Game On Rewind: Damian Parson from The Bleacher Report joins the show! 2025-6-9

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Joining us now is our good friend Damian Parson. He
writes for Bleacher Report. He's also a great podcast host. Man,
he's the guys out there locked on do such a
great job. You can find us work at Bleacher Report.

Speaker 2 (00:12):
Damian.

Speaker 1 (00:12):
It's been too long, man, How you doing I'm doing good.

Speaker 2 (00:15):
I'm doing good and joining the downtime and join it down.

Speaker 1 (00:18):
Yeah, man, I was gonna say for you, what does
that look like? That's like about a week You're you're
always after it, man.

Speaker 3 (00:25):
Yeah, yeah, it's been it's been good, man, it's been good,
you know, being able to go to you know, to
the trip to the beach and everything with the family
and everything. Last weekend got some the little vacation time in.

Speaker 2 (00:38):
After a very long drift cycle.

Speaker 3 (00:40):
But of course, you know, as we as the Old.

Speaker 2 (00:44):
As the Old Show says, is the world turns, you know,
we turn the page yep, twenty six.

Speaker 1 (00:49):
Yeah, it feels like the offseason it always lasts forever
until about this time of year. And we're already like
sixty days away from the preseason kicking off, I mean,
and then ninety days I think just under ninety days
away from the regular season starting up. With that said,
of course, the big news over the weekend, Aaron Rodgers
finally made a decision. He showed up in Pittsburgh signed

(01:10):
a contract. It's under fifteen million for one year. Your
initial reaction to the signing and the potential fit or
non fit in this offense.

Speaker 2 (01:20):
Yeah, I mean, we all knew it was coming. It
was I think it was reported maybe about a month
or so ago. There was a video that surfaced that
was ended up being deleted from social media of him
throwing and working out with DK Metcalf and everything like that. So,
like it was, the writing was on the wall. This

(01:41):
was a team that had the chance to take Shador Sanders.
They could have drafted the Jalen Milrow. They said, no,
We'll draft Will Howard in the sixth round. They knew
that Aaron Rodgers was on the way to Pittsburgh. The
thing in terms of fitting into this Arthur Smith offense,
Arthur Smith has been notorious because he had running quarterbacks

(02:02):
when he was Atlanta. It was you know, Marks Mariola
and Desmond Ritter. You know last year, you know, Ruff
could still pick him up and put him down a
little bit. But then early early in the season it
was justin fields he does a lot of things out
the other pistol shotgun, different pistol sets you get with
wishpe pistol. When he has the running quarterbacks, It's gonna

(02:22):
be interesting to see how Aaron Rodgers fits within this
scheme and his offense. But I think having a big body,
explosive receiver like dk Metcalf, Roman Wilson that they drafted
last year who ended up getting hurt. Now coming back
you got Pat fried In Youth and Darnell Washington, Calvin Austin.
They have to me enough pieces to make plays. If

(02:42):
Aaron Rodgers can play above average quarterback play. And then
you also drafted one of my favorite running backs in
the draft, Caleb Johnson. You know what I mean out
of Iowa, of Japair, of Jayleen Warren. So offensive line
is it was, you know, improved and everything, and you
going to just kind of consistently see that development. But
it's gonna be I'm pulling my reservations on how he

(03:05):
how he's going to sit with Arthur Smith. You know,
Rogers has always kind of ran his own offense, kind
of the Peyton Manning Way stuff like that, like, hey,
this is my offense. I want to run it. Let's
see how that works for Arthur Smith.

Speaker 1 (03:18):
Definitely. Damian Parson from Bleacher Reporters our guest talking some
NFL and some college prospects here for the next good
bit here on game on. So back to the Steelers
just quickly, and Rogers in particular. I think maybe you
can best help just fans in general understand when you
see posts out there, and I know you're looking at
some of the hot take farming engagement farming posts. Well

(03:40):
what did Rogers stats compared to Jalen Hurts and then
compared to Alan But let's just from your perspective, peel
that back a little bit and help folks understand the
limitations Rogers does have now versus Rogers five years ago
and a guy like Josh Allen, because there are limitations
to his game now.

