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Double bag alert, double bag alert, double bag

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alert, double bag alert, folks. That's right.

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We got a loaded episode. Now, this is a rare,

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a rarity during the season because most of the

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times we don't get no bag alerts. Most of the

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times it's trades or somebody gets cut or something

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crazy happens. But to get a double bag alert

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during the middle of the season is actually pretty

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cool. We're going to talk about it, all right?

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So Aiden Hutchinson and Marcus Jones get paid.

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Chris Greer parks with the Dolphins. Vikings

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and Chargers recap. Packers and Steelers recap.

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Trades, LSU fires Brian Kelly and Commanders

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and Chiefs recap. Okay, all of this and more.

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On the 96th episode of the Football Junkies Podcast,

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okay, I am your host with the most, all right?

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I am your chief bag roll dollars. That's right,

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chief, head of the table. Anything and everything

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related to the bag, rumors to the bag, and more.

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I am your hopium, hopium, hopium, hopium, hopium

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dealer. All the hopium that you need. I am the

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person that you go to, all right? But I am your

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GM who currently is not on a team right now.

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But don't you worry about it, all right? Don't

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you worry about it because guess what? I am all

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these things and more. But most importantly,

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the most important thing that you must remember

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is I am your host, Kale. Buckle up. It's going

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to get crazy. So guess what? On three. One, two,

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three. Let's lock in. All right, folks, let's

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get into the meat and potatoes of everything

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that is going on in the league right now. So,

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we got a double bag alert during the regular

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season. I know I said it multiple times, but

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you guys don't understand how rare this is, all

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right? So, let's just get into it. So, Aiden

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Hutchinson, pass rusher for the Lions. It's a

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four -year, $180 million deal, $141 million guaranteed.

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He'll be making $45 million a year. Now, when

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we look at his stats from this season so far,

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16 tackles and six sacks. Now, when we look at

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the 2024 season, he had 19 tackles and seven

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and a half sacks. A really good deal for a really

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productive player. Let's be honest here, folks.

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Aiden Hutchinson was going to get paid. It's

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just a matter of... when he was going to get

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paid, and how much he was going to get paid.

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Was it going to be top five? Was it going to

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be top 10? Was it going to reset the market?

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Those were just the questions that we were just

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asking with this situation, because we all know

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that the Lions were not going to let Aiden Hutcherson

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just walk. Now, with that being said, we have

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to have a broader conversation with him getting

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paid now, because now this is going to have a

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trickle effect on both Will Anderson and Trayvon

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Walker. And mind you, Trayvon Walker was in the

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same draft class as Aiden Hutchinson. So according

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to Spoltrak, Trayvon Walker's market value is

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four years, $72 .3 million, which is $18 .1 million

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a year. Will Anderson's market value is three

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years, $103 .2 million, which is $34 .4 million

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a year. Now I will say this, if you're the Jaguars,

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you do have some leverage. And I think you have

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to be honest with Trevon Walker. And you just

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have to say, hey, listen, you are not on that

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level. You are not in that same conversation

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as a TJ Watt or a Miles Garrett or a Max Crosby.

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And that's perfectly fine. Because let's be real

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here. Josh Allen Hines is the real productive

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pass rusher out of the two. So in some ways,

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you could just say, hey, listen, we're not going

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over this limit. And you just have to be honest.

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And I understand that, listen, you're trying

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to maximize the amount of money that you're trying

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to get. But at the same time, you have to be

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honest with yourself. Aiden Hutchinson has been

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one of the better pass rushers since coming into

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the league. And mind you, he is doing this without

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a number two. The only notable number two that

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Aiden Hutchinson had was a Darius Smith. But

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when we talk about the Texans situation, it's

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a little bit more complicated because... pretty

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soon you're also going to have to pay CJ Stroud.

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So the question is, who's going to get the big

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money first? Is it going to be Stroud or is it

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going to be Anderson? Me personally, I'm giving

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all money to Will Anderson. I understand that

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CJ Stroud is the quarterback. I understand that

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you cannot win in this league without the quarterback.

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But you also can't win without Daniil Hunter

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and Will Anderson. And we just saw that against

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the Seahawks last week. That offense was very

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stagnant. It wasn't consistent, and they wasn't

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able to at least put points on the board. They

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had to get help from the defense. So at some

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point, if you're the Texans, you may have to

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talk to C .J. Stroud and say, hey, listen, dog,

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you're going to have to take less because we're

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paying Will Anderson while at the same time surrounding

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you with great talent. Because let's be real

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here, folks, and we're probably going to talk

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about it. During gut check time, that'll probably

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be the next episode because if I'm not mistaken,

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the trade deadline is Tuesday. So yeah, gut check

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time. Just stay tuned for that. But back to this

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conversation. If we're being real here, the Texans

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offensively is in shambles. The offensive line

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is not good. The running game is non -existent.

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Outside of Tank Dell, who else can you say is

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reliable? You have all of these receivers, but

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if we're being real here, none of them have really

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shown anything. Sure, Jalen Noel has had his

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flashes and this person and that person, but

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let's be real here. You guys aren't putting points

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on the board. It's the defense that's keeping

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you in games and actually winning you games.

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So you have to pay Will Anderson. I'm sorry.

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You cannot allow somebody that great of a talent

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to just walk. You have to find a way to pay him.

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But with that being said, let's talk about the

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other bag alert. And that is Marcus Jones, cornerback

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for the Patriots, inks a three -year $36 million

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deal. He'll be making $12 million a year. Now,

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when we look at his stats from this season so

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far, 36 tackles, one sack, two picks. And then

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from the previous season, 58 tackles, one pick.

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A good team -friendly deal for a really productive

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player who not only plays corner, but is also

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really good in the kick return game. That's all

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you got to do sometimes. Get a good contract

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that is team -friendly, that's not going to break

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the bank for a really productive player. You

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don't always have to give them cuckoo for Cocoa

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Puffs type of money. $12 million a year, that's

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actually really good for someone like Marcus

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Jones. I'm just going to be honest here. But

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let's talk about one of the stories that everybody

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has been talking about, and that is Chris Greer

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is out from Miami. That's right, folks. Former

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NFL GM Chris Greer has decided to, quote -unquote,

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part ways from the Dolphins. So this is what

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Steven Ross had to say, and I quote, This morning,

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I made the decision, along with General Manager

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Chris Greer, to mutually part ways. I have incredible

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respect for Chris and his family, and I want

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to thank him for his many contributions to the

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Miami Dolphins over the past 26 years. As I assessed

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the state of the team and in my discussions with

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Chris, it became clear to the both of us that

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change could not wait. We must improve in 2025,

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2026, and beyond, and it needs to start right

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now. Champ Kelly will serve as our intern general

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manager effective immediately, and we will begin

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our search process for a new general manager.

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I want to thank Champ for stepping up in his

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commitment to the Dolphins' success this season.

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There is a lot of football left to play, and

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we all need to fight even harder. I've always

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been and remain committed to building a winning

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team that consistently competes for championships.

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I am incredibly proud of our leadership as an

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NFL organization and our continued commitment

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to the community. but our performance on the

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field and our team -building process have not

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been good enough. There are no excuses. I want

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to thank the fans for their continued support

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and passion for this team. You deserve a championship

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-caliber team you can be proud of. There is much

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work ahead to return the Dolphins to sustained

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success, and that work begins now. Finishing

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the season strong, evaluating all areas of our

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football operation, and moving forward with a

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clear vision for the future." Now, with that

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being said, Adam Schefter came out and said that

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Mike McDaniel will stay the head coach for the

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remainder of the season, and I quote, at least,

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end quote. Now, here's a few notable moves that

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Chris Greer has made within the last few years.

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So he's signed Teron Armstead and Raheem Mostert.

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He drafted Tua, Jalen Waddell, Xavier Howard,

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Jalen Phillips, Krista Wilkins, Devon Achan.

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He traded for Tyreek Hill, Bradley Chubb, and

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Jalen Ramsey. So let's be real here, folks. This

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was bound to happen at some point. We knew that

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at some point, somebody was going to get fired.

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It was just a matter of, was it going to be Mike

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McDaniel or Chris Greer? And honestly, yes, Chris

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Greer got fired, but it doesn't solve the bigger

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issue. And that is this team is still in shambles.

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The roster as a whole is incomplete. Not to mention

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the secondary outside of Megan Fitzpatrick is

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deplorable. So let's call it for what it is.

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Chris Greer cannot build an NFL roster. He has

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tried to take the easy pass route and trying

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to sign a whole bunch of notable veterans thinking

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that that's going to get the job done, when in

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actuality, it doesn't work like that. You can't

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just make a trade for Bradley Chubb and Jalen

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Ramsey and Tyreek Hill and sign Teron Armstead

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and free agency and think, oh, okay, this is

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a really good team. No, it doesn't work like

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that. And then the nail in the coffin was you

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gave Tua this crazy deal that, let's be honest

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here, he didn't deserve that deal. You gave him

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a four -year $212 .4 million deal. He'll be making

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$53 .1 million a year, a $42 million signing

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bonus, $93 .1 million guaranteed at signing,

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and $167 .1 million in total guarantees. That

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was a bad contract. And I said it the minute

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that they gave him that contract. It was going

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to backfire. And now by having this contract,

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guess what? You really can't get rid of him without

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taking on significant dead cap hits. So now either

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A, the next GM and head coach has to deal with

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Tua or you're going to have to take on a boatload

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of dead cap just so you can get under that contract.

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Because right now your books are bad. You don't

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have a lot of draft capital. You don't even really

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have a lot of players on your team that you can

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say, hey, there's potential with this person,

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this person, this person. Instead, it's a lot

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of question marks. So now, most likely, this

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rebuild is going to be a hard rebuild, and it's

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probably going to last for maybe about three

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years. See, here's the thing, okay? And this

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is just my interpretation of the position. I

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could be completely wrong, okay? As a GM, you

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are the architect for the organization, okay?

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You have a blueprint on how you want to build

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your roster. And a lot of times, You have to

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go through trial and error, and sometimes it

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takes a little bit longer than others, okay?

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Every GM is different, okay? Some of them, they

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have an eye for player personnel. Some of them

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are really good with contracts. Some of them

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are good with drafting. It just all depends,

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okay? You're wearing multiple hats. I get that.

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But at the same time, if you don't invest the

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right resources into your structure, It's going

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to fall. And that's exactly what happened with

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the Dolphins. They invested cheap. And I mean

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exactly what I say. Cheap resources into this

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team. And now you're still not seeing the fruits

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of your labor. Because now you're in a situation

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where most likely, guess what? Jalen Phillips

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is going to be gone. Matthew Judon is going to

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be gone. Jalen Waddle might be gone. So at some

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point, you have to point the finger at yourself.

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I understand that everybody wants to blame Mike

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McDaniel. I get that. But at the same time, we

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cannot absolve Chris Greer of criticism because

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you are making these moves. You are drafting

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these players. You are making these trades. And

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let's be real here. You have not done a really

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good job within the last five years. Now, I understand,

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you know, depending on who you talk to and whatnot,

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there's some Dolphins fans that'll say, oh, we

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should have drafted Justin Herbert or, oh, we

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should have drafted this person or that person.

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Listen, what's done is done at this point. The

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fact of the matter is there's going to be a difficult

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cleanup that is going to have to happen. But

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with that difficult cleanup, there is opportunities.

