WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:02.720 Hey guys, it's been a while. I know nothing's 00:00:02.720 --> 00:00:05.099 wrong. Nothing crazy has happened. I just got 00:00:05.099 --> 00:00:07.500 a little bit tired Okay, but now that i'm refreshed 00:00:07.500 --> 00:00:10.380 now that i'm ready to go. Let's get into football 00:00:10.380 --> 00:00:13.839 All right, so eagles and giants recap rams and 00:00:13.839 --> 00:00:17.000 ravens recap browns and steelers recap 49ers 00:00:17.000 --> 00:00:19.679 and Bucks recap, Broncos and Jets recap, Bills 00:00:19.679 --> 00:00:22.839 versus Falcons recap, my thoughts on Tua's comments 00:00:22.839 --> 00:00:26.000 and trade predictions, okay? All of this and 00:00:26.000 --> 00:00:28.379 more on the 94th episode of the Football Junkies 00:00:28.379 --> 00:00:30.440 Podcast, okay? I am your host with the most, 00:00:30.519 --> 00:00:32.539 all right? I am your GM who currently is not 00:00:32.539 --> 00:00:34.840 on a team right now, but don't you worry about 00:00:34.840 --> 00:00:36.840 it, all right? Don't you worry about it because 00:00:36.840 --> 00:00:38.799 I'm your chief bag road dominance, all right? 00:00:39.219 --> 00:00:41.439 Chief, head of the table, anything and everything 00:00:41.439 --> 00:00:43.679 related to the bag, rumors to the bag and more, 00:00:43.740 --> 00:00:46.439 but guess what? I'm all... these things and more 00:00:46.439 --> 00:00:48.700 but most importantly the most important thing 00:00:48.700 --> 00:00:51.119 that you must remember is i am your host kale 00:00:51.119 --> 00:00:53.280 i know it's been a while but i still got the 00:00:53.280 --> 00:00:55.719 juice and i can still go toe -to -toe with any 00:00:55.719 --> 00:00:58.759 and every other podcaster that you can name i 00:00:58.759 --> 00:01:01.039 can do it because i'm that guy so guess what 00:01:01.039 --> 00:01:30.299 on three one two three let's lock in All right, 00:01:30.359 --> 00:01:32.120 folks, let's get into the meat and potatoes of 00:01:32.120 --> 00:01:34.079 everything that is going on in the league right 00:01:34.079 --> 00:01:37.040 now. So I know it's been a while. You guys are 00:01:37.040 --> 00:01:39.359 probably wondering what's going on. Nothing is 00:01:39.359 --> 00:01:41.359 going on. The last time I tried to put out an 00:01:41.359 --> 00:01:44.859 episode, it just wasn't that good. I was really 00:01:44.859 --> 00:01:48.000 tired. And I was like, you know what? Instead 00:01:48.000 --> 00:01:50.659 of me trying to push through this episode, and 00:01:50.659 --> 00:01:53.280 I know it's not going to be the best to my standards, 00:01:53.540 --> 00:01:56.900 I'll just take a break, recharge. And then when 00:01:56.900 --> 00:02:00.269 I come back, we're back in the race. And while 00:02:00.269 --> 00:02:02.590 I was going, I do have a few ideas that I think 00:02:02.590 --> 00:02:04.549 I'm probably going to start rolling out fairly 00:02:04.549 --> 00:02:07.569 soon. Just have to figure out how I want to do 00:02:07.569 --> 00:02:10.129 it while incorporating the daily episodes that 00:02:10.129 --> 00:02:13.270 I give you guys as well. So with that being said, 00:02:13.370 --> 00:02:15.210 let's get into football because I have a lot 00:02:15.210 --> 00:02:19.030 to say because a lot of time has passed. Let's 00:02:19.030 --> 00:02:20.729 get into it, all right? So let's start with the 00:02:20.729 --> 00:02:23.729 Eagles and Giants game. So Jackson Dart, 25 attempts 00:02:23.729 --> 00:02:27.550 for 17 completions, 195 passing yards, one touchdown, 00:02:27.770 --> 00:02:30.909 7 .8 yards per attempt, and a 68 completion percentage. 00:02:31.409 --> 00:02:34.129 Cam Scadavo, 19 attempts for 98 rushing yards, 00:02:34.289 --> 00:02:36.889 5 .2 rushing yards per carry, three touchdowns, 00:02:36.889 --> 00:02:39.770 and four rushes of 10 plus yards or more. Wondell 00:02:39.770 --> 00:02:42.530 Robinson, seven targets for six receptions, 84 00:02:42.530 --> 00:02:45.270 receiving yards, one touchdown, and 14 receiving 00:02:45.270 --> 00:02:48.469 yards per reception. Jalen Hurts. 33 attempts 00:02:48.469 --> 00:02:52.669 for 24 completions, 283 passing yards, one touchdown, 00:02:52.889 --> 00:02:56.490 one pick, 8 .6 yards per attempt, and a 72 .7 00:02:56.490 --> 00:02:59.310 completion percentage. Saquon Barkley, 12 attempts 00:02:59.310 --> 00:03:01.990 for 58 rushing yards, 4 .8 rushing yards per 00:03:01.990 --> 00:03:04.889 carry, and 3 rushes of 10 plus yards or more. 00:03:05.050 --> 00:03:07.689 Dallas Goddard, 11 targets for 9 receptions, 00:03:07.729 --> 00:03:11.150 110 receiving yards, 1 touchdown, and 12 .2 receiving 00:03:11.150 --> 00:03:13.469 yards per reception. So a couple takeaways from 00:03:13.469 --> 00:03:15.530 this game. For starters, Jackson Dart is going 00:03:15.530 --> 00:03:17.770 to be the reason why the Giants have a chance 00:03:17.770 --> 00:03:19.849 to have a better season than what they did last 00:03:19.849 --> 00:03:23.539 year. I understand that he's a rookie. I understand 00:03:23.539 --> 00:03:25.340 that he's going to make mistakes. I understand 00:03:25.340 --> 00:03:27.360 there's going to be highs and lows throughout 00:03:27.360 --> 00:03:30.139 this entire season. But if Jackson Dark can do 00:03:30.139 --> 00:03:33.060 at least 50 % of what he did against the Eagles 00:03:33.060 --> 00:03:35.780 for the rest of the season, they have a chance 00:03:35.780 --> 00:03:39.620 because the defense is formidable. All they need 00:03:39.620 --> 00:03:42.259 is just the offense to just be a little bit better. 00:03:42.340 --> 00:03:44.919 I'm not saying the offense has to be elite, but 00:03:44.919 --> 00:03:47.379 if they're average to slightly above average, 00:03:47.500 --> 00:03:50.150 I think that's enough. Let's be real here, folks. 00:03:50.409 --> 00:03:53.889 The Giants are in a good situation. I think with 00:03:53.889 --> 00:03:56.830 what Jackson Dart showed, I think that's something 00:03:56.830 --> 00:03:59.090 that you can hang your hat on. And mind you, 00:03:59.150 --> 00:04:02.569 he did this without Malik Nabors. He did this 00:04:02.569 --> 00:04:05.849 with Wanda Robinson, Jalen Hyatt, Theo Johnson, 00:04:05.990 --> 00:04:08.569 and Cam Scadabo. Think about that for a second. 00:04:08.710 --> 00:04:10.669 Now, I know all the Eagles fans are saying, well, 00:04:10.849 --> 00:04:13.349 we didn't have Jalen Carter on the field, and 00:04:13.349 --> 00:04:16.769 Quinion Mitchell was out, and this person was 00:04:16.769 --> 00:04:19.480 hurt, and that person was hurt. There's no excuses 00:04:19.480 --> 00:04:22.220 because you know why? Everybody is dealing with 00:04:22.220 --> 00:04:24.500 some type of injury at this point in the season. 00:04:24.740 --> 00:04:27.019 It's either you put up or you shut up, plain 00:04:27.019 --> 00:04:30.180 and simple. And the fact of the matter is Jackson 00:04:30.180 --> 00:04:34.399 Dart put up and shut up the Eagles. Now, am I 00:04:34.399 --> 00:04:37.480 saying that Jackson Dart is going to, you know, 00:04:37.480 --> 00:04:39.819 beat the Eagles the next time they face each 00:04:39.819 --> 00:04:43.839 other? No, but I will say this. He ain't just 00:04:43.839 --> 00:04:47.149 no average quarterback. He got a little fight 00:04:47.149 --> 00:04:49.769 in him. He got a little dog in him. And I like 00:04:49.769 --> 00:04:52.769 to see that. Now, I'll be honest with you. Leading 00:04:52.769 --> 00:04:55.670 up to this past draft, I wasn't high on Jackson 00:04:55.670 --> 00:04:58.670 Dart. I thought Jackson Dart was very average 00:04:58.670 --> 00:05:02.029 quarterback. There wasn't anything in his repertoire 00:05:02.029 --> 00:05:05.569 that I felt like, okay, this is a franchise quarterback. 00:05:05.910 --> 00:05:08.829 But what he showed on Thursday, I can rock with 00:05:08.829 --> 00:05:10.730 that. Now, let's talk about the Giants defense, 00:05:10.990 --> 00:05:13.170 okay? So for starters, that defensive line is 00:05:13.170 --> 00:05:15.819 formidable. I would make a strong case that that's 00:05:15.819 --> 00:05:18.439 probably a top five defensive line in the league. 00:05:18.560 --> 00:05:21.500 Not in their division, but in their league. They 00:05:21.500 --> 00:05:24.100 have to find a way to keep that core. And for 00:05:24.100 --> 00:05:26.740 all the people that were saying, well, the Giants 00:05:26.740 --> 00:05:29.839 had traded away Dexter Lawrence or Kayvon Thibodeau, 00:05:29.839 --> 00:05:33.139 now they draft Abdul Carter. No. You have to 00:05:33.139 --> 00:05:36.000 find a way to keep that core. Because that core 00:05:36.000 --> 00:05:38.620 is successful, and there are stats that actually 00:05:38.620 --> 00:05:41.759 back it up. So according to NextGenStats, When 00:05:41.759 --> 00:05:44.540 Brian Burns, Kayvon Thibodeau, and Abdul Carter 00:05:44.540 --> 00:05:47.480 are all on the field, the Giants pressure the 00:05:47.480 --> 00:05:51.360 quarterback 45 .7 % of their dropbacks. When 00:05:51.360 --> 00:05:53.839 two of the three pass rushers are on the field, 00:05:54.060 --> 00:05:58.920 the pressure rate drops to 32 .1 % and the dropback 00:05:58.920 --> 00:06:03.360 success rate increases to 46 .8%. And I don't 00:06:03.360 --> 00:06:05.319 want to hear from any Eagles fan that says, well, 00:06:05.459 --> 00:06:07.819 they went up against a beat -up offensive line. 00:06:08.160 --> 00:06:10.120 Let's see if they try to do that when everybody 00:06:10.120 --> 00:06:13.589 is healthy. Stop it, okay? This is not Madden. 00:06:13.670 --> 00:06:16.230 This isn't something where you can take out one 00:06:16.230 --> 00:06:18.269 person and you put somebody in and now they're 00:06:18.269 --> 00:06:21.029 gonna play healthy the entire game. No, people 00:06:21.029 --> 00:06:23.870 get hurt. This is real life, okay? So relax. 00:06:24.250 --> 00:06:26.430 Now let's talk about the Eagles. So for starters, 00:06:26.529 --> 00:06:28.790 the offense lacks creativity, explosiveness, 00:06:28.949 --> 00:06:31.110 and consistency. Granted, I understand they have 00:06:31.110 --> 00:06:33.370 a new offensive coordinator and things take time, 00:06:33.490 --> 00:06:36.509 but what is going on? Because all I keep on hearing 00:06:36.509 --> 00:06:39.829 is cookie cutter bull from a lot of these offensive 00:06:39.829 --> 00:06:43.089 leaders. When somebody needs to be saying, hey, 00:06:43.209 --> 00:06:46.769 this offense ain't right. We need to get something 00:06:46.769 --> 00:06:49.810 going here. Because again, you are about to approach 00:06:49.810 --> 00:06:52.949 the middle point of the season. And if your offense 00:06:52.949 --> 00:06:55.689 isn't comfortable at this point, what are we 00:06:55.689 --> 00:06:59.230 doing? I understand that you guys don't have 00:06:59.230 --> 00:07:01.730 a lot of your starting offensive linemen. I understand 00:07:01.730 --> 00:07:04.110 that you're going up against a really good defensive 00:07:04.110 --> 00:07:07.170 line. But there is no excuse for this offense 00:07:07.170 --> 00:07:10.560 to not be where it's supposed to be. And I put 00:07:10.560 --> 00:07:14.079 a lot of this on Jalen Hurts. You had two people 00:07:14.079 --> 00:07:16.699 that you could have easily thrown to that you 00:07:16.699 --> 00:07:19.459 could have won the game with. But you didn't 00:07:19.459 --> 00:07:22.360 want to do it. Why? I don't know. A .J. Brown 00:07:22.360 --> 00:07:25.019 had the leverage. So all you had to do was just 00:07:25.019 --> 00:07:26.939 give him the ball. It was a guaranteed catch 00:07:26.939 --> 00:07:29.939 and touchdown. Same thing with Dallas Goddard. 00:07:30.040 --> 00:07:33.540 He was guaranteed to get a first down. So why 00:07:33.540 --> 00:07:35.980 in the world would you not look at them first 00:07:35.980 --> 00:07:39.139 before giving it to Devontae Smith, which led 00:07:39.139 --> 00:07:42.259 to a pick six? This is something that I said 00:07:42.259 --> 00:07:44.819 with my friends as well as Corey from the Get 00:07:44.819 --> 00:07:47.420 It Done With Four podcast. Shout out to him. 00:07:47.439 --> 00:07:50.259 If you're a Commanders fan, Eagles fan, Cowboys 00:07:50.259 --> 00:07:52.959 fan, Giants fan, you should listen to his podcast 00:07:52.959 --> 00:07:55.360 because he gives a really in -depth analysis 00:07:55.360 --> 00:07:58.899 on your division. The offensive coordinator problem 00:07:58.899 --> 00:08:01.620 will be the reason why A .J. Brown and Devontae 00:08:01.620 --> 00:08:04.480 Smith want to leave. As an offensive coordinator, 00:08:04.800 --> 00:08:07.480 anytime you're on a loaded offense like the Eagles, 00:08:07.680 --> 00:08:10.560 your job is to find creative ways to utilize 00:08:10.560 --> 00:08:14.300 your weapons. And if you can't utilize them in 00:08:14.300 --> 00:08:16.699 a special way, you just don't need to be an offensive 00:08:16.699 --> 00:08:19.459 coordinator. And I understand that this is Nick 00:08:19.459 --> 00:08:21.939 Sirianni's friend, he's known him a long time, 00:08:22.120 --> 00:08:24.379 but clearly he doesn't know what he's doing. 00:08:24.860 --> 00:08:26.720 And I understand some people are saying, well, 00:08:26.759 --> 00:08:28.579 you got to give it time. You got to be patient. 00:08:28.800 --> 00:08:31.779 You know, sometimes you got to go through trial 00:08:31.779 --> 00:08:35.899 by fire. No, because right now the Buccaneers 00:08:35.899 --> 00:08:38.519 are going to be a problem. The Lions are still 00:08:38.519 --> 00:08:40.820 going to be a problem. There's a few other NFC 00:08:40.820 --> 00:08:42.480 teams that you're going to have to worry about. 00:08:42.600 --> 00:08:45.700 So you can't continue to lose these type of games 00:08:45.700 --> 00:08:49.320 when you know you have the weapons to beat the 00:08:49.320 --> 00:08:51.889 other team. That doesn't make any sense. You 00:08:51.889 --> 00:08:54.269 cannot give the type of money that you just gave 00:08:54.269 --> 00:08:57.210 to Saquon and think, oh, we're really not going 00:08:57.210 --> 00:08:59.990 to use him like how we should use him. No. 12 00:08:59.990 --> 00:09:02.929 attempts for 58 rushing yards? That's not good 00:09:02.929 --> 00:09:06.549 enough. 4 .8 rushing yards per carry? And you 00:09:06.549 --> 00:09:08.769 only have three rushes of 10 plus yards or more? 00:09:08.909 --> 00:09:12.370 No. I understand that the defensive line is loaded, 00:09:12.470 --> 00:09:15.409 but you as the offensive coordinator need to 00:09:15.409 --> 00:09:18.009 find a creative way on how to utilize Saquon 00:09:18.009 --> 00:09:21.529 Barkley. And you didn't do it. Better yet. Since 00:09:21.529 --> 00:09:23.750 we're talking about the offense, let's talk about 00:09:23.750 --> 00:09:26.330 what Lane Johnson had to say after the game. 00:09:26.409 --> 00:09:29.629 Because it's very important to know what he said. 00:09:30.169 --> 00:09:33.370 Because he's one of the tenured veterans on this 00:09:33.370 --> 00:09:35.889 team. Not just on the offense, on the entire 00:09:35.889 --> 00:09:39.289 team. This is what he said, and I quote, I felt 00:09:39.289 --> 00:09:41.649 like a lot of what we did last year was run play 00:09:41.649 --> 00:09:43.789 action, and it kind of fed off of each other. 