August 21, 2026 • 49 mins
Bo Nix and the Broncos have gone from up-and-coming contender to division favorite after capturing the AFC West and making a deep playoff run. Can they stay on top, or can Justin Herbert and the Chargers close the gap? Game Preview Guy breaks down what's next for a Chiefs team looking to rebound from a rare playoff miss, whether the Raiders can take a step forward under new head coach Klint Kubiak, and the biggest storylines shaping one of the league's most fascinating divisions.
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Denver Broncos (13:41)
Kansas City Chiefs (26:46)
Los Angeles Chargers (37:43)
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Let's talk AFC West football, shall we. I'm GPG or
Game Preview guy. If you're not into the whole brevity thing,
here with a breakdown of all the moves teams in
the division made ahead of twenty twenty six. Don't worry.
This isn't ai as intelligent as it claims to be.
I guarantee it doesn't understand Lebowski. But we're not here
to talk about the dude. Denver, the reigning champs, Sean Payton,
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Bownicks and a ferocious defense all back with the Penguin
added to their offense, so they don't expect to drop off.
Chargers feel like they have the d and if Justin
Herbert gets a full year with their starting tackles, new
OC Mike McDaniel could really work some magic. Patrick mahomes
back behind center for KC. Can they revert to dynasty
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form and Vegas has to decide if number one overall
pick Fernando Mendoza is ready right away. If not, Captain
Kirk gets to guide them until he's ready. Football football,
Las Vegas Raiders three and fourteen and twenty twenty five got.
Speaker 2 (01:04):
A practice with the art of being calm best.
Speaker 1 (01:07):
Too good enough for the first overall pick at least
and a new head coach. So let some light shine
on the black hole, won't you?
Speaker 3 (01:15):
Yeah? Come on?
Speaker 4 (01:16):
Man?
Speaker 1 (01:16):
Who Pete Carroll Gino Smith experiment lasted one year? Done
that time, big boy yup Income's former Seattle o ce
Clint Kubiak, along with two new quarterbacks to choose from
the higher profile of the two, the number one overall
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pick in the draft. Fernando Mendoza of.
Speaker 5 (01:40):
Watching NFL football on Sundays. So I watched a lot
of coach Kubiak, and then when I was drafted a
guy here, I was able to get the playbook. However,
going now to be in the facility and having access
to the film and seeing the application, seeing Kirk Cousins
do a back in Minnesota, seeing Sam Darnold do last
year in Seattle, see the application and what it's, how
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it's supposed to be executed, and what it's done at
a high level, is really beneficial for my development.
Speaker 1 (02:08):
Don't you go pulling in JaMarcus now? If they want
to let him watch, they can also let Kirk captain
the ship. Do you like that? The Cousin signing has
lots of good years on paper to the end zone day,
but fel But hasn't ever taken his team to place
as other men have gone before, in this case, deep
into the playoffs. Cousins has just tied Johnny Unitas for
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seventeenth all time in NFL history with his two hundred
and ninetieth career touchdown, past Kubiak, the second former Hawks
coach in a row to take over in Vegas thirty
plus years younger. So you're not going to see him
at the penny slots at one of those old school joints.
Speaker 6 (02:45):
A great challenge, Yeah, there have been, There have been
plenty of other coaches, but but why not us? Why
not this staff? You know, why not this group of players?
So if you look at it, if you look at
it in a lens of you know, there's a history
of some you know, guys that are in and out
of here pretty quick.
Speaker 1 (02:59):
I look at it. You know what, A great challenge
can't go anywhere? Butt up.
Speaker 2 (03:04):
Smith hands it to Jenny in the end zone, and
as a rock who might have him in.
Speaker 1 (03:07):
The end zone, their offense last in scoring and yards
per game, batt it.
Speaker 2 (03:11):
Into the secondary, picks up at the five.
Speaker 1 (03:14):
So the bar is low.
Speaker 2 (03:16):
Bit sacks another one. Fuck a collapsed man.
Speaker 1 (03:19):
He's coming down like most tavern level low Mendoza and
or cousins aren't trying to fill side show Bob's sized shoes.
Speaker 7 (03:31):
Other beautiful interception of Geno Smith.
Speaker 1 (03:34):
Gino led the NFL in interceptions with seventeen.
Speaker 2 (03:38):
Hopped up in the air intercepted.
Speaker 1 (03:40):
They better hope their line gives whoever is back there
more time than it gave Smith.
Speaker 2 (03:44):
Now he's rushed in down Ego.
Speaker 1 (03:46):
Vegas quarterbacks took sixty four sacks, most in the NFL.
Speaker 2 (03:50):
You know gets away and how he's sacked at twenty five.
Speaker 1 (03:53):
Left tackle Colton Miller missed most of the year. Left
tackle Stone Forsyth fourteen sacks allowed.
Speaker 4 (04:00):
It comes Bonito and Benito's gott Gino and down Smith.
Speaker 1 (04:03):
Goes right tackle DJ Glaze should stick to scratching and
mixing if he's not gonna block. Better gave up twelve
and a half sacks.
Speaker 2 (04:11):
Man oh Man and Nick Benito get in their fast.
Speaker 1 (04:14):
This is why they spent big the land former Ravens
center Tyler Linderbaum. But Glaze returns and he needs to rebound.
Miller hopefully rebounds from his injury. They also drafted guard
Trey Zoon in the third round, so they have some options.
Hoping the new group can open up more lanes too.
Speaker 7 (04:31):
With today Come on maybe.
Speaker 1 (04:34):
Who Ashton Genty only averaged three point seven to carry.
Speaker 2 (04:39):
Ow's the show that Holy cow, he's a little bowling
ball bo.
Speaker 1 (04:43):
He was hit within a yard of the line of scrimmage.
Does it on fifty four percent of his attempts, the
third highest rate among running backs with at least one
hundred carries. He did score ten total times, though five
on the ground with nine and seventy five yards.
Speaker 8 (05:08):
The big man has got the sway in new side.
Speaker 1 (05:13):
Pranks of joy, and he hauled in fifty five passes.
Speaker 9 (05:17):
Fash Genty his first career receiving touchdown.
Speaker 1 (05:21):
For over three hundred and forty receiving yards.
Speaker 2 (05:24):
Gedye, the five breaks a cock.
Speaker 1 (05:26):
That's the third Genty, Mendoza, Genty, brock Bowers. Those are
pretty nice building blocks in theory anyway.
Speaker 3 (05:33):
Has Digjety is first Caier star.
Speaker 1 (05:36):
Bowers only got in twelve games.
Speaker 7 (05:39):
What's the five touchdown.
Speaker 1 (05:43):
Close to seven hundred yards and sevent t d's when
he played.
Speaker 7 (05:46):
Mabe the Tots.
Speaker 3 (05:48):
Oh my god, Bowers.
Speaker 1 (05:50):
Fellow tight end Michael Mayer chipped in three hundred plus
yards and he fall Michael Mayer his first touchdown at
two years. Rookie Jack Beash two hundred twenty plus yards
five starts. The only wide out to really leave a
mark was Trey Tucker close to seven hundred yards five
scores lots to the end.
Speaker 4 (06:08):
Zone open, That is Tucker underneath it call.
Speaker 1 (06:12):
Touchdown later picked up Jalen Naylor. He had some good
games for the Vikings. Comes off a career high four
hundred and forty four yards scored four times. No vegas
Is defense also has lots of ground to make up
ride open, so plenty of new faces being plugged in
there too.
Speaker 7 (06:32):
The throb end zone touchdown gave.
Speaker 1 (06:36):
Up twenty five points per game. Only two teams worse
on third down sun touchdown.
Speaker 7 (06:43):
They were at.
Speaker 1 (06:43):
Least middle of the pack in yards per game allowed
and in the red zone come.
Speaker 7 (06:47):
On, well, come on, get up. Sack strips that up.
Speaker 1 (06:51):
But their secondary gave up the third highest completion percentage.
Speaker 2 (06:55):
Now lamb wide open on the right side of the
end zone.
Speaker 1 (06:57):
They allowed a ninety six rating to quarterback.
Speaker 7 (07:00):
Rose it to the near side Guy down.
Speaker 1 (07:04):
Only two pass rushes produced a lower pressure rate.
Speaker 2 (07:08):
Takes a shutout field, two wide open.
Speaker 1 (07:10):
Thirty seven sacks, amid totals.
Speaker 3 (07:12):
Back to throw, steps up, fires over the middle.
Speaker 7 (07:14):
And it's caught.
Speaker 1 (07:16):
Ten of those were mad max jobs. Com com Crosby
with twenty eight tackles for loss escaping to.
Speaker 3 (07:23):
The Crosby's chatter, he kept on Kelly.
Speaker 4 (07:28):
He had to run all the way from the wind
to the Mendola Bay to make that sad.
Speaker 1 (07:32):
But that's how you did second most in the NFL.
I I've told you what, He's a monster. Wasn't very
nice butt and the reason the Raiders were the second
artist team to run.
Speaker 7 (07:46):
On I'm got to go make a play.
Speaker 1 (07:49):
Mall held ball carriers to three nine per attempt.
Speaker 4 (07:52):
The hand up through the medal.
Speaker 1 (07:55):
Revamped their linebacker room. They let Devin White walk. One
hundred seventy three tackles is a lot of tackles. Walter
third most last year, third most solo tackles two five time.
Also bid a dude a fellow VET linebacker a Landon
Roberts who took down ninety dudes.
Speaker 3 (08:15):
On left side. Barkley couldn't get away from e Landon Roberts.
Speaker 1 (08:19):
Jamal Adams also gone played a lot at the second
level for them, forty five tackles seventeen games.
Speaker 3 (08:26):
Then they is sacked by Adams.
Speaker 1 (08:29):
Taking their spot. Nakobe Dean four sacks, fifty five tackles
and ten games for Philly, just needs to stay healthy.
Has missed seven plus games two of the last three years.
Speaker 2 (08:39):
He fumbles the football.
Speaker 1 (08:40):
I think Beagles have a hill line up next to
newcomer kway Walker another one hundred plus tackle year last year,
four straight and four years in the NFL career high
one twenty eight and twenty twenty five two and a
half sacks for the second year in a row.
Speaker 4 (08:55):
Who is sacked Parsons walks a gattle which Gray.
Speaker 1 (09:01):
Walker Crosby's new mate off the edge. Quitty pay managed
four bags for the Colts in twenty twenty five, was
an eight sack guy the previous two years.
Speaker 3 (09:10):
Sad takes a sack.
Speaker 1 (09:12):
They still have defensive tackle Adam Butler fifty tackles from
his spot, only one sack.
Speaker 4 (09:18):
It takes too much fun and if for the sack
comes Adam Butler.
Speaker 1 (09:22):
Defensive tackle Jonah Laulu, on the other hand, four quarterback
takedowns in his second year on the job, first as starter.
Speaker 4 (09:29):
Fourth sack of the season for Jonah La Lulu.
Speaker 1 (09:32):
Defensive tackle Thomas Booker, also a starter for the first time,
Forty four tackles, seven QB hits and five passes defense.
Speaker 3 (09:41):
Here's Barkley is pulled down in the backfield. Thomas Booker.
Speaker 1 (09:45):
Malcolm Cootz four and a half bags. He played all
seventeen games. They expected more from him.
Speaker 3 (09:52):
Coot's coming in from that side. You're right, he just
beats Campbell.
Speaker 1 (09:56):
Same is true of Tyree Wilson, only four sacks rated him.
Speaker 3 (10:00):
Wilson sacks of it.
Speaker 7 (10:02):
It's a safety.
Speaker 1 (10:04):
Gave his stall to Kei Ron Crawford, who they picked
up in the third round.
Speaker 8 (10:07):
Was very late the football as a basketball player, ends
up spending some time developing over the last couple of
years opposite of Keldrick Falk and then ended up out
producing him as a pass rusher this year. Cd also
one who went down to the Senior Bowl. Had a
nice showing and helped him get into the third round.
Speaker 1 (10:24):
The brightest spot in the back corner Darien Porter, who
held his targets to a sub ninety right as a rookie, the.
Speaker 3 (10:30):
Rookie Darien Porter getting his hand on it.
Speaker 1 (10:33):
He was one of two Raiders DB's to hold it
down to a sub ninety rate. Eric Stokes the other.
Speaker 4 (10:38):
Eric Stokes, who has been sensational on the back end
of the defense.
Speaker 1 (10:42):
Corner Cayu Blue Kelly allowed four touchdowns, isn't coming back.
He did pick off three passes.
Speaker 7 (10:48):
I picked off of the forty five gordline.
Speaker 3 (10:52):
It's Kelly again.
Speaker 1 (10:53):
They have Tarn Johnson now longtime bill, longtime stud nickel
corner Taron Johnson, one of the elite Nichols in the NFL.
Speaker 7 (11:02):
Broke it up and.
Speaker 1 (11:03):
They drafted corner Trade and Stukes in the second round.
Speaker 8 (11:06):
Someone that can play in the nickel, someone can play
as that high free safety, and some teams even thought
he could kick outside and play corner. He got hurt previously.
That's why he's a six year player.
Speaker 3 (11:16):
In twenty twenty four.
Speaker 8 (11:17):
Missed the first four games, but man, when you watched him,
he was.
Speaker 1 (11:20):
Impressive because the versatility of ball skills safeties. Jeremy Chin
made up for his poor play versus the pass by
making over one hundred tackles.
Speaker 4 (11:28):
And right there to stop Harvey for a short losses.
Jeremy Chin.
