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Ep.36: The race · Football Junkies podcast

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Blitz Bama Blitz baby blitz Bama blitz baby. That's right. Yeah, we gotta talk about it
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We gotta talk about the tide. Okay, cuz guess what? We don't give a piss about nothing but the tide
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Nothing but the tide roll
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Okay, we got a lot to talk about in this episode
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But when I talk about college football first then we get into the meat and potatoes and the biscuits and whatnot of
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NFL football, okay, the tide continues to roll on okay, Colorado
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Just stomps stampede stomps UFC. Okay, they didn't just go just to Florida
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Just to go to Disneyland. No, no, no, no, no, they went there with a mission
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They went there with a goal they went there to seek and destroy and to stomp them out
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And then that's exactly what happened. That's exactly what happened as well as
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Kevin O'Connell has spoken out about quarterbacks in the or in the organization now
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We'll say this it's a very very very very very very very
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Weird time to talk about that only because of everything that's transpired with Bryce young
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But we have a lot to talk about with all of that in more. Okay, as well as the Vikings
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Possibly having the best offense. We're not even the best offense the best team in the league right now
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The Eagles their wings are hurting right now. They're eagle there. Their wings are clipped. Okay, they're trying to fly
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But they can't fly they can't do it right now because why the buccaneers?
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Stomped them grilled them sauteed them rosary
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not rosary rotisserie
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Turned them off is this gonna be great episode as well as the chiefs are hurting
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Okay, the chiefs are hurting the chiefs are in a situation the chiefs are
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Basically like that little person from Spongebob where he came out of the
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We came out of his house every morning. I break my arms and every night I break my legs
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That's exactly what the chiefs are going through right now
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Jacksonville
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There's some trouble in Jacksonville man. Just everything is just happening in Florida. I don't know why man
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It's I don't know what it is a lot of crazy things are happening in Florida
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And you know what I think we do have to talk about the Ravens
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I know it's not in my notes, but we do have to talk about the Ravens. Okay, all of this and more, okay on the 36th episode
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Okay of the greatest football podcast you can possibly listen to on a week to week basis, okay?
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I am your host, okay your chief head of the table your chief
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Meteorologist not meteorologist bag row Domus, okay?
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Because why my predictions they have come forth and they will continue to come forth because I am back row
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Domus
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Okay, I'm all these things and more okay, but the most important title that I am but wait
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I forgot I'm currently a former GM who currently is not on the team right now
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But guess what just know I got my draft board ready
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I got my draft prospects ready and we're about to hit the road again
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We're gonna start in Texas the great state of Texas. Okay. I am all of this and more but most importantly
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I am your host
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Your man with your man with the plan with the predictions and everything and more
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Your man Kale, let's lock in. I
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Don't give a piss about number the tide baby the tide the tide the tide the tide the tide the tide the tide
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Did its thing on Saturday now? I will say this I will say this
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I definitely thought the game was gonna be a whole lot better, but um
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No
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No, no, no, no, no, no this this was
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Oh man, everyone was hyping. Oh, this is gonna be your preview for the playoffs and all this different type of stuff
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Blah blah blah. No wasn't no wasn't because if this was this is the preview of a beatdown
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Okay, this is the preview of someone getting the brakes beaten down
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For four quarters straight. Okay, nothing but ruthless aggression. Okay now
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Let's get into everything. All right, so
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Bama and George have played on Saturday. I did watch the whole game. It was definitely really good game
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I'm not gonna lie. It definitely was a really good game
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It was worth watching but I think what needs to be talked about is the transition
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That has transpired with Alabama now a lot of times when a team whatever
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Whatever level that they are or that be and you know in college or even in the pros a lot of times
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When they transition from you know a great player or even great coaching a lot of times there is a struggle, right?
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And there hasn't really been a struggle so far. It really hasn't you know from them to transition from the greatness
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That is Nick Saban all the way to now Kailin DeBoer
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It's been it's been going well the offenses is is to me seems like it's more lethal
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The defense is doing their thing all in all Alabama looks like they still got the juice
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Okay, I don't care where anyone says I know George has been doing their thing. They've been having their time
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They've been you know this than the other blah blah blah. I get all that but guess what the tide is back
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It is back in full effect. Okay, so let's just get into these stat lines and then we would go from there, okay?
