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Ep.93: Hopium · Football Junkies podcast

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Hopium, hopium, get your hopium, hopium, hopium.
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Yes, I'm selling hopium, folks. Although I am
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Bagrodamus, although I am your GM who currently
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is not on a team right now, although I am your
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GM who knows any and all things related to the
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bag, rumors to the bag, and more, I am now your
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hopium. All the hopium that you need to make
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it through the rest of the season, I am the person
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to go to because there are some fan bases right
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now that are going to need some hopium. Dolphins
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fans. But we're not going to talk about them
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right now because we have a mega bag alert, mega
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bag alert, mega bag alert, mega bag alert, folks.
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That's right. Colton Mickiewicz, Jamison Williams,
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Armani Hooker, Christian Watson, and Zion McCollum
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get paid. Cam Hayward and the Steelers find resolution.
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The Eagles trade for Tank Bigsby. Steelers...
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All of this and more. On the 93rd episode of
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the Football Junkies Podcast, okay, I am your
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host with the most, all right? I am your GM who
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currently is not on the team right now, but don't
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you worry about it, all right? Don't you worry
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about it because I'm your chief, Batgirl Thomas.
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That's right, chief, head of the table, anything
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and everything related to the bag, rumors to
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the bag, and more. But guess what? I'm all these
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things and more. But most importantly, the most
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important thing that you must remember is I am
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your host, Kale. This is going to be a loaded
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episode, so buckle up, Ravens fans. Buckle up,
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Steelers fans. fans, buckle up Dolphins fans,
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because man, oh man, we have a lot to talk about
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with your fan bases. So guess what? On three,
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one, two, three, let's lock in. All right, folks,
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let's get into the meat and potatoes of everything
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that is going on in the league right now. So,
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before we get into the game recaps, let's talk
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about these bag alerts and get that out the way,
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all right? So, Colton Mikovic's right tackle
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for the 49ers inks a three -year, $45 million
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deal, $27 million guaranteed, and he'll be making
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$15 million a year. When we look at his stats
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from this past season, according to PFF, six
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penalties and allowed two sacks. A good deal
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for an above -average right tackle. For someone
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who was drafted in the fifth round, he's doing
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something right. So it was only right for the
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49ers to take care of him, not to mention he's
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not making a whole lot of money. And it's a short
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-term deal, meaning that if Colton Mikovits outplays
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this contract, he can be due for a bigger payday
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either by the 49ers or somebody in free agency.
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But if he underperforms with this contract, the
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49ers can get rid of him and not take on large
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dead cap hits, which is fairly good. Now, you're
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paying a boatload of money to Trent Williams,
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so he wasn't going to be making a whole bunch
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of money anyway. But all in all, really good
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deal for both sides. Now, let's talk about Jamison
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Williams, all right? Wide receiver for the Lions
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in a three -year $83 million deal, $67 million
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guaranteed, and he'll be making $27 .6 million
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a year. When we look at his steps from this past
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season, 92 targets for 58 receptions, 1 ,001
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receiving yards, 7 touchdowns, and 17 .3 receiving
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yards per reception. Now, according to Reception
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Perception, Jamison Williams' success rate when
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facing man coverage is 65 .7%. When facing zone
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coverage, his success rate is 79 .5%. When facing
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press coverage, 61 .9%. When being double covered,
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his success rate is 50%. Folks, this is a really
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good deal for an underrated wide receiver too.
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Not to mention he's only 24 years old. So by
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the time this deal is over with, he's still going
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to be in his prime. Meaning if he tested free
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agency, he can be due for a bigger contract than
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what he's making right now. Even though right
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now he's making pretty good money for a wide
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receiver too. Although he is a wide receiver
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too, that doesn't mean that he isn't productive.
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When Amon Ross St. Brown is being locked up,
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Jamison Williams is still available. He's still
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making plays. He's still doing everything that
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the Lions need him to do and more. That's what
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you need sometimes. Ross A. Brown is the one.
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Jameson Williams is the two. Slash 1B if you
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want to have that conversation. But it's a really
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good deal. This is what I've been saying for
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the last few years. Sign shorter term contracts.
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Because by signing shorter term contracts, not
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only are you getting a lot of your money up front,
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you're also... allowing yourself to increase
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your market so that when you hit free agency,
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guess what? You can be due for a bigger payday
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than what you originally got. But what do I know?
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I'm not a GM, all right? So let's talk about
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Amani Hooker, safety for the Titans, who inks
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a three -year $48 .6 million deal, $29 million
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guaranteed, and he'll be making $16 .2 million
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a year. When we look at his stats from this past
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season, 70 tackles, five picks, a good team -friendly
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deal for productive safety. Now, he isn't in
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that same realm as a Derwin James or Kyle Hamilton
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or Antoine Winfield Jr. or Amiga Fitzpatrick,
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but he is a productive safety. He has made some
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big plays in the last few years, so it was only
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right for the Titans to take care of him. Now,
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let's talk about Christian Watson, wide receiver
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for the Packers, who inks a one -year $13 .2
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million deal. When we look at his stats from
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this past season, 53 targets, For 29 receptions,
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620 receiving yards, two touchdowns, and 21 .4
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receiving yards per reception. Now, I know a
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lot of people are asking the same question. Why
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give Christian Watson an extension when he's
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still recovering from a torn ACL? A lot of that
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had to do because they still believe in him.
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and that he was going to hit free agency next
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year. So it was only right that you keep Christian
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Watson because most likely you're going to lose
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Romeo Dobbs or Dontavion Wicks in free agency.
