September 19, 2023 • 36 mins
Will Selva and MJ Acosta-Ruiz are back for another episode of El Huddle! In this exciting second week of the NFL season, the dynamic duo dives into all things football, culture, and heritage. Tune in as they reveal their 'Platano Power' picks, and don't miss Will Selva's surprising choice for his 'Perro Macho' this week, as he makes a case for Daniel Jones. As September marks the beginning of National Latino Heritage Month, Will and MJ celebrate the rich tapestry of Latinx culture and its intersectionality with the world of sports.
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Speaker 1 (00:05):
And Huddle is a production of the NFL in partnership
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Speaker 2 (00:17):
Oh What's good, everybody? This is the l Huddle podcast
where we celebrate the Latino culture and the NFL and
beyond what makes it so special. I'm will Salva alongside
my Ermana, alongside my Prima, alongside my Prima Ermana mj Acasta.
Speaker 1 (00:44):
I think that's the longest running our role to date.
I love it. I love and special appearance by Gunny.
Speaker 2 (00:51):
Gunny your dog you've had for how long?
Speaker 1 (00:55):
Now? Two weeks now, two weeks? World has changed.
Speaker 2 (01:00):
I'm so sleepy. I bet, I bet, but worth it.
He is cute.
Speaker 1 (01:07):
God, I'm sess. It's insane, it's insane. He's great. So
but if I don't keep him right here, he's going
to be somewhere. So well keep him, keep a close sign.
Training is not for the faint of heart. Okay, but
look at this page.
Speaker 2 (01:22):
Look at this so cute. He's a little mascot, he
is a little mass.
Speaker 1 (01:28):
He watched all the games with me yesterday.
Speaker 2 (01:30):
I love it.
Speaker 1 (01:31):
He was in it very much. He had no choice
because it was seven hours of red zone and then
you know the big Sunday night game with the fence.
Speaker 2 (01:38):
Yeah, yeah, he did girl all the while. I hope
that he was watching the forty nine Ers Rams game
because I had a chance to actually go by and
watch it in person.
Speaker 1 (01:48):
I love that we tuned in for I'll switch back
and forth. I have a couple of screens going. You
know how this goes for us well on Sundays, So
I switched my smaller screen to red zone and then
just had the Niners Rams game on for a good
while until it was very clear. Yeah, it's very clear
that the Niners were going to take away with it.
But I'm so happy you went. Did you take your son?
Speaker 2 (02:07):
I did, Yes, I had a blast. It was our
first time together there watching a football game at Sofi Stadium,
and I have to say, really loud, great atmosphere. Obviously
a lot of red there, which I'm sure Rams fans
don't want to hear, but that indeed was the case.
I love what the Rams do there to get the
(02:29):
crowd hyped up, and they have Los Mariachi's there. Yeah yeah,
you know, and yeah, and I love that they really
lean into that and it just made for a really
fun game day atmosphere and in terms of the actual game,
(02:50):
I mean, tied at seventeen at halftime, and the Rams
clearly are a lot better than we all thought they'd hunt.
Speaker 1 (02:59):
I think people thought this was going to be a
runaway game for the forty nine ers and the Rams were,
but that's what you especially from a divisional rivalry game.
It was great. It was I mean not great for
the Rams and their output on their end result, but
great for US fans and just watching them go out
it back and forth for.
Speaker 2 (03:17):
Sure, absolutely, and you see Puka Nakua to to at
well all out. They really had themselves a day and
if and when Cooper Cup comes back and he's healthy,
that's a pretty nice trio of wide receivers that they
have there. And the way that they were running that offense,
especially in the first half against the forty nine ers
(03:40):
and Matthew Stafford making some no look crossbody passes, they
were impressive. They're not a fluke team at this point.
He went up to Seattle, they beat the Seahawks, and
they gave the forty nine ers everything.
Speaker 1 (03:54):
That they had, no question, and Stafford, to his credit,
slinging it out there, not perfectly every time, but like
the key, I think just the velocity with which the
ball comes out of his hand is something that we
don't talk about enough or don't give him enough credit for.
This is a Super Bowl winning quarterback, right. I don't
think you can discount this team. Shanahan for sure, never
(04:18):
discounts Sean McVay no and his schematics. You can't write,
it's impossible. But I'm so glad that you guys. Okay,
So what was your son's favorite part?
Speaker 2 (04:28):
His favorite part was being on the jumbo tron in
the background of an interview. Yeah. So he's wearing his
number eighty jersey and he is totally like mugging towards
the camera and dancing in the background, and you see
him in the far left hand corner him doing his thing,
(04:51):
and it's so funny. He's like, Dad, look, look, look,
I'm on the jumbo tron. It just was so funny
to see it. It's like he's now been on the
JumboTron to two sporting events. The first time he was
on the jumbo tron was at the Chase Center in
San Francisco when the Warriors were playing and his first
time going to that game. So here he is now twice.
(05:13):
So he Uh, he had a lot of fun and
just the seats that we had in the vantage point
that we were able to see the action was was fantastic.
And I think he just loved the whole atmosphere in general.
And you see those stars balling out, guys like Debo,
you know, and and Kittle kind of thanks him and yeah, okay, yeah,
(05:37):
oh boy, and Christian McCaffrey just so fast as soon
as he gets the ball takes off, and uh, you
see why that's just a dangerous team with the offense.
Speaker 1 (05:48):
Which we knew. We knew coming into it that this
team was stacked. And I continue to praise the development
of Brandon Ayuk, who your son named his fantasy team
after it right ball skittles.
Speaker 2 (06:06):
Yeah, he was a little bit buff. You wanted to
see Ayuk cook Moore, but he was dealing with the
shoulder injury. And I'm sure if you are a forty
nine Ers fan and you are listening to our podcast,
we get it. It's like the Rams lost. The forty
nine Ers had had a great effort, specially in that
second half, and they really tightened up on the defensive side,
really getting to Matthew Stafford when they had to when
(06:29):
it counted so very disrupting, and even both vowed that
he is not going to have another sackless game. And
he was neutralized. So the forty nine ers now have
to turn around quickly and host the Giants football crazy, yes,
(06:51):
but before we get to that part of it, you
know what we need here besides Gunny the mascot, We
need that special sauce that selfsa that that herve that
bigger that for that power.
Speaker 1 (07:09):
It should come as no surprise that my platental power
is coming from the Sunday night game. Dolphins are Patriots.
They have eachook for a minute there towards the end.
I'm not gonna light you, but we came through. And
it is unbelievably evident that Rahim Mostert came out there
with a couple extra scoops of mangoo that is mashed
(07:30):
plant aims to keep it very simple, have a little
extrap in them. I mean, just listen to this.
Speaker 2 (07:35):
Callyami angled wife up say.
Speaker 1 (07:52):
I remember vividly, right before the snap, I'm like, we
need a touchdown here, guys, we need to touchdown here.
I scared the crap out of poor little Gunny because
I jumped out of my couch. I'm like, let's go
just a in the house. So he got his first
taste of crazy mommydom for sure, because the week.
Speaker 2 (08:10):
Before I was at barking at you the whole time.
Speaker 1 (08:12):
Well, he can't work yet because he's too little. True, Okay,
he doesn't have his bark, So he just kind of
like went for a bit and like scampered away like okay,
crazy lady. But yeah, I mean, unbelievable performance. So glad
that he also got in on the post game, you know,
Star of the Game interview with our girl Melissa Stark.
