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[Assistant] Right? That's gonna be the thing. So he's gonna be specific to where it's like, hey, maybe first and second down we play him a defense, and third down we can move him inside. Or...


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[Assistant] You know, hey, we're not worried about him holding his ground against the run. We just want him to shoot a gap and, and cause chaos and maybe be like Michael Bennett from the Seattle Seahawks a few years ago, right? Maybe that's what he'll be, right? Is that guy.


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[Assistant] But I couldn't say he's a top 5D end or a top 5D tackle. He's a little bit of a tweener that way. Like a Braden Fisk, I think you're gonna have to worry about, hey, let's play him on the edge a little bit early on and in certain situations we'll play him inside as he gets better at double teams and anchors and stuff like that. But damn, there's definitely some stuff. There's some good stuff. There is definitely some stuff.


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[Assistant] He could be uhm, he could uhm, you know, what I would call like muscle up a little bit too. You know, that would be one of the things I would look at. Again, more times than not, when I look at these guys and go, oh, the body's not real hard and ripped up and muscular. You know what those guys usually do? They run out of stamina.


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[Assistant] You know, I, I feel like maybe what you're talking about, cause I saw that too, right? And I just, yea, there's a little bit of a, gets worn down or lethargic at times and you just want more that way.


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[Assistant] You know, I haven't had conversations with anybody really about these deep tackles yet, like I've told you in the past. Usually, this is...


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[Assistant] 21 in Jireh Alexander, somewhere in there, right? Yea, no, listen, this is, the way the NFL is right now, and how multiple it is, right? Chris Jones can play DN, nose tackle, 3 technique, 5 technique, he can do it all, there's just, there's no suppl- supplanting, er,


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[Assistant] You know, what am I trying to say? Supplanting that? That's not right. That's not right. Well, you can't deny that. How about that? You can't deny that. There's no denying it. There's no denying it. And hey, I had this conversation with Florio today too. Right? I mean, again, you get into the best teams in football. They got big people. They're good up front. Right?


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[Assistant] You talk about the Ravens, what do they got on both sides? Number one seed in the AFC, that's right, they got it all. You talk about the Chiefs, they got it on both sides, no doubt about it. You talk about the 49ers or the Lions, they got it on both sides, right? Big people on both sides of the ball.


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[Assistant] Uh, it's imperative and, you know, and I think, you know, we're seeing the Philadelphia Eagles. Why do we say they're an all-star team? Well, I don't know. They have a never-ending list of big people on both sides of the ball. So, it's a very important part of the game and I think it's going to show this year in the draft.


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[Assistant] Yeah, it's uh, the top tier demons of tackle just has such an effect on the football game now on every play basis. It doesn't matter.


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[Assistant] Again, like the guys we've talked about today, first, second, third, down, it doesn't matter, they're all there, you gotta deal with them. And then they're a pain in the ass in all things. Oh, we wanna run the ball? Oh damn, we got a block to every service. Hey, we wanna throw the ball?


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[Assistant] Who are we going to get to block Jeffrey Simmons, right? I mean, it's, it's, it's, they change game plans, right? Aaron Donnell, nobody playing man to man on the Rams when they won the Super Bowl. Why do you think they were so, they played zone and they went, let's just make the quarterback try to read the coverage and pat the ball. And by the time he's getting ready to pat the ball, Aaron Donnell will have them on the ground.


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[Assistant] That's where it is. And I think, you know, again, I think we talked about it there. You talk about, again, the better teams in football.


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[Assistant] It's a big time position of importance right now.


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[Assistant] Our Christmas on Button's gonna be airing right after PFT, streaming on Peacock for the whole week, right? It is? Yeah, right.


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[Assistant] Yeah. Dan Patrick took the week off. So it's all Chris Sims on button. Wow. I hope you did good in those last shows. I don't know. We'll see. If I had known that I would have worn a shirt and tie. Alright everybody. I hope everybody enjoyed the Detackle ranks. Great class. I mean, again.


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[Assistant] We got some positions in this draft that are deep, for sure, and some real players. Send in the questions. You know, we got a few more position, uh, groups to rank, go through.


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[Assistant] I think we've hit the main ones. We have. You know? I don't think we're talking about any first round safeties or linebackers this year in the draft. No running backs in the first round this year. Tied ends. We only got really one we're talking about here.


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[Assistant] That's the only guy we haven't hit on yet, right? So I'm definitely going to start watching some of that in these other position groups, as long as hitting some other miscellaneous guys. Keep sending them the questions. We know, we love the involvement. Everybody be good. We'll be here. You're here Wednesday?


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[Assistant] I'm here Wednesday. Alright, good. Alright. He's uh, Ahman's working this week. Great. Good to hear it. Alright everybody, be good. Have a next, uh, good next few days. Peace out, homies. Clap it up. Clap it up.


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[Assistant] Me and Ahmed Farid are gonna be here for it all. You know, we got free agency. We're gonna break it all down. The draft, the rankings of positions. Of course, we're gonna unpack it all. Hit subscribe, get to my free agency reactions, 2024 draft rankings and more. Thanks again for watching. Peace out, homies. See you soon.


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[Assistant] What do I do best? Stop the run. I feel like that's what I do best. I feel like, you know, I'm a, uh, I'm a force in the run game. I feel like, uh, you know, whatever needs to be done in the run, you know, I'm there, you know, uh, I make plays, uh, you know, I can just stop the run at any time, you know. You can't move your ass.


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[Assistant] Yeah, my favorite was the, uh, we wore them a couple of times. We wore it last year against Arizona and then this year against Washington. They were the, uh, eggshell ones is what we call them and they're the white ones with the green dots on them.


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[Assistant] Uhm, you know, our thoughts together and kinda, you know, elaborate on the uniforms and what, you know, combination we want to wear for which game.


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[Assistant] Uh, and then last year, you know, there was another player committee and so forth. So our equipment guy, Kenny Farr, does a great job of putting that together and he always takes care of us.


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[Assistant] Uh, the best things about it is, is, uh, the Nike stuff and the Nike experience and, uh, you know, I've been able to, to form great relationships with.


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[Assistant] Uh, you know, the people at Nike and those who work really hard for it. And obviously Phil Knight's at, you know, every single one of our games and he's a great, um, you know, the biggest supporter we have. And so, uh, that's been, you know, uh, a hidden gem and an awesome little, you know, gift that's come along with just being at Oregon is, is that Nike, uh, you know, partnership.


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[Assistant] I loved baseball and basketball when I was little. My dad didn't let me play tackle football until seventh grade when I could play for my school. Uh, and so before that I would play either flag football or


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[Assistant] You know, just hang out during the fall and wait for, um, you know, basketball or baseball. Some years I played fall baseball, uh, but whatever it was, I was always competing at the sport, you know, that was in season. So.


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[Assistant] And basketball and baseball season, you know, I thought I was going to be the next, you know, basketball or baseball player. That's what I was putting all my time into. And eventually I was able to get out on the, on the football field. And then, you know, soon after that, I realized that's what I wanted to do for the rest of my life.


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[Assistant] So I pitched growing up and played shortstop and played center field. So kind of stayed down the middle of the defense. And, um, you know, obviously hitting is the toughest part of baseball. Uh, so if, if you can hit, you can, you can make it far. So apparently I couldn't hit.


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[Assistant] Yeah, I was, uh, you know, point guard by, by Tre and naturally, but some, sometimes, you know, in middle school, high school.


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[Assistant] I, uh, you know, as a football player and grew, so I was, you know, oftentimes was asked to guard the, the four and the five on the other opposing team. So it depended if we were on offense or defense or what position I was playing, but I like to bring the ball up to court and, you know, set the offense and, uh, you know, be a quarterback on the, on the basketball court.


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[Assistant] Well, simply put, he didn't necessarily want me to go out there at a young age and just play ball in the ring or do a bunch of Oklahoma drills that technically doesn't do much for the game of football. And the coaches aren't necessarily, uh, you know, uh, they don't necessarily.


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[Assistant] Yeaah, they're not necessarily high school or college coaches that are teaching technique and that sort of thing, the fundamentals of the game. So he wouldn't let me play until I was playing for my school with the high school or the JV coaches.


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[Assistant] They're calling it quits when they get to high school. Exactly. And they're just kind of done with it.


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[Assistant] You know, a whole lot of football. I'm still, you know, catching up with guys who've been playing, you know, since they were little kids.


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[Assistant] Well, I always wanted to be a quarterback and I begged him every year to go out there and play, but he, you know, he, he stood his ground. He wouldn't let me, uh, you know, change his mind, but.


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[Assistant] Uh, we, I mean, I've played football as much as possible. Got to play some flag football, uh, which I think, you know, was good for my development going and catching and hitting moving targets. But, um, you know, I think ultimately when I finally got to seventh grade, that's when I, you know,


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[Assistant] You don't really learn how to play tackle football until you got there and play tackle football. So, um, you know, I played an offense and defense, played a few different positions. Um, you know, so it was fun and, and, uh, you know, really got to be a kid and play some football like, like it was, um, like little league or something.


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[Assistant] We, we worked on mechanics growing up and you know, I would do some three step drops and some.