Speaker 1 (11:32):
Safety Isaiah Paulamu allowed a team high five tds and
a right close to one twenty, but did make ninety
two tackles and picked off two passes. Change at kicker
Daniel Carlson had a rough go of it, missed five
of his twenty seven field goal tries, so they signed
Matt Gay missed six field goals for Washington. Started the
year with San Francisco, so not coming off a great
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year either. This is what it all looks like on
paper on your screen. In this case, Stu and Johnson
the new guys in the dB room who are in
line to see significant snap counts. The rest of the
starters are returning raiders who have to come together Beatles
style to improve their play versus the past three new
starters expected with their front seven pay for Wilson off
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the edge, Crawford part of the rotation as well. Walker
and Dean take over the inside linebacker jobs previously held
by White and Roberts, Cousins and Mendoza battling for the
right to replace Gino, Genti, Naylor, Beash, Tucker, Bowers, and Mayer.
The guys that are expected to make plays and give
their o face a much needed boost. Raiders strength of
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schedule based on their opponents twenty twenty six expected win
totals middle of the pack. The Jahwas who live out
in the desert, have the Raiders as a five to
six win team. What's an optimistic take on their season
with the schedule they face. Start off with a win
over Miami. Take the Saints and maybe the Chiefs aren't
really any better than they were last year. Beat them
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on the strip. The Jets and their old quarterbacks seem beatable.
Brown's not expected to be much better, so a win there.
This is an optimistic view, So an upset over the
Chargers get Dubs versus Tennessee and Arizona for eight wins
under the new regime. That would provide hope that things
are headed in the right direction. The game preview guy
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Roulette wheel went round and round and the little ball
landed on the south side of six wins. Not sure
that defense will be good enough to take pressure off
the offense, which should be better under Kubiak. But their
division opponents plus New England Buffalo, the Rams, Niners Seahawks,
makes eleven games alone. They will play as underdogs. Denver
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Broncos reigning AFC West champs after winning fourteen games in
twenty twenty five.
Speaker 3 (13:46):
The Mile High City is alive.
Speaker 1 (13:50):
Made it to the doorstep of the big Dance. Now
it's time to see if they're ready to make it in.
Speaker 7 (13:56):
Oh. We work war runners, we work barbners.
Speaker 1 (14:00):
Equipped with a defense plenty worthy of Orange Crush membership.
Speaker 7 (14:04):
Everything you've got right, I think you've got.
Speaker 1 (14:08):
Going on an offensive line harder to get past than
the wall around city Walk in South Park.
Speaker 3 (14:15):
Touch it is.
Speaker 1 (14:17):
Denver just needs the players behind that wall to put
up a few more points a game and they'd be
as super Bowl worthy as any team in the NFL.
Not that they weren't. Last year. There was progress. Twenty
three points per game isn't terrible.
Speaker 4 (14:33):
You talk about a clutch drive, But just like I said,
we've seen it before.
Speaker 1 (14:39):
This year they were top ten good on third down
and in yards per game to.
Speaker 4 (14:42):
The corner of the Enzo pass to files Touchdow.
Speaker 1 (14:48):
Denver didn't the Mongolians tear that wall down fairly easily.
Speaker 7 (14:51):
I want a measurement. I want a measurement justice.
Speaker 1 (14:54):
No matter Sean Payton is allowing oc Davis Webb to
you know, be in oc and actually call the I
want to go forth, which my best fourth down call
is that bow Nicks's quarterback comes off a thirty TV campaign.
Speaker 2 (15:06):
Who's on the run past. That's the goal line talk
touchdown Denver, Cortland.
Speaker 1 (15:11):
Sutton twenty five with his arm twenty five plus both
years in the show's fall.
Speaker 7 (15:16):
He's got a white open receiver Harvey at the goal
line touchdown.
Speaker 1 (15:19):
Denver, over two hundred and thirty one yards per game
last season.
Speaker 3 (15:23):
Mixed a deep drop, looks left, throws the ball. He's
got Pat Bryant in the corners.
Speaker 7 (15:27):
The Jackson touchdown Denver.
Speaker 1 (15:31):
The bro Man also punched in five tds down low
with over three hundred and fifty rush yards.
Speaker 2 (15:36):
To the five to the goal line.
Speaker 7 (15:38):
Bow Knicks into the n zone.
Speaker 1 (15:40):
He was good. The offense was good, but to be
great need to be more consistent.
Speaker 7 (15:44):
Both loads it up, floats on.
Speaker 3 (15:47):
He's got John from the touch.
Speaker 1 (15:50):
Especially when you have a line like.
Speaker 7 (15:52):
Theirs, God keep them going. I can move off all day.
Speaker 1 (15:55):
Not one guy on their O line with four sacks.
Speaker 9 (15:58):
Allowed, most one towards the end, open receiver catch into
the hands out touchdown Denver.
Speaker 7 (16:04):
That is Cartland Sutton.
Speaker 1 (16:05):
Their line only blamed for sixteen of the twenty three
sacks they took all the year.
Speaker 3 (16:10):
Have to throw steps up, fires over the middle.
Speaker 1 (16:12):
Pat It's taught touchdown Denver if you was taken in
the NFL. Even though Nicks led the NFL in pass attempts.
Remarkable combo oh Nick.
Speaker 2 (16:22):
Finds his wide out Nay Atkins and on the right
sideline and he strolls into the end zone.
Speaker 1 (16:28):
Four touchdown, same five dudes, all returned to Garrett Balls,
Mike mcglinchy taking care of business at tackle, Ben Powers
Quinn miners at guard, Luke Wattenberg snapping in a third
lowest pressure rate allowed, and he questions.
Speaker 3 (16:42):
To the answer taught Cortland Sutton.
Speaker 1 (16:45):
Portland Sutton the clear number one still when he.
Speaker 3 (16:47):
Throws rows a ball for Sutton, who goes up and
makes the catch.
Speaker 1 (16:51):
The vet with his second one thousand yard year in
a row. Seven tds touchdown Cortland Sutton. He's found his
own seven to eight times the last two years.
Speaker 3 (17:00):
Perfectly placed into the arms of Portland Sunon.
Speaker 1 (17:03):
They hope adding a penguin will take them to a
whole nother level Eugene Struther style. Jalen waddles in off
a nine hundred and ten yard sixty d year.
Speaker 3 (17:13):
Pattle for the touchdown.
Speaker 1 (17:16):
Troy Franklin cracked seven hundred yards in a second year
half dozen touchdowns.
Speaker 3 (17:21):
For Big Three.
Speaker 1 (17:24):
No other wideouts hit four hundred yards. Pat Bryant, looking
to build off a three hundred and seventy eight yard
rookie year.
Speaker 3 (17:33):
First touchdowns seas a beauty guy.
Speaker 2 (17:38):
You guys there great heads too.
Speaker 1 (17:40):
Marvin Mims three twenty two.
Speaker 4 (17:42):
That is Marvin Mims fifty two yards Stidham to Mimes.
Speaker 1 (17:48):
But he also led the NFL in punt return yards.
Speaker 7 (17:51):
Marvin in trouble.
Speaker 9 (17:53):
Steps out of a tackle, and Harry got marvin'sas plaster
Nason Line twenty.
Speaker 2 (17:58):
Fifteenth ten past.
Speaker 1 (18:01):
At tight end Adam Troutman one hundred and ninety five yards.
His blocking talents earn him lots of snaps. Evan Ingram
is there to catch passes fifty catches, four hundred and
sixty one yards close.
Speaker 8 (18:12):
Batra Ara's not a loose stuft down the tackle inside
the Tim Man.
Speaker 1 (18:18):
I want to see JK. Dobbins make fifteen plus starts
in a season. He's been in the NFL six years
eleven the most he's logged nine last year over seven
hundred yards at five per clip.
Speaker 4 (18:30):
Regarding five. R J.
Speaker 1 (18:36):
Harvey benefited by getting extra reps. What's the ball into
the belly of Harvey in the whole touchdown walkers? How
about twelve total scores, three hundred and fifty plus receiving yards,
five air TVs Bob Pumps.
Speaker 7 (18:49):
Walks throws back of uzo, touchdown tim for R J.
Speaker 1 (18:52):
Harvey seven down low to the touch to with five
hundred and forty rush yards and his debut season in
the big.
Speaker 3 (19:01):
Leagues boss's right side.
Speaker 1 (19:03):
Harvey into the game, the offense with room to level
up their d just hoping for more of the same. Okay, Well,
if we were looking at the screen on one of
those old stand up video games, d E. N would
be listed over and over again in the top ten
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on the defensive side.
Speaker 3 (19:25):
Steff Farms defender.
Speaker 1 (19:26):
But he can't get away with an ass mixed in
there somewhere. I'm sure they don't give noble.
Speaker 7 (19:32):
It doesn't matter, don't they'll get noble.
Speaker 1 (19:34):
They held teams to eighteen points per game, third fewest.
Speaker 2 (19:37):
Takes ahead and ball knocked free and I done it.
Speaker 7 (19:41):
Let's go off.
Speaker 1 (19:44):
A second on third down and yards per game.
Speaker 3 (19:48):
Look at him diving in front.
Speaker 7 (19:50):
There's a reason why he was Defensive Player of the
Year last year that no.
Speaker 1 (19:55):
Team stingier in the red zone. Secondary held quarterbacks to
a seventy eight rating intercepting Jake one McMillan just one
hundred and eighty seven yards per game, second lowest completion
percentage allowed.
Speaker 3 (20:13):
Forty five yard touchdown return.
Speaker 1 (20:15):
And yards per attempt allowed.
Speaker 7 (20:17):
I believe in our pp is Wagos, Dervid week.
Speaker 1 (20:20):
And holy pass rush Batman time. Now it breaks down
I second second highest pressure rates away.
Speaker 3 (20:30):
The second.
Speaker 1 (20:32):
Roos w sixty eight trips to QB cribs ten plus
more than any other team.
Speaker 3 (20:38):
Risia for behind by Nick Benito.
Speaker 1 (20:41):
He's so pretty is pretty good?
Speaker 9 (20:43):
Alan did as he throws, the ball is free, it
bounces around and I think covered by the Broncos.
Speaker 1 (20:50):
Nick Bonito with fourteen sacks to lead the team.
Speaker 2 (20:52):
They actually got to get rid of it. Hit ball out,
ball out.
Speaker 1 (20:56):
That's thirteen plus back to back years. Ahead of his
fifth season, here comes.
Speaker 3 (21:00):
Bonito and Benito's gotten Gino and down Smith.
Speaker 1 (21:03):
Boats Miles Garrett led the NFL in sacks with twenty three.
He had thirty nine QB hits, second to Zach Allen.
Speaker 4 (21:11):
Smith down he goes hit the thirty two yard line.
That pressure again. Allen and Benito Converge.
Speaker 1 (21:19):
Hit the passer a whopping forty seven times as a
defensive end in a three four defense. I can't overstate
how beast that is.
Speaker 3 (21:27):
And that's the second sack today by the Broncos. Zach
Allen gets this one.
Speaker 1 (21:33):
He sealed the deal seven times. Comes off a first
team All Pro seventh year.
Speaker 2 (21:37):
Stroud looking pocket collapsing.
Speaker 3 (21:39):
He's in trouble and.
Speaker 7 (21:40):
I got him.
Speaker 1 (21:41):
They have four guys coming off seven plus sax seasons.
Speaker 8 (21:45):
If it's what he's gonna be, sack now and treble
Pierre Lets, he's gonna be sack Ark, is gonna be
spyroun and grabbed at midfield.
Speaker 2 (21:55):
That's five sacks.
Speaker 3 (21:56):
Love to the Bronco.
Speaker 1 (21:57):
John Franklin Myers no longer in mix. Seven and a
half sacks from the inside last year.
Speaker 2 (22:03):
A sack by John Franklin Myers.
Speaker 1 (22:06):
Still loaded, though Jonathan Cooper eight plus sacks three years
in a row, tuned into the o Cho last year,
his fifth in the NFL. But Jonathan Cooper the first
one then to bring him down in the backfield once more.
Speaker 7 (22:18):
And that will surely do it.
Speaker 1 (22:20):
They had four other guys who racked the quarterback at
least four times.
Speaker 2 (22:24):
Three l pro coost School at the White Jersey.
Speaker 1 (22:27):
Second nose tackle Malcolm Roach in the pot with a
career high four to twelve games, two starts.
Speaker 7 (22:34):
It's alsfect.
Speaker 1 (22:35):
Andrea Tillman with four coming off the bench in his
second year after a five sacked rookie year. He's like
a really good sixth man.
Speaker 3 (22:42):
In hoops Tilman and a loss of nine.
Speaker 1 (22:47):
Even their corners shop Jaquan Millon four bags the dfense
along with two iron t's and a low seventies rate versus.
Speaker 2 (23:05):
The pass, Oh baby, they con according to.
Speaker 1 (23:08):
League corner Riley Moss a sub ninety rate, leading the
NFL with nineteen passes defensed in his third year of works.
Speaker 3 (23:15):
The middle intercepted.
Speaker 1 (23:18):
That's boss kind of buried the cornerback lead here.
Speaker 2 (23:23):
May he loads it up home r ball down the
east sideline.
Speaker 7 (23:25):
That is not for twenty years.
Speaker 1 (23:31):
The pass or tan the second a low seventies rate, that's.
Speaker 4 (23:35):
What I expect flu every day, not sometimes all the time.
Speaker 1 (23:39):
Just another ho home stellar year from the human eraser.
Speaker 3 (23:42):
Immediately not half his feet A big hit by passer.
Speaker 1 (23:46):
Tan Zadei Baron allowed a triple digit rate to quarterbacks
as a rookie did come up with his first pick.
They think he's a star in waiting.
Speaker 3 (23:54):
Rockos able to take it away with Jade Baron.
Speaker 1 (23:59):
All three of their safeties tough on quarterbacks as well.
Talanoa Hufunga a hit in his first year in Orange,
over one hundred tackles while holding his targets to a
low eighties rate. Eleven passes knocked down and.
