August 21, 2026 • 49 mins
There may not be a division featuring more young star power than the AFC South. The Jaguars are looking to build on a division title, while CJ Stroud and the Texans remain one of the AFC's biggest threats after another playoff appearance. Game Preview Guy explores whether Indianapolis can take the next step, how Tennessee plans to turn things around under new head coach Robert Saleh, and why the race for the South could once again come down to the wire.
Tennessee Titans (01:03)
Houston Texans (13:43)
Indianapolis Colts (25:35)
Jacksonville Jaguars (37:13)
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Hey, everybody. Game preview guy here with a breakdown of
all the moves teams made ahead of twenty twenty six.
Before we get into it, I am not artificial. Some
will say I'm not very intelligent either. That's debatable, but
me being a real person is not all Those bill
collectors certainly seem to think I'm real anyway. AFC south
Jaggs took it last year, Trevor Lawrence looking like a
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number one overall pick. Finally, for them to repeat, he
has to keep it rolling. Jacksonville didn't make many big moves,
so they're depending on mostly the same cast. In twenty
twenty six, Houston should be tough again with that defense
Will Anderson, Danil Hunter up front and a stout secondary.
They just need CJ. Stroud to produce at a higher
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level than he did in twenty twenty five. Colts think
they just need Daniel Jones to stay healthy all year
because before he went down hurt last year, they had
the top offense in football and Tennessee. They hope a
blue chip rookie receiver and a new head coach will
help propel cam Ward to to another level, which would
make them sneaky, dangerous talk about an overhaul. Tennessee Titans
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three and fourteen. Last year, Quarterback of the future already
in place, though, got a new leader guy to guide
the team Woo whoa and all sorts of other new
blood in hopes of turning things around sooner rather than later.
I Robert Salah, your new head coach twenty and thirty six.
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With the Jets as their leader guy a couple of
seven and ten seasons.
Speaker 2 (01:30):
The proper question would be what didn't I learn? You know,
And there's so much to gain from anytime you're in
the chairs a head coach, and there's so many learning
experiences that I had. So I can sit here and
talk to you for the next four hours about all
those different things, but I can assure you that there
was tremendous growth through the opportunity that I had with
the Jets.
Speaker 1 (01:49):
He's a defensive minded cat. He grabbed Brian Dable to
run his offense.
Speaker 3 (01:53):
Taught more just roast an absolute scene.
Speaker 1 (01:57):
He may not have been a good head coach, but
he was there when Allen took off.
Speaker 3 (02:01):
Now throw to the pilot. He's a Titans touchdown.
Speaker 1 (02:06):
And Jackson Dart didn't look too bad last year. Under
his guidance. They're relying on him to help cam Ward
elevate his game.
Speaker 3 (02:14):
He's got an he got.
Speaker 1 (02:16):
It fifteen touchdowns, seven interceptions, and eighty eight out of
the gate, and that the Titans touched up some highlight
reel throws.
Speaker 3 (02:27):
Parted two cross his body to the back pilot.
Speaker 1 (02:34):
Not a bad start based on what he did or
didn't have around him.
Speaker 3 (02:41):
Decay.
Speaker 1 (02:41):
They made two big moves to help him on the field,
used a premium first round pick on a wide receiver.
Carnel Tate is about to beat press coverage.
Speaker 4 (02:50):
He's got the strength to do that, and once he
gets on top of it, he's able to stack the corner,
get on top of him, and then adjust and make
big plays down the field. He has got outstanding hand
His contact catch rate is off the charts.
Speaker 3 (03:02):
If they get to his mets, he's.
Speaker 1 (03:04):
Coming down with it. And they signed Wandel Robinson in
free agency with Dable in New York last year when
he had his first thousand yard year over ninety catches.
Speaker 5 (03:13):
Fires downfield into the episode.
Speaker 1 (03:16):
Touchdown or he'll line up next to Calvin Ridley. Only
played seven games, just seventeen receptions, a thousand plus yard
dude three of the previous four years, though.
Speaker 3 (03:26):
First downfield, he's done record of insigne the playoff.
Speaker 1 (03:33):
They have a couple of young wide receivers they hope
can build off solid rookie seasons. Elk Iomanner caught four
tds and had over five hundred yards out of the gate.
Io man with a touchdown and she married DK with
four scores as well, over four hundred yards.
Speaker 3 (03:48):
It's got em d Kay thirty eight yards.
Speaker 1 (03:52):
DK made first team All Pro as a part return
man too, seventeen yards per return led the NFL took
two back to the crib, the most electrifying return man
in the National Football League, and they still have Tony
Pollard to handle the groundwork. Over one thousand yards on
four or five a run, five tds.
Speaker 6 (04:12):
Good time, goodbye, goodbye.
Speaker 1 (04:14):
When he needs a break. Taija Spears not as effective
running the ball, but caught forty five passes over four
hundred and fifty scrimmage yards.
Speaker 6 (04:22):
Tiers and Tase Spears with some nice moves inside the thirty.
Speaker 1 (04:27):
Offense has to be better than it was last year.
Would be hard to be worse. Sixteen points per game,
only two teams scored less often.
Speaker 7 (04:39):
Turn oars only one team with fewer yards per game,
only one worse on third down Jeff for Bennell.
Speaker 3 (04:50):
Picked off in a dinner cept running it back.
Speaker 1 (04:53):
Tony got the forty dispensaries were calling War to see
if he wanted to be their spokesperson.
Speaker 3 (04:59):
Here they couple the black David light from the outs, A.
Speaker 1 (05:03):
Face in the grass fifty five times sack Now in trouble, carolets,
He's gonna be sack Ward is gonna be sprung around
and drafted midfield to be more than any quarterback last year.
Speaker 3 (05:17):
He's scrambling to the right, jot high out gott him.
Speaker 1 (05:20):
Lost four hundred and ten yards in sacks. Now got
a left Tennessee gave up fifty six sacks total.
Speaker 3 (05:28):
John who dropped, who dropped.
Speaker 1 (05:29):
Off center Lloyd Cushionberry six and a half sacks.
Speaker 3 (05:33):
Allowed, gonna go down the fall cups out.
Speaker 1 (05:35):
Most allowed by any center. Left tackle Dan Moore gave
up thirteen and a half second most of any lineman,
seventy eight pressures, thirty more than anybody else on the team.
Speaker 3 (05:45):
For camp Ward and then he goes down out say saying,
as the.
Speaker 1 (05:49):
Football two new big Uglies being plugged in. Guard Cordel Vohlsen,
former Bengal, takes the place of Kevin Zeitler. Austin Schlattmann
was a Giant last year four star. He slides in Percushionberry,
left guard Peter Scarnsky and right tackle J. C. Latham,
both former first rounders. New starter at tight end Chigokonkwo
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left town after leading the team with fifty six catches
in five hundred and sixty yards.
Speaker 3 (06:15):
And that yeah, four Titans touchdown.
Speaker 1 (06:17):
Their te one now, Gunner Helm chipped in forty four
catches three hundred and fifty plus yards in his rookie season.
City Tennessee's inept offense last year made it tough on
their defense, twenty eight points per game allowed.
Speaker 3 (06:41):
Still going sucks out of a tackle. He's at the twenty,
he's at the ten, he's at the five, touchdown.
Speaker 1 (06:47):
Of twenty eighth in the red zone.
Speaker 3 (06:48):
Parks across the five marks to the episode.
Speaker 1 (06:52):
Third highest rating allowed. In the passing game, Jata looked
all over the field, Paddy Fall, Michael Mere second fewest tes.
Speaker 3 (07:00):
Michael Pittman Junior inside the five and looking for the end.
Speaker 1 (07:04):
Zonies in second highest completion percentage allowed.
Speaker 3 (07:07):
Corland does up makes the catch.
Speaker 1 (07:10):
Only two teams gave up more yards per catch.
Speaker 6 (07:12):
Hits Davonte hits a touchdown, and.
Speaker 1 (07:15):
No team allowed more yards per attempt single coverage.
Speaker 3 (07:19):
You guys know better than that, tennessee.
Speaker 1 (07:21):
All kinds of new bodies brought in to try and
remedy the problem.
Speaker 3 (07:24):
Hey's at the five, He's gonna score again.
Speaker 1 (07:27):
They added three new corners via free agency. Former Saint
Alonte Taylor gave up a rating over one hundred last year,
but has played the pass well in past seasons. Ten
passes defensed and two ironts and twenty twenty.
Speaker 3 (07:40):
Five rows to the near sideline and that's picked off Alonti.
Speaker 1 (07:43):
Taylor and yet another former Giant corner, Cordell Flott, played
well for them, holding his targets to a nice low
seventies rate, knocked down eleven passes and picked off one.
Speaker 3 (07:53):
Got put up there like Cordell lot.
Speaker 1 (07:56):
To make room for them, they cut ties with corner
Lugerius Sneae a one to twenty plus rate allowed, no picks,
three touchdowns allowed, only seven games played. Never really panned
out for them.
Speaker 3 (08:10):
Thrown enough standing play.
Speaker 1 (08:12):
Corner Jalen Armor Davis isn't coming back. A one to
twenty five plus rating allowed, so really won't be missed,
and Justin just threads the needle out with beautiful ball.
Audios to corner Darryl Baker and his one thirty plus
rate given up team high six hundred and eleven yards.
Speaker 3 (08:27):
Allowed a catch by that shit.
Speaker 1 (08:30):
No more Exavier Woods at safety, he departs off a
good year, held his targets to a mid seventies rate
in the eleven games he played. Wood's partner. Amani Hooker
is back, though, but in need of a rebound. A
one to ten plus rate given up, no picks, four
tds allowed.
Speaker 3 (08:48):
Raided Higgins touchdown.
Speaker 1 (08:50):
Corner Marcus Harris should see more action. A rookie last year,
made five starts, held his targets to a low eighties rate.
Speaker 5 (08:57):
Almost an interception for Marcus ra Is the rookie from
cal but he's able to rip it away from Walker
in the field goal unit coming on.
Speaker 1 (09:04):
They had the aid of a solid pass rush too.
Speaker 6 (09:07):
He's pressured, He's in trouble.
Speaker 3 (09:09):
He's going down.
Speaker 1 (09:10):
Ninth. Highest sack rate forty two sacks was good enough
for twelve.
Speaker 3 (09:14):
Most Hey sacked. They got him, didn't rest on.
Speaker 1 (09:17):
Their laurels, so to speak. So how about another first
round pick to help out in the form of Keldric Falk.
Speaker 4 (09:23):
When you watch this, dude, these are some of the
flashes that you do see. You want to see more
of it off the edge that it is. Yeah, that length,
he's very long. I want to see him use that
light a little more consistently.
Speaker 3 (09:33):
I thought it showed up a little bit better when
he rushed inside ye with that light.
Speaker 4 (09:37):
But here he is again, wrapping around blocks.
Speaker 1 (09:39):
Stack him next to Jeffrey Simmons remains a force death
thought death Law hits twenty twenty six off a career
high eleven QB takedowns, and they.
Speaker 3 (09:49):
Got it jeff Simmons on the first play.
Speaker 1 (09:52):
He has lots of new names to learn, new to
the locker room. John Franklin Myers seven and a half
sacks for Denver from the inside, career best in his
seven years seven plus sacks back to back seasons.
Speaker 6 (10:04):
A sack by John Franklin Myers.
Speaker 1 (10:07):
They picked up Jermaine Johnson three sacks as a jet
in his fourth season, had seven and a half in
his year two.
Speaker 3 (10:13):
And he's going down to Maine Johnson and they.
Speaker 1 (10:17):
Signed defensive end Jacob Martin and his five and a
half bags away from Washington.
Speaker 3 (10:22):
That was Jacob Martin.
Speaker 1 (10:23):
They still have outside linebacker Jalen Harrell four and a
half sacks coming off the bench.
Speaker 6 (10:29):
Prussia Texas back from Jayen Rock.
Speaker 1 (10:32):
Out the door. Defensive end Sebastian Joseph Dake a couple
of sacks over forty tackles.
Speaker 6 (10:37):
He's under a sacked again inside the ten yard line.
Speaker 1 (10:41):
De Andre Sweat has gone a couple of sacks and
thirty four tackles.
Speaker 3 (10:45):
And Andres Sweat brings.
Speaker 1 (10:47):
Him down into no more ardent key.
Speaker 3 (10:49):
He made it home four times now god him turnover
on down.
Speaker 1 (10:55):
And farewell to jahad Ward signed on the dotted line
five times. God Lord beefed up their second level draft
killed in the second round. He tested extremely well.
Speaker 4 (11:06):
He ended up running four to five one for the
thirty seven inch vertical.
Speaker 1 (11:10):
That tells you what type of bathlet he is.
Speaker 3 (11:11):
And when he hits you, he.
Speaker 1 (11:12):
Brings his feet on contact and he is a striker.
He joins linebacker Cody Barton eighty one tackles. Played the
pass great with a team high eleven passes defensed in
three interceptions. He got fit front of the Harbert pass
he takes it into the episode. And how about Cedric
Ray one hundred and sixty four tackles, the fourth most
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in the NFL.
Speaker 3 (11:39):
Collo We're Flying, I'll promise you I'm coming.
Speaker 1 (11:41):
Those three expected to improve a run defense that gave
up four to three per carry and the rolling with
Joey Sly as the toe guy has to use it
better as he missed seven field goals last year.
Speaker 3 (11:55):
Let's a fly.