00:09:44.029 --> 00:09:46.590 And defenses had a real hard time of guessing 00:09:46.590 --> 00:09:48.570 what it was going to be. And I think the last 00:09:48.570 --> 00:09:51.090 two weeks, you kind of know what it is. You know 00:09:51.090 --> 00:09:52.950 when the pass is coming. You know when the run 00:09:52.950 --> 00:09:55.350 is coming. Moving forward, we've got to do a 00:09:55.350 --> 00:09:58.590 better job of that. There's flashes, but flashes 00:09:58.590 --> 00:10:01.649 don't score points. It's about consistency. We 00:10:01.649 --> 00:10:05.409 have spurts, but nothing consistent enough. We 00:10:05.409 --> 00:10:07.350 have things we talk about, but the execution 00:10:07.350 --> 00:10:10.049 isn't there. We get behind the chains. We get 00:10:10.049 --> 00:10:12.289 very predictable sometimes. It's frustrating, 00:10:12.490 --> 00:10:15.649 but we have a lot of season ahead of us. confident 00:10:15.649 --> 00:10:17.769 with the guys in the room to get it fixed, and 00:10:17.769 --> 00:10:20.149 not make games so hard on ourselves, make it 00:10:20.149 --> 00:10:23.190 more fluid. I feel like we've been very stagnant 00:10:23.190 --> 00:10:26.690 offensively. We have to be able to keep the defenses 00:10:26.690 --> 00:10:30.129 guessing, not being predictable. We have spurts, 00:10:30.129 --> 00:10:32.429 but nothing consistent with what we're doing. 00:10:32.929 --> 00:10:36.629 I feel like last year we had big shots, big explosives 00:10:36.629 --> 00:10:39.070 that we were able to feed off of on our drives. 00:10:39.389 --> 00:10:42.269 We have some, but we're not able to capitalize 00:10:42.269 --> 00:10:45.240 on them. We may have a huge play, but we're not 00:10:45.240 --> 00:10:48.179 able to keep going and score. We were winning 00:10:48.179 --> 00:10:50.679 in the first month, but we weren't dominating. 00:10:50.940 --> 00:10:53.700 It's frustrating. You see the guys that we have 00:10:53.700 --> 00:10:55.700 on the offensive side of the ball. We should 00:10:55.700 --> 00:10:58.000 be doing a lot more to help our defense out. 00:10:58.059 --> 00:11:00.620 It's frustrating, but nothing we can't turn around, 00:11:00.820 --> 00:11:03.820 end quote. Everything that I just said, Lane 00:11:03.820 --> 00:11:06.600 Johnson just backed it up. You can tell that 00:11:06.600 --> 00:11:10.559 this offense is not the same. You can tell that... 00:11:10.830 --> 00:11:14.009 It went from being a more creative, multidimensional 00:11:14.009 --> 00:11:17.649 type of offense to a borderline, one -dimensional 00:11:17.649 --> 00:11:19.870 type of offense. That's not going to win you 00:11:19.870 --> 00:11:22.470 games. That's not going to put points on the 00:11:22.470 --> 00:11:25.350 board. And you can't continue to rely on the 00:11:25.350 --> 00:11:28.149 defense to bail you out of games. At some point, 00:11:28.169 --> 00:11:29.950 the offense is going to have to do its thing. 00:11:30.889 --> 00:11:33.730 Jeffrey Lurie isn't going to continue to write 00:11:33.730 --> 00:11:37.169 checks for big offensive weapons and the offensive 00:11:37.169 --> 00:11:40.629 weapons aren't being utilized. It's already bad 00:11:40.629 --> 00:11:42.450 enough that A .J. Brown doesn't want to be there. 00:11:42.610 --> 00:11:45.129 It's already bad enough that you have a little 00:11:45.129 --> 00:11:47.870 bit of friction on other parts of this offense. 00:11:48.950 --> 00:11:51.330 But the fact that you guys can't put points on 00:11:51.330 --> 00:11:55.090 the board against a team like the Giants? Come 00:11:55.090 --> 00:11:57.629 on. What are we doing here? Now, when we talk 00:11:57.629 --> 00:12:00.070 about the defense for the Eagles, there's a lot 00:12:00.070 --> 00:12:02.870 of things that could be said. But I think the 00:12:02.870 --> 00:12:05.129 number one thing that needs to be addressed is 00:12:05.129 --> 00:12:08.360 corner. I understand they have Quinion Mitchell. 00:12:08.519 --> 00:12:10.259 I understand they have Cooper DeGene and the 00:12:10.259 --> 00:12:13.220 Dory Jackson, Kelly Ringo. Howie, get on the 00:12:13.220 --> 00:12:16.139 phone. Call the Seahawks. Trade for Tyreek Wood. 00:12:16.320 --> 00:12:18.500 Because the Dory Jackson is not going to solve 00:12:18.500 --> 00:12:21.799 it. Kelly Ringo ain't going to solve it. Wondell 00:12:21.799 --> 00:12:26.379 Robinson had a career night. Jalen Hyatt, a name 00:12:26.379 --> 00:12:29.240 that we haven't talked about in years, looked 00:12:29.240 --> 00:12:32.779 really good. Theo Johnson looked really good. 00:12:33.120 --> 00:12:36.600 Cam Scadabo looked really good. And I understand, 00:12:36.700 --> 00:12:38.740 oh, we didn't have Jalen Carter and we don't 00:12:38.740 --> 00:12:42.320 have this person, that person. No excuses. Because 00:12:42.320 --> 00:12:44.960 you have to be able to find a way to win games 00:12:44.960 --> 00:12:47.820 even without Jalen Carter. You still have Jordan 00:12:47.820 --> 00:12:51.240 Davis. You still have Mario Jomo. You just drafted 00:12:51.240 --> 00:12:54.580 Ty Robinson. You had Zedarius before he unexpectedly 00:12:54.580 --> 00:12:58.399 retired. So what exactly isn't clicking? And 00:12:58.399 --> 00:13:00.299 speaking of pass rusher, the Eagles are going 00:13:00.299 --> 00:13:04.080 to need that as well. Because right now, we don't 00:13:04.080 --> 00:13:06.759 know when Noah Smith is coming back. I don't 00:13:06.759 --> 00:13:09.559 know if Zach Bond is hurt or not. So you're going 00:13:09.559 --> 00:13:12.860 to need other pass rushers to step up. And you 00:13:12.860 --> 00:13:15.779 trade away Bryce Huff. You let Josh Sweat go 00:13:15.779 --> 00:13:17.759 in free agency, which, I mean, you wouldn't be 00:13:17.759 --> 00:13:19.740 able to afford him anyway. But you're going to 00:13:19.740 --> 00:13:22.120 have to make some significant trades to bolster 00:13:22.120 --> 00:13:25.159 up this defense. So Matthew Stafford, 26 attempts 00:13:25.159 --> 00:13:29.009 for 17 completions. 181 passing yards, 1 touchdown, 00:13:29.250 --> 00:13:32.750 7 yards per attempt, and a 65 .4 completion percentage. 00:13:33.210 --> 00:13:36.210 Kyron Williams, 13 attempts for 50 rushing yards, 00:13:36.470 --> 00:13:39.169 3 .8 rushing yards per carry, 1 touchdown, and 00:13:39.169 --> 00:13:42.269 1 rush of 10 plus yards or more. Tyler Higby, 00:13:42.389 --> 00:13:45.190 4 targets for 4 receptions, 40 receiving yards, 00:13:45.350 --> 00:13:47.629 1 touchdown, and 10 receiving yards per reception. 00:13:48.139 --> 00:13:51.259 Cooper Rush, 19 attempts for 11 completions, 00:13:51.299 --> 00:13:54.960 72 passing yards, one pick, 3 .8 yards per attempt, 00:13:55.080 --> 00:13:58.639 and a 57 .9 completion percentage. Tyler Huntley, 00:13:58.740 --> 00:14:02.460 15 attempts for 10 completions, 68 passing yards, 00:14:02.700 --> 00:14:06.240 4 .5 yards per attempt, and a 66 .7 completion 00:14:06.240 --> 00:14:10.240 percentage. Derrick Henry, 24 attempts for 122 00:14:10.240 --> 00:14:12.940 rushing yards, 5 .1 rushing yards per carry, 00:14:13.019 --> 00:14:15.620 and four rushes of 10 plus yards or more. Zay 00:14:15.620 --> 00:14:19.279 Flowers. 10 targets for six receptions, 46 receiving 00:14:19.279 --> 00:14:23.200 yards, 7 .7 receiving yards per reception. So 00:14:23.200 --> 00:14:24.600 a couple of things with this game, all right? 00:14:24.600 --> 00:14:27.799 For starters, I feel like the Ravens should have 00:14:27.799 --> 00:14:30.440 relied more on the run game than the pass game. 00:14:30.620 --> 00:14:32.720 I just feel like personally, if you're gonna 00:14:32.720 --> 00:14:36.460 go with Cooper Rush, keep a very strict plan. 00:14:36.980 --> 00:14:40.179 Short intermediate passes, play action, and most 00:14:40.179 --> 00:14:44.259 importantly, run the damn ball. If you do those 00:14:44.259 --> 00:14:48.419 three things, You're guaranteed to win. Because 00:14:48.419 --> 00:14:50.659 you have Keaton Mitchell and Derrick Henry. You 00:14:50.659 --> 00:14:53.120 have Lightning and Thunder. And you also have 00:14:53.120 --> 00:14:57.259 Justice Hill as well. So anytime Cooper Rush 00:14:57.259 --> 00:15:00.039 has the ball in his hand, yo, we are not doing 00:15:00.039 --> 00:15:03.519 anything past 15 yards. So all that deep ball 00:15:03.519 --> 00:15:06.720 action, it's out the window. All you're trying 00:15:06.720 --> 00:15:09.419 to do is just get to the bye. Because let's be 00:15:09.419 --> 00:15:11.840 real here. The Rams didn't play a good game as 00:15:11.840 --> 00:15:15.389 well. They were very sloppy on defense. offense, 00:15:15.629 --> 00:15:18.470 and in special teams. So this was a very winnable 00:15:18.470 --> 00:15:21.190 game for the Ravens. But once again, what did 00:15:21.190 --> 00:15:23.669 they do? They flop. But let's talk about the 00:15:23.669 --> 00:15:26.149 defense. So for starters, I feel like they left 00:15:26.149 --> 00:15:28.570 a lot of meat on the bone. And the reason why 00:15:28.570 --> 00:15:31.049 I say that is because there were a lot of times 00:15:31.049 --> 00:15:33.049 where they could have made some big plays and 00:15:33.049 --> 00:15:36.169 they didn't. So I feel like, yes, the defense 00:15:36.169 --> 00:15:40.549 is starting to maybe fix their problems, but 00:15:40.549 --> 00:15:45.080 I don't feel confident in the Ravens. I don't 00:15:45.080 --> 00:15:48.039 feel confident on their trajectory right now 00:15:48.039 --> 00:15:50.980 because right now I truly believe this is not 00:15:50.980 --> 00:15:53.440 going to be their year. And if they don't go 00:15:53.440 --> 00:15:56.000 anywhere this year, John Harbaugh has to go. 00:15:56.100 --> 00:15:59.519 Because right now you are wasting the prime years 00:15:59.519 --> 00:16:03.019 of Lamar Jackson, Derrick Henry, Roquan Smith, 00:16:03.340 --> 00:16:06.220 Kyle Hamilton, Nate Wiggins, and everybody else 00:16:06.220 --> 00:16:10.379 you can possibly think of. I'm sorry. This team 00:16:10.379 --> 00:16:14.000 has invested too much money, time, resources, 00:16:14.159 --> 00:16:17.740 you name it. They've invested way too much just 00:16:17.740 --> 00:16:20.000 for this team not to make it to the Super Bowl 00:16:20.000 --> 00:16:24.279 and win. At some point, either you can do the 00:16:24.279 --> 00:16:28.700 job or you can't. Because guess what? Most likely 00:16:28.700 --> 00:16:30.519 who you're going to have to face in the playoffs, 00:16:30.820 --> 00:16:35.840 the Chiefs or the Bills or other. Now, right 00:16:35.840 --> 00:16:39.000 now, I'll be completely honest with you. Even 00:16:39.000 --> 00:16:41.700 though I should save this for the Bills game, 00:16:41.840 --> 00:16:45.399 the Bills don't look strong. The Bills look very 00:16:45.399 --> 00:16:48.539 beatable this year. And right now, you've already 00:16:48.539 --> 00:16:51.899 lost to three AFC teams. So when the seeding 00:16:51.899 --> 00:16:54.899 comes around, that's going to negatively affect 00:16:54.899 --> 00:16:57.659 you. So right now, you're fighting an uphill 00:16:57.659 --> 00:17:01.399 battle trying to at least bring some confidence 00:17:01.399 --> 00:17:04.980 back in. So what exactly are you going to do 00:17:04.980 --> 00:17:08.440 to turn this thing around? Because you still 00:17:08.440 --> 00:17:10.839 have a lot of games left, so anything can happen. 00:17:11.279 --> 00:17:14.200 But at the same time, if you're not willing to 00:17:14.200 --> 00:17:18.759 make changes, then that's a problem. Daniel Folele 00:17:18.759 --> 00:17:22.039 and Andrew Voorhees is a problem. You have Kevin 00:17:22.039 --> 00:17:24.599 Zeidler that's available. You have the Browns 00:17:24.599 --> 00:17:27.779 guards that are available. There are viable options 00:17:27.779 --> 00:17:30.460 that you could trade for right now that would 00:17:30.460 --> 00:17:33.440 instantly upgrade this offense and this team 00:17:33.440 --> 00:17:36.950 as a whole. So I don't understand what Eric DaCosta 00:17:36.950 --> 00:17:39.109 is doing, but right now it just looks like you're 00:17:39.109 --> 00:17:40.890 just sitting on your hands and just waiting. 00:17:41.470 --> 00:17:44.230 So at some point, someone's going to have to 00:17:44.230 --> 00:17:47.329 ask the tough questions. John, can you do the 00:17:47.329 --> 00:17:51.009 job? Can you turn this team around? Because I've 00:17:51.009 --> 00:17:53.509 seen Mike Tomlin do this multiple times in the 00:17:53.509 --> 00:17:56.349 last three years. I've seen him do this without 00:17:56.349 --> 00:17:58.890 TJ Watt. I've seen him do this with different 00:17:58.890 --> 00:18:01.990 quarterbacks from Justin Fields to Russell Wilson, 00:18:02.150 --> 00:18:05.089 now Aaron Rodgers. So why can't you do it, John, 00:18:05.230 --> 00:18:08.509 when you have a better, more complete roster 00:18:08.509 --> 00:18:11.690 than what Mike Tomlin does? I'm going to say 00:18:11.690 --> 00:18:14.170 that when we talk about gut check time, okay? 00:18:14.250 --> 00:18:17.250 Just giving you guys a heads up, after the trade 00:18:17.250 --> 00:18:19.910 deadline, we'll have gut check time. Until then, 00:18:20.109 --> 00:18:23.230 I'm not saying anything else. I'm going to give 00:18:23.230 --> 00:18:26.809 you the most basic of the basic for every single 00:18:26.809 --> 00:18:29.430 team moving forward. Once the trade deadline 00:18:29.430 --> 00:18:32.710 ends, best believe that episode is going to have 00:18:32.710 --> 00:18:36.509 a gut check time for all the teams. So it may 00:18:36.509 --> 00:18:38.970 be a long episode, but don't worry, it's on the 00:18:38.970 --> 00:18:41.849 way. Now let's talk about the Rams. The Rams 00:18:41.849 --> 00:18:44.130 played sloppy. There were a lot of times where 00:18:44.130 --> 00:18:46.309 they were off sides. There were a lot of times 00:18:46.309 --> 00:18:48.849 where they were just making unnecessary penalties 00:18:48.849 --> 00:18:52.660 and it was hurting them. And they just weren't 00:18:52.660 --> 00:18:55.279 playing like how the Rams are supposed to play. 00:18:55.460 --> 00:18:58.119 So I don't know if they're just going through 00:18:58.119 --> 00:19:01.099 their bumps and bruises. I don't know if they're 00:19:01.099 --> 00:19:03.700 trying to get themselves comfortable. I don't 00:19:03.700 --> 00:19:05.839 know what's going on with the Rams. But you need 00:19:05.839 --> 00:19:08.319 to get your act together, okay? Because this 00:19:08.319 --> 00:19:11.099 could possibly be the last year for Matthew Stafford. 00:19:11.420 --> 00:19:14.039 Now, defensively, I do believe they need to go 00:19:14.039 --> 00:19:16.299 after some corners. Because right now, Emmanuel 00:19:16.299 --> 00:19:19.519 Forbes and Akella Weatherspoon just isn't enough. 