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[Assistant] We might have to show those dots again for the Lions place. Moving to the AFC Championship game, uh, this game was super compelling, not as high scoring, not as back and forth, but the Chiefs chieft again. They went to Baltimore, beat the Raven 17 to 10. A living like Lei, we'll give him the first word, or her.


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[Assistant] Damn okay, this is the best the Chiefs have looked all season. They went from inconsistent to now they look the same in every game. Dominant on defense, Mahomes efficient, no mistakes on offense, run Pacheco, and then a splash play to MVS who can now catch. Plus Kelsey just looks healthier too. I mean, he was dominant in the game. They looked like the old, you know,


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[Assistant] Chiefs at times, I was like, they're not gonna get slowed down on offense, even though they scored 17 points. It just seems like when they needed to make a play, they did. That's right. But I think that sums it up pretty well. It's like this Chiefs...


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[Assistant] Has taken your advice and played the way that this Chiefs team in 2023-24 needs to play. Is that a correct assessment?


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[Assistant] And we'll do that with Give Me The Headlines presented by Hyundai. And this is a headline, not on this game, this is on Travis Kelce. Your headline for Travis Kelce and Patrick Mahomes in this game is Clutch Combination.


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[Assistant] That's good, that's good. No copies came out, no copies came out, we made that change. 11 targets, 11 receptions, 116 yards, NFL record, 116 career.


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[Assistant] Receive, uh, receptions now in the playoffs. Oh wow. So he had 116 yards in the game, and now he has 116 catches in the playoffs. That's insane. That's the fact that those numbers went up. The whole thing's insane.


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[Assistant] By the way, nextgenstat says that the odds of Kelsey catching all 11 of his targets was 1 in 156, just .6%.


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[Assistant] So the 19 yard touchdown. So next gen stats as we pull up the dots here for that one, by the way.


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[Assistant] That's gonna be awkward when you see Kyle in Vegas and you're like, I picked the Chiefs to win, sorry. But it's an homage to the franchise that you coach right now, like an old team for them, but I'm picking them because they remind me of a team.


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[Assistant] Yeah, I think you probably have to stick with that, even though if you don't believe it now, but I don't know if you do believe it. NextGenStats says Kyle Hamilton was within one yard of Kelsey from the nine yard line to the end of the play. It was Hamilton's first touchdown allowed to a tight end this season. The completion probability was just 26%. Those are all the numbers. Here's the beautiful art of it here.


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[Assistant] So that was give me the headlines presented by Hyundai. So that is about Travis Kelsey. I'm sure we'll still talk a little bit about Patrick Mahomes because he was awesome in this one. Something that my, my dad pointed out and I was watching both the games with him is that in the first half, this was awesome. I mean, Casey dominated in the first half, 16 first downs to five for Baltimore, fewest they've had I think since like week one of last year.


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[Assistant] Go ahead. So that's, I think, you know, we've heaped a lot of praise on the Chiefs here, but we've probably done them a disservice. We did that to Steve Spagnolo, maybe. We should have mentioned his name before on this one. VisionlessDave2 says, Dick Vermeel said in his Hall of Fame speech that coordinators need to be eligible for the Hall of Fame. Do you think Spags deserves a gold jacket? Yes.


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[Assistant] Ravens 28 points in their first 18 games had just 10 in this game obviously. That second stat is what's gonna bug Ravens fans. So 160 yards per game on the ground is what they averaged and they got 81.


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[Assistant] In this game, uhm. Couldn't run, didn't run the ball. So we have a lot of, we have a lot of tweets on that from our homies.


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[Assistant] So Jim D said, love the pod and great job all season. Why did Baltimore go away from Gus Edwards running the ball? He had 20 yards on only three carries.


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[Assistant] So Max Collins says, Hey guys, excited for this pod. What were the Ravens thinking on offense? Best running team in the NFL, Kansas City to your point, gave up 170 plus rushing yards against the Bills. How do you run the ball six times with your running back?


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[Assistant] Look at that. Designed runs last week against Houston. They had 31 of them. Right? They just had 6.


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[Assistant] Pete, if you can find a tweet, I know I got, I saw when I was scrolling through my tweets yesterday, after that game, there is, there is a homie that tweeted me, and it might have been to Chris too, and you, that said, I know what Chris is gonna say, they out Baltimore, Baltimore and Baltimore!


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[Assistant] See, a cheeper knows a cheeper. To use a Simsism, they say. Uh, well done, well done there. So, that's exactly what they did. Well, they wanted this to be the Lamar Jackson's different, and he's probably gonna win the MVP. Right. Right? And he did it by making big plays in crucial times. Did not do that in this game. Just right off the bat.


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[Assistant] Your assessment of Lamar Jackson and how, and how he played in this game, obviously throwing into triple coverage at the end of the game was bad.


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[Assistant] It was weird, it was almost like there were times where I was like watching Brock Purdy and I was like, this is what Lamar, I thought he would kind of do on some of these, where it was like there was no one open downfield, this is a little bit different than the Blitz and handling that, but it was like no one's open downfield, Lamar took an extra beat there and I think uhm, it was just like yeaah.


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[Assistant] Ravens fans, there are many after this game, as they are for Lions fans too. But is that, I mean, Lamar did things where it's just like, that's Lamar. I mean, early on in the first quarter, great scramble, like Leo Chanel's got him, he gets out of it, you know, and like makes a play, catches his own pass, which is one of the coolest looking plays that you'll ever see in a championship game.


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[Assistant] Uh, and also the, the Zay Flowers 30 yard touchdown. Let's go inside the numbers for that, powered by AWS.


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[Assistant] According to next gen stats, Lamar Jackson took 7.57 seconds to throw on this 30 yard touchdown pass to Zay Flowers. The second longest time to throw on a pass over 38 yards this season. Behind only Jackson to Flowers in week four. Yeah.


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[Assistant] I was rooting for the Ravens to win this game, cause she was like, the Chiefs have already been there, we've seen that, the story, I get it, my homes or whatever.


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[Assistant] She was like, I want the Ravens to get there. But after the taunting by, uh, by Zay Flowers, she flipped. She flipped. She was like, I'm out, I'm out. And she started rooting for the Chiefs after that point. I was, I was like,


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[Assistant] And Pete makes the point too, it's like, in football it's tough, it's like for these aggressive guys too, and sometimes you're like, you're trying to, you know, you're killed, and you're in like the ring, and it's just like people trying to kill you, it's hard to like,


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[Assistant] Sometimes make those snap, you know, changes and just all of a sudden it's like, oh don't, don't get in his face here even though we're-


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[Assistant] Battling to the death out here. Uhm, but that was a dumb penalty. And then you had him reaching the ball out at the one yard line.


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[Assistant] Uhm, the win probability, we'll keep this inside the numbers, because the win probability before that play was a 28% for the Ravens. I would venture that if you had an in play probability, win probability, like when he's at the one yard line reaching the football out, maybe 50-50, cause it's gonna be a three point game then.


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[Assistant] After that, that play, it's a, it's a 13% win probability for, uh, for the Ravens. And give some credit to Ligeria Seed, of course, a lot of credit for punching that ball out, making the play, getting the fumble in the end zone. Uhm, and I've heard a lot of people say this too, is that


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[Assistant] I think it was egregious by Zay Flowers to expose the ball there. You see players often trying to reach the ball in, but I guess Bill Parcells always would say, don't reach the ball out for that reason right there.


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[Assistant] Uhm, what else do you wanna go? Well first of all, I wanna say, that was Inside the Numbers, powered by AWS.


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[Assistant] Buddy Chai says I would like Zay Flowers to get some love though for his performance that was overshadowed by an admittedly bad rookie mistake. He gave his offense.


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[Assistant] 18 snaps, 2 catches, 15 yards for Mark Andrews, really not a factor in the game. And either was Odell Beckham Jr. And that's the second part of Fat McAfee's question. Is the OBJ thing over or is it just me? What was it for him? 6 targets, 3 catches only for 22 total yards.


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[Assistant] What sucks for the Ravens is that much like the Cowboys now, it's like nothing matters anymore except for post-season success. It's just like regular season. One seed is just like, alright, if you can get to a Super Bowl, then it actually can make us feel good. They're now 0 and 24 too. When trailing by 10 or more points at halftime since 2013, every other team-


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[Assistant] So is this really where the game was lost? Was it lost even before they started the game because you had the moment where, uh, if you're watching on YouTube or Peacock right now, you're seeing it. If you're listening, we'll describe it and go to Twitter or whatever.


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[Assistant] So Rich, uh, Rich Ornberger, a former NFL offensive lineman.


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[Assistant] Taylor Swift. Pete wants to note here that you said that the 49ers were too friendly with the Ravens before the Christmas night game. Yes, I did. Maybe the 49ers have to try to bully the Chiefs. Have their kicker, have Jake Moody set up on them.


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[Assistant] But like, I would, I would not change anything about the way they played in the Chargers game. They're playing to like, not


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[Assistant] Give them the ball at the end of the game. They did that a couple times this year and I loved it. So that's why I'm like defensive about it because I've seen teams like rooted for Michigan throughout the years where they're Lloyd Carr era where they played not to lose, not to lose, not to lose. And then when you lose those games, you feel even worse. And so that's why it's like, go for it. Dan Campbell and the Detroit Lions and it just didn't work.


