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[Assistant] Where we had yellow and brown candy cane socks. It doesn't even look like them. So no, but that's what it was. Cause it was like, it's very almost Wyoming-ish. But yes, I wore that uniform and have both versions of that jersey in my closet right now. I don't have the socks. I don't remember that. Yes, it was, it was the 2009 season and we actually beat


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[Assistant] We beat the Patriots in their throwback uniform of the white helmet with the guy, you know, crouching with the ball. We beat them in a game out there wearing those ugly things. That was another one that was so ugly it was kind of cool actually.


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[Assistant] In the final list for me, I couldn't put them in my bottom five. Uhm, I actually like them better now than the way they were.


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[Assistant] I like that they've gone simple that way. It is a little weird. Uh, I think the reason, and you're right, this is probably their worst look, the white jersey with the black pants. I do like when they wear their all black.


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[Assistant] Uh, they're one of those teams that's very rare for me, but I do like that look. Sure. Uhm, and I think they even have an all-white look that I've liked, too, before. I can't remember. I wanna say I do. But yeah, the Jaguars uniform's not my favorite, but obviously not, uh, my least favorite. Yeah.


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[Assistant] I'm not going to say in professional sports because there are some really bad ones in the NBA right now. But I think in baseball and football it might be my least favorite uniform altogether. Rebrand. Read. My.


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[Assistant] The helmet. We're fucking blowing the helmet off. Get rid of the stripes. And I think I want to go black helmet with something orange that either says the word bangles or maybe even just some cool small picture of a bangle in the black helmet. Alright, that's where I would want to go first.


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[Assistant] And then I would limit, hey I understand, I don't mind the color combination of black and orange, I actually like it. But I just would try to simplify the...


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[Assistant] Black jersey, orange numbers, and like just a real nice clean like stripe around the sleeve that's orange, right? I have some ideas. This has been thought of. See, that's why I think you should sit down for an hour. I know, I know. I got ideas. I already told you what I thought the Detroit Lions should do.


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[Assistant] I want them to be navy blue and white. Oh, see that? I disagree with that. I want it to be tiger's colors. I want their helmet to be navy blue with the calligraphy D on the side, right?


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[Assistant] We don't need a lion or the baby blue with the silver. I'm just, I'm just sorry, I'm just done with it. Alright, there you go, I want to hear everybody's feedback, okay? Alright, I just want everybody to first off tell me, oh, there's my throwbacks, there they are, the Broncos baby, yeaah, look at those things.


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[Assistant] I think that would be cool. I hear ya. I get that. The helmet is cool. Man, I'm just looking at this picture. Man, there's Champ Bailey. You know, buddy of mine. That's Payton Hillis there. Big number 22. X Madden cover. 11. Eddie Royal.


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[Assistant] Oh, it might have been Ryan Clady. Good job, Pete. I think you're right. I think that is Ryan Clady. Man, he looks freaking big right there.


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[Assistant] Yes, they did. I did not partake in that activity. Uh, but that's it. Please get back to us. Let us know. Let me know whose list is better, me or Ahmed, and I want to hear everybody else's thoughts on


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[Assistant] Worst uniforms in football. We'll do best. We'll do best next week and we'll talk and discuss some of your comments as far as what other people think are the worst uniforms out there.


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[Assistant] You know, I might have to have words with you. Uhm, but alright. Have a good weekend, dude. You too. Alright. Peace out everybody. Peace out homies. Have a good one. We'll be back on Tuesday. I think me and Floria are going to do a little PFTPM Chris Sims joint collaboration. We're going to hit a lot of free agency news and maybe try to peg some players to teams where you think it makes sense and there's a need there. So everybody be good. Have a safe weekend.


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[Assistant] And we're going to do it Monday, not Tuesday. Demolitolitis is telling you Monday. Sorry. See you Monday. Peace. Have a good weekend.


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[Assistant] Yo yo, what's up? Come on man, subscribe on YouTube to Chris Simms Unbuttoned Podcast. I need you, please hit the subscribe button, please!


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[Assistant] Okay, we can make that happen. Actually, no, we can't. I mean, I'm burnt out. I'm at like, I need more than just a long weekend off. I need some time. So I can't wait.


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[Assistant] Almost there. Exactly. I'm almost there. We got this week and next week and then we got a few weeks off, which I'm really looking forward to.


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[Assistant] Uh, we got a good podcast today. Pauly, always love having you. You know we're gonna have the QB Jeopardy. That Pauly Birdmeister. Uh, I don't, supposedly the theme is what now this year? Or this, this podcast? What is it?


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[Assistant] It does not look like a fat neck or like you got a double or triple chin, big guy, so don't worry. It looks like maybe you've been in there doing some shoulder shrugs and like, you know, something like that to get it going. So don't, don't take it as an insult. I'm saying it as a compliment, I promise you.


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[Assistant] I did not know that, but congratulations! Nineteen years, wow!


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[Assistant] I'd get to meet your wife. I look forward to that day. At some point I know we'll get together, have some fun.


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[Assistant] Not a real famous number in the NFL. Oh my gosh, Scott Mitchell. Another one. That's a good one. A lefty.


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[Assistant] You know, I don't expect every person in the NFL to agree with my rankings and lists. I understand that.


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[Assistant] But I also think the people that are reaching out to me and that I talk to, they know that


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[Assistant] You know, these are people I know, have a relationship with. They know I'm very deep into the, you know, wormhole, the evaluating quarterbacks. That's what I do. I've had lots of conversations with these people.


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[Assistant] You know, I think more times than not, uh, yeaah. I mean, I know last year when I had Brady and Breeze at 9 and 10,


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[Assistant] I had some people in the NFL were like, hey, good for you. That's a fair ranking. You know, for this, this like, you know, this, this thing in our world right now, like Brady and Breeze are still number one and number two and all those things. Hey, listen.


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[Assistant] They're really good football players. Tom Brady, Drew Brees, Philip Rivers. There's no doubt. You can certainly still win games with them that do that. But.


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[Assistant] You know, at the baseline, let me just say this. This, this should just answer everybody's question. If they were top 5 or top 10 quarterbacks,


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[Assistant] Their teams would not have moved on from them. That's where I don't know if everybody really, and I know the Saints still have Drew Brees, but they're kind of pushing him out the door. And you know, Sean Payton kind of had to put the toothpaste back in the tube when he said, oh, this will be Drew's last year.


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[Assistant] And of course they've signed Taysom Hill. He knows the future. If Drew Brees was really the number two ranked quarterback in football, like you see in some of the analytics and the number 11th ranked player in all of football, no team would be getting rid of that. None. So.


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[Assistant] Yeah, well, that's a solid question. I appreciate that question. It's a good one. It really is. Now, I think what I would tell you is again, it's just for 2020. I'm not looking about where Philip Rivers is going to be two, three, four years from now. I honestly, I of course think Jimmy Garoppolo has the advantage as far as that's concerned. But Rivers is an interesting one. Listen.


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[Assistant] He should be in front of Tom Brady and Drew Brees. He makes way more plays than them. He makes way more plays than Jimmy Garoppolo. Again, that's what I'm hoping I'm educating people with, you know.


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[Assistant] When the quarterback makes the play and when the offensive system and the play caller make the play. There's a big difference in that. And Rivers makes a lot of big time plays with not a great running game, not great pass protection, hanging in there, aggressive mindset,


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[Assistant] And that to me is a lot more valuable than, oh, Jimmy Garoppolo who drops off a play action pass because they've run for 40 yards the three previous runs. So now the linebackers are like.


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[Assistant] So to me, that's the difference there. Rivers would be higher if it just weren't for his carelessness with the football. From purely playmaking standpoint, it's pretty impressive.


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[Assistant] Yeah, it is. I mean, there was some head-scratching moments. Now,


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[Assistant] You know, do I think the support system on the offensive side of the ball led him to that? Phillip Rivers, this is where I also love him. He's not a guy that's like,


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[Assistant] That's like where I like Brett Favre and Philip Rivers and there's other quarterbacks out there when they go, Oh, I'm down by 17. I'm going down swinging. I don't care if I got to go two interceptions, three interceptions. I'm trying to win the game still. And that's what Philip Rivers does. And that led to some bad moments of him trying to do too much, bring them back over aggressive decisions.


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[Assistant] I, well, yeah, that's the, I've seen this on, you know, my social media pages. Somebody tried to call me out on this on Pro Football Talk the other day. I really would challenge anybody to go back and find that quote.


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[Assistant] I'm dead serious. I don't think I've ever said that in my life. Now I might have said Michael Thomas is not as great because of the system and he has Drew Brees and that I've added to it. Certainly. Yeah.


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[Assistant] But, I'm not sitting there going, like, I think they're trying to accuse me of talking out of both sides of my mouth. And that's, that's absolutely not true. You know, yes.


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[Assistant] Uh, I think Michael Thomas to answer the New Orleans nation who is very tough on social media and will just shit all over you, which I respect their passion for their football team. But hey, do I think Michael Thomas is a little overrated? Do I think he's the best receiver in football? No, I think he's a top five receiver. There's other receivers I'd rather have on my team than him.


