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Fraud. Why? That's right, folks. We got some

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frauds on the field. The teams that we should

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be talking about in a positive manner, we now

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have questions on if they're going to make it

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to the Super Bowl. But before we get there, we

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got some things we got to talk about, all right?

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Brian Dable gets fired. Joe Witt loses his defensive

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play calling abilities. Raiders and Broncos recap.

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Falcons and Colts recap. Steelers and Chargers

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recap. Packers and Eagles recap. And Bills and

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Dolphins recap. Okay, all of this and more. on

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the 98th 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 hopium, hopium, hopium, hopium, hopium

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dealer. I am your GM who currently is not on

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a team right now, but don't you worry about it,

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all right? Don't you worry about it because I'm

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your chief bag roll dumber. That's right, chief,

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head of the table, anything and everything related

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to the bag, rumors to the bag, and more. I am

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your GM who currently is looking at all the top

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prospects for the 26th draft class. Just you

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wait. to give you my opinions in the next few

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weeks, all right? But all of this doesn't matter

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because why? I am your host, Kale. You already

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know how these things are about to go. This is

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going to be a loaded episode. Steelers fans,

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you're not going to like what I have to say,

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but guess what? I'm going to say the things that

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need to be said at this point. So guess what?

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On three, one, two, three, let's lock in. Lifeboats

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doesn't 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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before we get into the games, let's talk about

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Brian Dable because there's a lot to unpack with

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that situation. So this was the statement that

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was put out by both John Merritt and Steve Tisch,

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owners of the New York Giants. And I quote, We

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spoke this morning about the direction of our

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franchise on the field, and we have decided that

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at this time it is in our best interest to make

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a change at the head coaching position. The past

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few seasons have been nothing short of disappointing.

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We have not met our expectations for this franchise.

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We understand the frustrations of our fans, and

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we will work to deliver a significantly improved

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product. We appreciate Coach Dable for his contributions

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to our organization. We wish the Dable family

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all the best in the future, end quote. With that

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being said, John Mayer and Steve Tisch have already

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said that Joe Shane will remain in his position

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as general manager and will lead the search for

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a new head coach. But this is what they had to

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say about Joe Shane moving forward, and I quote.

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we feel like joe has assembled a good young nucleus

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of talent and we look forward to its development

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unfortunately the results over the past three

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years have not been what any of us want we take

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full responsibility for those results and look

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forward to the kind of success our fans expect

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in quote but they go on to say this though and

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i quote these are difficult decisions and john

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and i do not take them lightly but we feel like

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this is the right thing to do at this time and

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will allow us to move forward, end quote. Brian

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Dable's overall record is 20 -40 -1. Now, if

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you break that down year by year, here's what

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it is. In 2022, 9 -7 -1, they made it to the

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playoffs that year. In 2023, 6 -11. In 2024,

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3 -14. In 2025, 2 -8, even though the season

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is still going. If we want to be honest here,

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Brian Dable was on borrowed time. Technically

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speaking, last year he should have been fired.

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But they decided to give him and Joe Shane another

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year, thinking that they're going to turn things

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around. And so far, they really haven't been

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able to. Now, some of that is because of Brian

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Dable, and some of that is because of Joe Shane.

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But I think the part that's really grabbing a

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lot of people's attention is how Brian Dable

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conducted himself with both players and coaches.

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So according to Jordan Renan of ESPN, Brian Dable

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flipped a tablet at Daniel Jones. He was on the

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sideline going back and forth with Wink Martindale

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that led into the locker room during a 2023 loss

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against the Cowboys. He was caught on camera

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giving his special teams coordinator a death

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stare during a preseason game. He was fined by

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the league for illegally going into the blue

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tent while Jackson Dart was being assessed for

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a concussion. And Joe Shane had to listen in

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on communication between him and his coaches

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just to make sure that everything was right.

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But here's the cherry on top. Apparently, a player

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told ESPN. that Brian Dable had exploded and

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threatened to take away the play calling from

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Mike Kafka after tight end Theo Johnson dropped

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a crucial third down pass against the Eagles.

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Now, I understand that, you know, as a coach,

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you have to deal with a lot of responsibilities

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and sometimes your frustrations can leak over

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into the sidelines. I get that. But there is

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a level of professionalism that you must abide

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by. You cannot do these type of reckless things

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and not think that no one's going to say anything

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about it. I understand that when you lose a lot,

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a lot of the dirty laundry comes out, but you

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just have to find a way to just eliminate the

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outside noise and try to be focused on the task

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at hand. Not go at your coaches and players and

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giving people death stares and whatnot. You have

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to be able to control the things that you can

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control. Now, I'll be honest here. Some of these

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things are out of Brian Dable's hands. The way

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the roster is built, that's out of his hands.

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You have to take that up with Joe Shane, but

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we're gonna save him for a moment because we

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have to talk about how the Giants have been unsuccessful

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in hiring head coaches. And this goes back for

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a while now. 2017, when they had Spaggs, his

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head coaching record, one and three, and then

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they let him go. Pat Shermer from 2018 to 2019,

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nine and 23. Joe Judge, 2020 to 2021, 10 and

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23. Brian Dable, 20 and 40. There is a track

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record that shows that the Giants have not been

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successful in hiring a good head coach. Now,

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the question is, can you blame John Mayer for

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this? Can you blame the GM? Who do you blame

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with these hires? Because all of these hires

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have been bad. Now, granted, I mean, Spaggs has,

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you know, had a resurgence in his coaching career

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as a defensive coordinator with the Chiefs. But

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outside of him, who else can you say is still

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coaching in the league right now? None of them.

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Now, while I was preparing for this episode,

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I was like, you know what? What is the angle

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that I want to take with this Brian Dable incident?

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And so, you know what? I decided to look at all

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the offensive rankings during his tenure with

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the Giants. So his first year with the Giants

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in 2022, they had the 19th best offense in the

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league. And they averaged 21 .5 points per game,

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333 .6 yards per game. 5 .2 yards per play, and

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38 touchdowns. They were 26th in passing offense

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and they averaged 185 .7 passing yards per game,

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5 .5 passing yards per play, and 17 passing touchdowns.

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They were 4th in rushing offense and they averaged

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148 .2 rushing yards per game. 4 .8 rushing yards

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per play, 21 rushing touchdowns, and 74 rushes

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of 10 plus yards or more. In 2023, they were

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29th in the league, and they averaged 15 .6 points

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per game, 280 .5 yards per game, 4 .5 yards per

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play, and 25 touchdowns. They were 31st in passing

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offense, and they averaged 169 .8 passing yards

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per game. 4 .8 passing yards per play, and 15

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passing touchdowns. They were 16th in rushing

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offense and they averaged 110 .2 rushing yards

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per game, 4 .1 rushing yards per play, 10 rushing

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touchdowns, and 49 rushes of 10 plus yards or

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more. In 2024, they were 30th in the league and

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they averaged 16 .1 points per game, 294 .8 yards

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per game. 4 .7 yards per play and 28 touchdowns.

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They were 28th in passing offense and they averaged

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189 .9 passing yards per game, 5 .1 passing yards

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per play and 15 passing touchdowns. They were

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23rd in the league in rushing offense and they

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averaged 104 .9 rushing yards per game. 4 .2

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rushing yards per play, 13 rushing touchdowns,

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and 46 rushes of 10 plus yards or more in 2025.

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They were 14th in the league and they averaged

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21 .7 points per game, 332 .9 yards per game,

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5 .2 yards per play, and 26 touchdowns. They

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were 17th in passing offense and they averaged

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209 .9 passing yards per game, 5 .9 passing yards

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per play, and 13 passing touchdowns. They were

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11th in rushing offense and they average 123

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rushing yards per game, 4 .3 rushing yards per

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play, five rushing touchdowns, and 32 rushes

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of 10 plus yards or more. So outside of his first

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year, the Giants offensively have regressed significantly.

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Now, can we blame that on Daniel Jones? Can we

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blame that on Saquon walking from the Giants?

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Can we blame that on people getting hurt? Most

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likely you can. But the proof is in the pudding

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here, folks. The offense has not been good enough.

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And I'll be honest here, and I don't want to

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seem like I'm just grinding my axe against Joe

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Shane, but I believe the number one thing that

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hurt the Giants the most was Saquon leaving.

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Because Saquon wasn't just a running back. He

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was the offense as a whole. He could be the receiving

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option. He could be the bell cow. He could be

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whatever you want him to be in the offense. And

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Joe Shane didn't want to pay him. And Joe Shane

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laughed in front of John Mayer and said, who

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is going to pay a running back X amount of dollars?

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And you know what the Eagles said? We'll do it.

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And you know what happened? They won a Super

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Bowl off it. And I think another thing that really

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hurt the Giants was just letting Daniel Jones

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just walk. I understand that at that point he

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had been hurt and he had just, you know, regressed

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significantly and he just wasn't himself. I get

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all of that. but you just don't let somebody

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like a Daniel Jones just walk. Because now look,

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he is now looking like a potential MVP candidate

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this year. He could be the sole reason why the

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Colts make a deep playoff run this year. So I

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understand that everybody has their opinions

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about Brian Dable, but the person we need to

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be talking about is Joe Shane. Because it's just

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weird to me how Brian Daybo leaves, but Joe Shane

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is staying, and he now has a voice in who the

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next head coach is going to be. I'm sorry here,

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folks. I'll just be honest here. Joe Shane, to

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me, this is just my personal opinion, cannot

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be a GM. Anytime you have somebody that is focused

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on the defense way too much and is willing to

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move heaven and earth for Brian Burns, even though

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right now it's looking like it's paying off very

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well. But you're not willing to pay your homegrown

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talent in Saquon Barkley? That is a problem.

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When we look at Joe Shane's draft classes since

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being with the Giants, in 22, he had Kayvon Thibodeau,

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Evan Neal, Wondell Robinson, Cordell Flott, Daniel

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Bellinger, Dane Belton, just to name a few. In

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23, you had Deontay Banks, John Michael Schmitz,

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Jalen Hyatt, Eric Gray, Trey Hawkins, Jordan

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Riley. 24, Malik Neighbors, Tyler Newman, Andrew

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Phillips, Theo Johnson, Tyrone Tracy. 25, Abdul

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Carter, Jackson Dart, Darius Alexander, Cam Scadabo,

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Marcus Membo, Corey Black, just to name a few.

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Ask yourself this. Under Joe Shane, do you believe

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that the Giants are much closer to being competitive?

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Or do you believe that they're in the same spot?

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Let me know in the comments on our YouTube Football

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Junkies pod. Let me know. Because I already have

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the answer for you. And it's a flat out no. Now,

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with that being said, I know there's a lot of

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people who are giving their two cents on who

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they believe should be the next head coach for

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the Giants. But I'll be honest here. The number

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one thing that they need to shoot for is somebody

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that has head coaching experience. Not the hottest

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name, not the hottest offensive coordinator,

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defensive coordinator. They need to go after

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somebody who has been a head coach, a successful.

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head coach specifically. And another requirement

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for the next head coach is they need to have

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a track record of developing rookie quarterbacks.

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And I think the number one name that comes to

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mind is Mike McCarthy. For starters, he's familiar

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with the division. He has a track record of really

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good offenses and most quarterbacks under Mike

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McCarthy play really well. So I think that checks

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all the boxes moving forward. Now the question

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is, does Mike McCarthy want to be the head coach

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for the Giants? Only time will tell. But let's

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talk about Joe Witt losing his defensive play

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calling responsibility. So this is what Dan Quinn

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had to say about this, and I quote, When something's

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not working, we shift from the question of why

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isn't it working to what do we need to do to

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get it right. Right now, that'll call for some

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change. I'll take over the role as a defensive

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coordinator and all that it entails. Joe's been

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my right -hand man for years and took the news

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like the pro that he is. As a defensive staff,

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including Joe, We're all consumed by getting

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it right, and that's exactly what we intend to

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do, end quote. But Dan Quinn goes on to say this,

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end I quote, I think now just after watching

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and reviewing the tape, we felt off. I thought

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this is the time to add into that and lean in.