Him and Tua there. We've been begging us Dolphins fans
(08:35):
for since last season. Please run the ball, Please run
the ball, please run the ball more. And we really
really saw that this game. And I mean the proof
is in the putting. So very excited for that. Tons
of platinus for sure. And they go back to Miami's
looking at platinum wherever they want a little.
Speaker 2 (08:50):
Yeah, and Tua now five and oh against the Patriots
and let's see it. To a man, being the tour
man that he is, had said, Hey, it's not me
five and oh, it's the team that's five and oh
and listen. He he's out there playing at a high level,
and we just hate to keep reiterating it because it
(09:11):
feels almost cliche. If Tua is healthy. If Tua is healthy,
the man has the skills to be a top line
quarterback in this league. This offense just is on a
different level, a different plane when he's under center. And
even though Tyreek was a lot of the time bottled
(09:33):
up against that Patriots defense, still he finds a way
to distribute that ball to different guys and having that
running game is huge for them, and they're now two
and zero.
Speaker 1 (09:44):
So I love that you mentioned that, especially the secondary
just shutting down Tyreek, which is why they have to
rely on Raheem in the run game. Because I had
a moment of like, oh wait a minute, I'm rooting
for the wrong team here because our boy Christian Gonzales
with an unbelievable interception and you know, he's like basically
our money.
Speaker 2 (10:05):
Yeah, glad we had his like it's.
Speaker 1 (10:09):
A family affair. We've been rooting for him since he
came into the draft, so I love to see him shine.
It kind of sucks that he's got to go up
against my always always root for you Christian. The fact
that he came out here week two of the season
is already showing what he can do. He just put
the entire league on notice, don't come by me because
I'm not only am I going to get in the interception,
(10:30):
I'm going to take away your biggest weapons. So good
for you, Christian.
Speaker 2 (10:33):
Yeah, Christian. Christian someday might be part of that elite
special group. You know what that elite special group is,
MJ I do, but extra emphasis there one day, Christian,
You're almost there. But for me, I've got I've got
(10:57):
some candidates here that I think are definitely worthy, and
one of them is Daniel Jones, quarterback of the New
York Football Giants. Now the Giants were down. I know,
wait a second, though, Giants down baint the Assato right
twenty to nothering at halftime. There was no rhythm there.
(11:18):
The offensive line wasn't doing him any favors. And then
second half they made the adjustments. He was running the
ball and when he has time he can do some damage.
Do I think that he's now going to be in
that top tier quarterback? No, absolutely not. But it also
helped that Saquon Barkley was there to pick up some
(11:41):
of that slack, and Saquon will keep an eye on
his ankle injury because it looked bad. You know, we
don't know how bad it is, but that's certainly an
injury worth monitoring and will monitor it closely. It's just
there's something about that offense. When Saquon gets going and
Daniel Jones is running and he's able to get time,
(12:05):
they look different than they did in the first half
of that game and in that Week one loss where
they got just blown out by the Cowboys.
Speaker 1 (12:15):
What I'm trying to figure out is is this comeback
performance the exception or the rule for Daniel Jones.
Speaker 2 (12:22):
Great question. I don't know. I don't believe.
Speaker 1 (12:25):
I just don't I want to. As you know, I
am married to a massive Giants fan who flew out
to Arizona to watch this game in.
Speaker 2 (12:34):
US that's dedication.
Speaker 1 (12:36):
Yes, So thank you Daniel Jones and the team for
the win, because it would have been a very long
long fly back from Phoenix, even though it's hot. But
you get what I'm saying, well without that dub, so
credit where credit is due. But man, like, how do
you explain the other you know, what was it? Six?
Quarters of football with points. That's unacceptable.
Speaker 2 (12:58):
It is unacceptable. And then they have to go up
against the juggernaut in the forty nine ers, who who
as we know, they are going to be coming at you.
And the other thing that's troubling if you are a
Giants fan, namely your husband. They have not recorded a
sack or a takeaway and that's a little concerning as well.
(13:20):
And maybe it will be in due time. You know,
really has been non existent. So maybe maybe he breaked
out in some way Thursday night against the forty nine ers,
because if you look at the slate of games coming
up for the Giants, they easily easily could have started.
Speaker 1 (13:38):
Off oh and six should have could have?
Speaker 2 (13:42):
Yeah, I mean looking if you look at the snouts.
Speaker 1 (13:44):
Head one on one, but yes, I agree.
Speaker 2 (13:47):
Yeah, yeah, So so Daniel Jones, he's betro Macho. Number one.
Number two, because we have a little bit of time,
is actually Dak Prescott. Okay, and yeah, Dak thirteen straight
completions to start that game. Again, he looked composed, poised,
he looked comfortable in that offense. Wasn't asked to do
(14:10):
too much. And I have to say, so far this
Mike McCarthy play calling thing that we going in Big
d It is working so far, so good. They've looked
so impressive about scoring opponents something like seventy to ten
and Edjay, consider this, they did it against the Jets defense.
(14:31):
This Jets defense was nothing to play with, right, right,
So this is this is why I put Dack there.
I easily could have put anybody on the defensive side
for the Cowboys. You know Micah Parsons as well. I mean,
that guy's just a beast coming off the edge.
Speaker 1 (14:47):
He was thirty one of thirty eight against him. Yeah,
two hundred and fifty five yards and two times. I
love it. I love to see it because there's always
that there's always that question. And this is why I
got so upset and so frustrated in the league, because
some quarterbacks who seemingly don't do as much get these contracts,
and it took Tack so long to get paid, regardless
(15:10):
of the fact that we know that he has the
capacity for sure.
Speaker 2 (15:13):
Yeah, and McCarthy being the play caller not Kellen Moore
clearly is making a difference at least so far. Okay, now,
my third Erromacho, you.
Speaker 1 (15:26):
Are feeling generous today, I am.
Speaker 2 (15:28):
I am feeling good, prima romana. So my third one.
And I didn't think about this until just now that
I'm going all NFC East here, I am going with
the QB one for your Washington commander. SI. Yes, we
head coach Ron Rivera on this podcast, if use have
(15:51):
been his praise on Sam Howell, what he saw in
him from the very beginning, and obviously there were doubts
heading into this season what he could do, but he
was extending plays, he was throwing darts out there, He's
finding Terry McLaurin, and you could tell, like toward the
(16:12):
end of the first half things started to change from
a little bit and this was going to be part
of the Sam Howe experience. You were gonna have your ups,
you were gonna have your downs. But he has shown
that he's got the confidence and the ability to stand
in that pocket, go through his reads and complete the ball.
(16:32):
And with Coach Rivera being a friend of the pod,
he's got to be my bet. Romacho, Sam Howe, I
love that, you.
Speaker 1 (16:39):
Know what, and it's and it's a tea that we
don't really talk about enough in general right outside of
just talking to Ron, but like what they've done the
last couple of weeks, I think has been under the radar,
and I get it, we're just two weeks in. But
I love that you picked some how because yes, coach
said it right here on the Alhada podcast. So boom,
yeah concept done.
Speaker 2 (17:00):
There you go. Okayamana, we are cooking. We are now
we are put on the l Huddle podcast, and I
know that we are going to hear your lovely voice
for a special piece. It means a lot to you,
to me and to the forty nine ers. We're gonna
(17:21):
play that for you as well as buddhas macanas and
a funny let's just say interaction with a referee. That's
all coming up on the alhead A podcast. Anita side.
