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  Get laced up. Let's go! It's time for Banter
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  with the Boys. Oh, what are we doing? Banter
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  with the Boys. Welcome back. Gridiron Updates.
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  Yes, that's what we're doing. AFC Weest. Yeah.
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  The least. The least. West. AFC West. There it
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  is. Now we got it. Rob, thank you for bringing
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  us back in there. We've already gone off the
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  rails two seconds in. Here we are. Here we are.
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  Which team do you think is going to win this
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  one? Let's start there. Well, Jake's here. Jake's
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  here. Oh, sorry. Hi, Jake. We didn't even say
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  hi to him. Hi. Well, he's on the left side of
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  me. That's my non -dom side. Yeah. Anyway, all
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  right. I don't know what's going on. All right.
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  Good thing we got five more episodes to go tonight.
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  Okay. Yeah, we got this. So, AFC Weest West,
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  we are talking about, who do we want to talk
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  about first? Should we talk about the Raiders
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  first? The Raiders. The Leafs and the Weest.
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  Yeah, I mean, they're probably going to start
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  Kirk Cousins, right? 3 -14 last year. 3 -14.
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  Won their last game. Did they actually name a
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  starter yet, or are they like the Falcons and
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  not name a starter? No, it's Kirk. It's Kirk.
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  Okay. Kirk Hall. Chains. Kirk Hall Chains. Okay.
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  Right on. So what week do you think Mendoza starts?
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  Week one next year. Okay. You think it's a whole
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  season. I think Kirk's going to do just well
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  enough. I mean, barring a freak injury or something
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  like that. No, it's like Kirk Cousins stays healthy.
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  Yeah. I think if Kirk Cousins stays healthy,
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  leave Mendoza on the bench the entire year and
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  give Mendoza a whole year under Kirk and Clint
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  Kubiak to learn the system. Right, right. Which,
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  again, Kirk with Clint is not a bad idea. And
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  I know that that's probably going to irk a whole
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  bunch of Raiders fans out there because it's
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  like, why did we spend a user number one pick
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  on arguably the best quarterback? It would be
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  wild. And we're not starting them like they're
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  going to lose their minds over it. And I get
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  that. But there's something to be said about
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  giving them time to like learn the system and
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  develop it. And I think. kirk is going to be
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  a good quarterback for him and learning that
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  because kirk knows kubiak's offense and he kirk
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  knows what he's he he signed up for in this particular
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  instance versus when he signed with atlanta atlanta's
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  like you're the guy and then all of a sudden
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  they're like pennix yeah whereas in this instance
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  they haven't figured out who's starting right
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  now right whereas in this instance they're like
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  yeah we're gonna get mendoza but we want you
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  to like start yeah And so I think Kirk knows
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  his role here. And ideally, Kirk plays the entire
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  season and then Mendoza starts next year. I think
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  that that's what happens. Could only be the best
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  case scenario. I mean, they retooled. Definitely
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  the Raiders have added some things. They went
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  like this. Yeah, they definitely have money.
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  We've already mentioned Linderbaum. I mean, that
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  was a huge addition to that whole line. I mean,
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  start at the center of the offense line is definitely
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  going to help. I'm just kind of looking at their
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  schedule here because initially we were talking
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  about how long Kirk's going to play here. They've
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  got Dolphins at home, which is probably a win.
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  Then they go down to the Chargers, a game. It's
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  a toss -up, probably. Toss -up. Then they go
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  to the Saints. Could be a win. Could be an opportunity
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  there. Then they go Chiefs, Patriots, Bills.
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  A little bit of a gut ram. Say they even started
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  off 1 -3 there. They win and they lose. What
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  are you going to throw? You're going to go Chiefs,
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  Patriots, Bills, Rams. What game there do you
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  want him to be his first NFL game? We get it
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  against the Jets. That's where I was just kind
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  of looking at your schedule. There's our answer.