Speaker 1 (12:03):
Big picture view Taylor and Flott taking the snaps Snead,
Roger McCreery and Armor Davis took last year. Joshua Williams
former chief corner in Darryl Baker out he struggled against
the pass anyway, and they have to cover up for
the departure of Xavier Woods. Plenty of change to their
front seven to two. Franklin Myers, Jordan Elliott, Thomas Falk
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and Martin are all new to tighten up ward Key sweat,
Joseph Day out the door, and the rookie Gray in
their two. Their defense relying on a ton of new guys,
two new key offensive playmakers and Tay and Wandale hoping
to help Ward unlock his true potential. Ridley staying healthy
would make a big difference too. Helm now the primary
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tight end, with o'conk wro gone Dable the one in
charge of designing a plan to get more out of
an offense that was a nemic last year. Tennessee's expected
strength of schedule thirteenth easy. That's basically a ranking of
teams based on their opponents expected win totals in twenty
twenty six. Let's pretend Nate Bargatzi was predicting their wins
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and losses. So we're putting on tighten up glasses and
hoping for the best. They take out the Jets week one,
sweep those New York teams, beating the Giants, take Houston
at home, then the Colts, followed by Cleveland drop the
Jags in Tennessee, beat up on Washington, sweep the Colts,
Vegas is beatable, and Pittsburgh to finish with ten wins.
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I wish I was as funny as the Tennessee kid,
and I wish the Titans ten wins too, But I'll
say at least six.
Speaker 3 (13:39):
Every win is a pretty win.
Speaker 5 (13:40):
House standing time are you wait to come and fight,
find a way to win one time every Texas.
Speaker 1 (13:46):
Houston Texans twelve wins in twenty twenty five, two more
than the year before, a playoff win for the second
season in a row. Seems like a team with doors vibes, yes,
sir ye, ready to break on through to the other side,
which is what their defense did over and over again
in twenty twenty five.
Speaker 6 (14:06):
Let's take the ball, let's go forth, and the bullpen.
Speaker 1 (14:09):
Expects to see more of it this year.
Speaker 3 (14:11):
Picked up full up at the fifth eg go, far goes,
far go.
Speaker 1 (14:15):
If Seattle can win it all with the defense first recipe,
why not Houston?
Speaker 3 (14:19):
Any stars bo there?
Speaker 1 (14:23):
They held teams to fewer yards per game. No team stingier.
Speaker 5 (14:26):
Pick up bards tipped up the ball is up day
over the Texas glad it.
Speaker 1 (14:33):
Had more takeaways. Houston third most.
Speaker 5 (14:35):
Topped it collapse of what He's gonna go down, the
pup pops out and Bill Anderson Junior pumps out.
Speaker 3 (14:41):
Of the pack with it.
Speaker 1 (14:42):
Held teams to seventeen per game, same as the Hawks.
Speaker 3 (14:46):
Lyley brought out of the twenty four yard line by
will Anders said.
Speaker 1 (14:49):
Joyard Top ten versus the run, sacking qbs and playing
the pass.
Speaker 3 (14:54):
Gotta get the ball out more deep up against those.
Speaker 1 (14:58):
Defense held quarterbacks to a seven tventy six rating, third lowest,
only one hundred and eighty three yards allowed per game.
No Waldo's in their secondary. This is absurd. They have
four dbs who come in off sub seventy five rate seasons.
Speaker 3 (15:14):
The misshif searching finding us he gets.
Speaker 1 (15:17):
To each had ten plus passes defensed, and they each
had four I n t s.
Speaker 3 (15:22):
Steglat lock up.
Speaker 1 (15:26):
Not one is played five years in the league.
Speaker 3 (15:29):
I should almost got there. This is the pirate took
Chiefs Camblet.
Speaker 1 (15:35):
Derek Stingley held his targets to a sub sixty eight
fifteen passes defensed, spend a lot of time in the
shadow of w R Ones.
Speaker 3 (15:42):
Stingley sticks it with a one handed ground.
Speaker 1 (15:45):
Might be the best corner going. I won't argue all stand.
Speaker 3 (15:50):
It's all all stand.
Speaker 1 (15:51):
Kamari Lassiter sub seventy five rating, fat, seventeen passes defensed,
and that was just his second year.
Speaker 3 (15:58):
A monster up at sip at a clutch time.
Speaker 1 (16:01):
Only Seattle can make an argument about best cornerback trio.
Jalen Peatrie a low fifties rate, lowest of any nickel
corner picked.
Speaker 3 (16:10):
Off Peatree Weather at.
Speaker 1 (16:12):
Midfield behind them, safety Kaylin Bullock, the fourth member of
the four I N T Club mid fifties rating ten
passes defensed and like Lassiter, that was his second year.
Speaker 6 (16:22):
That's intercepted.
Speaker 3 (16:25):
What the pick for Houston?
Speaker 1 (16:27):
And how about the rich getting richer? They added former
Philadelphia safety read Blanken Ship held quarterbacks to a low
nineties rate.
Speaker 3 (16:35):
Thick it's intercepted, Read blank and Ship picks it off
in the end z all.
Speaker 1 (16:40):
They no longer have the services of safety Miles Bryant,
though eleven games three starts did hold his targets to
a sub ninety rating.
Speaker 3 (16:48):
Yeah, what's a little bit light in the game, and
those Miles Bryant.
Speaker 1 (16:51):
Those dudes should get plenty of assistants from their front Again.
Pass rush bowled over forty seven quarterbacks a year ago,
seventh most.
Speaker 3 (17:00):
Oh let's go got him, Let's go.
Speaker 1 (17:03):
Fire and Ice are back, so should be more of
the same.
Speaker 3 (17:06):
Absolutely.
Speaker 1 (17:07):
Trill will Anderson, junior runner up for Defensive Player of
the Year first Team All Pro, off a twelve sacks season,
eleven plus bags back to back years Ronald.
Speaker 3 (17:16):
Good twelve and Will Anderson has him out. The ball
that's out and Will Anderson has it for a touchdown.
Speaker 1 (17:22):
Adds into year four now Scary Daneel the QB hunter,
second team All Pro, even though he tracked down his
prey three more times than just put him down for
ten plus again he's good for it. Double digit sacks
six of the last seven years.
Speaker 5 (17:37):
Crusher sack pall out Lords, Bradley Ford, Lord, it's gotta
go down, Clutch your gun.
Speaker 1 (17:43):
Didn't retain the services of defensive end Denico Autry three
and a half QB takedowns in twelve games. Or Derek Barnett,
who sealed the deal five times as a backup.
Speaker 6 (17:55):
Derek Barnett with his third sack of the.
Speaker 1 (17:58):
Year, Audios to vet him saddle too, They'll lean on Vett.
Sheldon Rankins again made it home three times while clogging lanes.
Speaker 3 (18:06):
We got it, recket, what up out and racket and.
Speaker 1 (18:14):
Tommy Togyi with a breakout year four fifty nine tackles
six for a loss, knocked down four passes all career bests.
Speaker 3 (18:22):
Always punched out and that's a terrific play by Tommy Tokyo.
Speaker 1 (18:26):
He was big in helping them hold runners to for
a carry teams to just ninety three rush yards per game.
Seahawks are trying to get Walker going.
Speaker 4 (18:34):
Hasn't been a super productive birthday so far, and they'll
throw Cayden McDonald into the nex pick him up in
the second round.
Speaker 1 (18:42):
He's pretty damn good at the football, yeah, especially against
the run.
Speaker 4 (18:45):
Not only is someone that can stack blocks and hold
the line of scrimmage, he is productive. He makes a
ton of tackles, he frees himself and is able to
locate the football.
Speaker 1 (18:54):
You see it here working through two blocker underrated linebacking
group Aziz al Shire over one hundred tacks, well good
what and played the pass well knocking down nine passes.
Yeah yeah what made his first Pro Bowl?
Speaker 3 (19:08):
Oh yeah, I threw football out.
Speaker 1 (19:10):
Henry t third year as good as his second. That's
a good thing. Ninety five plus tackles for the second
year in a row, career high nine TFLs.
Speaker 3 (19:18):
Alan Mini boot Allen in the backfield. That trouble he
goes down. I got he sacked by Henry Tote.
Speaker 1 (19:23):
Their defense not the concern here, dude.
Speaker 3 (19:26):
We gotta get better, but we take the douve gotta
get better.
Speaker 1 (19:29):
It's that offense.
Speaker 3 (19:30):
Yeah, I love you, baby has a fun out there?
What pass a fun? Hey, wait to see you saying maybe.
Speaker 1 (19:38):
It's not that it was a train wreck. Close to
twenty four points per games at least respectable, rose to the.
Speaker 3 (19:43):
Edge, out cut, touchdown, hosted scares, but.
Speaker 1 (19:46):
It lacked consistency save being consistently bad in the red
zone interception.
Speaker 3 (19:52):
It's the five guard line.
Speaker 1 (19:54):
And on third down and.
Speaker 3 (19:55):
Clings the ball forward.
Speaker 6 (19:57):
The Steelers are gonna think this is a fumble with.
Speaker 1 (20:00):
On top of it, and those short fallings often fell
on CJ. Stroud's shoulder.
Speaker 4 (20:04):
Now the pressure came from Sawyer and Wyatt Black snatched
it out of the air.
Speaker 1 (20:09):
Stroud's production has dipped each of the last two seasons
following this offensive Rookie of the Year showing in twenty
twenty three.
Speaker 3 (20:16):
Strout steps up in the pocket, throws over the middle
at dinner, stept.
Speaker 1 (20:18):
It from twenty three tds down to twenty then just
nineteen last year in fifteen games.
Speaker 3 (20:24):
Shot that's up, a get up, let's a get a
throw down. The little chumping.
Speaker 1 (20:27):
Intercept went from averaging two hundred and seventy three passing
yards per game to two nineteen and then two seventeen.
Speaker 3 (20:34):
Last year he landed across the battery. They're gonna say
that the feet are in nds up.
Speaker 1 (20:39):
Is a big year in determining if he was just
a right said Fred Strout.
Speaker 3 (20:42):
Throws it up in the air, intercepted Marcus Jones.
Speaker 1 (20:44):
Or if he is indeed a franchise quarterback?
Speaker 3 (20:47):
Got by question Jack cart touchdown.
Speaker 1 (20:50):
Joe said the thought was poor O line play held
him back in twenty twenty four, but they were top
ten and sacks taken last year and in pressure allowed
in the pot CJ.
Speaker 3 (21:00):
Throwing back at the ed zone caught NICKO call.
Speaker 1 (21:03):
It and even so they made lots of changes. Used
their first rounder on center, Keelan Rutledge. Yeah, first round
center means he's got to be pretty good.
Speaker 4 (21:13):
Just watch the strain to finish. That's a scouting term
we like to throw out there. This is I just
want to show that aspect of this guy's game. You
see the size, you see as a boy to anchor
all those things. Let's just watch this dude finish.
Speaker 3 (21:25):
Look at it. Just keep going driving.
Speaker 1 (21:26):
We're twenty yards down the field.
Speaker 4 (21:28):
And we're not stopping until you're on your back, and that's.
Speaker 3 (21:30):
What he does.
Speaker 1 (21:31):
He takes over for Jake Andrews, who only gave up
two and a half sacks last year. They have a
new guard in Wyatt Teller, former Brown left guard was
a mess last season due to injuries. Brought in Braden
Smith to play right tackle. Thirteen games for the Colts
a year ago, three sacks allowed takes Titus Howard spot
he allowed three sacks as well. Ursery gave up a
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team high eight sacks. Was a rookie so had some bumps,
but held it down pretty well overall. He still has
a WR one type. Nico Collins hought.
Speaker 3 (22:01):
By College touchdown kisted.
Speaker 1 (22:04):
Over eleven hundred yards a year ago, six.
Speaker 3 (22:06):
Tds hot Nico College over.
Speaker 1 (22:08):
One thousand yards the last three straight years light side,
and Nico with the catch.
Speaker 5 (22:13):
Light side of the zone, a touchdown rock and roll
twenty nine yard touchdown pass brook Strout to College.
Speaker 1 (22:21):
Jayden Higgins matched him with six scores over five hundred
yards in his rookie campaign.
Speaker 3 (22:26):
Left go left go.
Speaker 1 (22:28):
Fellow rookie Jalen Noel close to three hundred yards in
his first go of it.
Speaker 3 (22:32):
What sideline forty and plopped out in side by thirty yard.
Speaker 1 (22:36):
Live jail at Xavier Hutchinson career high in catches, yards
and tds and playing time four hundred yards and changed
three tds in his year three.
Speaker 3 (22:45):
In the episode Rock and Roll Touchdown.
Speaker 1 (22:49):
Josted tight end Dalton Schultz led the team interceptions with
eighty two hit the jackpot with seven hundred and seventy
seven yards. Hope he had more than a quarter plug
in there, second most yards he's had in his eight
year career.
Speaker 5 (23:01):
Goes right side back of the episode God Touchdown Dunton Shop.
Speaker 1 (23:06):
They hope what he Marx can build off a rookie
season that saw him crack seven hundred yards.
Speaker 5 (23:10):
Right side cuts back ted five body to the easode.
Speaker 1 (23:14):
Pulled in over two hundred receiving yards on top of.
Speaker 3 (23:16):
That marks across the five marks to the episode.
Speaker 1 (23:21):
Marks only three six A carry will take a backseat
or share snaps with newcomer David Montgomery. They traded for
the former Lion seven hundred plus yards, eight tds and
twenty twenty five healthy four point five per run.
