Speaker 1: The late fifteen ten touchdown. All right, welcome into a
Speaker 1: brand new episode of Chargers Weekly, as always, joined by
Speaker 1: Matt money Smith Money Chargers four and two after I
Speaker 1: don't know what you want to call it. On Monday Night,
Speaker 1: it was a win nineteen sixteen on the legged Dustin Hopkins. Hey,
Speaker 1: these last three weeks they haven't been pretty, but you
Speaker 1: don't need style points in the NFL. You take four
Speaker 1: and two an opportunity to get to five and two
Speaker 1: entering the buy. Yeah, you know so like yes us
Speaker 1: Monday was pretty much antithesis of last week. Right, last
Speaker 1: week just a ton of offense, you know, Austin with
Speaker 1: his career high and the high in the NFL from
Speaker 1: scrimmage with those one hundred ninety nine yards, and then
Speaker 1: this week was just a defensive battle. Like one thing
Speaker 1: that I've noticed in all of the incoming that the
Speaker 1: Broncos are taken because of all these primetime games, and
Speaker 1: it just kind of hit me is, look, this is
Speaker 1: the best defense in the NFL. The Broncos have the
Speaker 1: best defense. That's the best front we've seen. That's really
Speaker 1: without question. I mean, look, Patrick Certan erased, Mike Williams
Speaker 1: just erase them, you know, and that was obviously their
Speaker 1: plan going into the game is there's no Keenan Allen,
Speaker 1: Mike Williams, you know, ain't gonna beat us. And they
Speaker 1: were effective in that. So Simmons just got back to Yeah,
Speaker 1: and Simmons got back and we know the headaches he's
Speaker 1: caused the Chargers in the years past. But you combine
Speaker 1: that with one of the worst offenses in the league,
Speaker 1: and so that's where the problem is, right the opposing
Speaker 1: team can't get anything going because their defense is so dominant,
Speaker 1: and their offense can't get anything going because it's just
Speaker 1: so bad and it's not executing that you end up
Speaker 1: with all of these six to three, nine to six,
Speaker 1: twelve to nine, nineteen to sixteen and overtime games because
Speaker 1: that's how good they're defense is. And so I think
Speaker 1: that's you know, that's something I think just sort of
Speaker 1: keep an eye on moving forward, is if if they
Speaker 1: can figure something out, if they can, you know, if
Speaker 1: Nate Hackin can just abandon what he wants to do
Speaker 1: on offense and tell Ross all right, look, we're gonna
Speaker 1: run the hell out of the ball and you're gonna
Speaker 1: do what you did in Seattle. I'd still be a
Speaker 1: little worried about him. U. Their offensive line is not good,
Speaker 1: but and Russell's not good. He's got SyRS right now
Speaker 1: with a ham string whatever. I don't want to hear
Speaker 1: about that, you know, I'm so tired of that after
Speaker 1: last week's lost the whole Oh, I gotta go get
Speaker 1: this PRP therapy and l A, yeah, you know what.
Speaker 1: They used to do that in Denver exclusively. I don't
Speaker 1: want to hear that. And I don't want to hear
Speaker 1: about the hamstring. I'm talking about how he looks when
Speaker 1: the rush is coming, you know, and DJ pointed it
Speaker 1: out on the broadcast. He's dropping his eyes. He's not
Speaker 1: taken off like he used to to extend place when
Speaker 1: he does, he looks two steps slow. But you know,
Speaker 1: we know what he's capable of doing if you design
Speaker 1: an offense that suits his strength. Like the problem with
Speaker 1: russ is the offensive line is so bad, and really
Speaker 1: what he's best at is downfield throws right, So like
Speaker 1: if you just take the two busted coverages from JC
Speaker 1: out of the game and think about what his numbers
Speaker 1: would have looked like if it was a full bust,
Speaker 1: JC just blew the coverage on Dulcach for the touchdown,
Speaker 1: and he blew the coverage on Hamdler for that long completion.
Speaker 1: You take those two out. That guy's looking at about
Speaker 1: seventy yards passing, you know, on like thirty attempts. I mean,
Speaker 1: and you want to talk about a different conversation we're
Speaker 1: having today. So I know that's not a lot of
Speaker 1: Charger analysis, but that's the one thing I took away is, Yeah,
Speaker 1: Denver's taking a lot of incoming from the national media,
Speaker 1: but it's because their defense is so damn good and
Speaker 1: their offense is so putrid. Yeah, and by the way,
Speaker 1: Eric William's going to join us. He was one of
Speaker 1: our first guests on Charges of Weekly back in twenty
Speaker 1: seventeen exclusively, and he's covering the NFC West now. He
Speaker 1: was at the game all Monday, so he'll have some
Speaker 1: great insight. But I go back to that Dulcach touchdown, like,
Speaker 1: if that doesn't happen, money, Like where they getting their points?
Speaker 1: Like what were they getting their touchdowns? Right? Well? And
Speaker 1: I doubt it comes home from UCLA. It scores in
Speaker 1: his first ever game, But yeah, go ahead, because because
Speaker 1: I don't know where they're scoring if it wasn't for
Speaker 1: that blown coverage and then really right before the half too,
Speaker 1: like they got three points that you know, had the
Speaker 1: Chargers I think just ran the ball on third and sixteen.
Speaker 1: I don't think the Broncos had any timeouts. They wouldn't
Speaker 1: have even had an opportunity. Butts just a blown coverage
Speaker 1: on JC and that's why he sat down. And you know,
Speaker 1: I think that's something that's got to be you know
Speaker 1: that that I think is concerning moving forward. You know,
Speaker 1: as he was not injured, he was benched in the
Speaker 1: second half, Mikey played great, huge tip of the cap
Speaker 1: to Mike Davis for being ready. You know, the guy
Speaker 1: would play one hundred percent of the snaps if if
Speaker 1: j C wasn't playing, and zero percent of the snaps
Speaker 1: if he was so to be ready to go out
Speaker 1: there and pitch a shutout. I mean, Mikey pitched a shutout,
Speaker 1: and I think it it just goes to show you,
Speaker 1: you know that it's either a brand in Staley conversation
Speaker 1: and hey just put JC on DK this week and
Speaker 1: just say hey, just follow him work Tyler Lockett, you
Speaker 1: follow him, shadow him, play press. That's your guy, because
Speaker 1: you know, the busted coverage came into cover three where
Speaker 1: he just vacated his own and that's just not what
Speaker 1: jc's used to doing. Now he's got to get better
Speaker 1: at that because that's you know, we know Brandon likes
Speaker 1: to show a lot of different looks and play a
Speaker 1: lot of different defenses. So it's it's either on JC
Speaker 1: or it's on coach to figure out the best way
Speaker 1: to utilize a guy who's been the best corner in
Speaker 1: the league for the last five one of the best
Speaker 1: corners in league for the last four years, and really
Speaker 1: through these five games or for six games he's played,
Speaker 1: what four of them's performing is, you know, one of
Speaker 1: the worst. And it's just, look, the guy's got way
Speaker 1: too much on tape to believe that he's just all
Speaker 1: of a sudden, isn't good anymore. He's too young. It's
Speaker 1: not like his skills have declined. Clearly, he's just one
Speaker 1: comfortable and either he's got to study more and get
Speaker 1: up to speed on what's what his assignments are and
Speaker 1: get comfortable with the guys around him um and handing
Speaker 1: coverages off or picking coverages up, or he's just got
Speaker 1: to go out there and and you just say, hey,
Speaker 1: there's your guy. Where he goes, you go and that's it. Um.
