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Ep.107: It's just week 1 · Football Junkies podcast

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We are back folks. The confetti has stopped falling.
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The champagne has been poured out. The ring ceremony
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has happened and the banner is in the stands.
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The slate has been cleaned and everyone has a
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chance to etch their name in history. No longer
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are we talking about the events of last season.
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No longer are we playing the what -if game with
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friends, loved ones, and colleagues because football
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is finally back. We have now hit the point of
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the year where the determining factor of a good
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week or a bad week is based on a win or loss.
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Football is finally back. And for the next six
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months, we will all be football junkies in our
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own way. Week one is in the book folks and man
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did it not disappoint us from the Bears putting
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up 60 points to the Browns Already being in turmoil
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and it's only the second week of the season.
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We have a lot to talk about So let's just get
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into it. All right Ravens and Colts recap Browns
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and Jaguars recap and Ohio State versus Texas
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recap. Okay all of this and more on the 107th
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episode of the Football Junkies podcast, all
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right? I'm your host with the most, all right?
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I'm your Chief Bagro -Damas, that's right, Chief
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Head of Table. Anything and everything related
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to the bag, rumors to the bag and more. I'm your
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GM who currently is not on the team right now,
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but don't you worry about it, all right? Don't
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you worry about it because guess what? I have
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all these things and more, but most importantly,
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the most important thing that you must remember
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is I am your host, Kale. Buckle up. It's gonna
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get crazy. I've been going for about a couple
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months So I got a lot to say and I got a lot
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of stuff to get off my chest So guess what on
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three one, two, three, let's lock in Let's get
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to the meaty potatoes of everything that's going
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on in the league right now. So let's just get
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into it Alright, so with the ravers and Colts
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Lamar Jackson, 25 attempts for 17 completions,
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324 passing yards, one touchdown, 13 yards per
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attempt and a 68 completion percentage. Derrick
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Henry, 24 rushing attempts for 144 rushing yards,
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six rushing yards per carry, three rushing touchdowns
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and four rushes of 10 plus yards or more. Ze
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Flowers, six targets for five receptions, 150
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receiving yards, one touchdown, 30 receiving
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yards per reception and 85 yards after catch.
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Put a bookmark on that because we're going to
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be talking about that. just a moment, OK? Now
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with Daniel Jones, 31 attempts for 19 completions,
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166 passing yards, one touchdown, one interception,
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5 .4 yards per attempt, and a 61 .3 completion
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percentage. Jonathan Taylor, 19 rushing attempts
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for 98 rushing yards, 5 .2 rushing yards per
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carry, two rushing touchdowns, and five rushes
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of 10 plus yards or more. Alec Pierce, six targets
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for four receptions, 61 receiving yards, and
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15 .3 receiving yards per reception. So going
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into this game, I didn't have the highest expectations,
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but I did believe this could be one of those
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games that we're going to be talking about for
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the coming weeks. And the reason why I say that
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is because we all know what happened with the
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Ravens this off season, right? John Harbaugh
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is gone. Todd Monkin is gone. That entire regime
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is gone. And now Jesse Minter and Declan Doyle
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come in. So here I am thinking, OK, how is this
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offense going to look? and most importantly,
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how was Lamar gonna look with Declan Doyle? And
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I'm gonna be honest with you, for this to be
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the first week, Lamar looks pretty good. And
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I understand that this is just the first week,
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and I understand a lot of times we can overhype
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things and whatnot. but you can just see the
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small details have been refined a lot under Declan
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Doyle compared to Tom Monkin. And this is no
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jab at Tom Monkin, but we just have to be honest
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here folks. In the last few years under the hardball
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and Monkin regime, Things start to get a little
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bit stale right you ever been in a room that
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has that stale smell It's not necessarily a stinky
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smell and it's not necessarily a good smell but
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it's a smell that just lingers around for a really
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long time and That's been the Ravens offense
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for the past few years Sometimes it can be really
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explosive put up crazy numbers and blow everybody
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away And then there could be other times where
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it's really reserved. They don't get anywhere
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It's just like what are you doing? And I think
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the Ravens realize this all season that hey,
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we have this special talent in Lamar Jackson
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We need to try to win now because as I've said
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before in previous episodes And I'm going to
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continue to say it until something happens. They
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have to win a Super Bowl That is the only way
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that you can justify every decision the Ravens
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have made thus far from trading for Roquon Smith
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to you know drafting Kyle Hamilton and drafting
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Nate Wiggins and you know signing Derrick Henry
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via free agency and all the moves that they made
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you have to win at least one I'm not expecting
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them to win two or three or ten but you have
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to win at least one and I think with Declan Doyle
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and Jesse Minter I think they have the best chance
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because the offense just looked more fluid and
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if we can be honest here I think the part that
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needs to be talked about a little bit more is
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how effective everybody was when it came to Yak,
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right? We all know Zay Flowers had a crazy game,
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right? And as I just read with the stats, he
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had 85 yards after catch. But let's just break
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this down even more, okay? Chris Moore had 24
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yards after catch, Derek Henry had 20 yards after
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the catch, Mark Andrews had 14 yards after the
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catch, Justice Hill had 11 yards after the catch,
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and Matthew Hibner had 11 yards after the catch.
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That to me is signaling that not only is the
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play calling creating things where they can not
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only make the big play, but it's also creating
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the opportunity. for a small play to turn into
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big yards. And I think that's something that
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was missing under Todd Monkin for the last few
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years. And I think getting someone in Declan
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Doyle who comes from Ben Johnson and Sean Payton,
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I think you're gonna get the best of both worlds.
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Because not only are you gonna get a highly explosive
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passing game, but the running game is also gonna
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be effective too. And honestly speaking, I think
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the only thing That may have people a little
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bit upset about is the offensive line, but let
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me emphasize this and i've i've told this with
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my friends mook We've had this conversation before.
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Okay. Shout out to mook. Shout out to all the
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ravens nation. Okay offensive lines Need time
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in order to get into their groove, right? You
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don't see offensive lines looking like an offensive
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line in the mid season They take time And sometimes
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it'll take you maybe about, I don't know, half
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of the season, maybe the second part of the season
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for them to really gel. And that's what we're
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seeing with the Ravens. Ronnie Stanley, he had
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a lot of penalties, but he's a veteran tackle.
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So I'm gonna give him some grace. I know for
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him, it takes him a while to get into his groove.
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That's fine. But if we see this past the trade
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deadline, hey, we may have to have a conversation,
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okay? Vega Iwane, he's a rookie, he's gonna make
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some mistakes. I can't really hold him, you know,
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super accountable, right? Because again, rookies
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are gonna make mistakes. Regardless of where
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they were drafted and the hype that they had
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coming out of college and whatnot, they're going
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to make mistakes. Rookie offensive linemen do
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not look good. I don't care who you bring up.
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You can bring up Trent Williams, you can bring
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up Steve Hutchinson, you can bring up Alan Fenneca,
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you can bring up Anthony Munoz. It does not matter.