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Right now, the trade deadline is on Tuesday.

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You know that you have multiple players on your

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team that could garner second, third, and fourth

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round picks. You trade away Jalen Waddell. You

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trade away Devon Achan. You trade away Jalen

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Phillips. You trade away any and everybody that

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people are interested in because why? You need

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to make this team cheap. You need to clean your

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books. And you need to at least build out one

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side of the ball. If you can at least accomplish

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that part, oh, everything else will fall into

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place. But what you can't do is just say, you

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know what? We're just going to keep our players.

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We're not going to make any moves. No. You need

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to fully assess what you have on this roster.

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For all we know, you could have some hidden gems

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on both offense and defense, and you won't even

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know it. You've got to trade away Jalen Waddle,

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Jalen Phillips, maybe even Chop Robinson at this

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point, Devon Achan, stock up on those second,

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third, and fourth round picks. And I mean, at

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this point, you may have to take a quarterback

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next year. I'm just going to be completely honest

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here because listen. You know that this contract

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is bad. And you know most likely you can't move

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off this contract for possibly two years. Actually,

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you know what? According to SpotRap, his dead

00:14:30.460 --> 00:14:36.019
cap this year is $137 .8 million. Next year,

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it's $99 .2 million. The year after that, it's

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$31 .8 million. So he has an out in 27. So the

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question is, do you restructure his deal now

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so that you can create some cap space just for

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26 so that you could possibly at least have a

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little bit of leeway maybe in free agency? I

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don't know. Because right now you're stuck with

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Tua and you might be stuck with Mike McDaniels.

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So you got to make it work at least. Carson wins

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27 attempts for 15 completions, 144 passing yards,

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1 touchdown, 1 pick, 5 .3 yards per attempt,

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and a 55 .6 completion percentage. Max Brosberg,

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4 attempts for 3 completions, 13 passing yards,

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3 .3 yards per attempt, and a 75 % completion

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percentage. Xavier Scott, 2 attempts for 16 rushing

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yards, 8 rushing yards per carry, and 1 rush

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of 10 plus yards or more. Justin Jefferson, 11

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targets for 7 receptions, 74 receiving yards,

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and 10 .6 receiving yards per reception. Justin

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Herbert, 25 attempts for 18 completions, 227

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passing yards, 3 touchdowns, 1 pick, 9 .1 yards

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per attempt, and a 72 % completion percentage.

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Kamani Vidal, 23 attempts for 117 rushing yards,

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5 .1 rushing yards per carry, 1 touchdown, and

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3 rushes of 10 plus yards or more. Ladd McConkie.

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10 targets for 6 receptions, 88 receiving yards,

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1 touchdown, and 14 .7 receiving yards per reception.

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So here's a few junkie nuggets. So against the

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Vikings Blitz, Justin Herbert finished 13 -15

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for 162 yards, 2 touchdowns, and 1 pick. That's

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the 4th most passing yards against the Blitz

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in a game in his career. So a couple takeaways

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from this game, alright? For starters, protect

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Justin Herbert. Justin Herbert is getting hit

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way too much for me, and it's starting to give

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Andrew Luck vibes. I'm just being honest here.

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I understand that they lost Rashawn Slater early

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in the season. I understand that they're trying

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to make do with what they have, but you have

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to scheme up something that's going to protect

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Justin Herbert. Sure, he's big and strong, but

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guess what? Those hits add up as his career ages,

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all right? Are we starting to see a resurgence

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in the fullback position? Because I'm seeing

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a lot of teams starting to use fullbacks. I know

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the Cowboys use them. We all know the Ravens

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and the 49ers use them. But I'm starting to see

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other teams start to incorporate fullback. And

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I'm actually starting to like that, you know?

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Next thing you know, you're going to have the

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fullbacks with the big neck rolls and whatnot.

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That probably just showed you how old I am. But

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don't worry about that, all right? Jonathan Grenard

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was productive on both sides. I mean... You're

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talking about somebody that was making plays

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on the left and the right. It didn't matter if

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he was facing Joel Ault. It didn't matter if

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he was facing a tight end. He was making plays,

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and that's actually really good and very promising

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if you're the Vikings because pairing him with

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Dallas Turner, I think that's a good combination.

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Now, is that going to replace Daniil Hunter?

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No, but I think that's probably the second. Well,

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I wouldn't say second. I would say that's the

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closest thing to a replacement, all right? Brian

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Flores was disguising a lot of his blitzes, which,

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I mean, that's his MO. He's always been somebody

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that disguises blitzes. He actually does a pretty

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good job at it. It's just when you go up against

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a team like the Chargers, who primarily run the

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ball and do it at a really effective rate, there's

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nothing that you can really do, honestly. And

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the Chargers were controlling the line of scrimmage

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and the time of possession game, which we're

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going to be talking about in just a moment. The

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Vikings offense didn't have an answer for the

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Chargers blitzing. and the Vikings' defense didn't

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have an answer to the Chargers' run game, which

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is true. Let's be real here, folks. As long as

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the Chargers were winning the line of scrimmage

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and time of possession game, the Vikings didn't

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have a chance. According to team rankings, the

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Chargers are second in the league when it comes

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to time of possession at 33 minutes. Now, if

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you break that down within the last three games,

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their time of possession was 35 minutes and 56

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seconds. Now, if you break this down by home

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and away, their time of possession at home is

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36 minutes compared to away at 29 minutes and

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58 seconds. What is the one thing that Jim Harbaugh

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always emphasizes with his offense? Running the

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ball effectively. And that's exactly what they

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did the entire time. And it got to a point where

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the Vikings didn't have an answer for it. They

00:19:16.059 --> 00:19:17.500
were trying to bliss. They were trying to load

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up the box. They were trying to do different

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things that are actually working. It never worked

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because why? Vidal was cooking. Justin Herbert

00:19:25.480 --> 00:19:28.079
was extending the plays just to get that first

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down. And they were controlling the time of possession.

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Let's be real here, folks. If you are a team,

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case in point, the Steelers, right, who don't

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have a lot of talent on their team, you want

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to play the time of possession game because why?

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For starters, It keeps the defense off the field,

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which keeps them fresh, while at the same time,

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you're controlling the clock and you're disrupting

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whatever rhythm that the opposing offense has.

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But if you just continue to just, you know, go

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forth and out, then guess what's going to happen?

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Your defense is going to be gassed and the opposing

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offense is going to pick up right where they

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left off. When we look at the top 10 teams for

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time of possession, Buffalo is number one at

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33 minutes and 14 seconds. Of course, the Chargers,

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we just talked about them. Kansas City at 32

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minutes and 30 seconds. Houston, 32 minutes,

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25 seconds. Detroit, 31 minutes, 48 seconds.

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Carolina, 31 minutes, 47 seconds. Arizona, 31

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minutes, 40 seconds. New England, 31 minutes

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and 34 seconds. Jacksonville, 31 minutes and

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5 seconds. And Chicago, 31 minutes. Now, what

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is the one similarity out of all of those teams?

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They all have a pretty good run game. And with

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that run game, they use it to soften up the defense

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to the point where then they can start attacking

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them in the pass game. It's sort of like a jab,

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right? Boxers use the jab to soften up their

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opponent. And over time, as they soften up their

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opponent, now all they gotta do is get one good

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punch in and they win. And that's exactly what

00:21:04.940 --> 00:21:08.220
you can do with football. If you control the

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line of scrimmage, if you control the time of

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possession, you are able to dictate how you want

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this game to end. But if you just keep on scoring

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super quickly, guess what's going to happen?

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Your defense is going to get gassed and that's

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going to allow the opposing offense to beat on

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them for the next. 20 or 30 plus minutes and

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they won't have an answer to it. And the next

00:21:30.150 --> 00:21:31.569
thing you know, you're trying to figure out,

00:21:31.650 --> 00:21:33.349
hey, how the hell did we lose the game? Well,

00:21:33.470 --> 00:21:36.670
because you didn't control the time of possession

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game nor the line of scrimmage game. But when

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we talk about the Vikings, however, there's only

00:21:41.950 --> 00:21:45.150
so much that you can do, right? Carson Wentz

00:21:45.150 --> 00:21:48.210
is playing with a messed up arm. The Chargers

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have been controlling a majority of the game.

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And on top of that, their defense has been beating

00:21:55.190 --> 00:21:58.549
you in every single chance they get. They were

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collapsing the pocket. They were creating pressure

00:22:00.789 --> 00:22:04.289
on Carson Wentz. They were doing all the things

00:22:04.289 --> 00:22:07.769
that they planned on doing to Carson Wentz. And

00:22:07.769 --> 00:22:09.789
the Vikings didn't have an answer for it because

00:22:09.789 --> 00:22:12.960
there is no answer for it. The Chargers were

00:22:12.960 --> 00:22:16.019
capitalizing off of turnovers. They were capitalizing

00:22:16.019 --> 00:22:18.980
on trying to limit the run game. And most importantly,

00:22:19.180 --> 00:22:22.019
they were trying to make Justin Jefferson a non

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-factor in this game. And it worked. So there's

00:22:25.579 --> 00:22:28.339
only so much that you can do. Now, when we look

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at the Vikings' defense, however, at some point,

00:22:32.019 --> 00:22:34.920
you probably got to wonder like, hey, maybe we

00:22:34.920 --> 00:22:37.420
should stop blitzing. Maybe we should start doing

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something different because this just isn't working.

00:22:40.940 --> 00:22:44.960
Kamani Vidal had a career game against this Vikings

00:22:44.960 --> 00:22:48.259
defense. The Viking defense, however, that everyone

00:22:48.259 --> 00:22:51.619
was saying should be a top five or top ten defense.

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I mean, they just added Jonathan Allen and Javon

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Hargrave during free agency. You kept Byron Murphy.

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So everyone is thinking, oh, this is going to

00:23:02.859 --> 00:23:05.240
be the same defense that we saw last year. No.

00:23:05.740 --> 00:23:09.119
The Chargers exposed them. And there's only so

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much that you can do. And on top of that, I knew

00:23:12.220 --> 00:23:14.559
I was forgetting something. The Chargers were

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using their fullback in such a beautiful way

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to the point where, guess what? Kamani Vidal

00:23:20.400 --> 00:23:22.980
had open lanes every chance that he got the ball.

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There's only so much that you can do. That's

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why the Ravens and the 49ers keep their fullback

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because not only can you use them as a receiving

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option, but you can also use them in a blocking

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option as well. But let's keep this train moving,

00:23:38.049 --> 00:23:40.029
all right? So let's talk about the Packers and

00:23:40.029 --> 00:23:42.910
Steelers game. So Jordan Love, 37 attempts for

00:23:42.910 --> 00:23:46.789
29 completions, 360 passing yards, three touchdowns,

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9 .7 yards per attempt, and a 78 .4 completion

00:23:50.109 --> 00:23:52.730
percentage. Emmanuel Wilson, 11 attempts for

00:23:52.730 --> 00:23:55.789
61 rushing yards, 5 .5 rushing yards per carry,

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and two rushes of 10 plus yards or more. Tucker

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Kraft, nine targets for seven receptions, 143

00:24:02.619 --> 00:24:05.680
receiving yards, two touchdowns, and 20 .4 receiving

00:24:05.680 --> 00:24:08.640
yards per reception. Aaron Rodgers, 36 attempts

00:24:08.640 --> 00:24:13.000
for 24 completions, 219 passing yards, two touchdowns,

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6 .1 yards per attempt, and a 66 .7 completion

00:24:16.200 --> 00:24:19.440
percentage. Jalen Warren, 13 attempts for 62

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rushing yards, 4 .8 rushing yards per carry,

00:24:22.059 --> 00:24:24.759
and one rush of 10 plus yards or more. Roman

00:24:24.759 --> 00:24:27.740
Wilson. Five targets for four receptions, 74

00:24:27.740 --> 00:24:30.920
receiving yards, one touchdown, and 18 .5 receiving

00:24:30.920 --> 00:24:33.700
yards per reception. So here's a few junkie nuggets.

