go to a game and I appreciate everyone that
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helped me out. I got tickets for a family of
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eight that's going to come out. They can't really afford to go
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to a game and they got a bunch of kids and they want to bring
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them out. So preseason is just, it's not
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your typical experience. And you obviously you don't see
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the starters play that much and the fans really aren't into the
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game as much because you don't even know some of the players on
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the field because it's a 90 man roster versus, you know, your
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regular 53. But one good thing that I saw
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during the game was the fact that our new owner was actually
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watching the game from the stands.
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And it made me wonder. What are the odds you and Josh
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Harris are going to be standing beside each other in those dream
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seats of yours for one of the Commanders home games and you're
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going to take a selfie with them and have him?
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And I know only players are allowed to, but maybe have him
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wear the chain. That is the goal.
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That is the goal to have new ownership, Kristen or well, me,
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Kristen, new new ownership with the chain.
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Dan said no. He told you no.
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He wouldn't put it on. He told me no, and so I stopped
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saying everything. I said no problem Dan, hey, you
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know he goes you want to autograph and I was like, Nah,
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I'm good. So, so we'll see if the new
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ownership the hard group puts on the rally chain and it would be
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something big if they do it because like I said I think it's
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a it's a good way of of christening.
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The fan base. Truly christening the fan base.
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It's almost like you're baptizing them when you put that
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chair over top of his neck and he sits there just in all of its
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glory with the sun shining down on them.
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And it was great to see him down there and not up in a box
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hanging out in the rain with his son, just watching the team.
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And that's not something that's I could ever say Dan did when he
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was here. I remember talking to him a
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couple times down on the field for pregame stuff when I was in
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Jacksonville for a game around Christmas time and other times.
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But he always had security around and he always had all
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these people around him, and you couldn't really get that close.
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And if you did, they looked at you up and down to make sure you
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weren't going to do anything crazy, like you were going to
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assault this man. And I know a lot of fans
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probably wanted to after a while, but it was just another
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thing that's just so refreshing to see with this new group, just
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engaging with the fan base. And that wasn't even our home.
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That was, you know, Cleveland. Yeah, I'm.
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I'm actually afraid to see him do that at FedEx.
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I really am. I mean, look at me wrong.
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There's a big part of me that wants him to, but then there's
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another part of me is would he really enjoy that?
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You know, like when he's walking down in Ashburn to training camp
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is roped off? And he can engage and disengage
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at any given time that he wants to.
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But at FedEx, if he didn't have any ropes around him, I mean,
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man, you know, maybe the first game he made you that.
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After that he's probably said enough of this man.
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But he seems like a very personable guy and I I look
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forward to to meeting all of them at some point in time.
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Well, he's he's also there to watch the game, and to me, you
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don't get a chance to watch the game if you do that.
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When I'm at the games, I got one headphone in listening to the
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radio call, and I'm other one just watching straight down the
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field. Missus Tailgate's got to bring
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friends, so she's got someone to talk to her because I'm not
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paying any attention to anything around me.
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I'm just looking straight at the field we got. 4 tickets she puts
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up with a lot. Then she really does.
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We got four tickets just so she can invite two other friends to
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go to the game because I'm not chatting with her or talking to
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her and to me if if I'm, you know, Josh Harris, I don't want
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to talk to fans. I want to watch, you know what I
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paid for $6 billion and see what's going on.
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And from what I saw against the Browns, I would wonder if I
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could get my, you know, like 30 day money back guarantee if I'm
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Josh Harris. Just because that offensive line
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and the first team defensive line who was supposed to be a
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strength of this team, they got out hustled, they got outplayed.
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We constantly heard, well, they're not going to be going up
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against their teammates, they're going up against someone
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different. Well, they went up against
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someone different and the first team offensive line did not look
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good and the defensive line just let Deshawn Watson carve them up
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like it was a hot knife through butter.
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And on top of that, they didn't even have their number one
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running back, Nick Chubb and their number one defensive
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lineman and Miles Garrett in and they still got pressure on Sam.
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Curious what your thoughts were watching the first name O&D.
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I didn't like it. I didn't like it at all.
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It seemed as though it it took them to get their butts on the
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goal line to say, oh, we're actually playing a football game
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or or and and and it Maybe I'm wrong.
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But it seemed as though hey, we're we're the number one
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defense. We can do anything.
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Oh wait a minute. We're actually, we are actually
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playing a game or the excuse that I heard was.
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Well, you know, we didn't really scheme anything up, but at the
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same time, defense is mano Y mano.
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You beat your man, go find the ball, tackle the ball, ball
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care. And it didn't happen.
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And so I was a little frustrated.
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But I will say that I do see a light at the end of the tunnel
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and I'll get into that probably in our next segment, but.
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As far as the Browns game is concerned, I was a little
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disappointed. So I was happy that we won.
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But we all know that there's no such thing as preseason champs,
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so I just want to see better and and I did see better.
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So yeah, that, that one, that one's done.
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We sweaked away with the win. It's done.
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Now we're moving on to Baltimore and we got out of the game
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relatively healthy, Chase Self reported.
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Stinger and Federian Mathis got banged up I think on the same
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play that Chase got banged up. But one thing that I did see
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that was good and I went back and watched the all 22 footage
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and Mark Bullock, who was a great follow on Twitter.