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They are not going to look good. They're gonna
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have flashes, okay? But to say that they're gonna
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just come out guns blazing? No. And if they do,
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it's a very rare situation. But overall, I was
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very impressed with this offense. Now, defensively,
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oh, the Ravens are back. The Ravens defensively
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are back. And I think that was the part that
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really caught my attention in this game because
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for the last few years, post Mike McDonald, this
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defense has been really inconsistent, right?
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You'll have one year where Roquon looks really
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good, Marlon looks good, Kyle Hamilton, you know,
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looks like one of the best safeties in the league.
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And then you'll have another year where it's
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like, what is everybody doing? Case in point
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last year. I forgot what game it was Ravens fans.
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You should probably know what I'm talking about.
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Okay? There was a point in time where they have
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Marlon Humphrey lining up as a linebacker You
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don't believe me. I will find the clip better
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yet I will find the picture and Posted with this
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episode as proof Now I understand that John Harbaugh
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wanted to give Zach Orr a chance, but let's be
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honest here You don't thrust someone like Zach
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Orr into a position like this. This is something
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where you needed a veteran defensive coordinator
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to handle this defense. And bringing in Dean
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Pease mid -season is not gonna be the answer.
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Bringing back Chuck Pagano is not gonna be the
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answer. You need to bring in somebody that's
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gonna have new ideas, new concepts, and a new
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approach to defense. Because the defensive culture
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now, not just with the Ravens, But everywhere
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around the league is different now. You're seeing
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a lot of defense is now operating in big nickel.
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And you have Kyle Hamilton who can operate as
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a big nickel. Look at how Derwin James was used
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under Esi Mincer. He can do the exact same thing
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with Kyle Hamilton. But I think he could probably
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make Kyle Hamilton even better in that situation
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compared to Derwin James. Because Kyle Hamilton
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is a little bit taller, he's a little bit bigger,
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and you can use him in a plethora of different
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situations compared to Derwin James. When we
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look at the Ravens just as a whole, I understand
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this is just the first week. But for them to
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put on such a dominating performance against
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the Colts, against a team who... By all measurements
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people could say they're playoff contenders I'm
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pretty impressed, but I want to see how this
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goes as the season continues because again Anybody
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can look good in week one, right? How many teams
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have we seen in week one? Put up crazy numbers
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and do crazy things and then week two week three
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week four They just look horrible if I'm not
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mistaken. We saw this with the Saints a couple
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years ago They put up crazy stats against the
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Cowboys and everybody was like, whoa, is this
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the year for the Saints? Is Derek Hargan gonna
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win his first MVP this year? And then shortly
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after, they just standing all the way down. And
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then we never talked about the Saints probably
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for the rest of the year. And if we did, it was
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probably about someone being traded or someone
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being out for the year or something crazy happening,
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right? But when we talk about the Colts, however,
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I did have some reservations about Daniel Jones.
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And the reason why I say that is because I thought
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he needed a little bit more time to recover from
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the Achilles, personally. Whenever you have an
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injury like that, especially as a quarterback.
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it's gonna take you about maybe two years for
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you to really, you know, really feel like yourself.
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And we've seen that with multiple quarterbacks.
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We saw that with Era Rogers and we saw that with
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her cousins. It took Era Rogers almost two years
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to really be Era Rogers again because of the
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Achilles injury. Now granted, Daniel Jones is
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a little bit younger so he can recover a little
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bit faster than them, but it's the same type
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of injury. Now, I didn't think this offense was
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bad. I didn't think this offense was great either.
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I just feel like they left a lot of meat on the
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bone. And I think going into this year with a
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lot on the line and the possibility that this
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may be the last year for Shane Stiketon as the
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head coach for the Colts, I wanted to see more.
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I wanted to see Tyler Warren get used in different
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ways. I wanted to see Alec Pierce get used in
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different ways. I wanted Jonathan Taylor to be
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more active, not just in the run game, because
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at the end of the day, you have the pieces on
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both offense and defense. But the only problem
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that we are seeing with the Colts is they fall
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on their own sword every single year. They make
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the boneheaded mistakes at the wrong time, and
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guess what? Now we're not talking about them.
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We saw that last year last year the Colts were
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on fire for most of the season and Then lo and
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behold they went up against a few teams and then
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they started look a little shaky and then before
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you know it Daniel Jones is hurt then he's out
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for the year and then you're bringing back Philip
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Rivers and Then you're thinking that Philip Rivers
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can at least hold things together until Daniel
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Jones Can at least come back or at least do something?
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No, it just wasn't going to work. And at some
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point, we just have to have an honest conversation
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about Shane Stiketon. Maybe he's over his head
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with the Colts. Because let's be honest here.
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They have very high expectations for a team that,
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me personally, I do not consider them contenders.
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I would consider the Texans more of a contender,
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despite the question mark that they had with
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CJ Stroud. Then the Colts right now personally
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that that's just my personal opinion I could
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be wrong Colts fans Texas fans you guys come
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and be sideways. I really don't care, right?
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But just looking at how this offense played I
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have questions But I need to see them as the
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season progress before I can make my conclusions
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because again It's only week one a lot of things
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can happen a lot of times This is you know, the
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first real snaps that a lot of these players
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are playing because a lot of them don't play
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in the preseason at all So, you know, it takes
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them a while to you know, get into the swing
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of things and that's perfectly fine But in a
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year where you need to show something where you
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need to elevate your play where you need to say
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hey Last year wasn't just a fluke We're here
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to stay. We're gonna be competitive. We're not
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gonna stop You needed to win this game Even when
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they were down They still committed to the run
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game granted you have Jonathan Taylor one of
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the best running backs in the league and that's
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perfectly fine But at some point you need to
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put that ball in the air You have Tyler Warren
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you have You have Alec Pierce you have downs
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you have people that can make plays you needed
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to put that ball up in the air and They really
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didn't do it as much But again, I'm gonna give
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you some grace because why it's the first week
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of the regular season A lot of things can change
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from now until then and plus if we can be honest
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here Most coaches don't like to show their bag
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per se when it's the first week. They like to
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wait. Okay now defensively We might have to have
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a conversation about Luana rumo, I'm not saying
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he's a bad defensive coordinator I just feel
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like his philosophy does not match with the Colts
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personally. It's just, they were just night and
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day sometimes. And the points in the game where
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they needed to consistently make plays just to
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keep the game close, they weren't doing it. Lamar
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was having his way with that secondary. Zay Flowers
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cooking. Cooking with hot grease from the moment
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that he caught his first pass. Until his hamstring
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messed up. He was on fire and the cold secondary
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didn't have an answer for it. I Blamed that on
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coaching at some point. You have to make an adjustment
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at some point. You have to recognize Hey, this
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is what they're doing. We need to do something
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different You just traded two first -round picks
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for sauce Garner and gave it gave him a boatload
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of money Put sauce on Zay Flowers see what happens
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if need be put a safety over top do something
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You need to position your best players in a way
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where they can make big plays and If you can't
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do that, well, then I'm sorry. We have a problem
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because I mean, let's be honest here They have
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a good defensive line. You have a lot to lot
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to right? You still have the force Buckner. You
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still have Grover Stewart the linebacker core
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It could be better, but I think it's good enough
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In the secondary, it's a work in progress. Cool.