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So you have to keep at least one veteran, and
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why not keep Christian Watson? When he is on
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the field, he is a baller, but clearly the Packers
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value him and they value what he brings to the
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table. So by giving him a one -year extension,
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you're not tying him for the long run. You're
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just allowing him to get healthy again so that
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he can go out. increase his value, like I've
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been saying for these past few contracts, and
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prepare himself for a bigger payday. Now on to
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Zion McCollum, quarterback for the Tampa Bay
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Buccaneers. He inks a three -year $48 million
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deal, $35 .4 million guaranteed, and he'll be
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making $16 million a year. When we look at his
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stats from this past season, 82 tackles, two
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picks. A good deal for a productive player. This
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is what you're supposed to do if you're a really
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good GM and you're good at drafting. You take
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care of your players. Because by doing so, it
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eliminates you having to go in either free agency
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or in the draft to fill that position. Folks,
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we see a lot of times, especially in that first
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wave of free agency, where teams will be overpaying
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just to fill that void. And a lot of times when
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they do this, it backfires and actually helps
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them. Because now you're in a situation where
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you're trying to get out of this contract. Nobody
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else wants to pick up the contract. So if you
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release them, you have to take on all this dead
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cap money. But if you take all this dead cap
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money, it's going to affect the cap space for
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the next two years. So it's like, damn if you
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do, damn if you don't, essentially. But this
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is what separates the great teams from the bad
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teams. The great teams aren't always aggressive
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in free agency because why? a lot of the positions
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of need are already being taken care of internally.
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And those players are getting second and maybe
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third contracts. Whereas a bad team, they're
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having to waste a high draft pick or they're
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having to waste 20 or 30 plus million for one
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player that he probably only had one good year.
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But let's keep this thing going. So Cam Hayward
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and the Steelers finally find some resolution.
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So the Steelers are adding $3 million in incentives.
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to which he can earn up to $18 million this season,
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but they are based off the playoffs. So according
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to Steelers Now, Mike Florio broke down how these
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incentives work. So Hayward can earn $1 .6 million
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if he records at least eight sacks and the Steelers
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make the playoffs, but he can earn another $1
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.6 million if he records 11 .5 sacks and the
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Steelers win the playoff game. While I understand
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that both sides found some resolution, it still
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didn't get the job done because these are incentives.
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They're not guarantees. We're fighting for guarantees
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this entire time. So then what was the point
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in you doing all this elaborate stuff, posting
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stuff on your story, talking about how you don't
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feel valued. And every time people ask you questions,
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you come off as nonchalant and angry and how
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you talk about you've had serious conversations
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with your family and whatnot. How do you go from
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all of this? To now finding some resolution where
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it's not even guaranteed. That's what you were
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fighting for this entire time was guarantees.
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It defeated the purpose of you doing all of this.
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And I mean, the entire little media run, whatever
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you want to call it, that he was on was all for
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nothing. And I said this to somebody on TikTok.
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Shout out to OAD Loom. He's a really good Steelers
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content creator on TikTok. Me and him went back
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and forth about this because my stance is this.
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If you're going to do all of this stuff, if you're
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going to talk about how you don't feel valued
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and you go to places where you are valued and
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you're talking about that you've had serious
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conversations with your family and whatnot, that
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lets me know that you're serious. That lets me
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know that you are not stepping on the field until
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some legitimate resolution is found. Not just
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some patchwork and just saying, hey, we're just
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going to give you $3 million in incentives. Not
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really guaranteed, but it's just incentives.
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No, you are shooting for guarantees. That's what
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every player shoots for is guaranteed money.
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Because guess what? If they cut you, if you get
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hurt, if anything crazy happens, that guaranteed
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money is yours. Whereas with incentives, they're
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not. Because if you don't hit that mark, you
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don't get the money. So again. What was the point
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in you guys doing all of this? This could have
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been easily resolved prior to the draft, prior
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to free agency. Could have easily been resolved.
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So why in the world did it take from the combine
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all the way to the middle point of training camp
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to finally find out that this was happening and
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then go on this media run and saying, I'm not
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happy. You're supposed to go to places where
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you're valued. Let me tell you something. I've
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said this before in the previous episode. Now
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I'm going to say it again. If the Steelers didn't
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value you, they would have gotten rid of you,
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no questions asked. They did it to Troy. They
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did it to Heinz Ward. They did it to Ben Roethlisberger.
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You name me, any of the great Steelers, they
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have all done the same thing, and that is force
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them into retirement. They're not doing that
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to you. They're giving you the benefit of the
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doubt that they never gave to Ben Roethlisberger
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or Troy, and they won multiple Super Bowls. But
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you know, Chris Hallett from DK Pittsburgh Sports
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said this. For all intents and purposes, Cam
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Hayward should have just signed a one -year deal.
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So that way, he could come back to the table
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and get more money instead of just signing the
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deal that he signed last year. Because it defeated
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the purpose. Because it really wasn't an extension.
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Because when you really look at the structure
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of the contract, you don't have a whole lot of
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guarantees. Your guarantees is essentially a
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million -some dollars and some change. All your
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money was given into roster bonuses. And even
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then, Roster bonuses aren't really guaranteed.
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They can get rid of you before the roster bonus
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kicks in. We've seen multiple teams do it. So
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why are you complaining and saying all these
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different things? You should be worried about
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trying to win a playoff game or better yet, trying
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to win a Super Bowl. Not trying to get three
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extra million dollars in incentives. or a couple
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extra dollars just so you can be in this range
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of defensive linemen that's getting paid a lot
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of money. Who cares about that? Because guess
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what? Out of all of those defensive linemen,
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the top 10 highest paid defensive linemen, I
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can assure you that there's less than six defensive
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linemen that have either won one Super Bowl or
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at least made it to their conference championship.
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Chris Jones, Super Bowls and playoffs. Milton
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Williams, he just won a Super Bowl. Nnamdi Metabuke
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hasn't won a Super Bowl. Aleem McNeil hasn't
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won a Super Bowl. Derrick Brown hasn't won a
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Super Bowl. Quentin Williams, Jeffrey Simmons,
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DeForest Buckner, none of them have won Super
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Bowls. DeForest Buckner has made it to the Super
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Bowl, but never won it. Derron Payne hasn't won
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a Super Bowl. So out of the top 10 highest paid
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defensive linemen right now, there's only two
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that have won a Super Bowl. Think about that
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for a second here, folks. But you got somebody.
