WEBVTT 00:00:03.120 --> 00:00:05.580 Double bag alert, double bag alert, double bag 00:00:05.580 --> 00:00:08.220 alert, folks. That's right. We got a loaded episode 00:00:08.220 --> 00:00:11.320 because this isn't just an ordinary episode. 00:00:11.539 --> 00:00:14.320 These aren't just ordinary bag alerts, okay? 00:00:14.419 --> 00:00:17.640 This is the 100th episode of the Football Junkies 00:00:17.640 --> 00:00:21.179 podcast, all right? 100 different opinions, 100 00:00:21.179 --> 00:00:24.160 different hot takes, truth bombs, and more. And 00:00:24.160 --> 00:00:26.660 man, oh man, does it feel good. Travis Jones 00:00:26.660 --> 00:00:29.559 and Josh Myers get paid. Old Man Rivers heads 00:00:29.559 --> 00:00:32.259 to Indy. Joe Burrow voices his frustrations. 00:00:32.719 --> 00:00:35.259 Cowboys and Lions recap. Steelers and Ravens 00:00:35.259 --> 00:00:38.759 recap. Titans and Browns recap. And Texans and 00:00:38.759 --> 00:00:41.320 Chiefs recap. Okay, all of this and more on the 00:00:41.320 --> 00:00:43.679 100th episode of the Football Junkies Podcast, 00:00:44.020 --> 00:00:46.020 all right? I am your host with the most, all 00:00:46.020 --> 00:00:48.159 right? I'm your chief, Bagro Adamas. That's right, 00:00:48.259 --> 00:00:50.380 chief, head of the table. Anything and everything 00:00:50.380 --> 00:00:52.560 related to the bag, rumors to the bag, and more. 00:00:52.659 --> 00:00:55.759 I am your hopium, hopium, hopium, hopium, hopium 00:00:55.759 --> 00:00:58.880 dealer. All the hopium that you need to get through 00:00:58.880 --> 00:01:00.820 the rest of the season because we only have a 00:01:00.820 --> 00:01:02.250 few more weeks for the regular season. the season's 00:01:02.250 --> 00:01:04.069 over and then we get into the playoffs, all right? 00:01:04.129 --> 00:01:07.769 But I am your Bagro Damas. That's right. 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Alright, folks, let's get into the meat 00:02:04.799 --> 00:02:07.000 and potatoes of everything that is going on in 00:02:07.000 --> 00:02:09.300 the league right now. So, before we get into 00:02:09.300 --> 00:02:11.400 the games, let's talk about these bag alerts 00:02:11.400 --> 00:02:13.969 and everything else, alright? So... Travis Jones' 00:02:14.189 --> 00:02:16.449 defensive tackle for the Baltimore Ravens inks 00:02:16.449 --> 00:02:19.590 a three -year $40 .5 million deal, $25 million 00:02:19.590 --> 00:02:22.310 guaranteed he'll be making $13 .5 million a year. 00:02:22.389 --> 00:02:24.930 When we look at his stats so far this year, 34 00:02:24.930 --> 00:02:27.689 tackles, one and a half sacks, 18 quarterback 00:02:27.689 --> 00:02:30.409 pressures. Now, SpotRak's market value for Travis 00:02:30.409 --> 00:02:33.409 Jones is three years, $40 .6 million, which is 00:02:33.409 --> 00:02:36.240 $13 .6 million a year. So technically speaking, 00:02:36.539 --> 00:02:38.639 the Ravens were right on point with this deal. 00:02:38.780 --> 00:02:41.500 Now with this deal being done, we have to wonder 00:02:41.500 --> 00:02:44.020 if Nnamdi Medabuke will be able to play again. 00:02:44.400 --> 00:02:46.960 And the only reason why I bring him up is because 00:02:46.960 --> 00:02:50.379 if he was able to play, Travis Jones wouldn't 00:02:50.379 --> 00:02:52.280 be getting this deal right now. Because every 00:02:52.280 --> 00:02:54.819 time a reporter asks John Harbaugh for an update 00:02:54.819 --> 00:02:57.419 on Nnamdi Medabuke, he just gives him the same 00:02:57.419 --> 00:03:00.340 answers, which is he can't give out any information 00:03:00.340 --> 00:03:02.919 and that right now they don't know what's going 00:03:02.919 --> 00:03:06.120 on. So that has to make you wonder, is this a 00:03:06.120 --> 00:03:08.719 severe injury that could possibly end his career? 00:03:09.000 --> 00:03:11.020 Another angle we need to talk about with this 00:03:11.020 --> 00:03:13.340 deal is that it may limit the Ravens' ability 00:03:13.340 --> 00:03:16.460 to extend some of their free agents. Tyler Lindenbaum 00:03:16.460 --> 00:03:18.740 is going to be free agent, Isaiah Likely, Eloy 00:03:18.740 --> 00:03:21.759 Gilman, Kyle Van Noy, Daniel Falele, even though 00:03:21.759 --> 00:03:23.560 he's not going to come back to the Ravens, if 00:03:23.560 --> 00:03:26.180 you know, you know, and Patrick Ricard. So according 00:03:26.180 --> 00:03:29.129 to SpotRack, Tyler Linderbaum's market value 00:03:29.129 --> 00:03:32.889 is four years, 69 .7 million, which is 17 .4 00:03:32.889 --> 00:03:35.270 million a year. Isaiah Likely's market value 00:03:35.270 --> 00:03:39.030 is four years, 41 .7 million, which is 10 .4 00:03:39.030 --> 00:03:41.490 million a year. Aloy Gilman's market value is 00:03:41.490 --> 00:03:44.409 two years, 9 .3 million, which is 4 .7 million 00:03:44.409 --> 00:03:47.550 a year. Kyle Van Noy's market value, one year, 00:03:47.710 --> 00:03:50.930 5 .1 million. So I say all that to say this, 00:03:51.129 --> 00:03:54.229 can some of these deals be hashed out now? Yes. 00:03:54.990 --> 00:03:57.569 But the difficulty with trying to hash out these 00:03:57.569 --> 00:04:00.349 deals is that some of them are probably looking 00:04:00.349 --> 00:04:03.110 for top dollar value, which I can understand 00:04:03.110 --> 00:04:05.530 because this is your first major contract. But 00:04:05.530 --> 00:04:07.990 at the same time, that's going to limit your 00:04:07.990 --> 00:04:11.139 ability to be players in free agency. But we'll 00:04:11.139 --> 00:04:13.759 talk about this more when we talk about the Steelers 00:04:13.759 --> 00:04:15.680 and Ravens game because there's a lot to unpack 00:04:15.680 --> 00:04:17.860 with that game, all right? Now let's talk about 00:04:17.860 --> 00:04:20.639 Josh Myers. Center for the Jets inks a two -year 00:04:20.639 --> 00:04:23.639 $11 million deal, $6 million guaranteed if we 00:04:23.639 --> 00:04:27.040 make $5 .5 million a year. A good team -friendly 00:04:27.040 --> 00:04:29.160 deal that's not going to break the bank while 00:04:29.160 --> 00:04:31.579 at the same time locking up a very important 00:04:31.579 --> 00:04:35.680 position. Now so far, four out of the five offensive 00:04:35.680 --> 00:04:38.019 linemen for the Jets are currently under contract. 00:04:38.569 --> 00:04:41.269 The only two that are pending free agents is 00:04:41.269 --> 00:04:43.649 John Simpson and Elijah Barrett Tucker, which 00:04:43.649 --> 00:04:46.110 you can upgrade in neither the draft or in free 00:04:46.110 --> 00:04:48.689 agency. Now let's talk about Phillip Rivers going 00:04:48.689 --> 00:04:51.410 to the Colts. So with Daniel Jones being out 00:04:51.410 --> 00:04:53.810 for the year, the Colts were trying to find a 00:04:53.810 --> 00:04:56.670 replacement just so they can get by. Now they 00:04:56.670 --> 00:04:59.490 probably looked here, there, everywhere. But 00:04:59.490 --> 00:05:02.009 Shane Stockton said, you know what? I know somebody. 00:05:02.290 --> 00:05:04.790 I'm going to call up an old friend. And who did 00:05:04.790 --> 00:05:08.100 he call up? Phillip Rivers. That's right, the 00:05:08.100 --> 00:05:10.480 Phillip Rivers that hasn't played in over five 00:05:10.480 --> 00:05:13.540 years. Now you're probably wondering, of all 00:05:13.540 --> 00:05:15.980 the people that they could have brought in, why 00:05:15.980 --> 00:05:19.079 Phillip Rivers? Well, here's why. According to 00:05:19.079 --> 00:05:22.139 Kevin Patra of the NFL, while Phillip Rivers 00:05:22.139 --> 00:05:25.240 was with the Chargers, Shane Stuyton was the 00:05:25.240 --> 00:05:28.420 quarterback coach from 2016 to 2019, and then 00:05:28.420 --> 00:05:31.310 the interim offensive coordinator in 2019. So 00:05:31.310 --> 00:05:34.569 since that time, they've had an established relationship 00:05:34.569 --> 00:05:37.189 with each other, and they actually talk to one 00:05:37.189 --> 00:05:40.930 another pretty frequently. So I guess that was 00:05:40.930 --> 00:05:44.569 probably the best move for the Colts, but it's 00:05:44.569 --> 00:05:46.250 a little bit of a head -scratcher because you're 00:05:46.250 --> 00:05:48.589 getting somebody that hasn't played in five years. 00:05:49.370 --> 00:05:51.870 Now, it's different from Aaron Rodgers because 00:05:51.870 --> 00:05:54.990 Aaron Rodgers just played last year. So he's 00:05:54.990 --> 00:05:58.329 still in the field of football. Phillip Rivers 00:05:58.329 --> 00:06:01.560 is not in the field for football. But here's 00:06:01.560 --> 00:06:04.199 the crazy thing about it. When Phillip Rivers 00:06:04.199 --> 00:06:07.639 was with the Colts in 2020, Jonathan Taylor and 00:06:07.639 --> 00:06:10.699 Michael Pittman Jr. were rookies. It was the 00:06:10.699 --> 00:06:13.899 second year for Quentin Nelson. Justin Houston 00:06:13.899 --> 00:06:16.879 was still on the team. Shaq Leonard was on the 00:06:16.879 --> 00:06:20.699 team. Xavier Rhodes was on the team. That's how 00:06:20.699 --> 00:06:24.459 long it's been since Phillip Rivers was playing 00:06:24.459 --> 00:06:26.800 football. But you want to know what's really 00:06:26.800 --> 00:06:30.000 crazy? Nick Sirianni was the offensive coordinator. 00:06:30.379 --> 00:06:32.860 Matt Eberflus was the defensive coordinator. 00:06:33.180 --> 00:06:36.339 Kevin Petullo was the pass game specialist. And 00:06:36.339 --> 00:06:39.240 Jonathan Gannon was the cornerback coach. While 00:06:39.240 --> 00:06:42.740 Frank Wright was the head coach. Now during that 00:06:42.740 --> 00:06:45.500 time, they had the 11th ranked offense. and they 00:06:45.500 --> 00:06:50.060 averaged 28 .2 points per game, 378 .9 yards 00:06:50.060 --> 00:06:53.920 per game, 5 .9 yards per play, and 44 touchdowns. 00:06:53.920 --> 00:06:57.000 They were 11th in passing offense, and they averaged 00:06:57.000 --> 00:07:01.800 253 .3 passing yards per game, 7 .1 passing yards 00:07:01.800 --> 00:07:04.860 per play, and 24 passing touchdowns. They were 00:07:04.860 --> 00:07:08.560 11th in rushing offense, and they averaged 124 00:07:08.560 --> 00:07:11.600 .8 rushing yards per game, 4 .3 rushing yards 00:07:11.600 --> 00:07:14.230 per play, and 20 rushing touchdowns. So they 00:07:14.230 --> 00:07:16.829 had a really good offense back then. Now, do 00:07:16.829 --> 00:07:19.790 I think they can do the same thing again? Possibly. 