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[Assistant] There is one actually. Oh, but we can do it Wednesday too. You know that ball that went off the helmet of Vildor? Yea. And that one, uhm, they threw the flag for past interference. They ended up picking up that flag. They did pick it up, right? So, like, in my mind, I think that if


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[Assistant] He didn't catch it? I think they let it stand, because he did have a little, there was a little contact before the catch. Right. So it's like, people are like, oh, what a bad break for the Lions, but I was like, I don't know. I think if he doesn't catch that, they would have left the flag. I don't, do you, do you feel like that too? I feel the same way.


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[Assistant] If you and Connor were offensive coordinators for your favorite team, would you guys be run first or pass first? Which of them is tougher for defensive coordinators to game plan against? Chris, I think so much conversation right now is things like, you know, Passover expectation and then teams that can basically control the game and run at you.


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[Assistant] On the counter side of it, we've talked about this, so many offensive tackles in college aren't even taking true pass sets consistently. That if you come out there and have a rookie tackle, cause a ton of them have to play. I mean, asking them to pass protect in this day and age is nearly impossible. I'm with you, I lean more on


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[Assistant] Obviously there's gotta be balance, but you need to be able to run the football because if you're a team that just is a drop back team constantly, you're gonna get teed off on. Look at how many quarterbacks have gotten hurt, how athletic the edge rushers have gotten, and like you said Chris, just the respect you have to generate for the run game.


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[Assistant] That creates so much space in the pass game. A lot of the teams we're going to talk about today are the Masters at that, quite frankly. It's why they are so dedicated to running the football, almost to the


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[Assistant] You're gonna be taught to run the ball. Absolutely. And I think another thing to it this year, Chris, that we're seeing feels like more than ever, or at least in recent years, so many backups have to play in this age. And when you have a backup quarterback coming in there,


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[Assistant] It's a little easier to have more of a balanced offense and say, Hey, our starter got hurt. That makes 40 million a year and we can throw at will. And now a backups in there. You can't play the same way.


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[Assistant] He's the only coach in the league that when they do well, people say, oh, it's cause of Kyle's scheme. Oh, and also nobody is talking about how Kyle's eye bags have gotten significantly better since he became QB1.


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[Assistant] So there are, and I agree with you, I love Kyle Shanahan, Coach of the Year. I think he, another thing he doesn't get enough credit for is how good he is at hiring a defensive staff that feels like year after year. The way he's had to retool that group, because the guys get hired away. Why doesn't he get credit for that?


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[Assistant] There's four coaches ahead of him in the Coach of the Year favorites right now. Uh, there are three, I'll give you a hint. Three are in the AFC, one is in the NFC. Could you guess?


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[Assistant] You and I have talked about how analytics can be good and bad. There's ones to value and ones to not. One I really like from Pro Football Focus is the big time throw. It's basically tracking the special throws.


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[Assistant] Purdy right now is 12th in the league with 21 big time throws.


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[Assistant] That's tied with my homes. Yeah. So this isn't somebody that's out there dinking and dunking. Absolutely not. I mean, there are special throws on tape that I like that you brought up Matt Ryan. Do you think


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[Assistant] So the other team in this tier, the Dolphins. Right. We had a question from C. McManu. How different are the Dolphins and 49ers, both schematically and how their personnel affects their ability to run?


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[Assistant] Watching this offense without him the other night, you can legitimately make the case that he is the most valuable player.


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[Assistant] The win probability chart from next gen stats according to the NGS win probability model the titans win probability was as low as 0.4%


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[Assistant] The only recent one last year, week two of the Jets at the Browns, Joe Flacco led them to the improbable comeback win. Yes, the failed coverage against Corey Davis.


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[Assistant] And Garrett Wilson walks it off, but uhm, yeaah, I mean this is, it's just insane how this game ended and obviously one of the most improbable wins we've seen in a long time.


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[Assistant] Do you think there's a reason they're not challenging without routes with Tua? I mean, I go back to the Black Friday game, the pick six he threw to Eccles when he tried to drive the ball to the sideline, and that's the second time Eccles has done that to him in his career. His arm is weak. Right.


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[Assistant] It's kind of an indictment here that they're not challenging you to get them out of it.


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[Assistant] Alright, let's jump to the next tier. Be aggressive, be aggressive. Cowboys, Packers, Jaguars, Saints in this one. Chris, we have to start with the Cowboys. Not that long ago, you brought up how Dak deserves to be in that MVP picture right now with Tyreek and with McCaffrey. Our first question on the Cowboys here from Honnold Blake.


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[Assistant] How much better was the Cowboys, how much better has the Cowboys offense gotten during the season? Don't remember a play caller switching up so drastically in pre-snap movement and creativity credit to Mike McCarthy.


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[Assistant] So how did Dak carve up the Eagles? I know we have some screenshots we're gonna dive into here for this one. What did he do in this game for an Eagles secondary that's been very vulnerable this season?


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[Assistant] Yeaah, offensive line numbers really stand out with them in this one. Do they? Yeaah, I mean, it just seems like there wasn't a lot of pressure against the tackles. Tyron Smith got beat a couple times, but for hurries. Now he's not giving up quarterback hits and sacks. Yeaah, yeaah, right. And Tyron Smith's a guy that knows how to, you know, when to let people drive him out. Exactly right. No doubt. He's getting the ball.


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[Assistant] Alright, let's get to, uh, there was a question here that I want to shout out. You answered it already. Swish B said earlier in the year you mentioned you were not impressed with Dallas' attack on offense. Do you still feel the same? Obviously you have changed your mind and seen adjustments from McCarthy. How about the Packers here in this, in this tier?


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[Assistant] To me, it's something I wanted to ask you about. It seems like Love's really impressive stretch, and when he got really hot, coincided with a healthy Christian Watson. Yea, I think so too. And then no Christian Watson against the Giants. What impact, cause it feels like when he's out, the Packers play six wide receivers, like there's just a million guys getting targets, but when he's out,


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[Assistant] This is a noticeably different offense. Watson's special. Right.


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[Assistant] So I think, a weird one, but I think people do wonder this, the Saints, the status of Derek Carr, he's had every injury under the sun this year. Would they be better with Jameis, or do you think that ship is still, cause Jameis is a guy that will play to this tier. Like, you wanna talk about being aggressive, we know Jameis will let it go.


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[Assistant] Our next one, a personal favorite, run the damn ball. Run the damn ball. Run the damn ball. The Ravens, Eagles, Falcons, and Browns. I think the average football fan could have guessed those four teams in this bucket. When you look at on the season, the Ravens first in rush yards per game, the Eagles,


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[Assistant] Uh, 8th, the Falcon's 6th, the Brown's 7th right here. So Chris.


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[Assistant] Doesn't quite fit into the new one. We know with Greg Roman how run heavy they were. With Monk and it feels like they could still run the ball obviously, but they also will attack down the field now.


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[Assistant] So that's where I wanted to go next. The Ravens and the Eagles, both quarterbacks are a massive part of those rushing attacks. Both off-script but designed, like you said. The Falcons and the Browns, not so much at all. What does it do for an offense when a quarterback can be a legitimate running back in your scheme?


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[Assistant] So this one on the Eagles from Truth Matters 233. Is Brian Johnson really calling the plays or is it Sirianni? I think it's Sirianni. He's heavily involved in the design and the game plan. The routries are horrible and so is the lack of motion.


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[Assistant] I think another issue too, Chris, is how predictable they've become by their personnel in the backfield.


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[Assistant] He's either running the ball or he's a non-factor. They don't get him involved in the pass game anymore. And when Gainwell's out there, he's the guy that gets the touches. There's no balance of, well this guy can run and be involved in the pass game. So it goes back to your point about the predictability of the run game play calls.


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[Assistant] What you're talking about with Drake London kind of reminds me of when you look at the Chargers. Mike Williams is great. He was obviously out for the year. But having Keenan Allen out there, who's different, not saying they have that burner, but they're both so good that they benefit from one another and Drake London doesn't have that other guy.


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[Assistant] Our last question in the Run the Damn Ball tier from Ted J. Rowland. Which offensive scheme is most improved mid-season? Would it be a team like the Browns finding their groove with a strong offensive line, a selection of talented backs and receivers?


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[Assistant] Baltimore, Washington, and then the Rams as the Cowboys.


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[Assistant] Uhm, only plus 170 because quite simply, Chris, they have a pretty friendly schedule there as well. The Gi- Giants aren't a gimme anymore.


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[Assistant] Maybe a Super Bowl preview. Could be. We'll see. I know. Don't forget on DraftKings Sportsbook this season. New customers can bet $5 and pocket $150 in bonus bets instantly.


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[Assistant] We'll continue with the offensive scheme tiers here. How about play action wizards? The Lions, Ben Johnson getting a lot of hype. Obviously he will be back in the head coaching cycle. If he chooses to be, uh, it's been a really nice debut year for Bobby slow again, the Texans and then the Vikings on this list as well with what O'Connell has been able to do. So Chris,


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[Assistant] Let's start with The Lions here, this one from CJ Easterday. Where does Ben Johnson's scheme rank for you based on what you see on the tape, which is more impressive to you as pass game or run game concept?