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By the way, for any Commanders fans out there, if you get a
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chance, go back and sign up for Mark Bullock's stuff.
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I'll put it on our YouTube page so you can find them.
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It's Mark Bullock, BULLOCKNFL. He had a great breakdown of Sam
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Howe, didn't cost anything to sign up for his page and he goes
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through and talks about Sam's decision making and what he saw
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and who. He has video clips and has all
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this stuff to back it in those video clips and the types of
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routes the receivers are running and why Sam went here versus
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going here during different plays.
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And the part that was great was Sam's decision making where he
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actually went with the ball and what he decided to do.
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The only time that really he didn't fare well was that sack
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that he gave up and that was on Sam.
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He held the ball way too long, but he had, let's see here, a
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quarterback rating of 119.1. He was 9 for 1277 yards, had a
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touchdown, and you and I were texting back and forth about it.
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I'm glad he had a touchdown just so we can pass some stats.
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Let's be realistic, It was against the second team.
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Defense rounds have already taken their starters out that
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we're playing, so I kind of don't give it a ton of credit
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from that standpoint, but it was still a beautiful route by
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Jahan. It was still a nice throw by Sam
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and he made the right read, and Rivera reaffirmed that in his
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press conferences since then, saying the decision making on
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where Howl is going is what's important.
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And we played Clips a couple weeks back on say, I'm saying
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how he has, what's his total command of the offense?
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I'm thinking it's kind of hard to believe from a guy that's in
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a brand new system, in a wordy system such as Eric B.
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Enemies. But there was an article in the
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Washington Post that I read this past weekend.
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I want to say it was by Sam Fortier talking about how the
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actual lingo, the words that the enemy uses, are somewhat
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identical to the words that how and Diami Brown used back in
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North Carolina. So seeing that now I can
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understand why he does have a better grasp of this offense.
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Because it is new for ten other guys, but for him, it's almost
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like he got held back in class and he already knows what's
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coming up on the test because it's already been through part
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of this through three years of college.
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So I'll. Take it.
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I'll take that though. Same here.
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And with that being said, we did not game plan for the Browns.
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They're not going to do that. So what can you take out of a
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preseason game? You get through it healthy and
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hopefully you see your guys step up when it comes to one-on-one
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stuff And the defensive line, they they got shook and I think
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they kind of woke up. And what we have seen the past
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two days, and I want to talk to you about this specifically now,
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the defensive line and the offensive line appeared to have
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stepped things up once they got to that fictitious land Owings
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Mills up there in Maryland when they practice against the Ravens
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on Tuesday and Wednesday. So this is what I'm happy to
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report back to you about. So it's this is going to be
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twofold if you will what I'm happy and what I noticed so
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initially going into the facility which is a phenomenal
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facility, it really lets me know.
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How a sponsor as well as an owner can put their money to
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great use and the collaboration with Under Armour and the
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Ravens. I walked in and that whole brick
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inlay of of how their headquarters was, I just was in
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awe. I really was.
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I liked how they had to set up with their fields.
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They had basically three bleachers, one on either side in
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the end zone view. And man Ted, it was it was just
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it was very nice and this is probably the last thing time you
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hear me talk bad about Dan Schneider but it just goes to
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show you where he where he didn't put his money into
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obviously because it's night and day and experience period you
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didn't and put any money into. It it's just night and day and
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so that's the last thing I'm I'm going to attempt to to bring up
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the past. So not going into the good news.
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You want the good or the bad first?
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Which one you want? Let's start with the bad, so we
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can end with a good. OK, this is what I saw as far as
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the bad is concerned. The bad is when we're doing 11
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on 11 drills. The lineman, if you will, not
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defense with the offense they have an issue with.
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Not the person who he's head up with, but the person that's to
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the left or to the right of them and.
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Yes, that's what I saw then that that was the bad.
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Now if I want to talk about the good, which made me bring my
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thought process process back for what everyone's talking about,
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his offensive line when it came down to one-on-one drills
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against the Ravens, those guys handled their business and I was
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amazed at how they weren't letting.
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The defensive guys get close to not the quarterback, but the
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coach who was acting as a quarterback during the position
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drills. So I said to myself, wow, if
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they can do this in a game, they won't have any problems.
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But then that's that's the bad. The coach needs to get them
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coached up better for for stunts and awareness, because that
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seems to be where the problem was.
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One-on-one I had I have all the faith that these guys can do
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what it needs to be done. But what happens when that guy
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comes from the left or from the right of you, You know, what do
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you do then? And I think that it creates a
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gap. It make me, they make me miss an
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assignment if you will, to where that linebacker can shoot up or
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another guy can can loop around him, the the end can loop around
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him and do something different. So that's what I saw one-on-one
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though man. I have no doubt that these guys
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can handle their business. As far as the QB is concerned,
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Sam impressed me. He really did.
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And Ted, I got to tell you that for the first time in a long
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time, I feel that we are going to be okay man.
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I really do. Based upon what I saw in
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Baltimore now, I think that there's a, there's a part of me
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that wishes that we could play Baltimore.
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For the last game of the season, for preseason versus
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back-to-back after these practices.