Speaker 5 (23:35):
It goes over the right side ton of Top cuts
to a right at the fifteen get out of the
tenth town of the five to three the exode.
Speaker 1 (23:40):
His arrival made Nick Chubb less of a need, chipped
in over five hundred yards.
Speaker 3 (23:45):
Touch down Josta Shop to the house.
Speaker 1 (23:49):
They have one of the best kickers, Kayimi Fairbairn didn't
miss an extra point, most field goal attempts and field
goals made. He went forty four for forty Eight's God.
Their offense will also get Tank Dell back at some point.
Dell missed all last year recovering from that brutal leg
injury he suffered in twenty twenty four. Was an impact
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player before he got hurt. Monty new to the scene.
A couple of tweaks to the defense, but most of
the ombres that wrecked all those offenses are back. McDonald,
the rookie joining the front seven, which still features Anderson
and Hunter off the edges, and hey, hey, hey that
secondary man Stingley, Peatree, Lassiter, Bullock and now Blankenship. Find
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a better back five. I'll wait. Texans face the seventh
hardest schedule this year if you look at it through
every team's opponent's projected win totals. But they're one of
the teams with an over under in the above five
hundred range at nine point five. Fact is that defense
can beat any team any week. This is their ceiling.
If we had Ferdinand, that cartoon bull played by John Cena,
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go through their schedule. Beat Buffalo at home, because they
beat Buffalo at home last year, so why not again?
Beat Cincinnati at home, Indianapolis on the road, Dallas at home.
They're plenty capable of taking out Jacksonville, Tennessee, and the
Giants are supposed to be below them. Chargers is in
La and if they have their tackles this time, maybe
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they take it. But take Cleveland and the Colts Pittsburgh,
Washington and the Jags in Houston, Philadelphia and Green Bay
are road tilt, so we'll let those go, but finish
with a win over the Titans. My bag feels ten
plus is at least achievable. Stroud on the offense improve
a little bit, defense holds the line.
Speaker 2 (25:34):
Finally we back outside, We back outside, I'll go.
Speaker 1 (25:40):
It was like watching Raiders of the Lost Arc and
then immediately watching Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, where you
go from watching a twenty eight year old Indiana.
Speaker 3 (25:50):
Jones By to be a movie to be a movie to.
Speaker 1 (25:54):
Watching a forty five year old version of him. I mean,
Harrison was trying his best, but it's just not the
same that was set.
Speaker 3 (26:02):
That was set, that was set.
Speaker 1 (26:04):
Everybody gets it, Daniel Daniel Daniel Jones followed the same
Sammy d Gino path.
Speaker 3 (26:15):
I got through Rushing, Hoddy through Russian Toddy Oh.
Speaker 1 (26:20):
Hushing escape the Big Apple. Live up to your potential
and you're not playing what I'm worry Dimes started falling
from the sky.
Speaker 3 (26:28):
Great throw by Danny Dimes.
Speaker 1 (26:30):
Indianapolis's offense spent more than half the year as the
number one scoring oh the Colts.
Speaker 3 (26:36):
Now have forty points for the second time this season.
Speaker 1 (26:40):
Dj pulling off a Lloyd Christmas and totally redeeming himself
to the five tds. Along the ground.
Speaker 3 (26:52):
Touchdown Daniel Johns of Russian store his porn rushing touchdown
this season.
Speaker 1 (26:59):
Nineteen through the air. Yes, close to two hundred and
forty passing yards per game.
Speaker 3 (27:07):
Look at deep down the field that it is.
Speaker 1 (27:12):
A one hundred rate. Nice throws man over eight yards
per attempt, a sixty eight percent completion rate. Wanted he
was the difference maker.
Speaker 3 (27:24):
Can't be Den, can't be TONI can't beat that.
Speaker 1 (27:27):
When he went down, the rest of the cards crumbled.
So now they have to see if he can pick
up where he left off. If he can, JT goes
back to being in sync.
Speaker 3 (27:37):
Run down the box side like Tardy. He's at the
puny smite upondy Tom. Taylor's right out.
Speaker 1 (27:42):
About defenses just keyed on him when the passing attack
wasn't popping, but when it was, Taylor was shredding.
Speaker 3 (27:49):
Touch back to his right, spinning up field, still going.
It's not out of a tackle. He's at the twenty,
he's at the ten, he's at the five. Touchdown.
Speaker 1 (27:57):
Still led the league with eighteen rushing tds. Stand the
trip back the dead close to sixteen hundred yards.
Speaker 3 (28:05):
Turns away, nay touch down.
Speaker 1 (28:13):
Four to nine A pack.
Speaker 3 (28:14):
You bet to hit Mary, Oh, you got to Hitory.
Speaker 1 (28:17):
And their primary four pass catchers just filled out the
band perfectly. Alec Pierce led the league in yards per
catch for a second year in a row.
Speaker 3 (28:25):
Back to the end zone. It's Alec Pears.
Speaker 1 (28:28):
Twenty one per catch, led the team with just over
one thousand yards first one k season of his career.
Speaker 5 (28:35):
Press cut it Cats were Alec Pears touchdown.
Speaker 1 (28:40):
They chose to hand him the coin, which led to
the departure of Michael Pittman, who led the team in
receptions with eighty and receiving tds with seven over seven
hundred and fifty yards.
Speaker 3 (28:50):
He said he stretched the ball across the goal line, so.
Speaker 1 (28:54):
Josh downs needs to be more than a great three
over five hundred yards and four scores in twenty twenty five.
Speaker 3 (29:01):
And the end zone touchdown touch down.
Speaker 1 (29:05):
They signed Nick Westbrook a kine a three hundred to
four hundred yard type guy with the Titans, but didn't
see much action with Miami last year. Does look like
they've got their tight end for years to come.
Speaker 3 (29:17):
Tyler Warren has a touchdown and three straight games.
Speaker 1 (29:20):
Tyler Warren with four tds seventy six catches over eight
hundred yards to start his career turns.
Speaker 3 (29:26):
For the Pilot touchdown Tyler.
Speaker 1 (29:30):
Ward Jones was like, wait, so pass blocking is a thing,
Let's go. He used to get planted on the regular
in New York, not in Indy. Let's go, let's go
get one, Let's go, boy, let's go.
Speaker 3 (29:42):
Let's tell let's go.
Speaker 1 (29:43):
Only twenty nine sacks taken seventh fuist.
Speaker 3 (29:46):
He packs to throw throws up field wide open Tyler Warren.
Speaker 1 (29:49):
And he walked to the left tackle Bernard Ryman, left
guard Quenton Nelson, center Tanner Bordolini, right guard, Matt and
Calviz their starters in twenty twenty five. I have all
returning for twenty twenty six. The feeling is, get a
full year with Jones on offense, a full year of
Sauce on defense, and we're dancing.
Speaker 3 (30:09):
I remember we had the knockout blood. We got the
freaking knockout blood, but of.
Speaker 1 (30:13):
The breakdown, and they need that to happen based on
what they gave up for him. Massive trade in the
afc Ian Ropaport tweeting it the Jets are trading Sauce Gardner.
Speaker 3 (30:23):
To the Colts.
Speaker 1 (30:24):
Big picture twenty twenty five twenty third in yards per
game allowed in John passes to twenty four points per
game given up turns, twenty sixth on third down pass
rush could be more effective, middle of the pack in
sacks and worse than sack percentage.
Speaker 3 (30:45):
Here comes to the rush by the Colts and they
sack them inside the twenty five yard line.
Speaker 1 (30:49):
They didn't close the deal at a high enough rate.
Speaker 5 (30:52):
Stafford most leven in the pocket, and he is crimming
down the sault.
Speaker 1 (30:56):
They gave up the second most passing yards per game.
Speaker 3 (31:00):
Well there's Robinson touchdown.
Speaker 1 (31:03):
Because they faced the second most pass attempts of any team,
they didn't fare as bad based on volume, holding quarterbacks
to a sub ninety rate.
Speaker 3 (31:19):
Do I wish I could tell you what that dances,
but I am not familiar with that at all.
Speaker 1 (31:24):
Into their front might not have bothered quarterbacks enough, but
they were second in yards. Will carry a loud down low.
You wouldn't think Grover would be good in the trenches,
but Stewart isn't a skinny blue muppet. He's a k
Dot fan. If you don't come for the chili, what'd
you come for? Over fifty tackles As the big body
DT in the middle.
Speaker 3 (31:46):
Herbert comes backed up of the air. Who's got its
big moss pack? Crover Stu.
Speaker 1 (31:52):
They had three guys with one hundred plus tackles, but
none of them are coming back. They're trotting out two
new inside linebackers. No more Germanere at one hundred and
one tackles in just twelve games.
Speaker 3 (32:03):
And speaking of stops, Servain Pratt.
Speaker 1 (32:06):
His partners iyear. Franklin also left town. One hundred and
twenty five raps last year plus two.
Speaker 3 (32:11):
Sacks every cover, I'll lose football.
Speaker 1 (32:15):
They replaced one with another triple digit tackle guy at
least a keen. Davis Gaither a career high and starts
and tackles, took down one hundred and seventeen ball carriers
for the Cardinals.
Speaker 3 (32:25):
But then it's picks over the middle Davis Gabo and.
Speaker 1 (32:30):
They drafted C. J. Allen with their second round draft pick.
Speaker 3 (32:33):
Very good chance he could have hurt his name last night.
He falls into the second round into this range, and.
Speaker 4 (32:38):
It's the good fortune of the Indianapolis Colts. Then I
only just got a linebacker to putting their middle their defense.
They got a leader that they can establish in the
middle of their defense.
Speaker 1 (32:46):
But they cut ties with strong safety Nick Cross and
his one hundred and twenty takedowns a pick in two
and a half sacks last year. Ross on this stack
taking his spot potentially their third round pick AJ Halsey.
And then watch him plan and drive.
Speaker 4 (33:01):
He's really good at reading the quarterback and positioning himself
to make plays.
Speaker 1 (33:05):
On the football area. Is doing it down in the
red zone and doing it in.
Speaker 3 (33:09):
And the SEC at a very high level.
Speaker 1 (33:12):
Free safety Cambina Baby held his targets to a nice
low sixties rate.
Speaker 3 (33:21):
No no, no, no, no, no no.
Speaker 1 (33:27):
The eighty one tackles h we will drop up four picks.
Speaker 3 (33:35):
That can't find him at the forty two yard line.
Speaker 1 (33:38):
Great debut with the shoe.
Speaker 3 (33:39):
I've never noticed that there's line all four.
Speaker 1 (33:41):
Of Indies corners with some ninety rates allowed. Char Various
Ward only got in seven games solid when he was healthy.
Speaker 3 (33:48):
Steps back to the forty one and throws at it too. Play.
Speaker 1 (33:52):
Same for Sauce Gardner, only got in a few games
post trade.
Speaker 6 (33:56):
Sauce Gardner nearly had his first big impact.
Speaker 3 (33:59):
Play as a colt.
Speaker 1 (34:00):
Kenny Moore, not returning, kept things in the mid eighties
rate wise. On his way out, took a flyer on corner.
Kim Taylor Britt who was CEB one material for a
bit in Cincinnati. Not last year, though, which is why
he was available. dB Mackai Blackman held quarterbacks to a
sub ninety right two picks over sixty tackles full year.
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Eleven starts and.
Speaker 3 (34:23):
It's picked off. This time it's intercepted by the Colton
it's ma Kaile Blackman.
Speaker 1 (34:28):
They need more help from their front though. Layatu Latu,
the one guy who did his part.
Speaker 3 (34:33):
Picked off Laya two la too at the interception.
Speaker 1 (34:36):
Oh led the team in QB hits that Latu Lato
eight and a half sacks.
Speaker 3 (34:43):
Who had that on their bingo card.
Speaker 1 (34:44):
To start out defensive end, Samson ebucom two sacks fourteen games,
so he isn't coming back and neither is defensive end.
Quitty pay Prisette dot Sand takes a sack who only
managed four backs. They picked up arden Key, a four
to six and a half sat guy four years running.
Speaker 6 (35:02):
Pressure up the middle and trouble a downy goals.
Speaker 1 (35:05):
He joins defensive tackle to Forrest Buckner, only played ten games,
racked four quarterbacks in that window.
Speaker 3 (35:11):
Plants. Here comes the russ by the Colts.
Speaker 4 (35:13):
They twist them down and it's the Forest Buckner back
to the forty four yard line.
Speaker 1 (35:18):
Colts used three different kickers last year. Spencer Schrader finished
and went thirteen for fourteen on field goal attempts, fourteen
for fourteen on extra points.
Speaker 3 (35:27):
So game on kick us out its way head to
put the up times.
Speaker 1 (35:34):
Two questions with their offense. Will DJ pick back up
where he left off? And what will the absence of
Pittman mean. Pierce and JT should keep doing their thing,
but they may have to step up their games even more.