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So I'm starting to do a little bit of a different format to breaking everything's up by the teams and whatnot
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You know what listening to all right, so Jalen mill mill roll cornerback for the for Adela
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Bama
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27 for 20 27 for 33
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374 yards 81.8 completion percentage to touchdowns one pick in a QBR of 98.5
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Ryan Williams the receiver
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legend
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That's all I'm gonna say if you want to know what it is
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Better yet. I'll just let you do it yourself legend six receptions
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177 yards one touchdown. Okay now for Georgia side Carson Beck
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27 for 50
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439 yards a 54 completion percentage three touchdowns three interceptions in a QBR of
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70.1 Trevor Etn 12 carries for 55 yards
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4.6 yards to carry in one touchdown now when we look at this right
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Leading into this there was this was definitely the preview of you know, not only for what the playoffs will look like
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But as well as you know
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Players that you know, they're they're draft stock may go up may go down
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Even for the Heisman right a lot of a lot of things were riding on this game, right?
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Because this game could determine if you were gonna be a second or third round pick or maybe even the first round pick
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Not to mention it would also determine where you lie on the Heisman race
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Okay, because if we can be real here, you know this I don't I don't think this is gonna be
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You know this this type of Heisman race where it's gonna be a whole bunch of people
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Why not know if we're being real here and this is just my personal opinion
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I think there's probably less than six or seven people that are in my opinion
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The clear-cut people that are going to be competing for the Heisman Jalen Milrow
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Shador Sanders Travis Hunter and
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I forgot his name. Oh
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Ashton
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Gene Gene Genesie Gentile. I don't know how pronounce your last name my bad, bro
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Those are the people right now in my mind that are the clear-cut, you know
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Competitors for the Heisman simply because of you know, just of well, you know what I'll I'll I'll get into that
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I'll I'm gonna head myself. I'm definitely gonna head myself. But when we look at this
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This game definitely showed a lot that no matter what Georgia does Alabama still has their number, right?
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Alabama has been the kryptonite for Kirby Smith for the last few years now, right?
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And you know even even now you people would have thought okay
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They got a new head coach things might be different their culture might be different all those different types of things
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No, it is still the same way. They are still doing the same things and it shows Jalen Milrow
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Probably had one of his best games last night. I mean Saturday night. He was doing him
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He looked like Lamar Jackson on Saturday night. I'm talking about he was rushing making touchdowns
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He was throwing everything was just connecting everything. It was like art
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That's the best way to describe it. It was like art and
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You know when we look at this
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This is a situation where you know Jalen Milrow looks he he looks more polished
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He looks more effective as a passer
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He just looks all around like a really good quarterback
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Because in my mind leading up to this game
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I felt that Jalen Milrow was probably gonna be a late a late first round
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Maybe an early second round pick but after Saturday night after Saturday night's game
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I would not be surprised if he's drafted a little bit higher. I would not be surprised only because
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He he bowled out. He did his thing. He did his thing not to mention Ryan Williams
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Keep right on him keep right on Ryan Williams because Ryan Williams is
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That is a beast a beast of a receiver a
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Beast okay when he made that one catch and then he juke the two George defenders and then score the touchdown come on man
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Come on man. Come on man. Man. Man. Oh man. Oh man Ryan Williams
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Keep your eye on Ryan Williams and mind you. I think he's only
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17 or 18 years old
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greatness
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Greatness now moving on to Colorado because I'm gonna dedicate this first part to college football
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Colorado Colorado
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Whoo Colorado did their thing. Okay, Colorado
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Stampeded you UFC. Okay, they did their thing. They they bawled out. Okay, and you know
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It definitely showed a lot
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Shador is starting to say Shador is looking more comfortable in the pocket
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He the the the protection is starting to get better. Everything is a starting to look really good for the offense and that's great
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That's what that is what we have been looking for up into this point because
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It's starting to look a little bit shaky in in the earlier parts of of the college football season
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But now it's starting to look like they've gotten to you know, they're starting to you know, figure things out, which is great
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It's absolutely great because you know
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When you look at them on Saturday
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They were starting to rely more in the running game and even when they did guess what they were parting the Red Sea
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They they you're talking about
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huge
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Open lanes for the running back to go through. I'm talking about they are moving people away. Okay, if you want to see a
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Security detail these are the people that you need because guess what they're gonna move people out the way and that's exactly what they did
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Now before we move any further though, I do I do think it's it's time
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We address something though that has that needs to be talked about. Okay, and that's a metric that you know
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I have gotten over and I have said a few times and you're probably wondering. What is it?