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[Assistant] Uh, you know, some footwork and, and, you know, he would teach me how to throw the football, but it wasn't like, you know, every throw he was trying to critique me or correct me. He kind of let me go out there and play, but I do think, you know, the repetitions that we got, you know, uh, I probably bothered him a lot about, you know, the game and playing and, you know,


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[Assistant] So I was, you know, I think developed by the time I got into seventh and eighth grade, I was a little bit, you know, further along than others, throwing the ball because he, you know, had been in my life teaching me for so long. And so that's just all I knew. So when I started throwing, I was, you know, hopefully doing it the right way.


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[Assistant] Uhm, and you know, learn some of those habits early on so I didn't develop bad habits that he had to over coach at the end.


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[Assistant] Well, that's an interesting question. I think, you know, growing up, I was able to throw and do the little things that was a little bit, you know, uhm, it separated me a little bit from the other kids. But at the same time, that was like, you know, we were all growing and developing.


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[Assistant] Really, I, I knew I was going to be able to, you know, throw and be athletic and all that, but I didn't know how, you know, big or how athletic I would end up being. So sometimes to make it to college football, you got to meet the size requirements or you got to be, you know, certain athleticism and, um, you know, your arm kind of evolves as you go. So, um,


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[Assistant] You know, middle school, high school, uh, it was about ninth, tenth grade to where I started developing a little bit. And it's like, you know what? I think I'll be, you know, big and strong enough with a, with a good enough arm to go and play college. And then from there, once you make it to college, you start putting your.


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[Assistant] You know, as I evolved and as I grew up and, and then, you know, became more aware, it was like, okay, then, then, then I want to be an NFL quarterback after college. So, uh, but that's the unique part of the journey is that we all have different.


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[Assistant] Uh, goals and dreams. Uh, we all, we all have different, you know, mindsets and ideas that we want. Uh, but that's what I was able to do. And I knew, you know, about middles or about ninth, 10th grade that I could potentially play at the next level.


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[Assistant] Um, and, but yeaah, I played, um, different years. I played basketball and baseball. Uh, and that, that was fun because that's the last time, you know, you get to play the sports and that's what you grew up doing. So that's, you know, the memories that you have. Um, and.


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[Assistant] I started to get recruited a little bit more after my freshman year going into my sophomore year and then.


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[Assistant] Uhm, you know, it grew after that. I transferred schools after my 10th grade year. Uhm, and my junior and senior year were, uhm, I think really good for my development. And I, uh, you know, had two good seasons.


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[Assistant] Uhm, the varsity season or quarterback got hurt. And so I was kind of the only person left. The only guy that could go out there and, you know, orchestrate a play and, and do something with the football. So, um, my dad let me go out there and play varsity as an eighth grader. So he was my coach from eighth grade to 12th grade.


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[Assistant] You know, the expectations and you know what he expected from me, but at the same time he pushed me to a level I don't think I would have reached with another coach. So I think it was a good happy medium there. And, um, I think, you know, uh, it was the best for me.


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[Assistant] I was better during games. I was more respectful during games and didn't necessarily, you know, change play or go out there and, you know.


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[Assistant] Uh, be crazy, but you know, several times in practice, uh, you know, he'd make me mad and I would say something I probably shouldn't have or, uh, you know, I wasn't always the most coachable, you know, from him. Uh, I was a coachable kid, but not necessarily from him because I just wanted.


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[Assistant] You know, to do everything right for him, but you know, actually going into my senior year, the spring was so tough that my mom thought about, you know, putting me in another school and having my dad coach and I just go play for somebody else. And I was like, no, you're crazy. That's never going to happen. Uh, you know, I'm playing for my dad and then things got better.


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[Assistant] Uhm, so it was always, you know, those funny stories. He'd come home mad at me and I'd be mad at him.


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[Assistant] Uhm, you know, eventually we'd both get over it and go to the next day or whatever, but it never was personal and it never boiled over to something worse. Thank goodness we had, you know, a good personal relationship and we kind of kept it, you know, from on the field to off the field. Uhm, but I think, you know, eventually my dad,


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[Assistant] It was about college, I came home one summer. I was like, dad, you got to start training me again. I'm, I'm kind of, um, you know, not getting enough development, you know, while in the off season because college coaches can't.


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[Assistant] Can't coach you so you're just out there throwing. So I need some, I need some guidance. And we went out there one time and you know, he started pushing me. I was like, dad, what are you talking about? That's, that's not where, you know, that's not what, what, what we're doing now.


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[Assistant] Uh, since then, and so I've been training with, with David Morrison at QB Country and, um, you know, I've seen a lot of growth from, from just the, the fundamentals and mechanics. And, uh, every once in a while, my dad will sneak something in and say, Hey, tell them to do this or something. And, you know, that's what I hear.


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[Assistant] Yeah, absolutely. I, uh, you know, definitely, uh, give my mental toughness credits to him. And, uh, it was because of the many days of practice, you know, he was very tough and, and, you know, this is how you do it and you did it wrong and you got to do it again and this and that.


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[Assistant] Uhm, and there was a point I was like, man, I'm never going to get this. This is impossible. Uhm, I'm never going to be, you know, good enough. Uhm, but eventually, you know, every year you grow and you get better and then, and then I'm starting to play, play good and he's, you know, giving me compliments and that was, there was nothing better than that.


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[Assistant] Doing, doing my best. I'd only played the game for technically two years and you know, we had, you know, seniors out there that would go up to him and say, Hey coach, you're


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[Assistant] You need to relax on Bo a little bit. You know, you're being too tough on him. And so I, some of those older guys saved me. Um, but yeah, it was, uh, it was fun and I was definitely, you know, mental mentally tough, uh, definitely challenged, um, and had to ultimately grow up pretty fast and, and be mature. I didn't really have a choice.


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[Assistant] Well, it was, it was, uh, you know, kind of a strange thing because every, I visited several places and I was like, man, I could, I could see myself going here. Like this would be a great situation. And, um, but there was something about, you know, Auburn, I felt like I owed it to myself, uh, you know, having that dream and having that, you know,


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[Assistant] That goal of playing at Auburn and going to beat Alabama and trying to win a championship.


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[Assistant] I didn't really want to pass it up and I didn't want to, you know, go away from it. Now, uhm, there were several, you know, coaches and teams that were very, very close. Uhm, you know, they, they recruited me very hard and they were, you know, special coaches and very, you know, uh, great.


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[Assistant] Um, relationship builders and great, you know, teachers of the game. And then I saw all their product on the field and, you know, as a high school kid, I saw what they were doing with their college guys. And, you know, so it was, it was a tough decision, but I felt like ultimately, um, you know, Auburn was really where I wanted to go.


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[Assistant] Uhm, you know, you only play 12 games a year. So outside of those 12 games, you know, where do I want to go to college and where do I want to, you know, advance my career here? And it was, you know, an easy decision and it was Auburn.


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[Assistant] Like you just mentioned, you know, a lot of people watching, they, they kind of forget some of the good things that happened and they forget some of the, uh, uh, you know, the special circumstances around big wins. Yeah. And we kind of, kind of made the, the, the negative a little bit bigger than what it was, but regardless, it was just to a point my junior year, um,


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[Assistant] Where I kind of felt stuck and I kind of felt like I wasn't, you know, growing any or getting, getting better, reaching my full development. And, uh, you know, I felt like I could, um, you know, get a fresh start somewhere else. And fortunately for me, that opportunity was at Oregon and it was such a great opportunity to where it kind of lifted me back up and got me going on again. And, um, you know, I think just, it was a different, you know,


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[Assistant] Different perspective and I was able to go and not feel, you know, the self-endured pressure that I'd put on myself from Auburn and you know,


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[Assistant] And then I was just eventually like, it's, it's just not going to work here. And you know, maybe that's not, you know, what I'm supposed to do. Maybe it's not at Auburn where I can do these things. And so at Oregon, all my dreams came back alive and I was able to pursue those.


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[Assistant] Um, you know, compete for a championship, you know, I was up for, for the Heisman and, and all these cool accolades that, that come with, with playing the game. And, um, that's what everybody who plays, that's what they dream of. So, you know, it was just fortunate, I was fortunate to find a place, you know, like Oregon to help me do that.


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[Assistant] Well, you know, ultimately it came down to the flexibility and the, you know, the overall freedom that I had.


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[Assistant] Uh, within the offense and coach Dillingham gave me the tools to go out there and just be bow and my first year at Oregon, I, I felt like I was able to go out there and.


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[Assistant] And you know, play at a high level and, and do a lot of different things and showcase, you know, what I was capable of doing. And, um, you know, ultimately that led to this past year and.


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[Assistant] You know, building off of that and going out there each week and trying to find the most efficient way possible to play the game and play the position. And I got better and better as it went, but it was also, you know, two great years.


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[Assistant] Yeah, I did and we went over all the tools throughout the week and we went over the, the scheme and the different things that we wanted to get to. So here's just really simple. I believe it's going to be.


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[Assistant] You know, empty one of our bread and butters, we're going to have verticals with an option route, you know, underneath. Then we see protect, uh, you know, obviously pressure coming from the left, you know, rolled down. And so this is an easy copy call.