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Joe and I have got a great vibe together. We've

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worked together through our time in Dallas, and

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we'll lean back into that space where he'll help

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me along the way and all that leads up into the

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game and calling it end quote. Now, here are

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the defensive rankings under Joe Witt. So last

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year, they were 13th in the league, and they

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allowed 23 points per game, 326 .9 yards per

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game, 5 .4 yards per play, and 43 touchdowns.

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They were third in passing offense, and they

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allowed 189 .5 passing yards per game, 6 passing

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yards per play, and 25 passing touchdowns. They

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were 30th in run defense, and they allowed 18

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rushing touchdowns, 137 .5 rushing yards per

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game, 4 .8 rushing yards per play, and 64 rushes

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of 10 plus yards or more. Currently, they are

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30th in the league, and they have allowed 28

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points per game, 394 .6 yards per game, 6 .4

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yards per play, and 31 touchdowns. They are 31st

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in passing defense and they have allowed 260

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.2 passing yards per game, 7 .9 passing yards

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per play, and 22 passing touchdowns. They are

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23rd in run defense and they have allowed 9 rushing

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touchdowns, 134 .4 rushing yards per game, 4

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.6 rushing yards per play, and 35 rushes of 10

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plus yards or more. I'll be honest with you guys.

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I knew at some point something was going to happen

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because the commanders defensively have been

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giving up way too many points over a period of

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time. And so some move was going to be made.

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Either a coordinator was going to get fired,

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a position coach was going to get fired, someone

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was going to have to turn over their play calling

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abilities. But can we blame Joe Witt for this?

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Yes and no. And the reason why I say that is

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because during the offseason, they didn't do

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enough to add in younger talent. You can't just

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give the big money that you gave to Javon Kinlaw,

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sign old -ass Von Miller, sign old -ass Preston

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Smith, and think, oh, okay, this is going to

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work. No, it hasn't worked. You can't stop the

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run. You can't stop the pass. What are you good

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at at this point? And it also doesn't help that

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the commander's defense is one of the oldest

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defenses in the league. The average age on the

00:16:04.379 --> 00:16:07.559
commander's defense is 28 and a half years old.

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They're right behind the Vikings. So if you expect

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the same thing that you saw last year from them,

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you're sadly mistaken. It doesn't help that your

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pass rush isn't able to create pressure on quarterbacks.

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It doesn't help that your interior defensive

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line can't do anything. It doesn't help that

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Marshawn Lattimore is out for the year. Trey

00:16:26.980 --> 00:16:29.679
Amos is out for the year. You didn't do enough

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during the trade deadline to at least bring in

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some younger talent. My hope next year is that

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they address the defense hard. The pass rush

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class is supposed to be really good next year.

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There's a few good corners that are catching

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my eye. Caleb Downs is there. Arvell Reese. The

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list goes on. So you have to bring in younger

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talent because right now what you have is not

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going to be successful. It's the same thing with

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the offense as well. If you expect to do the

00:16:57.049 --> 00:16:59.590
same thing that you did last year, you're sadly

00:16:59.590 --> 00:17:02.769
mistaken because why? Everybody now has tape

00:17:02.769 --> 00:17:05.849
on what you like to do. They know your tendencies.

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They know how you like to use your corners, your

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defensive linemen, your pass rushers. While I

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was recording this episode, I was watching the

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Commanders game. I just wanted to see, hey, is

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this going to be the game where they lock in

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and they actually try to get a win? No. When

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the game went into overtime, The Dolphins ran

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the ball down the commander's throat and the

00:17:27.180 --> 00:17:29.880
commanders didn't have an answer for it. So what

00:17:29.880 --> 00:17:33.339
in the world do you guys expect? Did you guys

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really expect for this defense to do the same

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thing that they did last year? No, because why?

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You don't have the horses to do it. The only

00:17:41.559 --> 00:17:44.380
person in your pass rush that actually has upside

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is who? Jacob Martin. Outside of him, Frankie

00:17:48.400 --> 00:17:51.500
Lou Vu is a hit or miss. Von Miller is a hit

00:17:51.500 --> 00:17:54.579
or miss. Preston Smith is a hit or miss. Deron

00:17:54.579 --> 00:17:57.380
Payne is a hit or miss. In a league right now

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where the defensive line is one of the most important

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things for a team, where you have to create constant

00:18:03.920 --> 00:18:06.660
pressure on these elite quarterbacks, you would

00:18:06.660 --> 00:18:08.839
think, hey, maybe we should just at least make,

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you know, one good move. Or maybe we should do

00:18:11.339 --> 00:18:13.519
something a little bit more creative just so

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we can have a little bit of an edge over our

00:18:15.900 --> 00:18:18.990
opponent. No. I literally saw this Commander's

00:18:18.990 --> 00:18:21.289
team, when they faced the Lions last week, get

00:18:21.289 --> 00:18:24.549
demolished in the run game. They had no answer

00:18:24.549 --> 00:18:27.829
for it. But again, you cannot put all the blame

00:18:27.829 --> 00:18:30.329
on Joe Witt. You have to put that on Adam Peters.

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But don't worry. We're going to talk about that

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during the offseason, during gut check time.

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We're going to talk about this. But let's talk

00:18:35.849 --> 00:18:37.410
about these games, all right? Let's talk about

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the Broncos and Raiders first. So, Geno Smith,

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26 attempts for 16 completions. 143 passing yards,

00:18:44.559 --> 00:18:48.339
one pick, 5 .5 yards per attempt, and a 61 .5

00:18:48.339 --> 00:18:51.119
completion percentage. Ashton Genting, 19 attempts

00:18:51.119 --> 00:18:53.859
for 60 rushing yards, 3 .2 rushing yards per

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carry, one touchdown, and one rush of 10 plus

00:18:56.380 --> 00:18:58.980
yards or more. Tyler Lockett, six targets for

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five receptions, 44 receiving yards, 8 .8 receiving

00:19:02.259 --> 00:19:05.819
yards per reception. Bo Nix, 28 attempts for

00:19:05.819 --> 00:19:09.500
16 completions. 150 passing yards, one touchdown,

00:19:09.759 --> 00:19:13.359
two picks, 5 .4 yards per attempt, and a 57 .1

00:19:13.359 --> 00:19:16.740
completion percentage. J .K. Dobbins, 18 attempts

00:19:16.740 --> 00:19:19.759
for 77 rushing yards, 4 .3 rushing yards per

00:19:19.759 --> 00:19:22.259
carry, and one rush of 10 plus yards or more.

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Pat Bryant, two targets for one reception, 43

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receiving yards, and 43 receiving yards per reception.

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Crazy, right? I know. So a couple takeaways from

00:19:31.259 --> 00:19:33.599
this, all right? For starters, the play calling

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in this game for both teams was very questionable.

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There was a point in time where the Raiders were

00:19:37.920 --> 00:19:40.359
doing the tush push and they wasn't even close

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to the line of scrimmage. So I'm trying to figure

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out why you're doing this now. I understand Thursday

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night games are bad. I understand that it's one

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of those games where you just leave it on for

00:19:51.200 --> 00:19:53.480
background noise if you're cleaning up your room

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or you're cooking or you're doing some work or

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whatever. But this right here was atrocious on

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both sides. The Broncos did not look like the

00:20:02.720 --> 00:20:04.240
dominant team that I thought they were going

00:20:04.240 --> 00:20:06.339
to be. Right now, they're looking like some frauds.

00:20:06.460 --> 00:20:09.279
Outside of that defense, that offense is looking

00:20:09.279 --> 00:20:11.160
a little bit shaky. So I don't know what they

00:20:11.160 --> 00:20:13.480
need to do, but they need to lock in. Because

00:20:13.480 --> 00:20:15.599
right now, the Broncos are staring at a chance

00:20:15.599 --> 00:20:18.220
to make a deep playoff run. The only teams that

00:20:18.220 --> 00:20:20.720
you have to worry about is the Chargers, the

00:20:20.720 --> 00:20:23.839
Colts, and the Patriots, and possibly the Ravens

00:20:23.839 --> 00:20:25.420
if you want to sprinkle them in there. Outside

00:20:25.420 --> 00:20:28.309
of those teams, you can beat anybody. else. You

00:20:28.309 --> 00:20:30.549
can beat the Chiefs. You can beat the Bills.

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But that offense has to be clicking. Now, it

00:20:34.009 --> 00:20:36.009
doesn't help that they've lost J .K. Dobbins

00:20:36.009 --> 00:20:38.369
for a period of time. So now the question is,

00:20:38.430 --> 00:20:40.150
what are they going to do now moving forward?

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Because the run game was successful on Thursday

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night. And you know you're going to need your

00:20:45.329 --> 00:20:47.970
run game as the season begins to dwindle down

00:20:47.970 --> 00:20:50.250
and we start to get closer and closer to playoff

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seeding and then the actual playoffs. But keep

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a bookmark on that. for future episodes, okay?

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Let's talk about the Raiders. This by far has

00:21:01.579 --> 00:21:04.140
to be Geno Smith's worst game of his career.

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I understand that Raheem Mostert didn't block

00:21:06.980 --> 00:21:09.319
for him and, you know, he got in his face and

00:21:09.319 --> 00:21:11.180
then later on on the sideline, he's trying to

00:21:11.180 --> 00:21:13.099
dab him. Hey, man, come on, man. You know, I

00:21:13.099 --> 00:21:16.240
was just angry with you, man. Raheem Mostert

00:21:16.240 --> 00:21:17.519
looked at him and said, man, if you don't get

00:21:17.519 --> 00:21:20.960
out my face, if you don't get out my face, like,

00:21:21.019 --> 00:21:22.880
this is the Raiders that we're talking about.

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The same old Raiders that we've been seeing for

00:21:25.799 --> 00:21:29.920
the past five years just continue to drop egg

00:21:29.920 --> 00:21:33.500
after egg after egg. But the question I have

00:21:33.500 --> 00:21:35.660
for the Raiders is, what are you going to do

00:21:35.660 --> 00:21:38.799
next year to at least try to make things better?

00:21:39.599 --> 00:21:41.660
Are you going to make a change on offense and

00:21:41.660 --> 00:21:44.220
defensive coordinator? Are you going to possibly

00:21:44.220 --> 00:21:47.200
let go of Geno Smith? What are you going to do

00:21:47.200 --> 00:21:50.460
to at least give fans a little bit of hope? Because

00:21:50.460 --> 00:21:52.759
right now, there is no hope for the Raiders.

00:21:52.980 --> 00:21:55.660
But on to the Falcons, okay? So Michael Penix,

00:21:55.779 --> 00:21:59.680
28 attempts for 12 completions, 177 passing yards,

00:21:59.859 --> 00:22:02.500
one touchdown, 6 .3 yards per attempt, and a

00:22:02.500 --> 00:22:05.559
42 .9 completion percentage. Bijan Robinson,

00:22:05.819 --> 00:22:09.079
17 attempts for 84 rushing yards, 4 .9 rushing

00:22:09.079 --> 00:22:11.660
yards per carry, and three rushes of 10 plus

00:22:11.660 --> 00:22:14.299
yards or more. Drake London, eight targets for

00:22:14.299 --> 00:22:17.470
six receptions. 104 receiving yards, 1 touchdown,

00:22:17.730 --> 00:22:20.990
and 17 .3 receiving yards per reception. Daniel

00:22:20.990 --> 00:22:25.650
Jones, 26 attempts for 19 completions, 255 passing

00:22:25.650 --> 00:22:29.150
yards, 1 touchdown, 1 pick, 9 .8 yards per attempt,

00:22:29.329 --> 00:22:32.849
a 73 .1 completion percentage, and took on 7

00:22:32.849 --> 00:22:36.009
sacks. Keep that in mind, because we're going

00:22:36.009 --> 00:22:38.130
to talk about that in a little bit. Jonathan

00:22:38.130 --> 00:22:42.049
Taylor. 32 attempts for 244 rushing yards, 7

00:22:42.049 --> 00:22:45.509
.6 rushing yards per carry, 3 touchdowns, 7 .1

00:22:45.509 --> 00:22:48.230
rushing yards after contact, and 5 rushes of

00:22:48.230 --> 00:22:51.349
10 plus yards or more. Tyler Warren, 10 targets

00:22:51.349 --> 00:22:54.509
for 8 receptions, 99 receiving yards, and 12

00:22:54.509 --> 00:22:57.410
.4 receiving yards per reception. So here's a

00:22:57.410 --> 00:23:01.190
few junkie nuggets. Jonathan Taylor gained 228

00:23:01.190 --> 00:23:05.230
of his 244 rushing yards after contact. The most

00:23:05.230 --> 00:23:08.190
by any running back over the past 9 seasons.

