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OPPOSITION TERRITORY: Eagles vs. Titans Preview, Week 2 · The Philadelphia Sports Table | Philly Sports News & Views

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  Speaker 1: Welcome to Table Talk here at the Philadelphia Sports Table
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  Speaker 1: Got a great show, a great Eagles Titans preview show
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  Speaker 1: coming your way this week on opposition territory. I'm Jeff
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  Speaker 1: Warren and I'm here with our first time ever guest
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  Speaker 1: in all the years that we have been doing this.
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  Speaker 1: Eagles and the Titans, they don't play each other too often,
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  Speaker 1: but we want to dive into what this matchup is
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  Speaker 1: and a lot of the contributors and writers over there.
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  Speaker 1: We've got our friend and just can't wait for this conversation,
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  Speaker 1: Easton Freeze, my friend.
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  Speaker 2: How you doing here? And thanks for joining us.
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  Speaker 3: Jeff, thank you for having me. First time, excited to
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  Speaker 3: be here, excited for the game. Yes.
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  Speaker 4: Let's talk about it.
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  Speaker 2: Let's get into it. Absolutely. For sure.
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  Speaker 1: Look, week one, Philadelphia Eagles, some ups and downs for sure.
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  Speaker 1: Week one for the Tennessee Titans, certainly a disappointment for
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  Speaker 1: the Titans fans, for the team, the organization, losing to
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  Speaker 1: the Jets at home. In all honesty, they put up
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  Speaker 1: a stinker, and they really weren't good in too many
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  Speaker 1: phases of this game. Offensive line, not too, too bad
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  Speaker 1: in terms of the Titans, but when you reflect on
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  Speaker 1: week one, Easton, who do you think was mostly to
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  Speaker 1: blame for how things went overall With the Titans, like
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  Speaker 1: right out of the gate.
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  Speaker 2: What are you thinking?
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  Speaker 4: On offense, I mean, the quarterback did not play well.
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  Speaker 3: And it's just one of those games where it's such
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  Speaker 3: an all systems game. failure to launch that it's really
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  Speaker 3: hard to assign blame to one person like i did
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  Speaker 3: an article that evening from the press box i did
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  Speaker 3: a winners and losers article but i did one winner
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  Speaker 3: and 16 losers like it was really easy to call
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  Speaker 3: out basically the whole team for not doing their job
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  Speaker 3: well uh i think that if you had to boil
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  Speaker 3: down the loss it comes down to getting objectively beat
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  Speaker 3: in the trenches on both sides of the ball yeah
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  Speaker 3: and you know you can sum up any loose effort
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  Speaker 3: in football with with if you don't win on both
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  Speaker 3: sides of the ball in the trenches, the odds are
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  Speaker 3: you're not winning the game.
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  Speaker 4: So it kind of can be as simple as that.
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  Speaker 3: But another part of it is, you know, Robert Sala
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  Speaker 3: told us today, and I'm at the Titans headquarters right now.
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  Speaker 3: We were just talking to him downstairs and, And he
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  Speaker 3: was saying that he would have bet everything he had
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  Speaker 3: on them coming out of halftime, adjusting to some things,
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  Speaker 3: and looking better than they did in the first half.
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  Speaker 4: And they didn't.
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  Speaker 3: And so that's part of the frustration is kind of
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  Speaker 3: the lifelessness of the loss.
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  Speaker 4: Not just that they lost.
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  Speaker 3: Not just that it was the Jets, not just that
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  Speaker 3: it wasn't a close score, but that they had four
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  Speaker 3: quarters to get off the mat and they didn't.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah.
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  Speaker 1: And look, as we're looking towards this matchup, Titans and Eagles.
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  Speaker 1: Every NFL team at this point, as they're looking towards
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  Speaker 1: week two, there are strengths and weaknesses on all teams.
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  Speaker 2: You take a look at the Eagles.
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  Speaker 1: Biggest weakness in week one was Landon Dickerson at the
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  Speaker 1: left guard position. He is on IR right now. He's
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  Speaker 1: going to need to heal up. I mean, it could
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  Speaker 1: certainly be an advantage for the Titans. But in terms
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  Speaker 1: of the Eagles strength, the biggest strength, it was Zach
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  Speaker 1: Vaughn just having an incredible week. In fact, winning defensive
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  Speaker 1: player of the week in the NFC. I'm wondering with
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  Speaker 1: regard to the Titans and what us Eagles fans need
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  Speaker 1: to look for this coming week, Easton. Well, we'll talk
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  Speaker 1: about biggest strengths and weaknesses here. Let's start with the
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  Speaker 1: strength on this Titans team. What do you think is
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  Speaker 1: the biggest strength heading into this week against the Eagles?
