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NFL Championship Weekend Preview: PATRIOTS or BRONCOS? RAMS or SEAHAWKS? · NY's Sports Loud Mouth (VIDEO)

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careless. Anyways, it's been a crazy,
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crazy day for me. I was at the gym today and one
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of the worst things I hate more than anything in the world is
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trying to find weights. It is the worst thing because
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you have all these meatheads. They're all looking or trying to
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find the £100 dumbbells, the 100 and 10s, or they're trying to
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get the 90s and 80s and then they mix it up.
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So you have the 80s with the 70's, the 60s with the 40's, the
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30s with the 10's. And I'm looking for two weights.
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And I'm, I'm, I'm watching these meatheads.
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They're standing right next to me grunting, making weird
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sounds, dropping the weights like they're muscle bound
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wieners. Well, they are muscle bound
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Wiener wieners, but yeah, and, and they're grunting.
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Sounds like somebody's raping them in the rear end.
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And and then you hear, and then you hear the secretary screaming
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on the intercom saying, ladies and gentlemen, if you're
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dropping weights, please don't drop them the way you're
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dropping them. And please put the weights back
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the way you found them. And I'm standing there and I'm
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looking at everybody else but myself.
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I'm just standing. I'm like, I can't find nothing.
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But these muscle bound idiots, they've got like a million
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different weights right under them.
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I mean, this guy had like 200 LB dumbbells, 110 LB dumbbells and
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120 LB dumbbells. And I'm I'm not going.
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I usually go no more than 100 a 105 when I'm I'm hitting the
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weights heavy and and in a different week, every other
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week, I'm hitting the weights a little bit heavier.
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I don't go any heavier than that anymore.
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I'm not crazy. I'm not doing I, I know Aaron
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Donald is doing right now where he's he's benching 160 LB
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dumbbells, which is ridiculous, by the way, absolutely
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ridiculous. And he's also a lot younger than
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me. He's 34.
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I'm 43. I'm like 9 years older than I'm,
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but it is crazy what these guys are doing right now.
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Still retired NFL players doing and weightlifting the way they
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are lifting. But I, I'm watching these guys
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and they're definitely juicing their chemically imbalanced.
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It it's, it's crazy. It, it, it just, I, I, I hate
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being in the gym when these guys, and now they're closing
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every LA Fitness around this particular gym area.
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So now I'm dealing with, I'm dealing with trying to find a
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gym where I'm not going to be, you know, rushed out or rushed
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out of my spot because people are standing right behind me
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waiting for me to get up and leave.
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It's annoying. It's one of the most annoying
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things. And in Long Island, New York, if
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anybody's been here, it is cluttered with people.
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Cluttered. If you're on the roads, it's
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cluttered. Yeah, there I am.
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That's exactly what it was. I don't know if I was making a
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face like that, but nevertheless, I was.
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I wasn't grunting like they were just say that, but anyways, I
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that's, that was my take today. I dealt with the gym crap.
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I was in the gym. I usually go in and out of the
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gym an hour workout and I do 1/2 an hour run.
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And I, I, I speed walk. I, I do an incline of 12 and I'm
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doing out of three-point 3.84 point O it it's, it's, I do it
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for 30 minutes. It's a long process.
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So I'm in, I was in the gym today for 2 1/2 hours.
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When I'm in the, when I'm in the gym for 2 1/2 hours, I'm in a
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miserable, miserable mood. So all day today, even when I
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saw Speedy, when I picked him up and I said I'm not in the mood,
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I'm going to be very, very nice to you and I'm going to talk
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with a little bit of calmness and not carelessness, Jabba.
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And I was Speedy. Was I not nice to you today?
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Usually I'm yelling at you, right?
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So I was nice to him because I swore to myself I was going to
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calm down and I was going to speak with him, speak with him
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like a normal person, not scream at him like I want to.
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I want to RIP his head off or RIP his neck out of his, you
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know, his off his body. So yeah, it was one of those
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days. So I'm not in a good mood,
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ladies and gentlemen. So trust me, when I'm not in a
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good mood, you're going to get good content tonight.
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You're going to get a lot of good content.
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The AFC championship game kicks off first on Sunday, featuring
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Mike Frables, New England Patriots against Sean Payton's
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Denver Broncos because Bo Nicks broke his ankle in the last play
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of the division round. The Broncos will be starting
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former Patriots draft pick, number 7th.
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I mean, seventh round draft pick Jared, Jared Stidham.
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I I can't wait for this who has only who has only store started
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four career NFL games and none of them since 2023.
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The Patriots defense turned over CJ Strout and the Texans five
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times in the divisional round. Drake May has four touchdowns
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and two interceptions so far in the playoffs.
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The Patriots are a -, 4.5 favorite without the one and
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only Knicks. The NFC Championship Game is a
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true rivalry game, The game and a pure offense versus defense
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duel as Sean Payton and the Rams square off against Mike McDonald
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and the number one seeded Seahawks as McDonald's #1 ranked
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scoring defense takes on Mcveigh's number one ranked
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scoring offense. The Rams and the Seahawks split
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their series 2 their two matchups this regular season
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with two very close games. The Rams out gain the Seahawks
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by 1 yard and outscored them by one point combined in those two
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meetings. The Patriots are a 4.54 point, 5
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point Rd. favorite, while the Seahawks are three-point home
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favorite for moving on to the Super Bowl.
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All right, a lot to get into with the New England Patriots
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and here's the facts. Drake May is a better
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quarterback than Jarrett's did them.
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I don't think anybody's going to argue that.
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Jarrett, I called him Jarrett Shitham because that's what he
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is. He is not a quarterback that I'm
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going to trust in a not in a divisional game, a wild card
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game and definitely not in a championship game.
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And I know Sean Payton, he's going to make it very easy.
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He's going to run easy plays. He's going to use his running
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backs. That's what he likes to do when
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he doesn't have an advantage at the quarterback position.
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I don't even think he had an advantage at the quarterback
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position. Even if Bo Nicks was playing.
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Now Drake May is, I wouldn't say elite, but he was by far to me a
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top ten quarterback this year. Stats would tell you he's a top
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three and that's why he's an MVP candidate.
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I do not think he's going to win the MVP because Matthew Stafford
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was that damn good this year and he is going to get one he's
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never had. He's never won an MVP in his
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whole career. He's been in illegal for over 15
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years and this is his chance to win 1.
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And I think Matthew Stafford has done everything and he deserves
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all the rights of being this year's league MVP.
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But when you look at this game, there's a lot of questions and
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there's going to be a lot of answers in the game.
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One, can the Patriots score and run their offense against this
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defense. Denver's defense is one of the
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best in the league. They have one of the best
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secondaries in all of football. They have the best corner still.
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I don't care what anybody says. This is they have the best
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corner in football. There is no argument and anybody
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argues that they don't know what they're talking about.