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  Week 8. Otherwise, it's going to be wolves and
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  good luck. I think they will be better than 1
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  and 3 in those first four. If they're 3 and 4
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  and they're going into week 8, do you say...
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  I think you rock Kirk Cousins. Then you're rocking
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  Kirk. Then their schedule gets really interesting,
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  too, because they play the NFC West. You've got
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  the Rams, the Seahawks, and the 49ers. They all
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  know what the deal was. Just looking at their
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  schedule, I think it's going to be a little bit...
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  They're a year away, I still think. You're saying
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  they're just going to get rocked this year. I
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  can see them coming. We've seen Fernando pass
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  week eight. Definitely to get... in, especially
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  if they start getting out of the playoff run.
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  You might as well get it started then. But if
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  Kirk goes up and healthy, I think you keep him
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  rolling as long as you can. They are going to
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  be better, but definitely a tough schedule for
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  them and tough division. If they get to seven,
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  I would call it a win this year for them. Like
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  you said, playing the NFC West at the same time.
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  That's tough. I would have liked to have seen
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  them retool more of the offense. Okay. So they
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  spent a whole bunch. I mean, they spent a lot
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  of money, but most of it went to the defensive
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  side. Which is very needed. Right. Right up the
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  middle, too, I love. Okay, so who is Kirk going
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  to throw the ball to? Brock Bowers and. Win healthy,
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  too. Brock Bowers is kind of a weird one, and
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  he wasn't always consistent either. Right. But
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  when he's in, man, he usually gives you something.
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  So they signed Jalen Naylor. Who was a three
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  in Minnesota for a long time. He's probably a
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  2B. Okay, so he's not a one. No. I can see him
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  getting to a two. They have Trey Tucker listed
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  as their one right now. Trey who? If you look
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  at their other projected starting wide receivers,
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  none of them have more than 300 yards last year.
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  So you're just like, really? A lot of two tight
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  ends running the heck out of Gentry play action
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  with Kirk. Who's also not healthy right now.
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  Yeah. Anyone see him above 500? No. I don't think
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  so. I can't. I think they're going to be a 5
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  -1 team. That might be pushing it. I think if
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  they get to 8, I would be surprised. I mean,
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  I don't know. I think that defense is going to
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  look way different this year. If N 'Kobe Dean
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  can stay healthy, you added Dean, Quay Walker,
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  Quiddy Payup. I mean, that's... You don't just
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  get to add those guys every day. You were able
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  to keep Max Crosby, who's now going to be motivated
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  as heck. I think that dude's not going to set
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  a record sack this year, but he could reach 20
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  at least. I think he's going to go like Super
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  Saiyan mode. I think he could probably break
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  20 sacks. I just hope a guy like that can stay
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  healthy because he could break a record someday.
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  To me, he's like front runner for defensive player
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  of the year just out of the gates. If I think
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  it's going to pick one, I think it's going to
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  be Max. because I mean I talk about Jared verse
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  playing with a chip on his shoulder for getting
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  traded I think Max is Max is gonna go like super
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  saiyan over 9000 mode just be like Baltimore
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  wanted me and now they don't like screw you guys
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  I'm gonna prove everybody wrong and that like
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  I'm the best yeah I mean they'll be interesting
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  defense definitely improves I mean they are they're
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  defensively they're gonna be not you know But
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  their schedule, and I don't know if their offense
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  is good enough to fully compete. Yeah. You know,
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  they've kind of put me in that not as good as
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  the Titans or Texans last year defense, but with
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  an average offense. But Gentry, it'd be interesting
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  to see how year two goes. He's got to stay healthy,
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  too. I do think they overused him last year,
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  though. Absolutely pounded the route. All right,
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  so where did your win total go for them? I'm
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  thinking 7 -10 at ceiling, you know. I know.
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  I think it would be a good year if they get that
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  far. Right on. 6 -11. 6 -11, okay. So we got
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  5 -6 -7 up there. Yeah, I think they grow, they
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  double up, but just a tough schedule. It is a
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  tough schedule. All right, well, let's head into
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  the L .A. Chargers. Your favorite AFC team. Yeah.