00:07:20.430 --> 00:07:22.689 Because Michael Pittman is a more established 00:07:22.689 --> 00:07:25.250 receiver now. Jonathan Taylor looks like the 00:07:25.250 --> 00:07:27.910 offensive player of the year. Tyler Warren is 00:07:27.910 --> 00:07:30.709 a beast. The offensive line is protecting really 00:07:30.709 --> 00:07:34.009 well. I think they can do something. Now, am 00:07:34.009 --> 00:07:35.569 I saying that they're going to go to the Super 00:07:35.569 --> 00:07:37.509 Bowl or the AFC Championship because of Phillip 00:07:37.509 --> 00:07:41.430 Rivers? No. So any person that has high expectations 00:07:41.430 --> 00:07:44.339 for Phillip Rivers, knock it off. Because you 00:07:44.339 --> 00:07:46.600 don't know what condition Phillip Rivers is in. 00:07:46.680 --> 00:07:49.500 Granted, he still has the arm, but the stamina 00:07:49.500 --> 00:07:53.259 and the ability to take hits. He hasn't taken 00:07:53.259 --> 00:07:55.899 a hit in over five years. And if we want to take 00:07:55.899 --> 00:07:59.540 things another level, his first opponent is the 00:07:59.540 --> 00:08:02.779 Seahawks. Of all the times you could have came 00:08:02.779 --> 00:08:05.579 back, now is the time that you want to come back. 00:08:05.819 --> 00:08:08.139 And then after the Seahawks, you have to face 00:08:08.139 --> 00:08:11.600 the 49ers, the Jaguars, and then end the regular 00:08:11.600 --> 00:08:14.670 season with the Texans. That's right, the Texans 00:08:14.670 --> 00:08:17.230 defense that's been crushing quarterbacks left 00:08:17.230 --> 00:08:20.389 and right. That offensive line better be perfect. 00:08:20.649 --> 00:08:23.709 From the first snap to the last snap. But let's 00:08:23.709 --> 00:08:26.209 talk about Joe Burrow because he said some things 00:08:26.209 --> 00:08:29.050 that got people questioning if he wants to stay 00:08:29.050 --> 00:08:32.190 with the Bengals or not. So this all started 00:08:32.190 --> 00:08:35.289 when a reporter asked him, does coming back from 00:08:35.289 --> 00:08:37.649 a serious injury change your competitive fire 00:08:37.649 --> 00:08:41.029 at all? And how does the toe injury maybe change 00:08:41.029 --> 00:08:43.149 the way you view the game? And so this is what 00:08:43.149 --> 00:08:46.029 Joe Burrow had to say in that quote. It certainly 00:08:46.029 --> 00:08:49.070 does not change my desire to win. If I want to 00:08:49.070 --> 00:08:51.570 keep doing this, I have to have fun doing it. 00:08:51.809 --> 00:08:54.690 I've been through a lot. And if it's not fun, 00:08:54.809 --> 00:08:57.429 then what am I doing it for? That's the mindset 00:08:57.429 --> 00:09:00.090 I'm trying to bring to the table. I think I've 00:09:00.090 --> 00:09:02.570 been through more than most. And it's certainly 00:09:02.570 --> 00:09:05.669 not easy on the brain or the body. So I'm just 00:09:05.669 --> 00:09:08.110 trying to have fun doing it again. End quote. 00:09:08.399 --> 00:09:11.340 But he goes on to say this, and I quote, it's 00:09:11.340 --> 00:09:13.779 something you have to think about. That's life 00:09:13.779 --> 00:09:16.299 as a professional athlete. It's no different 00:09:16.299 --> 00:09:19.700 in basketball, MMA, or baseball. It's what we 00:09:19.700 --> 00:09:22.580 chose. We make a lot of sacrifices and your body 00:09:22.580 --> 00:09:25.000 is often one of them, end quote. Now somebody 00:09:25.000 --> 00:09:27.960 asked him, are those frustrations football related 00:09:27.960 --> 00:09:30.620 or personal? And he simply said, and I quote, 00:09:30.820 --> 00:09:33.860 all the above, end quote. Now here's the thing, 00:09:33.960 --> 00:09:36.179 because we have to pick this apart like a surgeon. 00:09:36.399 --> 00:09:39.230 So I have my scalpel. I have my other utensils 00:09:39.230 --> 00:09:41.470 ready because we got to pick this apart, okay? 00:09:41.669 --> 00:09:44.690 For those who have been listening to this podcast 00:09:44.690 --> 00:09:48.169 since last year, what has been the number one 00:09:48.169 --> 00:09:52.049 thing that I've emphasized episode after episode? 00:09:52.649 --> 00:09:56.129 Your offensive line. The offensive line is not 00:09:56.129 --> 00:09:59.009 the sexiest position, but it is the most reliable 00:09:59.009 --> 00:10:02.450 position on the team. Because without the offensive 00:10:02.450 --> 00:10:05.330 line, your quarterback is going to get crushed 00:10:05.330 --> 00:10:08.620 every single time. And we have seen organizations 00:10:08.620 --> 00:10:12.879 neglect the offensive line year after year after 00:10:12.879 --> 00:10:15.799 year. And you know what happens? That quarterback 00:10:15.799 --> 00:10:18.399 doesn't want to take any more hits. And he either 00:10:18.399 --> 00:10:21.159 forces a departure or just flat out retires. 00:10:21.399 --> 00:10:24.779 We saw with Andrew Luck. Andrew Luck did not 00:10:24.779 --> 00:10:27.559 have a competent offensive line for a majority 00:10:27.559 --> 00:10:30.460 of his career. And by the time that they started 00:10:30.460 --> 00:10:32.960 to invest into the offensive line, it was too 00:10:32.960 --> 00:10:36.620 late. He was shot. So you have to make those 00:10:36.620 --> 00:10:38.620 investments. Now, I'm not saying that you need 00:10:38.620 --> 00:10:41.080 to have an offensive line full of first rounders, 00:10:41.139 --> 00:10:43.980 but you need to make key investments into your 00:10:43.980 --> 00:10:46.620 offensive line. Because what did I say a couple 00:10:46.620 --> 00:10:49.519 episodes ago? Pass rushers are coming out of 00:10:49.519 --> 00:10:53.299 college like hotcakes. They are bigger, they 00:10:53.299 --> 00:10:56.000 are stronger, and they're faster. And the only 00:10:56.000 --> 00:10:58.580 way that you can negate their effectiveness is 00:10:58.580 --> 00:11:02.139 by having a crazy offensive line. When you don't 00:11:02.139 --> 00:11:04.799 have it, you're not going to go anywhere. Granted, 00:11:04.840 --> 00:11:07.779 I understand that the Bengals made a crazy playoff 00:11:07.779 --> 00:11:10.259 run with the worst offensive line in the league, 00:11:10.360 --> 00:11:13.500 but it took a toll on Joe Burrow. I was able 00:11:13.500 --> 00:11:17.620 to find some stats just to see how similar Andrew 00:11:17.620 --> 00:11:21.759 Luck and Joe Burrow are. Joe Burrow has taken 00:11:21.759 --> 00:11:26.159 on more sacks than Andrew Luck. You don't believe 00:11:26.159 --> 00:11:30.240 me? I'll read the stats. In 2020, Joe Burrow's 00:11:30.240 --> 00:11:34.669 first year, 32 sacks. That next year, 51 sacks. 00:11:34.830 --> 00:11:37.789 The year after that, 41 sacks. The year after 00:11:37.789 --> 00:11:41.450 that, 24 sacks. The year after that, 48 sacks. 00:11:41.570 --> 00:11:46.509 This year, 7 sacks. That totals up to 203 sacks 00:11:46.509 --> 00:11:51.669 by Joe Burrow. Andrew Lux, 41 sacks in his first 00:11:51.669 --> 00:11:56.149 year. 32 sacks in his second year. 27 sacks in 00:11:56.149 --> 00:11:58.970 his third year. 15 sacks in his fourth year. 00:11:59.649 --> 00:12:03.970 41 sacks in his fifth year. Now, he didn't play 00:12:03.970 --> 00:12:07.070 in 2017 because of his shoulder. But his last 00:12:07.070 --> 00:12:14.769 year, 18 sacks. 174 sacks. I don't care how big 00:12:14.769 --> 00:12:17.730 you are. I don't care how strong you are. I don't 00:12:17.730 --> 00:12:19.990 care what your workout regimen is. I don't care 00:12:19.990 --> 00:12:23.750 what your recovery regimen is. You cannot handle 00:12:23.750 --> 00:12:28.990 174 sacks. At some point, you're not going to 00:12:28.990 --> 00:12:31.889 want to be hit anymore. And if you're Joe Burrow, 00:12:32.490 --> 00:12:35.409 You should have told the team, listen, I'll take 00:12:35.409 --> 00:12:39.330 less money just so you can build me a great offensive 00:12:39.330 --> 00:12:42.450 line. Now, granted, they drafted Amarius Mims 00:12:42.450 --> 00:12:44.789 in the first round and they paid some money to 00:12:44.789 --> 00:12:47.389 Orlando Brown. But what have you done with the 00:12:47.389 --> 00:12:50.169 interior offensive line? But let's go a little 00:12:50.169 --> 00:12:54.070 bit deeper. According to SpotRack, Joe Burrow 00:12:54.070 --> 00:13:02.820 alone accounts for 16 .4 % of the cap. 16 .4%. 00:13:02.820 --> 00:13:10.960 Tee Higgins, 8 .6%. Jamar Chase, 8 .4%. You gave 00:13:10.960 --> 00:13:13.940 three big contracts to your three best players, 00:13:14.080 --> 00:13:16.600 but you didn't think about maybe doing something 00:13:16.600 --> 00:13:19.860 with the interior offensive line. Now the Bengals 00:13:19.860 --> 00:13:21.840 are probably starting to have regret on choosing 00:13:21.840 --> 00:13:25.120 Jamar Chase instead of Penesuel. Now I'll be 00:13:25.120 --> 00:13:27.950 honest. Panay Sewell probably wouldn't have been 00:13:27.950 --> 00:13:30.429 the sexy pick. But you know what? It would have 00:13:30.429 --> 00:13:32.690 been a pick that would have kept Joe Burrow up. 00:13:33.429 --> 00:13:37.450 Because Joe Burrow has been hurt a lot. And outside 00:13:37.450 --> 00:13:40.549 of that Super Bowl year, what have they done 00:13:40.549 --> 00:13:44.309 since then? At some point, somebody's going to 00:13:44.309 --> 00:13:47.909 have to say it. We have to protect Joe. Because 00:13:47.909 --> 00:13:50.610 if you don't protect Joe, Joe is going to go. 00:13:51.370 --> 00:13:54.750 Because that's what it sounds like to me. Now, 00:13:54.769 --> 00:13:57.169 if you're Joe Burrow, the number one team you 00:13:57.169 --> 00:13:59.830 probably want to go to is the Vikings. Because 00:13:59.830 --> 00:14:02.129 you know why? The Vikings have a good offensive 00:14:02.129 --> 00:14:05.210 line. They have a good run game. They're in a 00:14:05.210 --> 00:14:08.669 dome. So at best, you're only going to have to 00:14:08.669 --> 00:14:11.769 play outdoors only twice. And out of those two 00:14:11.769 --> 00:14:14.190 times, one of them is probably going to be the 00:14:14.190 --> 00:14:16.470 early part of the season. And the other one is 00:14:16.470 --> 00:14:18.149 going to be at the latter part of the season. 