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[Assistant] And I think his ability to adapt, you know, big time draft picks, Jameer Gibbs and Sam Laporta into the offense right away. We don't see that with rookie tight ends.


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[Assistant] Come on on the Texans as we stay and play Action Wizards from Tomas Pena. Despite the struggles against Salah's Jets, Bobby Slawick has been thriving in his first year as a play caller. What similarities and differences do you see between his scheme and Shanahan's?


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[Assistant] Right, outside of Tankdale, all the skill player personnel, they inherited. So this offseason, go get one more of your guys, because the Tankdale pick, I know he got hurt, but look, tremendous. Look, I mean, that offense without him against the Jets, nobody could run away from the Jets' corners. No, nobody at all. Our last team, the Vikings here, you talked about O'Connell being, you know, highly regarded. It's been a season,


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[Assistant] Of, uh, really triumph for the Vikings. Just no Justin Jefferson for a large part of it. You lose Kirk Cousins.


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[Assistant] How does this offense find a way to stay competitive?


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[Assistant] So our next one managed to maximize. Bengals, colts, broncos, rams. Is this basically just doing the most with what they have?


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[Assistant] We had a question on those Broncos from Joshua Nickter. Does Sean Payton have the Broncos poised for a playoff run? Run first offense plus play action plus Russ and Sutton playing yard ball. Exactly right.


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[Assistant] We talked earlier about how backup quarterbacks needing to play and how that can impact your scheme. This one from Cincy John at 1958. How did Zach Taylor change the scheme for Jake Browning? Starting with getting the run game going. Yeah. I saw Chase Brown, which I know you loved him pre-draft. Did they forget they had him?


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[Assistant] 42.3% of Jake Browning's drop backs were with play action that led all NFL starters last week. 17.4 yards per attempt. Gosh, it felt like more than that. I would have thought it was even higher than that. Cause all their effective plays were off of it, like they said.


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[Assistant] Our other two teams in here, Chris, Inmanage and Maximize, Colton Rams, you've talked about both of them a little bit, but McVeigh and Steichen have really good years.


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[Assistant] Our next and our second to last tier, Basic with Playmakers. The Seahawks and the Bucks here. Chris, we had a question from Mr. Scott Briggs. With existing weapons a quarterback in Seattle will inherit next year, what scheme and what type of quarterback would maximize this talent?


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[Assistant] The last one here in this tier, the Bucks. It's been a tough year for Chris Godwin. Mike Evans is Mr. Thousand Yards, although he had a tough week. What have you seen from Baker and what this offense is trying to do?


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[Assistant] It's consistent that Todd Bowles, Pete Carroll, two coaches that want to be able to run the ball and play defense and they fall into the basic but has playmaker scheme.


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[Assistant] Let's look at how Alan made it work against Kansas City. I think the story was, Chris, he was able to beat the Blitz. I mean, when they blitzed Josh Allen, uh, which was on about 36.7% of his drop backs, completion percentage almost at 65%, yards per attempt was up at seven. He throws the touchdown, no turnover. So we know what Alan can do when he's under pressure.


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[Assistant] So Alan, but there was one play that you saw on film, Chris, that he missed a Gabe Davis. Gabe Davis wasn't a factor at all in this one. Uh, but a wide open in the fourth quarter with 2 minutes and 23 seconds.


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[Assistant] You brought up Juju, he caught 47 first downs for them last year. This year, Kelsey has 48, but that's a given. The next guy, Rashid Rice with 32. They're missing that chains move.


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[Assistant] This one here, it technically is a tier. Stinks and not changing the Steelers, Chris, and just the Steelers. Dr. Stanley Goodspeed asked, why is the Steelers offensive scheme the worst?


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[Assistant] So when it comes down to it, it's, you know, that class is going kind of how people would thought, unfortunately. No doubt about it. It's unfortunate. Alright, this is a pop culture quiz, uh, from Pete. Pete needs to know this. The question was from Dr. Stanley Goodspeed. Pete asked, what epic movie is Dr. Stanley Goodspeed the hero of? I looked it up. I haven't seen it, but I know the answer. I have not seen it. No, it's from the 60s.


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[Assistant] The cast is, the cast is pretty serious. Is it Last Action Hero? I don't even know. What is it?


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[Assistant] I mean, to be fair, I was four or five. I don't think I'd be allowed to watch The Rock when I was four.


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[Assistant] Happened with this whole thing. Yes, very well done there, Jefferson Baker. You're very funny. Ha ha ha ha. Uh, but, uh, hope everybody's good out there. No Ahmed Farid today.


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[Assistant] You know what we're doing? It's the Treasure Hunters, What Happened podcast, and then we got a lot of Ask Me Anythings, right? Because we have to. There's a lot of breaking news here over the last 24 hours, the trade, the trade deadline, and that's where I hand it off to the always better dressed than Ahmed Fareed, Connor Rogers. Way more style. What's up, dude? Good to see you.


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[Assistant] And, and literally, I remember being eight or nine years old and I'm like, he's like, no, you say it's Cincinnati. You remember him saying that to me? Like you say it's Cincinnati. Trust me. I grew up around there. They say Cincinnati.


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[Assistant] And I was like, I don't know. And then of course, as time went on, people and more people were like, Phil was on TV and they're like, Phil, you're an idiot. It's Cincinnati and it's the Bengals. Okay. So we're working on it. I don't know if I'll be fixed though. It might be too late.


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[Assistant] It is. I think Josh McDaniels was in trouble regardless. I mean there was definitely some skeptical end of the game decisions I think to talk about. You take over a team that went to the playoffs and you go 6-11 and then you start out the next year.


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[Assistant] Maybe looking worse, right? You know, nothing to really hang your hat on. Uh, the one thing I brought up on Tuesday on Pro Football Talk with Florio is, the one, you know,


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[Assistant] They're kind of in no man's land. That's the problem. That's the problem with the organization. It's like, what were they gonna do again this year? Go 6 and 11?


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[Assistant] And, you know, maybe not be able to get a quarterback again to change their organization or flip it over or get it, you know, some new energy in there. I do think last year that they thought, yes, we signed Jimmy Garoppolo. We're still going to get a quarterback in the top 10.


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[Assistant] They obviously didn't like Will Levis. The three that they probably did like obviously went. And they kinda got stuck in a no man's land there as far as that. So where's the future? What's there to look at? And then also when you look at their roster like


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[Assistant] And after you get through those three names right there, you start to go, well, who else is a difference maker or an elite football player or somebody that's a game changer? There's nobody else. And, you know, I think it's a very middle-class, heavy roster. So it was kind of like, where are they going with this? I did not expect them to get fired. I had a little birdie text me about 8.30 last night.


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[Assistant] No, we knew, we knew three weeks out from the draft that, like, everybody was kind of saying, no, these, these three guys are all going in the top five here, right? You know, I think Stroud, maybe there was a little doubt there because of the testing and there was some people that were concerned in the NFL with that.


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[Assistant] And maybe that's who they were waiting for. You know, there's a part of me that thinks, were they the team that released the information on Strad hoping you would fall? Maybe. I mean, I really have, we've had that conversation on pro football talk too. But yeah, you know, you're an offensive coach. You're an offensive head coach.


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[Assistant] Your offense last year did some really good things. You abandoned your quarterback and Derek Carr, who didn't play good last year, and he said that himself too. And he blew a lot of...


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[Assistant] Late game opportunities where you're going, man, we're paying you like a franchise quarterback and you didn't come through, right? They had Devonte Adams, the number one receiver in football last year statistically and the number one running game in football statistically and Josh Jacobs.


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[Assistant] Josh Jacobs, of course, has not been the same this year. Their O-line has not been the same. Jacobs just getting into shape, right? And then the offense does not look good. And I think with that, and...


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[Assistant] You know, some of the in end game decision making as far as, uh, you know, managing situations.


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[Assistant] And then add on to, yeaah, not looking good as a total football team and then looking down the future and going, wait, I don't see, uh, anything, a shiny light or anything that I could go, ooh, well, we, we got this going. So I think we could turn it around. And I think that's where Mark Davis just said the hell with it. I'm pulling the plug and we'll move on from there.


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[Assistant] Yeah, I know. I saw that. I understand that name being thrown out there. I think that's a possibility. You know, I do think, yeah, I think Jim Harbaugh is in trouble in Michigan as far as college football and what's going on with this investigation about, you know, sign stealing and all that.


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[Assistant] I can see, you know, Mark Davis being interested in a Jim Harbaugh. I think the real question though, is Jim Harbaugh going to be interested in the Raiders? Who would be right now? Right now, right. There's a lot, like we just talked about. It's a roster that you're not, you're going to look at and go,


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[Assistant] You know, like we said, it's limited as far as the talent, what you can do. You gotta be, I think, pretty realistic and think, hey, it's gonna take a little while to turn this over.


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[Assistant] Jim Harbaugh was trying to get the Chargers job this offseason. That was him and Sean Payton. You know, they can say what they want, but anybody in the know in the NFL, and why did they want that? Because he saw talent, he saw a quarterback, he knew it was a quicker fix than maybe a situation like this. So, you know, I understand that connection there.