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[Assistant] He's an awesome compliment to Drew Brees. He really fits him well. I think at this point in his career, Michael Thomas makes more, uh, makes Drew Brees look better.


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[Assistant] Then, Drew Brees makes Michael Thomas look better, okay? So just to explain that. And if I was, yes, the stats, hey yeaah, I know he has 197 zillion catches and all that. Yeaah, he's awesome. Yeaah, he does have Drew Brees deliver him the ball. I'm not like trying to totally disrespect Drew Brees here. He's 42 years old, or about to be 42 years old.


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[Assistant] Alright, and yes, he's not the same talent he was four or five years ago. Uh, but he's still good and accurate and certainly does Michael Thomas benefit from that? Yes, but I would say Michael Thomas and Drew Brees benefit the most


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[Assistant] From Sean Payton. He's the king of that team. He's the guy that makes that go.


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[Assistant] And again, I, I don't sit here feeling proud, like.


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[Assistant] I made Drew Brees the 16th best quarterback in football. I don't feel good about that. I understand the reaction I'm going to get. I don't feel like proud of that. I'm not sitting there going like, oh, look at what I'm doing to Drew Brees.


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[Assistant] I mean, you know me, I'm, I respect football. He's a legend. I love him. I mean, the things he's done for the sport, but realistically, no, I think I'm being very realistic about his quarterback ranking. That's what I really feel. You know, there's just guys in front of him right now.


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[Assistant] And don't necessarily have the benefit of Sean Payton and that awesome offensive line. You know, a great tight end, two good running backs out of the backfield, one borderline great.


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[Assistant] One of the best receivers in football. And then you have Sean Payton just finding nine zillion ways to find four and five yard completions. Hey, like if you guys don't think that Sean Watson couldn't go into that offense and throw for 73% and make a lot of big plays, you're crazy.


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[Assistant] Teddy Bridgewater went 5-0 everybody. And again, I'm not trying to sit here and just go, oh, it's about Bridgewater or Breeze.


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[Assistant] But he played, he played well. He had some moments where you went, oh man, it looked really good. Okay. And yeah, Breeze's inability to make plays with his arm at this point of his career and push the ball down the field, it handcuffs the offense and it handcuffs the Saints, especially


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[Assistant] Deep in the playoffs when they have to play better defenses and those defenses can take away some of Sean Payton's genius.


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[Assistant] Yeah, that's a little alarming. You know, it's like I said on Pro Football Talk, you know, a little earlier in the week, Paul.


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[Assistant] I just said, hey, you know, when I see 74% completion percentage and those type of things, I don't always sit there and go, oh, that's a good thing.


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[Assistant] I'd rather you throw for 68% and have more explosive misses and make a defense have to defend more of the field, which is going to make your offense more dangerous that way and all of that.


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[Assistant] Yes, I mean, Drew Brees was never gonna be, like, never famous for his ability to throw lasers deep down the field. I understand that. But, you know, again, I think we're at a point here where


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[Assistant] And when they need a big play in the pass game to go the ball, push the ball downfield, they bring in Taysom Hill.


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[Assistant] Do those two things sound like top 10 quarterback in football? Absolutely not. And I know people love Drew Brees and I get it, but I'm just trying to be real about the situation and yeaah, we'll see how the season unfolds, but uh, I feel pretty good about it.


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[Assistant] Well, that could be. I don't doubt that. Was he sitting there at times in the pocket and maybe one of the rookie receivers was running down the middle of the field and he just wasn't sure, wait, how is he going to run this route?


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[Assistant] No, no, no. The guy's open. He's already made his break. Throw the ball.


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[Assistant] Throw the ball to him, don't, don't check it down or don't look to get the ball out of your hand quicker that way. You know, so again, Brady, you know, we're in the midst here. When you talk about like Breeze, Brady, you know, we're going to get to some other guys here in a few minutes where they need a little system around them to make it go.


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[Assistant] This is the kind of the part of the group where yeaah, these are guys that need a system. They know how to execute it. They can still throw the ball accurately. You know, Brady still got power in his arm, but yeaah, those reluctant,


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[Assistant] Uhm, but at the same time too, I think the other thing that, that, that I would look at that I think bothered them and I lost my train of thought here for a second, but I'm going to get back to it.


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[Assistant] Uh, oh, is, you know, towards the end of the year, hey, the Tennessee Titans, that game, you know, the Miami Dolphins.


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[Assistant] Uh, some of those games. Man, Brady just had to make like one or two plays and they're gonna win the game. And they're gonna get over the hump.


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[Assistant] But I think it just showed, like, the Tennessee Titans, they had a little familiarity with the Josh McDaniels offense, right? Cause Mike Vrabel and some other people there.


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[Assistant] So they took away some of the bread and butter and now you go, oh, the offense isn't delivering. Can he make a big throw or a big play to help them win this game? And the answer is no. And again, I just want to emphasize, I don't sit here and go,


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[Assistant] Feel happy about that. Tom Brady, as much as people think I don't like him, I just, I refuse to not be real about a situation. I have tremendous respect and realize that he's the GOAT in a lot of eyes.


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[Assistant] He's certainly top two or three for me, I just don't say he's a goat, so now people think I hate him.


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[Assistant] Yeah, and you know, what a good friend Pete did him a little, little, little, little light of things. Got a good heart. Yeah. You know, to just throw me something good there, throw me a soft one down the plate to make me feel good before we get into meat and potatoes.


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[Assistant] Yeah, Big Ben Rofflesberger. That's the next guy up on the Chris Sims list at number 14. And, you know, hey, of course, Big Ben.


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[Assistant] There's a little bit of the, oh, you know, is he going to be the same after having that surgery on his elbow and everything like that? And that certainly went into my thinking.


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[Assistant] Early on in the process where I had him, you know, like around 17 and 18. I'll tell you what did a big, big thing for me, Paul.


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[Assistant] I get it, I know, he's, he's still, listen, he's still a baller.


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[Assistant] Uh, there's just some other guys who've got a little deeper in their career and a little bit better in the NFL. And of course, Big Ben is getting to an age where you start to go, we know it's going to decline, but.


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[Assistant] You know, the other thing too, you know, unlike maybe a Breeze or a Brady where Big Ben still has an advantage, Big Ben is still fearless in the pocket.


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[Assistant] I mean, just fearless. Like at times where you just go, that's just stupid, Ben. You're 37. Throw it away or get away or don't take that hit. But he's sitting back there and patting the ball and oh, you know, waiting to strike and pumping it and throwing 30 yard, 40 yard lasers.


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[Assistant] I love that aspect of him. Now it also leads to some negative plays at times too if you want to get in the negative part there where he can be a little greedy.


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[Assistant] Yes, but like, just to make the point, there was a few plays where you look at it and you go...


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[Assistant] Man, he kept waiting for that 20 yard completion. It, it, it's not there. Just take the 5 yard or the 6 yard completion. It's almost the opposite of Tom Brady at times, you know. So, yes, I mean, I think I look at that, but I think he's going to still be healthy. He still, he has a big time arm still.


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[Assistant] I mean, just at training camp last year, I got to see him throw a few throws because he was resting his arm while I was there.


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[Assistant] He's still one of the best power throwers in the football game in the NFL and anything 10 plus yards. He's one of the best throwers in the game still too. As far as that's concerned, let alone again, a little unlike some of the other guys we just talked about when nothing is there.


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[Assistant] Big Ben can still make things happen. You know, you heard me say, size is a skill. Yeaah, well his ability to sit there, be big in the pocket, you know, shuffle around and pump fake and do all that. When nothing is there, he still makes a lot of big plays for that offense when you go,


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[Assistant] I'm not real impressed, but woah, they're still going to have an impressive yardage output day. And a lot of the times that is because of Big Ben and his playmaking ability and this pressure he puts on defense by holding the ball and then him scaring you to death with his deep ball ability.


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[Assistant] I mean, it's, he's one of the best backyard quarterbacks we've ever seen, you know.


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[Assistant] To me, he's, he's in the all-time great conversation. I'm not saying top five.


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[Assistant] I'm not saying top 10, but I think he's very close. I think he's higher than people want to rank him. And I think too, you know, to the point you're making.


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[Assistant] Man, yeaah, his body's a little beat up. Well, it's beat up because of the style in which he plays. You know, but also, I, I, I, and I said this today to Mike Florio, people forget in 2008, 2009, 2010, 11, their offensive line stunk. I mean, big men had to play that way.


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[Assistant] They couldn't win in Pittsburgh unless he made plays happen by avoiding the pass rush or breaking it out of the pocket or, you know, doing his little like Fred Flintstone steps in the pocket where he's like running a circle but he's pumping and doing all crazy things like that.


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[Assistant] Uh, he's a special, special talent. You know, I think sometimes some of the off the field things with Big Ben.