Speaker 2 (03:59):
Oh absolute, he's nowhere near the athlete that he was.
He was a guy that could create out of structure.
You know, had the pocket mobility when the pocket was
closing in on him, he can get out of the pocket,
not just from a running standpoint, but just get out
of the pocket, create those consistent just regular routine second

(04:19):
reaction throw throwing opportunities and creating kind of a scramble
drill eyes down feel and if you if you still
drop back with your receiver, you still try to stay
attached and no one's at the line of scrimmage. He'll
take it for fifteen or twenty. He might get you
five to ten now, but he's just not the same athlete.
You know, of course having the was it the collor

(04:41):
I think it's the collarbone that he had multiple I
think multiple injuries with like so you know you he's
going to get the ball out of his hands. He's
not trying to get hit and take a ton of
hits and everything. But he's still a functional quarterback. He
still got that can win you some games. But no,
he's not. I've definitely seen of engagement farming on social

(05:02):
media and.

Speaker 1 (05:04):
Just the Jal hurts yes home exactly better better than
mahomes a lot of the quarterbacks right now.

Speaker 4 (05:12):
It's silly season, yep, David, I do want to move
into next year. Obviously, you follow these college players very intimately.
You got the lockedwn NFL draft there with Keith Sanchez.
You cover a lot of these players. I know you've
covered a lot of the quarterbacks. That's the big talk
of next year, assuming that the Steelers do more of
what the Steelers do, they go ten and whatever, nine
and whatever, they're picking around nineteen or twenty next year

(05:34):
twenty one. Is there a player of a quarterback that
you see that would be within reach that you think
would be a really good scheme fit for the Steelers,
especially assuming that Arthur Smith comes back next year and
he's the offensive coordinator moving forward. Who is a player
that you have your eye on there for the Steelers
for the twenty twenty sixth draft.

Speaker 2 (05:55):
Oh man, I mean when you for me like looking
at this h looking at this proper quarterbacks, it's a
very fun group of guys from you know, take Arts
Manning out of it, you know what I mean, because
we don't know we broke his game down on the pod,
but it's just up in the air right now. If
the Mannings get their way, he won't be coming out
till like twenty twenty seven. So that's just what it is.

(06:18):
But you look at the North Sellers at South Carolina
forty rocket arm power runner that can weave and then
out of traffic. Anything about the game against Clemson, you
know in state robbery, he had a big time run
lately in that game where you didn't think he was
going to be able to make the play, and his

(06:38):
speed and burst acceleration and then the power that he
runs with as well. I think he is the guy
that when we look at Anthony Richardson, he's what Anthony
Richardson could be if Anthony Richins stay in school for
one more year at Florida, or if he had transfers
rather than coming to the league and going to that
dysfunctional situation with Shane Stikeen and the Indianapolis coach. So

(07:00):
you look at Leonori Sellers, Kate Klubnik, this is a
guy that tracked background. He's a dual threat athlete, can
create in and out of structure throws. He has a
good arm and good arm talent, good arm strength on
him as well. And for him, he took a big
step in twenty twenty four. Now let's TeV take that
next to be a Heisman candidate and potentially end up
being a top five pick. He's got that type of

(07:22):
skill set and the ability. He's just got to consistently
developmentally trust what he sees, anticipate, anticipate throwing lanes and
windows more often and for him, it's just down the
maturity within this offense. Year this would be year three
in that in that in that Riley offense for him,
I think this is a guy that would absolutely Both

(07:43):
him and Leonoris Sellers are two guys that will fit
very well with that Arthur Smith offense and really get
to open up the full playbook of Arthur Smith, like
we saw him be able to draw him attempt to
do with Desmond Rider and Marcus Murray hild in Atlanta.
And I think about Tareen at Arkansas five got six,
another tall guy who mean Keith talking about it, he's