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But that's not what we saw on Sunday. What we
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saw was a defense that just got picked apart
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left and right. Derrick Henry looked like mid
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-season Derrick Henry. Three rushing touchdowns?
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Is anybody tackling? Is anybody doing the fundamental
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things that you're supposed to be doing? No,
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we didn't see that. Instead, what we saw was
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a defense that was clinging to the idea of, if
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we can just make one play, or if they can just
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make one mistake, maybe we can do something.
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And I'm sorry, that's not good enough for me.
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Especially for a team that many consider contenders,
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even though to me, I think they're just pretenders.
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And one more thing about this game, and then
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we'll talk about the Browns and Jags, because
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there's a lot to talk about with that game. According
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to NFL Pro, in man coverage against Zay Flowers,
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Sauce Gardner only gave up one reception for
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12 yards. I'm going to say that again. In man
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coverage against Zay Flowers, Sauce Gardner,
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the person that you just gave up two first round
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picks to acquire, gave up one reception for 12
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yards. So explain to me why Sauce wasn't on Zay
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Flowers the entire time. explain to me why Justin
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Wally was the primary person going up against
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Zay Flowers. Please explain that to me. Because
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it's those type of situations that can have Zay
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Flowers just look like one of the best receivers
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in league. And this is not me saying that he's
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a slouch, but Zay put up crazy numbers in the
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first half alone. He didn't even play a lot in
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the second half. the first half alone he did
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all his work and you mean to tell me not one
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time did you say you know what you make a change
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sauce wherever he goes you go gotta do better
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but again it's just weak Now let's talk about
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the Browns and Jags. So Deshaun Watson, 22 attempts
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for 16 completions, 205 passing yards, one touchdown,
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one interception, 9 .3 yards per attempt, and
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a 72 .7 completion percentage, as well as taking
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on five sacks. Put a bookmark on that, okay?
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Deshaun Watson again, six rushing attempts for
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38 rushing yards, 6 .3 rushing yards per carry.
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Denzel Boston, four targets for two receptions,
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59 receiving yards, one receiving touchdown,
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and he averaged 29 .5 receiving yards per reception.
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Trevor Lawrence, 23 attempts for 18 completions,
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245 passing yards, four passing touchdowns, 10
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.7 yards per attempt, and a 78 .3 completion
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percentage. Baishal Tutin, 15 rushing attempts
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for 66 rushing yards, 4 .4 rushing yards per
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carry, and three rushes of 10 plus yards or more.
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Parker Washington, six targets for five receptions,
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83 receiving yards, one receiving touchdown,
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and he averaged 16 .6 receiving yards per reception.
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So going into this game, I had a lot of questions
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about the Jaguars as a whole because we all saw
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how they looked once they acquired Jacoby Myers.
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They were competitive. They made it into the
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playoffs, and if we're being honest here, they
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gave the Bills a run for their money, even though
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I feel like they should have won that game. But
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we're not gonna talk about the past. The past
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is the past, new season, slate clean, all that
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good stuff and more, right? But to see Parker
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Washington pick up where he left off from last
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season, that's a great sign. That lets me know
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that they have found a gem of a wide receiver.
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And not only do you have him, But Brian Thomas
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looked like Brian Thomas of old that's good because
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we all know for the past two off seasons There's
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been quote -unquote rumors that the Jaguars are
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going to trade away Brian Thomas that they're
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looking for a first -round picking that Well,
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that's all been silenced now because Brian Thomas
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is Brian Thomas again, and then you have Jacobi
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Myers just cooking I Understand this is week
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one I might get a lot of flack for what I'm about
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to say. I think the Jaguars will have a top five
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offense by the time the season is over. I'm going
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to say that one more time. With the weaponry
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that they have right now on this offense, I believe
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that this offense, once everything is said and
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done, will be top five. and I Believe that this
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will be the year that Trevor Lawrence will be
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an MVP finalist. I'm not saying he's gonna win
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it Okay, not saying that but what I am saying
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is this will be his best year by far You have
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a by show to it. You have a good offensive line,
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which we're gonna talk about that in just a moment
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Gotta talk about the offensive line, right? You
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have Brian Thomas, you have Britton Strange,
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you have Jacobi Myers, and you have Parker Washington.
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You have everything that you need to have a successful
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offense. And they've had an offseason together
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to clean up all the small details. Now, again,
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it's only week one. And I know people are saying,
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well, they went up against the Browns. The Browns
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will be the Browns. I get that. But schematically
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just seeing how they were operating Gives me
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hope that this offense is going to put up crazy
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numbers this season Really think about it Parker
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Washington was cooking in this game Not only
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was he effective in the slot, but he was also
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effective outside You saw them using a lot of
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bunch formations. You saw them using a lot of
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trips formations You saw them just dishing the
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ball left and right to whoever wanted the ball
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and they were making plays and Then you have
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a manual prank a pregnant on who they just drafted
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this year He looks pretty solid, too Now I'm
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not trying to guess like the Jaguars. Okay Jaguar
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fans, let's bring it down for a moment. Okay,
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you know, I got a little bit excited. Let's bring
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it down. Okay But I do believe they're gonna
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make some noise I do believe they're going to
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be a sleeper when we get close to talking about
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the playoffs You can bookmark that Time stamp
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it whatever you want. I said what I said The
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Jaguars will be a problem By the time we talk
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about the playoffs Am I saying they're gonna
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win the division? It's possible. Am I saying
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they can go on a playoff run? It's possible.
24:34
Anything and everything is possible right now
24:37
for the Jaguars, and I get it. I know people
24:41
are gonna say, well, you sound like a hypocrite.
24:43
It's only week one. Folks, there are just certain
24:50
things that you just see in an offense that just
24:53
makes you say, I need to see more of this. But
24:57
I need to see this against real competition.
25:00
Because if you can do this against real competition,
25:03
Houston, we have a problem. We have a big problem.
25:07
The run game looks really solid. The passing
25:11
game looks good and consistent. And Trevor Lawrence
25:15
looks like he is really comfortable. And for
25:18
once, he looks like the Trevor Lawrence that...