00:14:18.870 --> 00:14:21.779 You can work with that. But what you can't work 00:14:21.779 --> 00:14:24.500 with is being in a division where two of the 00:14:24.500 --> 00:14:27.259 best pass rushers in the league are facing you 00:14:27.259 --> 00:14:30.179 and putting you on the ground year after year. 00:14:30.500 --> 00:14:33.940 But I'm going to get off my soapbox. Not going 00:14:33.940 --> 00:14:38.340 to say anything yet. But just know, if Joe Burrow 00:14:38.340 --> 00:14:41.059 continues on with this rhetoric, there might 00:14:41.059 --> 00:14:44.309 be a change of the guard. But let's talk about 00:14:44.309 --> 00:14:47.070 these games. So Dak Prescott, 47 attempts for 00:14:47.070 --> 00:14:50.710 31 completions, 376 passing yards, one touchdown, 00:14:50.970 --> 00:14:53.370 two picks, eight yards per attempt, and a 66 00:14:53.370 --> 00:14:56.769 completion percentage. Javante Williams, 17 attempts 00:14:56.769 --> 00:14:59.870 for 67 rushing yards, 3 .9 rushing yards per 00:14:59.870 --> 00:15:02.429 carry, one touchdown, and two rushes of 10 plus 00:15:02.429 --> 00:15:05.210 yards or more. CeeDee Lamb, eight targets for 00:15:05.210 --> 00:15:08.889 six receptions, 121 receiving yards, and 20 .2 00:15:08.889 --> 00:15:11.899 receiving yards per reception. Jared Goff, 34 00:15:11.899 --> 00:15:15.360 attempts for 25 completions, 309 pass yards, 00:15:15.679 --> 00:15:18.600 1 touchdown, 9 .1 yards per attempt, and a 73 00:15:18.600 --> 00:15:21.919 .5 completion percentage. David Montgomery, 6 00:15:21.919 --> 00:15:24.379 attempts for 60 rushing yards, 10 rushing yards 00:15:24.379 --> 00:15:27.059 per carry, 1 touchdown, and 1 rush of 10 plus 00:15:27.059 --> 00:15:30.120 yards or more. Jamison Williams, 9 targets for 00:15:30.120 --> 00:15:33.860 7 receptions, 96 receiving yards, and 13 .7 receiving 00:15:33.860 --> 00:15:36.580 yards per reception. So here's a few junkie nuggets. 00:15:37.159 --> 00:15:39.659 When under pressure, Dak Prescott completed 9 00:15:39.659 --> 00:15:43.519 of 13 attempts for 166 passing yards in one touchdown, 00:15:43.759 --> 00:15:46.320 his fourth most passing yards under pressure 00:15:46.320 --> 00:15:49.379 in the game since 2018. Jared Goff completed 00:15:49.379 --> 00:15:53.740 17 of 21 quick pass attempts for 167 passing 00:15:53.740 --> 00:15:56.419 yards in one touchdown. Jared Goff's quick pass 00:15:56.419 --> 00:15:59.000 rate is the highest mark in a game since joining 00:15:59.000 --> 00:16:03.659 the Lions at 61 .8%. On 12 carries against the 00:16:03.659 --> 00:16:07.059 Cowboys, Jameer Gibbs recorded 43 rushing yards 00:16:07.059 --> 00:16:09.940 and three touchdowns. All three touchdowns came 00:16:09.940 --> 00:16:12.820 out of jumbo formations. When covering CeeDee 00:16:12.820 --> 00:16:17.379 Lamb, DJ Reed allowed 105 yards, the most yards 00:16:17.379 --> 00:16:20.120 Reed has allowed to a single receiver in a game 00:16:20.120 --> 00:16:22.639 in his career. From the start of the game to 00:16:22.639 --> 00:16:24.860 the end of the game, the Lions were in control. 00:16:25.399 --> 00:16:28.480 There was never a point in time where the Cowboys 00:16:28.480 --> 00:16:32.059 posed a threat to the Lions. Now, the Cowboys 00:16:32.059 --> 00:16:34.220 could have tried to win if they would have been 00:16:34.220 --> 00:16:36.679 efficient in the red zone and stopped making 00:16:36.679 --> 00:16:40.379 costly mistakes. But instead, you were bad in 00:16:40.379 --> 00:16:43.200 the run game, you were bad in the red zone, you 00:16:43.200 --> 00:16:45.980 were bad when it comes to penalties, so of course 00:16:45.980 --> 00:16:48.360 you're going to lose. You couldn't stop Jameer 00:16:48.360 --> 00:16:51.059 Gibbs, you couldn't stop David Montgomery, nor 00:16:51.059 --> 00:16:54.600 Jamison Williams, nor Amon Ross St. Brown. And 00:16:54.600 --> 00:16:57.509 that's just the offense. On the defense, however, 00:16:57.769 --> 00:17:00.909 the Lions imposed their will on Dak Prescott. 00:17:00.970 --> 00:17:04.009 There was never a point in time where Dak felt 00:17:04.009 --> 00:17:07.369 comfortable in this game. Dak was sacked five 00:17:07.369 --> 00:17:10.269 times and had a quarterback pressure rate of 00:17:10.269 --> 00:17:14.950 37%, while Jared Goff only took on one sack and 00:17:14.950 --> 00:17:19.009 had a quarterback pressure rate of 25 .7%. And 00:17:19.009 --> 00:17:21.809 every time the Cowboys made a mistake, the Lions 00:17:21.809 --> 00:17:24.509 made them pay for it. So when you have those 00:17:24.509 --> 00:17:27.569 factors in place on top of the Lions starting 00:17:27.569 --> 00:17:30.190 to use that sixth offensive lineman formation 00:17:30.190 --> 00:17:34.250 by adding in Dan Skipper, of course the Cowboys 00:17:34.250 --> 00:17:36.170 weren't going to win. And for the people that 00:17:36.170 --> 00:17:38.009 were talking about George Pickens and talking 00:17:38.009 --> 00:17:40.049 about how his body language showed that he didn't 00:17:40.049 --> 00:17:42.670 want to be there anymore and whatnot, stop it. 00:17:42.869 --> 00:17:45.589 Because you would do the exact same thing if 00:17:45.589 --> 00:17:48.430 your team was getting crushed every single time 00:17:48.430 --> 00:17:50.490 you were on the field. You would show a little 00:17:50.490 --> 00:17:53.690 bit of emotion. I have never seen a whole bunch 00:17:53.690 --> 00:17:56.250 of people, especially people in Pittsburgh, that 00:17:56.250 --> 00:17:58.789 just have a personal ax to grind against George 00:17:58.789 --> 00:18:01.609 Pickens. He's out of Pittsburgh. Leave him alone. 00:18:02.130 --> 00:18:04.910 But all I continue to see is a bunch of grown 00:18:04.910 --> 00:18:09.309 men continue to try to justify their views about 00:18:09.309 --> 00:18:11.690 George Pickens. Not everybody is going to be 00:18:11.690 --> 00:18:14.809 an angel. Not everybody is going to be a team 00:18:14.809 --> 00:18:17.849 player. Some people are just going to show emotions 00:18:17.849 --> 00:18:21.809 more than others. That's football. That's what 00:18:21.809 --> 00:18:24.609 makes football so special. Because not everybody 00:18:24.609 --> 00:18:27.410 is going to be like a Larry Fitzgerald and just 00:18:27.410 --> 00:18:29.930 keep things bottled up. There are some people 00:18:29.930 --> 00:18:31.650 that are going to throw their helmet. There's 00:18:31.650 --> 00:18:33.269 going to be some people that may cuss somebody 00:18:33.269 --> 00:18:36.029 on the sideline. There may be somebody that may 00:18:36.029 --> 00:18:37.910 try to get into it with their quarterback. We 00:18:37.910 --> 00:18:42.410 see it all the time. But to justify your personal 00:18:42.410 --> 00:18:46.109 opinions and to justify your axe grinding against 00:18:46.109 --> 00:18:49.809 a player is just downright childish and unnecessary. 00:18:50.799 --> 00:18:53.079 But let's talk about the Steelers and Ravens. 00:18:53.079 --> 00:18:56.440 So Aaron Rodgers, 34 attempts for 23 completions, 00:18:56.480 --> 00:19:00.519 284 passing yards, 1 touchdown, 8 .4 yards per 00:19:00.519 --> 00:19:03.740 attempt, and a 67 .6 completion percentage. Kenneth 00:19:03.740 --> 00:19:06.920 Gainwell, 4 attempts for 15 rushing yards, 3 00:19:06.920 --> 00:19:09.319 .8 rushing yards per carry, and 1 touchdown. 00:19:09.640 --> 00:19:13.940 DK Metcalf, 12 targets for 7 receptions, 21 .1 00:19:13.940 --> 00:19:16.359 receiving yards per reception. Lamar Jackson, 00:19:16.859 --> 00:19:19.759 35 attempts for 19 completions, one touchdown, 00:19:19.980 --> 00:19:23.359 one pick, 6 .3 yards per attempt, and a 54 .3 00:19:23.359 --> 00:19:26.339 completion percentage. Derrick Henry, 25 attempts 00:19:26.339 --> 00:19:29.240 for 94 rushing yards, 3 .8 rushing yards per 00:19:29.240 --> 00:19:31.779 carry, and one rush of 10 plus yards or more. 00:19:32.119 --> 00:19:34.940 Zay Flowers, 11 targets for eight receptions, 00:19:35.000 --> 00:19:38.680 124 receiving yards, and 15 .5 receiving yards 00:19:38.680 --> 00:19:41.019 per reception. So here's a few junkie nuggets. 00:19:41.299 --> 00:19:44.039 When Zay Flowers was in motion, Flowers caught 00:19:44.039 --> 00:19:47.400 two of his four targets for 38 yards. When not 00:19:47.400 --> 00:19:50.359 in motion, Zay Flowers caught six of seven targets 00:19:50.359 --> 00:19:53.700 for 86 yards. Chidobe Awuzie has allowed the 00:19:53.700 --> 00:19:56.619 lowest completion percentage at 50%, which is 00:19:56.619 --> 00:19:59.460 the lowest among Ravens defensive backs, and 00:19:59.460 --> 00:20:02.180 tied for the ninth lowest among quarterbacks 00:20:02.180 --> 00:20:05.259 league -wide. Aaron Rodgers completed all three 00:20:05.259 --> 00:20:07.920 deep passes, which is 20 -plus air yards, for 00:20:07.920 --> 00:20:11.400 121 yards against the Ravens. All deep targets 00:20:11.400 --> 00:20:14.420 went to DK Metcalf. So a couple things with this 00:20:14.420 --> 00:20:17.160 game, because I know we have to talk about the 00:20:17.160 --> 00:20:19.440 one play that everybody is talking about, because 00:20:19.440 --> 00:20:23.630 I myself do not know what a catch is. Now before 00:20:23.630 --> 00:20:26.309 we talk about this game, I must first let you 00:20:26.309 --> 00:20:30.410 guys know that I am wearing a tinfoil suit from 00:20:30.410 --> 00:20:33.549 head to toe, alright? My shoes are covered in 00:20:33.549 --> 00:20:37.349 tinfoil. My jacket is in tinfoil. I have a tinfoil 00:20:37.349 --> 00:20:39.890 hat on right now because we have to talk about 00:20:39.890 --> 00:20:43.809 the conspiracy theory that is a catch. Because 00:20:43.809 --> 00:20:46.690 clearly, we don't know what a catch is. Now prior 00:20:46.690 --> 00:20:49.769 to this game, Adam Schefter put out an article 00:20:49.769 --> 00:20:52.500 stating... that the Steelers and Mike Tomlin 00:20:52.500 --> 00:20:54.539 have a significant decision that they have to 00:20:54.539 --> 00:20:57.799 make prior to next season. According to Schefter, 00:20:57.900 --> 00:20:59.980 Tomlin's contract will have two years remaining, 00:21:00.299 --> 00:21:04.539 26 in the team option in 27. But according to 00:21:04.539 --> 00:21:07.380 league sources, the Steelers must decide whether 00:21:07.380 --> 00:21:10.220 to pick up the option on Tomlin's contract by 00:21:10.220 --> 00:21:13.180 March 1st. There will be organizational meetings 00:21:13.180 --> 00:21:16.119 and decisions that occur, but not until after 00:21:16.119 --> 00:21:19.519 the season with a full body of work for all appropriate 00:21:19.519 --> 00:21:22.420 parties to review, according to sources. Now, 00:21:22.440 --> 00:21:24.799 I understand after the Bills lost, there was 00:21:24.799 --> 00:21:27.559 a lot of hype about Mike Tomlin and everybody 00:21:27.559 --> 00:21:29.980 was giving