Defensive front seven key for Quiddy. That's a four sat
guy for a four sat guy. Rest of the front
three are the same. If Buckner plays all year, that
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would make a big difference. Revamped second level Davis gather
a one hundred plus tack dude in for Franklin who
was also a triple digit tackle dude Alan and Bryce Betcher,
a fourth rounder who may be a steal filling the
void left by Pratt in the secondary. Give them sauce
for a full year with Ward and they play the
pass better than last year. They do need somebody to
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step up and fill the void left by more though
Haulsey having a chance to start next to buying them
with Cross no longer in the building. Colts have a
favorable schedule in theory ninth easiest if you go by
their twenty twenty six opponents expected win totals. Indy's own
over under mark sits at seven and a half. So
what's their ceiling if their roster was even just one
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game better than that tough first three games. But let's
give him a home win over Houston, followed by wins
over Washington, Pittsburgh, Tennessee, and Minnesota. They take Miami, the
Giants sweep Tennessee and beat Cleveland before a week eighteen
home win over Jacksonville. That's a ten win season. When
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I dug into the game, you guy back, I found
eight wins at least for one reason or another. It's
a team that's come up short of double digit wins
the last five straight years, so I'm not sure how
many more than eight they finished with.
Speaker 3 (37:12):
They've won the division title for the fifth time in
team history.
Speaker 1 (37:21):
Welcome to Dove all, Liam Cohen. Freddie Di says, drinks
are on him wherever you dine. Thirteen wins in twenty
twenty five, Cohen making Trevor Lawrence look great again.
Speaker 3 (37:32):
Today we get to see the edge of head coach
Liam Cohen.
Speaker 1 (37:35):
Jason bounced from the good place a little too soon.
I guess a lot of work put into this moment,
A lot of work.
Speaker 3 (37:41):
Remember one thing today, You're not alone.
Speaker 4 (37:44):
You've got Tim Dusrounnie that are gonna lay on the
line for you, you're the same for them.
Speaker 3 (37:47):
Down day one.
Speaker 1 (37:49):
You gotta have faith and Jack's faithful, have plenty of
it right now.
Speaker 3 (37:54):
Another pot, it'll be great.
Speaker 1 (37:56):
Reigning AFC South champs with a resounding Baker's does and
in the win column. And Cohen didn't need Baker to
guide the team to those dubs. It was Trevor Lawrence,
fire quarter back of the Ad who he had Roland Roland.
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Roland comes off a career high twenty nine t ds fire.
Speaker 3 (38:24):
But cry up, come up, don't you the dodger.
Speaker 1 (38:28):
At the album and that does not appear to be
Lawrence's ceiling.
Speaker 5 (38:31):
Like Fireflila put down dat cut camp back right now
twice sack.
Speaker 3 (38:37):
Yard Hey, unbelievable. Okay, so big five Croup.
Speaker 1 (38:41):
His twenty twenty five felt more like what they expected
him to look like by his year two. Call him
fashionably late. Firefort and their offense produced plus with very
little production from the guy they traded up to to
play Lawrence's new significant other. Jacksonville's mostly Travis hunterless offense
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close to twenty eight points per game sixth best has
put the.
Speaker 3 (39:14):
Ten Brooke at tackle the ad don't touch.
Speaker 1 (39:17):
Out eleventh flosk yards per game, but.
Speaker 3 (39:20):
They don't toutch out and Jack Billa retakeably top.
Speaker 1 (39:24):
Ten in the red zone again. Could be even better
if they can improve on third down. This year Lawrence made.
Speaker 3 (39:32):
The tackle, but he also threw the interception.
Speaker 1 (39:35):
And maybe take fewer sacks they took forty one. A
year ago, left tackle Walker Little gave up a team
high eight and a half sacks, made fourteen starts, allowed
a real high pressure rate too. Ole Van Lannon, positioned
to unseat him, only allowed two and a half sacks,
made ten starts. But everybody they're re lying on made
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starts for them in twenty twenty five. No who faces
expecting to crack the lineup.
Speaker 3 (40:02):
Run the ball? Run you want to what the plus
it is? Do you want to?
Speaker 1 (40:07):
Hunter got in seven games as a rookie close to
three hundred yards and a TD in that span. As
his forced tachdown, they expected him to be a game
changer on both sides of the ball. Of course, has
to heal up and find his place in a crowded
wide out room. They traded for Jacoby Meyer's mid year
played so well they gave him a contract extension eight
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hundred plus yards between Vegas and the Jags. That's five
straight eight hundred plus yard campaigns.
Speaker 3 (40:35):
A cutdown to pubbymer.
Speaker 1 (40:37):
Maybe Obi Wan Jacoby can help mentor young Brian Thomas.
Speaker 3 (40:44):
Cup down.
Speaker 1 (40:45):
He's trying to rebound from the dreaded sophomore slump. He
was banged up. He missed three games. He finished with
a little over seven hundred yards twelve hundred plus yards
and ten tds as a rookie, So last year was disappointing.
Parts of trilogies usually come with redemption. Parker Washington, on
the other hand, would like to keep living it up.
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By the Lutch Dow put up a career high eight
hundred and forty seven yards and five touchdowns in his
third year on the job, more than double this previous high.
Speaker 4 (41:15):
Well, that ball is going to be caught by the
touchdown by Parker Waka.
Speaker 1 (41:21):
He housed two punt returns too.
Speaker 3 (41:24):
Anybody suck. He's gonna host this guy.
Speaker 1 (41:27):
And they like their tight end. Brenton Strange, he missed
five games, still cobbled over five hundred yards together.
Speaker 3 (41:34):
The blends a touchdown backing him up.
Speaker 1 (41:37):
Nate Borkircher, who they drafted in the second round of
the draft.
Speaker 4 (41:41):
Bor Kercher not super productive, only nineteen catches this last year.
He's twenty four years old, but he is a hand
in the grow wide tight end. He can block, and
he's gonna be able to help in the run game
as well as if a steady, dependable, reliable pass catcher.
Speaker 3 (41:54):
Not really a mismatch type player.
Speaker 1 (41:56):
So did Key change at running back as Travis h
and left Town off one thousand plus yard season.
Speaker 3 (42:02):
You're gonna walk in the van.
Speaker 1 (42:04):
Means more action for bacial touton to cheat you and
look at Bacial touting go five tds in his rookie
year coming off the bench and walk into the man
and Trev partially finishing fifth in MVP voting because he
also ran for a career high three hundred and fifty
plus yards matched Ferris Ditch marker punching in nine touchdowns.
Speaker 3 (42:27):
King celled out clip clout on the play, are gonna
clim run out.
Speaker 1 (42:34):
As surprised as some word to see Jacksonville's offensive night
as fast as it did under Cohen's command. The bigger
turnaround was that defense wes Borland like unbelievably underrated group
in twenty.
Speaker 3 (42:49):
Twenty five, Love all of it that we're feeling right now.
Speaker 1 (42:53):
I love it, Ralph talk about results varying.
Speaker 6 (42:56):
Justin Herbert was ten of eighteen for eighty one yards
an interception.
Speaker 1 (42:59):
This is easily the worst game of his career. They're
twenty twenty four defense left fans wanting to break stuff after.
Speaker 3 (43:05):
Each game that's been pon. Then that the tone.
Speaker 1 (43:09):
They were brutally bad at everything. They went from thirty
first and yards per game allowed twenty eighth and points
per game in twenty twenty four to eleventh and yards
per game allowed in twenty twenty five, holding teams to
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nineteen points per game, eighth fewest.
Speaker 3 (43:32):
The football is bigap are you gidding? I bring it up,
ott of that hold up, god on.
Speaker 1 (43:39):
They came away with the second most takeaways, getting.
Speaker 3 (43:41):
The balls out. Football is out. They knocked it out
of their product. Jump on top of it. That's the
John warf god dag damn it.
Speaker 1 (43:49):
The second most iron tas.
Speaker 5 (43:51):
Yes intercepted by Jacksonville at the eye in Indianapolis.
Speaker 3 (43:56):
The Jacks picking it off.
Speaker 1 (43:57):
In the ends, gave up the second highest ratingquarterbacks in
twenty twenty four, and then held him to a sub
eighty rate a year ago.
Speaker 3 (44:06):
Knocked away the deck, winning it over.
Speaker 1 (44:09):
Time, holding them to six point two yards per attempt.
Third lowest ridiculous turnaround fire thief down field picked up.
Cornerback Monteric Brown just keeps improving, knocked down a team
by twelve passes, two iron t's held his targets to
a sub seventy rate in his year four.
Speaker 6 (44:26):
His passes nearly intercepted.
Speaker 1 (44:28):
Wasn't yes it was thirty year cornerback Jerry and Jones
holding it down to a low sixties rate in his
sophomore campaign, hands on eight balls, three iron ts.
Speaker 3 (44:37):
Well he picked off the ball is intercepted theod jack
pick it off. That story and jolt stepped that front hunter.
Speaker 1 (44:44):
Their third young promising corner held quarterbacks to a low
eighties rate when he played not bad.
Speaker 3 (44:50):
Well done playing the football. This guy's got tremendous instincts.
Speaker 1 (44:53):
Bit cornerback Jordan Lewis eight passes defense, two picks, a
low nineties rate over twelve games.
Speaker 3 (44:59):
And I picked off Jordan Louis picked it off.
Speaker 1 (45:01):
They have youth at safety as well. Antonio Johnson fifty
eight tackles and his year three nine passes defensed, five
I INT's no tds allowed for a low thirties rate.
Speaker 3 (45:13):
Todell Jodan with a big fix.
Speaker 1 (45:17):
VET safety Eric Murray gave up a rating over one
hundred and his twelve contests. This will be his eleventh season.
They let fellow VET safety Andrew Winguard walk off an
eighty plus tackle seven ninety rate season.
Speaker 3 (45:30):
Andrew with what I do, brother, Now, if their front.
Speaker 1 (45:32):
Could work end together with their backside, they could really
do some damage. Only thirty two sacks in twenty twenty five,
only five teams with fewer. Their top pass rush threat,
Josh Heinz Allen met with a team high eight sacks.
That's back to back eight bad years.
Speaker 4 (45:51):
I gotta hit him and that would be a safety
as seven plus in six of his seven years.
Speaker 3 (45:56):
Got to get him plait a second.
Speaker 1 (46:00):
Biggest de bet to play that ever, tos of Doll
teased everyone with that seventeen and a half sack effort
in twenty twenty three.
Speaker 3 (46:06):
Got tie dout, got it.
Speaker 1 (46:08):
He finished the year strong, though.
Speaker 3 (46:10):
Josh has set the franchise career record for sacks. Congratulations
to Josh hide Allen.
Speaker 1 (46:18):
His partner across the way can't say the same thing.
Trayvon Walker is like biting into a chocolate starfish and
washing it down with hot dog flavored water. Three and
a half sacks of a fourteen games.
Speaker 3 (46:31):
Heah, no, you don't want to go for it. You
do not want to go for it.
Speaker 1 (46:35):
He was banged up much of the year.
Speaker 3 (46:37):
I lets that it's all for the hammer, so hoping better.
Speaker 1 (46:40):
Health will lead to a rebound. He was a ten
plus sack guy the previous two seasons. That defensive tackle
Eric Armstead found his way to five and a half quarterbacks,
second most on the team.
Speaker 3 (46:51):
Erk Armstead pulling him down by the feet.
Speaker 1 (46:53):
Defensive tackle Davon Hamilton not much of a bag man
there to stop runners, which Jacksonville did. No team allowed
a fewer rushing yards per game, and they held runners
to the second lowest yards per carry average at three
to nine.
Speaker 6 (47:09):
I got to the backfield and Quill.
Speaker 1 (47:14):
Lost a second team All Pro linebacker and Devin Lloyd,
though had five I and t's in twenty twenty five, intercepted.
Speaker 3 (47:23):
And were a massive momentson swing for the Johnsonville Jail yards.
On the very first he quits.
Speaker 1 (47:28):
A play in the game, Lloyd didn't need to worry
about wrapping up every runner with Foyer by his side,
a Luakin with one hundred and forty plus tackles. That's
six straight seasons with triple digits and tackles. And he
knocked down a fat eleven passes.
Speaker 3 (47:43):
They intercepted by boy Iola, pad.
Speaker 1 (47:45):
And their kicker. Nothing little about Cam's leg power, That's
the unquestionable truth. He's like the Steph Curry of NFL
kicking romer seventy yard field goal in preseason followed by
an NFL record setting sixty eight yarder made in the
regular season, three and out from your own twenty Cam,
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what do you think?
Speaker 3 (48:09):
Sixty hey yard? How good of that?
Speaker 1 (48:13):
All the expected starters for Jacksonville on both sides of
the ball in twenty twenty six, all dudes who suited
up for them in twenty twenty five. They lost a
few guys here and there, but are filling the voids
from within. Lost wind guard at safety, drafted Jalen Husky
in the third round to take his locker. At least
Hunter playing a full year kind of makes him a
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new addition front seven. Lloyd no longer at linebacker. That
means Miller will step into more starts and drafted Albert
Regis in the third round to provide depth up front,
the offensive playmakers, Hunter joining Myers, Washington and Thomas in
the wide out room again, or Kircher the nubie at
tight end Twoton getting a shot at RB one status
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with a chan gon Tee Law directing it all and
hoping to truly fill the prophecy that he can indeed
do what Anakin did in that galaxy far far away.
Jaggs getting a nine and a half over under designation
means their expectations for the year are still high. Eleven
and a half is as high as any team got,
so their mark is kind of like getting a bee
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on a test and their middle of the pack and
strength of schedule if you look at it via their
opponents twenty twenty six projected win totals. So let's see
what their ceiling might be. A win over Cleveland beat
New England and Douvaal Cincinnati is on the road, But
since we're trying to be optimistic, why not take Houston
and Indianapolis beat Tennessee. The Giants sweep the Titans defeat
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Chicago and Pittsburgh get Dallas, Washington and Indianapolis to finish
for another thirteen to win year. That would be quite
the feat and quite the season. Not sure they get
that many, but double digits seems realistic so long as
tee law really has arrived.