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Jordan Love completed 20 straight completions

00:24:36.619 --> 00:24:39.759
with a .1 chance of completing all 20 passes

00:24:39.759 --> 00:24:42.339
based on individual completion probabilities.

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Now against the Blitz, Jordan Love completed

00:24:46.160 --> 00:24:50.480
12 of 17 passes for 211 yards and three touchdowns,

00:24:50.480 --> 00:24:53.319
the third most yards against the Blitz by a quarterback

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this season. When lined up as a wide corner,

00:24:57.150 --> 00:24:59.910
Jalen Ramsey has allowed two yards per coverage,

00:24:59.970 --> 00:25:02.970
which is the fourth most in the NFL. When lined

00:25:02.970 --> 00:25:05.910
up as a slot corner, Jalen Ramsey has allowed

00:25:05.910 --> 00:25:09.450
1 .1 yards per coverage. The Steelers' defense

00:25:09.450 --> 00:25:13.190
has used single high safety on 66 % of their

00:25:13.190 --> 00:25:15.970
dropbacks, the second highest rate in the NFL.

00:25:16.210 --> 00:25:19.450
When using single high coverage, the Steelers

00:25:19.450 --> 00:25:23.740
have allowed a league high 1 ,093 yards. When

00:25:23.740 --> 00:25:26.420
facing single high coverage, Jordan Love has

00:25:26.420 --> 00:25:29.059
averaged the fifth most yards per attempt, 8

00:25:29.059 --> 00:25:33.140
.3 yards, while completing 64 % of his passes,

00:25:33.259 --> 00:25:35.759
which if you want to break that down, that's

00:25:35.759 --> 00:25:38.539
actually above the league average, which is 63

00:25:38.539 --> 00:25:41.940
.3%. So a couple takeaways from this game. For

00:25:41.940 --> 00:25:43.900
starters, the Steelers can't cover tight ends.

00:25:44.240 --> 00:25:47.779
I have never seen a Steelers defense that is

00:25:47.779 --> 00:25:50.359
this bad against tight ends. Now, usually if

00:25:50.359 --> 00:25:52.799
it's just one specific tight end, I can understand.

00:25:53.390 --> 00:25:56.829
but there is a track record that shows that they

00:25:56.829 --> 00:25:59.250
are not good when they face tight ends. Here

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are some stats, okay? Because I compiled all

00:26:01.970 --> 00:26:05.089
the stats from all their matchups from week one

00:26:05.089 --> 00:26:07.529
up till now. So week one, when they face the

00:26:07.529 --> 00:26:10.190
Jets, Mason Taylor, one target for one reception,

00:26:10.410 --> 00:26:12.769
20 receiving yards, 20 receiving yards per reception.

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Okay, cool. Week two, the Seahawks, Elijah Royo.

00:26:16.750 --> 00:26:19.369
Three targets for two receptions, 31 receiving

00:26:19.369 --> 00:26:22.970
yards, 15 .5 receiving yards per reception. A

00:26:22.970 --> 00:26:25.410
.J. Barner. Three targets for two receptions,

00:26:25.430 --> 00:26:28.789
26 receiving yards, one touchdown, and 13 receiving

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yards per reception. Week three, the Patriots.

00:26:31.569 --> 00:26:34.609
Hunter Henry. 11 targets for eight receptions,

00:26:34.650 --> 00:26:38.289
90 receiving yards, two touchdowns, and 11 .3

00:26:38.289 --> 00:26:40.789
receiving yards per reception. Austin Hooper.

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three targets for two receptions, 28 receiving

00:26:43.950 --> 00:26:46.390
yards, and 14 receiving yards per reception.

00:26:46.589 --> 00:26:50.450
Week four, the Vikings, TJ Hawkinson, five targets

00:26:50.450 --> 00:26:53.009
for four receptions, 39 receiving yards, and

00:26:53.009 --> 00:26:56.069
9 .8 receiving yards per reception. Week six,

00:26:56.190 --> 00:26:59.309
the Browns, Harold Fanning Jr., 10 targets for

00:26:59.309 --> 00:27:03.269
seven receptions, 81 receiving yards, 11 .6 receiving

00:27:03.269 --> 00:27:06.680
yards per reception. David Njoku, 6 targets for

00:27:06.680 --> 00:27:10.460
3 receptions, 28 receiving yards, and 9 .3 receiving

00:27:10.460 --> 00:27:13.640
yards per reception. Week 7, the Bengals. Noah

00:27:13.640 --> 00:27:17.059
Fant, 4 targets for 4 receptions, 44 receiving

00:27:17.059 --> 00:27:19.960
yards, 1 touchdown, and 11 receiving yards per

00:27:19.960 --> 00:27:22.819
reception. Week 8, the Packers. Tucker Kraft,

00:27:23.119 --> 00:27:26.900
9 targets for 7 receptions, 143 receiving yards,

00:27:27.079 --> 00:27:30.160
2 touchdowns, and 20 .4 receiving yards per reception.

00:27:30.440 --> 00:27:33.730
Here is a stat that I found this morning. Despite

00:27:33.730 --> 00:27:37.269
only playing five of six games, Nick Herbert

00:27:37.269 --> 00:27:41.089
leads the Steelers in pressures at 26, sacks,

00:27:41.150 --> 00:27:43.750
four and a half sacks, and quick pressures at

00:27:43.750 --> 00:27:47.349
12. I'm going to read that stat to you one more

00:27:47.349 --> 00:27:51.430
time. Despite only playing five of six games,

00:27:51.890 --> 00:27:55.710
Nick Herbert leads the Steelers in pressures,

00:27:55.970 --> 00:28:00.000
sacks, and quick pressures. At some point, you

00:28:00.000 --> 00:28:02.839
have to start giving people a chance. That is

00:28:02.839 --> 00:28:05.079
the only way that you're going to be able to

00:28:05.079 --> 00:28:08.700
be successful while at the same time allow your

00:28:08.700 --> 00:28:13.259
other players to eat. Look at the Giants. There

00:28:13.259 --> 00:28:17.000
are stats that literally prove that when Abdul

00:28:17.000 --> 00:28:20.240
Carter... Brian Burns and Kayvon Thibodeau are

00:28:20.240 --> 00:28:23.359
all on the field at the same time. They are more

00:28:23.359 --> 00:28:26.700
successful of getting after the quarterback than

00:28:26.700 --> 00:28:29.680
without all three of them. Or at least two of

00:28:29.680 --> 00:28:32.799
the three. So why in the world would you want

00:28:32.799 --> 00:28:36.220
to put Nick Herbig in this game? You have to

00:28:36.220 --> 00:28:39.740
start giving him more snaps. Because T .J. Watt

00:28:39.740 --> 00:28:42.819
doesn't need to continue to have 70 and 80 snaps

00:28:42.819 --> 00:28:45.819
a season. It's just going to burn him out. But...

00:28:46.220 --> 00:28:49.339
We're going to save that for a moment. Stop blitzing

00:28:49.339 --> 00:28:52.779
Jordan Love. I don't understand why they were

00:28:52.779 --> 00:28:55.519
blitzing him so much, but you saw that every

00:28:55.519 --> 00:28:57.819
time that you guys blitzed him, he was killing

00:28:57.819 --> 00:29:01.660
you for it. Every single time you send a four

00:29:01.660 --> 00:29:04.160
-man rush or five -man rush, guess what's going

00:29:04.160 --> 00:29:07.519
to happen? Zoink, touchdown. Zoink, 20 -plus

00:29:07.519 --> 00:29:11.720
yards. Zoink, 30 -plus yards. And you had no

00:29:11.720 --> 00:29:13.279
answer for it, even though you could have made

00:29:13.279 --> 00:29:17.099
that adjustment. Zach Tom played well against

00:29:17.099 --> 00:29:20.420
T .J. Watt. Let's be real here, folks. Zach Tom

00:29:20.420 --> 00:29:23.440
had T .J. Watt's number the entire game. There's

00:29:23.440 --> 00:29:25.359
nothing that you can do about it. Zach Tom is

00:29:25.359 --> 00:29:28.160
a good right tackle. There's a reason why the

00:29:28.160 --> 00:29:30.900
Packers paid him what they paid him. It's not

00:29:30.900 --> 00:29:33.480
because he just had one good season, but no,

00:29:33.680 --> 00:29:37.119
he's a really good tackle. The Packers' run game

00:29:37.119 --> 00:29:39.920
was non -existent, which, I mean, the Steelers

00:29:39.920 --> 00:29:43.079
did a good job with that. Okay, cool. But at

00:29:43.079 --> 00:29:46.579
what cost? And most importantly, there was poor

00:29:46.579 --> 00:29:50.559
tackling and execution from Pittsburgh. So let's

00:29:50.559 --> 00:29:52.119
just get Pittsburgh out of the way so then we

00:29:52.119 --> 00:29:55.579
can talk about the Packers, okay? In all my years

00:29:55.579 --> 00:29:58.160
of watching the Steelers and rooting for the

00:29:58.160 --> 00:30:02.339
Steelers, I have seen some pretty bad secondaries.

00:30:02.480 --> 00:30:04.799
But you want to know something about those secondaries?

00:30:05.279 --> 00:30:09.740
They gave effort. They fought as hard as they

00:30:09.740 --> 00:30:13.740
possibly can to do the routine things. And if

00:30:13.740 --> 00:30:16.660
you can't do the routine things, then you need

00:30:16.660 --> 00:30:20.200
to go somewhere else. And this isn't directly

00:30:20.200 --> 00:30:22.859
towards Darius Slade, but it's towards everybody

00:30:22.859 --> 00:30:27.039
else that didn't do their job. You have to do

00:30:27.039 --> 00:30:30.000
the routine things. If you don't do the routine

00:30:30.000 --> 00:30:34.240
things, you will not be successful. Darius Slade,

00:30:34.299 --> 00:30:36.380
if you didn't want to play for the Steelers,

00:30:36.420 --> 00:30:39.200
you never should have put pen to paper on that

00:30:39.200 --> 00:30:42.099
contract. I don't understand why you're making

00:30:42.099 --> 00:30:44.859
a business decision and just bailing out instead

00:30:44.859 --> 00:30:47.839
of trying to make a tackle. If you didn't want

00:30:47.839 --> 00:30:49.680
to play, you never should have played. Simple

00:30:49.680 --> 00:30:54.730
as that. And the fact that we have people. who

00:30:54.730 --> 00:30:57.170
really haven't said anything about this. But

00:30:57.170 --> 00:31:00.089
when George Pickens, when he was showing little

00:31:00.089 --> 00:31:02.589
to no effort against the Colts that one time,

00:31:02.690 --> 00:31:05.789
oh, everybody was saying, oh, well, George Pickens

00:31:05.789 --> 00:31:08.630
has to go. That is an embarrassment as a player.