Speaker 1: But it's gonna be interesting to see how they decided
Speaker 1: to play it with Seattle, because we know how good
Speaker 1: dk and and Tyler are. You know, Lockett and Metcalf,
Speaker 1: they're really good receivers, and Geno's throwing the ball pretty well.
Speaker 1: So I think it's it's certainly something of concern going
Speaker 1: into this game, and I'll be interested to see how
Speaker 1: coach plays it. I heard Bucky and dj I moved
Speaker 1: the sticks talking about just actually give the Chargers coaching
Speaker 1: Steph a lot of credit for for benching jac He
Speaker 1: didn't have it. Michael came in and the defense was
Speaker 1: awesome in the second half. They were really good. Michael
Speaker 1: came in, Um. You know, I know that they talked
Speaker 1: about no mental errors, um, and they played clean football
Speaker 1: in the second half. Yeah, Corey Linsley not being in
Speaker 1: the game money, We've seen it. We saw this movie
Speaker 1: there six quarters before this game where they couldn't get
Speaker 1: anything going against Jacksonville. The second half of Kansas City,
Speaker 1: they couldn't run the ball. Justin threw the ball fifty
Speaker 1: seven times. A lot of those were just like extended
Speaker 1: runs just to try to get something going. He didn't
Speaker 1: really go down the field that much. You mentioned Patrick
Speaker 1: Surtan just really locking up Mike. You know, Mike almost
Speaker 1: got loose in overtime, but for the most part, he
Speaker 1: was he was a race from the game. You're seeing
Speaker 1: Keenan Allen's I guess how valuable he is to the
Speaker 1: passing game each and every week. So we don't know
Speaker 1: if we'll see Keenan this week or if maybe they'll
Speaker 1: they'll wait till after the buy to bring him back
Speaker 1: versus Atlanta, But Austin's gonna have to get going. The
Speaker 1: Seahawks have allowed nine hundred and ninety five yards on
Speaker 1: the ground entering Week seven, the most in the NFL.
Speaker 1: I think that this could be a spot if you
Speaker 1: get Corey back, get back to running the football. We
Speaker 1: know Josh Kelly won't be won't be available. Maybe this
Speaker 1: is a spot where Isaiah Spiller makes his debut and
Speaker 1: there's some sort of committee behind Austin. But I think
Speaker 1: they have to establish a run againt Seattle. Yeah, I
Speaker 1: in Corey's the centerpiece of that. Pardon the pun. You know,
Speaker 1: he's just so good to getting to the next level
Speaker 1: and working to that left side, and clearly when he's
Speaker 1: not in there, it's just it's it's not the same,
Speaker 1: it's nowhere near the same. That's just how important he is.
Speaker 1: So hopefully, you know, because it's not an injury, it's
Speaker 1: illness and it's you know, I believe the report is
Speaker 1: food poisoning. You'd like to think that he'll be back
Speaker 1: on Sunday. Keenan's got to get out there, you know,
Speaker 1: he's got to get out there. It sounds like he's
Speaker 1: super close. And now they're talking about giving him the
Speaker 1: extra week of the bye. But you know, if it's close,
Speaker 1: you've got you like, you got to win this game,
Speaker 1: Like this is a huge game, and you're gonna get
Speaker 1: the week off. So the way I look at it
Speaker 1: is if you're close, and look, I'm not the guy
Speaker 1: that's got to go out there and fire my legs
Speaker 1: and freaking you know, run the routes that Keenan's capable
Speaker 1: to run. But like it just it feels like he's close,
Speaker 1: and if you're close, it'd be great to see him
Speaker 1: out there because they need him, you know, especially with
Speaker 1: the concussion protocol for Palmer, and par him. You know
Speaker 1: the you know, Bandy got a couple reps, had an
Speaker 1: excellent catch on third down to pick up a first
Speaker 1: down after the ball was tipped and started flipping around
Speaker 1: sideways to have the concentration. They put him on outside
Speaker 1: and you know outside and had him run a go
Speaker 1: rout And it's just that that's not he's too small.
Speaker 1: You know, that's not for Bandy, But you know, you
Speaker 1: kind of keep him in that slot, and that's the
Speaker 1: big problem. That's what I'm saying, Like, Keenan's gotta get
Speaker 1: back because you've got DeAndre Carter out there, You've got
Speaker 1: Bandy out there. You know, it looks as though, you know,
Speaker 1: Jay even though Jason Moore's out there, the guy's got
Speaker 1: you know, no targets. So there's an issue there and
Speaker 1: and I just, man, if he's close, I would I
Speaker 1: would really like to see him on the field against
Speaker 1: the Seahawks instead of saying, let's give it another two weeks.
Speaker 1: I mean, man, it's been a long time already for
Speaker 1: a hammy. Yeah, It's it's just so tricky because you
Speaker 1: want him one hundred percent for the stretch run. And
Speaker 1: I think if there's any doubt. I don't know. I
Speaker 1: probably err on the on the side of caution. But
Speaker 1: to your point, look at this injury list, man. I mean,
Speaker 1: Joel Evertt didn't practice Wednesday illness. Uh, Joshua Palmer and
Speaker 1: Donald Parham did not practice because of concussions. Trey Pipkins limited,
Speaker 1: u Zion Johnson was full, but he's got an ankle,
Speaker 1: Sebastian Joseph Day limited, Joshua Kelly's out. It's it's one
Speaker 1: of those games where if you can get through it
Speaker 1: and get to five into it. And that's why I
Speaker 1: think that the running game is gonna have to be big.
Speaker 1: I say, you try to unleash Isaiah Spiller. I hope,
Speaker 1: really hope they make him active money, and you let
Speaker 1: Austin do everything, you know, catch balls, um be the
Speaker 1: leader in the run game. And then and then hopefully
Speaker 1: Mike can get loose. And this this rookie Woolen for Seattle.
Speaker 1: Four picks, I mean it's four picks each each of
Speaker 1: the last four games. Um. You know DJ talked about him,
Speaker 1: We're gonna talk about him in the film room. Um.