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[Assistant] My thing would be, does Harbaugh end up having any other options when it's all said and done? And if any of those are prettier with a franchise quarterback or high draft picks that you're looking at, whatever it may be. But yea, that'll be interesting to see how that plays out.


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[Assistant] And I know you know this, but I mean, it's still shocking. The Raiders were arguably the greatest, most winning sports franchise in our country. Yeah. I mean, I think there was a time there in the mid-90s where their winning percentage was better than any other team in any sport, right?


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[Assistant] So it's just amazing how they've fallen off to this degree for this period of time.


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[Assistant] Where, yeaah, great franchise, storied in the NFL, all the great players and all that, they have not been able to flip it around.


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[Assistant] You know, I'll give Mark Davis credit in the fact that not doubling down, if he felt like it was time to go, let's make a move and let's be aggressive. And we've seen in the NFL, you can flip over a roster in two years and get back to being a really competitive, dangerous football team. So we'll see if they can make that happen out there.


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[Assistant] That's right. Most likely they're not going to win a lot of football games going forward when you fire the offensive coordinator and the head coach. That means that yeah, it's a soft tank almost within that firing, right? To where, you know, I don't expect them to win too many more games and that therefore they'll have a pretty high


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[Assistant] I know this from other people in football. The 49ers were looking for a corner. That's what they wanted. That was objective number one, right? I had a team text me last week that, hey, your boy and his team


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[Assistant] Are calling us about our corners, right? So I, and I have been saying this for three or four weeks that I think that was the number one thing the 49ers needed to do, right? I brought up J.C. Jackson at one point when that went down because I was going, oh, I was kind of hoping the 49ers might be able to snag him. I do think that was still the number one thing they were trying to acquire there. Didn't work out.


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[Assistant] Whatever, didn't get a guy or an offer of a guy that they liked. I don't really know how that unpacked totally there.


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[Assistant] The other thing, and we're going to talk about, you know, the bangles and the 49ers match up in the notes.


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[Assistant] Well, what's the next best thing to help your secondary out if you can't, if you can't get a cover guy, right, Connor? You get more pressure on the quarterback. Exactly. The secondary doesn't have to cover as much or as long, right? So that's, that I think is the second best option, let alone, hey, boss has been good.


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[Assistant] But not great, okay? And I think great will come here soon.


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[Assistant] I think I said this on Sunday to Ahmed. Hargrave started off pretty good, the last few weeks he has not been good.


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[Assistant] You know, it doesn't pop at all in the Bengals game, I'll talk about that. Armstead of course is still Eric Armstead and a player and he was actually really good. But there's been no production at the opposite end.


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[Assistant] You know, when they had Samson, Ekubom, D. Ford, Charles Amenhu, even though I know they're not world beaters, those guys, they're really good football players where you were like, no, they apply pressure and they make a lot of plays that, you know, go unnoticed by the fan or the stat books and do that. So now you got this to go along with it.


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[Assistant] And we'll see where it goes. I think the big thing is with Chase Young, you know, and probably why there wasn't the market that everybody thought there was going to be. One, he's been hurt for, you know, two years basically. So that's, that


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[Assistant] People are gonna be a little bit like, ooh, I don't know where to go with that. And then the big thing after that is, okay, you trade for a guy like that, we're giving assets away, and...


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[Assistant] You know, he's having a pretty good year and he continues to have a good year here now in a good defense. He's gonna go, well, I'd like to be paid $25 million a year, right?


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[Assistant] And so now you're into, wait, are we going to give them a long-term deal or are we going to have to franchise them, which the franchise is probably going to be around 27 or 28 million. For an edge rusher, it's wild. Right? Right? So that's where I think there was no market for Chase Young, I think ultimately. And I think the Niners looked at it and went,


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[Assistant] Wait, we got a bunch of these compensatory picks, we got this, and it's only a third rounder, and we'll take that gamble, because we're a Super Bowl team, and we'll push the chips in the middle of the pile for that, and good for them. I was shocked. When I saw that, I was shocked.


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[Assistant] Well, let's keep going. I wanted to say one other thing. Let me say one other thing about this, okay? I don't want to jump forward because I know we're talking about Montez Swett, but I want to hit on the commanders and what you said.


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[Assistant] I had told Pete in the, in our viewing room and producer Matt Casey and all that, that I had heard on Sunday.


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[Assistant] Even if they won, I think there was people high up in the front office that were like, it's over. We want to trade no matter what. And there was a little bit of a civil war in the building still going like, hey, we still can turn this around and do all that.


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[Assistant] They lost, obviously, so that wasn't even a discussion. And yes, I would say now, those two guys being gone, it's, yeah, Ron Rivera, he's just, he's just, does he want to finish out the year, or does he want to, you know, quit? I don't know, but it's over, I think, that whole era.


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[Assistant] I think that's, uh, you know, as an Eagles fan, right, that's, you gotta worry about that, you know.


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[Assistant] The Seahawks and the 49ers, you know, they made moves, but you gotta be thinking about the Eagles. You know, what are we gonna do? I can't blitz Jalen Hurts and leave A.J. Brown 1 on 1 all game. We need a front forward that can get there. They got too many other things they do on offense. How the Jets beat them. How the Jets beat them. Exactly. You gotta be able to relegate


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[Assistant] You know, the other seven guys into the quarterback runs, the actual run game, the screens to the receivers on the outside. If you get too aggressive against Eagles, like, you know, you're screwed. They got too many answers and too many good players. So I got to think those moves were made.


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[Assistant] Well then yeah, we want to improve our team, but also looking at it going, if we want to get where we think we might be able to go here.


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[Assistant] And the 49ers and Seahawks to me are in the Super Bowl conversation, you know, they made a move trying to go, okay, you know, Seahawks thinking about the 49ers and what they do on offense, the Eagles do on that offense, and they had to make moves to kind of, you know, get better


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[Assistant] Perfect home run. I mean, it's all about rushing the quarterback. They're a little bit like, hey, get upfield on the way to the quarterback. That's how they play. And within that too, like if things don't work out and the market's not exactly what Chase Young wants, right? This is where I do think there's some beauty for the 49ers in this trade.


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[Assistant] If he goes, oh, okay, I'm not gonna get what I want, so I gotta settle for a lower number.


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[Assistant] You want to go back to the team like the 49ers. Cause you're exactly right. You're going to set yourself up to blow up the next year and get a killer contract. So that is, so I think those, when you connect those dots, that's where it makes sense. Uh, and you're right. Chase Young has been really, really good this year. He definitely added.


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[Assistant] To his pass rush move variety. Like Chase Young, the first few years, I know it was good, but I was always like, I don't know. Like it's just, it's like he either tries to win with speed or he just tries to bull rush a guy. That's all there was. There was nothing to it.


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[Assistant] You know, now there is a little bit more variety of the moves, and then with him and, you know, hey, Nick Bosa, again, like I said, it's, it's been good, it's not great. I mean, those stats still tell you it's, it's damn good. You know, I think it's been more of like,


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[Assistant] Uh, but either way, they're going to have some tandem, you know, arguably one of the best tandems in football now and Hargrave gets going again and this, you know, hopefully can help Steve Wilkes out a little bit as he continues to build through this transition of learning the way the 49ers play defense and how


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[Assistant] You know, I think what they realized is let's just acquire assets right now. We got some guys that the market wants or people want.


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[Assistant] And let's try to, you know, fortify or solidify ourselves or put ourselves in a spot where the next regime can come in and really have some advantages to flip this team over and get it going.


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[Assistant] I think that's kinda how I look at it. No, I think now, uh, you make, it's a process and we make that decision, okay, we're keeping the coach.


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[Assistant] Everybody in football now who is a wannabe head coach for next year has an agent representing them. I think, you know, like we said, the writing's on the wall there to where now they're gonna start to be able to be behind the scenes, do their due diligence on some of these guys and try to do the right thing now.


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[Assistant] Either you got a quarterback or you're going up to get a quarterback. One of the two, right? One of those two. And we'll see. Maybe, you know, Sam Howell's done some good things. Maybe in the next regime he's gonna go, hey, we're good there. We could use all these assets for other things.


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[Assistant] There is going to be, to me, I don't know, you know, there is just off the coaches and GM thing. I think there is going to be.


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[Assistant] It's going to be one of the more talented crops of coordinators, I think, to be head coach candidates in quite some time. I really do. You know, when you start to break it down and I'm just, I didn't think we were going to go here. So I'm trying to go off the top of my head real quick here. But, um, one, uh, let me just go like Raheem Morris.


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[Assistant] Okay, uh, E.J. Evero for the Carolina Panthers, that defensive coordinator, Mike McDonald, the defensive coordinator, the Ravens, the Ravens have the best defense in football for my money, right? And his rise has been, has been phenomenal, right? Yeah, it's been meteoric. Right. You know, Ben Johnson.


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[Assistant] With the Detroit Lions. That's a big one. That's gonna be a huge one. You know, I think Wink Martindale for the Giants and what he does on the defensive side of the ball is magical there. I'm missing some other people here. Hold on, I wanna make sure I get it right too because I feel like I'm missing somebody else on the, maybe the offensive side of that, that's a,


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[Assistant] Uh, a name that's always in my head. Uhm, well, I don't know, but either way, I think there is gonna be more.