00:31:08.769 --> 00:31:10.970
That's an embarrassment as a teammate. You should

00:31:10.970 --> 00:31:13.630
never want to see that on tape. Are you scared

00:31:13.630 --> 00:31:15.690
of Slay? Is that what it is? Because I'll be

00:31:15.690 --> 00:31:17.349
the person to say it because I really don't care.

00:31:17.900 --> 00:31:21.339
But what you cannot do is just step to the side

00:31:21.339 --> 00:31:23.740
because you don't want no contact. If you don't

00:31:23.740 --> 00:31:25.880
want no contact, then you need to be on a beach

00:31:25.880 --> 00:31:29.460
somewhere with your phone in your hand. But you

00:31:29.460 --> 00:31:33.380
need to put out effort. I don't see effort in

00:31:33.380 --> 00:31:36.759
this defense. I don't see a defense of players

00:31:36.759 --> 00:31:39.859
who actually want to commit to actually making

00:31:39.859 --> 00:31:42.579
plays. You know what I see? I see a bunch of

00:31:42.579 --> 00:31:44.640
guys that put on the same uniform and say, you

00:31:44.640 --> 00:31:47.240
know what? You do your thing. I'm going to do

00:31:47.240 --> 00:31:50.319
my thing. That's it. That's all. And it also

00:31:50.319 --> 00:31:53.660
doesn't help that you have a whole bunch of media

00:31:53.660 --> 00:31:57.019
people and podcasters like the Steel Hero podcast

00:31:57.019 --> 00:32:01.359
who want to talk about, fuck Mike Tomlin, man.

00:32:01.420 --> 00:32:03.900
Mike Tomlin got to go. Mike Tomlin is trash.

00:32:04.160 --> 00:32:06.660
Mike Tomlin is ass. But they don't give legitimate

00:32:06.660 --> 00:32:10.420
reasons on why they believe that. I don't understand

00:32:10.420 --> 00:32:13.509
why people just... continue to go through this

00:32:13.509 --> 00:32:16.470
cycle of, yay, Mike Tomlin, the Steelers, we're

00:32:16.470 --> 00:32:18.410
going to go to the Super Bowl. And then, oh my

00:32:18.410 --> 00:32:20.829
God, the Steelers aren't going to go anywhere.

00:32:21.049 --> 00:32:23.549
All hope is lost. What are we going to do now?

00:32:23.950 --> 00:32:27.250
Mike Tomlin must go. He must atone for his sins.

00:32:27.470 --> 00:32:31.589
No! The fact of the matter is, there's only so

00:32:31.589 --> 00:32:34.150
much that you can do when you don't have the

00:32:34.150 --> 00:32:37.539
right personnel. You cannot get an old Darius

00:32:37.539 --> 00:32:41.119
Slay and an old Jalen Ramsey and have them to

00:32:41.119 --> 00:32:43.960
play a style of ball that they have not played

00:32:43.960 --> 00:32:48.099
in over five years. Darius Slay cannot play press

00:32:48.099 --> 00:32:51.440
man coverage anymore. Sure, he can maybe do it

00:32:51.440 --> 00:32:55.059
in bouts, but to do that the entire game? No,

00:32:55.079 --> 00:32:58.319
he cannot do that. The last time he was able

00:32:58.319 --> 00:33:00.559
to do that was probably when he was in Detroit.

00:33:01.339 --> 00:33:05.039
And the same thing with Jalen Ramsey. Jalen Ramsey

00:33:05.039 --> 00:33:07.880
cannot do that no more. The last time that he

00:33:07.880 --> 00:33:11.019
could do it successfully was when he was in Jacksonville.

00:33:11.279 --> 00:33:15.059
So why do you continue to play this stupid single

00:33:15.059 --> 00:33:18.200
high bullcrap when you know that teams are beating

00:33:18.200 --> 00:33:21.500
you over the head with it? I literally just read

00:33:21.500 --> 00:33:24.720
the stat that literally just said, when using

00:33:24.720 --> 00:33:27.920
single high coverage, the Steelers have allowed

00:33:27.920 --> 00:33:32.819
a league high of 1 ,093 yards. You mean to tell

00:33:32.819 --> 00:33:36.559
me? The highest paid defense, a defense that

00:33:36.559 --> 00:33:40.859
accumulated over $163 million, can't even make

00:33:40.859 --> 00:33:44.519
no plays, can't even be consistent. A defense

00:33:44.519 --> 00:33:48.720
that only works when they're making splash. That's

00:33:48.720 --> 00:33:51.200
unacceptable. And the fact that we continue to

00:33:51.200 --> 00:33:54.160
hear the same problems year after year after

00:33:54.160 --> 00:33:57.859
year is also bothering me a lot. Because all

00:33:57.859 --> 00:34:01.440
I keep on hearing is lack of communication, execution.

00:34:02.140 --> 00:34:05.400
Lack of communication, execution. At some point,

00:34:05.460 --> 00:34:08.179
either you got to nip this thing in the bud or

00:34:08.179 --> 00:34:10.860
somebody got to go. And I normally don't call

00:34:10.860 --> 00:34:13.940
for people's jobs, but somebody got to go because

00:34:13.940 --> 00:34:17.340
something is not working. Y 'all blame Cam Sutton.

00:34:17.420 --> 00:34:20.920
Y 'all blame Minka Fitzpatrick. So who in the

00:34:20.920 --> 00:34:24.480
world is the problem? Is it the coach? Is it

00:34:24.480 --> 00:34:28.760
the players? Who is it? Because in actuality,

00:34:28.760 --> 00:34:32.179
you can't just put this all on the players. No,

00:34:32.260 --> 00:34:35.420
you got to put this on the coaches as well. Because

00:34:35.420 --> 00:34:38.719
the coaches create the game plan when going up

00:34:38.719 --> 00:34:41.480
against these type of teams. And you know when

00:34:41.480 --> 00:34:43.980
you're going up against a Jordan Love, a Patrick

00:34:43.980 --> 00:34:46.539
Mahomes, a Jared Goff, when you go up against

00:34:46.539 --> 00:34:49.380
those top -tier quarterbacks, they're going to

00:34:49.380 --> 00:34:51.659
play mistake -free football for the majority

00:34:51.659 --> 00:34:54.969
of the game. So don't just play a defense to

00:34:54.969 --> 00:34:58.329
where, okay, maybe if we luck up, maybe if we

00:34:58.329 --> 00:35:01.289
get a deflected pass or something, maybe we can

00:35:01.289 --> 00:35:04.389
get an interception. No, just play defense. Just

00:35:04.389 --> 00:35:06.889
do your damn job. That's all you have to do.

00:35:06.969 --> 00:35:10.070
It's not hard. But we continue to see the same

00:35:10.070 --> 00:35:13.670
rhetoric year after year after year, and it's

00:35:13.670 --> 00:35:17.170
not working. And at some point, somebody has

00:35:17.170 --> 00:35:20.230
to address the elephant in the room. Maybe it

00:35:20.230 --> 00:35:23.260
is time for Mike Tomlin to go. And I only say

00:35:23.260 --> 00:35:27.159
that because at some point, situations run their

00:35:27.159 --> 00:35:30.440
course. We saw that with the Eagles and Andy

00:35:30.440 --> 00:35:32.739
Reid. I understand that I keep on going to that,

00:35:32.840 --> 00:35:35.219
but that's the only example that I can think

00:35:35.219 --> 00:35:37.820
of that is the most successful. Andy Reid and

00:35:37.820 --> 00:35:40.019
the Eagles, they were like peanut butter and

00:35:40.019 --> 00:35:42.739
jelly. Super successful, always competitive,

00:35:43.139 --> 00:35:46.300
always in the NFC Championship. But they reached

00:35:46.300 --> 00:35:49.360
their ceiling, and that's fine. And so they went

00:35:49.360 --> 00:35:51.079
their separate ways. And guess what happened?

00:35:51.519 --> 00:35:55.659
Andy Reid was a part of a dynasty and the Eagles

00:35:55.659 --> 00:35:58.980
got two Super Bowls. Who's complaining? Nobody.

00:35:59.880 --> 00:36:03.619
So at some point, we have to start having an

00:36:03.619 --> 00:36:05.739
honest conversation about the direction of the

00:36:05.739 --> 00:36:09.179
Steelers because we're not going anywhere. We're

00:36:09.179 --> 00:36:12.480
just continuing to go in the same circle year

00:36:12.480 --> 00:36:16.159
after year after year. And Mike Tomlin continues

00:36:16.159 --> 00:36:20.099
to go after these old ass players. Because he

00:36:20.099 --> 00:36:22.320
values their pedigree and their accomplishments.

00:36:22.739 --> 00:36:26.320
And a lot of these players whooped his team's

00:36:26.320 --> 00:36:29.820
ass. No, that's not what you do. Because guess

00:36:29.820 --> 00:36:32.739
what? Those players were used in a different

00:36:32.739 --> 00:36:35.440
way to what they're being used now. So if you're

00:36:35.440 --> 00:36:37.260
thinking you're going to get the same production

00:36:37.260 --> 00:36:40.659
or even more than what their previous teams got

00:36:40.659 --> 00:36:42.780
out of them, you're sadly mistaken. I'm sorry.

00:36:43.219 --> 00:36:47.360
This isn't working. You have to do something

00:36:47.360 --> 00:36:50.300
different. You have to be more innovative in

00:36:50.300 --> 00:36:53.280
your execution and your play calling and your

00:36:53.280 --> 00:36:57.000
scheme. You have to do something different. But

00:36:57.000 --> 00:37:00.500
nobody is willing to make changes. Nobody is

00:37:00.500 --> 00:37:02.880
open enough to say, you know what? I'll make

00:37:02.880 --> 00:37:06.239
a sacrifice. I'll do something that I'm not comfortable

00:37:06.239 --> 00:37:08.579
doing if it means that we have a better chance

00:37:08.579 --> 00:37:11.079
of winning. All you have is just people who are

00:37:11.079 --> 00:37:14.019
just complacent. I remember TJ Watts saying,

00:37:14.119 --> 00:37:16.420
hey, I'm willing to play on different sides.

00:37:16.659 --> 00:37:19.119
I still haven't seen that. I still see him lined

00:37:19.119 --> 00:37:21.480
up the same way. And guess what? You get the

00:37:21.480 --> 00:37:24.699
same result. But this is what separates the Steelers

00:37:24.699 --> 00:37:26.840
now from the Steelers back then. I'm not even

00:37:26.840 --> 00:37:30.380
talking about the 80s and 70s and 60s. I'm talking

00:37:30.380 --> 00:37:33.760
about the early 2000s. Those teams are close

00:37:33.760 --> 00:37:37.059
to this day. They play hard for one another.