00:23:08.440 --> 00:23:11.759
In 17 matchups against Sauce Gardner, Drake London

00:23:11.759 --> 00:23:14.660
caught two of four targets for 26 yards and a

00:23:14.660 --> 00:23:17.859
two -point conversion. Daniel Jones was blitzed

00:23:17.859 --> 00:23:21.819
over 40 % of his dropbacks at 46 .2 % for the

00:23:21.819 --> 00:23:25.160
first time since week two. He was sacked seven

00:23:25.160 --> 00:23:28.119
of his 16 pressure dropbacks, and in the past

00:23:28.119 --> 00:23:31.720
two weeks, Daniel Jones has committed over five

00:23:31.720 --> 00:23:35.240
turnovers when under pressure. The Falcons' defense

00:23:35.240 --> 00:23:39.200
generated 16 pressures and 39 dropbacks while

00:23:39.200 --> 00:23:43.500
having a 41 % pressure rate. They converted seven

00:23:43.500 --> 00:23:47.180
of those 16 pressures into sacks, their highest

00:23:47.180 --> 00:23:50.900
pressure -to -sack ratio this season. Nine different

00:23:50.900 --> 00:23:54.339
Falcon defenders had at least one pressure. James

00:23:54.339 --> 00:23:57.160
Pierce had five. Caden Ellis and Jalen Walker

00:23:57.160 --> 00:24:00.599
had four pressures apiece. So with that being

00:24:00.599 --> 00:24:03.009
said... I'll be honest here, because I know I

00:24:03.009 --> 00:24:04.569
think I was a little bit too hard on the Falcons

00:24:04.569 --> 00:24:07.809
last episode with gut check time. The Falcons

00:24:07.809 --> 00:24:10.049
are playing better than what their record shows.

00:24:10.529 --> 00:24:12.650
Believe it or not, this is actually a really

00:24:12.650 --> 00:24:16.230
good roster. But it's going to rely on the progression

00:24:16.230 --> 00:24:20.009
of Michael Penix. If he can continue to grow,

00:24:20.289 --> 00:24:23.369
the Falcons will be a problem within the next

00:24:23.369 --> 00:24:26.789
two years. Because you're already seeing promise

00:24:26.789 --> 00:24:29.900
with both Jalen Walker and James Pierce. You

00:24:29.900 --> 00:24:32.579
know B. John Robinson is a dog. You know Drake

00:24:32.579 --> 00:24:35.119
London is productive. And you know the offensive

00:24:35.119 --> 00:24:37.759
line is still intact. So there really isn't a

00:24:37.759 --> 00:24:40.880
lot of holes on this team. All they need to do

00:24:40.880 --> 00:24:45.019
is just get better. And that takes time. But

00:24:45.019 --> 00:24:47.500
the fact that the Falcons defense was able to

00:24:47.500 --> 00:24:50.640
create constant pressure on Daniel Jones is very

00:24:50.640 --> 00:24:53.140
promising. And I think that's something that

00:24:53.140 --> 00:24:56.079
you can hang your hat on moving forward. Because

00:24:56.079 --> 00:24:58.750
for the longest time, What was one of the knocks

00:24:58.750 --> 00:25:01.089
against the Falcons? They weren't able to create

00:25:01.089 --> 00:25:03.710
pressure. Now you have two guys that are able

00:25:03.710 --> 00:25:06.089
to do it, and they're doing it at a very high

00:25:06.089 --> 00:25:09.150
clip. When you look at the Colts, however, I'll

00:25:09.150 --> 00:25:11.130
be honest here, Jonathan Taylor is either the

00:25:11.130 --> 00:25:13.190
MVP or the Offensive Player of the Year. I'll

00:25:13.190 --> 00:25:15.769
just be honest with you. Right now you have Jonathan

00:25:15.769 --> 00:25:18.549
Taylor, you have Daniel Jones, you have Sam Darnold,

00:25:18.710 --> 00:25:22.130
possibly Baker Mayfield, and maybe two or three

00:25:22.130 --> 00:25:24.309
other players that you could say, hey, those

00:25:24.309 --> 00:25:27.259
are potential MVP candidates this year. But it's

00:25:27.259 --> 00:25:29.779
just crazy that you have two players on the same

00:25:29.779 --> 00:25:32.539
team that are balling out this year. Which, I

00:25:32.539 --> 00:25:34.339
mean, is a little bit crazy because, you know,

00:25:34.359 --> 00:25:36.779
the Giants had Daniel Jones, but they decided

00:25:36.779 --> 00:25:39.619
to just let him walk. And you know what? We're

00:25:39.619 --> 00:25:40.920
not talking about the Giants. We're talking about

00:25:40.920 --> 00:25:42.700
the Colts, okay? We're focused on the Colts.

00:25:42.759 --> 00:25:44.940
A troubling trend we're starting to see with

00:25:44.940 --> 00:25:47.339
the Colts' offense is they're allowing a lot

00:25:47.339 --> 00:25:49.460
of pressure. And you have to give credit to the

00:25:49.460 --> 00:25:51.759
Steelers for giving the blueprint for all the

00:25:51.759 --> 00:25:54.380
other teams to see, hey, this is how you can

00:25:54.380 --> 00:25:57.069
disrupt Daniel Jones. Because there was a point

00:25:57.069 --> 00:25:58.829
in time in this game where it looked like the

00:25:58.829 --> 00:26:01.990
Colts almost lost this game. And if it wasn't

00:26:01.990 --> 00:26:05.190
for Jonathan Taylor being the bell cow and dog

00:26:05.190 --> 00:26:08.990
that he is, they would have lost this game. Because

00:26:08.990 --> 00:26:11.750
Jalen Walker and James Pierce and Caden Ellis

00:26:11.750 --> 00:26:15.349
alone were creating constant pressure on Daniel

00:26:15.349 --> 00:26:18.750
Jones. And he was looking like a deer in headlights

00:26:18.750 --> 00:26:21.150
sometimes. I know there was like one part of

00:26:21.150 --> 00:26:23.670
the game they were showing Daniel Jones. His

00:26:23.670 --> 00:26:25.490
mouth was all bloody. You would have thought

00:26:25.490 --> 00:26:27.250
this man was in a street fight or something.

00:26:27.670 --> 00:26:30.589
Because Jalen Walker and James Pierce was just

00:26:30.589 --> 00:26:34.019
going at Daniel Jones. You might as well want

00:26:34.019 --> 00:26:36.599
to call them Team 3D at this point because that's

00:26:36.599 --> 00:26:39.240
what they were doing. They were 3D -ing Daniel

00:26:39.240 --> 00:26:41.619
Jones through a table. If you know, you know

00:26:41.619 --> 00:26:44.359
for all my wrestlers fans out there, okay? That's

00:26:44.359 --> 00:26:46.720
a wrestler pun right there. You know what? Forget

00:26:46.720 --> 00:26:50.480
about that. But on a serious note, I think this

00:26:50.480 --> 00:26:53.599
was a really good game for both teams. And even

00:26:53.599 --> 00:26:56.299
though the Falcons lost, you still won because

00:26:56.299 --> 00:26:58.799
you're starting to see promise in your younger

00:26:58.799 --> 00:27:01.250
players, which is a good thing. And it's starting

00:27:01.250 --> 00:27:03.269
to give you a little bit of confidence into next

00:27:03.269 --> 00:27:06.369
year. I'll be honest here. I sort of take back

00:27:06.369 --> 00:27:08.170
a lot of things that I've said about the Falcons

00:27:08.170 --> 00:27:10.210
this year. Because I feel like I was a little

00:27:10.210 --> 00:27:12.829
bit too hard on them. And after seeing that game,

00:27:12.869 --> 00:27:15.410
even though it was just one game, there's promise

00:27:15.410 --> 00:27:18.990
with this team. If they hit on at least two more

00:27:18.990 --> 00:27:22.289
drafts, that will be the team that people are

00:27:22.289 --> 00:27:23.930
going to have to worry about moving forward.

00:27:24.569 --> 00:27:27.250
They're in a good spot. You just have to build

00:27:27.250 --> 00:27:30.690
off of it. Now let's talk about the Steelers.

00:27:36.210 --> 00:27:40.690
Let's talk about the Steelers, folks. Aaron Rodgers,

00:27:40.769 --> 00:27:44.589
31 attempts for 16 completions, 161 passing yards,

00:27:44.750 --> 00:27:47.809
one touchdown, two picks, 5 .2 yards per attempt,

00:27:47.869 --> 00:27:51.150
and a 51 .6 completion percentage. Jalen Warren,

00:27:51.450 --> 00:27:54.589
14 attempts for 70 rushing yards, five rushing

00:27:54.589 --> 00:27:57.210
yards per carry, and two rushes of 10 plus yards

00:27:57.210 --> 00:28:00.700
or more. DK Metcalf, 7 targets for 3 receptions,

00:28:00.700 --> 00:28:03.579
35 receiving yards, and 11 .7 receiving yards

00:28:03.579 --> 00:28:06.500
per reception. Justin Herbert, 33 attempts for

00:28:06.500 --> 00:28:09.700
20 completions, 220 passing yards, 1 touchdown,

00:28:10.019 --> 00:28:13.099
6 .7 yards per attempt, and a 60 .6 completion

00:28:13.099 --> 00:28:16.599
percentage. Kamani Vidal, 25 attempts for 95

00:28:16.599 --> 00:28:19.259
rushing yards, 3 .8 rushing yards per carry,

00:28:19.440 --> 00:28:22.380
1 touchdown, and 4 rushes of 10 plus yards or

00:28:22.380 --> 00:28:25.339
more. Ladd McConkie, 6 targets or 4 receptions.

00:28:25.579 --> 00:28:29.279
107 receiving yards, 1 touchdown, and 26 .8 receiving

00:28:29.279 --> 00:28:32.240
yards per reception. So here's a few junkie nuggets

00:28:32.240 --> 00:28:35.160
with this game. When running to the left side

00:28:35.160 --> 00:28:38.440
of the formation, Kamani Vidal was 25 carries

00:28:38.440 --> 00:28:42.200
for 95 yards and 1 touchdown. Aaron Rodgers didn't

00:28:42.200 --> 00:28:44.819
complete a pass under pressure, finishing 0 of

00:28:44.819 --> 00:28:48.400
5, taking 3 sacks in safety. On pass attempts

00:28:48.400 --> 00:28:52.519
under 2 .5 seconds, Justin Herbert was 15 of

00:28:52.519 --> 00:28:57.369
21, which is 71 .4%. for 145 yards and one touchdown.

00:28:57.630 --> 00:29:01.829
But on throws longer than 2 .5 seconds, Justin

00:29:01.829 --> 00:29:07.470
Herbert was 5 of 12, 41 .7%, for 75 yards. The

00:29:07.470 --> 00:29:10.630
Steelers ranked 26th in third down conversion

00:29:10.630 --> 00:29:14.970
percentage at 36 % this season so far. They were

00:29:14.970 --> 00:29:20.890
21 .21 % in the last three games and 18 .18 %

00:29:20.890 --> 00:29:23.549
in the last game, according to TeamRankings .com.