00:19:19.759 --> 00:19:22.500 I feel like they need to go after a veteran corner. 00:19:22.759 --> 00:19:25.339 I don't know who's out there that you could really 00:19:25.339 --> 00:19:28.279 make a trade for. I mean, anybody that would 00:19:28.279 --> 00:19:30.819 be available will probably be in the NFC. And 00:19:30.819 --> 00:19:32.180 I don't know if they're going to be willing to 00:19:32.180 --> 00:19:34.279 do that. But you're going to have to do something. 00:19:34.480 --> 00:19:36.279 And another thing that we have to talk about 00:19:36.279 --> 00:19:39.160 with this game. the Ravens' defensive line was 00:19:39.160 --> 00:19:41.700 not creating any pressure on Matthew Stafford. 00:19:42.319 --> 00:19:46.200 According to NextGenStats, Matthew Stafford was 00:19:46.200 --> 00:19:50.539 pressured on four of his 29 dropbacks at 13 .8%. 00:19:50.539 --> 00:19:54.000 That's the second lowest pressure rate he's faced 00:19:54.000 --> 00:19:57.599 in a game since 2018. Now, I really want you 00:19:57.599 --> 00:19:59.099 to think about this for a second here, folks. 00:19:59.339 --> 00:20:02.480 The Ravens traded away Adafi away not too long 00:20:02.480 --> 00:20:06.059 ago, and he gets a sack in his first game with 00:20:06.059 --> 00:20:09.900 the Chargers. Since that trade, the Ravens haven't 00:20:09.900 --> 00:20:13.059 done anything significant with pass rushers. 00:20:13.200 --> 00:20:15.720 Granted, you have Mike Green, you have Kyle Van 00:20:15.720 --> 00:20:18.460 Nooy, you have Travis Jones, Tavius Robinson. 00:20:18.740 --> 00:20:21.140 It's not enough. I don't know what Zach Lawrence 00:20:21.140 --> 00:20:23.559 is teaching them, but they're not getting after 00:20:23.559 --> 00:20:26.380 the quarterback. And that's a problem. Mike Green 00:20:26.380 --> 00:20:29.180 has all the potential in the world. I keep on 00:20:29.180 --> 00:20:31.279 saying this and I will continue to say this from 00:20:31.279 --> 00:20:34.960 the mountaintops. Mike Green could be the Ravens 00:20:34.960 --> 00:20:38.660 version of TJ Watt for all we know. But we would 00:20:38.660 --> 00:20:41.660 never know because why? The Ravens don't know 00:20:41.660 --> 00:20:43.980 how to use their pass rushers. The Ravens pass 00:20:43.980 --> 00:20:47.500 rushers can never get home. And this is a repeated 00:20:47.500 --> 00:20:50.180 trend that we have seen for the last few years. 00:20:50.519 --> 00:20:54.180 Every pass rusher that they have had do so much 00:20:54.180 --> 00:20:57.259 better when they leave the Ravens. Matthew Judon, 00:20:57.359 --> 00:21:00.380 Z'Darrius Smith, potentially Adafio Wake. I can 00:21:00.380 --> 00:21:03.319 continue to go down the list. The last great 00:21:03.319 --> 00:21:05.839 pass rusher that the Ravens actually developed 00:21:05.839 --> 00:21:09.640 was Terrell Suggs. Since then, what have they 00:21:09.640 --> 00:21:12.019 done? But I'm going to save that for gut check 00:21:12.019 --> 00:21:14.000 time. I'm not going to go any further because 00:21:14.000 --> 00:21:16.119 if I do, I'm just going to continue to go down 00:21:16.119 --> 00:21:19.839 this wormhole of why the Ravens will never win 00:21:19.839 --> 00:21:23.039 a Super Bowl with John Harbaugh and this coaching 00:21:23.039 --> 00:21:24.940 staff. I don't really want to do that right now. 00:21:24.960 --> 00:21:26.940 I want to save that for gut check time, all right? 00:21:26.980 --> 00:21:29.119 Because a lot can happen from now until then, 00:21:29.200 --> 00:21:30.519 all right? So let's talk about the Steelers. 00:21:30.539 --> 00:21:33.759 So Dylan Gabriel, 52 attempts for 29 completions, 00:21:33.799 --> 00:21:37.400 221 passing yards, 4 .3 yards per attempt, and 00:21:37.400 --> 00:21:40.789 a 55 .8 completion percentage. Quenshawn Junkins, 00:21:40.869 --> 00:21:43.930 12 attempts for 36 rushing yards, 3 rushing yards 00:21:43.930 --> 00:21:47.009 per carry. Harold Fannin Jr., 10 targets for 00:21:47.009 --> 00:21:50.750 7 receptions, 81 receiving yards, and 11 .6 receiving 00:21:50.750 --> 00:21:53.829 yards per receptions. Aaron Rodgers, 30 attempts 00:21:53.829 --> 00:21:57.890 for 21 completions, 235 passing yards, 2 touchdowns, 00:21:57.890 --> 00:22:00.809 7 .8 yards per attempt, and a 70 % completion 00:22:00.809 --> 00:22:03.859 percentage. Jalen Warren. 11 attempts for 52 00:22:03.859 --> 00:22:06.500 rushing yards, 4 .7 rushing yards per carry, 00:22:06.559 --> 00:22:09.259 and three rushes of 10 plus yards or more. DK 00:22:09.259 --> 00:22:12.359 Metcalf, nine targets for four receptions, 95 00:22:12.359 --> 00:22:15.420 receiving yards, one touchdown, and 23 .8 receiving 00:22:15.420 --> 00:22:17.700 yards per reception. So before we get into this 00:22:17.700 --> 00:22:20.160 game, I just need to have a public service announcement 00:22:20.160 --> 00:22:22.819 for all the Steelers fans, beat writers, and 00:22:22.819 --> 00:22:25.660 journalists, okay? Roderick Jones didn't lock 00:22:25.660 --> 00:22:30.109 up Myles Garrett, okay? So for all you beat writers, 00:22:30.250 --> 00:22:32.930 for all you journalists, for all you so -called 00:22:32.930 --> 00:22:35.410 people that cover the team that have been making 00:22:35.410 --> 00:22:38.630 articles and tweets and posts on social media 00:22:38.630 --> 00:22:41.269 saying, well, Roger Jones locked up Miles Garrett. 00:22:41.410 --> 00:22:45.150 No, he didn't. Instead, Arthur Smith schemed 00:22:45.150 --> 00:22:48.509 up a good game plan to counteract Miles Garrett's 00:22:48.509 --> 00:22:53.210 effectiveness. All they did was just not go in 00:22:53.210 --> 00:22:56.099 Miles Garrett direction. They were utilizing 00:22:56.099 --> 00:22:58.460 Darnell Washington a lot. They were running up 00:22:58.460 --> 00:23:00.740 the middle. They were doing different things 00:23:00.740 --> 00:23:03.779 to negate Myles Garrett. It's the same thing 00:23:03.779 --> 00:23:05.980 that teams do against TJ Watt and every other 00:23:05.980 --> 00:23:10.039 great pass rusher. So can we please stop? Especially 00:23:10.039 --> 00:23:15.500 media people who cover the Steelers. You guys, 00:23:15.700 --> 00:23:18.799 and I will continue to say this, and I said this 00:23:18.799 --> 00:23:23.180 on somebody's YouTube video. It's one thing if 00:23:23.180 --> 00:23:27.200 a fan... Can fanboy over Broderick Jones and 00:23:27.200 --> 00:23:29.359 the Miles Garrett and that whole Steelers and 00:23:29.359 --> 00:23:31.859 Ravens rivalry. Okay, fine. I have no problem 00:23:31.859 --> 00:23:33.460 with that because you know why? You guys are 00:23:33.460 --> 00:23:37.519 fans. Fans is short for fanatics. But if you 00:23:37.519 --> 00:23:41.099 are a person who covers the team, if you are 00:23:41.099 --> 00:23:44.180 a journalist slash beat writer that covers the 00:23:44.180 --> 00:23:47.099 team, you should not be pushing out your personal 00:23:47.099 --> 00:23:50.660 agendas. Talking about, well, Project Jones is 00:23:50.660 --> 00:23:53.299 looking pretty good. Project Jones, Project Jones. 00:23:53.519 --> 00:23:56.400 Aaron Rodgers, Aaron Rodgers. Oh, my God, the 00:23:56.400 --> 00:23:58.059 stairs are going through. They're going to do 00:23:58.059 --> 00:24:01.220 something this year. I remember clear as day 00:24:01.220 --> 00:24:04.579 those first three weeks of the season when Aaron 00:24:04.579 --> 00:24:07.940 Rodgers was actually doing his thing. I saw journalists 00:24:07.940 --> 00:24:10.539 who covered the team talk about, well, it was 00:24:10.539 --> 00:24:15.160 worth the wait. It was worth the wait. It was 00:24:15.160 --> 00:24:18.160 worth getting Aaron Rodgers. So far, it looks 00:24:18.160 --> 00:24:20.359 like it's a great idea. It's the first three 00:24:20.359 --> 00:24:22.579 weeks of the season. What are we talking about? 00:24:22.900 --> 00:24:25.940 You get a little chubby for just three weeks 00:24:25.940 --> 00:24:31.119 of football? Are you serious? Really? Three weeks, 00:24:31.240 --> 00:24:33.059 and you're already talking about, well, it was 00:24:33.059 --> 00:24:38.059 worth the wait. Stop it. Stop it. You are a journalist. 00:24:38.559 --> 00:24:43.000 There is a standard that you must abide by. So 00:24:43.000 --> 00:24:45.910 all that fanboying and whatnot. Leave that for 00:24:45.910 --> 00:24:48.630 the burner accounts and the restaurant talk and 00:24:48.630 --> 00:24:51.069 the barbershop talk. Don't do that when that's 00:24:51.069 --> 00:24:56.430 your job. You're J -O -B. Now that I've got that 00:24:56.430 --> 00:24:58.230 off my chest, let's talk about some football. 00:24:58.450 --> 00:25:01.509 So offensively, what is there to say that hasn't 00:25:01.509 --> 00:25:04.210 already been said? This Browns offense isn't 00:25:04.210 --> 00:25:06.609 cutting it. If you really expect Dylan Gabriel 00:25:06.609 --> 00:25:10.329 to turn mud into gold, I don't know what to tell 00:25:10.329 --> 00:25:13.349 you. Because all he has is what? Isaiah Bond, 00:25:13.990 --> 00:25:17.009 Jerry Judy. Quinn Sean -Junkins, Damon Njoku, 00:25:17.230 --> 00:25:20.750 Harold Fannin Jr. That's it. You don't have a 00:25:20.750 --> 00:25:23.269 good offensive line, and you're going up against 00:25:23.269 --> 00:25:26.470 a team who's coming off a bye, whose head coach 00:25:26.470 --> 00:25:30.130 has a winning record against rookies, and you're 00:25:30.130 --> 00:25:33.150 playing in a place that you haven't won since 00:25:33.150 --> 00:25:37.109 the early 2000s. So leading up to this game, 00:25:37.289 --> 00:25:40.890 you had little to no momentum in your favor. 00:25:42.250 --> 00:25:45.950 And as the game continued on, all the momentum 00:25:45.950 --> 00:25:50.829 that you did have just went down and down and 00:25:50.829 --> 00:25:54.049 down. I didn't expect Quinshawn Junkins to do 00:25:54.049 --> 00:25:56.470 a whole lot. I didn't expect the receivers to 00:25:56.470 --> 00:25:59.329 do a whole lot. The Steelers were playing their 00:25:59.329 --> 00:26:02.890 type of ball. Physical, punch you in the face, 00:26:03.049 --> 00:26:05.910 run the rock hard, and just put points on the 00:26:05.910 --> 00:26:08.869 board. And that's exactly what they did. Now, 00:26:08.869 --> 00:26:11.369 defensively, the Browns tried to stay in the 00:26:11.369 --> 00:26:14.490 game. But it just wasn't enough, especially when 00:26:14.490 --> 00:26:17.789 you have Arthur Smith, who purposely schemed 00:26:17.789 --> 00:26:21.529 up a game plan to negate Myles Garrett. So I'll 00:26:21.529 --> 00:26:23.910 be honest, I wasn't expecting the Browns to win. 00:26:24.130 --> 00:26:26.750 I wasn't expecting this game to be even close. 00:26:27.769 --> 00:26:30.710 Honestly speaking, they probably should have 00:26:30.710 --> 00:26:34.049 just kept Joe Flacco. If they had Joe Flacco 00:26:34.049 --> 00:26:37.690 on the field, then I think we could have a different 00:26:37.690 --> 00:26:40.190 conversation. But because you traded him to the 00:26:40.190 --> 00:26:43.819 Bengals, Not so much. But before we talk about 00:26:43.819 --> 00:26:45.880 the Steelers, I have to give credit where credit 00:26:45.880 --> 00:26:49.200 is due. Mike Tomlin looks like a genius right 00:26:49.200 --> 00:26:52.880 now. You traded for Jalen Ramsey, a person that 00:26:52.880 --> 00:26:55.140 a lot of people were saying, oh, he's a head 00:26:55.140 --> 00:26:57.539 case. He's going to be a problem in the locker 00:26:57.539 --> 00:26:59.759 room. And so far, there haven't been no problems. 00:27:00.500 --> 00:27:03.750 You waited for Aaron Rodgers, even though. I 00:27:03.750 --> 00:27:06.250 said it during that entire process. You can look 00:27:06.250 --> 00:27:09.849 at my previous episodes. I was 100 % against 00:27:09.849 --> 00:27:14.029 waiting for Aaron Rodgers. But so far, it looks 00:27:14.029 --> 00:27:16.750 like it's working. The Aaron Rodgers that we 00:27:16.750 --> 00:27:19.569 saw with the Jets and the Packers, you don't 00:27:19.569 --> 00:27:22.529 see that here. You see somebody that's focused, 00:27:22.769 --> 00:27:26.289 that's locked in, that's been a ray of sunshine 00:27:26.289 --> 00:27:29.930 for this offense. And I think that's great. And 00:27:29.930 --> 00:27:33.539 I think that just shows that, hey, being in a 00:27:33.539 --> 00:27:36.779 different situation sometimes can bring the best 00:27:36.779 --> 00:27:39.720 out of you. People can change. Sometimes you're 00:27:39.720 --> 00:27:44.160 in a really crappy, toxic situation for a season 00:27:44.160 --> 00:27:46.299 or two, and then you go to another team, and 00:27:46.299 --> 00:27:50.519 you have your best year. And so right now, Aaron 00:27:50.519 --> 00:27:53.200 Rodgers is looking really good. Now, am I saying 00:27:53.200 --> 00:27:54.660 that the Steelers are going to go to the Super 00:27:54.660 --> 00:27:57.859 Bowl this year? No. I'm not going to say anything. 00:27:58.279 --> 00:28:00.980 Mind you, I really haven't said anything like 00:28:00.980 --> 00:28:03.799 how I did last year. Last year, I'll be honest. 00:28:04.299 --> 00:28:06.259 Mook, you know what I'm getting ready to say. 00:28:06.380 --> 00:28:09.559 I was drinking from the cup. I was taking big 00:28:09.559 --> 00:28:13.599 gulps of the cup last year. But this year, no. 00:28:14.119 --> 00:28:16.519 I'm going to let things play out. I'm going to 00:28:16.519 --> 00:28:20.519 wait until we face the Colts, the Bills, and 00:28:20.519 --> 00:28:23.819 the Packers. If we can beat two of those three 00:28:23.819 --> 00:28:27.130 teams, then I may start talking my stuff. But 00:28:27.130 --> 00:28:29.410 until we reach that point, I'm not saying anything. 00:28:29.930 --> 00:28:33.089 But back to football. This was a really good 00:28:33.089 --> 00:28:36.430 game plan for the Steelers. Sure, I want the 00:28:36.430 --> 00:28:38.529 run game to be a little bit better. Sure, I want 00:28:38.529 --> 00:28:40.390 them to convert on their third down. Sure, I 00:28:40.390 --> 00:28:42.230 want them to attack the middle of the field more. 00:28:42.349 --> 00:28:44.750 Sure, I want them to start passing it to Pat 00:28:44.750 --> 00:28:47.130 Frymuth and start using different players in 00:28:47.130 --> 00:28:50.210 a different way. Sure, but the fact of the matter 00:28:50.210 --> 00:28:54.009 is the Steelers offense is finding ways to win. 00:28:54.589 --> 00:28:57.569 put points on the board while at the same time 00:28:57.569 --> 00:29:01.269 using people that quite frankly were not being 00:29:01.269 --> 00:29:04.309 utilized in the last two or three years. That's 00:29:04.309 --> 00:29:06.309 significant. And that needs to be talked about 00:29:06.309 --> 00:29:09.869 a whole lot. Arthur Smith's offense is very boring 00:29:09.869 --> 00:29:12.230 by a lot of people's standards. But guess what? 00:29:12.369 --> 00:29:15.710 It gets the job done. If I'm not mistaken, and 00:29:15.710 --> 00:29:18.690 I will have to fact check this, I think the Steelers 00:29:18.690 --> 00:29:21.109 are like top five or top 10 when it comes to 00:29:21.109 --> 00:29:24.400 the red zone. I mean, they're using Darnell Washington 00:29:24.400 --> 00:29:26.859 like he's Gronk, which, I mean, that's probably 00:29:26.859 --> 00:29:28.819 a bad analogy, but that's the only person I could 00:29:28.819 --> 00:29:30.319 think of because, you know, size and whatnot. 