August 11, 2026 • 50 mins
The 2026 NFL season is upon us, and the NFC East never lacks for storylines. The Eagles are looking to defend their division crown. The Cowboys enter yet another season with massive expectations. The Commanders are trying to bounce back in year 3 under Dan Quinn. The Giants face a pivotal year as they search for answers and consistency. All that and more on this full-on division preview of the NFC East!
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Dallas Cowboys (14:05)
Philadelphia Eagles (25:47)
Washington Commanders (37:03)
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
NFC East twenty twenty six. All four teams have high expectations.
Eagles the favorite with their over underwin total at ten
and a half going forth without aj Brown, Dallas a
nine and a half marker, added two big rookies to
their defense, and New DC hoping to bring the D
back to the Big D. Washington's year hinges on Jadon
(00:20):
Daniel staying healthy and playing like he did as a rookie,
and John Harbaugh takes over the g Men. Combined with
Jackson Dark, Camp Skataboo and Malik Neighbors both returning from injuries,
the Big Apple has hope they may be ready for
relevance again.
Speaker 2 (00:35):
I would like to introduce to you the next head
football coach of the New York Giants, John Harball.
Speaker 1 (00:40):
Thank you Baltimore, and thank you Bengals. Maybe g Men
loving what the AFC North was kicking out this offseason.
New York Giants, coming off a four and thirteen injury
plagued year, landed the biggest head coaching fish in the
coaching see this offseason. No time for pay hard here
with John Harbaugh on the sideline guiding Malik Neighbors, Cam
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Skataboo and Jackson Dart. There is finally legit hope in
the land of the Big Blue. The Harbaugh Dark pairing
on the surface is the perfect match.
Speaker 3 (01:12):
R kept it alive.
Speaker 4 (01:13):
Bellinger made himself available and the Giants with an improbable
third down conversion score.
Speaker 1 (01:20):
Last time Harbaugh had a young dual threat QB, he
helped turn him into a two time MVP.
Speaker 3 (01:25):
For the coal line touchdown Giant.
Speaker 1 (01:27):
Dart may go about dual qbing a little different.
Speaker 3 (01:30):
Turns right for the goal line touchdown Giants.
Speaker 1 (01:33):
But it is what made his rookie year so special.
Not a lot of passing yards per game just yet, really.
Speaker 5 (01:38):
Dolls learning out go He's done touchdown.
Speaker 1 (01:42):
But a ninety one rate in fifteen TVs through the
air action.
Speaker 5 (01:46):
Tart into light up and touchdown.
Speaker 1 (01:49):
THEO Johnson and Man was Vanilla Vick fun to watch
along the ground.
Speaker 6 (01:55):
Wonder it touch the great fearless Dart's gonna go and
gets popped.
Speaker 1 (02:03):
Four hundred and eighty seven yards scored the same number
of times Ferris ditched his senior year.
Speaker 7 (02:09):
Got the dive.
Speaker 3 (02:11):
It is far start.
Speaker 1 (02:12):
There's the Giants Philly nine times nine times and.
Speaker 8 (02:17):
Times say shorts short, I don't think it went down.
Speaker 5 (02:21):
That looks like a touchdown. It looks it looks like front.
Speaker 1 (02:24):
And now he has more help to do his thing,
as the Giants drafted him a new guard with one
of their two top ten picks in the draft thanks
to Cincinnati giving up theirs for DT Dexter Lawrence.
Speaker 6 (02:35):
And Francis mauianoah out of Miami and with no tackles
going in.
Speaker 9 (02:40):
The first time, I don't know that he's gonna play
tackle though. He is a big, massive man who is
a mauler. Here he is in the run game. Watch
him get underneath.
Speaker 5 (02:49):
That's a big guy. He's able to get underneath.
Speaker 9 (02:50):
The defender, run those legs and drive them off the ball.
Speaker 1 (02:54):
And the Big Apple was really buzzing when the Jackson
scat Show stormed Broadway.
Speaker 3 (02:58):
Two rookies have breathed life into this franchise.
Speaker 1 (03:02):
Cam Skataboo four hundred and ten rushing yards and.
Speaker 5 (03:05):
All Scatigo into the touchdown.
Speaker 1 (03:08):
Time over two hundred receiving.
Speaker 3 (03:11):
They brought up Blitz.
Speaker 5 (03:12):
Think it Scataboo's gonna pick somebody up.
Speaker 3 (03:14):
He's just snuck right out off.
Speaker 1 (03:16):
The blitz at sevends in just eight games played.
Speaker 3 (03:19):
A Stratagus up in the dun touch down time.
Speaker 1 (03:23):
So just imagine if those two and Moleik, won't you
be my neighbors all played an entire season together. Next
we got to got a neighbors only four games played
before he got hurt.
Speaker 10 (03:36):
Lots of down deal, He's got neighbors in the end,
gonna makes the catch, put the fuck.
Speaker 1 (03:40):
Down over twelve hundred yards as a rookie.
Speaker 6 (03:43):
It's neighbors were like neighbors touchdown giants.
Speaker 1 (03:48):
So we know what he's capable of. We left that
out if they need neighbors to pick up where he
left off pre injury, because they won't have wan Dale
to pick up the slack again. Rob Sen left off
a ninety two cash thousand plus yard year. Wier's downfield
get to the episode touchdown for a four win team
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New York was a fun watch for a stretch.
Speaker 3 (04:11):
Hi does a backflip.
Speaker 1 (04:12):
Twenty two points per game got for.
Speaker 5 (04:15):
Winston, who makes the fifteen take this pitching.
Speaker 3 (04:18):
And fighting it is in for the touchdown call.
Speaker 1 (04:21):
It put thirteenth in yards per game and fourteenth on
third down. A reflection of their potential with Dart wasn't
too shabby what's down Giant Darius Slayton, the vet w
R three in their case, thought he would have done
more with neighbors out only one touchdown, did chip in
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over five hundred yards though you know the end zone.
Speaker 2 (04:43):
And Slayton gets his first touchdown catch of the season.
Speaker 1 (04:47):
They added Darnell Mooney Tunes to take Robinson's place four
hundred yards in change with Atlanta in twenty twenty five.
Speaker 5 (04:54):
Bernie, don't help Monny touchdown Atlanta.
Speaker 1 (04:57):
They grabbed Calvin Austin, former dealer three years into his
NFL career three hundred and seventy two yards a year ago,
topped five hundred in his sophomore seasoned.
Speaker 3 (05:09):
Touchdown Pittsburgh Steelers.
Speaker 1 (05:11):
And they added Malachi Fields to the set, picking him
up in the third round of the draft.
Speaker 9 (05:16):
The big, fluid, smooth athletic receiver. Think about Michael Pittman junior,
someone who can win on those fifty to fifty balls.
We came out of the Senior Bowl CD and we
were thinking there's a chance he might end up going
in the first round.
Speaker 5 (05:27):
Now I did not run the way thout.
Speaker 9 (05:29):
Yeah it four six, one forty is why he's still available.
Speaker 5 (05:32):
But how about the Paul Stills.
Speaker 1 (05:33):
Tight end, Theo Johnson solid growth year over year.
Speaker 6 (05:37):
Yes, Carla Ricashon, let's crawl up here by the gallopin
chuckson go be changed to the play by Ben touchdown.
Speaker 1 (05:44):
Still plenty he can clean up that would elevate his
game further, but led the team in TD receptions and
cracked five hundred yards tidy for.
Speaker 3 (05:52):
Ex yardstars for the Jock touch out.
Speaker 1 (05:54):
A few former Ravens made the jump with Harbaugh tight
end Isaiah Likely finished with career low's in yards last
year with just over three hundred, and fullback Patrick Ricard
pro bowler six of the last seven years, including the
last two.
Speaker 5 (06:10):
Jackson in the middle caught Recard.
Speaker 6 (06:13):
This fullback his first reception second target of the year.
Speaker 5 (06:18):
What a time for that.
Speaker 1 (06:19):
He will help open holes for Dark Scataboo and Tyrone Tracy,
who struggled early and thus opened the door for the Scatman,
but when he came back he had some decent games.
Speaker 3 (06:30):
Byron Tracy who makes the catch of the Endo.
Speaker 1 (06:32):
For the touchdown seven hundred and forty yards over for
a carry back to their O Linebok team gave up
forty eight sacks and were twenty sixth in pressure rate allowed.
Right tackled Germaine Iluminaur gave up a whopping eleven and
a half sacks and led the line in penalties.
Speaker 3 (06:51):
Roll and it was right. Gotta keep it himself. He's
in trouble and Donegos.
Speaker 1 (06:56):
Illuminour is back, though, so is star left tackle Andrew
Thomas played great when he played thirteen games. Isn't bad,
but that's three straight years missing games. Four of last
year's five starters back as starters for twenty twenty six
in all likelihood, Blues defense forget Homer or Bart. Star
of this show was mister Burns.
Speaker 3 (07:14):
Bullshoots right. Sack by Burns.
Speaker 1 (07:17):
Brian with the career high sixteen and a half sacks,
second to mister Garrett.
Speaker 3 (07:22):
Burns gets the sack.
Speaker 2 (07:24):
Spider Man eRASS the Raiders on third down.
Speaker 1 (07:27):
Burns fourth most QB hits.
Speaker 3 (07:29):
Burns gets the sack.
Speaker 5 (07:31):
Of course, is the fu up scoped up by the Giants.
I'm putting it into the ets, honest, Tyler Newman.
Speaker 1 (07:36):
They hope Reese can play the Smithers role as Burns
right hand man. He was their other first rounder in
this past draft.
Speaker 10 (07:43):
This guy is the limit with this guy. He's just
a one year starter for Ohio State. But Matt Patricia
found out real quick. He's the defensive coordinator at Ohio State,
obviously a longtime NFL defensive coordinator, and he immediately knew
what he had with r.
Speaker 5 (07:57):
Bel Reese, which was a versatile game red.
Speaker 1 (08:00):
How about a defense featuring four members of the first
rounders club. Then Abdual Carter racked up twenty three quarterback
hits in his first year, only started six games past.
Speaker 4 (08:10):
And the year and intercepted ab Duel Carter plucked it
out of the air.
Speaker 1 (08:14):
Only four sacks though, and got benched twice. And they
still have Caveon Thibodeaux two and a half sacks in
ten games, So him and Carter both looking to up
the number of times they seal the deal. There you go,
camp Burns play in the end. The main reason New
York had a middle of the pack pass rush.
Speaker 9 (08:31):
Look at Gothic trouble.
Speaker 5 (08:32):
Get to get sacked and thrown to the turf.
Speaker 1 (08:34):
Those sacks the reason New York's defense was thirteenth on
third down? What the third line? But mister Duckworth would
tell you that's not enough.
Speaker 5 (08:43):
He takes it. Mccaffery's wide open. He pulls it in
along the lap pylon.
Speaker 1 (08:48):
They gave up twenty five points per game. It's out
the ten, twenty eighth in yards per game, allowed twenty
in the red zone, so.
Speaker 8 (09:00):
For the in zone of the pass is taught and.
Speaker 1 (09:02):
Didn't even come up with one takeaway a game.
Speaker 3 (09:05):
To the side, got a gun touch back.
Speaker 1 (09:08):
As mentioned, Lawrence no longer in the fold, but from
a production standpoint, they aren't losing much. Only had half
a sack and seventeen starts had more in ts than bags.
Speaker 5 (09:18):
Larns he's running to the left side to the fifteenth.
Speaker 1 (09:21):
Seems like defensive tackle Darius Alexander should see more time
three and a half sacks as a rookie rapped.
Speaker 2 (09:27):
He's gonna get sacked by Darius Alexander.
Speaker 1 (09:30):
New York secondary kind of reflected their pass rush wasn't horrible,
wasn't great.
Speaker 5 (09:35):
Christian Watson mile mile mard.
Speaker 1 (09:39):
Ninety four, rating aloud twenty second.
Speaker 4 (09:42):
Thus got back throws to the left side of the enzone,
picking Tennis trave.
Speaker 1 (09:45):
Bat only coming up with nine iron. T's one of
the reasons it was so.
Speaker 3 (09:49):
High and it has cut and had for a touchdown.
Speaker 1 (09:52):
Lost corner Cordell Flott, though, and he played well for them,
holding his targets to a low seventies rate. Knocked down
eleven passes and picked off one.
Speaker 3 (10:00):
Get out up there like pour it.
Speaker 1 (10:03):
Out taking over his locker Colton Hood, who they drafted
in the second round.
Speaker 9 (10:08):
You can use him in a variety of schemes and defenses.
You can see why John Harbaugh fell in love with him.
You want to put him in press. He's very patient,
under control. It's got real good body control for a corner.
You can carry vertical routes physically.
Speaker 1 (10:21):
Corner Paulson a debo is back low nineties radio loud,
seventy three tackles a nice total for a cornerback back.
Speaker 5 (10:28):
His booty makes the catch, a deepot makes the stop.
Speaker 1 (10:32):
Corner Drew Phillips twelve passes defense a sub ninety rate,
two picks and sixty six tackles picked off.
Speaker 5 (10:39):
The are sucking by Phillips.
Speaker 1 (10:41):
Did get benched a couple of times too. Corner Deontay
Banks more valuable as a returner than as a corner,
thanks for the out rough year as a defender.
Speaker 8 (10:50):
Rows a ball for Sudden who goes up and makes
the catch.