their two cents on if Tomlin should 00:21:29.980 --> 00:21:34.900 stay or go or get traded or retire or whatever 00:21:34.900 --> 00:21:37.579 people were thinking, right? But when Schefter 00:21:37.579 --> 00:21:39.940 put out this story prior to the Steelers and 00:21:39.940 --> 00:21:43.119 Ravens matchup, it had me wondering, why would 00:21:43.119 --> 00:21:45.880 you put out this story prior to the game? And 00:21:45.880 --> 00:21:49.259 who decided to put out this story? Was it somebody 00:21:49.259 --> 00:21:52.119 from the Steelers? Was it somebody from Thomas 00:21:52.119 --> 00:21:54.920 Camp? Because Schefter isn't going to put out 00:21:54.920 --> 00:21:57.680 a story like this if there is something brewing 00:21:57.680 --> 00:22:00.680 behind closed doors. Now, for all intents and 00:22:00.680 --> 00:22:04.039 purposes, This could possibly mean Tomlin wants 00:22:04.039 --> 00:22:06.559 to go or the Steelers want to get another head 00:22:06.559 --> 00:22:09.319 coach. We don't know. There's still a few games 00:22:09.319 --> 00:22:12.099 left, so we can't come to that conclusion. But 00:22:12.099 --> 00:22:14.079 with that being said, let's actually talk about 00:22:14.079 --> 00:22:16.039 the game because there's a lot to unpack from 00:22:16.039 --> 00:22:19.400 this. For starters, there was little to no energy 00:22:19.400 --> 00:22:22.180 in this game. Usually, whenever there's a Steelers 00:22:22.180 --> 00:22:24.819 and Ravens game, there's a lot of energy, there's 00:22:24.819 --> 00:22:28.140 a lot of hype, trash talking, all of that and 00:22:28.140 --> 00:22:31.140 more between both fan bases. Clearly it wasn't, 00:22:31.140 --> 00:22:34.559 because both fan bases are in similar situations, 00:22:34.779 --> 00:22:37.400 and that is they are tired of their respective 00:22:37.400 --> 00:22:40.240 head coaches. But we're going to save that once 00:22:40.240 --> 00:22:42.920 we've talked about everything else. The first 00:22:42.920 --> 00:22:45.119 thing that needs to be brought up is Daniel Felele. 00:22:45.859 --> 00:22:49.420 I am so tired of seeing him on the field, and 00:22:49.420 --> 00:22:51.940 I don't understand why John Harbaugh continues 00:22:51.940 --> 00:22:55.359 to give him chance after chance after chance. 00:22:55.839 --> 00:22:58.299 At some point, you're going to need to make a 00:22:58.299 --> 00:23:02.359 switch. Put Emory Jones in. Put somebody in other 00:23:02.359 --> 00:23:05.400 than Daniel Folele because he is more of a liability 00:23:05.400 --> 00:23:09.380 than an asset. Anytime Brandon Echols can beat 00:23:09.380 --> 00:23:12.960 you to get a sack, that's a problem. You're almost 00:23:12.960 --> 00:23:18.039 400 -something pounds, 6 '5", maybe 6 '6", and 00:23:18.039 --> 00:23:20.539 you mean to tell me you can't even defend a slot 00:23:20.539 --> 00:23:23.839 corner? A slot corner that's not even that big. 00:23:23.900 --> 00:23:27.259 Are you serious? I could probably defend Brandon 00:23:27.259 --> 00:23:30.039 Echols a little bit better than what Daniel Felele 00:23:30.039 --> 00:23:33.000 is doing. At some point, if you're a head coach, 00:23:33.180 --> 00:23:35.859 you have to be honest with who you have on the 00:23:35.859 --> 00:23:39.140 field. And if you feel like somebody is more 00:23:39.140 --> 00:23:41.980 of a liability than an asset, get them off the 00:23:41.980 --> 00:23:44.539 field. I don't care how long they've been playing. 00:23:44.680 --> 00:23:47.220 I don't care what pedigree they have. I don't 00:23:47.220 --> 00:23:49.480 care what school they came from. I don't care 00:23:49.480 --> 00:23:51.119 about their backstory. I don't care about any 00:23:51.119 --> 00:23:53.960 of that. If you are not playing well, you gotta 00:23:53.960 --> 00:23:57.839 go. And the fact that you didn't do anything 00:23:57.839 --> 00:24:00.420 at the trade deadline to address this position, 00:24:00.539 --> 00:24:02.900 but now all of a sudden you decide that you want 00:24:02.900 --> 00:24:06.579 to address guard. It took you a majority of the 00:24:06.579 --> 00:24:09.759 season to finally wake up and see the problem 00:24:09.759 --> 00:24:12.019 right in front of you that you've been seeing 00:24:12.019 --> 00:24:14.940 for over 12 weeks now, and now you want to make 00:24:14.940 --> 00:24:20.579 a move. It's too late. It's too late. The damage 00:24:20.579 --> 00:24:24.710 is already done. Even if you put Lakin Thomason 00:24:24.710 --> 00:24:27.990 in, and even if he plays better than Daniel Folele, 00:24:28.069 --> 00:24:31.809 it's too late. Your playoff chances are slim 00:24:31.809 --> 00:24:35.930 to none. If you lose against the Bengals, you're 00:24:35.930 --> 00:24:39.170 done. But I'm going to save that for when we 00:24:39.170 --> 00:24:41.369 talk about the coaches. Now, defensively for 00:24:41.369 --> 00:24:43.809 the Ravens, they were inconsistent. There were 00:24:43.809 --> 00:24:47.680 high points as well as low points. And I think 00:24:47.680 --> 00:24:50.119 this is the theme that we've been seeing with 00:24:50.119 --> 00:24:53.259 the Ravens as a whole this entire season. There'll 00:24:53.259 --> 00:24:55.259 be stretches where they're playing really good 00:24:55.259 --> 00:24:57.880 ball and they look like the Baltimore Ravens. 00:24:57.880 --> 00:25:00.039 And then there's other stretches where it's like, 00:25:00.200 --> 00:25:03.940 is this the Ravens? Or is this the high school 00:25:03.940 --> 00:25:07.359 team of the Ravens? There were even points where 00:25:07.359 --> 00:25:10.319 the pass rush specifically was ineffective. So 00:25:10.319 --> 00:25:13.579 I say all that to say this. If you're the Ravens 00:25:13.579 --> 00:25:17.740 moving forward, You need to emphasize rebuilding 00:25:17.740 --> 00:25:20.759 this defensive line because what you have right 00:25:20.759 --> 00:25:24.319 now is not sufficient. Relying on Kyle Van Noy 00:25:24.319 --> 00:25:26.680 to do what he did two years ago is not going 00:25:26.680 --> 00:25:29.059 to help. Mike Green is a rookie, so he's still 00:25:29.059 --> 00:25:31.680 trying to figure everything out. And you don't 00:25:31.680 --> 00:25:34.059 have anybody with the interior defensive line 00:25:34.059 --> 00:25:36.940 that's doing anything as well. Travis Jones can 00:25:36.940 --> 00:25:39.839 only do so much. Now, offensively for the Steelers, 00:25:39.859 --> 00:25:43.069 they were explosive. Aaron Rodgers and DK Metcalf 00:25:43.069 --> 00:25:46.430 was cooking the entire game and the Ravens didn't 00:25:46.430 --> 00:25:48.589 have an answer for it. Which I think is really 00:25:48.589 --> 00:25:51.369 promising and I feel like that's a change of 00:25:51.369 --> 00:25:53.789 pace compared to what we've seen the last few 00:25:53.789 --> 00:25:56.690 weeks with the Steelers. Now can that be contributed 00:25:56.690 --> 00:25:59.349 to having Adam Thielen and MVS on the field? 00:25:59.490 --> 00:26:02.130 Or Andres P at left tackle since he's better 00:26:02.130 --> 00:26:05.990 in pass protection? We don't know. But as a collective... 00:26:06.329 --> 00:26:09.329 The Steelers' offense was a lot better in this 00:26:09.329 --> 00:26:12.130 game than what it has been in the last few games. 00:26:12.390 --> 00:26:14.710 But something that we need to talk about with 00:26:14.710 --> 00:26:18.009 this game is the referees. I understand it was 00:26:18.009 --> 00:26:21.150 that gentleman's first season, and I understand 00:26:21.150 --> 00:26:24.609 that he needs the experience, but why would you 00:26:24.609 --> 00:26:27.369 put him on this game when this is the most intense 00:26:27.369 --> 00:26:31.230 rivalry in all of football and, you know, most 00:26:31.230 --> 00:26:34.309 games in in a controversial way, which is exactly 00:26:34.309 --> 00:26:36.339 what happened with this game. Why would you put 00:26:36.339 --> 00:26:38.980 him in that situation? Why didn't you at least 00:26:38.980 --> 00:26:41.500 put somebody that's a little bit more seasoned 00:26:41.500 --> 00:26:44.759 specifically with these games instead of somebody 00:26:44.759 --> 00:26:48.019 who clearly does not understand the magnitude 00:26:48.019 --> 00:26:52.240 of this rivalry? There were a lot of plays and 00:26:52.240 --> 00:26:55.099 a lot of flags that just didn't need to be called. 00:26:55.299 --> 00:26:57.940 The Travis Jones one didn't need to be called. 00:26:59.019 --> 00:27:02.720 And the fact that you as the league decided to 00:27:02.720 --> 00:27:05.059 call John Harbaugh after the game to say, you 00:27:05.059 --> 00:27:09.980 know what, our bad. Our bad? Our bad. It's too 00:27:09.980 --> 00:27:12.660 late for that. The game is already over. The 00:27:12.660 --> 00:27:15.799 record has already changed. It's the dumbest 00:27:15.799 --> 00:27:18.579 thing in the world for you to say, oh yeah, what 00:27:18.579 --> 00:27:20.700 we did in the game, yeah, we're sorry about that. 00:27:20.920 --> 00:27:23.640 That's not going to change the record. That's 00:27:23.640 --> 00:27:26.319 not going to change the outcome of the season. 00:27:26.779 --> 00:27:29.720 What are we doing? And another thing that we 00:27:29.720 --> 00:27:32.759 need to talk about is Patrick Queen holding on 00:27:32.759 --> 00:27:35.799 to Mark Andrews. If you look at the footage again, 00:27:36.000 --> 00:27:39.299 Patrick Queen was clearly holding on to Mark 00:27:39.299 --> 00:27:42.400 Andrews. And the fact that it was not called 00:27:42.400 --> 00:27:45.720 is baffling to me. So you mean to tell me that 00:27:45.720 --> 00:27:49.079 nobody decided to review that play at least a 00:27:49.079 --> 00:27:51.859 few different times in a few different angles? 00:27:52.569 --> 00:27:54.309 You're just going to say, oh, it's an incomplete 00:27:54.309 --> 00:27:56.809 pass. No, it wasn't. He was holding on to his 00:27:56.809 --> 00:27:59.990 shirt the entire time. Now, the question is this. 00:28:00.109 --> 00:28:03.289 Was that pass intended for Mark Andrews or Dehop? 00:28:03.430 --> 00:28:06.410 Because if you look at that play again, Dehop 00:28:06.410 --> 00:28:09.250 was wide open. But let's go a little bit deeper. 