Speaker 1 (17:45):
By, we hate that as we do not have to
preach or remind you guys, we are in it. We
are in Latino Heritage Month. Happy Latino Heritage Months to
all of you guys who are just jumping in and
don't observe our Latini that the entire year the way
that does. But that's exactly what it's about. It's about
sharing our culture but edgeating folks on the wide and
(18:07):
vast spectrum of the Latino counture culture, all of our
different countries, the intersectionalities, and so much more beyond that
and within that same breath, will you know we have
a lot of other Latinos who work in sports and
other capacities, not just on air, behind the scenes. And
one woman who I really want to shout out is
Serena Soriano, who is a producer and videographer for the
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San Francisco forty nine Ers. So you will see her
out there. She's gotta be like four five four or
five five packs up punch. She's out there with this
huge camera running back and forth. O. So we heard
every forty nine Ers game throughout the season and beyond,
and herself and the forty nine ers say, span, your
team put together a piece for lacutura, and she asked
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me to lent my voice to it, which I jumped
on immediately. So we have that for you here.
Speaker 3 (19:03):
Do we don't somos latinus.
Speaker 1 (19:08):
Latrimos and nogaras.
Speaker 4 (19:09):
Stingers the colorisura of purcultura, no ma coopella.
Speaker 3 (19:20):
Two wido somos latins or banda passes.
Speaker 1 (19:50):
Two widow somost latinus.
Speaker 3 (20:00):
Caminamos and Mirus great Amossa Vanda. I'm almost a niem block.
Speaker 1 (20:16):
So much, so much, so much.
Speaker 2 (20:29):
So good.
Speaker 1 (20:31):
I mean I got the first time she sent it
to me, when she sent me like the just the
rough video, I was like, I almost threw my phone
across the room. So Serena flowers to you girl Las Flores.
She absolutely killed it, Aaron who is one of the
producers on it as well. I mean just it is
a love letter not just to but also to the
Latino fans that support not just the forty nine ers,
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but this entire league here in the US and beyond.
And I think that for me resonated so deeply, and
I love that you see Fred Warner there, who by
the way, baled out this weekend Peru and representing both
of his as well, his Panamanian side and his Mexican
side form both of his parents, rocking both of his
flags there. It's just such a well done reflection of
(21:14):
what we're trying to convey here.
Speaker 2 (21:15):
On the pod. Absolutely, tuio somos Latinos. That is what
it's all about. And we are all about celebrating the
Latino culture, right and and celebrating the NFL and what
that's all about and those voices that make it so special,
and with this particular piece, seeing Lesbandettas, hearing the music,
(21:36):
those images, and really when we talk about Lacuda, we
talk about Latamilia too. And in English it said football
is family. Well, familia is important right when we talk
about it in our in our culture. And to see
the job that she did, and it is a love
letter to to Otter's Latinos, right, and I thought it
(22:03):
was really well done. Highly recommend if you want to
see the visual of it to go onto the forty
nine ers website or check it out on social media
because it's definitely worth it.
Speaker 1 (22:15):
It's good. It's a really really good job. But yeah,
so I mean, I feel like we should tell folks like, hey,
this Latino heritage one, go on there and learn something
new about a country you didn't know before. Maybe somebody
who didn't know was part of the Latino culture, who
doesn't look the way that mainstream media portrays Latinos to
always look like. I think that's the point, is like
(22:37):
the layers there within within all of our all of
our backgrounds that makes it so beautiful. So I'm excited.
We're just a few days in because it started the fifteenth,
so just three days into this thing, we've got lots
of young and'll be sick of us by the end
of this take it.
Speaker 2 (22:55):
Honestly though, it's like, you know, there's there's Salvadorian restaurants,
Nicaraguan restaurants, Colombian restaurants. Go to the Delicious. Yeah, yeah, exactly,
and you learned something about the different cuisines and you'll
see it's like if you not had a platano, what
are you missing? Or poopoosas you know, it's like, go
(23:16):
and order those things and you get a taste of it.
And so I'm glad that we have this podcast. We're
able to amplify and that's why we do some of
the segments or we we name the segments what they are,
because there are a piece of us exactly right. And
so we talking about Ferromacho. I mean, that's something that
that I grew up hearing from. My parents were from Nicaragua,
so it's very different. But like what I had set
(23:37):
off the top of listening to Mariachi's there at at
Sofi Stadium, it's like, yes, that that's in Mexico. They
aren't Mariachi's in Nicaragua. But you still connect with it, right,
You still connect with it, and it's just that that's
the music that moves you so so well done all
the way around. We talked about the different segments that
(23:59):
we have in Spanish, and you know one of them
where it's like, hey, we basically call bs or not
and they my parents would call it Buddhus maccanas. Is
such a great way to put things. If you're not
really feeling something, or you think somebody is exaggerating something
(24:22):
or bsing, you say buddhas macgannas. Well, we have a
situation that's brewing in Los Angeles with the Chargers right now.
They have started the season zero to two MJ. There's
a lot of expectations on this team, and they had
lost that playoff game twenty after they were up twenty
(24:48):
seven to nothing and the Jaguars came back and people
were wondering the offseason how they would respond or if
there would be a carryover. So head coach Brendan Staley
talked about it after taking an l against the Titans.
Speaker 5 (25:05):
I'm not worried about the Jacksonville loss. The Jacksonville loss
hasn't carried on to the season whatsoever. If you've seen
our training camp or you've seen the way we've played
in the first two games, it hasn't had an impact
on our team whatsoever. Our team is connected. Our team
has played it's hard out in two games, and we've
lost two tough games. But there has nothing to do
with the Jacksonville game. And if you ask anyone in
our locker room, it has nothing to do with the
(25:25):
Jacksonville game. And that's just the truth. It's a convenience
storyline for you and for everybody else, but it's not
the truth. We've lost two tough games. But the guys
in that locker room, the men in that locker room,
they are finishers and they have what it takes and
we're excited to prove ourselves. Yeah, we just lost a
game in overtime, Jeff. So how do you think the
mood is. How do you think the mood is? How
(25:46):
do you think it is. It's tough, it's tough. It's
a tough it's tough group in there. There's a lot
of pride in that room, okay, and we put a
lot into this and we got a good football team.
Speaker 2 (25:54):
Listen, what does it wrong.
Speaker 1 (25:57):
No, I mean I love a spicy coach moment, and
like it is like that's how part is when you're
in there as part of the press corps, right, and
that's like our side of it. You sort of have
to ask those questions. I think there's a way to
ask it. But I think leading up to it, like oh,
when you're talking about a game from last year last playoffs,
(26:19):
like that's so I would have popped off too if
I was.
Speaker 2 (26:23):
But but do you think that there is any truth
to it at all?
Speaker 1 (26:28):
No, I don't think this is what he's saying or
what they're asking.
Speaker 2 (26:34):
Well either or no.
Speaker 1 (26:36):
I don't because unfortunately, this is sort of the script
for the Chargers over and over and over against season
after season. Even if you just take Week one and
Week two of this year, games that looked like like,
look we were I was in the stands as a
yes watched it early that day, and I was watching like,
oh crap, Like they were in it the entire game,
(26:59):
and there were a lot of opportunities for them to
seal it in and get the w. Yesterday against the Titans,
like they went all the way to overtime and just
couldn't squeak it out, and that happens over and over
and over again. I don't know if they have umalleojo,
some bad juju on them, whether it says talent is there.