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The quote unquote leader of the team that's complaining
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about he's not valued. Man, please. But let's
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talk about this trade. So the Eagles traded for
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former Jaguars running back Tank Bixby. So the
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Jaguars receive a 2026 fifth and 2026 sixth round
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pick while the Eagles receive Tank Bixby. So
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this trade was made because the Eagles needed
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another kick returner as Will Shipley is dealing
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with a rib injury. Nothing too complex. Nothing
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to really talk about. Just a routine trade to
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address a position of need. All right. So let's
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talk about these games. All right. So Steelers
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versus Jets recap. Let's start with them. All
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right. Because I'm seeing a whole bunch of grown
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men glaze over Aaron Rodgers. One game. I see
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people say, well, I guess missing OTAs really
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wasn't bad at all. Oh, I think Aaron Rodgers
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is just doing such a great job. Stop it. Just
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stop it. It is week one, and we already seen
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people just eat up Aaron Rodgers for breakfast,
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lunch, and dinner. All right, so let's just start.
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Aaron Rodgers, 30 attempts for 22 completions,
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244 passing yards, four touchdowns, 8 .1 yards
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per attempt, and a 73 .3 completion percentage,
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but also took four sacks. Jalen Warren, 11 attempts
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for 37 rushing yards, 3 .4 rushing yards per
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carry. DK Metcalf, seven targets for four receptions,
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83 receiving yards, 20 .8. receiving yards per
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receptions, and 73 yards after the catch. Justin
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Fields, 22 attempts for 16 completions, 218 passing
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yards, one touchdown, 9 .9 yards per attempt,
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and a 72 .7 completion percentage and only took
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one sack. Brees Hall, 19 attempts for 107 rushing
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yards, 5 .6 rushing yards per carry, and four
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rushes of 10 plus yards or more. Garrett Wilson.
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nine targets for seven receptions, 95 receiving
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yards, one touchdown, and 13 .6 receiving yards
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per reception. So here's a few junkie nuggets.
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So according to NFL Pro, Aaron Rodgers completed
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eight of 10 play action passes for 71 yards and
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three touchdowns. This was tied for the most
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touchdowns on play action passes in the game
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since 2016. So my takeaway from this game is
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the Steelers won, but at what cost? Because the
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same problems that plagued them late last year
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emerged in this game. which was what? Stopping
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the run. They essentially dedicated an entire
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draft into making sure that they bolster up the
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run game. They drafted Derek Harmon, then they
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get Y .A. Black, and Jack Sawyer. Because why?
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They wanted to be better in stopping the run.
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And they didn't do that this game. From poor
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blocking, poor block shedding, and just trying
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to contain Justin Fields, this Steelers defense
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failed. And that falls on Mike Tomlin and Terrell
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Austin because they didn't do enough to adjust
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to the game. And mind you, Brees Hall as well
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as Braylon Allen were eating. You're talking
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about large gaps and they were hitting them.
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And they were getting a first down and more almost
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every single time they were getting the rock.
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So that falls on the coaches as well as the players.
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That's not good enough. Because you're going
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to be going up against teams that have really
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good run games. You're going to go up against
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the Seahawks on Sunday. They have Zach Charbonnet
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and Kenneth Walker. So the same problems that
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we saw late last year were not truly fixed. Instead,
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they were just patched over. That's not good,
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folks. And that's just the defense. I haven't
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even gotten to the offense yet. Which... Speaking
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of which, let's get to the offense. Now, I know
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everybody has been beating up on Broderick Jones,
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but I'm not going to be the person to do that.
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I'm going to be the bigger person. Let's be real
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here. Could Broderick played a better game? Yes.
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Could the Steelers have done a better job in
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trying to help Broderick Jones? Yes. All those
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things can be true. But we also have to mention
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that this is Broderick's first year at left tackle.
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So there's going to be highs and lows. So this
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is going to be the only way to find out if Broderick
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Jones is the truth or not. So they're going to
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let this play out. But if this continues on,
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if this becomes a repeated pattern for the next,
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I don't know, three weeks, then the Steelers
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are going to have to make a move. Now, are they
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going to put Andres Pita left tackle? That's
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a possibility. Are they going to trade for a
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left tackle? That's a possibility. But let's
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be real here, folks. Between Broderick Jones
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and Troy Fitanu, one of them wasn't going to
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pan out. And it's starting to look like Roger
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Jones isn't panning out. But one can ask one
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question, who failed who? Was it the organization?
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Was it Roger Jones? Was it coaching? Who deserves
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blame? Me personally, I would say everybody deserves
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some level of blame because why? You knew that
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drafting Roger Jones, he was a project. And you
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knew that by drafting a project, There is more
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risk than reward, especially if you don't have
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proper coaching in place. Now, am I saying Pat
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Meyer is an offensive line guru? No. But what
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I am saying is this. It looks a little bit weird
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if Zach Frazier, Mason McCormick, and Troy Fatano
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look actually pretty good, but Broderick Jones
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is the only one that hasn't really shown anything.
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That's a problem. But again, and that's what
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happens when you draft potential over experience.
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I'm always going to value somebody that has experience
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over potential because potential isn't always
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going to get your foot in the door. But experience
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can aid you a little bit better in that transition
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process than somebody that's just, oh, I'm super
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athletic or I'm just super raw. No, because a
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lot of times what we see is a lot of teams nowadays
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are not developing players. They're just looking
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at him and just say, hey, we're going to throw
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you into the fire. If nothing comes out in two
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or three years, we're just going to find somebody
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else. And we see it every single year. We see
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it with offensive linemen. We see it with receivers,
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quarterbacks, running backs, you name it. We
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see it every single year. So I'm not surprised.
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Going back to this game, the Steelers run game
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was just inefficient. It was inconsistent. I
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know a lot of people like myself was, you know,
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asking the same question, which is why was Kenneth
19:33
Gainwell getting more reps than Jalen Warren?