00:29:30.440 --> 00:29:32.339 But we're not talking about that, okay? We're 00:29:32.339 --> 00:29:34.779 talking about football. I think if they continue 00:29:34.779 --> 00:29:38.940 to grow as the season progresses, I think this 00:29:38.940 --> 00:29:41.660 offense could be a little bit of a problem for 00:29:41.660 --> 00:29:44.579 other defenses because I truly believe that right 00:29:44.579 --> 00:29:47.839 now, with the formula that they have, I think 00:29:47.839 --> 00:29:50.460 they could beat the Bills. I think they could 00:29:50.460 --> 00:29:53.980 give a lot of other AFC teams problems. Because 00:29:53.980 --> 00:29:57.059 let's be real here. The AFC this year is weak. 00:29:57.660 --> 00:29:59.980 And the teams that we thought were going to be 00:29:59.980 --> 00:30:02.759 the Super Bowl candidates really aren't. If you 00:30:02.759 --> 00:30:04.859 would have told me that the Colts would be playing 00:30:04.859 --> 00:30:06.420 the way that they're playing with Daniel Jones, 00:30:06.619 --> 00:30:08.599 I would have called you a liar. But they are. 00:30:08.859 --> 00:30:11.859 The Bills really aren't a problem. The Chiefs 00:30:11.859 --> 00:30:13.299 right now, they're starting to get their act 00:30:13.299 --> 00:30:15.980 together. But I still have to wait and see what 00:30:15.980 --> 00:30:17.700 they're going to do with the trade deadline coming 00:30:17.700 --> 00:30:21.750 up. And honestly, I mean, the Ravens, they're 00:30:21.750 --> 00:30:25.109 just going down the toilet. Broncos, they're 00:30:25.109 --> 00:30:27.690 going to get their act together. Everybody else, 00:30:27.829 --> 00:30:32.650 it's whatever. But huge shout out to Aaron Rodgers 00:30:32.650 --> 00:30:35.750 and Arthur Smith and Mike Tomlin for scheming 00:30:35.750 --> 00:30:38.650 up a good game plan against the Browns. Now, 00:30:38.670 --> 00:30:41.349 defensively, they were going after Dylan Gabriel. 00:30:41.609 --> 00:30:45.190 They were crushing Dylan Gabriel. Nick Herbig 00:30:45.190 --> 00:30:48.759 had a really good game. Jalen Ramsey. got a sack. 00:30:49.319 --> 00:30:52.019 Think about that. If you would have told me that 00:30:52.019 --> 00:30:54.920 Jalen Ramsey would get a sack before Myles Garrett 00:30:54.920 --> 00:30:56.660 gets a sack in this game, I would have called 00:30:56.660 --> 00:30:59.640 you a liar. I know somebody made a crazy bet 00:30:59.640 --> 00:31:01.940 with that and probably won some money off of 00:31:01.940 --> 00:31:05.720 it. Hey, things are clicking. Things are starting 00:31:05.720 --> 00:31:07.819 to look good for the Steelers. Now, it's only 00:31:07.819 --> 00:31:10.359 up from here. Granted, they still have some positions 00:31:10.359 --> 00:31:13.559 that they do need to address, corner, maybe interior 00:31:13.559 --> 00:31:16.920 defensive line. maybe safety, but outside of 00:31:16.920 --> 00:31:18.559 those positions, I think they're a really good 00:31:18.559 --> 00:31:22.019 team. Now again, we've seen this same recipe 00:31:22.019 --> 00:31:25.200 before. The first half of the season, they're 00:31:25.200 --> 00:31:27.339 playing really well, they're dominating, playing 00:31:27.339 --> 00:31:29.839 really good ball, and then that second half of 00:31:29.839 --> 00:31:32.339 the season, They're like flower hitting water. 00:31:32.480 --> 00:31:34.740 They just disintegrate. So hopefully that doesn't 00:31:34.740 --> 00:31:37.359 happen. Hopefully they actually do something 00:31:37.359 --> 00:31:40.099 this year because I truly believe that there 00:31:40.099 --> 00:31:43.099 is a good chance that this year they could possibly 00:31:43.099 --> 00:31:46.099 win a playoff game, maybe even more. If that 00:31:46.099 --> 00:31:49.640 offense really starts clicking and that defense 00:31:49.640 --> 00:31:52.940 stays consistent, we may have to have a different 00:31:52.940 --> 00:31:56.039 conversation. I'm just saying. I'm not going 00:31:56.039 --> 00:32:00.440 to go there yet, but it's starting to get there. 00:32:00.829 --> 00:32:03.349 Now let's talk about the 49ers and Buccaneers 00:32:03.349 --> 00:32:06.890 games. So Mack Jones, 39 attempts for 27 completions, 00:32:06.910 --> 00:32:11.150 347 passing yards, two picks, 8 .9 yards per 00:32:11.150 --> 00:32:14.430 attempt, and a 69 .2 completion percentage. Christian 00:32:14.430 --> 00:32:17.529 McCaffrey, 17 attempts for 54 rushing yards, 00:32:17.730 --> 00:32:20.390 3 .2 rushing yards per carry, one touchdown, 00:32:20.490 --> 00:32:23.250 and one rush of 10 plus yards more. Kendrick 00:32:23.250 --> 00:32:26.750 Bourne, nine targets for five receptions, 142 00:32:26.750 --> 00:32:29.789 receiving yards, 28 .4 receiving yards per reception. 00:32:30.240 --> 00:32:33.579 Baker Mayfield, 23 attempts for 17 completions, 00:32:33.579 --> 00:32:37.880 256 passing yards, 2 touchdowns, 11 .1 yards 00:32:37.880 --> 00:32:40.500 per attempt, and a 73 .9 completion percentage. 00:32:40.819 --> 00:32:44.319 Ricard White, 17 attempts for 65 rushing yards, 00:32:44.500 --> 00:32:47.119 3 .8 rushing yards per carry, 1 touchdown, and 00:32:47.119 --> 00:32:50.339 2 rushes of 10 plus yards or more. Cameron Johnson, 00:32:50.559 --> 00:32:52.920 four targets for four receptions, 64 receiving 00:32:52.920 --> 00:32:55.259 yards, one touchdown, and 16 receiving yards 00:32:55.259 --> 00:32:59.200 per reception. So, man, oh man, what is there 00:32:59.200 --> 00:33:03.819 to say about this game? Oh, I know. Baker Mayfield 00:33:03.819 --> 00:33:08.019 is my MVP this year. I don't care what anyone 00:33:08.019 --> 00:33:10.779 says. You can name me this quarterback. You can 00:33:10.779 --> 00:33:14.279 name me this player. Baker Mayfield is the MVP 00:33:14.279 --> 00:33:18.099 this year. If this game don't say it, I don't 00:33:18.099 --> 00:33:20.529 know what else to tell you. Because the fact 00:33:20.529 --> 00:33:23.970 that he won this game without Mike Evans, Chris 00:33:23.970 --> 00:33:27.470 Godwin, you lost Emeka Ibuka during the game. 00:33:27.809 --> 00:33:31.690 You didn't have Bucky Irvin. And you still found 00:33:31.690 --> 00:33:36.269 a way to win? Come on, guys. Come on, guys. We 00:33:36.269 --> 00:33:38.289 got to have an honest conversation. If we don't 00:33:38.289 --> 00:33:40.289 want to have an honest conversation, then I don't 00:33:40.289 --> 00:33:42.930 know what to tell you. But that game right there 00:33:42.930 --> 00:33:46.890 proved that the Buccaneers are a legitimate problem 00:33:46.890 --> 00:33:50.619 this year. I will continue to say it. Do not 00:33:50.619 --> 00:33:54.980 sleep on the Buccaneers. If they get healthy 00:33:54.980 --> 00:33:58.099 and if they make one or two moves during the 00:33:58.099 --> 00:34:01.380 trade deadline, I guarantee you they will be 00:34:01.380 --> 00:34:04.180 able to go toe -to -toe with the Eagles and any 00:34:04.180 --> 00:34:06.619 other NFC candidate you could possibly name me 00:34:06.619 --> 00:34:10.260 right now. That's how good they are. That's how 00:34:10.260 --> 00:34:14.119 well they played on Sunday. But defensively, 00:34:14.119 --> 00:34:17.010 they did a really good job. Even though they 00:34:17.010 --> 00:34:19.070 didn't have Benjamin Morrison and a few other 00:34:19.070 --> 00:34:23.070 people, they did a really good job. According 00:34:23.070 --> 00:34:26.989 to NextGenStats, in Week 6, the Buccaneers were 00:34:26.989 --> 00:34:30.130 7th in run defense and they allowed 1 rushing 00:34:30.130 --> 00:34:33.949 touchdown, 67 rushing yards per game, 3 rushing 00:34:33.949 --> 00:34:37.210 yards per play, and 1 rush of 10 plus yards or 00:34:37.210 --> 00:34:40.130 more. So the fact that they limit Christian McCaffrey 00:34:40.130 --> 00:34:44.480 to 17 attempts for 54 rushing yards, 3 .2 rushing 00:34:44.480 --> 00:34:47.019 yards per carry, one touchdown, and one rush 00:34:47.019 --> 00:34:49.679 of 10 plus yards or more, I would say job well 00:34:49.679 --> 00:34:52.019 done. I would say you completed the mission. 00:34:52.260 --> 00:34:55.039 Now I know 49ers fans are saying, well, we didn't 00:34:55.039 --> 00:34:58.340 have Rob Purdy, and we lost Fred Warner, and 00:34:58.340 --> 00:35:01.440 we didn't have this person, that person. Don't 00:35:01.440 --> 00:35:04.019 worry. I got some stuff I gotta say about you 00:35:04.019 --> 00:35:05.820 guys, but we're gonna talk about the Buccaneers 00:35:05.820 --> 00:35:08.699 though. As of right now, what is stopping the 00:35:08.699 --> 00:35:11.119 Buccaneers? Like really think about this for 00:35:11.119 --> 00:35:14.050 a second. What is really stopping the Buccaneers? 00:35:14.469 --> 00:35:17.269 Because right now, they're easily going to win 00:35:17.269 --> 00:35:20.369 their division, okay? Once they win their division, 00:35:20.610 --> 00:35:23.769 you're either going to have to face the Eagles, 00:35:24.130 --> 00:35:28.590 Lions, or whoever. Now, depending on how high 00:35:28.590 --> 00:35:32.170 of a seed they get, if they get home field advantage 00:35:32.170 --> 00:35:35.449 and you have to face the Eagles, the Lions, or 00:35:35.449 --> 00:35:40.059 other, I think they can beat them. And honestly 00:35:40.059 --> 00:35:42.260 speaking, I think another thing that's not being 00:35:42.260 --> 00:35:45.579 talked about is the fact that Baker Mayfield 00:35:45.579 --> 00:35:50.300 continues to play despite having another offensive 00:35:50.300 --> 00:35:54.719 coordinator. He had David Canales, then he had 00:35:54.719 --> 00:35:57.900 Liam Cohen, and now he has the offensive coordinator 00:35:57.900 --> 00:36:01.219 that he has now. Under all three of those offensive 00:36:01.219 --> 00:36:03.820 coordinators, he's played well. And honestly 00:36:03.820 --> 00:36:06.820 speaking, every single year, he's gotten better. 00:36:07.949 --> 00:36:11.570 So right now, I think if Mike Evans and Chris 00:36:11.570 --> 00:36:15.449 Godwin can get healthy, I think this is the team 00:36:15.449 --> 00:36:17.610 that you're going to have to worry about when 00:36:17.610 --> 00:36:19.829 it gets to the seeding. Because they're going 00:36:19.829 --> 00:36:23.150 to win their division. Who's going to beat them? 00:36:23.849 --> 00:36:30.630 Falcons? Panthers? Saints? Nah. It's the Buccaneers 00:36:30.630 --> 00:36:33.130 division. But let's talk about the 49ers offense. 00:36:33.250 --> 00:36:35.389 So for starters, Matt Jones is playing really 00:36:35.389 --> 00:36:38.360 well. Am I saying he's going to take somebody's 00:36:38.360 --> 00:36:41.059 job? No. Am I saying he's going to be able to 00:36:41.059 --> 00:36:44.820 compete for a starting job next year? No. I think 00:36:44.820 --> 00:36:47.159 right now he's playing like an above average 00:36:47.159 --> 00:36:49.460 backup quarterback. And a lot of teams need that. 00:36:49.619 --> 00:36:51.539 Now, Kendrick Bourne had a really good game. 00:36:52.019 --> 00:36:53.460 Christian McCaffrey probably could have done 00:36:53.460 --> 00:36:55.639 a little bit more. But again, you're facing the 00:36:55.639 --> 00:36:59.719 Buccaneers who are one of the better run defenses 00:36:59.719 --> 00:37:02.019 in the entire league. So I'm not really surprised. 00:37:02.780 --> 00:37:05.400 But let's talk about the defense. So with them 00:37:05.400 --> 00:37:07.360 losing Fred Warner, I know a lot of people are 00:37:07.360 --> 00:37:09.059 freaking out and they're trying to figure out, 00:37:09.119 --> 00:37:12.059 oh, what are they going to do? All hope is lost. 00:37:12.179 --> 00:37:14.699 The season is over with. No, it's not. They can 00:37:14.699 --> 00:37:16.960 still do something. It's just going to be a lot 00:37:16.960 --> 00:37:19.139 difficult because they don't have Fred Warner 00:37:19.139 --> 00:37:22.679 nor Nick Bosa on the field. And let's be real 00:37:22.679 --> 00:37:25.539 here. There isn't a Fred Warner that's just available 00:37:25.539 --> 00:37:28.780 right now for a trade, okay? So either you're 00:37:28.780 --> 00:37:30.480 going to have to rely on your younger players. 00:37:31.050 --> 00:37:33.010 Or you're just going to have to scheme up something 00:37:33.010 --> 00:37:35.949 different to supplement Fred Warner not being 00:37:35.949 --> 00:37:39.010 on the field. Now, honestly speaking here, if 00:37:39.010 --> 00:37:41.489 you had Dre Greenlaw, guess what? You wouldn't 00:37:41.489 --> 00:37:45.210 be in this situation. But, well, you know what? 00:37:45.309 --> 00:37:47.030 Let's leave that alone because that might be 00:37:47.030 --> 00:37:50.349 sensitive for 49ers fans. Let's just leave that 00:37:50.349 --> 00:37:54.150 alone. But on a serious note, I do believe the 00:37:54.150 --> 00:37:56.889 49ers can still make some noise. But it all depends 00:37:56.889 --> 00:37:58.889 on what they do with the trade deadline coming 00:37:58.889 --> 00:38:01.869 up. I do believe they should go after a pass 00:38:01.869 --> 00:38:04.849 rusher than trying to go after a middle linebacker, 00:38:04.889 --> 00:38:08.210 and here's why. Outside of Nick Bosa, who else 00:38:08.210 --> 00:38:10.389 do you really have to worry about on this defensive 00:38:10.389 --> 00:38:13.670 line? Who else on this defensive line can create 00:38:13.670 --> 00:38:16.570 consistent pressure on the quarterback? Nobody? 00:38:16.849 --> 00:38:21.349 Oh, okay. According to NextGenStats, the 49ers 00:38:21.349 --> 00:38:24.469 defense has blitzed on 20 .7 % of opponents' 00:38:24.630 --> 00:38:27.110 dropbacks. That is the fifth lowest rate in the 00:38:27.110 --> 00:38:29.789 National Football League. Now, with that being 00:38:29.789 --> 00:38:32.429 said, if you're the 49ers, what are you willing 00:38:32.429 --> 00:38:35.590 to give up to get an elite pass rusher? Because 00:38:35.590 --> 00:38:37.150 we all know you're going to have to give up a 00:38:37.150 --> 00:38:40.590 first round pick. The question is, are you willing 00:38:40.590 --> 00:38:43.429 to do it knowing that most likely you're going 00:38:43.429 --> 00:38:45.170 to have to address the offensive line in next 00:38:45.170 --> 00:38:48.610 year's draft? Because you could get Max Crosby. 00:38:48.929 --> 00:38:51.730 You could get Jeffrey Simmons. You could get 00:38:51.730 --> 00:38:54.550 Trey Hendrickson. But just know you're not going 00:38:54.550 --> 00:38:57.670 to have a first round pick. So the question is. 00:38:58.039 --> 00:39:00.880 Do you get a tier two or tier three pass rusher? 