Speaker 1: Oh what a reward for this offense. Tradon punches with
Speaker 1: the Browns for a full sixty minutes to be able
Speaker 1: to come out in victory formation. With five seconds on
Speaker 1: the clock, Herbert takes a knee. Chargers win and they
Speaker 1: improved a four and one and sit atop the a
Speaker 1: FC West. There is voice of the Chargers, Mat Muddy Smith.
Speaker 1: Chargers win a wild one against the Cleveland Browns. As
Speaker 1: Muddy said, four and one, a top of the AFC West,
Speaker 1: tied atop the AFC. Buddy, that fourth quarter must have
Speaker 1: felt like a complete game. It was. It was awesome,
Speaker 1: you know, I mean it was if you like offensive football.
Speaker 1: I mean certainly you know, listening to Joey talk to
Speaker 1: the media yesterday, maybe not awesome for him and the
Speaker 1: defensive players. But look, the nice thing for the defense
Speaker 1: was they got the stop. They got the ultimate stop.
Speaker 1: You know, Tristan misses an extra point, you gotta get
Speaker 1: the ball back or you're gonna lose that game. They
Speaker 1: can take a knee and run that clock out and
Speaker 1: they end up getting you know, the stop when when
Speaker 1: the team needed it. So you celebrate the defense for that.
Speaker 1: The offense was unstoppable. Justin Herbert is likely, I would assume,
Speaker 1: you know, to be I don't. I haven't checked the numbers,
Speaker 1: but I'm guessing he's got to be one of the
Speaker 1: favorites to win the NFL MVP at this point, probably
Speaker 1: right up where with the guy we're gonna see this
Speaker 1: week and Lamar Jackson after what he did on Monday
Speaker 1: Night football. I watched that fourth quarter again last night,
Speaker 1: and I think what struck me is just how calm
Speaker 1: Justin is throughout the entire thing, just cass all around him.
Speaker 1: He doesn't flinch. These fourth down conversions are insane. I mean,
Speaker 1: I mean everything about it money for him to be
Speaker 1: in his second year and to be so locked in
Speaker 1: like this. I mean, we knew that the Chargers had
Speaker 1: a franchise quarterback. We keep calling him the best young
Speaker 1: quarterback in football. You gotta take young out of it now, man,
Speaker 1: this is one of the best quarterbacks in football. I
Speaker 1: think it was said Jimmy Johnson who said it that,
Speaker 1: you know, if he were starting a franchise Herbert be
Speaker 1: as guy today, you know, and you know that that
Speaker 1: he is. And look, I don't know if I said
Speaker 1: it here. Maybe it was on Power rankings. I had
Speaker 1: a lot of stuff going on right now, but you know,
Speaker 1: I said it two weeks ago. I said, look, I
Speaker 1: know that I that I call games for the Chargers,
Speaker 1: but I think he's the best quarterback in football. Just
Speaker 1: the talent he has, the throws he can make, his
Speaker 1: ability to overcome adversity, and whatever the circumstances are that
Speaker 1: he's facing. It's everything you want in a quarterback, right.
Speaker 1: You want that heartbeat to be stuck at whatever seventy
Speaker 1: or seventy five the whole time, no matter what the
Speaker 1: stakes are. And when you have someone that can make
Speaker 1: all the throws. I mean Roland to his right, throwing
Speaker 1: it downfield on a rope, the Keenan on a third down.
Speaker 1: I posted on my Twitter page what I thought ye
Speaker 1: was the best throw, and I think it's It's hard.
Speaker 1: You know, when you watch it on tape or on
Speaker 1: film or whatever you want to call it, on digital
Speaker 1: digital production, it doesn't look the same as it does
Speaker 1: in person. When he made that play, I was just gobsmacked.
Speaker 1: I mean my mouth was open. I was like, that's that.
Speaker 1: That throw is just it's not It's hard to process
Speaker 1: because he is running full speed to his left is
Speaker 1: able to stop on a dime, square his shoulders and
Speaker 1: send the ball on a trajectory. So his player Jalen Guyton,
Speaker 1: who is covered by two defenders, can get that ball
Speaker 1: right between the numbers in stride and pick up a
Speaker 1: third first down on third and five. Like just what
Speaker 1: he's capable of doing. There are maybe maybe four quarterbacks
Speaker 1: in the league that can do it. You know, that's it.
Speaker 1: And and this guy is in his twentieth start in
Speaker 1: that game. It's insanity. And I think what's so funny
Speaker 1: about that post is like other people like, well, what
Speaker 1: about this throw? What about this throw? And that's when
Speaker 1: you that's when you know you got somebody special. And Buddy,
Speaker 1: last week he gets the Raiders like Mike Williams had
Speaker 1: eleven yards now one hundred and sixty five yards. The
Speaker 1: following week he draws a thirty three yard pass inter
Speaker 1: ferris penalty, So I mean over two hundred yards receiving
Speaker 1: if you count the penalty. Each and every week, justin
Speaker 1: manages to find a way to win. And it'll be
Speaker 1: Mike one week, it'll be Austin in a quarter three touchdowns,
Speaker 1: it'll be Keenan. You know, a Keenan had quiet game
Speaker 1: up until that forty yard catch late in the fourth two.
Speaker 1: That's when you know, like, even when it's not really
Speaker 1: going the way you want, Justin is still going to
Speaker 1: find his guy. That's I think that's what's just so
Speaker 1: remarkable about this offense is is Justin's able to keep
Speaker 1: it going and it doesn't matter who he's throwing the
Speaker 1: ball too. And one of the things that I love about,
Speaker 1: you know, on there only five games in, but this
Speaker 1: coach quarterback relationship is something that Brandon Staley said and
Speaker 1: when asked, you know, as in your quarterback, amazing, this
Speaker 1: is ridiculous. And I love that he's comfortable saying, yeah,
Speaker 1: it is. But there's still stuff he's got to work on.
Speaker 1: And you know, I'm just an idiot play by play guy,
Speaker 1: but you know, we're on the sixth level, so we're
Speaker 1: above we can see things that he can't see, you know,
Speaker 1: down there. But to have Coach Staley say, like, you know,
Speaker 1: it was great we got that flag on that Mike
Speaker 1: Williams throw, but you know, he's got the first down
Speaker 1: right in front of him, you know, and he can
Speaker 1: use his legs and that was the most important part
Speaker 1: of that play was making sure you got the first down.
Speaker 1: And he ends up taking that shot down field and
Speaker 1: it works out with the flag. But I just I
Speaker 1: love that that coach is comfortable enough and Herbert is
Speaker 1: humble enough, and they both look at it and go, yeah,
Speaker 1: you know what. It worked out for us and we
Speaker 1: ended up getting probably twenty five more yards than I
Speaker 1: would have. But in that situation, protect the ball, the
Speaker 1: first downs right there, go get it. That's something I
Speaker 1: can take away from this game. Even though I'm the
Speaker 1: FedEx Player of the Week and you know, responsible for
Speaker 1: four touchdowns through the air one on the ground, There's
Speaker 1: still stuff that I can do better. And I love
Speaker 1: that they have that relationship. And that's look, that's how
Speaker 1: you progress. This is a tough league, man, It is
Speaker 1: a This is two defenses that we're flying high. Man.