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[Assistant] Uhm, so sometimes you don't always see it, but if you see it, you want to get, uh, you know, maxed up. And so here we have Troy on a safety and we felt like that was a, you know, unreal matchup when we get those.


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[Assistant] But, but like I said, it doesn't happen a lot. You know, Troy and I don't miss a whole lot. No, you don't miss at all. That was one of the fun parts about playing with those guys is we were on, I mean, he knew the ball was coming to him. I'm sure when he saw safety roll down, they were in man.


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[Assistant] Uhm, and so this was just an easy copy call and, and we just changed the protection and, and, you know, get the gnome blitzers and then now we got a clean pocket to throw a good one-on-one route to.


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[Assistant] Oh yeaah, we had, uh, you know, a lot of protection meetings and we understood it inside and out. And originally, you know, my thought is, is to send the slide to the right. And that's where, you know, my eyes are going to the left first with the beginning of the read. And so if I'm high, if he comes from depth.


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[Assistant] You know, I can react and adjust, but if he's going to make it, you know, obvious like this, then we'll copy it. And now we've got it, you know, a clean pocket again, and we're just working off that little hole defender in the mic now.


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[Assistant] Many conversations and we discussed a lot of like, if we get this, we want to get to this. If we get this, you can change this. So it was habit over time to where I knew my, my checks and I knew the operation.


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[Assistant] Uhm, we want this play against single high and when they're gonna match up the backside dig, we know that the first post will cross the safety's face and you're really throwing it to the pylon. This is actually probably, you know, I threw it further than I should have on this one. I should have just let him to the pylon and he'd have been fine. Uhm, but you know, sometimes,


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[Assistant] Uh, again, like you go back and you take enough of these shots, you're going to hit them. Um, but sometimes you miss them and, uh, this was one that we, you know, we had, uh, Hey, you did awesome. You hit it. You hit it. They didn't catch it. Don't worry.


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[Assistant] You brought him up the field a little too much, right? Instead of bringing him, you know, on his angle, but I mean, it's, it's, uh,


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[Assistant] And with his hips open to the field right here, you know, he's going to cross eventually. So now I just want to see Tez's angle and give him a, you know, a good, easy, catchable ball that he can run under.


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[Assistant] Well, I think they've, uh, actually, I think, you know, what it comes down to is they, they've heard a lot of different things, uh, you know, about Bo. There's a lot of things out there. You know, there's, there's this and that and this and that, and some contradict each other. Uh, and so literally, I think.


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[Assistant] They just want to see it for themselves and get in front, you know, of me in a meeting room and they want to, you know, talk football and then they want to go out there and see me throw it and they want to see my pro day and uhm, you know, so I don't know if it's necessarily


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[Assistant] I don't know what they question, but I do know that they just want to see it maybe for themselves, and uhm, you know, see it in real life.


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[Assistant] Well, it's, it's definitely tough because, you know, sometimes though you can do it, it's not always, you know, the best to do it. We have this play against, you know, single high cover three and we've got double posts and so.


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[Assistant] We expect the tight end here to go and collect that first safety. And then that next lane is for the outside receiver there for Tez, but Ferg sees the opening and so he stays vertical. And as I'm going to throw it to Tez.


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[Assistant] Right, so yeah, so it turns into more of a forevert. Right, right. We had the, the, the post, so you, you hit the same.


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[Assistant] You know, literally the same point. I probably could have made the same throw and Tez would have run.


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[Assistant] I mean, it was definitely a quick, you know, decision and, uh, you don't always want to set one way and throw to somebody else. But, um, fortunately for me on this one, it worked out.


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[Assistant] You know, we've been working on a lot of different things, you know, some, uh, some ground force and some rotational force and all those things that go into the release of the throw and, um, you know, not being so much over the top. And I think sometimes you hear, you know, coaches, they'll say, get your elbow up or get more over the top and, and.


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[Assistant] Technically that's not what you want to do. You want to be a little bit more rotational and you want to, you know, keep your left arm inside, keep that shoulder closed and kind of.


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[Assistant] The consistent release point over and over and over so you can be most accurate and you can throw it with the most velocity. So that's what we've been working on. And this draft process is the first time I've really been able to put more than two or three days at a time, you know, at it. You don't always get time to go and work with a trainer for a long period of time and just focus on.


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[Assistant] Finding a lot of consistencies and, you know, like when my hip does this.


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[Assistant] This is what I feel and this is how it comes out and it's a lot better, so.


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[Assistant] I'm doing that over and over and finding it because I've created a habit for so long of, you know, how I learned to throw it and what I was, you know, taught to throw and that's what I've been doing. And so now with some tweaks and a few little adjustments.


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[Assistant] I gotta retrain my, my, my body and reprogram my mind to do that over and over so that when I get in a game and I'm thinking about, you know, single high safety and who he took away and what drop in this and that, my form is consistent and my form is natural and it's just a habit.


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[Assistant] I think just, uh, from arm slide, I've taken it down to a little bit more three quarter. And then it's not, it's not sidearm, but it's not over the top and I'm not going over my front leg. That keeps me from locking it out. My front leg keeps me more with


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[Assistant] It also helps keep my front shoulder closed because I'm kind of leaning more to the right as I'm throwing and instead of falling off to the left and ripping that arm and doing a lot of this over the top things, I'm kind of going a little bit more rotational and can keep the front elbow in and can just kind of throw from that three quarter arm.


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[Assistant] The same football. So, you know, I play with many different coaches in college and also play with many different footballs. So.


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[Assistant] Each year I felt like I was playing with a different football and now I can play with the same football for the rest of my life and don't have to change and can get used to it. So I'm excited about it. I love.


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[Assistant] Uh, the Duke, it's a great, it's a great ball. It's, it's, uh, you know, um,


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[Assistant] Bigger, but I think it, it, it goes further and I think it kind of takes itself and it spins itself and you hear that a lot, but it really is true.


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[Assistant] And, uh, so a lot of throws kind of, they may come out not as clean, but they just find a way to, to spin. I like it. And obviously still getting used to it. I've only been throwing it for three months now, but.


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[Assistant] Um, you know, by the time, you know, you get to your second, third, fourth, fifth season, you're throwing the same football. And I think you gotta think that it makes a difference once you throw enough time.


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[Assistant] Especially in college with different footballs, but you know, I got a few that, that I like to go to and sometimes, you know, when you're throwing it quick, you don't always get the, uh, the laces or you don't always get the grip you want. So, um, I like to adapt and change the grip and sometimes I'll mess around with it, but my, my original, my, my grip that I like to use, I've just been able to keep it and just go from there.


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[Assistant] Well, that comes a little bit more with athleticism and I think, you know, natural ability, but, uh, you definitely do have to practice it just to, to, to fill it out. And, and you know, I think when your body's in sync and in rhythm, it makes these things easier, but this is just a,


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[Assistant] You gotta buy some time and you gotta be able to, you know, allow the play to get open. So I feel like sometimes.


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[Assistant] If I sit in the pocket here, it just kills my offensive lineman. You know, they're trying to battle and, and hold up for a longer period of time. But if I can just buy some time and evade just a little bit.


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[Assistant] Um, it makes it easier on all of us. And so here the easier way to evade is to the right. And so that in comes just a high rush and there's no, you know, uh, next level defender, uh, the nose kind of stays in his gap. And so obviously you can, you know, out leverage him pretty fast. And so.


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[Assistant] They're not really rushing hard, then you can stay there and be clean, but you know, with a good defensive rush and.


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[Assistant] Defenses that are just gonna, you know, get after the quarterback and, and, you know, have high motors. You gotta be able to find time. And in this case, it was just a quick little flush to the right and, uh, you know, letting Tez get over there across the field.


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[Assistant] Yeah, absolutely. There's not always, you know, you can always predetermine, but in this case it's single high and we want to play for single high.


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[Assistant] Uhm, just cause his skill set, you gotta have confidence in those guys and throw it, you know, while, while he's open. But, uhm, you know, even if the DB's in trail mode here,


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[Assistant] You know, he's still open. It's a runaway against man. You just got to find a throw, you know, in your toolbox to throw. Maybe he's, he's undercutting and he's.


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[Assistant] So we, we run the mesh concept here, and they do a great job in format, you're just matching patterns here. Uhm, and so you go through your progression, the rail, the under, the OTB, back to the over, the over the top mesh.


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[Assistant] They do a good job of passing it all off. So, you know, it's a early down and you're going tempo in the red zone. You don't want to just force something and then the pocket is coming from, you know, inside. It's a good rush inside. So they give you the lane to move outside and then you're just going, you know, um,


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[Assistant] And then people think I'm throwing it to Troy back there, but I was actually, I was throwing it to Pat right there in the front and Troy happens to be wide open in the back of the end zone there. So I had two great options there. So if I did, uh, you know, miss Pat, I knew Troy was back there in the back, but.


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[Assistant] He makes a great catch cause, you know, he could have taken a hit right there, but he just went up there and caught it. You know, that was a big touchdown for us at the beginning of the game.