Hey, everybody. Game preview guy here with a breakdown of
all the moves teams made ahead of twenty twenty six.
Before we get into it, I am not artificial. Some
will say I'm not very intelligent either. That's debatable, but
me being a real person is not all Those bill
collectors certainly seem to think I'm real anyway. AFC south
Jaggs took it last year, Trevor Lawrence looking like a
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number one overall pick. Finally, for them to repeat, he
has to keep it rolling. Jacksonville didn't make many big moves,
so they're depending on mostly the same cast. In twenty
twenty six, Houston should be tough again with that defense
Will Anderson, Danil Hunter up front and a stout secondary.
They just need CJ. Stroud to produce at a higher
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level than he did in twenty twenty five. Colts think
they just need Daniel Jones to stay healthy all year
because before he went down hurt last year, they had
the top offense in football and Tennessee. They hope a
blue chip rookie receiver and a new head coach will
help propel cam Ward to to another level, which would
make them sneaky, dangerous talk about an overhaul. Tennessee Titans
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three and fourteen. Last year, Quarterback of the future already
in place, though, got a new leader guy to guide
the team Woo whoa and all sorts of other new
blood in hopes of turning things around sooner rather than later.
I Robert Salah, your new head coach twenty and thirty six.
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With the Jets as their leader guy a couple of
seven and ten seasons.
Speaker 2 (01:30):
The proper question would be what didn't I learn? You know,
And there's so much to gain from anytime you're in
the chairs a head coach, and there's so many learning
experiences that I had. So I can sit here and
talk to you for the next four hours about all
those different things, but I can assure you that there
was tremendous growth through the opportunity that I had with
the Jets.
Speaker 1 (01:49):
He's a defensive minded cat. He grabbed Brian Dable to
run his offense.
Speaker 3 (01:53):
Taught more just roast an absolute scene.
Speaker 1 (01:57):
He may not have been a good head coach, but
he was there when Allen took off.
Speaker 3 (02:01):
Now throw to the pilot. He's a Titans touchdown.
Speaker 1 (02:06):
And Jackson Dart didn't look too bad last year. Under
his guidance. They're relying on him to help cam Ward
elevate his game.
Speaker 3 (02:14):
He's got an he got.
Speaker 1 (02:16):
It fifteen touchdowns, seven interceptions, and eighty eight out of
the gate, and that the Titans touched up some highlight
reel throws.
Speaker 3 (02:27):
Parted two cross his body to the back pilot.
Speaker 1 (02:34):
Not a bad start based on what he did or
didn't have around him.
Speaker 3 (02:41):
Decay.
Speaker 1 (02:41):
They made two big moves to help him on the field,
used a premium first round pick on a wide receiver.
Carnel Tate is about to beat press coverage.
Speaker 4 (02:50):
He's got the strength to do that, and once he
gets on top of it, he's able to stack the corner,
get on top of him, and then adjust and make
big plays down the field. He has got outstanding hand
His contact catch rate is off the charts.
Speaker 3 (03:02):
If they get to his mets, he's.
Speaker 1 (03:04):
Coming down with it. And they signed Wandel Robinson in
free agency with Dable in New York last year when
he had his first thousand yard year over ninety catches.
Speaker 5 (03:13):
Fires downfield into the episode.
Speaker 1 (03:16):
Touchdown or he'll line up next to Calvin Ridley. Only
played seven games, just seventeen receptions, a thousand plus yard
dude three of the previous four years, though.
Speaker 3 (03:26):
First downfield, he's done record of insigne the playoff.
Speaker 1 (03:33):
They have a couple of young wide receivers they hope
can build off solid rookie seasons. Elk Iomanner caught four
tds and had over five hundred yards out of the gate.
Io man with a touchdown and she married DK with
four scores as well, over four hundred yards.
Speaker 3 (03:48):
It's got em d Kay thirty eight yards.
Speaker 1 (03:52):
DK made first team All Pro as a part return
man too, seventeen yards per return led the NFL took
two back to the crib, the most electrifying return man
in the National Football League, and they still have Tony
Pollard to handle the groundwork. Over one thousand yards on
four or five a run, five tds.
Speaker 6 (04:12):
Good time, goodbye, goodbye.
Speaker 1 (04:14):
When he needs a break. Taija Spears not as effective
running the ball, but caught forty five passes over four
hundred and fifty scrimmage yards.
Speaker 6 (04:22):
Tiers and Tase Spears with some nice moves inside the thirty.
Speaker 1 (04:27):
Offense has to be better than it was last year.
Would be hard to be worse. Sixteen points per game,
only two teams scored less often.
Speaker 7 (04:39):
Turn oars only one team with fewer yards per game,
only one worse on third down Jeff for Bennell.
Speaker 3 (04:50):
Picked off in a dinner cept running it back.
Speaker 1 (04:53):
Tony got the forty dispensaries were calling War to see
if he wanted to be their spokesperson.
Speaker 3 (04:59):
Here they couple the black David light from the outs, A.
Speaker 1 (05:03):
Face in the grass fifty five times sack Now in trouble, carolets,
He's gonna be sack Ward is gonna be sprung around
and drafted midfield to be more than any quarterback last year.
Speaker 3 (05:17):
He's scrambling to the right, jot high out gott him.
Speaker 1 (05:20):
Lost four hundred and ten yards in sacks. Now got
a left Tennessee gave up fifty six sacks total.
Speaker 3 (05:28):
John who dropped, who dropped.
Speaker 1 (05:29):
Off center Lloyd Cushionberry six and a half sacks.
Speaker 3 (05:33):
Allowed, gonna go down the fall cups out.
Speaker 1 (05:35):
Most allowed by any center. Left tackle Dan Moore gave
up thirteen and a half second most of any lineman,
seventy eight pressures, thirty more than anybody else on the team.
Speaker 3 (05:45):
For camp Ward and then he goes down out say saying,
as the.
Speaker 1 (05:49):
Football two new big Uglies being plugged in. Guard Cordel Vohlsen,
former Bengal, takes the place of Kevin Zeitler. Austin Schlattmann
was a Giant last year four star. He slides in Percushionberry,
left guard Peter Scarnsky and right tackle J. C. Latham,
both former first rounders. New starter at tight end Chigokonkwo
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left town after leading the team with fifty six catches
in five hundred and sixty yards.
Speaker 3 (06:15):
And that yeah, four Titans touchdown.
Speaker 1 (06:17):
Their te one now, Gunner Helm chipped in forty four
catches three hundred and fifty plus yards in his rookie season.
City Tennessee's inept offense last year made it tough on
their defense, twenty eight points per game allowed.
Speaker 3 (06:41):
Still going sucks out of a tackle. He's at the twenty,
he's at the ten, he's at the five, touchdown.
Speaker 1 (06:47):
Of twenty eighth in the red zone.
Speaker 3 (06:48):
Parks across the five marks to the episode.
Speaker 1 (06:52):
Third highest rating allowed. In the passing game, Jata looked
all over the field, Paddy Fall, Michael Mere second fewest tes.
Speaker 3 (07:00):
Michael Pittman Junior inside the five and looking for the end.
Speaker 1 (07:04):
Zonies in second highest completion percentage allowed.
Speaker 3 (07:07):
Corland does up makes the catch.
Speaker 1 (07:10):
Only two teams gave up more yards per catch.
Speaker 6 (07:12):
Hits Davonte hits a touchdown, and.
Speaker 1 (07:15):
No team allowed more yards per attempt single coverage.
Speaker 3 (07:19):
You guys know better than that, tennessee.
Speaker 1 (07:21):
All kinds of new bodies brought in to try and
remedy the problem.
Speaker 3 (07:24):
Hey's at the five, He's gonna score again.
Speaker 1 (07:27):
They added three new corners via free agency. Former Saint
Alonte Taylor gave up a rating over one hundred last year,
but has played the pass well in past seasons. Ten
passes defensed and two ironts and twenty twenty.
Speaker 3 (07:40):
Five rows to the near sideline and that's picked off Alonti.
Speaker 1 (07:43):
Taylor and yet another former Giant corner, Cordell Flott, played
well for them, holding his targets to a nice low
seventies rate, knocked down eleven passes and picked off one.
Speaker 3 (07:53):
Got put up there like Cordell lot.
Speaker 1 (07:56):
To make room for them, they cut ties with corner
Lugerius Sneae a one to twenty plus rate allowed, no picks,
three touchdowns allowed, only seven games played. Never really panned
out for them.
Speaker 3 (08:10):
Thrown enough standing play.
Speaker 1 (08:12):
Corner Jalen Armor Davis isn't coming back. A one to
twenty five plus rating allowed, so really won't be missed,
and Justin just threads the needle out with beautiful ball.
Audios to corner Darryl Baker and his one thirty plus
rate given up team high six hundred and eleven yards.
Speaker 3 (08:27):
Allowed a catch by that shit.
Speaker 1 (08:30):
No more Exavier Woods at safety, he departs off a
good year, held his targets to a mid seventies rate
in the eleven games he played. Wood's partner. Amani Hooker
is back, though, but in need of a rebound. A
one to ten plus rate given up, no picks, four
tds allowed.
Speaker 3 (08:48):
Raided Higgins touchdown.
Speaker 1 (08:50):
Corner Marcus Harris should see more action. A rookie last year,
made five starts, held his targets to a low eighties rate.
Speaker 5 (08:57):
Almost an interception for Marcus ra Is the rookie from
cal but he's able to rip it away from Walker
in the field goal unit coming on.
Speaker 1 (09:04):
They had the aid of a solid pass rush too.
Speaker 6 (09:07):
He's pressured, He's in trouble.
Speaker 3 (09:09):
He's going down.
Speaker 1 (09:10):
Ninth. Highest sack rate forty two sacks was good enough
for twelve.
Speaker 3 (09:14):
Most Hey sacked. They got him, didn't rest on.
Speaker 1 (09:17):
Their laurels, so to speak. So how about another first
round pick to help out in the form of Keldric Falk.
Speaker 4 (09:23):
When you watch this, dude, these are some of the
flashes that you do see. You want to see more
of it off the edge that it is. Yeah, that length,
he's very long. I want to see him use that
light a little more consistently.
Speaker 3 (09:33):
I thought it showed up a little bit better when
he rushed inside ye with that light.
Speaker 4 (09:37):
But here he is again, wrapping around blocks.
Speaker 1 (09:39):
Stack him next to Jeffrey Simmons remains a force death
thought death Law hits twenty twenty six off a career
high eleven QB takedowns, and they.
Speaker 3 (09:49):
Got it jeff Simmons on the first play.
Speaker 1 (09:52):
He has lots of new names to learn, new to
the locker room. John Franklin Myers seven and a half
sacks for Denver from the inside, career best in his
seven years seven plus sacks back to back seasons.
Speaker 6 (10:04):
A sack by John Franklin Myers.
Speaker 1 (10:07):
They picked up Jermaine Johnson three sacks as a jet
in his fourth season, had seven and a half in
his year two.
Speaker 3 (10:13):
And he's going down to Maine Johnson and they.
Speaker 1 (10:17):
Signed defensive end Jacob Martin and his five and a
half bags away from Washington.
Speaker 3 (10:22):
That was Jacob Martin.
Speaker 1 (10:23):
They still have outside linebacker Jalen Harrell four and a
half sacks coming off the bench.
Speaker 6 (10:29):
Prussia Texas back from Jayen Rock.
Speaker 1 (10:32):
Out the door. Defensive end Sebastian Joseph Dake a couple
of sacks over forty tackles.
Speaker 6 (10:37):
He's under a sacked again inside the ten yard line.
Speaker 1 (10:41):
De Andre Sweat has gone a couple of sacks and
thirty four tackles.
Speaker 3 (10:45):
And Andres Sweat brings.
Speaker 1 (10:47):
Him down into no more ardent key.
Speaker 3 (10:49):
He made it home four times now god him turnover
on down.
Speaker 1 (10:55):
And farewell to jahad Ward signed on the dotted line
five times. God Lord beefed up their second level draft
killed in the second round. He tested extremely well.
Speaker 4 (11:06):
He ended up running four to five one for the
thirty seven inch vertical.
Speaker 1 (11:10):
That tells you what type of bathlet he is.
Speaker 3 (11:11):
And when he hits you, he.
Speaker 1 (11:12):
Brings his feet on contact and he is a striker.
He joins linebacker Cody Barton eighty one tackles. Played the
pass great with a team high eleven passes defensed in
three interceptions. He got fit front of the Harbert pass
he takes it into the episode. And how about Cedric
Ray one hundred and sixty four tackles, the fourth most
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in the NFL.
Speaker 3 (11:39):
Collo We're Flying, I'll promise you I'm coming.
Speaker 1 (11:41):
Those three expected to improve a run defense that gave
up four to three per carry and the rolling with
Joey Sly as the toe guy has to use it
better as he missed seven field goals last year.
Speaker 3 (11:55):
Let's a fly.