(08:06):
probably the best running quarter like in terms of open
field runner with the football, like similar to Lamar Jackson
and Jayden you know Jayden, you know what I mean,
and with the with the Commanders, Jaydon Daniels just his
ability to make guys miss and being so tall and
long and angular with his frame and he's elusive. He

(08:28):
has legitially but then he also could throw the ball.
He throws the ball well in terms of drive throws.
He could push the ball down the field, but he
also throws a touch and I think for him it's
all about protecting the football in between twenty five, he
gets into a habit of just testing windows. Not so
much gunslinger, but just more so trying to be the
ultimate playmaker for his team. And I think if he

(08:51):
cuts down those turnovers and up it really ups his
efficiency protecting the football. That's going to help him a lot.
A dark horse guy, please watch out for John Matteer
who's at Oklahoma now transferms from Washington State. Like to me,
he is what jack where people thought Jackson dark was
in terms of athletes, this is a guy I think

(09:11):
he got. He got close to one thousand yards rushing
last year with Washington State. He's got a strong arm,
He's kind of he's kind of built like Baker Mayfield.
But he's a really good athlete. This guy gives you
pretty much everything arm talent, he can throw the ball
with accuracy. Main thing for him now is just being
comfortable just sitting in the pocket. Teams. I expect teams,

(09:34):
especially in the SEC this year, to try and much
rush him, close him in. He's a legitimate running threat,
good speed and open field. He carries the ball well,
and he can create even when the play is not
designed for him to create. So talking about guys that
could fit in that scheme. Those are guys that come
to mind. Nico I Malava going to UCLA. I just

(09:55):
I need to see more. He's to me, he's calling
Kaepernick just that straight line runner, outstanding athlete, ridiculous arm.
But he's a fastball pitcher. He doesn't have another he
doesn't have that slider air change up right now. I
need to see that because if you're just throwing one
hundred mile per hour for seeing heat seekers, it doesn't
do anything for me because all you're doing is throwing

(10:17):
it through the hands of my receivers into the defense.
He's got to get better when you have a da
Dante Thornton Junior who's with the Las Vegas Raiders. That
young man is sixty five, two hundred plus pounds and
run a four to three flat. He was overthrowing him.

Speaker 1 (10:29):
Yeah, you can't, you know, take a take a bit off,
take your foot off the guess there you go a
little bit.

Speaker 4 (10:37):
This This next question is a little Steelers adjacent. Obviously,
obviously the Steelers pick up Will Howard in the sixth round.
I feel like, you know, maybe he progresses into something
I think we need to put to put to bed.
This Ben Roethlisberger, Josh Allen kind of comparison that I
see to Will Howard's please, but my eye who I
kind of wanted the Steelers to pick up in the

(10:58):
later round would have been Jaaln Milroe. How do you
feel about him landing in the Seahawks? And I guess
my kind of hot take this year is if he
sees the field, if things don't go well with Sam Darnold,
I feel like outside of cam Ward being the first overall,
Jayalen Milroy might have the best season as far as
where these rookies quarterbacks have landed.

Speaker 2 (11:15):
Yeah, I love Jayalen Milroe going to Seattle before they
got before the whole Geno Smith situation. That was my
ideal landing spot for him to sit behind a veteran
to learn, and when you have Clint Kubiak, who you know,
runs that West Coast offense, things of that nature. I
said this on the pot I want to take these athletic,

(11:35):
just big toolsy quarterbacks and put them in systems like that,
because if you can master this system under center, the
quick game processing, things of that nature, then the rest
of your skill set becomes ancillary instead of primary. And
that's when you're the most dangerous. Because Lamar Jackson win
the MVP, running all over the league. Once he started

(11:58):
throwing from the pocket and he became just that weapon X.
Then your defensive coordinators up late at night before the
game trying to figure out how do we get him
office spot, how do we keep him in the pocket
but also still disrupting him. It became such a conundrum
for defensive coordinators, I think, especially with having the weapons