00:28:09.609 --> 00:28:14.690 The catch. The catches of all catches. The play 00:28:14.690 --> 00:28:17.269 that everybody has been talking about and questioning 00:28:17.269 --> 00:28:21.720 about for the past few days. Was Isaiah Likely's 00:28:21.720 --> 00:28:25.700 play a catch? And I would venture to say yes. 00:28:26.319 --> 00:28:30.180 He did everything that every other receiver has 00:28:30.180 --> 00:28:34.259 done. He had two feet in the end zone. He had 00:28:34.259 --> 00:28:37.359 possession of the ball. So why wasn't it ruled 00:28:37.359 --> 00:28:40.500 a catch? Or better yet, why didn't you guys just 00:28:40.500 --> 00:28:43.549 replay the down? I think if you would have done 00:28:43.549 --> 00:28:45.369 that, you probably would have gotten a better 00:28:45.369 --> 00:28:48.329 reception from the fans than to just say, oh, 00:28:48.430 --> 00:28:50.170 it's an incomplete pass. He didn't have control 00:28:50.170 --> 00:28:53.089 of the ball. Yes, he did. He had control of the 00:28:53.089 --> 00:28:55.569 ball. So what are we doing? Now, after the game, 00:28:55.650 --> 00:28:57.930 a reporter named Jeff Zerbeck, who covers the 00:28:57.930 --> 00:29:01.490 Ravens, decided to ask NFL vice president of 00:29:01.490 --> 00:29:04.910 instant replay Mark Butterworth and referee Alex 00:29:04.910 --> 00:29:09.160 Moore on that play. So he asked. What went into 00:29:09.160 --> 00:29:11.319 the decision to reverse the touchdown that was 00:29:11.319 --> 00:29:13.819 initially ruled on the field for Isaiah Likely 00:29:13.819 --> 00:29:16.460 in the fourth quarter? Mark Butterworth said 00:29:16.460 --> 00:29:19.140 this and I quote, The ruling on the field was 00:29:19.140 --> 00:29:22.079 a touchdown. We quickly looked at the play. The 00:29:22.079 --> 00:29:24.319 receiver controlled the ball in the air, had 00:29:24.319 --> 00:29:26.480 his right foot down, then his left foot down. 00:29:26.640 --> 00:29:29.519 The control is the first aspect of the catch. 00:29:29.819 --> 00:29:33.279 The second aspect is two feet or a body part 00:29:33.279 --> 00:29:36.789 inbounds, which he did have. Then the third step 00:29:36.789 --> 00:29:39.910 is an act common to the game. And before he could 00:29:39.910 --> 00:29:42.609 get the third foot down, the ball was ripped 00:29:42.609 --> 00:29:46.170 out. Therefore, it was an incomplete pass. So 00:29:46.170 --> 00:29:49.410 Jeff Zerbeck asked another question. So an act 00:29:49.410 --> 00:29:51.849 common to the game, what would that constitute 00:29:51.849 --> 00:29:54.569 in the end zone? It was two and a half steps 00:29:54.569 --> 00:29:57.890 before the third step went down. What would constitute 00:29:57.890 --> 00:30:01.549 an act common to the game? And Butterworth answered, 00:30:01.650 --> 00:30:04.849 and I quote, for this play, it would be him completing 00:30:04.849 --> 00:30:08.410 the third step. So Zerbeck asks us another question. 00:30:08.529 --> 00:30:11.789 So he needed a third step in the end zone in 00:30:11.789 --> 00:30:14.670 this situation, and Butterworth simply answered 00:30:14.670 --> 00:30:18.190 by saying, and I quote, yes, sir. It was a catch. 00:30:18.569 --> 00:30:22.250 It was a catch. By the time that Joey Porter 00:30:22.250 --> 00:30:25.450 Jr. was trying to get the ball out of Isaiah 00:30:25.450 --> 00:30:28.930 Likely's grasp, It should have already been ruled 00:30:28.930 --> 00:30:32.670 as a touchdown. So I don't understand why you 00:30:32.670 --> 00:30:35.930 guys ruled it as an incomplete pass. He did every 00:30:35.930 --> 00:30:38.430 single thing. I didn't realize that you had to 00:30:38.430 --> 00:30:41.009 have a third step because a whole bunch of receivers 00:30:41.009 --> 00:30:44.089 do that play every single Sunday, Monday, and 00:30:44.089 --> 00:30:47.309 Thursday the exact same way, and you guys rule 00:30:47.309 --> 00:30:50.140 it as a touchdown. So moving forward, whenever 00:30:50.140 --> 00:30:53.599 a receiver or tight end do the exact same thing 00:30:53.599 --> 00:30:56.859 that Isaiah Likely did, I want the same response, 00:30:57.099 --> 00:31:00.920 the same description, and the same energy. Now 00:31:00.920 --> 00:31:03.299 let's have a brief conversation on where both 00:31:03.299 --> 00:31:05.700 teams are at right now. So with the Steelers 00:31:05.700 --> 00:31:09.160 winning this game, all they have to do is beat 00:31:09.160 --> 00:31:12.880 the Dolphins and beat the Browns. If you do those 00:31:12.880 --> 00:31:16.609 two things, That last Ravens game essentially 00:31:16.609 --> 00:31:18.769 means nothing because you've already won the 00:31:18.769 --> 00:31:22.710 division. But if you lose against the Dolphins, 00:31:22.730 --> 00:31:26.769 that's going to make things harder for you. So 00:31:26.769 --> 00:31:29.250 if you're the Steelers, you have to find a way 00:31:29.250 --> 00:31:33.009 to win. Now, apparently TJ Watt isn't going to 00:31:33.009 --> 00:31:36.769 be playing on Monday, which I'm so glad that 00:31:36.769 --> 00:31:39.529 he's okay. Prayers to him and his family and 00:31:39.529 --> 00:31:41.930 everybody connected to him because having a punctured 00:31:41.930 --> 00:31:45.420 lung is not fun at all. But with that being said, 00:31:45.559 --> 00:31:48.799 if you're the Steelers, if you truly believe 00:31:48.799 --> 00:31:51.720 that you can make a playoff run, if you truly 00:31:51.720 --> 00:31:54.099 believe that you can win at least one playoff 00:31:54.099 --> 00:31:56.960 game, it's time for you to dig deep and lock 00:31:56.960 --> 00:32:00.000 in. You know the Dolphins ain't a slouch. You 00:32:00.000 --> 00:32:01.500 know the Lions are going to give you problems. 00:32:01.759 --> 00:32:04.579 You know you're going back to Cleveland. So you 00:32:04.579 --> 00:32:09.589 need to take care of business. And please, Continue 00:32:09.589 --> 00:32:13.430 to adjust. Continue to do new things on both 00:32:13.430 --> 00:32:17.150 sides of the ball. Now, do I believe that this 00:32:17.150 --> 00:32:19.069 is going to be Mike Tomlin's last year for the 00:32:19.069 --> 00:32:22.130 Steelers? No. I said it in the previous episode. 00:32:22.390 --> 00:32:24.490 I don't believe that the Steelers are going to 00:32:24.490 --> 00:32:28.119 get rid of Mike Tomlin. Mike Tomlin has to make 00:32:28.119 --> 00:32:30.680 that decision. The Steelers won't do it for him 00:32:30.680 --> 00:32:33.480 because the Steelers still believe in Mike Tomlin 00:32:33.480 --> 00:32:36.039 and the players still believe in Mike Tomlin. 00:32:36.140 --> 00:32:39.019 So if those two factors still believe in the 00:32:39.019 --> 00:32:42.279 head coach, nothing is going to happen. Now, 00:32:42.299 --> 00:32:45.480 can there be added pressure on Mike Tomlin? Yes. 00:32:46.259 --> 00:32:49.180 But to say that Mike Tomlin needs to go into 00:32:49.180 --> 00:32:52.920 college football or getting to broadcasting or 00:32:52.920 --> 00:32:57.690 do these. just unnecessary things? No. If he 00:32:57.690 --> 00:33:00.390 feels like it's time for him to go, let him go. 00:33:00.609 --> 00:33:04.950 But I will say this, if you let him go, who is 00:33:04.950 --> 00:33:08.170 going to be the replacement? I said this in the 00:33:08.170 --> 00:33:11.509 previous episode. If you let go of Mike Tomlin, 00:33:11.630 --> 00:33:14.849 who is going to be the replacement? Because this 00:33:14.849 --> 00:33:18.109 upcoming cycle for head coaches is not that good 00:33:18.109 --> 00:33:21.410 compared to last year where you have Ben Johnson, 00:33:21.839 --> 00:33:25.480 Liam Cohen, Mike Vrabel, Jim Harbaugh, Raheem 00:33:25.480 --> 00:33:28.799 Morris. I can continue to go down the list. So 00:33:28.799 --> 00:33:31.380 while everybody has a personal axe to grind against 00:33:31.380 --> 00:33:35.220 Mike Tomlin, just know, anybody that comes in, 00:33:35.319 --> 00:33:38.380 you are going to be holding them to the standard 00:33:38.380 --> 00:33:41.140 that Mike Tomlin set for over 20 plus years. 00:33:41.559 --> 00:33:43.680 Now with John Harbaugh, it's straightforward. 00:33:44.119 --> 00:33:47.920 He has to go. Because right now, he has not shown 00:33:47.920 --> 00:33:50.240 that he can take this team to the Super Bowl. 00:33:50.589 --> 00:33:54.490 Instead, he has shown that he is an average to 00:33:54.490 --> 00:33:57.809 below average head coach. Anytime you continue 00:33:57.809 --> 00:34:01.069 to lose against your division rival in the Steelers, 00:34:01.109 --> 00:34:04.289 even though you have a better roster than them, 00:34:04.430 --> 00:34:07.950 that's a problem. Anytime you don't address problems 00:34:07.950 --> 00:34:11.929 on your team, even though you have options on 00:34:11.929 --> 00:34:14.809 your team already, that's a problem. Anytime 00:34:14.809 --> 00:34:17.670 you are not willing to do something different, 00:34:17.849 --> 00:34:21.579 that's a problem. These are the things that John 00:34:21.579 --> 00:34:25.260 Harbaugh continues to do season after season. 00:34:25.599 --> 00:34:28.320 He doesn't want to change on offense. He doesn't 00:34:28.320 --> 00:34:30.559 want to change on defense. He doesn't want to 00:34:30.559 --> 00:34:32.780 give his younger players a chance. So at this 00:34:32.780 --> 00:34:35.440 point, you have to go. You've had opportunity 00:34:35.440 --> 00:34:38.099 after opportunity to make it to the Super Bowl, 00:34:38.179 --> 00:34:41.599 and you continue to fail. You had prime position 00:34:41.599 --> 00:34:44.699 to make it to the Super Bowl. All you had to 00:34:44.699 --> 00:34:47.360 do was beat the Chiefs, who were in your house. 00:34:48.010 --> 00:34:51.829 You literally told the reporter, I want to run 00:34:51.829 --> 00:34:53.969 the ball like you're an offensive coordinator. 00:34:54.250 --> 00:34:57.630 When you're a head coach, you can tell Todd Munkin, 00:34:57.690 --> 00:35:00.809 Todd, run the ball. But you didn't want to do 00:35:00.809 --> 00:35:03.530 that. You've had opportunity after opportunity 00:35:03.530 --> 00:35:06.630 against some weak opponents, and you continue 00:35:06.630 --> 00:35:10.369 to not capitalize off of it. So no, you gotta 00:35:10.369 --> 00:35:12.889 go. Now let's talk about the Titans and Browns. 00:35:12.889 --> 00:35:15.130 But before we do that. We got to pay some bills. 00:35:15.369 --> 00:35:17.489 Pardon the interruption, but this is your GM, 00:35:17.590 --> 00:35:20.190 your bag road dominance here to talk about RSS 00:35:20.190 --> 00:35:23.130 .com. All right. 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Four 00:37:16.340 --> 00:37:19.039 targets for two receptions, 28 receiving yards, 00:37:19.119 --> 00:37:21.699 and 14 receiving yards per reception. Shador 00:37:21.699 --> 00:37:25.960 Sanders. 