Speaker 1 (12:03):
Big picture view Taylor and Flott taking the snaps Snead,
Roger McCreery and Armor Davis took last year. Joshua Williams
former chief corner in Darryl Baker out he struggled against
the pass anyway, and they have to cover up for
the departure of Xavier Woods. Plenty of change to their
front seven to two. Franklin Myers, Jordan Elliott, Thomas Falk
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and Martin are all new to tighten up ward Key sweat,
Joseph Day out the door, and the rookie Gray in
their two. Their defense relying on a ton of new guys,
two new key offensive playmakers and Tay and Wandale hoping
to help Ward unlock his true potential. Ridley staying healthy
would make a big difference too. Helm now the primary
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tight end, with o'conk wro gone Dable the one in
charge of designing a plan to get more out of
an offense that was a nemic last year. Tennessee's expected
strength of schedule thirteenth easy. That's basically a ranking of
teams based on their opponents expected win totals in twenty
twenty six. Let's pretend Nate Bargatzi was predicting their wins
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and losses. So we're putting on tighten up glasses and
hoping for the best. They take out the Jets week one,
sweep those New York teams, beating the Giants, take Houston
at home, then the Colts, followed by Cleveland drop the
Jags in Tennessee, beat up on Washington, sweep the Colts,
Vegas is beatable, and Pittsburgh to finish with ten wins.
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I wish I was as funny as the Tennessee kid,
and I wish the Titans ten wins too, But I'll
say at least six.
Speaker 3 (13:39):
Every win is a pretty win.
Speaker 5 (13:40):
House standing time are you wait to come and fight,
find a way to win one time every Texas.
Speaker 1 (13:46):
Houston Texans twelve wins in twenty twenty five, two more
than the year before, a playoff win for the second
season in a row. Seems like a team with doors vibes, yes,
sir ye, ready to break on through to the other side,
which is what their defense did over and over again
in twenty twenty five.
Speaker 6 (14:06):
Let's take the ball, let's go forth, and the bullpen.
Speaker 1 (14:09):
Expects to see more of it this year.
Speaker 3 (14:11):
Picked up full up at the fifth eg go, far goes,
far go.
Speaker 1 (14:15):
If Seattle can win it all with the defense first recipe,
why not Houston?
Speaker 3 (14:19):
Any stars bo there?
Speaker 1 (14:23):
They held teams to fewer yards per game. No team stingier.
Speaker 5 (14:26):
Pick up bards tipped up the ball is up day
over the Texas glad it.
Speaker 1 (14:33):
Had more takeaways. Houston third most.
Speaker 5 (14:35):
Topped it collapse of what He's gonna go down, the
pup pops out and Bill Anderson Junior pumps out.
Speaker 3 (14:41):
Of the pack with it.
Speaker 1 (14:42):
Held teams to seventeen per game, same as the Hawks.
Speaker 3 (14:46):
Lyley brought out of the twenty four yard line by
will Anders said.
Speaker 1 (14:49):
Joyard Top ten versus the run, sacking qbs and playing
the pass.
Speaker 3 (14:54):
Gotta get the ball out more deep up against those.
Speaker 1 (14:58):
Defense held quarterbacks to a seven tventy six rating, third lowest,
only one hundred and eighty three yards allowed per game.
No Waldo's in their secondary. This is absurd. They have
four dbs who come in off sub seventy five rate seasons.
Speaker 3 (15:14):
The misshif searching finding us he gets.
Speaker 1 (15:17):
To each had ten plus passes defensed, and they each
had four I n t s.
Speaker 3 (15:22):
Steglat lock up.
Speaker 1 (15:26):
Not one is played five years in the league.
Speaker 3 (15:29):
I should almost got there. This is the pirate took
Chiefs Camblet.
Speaker 1 (15:35):
Derek Stingley held his targets to a sub sixty eight
fifteen passes defensed, spend a lot of time in the
shadow of w R Ones.
Speaker 3 (15:42):
Stingley sticks it with a one handed ground.
Speaker 1 (15:45):
Might be the best corner going. I won't argue all stand.
Speaker 3 (15:50):
It's all all stand.
Speaker 1 (15:51):
Kamari Lassiter sub seventy five rating, fat, seventeen passes defensed,
and that was just his second year.
Speaker 3 (15:58):
A monster up at sip at a clutch time.
Speaker 1 (16:01):
Only Seattle can make an argument about best cornerback trio.
Jalen Peatrie a low fifties rate, lowest of any nickel
corner picked.
Speaker 3 (16:10):
Off Peatree Weather at.
Speaker 1 (16:12):
Midfield behind them, safety Kaylin Bullock, the fourth member of
the four I N T Club mid fifties rating ten
passes defensed and like Lassiter, that was his second year.
Speaker 6 (16:22):
That's intercepted.
Speaker 3 (16:25):
What the pick for Houston?
Speaker 1 (16:27):
And how about the rich getting richer? They added former
Philadelphia safety read Blanken Ship held quarterbacks to a low
nineties rate.
Speaker 3 (16:35):
Thick it's intercepted, Read blank and Ship picks it off
in the end z all.
Speaker 1 (16:40):
They no longer have the services of safety Miles Bryant,
though eleven games three starts did hold his targets to
a sub ninety rating.
Speaker 3 (16:48):
Yeah, what's a little bit light in the game, and
those Miles Bryant.
Speaker 1 (16:51):
Those dudes should get plenty of assistants from their front Again.
Pass rush bowled over forty seven quarterbacks a year ago,
seventh most.
Speaker 3 (17:00):
Oh let's go got him, Let's go.
Speaker 1 (17:03):
Fire and Ice are back, so should be more of
the same.
Speaker 3 (17:06):
Absolutely.
Speaker 1 (17:07):
Trill will Anderson, junior runner up for Defensive Player of
the Year first Team All Pro, off a twelve sacks season,
eleven plus bags back to back years Ronald.
Speaker 3 (17:16):
Good twelve and Will Anderson has him out. The ball
that's out and Will Anderson has it for a touchdown.
Speaker 1 (17:22):
Adds into year four now Scary Daneel the QB hunter,
second team All Pro, even though he tracked down his
prey three more times than just put him down for
ten plus again he's good for it. Double digit sacks
six of the last seven years.
Speaker 5 (17:37):
Crusher sack pall out Lords, Bradley Ford, Lord, it's gotta
go down, Clutch your gun.
Speaker 1 (17:43):
Didn't retain the services of defensive end Denico Autry three
and a half QB takedowns in twelve games. Or Derek Barnett,
who sealed the deal five times as a backup.
Speaker 6 (17:55):
Derek Barnett with his third sack of the.
Speaker 1 (17:58):
Year, Audios to vet him saddle too, They'll lean on Vett.
Sheldon Rankins again made it home three times while clogging lanes.
Speaker 3 (18:06):
We got it, recket, what up out and racket and.
Speaker 1 (18:14):
Tommy Togyi with a breakout year four fifty nine tackles
six for a loss, knocked down four passes all career bests.
Speaker 3 (18:22):
Always punched out and that's a terrific play by Tommy Tokyo.
Speaker 1 (18:26):
He was big in helping them hold runners to for
a carry teams to just ninety three rush yards per game.
Seahawks are trying to get Walker going.
Speaker 4 (18:34):
Hasn't been a super productive birthday so far, and they'll
throw Cayden McDonald into the nex pick him up in
the second round.
Speaker 1 (18:42):
He's pretty damn good at the football, yeah, especially against
the run.
Speaker 4 (18:45):
Not only is someone that can stack blocks and hold
the line of scrimmage, he is productive. He makes a
ton of tackles, he frees himself and is able to
locate the football.
Speaker 1 (18:54):
You see it here working through two blocker underrated linebacking
group Aziz al Shire over one hundred tacks, well good
what and played the pass well knocking down nine passes.
Yeah yeah what made his first Pro Bowl?
Speaker 3 (19:08):
Oh yeah, I threw football out.
Speaker 1 (19:10):
Henry t third year as good as his second. That's
a good thing. Ninety five plus tackles for the second
year in a row, career high nine TFLs.
Speaker 3 (19:18):
Alan Mini boot Allen in the backfield. That trouble he
goes down. I got he sacked by Henry Tote.
Speaker 1 (19:23):
Their defense not the concern here, dude.
Speaker 3 (19:26):
We gotta get better, but we take the douve gotta
get better.
Speaker 1 (19:29):
It's that offense.
Speaker 3 (19:30):
Yeah, I love you, baby has a fun out there?
What pass a fun? Hey, wait to see you saying maybe.
Speaker 1 (19:38):
It's not that it was a train wreck. Close to
twenty four points per games at least respectable, rose to the.
Speaker 3 (19:43):
Edge, out cut, touchdown, hosted scares, but.
Speaker 1 (19:46):
It lacked consistency save being consistently bad in the red
zone interception.
Speaker 3 (19:52):
It's the five guard line.
Speaker 1 (19:54):
And on third down and.
Speaker 3 (19:55):
Clings the ball forward.
Speaker 6 (19:57):
The Steelers are gonna think this is a fumble with.
Speaker 1 (20:00):
On top of it, and those short fallings often fell
on CJ. Stroud's shoulder.
Speaker 4 (20:04):
Now the pressure came from Sawyer and Wyatt Black snatched
it out of the air.
Speaker 1 (20:09):
Stroud's production has dipped each of the last two seasons
following this offensive Rookie of the Year showing in twenty
twenty three.
Speaker 3 (20:16):
Strout steps up in the pocket, throws over the middle
at dinner, stept.
Speaker 1 (20:18):
It from twenty three tds down to twenty then just
nineteen last year in fifteen games.
Speaker 3 (20:24):
Shot that's up, a get up, let's a get a
throw down. The little chumping.
Speaker 1 (20:27):
Intercept went from averaging two hundred and seventy three passing
yards per game to two nineteen and then two seventeen.
Speaker 3 (20:34):
Last year he landed across the battery. They're gonna say
that the feet are in nds up.
Speaker 1 (20:39):
Is a big year in determining if he was just
a right said Fred Strout.
Speaker 3 (20:42):
Throws it up in the air, intercepted Marcus Jones.
Speaker 1 (20:44):
Or if he is indeed a franchise quarterback?
Speaker 3 (20:47):
Got by question Jack cart touchdown.
Speaker 1 (20:50):
Joe said the thought was poor O line play held
him back in twenty twenty four, but they were top
ten and sacks taken last year and in pressure allowed
in the pot CJ.
Speaker 3 (21:00):
Throwing back at the ed zone caught NICKO call.
Speaker 1 (21:03):
It and even so they made lots of changes. Used
their first rounder on center, Keelan Rutledge. Yeah, first round
center means he's got to be pretty good.
Speaker 4 (21:13):
Just watch the strain to finish. That's a scouting term
we like to throw out there. This is I just
want to show that aspect of this guy's game. You
see the size, you see as a boy to anchor
all those things. Let's just watch this dude finish.
Speaker 3 (21:25):
Look at it. Just keep going driving.
Speaker 1 (21:26):
We're twenty yards down the field.
Speaker 4 (21:28):
And we're not stopping until you're on your back, and that's.
Speaker 3 (21:30):
What he does.
Speaker 1 (21:31):
He takes over for Jake Andrews, who only gave up
two and a half sacks last year. They have a
new guard in Wyatt Teller, former Brown left guard was
a mess last season due to injuries. Brought in Braden
Smith to play right tackle. Thirteen games for the Colts
a year ago, three sacks allowed takes Titus Howard spot
he allowed three sacks as well. Ursery gave up a
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team high eight sacks. Was a rookie so had some bumps,
but held it down pretty well overall. He still has
a WR one type. Nico Collins hought.
Speaker 3 (22:01):
By College touchdown kisted.
Speaker 1 (22:04):
Over eleven hundred yards a year ago, six.
Speaker 3 (22:06):
Tds hot Nico College over.
Speaker 1 (22:08):
One thousand yards the last three straight years light side,
and Nico with the catch.
Speaker 5 (22:13):
Light side of the zone, a touchdown rock and roll
twenty nine yard touchdown pass brook Strout to College.
Speaker 1 (22:21):
Jayden Higgins matched him with six scores over five hundred
yards in his rookie campaign.
Speaker 3 (22:26):
Left go left go.
Speaker 1 (22:28):
Fellow rookie Jalen Noel close to three hundred yards in
his first go of it.
Speaker 3 (22:32):
What sideline forty and plopped out in side by thirty yard.
Speaker 1 (22:36):
Live jail at Xavier Hutchinson career high in catches, yards
and tds and playing time four hundred yards and changed
three tds in his year three.
Speaker 3 (22:45):
In the episode Rock and Roll Touchdown.
Speaker 1 (22:49):
Josted tight end Dalton Schultz led the team interceptions with
eighty two hit the jackpot with seven hundred and seventy
seven yards. Hope he had more than a quarter plug
in there, second most yards he's had in his eight
year career.
Speaker 5 (23:01):
Goes right side back of the episode God Touchdown Dunton Shop.
Speaker 1 (23:06):
They hope what he Marx can build off a rookie
season that saw him crack seven hundred yards.
Speaker 5 (23:10):
Right side cuts back ted five body to the easode.
Speaker 1 (23:14):
Pulled in over two hundred receiving yards on top of.
Speaker 3 (23:16):
That marks across the five marks to the episode.
Speaker 1 (23:21):
Marks only three six A carry will take a backseat
or share snaps with newcomer David Montgomery. They traded for
the former Lion seven hundred plus yards, eight tds and
twenty twenty five healthy four point five per run.
Speaker 5 (23:35):
It goes over the right side ton of Top cuts
to a right at the fifteen get out of the
tenth town of the five to three the exode.