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And I say that because you've been out there for two days with
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these guys now. They kind of know your
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tendencies, if you will. So we're not really going to
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get, I don't feel a good interpretation of what a game
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would be like because they've seen what you've done for the
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last two days. They know you.
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They know how you, they know how you line up.
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They know all that type of stuff.
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So if maybe if they could, if I got it a little bit, it was the
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last game, if you understand what I'm saying.
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Yeah, no, I hear you. It's just the last pre season
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game you you typically won't see your starters.
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So the issue is that Bengals game, I mean talk about
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Snorfest, that you know you're going to have guys fighting for
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their NFL careers which is great and we'll definitely have some
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players, commanders, players that you know you shouldn't
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sleep on sponsored by Don't Sleep Energy.
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But I had a chance to watch it. On the Ravens feed.
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So if anyone listening to this has not had a chance to see it
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you can go to YouTube and the Ravens have the entire practice
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on their YouTube channel. It is 2 hours and you are stuck
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listening to a couple of Ravens commentators talk about their
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team and Jack their team up and defend their team when they body
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slammed Danny Johnson and bunch of stupid fights happened.
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But you got to see what Rally's talking about.
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There was an overhead shot where you have 5 offensive linemen and
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you've got the defensive line in front of them and you know who
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was actually rushing at that point.
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And the offensive line is basically like rally saying mano
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a mano against the guy in front of them.
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But the D line can shift and do a stunt and move side to side
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versus just coming head on at you.
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And there were a couple times where our guys went after the
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same person and it was kind of shocking to see.
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One good thing was. That I saw out of this.
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The 11 on elevens were all shown on this feed.
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If anyone wants to see it you can catch it.
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I was impressed by Manuel Forbes man, just seeing him step up in
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that Browns game on the goal line and then seeing him cover
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Odell Beckham. And granted OBJ isn't the same
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OBJ from couple years ago, but. If you watched a screenplay that
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he caught and he just turned on The Jets during 11 or elevens
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against us on Tuesday, he still has some speed.
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And there were a bunch of times where he had a step or two on
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Forbes. Forbes just turned on another
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gear, he hit that nitrous button or whatever the hell it was, and
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he was there and deflected and broke up a bunch of those passes
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and he didn't even turn around. And that's been something.
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That has concerned me, watching him practice.
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But he's watching the receiver's eyes and he's watching their
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hands. And the second their hands go up
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is the second he reacts and he immediately knows that ball's
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going to be there and knocks it away.
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And he did it again today and it was basically bang, bang balls
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there. He's there.
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And I had some concerns about young man being able to just be
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physical. There was one point where one of
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the Ravens players took a cheap shot at him and he just gave him
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a couple of, you know, 1-2 threes and just started using
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his helmet as a punching bag and just wasn't taking it, man.
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And I thought that we were going to get pushed around by
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Baltimore. The Ravens are a perennial
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playoff team. They're a really good physical
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team and we have not been, but these guys held their own.
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The past two days in Baltimore, from what I saw, from everything
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I read and I am impressed. Much like you, I think that
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we're there. But I'm going to, I'm going to
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put a caveat, man. I absolutely love what I'm
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seeing in Sam Howe. Absolutely love it.
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He has an arm. He can make every single throw.
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He's got the head on his shoulders to do what he needs to
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do. I am just terrified of those
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five guys in front of him and maybe the three guys in the
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middle the most In regards to O K2 guys, Gates and your left
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guard. Because Sadiq Charles did not
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play against the Browns, you had Chris Paul go in.
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Charles has been banged up for quite some time.
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Charles practiced on Tuesday against the Ravens and actually
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did a damn good job. That's pretty much, yeah.
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That's who I was watching. Considering he has not practiced
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or done anything. He's now going up against
24:51
Baltimore's defensive line and he's actually holding his own.
24:55
Today, Wednesday, they took him out.
24:59
He didn't make the entire practice because he got banged
25:02
up again. This young man's health and
25:05
inability to be available is a huge concern.
25:10
And Chris Paul to me. Has not proven that he is left
25:15
starting left guard material and now you've got the team trying
25:20
Tyler Larson your backup center and was it strong about I always
25:25
get the guys name wrong our new rookie center moving him over at
25:29
center and I get that you have to do that for position flex and
25:33
you don't want to have a center just be a center.
25:36
But now your backup other guard idea is 2 backup centers to move
25:42
over. And protect Sam's blind side.
25:45
Yeah that's not good and I think the dealers with the Charles is
25:53
I realistically it's one of those things to where they are
25:57
giving him more than enough time because they don't want it to be
26:01
a situation where what if we just would have you know and he
26:06
possibly goes to another team and balls out and but we had the
26:10
guy on our roster at the same time.
26:15
You know dude if you can't stay healthy I mean we we're going to
26:19
have to unfortunately let you go And that's the bad thing about
26:23
the business at football. You know you get no love being
26:29
in the tub and that's just how it is man.
26:32
So I wanted, I wanted to tell you, Ted, that you know everyone
26:36
views the Ravens as the standard, if you will.
26:40
So I'm gonna just say let's say Baltimore is a nine.
26:44
Okay. Let's just just for just
26:45
throwing out a number Baltimore is a nine.