25:21
everybody was waiting to see. Defensively, the
25:24
Jaguars looked really good. They were creating
25:25
a lot of pressure on Deshaun Watson. The defensive
25:28
line alone was having their way against that
25:32
Brown's offensive line. I mean, to see Josh Allen
25:36
Hines go up against Spencer Fonu and just ragdoll
25:40
him at times, it's a good thing to see. I get
25:43
it, it's a rookie, but I mean... for him to eat,
25:47
for Eric Armstead to eat, for Trey Walker to
25:51
eat, and the linebackers to eat, and the secondary
25:53
to eat, for everybody to eat the way that they
25:57
did is promising. Now again, it's only week one,
26:02
you're going up against the Browns, I get all
26:04
of that. But if they can do this against the
26:07
Broncos, We might have to have a conversation
26:10
about this defense. I'm not saying it's gonna
26:12
be top five I'm not saying there's gonna be the
26:14
best defense in the league. I'm not saying any
26:16
of these things But what I will say is this That
26:20
is the second best defense in their division
26:22
right now. I'm willing to put money on that right
26:25
now prize picks MGM whatever little betting sites
26:29
that you guys use put your money on the Jaguars
26:32
defense right now Because that defense right
26:35
there is going to create some problems this season
26:38
and if they can continue to get better We are
26:44
going to see them in the playoffs We are going
26:48
to see them make big plays in the playoffs It's
26:52
only a matter of time folks. And again, I get
26:55
it. It's only week one Most people are saying
26:58
you're overreacting. Most people are saying you're
27:01
delusional because they're going up against the
27:02
Browns, and the Browns are the Browns. I get
27:04
all of that. But that defense was just cooking.
27:10
They were cooking with hot grease. And the fact
27:15
that we are now seeing a return of investment
27:17
on a lot of the moves they made specifically
27:19
for the defensive line, that's very promising.
27:23
Because I mean, for them to get Eric Armstead,
27:27
And then you know, they draft Josh Allen highs
27:30
and then they draft Trey Walker and you know
27:33
everybody else that's on that defensive line
27:35
There was a point in time. I was like they may
27:39
have reached Significantly, but to see them do
27:43
what they did last year and then that carry on
27:45
into this year is a really good sign that They
27:49
not only believe What the coaching is telling
27:53
them but they're buying into the process and
27:55
now you're seeing the fruits of their labor,
27:57
which is good Now let's talk about the Browns
28:00
because there's a lot to talk about with them
28:04
Todd Monkin is over his head Okay, I understand.
28:09
This is your first head coaching job but this
28:12
is probably the worst decision that you've ever
28:15
made and the reason why I say that is because
28:17
The Browns are in no condition to compete in
28:22
the NFL right now. And I mean exactly what I
28:25
say. And this is not to be disrespectful to any
28:29
of those players. But by the third quarter, they
28:34
were demoralized. They didn't want to hit the
28:37
field anymore. They didn't want to play this
28:39
game anymore. You know what they want to do?
28:41
They want to hit the pause button and say, you
28:43
know what? Quit. Let's restart the game. Nope.
28:48
Want to change I want to choose a different team.
28:51
I don't like this. I don't like this. I want
28:53
to choose a different team That's exactly what
28:56
we saw folks Todd Monkin was over his head He
29:02
didn't give you the best coaching performance
29:04
He didn't give you the worst coaching performance,
29:06
but he gave you a coaching performance that shows
29:09
he is not fit for this job He is biting way more
29:14
than he can chew And if he doesn't see it now,
29:17
you're going to see it in the next few weeks.
29:21
I understand they had a very controversial training
29:24
camp by making Deshaun Watson the starter. I
29:27
get all of that. But you needed to see some things.
29:31
If the running game was promising, I think we
29:35
could have a different conversation than what
29:37
we're having right now. But to see the passing
29:40
game be ineffective, to see the run game be ineffective,
29:44
to see Deshaun Watson look like a deer in headlights
29:47
at times, and throw interceptions right in front
29:52
of the linebacker that's looking right at him.
29:55
Literally, one linebacker is coming down, and
29:58
the other one is staying in coverage, and he's
30:00
just following Deshaun Watson. And Deshaun Watson's
30:03
going right, he's just moving to the right. And
30:05
Deshaun Watson's going left, he's going to the
30:07
left a little bit. Just just throw throw the
30:11
ball out of bounds do something else. You literally
30:14
just gave him a freebie You have to work for
30:17
it. You gave it to him These are the types of
30:22
things that just make you scratch your head and
30:25
say What are the Browns doing? What are they
30:28
seeing that we aren't seeing as people who cover
30:32
football? Why are these decisions being made
30:35
because they don't make any sense whatsoever?
30:38
Now I get it this offensive line was put together
30:42
with band -aids Vaseline and prayers, okay But
30:50
to just see them get rag dolled the way that
30:53
they did against this Jaguars defensive line
30:56
That that's that that's not good that's not good
31:01
I would have thought at some point Tom Munkin
31:04
would have at least sent Tied in on Spencer Fano's
31:07
side just to help him out just to slow down Josh
31:09
Allen Hines and Trey Walker Now he was the lamb
31:14
to slaughter Okay That's what he was and granted
31:18
he needs this because that's the only way that
31:21
you can see what you have in Spencer Fano But
31:23
give him some help just a little bit if you give
31:26
him a little bit of help. Hey Maybe it could
31:29
turn into a big play Let me just break things
31:33
down to you just a little bit more Deshaun Watson
31:36
didn't throw a touchdown pass until late in the
31:39
fourth quarter with 157 left on the clock. Now
31:45
I'm not saying they're going up against the 2000
31:47
Ravens. I'm not saying they're going up against
31:49
the 85 Bears. I'm not saying they're going up
31:51
against Blitzburg. But what's going on? From
31:57
a play calling standpoint to a quarterback standpoint.
32:03
To everything in between what is going on? because
32:07
clearly the message is not being sent I Get it.
32:12
It's only week one But we have a major problem
32:17
with the Browns and this isn't just something
32:20
that you can change by switching out players
32:22
This isn't something that can be changed if you
32:25
switch out coaching responsibilities. This is
32:28
something that is from the top all the way down.
32:34
This game showed that they missed Myles Garrett.
32:38
You wanna know how bad they missed Myles Garrett?
32:41
According to NFL Pro, in 16 patch rushes, Jared
32:47
verse didn't record not one pressure. You know,
32:50
the person that they just acquired while they
32:54
trade away Myles Garrett. Let me just go a little
32:59
bit deeper into this matter. Jared Verst faced
33:03
Anton Harrison on 10 of his patch rushes with
33:07
8 of them being 1 on 1 situations. He's never
33:12
had a game without a pressure in his career.
33:16
His career. You're going up against Anton Harrison.
33:21
8 of those reps were 1 on 1 situations. You couldn't
33:26
do anything. What can be done to restore confidence
33:42
in this locker room? But I'll tell you right
33:46
now if You think that any of these players want
33:51
to be on this team right now you are sadly mistaken
33:54
according to NFL Pro Todd Monkin is the 15th
34:01
straight head coach including interned head coaches
34:05
To lose in their season opener that is the longest
34:10
streak in NFL history History he is the 15th
34:17
head coach including interim head coaches for
34:21
the Browns to lose their season opener I Understand
34:28
that you're not gonna win every single game.