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They have arguably one of the great safeties in this league,
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too. This defense is sensational and
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I think when you look at both teams, they're matched up very,
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very well defense to offense. Both teams have a tremendous
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amount of talent. Tremendous.
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But again, when we go back and forth and we're trying to
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compare and contrast both teams, a lot of people are going to
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look at this game and they're going to say, well, it's Jarrett
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Stidham. So the Patriots are going to
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win. Not necessarily.
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You're in Denver, you're playing in Denver, you're not in a
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Foxborough. And we all know what the Fox
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World or Foxborough brings when you play there.
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I don't remember the last time the Patriots lost a playoff game
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at at Foxborough. It's heightened since 2019.
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But the Patriots for years have had problems in Denver, had have
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had years. Tom Brady's worst games were in
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Denver. So I'm not saying Drake May is
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Tom Brady, but just think the breathing, the oxygen,
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everything in Denver is going to affect this game.
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It's going to be cold, might be snowy.
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We saw what a snow game can cause for the New England
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Patriots just as much as it it caused for the Denver Broncos
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over the last couple of years at playing and playing in the snow.
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And I think obviously when you look at both of these teams,
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they're very well matched as far as the coaches are concerned.
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I think Mike Vrabel is a little bit under Sean Payton.
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Sean Payton has been here before.
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He's won a Super Bowl before. Mike Vrabel has never won a
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Super Bowl. He's never coached in a Super
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Bowl. That's the advantage that Sean
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Payton has. And if I look at the running
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games, they're very equal. Obviously the Broncos have a
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young quarterback, I mean a young running back in Harvey
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that is going to be their go to guy.
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The Patriots have Henderson, another young guy, no question,
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and Stevenson, they have the ability to, to, to be an ultra
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threat at the running game. The Patriots always use their
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running game. Mike Frabel likes to play old
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school football. We've seen this before before.
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We understand how Bill Belichick has coached him over the years
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when he's worked on the bench over there with the New England
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Patriots. And when he took over for
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Tennessee, look who he coached, Derrick Henry for many, many,
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many years, one of the elite running backs in the league.
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So you know, Mike Frabel, he his go to is run the ball, dominate
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the line of scrimmage and use his young offensive line to push
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this defensive line back. That's what they're strong at
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and I expect that on Sunday. But here's the thing.
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But what does it, what does the Broncos do?
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How do they combat losing Bo Nicks very having him?
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What do they change? And I, I know you, I know you
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said run, run, run, but you got to do more than that.
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Here's what I'm going to say. JK Dobbins is playing in this
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game. JK Dobbins is probably playing
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in this game. What I've heard is he's he's
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going to make a run at it. And if JK is that guy and he is,
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he is a an elusive running back much better than Harvey.
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Harvey still young. This guy can catch the ball in
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the backfield. You can use him in many
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different ways. You can use him in a widespread
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offense where you can use him as a wide receiver.
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I expect Dobbins to be a big threat in this game.
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If the Denver Broncos are going to win this game.
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And I expect also that they're going to they're going to make
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the game a lot easier for Stidham.
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They're going to throw short passes, slant passes, make the
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game quicker, easier, so it gives him a little bit of
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confidence, runs the tempo of the game so the Broncos could
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start moving the ball and use their running backs to push this
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defense back. I think the Broncos have the
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running game. If JK Dobbins plays this game
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and he's 100%, not even 100 percent, 80%, he's never going
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to be 100 percent, 80% healthy. They got a chance.
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They do. And I just saw him that they're
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they they made an announcement this week that JK is probably
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going to play. So that's a a great little tool.
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That's a great little weapon that Sean Payton is going to use
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this week. Now, Jared Stidham has I, I
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believe, an ability to move outside of the pocket.
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He's been better the four games that I've watched a couple of
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films on, on Stidham over the last couple of days.
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I watched him in some of the games.
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This is a kid that likes to move outside of the pocket and make
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his throws on the run. That's where he's more
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efficient. I expect a lot of that in this
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offense. In this game.
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I would expect that they don't want him to sit in the pocket
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and make throws because this defense.
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Has been so good they run more RPO options if if that's kind of
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what we've seen. I think they're going to they're
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going to use the running backs. They might even use a double
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sided running back play where you're going to see Harvey and
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JK Dobbins out there on some of the plays.
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One of them to block the other one to to either be a decoy or a
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guy that you can use them in a screen pass and use them in many
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different options. And that's what that's why I
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think Sean Payton has the advantage in this game one the
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home field advantage, the crowds going to be loud the the
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stadium. I I mean the oxygen it bulge
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better for the Denver Broncos because they're the home team.
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The only thing is Drake May has not played a good game yet in
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the playoffs and I still think he has the ability to figure
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that out. We haven't seen him throw over I
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I have. We seen him throw over 200 yards
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yet. Yeah, the Chargers game he did,
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but barely. So I this could be a game where
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I expect him to have between 250 and 300 yards.
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If he does that, the Patriots are going to win the game.
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They have to keep him down with his yards, keep him in his
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pocket. Don't let him move outside of
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the pocket. Drake May is also very, very
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good outside of the pocket. He's very strong inside, just as
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well outside of the pocket. His strength is he loves to roll
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to the right. So what do you think they're
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going to do? Sean Payton is going to make
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sure that they're going to force him to row to his left where
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he's uncomfortable doing that, where it puts him in bad,
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awkward positions where he could make mistakes.
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Drake made made a lot of mistakes last week.
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He dropped the ball 4 * 4 so. And he's had a fumbling problem
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all season long. He led the league in fumbles and
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I trust me, Sean Payton on the board is probably going to say
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Fumbelina, Fumbelina. We're using, we're going to be
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using blitz packages. We're going to we're going to
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jam guys up the middle and use our guys, our defensive lineman
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on the outsides to put pressure on Drake where he feels not
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comfortable and he forces the ball into places that he is very
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uncomfortable doing. That's where I think the Denver
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Broncos and they've got the secondary to do it.
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Patrick, Sir Tan is as good as anybody.
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He is going to shut down their They're number one.
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I don't know who their number one is.
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I really don't, but Mr. Boot or whatever what we call him.
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Java's favorite receiver. Mr. Boot.
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You got to have the booty. Yeah, Mr. Boot is is guy is a
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guy that he likes to go to in the second-half of the game.
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Diggs is a guy, he likes to go in the first half of the game.
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I think Diggs is dangerous in this game.
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I really do, because what they're going to do with Diggs
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is expect a lot of trick plays. I think Frabo's going to use a
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lot of different things that we've not seen the Patriots use
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all season long. And, and we know McDaniel, he is
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a very weird guy when he's calling plays, especially if you
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see something working more than the other.