Speaker 1: The Chargers averaging you know, opponents average ten less than
Speaker 1: they were on average. You know when they don't play.
Speaker 1: They were holding their opponents to ten points less than
Speaker 1: their average. The Browns come in having allowed twenty points
Speaker 1: in ten quarters. And these two offenses go out and
Speaker 1: get after it. I mean, that's just football. It can
Speaker 1: change so much from week to week. It's the type
Speaker 1: of game it was. And to your point about Staley,
Speaker 1: it reminded me when when Asante won Rookie of the
Speaker 1: Month and he said the illusion of the NFL is
Speaker 1: Asante got that interception against the Chiefs. He was out
Speaker 1: of position for the right. If he doesn't if he
Speaker 1: doesn't get that interception, he probably doesn't get Defensive Rookie
Speaker 1: of the Month. But he's doing something right for our
Speaker 1: football team. So I love that that Staley kind of
Speaker 1: helps the players put these awards and things like that
Speaker 1: into perspective because it isn't Sometimes you're like, okay, well
Speaker 1: we look at interceptions as the only stat for a
Speaker 1: defensive back. Well, he was at a position for that play, right.
Speaker 1: I haven't talked to you about this money the fourth
Speaker 1: down conversion in the third quarter, you're down two scores,
Speaker 1: it's fourth and two, it's your own twenty four. What
Speaker 1: were you in DJ doing when they rolled out there
Speaker 1: and it was fourth and two? And if you don't
Speaker 1: get it, you likely lose the game because it's a
Speaker 1: seventeen point or a twenty one point deficit. Just like that,
Speaker 1: we both kind of looked at each other and didn't
Speaker 1: say anything, and we were a wide eyed kind of like, wow,
Speaker 1: this is like this is aggressive. You know our Staley's aggressive,
Speaker 1: but man, this is aggressive. And and then I think
Speaker 1: once you start to process it, because you have a
Speaker 1: few you know, you got twenty seconds to figure it out,
Speaker 1: you start talking through it, and you're like, well, defense
Speaker 1: has not been able to slow them down. You know,
Speaker 1: the offense has been able to move the ball. So
Speaker 1: you know what, it doesn't make sense. You know, trust
Speaker 1: you're if you punt the ball back to the Browns,
Speaker 1: chances are they're gonna score. They have been scoring on
Speaker 1: this defense. They have been shredding this defense apart. You're
Speaker 1: already down fourteen. You might as well trust the offense
Speaker 1: and see if you can, you know, get into this
Speaker 1: track meet. And you credit coach Staley for kind of
Speaker 1: having that long view as opposed to just, oh, it's
Speaker 1: fourth and two on our own twenty four, we've got
Speaker 1: a punt. Okay, Well what happens when you punt? You know,
Speaker 1: you just watched Nick Chubb rip off a fifty two
Speaker 1: yard run for a touchdown, So you know the running
Speaker 1: game has been gashing you the entire contest, so why not,
Speaker 1: you know, why okay, So instead they got twenty four
Speaker 1: yards to go instead of sixty four yards to go.
Speaker 1: It really doesn't matter. You know at this point the
Speaker 1: way that offense had been humming and the groove that
Speaker 1: they were in. So I loved it. I'll tell you
Speaker 1: what though, man talk about you know, freaking balls as
Speaker 1: big as boulders. A play to a trap played to
Speaker 1: Austin Ekeler where a guy that you just put in
Speaker 1: the game is the key offensive lineman. I mean, Scofield
Speaker 1: just got in that game for a Boushee who had
Speaker 1: the injured knee, and he's the pulling guard that's got
Speaker 1: a seal off Miles Garrett. And you know he talked
Speaker 1: about Assante. If you watch that play back, you know
Speaker 1: Miles stutters for shut. And I think it's so important
Speaker 1: to look at that play if you're a fan of football.
Speaker 1: Miles Garrett is arguably the best defensive end. He and
Speaker 1: Joey are in that conversation in football, a complete defensive end.
Speaker 1: He can wreck your game. You know, your run game,
Speaker 1: your pass game. He can do everything. And on that play,
Speaker 1: that was Miles Garrett's play, and he just stuttered for
Speaker 1: a beat, just a half second, he got around his
Speaker 1: guy and he was trying to diagnose and he stopped.
Speaker 1: And as he stopped for that second, Schofield was able
Speaker 1: to come across and lay that seal block. And that's
Speaker 1: you know, if he doesn't do that, Eckler doesn't get
Speaker 1: the three yards, you know, let alone the nine. So
Speaker 1: I think it's it's a fun play to go back
Speaker 1: and watch because of a the guts to call that
Speaker 1: play on a fourth and two when Herbert you want
Speaker 1: to be your trigger man to pick get up too,
Speaker 1: to have Scofield who just came in the game like
Speaker 1: three plays prior for the you know Abushi who we
Speaker 1: now know you know, towards ACL sadly and had been
Speaker 1: playing so well. And three and by the way, Scofield
Speaker 1: just signed it the team three weeks ago, and three
Speaker 1: that it was Miles Garrett that he put that seal
Speaker 1: block on that play. You mentioned the past interference too.
Speaker 1: I mean, that's that's a fourth down as well. If
Speaker 1: they don't get if that's a no. If that's a
Speaker 1: no call, the game's different too. So it could be
Speaker 1: a fourteen point swing. It's it's inches. It's plays that
Speaker 1: make the difference in the child. That was not a
Speaker 1: great call, by the way, we said that on the
Speaker 1: air at the moment, you know, we're like, look, that's
Speaker 1: not a great call. That's yeah, he grabbed Mike's shoulder
Speaker 1: and then Mike grabbed his shirt. But that's that's a
Speaker 1: no call, you know, that's that's a no call. There
Speaker 1: were people saying, oh, it should have been offensive pass interface.
Speaker 1: Now it's probably just a no call. You know, he
Speaker 1: put his hand on Mike. Mike put his hand on him.
Speaker 1: But whatever. You know, guess what it was p I
Speaker 1: because PI was called and that's what it was. So
Speaker 1: you take advantage of your opportunities. You know, they could
Speaker 1: have stalled the drive right there. It's not like was
Speaker 1: you know, on the ten you still had thirty five
Speaker 1: yards to go, so you know that's it's not like
Speaker 1: the Browns. You know that the Chargers were gifted a touchdown,
Speaker 1: they had to still go get it. Of course, the
Speaker 1: defense did not have it on Sunday. But so when
Speaker 1: I'm watching the game, I'm like, you're almost kind of
Speaker 1: like sorting your thoughts, like what's gonna be the story
Speaker 1: of the game With Dorwin James has fourteen tackles in
Speaker 1: the first half of a football game. I'm racking, my friend.