00:37:37.219 --> 00:37:40.059
They encourage one another. They held one another

00:37:40.059 --> 00:37:44.110
to a certain standard. There was an aura for

00:37:44.110 --> 00:37:46.730
the Pittsburgh Steelers in the early 2000s. When

00:37:46.730 --> 00:37:49.610
you had the Steelers on your schedule, just know

00:37:49.610 --> 00:37:52.489
you're going to face a team that's going to be

00:37:52.489 --> 00:37:55.130
physical, that's going to run the ball down your

00:37:55.130 --> 00:37:58.090
throat, and most importantly, they are going

00:37:58.090 --> 00:38:02.349
to whoop your ass. But instead, all we see now

00:38:02.349 --> 00:38:06.070
is all talk, no bite. All you see is a bunch

00:38:06.070 --> 00:38:09.110
of social media clips and... A whole bunch of

00:38:09.110 --> 00:38:12.530
renegading, having made it down and they found

00:38:12.530 --> 00:38:14.949
you. A whole bunch of people waving their terrible

00:38:14.949 --> 00:38:18.190
towels. A bunch of players that don't have no

00:38:18.190 --> 00:38:21.230
order, that don't have no structure. A bunch

00:38:21.230 --> 00:38:24.210
of players who just play for themselves. And

00:38:24.210 --> 00:38:25.909
that's not what the Pittsburgh Steelers are known

00:38:25.909 --> 00:38:30.889
for. That's not the standard. But year after

00:38:30.889 --> 00:38:34.230
year, they continue to not meet that standard.

00:38:34.670 --> 00:38:37.409
And the owner is okay with it. And the front

00:38:37.409 --> 00:38:39.949
office is okay with it. And Mike Tomlin is okay

00:38:39.949 --> 00:38:43.469
with it. Honestly speaking, I feel like the Steelers

00:38:43.469 --> 00:38:45.630
offensively just need to take a page out of the

00:38:45.630 --> 00:38:48.849
Bengals book. Load up the offense with a whole

00:38:48.849 --> 00:38:51.849
bunch of weapons and just shoot for the stars

00:38:51.849 --> 00:38:54.750
and aim for the moon. Because right now you can't

00:38:54.750 --> 00:38:57.449
rely on this defense. So you're going to have

00:38:57.449 --> 00:39:01.269
to at least put up 20, maybe 25, maybe even 30

00:39:01.269 --> 00:39:04.610
points a game just so you can stay in the game.

00:39:05.289 --> 00:39:08.369
And most importantly, you have to start winning

00:39:08.369 --> 00:39:11.929
the time of possession game. According to Team

00:39:11.929 --> 00:39:15.809
Ranked, the Steelers are 31st in time of possession

00:39:15.809 --> 00:39:20.349
at 27 minutes and 31 seconds. I'm sorry, that's

00:39:20.349 --> 00:39:23.230
not good, especially for Arthur Smith's system

00:39:23.230 --> 00:39:27.030
where they emphasize running the ball. You have

00:39:27.030 --> 00:39:29.309
to start running the ball more efficiently. You

00:39:29.309 --> 00:39:31.469
have to start converting on third and fourth

00:39:31.469 --> 00:39:35.489
downs. You can't just punt it all the time. Now,

00:39:35.530 --> 00:39:38.150
if it's fourth and two, you can convert that.

00:39:38.389 --> 00:39:41.869
But if it's fourth and 15, okay, fine, punt it.

00:39:42.070 --> 00:39:44.969
But you have to start converting on those critical

00:39:44.969 --> 00:39:47.610
downs. Otherwise, you're never going to be able

00:39:47.610 --> 00:39:51.210
to win the game. And we see that game after game

00:39:51.210 --> 00:39:54.809
after game. Aaron Rodgers can only do so much.

00:39:54.889 --> 00:39:58.789
So you have to help him out. But they tried their

00:39:58.789 --> 00:40:02.750
hardest. But it got to a point where when the

00:40:02.750 --> 00:40:06.059
Steelers were behind, Aaron Rodgers said, you

00:40:06.059 --> 00:40:08.280
know what? To hell with running the ball. We

00:40:08.280 --> 00:40:10.099
need to put this ball up in the air. We need

00:40:10.099 --> 00:40:12.079
to get down to the field as quickly as possible.

00:40:12.619 --> 00:40:16.000
And at least try to at least ease up the deficit

00:40:16.000 --> 00:40:19.579
a little bit. But that's not what happened. Because

00:40:19.579 --> 00:40:22.000
once the Packers started to get hot, there's

00:40:22.000 --> 00:40:24.440
nothing that you can do about it. And we saw

00:40:24.440 --> 00:40:27.179
that Micah Parsons was doing his thing. I mean,

00:40:27.179 --> 00:40:29.599
they had two or three people trying to stop Micah

00:40:29.599 --> 00:40:31.219
Parsons. And eventually, guess what happened?

00:40:31.519 --> 00:40:35.349
He got through. He got the sack. So I can't really

00:40:35.349 --> 00:40:38.610
be mad at the offense because they tried, but

00:40:38.610 --> 00:40:42.269
at some point as the trade deadline is approaching,

00:40:42.489 --> 00:40:45.530
I wonder should the team prioritize going after

00:40:45.530 --> 00:40:48.750
a wide receiver or should they start going after

00:40:48.750 --> 00:40:51.170
defensive weapons to at least give them some

00:40:51.170 --> 00:40:55.130
hope? Because right now that secondary is unreliable.

00:40:55.489 --> 00:40:59.909
Juan Thornhill, inconsistent. Chuck Clark shouldn't

00:40:59.909 --> 00:41:02.579
even be on the field. And I don't even know why

00:41:02.579 --> 00:41:05.079
you had Chuck Clark going after Tucker Kraft.

00:41:05.219 --> 00:41:07.739
That was a dumb move. But when we talk about

00:41:07.739 --> 00:41:10.679
the Packers, however, great job by Jordan Love.

00:41:11.179 --> 00:41:14.679
I mean, for him to put on a masterclass of how

00:41:14.679 --> 00:41:17.239
to beat a team that is just blitzing you all

00:41:17.239 --> 00:41:19.699
the time and showing you the same thing every

00:41:19.699 --> 00:41:22.380
single time, man, you capitalize off of this.

00:41:22.539 --> 00:41:26.480
And mind you, Jordan Love is doing this without

00:41:26.480 --> 00:41:29.800
a true dominant wide receiver. He doesn't have

00:41:29.800 --> 00:41:32.969
a Justin Jefferson. or Jamar Chase, or A .J.

00:41:32.989 --> 00:41:35.730
Brown type of receiver. He has Matthew Golden,

00:41:35.829 --> 00:41:38.670
who is a rookie, Romeo Dobbs, Christian Watson,

00:41:38.809 --> 00:41:42.150
who's coming off of injury, Savion Williams and

00:41:42.150 --> 00:41:47.010
company, Tucker Craft. I mean, come on. He's

00:41:47.010 --> 00:41:49.090
making do with what he do, and it's working.

00:41:49.750 --> 00:41:52.269
And this is the type of stuff that you want to

00:41:52.269 --> 00:41:56.210
see from a Super Bowl team. Let's be real here,

00:41:56.250 --> 00:41:59.469
folks. If the Packers can continue to do what

00:41:59.469 --> 00:42:02.840
they're doing offensively, There is nobody that

00:42:02.840 --> 00:42:07.099
can stop them. And I mean nobody. The fact that

00:42:07.099 --> 00:42:10.599
Jordan Love threw 20 straight passes and they

00:42:10.599 --> 00:42:14.780
were all completed passes? Come on now. And another

00:42:14.780 --> 00:42:17.860
thing that we need to talk about, the Packers

00:42:17.860 --> 00:42:20.400
are really good when it comes to drafting quarterbacks.

00:42:20.820 --> 00:42:24.099
Like when you look at their history, they have

00:42:24.099 --> 00:42:27.320
been on point when it comes to drafting their

00:42:27.320 --> 00:42:31.000
next replacement. From Brett Favre to Aaron Rodgers,

00:42:31.099 --> 00:42:34.400
to Aaron Rodgers to Jordan Love, and I think

00:42:34.400 --> 00:42:37.860
Bart Starr? I forgot who was the replacement

00:42:37.860 --> 00:42:41.320
for Bart Starr, but don't hold me to it, okay?

00:42:41.420 --> 00:42:44.000
Just don't. But when we talk about Tucker Kraft,

00:42:44.199 --> 00:42:48.980
however, this further enhances my stance on why

00:42:48.980 --> 00:42:51.820
teams should start prioritizing going after tight

00:42:51.820 --> 00:42:54.800
ends. Because a quarterback's best friend is

00:42:54.800 --> 00:42:58.159
a tight end. And we've seen it in history that

00:42:58.159 --> 00:43:00.340
a lot of the great quarterbacks had a really

00:43:00.340 --> 00:43:03.059
good tight end. Peyton Manning and Dallas Clark,

00:43:03.380 --> 00:43:06.460
Tom Brady and Gronk, Patrick Mahomes and Travis

00:43:06.460 --> 00:43:09.440
Kelsey, Ben Roethlisberger and Heath Miller.

00:43:09.579 --> 00:43:12.239
I can continue to go down the list. Cam Newton

00:43:12.239 --> 00:43:15.880
and Greg Olson. You got to have that really good

00:43:15.880 --> 00:43:20.079
tight end. So I think personally, there's only

00:43:20.079 --> 00:43:22.219
so much the Steelers could do against Tucker

00:43:22.219 --> 00:43:25.440
Kraft. But at the same time, we all knew that

00:43:25.440 --> 00:43:28.059
Tucker Kraft was a dog. But changing gears to

00:43:28.059 --> 00:43:30.800
the Packers defense, what is there to expect?

00:43:31.679 --> 00:43:35.059
Because we all knew that by acquiring Micah Parsons,

00:43:35.199 --> 00:43:37.679
this defense was going to go to another level.

00:43:37.900 --> 00:43:41.599
And it showed. The Steelers offensive line was

00:43:41.599 --> 00:43:44.599
sending two and three extra people to stop Micah

00:43:44.599 --> 00:43:47.679
Parsons just because they know that once he gets

00:43:47.679 --> 00:43:50.860
a sack, everybody's going to start eating. And

00:43:50.860 --> 00:43:54.500
by doing that, As the game continued to go on

00:43:54.500 --> 00:43:57.940
and as he continued to chip away, eventually

00:43:57.940 --> 00:44:00.820
he got the sack while at the same time opening

00:44:00.820 --> 00:44:03.420
up other opportunities for other defensive players

00:44:03.420 --> 00:44:06.840
to create pressure on Aaron Rodgers. So, I mean,

00:44:06.840 --> 00:44:09.059
there's only so much that you can say about this

00:44:09.059 --> 00:44:11.099
Packers defense because I still hold them to

00:44:11.099 --> 00:44:13.599
a very high standard. I still believe that they

00:44:13.599 --> 00:44:16.679
are a Super Bowl caliber defense, but I wonder

00:44:16.679 --> 00:44:18.940
should they make at least one trade for a defensive

00:44:18.940 --> 00:44:21.280
player? I'm not saying they should go after,

00:44:21.340 --> 00:44:24.139
you know, Trey Hendrickson or, you know, Quentin

00:44:24.139 --> 00:44:26.460
Williams or, you know, anybody like that. But

00:44:26.460 --> 00:44:28.940
I wonder, should they make at least one small

00:44:28.940 --> 00:44:31.840
move for the defense? Well, let's talk about

00:44:31.840 --> 00:44:33.739
the Commanders and Chiefs game. But before we

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00:46:21.760 --> 00:46:24.679
So Marcus Mariota, 30 attempts for 21 completions,

00:46:24.719 --> 00:46:28.360
213 passing yards, one touchdown, two picks,

00:46:28.500 --> 00:46:31.900
7 .1 yards per attempt, and a 70 % completion

00:46:31.900 --> 00:46:35.159
percentage. Marcus Mariota. 8 attempts for 28

00:46:35.159 --> 00:46:37.880
rushing yards, 3 .5 rushing yards per carry.