26:47
Their standard is a nine. In years past commanders
26:53
standard would have probably been a six and a half to seven
26:59
this year. And I'm gonna say this, if
27:04
Baltimore's standard was a nine, I view the commanders at an 8 to
27:10
an 8.5 based upon what I saw. So we're close and we just got
27:20
to shore up some things and this can turn into a hell of five
27:24
ball club it it man. Dead and and and our listeners
27:30
and viewers. This club we can turn into a
27:34
great thing. We just got to show up a couple
27:37
things and if we do look out, man, look out.
27:43
I I definitely agree with you and to me it's the Eric Bienni
27:48
effect. Our team has been just
27:54
practicing hard and playing tough against each other all
27:58
camp. We get to Baltimore.
28:01
We didn't let them push us around.
28:03
We didn't let them be a bully against us.
28:06
We stepped up and they punched. We punched right back.
28:11
Sometimes we actually did punch right back.
28:15
And a couple of the commentators were saying, oh, well, it kind
28:19
of isn't fair because the Ravens don't practice till 2:00 in the
28:22
afternoon and they're actually practicing at 9:00 in the
28:25
morning now because that's when the commanders practice.
28:28
Give me a break, man. And this was on the stupid
28:30
Baltimore feed that I got stuck listening to.
28:33
And actually, I think Rocket Ishmael was on with JP&B Mitch
28:39
talking about circadian rhythms and basically giving an excuse
28:44
as to why some of the players didn't seem to have as much
28:47
energy as the Commander's players.
28:49
Because they practice in the afternoon and we practice in the
28:51
morning. Shut the hell up.
28:53
You guys knew that We were going to be practicing, you guys.
28:56
For how many months? Now, if your players weren't up
29:00
to the task, don't give us that crap excuse.
29:03
Our guys stood toe to toe with you and you were a little
29:07
embarrassed about it. Let's be real.
29:10
That's what it boils down to. So, So what?
29:11
That's being said. Let's say the games played in
29:14
London or Germany, where there's a time change.
29:17
Are you going to say that our guys didn't play well because of
29:21
the time change in London or are you going to go out there and
29:23
play a football game? We don't want to hear these
29:26
excuses. Come on.
29:28
It was crazy and seeing the Ravens fans actually say the
29:31
same thing and I was watching it on my cell phone.
29:33
So it was driving me crazy because I was trying to disable
29:35
the comments going through on the feed on YouTube because
29:38
everyone you know before all the comments were sell the Team F,
29:41
Dan Snyder, fire Bruce Allen. Now it was all the comments
29:45
about the Ravens fans making fun of our name and oh, this isn't
29:48
fair. Lamar wouldn't be woken up yet.
29:50
He'd still be sleeping, hanging out in his bed.
29:53
You know, that's why he didn't make this pass.
29:54
Like, no, he didn't make this pass because Emanuel Forbes was
29:57
there. No, he didn't get to do this
29:58
because Deron Payne was in his face.
30:02
Our defensive line stepped up. And if.
30:08
If we didn't get to see this joint practice versus the Ravens
30:11
and all we got was them not showing us a good performers
30:17
against the Browns, I would be concerned.
30:20
Same same definitely. And that's what I was saying
30:23
going into the going into the joint practices, I was saying to
30:26
myself, oh man, here we go. But obviously Coach got them
30:32
ready or maybe even got themselves ready.
30:35
I I don't know. But when it came down to it,
30:37
they were ready and they performed and and like you said,
30:40
I was happy to see fours going up against OBJ and sticking with
30:46
them. Like I said, I'm not going to
30:48
say that we're a nine just yet. We're to me, we're at 88.5 to a
30:53
nine shrub. Those little things, we can
30:58
become a nine and surpass at 9 and go to a 10.
31:01
It's going to take a minute. We're not there yet, so don't
31:04
say, Cap said. We're not there yet.
31:06
We we we've got some. We talked about the holes.
31:08
We talked about what needs to be shored up.
31:10
If they can get it done, we'll be Okay and we.
31:14
I think what what what they say we're only going to win six
31:17
games, 6.5 games. Six and a half.
31:21
Oh oh bro, I see it surpassing that easy.
31:25
And with that being said, my bet MGM is going to come right on
31:29
through because they they they underplay.
31:33
That's big time. I'm I'm not as excited about you
31:38
around the entire just because it's still too big a question
31:42
mark with offensive line. But the good news is the enemy
31:47
can scheme around that. And one thing I also saw during
31:51
that Browns game is you have a first time play caller, Eric the
31:54
enemy, which is a good thing and a bad thing.
31:59
Opposing teams defensive coordinators don't know what to
32:01
expect with him, but he is also going to take some time getting
32:07
into rhythm calling plays for the Washington commanders, not
32:13
for the Kansas City Chiefs. And there were a lot of plays
32:17
that when I'm going back and watching it, oh, I can see why
32:21
he called that if he had the Chiefs.
32:23
That he's calling that play for. But some of those past plays and
32:26
some of those screens were so long developing that it just
32:30
took too much time and we couldn't do that.
32:32
And to me, the enemy is going to learn the strengths and
32:37
weaknesses of our starters and know what and what not to call.
32:43
And he can hide some of the, I guess, just inefficiencies of
32:49
our own lie. To a degree.
32:51
And Sam can do that as well with his legs.