Speaker 1 (10:54):
Same for safety Tyler Neuban, who gave up a team
high four touchdowns and a job of the hut ugly
one forty plus rate.
Speaker 6 (11:01):
Here's a wide open Hunter Henry who gets stood up
inside the five and it's first in goal.
Speaker 1 (11:08):
Safety Javon Holland, much better stopping passes, held it down
to a low eighties rate.
Speaker 3 (11:13):
Was deflected and intercepted by the Giants.
Speaker 5 (11:17):
The Giants got the interception of God.
Speaker 1 (11:19):
But no more. Safety Dame Belton. He gave up a
one hundred plus rate, but did at least contribute one
hundred and twenty tackles.
Speaker 6 (11:26):
You called it there, Suttin til too, what a big
time hit.
Speaker 1 (11:30):
Belton changes to the second level out with linebacker Bobby
o'carakay and his one hundred and forty three tackles.
Speaker 3 (11:38):
In Interceptor.
Speaker 1 (11:40):
America, in with Tremaine Edmonds four picks and one hundred
and twelve tackles for the Bears one hundred plus tackles
eight straight years the yarradicept. It didn't really help Chicago
stop runners, though Bears were almost as bad as the
Giants on that front. Into the air Yard, New York
gave up one hundred and forty five rushing yards per game,
second most.
Speaker 5 (12:01):
Have been twenty six, and they were last.
Speaker 1 (12:04):
In yards per carry aloud at a very generous five
point three. They hope having linebacker Michael Fadden back will help.
He only played one game. Health is the key with
their offense. Dart, Scataboo and Neighbors need to be on
the field all year long. With Malik only playing four games,
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we're making him the guy that replaces Wandale's production. Lots
of new options for Dart with fields Austin and Mooney
being added to the picture. New York's inside three represent
the big question mark with their front seven, because the
rest looks pretty stout. Foto's a journeyman who's in his
seventh year and on his fifth team now. Shelby Harris
spent the last three years in Cleveland Giants, his fifth
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team heading into his twelfth year. Carter Thibodeau need to
live up to their first round status. Burns a QB
wrecker Reese will move all over. Hopefully McFadden and Stay's healthy.
Edmunds Fokara kay a pretty even swap are Darius Washington,
another former Raven. They brought back safety Jason Pinnock, two,
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was with San Francisco last year a Giant the previous
three years. Giants have a challenging schedule, this year ninth
hardest if you go off their opponents expected twenty twenty
six win totals, so it's not going to be a
walk in the park. They themselves have been given a
seven point five over under designation. So what's the conservative
best case scenario in their case? Assume they're an eight
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win type team. Give them home win over Dallas at
least wins over Tennessee and Arizona. Take Washington and New Orleans,
who are seven point five type teams. Give them a
sweep over the Commanders in fact, Jacksonville at home. Since
this is an exercise in optimism, be Indianapolis and Cleveland,
and pull off a home win over Philadelphia at the
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end of the year that puts their theoretical ceiling at
ten wins. Shook up the game preview guy magic a
ball and it showed fewer than eight victories due to
that trek of theirs. But who knows, maybe it was broken.
Speaker 5 (14:06):
Hey Bob, simple connect at communic Kate.
Speaker 1 (14:09):
Dominate Dallas Cowboys stayed the course at head coach despite
a very boys like seven to nine and one in
twenty twenty five.
Speaker 5 (14:16):
See is different and I'm so proud.
Speaker 7 (14:19):
I will fight with you guys anytime any place.
Speaker 1 (14:22):
They find themselves once again feeling like they have the
right kind of O face.
Speaker 5 (14:26):
We are plusself, We are plusselve to stay on there.
Speaker 1 (14:30):
But that D of theirs really needs to stiffen up Christmas.
The big offseason headline for the Big D was ditching
DC Matt Eberflus and hiring thirty four year old Christian
Parker away from Philadelphia in his place.
Speaker 5 (14:46):
He run all day, if they run all day.
Speaker 1 (14:48):
He was Philly's dB coach. Eagles DB's were pretty good too.
Speaker 7 (14:52):
The game is definitely won and lost up front, and
we have significant players in the front seven. And so
I think that when you start with that defensive line
room and what you're able to do in control in
the pocket stopping the run, you control what an offense
is able to do, and you're able to dictate to
them on their terms. So you're not playing the whole
playbook when you win first and second down.
Speaker 1 (15:12):
Like Walter Sochek might put it, not going to let
him roll out there naked, equipped him with a new
blue chip dB and Caleb Downs, who they drafted in
the first round.
Speaker 9 (15:21):
They got themselves a new defensive coordinator in the off
season and Christian Parker who came over from their arrival
of the Philadelphia Eagles.
Speaker 1 (15:27):
He was there coaching in the secondary.
Speaker 9 (15:29):
A couple of young players they drafted and courtwer Dejini
and Quinnon Mitchell and saw what that did for their defense. Versatile,
the intelligence, toughness, that's what those guys possessed, and Dawns
has it in spades.
Speaker 1 (15:41):
Picked up Malachi Lawrence, edge guy in the first as well.
He is juicy when you watch him.
Speaker 5 (15:46):
It is fun.
Speaker 9 (15:47):
You get up out of your seat because of how
much burst and explosiveness you'll see in his play. And
that showed up when we got to the combine with
his testing. He's not there yet, but this is a
potential player and you see it when he gets to
the top of his rush, use those violent to get
to the corner and then he can really really finish.
He's got that innate ability here. He is running from
the backside again. You can feel his speed when you're
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watching him.
Speaker 1 (16:09):
They are tasked with finding what BoJack did with their
d They can't afford another year of Alice. Cowboys football
takes up dayl.
Speaker 5 (16:17):
It hurts touchdown.
Speaker 1 (16:18):
Philadelphia can't waste another good year from Dak CD Pickens,
ferg and Javonte Williams with oh we got who fueled
their offense to twenty seven points per game? Right second
most yards per game? Right on the funny to run,
Prescott averaged over two hundred and sixty seven passing yards
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per game. Third most. Doug did not a ninety nine rating.
Speaker 4 (16:47):
Runs up out of the pocket, He's hut the right picked.
Speaker 1 (16:50):
Up thirty touchdowns against just ten interceptions.
Speaker 5 (16:55):
However, no touchdown like hey By dive.
Speaker 1 (16:59):
The Pickens trade couldn't have worked out better.
Speaker 4 (17:01):
Close to the left side of the nzone pick of
Tennis touchdown, it's a touchdown.
Speaker 1 (17:06):
The Conboys with the lead career year ninety three catches
over fourteen hundred yards, twenty touchdown, nine touchdowns, walkin touchdown
Dallas Paly cow Lamb only played fourteen games.
Speaker 3 (17:28):
Welcome back, CD, Lamb.
Speaker 1 (17:31):
Still cracked one thousand yards for the sixth straight year.
Speaker 4 (17:34):
Toss right, He's not Lamb line open on the right
side of the anizone.
Speaker 1 (17:38):
Jake Ferguson also enjoyed a career best campaign six hundred
yards on the nose eighty two catches, eight of them scores.
Speaker 5 (17:49):
Ferguson names in from.
Speaker 1 (17:51):
The two unbelievable second of the day for Fergie. Ryan
Flinoy comes off a nice year two close to five
hundred yards and four scores on the.
Speaker 4 (18:01):
Right side for the oil alone fifteen to ten and
Flinoy has gotten the Cowboys into the end zone.
Speaker 1 (18:07):
And Cavante Turpin Special Team's Wizard chipped in close to
four hundred yards receiving two tds. Nice x factor type
Williams yet another dude with his best year in the bigs.
Speaker 5 (18:23):
The Cowboys scored the first touch of the.
Speaker 1 (18:25):
Season over twelve hundred rush yards eleven tds, good to
a very healthy four to eight per run.
Speaker 3 (18:40):
Plunging in right guard touchdown Cowboys.
Speaker 1 (18:43):
All those dudes working with a good O line too
had to endure some injuries. Of course, only guard Tyler
Smith and right tackle Terrence Steele avoided injuries. Steele gave
up a team high nine sacks, right guard Tyler Booker
gave up six, So the right side has some room
for improved overall, though ninth fewest sacks taken, so not
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a major issue on the shutter. Cowboys offense would love
a few more chances to do their thing this year.
Last year, it was a lot of waiting on the
sideline into rarely a short field off a takeaway with
a touchdown. Cowboys defense only produced twelve all years played.
Speaker 5 (19:25):
Akay Brow puts.
Speaker 1 (19:26):
Ty thirtieth in yards per game allowed.
Speaker 5 (19:29):
The rookie RJ. Harvey forty yard house call.
Speaker 1 (19:33):
Last on third down was a coperate touchdown. The only
team to give up thirty points per game for the year.
Speaker 3 (19:42):
Touchdown Kay let hurt.
Speaker 1 (19:43):
Sarah Lynn would tell you it's too much Man Jr.
Touchdown and so is a one oh nine rating allowed
only one team.
Speaker 3 (19:55):
Worse off the doubtfield.
Speaker 5 (19:56):
He's got neighbors in the end going to.
Speaker 1 (19:58):
Make the tack for the No team allowed more than
their two hundred and fifty one passing yards per game.
Speaker 3 (20:04):
You put the right Friday.
Speaker 1 (20:08):
Gave up over eight yards per attempt.
Speaker 4 (20:10):
A man behind everybody and its burden that the twenty
and Lutherburton dances.
Speaker 1 (20:15):
In Parker takes over a secondary that saw every guy
who played significant snaps allow a rating over one hundred.
Speaker 3 (20:22):
Row to the end zone over the shoulder.
Speaker 1 (20:25):
Deron Bland at the front of the rebound line after
allowing a team high six touchdowns and six hundred plus
yards in just twelve games touched up. Cornerbacks Ready Stewart
and Shabon Ravel both struggled against the pass rolling left.
Speaker 3 (20:39):
Side depend zone.
Speaker 5 (20:40):
Caught touchdown Isaac.
Speaker 1 (20:42):
Tesla Stuart with over sixty tackles at least.
Speaker 5 (20:45):
Jet they get hold Ready Stewart.
Speaker 1 (20:49):
Corner Triquez Bridges the one guy with a rate in
the nineties. Not much playing time though. Safety Donovan Wilson
gave up five touchdowns, so they let him walk my
like neighbors. Touchdown Safety Marquise Bell rating over one hundred
seventeen games three.
Speaker 5 (21:06):
Starts throws right in the end zone cover for a touchdown.
Speaker 1 (21:09):
Safety Malik Hooker gave up a rating over one thirty.
Speaker 5 (21:12):
This goes back to Kelsey and he's wide open.
Speaker 1 (21:16):
New in their dB room. Safety Jalen Thompson former cardinal
rate aloud over one hundred.
Speaker 5 (21:22):
Brought in at the four yard line.
Speaker 1 (21:24):
Safety PJ. Locke was with the Broncos a year ago,
played the pass well came off the bench most.
Speaker 9 (21:30):
Games unbottled it throwing back and complete coverage by lock.
Speaker 1 (21:34):
New corner in Kobe Durant was with the Rams in
twenty twenty five, held it down to a low seventies rate.
Three picks has looked good back to back years after
taking over a starter.
Speaker 8 (21:44):
Intercepted Kobe Durant at the one pass rush.
Speaker 1 (21:47):
Thirty five sacks tied for twenty second.
Speaker 5 (21:50):
No pressure up the middle back of the up.
Speaker 1 (21:53):
It's like they could have used a certain somebody tight
pocket left it over the middle touchdown. Defensive then Donovan
Azaraku two sacks seventeen games.
Speaker 3 (22:03):
As a raku might have him in the end zone.
Speaker 1 (22:05):
Defensive end. Sam Williams one sacks seventeen games, five starts
out the door with Dante Fowler three sacks seventeen games,
eleven starts, and Jadavian Clowney joined them on the way
out eight and a half quarterback wraps in just thirteen games.
Speaker 5 (22:20):
Oh it's good in time.
Speaker 1 (22:22):
Taboys strayed after him Osa odigie Zua is gone left
off a three and a half sack year down he
go oh so diggi Zua. They added Rashaun Gary seven
and a half sacks last year in Green Bay.
Speaker 8 (22:36):
Gary and Venees eventually got home and brought him down.
Speaker 1 (22:38):
Of the twenty he rejoins an old mate and Kenny
Clark made it home three timesas Kenny Clark hoping next
to Quinn Williams. Two and a half sacks between New
York and Dallas, over fifty tackles, ten for a loss
and twelve quarterback hits solid digits for an interior Guy.
Speaker 6 (22:56):
Oh picked off by Quinn Williams.
Speaker 1 (22:59):
And James Hugheston came off the bench most games five
and a half backs. The twenty one Micah was supposedly
bad for their run defense. It's still allowed for seven
to carry good.
Speaker 5 (23:12):
Good a cur plea's good a cut to the others.
Speaker 1 (23:15):
Up didn't help winebacker Demarvian Overshown only played six games.
It did give Shamar James more reps. He led the
team with ninety one tackles.
Speaker 5 (23:23):
Hop hit, fuckle, sax quick bubble.
Speaker 3 (23:26):
Cow Boys are up.
Speaker 1 (23:27):
Kenneth Murray no longer around though eighty plus tackle guy
last year, they can't deferred on second down or third
down In his place, d Winters, who they traded the
Niners for over one hundred tackles in his third year
on the job.
Speaker 5 (23:41):
Heay Winners has got his day. Winner's going the other one.