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  Speaker 3: It's hard to say based on the first game. So
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  Speaker 3: I'll just say based on the roster and the expectations,
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  Speaker 3: because if the Titans are what they were week one,
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  Speaker 3: then they're just going to be a beatable team every
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  Speaker 3: single weekend. Right. So let's talk about the world in
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  Speaker 3: which they are a young team. They do make big improvements,
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  Speaker 3: the strengths on paper and from the preseason start to
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  Speaker 3: show themselves because the odds are it is a long season.
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  Speaker 4: Even if this team just blows, they're not going to
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  Speaker 4: be the same each and every week.
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  Speaker 1: Right.
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  Speaker 3: Teams end up in the tread down. the defensive front
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  Speaker 3: of this team is supposed to be a strength. You
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  Speaker 3: know who Jeffrey Simmons is. You know who John Franklin
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  Speaker 3: Myers is. They've got the horses. And you know who
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  Speaker 3: Robert Sala is and the success that he's had at
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  Speaker 3: just about every stop when it comes to his defensive
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  Speaker 3: front and getting after the quarterback. That was the most
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  Speaker 3: disappointing element of Week 1 to me was that defensive front.
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  Speaker 3: I have said all offseason that if you told me
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  Speaker 3: that every– unit on the titans team finished the year
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  Speaker 3: league average there's only one that i'd be sorely disappointed
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  Speaker 3: by that result for and it is the defensive line
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  Speaker 3: yeah there's a lot of units on this team they
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  Speaker 3: get the league average right at the end of the
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  Speaker 3: year i think it's a resounding success that is not
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  Speaker 3: the case for the defensive line they they just have
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  Speaker 3: no excuse on paper to not be really really freaking
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  Speaker 3: good and they were not effective in week one so Um,
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  Speaker 3: especially with the land. I mean, land, I watched when
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  Speaker 3: I go back and rewatch these games on Sunday night
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  Speaker 3: and Monday, that was one of the biggest sore thumbs
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  Speaker 3: that stood out was just how big of a liability
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  Speaker 3: he was. And especially knowing how good he's been in
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  Speaker 3: his career.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah.
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  Speaker 4: It, it, I mean, it was the most obvious thing
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  Speaker 4: in the world that he was not right.
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  Speaker 3: And I think the Eagles are wise to go ahead
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  Speaker 3: and pull the plug on that to try to get
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  Speaker 3: him better. But you know, I, You've got in the interior,
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  Speaker 3: the strength of your team is that tandem, John Franklin
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  Speaker 3: Myers and Jeffrey Simmons.
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  Speaker 4: I don't care who they put in there at that spot,
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  Speaker 4: especially with.
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  Speaker 3: how sneaky and effective the run game was for the
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  Speaker 3: Eagles in week one and how basically all of Saquon
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  Speaker 3: Barkley's yards were after contact. Like that needs to be
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  Speaker 3: where this team wins in this game to stand a chance.
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  Speaker 1: All right, well, let's flip the coin. What is the
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  Speaker 1: biggest weakness? Because there are definitely some weaknesses on this
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  Speaker 1: Titans team here. What do you think the biggest weakness
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  Speaker 1: is heading into week two?
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  Speaker 4: It's yeah, there are just so many options to choose from.
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  Speaker 4: I will say.
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  Speaker 3: I'm trying to think for the Eagles in particular, like
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  Speaker 3: what what strength of the Eagles matches the Titans weakness
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  Speaker 3: that is the most advantageous to them, which is a
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  Speaker 3: clunky way of saying it.
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  Speaker 4: I'm going to.
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  Speaker 3: Say the secondary. OK, not not because I think that
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  Speaker 3: they are just ill equipped. Like I do have a
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  Speaker 3: lot of individual hopes for each of these players, but
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  Speaker 3: they're not playing like a cohesive.
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  Speaker 4: Unit right now, in my opinion.
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  Speaker 3: And as long as the defensive front isn't wrecking the
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  Speaker 3: game up front.
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  Speaker 4: Their job only gets harder.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah.
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  Speaker 3: So I could see the Eagles airing it out with
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  Speaker 3: success in this game. I do think, especially based on
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  Speaker 3: how questionable the run game was in week one, they
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  Speaker 3: just lean into the fact that we think we can
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  Speaker 3: beat this team over the top and I could, I
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  Speaker 3: could see them doing it.
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  Speaker 2: Okay. All right. Sounds good. Well, let's get into cam ward.