(12:21):
they have there in Seattle. Remember Mike McDonald, defensive coordinator
for the Ravens, knew what it was like having Lamar
Jackson in the offensive back pocket. When things break down,
you have that guy that can make the wrong things right. JAYALN.
Milroe has that ability, and I think with his work ethic,
the GM just talked about it like man, he's a
special human, special person. His work ethic is bar none,

(12:46):
like he's going to put the work in. I think
if he does see the field, I think they're gonna
put packages similar to what we saw with Lamar Jackson,
get them comfortable, get them leveled and settled. He has
the arm talent. We know he could push the ball
down the field. Now it's all about that recognition winning
in the shorts and intermediate consistently. And I think Clint
Kubiak is the right OC to really mold this young

(13:08):
man not coming in because that you know, he he's there.
They drafted him, so they're going to have a plan
for him. I'm excited for for Jaylon Milroe because I
think he could be a very good asset in that
Klink Kubiak's offense.

Speaker 1 (13:20):
Damian Parson Bleacher Report joins us here talking to NFL.
We got a real football player in studio with us,
Ethan Parsons, who's a linebacker at cover Stockton College, just
sitting in with us this summer. Ethan, you had a
question about your your favorite team.

Speaker 2 (13:32):
Man, what's up, man, I'm a I'm a Tentions fan.
I was just kind of wondering what your opinion is
on the signing with Nick Chubb and how it can
affect the Texans offense. Yeah, man, I think I think
the signing of Nick Chubb, you know, depends on what
version of Nicks. I mean, he's still squatting like six
hundred pounds without injuries, so he should be okay assuming

(13:52):
but having a two headed rushing attack, right, and if
they're going to keep running that stretch zone wide zone
run scheme that didn't really fit Damian Pierce, like he's
more of a gap scheme guy. He more of you know,
north and south downhill guy. They needed another running back
in that room with Joe Mixon, and I know they
drafted uh, just the young the running back out of USC.

(14:14):
He's one of the pass catchers, so he's gonna come
in on probably third downs and make plays. I think
Nick Jubb and Joe Mixon could be a very good
one two punch. And if you're worried a little bit
about the pass protection because they made some wholesale changing
the offensive line. How you get the offensive line settled
is through the run game. That set the tone right,
set the tone, get the run game going, take some
of the pressure off of CJS and throwing the ball

(14:37):
a lot ever since he got there. You know what
I mean to hell elevated offense. We look at what
Carolina did with Bryce last year, running the running the
office through Trouba Hubbard. Trooper Hubbard was the engine of
that offense. Then Bryce was able to come and be
an ancillary piece, make the play, action reads, things of
that nature. He didn't. He wasn't in a ton of
true drop back sets. Yeah, do the same thing for CJ.

(15:00):
Especially come with the little soulder soreness we're dealing with
right now, Let's go ahead and get the run game going.
I think, you know long, Nick Chubb is ready to go,
and I think he's gonna be I think he's gonna
run with a chip on his shoulder. They could have
probably one of the better running attacks if him and
Joe mixing up, both healthy, spry and really explosive and
ready to ruck.

Speaker 1 (15:19):
When I'm looking at the Panthers now, Damian, Look, it's
a team you mentioned. They got the running game fired
up with you, Bahubber. They also have some other backs.
They've added Trevor et In and the draft, they've got
Rico dwell In on Jonathan Brooks terrible situation with his
injury history, hopefully he can be ready by next year.
But I'm looking at the receiving group, the pass catching group,

(15:39):
and for the first time in a while for this
Panthers team, I'm feeling pretty good about it because you've
got dealing on the plus side of thirty five. But
he's still out there like a demon catching everything on
third downs, you've got Jalen Kocher, who has been one
of the great undrafted surprises leget and then you put
McMillan in there, obviously with the possibly renfro and some
other guys that could be wide receive umber. The addition

(16:01):
to McMillan and what that does for Legette in my opinion,
is it freeze Legett up to move around like it
did South Carolina. Not have to be a boundary X
because he's not that. But I feel good if McMillan
can be the guy and can demonstrate that, you know
whatever the forty time is, he's got great football speed
and feel for hitting the zones and also he can
win in the fifty to fifty ball. I feel good

(16:22):
about this group of pass catchers.