Speaker 1: Has anybody ever done this? When was the last time
Speaker 1: somebody did this? It was London Fletcher fifteen years ago.
Speaker 1: I mean, if Dorwin doesn't make those plays, First of all,
Speaker 1: you don't want Dorwin making seventeen tackles. That's that's what
Speaker 1: we said. We said, you cannot have your safety making
Speaker 1: fourteen tackles. Now, lets you know that your defense is
Speaker 1: having a bad day. Now, look, thank goodness he's making
Speaker 1: those tackles. But that's a bad stat for that's a
Speaker 1: bad team stat. It's a great Dwin stat, it's a
Speaker 1: bad team stat if he doesn't make those tackles there,
Speaker 1: Like you said, like that game could have got out
Speaker 1: of hand. I mean, we're starting to see this Derwin
Speaker 1: James All Pro from twenty eighteen. He had that pick
Speaker 1: to seal the Raiders game and really kind of putting
Speaker 1: the team on his back in that first half money
Speaker 1: being able to make those tackles at the second and
Speaker 1: third level when the running game was clearly hurting the Chargers.
Speaker 1: I mean, what a performance out of him. But you
Speaker 1: have to figure out a way to where he's not
Speaker 1: doing that against Baltimore. Yet you know, the and the
Speaker 1: interesting thing too is just kind of going back to
Speaker 1: what Kevin Stefansky and Baker Mayfield we're saying about that
Speaker 1: final drive. Like the Chargers had no pass rush, they
Speaker 1: were not able to generate much pressure whatsoever on Baker Mayfield.
Speaker 1: And a lot of it, I'm sure is because and
Speaker 1: this goes back to what Staley said about the physical
Speaker 1: aspect of the run game and what it can do
Speaker 1: and how it can change the way a defense is
Speaker 1: playing defense. You know, I think the reason why they
Speaker 1: didn't have much pass rushes because the run game was
Speaker 1: so effective. So they're on their heels, you know, they're
Speaker 1: they're much more hesitant to try to put their pin,
Speaker 1: their ears back and get up field when they're worried
Speaker 1: about minding their gaps and making a tackle. So Nick
Speaker 1: Schubb isn't rushing for ten yards per carry, so they
Speaker 1: you know, Durwain was the only one that got pressure
Speaker 1: and a darner led to a turnover, a huge turnover,
Speaker 1: you know, when he got that strip sack of Baker.
Speaker 1: Unfortunately the Browns were able to fall on it. But
Speaker 1: you know, it just speaks to what Brandon Staley was
Speaker 1: saying that this guy's playing five positions. You know, he
Speaker 1: was their best pass rusher in that game. He was
Speaker 1: their best tackler in that game. The only thing I
Speaker 1: wanted to see out of Drwin and I'm hopeful if
Speaker 1: we ever get into that position again. And it's nothing
Speaker 1: against a Looie Gilman or naz Adderley, but if there's
Speaker 1: a hail Mary situation, I don't want Durwin James in
Speaker 1: the box. I don't want him in the middle of
Speaker 1: the field. I want him on that wall. I need
Speaker 1: him on that wall. I want him in the end
Speaker 1: zone in that scrum instead of Michael Davis, Alloie Gilman
Speaker 1: and Nazaderie. Again, nothing against them, I just prefer to
Speaker 1: see Durwin back there as opposed to those three guys.
Speaker 1: That's just the implicit trust. I think that everybody that
Speaker 1: has been around Darwin James has in him that he
Speaker 1: will make the play to ensure the game is won
Speaker 1: and not lost. Yea. Staley says he has five positions
Speaker 1: on defense, make that a sixth, right, but put it
Speaker 1: back there. He seals the game. Hey, we pushed this
Speaker 1: forward to to Baltimore. It's just kind of ironic. You
Speaker 1: have two young quarterbacks career high passing yards coming off
Speaker 1: fantastic finishes. Lamar Jackson Man we saw him in twenty
Speaker 1: eighteen that Wildcard game twice. Yeah, absolutely to see what
Speaker 1: he's kind of become. And I don't know if it's
Speaker 1: a product of our Gus Edwards and Dobbins get hurt
Speaker 1: early in the year, so we have to change a
Speaker 1: little bit. But he has evolved as a quarterback. There's
Speaker 1: no question about it. He's the most dangerous guy on
Speaker 1: the field run of the football, and he proved that
Speaker 1: he could kill you in the pocket. Yeah, it was incredible.
Speaker 1: You know, DJ and I were doing the Monday night
Speaker 1: football broadcast for the UK, so we watched every second
Speaker 1: of that game and he had a terrible first half.
Speaker 1: You know, missed a touchdown, pass fumbled in the red
Speaker 1: zone for a turnover, and you know, talk about not
Speaker 1: just the physical tools, but the mental toughness to overcome that.
Speaker 1: You know, to go down twenty two to three, knowing
Speaker 1: that you're a big reason why. You know, that turnover
Speaker 1: was huge. It was a backbreaker. It should have stayed
Speaker 1: a touchdown. Apparently the referees need a class in physics,
Speaker 1: so they understand momentum versus trajectory. They ended up cashing
Speaker 1: it in for a touchdown anyway, But to shake that
Speaker 1: off and to have the most passing yards in his
Speaker 1: career and he had more passing yards in the second
Speaker 1: half than he had ever had in any game in
Speaker 1: his career. That's how big of a performance it was.
Speaker 1: And it seemingly every single pass was pinpoint and exactly
Speaker 1: where it needed to be out The Chiefs didn't play
Speaker 1: I thought the Colts did not play great defense. I
Speaker 1: thought they allowed a lot of those you know, a
Speaker 1: lot of busted coverages and missed assignments. But still, that's
Speaker 1: the thing about Lamars. He can extend those plays and
Speaker 1: he's got the strength to push that ball downfield and
Speaker 1: ended up making some beautiful throws. And look, it was
Speaker 1: a it was a great it was a well called game.
Speaker 1: And again that goes back to what we were talking
Speaker 1: about with the defense against the Browns, and I hope
Speaker 1: it's not a repeat performance. The Ravens are so good
Speaker 1: at running the ball that defenses have a tough time,
Speaker 1: you know, trusting that they should get up field. The
Speaker 1: other thing about the you know the Ravens that that
Speaker 1: presents a unique challenge is you can't afford to get
Speaker 1: too far up field. So you know so many of
Speaker 1: those pass rushes where you're beating your guy on the
Speaker 1: outside and you're swooping around the back and you're kind
Speaker 1: of backdoor in the quarterback that to drag him down.