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QBR, right? So QBR, okay, it's basically it's a metric. Mmm. That's trick metric
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Okay, that is based off of play-by-play
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Such as you know down distance fuel position clock score and everything else, right?
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And so basically it is a metric to determine exactly the performance of a quarterback, right?
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And basically they have a scale so the scale is from zero to a hundred. Okay, 50 is is considered average
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Okay, anything above 75 is considered of course above average, right and anything below 25 is considered trash
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Okay, now the elite quarterbacks a lot of them have you know, their their QBRs are mainly in the 80s and 90s and whatnot
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So whenever you hear QBR remember those remember those numbers. Okay, that's a junkie knuck it for you
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So when we look at things right in sort of sort of entail that to you know back into the conversation with college football
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Jaylin Milrow if he was the basis if he was the base everything by his QBR had a had an acceptable
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Can't speak an exceptional game, right?
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Compared to Carson Beck Carson Beck basically had a somewhat average to slightly above average
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Game and then we look at Shador Shador had an above average game 89.1 and then KJ
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Jefferson had somewhat of a below average type of game now when we look at things going back to Colorado as well
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Shador Sanders basically was 28 for 35
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290 yards 80% 80 can speak 80 completion percentage as well as
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Three touchdowns one pick right Travis Hunter legend nine receptions for 89 yards
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9.9 yards per reception and a touchdown. Okay, that's for Colorado now for the other side
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Okay, UCF so KJ Jefferson was 20 for 35
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284 yards a 57.1 completion percentage two touchdowns two picks and a well
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I always had the QBR, but I'll just say it again
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24.9 QBR and then we look at RJ Harvey
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He was 16 carries for 77 yards
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4.8 yards a carry his receiving stats on the other hand for receptions 92 yards
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23 yards per reception and one touchdown now when we look at this
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Colorado was being dominant on all levels of the game. Okay, when we look at it
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You know, they were just as dominant on offense as they were on defense, right?
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And you know, if we're being real here, they're doing their thing. They're doing it. See this is when you can have
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Celebrities on the sideline and the celebrations in the locker room on those different types of things, right?
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This is when you can do it because you're winning, but you cannot do it when you're not winning, right?
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That's that's the that was my only point that I was trying to put out there when I was sort of not necessarily
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Scalding Colorado, but sort of like talking about there there that debacle with with Colorado is
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It's okay for certain things to happen when you're winning, but when you're not winning
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That's when you have to focus right and so, you know, this sort of is another sort of, you know
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Full-front moment is this, you know
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How can I say this? The race for the Heisman is very it's gonna be very close
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It's gonna be very very very close because have
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Charles I mean not Charles not not yet. You have Travis Hunter who was doing something that
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Only Charles Woodson and Dion has been able to do right you have Shador Sanders. Who's balling you have J.
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The Monroe who's balling and then you have that running back from from Boise State
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Who is also balling as well?
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Do you want to know his carry? Do you want to know his stats right now folks his stats right now this season?
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82 carries for
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845 yards 13 touchdowns and he averages
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10.3 yards of care. I'm gonna say that again a little bit closer into the mic so you can understand what I'm saying
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Ashton Jen Jean Jean tree. I don't you know what I don't even know how to pronounce his last name
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But just ashton Boise State if you go on ESPN type in Ashton, he's the first person pop up. Okay?
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82 carries for
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845 yards 13 touchdowns
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10.3 yards per carry
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Now when we look at the other games, right?
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They're their game on the 28th
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26 carries for 259 yards for touchdown 10 yards a carry when we look at the game that they had on the 21st
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11 carries for 127 yards
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11.5 yards a carry when we look on the 7th. Okay 25 carries for 192 yards 3 touchdowns
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7.7 yards a carry. Okay when we look at it
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I feel like those are gonna be the main people that everyone is gonna be focused on for the Heisman
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I truly believe that and I think you know for someone like Travis Hunter
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I think it's really gonna come down between him and Shador. I really do
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I think whoever has the better performance out of the two
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I think will represent, you know, Colorado when it comes to the Heisman now
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Do I think it could be Travis Hunter over Shador?
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I don't know because again the Heisman is a little bit tricky because it is a
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It's an award that you know, there has just as many quarterbacks as there is running backs in the Heisman
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You know group collector whatever you want to call it, right?
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And there's not a whole lot of people like what Travis Hunter and Charles Woodson and Dion has has been able to do right?