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[Assistant] Uhm, instinctually find the guy that's open and then throw it away and you kind of have to slow it down in your head and in your mind as you're doing it because people are chasing you. People are getting open.


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[Assistant] The pattern structure is different now, so you just literally gotta find where people are, your vision. And I think it turns into a little bit more of basketball, like fast break.


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[Assistant] It's a little bit of an art that I've, you know, had to get better with and you don't necessarily, you know, it doesn't click at the beginning. And that's why Patrick is, is so great at it because he's just, you know, instinctually, um, he never makes bad plays and he always just turns these into incredible plays. And we're talking about him the next day, but.


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[Assistant] That's just what you gotta do. You gotta keep the play alive and hold it as long as you can sometimes. But the most important thing is at the end of the day, if you throw it away, it's not...


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[Assistant] You know, you get in trouble for it and you're like, okay, I can't do that. So that's got to take that out. And then you find the things that do work and you know, you go, go from there.


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[Assistant] Well, yeaah, uhm, I won't get into specifics, but I do have, you know, three visits coming up, excited for those. Uhm, I've had some, some great visits, you know, in the past couple of weeks with some privates and some meetings and, uhm, you know, so, so things are, things are going very smoothly and things are, uh, you know, you know,


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[Assistant] I guess at the end when things are starting to heat up, you know, this is when the time you want to be meeting with teams.


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[Assistant] And so I'm excited about those and, and, uh, you can, you can probably put together, you know, most of them because you know, the teams that don't need a quarterback versus the teams that are looking, you know, for them in, in the, uh, um, looking for them in the draft. But I'm excited for those and, uh, overall it's been a great draft process, um, very unique time.


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[Assistant] Um, one that I am eager for it to be done and be on a team, but at the same time, I don't want to, you know, skip this part of the process and, and you know, wish it away. So excited about where we're at and, uh, you know, I'm going to be ready for wherever that is and wherever, you know, the draft takes me.


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[Assistant] It was good while it lasted, Buffalo. Excited for the next chapter of my football career. Wonder if it's okay to cat ranch now. Oh, eat ranch now. Oh, sorry. Cat ranch. I was like, that must just be another thing I don't know about.


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[Assistant] I'm getting over it. I had it and I powered through the work assignments with it. Yeah. And now me and my son are a little down for the count. But hopefully throughout the process of this podcast then you'll have it.


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[Assistant] Uh, I dunno, Connor was on, I did see that. Connor doing a great job as always, tracking all this stuff. I had Connor on a Rotoworld fantasy baseball draft, who was kind of participating as a mock drafter.


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[Assistant] And I was like, alright, I'll go to Connor here for his analysis of his first pick. And it was just like this, I was like, does this guy cover fantasy baseball full time? That guy, Connor's like brain. He's all over baseball for sure. It's like football, he's like, he can drop in and be an expert immediately. Draft and everything. Mets, baseball.


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[Assistant] I just go colored pants and that's all I know. I have one pitch. I'm just like a one-pitch pitcher. Uhm, no, I uh, I'm pumped about this one because this is...


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[Assistant] As many quarterbacks as there are that could potentially be game changers in the first round. I was like, we have even more wide receivers. And that's the case most years and especially the past couple years. Uh, but as we go into the draft rankings for 2024,


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[Assistant] Before we get into this class, Chris, let's just take a look back at last year, and we'd like to point out when you messed up. You know, that's what Pete, Matt, and I like to do. It's like, where did Chris screw up the most? And let's just zero in on that. Uhm, no, last year it was very good. You were a little bit against consensus on Zay Flowers. I think he proved a lot of people that he can be a legit number one. I think most people were higher on


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[Assistant] For a lot of this, it is situation of course, right? Quarterback scheme, how you're used, but how did he blow up to that extent after flying under the radar for everyone in the draft process?


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[Assistant] Who, who is your guy as we evaluate these, these prospects again this year? What are the traits you're looking at the most? Like what's your style? And has anything changed from last year?


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[Assistant] I would say route running for you, maybe other people have that higher than you. You were lower on Jerry Judy and one of the big, the proponents on Jerry Judy would say that he's one of the best, if not the best, route runner in the game that they've seen the last couple years. It's overrated. You didn't put as much stock into that.


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[Assistant] So those number one guys stand out for sure, but there is a little bit of an element, Pete, and I don't know if we have the year that some of these top


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[Assistant] Taking in the fifth round. Then you got Justin Jefferson, C.D. Lamb, both round one guys. Keenan Allen, round three. Amon Ra, round four. Pooka, round five. Nico Collins, former Michigan wide receiver, round three and so.


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[Assistant] You can find these guys throughout the draft, especially if there's a deep class, and from what I understand, and you knew this even before you started looking at all the players, this is an incredibly deep wide receiver class. Now I feel like we've said that the last couple years, is this one even deeper in your mind?


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[Assistant] Ice Trey Buckets wants to know how many wide receivers do you think are going to go in the first round?


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[Assistant] So how many first round wide, we're gonna do a top 5. We'll of course talk about the ones who were close and honorable mention.


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[Assistant] But, are we in a year where we will see...


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[Assistant] Let's go on talent, from what you saw. First round talents.


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[Assistant] They wanna go five through one, sorry. You gotta wait another, another position ranking. Perhaps you have to wait until next year, or never again.


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[Assistant] Tier one, you have two wide receivers in tier one.


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[Assistant] And this is the Explosive Wide Receiver 1 tier. That's what we're calling this. Explosive Wide Receiver 1. Can take the ball, change the game.


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[Assistant] This guy could be your hero in a game. Right. So your number one wide receiver in the 2024 draft wide receiver rankings for Chris Sims is Malik Neighbors from LSU.


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[Assistant] That was it. I've exhausted all of it. So normally this is just film for you. You base it all on film. But you did actually get to meet this guy. I did. When you were out at the combine. And you guys talked with Mike Florio. And Malik self scouted thyself. He did. You asked him to self scout thyself. And this is what he had to tell you guys.


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[Assistant] Okay, so you know what? Malik's watched the tape too. I'm not alone here. Uh, that was pretty self-aware on what he has to do. Did you see his weaknesses show up on tape?


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[Assistant] He's still very young too, which is crazy. He's 20. 20. He turns 21 in July. He's been a stud basically forever. Played as a true freshman at LSU.


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[Assistant] Uh, in 2021, in 22, became a full-time starter, unanimous All-American last year, leading the country in receiving yards, even though we don't need to look at stats to know how.


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[Assistant] Mock drafts. And I think this is funny, and you pointed this out to me as like, yeah, cause no one in the NFL was really looking at tape yet. And then once people started looking at tape, then they realized, it's like wow.


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[Assistant] One potential negative that PFF pointed out or noted was that he can stand to be a little more aggressive at the catch point. Fewer body catches there. Uhm, playing physical at 6 foot 200 pounds I guess is kinda like your similar point here too. He can stand to those contested 50-50 balls.


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[Assistant] Knock the ball out type of play. This comes from a non-named AFC personnel executive. Ooh, the non-named scout. These can be bad sometimes. We're getting into that part of the season here. This is from NFL.com.


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[Assistant] He is a game changer. Game changer. No doubt. Number one explosive wide receiver. Your number one wide receiver in the 2024 draft class. Now in the same tier. Yes. This man too is an explosive wide receiver. Number one.


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[Assistant] Your number two wide receiver in this year's draft class is... We're staying at LS.


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[Assistant] Maybe part of his game he's still working on, but the traits are there and we've seen that since his high school days. He was a basketball star in high school. His first football game ever, he was a sophomore.


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[Assistant] Four catches, 278 yards, and three touchdowns. So they knew right away what they had. The decagon proves that from the combine. So we have gone to the decagon, and I always like when a player has a decagon.


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[Assistant] That means that he was secure enough in his ability.


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[Assistant] Probably kept these two guys under the radar for more of the season than they would have been otherwise. They were not playing in those high profile games to make the college football playoff. A couple comments from the other scouts out there, NFL.com's Lance Zerline says, still needs to improve.


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[Assistant] So I would ask you a follow up to that then, does this give you any reservation about your love of Jaden Daniels? Because obviously you saw those guys on the table, you knew they were freaky, but it certainly makes playing quarterback a whole lot easier when you have two guys like this.


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[Assistant] What's harder for you, because I never really thought of it this way, is it harder to evaluate a player who's amongst other great players, or is it harder to evaluate a great player on like a bad team?


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[Assistant] Go to the Vanderbilts and just find their best player and just like, he can do, he ends the year with 200 yards receiving. But he's the next Pooka Nakua, perhaps that's it. Alright, so that's your tier one. Tier one is closed. Those were your explosive wide receiver ones. Tier two, there's just one man in tier two.


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[Assistant] And the title to this one is No Bust NFL Ready. So this guy is ready to go, bust potential very low, but for you, Tier 2, that wide receiver is


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[Assistant] I'm not in love with it. Right? Marvin Harrison would have been one last year ahead of Zay Flowers. Yes or no?


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[Assistant] I watch films on these guys. I was grinding through the tape as well. Uhm, and I saw him a lot in the Big Ten. We covered him. He was a big play receiver. Not a whole lot of dynamic offenses in the Big Ten this past year, so he kinda stood out in comparison. And I do note that, as you can see, some of these plays, I mean, there's the body position on the sideline.