Speaker 4 (24:11):
The way they go and Smith's gonna get sacked worst
of all outcomes.
Speaker 1 (24:17):
Brandon Jones not one touchdown allowed in his fourteen games
play the low fifties rate.
Speaker 9 (24:22):
It may bring five hit if he throws, deflected it
in intercepted, it gets picked off on the play.
Speaker 3 (24:28):
Brandon Jones on the ricochet.
Speaker 1 (24:31):
And Denver's defense the second hardest team to run on.
There were no weaknesses to try and take advantage of.
Alex Singleton back to his tackle monster ways one thirty
five last year, one twenty plus and five of the
last six.
Speaker 2 (24:50):
He's down for a loss, with Alex Singleton there to
make the play.
Speaker 1 (24:55):
Justin Sternad played his way into a new contract four
and a half sacks, close to sixty tackle, getting more
playing time due to green Law's absence, and they're happy
with will Lutz's toe perfect on extra points twenty eight
to thirty two one field goal attempts.
Speaker 2 (25:12):
And denverst over to the FC championship.
Speaker 1 (25:15):
Did very little changed with that defense, no need for
even a nip and a tuck secondary Hufunga and Jones
at safety, McMillan PS two, Moss Baron at corner, still
Franklin Myers the only loss to the front seven Alan Jones,
Roach mucking it up on the inside, Cooper, Ellis, Bonito,
Tellman off the edges, Sternod and Singleton handling inside linebacking duties.
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Waddle the one big change on offense. Didn't lose anyone though,
Joins Sutton, Franklin, Mems Bryant, Little Jordan Humphrey at wide receiver,
the troutman Ingram Duo at tight end, still Dobbins and
Harvey at running back, Nicks at quarterback. Denver probably the
team that tinkered the least with its roster this offseason.
They're twenty twenty six. I could strength the schedule isn't
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overly hard either.
Speaker 3 (26:03):
That's when you.
Speaker 1 (26:03):
Average their opponents expected win totals out. Here's who they play.
Let's play the ceiling game, adjusting them to a ten
win type team. They beat Jacksonville at home, the Hawks
since it's in Denver, Arizona down the Chiefs at home,
take Carolina, Vegas, Pittsburgh, Miami. The Jets clean Vegas up,
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defeat Buffalo since it's a home game, and finish with
wins over New England and the Chargers. That's thirteen wins.
And if you want to argue, they can sweep Kansas
City and it's more like a fourteen win ceiling Who
could argue? I can't see great out of this bag,
but I see them getting to ten Doves. Defense is
still elite and Penguins thrive in cold climates.
Speaker 7 (26:45):
Right as the hell of an opportunity, the hell of opportunity.
Speaker 1 (26:49):
We are, Kansas City Chiefs twenty twenty five. Well, remember
that Citizen Kane song. I've seen better days. I've been
the star of many plays. I've seen better days in
the bottom drops out. That was Chiefs football last season.
I read more see you can tell it's AI because
it mistook Citizen Kane and Citizen King Andy Reid. Patrick Mahomes,
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Welcome to Vince Lombardi, Bart Star nineteen sixty eight, Chuck
nol Terry Bradshaw nineteen eighty.
Speaker 2 (27:19):
We're going We're right back on it. We're right back
on it.
Speaker 1 (27:21):
Somebody shot Jr. And your dynasty ended.
Speaker 7 (27:24):
And we're gonna stay aggressing. We're going to stay aggressing
the game.
Speaker 1 (27:27):
Let's go twenty one points per game.
Speaker 9 (27:29):
The ball off of his hand, right hand and shoulder
and into the arms of Andrew mccooba.
Speaker 1 (27:35):
Twentieth in yards per game over the air. That picked
up like to be where to dart twenty second on
third down.
Speaker 7 (27:41):
It's knocked out and and jump play.
Speaker 1 (27:44):
A far cry from what their offense was producing at
its peak, Shouter, And it's been two straight years of
subpar offensive output.
Speaker 3 (27:57):
So the Chiefs turn it over for a second consecutive possession.
Speaker 1 (28:01):
Patrick Mahomes twenty two touchdowns touchdowns, a career low, a
sub ninety rate.
Speaker 2 (28:10):
All night, dominate everything opportunity.
Speaker 1 (28:13):
Career low completed sixty two percent of his passes. Those
fall to his second Guess what career low? His O
line has a first team All Pro at center and
Creed Humphrey.
Speaker 2 (28:27):
God, that's a good second half.
Speaker 4 (28:30):
How about a minute?
Speaker 1 (28:31):
Cut it up man Josh Simmons looked solid as a
rookie left tackle when healthy.
Speaker 3 (28:38):
Touchdown He's dot was wild ten days running the football, but.
Speaker 1 (28:44):
He was one of three starters that spent multiple games hurt.
Casey gave up forty seven sacks. Mahomes took thirty four
in his fourteen games, second most times he's been dumped
in a single season.
Speaker 7 (28:55):
That will be sacked back at the eleven yard.
Speaker 1 (28:58):
They finally cut ties the laundry king right tackle Juwan
Taylor won't be lined up next to Mahomes anymore. The
projected starting five All Chiefs last year. Jalen Moore expected
to replace Taylor at right tackle. He made six starts
last season and gave up three and a half sacks,
which was tied for the most on the team. Even
though the rest of that group played roughly two hundred
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more snaps, none of them allowed Mahomes to get dropped
four times. President of the SWIFTYE Fan Club, Travis Kelcey.
Speaker 7 (29:28):
We'll get up on some point over.
Speaker 1 (29:30):
Eight hundred and fifty yards find so on.
Speaker 2 (29:31):
W Outen Kelfy Travis Kelsey.
Speaker 7 (29:35):
Touchdown five tds.
Speaker 1 (29:42):
I know he's at the end of the road.
Speaker 7 (29:44):
More we got we all keep him doing it, though, and.
Speaker 1 (29:47):
He's had much better years.
Speaker 3 (29:48):
Such the Chiefs all time touchdown Rucker.
Speaker 1 (29:52):
But not a lot of tight ends are good for
those kind of digits.
Speaker 7 (29:55):
Three miles an hour New York Movie fifteen.
Speaker 1 (30:00):
Maybe give Rashi Rice a full year and he should
be an eleven hundred plus yard double digit TD guy.
Touchdown five hundred seventy one yards. Really five tds in
just eight games last year.
Speaker 3 (30:16):
Todd left side Rice angling touchdown.
Speaker 1 (30:19):
Five hundred and thirty two yards for xavier' worthy.
Speaker 7 (30:22):
It's a block he gets one now two.
Speaker 2 (30:26):
Turning on the.
Speaker 1 (30:27):
Speed, Taekwon Thornton, the deep threat over four hundred yards
on just nineteen catches mass is.
Speaker 8 (30:33):
Todd Taekwon Thornton touchdown.
Speaker 1 (30:36):
They go forth without Hollywood Brown gave him close to
six hundred yards and five tds tot touchdown. Could we
see a new and improved k C Rush attack? Biggest
ad of the off season was signing Kenneth Walker off
his Super Bowl MVP performance went for over one thousand
yards during the regular season, nine hundred plus yards in
three of his four years.
Speaker 7 (30:57):
By Kay is so good. He's got the stop start,
but his feet are always moving.
Speaker 1 (31:02):
He takes over the void left by Isaiah Pacheco Casey
starter most games last year over four hundred yards under
four yards per carry.
Speaker 7 (31:11):
So protect what the touchdown?
Speaker 1 (31:15):
So was Kareem Hunt, who's also gone. He led the
team with over six hundred yards and eight ds.
Speaker 7 (31:22):
Touchdown. It's a lucy.
Speaker 1 (31:24):
Offense in the end, has some spleaning to.
Speaker 3 (31:26):
Do good cut what what I'm here to go?
Speaker 1 (31:29):
And improving to do with Walker being the only new part.
Speaker 2 (31:32):
Why the gods to right by the way to get
away chase.
Speaker 1 (31:36):
To their defense. The primary reason they stayed close in
so many games, held teams to nineteen a game, the
tenth fewest yards per game allowed d and eighth best
inside the.
Speaker 7 (31:51):
Twenty defense pitching a shutout here.
Speaker 1 (31:54):
The secondary was the strength held quarterbacks to an eighty
nine rating, a nice low six to seven attempt That's
a good thing in this case, fewer than two hundred
yards per game, giving up only eighteen passing touchdowns allowed.
That's top five good. They head into twenty twenty six
without their top two to twenty twenty five corners, though
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corner Jalen Watson two sacks two interceptions didn't allow a
single touchdown.
Speaker 3 (32:20):
That accepted by Jolen Watson.
Speaker 1 (32:22):
And of course they traded Trent McDuffie to LA.
Speaker 3 (32:25):
This is a pick going the other way and it's McDuffie.
Speaker 1 (32:29):
Which is why they felt compelled to trade up in
the first round to get corner. Monsieur Delaine.
Speaker 8 (32:34):
I remember when you go back to when McDuffie was
coming out.
Speaker 3 (32:37):
It's like he's a perfect player.
Speaker 8 (32:38):
He just doesn't have that rare size and length McDuffie.
We know what he's become. I see some similarities here.
He is always in phase, very sticky in man coverage.
You referenced this game against Clemson CD. You couldn't slip
a piece of paper between.
Speaker 1 (32:50):
Him and the receivers in that game.
Speaker 2 (32:51):
He was out.
Speaker 1 (32:52):
Stanley joins youngster Chris Rowland. Wallace eleven games, only two starts,
but came up with.
Speaker 7 (32:57):
Pick that's intercepting nor A Moss.
Speaker 1 (33:01):
Cornerback Christian Fulton only played eight games, but a low
eighties rate and six passes defense.
Speaker 4 (33:06):
Christian Fulton comes up from the secondary to knock them down.
Speaker 1 (33:09):
Liked what they saw from corner Noel Williams. Only five
starts yet seven passes defensed in a mid seventies rate.
Speaker 3 (33:16):
Stroud in the middle.
Speaker 7 (33:16):
It is nearly and maybe intercepted. I'm thinking hit the
ground did hit the ground? Ain't complete.
Speaker 1 (33:22):
They also have a new safety in a lowhi Gilman
nine passes knocked down ninety raps between Baltimore and LA
last year.
Speaker 4 (33:29):
Hello Gilman and mc bill picked up.
Speaker 1 (33:32):
He takes Brian Cook's spot, gave them eighty five tackles,
though knocked down six passes.
Speaker 3 (33:37):
Nice job breaking it up by Cook.
Speaker 1 (33:39):
Tamari Connor tackled one hundred and seventeen dudes, two of
them quarterbacks.
Speaker 3 (33:44):
WS go the time, but look at this.
Speaker 1 (33:46):
Connor comes up their backside. Did not get a ton
of help from their front. Twenty second in sacks, nineteenth
in pressure rate, and they blitzed more than your average
bear right over.
Speaker 7 (33:56):
The defender's head.
Speaker 1 (33:58):
Oh my goodness, anybody Chris Jones eight up seven Pickinnick
Baskets led the team in sacks and quarterback hits.
Speaker 5 (34:05):
Every game name every game mean much more.
Speaker 1 (34:08):
George of the Jungle car loftis their only other threat.
Speaker 3 (34:12):
And na back at the seven yard line, so what
is he going to do?
Speaker 1 (34:15):
The Smurf's next Carl loftis only six sacks, but twenty
three quarterback hits isn't bad. But the rest of their
front didn't do much sack wise, so they used their
other first rounder on defensive tackle, Peter Woods.
Speaker 3 (34:27):
The quickness is what you're buying here.
Speaker 1 (34:29):
Some of the comparisons were to Byron Murphy.
Speaker 8 (34:31):
I think Byron Murphy's a little stronger, less stouter, but
the similarity and that that quickness and they're ability to
get up the field.
Speaker 3 (34:37):
He's got tons of range.
Speaker 1 (34:38):
And they dropped a second rounder on defensive end are
Mason Thomas.
Speaker 8 (34:42):
They get someone who can really be a fastball and
fly off the edge and plays with unbelievable energy and tenacity.
Speaker 3 (34:49):
And our Mason Thomas coming.
Speaker 8 (34:51):
Off the edge, you see his ability. He can win
up top or if you're going to overset him, he's
going to be able to get right inside your shoulder
and win on the short path to the quarterback.
Speaker 1 (35:00):
Defensive tackle Ashton Galotti returns one and a half sacks
seventeen games, two starts. They hope all those guys hold
the line against runners the way last year's group did.
They held him to four a carry.
Speaker 7 (35:14):
Scrap his look suck.
Speaker 1 (35:17):
Nick Bolton was everywhere. Six passes defense, ten tackles for
loss and over one hundred and fifty tackles. Watch If,
known for his ability against the run, great instincts, gets
his hands under it. Drew Trankwell, a fellow triple digit
tackle guy, ten behind the line of scrimmage.
Speaker 3 (35:34):
I love that Loos.
Speaker 7 (35:36):
They'll get a loss of two yards.
Speaker 1 (35:38):
Still rocking with Harrison, Butker at kicker not the best year,
missed five field goals and four extra points. But there's
ten ths God, So here's the look from above. Secondary
will look quite a bit different Delayane from mcduffy. They
brought in Cater Kohu too, who was hurt all last year,
had a couple of good seasons for Miami. This will
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be his year. Five Williams should see more snaps, Gilman
for Cook at safety. Couple changes to the front seven
Carloftis Jones, the known commodities, Thomas and Woods, the two
rookies they hope can shine right away. Bolton and Trank
will returning as the starting middle linebackers and the offensive playmakers,
Hunt Pacheco and Hollywood departing Walker the only new face
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expected to play a prominent role. They're basically banking on
Mahomes Kelsey Worthy in Thornton to produce at a higher
level than last year. What might the Walrus have up
his sleeve for this year to give them a spark?