(27:20):
It's not that they're not executing or they're not playing
up to their potential. They are. They just can't close
out these games. So I do agree with coach. I
don't think it has anything to do with that one
game against Jacksonville in a playoff scenario from last year. No,
that's not it. But it is sort of the tail
of the Bolts, and I hate to see it because
(27:41):
I want to see them continue to be competitive, actually
get some w's on the board.
Speaker 2 (27:45):
No, me too. And they have the talent. They've got
stars on that team. They've got this incredible gun slinger
at quarterback, Austin Ekler when he's healthy, is extremely effective.
They've got the wide receivers, you know, Keenan Allen had
a big day against Tennessee. It's just it's just something
about these these these losses where they just are are
(28:09):
so crushing. Yeah, it's so gut wrenching, and you want
to see them succeed. We love Brandon Staley and and
nice guy. It's just I wonder if he's starting to
feel a little bit of that heat cranking up now
given the expectations, right, And.
Speaker 1 (28:26):
They just paid their quarterback, so of.
Speaker 2 (28:28):
Course, right, right, So so that's like, that's an zero
to two team that concerns me. And you mentioned the
quarterback getting paid. While we're on the subject, Joe Burrow
and the Bengals are oh into and talk about a
lot of expectations. That's another team that people were expecting
(28:49):
to potentially go back to the Super Bowl again given
all the talent around him. He did get hurt, that
cap injury did flare up, but the offense still is
not the way that it was in previous years. DeMar
Chase is not getting the ball enough.
Speaker 1 (29:05):
Even the ground game, which they were pretty balanced, which
right made them such a jugg ernaut the last couple
of seasons, even that can't get going. So yeah, you're right.
Speaker 2 (29:14):
Yeah, and they start off oh and two before, so
we've seen this and you can use that as a
crutch if you want and say, hey, they've been through it.
You know, they know what they're doing and they can
get out of it. Yeah, can they. Let's hope and
let's hope that that calf is not a serious one
because clearly the the Browns have Joe Burrow's number, and
(29:38):
you know who else has their number, the Ravens. So
do the Steelers now, you know, get their chance to
do they have their number? I mean, how many teams
are going to have their number? Right? So again you know,
oh and two. It's not the end of the.
Speaker 1 (29:54):
World, but right, like, no one panic yet, not yet,
but just so that it keeps on for sure, for sure,
for sure.
Speaker 2 (30:01):
Yeah, yeah, so yeah, definitely a concern.
Speaker 1 (30:05):
We're getting heavy here, so I think we got to
lighten the things up to.
Speaker 2 (30:08):
Close up here. Yeah, how should we do it?
Speaker 1 (30:11):
One of my favorite moments from what we just saw
coach Daily pop off and sometimes the refs have to
put people in check for a moment, like what happened
during the Seahawks game.
Speaker 6 (30:26):
Potentional Brownier offense number seven ten.
Speaker 2 (30:31):
I'm talking to America.
Speaker 1 (30:33):
Here's fool ten yard.
Speaker 2 (30:35):
Penalty and a loss of down, Marty sucking down.
Speaker 6 (30:37):
That is the best line I've ever heard, Adam Official.
We'll get to the penalty in a minute. He just
told Tino Smith, I'm talking to America. Carol is living well,
he wasn't pressure to say it shouldn't be growning, right, Yeah,
and it was really it was clearly it was not
a throw to get the ball out of his hand.
It was clearly miscommunication between Tyler Lockett.
Speaker 1 (30:57):
Oh my god, I think you're seeing coach on the
sideline ye crazy takes from the pure shades. The ref said, please.
Speaker 2 (31:07):
I'm talking to America.
Speaker 1 (31:09):
This is my moment. I'm on the bike, hysterical. I've
never seen that before. More about me, just a perfect moment.
He's like, how dare you get in my camera shot?
Speaker 2 (31:21):
It is so good. I have never seen that either,
because obviously the refs don't ever want to be the
center of attention.
Speaker 1 (31:29):
But he did it so smoothly. G Please, I'm.
Speaker 2 (31:32):
Talking to America. That's maybe that's why we even tell
people maybe next time we're on TV. Can you imagine
if we said that to people, you know whoever? It
is like our awesome you know crew that we work
with on various shows, even on this podcast. It's like,
hold on, I'm talking to America, America. I mean, how
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we would look. We would look like such pre madonnas.
Speaker 1 (31:57):
But the thing is like it was appropriate in that moment,
that moment, Oh my god, my face for a moment
outside of the fin winning my favorite moment of the weekend.
Speaker 2 (32:08):
That was pretty and and listen for Seattle. That was
a big bounce back when against Yeah, yeah, yeah, And
I don't know, just just yeah that that is definitely
that that's any boom tho right there.
Speaker 1 (32:28):
I think that's going to live in my head run
free for yeah, really long time. I will be incorporating.
I'm talking to America right now.
Speaker 2 (32:36):
No, you know, what I think I'm going to do.
Speaker 1 (32:38):
I'm an acular for sure.
Speaker 2 (32:39):
I think what I'm going to do is I'm going
to make that like my voicemail greeting. I think that's
what it.
Speaker 1 (32:45):
Oh my gosh. Yeah wait, I don't know. I don't
want people to question whether or not they're calling my number,
so it's just like the generic.
Speaker 2 (32:55):
Yeah, I think I've got that. I think I did too. Yeah,
I think I think I did too. Yeah, I don't know.
It's like it's like sometimes I've thought about this because
al Michaels is that when he you know, goes and
he's in the airport and their fans that say, hey,
can you just just say do you believe in miracles. Yes,
you know, such and such isn't home, you know what
(33:17):
I mean? Do that? So?
Speaker 1 (33:19):
I don't know, can we get the ref? Can we
get the ref to just say that line from time
to America here much?
Speaker 2 (33:28):
I love that? So I think that's an bunto right? There?
Is there any otherno? Did you want to put a
bow on things that stood out to you before?
Speaker 1 (33:39):
You're going to choose my handle? It's very soft tooth like,
and his his his Piranha stage, but it's it doesn't
like he's just nipping my bunto is. I really hope
that the Dolphins keep this going great. It's great for
our social media. I think they will. I'm very excited.
I loved coach McDaniel's speech after the game. He said,
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the good teams continue to find a way to win.
I think the line that really stood out to me
was we didn't ask for this to be pretty. We
just asked to get the.
Speaker 2 (34:10):
Win, and they like it.
Speaker 1 (34:12):
I like it, and that's true. It's not always pretty,
but you got it as long as you improve on
it and prove to folks who you want to be,
which is part of his speech. I like that. I
think that can be applied to so many different things
in life.
Speaker 2 (34:26):
I agree. I think the ibunto with the referee is great.
What you said is great. And the other thing I
will say is there is some hope in some of
these places. For the Cardinals after Week one, the call
was ooh, Caleb Williams quarterback from USC and all that
they've actually shown fight. Does this mean they're going to
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run the table. No, and I don't think that they're
going to do that. But I'm just saying they're showing
some actual fight. And the same goes for the Texans.
They have a new quarter a new quarterback, and they
have a new head coach. And I think with CJ. Stroud,
he showed me a lot there. He showed me a
over three hundred yards passing, So, uh, take take some
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solace in that. And Jim talking to America right now. Finish.
That's all I want.
Speaker 1 (35:17):
Uh, well playing, Yes, there's a lot of football f folks.
Speaker 2 (35:23):
Yes it is. Well another l huddle pod in the books. Yeah, guy,
he's excited, very.
