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[Assistant] Oh, it's single safety man to man, but we're gonna, you know, have two safeties in the middle, one deep and then one being that robber rat to just kind of, hey, you know, again, that helps a DB too to go.


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[Assistant] Okay, wait, I got help inside, I can take out the outside, even though it's still man to man, there's areas where I'm less vulnerable than others, right? So you can change it up this way. This way was just like, hey, screw you, it's the fastest guy on the planet, and we're not helping you anywhere.


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[Assistant] And that is impossible. I've only seen really one guy as I mentioned on the show this morning. Jalen Ramsey is the only guy I've seen.


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[Assistant] That consistently you could go man to man on an island, no safety help, and he's hauled his own against every kill. Anybody else in football, even Stephon Gilmore, needs help at times. And, uh, that was just an unenviable, enviable position for Carlton Davis, who's a very good football player.


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[Assistant] Okay, Carlton Davis, I'm sure his PFF grade's not going to be great because he's put in tough positions. They obviously think he's damn good enough to be on an Iowa and Tyree kill. Now, did they miscalculate that a little bit? Sure. Overconfidence. Okay, but that's still telling you what type of player they think he is. And Todd Bowles and Arians and them aren't that stupid. I mean, they're not that far off.


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[Assistant] And yes, so they abused that a few times when they got one-on-one or at least in a one-on-one opportunity with Tyreek and Carlton Davis.


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[Assistant] I think there's, I think there's some real, what I would say the inability to adapt and take away the team's best weapon is what bothers me more than anything.


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[Assistant] Now I'll go back to, you know, Vita, Vita Veja not being able to play and being out for the year has changed their team a little bit. They're not as good as pass rushing. They're not as good dominant upfront as they were in the run game. Vita Veja was a hell of a player and really made JPP and Shaq Barrett even better because you couldn't step up in the pocket.


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[Assistant] So that's, that's made them have to tinker with some different things.


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[Assistant] There's inconsistencies. Hey, they're young on that defense, and especially in the secondary, so they've messed some things up throughout the year. There's no doubt about that.


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[Assistant] Has there been some wrong approach by bowls in certain games? Yes. You know, I think there's been games where you go, wait, why are you playing so much zone and letting Drew Brees just pick you apart and do that?


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[Assistant] You know, or Teddy Bridgewater, get in their face. What do you get scared of? You know, but there's a balance here with Kansas City. And to where this went with Todd Bowles too, he made some right adjustments as the game went on. I mean, we saw Kansas City went into a lull the second half. They did. Now a little of that is Kansas City, but, you know, we talked- Which part of the Bucks defense


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[Assistant] I'm gonna, I'm gonna, I'm gonna get to it right now. So this is where it's like, we have the first touchdown pass, the out and up verse cover three.


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[Assistant] We have the second touchdown pass, the inside deep crosser with the three verticals. Okay?


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[Assistant] That was five man rush, one on one. Man, I would have loved that extra rusher who didn't get close to the quarterback to be back there helping out against the fastest guy we've ever seen in football. Man, that would have been nice.


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[Assistant] Oh, third touchdown, perfect throw down the sideline, empty set. Candidate for best throw of the year. Right, right? I mean, laser beam like right by Carlton Davis' ear, who's in great coverage. Who's right there, I know. Right, so it's great coverage, alright? Guess what?


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[Assistant] Five man rush. Right. Yeah, bruh, right. Stop that crap, okay? Haven't we learned you can't blitz Patrick Bahomes and five man pressure ain't gonna do crap? That's not gonna do diddly shit. You're wasting your time. Go kiss your sister with that crap, right? I mean, that's what you're doing there. And the game went on.


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[Assistant] And hey, they still dabbled in man, I mean in some zone coverages, cause you can't play man to man every play, but they got into some third downs where they doubled Tyreek and doubled Kelsey. Oh, it's just a four man rush with everybody back.


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[Assistant] Right? And yeaah, they're really playing no safety in the middle of the field, but taking away some things that, you know, threw some curve balls at the Chiefs offense, who, you know, as I said, kind of stalled out, uh, late in the game.


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[Assistant] Well, this is what's frustrating about Kansas City, and we're gonna get into this aspect of their offense here in a minute too, because it's just, I'm sick of this, you know, oh, attention to detail, it's Brady and the Bucks, we're coming out firing, laser focus, laser focus, whoa, we're kicking their ass, hey, this is fun, we're in Tampa, it's cool, look at the palm trees, oh wait!


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[Assistant] And then they, they, all of a sudden they execute. And you're like, what the hell are you doing? You know, at the end of the game,


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[Assistant] You know, Mandy calls a few good run plays. Mahomes scrambling. Yes. Really is what closed the game out. I mean, he hit us two scrambles for a first down.


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[Assistant] You know, uh, you know, one early in the drive where he scrambled to get a first down to the right side, and then he had a second down where he kind of moved around and ran to his left and found a gap and got a first down there. So that, and then just a few creative


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[Assistant] You know, they're running sprint left option, the old, you know, Joan Montana and Dwight Clark in the back of the end zone to beat the Dallas Cowboys, but they're going to do a different route combination. You know, Tampa's playing two-man.


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[Assistant] They're playing two man, so they're going to let their corners be aggressive because they know it's, it's, you know, I think it was third and six, maybe third and seven. We want our corners to be able to be aggressive to not give them an eight yard completion or a nine yard completion.


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[Assistant] Well, alright, so Mahomes gets the ball, he sprints to the left, it's Watkins and Tyreek Hill to the left, Watkins on the outside, Hill on the inside, and they do a switch release. Watkins goes over the top, Hill comes underneath.


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[Assistant] So what does that do right there? Carlton Davis can't follow him underneath here. He can't, because if he follows him underneath, he's gonna be trailing him, and then Mahomes is just gonna throw him a line drive, and he's gonna get a first down, he's gonna be one on one on the safety, and who knows, he might score.


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[Assistant] So Davis knows this, he knows that teams pick when you get into these types of defenses, he goes over the top. And of course in going over the top he has to respect Tyree Kill's speed too now because he's a little bit of a catch up, let me meet him at this point spot, and then Tyree Kill throws on the breaks, and there's Mahomes hitting him on the money, and that's the game.


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[Assistant] Those type of plays to close out the game should have been done 40 minutes before. You know, that's what's frustrating about Kansas City. It was 27 to 10. They got the ball twice at 27 to 10.


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[Assistant] Mahomes could have broke the passing yardage record yesterday. He really could. As awesome as the game as it was, he left, they left yards on the field. That's what's amazing about that.


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[Assistant] You know, and I, I said this this morning on the show, I have friends that, you know, text me, and, and football friends, ah man, this Kansas City defense, they can't close it out, blah, blah. It's not their job to close it out. At no point have we mistaken them for the Steel Curtain or the Baltimore Ravens with Ray Lewis.


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[Assistant] The money and the team is on the offense. The offense is supposed to close the game out. They didn't do that. That was what was a little disappointing. They did at the end. They did at the end. They closed it out. They just don't, they, they, they flirt with danger and then close it out. And that's what I'm saying.


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[Assistant] Definitely. Yes. Yes. And if you're gonna play man, you gotta, it can't just be man to man and...


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[Assistant] We're Russian 5 and everybody's on an island, or we're Russian 6. Like, you gotta have man to man.


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[Assistant] With guys in the middle looking to hit crossers or clog up crossers or, you know, man to man, like we said, where, okay, it might be, you know, a defense end who jams the inside receiver while he's being played to man and then he spies the quarterback and you have to give them different looks.


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[Assistant] And yes, change it up, disguise this. You just gotta give yourself any advantage possible. The one thing I can tell you not to do on a consistent basis is blitz and play man to man. And that's the issue. You know, you can't sit back and play zone while game. And that's where I think top bowls got frustrated because they had no answer for the RPO game.


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[Assistant] You know, my homes and them were faking runs and they were, there was holes everywhere to throw the football. So he was sitting there going that and top ball's going, damn, I can't keep playing zone. They're killing my RPOs. So that changed it up a little bit.


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[Assistant] You know, either way, it was a great game by Mahomes, Kansas City, but they left points on the, on the, on the... Scary. Yeah. I mean, Travis Kelcey, the first touchdown, or the trick play, where he tried to throw it to Mahomes, run it in. It's a touchdown. He gets cute and tries to throw the ball because he wants to be reverse Mahomes Kelcey and be Kelcey to Mahomes. Yeah. But last thing to say on this side of the ball.


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[Assistant] When they have Sammy Watkins back, which they did yesterday, they become, to me, they go into another stratosphere of danger, because it just becomes, whoa.


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[Assistant] It's just hard to match up with all these guys. I don't care, zone, man, whatever. It's just, he gets the ball into any of their hands and it's dangerous. And man, if they can get Watkins, McCole, Hardman.


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[Assistant] Tyreek and Kelsey all healthy at the same time and hitting on all cylinders. I just, I don't know how you stop. You don't stop this offense. You don't stop it. You stop them by them not scoring 40.


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[Assistant] You know, and you just keep them to 27 or 30, about as good as this, but you're also depending on them to like fall asleep at the wheel.