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  Speaker 1: We always like on our opposition territory shows when we're
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  Speaker 1: previewing who the Eagles are going to be playing, like
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  Speaker 1: to dive into the opposing quarterback and, With regard to
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  Speaker 1: Cam Ward and what we're going to see from the
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  Speaker 1: second-year quarterback, I mean, the metrics from last week, Easton,
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  Speaker 1: they weren't all that great. Even though he did go
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  Speaker 1: 19 of 32, only had 140 yards passing through one
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  Speaker 1: touchdown as well. He also avoided throwing an interception, which
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  Speaker 1: is a good thing, of course. But part of the
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  Speaker 1: issue with this past Sunday for Ward and the offense
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  Speaker 1: was pressure.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, he was pressured on 41% of dropbacks offensively.
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  Speaker 1: 11 most 11th most last week, I should say. And
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  Speaker 1: of those plays, he only threw for 33 yards and
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  Speaker 1: his average depth of target was four yards.
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  Speaker 2: So the end of the day, what.
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  Speaker 1: Does Cam Ward need to do to really prepare against
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  Speaker 1: a pretty prolific Eagles defensive front this coming week?
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, I'm going to talk about Cam just in the
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  Speaker 4: context of Cam today.
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  Speaker 3: You're right that the eagles are not going to make
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  Speaker 3: it easy on him but really i don't care who
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  Speaker 3: he's playing the issue for him right now is pretty
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  Speaker 3: clear to me which is that he just does not
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  Speaker 3: seem settled yeah in whatever this is maybe it's the
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  Speaker 3: offense maybe it's the the coaching that he's receiving maybe
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  Speaker 3: it's the weapons around him just how much newness there
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  Speaker 3: is not feeling like there's much of a rhythm um
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  Speaker 3: he didn't look himself in week one compared to the
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  Speaker 3: version of him that we saw last year and A
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  Speaker 3: lot of that, I think, is just him not quite
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  Speaker 3: seeing and feeling it the way that he needs to
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  Speaker 3: in this offense. And I'm not sure if there's an
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  Speaker 3: antidote to that besides more time and more reps. It's
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  Speaker 3: really not an excuse to say like, well, it's fine
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  Speaker 3: that he no, it's not fine that he's not seeing it,
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  Speaker 3: not feeling it.
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  Speaker 4: But I think I understand why he isn't. And he
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  Speaker 4: just has to he has to settle in as fast
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  Speaker 4: as possible.
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  Speaker 1: Pocket management is so difficult for new quarterbacks in this league.
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  Speaker 1: And I say new, even though he is a second
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  Speaker 1: year quarterback. But man, pocket management is something that does
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  Speaker 1: take some time.
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  Speaker 2: He certainly needs to work on it.
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  Speaker 1: Quarterbacks coach for the Titans really needs to, I think,
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  Speaker 1: hone in on whatever pocket management means for Cam Ward,
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  Speaker 1: because like the footwork, there needs to be some sort
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  Speaker 1: of improvement. It's certainly it's not going to happen overnight.
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  Speaker 1: But I think in terms of his pocket management, something
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  Speaker 1: he certainly needs to work on in the future.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, absolutely.
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  Speaker 3: And I I did see better fundamentals there. like pocket management,
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  Speaker 3: like field vision, like internal clock. It just was better
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  Speaker 3: last year than we saw in week one. And so
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  Speaker 3: that's why there is a there's some hope on my
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  Speaker 3: end that he will fix those things as time goes on.
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  Speaker 3: It's just a matter of how soon, because his leash
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  Speaker 3: feels like it's getting shorter quickly. Yeah.
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  Speaker 4: All right.
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  Speaker 2: Well, folks, we are going to take a break.
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  Speaker 1: But beforehand, again, Easton is a writer and contributor over
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  Speaker 1: to take a break when we get back we're going
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  Speaker 1: to be diving into some matchups that we may be
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  Speaker 1: seeing here week two philadelphia eagles tennessee titans stick with
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  Speaker 1: us we'll be right back.
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  Speaker 2: All right, we are back.
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  Speaker 1: With our buddy Easton Freeze from AtoZSports.com. And as we
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  Speaker 1: are looking at the upcoming matchups this week, week two
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  Speaker 1: against the Eagles and Titans, like I mentioned earlier, and
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  Speaker 1: we were talking about it briefly, Eagles are going to
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  Speaker 1: be without Landon Dickerson at left guard.
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  Speaker 2: How do you see the Titans.