Speaker 2 (16:24):
Yeah, this is this is if I'm Bryce Young, I
break the huddle or I'll walk on the practice every
day with a smile on my face knowing I have
weapons around me. Still forgot you know, do you have
the Tavian Sanders at tight end by Mitchell Evans from
Nosha dame to be if you won't even want to
go to that twelve twelve package or twelve personnel grouping,

(16:45):
I think to your point about you know, tech alleviating
that pressure on the Xavier Legette right. First of all,
I love Xavier get Lagett's mentality because he's heard the interview.
He said, listen, getting open wasn't the problem, and he
didn't lie. He did not have a problem getting open
last year. It was it was the drops and he
also battled the injuries that he had, you know what

(17:06):
I mean, and things of that nature. And I think
I believe that he averaged last year. He averaged over
two and a half yards of separation per target, so
he was getting open, you know, some fact of just
now catching the football consistently. Terroll McMillan coming in being
that guy that can work the middle of the field,
and honestly the thing I'm looking for with David Canalis.

(17:27):
The both of those guys, they win in very similar
ways because Exambula gets best routes or most productive routes
for they inbreaking and outbreaking routes. When you watch Ted McMillan,
it's very similar. Stuff with him too, is out breaking
in breaking comebacks, hitches, things like that where being a
big body guy like you get in the middle of

(17:49):
the field at six four and that's a big target,
and it's like Bryce throws an anticipation, he puts it
to the spot, and now you have a receiver that
can go up, that can make those plays in congestion.
And he's very sure were handed right. So I think
that those guys are going to mess well together. Jalen Koker,
I think should be the guy that we look at
as the air apparent to that slot roll to Adam Thieln.

(18:10):
I'm not really a big fan of outside because you
the that you got to be able to stretch the field,
and I feel like you start putting yourself in a defense,
is gonna put a umbrella at a certain yard point,
like five to ten yards, you're gonna see start seeing
cloud coverages because they're squatting, they're sitting on everything. That's
gonna be the that's gonna be the the thing I'm

(18:31):
looking at most in this offense. This year is okay,
it was great. Last year we saw the development of
Bryce Dave Canalis is the right coach form. Now you
got weapons. Now it's all about because the one thing
Bryce and and Xavier Leaguette didn't hit on was a
d ball twenty five targets. I think only five to
seven perceptions. They got it. They just gotta start hitting

(18:52):
those because if you start hitting those, now, you're forcing
the defense back. This is the offense like we see
the too high sales a lot. Now, this is an
offense I'm playing cover one against because I want to.
I want to take away everything shallow and underneath and
not give you those easy pitching catches. I want to
force you down the field. If Bryce starts hitting that,

(19:12):
oh yeah, it's gonna open up everything. The run game
is going to be better. The passing attack is going
to be a three level threat. This offense is probably
the offense I'm most anticipated to see this year because
of the weapons, because of the development of Bryce, Dave
Canells being one of my favorite HighRes last year, a
lot of people were not really high on him, but

(19:33):
I love what he did in Tampa, you know what
I mean. So I've seen seeing it translate over to Carolina.
I'm excited for this offense. Man. This is an offense
that could if the defense can keep games we didn't
reach unlike last year, if they keep games within reach,
not give up thirty points a game, and really keep
it low Bryce in this offense could do some things.