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So that's that's the thing we talked about and Speedy kind of
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touched on it. Is this the time to do those
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trick plays like? Right now, yes, because teams
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are not planning for them. Teams haven't seen it all season
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long. What do these coaches do?
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They watch old film. Sean Payton's the king of doing
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that. If you watch anything and know
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anything about Sean Payton, he loves watching film.
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It's his favorite thing. So what is what is Sean Payton
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like to do? He's going to watch Greg May.
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He's going to watch every single game this year what Drake May
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likes to do, what he's uncomfortable doing, and he's
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going to use that to his advantage.
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I believe that Sean Payton is the type of guy that is one of
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first of all, one of the trickery type of coaches we've
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ever seen. We've seen him doing in the
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Super Bowl. Remember that Speedy, Remember
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the second-half. If they didn't make that trick
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play that kick off, I think the I think the Saints lose that
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game. An onside kick by Jets legend
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Thomas Morstead. I mean, seriously, in the
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beginning of the second-half of the game.
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So a guy like Sean Payton likes to do that and I expect him to
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do a lot of that in this game. Throw Mike Frabel, who's a young
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coach still, I mean, a little wet behind the ears, has the
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experience with Tennessee, but never been in this experience
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with Tennessee, never has. So he has a chance now against a
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backup quarterback, a third string quarterback to move on to
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a Super Bowl somewhere. And somehow and and again, they
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haven't been in the Super Bowl since 2018.
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So this is a Patriots and this is what the Patriots are known
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to do. They find ways to win games.
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Speedy, Ken. The Broncos use their secondary
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and use their talent on that defensive side of the ball to
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hold Drake May into place where he doesn't feel comfortable and
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puts him in awkward position. Yeah.
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The major advantage I think the Broncos still have it, though,
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is their pass rush. And you mentioned like maybe
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overload blitz is on that left side of that, the defensive
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line. The Patriots have a lot of
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injuries on the offensive line and their offensive line did not
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look very good against Houston's pass rush.
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And obviously Houston's defensive scheme was a little
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different. They don't like the blitz as
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much as more of a 49er type of defense with Tamika Ryan's over
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there. Whereas Vance Joseph, he loves
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to bring blitzes and creative blitzes.
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And I agree with you. That's the leverage that Drake
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that the Broncos are going to have in this game against Drake
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may in addition to the secondary having a lot of obvious
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advantages. Not even just certain.
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Riley Moss is a guy. It's a slot corner that's not
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getting a lot enough attention as a number two guy.
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And then McMillan who got the interception last week against
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the Bills with controversial interception.
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He played very well when Sir Tan got hurt.
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That was the reason the Broncos defense really didn't miss a
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beat when Sir Tan got hurt. So they have definitely enough
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secondary pieces. They have good safeties, they
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have good linebackers and they have a good run defense.
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Now the patriots have a really good run defense too.
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So that's what will be interesting to see how the
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impact JK Dobbins is just coming back into the game.
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I'm curious on the pass catching running backs though, if they
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can make Harvey and Dobbins work as screen guys, if they can get
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those quick game going to make sure that that Jarrett Stidom
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can feel comfortable right away. Now Jarrett Stidom, this is the
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3rd year in his in this scheme, so he's familiar with it.
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He's not being thrown into the fire.
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He had two starts with the Broncos when Russell Wilson got
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benched in that whole controversy 2 years ago.
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And then he started with the Raiders a little bit too.
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So he has a little bit of experience in that regard.
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And Jabba, to answer what you were saying before, like should
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they get more creative with those trick plays and different
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concepts? I think of this for Sean Payton,
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like the 2021 Saints, they almost made the playoffs with
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Jameis Winston, Ian Book and there was one other quarterback
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and and probably takes them. He'll probably started some
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games in there. It mixed in there and they were
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nine and eight. They almost made the playoffs.
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They almost stole a playoffs from the 49ers.
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I think if the 49ers didn't beat the Rams the the Saints could
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get in with that group and the Broncos have more talent on
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right now than a lot of those those Saints offensive players.
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The Saints got old that year so this is going to be a very
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interesting game. A tight defensive duel in the
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snow could still go in the Broncos favor because of those
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reasons. Where do you think the battle is
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won? Obviously we always talk about
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the trenches, but I think there's more to this game than
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just winning it in the trenches. It's very simple.
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Whoever finds their running game first is probably going to win
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the game. I think, you know, if it's
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snowing and it's cold and the oxygen is is always soft over
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there and it's very hard to breathe, I expect a lot of both
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teams running games to take over.
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I think obviously Stevenson and Henderson, they're a dynamic
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duo, but I would trust more and JK Dobbins because of what JK
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Dobbins has been through in his career.
23:06
This guy is so explosive. I think people forget how good
23:09
JK Dobbins is when he's. Even even being out, as long as
23:14
he was like coming back in this situation, do you think that
23:17
plays? I don't because I expect he's
23:22
not a rookie coach. He's a veteran coach that's been
23:24
here before. He always likes to go to his go
23:27
to guys, the guys that he trusts the most.
23:29
And JK Dobbins is a veteran guy. He's not going to go to Harvey
23:33
early in the game because Harvey is inexperienced and with the
23:37
crowd and you know, in specific times of games, you know, those
23:41
guys, those young guys are, are very uncomfortable making those
23:45
plays. I don't think JK Dobbins is
23:47
going to be uncomfortable. I think you can trust more in
23:50
that veteran type of player to make the play, get that extra
23:55
yardage that they're going to need to move the sticks.
23:58
And that's why I think the advantage will go to the Broncos
24:01
in this game if it goes to the running game.
24:04
But again, we can look at both sides of the game.
24:07
And they're still, they're still not favored at home.
24:10
They're they're getting four and a.
24:11
Half they weren't going to be favored.
24:13
No, because they have a backup quarterback, a third string.
24:15
Quarterback, but I think 4 1/2 is a lot when you judge the
24:17
Broncos. Just talent advantage in the
24:19
trenches. This is the other one that I
24:21
think is an advantage is an interesting X Factor.
24:23
The tight ends, like Hunter Henry's been a streaky tight end
24:26
all year. And if you're going to expose
24:27
anything with the Broncos, it might be their linebackers.
24:29
Alex Singleton got banged up a little last week.
24:32
And again, their safeties are still kind of new.
24:34
They have a lot of rotational guide and then on the Patriots
24:36
and they they traded one of them and Kyle Duggar already at the
24:39
trade deadline. They have linebackers that are
24:40
pretty young. Can the Broncos use Ingram and
24:43
even add Adam Troutman to an extent to the Sean Payton has
24:45
familiarity with the Saints to make that work.
24:47
And then the last one too, Jabba is Jaleel Mclaughlin's their
24:50
third running back. He's an interesting wild card as
24:52
a pass catching guy. If Dobbins, you don't want to
24:55
give him a lot of volume really. They have a four headed monster
24:57
now, they have four guys, 4 competent running backs.