Speaker 1 (35:35):
Happy, very happy. Next week we'll be back in studio.
More shenanigans, some more onas, some more of it all.
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use his bark for pret how.
Speaker 2 (36:06):
Much ah there you go, it works out and also
remember so much latinos to Eyo. Premiermana See said he
is a pleasure.
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Speaker 2 (00:17):
Oh What's good, everybody? This is the l Huddle podcast
where we celebrate the Latino culture and the NFL and
beyond what makes it so special. I'm will Salva alongside
my Ermana, alongside my Prima, alongside my Prima Ermana mj Acasta.
Speaker 1 (00:44):
I think that's the longest running our role to date.
I love it. I love and special appearance by Gunny.
Speaker 2 (00:51):
Gunny your dog you've had for how long?
Speaker 1 (00:55):
Now? Two weeks now, two weeks? World has changed.
Speaker 2 (01:00):
I'm so sleepy. I bet, I bet, but worth it.
He is cute.
Speaker 1 (01:07):
God, I'm sess. It's insane, it's insane. He's great. So
but if I don't keep him right here, he's going
to be somewhere. So well keep him, keep a close sign.
Training is not for the faint of heart. Okay, but
look at this page.
Speaker 2 (01:22):
Look at this so cute. He's a little mascot, he
is a little mass.
Speaker 1 (01:28):
He watched all the games with me yesterday.
Speaker 2 (01:30):
I love it.
Speaker 1 (01:31):
He was in it very much. He had no choice
because it was seven hours of red zone and then
you know the big Sunday night game with the fence.
Speaker 2 (01:38):
Yeah, yeah, he did girl all the while. I hope
that he was watching the forty nine Ers Rams game
because I had a chance to actually go by and
watch it in person.
Speaker 1 (01:48):
I love that we tuned in for I'll switch back
and forth. I have a couple of screens going. You
know how this goes for us well on Sundays, So
I switched my smaller screen to red zone and then
just had the Niners Rams game on for a good
while until it was very clear. Yeah, it's very clear
that the Niners were going to take away with it.
But I'm so happy you went. Did you take your son?
Speaker 2 (02:07):
I did, Yes, I had a blast. It was our
first time together there watching a football game at Sofi Stadium,
and I have to say, really loud, great atmosphere. Obviously
a lot of red there, which I'm sure Rams fans
don't want to hear, but that indeed was the case.
I love what the Rams do there to get the
(02:29):
crowd hyped up, and they have Los Mariachi's there. Yeah yeah,
you know, and yeah, and I love that they really
lean into that and it just made for a really
fun game day atmosphere and in terms of the actual game,
(02:50):
I mean, tied at seventeen at halftime, and the Rams
clearly are a lot better than we all thought they'd hunt.
Speaker 1 (02:59):
I think people thought this was going to be a
runaway game for the forty nine ers and the Rams were,
but that's what you especially from a divisional rivalry game.
It was great. It was I mean not great for
the Rams and their output on their end result, but
great for US fans and just watching them go out
it back and forth for.
Speaker 2 (03:17):
Sure, absolutely, and you see Puka Nakua to to at
well all out. They really had themselves a day and
if and when Cooper Cup comes back and he's healthy,
that's a pretty nice trio of wide receivers that they
have there. And the way that they were running that offense,
especially in the first half against the forty nine ers
(03:40):
and Matthew Stafford making some no look crossbody passes, they
were impressive. They're not a fluke team at this point.
He went up to Seattle, they beat the Seahawks, and
they gave the forty nine ers everything.
Speaker 1 (03:54):
That they had, no question, and Stafford, to his credit,
slinging it out there, not perfectly every time, but like
the key, I think just the velocity with which the
ball comes out of his hand is something that we
don't talk about enough or don't give him enough credit for.
This is a Super Bowl winning quarterback, right. I don't
think you can discount this team. Shanahan for sure, never
(04:18):
discounts Sean McVay no and his schematics. You can't write,
it's impossible. But I'm so glad that you guys. Okay,
So what was your son's favorite part?
Speaker 2 (04:28):
His favorite part was being on the jumbo tron in
the background of an interview. Yeah. So he's wearing his
number eighty jersey and he is totally like mugging towards
the camera and dancing in the background, and you see
him in the far left hand corner him doing his thing,
(04:51):
and it's so funny. He's like, Dad, look, look, look,
I'm on the jumbo tron. It just was so funny
to see it. It's like he's now been on the
JumboTron to two sporting events. The first time he was
on the jumbo tron was at the Chase Center in
San Francisco when the Warriors were playing and his first
time going to that game. So here he is now twice.
(05:13):
So he Uh, he had a lot of fun and
just the seats that we had in the vantage point
that we were able to see the action was was fantastic.
And I think he just loved the whole atmosphere in general.
And you see those stars balling out, guys like Debo,
you know, and and Kittle kind of thanks him and yeah, okay, yeah,
(05:37):
oh boy, and Christian McCaffrey just so fast as soon
as he gets the ball takes off, and uh, you
see why that's just a dangerous team with the offense.
Speaker 1 (05:48):
Which we knew. We knew coming into it that this
team was stacked. And I continue to praise the development
of Brandon Ayuk, who your son named his fantasy team
after it right ball skittles.
Speaker 2 (06:06):
Yeah, he was a little bit buff. You wanted to
see Ayuk cook Moore, but he was dealing with the
shoulder injury. And I'm sure if you are a forty
nine Ers fan and you are listening to our podcast,
we get it. It's like the Rams lost. The forty
nine Ers had had a great effort, specially in that
second half, and they really tightened up on the defensive side,
really getting to Matthew Stafford when they had to when
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it counted so very disrupting, and even both vowed that
he is not going to have another sackless game. And
he was neutralized. So the forty nine ers now have
to turn around quickly and host the Giants football crazy, yes,
(06:51):
but before we get to that part of it, you
know what we need here besides Gunny the mascot, We
need that special sauce that selfsa that that herve that
bigger that for that power.
Speaker 1 (07:09):
It should come as no surprise that my platental power
is coming from the Sunday night game. Dolphins are Patriots.
They have eachook for a minute there towards the end.
I'm not gonna light you, but we came through. And
it is unbelievably evident that Rahim Mostert came out there
with a couple extra scoops of mangoo that is mashed
(07:30):
plant aims to keep it very simple, have a little
extrap in them. I mean, just listen to this.
Speaker 2 (07:35):
Callyami angled wife up say.
Speaker 1 (07:52):
I remember vividly, right before the snap, I'm like, we
need a touchdown here, guys, we need to touchdown here.
I scared the crap out of poor little Gunny because
I jumped out of my couch. I'm like, let's go
just a in the house. So he got his first
taste of crazy mommydom for sure, because the week.
Speaker 2 (08:10):
Before I was at barking at you the whole time.
Speaker 1 (08:12):
Well, he can't work yet because he's too little. True, Okay,
he doesn't have his bark, So he just kind of
like went for a bit and like scampered away like okay,
crazy lady. But yeah, I mean, unbelievable performance. So glad
that he also got in on the post game, you know,
Star of the Game interview with our girl Melissa Stark.
Him and Tua there. We've been begging us Dolphins fans
(08:35):
for since last season. Please run the ball, Please run
the ball, please run the ball more. And we really
really saw that this game. And I mean the proof
is in the putting. So very excited for that. Tons
of platinus for sure. And they go back to Miami's
looking at platinum wherever they want a little.