00:29:23.609 --> 00:29:26.140
Shout out to them. The Chargers' time of possession

00:29:26.140 --> 00:29:30.140
this game, 37 minutes and 35 seconds, while the

00:29:30.140 --> 00:29:33.180
Steelers' time of possession was 22 minutes and

00:29:33.180 --> 00:29:36.779
25 seconds, according to ESPN. The Steelers'

00:29:36.839 --> 00:29:40.000
third down efficiency was 2 for 11, while the

00:29:40.000 --> 00:29:44.380
Chargers' was 6 for 17. Kudos to the Chargers

00:29:44.380 --> 00:29:47.099
for playing a really good game against the Steelers,

00:29:47.140 --> 00:29:50.339
especially defensively. They did their job. They

00:29:50.339 --> 00:29:53.150
made sure to take away Rodgers' first read. And

00:29:53.150 --> 00:29:56.210
they made him pay for it every single time. And

00:29:56.210 --> 00:29:58.869
mind you, the Chargers wasn't playing a flashy

00:29:58.869 --> 00:30:01.869
game at all. All they were doing was just the

00:30:01.869 --> 00:30:05.890
routine things. Making the tackle, getting after

00:30:05.890 --> 00:30:08.190
the quarterback, creating constant pressure,

00:30:08.329 --> 00:30:11.970
and most importantly, control the game. And sometimes

00:30:11.970 --> 00:30:15.549
just doing that, you can win more than lose.

00:30:16.109 --> 00:30:18.910
But major props to the offense for playing the

00:30:18.910 --> 00:30:21.529
way that they did without their starting tackles.

00:30:22.000 --> 00:30:23.980
If you would have told me that going into this

00:30:23.980 --> 00:30:25.579
game that the Chargers wouldn't have neither

00:30:25.579 --> 00:30:28.039
one of their starting tackles, but still found

00:30:28.039 --> 00:30:30.539
a way to win, I would have called you a liar.

00:30:31.079 --> 00:30:35.019
Because play after play, drive after drive, they

00:30:35.019 --> 00:30:39.079
were grinding the Steelers down. And you saw

00:30:39.079 --> 00:30:41.019
how it was affecting them, especially in the

00:30:41.019 --> 00:30:43.740
fourth quarter. Because at that point, the Steelers'

00:30:43.759 --> 00:30:46.880
defense was gassed. Because why? They were on

00:30:46.880 --> 00:30:49.980
the field for way too long. But I think what

00:30:49.980 --> 00:30:52.799
the Chargers have right now is sustainable, and

00:30:52.799 --> 00:30:54.640
I think they could definitely make some noise

00:30:54.640 --> 00:30:57.500
in the playoffs. The question is, how far can

00:30:57.500 --> 00:31:01.059
they go? Because right now, in their division

00:31:01.059 --> 00:31:04.240
alone, the Broncos is the only team that they

00:31:04.240 --> 00:31:06.539
have to worry about. You already know the Raiders

00:31:06.539 --> 00:31:08.640
aren't going to do anything, and the Chiefs at

00:31:08.640 --> 00:31:12.059
this point are on the outside looking in. They

00:31:12.059 --> 00:31:14.480
know right now that most likely, in order for

00:31:14.480 --> 00:31:16.519
them to make it to the Super Bowl, they're going

00:31:16.519 --> 00:31:19.230
to have to be on the road. At least two or three

00:31:19.230 --> 00:31:22.109
times. I don't think they want that. And I don't

00:31:22.109 --> 00:31:24.069
think the Chiefs want to have to face the Chargers

00:31:24.069 --> 00:31:27.289
or the Broncos in the playoffs. But we'll save

00:31:27.289 --> 00:31:29.930
that for a couple weeks, all right? Let's talk

00:31:29.930 --> 00:31:33.630
about the Steelers. Arthur Smith needs to start

00:31:33.630 --> 00:31:36.069
using Jalen Warren more. I don't know what it

00:31:36.069 --> 00:31:39.390
is, but Arthur Smith needs to get his head out

00:31:39.390 --> 00:31:42.690
of his ass. Because why is it that you continue

00:31:42.690 --> 00:31:46.190
to not use Jalen Warren when you know every single

00:31:46.190 --> 00:31:48.670
time that he's on the field, he's making plays.

00:31:49.069 --> 00:31:52.269
Every single time he gets the rock, it's almost

00:31:52.269 --> 00:31:54.890
a first down. Every time that he's pass blocking,

00:31:55.130 --> 00:31:58.309
that's buying Aaron Rodgers more time. He is

00:31:58.309 --> 00:32:01.839
the offense. It's not DK Metcalf. It's not Pat

00:32:01.839 --> 00:32:05.640
Friermuth. It's Jalen Warren. And the fact that

00:32:05.640 --> 00:32:08.359
you don't want to use him for your own personal

00:32:08.359 --> 00:32:11.140
reasons is a little bit crazy to me. Because

00:32:11.140 --> 00:32:13.259
this is the same thing that we saw last year.

00:32:13.779 --> 00:32:17.119
We were told that Jalen Warren works better in

00:32:17.119 --> 00:32:20.519
Arthur Smith's system than Najee Harris. So then

00:32:20.519 --> 00:32:22.880
Najee walks and now Jalen Warren is the primary

00:32:22.880 --> 00:32:25.500
back. And now guess what? You're not using Jalen

00:32:25.500 --> 00:32:27.460
Warren. You're instead using Kenneth Gainwell.

00:32:27.579 --> 00:32:29.900
And this is no shot at Kenneth Gainwell. Love

00:32:29.900 --> 00:32:31.799
his game. Love everything that he's done this

00:32:31.799 --> 00:32:34.720
season. But you have to start using your most

00:32:34.720 --> 00:32:37.720
pivotal player. Otherwise, this offense isn't

00:32:37.720 --> 00:32:40.380
going to go anywhere. And Arthur Smith has to

00:32:40.380 --> 00:32:43.660
start scheming up better plays. And I understand

00:32:43.660 --> 00:32:45.819
that Aaron Rodgers a lot of times is probably

00:32:45.819 --> 00:32:48.619
checking out of plays. But you have to do something

00:32:48.619 --> 00:32:51.579
different. Because right now, the defense can't

00:32:51.579 --> 00:32:54.329
do it all. You have to be able to find a way

00:32:54.329 --> 00:32:57.210
to control the time of possession game. Otherwise,

00:32:57.250 --> 00:32:59.390
guess what? You're going to hurt this defense

00:32:59.390 --> 00:33:02.029
more than help it. The defense is going to be

00:33:02.029 --> 00:33:05.549
on the field for 20, 25, close to 30 plus minutes

00:33:05.549 --> 00:33:08.470
a game. And by the fourth quarter, they won't

00:33:08.470 --> 00:33:10.970
be able to make a splash play because why? They're

00:33:10.970 --> 00:33:13.970
gassed. So it's up to the offense to say, you

00:33:13.970 --> 00:33:16.750
know what? We're going to slow things down. We're

00:33:16.750 --> 00:33:19.460
going to grind this game out. And we're going

00:33:19.460 --> 00:33:21.599
to disrupt the rhythm of the opponent's offense.

00:33:22.440 --> 00:33:24.819
Understand something here, folks. The reason

00:33:24.819 --> 00:33:27.000
why the time of possession game is so important

00:33:27.000 --> 00:33:30.160
is because not only are you giving your defense

00:33:30.160 --> 00:33:32.920
time to catch their breath, you're chewing the

00:33:32.920 --> 00:33:35.559
clock while at the same time disrupting whatever

00:33:35.559 --> 00:33:38.420
rhythm that the opponent's offense had. So if

00:33:38.420 --> 00:33:40.500
you're the Steelers, for instance, a team that

00:33:40.500 --> 00:33:43.119
doesn't have a lot of talent on their team, and

00:33:43.119 --> 00:33:45.920
has an older defense, you want to play the time

00:33:45.920 --> 00:33:47.900
of possession game so you can give your defense

00:33:47.900 --> 00:33:51.180
time to regain their juice. Because if you don't

00:33:51.180 --> 00:33:53.480
do that, the opponent's offense is going to slow

00:33:53.480 --> 00:33:55.779
down the game and they're going to grind out

00:33:55.779 --> 00:33:58.819
your defense. And you don't want that. But another

00:33:58.819 --> 00:34:01.299
takeaway from this game that we need to talk

00:34:01.299 --> 00:34:04.339
about is Aaron Rodgers doesn't trust Broderick

00:34:04.339 --> 00:34:08.360
Jones. There was a play where Deshaun Hand just

00:34:08.360 --> 00:34:12.869
flat out manhandled Broderick Jones. And it forced

00:34:12.869 --> 00:34:15.090
Aaron Rodgers to just chuck the ball out so he

00:34:15.090 --> 00:34:18.309
doesn't get a fumble. And he was livid at Broderick

00:34:18.309 --> 00:34:20.610
Jones. And Broderick Jones was like, hey, what

00:34:20.610 --> 00:34:23.130
did I do? What did I do? And that's a problem.

00:34:23.670 --> 00:34:26.110
Everybody realizes that if you want to attack

00:34:26.110 --> 00:34:28.889
Aaron Rodgers, go at the left tackle. Because

00:34:28.889 --> 00:34:31.090
the right side of the offensive line is good.

00:34:31.369 --> 00:34:34.349
And you sending Darnell Washington or whatever

00:34:34.349 --> 00:34:36.369
tight end you want to send over there trying

00:34:36.369 --> 00:34:38.909
to help out is not going to solve anything. At

00:34:38.909 --> 00:34:42.329
this point. Broderick Jones has shown that he

00:34:42.329 --> 00:34:44.530
is not an adequate left tackle in the National

00:34:44.530 --> 00:34:47.429
Football League, and that is a problem. When

00:34:47.429 --> 00:34:50.610
we look at older quarterbacks, specifically Matthew

00:34:50.610 --> 00:34:53.530
Stafford, Tom Brady, and Peyton Manning, what

00:34:53.530 --> 00:34:56.090
is the one thing that they all have in common?

00:34:56.230 --> 00:34:58.369
They had a really good offensive line when they

00:34:58.369 --> 00:35:00.650
went to their second team. The first thing that

00:35:00.650 --> 00:35:02.889
the Buccaneers addressed for Tom Brady was getting

00:35:02.889 --> 00:35:05.550
a tackle. And what did they do? They got Tristan

00:35:05.550 --> 00:35:09.219
Wirfs. Because they realize that by giving Tom

00:35:09.219 --> 00:35:12.159
Brady an adequate offensive line, he is able

00:35:12.159 --> 00:35:14.619
to sit in the pocket and pick apart defenses.

00:35:15.019 --> 00:35:17.800
It's the same thing with Matthew Stafford. It's

00:35:17.800 --> 00:35:20.559
the same thing with Peyton Manning. And so far,

00:35:20.659 --> 00:35:23.139
we've seen that Aaron Rodgers in the last few

00:35:23.139 --> 00:35:26.619
years has not had a good offensive line. Even

00:35:26.619 --> 00:35:29.019
his tenure with the Jets, he didn't have a good

00:35:29.019 --> 00:35:32.650
offensive line. He had an old Tyron Smith. And

00:35:32.650 --> 00:35:34.889
then you had Olof Vashonu, who technically wasn't

00:35:34.889 --> 00:35:37.030
a right tackle. He was a left tackle, but we

00:35:37.030 --> 00:35:39.570
all know that he's not beating Tyron Smith. And

00:35:39.570 --> 00:35:42.510
then you go from that to now you have this offensive

00:35:42.510 --> 00:35:44.489
line that has Broderick Jones, who looks like

00:35:44.489 --> 00:35:47.909
a bust, Ida Siamalu, who at this point is probably

00:35:47.909 --> 00:35:50.449
going to retire after this season, Zach Frazier,

00:35:50.489 --> 00:35:53.090
who looks like a promising center, Mason McCormick,

00:35:53.090 --> 00:35:55.130
who looks like a promising right guard, and Troy

00:35:55.130 --> 00:35:57.909
Vatanu, who looks like a beast. So I say all

00:35:57.909 --> 00:36:00.760
that to say this. Whenever you have an older

00:36:00.760 --> 00:36:03.300
quarterback, you have to emphasize protecting

00:36:03.300 --> 00:36:07.000
them because they don't want to get hit. Aaron

00:36:07.000 --> 00:36:09.400
Rodgers doesn't like to get hit, and it showed

00:36:09.400 --> 00:36:11.599
in this game. There were a lot of times where

00:36:11.599 --> 00:36:14.039
he was trying to find a way to scramble, even

00:36:14.039 --> 00:36:17.320
though he realized that, listen, I can't scramble

00:36:17.320 --> 00:36:20.059
like how I used to. So a lot of times he just

00:36:20.059 --> 00:36:23.000
has to be a sitting duck. And who wants to do

00:36:23.000 --> 00:36:25.699
that? But something that really caught my eye

00:36:25.699 --> 00:36:29.750
was what TJ Watt and Cam Hayward said. TJ Watts

00:36:29.750 --> 00:36:32.869
said this, and I quote, we can't continue to

00:36:32.869 --> 00:36:36.130
live and die by the turnovers as a defense. We

00:36:36.130 --> 00:36:39.150
need to get off the field and stop the run. Critical

00:36:39.150 --> 00:36:42.329
third downs, we need to do a better job. No excuse

00:36:42.329 --> 00:36:45.329
for it. We have to play better, end quote. Now

00:36:45.329 --> 00:36:48.269
he goes on to say this, and I quote, we're an

00:36:48.269 --> 00:36:51.050
advantageous group. We feel like we have the

00:36:51.050 --> 00:36:53.309
opportunity to get a turnover on every play.