25:00
They can do a lot of things and, and Sean Payton's a very tricky
25:03
type of play caller. I expect him to use used 2
25:06
running backs on a lot of his play calls, one to block.
25:09
They're going to need that extra blocker to give Stidham some
25:12
time to get these guys. Hope they don't have elite wide
25:15
receivers. They have one great wide
25:17
receiver and the rest of those guys are.
25:21
I mean, are you going to trust Mims?
25:22
I I don't know if I trust Mims. I don't trust any of the weapons
25:25
they have. Brian, if he plays in the game,
25:28
I don't even think he's playing, no.
25:29
He's got a concussion. Yeah, so Stover, I don't even
25:32
think he's playing in the game. So I I there's nobody in my in
25:37
my thought on how they're going to beat you in the air.
25:41
They're going to have to beat you with these running backs and
25:44
use these running backs in certain packages to throw this
25:48
defense, which is pretty damn good.
25:50
I mean, Gonzales has been in elite corner in this league
25:54
since he's come into the league before his injury last year, and
25:58
he's only been a league for two years.
25:59
Just think about his dominance and Jones was unbelievable last
26:02
week. So you have two competent
26:05
corners that can absolutely shadow any guy that they have on
26:08
the football field and that's what you expect Gonzalez to do
26:11
against their number one guy. So I, I think the advantage on
26:15
in that case when it comes to the air will go to the Patriots
26:19
with digs and Mr. Boot or a booty or whatever you want to
26:23
call. Javas boy, I think the other one
26:25
before you go fish is how much they can maneuver their other
26:28
receivers around off of those other corners too, because
26:30
Gonzales and Sutton. You would think Gonzales
26:32
probably has the advantage, even though I think Sutton size is
26:35
going to make it hard. And then you got obviously Sir
26:37
Tan against any of those Patriots receivers.
26:39
Forget it. If they can get off the number
26:41
two guy and get those receivers maybe in bunch formations or
26:45
just versatile, who's there? Sean Payton versus Josh
26:48
McDaniels, that battle will be very interesting.
26:50
So. Yeah, Mcdaniel's up for
26:52
assistant coach of the year this year.
26:53
Speedy. He's had another great season.
26:56
He's one of the best assistant coaches we've seen in this
26:59
league for a long time. Not a good head coach and not
27:00
exactly a good people person, apparently.
27:02
That's even. Jealous, that's a whole nother
27:04
story, but has done a great job obviously with Drake May and and
27:08
having him grow and have this offense in a position where
27:12
they're they're favored in the AFC championship game and Drake
27:16
May is probably going to finish second for MVP this year.
27:18
That's pretty awesome. It's a pretty great job.
27:22
However, you'd have a weird game plan.
27:24
It's a weird game that's going to happen.
27:26
You're not going to see it because no, there's no bow
27:28
necks. So Sean Paden, they need to get
27:31
a lead that they need to run the ball.
27:34
They have the best offensive line in football court in the
27:36
PFF #1 ranked in 2025, offensive line, have a all pro tackling
27:41
guard on the team. They're fantastic, but you can't
27:45
they don't throw the ball and Stidham, I don't know if you
27:48
want to trust to throw the ball. So what I'm expecting is one of
27:52
The Who has more trick plays than Sean Payton, right?
27:56
Like this guy probably has rooms filled of notebooks.
28:01
You know, like Girardi had binders back in the day and told
28:04
him what to do. Millions of different plays that
28:07
he's come up with over the years.
28:09
There was there was a a Twitter handle that was Joe's binder.
28:14
Yeah, I remember that. And it was like, honestly, like
28:18
I saw it every day and it was like this big.
28:20
I'm like, what in the hell is in there?
28:22
Like I never looked at it. I didn't.
28:24
I didn't know. Everything was in there.
28:26
Java everything. Java, do you know how many pages
28:29
were devoted to you? Oh, probably.
28:32
There's probably just a rule segment of all the other stuff.
28:36
So it's an obvious game plan for the Broncos.
28:38
Can they get a lead early and then can they pound it on them?
28:42
That's what they have to do to win.
28:43
They have no other way. I don't think that's it.
28:46
But the Patriots, they got to face the number one defense,
28:49
Yes. And look, if it's me, and I
28:53
think Rabel's smart enough to know this, he's just going to
28:56
smother the line of scrimmage and he's going to say you're not
28:59
running the ball and we're going to press up on your guys.
29:02
Our guys are better than your guys.
29:03
Diggs is not the same guy. If he's your best guy, good luck
29:07
against us, you know. I think you're right, but again,
29:12
the crowd's going to be loud. And remember, it could be
29:15
snowing, it could be cold. The oxygen is low over there.
29:18
It's elevated. Drake May has never been in a
29:21
situation like this. This is a young kid that's only
29:24
been elite for what, 2 years now?
29:26
He's he's young, he's a kid. So there's a lot of pressure on
29:30
him to go up to Denver and do what he did in Foxborough.
29:33
And I don't know if he's going to have the advantage because of
29:35
that, because of the crowd and how loud it's going to be.
29:38
And remember, when he's calling the plays, he's going to have
29:42
hand signals and all that other stuff that needs to be worked up
29:45
for the players to understand what he's calling in the huddle.
29:49
So there's a a lot to look at in this game and everybody's not
29:52
looking at. They're just saying, hey, the
29:54
Patriots have Drake May and they have Stidham and that.
29:57
And by the way, McDaniel was the one that wanted Jarrett Stidham.
30:00
He's the one that drafted Jarrett Stidham in the seventh
30:04
round. So he knows everything about
30:06
Jarrett Stidham. So it's not like he's going to
30:08
be tricked. But guess what?
30:10
Jared Stidham's been with the Broncos for three years.
30:13
So he understands I I guess a little bit more about Sean
30:16
Payton and how Sean Payton wants to run this offense.
30:19
He is not Bo Nicks, but I don't know if Bo Nicks would have
30:22
given them that much of an advantage even if he was playing
30:25
in this game. He's better than Stidham.
30:27
He's much better. But I, I just, I think that the
30:31
way they're going to be game planning, I think.
30:33
The way you say that, though, it's like it's now like with Bo
30:38
Nicks, the the comfort that you have with him and, and what he's
30:42
like shown like their first half's been terrible, but the
30:45
second happened when, when they get him to the finish line.
30:47
Bo Nicks has been there at the finish line.
30:50
And so I think that's the thing that's that where they're going
30:53
to have to schematically try to do things differently because
30:56
they're not going to have a finisher.
30:58
They've seen both finish at the end of every game.
31:01
They have one and JK Dobbins is a finisher.
31:04
That guy is a finisher. I've watched this guy.
31:07
That's where the chess match comes in.