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So it's just a lot, but you know stay tuned because I'm telling you when we get close to the Heisman
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Then we're gonna go we're gonna go deep. We are going to do a deep dive into everything
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I'm telling you we're gonna be doing cars football
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episodes soon, so just stay tuned now
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Let's get into the real
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Meats and potatoes of what everything is going on in the league. Okay now Kevin O'Connell
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Vikings head coach had something to say that I think definitely needs to be talked about definitely needs to be discussed
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So I think on the rich eyes and show if I'm not mistaken. He basically was asked about you know
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his opinion on quarterbacks and you know
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Organizations and those different types of things and I'm guessing this is all because of what's been going on with the whole
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Bryce young situation, right?
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And so this is basically what he says and I quote
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Organizations fail young quarterbacks before young quarterbacks fail
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Organizations now this is what I will say
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He is he does have a point
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He does have a point because when we look at it a lot of times the quarterback does not have
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the control of going in dictating where they wanting to go right now the only person I was able to do that was Eli
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right and
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You know he only did that because of the pool that he had and the influence that he had and the name that he comes from
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Right when you think of manning that's power in the NFL
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Okay, and a lot of times when these quarterbacks these these really good quarterbacks get drafted
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they are drafted into some very crappy situations and
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When you are drafted into a crappy situation that is the organization's fault
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It is it is the organization's fault because the organization is supposed to be able to
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Surround the incoming quarterback with necessary weapons and tools in order for them to be successful
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Right because if you don't guess what's gonna happen. They are not going to last
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They're not and we're seeing that with this whole incident with Bryce young. We're seeing it. Okay?
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He came into a situation where he does not have a whole lot, you know to work with he doesn't and
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You know, we have seen countless time and time again of a lot of quarterbacks who they are put into crappy situations
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You know with the expectation that they are supposed to turn this team into a playoff caliber team
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And it doesn't happen and why doesn't that happen because?
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They are only one person and they can't do everything they can
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From Sam Darnold to Baker Mayfield to now Bryce young and more a lot of quarterbacks
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Do have have gone through the struggles?
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Because they are put into crappy organizations
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That's why a lot of times a lot of quarterbacks will prefer to be in a stable
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organization like the Ravens the 49ers the Rams the buccaneers the Steelers for for instance
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Because why there is stability right there is a set level of hierarchy
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That is established and will not go away. It is strong their foundation is strong
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Compared to a dysfunctional organization such as the Jaguars the Browns the Jets
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The Cowboys sorry Cowboys fans and more right
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Those are the type of teams where it is very dysfunctional
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You have a lot of decision-making that is based off of emotions and likes instead of who is going to be able to win me games
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Who is going to be able to be the best candidate to take us to the next level right?
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That's what it is. That's why you always see the same teams always being in the top five or top ten within
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The NFL draft because why a lot of times the organizations are disorganized
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It is and that's why you see teams like the Raiders who for you know the longest time
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They've been trying to relive, you know their glory days and they can't do it because why they get in their own way
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Same thing with the Jaguars. They can their own way even the Browns
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They get in their own way and it bites them in the ass
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Every single time it does because when we look at this right?
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Kevin O'Connell is
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Has basically been has basically revitalized Sam Darnold's career
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Because when Sam Darnold was coming from the Jets he was basic and then he got traded to the Panthers
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He was basically a bust
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He was a bust at that point
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Sam Darnold's career
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Was was basically headed to being a career backup
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That is basically going to be competing to try to see if he can maybe get into a starting quarterback role
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That's basically where he was and for him to be in the situation where he is now and he is thriving
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And this is the best version of Sam Darnold that we have seen that teams were looking to see
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When he was coming out of USC, it's amazing. It is amazing because why the Vikings have won. They have very stable organization
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They have stability with their head coach stability within their, you know, just just there's just the stability everywhere
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And when there's stability everywhere, guess what you can thrive off of that compared to a whole bunch of chaos where you're hearing a bunch of
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rumors and leaks and whatnot coming from the team
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How in the world can you be able to to?
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You know live in that you can't it's it's like it's basically like somebody who says okay
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I can live in filth or whatnot and then they experience living in a nice clean house or whatnot
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They're gonna lose their minds because why they're like wow everything is just so organized so nice and
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This than the other all those different types of things and that's why
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That is somewhat and that was sort of something that I forgot to talk about when I was talking about
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In other previous episode that you know
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The price of having those top five picks
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Because guess what you get to choose whoever you want to choose right if you want to go after that detackle that you like
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You can do it if you want to go after that corner that you like you can do it if you want to go after that running back
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You can do it, but the price is this if they don't work out
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What are you gonna do next? What are you gonna do next?