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  I mean, they really need to have both their tackles
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  be able to start the season nice and healthy.
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  Don't you know a guy that knows a guy? I do know
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  a guy that knows a guy. But Joel's healthy as
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  far as we know. Rashawn Slater, I think, is still
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  working his way back, but may start the season.
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  Morion Hampton needs to have a really breakout
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  season for the Chargers and that offense to really
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  do anything, which, again, you need those two
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  big -time tackles to be healthy and ready to
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  go. I think they will because, I mean, they signed
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  Charlie Kohler, a free agency, and David Njoku,
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  so they loaded up on tight ends. Jim Harbaugh's
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  a run -the -rock kind of guy, so I would totally
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  expect two tight end sets with Njoku and Kohler.
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  They even signed Alec Ingold. He's a really serviceable
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  fullback, so you're probably going to see a lot
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  of two tight end fullback and one running back
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  because as far as wide receivers go, besides...
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  I mean, they've got bobblehead McConkie, but
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  beyond that. Bobblehead McConkie. Do you see
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  the size of his helmet? Yeah, with his protection
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  thing in. Yeah, it looks like he's a bobblehead.
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  I mean, he's great. He's a great receiver, but,
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  I mean, he looks like a bobblehead. They don't
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  have, like, another. If Johnson can continue
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  to actually catch the ball like he has in the
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  preseason, that's your two for sure. Behind that,
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  yeah, it's tough. Yeah, it's tough. You're getting
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  Hampton and Keaton Mitchell involved in the pass
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  game is what you're doing with screens. And Mitchell's
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  going to be amazing in that. Yep. No, I agree.
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  I think defensively, too, for the Chargers. I
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  think the defense is what actually kept him in
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  a lot of games last year as well. A little Derwin
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  James. I could definitely see. Yeah, and I think
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  he even missed a couple games last year. But
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  I could see the Chargers kind of floating right
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  where they were last year at 11 wins kind of.
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  Sure. Ceilings maybe 12. Floor could be as low
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  as 9. Yeah. You know, Harbaugh's now been there
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  a year, so it would be nice to kind of see. Some
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  progression there with what he's got going on.
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  Yeah, 11 -6 last year. Second place in that division.
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  I was super excited about the Chargers this year.
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  Then their center got hurt and he's out for the
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  year. Just another lineman to start the year
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  out. Which is really tough, especially starting
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  off the year. I was really excited for Hampton,
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  too, coming into his second year. Mike McDaniel,
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  Ocino. I liked all that. I liked because they
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  were running a lot at 12. Like they said, they
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  got another tight end, too, to help out their
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  lack of depth on the receiver side. So, offensively,
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  so they can find someone to play center. which
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  is a really key position on that offensive line.
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  Both tackles back. They got hurt last year, but
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  then he still survived with an 11 -win season.
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  Looks like they're rocking a rookie center right
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  now. I think they're a wild -card level team.
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  That center play is going to really have to come
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  through, and then Hampton's got to stay healthy
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  to see what he has all this year. I really like
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  Michael McDaniel coming down to the offense coordinator,
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  maybe opening up some of it. I know some new
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  concepts in Harbaugh's still -seller team. Great
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  coach. Yeah, wild card is kind of where I'm feeling
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  with them right now. It's another tough division,
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  especially the Chiefs retooling, too. So, yeah,
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  10 I think is about where they're at. 10 wins.
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  10 wins. You're about 10, too. Yeah, because
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  think about it, and we're going to talk about
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  it with the Chiefs. The Chiefs are going to be
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  more competitive. They will not be a 6 -1 team.
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  No, they will not. They will be a more win team.
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  And so I think one of those wins will be Chargers.
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  And so, yeah, 10. I think 10 is about the sweet
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  spot. Right on. Right on. That's from Chargers.