31:08
I didn't. Even know he was playing until I
31:10
saw on the list that he's listed there.
31:13
So if he's listed there, he's playing on Sunday, which gives
31:17
them on a real good weapon that they can do so many things with
31:21
them. The guy could catch the ball in
31:23
the backfield, the guy could go North and South.
31:25
The guy is great. He's a great player.
31:27
Look at his numbers when he's healthy, he's as good as any
31:30
running back in the league. Go look at the last five years
31:33
when he. You just said he's not 100%.
31:36
If you get him at 80% he's still the same. 100% they're going to
31:40
use him if he's if. Even if he was. 80% they're
31:44
going to use him like he was 100%.
31:46
JK Dobbins has how many years left in a league?
31:49
Maybe one at most. He's over 30 years old.
31:52
He's going to give it all in this game because he has a
31:55
chance to win a Super Bowl. JK Dobbins never won a Super
31:57
Bowl. This is his stance, so he's
32:00
going to go out there and do his.
32:01
Best for that. But I mean that that is
32:03
something to be said. Like you're always chasing the
32:07
chip, right? And it's like, yeah, I've
32:09
accomplished my individual goals.
32:12
But when you win something and you win it with somebody as this
32:15
flag sits right here, that's special.
32:19
That's special. And if he can do it, then that
32:23
changes the magnitude of your career.
32:25
Just think if Jarrett Stidham wins the Super Bowl after only
32:30
playing. He's going to.
32:32
Get paid. Not get paid.
32:35
I, I mean, this guy's, they're going to write stories about
32:38
this, this Super Bowl, stories about him.
32:41
Oh, Jared Stidham, who where did he come from?
32:44
Four games and he plays in the championship game, wipes the
32:48
floor with the Patriots, and then wipes the floor with
32:51
Seattle, the Rams and wins the Super Bowl.
32:53
What a story that would be. It would be the greatest revenge
32:55
game ever. That's for you, Jeff, that we're
32:57
so high on Jerison when he got drafted in 2019.
33:00
Anyways, I I want to get into this game because this game is
33:03
the game that everybody's looking forward to.
33:05
It is the Seahawks in the young coach in McDonald versus the
33:10
veteran Sean McVeigh. I want to know.
33:12
Why you don't like Sean McVeigh that.
33:14
Much I don't like the way he's dancing and prancing on the
33:18
sidelines. He flexes.
33:21
He's always in the media. I don't like his voice.
33:23
He's got some weird terminology when he speaks to the media.
33:28
He tries to play the media like they're stupid every time he
33:31
speaks. He goes to the XS and OS when he
33:34
speaks and it kind of turns you off on listening to him.
33:37
And his voice is so annoying. Me and Fish talk about it all
33:40
the time. He's got one of the most
33:42
annoying voices and even his faces that he was making when
33:45
Chicago came back. I don't know if anybody saw his
33:48
face when Caleb Williams threw that, that Hail Mary all the way
33:53
to the end zone to cold command. Did anybody see that face that
33:56
he made? His mouth dropped.
33:59
He couldn't believe it. They He couldn't believe it.
34:03
He was shocked that he completed that pass and maybe he.
34:06
Was lucky you got to give credit where credit's due.
34:09
The dude's done. Unbelievable.
34:12
I'm not. Again, I I'm not taking shots at
34:16
McVeigh like he's not a good coach, but the last time Sean
34:19
McVeigh went to a super. Bowl.
34:20
He just annoys you, right? The last time he went to a Super
34:23
Bowl, he won. And that was because of they
34:27
went after Ramsey, they went after they spent the money and
34:31
traded for Matthew Stafford and they had Aaron Donald.
34:35
They had the elite of elite defensive lineman in all of
34:38
football at the top of his game. They don't have that and they
34:43
had Cooper Cup, by the way, who was an elite wide receiver.
34:45
They don't have that this year. And I'm I'm just saying that
34:50
they have Puka Nakua. They do, but they don't.
34:53
Their defense is young. This is a young defense that's
34:56
never been in in this kind of position.
34:59
Every single practically their whole defensive line are been
35:02
they've been in elite for no more than 4-5 years.
35:05
Their their two top defensive lineman have been in a lead for
35:08
no more than three. So I I'm just, I'm just speaking
35:11
the truth here. I don't and and and the Rams,
35:14
they didn't look good last week against the Chicago Bears in the
35:17
second-half. The Bears kept in that game.
35:20
The Seahawks are a different monster.
35:22
This is a different monster. They've got it running game.
35:24
Walker had three touchdowns last week.
35:26
Walker dominated and and Walker's going to get the ball
35:30
and they're going to feed him the rock because this offensive
35:32
line is one of the best in the league as pushing out the pile
35:36
and giving him space. And Walker's going to get space
35:40
and they're going to throw the ball to Walker and they have
35:42
Najigba. They've got weapons like that
35:45
even though the chick but didn't look good last week.
35:47
I don't expect back-to-back weeks where Najigba doesn't have
35:50
100 all-purpose yards in this game.
35:53
I would expect a lot of trickery in McDonald.
35:56
Why? Because nobody expects it.
35:58
And the Rams, Sean McVeigh is the king of doing so many trick
36:02
plays, especially in the big game I'd seen him doing in the
36:05
Super Bowl, and I expect him to do it in this game.
36:08
And I and again, I think the advantage goes to the Seahawks
36:12
in many different ways. One, I love their secondary.
36:15
This is as good as secondary as any team in football right now.
36:19
They've got weapons all over their secondary and and, and
36:23
their corner play is as good as anybody's too.
36:26
And and to me, Witherspoon is one of the more underrated
36:29
corners in all of football and and to me, the the opportunities
36:34
they have job or is am I right how I pronounce his name?
36:38
Yeah, Josh Job. Josh Job, he's a young player,
36:41
has looked very, very good over the last couple of weeks.
36:45
They've got so many ways they can beat you in their secondary.
36:48
Their safety play is as good as any any, any team in football.
36:51
And McDonald, the way he schemes against your strengths, he's as
36:55
good as anybody. Go look at John Harbaugh's
36:58
record since McDonald left. McDonald's been over there in
37:01
Seattle for how many years, sweetie?
37:03
Two years? Two years?
37:05
How bad has the Ravens defense got since McDonald has left?
37:09
They. Were terrible this year and they
37:10
were good but not great the year.
37:12
Before they were in the teens, last the year before they were
37:16
in the teens, I think they were ranked like 12 or 13.
37:18
Yeah, they were good run defense, but their past defense.
37:20
Was bad. They weren't as dominant as
37:22
they've been, and that's why McDonald's was hired by Seattle
37:26
and that's why I believe McDonald is coach of the year.
37:29
It is really the way he developed, and I'll say this
37:32
again, developed this secondary. This secondary was good and I'm
37:37
not saying was bad under the last regime and Pete Cow is a
37:41
great defensive mind and everything like that.