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[Assistant] Uh, kind of clouds people's brains about what they're seeing on the field with Big Ben. But again, I just like to remind everybody two years ago, it was 34 and 16, 34 touchdown, 16 interceptions. And I think Big Ben, yes, is it going downhill? Certainly.


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[Assistant] But I still think he's a quarterback that you need to be scared of when he steps on the field. When nobody's clutch, you can win football games with him. And I think he can make some plays where you just go, whoa.


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[Assistant] Yeah, well, that's valid. You know, I think the one thing we saw last year, and you know, you're right, Juju Smith Schuster's a proven commodity.


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[Assistant] Juju Smith Schuster in your perfect world, for a perfect offense, you would go, I'd like him to be my great number two.


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[Assistant] And then you'd like to have somebody else, cause Choo Choo's big, he's physical.


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[Assistant] But he's not gonna scare people with his speed deep. He's not really a deep threat that way. He's not really a guy that's gonna catch a slant and just outrun, uh, run people for 70 yards either. And to me, that's what a legit number one is. So, yea, Juju had a down year, uh, but also of course didn't have very good quarterbacks throwing to him.


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[Assistant] You know, yeaah, they're gonna need guys like yours talking about James Washington. Gotta step up, you know, a little bit more this year. Deontay Johnson, I liked him, a receiver they drafted two years ago. I think he's got a chance. They did get Eric Ebron in free agency. So maybe he can help out too. They are an offense that knows how to utilize the tight end and then


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[Assistant] You and I both know, and I think we both have a man crush on Chase Claypool, like Chase Claypool.


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[Assistant] I wouldn't be shocked if we were sitting here at the end of the season next year going,


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[Assistant] I think Chase Claypool is the Pittsburgh Steelers number one receiver. I think he could be in that at some point. I do. So yea, they have some unproven commodities, but there's some potential there. Hopefully they can benefit from that.


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[Assistant] Wow, AP Defensive Player of the Year, College Football, and then go on to win a Super Bowl. I mean...


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[Assistant] Thanks kid, thanks kid, way to go. I wasn't sure, I was like, man is Bob Sanders in the NFL already at that point? But I figured they might be close to some crossover.


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[Assistant] Minnesota Vikings, Kirk Cousins. Yes, Kirk Cousins. Uhm, Kirk Cousins, where do I want to start with them? First off, just an unbelievably


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[Assistant] Read and react quarterback. I've never seen anybody who can drop back, evaluate the defense, and just let it rip as quickly as anybody out there. He knows what he's looking for in a defense, he knows how to read it, and he's very aggressive in his decisions. Makes a lot, Paul,


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[Assistant] I don't want to say necessarily high level throws, but like medium level throws on the difficulty scale. You break down Minnesota's offense.


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[Assistant] You know, so when you really break them down, I think the thing that jumped out to me, when you start to watch this completions, it's go route, it's post route, it's deep cross, it's 12 yard crosser, it's in cut.


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[Assistant] You know, it, it's an offense, you know, and you know, to play in that kind of offense always is not always easy for a quarterback. Hey, run the ball, run the ball, run the ball. Oh, hey Kirk, now can you stand up and, you know, put a, throw a 15 yard laser for us in a big moment? Uh, so those are the strengths of Kirk Cousins and why I have him at 13.


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[Assistant] They just wanted RG3 to be the guy, so they were mad that Kirk Cousins was the guy. Listen, those fans, I'm sorry, just blame RG3. He's the one that handled the situation like an idiot. He's the reason he's not there. So there was always like resentment there about that.


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[Assistant] Then his own organization disrespected him a little, right? Bruce Allen called him Kurt instead of Kirk.


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[Assistant] Right? So that opens up the doors of, hey, let's pile on this guy. And then, he never won a playoff game. You know, that's, we're gonna blame all the organizational problems on one guy. He never did it. Well, I can tell you this.


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[Assistant] You know, Kyle Shanahan was planning on having him with the San Francisco 49ers.


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[Assistant] So, I think that's part of it. And then he goes and gets a guaranteed contract, right? The first of its kind.


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[Assistant] And you know, the year after they went to the NFC championship game with Case Keenum and then the results weren't as good the next year. Must be because of Kirk Cousins. Gotta blame him. Can't be anything to do with the rest of the team. We're just gonna blame that guy. And I think that just give you about what I give you about nine examples there.


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[Assistant] He can't play on primetime, Paul, because, you know, the 425 game that has more viewers than the Monday Night Football game, that in some reason doesn't count. You know, I don't know. That's not primetime enough. So, I hate that shit. I hate it.


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[Assistant] Kubiak was one of the stars of the franchise, he thought. Which basically, you know, and what we saw was a lot of Gary Kubiak slash Mike Shanahan type things in that Minnesota offense. So I don't think there'll be a huge adjustment there on that, on that, you know, subject.


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[Assistant] Now, Justin Jefferson, you know I love him.


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[Assistant] But can I sit here and just honestly say right off the bat, like, oh yeah, he's going to step in there and be every bit as good as Stefan Diggs. No, come on. Stefan Diggs is, you know, one of the 10 best receivers in football.


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[Assistant] He's, he's special. So, you know, there might be a little time of, hey, we gotta break this guy in, we gotta figure out exactly what he does well, what routes he doesn't do well, whatever it may be. You're not gonna have OTAs. You're getting, you know, you're missing out on times throwing to a Justin Jefferson. So, I think that'll be the biggest adjustment.


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[Assistant] And, and you know, Paul, cause I never really got any negatives with Kirk Cousins. You know, this is one thing I'd like to see him improve.


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[Assistant] You know, because I, I mentioned this before, we're in a group of the list, not, you know, Big Ben, but when you talk about Brady, Breeze, Kirk Cousins, they need a little system help.


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[Assistant] They need a little pass protection, right? They're not gonna like, ad lib and make crazy plays.


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[Assistant] That's where I'd like to see Cousins improve. I think he's a better athlete than he gives him credit for. And I'm not saying he's gonna turn into Kyler Murray or anything.


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[Assistant] But I'm just saying, hey, when the pocket closes in, don't be afraid to dance around and try to move and buy some extra time like a Kyler Murray or a Mahomes or a Rodgers and then try to make a throw. So one thing that jumped out at me when I went back and watched is just like, man,


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[Assistant] You're, you're, you got more bounce in your feet and more quickness than you give your credit for. When the pocket collapses, don't just throw it away or, you know, just take a sack. I think he is capable of making more happen off schedule. Off schedule is his biggest negative to me. Throws the ball nice on the run.


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[Assistant] I think Prescott brings a little bit more to the table physically, you know.


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[Assistant] Whether he just wants to tuck it and run, or hey, people are around him in the pocket and he still makes the throw, or he gets out of the pocket and scrambles and then makes the throw, I think he's better along those lines than Kirk Cousins.


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[Assistant] You know, so that's probably where I give them the advantage more than anything. Good question though.


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[Assistant] Oh baby, we got some young juice in here now. We got some youngins. It's about time we got back to these guys.


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[Assistant] Yes, it's Arizona Cardinals time. It's Kyler Murray time. Quarterback number 12 on the Sims Top 40 QB Countdown. Hey, listen, I know. I mean, oh, it's Kyler Murray. You've only seen one year. You got him at number 12. Okay. Man, the guy's special.


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[Assistant] Like more than one elite physical trait about him. You know, you could argue he's the fastest quarterback in football. You know, him or Lamar Jackson, right? Certainly one of the best scrambling quarterbacks there is in football.


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[Assistant] His arm is off the charts strong. I mean, off the charts. It's a, he's got a cannon and he can throw it any which way he wants. And then I think the other aspect that's just as good is his release is lightning.


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[Assistant] I mean, from all those years in this, you know, Cliff Kingsbury, Red Raider offense, he just knows how to get it out of his hand. I mean, he can really do that. And then for a smaller quarterback, Paul,


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[Assistant] You know, he's not afraid to throw the ball down the middle of the field too. So with, with Kyler Murray, I know it's only one year in college. I know it's only one year in the NFL, but.


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[Assistant] First off, I see a leap physical talent from a guy in more than one area. Then, I see


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[Assistant] An offense that was built around him in year one and his strengths. And it was almost like from the get go like, Hey, Kyler.


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[Assistant] So I wasn't coming away looking at some of these plays too going, whoa, what a great play. I came away going, holy shit, what a throw. Holy shit, what a throw.


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[Assistant] Yes, let alone everything is predicated on what they're doing around him. So, you know, yes, they didn't win a lot of games. They're not on prime time. Like you said, he didn't have a very good defense around them, you know, and you really look at it, you know, if they wanted to win last year, Hey, Kyler, you're going to have to score around 30.


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[Assistant] He's in the trust tree for me, right away. Like, Kyler Murray, there's nothing about his game that says careless, rookie, immature, stupid. There's nothing in there.


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[Assistant] So again, I'm not trying to say he's as good a decisioner, decision maker, uh, or as seasoned as a Brady or a Breeze. I recognize that, you know, they have the advantage there.