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  Speaker 1: Defensive front matching up against this Eagles offensive line who
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  Speaker 1: did struggle at times this past Sunday in the rushing game,
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  Speaker 1: even with pass protection every now and again? um how
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  Speaker 1: do you see this matchup really manifesting itself.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah on paper it should be a uh advantage titans
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  Speaker 3: on the interior and the question then becomes if you're
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  Speaker 3: going to continue to crush pockets from the middle then
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  Speaker 3: what is the gap discipline what is the contained discipline
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  Speaker 3: of your edge rushers on the outside jalen hurts we
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  Speaker 3: know is a mobile quarterback and he is could create
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  Speaker 3: a real problem if they overexpose themselves at the edge position.
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  Speaker 3: We know what the tackle talent is of this Eagles team.
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  Speaker 3: So I just think that that's going to be the
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  Speaker 3: pretty stock game plan, and it's going to be a
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  Speaker 3: matter of who can out-execute the other.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah.
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  Speaker 1: And you mentioned the defensive line before, those names on
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  Speaker 1: the Titans that we know, and whether or not they're
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  Speaker 1: going to be able to use. And I'm wondering, too,
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  Speaker 1: when we look at the linebackers, and them with their
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  Speaker 1: potential blitzing schemes and with their stunts as well. I
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  Speaker 1: didn't dive into the Titans week one game so much
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  Speaker 1: to recognize when they were utilizing those stunts. I mean,
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  Speaker 1: is that something we're going to be seeing a lot
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  Speaker 1: of during the course of this week?
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  Speaker 3: No, that is as low as you'll find in the
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  Speaker 3: NFL of a stunt rate for the most part. Robert
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  Speaker 3: Sala and Gus Bradley, they keep it simple. They just
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  Speaker 3: try to out-execute you. They'll do some, and they did
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  Speaker 3: a little bit more in week one than I would
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  Speaker 3: have guessed they would. But that's very game plan specific.
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  Speaker 3: And any week that they are near the middle of
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  Speaker 3: the league in stunt rate and game rate is an
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  Speaker 3: interesting one.
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  Speaker 4: It's not a usual thing. Yeah, yeah.
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  Speaker 1: You kind of touched on it earlier as we're moving
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  Speaker 1: along here, Easton, because Jalen Hurts, he was spreading the
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  Speaker 1: ball around to Dallas Goddard, Dontavian Wicks, and Devontae Smith
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  Speaker 1: in week one against the Commanders. And, you know, you
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  Speaker 1: look at this Titans secondary, and you did mention it
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  Speaker 1: earlier as it being that weakness.
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  Speaker 2: On the field for this team here.
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  Speaker 1: How do you see these Eagles receivers matching up against
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  Speaker 1: this secondary here? Because Dallas Goddard was eating this past week,
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  Speaker 1: two touchdowns. And Dontavian Wicks, you're able to catch that
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  Speaker 1: long ball as well.
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  Speaker 2: What are your thoughts here?
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  Speaker 3: Well, Wicks, in terms of being a deep threat, that's
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  Speaker 3: something that I think the Titans in man coverage can handle.
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  Speaker 3: Cordell Flott is that longer, speedier archetype. And so I
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  Speaker 3: think that you'll see a lot of that matchup. Devonta
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  Speaker 3: Smith is fantastic. And you're going to, I would, again,
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  Speaker 3: I'm guessing just based on archetypes here, but I'm assuming
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  Speaker 3: that you will see a good deal of him against
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  Speaker 3: i think alante taylor is somebody you'll see a lot
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  Speaker 3: of davante smith matchup with and that's an interesting one
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  Speaker 3: because alante is a more physical archetype than davante is
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  Speaker 3: that's not a super high bar to clear just because
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  Speaker 3: of frame but davante is a more talented player than
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  Speaker 3: alante is so will you see a lot of press
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  Speaker 3: man i know davante sees a lot of press man
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  Speaker 3: because teams want to challenge him in that way he
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  Speaker 3: tends to be able to handle you'll adjust fine that's
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  Speaker 3: why he's a fantastic nfl receiver yeah it's the tight
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  Speaker 3: ends and the running backs that kind of concern me
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  Speaker 3: because i did watch dallas goddard go crazy on my
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  Speaker 3: fantasy team last week and so that was like something
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  Speaker 3: that i was excited about yes for a personal standpoint
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  Speaker 3: then i was like oh no who's going to cover
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  Speaker 3: him next week for the titans um and so you
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  Speaker 3: you've again it's it's kind of an on paper versus
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  Speaker 3: reality thing again because kevin winston is the second year
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  Speaker 3: of safety for this team who From an archetype standpoint,
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  Speaker 3: a skill set standpoint, he and Tony Adams, who is
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  Speaker 3: another guy that they play in the box a lot,
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  Speaker 3: but those guys have the skill set to be sticky
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  Speaker 3: enough to handle really talented receiving tight ends like Dallas Goddard.