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A little bit of a head scratcher, but I guess
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we'll have to wait until Arthur Smith says something.
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DK Metcalf looked good. I wasn't really worried
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about DK Metcalf, but I was just more worried
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about, you know, how Calvin Austin and Ben Skoranek
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and everybody else was going to look. But, you
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know. For all intents and purposes, the Steelers'
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offense did look good, okay, minus the offensive
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line problems. They did look good. Aaron Rodgers
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looked good as well. And so, yes, I'm happy for
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him that he got his revenge against the Jets,
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but I'm not going to be the person that's going
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to be waving pom -poms and saying, Aaron Rodgers,
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Aaron Rodgers, he's our man, he's our man. I'm
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not going to do that, all right? And I understand
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there's a lot of people that said, well, Aaron
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Rodgers isn't the same. He hasn't thrown anybody
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under the bus. Where is this version of Aaron
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Rodgers is just super toxic and conniving and
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whatnot. People can change. All right, relax.
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Let's please relax because I'm seeing a narrative
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that I'm not liking on social media with a lot
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of beat writers and journalists that follow the
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Steelers who are secret Aaron Rodgers fans. And
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if you're a secret Aaron Rodgers fan, that's
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perfectly fine. But do not allow your fandom
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for a player cloud your judgment and analysis
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on his play on the field. And I'll just leave
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it there because if I don't, I'm going to name
20:55
drop and I don't want to do that yet. Let's talk
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about the Jets. So the Jets actually played a
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really good game. Pass rush was just on fire
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from the first snap to the last. All right. Justin
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Fields, I would venture to say probably at his
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best game by far. If you're a Jets fan, you probably
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have a little bit of hope this year because if
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Justin Fields played exactly how he played on
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Sunday. For the rest of the season, I guarantee
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you they'll make it to the playoffs. I guarantee
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you they'll even win at least one playoff game
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because he did everything you needed to do. He
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wasn't super aggressive. He wasn't always trying
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to run the ball. He executed the plays. When
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he needed to pass, he passed. When he needed
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a handoff, he needed a handoff. When he needed
21:41
to extend the play, he extended the play. There
21:43
were a lot of times where the pocket was collapsing
21:45
and he found just enough wiggle room. And he
21:49
got through and he extended the play two, three,
21:52
maybe four extra yards. Now, if you're the Steelers,
21:55
you could have had that. But you decided that
21:59
you wanted to go with the veteran in Russell
22:02
Wilson. And in doing so, you got the end result.
22:07
In some ways, Justin Fields, I feel like, sort
22:10
of took a pot shot at the Steelers, and rightfully
22:12
so. So this is what he said in my quote. I'm
22:15
just calling it what it is. They acquired all
22:17
these guys in the offseason, future Hall of Famers
22:20
on that side of the ball, and we put up 32, end
22:23
quote. That is somebody that has had pent -up
22:26
emotions for an entire season. You're talking
22:29
about somebody that started off at first and
22:34
then was just benched for no reason. and never
22:37
had a legitimate chance to reach the field again.
22:40
You're talking about somebody that despite how
22:43
anybody may feel about Justin Fields' play when
22:46
he was with the Steelers, he took it on the chin
22:49
and he was a professional about it. Whereas somebody
22:52
else was leaking out information to the media.
22:56
Talking about, oh, yeah, I have problems with
22:57
Arthur Smith. Yeah, I didn't really like his
23:00
offense. And we really was actually butting heads
23:02
a lot because I want to do this and he wanted
23:05
to do that. You didn't see that with Justin Fields.
23:07
But my hat's off to Eric Glenn for a really good
23:10
game plan. He played a lot of man coverage. Limited
23:14
DK Metcalf's effect on the game, while at the
23:16
same time creating a lot of pressure on Aaron
23:20
Rodgers. There was a lot of times where Aaron
23:22
Rodgers had to use the quick game just so he
23:25
can avoid getting sacked. Will McDonald was doing
23:28
his thing against Broderick Jones, as well as
23:31
Michael Clemens. Michael Clemens was creating
23:33
a lot of pressure on Broderick. And shout out
23:36
to Tanner Engstrand for a really good offensive
23:38
plan to combat against the Steelers defensive
23:40
line. I mean, it literally looked like Elijah
23:43
Vera Tucker was on the field. If you would have
23:46
told me Elijah Vera Tucker didn't play that game,
23:48
I would have called you a liar because they were
23:50
running the ball so well and the Steelers didn't
23:53
have an answer for it. Not to mention, Alufashanu
23:56
and Armin Membu was actually holding their own
23:58
against Alex Highsmith and TJ Watt. Overall,
24:02
although the Jets did lose, there's a lot of
24:05
promise with this team. There's a lot of promise
24:08
with both of their tackles. There's a lot of
24:10
promise with that defense. I think it's only
24:12
up for here if you're a Jets fan. And let's go
24:15
to the Dolphins and Colts because I think they
24:18
need a lot of hopium right now because, man,
24:21
oh, man, Dolphins fans, oh, they are going through
24:25
it, man. It is horrible for them. But we're going
24:28
to get through it. So Tua Tugavailoa, 23 attempts
24:30
for 14 completions, 114 receiving yards, one
24:34
touchdown, two picks, five yards per attempt,
24:36
and a 60 .9 completion percentage, as well as
24:39
taking on three sacks. Devon Achain, seven targets
24:42
for 55 rushing yards, 7 .9 rushing yards per
24:45
carry, and two rushes of 10 plus yards or more.
24:48
Tyreek Hill. Six targets for four receptions,
24:51
40 receiving yards, 10 receiving yards per reception.
24:54
Daniel Jones, 29 attempts for 22 completions,
24:57
272 passing yards, one touchdown, 9 .4 yards
25:01
per attempt, and a 75 .9 completion percentage.