Will the schedule help? They have the tenth easiest trek
if you account for their opponents twenty twenty six expected
win totals and with their own expectation being placed in
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the ten to eleven range, it tees up a solid ceiling.
But when you look at their schedule it looks pretty daunting.
Just know their expected strength of schedule is on the
easy side due to having Vegas twice, Miami, Arizona, and
the Jet. Their first six opponents have over under marks
below theirs. They play Seattle on the road, so give
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them a loss there. The second bout with Denver is
a road tilt. Then it's the Jets, Falcons and Cards
before road games in Buffalo and La. Cincinnati's on the
road too, Pats and forty nine Ers are at arrowhead
at least still. That run from week twelve against the
Bills to week seventeen, which is on the road versus
the Chargers is quite the gauntlet. Had one of those
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mystics read the palms of my hands showed ten wins,
which falls under their ten and a half over under mark,
something about their complacency this offseason at wide receiver just
seemed odd. But maybe my hands were dirty when she
checked him out.
Speaker 7 (37:42):
What's that a statement?
Speaker 4 (37:43):
Bro?
Speaker 7 (37:43):
We got enough look around like always.
Speaker 9 (37:45):
Tell y'all happy tut a back full quarter, Bro, this
was gonna be fun with all y'all.
Speaker 4 (37:49):
Bro.
Speaker 7 (37:50):
Okay love.
Speaker 4 (37:54):
La.
Speaker 1 (37:54):
Chargers eleven and six a year ago, another playoff showing
another first round exit, but hope of bounds. If their
pillars for protection can stay up all of twenty twenty six,
they think they have a shot to play for the
silver football in their home stadium.
Speaker 7 (38:09):
Believe in it? Do you believe?
Speaker 1 (38:12):
This might be the first season preview we've ever started
talking about hog Mally's aka Big Uglies aka O linemen,
two of them specifically at the center of the conversation.
At the center really of LA's twenty twenty six offensive outlook.
Left tackle Rareshaun Slater missed all of twenty twenty five.
Right tackle Joe all missed eleven games. The pair would
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have been in the debate for best tackled duo in
the NFL.
Speaker 7 (38:38):
You gotta be good from run out from this moment.
Speaker 1 (38:42):
Right instead, Justin Herbert is knowledgeable about different grasses as
Chiech and chong Rber dropped back. He's only one team
allowed a higher pressure rate. LA's QBS planted sixty times that.
Speaker 3 (38:57):
He's knocked out at sacked five secs.
Speaker 1 (39:00):
Game on Herbert, six different guys gave up five and
a half sacks.
Speaker 7 (39:04):
Hey, hey, downt a go.
Speaker 1 (39:07):
They had backups drop out her It was like watching
a techmobile game where the person playing defense guesses the
right play.
Speaker 2 (39:15):
This is easily the worst game of his career.
Speaker 1 (39:17):
Their poor o line play really standing out in the
red zone, where they were twenty ninth, which left them
with a twenty one point per game average.
Speaker 4 (39:25):
We got a gay point. We got good point, brot
we got a good point.
Speaker 7 (39:30):
Hey, we got good points right too.
Speaker 1 (39:31):
They grabbed a new guard in the draft, Jake Slaughter,
second rounder, not sure if he's related to that sergeant
guy or not. They let's set him as a guard.
Speaker 3 (39:40):
He was a center there at Florida.
Speaker 8 (39:41):
But they signed Tyler Biattish in free agency, so they're
gonna give him a whirl at guard. Remember Mike mc
daniel's new offense there, new coordinator.
Speaker 3 (39:49):
They're gonna really value.
Speaker 8 (39:51):
Guys to see that last note, quick to the second level.
Getting out in space, you're gonna see very athletic offense
applying for the Chargers, getting those two tackles back, and
you've also got a fallback. You had an injury at center,
Slaughter can kick inside and do that.
Speaker 1 (40:04):
They also signed guard Cole Strange former Dolphin and got
a badass at center. And Tyler was with Washington last year.
You know that's not how you say it, but it's
how I say it. When you account for Slater and
Alt's lack of playing time, it's like they have a
brand new line for twenty twenty six. If they can
hold the line better, they feel like all the needed
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pieces are in place.
Speaker 2 (40:26):
Makes a shot to the ends up for a copy
touch stop.
Speaker 7 (40:31):
Shot.
Speaker 1 (40:32):
Us Herbert received an MVP vote for his efforts while
taking a beating.
Speaker 2 (40:36):
The expot touchedop t Andre Lefford Smith.
Speaker 1 (40:41):
My goodness made the Pro Bowl off twenty six TV passes,
over two hundred and thirty yards per game. Taking a shot,
there's McCarty cock touchtern, most TV passes he's had since
year two.
Speaker 2 (40:54):
Half Half did the episode I'm Mariot. Half did it
first receiving touchdown in his career.
Speaker 1 (41:01):
Herbert used his legs to escape more than he had
ever done before. Career high in rush attempts and yards
two yards shy of five hundred.
Speaker 2 (41:10):
Exoy slides for a Quack touchdown.
Speaker 1 (41:14):
Herbert hoping he can hand off to Amarian Hampton more
often this year. The rookie only played nine games over
five hundred yards on four to four a pop when
he played.
Speaker 2 (41:23):
Hampton in the Enzo touchdown, all.
Speaker 1 (41:27):
Of which led to more playing time.
Speaker 7 (41:29):
For Bye Dell.
Speaker 2 (41:30):
He's got to get to the quarter he does there
we go.
Speaker 1 (41:32):
He gave him over six hundred yards for one a
carry in his second year. His Hoots, Body Bada pass
catching group. At the time of this writing, Keenan Allen
wasn't on the roster. Led the team in receptions in
twenty twenty five seven hundred and seventy seven yards shoes.
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All the looks he got led to fewer for McLevin
and his second season, the hockey.
Speaker 2 (42:00):
Talk touched up shots, let's go, hey, what do you do?
Speaker 7 (42:06):
Stand sucked?
Speaker 3 (42:07):
Yup?
Speaker 2 (42:07):
Shucks fans yep. I was like, when you score, go's
do rad the conk sock?
Speaker 7 (42:12):
He't running over here? Look Dad, he's not here.
Speaker 4 (42:14):
I didn't know what you were doing.
Speaker 7 (42:16):
I'm just gonna celebrate right in front of me, and
he's gonna running.
Speaker 1 (42:19):
Lad mcconkee still led the team with seven hundred and
eighty nine yards. His Hawaiian id got him into the
zone six times.
Speaker 7 (42:26):
You give him a one on one and he give
the double troper wickl.
Speaker 1 (42:32):
Quentin Johnston also over seven hundred yards in his year.
Speaker 2 (42:35):
Three to the zo looking for fu.
Speaker 7 (42:39):
Oh Cue led the.
Speaker 1 (42:41):
Team with eight scores, eight tds, seven hundred plus yards
back to back seasons.
Speaker 2 (42:45):
If throw to the end zone over the shoulder touched up.
Speaker 1 (42:50):
If Keenan doesn't come back, it should lead to a
bigger role for Trey Harris started his NFL career off
with thirty receptions and over three hundred yards shut and
tight end to Ronde Gadson really shined after he got
it going. He's looking to build off a six hundred
and sixty four yard rookie season.
Speaker 2 (43:09):
Oh Rod Day Gadston, And if you thought it was
a fluke, think again.
Speaker 1 (43:13):
If they can get another four points or so out
of that group, their defense doesn't lose any ground. They're
a serious contender. They held teams to twenty a game and.
Speaker 2 (43:25):
Ben set choose chump the round top.
Speaker 1 (43:27):
Five and yards per game allowed on third down and
in the red zone top ten, and takeaways.
Speaker 2 (43:33):
Popped up off to your cart's hands into the arms
of day On Henley.
Speaker 1 (43:37):
Their strength. That secondary held quarterbacks to less than one
hundred and eighty yards per game.
Speaker 2 (43:43):
Acept Day through his receiver, gets the.
Speaker 1 (43:46):
Rookie j nickets to a seventy five rating, lowest in
the NFL.
Speaker 2 (43:51):
Are Sepday, big man. Oh, the ball is out and
the ball is out again, and the charger's full on it.
Speaker 1 (44:00):
My goodness, it always starts with Derwin back there, James.
Another gem of a season. Over ninety tackles, three iron t's,
no tds allowed, low fifties rate as a result, good.
Speaker 2 (44:13):
At the game.
Speaker 1 (44:13):
Girlish tarheb still is looking like CB one material a
mid seventies rate in his second year. Six passes defensed,
not a touchdown allowed.
Speaker 4 (44:23):
Deep for Deebo Samuel fighting against his man complete that.
Speaker 1 (44:27):
Dante Jackson comes off a nice year sub seventy rate
team high twelve passes defensed in four picks. We cam
Hart the one key corner with a rough rating, but
he got his hands on eleven passes ahead of his
third year in the pro.
Speaker 8 (44:44):
Hearts down the middle and Tipton picked intercepted by cam Hart.
Speaker 1 (44:50):
Safety Elijah Molden gave up a rating close to one
hundred over fifty tackles twelve games played.
Speaker 2 (44:55):
Rout over the middle, intercepting Holy Smoke.
Speaker 1 (45:00):
Bucks safety Tony Jefferson with thirteen games played, they'd take
more of the same. A low fifties rate four picks
as Iero TD's given up and.
Speaker 2 (45:08):
Shot the game, lord I believable way to head this game.
Speaker 1 (45:13):
Their secondary working in unison with their front forty five sacks,
top ten good goes on Bondale's finest two ley two
polo two trending the right way four and a half
sacks rookie year eight and a half as a soft
a team leading thirteen in his third year hunting quarterbacks.
Speaker 2 (45:31):
Stop kind of got cut back, hit and drop by two.
Speaker 1 (45:35):
Khalil Mack returns his sack total five and a half
last year in twelve games, five and a half to
eight four of the last five years. Still a pain
for tackles to deal with. For sixty minutes.
Speaker 2 (45:47):
Her cup's Khalil Mack in the exode. He drops up safety.
I'll raise your hands and put it together with Chargers got.
Speaker 1 (45:55):
Two points and they picked up a key Mesidor in
the first round, So there are plenty at outside linebacker.
Speaker 8 (46:01):
You see the bend and close at the top of
his rush. It's outstanding. The interior rush.
Speaker 3 (46:06):
They'll use him in this capacity with the Chargers two.
He does some of that as well, and he whipped
up on guards.
Speaker 8 (46:12):
A lot of his production came from inside.
Speaker 1 (46:15):
Justin a boygbe with a mini breakout in his year
two six bags most of his snaps as a backup.
Speaker 4 (46:20):
This time it is Justin boyke b.
Speaker 1 (46:24):
Rest of the beef in the middle. We're there to
clog things up. Dropping didn't quite do that well enough.
In twenty twenty five, they'd like to play runners a
little tougher this year, gave up four to three a carry.
Speaker 2 (46:36):
He's got it, He's gone. Barkley going to the end.
Speaker 1 (46:38):
Zil replaced DeShawn Hand twenty nine tackles, one and a
half sacks with Vet Dalvin Tomlinson. Same kind of numbers
with Arizona in twenty twenty five.
Speaker 3 (46:48):
Burrow in trouble again and Burrow goes down. It's Dalvin Tomlinson.
Speaker 1 (46:53):
Jamari Caldwell got five starts as a rookie, thirty one
tackles and a sack.
Speaker 3 (46:58):
Smith.
Speaker 4 (46:58):
He'll be swarmed, no chance, as they brought the big man,
Jamari Caldwell, the rookie from.
Speaker 1 (47:05):
Oregon behind them. Dayon Henley, their star second level linebacker
two I INT's one hundred plus tackles for the second
year in a row, career high three and a half
sacks in his third season.
Speaker 3 (47:17):
Paroettes, and that's where he's taken down by Henley.
Speaker 1 (47:22):
He was paired with two Vets linebacker Denzel Perryman, fourth
year in a row with twelve or fewer games played.
Troy Die saw extra snaps in Perryman's place, close to
sixty tackles, five for a loss, and.
Speaker 9 (47:35):
Here goes Nicks chase by tie, you'll swat at the
ball and minimal gain on the play.
Speaker 1 (47:40):
Dicker the kicker back to kick it. Cameron hit over
ninety percent of his field goal tries, thirty four for
thirty five on extra.
Speaker 2 (47:47):
Points kick and the kick is good.
Speaker 1 (47:52):
Here's how it all pencils out. Then the front seven
isn't much different. Tomlinson in for mister Hand. Hopefully Spiccoli
isn't bummed about that. Mesidor gives them four QB hunters,
Mac Tooley and Bud Dupree all back, Henley, Parriman and
die behind all of them. Secondary comes back intact. If
it ain't broke, don't fix it. Jackson Hart still at corner,
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Molden and Jefferson at safety, James wherever he needs to be.
Offensive playmakers also the same, Save Keenan all hoping to
produce at higher levels with improved O line play. Trey
Harris seeing more action with Allen's departure. Lads numbers probably
go back up too, Herbs at quarterback, hopefully a full
ship from a Marionette running back. LA heads into twenty
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twenty six with high expectation. Still a nine and a
half over under is still a projection of more wins
than losses. They do have a tough division if KC
rebounds Chargers twenty twenty six projected strength to schedule is
on the hard side twelfth most difficult when you average
their opponents expected win totals for the upcoming season. Let's
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play with their slate and see what a conservative ceiling
might be for them. Beat Arizona and Vegas to start.
Take Denver at home and pull off a road wind
over KC, the Texans at home, the Jets in New England,
Tampa Bay, sweep Vegas. Let's go with a win at
SOFAR over San Francisco, followed by wins over Miami and
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Kansas City to get to twelve wins. Look, knowing Herbert
had a beer or two this summer means he's relaxed.