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[Assistant] Yeah, well, you know, we mentioned the defense, and you know, just a little of the issues there. Offensively, I feel like it's a little bit of an identity crisis, a little. That would be the first thing I would say. And I still, I'm not backing down. I mean, I, you know, they still have the potential to be the best, or one of the most complete teams in the NFC.


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[Assistant] You know, yeaah, this hasn't been perfect, but man, there's a lot of good things to like about their football team. We'll see where it goes. But on the offensive side of the ball, Paul, you know, again,


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[Assistant] You know, I just, at times, yea, it's a lot of good players and it's Brady and there's a lot of good too. I just don't know what, what is the attack plan? What should it be? Well, you know my thoughts. I'm a big believer in the best offense I see and some of the best plays I saw yesterday. We're two tight ends on the field and Brady underneath the center.


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[Assistant] And then pushing the ball down the field aggressively. That to me was the best thing they did. You know, early on in the game, you saw them getting the shotgun in the spread, right? And do all those things.


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[Assistant] And it led to nothing. They had third down problems. You can't go 0-4 on third downs against the Kansas City Chiefs in the first quarter. And, you know, they're playing the shotgun, spread it out, but Spagnola's got creative blitzes and fake blitzes and all those things. And Brady's not the type of guy to wear


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[Assistant] Alright, at 43, or really at any point in his career, you know, where it's gonna be like...


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[Assistant] Oh wait, you know, they're blitzing. Oh, it's a fake blitz. Oh, let me move around and make something happen. No, he's kind of like, oh wait, it's a blitz. I'm going to get it out. Oh wait, it's a fake blitz. Oh, it's too late. I'm trying to throw a safe ball. Oh, it's off his head and interception.


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[Assistant] Yeah, they got a pressure problem from two different ways here. One, the system doesn't always help out. Like, the answer is when they're in the shotgun, and


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[Assistant] Some of those things I think are a little predictable. Like Spagnola knew where they were trying to throw hot routes on a few of those shotgun, I'm gonna throw it. He had a good feel for, he's gonna go to the slot guy. Hey linebacker, fake blitz and drop right here. You know, so he had a feel for that. They don't have great answers that way. And then I think the second part with the pressure is, you know,


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[Assistant] Brady can't move. He doesn't move at all. In fact, you don't even see the pocket manipulation like you saw in New England.


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[Assistant] Like you saw anymore. And I don't know if they're not coaching him the same way. Pocket manipulation, you mean? Like, and like, Brady used to be the king of, you know, I'm in a throwing position, little slide step here, little slide step there. He was even doing it last month.


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[Assistant] But yes, he's had issues throwing under pressure, making the right read, and making the appropriate throw, and that led to some issues in the game yesterday.


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[Assistant] A lot of times in the NFL, it's the play. It's a lot of coaches would tell you that's quarterback down in the NFL. Third down, I can't be right all the time as an offensive play caller. The quarterback's just got to make a throw or make a play sometimes because damn, they're coach good too and they got good players too.


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[Assistant] So, you're exactly right. I think third down and we saw one quarterback thrive when he got blitzed and another one who, yeaah, was hit or miss.


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[Assistant] You know, he made a few good throws against pressure yesterday too. You know, we saw some completed deep passes that was encouraging because we had been missing that. But yeah, overall, I think some of those issues, you know, of course put them in the hole. And at 27-10,


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[Assistant] Yes, I do. I do. I think in any big situation, it's too much of, let me just find Gronk. Yeah. He's one-on-one, let me throw it up to him. And I think that's probably where Mike Evans is like, hey, what the f**k? I'm one-on-one too, and I'm pretty awesome too. Yeah. You know, but no, yeah, Brady's comfortable with it. And as we always know, Brady wants to throw the ball over the middle anyways. That's kind of what he does.


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[Assistant] So Gronk's right there in his vision, he's big, Brady's big, and he knows where to kind of place the ball to where he can get it and only he can get it.


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[Assistant] It is what they are. You're right. I mean, it has not been great as far as just Frank Clark, Chris Jones in your face all the time. Hey, it's not an overly, overly talented defense.


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[Assistant] Just gotta be good. And that's right. And then Spagnolo helps them out with what he does on that side of the ball. So, they're a feast or famine defense. You know, you look at the game yesterday.


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[Assistant] It's, it's, it's all-out blitz or it's fake all-out blitz and everybody dropping to coverage. It's really only two things they do. And that's how they toyed with Brady on the first few third downs of the football game. Was, you know, it was, uh, let's see.


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[Assistant] Uh, all-out blitz on the first third down and then he had a, you know, it was a 10-0 Chiefs lead and it was a third and two and they faked the all-out blitz and, uh, there was miscommunication because Brady's receiver wasn't looking hot but he threw it hot because he thought he was going to be blitzed but they dropped out.


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[Assistant] You know, and then, then it's 17 nothing, and it's a third and two, and again, the Chiefs are showing all blitz, and they fake out, and there's two droppers in the middle, they're ready for the short throw, and all those type of things.


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[Assistant] What am I answering here? Is the pass rush thing going to hurt them? No, I don't think it is going to. Yeaah, I'd love to see Frank Clark and Chris Jones dominate a little bit more if I'm a Chiefs fan, certainly. Uhm, but I think the Chiefs...


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[Assistant] With Spagnolo's coaching and everything they do are just about maximizing what they got on that side of the ball, I guess is what I'm trying to say. And don't always expect it to be perfect. And to what I said earlier here, don't expect the defense to be the thing that has to close the game out. Yeaah. You know?


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[Assistant] Hey, Tyree Kill is one of the highest paid receivers in football. Kelsey is one of the highest paid tight ends in football. You know, we know what Mahomes is making. Watkins is making good money. You know, your left tackle is making good money. Your right tackle is making good money.


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[Assistant] The team is there for the offense to put the game away, not the defense. And you know, I know I want better from the defense, but I don't think that's going to be a huge issue is what I'm saying.


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[Assistant] I would say, like, finding an identity. Let's find a theme in which we want to play. Do we want to be a too tight ends team, run the football, play action pass, you know, when we do drop back, we can keep one of those tight ends to max protect. And you like that. I like that. To me, that's the best buff.


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[Assistant] To me, that's where there seems there's a culture war right now in Tampa Bay. For my money, it seems like Brady wants to be in spread out shotgun, I want to throw it and get it out of my hands quick, because I know he, that's, he's the one that wanted Antonio Brown there. I mean, I know that, I don't need to be thinking, I know. So Antonio Brown,


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[Assistant] Is there because Brady wanted more weapons to shotgun and spread. I think left witch and Aryans are going, no.


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[Assistant] That's not what we want to do. We want to, you know, kind of run it and we want to protect you and take some shots and hope you hang in there and do that. To me, that's when they're the best. When they were down 17-0, even on his shotgun, empty, right, the Gronk pass down the middle, it was a too tight end personnel set.


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[Assistant] And then the start of the second half. Hey, anybody go back and look at that. They run, and then there's a play action pass. And guess what? It's Gronk Way wide open, down the middle of the field. They only end up with a field goal, but those are the things that I like best when I watch their offense.


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[Assistant] You know, even, uh, their, their, their second to last touchdown drive was more of that type of stuff. So I would like to see that. That's what I would like to see. I don't know if that's gonna happen.


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[Assistant] That's what I mean. I don't know if that's the case. All I can tell you is I know what Bruce Arians and left which offense has always looked at and it looked like more the two tight ends. We want to throw the ball down the field. I know the way Brady.


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[Assistant] And I know this, that he wanted Antonio Brown. Antonio Brown is in Tampa because of Tom Brady. So I don't think he wanted him for the two tight end sets. I think he wanted him so I can get in shotgun and I'll figure out where to go.


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[Assistant] It's just, it's not the same offense as New England. I don't think they're made and built to 6 yards Welker, Amendola, Edelman, you know, that's not those type of receivers and left-footed Arian's don't have that type of offense and that's going to be kind of the interesting to watch down the street.


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[Assistant] Geez. Derek Henry is just a specimen of specimens. And he's getting into the category of, you know,


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[Assistant] This, Derek Henry, better watch out. He's starting to become like, hey, one of the better running backs we've ever seen in the history of the NFL. That's where he's starting to do. Look at some of the stats and things he's throwing up there. It's like Walter Payton, Barry Sanders. It's only the greats. Earl Campbell, Jim Brown, like 150 yard rush games with two touchdowns. It's like,


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[Assistant] I mean, that's kind of the way they play, but with Henry, it's amazing. For a big sledgehammer back like he is.


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[Assistant] The fact that they can get him on the edge as much as they do, and he's just as dangerous there as he is in between the tackles. The start of the game was really, it was like a, it must have been an overcompensation from the first matchup.


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[Assistant] Where it just seemed like the titans were like, we know you got eight guys in the box, we're gonna cram you all in there, and we're just gonna let Derrick Henry get on the edge. And they found a lot of cool ways to get him on the edge early, and then they get you spread out that way, and then he starts to hammer you up the middle.


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[Assistant] I've never seen a guy that size, that fast, change direction as easily as he does, you know, start and stop and do all those things. Phenomenal. And, you know, for the last thing, for head and shoulders and take it up to a hundred, alright.


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[Assistant] Should, is a three-man MVP race to me right now. Derek Henry? Right!