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[Assistant] Uh, some really talented coordinators out there to be had for Washington if they want to go that way, let alone they might have one right on their roster already, and Eric Bieneme. He might be the perfect guy to hand this off to. So, we'll see where that goes.


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[Assistant] There's no doubt, you know, the 49ers had the luxury of having those extra compensatory picks because of the minorities that they've had hired off of their, you know, staff, which is impressive. Uhm, so I feel like they probably looked at it as like it was throwaway picks.


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[Assistant] Trust me, I was thinking the same thing. I was literally like, wait, if it was only a third, like the NFL let the 49ers get them? Right? Like, nobody else wanted? But I think it was an odd year in general, too, of


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[Assistant] You know, some of the teams at the top of football are kind of solidified in that position. Some of the teams at the bottom of football, that's not what they're looking for. A guy that needs a new contract and we're going to trade away assets. They're like, wait, we've got too many things we've got to worry about on our team to now have to pay him.


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[Assistant] Into the important part of the question here from, uh, at Nathan Jacobson.


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[Assistant] Let me be clear about this. I said this before the year. I said this last year. Montez Sweatt is better than Chase Young. I know this year it's certainly debatable, but Montez Sweatt has been better


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[Assistant] Then Chase Young throughout his career. The NFL is, and they showed you that yesterday with the way they viewed it. Montoya Sweat is one of those guys that


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[Assistant] You know, yeaah, he can get double digit sacks every year. He's very good in the run game. He's got incredible length to get off blocks. He can two gap. He can really do just about everything.


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[Assistant] You know, he's got a pretty good football IQ. He affects the game more than he gets credit for.


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[Assistant] So that's where, and then of course he doesn't have the, Chase Young has the second pick of the draft hype and the Ohio State hype. It's name recognition. And that's a real thing. Listen, everybody that comes from Alabama or Ohio State,


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[Assistant] They gotta get the fan benefit of the doubt their first few years of the career because there's such a following. We've all watched them on Saturdays every week and we just go, Hey, he's good. Everybody keeps telling me he's good. He's the man. He's the man. He's really damn good.


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[Assistant] I know that, but he has not been as good as Montez Sweat, and I think that's why Montez Sweat, you know, acquired more.


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[Assistant] You know, has a body that lasts a test of time in the NFL. That, that's where it's a little different too. And I think, you know, with Chase Young, I would be worried. I'd be worried about, you know, that aspect of like, wait, it took him two years to get over a knee injury. I know he's really good, but we know with those type of injuries and all that, sometimes other injuries come along with it.


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[Assistant] Uh, you know, with the name recognition and all that too, the money, the hype around the situation. I think that Sweat not only has been consistently the better player, I think he's the safer bet too. And I think that's why, you know, the second for him and the third for, uh,


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[Assistant] Did it surprise you that the Bears were buyers at the deadline? I wasn't sure they would do that. I kinda wanted to be like, you know, why? Right? But for a second round pick for a guy that's really a first round talent, I can understand that. To go, you know what, we're not gonna find somebody like this in the second round of the draft next year. That was my thought. Right? I think that's what it is.


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[Assistant] You know, some of these teams make a trade and they have a feel too of what's coming up in the class. And you know, for a guy like me, I'm not there yet, so I don't know. You know, but I think that's a big part of it. Like who is I think, oh, you know.


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[Assistant] You know, again, like, this is a little off that, but like, the Raiders trading Darren Waller last year, right? They traded Darren Waller, I know it was the off season.


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[Assistant] They got rid of him though because they were like, whoa, there's like seven tight ends that are awesome, right? And he's kind of getting banged up and we're paying him a lot of money and his knee's got an issue there and it always seems like it's something. So you abandon ship there and I'm sure the Bears have a pretty good feel for what the next, uh, next draft class is gonna, gonna provide for them.


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[Assistant] See, there's a commander fan who knows and see he's watching and he's going, wait, Sweat's the guy. Sweat's awesome. Like Sweat is an amazing and run defender and like I said, he's a damn good pass rusher as well. Uhm, there's still gonna be a handful with those two in the middle.


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[Assistant] Yeah, to the same degree, absolutely not. There's no guys behind them that are in that class of, or caliber of specimen player. No, no way.


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[Assistant] You know, but that's, that's, that's what's disappointing about Washington. It's what has been disappointing.


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[Assistant] The whole year, you know, I made fun of them a little bit early in the football season because I'm going, wait, you got five first rounders in your front seven. There's seven people in the front seven. Five of them are first rounders and you got a defensive head coach and Jack Del Rio is your defensive coordinator and your defense sucks. That's not, that's not acceptable.


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[Assistant] Right? It's really crazy. It is crazy. It is. Uhm, and that's why, you know, I think we're thinking they don't stay, stay around much longer. But no, there'll be a drop off, uh, for sure. And I think that defense


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[Assistant] Exactly right, exactly right. I think you, you hit it on right too. They got some edge guys that, you know, whether it's Taylor,


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[Assistant] You know, the rookie Haw from Auburn, right? Uhm, Boye Mafé a little bit. Boye Mafé's had a very good year.


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[Assistant] Uh, we're, we're, we're missing somebody else. Uhm, oh, they just got Frank Clark, right? That's right. So they got a little depth and talent there at that. I know everybody looks at it and goes, wait, they lost Uchina Nowusu. They're not gonna be okay. And it's like, no, no, they are gonna be okay.


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[Assistant] And I think really too, the big thing with the Seattle Seahawks, and if you kind of break them down, right? Their past defense has not been good this year. Of course it's not because of lack of talent in their secondary. It's not. It's they've had a worry too much in loading the box to try to stop people from running the football.


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[Assistant] And, like we just talked about, if you're gonna, they looked at it I think the other day and went, wait, we got a chance this year, we're here, you know. We got a chance to win the NFC West, we got a chance to...


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[Assistant] Right? So I think that's where they looked at it. I think they looked at it and said, wait, the 49ers and the Eagles are the class still? And oh wait, Detroit and that big O line? Oh no, we gotta worry about them too.


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[Assistant] Not have to be so aggressive with their secondary to help out in the run. And I think cover a little bit more. And I think it's gonna make them a more, you know, effective defense altogether. But I think your point is the right point.


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[Assistant] They got some young up and comers. You know, uh, what the hell's his name from Tennessee? Darion, uh, uh, Taylor. Taylor. Yeah. I know. Darrell Taylor. It's Darrell, right? Yep. Darrell, Darrell, Darrell. Right. I don't know why I wanted to say Davion or whatever.


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[Assistant] Yes, they have. It's starting to work out a little bit. It is starting to work out. And they're kind of doing it, yeaah. It might not be one superstar, but it's like a lot of good guys with depth and they can rotate them in and they're fresh. And, uh, of course they're psychos because they play for the Seahawks and Peaks.


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[Assistant] I think he's going to ask for top of the market type money. He's from the west coast. Right. He's already got a massive payday. He's a USC guy. A USC guy, yea. Right. And I think he's not going to get like, uhm, some of the de-tackle contracts we saw. He'll be like that second group underneath it. And I think they're probably thinking they can afford that.


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[Assistant] Yeah, it's a tough stretch right there. I mean, for both football teams. I mean, again, the Seahawks with the Ravens this week, uh, I could argue that the Ravens are


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[Assistant] 1A, like the Eagles are the best team in football, the Ravens are right there with them. I think the world of the Ravens. Now yea, they got the commanders, they got the Rams, they're certainly better than them. You know, Rams though, they know how to defend Seattle, it's a divisional game, that's scary. 49ers, two out of three weeks.


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[Assistant] With the Cowboys sandwiched in, we're gonna have a real good feel for where both of these teams stand. Because, you know, you know, the 49ers after their bye.


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[Assistant] I'm like that with the, what I just said about the Ravens, I'm gonna say the same thing about the Jaguars. The Jaguars are one of the best teams in football.


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[Assistant] They are. They're still growing as a team. But their talent and what they have on their roster, they are a Super Bowl caliber football team. And for my money, got the Buccaneers after that. But then Seahawks, Eagles, Seahawks, as we know, that's gonna go a long way there for the 49ers and Seahawks.


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[Assistant] You play a team twice in two weeks, you know, or 14 days basically. Oh, a lot of adrenaline in those ones. It gets personal. You can still remember the things the guys in the field said to you or how you played. It's really still very visual in your brain there that does make it personal.


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[Assistant] I'm, I'm right. Off the top of, well, yeaah. You know.


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[Assistant] I thought it was a two year deal too, that's why I was asking, right, I probably should have looked that up before we started here, but I would think a little bit of like what happened with the Colts and Matt Ryan last year.


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[Assistant] That's why they bench Matt Ryan last year. It was the same thing. Wait, we're not doing good. You know, he's not playing good. He's getting older and we don't want to be on the hook for what we might have to pay him for the following year. I think it's the same thought here. And hey, you get to see what you got in Aiden O'Connell. You go from there, but I'm not surprised by that.