37:43
But he's old and he likes to play up and he likes to drive
37:47
the defense, the front 7UP and like to put pressure on the
37:50
quarterback. This guy, he likes to do both.
37:53
But what he does so very good is he he uses blitz packages in
37:57
very unique ways. He brings up the safeties, he
37:59
pushes back. He there's so many things that
38:02
this guy does so very well and outsmarts a lot of great
38:06
offensive minded coaches in this league.
38:09
Go look at the coaches he's beaten this year.
38:11
He beats Sean McVeigh. Do you think they'll stack the
38:14
box in in in the blitz packages and stack the box they're going
38:17
to? Play man.
38:18
They're going to play man. I think they believe they can
38:21
keep Puka Nakua at Bay if they can keep Puka Nakua at 100.
38:26
Yards one. 100% they're going to do it.
38:30
Oh. You're gonna see them do that in
38:33
this game. They're gonna use a lot of man
38:34
in this game. I think they're gonna use some
38:36
blitz packages with the safety. I think he believes and he
38:39
trusts his secondary that they can do that.
38:42
And, and again, Matthew Stafford is to me the MVP of the league
38:45
and he has been as good as any quarterback in all the football.
38:49
But when you put pressure on Matthew Stafford and we've seen
38:52
it and it's cold. It's going to be cold over there
38:54
in Seattle. It's going to be rainy, maybe
38:56
even snowy. It's it's one of the hardest
38:58
places to play because of the 12th man.
39:01
I'm going to tell you this right now, not only.
39:03
In Detroit, cold doesn't scare him.
39:07
I'm going to tell you this right now.
39:08
He is a California kid. He's a California.
39:12
Kid, but he spent most of his career in Detroit.
39:14
That's fine. First of all, Detroit, they play
39:17
inside. They're an inside, they play in
39:20
an igloo, all right? They don't play outside.
39:24
So that's what number 2, if you look at the back end in the
39:28
background of what we've seen when he plays in cold weather,
39:32
go look at his statistics in under.
39:35
I think, I think they said under 30° weather.
39:38
Matthew Stafford's numbers are not elite.
39:41
He doesn't play well in the cold.
39:43
Well, he. Even he he even said that in his
39:46
interview afterwards is like, you know, I, I didn't play well,
39:49
but we found it found a way to win like they he's a winner like
39:53
they, he finds ways to win. And I think when you get to that
39:58
point. I think that plays a part in
40:02
what he is and how he can translate that to everybody
40:07
else. He doesn't have to be the best
40:10
version of Matthew Stafford. He just has to facilitate
40:13
everything else to be and win. At that version, here's what I'm
40:18
going to tell you they're going to do.
40:19
They're going to use a lot of Ferguson.
40:21
They're going to use a lot of tight ends in this game because
40:23
over the last couple of weeks, Seattle's had problems stopping
40:27
tight ends. And I think you're going to see
40:30
more of Blake Quorum in this game than you are of Williams.
40:34
Williams has been very, very good in the playoffs.
40:37
I think Quorum that he's a more of a Smash Mouth type of running
40:40
back. I think they're going to use him
40:42
in a lot of different packages in this game.
40:44
I think they're going to try to throw the Seattle Seahawks off
40:48
in their, in their, their, their, their front 7 and put
40:53
them in situations where they're going to expose some of the
40:57
weaknesses of Seattle's defense in the front seven.
40:59
They have weaknesses. Don't every team has a weakness.
41:03
And Sean McVay has studied their weaknesses over the last couple
41:07
of years. As a matter of fact, two years
41:08
he's played against McDonald, he knows his strengths.
41:11
He's known he knows his weaknesses.
41:12
Both games were very, very close.
41:14
But here's the problem. Seattle has Sam Donald.
41:18
Sam Donald's never been in this position before.
41:20
There's a lot of pressure on Sam and Sam is not 100% healthy.
41:25
So I, I mean, that is to me a very, very interesting thought
41:31
when you think about Sam Darnold versus a guy like Matthew
41:36
Stafford. Now, that doesn't mean Sam
41:37
Darnold can't throw 300 yards, 3 touchdowns and be elite in this
41:41
game. He absolutely could.
41:43
I worry about Sam because when Sam gets thrown off and he is
41:46
not confident in the pocket, he does stupid things outside of
41:50
the pocket. I'm a Jet fan.
41:52
I watched Sam Darnold. I watched him play in Carolina,
41:55
I watched him play in Minnesota. I watched play in his career.
41:59
I love Sam. I never wanted The Jets to trade
42:01
him for a second round and a fourth round draft pick.
42:04
I love him that much. I thought The Jets could
42:06
absolutely win with Sam Darnold and now you're going to get a
42:09
chance to see if Seattle wins this week.
42:13
I think it's a shoo in that they're probably going to win
42:16
the Super Bowl. Whoever wins this game.
42:18
It's going to be very, very hard for the Patriots and very, very
42:21
hard for the Broncos to beat these two teams because one team
42:24
is one of the elite defenses in all the football and the other
42:28
one is one of the elite offenses in football.
42:31
And I know you're going to say, well, the Patriots are pretty
42:33
good defensively and they're not bad offensively because I think
42:36
they're fifth ranked in offense. They've not played against
42:41
talented teams like this all season long.
42:44
And Drake may go look at his statistics against the best in
42:48
the AFC this year so far in the playoffs.
42:51
They haven't been good. Ladies and gentlemen, they
42:53
haven't. So I'm telling you right now, I
42:56
I think the the experience and the back end of Matthew Stafford
43:01
winning the Super Bowl and being the MVP of the league and all
43:04
the confidence goes to them. But I think everything else,
43:08
everything else goes to Seattle and McDonald.
43:11
I trust McDonald in a big, important part of the game than
43:14
I do is Sean McVay. Sean Mcvie does stupid things.
43:18
He calls these stupid plays and he puts himself in harm's way.
43:22
And he got very, very lucky, very, very lucky that Carl
43:25
bailed them out because Carl was the one that intercepted that
43:29
ball. If Caleb Williams completed that
43:31
pass, the game's over. Chicago wins.
43:33
And Matthew Stafford, I don't know if anybody remembers what
43:36
his face was when they kicked off the ball.
43:39
Matthew Stafford. Matthew Stafford thought they
43:41
were going to lose the game. So and I do believe that this
43:45
game is not going to be as close if these guys do not play at
43:49
their strengths and beat the other teams weaknesses.
43:52
Yeah, it's interesting because I think the Seahawks are going to
43:56
be tested for a higher passing volume this week.