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[Assistant] Uh, it's one of those movies out there, Cat Ranch, something like that. You're funny. So, so yeaah, when, in watching the tape of it, obviously, like I'm looking for the plays after the catch too, cause I just like that part of the game here. Do you break a tackle? Do you run? Do you score a touchdown after? You watch the tape, there are basically none of those type plays for Marvin Harrison.


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[Assistant] Almost none of those plays for, for Marvin Harrison. But as you mentioned, as all the other


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[Assistant] Is that they're not necessarily too high on Marvin Harrison. Maybe a little bit. Maybe getting a little hyperbolic there. Right. But maybe they're too low on the two guys that you like, Thomas and Neighbors. This isn't as much a discussion on what Marvin Harrison lacks.


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[Assistant] Brian Thomas had 12. Malik Neighbors had 30. One of the most of any wide receiver out there. No shit! I mean, yeaah. All season long, Marvin Harrison, a guy who caught a bunch of balls at 1200 receiving yards, had 5 all year. 5 forced miss tackles.


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[Assistant] Look at this wide receiver room for Ohio State. You had Garrett Wilson. You had Chris Olave. You had Jackson Smith and Jigba. You had Marvin Harrison Jr. You had all those guys there. Still couldn't beat Michigan. Hail to the victor's variant. Uh, wide receiver you is becoming a little bit. It really is. It is.


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[Assistant] Favorite to go fourth overall currently to the Cardinals has been a top five pick in this mock season for over a year now.


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[Assistant] Name recognition though is a, is a big deal. Cause when your jobs, when your jobs on the line, you go, I've seen a Marvin Harrison dominate in the NFL. And we know his dad's still a big part of his life and coaching him and helping him along. And so he will get better as he continues to grow into the football player. He is just your number three wide receiver of 2024. Now we go into tier three.


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[Assistant] We've got your final two in the top five in the same tier. This is high end skill sets. So high end skill sets.


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[Assistant] 21 years old, turns 22 in June, grew up in Las Vegas, was a standout sprinter, winning state titles in the 200 meter, 4x100 meter, so he was fast even in, even in high school, and then in the Pac-12, first team All-American this, this past year. He is a projected top 10 pick in drafts right now, and he's winning the Gon race.


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[Assistant] I couldn't get it out, I was so excited. This is 11-sided, so he beats the decagon from, uh,


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[Assistant] Our guy Brian Thomas. Levin cited. Do we have the handekagon? There it is. Uh, so he did participate in all these different things. Hand size even is in there. That was the one that he lacks a little bit, so he's gotta work on his hands, get them a little longer. Uh, but everything else is well above average.


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[Assistant] His, uh, 20 yard shuttle time was elite in the 90th percentile. So the measurables check out.


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[Assistant] Alright, we showed you the hendekagan. Yeaah. The 11, uh, sighted gon. Uh, so he, he was not scared to show his athletic ability and you talked to him at the combine as well. Awesome dude. Uh, so here is a little snippet of your interview with Mike and Rome. You gotta work out.


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[Assistant] He's got all the right attitude. And Chris Sims looked at your numbers and made you four. Sorry. Sorry, Rome. I know. It sucks. It really does. No, but I love that. I love that attitude for him. And he still could be a top pick here. Franklin Grulin.


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[Assistant] Asks you. Yeaah. If you're picking for the Giants, would you take Odunze with the sixth overall pick? Draft Michael Pennance with your next pick. I'll hang up and listen. You could get Pennix and you could get Roma-Dunze together.


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[Assistant] Michigan played pretty well against Michigan State as well as we go to number five, still in tier number three for you, which is in the high-end skill sets tier. Your number five wide receiver for 2024 is? Roman Wilson.


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[Assistant] So that was the number one thing. My film study revealed to me that I don't know that I saw one that was a better hands catcher than Roman Wilson. He just uses his hands on everything. And the catch radius is really impressive.


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[Assistant] You think that and also an NFL national scout, uh, unnamed, according to NFL.com, quote, I don't think most people realize what he would have done in wide open offenses like Ohio State or Washington. He's got rare speed and you will see it more in the NFL when he's a bigger part of the passing game. I think so.


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[Assistant] Have we shown those already? It's, it's, it's not like. Cause Michigan still need to get wide receivers to commit to the school. So we want Roman Wilson to go as high as possible in the draft. It doesn't matter what your stats are, people will find talent. But yea, the most he had was just last year, 789.


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[Assistant] I'm just ripping through graphics right now. Guys, good luck. Good luck back there. Uhm, but he did show the speed. Uh, but look at everything else here though.


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[Assistant] A little tiny, a little weird looking, uh, gon for him. Because yeaah, height and weight is 5'11", uh, weights in the 15th percentile, not a big wingspan even though he does catch things everywhere. Arm length is small, so there are some concerns athletically if you're looking at that gon and just maybe physically, maybe not athletically, but physically.


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[Assistant] There it is. There it is. And then there was five. Chris Simms closes the book on his 2024 NFL Scout Draft rankings wide receiver. What a group. Something like that. What a group. So I don't know if we have the final graph again. I may have. Oh, there it is.


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[Assistant] This is gonna create waves again. You know this is gonna create waves again, Chris.


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[Assistant] Alright, just as important as that, your top five are the people who just missed the cut. Because these are players who are going to really, really help a whole lot of teams next year in the NFL. And so who would you say, we're in NCAA territory right now, who are like the first four out or just on the cusp and


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[Assistant] For me, when I was looking at it too, it was like hard to separate how much was Bo Nix and how much was Troy Franklin. I get you there. Bo Nix set him up pretty well with a lot of those deep balls too. You mentioned Ricky Pearsall also on there in my film study on him. He had maybe


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[Assistant] The most insane catch in all of college football was that one-handed backhand catch versus Charlotte. Did you see that? And then it got like nailed right after it. Yea, I remember it. It was like that play alone, I was like alright, that's a second round.


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[Assistant] How about your two Texas guys? Xavier Worthy does not make your Robin Hood even though he broke the record of the fastest man in Combine history. It's just, uhm.


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[Assistant] Thomas Reagan says to you, love the thought of Adonai Mitchell or Keon Coleman on Kansas City. But lots of people talk about both of them not trying when they know the ball isn't coming their way. How does this go into an evaluation? So Keon Coleman also on your list. Did you notice any of that? Of giving up on a play when it's not coming their way? Is that out of the norm?


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[Assistant] So get this, it was really weird. So he had a 40 time of 4.61 seconds. That's not good.


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[Assistant] But, when he was running the gauntlet, he was the fastest player through the gauntlet, apparently. Reached a top speed of 20 miles an hour during the gauntlet drill at the Combine, the fastest speed by any receiver over the last two seasons.


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[Assistant] And maybe not caring about not getting the ball. It's like he wanted to spring his teammates open, especially when, uh, the ball was going his way. So you have one more here. Yep. Who is that? I forget who I got. Oh yeah. Xavier LaGette from South Carolina, 23 years old, 6'1", 2'21". I mean, you know, I like


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[Assistant] Body dance. Body dance. Right, yeaah. What if Xavier is listening and he's just like, he's super dense. Like what? He's super country. Have you heard him talk? Mentally? It's hilarious.


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[Assistant] So you'd be good if you're a homie out there and your team takes one of these receivers in the honorable mention in the second round, you're good with that.


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[Assistant] So you're ready for my two guys? They haven't even been mentioned. Like last year, uh, we both liked Michael Wilson. I had Tankdell last year. My two guys, can you guess who my two, my most favorite guys watching? I like their games. We haven't even, we haven't even talked about them yet.


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[Assistant] Uh, it's not Jalen Polk. My first guy, Malachi Corley, out of Western Kentucky. I hear ya. Has run after the catchability.


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[Assistant] Physical knocks dudes down. Don't know how fast he is, but I love his desire for contact. Seeks it out.


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[Assistant] Who's the other one? My number two, and he's not gonna be your cup of tea cause his measurables are five, eight and a half. Okay, that's okay. 190 pounds. Okay. Malik Washington.


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[Assistant] Out of Virginia. Yep. So he led college football and missed tackles forced. Uh, does not go down at first contact. No he does not. Does show some breakaway speed. Yep. When he can open it up, love his balance, his physical run after the catch. One of the top yards after contact guys in the draft this year.


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[Assistant] And I go here, I think he might be my favorite guy in the draft, wish he was taller than 5'8".


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[Assistant] What is one of my favorite sativa weeds, right? That's one of my favorite weeds.


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[Assistant] Jack Her? No, not exactly. What's up, everybody? It's Chris Sims on Button. Week 16 is in the books. It's the Tuesday.


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[Assistant] The day after Christmas, Ahmed Farid and I are here. We are trying to still wake up, unclutter our brains, get in the mode. I got here early, did PFT. I am tired as shit. Honestly, it might feel like I'm more tired than I am when we usually do the pod at, uh, 1130 at night on a Sunday night, right? It's one of those things where


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[Assistant] Christmas Eve, Christmas, all the eating, the drinking.