Speaker 2 (08:50):
Yeah, and Tua now five and oh against the Patriots
and let's see it. To a man, being the tour
man that he is, had said, Hey, it's not me
five and oh, it's the team that's five and oh
and listen. He he's out there playing at a high level,
and we just hate to keep reiterating it because it
(09:11):
feels almost cliche. If Tua is healthy. If Tua is healthy,
the man has the skills to be a top line
quarterback in this league. This offense just is on a
different level, a different plane when he's under center. And
even though Tyreek was a lot of the time bottled
(09:33):
up against that Patriots defense, still he finds a way
to distribute that ball to different guys and having that
running game is huge for them, and they're now two
and zero.
Speaker 1 (09:44):
So I love that you mentioned that, especially the secondary
just shutting down Tyreek, which is why they have to
rely on Raheem in the run game. Because I had
a moment of like, oh wait a minute, I'm rooting
for the wrong team here because our boy Christian Gonzales
with an unbelievable interception and you know, he's like basically
our money.
Speaker 2 (10:05):
Yeah, glad we had his like it's.
Speaker 1 (10:09):
A family affair. We've been rooting for him since he
came into the draft, so I love to see him shine.
It kind of sucks that he's got to go up
against my always always root for you Christian. The fact
that he came out here week two of the season
is already showing what he can do. He just put
the entire league on notice, don't come by me because
I'm not only am I going to get in the interception,
(10:30):
I'm going to take away your biggest weapons. So good
for you, Christian.
Speaker 2 (10:33):
Yeah, Christian. Christian someday might be part of that elite
special group. You know what that elite special group is,
MJ I do, but extra emphasis there one day, Christian,
You're almost there. But for me, I've got I've got
(10:57):
some candidates here that I think are definitely worthy, and
one of them is Daniel Jones, quarterback of the New
York Football Giants. Now the Giants were down. I know,
wait a second, though, Giants down baint the Assato right
twenty to nothering at halftime. There was no rhythm there.
(11:18):
The offensive line wasn't doing him any favors. And then
second half they made the adjustments. He was running the
ball and when he has time he can do some damage.
Do I think that he's now going to be in
that top tier quarterback? No, absolutely not. But it also
helped that Saquon Barkley was there to pick up some
(11:41):
of that slack, and Saquon will keep an eye on
his ankle injury because it looked bad. You know, we
don't know how bad it is, but that's certainly an
injury worth monitoring and will monitor it closely. It's just
there's something about that offense. When Saquon gets going and
Daniel Jones is running and he's able to get time,
(12:05):
they look different than they did in the first half
of that game and in that Week one loss where
they got just blown out by the Cowboys.
Speaker 1 (12:15):
What I'm trying to figure out is is this comeback
performance the exception or the rule for Daniel Jones.
Speaker 2 (12:22):
Great question. I don't know. I don't believe.
Speaker 1 (12:25):
I just don't I want to. As you know, I
am married to a massive Giants fan who flew out
to Arizona to watch this game in.
Speaker 2 (12:34):
US that's dedication.
Speaker 1 (12:36):
Yes, So thank you Daniel Jones and the team for
the win, because it would have been a very long
long fly back from Phoenix, even though it's hot. But
you get what I'm saying, well without that dub, so
credit where credit is due. But man, like, how do
you explain the other you know, what was it? Six?
Quarters of football with points. That's unacceptable.
Speaker 2 (12:58):
It is unacceptable. And then they have to go up
against the juggernaut in the forty nine ers, who who
as we know, they are going to be coming at you.
And the other thing that's troubling if you are a
Giants fan, namely your husband. They have not recorded a
sack or a takeaway and that's a little concerning as well.
(13:20):
And maybe it will be in due time. You know,
really has been non existent. So maybe maybe he breaked
out in some way Thursday night against the forty nine ers,
because if you look at the slate of games coming
up for the Giants, they easily easily could have started.
Speaker 1 (13:38):
Off oh and six should have could have?
Speaker 2 (13:42):
Yeah, I mean looking if you look at the snouts.
Speaker 1 (13:44):
Head one on one, but yes, I agree.
Speaker 2 (13:47):
Yeah, yeah, So so Daniel Jones, he's betro Macho. Number one.
Number two, because we have a little bit of time,
is actually Dak Prescott. Okay, and yeah, Dak thirteen straight
completions to start that game. Again, he looked composed, poised,
he looked comfortable in that offense. Wasn't asked to do
(14:10):
too much. And I have to say, so far this
Mike McCarthy play calling thing that we going in Big
d It is working so far, so good. They've looked
so impressive about scoring opponents something like seventy to ten
and Edjay, consider this, they did it against the Jets defense.
(14:31):
This Jets defense was nothing to play with, right, right,
So this is this is why I put Dack there.
I easily could have put anybody on the defensive side
for the Cowboys. You know Micah Parsons as well. I mean,
that guy's just a beast coming off the edge.
Speaker 1 (14:47):
He was thirty one of thirty eight against him. Yeah,
two hundred and fifty five yards and two times. I
love it. I love to see it because there's always
that there's always that question. And this is why I
got so upset and so frustrated in the league, because
some quarterbacks who seemingly don't do as much get these contracts,
and it took Tack so long to get paid, regardless
(15:10):
of the fact that we know that he has the
capacity for sure.
Speaker 2 (15:13):
Yeah, and McCarthy being the play caller not Kellen Moore
clearly is making a difference at least so far. Okay, now,
my third Erromacho, you.
Speaker 1 (15:26):
Are feeling generous today, I am.
Speaker 2 (15:28):
I am feeling good, prima romana. So my third one.
And I didn't think about this until just now that
I'm going all NFC East here, I am going with
the QB one for your Washington commander. SI. Yes, we
head coach Ron Rivera on this podcast, if use have
(15:51):
been his praise on Sam Howell, what he saw in
him from the very beginning, and obviously there were doubts
heading into this season what he could do, but he
was extending plays, he was throwing darts out there, He's
finding Terry McLaurin, and you could tell, like toward the
(16:12):
end of the first half things started to change from
a little bit and this was going to be part
of the Sam Howe experience. You were gonna have your ups,
you were gonna have your downs. But he has shown
that he's got the confidence and the ability to stand
in that pocket, go through his reads and complete the ball.
(16:32):
And with Coach Rivera being a friend of the pod,
he's got to be my bet. Romacho, Sam Howe, I
love that, you.
Speaker 1 (16:39):
Know what, and it's and it's a tea that we
don't really talk about enough in general right outside of
just talking to Ron, but like what they've done the
last couple of weeks, I think has been under the radar,
and I get it, we're just two weeks in. But
I love that you picked some how because yes, coach
said it right here on the Alhada podcast. So boom,
yeah concept done.
Speaker 2 (17:00):
There you go. Okayamana, we are cooking. We are now
we are put on the l Huddle podcast, and I
know that we are going to hear your lovely voice
for a special piece. It means a lot to you,
to me and to the forty nine ers. We're gonna
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play that for you as well as buddhas macanas and
a funny let's just say interaction with a referee. That's
all coming up on the alhead A podcast. Anita side.