43:59
I know Walker did very well against the Rams in the second
44:02
meeting that they played when Seattle won that thriller on
44:04
Thursday Night Football. But with Darnold, I think the
44:07
matchup has to be to attack those corners that have kind of
44:10
been kind of outside of Kobe Durant, kind of like trying to
44:13
patch things together. The Rams secondary the last
44:15
month of the season did struggle and even against the Panthers,
44:17
they struggled a bit in that playoff game.
44:19
So if they can get any level of a second receiver, because you
44:21
know the Rams and Chris Schuler are going to game plan for
44:23
Najigba, if they can get any level of that and Darnold can
44:26
recognize those reads right away, that is going to be a big
44:29
X Factor because they're going to need some kind of second
44:31
option or AJ Barner if. Maybe are they going to try and
44:35
push it to the to the second level and like try to get
44:38
extended? Well, they're going to.
44:39
He's going to have to pick his wreaths.
44:41
Obviously they're going to force feed one second receiver.
44:43
I'm not saying force feed Shahid or force feed Tory Horton or any
44:46
of those guys that Darnold, if he does that, he's going to get
44:50
uncomfortable because those are the mistakes he was making
44:52
before he went to before he went to San Francisco really with all
44:55
these other teams, with The Jets, with the Panthers and
44:57
where he really struggles. So he can't be that either.
45:00
But if he can do that and get somebody else involved against
45:03
some Rams, I always talk about it.
45:05
New corners essentially. They traded for Rodger McCreary
45:08
at the deadline. They got a manual Forbes off of
45:10
waivers and a lot of the guys besides their defensive line are
45:14
all patchwork new things now. Seattle's defense is like that
45:17
too, to an extent. They bring in Luchena Nuosu last
45:20
year, DeMarcus Lawrence. They signed after the Cowboys
45:22
after he had a really bad stint at the end of his career with
45:24
Dallas. But at the same time, like they
45:27
still have the more of the raw talent on the defensive side,
45:29
whereas the Rams I think are more of a coaching game plan
45:31
type defense. And if Darnold like gets in his
45:34
own way, that could be the problem.
45:35
And this is where it gets interesting because Clint
45:37
Kubiak, who was with him in San Francisco, owned the Rams for a
45:40
while when he was there. But at the same time, he also
45:43
struggled with the Vikings in against the Rams in the playoffs
45:45
last year badly. So it's going to be interesting
45:47
to see which end of it they get there.
45:49
The tight, the tight ends, I agree with you.
45:50
Errol are big because they have a rotation of Ferguson, Colby,
45:53
Parkinson's another one too, and Higbee.
45:55
All three of those guys have had their roles.
45:56
If they can get one of those in a mismatch against one of those
45:59
younger safeties for the Seahawks, that could be an
46:01
interesting one too. Because Devante Adams not 100%
46:03
healthy either. I think they're going to have a
46:05
hard time running the ball against that Seattle front.
46:07
Very good inside with two inside runners with Korum and Kyron
46:10
Williams. You know, this is to me the
46:15
match up of is Darnold, the guy that got lost his job one year
46:20
because he couldn't beat Sean McVeigh when he was with
46:22
Minnesota. I think that's why he wasn't
46:26
brought back to Minnesota. I think Minnesota really regrets
46:28
that now after what see what they did.
46:32
But McVeigh may have his number the first match up.
46:34
He threw 4 picks this year in week 11 against the Rams in the
46:38
game they lost. Second game was week 16, big
46:41
comeback win. He had two touchdowns, 270
46:44
yards, wasn't particularly deficient.
46:48
I think McVeigh knows how to mess up, mess Darnold up.
46:52
And I don't think it's just, you know, Jabba, you're saying is he
46:54
going to press him? Is he going to go man?
46:57
Is he going to Errol? Is he going to go one-on-one?
47:00
I don't think it's any of that. And I think it's all that.
47:02
I think the way to beat Sam Darnold is to keep him thinking
47:06
right. You got to throw everything at
47:08
these guys. It's got to be a different type
47:10
of zone. It's got to look like man, but
47:12
it's zone. It's got to look like zone, but
47:14
it's man. It looks like a blitz is coming
47:16
from the right, but it's coming from the left.
47:18
You know, it's it's going to have to be, I assume it's going
47:21
to be something like that because that's he's the only guy
47:25
that really Donald's shown. He hasn't solved I think since
47:29
he's been a starter. And if he can figure it out,
47:33
they go to the Super Bowl. It's as simple as that.
47:36
And if not, I think the Rams have a really simple game plan
47:39
to beat them, make them turn the ball over and then run the ball
47:42
down their throats. Because they're they're really
47:45
good defensively. But if you just get the field
47:47
position game and you play one of those low scoring games, you
47:51
know you can win it. I don't think they're a better
47:53
team than Seattle. I, I don't.
47:56
I think Seattle's a much better team.
47:57
But can Darnold? It's going.
47:58
To be overcome this. It's going to be very, very
48:00
loud. Matthew Stafford has had
48:02
problems with his his headset in his helmet over the last couple
48:06
of weeks. It's it's probably one of the
48:08
loudest. Places and Stafford too, he's
48:11
even said like literally we've seen it on TV where he's like
48:15
Sean, I got this like stop, like stop being in my ear.
48:18
Like I, I got this like I can translate it.
48:20
And we all know Mcveigh's play calls are tremendously crazy.
48:26
Hey look if. DJ Moore runs his route on that
48:29
last play of the game before it gets picked off.
48:31
Yes, we may be talking about the Bears in this spot.
48:33
Very simply, I said the same thing and honestly, Carl bailed
48:36
him out it. Wasn't it was DJ Moore choking?
48:40
DJ Moore stopped his route. It's supposed to be a corner
48:42
route. Well, inhale and he stopped it
48:44
too. And like in the keys for
48:46
quarterbacks and I actually, I texted Eli Manning about this.
48:50
It's like keys when we go through progressions, like he
48:53
never turned his head to like get the ball or put his hand up.
48:56
Like they look for certain things.
48:58
He stopped his route and then he turned late and it's like, well,
49:02
I'm going to try and get it to you.
49:04
Like so I mean, I get that there's parts of each of this
49:09
process that you go through and I've obviously I've never played
49:11
quarterback, but talking to somebody that's done it at a
49:14
high, high level, it's like these are keys.
49:17
We go off of two off of our reads, but also two, my receiver
49:21
has to read it as well. And so he gives me those cues
49:25
and you see that as a coach fish.
49:27
It's like, OK, you missed it. Like he was there, his hand was
49:30
up or he turned his head early like and you know that and he.
49:34
I think it's exciting for Bears fans.
49:36
You know, they lost on that. I think they're going to come
49:38
back a lot better. You think?
49:39
So the Rams are. I think the Rams are.
49:41
I think they're. Going to this reminds me, just
49:44
like Matt Nagy for his first year, Matt Nagy in Chicago,
49:48
Mitchell Chabinsky, they they had an unbelievable season.