00:39:00.880 --> 00:39:03.099 Maybe somebody that's familiar with Robert Sala? 00:39:03.420 --> 00:39:06.280 Or do you try to get somebody that maybe, you 00:39:06.280 --> 00:39:08.460 know, they get released or something? What exactly 00:39:08.460 --> 00:39:12.199 do you do to address this problem? Because you 00:39:12.199 --> 00:39:15.260 need to create pressure. Because if you're not 00:39:15.260 --> 00:39:17.500 creating pressure, a quarterback is going to 00:39:17.500 --> 00:39:21.440 pick you apart. If you're the 49ers, you have 00:39:21.440 --> 00:39:23.920 a lot of thinking that you have to do within 00:39:23.920 --> 00:39:25.980 the next few weeks. And you have to come up with 00:39:25.980 --> 00:39:28.900 a decision fairly quickly because why? The trade 00:39:28.900 --> 00:39:32.000 deadline is only a few weeks away. And teams 00:39:32.000 --> 00:39:34.440 are going to start calling. I wouldn't be surprised 00:39:34.440 --> 00:39:37.460 if the Eagles, Ravens, and a few other teams 00:39:37.460 --> 00:39:39.820 that need pass rushers are doing the same thing. 00:39:40.280 --> 00:39:43.179 Now we all know the Eagles would be willing to 00:39:43.179 --> 00:39:46.420 give up a first round pick and more just to get 00:39:46.420 --> 00:39:48.579 an elite pass rusher because they're that desperate. 00:39:49.260 --> 00:39:52.019 The question is, will you meet their desperation? 00:39:52.420 --> 00:39:54.179 But let's talk about the Jets and Broncos game. 00:39:54.320 --> 00:39:58.219 So Bo Nix, 30 attempts for 19 completions, 174 00:39:58.219 --> 00:40:00.980 passing yards, one touchdown, 5 .8 yards per 00:40:00.980 --> 00:40:04.260 attempt, and a 63 .3 completion percentage. J 00:40:04.260 --> 00:40:06.699 .K. Dobbins, 14 attempts for 40 rushing yards, 00:40:06.860 --> 00:40:10.119 2 .9 rushing yards per carry. Evan Ingram. Six 00:40:10.119 --> 00:40:12.719 targets for five receptions, 42 receiving yards, 00:40:12.900 --> 00:40:15.940 8 .4 receiving yards per reception. Justin Fields, 00:40:16.219 --> 00:40:19.340 17 attempts for nine completions, 45 passing 00:40:19.340 --> 00:40:22.840 yards, 2 .6 yards per attempt, and a 52 .9 completion 00:40:22.840 --> 00:40:26.199 percentage. Brees Hall, 22 attempts for 59 rushing 00:40:26.199 --> 00:40:29.340 yards, 2 .7 rushing yards per carry. Josh Reynolds, 00:40:29.559 --> 00:40:32.239 three targets for three receptions, 25 receiving 00:40:32.239 --> 00:40:34.980 yards, and 8 .3 receiving yards per reception. 00:40:35.760 --> 00:40:38.500 I'll be honest here, this was a really good defensive 00:40:38.500 --> 00:40:41.519 game if you love those type of games, but offensively, 00:40:41.519 --> 00:40:45.559 it was atrocious. Nobody was really able to do 00:40:45.559 --> 00:40:48.340 anything. So let's start with the Broncos offense. 00:40:48.539 --> 00:40:51.460 They lacked explosive plays, and honestly speaking, 00:40:51.739 --> 00:40:54.320 they weren't in rhythm. And every time that they 00:40:54.320 --> 00:40:56.800 tried to get into a rhythm, it was always disrupted. 00:40:57.119 --> 00:40:59.599 And if it wasn't for the defense, I couldn't 00:40:59.599 --> 00:41:02.400 tell you how this game would have ended. Now, 00:41:02.420 --> 00:41:05.460 according to NextGenStats, The Broncos defense 00:41:05.460 --> 00:41:09.039 held the Jets to zero explosive plays. The first 00:41:09.039 --> 00:41:11.199 time an offense has gone without an explosive 00:41:11.199 --> 00:41:15.139 play in the game since week 22 of the 2021 season, 00:41:15.280 --> 00:41:20.059 which was the Texans versus the Titans. The Broncos 00:41:20.059 --> 00:41:24.099 generated 16 pressures on 29 dropbacks against 00:41:24.099 --> 00:41:26.719 the Jets. That's the fifth highest pressure rate 00:41:26.719 --> 00:41:29.639 by any team this season. I don't know what's 00:41:29.639 --> 00:41:31.300 going on with the Jets, but they need to figure 00:41:31.300 --> 00:41:34.599 it out. Because since week one, they have regressed 00:41:34.599 --> 00:41:38.320 every single week. And that's not good. You're 00:41:38.320 --> 00:41:41.579 supposed to be progressing every single week. 00:41:42.400 --> 00:41:45.860 This has to be Justin Fields' worst game of his 00:41:45.860 --> 00:41:49.860 entire career. And honestly speaking, now looking 00:41:49.860 --> 00:41:52.639 back at it, Pittsburgh made the right decision. 00:41:52.900 --> 00:41:55.900 They decided to go and weigh things out with 00:41:55.900 --> 00:41:59.500 Aaron Rodgers. And so far, it's working. Meanwhile, 00:41:59.739 --> 00:42:02.380 Justin Fields decided to chase the money. And 00:42:02.380 --> 00:42:05.519 now look, you look horrible. And most likely, 00:42:05.559 --> 00:42:07.800 this will probably be the last chance that you 00:42:07.800 --> 00:42:10.219 get of being a starting quarterback in the league. 00:42:10.280 --> 00:42:13.960 Because I promise you, the Jets most likely will 00:42:13.960 --> 00:42:16.400 take a quarterback next year. You cannot run 00:42:16.400 --> 00:42:19.099 it back with Justin Fields. I'm sorry. Now, if 00:42:19.099 --> 00:42:21.400 you're Justin Fields, this just goes to show, 00:42:21.500 --> 00:42:24.900 chasing the money isn't always the best option. 00:42:24.960 --> 00:42:27.539 Sometimes the opportunity is better than the 00:42:27.539 --> 00:42:30.039 money. And I know people are probably scratching 00:42:30.039 --> 00:42:31.219 their heads and they're probably figuring out, 00:42:31.280 --> 00:42:34.800 what do you mean? Sometimes if you're in a better 00:42:34.800 --> 00:42:38.099 opportunity, you really won't be focused on the 00:42:38.099 --> 00:42:41.300 money as much because the opportunity is great. 00:42:41.639 --> 00:42:45.449 Case in point, the Patriots. all those years 00:42:45.449 --> 00:42:47.949 all those players that want to go to the Patriots 00:42:47.949 --> 00:42:51.449 they knew hey listen I'm dealing with Bill Belichick 00:42:51.449 --> 00:42:53.449 who's going to be hard -nosed who's going to 00:42:53.449 --> 00:42:56.550 be on my ass on the smallest of the small details 00:42:56.550 --> 00:42:59.449 but guess what I'm always going to be competing 00:42:59.449 --> 00:43:02.630 for a championship and people brought into that 00:43:02.630 --> 00:43:06.090 for 20 plus years and honestly speaking I would 00:43:06.090 --> 00:43:08.750 have stayed with Pittsburgh because why even 00:43:08.750 --> 00:43:11.750 if you're the backup with Aaron Rodgers the fact 00:43:11.750 --> 00:43:15.769 that Arthur Smith loved you, and he was probably 00:43:15.769 --> 00:43:18.170 going to scheme up something specifically for 00:43:18.170 --> 00:43:23.130 you? Come on, man. Because now look at you. Outside 00:43:23.130 --> 00:43:27.050 of week one, what have you really shown? Nothing. 00:43:27.710 --> 00:43:29.929 All you've shown is that you're very athletic 00:43:29.929 --> 00:43:31.670 and that you can run with your legs. That's it. 00:43:32.190 --> 00:43:35.030 If you take away his running ability, what does 00:43:35.030 --> 00:43:38.530 Justin Fields have? It's not like he has this 00:43:38.530 --> 00:43:42.750 rocket arm or this quick release or he's able 00:43:42.750 --> 00:43:45.510 to decipher plays fairly quickly. It's none of 00:43:45.510 --> 00:43:49.329 those things. So if you're the Jets, how long 00:43:49.329 --> 00:43:51.289 of a leash are you going to give Justin Fields 00:43:51.289 --> 00:43:53.130 before you say, you know what, we have to go 00:43:53.130 --> 00:43:55.679 in a different direction? We literally saw the 00:43:55.679 --> 00:43:58.420 Jets just look around like they're in La La Land 00:43:58.420 --> 00:44:01.519 while the clock is going down and everyone's 00:44:01.519 --> 00:44:03.320 trying to figure out, okay, are we going to run 00:44:03.320 --> 00:44:05.360 a play? Are we going to take a knee? Are we going 00:44:05.360 --> 00:44:08.320 to do a timeout? What are we going to do? And 00:44:08.320 --> 00:44:10.539 they didn't do anything. And guess what? Next 00:44:10.539 --> 00:44:13.119 thing you know, it hits triple zeros and now 00:44:13.119 --> 00:44:15.519 they're going into halftime. And Garrett Wilson 00:44:15.519 --> 00:44:18.500 is letting Aaron Glenn have it and he deserves 00:44:18.500 --> 00:44:20.920 every right to do so because it's like, bro, 00:44:21.059 --> 00:44:24.639 what the hell are we doing? If this is any veteran 00:44:24.639 --> 00:44:27.039 quarterback, oh, it's going to be a timeout. 00:44:27.159 --> 00:44:29.340 They're taking a knee. They're doing something. 00:44:29.860 --> 00:44:33.619 But Justin Fields is a deer in headlights. Why? 00:44:36.500 --> 00:44:40.619 If it wasn't for their defense, this would have 00:44:40.619 --> 00:44:43.900 been probably the worst game of all time. And 00:44:43.900 --> 00:44:46.739 even then, let's talk about their defense. Sauce 00:44:46.739 --> 00:44:50.320 does not look good. I've been holding in for 00:44:50.320 --> 00:44:53.650 a very long time, but I said it. They should 00:44:53.650 --> 00:44:56.369 have never gave Sauce that type of contract because 00:44:56.369 --> 00:44:59.030 outside of his rookie year, what has he shown? 00:44:59.949 --> 00:45:05.530 Nothing. Even with Garrett Wilson, you're having 00:45:05.530 --> 00:45:08.369 these hissy fits and going off on people in the 00:45:08.369 --> 00:45:10.590 sidelines. Brother, you didn't have to sign that 00:45:10.590 --> 00:45:14.280 contract. You decided that you wanted to be here. 00:45:14.400 --> 00:45:17.019 You made that decision. You didn't even give 00:45:17.019 --> 00:45:20.019 yourself the ability to test free agency just 00:45:20.019 --> 00:45:22.719 to see, hey, which teams would be interested 00:45:22.719 --> 00:45:25.519 in me? What's my market? You just said, you know 00:45:25.519 --> 00:45:28.400 what? F it. I'm just going to sign here. Forget 00:45:28.400 --> 00:45:32.099 about it. Now look at you. You're back in the 00:45:32.099 --> 00:45:34.960 same cycle of losing and bad and inconsistent 00:45:34.960 --> 00:45:37.659 quarterback play that you thought you were going 00:45:37.659 --> 00:45:41.710 to get out of. I keep telling people the money 00:45:41.710 --> 00:45:45.530 isn't always worth it. If I'm a player, I would 00:45:45.530 --> 00:45:48.670 rather take less just so I can be in a better 00:45:48.670 --> 00:45:51.349 opportunity than to just say, hey, I'm making 00:45:51.349 --> 00:45:54.170 30 plus million, but I'm on a team that's probably 00:45:54.170 --> 00:45:56.969 not going to win 10 games this season. Or I'm 00:45:56.969 --> 00:45:59.449 on a team right now that most likely I'm going 00:45:59.449 --> 00:46:02.110 to have a new head coach come next year. Come 00:46:02.110 --> 00:46:05.019 on, man. What are we doing? But the Jets will 00:46:05.019 --> 00:46:07.300 be the Jets. So let's talk about the Falcons 00:46:07.300 --> 00:46:10.420 and Bills game. So Josh Allen, 26 attempts for 00:46:10.420 --> 00:46:14.300 15 completions, 180 passing yards, two touchdowns, 00:46:14.300 --> 00:46:17.920 two picks, 6 .9 yards per attempt, and a 57 .7 00:46:17.920 --> 00:46:20.800 completion percentage. James Cook, 17 attempts 00:46:20.800 --> 00:46:23.900 for 87 rushing yards, 5 .1 rushing yards per 00:46:23.900 --> 00:46:26.360 carry, and two rushes of 10 plus yards or more. 00:46:26.480 --> 00:46:29.360 Josh Palmer, two targets for two receptions, 00:46:29.440 --> 00:46:32.539 60 receiving yards, and 30 receiving yards per 00:46:32.539 --> 00:46:35.679 reception. Michael Penix, 32 attempts for 20 00:46:35.679 --> 00:46:38.920 completions, 250 passing yards, 1 touchdown, 00:46:39.219 --> 00:46:42.579 7 .8 yards per attempt, and a 62 .5 completion 00:46:42.579 --> 00:46:46.119 percentage. Bijan Robinson, 19 attempts for 170 00:46:46.119 --> 00:46:48.840 rushing yards, 8 .9 rushing yards per carry, 00:46:48.960 --> 00:46:51.659 1 touchdown, and 3 rushes of 10 plus yards or 00:46:51.659 --> 00:46:54.920 more. Drake London, 16 targets for 10 receptions, 00:46:54.980 --> 00:46:59.559 158 receiving yards, 1 touchdown, and 15 .8 receiving 00:46:59.559 --> 00:47:02.690 yards per reception. Let's be honest here. The 00:47:02.690 --> 00:47:05.389 Bills are not Super Bowl contenders. You guys 00:47:05.389 --> 00:47:08.130 know that meme of the Bugatti in that really 00:47:08.130 --> 00:47:11.630 crappy house? That's exactly what Josh Allen 00:47:11.630 --> 00:47:15.210 is with the Bills. Great talent, but in a really 00:47:15.210 --> 00:47:18.070 messed up situation. And they believe that Josh 00:47:18.070 --> 00:47:21.190 Allen will be the sole reason why they go to 00:47:21.190 --> 00:47:23.610 the Super Bowl and win. And that's not the case. 00:47:24.030 --> 00:47:27.489 The man doesn't have really good weapons. And 00:47:27.489 --> 00:47:30.070 honestly speaking, their defense is atrocious. 00:47:30.920 --> 00:47:33.139 I know usually I talk about the offense and the 00:47:33.139 --> 00:47:34.719 defense, but I have to group them in together 00:47:34.719 --> 00:47:36.900 because there's so much to talk about with this 00:47:36.900 --> 00:47:40.019 Bills team. And I knew that something wasn't 00:47:40.019 --> 00:47:42.380 right with this Bills team when they faced the 00:47:42.380 --> 00:47:46.179 Saints. Anytime the Saints, a team that doesn't 00:47:46.179 --> 00:47:48.860 have a lot of weapons, a team that is trying 00:47:48.860 --> 00:47:52.199 to compete for a top five or top ten pick, is 00:47:52.199 --> 00:47:54.260 going toe -to -toe with you for the majority 00:47:54.260 --> 00:47:57.989 of the game, that is a problem. And it clearly 00:47:57.989 --> 00:48:01.409 showed because B. John Robinson had a great game. 00:48:01.969 --> 00:48:05.269 The Bills cannot stop the run, and that's a problem. 00:48:05.389 --> 00:48:09.010 Mind you, they invested a lot of resources into 00:48:09.010 --> 00:48:11.710 the defensive line this past offseason. From 00:48:11.710 --> 00:48:15.230 drafting Deion Walker and T .J. Sanders to bringing 00:48:15.230 --> 00:48:17.989 in Joey Bosa, they've done a lot, and clearly 00:48:17.989 --> 00:48:20.949 it hasn't shown. So what in the world is going 00:48:20.949 --> 00:48:23.710 on? Not to mention, your corners are not good. 00:48:24.239 --> 00:48:26.599 Your linebackers are not good. Your safeties 00:48:26.599 --> 00:48:28.960 are not good. There is nothing on this defense 00:48:28.960 --> 00:48:32.820 that screams problem. Good problem, by the way. 00:48:32.840 --> 00:48:35.760 Not bad problem. Good problem. So what in the 00:48:35.760 --> 00:48:39.139 world are they going to do? Because guess what? 00:48:39.179 --> 00:48:41.539 If they face the Chiefs again, oh, that's a slaughter. 