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  Speaker 3: But especially with what I saw from Goddard in week one,
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  Speaker 3: a big part of that is not just talent.
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  Speaker 4: It's a communication thing.
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  Speaker 3: If you're playing any amount of zone, if you're having
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  Speaker 3: Goddard leak out late, like being on top of the
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  Speaker 3: trickeration there is going to be a big thing. And
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  Speaker 3: I don't feel awesome about those players being able to
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  Speaker 3: handle that from a mental standpoint. They've not shown it
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  Speaker 3: to me yet to trust them. And so I could
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  Speaker 3: see Goddard having another really big game.
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  Speaker 4: All right.
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  Speaker 1: Well, before I let you go, buddy, here on our
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  Speaker 1: opposition territory shows and these Eagles pregame preview shows here,
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  Speaker 1: we like to talk about sneaky players for us Eagles
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  Speaker 1: fans to watch with regard to the opposition. So who
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  Speaker 1: is your sneaky player for us to possibly look out
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  Speaker 1: for on the Titans offense?
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  Speaker 2: And then we'll get into the defense.
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  Speaker 1: So on the Titans offense, who may be that sneaky
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  Speaker 1: player that we should be looking out for?
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  Speaker 3: Interesting sneaky player let me ask you a question yes
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  Speaker 3: i know i know a player you guys have seen
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  Speaker 3: a lot of wandell robinson how has he performed typically
• 15:33
  Speaker 3: against the eagles defense.
• 15:34
  Speaker 2: I mean He's had spurts. He's had moments for sure.
• 15:40
  Speaker 1: And I would say that Wandel Robinson, if that's who
• 15:42
  Speaker 1: you say, I could actually see that happening because there.
• 15:45
  Speaker 4: Are reasons why I'm inclined to say that.
• 15:46
  Speaker 3: I just don't want to step into a hole there
• 15:48
  Speaker 3: because I realized like you guys have seen him against
• 15:50
  Speaker 3: this team a ton.
• 15:51
  Speaker 4: Yeah, we more of a memory of it than I have.
• 15:53
  Speaker 2: Yeah.
• 15:53
  Speaker 3: But the reason why I want to say is because
• 15:55
  Speaker 3: I was talking to him in the locker room a
• 15:56
  Speaker 3: moment ago. this team needs to kind of lean into
• 15:59
  Speaker 3: the things that they want to be good at, the
• 16:00
  Speaker 3: things that they identify as their bread and butter to
• 16:03
  Speaker 3: establish a rhythm and to stay on the field. And
• 16:06
  Speaker 3: one of the moments in that game against the Jets,
• 16:08
  Speaker 3: one of the few bright moments was on one drive,
• 16:10
  Speaker 3: they started to establish some rhythm with some quick game
• 16:13
  Speaker 3: and some quick passing. And that's, you know, that's the
• 16:15
  Speaker 3: Wandale thing is the high volume of passes, very low
• 16:19
  Speaker 3: depth of target. He is an extremely reliable volume receiver
• 16:23
  Speaker 3: in that way. So I could see them leaning into
• 16:26
  Speaker 3: that earlier than they did in the Jets game. I'm
• 16:28
  Speaker 3: leaning on Wandale's veteran savvy and also experience against the Eagles.
• 16:32
  Speaker 4: So maybe he has a, you know, an eight or
• 16:34
  Speaker 4: nine catch game.
• 16:35
  Speaker 2: Okay. I can see that. I think that makes sense.
• 16:37
  Speaker 2: Seems very rational.
• 16:39
  Speaker 1: Uh, from the defensive side of things, who may be
• 16:41
  Speaker 1: sneaky on the defensive side of the ball for the Titans?
• 16:44
  Speaker 4: The least sneaky person of all time, but like Jeffrey
• 16:46
  Speaker 4: Simmons is going to Yes.
• 16:49
  Speaker 3: And if you're if you're telling me that he's facing
• 16:51
  Speaker 3: a backup first time right guard or left guard, left guard,
• 16:54
  Speaker 3: left guard.
• 16:55
  Speaker 2: Yep.
• 16:55
  Speaker 3: And then I like his chances to establish himself for
• 16:58
  Speaker 3: the first time this week.
• 17:00
  Speaker 4: Jeffrey Simmons.
• 17:01
  Speaker 2: All right. Sounds good.
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