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[Assistant] Yes, exactly right. And I think, you know, in all in all, he did a good job, you know, in the time he has played. Yeah, he's not, he's not the answer. I can tell you that right now. He's not. But I think going forward for the Raiders, he could be your backup quarterback for a long, long


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[Assistant] Uh, so we'll try to get that, uh, our man Corey Joskiewicz, so we appreciate your questions always, you the man. Uhm, I don't think this is...


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[Assistant] About Jameson Williams. I think there might be a little bit of insurance there.


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[Assistant] Jameson Williams, again, he's coming along, right? It's not the easiest situation. He got drafted, and he was not 100%, and he was never 100% last year, and then of course you


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[Assistant] You get suspended for four games, right? He's a young kid. He's still getting used to the NFL, right? And from everything I've heard, he is a young kid. He's still a little immature in some of his ways and becoming a professional. The one thing you cannot deny, and again, you saw it on Monday night a little bit, he can fly. He can absolutely fly.


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[Assistant] I think this is more about just bolstering the room together, right? And, you know, I think it's more of a...


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[Assistant] We just need another proven commodity because if Amon Ra St. Brown goes down, we're almost into...


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[Assistant] Josh Reynolds has got to be the meat and potatoes wide receiver for the most part, right? I know they got Kaliv Raymond, he's a good player, but he's not like a guy you're going to go, well, let's make every pass play for him this week. He's a smaller jitterbug gadget type of receiver, right? So now you have another guy.


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[Assistant] You know, whether an Amon Ra St. Brad goes down for a little bit or a Josh Reynolds goes down a little bit, we got a guy that can work the middle of the field, has a physical presence as a receiver, can catch a slam over the middle and take a hit and do all that. A true professional with some size and


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[Assistant] A little bit of speed to, to, that always has surprised me actually coming, coming out of college. That can beat you deep, but I don't think it's necessarily about Jameson Williams. I do think though, it kind of just helps that room and gives them one more for sure thing on the roster, uh, to, to depend on instead of just having two guys and then going,


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[Assistant] I hope Jameson comes to where we think he is by week 14 or 15, right? And I think they're protecting themselves that way. And I mean the cost was...


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[Assistant] Yes, exactly right. The Browns had moved on, which was surprising to me, but the Browns made it pretty clear a few weeks ago that it was, it's going to be Elijah Moore, uh, uh, Amari Cooper, and uh, I think they like Cedric Tillman a lot too. And Cedric Tillman too. They got him who's very much like a


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[Assistant] It's not horrible, I don't know, and I of course would like to have seen them get another receiver, I've been saying that. Uhm, you know.


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[Assistant] I don't know if any of those guys would have been such like, you know, such an upgrade to where I'm like, oh, they're okay now.


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[Assistant] If the Bills can show they can throw the ball and distribute to the other guys and really have an offense for, you know, Shakir and really get Gabe Davis the ball, take a little pressure off of Allen that way and the digs combination, then they can be okay there.


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[Assistant] We just gotta see them do it. We gotta apply it on the playbook and apply it on the field on Sundays.


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[Assistant] I think the trading though for Rasul Douglas is a good thing. Their secondary has been banged up and you worry about it.


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[Assistant] No, they don't want to play him. No, no, you know, Elam is, uhm,


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[Assistant] I liked him in the draft, I didn't love him because what I worried about was he's fast straight away, he's got some strength, his change of direction skills are below average for that position.


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[Assistant] And I think that's where they probably don't like him. And yeah, you know, Rasool's a guy that can kind of do everything, really. I mean, he can play safety, he can play corner, he can play nickel. And I think that's probably where it's a good thing for the Bills there.


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[Assistant] One of the hardest things to acquire in football right now, like you said, we've had these conversations, you and I, right? I mean, I think that there's more good D linemen ever in the history of football, like ever. It's the D Lions are stacked, some of them.


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[Assistant] And so there's way more talent there, and if there is an injury, D-lines for the most part don't fall apart because there's so much talent on them. No, it doesn't matter what D-line it is. O-line...


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[Assistant] It's teams can barely put five together and if there is an injury and especially at O-line where being five and conducive to in working to each other and all that, there's, there's great value in that. There's not enough, let alone we've had this conversation where I'm getting back to is college football. It just.


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[Assistant] Right now, that's where college football has failed the NFL in that. The fact that college football, the spread, we're just gonna get our eyes in space and do this, it's gone back to kindergarten football. There's one run, and there's one pass protection at all in college football, unless you're in the SEC or the Big Ten.


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[Assistant] And other than that, it's like, oh my gosh, this is elementary. And those, if you look at it for the most part, are where all the linemen come from. It's the Big Ten and the SEC. They're all from there, for the most part. And uh, it's a problem there, and yeaah, there's none available to your point at the trade deadline.


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[Assistant] They don't know how to block down, block down, let's pull around the edge, you kick out, I wrap inside. Some of those things, we've never made a dual call in our lives, like where the guard in the center are gonna block the nose tackle and one of us is gonna go up to the linebacker, like we've never even done that.


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[Assistant] These guys have no clue how to do this. They've never done it. And that's where I've always like, you know.


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[Assistant] Calm down with the rookie offensive lineman like over grading them too early on in the career. It's a huge adjustment at that position. There's way more offense in their brain. There's way better caliber players they're going against on the other side of the ball, you know, and there's an adjustment period for that. Even when you come from the big 10 or the SEC at offensive line, it's still an adjustment


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[Assistant] Yeah, you know, I mean, listen, I think that was one that I think we all thought maybe could be something they look at. At least I was thinking that. Like, would they try to, uh, find somebody? You know, I- I- I'm-


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[Assistant] I don't know what the answer is there. I will say this, like,


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[Assistant] You know, was Darnell Mooney up for grabs there? Anybody like that? I don't know, right? It doesn't sound like Cortland Sutton or Jerry Judy from everything I know.


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[Assistant] And they pulled back on everything. So that, that all ended. You don't want Hunter Renfro. You don't want him.


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[Assistant] It's the Hunter Renfro. Did you watch the game on Monday night? He can't run. He can't get away from anybody. There's a reason he hadn't been playing much. He's owed a lot of money. I know. So you don't want him. Jets fans ask me about him all the time. Right. And was he a 13 million? What was it? I think 11. 11? Right. It's a lot. Right. It's a lot of money for a guy that I think is very questionable to go.


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[Assistant] As you already passed his prime, right? And as I've said on this podcast, some of these smaller receivers, it's ending in the NFL. I know from too many coaches I text with and coach that it's just like, you have to be out of this world quick if you're small.


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[Assistant] Defenders have got, there's too much man to man in the NFL. They know how to take away leverage and make things too hard on these smaller guys to where they can't get off bump and run or some of the physical coverages they got to and I think that's the problem with Hunter Renfro.


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[Assistant] No, we don't know what was available. I don't think any of those guys were really available.


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[Assistant] Like, we're gonna play defense, we're gonna continue to try to run the ball, and as you saw last week, as long as Zach Wilson just doesn't turn it over or do anything dumb, the Jets have a chance to win every game. That's really what it is. As long as he can manage the game, make a few passes here and there, don't make any mistakes offense,


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[Assistant] They are gonna be a handful, no matter who they play, as in why, you know, they came back last week against the Giants or beat the Eagles a few weeks ago.


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[Assistant] He's one of the few blue chip players they have on their football team, and I look at it and go, I don't think he has...


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[Assistant] Limited years here left, I still think he's got a lot of juice in the tank here.


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[Assistant] So that's where I wouldn't have given up on him, let alone I don't think the market for a running back and a guy who wants a huge contract and be paid and all that and does have a little bit of an injury history as well, I don't think the market is what people think it is for that guy.


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[Assistant] You know, everybody, with running backs, it sucks. Everybody looks at him and goes, damn, he's a good player. Whoa, you want that for him though, a running back? And then that's where there's a disconnect in...


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[Assistant] You know, with these type of situations too, they might be able to dangle a contract out there for two or three years where Saquon goes, you know what, I love the Giants, I grew up in this area.


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[Assistant] Right? And I don't know if I'm really gonna be able to get more on the market. If I am, is it gonna be significantly more than where I wanna change my life? And I think they might be able to get kind of a...


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[Assistant] Hometown type of deal for a guy like Saquon in this situation.


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[Assistant] And then we're going to dive into the week eight film review, what the F happened, AKA treasure hunters coming up next.


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[Assistant] You know, and I didn't write notes for this part of it, but I'm going to start it off and kind of go off script for a second with Pete Demolitus here. Is that, you know, a lot of talk this week are, are they going to bench Brock Purdy, right? The world's lost its mind. I mean, literally two weeks ago, everybody was telling me he's Tom Brady. Now we're going, is he going to bench Brock Purdy?


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[Assistant] Alright, come on, it's not that drastic. And, you know, the Vikings game, there was a lot of good. Yeaah, he threw two picks at the end of the football game. You know, one was a little bit out of desperation, another one, yeaah, he made a mistake, threw the ball too early, I don't know if the route was run correctly. Alright, last week, let me say this clearly here. Right?


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[Assistant] Brock Purdy, watching that game back, it might have been, and I know he's got the two turnovers. I get that. You take away those two turnovers. I think Brock Purdy made more plays and great throws in the game last week against the Cincinnati Bengals than he's made in any other game so far in his NFL career.