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[Assistant] But I have a whole laundry list of other things he can do that they can't do. So that's why he's at 12. And that's really where it comes down to more times than not. And, you know, again, I'll go back to one of my art-


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[Assistant] Like listen, if you don't think Kyler Murray could go to New Orleans and throw five yard slants over the middle to Michael Thomas and five yard outrouts to Alvin Kamara and all that, you're insane. You know, let alone when things break down, he can make a lot happen. Let alone when people are open 45 yards down the field, he can throw it on the money. I mean, he's a phenomenal deep ball thrower.


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[Assistant] And let alone the aspect of what he brings. Oh, we have to worry about containing him to scramble. Oh, we have to worry about his quarterback design runs. I mean, Arizona is Arizona right now because of him. And like, I also want everybody to know.


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[Assistant] He does have Hopkins now, which is why I think it's going to explode. And he also is going to have Cliff Kingsbury going into year two, who I think is a smart person is going to grow his offense. So he was also doing all these impressive things we're talking about last year. Like I said earlier in the conversation with the offensive play caller who was learning his way.


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[Assistant] And not necessarily giving his quarterback the same advantages that McDaniels was giving Brady and Peyton was giving Breeze. So, you know, that's why I have it. I know it's tough. People thought I was crazy to have Patrick Mahomes at 28.


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[Assistant] I'm just telling you, watch out. The stars are aligning. The guy's a special talent. Now they put talent around him. He knows he's good. He knows he can play in the NFL. He knows he belongs. He probably knows, oh, I could be a superstar and maybe the best quarterback in football. And I think that's all going to catapult him into a special season this year.


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[Assistant] Right, well, we're, we're, we're just in the, you know, again, we're in the era of bottom line. We look at wins and we look at stats and we just go, oh, that tells it all. And I just want to go, no, everybody, if we put other quarterbacks, you know, that are not named Tom Brady or Drew Brees.


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[Assistant] In New England or New Orleans last year, I'm not saying the stats are going to be the same and it's going to be apples to apples, but you're going to go, damn, this guy's good. Look at these numbers. Look at, they're winning games, blah, blah, blah. You know, so we're in this era of


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[Assistant] You know, I'm evaluating the quarterback. If you're telling me I can take Sean Payton with me, with Drew Brees, okay, then maybe he'll be higher than 15 or 16.


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[Assistant] You know, if you're telling me I could have them as a package, but what I'm worried about is if I put Drew Brees on Arizona, that offense might look shitty. Cause I don't know if he's going to make some of those throws and run around and do what he does or what Russell Wilson does in Seattle. Like that's what I'm trying to kind of explain to people. And I know that's hard.


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[Assistant] Yeah, he'd be a guy I'd be thinking about. I think the only thing that scares me, Paul, is not necessarily Kyler Murray, but as you know, this has become an award for best players on the best teams in the NFL.


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[Assistant] And I think he'll have so many eye-popping moments this year that...


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[Assistant] Everybody will look at my, might look at my 12 after this year and go, Oh, Sims is wrong. He should have been like five or six.


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[Assistant] Uh, yeaah, I mean, I just, I really like it. And listen, I've been around them before too.


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[Assistant] The kid is very mature for his age. He handles himself like a pro and you've heard nothing but that ever since he got there in Arizona.


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[Assistant] I hear you. You're right. I mean, that's just, that's what stinks. Matthew Stafford's never gonna get the credit he deserves for the good of, the talent he has and how good he plays.


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[Assistant] Uh, and of course there's another great example.


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[Assistant] We just blame him in Detroit a lot of the times. It's Matthew Stafford's fault, where I'm gonna go, the only reason they were in a position


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[Assistant] You know, I don't know what this guy is. He didn't play a lot of football the two years before that, you know.


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[Assistant] And really, I started saying this last year, going into the 2019 season, I was kinda at that point going, man, I think I've just credited Ryan Tandahill after I made my quarterback list, and I think he's better than I've given him credit for, and we all give him credit for.


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[Assistant] What he has and what you can do to utilize his talents, first off, you know, like,


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[Assistant] I can't find throws where it doesn't come out as a perfect spiral. And you know, more than times than not, the ball is just right here, right here. And like his degree of missing instead of hitting right here is like here. Like that's a bad throw. That's where you're like, Whoa, that ball got away from Tannehill. That was a foot outside.


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[Assistant] You know, that's, that's really how pure he is. Very catchable ball.


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[Assistant] Okay, and you know, and it too, you know, I don't always like, you know, yards per attempt. I like yards per completion too. And you know, it's still, it still holds true.


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[Assistant] Because a lot like Kirk Cousins, it's an offense that didn't lend itself to easy completions. You turn out a Tennessee Titans game and you go.


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[Assistant] You know, no, he doesn't get to throw any wide receiver screens, doesn't get to throw many running back screens. Right from the get-go, it's like, hey, play action 20-yard post, or it's in the pocket and he's throwing a 25-yard crosser route.


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[Assistant] So, he's really unbelievable at that, and any intermediate to deep throw, he's got every club in the bag. He can drive it with power, he can throw it with touch, he's amazing that way, he stands in the pocket, he's fearless there, and of course he's a really good athlete. And like really, Paul, that's one of the negatives to me.


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[Assistant] Then we gave it credit for it. You know, I, I do. You know, you sit here, and again, I don't want to go into stats, but


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[Assistant] Yeah, he was probably better than okay. You know, I think I fell into the trap too of like giving the team's problems to Ryan Tannehill.


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[Assistant] You know, and I really, in full transparency, really what happened to me...


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[Assistant] Last off season, I had somebody in the NFL who had played against Ryan Tannehill, a coach who told me like basically, Hey Chris, I think you're a little off on him. I think he's better than what you're giving him credit for. You know, you need to break it down, you know, more than numbers. Look at some of the things. And you know, again, you know, you're very, he played well in Miami. Again, everybody's equating.


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[Assistant] You know, did they get the playoffs? Did they do anything like that? And they're, they're giving all the credit or blame to one guy. And I think we could sit here with a hundred NFL fans right now, Paul, and go, hey, who was on the offense in Miami two or three years ago? Who was the running back? Who's the tight end?


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[Assistant] Who's the receiver? Oh, you got Jarvis Landry? Oh, okay. Tell me an offensive lineman. You know, tell me, uh, uh, uh, uh, Laramie Tunzel. Okay, great. You know, all right. So you've named two people that are around him that support him.


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[Assistant] You know, I could show you other quarterbacks in football who got like two Hall of Famers around them to support them. So I think that is the big issue and that's where I think I was wrong last year with my ranking.


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[Assistant] I tried to say, I thought he would go in there and, and Pete Dimalytis can say this. I thought he would go to Tennessee and beat out Marcus Mariota. I had no doubt about that.


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[Assistant] And he got to Tennessee this year and they could protect him. They could run the ball a little bit.


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[Assistant] And now we have time to sit in the pocket and you got a guy like AJ Brown who's a little bit of a difference maker and can open down the field.


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[Assistant] And you saw, whoa, Tannehill, you give him some time and you give him a little creativity on the offensive side as far as the passing game. He leaves nothing out there. Like he, to me,


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[Assistant] Takes advantage of more of what's there to be had than almost any quarterback I watched in football this year. Like if he had a 50 yard post open and the guy was opened by one foot, he threw it and he threw it on the money and they capitalized on it. And I think he is one of the best deep ball throwers in football.


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[Assistant] It's hard. You know, it's not an easy exercise. I was probably a little wrong last year. Also in the fact of, like I said, this is the problem with football. It's the ultimate team sport. And when your team's not good around you,


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[Assistant] If you don't have a run game, and a good pass, a good pass protection,


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[Assistant] And, you know, a big time go-to wide receiver in the pass game.


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[Assistant] It's hard to be successful, and uh, I think that's where I messed up with my intent more than anything.


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[Assistant] You know, it's a simple but effective formula there in Tennessee.


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[Assistant] I do think they need to open up some of the schematics of their passing game. I think that would be the first thing I tell you because, you know, I, I again, they did a lot of good things, but


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[Assistant] Okay, but either way, I didn't come away going, whoa.


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[Assistant] Did that offensive coordinator just serve up some big completions for Ryan Tannenhill? And you know, I came away going, hey, they run the ball.


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[Assistant] But it's effective when you run the ball the way they do. And then when you have a quarterback who's coming up looking to go deep and also is really good at capitalizing when somebody does have the chance, uh, to be open deep, you know, that's all they needed. But I do think there needs to be more there, Paul. I do.


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[Assistant] Can Ryan Tannehill, do we have enough around him? Is our pass game good enough to go, okay, we got to throw the ball 42 times this week and.


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[Assistant] You know, do we have enough creativity? I think that's certainly an area they need to expand on there in Tennessee in their offense.


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[Assistant] Yeah, because he's the idiot with the OAN shirt. You mean that idiot coach, Mike Gundy? And that was the guy that went to the Browns, the older quarterback.


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[Assistant] Russell, okay, and let me just, I'm looking at teams, I promise you I'm not cheating, alright? Uhm, wow, Super Bowls.