00:46:38.079 --> 00:46:41.480
Jeremy McNichols. 6 targets for 5 receptions,

00:46:41.519 --> 00:46:44.579
64 receiving yards, and 12 .8 receiving yards

00:46:44.579 --> 00:46:47.920
per reception. Patrick Mahomes. 34 attempts for

00:46:47.920 --> 00:46:52.059
25 completions, 299 passing yards, 3 touchdowns,

00:46:52.059 --> 00:46:55.679
2 picks, 8 .8 yards per attempt, and a 73 .5

00:46:55.679 --> 00:46:58.719
completion percentage. Isaiah Pacheco. 12 attempts

00:46:58.719 --> 00:47:01.579
for 58 rushing yards, 4 .8 rushing yards per

00:47:01.579 --> 00:47:04.179
carry, and two rushes of 10 plus yards or more.

00:47:04.340 --> 00:47:07.380
Travis Kelsey, eight targets for six receptions,

00:47:07.400 --> 00:47:11.019
99 receiving yards, one touchdown, and 16 .5

00:47:11.019 --> 00:47:13.460
receiving yards per reception. So here's a few

00:47:13.460 --> 00:47:16.760
junkie nuggets. Against zone coverage, Travis

00:47:16.760 --> 00:47:19.480
Kelsey was targeted eight times for six receptions,

00:47:19.480 --> 00:47:23.030
99 yards, and one touchdown. the most receiving

00:47:23.030 --> 00:47:25.210
yards against zone coverage since week three

00:47:25.210 --> 00:47:28.489
of the 2023 season against the Chargers, where

00:47:28.489 --> 00:47:31.949
he had 103 yards against zone coverage. On throws

00:47:31.949 --> 00:47:35.309
over four seconds, Patrick Mahomes completed

00:47:35.309 --> 00:47:39.010
eight of nine passes for 149 yards and three

00:47:39.010 --> 00:47:41.650
touchdowns. So a couple takeaways from this game.

00:47:41.750 --> 00:47:44.489
For starters, Jacob Martin's stock continues

00:47:44.489 --> 00:47:47.929
to rise. For the past two or three games, he's

00:47:47.929 --> 00:47:50.010
actually been playing really well. creating a

00:47:50.010 --> 00:47:52.409
lot of pressure and getting sacks, which is very

00:47:52.409 --> 00:47:55.969
promising because outside of him, there's nobody

00:47:55.969 --> 00:47:58.750
else in the pass rushing room that I truly say

00:47:58.750 --> 00:48:03.210
is doing their job, okay? Von Miller, his age

00:48:03.210 --> 00:48:06.789
is showing. Frankie Luvu, a little bit inconsistent,

00:48:07.090 --> 00:48:10.369
but not really surprised. And Javon Kinlaw, the

00:48:10.369 --> 00:48:13.030
person that they signed a free agency, he's been

00:48:13.030 --> 00:48:15.510
a ghost, but we'll save that for another topic.

00:48:15.829 --> 00:48:18.989
But Patrick Mahomes needs to slide. I get so

00:48:18.989 --> 00:48:22.150
tired of him doing that stupid, okay, I'm just

00:48:22.150 --> 00:48:24.349
going to run out at the last minute, which then

00:48:24.349 --> 00:48:27.510
causes a penalty. Stop doing that. And the refs,

00:48:27.510 --> 00:48:30.329
they need to stop calling that because he's purposely

00:48:30.329 --> 00:48:33.329
doing it because he knows when he do it, they're

00:48:33.329 --> 00:48:37.510
going to give him that call. Stop it. We all

00:48:37.510 --> 00:48:39.690
know that all it takes is just one person to

00:48:39.690 --> 00:48:43.869
crack him one good time, one good time, and he'll

00:48:43.869 --> 00:48:46.400
never run again. And I'm not wishing anything

00:48:46.400 --> 00:48:49.059
on Patrick Mahomes. But you are setting yourself

00:48:49.059 --> 00:48:51.639
up for failure because it's going to take that

00:48:51.639 --> 00:48:53.260
one defense. It's going to say, you know what?

00:48:53.380 --> 00:48:55.699
He's about to run. I'm going to meet you halfway.

00:48:56.099 --> 00:48:59.639
Smack. The commander's defense needs a youth

00:48:59.639 --> 00:49:02.039
movement. Sure, you have a few players that,

00:49:02.079 --> 00:49:04.019
you know, still in their prime and whatnot. But

00:49:04.019 --> 00:49:07.559
for the majority, this defense is old. And I

00:49:07.559 --> 00:49:09.380
understand they were productive last season.

00:49:09.440 --> 00:49:12.599
But that's last season. This is now. I should

00:49:12.599 --> 00:49:15.019
not be seeing Bobby Wagner trying to chase down

00:49:15.019 --> 00:49:17.780
somebody like how he used to play with the Seahawks.

00:49:19.000 --> 00:49:21.679
Somebody needs to put some fresh blood on this

00:49:21.679 --> 00:49:24.400
defense. Now, Jeremy Reeves, he was doing his

00:49:24.400 --> 00:49:27.059
thing. He was everywhere on the field. Making

00:49:27.059 --> 00:49:31.019
tackles, pass breakups, you name it. He was doing

00:49:31.019 --> 00:49:33.500
his thing. And that's actually great. But he

00:49:33.500 --> 00:49:36.260
can only do so much. Jacob Martin can only do

00:49:36.260 --> 00:49:39.519
so much. You pay X amount of dollars to Von Miller

00:49:39.519 --> 00:49:42.090
and he hasn't really shown anything. People got

00:49:42.090 --> 00:49:45.050
to step up. That's the only way that you can

00:49:45.050 --> 00:49:47.650
beat someone like Apache Mahomes. That pass rush

00:49:47.650 --> 00:49:50.630
needs to be on 10 from the first quarter to the

00:49:50.630 --> 00:49:53.409
last quarter. And the Chiefs are back, folks.

00:49:53.630 --> 00:49:56.269
I know it took them a while. I know things looked

00:49:56.269 --> 00:49:59.010
a little bit shaky, but they're back. Now the

00:49:59.010 --> 00:50:01.309
question is, what are they going to do at the

00:50:01.309 --> 00:50:03.610
trade deadline? Are they going to make an addition

00:50:03.610 --> 00:50:07.610
for the offense or the defense? Because me personally,

00:50:07.809 --> 00:50:09.730
I feel like they should go after a running back.

00:50:10.219 --> 00:50:12.280
I think getting someone like a Brees Hall would

00:50:12.280 --> 00:50:14.760
be great. Give him that second or third round

00:50:14.760 --> 00:50:18.139
pick. Let's go. Because right now you have to

00:50:18.139 --> 00:50:21.420
start stacking up wins. The Broncos are going

00:50:21.420 --> 00:50:23.599
to be a problem. The Chargers are going to be

00:50:23.599 --> 00:50:25.659
a problem. The Colts are going to be a problem.

00:50:25.800 --> 00:50:28.880
If you want one of those high seeds, you're going

00:50:28.880 --> 00:50:32.480
to have to fight for it. And you need the weapons

00:50:32.480 --> 00:50:36.710
to be able to do it. So... Whoever the GM is,

00:50:36.889 --> 00:50:40.190
get on the phone and get Brees Hall right now.

00:50:40.349 --> 00:50:42.050
And I'm not saying this because I'm rooting for

00:50:42.050 --> 00:50:43.889
the Chiefs. I do not like the Chiefs at all,

00:50:43.969 --> 00:50:47.010
but they got to do something, all right? I know

00:50:47.010 --> 00:50:49.809
that Diana Rossini said this morning that the

00:50:49.809 --> 00:50:52.070
commanders are looking for pass rushers, but

00:50:52.070 --> 00:50:54.809
the problem is there's not a lot of pass rushers

00:50:54.809 --> 00:50:57.630
available right now. And any of the pass rushers

00:50:57.630 --> 00:51:00.210
that are available, the asking price is too high.

00:51:00.590 --> 00:51:03.550
So why would I give up a second or possibly first

00:51:03.550 --> 00:51:06.300
round pick? For a pass rusher, that's most likely

00:51:06.300 --> 00:51:08.880
going to be a free agent next year. It's pointless.

00:51:09.260 --> 00:51:12.659
This is what I will say. I feel like the commanders

00:51:12.659 --> 00:51:15.880
have been solved. And let me explain. I feel

00:51:15.880 --> 00:51:18.320
like their strategy last year caught a lot of

00:51:18.320 --> 00:51:20.739
people off guard and it was really productive.

00:51:20.940 --> 00:51:23.780
But I feel like now that everybody has seen their

00:51:23.780 --> 00:51:26.980
cadences and the things they like to do, I feel

00:51:26.980 --> 00:51:28.820
like they've been solved on both sides of the

00:51:28.820 --> 00:51:33.139
ball. So at some point, Cliff Kingsbury. Is there

00:51:33.139 --> 00:51:36.639
another level to your bag? Dan Quinn, is there

00:51:36.639 --> 00:51:39.539
another level to your bag? Because you guys have

00:51:39.539 --> 00:51:42.460
to present something different. Because this

00:51:42.460 --> 00:51:45.039
could have been a close game. You had two takeaways

00:51:45.039 --> 00:51:47.500
from Patrick Mahomes. You should have tried to

00:51:47.500 --> 00:51:49.880
at least convert those takeaways into points.

00:51:51.239 --> 00:51:52.940
That's the type of game that you're going to

00:51:52.940 --> 00:51:54.639
have to play when you're facing someone like

00:51:54.639 --> 00:51:57.110
a Patrick Mahomes. But when we talk about the

00:51:57.110 --> 00:51:59.449
Chiefs, however, they needed this. They needed

00:51:59.449 --> 00:52:02.530
to continue to stack up those small wins just

00:52:02.530 --> 00:52:04.530
so they can get back into the swing of things.

00:52:05.010 --> 00:52:08.070
Because prior to this point, there were a lot

00:52:08.070 --> 00:52:10.489
of people that were saying, is the Chiefs over

00:52:10.489 --> 00:52:14.010
with? Has the dynasty collapsed? What are they

00:52:14.010 --> 00:52:16.630
going to do now? But clearly they're back on

00:52:16.630 --> 00:52:18.750
straight street and they're ready to go to another

00:52:18.750 --> 00:52:20.690
Super Bowl because we all know that's probably

00:52:20.690 --> 00:52:24.159
going to happen. Unless the Broncos... Or the

00:52:24.159 --> 00:52:28.840
Texans, or the Chargers, or the Ravens, or the

00:52:28.840 --> 00:52:30.340
Colts, because we'll probably get the number

00:52:30.340 --> 00:52:32.039
one seed. You know what? Forget about it. We're

00:52:32.039 --> 00:52:33.380
not going to talk about that, all right? We're

00:52:33.380 --> 00:52:35.500
going to talk about trades. So former Titans

00:52:35.500 --> 00:52:37.920
quarterback Roger McCreary head to the Rams.