Game preview guy likes to knock one back too. I
just can't afford the kind he enjoys. But in my
relaxed state, I'm seeing double digits. Man, I'm not a lightweight.
Let's talk AFC West football, shall we. I'm GPG or
Game Preview guy. If you're not into the whole brevity thing,
here with a breakdown of all the moves teams in
the division made ahead of twenty twenty six. Don't worry.
This isn't ai as intelligent as it claims to be.
I guarantee it doesn't understand Lebowski. But we're not here
to talk about the dude. Denver, the reigning champs, Sean Payton,
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Bownicks and a ferocious defense all back with the Penguin
added to their offense, so they don't expect to drop off.
Chargers feel like they have the d and if Justin
Herbert gets a full year with their starting tackles, new
OC Mike McDaniel could really work some magic. Patrick mahomes
back behind center for KC. Can they revert to dynasty
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form and Vegas has to decide if number one overall
pick Fernando Mendoza is ready right away. If not, Captain
Kirk gets to guide them until he's ready. Football football,
Las Vegas Raiders three and fourteen and twenty twenty five got.
Speaker 2 (01:04):
A practice with the art of being calm best.
Speaker 1 (01:07):
Too good enough for the first overall pick at least
and a new head coach. So let some light shine
on the black hole, won't you?
Speaker 3 (01:15):
Yeah? Come on?
Speaker 4 (01:16):
Man?
Speaker 1 (01:16):
Who Pete Carroll Gino Smith experiment lasted one year? Done
that time, big boy yup Income's former Seattle o ce
Clint Kubiak, along with two new quarterbacks to choose from
the higher profile of the two, the number one overall
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pick in the draft. Fernando Mendoza of.
Speaker 5 (01:40):
Watching NFL football on Sundays. So I watched a lot
of coach Kubiak, and then when I was drafted a
guy here, I was able to get the playbook. However,
going now to be in the facility and having access
to the film and seeing the application, seeing Kirk Cousins
do a back in Minnesota, seeing Sam Darnold do last
year in Seattle, see the application and what it's, how
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it's supposed to be executed, and what it's done at
a high level, is really beneficial for my development.
Speaker 1 (02:08):
Don't you go pulling in JaMarcus now? If they want
to let him watch, they can also let Kirk captain
the ship. Do you like that? The Cousin signing has
lots of good years on paper to the end zone day,
but fel But hasn't ever taken his team to place
as other men have gone before, in this case, deep
into the playoffs. Cousins has just tied Johnny Unitas for
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seventeenth all time in NFL history with his two hundred
and ninetieth career touchdown, past Kubiak, the second former Hawks
coach in a row to take over in Vegas thirty
plus years younger. So you're not going to see him
at the penny slots at one of those old school joints.
Speaker 6 (02:45):
A great challenge, Yeah, there have been, There have been
plenty of other coaches, but but why not us? Why
not this staff? You know, why not this group of players?
So if you look at it, if you look at
it in a lens of you know, there's a history
of some you know, guys that are in and out
of here pretty quick.
Speaker 1 (02:59):
I look at it. You know what, A great challenge
can't go anywhere? Butt up.
Speaker 2 (03:04):
Smith hands it to Jenny in the end zone, and
as a rock who might have him in.
Speaker 1 (03:07):
The end zone, their offense last in scoring and yards
per game, batt it.
Speaker 2 (03:11):
Into the secondary, picks up at the five.
Speaker 1 (03:14):
So the bar is low.
Speaker 2 (03:16):
Bit sacks another one. Fuck a collapsed man.
Speaker 1 (03:19):
He's coming down like most tavern level low Mendoza and
or cousins aren't trying to fill side show Bob's sized shoes.
Speaker 7 (03:31):
Other beautiful interception of Geno Smith.
Speaker 1 (03:34):
Gino led the NFL in interceptions with seventeen.
Speaker 2 (03:38):
Hopped up in the air intercepted.
Speaker 1 (03:40):
They better hope their line gives whoever is back there
more time than it gave Smith.
Speaker 2 (03:44):
Now he's rushed in down Ego.
Speaker 1 (03:46):
Vegas quarterbacks took sixty four sacks, most in the NFL.
Speaker 2 (03:50):
You know gets away and how he's sacked at twenty five.
Speaker 1 (03:53):
Left tackle Colton Miller missed most of the year. Left
tackle Stone Forsyth fourteen sacks allowed.
Speaker 4 (04:00):
It comes Bonito and Benito's gott Gino and down Smith.
Speaker 1 (04:03):
Goes right tackle DJ Glaze should stick to scratching and
mixing if he's not gonna block. Better gave up twelve
and a half sacks.
Speaker 2 (04:11):
Man oh Man and Nick Benito get in their fast.
Speaker 1 (04:14):
This is why they spent big the land former Ravens
center Tyler Linderbaum. But Glaze returns and he needs to rebound.
Miller hopefully rebounds from his injury. They also drafted guard
Trey Zoon in the third round, so they have some options.
Hoping the new group can open up more lanes too.
Speaker 7 (04:31):
With today Come on maybe.
Speaker 1 (04:34):
Who Ashton Genty only averaged three point seven to carry.
Speaker 2 (04:39):
Ow's the show that Holy cow, he's a little bowling
ball bo.
Speaker 1 (04:43):
He was hit within a yard of the line of scrimmage.
Does it on fifty four percent of his attempts, the
third highest rate among running backs with at least one
hundred carries. He did score ten total times, though five
on the ground with nine and seventy five yards.
Speaker 8 (05:08):
The big man has got the sway in new side.
Speaker 1 (05:13):
Pranks of joy, and he hauled in fifty five passes.
Speaker 9 (05:17):
Fash Genty his first career receiving touchdown.
Speaker 1 (05:21):
For over three hundred and forty receiving yards.
Speaker 2 (05:24):
Gedye, the five breaks a cock.
Speaker 1 (05:26):
That's the third Genty, Mendoza, Genty, brock Bowers. Those are
pretty nice building blocks in theory anyway.
Speaker 3 (05:33):
Has Digjety is first Caier star.
Speaker 1 (05:36):
Bowers only got in twelve games.
Speaker 7 (05:39):
What's the five touchdown.
Speaker 1 (05:43):
Close to seven hundred yards and sevent t d's when
he played.
Speaker 7 (05:46):
Mabe the Tots.
Speaker 3 (05:48):
Oh my god, Bowers.
Speaker 1 (05:50):
Fellow tight end Michael Mayer chipped in three hundred plus
yards and he fall Michael Mayer his first touchdown at
two years. Rookie Jack Beash two hundred twenty plus yards
five starts. The only wide out to really leave a
mark was Trey Tucker close to seven hundred yards five
scores lots to the end.
Speaker 4 (06:08):
Zone open, That is Tucker underneath it call.
Speaker 1 (06:12):
Touchdown later picked up Jalen Naylor. He had some good
games for the Vikings. Comes off a career high four
hundred and forty four yards scored four times. No vegas
Is defense also has lots of ground to make up
ride open, so plenty of new faces being plugged in
there too.
Speaker 7 (06:32):
The throb end zone touchdown gave.
Speaker 1 (06:36):
Up twenty five points per game. Only two teams worse
on third down sun touchdown.
Speaker 7 (06:43):
They were at.
Speaker 1 (06:43):
Least middle of the pack in yards per game allowed
and in the red zone come.
Speaker 7 (06:47):
On, well, come on, get up. Sack strips that up.
Speaker 1 (06:51):
But their secondary gave up the third highest completion percentage.
Speaker 2 (06:55):
Now lamb wide open on the right side of the
end zone.
Speaker 1 (06:57):
They allowed a ninety six rating to quarterback.
Speaker 7 (07:00):
Rose it to the near side Guy down.
Speaker 1 (07:04):
Only two pass rushes produced a lower pressure rate.
Speaker 2 (07:08):
Takes a shutout field, two wide open.
Speaker 1 (07:10):
Thirty seven sacks, amid totals.
Speaker 3 (07:12):
Back to throw, steps up, fires over the middle.
Speaker 7 (07:14):
And it's caught.
Speaker 1 (07:16):
Ten of those were mad max jobs. Com com Crosby
with twenty eight tackles for loss escaping to.
Speaker 3 (07:23):
The Crosby's chatter, he kept on Kelly.
Speaker 4 (07:28):
He had to run all the way from the wind
to the Mendola Bay to make that sad.
Speaker 1 (07:32):
But that's how you did second most in the NFL.
I I've told you what, He's a monster. Wasn't very
nice butt and the reason the Raiders were the second
artist team to run.
Speaker 7 (07:46):
On I'm got to go make a play.
Speaker 1 (07:49):
Mall held ball carriers to three nine per attempt.
Speaker 4 (07:52):
The hand up through the medal.
Speaker 1 (07:55):
Revamped their linebacker room. They let Devin White walk. One
hundred seventy three tackles is a lot of tackles. Walter
third most last year, third most solo tackles two five time.
Also bid a dude a fellow VET linebacker a Landon
Roberts who took down ninety dudes.
Speaker 3 (08:15):
On left side. Barkley couldn't get away from e Landon Roberts.
Speaker 1 (08:19):
Jamal Adams also gone played a lot at the second
level for them, forty five tackles seventeen games.
Speaker 3 (08:26):
Then they is sacked by Adams.
Speaker 1 (08:29):
Taking their spot. Nakobe Dean four sacks, fifty five tackles
and ten games for Philly, just needs to stay healthy.
Has missed seven plus games two of the last three years.
Speaker 2 (08:39):
He fumbles the football.
Speaker 1 (08:40):
I think Beagles have a hill line up next to
newcomer kway Walker another one hundred plus tackle year last year,
four straight and four years in the NFL career high
one twenty eight and twenty twenty five two and a
half sacks for the second year in a row.
Speaker 4 (08:55):
Who is sacked Parsons walks a gattle which Gray.
Speaker 1 (09:01):
Walker Crosby's new mate off the edge. Quitty pay managed
four bags for the Colts in twenty twenty five, was
an eight sack guy the previous two years.
Speaker 3 (09:10):
Sad takes a sack.
Speaker 1 (09:12):
They still have defensive tackle Adam Butler fifty tackles from
his spot, only one sack.
Speaker 4 (09:18):
It takes too much fun and if for the sack
comes Adam Butler.
Speaker 1 (09:22):
Defensive tackle Jonah Laulu, on the other hand, four quarterback
takedowns in his second year on the job, first as starter.
Speaker 4 (09:29):
Fourth sack of the season for Jonah La Lulu.
Speaker 1 (09:32):
Defensive tackle Thomas Booker, also a starter for the first time,
Forty four tackles, seven QB hits and five passes defense.
Speaker 3 (09:41):
Here's Barkley is pulled down in the backfield. Thomas Booker.
Speaker 1 (09:45):
Malcolm Cootz four and a half bags. He played all
seventeen games. They expected more from him.
Speaker 3 (09:52):
Coot's coming in from that side. You're right, he just
beats Campbell.
Speaker 1 (09:56):
Same is true of Tyree Wilson, only four sacks rated him.
Speaker 3 (10:00):
Wilson sacks of it.
Speaker 7 (10:02):
It's a safety.
Speaker 1 (10:04):
Gave his stall to Kei Ron Crawford, who they picked
up in the third round.
Speaker 8 (10:07):
Was very late the football as a basketball player, ends
up spending some time developing over the last couple of
years opposite of Keldrick Falk and then ended up out
producing him as a pass rusher this year. Cd also
one who went down to the Senior Bowl. Had a
nice showing and helped him get into the third round.
Speaker 1 (10:24):
The brightest spot in the back corner Darien Porter, who
held his targets to a sub ninety right as a rookie, the.
Speaker 3 (10:30):
Rookie Darien Porter getting his hand on it.
Speaker 1 (10:33):
He was one of two Raiders DB's to hold it
down to a sub ninety rate. Eric Stokes the other.
Speaker 4 (10:38):
Eric Stokes, who has been sensational on the back end
of the defense.
Speaker 1 (10:42):
Corner Cayu Blue Kelly allowed four touchdowns, isn't coming back.
He did pick off three passes.
Speaker 7 (10:48):
I picked off of the forty five gordline.
Speaker 3 (10:52):
It's Kelly again.
Speaker 1 (10:53):
They have Tarn Johnson now longtime bill, longtime stud nickel
corner Taron Johnson, one of the elite Nichols in the NFL.
Speaker 7 (11:02):
Broke it up and.
Speaker 1 (11:03):
They drafted corner Trade and Stukes in the second round.
Speaker 8 (11:06):
Someone that can play in the nickel, someone can play
as that high free safety, and some teams even thought
he could kick outside and play corner. He got hurt previously.
That's why he's a six year player.
Speaker 3 (11:16):
In twenty twenty four.
Speaker 8 (11:17):
Missed the first four games, but man, when you watched him,
he was.
Speaker 1 (11:20):
Impressive because the versatility of ball skills safeties. Jeremy Chin
made up for his poor play versus the pass by
making over one hundred tackles.
Speaker 4 (11:28):
And right there to stop Harvey for a short losses.
Jeremy Chin.
Speaker 1 (11:32):
Safety Isaiah Paulamu allowed a team high five tds and
a right close to one twenty, but did make ninety
two tackles and picked off two passes. Change at kicker
Daniel Carlson had a rough go of it, missed five
of his twenty seven field goal tries, so they signed
Matt Gay missed six field goals for Washington. Started the
year with San Francisco, so not coming off a great
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year either. This is what it all looks like on
paper on your screen. In this case, Stu and Johnson
the new guys in the dB room who are in
line to see significant snap counts. The rest of the
starters are returning raiders who have to come together Beatles
style to improve their play versus the past three new
starters expected with their front seven pay for Wilson off
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the edge, Crawford part of the rotation as well. Walker
and Dean take over the inside linebacker jobs previously held
by White and Roberts, Cousins and Mendoza battling for the
right to replace Gino, Genti, Naylor, Beash, Tucker, Bowers, and Mayer.