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[Assistant] What the heck? Who am I missing here? Ho- Oh!


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[Assistant] Jimmy Garoppolo? No, that's not, that's too early. That's not Garoppolo. Alright, who is it? Give me it. Who is it?


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[Assistant] Of the Broncos Panther Super Bowl, Super Bowl 50.


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[Assistant] And Brock Ossoller is not a gifted thrower, and I remember sitting there in the stands with my wife, just going,


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[Assistant] These are the Super Bowl quarter racks for one of these teams? I mean, this is unbelievable. You had nobody, nobody around, no line, anything, and receivers were going to the ground on slant rounds and going to the ground on curl rounds and, uh, just amazing. But again, Paul, another point on,


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[Assistant] Teams win championships, not just a quarterback. Yes.


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[Assistant] Okay, that was good. I was at that Super Bowl. Yep, Trent Dill. Hey, another example of Paul. It's not all about the quarterback. There we go.


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[Assistant] Oh my gosh, this is, the college head coach thing has my mind really spinning.


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[Assistant] Okay, alright, this is one I know I'm gonna kick myself. I know you know.


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[Assistant] I know, I know, this is gonna drive me crazy, the 1987 quarterback draft, jeez.


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[Assistant] Yes, there you go. Yep. That doesn't count. I shouldn't get the points there. You were too nice Mr. Trebek.


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[Assistant] At that time, was it, I mean, it was in Minnesota. Was he in Minnesota though? Right? Yep. Yep. You're right on. Okay. So, hold on a second here. But he was the MVP of football? In the early 2000's?


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[Assistant] I would have never got it. I forgot that he got drafted by the Patriots. I couldn't put it there.


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[Assistant] But yes, he went to Minnesota. Yep. My mind never got there. Damn it. Yeah, that was.


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[Assistant] Running that Gruden offense, right? That was kind of new to the NFL and everybody's like, man, what the hell are these concepts and what are they doing?


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[Assistant] And how's he reading that? So, he was on everything. And, hey, I'll say this, one of my coolest moments of my life was


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[Assistant] Like listening to me call the place, cause he knew the language and verbiage and everything like that. But it was an awesome day. It really was. And, you know, Rich Cannon.


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[Assistant] He's a legend in my mind. He's another one of those guys. I don't know if people realize how awesome he was there for a period of time.


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[Assistant] And people are always just going to bring up the Super Bowl and the five interceptions and all of that. And you know, I want to sit here and go, damn, you know, yeah, I know it wasn't a good day, but.


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[Assistant] Yeah, it's, uh, hey, you know, talent finally got in the right spot. We've talked about that a lot today. Got a guy to believe in them a little bit.


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[Assistant] You got something around me to where I can take advantage of and he definitely took advantage of it.


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[Assistant] You know, the offensive line or other people that he felt were slacking and doing anything like that. And I think having him around, it emboldened me a little bit.


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[Assistant] You know, I think Grudem was trying, it was, I was young, I was, you know, only three years in the NFL, he was still trying to make me take that leadership role and cuss out of offensive linemen from time to time and do that. And having a Rich there.


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[Assistant] And just some of the things he said, and I remember him like soothing me over to like, hey, they're going to still like you if you yell at them in practice.


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[Assistant] You know, you go get a beer with them after or you just go talk them in a locker and you explain to them where you're coming from.


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[Assistant] He could. And you know what, Paul, just to follow that, that's one of the cool things about Gruden too. Gruden's cool that way. You know, Gruden is not


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[Assistant] You know, he's not too egotistical or crazy to wear.


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[Assistant] You can't, you can yell at him too. He might yell at you, tell you how stupid you are, but if he makes a mistake, he ain't gonna get mad at you, especially if you're a quarterback that he knows works hard and puts in the time.


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[Assistant] He's not going to get mad at that quarterback if he kind of gives it back a little bit too. And I think that's what you saw there in Oakland. And I always thought that was the cool thing about John. I finally got comfortable with it.


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[Assistant] Right as I kinda got hurt and lost my spleen and I never really got to like grow with it, but I had a few times in training camp that year where


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[Assistant] I'm gonna read it one more time. That's alright. We could go one for, I could be one out of four today. I might just have a shitty day. That's alright. Read it one more time though. Let me try one more shot at it.


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[Assistant] I was gonna say, if I ended up one out of four, you know, that would be a tough day.


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[Assistant] You know, it's funny, I forgot Bolger was there in New England. I did. You know, when you started saying it, I was like, wait, wasn't Bolger, you know, I kind of was going into my brain, wasn't he drafted by New England and...


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[Assistant] Oh, you know, I finally got there. New Orleans. Oh, I got lucky. I got lucky then. Yeah.


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[Assistant] And you're right. I mean, Bolger in that offense, man, he would cut it loose. He would take those seven step drops and just let it fly. And you know, I used to, I remember we played them in the regular season a few times too. The unfortunate thing for him is, you know, he didn't have Marshall Falk in his prime when he was there and their offensive line fell apart.


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[Assistant] And between that and Mike Martz's kind of like no risk it, no biscuit type of approach on the offensive side of the ball, man, that he get crushed. I mean.


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[Assistant] I remember playing Paul and watching games crossover film with Bulger and the Rams and just going...


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[Assistant] This guy is just tough as they come. I mean, he's getting lambasted play after play, seven step drop, tap the ball three times.


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[Assistant] You know, and then just getting killed. I think it shortened his career ultimately, but yeah, one of those guys that are pretty damn good, strong run there that we forget about sometimes.


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[Assistant] But Paul, great job on QB Jeopardy. Thanks for leading the way in the quarterback rankings. You the man. Always enjoyed doing it with you. That's it for Kristen Zumbuddin. You know we'll be back Thursday. I think we'll have the big effort here and we're gonna unveil more quarterbacks.


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[Assistant] On the Chris Sims quarterback top 40 countdown. Peace out, everybody. Be good. You're the man, Paulie. See ya. You too, man.


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[Assistant] We do. We all have our thing. I think your thing's probably a little more acceptable in society than mine. So, uh, but regardless, it's cool. It's cool that we've carved out our own little niche in that conversation. It is a very real thing. And, uh,


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[Assistant] It's important to play in football, no doubt. So it's, it's fun to have fun with it. Cause I do get a lot of friends too that are like, Hey bro, Hey bro, you talk about legs and butt a little too much on the pot, man. I'm starting to worry about you. You know, I get all that kind of crap where I'm like, yeah, shut up. Don't worry about me. Okay. We're fine over here.


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[Assistant] And my sister Deirdre, her little boy Patrick today, it's his birthday. I will be going to New Jersey after this podcast to go do that. Uh, NBA themed birthday today. I gotta wear an NBA jersey. I don't know what I'm gonna do yet.


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[Assistant] And then he has a Kyrie Irvin Celtics jersey.


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[Assistant] I know, and I just don't like that. You know, I like Kyrie Irvin, I like the Celtics, but it's like, I want somebody that's on a real team right now, or...


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[Assistant] Or a living legend, like a Magic Johnson or something like that where yeaah, he's carved out his own name within that franchise. You got any basketball jerseys?


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[Assistant] No, I'm with you. You know, I honestly, I wish they would.


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[Assistant] You know, I honestly just think, yeaah, I know they will and it's been great. I'm not trying to like criticize, but more just being like, I think it'd be good for the NFL brand right now.


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[Assistant] You know, people are still starving for anything live, real, right now, whatever that is. And, you know, the big thing, like, especially for our business and my business especially here is,


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[Assistant] You know, there's no preseason football. So, you know, this time of the week, we could still be talking about last week's preseason games and certain plays and things and players we saw to where that drives the conversation. And it's a little thin right now, but thanks to the teams, like you said, we're surviving.


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[Assistant] The type of injuries where, yeaah, a Miles Sanders, uh, a Denzel Mims, guys that are gonna be, you know, counted on by their teams this year.


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[Assistant] So where, yeaah, they're gonna be behind the 8 ball, especially the rookies. I mean, you're already behind and now you're gonna miss more time. But this was like my number one concern from the start.


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[Assistant] When we started this conversation, whenever that was, you know, April, May, about when guys would get in there, player safety was a huge issue. First off, when guys are in tip top shape in the NFL, you're still going to have injuries in a training camp to start it off at some point.


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[Assistant] But this is gonna be a different year, and I don't know, you know, one, I'm expecting


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[Assistant] We're talking about right now, guys getting hurt and we haven't even really got into, you know, full contact practices, no preseason game yet. This is the time of year we start to have these types of injuries, but guys have already played a preseason game or maybe two preseason games as of tonight and things like that. But, but here's the big thing, Ahmed, you know,


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[Assistant] With a strength coach, you know, yelling at you, competition next to you, right? That's going to raise your intensity. I mean, if you're Bradley Chubb and you're next to Vaughn Miller, you're going, I want to stay with Vaughn Miller. He's really good. I'm going to measure myself against him. There's that aspect. And then.