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  look there. Let's head right into the Chiefs
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  with that. Somebody who we all agree maybe it
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  sounds like potentially that they're not going
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  to be a 6 -1 team. Like you said, some retooling
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  now at this point. Adding K -9 seems massive
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  for that offense as long as he can stay healthy.
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  He's another one that has had some injury spills.
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  Almost every year I feel like in Seattle he was
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  hurt. Other than last year. I feel like Kenneth
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  Walker was probably the most important skilled
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  position player signed in free agency this year.
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  For sure. Because the Chiefs have, it feels like
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  half a decade now, have been trying to get a
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  legitimate number one running back. And I think
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  they finally have it. And the AFC West and the
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  AFC in general should be worried about that.
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  Because if that can, take some of the load off
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  of Patrick Mahomes and having to be Superman
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  and Travis Kelsey getting older. I worry about
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  like his endurance and ability to, I mean, I'm.
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  have all the confidence in the world he'll still
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  make plays because for whatever reason he's always
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  open but he doesn't have to always get open if
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  you're starting to be able to like consistently
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  run the ball for four yards a carrier like off
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  offload some of that stuff it's interesting you
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  bring up Travis Kelsey before any of their receivers
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  because it feels like they don't have a number
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  one receiver I wouldn't consider Rice or Worthy
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  a number one receiver for me anyway. I think
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  they're both kind of those 2A receiver types.
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  I think Rice could be the number one. And the
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  lack of playing time, like the injuries, and
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  then he had the suspension for the driving incident
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  and stuff like that kind of took away from that.
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  And if we have more time where he's able to be
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  healthy and be on the field longer, I think we'll
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  actually see that he is... Progress into that?
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  Is that number one wide receiver. Because I feel
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  like he's shown the flashes. Xavier Worthy, I
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  think, took a step back from me this past year
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  than the year before. And I'd like to see him
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  grow a little bit more, too. Well... Yeah, I
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  mean, the Chiefs are just like the Texans last
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  year on offense. Injury bugs throughout the whole
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  thing. And then late in the year, you'd see Pat
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  go down. Really interesting team. It was kind
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  of nice for a Chiefs fan. Yeah, you didn't make
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  the playoffs and lost all your streaks and continuing
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  on this and like that. But it was a really nice
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  reset for you. You got a bunch of draft picks
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  out of the deal. You traded away McDuffie to
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  the Rams. And then you drafted Delane from Virginia
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  Tech, who he might even be better than McDuffie,
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  to be honest. And then they also picked out that
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  Peter Wood, another D tackle that got not joined
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  up. The Jones in the middle. I think Casey definitely
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  retooled. It's Kenneth Walker being healthy.
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  I agree with you. Might be the most significant
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  free agent pickup on the offensive side for sure.
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  Yeah, the Chiefs kind of have that vibe like
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  they're coming back. Travis Kelsey is probably
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  in best shape in his five years. A lot of the
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  talk right now, he's really locked in and got
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  focused, you know, because he knows he's towards
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  the end of it. And they're saying he's looking
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  a little quicker this year. He was fighting for
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  yards and pre -sheets. And he's just a dog. And
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  that goes a long way because there was, I think
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  it was. like a month or so ago, like right after
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  he got married, like they were talking about
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  his dad bod and it was just like, man, this guy's
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  going to play again with a dad bod like that.
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  Like he didn't look in shape at all. Don't worry
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  about it, man. He's going to get ready. He's
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  going to be fine. Yeah. So I expect big things,
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  you know, especially with Kenneth Walker. You
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  give a little play action. I mean, that's where
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  Pat Mahomes thrives. You get him that deed set,
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  seven drip, Baco. With Worthy as fast as he is,
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  too. And you get Rice on the outside. And, yeah,
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  he's not a. I don't think he's a one on any other
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  teams, but he's definitely a one on Casey and
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  how they like to use him. Right, but he's not
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  a one then to me. Yeah. I feel like if they could
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  get a legitimate one, that would just set them
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  over the top with the addition of Kenneth Walker.