00:36:53.409 --> 00:36:55.469
We're punching at the ball. We're doing everything

00:36:55.469 --> 00:36:57.809
we possibly can, but we weren't just able to

00:36:57.809 --> 00:37:00.119
get the ball out. On those days you're not able

00:37:00.119 --> 00:37:02.659
to get the ball, you need to bow up on those

00:37:02.659 --> 00:37:05.400
big time third down situations and get off the

00:37:05.400 --> 00:37:07.780
field and we weren't able to do that, end quote.

00:37:08.460 --> 00:37:11.300
Now this is what Cam Hayward had to say, end

00:37:11.300 --> 00:37:15.039
I quote. I'm not looking for an excuse. I'm looking

00:37:15.039 --> 00:37:17.539
to just play better. We talk about it, but do

00:37:17.539 --> 00:37:20.280
we really know what we're doing? Play in and

00:37:20.280 --> 00:37:24.320
play out? Do we trust the guy next to us? Defense,

00:37:24.400 --> 00:37:26.579
offense, do we trust each other to be in the

00:37:26.579 --> 00:37:29.440
right spots to make plays, end quote. I'm going

00:37:29.440 --> 00:37:32.019
to be really honest with what I'm getting ready

00:37:32.019 --> 00:37:33.719
to say. And I know that's probably going to blow

00:37:33.719 --> 00:37:36.019
up on social media and everything. If you're

00:37:36.019 --> 00:37:38.840
the Steelers and you truly believe that what

00:37:38.840 --> 00:37:42.460
you have right now is successful and all you

00:37:42.460 --> 00:37:46.260
need is just a competent quarterback, I think

00:37:46.260 --> 00:37:49.000
you need to pivot on trying to get a quarterback

00:37:49.000 --> 00:37:51.880
in the 26 draft class. And I think you need to

00:37:51.880 --> 00:37:54.639
make a trade for a veteran quarterback. Because

00:37:54.639 --> 00:37:57.400
right now, from everything that I've heard from

00:37:57.400 --> 00:37:59.679
Todd McShay, and I talked about this in the previous

00:37:59.679 --> 00:38:03.099
episode, the 26 draft class for quarterbacks

00:38:03.099 --> 00:38:06.159
has essentially dried up. And there are some

00:38:06.159 --> 00:38:08.599
scouts that have question marks about Fernando

00:38:08.599 --> 00:38:11.760
Mendoza. So instead of you doing what you did

00:38:11.760 --> 00:38:14.340
with Kenny Pickett, I would rather for you to

00:38:14.340 --> 00:38:16.579
get an established quarterback that's already

00:38:16.579 --> 00:38:19.380
in the league than to try to whiff on a quarterback

00:38:19.380 --> 00:38:21.460
again. Now, there are a few quarterbacks that

00:38:21.460 --> 00:38:24.980
I'm thinking about. Tua, Trevor Lawrence, Kyler

00:38:24.980 --> 00:38:28.619
Murray, Geno Smith, possibly. Baker Mayfield,

00:38:28.800 --> 00:38:31.000
if him and the Buccaneers can't come to an agreement

00:38:31.000 --> 00:38:34.360
on an extension. Kirk Cousins, possibly. Brock

00:38:34.360 --> 00:38:37.460
Purdy. You know what? Let's go and break down

00:38:37.460 --> 00:38:41.059
each and every one of these players. So if you

00:38:41.059 --> 00:38:43.599
traded for Tua, right now his base salary this

00:38:43.599 --> 00:38:46.239
year is $25 million, according to Spotrat. His

00:38:46.239 --> 00:38:49.800
cap hit is $39 .1 million. His dead cap this

00:38:49.800 --> 00:38:55.380
year is 137 .8 million. Now next year, his base

00:38:55.380 --> 00:38:59.480
salary is 39 million, his cap hit is 56 .4 million,

00:38:59.639 --> 00:39:03.300
and his dead cap is 99 .2 million. Now he has

00:39:03.300 --> 00:39:07.280
a potential out in 27. So with Tua, you know

00:39:07.280 --> 00:39:09.460
his strengths and his weaknesses at this point,

00:39:09.500 --> 00:39:12.579
but the question is, if you was to bring Tua

00:39:12.579 --> 00:39:16.599
on this team, would he be an upgrade over what

00:39:16.599 --> 00:39:20.320
you have? Or would he be an upgrade over any

00:39:20.320 --> 00:39:25.360
quarterback that you would draft in 26? Now,

00:39:25.400 --> 00:39:27.679
granted, I understand that they're trying to

00:39:27.679 --> 00:39:30.500
get a quarterback. I understand that they probably

00:39:30.500 --> 00:39:33.119
had high hopes about the 26 draft class, as a

00:39:33.119 --> 00:39:35.460
lot of people did. But the fact of the matter

00:39:35.460 --> 00:39:38.420
is, the people that they probably wanted to get,

00:39:38.599 --> 00:39:41.239
they're going back to school or they're hurt.

00:39:41.420 --> 00:39:48.610
So everyone that's left is a question mark. Nico

00:39:48.610 --> 00:39:52.610
Imalava. I could just continue to name names.

00:39:53.630 --> 00:39:56.429
But the fact of the matter is, they haven't been

00:39:56.429 --> 00:39:59.489
playing well. So you could talk yourself out

00:39:59.489 --> 00:40:02.429
of drafting them. We all saw what they did with

00:40:02.429 --> 00:40:06.110
Kenny Pickett. And we all knew that it was a

00:40:06.110 --> 00:40:10.650
whiff of a pick. If none of the top teams, and

00:40:10.650 --> 00:40:14.710
I mean teams within the first five picks, Didn't

00:40:14.710 --> 00:40:16.750
want to get Kenny Pickett? Clearly there's a

00:40:16.750 --> 00:40:20.170
problem. And this has been a trend with the Steelers

00:40:20.170 --> 00:40:23.449
for the past few years. They want to rush and

00:40:23.449 --> 00:40:26.489
draft a need instead of just waiting for the

00:40:26.489 --> 00:40:29.590
next year. They did it with Kenny Pickett. And

00:40:29.590 --> 00:40:31.670
then the following year, you had C .J. Stroud

00:40:31.670 --> 00:40:33.969
and company. They did it with Broderick Jones.

00:40:34.269 --> 00:40:36.969
The next year, you had a really good tackle class.

00:40:37.090 --> 00:40:39.090
You had Calvin Banks. You had Talois Fiwaga.

00:40:39.269 --> 00:40:43.309
You had Troy Furtano, just to name a few. So

00:40:43.309 --> 00:40:46.570
I say all that to say this. Would you go after

00:40:46.570 --> 00:40:50.289
Tua? Would he be an upgrade? Would you be willing

00:40:50.289 --> 00:40:52.969
to give up some of your draft capital to acquire

00:40:52.969 --> 00:40:55.869
him? And that means all you have to do is just

00:40:55.869 --> 00:40:58.289
bring in another wide receiver, get another left

00:40:58.289 --> 00:41:01.130
tackle, and you're good. Now with Trevor Lawrence,

00:41:01.389 --> 00:41:04.710
his base salary this year is only $2 million.

00:41:04.869 --> 00:41:09.010
His team million. His dead cap is $133 .5 million.

00:41:09.800 --> 00:41:12.539
Next year, his base salary is $2 million, his

00:41:12.539 --> 00:41:16.659
cap hit is $24 million, his dead cap is $116

00:41:16.659 --> 00:41:20.719
.5 million. So just looking at his contract,

00:41:21.079 --> 00:41:26.059
it's essentially back -loaded. So this year and

00:41:26.059 --> 00:41:29.599
next year, he has very high dead cap hits, but

00:41:29.599 --> 00:41:33.059
his base salary is fairly low. Now I do know

00:41:33.059 --> 00:41:35.860
during the offseason... There was some rumors

00:41:35.860 --> 00:41:38.119
swirling that the Steelers called the Jaguars

00:41:38.119 --> 00:41:41.599
about the availability of Trevor Lawrence. Now

00:41:41.599 --> 00:41:45.840
the question is this. Would the Jaguars be open

00:41:45.840 --> 00:41:49.320
to trading Trevor Lawrence? Because if I'm not

00:41:49.320 --> 00:41:51.980
mistaken, all of these quarterbacks have no trade

00:41:51.980 --> 00:41:55.480
clauses. So if they wanted to be traded, they

00:41:55.480 --> 00:41:58.000
get to dictate the destination that they want

00:41:58.000 --> 00:42:01.519
to go to. Now with Trevor Lawrence, he's a bigger

00:42:01.519 --> 00:42:04.840
body quarterback. Who's able to sit in the pocket,

00:42:04.960 --> 00:42:07.920
make the big time throws, while at the same time

00:42:07.920 --> 00:42:11.820
still being athletic. I think there's promise

00:42:11.820 --> 00:42:14.460
with Trevor Lawrence if he's put into the right

00:42:14.460 --> 00:42:18.099
situation. The question is, is it with the Steelers?

00:42:18.599 --> 00:42:21.380
Would the Steelers be willing to take on his

00:42:21.380 --> 00:42:23.880
contract? Because it is a significant contract.

00:42:24.320 --> 00:42:27.480
And it really hasn't kicked in. And the way that

00:42:27.480 --> 00:42:30.340
the Jaguars structured the contract, they essentially

00:42:30.340 --> 00:42:34.500
backloaded it to the last two years. So his base

00:42:34.500 --> 00:42:37.559
salary is moving forward is $2 million this year,

00:42:37.699 --> 00:42:40.980
$2 million next year, $6 million in 27, and then

00:42:40.980 --> 00:42:45.159
$11 million in 28. I think that's somewhat manageable.

00:42:45.780 --> 00:42:49.539
But the question is, if you acquire him, would

00:42:49.539 --> 00:42:52.900
he be an upgrade? Let's keep this thing going.

00:42:53.119 --> 00:42:56.869
Kyler Murray. Now with him... He has two years

00:42:56.869 --> 00:42:58.969
left of his contract, not counting this year.

00:42:59.329 --> 00:43:02.610
But this year, his base salary is $18 million.

00:43:03.030 --> 00:43:07.030
His cap hit is $43 .3 million. Now, here's the

00:43:07.030 --> 00:43:09.250
thing with Kyle Murray. There have been questions

00:43:09.250 --> 00:43:12.030
about his commitment to the game and his preparation

00:43:12.030 --> 00:43:14.809
to the game. So would you be willing to take

00:43:14.809 --> 00:43:17.630
on someone like a Kyle Murray? Personally, I

00:43:17.630 --> 00:43:20.530
wouldn't, and here's why. For starters, in the

00:43:20.530 --> 00:43:23.289
AFC North, you need a bigger body quarterback.