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[Assistant] Mahomes and Rogers. To me, I'm taking those three above anybody else. Russell Wilson's right there on the edge. But Derrick Henry needs to start being introduced in this conversation. How could he not be? Right, I don't know why, but I feel like I haven't heard his name a whole lot. Maybe yesterday will finally do it. When was the last time a running back?


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[Assistant] You're right. Well, and you're exactly right. I mean, that's, okay, the quarterback on the best team is always an MVP candidate. I understand that. Alright, well, what if the quarterback is not the focal point of one of the best teams, and it's the running back? Well, he should be a legit MVP candidate.


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[Assistant] I mean, just like Kansas City and Green Bay, their offense runs through Rodgers and Mahomes. Same thing in Tennessee, except it's a running back. And I'm just amazed at them. I mean, I love the guy and I love the player. It's amazing.


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[Assistant] They're not a dink and dunk offense. So when they run the ball a little bit, they're looking to capitalize with big plays. And AJ Brown...


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[Assistant] You know, like we're gonna talk about some receivers here in a little while, but he's just perfect for that offense. Yes. You know.


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[Assistant] Catching the ball over the middle and breaking tackles and doing all that. It's the perfect fit of scheme and player fits our scheme. Same with Derrick Henry, AJ Brown, and then Corey Davis, similar but a little bit more of a route running, uh, niche he has within the offense.


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[Assistant] And man, when they're all healthy, and if Jonah Smith is healthy, you start to go, damn, Titan's offense is scary, scary dangerous with weapons. One game lead now in the AFC South.


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[Assistant] Yeah, I mean, I went, you know, yesterday, and I'm going, man, they didn't, they haven't handed the ball. Debo's got no rushes, right? And I watched the game back this morning. Well, yeah, it wasn't rushes, it was a bunch of the speed sweeps.


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[Assistant] Shanahan is amazing and they're a different team when Debo Samuel is on the field because of that aspect. You know, again, one, yeaah, the speed sweeps, the reverses, everything he does, he helps out the run game and then, you know, him


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[Assistant] And these tight splits where they throw them slants over the middle or play action little crosser over the middle like an AJ Brown, he hits it at 100 miles per hour and he's another guy that's like a running back in a wide receivers body. They're built like running backs but they play wide receiver.


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[Assistant] And there's just, there's no regard for contact. They don't care. They'll, what? Middle linebacker? I'll put my head down and shoulder down and run you over just like you're a small DB. Uhm, but Shanahan was awesome yesterday and Debo Samuel can make that offense electric at times. Great games, Debo.


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[Assistant] Yeah, night night Chicago, see you later. You know, you turn the ball over like that. Chicago does early. Rogers, you could tell from the get-go, was on his game. And then the other thing that's just like, damn.


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[Assistant] Okay, sorry, it's uh, you know, Chicago would know Akeem Hicks. That was a big issue because, you know, with Akeem Hicks in there, now you can go...


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[Assistant] Alright, I don't need to be all in on the stop the run. I can maybe keep my safeties back and just trust my front seven to stop it. But with him not there, we saw early on Aaron Jones up the middle a few times and I just went, oh no, they're running the ball a little bit and Rogers looks on fire.


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[Assistant] Chicago's got no chance and, you know, between Trubisky making a few turnovers and their offense being crappy, once they got the lead, you just, you knew it was over.


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[Assistant] You know, you always, like, guys like him, Mahomes, they always crack a smile and can do that. Why? Because they're comfortable, they're the best players on the field. So it's like, hey, this is fun, I'm in the backyard with my friends again, right? Everybody else is like fighting for their life, and trying to like, oh my gosh, what do I gotta do, I gotta play good, I gotta be perfect, blah, blah, blah.


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[Assistant] Special talents like Aaron Rodgers don't have to worry about that. Uhm, but like I said earlier,


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[Assistant] Has to be in the MVP conversation. You know, I think right up there with Patrick Mahomes, and he's on fire right now with


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[Assistant] Defensive recognition, always getting them in the right play, always making the right throw, and if they can get the run game going a little bit like they had it last year.


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[Assistant] You know, with Rodgers and Adams and, you know, MVS and Lazard all coming along and along with, with Adams at receiver there, uh, they, they can be really dangerous. Like, they're playing some good offensive football right now. And with the corner's back healthy there, that's a big boost for that Packers team too. But that was an impressive butt whooping last night.


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[Assistant] Just a little bit in Kirk Cousins. Yeah, I mean, clutch in the second half. I mean, really.


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[Assistant] First half, ugly game. You're going, alright, Minnesota looks a little bit better, it's gonna be ugly, this looks like it's gonna come down on the end. And then they have the two turnovers to start the third quarter. Jeremy Chin gets two back to back touchdown fumble recovery.


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[Assistant] Scores, like, that's unreal, first off. And he's done a great job for him, for a rookie. And he's super talented, as you can see. All you gotta do is just look at his body and look how he runs with the ball in his hand, and you go, damn, I think he might be good. I mean, he's a specimen.


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[Assistant] No Adam Thiel and Justin Jefferson. Man, I just, I don't know what to say about the guy. You know what's funny? I didn't mean it to be like this, but again,


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[Assistant] Kim, Debo, Samuel, you know, AJ Brown. It's this similar type of guy. Hey, I'll run block. Hey, I'll go over the middle, no problem. He's a little bit more of a true ride receiver instead of that running back style of guy that, that, that, uh, Debo and AJ Brown are.


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[Assistant] He's a better route runner. I mean, Justin Jefferson is a special route runner. But really, I'm just so impressed with him. Whether he just wants to beat you with pure speed, it doesn't blow you away, but it's good enough. And then, you know, down in the red area,


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[Assistant] He's great for two reasons. You know, one, he's got a big body and great and strong hands. So like the first touchdown, he runs like a little post route. He sets the guy up with a little lean to the left and bam, sticks his foot in the ground. And you know, Cousins knows if I throw a ball up by his head, he's gonna catch it. I don't care if a safety hits him or what. Boom, touchdown. Great, easy. Second touchdown he gets,


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[Assistant] They fake the slant. He runs really aggressive inside like he's gonna run a slant route. Course the corner's gotta respect it cause he catches some slants.


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[Assistant] Sticks his foot in the ground, comes back out wide open. I mean, that's where he's special too. For a bigger guy, his ability to stick the foot in the ground and break in and out of, uh, routes. Very impressive, but yeaah, awesome football player and we're gonna be talking about him for a lot of years here.


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[Assistant] Wasted their time trying to crap on him because they still wanted the RG3 thing to work. So they were mad. Like how dare you middle round pick show up our second pick of the draft.


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[Assistant] How dare your second pick of the draft pack it in and think he's running the organization. Don't get mad at Kirk Cousins for it. So that already started a nasty narrative. And then there became, oh, he doesn't win in prime time.


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[Assistant] Okay, well you know how many of those games in prime time he was actually on the better team? Like almost none of them. So, I don't know, this is not Aaron Rodgers or Patrick Mahomes, this is Kirk Cousins. He's really good, but you see them? No. Right. But, you know.


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[Assistant] It's always pretty high level football from him. And then here's the third thing. So it's narrative, right? That's already kind of been written in that primetime narrative that goes along with it. Oh, Kirk Cousins can't win a big game. Yeah. Okay. It's such a, that's, I don't like that narrative, right? I don't. Okay. And then the last thing is his contract negotiation.


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[Assistant] Bothers people. What? Kirk Cousins got the only $84 million contract guaranteed ever in th- You know, don't hate the player, hate the game! Just because he used it.


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[Assistant] The one thing I always respect about him, he never makes excuses. He's tough as hell. His ability to read a defense and pull the trigger and throw it is as good as anybody in the sport. And he's in an offense right now that really doesn't even utilize all that he has to give.


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[Assistant] His, you know, like a Brady, if it was a more intricate drop back pass game, he could pick you apart more and more and more and more and more.


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[Assistant] Yeaah, I mean, Landry, Landry really is, again, like, he is like a Deebo Samuel or an AJ Brown. Very physical. Yeaah, physical, over the middle. You know, he's in the trust tree with Baker Mayfield.


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[Assistant] That's the other thing I always look at, because Baker Mayfield, for whatever reason, is very comfortable throwing the Jarvis Landry. I mean, there was a few throws in the game yesterday where I went, Don't throw it! And he threw it, and I was like, woah, great throw, and wow, that was gutsy, and great catch and traffic by Jarvis Landry. I mean, there was a few.


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[Assistant] Yeah, I just think Jarvis Landry's attitude fits that team perfectly. And that offense is exactly just like the offense we just talked about. I mean, Stefanski came from Minnesota, is doing the same type of things. It's not overly complicated.


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[Assistant] Hey, you know, you're man to man, okay, we'll hit you here and there. But the boot game, the play action...


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[Assistant] You know, we're gonna work you as you're coming across the field and doing all of that and he's perfect for that because he's fearless, he's tough, he can run block, you know, and he can, with the ball in his hands, make people miss and get some extra yards too after the catch and that's where he's awesome. He had a really good day yesterday.


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[Assistant] We got lots of football to talk today, so maybe we just don't have enough time.