00:48:41.860 --> 00:48:44.719 If they face the Ravens, if they get their act 00:48:44.719 --> 00:48:48.099 together, that could possibly be a problem. So 00:48:48.099 --> 00:48:51.000 you can't just say, oh, Josh Allen will save 00:48:51.000 --> 00:48:54.199 us. He's done it before. He'll do it again. No, 00:48:54.199 --> 00:48:58.940 you have to give him time. You have to give him 00:48:58.940 --> 00:49:03.320 adequate weapons. You can't just throw him Keon 00:49:03.320 --> 00:49:06.820 Coleman and Khalil Shakir and Gabe Davis was 00:49:06.820 --> 00:49:09.400 still trying to recover from his past injury 00:49:09.400 --> 00:49:11.719 and just say, you know what? Turn water into 00:49:11.719 --> 00:49:15.460 wine. It doesn't work like that. You have to 00:49:15.460 --> 00:49:19.699 give him a chance. Honestly speaking. I'll be 00:49:19.699 --> 00:49:21.840 the first person to say it because nobody else 00:49:21.840 --> 00:49:24.340 wants to say it. And I don't have no ties to 00:49:24.340 --> 00:49:27.380 any team or any journalists or anything. I truly 00:49:27.380 --> 00:49:29.940 believe that the Bill's Super Bowl window has 00:49:29.940 --> 00:49:34.840 closed. And you can only blame that on poor drafting, 00:49:35.099 --> 00:49:38.199 free agency moves, and poor roster building. 00:49:39.199 --> 00:49:41.340 And I know I'm about to go on a tangent, but 00:49:41.340 --> 00:49:44.719 just follow me, okay? When we look at the NFC 00:49:44.719 --> 00:49:48.789 and AFC. The reason why I will always choose 00:49:48.789 --> 00:49:52.710 an NFC GM over an AFC GM, because you know why? 00:49:53.170 --> 00:49:57.309 NFC GMs build the entire team. They don't just 00:49:57.309 --> 00:50:00.289 build one side of the ball. They try to make 00:50:00.289 --> 00:50:03.269 the team as balanced as possibly can. Whereas 00:50:03.269 --> 00:50:05.590 the AFC, as long as they have the quarterback, 00:50:05.829 --> 00:50:08.210 they can just wing it. And most of the times, 00:50:08.230 --> 00:50:11.469 their windows close a lot faster than NFC teams. 00:50:12.030 --> 00:50:14.730 The AFC have all the elite quarterbacks, but 00:50:14.730 --> 00:50:17.059 guess what? they have some of the worst rosters 00:50:17.059 --> 00:50:19.599 in the entire league. Whereas the NFC, on the 00:50:19.599 --> 00:50:21.960 other hand, they have some of the best rosters 00:50:21.960 --> 00:50:24.480 and they may not have some of the best quarterbacks 00:50:24.480 --> 00:50:27.860 in the league. So me personally, I would rather 00:50:27.860 --> 00:50:30.619 have the roster over the quarterback because 00:50:30.619 --> 00:50:32.400 you can sort of do what the Eagles are doing. 00:50:32.940 --> 00:50:35.820 You can have a good quarterback in Jalen Hurts, 00:50:35.820 --> 00:50:38.360 but you can have this loaded roster that can 00:50:38.360 --> 00:50:41.139 hide his flaws while at the same time be very 00:50:41.139 --> 00:50:44.159 productive and put points on the board. Why in 00:50:44.159 --> 00:50:48.179 the world do we continue to say, oh, this is 00:50:48.179 --> 00:50:50.360 going to be the year for the Bills. The Bills 00:50:50.360 --> 00:50:52.860 are going to do it this year. They're not. They're 00:50:52.860 --> 00:50:56.139 not going to win a Super Bowl. Their last legitimate 00:50:56.139 --> 00:50:59.360 chance of going to the Super Bowl was the year 00:50:59.360 --> 00:51:01.980 they lost to the Chiefs in overtime. Because 00:51:01.980 --> 00:51:04.719 their defense was productive. The offense was 00:51:04.719 --> 00:51:07.320 productive. They were moving on all cylinders. 00:51:08.139 --> 00:51:11.500 But what happened? They kept on choking to Patrick 00:51:11.500 --> 00:51:15.699 Mahomes. Every single time. So at some point, 00:51:15.739 --> 00:51:19.300 you have to start asking the question, is Sean 00:51:19.300 --> 00:51:21.219 McDermott the guy that's going to take us to 00:51:21.219 --> 00:51:23.800 the promised land? Because I'm starting to believe 00:51:23.800 --> 00:51:26.460 that he can't. I'm sorry. If you lose to the 00:51:26.460 --> 00:51:30.019 Falcons, we have to talk. And this is no discredit 00:51:30.019 --> 00:51:31.940 to the Falcons, but I mean, this is the same 00:51:31.940 --> 00:51:35.739 team that got blown out by the Panthers. 30 -0. 00:51:36.199 --> 00:51:40.050 30 -0. That's a Madden score. That's not a real 00:51:40.050 --> 00:51:42.530 score. That is a Madden score. And they just 00:51:42.530 --> 00:51:45.510 finished beating a potential quote -unquote Super 00:51:45.510 --> 00:51:48.550 Bowl team? Are you serious? And I understand 00:51:48.550 --> 00:51:51.170 everyone's going to say, well, you know, crazy 00:51:51.170 --> 00:51:53.309 things can happen in the National Football League. 00:51:53.369 --> 00:51:56.690 That's why the NFL is so special. Okay, I understand 00:51:56.690 --> 00:51:59.769 where you're coming from, but come on. Here is 00:51:59.769 --> 00:52:01.869 a stat that backs up everything that I just said. 00:52:01.929 --> 00:52:05.039 According to NextGenStats. The Falcons blitzed 00:52:05.039 --> 00:52:09.019 Josh Allen on 55 .9 % of his dropbacks, the highest 00:52:09.019 --> 00:52:12.179 blitz rate Josh Allen has faced since week eight 00:52:12.179 --> 00:52:16.559 of the 2021 season. When blitzed, Josh Allen 00:52:16.559 --> 00:52:19.980 completed eight of his 14 for 120 yards, one 00:52:19.980 --> 00:52:23.780 touchdown, but was pressured nine of 19 blitz 00:52:23.780 --> 00:52:27.780 dropbacks and was sacked three times. Don't believe 00:52:27.780 --> 00:52:31.139 me? Okay, I got another stat. Across 34 routes. 00:52:31.960 --> 00:52:35.300 Drake London hauled in 10 of his 16 targets for 00:52:35.300 --> 00:52:37.960 a touchdown. His receptions came from either 00:52:37.960 --> 00:52:42.059 short or intermediate areas. I'm sorry folks, 00:52:42.320 --> 00:52:45.780 but something's wrong. Clearly this defense is 00:52:45.780 --> 00:52:48.460 incompetent. Clearly this defense lacks talent. 00:52:48.980 --> 00:52:51.019 Your corners are bad. You didn't do anything 00:52:51.019 --> 00:52:52.840 about it. And you could have done something about 00:52:52.840 --> 00:52:55.000 it. I'm not really going to put a lot of blame 00:52:55.000 --> 00:52:57.039 on Maxwell Harrison because he's a rookie. He 00:52:57.039 --> 00:52:58.739 doesn't really know anything. But for everybody 00:52:58.739 --> 00:53:02.449 else that's been here, what are we doing? And 00:53:02.449 --> 00:53:04.730 you guys think that you guys can beat the Chiefs? 00:53:05.349 --> 00:53:08.530 Hell no! But let's talk about the Falcons, though. 00:53:08.630 --> 00:53:11.289 They did a great job with their execution, both 00:53:11.289 --> 00:53:15.110 offensively and defensively. The offense knew 00:53:15.110 --> 00:53:17.389 that the Bills' run defense isn't that strong, 00:53:17.489 --> 00:53:20.510 and they attacked it. And they continued to do 00:53:20.510 --> 00:53:24.449 that the entire game, and it worked. Now, defensively, 00:53:24.449 --> 00:53:27.170 they did a great job as well because they were 00:53:27.170 --> 00:53:29.849 able to create consistent pressure on Josh Allen. 00:53:30.320 --> 00:53:32.780 And everybody knows that if you continue to do 00:53:32.780 --> 00:53:35.300 it on Josh Allen enough, he's going to get startled. 00:53:35.420 --> 00:53:38.460 And that's exactly what happened. Outside of 00:53:38.460 --> 00:53:40.780 those first few explosive plays that the Bills 00:53:40.780 --> 00:53:45.019 did, the Falcons had him on lock. So great job 00:53:45.019 --> 00:53:47.860 to the Falcons. And you just gave a playbook 00:53:47.860 --> 00:53:50.760 for everybody to see on how to beat the Bills. 00:53:51.340 --> 00:53:53.119 But let's talk about Tua, though. But before 00:53:53.119 --> 00:53:55.099 we do that, we've got to pay some bills. 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And we're back, folks. 00:55:40.670 --> 00:55:43.530 Let's talk about Tua and these ridiculous comments 00:55:43.530 --> 00:55:46.750 that he has made that has put everybody against 00:55:46.750 --> 00:55:49.849 him. I'm talking about former players. I'm talking 00:55:49.849 --> 00:55:53.010 about current players, media personalities, you 00:55:53.010 --> 00:55:55.389 name it. Everybody is against Tua right now, 00:55:55.469 --> 00:55:58.210 okay? So this is what he said in response to 00:55:58.210 --> 00:56:00.730 a question being asked by Omar Kelly, the Miami 00:56:00.730 --> 00:56:03.190 hero, okay? So this is what Tua said in that 00:56:03.190 --> 00:56:05.869 quote. I think it starts with the leadership 00:56:05.869 --> 00:56:08.550 and helping to articulate that for the guys. 00:56:09.210 --> 00:56:10.989 And that what we're expecting out of the guys, 00:56:11.130 --> 00:56:13.789 we're expecting this. Are we getting that? Are 00:56:13.789 --> 00:56:16.469 we not getting that? We have guys showing up 00:56:16.469 --> 00:56:19.210 to player only meetings late. Guys not showing 00:56:19.210 --> 00:56:21.449 up to the player only meetings. There's a lot 00:56:21.449 --> 00:56:23.889 that goes into that. Do we have to make this 00:56:23.889 --> 00:56:26.710 mandatory? So it's a lot of things of that nature 00:56:26.710 --> 00:56:28.929 that we got to get cleaned up. And it starts 00:56:28.929 --> 00:56:31.030 with the little things like that, end quote. 00:56:31.510 --> 00:56:34.190 Now, this is what Jason McCourty had to say about 00:56:34.190 --> 00:56:37.130 this. And I quote, I hated every bit of that. 00:56:37.579 --> 00:56:39.840 I played in New England with Bill Belichick and 00:56:39.840 --> 00:56:42.519 Tom Brady and Coach Belichick used to talk about 00:56:42.519 --> 00:56:44.699 it. When you have true leadership, it doesn't 00:56:44.699 --> 00:56:47.059 need to be talked about. So if there is a problem, 00:56:47.260 --> 00:56:49.260 Tua, you're the captain of this team. You're 00:56:49.260 --> 00:56:51.719 the quarterback. Go handle it. Don't sit here 00:56:51.719 --> 00:56:53.800 in front of the camera and talk to media members 00:56:53.800 --> 00:56:56.920 about guys messing up. Get in the locker room, 00:56:57.019 --> 00:56:59.539 call those guys out by name, and if confrontation 00:56:59.539 --> 00:57:02.500 happens... then it happens sometimes. But I think 00:57:02.500 --> 00:57:04.679 to come and air out your dirty laundry and let 00:57:04.679 --> 00:57:06.780 everybody know that there's a problem, we know 00:57:06.780 --> 00:57:08.539 there's a problem. You're not winning football 00:57:08.539 --> 00:57:11.739 games. Go fix it in -house. Handle it that way. 00:57:11.800 --> 00:57:14.739 I think that's true leadership, end quote. Now, 00:57:14.760 --> 00:57:16.980 this is what Mitchell Swartz had to say about 00:57:16.980 --> 00:57:19.940 this. And I quote, isn't he just telling on himself? 00:57:20.340 --> 00:57:23.400 He is the leader of the team and guys aren't 00:57:23.400 --> 00:57:25.840 showing up to players -only meetings. This has 00:57:25.840 --> 00:57:28.500 nothing to do with coaches, front office, et 00:57:28.500 --> 00:57:31.519 cetera. Very weird to talk about and admit, end 00:57:31.519 --> 00:57:34.719 quote. Now this is what former Tennessee GM Rand 00:57:34.719 --> 00:57:38.039 Carthorn had to say about this, end quote. Everything 00:57:38.039 --> 00:57:40.199 that you said post -game had to do with players, 00:57:40.360 --> 00:57:42.840 right? And the last time I checked, you wear 00:57:42.840 --> 00:57:45.340 that C on your chest, which means you're one 00:57:45.340 --> 00:57:48.440 of the leaders on this team. So if players aren't 00:57:48.440 --> 00:57:50.679 showing up to player -led meetings, that starts 00:57:50.679 --> 00:57:53.980 with you. That has nothing to do with Mike McDaniel. 00:57:54.139 --> 00:57:56.599 That has nothing to do with Chris Greer. That 00:57:56.599 --> 00:57:59.159 has nothing to do with anybody that is not in 00:57:59.159 --> 00:58:02.000 that locker room. That's you. That's your teammates 00:58:02.000 --> 00:58:05.119 that all wear that C on their chest. That's you 00:58:05.119 --> 00:58:07.420 guys not holding each other accountable. That 00:58:07.420 --> 00:58:10.380 has nothing to do with the head coach. And what 00:58:10.380 --> 00:58:13.460 I see out of Tua Tagovailoa, I've never seen 00:58:13.460 --> 00:58:15.920 him come to the front and say, I have to play 00:58:15.920 --> 00:58:18.239 better. When he's questioned about the volume 00:58:18.239 --> 00:58:21.250 of turnovers, it's him being defensive. What 00:58:21.250 --> 00:58:23.670 do you mean? I don't turn the ball over as in 00:58:23.670 --> 00:58:26.010 bunches. But you turn the ball over. You don't 00:58:26.010 --> 00:58:28.429 hold yourself accountable. And in order for this 00:58:28.429 --> 00:58:30.369 organization to play well and to win football 00:58:30.369 --> 00:58:33.449 games, you have to lead. And no matter what's 00:58:33.449 --> 00:58:35.849 going on around you, that's out of the player's 00:58:35.849 --> 00:58:38.329 hands, right? And it comes down to you fighting 00:58:38.329 --> 00:58:40.550 for the man next to you, your brother that's 00:58:40.550 --> 00:58:42.750 in the huddle, your brother that's across the 00:58:42.750 --> 00:58:45.170 locker room for you. So don't worry about any 00:58:45.170 --> 00:58:47.630 of that. It starts with you. You need to look 00:58:47.630 --> 00:58:49.630 yourself in the mirror and figure out what you 00:58:49.630 --> 00:58:51.530 need to do as the starting quarterback for this 00:58:51.530 --> 00:58:54.289 Miami Dolphins franchise to help them win football 00:58:54.289 --> 00:58:56.969 games, end quote. Now, this is what Mike McDaniel 00:58:56.969 --> 00:58:59.590 had to say Monday after these two comments were 00:58:59.590 --> 00:59:01.949 already out, and I quote, After a loss as the 00:59:01.949 --> 00:59:03.909 franchise quarterback, that's not the form to 00:59:03.909 --> 00:59:06.710 displace that. I think he knows that now. I do 00:59:06.710 --> 00:59:09.070 believe there was no ill will intention, but 00:59:09.070 --> 00:59:10.869 you're talking about a misguided representation 00:59:10.869 --> 00:59:13.989 of a player orchestrated film sessions. You're 00:59:13.989 --> 00:59:15.909 trying to look for reasons that you can attribute 00:59:15.909 --> 00:59:18.510 to losses, and heavy is the crown of being a 00:59:18.510 --> 00:59:21.230 franchise quarterback. What I do know is that 00:59:21.230 --> 00:59:23.389 he's directly communicating with a lot of guys, 00:59:23.550 --> 00:59:25.849 starting with last night. That's what teammates 00:59:25.849 --> 00:59:28.710 do. You live and you learn. And ultimately, I 00:59:28.710 --> 00:59:31.090 look at it like everything else. There's no ifs, 00:59:31.150 --> 00:59:33.909 ands, or buts about it. Accountability and our 00:59:33.909 --> 00:59:36.769 team's performance lie squarely on my shoulders, 00:59:36.929 --> 00:59:40.110 end quote. Now, here's the stat line for Tua 00:59:40.110 --> 00:59:44.010 for that game, okay? 32 attempts for 21 completions, 00:59:44.010 --> 00:59:47.530 205 passing yards, one touchdown, three picks, 00:59:47.730 --> 00:59:51.269 6 .4 yards per attempt, and a 65 .6 completion 00:59:51.269 --> 00:59:54.710 percentage. Now here's the injury report for 00:59:54.710 --> 00:59:57.210 the Chargers. They didn't have Quentin Johnson, 00:59:57.570 --> 01:00:02.170 Darius Davis, Scott Matlock, Nico Reed, Jamari 01:00:02.170 --> 01:00:06.190 Slayer, Joe Ault, or Trey Pickens III. So you 01:00:06.190 --> 01:00:08.309 mean to tell me that you're going to air out 01:00:08.309 --> 01:00:11.170 the team's dirty laundry the way that you did? 01:00:11.639 --> 01:00:15.659 on public forum. Tom Brady, Peyton Manning, Drew 01:00:15.659 --> 01:00:18.579 Brees, none of those great quarterbacks would 01:00:18.579 --> 01:00:21.920 never do anything like that. So what gives you 01:00:21.920 --> 01:00:24.820 the right to say the things that you say? I understand 01:00:24.820 --> 01:00:27.599 you're not winning. I understand there's a lot 01:00:27.599 --> 01:00:30.079 of turmoil around you. I understand that from 01:00:30.079 --> 01:00:32.480 the outside looking in, everybody is saying the 01:00:32.480 --> 01:00:34.980 same thing. Blow everything up. You're not a 01:00:34.980 --> 01:00:37.849 good quarterback. I understand that. But what 01:00:37.849 --> 01:00:41.289 you cannot do is air out the team's dirty laundry. 