34:30
I understand There's just gonna be a team that's
34:35
just gonna punch you in your mouth and there's
34:37
nothing that you can do about it I get that But
34:40
you needed to fight there was no fight with this
34:44
team. There was no fight defensively. There was
34:47
no fight offensively There was a point in time
34:51
where Deshaun Watson would just say, you know
34:53
what eff it? I'm just I'm gonna just run with
34:56
the ball. That's what I'm gonna do. I'm just
34:57
run with the ball Every single time I get the
35:00
ball Run it off. It doesn't get you closer to
35:03
putting points on the board. It doesn't get you
35:05
closer to figuring out, hey, what works with
35:09
him? What doesn't work? What can we do to change
35:13
things to make our offense a little bit better?
35:16
Instead, all we continue to see is a quarterback
35:19
who is shocked. And I mean exactly what I say.
35:24
The Deshaun Watson that we saw in Houston has
35:29
been long gone. and I don't think he will ever
35:33
come back. You could put him in any situation
35:38
right now. You could put him on the Chiefs, you
35:40
could put him on the 49ers, you could put him
35:42
on the Seahawks, you could put him on any contender
35:45
right now, regardless if it's AFC or NFC. The
35:48
same Deshaun Watson that we are seeing right
35:50
now, that is what you're gonna get. And I'm sorry,
35:56
at this point, what is Deshaun Watson bringing
35:58
in the locker room that you can feel confident
36:01
about? Is it leadership? No. Is it confidence
36:03
that he's going to have a bounce back game this
36:05
upcoming week? No. It's none of these things.
36:09
Because at the end of the day, the decision to
36:13
make Deshaun Watson the starting quarterback
36:16
for week one was not about play. It is about
36:19
an organization gave a quarterback. fully guaranteed
36:24
contract and gave up multiple picks that they
36:29
could have used to put this team in the right
36:31
direction that's what it's about and it's sad
36:37
because for rookies who are walking to the situation
36:42
and have no control whatsoever you got to be
36:46
in this you got to be in this for a couple years
36:49
it's not good If I'm Jared verse I Would be on
36:56
the phone with my agent the minute that clock
36:59
hit triple zeros and say get me out of here I
37:04
Don't care where you take me get me out of here
37:07
feed a story to Schefter Rappaport Garofalo Pellicero
37:11
whoever Get me out of here. I can't do this I'm
37:18
used to winning football if I'm Denzel Ward I
37:22
want out as well. Let me tell you something.
37:26
No one is going to think less of you if you decide
37:29
to leave. No one. I don't care who it is. It
37:35
could be a radio host, it could be a podcaster,
37:37
it could be a fan. No one is going to think less
37:41
of you if you decide to leave Denzel Ward because
37:45
you deserve better. You are a, you are better.
37:49
than the trash heap that you are in right now.
37:53
You did not cause any of this. This is because
37:57
of poor decision -making. You want to know how
38:01
bad this decision -making is? I decided to do
38:05
some digging just to see what did all of those
38:10
picks turn into that the Texas received from
38:12
Trading Way Deshaun Watson. Let's go down memory
38:15
lane, okay? So the Browns, of course, received
38:19
Deshaun Watson in a 2024 fifth round pick. The
38:22
Texans received a 2022 first, which was the 13th
38:26
overall pick, a 2023 first, a 2024 first, a 2023
38:33
third, and a 2024 fourth. Now with the first
38:37
pick that the Texans used from the Deshaun Watson
38:40
trade, they traded with the Eagles for the 15th
38:43
pick, the 124th pick, and the 162nd pick. And
38:50
with those picks, the Texans drafted Kenyon Green
38:54
in the first round. Guard, right? He started
38:57
14 games as a rookie. But according to next gen
39:01
stats via ESPN, Kenyon Green allowed a 13 % pressure
39:06
rate. Now it's safe to say that he was probably
39:10
bussed because he's not on the team right now.
39:12
I don't think he's on any team right now, actually.
39:15
Okay, cool. So then the Texans packaged the 124th
39:21
pick for the Brown's second round pick, which
39:23
was the 44th pick, and they drafted John Meche.
39:27
Now, here are his stats when he was with the
39:30
Texas. So in 2023, of course, he started no games,
39:34
but he played in 15 games. Now in that span,
39:39
he had 30 targets for 16 receptions. 158 receiving
39:43
yards and he averaged 9 .9 receiving yards per
39:46
reception in 2024 he started three games and
39:51
played in 12 games and he had 37 targets for
39:55
24 receptions 254 receiving yards one receiving
39:59
touchdown and 10 .6 receiving yards per reception
40:02
so he didn't do the best granted he had uh i
40:07
think it was leukemia if i'm not mistaken so
40:12
You know, he couldn't really do as much, but
40:14
he's still finding his way in the league. Let's
40:16
go with Christian Harris. So in 2022, he started
40:19
in 11 games and played in 12 games. He played
40:21
692 snaps and he had 74 tackles, one sack, seven
40:28
quarterback pressures and one pick. In 23, he
40:32
started 12 games and played in 16 games. He played
40:36
712 snaps and he had 100 tackles, two sacks.
40:41
in six quarterback pressures. In 24, he started
40:45
in three games and played in three games, and
40:48
he played 162 snaps, and he had 20 tackles, one
40:53
sack, and two quarterback pressures. In 25, he
40:58
only started in one game and played in seven
41:01
games, and he played 87 snaps, and he only had
41:05
eight tackles. Now I don't know what happened.
41:09
But clearly something significantly happened
41:12
for you to go from playing in a majority of the
41:15
season and having over 500 snaps To the last
41:20
season you only played 87 snaps and you only
41:23
started in one game and played in seven games
41:26
Clearly there's a problem there now with the
41:29
Browns 2022 fourth round pick the Texans drafted
41:33
Damian Pierce Now in 2022 Damian Pierce started
41:37
and played in 13 games And he had 220 rushing
41:41
attempts for 939 rushing yards, 4 .3 rushing
41:45
yards per carry, 4 rushing touchdowns, 4 fumbles,
41:48
and he had 22 rushes of 10 plus yards or more.
41:52
In 23, he started in 7 games and played in 13
41:55
games. And he had 145 rushing attempts for 416
42:00
rushing yards, 2 .9 rushing yards per carry,
42:03
2 rushing touchdowns, and 9 rushes of 10 plus
42:06
yards or more. In 24, he didn't start in any
42:09
games, but he played in eight games, right? And
42:12
he had 40 rushing attempts for 293 rushing yards,
42:16
7 .3 rushing yards per carry, two rushing touchdowns,
42:19
one fumble, and six rushes of 10 plus yards or
42:22
more. So in 23, we're getting to the good part,
42:26
right? The Texans had the second overall pick,
42:29
and they decided to draft CJ Stroud. Now in 23,
42:34
He started and played in 15 games. He had 499
42:39
passing attempts for 319 completions, 4108 passing
42:44
yards, 23 passing touchdowns, 5 interceptions,
42:48
8 .2 yards per attempt, and a 63 .9 completion
42:51
percentage. He won Rookie of the Year. Cool!