Speaker 1: But this Seattle defense is playing better. I just I
Speaker 1: want to see this team as healthy as possible. First
Speaker 1: of all, the buys coming at a great time, So
Speaker 1: I don't know. I think Keenan will know. And that's
Speaker 1: kind of my point. It's like the you know you
Speaker 1: can play it two ways. To me, it's like, hey,
Speaker 1: if you can play, play because you got to buy,
Speaker 1: you know. And and again I get it. Injuries are
Speaker 1: tricky and I'm not trying to pretend like I know
Speaker 1: anybody's body. But to me, because the buys here, get
Speaker 1: out there and play, you know, because you're gonna get
Speaker 1: two weeks to rest up after this one. Even if
Speaker 1: you're on a pitch count. It's just good. Even what
Speaker 1: if like Keenan just only played third downs, you know
Speaker 1: what I mean? Like there, I think there is a
Speaker 1: way to massage that um, you know, especially like you
Speaker 1: said with with Parham out with those big times, Like
Speaker 1: Keenan's such a great, big target and he makes himself
Speaker 1: available so easily on third downs and you could just
Speaker 1: tell how missed that Denver game looks completely different if
Speaker 1: Keenan Allen's out there like that. In my opinion, I
Speaker 1: think it looks completely different because Justin had like it's
Speaker 1: so funny, you know, when you hear. I was driving
Speaker 1: home and I don't want to name names, but even
Speaker 1: though I should, this freaking kuk is just name it,
Speaker 1: just named the name. I don't know his name. I
Speaker 1: don't know him. He's some guy from Fansided that was
Speaker 1: on with Reister or old friend George Reister, and and
Speaker 1: I was driving home listening, and he's just you know,
Speaker 1: he's got this stupid New York acts and he's like, oh,
Speaker 1: I don't understand, Joe Lombardi needs to be fire. Why
Speaker 1: you're wasting justin Herbert? Why is he not pushing the
Speaker 1: ball down the field? I don't know, because he has
Speaker 1: no time, you jackass. Maybe that's why he's not pushing
Speaker 1: the ball down the field. It's like, what do you
Speaker 1: want him to do? You want him stand and take
Speaker 1: a sack and throw it as he's getting dragged into
Speaker 1: the ground, like just that whole narrative of Herbert's, you know,
Speaker 1: checking the ball down. Well, yeah, his left tackle's gone,
Speaker 1: his center's been gone, like the protection knows Zion his
Speaker 1: first really rough game of the year against the Broncos, Like, yeah,
Speaker 1: guess what, he's got no time, so he's got Yeah,
Speaker 1: the guy's hurt there's there's a rookie left tackle. It's like,
Speaker 1: you know, my whole thing is that's that's where Keenan
Speaker 1: would have made such a huge difference in that game too,
Speaker 1: because he's just so good at getting open immediately. And
Speaker 1: that's what was lacking in that game is just opportunities.
Speaker 1: You know, the the interception to Everett. Look, that's that's
Speaker 1: eighty percent on Everett to come back to the ball.
Speaker 1: Please come back, you know when when you squat. He's
Speaker 1: done that twice this time this this year. Now. I mean,
Speaker 1: I know the corner played a good you know that
Speaker 1: made a good play on it, or the safety and
Speaker 1: pop the ball in the air, but um, you know,
Speaker 1: Everett's done that twice and Keenan's just so good at it.
Speaker 1: And that's kind of where is Eric's now popped in?
Speaker 1: Where what I'm getting at? Where if he's close, I'd
Speaker 1: really like to see him out there on Sunday and
Speaker 1: then take your two weeks to get to one hundred
Speaker 1: percent as we bring in Eric Williams, who I think
Speaker 1: was one of the very guests on Chargers Weekly back
Speaker 1: in twenty seventeen, solving in the press box on Monday
Speaker 1: he's doing great work for Fox Sports covering the West,
Speaker 1: and he first, thanks for being here. The second, I'd
Speaker 1: love to get your thoughts on what you saw on
Speaker 1: Monday night between the Chargers and Broncos as the Bolts
Speaker 1: get ready for Seattle now on Sunday. I think Money
Speaker 1: hit on a lot of it, and Money could to
Speaker 1: see as well. I think just I think, just from
Speaker 1: the Broncos perspective, um, I'm somewhat surprised at how Russell
Speaker 1: is playing. I think we saw a little bit at
Speaker 1: the end in Seattle that he wasn't the same guy
Speaker 1: that they drafted in twenty thirteen. Certainly doesn't move like
Speaker 1: he did when he first got into the league, and
Speaker 1: they did a great job of protecting him early on.
Speaker 1: You know, they had marshawns, so they were handing the
Speaker 1: Baltom mars Shawn. They run a lot more playoff and
Speaker 1: a lot more shots off of play action, and of
Speaker 1: course those play action shots were open because if you're
Speaker 1: a defensive player, you're gonna come up if Marshawn looks
Speaker 1: like he's gonna get the ball. So I think they
Speaker 1: created a lot more opportunities. There was a lot more
Speaker 1: separation down the field when he threw it, and then
Speaker 1: obviously things changed over time. He wanted more say in
Speaker 1: the offense. They didn't run play action as much and
Speaker 1: he didn't move as much, and so, you know, I
Speaker 1: wasn't surprised that he moved on, just based on you know,
Speaker 1: people I still talk with in the organization. I think
Speaker 1: they were ready to move on from him. He was
Speaker 1: ready to move on. They didn't want to pay him
Speaker 1: the kind of money that Russell wanted. Russell got out
Speaker 1: of there, and now, hey, this is what you wanted.
Speaker 1: You wanted to be the guy. You wanted to be
Speaker 1: one of the top paid players in the league. You
Speaker 1: wanted to be able to have more say in the offense.
Speaker 1: You're getting everything you wanted. You gotta start playing, you
Speaker 1: know what I mean, that's kind of what it is.
Speaker 1: I mean, I think the two things that sounded out
Speaker 1: to me and Russell is he seemed to lock onto
Speaker 1: receivers early and he's not kind of take what the
Speaker 1: defense is giving him, and then he's not running. I mean,
Speaker 1: that's really the difference. You know, he used to create
Speaker 1: those second reaction plays. We saw a little bit of
Speaker 1: it in the first half second half, they came at
Speaker 1: him and he took a lot of sacks and just
Speaker 1: you know, wasn't wasn't making plays good money. Yeah, you know,
Speaker 1: we discussed it earlier. He dubbed and look, he doesn't
Speaker 1: have great protection in front of him. He's dropping his
Speaker 1: eyes when pressure's coming. It's you know, I applaud you know,
Speaker 1: Ronaldo and Brandon for making the adjustment in the second
Speaker 1: half and just saying, you know what, we're throwing bodies
Speaker 1: at him, and we're going to throw it from all
Speaker 1: different directions and you can tell he just wasn't comfortable
Speaker 1: that you know, it completely changed the game. Look, I
Speaker 1: think obviously getting rid of JC for the second half,
Speaker 1: who was really struggling. You know, I actually went and
Speaker 1: dug into the box score because I wanted to see
Speaker 1: if you don't have those two busted plays to Handler
Speaker 1: and to Dulcich that JC just vacated the zone. You're
Speaker 1: talking about Russell Wilson, you know, taking twenty six attempts