00:52:38.099 --> 00:52:41.280
So the Rams receive a 2026 conditional sixth

00:52:41.280 --> 00:52:43.739
round pick in Roger McCreary, while the Titans

00:52:43.739 --> 00:52:47.000
receive a 2026 conditional fifth round pick.

00:52:47.559 --> 00:52:50.340
Honestly, I think this is a good move. Low risk.

00:52:50.829 --> 00:52:52.929
High reward, not to mention he's going to be

00:52:52.929 --> 00:52:55.909
a free agent after this season, so it's only

00:52:55.909 --> 00:52:58.309
a seasonal rental without having to give up a

00:52:58.309 --> 00:53:01.090
lot to get him. Cornerback was a problem for

00:53:01.090 --> 00:53:03.190
the Rams, and they've been trying to address

00:53:03.190 --> 00:53:05.610
it. But when we look at his stats from this season

00:53:05.610 --> 00:53:09.050
so far, 33 tackles, one sack, he was targeted

00:53:09.050 --> 00:53:12.949
25 times and allowed 22 receptions for 209 yards,

00:53:13.130 --> 00:53:16.230
two touchdowns, and has one pick so far. He's

00:53:16.230 --> 00:53:18.929
a productive corner, it's just the Titans are

00:53:18.929 --> 00:53:21.860
having a fire sale. That's it. So Kyle Duggar

00:53:21.860 --> 00:53:24.519
heads to Pittsburgh and Pittsburgh receives a

00:53:24.519 --> 00:53:27.000
2026 conditional seventh round pick and Kyle

00:53:27.000 --> 00:53:29.840
Duggar, of course, while the Patriots receive

00:53:29.840 --> 00:53:34.019
a 2026 sixth round pick. Again, low risk, high

00:53:34.019 --> 00:53:37.039
reward. The Steelers needed the safety with Deshaun

00:53:37.039 --> 00:53:39.239
Elliott going down and possibly being out for

00:53:39.239 --> 00:53:42.159
the season. So why go after somebody that's going

00:53:42.159 --> 00:53:44.320
to be super expensive when you get someone like

00:53:44.320 --> 00:53:47.239
Kyle Duggar? The Patriots agreed to pay out the

00:53:47.239 --> 00:53:49.940
majority of his contract. And they've been trying

00:53:49.940 --> 00:53:52.440
to get rid of him for almost two years now. So

00:53:52.440 --> 00:53:56.280
it's a win -win situation. Well, only time will

00:53:56.280 --> 00:53:58.719
tell because he's most likely going to play on

00:53:58.719 --> 00:54:00.380
Sunday. But we're not going to talk about that,

00:54:00.480 --> 00:54:04.300
all right? Keyon White, former pass rusher for

00:54:04.300 --> 00:54:07.860
the Patriots, heads to the 49ers. So New England

00:54:07.860 --> 00:54:11.079
receives a 2026 sixth -round pick, while San

00:54:11.079 --> 00:54:14.280
Francisco receives a 2026 seventh -round pick

00:54:14.280 --> 00:54:18.230
in Keyon White. Now, we all know that the 49ers

00:54:18.230 --> 00:54:21.570
needed a pass rusher. By getting someone like

00:54:21.570 --> 00:54:24.489
a Keyon White, I feel like he may work in their

00:54:24.489 --> 00:54:27.349
system a little bit better than what Mike Vrabel

00:54:27.349 --> 00:54:30.070
is doing. The Patriots are trying to get rid

00:54:30.070 --> 00:54:33.429
of all of Bill Belichick's draft picks. They

00:54:33.429 --> 00:54:36.090
want all of them gone. They don't want no blemishes

00:54:36.090 --> 00:54:40.170
of Bill Belichick to ever emerge in that building,

00:54:40.409 --> 00:54:45.809
okay? But again, low risk, high reward. There's

00:54:45.809 --> 00:54:49.050
a lot of upside with Keon White's game, but I

00:54:49.050 --> 00:54:51.570
think he hasn't had the opportunity to really

00:54:51.570 --> 00:54:54.210
show it with the Patriots. But I think going

00:54:54.210 --> 00:54:57.530
to the 49ers, he may be able to do it. Michael

00:54:57.530 --> 00:55:01.369
Carter, the second cornerback, he heads to Philly.

00:55:01.469 --> 00:55:04.190
And so Philly receives, of course, Michael Carter

00:55:04.190 --> 00:55:07.389
and a 2027 seventh round pick, while the Jets

00:55:07.389 --> 00:55:10.889
receive John Mechie and a 2027 sixth round pick.

00:55:11.070 --> 00:55:14.789
Low risk, high reward. The Eagles needed a corner.

00:55:15.289 --> 00:55:17.389
and Michael Carter is one of the better slot

00:55:17.389 --> 00:55:20.150
corners in the league, while at the same time

00:55:20.150 --> 00:55:22.670
giving an opportunity for someone like John Mechie

00:55:22.670 --> 00:55:25.530
to hit the field. Because, I mean, outside of

00:55:25.530 --> 00:55:29.050
Garrett Wilson, who else can you say is a reliable

00:55:29.050 --> 00:55:32.090
receiving option for the Jets? Just being honest

00:55:32.090 --> 00:55:34.510
here. Now, do I think there's going to be bigger

00:55:34.510 --> 00:55:36.570
trades like how they have been within the past

00:55:36.570 --> 00:55:39.769
few years? No. And the reason why I say that

00:55:39.769 --> 00:55:42.789
is because there's more buyers than sellers this

00:55:42.789 --> 00:55:45.679
season. Meaning that any player that is available

00:55:45.679 --> 00:55:49.420
right now, the asking price is high. If I'm not

00:55:49.420 --> 00:55:52.500
mistaken, somebody said that the Dolphins want

00:55:52.500 --> 00:55:56.420
a second round pick for Jalen Phillips. The Jets

00:55:56.420 --> 00:56:01.119
want a third round pick for Brees Hall. The Jets

00:56:01.119 --> 00:56:03.719
aren't really taking any legitimate offers for

00:56:03.719 --> 00:56:07.039
Quentin Williams. Like these are the type of

00:56:07.039 --> 00:56:09.900
things that are being put out that if you're

00:56:09.900 --> 00:56:12.550
a GM, you're just like, yo. I don't want to make

00:56:12.550 --> 00:56:14.969
that trade. Even if it is a need, I don't want

00:56:14.969 --> 00:56:16.949
to make that trade because I'm not willing to

00:56:16.949 --> 00:56:20.510
give up all this compensation for a half a season

00:56:20.510 --> 00:56:24.389
rental. Now, if it's something like the trades

00:56:24.389 --> 00:56:27.269
like I just said, like Kyle Duggar going to Pittsburgh

00:56:27.269 --> 00:56:30.510
or Michael Carter going to the Eagles where you're

00:56:30.510 --> 00:56:33.570
giving up day three or day four picks, okay,

00:56:33.630 --> 00:56:36.809
fine, whatever. But I'm not giving up a second

00:56:36.809 --> 00:56:38.730
round pick for somebody that's going to be a

00:56:38.730 --> 00:56:41.269
free agent next year. I'm not doing that. Even

00:56:41.269 --> 00:56:44.070
when you look at receivers, there's not a lot

00:56:44.070 --> 00:56:47.110
of receiver options right now. And the main one

00:56:47.110 --> 00:56:49.230
that everybody's going after is either Chris

00:56:49.230 --> 00:56:52.849
Alave, Rasheed Shaheed, Brandon Cooks, or Jacoby

00:56:52.849 --> 00:56:56.090
Myers. But the problem is, Jacoby Myers is looking

00:56:56.090 --> 00:56:58.690
for money. And the Raiders want a second -round

00:56:58.690 --> 00:57:00.989
pick. So I'm going to have to give up a second

00:57:00.989 --> 00:57:02.550
-round pick, and I'm going to have to pay you

00:57:02.550 --> 00:57:04.769
$20 -plus million a year. I don't know about

00:57:04.769 --> 00:57:07.340
that. I'll take my chances in free agency. But

00:57:07.340 --> 00:57:09.199
let's end this episode with some college football.

00:57:09.480 --> 00:57:11.960
So for those who don't know, former Notre Dame

00:57:11.960 --> 00:57:14.780
and LSU head coach Brian Kelly has been fired.

00:57:14.860 --> 00:57:17.559
So he spent four seasons with them. And within

00:57:17.559 --> 00:57:20.679
those four seasons, he was 34 and 14 and won

00:57:20.679 --> 00:57:23.480
an SEC West division title in his first year,

00:57:23.539 --> 00:57:26.659
according to Pete Thamel and Max Olson of ESPN.

00:57:26.920 --> 00:57:30.860
Now he signed a 10 year deal that included 95

00:57:30.860 --> 00:57:34.900
million in salary and is 90 % guaranteed. but

00:57:34.900 --> 00:57:37.860
is owed $54 million in buyout money, according

00:57:37.860 --> 00:57:41.139
to Pete Thamel and Max Olsen of ESPN. Now, this

00:57:41.139 --> 00:57:44.480
is what former LSU AD Scott Woodward had to say

00:57:44.480 --> 00:57:47.500
about this, and I quote, We had high hopes that

00:57:47.500 --> 00:57:49.699
he would lead us to multiple SEC and national

00:57:49.699 --> 00:57:52.159
championships during his time in Baton Rouge.

00:57:52.639 --> 00:57:55.340
Ultimately, the success at the level that LSU

00:57:55.340 --> 00:57:58.579
demands simply did not materialize, and I made

00:57:58.579 --> 00:58:01.000
the decision to make a change after last night's

00:58:01.000 --> 00:58:04.320
game. I am grateful for the ongoing consultations

00:58:04.320 --> 00:58:07.019
in support of the LSU Board of Supervisors and

00:58:07.019 --> 00:58:09.039
Interim President Matt Lee in this decision.

00:58:09.239 --> 00:58:12.000
We wish Coach Kelly and his family the very best

00:58:12.000 --> 00:58:14.219
in their future endeavors. We will continue to

00:58:14.219 --> 00:58:16.780
negotiate his separation and will work toward

00:58:16.780 --> 00:58:19.559
a path that is better for both parties. As a

00:58:19.559 --> 00:58:21.860
proud alum and as the current caretaker of our

00:58:21.860 --> 00:58:24.780
athletics program, I will not compromise in our

00:58:24.780 --> 00:58:27.019
pursuit of excellence and we will not lower our

00:58:27.019 --> 00:58:29.929
standards. I continue to believe that LSU is

00:58:29.929 --> 00:58:32.510
the best football program in America and that

00:58:32.510 --> 00:58:34.829
our head coach position is among the best considering

00:58:34.829 --> 00:58:37.909
our investment, our ability to attract and retain

00:58:37.909 --> 00:58:41.570
talent, our unbelievable fans, and our institutional

00:58:41.570 --> 00:58:45.510
and statewide commitment to and love for LSU

00:58:45.510 --> 00:58:49.429
football." Am I surprised that Brian Kelly got

00:58:49.429 --> 00:58:53.050
fired the way that he got fired? No. Because

00:58:53.050 --> 00:58:57.210
let's be honest, LSU has a standard. And their

00:58:57.210 --> 00:59:00.710
standard is winning. And when you're not winning,

00:59:01.030 --> 00:59:05.130
oh, you're gone. When you look at their predecessors,

00:59:05.429 --> 00:59:09.349
Nick Saban from 2000 to 2004, Les Miles from

00:59:09.349 --> 00:59:14.170
2005 to 2010, from Ed Ogeron from 2016 to 2021,

00:59:14.550 --> 00:59:17.289
what is the one thing that they all have in common?