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Because either way you look at it either way you slice it dice it roll it up and send it out
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The fact of the matter is the organization has the power to determine if we are going to tank a year
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Or if we're going to try to compete to get into the playoffs
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They have the power to do it not the quarterback the organization does now
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Being in which of Kevin O'Connell
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The vikings have been doing their thing. Okay, the Vikings have been coming off as
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You know basically one of the best teams in the league if we're being real here and you know
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Originally Sunday, I wanted to watch the Steelers, you know the six times six times six times. Yeah, I know blah blah blah
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I wanted to watch them play right and the only team only team I was able to watch was the Vikings and Packers game
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And at first I was like, ah man, this ain't gonna be a good game. I'm glad I watched it
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Sam Darnold lit it up that defense lit it up
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they were doing their thing and
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You know if we can be real here and in this and and just you know just just in this in this moment
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I do think if Brian Flores continues on the pace that he is on right now
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And if this defense goes down, you know this season as statistically
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You know top five in every major category
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Brian Flores will get another head coaching job
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He he will simply because that you know if we're being real here
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He is doing this with a first round rookie pass rusher and Dallas Turner
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You have Harrison Phillips and you know in the middle you have Harrison Smith in the backfield
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You have Gilly on one side. You have Brian Murphy Jr.
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I don't even know who the other cornerback is you're doing this with a roster with with a defense that a lot of people will consider
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You know, it's not the best and you know, it don't have an all-pro. They don't have the Neil Hunter blah blah blah
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They're doing their thing
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They're doing their thing anytime you have Brock Purdy
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After game to come up to you and say hey you guys scheme does really well that says a lot
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That says a whole lot and they've been doing their thing and they will continue to do their thing if if we're being real here
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You know
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When we look at these stats, right? Cuz I'm actually about to better yet. You know what?
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Let's just get into the stats. So Sam Darnold was 20 for 28
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275 yards three touchdowns one pick
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9.8 yards per attempt and a 71.4 completion percentage, right?
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Also, here's a little junkie nugget for you
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He is the first quarterback in the Super Bowl era to win and have two or more passing touchdowns in each
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offers of his first four starts 14
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It's big accomplishment in my books
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Aaron Jones
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22 attempts for 93 yards 4.2 yards per carry and three three rushes for 10 plus yards, right?
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Compared to Jordan Love who was 32 54
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389 yards for touchdowns three picks a
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7.2 yards per attempt fifth a 59.3 completion percentage, which is really not that good
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Jaden Reed, okay eight targets for seven receptions
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139 yards one touchdown eight averaged
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19.9 receiving yards per reception
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The Vikings were being dominant on both sides of the ball, okay?
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They were not letting up they were making just as many plays on the defense as they were on the offense, okay?
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They were doing their thing. I would not be surprised if the Vikings gave
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Sam Darnold an extension because as of right now, he's played very well
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He has he he has done his thing
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Because when we when we look at this, you know
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Leading into this a lot of people will the running notion was it was probably gonna be between JJ McCarthy and
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Sam Donald who were gonna compete for the starting, you know quarterback job and then once
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Unfortunately, JJ McCarthy got hurt and then Sam Donald came in everyone's like, ah man Sam Donald gonna do Sam Donald things
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He's gonna stink it up this down the other blah blah blah
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No
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Sam Donald is on a tear right now. Okay, Sam Donald is doing his
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His thing chicken wing. Okay, but the thing is this right?
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This all goes back to a conversation that we have had in other previous episodes. We're just Kevin O'Connell come from
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I'm gonna let you think about that
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Times up he comes from the Sean McVeigh tree. Yes. Yes. He comes from a Sean McVeigh tree
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Which again goes back to something that needs to be talked about
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teams are
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Are
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Licking their chops to go after people who come from the Sean McVeigh and Kyle Shanahan tree
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Because it works
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It has worked for the quarterback. Okay when we look at this
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When Kevin O'Connell got got um
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Got Kurt Cousins, right? Everyone was thinking. Okay, Kurt Cousins. He's probably gonna be middle middle of the pack and whatnot
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He was putting up numbers. He was putting up some serious numbers
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You know once Kevin O'Connell was was the head coach for the Viking serious numbers. Okay?