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[Assistant] The train, the football weight training staff, they know how to specifically start training for football.


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[Assistant] And that's where I think players miss out. So yeaah, we might have lots of players who ran gassers and have been lifting weights and doing things like that, right? But, but the difference is in the normal offseason,


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[Assistant] You start to really challenge yourself with weights and you know certain exercises to where you might start off doing a lot of reps to get in shape and then at the end of OTA's you're starting to do like max reps or two or three reps of high weight to really get that explosiveness about you and be built that way.


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[Assistant] Let alone you start to do specific football running drills, Ahmed. Instead of just running wind sprints all the time, now you're running.


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[Assistant] Hey, today the workout is we want you to push this big sled.


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[Assistant] You know, up and back down the field 10 times. Well, that's football conducive. Oh, we want you to pull this sled with some weights on it. We're going to put a harness on you today. And that's why I think you see these injuries right now. A lot of these guys are in shape. Yeah. For the normal Joe.


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[Assistant] Are you in shape or if you're a receiver and somebody's jamming you and pushing on you while you're trying to get off the line of scrimmage and run as fast as you can, those are the things that I think are going to continue to bother people. And that's why I think we'll continue to see injuries throughout this process until week one.


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[Assistant] That's where I just, I don't know if that can happen a little bit because of what you're saying though.


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[Assistant] You know, you also have to think, most of these coaches right now, you know, they're, they're going, man, I gotta get my guys ready for week one.


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[Assistant] We got no pre-season. I wanna make sure we stay healthy. So yeaah, they wanna hit and do some tackling and all that.


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[Assistant] But I don't know if they're going to do it enough willing, uh, enough to sacrifice their players.


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[Assistant] Deal with that, you know, constant stress of, Oh man, we're going to have a full scrimmage today. I'm going to let guys tackle the ground. Do I really want to do this with my starting players and some of these guys? And I think more times than not, I think they're going to be reluctant to do it because of this year, because they're going to want their team.


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[Assistant] Right? Uh, and that was the 2012 season. There was injuries were up like 25 to 30%, something like that. I think this year,


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[Assistant] We're gonna blow that out of the water. Because at least in that year, Florio made the point, and I think he's spot on, you know, guys could still go work with their personal trainers, have training regimens that way, do all of that stuff. You know, this year, you're on Zoom, or you were trying to do it by yourself.


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[Assistant] And it's just different from that standpoint. And also in that year, you got to play some preseason games and get yourself physically conditioned.


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[Assistant] For the physical elements of the game. And I think it's just gonna be a shock. Like, some of the things that I think about with week one, high injuries, I expect that to happen. And I expect the offensive lines in the NFL to struggle.


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[Assistant] Like I wouldn't be shocked if you saw week one, we saw some record high numbers and quarterback sacks because


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[Assistant] To really replicate the intensity of a football game.


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[Assistant] Yeah, but, but Von Miller and Bradley Chubb haven't really been going pedal to the metal 100%. You know what I'm saying? Aaron Donald, it's been practiced. It's been like 90%, 85%. Now they're gonna get into a game and be like,


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[Assistant] And I think it's gonna catch them off guard big time early in the year.


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[Assistant] Yeah, still the wrong team for this purpose. Uh, you know, again, do I pay attention to it? Do I take notice of it?


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[Assistant] Do I file it away and go, wait, is this going to be a continued theme here throughout training camp?


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[Assistant] I mean, the guy's basically a rookie in the NFL.


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[Assistant] So, yeaah, he's not gonna be perfect. You know, two, as you know, they got some new parts at Wide Receiver, they got some young guys who are still learning their way, and,


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[Assistant] Three, they're going against the best secondary in football. You know, that's all there is to be said. They're going against some special guys.


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[Assistant] They're, they're outclassed as far as that's concerned. I mean, their defensive secondary should win the battle more days than not against the wide receivers. So, and then also Ahmed, you always have to take this into account. I got a few more points with this, but like,


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[Assistant] You know, the context of the interceptions matter too, right? You know?


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[Assistant] If he's throwing a ball and it's getting batted at the line of scrimmage because the right guard got pushed back five feet, well, that's not Jared Stidham's fault. Let's not just go, oh, he threw an interception and just, you know, put it on Twitter so everybody can react. You know, if he, if he threw a ball and the receiver broke the wrong way, he was supposed to go left, but he went right.


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[Assistant] You know, Jared Stidham's gonna get blamed. You know, so there's a lot of different ways into how to view these interceptions, let alone New England is the type of place where


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[Assistant] They might have a theme for the day where Bill and Josh McDaniels go, we want to be aggressive.


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[Assistant] I want to test them. I don't want any like, you know, check the ball down. I want our corners tested because I want our wide receivers tested. I want to see what they have too and being able to compete with some of these guys. So they might, he might have told his quarterbacks, Hey, push the envelope a little bit.


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[Assistant] I mean, we had some practices where Brady was


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[Assistant] So there's that aspect too that people can't forget. There might have been something that's been told. And then the last thing here.


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[Assistant] And this is where I admire the New England Patriots. They do not script for success.


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[Assistant] Okay? And a lot of people out there might go, what the hell does that mean? Script for success. Well, have you heard me say this before? Have you heard this?


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[Assistant] Okay, so script for success. When I was in Tampa, Derek Brooks used to complain about it all the time.


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[Assistant] Because basically before practice, John Gruden would get together with Monty Kiffin


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[Assistant] And he'd go, okay, here's, let's say, here's seven on seven. Here's the plays I'm gonna run, Monty Kiffin. I need you to play this coverage versus this play. I need you to play this coverage versus this play, right? So a lot of the times,


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[Assistant] You know, the defense is just working on their coverages and things like that, so they don't care as much, even though the defense coordinator might go, I would never play this defense versus this formation. Or if you had Joey Galloway in the slot, right? They wouldn't do it, but they're being forced to because Gruden's asking them to.


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[Assistant] And they want their offense to click and get some timing and some rhythm and get some success to practice, right? More teams than not run practice that way. The New England Patriots don't. They don't do any of that.


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[Assistant] And therefore it can be very game-like at times where the quarterback could get to the line of scrimmage and be like, man, I know it's like day five of training camp, but I'm not sure what the hell they're lining up here or what the coverage is, but it makes you have to play the game, right? Because that's the way it'll be on a Sunday.


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[Assistant] So it can lead to some ugly practices, especially if the defense is a little more advanced than the offense, which I think is the case there in New England. So I'm not going to make a big deal about it at this point.


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[Assistant] Jared said, I'm still lea a lot of young new pieces side of the ball. If we'r this a week from now, 10


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[Assistant] And it's, man, Jared Stidham, he's stolen interceptions, you know, seven out of the last nine days. And, you know, it's, then I'm going to start to go, damn, okay, he's having some issues being a little reckless with the football and reading defenses and things like that.


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[Assistant] You know, for lack of a better way to say it, that's the shit I don't like about social media right now. A cherry-picked play to start, you know, start some controversy or some bullshit on the media, you know, on social media. And then, you know, that's just, that's not right. And, uh, yeaah, it's, it's routes versus air.


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[Assistant] Right there, okay? The play you're talking about. And basically, you know, and I'll try to explain it, Dwayne Haskins is on the right, Alex Smith is on the left.


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[Assistant] You know, Dwayne Haskins is throwing like a, a deep out to the right or maybe a deep crosser and Alex Smith is throwing a deep in cut to his left. Alex Smith throws his strikes. Dwayne Haskins throws a ball, you know, a little high over the guy's head. And now people try to go, Oh yeah, Alex Smith looks sharp. Dwayne Haskins doesn't look good.


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[Assistant] You know, no, we don't know that to be the case. And we don't know if the guy ran the right route out there for Dwayne Haskins or anything like that. And...


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[Assistant] You know, again, I just, it's Rod's first error. You're gonna miss some every now and then. Let's wait till they start getting into some live bullets.


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[Assistant] And let's see if that's the case then. You know, the one thing I'm not worried about with Dwayne Haskins is him throwing the football. That's like the least of my concerns. So when I see something like that, I go, okay, he missed it. I don't care. I've seen enough of that type of throw to know he can hit the bullseye plenty of times.


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[Assistant] So, uh, you know, again, yeah, that's, uh, I just don't like that aspect of it, I guess.


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[Assistant] Washington needs to figure out how they wanna frame their team. If I'm Washington, I'm going with Dwayne Haskins.


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[Assistant] They got some young weapons. They got some young weapons on defense. They could mold something special here. They really can. And, you know, not that we know yet, but


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[Assistant] When I thought about this more and more, because we know Alex Smith is a little bit of a game manager, right? That's what he's always had a little bit of a, you know, that's been his MO. People always thought that's what he is. And I would agree. I mean, you've heard me say and call him Charlie Checkdown and all those type of things.


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[Assistant] You know, and so I've heard some people go, well, if they need a game manager and you know, they want to play defense and that kind of football, maybe they should go with Alex Smith. But my rebuttal to that would be.