32:54
We saw how he stretched out of play and hit Cole Turner on that
32:58
4th down and was able to get that first just by buying time
33:02
with his legs. And he's going to have to do
33:05
that. It's going to be a combination
33:07
and if we can get that to happen and stay healthy, then I'm right
33:13
there with you, man. That's 6 1/2.
33:15
That to me is a nobrainer and I definitely put some money down
33:18
on it and you know, people. Like to always say there hasn't
33:21
been a repeat NFCE winner in, what, 20 years?
33:26
20 years. We're winning the East.
33:28
I'm just saying, you know, Sam is legit.
33:33
Johan is legit. Terry is legit.
33:37
I'll tell you somebody else who surprised me, Excuse me if
33:39
you're interrupting you. Somebody else who surprised me
33:42
is per second spin that ball, man.
33:45
I heard it in the stands and that was amazing to me before
33:51
seeing him, you know, you see him in practice, you see him in
33:54
Ashburn. But the being there in Baltimore
33:57
in the stands, I heard that ball and he put some zip on it and it
34:02
surprised me. It really did.
34:04
I was like, is this the same guy that I that I've seen?
34:08
But because I also how their practice field was, we were
34:12
closer than normal, if you will and so you could hear that ball
34:18
and Terry, Terry was talking cash trash.
34:21
I'm not sure they showed it but Terry was saying all day, all
34:25
day. I mean he was talking cash trash
34:27
and and he even started cussing and I was like I can't I haven't
34:31
heard Terry cuss. I don't think I've ever heard
34:34
Terry cuss. But he was into it and he says
34:37
it's going to be open all day. We coming for you all day that
34:40
you know talking cash trash. And so I love to hear that.
34:43
I love to hear that man. That's all.
34:46
Are you sure Reset didn't have one of those Nerf footballs that
34:48
had that little whistle inside when you threw it?
34:51
It just made that sound. No, it it was amazing.
34:56
It really was. I got to tell you that.
34:59
I'm just so pumped, man. I really AM.
35:02
And I know we got to go through the preseason to get the regular
35:05
season, but God dog it. I'm ready to see people and and
35:12
our team back at FedEx Field. Speaking of which, I know it's
35:15
only a preseason game. What do you think of the crowds
35:18
going to be on Monday? Because it's a Monday night, I
35:23
don't think it's going to be as crazy as it should be just
35:27
because people got to work. But because it's Baltimore
35:31
versus Washington, it's going to be packed, man.
35:34
There's going to be a ton of fans out there.
35:36
I just don't know the mix. I don't know if it's going to be
35:39
6040 US versus them. Or what?
35:42
Because on top of that, I don't think Lamar's playing.
35:45
I'm not sure if they're actually going to be giving him reps.
35:48
I I thought I heard them talk about that on their broadcast
35:51
where you're not really seeing him during the preseason because
35:54
they just want to save him. And I don't blame him.
35:56
I mean, the way John Allen and Deron Payne were busting through
36:00
their offensive line and getting to him, I can see them not
36:04
wanting to start Lamar and play that game.
36:07
But I can tell you I am looking forward to being back at FedEx
36:10
Field and I get it's a preseason game and they haven't made a
36:14
bunch of improvements, but supposed to have new speakers,
36:19
new ribbon boards, just all the stuff going on man.
36:23
And I'm just, I'm excited to be back there with everybody.
36:29
But before we jump to that real quick, the one last thing that
36:32
concerns me a little bit is. Towards the end of practice, and
36:38
this was out of the arc of the Washington Post said both teams
36:42
were cognizant of what they put on display and after the fights
36:45
during one on ones they shifted to a team period that did not
36:48
include full speed rushing from Baltimore's defensive line.
36:53
The emphasis instead was on the coverage and route concepts and
36:56
decision making for Sam Howe. So all of this iron sharpens
37:01
iron. Well, now you are having the
37:03
Ravens defensive line. Not actually provide a legit
37:08
pass rush in 11 or 11 drills against our offensive line.
37:14
Well, okay. So two things with that.
37:17
I'm okay with that actually and the reason why I say I'm okay
37:20
with that is because it just gives Sam more of a mental note
37:25
of where he needs to go with the ball in certain situations.
37:29
So and they said, remember that the purpose of this practice was
37:34
it's going to be more scripted so that you're going to see
37:38
things of that nature. And to me it just falls right
37:42
into what they said they were going to do.
37:45
We saw them practice goal line, we saw them practice you know
37:48
one O 1, we saw them practice routes.
37:50
So this is just another one of those things where we as fans
37:54
may not like it because it doesn't give us much, but it
37:58
gives Sam what he needs and if it works for him, then I'm cool
38:03
with it. Because realistically, can you
38:06
really get it done if someone's always in your face and you
38:09
can't understand the concept, so to speak.
38:12
So I'm. I'm cool with them backing off a
38:14
little bit to allow him to say, oh, this is where the ball
38:17
should go or yeah, I do see, I understand now and you know, and
38:21
I I don't think that you would get the same effect, if you
38:25
will, if they were just tackling him.
38:28
And I know it's not a game, but at the same time you learn by
38:31
practicing and so. I hear you.