25:04
Jonathan Taylor, 18 attempts for 71 rushing yards,
25:08
3 .9 rushing yards per carry, and two rushes
25:11
of 10 plus yards more. Michael Pittman. eight
25:14
targets for six receptions, 80 receiving yards,
25:16
one touchdown, and 13 .3 receiving yards per
25:19
reception. So here's a few junkie nuggets. So
25:22
according to NFL Pro, when under pressure, Tua
25:25
failed to complete any of his three passing attempts
25:28
but threw two picks from a clean pocket. Tyler
25:32
Warren played 33 snaps at tight end, nine in
25:35
the slot, six in wideout, and two snaps in the
25:38
backfield. When throwing outside the numbers,
25:42
Daniel Jones completed 10 of his 13 attempts
25:44
for 160 yards and a touchdown. So my takeaway
25:48
from this game is the Dolphins have to do something
25:52
to save their season. Because right now, the
25:55
fans are just done with them already. And this
25:58
is only the first game, folks. It would be different
26:01
if this was the fifth or sixth game. No, this
26:03
is the first game of the season and everybody
26:05
is just done with it. From the offense looking
26:08
sloppy. to Tua just making costly turnovers and
26:12
fumbling the ball, to just everybody just not
26:17
being on the same page. I don't know what was
26:20
going on, but this team just was completely dysfunctional.
26:25
Tyreek Hill was having tantrums on the sideline.
26:28
Tua looked like a deer in headlights. Nobody
26:30
was on the same page. And it seemed like as the
26:35
game progressed, the Colts realized that, listen,
26:38
Oh, we got them in the bag. We can just do a
26:40
few different things. And that's exactly what
26:42
they did. Lou Amarumo was discussing different
26:46
coverages. So I know there was like a few plays
26:49
where he made it seem like it was a zero blitz,
26:51
but in actuality, it wasn't zero blitz. The Dolphins
26:54
just didn't have an answer. And at this point,
26:57
if you're the Dolphins, well, specifically Steven
27:00
Ross, how long is it going to take for you to
27:03
make this decision? Because right now, Mike McDaniel
27:06
cannot coach this team. At this point, I think
27:10
it's just best that you just blow up this team.
27:12
Because this team hasn't gone anywhere. Outside
27:15
of that one year where they put up those crazy
27:17
numbers against the Broncos, and they were super
27:20
fast, and couldn't nobody really stop them, they
27:22
haven't really done anything. They made it to
27:24
the playoffs. They faced the Chiefs. Oh, we can't
27:27
take the cold. It's too cold outside. What are
27:29
we going to do? It's too cold outside. We can't
27:31
handle physicality. This is a team, and Omar
27:33
Kelly has said this. Shout out to Omar Kelly.
27:35
He has said this multiple times on the Dolphins
27:38
Collective, which if you're a Dolphins fan, you
27:40
should listen to that, and on the Miami Herald.
27:44
This team cannot take physicality. This team
27:47
strays away from physicality. I don't know what
27:51
it is. But if you're Chris Greer, I don't even
27:54
know how you still have a job. Because this roster
27:57
is not a competitive roster. This offensive line
28:00
is not good enough to protect Tua. You know that
28:04
Tua has a concussion problem. So why wouldn't
28:07
you try to make at least two or three significant
28:10
investments into the offensive line? Because
28:14
if you don't, guess what's going to happen? Tua's
28:16
going to get another concussion, and now you're
28:17
trying to figure out what you're going to do
28:19
moving forward. Granted. You traded for Minka
28:21
Fitzpatrick. Okay, cool. But he's just one person.
28:24
Your corners are bad. Your pass rush didn't do
28:26
anything, even though you acquired Matthew Judon.
28:29
What exactly, what is the bright spot on this
28:32
team that you can say, that's something that
28:35
we can build off of? Because right now, there
28:37
is nothing positive to say about the Dolphins.
28:40
They have not done enough to say, hey, we are
28:43
a legitimate team. I would make a strong guess
28:47
if I was a betting man. that this team wins less
28:50
than five games this year. Now, if I'm someone
28:53
like a Minka Fitzpatrick, I want out. If I'm
28:55
someone like a Jalen Phillips, I don't even want
28:57
to touch this team. If I'm anybody that is due
28:59
for a contract, I want out. Now, speaking of
29:03
which, there has been some rubblings, according
29:06
to Mike Florio, that he's talked to people and
29:09
that Tyreek Hill could be on the move soon and
29:12
that the Chiefs or the Steelers are, you know,
29:15
two of the teams that everyone is thinking about
29:17
that he's probably going to go to. Let me be
29:19
honest here, folks, and this is directly at Steelers
29:22
fans. If all of you guys are saying that, oh,
29:25
this is the year we can win the Super Bowl, then
29:27
go and get Tyreek Hill in. Go and get Tyreek
29:29
Hill. Because all I keep on seeing is a whole
29:32
bunch of people saying, well, he has a whole
29:35
bunch of off -field problems. Didn't nobody say
29:37
anything about Cam Sutton. Everybody was quiet
29:41
when Cam Sutton signed with the team. Didn't
29:44
nobody say anything. Everybody was lips shut
29:48
when Cam Sutton signed with his team. And we
29:51
all know what he did. And those were allegations.
29:54
Those were documented. Documented. Whereas with
30:00
Tyreek Hill, he's just going through a messy
30:02
divorce that when you go through a messy divorce,
30:06
a lot of things that were either kept hush -hush
30:09
or potential allegations are all going to come
30:12
out. That's all that it is. I get it. He's a
30:15
lot to deal with. But guess what? Sometimes when
30:18
you get people like a Tyreek Hill, if you put
30:20
them in the right situation, you won't hear a
30:23
peep out of them. But that's what happens when
30:27
there's no structure in the locker room. That's
30:30
what happens when there's nobody that's going
30:32
to hold him accountable. We are now starting
30:35
to see that there really is a legitimate rift
30:38
between him and Tua. Honestly speaking, he brought
30:42
this on himself because why? You cannot go on
30:45
a live stream or just better yet, public platform
30:49
and just throw your quarterback under the bus
30:52
every single chance that you get. If that's how
30:55
you feel about Tua, Keep it behind closed doors.