Speaker 1 (19:55):
Yeah, they showed. I think my favorite three game stretch
for the offense in Bryce was were three losses where
they went toe to toe with obviously Kansas City, Tampa,
an overtime heartbreaker where they had the game in the
bag but Cuba rare fumble in overtime, and then the
Philly game. You talked about Lagett being more sure handed.
That's a tough catch, but if he makes that catch

(20:16):
one of the few deep connections they had, that would
have been just a monumental win for Carolina. You still
look at those through the prism of development and you
see what they're capable of if the defense can just
get some stops and they've added some guys to the
draft and we can get into that next time. One
last question about edge rushers. You got three guys out
there that are hunting a new contract, TJ Watt, Trey Hendrickson,

(20:38):
and obviously Micah Parsons. Do you have a gut sense
of which one of those may get paid first? And
your thoughts on Hendrickson because that's a hot topic now
he's on the plus side of thirty. He's had great production,
but you typically don't pay guys based on production, based
on projection and potential moving forward. I've got thoughts on
being on that plus side of thirty one saying maybe

(20:58):
we've seen the best of Trey.

Speaker 2 (21:00):
Yeah, that's the Trade Henderson situation. I mean, the Bengals
ownership team, they're one of the cheapest in the league. Yes,
they've always been that way, very frugal in terms of
how they do business. But to your point, you're we
can't pay you for what you've done. We got to
pay for what we expect to and if we extende
you three four years from now for you know, three

(21:22):
four years added to the contract and we only get
ten sacks over those three to four years, it hurts
the team in general. So I understand it from a
business standpoint. You just got to try and figure out
that situation. And if I'm a team that needs to
bolster my pass for us, I'm looking to give up
a Day two pick, a third round pick, maybe a
second if I'm a contender, right Like, if I'm, of

(21:43):
course the Ravens are not, that's not happening. But if
you're a team that's on that Ravens like Peak, or
if you're like you're the Commander's right, Like you try
to cash in on this. Oh, I could see that situation. Ye,
Like I would absolutely send a pick over. You can
get this second round pick, unless because there's been rumblings
that there's still some maybe some division there between Brandon

(22:07):
and I Yuk in the Night and the Niners, even
though he got paid and stuff like that. If there
is some dissension and you really want to cash in
on Jayden Dames as the weapon that he is, you
go get his former teammate and you send the first round.
I would send the first round pick, take on that
contract and go have dbo i UK and Terry McLaurin.
Or maybe you trade Terry McLaurin. We don't see, because

(22:28):
there's a lot of a lot of you know, a
lot of dustin has to settle. But yeah, I think
if a team like that wants to trade for Trey Henderson,
I say go forwards in that in that second round
the third round pick and and make it happen. But
I think Michael Jerry is such a weird guy.

Speaker 1 (22:46):
Well said, such a weird guy last minute, Jerry, he
likes everything.

Speaker 2 (22:52):
Yeah, assume he pays Michael like you don't think you
don't want to mess with that situation. He's literally the
best player on your team. Love Dak Prescott, that's the
game changer that Listen. You want to stop Jayden Daniels,
you want to stop Jalen Hurts, Well, whoever that quarterback
for the Giants when you face him this year, whether

(23:12):
it's Dark Winston or Russ. You need Michael Parker and
he's been your best player for like the last but
three four years. Man, pay him, give him his contract.
He's earned every bit of that. He plays multiple positions
for you, plays off ball, backer, edge, he does. He
does everything for you. Drops off in coverage, rush the passer,

(23:32):
play the run. It's not much more you can ask
of a because not many defensive ends in the league
today to do what Michaeh Parsons can do on the
on a bad day. So I'd rather go ahead and
pay him. T J want We'll see, like you know,
get paid to.

Speaker 1 (23:49):
But yeah, it's tough with Pittsburgh because they're a factory
when it comes to edge rushers. I mean they've been
that way since the Coward days.

Speaker 2 (23:56):
And you know they smith Nick Herbig there.

Speaker 1 (24:00):
They've got guys waiting in the wings Jack Sawyer, Jack
Sawyer maybe, I mean, we'll see Jack Sawyer does a
lot of things there too. I mean there's a lot
of opportunities for both the inside and outside backers to
sort of transition into the new era. But Watt is
when he's on his game and he's healthy, that's the
big thing about Wat. He's just hasn't been right of
especially the last half year. Last year, Yeah, he didn't

(24:21):
look like rough. Yeah he didn't. I agree that. Micah Parsons.
He is the guy like Carolina of his face Dallas
a few times over the past few years, and it's
it's been ugly because Caroline has been down to the
dumpsit and the one guy you look at that just
a all man on tape, he's going to wreck the game.
It's Michael Parsons. Like you can, you can, you can
hold back down if you scheme it up right and

(24:42):
you got the right kind of defensive talent. He's not
easy to play against, but he's not the hardest. Lamb
does a lot of great things, but still relative to
one guy that can just ruin your afternoon, Parsons is
top five in the league. Yeah, he's top five in
the league.