38:35
It's just to me, the position group that needs the most work
38:39
is offensive line. You're not, You're not going to
38:43
get it going against, you know, 3/4 speed, you know, half speed
38:49
against these guys coming at you in what's supposed to be a team
38:53
drill. And because you don't want
38:55
another fight to happen. Because Nick Gates should have
38:58
actually been a pro wrestler instead of a starting center.
39:01
And you're worried that something's going to go on and
39:04
you just want to get the work done.
39:05
And Gates was quoted that he looks to instigate and start
39:10
things with opposing players and does it on purpose because he
39:14
knows how to shut it off and make sure he doesn't cross that
39:17
line. I hope he's right.
39:19
And I hope that's the case because all I'm seeing from that
39:24
young man is he doesn't like to wear shirts and he likes to
39:27
throw his dress. He doesn't like to wear shirt.
39:31
I couldn't believe when I saw him walk out of the locker room
39:33
and he just walked like, hey, hey, what's up, you know?
39:38
But, but, so Ted, man, I I hear what you're saying.
39:42
I I really do. But we Sam's got to know where
39:48
to put the ball and I would rather him learn this way.
39:54
And possibly because we want to stay away from the ibug, we
39:59
wanna stay away from that ibug. So there's also a way of them
40:02
dialing it down to where both teams won't catch the ibug.
40:08
So I'm trust me bro, I'm okay with it.
40:11
As long as they got something out of it.
40:14
That's the biggest thing. If they get something out of it
40:17
now, if they didn't get anything out of it, then you're right, it
40:19
was a waste of time. But the main thing is getting
40:22
something out of it, going back on tape and saying okay.
40:25
You saw this many people rush or you saw this coverage.
40:28
Why did you go there? Why did you do this?
40:31
And if he can answer it, and I think that that mentally it's
40:35
already speed up in his head. He just needs to make sure that
40:38
he's doing the right thing. And I have full faith that he
40:43
will be able to do that. Yeah, I'm with you, man.
40:46
I'm a howl believer. I'm not saying I'm part of the
40:49
how high, but I I believe in this young man and I know that
40:54
he can do what the enemy is asking him.
40:58
But talking about that eye bug, how concerned are you that Logan
41:03
Thomas has not actually practiced since August 4th?
41:07
That he wasn't out there in the Browns game and he wasn't out
41:10
there at all during Ravens Park? I don't like it.
41:18
It's like Chase, I don't like it.
41:20
But I understand he's shown that he he's a formidable catcher.
41:26
He pass catcher he can still do what needs to be done.
41:30
He's he's a little getting up there in age so providing that
41:35
he can still uses the tangibles and catch the ball and and block
41:39
which I've always been questioned by his blocking
41:43
skills and ability. But if he can just do half of it
41:48
you know right now and and feel okay, then I'm okay with keeping
41:53
him out. Like St.
41:54
Judes. I'm okay with him keeping him
41:56
out even though he did play and he broke up a pass.
41:58
I'm okay with him keeping him out right now because ultimately
42:03
we have faith in you being able to do what needs to be done.
42:07
And right now this is, as Iverson said, we're talking
42:11
about practice. So if when he's good, let him
42:15
run with the horses. If not, we've got a group of
42:19
young tight ends that are ready to come in and and fill his
42:22
shoes and he knows that. But it's all about
42:25
communication, man. You know the the coaches are
42:28
asking, I'm sure how you feel. It's not good today, coach.
42:32
All right. We'll back off of it a little
42:33
bit. Continue stretching working out.
42:35
Don't you gotta do because ultimately this means nothing.
42:40
It it, it means nothing. Game one, that's where we need
42:43
you. Agreed.
42:46
It means nothing. It is practice.
42:48
But to me it's the it's a track record, It's a history of this.
42:54
He played six games in 2021. It's his inability to stay
43:00
healthy lately is what concerns me.
43:04
And we saw John Bates had that drop against the Browns.
43:07
I mean, he couldn't have been more wide open.
43:10
And it was frustrating to see him drop that ball.
43:14
He actually stepped up a ton, and Rivera talked about it
43:17
during his press conference today, how Bates had a bunch of
43:21
nice blocks and leaked out and caught passes after the fact,
43:26
which was definitely refreshing to see and watch on that feed
43:30
and also hear coach give him some of those props.
43:33
Because I am at this point, I cannot trust Logan Thomas to
43:38
make it a full 17 games. He has not done that since,
43:42
what, 2020? I mean, it it's been some time
43:45
since he's actually played a full season.
43:49
Cole Turner, who is supposed to be the second receiving tight
43:53
end, had a bad game. He had a bad practice.
43:59
He apparently had a bunch of balls stripped away from him and
44:02
a bunch of balls he dropped out there against the Ravens.
44:07
So. I am concerned about being 1
44:11
dimensional to tight end spot. When you knew Jordan Reed was
44:13
in, you knew it was a past play. We can't have that.
44:19
And Eric Bienni's offense uses a bunch of three tight end sets.
44:24
We don't have three healthy, legit tight ends right now, and
44:29
it is still only August 16th and the first game it it's less than
44:34
a month away. So that he still has some time
44:36
to get out there. It's just it's a calf strand.