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[Assistant] No, I think just the opposite. Like if you're going to play defense and control the ball and like want to play that style of football, Dwayne Haskins is capable of that. You need to beat in his brain, like don't turn the ball over, don't take chances. But he kind of played that way in Ohio State.


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[Assistant] You know, they max protected. They ran the ball with J.K. Dobbins. They would send two or three guys out for a route and he would try to make a big throw or something like that. I think he's perfectly capable of playing that style of football, let alone a team that doesn't have a lot of big weapons like


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[Assistant] Alex Smith is not the kind of guy that's going to take advantage of Terry McCorran running 70 yard posts down the middle. He's not. Dwayne Haskins is going to capitalize on that stuff, let alone he's played with him in college already. So to me, the more I thought about it, I went, wait, the Redskins look like they're a defense.


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[Assistant] You know, let's kind of manage the game on offense and maybe take a few shots downfield in a pass game from time to time. That's Dwayne Haskins. You starved him all the way. Listen, if you want to get into five wides and spread the field, and now you want to get into like, oh, we need a quarterback that can make a lot of decisions and do things in the line of scrimmage, then fine, go to Alex Smith then maybe.


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[Assistant] But I think people have it a little backwards where they're thinking, oh, the Redskins might want a game manager. No, I think they're, if that's the case, I think Dwayne Haskins is capable of being that type of guy too. You just, yeah, you're going to have to take some of the power out of his hands and manage the game as coaches.


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[Assistant] Uhm, but that's still very possible. I mean we've seen plenty of teams do it that way.


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[Assistant] Yeah, flatten it, flatten it, flatten it, you know, flatten it.


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[Assistant] Oh, well at least he does fake swears, you know, like that guy, you don't even do that, you know?


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[Assistant] He is. And you know what, like, I love little nuances like that, you know, when he's saying flatten it out. You know, he's throwing a...


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[Assistant] A cross or over the middle, whether that's like a 12 yard and straight across or even like what we would call a crossing route where maybe you inside release, you push up the field and then you cross over that way.


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[Assistant] You know, what he's saying, and again, these are the details that the old great quarterbacks have. We're hearing Brady talk to the receivers like this in Tampa the same way. Because these little nuances of the difference between


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[Assistant] You know, as he's crossing the field, an upward angle, right? Like, let's just say, like, he's going across that way. Okay, you see my hands doing that? That's the DB, maybe undercut.


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[Assistant] Okay, now I'm gonna try to throw him, you know, a laser into his chest, right? Well, if the guy's going away from the ball, he's getting, he's leaving the target, right? He's gonna take a little power away from the ball itself.


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[Assistant] Let alone how many times a year I see that type of throw, and we might watch it on TV and go, ah, damn.


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[Assistant] I can't believe the quarterback threw that low there. If he doesn't throw that low, that's gonna be a 50 yard gain. And then I'll watch the film on Monday and go, what?


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[Assistant] You know, his toenails, uh, if he had flattened it out, he would have caught it right in his belly button and just kept running. And there's a handful of plays every year from every team where stuff like that happens. And that's the difference between a great offense and executing and staying on the field and third down and all those types of things.


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[Assistant] Well, it is a little bit, you know, I don't think it's going to be something they're going to bring up like in the film room all the time, but like a guy like Stefan Gilmour.


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[Assistant] He's probably going to look at some of those and go, oh wait, Tyree Kill runs a post corner. I noticed he likes to take this little extra step or whatever it may be. I don't think it's a game changer.


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[Assistant] But yeah, the students of the game will try to steal from anything. I mean, as you know, I'm not even playing anymore and I'm still looking at crazy crap like, ooh, did you see that? That's an interesting angle and it has no bearing on my life at all. So the ones that really love the sport.


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[Assistant] Are gonna steal, you know, some of those type of things to, you know, gain a little knowledge or advantage or whatever that may be.


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[Assistant] They might lean their head, you know, they might start dropping their hips too low too early. You know, they start getting choppy feet and you know, you get to see anything enough times and especially a guy like Gilmore who's probably been taught some things by Belichick that he never knew until he got there.


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[Assistant] Well, like, I think what you're, you know, first off, yeah, his size pops off to you, to me, to everybody. I mean, you're hearing all the Green Bay players, I mean, they're all joking about it, laughing about it.


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[Assistant] He's a very smooth athlete and I know that too because I saw him in person with Boston College in Notre Dame.


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[Assistant] You know, for a big guy, he's got very good body control. You know, not that he's like,


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[Assistant] Ultra quick with movements as far as like raking ankles, but can...


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[Assistant] Change direction very smoothly. I mean, there's just a gracefulness in which he can do that and, you know, get his body going one way to where, you know, again, I think everybody's excited about him just because of the compliment he is to Aaron Jones and they haven't had anything like that as far as that type of power running back up there.


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[Assistant] Well, you know, I know we, we talked on Monday, uh, I believe that was Monday when we talked about Cam Paddles and I, I know I said, I think Cam Akers will be the guy. You know, yeaah, I got a cheat sheet too. I saw Cam Akers in person two years ago.


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[Assistant] He's an NFL stud. I knew that when he was on the field at Notre Dame. I kept going, damn, this guy.


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[Assistant] You know, he's gonna, he's gonna be a thousand yard rusher in the league at some point. He's built like an NFL stud and he has like special explosion to the hole and through the hole. So I think he'll be the guy because of like,


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[Assistant] Again, what we talked about too, with that zone scheme running. Remember when I got up on Monday and you couldn't see my head and that side? Like that fits Cam Akers. Oh, you want me to stretch it out, coach? And then when you, when I see a lane, you want me to put my foot in the ground and run like a bat out of hell through it? He's made to do that. That's what he did at Florida State.


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[Assistant] Man, yeaah, you lose Brandon Cooks, but man, it takes the edge off the fact that you have Van Jefferson. Van Jefferson, I know we talked about this a little during the draft process, is


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[Assistant] As polished, the most polished wide receiver I've seen come out of college football. I mean, he's in that discussion. His dad is an NFL coach for the New York Jets. He ran routes better than anybody.


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[Assistant] I mean, it was high level route running, you know, as far as what they asked him to do, the techniques in which he did it, and then he's physically gifted to stick his foot in the ground and explode out of the, out of the, uh, cut and do those things, you know.


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[Assistant] But New Orleans, the Rams, the teams that know how to utilize the slot receiver to its truest form, they love that shit.


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[Assistant] Because those are two coaches who will be like, well, I know how to divide six and seven yard completions all day long. If my guy here just smart and can run a good route, we'll never have them covered.


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[Assistant] And that's what's really cool about the Rams because they really have three of those guys. So, you know, I love that aspect of an offense when you have three guys that are interchangeable, they can kind of do everything, you know, maybe not overly great at one thing, but really good at all things.


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[Assistant] That can lead to a very dangerous offense and I think he's going to fit their scheme very well and because he's so polished and NFL game ready and everything like that, I think he'll have a big part of that offense, you know, early on in the year.


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[Assistant] Very few people I've ever seen at the wide receiver position. Look.


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[Assistant] And have the physical attributes and have the physical ability that Chase Claypool has. I mean it's special.


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[Assistant] You know, I've been covering Notre Dame for three years. I haven't seen one receiver on the field in Chase Claypool's class since I've been covering Notre Dame for three years. They've been playing a lot of damn good teams still, just so everybody knows out there. So the guy, you know, I know you've heard me say before, like he's built like Brandon Marshall.


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[Assistant] That's what he's built like. Except he's faster and more explosive than Brandon Marshall, which is scary. He has superstar, superstar potential.


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[Assistant] Uh, because, you know, Pittsburgh does have a Juju Smith Schuster and Big Ben is one of the great default rowers. And I think Pittsburgh's offense is a little more creative than Seattle's altogether, but I'm not shocked to hear about this. And I heard about this a little already. I had heard Inklings at a Rams camp.


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[Assistant] You know, I've heard inklings just from a few people I trust in Pittsburgh that, you know,


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[Assistant] I'm not surprised. And I think really if Pittsburgh, which I think like we do like, you know, best case, worst case for teams during PFD, you know, my best case was like Pittsburgh could be in the Superbowl. I don't think that's crazy. You know, their defense is a Superbowl defense. The big one's healthy. And of course the big thing will be.


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[Assistant] Is gonna have to significantly jump on the scene to help out their offense. And I expect it to be Chase Claypool. I expect him to be the go-to big-time playmaker receiver for the offense.


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[Assistant] Yeah, well I think people were down because of like production, right? Alright?


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[Assistant] You know, last year was his only real year of production and it was a good year, but it'd be one of those things where I push back a lot too and go, wait,


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[Assistant] Have you really dug into the film? Because if you're just looking at his receptions and just doing that, yeah, you're gonna go, man, I like this.


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[Assistant] What you need to do is look at all his routes because if he had a quarterback in Notre Dame that was a little more aggressive and threw the ball down the field, they left five, six hundred yards on the field this year. I mean, I almost said it every week during Notre Dame, you know, be more aggressive Ian Book because Chase Claypool was open a whole lot more than what he got the ball. But I think it is the one year production.