Speaker 1: You can't do that. You have got to stay in
Speaker 1: front of Lamar Jackson. So that's it's it's a tough assignment. Man.
Speaker 1: I feel bad for the defense to have to go
Speaker 1: into this week after last week and say, well, you
Speaker 1: can't really get after him too hard because if you
Speaker 1: get too far up field, it's over. If you know,
Speaker 1: Joey Bosa said it best. If the first guy misses,
Speaker 1: you're in trouble. And so you have to be mindful,
Speaker 1: um and man, the tackling's just got to be better.
Speaker 1: It was not a good tackling game for the Chargers
Speaker 1: last week against the Browns. It better be a really
Speaker 1: good tackling week or man, Lamar Jackson can make it
Speaker 1: a long afternoon. Yeah, you got to tackle Mark Andrews
Speaker 1: and and DJ did our film room this week with
Speaker 1: Lamar Jackson and Marquis Brown and just the big plays
Speaker 1: that they've been able to generate down the field. And
Speaker 1: I mean, if you don't check Marquis Brown and if
Speaker 1: you don't tackle Mark Andrews, and if you don't account
Speaker 1: for Lamar Jackson run in the football, I mean, this
Speaker 1: is just this is different than the Browns. I mean,
Speaker 1: the Browns have the best running attack in football, Isn't
Speaker 1: it ironic? Though? The Ravens snapped their streak after that,
Speaker 1: that the Denver game where exactly Vick wasn't And it's
Speaker 1: poetic justice, you know, because they should not have been
Speaker 1: able to extend the streak. And yeah, but they'll take it.
Speaker 1: Considering where they were right down down in the second
Speaker 1: half twenty two to three, it does not look good.
Speaker 1: They get all the breaks with the missed kicks, with
Speaker 1: blank and ship and you know, a blocked kick and
Speaker 1: a missed kick and you know, okay, fine, the football
Speaker 1: gods are trying to tell us something. Take your streak
Speaker 1: and stick it. We're gonna give you the win here,
Speaker 1: but you're gonna be tied with the Steelers, your your
Speaker 1: most bitter rival for likely all of eternity, because no
Speaker 1: one is going to be running for one hundred yards
Speaker 1: in a game in this passing league for forty three
Speaker 1: consecutive contests. Ever, again, the Ravens were the only team
Speaker 1: because of that unique player they have in Lamar Jackson
Speaker 1: that is able to pile up yards on the ground.
Speaker 1: The one thing about the Ravens though, that I will say, um,
Speaker 1: and I know their tackles were out, but they have
Speaker 1: the best interior line in football do the Browns, and
Speaker 1: that changes things a lot. I think the defense can
Speaker 1: get after this offensive line. I most definitely think they
Speaker 1: can get after this offensive line. So you know, I'm
Speaker 1: hoping that that's, you know, a little bit less of
Speaker 1: an impediment than the Browns front was even without Wills
Speaker 1: and kind of what they had to deal with with
Speaker 1: their tackles throughout that. Buddy, we got a great show ahead.
Speaker 1: Adam Arceltta gonna join us. He's gonna be in the
Speaker 1: call with Greg Gumbel for Ravens Chargers. But first we'll
Speaker 1: get this week's opposing view from Jason lackafora insider for
Speaker 1: the NFL Today but also based in Baltimore. Jason has
Speaker 1: a unique perspective. Obviously you see him on CBS. He's
Speaker 1: also a Baltimore guy. You hear him on one oh
Speaker 1: five seven The fan Jason, what are the Ravens saying
Speaker 1: about the Chargers coming to town? A lot of respect
Speaker 1: for what the Chargers are doing. I mean, the offense
Speaker 1: is obviously otherworldly. I mean, Justin Herbert against Lamar Jackson,
Speaker 1: people are incredibly fired up about that. There's a lot
Speaker 1: of respect and frankly, a lot of concern from Ravens
Speaker 1: fans because the Ravens defense is struggling and you look
Speaker 1: at what some quarterbacks who are good but maybe not
Speaker 1: Justin Herbert have already done to them for periods of
Speaker 1: games or points in time, and it could pretend Lamar
Speaker 1: Jackson having to score into the forties to maybe win
Speaker 1: this game, which again could be esthetically pleasing and a
Speaker 1: lot of fun. But there's there's definitely concerns about how
Speaker 1: this defense is going to hold up. And then likewise,
Speaker 1: you know, there's questions being asked them how the Chargers
Speaker 1: are going to get stops on the other end. So
Speaker 1: these two teams I think have a similar mojo going
Speaker 1: on right now. Yeah, I think safe to say out there, Jason,
Speaker 1: it will not be a steady diet of nothing. Instead,
Speaker 1: there's going to be a lot of fireworks out on
Speaker 1: that field. What were you thinking at halftime watching that
Speaker 1: football game and kind of how the offense was operating,
Speaker 1: how Lamar was operating, and then to have the script
Speaker 1: flipped and see what you saw in the final thirty minutes. Well,
Speaker 1: I mean, one thing is you don't really ever count
Speaker 1: Lamar out. But the I figured they get it going
Speaker 1: on offense because they are evolving and they're not what
Speaker 1: they used to be when they they are a completely
Speaker 1: different operation than the one that faced the Chargers in
Speaker 1: the playoffs. And you know, in the end of the
Speaker 1: twenty eighteen season, they're there. What they did eighteen, nineteen
Speaker 1: and twenty offensively is out the window now. Um, it's
Speaker 1: now all about a downfield passing game and Lamar airing
Speaker 1: it out and leaving the league. And yards per completion. Um,
Speaker 1: you know you got a guy like Hollywood Brown in
Speaker 1: the top ten and receiving yards and yards per completion,
Speaker 1: and you look at average depth of target for their
Speaker 1: tight end Mark Andrews, and it's it's up there with
Speaker 1: the kel season the Wallers. That's that's who they are now.
Speaker 1: That's who they have to be because they can't run
Speaker 1: the ball. So at halftime and watching that game developed,
Speaker 1: at some point, I'm like, they're gonna get They're gonna
Speaker 1: get heated up on offense, but can they get any
Speaker 1: stops on the defense, you know, and and where they
Speaker 1: coming from? Where's the pressure coming from? Carson Weins That's
Speaker 1: the best game he's played in forever. I mean, he
Speaker 1: had thrown nothing but passes the tight ends and running
Speaker 1: backs all year, and now he's got six different wide
Speaker 1: receivers active. So yeah, you just don't count this kid out.
Speaker 1: And the one thing about the Ravens is all over
Speaker 1: the games they've played this year have been pretty crazy.
Speaker 1: I mean Week one against the Raiders that was bonkers.
Speaker 1: And Carr comes back with thirty seven seconds and no
Speaker 1: touchdowns and it goes over time and Anthony aver a
Speaker 1: interception in the end zone, and I mean that was crazy.