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[Assistant] In fact, when I went back and watched it, I went, if Brock Purdy didn't make some of these unbelievable throws, the 49ers are gonna get blown out.


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[Assistant] I mean, that's just a simple fact of it. He was actually, that's where stats can lie. I understand, you know, we're all looking at, okay, he threw two interceptions late in the game and you can't do that. We know that. He knows that. Everybody knows that. I get it.


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[Assistant] But still, the play itself throughout the game does not warrant anything about benching a quarterback. It really was high level.


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[Assistant] Some of the third down throws, five, you know, five from nine on third down. I mean, they were in some, some of them were in tough situations. He made some big time throws in this game that went above and beyond.


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[Assistant] You know, the Shanahan system and all that. So I actually saw some encouraging things there. I think he'll learn, grow from it and, uh, you know, protect the ball better as we go here.


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[Assistant] And they gotta help him out, as we've talked about. It can't just be the Brock Purdy show. He's not Mahomes or Josh Allen or that. He does need a little, we gotta run the ball, we need Debo back healthy, all that. Now, let's hit on the Bangos O versus the 49ers D.


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[Assistant] Alright, I think here's the first things we just headlines right off the bat. Okay, one.


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[Assistant] Joe Burrow being healthy, I mean duh. His, his movement, his ability to move four or five times a game, scramble, get out of the pocket and make a throw, you know, for an offense that you know and I know and I've been telling you guys, all you listeners out there, that doesn't exactly like blow the doors off in creativity, those plays are huge for that football team. They are.


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[Assistant] Right? Then, I think when you couple on that he is healthy, right? And he can move and he can feel confident. He felt good in the pocket. He's not worried about protecting the calf or anything like that. He threw the ball unbelievable.


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[Assistant] He, the decision making, it was unbelievable. As I say about Joe Burrow, he is the greatest zone pocket passing quarterback in football.


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[Assistant] Nobody can manipulate a zone, read it out quicker than he can, and find the soft spot and wheel and deal better than he. He's amazing. I think the other thing we're gonna talk about this football game, hey, the offense continues to grow, but the big thing is the O-line.


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[Assistant] The O line brought it to the 49ers. That was one of the big things. You know, in the run game with Joe Mixon, and it was really the first game all year where I went,


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[Assistant] Hey, Joe Burrow's got good pass protection, right? I know he was under pressure a few times, but for the most part, he got to sit back there, take a hitch, take two hitches, whatever else, and kind of read it out.


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[Assistant] And then I think the other thing on top of that, and as we'll dive into this here a little is, yeaah, I still think we're in the process of Steve Wilkes trying to figure out how the 49ers, you know, call defenses.


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[Assistant] One of the things I wrote in my notes the last few weeks, you know, I think the 49ers it's time for them to be more of the aggressor.


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[Assistant] Maybe take some tactical chances, maybe blitz a little bit more than what they have. I think right now, you know, it's a little too much in...


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[Assistant] Line up in what we're in. There's not a lot of great disguises, right? There's no blitzes like I'm talking about.


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[Assistant] And they're not, they're not good enough right now at this moment to just go, hey, this is what we're playing. We're lining up in it. We're going to be sound and then we're going to be able to play fast. And it doesn't matter if you know what defense there is and we're going to still kick your ass. They're not playing good enough for that. So that's where I do think they got to trick it up a little bit, right?


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[Assistant] And, you know, Pete, maybe that's where we get to the blitz, the blitz graphic. How did the Bengals O-line hold up versus the 49ers? You know, San Francisco's 21% blitz rate is the third lowest in the league.


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[Assistant] To get to the quarterback. And the Bangos that looked like in the bye week have figured some things out. Certainly upped their game. And across the board they were much much better in the football game. That's for sure.


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[Assistant] Alright, but I think, you know, as we get into this and, and, uh, look at the, how did the Bangos offensive scheme look, right, and all that, I think one, we saw again,


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[Assistant] An offense that kinda knew the rules of the 49ers.


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[Assistant] And if we motion here or get in this formation, we got a pretty good idea that they're going to play one of these two coverages and we know the rules and we're going to try to expose it, right? And maybe that's where we want to go inside the notebook, right? That's where I'll show you first here. We got the photos of my, the Bangles third TD.


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[Assistant] Okay, and it was a play though, and last week we kinda talked about, and I think my notebook will pop up here in a second, uhm, where


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[Assistant] You know, last week we talked about a play in the Vikings game where when it was like a slot receiver man to man, they want to protect against the slot fade. Right? That's what they're worried about in some of those bump man to man type of situations. Well, they got here, you know, this is to, to, to make the game I think 24 to 10.


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[Assistant] Uh, after one of the Brock Purdy turnovers, they act like they're gonna throw the little bubble screen to the right to Tyler Boyd. Right?


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[Assistant] And within that, usually the guy in front of him, in this case it's Jamar Chase, he goes out and blocks the guy that's supposed to cover Tyler Boyd.


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[Assistant] And in this case, it's chauvarious word. So, you know, now what happens in these type of things, these two on two type of situations, you run this type of play or this type of concept here and it put more stress on it in the fact that they have chase on the ball inside.


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[Assistant] 26 Oliver, his thought is, wait, Chase is about to go block Charvarius Ward, so I'm the one that's going to have to go and make the tackle, right?


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[Assistant] And within that, Chase comes off the ball, looks like he's in a black jarvarious ward, and then he shoots up the field. But there was a little bit of a hesitation by Oliver, because he's going, wait.


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[Assistant] We've talked about this in our meeting rooms and all this and when they run this little bubble screen,


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[Assistant] Well, the guy that's covering Tyler Boyd is going to be blocked by my guy. So I'm the one that has to react and make the tackle. He pauses for a second because he sees Boyd run that bubble. It kind of gets him to hesitate between that and Jamar Chase kind of stock blocking off the line of scrimmage. And then Jamar Chase goes go go gadget legs and he flies by him for an easy touchdown.


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[Assistant] There was again, some of that in the football game, and I think that's where the 49ers are. A hair to vanilla right now, with what they're doing. You know, I love the way they play defense, but I gotta, they gotta disguise and trick it up, put people at the line of scrimmage, back out, do whatever. I think that's the thing I'm looking for.


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[Assistant] You know, Pete, we got that screenshot, right, of the 49ers show blitz and back out and sack, sack Joe Burrow.


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[Assistant] I think that's a good thing to show here in this situation. Uhm, because to me, this is what I would like to see more from the 49ers, uh, is that, you know, again, I love the way they do things and play football.


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[Assistant] You know, find ways to still do what you do, but don't let the quarterback and the offense feel so comfortable in that we know exactly what you're doing. You see here, there's seven guys at the line of scrimmage, right? It's man to man across the board.


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[Assistant] So, it's right now, it's like, wait, I'm getting manned, it looks like they're gonna blitz, who's blitzing? Let's go to the next screenshot, Pete, if we can.


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[Assistant] So you look at that, and now look what happens. They gave all these man-to-man clues, and you're thinking, well it's surely man-to-man blitz. And what happens? They drop back and play Tampa too. You have, if you're a quarterback, you have no f-


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[Assistant] That Tampa 2 is about to end up being the final coverage here, right? Let alone with linebackers like we saw, showed in the first


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[Assistant] The first shot, and maybe we can go back to that one more time, Pete, the first one if we can, where the first shot, the linebacker standing at the line of scrimmage and all that, those are little things that create an advantage for your D line.


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[Assistant] Because the O-line, as they're seeing Fred Warner in between the defensive tackle and the end, they're making calls in case he blitzes.


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[Assistant] Wait, you gotta take him if he blitzes and I got him and I got him, right? And all of a sudden, oh set hut and he drops and oh wait, we were getting ready to, you know, to block something else and now it's changed and oh no, now I gotta get back out to my guy who I was gonna take originally before they got in this disguise. So that little bit of hesitation can be just enough for


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[Assistant] A Chase Young or a Nick Bosa or an Eric Armstead to get home to the quarterback. So there.


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[Assistant] We saw, they dropped into Tampa too, but that little hesitation that it caused for the offensive line, boom, here you go. And you see here Nick Bosa getting the sack off the edge and down goes Joe Burrow.


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[Assistant] That's to me more of what we gotta see from the 49ers, uh, and when they're at their best. But I think all in all, it was not a good game by the 49ers, certainly. They had some mistakes.


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[Assistant] I think they overreact a little bit to like, wait, the team just did this to us, so now we gotta call this defense.


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[Assistant] I think there's got to be a little bit more of playing with the mind of the offense overall, big picture wise, and not just overreact to what a team is doing in that exact moment. I see a little bit of that, and yeaah, within that too, I think the 49ers have messed up a few situations, certainly.


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[Assistant] And, and I want to show one more play here too, to where again, I think the Bengals have a great feel of what


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[Assistant] What the 49ers were doing on defenses, on defense, and then how to kind of maybe expose their rules and make them think a little bit here. And I want to show one more screenshot or picture here of another one of my drawings here and a big moment of the football game. I believe this was second and 10.


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[Assistant] And, you can see Jamar Chase, there's three rec- for all those who are not watching on our YouTube page, there's three receivers to the right, uhm, and we got one to the left.