44:40
So is he able to fight through that and then not tweak it again
44:47
on a one out of 10 scale? I'm a six in my concern around
44:53
his health. Well, so are you saying that we
44:59
should go to the tide and wave of wire and see who's out there
45:02
and and and and take a chance with somebody is is that what
45:07
I'm hearing? No, because unfortunately the
45:09
problem is there's no one out there that's worth anything.
45:12
They brought a tight end in, but the problem is they brought that
45:15
guy in because they needed a camp body.
45:18
Yeah, I mean, you lost Hodges in the beginning of what, mini
45:22
camp? Because he tore something, did
45:24
something, can't remember exactly what it was.
45:26
So now you are stuck with who you have and this was a very
45:29
tight and deep draft. That we did not decide to move
45:34
on and do anything because Logan was going to be here and we had
45:38
Hodges and we had Turner and Bates.
45:42
Well, right now everyone's talking about how Eric Bienni
45:48
used Travis Kelsey. And obviously we don't have a
45:50
Travis Kelsey on a roster, but we don't even have someone that
45:54
can carry Kelsey's jockstrap in regards to the depth of the time
45:57
that. So can the enemy adjust his
46:01
offense if he doesn't have that big man to go down the seam and
46:06
maybe take advantage of those intermediate routes?
46:08
Is going to be a question. Well, it's not going to be can.
46:12
It's going to be who is he going to get to do it?
46:14
That's what it is. Can.
46:15
No, you're going to be the one to do it, and I need you to.
46:21
When I was playing, it was called a circle drill and the
46:25
quarterback would be 10 yards out and all you did was run in a
46:28
circle and the quarterback threw the ball to you to make sure
46:31
that you could catch. So I'm sure they got some better
46:34
drills than that with the jugs machine or something.
46:37
But if it needs to be done, what we do know is Eric is smart
46:41
enough to figure it out and if it means disguising or bluffing
46:46
or whatever you want to call it, I'm sure that he's going to be
46:49
able to get it done. And and and once again Ted, I
46:51
keep bringing this back up to you.
46:53
This kind of reminds me of and I said it once before I said it
46:56
last show and I'll probably will continue to say it.
46:58
It reminds me of 2012 with RG3 and the line that we had with
47:04
and I can't even remember those guys names but but do you know
47:08
it was like an open gate someplace come on in and and say
47:11
hi to RG3 and guys are just run right by him and and RG3 had to
47:14
get on his wheels well, but the Shanahans made plays for that
47:21
and I bring that back to the enemy because the Shanahans
47:24
aren't here anymore. 2012 is long gone.
47:27
We're talking about Eric be coach.
47:28
Eric be enemy and his masterful smarts, if you will.
47:32
I think that he is seeing it right now.
47:35
It's in it's unfolding right in front of his face.
47:38
So he didn't have a choice but to see it.
47:41
So now this is where the big bucks come in and why you get
47:47
paid to be an assistant head coach drawing up and scheming up
47:51
new plays that I'm sure we haven't even seen yet.
47:54
But they know the coaches I'm sure are talking with each other
47:57
and saying now we can't depend on this play.
47:59
You know, we we may try to throw it in there, but we're not going
48:03
to depend on it. We're going to do something
48:04
different. That's swing and gate or
48:06
whatever you want to call it so. Not the swing and gate,
48:09
hopefully not that one. But no, I I hear you.
48:11
And we actually saw that against the Browns, cuz there were a
48:14
couple of run plays towards the last part of the first half
48:18
where he called some draws. Knowing that the defensive line
48:22
was just blowing up our offensive line and then we're
48:25
just going to run right past it. So the enemy, I have faith in
48:29
him to do it. To me it is can the personnel
48:33
execute the game plan. And we know Terry can execute,
48:37
we know Jahan can do it. We know Curtis can do it.
48:40
We know at least we think we know that Sam can do it.
48:44
To me the biggest question is right now other than offensive
48:48
line is tight end because. It is a huge gaping hole and
48:53
until we get Logan back out there for some meaningful reps
48:57
now he was on the side field doing some stuff and Rivera said
49:01
that that was a step in the right direction.
49:05
It's just with these what fast twitch type guys, hamstrings,
49:10
calves, things like that, groins, those concerned me and
49:16
it just makes me wonder because I'm sorry, I love John Bates.
49:21
Good friends with the family. You know, his dad's tweeted me a
49:24
couple of times. Going back and forth.
49:27
He ain't no Logan Thomas. We don't have anyone on our team
49:30
that can play like Logan. Logan is a power forward for our
49:33
team that plays football. And he is basically, in my
49:37
opinion, was going to be Sam's safety net.
49:40
And without that safety net, the enemy's going to have to earn
49:44
every single dollar he's getting paid as that assistant head
49:46
coach. That's why they pay in the big
49:49
bucks. Let's let's make it happen.
49:51
Can't make any excuses. And what does he say?
49:54
He wants you to be uncomfortable.
49:56
Well now as a coach he's got, he's starting to feel
49:58
uncomfortable, so he's got to make it comfortable for himself
50:03
and the guys. He does.
50:05
And Speaking of comfort, we're heading back to FedEx Field and
50:09
it's our home away from home. I can't wait to get back out
50:13
there and. For those wondering, I don't
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tailgate. During preseason you will see me
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out there with a bucket of chicken from Royal Farm and a
50:20
beer and a cigar. Come stop by, come hang out.