Speaker 1: The Chiefs game was pretty crazy. They had no right
Speaker 1: beating Detroit. I mean, they got an extra two seconds
Speaker 1: they're gonna play. They completed on fourth and nineteen Justin
Speaker 1: Tucker makes a sixty six yard field goal. All that
Speaker 1: happens within ninety seconds of real time. You know, that
Speaker 1: was bonkers. And then obviously this Colts comeback was bonkers.
Speaker 1: The Denver game was kind of mundane. But people around
Speaker 1: here have come to expect bizarre stuff and we know
Speaker 1: the charge. You don't usually play normal scripted Oh we
Speaker 1: saw that coming games. Stuff tends to happen, Jason. The
Speaker 1: Ravens have head to adjust to with those crazy injuries
Speaker 1: at the beginning of the year. To you lose Dobbins
Speaker 1: and you lose Gus Edwards In what ways is losing
Speaker 1: those guys a product of how they're playing now or
Speaker 1: did you kind of see that Lamar was going to
Speaker 1: be doing more this even with Dobbins and Edwards in
Speaker 1: the backfield. Well, it's really eliminated a few things. It's
Speaker 1: eliminated option football really for them. When they mess around
Speaker 1: with that mess point, that target point, Lamar, put it
Speaker 1: in your gut and run with you for two or
Speaker 1: three paces and maybe pull back that comfort level's not
Speaker 1: there with Levi on Bell, with DeVante Freeman, with Latavius Murk,
Speaker 1: those guys weren't around here all offseason practice and that stuff.
Speaker 1: They all popped up on the scene in the last
Speaker 1: few weeks and with them also developing and wanting to
Speaker 1: develop this new identity and rafting Rashott Bateman, who will
Speaker 1: make his debut their first round, picked the receiver at
Speaker 1: the Minnesota this week, and with them bringing in a
Speaker 1: Sammy Watkins who probably won't play, but and then the
Speaker 1: receivers they've drafted in recent years, with them feeling like
Speaker 1: they had a sending talent on that side of the ball,
Speaker 1: they did spend the whole offseason about reinventing the passing game,
Speaker 1: figuring the run stuff still there. Well, now the run
Speaker 1: stuff's not there, and they need Lamar to throw forty
Speaker 1: times either a game, so they don't want them running
Speaker 1: fifteen to eighteen. And it's it's also not just the
Speaker 1: running back guys. It's a completely different offensive line. I mean,
Speaker 1: when Lamar's winning an MVP in twenty nineteen, you got
Speaker 1: an All Pro left tackle on all Pro right tack
Speaker 1: on Ronnie Stanley and Orlando Brown. They're not Orlando's in
Speaker 1: Kansas City, and Ronnie Stanley's probably not playing again this season,
Speaker 1: so they don't have that. It's a it's a makeshift
Speaker 1: offensive line. They don't they don't. They're not getting the
Speaker 1: same kind of power out of that unit that they
Speaker 1: have in the past. So there's a lot of factors
Speaker 1: that have sort of worked towards this point where you know,
Speaker 1: they're now throwing on first down as much as anybody
Speaker 1: in the league the last three weeks. That is first
Speaker 1: that's I mean, if you will talk about the difference,
Speaker 1: they're no longer in the top five in a percentage
Speaker 1: of your offensive plays that are rushing plays, and they're
Speaker 1: now throwing the first down more than anybody in the
Speaker 1: league the last three weeks. That ain't who they were, Yeah,
Speaker 1: in terms of who they are defensively, you alluded to
Speaker 1: it a little bit there, Jason. When you go through
Speaker 1: the tackle numbers, you know you got Patrick Queen at
Speaker 1: the top of them. After that, it's corner, safety, safety, corner.
Speaker 1: You look at sack numbers, You've got corners, you got safeties.
Speaker 1: You kind of walk us through what's what's going on
Speaker 1: defensively with this bunch and if there's an issue or
Speaker 1: if that's just look, they've always been a blitz, you know,
Speaker 1: heavy package. So you do see a lot of those
Speaker 1: tackles and a lot of those numbers from defensive backs. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I mean some of it is Wink Martinel, the decordinator
Speaker 1: in the scheme being the star. But look, I mean
Speaker 1: Pat Queen is struggling and rich. He's among the league leaders.
Speaker 1: I think the only I think Daniel Sorenson in the
Speaker 1: Chiefs the only player in the league who has more misstackles.
Speaker 1: He's being lit up in coverage Malie Harrison, and they
Speaker 1: took in the third round in the same year they
Speaker 1: took Queen in the first round. His playing times being cut,
Speaker 1: I don't think you see much of him in this game.
Speaker 1: As much as the Chargers want to throw the ball,
Speaker 1: they cannot cover screens and running backs in the screen
Speaker 1: game whatsoever. I can't imagine that mister Eckler isn't in
Speaker 1: line for double digit targets until they show they can
Speaker 1: stop it. Klai's Campbell's been their best performer in the
Speaker 1: front seven by far. He's thirty six years old. He's
Speaker 1: playing way more snaps than anybody thought he would because
Speaker 1: the cast around him, like justin Madam Bike, hasn't really
Speaker 1: stepped up and given them what they want. Derek Wolf's
Speaker 1: been hurt all year. They went from a team like
Speaker 1: if you would have talked to me in August, I
Speaker 1: said they got way more running backs than they need
Speaker 1: they're incredibly deep at the D line, and now they
Speaker 1: have no running backs and they're not very deep on
Speaker 1: the D line. They have quality defensive back, but you're right,
Speaker 1: a lot of times to get pressure, Wink has to
Speaker 1: activate those guys on the blitz and obviously if they're
Speaker 1: coming at the line of scrimmage, they're not doing a
Speaker 1: whole lot in terms of past past coverage. So dalfe
Speaker 1: Oway has been a consistent contributor off the head. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I mean, he is the freakish talent, a unique kid
Speaker 1: can set the edge is showing up and making some
Speaker 1: splash plays. He's got a knack for turnovers. But outside
Speaker 1: of that, the linebackers not really not really producing a
Speaker 1: whole lot. So yeah, I think they're in a little
Speaker 1: bit of trouble defensively and there's only so much scheming
Speaker 1: you can do. They could really use Matt Judon right now,
Speaker 1: but he's in New England. Jason, I'll ask you to
Speaker 1: put your your insider had on for a second with
Speaker 1: respect to the Chargers of Brandon Staley and just the
Speaker 1: first five games of this season. And you know, it
Speaker 1: seems to me, you know, money and I've seen Brandon
Speaker 1: sailing as pressors from the beginning and Jane Weary and
Speaker 1: we're impressed. He had a ninety five minute introductory press conference.
Speaker 1: But he's impressed a lot of people I think around
Speaker 1: the league. Oh yeah, No, incredibly well thought out, incredibly maketure, cerebral.