30:58
Let it be something that you talk about while
31:00
you're on the way to the barter shop or while
31:02
you're on the way to Disney World or something.
31:04
Don't go on somebody's live stream and say, oh,
31:07
yeah, man, I could play for maybe about two or
31:10
three other quarterbacks than my quarterback.
31:12
You can't do stuff like that, bro. Because guess
31:14
what? Now that this regular season is starting,
31:16
you don't have no real connection with Tua. Tua
31:19
ain't really rocking with you. But let's talk
31:21
about the Colts. So Daniel Jones actually had
31:23
a really good game. And let's be real here. If
31:26
Anthony Richardson did exactly what Daniel Jones
31:29
did on Sunday, he would be the starting quarterback
31:32
for the foreseeable future. That's all he had
31:35
to do. You don't have to be Superman. You don't
31:38
have to play like Patrick Mahomes or Tom Brady
31:40
or every great quarterback. All you have to do
31:43
is just execute. If you execute, you will always
31:47
have a seat at the table. And that's exactly
31:50
what Daniel Jones did. Ran the ball a little
31:52
bit, passed the ball. Clearly, he has a really
31:55
good connection with Tyler Warren because Tyler
31:57
Warren came out guns blazing. I mean, from playing
32:00
as a fullback to a slot to a tight end, he was
32:03
just doing it all. And that was great to see.
32:06
This offense was very productive. And I think
32:10
this is what Chris Ballard and Shane Steigman
32:12
have been looking for. I think there's a lot
32:14
of promise to this offense. I think there's a
32:16
lot of promise to this team as a whole. As long
32:19
as Daniel Jones maintained this type of play,
32:22
they will have a legitimate chance to make it
32:24
to the playoffs this year. Now, as far as the
32:27
defense, that secondary was cooking. Cam Bynum,
32:31
Charverius Ward, Xavier Howard, cooking. That
32:35
pass rush, Latu Latu, Quidi Pei, DeForest Bunker,
32:38
cooking. Every aspect of this Colts team was
32:42
cooking. And what great way to celebrate the
32:46
life of Jim Irsay. than with a dub. Now let's
32:49
talk about this Giants and Commanders game. So
32:52
Jaden Daniels, 30 attempts for 19 completions,
32:55
233 passing yards, one touchdown, 7 .8 yards
32:58
per attempt, and a 63 .3 completion percentage,
33:01
as well as taking on three sacks. Ja 'Cory Chrisky
33:05
Merritt, 10 attempts for 82 rushing yards, 8
33:08
.2 rushing yards per carry, one touchdown, and
33:10
three rushes of 10 plus yards or more. Deebo
33:13
Samuel, 10 targets for seven receptions, 77 receiving
33:16
yards, 11 receiving yards per reception, and
33:19
42 receiving yards after catch. Excuse me. Russell
33:22
Wilson, 37 attempts for 17 completions, 168 passing
33:26
yards, 4 .5 yards per attempt, a 45 .9 completion
33:30
percentage, and took two sacks. Russell Wilson.
33:33
8 attempts for 44 rushing yards, 5 .5 rushing
33:36
yards per carry, and 1 rush of 10 plus yards
33:39
or more. Malik Nabors, 12 targets for 5 receptions,
33:42
71 receiving yards, and 14 .2 receiving yards
33:45
per reception. So here's a junkie nugget. So
33:48
according to NFL Pro, Abdul Carter played 65
33:51
% of defensive snaps in the first half, and then
33:53
41 .4 snaps in the second half. In 25 pass rushes,
33:58
Abdul Carter generated 3 pressures and half a
34:01
sack. When facing four or less pass rushers in
34:04
drop back, Jaden Daniels completed 16 of 21 passes
34:08
for 204 yards and a touchdown. Now Jaden Daniels
34:12
completed three of nine passes for 29 yards when
34:15
facing the Blitz. Deebo Samuel caught seven of
34:18
10 targets for 77 yards. Six of those catches
34:22
for 73 yards were between the seams. So a few
34:25
takeaways from this game. For starters, the Giants'
34:27
pass rush has a lot of upside and is going to
34:29
be a problem in the future. The Giants' offense
34:32
is very stagnant with Russell Wilson. The Commander's
34:35
O -line needs time to mesh. Commander's offense
34:38
as a whole is going through some growing pains,
34:41
and rightfully so. The Commander's right tackle
34:43
really couldn't stop the bull rush. Debo's route
34:47
running, explosiveness, and yak ability has definitely
34:50
returned. And is it too early to possibly bench
34:53
Russell Wilson? Granted, I understand Brian Dable
34:56
has already said that he will start in Week 2,
34:59
but... At some point, Brian Dable is going to
35:01
have to make a change because this offense was
35:04
very stagnant. He didn't have a connection with
35:06
Malik neighbors. They couldn't run the ball well.
35:09
And you can see that his play is starting to
35:12
decline a little bit. Because remember, in Russell
35:14
Wilson's heyday, he relied a lot on his athleticism
35:18
because it was his athleticism that allowed him
35:20
to extend the plays. So now that that's gone.
35:24
All you have is the moon ball. And even then,
35:26
you can't really use the moon ball every single
35:28
time. You just can't do it. So at some point,
35:31
Brian Dable is going to have to do something
35:33
with this offense because this offense was just
35:36
downright atrocious. And Malik Nabors was trying
35:40
so hard not to crash out. But you can see in
35:43
his face, it's like, bro, what are we doing?