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[Assistant] Got in the dog house a little at Notre Dame a little bit, you know, and what I even tried to tell a few friends in the NFL.


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[Assistant] Because I had started having people towards the end of the draft process start to ask me about Chase Claypool. Like, hey dude, you know, you might be onto something with this Chase Claypool. We just kind of did a deeper dive into it and you know, you might be right when you said about him three, four, five weeks ago. And you know, I, you know, it's always good to hear those things, but you know, I think it's just a little-


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[Assistant] But I think the rawness, getting in the dog house, only one year of being the go-to guy in the pass game. You know, that let, he's from Canada.


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[Assistant] He, that led people to be like, ooh, I don't know. And that's what I told a lot of my friends in the NFL. I said, this is a good kid.


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[Assistant] He's from Canada. He was a little bit of a culture shock, I think, when he first got to Notre Dame and trying to find his way in the world. And I also told them, like, he got in the dog house, but the dog house for Notre Dame is like,


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[Assistant] They, they're, they, like, well, you've been mispracticed. You can't practice that. You missed a class. You know, no, we didn't have those rules.


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[Assistant] To get a guy like this off, and that's the phrase Grudem would use, like,


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[Assistant] You know, and, you know, yeaah, seeing all the things you're seeing on social media, you know, have texted with a few people from the Raiders, like, he's killing it there.


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[Assistant] They're excited about what they got. They love the football player. And you know, again, I just, I think grew to knowing him and how much he wanted this type of guy. He is going to have.


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[Assistant] Like, a special place on his play sheet.


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[Assistant] Whether that's throwing deep posts, wide receiver screens, you know, the reverses, the speed sweeps, all of that.


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[Assistant] He is gonna have his own special category just for that guy because I think he thinks he's gonna be a special part of that offense and obviously can do some things that, you know, nobody else on their team can do with that speed. Yeah.


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[Assistant] Yeah, well, Judy's a slick route runner and we talk about that a lot, you know, during the, during the process. I mean, he is like a Van Jefferson. They were pros, you know, their last year in college, like great route running pros.


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[Assistant] In college, it's very rare to have that. So Judy, yes, he understands the how to set up a DB, how to give them a different looks, you know, how to make them, Hey, I did this three times in a row. I'm going to do it again, but this time I'm going to throw a curve ball and go somewhere else.


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[Assistant] You know, he understands the psychological part of playing receiver and setting up DBs, which is very impressive. And Hamler, Hamler not the route runner.


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[Assistant] But just the explosive nightmare and I have no inside info on him yet or anything like that to where I could just say, oh yeah, I'm hearing that out of Denver, but you know how much I liked him in the draft.


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[Assistant] The only reason I don't think he was a first-rounder is he had drops, which, you know, again, where I want to say, like, I know drops, it's a wide receiver and they're supposed to catch the ball.


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[Assistant] But when you have a guy that's playing quarterback who is very inconsistent with the timing of the throws and you're open five plays in a row and he doesn't throw it to you. And then you're covered for four plays in a row and he does throw to you. And then when he does throw to you, he's throwing wobbler, wobbling knuckleballs at you and things like that.


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[Assistant] It all messes with the psyche of a wide receiver. You know? So I know his hands were a little bit less than coming out. I get that.


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[Assistant] But I do attribute it a little bit to the offense and the quarterback he's with.


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[Assistant] And I saw enough high level catches to where I went, this guy doesn't have bad hands. This is just like a concentration issue or keeping him in a rhythm of the game. But,


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[Assistant] You know, I would just be shocked if he doesn't have a big role on this offense. Not to say he's gonna like lead the team in receiving.


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[Assistant] That offense to where he's taking the top off to get the other guys open.


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[Assistant] Well, he's a, he's a hell of a player, a hell of a specimen. And then, you know, added to that, he's coming from a school.


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[Assistant] That, hey, they're offensive linemen and they're tight ends. They, they are, they're coach like pros.


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[Assistant] They're Travis Kelsey or George Kittle or whatever it may be. But Matt Nagy, of course, runs that Kansas City, Andy Reid offense to where Ivan Cole commit.


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[Assistant] You know, down the middle of the field. And I think he's going to open up a lot of eyes this year in Chicago.


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[Assistant] Let me just say that, let me ask this, is it 19, past 1980 or before 1980?


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[Assistant] I would think so. You know, the Jimmy Graham factor is going to play into that.


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[Assistant] You know, as much as I say Notre Dame is, you know, NFL ready and that's up, there's still.


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[Assistant] All those are more intricate and detailed than college football ever is. So it is a learning process and tie down because you have to learn so much about the run game and then the pass game. You know, there's more on there in their brain than maybe a wide receiver or a DB who's a first or second round pick, right? There's just,


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[Assistant] That would probably be my reasoning just off the top of my head of why it's, it's hard for those guys to just come in and take over. Let alone, I feel like it's a position where the coaches need to see you play for a year.


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[Assistant] And then they start to realize, oh wait, we could do this with this guy.


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[Assistant] You know, we should, we should, you know, utilize this formation more because it helps the tight end out and all of that. But I think Comette's gonna have a great deal, uh, to do with the success of the Bears. Run game, pass game, even in the red zone. I mean, him and Jimmy Graham, they could get in a two tight end set with a full back or even a three tight end set.


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[Assistant] With a full back and a tail back and you think they're in goal line. And then all of a sudden Nick Foles goes, you know, SHIT!


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[Assistant] And now one tight end stays in there. They're still in the eye for him, but now it's Jimmy Graham and Cole Comed on the outside. You could throw a fade to them as one on one, or maybe you could still run the ball if they're worried about how big they are and they're doubling those guys. So they're going to, they're going to pose some matchup issues down there that I think is going to help the Bears out a whole lot too.


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[Assistant] Yeah, well, I mean, I know we've hit on this. This is the ultimate, you know, perfect player scheme mix. And then the player is like really freaking good too.


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[Assistant] You know, I think that's the big thing. And, you know, first off, his vision is off the charts. I mean, off the charts.


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[Assistant] Never missed a hole, never missed a cut back lane in LSU. You know, he'd be in a mosh pit of guys and stop and reverse and cut this way. And you'd be like, how did he even see that? There's like four guys around him and he's 5'8". You know, so, but, but to me, I mean, yeah, this is why I said it in the pre-draft process.


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[Assistant] And their ability to use the running back in the pass game.


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[Assistant] And Andy Reads is about as good as it gets in that department.


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[Assistant] Let alone, we've talked about the formula in which they're, you know, aggressive down the field. Oh Tyree, Sammy, Tyree, Sammy, defense is running back. Oh, we gotta worry about the bomb.


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[Assistant] Oh shit, he threw the ball five yards underneath the Clyde Edwards Hilaire. Now we get a run and tackle and rally against this guy in space. Yeah, good luck with that there. Okay. Uh, so that's where.


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[Assistant] I just because they're gonna win games and I think he's gonna put up a lot of good stats in certain weeks in the run game and pass game alike because


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[Assistant] I'm not shocked, you know, he's got that, not the Clyde Edwards Hilaire's, you know, uh, total top ability, but has that ability that's very close to break people's ankles, you know, make people miss, really run.


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[Assistant] Sharp, sharp wraps out of the backfield. And, you know, I think Karrion Johnson's gonna be the more talented runner there in Detroit.


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[Assistant] But I think DeAndre Swift will carve out his game as that third down back, that screen back. You know, he's going to get some carries. But I think that more than likely they're going to want to formulate more pass game around him and more run game.


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[Assistant] You know, around, uh, Carion Johnson. My big thing here is with this though, okay, would be


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[Assistant] Daryl Bedwell on the other hand, I don't know if he does.


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[Assistant] To the back out of the backfield. And maybe this is Matt Patricia's influence on him going, why wouldn't you? You know, James White had 97 million catches while I coached there and we tormented teams underneath with linebackers versus running backs one on one, things like that. And I would think especially this first year,


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[Assistant] That'll be Deandre Swift's Bread and Butter. Will be to come in in the pass game.


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[Assistant] Create a mismatch, take advantage of that, and make something happen after the catch.


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[Assistant] Yeah, no, and then there's, there's a video from last weekend of him going up and getting an interception in practice. You know, to me again,


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[Assistant] AJ Terrell, yeah, you know, I loved him coming out in the draft, but here's a guy that he's with the team.


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[Assistant] Playing the Seattle scheme. You know, yeaah, he's gonna be asked to play man to man, which is what he did all the time at Clemson. But now he's going, wait.


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[Assistant] This three deep, you know, press bail zone coverage. Man, this is pretty cool. This is a little easier than having to cover people man to man all the time.


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[Assistant] So again, I think it's the perfect match of a guy's like, you know, body type of skill set, hit the scheme, and then sub, where he's gonna be able to like, Elena for the first time in a while is gonna be able to go like, wait.