Speaker 1 (23:44):
Randon Aubrey's foot thirty six of forty two on field
goal tries a year ago, forty seven for forty eight
on extra points on the way is so all sorts
of new with their defense, and for good reason. Down's
the headliner on the back side, but adding Durant and
Thompson shouldn't be overlooked, and PJ. Locke gives them quality depths.
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Three of their five starting dbs will be new Hooker
and Bland, the only twenty twenty five starters returning. Bland
needing a bounce back. At least three new starters to
their front seven can make the case it's really four.
Gary and Lawrence expected to breathe life back into their
pass rush. Winters hopefully can get to runners Overshown, looking
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to put his injury behind him and return to the
promising form we saw from him earlier. Full year of
Quinn should help too. If that bunch can make things
tougher on offenses, their own offense could be even more explosive.
They're just running it back with the same group basically
dak lamb Pickens, Flinoy Williams, already showing their plenty capable
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of putting up a lot of points. Cowboys have the
fourth hardest twenty twenty six schedule if you ranked teams
by their opponents expected win totals. So the road isn't
supposed to be an e one, but they've been tabbed
as a nine to ten win team themselves. Not bad
when you consider the top teams sit at eleven point five.
What's a potential ceiling for them? When you look across
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their schedule? Start with wins over the Giants and Commanders
before a loss to Baltimore, beat Houston across town, win
over Tampa at home. The Packers game is in Green Bay,
but this is an optimistic view, so a win there,
Cards Colts are winnable, Titans Eagles at home as well,
and then let them finish on a three game win streak.
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That's twelve and five. What did I find inside the
game preview? Guy bag, I always seem to take the
bait with their offense and think they'll do better than
nine wins. They have six new starters on defense and
a new DC. I guess all risk being fooled three
times in a row and say at least ten wins.
Speaker 5 (25:49):
Well, no going, it doesn't matter.
Speaker 1 (25:52):
Philadelphia Eagles, an eleven to six Super Bowl hangover twenty
twenty five happens to the best. Still won the NFC
East off still have the kind of roster that can
dance the last dance. Kind of question is can their
big five on offense remember the steps to the song
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that made them champs just two years ago?
Speaker 3 (26:17):
The Super Bowl champion Philadelphia.
Speaker 1 (26:19):
Eagle Eagles sure are following the script, aren't they. Act one,
give Apollo Creed a run for his money. Act two,
take the reigning champ down.
Speaker 3 (26:27):
This is about to be.
Speaker 1 (26:30):
Then seem to forget who.
Speaker 5 (26:32):
They are, falls down, stripsack.
Speaker 1 (26:34):
Thunderlips was giving them the business last year. Offense twenty
fourth in yards per game, twenty fourth on third down,
only twenty two points per game.
Speaker 3 (26:42):
You know they're gonna bring all these book.
Speaker 1 (26:46):
We are one away. Lock that stuff in his cane. Yeah,
but that means a big win over clubber Lang is forthcoming.
Speaker 3 (26:53):
Right.
Speaker 1 (26:58):
And for everything that seemed off with Jalen Hurts among others,
he accounted for thirty three total tds hooks light shove
and he said touchdown a career high twenty five TV
passes tired. He only six picks. Made the Pro Bowl
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for the third time in the last four years. Touchdown
Hurts didn't run as often career low in rush yards
and tds as a starter, but it's relative.
Speaker 3 (27:29):
That's two touchdowns for Jalb.
Speaker 1 (27:30):
Hurts of eight scores down Low over four hundred rush
yards is still solid production from the QB spot.
Speaker 8 (27:37):
Third and gold Hurts has tops Hey top Daylan Hurts
touched to Philadelphia.
Speaker 1 (27:43):
Saquon Barkley eleven hundred plus yards seven touchdowns.
Speaker 3 (27:47):
It goes to Barkers toss the top touch down.
Speaker 1 (27:53):
Dah both for both all he was beat though. Man,
we warned everybody last season guys who crack two k
have a hard time coming close to it the next
year for obvious reasons.
Speaker 3 (28:04):
Where have you been?
Speaker 1 (28:06):
Twenty six A j Brown messy year with all the
chatter so off. He goes to New England off a
thousand plus yard season.
Speaker 3 (28:13):
The ten and for a touchdown.
Speaker 1 (28:16):
Davante Smith has been a thousand plus yard cat three
of the last four years is for.
Speaker 3 (28:20):
Davonte Smith touchdowns.
Speaker 5 (28:22):
Schmitty got it Hey, fuck football.
Speaker 1 (28:24):
The fucker had five more yards than Brown last year,
just wasn't as distracted. New options to Mackay Lemon their
first round pick this year to be.
Speaker 2 (28:40):
A receiver who might be a little undersized, but not
play like I think.
Speaker 11 (28:44):
It's just a mentality and the heart that you play with.
You know the body's type. You know you can get
fooled by that, but you know your heart and you
know mentality that you that you opposted the game. It'll
take you a lot farther than you know. Just your
heighten your side.
Speaker 1 (28:57):
Dontavian Wicks traded for the former Pack off a three
hundred and thirty plus yard year. Signed Hollywood Brown gave
k C close to six hundred yards and five touchdowns.
Speaker 6 (29:07):
Got they're two feet in bounds, yes, Hollywood.
Speaker 1 (29:10):
Bro And Dallas Goddard returns off a career high eleven
TD campaign close to six hundred yards.
Speaker 5 (29:17):
It looks like the old TuS Puss, but oh no,
he takes a snap. He laterals it out to the
outside to Dallas god.
Speaker 1 (29:24):
They drafted Eli Stowers in the second round too.
Speaker 9 (29:28):
Me he plays like a receiver and to be honest,
size the beating wise, he plays a little bit like
a j Brown in terms of what he can do
out in the open field. You see him running here
at two hundred and thirty nine pounds. He ran just
around four or five flat and jumped over forty five inches.
He's got unbelievable ability to adjust with his hands down
the field.
Speaker 1 (29:47):
Their O line is still plenty talented.
Speaker 3 (29:49):
Turn a bunch of negative runs in the positive run.
Speaker 1 (29:52):
The five big uglies that powered the offense in twenty
twenty five will do so again in twenty twenty six.
Jordan Malata and Lane Johnson are a paunch in john
level tackle duo. Cam Jurgens at center, Tyler Steen and
Landon Dickerson at guard. Dickerson gave up a team high
six sacks last year. Team as a whole took thirty five,
good for twelve fews. If the offense reverts to form
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and the defense can play close to the same level
as twenty twenty five, they'll be cooking with gas. As
they say, I.
Speaker 7 (30:24):
Don't care how hard it is, how hard you get
done for the God be thought.
Speaker 1 (30:28):
Philadelphia held teams to nineteen a game, fifth fewest top
ten good inside the twenty.
Speaker 3 (30:34):
Two APT and the game was over.
Speaker 1 (30:38):
Could be stingier with the yards thirteenth in yards per
game allowed.
Speaker 5 (30:42):
I can shift, can't make the play? Whoa Bred and
the needle.
Speaker 1 (30:47):
Could really improve their third down play if they were
twenty first.
Speaker 4 (30:50):
Holds the ball in his hand, gets a downfield block,
It's gonna be harder to play the pass better.
Speaker 1 (30:57):
Though A complete held quarterback to the second lowest rate at.
Speaker 3 (31:01):
The left rowing anze is in complete.
Speaker 1 (31:04):
Just six point four yards per attempt, and no team
had a lower completion percentage allow.
Speaker 5 (31:09):
Come on, there we go, Goos out.
Speaker 1 (31:11):
Their secondary will look different this year lost a couple
of guys, but not the two most important. That's intercepted
un Mitchel Quinnon. Mitchell comes off a first team All
Pro season low sixties rate with a fat seventeen passes
defense match a second of the game stud corner number
two Cooper Dejeen.
Speaker 3 (31:31):
Fires the football in a t intercepted by the Jane.
Speaker 1 (31:35):
Also comes off a first team All Pro season over
ninety tackles with a low eighties rate, fifteen passes defense,
two picks.
Speaker 3 (31:42):
Third and goal snap back. Here's pressure frozen Nanzo diving lamb.
Speaker 5 (31:47):
Had it stripped away.
Speaker 1 (31:48):
They did cut ties with a Dore Jackson who departed
off a solid sub ninety rate year.
Speaker 6 (31:53):
Good protection again Herbert had his armhead and he's intercepted
but Dorri Jackson.
Speaker 1 (32:00):
But they seem to have upgraded. They added Corner Reek Woolen,
former Seahawk who knocked down twelve passes for Seattle mid
seventies rate.
Speaker 12 (32:08):
Vikings looking for the end zone instead. It's a fourth
interception at riek walland.
Speaker 1 (32:14):
And they still have Kiey Ringo. Zero touchdowns allowed in
a sub ninety rate most action coming off the.
Speaker 8 (32:20):
Bench in complete. Try to get it to Shephard Kieley
Ringo was there.
Speaker 1 (32:25):
New face at safety, said goodbye to read Blank and
ship starter for the last three years left town off
a low nineties rate.
Speaker 8 (32:32):
Shift lucky oh rolling traffic, it's intercepted read blank and
shit picks it off in the end zone.
Speaker 1 (32:41):
They feel like safety Andrew mccuba will slide into his
shoes nicely. Two interceptions as a rookie flocked.
Speaker 4 (32:47):
It a bit, but Kelsey had the ball off of
his hand, right hand and shoulder and into the arms
of Andrew mccouba.
Speaker 1 (32:54):
Their DB's got solid help from their front but they
could heat things up even more twelfth and sas thirteenth
in pressure eight a year ago.
Speaker 3 (33:02):
He has dragged down Have I sacked them again?
Speaker 1 (33:06):
No Eagle had seven sacks in twenty twenty five, so
a committee approach leading the way. Jlyx Hunt with six
and a half.
Speaker 3 (33:13):
He is looking. He has hit hey have sacked byke Jalob.
Speaker 1 (33:17):
Hunt five more than his rookie year. He's the guy
they think could take a big leap and be a
double digit kind of dude. But Tyler Hunt, they still
believe in Nolan Smith junior. He regressed in his year
three six and a half sacks year two, then three
bags last year and.
Speaker 5 (33:38):
Now down he goes Nolan Smith.
Speaker 1 (33:41):
They added outside linebacker Arnold Abukehetty to help hopefully back
to back six sax seasons, then just two and twenty
twenty five, and they picked up Jonathan Grenard from Minnesota
in a trade. Quiet last year with just three bags,
but twelve and twelve and a half the previous two
seasons at prisoner on the inside defensive end. Moro Ojomo
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nice little breakout this past season, his third zero sacks
first two years, then he racked up six.
Speaker 8 (34:09):
Taking down again for sack of the day for the Eagles,
it's Moro Jomo who delivers.
Speaker 1 (34:15):
Jordan Davis played his way into some coin career high
in sacks, tackles for loss and tackles and passes defense,
four and a half trips home over seventy tackles, nine
for a loss ahead of his fifth yeary.
Speaker 5 (34:28):
Eagles Davis ip Jugerman.
Speaker 1 (34:32):
Jalen Carter is coming off back to back Pro Bowl years.
Numbers weren't eye popping, but three QB takedowns in eleven games.
Speaker 6 (34:39):
Well Jaylen Carter, of course he can be a game
wrecker as well.
Speaker 1 (34:42):
Against the run. Gave up four to two a carry,
so could fare better here too, wonder Zach Bond, pro
bowler back to back seasons, one hundred and twenty plus
tackles back to back years.
Speaker 3 (34:57):
Good for the gallity.
Speaker 1 (34:58):
Let's go three and a half and two ants in
his most recent runs.
Speaker 8 (35:02):
Mayfield in some trouble, Mayfield goes down.
Speaker 1 (35:07):
Jehad Campbell kicked off his NFL career with eighty tackles,
a forced fumble, and an int across ten starts in
seventeen games.
Speaker 5 (35:15):
We tackle by Jehad Campbell, the stud rookie.
Speaker 1 (35:19):
He should start all seventeen. With Nikobe d no longer
in the fold.
Speaker 3 (35:23):
He fumbles the football, I think the Eagles.
Speaker 1 (35:25):
Have it and Jake Elliott finds himself in the rebound line.
Missed seven field goals lowly seventy four percent on his tries.
Speaker 12 (35:33):
Trying again, now, my goodness. Three misses in the first
half for Jake Elliott.
Speaker 1 (35:39):
Front seven didn't lose anybody, but gained a couple of
pass rushing threats and Ebiquetti and Grenard. They're expecting big
things from Hunt, Davison, Carter beasts in the middle, Bond
and Campbell a fine linebacker duo behind them. Two new corners,
Woolen takes Jackson's place, Jonathan Jones added as well Quinnyon
and Dejean the back there. Offense picks up Lemon at receiver,
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plus Hollywood and Wicks said goodbye to Brown. Also added
Stowers to the tight end room, so Hertz has a
lot of new guys to get acquainted with. Saquan gets
to see what he can do. Two years removed from
his two K year, Philly has a ten and a
half over under tops in the NFC East and second
highest of any team in the NFL. Only the Ravens
and Rams stamped with an eleven and a half, and
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the Eagles have the sixth easiest projected schedule based on
their opponents twenty twenty six win total projections. So they're
supposed to beat Washington, Tennessee, and Chicago. Let's say they
lose to La, but they beat Jacksonville, Carolina, Dallas, Washington,
the Giants, Pittsburgh before dropping one in Dallas, beat Arizona,
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Indianapolis and Seattle being that's a home game. Same with
Houston and sweep the Giants, giving them a fourteen win season.