35:46
Nobody is really getting the ball. Nobody is
35:49
making any big plays. We're not putting points
35:51
on the board. What are we doing? And rightfully
35:55
so. If you're Brian Dable, you're going to have
35:58
to make a decision to save your job. I understand
36:01
Russell Wilson is the quote -unquote veteran,
36:03
but you may have to put Jackson Dart in. And
36:06
I guarantee you if you do put Jackson Dart in,
36:08
this offense will look a whole lot better. Now,
36:12
I understand that Andrew Thomas didn't play this
36:14
game, but... And that offensive line, a little
36:18
bit shaky, just a little bit of a problem. Now,
36:22
I will say this. For any Commanders fan that
36:24
may be complaining about how the offense was
36:26
just stagnant and they wasn't as explosive as
36:29
how they were last year, give it some time. Remember,
36:32
they brought in Loremi Tunsil, Debo Samuel. They're
36:35
trying to rework Terry McLaurin in. So all of
36:38
this is going to take some time. Now, I will
36:40
say this. If you're the commanders, you have
36:43
to find a way to negate these elite defensive
36:45
lines. Because Brian Burns and Kevon Thibodeau
36:48
and even Abdul Carter at times, they was creating
36:51
a lot of pressure and they were getting after
36:53
Jaden Daniels. So you have to find a way to do
36:56
something. Whether that means you have to start
36:58
playing in 12 or 13 personnel, or you have to
37:01
add in a tight end to possibly chip block, you
37:04
have to do something to slow down these elite
37:06
pass rushers. Because if you don't, Jaden Daniels
37:09
is going to get squashed. But I will say this,
37:12
the commander's defense, it's going to take some
37:14
time for them to really start cranking, but I
37:18
think they showed a little bit of some promise.
37:20
As far as the pass rush, I think there's something
37:22
there, but I think it's going to take a while
37:24
for them to really hit their peak. Same thing
37:25
with the secondary as well, but if you're the
37:29
commander's defense, is there another addition
37:32
that you need to make to really solidify this
37:34
defense? Because granted, you have Von Miller,
37:37
you have Frankie Louvu, you have Deron Payne,
37:39
you have Johnny Nunez, you have Marshawn Lattimore,
37:41
who's now healthy, you have Trey Amos. You have
37:43
a lot on this team. But is there something else
37:46
you need to do to really solidify this defense?
37:49
But only time will tell. Now let's talk about
37:51
the last game, and that is the Ravens and the
37:54
Bills. So Lamar Jackson, 19 attempts for 14 completions,
37:57
209 passing yards, 2 touchdowns, 11 yards per
38:01
attempt, and a 73 .7 completion percentage. Derrick
38:04
Henry. 18 attempts for 169 rushing yards, 9 .4
38:08
rushing yards per carry, 2 touchdowns, and 5
38:10
rushes of 10 -plus yards or more. Zay Flowers,
38:14
19 targets for 7 receptions, 143 receiving yards,
38:17
1 touchdown, and 20 .4 receiving yards per reception.
38:21
Josh Allen, 46 attempts for 33 completions, 394
38:25
passing yards, 2 touchdowns, 8 .6 yards per attempt,
38:28
a 71 .7 completion percentage. James Cook, 13
38:32
attempts for 44 rushing yards, 3 .4 rushing yards
38:35
per carry, 1 touchdown, and 1 rush of 10 plus
38:38
yards or more. Keon Coleman, 11 targets for 8
38:41
receptions, 112 receiving yards, 1 touchdown,
38:44
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Now back to the good stuff. So a couple takeaways
40:32
from this game. So for starters, the Ravens'
40:34
pass rushers couldn't get home. The Bills are
40:37
starting to use more pre -snap motions. The Ravens
40:40
need more lightning than thunder in the run game.
40:42
The Bills were stacking the box while playing
40:44
man coverage. The Ravens missed Patrick Hard's
40:47
blocking. The Bills were disguising a lot of
40:50
their coverage packages. The Bills secondary
40:52
is still a question mark unless they bring in
40:55
someone. The Bills were continuing to keep Joey
40:57
Bosa on the left side instead of switching him
41:00
with Gregory Russo, especially when you saw Lamar
41:03
continuing to go on that side. We all know that
41:06
Joey Bosa isn't fast enough to go after Lamar
41:08
Jackson. So why wouldn't you at least switch
41:11
him? The Ravens need to rotate their interior
41:14
defensive line. Give Aeneas Peebles a chance.
41:17
The Ravens need to be more aggressive. More five
41:21
-man instead of four -man fronts, please. Please.
41:26
This was a very winnable game for the Ravens,
41:28
and you choked. You flat -out choked. It wasn't
41:33
because of the refs. It wasn't because of a fumble.
41:35
It wasn't because nobody catch the ball. You
41:38
choked. You had the game in your pocket and you
41:41
choked it away. And this continues to be a problem
41:45
for the Ravens. So according to Josh DuBois of
41:48
the Associated Press, there's only three coaches
41:52
to lose twice in the regular season when leading
41:54
by 15 plus points at the start of the fourth
41:56
quarter. John Harbaugh, Webb Eubank, and Marion
42:01
Campbell. John Harbaugh leads them all in 55
42:04
opportunities. I'm sorry, that's unacceptable.
42:08
At some point, you have to win the big games
42:11
because you know that you're either going to
42:14
have to face the Chiefs or the Bills to make
42:17
it to the Super Bowl. And the fact that you had
42:19
this game and all you had to do was just secure
42:23
the lead, but you choked it away, lets me know
42:26
that you are not the coach that is going to take
42:29
the Ravens to the Super Bowl. I think at this
42:31
point, we need to have an honest conversation
42:34
about the Ravens and John Harbaugh. John Harbaugh's
42:38
time has ran out. I understand that he's a good
42:42
coach. I understand that he does a lot for the
42:44
Ravens. But at this point, brother, you can't
42:47
float. You continue to choke away opportunity
42:51
after opportunity after opportunity. From having
42:54
the number one seed and the Chiefs coming to
42:57
Baltimore. You could have won that game. You
43:00
didn't do it. You could have won last year. You
43:02
didn't do it. You could win this year and you
43:05
probably won't. At some point, you cannot point
43:08
the finger at everybody else. You have to point
43:11
the finger at yourself. This lackadaisical reserved
43:15
play calling in the most important times of the
43:18
game is going to cause you to lose more than
43:21
win. And we see it every single year. We talk
43:25
about the Ravens every single year saying, oh
43:28
yeah, they're a Super Bowl team. This could be
43:30
the year that they win the Super Bowl. And every
43:32
single year, they choke on a Popeye's biscuit.