42:55
In 24, he started and played in 17 games. He
42:59
had 532 passing attempts for 336 completions,
43:04
3727 passing yards, 20 passing touchdowns, 12
43:09
interceptions, 7 yards per attempt, and a 63
43:12
.2 completion percentage. In 25, he started and
43:17
played in 14 games. and he had 423 passing attempts
43:21
for 273 completions, 3 ,041 passing yards, 19
43:26
passing touchdowns, eight interceptions, 7 .2
43:29
yards per attempt and a 64 .5 completion percentage.
43:33
Now I don't know what happened with CJ Stroud,
43:36
but clearly he has declined significantly. Because
43:41
after that first year, I believe that CJ Stroud,
43:45
would have been a top 10 quarterback. That rookie
43:48
year was a rookie year that we have not seen
43:52
in a really long time. And to just see him decline
43:56
the way that he has in the last few years, it
44:00
makes you question, is it a coaching thing? Is
44:03
it a him thing? What exactly is happening, right?
44:07
Let's keep things going. The Texans used the
44:11
Browns' 2023 first rounder, which was the 12th
44:14
overall pick, along with a second and a 2024
44:18
fourth to the Cardinals for the third overall
44:21
pick and a fourth round pick. The Texans drafted
44:24
Will Anderson. Great pick, right? So in 2023,
44:29
he started in 13 games and played in 15 games.
44:33
He played 589 snaps and had 45 tackles and 7
44:38
sacks. He won Defensive Rookie of the Year. Cool.
44:42
So in 24, he started and played in 14 games,
44:46
he played 536 snaps, had 37 tackles and 11 sacks.
44:52
We're getting somewhere. In 25, he started and
44:56
played in 17 games, played 654 snaps, had 54
45:01
tackles and 12 sacks. We're cooking with Hot
45:05
Grease now. Now the Texans packaged the Browns
45:09
third round pick to trade up into draft Tank
45:12
Dell So if Tank Dell in 23 he started in eight
45:17
games and played in 11 games and He was targeted
45:21
75 times for 47 receptions 709 receiving yards
45:26
several receiving touchdowns and the average
45:29
15 .1 receiving yards per reception in 24 he
45:33
started in 10 games played in 14 games, and he
45:37
was targeted 81 times for 51 receptions, 667
45:42
receiving yards, three receiving touchdowns,
45:45
and the average 13 .1 receiving yards per reception.
45:48
So in 24, the Texans traded the Browns' 2024
45:51
first round pick, which was the 23rd overall
45:54
pick, to the Vikings for their second, their
45:57
sixth, and their 2025 second. The Texans used
46:01
the 2025 second to trade for Stefan Diggs. Now
46:05
in that time, they used the 42nd overall pick
46:10
to draft Kamari Lasseter. So in 24, he started
46:14
and played in 14 games, and he had 58 tackles,
46:17
three quarterback pressures, three interceptions.
46:21
In 25, he started and played in 16 games, had
46:24
91 tackles, three quarterback pressures, and
46:27
four interceptions. Now the 2023 4th, that was
46:32
from the Cardinals was later traded to the Eagles
46:35
for a 2024 3rd rounder which became Kaelin Bullock.
46:40
So in 2024 Kaelin Bullock started 13 games and
46:44
played in 17 games. He had 51 tackles and 5 interceptions.
46:49
In 25 he started and played in 17 games and he
46:53
had 64 tackles and 4 interceptions. Now the Texans
46:57
used the Browns 4th round pick on Cade Stover
46:59
and the Vikings sixth on Jamal Hill. So with
47:04
Cade Stover in 24, he started in nine games and
47:08
played in 15 games. And he was targeted 22 times
47:12
for 15 receptions, 133 passing yards, one receiving
47:17
touchdown, and the average 8 .9 receiving yards
47:20
per reception. Cool. In 25, he started in seven
47:23
games, played in nine games. He was targeted
47:26
16 times for 12 receptions. 76 receiving yards
47:30
in the average 6 .3 receiving yards per reception.
47:35
Jamal Hill, there's no registered stats for him.
47:39
So all in all, they had their bumps and bruises
47:43
with those picks. But a lot of those players
47:46
are currently on the roster right now and are
47:49
contributing at a high level. Maybe not so much
47:51
as CJ Stroud, but. That's another story for another
47:54
day. We're not gonna talk about that Okay, no
47:56
disrespect to CJ Stroud at all. Look at all those
47:58
players that they got from those picks You mean
48:01
to tell me that the Browns didn't want will Anderson
48:05
to pair up? with Miles Garrett Are you serious?
48:12
Imagine if the Browns use one of those picks
48:14
to get will Anderson imagine if the Browns used
48:18
one of those picks to get Kamari Lassiter or
48:21
Kalen Bullock or take them. It's those types
48:24
of decisions that can push a team back significantly
48:28
to the point where that team that trade away,
48:33
whatever player that they trade away will never
48:35
be able to bounce back. And then the cherry on
48:41
top with this move, the Browns gave Deshaun Watson
48:47
a fully guaranteed contract. Five years. 230
48:52
million a forty four point nine million dollar
48:55
signing bonus 230 million both in total guarantees
48:59
and guaranteed and He was supposed to be making
49:02
46 million a year Now ask yourself this Browns
49:07
fans Do you think Deshaun Watson was worth that
49:12
money? No, okay next question Do you think Deshaun
49:23
Watson was worth the hassle No, I Can't answer
49:31
that for you guys. No You traded away Three first
49:38
-round picks Even if you hit on two of those
49:45
first -round picks regardless of what the player
49:47
is That would have put the team in a better place
49:51
than where they are right now and Depending on
49:54
the players that they would have chose a problem
49:58
would have kept miles Garrett on the team It's
49:59
these type of decisions that can push a team
50:02
back for years You're talking about a trade that
50:09
has done cataclysmic damage to the Browns organization
50:13
to the point where Don't even know if they will
50:18
ever recover from this and I'm not saying this
50:21
to you know Be one of those people that that
50:23
makes a bunch of clips in and click bait and
50:26
all other stuff I'm just having a real conversation
50:28
with you guys Because we really need to assess
50:31
the Deshaun Watson situation Here you have somebody
50:35
who in the last maybe two years with the Texans
50:41
Looked like an MVP And to see where he is right
50:46
now, you would think this was a doppelganger
50:51
or something. That's how bad he's playing. That's
50:54
how inconsistent he has been, folks. I even decided
50:58
to go down a wormhole just to see how bad this
51:02
decline was. So we did a little bit of digging.