Speaker 1 (17:45):
By, we hate that as we do not have to
preach or remind you guys, we are in it. We
are in Latino Heritage Month. Happy Latino Heritage Months to
all of you guys who are just jumping in and
don't observe our Latini that the entire year the way
that does. But that's exactly what it's about. It's about
sharing our culture but edgeating folks on the wide and
(18:07):
vast spectrum of the Latino counture culture, all of our
different countries, the intersectionalities, and so much more beyond that
and within that same breath, will you know we have
a lot of other Latinos who work in sports and
other capacities, not just on air, behind the scenes. And
one woman who I really want to shout out is
Serena Soriano, who is a producer and videographer for the
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San Francisco forty nine Ers. So you will see her
out there. She's gotta be like four five four or
five five packs up punch. She's out there with this
huge camera running back and forth. O. So we heard
every forty nine Ers game throughout the season and beyond,
and herself and the forty nine ers say, span, your
team put together a piece for lacutura, and she asked
(18:53):
me to lent my voice to it, which I jumped
on immediately. So we have that for you here.
Speaker 3 (19:03):
Do we don't somos latinus.
Speaker 1 (19:08):
Latrimos and nogaras.
Speaker 4 (19:09):
Stingers the colorisura of purcultura, no ma coopella.
Speaker 3 (19:20):
Two wido somos latins or banda passes.
Speaker 1 (19:50):
Two widow somost latinus.
Speaker 3 (20:00):
Caminamos and Mirus great Amossa Vanda. I'm almost a niem block.
Speaker 1 (20:16):
So much, so much, so much.
Speaker 2 (20:29):
So good.
Speaker 1 (20:31):
I mean I got the first time she sent it
to me, when she sent me like the just the
rough video, I was like, I almost threw my phone
across the room. So Serena flowers to you girl Las Flores.
She absolutely killed it, Aaron who is one of the
producers on it as well. I mean just it is
a love letter not just to but also to the
Latino fans that support not just the forty nine ers,
(20:53):
but this entire league here in the US and beyond.
And I think that for me resonated so deeply, and
I love that you see Fred Warner there, who by
the way, baled out this weekend Peru and representing both
of his as well, his Panamanian side and his Mexican
side form both of his parents, rocking both of his
flags there. It's just such a well done reflection of
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what we're trying to convey here.
Speaker 2 (21:15):
On the pod. Absolutely, tuio somos Latinos. That is what
it's all about. And we are all about celebrating the
Latino culture, right and and celebrating the NFL and what
that's all about and those voices that make it so special,
and with this particular piece, seeing Lesbandettas, hearing the music,
(21:36):
those images, and really when we talk about Lacuda, we
talk about Latamilia too. And in English it said football
is family. Well, familia is important right when we talk
about it in our in our culture. And to see
the job that she did, and it is a love
letter to to Otter's Latinos, right, and I thought it
(22:03):
was really well done. Highly recommend if you want to
see the visual of it to go onto the forty
nine ers website or check it out on social media
because it's definitely worth it.
Speaker 1 (22:15):
It's good. It's a really really good job. But yeah,
so I mean, I feel like we should tell folks like, hey,
this Latino heritage one, go on there and learn something
new about a country you didn't know before. Maybe somebody
who didn't know was part of the Latino culture, who
doesn't look the way that mainstream media portrays Latinos to
always look like. I think that's the point, is like
(22:37):
the layers there within within all of our all of
our backgrounds that makes it so beautiful. So I'm excited.
We're just a few days in because it started the fifteenth,
so just three days into this thing, we've got lots
of young and'll be sick of us by the end
of this take it.
Speaker 2 (22:55):
Honestly though, it's like, you know, there's there's Salvadorian restaurants,
Nicaraguan restaurants, Colombian restaurants. Go to the Delicious. Yeah, yeah, exactly,
and you learned something about the different cuisines and you'll
see it's like if you not had a platano, what
are you missing? Or poopoosas you know, it's like, go
(23:16):
and order those things and you get a taste of it.
And so I'm glad that we have this podcast. We're
able to amplify and that's why we do some of
the segments or we we name the segments what they are,
because there are a piece of us exactly right. And
so we talking about Ferromacho. I mean, that's something that
that I grew up hearing from. My parents were from Nicaragua,
so it's very different. But like what I had set
(23:37):
off the top of listening to Mariachi's there at at
Sofi Stadium, it's like, yes, that that's in Mexico. They
aren't Mariachi's in Nicaragua. But you still connect with it, right,
You still connect with it, and it's just that that's
the music that moves you so so well done all
the way around. We talked about the different segments that
(23:59):
we have in Spanish, and you know one of them
where it's like, hey, we basically call bs or not
and they my parents would call it Buddhus maccanas. Is
such a great way to put things. If you're not
really feeling something, or you think somebody is exaggerating something
(24:22):
or bsing, you say buddhas macgannas. Well, we have a
situation that's brewing in Los Angeles with the Chargers right now.
They have started the season zero to two MJ. There's
a lot of expectations on this team, and they had
lost that playoff game twenty after they were up twenty
(24:48):
seven to nothing and the Jaguars came back and people
were wondering the offseason how they would respond or if
there would be a carryover. So head coach Brendan Staley
talked about it after taking an l against the Titans.
Speaker 5 (25:05):
I'm not worried about the Jacksonville loss. The Jacksonville loss
hasn't carried on to the season whatsoever. If you've seen
our training camp or you've seen the way we've played
in the first two games, it hasn't had an impact
on our team whatsoever. Our team is connected. Our team
has played it's hard out in two games, and we've
lost two tough games. But there has nothing to do
with the Jacksonville game. And if you ask anyone in
our locker room, it has nothing to do with the
(25:25):
Jacksonville game. And that's just the truth. It's a convenience
storyline for you and for everybody else, but it's not
the truth. We've lost two tough games. But the guys
in that locker room, the men in that locker room,
they are finishers and they have what it takes and
we're excited to prove ourselves. Yeah, we just lost a
game in overtime, Jeff. So how do you think the
mood is. How do you think the mood is? How
(25:46):
do you think it is. It's tough, it's tough. It's
a tough it's tough group in there. There's a lot
of pride in that room, okay, and we put a
lot into this and we got a good football team.
Speaker 2 (25:54):
Listen, what does it wrong.
Speaker 1 (25:57):
No, I mean I love a spicy coach moment, and
like it is like that's how part is when you're
in there as part of the press corps, right, and
that's like our side of it. You sort of have
to ask those questions. I think there's a way to
ask it. But I think leading up to it, like oh,
when you're talking about a game from last year last playoffs,
(26:19):
like that's so I would have popped off too if
I was.
Speaker 2 (26:23):
But but do you think that there is any truth
to it at all?
Speaker 1 (26:28):
No, I don't think this is what he's saying or
what they're asking.
Speaker 2 (26:34):
Well either or no.
Speaker 1 (26:36):
I don't because unfortunately, this is sort of the script
for the Chargers over and over and over against season
after season. Even if you just take Week one and
Week two of this year, games that looked like like,
look we were I was in the stands as a
yes watched it early that day, and I was watching like,
oh crap, Like they were in it the entire game,
(26:59):
and there were a lot of opportunities for them to
seal it in and get the w. Yesterday against the Titans,
like they went all the way to overtime and just
couldn't squeak it out, and that happens over and over
and over again. I don't know if they have umalleojo,
some bad juju on them, whether it says talent is there.
(27:20):
It's not that they're not executing or they're not playing
up to their potential. They are. They just can't close
out these games. So I do agree with coach. I
don't think it has anything to do with that one
game against Jacksonville in a playoff scenario from last year. No,
that's not it. But it is sort of the tail
of the Bolts, and I hate to see it because
(27:41):
I want to see them continue to be competitive, actually
get some w's on the board.