I dug around the game preview guy bag and I
didn't see that many. Maybe I had the bag on
backwards though, who knows. But I did see at least
eleven wins in there.
Speaker 3 (37:05):
Enough talk about what this year can be.
Speaker 1 (37:08):
It is time to prove it, Washington commanders, time to
prove they aren't the Baja men or right, said Freds.
From a twelve win year to a twelve last year.
Don't want to end up being one hit wonders.
Speaker 5 (37:20):
Met and Violet still worse.
Speaker 2 (37:21):
It still works and proud of you guys.
Speaker 1 (37:24):
Next, hopefully they brought in an exterminator over the offseason.
Injury bug infestations are the worst feeling of a winning
locker room.
Speaker 6 (37:34):
Nothing lucky.
Speaker 1 (37:36):
It's hard to win games with the most important player
on your roster only getting in seven gamest seconds. Turning
the ship around in Washington this year primarily hinges on
whether Jayden Daniels plays a full season touchdown. Washington JD
five suffered multiple injuries in twenty twenty five.
Speaker 5 (37:55):
Over to look McCaffery.
Speaker 1 (37:59):
We all saw what he's capable of his rookie year.
Speaker 5 (38:02):
Down the lid looking for Luka.
Speaker 1 (38:07):
Without him, Washington's offense went from fifth and scoring in
twenty twenty four at twenty eight a game to twenty
a game twenty second.
Speaker 3 (38:17):
Way he was fifth.
Speaker 5 (38:19):
Rotens tell the game up was at game up and
gathered out the lay the.
Speaker 1 (38:24):
Teas a game twenty second in yards per game and
on third down two.
Speaker 6 (38:28):
As intercepted intercepted the thirty five yard line.
Speaker 1 (38:32):
Wasn't just Daniel's injury that slowed them down. Either our
second best offensive player, Terry McLaurin, only played in ten.
Speaker 5 (38:42):
Games, or Tray Scary carry a ride.
Speaker 1 (38:45):
No more debo this season was the only key pass
catcher to play most of their contests. Didn't take any
bricks from Craig. I guess Samuel led the team with
seventy two catches over seven hundred yards, rode red squeaky
bike to the end zone five times, picked up Stefan
Diggs to help out. Thousand plus yards last year for
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the AFC champion Patriots. Lots of k plus years on
the resume. Jalen Lane is still in the mix. A
little over two hundred yards in his rookie year. Watch
out for his special team skills too. Took two punt
returns to the house for Calibane.
Speaker 3 (39:24):
He's off to the races.
Speaker 1 (39:26):
Luke McCaffrey only nine games, had some moments in his
year two scored three times ten. They added Antonio Williams
via the third round of the draft.
Speaker 2 (39:37):
Quicker than fast, someone who I think could find a
home Day one in the slot. He's got excellent amillin
to set up defenders and then snapped the ball, snapped
the route off and then can make things happen after
the catch.
Speaker 1 (39:50):
New action at tight end. Zach Ertz, a commander no more,
leaves off a fifty catch, five hundred and four yard
four TV season hurt to the duckdown again taking his
place Chig o'conkwo. Same type of production with the Titans,
though he played all seventeen games, fifty six catches, five
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hundred and sixty yards.
Speaker 5 (40:13):
Whaty fifteen? Stakes on his feet at the tenth break
the do down?
Speaker 3 (40:17):
What a run? Wow? What a run?
Speaker 1 (40:20):
Commander's O line finished middle of the pack and sacks taken.
They're hoping second year right tackled Josh connerly improves a little.
Gave up nine and a half sacks his rookie year,
fifty four pressures allowed, twenty one more than anyone else
on the team.
Speaker 3 (40:36):
This suck.
Speaker 1 (40:37):
Washington was thirteenth in pressure rate allowed, and left tackle
Laramie tunsl worked out as planned only one sack allowed.
Speaker 5 (40:45):
That is caught up dining Zucker stuck down lock again.
Speaker 1 (40:49):
Don't have a bad ass at center anymore. Tyler's out.
Nick Alighretti slated to take his place. He missed all
last year seventeen games. Starter for them the year before
Chris fall his back. Didn't think he was big enough
to play on an O line. Right guard Sam Cosm
another dude hoping for a full year, only nine games played.
I'm telling you. The team helped pay for JD and
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Turk's summer vacations, and it didn't let up this preseason
as they lost starting left tackle Laramie Tunsel to injury.
That's a big loss. New look to their backfield cut
ties with Austin Eckler only two games played last season,
and with Chris Rodriguez, who did give him five hundred
yards on a nice four to five a run and
five tds. Still have a Bill in the fold.
Speaker 5 (41:41):
Put him up with a hide and luck week out.
Speaker 1 (41:43):
Jacorey Krofsky merrit over eight hundred yards on four to
six a carry eight paint jobs.
Speaker 5 (41:50):
Into the episode Bill Crossky Merrit.
Speaker 1 (41:54):
They picked up two dudes in free agency, Jerome Ford,
who didn't see much action last year in Cleveland but
had a couple nice years prior, and Rashad White four
to three per attempt in twenty twenty five. He hit
at that clip back to back years for Tampa Bay
five hundred and seventy two yards last year.
Speaker 5 (42:13):
White waiting four o'clock shot, go catch it shot.
Speaker 1 (42:17):
Offense banking on better health, which would lead to improved continuity. Defense,
on the other hand, is in need of a serious remodel.
Speaker 5 (42:25):
Deep ball to the middle elemb.
Speaker 1 (42:28):
Twenty six points per game allowed twenty seventh. Last thing
is what touched out most yards per game allowed in
the league tone down to our sideline. Only one team
with fewer takeaways middle.
Speaker 5 (42:40):
Govn raw inside the two to the one to.
Speaker 1 (42:43):
The end zone twenty ninth. In the red zone got
it to the zone. Only four teams gave up a
higher passer rating.
Speaker 5 (42:49):
Got Tucker craft toutsdown.
Speaker 1 (42:52):
Only four more passing yards per game by most yards
per catch allowed. To that end, they used their first
round pick on linebacker Sunny Styles, who is supposed to
be a game changer.
Speaker 9 (43:11):
He's got a physical presence. He's a former safety that
dropped down the linebacker. You see him working downhill. He's
not afraid of contact, but he can also shoot gaps
and make plays on the other side of the line
of scrimmage.
Speaker 5 (43:23):
This was a question mark here as a former safety,
is you want to.
Speaker 1 (43:26):
Take guys on.
Speaker 9 (43:26):
He shows he has the ability to do that, and
then that legit speech shows.
Speaker 1 (43:30):
Up, hoping he can stop the run.
Speaker 5 (43:32):
Inside the twenty, inside the ten, inside the five.
Speaker 1 (43:35):
They gave up four to eight to carry last year.
Third most rushing yards per game allowed its.
Speaker 5 (43:40):
Fit at the bop spins into the end zone.
Speaker 1 (43:43):
The only thing they did at an above average level
on this side of things sack the quarterback. They finished twelfth.
Speaker 5 (43:50):
Johnny Newton for the second time as a sack, but they.
Speaker 1 (43:53):
Cut ties with their bag leader. Von Miller sealed the
deal nine times in his fourteenth season.
Speaker 5 (43:58):
Von Miller chasing down at the thirteen yard.
Speaker 1 (44:01):
Line defensive end. Jacob Martin and his five and a
half QB takedowns are gone too.
Speaker 5 (44:06):
That was Jacob Martin.
Speaker 1 (44:08):
New in Town odafe o way split twenty twenty five
between Baltimore and LA racked up seven and a half
quarterbacks ten sack year in twenty twenty four.
Speaker 5 (44:17):
Too good protection again, time runs up, down goes hurts.
Speaker 1 (44:20):
They picked up calevon chase On, former first rounder, started
looking like one in his year six, giving New England
seven and a half sacks, which came on the heels
of a five sack twenty twenty four. So trending in
the right direction.
Speaker 5 (44:33):
He's pressured, he's hit, he stays out his faint running.
Speaker 3 (44:36):
How many goes down?
Speaker 1 (44:37):
Picked up Charles Omeneho three and a half sacks for
Kansas City last year had a seven bag year in
twenty twenty three, not.
Speaker 5 (44:44):
Able to find anywhere to go with a football, and
Almena who is in there.
Speaker 1 (44:49):
Added defensive tackle Tim Settle, who started his career in
Washington that has two five sack years on his resume,
most recent in twenty twenty four sacks. They joined defensive
end Dietrich Wise, who played two games. An injury also
limited Dorance Armstrong to seven games, five and a half
sacks in that time. Leaves you wondering what if he
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had played all seventeen and.
Speaker 5 (45:11):
Now Williams gets sacked by Armstrong.
Speaker 1 (45:14):
Their defense and aged bunch for the most part. Duran
Payin in the middle hits his year nine this season
three sacks, forty six tackles, a nice five passes defensed,
and a forced fumble. In twenty twenty five.
Speaker 5 (45:26):
Wilson still pressure sacked, they rush four and they get
home with Tron Payne DT.
Speaker 1 (45:33):
Javon Kinlass seventh year upcoming, no sacks, but over forty
tackles and a forced fumble Sapa kim oh, yeah that
ball was out. Defensive tackle Jerson Newton, the youngster up front,
made it home five times coming off the bench most
games and look Johnny Newman.
Speaker 5 (45:50):
For the second time as a sack back of the
nine yard.
Speaker 1 (45:52):
Line styles takes over for Bobby Wagner. Does have big
shoes to fill. Four and a half sacks, two picks,
one hundred and sixty two tackles. I thought I want
to be working. Also new to the scene, Leoshanall who
comes over from Kansas City, couple of sacks and fifty
eight tackles across fourteen games.
Speaker 5 (46:10):
Got that just inside the lion of Scribert.
Speaker 1 (46:14):
Frankie Luvu returns over eighty five tackles, three sacks in
his year eighthd hello se on the backside. Yet more
changes didn't bring Jonathan Jones back. Had a solid enough year,
held it down to a respectable ninety right.
Speaker 6 (46:30):
Got it's a complete when Jonathan Jones defending it was
attended bravid Ross Saint Prout.
Speaker 1 (46:35):
Marshaun Vlattimore also bounced a low nineties rating nine passes
defense when he was on the field.
Speaker 5 (46:42):
Good protection for parissick A.
Speaker 1 (46:46):
Meek Robertson, a candidate to replace him but in need
of a Dennis Rodman like rebound, has played the pass
well in the past, but gave up eight touchdowns in
Detroit last year.
Speaker 5 (46:56):
Road deep down the right side and he's done.
Speaker 1 (47:01):
Added safety Nick Cross and his one hundred and twenty takedowns,
a pick and two and a half sacks in twenty
twenty five Ross with a second. He joins Jeremy Reeves
in the safety room. Probably their star a year ago,
held his targets to a sub seventy ray and had
over ninety tackles.
Speaker 5 (47:18):
The screen set up for Rice and boy is that
well played by Jeremy Reeve.
Speaker 1 (47:22):
Ye're nine for safety Will Harris, who needs to rebound
after giving up a rating over one ten, only played
nine games two.
Speaker 5 (47:30):
Not the gonna lie talk touchdown, ye say?
Speaker 1 (47:32):
Safety Kwan Martin allowed a fat albert one fifty five
rate at least came close to a one hundred tackle season.
Speaker 5 (47:39):
Watching it, recovered it.
Speaker 3 (47:40):
Why would they need it?
Speaker 1 (47:41):
And then there's the mayor of Halloween Town, cornerback Mike Sainrastill.
Sometimes he looked all unsure and nervous. He gave up
ten touchdowns, most of any player in the NFL seven
hundred and eighty three yards fourth most got a man
in the edge up Touchdad, But he had other games
where where he was grinning ear to ear, eighty five tackles,
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a forced fumble, and four interceptions. As twenty twenty five wrapped,
Washington had Jake Moody kicking went ten for eleven for
them on field goal tries, ten for eleven on extra points.
Speaker 6 (48:20):
When the news good looking kicking it is cut.
Speaker 1 (48:24):
Thumbnail recap three newbies in back cross at safety, Robertson
and vett Achello Witherspoon at corner. He spent the last
three years with the Rams, was hurt last year only
six games played, those two taking the lockers of Latimore
and Jones. Fair to call this group a question mark,
you tell me front seven lots of guys at Quinn's disposal,
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o'menahue replacing Jacob Martin in the trenches rested the beef
in the middle on the team last year. Oh Way
takes Miller's spot on the edge chase on his partner
with Armstrong also in the mix. Styles for Wagner Sonny
can do it all or did in college anyway. On offense,
Daniels for a full year is supposed to restore order
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and a new OC and David blou former NFL backup
quarterback Commander's twenty twenty six road isn't supposed to be easy.
They have the eighth hardest slate if you account for
their opponents expected win totals. Let's run through their schedule
with the belief Daniels is going to sparkle like he
did in twenty twenty four, to see what kind of
year they could have. Those first three are tough, being
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the first two are on the road and the Hawks
are defending champs with a tough D. But get on
the board versus Indy and the Giants. Niners also on
the road, but take Philly at home, drop the Rams game,
but then go on a win bender sweep the GM
in take Cincinnati, Arizona, Tennessee, Houston, Atlanta, Minnesota, Jacksonville finishing
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with a win over the Star for a twelve win year.