51:06
So according to football reference, from 2018
51:09
to 2020, Deshaun Watson's record, was 25 and
51:14
22. Not bad. Could probably be a little bit better,
51:17
right? 1 ,544 passing attempts for 1 ,060 completions,
51:26
12 ,840 passing yards, 85 passing touchdowns,
51:31
28 interceptions, 8 .3 yards per attempt, a 68
51:35
.7 completion percentage, a 50 passing success
51:39
rate, and a 104 .7 passer rating. That sounds
51:44
good That sounds real good. That sounds like
51:48
someone that's gonna be an MVP for years to come,
51:51
right? Cool. Let me read to you this other stat
51:54
From 2022 to 2025. This is when he's with the
51:58
Browns He's 9 in 10 557 passing attempts for
52:05
341 completions 3 ,365 passing yards 19 touchdowns
52:13
12 interceptions, 6 yards per attempt, a 61 .2
52:17
complete percentage, a 37 .3 passing success
52:21
rate, and an 80 .7 passer rating. That is a significant
52:27
decline. Now in this time, Joe Flacco, one of
52:34
the few years that he actually played for the
52:36
Browns, in 2023, He started and played in five
52:41
games went four one They went to the playoffs.
52:44
They went on a run Okay That was probably the
52:49
closest chance that they had to going on a legitimate
52:53
playoff run because they were that good Offensively
52:56
they were cooking defensively you couldn't stop
52:59
them Joe flacco stats that year 204 passing attempts
53:04
for 123 completions 1616 passing yards, 13 touchdowns,
53:11
eight interceptions, 7 .9 yards per attempt,
53:14
and a 60 .3 complete percentage. Now I understand
53:18
statistically you're probably thinking, how do
53:20
you think that's better than Deshaun Watson?
53:24
If you turn on that tape, you will see borderline
53:29
vintage Joe Flacco with the Browns. So if Joe
53:35
Flacco, With the same weapons that the Sean Watson
53:41
had Can be more productive and can make this
53:46
team a legitimate threat and I mean threat To
53:52
the playoff contenders to the Super Bowl contenders
53:55
What's the excuse because it doesn't make sense
53:58
to me how you can just decline this bad You mean
54:02
to tell me that you couldn't at least have one
54:04
promising season, at least one. If you had at
54:07
least one really good memorable year that everyone's
54:12
going to talk about in Cleveland for years and
54:14
years and years, I don't think nobody really
54:17
would care. But for you to just not do any of
54:22
the things that you did in Houston, I don't know,
54:28
man. I don't know. But here, the nail in the
54:33
coffin folks and this this might make me go on
54:37
a rant quick just just real quick little rant
54:40
okay this is what he said yesterday on media
54:45
fueled expectations and I quote personally I
54:50
think all that is for the media I think the media
54:55
has this expectation that I'm supposed to throw
54:57
over 400 yards and five touchdowns every week
55:01
Until that happens, I guess it's going to be
55:04
the same situation. My job is to make sure I'm
55:07
operating well so we can try to get a win and
55:10
keep moving forward from there." Let me read
55:16
that to you one more time. This is what Deshaun
55:19
Watson said on expectations and how he believes
55:23
the media is fueling those expectations. This
55:27
is what he says, and I quote, personally, I think
55:30
all that is for the media. I think the media
55:33
has this expectation that I'm supposed to throw
55:35
for 400 yards and five touchdowns every week.
55:39
Until that happens, I guess it's going to be
55:41
the same situation. My job is to make sure I'm
55:45
operating well so we can try to get a win and
55:47
keep moving forward from there." I don't know
55:49
if you realize this, Deshaun Watson, but if you
55:53
get a fully guaranteed contract, the expectation,
55:57
whether you realize it or not, whether you accept
56:00
it or not, is for you to ball out every single
56:05
game. Regardless if you win or lose, you are
56:08
supposed to be one of the driving forces to keeping
56:11
that team in the game. You're not supposed to
56:14
be somebody that is keeping them out of the game.
56:17
When you get certain contracts, there is a level
56:21
of expectation that comes with it, okay? Just
56:25
follow me for a moment. Okay, just really just
56:27
really follow me for a moment my fellow football
56:29
junkies say for instance Devin Weatherspoon perfect
56:32
example, right? Before Christian Gonzalez got
56:35
got his deal He resented the cornerback market.
56:39
He was the highest paid corner. You know what
56:41
he can't do on the first game of the season He
56:45
can't give up multiple big plays He can't allow
56:50
the receiver that he's facing Just have a historical
56:56
game. You can't do that Because you know why
57:00
the expectation is that you Ball out because
57:04
the team says we believe in you so much. We are
57:07
willing to reset the market Because we believe
57:11
in your skills that much When you get a fully
57:15
guaranteed deal Regardless if you like it or
57:18
not You Deshaun Watson are supposed to be balling
57:22
out You are supposed to be balling out in a way
57:26
That stands out every single week and if you
57:32
can't do that You can go to CFL You can go to
57:37
UFL you can go anywhere Because clearly the NFL
57:41
ain't for you And I get it the media will fuel
57:45
a lot of expectations But everybody has been
57:48
waiting for the Deshaun Watson of old to emerge
57:51
in Cleveland and they have yet to see it. Instead,
57:57
all we continue to see is a nothing burger. All
58:00
we continue to see is a quarterback who quite
58:04
frankly doesn't wanna be there. While you're
58:07
recovering from your Achilles injury, you're
58:10
making TikToks. Laughing, hee hee, ha ha, big
58:13
old smile and everything. You wanna know what
58:17
Patrick Mahomes was doing when he tore his ACL?
58:20
The first thing he did was get on a plane and
58:24
have the surgery because there is a level of
58:26
expectation that comes with his contract Regardless
58:32
if he likes it or not. There is a level of expectation
58:35
that comes with the contract See it'll be different
58:40
if he was only making five million a year ten
58:42
million a year twelve million a year You know
58:44
not necessarily a big contract. Nobody's really
58:48
gonna care right but when you literally change
58:53
the league to the point where other quarterbacks
58:57
are trying to get the same type of structured
59:00
contract as you received and literally went to
59:03
court for it, and if you don't believe me, I
59:05
made an episode about it, and if you still don't
59:08
believe me, go on YouTube and type in Pablo Torre,
59:11
NFLPA. He literally does an entire segment breaking
59:15
down a court case between Lamar Jackson, Kyle
59:20
Murray, Kirk Cousins, and I think it was one
59:24
more quarterback who all were trying to get fully
59:27
guaranteed contracts. And the owners as a whole
59:31
came together and said, no. But you are the exception.
59:34
If I'm Todd Monkin, if Deshaun Watson plays similar
59:38
to how he played against Jacksonville, you're
59:41
gonna have to put your Doris Sanders in. And
59:44
this isn't me trying to rile up the Shador Sanders
59:47
fan base, okay? But we have to be honest with
59:50
ourself here, folks. How can you properly say
59:54
you know what you have in a player if you are
59:58
not willing to give them a legitimate chance?
1:00:04
You can't say, well, we believe we have this
1:00:08
and this and that player. You can't say that
1:00:10
because you didn't give them a chance. The only
1:00:12
chances that you give him is during the preseason.
1:00:16
Put him in the fire. Let's just see what he can
1:00:19
do. Sure, there's going to be some good plays.