49:51
They lost in the wild card game because it was just a bad, you
49:54
know, a mistake that was made by the Chicago Bears, which cost
49:58
them the game. And if they went a little
50:00
further, they went to the divisional game and they lost,
50:03
not necessarily because they won and they they almost won that
50:06
game that hey, they're going to be better next year.
50:09
We've seen Caleb Williams come digress sometimes.
50:13
And I'm not saying I'm not saying that Caleb Williams will
50:16
regress. I I'm saying that there is an
50:19
opportunity for Caleb Williams to go into the offseason and
50:23
figure out what he is as a quarterback and figure that out,
50:26
something that he hasn't done over the last couple of years,
50:29
you know, even as a college player.
50:30
So I love Caleb Williams and I trust that Caleb Williams will
50:33
figure it out, but not necessarily fish when you say,
50:36
oh, next year they're going to make a bigger run.
50:38
Teams don't make the playoffs. Look at The Jets.
50:40
I just think that's clearly a team that showed, you know, they
50:45
may be better, they were better than anyone thought they were
50:47
going to be this year and they're for real going forward.
50:50
I wanted absolutely be taken. Seriously, I wanted to mention
50:53
that the the Ravens made an announcement today that they
50:55
landed and hired Jesse Minter. And I think this guy was one of
51:00
the best young coaches available this offseason.
51:04
Defensive coordinator for the Chargers, spectacular play
51:08
caller. And I think he fits everything
51:11
what the Ravens like to do, especially defensively.
51:14
He's young, he's got unique. He has a unique personality.
51:19
I know there was something that came out recently over the last
51:22
couple of hours and somebody asked him, what do you what do
51:26
you think about working with Lamar?
51:27
He says this isn't about Lamar. This is about the team.
51:29
I don't know if that's going to piss Lamar off, but I'm sure it
51:33
doesn't make Lamar happy that this young guy is going to come
51:36
in and he's going to be the 1:00 calling the shots.
51:40
This is why he didn't want John Harbaugh coming back, because he
51:42
thought John Harbaugh was too, you know, too pushy on the way.
51:47
He wanted him to show up the practices and do the things that
51:50
he wanted him to do. So I, I think, I think that's
51:53
very interesting to hear Jesse Minter say that.
51:55
But again, Jesse Minter understands the game of
51:58
football. He's been working with Jim
51:59
Harbaugh. Jim Harbaugh is one of the more
52:02
unique personalities, especially coaches and, and people to look
52:06
up to and, and successful coach too.
52:08
And he was successful over there with the Chargers.
52:11
Minter in two years has really drawn up some of the great
52:15
defenses we have seen in the last couple of years.
52:18
So this is a guy that's going to fix the Ravens defense.
52:21
The Ravens, which they've been so strong out over the years.
52:24
And if you look at their pasts when they were succeeding, they
52:28
had defensive coordinators as their head coaches.
52:30
Just think about it. So I think this is a great hire
52:34
for the Ravens. I think it's a slam dunk.
52:36
It's going to take time. The Ravens are going to have to
52:39
rebuild. I I, I will, I will say that I
52:42
don't know who their number one is.
52:44
They don't have a number one wide receiver.
52:45
Flowers is a #2 he's probably one of the best number twos in
52:48
the league, but he disappears in games.
52:51
They don't have a number one and every time they draft of a first
52:54
round wide receiver, they don't amount to anything or they don't
52:58
amount to the guy that they believe he was going to be.
53:00
So I think that's going to be a problem.
53:03
Is Minter going to be able to figure that one out?
53:05
I don't know. He's going to have to bring a
53:07
good offensive coordinator with them and a guy that he could
53:10
trust on a defensive end. But I I think this guy is a
53:12
fantastic higher slam dunk speedy.
53:15
Yeah, it's a game planning type defense I talked about with the
53:17
Rams. You kind of get that same kind
53:19
of thing with the Chargers. I think the Chargers, remember
53:21
he inherited a defense that was the worst pass defense in NFL
53:24
history the previous year in 2023.
53:26
Now, granted, obviously Harbaugh drafted some new players, which
53:28
helps too, but still, this is a game planning type defense that
53:31
I think the Ravens have needed. Like they've tried to strive on
53:34
their talent once their talent either got old or just not good
53:36
in key positions like edge rusher, like corner that they
53:39
they've had trouble developing outside of Marlon Humphrey in
53:40
recent years. They need somebody that can game
53:42
plan like this. Look at the Chargers secondary
53:45
from 23 to 24 and look at the edge rushing outside of Khalil
53:48
Mack. Like they didn't really have a
53:49
household name, but they get pressure on the quarterback and
53:52
they need that kind of thing with the Ravens at key position.
53:55
So I definitely like this hire too.
53:56
There's a reason he was probably the highest touted defensive
53:58
coordinator on on as a head coach.
54:00
And the Ravens, I mean, they've only had defensive head coaches
54:02
in their franchise history and they get another one here.
54:04
That's a very good hire. National champion with Michigan,
54:08
right? He's he was with Harbaugh at
54:10
Michigan. Harbaugh brings him with him to
54:12
the NFL, tells you everything you need to know about him and
54:15
then how they've performed. I think you Speedy, you
54:19
mentioned they were pretty bad secondary.
54:22
And Derwin James, you know, when he came into the league was
54:24
looked at as this great player. And then for a couple of years
54:27
there, he just disappeared. Well, with Jesse Minter, he's
54:30
one of the best safeties in football once again.
54:33
And I think it's just a testament.
54:35
You see, this guy knows how to coach football and he knows how
54:37
to get guys to play better. Lamar might not like it.
54:40
I agree. It's the same type of coach as
54:42
Harbaugh. He was there for four years as a
54:45
defensive assistant from 2017 to 2020 with the Ravens.
54:49
So it's not that he's unfamiliar with Lamar or the program.
54:52
So I I think he already knows a little bit about, you know, how
54:56
Lamar is in his temperament, whether or not I guess he
54:59
assumes he can handle it and we'll find out.
55:02
But I, I agree, Speedy, I think he was an arrow, you know, by
55:06
far the best defensive young coach out on the market probably
55:10
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55:53
All right, so we have a, a new guy Raiders running back.
55:56
He's currently on the league right now.
55:57
His name is Chris Collier. He's actually from Long Island,
55:59
went to, grew up in Hempstead, went to Cedar Point or
56:03
Cedarhurst. I think it is high school.
56:05
He's one of the Raiders backup running backs.
56:06
He'll be joining us at 8:45 and then on Thursday.
56:08
Time to be determined is a guy that's currently in the NFL,
56:12
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56:14
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56:15
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56:18
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56:21
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56:24
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56:26
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56:31
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56:36
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56:40
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56:43
how does he feel about next season and if they have a chance
56:46
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56:48
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56:51
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56:54
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56:57
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