That would be quite the feat. I dug around the
game preview guy bag and couldn't find eight wins. Schedule
looks daunting. Their own division is going to be tough,
but I won't be shocked if they write the ship
either
NFC East twenty twenty six. All four teams have high expectations.
Eagles the favorite with their over underwin total at ten
and a half going forth without aj Brown, Dallas a
nine and a half marker, added two big rookies to
their defense, and New DC hoping to bring the D
back to the Big D. Washington's year hinges on Jadon
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Daniel staying healthy and playing like he did as a rookie,
and John Harbaugh takes over the g Men. Combined with
Jackson Dark, Camp Skataboo and Malik Neighbors both returning from injuries,
the Big Apple has hope they may be ready for
relevance again.
Speaker 2 (00:35):
I would like to introduce to you the next head
football coach of the New York Giants, John Harball.
Speaker 1 (00:40):
Thank you Baltimore, and thank you Bengals. Maybe g Men
loving what the AFC North was kicking out this offseason.
New York Giants, coming off a four and thirteen injury
plagued year, landed the biggest head coaching fish in the
coaching see this offseason. No time for pay hard here
with John Harbaugh on the sideline guiding Malik Neighbors, Cam
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Skataboo and Jackson Dart. There is finally legit hope in
the land of the Big Blue. The Harbaugh Dark pairing
on the surface is the perfect match.
Speaker 3 (01:12):
R kept it alive.
Speaker 4 (01:13):
Bellinger made himself available and the Giants with an improbable
third down conversion score.
Speaker 1 (01:20):
Last time Harbaugh had a young dual threat QB, he
helped turn him into a two time MVP.
Speaker 3 (01:25):
For the coal line touchdown Giant.
Speaker 1 (01:27):
Dart may go about dual qbing a little different.
Speaker 3 (01:30):
Turns right for the goal line touchdown Giants.
Speaker 1 (01:33):
But it is what made his rookie year so special.
Not a lot of passing yards per game just yet, really.
Speaker 5 (01:38):
Dolls learning out go He's done touchdown.
Speaker 1 (01:42):
But a ninety one rate in fifteen TVs through the
air action.
Speaker 5 (01:46):
Tart into light up and touchdown.
Speaker 1 (01:49):
THEO Johnson and Man was Vanilla Vick fun to watch
along the ground.
Speaker 6 (01:55):
Wonder it touch the great fearless Dart's gonna go and
gets popped.
Speaker 1 (02:03):
Four hundred and eighty seven yards scored the same number
of times Ferris ditched his senior year.
Speaker 7 (02:09):
Got the dive.
Speaker 3 (02:11):
It is far start.
Speaker 1 (02:12):
There's the Giants Philly nine times nine times and.
Speaker 8 (02:17):
Times say shorts short, I don't think it went down.
Speaker 5 (02:21):
That looks like a touchdown. It looks it looks like front.
Speaker 1 (02:24):
And now he has more help to do his thing,
as the Giants drafted him a new guard with one
of their two top ten picks in the draft thanks
to Cincinnati giving up theirs for DT Dexter Lawrence.
Speaker 6 (02:35):
And Francis mauianoah out of Miami and with no tackles
going in.
Speaker 9 (02:40):
The first time, I don't know that he's gonna play
tackle though. He is a big, massive man who is
a mauler. Here he is in the run game. Watch
him get underneath.
Speaker 5 (02:49):
That's a big guy. He's able to get underneath.
Speaker 9 (02:50):
The defender, run those legs and drive them off the ball.
Speaker 1 (02:54):
And the Big Apple was really buzzing when the Jackson
scat Show stormed Broadway.
Speaker 3 (02:58):
Two rookies have breathed life into this franchise.
Speaker 1 (03:02):
Cam Skataboo four hundred and ten rushing yards and.
Speaker 5 (03:05):
All Scatigo into the touchdown.
Speaker 1 (03:08):
Time over two hundred receiving.
Speaker 3 (03:11):
They brought up Blitz.
Speaker 5 (03:12):
Think it Scataboo's gonna pick somebody up.
Speaker 3 (03:14):
He's just snuck right out off.
Speaker 1 (03:16):
The blitz at sevends in just eight games played.
Speaker 3 (03:19):
A Stratagus up in the dun touch down time.
Speaker 1 (03:23):
So just imagine if those two and Moleik, won't you
be my neighbors all played an entire season together. Next
we got to got a neighbors only four games played
before he got hurt.
Speaker 10 (03:36):
Lots of down deal, He's got neighbors in the end,
gonna makes the catch, put the fuck.
Speaker 1 (03:40):
Down over twelve hundred yards as a rookie.
Speaker 6 (03:43):
It's neighbors were like neighbors touchdown giants.
Speaker 1 (03:48):
So we know what he's capable of. We left that
out if they need neighbors to pick up where he
left off pre injury, because they won't have wan Dale
to pick up the slack again. Rob Sen left off
a ninety two cash thousand plus yard year. Wier's downfield
get to the episode touchdown for a four win team
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New York was a fun watch for a stretch.
Speaker 3 (04:11):
Hi does a backflip.
Speaker 1 (04:12):
Twenty two points per game got for.
Speaker 5 (04:15):
Winston, who makes the fifteen take this pitching.
Speaker 3 (04:18):
And fighting it is in for the touchdown call.
Speaker 1 (04:21):
It put thirteenth in yards per game and fourteenth on
third down. A reflection of their potential with Dart wasn't
too shabby what's down Giant Darius Slayton, the vet w
R three in their case, thought he would have done
more with neighbors out only one touchdown, did chip in
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over five hundred yards though you know the end zone.
Speaker 2 (04:43):
And Slayton gets his first touchdown catch of the season.
Speaker 1 (04:47):
They added Darnell Mooney Tunes to take Robinson's place four
hundred yards in change with Atlanta in twenty twenty five.
Speaker 5 (04:54):
Bernie, don't help Monny touchdown Atlanta.
Speaker 1 (04:57):
They grabbed Calvin Austin, former dealer three years into his
NFL career three hundred and seventy two yards a year ago,
topped five hundred in his sophomore seasoned.
Speaker 3 (05:09):
Touchdown Pittsburgh Steelers.
Speaker 1 (05:11):
And they added Malachi Fields to the set, picking him
up in the third round of the draft.
Speaker 9 (05:16):
The big, fluid, smooth athletic receiver. Think about Michael Pittman junior,
someone who can win on those fifty to fifty balls.
We came out of the Senior Bowl CD and we
were thinking there's a chance he might end up going
in the first round.
Speaker 5 (05:27):
Now I did not run the way thout.
Speaker 9 (05:29):
Yeah it four six, one forty is why he's still available.
Speaker 5 (05:32):
But how about the Paul Stills.
Speaker 1 (05:33):
Tight end, Theo Johnson solid growth year over year.
Speaker 6 (05:37):
Yes, Carla Ricashon, let's crawl up here by the gallopin
chuckson go be changed to the play by Ben touchdown.
Speaker 1 (05:44):
Still plenty he can clean up that would elevate his
game further, but led the team in TD receptions and
cracked five hundred yards tidy for.
Speaker 3 (05:52):
Ex yardstars for the Jock touch out.
Speaker 1 (05:54):
A few former Ravens made the jump with Harbaugh tight
end Isaiah Likely finished with career low's in yards last
year with just over three hundred, and fullback Patrick Ricard
pro bowler six of the last seven years, including the
last two.
Speaker 5 (06:10):
Jackson in the middle caught Recard.
Speaker 6 (06:13):
This fullback his first reception second target of the year.
Speaker 5 (06:18):
What a time for that.
Speaker 1 (06:19):
He will help open holes for Dark Scataboo and Tyrone Tracy,
who struggled early and thus opened the door for the Scatman,
but when he came back he had some decent games.
Speaker 3 (06:30):
Byron Tracy who makes the catch of the Endo.
Speaker 1 (06:32):
For the touchdown seven hundred and forty yards over for
a carry back to their O Linebok team gave up
forty eight sacks and were twenty sixth in pressure rate allowed.
Right tackled Germaine Iluminaur gave up a whopping eleven and
a half sacks and led the line in penalties.
Speaker 3 (06:51):
Roll and it was right. Gotta keep it himself. He's
in trouble and Donegos.
Speaker 1 (06:56):
Illuminour is back, though, so is star left tackle Andrew
Thomas played great when he played thirteen games. Isn't bad,
but that's three straight years missing games. Four of last
year's five starters back as starters for twenty twenty six
in all likelihood, Blues defense forget Homer or Bart. Star
of this show was mister Burns.
Speaker 3 (07:14):
Bullshoots right. Sack by Burns.
Speaker 1 (07:17):
Brian with the career high sixteen and a half sacks,
second to mister Garrett.
Speaker 3 (07:22):
Burns gets the sack.
Speaker 2 (07:24):
Spider Man eRASS the Raiders on third down.
Speaker 1 (07:27):
Burns fourth most QB hits.
Speaker 3 (07:29):
Burns gets the sack.
Speaker 5 (07:31):
Of course, is the fu up scoped up by the Giants.
I'm putting it into the ets, honest, Tyler Newman.
Speaker 1 (07:36):
They hope Reese can play the Smithers role as Burns
right hand man. He was their other first rounder in
this past draft.
Speaker 10 (07:43):
This guy is the limit with this guy. He's just
a one year starter for Ohio State. But Matt Patricia
found out real quick. He's the defensive coordinator at Ohio State,
obviously a longtime NFL defensive coordinator, and he immediately knew
what he had with r.
Speaker 5 (07:57):
Bel Reese, which was a versatile game red.
Speaker 1 (08:00):
How about a defense featuring four members of the first
rounders club. Then Abdual Carter racked up twenty three quarterback
hits in his first year, only started six games past.
Speaker 4 (08:10):
And the year and intercepted ab Duel Carter plucked it
out of the air.
Speaker 1 (08:14):
Only four sacks though, and got benched twice. And they
still have Caveon Thibodeaux two and a half sacks in
ten games, So him and Carter both looking to up
the number of times they seal the deal. There you go,
camp Burns play in the end. The main reason New
York had a middle of the pack pass rush.
Speaker 9 (08:31):
Look at Gothic trouble.
Speaker 5 (08:32):
Get to get sacked and thrown to the turf.
Speaker 1 (08:34):
Those sacks the reason New York's defense was thirteenth on
third down? What the third line? But mister Duckworth would
tell you that's not enough.
Speaker 5 (08:43):
He takes it. Mccaffery's wide open. He pulls it in
along the lap pylon.
Speaker 1 (08:48):
They gave up twenty five points per game. It's out
the ten, twenty eighth in yards per game, allowed twenty
in the red zone, so.
Speaker 8 (09:00):
For the in zone of the pass is taught and.
Speaker 1 (09:02):
Didn't even come up with one takeaway a game.
Speaker 3 (09:05):
To the side, got a gun touch back.
Speaker 1 (09:08):
As mentioned, Lawrence no longer in the fold, but from
a production standpoint, they aren't losing much. Only had half
a sack and seventeen starts had more in ts than bags.
Speaker 5 (09:18):
Larns he's running to the left side to the fifteenth.
Speaker 1 (09:21):
Seems like defensive tackle Darius Alexander should see more time
three and a half sacks as a rookie rapped.
Speaker 2 (09:27):
He's gonna get sacked by Darius Alexander.
Speaker 1 (09:30):
New York secondary kind of reflected their pass rush wasn't horrible,
wasn't great.
Speaker 5 (09:35):
Christian Watson mile mile mard.
Speaker 1 (09:39):
Ninety four, rating aloud twenty second.
Speaker 4 (09:42):
Thus got back throws to the left side of the enzone,
picking Tennis trave.
Speaker 1 (09:45):
Bat only coming up with nine iron. T's one of
the reasons it was so.
Speaker 3 (09:49):
High and it has cut and had for a touchdown.
Speaker 1 (09:52):
Lost corner Cordell Flott, though, and he played well for them,
holding his targets to a low seventies rate. Knocked down
eleven passes and picked off one.
Speaker 3 (10:00):
Get out up there like pour it.
Speaker 1 (10:03):
Out taking over his locker Colton Hood, who they drafted
in the second round.
Speaker 9 (10:08):
You can use him in a variety of schemes and defenses.
You can see why John Harbaugh fell in love with him.
You want to put him in press. He's very patient,
under control. It's got real good body control for a corner.
You can carry vertical routes physically.
Speaker 1 (10:21):
Corner Paulson a debo is back low nineties radio loud,
seventy three tackles a nice total for a cornerback back.
Speaker 5 (10:28):
His booty makes the catch, a deepot makes the stop.
Speaker 1 (10:32):
Corner Drew Phillips twelve passes defense a sub ninety rate,
two picks and sixty six tackles picked off.
Speaker 5 (10:39):
The are sucking by Phillips.
Speaker 1 (10:41):
Did get benched a couple of times too. Corner Deontay
Banks more valuable as a returner than as a corner,
thanks for the out rough year as a defender.
Speaker 8 (10:50):
Rows a ball for Sudden who goes up and makes
the catch.
Speaker 1 (10:54):
Same for safety Tyler Neuban, who gave up a team
high four touchdowns and a job of the hut ugly
one forty plus rate.
Speaker 6 (11:01):
Here's a wide open Hunter Henry who gets stood up
inside the five and it's first in goal.
Speaker 1 (11:08):
Safety Javon Holland, much better stopping passes, held it down
to a low eighties rate.