Speaker 2 (24:57):
Absolutely absolutely one, without question, and there party about it.
He hasn't had the benefit of having another running mate
that takes some of the pressure off of them, right,
Like even with TJ Watt, when Alex Heidsmith really broke
free and broke out, It's like, man, how do we
slide towards TJ? When Alex Hodsmith is a ten fat guy,

(25:18):
the tin sat guy. Right, that's the that's the thing, right,
you see you see Cleveland doing it now, Right. They
went and got Michael Hall on the defensive defensive tackle
on the Ohio State last year round two this year
to get Mason Graham to pair with Miles Garrett. And
they have Alex Wright, who out of UA B it
was a six six sixty seven edge rusher himself. That
was a developmental prospect that I've heard that they're high on.

(25:40):
So they're trying to find that there was ancillary rushers
that makes the offensive line pay for sliding two to
three guys to Miles Garrett. Right, So that's that's the
thing for Dallas is all right, who's going like Marshawn
nieland who they drafted last year, Sam Williams from Old
from Old Miss the drafted two years ago. They need
that next guy to take that step because now when

(26:02):
you're able. For me, I always say this, I'm cool.
I'm fine with blitzing. That's it's all fun. I'd rather
have a four man rush. What Philadelphia did to Pat
Mahomes in the Super Bowl should be the blueprint for
every team in the league. Now rush with Ford, drop
everyone else back. If you can consistently get to the
quarterback with your front four, that makes you one of

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the most difficult defenses to play because you got you
literally have eight seven to eighty seven guys back in coverage,
and now your whole coverage is set and you only
have to rush forward when you start sending pressure. Hey,
these these talk two guys, they see it, and when
they can identify it, they're gonna get you. They're gonna
burn you. So you need to be able to get
to them with four and Dallas needs to go ahead,

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pay pay Micah and then figure out which one of
these young guys are gonna take that step for us
to be that that that secondary rusher and give them
some help.

Speaker 1 (26:54):
Great stuff from Damian Parson a Bleacher Report. Let's get
a plug in for all that's going on as we
get close to football season.

Speaker 2 (27:00):
Man. Oh, of course, of course, you know, of course
we're doing summer scouting right now. We just got started
this week with wide receivers for the twenty twenty six
NFL Draft. We talked about probably eighteen quarterbacks, some like
a couple of weeks ago, everything like that, So go
subscribe to that on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeartRadio, app

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all that type of stuff. I also have my own podcast,
The Scouting Room NFL podcast, and my guy Daniel Harms.
We just did an episode breaking down quinnyon Mitchell and
Lay to our two's Rookie Years rookie seasons from twenty
to twenty four, so go subscribe to that as well
as of course on YouTube. Go check out The Scouting
Room on YouTube. We've been doing film breakdowns. Didn't ready

(27:47):
to start doing some skip summer scouting breakdowns and some
of these prospects to watch as we get ready to
head into the college football season. And of course check
out all of my work. I'm doing NFL writing and
everything right now during the off season for bleacher Report
as well. Let's go check all that out on the
Bleacher Report at LL bleach Report dot com.

Speaker 1 (28:03):
Enjoy the last vestiges of your time off because it
will get busy.

Speaker 2 (28:06):
You know it.

Speaker 1 (28:07):
It's good, but we love it though. Damien Parson, Bleacher Report.
Here on Eagles Sideline Man, enjoy the rest of the summer.

Speaker 2 (28:13):
We'll catch you up, Bud yeah Sair anytime,