42 attempts for 23 completions, 364 00:37:25.960 --> 00:37:28.400 passing yards, three touchdowns, one pick, 8 00:37:28.400 --> 00:37:31.260 .7 yards per attempt, and a 54 .8 completion 00:37:31.260 --> 00:37:33.559 percentage. Jador Sanders, three attempts for 00:37:33.559 --> 00:37:36.440 29 rushing yards, 9 .7 rushing yards per carry, 00:37:36.559 --> 00:37:38.920 one touchdown, and one rush of 10 plus yards 00:37:38.920 --> 00:37:41.840 or more. Harold Fanning Jr., 11 targets for eight 00:37:41.840 --> 00:37:45.000 receptions, 114 receiving yards, one touchdown, 00:37:45.139 --> 00:37:48.059 and 14 .3 receiving yards per reception. So here's 00:37:48.059 --> 00:37:50.659 a few junkie nuggets. Tony Pollard totaled 90 00:37:50.659 --> 00:37:53.670 of his 160. 61 rushing yards before contact, 00:37:53.989 --> 00:37:56.769 the most he's recorded in his career. Shador 00:37:56.769 --> 00:37:59.050 Sanders had the second longest time to throw 00:37:59.050 --> 00:38:02.230 by any quarterback this season at 3 .5 seconds. 00:38:02.590 --> 00:38:05.429 I think the main takeaway from this game is that 00:38:05.429 --> 00:38:07.849 both quarterbacks had a good game. Now, when 00:38:07.849 --> 00:38:09.889 you look at their individual stats, it'll probably 00:38:09.889 --> 00:38:12.670 say something different, but when you turn on 00:38:12.670 --> 00:38:15.570 the tape, you can clearly see that both of these 00:38:15.570 --> 00:38:18.219 two are showing a lot of potential. And I think 00:38:18.219 --> 00:38:20.659 if you're both organizations, that's something 00:38:20.659 --> 00:38:22.900 that you can hang your hat on. And if we're being 00:38:22.900 --> 00:38:26.079 honest here, both teams need the same thing. 00:38:26.519 --> 00:38:29.260 Weapons. Because if it wasn't for Tony Pollard 00:38:29.260 --> 00:38:31.719 being the workhorse in this game and that defense 00:38:31.719 --> 00:38:34.579 stepping up in critical moments, the Titans would 00:38:34.579 --> 00:38:36.960 have lost. And I would venture to say this is 00:38:36.960 --> 00:38:39.679 probably their best performance this entire season. 00:38:40.489 --> 00:38:42.710 Now, defensively for the Titans, they were creating 00:38:42.710 --> 00:38:45.289 a lot of pressure on Shador Sanders. Every single 00:38:45.289 --> 00:38:47.630 time he had the ball in his hands, either Jeffrey 00:38:47.630 --> 00:38:50.570 Simmons was in his face or somebody else. Which, 00:38:50.650 --> 00:38:52.949 I mean, that's promising. And I think that's 00:38:52.949 --> 00:38:54.989 something that you can hang your hat on going 00:38:54.989 --> 00:38:58.070 into next year. But if you're the Titans, what 00:38:58.070 --> 00:39:00.670 position are you going to prioritize in the draft? 00:39:01.170 --> 00:39:03.210 Is it going to be pass rusher or is it going 00:39:03.210 --> 00:39:06.070 to be receiver? Now, you need both. But I would 00:39:06.070 --> 00:39:08.429 venture to say wide receiver is a bigger need 00:39:08.429 --> 00:39:10.829 than pass rusher. And let me explain. Right now 00:39:10.829 --> 00:39:13.730 on this team, the only receiver that you can 00:39:13.730 --> 00:39:17.050 say has promise is a human order, which you just 00:39:17.050 --> 00:39:19.949 drafted in this year's draft. Outside of him, 00:39:20.050 --> 00:39:22.269 who else can you say is going to be here for 00:39:22.269 --> 00:39:24.869 the long term? You know Calvin Ridley is most 00:39:24.869 --> 00:39:27.670 likely going to be gone. You know Van Jefferson 00:39:27.670 --> 00:39:29.739 is most likely going to be gone. So if you're 00:39:29.739 --> 00:39:32.239 the Titans, you can get someone like a Jordan 00:39:32.239 --> 00:39:35.099 Tyson. You can get someone like a Denzel Boston. 00:39:35.340 --> 00:39:37.800 You can get yourself like a Carnell Tate because 00:39:37.800 --> 00:39:40.119 you're going to need to give Cam Ward some reliable 00:39:40.119 --> 00:39:43.179 weapons. Which, speaking of which, we are going 00:39:43.179 --> 00:39:45.460 to have to talk about the draft. I need to talk 00:39:45.460 --> 00:39:47.800 about the strengths and weaknesses in next year's 00:39:47.800 --> 00:39:50.420 draft class, some potential prospects that I 00:39:50.420 --> 00:39:52.719 have my eye on, all those different things. Stay 00:39:52.719 --> 00:39:54.280 tuned for that. You know it's going to come out 00:39:54.280 --> 00:39:56.039 soon, all right? I just have to do some more 00:39:56.039 --> 00:39:59.260 digging, okay? Now let's go to the Browns. Offensively, 00:39:59.260 --> 00:40:01.960 as a collective, they were okay. I think Quenshawn 00:40:01.960 --> 00:40:04.360 Junkins continues to show that he is the focal 00:40:04.360 --> 00:40:07.489 point of this offense. And I think that connection 00:40:07.489 --> 00:40:10.190 between Harold Fannin Jr. and Shador Sanders 00:40:10.190 --> 00:40:12.929 is very promising. And to see Shador Sanders 00:40:12.929 --> 00:40:15.590 play the way that he's played without a proper 00:40:15.590 --> 00:40:18.869 offensive line, without a lot of weapons, I think 00:40:18.869 --> 00:40:20.949 there's some promise with that. And I think if 00:40:20.949 --> 00:40:23.489 you're the Browns, you have to roll with Shador 00:40:23.489 --> 00:40:25.889 Sanders moving forward. Now, granted, I understand 00:40:25.889 --> 00:40:27.889 that you have some high picks in next year's 00:40:27.889 --> 00:40:29.789 draft, and I understand that you may want to 00:40:29.789 --> 00:40:32.210 try to get Fernando Mendoza, but just hear me 00:40:32.210 --> 00:40:34.940 out for a moment. If you're the Browns, It'll 00:40:34.940 --> 00:40:37.980 be better for you to rebuild the offensive line 00:40:37.980 --> 00:40:41.559 and to surround Shador Sanders with weapons than 00:40:41.559 --> 00:40:44.340 to just get another quarterback. I just think 00:40:44.340 --> 00:40:47.179 personally, Shador Sanders has been the best 00:40:47.179 --> 00:40:49.960 quarterback of this entire year. And I think 00:40:49.960 --> 00:40:52.800 if you're the Browns, you have to give him a 00:40:52.800 --> 00:40:56.460 legitimate chance. You give him one full offseason 00:40:56.460 --> 00:40:59.920 and one full season just to see what you have 00:40:59.920 --> 00:41:02.519 with Shador Sanders. And then if you still don't 00:41:02.519 --> 00:41:05.139 believe in him, then the 27, you go up and you 00:41:05.139 --> 00:41:07.820 get Archie Manning or whoever else that may be 00:41:07.820 --> 00:41:10.960 available. If Shador Sanders finds a way to beat 00:41:10.960 --> 00:41:13.539 the Steelers, we might need to have a different 00:41:13.539 --> 00:41:15.860 conversation about Shador. I'm just saying, I 00:41:15.860 --> 00:41:18.360 don't want to be that person, but you have to 00:41:18.360 --> 00:41:21.059 root for the kid because the way that he's been 00:41:21.059 --> 00:41:24.219 able to play without an offensive line, with 00:41:24.219 --> 00:41:27.739 limited weapons. That is something that you want 00:41:27.739 --> 00:41:30.000 to see in your quarterback. That is something 00:41:30.000 --> 00:41:32.639 that lets you know that there's something in 00:41:32.639 --> 00:41:35.679 there that you just got to tap into. Now, defensively 00:41:35.679 --> 00:41:37.559 for the Browns, they were struggling in the first 00:41:37.559 --> 00:41:40.219 half, but in the second half, they calmed down, 00:41:40.380 --> 00:41:42.559 they made some adjustments, and they were able 00:41:42.559 --> 00:41:45.500 to limit Tony Pollard's explosiveness. Pardon 00:41:45.500 --> 00:41:47.119 the interruption, but we have some breaking news, 00:41:47.239 --> 00:41:49.579 breaking news, breaking news. So according to 00:41:49.579 --> 00:41:52.900 P -Famil, Lenore Sellers is returning back to 00:41:52.900 --> 00:41:55.190 school. So that's another quarterback that you 00:41:55.190 --> 00:41:57.630 have to take off next year's draft class. And 00:41:57.630 --> 00:41:59.489 if you're a quarterback -needy team, that most 00:41:59.489 --> 00:42:02.010 likely means that Fernando Mendoza may be the 00:42:02.010 --> 00:42:04.630 only quarterback taken in the first round. So 00:42:04.630 --> 00:42:07.469 if you're a team like the Jets, like the Steelers, 00:42:07.510 --> 00:42:10.170 like the Raiders who need a quarterback, what 00:42:10.170 --> 00:42:13.030 are you going to do? Are you going to get a bridge 00:42:13.030 --> 00:42:15.829 quarterback? Are you still going to draft a quarterback? 00:42:16.250 --> 00:42:18.909 Because right now, your options are very limited. 00:42:19.070 --> 00:42:21.829 If Ty Simpson and Dante Moore don't declare, 00:42:22.409 --> 00:42:26.389 You're really screwed. Man, I know there's some 00:42:26.389 --> 00:42:29.829 people that's upset right now. Now back to the 00:42:29.829 --> 00:42:31.750 Titans and Browns game because we have to talk 00:42:31.750 --> 00:42:34.650 about the three mistakes that I feel like costed 00:42:34.650 --> 00:42:36.929 them this game. So mistake number one in the 00:42:36.929 --> 00:42:39.789 first quarter, first and goal, Quenshawn Junkins 00:42:39.789 --> 00:42:43.469 is in wildcat formation. Why? Please explain 00:42:43.469 --> 00:42:46.070 to me why you would want to roll out the wildcat 00:42:46.070 --> 00:42:49.280 formation now. It'll be different if the quarterback 00:42:49.280 --> 00:42:52.440 was still there or you're just doing this as 00:42:52.440 --> 00:42:54.400 a pre -snap formation and then you're going to 00:42:54.400 --> 00:42:56.980 change it over to something different. But you 00:42:56.980 --> 00:43:01.079 actually ran with this. Why? You're making it 00:43:01.079 --> 00:43:03.940 seem like nobody has ever seen the Wildcat formation 00:43:03.940 --> 00:43:07.039 before. Everyone's seen it. So why would you 00:43:07.039 --> 00:43:09.599 do it? Mistake number two in the fourth quarter. 