Speaker 3 (11:13):
Was deflected and intercepted by the Giants.
Speaker 5 (11:17):
The Giants got the interception of God.
Speaker 1 (11:19):
But no more. Safety Dame Belton. He gave up a
one hundred plus rate, but did at least contribute one
hundred and twenty tackles.
Speaker 6 (11:26):
You called it there, Suttin til too, what a big
time hit.
Speaker 1 (11:30):
Belton changes to the second level out with linebacker Bobby
o'carakay and his one hundred and forty three tackles.
Speaker 3 (11:38):
In Interceptor.
Speaker 1 (11:40):
America, in with Tremaine Edmonds four picks and one hundred
and twelve tackles for the Bears one hundred plus tackles
eight straight years the yarradicept. It didn't really help Chicago
stop runners, though Bears were almost as bad as the
Giants on that front. Into the air Yard, New York
gave up one hundred and forty five rushing yards per game,
second most.
Speaker 5 (12:01):
Have been twenty six, and they were last.
Speaker 1 (12:04):
In yards per carry aloud at a very generous five
point three. They hope having linebacker Michael Fadden back will help.
He only played one game. Health is the key with
their offense. Dart, Scataboo and Neighbors need to be on
the field all year long. With Malik only playing four games,
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we're making him the guy that replaces Wandale's production. Lots
of new options for Dart with fields Austin and Mooney
being added to the picture. New York's inside three represent
the big question mark with their front seven, because the
rest looks pretty stout. Foto's a journeyman who's in his
seventh year and on his fifth team now. Shelby Harris
spent the last three years in Cleveland Giants, his fifth
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team heading into his twelfth year. Carter Thibodeau need to
live up to their first round status. Burns a QB
wrecker Reese will move all over. Hopefully McFadden and Stay's healthy.
Edmunds Fokara kay a pretty even swap are Darius Washington,
another former Raven. They brought back safety Jason Pinnock, two,
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was with San Francisco last year a Giant the previous
three years. Giants have a challenging schedule, this year ninth
hardest if you go off their opponents expected twenty twenty
six win totals, so it's not going to be a
walk in the park. They themselves have been given a
seven point five over under designation. So what's the conservative
best case scenario in their case? Assume they're an eight
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win type team. Give them home win over Dallas at
least wins over Tennessee and Arizona. Take Washington and New Orleans,
who are seven point five type teams. Give them a
sweep over the Commanders in fact, Jacksonville at home. Since
this is an exercise in optimism, be Indianapolis and Cleveland,
and pull off a home win over Philadelphia at the
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end of the year that puts their theoretical ceiling at
ten wins. Shook up the game preview guy magic a
ball and it showed fewer than eight victories due to
that trek of theirs. But who knows, maybe it was broken.
Speaker 5 (14:06):
Hey Bob, simple connect at communic Kate.
Speaker 1 (14:09):
Dominate Dallas Cowboys stayed the course at head coach despite
a very boys like seven to nine and one in
twenty twenty five.
Speaker 5 (14:16):
See is different and I'm so proud.
Speaker 7 (14:19):
I will fight with you guys anytime any place.
Speaker 1 (14:22):
They find themselves once again feeling like they have the
right kind of O face.
Speaker 5 (14:26):
We are plusself, We are plusselve to stay on there.
Speaker 1 (14:30):
But that D of theirs really needs to stiffen up Christmas.
The big offseason headline for the Big D was ditching
DC Matt Eberflus and hiring thirty four year old Christian
Parker away from Philadelphia in his place.
Speaker 5 (14:46):
He run all day, if they run all day.
Speaker 1 (14:48):
He was Philly's dB coach. Eagles DB's were pretty good too.
Speaker 7 (14:52):
The game is definitely won and lost up front, and
we have significant players in the front seven. And so
I think that when you start with that defensive line
room and what you're able to do in control in
the pocket stopping the run, you control what an offense
is able to do, and you're able to dictate to
them on their terms. So you're not playing the whole
playbook when you win first and second down.
Speaker 1 (15:12):
Like Walter Sochek might put it, not going to let
him roll out there naked, equipped him with a new
blue chip dB and Caleb Downs, who they drafted in
the first round.
Speaker 9 (15:21):
They got themselves a new defensive coordinator in the off
season and Christian Parker who came over from their arrival
of the Philadelphia Eagles.
Speaker 1 (15:27):
He was there coaching in the secondary.
Speaker 9 (15:29):
A couple of young players they drafted and courtwer Dejini
and Quinnon Mitchell and saw what that did for their defense. Versatile,
the intelligence, toughness, that's what those guys possessed, and Dawns
has it in spades.
Speaker 1 (15:41):
Picked up Malachi Lawrence, edge guy in the first as well.
He is juicy when you watch him.
Speaker 5 (15:46):
It is fun.
Speaker 9 (15:47):
You get up out of your seat because of how
much burst and explosiveness you'll see in his play. And
that showed up when we got to the combine with
his testing. He's not there yet, but this is a
potential player and you see it when he gets to
the top of his rush, use those violent to get
to the corner and then he can really really finish.
He's got that innate ability here. He is running from
the backside again. You can feel his speed when you're
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watching him.
Speaker 1 (16:09):
They are tasked with finding what BoJack did with their
d They can't afford another year of Alice. Cowboys football
takes up dayl.
Speaker 5 (16:17):
It hurts touchdown.
Speaker 1 (16:18):
Philadelphia can't waste another good year from Dak CD Pickens,
ferg and Javonte Williams with oh we got who fueled
their offense to twenty seven points per game? Right second
most yards per game? Right on the funny to run,
Prescott averaged over two hundred and sixty seven passing yards
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per game. Third most. Doug did not a ninety nine rating.
Speaker 4 (16:47):
Runs up out of the pocket, He's hut the right picked.
Speaker 1 (16:50):
Up thirty touchdowns against just ten interceptions.
Speaker 5 (16:55):
However, no touchdown like hey By dive.
Speaker 1 (16:59):
The Pickens trade couldn't have worked out better.
Speaker 4 (17:01):
Close to the left side of the nzone pick of
Tennis touchdown, it's a touchdown.
Speaker 1 (17:06):
The Conboys with the lead career year ninety three catches
over fourteen hundred yards, twenty touchdown, nine touchdowns, walkin touchdown
Dallas Paly cow Lamb only played fourteen games.
Speaker 3 (17:28):
Welcome back, CD, Lamb.
Speaker 1 (17:31):
Still cracked one thousand yards for the sixth straight year.
Speaker 4 (17:34):
Toss right, He's not Lamb line open on the right
side of the anizone.
Speaker 1 (17:38):
Jake Ferguson also enjoyed a career best campaign six hundred
yards on the nose eighty two catches, eight of them scores.
Speaker 5 (17:49):
Ferguson names in from.
Speaker 1 (17:51):
The two unbelievable second of the day for Fergie. Ryan
Flinoy comes off a nice year two close to five
hundred yards and four scores on the.
Speaker 4 (18:01):
Right side for the oil alone fifteen to ten and
Flinoy has gotten the Cowboys into the end zone.
Speaker 1 (18:07):
And Cavante Turpin Special Team's Wizard chipped in close to
four hundred yards receiving two tds. Nice x factor type
Williams yet another dude with his best year in the bigs.
Speaker 5 (18:23):
The Cowboys scored the first touch of the.
Speaker 1 (18:25):
Season over twelve hundred rush yards eleven tds, good to
a very healthy four to eight per run.
Speaker 3 (18:40):
Plunging in right guard touchdown Cowboys.
Speaker 1 (18:43):
All those dudes working with a good O line too
had to endure some injuries. Of course, only guard Tyler
Smith and right tackle Terrence Steele avoided injuries. Steele gave
up a team high nine sacks, right guard Tyler Booker
gave up six, So the right side has some room
for improved overall, though ninth fewest sacks taken, so not
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a major issue on the shutter. Cowboys offense would love
a few more chances to do their thing this year.
Last year, it was a lot of waiting on the
sideline into rarely a short field off a takeaway with
a touchdown. Cowboys defense only produced twelve all years played.
Speaker 5 (19:25):
Akay Brow puts.
Speaker 1 (19:26):
Ty thirtieth in yards per game allowed.
Speaker 5 (19:29):
The rookie RJ. Harvey forty yard house call.
Speaker 1 (19:33):
Last on third down was a coperate touchdown. The only
team to give up thirty points per game for the year.
Speaker 3 (19:42):
Touchdown Kay let hurt.
Speaker 1 (19:43):
Sarah Lynn would tell you it's too much Man Jr.
Touchdown and so is a one oh nine rating allowed
only one team.
Speaker 3 (19:55):
Worse off the doubtfield.
Speaker 5 (19:56):
He's got neighbors in the end going to.
Speaker 1 (19:58):
Make the tack for the No team allowed more than
their two hundred and fifty one passing yards per game.
Speaker 3 (20:04):
You put the right Friday.
Speaker 1 (20:08):
Gave up over eight yards per attempt.
Speaker 4 (20:10):
A man behind everybody and its burden that the twenty
and Lutherburton dances.
Speaker 1 (20:15):
In Parker takes over a secondary that saw every guy
who played significant snaps allow a rating over one hundred.
Speaker 3 (20:22):
Row to the end zone over the shoulder.
Speaker 1 (20:25):
Deron Bland at the front of the rebound line after
allowing a team high six touchdowns and six hundred plus
yards in just twelve games touched up. Cornerbacks Ready Stewart
and Shabon Ravel both struggled against the pass rolling left.
Speaker 3 (20:39):
Side depend zone.
Speaker 5 (20:40):
Caught touchdown Isaac.
Speaker 1 (20:42):
Tesla Stuart with over sixty tackles at least.
Speaker 5 (20:45):
Jet they get hold Ready Stewart.
Speaker 1 (20:49):
Corner Triquez Bridges the one guy with a rate in
the nineties. Not much playing time though. Safety Donovan Wilson
gave up five touchdowns, so they let him walk my
like neighbors. Touchdown Safety Marquise Bell rating over one hundred
seventeen games three.
Speaker 5 (21:06):
Starts throws right in the end zone cover for a touchdown.
Speaker 1 (21:09):
Safety Malik Hooker gave up a rating over one thirty.
Speaker 5 (21:12):
This goes back to Kelsey and he's wide open.
Speaker 1 (21:16):
New in their dB room. Safety Jalen Thompson former cardinal
rate aloud over one hundred.
Speaker 5 (21:22):
Brought in at the four yard line.
Speaker 1 (21:24):
Safety PJ. Locke was with the Broncos a year ago,
played the pass well came off the bench most.
Speaker 9 (21:30):
Games unbottled it throwing back and complete coverage by lock.
Speaker 1 (21:34):
New corner in Kobe Durant was with the Rams in
twenty twenty five, held it down to a low seventies rate.
Three picks has looked good back to back years after
taking over a starter.
Speaker 8 (21:44):
Intercepted Kobe Durant at the one pass rush.
Speaker 1 (21:47):
Thirty five sacks tied for twenty second.
Speaker 5 (21:50):
No pressure up the middle back of the up.
Speaker 1 (21:53):
It's like they could have used a certain somebody tight
pocket left it over the middle touchdown. Defensive then Donovan
Azaraku two sacks seventeen games.
Speaker 3 (22:03):
As a raku might have him in the end zone.
Speaker 1 (22:05):
Defensive end. Sam Williams one sacks seventeen games, five starts
out the door with Dante Fowler three sacks seventeen games,
eleven starts, and Jadavian Clowney joined them on the way
out eight and a half quarterback wraps in just thirteen games.
Speaker 5 (22:20):
Oh it's good in time.
Speaker 1 (22:22):
Taboys strayed after him Osa odigie Zua is gone left
off a three and a half sack year down he
go oh so diggi Zua. They added Rashaun Gary seven
and a half sacks last year in Green Bay.
Speaker 8 (22:36):
Gary and Venees eventually got home and brought him down.
Speaker 1 (22:38):
Of the twenty he rejoins an old mate and Kenny
Clark made it home three timesas Kenny Clark hoping next
to Quinn Williams. Two and a half sacks between New
York and Dallas, over fifty tackles, ten for a loss
and twelve quarterback hits solid digits for an interior Guy.
Speaker 6 (22:56):
Oh picked off by Quinn Williams.
Speaker 1 (22:59):
And James Hugheston came off the bench most games five
and a half backs. The twenty one Micah was supposedly
bad for their run defense. It's still allowed for seven
to carry good.
Speaker 5 (23:12):
Good a cur plea's good a cut to the others.
Speaker 1 (23:15):
Up didn't help winebacker Demarvian Overshown only played six games.
It did give Shamar James more reps. He led the
team with ninety one tackles.
Speaker 5 (23:23):
Hop hit, fuckle, sax quick bubble.
Speaker 3 (23:26):
Cow Boys are up.
Speaker 1 (23:27):
Kenneth Murray no longer around though eighty plus tackle guy
last year, they can't deferred on second down or third
down In his place, d Winters, who they traded the
Niners for over one hundred tackles in his third year
on the job.
Speaker 5 (23:41):
Heay Winners has got his day. Winner's going the other one.
Speaker 1 (23:44):
Randon Aubrey's foot thirty six of forty two on field
goal tries a year ago, forty seven for forty eight
on extra points on the way is so all sorts
of new with their defense, and for good reason. Down's
the headliner on the back side, but adding Durant and
Thompson shouldn't be overlooked, and PJ. Locke gives them quality depths.