Speaker 1: to throw for one hundred and one yards, Like that's
Speaker 1: how bad it is. And I think, you know, overtime
Speaker 1: told you everything you needed to see. Their defense is
Speaker 1: so good that they were just like, you know what,
Speaker 1: we are not allowing him to take a sack. We're
Speaker 1: going to take our good field position, you know, use
Speaker 1: our good punter, see if we can pin him deep
Speaker 1: and maybe get a shank from their punter from JK
Speaker 1: and get McManus a fifty five to sixty five yarder
Speaker 1: in one of the best kicking stadiums in the league
Speaker 1: and sneak out of here with a win. Like that
Speaker 1: was their offensive approach. And for all the bitching and
Speaker 1: moaning that the Broncos fans are having made sense. I
Speaker 1: was like, yeah, I get it, man. You know that's
Speaker 1: why JK for all of the celebration that Dustin Hopkins got,
Speaker 1: and he deserved it, like JK should be in that conversation,
Speaker 1: because when he's got his heels on the line and
Speaker 1: you know the kind of leg that McManus has on
Speaker 1: the goal line, and he flips the field and pushes
Speaker 1: them all the way back to the thirty five on
Speaker 1: that first one and then has the hang time that
Speaker 1: allows Jos Seared to create that turnover like those are
Speaker 1: MVP plays, because that's exact basically, the Broncos were counting
Speaker 1: on JK to not flip the field. That's how they
Speaker 1: were going to win the game. And because he executed
Speaker 1: the way he did, and man, I cannot, I cannot
Speaker 1: sing his praises enough because that ain't easy. You know,
Speaker 1: he did have a shame. Remember he had a shank
Speaker 1: earlier in the game where I think he had a
Speaker 1: pump that went like eighteen yards eighteen yarder, So like
Speaker 1: that's that was their approach, and you know he dub
Speaker 1: I think that tells you everything about Russell. It's like, yeah,
Speaker 1: run run, maybe see if we can get something on
Speaker 1: third down, don't take a sack and punt, and let's
Speaker 1: see if we can get McManus a sixty yarder to
Speaker 1: get out of here with a win. Yeah, And I
Speaker 1: think the difference as you mentioned the kicking game, but
Speaker 1: that throw that justin may to put them in focal
Speaker 1: position where there's nothing there. He escapes, He throws a
Speaker 1: laser I think it was to Mike Williams for about
Speaker 1: twenty yards, puts them in field goal position and then
Speaker 1: Hopkins climps out there on one leg and and somehow
Speaker 1: makes a thirty nine yard or Kudos of that guy
Speaker 1: for for what he was able to accomplish. That's what
Speaker 1: Russell used to be able to do. We don't see
Speaker 1: that anymore from him. Maybe less subway commercials and more
Speaker 1: like working on your your playbook. Uh, and you know,
Speaker 1: I mean there's a lot of pressure there. I'm interested
Speaker 1: to see what's gonna happen. Um, I believe they play
Speaker 1: the Jets at home. I mean he's gonna get booed.
Speaker 1: I mean, that's that's embarrassing six games into the season,
Speaker 1: and that's what we're looking at. Jets are good. The
Speaker 1: Jets are good right now. Defense is plan well, Jet
Speaker 1: Jets are legit. Yeah, defense is plan well. I'd also like,
Speaker 1: just quickly, Chris, before you jump in here, I'd like
Speaker 1: to say less subway commercials and also less subway I saw, Hey,
Speaker 1: you know what I'll take I saw an I'll take
Speaker 1: it that commercial the Sporting two sears make it cooking
Speaker 1: some food, right, come on, now, let's mix in a salad.
Speaker 1: Let's let's a little chunk. Yeah. I know you're wearing
Speaker 1: you know, I think a flat jacket. I don't know
Speaker 1: if it's a flatjacker, if it's a corset. I don't
Speaker 1: know what's going on there, but I can see in
Speaker 1: the face and we can see it when he breaks
Speaker 1: the pocket. It's like that, ain't the russ I remember that?
Speaker 1: That's I remember that guy get in the corner and
Speaker 1: take it off for twenty That's that's not four even
Speaker 1: before we get to Seattle. The effect that this Chargers
Speaker 1: team has has won their last three. None of them
Speaker 1: have been particularly pretty. But but you're four and two
Speaker 1: in an NFL right now, where you take out the
Speaker 1: Bills in the Eagles, I don't know who's really good, right,
Speaker 1: So to stack these wins at the beginning of the year,
Speaker 1: with all the injuries that they have, money and I
Speaker 1: were just talking about the fact that if you can,
Speaker 1: just if you can get this win against the Seahawks,
Speaker 1: you get the five and two at your buy despite
Speaker 1: the way that they've played in the injury concerns. Man,
Speaker 1: you take that every day of the week, and then
Speaker 1: you know, hopefully you know, we were just talking about
Speaker 1: the fact that this bike comes at the perfect time.
Speaker 1: Get healthy for this second half stretch. No, I mean,
Speaker 1: you know, having covered the team for many years in
Speaker 1: the past, these are games that they struggled to win
Speaker 1: in years past, These close games where they're decided by
Speaker 1: a field goal, and they somehow figure out a way
Speaker 1: to lose them. Now they're figuring out a way to
Speaker 1: win them. And that's what good teams do. You know,
Speaker 1: pretty much every game in the NFL is going to
Speaker 1: come down to one possession game, and whoever has a
Speaker 1: quarterback that can lead them down to a scores is gonna,
Speaker 1: you know, emerge victorious. And whoever has the defense that
Speaker 1: can get off the field. Same thing. Can you close
Speaker 1: out games on offense or defense. The Chargers are figuring
Speaker 1: out ways to win. Cleveland has always been a place
Speaker 1: where you know, they've kind of struggled over the years.
Speaker 1: To get a win there I think was big. And
Speaker 1: then again against Denver, a team that you know they're
Speaker 1: they're kind of back and forth with. To get a
Speaker 1: win early in the year and to kind of stay
Speaker 1: with the Chiefs who Chiefs have I believe the Niners
Speaker 1: this weekend is huge. So, yeah, you're looking at the
Speaker 1: Seattle game, this is gettable. This is a game that
Speaker 1: you know you'd like to continue that winning streak moving
Speaker 1: in the buy and house some momentum. Yeah, And I'll
Speaker 1: tell you Eric, like it's such a great point you
Speaker 1: bring up the games because We've seen it. You know,
Speaker 1: they've been I've been winning for twenty since twenty seventeen,
Speaker 1: and yeah, these are the games they lose, they figure
Speaker 1: out a way. They would figure out a way to
Speaker 1: lose in overtime or lose late after having a lead.
Speaker 1: And and you know, they closed out the Texans. They
Speaker 1: rallied to come back from a fourteen point deficit to
Speaker 1: beat the Browns, and this past week and against the
Speaker 1: best def I think I said it earlier. I think
Speaker 1: it's the best defense in the NFL. And that's the
Speaker 1: other thing that was great about this game. When's the
Speaker 1: last time, Like, you know, and I'm not I hate
Speaker 1: doing stuff like this because I'm not trying to take
Speaker 1: shots or anything, but like, when's the last time special
Speaker 1: teams won a game for the Chargers, Like, when's the
Speaker 1: last time we said, Hey, that was a special teams win?