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[Assistant] So, so we got Chase to the right, Tyler Boyd to the right of him, and then T. Higgins to the right of him. Those are the three receivers to the right. Irv Smith is split out on top to the left, and then we got Mixon to the left of Joe Burrow in the shotgun, alright? And what we got here is really your cover three


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[Assistant] Quarters, everything's based on that for the 49ers, alright? And what the two receivers on the bottom, Higgins and Boyd, they're gonna run double post. Irv Smith at the top of the screen is gonna run a shallow cross.


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[Assistant] Funga is going to be responsible for him. The weak side safety towards the top of the screen. If he runs a shallow cross, Fred Warner is the one that has to take him. Okay, so they're playing a kind of a


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[Assistant] Cover three, but they're locked on the backside. Greenlaw's covering Mixon, and Lenore is covering Irv Smith. Basically man to man. And now they're gonna go, we're gonna play our five on three zone on your other receivers. We showed this last week in the Vikings game. So let's go to the next clip there Pete, and there you see it. So now,


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[Assistant] Fred Warner, who is responsible for Jamar Chase, he loses his way here a little bit. We know how great Fred Warner is, but, you know, one, I think he sees the blocking or the chipping there.


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[Assistant] And he doesn't stay with Jamar Chase and I think he follows Joe Burrow's eyes a little bit and he thinks, wait, teams do stuff like this and throw in cuts behind me and do stuff like that all the time. So he's probably a little worried about that.


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[Assistant] And then off of that, see what we got here, right? So you see Whofunga up top.


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[Assistant] He is helping to Sean Gibson on the first of the double posts, alright.


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[Assistant] Alright, so that I think is all right. As I said, Lenore took Irv Smith on the shallow cross, Dre Greenlaw on the swing route is being cleared out by Joe Mixon, and now,


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[Assistant] You know, Fred Warner, who kinda loses his way a little bit, and I don't know if he forgot the rule of, wait, if it's a shallow cross, it's my guy, if it's a deep cross, it's Hufunga, maybe he was thinking Hufunga had him all the way, but my knowledge of this


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[Assistant] Fred Warner has a rule with this type of route combination that he goes, wait, I gotta run with that guy in this scenario there.


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[Assistant] So, so there you see he's late to recognize it, and now you got Jamar Chase crossing the field on a first and ten, excuse me, and he gets an easy completion. They rally, and I think tackle him to make it second and one.


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[Assistant] Right? And then the next play, they actually throw another pass play where they kind of know what the 49ers are in and they get


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[Assistant] They get Fred Warner in a one-on-one situation with Joe Mixon and they convert the first down. Uhm, so those again are some of the examples overall of what's going on there in San Francisco. They're still a really good defense. I think the bye week will be huge. Acquiring Chase Young and then the defensive staff, Wilkes.


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[Assistant] Getting in a meeting room with Shanahan, going over the first part of the season, making adjustments to hey how Shanahan and that defensive staff who's been in this defensive system for a long time, how they envision things I think will go a long way to helping that 49ers team. But the main point here is 49ers gotta be better. Brock Purdy played a lot better than people think, made a lot of big time plays.


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[Assistant] Defense has got to be better for the 49ers and watch.


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[Assistant] Out for the Bengals. The Bengals, I think, it's real here. It's, it's back.


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[Assistant] And I expect the bangos to kinda go on a run like we've seen them go on.


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[Assistant] The last two years with Borough being healthy and everything, I think they found their way on offense like we've talked about with the Bengals when they start to get a feel for how teams are playing.


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[Assistant] He is still a dangerous mofo running the ball. He really is. He's still got pretty good speed, but more importantly, he just runs with a physicality and a recklessness that I love.


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[Assistant] And yeaah, he's a guy that runs hard, gets hit at 5 yards, and ends up falling forward for 9 yards. Or maybe breaking the tackle and getting another 10 yards after that. Uh, that to me was one of the big stories of the game. The Bangos O-Line played their best game of the year. We'll see if they can continue that on Sunday Night Football this week against the Bills. That's gonna be a fun one.


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[Assistant] Can't wait for it. Alright, let's head to the other shocker of the day, right?


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[Assistant] The Chiefs offense versus the Broncos defense. Wow. Right? I couldn't wait to watch this yesterday. I'm going, man, this is, I'm really interested to see what this, what this Broncos defense did. Alright?


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[Assistant] They must have done some creative stuff and really, you know, slow down. And Mahomes has been playing really surgical, pretty damn good football from in the pocket. And I've liked everything about the way he's playing. Alright, so then you get into the film and it'll throw out my first graphic. This was kind of my


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[Assistant] And I said, wish I could tell you it was some cool game plan by the Broncos. You know, they played good D. They were sound and just played not to give up the big play.


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[Assistant] And the Chiefs played like they were bored. And on top of that, it was the worst game I've seen Mahomes play in a long time. That's the bottom line.


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[Assistant] Right? That's a game where Mahomes watched the film on Sunday, or Monday, and he went, what the hell was I doing? What was I looking at? He missed some opportunities of people down field open. He...


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[Assistant] He definitely got caught watching the rush a few times. He definitely got off the first read or predetermined in his own mind before the snap a handful of times during the game too, where you go,


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[Assistant] What are we doing here? Like, you're in my homes. I've never seen you miss this before. It was the first time I had watched my homes and had thoughts of, this looked like 2020, my homes and the COVID year where, yeah, you watch games and you go, yeah, it was some good, but damn, there was some people open everywhere and I don't know what he was looking at.


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[Assistant] I know he was sick and under the weather and I think that, you know, maybe that affected some of his decision making and just his comfortability, uh, playing the game overall. But that was the big theme of the football game.


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[Assistant] And again, the Broncos played sound, soft coverage for the most part throughout the game, maybe sprinkled in a blitz here and there, you know, sprinkled in a man-to-man coverage for the most part, but the most part it was soft zones, take away the big plays, and let's see if the Patriots, I mean the Patriots, if the Chiefs and Mahomes can be patient.


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[Assistant] And, uh, Mahomes was off his game and we got a bunch of screenshots I want to show you.


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[Assistant] We can get to, to where I can kind of illustrate what's going on with my homes here. You know, here's a play, right? This is, this is second play of the game. Alright, so this was my first inkling of like,


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[Assistant] Whoa, Mahomes is off here, you know. One, what he could have done here, he's looking to the left, and at the top of the screen, I believe he has Sky Moore on a comeback route.


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[Assistant] And he's got Rashid Rice underneath him, where I go, one, the comeback route, he should have thrown it all day long on the top.


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[Assistant] Right? They got Faust, uh, Fabian Moreau, uhm, or not Fabian Moreau, yea, it's Fabian Moreau. Uhm, the corner from UCLA covering Sky Moore, he's open.


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[Assistant] Both guys come open on the right side too, but Mahomes doesn't even give the guys on the top of the screen a chance. He moves on from Sky Moore before he even gets close to breaking out on his 15 yard comeback.


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[Assistant] And like I said, he was wide open. Patrick Mahomes just thrown a strike into it, let alone he could have checked it down to Rashid Rice in front of him. Nothing happens there. Okay?


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[Assistant] So ends up being a four-yard loss here for the Kansas City Chiefs. Now we get to the next play. And this is the very next play. And again, these are, these are context clues of like, what do we got going here, right?


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[Assistant] And this is where we got here. Okay. Yes. Gotcha. I'm, I'm, uh, I'm trying to figure this is hard hosting the show and talking about your notes at the same time, but here's a valid, very similar thing to the first play on the top of the screen. Justin Watson.


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[Assistant] Is running an out and up comeback, right? And it's a great little concept cause when, when a, when, when DBS see a double move, they start flying down the field cause they're going, oh no, they tried to double move me. They're going to throw a bomb deep.


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[Assistant] Murogo's way deep, and Watson, as you can see in this screenshot,


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[Assistant] You throw the ball to the sidelines, he's wide open, let alone he has the guy in the flat on that side, same side where if he wants to get a completion and maybe make him make one guy miss, there's going to be something there, right? Ends up holding the ball.


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[Assistant] You know, and that's what happens when you pass up a completion. There's no guarantee.


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[Assistant] You're gonna find a completion. It's hard to find that in football. Now, Mahomes looked like he kinda watched the rush a little bit.


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[Assistant] He tries to look for something better, there's nothing there to be had.


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[Assistant] He usually can make magic, but they got some guys in Denver with some edge guys that can run and track him down, he ends up having to throw it away, they punt the ball. Okay, so that was like early on in the football game, first drive, two out of the first three plays, I went, uh oh, Mahomes ain't seeing the field very good, and this is nothing.


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[Assistant] This is cover three with a three man rush.


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[Assistant] All right. You could see here at the bottom of the screen, they have a slant flat combination with Watson and Jericho McKinnon, where if he throws the slant to Watson, which is why it's there for single safety, it's perfect for this concept. He's going to catch it. He might run for a touchdown either way. It's going to be a 10 yard completion. Here's the odd thing. It's a three man rush.


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[Assistant] Mahomes throws the ball hot off his back foot, like he's like not protected. And he throws it to Travis Kelsey for like a one yard gain or two yard gain.