1:00:22
There's going to be some bad plays. There's going
1:00:24
to be some head scratchers. There's going to
1:00:26
be everything in between. But you are properly
1:00:30
assessing what you have in Chador. Hell, if you
1:00:33
want to, do the same thing for Dylan Gabriel.
1:00:36
For all you know, you may have a future... Top
1:00:40
five backup quarterback at best who knows you
1:00:44
don't know you have to give these things a chance
1:00:47
and If you're not willing to give these things
1:00:50
a chance Then what are we doing? You made investments
1:00:55
into the receiving core You made investments
1:00:58
into the offensive line Now it's time for you
1:01:02
to make a proper assessment and just say you
1:01:04
know what we're not gonna go anywhere. We're
1:01:06
not Any person that says the Browns are going
1:01:09
to do something this year, you're lying to yourself.
1:01:11
You're lying to yourself and somebody has paid
1:01:13
you some under the table money. If they play
1:01:15
well, maybe you don't have to take a quarterback
1:01:17
in the first round next year if the quarterback
1:01:19
class materializes and actually looks pretty
1:01:21
good. But if you don't give them a chance and
1:01:25
you draft a quarterback in the first round and
1:01:27
that first round quarterback doesn't look well,
1:01:29
and Shador Sanders or Dylan Gabriel outplays
1:01:33
them, then what? Are you going to ship off Shador
1:01:35
Sanders and Dylan Gabriel to justify that pick?
1:01:40
I wouldn't, but it's not my team. Now let's talk
1:01:43
about this Ohio State versus Texas game. So arch
1:01:46
banding, 37 attempts for 23 completions, 195
1:01:50
passing yards, 5 .3 yards per attempt, one touchdown,
1:01:53
one interception. Hollywood smothers. 21 rushing
1:01:57
carriers for 74 rushing yards, 3 .5 rushing yards
1:02:00
per carry, and 2 rushing touchdowns. Emmet Mosley
1:02:03
the 5th, 5 receptions for 65 receiving yards,
1:02:07
and he averaged 13 receiving yards per reception.
1:02:10
Julian Sayen, 32 attempts for 17 completions,
1:02:14
278 passing yards, 8 .7 yards per attempt, 1
1:02:17
touchdown and 1 interception. Jeremiah Smith,
1:02:20
8 receptions for 164 receiving yards and he averaged
1:02:24
20 .4 receiving yards per reception and he had
1:02:26
one touchdown. Bo Jackson, 19 Russian carries
1:02:30
for 74 rushing yards and 3 .9 rushing yards per
1:02:33
carry. As competitive as this rivalry is, Texas
1:02:36
needed this win more than Ohio State. And the
1:02:39
reason why I say that is because their last matchup,
1:02:42
that Texas offense was dominated by Ohio State's
1:02:45
defense. You're talking about a defense that
1:02:48
produced multiple first rounders, Arville Reese,
1:02:53
Sonny Stiles just to name a few, Caleb Downs.
1:02:57
Now granted that Texas offense wasn't probably
1:03:00
the best and they made up for it this off season
1:03:02
by getting Cam Coleman and then you had Wingo
1:03:05
and all the other moves that they made just to
1:03:08
make things better for Arch and I'm and here
1:03:10
I am thinking okay they have a much better team
1:03:13
than what they did their past matchup Hopefully
1:03:16
they can do something a little bit different.
1:03:18
Hopefully they can start the game off in a better
1:03:20
way. And they did it. For about two halves of
1:03:27
this game, Ohio State had Texas in a chokehold
1:03:30
until maybe the middle part of the third quarter.
1:03:34
No matter what Texas would do, it still wasn't
1:03:37
enough. They would get close. They would get
1:03:41
into the red zone, but it still wasn't enough.
1:03:45
It literally took Texas until the fourth quarter
1:03:48
to score their first touchdown. I don't know
1:03:50
what happened, but from the first touchdown they
1:03:53
scored until the last touchdown they scored,
1:03:56
Texas was locked in, and the tables started to
1:03:59
turn, and here I am thinking Ohio State is gonna
1:04:02
respond, and they didn't. In the last two quarters,
1:04:05
Julian Sayen was 5 for 16 for 86 passing yards
1:04:09
and no touchdowns according to the Columbus Dispatch.
1:04:13
While Arch Manning, according to Zion Trimble
1:04:15
from Texas Longhorn on SI, completed his last
1:04:19
13 of 18 passes for 125 yards and one touchdown.
1:04:23
In the last 12 minutes, the Longhorns finished
1:04:27
the game with three straight touchdown drives
1:04:30
of 12 plus plays. Something that no other team
1:04:34
has done in 15 years. 15 years. No other team
1:04:40
has done this, but Texas did it. In the fourth
1:04:43
quarter alone, Julian Saen completed two of six
1:04:47
passes for 29 yards. We are talking about a fall
1:04:52
that will be talked about for years to come.
1:04:54
I wouldn't be surprised if every single team
1:04:56
that interviews him bring up those last 20 something
1:05:00
minutes of the game to be specific because to
1:05:03
see him play the way that he did in the first
1:05:05
half and then compare it to how he played in
1:05:08
the second half it's like two different people
1:05:11
you and Jeremiah Smith was cooking in the first
1:05:14
half but in the second half Jeremiah Smith couldn't
1:05:17
catch the ball and you couldn't deliver the ball
1:05:20
so what's the excuse? because there is none Texas
1:05:22
locked in they made more plays than what you
1:05:26
guys did at the right time and they won the game
1:05:29
but here's the craziest part So according to
1:05:34
Zion Trimble of Texas Longhorn on SI Texas is
1:05:39
the first team to have defeated an AP number
1:05:42
one ranked team while trailing 17 plus points
1:05:46
I'm gonna say that again Texas is the first team
1:05:52
to have defeated a number one AP ranked team
1:05:56
while trailing 17 plus points. To lose the game
1:06:00
the way that Ohio State lost it is demoralizing.
1:06:04
And no matter what they do in their next matchups,
1:06:07
it is not going to remove the sting that was
1:06:10
left with this game. When you look at how Arch
1:06:13
played those last few minutes, he was determined
1:06:16
to win that game, come hell or high water. There
1:06:20
were even times where he was like, you know what,
1:06:21
bump this, I'ma run with the rock. If I need
1:06:24
to. He did it whatever he needed to do to get
1:06:29
in that end zone to put points on the board to
1:06:32
shorten the deficit He did it and everybody bought
1:06:36
in and that's why they won that game Now my question
1:06:40
is this if they were to face one another in the
1:06:45
playoffs Who do you think would win I? Want my
1:06:52
Texas junkies I want my Ohio State junkies to
1:06:56
let me know in the comments on our YouTube at
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1:07:02
I Still believe in Ohio State But I could see
1:07:07
why people would make the case that Texas would
1:07:11
win it again But I guess we'll have to wait and
1:07:15
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1:07:17
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1:07:20
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1:07:21
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