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Three of their five starting dbs will be new Hooker
and Bland, the only twenty twenty five starters returning. Bland
needing a bounce back. At least three new starters to
their front seven can make the case it's really four.
Gary and Lawrence expected to breathe life back into their
pass rush. Winters hopefully can get to runners Overshown, looking
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to put his injury behind him and return to the
promising form we saw from him earlier. Full year of
Quinn should help too. If that bunch can make things
tougher on offenses, their own offense could be even more explosive.
They're just running it back with the same group basically
dak lamb Pickens, Flinoy Williams, already showing their plenty capable
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of putting up a lot of points. Cowboys have the
fourth hardest twenty twenty six schedule if you ranked teams
by their opponents expected win totals. So the road isn't
supposed to be an e one, but they've been tabbed
as a nine to ten win team themselves. Not bad
when you consider the top teams sit at eleven point five.
What's a potential ceiling for them? When you look across
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their schedule? Start with wins over the Giants and Commanders
before a loss to Baltimore, beat Houston across town, win
over Tampa at home. The Packers game is in Green Bay,
but this is an optimistic view, so a win there,
Cards Colts are winnable, Titans Eagles at home as well,
and then let them finish on a three game win streak.
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That's twelve and five. What did I find inside the
game preview? Guy bag, I always seem to take the
bait with their offense and think they'll do better than
nine wins. They have six new starters on defense and
a new DC. I guess all risk being fooled three
times in a row and say at least ten wins.
Speaker 5 (25:49):
Well, no going, it doesn't matter.
Speaker 1 (25:52):
Philadelphia Eagles, an eleven to six Super Bowl hangover twenty
twenty five happens to the best. Still won the NFC
East off still have the kind of roster that can
dance the last dance. Kind of question is can their
big five on offense remember the steps to the song
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that made them champs just two years ago?
Speaker 3 (26:17):
The Super Bowl champion Philadelphia.
Speaker 1 (26:19):
Eagle Eagles sure are following the script, aren't they. Act one,
give Apollo Creed a run for his money. Act two,
take the reigning champ down.
Speaker 3 (26:27):
This is about to be.
Speaker 1 (26:30):
Then seem to forget who.
Speaker 5 (26:32):
They are, falls down, stripsack.
Speaker 1 (26:34):
Thunderlips was giving them the business last year. Offense twenty
fourth in yards per game, twenty fourth on third down,
only twenty two points per game.
Speaker 3 (26:42):
You know they're gonna bring all these book.
Speaker 1 (26:46):
We are one away. Lock that stuff in his cane. Yeah,
but that means a big win over clubber Lang is forthcoming.
Speaker 3 (26:53):
Right.
Speaker 1 (26:58):
And for everything that seemed off with Jalen Hurts among others,
he accounted for thirty three total tds hooks light shove
and he said touchdown a career high twenty five TV
passes tired. He only six picks. Made the Pro Bowl
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for the third time in the last four years. Touchdown
Hurts didn't run as often career low in rush yards
and tds as a starter, but it's relative.
Speaker 3 (27:29):
That's two touchdowns for Jalb.
Speaker 1 (27:30):
Hurts of eight scores down Low over four hundred rush
yards is still solid production from the QB spot.
Speaker 8 (27:37):
Third and gold Hurts has tops Hey top Daylan Hurts
touched to Philadelphia.
Speaker 1 (27:43):
Saquon Barkley eleven hundred plus yards seven touchdowns.
Speaker 3 (27:47):
It goes to Barkers toss the top touch down.
Speaker 1 (27:53):
Dah both for both all he was beat though. Man,
we warned everybody last season guys who crack two k
have a hard time coming close to it the next
year for obvious reasons.
Speaker 3 (28:04):
Where have you been?
Speaker 1 (28:06):
Twenty six A j Brown messy year with all the
chatter so off. He goes to New England off a
thousand plus yard season.
Speaker 3 (28:13):
The ten and for a touchdown.
Speaker 1 (28:16):
Davante Smith has been a thousand plus yard cat three
of the last four years is for.
Speaker 3 (28:20):
Davonte Smith touchdowns.
Speaker 5 (28:22):
Schmitty got it Hey, fuck football.
Speaker 1 (28:24):
The fucker had five more yards than Brown last year,
just wasn't as distracted. New options to Mackay Lemon their
first round pick this year to be.
Speaker 2 (28:40):
A receiver who might be a little undersized, but not
play like I think.
Speaker 11 (28:44):
It's just a mentality and the heart that you play with.
You know the body's type. You know you can get
fooled by that, but you know your heart and you
know mentality that you that you opposted the game. It'll
take you a lot farther than you know. Just your
heighten your side.
Speaker 1 (28:57):
Dontavian Wicks traded for the former Pack off a three
hundred and thirty plus yard year. Signed Hollywood Brown gave
k C close to six hundred yards and five touchdowns.
Speaker 6 (29:07):
Got they're two feet in bounds, yes, Hollywood.
Speaker 1 (29:10):
Bro And Dallas Goddard returns off a career high eleven
TD campaign close to six hundred yards.
Speaker 5 (29:17):
It looks like the old TuS Puss, but oh no,
he takes a snap. He laterals it out to the
outside to Dallas god.
Speaker 1 (29:24):
They drafted Eli Stowers in the second round too.
Speaker 9 (29:28):
Me he plays like a receiver and to be honest,
size the beating wise, he plays a little bit like
a j Brown in terms of what he can do
out in the open field. You see him running here
at two hundred and thirty nine pounds. He ran just
around four or five flat and jumped over forty five inches.
He's got unbelievable ability to adjust with his hands down
the field.
Speaker 1 (29:47):
Their O line is still plenty talented.
Speaker 3 (29:49):
Turn a bunch of negative runs in the positive run.
Speaker 1 (29:52):
The five big uglies that powered the offense in twenty
twenty five will do so again in twenty twenty six.
Jordan Malata and Lane Johnson are a paunch in john
level tackle duo. Cam Jurgens at center, Tyler Steen and
Landon Dickerson at guard. Dickerson gave up a team high
six sacks last year. Team as a whole took thirty five,
good for twelve fews. If the offense reverts to form
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and the defense can play close to the same level
as twenty twenty five, they'll be cooking with gas. As
they say, I.
Speaker 7 (30:24):
Don't care how hard it is, how hard you get
done for the God be thought.
Speaker 1 (30:28):
Philadelphia held teams to nineteen a game, fifth fewest top
ten good inside the twenty.
Speaker 3 (30:34):
Two APT and the game was over.
Speaker 1 (30:38):
Could be stingier with the yards thirteenth in yards per
game allowed.
Speaker 5 (30:42):
I can shift, can't make the play? Whoa Bred and
the needle.
Speaker 1 (30:47):
Could really improve their third down play if they were
twenty first.
Speaker 4 (30:50):
Holds the ball in his hand, gets a downfield block,
It's gonna be harder to play the pass better.
Speaker 1 (30:57):
Though A complete held quarterback to the second lowest rate at.
Speaker 3 (31:01):
The left rowing anze is in complete.
Speaker 1 (31:04):
Just six point four yards per attempt, and no team
had a lower completion percentage allow.
Speaker 5 (31:09):
Come on, there we go, Goos out.
Speaker 1 (31:11):
Their secondary will look different this year lost a couple
of guys, but not the two most important. That's intercepted
un Mitchel Quinnon. Mitchell comes off a first team All
Pro season low sixties rate with a fat seventeen passes
defense match a second of the game stud corner number
two Cooper Dejeen.
Speaker 3 (31:31):
Fires the football in a t intercepted by the Jane.
Speaker 1 (31:35):
Also comes off a first team All Pro season over
ninety tackles with a low eighties rate, fifteen passes defense,
two picks.
Speaker 3 (31:42):
Third and goal snap back. Here's pressure frozen Nanzo diving lamb.
Speaker 5 (31:47):
Had it stripped away.
Speaker 1 (31:48):
They did cut ties with a Dore Jackson who departed
off a solid sub ninety rate year.
Speaker 6 (31:53):
Good protection again Herbert had his armhead and he's intercepted
but Dorri Jackson.
Speaker 1 (32:00):
But they seem to have upgraded. They added Corner Reek Woolen,
former Seahawk who knocked down twelve passes for Seattle mid
seventies rate.
Speaker 12 (32:08):
Vikings looking for the end zone instead. It's a fourth
interception at riek walland.
Speaker 1 (32:14):
And they still have Kiey Ringo. Zero touchdowns allowed in
a sub ninety rate most action coming off the.
Speaker 8 (32:20):
Bench in complete. Try to get it to Shephard Kieley
Ringo was there.
Speaker 1 (32:25):
New face at safety, said goodbye to read Blank and
ship starter for the last three years left town off
a low nineties rate.
Speaker 8 (32:32):
Shift lucky oh rolling traffic, it's intercepted read blank and
shit picks it off in the end zone.
Speaker 1 (32:41):
They feel like safety Andrew mccuba will slide into his
shoes nicely. Two interceptions as a rookie flocked.
Speaker 4 (32:47):
It a bit, but Kelsey had the ball off of
his hand, right hand and shoulder and into the arms
of Andrew mccouba.
Speaker 1 (32:54):
Their DB's got solid help from their front but they
could heat things up even more twelfth and sas thirteenth
in pressure eight a year ago.
Speaker 3 (33:02):
He has dragged down Have I sacked them again?
Speaker 1 (33:06):
No Eagle had seven sacks in twenty twenty five, so
a committee approach leading the way. Jlyx Hunt with six
and a half.
Speaker 3 (33:13):
He is looking. He has hit hey have sacked byke Jalob.
Speaker 1 (33:17):
Hunt five more than his rookie year. He's the guy
they think could take a big leap and be a
double digit kind of dude. But Tyler Hunt, they still
believe in Nolan Smith junior. He regressed in his year
three six and a half sacks year two, then three
bags last year and.
Speaker 5 (33:38):
Now down he goes Nolan Smith.
Speaker 1 (33:41):
They added outside linebacker Arnold Abukehetty to help hopefully back
to back six sax seasons, then just two and twenty
twenty five, and they picked up Jonathan Grenard from Minnesota
in a trade. Quiet last year with just three bags,
but twelve and twelve and a half the previous two
seasons at prisoner on the inside defensive end. Moro Ojomo
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nice little breakout this past season, his third zero sacks
first two years, then he racked up six.
Speaker 8 (34:09):
Taking down again for sack of the day for the Eagles,
it's Moro Jomo who delivers.
Speaker 1 (34:15):
Jordan Davis played his way into some coin career high
in sacks, tackles for loss and tackles and passes defense,
four and a half trips home over seventy tackles, nine
for a loss ahead of his fifth yeary.
Speaker 5 (34:28):
Eagles Davis ip Jugerman.
Speaker 1 (34:32):
Jalen Carter is coming off back to back Pro Bowl years.
Numbers weren't eye popping, but three QB takedowns in eleven games.
Speaker 6 (34:39):
Well Jaylen Carter, of course he can be a game
wrecker as well.
Speaker 1 (34:42):
Against the run. Gave up four to two a carry,
so could fare better here too, wonder Zach Bond, pro
bowler back to back seasons, one hundred and twenty plus
tackles back to back years.
Speaker 3 (34:57):
Good for the gallity.
Speaker 1 (34:58):
Let's go three and a half and two ants in
his most recent runs.
Speaker 8 (35:02):
Mayfield in some trouble, Mayfield goes down.
Speaker 1 (35:07):
Jehad Campbell kicked off his NFL career with eighty tackles,
a forced fumble, and an int across ten starts in
seventeen games.
Speaker 5 (35:15):
We tackle by Jehad Campbell, the stud rookie.
Speaker 1 (35:19):
He should start all seventeen. With Nikobe d no longer
in the fold.
Speaker 3 (35:23):
He fumbles the football, I think the Eagles.
Speaker 1 (35:25):
Have it and Jake Elliott finds himself in the rebound line.
Missed seven field goals lowly seventy four percent on his tries.
Speaker 12 (35:33):
Trying again, now, my goodness. Three misses in the first
half for Jake Elliott.
Speaker 1 (35:39):
Front seven didn't lose anybody, but gained a couple of
pass rushing threats and Ebiquetti and Grenard. They're expecting big
things from Hunt, Davison, Carter beasts in the middle, Bond
and Campbell a fine linebacker duo behind them. Two new corners,
Woolen takes Jackson's place, Jonathan Jones added as well Quinnyon
and Dejean the back there. Offense picks up Lemon at receiver,
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plus Hollywood and Wicks said goodbye to Brown. Also added
Stowers to the tight end room, so Hertz has a
lot of new guys to get acquainted with. Saquan gets
to see what he can do. Two years removed from
his two K year, Philly has a ten and a
half over under tops in the NFC East and second
highest of any team in the NFL. Only the Ravens
and Rams stamped with an eleven and a half, and
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the Eagles have the sixth easiest projected schedule based on
their opponents twenty twenty six win total projections. So they're
supposed to beat Washington, Tennessee, and Chicago. Let's say they
lose to La, but they beat Jacksonville, Carolina, Dallas, Washington,
the Giants, Pittsburgh before dropping one in Dallas, beat Arizona,
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Indianapolis and Seattle being that's a home game. Same with
Houston and sweep the Giants, giving them a fourteen win season.
I dug around the game preview guy bag and I
didn't see that many. Maybe I had the bag on
backwards though, who knows. But I did see at least
eleven wins in there.