00:43:10.000 --> 00:43:13.300 427 left. You failed to do the two -point conversion 00:43:13.300 --> 00:43:16.300 because of a botch snap. Now that I can't really 00:43:16.300 --> 00:43:18.460 be critical of because, I mean, it was just a 00:43:18.460 --> 00:43:20.940 bad snap. There's only so much that you can do 00:43:20.940 --> 00:43:24.460 with that, right? But mistake number three, you 00:43:24.460 --> 00:43:28.300 do the wildcat formation again and Quenshawn 00:43:28.300 --> 00:43:31.300 Jenkins fails to pitch it. Why didn't you have 00:43:31.300 --> 00:43:34.059 Shador Sanders in the game? Or better yet, why 00:43:34.059 --> 00:43:37.219 couldn't you just kick the field goal? The defense 00:43:37.219 --> 00:43:39.599 was playing well at that point. So if you would 00:43:39.599 --> 00:43:42.219 have kicked at least two field goals, you could 00:43:42.219 --> 00:43:45.260 have at least narrowed down the deficit and created 00:43:45.260 --> 00:43:48.780 pressure on the Titans. But no, you want to do 00:43:48.780 --> 00:43:51.500 something different, and that was the reason 00:43:51.500 --> 00:43:53.460 why you lost this game. But let's talk about 00:43:53.460 --> 00:43:56.039 the Texans and Chiefs, all right? So C .J. Stroud, 00:43:56.139 --> 00:43:59.800 31 attempts for 15 completions, 203 passing yards, 00:43:59.900 --> 00:44:02.440 one touchdown, 6 .5 yards per attempt, and a 00:44:02.440 --> 00:44:05.969 48 .4 completion percentage. Woody Marks, 26 00:44:05.969 --> 00:44:09.230 attempts for 68 rushing yards, 2 .6 rushing yards 00:44:09.230 --> 00:44:12.989 per carry. Nico Collins, 8 targets for 4 receptions, 00:44:13.030 --> 00:44:16.349 121 receiving yards, and 30 .3 receiving yards 00:44:16.349 --> 00:44:19.570 per reception. Patrick Mahomes, 33 attempts for 00:44:19.570 --> 00:44:23.590 14 completions, 160 passing yards, 3 picks, 4 00:44:23.590 --> 00:44:26.349 .8 yards per attempt, and a 42 .4 completion 00:44:26.349 --> 00:44:29.210 percentage. Patrick Mahomes again, 7 attempts 00:44:29.210 --> 00:44:32.369 for 59 rushing yards, 8 .4 rushing yards per 00:44:32.369 --> 00:44:35.449 carry, and 1 rush of 10 plus yards or more. Xavier 00:44:35.449 --> 00:44:39.070 Worthy, 4 targets for 3 receptions, 55 receiving 00:44:39.070 --> 00:44:41.610 yards, and 18 .3 receiving yards per reception. 00:44:42.090 --> 00:44:45.250 So here's a few junkie nuggets. Aziz Alshayer 00:44:45.250 --> 00:44:48.210 was targeted 3 times on 42 coverage snaps, allowing 00:44:48.210 --> 00:44:51.710 1 reception for 7 yards. He also was matched 00:44:51.710 --> 00:44:54.250 up against Travis Kelsey on 9 routes and held 00:44:54.250 --> 00:44:57.130 him to 1 target and recording a pick. Chris Jones 00:44:57.130 --> 00:45:00.250 generated a season -high 7 pressures on 28 pass 00:45:00.250 --> 00:45:02.949 rushes against the Texans, including 6 quick 00:45:02.949 --> 00:45:05.750 pressures, which are pressures under 2 .5 seconds. 00:45:06.010 --> 00:45:08.929 He generated his pressures at an average of 2 00:45:08.929 --> 00:45:12.670 .2 seconds, Chris Jones' fastest time to pressure 00:45:12.670 --> 00:45:16.190 since Week 2 of this year. Travis Kelsey has 00:45:16.190 --> 00:45:18.949 been held under 50 receiving yards in the last 00:45:18.949 --> 00:45:22.090 two games. his first time being held under 50 00:45:22.090 --> 00:45:24.829 yards in back -to -back games since week three 00:45:24.829 --> 00:45:28.929 and week four of the 25 season. Kelsey is averaging 00:45:28.929 --> 00:45:32.809 59 .9 receiving yards per game this season, but 00:45:32.809 --> 00:45:36.409 the Texans' pass defense has allowed 39 .4 receiving 00:45:36.409 --> 00:45:39.050 yards per game to tight end, which is fifth in 00:45:39.050 --> 00:45:42.369 the NFL. When under pressure, C .J. Stroud was 00:45:42.369 --> 00:45:45.929 6 of 16 for 114 yards and one touchdown while 00:45:45.929 --> 00:45:48.739 getting sacked three times. Stroud was pressured 00:45:48.739 --> 00:45:52.639 19 times with a 54 .3 pressure rate, which is 00:45:52.639 --> 00:45:55.579 the second highest of his career. Offensively 00:45:55.579 --> 00:45:57.860 for the Texans, they continue to struggle. CJ 00:45:57.860 --> 00:46:00.139 Stroud is still trying to get back into the swing 00:46:00.139 --> 00:46:01.900 of things because he's been out for a period 00:46:01.900 --> 00:46:05.420 of time with a concussion. And I'm not really 00:46:05.420 --> 00:46:08.739 surprised. Offensively for the Texans this entire 00:46:08.739 --> 00:46:11.670 season, they've just been inconsistent. One moment, 00:46:11.769 --> 00:46:14.030 they're playing really well. The run game is 00:46:14.030 --> 00:46:16.809 great. C .J. Stroud is letting it rip. And then 00:46:16.809 --> 00:46:19.130 there's two or three games where C .J. Stroud 00:46:19.130 --> 00:46:21.329 isn't playing his best ball. The run game is 00:46:21.329 --> 00:46:23.849 inconsistent. And the pass game is the only thing 00:46:23.849 --> 00:46:26.269 that's keeping them alive. Now, am I expecting 00:46:26.269 --> 00:46:29.070 C .J. Stroud to throw for 400 yards and five 00:46:29.070 --> 00:46:31.949 touchdowns every single game? No. But I mean, 00:46:32.030 --> 00:46:34.150 your completion percentage in this game was bad. 00:46:34.699 --> 00:46:37.539 And if we can be honest here, if it wasn't for 00:46:37.539 --> 00:46:40.000 the defense doing the heavy lifting in this game, 00:46:40.139 --> 00:46:42.719 the Texans would have easily lost. Let's really 00:46:42.719 --> 00:46:45.400 be honest here. Although they are a good team, 00:46:45.619 --> 00:46:48.719 they are not the same team that we saw last year 00:46:48.719 --> 00:46:51.300 and the year before that. Now, defensively for 00:46:51.300 --> 00:46:53.880 the Texans, what is there to say that hasn't 00:46:53.880 --> 00:46:56.360 already been said? From creating consistent pressure 00:46:56.360 --> 00:46:58.420 as well as playing a physical brand of football 00:46:58.420 --> 00:47:01.039 that the Chiefs weren't able to handle, the Texans 00:47:01.039 --> 00:47:03.539 continued to show why they're the best or second 00:47:03.539 --> 00:47:06.079 best defense in the entire league. And the Chiefs 00:47:06.079 --> 00:47:07.960 didn't have an answer for it because they don't 00:47:07.960 --> 00:47:10.460 have the personnel to match the intensity that 00:47:10.460 --> 00:47:12.800 the Texans were bringing every single drive. 00:47:13.099 --> 00:47:15.440 So I say all that to say this. Because we need 00:47:15.440 --> 00:47:17.840 to talk about the Chiefs. Who are the chain movers 00:47:17.840 --> 00:47:20.679 of this offense? Is it Rasheed Rice? Is it Hollywood 00:47:20.679 --> 00:47:23.400 Brown? Is it Isaiah Pacheco? Is it Noah Gray? 00:47:23.619 --> 00:47:27.440 Let me know. Because right now, the Chiefs need 00:47:27.440 --> 00:47:30.320 them to take that next step. Because right now, 00:47:30.320 --> 00:47:32.800 they are on the cusp of missing the playoffs 00:47:32.800 --> 00:47:35.150 this year. And if they do, that's going to be 00:47:35.150 --> 00:47:37.969 a tragic way for Travis Kelsey to end his career 00:47:37.969 --> 00:47:41.469 because most people of his statue would love 00:47:41.469 --> 00:47:44.409 to just end his career riding off into the sunset 00:47:44.409 --> 00:47:46.690 as a champion. But clearly that's not going to 00:47:46.690 --> 00:47:49.170 happen this year. But at the same time, this 00:47:49.170 --> 00:47:51.909 opens up an opportunity for the Chiefs to look 00:47:51.909 --> 00:47:53.909 at themselves in the mirror and say, what can 00:47:53.909 --> 00:47:56.659 we do different next year? Because right now 00:47:56.659 --> 00:47:58.679 what you're starting to see, and this is a trend 00:47:58.679 --> 00:48:01.559 with other quarterbacks, is that paying these 00:48:01.559 --> 00:48:05.019 alien quarterbacks a boatload of money is going 00:48:05.019 --> 00:48:08.019 to come at a significant cost. And that cost 00:48:08.019 --> 00:48:11.039 is you won't be able to successfully build around 00:48:11.039 --> 00:48:13.760 them. When we look at all the alien quarterbacks, 00:48:13.920 --> 00:48:16.880 some of them have more similarities than differences. 00:48:17.260 --> 00:48:20.219 For starters, the Chiefs, Bengals, Ravens, and 00:48:20.219 --> 00:48:22.659 Chargers have bad and inconsistent offensive 00:48:22.659 --> 00:48:26.210 lines. But out of those teams, the Chiefs are 00:48:26.210 --> 00:48:28.769 the only team that consistently invests into 00:48:28.769 --> 00:48:31.650 the offensive line. They've done it through trades. 00:48:31.969 --> 00:48:34.250 They've done it through free agency. They've 00:48:34.250 --> 00:48:37.230 done it through the draft. And they still can't 00:48:37.230 --> 00:48:39.869 get the offensive line right. Now, with the Chargers, 00:48:39.869 --> 00:48:41.869 on the other hand, they've lost their starting 00:48:41.869 --> 00:48:43.989 tackles for the rest of the year. And with the 00:48:43.989 --> 00:48:46.570 Ravens, you're starting to see that that offensive 00:48:46.570 --> 00:48:49.130 line is declining. You're starting to see that 00:48:49.130 --> 00:48:51.349 Ronnie Stanley is not the same Ronnie Stanley 00:48:51.349 --> 00:48:54.050 from a couple years ago. So with that being said, 00:48:54.170 --> 00:48:56.570 those teams need to start investing into the 00:48:56.570 --> 00:48:58.469 offensive line, and they haven't been able to 00:48:58.469 --> 00:49:02.210 do so. Now, the Bills, they're in a unique situation 00:49:02.210 --> 00:49:04.530 because they have the offensive line. It's just 00:49:04.530 --> 00:49:07.050 people are hurt, but they don't have weapons. 00:49:07.739 --> 00:49:10.119 right? Keon Coleman is starting to look like 00:49:10.119 --> 00:49:12.440 a bust at this point. I wouldn't be surprised 00:49:12.440 --> 00:49:15.119 if they moved off of him in the offseason. Khalil 00:49:15.119 --> 00:49:17.840 Shakir can only do so much. Gabe Davis hasn't 00:49:17.840 --> 00:49:19.780 really played as much, and he doesn't look like 00:49:19.780 --> 00:49:22.820 the Gabe Davis of old. So we have to have honest 00:49:22.820 --> 00:49:25.639 conversations when it comes to paying these alien 00:49:25.639 --> 00:49:28.480 quarterbacks. It's great to have them, but the 00:49:28.480 --> 00:49:31.679 drawback is this. You have to consistently hit 00:49:31.679 --> 00:49:34.800 on your offensive draft picks. Otherwise, it's 00:49:34.800 --> 00:49:37.320 going to be harder to build around them. Really 00:49:37.320 --> 00:49:39.800 think about this for a second. When was the last 00:49:39.800 --> 00:49:42.420 time the Chiefs hit on an offensive draft pick? 00:49:42.639 --> 00:49:45.320 Really think about it. When was the last time 00:49:45.320 --> 00:49:48.880 the Chiefs hit on an offensive draft pick? It's 00:49:48.880 --> 00:49:51.960 been a while. And they needed to hit on those 00:49:51.960 --> 00:49:54.360 offensive draft picks in order to supplement 00:49:54.360 --> 00:49:56.320 the fact that they're paying a lot of money to 00:49:56.320 --> 00:50:00.329 both Mahomes and Kelsey. But so far, they've 00:50:00.329 --> 00:50:03.269 been unsuccessful in doing it. Xavier Worthy 00:50:03.269 --> 00:50:06.250 has not taken that next step. Rasheed Rice cannot 00:50:06.250 --> 00:50:09.110 stay out of trouble. Hollywood Brown is very 00:50:09.110 --> 00:50:13.269 limited. So somebody has to take the mantle. 