00:43:23.650 --> 00:43:28.579
You can't just get a... a 5 '2 or a 5 '11 type

00:43:28.579 --> 00:43:30.639
of quarterback. You need somebody that's at least

00:43:30.639 --> 00:43:34.500
6 '3 or more because they need to be able to

00:43:34.500 --> 00:43:37.159
sit in the pocket when the pocket is collapsing

00:43:37.159 --> 00:43:41.380
and make that last minute throw. Now I understand

00:43:41.380 --> 00:43:43.559
you probably don't want to go after a quarterback

00:43:43.559 --> 00:43:47.659
like Ben because Ben is one of one, but you want

00:43:47.659 --> 00:43:49.699
to get a bigger body quarterback because they're

00:43:49.699 --> 00:43:52.559
able to last a little bit longer than to go after

00:43:52.559 --> 00:43:56.420
these smaller quarterbacks. It shows. Tua and

00:43:56.420 --> 00:43:58.940
Kyler Murray are smaller quarterbacks and they

00:43:58.940 --> 00:44:01.760
get hurt more compared to a Justin Herbert and

00:44:01.760 --> 00:44:05.300
Josh Allen. I'm just being honest here, folks.

00:44:05.420 --> 00:44:08.260
We have to have these honest conversations about

00:44:08.260 --> 00:44:11.699
the Steelers right now. Because at this point,

00:44:11.820 --> 00:44:16.300
if you're Cam Hayward, if you're TJ Watt, what

00:44:16.300 --> 00:44:18.860
is the selling point that the Steelers can give

00:44:18.860 --> 00:44:21.880
you that's going to keep you committed to playing

00:44:21.880 --> 00:44:24.409
for the Steelers? By the time they have a legitimate

00:44:24.409 --> 00:44:26.949
chance to go after a quarterback, you may either

00:44:26.949 --> 00:44:30.349
pass your prime or close to being past your prime.

00:44:30.929 --> 00:44:33.730
Because for all intents and purposes, the 27

00:44:33.730 --> 00:44:36.909
class looks very promising. You're going to have

00:44:36.909 --> 00:44:39.909
Ryan Williams, Jeremiah Smith, and all of those

00:44:39.909 --> 00:44:44.369
quarterbacks. But the question is, how can you

00:44:44.369 --> 00:44:47.610
convince your defensive players to buy into this?

00:44:48.280 --> 00:44:50.639
Now with Daniel Jones, I just put him up here

00:44:50.639 --> 00:44:53.420
just to have a conversation. Do I think the Steelers

00:44:53.420 --> 00:44:56.739
will be able to get him? Probably no. I would

00:44:56.739 --> 00:44:59.780
not be surprised if the Colts and Daniel Jones

00:44:59.780 --> 00:45:02.199
are possibly talking about an extension right

00:45:02.199 --> 00:45:06.119
now. But if they don't come to an extension,

00:45:06.320 --> 00:45:10.260
his market value right now is four years, 183

00:45:10.260 --> 00:45:14.000
.6 million, which is 45 .9 million a year. Now

00:45:14.000 --> 00:45:17.760
hear me out. Daniel Jones was doing his thing

00:45:17.760 --> 00:45:20.800
against y 'all. So the question is, would you

00:45:20.800 --> 00:45:23.119
be willing to get someone like a Daniel Jones?

00:45:23.239 --> 00:45:25.920
I'm just saying. Now, granted, you can credit

00:45:25.920 --> 00:45:28.099
Daniel Jones' success to having Jonathan Taylor

00:45:28.099 --> 00:45:30.219
and a really good offensive line and weapons

00:45:30.219 --> 00:45:34.519
around him. But would you be willing to take

00:45:34.519 --> 00:45:38.000
that risk? Baker Mayfield, let's be honest here.

00:45:38.159 --> 00:45:39.820
I don't think that's going to happen either.

00:45:40.159 --> 00:45:42.159
I think the Buccaneers are going to keep him

00:45:42.159 --> 00:45:44.869
for the rest of his career. Kirk Cousins at this

00:45:44.869 --> 00:45:47.849
point, I don't necessarily see him as an upgrade.

00:45:48.550 --> 00:45:51.010
I don't even really see him as somebody that

00:45:51.010 --> 00:45:54.969
is pulled over for the 27 class. Anytime that

00:45:54.969 --> 00:45:57.769
the Falcons put Kirk Cousins in, he doesn't look

00:45:57.769 --> 00:46:01.130
promising at all. And Brock Purdy, this is probably

00:46:01.130 --> 00:46:02.969
the most controversial one. Hear me out, right?

00:46:03.090 --> 00:46:07.210
If you're the 49ers, would you be willing to

00:46:07.210 --> 00:46:10.230
move off of Brock Purdy? if it means that it

00:46:10.230 --> 00:46:12.969
keeps your chances of possibly being competitive

00:46:12.969 --> 00:46:15.909
and going to the Super Bowl. Because granted,

00:46:16.070 --> 00:46:19.909
the 49ers gave Brock Purdy a big contract. And

00:46:19.909 --> 00:46:22.869
if I'm being honest here, Matt Jones has been

00:46:22.869 --> 00:46:25.449
playing well. And he's been doing this without

00:46:25.449 --> 00:46:28.190
a Brandon Iyuk. And I think with Matt Jones,

00:46:28.329 --> 00:46:31.530
you would be able to get him cheaper than keeping

00:46:31.530 --> 00:46:34.469
Brock Purdy. And Brock Purdy has been getting

00:46:34.469 --> 00:46:37.170
injured a lot within the last two or three years.

00:46:37.800 --> 00:46:40.159
And mind you, he hasn't even really tapped into

00:46:40.159 --> 00:46:42.900
his contract yet. His base salary this year is

00:46:42.900 --> 00:46:46.239
only $1 .1 million. His cap hit is $9 .1 million

00:46:46.239 --> 00:46:50.119
with a dead cap hit of $100 million. 26. His

00:46:50.119 --> 00:46:53.280
base salary is $8 .2 million. Cap hit $24 .7

00:46:53.280 --> 00:46:57.880
million. Dead cap $90 .9 million. 27. $11 .3

00:46:57.880 --> 00:47:00.460
million in base salary with a cap hit of $30

00:47:00.460 --> 00:47:03.619
.8 million and a dead cap of $66 .1 million.

00:47:04.320 --> 00:47:08.400
28. $34 .1 million in base salary with a cap

00:47:08.400 --> 00:47:11.920
hit of $57 .6 million with a dead cap of $38

00:47:11.920 --> 00:47:16.139
.6 million. $29. His base salary is $49 million

00:47:16.139 --> 00:47:19.880
with a cap hit of $72 .5 million and a dead cap

00:47:19.880 --> 00:47:24.300
of $23 .1 million. $20 .30. $49 million with

00:47:24.300 --> 00:47:28.059
a cap hit of $64 .5 million and a dead cap of

00:47:28.059 --> 00:47:31.739
$7 .5 million. So technically speaking, his contract

00:47:31.739 --> 00:47:36.550
is backloaded to the max. So I think if you're

00:47:36.550 --> 00:47:39.070
the Steelers, you may want to go after someone

00:47:39.070 --> 00:47:42.449
like a Brock Purdy. I'm just saying. I understand

00:47:42.449 --> 00:47:44.449
it's a little bit controversial. I understand

00:47:44.449 --> 00:47:46.889
people may not like it. But I think if you're

00:47:46.889 --> 00:47:50.949
the 49ers, if you make this move, you can create

00:47:50.949 --> 00:47:54.349
more cap space while at the same time bringing

00:47:54.349 --> 00:47:56.969
in more talent so that you can at least try to

00:47:56.969 --> 00:47:59.710
go on at least one more run. Because I think

00:47:59.710 --> 00:48:03.010
their window is just about closed. But I think

00:48:03.010 --> 00:48:06.710
they can squeeze out one more crazy run. But

00:48:06.710 --> 00:48:09.409
the only way that you can do it is if you move

00:48:09.409 --> 00:48:12.090
off of Brock Purdy. Now let's talk about the

00:48:12.090 --> 00:48:14.650
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Let's talk about the Eagles, all right? So Jalen

00:50:03.000 --> 00:50:07.059
Hurts, 26 attempts for 15 completions, 183 passing

00:50:07.059 --> 00:50:09.059
yards, one touchdown, seven yards per attempt,

00:50:09.219 --> 00:50:12.840
and a 57 .7 completion percentage. Saquon Barkley,

00:50:12.900 --> 00:50:15.920
22 attempts for 60 rushing yards, 2 .7 rushing

00:50:15.920 --> 00:50:18.480
yards per carry, and one rush of 10 -plus yards

00:50:18.480 --> 00:50:21.760
more. Devontae Smith, 7 targets for 4 receptions,

00:50:21.760 --> 00:50:25.360
69 receiving yards, 1 touchdown, 17 .3 receiving

00:50:25.360 --> 00:50:28.699
yards per reception. Jordan Love, 36 attempts

00:50:28.699 --> 00:50:33.320
for 20 completions, 176 passing yards, 4 .9 yards

00:50:33.320 --> 00:50:35.800
per attempt, and a 55 .6 completion percentage.

00:50:36.179 --> 00:50:39.539
Josh Jacobs, 21 attempts for 74 rushing yards,

00:50:39.900 --> 00:50:43.000
3 .5 rushing yards per carry, 1 touchdown, and

00:50:43.000 --> 00:50:45.820
2 rushes of 10 plus yards or more. Christian

00:50:45.820 --> 00:50:49.199
Watson. Four targets for two receptions, 45 receiving

00:50:49.199 --> 00:50:52.039
yards, and 22 .5 receiving yards per reception.

00:50:52.340 --> 00:50:54.480
So here's a few junkie nuggets. Jordan Love was

00:50:54.480 --> 00:50:58.579
pressured on 17 of 42 dropbacks at 40 .5%, the

00:50:58.579 --> 00:51:00.739
second highest pressure rate he's faced this

00:51:00.739 --> 00:51:03.940
season. When pressured, Jordan Love completed

00:51:03.940 --> 00:51:06.820
three of 12 pass attempts for 21 yards and sacked

00:51:06.820 --> 00:51:11.159
three times as well as fumbled. On 36 pass rushes,

00:51:11.199 --> 00:51:14.219
Jalen Phillips generated seven pressures, 19

00:51:14.219 --> 00:51:17.619
.4%, which is the most pressure in a game that

00:51:17.619 --> 00:51:22.340
he's made since week 18 of the 2022 season. This

00:51:22.340 --> 00:51:25.059
by far has to be one of the sloppiest games for

00:51:25.059 --> 00:51:29.019
the Packers offense. I understand that you guys

00:51:29.019 --> 00:51:32.360
made the move for Micah Parsons, but right now

00:51:32.360 --> 00:51:34.639
you guys are not living up to the expectations

00:51:34.639 --> 00:51:37.559
that everyone had set for you. And mind you,

00:51:37.579 --> 00:51:40.300
I wouldn't be talking about the Packers if they

00:51:40.300 --> 00:51:43.250
didn't trade for Micah Parsons. But because you

00:51:43.250 --> 00:51:46.130
traded for Micah Parsons, you have now opened

00:51:46.130 --> 00:51:48.949
the door to any and all criticism, whether it

00:51:48.949 --> 00:51:52.769
be negatively or positively. The defense is doing

00:51:52.769 --> 00:51:56.280
their job. The offense continues to flop week

00:51:56.280 --> 00:51:59.340
after week after week. When they lost to the

00:51:59.340 --> 00:52:02.280
Browns, 10 -13. When they lost to the Eagles,

00:52:02.480 --> 00:52:06.619
7 -10. The defense is holding these teams to

00:52:06.619 --> 00:52:09.719
less than 20 points. And you mean to tell me

00:52:09.719 --> 00:52:12.280
that the offense can't just come up with a couple

00:52:12.280 --> 00:52:14.820
of plays to put some points on the board just

00:52:14.820 --> 00:52:17.300
so they can win the game. This was a very winnable

00:52:17.300 --> 00:52:20.719
game for the Packers. And the fact that you lost

00:52:20.719 --> 00:52:24.480
the way that you lost is very troublesome. Is

00:52:24.480 --> 00:52:27.619
it Jordan Love? Is it Matt LaFleur? Is it a little

00:52:27.619 --> 00:52:30.559
bit of both? Who is it at this point? Because

00:52:30.559 --> 00:52:34.139
right now, you guys have the golden opportunity

00:52:34.139 --> 00:52:37.440
to make it to the Super Bowl. The league is wide

00:52:37.440 --> 00:52:40.739
open. This is the most wide open that the league

00:52:40.739 --> 00:52:45.239
has been in a long time. The Chiefs are weak.