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[Assistant] Stayed up late on Christmas Eve for sure. Stayed up late last night because of the Ravens 49ers game. Definitely a little tired today, but what's up, man? Merry Christmas.


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[Assistant] I knew I was going to bed late. I knew I was tired. So I was like worried I was going to miss my alarm clock. So it was like 3.30. I woke up. I was like, what time is it? Let me check. And then at 4.30 I woke up, but either way we're here and we got lots of football to talk about. Was it good times with the, with the family though?


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[Assistant] I thought it was gonna be like the coolest day ever. I was like, this is gonna be the best. Family, fireplace, right? You know, food, football. I'm gonna be able to do it all. This'll be great.


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[Assistant] It was great for a little bit. So like my, nobody was there at one o'clock. I was sitting in front of the TV. I had like five games on. I couldn't have been happier, right? But then family starts to come in.


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[Assistant] And I of course want to be around my family and I tell you, I love you and I'm hugging you and I'm also like, you know, looking over their shoulder as I'm hugging them, trying to watch the game and then like, hold on, hold on, hold on, I'll be there in a second. So like I felt for like a good part of Christmas Eve.


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[Assistant] Yeah, I wasn't the greatest family guy because I was a little worried about like, oh I gotta turn this game on, I gotta see what's going on here, and uh, finally settled down as the day went on there.


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[Assistant] I would think so. I would, I would think you're right. I mean that Dallas Dolphins game I think is going to attract a lot of eyes, even for the, but, but I think that might have been like for a lot of people, like the only game people were going to watch that day.


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[Assistant] Right, like I can't waste my day, whole day watching football. I would think ratings are down a little bit. And then, hey, the reason we didn't have a Sunday Night Football game is because Christmas Eve at night, not a lot of people are going to watch that, right? So that's the one where I think like Patriots, Broncos, that was probably the one I was


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[Assistant] Yeah, no, you know, PFT is doing way bigger traffic than that on a daily basis. What he does, right? I mean, the pod, our pods and what we do do, you know, what you just said to us that, you know, again, it's, it's, um,


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[Assistant] When Florio kind of gets all in on one thing, he doubles down and he can go a little too far at times, right? I mean, he was ready to give Josh Dobbs 150 million guaranteed like six weeks ago.


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[Assistant] Now he doesn't want to see him in the NFL, and he's disbanded Nick Bollin, and he never liked Kirk Cousins in his life either. Now he's ready to give him 700 million like Shoei Itani. I mean, literally. So that's what you got. Four years can be that way. Definitely.


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[Assistant] Uh, but he was a believer in the 49ers, and I think, you know. Who wouldn't be? Well, who wouldn't be? And the way, you know, as I talked about this today too, we've hit this a little, right? I mean, it's been a while since we hit it.


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[Assistant] And, and really didn't play clean football, were a little sloppy and, and, uh, you know, Jacksonville messed some things up too along the way where you felt like, I don't know if Baltimore created that or if Jacksonville just messed it up, right? So I think those were the questions.


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[Assistant] Like a little like we saw earlier this year, when Baltimore scared a little bit, maybe like your Lions or the Seahawks or, oh no, we can lose to them. When their backs against the wall, they have another level to find within their football team that's special. And I think they came into the game.


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[Assistant] Feeling disrespected already. Everybody was pretty much picking the 49ers, right? The spread of the football game was 49ers favored by five and a half. Ravens players made comments about that saying they felt like that was disrespectful. They're a chippy bunch there in Baltimore already.


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[Assistant] They're like the 49ers in a lot of ways. They're looking for anything. And then, I think...


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[Assistant] As I told you before the show, they have a ton of people.


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[Assistant] On that coaching staff who are regulars on PFT, the website.


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[Assistant] So they look at Pro Football Talk, they see our videos, and I can imagine them, night before the game, right? Where being disrespected, you have a team meeting, and then maybe at the end of the team meeting they show a video of like,


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[Assistant] Hey, some good things you did last week in your win and some highlights and whatever else. And then they spliced in some motivational things and I could see them putting for you in there. Either it was the night before the game or some on a team meeting Friday, whatever it was.


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[Assistant] Uh, but they obviously, Jim Harbaugh and company were, or John Harbaugh, excuse me, wanted to show their football team the disrespect Florio and Florio's getting it back in a big way.


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[Assistant] He was good. He honestly said, like, I deserve it. What they did was great. And he was also like, you know, it really wasn't, and he says this, and if you really listen to the whole clip, right?


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[Assistant] He doesn't really get on the Ravens. It more is waxing poetically about how good he thinks the 49ers are. It's no matter who they play. Exactly. So it wasn't like he attacked the Ravens, but obviously there was enough gushing there about the 49ers where the Ravens were like, we're not chopped liver.


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[Assistant] Alright, and uh, they took that to heart, took it to heart too, and I said this during the show today too.


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[Assistant] It was the nicest I've ever seen the 49ers act during a football game. The 49ers showed more respect for the Ravens than I've seen in any other game. I would say the 49ers usually hate everybody and talk trash. And I saw more smiles and good job and doing all that. I don't think that's the best of the 49ers either. Uh, but, but either way, let's, let's start to unpack it wherever you want to start.


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[Assistant] Not determined, but that, I mean, it's a big blow for Brock Purdy. It's almost impossible for him to win the MVP after that yesterday.


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[Assistant] It will. I mean, the Dolphins Ravens game itself is going to have a lot to say this weekend, right? I mean, I know Lamar is in the lead right now, but I mean, if, if the Dolphins win and two of throws for 500 yards, are we telling or Tyreek has 250 receiving? Are you telling me Lamar still got it like bottled up? I don't think so.


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[Assistant] Well I feel like there's definitely some, some love there, but he's still way down there. Uh, hopefully we can continue to break down barriers here. You know, again.


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[Assistant] Brock Pardee's really good. He does more than the system quarterback, but the system's the greatest there is, as you see, as we've talked about.


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[Assistant] I mean again, the week before he threw a touchdown pass to Christian McCaffrey, McCaffrey fell down, got up, and still no one even two-hand touched him.


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[Assistant] He's throwing one of the most open people in football, let alone he's got one of the best running backs in football and one of the best defenses in football. So no, you know me, I'm a little more traditional to the word most valuable player. And that to me would fit certainly more Lamar.


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[Assistant] Lamar, the stats don't tell the story with a guy like Lamar Jackson. The stats are gonna say 23 or 35, 252, two touchdowns, and we're gonna go, well that's pretty good, but we're not gonna go wow, right? But it's when the plays happened in the football game, the importance of the moment, and that's what Lamar is special at. Lamar,


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[Assistant] You know, you can put him in any situation and he can find a way out of it. Oh, there's a guy open, I'll throw it. Oh, there's nobody open, I'll buy some time until somebody gets open. Oh, you know, there's nobody open and I bought some time.


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[Assistant] And still nobody's open. I'll go run and get the first down, right? So he has so many ways he can beat you. And that's to me, more of the MVP type of football player there. But yeah, that was the big thing in the game. I mean, a lot of the big moments in the football game, uh,


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[Assistant] The Ravens won them, and of course Lamar was a big, big part of it, and he capitalized in some big moments to help them get over the hump and, you know, really kind of dominate the football game.


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[Assistant] But I definitely want to make them clearly number one. After this football game, what do you think? Yeah, no, I mean, how can you not think differently about the Ravens? You know, how can you not? You know, I am.


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[Assistant] We know they were really good. Like we said earlier in the year, there was moments where you looked at them and you went, man, they're best. They look as good as anybody in football. But it was like few and far between a little bit to where you're like, okay, wait, is that not going to happen again or whatever else there?


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[Assistant] There, to what you said, that there's so many levels into where this was impressive and things they did. First off, you know, the analogy I used like with Floria today is like, they were like a wobbly boxer early on in the football game.


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[Assistant] I mean, the fact that the 49ers march down the field and they throw an interception in the end zone, you're like, damn, that looked easy though for the 49ers. I know that was a bad interception, but damn, they marched right down the field, right? Then they get the safety. You got refs tackling them. You got refs tackling them after he goes back 25 yards. I was like, where the hell is he going? Which I will say to that.


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[Assistant] Well, definitely, and the ref does not want to be in that position at all. But yeah, when you go 20, I mean, they were, the ball was on the 20 yard line. He tripped over the ref four yards deep in the end zone, right? So like, he's not thinking like we were going to go this far back. That's very rare that that happens, but between that


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[Assistant] Then them going down and getting in a field goal. So it was a five nothing and you were going, well, this feels like it should be more than five nothing. And it was like, man, the 49ers.


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[Assistant] You know, look like they're a little bit of a cut above the Baltimore Ravens, but the Ravens a little wobbly. They bought some time on the rope and took some big breaths. And all of a sudden they started landing some body shots in the Niners and all of a sudden they started throwing a few haymakers and there we were like, holy crap.