00:59:17.550 --> 00:59:20.489
They've won a national championship. Brian Kelly

00:59:20.489 --> 00:59:23.429
hasn't. And when you can't meet that standard,

00:59:23.630 --> 00:59:27.559
you got to go. I don't care what you did at this

00:59:27.559 --> 00:59:30.179
school and that school. I don't care who you

00:59:30.179 --> 00:59:32.980
recruited. It don't mean a ding darn thing if

00:59:32.980 --> 00:59:35.679
you don't win a national championship. But another

00:59:35.679 --> 00:59:37.960
part to this situation that's not being talked

00:59:37.960 --> 00:59:41.119
about is the NIL is putting more pressure on

00:59:41.119 --> 00:59:43.840
head coaches to start winning championships sooner.

00:59:44.519 --> 00:59:47.000
So instead of a head coach winning a national

00:59:47.000 --> 00:59:50.719
championship, I don't know, five or 10 or 15

00:59:50.719 --> 00:59:52.900
years into their head coaching tenure with a

00:59:52.900 --> 00:59:55.650
particular university. You got to win within

00:59:55.650 --> 00:59:58.949
the first three to five years. And if you're

00:59:58.949 --> 01:00:01.869
not, well, then you're gone. There was a point

01:00:01.869 --> 01:00:04.650
in time where if Ryan Day didn't win the national

01:00:04.650 --> 01:00:06.929
championship, oh, he was going to get fired.

01:00:07.409 --> 01:00:12.309
So there is a higher degree of expectations for

01:00:12.309 --> 01:00:16.130
any and all college football head coaches because

01:00:16.130 --> 01:00:20.329
you're making almost $100 million and you have

01:00:20.329 --> 01:00:22.730
nothing to show for it. That's like flushing

01:00:22.730 --> 01:00:26.369
$100 million down the drain every season. So

01:00:26.369 --> 01:00:28.909
I think when you have a mixture of that and how

01:00:28.909 --> 01:00:32.789
he handled himself with his personnel and players,

01:00:33.090 --> 01:00:35.690
I think not a lot of people like Brian Kelly.

01:00:35.949 --> 01:00:40.389
Like his first night with LSU, he wanted to talk

01:00:40.389 --> 01:00:43.650
in a country accent. He wanted to talk like he's

01:00:43.650 --> 01:00:46.690
from the dirty South. Brother, you are from the

01:00:46.690 --> 01:00:51.230
North. talk like you're normal, okay? Why are

01:00:51.230 --> 01:00:53.610
you talking like you got some gum stuck in the

01:00:53.610 --> 01:00:57.190
back of your mouth? Stop it. But with Brian Kelly

01:00:57.190 --> 01:01:00.230
getting fired, this now adds to a growing list

01:01:00.230 --> 01:01:02.929
of very notable college football head coaches

01:01:02.929 --> 01:01:05.210
that got fired this season. So far, you have

01:01:05.210 --> 01:01:08.670
Billy Napier, Mike Gundy, James Franklin, Deshaun

01:01:08.670 --> 01:01:11.829
Foster, Sam Pittman, Brent Prye, Jay Norville,

01:01:11.969 --> 01:01:15.730
Troy Taylor, and now Brian Kelly. Again, if you're

01:01:15.730 --> 01:01:18.840
not producing, You're gone. And I think another

01:01:18.840 --> 01:01:21.739
thing we have to talk about, and this just isn't

01:01:21.739 --> 01:01:23.960
for Brian Kelly, but this is college football

01:01:23.960 --> 01:01:28.500
as a whole. College athletics relies on the success

01:01:28.500 --> 01:01:31.340
of the football team. Let me break it down. When

01:01:31.340 --> 01:01:35.119
we look at Alabama, correct? We all know that

01:01:35.119 --> 01:01:38.300
if Alabama wasn't winning, then all the other

01:01:38.300 --> 01:01:41.239
athletic teams wouldn't be surviving because

01:01:41.239 --> 01:01:44.800
they rely on who? Alabama to be the cash cow.

01:01:44.960 --> 01:01:47.239
That's going to be the thing that everyone's

01:01:47.239 --> 01:01:50.000
going to put their money towards. It's the same

01:01:50.000 --> 01:01:53.340
thing with LSU. Now, granted, their women's basketball

01:01:53.340 --> 01:01:56.960
team is ferocious, but what does everybody go

01:01:56.960 --> 01:02:00.360
to LSU for? The football team. So when the football

01:02:00.360 --> 01:02:03.039
team is successful, guess what? There's going

01:02:03.039 --> 01:02:06.360
to be a trickle -down effect to all the other

01:02:06.360 --> 01:02:10.280
athletic teams, both men and women. And so when

01:02:10.280 --> 01:02:13.000
the team isn't winning, when the team isn't winning

01:02:13.000 --> 01:02:16.500
national championships specifically, guess what?

01:02:16.780 --> 01:02:20.000
That's going to have a direct impact on all the

01:02:20.000 --> 01:02:24.300
other teams. NIL can only go so far. The college

01:02:24.300 --> 01:02:26.920
has to pick up the rest of the tag. You got to

01:02:26.920 --> 01:02:31.239
pay for hotel rooms, transportation, you know,

01:02:31.239 --> 01:02:33.940
guests and all these different things like that

01:02:33.940 --> 01:02:37.900
stuff costs. But guess what? It's an easier cost

01:02:37.900 --> 01:02:41.199
to deal with. if the football team is super successful

01:02:41.199 --> 01:02:46.420
but with this move former lsu ad scott woodward

01:02:46.420 --> 01:02:49.739
also got fired as well now this is what executive

01:02:49.739 --> 01:02:53.360
deputy athletic director verge osbury said about

01:02:53.360 --> 01:02:56.099
the firing of scott woodward and i quote we thank

01:02:56.099 --> 01:02:58.619
scott for the last six years of service as athletic

01:02:58.619 --> 01:03:01.880
director he's had a lot of success at lsu and

01:03:01.880 --> 01:03:04.139
we wish him nothing but the best in the future

01:03:04.559 --> 01:03:07.119
Our focus now is moving the athletic department

01:03:07.119 --> 01:03:10.460
forward and best positioning LSU to achieve its

01:03:10.460 --> 01:03:13.119
full potential, end quote. Now, this is what

01:03:13.119 --> 01:03:16.260
Sky Woodward had to say, and I quote, Others

01:03:16.260 --> 01:03:19.739
can recap or opine on my tenure and on my decisions

01:03:19.739 --> 01:03:22.340
over the last six years as director of athletics,

01:03:22.599 --> 01:03:25.840
but I will not. Rather, I will focus on the absolute

01:03:25.840 --> 01:03:28.940
joy that LSU athletics brings to our state's

01:03:28.940 --> 01:03:31.920
residents and to the Baton Rouge community. I

01:03:31.920 --> 01:03:34.219
will cherish the incredible relationships I have

01:03:34.219 --> 01:03:36.659
built within the university community and beyond

01:03:36.659 --> 01:03:39.539
our campus borders. And I will finally remember

01:03:39.539 --> 01:03:42.420
the national and SEC championships for the joy

01:03:42.420 --> 01:03:44.960
that they brought to our student athletes, coaches,

01:03:45.159 --> 01:03:47.860
staff, campus community, and other incredible

01:03:47.860 --> 01:03:51.179
fans. Our university will always hold a special

01:03:51.179 --> 01:03:53.820
place in my heart, and I will never be too far

01:03:53.820 --> 01:03:58.119
from LSU, end quote. So Scott Woodward was the

01:03:58.119 --> 01:04:02.719
LSU director since 2019. Now, during that time,

01:04:02.860 --> 01:04:06.340
he hired Kim Mulkey and won national championships

01:04:06.340 --> 01:04:09.559
in both basketball and football. But we all know

01:04:09.559 --> 01:04:12.139
since the firing of Brian Kelly, there's been

01:04:12.139 --> 01:04:14.579
a lot of back and forth between him and the Louisiana

01:04:14.579 --> 01:04:17.300
governor on who's going to have the power to

01:04:17.300 --> 01:04:20.619
make the decision on the next hire for LSU. Now,

01:04:20.719 --> 01:04:24.139
I know the governor did say that Scott Woodward

01:04:24.139 --> 01:04:26.539
was going to make that decision, but what went

01:04:26.539 --> 01:04:30.389
from that to, oh, now he's fired? It'll be one

01:04:30.389 --> 01:04:33.110
thing if he wasn't doing his job. Then it's like,

01:04:33.210 --> 01:04:35.969
okay, you got to go. But he's been successful.

01:04:36.489 --> 01:04:39.130
The women's basketball team just won a championship

01:04:39.130 --> 01:04:42.269
two years ago. Does that not hold any weight?

01:04:42.949 --> 01:04:45.289
Clearly it doesn't. But if I had my tinfoil hat

01:04:45.289 --> 01:04:49.369
on, my guess is because Scott Woodward hired

01:04:49.369 --> 01:04:52.369
Brian Kelly, they were just like, you know what?

01:04:52.530 --> 01:04:54.929
You messed up on this hire. You're not going

01:04:54.929 --> 01:04:57.750
to do this no more. And Scott Woodward probably

01:04:57.750 --> 01:05:00.210
said, you know what? Look at my track record.

01:05:00.309 --> 01:05:02.389
I've actually been really successful since I've

01:05:02.389 --> 01:05:05.969
been the AD of LSU. And so they probably had

01:05:05.969 --> 01:05:08.429
a back and forth. And then the Louisiana governor

01:05:08.429 --> 01:05:10.530
was like, you know what? You're gone. And that's

01:05:10.530 --> 01:05:12.530
that. But I'm going to end this episode here.

01:05:12.590 --> 01:05:14.030
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the Ravens are sending Jair in a 2027 seventh

01:08:00.460 --> 01:08:04.139
round pick to the Eagles in exchange for a 2026

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sixth round pick. This is a really good move

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for the Eagles. Low risk, high reward. We know

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that the Ravens were stashing Jair since the

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summer because they believe that by getting Jair,

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he will provide a different oomph to that secondary

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that's very much needed. He was a healthy scratch

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for the last two games. And my guess is he probably

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went to the Ravens and said, trade me. You guys

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aren't going to play me? Then just trade me.

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Now with the Eagles, however, this is a great

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move because you get a proven corner for little

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to nothing. I mean, who wouldn't want that? So

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now your cornerback woes have essentially been

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completed. I mean, you have Michael Carter, you

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have Quinion Mitchell, and you have Jair. I think

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that's good. Not to mention. You also have Cooper

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Dejean, who sometimes will play in the nickel

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as well. Man, man, oh man. How are we doing this

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thing, folks? We're going to talk more about

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this in the next episode with Gut Check Time,

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all right? So as always, I love you guys. I appreciate

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you guys so much. Peace and love. Later.