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But for those watching at home, what Commanders player are you
50:29
telling fans don't sleep on? Last week it was the offensive
50:32
line and you wanted fans to watch them and pay attention to
50:36
them. This week what Commanders player
50:39
are you telling fans? Don't sleep on this guy or
50:42
position group. Don't sleep on Pringle.
50:45
From what I saw at Baltimore camp, don't sleep on him.
50:49
Trust and believe he's going to be a factor.
50:52
A huge factor. So you think Pringles making the
50:55
roster? Pringles making the roster, bro,
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from what I what I saw Tuesday. I agree with you.
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I think Pringle is making this roster.
51:03
I think there's a reason why they brought him here.
51:05
He knows the plays. He knows the offense coming from
51:08
Kansas City, trying to pull up his stats.
51:12
In the last game, Byron Prankle had one catch for 32 yards.
51:15
He had two targets. But I mean, he was.
51:18
He's also playing with the third team, second and third team, you
51:22
know, offense at that point. And other people have made this
51:25
comment. Would our first team look better
51:29
if there wasn't that one hour delay?
51:32
Because you you got guys that are out there, they're warmed
51:36
up, they're amped up, they're ready to go and then you got to
51:38
turn it off. And next thing you know, that
51:41
adrenaline dump just goes down and you're going to get ramped
51:44
up again in 15 minutes. So who knows?
51:47
I am really looking forward to seeing us just punch the Ravens
51:51
in the mouth and being out there.
51:53
But for me last week it was Chris Rodriguez and I enjoyed
51:57
watching that young man run. He averaged almost 8 yards a
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carry. He was a bright spot for our
52:02
offense towards the second-half of that game.
52:06
I'm telling our listeners, if you get a chance.
52:09
Pay attention to Casmir Allen. This young man might be Dax
52:14
Milne's worst enemy. Mr. Steel, your girl, in my
52:18
opinion, should not be on this team because Casmir Allen is
52:23
going to take his spot. CAS had two kick returns, 2 for
52:28
41 yards, is longest to 25, and he had two punt returns, 2 for
52:31
24, longest to 14. And apparently during special
52:35
teams drills, and we know how hardball loves special teams.
52:39
Up in Baltimore, Caz was the one taking the reps with the first
52:43
team special teams and Dax was sitting on the sideline.
52:47
And I don't know how many times last year where Dax went
52:51
backwards, then this young man Caz can earn himself a roster
52:56
spot. And special teams isn't what it
52:59
used to be, but. I really think that's because we
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just haven't had the playmakers, we haven't had the guys there to
53:05
do it. And this young man showed that
53:09
he can make plays and has a chance to make that an important
53:13
part of our game once again. Well, there was a huge meaning a
53:18
couple years back with this young lady.
53:21
They put it in a rap version. You're about to lose your job.
53:24
Do you remember that? You're about to lose your job.
53:28
You're about to lose your job. So I think if you're right, I
53:32
think it's going to happen, but when it's they actually changed
53:35
the rules. So cut down is actually after
53:38
the the last preseason game, right?
53:41
It is because you used to have to do multiple cuts, so I think
53:45
they change it till after the last preseason game.
53:48
Let me see if I can pull that up.
53:53
That's regardless. It's later on that that's what
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we'll know. And man, that first game against
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the Cardinals. Oh gosh, September, man, I get
54:05
chills thinking about it, Ted, because oh.
54:08
Yeah, it's right here, I. Mean it is.
54:14
August is is halfway done, man. And here we are coming on Monday
54:18
against the Ravens. Then we got Cincinnati and
54:23
Arizona. Here we are.
54:25
So. August 29th.
54:27
By 4:00 PM is when we got to drop it down to 53.
54:31
So we'll know by then. And you know, obviously your
54:35
starters are all extended. We all know who that's going to
54:38
be. But it's the other, you know, 53
54:42
guys on that they got to fill out that roster and who is it
54:44
going to be? And some of these draft picks,
54:47
some of these draft picks are not looking as good as some of
54:49
these undrafted free agents that they picked up and some of these
54:52
other guys that they claimed off labor wires.
54:54
And it's interesting to see. But are they going to do what's
55:00
right and keep a guy because he's performing, or they going
55:02
to keep a guy because they drafted him?
55:04
And only time is going to tell. But I know one thing, man, I I
55:08
just, I can't wait to be back at FedEx Field, where they're
55:12
burgundy and gold, brothers and sisters and unfortunately a
55:15
bunch of purple freaks. But it's going to be a damn good
55:19
time out there. But Captain Defense, we welcome
55:21
you. Matter of fact, you told me that
55:22
you'll be sitting in 130 4 and I'm in 132, so we'll make it
55:28
happen, man. I hear the music playing in the
55:31
background, which lets me know that we are bringing another
55:34
episode of the DV Mess all to a close.
55:37
And it's been a great ride with you guys with.
55:41
And I can't wait to see you guys at FedEx Field Monday for the
55:45
preseason game against the Baltimore Ravens.
55:50
Ted can't wait to see your brother.
55:54
Looking forward to it. It is always Rep it hard, but
55:59
don't Rep it at all. Rally Captain Tailgate Ted.
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This week, we're out.