The guys that are expected to make plays and give
their o face a much needed boost. Raiders strength of
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schedule based on their opponents twenty twenty six expected win
totals middle of the pack. The Jahwas who live out
in the desert, have the Raiders as a five to
six win team. What's an optimistic take on their season
with the schedule they face. Start off with a win
over Miami. Take the Saints and maybe the Chiefs aren't
really any better than they were last year. Beat them
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on the strip. The Jets and their old quarterbacks seem beatable.
Brown's not expected to be much better, so a win there.
This is an optimistic view, So an upset over the
Chargers get Dubs versus Tennessee and Arizona for eight wins
under the new regime. That would provide hope that things
are headed in the right direction. The game preview guy
(13:20):
Roulette wheel went round and round and the little ball
landed on the south side of six wins. Not sure
that defense will be good enough to take pressure off
the offense, which should be better under Kubiak. But their
division opponents plus New England Buffalo, the Rams, Niners Seahawks,
makes eleven games alone. They will play as underdogs. Denver
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Broncos reigning AFC West champs after winning fourteen games in
twenty twenty five.
Speaker 3 (13:46):
The Mile High City is alive.
Speaker 1 (13:50):
Made it to the doorstep of the big Dance. Now
it's time to see if they're ready to make it in.
Speaker 7 (13:56):
Oh. We work war runners, we work barbners.
Speaker 1 (14:00):
Equipped with a defense plenty worthy of Orange Crush membership.
Speaker 7 (14:04):
Everything you've got right, I think you've got.
Speaker 1 (14:08):
Going on an offensive line harder to get past than
the wall around city Walk in South Park.
Speaker 3 (14:15):
Touch it is.
Speaker 1 (14:17):
Denver just needs the players behind that wall to put
up a few more points a game and they'd be
as super Bowl worthy as any team in the NFL.
Not that they weren't. Last year. There was progress. Twenty
three points per game isn't terrible.
Speaker 4 (14:33):
You talk about a clutch drive, But just like I said,
we've seen it before.
Speaker 1 (14:39):
This year they were top ten good on third down
and in yards per game to.
Speaker 4 (14:42):
The corner of the Enzo pass to files Touchdow.
Speaker 1 (14:48):
Denver didn't the Mongolians tear that wall down fairly easily.
Speaker 7 (14:51):
I want a measurement. I want a measurement justice.
Speaker 1 (14:54):
No matter Sean Payton is allowing oc Davis Webb to
you know, be in oc and actually call the I
want to go forth, which my best fourth down call
is that bow Nicks's quarterback comes off a thirty TV campaign.
Speaker 2 (15:06):
Who's on the run past. That's the goal line talk
touchdown Denver, Cortland.
Speaker 1 (15:11):
Sutton twenty five with his arm twenty five plus both
years in the show's fall.
Speaker 7 (15:16):
He's got a white open receiver Harvey at the goal
line touchdown.
Speaker 1 (15:19):
Denver, over two hundred and thirty one yards per game
last season.
Speaker 3 (15:23):
Mixed a deep drop, looks left, throws the ball. He's
got Pat Bryant in the corners.
Speaker 7 (15:27):
The Jackson touchdown Denver.
Speaker 1 (15:31):
The bro Man also punched in five tds down low
with over three hundred and fifty rush yards.
Speaker 2 (15:36):
To the five to the goal line.
Speaker 7 (15:38):
Bow Knicks into the n zone.
Speaker 1 (15:40):
He was good. The offense was good, but to be
great need to be more consistent.
Speaker 7 (15:44):
Both loads it up, floats on.
Speaker 3 (15:47):
He's got John from the touch.
Speaker 1 (15:50):
Especially when you have a line like.
Speaker 7 (15:52):
Theirs, God keep them going. I can move off all day.
Speaker 1 (15:55):
Not one guy on their O line with four sacks.
Speaker 9 (15:58):
Allowed, most one towards the end, open receiver catch into
the hands out touchdown Denver.
Speaker 7 (16:04):
That is Cartland Sutton.
Speaker 1 (16:05):
Their line only blamed for sixteen of the twenty three
sacks they took all the year.
Speaker 3 (16:10):
Have to throw steps up, fires over the middle.
Speaker 1 (16:12):
Pat It's taught touchdown Denver if you was taken in
the NFL. Even though Nicks led the NFL in pass attempts.
Remarkable combo oh Nick.
Speaker 2 (16:22):
Finds his wide out Nay Atkins and on the right
sideline and he strolls into the end zone.
Speaker 1 (16:28):
Four touchdown, same five dudes, all returned to Garrett Balls,
Mike mcglinchy taking care of business at tackle, Ben Powers
Quinn miners at guard, Luke Wattenberg snapping in a third
lowest pressure rate allowed, and he questions.
Speaker 3 (16:42):
To the answer taught Cortland Sutton.
Speaker 1 (16:45):
Portland Sutton the clear number one still when he.
Speaker 3 (16:47):
Throws rows a ball for Sutton, who goes up and
makes the catch.
Speaker 1 (16:51):
The vet with his second one thousand yard year in
a row. Seven tds touchdown Cortland Sutton. He's found his
own seven to eight times the last two years.
Speaker 3 (17:00):
Perfectly placed into the arms of Portland Sunon.
Speaker 1 (17:03):
They hope adding a penguin will take them to a
whole nother level Eugene Struther style. Jalen waddles in off
a nine hundred and ten yard sixty d year.
Speaker 3 (17:13):
Pattle for the touchdown.
Speaker 1 (17:16):
Troy Franklin cracked seven hundred yards in a second year
half dozen touchdowns.
Speaker 3 (17:21):
For Big Three.
Speaker 1 (17:24):
No other wideouts hit four hundred yards. Pat Bryant, looking
to build off a three hundred and seventy eight yard
rookie year.
Speaker 3 (17:33):
First touchdowns seas a beauty guy.
Speaker 2 (17:38):
You guys there great heads too.
Speaker 1 (17:40):
Marvin Mims three twenty two.
Speaker 4 (17:42):
That is Marvin Mims fifty two yards Stidham to Mimes.
Speaker 1 (17:48):
But he also led the NFL in punt return yards.
Speaker 7 (17:51):
Marvin in trouble.
Speaker 9 (17:53):
Steps out of a tackle, and Harry got marvin'sas plaster
Nason Line twenty.
Speaker 2 (17:58):
Fifteenth ten past.
Speaker 1 (18:01):
At tight end Adam Troutman one hundred and ninety five yards.
His blocking talents earn him lots of snaps. Evan Ingram
is there to catch passes fifty catches, four hundred and
sixty one yards close.
Speaker 8 (18:12):
Batra Ara's not a loose stuft down the tackle inside
the Tim Man.
Speaker 1 (18:18):
I want to see JK. Dobbins make fifteen plus starts
in a season. He's been in the NFL six years
eleven the most he's logged nine last year over seven
hundred yards at five per clip.
Speaker 4 (18:30):
Regarding five. R J.
Speaker 1 (18:36):
Harvey benefited by getting extra reps. What's the ball into
the belly of Harvey in the whole touchdown walkers? How
about twelve total scores, three hundred and fifty plus receiving yards,
five air TVs Bob Pumps.
Speaker 7 (18:49):
Walks throws back of uzo, touchdown tim for R J.
Speaker 1 (18:52):
Harvey seven down low to the touch to with five
hundred and forty rush yards and his debut season in
the big.
Speaker 3 (19:01):
Leagues boss's right side.
Speaker 1 (19:03):
Harvey into the game, the offense with room to level
up their d just hoping for more of the same. Okay, Well,
if we were looking at the screen on one of
those old stand up video games, d E. N would
be listed over and over again in the top ten
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on the defensive side.
Speaker 3 (19:25):
Steff Farms defender.
Speaker 1 (19:26):
But he can't get away with an ass mixed in
there somewhere. I'm sure they don't give noble.
Speaker 7 (19:32):
It doesn't matter, don't they'll get noble.
Speaker 1 (19:34):
They held teams to eighteen points per game, third fewest.
Speaker 2 (19:37):
Takes ahead and ball knocked free and I done it.
Speaker 7 (19:41):
Let's go off.
Speaker 1 (19:44):
A second on third down and yards per game.
Speaker 3 (19:48):
Look at him diving in front.
Speaker 7 (19:50):
There's a reason why he was Defensive Player of the
Year last year that no.
Speaker 1 (19:55):
Team stingier in the red zone. Secondary held quarterbacks to
a seventy eight rating intercepting Jake one McMillan just one
hundred and eighty seven yards per game, second lowest completion
percentage allowed.
Speaker 3 (20:13):
Forty five yard touchdown return.
Speaker 1 (20:15):
And yards per attempt allowed.
Speaker 7 (20:17):
I believe in our pp is Wagos, Dervid week.
Speaker 1 (20:20):
And holy pass rush Batman time. Now it breaks down
I second second highest pressure rates away.
Speaker 3 (20:30):
The second.
Speaker 1 (20:32):
Roos w sixty eight trips to QB cribs ten plus
more than any other team.
Speaker 3 (20:38):
Risia for behind by Nick Benito.
Speaker 1 (20:41):
He's so pretty is pretty good?
Speaker 9 (20:43):
Alan did as he throws, the ball is free, it
bounces around and I think covered by the Broncos.
Speaker 1 (20:50):
Nick Bonito with fourteen sacks to lead the team.
Speaker 2 (20:52):
They actually got to get rid of it. Hit ball out,
ball out.
Speaker 1 (20:56):
That's thirteen plus back to back years. Ahead of his
fifth season, here comes.
Speaker 3 (21:00):
Bonito and Benito's gotten Gino and down Smith.
Speaker 1 (21:03):
Boats Miles Garrett led the NFL in sacks with twenty three.
He had thirty nine QB hits, second to Zach Allen.
Speaker 4 (21:11):
Smith down he goes hit the thirty two yard line.
That pressure again. Allen and Benito Converge.
Speaker 1 (21:19):
Hit the passer a whopping forty seven times as a
defensive end in a three four defense. I can't overstate
how beast that is.
Speaker 3 (21:27):
And that's the second sack today by the Broncos. Zach
Allen gets this one.
Speaker 1 (21:33):
He sealed the deal seven times. Comes off a first
team All Pro seventh year.
Speaker 2 (21:37):
Stroud looking pocket collapsing.
Speaker 3 (21:39):
He's in trouble and.
Speaker 7 (21:40):
I got him.
Speaker 1 (21:41):
They have four guys coming off seven plus sax seasons.
Speaker 8 (21:45):
If it's what he's gonna be, sack now and treble
Pierre Lets, he's gonna be sack Ark, is gonna be
spyroun and grabbed at midfield.
Speaker 2 (21:55):
That's five sacks.
Speaker 3 (21:56):
Love to the Bronco.
Speaker 1 (21:57):
John Franklin Myers no longer in mix. Seven and a
half sacks from the inside last year.
Speaker 2 (22:03):
A sack by John Franklin Myers.
Speaker 1 (22:06):
Still loaded, though Jonathan Cooper eight plus sacks three years
in a row, tuned into the o Cho last year,
his fifth in the NFL. But Jonathan Cooper the first
one then to bring him down in the backfield once more.
Speaker 7 (22:18):
And that will surely do it.
Speaker 1 (22:20):
They had four other guys who racked the quarterback at
least four times.
Speaker 2 (22:24):
Three l pro coost School at the White Jersey.
Speaker 1 (22:27):
Second nose tackle Malcolm Roach in the pot with a
career high four to twelve games, two starts.
Speaker 7 (22:34):
It's alsfect.
Speaker 1 (22:35):
Andrea Tillman with four coming off the bench in his
second year after a five sacked rookie year. He's like
a really good sixth man.
Speaker 3 (22:42):
In hoops Tilman and a loss of nine.
Speaker 1 (22:47):
Even their corners shop Jaquan Millon four bags the dfense
along with two iron t's and a low seventies rate versus.
Speaker 2 (23:05):
The pass, Oh baby, they con according to.
Speaker 1 (23:08):
League corner Riley Moss a sub ninety rate, leading the
NFL with nineteen passes defensed in his third year of works.
Speaker 3 (23:15):
The middle intercepted.
Speaker 1 (23:18):
That's boss kind of buried the cornerback lead here.
Speaker 2 (23:23):
May he loads it up home r ball down the
east sideline.
Speaker 7 (23:25):
That is not for twenty years.
Speaker 1 (23:31):
The pass or tan the second a low seventies rate, that's.
Speaker 4 (23:35):
What I expect flu every day, not sometimes all the time.
Speaker 1 (23:39):
Just another ho home stellar year from the human eraser.
Speaker 3 (23:42):
Immediately not half his feet A big hit by passer.
Speaker 1 (23:46):
Tan Zadei Baron allowed a triple digit rate to quarterbacks
as a rookie did come up with his first pick.
They think he's a star in waiting.
Speaker 3 (23:54):
Rockos able to take it away with Jade Baron.
Speaker 1 (23:59):
All three of their safeties tough on quarterbacks as well.
Talanoa Hufunga a hit in his first year in Orange,
over one hundred tackles while holding his targets to a
low eighties rate. Eleven passes knocked down and.
Speaker 4 (24:11):
The way they go and Smith's gonna get sacked worst
of all outcomes.
Speaker 1 (24:17):
Brandon Jones not one touchdown allowed in his fourteen games
play the low fifties rate.
Speaker 9 (24:22):
It may bring five hit if he throws, deflected it
in intercepted, it gets picked off on the play.