Speaker 1: I think he's one of these. I think football is
Speaker 1: moving a little bit like baseball in terms of some
Speaker 1: of the expectations of managers and the ability to meld
Speaker 1: the new school in the old school and to you know,
Speaker 1: have that scout's mentality and have that old school evaluate
Speaker 1: or mentality and know how to relate to those guys,
Speaker 1: but also be able to speak the language of the
Speaker 1: kids from MT and Stanford or whatever who are increasingly
Speaker 1: becoming a part of these front offices, and infusing it
Speaker 1: with numerical based ideas and what modern analytics would say
Speaker 1: about preparing your team in this situation in that situation,
Speaker 1: and trends and tendencies and game management. I mean, and
Speaker 1: then what what he can do schematically. And I'm super impressed.
Speaker 1: I think he's a rock star in the making. I
Speaker 1: wouldn't be surprised if he kind of becomes the defensive
Speaker 1: version of a Sean McVeigh like, that really wouldn't shock me.
Speaker 1: Last thing for me, Jason, we were talking about it
Speaker 1: before we started the pod, you know, and look, I
Speaker 1: don't mean it to be an insult to the Chargers,
Speaker 1: but you looked at the early season schedule and it
Speaker 1: was like, Man, if you can get to the buy
Speaker 1: at three and three, you're feeling pretty good about the
Speaker 1: way the back end lines up. It was a gnarly
Speaker 1: start for the Chargers. So to be at four and
Speaker 1: one have a chance at five and one, my goodness,
Speaker 1: considering what's ahead of them. For the Ravens, expectations are
Speaker 1: a little bit different, but just kind of where where
Speaker 1: do you feel like expectations are? You mentioned the offensive line.
Speaker 1: There's a lot of moving parts on this team that
Speaker 1: that have changed his four and one a surprise? Is
Speaker 1: it a disappointment because of the way they lost that one?
Speaker 1: Like where are the NFL? Last one? For me? Like,
Speaker 1: where are the Ravens at? Well? I think if you
Speaker 1: look at their schedule too, I mean they've only played
Speaker 1: two home games. They faced the Raiders team that at
Speaker 1: least early in the season the offense was humming. I mean,
Speaker 1: I think the Raiders are in a world to hurt
Speaker 1: right now for reasons football and otherwise. The Chiefs were
Speaker 1: their buggaboo. They couldn't get by the Chiefs. They managed
Speaker 1: to do that at home. And look, Denver Detroit weren't pretty,
Speaker 1: were it's sexy, but they did enough to win and
Speaker 1: sort of likewise with the Cults. So do people think
Speaker 1: they're playing with house money a little bit? Yeah? Do
Speaker 1: they think that as they continue to face the elite
Speaker 1: quarterbacks in this league or even just some of the
Speaker 1: elite offenses. They haven't played Cleveland yet, they obviously have
Speaker 1: you guys coming in this week. Will they get exposed
Speaker 1: a little bit defensively? Absolutely, there's concern about that. And
Speaker 1: I think a lot of people here also haven't gotten
Speaker 1: their heads around the fact that, like everything you thought
Speaker 1: you knew about Lamar Jackson John Harball football is out
Speaker 1: the window from an offensive standpoint. So I think some
Speaker 1: people are having trouble like believing that this is real.
Speaker 1: But what this kid number eight is doing is pretty real.
Speaker 1: And between him and Justin Tucker, you've got a chance
Speaker 1: to do something crazy to win a game if you
Speaker 1: just hang around them, and I think the defense I'll
Speaker 1: be interested to see the defensive calibration because does wait
Speaker 1: back off a little bit? Do they become a little
Speaker 1: bit more of a coverage team just to kind of
Speaker 1: force you're given too many big plays, force you to
Speaker 1: earn in a little bit more to kind of just
Speaker 1: just give Lamar a fighting chance, give Tucker a fighting chance,
Speaker 1: and maybe they do something crazy at the end of
Speaker 1: the game to make us win. I don't know that
Speaker 1: the defense is where it needs to be for them
Speaker 1: to go into January and win three games and get
Speaker 1: to a super Bowl. But for who they've been in
Speaker 1: recent years, which is a team that gets in the
Speaker 1: dance and you look at them and say they've got
Speaker 1: as good a shot as anybody, I think that's still
Speaker 1: who they are in a different way. I think they'll
Speaker 1: get to where they got the last few years differently,
Speaker 1: do they take it a step or two further? I
Speaker 1: think that depends on what games they can and can't
Speaker 1: make on defense. Jason, really quickly, what do you think
Speaker 1: it's going to decide? This one made? What a game
Speaker 1: on CBS two. By the way, right, two teams maybe
Speaker 1: the two best quarterbacks in football right now. It's pretty amazing.
Speaker 1: I really feel like it's a cliche, but whoever has
Speaker 1: the ball last is probably gonna win this thing. I
Speaker 1: just I really feel like that's the way it's setting up.
Speaker 1: Both these quarterbacks have no fear, but nothing's too big
Speaker 1: for them. They don't really get rattled. They both have
Speaker 1: playmakers they can trust, and I think both these defenses
Speaker 1: are gonna have issues keeping pace, And I really do
Speaker 1: kind of feel like one of these kids is going
Speaker 1: to have the ball in his hands in less than
Speaker 1: a minute and maybe a time out, maybe no timeouts,
Speaker 1: and they're gonna go down there and do what they
Speaker 1: have to do to win the game. Jason lacafora really
Speaker 1: appreciate the time, man. I love I love the fact
Speaker 1: that you can kind of hit us both angles here,
Speaker 1: the local angle and the national angle. We got a
Speaker 1: treat on Sunday, doubled up. Yeah. No, thanks for having me,
Speaker 1: gentlemen enjoin the game. Appreciate it. Thanks Jay, Thanks guys.
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Speaker 1: money was bring him on, Adam Arceletta. He's gonna be
Speaker 1: in the booth with Greg Gumbel aj Ross on the sidelines.
Speaker 1: And Adam, when you saw you were assigned to this one,
Speaker 1: what was your first reaction? Two four and one teams,
Speaker 1: two of the best quarterbacks in football. Yeah. So when
Speaker 1: I we find out this time of year, we find
Speaker 1: out about two weeks before the game. And when I
Speaker 1: saw this one, we were just coming off the Baltimore
Speaker 1: Detroit game, and I thought, oh, this could be actually
Speaker 1: a pretty good one. This would be a great matchup.
Speaker 1: And I didn't realize that in the next two weeks,
Speaker 1: both of these teams would be so hot. And so
Speaker 1: when I when I actually looked at the TV lineup,
Speaker 1: I said, Holy, how did we possibly get this game?