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  But that offense, I never really needed a one
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  true. Because you had Travis Kelsey for so long.
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  Yeah, true. I agree. But I think Rice is enough
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  to fill that void, and they just have enough.
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  just little play like it's not always that traditional
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  like offense of the case he runs it's a lot of
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  misdirection your eyes moving this way we throw
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  back a little screen here to there extend the
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  play here there yeah it's exactly so and kelsey
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  still had a threat over the middle which opens
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  up the outside you know he's still that threat
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  he still can shake a defender at his age so It's
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  going to be tough, but I think they're going
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  to get back up to 11 -12 wins this year. Right
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  on. 11 -12 wins. What did you say for wins? I
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  didn't say anything for wins. I'm thinking at
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  least 10 for me. Yeah. Putting me on the spot,
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  I think 10 -11 is going to be right there. We're
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  all green. Yeah, look at us. We'll probably agree
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  a bit on this next team, too. Maybe. Maybe. Some
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  regression inbound. Let's talk about them. Let's
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  go. Denver Broncos. Talk about who? Yeah, good
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  one. For those equestrian fans out there? Plenty
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  of them that we have watching. Stay fair season,
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  baby. That's right. 14 -3, they went last season.
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  Had a little bit of a run there. And then, unfortunately,
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  Bo Nix. Just could not play. That freak. In the
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  playoffs. That freak. Jason Stidham. Yeah. And
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  which. Kind of sucked for an AFC championship.
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  Yeah. Sure did. And Sean Payton had all the confidence
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  in the world in him. And yeah, it just didn't
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  go well. Well, they played against the Patriots
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  defense. They were pretty good. And Patriots.
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  I mean, Broncos defense was pretty solid all
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  year as well. Yeah, if not the best. Right, right.
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  And that's why, like, Jonathan Cooper going to
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  that exempt list is kind of interesting for them
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  right now. Not their whole defense, but he's
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  a big part of it. Who was the other one? Oh,
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  Josh Jacobs. We'll talk about him. Don't worry.
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  We'll get all fired up about him. I think the
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  Broncos, they didn't really do a lot. But I don't
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  think that they really needed to do a lot in
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  this offseason. I mean, their offense is solid.
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  Yeah, whereas with the Jaguars, they're like,
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  hey, let's run this back. What are you doing?
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  With the Broncos, let's run this back. Okay,
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  let's do that. Because I think if you had a healthy
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  Bo Nix, your AFC championship game is a completely
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  different conversation. I think they're in the
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  Super Bowl. Yeah. It's not like the Patriots
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  played that great either without. Totally cool
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  with them not really doing a whole lot. Re -signing
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  J .K. Dobbins I think was good. I'd like to hopefully
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  see, and you're a J .K. Dobbins guy too. Love
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  her. Nope. Heard it as soon as it came out. But
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  he loves him. We want him to be healthy and to
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  succeed because we know he can be a great running
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  back. Possibly game changer. Yeah. When healthy.
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  No, I mean, you added Jalen Waddell to an already.
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  Pretty solid offense that just helps put them
• 20:28
  over the top even more for me. Yeah, that ties
• 20:31
  into this note here. What do you got? That the
• 20:34
  Broncos' wide receiver depth might be the best
• 20:37
  depth in football now. Matching up with Cortland
• 20:40
  Sutton's on the other side. Yeah, and Mims. And
• 20:43
  Mims is like a second. Yeah. I mean, that's pretty
• 20:47
  solid. Yeah, since Green Bay traded and lost
• 20:52
  some wide receivers. We'll talk about that later.
• 20:56
  Yeah, don't worry. Yeah, I think Denver probably
• 20:59
  is the best wide receiver group in the league
• 21:02
  now. And then matched up with one of the better
• 21:04
  defensive groups that not much changed their
• 21:07
  result as well. So it's like, do you guys see
• 21:10
  regression from the 14 wins? A little bit. I
• 21:13
  do. And that's just because to me it's... 14
• 21:16
  wins is tough. Well, yes, but also, I mean...