Speaker 1: You know. Four field goals made them all, including the
Speaker 1: game winner in overtime. Punt coverage was exceptional and was
Speaker 1: the play that led to the victory. JK having to
Speaker 1: fill in for uh for Dustin on kickoffs even though
Speaker 1: he doesn't do kickoffs and booting every single one of
Speaker 1: them out of the back of the end zones, so
Speaker 1: you didn't have to worry about coverages if it was
Speaker 1: too short, and guys aren't used to covering in those
Speaker 1: patterns because you got a kicker that doesn't quite know
Speaker 1: where he's gonna put the ball like that, that was
Speaker 1: a special teams win. I don't think I've ever am
Speaker 1: I wrong. Like, can you think of a special teams
Speaker 1: game that the Chargers you know, offense wasn't quite there,
Speaker 1: you know, defense, you know was given up just enough
Speaker 1: to keep the other team in it, and special teams
Speaker 1: was the difference. Not off the top of my head, right, No,
Speaker 1: I know, um No, Novac got it through a game
Speaker 1: I think Thanksgiving Day where he he um, he battled
Speaker 1: and got out there and probably shouldn't have been out there,
Speaker 1: to be honest, But play now. That game featured my
Speaker 1: favorite play, Chris knows. As soon as you said it,
Speaker 1: I could see him smile because he's like, I know,
Speaker 1: Matt's not gonna be able to hold this tongue. It's
Speaker 1: my favorite play in Chargers history because Novac couldn't finish
Speaker 1: game and Drew Kayser had to kick, and our booth
Speaker 1: was right above where he was warming up and the
Speaker 1: first practice kick going into that net that you the
Speaker 1: net that attacked Odell Backham back in the day. For
Speaker 1: the people listening if you don't know what it looks
Speaker 1: like that net, Drew Caser winds up and he gets
Speaker 1: his first swing and imagine like it for golfers, just
Speaker 1: that snap hook. This ball snaps and it goes into
Speaker 1: the stands, traveling about one hundred and fifty miles an hour,
Speaker 1: and like a child who remember that, like a child
Speaker 1: who broke a window in the neighborhood. Caser just kind
Speaker 1: of like ducked his head and was like, dude, Louis.
Speaker 1: He just walked away and pretended like now I remember,
Speaker 1: remember he said, I remember asking about that because he
Speaker 1: said there was a hole in the net, and I'm like, no,
Speaker 1: And that's a total Drew answer too. There's a hole
Speaker 1: in this shop. There's one of the greatest shanks ever.
Speaker 1: I think someone was having their Thanksgiving meal and it
Speaker 1: just exploded all over him. No, but I remember Badgley
Speaker 1: did badually have like five field goals in that game
Speaker 1: against the Ravens. Yeah, yeah, that's right, gotta he gotta
Speaker 1: al dul Tucker. That was like the one thing I'm
Speaker 1: trying to rack my brain. I think that's only think
Speaker 1: I can come up with. Yeah, bad Badgley had I
Speaker 1: remember that bad he had had some solid performances. Uh,
Speaker 1: you know, I don't even the nickname the buddy money
Speaker 1: Badger early on. But you're right. I mean, we don't
Speaker 1: want to go down the kicker rabbit hole because we
Speaker 1: wouldn't talk in the entire time, and they're gonna have
Speaker 1: a different kicker on Sunday, correct Bertolette, who played great
Speaker 1: by the way, Well, yeah, it's funny, So I just
Speaker 1: say that. I'm like, when's the last time we talked
Speaker 1: about special teams? How about Cleveland with Bertolette? The first
Speaker 1: ever game he plays in and the guys three for
Speaker 1: three on extra points, three through three on field goals
Speaker 1: and boots every kick out of the end zone for touchbacks.
Speaker 1: Like yeah, so there you go. Yeah, I have to
Speaker 1: go all the way to a week before to say
Speaker 1: that we had a really good special team performance on
Speaker 1: the stag Way to go Matt. The effect that the
Speaker 1: Chargers are getting contributions from, you know, I think the
Speaker 1: best example of you know, looking at your rookie class
Speaker 1: and this is like you get Jessere Taylor was a
Speaker 1: sixth router. Dean Leonard made the recovery seventh router. Jamari
Speaker 1: Sawyer is filling in for Rashawn Slater right now, But
Speaker 1: I want to ask you about this fifth round corner
Speaker 1: from Seattle who who looks like the steal of the draft.
Speaker 1: I heard DJ and Bucky talking about Wooland earlier this week,
Speaker 1: and man, this this dude has a pick in each
Speaker 1: of his last four games. Yeah, he's been amazing. There
Speaker 1: was a lot of talk and rumblings during training camp
Speaker 1: when you you know, talk to some of the reporters
Speaker 1: covering the team every day about his athleticism and the
Speaker 1: kind of plays he was making during training camp, and
Speaker 1: then early on we didn't really see a whole lot.
Speaker 1: But he's caught fire right now. Obviously, there's been a
Speaker 1: lot of comparisons to Richard Sherman, you know, because he
Speaker 1: was a receiver in college that converted to reluctantly converted
Speaker 1: to cornerback, and you know, the head coach made him
Speaker 1: a lot of money by asking him to do that.
Speaker 1: But I think when you look at his size and
Speaker 1: his frame, he looks more like Brandon Browner to me,
Speaker 1: than Richard. It just turns his length and the way
Speaker 1: he plays, and he plays on the right side where
Speaker 1: where Browner plays I believe, and not on the lest side.
Speaker 1: But his production has been, you know, a revelation. And
Speaker 1: then when you look at the entire draft class, I
Speaker 1: believe they have six guys that are contributing right now,
Speaker 1: Kobe Bryant, who who's playing slot, obviously, Kenneth Walker running back.
Speaker 1: They draft in second round, the two book in rookie tackles,
Speaker 1: Charles Cross and Abe Lucas, and then Bomfa has been
Speaker 1: getting a little bit runs as an edge rusher. So
Speaker 1: to have that class, they've kind of been comparing it
Speaker 1: to the twenty twelve class, you know, when they got
Speaker 1: Russell and Bobby Wagner and Turban and Bruce Urvan and
Speaker 1: that group kind of set the table for you know,
Speaker 1: the success they had and going back to back Super Bowls.
Speaker 1: Obviously before that they had Earl Thomas and Russell who
Speaker 1: had some some solid picks to lay the foundation. So
Speaker 1: they're hopeful, you know that, you know, trading Russell and
Speaker 1: all those picks, even though they took a hit hit nationally,
Speaker 1: everybody thought they were getting fleeced. Now you look at it,
Speaker 1: who's really getting fleeced in this deal? You know, based
Speaker 1: on the production that they're getting from those picks, and
Speaker 1: then they have two first round picks next year. And
Speaker 1: Gino's playing well right now. I mean give them credit.
Speaker 1: They kind of knew. I don't think anybody believed him,
Speaker 1: m that that Gino could kind of come in there
Speaker 1: and play like he's playing. Um, you know that Gino
Speaker 1: the way he's playing. I mean we saw him with
Speaker 1: the charges obviously backed up Philip for a year. I mean,
Speaker 1: I'm surprised. I mean thought the talent was always always there,
Speaker 1: but for him to come out there and be decisive,
Speaker 1: completing seventy three percent of his passes. I talked to
Speaker 1: their quarterbacks coach Dave Canalis, who's been there since Pete's
Speaker 1: been there. They said a couple of things that they
Speaker 1: really focused on was his footwork, so he didn't bob
Speaker 1: so much in the pockets, so he had clear vision,
Speaker 1: so keeping his cleats in the ground and then just
Speaker 1: taking the easy throw. You know, guys open throw it
Speaker 1: to him and then if there's nothing there, runt. You know,
Speaker 1: he has one hundred and forty rushing yards, so he
Speaker 1: kind of added that element that they had with Russell,
Speaker 1: and Russell was first there money, real quick money. The
Speaker 1: fact that he backed up Philip, I know that dead
Speaker 1: helped him. And I remember talking to Gino. He's a
Speaker 1: student of the game. He wants to be a coach
Speaker 1: when this thing's all done. So I really think that
Speaker 1: benefited him to sit, to learn from Philip, to kind
Speaker 1: of absorb all this and really be prepared for his
Speaker 1: second act. And you know, we're seeing it now. Nine touchdowns,
Speaker 1: two interceptions, and I think he had the confidence all
Speaker 1: along that he was going to be able to take
Speaker 1: the reins here and go. I didn't mean to interrupt money, No, No,
Speaker 1: you're fine. I talked too much on this podcast anyway.