01:00:41.869 --> 01:00:44.030 Because guess what's going to happen? The media 01:00:44.030 --> 01:00:46.789 is going to run with this. You cannot be making 01:00:46.789 --> 01:00:49.570 the type of money that you are making and just 01:00:49.570 --> 01:00:52.510 do something like this. It'll be different if 01:00:52.510 --> 01:00:54.630 this was a receiver, if this was an offensive 01:00:54.630 --> 01:00:57.329 lineman, if this was a corner or a pass rusher. 01:00:57.449 --> 01:01:00.030 Okay, fine, whatever. You'll still get some flack 01:01:00.030 --> 01:01:02.289 back, but it won't be as big as what it is right 01:01:02.289 --> 01:01:05.349 now. But you're the quarterback. You're the face 01:01:05.349 --> 01:01:08.150 of the franchise. When people talk about the 01:01:08.150 --> 01:01:10.969 team, you are the first person that pops up. 01:01:11.130 --> 01:01:14.130 And the fact that you didn't think about that 01:01:14.130 --> 01:01:17.130 in that moment and you were so brutally honest 01:01:17.130 --> 01:01:20.530 that now that you have essentially destroyed 01:01:20.530 --> 01:01:23.869 any and all relationships in that locker room, 01:01:24.010 --> 01:01:26.489 who in the world really wants to fight for a 01:01:26.489 --> 01:01:28.869 quarterback who just finished saying, oh yeah, 01:01:28.989 --> 01:01:31.269 people don't really show up to the player -only 01:01:31.269 --> 01:01:33.570 meetings like that. People are just, you know, 01:01:33.590 --> 01:01:36.650 late sometimes or they may just not come at all. 01:01:36.989 --> 01:01:39.570 What? Who in the world does something like this? 01:01:40.150 --> 01:01:43.030 No one cares. You know what people care about 01:01:43.030 --> 01:01:45.429 is you winning. And then on top of that, why 01:01:45.429 --> 01:01:47.809 in the world are you talking when you threw three 01:01:47.809 --> 01:01:51.809 picks in this game? Three picks. It'll be different 01:01:51.809 --> 01:01:54.369 if you was balling out and you was doing your 01:01:54.369 --> 01:01:56.530 thing and you may get a little bit frustrated. 01:01:56.730 --> 01:02:00.309 Okay, fine. That's a normal thing as a person. 01:02:00.630 --> 01:02:03.750 But for you to do what you have done to him. 01:02:04.119 --> 01:02:06.860 by some people's standards, is unforgivable. 01:02:07.480 --> 01:02:11.239 I'm sorry, you cannot do that because guess what's 01:02:11.239 --> 01:02:13.400 going to happen? Everyone is going to look at 01:02:13.400 --> 01:02:15.940 you with a side eye because guess what? When 01:02:15.940 --> 01:02:18.340 Tyreek Hill said what he said this offseason, 01:02:18.579 --> 01:02:21.539 oh, let's protect Tua. Let's make sure Tua's 01:02:21.539 --> 01:02:25.619 okay. Let's coddle Tua. Oh, where's that now? 01:02:25.860 --> 01:02:28.659 Where's that now? Because all I see is somebody 01:02:28.659 --> 01:02:32.179 who really can't handle the pressure. This is 01:02:32.179 --> 01:02:34.500 what happens when you are a quarterback in the 01:02:34.500 --> 01:02:37.059 National Football League. You have to deal with 01:02:37.059 --> 01:02:39.559 the pressure. And if you can't handle the pressure, 01:02:39.760 --> 01:02:42.440 let somebody else do it. But this is exactly 01:02:42.440 --> 01:02:45.500 why I said what I said about why they shouldn't 01:02:45.500 --> 01:02:47.420 have never gave him the contract that they gave 01:02:47.420 --> 01:02:49.739 him. Because ever since they gave him his contract, 01:02:49.960 --> 01:02:53.179 he's been feeling himself. He's been smelling 01:02:53.179 --> 01:02:57.460 his own shit every single week. And you can't 01:02:57.460 --> 01:02:59.559 just air yourself out like that. Because guess 01:02:59.559 --> 01:03:02.300 what? If you don't have a good game on Sunday, 01:03:02.440 --> 01:03:04.800 guess what? Everybody's going to refer to exactly 01:03:04.800 --> 01:03:07.820 what you just said this past Sunday. And if you're 01:03:07.820 --> 01:03:10.340 a team who possibly want to make a trade for 01:03:10.340 --> 01:03:12.780 you, because most likely the Dolphins are going 01:03:12.780 --> 01:03:15.320 to get rid of you, who would want that in their 01:03:15.320 --> 01:03:18.000 locker room? I wouldn't want that in my locker 01:03:18.000 --> 01:03:22.139 room. Too much is given, much is required. You 01:03:22.139 --> 01:03:24.400 cannot be making the type of money that you are 01:03:24.400 --> 01:03:27.280 making and say the things that you are saying. 01:03:29.320 --> 01:03:31.480 And not once did I hear, you know what, I just 01:03:31.480 --> 01:03:33.780 have to play better. Or you could have just said, 01:03:33.840 --> 01:03:35.619 you know what, I don't really have the answer 01:03:35.619 --> 01:03:37.780 for that, but you know what, come back to me 01:03:37.780 --> 01:03:39.940 maybe about a few days and I'll give you an answer. 01:03:40.719 --> 01:03:42.820 There's so many different ways that you could 01:03:42.820 --> 01:03:44.940 have went about answering that question. But 01:03:44.940 --> 01:03:47.400 you decided that, you know what, I'm going to 01:03:47.400 --> 01:03:50.860 be super honest. And in doing so, you have now 01:03:50.860 --> 01:03:53.059 essentially burned every relationship that you 01:03:53.059 --> 01:03:55.400 have in your locker room. Not to mention, by 01:03:55.400 --> 01:03:58.039 some people's standards, one could assume that, 01:03:58.099 --> 01:04:00.519 hey, are you throwing your head coach under the 01:04:00.519 --> 01:04:03.099 bus as well? And this is the same head coach 01:04:03.099 --> 01:04:05.320 that said, you know what, I'm going to help you 01:04:05.320 --> 01:04:08.590 out. I'm going to build the best version of Tua 01:04:08.590 --> 01:04:12.389 that the NFL has ever seen. And so far, all I 01:04:12.389 --> 01:04:16.030 see is somebody that is smelling himself, that 01:04:16.030 --> 01:04:18.090 feels like he's the big man on the block, when 01:04:18.090 --> 01:04:22.110 in actuality, you're not. I just saw Baker Mayfield 01:04:22.110 --> 01:04:26.530 without Mike Evans, Chris Godwin, who lost a 01:04:26.530 --> 01:04:29.530 mecha buka during the game, who didn't have Bucky 01:04:29.530 --> 01:04:33.230 Irvin, find a way to win. So what is your excuse? 01:04:33.349 --> 01:04:37.460 There is no excuse. Either you got it or you 01:04:37.460 --> 01:04:41.539 don't. That's just what it is. So why in the 01:04:41.539 --> 01:04:45.460 world would you say something like this? And 01:04:45.460 --> 01:04:48.179 I remember that entire summer, everyone was making 01:04:48.179 --> 01:04:50.860 it seem like Tyreek Hill was just this villainous 01:04:50.860 --> 01:04:53.780 person for the things that he said. There may 01:04:53.780 --> 01:04:57.699 be some truth with this. We only saw one side 01:04:57.699 --> 01:05:00.780 of Tyreek Hill with that entire situation of 01:05:00.780 --> 01:05:02.900 him saying, you know, I would rather have these 01:05:02.900 --> 01:05:06.099 other quarterbacks than Tua. We don't know the 01:05:06.099 --> 01:05:08.619 day -to -day relationship that he has with Tua. 01:05:08.719 --> 01:05:11.440 We don't know how Tua is on a day -to -day basis. 01:05:11.659 --> 01:05:14.420 It's the same thing with Russell Wilson. No disrespect 01:05:14.420 --> 01:05:16.760 to Russell Wilson, but there are a lot of people 01:05:16.760 --> 01:05:19.420 that said, hey, Russ really isn't a cool person. 01:05:19.639 --> 01:05:22.960 As a Steelers fan, when the leaks were coming 01:05:22.960 --> 01:05:26.579 out about how him and Arthur Smith were at odds 01:05:26.579 --> 01:05:29.360 and they had disagreements on how they wanted 01:05:29.360 --> 01:05:32.559 to execute the offense and whatnot, oh, then 01:05:32.559 --> 01:05:34.949 let me know. That already let me know what type 01:05:34.949 --> 01:05:37.849 of person we're dealing with. So at some point, 01:05:37.929 --> 01:05:40.269 you're going to take accountability or not to 01:05:40.269 --> 01:05:42.610 it. Because you have to take accountability for 01:05:42.610 --> 01:05:44.809 this. Granted, there are some things that are 01:05:44.809 --> 01:05:47.070 out of your control. But the things that you 01:05:47.070 --> 01:05:50.349 can control, you don't control. And you point 01:05:50.349 --> 01:05:53.929 the finger at everybody else. And so how are 01:05:53.929 --> 01:05:57.269 you going to be able to talk to your guys and 01:05:57.269 --> 01:06:00.050 say, you know what, guys? That's on me. I apologize 01:06:00.050 --> 01:06:02.530 for that. You can't do it anymore because it's 01:06:02.530 --> 01:06:05.599 already done. And guess what? Everybody's going 01:06:05.599 --> 01:06:08.739 to be asking the same question for the rest of 01:06:08.739 --> 01:06:11.079 the year to all of these players. But you want 01:06:11.079 --> 01:06:12.820 to know what makes things worse? And this is 01:06:12.820 --> 01:06:14.480 the last thing I'm going to say about this. I 01:06:14.480 --> 01:06:16.599 want to talk about trade projections and then 01:06:16.599 --> 01:06:18.460 we're going to end the episode. Justin Herbert 01:06:18.460 --> 01:06:20.920 didn't have neither one of his starting tackles 01:06:20.920 --> 01:06:24.079 and found a way to win. But when you face a little 01:06:24.079 --> 01:06:27.300 bit of adversity, you crumble like flower hitting 01:06:27.300 --> 01:06:29.940 water. I'm done. Let's talk about trade projections. 01:06:30.960 --> 01:06:34.099 so with the trade deadline coming around i feel 01:06:34.099 --> 01:06:36.000 like we need to talk about the cap space with 01:06:36.000 --> 01:06:38.099 every single team right now before we get into 01:06:38.099 --> 01:06:41.360 you know possible trades and whatnot so of course 01:06:41.360 --> 01:06:44.090 we all know The Patriots right now have the most 01:06:44.090 --> 01:06:45.929 cap space in the entire league. They have 54 01:06:45.929 --> 01:06:50.070 .3 million. The Cowboys have 31 .7 million. The 01:06:50.070 --> 01:06:52.969 Commanders have 27 .8 million. The San Francisco 01:06:52.969 --> 01:06:59.210 49ers have 26 .3. The Lions have 25 .2. The Browns 01:06:59.210 --> 01:07:03.550 have 23 .6. The Seahawks have 22 .8. The Steelers 01:07:03.550 --> 01:07:07.610 have 21 .2. The Panthers have 20 .4. The Titans 01:07:07.610 --> 01:07:12.170 have 19 .2. The Buccaneers have 17 million. The 01:07:12.170 --> 01:07:15.829 Vikings have, what, 16 .9 million. The Cardinals 01:07:15.829 --> 01:07:19.849 have 16 .7. The Ravens have 14 .1. The Broncos 01:07:19.849 --> 01:07:23.889 have 13 .5. The Texans have 12 .8. The Packers 01:07:23.889 --> 01:07:27.670 have 12 .1. The Jets have 11 .7 million. The 01:07:27.670 --> 01:07:31.750 Rams have 11 .6 million. The Saints have 11 .6 01:07:31.750 --> 01:07:35.369 million as well. The Eagles have 11 .3. The Bengals 01:07:35.369 --> 01:07:39.750 have 9 .7. The Bears have 8 .2. The Raiders have 01:07:39.750 --> 01:07:43.469 8 million. The Colts have 6 .9 million. The Falcons 01:07:43.469 --> 01:07:46.869 have 5 .8 million. The Chiefs have 3 .4 million. 01:07:47.070 --> 01:07:50.210 The Charters have 2 .6 million. The Bills have 01:07:50.210 --> 01:07:53.269 2 .2 million. The Dolphins have 1 .2 million. 01:07:53.469 --> 01:07:59.250 The Giants have negative 488 ,454 cap space. 01:07:59.530 --> 01:08:06.829 And the Jaguars have negative 9. $798 ,791. Woo! 01:08:07.190 --> 01:08:10.750 So if you're the Dolphins, Giants, or Jaguars, 01:08:10.789 --> 01:08:13.289 you essentially don't have anything. So you're 01:08:13.289 --> 01:08:15.429 probably not gonna be a player. Or if you are, 01:08:15.510 --> 01:08:17.609 you're most likely gonna be a seller. So with 01:08:17.609 --> 01:08:20.569 that being said, if you're any of the teams that 01:08:20.569 --> 01:08:25.090 I just listed, from the Patriots probably to, 01:08:25.250 --> 01:08:29.890 I would say maybe the Colts, you can make some 01:08:29.890 --> 01:08:33.359 moves. Everybody else, not so much. But let's 01:08:33.359 --> 01:08:35.659 talk about it, though. So the first person that 01:08:35.659 --> 01:08:38.899 comes to mind is Jeffrey Simmons. I truly believe 01:08:38.899 --> 01:08:41.500 that he's going to get traded. I think right 01:08:41.500 --> 01:08:44.699 now, if you're the Titans, you can use that extra 01:08:44.699 --> 01:08:47.420 pick because most likely you can ask for a first 01:08:47.420 --> 01:08:49.100 round pick and somebody will be willing to give 01:08:49.100 --> 01:08:51.260 it to you. So you have two first round picks 01:08:51.260 --> 01:08:52.899 next year, which you're really going to need 01:08:52.899 --> 01:08:53.979 because you're going to need to bring in more 01:08:53.979 --> 01:08:57.340 weapons for Cam Ward while at the same time address 01:08:57.340 --> 01:09:00.090 other needs on this team. Now, the teams that 01:09:00.090 --> 01:09:02.050 could be interesting for Jeffrey Simmons includes 01:09:02.050 --> 01:09:06.369 Ravens, 49ers, Eagles, and Bills. What do they 01:09:06.369 --> 01:09:09.270 all have in common? Bad defensive lines right 01:09:09.270 --> 01:09:13.270 now that need an elite pass rusher. And Jeffrey 01:09:13.270 --> 01:09:16.350 Simmons can play on the inside and outside. And 01:09:16.350 --> 01:09:18.930 even when you look at his contract, his contract 01:09:18.930 --> 01:09:21.470 is actually really good. His base salary this 01:09:21.470 --> 01:09:24.829 year, according to Spotrack, is only $17 .5 million, 01:09:24.989 --> 01:09:28.350 and his cap hit is only $22 .7 million. And then 01:09:28.350 --> 01:09:31.550 the next two years, $20 .1 million for his base 01:09:31.550 --> 01:09:34.869 salary. His cap hit $25 .4 million. And then 01:09:34.869 --> 01:09:37.189 his last year before he's an unrestricted free 01:09:37.189 --> 01:09:41.729 agent, $23 million with a cap hit of $28 .3 million. 