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[Assistant] The 49ers are wobbly and about to go down here and this is about to be over, right? So that's where I give them credit for kind of withstanding the initial storm of the fans, the 49ers energy, intensity, hanging in there during that part and then


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[Assistant] Okay, everybody's settled into the game now and the initial motions and emotions of the game are gone and we're just playing football now and Shanahan's first ten are not along in the mix anymore. Some of those tricks he did to us. We got to feel for how you want to attack it. Now it becomes mono, we mono a little bit.


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[Assistant] And that's where, you know, the Ravens we always talk about, they like to be the bullies. So are the 49ers. They certainly weren't intimidated by the 49ers. I would say they have a bigger football team than the 49ers. The 49ers are pretty big, you know that, right? But the Ravens are really big. Probably not as fast as the 49ers.


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[Assistant] Bigger. And that's where you're like, again, I think their ability to, hey, our D-line, hey, Travis Jones is playing D-end, he's 330 pounds. We're putting him at D-end. Cause we want one other guy in the, so we don't have to go all in to stop the run, we got some big people up front that give us some flexibility in the back end, right? So I think they have that going for them. And then,


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[Assistant] And I know you've heard me say it a million times and so have the listeners. When you play an offense like this, right, you gotta take some gambles. You gotta do some things where it's like, Shanahan hasn't seen us do this. We're gonna have to do this.


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[Assistant] We could get burned, but like, we can't stop them all day long, so we gotta take some tactical gambles, chances, whatever. That to me, the first interception by Purdy.


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[Assistant] He's gonna run the ball to the left, right? He realizes the corner's blitzing, so he pulls it, he does right, cause he's been taught, like if you get a free safety blitz or a corner blitz, just throw it out there to Deebo Samuel. But they're going,


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[Assistant] We can't play this straight up. We gotta cause a little chaos here and throw some chaos into their game plan and the systematic, you know, beautifulness of Shanahan's system there.


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[Assistant] So now he does that, but now they're in Brock Purdy's face. They tipped the ball, interception. So a little controlled chaos gets them an interception, right? And I think that was kind of the me, the, the, the,


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[Assistant] The theme of the night is their defense and Mike McDonald was able to


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[Assistant] Match some wits with Shanahan, which you rarely see that. Whether that was a create a blitz, something they were doing in the run game, or sometimes there was plays where I go, they blitzed and I'm expecting they drop back the pass and I'm going, well, they're going to, they're going to somebody be open downfield. He kind of got protected and he's going to be somebody's going to be open.


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[Assistant] But they obviously, this is why I can't wait to watch the film. They must have had a feel for Shanahan a little bit and like the patterns and little tendencies because they'd blitz and I'd go...


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[Assistant] Well gosh, they only have like three or four guys deep to cover the receivers and they must have been in and outing them and all over it. Uh, and that's where Mike McDonald to me is definitely one of the best defensive minds in football. Uh, Kyle Hamilton was good.


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[Assistant] Right? I feel like the 49ers, this is to your point where you said like, you know, yeah, we all thought they were the best. They could have been steamrolling everybody. This will be the learning experience for them to go, hey, we were aggressive and we're crazy, but you know, there's going to be a team or two every now and then where,


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[Assistant] Maybe just throwing the ball in the ground or throwing it out of bounds or, you know, not scrambling around and trying to fit a ball in the run. Maybe that's, this is the type of team we just, you know, pull it in a little bit. Don't do, be careful a little bit because they can make some things happen. I feel like the first interception was totally his fault.


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[Assistant] The second one was a really good play by the Ravens. The corner blitz knocks the ball up in the air, right? The third one...


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[Assistant] Is him scrambling, right? And that's the one Kyle Hamilton catches it off the tip pass, right? Which is like, again, not an egregious quarterback mistake. You know, it's a little like, man, that's tight, and you are throwing it across your body, but as a coach, you're going,


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[Assistant] You're not gonna feel like he's not seeing the field and it's like a deer in the headlights, right? You know, like I said, the first interception was bad. The second one, a little unlucky, good play. Third interception, okay. He's still okay. Fourth interception, he gets hit as he's throwing by Travis Jones we just talked about. And then,


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[Assistant] Patrick Queen gets it. So it wasn't plays where you're going to look at Brock Purdy and go, oh man, he was totally off. He wasn't seeing the field right, right? You know, it was a little bit more team oriented because of Mike McDonald and the game plan they had because of the physicality of the Ravens, right? Those things added to that as well.


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[Assistant] Brock party will be fine, I don't doubt that, but that was just, you know, big time by the Ravens. Creating the turnovers.


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[Assistant] The third and sixteenth scramble before the half by Lamar, right, to get him down there close. And then, of course, the...


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[Assistant] The, get the ball, dump it off the Gus Edwards, right? He gets down to the five yard line, and then they score a touchdown, and then the next series is the interception, the, I believe that was the fourth interception by Purdy, and now you're like, holy shit, this was a game.


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[Assistant] Two minutes ago, and now it's 30 to 12, right? I mean, it had the feeling of like, yeah, the Ravens are controlling, but, uh, the 49ers is going to come back and swing the momentum in their way. And we're going to get a close football game to like, holy shit, are the Ravens going to blow them out of the water here? And of course they became very close to that.


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[Assistant] It's a good question. I knew I was going to get this type of question, right? Because I knew what I had said. I'd said that about the Cowboys. I said it about the Eagles, right too. I just go to the Superbowl teams don't lose three weeks in a row and two of them where they get totally killed, right? This is where like you don't see a Superbowl team lose by 14 in December very often.


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[Assistant] In fact, the last 10 Super Bowl winners, nobody's like, you know, we brought this up, have lost by double digits in December. But where I will say is there's a little silver lining here. This wasn't like, to me, this is different than Buffalo Dallas.


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[Assistant] Or even 49ers Philadelphia, where there was a true ass kicking in all phases. You're like, people are wide open. They're running down your throat. You run the ball and you run into a wall, right? You drop back and you get sacked and nobody's open. That to me is like concerning. This is one where


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[Assistant] They outgained the Ravens by a hundred yards, right? They made a lot of plays.


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[Assistant] You know, now, some of it, and then they had some mistakes that were self-inflicted too, but I didn't, I'm not gonna come away from this one and go,


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[Assistant] Oh man, if they play again, they're in deep trouble. Now this is a little bit of like,


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[Assistant] You know, 49ers did some good things, but didn't play their best football, got a team that was chippy and motivated, hadn't played their best game in a while, and they were due. And the 49ers made some mistakes that we haven't seen them really make, you know, since their three game losing streak. So, you know, to, uh, O'Ryan,


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[Assistant] That, that's a really good question, uh, but I, I do think it's a little difference in the nuance there as compared to some of the other games


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[Assistant] Yeah, no, give him a pass, and again too, like we talked about, I mean, you know.


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[Assistant] It's, it's, they score on the first drive, right? They don't get held to a field goal maybe to make it five-nothing and it went to nine-nothing. I mean, you know, there were some big moments in the game, you know, even at, even, even before the half, like I said.


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[Assistant] The 13-6, it's, it's 13-12 Baltimore, right? And then he makes the big scramble and it's, aw man, they got a little more momentum. So, you know, and the gotta have it moments, the Ravens were more motivated, they were more physical and they made the big time plays and Lamar Jackson was phenomenal. And it's just a testament to their team, their organization and their whole culture.


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[Assistant] We've had moments where we've gone, hey, even when they win, it's a little sometimes red alert. Like I'll go back to the last Raiders game. They won 31 to 17. I know after the pod there, I still came in and was like, it wasn't really like surgical and like they were like just, it was, it was my homes making backyard plays.


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[Assistant] And that's cool, and you can get away with it against a lot of teams in football.


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[Assistant] You're not going to get away with, with, with, you know, better teams and sometimes a team that, well, we've seen you once and now we're going to adjust our formula. And I do think, again, you've heard me say all year, it's a good defense. And with Max Crosby and now another edge rusher, right. To go along with that.


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[Assistant] That certainly improves their football team and takes away Mahomes ability to the backyard game. And then there's the offensive line injuries for the Chiefs where, yeah, okay, we're not a good offense. We rely on Mahomes magic and now we can't even like let him look downfield. As soon as he pats the ball, he's got to run around because we're not blocking anybody. You know, those are issues.


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[Assistant] They are a defensive football team right now. Stop looking to regain some magic from the 2017 or 2018 team, like, or 2019. None of that's happening. The league is caught onto this offense. They don't have weapons. And my big thing with the Chiefs is you can't be not talented in the past game.


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[Assistant] And not creative in the past game. They have a double whammy working right now. And that's really tough to overcome. But having said all of that too, like,


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[Assistant] Play on your own nine yard line? That's how desperate we are? Right? To me, that's where, you know, me, I'm a little bit like, you're playing the Raiders. Your defense is great.


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[Assistant] Trick play on your own nine yard line, right? Fitting the ball in against a guy like Jack Jones on the sideline with a guy, Justin Watson, who we know people aren't necessarily scared of to get beat downfield, right? Just like, know who you are, know the style of play you need to play. The Chiefs are a team right now where I look at it and like,


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[Assistant] They wanna win, their best win is 20-17, 17-14. And that's how they have to look at it. They gotta look at it, let's play defense, my home's be smart.