00:50:13.429 --> 00:50:15.730 And it's not like they can get a top -end receiver 00:50:15.730 --> 00:50:18.550 in free agency or at the trade deadline because 00:50:18.550 --> 00:50:21.210 they're always pressed against the cap. But this 00:50:21.210 --> 00:50:23.210 is what happens when you allocate your money 00:50:23.210 --> 00:50:26.369 the wrong way. How many people have they either 00:50:26.369 --> 00:50:29.590 traded away or cut or just let them walk in free 00:50:29.590 --> 00:50:32.469 agency? They're about to let Trent McDuffie walk 00:50:32.469 --> 00:50:35.130 because they can't even afford him. Another thing 00:50:35.130 --> 00:50:38.070 that we need to talk about is how Mahomes doesn't 00:50:38.070 --> 00:50:40.630 handle well when he faces elite defensive lines. 00:50:41.030 --> 00:50:43.309 It's similar to what Tom Brady used to go through. 00:50:43.650 --> 00:50:46.449 Whenever they faced elite defensive lines, they 00:50:46.449 --> 00:50:49.110 couldn't handle it. Every single time the Chiefs 00:50:49.110 --> 00:50:52.010 have lost in the Super Bowl, it's always against 00:50:52.010 --> 00:50:55.010 an elite defensive line. When Mahomes faced the 00:50:55.010 --> 00:50:57.230 Buccaneers, what did they have? An elite defensive 00:50:57.230 --> 00:51:00.710 line. When he faced the Eagles, they had an elite 00:51:00.710 --> 00:51:03.030 defensive line. It's the same thing with Brady. 00:51:03.429 --> 00:51:05.650 He faced the Giants twice, they had an elite 00:51:05.650 --> 00:51:07.849 defensive line. When he faced the Eagles, they 00:51:07.849 --> 00:51:10.449 had an elite defensive line. That is the recipe 00:51:10.449 --> 00:51:13.389 in beating those type of quarterbacks. You have 00:51:13.389 --> 00:51:16.289 to have an elite defensive line. Otherwise, guess 00:51:16.289 --> 00:51:17.909 what's going to happen? They're going to pick 00:51:17.909 --> 00:51:22.460 you apart every single quarter. They're not concerned 00:51:22.460 --> 00:51:25.260 about corners. They're not concerned about safeties. 00:51:25.320 --> 00:51:28.880 They're concerned about those edge rushers. But 00:51:28.880 --> 00:51:30.960 that's going to be a different conversation that 00:51:30.960 --> 00:51:32.639 we're going to have in the offseason for certain 00:51:32.639 --> 00:51:34.960 teams, Ravens. But on a serious note, and this 00:51:34.960 --> 00:51:36.559 is the last thing that I'll say, and then I'll 00:51:36.559 --> 00:51:39.280 just end the episode. The Chiefs defensively 00:51:39.280 --> 00:51:41.340 were a little bit too aggressive for me in the 00:51:41.340 --> 00:51:45.039 first half of the game. I understand that Spag's 00:51:45.039 --> 00:51:47.380 thing is the blitz, blitz, blitz, blitz, blitz. 00:51:47.599 --> 00:51:50.019 But you got to cut back on the blitzing. Because 00:51:50.019 --> 00:51:52.539 people can see it. And every time that you guys 00:51:52.539 --> 00:51:56.039 blitzed, the Texans made you pay for it. Now, 00:51:56.059 --> 00:51:58.219 was there spurts where Chris Jones stepped up 00:51:58.219 --> 00:52:00.280 and he created a lot of pressure on C .J. Stroud? 00:52:00.460 --> 00:52:04.219 Yes. But to say that this Chiefs defense was 00:52:04.219 --> 00:52:06.659 playing like it has been for the past few years 00:52:06.659 --> 00:52:09.460 is a lie. And what you're also starting to see 00:52:09.460 --> 00:52:12.119 is that from a talent perspective, they are very 00:52:12.119 --> 00:52:15.880 limited on the defense. If Chris Jones doesn't 00:52:15.880 --> 00:52:18.559 create pressure, if George Kaloftis doesn't create 00:52:18.559 --> 00:52:21.179 pressure, if Trent McDuffie doesn't get the pick, 00:52:21.360 --> 00:52:25.360 that defense is cooked. But again, this is what 00:52:25.360 --> 00:52:28.340 happens when you allocate top dollar money to 00:52:28.340 --> 00:52:31.780 just three people on the team. Now, I'm not saying 00:52:31.780 --> 00:52:34.599 that the Chiefs model is broken, it's wrong, 00:52:34.880 --> 00:52:37.840 and it hasn't been successful. It has, but it 00:52:37.840 --> 00:52:41.139 was only successful for just for a moment. Now 00:52:41.139 --> 00:52:43.420 you're starting to see that as they get up in 00:52:43.420 --> 00:52:46.079 age, you're going to have to rely on other people 00:52:46.079 --> 00:52:49.280 to step up. And you can't do that when you don't 00:52:49.280 --> 00:52:52.119 have the talent to do it. Trent McDuffie most 00:52:52.119 --> 00:52:54.960 likely is going to walk. What are you going to 00:52:54.960 --> 00:52:58.019 do about that? What other corner can you say 00:52:58.019 --> 00:53:00.920 on this team could be cornerback one or cornerback 00:53:00.920 --> 00:53:03.619 two? What are you going to do with the safeties? 00:53:03.840 --> 00:53:05.820 What are you going to do with the linebackers? 00:53:06.250 --> 00:53:08.349 They have a lot of questions that they are going 00:53:08.349 --> 00:53:11.550 to have to ask themselves this offseason. And 00:53:11.550 --> 00:53:14.269 most likely, they're going to have to hit on 00:53:14.269 --> 00:53:17.809 a majority of their draft picks. Because defensively, 00:53:17.809 --> 00:53:19.670 they don't have the horses no more to compete 00:53:19.670 --> 00:53:22.090 with a lot of these offenses. So if you're the 00:53:22.090 --> 00:53:24.190 Chiefs, you have a lot of soul searching that 00:53:24.190 --> 00:53:26.110 you have to do. You have a lot of uncomfortable 00:53:26.110 --> 00:53:28.269 questions that you're going to have to ask and 00:53:28.269 --> 00:53:31.010 answer. And you have a lot of uncomfortable assessments 00:53:31.010 --> 00:53:33.070 that you're going to have to make in this offseason, 00:53:33.250 --> 00:53:34.889 okay? 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It 00:55:37.389 --> 00:55:40.289 started from having two and three and four hour 00:55:40.289 --> 00:55:42.590 conversations with friends about different football 00:55:42.590 --> 00:55:45.889 topics and just debating on our views and opinions 00:55:45.889 --> 00:55:49.010 on what should this team do and that team do. 00:55:49.230 --> 00:55:52.409 And should this player go to our team or should 00:55:52.409 --> 00:55:55.510 this player be traded? All those crazy conversations 00:55:55.510 --> 00:55:58.510 that you have with different fan bases. And I 00:55:58.510 --> 00:56:01.110 just want to thank everyone that supported me 00:56:01.110 --> 00:56:03.329 along this way. I want to thank my parents. I 00:56:03.329 --> 00:56:07.469 want to thank my friends, Moog, Shane, Nay. Leslie, 00:56:07.670 --> 00:56:11.030 Brandon, everybody that supported me along the 00:56:11.030 --> 00:56:13.090 way. I just want to thank you guys for all the 00:56:13.090 --> 00:56:15.730 support that you guys give me. Without your support 00:56:15.730 --> 00:56:18.989 and strength, I wouldn't be doing this, honestly. 00:56:19.210 --> 00:56:20.789 If you would have told me that I would have been 00:56:20.789 --> 00:56:23.849 a podcaster and I would be 100 episodes in within 00:56:23.849 --> 00:56:26.190 the first full year, I would have called you 00:56:26.190 --> 00:56:30.110 a liar. But we did this. So for any person that 00:56:30.110 --> 00:56:32.510 wants to pursue their goals and their dreams, 00:56:32.670 --> 00:56:34.989 you can do it. You can do it. But the number 00:56:34.989 --> 00:56:37.610 one thing you have to do is put your faith in 00:56:37.610 --> 00:56:40.389 it. You gotta have faith because the Bible says 00:56:40.389 --> 00:56:43.590 faith without works is dead. So before you execute, 00:56:43.889 --> 00:56:47.519 pray about it. Seek God about it. Because he's 00:56:47.519 --> 00:56:49.659 gonna give you everything that you need to know. 00:56:49.699 --> 00:56:51.519 He's gonna give you the name. He's gonna give 00:56:51.519 --> 00:56:54.119 you resources. He's gonna align you with people 00:56:54.119 --> 00:56:56.719 that are going to bless you. He's gonna do some 00:56:56.719 --> 00:56:59.940 crazy things on your journey, but you gotta trust 00:56:59.940 --> 00:57:02.360 him and you gotta be consistent because there's 00:57:02.360 --> 00:57:04.519 gonna be points where the support is not gonna 00:57:04.519 --> 00:57:06.500 be there. There's gonna be points where you're 00:57:06.500 --> 00:57:08.480 gonna be doubting yourself. There's gonna be 00:57:08.480 --> 00:57:10.780 points where you don't feel like you're making 00:57:10.780 --> 00:57:13.280 the progress that other people are making. But 00:57:13.280 --> 00:57:16.300 guess what? Never judge your progress with somebody 00:57:16.300 --> 00:57:20.519 else's. Keep your head down. Keep grinding. Be 00:57:20.519 --> 00:57:24.579 creative and love the process. Embrace the process. 00:57:25.280 --> 00:57:27.719 Don't hate it. Embrace it. I spend at least about 00:57:27.719 --> 00:57:31.179 a day or two just doing all the necessary research 00:57:31.179 --> 00:57:33.659 that I need to do for these episodes. You guys 00:57:33.659 --> 00:57:36.420 would be amazed on the recording process that 00:57:36.420 --> 00:57:39.559 I have to do just for this podcast as a whole. 00:57:39.679 --> 00:57:42.320 There's been episodes where I've had to just 00:57:42.320 --> 00:57:44.579 delete it just because I feel like it's not the 00:57:44.579 --> 00:57:47.440 quality that I want. And I'm never going to put 00:57:47.440 --> 00:57:50.280 out anything that I myself feel like I wouldn't 00:57:50.280 --> 00:57:53.059 even want to listen to. So I say all that to 00:57:53.059 --> 00:57:56.650 say this. I love you guys. I appreciate you guys 00:57:56.650 --> 00:57:59.289 on this journey. This is a celebration, not just 00:57:59.289 --> 00:58:01.630 for me, but for you as well. And for everybody 00:58:01.630 --> 00:58:03.989 that's been with me on this journey. So as always, 00:58:04.050 --> 00:58:06.530 this is your GM Kale signing out. Peace and love. 00:58:07.230 --> 00:58:07.889 Later, guys.