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[Assistant] Well, this is super talented, tight end. I mean, there's been some inconsistencies and drops and things like that. I mean, Pete is probably in your ear talking away right now because he's got all these giant talks. At this moment, I don't hear him. No, okay, because Pete Dimalytus, he's a diehard blue, you know. He says giants are the best, the best. He's, he's, he's, we're big blue through and through, no doubt.


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[Assistant] I think, as Giants fans would all say, we've seen the talent, yeaah, has had some health issues, been some drop issues here and there, whatever. But yesterday, I think, shows it. I mean, first off, his two big pass plays were basically the same play.


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[Assistant] Great throw too. Great throw. I mean, Daniel Jones is, he's a pretty on-the-money thrower. I mean, you give him a little daylight, he'll get it in there.


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[Assistant] They can win the division if he's there. I don't think they can if he's not. You know, Daniel Jones, his high level throwing, and then his running just brings another little element to the offense that yeah, it's not overly complicated or overly talented, but it's just one little extra thing that gives him enough.


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[Assistant] Well, I know you've heard me say this, and I'll, you know, I'll say it again. First off, I mean, it's Bill Belichick. There's nobody better in football, game planning, taking away what an offense does best, anything like that.


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[Assistant] You know, I think the second thing I would go to, and you've probably heard me say this a few times over the last few weeks,


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[Assistant] You know, the Arizona offense does not pose a lot of problems to defenses. And I mean that as a scheme-wise. Even with Kyler Murray back there? Well, I'm just saying the offense. I'm not saying him. He's the problem. So if you can kind of slow him down, the offense doesn't, isn't as exciting.


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[Assistant] Just as we saw last week with the loss against the Seahawks, just like we saw with the Hail Murray game where, again,


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[Assistant] So it's showing you that if you slow him down, the offense actually isn't that good. What do you want to go?


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[Assistant] Same, a little different style and approach. You know, it is of course, you know, they're always about the spread concepts, doing that type of stuff. Now, they had a different approach on offense yesterday that was interesting. They tried to get big.


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[Assistant] And play three tight ends. And Pete, I don't know if you can look it up here on the fly, but


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[Assistant] How many times did the Cardinals play two and three tight end sets yesterday as compared to maybe the rest of the year? It seemed like more. I would think their big reason is why do we want to let New England put all their great secondary and linebackers and safeties on the field and make things real confusing on us and all that. Let's just try to get in some of these sets here.


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[Assistant] And get their slow base personnel defense out there cause they have some really slow middle linebackers when you play baseline. And I think they thought, we'll do that, we'll run it on them cause they're not great at stopping the run. And then some of those tight ends every now and then will split out and get in the shotgun and those slow people will still be on the field and we'll make things happen.


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[Assistant] No, nothing was easy for the offense all day. There was not open receivers where I came away going, oh man, Kyler's missing it. And then to me this is where


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[Assistant] The flaw of the offense is a little bit. And I think, you know, Cliff Kingsbury's trying to fix it. He's trying to have more of a run game and do more. It's his second year in the NFL, but I've been saying this for the last few weeks.


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[Assistant] They've figured out, ooh, this personnel, this formation, it's this combination, it's that combination, and I think there's a legit feel here. And I think New England had a legit feel for it as well. Let alone,


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[Assistant] They made it, hey, we got good cover corners, they're always coached well, zone or man, but the biggest thing they did more than anything was they didn't let Kyler Murray run and make crazy plays, whether it's extending plays or just running up and seeing the red C part and now he's gonna run and turn the afterburners on and do that.


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[Assistant] Whether it was all out blitz or the fake the all out blitz as we always see or hey it looks like it's all out blitz but we're gonna double spy you with two guys on the inside there and they're dropping back trying to take away the inside slant because really Arizona doesn't throw over the middle.


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[Assistant] Unless it's a blitz, quickslan over the middle.


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[Assistant] New England knew that. If I know that, I'm not studying it the way Bill the Belichick's are. I mean, I know that. So, yeaah, what did they do? Oh, okay, hey, look at all these people at the line of scrimmage, it's gonna be blitz, you're gonna have to throw it over the middle and get it out of your hand quick, boom, boom, oh, oh, there's somebody there, you can't do it. Oh, you wanted to run? Hey, they're there too now, now you've broken the pocket.


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[Assistant] But that was I think the big thing overall was now they did rush some five man rushers at times. They made an effort to go


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[Assistant] Okay, Kyler Murray, you're not running up the middle. They always mushed the middle to where he couldn't just pull it, tuck it, and hit some seam at a million miles per hour. They always had people on the inside, and then the guys on the edge


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[Assistant] We've talked about this before too. They didn't really rush. You know, they just kinda came in, they got on the edge, they kinda read him, oh wait, he's looking this way, let me get my hands up, let me jump, let me try, oh wait, now he looks like he might be tucking it, let me get ready, I'm not gonna let him get outside of me. And they were phenomenal with that aspect.


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[Assistant] Okay, so 29-70, yeaah. And I thought even there was a few staffs of 13 personnel in that game as well. But, uhm. There's another place I want to get to. Yeaah, go ahead, take me there.


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[Assistant] And I think, you know, one, hey, he's a little banged up, maybe that scares them from running the ball a little bit. I don't think that's the case. It seems to have to be defending him differently, right? Seattle, Buffalo, New England all had a pass rush plan for Kyler Murray.


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[Assistant] You know, we saw the Miami Dolphins do it a little bit, and that loss, right? And then the Bills in that game, and I'm gonna look up, I don't think Kyla Murray ran for many yards in that Bills game. Yeah, 11 for 61, that's not a big day. And there was some quarterback design runs in that game as well. But yeah, I think, uhm,


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[Assistant] New England took the approach yesterday of either we're gonna rush three or rush four and have two guys in the middle kinda spying you or we're gonna rush five and three will be right up the gut so you can't run that way and then the two guys in the edge are gonna just kinda play it and just watch you.


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[Assistant] Yeah, and that was really their approach throughout the game. And if they didn't blitz...


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[Assistant] You know, if you can and you feel comfortable about your zone coverage against a certain play or whatever else, you always like to play zone against a quarterback like Kyler Murray because if he does run or break the pocket, all eyes are on him and now you can rally to tackle.


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[Assistant] Playing as much man-to-man as years past. That would be one thing I would say about New England. It's still a good amount, don't get me wrong. But man, the last two years before this I felt like it was like 90% of every game was man-to-man, man-to-man, man-to-man. Now, they change things up a little bit, and uhm,


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[Assistant] But I know DeAndre Hopkins certainly didn't pop on the film, nor did they do a whole lot to really kind of get him open throughout the game.


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[Assistant] Yeah, there you go. I mean, that seems right. I think he got the best of it. Uhm, I know Hopkins had one big catch, I want to say, on a zone coverage type of play. I can't remember it exactly off the top of my head. But I just want to make sure...


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[Assistant] You know, I wrote down, you know, the middle, the pats mush the middle, edge rushers waiting for Kyler. I wrote everything about the game plan is really just don't let Kyler run and make plays. And I wrote Cardinals can't create a big play. You know, they really can't. And of course, those events that happened before the half, that was a huge moment. It's 10 to 7.


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[Assistant] He throws a slant route that gets dropped for a touchdown. Man, 17-7, the Patriots might be done. I don't know if Cam Newton that offense can come back from 10 points.


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[Assistant] I think Arizona's in trouble. If you made me bet with Arizona, I would say they don't get in the playoffs and they fall out of favor here. Down the stretch. Rams.


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[Assistant] Niners, Rams again, even the Giants with that good defense. Yeaah, I, I, I would say they don't make it. That would be my, and I'm not saying the Patriots make it. I don't know about that either. I mean they still of course have an uphill battle and they got some tough games on their schedule as well.


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[Assistant] Uh, agreed, and they were real close to winning 4 out of 5. I mean, but they got Chargers, Rams, Dolphins, Bills, Jets, nothing's easy for them. I don't feel comfortable with either team. Right. But I think to what you're saying, the Patriots, the Arrows kind of pointing up.


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[Assistant] Well, game management has been an issue all year long with the Chargers and Anthony Lin and clock management and what to do. Now, I gotta see the whole game play out.


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[Assistant] I mean the, hey listen, the end of the game is really all you need to know, at least as far as that mistake there is inexcusable. You throw a Hail Mary?


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[Assistant] No timeouts to catch the ball, and then you run the ball up the middle? I don't even understand how that happens. I don't know, I really don't. I don't get it.


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[Assistant] Uhm, so that was like really really weird to me, but I think is a little bit of a thesis of the year of just where like, wait, you did that? Or why? Or how your special teams? You know, I know Anthony Lin is on the hot seat. I'm sure he is. It hasn't been a good look. It's never a good look when you have


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[Assistant] A top 12 defense and a top 5 offense, and you're 3 and 8.


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[Assistant] That just tells you there's a disconnect there with something that's going on in the field. And, uh, that's I think what's the big concern there.


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[Assistant] Yeah, you got, you know, you got defense with some real big parts already in place. Speaking of Joey Bosa. Right.


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[Assistant] Insane. You know, I had a big fourth in one stop, the sacks, everything like that. I mean, it looks like he's healthy. And as you know, I mean, when he's healthy, he's, he's dominant. He really is. But yeah, that was an interesting game just overall, because I would have expected more of an air show.