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Then you have that transition to where they even had Josh jobs. Josh jobs was doing his thing as well
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Then once those two went away now you have JJ McCarthy and Sam Donald. Sam. Donald is doing his thing
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I can only imagine what's gonna happen when
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JJ McCarthy gets healthy and he gets an opportunity to play
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If we're being real here, I don't know what it is
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But just their keen eye for
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You know
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For the quarterback position has just been amazing. It's been amazing both of those systems have been amazing
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they have done a phenomenal job from
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Jimmy Garoppolo from turning him into a bum to a really good quarterback to sam darnold, you know from a bus to
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To some people you probably would say an MVP candidate and more right?
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They're doing their thing. They're doing their thing. They're doing their thing. They're doing their thing
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And it's only up from here
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I would not be surprised if the Vikings are deep in the playoffs this year not to mention
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I wouldn't be surprised if they try to pull off a crazy trade. I wouldn't I'm just saying it. I'm just saying folks
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Okay, don't hate me hate the men. Well, don't hate the messenger, but don't hate me. I'm just
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Addressing what I see with my eyes now moving on to the Eagles and the blacks, you know what do I want to talk about them?
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Yeah, you know what? Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Let's let's let's get them out the way. All right. Let's get them out the way
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Nobody really cares about them, right?
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Eagles in the buccaneers. What's the best way to put this?
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saute
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grilled fried pan seared
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uh
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Put on in on an iron skillet with uh some butter rosemary thyme and make sure you you you basted very well and
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Let it cool down and then serve it, you know to to the buccaneers because the buccaneers cook the eagles. Okay, cook them
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Cook them. I'm talking about Gordon Ramsay was able to pick it apart
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Seize it up real good saute it real good do everything that he had to do
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Okay, because wow this eagles team is struggling. It is struggling. This is not good folks
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This is not good. Remember those reports that were coming out during the offseason that basically we're saying
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Nick Sariani and Jaylen Hertz were not seeing eye to eye
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It's starting to show more and more the cracks are getting bigger within that Eagles locker room
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And I would not be surprised by Thanksgiving
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You're going to hear more and more and more stuff about what's going on in there
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Because at this point the ship is sinking
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Jaylen Hertz has looked like he has significantly
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Hmm. I can't even came to speak. It's definitely the coffee
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significantly regressed since Shane Stikings departure
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And you know, it's it's not looking good. It's not looking good for both parties
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And the team will be willing to move off of Nick Sariani to justify the extension that they gave for Jaylen Hertz
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They were going to be willing. They are
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They are willing to do that now
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And this this is a conversation that that I have with Moopy before I recorded this
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You know, if I'm the eagles you have to make a move
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You have to make a move. You have to do something in order to to silence the outside noise
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Temper things down and to try to get everybody refocused on winning you have to
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At this point because if you don't
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Things are not going to look good for for Thanksgiving. Okay, somebody's going to lose their job come Thanksgiving
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And it's going to be Nick Sariani because so far this offense has been stagnant
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the offense has been struggling without their star players and
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You wouldn't you wouldn't think it would be this bad
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If you would have told me that the eagles would would be playing as bad as they are right now
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I would have called you a liar. I would have they are not playing well
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They are not the buccaneers had their way. They were cleaning house left and right
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But let's get into these stats though stats going to tell us everything. Okay. Well not everything
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I contradicted myself a lot. I don't know. Let's just get into the stats. Okay
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Jaylen Hertz 18 for 30 158 yards one touchdown 5.3 yards per attempt a 60 completion percentage, right 60 percent
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Uh completion percentage say quads the quad
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10 attempts for 84 yards 8.4 yards per carry. All right
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And I was looking bigger mayfield right baker
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Baker mayfield. Okay 30 for 47 30 347 yards two touchdowns seven point yards
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7.4 yards per attempt a 63.8 completion percentage, right?
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And then Mike Evans the goats
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14 targets for eight receptions 94 yards one touchdown
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11.8 yards 11.8 receiving yards per reception 34 yards after catch. Okay, the buccaneers generated
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This is a junkie nugget by the way the buccaneers generated the highest pressure rate
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since
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2021 against the eagles at 48.6
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Guys
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Folks, this is not good. This is not good. Fly eagles fly. No cook eagles cook
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This is not good
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This is not good. This roster was built to win immediately. Okay
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There's not their window is closing and is closing a little bit faster
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And the only way that they can slow things up is that they have to make a change
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They have to make a pivot at this point you have to because if you don't
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You're going to hurt yourself more than actually help yourself, right?