Speaker 3 (37:05):
Enough talk about what this year can be.
Speaker 1 (37:08):
It is time to prove it, Washington commanders, time to
prove they aren't the Baja men or right, said Freds.
From a twelve win year to a twelve last year.
Don't want to end up being one hit wonders.
Speaker 5 (37:20):
Met and Violet still worse.
Speaker 2 (37:21):
It still works and proud of you guys.
Speaker 1 (37:24):
Next, hopefully they brought in an exterminator over the offseason.
Injury bug infestations are the worst feeling of a winning
locker room.
Speaker 6 (37:34):
Nothing lucky.
Speaker 1 (37:36):
It's hard to win games with the most important player
on your roster only getting in seven gamest seconds. Turning
the ship around in Washington this year primarily hinges on
whether Jayden Daniels plays a full season touchdown. Washington JD
five suffered multiple injuries in twenty twenty five.
Speaker 5 (37:55):
Over to look McCaffery.
Speaker 1 (37:59):
We all saw what he's capable of his rookie year.
Speaker 5 (38:02):
Down the lid looking for Luka.
Speaker 1 (38:07):
Without him, Washington's offense went from fifth and scoring in
twenty twenty four at twenty eight a game to twenty
a game twenty second.
Speaker 3 (38:17):
Way he was fifth.
Speaker 5 (38:19):
Rotens tell the game up was at game up and
gathered out the lay the.
Speaker 1 (38:24):
Teas a game twenty second in yards per game and
on third down two.
Speaker 6 (38:28):
As intercepted intercepted the thirty five yard line.
Speaker 1 (38:32):
Wasn't just Daniel's injury that slowed them down. Either our
second best offensive player, Terry McLaurin, only played in ten.
Speaker 5 (38:42):
Games, or Tray Scary carry a ride.
Speaker 1 (38:45):
No more debo this season was the only key pass
catcher to play most of their contests. Didn't take any
bricks from Craig. I guess Samuel led the team with
seventy two catches over seven hundred yards, rode red squeaky
bike to the end zone five times, picked up Stefan
Diggs to help out. Thousand plus yards last year for
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the AFC champion Patriots. Lots of k plus years on
the resume. Jalen Lane is still in the mix. A
little over two hundred yards in his rookie year. Watch
out for his special team skills too. Took two punt
returns to the house for Calibane.
Speaker 3 (39:24):
He's off to the races.
Speaker 1 (39:26):
Luke McCaffrey only nine games, had some moments in his
year two scored three times ten. They added Antonio Williams
via the third round of the draft.
Speaker 2 (39:37):
Quicker than fast, someone who I think could find a
home Day one in the slot. He's got excellent amillin
to set up defenders and then snapped the ball, snapped
the route off and then can make things happen after
the catch.
Speaker 1 (39:50):
New action at tight end. Zach Ertz, a commander no more,
leaves off a fifty catch, five hundred and four yard
four TV season hurt to the duckdown again taking his
place Chig o'conkwo. Same type of production with the Titans,
though he played all seventeen games, fifty six catches, five
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hundred and sixty yards.
Speaker 5 (40:13):
Whaty fifteen? Stakes on his feet at the tenth break
the do down?
Speaker 3 (40:17):
What a run? Wow? What a run?
Speaker 1 (40:20):
Commander's O line finished middle of the pack and sacks taken.
They're hoping second year right tackled Josh connerly improves a little.
Gave up nine and a half sacks his rookie year,
fifty four pressures allowed, twenty one more than anyone else
on the team.
Speaker 3 (40:36):
This suck.
Speaker 1 (40:37):
Washington was thirteenth in pressure rate allowed, and left tackle
Laramie tunsl worked out as planned only one sack allowed.
Speaker 5 (40:45):
That is caught up dining Zucker stuck down lock again.
Speaker 1 (40:49):
Don't have a bad ass at center anymore. Tyler's out.
Nick Alighretti slated to take his place. He missed all
last year seventeen games. Starter for them the year before
Chris fall his back. Didn't think he was big enough
to play on an O line. Right guard Sam Cosm
another dude hoping for a full year, only nine games played.
I'm telling you. The team helped pay for JD and
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Turk's summer vacations, and it didn't let up this preseason
as they lost starting left tackle Laramie Tunsel to injury.
That's a big loss. New look to their backfield cut
ties with Austin Eckler only two games played last season,
and with Chris Rodriguez, who did give him five hundred
yards on a nice four to five a run and
five tds. Still have a Bill in the fold.
Speaker 5 (41:41):
Put him up with a hide and luck week out.
Speaker 1 (41:43):
Jacorey Krofsky merrit over eight hundred yards on four to
six a carry eight paint jobs.
Speaker 5 (41:50):
Into the episode Bill Crossky Merrit.
Speaker 1 (41:54):
They picked up two dudes in free agency, Jerome Ford,
who didn't see much action last year in Cleveland but
had a couple nice years prior, and Rashad White four
to three per attempt in twenty twenty five. He hit
at that clip back to back years for Tampa Bay
five hundred and seventy two yards last year.
Speaker 5 (42:13):
White waiting four o'clock shot, go catch it shot.
Speaker 1 (42:17):
Offense banking on better health, which would lead to improved continuity. Defense,
on the other hand, is in need of a serious remodel.
Speaker 5 (42:25):
Deep ball to the middle elemb.
Speaker 1 (42:28):
Twenty six points per game allowed twenty seventh. Last thing
is what touched out most yards per game allowed in
the league tone down to our sideline. Only one team
with fewer takeaways middle.
Speaker 5 (42:40):
Govn raw inside the two to the one to.
Speaker 1 (42:43):
The end zone twenty ninth. In the red zone got
it to the zone. Only four teams gave up a
higher passer rating.
Speaker 5 (42:49):
Got Tucker craft toutsdown.
Speaker 1 (42:52):
Only four more passing yards per game by most yards
per catch allowed. To that end, they used their first
round pick on linebacker Sunny Styles, who is supposed to
be a game changer.
Speaker 9 (43:11):
He's got a physical presence. He's a former safety that
dropped down the linebacker. You see him working downhill. He's
not afraid of contact, but he can also shoot gaps
and make plays on the other side of the line
of scrimmage.
Speaker 5 (43:23):
This was a question mark here as a former safety,
is you want to.
Speaker 1 (43:26):
Take guys on.
Speaker 9 (43:26):
He shows he has the ability to do that, and
then that legit speech shows.
Speaker 1 (43:30):
Up, hoping he can stop the run.
Speaker 5 (43:32):
Inside the twenty, inside the ten, inside the five.
Speaker 1 (43:35):
They gave up four to eight to carry last year.
Third most rushing yards per game allowed its.
Speaker 5 (43:40):
Fit at the bop spins into the end zone.
Speaker 1 (43:43):
The only thing they did at an above average level
on this side of things sack the quarterback. They finished twelfth.
Speaker 5 (43:50):
Johnny Newton for the second time as a sack, but they.
Speaker 1 (43:53):
Cut ties with their bag leader. Von Miller sealed the
deal nine times in his fourteenth season.
Speaker 5 (43:58):
Von Miller chasing down at the thirteen yard.
Speaker 1 (44:01):
Line defensive end. Jacob Martin and his five and a
half QB takedowns are gone too.
Speaker 5 (44:06):
That was Jacob Martin.
Speaker 1 (44:08):
New in Town odafe o way split twenty twenty five
between Baltimore and LA racked up seven and a half
quarterbacks ten sack year in twenty twenty four.
Speaker 5 (44:17):
Too good protection again, time runs up, down goes hurts.
Speaker 1 (44:20):
They picked up calevon chase On, former first rounder, started
looking like one in his year six, giving New England
seven and a half sacks, which came on the heels
of a five sack twenty twenty four. So trending in
the right direction.
Speaker 5 (44:33):
He's pressured, he's hit, he stays out his faint running.
Speaker 3 (44:36):
How many goes down?
Speaker 1 (44:37):
Picked up Charles Omeneho three and a half sacks for
Kansas City last year had a seven bag year in
twenty twenty three, not.
Speaker 5 (44:44):
Able to find anywhere to go with a football, and
Almena who is in there.
Speaker 1 (44:49):
Added defensive tackle Tim Settle, who started his career in
Washington that has two five sack years on his resume,
most recent in twenty twenty four sacks. They joined defensive
end Dietrich Wise, who played two games. An injury also
limited Dorance Armstrong to seven games, five and a half
sacks in that time. Leaves you wondering what if he
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had played all seventeen and.
Speaker 5 (45:11):
Now Williams gets sacked by Armstrong.
Speaker 1 (45:14):
Their defense and aged bunch for the most part. Duran
Payin in the middle hits his year nine this season
three sacks, forty six tackles, a nice five passes defensed,
and a forced fumble. In twenty twenty five.
Speaker 5 (45:26):
Wilson still pressure sacked, they rush four and they get
home with Tron Payne DT.
Speaker 1 (45:33):
Javon Kinlass seventh year upcoming, no sacks, but over forty
tackles and a forced fumble Sapa kim oh, yeah that
ball was out. Defensive tackle Jerson Newton, the youngster up front,
made it home five times coming off the bench most
games and look Johnny Newman.
Speaker 5 (45:50):
For the second time as a sack back of the
nine yard.
Speaker 1 (45:52):
Line styles takes over for Bobby Wagner. Does have big
shoes to fill. Four and a half sacks, two picks,
one hundred and sixty two tackles. I thought I want
to be working. Also new to the scene, Leoshanall who
comes over from Kansas City, couple of sacks and fifty
eight tackles across fourteen games.
Speaker 5 (46:10):
Got that just inside the lion of Scribert.
Speaker 1 (46:14):
Frankie Luvu returns over eighty five tackles, three sacks in
his year eighthd hello se on the backside. Yet more
changes didn't bring Jonathan Jones back. Had a solid enough year,
held it down to a respectable ninety right.
Speaker 6 (46:30):
Got it's a complete when Jonathan Jones defending it was
attended bravid Ross Saint Prout.
Speaker 1 (46:35):
Marshaun Vlattimore also bounced a low nineties rating nine passes
defense when he was on the field.
Speaker 5 (46:42):
Good protection for parissick A.
Speaker 1 (46:46):
Meek Robertson, a candidate to replace him but in need
of a Dennis Rodman like rebound, has played the pass
well in the past, but gave up eight touchdowns in
Detroit last year.
Speaker 5 (46:56):
Road deep down the right side and he's done.
Speaker 1 (47:01):
Added safety Nick Cross and his one hundred and twenty takedowns,
a pick and two and a half sacks in twenty
twenty five Ross with a second. He joins Jeremy Reeves
in the safety room. Probably their star a year ago,
held his targets to a sub seventy ray and had
over ninety tackles.
Speaker 5 (47:18):
The screen set up for Rice and boy is that
well played by Jeremy Reeve.
Speaker 1 (47:22):
Ye're nine for safety Will Harris, who needs to rebound
after giving up a rating over one ten, only played
nine games two.
Speaker 5 (47:30):
Not the gonna lie talk touchdown, ye say?
Speaker 1 (47:32):
Safety Kwan Martin allowed a fat albert one fifty five
rate at least came close to a one hundred tackle season.
Speaker 5 (47:39):
Watching it, recovered it.
Speaker 3 (47:40):
Why would they need it?
Speaker 1 (47:41):
And then there's the mayor of Halloween Town, cornerback Mike Sainrastill.
Sometimes he looked all unsure and nervous. He gave up
ten touchdowns, most of any player in the NFL seven
hundred and eighty three yards fourth most got a man
in the edge up Touchdad, But he had other games
where where he was grinning ear to ear, eighty five tackles,
(48:02):
a forced fumble, and four interceptions. As twenty twenty five wrapped,
Washington had Jake Moody kicking went ten for eleven for
them on field goal tries, ten for eleven on extra points.
Speaker 6 (48:20):
When the news good looking kicking it is cut.
Speaker 1 (48:24):
Thumbnail recap three newbies in back cross at safety, Robertson
and vett Achello Witherspoon at corner. He spent the last
three years with the Rams, was hurt last year only
six games played, those two taking the lockers of Latimore
and Jones. Fair to call this group a question mark,
you tell me front seven lots of guys at Quinn's disposal,
(48:45):
o'menahue replacing Jacob Martin in the trenches rested the beef
in the middle on the team last year. Oh Way
takes Miller's spot on the edge chase on his partner
with Armstrong also in the mix. Styles for Wagner Sonny
can do it all or did in college anyway. On offense,
Daniels for a full year is supposed to restore order
(49:06):
and a new OC and David blou former NFL backup
quarterback Commander's twenty twenty six road isn't supposed to be easy.
They have the eighth hardest slate if you account for
their opponents expected win totals. Let's run through their schedule
with the belief Daniels is going to sparkle like he
did in twenty twenty four, to see what kind of
year they could have. Those first three are tough, being
(49:28):
the first two are on the road and the Hawks
are defending champs with a tough D. But get on
the board versus Indy and the Giants. Niners also on
the road, but take Philly at home, drop the Rams game,
but then go on a win bender sweep the GM
in take Cincinnati, Arizona, Tennessee, Houston, Atlanta, Minnesota, Jacksonville finishing
(49:50):
with a win over the Star for a twelve win year.
That would be quite the feat. I dug around the
game preview guy bag and couldn't find eight wins. Schedule
looks daunting. Their own division is going to be tough,
but I won't be shocked if they write the ship
either
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