Speaker 1: The game that Gino got in, I don't know if
Speaker 1: you guys remember when he played, and again I'm just
Speaker 1: such a jerk, but he I think he attempted five passes,
Speaker 1: did not complete any of them except one that went
Speaker 1: to the Chargers sideline and Tasso caught it, and so
Speaker 1: we were joking. Tasso is if you ever watched Charger games,
Speaker 1: Tasso's the guy that warms up Herbert. So he'll usually
Speaker 1: be standing next to Chase Daniel catching the passes from Earth.
Speaker 1: You know a receiver, whoever it is, you know a receiver.
Speaker 1: And that's the only completion he made. But one thing
Speaker 1: that that I think has changed with Gino and I
Speaker 1: don't I'm obviously I'm just projecting this from Afar, but
Speaker 1: you know, Gino always seemed very sensitive, very touchy, very combative.
Speaker 1: And I think when you find yourself and I and
Speaker 1: it's understandable. The guy took so much incoming when he
Speaker 1: was drafted by the Chests. Then you're playing for the
Speaker 1: Jets and there's just so much negativity in his life.
Speaker 1: Obviously the fight with his teammate. So I get it.
Speaker 1: I totally get the defensive attitude. But I think what
Speaker 1: happens is then when you finally get your opportunity, you're
Speaker 1: trying to do too much because you're trying to quiet
Speaker 1: everyone with one drive, and I think you hit it
Speaker 1: on the head. Eric. This coaching staff was able to
Speaker 1: just slow him down, say hey man, you don't you
Speaker 1: don't need to go. You know, twenty five for thirty
Speaker 1: one with four hundred fifty yards and six touchdowns, you know,
Speaker 1: in three bombs for people to be like, Hey, Gino's great,
Speaker 1: It's gonna win games. Complete passes, win games. You're a
Speaker 1: hell of an athlete. You were exceptional at West Virginia.
Speaker 1: You know, just do what you do. And you know,
Speaker 1: so that part of me isn't surpriseous because I remember
Speaker 1: it was one of my favorite college football teams in
Speaker 1: recent memory. And that team was fun. They had speed everywhere.
Speaker 1: Gino was exceptional, And you know, I think I think
Speaker 1: that's where I think it's. Yes, obviously Gino deserves credit,
Speaker 1: but I think certainly it's the coaching staff that has
Speaker 1: put him into a situation where they have found his
Speaker 1: sweet spot and surrounded him with great Kenneth Walkers. I
Speaker 1: was watching some of his cut ups. I'm like, dude,
Speaker 1: this dude can run. Um, so you got that. You
Speaker 1: got DK who's a nightmare, and Tyler if he's healthy.
Speaker 1: You know, talk about suddenness and quick twitch like it's
Speaker 1: it's a good it's a pretty good freaking roster. If
Speaker 1: they can protect yeah, no doubt. Two things. One on Gino, Um,
Speaker 1: what was I gonna say? Oh? Not not only Philip
Speaker 1: backing up, but he backed up Eli for a year
Speaker 1: with the Giants and then you know, he backed up
Speaker 1: Russell for three years, so I think you're right. I mean,
Speaker 1: he learned from all three of those guys, um and
Speaker 1: and it's kind of put that that experience, you know,
Speaker 1: into action this year. Uh, the hype on Kenneth Walker
Speaker 1: needs to kind of tone down a little bit. I mean,
Speaker 1: I've seen him compared to Lt. Gail Stairs and Barry
Speaker 1: Samdy on that Oh oh he's good. But let's let's
Speaker 1: let's let him play a little bit. I mean, that's
Speaker 1: that's pretty strong. Um he obviously, I mean he's really elusive.
Speaker 1: I think you know, Pro Football Focus has him at
Speaker 1: breaking forty four tackles, you know, through six weeks. So again,
Speaker 1: I'm amazing. But you know, let's let's let him play
Speaker 1: a little bit. Now he's averaged the I thinks has
Speaker 1: taken over for Penny six point three yards of pop
Speaker 1: as a pair of touchdowns. I really think that that's
Speaker 1: the key to the game for the Chargers is slowing
Speaker 1: him and then getting their own running game going. We
Speaker 1: were just talking about it before he came on the Charge.
Speaker 1: You need to get back to what they were doing
Speaker 1: when Corey Linsley was in the lineup. A couple of
Speaker 1: weeks ago against Cleveland, run the ball with Austin. It
Speaker 1: sounds like Joshua Kelly's gonna be out for a while now.
Speaker 1: So whether that's Sony or Isaiah Spiller, I guess share
Speaker 1: the wealth, but let Austin lead the charge. Both in
Speaker 1: the past game and the run game, Seattle's given up
Speaker 1: a ton of yards on the ground. Yep, yeah, I
Speaker 1: mean I think that is the path. I mean, I
Speaker 1: think you do have to run it. This is a
Speaker 1: defense that's still struggling in terms of tack line and
Speaker 1: getting people down. They've been able to create a little
Speaker 1: more pressure. I think that's six sacks against the Cardinals,
Speaker 1: but I don't necessarily think that getting after the passer
Speaker 1: is their strength. I think that Justin should have time.
Speaker 1: I think Money's right. If if Keenan coun can come back,
Speaker 1: I think that would significantly help the offense, particularly in
Speaker 1: those gotta have in situations, third down, red zone when
Speaker 1: you know they they've had had trouble in those situations
Speaker 1: with Keenan out. But I do think Eckler's got to run.
Speaker 1: It would be nice to see Isaiah play. I mean,
Speaker 1: fourth round pick, you looked okay, in training camp. I
Speaker 1: know that with running backs there's definitely a learning curve
Speaker 1: in terms of pass pro and the complexity of offense
Speaker 1: is different than college. But he's got talent. I think sometimes,
Speaker 1: you know, coaches will tend to overthink things with guys
Speaker 1: that are talented. I think you'd have to find like
Speaker 1: a role for him to give him confidence and just
Speaker 1: put him out there. In Lenflay, I think our friend
Speaker 1: Popper made a great point last week. And when you
Speaker 1: go through the play by play sheet, you see, look
Speaker 1: this the run defense has been and I you know,
Speaker 1: I think this is a bad excuse. Can't do it
Speaker 1: because you can't allow the explosive play. But the run
Speaker 1: defense is solid and then all of a sudden one
Speaker 1: will pop and that's where it gets sideways, like you
Speaker 1: know against the Broncos. And look, the Broncos don't had
Speaker 1: Chavante Williams, but you know, Melvin Gordon got nothing going.