Speaker 3 (24:28):
Brandon Jones on the ricochet.
Speaker 1 (24:31):
And Denver's defense the second hardest team to run on.
There were no weaknesses to try and take advantage of.
Alex Singleton back to his tackle monster ways one thirty
five last year, one twenty plus and five of the
last six.
Speaker 2 (24:50):
He's down for a loss, with Alex Singleton there to
make the play.
Speaker 1 (24:55):
Justin Sternad played his way into a new contract four
and a half sacks, close to sixty tackle, getting more
playing time due to green Law's absence, and they're happy
with will Lutz's toe perfect on extra points twenty eight
to thirty two one field goal attempts.
Speaker 2 (25:12):
And denverst over to the FC championship.
Speaker 1 (25:15):
Did very little changed with that defense, no need for
even a nip and a tuck secondary Hufunga and Jones
at safety, McMillan PS two, Moss Baron at corner, still
Franklin Myers the only loss to the front seven Alan Jones,
Roach mucking it up on the inside, Cooper, Ellis, Bonito,
Tellman off the edges, Sternod and Singleton handling inside linebacking duties.
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Waddle the one big change on offense. Didn't lose anyone though,
Joins Sutton, Franklin, Mems Bryant, Little Jordan Humphrey at wide receiver,
the troutman Ingram Duo at tight end, still Dobbins and
Harvey at running back, Nicks at quarterback. Denver probably the
team that tinkered the least with its roster this offseason.
They're twenty twenty six. I could strength the schedule isn't
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overly hard either.
Speaker 3 (26:03):
That's when you.
Speaker 1 (26:03):
Average their opponents expected win totals out. Here's who they play.
Let's play the ceiling game, adjusting them to a ten
win type team. They beat Jacksonville at home, the Hawks
since it's in Denver, Arizona down the Chiefs at home,
take Carolina, Vegas, Pittsburgh, Miami. The Jets clean Vegas up,
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defeat Buffalo since it's a home game, and finish with
wins over New England and the Chargers. That's thirteen wins.
And if you want to argue, they can sweep Kansas
City and it's more like a fourteen win ceiling Who
could argue? I can't see great out of this bag,
but I see them getting to ten Doves. Defense is
still elite and Penguins thrive in cold climates.
Speaker 7 (26:45):
Right as the hell of an opportunity, the hell of opportunity.
Speaker 1 (26:49):
We are, Kansas City Chiefs twenty twenty five. Well, remember
that Citizen Kane song. I've seen better days. I've been
the star of many plays. I've seen better days in
the bottom drops out. That was Chiefs football last season.
I read more see you can tell it's AI because
it mistook Citizen Kane and Citizen King Andy Reid. Patrick Mahomes,
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Welcome to Vince Lombardi, Bart Star nineteen sixty eight, Chuck
nol Terry Bradshaw nineteen eighty.
Speaker 2 (27:19):
We're going We're right back on it. We're right back
on it.
Speaker 1 (27:21):
Somebody shot Jr. And your dynasty ended.
Speaker 7 (27:24):
And we're gonna stay aggressing. We're going to stay aggressing
the game.
Speaker 1 (27:27):
Let's go twenty one points per game.
Speaker 9 (27:29):
The ball off of his hand, right hand and shoulder
and into the arms of Andrew mccooba.
Speaker 1 (27:35):
Twentieth in yards per game over the air. That picked
up like to be where to dart twenty second on
third down.
Speaker 7 (27:41):
It's knocked out and and jump play.
Speaker 1 (27:44):
A far cry from what their offense was producing at
its peak, Shouter, And it's been two straight years of
subpar offensive output.
Speaker 3 (27:57):
So the Chiefs turn it over for a second consecutive possession.
Speaker 1 (28:01):
Patrick Mahomes twenty two touchdowns touchdowns, a career low, a
sub ninety rate.
Speaker 2 (28:10):
All night, dominate everything opportunity.
Speaker 1 (28:13):
Career low completed sixty two percent of his passes. Those
fall to his second Guess what career low? His O
line has a first team All Pro at center and
Creed Humphrey.
Speaker 2 (28:27):
God, that's a good second half.
Speaker 4 (28:30):
How about a minute?
Speaker 1 (28:31):
Cut it up man Josh Simmons looked solid as a
rookie left tackle when healthy.
Speaker 3 (28:38):
Touchdown He's dot was wild ten days running the football, but.
Speaker 1 (28:44):
He was one of three starters that spent multiple games hurt.
Casey gave up forty seven sacks. Mahomes took thirty four
in his fourteen games, second most times he's been dumped
in a single season.
Speaker 7 (28:55):
That will be sacked back at the eleven yard.
Speaker 1 (28:58):
They finally cut ties the laundry king right tackle Juwan
Taylor won't be lined up next to Mahomes anymore. The
projected starting five All Chiefs last year. Jalen Moore expected
to replace Taylor at right tackle. He made six starts
last season and gave up three and a half sacks,
which was tied for the most on the team. Even
though the rest of that group played roughly two hundred
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more snaps, none of them allowed Mahomes to get dropped
four times. President of the SWIFTYE Fan Club, Travis Kelcey.
Speaker 7 (29:28):
We'll get up on some point over.
Speaker 1 (29:30):
Eight hundred and fifty yards find so on.
Speaker 2 (29:31):
W Outen Kelfy Travis Kelsey.
Speaker 7 (29:35):
Touchdown five tds.
Speaker 1 (29:42):
I know he's at the end of the road.
Speaker 7 (29:44):
More we got we all keep him doing it, though, and.
Speaker 1 (29:47):
He's had much better years.
Speaker 3 (29:48):
Such the Chiefs all time touchdown Rucker.
Speaker 1 (29:52):
But not a lot of tight ends are good for
those kind of digits.
Speaker 7 (29:55):
Three miles an hour New York Movie fifteen.
Speaker 1 (30:00):
Maybe give Rashi Rice a full year and he should
be an eleven hundred plus yard double digit TD guy.
Touchdown five hundred seventy one yards. Really five tds in
just eight games last year.
Speaker 3 (30:16):
Todd left side Rice angling touchdown.
Speaker 1 (30:19):
Five hundred and thirty two yards for xavier' worthy.
Speaker 7 (30:22):
It's a block he gets one now two.
Speaker 2 (30:26):
Turning on the.
Speaker 1 (30:27):
Speed, Taekwon Thornton, the deep threat over four hundred yards
on just nineteen catches mass is.
Speaker 8 (30:33):
Todd Taekwon Thornton touchdown.
Speaker 1 (30:36):
They go forth without Hollywood Brown gave him close to
six hundred yards and five tds tot touchdown. Could we
see a new and improved k C Rush attack? Biggest
ad of the off season was signing Kenneth Walker off
his Super Bowl MVP performance went for over one thousand
yards during the regular season, nine hundred plus yards in
three of his four years.
Speaker 7 (30:57):
By Kay is so good. He's got the stop start,
but his feet are always moving.
Speaker 1 (31:02):
He takes over the void left by Isaiah Pacheco Casey
starter most games last year over four hundred yards under
four yards per carry.
Speaker 7 (31:11):
So protect what the touchdown?
Speaker 1 (31:15):
So was Kareem Hunt, who's also gone. He led the
team with over six hundred yards and eight ds.
Speaker 7 (31:22):
Touchdown. It's a lucy.
Speaker 1 (31:24):
Offense in the end, has some spleaning to.
Speaker 3 (31:26):
Do good cut what what I'm here to go?
Speaker 1 (31:29):
And improving to do with Walker being the only new part.
Speaker 2 (31:32):
Why the gods to right by the way to get
away chase.
Speaker 1 (31:36):
To their defense. The primary reason they stayed close in
so many games, held teams to nineteen a game, the
tenth fewest yards per game allowed d and eighth best
inside the.
Speaker 7 (31:51):
Twenty defense pitching a shutout here.
Speaker 1 (31:54):
The secondary was the strength held quarterbacks to an eighty
nine rating, a nice low six to seven attempt That's
a good thing in this case, fewer than two hundred
yards per game, giving up only eighteen passing touchdowns allowed.
That's top five good. They head into twenty twenty six
without their top two to twenty twenty five corners, though
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corner Jalen Watson two sacks two interceptions didn't allow a
single touchdown.
Speaker 3 (32:20):
That accepted by Jolen Watson.
Speaker 1 (32:22):
And of course they traded Trent McDuffie to LA.
Speaker 3 (32:25):
This is a pick going the other way and it's McDuffie.
Speaker 1 (32:29):
Which is why they felt compelled to trade up in
the first round to get corner. Monsieur Delaine.
Speaker 8 (32:34):
I remember when you go back to when McDuffie was
coming out.
Speaker 3 (32:37):
It's like he's a perfect player.
Speaker 8 (32:38):
He just doesn't have that rare size and length McDuffie.
We know what he's become. I see some similarities here.
He is always in phase, very sticky in man coverage.
You referenced this game against Clemson CD. You couldn't slip
a piece of paper between.
Speaker 1 (32:50):
Him and the receivers in that game.
Speaker 2 (32:51):
He was out.
Speaker 1 (32:52):
Stanley joins youngster Chris Rowland. Wallace eleven games, only two starts,
but came up with.
Speaker 7 (32:57):
Pick that's intercepting nor A Moss.
Speaker 1 (33:01):
Cornerback Christian Fulton only played eight games, but a low
eighties rate and six passes defense.
Speaker 4 (33:06):
Christian Fulton comes up from the secondary to knock them down.
Speaker 1 (33:09):
Liked what they saw from corner Noel Williams. Only five
starts yet seven passes defensed in a mid seventies rate.
Speaker 3 (33:16):
Stroud in the middle.
Speaker 7 (33:16):
It is nearly and maybe intercepted. I'm thinking hit the
ground did hit the ground? Ain't complete.
Speaker 1 (33:22):
They also have a new safety in a lowhi Gilman
nine passes knocked down ninety raps between Baltimore and LA
last year.
Speaker 4 (33:29):
Hello Gilman and mc bill picked up.
Speaker 1 (33:32):
He takes Brian Cook's spot, gave them eighty five tackles,
though knocked down six passes.
Speaker 3 (33:37):
Nice job breaking it up by Cook.
Speaker 1 (33:39):
Tamari Connor tackled one hundred and seventeen dudes, two of
them quarterbacks.
Speaker 3 (33:44):
WS go the time, but look at this.
Speaker 1 (33:46):
Connor comes up their backside. Did not get a ton
of help from their front. Twenty second in sacks, nineteenth
in pressure rate, and they blitzed more than your average
bear right over.
Speaker 7 (33:56):
The defender's head.
Speaker 1 (33:58):
Oh my goodness, anybody Chris Jones eight up seven Pickinnick
Baskets led the team in sacks and quarterback hits.
Speaker 5 (34:05):
Every game name every game mean much more.
Speaker 1 (34:08):
George of the Jungle car loftis their only other threat.
Speaker 3 (34:12):
And na back at the seven yard line, so what
is he going to do?
Speaker 1 (34:15):
The Smurf's next Carl loftis only six sacks, but twenty
three quarterback hits isn't bad. But the rest of their
front didn't do much sack wise, so they used their
other first rounder on defensive tackle, Peter Woods.
Speaker 3 (34:27):
The quickness is what you're buying here.
Speaker 1 (34:29):
Some of the comparisons were to Byron Murphy.
Speaker 8 (34:31):
I think Byron Murphy's a little stronger, less stouter, but
the similarity and that that quickness and they're ability to
get up the field.
Speaker 3 (34:37):
He's got tons of range.
Speaker 1 (34:38):
And they dropped a second rounder on defensive end are
Mason Thomas.
Speaker 8 (34:42):
They get someone who can really be a fastball and
fly off the edge and plays with unbelievable energy and tenacity.
Speaker 3 (34:49):
And our Mason Thomas coming.
Speaker 8 (34:51):
Off the edge, you see his ability. He can win
up top or if you're going to overset him, he's
going to be able to get right inside your shoulder
and win on the short path to the quarterback.
Speaker 1 (35:00):
Defensive tackle Ashton Galotti returns one and a half sacks
seventeen games, two starts. They hope all those guys hold
the line against runners the way last year's group did.
They held him to four a carry.
Speaker 7 (35:14):
Scrap his look suck.
Speaker 1 (35:17):
Nick Bolton was everywhere. Six passes defense, ten tackles for
loss and over one hundred and fifty tackles. Watch If,
known for his ability against the run, great instincts, gets
his hands under it. Drew Trankwell, a fellow triple digit
tackle guy, ten behind the line of scrimmage.
Speaker 3 (35:34):
I love that Loos.
Speaker 7 (35:36):
They'll get a loss of two yards.
Speaker 1 (35:38):
Still rocking with Harrison, Butker at kicker not the best year,
missed five field goals and four extra points. But there's
ten ths God, So here's the look from above. Secondary
will look quite a bit different Delayane from mcduffy. They
brought in Cater Kohu too, who was hurt all last year,
had a couple of good seasons for Miami. This will
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be his year. Five Williams should see more snaps, Gilman
for Cook at safety. Couple changes to the front seven
Carloftis Jones, the known commodities, Thomas and Woods, the two
rookies they hope can shine right away. Bolton and Trank
will returning as the starting middle linebackers and the offensive playmakers,
Hunt Pacheco and Hollywood departing Walker the only new face
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expected to play a prominent role. They're basically banking on
Mahomes Kelsey Worthy in Thornton to produce at a higher
level than last year. What might the Walrus have up
his sleeve for this year to give them a spark?
Will the schedule help? They have the tenth easiest trek
if you account for their opponents twenty twenty six expected
win totals and with their own expectation being placed in
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the ten to eleven range, it tees up a solid ceiling.
But when you look at their schedule it looks pretty daunting.