• 21:19
  You've got the first -place schedule, but you're
• 21:21
  also going to potentially be playing a healthy
• 21:25
  Chiefs team. Yeah, that's what they open up against.
• 21:28
  Right. Which Mahomes might be ready for, allegedly.
• 21:33
  I don't want them to push it, though. I think
• 21:36
  14 is their peak. I would probably see them as
• 21:40
  a 12 -win team. Okay. Like you said, they did
• 21:46
  lose Myers on the defensive side, which that
• 21:51
  hurts. I mean, he was a key player of them. You
• 21:55
  didn't mention first place. They got Casey to
• 21:58
  start, Jacksonville, Rams, 49ers, Chargers. Seattle.
• 22:04
  That's their first six. Before you get a breather
• 22:06
  against Arizona. I definitely see some regression.
• 22:11
  I'm seeing that 11. I think them and the Chiefs
• 22:15
  are going to be neck and neck right until last
• 22:17
  week on who wins that division. Then the Chargers
• 22:19
  can swoop in. It's going to be a timing. This
• 22:23
  is probably top three divisions for sure in the
• 22:27
  league. They're solid. The waddle pickup is really
• 22:33
  nice on that offensive side. They got establishing
• 22:37
  them running back. Who was the rookie last year?
• 22:39
  I'm thinking of... RJ Harvey. Yeah, Harvey. He
• 22:44
  was a nice addition on it, especially in that
• 22:46
  Sean Payton offense. It reminds me of Alvin Kamara
• 22:50
  a little bit. Those swing passes, setting them
• 22:52
  all up for that with that quick speed on the
• 22:55
  outside. Defensively, one of the best, but...
• 23:00
  Yeah, 14 was a big win last year. They'll be
• 23:05
  right in competitive with that AFC title. Right
• 23:09
  on. I think there's something I'll squeak out
• 23:11
  like 13. I don't think it'll be 14, but I think
• 23:14
  it'll still be a considerable amount more than
• 23:17
  the Chiefs. And they'll just run away with the
• 23:19
  division again. Again, unless the Chargers, you
• 23:21
  know, squeak on there. They've just got to come
• 23:24
  out ahead on that first six games, and then the
• 23:25
  rest of their schedule kind of thins out a little
• 23:27
  bit, you know. Yeah, but it is a gauntlet right
• 23:30
  off the bat for them. It is. All right, well,
• 23:33
  you've got final thoughts over there on the Denver
• 23:37
  Broncos? No, I don't. No, screw them. My high
• 23:43
  is restored. They're perfectly fine. The nay
• 23:46
  is restored. Well, they're in that window because
• 23:48
  they have bone X contracts. So they're in that
• 23:51
  same thing as Drake. And, you know, we'll see,
• 23:54
  like, when we get to the NFC side. I wonder what
• 23:56
  kind of contracts those guys are going to start
• 23:58
  commanding once we get to that point. Just unbelievable.
• 24:00
  Well, I think next year they'll start, right?
• 24:02
  Because this will be year three, usually in year
• 24:05
  four. This is three. Before the fifth year. Yeah.
• 24:08
  Yeah. Yeah. And quarterbacks, usually they do
• 24:11
  a year early versus anyone else. Yeah, because
• 24:14
  the quarterbacks are like, we're playing good.
• 24:16
  You've got to pay us more now. Well, Bo Nix,
• 24:20
  where was your foot in the playoffs, buddy? All
• 24:23
  right, well, that's a wrap on the AFC West here
• 24:28
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• 24:32
  Jake, thanks for being here, man. Thanks for
• 24:34
  having me. Yeah. You coming for the next one?
• 24:37
  I think I'll be here. Okay. I bet you don't leave
• 24:39
  that seat. I bet you don't either. Roberto, of
• 24:43
  course. Yeah, buddy. Kev, as always, getting
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