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[Assistant] And both defenses gave both quarterbacks some issues. Definitely. The Bills showed the ability


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[Assistant] To win a game with their defense and their run game for the most part. And we haven't seen them do that all year long. Singletarian Moss, 20 carries, 141. I mean that's, that's a shocker. I mean that really is. I would not have expected that.


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[Assistant] And if they can get that aspect going, just enough, like what you were talking about, like the Chiefs don't need to be the best team in football, they're just good. If the Bills can just be...


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[Assistant] Good on defense and have somewhat of a run game, I would go, ooh, that would change my overall thought about what they could be in the playoffs and hopefully this is the start of something like that.


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[Assistant] No, but you can't throw a Hail Mary for 55 yards. That's where we started. And then run the ball up the middle with Austin Eckler. Okay, with all that time that ran off, it was just insane. It really was. And, and, uh, it's just horrible.


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[Assistant] You know, Detroit, I feel bad for those guys. I mean, I worked with them in New England. Uhm, Matt Patricia.


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[Assistant] You know, I think it's a better coach than he gets credit for. You know, the first thing I would say with Detroit...


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[Assistant] You know, to me, more than anything, there's mistakes to go all the way around. There really is. I don't look at the talent of Detroit and go, oh wow, Bob Quinn really set up Matt Patricia to succeed.


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[Assistant] And I know Matt Patricia, you know, he had his, his own issues as well, whether it was disgruntled star players or whatever, and I'm not blaming him, it's just the facts of the matter.


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[Assistant] With guys like Darius Slay, it just wasn't a good look, and then when you're not winning football games on top of that, I think that the Ford family had just seen enough and they said, okay, it is what it is, let's move on and try to find the next regime that can help out our organization.


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[Assistant] Uhm, I'm probably moving on from Matt Stafford. I think that's run its course, you know, and not to say again, he's the issue either. I just think it's one of those things where...


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[Assistant] No, it hasn't worked and some of that is for him. Sure, you can blame him, but you know, as we've talked about, it's been a lot of years there of him with no defense, no run game, no pass protection.


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[Assistant] Uh, but I do. I look at that one as just going, I think the time has come. Part ways, Detroit, you need a new look. Matt Stafford, I think you're ready to get out of Michigan and get a new look too. How about the Jaguars firing Dave Caldwell? Well, that was one that I would tell you I think has been long overdue. I don't know what to say there. Okay.


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[Assistant] Top five picks and one playoff appearance. That's all I can really say. I mean, hey.


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[Assistant] Didn't get fired last year. I think that was the big thing to me. And hey, you know, there's been some good picks and things like that, but overall for where they are from when he took over, there just hasn't been enough of an improvement or enough of a mainstay towards the top of the NFL to sit there and go, ah, let's give it one more year, one more


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[Assistant] No, that's good. I like it. I wanted you to give me a headline. I was going, please. You know me, I'm silly. I mean, I'm silly. No QB, no win-e. Okay, sorry. Yeah, you're not gonna win if you don't have a quarterback in the NFL. Very Adam Sandler-like. I mean, legitimately don't have a quarterback. Like you said, a receiver playing quarterback.


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[Assistant] And yeaah, that's just an impossible position for the young man Hinton and the Denver Broncos team all together.


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[Assistant] Well yeaah. Apparently like the right side. Apparently. Well, you know, sometimes when you got a quarterback that, you know, is not a quarterback, you just, you just try to go, hey, it's 101, try to throw a ball up there. Do those type of things, but.


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[Assistant] Yeah, tough spot for him. And, hey, I'll give the Broncos a little credit, they hung in there as long as they could.


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[Assistant] I know, so I don't know what they're suffering on. Okay, you're 2-0. Relax, alright? Uhm, but...


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[Assistant] Yeah, obviously they had their issues with the pass game, things like that yesterday, but man, still with what he brings to the table, I can promise you some of the runs you saw Camara and Latavius Murray have are because of the Taysom Hill factor too. And that's where again, stats don't do a guy like that justice.


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[Assistant] The Saints, they played it close to the vest too. They knew who they were playing. They knew the only way they're gonna lose the game is if their offense turns the ball over and lets Denver's defense score touchdowns. So, they played it very conservative and they played it the right way.


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[Assistant] You know, Fitz Venge, we always go Fitz Magic because it's tragic, right? Whether it's good. This is Fitz Venge because...


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[Assistant] He certainly does bring more to that offense as far as a drop back pass quarterback is concerned. And they know that. 39 attempts. I mean, Tua's not throwing the ball 29 times. I think that game could have been secretly interesting if Tua played. Because I don't think Greg Williams and that company was just gonna let them run the ball and get away with the boots like we talked about. Right. Either way, good for Fitz.


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[Assistant] You know, and, uh, we'll see. You know, they don't have to rush to a back. If his thumb is really sore, you don't have a guy here that you have to go, oh my gosh, we gotta get him out and get to a back in. Right. You know, they're in the thick of things, seven and four. He took care of the football yesterday and...


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[Assistant] I don't know, other than there's two things that would jump out to me.


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[Assistant] You know, the Raiders let the Chiefs beat them twice. I always talk about that. That's the thing in football. Yeaah, Sunday night. Oh, devastating loss. We're so close. But man, we're good.


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[Assistant] We're good, we were, we're this close to beating the best team in football. Look at us. Look at us. And nobody gets more complaints about their pro football PFT power ranking spots than the Raiders fans.


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[Assistant] You know, then nobody, it drives Slorio crazy, he's always hearing from the radio, how come they're not higher? We beat the Chiefs this year, we beat the Saints, blah, blah, blah. Well, maybe this is why.


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[Assistant] I mean total butt whooping across the board. Coaches got their butt whooped. Players got their butt whooped.


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[Assistant] We haven't seen Derek Carr, you know, make mistakes like that. I don't want to really blame him. It's not on him. They couldn't protect. They couldn't run the football. It didn't run at all. No, not at all. And O-line just got pushed around. And then, hey, Raheem Morris, all those years, he was in Tampa with Gruden.


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[Assistant] And he was over, all over some of Gruden's concepts and tricks and things like that. You know, we used to play training camp football in Tampa, offense for defense, for real at times.


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[Assistant] Where we would game plan for our own defense. And like the next day, we'd come out and go, oh, we got something for Monty Kiffin and Mike Tomlin today.


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[Assistant] And you know, Raheem Morris, we're going to screw them. They've been playing this coverage against us in this, and they would game plan against us too. In practice. In practice, in training camp, because you're just trying to, you know, liven things up. How are you going to adjust if a team does this to you? You're doing those types of things. And I think because of that, he's got great feel for the Gruden attack.


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[Assistant] I mean, I'm going with the Seahawks, there's no way. I'm interested, you know, from two things. You know, one, we saw the Seahawks play the Eagles last year two times, and they had a hard time, I mean, they won, but it was close football games.


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[Assistant] You know, we've talked about Seattle doesn't play man to man. So they might be able to hang around and get six yards and seven yards and do all those type of things. But I was inspired or just at least, you know, happy with what I saw with the Seahawks defense the last time we saw them against Kyla Murray and Thursday Night Football.


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[Assistant] You know, they were a little bit more deceptive in coverage, a little bit more of, you know, are we blitzing, are we all dropping out, doing stuff like that that I really like.


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[Assistant] And I thought it was one of their best defensive games of the year. And then as we see, Pete, do we got Chris Carson back tonight? I mean, I know Carlos hides there and when they just have a little semblance of a run game in Seattle, that just makes Kyler Murray, I mean Kyler Murray, Russell Wilson, just too unstoppable. He just needs a little running.


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[Assistant] And Pete's telling me Chris Carson's back. So yeaah, I'm expecting a...


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[Assistant] 7, 8 point win by Seattle. Here, I'll tell you, can I tell you my exact score here so I can get it out here? But I had, uh, I know I got the Eagles winning. Eagles winning, or Seahawks winning 28-17. 11 point victory.


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[Assistant] I think this game is going to be closer than people want to give it credit for from just the desperation aspect for the Ravens that they're underneath. The way Baltimore pushed around Pittsburgh, the first meeting, you know, they all played Pittsburgh. They lost the game the first time around.


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[Assistant] But there's no Lamar Jackson, and it's hard to evaluate the game because I don't know who's going to be back for Baltimore.


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[Assistant] You know, between the guys that were around COVID-19 guys and the guys who actually tested positive, it's just, we're not sure who's gonna be there, let alone if they have a game.


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[Assistant] I don't feel that way now though. It's just too much to overcome. It's hard. So I would probably take the Steelers in a, you know, three seven point game, something like that. Right.


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[Assistant] Alright everybody, hope you enjoyed Chris Sims on Button. Me and Paul Murmeister, we had a fun time as always. Brought to you by Verizon. You know what, Wednesday,


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[Assistant] You're, you're stuck, like your game plan's in.


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[Assistant] Oh yeaah, that's right. That was pretty good actually. I was kind of on tune right there with how he says it. He's a big white 80 guy. I mean, and I hear it all day long. I never actually don't hear it. Cause my little boy of course is obsessed with Patrick Mahomes and he'll be playing Madden?


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[Assistant] And he does the snap count out loud while he's playing with my homes or doing anything like that. So, it's just funny, uh, and what was your, what was your go-to color number back in your day?