Speaker 1: Because I think it's it's one of the top games
Speaker 1: of the weekend and so but look, I've done a
Speaker 1: lot of bad football games, and so I think it's
Speaker 1: nice to thee. Yeah, I feel like I've earned it,
Speaker 1: and I'm excited for it, and you know, it'll be
Speaker 1: a out of fun. As someone that knows, you know,
Speaker 1: what Darwin should be doing out there, or what safeties
Speaker 1: and linebackers should be doing out there, what can you
Speaker 1: share with the people listening and watching um about Derwin?
Speaker 1: About what he does that that separates him from so
Speaker 1: many to play the position. Well, Number one, the thing
Speaker 1: that stands out is just his physical the tools that
Speaker 1: that he has, his natural gifts, just his size, his length,
Speaker 1: his speed, and really not just that, but just the
Speaker 1: way he moves. Um. He has superior football instincts and
Speaker 1: so he thrives in almost any part of the field.
Speaker 1: I you know, obviously, I think he's really really excels
Speaker 1: and super impactful, you know, close to the line of
Speaker 1: scrimmage and blitzing and that kind of stuff. But for
Speaker 1: a guy that's that big and matched up with wide
Speaker 1: receivers in the slot, you just don't see that very often.
Speaker 1: And when I when I watched him on tape, for
Speaker 1: some reason, I keep wanting to compare him to show
Speaker 1: On Taylor in a way because I played with Sean
Speaker 1: and Sean was a guy that just had that size
Speaker 1: and the length and the toughness it can move and
Speaker 1: just do all that stuff. And they're they're similar in
Speaker 1: a lot of ways. I mean, they're different, but that's
Speaker 1: kind of I just keep seeing that same player just
Speaker 1: in the way he moves out there, I think is
Speaker 1: really impressive and really stands out Adam when it comes
Speaker 1: to um you know, facing quarterbacks and we have a
Speaker 1: special This might be the number one and number two
Speaker 1: favorite for the MVP as it stands right now through
Speaker 1: through five weeks. They're both considerably different than each other,
Speaker 1: and obviously anybody that plays against Lamar is going to
Speaker 1: be considerably different than Lamar. But from your from your perspective,
Speaker 1: if you're on the field, is one tougher to defend
Speaker 1: than the other. You know, a guy that can make
Speaker 1: seemingly every throw no matter what's happening or how he's
Speaker 1: covered versus just the you know how dynamic Lamar Jackson is.
Speaker 1: So that's a good question. And somebody asked me this.
Speaker 1: I played against Bick a lot, and so I have
Speaker 1: experience with that style of quarterback. It's a totally a
Speaker 1: different era of football. I personally, I would rather play
Speaker 1: against the peer thrower than I would the guy that
Speaker 1: can run and do the open field stuff that Lamar does.
Speaker 1: And simply because at least when you're facing Herbert or
Speaker 1: another high end throwing quarterback, most of the concepts are
Speaker 1: the same. In your coverages are the same, in your
Speaker 1: keys and your reds are the same. That you have
Speaker 1: to kind of decipher what they're specifically doing, but you're
Speaker 1: you're still you know, your your body of knowledge and
Speaker 1: your instincts are still there. When you play a guy
Speaker 1: like Jackson because of what they do in the running
Speaker 1: game and how they use them and how they formation
Speaker 1: it and just all the misdirection, it really throws you
Speaker 1: off because now you're so concerned because it's one on
Speaker 1: one football, and it takes you out of your natural element.
Speaker 1: And so that's why you see the Ravens get their
Speaker 1: tight ends and their receivers, they get them open so
Speaker 1: much because you're thinking, you always have, oh, what's my
Speaker 1: responsibility a few runs? What do I have to do
Speaker 1: if they do this? And it just takes you out
Speaker 1: of your game, and then instead of being aggressive and
Speaker 1: confident in reading your keys, what ends up happening a
Speaker 1: lot of time you become reactive. And if you become reactive,
Speaker 1: then you really don't have a chance. So I would
Speaker 1: you know, any great quarterback is tough to play against,
Speaker 1: but I certainly would would rather go against the peer thrower.
Speaker 1: And what's impressed you when you study the Chargers. They're
Speaker 1: four and one. They've won in different ways, right, They
Speaker 1: kind of gutted out against Washington, they have to kind
Speaker 1: of go to toe for toe to get four turnovers.
Speaker 1: Against the Chiefs, they're they're up early on the Raiders,
Speaker 1: the defense was lights out. And then we saw with
Speaker 1: Brandon Sailing called to track me last Sunday, to win
Speaker 1: in different ways, especially early in the season with a
Speaker 1: new coach, new offensive schemes. How impressive is that? Well,
Speaker 1: I think it's it's really impressive. Every team in the
Speaker 1: beginning part of the season is trying to find themselves.
Speaker 1: Even the Ravens, you know, they they you know, they
Speaker 1: have been what they have been, but they've had to
Speaker 1: adapt in the jus because of their injuries, and they're
Speaker 1: not the same team as they were in the beginning
Speaker 1: of the season. So I think for the Chargers, they're
Speaker 1: kind of going through the same thing. You know, who
Speaker 1: are we what do we have here? You know, what
Speaker 1: are we good at? And I think we've seen that
Speaker 1: that that evolution in that progression. I think they're playing
Speaker 1: with a lot of confidence. What I see about the
Speaker 1: Chargers offense is, you know, number one, Herbert is supremely talented.