Speaker 1 (23:40):
His arrival made Nick Chubb less of a need, chipped
in over five hundred yards.
Speaker 3 (23:45):
Touch down Josta Shop to the house.
Speaker 1 (23:49):
They have one of the best kickers, Kayimi Fairbairn didn't
miss an extra point, most field goal attempts and field
goals made. He went forty four for forty Eight's God.
Their offense will also get Tank Dell back at some point.
Dell missed all last year recovering from that brutal leg
injury he suffered in twenty twenty four. Was an impact
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player before he got hurt. Monty new to the scene.
A couple of tweaks to the defense, but most of
the ombres that wrecked all those offenses are back. McDonald,
the rookie joining the front seven, which still features Anderson
and Hunter off the edges, and hey, hey, hey that
secondary man Stingley, Peatree, Lassiter, Bullock and now Blankenship. Find
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a better back five. I'll wait. Texans face the seventh
hardest schedule this year if you look at it through
every team's opponent's projected win totals. But they're one of
the teams with an over under in the above five
hundred range at nine point five. Fact is that defense
can beat any team any week. This is their ceiling.
If we had Ferdinand, that cartoon bull played by John Cena,
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go through their schedule. Beat Buffalo at home, because they
beat Buffalo at home last year, so why not again?
Beat Cincinnati at home, Indianapolis on the road, Dallas at home.
They're plenty capable of taking out Jacksonville, Tennessee, and the
Giants are supposed to be below them. Chargers is in
La and if they have their tackles this time, maybe
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they take it. But take Cleveland and the Colts Pittsburgh,
Washington and the Jags in Houston, Philadelphia and Green Bay
are road tilt, so we'll let those go, but finish
with a win over the Titans. My bag feels ten
plus is at least achievable. Stroud on the offense improve
a little bit, defense holds the line.
Speaker 2 (25:34):
Finally we back outside, We back outside, I'll go.
Speaker 1 (25:40):
It was like watching Raiders of the Lost Arc and
then immediately watching Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, where you
go from watching a twenty eight year old Indiana.
Speaker 3 (25:50):
Jones By to be a movie to be a movie to.
Speaker 1 (25:54):
Watching a forty five year old version of him. I mean,
Harrison was trying his best, but it's just not the
same that was set.
Speaker 3 (26:02):
That was set, that was set.
Speaker 1 (26:04):
Everybody gets it, Daniel Daniel Daniel Jones followed the same
Sammy d Gino path.
Speaker 3 (26:15):
I got through Rushing, Hoddy through Russian Toddy Oh.
Speaker 1 (26:20):
Hushing escape the Big Apple. Live up to your potential
and you're not playing what I'm worry Dimes started falling
from the sky.
Speaker 3 (26:28):
Great throw by Danny Dimes.
Speaker 1 (26:30):
Indianapolis's offense spent more than half the year as the
number one scoring oh the Colts.
Speaker 3 (26:36):
Now have forty points for the second time this season.
Speaker 1 (26:40):
Dj pulling off a Lloyd Christmas and totally redeeming himself
to the five tds. Along the ground.
Speaker 3 (26:52):
Touchdown Daniel Johns of Russian store his porn rushing touchdown
this season.
Speaker 1 (26:59):
Nineteen through the air. Yes, close to two hundred and
forty passing yards per game.
Speaker 3 (27:07):
Look at deep down the field that it is.
Speaker 1 (27:12):
A one hundred rate. Nice throws man over eight yards
per attempt, a sixty eight percent completion rate. Wanted he
was the difference maker.
Speaker 3 (27:24):
Can't be Den, can't be TONI can't beat that.
Speaker 1 (27:27):
When he went down, the rest of the cards crumbled.
So now they have to see if he can pick
up where he left off. If he can, JT goes
back to being in sync.
Speaker 3 (27:37):
Run down the box side like Tardy. He's at the
puny smite upondy Tom. Taylor's right out.
Speaker 1 (27:42):
About defenses just keyed on him when the passing attack
wasn't popping, but when it was, Taylor was shredding.
Speaker 3 (27:49):
Touch back to his right, spinning up field, still going.
It's not out of a tackle. He's at the twenty,
he's at the ten, he's at the five. Touchdown.
Speaker 1 (27:57):
Still led the league with eighteen rushing tds. Stand the
trip back the dead close to sixteen hundred yards.
Speaker 3 (28:05):
Turns away, nay touch down.
Speaker 1 (28:13):
Four to nine A pack.
Speaker 3 (28:14):
You bet to hit Mary, Oh, you got to Hitory.
Speaker 1 (28:17):
And their primary four pass catchers just filled out the
band perfectly. Alec Pierce led the league in yards per
catch for a second year in a row.
Speaker 3 (28:25):
Back to the end zone. It's Alec Pears.
Speaker 1 (28:28):
Twenty one per catch, led the team with just over
one thousand yards first one k season of his career.
Speaker 5 (28:35):
Press cut it Cats were Alec Pears touchdown.
Speaker 1 (28:40):
They chose to hand him the coin, which led to
the departure of Michael Pittman, who led the team in
receptions with eighty and receiving tds with seven over seven
hundred and fifty yards.
Speaker 3 (28:50):
He said he stretched the ball across the goal line, so.
Speaker 1 (28:54):
Josh downs needs to be more than a great three
over five hundred yards and four scores in twenty twenty five.
Speaker 3 (29:01):
And the end zone touchdown touch down.
Speaker 1 (29:05):
They signed Nick Westbrook a kine a three hundred to
four hundred yard type guy with the Titans, but didn't
see much action with Miami last year. Does look like
they've got their tight end for years to come.
Speaker 3 (29:17):
Tyler Warren has a touchdown and three straight games.
Speaker 1 (29:20):
Tyler Warren with four tds seventy six catches over eight
hundred yards to start his career turns.
Speaker 3 (29:26):
For the Pilot touchdown Tyler.
Speaker 1 (29:30):
Ward Jones was like, wait, so pass blocking is a thing,
Let's go. He used to get planted on the regular
in New York, not in Indy. Let's go, let's go
get one, Let's go, boy, let's go.
Speaker 3 (29:42):
Let's tell let's go.
Speaker 1 (29:43):
Only twenty nine sacks taken seventh fuist.
Speaker 3 (29:46):
He packs to throw throws up field wide open Tyler Warren.
Speaker 1 (29:49):
And he walked to the left tackle Bernard Ryman, left
guard Quenton Nelson, center Tanner Bordolini, right guard, Matt and
Calviz their starters in twenty twenty five. I have all
returning for twenty twenty six. The feeling is, get a
full year with Jones on offense, a full year of
Sauce on defense, and we're dancing.
Speaker 3 (30:09):
I remember we had the knockout blood. We got the
freaking knockout blood, but of.
Speaker 1 (30:13):
The breakdown, and they need that to happen based on
what they gave up for him. Massive trade in the
afc Ian Ropaport tweeting it the Jets are trading Sauce Gardner.
Speaker 3 (30:23):
To the Colts.
Speaker 1 (30:24):
Big picture twenty twenty five twenty third in yards per
game allowed in John passes to twenty four points per
game given up turns, twenty sixth on third down pass
rush could be more effective, middle of the pack in
sacks and worse than sack percentage.
Speaker 3 (30:45):
Here comes to the rush by the Colts and they
sack them inside the twenty five yard line.
Speaker 1 (30:49):
They didn't close the deal at a high enough rate.
Speaker 5 (30:52):
Stafford most leven in the pocket, and he is crimming
down the sault.
Speaker 1 (30:56):
They gave up the second most passing yards per game.
Speaker 3 (31:00):
Well there's Robinson touchdown.
Speaker 1 (31:03):
Because they faced the second most pass attempts of any team,
they didn't fare as bad based on volume, holding quarterbacks
to a sub ninety rate.
Speaker 3 (31:19):
Do I wish I could tell you what that dances,
but I am not familiar with that at all.
Speaker 1 (31:24):
Into their front might not have bothered quarterbacks enough, but
they were second in yards. Will carry a loud down low.
You wouldn't think Grover would be good in the trenches,
but Stewart isn't a skinny blue muppet. He's a k
Dot fan. If you don't come for the chili, what'd
you come for? Over fifty tackles As the big body
DT in the middle.
Speaker 3 (31:46):
Herbert comes backed up of the air. Who's got its
big moss pack? Crover Stu.
Speaker 1 (31:52):
They had three guys with one hundred plus tackles, but
none of them are coming back. They're trotting out two
new inside linebackers. No more Germanere at one hundred and
one tackles in just twelve games.
Speaker 3 (32:03):
And speaking of stops, Servain Pratt.
Speaker 1 (32:06):
His partners iyear. Franklin also left town. One hundred and
twenty five raps last year plus two.
Speaker 3 (32:11):
Sacks every cover, I'll lose football.
Speaker 1 (32:15):
They replaced one with another triple digit tackle guy at
least a keen. Davis Gaither a career high and starts
and tackles, took down one hundred and seventeen ball carriers
for the Cardinals.
Speaker 3 (32:25):
But then it's picks over the middle Davis Gabo and.
Speaker 1 (32:30):
They drafted C. J. Allen with their second round draft pick.
Speaker 3 (32:33):
Very good chance he could have hurt his name last night.
He falls into the second round into this range, and.
Speaker 4 (32:38):
It's the good fortune of the Indianapolis Colts. Then I
only just got a linebacker to putting their middle their defense.
They got a leader that they can establish in the
middle of their defense.
Speaker 1 (32:46):
But they cut ties with strong safety Nick Cross and
his one hundred and twenty takedowns a pick in two
and a half sacks last year. Ross on this stack
taking his spot potentially their third round pick AJ Halsey.
And then watch him plan and drive.
Speaker 4 (33:01):
He's really good at reading the quarterback and positioning himself
to make plays.
Speaker 1 (33:05):
On the football area. Is doing it down in the
red zone and doing it in.
Speaker 3 (33:09):
And the SEC at a very high level.
Speaker 1 (33:12):
Free safety Cambina Baby held his targets to a nice
low sixties rate.
Speaker 3 (33:21):
No no, no, no, no, no no.
Speaker 1 (33:27):
The eighty one tackles h we will drop up four picks.
Speaker 3 (33:35):
That can't find him at the forty two yard line.
Speaker 1 (33:38):
Great debut with the shoe.
Speaker 3 (33:39):
I've never noticed that there's line all four.
Speaker 1 (33:41):
Of Indies corners with some ninety rates allowed. Char Various
Ward only got in seven games solid when he was healthy.
Speaker 3 (33:48):
Steps back to the forty one and throws at it too. Play.
Speaker 1 (33:52):
Same for Sauce Gardner, only got in a few games
post trade.
Speaker 6 (33:56):
Sauce Gardner nearly had his first big impact.
Speaker 3 (33:59):
Play as a colt.
Speaker 1 (34:00):
Kenny Moore, not returning, kept things in the mid eighties
rate wise. On his way out, took a flyer on corner.
Kim Taylor Britt who was CEB one material for a
bit in Cincinnati. Not last year, though, which is why
he was available. dB Mackai Blackman held quarterbacks to a
sub ninety right two picks over sixty tackles full year.
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Eleven starts and.
Speaker 3 (34:23):
It's picked off. This time it's intercepted by the Colton
it's ma Kaile Blackman.
Speaker 1 (34:28):
They need more help from their front though. Layatu Latu,
the one guy who did his part.
Speaker 3 (34:33):
Picked off Laya two la too at the interception.
Speaker 1 (34:36):
Oh led the team in QB hits that Latu Lato
eight and a half sacks.
Speaker 3 (34:43):
Who had that on their bingo card.
Speaker 1 (34:44):
To start out defensive end, Samson ebucom two sacks fourteen games,
so he isn't coming back and neither is defensive end.
Quitty pay Prisette dot Sand takes a sack who only
managed four backs. They picked up arden Key, a four
to six and a half sat guy four years running.
Speaker 6 (35:02):
Pressure up the middle and trouble a downy goals.
Speaker 1 (35:05):
He joins defensive tackle to Forrest Buckner, only played ten games,
racked four quarterbacks in that window.
Speaker 3 (35:11):
Plants. Here comes the russ by the Colts.
Speaker 4 (35:13):
They twist them down and it's the Forest Buckner back
to the forty four yard line.
Speaker 1 (35:18):
Colts used three different kickers last year. Spencer Schrader finished
and went thirteen for fourteen on field goal attempts, fourteen
for fourteen on extra points.
Speaker 3 (35:27):
So game on kick us out its way head to
put the up times.
Speaker 1 (35:34):
Two questions with their offense. Will DJ pick back up
where he left off? And what will the absence of
Pittman mean. Pierce and JT should keep doing their thing,
but they may have to step up their games even more.
Defensive front seven key for Quiddy. That's a four sat
guy for a four sat guy. Rest of the front
three are the same. If Buckner plays all year, that
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would make a big difference. Revamped second level Davis gather
a one hundred plus tack dude in for Franklin who
was also a triple digit tackle dude Alan and Bryce Betcher,
a fourth rounder who may be a steal filling the
void left by Pratt in the secondary. Give them sauce
for a full year with Ward and they play the
pass better than last year. They do need somebody to
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step up and fill the void left by more though
Haulsey having a chance to start next to buying them
with Cross no longer in the building. Colts have a
favorable schedule in theory ninth easiest if you go by
their twenty twenty six opponents expected win totals. Indy's own
over under mark sits at seven and a half. So
what's their ceiling if their roster was even just one
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game better than that tough first three games. But let's
give him a home win over Houston, followed by wins
over Washington, Pittsburgh, Tennessee, and Minnesota. They take Miami, the
Giants sweep Tennessee and beat Cleveland before a week eighteen
home win over Jacksonville. That's a ten win season. When
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I dug into the game, you guy back, I found
eight wins at least for one reason or another. It's
a team that's come up short of double digit wins
the last five straight years, so I'm not sure how
many more than eight they finished with.