Speaker 1: Latavius got one pop fourteen yards, but that was it.
Speaker 1: You know, the run defense actually held last week, so
Speaker 1: and look it held for them for quite a bit.
Speaker 1: And I'm not even to talk about Cleveland. You know,
Speaker 1: Stefanski should have won that game by just running the
Speaker 1: ball every single time he took a snap because they
Speaker 1: you know, nobody can slow that thing down. But like
Speaker 1: Houston was one play it was a big pop from Pierce,
Speaker 1: you know, for seventy five yards. Otherwise it was all
Speaker 1: like they have to They've got to limit the explosive play,
Speaker 1: you know, before they can really get this run defense
Speaker 1: to be what it looks like it can be. I mean,
Speaker 1: Austin and Sebastian Joseph Day, I mean, they've been so
Speaker 1: good inside. Nobody is better. We keep I say it
Speaker 1: every week. I'm sure people are tired of hearing it.
Speaker 1: Nobody does better run fits from the linebacker spot than
Speaker 1: Drew Tranquil. He's exceptional. And obviously Khalil Mack on the
Speaker 1: edge just a revelation. I mean, you just can't run
Speaker 1: his direction. He will swallow you up. Um. So they
Speaker 1: have the pieces, you know, so I'm anxious to see
Speaker 1: how they use them. If it's a yeah, you know what,
Speaker 1: if if Geno Smith can beat us deep, go ahead,
Speaker 1: We're going to commit our resources to Kenneth Walker and
Speaker 1: slow that thing down and trust that Asante and either
Speaker 1: j c or or Mikey can can take care of
Speaker 1: those two receivers. Uh, I would decay is a problem. Yeah, Um,
Speaker 1: I mean I don't know if there's a person that
Speaker 1: you go, yeah, we'll get We're gonna put him on decay. Yeah,
Speaker 1: it's it's funny, Eric, because I said it earlier, like
Speaker 1: the whole thing with JC, the mess that it is
Speaker 1: right now through through six games, I said, what was
Speaker 1: he the best at? You know, Belichick would just point
Speaker 1: to a guy and that was it, and he would
Speaker 1: play him man, and he was good. He would press,
Speaker 1: he was physical, his closing speed, his able, his ability
Speaker 1: to read and close and get those interceptions. Now, look, DK, Yeah,
Speaker 1: he's one of the toughest covers in the NFL. But
Speaker 1: I think you're better off doing that then running cover
Speaker 1: three and having four deep. Like I just to me,
Speaker 1: that's a better use of resources and trying and like
Speaker 1: and I look, I think what people fail to realize
Speaker 1: is that it's all connected. You know, it's when you
Speaker 1: hear about, hey, is the defense connected? If you're gonna
Speaker 1: do that, yeah, now your pass rush has to get home.
Speaker 1: And look, Gino took five sacks last week. So you
Speaker 1: can get home. You know, you can get home. And
Speaker 1: Morgan Fox has been great, you know, and Tillery has
Speaker 1: even been solidly. He had a great pass rush on Rister,
Speaker 1: I mean basically just shoved him into the ground, stepped
Speaker 1: on his chest, and had rustle in his grasp. So
Speaker 1: I think that's if you can get your defense to
Speaker 1: be connected and you can get to Gino like the
Speaker 1: Cardinals did. And I think this is a better front
Speaker 1: than they have going right now, even without Joey, just
Speaker 1: just as good as as Morgan's been. And and you know,
Speaker 1: I think they need obviously, they need to figure out
Speaker 1: that other edge spot. You know, it's been a little
Speaker 1: bit of a letdown with van Noy and Rump. I'd
Speaker 1: like to see them get more with all the attention
Speaker 1: that Khalil's getting. But the interior has been really good.
Speaker 1: And you saw a leaky interior from Denver, and look,
Speaker 1: Trank will got two coming straight up the middle, a
Speaker 1: ton of pressures from Tillery and Austin Johnson as well.
Speaker 1: So if you can get connected, you know, and not
Speaker 1: give him a lot of time to let those long
Speaker 1: developing routes downfield the DK and Tyler develop, that's I
Speaker 1: think that's the better approach than death by a thousand
Speaker 1: cuts from this team, because I just think they're going
Speaker 1: to be able to move the ball with Kenneth Walker. Yeah, yeah,
Speaker 1: he's gonna be able to run it. That would agree
Speaker 1: he had last Jenna right coming back. It would go,
Speaker 1: I'm glad you mentioned that you got three sacks. He's
Speaker 1: he's playing pretty good for them. That's what's funny Eric
Speaker 1: about that D Like, when you look at it, they
Speaker 1: got a ton of sacks, and then when you go
Speaker 1: through it, it's like, oh wait, Chenna Lee the team
Speaker 1: with three, and you know, normally you you assume you're
Speaker 1: gonna find like a Khalil Mack with six or something
Speaker 1: when you have that kind of sack total and it's
Speaker 1: just the sacks. Everyone's got one. Like you know, they
Speaker 1: got three corners with one, a safety with one, a
Speaker 1: linebacker with two, Chenna with three. Like it's I don't
Speaker 1: know what they're I don't remember what their total is.
Speaker 1: I think it's fifteen, um. But when you go through
Speaker 1: like every it's so spread out, and I think that
Speaker 1: tells you about Pete and you know what he's dialing
Speaker 1: up to maybe overcome just the straight the ability for
Speaker 1: for the edges to get home you know, on a
Speaker 1: straight by by bringing four, I mean there's a To me,
Speaker 1: that's what it looks like. I haven't, like I said,
Speaker 1: I have not watched a lot of Seattle. I've watched
Speaker 1: some cut ups of some players, but it looks like,
Speaker 1: you know, he's probably bringing pressure from all over the
Speaker 1: place and and trying to force the quarterback to guess
Speaker 1: where it's coming from. And that's why they got so
Speaker 1: many sacks from so many different dudes. Yeah, Chenna is
Speaker 1: gonna be ready, Chenny's you'd be ready to think they
Speaker 1: can just line up with just for Yeah, Yeah, I
Speaker 1: don't I think he can just line it four and
Speaker 1: get there. Like he said, I think they have to
Speaker 1: dial up and kind of manufacture the pressure because they
Speaker 1: don't have like a league guy like a Mac that,
Speaker 1: like he says, is gonna get six or seven. So
Speaker 1: they are a kind of manufactured a little bit. But
Speaker 1: you know, Chenna is taking advantage of his opportunities, and
Speaker 1: Chris I agree. I think he's probably looking forward to
Speaker 1: it and we'll be ready. The Seahawks they've won the
Speaker 1: turnover battle in five of their first six games, so
Speaker 1: the charge defense is gonna have to generate some turnovers
Speaker 1: in this one. And Money, to your point about those
Speaker 1: big plays. I think Kenneth Walker had a sixty nine
Speaker 1: yard touchdown against the Saints a couple of weeks ago,
Speaker 1: so he's shown that big playability. We can close it here,
Speaker 1: Fellas and Money, I'll start with you, just what do
Speaker 1: you think we'll decide this game on Sunday? A big
Speaker 1: one for the Chargers. I mean, look, it's it's not analysis,
Speaker 1: it's who's playing, you know. I think they I think
Speaker 1: Corey Linsley's got to get out there so they can
Speaker 1: run the ball. They've been out they have not been
Speaker 1: able to run it without and Will Clap's gonna done
Speaker 1: a solid job in pass pros. So so three things. One,
Speaker 1: who's playing. I'd really like to see Corey Linsley and
Speaker 1: Keenan out there. Um. Two, I think it's it's you
Speaker 1: talked about turnovers. I think it's not just turnovers, but
Speaker 1: it's like they got off schedule with those holding penalties.