Speaker 2 (27:45):
No, me too. And they have the talent. They've got
stars on that team. They've got this incredible gun slinger
at quarterback, Austin Ekler when he's healthy, is extremely effective.
They've got the wide receivers, you know, Keenan Allen had
a big day against Tennessee. It's just it's just something
about these these these losses where they just are are
(28:09):
so crushing. Yeah, it's so gut wrenching, and you want
to see them succeed. We love Brandon Staley and and
nice guy. It's just I wonder if he's starting to
feel a little bit of that heat cranking up now
given the expectations, right, And.
Speaker 1 (28:26):
They just paid their quarterback, so of.
Speaker 2 (28:28):
Course, right, right, So so that's like, that's an zero
to two team that concerns me. And you mentioned the
quarterback getting paid. While we're on the subject, Joe Burrow
and the Bengals are oh into and talk about a
lot of expectations. That's another team that people were expecting
(28:49):
to potentially go back to the Super Bowl again given
all the talent around him. He did get hurt, that
cap injury did flare up, but the offense still is
not the way that it was in previous years. DeMar
Chase is not getting the ball enough.
Speaker 1 (29:05):
Even the ground game, which they were pretty balanced, which
right made them such a jugg ernaut the last couple
of seasons, even that can't get going. So yeah, you're right.
Speaker 2 (29:14):
Yeah, and they start off oh and two before, so
we've seen this and you can use that as a
crutch if you want and say, hey, they've been through it.
You know, they know what they're doing and they can
get out of it. Yeah, can they. Let's hope and
let's hope that that calf is not a serious one
because clearly the the Browns have Joe Burrow's number, and
(29:38):
you know who else has their number, the Ravens. So
do the Steelers now, you know, get their chance to
do they have their number? I mean, how many teams
are going to have their number? Right? So again you know,
oh and two. It's not the end of the.
Speaker 1 (29:54):
World, but right, like, no one panic yet, not yet,
but just so that it keeps on for sure, for sure,
for sure.
Speaker 2 (30:01):
Yeah, yeah, so yeah, definitely a concern.
Speaker 1 (30:05):
We're getting heavy here, so I think we got to
lighten the things up to.
Speaker 2 (30:08):
Close up here. Yeah, how should we do it?
Speaker 1 (30:11):
One of my favorite moments from what we just saw
coach Daily pop off and sometimes the refs have to
put people in check for a moment, like what happened
during the Seahawks game.
Speaker 6 (30:26):
Potentional Brownier offense number seven ten.
Speaker 2 (30:31):
I'm talking to America.
Speaker 1 (30:33):
Here's fool ten yard.
Speaker 2 (30:35):
Penalty and a loss of down, Marty sucking down.
Speaker 6 (30:37):
That is the best line I've ever heard, Adam Official.
We'll get to the penalty in a minute. He just
told Tino Smith, I'm talking to America. Carol is living well,
he wasn't pressure to say it shouldn't be growning, right, Yeah,
and it was really it was clearly it was not
a throw to get the ball out of his hand.
It was clearly miscommunication between Tyler Lockett.
Speaker 1 (30:57):
Oh my god, I think you're seeing coach on the
sideline ye crazy takes from the pure shades. The ref said, please.
Speaker 2 (31:07):
I'm talking to America.
Speaker 1 (31:09):
This is my moment. I'm on the bike, hysterical. I've
never seen that before. More about me, just a perfect moment.
He's like, how dare you get in my camera shot?
Speaker 2 (31:21):
It is so good. I have never seen that either,
because obviously the refs don't ever want to be the
center of attention.
Speaker 1 (31:29):
But he did it so smoothly. G Please, I'm.
Speaker 2 (31:32):
Talking to America. That's maybe that's why we even tell
people maybe next time we're on TV. Can you imagine
if we said that to people, you know whoever? It
is like our awesome you know crew that we work
with on various shows, even on this podcast. It's like,
hold on, I'm talking to America, America. I mean, how
(31:54):
we would look. We would look like such pre madonnas.
Speaker 1 (31:57):
But the thing is like it was appropriate in that moment,
that moment, Oh my god, my face for a moment
outside of the fin winning my favorite moment of the weekend.
Speaker 2 (32:08):
That was pretty and and listen for Seattle. That was
a big bounce back when against Yeah, yeah, yeah, And
I don't know, just just yeah that that is definitely
that that's any boom tho right there.
Speaker 1 (32:28):
I think that's going to live in my head run
free for yeah, really long time. I will be incorporating.
I'm talking to America right now.
Speaker 2 (32:36):
No, you know, what I think I'm going to do.
Speaker 1 (32:38):
I'm an acular for sure.
Speaker 2 (32:39):
I think what I'm going to do is I'm going
to make that like my voicemail greeting. I think that's
what it.
Speaker 1 (32:45):
Oh my gosh. Yeah wait, I don't know. I don't
want people to question whether or not they're calling my number,
so it's just like the generic.
Speaker 2 (32:55):
Yeah, I think I've got that. I think I did too. Yeah,
I think I think I did too. Yeah, I don't know.
It's like it's like sometimes I've thought about this because
al Michaels is that when he you know, goes and
he's in the airport and their fans that say, hey,
can you just just say do you believe in miracles. Yes,
you know, such and such isn't home, you know what
(33:17):
I mean? Do that? So?
Speaker 1 (33:19):
I don't know, can we get the ref? Can we
get the ref to just say that line from time
to America here much?
Speaker 2 (33:28):
I love that? So I think that's an bunto right? There?
Is there any otherno? Did you want to put a
bow on things that stood out to you before?
Speaker 1 (33:39):
You're going to choose my handle? It's very soft tooth like,
and his his his Piranha stage, but it's it doesn't
like he's just nipping my bunto is. I really hope
that the Dolphins keep this going great. It's great for
our social media. I think they will. I'm very excited.
I loved coach McDaniel's speech after the game. He said,
(34:01):
the good teams continue to find a way to win.
I think the line that really stood out to me
was we didn't ask for this to be pretty. We
just asked to get the.
Speaker 2 (34:10):
Win, and they like it.
Speaker 1 (34:12):
I like it, and that's true. It's not always pretty,
but you got it as long as you improve on
it and prove to folks who you want to be,
which is part of his speech. I like that. I
think that can be applied to so many different things
in life.
Speaker 2 (34:26):
I agree. I think the ibunto with the referee is great.
What you said is great. And the other thing I
will say is there is some hope in some of
these places. For the Cardinals after Week one, the call
was ooh, Caleb Williams quarterback from USC and all that
they've actually shown fight. Does this mean they're going to
(34:48):
run the table. No, and I don't think that they're
going to do that. But I'm just saying they're showing
some actual fight. And the same goes for the Texans.
They have a new quarter a new quarterback, and they
have a new head coach. And I think with CJ. Stroud,
he showed me a lot there. He showed me a
over three hundred yards passing, So, uh, take take some
(35:09):
solace in that. And Jim talking to America right now. Finish.
That's all I want.
Speaker 1 (35:17):
Uh, well playing, Yes, there's a lot of football f folks.
Speaker 2 (35:23):
Yes it is. Well another l huddle pod in the books. Yeah, guy,
he's excited, very.
Speaker 1 (35:35):
Happy, very happy. Next week we'll be back in studio.
More shenanigans, some more onas, some more of it all.
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Speaker 2 (36:06):
Much ah there you go, it works out and also
remember so much latinos to Eyo. Premiermana See said he
is a pleasure.
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