00:52:45.460 --> 00:52:49.889
The Bills are weak. The Eagles are weak. You

00:52:49.889 --> 00:52:52.550
have an opportunity of a lifetime to make that

00:52:52.550 --> 00:52:56.389
crazy run. But you have to take care of business

00:52:56.389 --> 00:52:58.969
during the regular season. If you're not able

00:52:58.969 --> 00:53:01.210
to do that, then somebody needs to come in and

00:53:01.210 --> 00:53:04.429
handle it. Because right now, it just seems like

00:53:04.429 --> 00:53:06.849
the defense is just being the workhorse for this

00:53:06.849 --> 00:53:09.210
entire team. And it doesn't work like that. You

00:53:09.210 --> 00:53:11.889
have just as much talent on offense as you do

00:53:11.889 --> 00:53:15.260
on defense. Jordan Love, you get paid all this

00:53:15.260 --> 00:53:17.679
big money and you're not showing up in the games

00:53:17.679 --> 00:53:19.619
that you're supposed to win. That's a problem.

00:53:20.039 --> 00:53:22.039
Because there is a good chance that you might

00:53:22.039 --> 00:53:24.139
have to face the Eagles in the NFC Championship.

00:53:24.820 --> 00:53:27.320
And right now, I would venture to say that the

00:53:27.320 --> 00:53:30.159
Eagles are going to win that game. Because they

00:53:30.159 --> 00:53:33.119
did what they needed to do in pivotal moments.

00:53:33.679 --> 00:53:36.079
Whereas the Packers, on the other hand, could

00:53:36.079 --> 00:53:38.699
not respond. That right there is an automatic

00:53:38.699 --> 00:53:42.000
problem. Now, I understand in the NFL, anything

00:53:42.000 --> 00:53:45.159
can happen at any time and whatnot. You lose

00:53:45.159 --> 00:53:47.960
to the Browns, okay, fine, chalk it up, all right?

00:53:48.159 --> 00:53:50.860
You lose to the Panthers, okay, I'm looking at

00:53:50.860 --> 00:53:53.940
you from a side eye. But you lose to the Eagles,

00:53:54.199 --> 00:53:58.159
the Eagles, that's a problem. That is a major

00:53:58.159 --> 00:54:02.340
problem. We continue to see inconsistencies week

00:54:02.340 --> 00:54:05.219
after week with this offense, and it's very troublesome.

00:54:05.480 --> 00:54:08.989
When we look at the wins for the Packers, The

00:54:08.989 --> 00:54:11.789
only one that you can say was a good one was

00:54:11.789 --> 00:54:14.829
the Lions. Outside of that, the Commanders are

00:54:14.829 --> 00:54:18.369
trash. The Bengals are trash. The Cardinals are

00:54:18.369 --> 00:54:21.469
trash. And the Steelers are frauds. Just like

00:54:21.469 --> 00:54:24.710
how this offense is. A bunch of frauds. And I

00:54:24.710 --> 00:54:27.010
understand that they don't have the big name

00:54:27.010 --> 00:54:29.869
of a wide receiver. But you have Josh Jacobs.

00:54:30.130 --> 00:54:33.409
You have Matthew Golden. You have Christian Watson.

00:54:33.710 --> 00:54:36.429
Savion Williams. Romeo Dobbs. I can continue

00:54:36.429 --> 00:54:39.400
to go down the list. And I understand that you

00:54:39.400 --> 00:54:42.139
lost Tucker Craft, but you know what? Everybody

00:54:42.139 --> 00:54:44.739
has at least lost one player for the rest of

00:54:44.739 --> 00:54:48.300
the year. Everybody has hurt at this point. But

00:54:48.300 --> 00:54:51.019
the question is this, what are you going to do

00:54:51.019 --> 00:54:55.199
to get the W? Because right now, all I see on

00:54:55.199 --> 00:54:57.539
this offense is a bunch of frauds, except for

00:54:57.539 --> 00:55:02.719
Josh Jacobs. Outside of him, everybody else in

00:55:02.719 --> 00:55:06.309
my mind is frauds. So whatever you need to do,

00:55:06.409 --> 00:55:10.570
you need to lock the hell in. Because if you

00:55:10.570 --> 00:55:13.309
don't, you are going to miss this window of opportunity.

00:55:14.010 --> 00:55:16.469
And then guess what? Three years down the road,

00:55:16.530 --> 00:55:18.630
everyone's complaining, man, we had a golden

00:55:18.630 --> 00:55:21.750
opportunity. We messed it up for ourselves. Well,

00:55:21.809 --> 00:55:23.710
you guess what? You got to blame that on your

00:55:23.710 --> 00:55:25.750
coach. You got to blame that on your quarterback.

00:55:26.050 --> 00:55:28.230
You got to blame that on your offense. Because

00:55:28.230 --> 00:55:31.630
they had a chance. But you choked it. Now on

00:55:31.630 --> 00:55:36.179
to the Eagles. You got the win, but at what cost?

00:55:36.679 --> 00:55:39.719
Because right now, A .J. Brown has said something

00:55:39.719 --> 00:55:43.219
that I think you can't hate him for it because

00:55:43.219 --> 00:55:46.059
it's the truth. This is what he said, and I quote,

00:55:46.300 --> 00:55:49.519
It's not just solely about my situation. I want

00:55:49.519 --> 00:55:52.340
to win too. I think if we're really focused on

00:55:52.340 --> 00:55:54.199
winning and doing our job, we can't just keep

00:55:54.199 --> 00:55:56.360
slapping a band -aid over the defense doing their

00:55:56.360 --> 00:55:59.079
job and getting us out of trouble. At what point

00:55:59.079 --> 00:56:00.920
are we going to pick up our slack as an offense?

00:56:01.949 --> 00:56:04.289
That's what I'm getting at. It's not about, I

00:56:04.289 --> 00:56:06.309
don't care about winning. All I care about is

00:56:06.309 --> 00:56:09.489
stats. No, it's been week after week. Sometimes

00:56:09.489 --> 00:56:12.469
we're not doing our job on offense. You can't

00:56:12.469 --> 00:56:14.829
keep slapping a bandaid over that and expect

00:56:14.829 --> 00:56:16.610
to win late in the year and think you're going

00:56:16.610 --> 00:56:19.289
to go to that at the end of the year. It's not

00:56:19.289 --> 00:56:21.550
going to fucking happen. End quote. This is what

00:56:21.550 --> 00:56:23.329
he said. It's not what I said. This is what AJ

00:56:23.329 --> 00:56:25.989
Brown said. Okay. Now I did a little bit of digging.

00:56:26.090 --> 00:56:28.590
And when you compare the Eagles offense last

00:56:28.590 --> 00:56:31.659
year to this year, I can see why A .J. Brown

00:56:31.659 --> 00:56:34.960
feels the way that he feels, okay? So this time

00:56:34.960 --> 00:56:38.440
last year, they had the sixth best offense in

00:56:38.440 --> 00:56:40.619
the league, and they had a pass play percentage

00:56:40.619 --> 00:56:44.800
of 42 .9%, and they averaged 26 points per game,

00:56:44.940 --> 00:56:49.360
434 yards per game, 6 .2 yards per play, and

00:56:49.360 --> 00:56:52.500
four offensive touchdowns. They were 19th in

00:56:52.500 --> 00:56:55.800
passing offense, and they averaged 206 passing

00:56:55.800 --> 00:56:58.760
yards per game, 6 .9 passing yards per play.

00:56:59.320 --> 00:57:02.300
Which isn't bad, but at the same time really

00:57:02.300 --> 00:57:05.500
isn't that good either. But they were first in

00:57:05.500 --> 00:57:08.619
rushing offense. And they had a run play percentage

00:57:08.619 --> 00:57:13.340
of 57 .1 % and averaged 228 rushing yards per

00:57:13.340 --> 00:57:16.639
game, 5 .7 rushing yards per play, 3 rushing

00:57:16.639 --> 00:57:19.380
touchdowns, and 4 rushes of 10 plus yards or

00:57:19.380 --> 00:57:22.579
more. Compared to this year, right? They are

00:57:22.579 --> 00:57:25.820
18th in the league with a pass play percentage

00:57:25.820 --> 00:57:31.250
of 43 .3%. 10 points per game, 294 yards per

00:57:31.250 --> 00:57:34.889
game, 4 .9 yards per play, and 1 offensive touchdown.

00:57:35.510 --> 00:57:38.469
Now, they're 16th in passing offense this year,

00:57:38.570 --> 00:57:41.690
and they average 183 passing yards per game,

00:57:41.869 --> 00:57:44.829
7 passing yards per play, and 1 passing touchdown.

00:57:45.989 --> 00:57:50.849
1 passing touchdown. Unacceptable. Now, they're

00:57:50.849 --> 00:57:54.670
19th in rushing offense with a 56 .7 % run play

00:57:54.670 --> 00:57:57.929
percentage. and averaged 3 .3 rushing yards per

00:57:57.929 --> 00:58:00.809
play in two rushes of 10 plus yards or more.

00:58:01.210 --> 00:58:05.349
So he is right. Statistically speaking, this

00:58:05.349 --> 00:58:08.150
offense has actually regressed compared to last

00:58:08.150 --> 00:58:11.329
year. Now, is that because of the offensive coordinator?

00:58:11.730 --> 00:58:14.829
Is that because of Jordan Love? You could probably

00:58:14.829 --> 00:58:17.409
say it's probably a mixture of both, but the

00:58:17.409 --> 00:58:19.489
proof is in the pudding. When you turn on the

00:58:19.489 --> 00:58:22.110
tape and you look at the Eagles, you can see

00:58:22.110 --> 00:58:24.650
that offensively they have regressed significantly.

00:58:25.679 --> 00:58:28.099
And it's not like A .J. Brown is out for the

00:58:28.099 --> 00:58:31.059
year or Devontae Smith is out for the year or

00:58:31.059 --> 00:58:33.940
this person is hurt or that person is hurt. No,

00:58:34.159 --> 00:58:38.179
everybody is fairly healthy. So then what's the

00:58:38.179 --> 00:58:40.940
problem? Do I think it's probably because of

00:58:40.940 --> 00:58:43.179
the offensive coordinator? I would venture to

00:58:43.179 --> 00:58:46.079
say yes. And the reason why I say that is because

00:58:46.079 --> 00:58:49.699
for the past few years, the Eagles offensive

00:58:49.699 --> 00:58:52.679
coordinators have just been a nonstop roller

00:58:52.679 --> 00:58:55.309
coaster. One minute you have a really good offensive

00:58:55.309 --> 00:58:57.469
coordinator, then you have a bad offensive coordinator.

00:58:57.690 --> 00:58:59.650
You have a good offensive coordinator, you have

00:58:59.650 --> 00:59:02.130
a bad offensive coordinator. And right now, Kevin

00:59:02.130 --> 00:59:05.530
Petula is not a good offensive coordinator. I'm

00:59:05.530 --> 00:59:07.789
sorry, you have Saquon Barkley, Devontae Smith,

00:59:07.929 --> 00:59:09.590
and A .J. Brown. You mean to tell me that you

00:59:09.590 --> 00:59:11.809
guys aren't dominating teams left and right?