Just know their expected strength of schedule is on the
easy side due to having Vegas twice, Miami, Arizona, and
the Jet. Their first six opponents have over under marks
below theirs. They play Seattle on the road, so give
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them a loss there. The second bout with Denver is
a road tilt. Then it's the Jets, Falcons and Cards
before road games in Buffalo and La. Cincinnati's on the
road too, Pats and forty nine Ers are at arrowhead
at least still. That run from week twelve against the
Bills to week seventeen, which is on the road versus
the Chargers is quite the gauntlet. Had one of those
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mystics read the palms of my hands showed ten wins,
which falls under their ten and a half over under mark,
something about their complacency this offseason at wide receiver just
seemed odd. But maybe my hands were dirty when she
checked him out.
Speaker 7 (37:42):
What's that a statement?
Speaker 4 (37:43):
Bro?
Speaker 7 (37:43):
We got enough look around like always.
Speaker 9 (37:45):
Tell y'all happy tut a back full quarter, Bro, this
was gonna be fun with all y'all.
Speaker 4 (37:49):
Bro.
Speaker 7 (37:50):
Okay love.
Speaker 4 (37:54):
La.
Speaker 1 (37:54):
Chargers eleven and six a year ago, another playoff showing
another first round exit, but hope of bounds. If their
pillars for protection can stay up all of twenty twenty six,
they think they have a shot to play for the
silver football in their home stadium.
Speaker 7 (38:09):
Believe in it? Do you believe?
Speaker 1 (38:12):
This might be the first season preview we've ever started
talking about hog Mally's aka Big Uglies aka O linemen,
two of them specifically at the center of the conversation.
At the center really of LA's twenty twenty six offensive outlook.
Left tackle Rareshaun Slater missed all of twenty twenty five.
Right tackle Joe all missed eleven games. The pair would
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have been in the debate for best tackled duo in
the NFL.
Speaker 7 (38:38):
You gotta be good from run out from this moment.
Speaker 1 (38:42):
Right instead, Justin Herbert is knowledgeable about different grasses as
Chiech and chong Rber dropped back. He's only one team
allowed a higher pressure rate. LA's QBS planted sixty times that.
Speaker 3 (38:57):
He's knocked out at sacked five secs.
Speaker 1 (39:00):
Game on Herbert, six different guys gave up five and
a half sacks.
Speaker 7 (39:04):
Hey, hey, downt a go.
Speaker 1 (39:07):
They had backups drop out her It was like watching
a techmobile game where the person playing defense guesses the
right play.
Speaker 2 (39:15):
This is easily the worst game of his career.
Speaker 1 (39:17):
Their poor o line play really standing out in the
red zone, where they were twenty ninth, which left them
with a twenty one point per game average.
Speaker 4 (39:25):
We got a gay point. We got good point, brot
we got a good point.
Speaker 7 (39:30):
Hey, we got good points right too.
Speaker 1 (39:31):
They grabbed a new guard in the draft, Jake Slaughter,
second rounder, not sure if he's related to that sergeant
guy or not. They let's set him as a guard.
Speaker 3 (39:40):
He was a center there at Florida.
Speaker 8 (39:41):
But they signed Tyler Biattish in free agency, so they're
gonna give him a whirl at guard. Remember Mike mc
daniel's new offense there, new coordinator.
Speaker 3 (39:49):
They're gonna really value.
Speaker 8 (39:51):
Guys to see that last note, quick to the second level.
Getting out in space, you're gonna see very athletic offense
applying for the Chargers, getting those two tackles back, and
you've also got a fallback. You had an injury at center,
Slaughter can kick inside and do that.
Speaker 1 (40:04):
They also signed guard Cole Strange former Dolphin and got
a badass at center. And Tyler was with Washington last year.
You know that's not how you say it, but it's
how I say it. When you account for Slater and
Alt's lack of playing time, it's like they have a
brand new line for twenty twenty six. If they can
hold the line better, they feel like all the needed
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pieces are in place.
Speaker 2 (40:26):
Makes a shot to the ends up for a copy
touch stop.
Speaker 7 (40:31):
Shot.
Speaker 1 (40:32):
Us Herbert received an MVP vote for his efforts while
taking a beating.
Speaker 2 (40:36):
The expot touchedop t Andre Lefford Smith.
Speaker 1 (40:41):
My goodness made the Pro Bowl off twenty six TV passes,
over two hundred and thirty yards per game. Taking a shot,
there's McCarty cock touchtern, most TV passes he's had since
year two.
Speaker 2 (40:54):
Half Half did the episode I'm Mariot. Half did it
first receiving touchdown in his career.
Speaker 1 (41:01):
Herbert used his legs to escape more than he had
ever done before. Career high in rush attempts and yards
two yards shy of five hundred.
Speaker 2 (41:10):
Exoy slides for a Quack touchdown.
Speaker 1 (41:14):
Herbert hoping he can hand off to Amarian Hampton more
often this year. The rookie only played nine games over
five hundred yards on four to four a pop when
he played.
Speaker 2 (41:23):
Hampton in the Enzo touchdown, all.
Speaker 1 (41:27):
Of which led to more playing time.
Speaker 7 (41:29):
For Bye Dell.
Speaker 2 (41:30):
He's got to get to the quarter he does there
we go.
Speaker 1 (41:32):
He gave him over six hundred yards for one a
carry in his second year. His Hoots, Body Bada pass
catching group. At the time of this writing, Keenan Allen
wasn't on the roster. Led the team in receptions in
twenty twenty five seven hundred and seventy seven yards shoes.
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All the looks he got led to fewer for McLevin
and his second season, the hockey.
Speaker 2 (42:00):
Talk touched up shots, let's go, hey, what do you do?
Speaker 7 (42:06):
Stand sucked?
Speaker 3 (42:07):
Yup?
Speaker 2 (42:07):
Shucks fans yep. I was like, when you score, go's
do rad the conk sock?
Speaker 7 (42:12):
He't running over here? Look Dad, he's not here.
Speaker 4 (42:14):
I didn't know what you were doing.
Speaker 7 (42:16):
I'm just gonna celebrate right in front of me, and
he's gonna running.
Speaker 1 (42:19):
Lad mcconkee still led the team with seven hundred and
eighty nine yards. His Hawaiian id got him into the
zone six times.
Speaker 7 (42:26):
You give him a one on one and he give
the double troper wickl.
Speaker 1 (42:32):
Quentin Johnston also over seven hundred yards in his year.
Speaker 2 (42:35):
Three to the zo looking for fu.
Speaker 7 (42:39):
Oh Cue led the.
Speaker 1 (42:41):
Team with eight scores, eight tds, seven hundred plus yards
back to back seasons.
Speaker 2 (42:45):
If throw to the end zone over the shoulder touched up.
Speaker 1 (42:50):
If Keenan doesn't come back, it should lead to a
bigger role for Trey Harris started his NFL career off
with thirty receptions and over three hundred yards shut and
tight end to Ronde Gadson really shined after he got
it going. He's looking to build off a six hundred
and sixty four yard rookie season.
Speaker 2 (43:09):
Oh Rod Day Gadston, And if you thought it was
a fluke, think again.
Speaker 1 (43:13):
If they can get another four points or so out
of that group, their defense doesn't lose any ground. They're
a serious contender. They held teams to twenty a game and.
Speaker 2 (43:25):
Ben set choose chump the round top.
Speaker 1 (43:27):
Five and yards per game allowed on third down and
in the red zone top ten, and takeaways.
Speaker 2 (43:33):
Popped up off to your cart's hands into the arms
of day On Henley.
Speaker 1 (43:37):
Their strength. That secondary held quarterbacks to less than one
hundred and eighty yards per game.
Speaker 2 (43:43):
Acept Day through his receiver, gets the.
Speaker 1 (43:46):
Rookie j nickets to a seventy five rating, lowest in
the NFL.
Speaker 2 (43:51):
Are Sepday, big man. Oh, the ball is out and
the ball is out again, and the charger's full on it.
Speaker 1 (44:00):
My goodness, it always starts with Derwin back there, James.
Another gem of a season. Over ninety tackles, three iron t's,
no tds allowed, low fifties rate as a result, good.
Speaker 2 (44:13):
At the game.
Speaker 1 (44:13):
Girlish tarheb still is looking like CB one material a
mid seventies rate in his second year. Six passes defensed,
not a touchdown allowed.
Speaker 4 (44:23):
Deep for Deebo Samuel fighting against his man complete that.
Speaker 1 (44:27):
Dante Jackson comes off a nice year sub seventy rate
team high twelve passes defensed in four picks. We cam
Hart the one key corner with a rough rating, but
he got his hands on eleven passes ahead of his
third year in the pro.
Speaker 8 (44:44):
Hearts down the middle and Tipton picked intercepted by cam Hart.
Speaker 1 (44:50):
Safety Elijah Molden gave up a rating close to one
hundred over fifty tackles twelve games played.
Speaker 2 (44:55):
Rout over the middle, intercepting Holy Smoke.
Speaker 1 (45:00):
Bucks safety Tony Jefferson with thirteen games played, they'd take
more of the same. A low fifties rate four picks
as Iero TD's given up and.
Speaker 2 (45:08):
Shot the game, lord I believable way to head this game.
Speaker 1 (45:13):
Their secondary working in unison with their front forty five sacks,
top ten good goes on Bondale's finest two ley two
polo two trending the right way four and a half
sacks rookie year eight and a half as a soft
a team leading thirteen in his third year hunting quarterbacks.
Speaker 2 (45:31):
Stop kind of got cut back, hit and drop by two.
Speaker 1 (45:35):
Khalil Mack returns his sack total five and a half
last year in twelve games, five and a half to
eight four of the last five years. Still a pain
for tackles to deal with. For sixty minutes.
Speaker 2 (45:47):
Her cup's Khalil Mack in the exode. He drops up safety.
I'll raise your hands and put it together with Chargers got.
Speaker 1 (45:55):
Two points and they picked up a key Mesidor in
the first round, So there are plenty at outside linebacker.
Speaker 8 (46:01):
You see the bend and close at the top of
his rush. It's outstanding. The interior rush.
Speaker 3 (46:06):
They'll use him in this capacity with the Chargers two.
He does some of that as well, and he whipped
up on guards.
Speaker 8 (46:12):
A lot of his production came from inside.
Speaker 1 (46:15):
Justin a boygbe with a mini breakout in his year
two six bags most of his snaps as a backup.
Speaker 4 (46:20):
This time it is Justin boyke b.
Speaker 1 (46:24):
Rest of the beef in the middle. We're there to
clog things up. Dropping didn't quite do that well enough.
In twenty twenty five, they'd like to play runners a
little tougher this year, gave up four to three a carry.
Speaker 2 (46:36):
He's got it, He's gone. Barkley going to the end.
Speaker 1 (46:38):
Zil replaced DeShawn Hand twenty nine tackles, one and a
half sacks with Vet Dalvin Tomlinson. Same kind of numbers
with Arizona in twenty twenty five.
Speaker 3 (46:48):
Burrow in trouble again and Burrow goes down. It's Dalvin Tomlinson.
Speaker 1 (46:53):
Jamari Caldwell got five starts as a rookie, thirty one
tackles and a sack.
Speaker 3 (46:58):
Smith.
Speaker 4 (46:58):
He'll be swarmed, no chance, as they brought the big man,
Jamari Caldwell, the rookie from.
Speaker 1 (47:05):
Oregon behind them. Dayon Henley, their star second level linebacker
two I INT's one hundred plus tackles for the second
year in a row, career high three and a half
sacks in his third season.
Speaker 3 (47:17):
Paroettes, and that's where he's taken down by Henley.
Speaker 1 (47:22):
He was paired with two Vets linebacker Denzel Perryman, fourth
year in a row with twelve or fewer games played.
Troy Die saw extra snaps in Perryman's place, close to
sixty tackles, five for a loss, and.
Speaker 9 (47:35):
Here goes Nicks chase by tie, you'll swat at the
ball and minimal gain on the play.
Speaker 1 (47:40):
Dicker the kicker back to kick it. Cameron hit over
ninety percent of his field goal tries, thirty four for
thirty five on extra.
Speaker 2 (47:47):
Points kick and the kick is good.
Speaker 1 (47:52):
Here's how it all pencils out. Then the front seven
isn't much different. Tomlinson in for mister Hand. Hopefully Spiccoli
isn't bummed about that. Mesidor gives them four QB hunters,
Mac Tooley and Bud Dupree all back, Henley, Parriman and
die behind all of them. Secondary comes back intact. If
it ain't broke, don't fix it. Jackson Hart still at corner,
(48:15):
Molden and Jefferson at safety, James wherever he needs to be.
Offensive playmakers also the same, Save Keenan all hoping to
produce at higher levels with improved O line play. Trey
Harris seeing more action with Allen's departure. Lads numbers probably
go back up too, Herbs at quarterback, hopefully a full
ship from a Marionette running back. LA heads into twenty
(48:37):
twenty six with high expectation. Still a nine and a
half over under is still a projection of more wins
than losses. They do have a tough division if KC
rebounds Chargers twenty twenty six projected strength to schedule is
on the hard side twelfth most difficult when you average
their opponents expected win totals for the upcoming season. Let's
(48:59):
play with their slate and see what a conservative ceiling
might be for them. Beat Arizona and Vegas to start.
Take Denver at home and pull off a road wind
over KC, the Texans at home, the Jets in New England,
Tampa Bay, sweep Vegas. Let's go with a win at
SOFAR over San Francisco, followed by wins over Miami and
(49:20):
Kansas City to get to twelve wins. Look, knowing Herbert
had a beer or two this summer means he's relaxed.
Game preview guy likes to knock one back too. I
just can't afford the kind he enjoys. But in my
relaxed state, I'm seeing double digits. Man, I'm not a lightweight.
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