43:35
So at some point, someone's going to have to
43:38
say it. John Harbaugh may not be the guy. And
43:41
that's perfectly fine. The Eagles went through
43:43
with Andy Reid. All those years, the Eagles were
43:46
super competitive. But when the lights were too
43:48
bright, they choked. So at some point, they had
43:52
to make a move. So they let go of Andy Reid.
43:55
Andy Reid went to the Chiefs. They started the
43:57
Chiefs dynasty. The Eagles, they won a Super
44:00
Bowl and then went back and they won another
44:02
Super Bowl. So at some point, you have to be
44:05
honest and you have to say, you know what? I
44:07
think it's just time for us to go our separate
44:10
ways. If I'm a player, I'm calling for a players
44:14
only meeting. No phones, no tablets, no nothing.
44:19
Because nobody needs to know about this. And
44:21
they just need to have a heart to heart with
44:23
every single person in that room. Because everything
44:27
is there. You have the team. You have the weapons
44:31
on both sides of the ball. And you mean to tell
44:34
me this team hasn't at least made it to one Super
44:37
Bowl? One? It cannot be just the Chiefs and the
44:41
Eagles just winning the Super Bowl every single
44:43
year. At some point, somebody from the AFC is
44:47
going to have to do something. Because it's always
44:50
been Patrick Mahomes. So who's it going to be?
44:53
Who is going to be the person that's going to
44:56
hold John Harbaugh accountable? Somebody needs
44:59
to do it. Because clearly, he is not doing enough.
45:02
You know that Daniel Felele is a problem. I purposely
45:06
looked at the All -22 version of that game. Daniel
45:10
Folele is not a good guard. I'm sorry. He is
45:14
going to lose you more games than win them. Because
45:17
I guarantee you, if you go up against the Chiefs,
45:19
Chris Jones is going to be his dance partner.
45:21
And he's shown that he can't do it. And you knew
45:24
that Daniel Folele can't do it. And instead of
45:27
you trying to get somebody in free agency, you
45:30
just say, you know what? We're okay with what
45:32
we have. No. You cannot do that. And that's exactly
45:36
why you guys continue to choke year after year
45:39
after year after year because you know why? You
45:42
are complacent. You want to try to give people
45:45
a chance. You cannot do that. You are in a Super
45:47
Bowl window. If you are not performing, you got
45:50
to go. I love you. You'll be a part of the Ravens
45:53
documentary. You'll be part of that whole ceremony
45:55
when they celebrate the team and whatnot. But
45:57
as far as all that extra rigmarole, hey, man,
46:00
you got to go. We got to bring in somebody else.
46:02
Simple as that. The pass rush needs more juice
46:05
and you need to stop running it with Derrick
46:08
Henry. There is no reason why Keaton Mitchell
46:10
should have been on that field because everybody
46:13
knows how to counter Derrick Henry. Stack up
46:16
the box and just make sure you try to tackle
46:19
him and slow him down. That's it. That's all
46:20
you got to do with Derrick Henry. Whereas with
46:22
a Keaton Mitchell, he got speed. He has receiving
46:25
ability. There's more that you can do with him
46:27
than a Derrick Henry. But you have your head
46:31
so far up your ass that you don't realize that.
46:34
So until the players want to actually have a
46:37
heart -to -heart conversation with John Harbaugh,
46:39
they will never experience winning a Super Bowl.
46:42
They will never experience the feeling of being
46:46
a winner. Because your coach likes to sit on
46:50
his hands and just say, you know what, I'm okay
46:52
with where we are. We don't need to be aggressive.
46:54
I understand it's the two -minute warning. We
46:56
don't need to be aggressive. Y 'all literally
46:58
just justify why Josh Allen won the MVP. Think
47:02
about that for a second. Here you have a defense.
47:04
Really good defense, right? Really good defense
47:07
of prospects. Mike Green, the Green Machine,
47:10
Adafio Way, KVN. You know that KVN is going to
47:14
take a while before he starts cranking. So why
47:17
don't you put Mike Green in? Why don't you put
47:19
in these peels in? You need to throw offenses
47:22
off guard because if you don't, guess what's
47:25
going to happen? You're going to get smoked like
47:27
how Josh Allen just smoked you. So when you go
47:29
up against the Chiefs and you choke and you lose
47:32
again and everybody's looking at you with the
47:34
side eye, don't be pointing fingers at anybody
47:36
else. There's no excuse this year. And remember
47:40
what I've been saying for the past two years.
47:42
The two things that would stop the Ravens from
47:45
winning it all. is injuries and self -inflicted
47:48
wounds. And Sunday proved exactly what I said.
47:52
Self -inflicted wounds will prevent the Ravens
47:56
from winning a Super Bowl. There is no reason
48:00
under the sun that this team should be losing
48:02
like this. Now, if the game was super close,
48:05
okay, fine. I'm not going to complain about it
48:08
because these are two really good teams. But
48:11
the fact that you allowed the Bills to make a
48:14
comeback in such a small amount of time lets
48:17
me know that you, sir, are not the head coach
48:20
for the Ravens. Instead, all you are is just
48:24
a cheerleader. With the clipboard. But I'm going
48:26
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50:55
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50:57
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51:00
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51:02
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51:05
Kale signing out. Peace and love. Later, guys.
51:12
And another thing, the Steelers need to move
51:16
Keanu Ben from nose tackle. He is not a nose
51:18
tackle. You need to move him at end, put Y .A.
51:21
Black at nose tackle, and I think you'll see
51:23
a better result. Also, also, hot take, truth
51:27
bomb, okay? I think the Steelers should draft
51:32
the number one tackle in next year's draft and
51:35
possibly trade for quarterback. I'm going to
51:37
save that for the next episode. Peace and love.
51:38
Later, guys.