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Because you have to you have to win a Super Bowl to justify everything that they have done so far. They have to
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And you know, I wouldn't be surprised if if bill belchaga is their first is their first option
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Because with bill you're going to have structure. You're not going to have all this foolishness
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And you know exactly what you're getting with bill, right? Because again, Nick Siriani
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You're talking about somebody who relies too much on his emotions who wears his emotions on his sleeve
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Who is just emotionally driven with a lot of the things that he do and you don't need that in the most dire situations
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You need a coach who is focused on winning who is focused on okay
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It's too it's past a two minute warning. We have two timeouts. We're trying to prevent them from scoring or we're trying to score
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Real quick. Okay. We need to do this this this this we don't need a coach who is
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You know jarring with players on the sideline or you know jarring with
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You know the the refs and whatnot. You don't need that you need stability and right now. Nick Siriani is not doing that
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That relationship between Nick Siriani and Jaylin hurts that it's going to a divorce
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Okay, double Christmas for the kids
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Double Christmas for the kids now
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Now
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Moving on to the other the other team that needs to be talked about. Okay, so jaguars and Texans
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Jaguars have been ass
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Okay, they have been trashed. They have been
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Horrible they have been extinct from a w. Okay extinct from a w. It is horrible
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Okay, now when we look at this
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Trevor Lawrence 18 for 33
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169 yards two touchdowns 5.1 yards per attempt in the 54.5 completion percentage tank biz of
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Bigsby seven attempts for 90 yards 12.9 yards per carry two rushes for
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Two rushes of 10 plus yards or more
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Brian Thomas nine targets for six receptions 86 yards one touchdown
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14.3
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receiving yards per reception the last time the jaguars won was november 26 2023 against who the Texans
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weird coincidence, I think not. Okay. Now when we look at CJ's uh CJ Stroud
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27 for 40
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345 yards two touchdowns 8.6 yards per attempt 60 in a 67.5 completion percentage, right
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Cam Acres 13 attempts for 53 yards 4.1 yards per carry and one rush of 10 plus yards or more
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Nico Collins 15 targets for 12 receptions
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yards one touchdown
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12.6 receiving yards per reception and 63 yards after the catch now when we look at all of these stats and whatnot
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Trevor Lawrence has just been trash. He has not done anything
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since getting that deal he won't where is he?
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Where is he? What what has he been doing? If this is
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Absolutely atrocious that we have seen
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from you know from Trevor Lawrence
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and granted I understand that
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You know, they they lost Calvin Ridley and all those I I get all of that. But this is just absolutely
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horrible. Okay, they are the only team in the league right now that does not have a W
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does not have a W think about that that does not have a W
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The Panthers have a W before the Jaguars and the Panthers don't even have a better offense
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Then the oh my god, this is just horrible. This is just horrible
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and then when you have Doug Peterson
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Who comes out and he makes the the the stupid, you know claims and whatnot. It's just stupid. It really is
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You know, the better you got I'm gonna read the quote what he said. Okay
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This is what he said and I quote as coaches. We can't go out there and make the plays, right?
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It's a two-way street. So, you know, you guys can sit here and point the finger all you want and it's fine
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Fine point it point it right at me. I can take it. Okay
40:29
I can take it. So whatever you want to ask me say whatever
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I'm sorry, but you you can't continue to point the finger at other people and then blame this on the players and whatnot
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Because guess what you have to give them the play
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You have to give them the play. They don't go out there and just do willy-nilly. No, you give them the play
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You're the head coach. You are in control of when they're winning and when they're losing
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And you know, if I'm Doug Peterson, my seat is hot. It's starting to get hot
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It's starting to get hot
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And you know, this this is a situation where you know at some point, you know
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This relationship as well is probably going to end as well. I think it's it's reached
41:13
It's ceiling and I don't think it's going to go anywhere farther because
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Doug anytime you have a coach that is not being accountable
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For you know for for the loss and just you know, the lackluster performance that the entire team has been putting out
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That says a lot about you it does and
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you know
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It's it's it's just a nasty situation with the amount of talent they have on that team
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It's a nasty situation and anytime you say something like that
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Things start to things start to happen in that locker room
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People start talking and when people start talking, it's not going to be good
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It is not going to be good at all. But I mean I I could
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Pardon me wants to feel bad for them. But at the same time, it's like, you know
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Any anytime you you try to put blame on other players
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And make it seem like oh
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It's their fault that that we're not winning. It's their fault with this
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It's the it's their fault with that. No, because guess what you have the power to dictate. Okay, we're going to do this play
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Or we're going to do that play. Okay. Now we're
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Scrapped that we're going to do this we're going to run this you have the power to do all all those different types of things
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You're the head coach. So why don't you do head coaching things?