01:09:41.989 --> 01:09:45.289 That's not bad at all. And he's only 28 years 01:09:45.289 --> 01:09:47.649 old. I would give up a first round pick in a 01:09:47.649 --> 01:09:50.850 heartbeat. Now, Kirk Cousins, I don't believe 01:09:50.850 --> 01:09:53.550 he's going to get traded. For one, he has a bad 01:09:53.550 --> 01:09:57.430 contract. And two, why would I want to give up? 01:09:57.739 --> 01:10:00.619 a potential second or third round pick for a 01:10:00.619 --> 01:10:03.020 quarterback that when he was on the field really 01:10:03.020 --> 01:10:05.979 didn't show a lot. Not to mention, when you look 01:10:05.979 --> 01:10:09.460 at his contract, I mean, the cap hits are egregious. 01:10:09.800 --> 01:10:14.020 This year, $40 million. Next year, $57 .5 million. 01:10:14.020 --> 01:10:16.380 And then the year after that, $57 .5 million 01:10:16.380 --> 01:10:19.560 as well. That's not good. And then your base 01:10:19.560 --> 01:10:22.779 salaries, I mean, come on, $27 .5 million this 01:10:22.779 --> 01:10:25.460 year and then $35 million for the next two years. 01:10:25.640 --> 01:10:28.840 Who wants to deal with that? Nobody. Mark Andrews, 01:10:28.840 --> 01:10:31.140 I would say he stays in Baltimore this year, 01:10:31.260 --> 01:10:33.539 but I do believe they're going to move off of 01:10:33.539 --> 01:10:36.619 him next year. I think with Isaiah Likely coming 01:10:36.619 --> 01:10:39.300 up for a contract, it's just better that you 01:10:39.300 --> 01:10:42.640 go with Isaiah Likely at this point. And even 01:10:42.640 --> 01:10:45.619 if a team was to trade for Mark Andrews, he's 01:10:45.619 --> 01:10:48.300 at the end of his contract. So his base salary 01:10:48.300 --> 01:10:50.739 is only $7 million with a cap hit of only $16 01:10:50.739 --> 01:10:53.260 .9 million. That's not bad at all. But let's 01:10:53.260 --> 01:10:56.670 keep this thing going. DJ Moore. I think he may 01:10:56.670 --> 01:11:00.850 get traded, but don't hold me to it. Now, if 01:11:00.850 --> 01:11:04.590 he was traded, I believe the Steelers, 49ers, 01:11:04.630 --> 01:11:06.989 Chiefs, Commanders, and Browns will be interested 01:11:06.989 --> 01:11:10.789 in DJ Moore. Now, with him, you could probably 01:11:10.789 --> 01:11:14.329 give up maybe, what, a third, maybe a fourth 01:11:14.329 --> 01:11:17.609 round pick to get DJ Moore. Now, with his contract, 01:11:17.750 --> 01:11:22.630 however, I mean, it's still fairly new, so even 01:11:22.630 --> 01:11:24.890 when you look at the financials, it's somewhat 01:11:24.890 --> 01:11:27.810 easy to take on, right? So his cap hit this year, 01:11:27.869 --> 01:11:31.770 24 .9 million. Next year is 28 .5 million. The 01:11:31.770 --> 01:11:33.810 year after that, 28 .5. The year after that, 01:11:33.850 --> 01:11:36.949 28 .5. And then his last year, 24 .5. That's 01:11:36.949 --> 01:11:41.369 not bad. Even with his base salaries, 20 .6 this 01:11:41.369 --> 01:11:45.430 year, 23 .4 for the next three years, or actually 01:11:45.430 --> 01:11:47.949 no, for the remainder of his contract. So either 01:11:47.949 --> 01:11:51.170 way, it's a good contract to take on. And he's 01:11:51.170 --> 01:11:54.909 only 28 years old. So with the Bears drafting 01:11:54.909 --> 01:11:57.449 Luther Burden and them having Roma Dunzey and 01:11:57.449 --> 01:11:59.829 the other receiver, you might as well want to 01:11:59.829 --> 01:12:02.750 get off of DJ Moore. Just saying. Tyreek Woolen, 01:12:02.869 --> 01:12:07.069 I think he's going to get traded. And the reason 01:12:07.069 --> 01:12:09.090 why I say that is because there's a lot of teams 01:12:09.090 --> 01:12:12.390 that need a good outside corner. I think the 01:12:12.390 --> 01:12:16.310 Eagles, possibly the Ravens, 49ers, Commanders, 01:12:16.329 --> 01:12:18.970 Bears, Colts, Bucks will definitely want someone 01:12:18.970 --> 01:12:21.569 like a Tyreek Woolen. Now, if I'm the Bucks... 01:12:23.050 --> 01:12:26.210 I would make this trade immediately. And the 01:12:26.210 --> 01:12:29.310 reason why I say that is because if you make 01:12:29.310 --> 01:12:32.109 a move for someone like a Tyreek Woolen, it's 01:12:32.109 --> 01:12:34.710 going to show up your secondary a whole lot more. 01:12:34.869 --> 01:12:37.170 Not to mention the cap hit that you're going 01:12:37.170 --> 01:12:40.430 to take this year, $5 .4 million. Now, yes, you're 01:12:40.430 --> 01:12:41.510 going to have to figure out what you're going 01:12:41.510 --> 01:12:44.989 to do after this season, but we'll cross that 01:12:44.989 --> 01:12:47.489 bridge when we cross that bridge. And even then... 01:12:48.039 --> 01:12:51.640 I don't think he's due top five or top three 01:12:51.640 --> 01:12:53.840 quarterback money. I think if you give him maybe 01:12:53.840 --> 01:12:57.159 around 22, maybe 23 million a year, I think no 01:12:57.159 --> 01:13:00.420 one's complaining about it, honestly. Bradley 01:13:00.420 --> 01:13:02.300 Chubb, I think he's definitely going to get traded. 01:13:02.779 --> 01:13:04.979 And I think you can give Bradley Chubb for a 01:13:04.979 --> 01:13:08.479 steal. I think you can get him for maybe a fourth, 01:13:08.619 --> 01:13:11.619 maybe fifth round pick, I would say. I don't 01:13:11.619 --> 01:13:13.239 think no one is giving up a third round pick 01:13:13.239 --> 01:13:15.039 for Bradley Chubb. Not with this crazy contract, 01:13:15.300 --> 01:13:18.989 no. Now, I think the 49ers, Ravens, Bills, Chargers, 01:13:19.029 --> 01:13:21.710 Cowboys, and Eagles should all be interested 01:13:21.710 --> 01:13:25.189 in this. Now, his cap hit this year is $12 .3 01:13:25.189 --> 01:13:28.189 million. Mind you, they did do a restructure, 01:13:28.229 --> 01:13:32.189 I think, either this year or last year. But his 01:13:32.189 --> 01:13:36.010 base salary in 26 is $19 .4, and then his base 01:13:36.010 --> 01:13:40.449 salary in 27 is $18 .4 million. So it's not that 01:13:40.449 --> 01:13:43.680 bad of a contract. It's just my thing is... Why 01:13:43.680 --> 01:13:45.920 would I give up high compensation for somebody 01:13:45.920 --> 01:13:48.420 that really hasn't been productive since being 01:13:48.420 --> 01:13:51.199 with the Dolphins? Just saying. Now, when we 01:13:51.199 --> 01:13:53.720 talk about Trevon Diggs, I'm a little bit undecided. 01:13:53.800 --> 01:13:56.239 And the reason why I say that is because any 01:13:56.239 --> 01:13:58.859 team that would be interested in him will most 01:13:58.859 --> 01:14:01.800 likely be teams within their division. And I 01:14:01.800 --> 01:14:03.859 don't think Jerry Jones is going to give Howie 01:14:03.859 --> 01:14:07.380 Trevon Diggs. That's like the Steelers giving 01:14:07.380 --> 01:14:11.840 TJ Watt to the Browns. If he was to make Trevon 01:14:11.840 --> 01:14:15.539 Diggs available, I think the Ravens, 49ers, Commanders, 01:14:15.539 --> 01:14:18.180 Bears, Colts, and Bucks may be interested in 01:14:18.180 --> 01:14:20.899 him. Now, you could automatically disqualify 01:14:20.899 --> 01:14:22.760 the Commanders because, again, division rivals, 01:14:23.000 --> 01:14:24.939 and I don't think that would happen anyway, but 01:14:24.939 --> 01:14:28.920 crazier things have happened. But if you're any 01:14:28.920 --> 01:14:31.000 of those other teams, I feel like you should 01:14:31.000 --> 01:14:33.119 probably call in for the Cowboys and see what's 01:14:33.119 --> 01:14:35.479 the asking price for Trevon Diggs. Now, you already 01:14:35.479 --> 01:14:37.960 know Jerry Jones is going to drive up the price. 01:14:38.539 --> 01:14:39.920 He's probably going to say a second round pick, 01:14:40.039 --> 01:14:42.119 even though most likely Trevon Diggs is worth 01:14:42.119 --> 01:14:44.640 maybe a third or fourth round pick. And let's 01:14:44.640 --> 01:14:47.119 keep this thing going. Chris Alave, I do believe 01:14:47.119 --> 01:14:49.720 he's going to get traded. It's between him or 01:14:49.720 --> 01:14:52.720 Rashid Shaeed. But with Chris Alave, he's on 01:14:52.720 --> 01:14:55.039 his rookie deal, of course. They did pick up 01:14:55.039 --> 01:14:57.560 his fifth year option. So most likely you are 01:14:57.560 --> 01:15:00.140 going to have to pay him. Now his market value, 01:15:00.319 --> 01:15:03.060 I don't know on my head. My guess is... It's 01:15:03.060 --> 01:15:06.079 between 20 and maybe 28 million a year. I'm not 01:15:06.079 --> 01:15:09.359 going over 28 for Chris Alave. I'm sorry. You 01:15:09.359 --> 01:15:11.659 have concussion problems and you really can't 01:15:11.659 --> 01:15:13.939 stay healthy. Just being completely honest here. 01:15:14.180 --> 01:15:17.140 But if he was to get traded, I do believe the 01:15:17.140 --> 01:15:20.279 Steelers, Commanders, 49ers, Chiefs, Browns, 01:15:20.279 --> 01:15:22.659 and Titans would all be interested in him. But 01:15:22.659 --> 01:15:25.880 I do believe the Steelers, Commanders, and 49ers, 01:15:25.880 --> 01:15:28.340 and Chiefs will probably be more interested in 01:15:28.340 --> 01:15:30.199 him. And the only reason why I say that is because... 01:15:30.520 --> 01:15:33.859 All of them need another receiver, especially 01:15:33.859 --> 01:15:36.779 the Steelers. Now, the question is, what would 01:15:36.779 --> 01:15:38.739 be the asking price for someone like a Chris 01:15:38.739 --> 01:15:42.819 Alave? My guess is, is maybe a second round pick, 01:15:43.020 --> 01:15:46.899 maybe a third. If they're asking for a first 01:15:46.899 --> 01:15:48.520 round pick for Chris Alave, you're out of your 01:15:48.520 --> 01:15:51.020 mind because I'm not doing that. But a second, 01:15:51.140 --> 01:15:56.689 I may not like it, but. If it means that I have 01:15:56.689 --> 01:15:59.170 a wide receiver too and somebody that's going 01:15:59.170 --> 01:16:01.529 to be with the team for the long run, well, then 01:16:01.529 --> 01:16:03.869 I have to do what I have to do. If DK Metcalf 01:16:03.869 --> 01:16:05.770 can get traded for a second round pick, Chris 01:16:05.770 --> 01:16:07.609 Olave can get traded for a second or third round 01:16:07.609 --> 01:16:10.430 pick. Just saying. Russell Wilson, trade it. 01:16:10.710 --> 01:16:13.470 The only team that I could think of is the Raiders. 01:16:13.489 --> 01:16:15.069 And the only reason why I say that is because 01:16:15.069 --> 01:16:18.430 he can reunite with Pete Carroll. Now, the question 01:16:18.430 --> 01:16:21.789 is this. How long is Russell Wilson going to 01:16:21.789 --> 01:16:24.979 sit behind Jackson Dart? Because we all know 01:16:24.979 --> 01:16:26.899 at some point Russell Wilson is going to get 01:16:26.899 --> 01:16:28.840 a little bit antsy and then he's going to go 01:16:28.840 --> 01:16:30.680 to the media and everyone's going to be talking 01:16:30.680 --> 01:16:33.319 about, well, Russell Wilson is not happy with 01:16:33.319 --> 01:16:36.979 his role on the Giants and whatnot. So we all 01:16:36.979 --> 01:16:38.380 know that's going to happen within the next few 01:16:38.380 --> 01:16:40.100 weeks. Just stay tuned for that. You already 01:16:40.100 --> 01:16:42.539 know, right? Now let's talk about Jalen Phillips. 01:16:42.920 --> 01:16:46.500 Trading. I think right now if you're a team that 01:16:46.500 --> 01:16:48.960 wants a young pass rusher that, quite frankly, 01:16:49.039 --> 01:16:50.880 you can give him an extension that's not going 01:16:50.880 --> 01:16:53.109 to break the bank. I would say make a trade for 01:16:53.109 --> 01:16:56.329 Jalen Phillips. Now, if you're the 49ers, Ravens, 01:16:56.329 --> 01:16:58.590 or Eagles, I feel like you guys should be on 01:16:58.590 --> 01:17:01.609 the phone with them right now. I think you can 01:17:01.609 --> 01:17:05.069 get Jalen Phillips for a fifth round pick. Because, 01:17:05.149 --> 01:17:07.609 I mean, this year he really has been playing 01:17:07.609 --> 01:17:10.470 well. None of the pass rushers on the Dolphins 01:17:10.470 --> 01:17:13.109 have been playing well. So I think that should 01:17:13.109 --> 01:17:15.369 be more of a reason for any of those teams to 01:17:15.369 --> 01:17:18.789 make a trade for him. Now, with Rasheed Shaheed, 01:17:19.029 --> 01:17:21.260 one of two things are going to happen. Either 01:17:21.260 --> 01:17:23.180 he's going to stay or he's going to be traded. 01:17:23.359 --> 01:17:26.119 Now, I will say this. If you're trading for Rashid 01:17:26.119 --> 01:17:28.659 Shaheed, just know he's just a season rental. 01:17:29.619 --> 01:17:32.000 Because after this season, he's an unrestricted 01:17:32.000 --> 01:17:35.140 free agent. Now, if he was to be traded, I think 01:17:35.140 --> 01:17:38.260 the Steelers, 49ers, Browns, Commanders, Titans, 01:17:38.340 --> 01:17:41.659 and Chiefs shall all inquire about him. Because 01:17:41.659 --> 01:17:44.680 he is having a good year this year. The question 01:17:44.680 --> 01:17:48.420 is, would you be willing to give up whatever 01:17:48.420 --> 01:17:51.439 the Saints are asking for? Because either Chris 01:17:51.439 --> 01:17:54.479 Alave or Rasheed Shaheed is getting traded. One 01:17:54.479 --> 01:17:57.539 of the two, not the both of them. Now, if I'm 01:17:57.539 --> 01:18:01.659 the Saints, I think I would probably trade away 01:18:01.659 --> 01:18:03.979 Chris Alave because I can get more with Chris 01:18:03.979 --> 01:18:06.460 Alave than I could with Rasheed Shaheed. But 01:18:06.460 --> 01:18:09.680 that's just my personal opinion. And I think 01:18:09.680 --> 01:18:12.500 you can give Rasheed Shaheed. maybe a two or 01:18:12.500 --> 01:18:14.840 three year extension that it's not really going 01:18:14.840 --> 01:18:17.000 to break the bank, but at the same time, it's 01:18:17.000 --> 01:18:19.199 a reliable weapon that's going to stay here for 01:18:19.199 --> 01:18:21.119 when the next quarterback gets drafted. Just 01:18:21.119 --> 01:18:25.039 saying. Al -Azhar traded. And the only reason 01:18:25.039 --> 01:18:28.180 why I say that is because his role on this offense 01:18:28.180 --> 01:18:31.420 has dwindled as the season progresses. So that 01:18:31.420 --> 01:18:33.579 lets me know that he's falling out of the good 01:18:33.579 --> 01:18:36.520 graces of this team. Now, if I'm the Steelers, 01:18:36.560 --> 01:18:39.579 reunite him with Aaron Rodgers. If I'm the 49ers, 01:18:39.619 --> 01:18:42.109 Chiefs, Titans, Commanders, It's a bigger body 01:18:42.109 --> 01:18:44.229 receiver, red zone threat, don't have to give 01:18:44.229 --> 01:18:47.770 up a whole lot to get him. I would do it. I mean, 01:18:47.810 --> 01:18:50.210 his cap hit this year is only $4 .1 million with 01:18:50.210 --> 01:18:52.369 a base salary of only $1 .7 million. That's not 01:18:52.369 --> 01:18:56.189 bad. Now, when you make this move, just know 01:18:56.189 --> 01:19:00.789 he's only a seasoned rental. So after this season, 01:19:00.909 --> 01:19:02.210 you're going to have to figure out what you're 01:19:02.210 --> 01:19:03.649 going to do with him. 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