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[Assistant] I didn't have the lead one. So like, what, did they tell you a number at Iowa quarterback to say? Were they like, you just gotta say blue 20? Or like, did you remember, did you not even approach the snap count that way? The, uh, snap count wasn't that way.


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[Assistant] And that's, that's where, that's, no, he does not. He does not. Aaron Rodgers is not, you know, young enough and cool enough. My little brother, I mean my little brother, my little boy loves Aaron Rodgers. He thinks he's amazing. He doesn't understand how he throws the ball that way. He's just like, it's like he just throws it from his ear and it's just, I don't understand how he throws it so hard and spins it like that.


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[Assistant] Everything goes out the door. I mean, I had a lot of fun with the Shanahan family last offseason. Yeah. Because going to the Super Bowl, my little boy, it's...


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[Assistant] You know, oh, so cool. The 49ers and dad, Kyle Shanahan is your friend. It's so great, man. The 49ers could win the Super Bowl. That game started and he said the hell with you, Shanahan's. Let's go Patrick. I mean, it was unbelievable, but yeah, it is. It's funny. Mahomes taking the world by storm and I was a, I was a blue 18.


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[Assistant] I feel so good and like less stressed out because I'm not worried about, wait, what did I miss? I didn't see this play. I don't have a great feel for this game. So, uh, it's good. And I know today we're going to hit on the chief's bills a little bit more, right? I watched that a little more in depth because we didn't hit that real deep.


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[Assistant] Uh, on Monday because the Packers-Bucks game had so much to hit on, and we really spent about the first hour of the pod hitting on that. A whole hour. Yeaah. I mean, it was, but there's, as you know, so many situations. Oh my gosh, yeaah. I mean, let's start there though. Yeaah, love to.


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[Assistant] Well, agreed, inside the 10, and the fact that they didn't even have to play inside the 10. They didn't have to play inside the 10. You know, and that's where, uhm,


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[Assistant] We talk about during the year where it's important to have playmakers and make big plays. To me, that's something again, I know I've said this a lot on the podcast lately, but this is where I get into the home runs and strikeouts thing with football right now. You know, in these type of games, you get inside the 10 yard line against


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[Assistant] One of the four best defenses in football, it ain't easy to score touchdowns, even when you're Aaron Rodgers and Devontae Adams. It's not easy. And you saw Tampa Bay, like you said, yes, it was only one time.


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[Assistant] They found ways to, hey, we don't need to get into that part of the field. We can make a big play. Leonard Fournette can run it in from the 20. We can throw a bomb and Scotty Miller run by the guy that way. Uh, that's where it was, you know, it was interesting. Tampa is a big play football team. They really are.


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[Assistant] Rogers and Green Bay are surgical, and then when you start to come up on their surgicalness, then they throw deep. They're not like that. Tampa is more like you just kind of said, running on first, smash your face, maybe running on second, and then third down,


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[Assistant] You know, we're looking to crush you. You know, or second down after that first down run and we're in second and sixth, you got no idea what we're gonna do. We might max protect, throw deep route, play action pass, throw deep route, and that's where they're very dangerous.


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[Assistant] No, without a doubt, like I said on Monday, you know, Brady's early game success gave the team confidence to then go, okay, we belong, we can do this, we can beat Rogers in Green Bay up here at Lambeau, all of those types of things.


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[Assistant] We talk about this a lot during the year. You know, this is...


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[Assistant] They got finally Left Witch and Brady to the point in their offense where no, this is what's best for the overall team.


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[Assistant] And Tom, even though you might be a little reluctant at first, it's gonna be best for you too. Instead of us getting in the shotgun and you having to throw the ball 45 times a game and do that. That to me is where we hit the


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[Assistant] By running, play action pass, keeping an extra tight end into block like they did on the touchdown pass before the end of the first half. Kronk's in, it's a seven man protection. There's three guys out in the route. Tom feels comfortable, Tom throws a strike. So you're right, left which is a lot of credit.


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[Assistant] It's a big play offense and they did a great job of.


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[Assistant] Grooming Brady into what they wanted, I think, honestly, with making it feel like, oh, this is what you want? Cool, cool, great. And they continued to push him and push him and push him and now, I mean,


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[Assistant] We set it all through the playoffs. This is the second most explosive passing offense in the game. You know, other than maybe Mahomes and Josh Allen, it's right there.


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[Assistant] No doubt. They keep the pressure on you. And that's, you know, that's one of their gifts of their offense. You know, there's no like...


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[Assistant] You know, we're attacking and Brady's in a attacking frame of mind and just the experience he brings to the table and everything like that. If he sees a coverage mistake, yes. And to me what I love too is


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[Assistant] 50-50 is not 50-50 with this guy throwing the ball. It's more like 70-30 or 65-35. One of those got picked. It might have been his last pick.


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[Assistant] Right, well that was horrible. I can't even defend that any stretch of the imagination. But I mean more like the play on the second touchdown drive where Godwin goes up over Darnell Savage in the deep post route and then Fornette breaks the touchdown the next play. Like those plays...


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[Assistant] I haven't seen Brady ever since Randy Moss really want to throw those type of balls. And I think this year he's learned a little bit like, wait, I could throw these and my guys can come down with it. But the Bucks, yeaah. They're legit. And this is going to be a really damn good Super Bowl. I would be shocked if it's not.


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[Assistant] Yeah, well, and he answered it pretty, you know, similar as far as after the game too. I'll say it, I'll say it always. And the one thing I like about Rodgers is he doesn't sugarcoat.


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[Assistant] You know, he kind of tells the truth and then people read into things and they're like, wait, did he mean this? Did he mean that? And I think that's where it goes crazy sometimes. And that's the perfect example why a lot of athletes don't want to be truthful or say things because they know it gets perceived in a way maybe they didn't mean it to be. And now it goes down a wormhole of conspiracy theories.


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[Assistant] Listen, we know he wanted to go for it there. You know, he thought about it too. The coach had made his mind up. You know, this is where I get into a little bit of like the athlete and the quarterback sometimes can't win. You know.


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[Assistant] It's unprecedented. That's right. I've never seen Tom Brady wade off the field. Never! No!


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[Assistant] You might have had moments where the coach is being, I'm not sure what to do. And now the quarterback who's on the field and nobody else is running on the field is going, let's go, let's go. But that's different than here comes the offensive lineman and now you're going to coach the team and say, no,


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[Assistant] Oh now that's what we want Aaron Rodgers to do? That to me is what-


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[Assistant] My head wants to pop off with this crap. Right. I mean, that's where I just go,


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[Assistant] Come on everybody, we can't have it both ways. And everybody for the last few years tell me, oh, Roger does what he wants and it's all about him and blah blah blah. And then he becomes the team guy and we want him to go back to be that guy again. That's just where I struggle with it.


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[Assistant] Right, right, you know, you can sit here and go...


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[Assistant] Like, yea, 0 for 6, he did throw an 8 yard touchdown past the tonyan, right? Inside the 10 yard line. So he did do that. A little earlier.


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[Assistant] But you're just saying 0-6 on the two field goal drives. There were a number of failures. Agreed, agreed. So I'm sure that he thought that a little bit.


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[Assistant] You know, I think he misled himself a little bit about the success of the defense, like I said on Monday, right? That's where I go, yeah, you got three turnovers. I got it.


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[Assistant] But he did just, they did just drive down and get a field goal. And on the three turnover drives, it wasn't like you guys just dominated them. I mean one drive, they're going down the field. They're not stopping them and he just missed a wide open receiver over the middle. So I wouldn't have felt like, oh our defense has control of the game. That's where it is. But listen, that end of the game,


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[Assistant] Certainly, yes. You know, I think the whole football world was shocked they were kicking the field all day. You know, you could put yourself in the logic and all that things and okay, I understand what he's thinking.


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[Assistant] But yeaah, I think you and I, we just go, you're at the eight yard line, there's no guarantee you're gonna get back there. The two drives before that, you went three and out.


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[Assistant] And you had, you know, had the ball down 28-23 and couldn't do anything.


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[Assistant] So, I'm always of the, like, when you got a guy like Rodgers or Brady or Mahomes or whatever, you just, you go down with them. You go down with their best punches. And to me, Rodgers at the 8 at that moment, you let him, he's carried you the whole year. You see if he can do it one more time there and the two point conversion.


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[Assistant] And now our timeouts will be more useful. Yes. Which was very smart on Green Bay's part. I know, it was. But that was a great


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[Assistant] I agreed, that was the right play, the right throw, the right decision, by the coaching staff. I was yelling at the TV, Green Bay, they're going to throw it.


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[Assistant] Yeah, let's just hit on, to me, the play to really talk about is the first down play. Hey, second down, not really anybody open.


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[Assistant] I'll go through them all here. Let's just go first down right off the bat. Here we go. First down. That's the play where everybody on social media may have seen it now or anybody. He throws though there's three receivers to the right. It's Adams on the inside, Lazard on the middle, Valdez scantling outside.


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[Assistant] Okay, now, this is the play where he throws the ball and Lazard ran like a slant round, kinda ducked his, ducked his head and you're like, what the hell was that? Where, where was that going? What was that doing there?


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[Assistant] Alright, so here's the setup. The play before that, that got them down to the 8 yard line, they threw the same play to the left side. To Devonte Adams.