Speaker 3 (37:12):
They've won the division title for the fifth time in
team history.
Speaker 1 (37:21):
Welcome to Dove all, Liam Cohen. Freddie Di says, drinks
are on him wherever you dine. Thirteen wins in twenty
twenty five, Cohen making Trevor Lawrence look great again.
Speaker 3 (37:32):
Today we get to see the edge of head coach
Liam Cohen.
Speaker 1 (37:35):
Jason bounced from the good place a little too soon.
I guess a lot of work put into this moment,
A lot of work.
Speaker 3 (37:41):
Remember one thing today, You're not alone.
Speaker 4 (37:44):
You've got Tim Dusrounnie that are gonna lay on the
line for you, you're the same for them.
Speaker 3 (37:47):
Down day one.
Speaker 1 (37:49):
You gotta have faith and Jack's faithful, have plenty of
it right now.
Speaker 3 (37:54):
Another pot, it'll be great.
Speaker 1 (37:56):
Reigning AFC South champs with a resounding Baker's does and
in the win column. And Cohen didn't need Baker to
guide the team to those dubs. It was Trevor Lawrence,
fire quarter back of the Ad who he had Roland Roland.
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Roland comes off a career high twenty nine t ds fire.
Speaker 3 (38:24):
But cry up, come up, don't you the dodger.
Speaker 1 (38:28):
At the album and that does not appear to be
Lawrence's ceiling.
Speaker 5 (38:31):
Like Fireflila put down dat cut camp back right now
twice sack.
Speaker 3 (38:37):
Yard Hey, unbelievable. Okay, so big five Croup.
Speaker 1 (38:41):
His twenty twenty five felt more like what they expected
him to look like by his year two. Call him
fashionably late. Firefort and their offense produced plus with very
little production from the guy they traded up to to
play Lawrence's new significant other. Jacksonville's mostly Travis hunterless offense
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close to twenty eight points per game sixth best has
put the.
Speaker 3 (39:14):
Ten Brooke at tackle the ad don't touch.
Speaker 1 (39:17):
Out eleventh flosk yards per game, but.
Speaker 3 (39:20):
They don't toutch out and Jack Billa retakeably top.
Speaker 1 (39:24):
Ten in the red zone again. Could be even better
if they can improve on third down. This year Lawrence made.
Speaker 3 (39:32):
The tackle, but he also threw the interception.
Speaker 1 (39:35):
And maybe take fewer sacks they took forty one. A
year ago, left tackle Walker Little gave up a team
high eight and a half sacks, made fourteen starts, allowed
a real high pressure rate too. Ole Van Lannon, positioned
to unseat him, only allowed two and a half sacks,
made ten starts. But everybody they're re lying on made
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starts for them in twenty twenty five. No who faces
expecting to crack the lineup.
Speaker 3 (40:02):
Run the ball? Run you want to what the plus
it is? Do you want to?
Speaker 1 (40:07):
Hunter got in seven games as a rookie close to
three hundred yards and a TD in that span. As
his forced tachdown, they expected him to be a game
changer on both sides of the ball. Of course, has
to heal up and find his place in a crowded
wide out room. They traded for Jacoby Meyer's mid year
played so well they gave him a contract extension eight
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hundred plus yards between Vegas and the Jags. That's five
straight eight hundred plus yard campaigns.
Speaker 3 (40:35):
A cutdown to pubbymer.
Speaker 1 (40:37):
Maybe Obi Wan Jacoby can help mentor young Brian Thomas.
Speaker 3 (40:44):
Cup down.
Speaker 1 (40:45):
He's trying to rebound from the dreaded sophomore slump. He
was banged up. He missed three games. He finished with
a little over seven hundred yards twelve hundred plus yards
and ten tds as a rookie, So last year was disappointing.
Parts of trilogies usually come with redemption. Parker Washington, on
the other hand, would like to keep living it up.
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By the Lutch Dow put up a career high eight
hundred and forty seven yards and five touchdowns in his
third year on the job, more than double this previous high.
Speaker 4 (41:15):
Well, that ball is going to be caught by the
touchdown by Parker Waka.
Speaker 1 (41:21):
He housed two punt returns too.
Speaker 3 (41:24):
Anybody suck. He's gonna host this guy.
Speaker 1 (41:27):
And they like their tight end. Brenton Strange, he missed
five games, still cobbled over five hundred yards together.
Speaker 3 (41:34):
The blends a touchdown backing him up.
Speaker 1 (41:37):
Nate Borkircher, who they drafted in the second round of
the draft.
Speaker 4 (41:41):
Bor Kercher not super productive, only nineteen catches this last year.
He's twenty four years old, but he is a hand
in the grow wide tight end. He can block, and
he's gonna be able to help in the run game
as well as if a steady, dependable, reliable pass catcher.
Speaker 3 (41:54):
Not really a mismatch type player.
Speaker 1 (41:56):
So did Key change at running back as Travis h
and left Town off one thousand plus yard season.
Speaker 3 (42:02):
You're gonna walk in the van.
Speaker 1 (42:04):
Means more action for bacial touton to cheat you and
look at Bacial touting go five tds in his rookie
year coming off the bench and walk into the man
and Trev partially finishing fifth in MVP voting because he
also ran for a career high three hundred and fifty
plus yards matched Ferris Ditch marker punching in nine touchdowns.
Speaker 3 (42:27):
King celled out clip clout on the play, are gonna
clim run out.
Speaker 1 (42:34):
As surprised as some word to see Jacksonville's offensive night
as fast as it did under Cohen's command. The bigger
turnaround was that defense wes Borland like unbelievably underrated group
in twenty.
Speaker 3 (42:49):
Twenty five, Love all of it that we're feeling right now.
Speaker 1 (42:53):
I love it, Ralph talk about results varying.
Speaker 6 (42:56):
Justin Herbert was ten of eighteen for eighty one yards
an interception.
Speaker 1 (42:59):
This is easily the worst game of his career. They're
twenty twenty four defense left fans wanting to break stuff after.
Speaker 3 (43:05):
Each game that's been pon. Then that the tone.
Speaker 1 (43:09):
They were brutally bad at everything. They went from thirty
first and yards per game allowed twenty eighth and points
per game in twenty twenty four to eleventh and yards
per game allowed in twenty twenty five, holding teams to
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nineteen points per game, eighth fewest.
Speaker 3 (43:32):
The football is bigap are you gidding? I bring it up,
ott of that hold up, god on.
Speaker 1 (43:39):
They came away with the second most takeaways, getting.
Speaker 3 (43:41):
The balls out. Football is out. They knocked it out
of their product. Jump on top of it. That's the
John warf god dag damn it.
Speaker 1 (43:49):
The second most iron tas.
Speaker 5 (43:51):
Yes intercepted by Jacksonville at the eye in Indianapolis.
Speaker 3 (43:56):
The Jacks picking it off.
Speaker 1 (43:57):
In the ends, gave up the second highest ratingquarterbacks in
twenty twenty four, and then held him to a sub
eighty rate a year ago.
Speaker 3 (44:06):
Knocked away the deck, winning it over.
Speaker 1 (44:09):
Time, holding them to six point two yards per attempt.
Third lowest ridiculous turnaround fire thief down field picked up.
Cornerback Monteric Brown just keeps improving, knocked down a team
by twelve passes, two iron t's held his targets to
a sub seventy rate in his year four.
Speaker 6 (44:26):
His passes nearly intercepted.
Speaker 1 (44:28):
Wasn't yes it was thirty year cornerback Jerry and Jones
holding it down to a low sixties rate in his
sophomore campaign, hands on eight balls, three iron ts.
Speaker 3 (44:37):
Well he picked off the ball is intercepted theod jack
pick it off. That story and jolt stepped that front hunter.
Speaker 1 (44:44):
Their third young promising corner held quarterbacks to a low
eighties rate when he played not bad.
Speaker 3 (44:50):
Well done playing the football. This guy's got tremendous instincts.
Speaker 1 (44:53):
Bit cornerback Jordan Lewis eight passes defense, two picks, a
low nineties rate over twelve games.
Speaker 3 (44:59):
And I picked off Jordan Louis picked it off.
Speaker 1 (45:01):
They have youth at safety as well. Antonio Johnson fifty
eight tackles and his year three nine passes defensed, five
I INT's no tds allowed for a low thirties rate.
Speaker 3 (45:13):
Todell Jodan with a big fix.
Speaker 1 (45:17):
VET safety Eric Murray gave up a rating over one
hundred and his twelve contests. This will be his eleventh season.
They let fellow VET safety Andrew Winguard walk off an
eighty plus tackle seven ninety rate season.
Speaker 3 (45:30):
Andrew with what I do, brother, Now, if their front.
Speaker 1 (45:32):
Could work end together with their backside, they could really
do some damage. Only thirty two sacks in twenty twenty five,
only five teams with fewer. Their top pass rush threat,
Josh Heinz Allen met with a team high eight sacks.
That's back to back eight bad years.
Speaker 4 (45:51):
I gotta hit him and that would be a safety
as seven plus in six of his seven years.
Speaker 3 (45:56):
Got to get him plait a second.
Speaker 1 (46:00):
Biggest de bet to play that ever, tos of Doll
teased everyone with that seventeen and a half sack effort
in twenty twenty three.
Speaker 3 (46:06):
Got tie dout, got it.
Speaker 1 (46:08):
He finished the year strong, though.
Speaker 3 (46:10):
Josh has set the franchise career record for sacks. Congratulations
to Josh hide Allen.
Speaker 1 (46:18):
His partner across the way can't say the same thing.
Trayvon Walker is like biting into a chocolate starfish and
washing it down with hot dog flavored water. Three and
a half sacks of a fourteen games.
Speaker 3 (46:31):
Heah, no, you don't want to go for it. You
do not want to go for it.
Speaker 1 (46:35):
He was banged up much of the year.
Speaker 3 (46:37):
I lets that it's all for the hammer, so hoping better.
Speaker 1 (46:40):
Health will lead to a rebound. He was a ten
plus sack guy the previous two seasons. That defensive tackle
Eric Armstead found his way to five and a half quarterbacks,
second most on the team.
Speaker 3 (46:51):
Erk Armstead pulling him down by the feet.
Speaker 1 (46:53):
Defensive tackle Davon Hamilton not much of a bag man
there to stop runners, which Jacksonville did. No team allowed
a fewer rushing yards per game, and they held runners
to the second lowest yards per carry average at three
to nine.
Speaker 6 (47:09):
I got to the backfield and Quill.
Speaker 1 (47:14):
Lost a second team All Pro linebacker and Devin Lloyd,
though had five I and t's in twenty twenty five, intercepted.
Speaker 3 (47:23):
And were a massive momentson swing for the Johnsonville Jail yards.
On the very first he quits.
Speaker 1 (47:28):
A play in the game, Lloyd didn't need to worry
about wrapping up every runner with Foyer by his side,
a Luakin with one hundred and forty plus tackles. That's
six straight seasons with triple digits and tackles. And he
knocked down a fat eleven passes.
Speaker 3 (47:43):
They intercepted by boy Iola, pad.
Speaker 1 (47:45):
And their kicker. Nothing little about Cam's leg power, That's
the unquestionable truth. He's like the Steph Curry of NFL
kicking romer seventy yard field goal in preseason followed by
an NFL record setting sixty eight yarder made in the
regular season, three and out from your own twenty Cam,
(48:07):
what do you think?
Speaker 3 (48:09):
Sixty hey yard? How good of that?
Speaker 1 (48:13):
All the expected starters for Jacksonville on both sides of
the ball in twenty twenty six, all dudes who suited
up for them in twenty twenty five. They lost a
few guys here and there, but are filling the voids
from within. Lost wind guard at safety, drafted Jalen Husky
in the third round to take his locker. At least
Hunter playing a full year kind of makes him a
(48:34):
new addition front seven. Lloyd no longer at linebacker. That
means Miller will step into more starts and drafted Albert
Regis in the third round to provide depth up front,
the offensive playmakers, Hunter joining Myers, Washington and Thomas in
the wide out room again, or Kircher the nubie at
tight end Twoton getting a shot at RB one status
(48:55):
with a chan gon Tee Law directing it all and
hoping to truly fill the prophecy that he can indeed
do what Anakin did in that galaxy far far away.
Jaggs getting a nine and a half over under designation
means their expectations for the year are still high. Eleven
and a half is as high as any team got,
so their mark is kind of like getting a bee
(49:17):
on a test and their middle of the pack and
strength of schedule if you look at it via their
opponents twenty twenty six projected win totals. So let's see
what their ceiling might be. A win over Cleveland beat
New England and Douvaal Cincinnati is on the road, But
since we're trying to be optimistic, why not take Houston
and Indianapolis beat Tennessee. The Giants sweep the Titans defeat
(49:41):
Chicago and Pittsburgh get Dallas, Washington and Indianapolis to finish
for another thirteen to win year. That would be quite
the feat and quite the season. Not sure they get
that many, but double digits seems realistic so long as
tee law really has arrived.
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