42:29
Wouldn't be the Steelers
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It would not be the Steelers. I'll tell you that now
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Moving on to something that I probably have not talked about but probably do need that probably does need to be talked about though
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It is the Ravens the Ravens are doing Raven things. Okay, they're back to the
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To the winning and being dominant and whatnot. And you know, this this was not
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This was not in my notes, but I think it does need to be talked about it doesn't need to be addressed
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um
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The Ravens put on the game
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Good god, they put on the game. They were dominant Derek Henry looked like the Derek Henry of old. Okay
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Lamar Jackson still doing his thing. He is that guy. You understand me? He is that guy
43:13
And you know, this is this is the Ravens team that people were expecting to see
43:18
You know those first three weeks of the season now, grand I get it
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You know, it's first three weeks of the season still going through the you know
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The bumps and bruises the ups and downs and everything I get all of that
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I I do and all those games were very close games and they were all winnable games and you know
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Things happen, you know referees are getting in the way. You know whatnot, you know toes and whatnot
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But hey, you know, that's what happens. But you know, they are they're on a roll
43:46
They're on a roll and the the most dangerous version of the Ravens is is when they're on a roll
43:53
When that run game is is it's starting to get hot when that passing game is starting to get hotter
43:58
And then that defense is doing his thing. Oh my god, you got yourselves a problem. Okay. Oh and by the way
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Moog I'm going to continue to say it. I was right
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I was right
44:13
Because I have a friend named moogmeister who you know when when when the news dropped that the Ravens were signing
44:20
Kyle van Nooyen. Oh my god, he was losing it
44:23
He was losing his mind. He was like, oh man, this is a horrible signing like bro
44:27
You gotta relax man. This is gonna just watch just watch now. He can't say he can't say nothing wrong about calvin
44:36
Amen
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I'm that guy. I'm him. You know, I'm him. I'm hymathy hymny tron, you know
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hymny
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That's who I am. That's who I am. But you know, this is somewhat of a breaking. What is it breaking news?
44:50
Isn't that breaking news? I don't know. But we do need to talk about it though before I end this episode though
44:55
Devante Adams is getting shocked. Yeah
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Yeah, you heard it first. You heard it here first. That's right folks. He is getting shocked right now
45:05
There are league sources that are reporting that the Raiders are shopping devante Adams around
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Now this is what I will say to anybody that is trading for devante Adams
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I think you have to be a little bit weary
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But at the same time open about it because he's still he's still an elite receiver
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But I think it's the financial part that is very
45:30
daunting and the reason why I say that is because when you look at the style of his contract, it's back loaded
45:37
It's back loaded
45:39
And the problem with with back loaded contracts is
45:42
Even if you do a restructure
45:44
That doesn't necessarily guarantee that you know, you'll still be able to have the freedom to be able to do
45:51
You know to to move around and have the flexibility
45:53
It doesn't and a lot of times it actually puts you in a worse situation
45:58
Even if you was to do a restructure of devante Adams's contract
46:02
It's still a lot that you have to take on it's still a lot now granted
46:07
You know the Raiders can't ask for you know, two first round picks or a first and a second. No
46:13
You can you for real for you can get the you can get the vante Adams for a day three pick
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You can get them for probably maybe a conditional fourth that can maybe turn into a third at this point in in his career
46:24
You really could now
46:27
Do I think teams are going to be inter interested? Yes. I think teams like the Steelers
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um
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The chiefs and others will be interested
46:37
But I think the problem with all of this is
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A lot of the teams that are interested in him are guess what they're still in the a fc
46:45
So, I mean there's not a whole lot of teams on the nfc that really need someone like a devante Adams
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It's more of the a fc that that's those are the teams that've been depleted and really need a receiver
46:57
So it's like, you know, what do you do? Are you going to send him to the jets that reunite with Aaron rogers?
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Are you going to send him to the Steelers?
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Are you going to send him to the Ravens?
47:06
You you damn sure not going to send him to the chiefs because that's your division rival
47:10
You're going to see him twice. You don't want to do that, right? Right, right, right? I don't know. Maybe I don't know
47:15
Omar pick up the phone do something. I don't know but i'm going to end it here
47:19
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