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[Assistant] When they have three receivers to a side and you play a little off coverage, okay? They love to send the two outside receivers, just go block those guys who are playing off coverage, and we'll throw a quick to Adams, and now he'll read off you and make a play. That's how they got to the 8 yard line. So now here we are in first down.


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[Assistant] They have a little combination pass route they're going to do there.


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[Assistant] He's going through his, you know, green 18, right? And he gives a little, he looks over and taps his ear like this. Who was he looking at? All three receivers. They're all, but I don't know, this is where I'm saying this part because I don't know if Lazard got that signal. That's where I question this. Now, what are they trying to do with this play exactly? They're trying to fake the play they just ran before. Devontae Adams in the flat.


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[Assistant] Oh, they just saw that. Let's hear it again. Here it is again. Maybe they'll bite the hook this time. And what he wants is, hey, I get the ball and I'm going to look out there like I'm going to throw one of those quick routes to Devonte Adams.


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[Assistant] Val does scantling, who's on the outside, he comes off the ball and stutters and makes it look like, hey, I'm gonna block you. And then he goes to the back pylon and runs a go route.


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[Assistant] Lizard's supposed to do the same thing on the Nickelback. Kinda come out and then just go straight up the field, the seam route, and that's where Rogers threw it. There was a hole there. But Lizard went inside and ran a slap.


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[Assistant] Because they run this play almost every other week because they throw that ball to Adams in the flats so much, this is how they keep you honest. Oh, you're getting over aggressive with that? Oh, we got a double move off of it basically. And that's what makes defenses like not go over aggressive on stopping the Adams part of it.


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[Assistant] And yes, what you're trying to do there is, yes, get that nickel back to now jump up to take Adams. And now you got two guys going vertical and the corner's gotta make a decision there.


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[Assistant] You know, cause the safety's deep and he's in no man's land at this point. Makes more sense now why he was, he was right away mad at him. I'm not sure 100%, but I'm pretty damn sure, just from my experience of knowing the play and watching Green Bay a lot on film. So that was, that to me was the big play. I'm really trying hard not to.


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[Assistant] Go ahead. Right. It's alright. But I like Alan Lazard a lot. I really do. Great player. Awesome player. He's done a great job for them. He really has. Uh, does everything well. But that was, that was, that to me was the play. Because now on second down, that's the play where Rodgers gets out of the pocket, he throws the ball in the back of the end of him, Duante Adams, he hyper extends his knee as Su's hitting him as he's throwing the ball.


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[Assistant] Uhm, and there was really nothing there. They were in a double post concept on second down.


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[Assistant] Adams maybe beats that corner up top, but Devon White does a great job of kind of being underneath it to where Rogers can't throw it because if he throws it and Devon White gets his hand up, the ball gets tucked in the air, the game's going to be over. It's interception.


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[Assistant] Just enough at the right time. Exactly right. And you know, Rodgers did what he usually did. Like if you want to pick on Rodgers on any play, that was the play I could maybe pick on him. Where I would just go, yeaah. I'd just go, you didn't really need to leave the pocket there. There was actually pretty good protection.


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[Assistant] Maybe if you just stood there and just threw one of your Aaron Rodgers lasers, maybe it gets done. But, again, that's extremely nitpicky.


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[Assistant] Break the pocket, everybody come get me, legs are by your ear. So he saw that red C part and he goes, okay, this is what I do, this is perfect. I'm gonna run up in there and some idiot's gonna come try to get me and I'll throw the ball right by him for a touchdown. Except Tampa was very disciplined, they didn't do that.


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[Assistant] And the front four for Tampa, which was their great advantage all day. They never had a blitz. Their front four dominated the game by themselves and they were around Rogers, you know, in scenarios where people aren't usually around him. And so then third down. Third down is the


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[Assistant] Of course, could he have ran? Right. It was the same thing, escaping to the right. Escaping to the right. This time he had to. Shaquille Barrett whooped the crap out of the right tackle, Ricky Wagner. So now he's gotta get out. And they have double under. The three receivers on the right are running five yards and under. The inside guy's running a corner route.


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[Assistant] I think this is a double move, right? They run this play a lot too. So they're going, wait, they've seen this on film.


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[Assistant] So let's fake that under, and now the linebacker in safety will come to say, hey, they're gonna throw that under route, and he goes vertical up the middle of the field. That's what they were hoping for in that play. Right. So Rodgers is looking at it, he drops back, I'm being righty right now, okay?


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[Assistant] And now he's looking at Adams. Adams makes his little move as he starts to make the pocket. As he's doing that, Devin White has a hold of him, and there's physical contact.


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[Assistant] So Rogers gets off of it. He can't sit there and wait for him all day and go, oh, okay, wait, I'll wait, hold on, let me bake a cake. Sue and JPB, you guys, hold on a second, I just want to make him get open. So now he's still on the move and he's pump baking. So now he goes, wait.


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[Assistant] Oh man, no, no Devonte Adams. Him and Devin White are all hung up together. And now he looks out to go, let me put my eyes on Lazard, who's running the second under, and Devin White


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[Assistant] He already passed it off. He let Devonte Adams go to the safety and he went to Allen Lazard. So now he's thinking, wait, White's there. I'm gonna throw the Lazard. He should be wide open. And as he's cocking his arm to throw it, White's already reacted and he's almost now they're almost doubling Lazard. He tries to go back to Devonte Adams. People are bearing down on him.


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[Assistant] And that was that. So, you know, that one was great defense.


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[Assistant] Extremely well. They really did. And, uh, I think that was it. We hit all the major points. And I don't know, Pete, is there anything else you want to hear about with the Buccaneers Packers that maybe the internet world is on fire about?


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[Assistant] Well, Green Bay fans are going to feel cheated because they're going to go, wait, that play didn't happen. We had a big play right before the half. Rogers throws a ball down the middle. They pull our guy in a very similar way, except there just wasn't a white t-shirt hanging out and they didn't call it. So the Green Bay fans are going to be pissed about that for a while.


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[Assistant] That to me was beyond letting them play. Should the fact that it was an uncatchable ball come into play? When it's, it wasn't, it was uncatchable. You're right, it's uncatchable. But they're not gonna call it uncatchable until it's...


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[Assistant] You know, even though we look at it and the guy was running, you know, across the field and Brady threw it up the field, like five yards in front of him. That's, that's still close enough to where I don't think referees are going to call that in that moment. I don't, I just don't. That would be my thought on it. But yes, it was clearly uncatchable.


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[Assistant] Uhm, but back to our, the, the point. What was his poly what? Uh, polydopsin. Polydopsin. It's a good question because...


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[Assistant] I just don't understand why it changes so drastically from the regular season to the playoffs. Should be the same all the time. I just, yes, that's where I, and I think that's very tough on especially the offenses in playoff football. Well, all of a sudden they get in games like that yesterday and they were like,


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[Assistant] Wait, we want to use our man to man pick beaters and things like that, but it doesn't even matter because you're allowed to hold them and hit them and do all these things, so you can't even do those plays, some of them. Right. Because you're just like that, they're just letting things go, it doesn't matter.


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[Assistant] So that's to where my issue with the whole thing is there either way. They let them play all day.


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[Assistant] They called the most egregious one of the day on the Packers, and I think where Packers fans are gonna be mad is there was, yeaah, one egregious one that wasn't called on the Bucks, that led to the Bucks getting the ball and scoring that touchdown right before the end of the first half, and I think that's gonna, of course, gonna piss them off, but it's not a perfect game.


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[Assistant] And the defenders have a right to the ball too. And now the wide receiver got touched with a fingernail by somebody and we're going to call first down and give you a free pass. I think it's a problem. I don't like it at all.


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[Assistant] Yes, they do. Let's hit on that right away. Cause that's a good one to hit on. Cause it's gonna, it's gonna be a big part of the Super Bowl 55 matchup. What do you got? There's not a lot of weaknesses. There's no doubt. The question is very good. Their weakness is their defense, offensive line. Okay. They have a weakness there.


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[Assistant] You know, they don't have either one of their starting tackles. I mean, they're missing four out of their five starters. They started with the season. We talked about a lot towards the end of the season how I was concerned about Patrick Mahomes getting hit and he was constantly under pressure.


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[Assistant] When I went back and deep dived, that was the first thing that jumped out. I went, damn, there was people around him more than I realized watching TV once again. When he dropped back and passed, it wasn't that great, but think about how many times you saw him drop back.


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[Assistant] Oh, wait, here's somebody. Oh, somebody's on me. Travis Kelsey, first down. Oh, somebody's on me. Oh, there's the throw to Tyree Kill underneath. First down. And there's people around him. But we just wipe it out of our memory because we go up 10 yard gain. No big deal. It's Patrick Mahomes. We'll do it again next play.


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[Assistant] And that's the weakness of their football team.


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[Assistant] But that's where I was going. Time after time. You're exactly right. You're exactly. Look, it's why I'm, I'm, I'm like, I feel like a proud papa when I talk about this stuff with Andy Reid. And yeah, because like we talked about it so much early in the year. You called it out early. Yeah. I just go and they had to grow that part of their offense because teams are going to come up. We're going to play safe. We're not going to let Tyree go deep. They got to have that part.