Speaker 1: They were crippling, crippling holding penalties. I don't know if
Speaker 1: ms and yeah, it was a lot. There were three up.
Speaker 1: There were three, I mean from their own twenty five
Speaker 1: or their own ten like the one from Heimus. It's like, no,
Speaker 1: you can't under and in three of them were on
Speaker 1: run plays. Those it's like, dude, second and ten or
Speaker 1: second and eleven is mountains better than than first and twenty,
Speaker 1: Like you cannot get into first and twenty on a
Speaker 1: run play. If your guy beats Hick, he beats you,
Speaker 1: let him make the tackle. And by the way, Austin's
Speaker 1: probably gonna break the tackle and get three yards out
Speaker 1: of it anyway, So let's just kind of let so
Speaker 1: clean it up, you know, clean They've got to clean
Speaker 1: it up on penalties. It was a weird game. It was.
Speaker 1: It was actually a really poor, really officiated game. I
Speaker 1: hate doing that. And it goes both ways. I'm not
Speaker 1: saying that the Chargers got stuff. It went both ways.
Speaker 1: There was the the what's it called the unnecessary roughness
Speaker 1: that was brutal on the on the Broncos, there were
Speaker 1: so really and by the way, officials when when they're
Speaker 1: not gonna get a free shot on Justin Herbert, they
Speaker 1: jump off sides and then they go back. Please let
Speaker 1: the play continue. Let it let this is two weeks
Speaker 1: now that they've this is twice in three weeks that
Speaker 1: they've done it once in Houston once this past Monday
Speaker 1: night where the defender jumps and then gets back and
Speaker 1: the ball has been snapped and they don't give justin
Speaker 1: the free play. The past interference on JC on Courtland
Speaker 1: Sutton was an embarrassment. The Sutton had Jac's face mask
Speaker 1: and was just ripping it down and j C was
Speaker 1: just kind of grabbing out for some leverage. Um, it
Speaker 1: was a poorly and by the way, in overtime, And
Speaker 1: we said this on the broadcast when we saw the replay,
Speaker 1: all replays come from upstairs. How do you not look
Speaker 1: at that Mike Williams sideline catch. He caught that ball,
Speaker 1: as crazy as it was, and as incredible a catch
Speaker 1: as it was, and as unbelievable as it was. When
Speaker 1: we saw that replay in SloMo and they zoomed in,
Speaker 1: he got both of his feet in. How do you
Speaker 1: not replay that? How do you not stop and say, hey,
Speaker 1: let's get a look at that, because clearly the right
Speaker 1: foot's in is the left foot, So that's a that's
Speaker 1: a sidebar, my fault clean up. The penalties gotta be
Speaker 1: healthy and uh, and I think those are those are
Speaker 1: the two keys E. I don't want to see nineteen
Speaker 1: penalties for two hundred and forty penalty yards on Sunday.
Speaker 1: What do you got? I agree less penalties would be
Speaker 1: better so we can actually like watch the game without
Speaker 1: the stoppage. Um. I think they got to get one
Speaker 1: hundred and thirty rushing yards if you're the Chargers, UM,
Speaker 1: so run the football, be able to control o'clock when
Speaker 1: you're in the red zone, score touchdowns instead of field goals.
Speaker 1: And then I really feel like, you know, Herbert is
Speaker 1: going to be the key here if he makes the
Speaker 1: plays that he normally makes. First team that gets to
Speaker 1: twenty five, twenty six points, I think is gonna is
Speaker 1: gonna win this game. So the Chargers, just like Money said,
Speaker 1: just play clean football, you know, take care of it. Uh,
Speaker 1: run the football to protect your quarterback. I think you
Speaker 1: can run against the Seahawks, and then when you're in
Speaker 1: the red zone, you know, put the ball in the
Speaker 1: end zone. I'm so happy he is back on Charges week. Yeah,
Speaker 1: you could be there on Sunday, uh debating. I might
Speaker 1: be there. You might have The options are one of
Speaker 1: the options here? What are we looking at? What do
Speaker 1: we got? We got? Uh? Uh? I've got uh Niners hosting,
Speaker 1: they see and that's an interesting game, So that that
Speaker 1: would be the other Can we get healthy, please, San Francisco,
Speaker 1: can you please get healthy for this game and not
Speaker 1: be missing freeports to your defensive line? Free looks like
Speaker 1: a Bosa. It looks like a Bosa maybe ready, looks
Speaker 1: like a Bosa maybe ready in the bay Bosa and
Speaker 1: Trent Williams maybe yeah, yeah, they those those guys back that.
Speaker 1: So how about that? So how about that? Not only
Speaker 1: could the Charges get to five and two, it there
Speaker 1: by they could be in first place in the in
Speaker 1: the West if the Chiefs lose to San Francisco. So
Speaker 1: who would have thunk it? Man, after the first seven
Speaker 1: weeks of the NFL season, unbelievable And by the way,
Speaker 1: we just you're speaking of who would have thunk it?
Speaker 1: A real quick note, Hey, let's go Denver. Please knock
Speaker 1: off the Jets. Let's get him to four and three. Yeah,
Speaker 1: let's get the Broncos to three and four. Let's not
Speaker 1: get the Jets at five and two. Okay, let's go Denver.
Speaker 1: Who would have thought that? Huh? Everybody? Hey, everybody was
Speaker 1: talking about the less faith than the Broncos. Everybody talked
Speaker 1: about the AFC West. How about like the the AFC
Speaker 1: East right now, like you know, two of us back.
Speaker 1: It seems like the Patriots figured something out. Um, the
Speaker 1: Jets are gonna be five and two potentially in the
Speaker 1: Buffalo Bills. That may be the division that gets three
Speaker 1: playoff teams in. Who would have thought, I'm gonna say, no,
Speaker 1: the NFC East. Yeah, NFC East two, I've got five
Speaker 1: and one Giants, six and old Eagles, you know, four
Speaker 1: and two Cowboys? What the heck? Yeah, none of this
Speaker 1: makes sense. Six weeks already. Money, Well, I'll see both
Speaker 1: of it's so far. I'm just putting out there that
Speaker 1: that Eric's gonna be there. So I think he's going
Speaker 1: to San Francisco. I think he wants to watch that
Speaker 1: Nick Boso Orlando Brown didn't take the money battle. Yeah,
Speaker 1: well tweet it out. He let us know where he'll be.
Speaker 1: We appreciate you, bro, Okay, appreciate you guys having both
Speaker 1: all right for Ian money. I'm Chris. This has been
Speaker 1: Chargers Weekly. Enjoy the game on Sunday