Speaker 1: We know that he's just a great decision maker, and
Speaker 1: so he knows where to go with the ball. He's
Speaker 1: never frazzled, he knows when to throw it away, he
Speaker 1: knows when to rush, he knows when I see this coverage,
Speaker 1: I'm going to this receiver. He's just a really good
Speaker 1: decision maker. The other thing I see is in their offense,
Speaker 1: they have three players that are that can be devastating
Speaker 1: one on one and a tough matchup. You've got Alan
Speaker 1: who is really tough to cover for his reasons and
Speaker 1: know his releases, his route running, his ability to separate
Speaker 1: get open as good as there is. And then now
Speaker 1: Mike Williams, who is a beast in a one on
Speaker 1: one matchup for his own reasons, you know, his physicality
Speaker 1: off the line, his ability to play the ball in
Speaker 1: the air and get that separation deep and win those
Speaker 1: contested catches. So you've got those two elements, and then
Speaker 1: you've got Eckler who again, now you've got that matchup
Speaker 1: in the passing game. So you know you saw it
Speaker 1: last week, Hap and I think it was on one
Speaker 1: of the third downs they went to double keenan Allen
Speaker 1: and then maybe it wasn't a third down, Yeah, it
Speaker 1: was a third down. They went to double Allen and
Speaker 1: then they were able to hit Williams on the post
Speaker 1: behind right. So they have guys that you have to
Speaker 1: figure out how do we want to play them, and
Speaker 1: then you have a quarterback who could spot it and
Speaker 1: then go to the appropriate matchup. And when that's all
Speaker 1: working together, it's really hard to stop. Last thing for me, Adam,
Speaker 1: and we appreciate the time. Looking forward to seeing you
Speaker 1: out there in Baltimore. The fourth downs are interesting because
Speaker 1: it's not just confidence for your side of the ball
Speaker 1: in your offense. But if you could share with us,
Speaker 1: what does that do to a defense when you think
Speaker 1: you've made a stop and you're walking off the field
Speaker 1: on fourth and two and the charges are at their
Speaker 1: own twenty four and then all of a sudden you
Speaker 1: got to reset and get back out there and try
Speaker 1: to make a play. Well, I think it starts with
Speaker 1: changing your mindset. You know, certainly when I played, the
Speaker 1: fourth downs weren't as prevalent, and all the analytics stuff
Speaker 1: weren't as prevalent as it is today. And so I
Speaker 1: think defensive players now understand that this is part of it, right,
Speaker 1: and so we're just going to have to play more,
Speaker 1: you know, there's more four downs to play, and so
Speaker 1: I don't think it's as shocking as it was maybe
Speaker 1: ten years ago. When you look at the Chargers. The
Speaker 1: reason why they go for it is the reasons why
Speaker 1: I mentioned in my previous answer is because you have
Speaker 1: a great decision maker and you've got three players that
Speaker 1: can win eighty percent of their one on one matchups,
Speaker 1: and so you should or you can have the advantage
Speaker 1: for going for it on fourth down. Now, I still
Speaker 1: can't believe they did it last week on the what
Speaker 1: the twenty four I mean back to me at that
Speaker 1: moment again, I don't remember they I think they were
Speaker 1: down thirteen or fourteen points or down fourteen, which to me,
Speaker 1: I mean that is that's a gutsy one. I mean,
Speaker 1: I just I can't wait to talk to coach about
Speaker 1: that one. I'm sure you guys have um, but look,
Speaker 1: it's just part of the game. And you know that
Speaker 1: as a defensive player, the rules everything favors the offense.
Speaker 1: You're gonna have to play more plays, You're gonna have
Speaker 1: to make more stops. And when you play a team
Speaker 1: like the Chargers, everything's on the table. Adam. Something tells
Speaker 1: me you may be seeing a fourth down conversion attempt
Speaker 1: or two on Sunday towards six in Baltimore. Well, we're
Speaker 1: so excited about the game, man, We're thrilled that you're
Speaker 1: on the call, and we look forward to seeing you Baltimore. Man.
Speaker 1: Thank you for your time. Well, I look forward to
Speaker 1: it too. I hope this one shapes up the way
Speaker 1: that we think it will. So um, I guess I'll
Speaker 1: see you guys on Sunday. I appreciate it. I'm thank
Speaker 1: you all right, buddy. Good to hear from Jason, Good
Speaker 1: to hear from Adam. I will leave it with you
Speaker 1: your your keys of the game for Sunday. Well, you know,
Speaker 1: I don't know if I agree with Jason that it's
Speaker 1: going to be the last man standing, you know, who
Speaker 1: ends up with the ball last. You know. Again, I'm
Speaker 1: gonna put on those powder blue shaded glasses and I
Speaker 1: just I really feel like this offense is going to
Speaker 1: be able to get after that defense that you know. Look,
Speaker 1: Joey's got experience with with Lamar Jackson. A lot of
Speaker 1: guys on this team have some experience with Lamar Jackson,
Speaker 1: Derwin James, they both you know. Look, remember Chenna no
Speaker 1: Wossu was one of the best players in that game
Speaker 1: in twenty eighteen. Yes, it's a much different offense. He
Speaker 1: ended it, Yeah, Chenna ended it. So I feel like
Speaker 1: they know the challenges that Lamar presents and they had
Speaker 1: a gust designed a brilliant game plan to slow him down.
Speaker 1: You know, with those seven defensive backs to heck with
Speaker 1: dime uh, they were going seven defensive backs. Now with
Speaker 1: the Injurier Drew Tranquil, I don't know if we're gonna
Speaker 1: see something similar from Staley. But um, I just I
Speaker 1: really feel like this Charger's offense is going to have
Speaker 1: themselves a day. So key is you know, come up
Speaker 1: with a couple big stops like we saw the Colts
Speaker 1: come up with against the Ravens, cash those things in
Speaker 1: for touchdowns and force them. I don't know, man, maybe
Speaker 1: I'm just a jerk. I just I can't buy it yet, man,
Speaker 1: I cannot as good as he's been, as great as
Speaker 1: he's been. I just I want to see it with
Speaker 1: my own two I'm gonna you know what I'm gonna
Speaker 1: Patrick Mahomes this, I'll I'll see it when I believe.
Speaker 1: When I believe it, there you go. I want to
Speaker 1: make sure I got it right when Patrick got it wrong.
Speaker 1: I'll see it when I believe it, And I don't
Speaker 1: believe it yet, So maybe I won't see it in
Speaker 1: Baltimore that Lamar is going to be throwing that thing
Speaker 1: all over the yard outside the numbers and gashing defenses
Speaker 1: for four hundred yards passing. One of the things that
Speaker 1: struck me that Jason said, though, is um Austin Eckler
Speaker 1: could see double digit un hargets. I think it's day.
Speaker 1: I totally think it's an Austin Eckler game, and I
Speaker 1: think maybe it's no coincidence that DJ also spotlighted uh
Speaker 1: the spotlight uh Austin Eckler on Film Room this week. Yeah,
Speaker 1: he's been on a tear four straight games with over
Speaker 1: one hundred total yards. We know Keenan and Mike can
Speaker 1: get involved at a moment's notice, but if Austin has
Speaker 1: the day that we think he could have, that may
Speaker 1: be the deciding factor, no question, Yeah, no question. I
Speaker 1: hate saying I feel good, but I do feel good
Speaker 1: about this one, and I hate saying that. I really
Speaker 1: do not usually go in with it. You know what.
Speaker 1: I'm sick of the I'm sick of that. You know what,
Speaker 1: if they're three and three, if they're four two, get greedy, right,
Speaker 1: get to five and one, get to five and one
Speaker 1: with wins against the Chiefs, the Raiders, the Browns and
Speaker 1: the Ravens. I mean, that would be that would be
Speaker 1: incredible going into the buye coming out with New England
Speaker 1: and Home. You know at han Halloween, like it's gonna
Speaker 1: be Chris is gonna have his face painted on the sideline.
Speaker 1: It's gonna be amazing. It's gonna be Yeah, it's come.
Speaker 1: Just for that, Thank you, just for that. I'm for
Speaker 1: Chris's costume on Halloween. I can't wait for Sunday. Man,
Speaker 1: all right, that's gonna do it for us. A big
Speaker 1: thanks to Jason Locka for Adam Archilanta for joining us.
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Speaker 1: Have a great weekend, enjoy Sunday for Matt Muddy Smith.
Speaker 1: I'm Chris Harry