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[Assistant] So, you're right, they found a million different ways to do stuff like that now, and I also think they were forced to. Not only by the way the coverage is in people were playing them, but here's the other thing.


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[Assistant] Because of the old line, I think it had to grow too.


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[Assistant] You watched the game the other night. How, they lead the league in short throws, sprint outs.


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[Assistant] I mean, they sprint out almost every other pass play now. What are they doing that for? They're doing that so a pass rush can't just beat their offensive line.


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[Assistant] There's trying to save them. Hey, let's not make these guys block for five seconds. Let's just get him out on the pocket two or three seconds outside the pocket and we know he'll make a throw or do all that. Go back to that route tree thing there, Pete, if you can for one second with Kelsey and Tyree kill. But this, this says it all.


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[Assistant] You know, so that's an aspect of having talent on your football team. And, you know, I give them credit though, but yeaah, they a little bit sometimes just play, oh wait, you're giving us this? Then we'll take it. No problem.


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[Assistant] Oh wait, you're playing this? Alright, well, our guy's better than your guy. And Mahomes is better than your anything, so we're just, we're gonna throw it, and he'll beat him.


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[Assistant] They have no chance. They have not enough of a chance because they just don't have a good enough cover guys like...


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[Assistant] To match up, so they were in a predicament there of, we can't lead guys on an island very often in this football game. So therefore you can't blitz.


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[Assistant] Yeaah, there's certain teams that, that do. There, there is. Just Tampa?


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[Assistant] Tampa? No, I don't think they're totally have those cover guys. I think that they're, these guys have the potential, they're young still, I don't think they're there yet, but that's where their pass rush and that front four is gonna have to come in handy against this, what we're talking about, lacking pass protection offensive line. You know, hey, teams like the Rams,


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[Assistant] You know, I think they could probably slow down Hill and Kelsey a little bit. You know, we did see the Raiders do it a little this year. We've seen New England slow it down. But at the same time, yeaah, those are special schemes.


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[Assistant] Caught the Chiefs maybe off guard. I mean, you know the Patriots have special talent. So not everybody has the, like you're saying, the ability to match up. But I still want to hit on this point. Because this is the big thing to the game last week. It's going to be the big thing in the Super Bowl.


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[Assistant] And I, because you brought it up, I think it's perfect, it's where I wanted to go. Those short passes...


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[Assistant] What does that do? Doesn't let the pass rush tee off, right? He gets the ball, bam. You're playing 10 yards off, Tyree kill, 5 yard little hitch route. Now make a move and try to run. Okay, so that slows down the pass rush. Then, the RPO game. I mean,


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[Assistant] That slows down a pass rush. The RPO game's great. They have the best RPO game in the NFL.


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[Assistant] But that helps your pass rush. The 70 yard pass that Tyree killed. I mean, if you want to show that on net, do we have that available again?


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[Assistant] That's the bind they put you in. So you can't tee off on the pass rush there. There he is again. Okay, I'll do that. Right. All right. There's a, the first, the first play of the second half, another RPO, throws a five yard out route to Tyrico, makes a guy miss, runs up the sideline.


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[Assistant] And it's where they grew over the last two years as an offense, too, to just go, wait, wait, they're playing us this way? Like, we're not just, let's just make this easy.


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[Assistant] We're, we're doing ourselves an injustice and we're doing the other team an injustice too, cause we got to show them there's a flaw with their scheme. That's like what Gurd would have said to me. We got to show them so they can learn and grow as a team too. And I used to love when he would do that because we do got to show them.


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[Assistant] Uh, I, I, yes. And when you have a weapon like that, and that's everything we talk about, right? About putting pressure on a defense. It doesn't always mean you throw 80-yard bombs. Right. It's about, I've taken what you're giving me, and I'm putting pressure on you now. But here's the RPO play here, if you're watching.


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[Assistant] You know, on YouTube or anything. They motioned the backpack, right? And he's gonna fake the run to Darrell Williams. Now, just go back one more second here.


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[Assistant] The key to the play in whom Mahomes is looking at is 49, Terrell Edmonds, the middle linebacker. That's all he's worried about. He's going, he's the guy he's watching. Wait, he's the guy that could be the extra guy in the run game that stops the running play.


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[Assistant] Or he can be the extra guy in the pass game that takes away Tyree Hill. So he really can't be right here either way. And they run the ball just good enough to where you're a middle linebacker, you can't just go, oh, I'm disregarding it, I don't care.


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[Assistant] So now go ahead and start it, Pete. He's gonna fake this run, and you'll see, just rewind it again one more time. Let's just keep watching Edmunds. Edmunds is filling his hole in the run game.


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[Assistant] Uh, my home sees that. Then he's just gonna go, fine, I'll take it. Bam. Another way to slow down a pass rush. Right. Now, there's sprint outs we talked about. They're leading football in that. Another way to slow down the pass rush.


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[Assistant] They're gonna have, they're gonna have to have more of these going into a game than any team in the history of the planet for the Super Bowl. Because this front four we know is legit. And, you know, even all the other plays, Paul, the speed sweeps, fake the speed sweep, this guy's faking this way, that all slows down a pass rush too. I'm telling you,


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[Assistant] The game plan right now for Andy Reid.


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[Assistant] That's all it is. And then he just goes, okay, I'll figure out a few cool routes and we're just good enough. I don't need to like invent, reinvent the wheel throwing it. If I could just let this guy not get killed as in my quarterback, he'll make the throws in the plays and that's it. And that's really what they become on the offensive side of the ball.


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[Assistant] Yeah, the Chiefs defense, it is, it's a special unit. First off, they got just some alpha ballers, whatever you want to call them, guys that rise to the challenge. It can make a difference in the game despite coaching or anything. Just physical, I'm better than you and I can do that. But then,


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[Assistant] They have a coach who gives them the schematical advantage of


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[Assistant] Wait, what defense is this? What blitz is this? Hold on, Seth Hud, I got the ball. Wait, what coverage are they in now? And so that'll make you hesitate. How many of these guys are coming? Right. How many are coming? Oh wait, they all dropped out? Now wait, I gotta rethink. That's where they're very special, let alone they got good football players too.


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[Assistant] I'll say, I was a hair underwhelmed by the Bill's attack. I'm not gonna lie. What did you want?


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[Assistant] You know, the biggest thing is, I thought there was a few too- just too many stagnant formations. From what I've seen all year from them,


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[Assistant] I think they, my take would be on it. They got into a game with Josh Allen there and just said, we're not sure what they're going to do on defense. Let's get in a formation line up. And there's too many plays where he's telling everybody what to do. Oh, they're going to do this. Let me figure it out.


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[Assistant] Oh wait, they switched out of that play. Alright, and there was not enough of just what I would want to say. Moment before the snap.


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[Assistant] Their front four could get there by themselves when they didn't blitz, but they always have a good realm of when to blitz and do things like that. But the big thing is just like, when you play a defense like that, to me you need more, just all purpose,


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[Assistant] No, it's one of the few. It's one of the few, I mean yeaah, he usually, I mean I would say that's like 99 out of 100. It has been recently for sure. It just, I don't know, he ex-


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[Assistant] See, it's a little bit like what has happened to that point of the game too that leads to those missed throws. Man, it's tight coverage. Man, I've had people all over me. It's a feeling of never feeling comfortable. And that's where Kansas City is great.


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[Assistant] That is really where they are. And not to say, you know, I don't know if that's what they did there either way, but they kept that offense off kilter the whole game. And he never felt comfortable.


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[Assistant] You know, it's, it's one good players, yes their front four can get there by itself, but you know, he doesn't ever just expect them to get there all game long by themselves. He's gonna do some blitzes, or you know, two go in and two drop out. And that's the beauty of their defense, and really where they hit another level to me, lately, and then especially in this game, is


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[Assistant] When they played man to man, they locked Buffalo down, right? I mean, that to me was the surprise. You know, Kansas City with Fenton and Ligeria Sneed and


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[Assistant] Like, it's just a secondary that I guess it got healthier but it got better as the whole year went along. And that to me is gonna change them too. I mean, it's changed them. It's allowed them to take a few more chances and blitz and do things like that because I think Spagnolo, uh, can, can trust his guys on an island a little bit more.


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[Assistant] Yeah, right. It's great. I mean, to me, the, the disguises is really what I want to hit on and what they're great at because that's, that's to me where they confuse quarterbacks, make plays, it's where they got Brady to throw interceptions in the first matchup and all those type of things. You know, they're the ultimate disguise team. They are great at making


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[Assistant] Different coverages look the same at the start of a snap and you don't know which one of the three coverages is about to be thrown at you. You know, that's where it's great. Let me just paint a picture a little bit. Like if you're a quarterback and you're Josh Allen, you're in the shotgun, let's just say it's four wides, right? You got two receivers to the right, two receivers to the left.


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[Assistant] They will do stuff where, okay, there's honey badger. He's down on the slot receiver on my right side. Looks like he's gonna blitz. Okay. Looks like he's gonna blitz. Blueity five.


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[Assistant] Blue 85 set, and as you're saying set, all of a sudden, it looked like he was in a blitz. Now he goes back to the half safety, okay? There's a middle lineback, two middle, Sorensen and the middle linebacker in the middle. Now Sorensen bumps out to take away where Honeybadger was.