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[Assistant] We'll get the game late in the fourth quarter and then Mahomes, you be clutching, win it for us. That's their best way to do it. They got to stop thinking they're going to be like this, like, you know, 50 touchdown past 5,000 yard passing football team. Not going to happen.


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[Assistant] Little sprint out pass, okay. Right after the picked up fumble for a touchdown. Oh, let's sprint out and get us back in rhythm. That's kind of like, you know, a go-to thing for offenses at time. When a DB sees the


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[Assistant] The wide rec- I mean the quarterback sprint out like that, right?


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[Assistant] And he sees the two receivers to his side in the combination. There's very limited things offenses do. So if you have any brains at all as a DB and you see the outside guy kind of go on a straight release, it's like they're, they don't, we don't, they don't run sprint outs and throw bombs down the field. That doesn't happen. That's not in the offensive playbook.


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[Assistant] So with the guy on the outside is running straight. He's either running a curl route, which you'll see because the inside receiver will run to the flat. So you're going to go, oh, here comes that play or it becomes they sprint out and the outside guy runs a six yard hitch route and the inside guy runs a corner route. Right. And that's looks like what they did.


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[Assistant] But he, this is Jack Jones. He's been around here for a few years. He's got some instincts as far as getting after the ball and interceptions where he recognized it and jumped all over it. And he was like, this is Justin Watson. They're not sending him deep. And then he sees the guy Mahomes running that way. He probably felt the inside receiver and he's like, he's about to settle down.


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[Assistant] And he's gonna throw it to him. And he got a pick six and that was all she wrote.


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[Assistant] You just, you don't, that's not like a, a normal stat line. That, that's, it really isn't. It's kind of incredible.


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[Assistant] There's just, there's only so long the, the, the Chiefs can, you know, hang in there, the defense and.


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[Assistant] As far as running the football, right? We know they've been as balanced as we've ever seen them throughout the Mahomes, you know, tenure here.


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[Assistant] Like, yes, can they add a few more wrinkles to their run game? Just a few more ideas. It won't take a ton, but they're a little bit of one of those teams where I go...


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[Assistant] You know, I watch a game and go, they only really got four or five runs. They run and they run it repetitively to where, you know, with this team they got and these receivers and everything there, yeah, they're going to have to, you know, be a little more creative in that department because they're not going to be able to depend on the receivers getting open big plays that way. And of course dropping the balls is still an issue there in Kansas City as well.


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[Assistant] But it's just, it's so bad. It's the, you know, the turnovers, two pick, two, two defensive touchdowns, they missed a chip shot field goal. But even without


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[Assistant] They shanked a punt at the end of the football game and that's how the Raiders got the last field goal to make it 20, right? I mean, I think they got the ball at the 20, 42 yard line or something like that. It's just a disaster all the way through, shocking to see.


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[Assistant] Exactly right, right, right, exactly right. But that's where I think they're gonna have to adjust the way they think a little bit here, down the stretch.


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[Assistant] You know, they're going to have to gauge it a little bit and get a feel for games early on the game and go, you know what? This is, this is one of those defensive struggle games. And we got to be comfortable to say we'll win 13 to 10. We'll win 16 to 10, whatever, but don't try to think, Oh, we're going to make magic.


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[Assistant] I do, uh, both teams showed some grittiness. This would have been a game where the way it kind of played out, where I would have gone, oh, I think Dallas will win a low scoring or a low twenties type of scoring football game, right?


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[Assistant] I always kind of was like, ah, I felt like if it got to 28-24, 31-28, that was going to be Miami's territory. When the game gets ugly. Right. That was my big question with Miami. Can they win an ugly football game? That's kind of what we saw all three of their losses this year.


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[Assistant] Or I should say all four of their losses really were kind of like teams made it ugly. Their offense couldn't get in the shootout and they weren't capable of, of, you know, winning that type of football game.


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[Assistant] Obviously there's more positives to them in this one just because they can sit here and go, not only do we win an ugly game, it wasn't necessarily a track mean,


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[Assistant] We found other ways to, to win the game. I mean, not only did Tua throw the ball well, but they showed that they were tougher running the ball up front than the Dallas Cowboys and Miami last second drive against a quality football team. That really hasn't happened a whole lot.


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[Assistant] In the Tua era, yea, right? Am I wrong to say that? In the Tua era? I feel like in the Tua era, I know he's had some clutch comeback wins and all that, but I don't feel like they were against quality teams like this. So I think there's some positives here to where, how it translates to


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[Assistant] So me, the Dolphins just have, compared to the Cowboys,


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[Assistant] Have more avenues on offense, right? We know how good the passing game is, and their screen game, and, you know, Tuba is a good deep ball thrower, and we saw some of that. And then, of course, to me, what the Dolphins showed is some physicality, and the ability to run a few times where it's like, yeah, there's people in the box, but you got a man up here and move the ball a little bit. You know, they won that aspect of the game too.


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[Assistant] You know, Dallas, it's work for Dallas, right? Dallas's offense is work. And you've heard me say before, it's, it's good players, but the system is, it's just not overly creative. And somebody like Vic Fangio and the Dolphins, you know, they were all over some of their stuff. I mean, you just take away really, you know,


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[Assistant] You take away the big slant to CD Lamb, another big crossery hat in the first quarter, and all that. I mean, after that, and then they jump ball to Tolbert at the end, and you go, well, Dallas?


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[Assistant] Who never touches the ball, but in a big moment, in one of the biggest games of the year, we're gonna go, hey guy that never touches the ball, we just ask you to block people, carry the ball for us here. I hate that call too, uh, but good win by the Dolphins.


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[Assistant] Yeah, the reverses and all that. Dak had a few scrambles, right? Yeah, so that's what I'm, like, the, the, the...


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[Assistant] And, and that's where stats and rushing stats are misleading in the NFL right now because of all the speed sweeps and the reverses and all of these type of things. You're just like, well, they had a good day running the ball. But to me, a good day running the ball is like, no, our five linemen moved your five linemen and we handed the ball off to the running back. And not that the Dolphins killed it that way.


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[Assistant] You know, they at least had some success in that area. Dallas had to continue to worry about that and not get gashed by Motzer or HN.


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[Assistant] That's where like Josh Allen missed the throw into the flat for the guy to win the game in the end zone. Um, yeah, my memory's that good. Uh, week one, like a dolphin, like one of the 11 fishes.


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[Assistant] That was a Chargers game. Yeah, it was a shootout. He hit the big go route down the right side lane to Tyreek late in the, late in the fourth quarter that set up their game winning field goal. Again, memory like one of the eleven fishes. I don't know how you do that. One last thing on the Dallas Cowboys. Oh, it was a touchdown.


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[Assistant] I mean, Michael Parsons, if you gave me the first pick of a defense player in football, I'm thinking Michael Parsons, period. I mean, I don't care what the stats say. When you weren't turned on the film, there's nobody that I look at it on a week to week basis where I go, Whoa, who the hell was that guy? Whoa, that was Mike. Oh, whoa, whoa. I mean, it's, it's incredible.


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[Assistant] I thought the roughing penalty he had on two, I don't know if you saw that, that was horrible, right? He was, it was one step, you know, and I believe, I don't think it cost them because I think they still held the Dolphins to a field goal in that drive, uhm, but I think your main point is the point. There's, again,


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[Assistant] Like I had some people, like the other night, I went, the Steelers defense, it's just, it's three people and right. And people are like, oh, it's still the Steelers and they got three people. And I'm like, yeah, but like.


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[Assistant] Really good defenses, I can name like seven guys right off the bat and just be like boom, boom, ba-doom, ba-doom, ba-doom.


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[Assistant] I don't think that's the case for the Cowboys. To me it's like Michael Parsons? Daron Bland?


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[Assistant] Okay, and then I go to Dexter Lawrence, uh, uh, DeMarcus Lawrence. Yeaah.


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[Assistant] That's not like elite defensive category. Let's, let's name off the guys on the 49ers or the Ravens, right?


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[Assistant] We go, Clowney, Queen, Roquan, Hamilton, uh, Humphrey, uh, Marcus, uh, Marcus Williams is a really damn good safety, right? Manabouke is like the best interior pass rusher in football. There's seven guys right there. The 49ers, we can go through seven, right? The Dolphins, that can go to five or six, right? The Cowboys, it's like Micah Posh, Daron Bland.


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[Assistant] So Marcus Lawrence is still good. He's not a superstar. And then it's like, who else are we going to talk about? And that's kind of what we hit on last week. The middle linebackers are below average. Their interior D lines below average. The safeties are below average.


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[Assistant] Right? So, you know, that's where I'm with you. You know, their scheme, their aggressiveness, the way Dan Quinn coaches them, you know, it, it, it, uh, allows them to attack and play free and crazy, but I'm not sure they're like a dominant, dominant D to what we think or maybe what the stats say.


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[Assistant] I always look at these kind of games and one, the new coach bump thing, the new coach bump is real, right? New energy, we got rid of that guy, right? There's new vibes in the building, right? So there's that.


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[Assistant] Also the psychology of like, Hey, we just blew out the Cowboys. We beat the Chiefs the week before that. We should have beat the Eagles before that, right? We're kind of good.