00:59:12.050 --> 00:59:14.690
And granted, I understand that at this point,

00:59:14.710 --> 00:59:17.550
everybody has enough tape on all of these players

00:59:17.550 --> 00:59:20.769
and they know how to at least slow them down

00:59:20.769 --> 00:59:24.050
a little bit. But this offense has regressed

00:59:24.050 --> 00:59:26.989
tremendously. Now, I'm not calling for anybody

00:59:26.989 --> 00:59:29.949
to get fired, but you may have to make another

00:59:29.949 --> 00:59:32.670
move at offensive coordinator. But this is what

00:59:32.670 --> 00:59:36.190
I said a couple episodes ago. The offensive coordinator

00:59:36.190 --> 00:59:39.670
woes will be the reason why A .J. Brown and Devontae

00:59:39.670 --> 00:59:41.909
Smith will want to leave this team. And I will

00:59:41.909 --> 00:59:44.530
continue to stand on it. And one more thing about

00:59:44.530 --> 00:59:48.289
this game. Can we please start officiating the

00:59:48.289 --> 00:59:51.460
tush push correctly? Because every time they

00:59:51.460 --> 00:59:53.559
show the replay of the Eagles doing the tush

00:59:53.559 --> 00:59:56.559
push, you can clearly see that they have a two

00:59:56.559 --> 00:59:58.780
to three second head start over the defense.

00:59:59.280 --> 01:00:02.219
And they're not getting called for it. Even though

01:00:02.219 --> 01:00:04.820
they're the inventors of it. But if this is any

01:00:04.820 --> 01:00:08.699
other team, oh, flag, flag, flag, flag, flag,

01:00:08.739 --> 01:00:11.019
flag. You get a flag. You get a flag. You get

01:00:11.019 --> 01:00:13.619
a flag. You get a flag. No. I don't know what's

01:00:13.619 --> 01:00:15.860
going to happen with the Packers facing the Giants

01:00:15.860 --> 01:00:18.280
because I'm watching the game right now. But

01:00:18.280 --> 01:00:21.480
I hope and pray that the Packers find a way to

01:00:21.480 --> 01:00:24.119
win this game. Because if they don't, the noise

01:00:24.119 --> 01:00:26.940
is just going to continue to grow. And there's

01:00:26.940 --> 01:00:28.360
going to start being people that are going to

01:00:28.360 --> 01:00:30.920
call for Matt LaFleur to lose his job. Just saying.

01:00:31.219 --> 01:00:34.139
Now on to the final game, all right? The Bills

01:00:34.139 --> 01:00:37.139
and the Dolphins. So Josh Allen, 40 attempts

01:00:37.139 --> 01:00:41.079
for 28 completions, 306 passing yards, two touchdowns,

01:00:41.079 --> 01:00:44.019
one pick, 7 .7 yards per attempt, and a 70 %

01:00:44.019 --> 01:00:47.019
completion percentage. James Cook. 13 attempts

01:00:47.019 --> 01:00:49.639
for 53 rushing yards, 4 .1 rushing yards per

01:00:49.639 --> 01:00:52.820
carry, and 1 rush of 10 plus yards or more. Khalir

01:00:52.820 --> 01:00:55.960
Shakir, 9 targets for 7 receptions, 58 receiving

01:00:55.960 --> 01:00:58.539
yards, and 8 .3 receiving yards per reception.

01:00:58.840 --> 01:01:03.519
Tua, 21 attempts for 15 completions, 173 passing

01:01:03.519 --> 01:01:06.699
yards, 2 touchdowns, 2 picks, 8 .2 yards per

01:01:06.699 --> 01:01:09.840
attempt, and a 71 .4 completion percentage. Devon

01:01:09.840 --> 01:01:13.710
Achain. 22 attempts for 174 rushing yards, 7

01:01:13.710 --> 01:01:16.889
.9 rushing yards per carry, and 5 rushes of 10

01:01:16.889 --> 01:01:19.889
plus yards or more. Jalen Waddell, 7 targets

01:01:19.889 --> 01:01:23.070
for 5 receptions, 84 receiving yards, 1 touchdown,

01:01:23.250 --> 01:01:26.969
and 16 .8 receiving yards per reception. So here's

01:01:26.969 --> 01:01:29.630
a few junkie nuggets. The Dolphins have used

01:01:29.630 --> 01:01:33.730
21 personnel on 41 .5 % on design runs this season,

01:01:33.849 --> 01:01:37.789
the highest rate in the NFL. When running 21

01:01:37.789 --> 01:01:41.260
personnel, Devon A. Chan leads the league with

01:01:41.260 --> 01:01:45.619
250 rushing yards and seven explosive runs. Josh

01:01:45.619 --> 01:01:49.400
Allen averaged a time to throw of 3 .5 seconds,

01:01:49.619 --> 01:01:52.519
the longest time to throw in the game since week

01:01:52.519 --> 01:01:56.440
15 of the 2018 season. I'll be honest with you.

01:01:57.099 --> 01:02:00.019
Dolphins, I was unfamiliar with your game. Mike

01:02:00.019 --> 01:02:03.139
McDaniel, I was unfamiliar with your game. Because

01:02:03.139 --> 01:02:06.739
man, oh man, did you guys fight during this entire

01:02:06.739 --> 01:02:10.190
game. And you literally saw the energy being

01:02:10.190 --> 01:02:13.469
sapped from the Bills. Remember this, my fellow

01:02:13.469 --> 01:02:16.909
junkies. The team that doesn't have anything

01:02:16.909 --> 01:02:21.369
to lose will fight the hardest. And that's exactly

01:02:21.369 --> 01:02:24.309
what happened with the Dolphins. They have nothing

01:02:24.309 --> 01:02:26.110
to lose. They know that their season is over.

01:02:26.690 --> 01:02:29.269
They know that most likely a lot of the people

01:02:29.269 --> 01:02:31.389
that are on this team right now will not be on

01:02:31.389 --> 01:02:34.150
this team next year. And you know what? Kudos

01:02:34.150 --> 01:02:37.309
to Mike McDaniel. Because in the face of adversity,

01:02:37.630 --> 01:02:40.650
he has not given up once. And it looks like to

01:02:40.650 --> 01:02:43.230
me that this team hasn't given up on Mike McDaniel.

01:02:43.369 --> 01:02:45.309
And I think that's promising if you're ownership.

01:02:46.050 --> 01:02:48.869
Now am I saying that he's due for another extension?

01:02:49.250 --> 01:02:53.429
No. But I will say this. I think you have to

01:02:53.429 --> 01:02:56.329
keep him. And I think you have to keep Tua. There's

01:02:56.329 --> 01:02:59.530
something there. But you just can't give up on

01:02:59.530 --> 01:03:01.909
Mike McDaniel. Because the players haven't done

01:03:01.909 --> 01:03:06.219
so. And that defense? A defense that doesn't

01:03:06.219 --> 01:03:08.420
have a lot of talent, you would have thought

01:03:08.420 --> 01:03:10.539
they had all the talent in the world. They were

01:03:10.539 --> 01:03:13.920
fighting that hard. The energy, the support,

01:03:14.159 --> 01:03:18.340
it was just oozing everywhere on the field. It

01:03:18.340 --> 01:03:21.380
was oozing on the sideline. You could feel the

01:03:21.380 --> 01:03:25.300
energy in the stadium. They were ready to win

01:03:25.300 --> 01:03:28.119
that game. Now, if you're the Bills, you have

01:03:28.119 --> 01:03:31.079
to be concerned because this was a very winnable

01:03:31.079 --> 01:03:34.199
game that, quite frankly, you should have won.

01:03:35.119 --> 01:03:38.400
Because right now you need to scratch and claw

01:03:38.400 --> 01:03:41.000
with the Patriots, even though if we're being

01:03:41.000 --> 01:03:43.300
real here, the Patriots most likely are going

01:03:43.300 --> 01:03:45.099
to win this division, which even then that's

01:03:45.099 --> 01:03:46.940
going to open up to another conversation, which

01:03:46.940 --> 01:03:50.460
I think we'll talk about that probably now. It's

01:03:50.460 --> 01:03:54.059
crazy to me how the Patriots can go through their

01:03:54.059 --> 01:03:57.440
rebuild. They can go through their woes of, you

01:03:57.440 --> 01:04:00.400
know, Bill Belichick moving on and Gerard Mayo

01:04:00.400 --> 01:04:03.199
being in and then they move on from him and then,

01:04:03.199 --> 01:04:05.219
you know, they're bringing in new coordinators

01:04:05.219 --> 01:04:07.840
and whatnot. Now they're back to being what they

01:04:07.840 --> 01:04:12.219
used to be. Meanwhile, the Bills have regressed

01:04:12.219 --> 01:04:16.659
every single year. I will continue to say this

01:04:16.659 --> 01:04:20.400
until I can never say it again. The Bills' last

01:04:20.400 --> 01:04:23.000
true opportunity to make it to the Super Bowl

01:04:23.449 --> 01:04:25.429
was when they lost to the Chiefs in overtime.

01:04:26.050 --> 01:04:29.269
I truly believe that was the best team that they

01:04:29.269 --> 01:04:32.329
had. You had Emmanuel Sanders, Stephon Diggs,

01:04:32.429 --> 01:04:35.409
Gabe Davis on the offense. Trey White was still

01:04:35.409 --> 01:04:39.590
Trey White. And the defense was crazy. Outside

01:04:39.590 --> 01:04:42.269
of that year, they have never been the same.

01:04:42.469 --> 01:04:45.510
But back to the game, all right? The Bills' defense

01:04:45.510 --> 01:04:47.690
didn't have an answer to the Dolphins' run game.

01:04:49.819 --> 01:04:52.719
Devon Achan ran wherever he wanted to. If he

01:04:52.719 --> 01:04:54.340
wanted to run up the middle, he could do it.

01:04:54.380 --> 01:04:56.300
If he wanted to run outside to the left, he could

01:04:56.300 --> 01:04:59.019
do it. If he wanted to do a halfback toss, if

01:04:59.019 --> 01:05:01.000
he wanted to do a jet sweep, if he wanted to

01:05:01.000 --> 01:05:03.400
do a wildcat, he could do whatever he want because

01:05:03.400 --> 01:05:06.159
why? The Bills defense didn't have an answer

01:05:06.159 --> 01:05:09.019
for it. And a lot of the mistakes that the Bills

01:05:09.019 --> 01:05:12.239
made were self -inflicted wounds. So at some

01:05:12.239 --> 01:05:14.300
point, we're going to have to ask the question,

01:05:14.500 --> 01:05:18.539
is Sean McDermott the guy for the job? Because

01:05:18.539 --> 01:05:22.320
year after year after year, he continues to flop.

01:05:23.019 --> 01:05:25.739
So at some point, you can't just blame a player.

01:05:25.820 --> 01:05:27.579
You can't blame a coordinator. You can't blame

01:05:27.579 --> 01:05:29.880
a coach. At some point, you got to take that

01:05:29.880 --> 01:05:31.599
blame on the chin and just say, you know what?

01:05:31.760 --> 01:05:36.760
It's me. I got to fix me. Because at this point,

01:05:36.840 --> 01:05:39.559
your opportunity, as I've said before in previous

01:05:39.559 --> 01:05:43.940
episodes, has officially closed. You haven't

01:05:43.940 --> 01:05:46.420
been hitting on your draft picks. You're benching

01:05:46.420 --> 01:05:49.539
Keon Coleman for whatever reason. I don't know

01:05:49.539 --> 01:05:53.199
why. He's inactive today, even though you probably

01:05:53.199 --> 01:05:56.460
need him today. And right now, you're going to

01:05:56.460 --> 01:05:59.219
have to accept the fact that most likely, you're

01:05:59.219 --> 01:06:03.239
going to be on the road for the playoffs. I don't

01:06:03.239 --> 01:06:06.059
think you want that. But... We're going to have

01:06:06.059 --> 01:06:07.559
to talk about that when we get there, all right?

01:06:07.599 --> 01:06:08.840
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guys need. I love you guys. I appreciate you

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guys so much. Thank you guys so much for listening

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to another episode of the best football podcast

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that you can listen to on a week to week, day

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to day basis. All right. I love you guys. We're

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almost at 100 episodes, guys. And I have to thank

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you for it. So as always, peace and love. Later,

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guys. And watch some football. Watch some football,

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too. Oh, I forgot one more thing. I forgot to

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mention this in the in the earlier part of the

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episode. The Commanders were one game short of

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setting the all -time record for consecutive

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losses by 20 or more points. The 86 Buccaneers

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lost five straight games by 20 or more points,

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according to Mike Florio via Pro Football Talk.

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Keep that in mind. We may talk about it in future

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episodes. So later, guys. I'm going to watch

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some football.