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[00:00:00] Speaker A: W v uafm tuscaloosa.
[00:00:13] Speaker B: Hello. You guys were listening to the students section NFL on WVUA 90.7, the Capstone. My name is Jalen Brooks. I'm your host for tonight. I'm here with my two co hosts, or three co hosts, actually. Tanner Thompson. How are you doing, Tanner?
[00:00:27] Speaker A: I'm doing great, man. Thank you for introducing me.
Just in case Connor decides to go this direction, if he talks about the current status of my sports teams, I just want to say before it all, no comment and that's it.
[00:00:44] Speaker B: No responses.
[00:00:45] Speaker A: That's all.
[00:00:46] Speaker B: Just going to move it on.
[00:00:47] Speaker C: All right.
[00:00:47] Speaker A: That's all I have to say.
[00:00:48] Speaker B: Well, Connor, I already kind of seen what you're about to say, so I'm.
[00:00:50] Speaker C: Actually doing quite swell, especially after last week's episode when Tanner started talking about after game two of the Atlanta Braves Philadelphia Phillies, he was like, oh, this is going to be our series. We're going to come back and do it. As some of you all might know, the Phillies came back and won that series three one. So I just want to say sorry, as a Braves fan, as a Panthers fan, I feel you. If you need a shoulder to cry on, I'm here. So I'm here for you, man.
[00:01:15] Speaker A: You better bring your fist way. Not even get within a foot of me trying to fist bump me, dude, that's crazy. He said before this show, he said, you know what, give me 30 seconds before we get into the show and I'm going to talk mess, I guess, is the word I would use about all of your sports teams.
[00:01:33] Speaker C: I wouldn't say talk mess. Just inform the listeners on what's going on with his teams.
[00:01:37] Speaker B: I will say for sure, for the past two weeks, for the listeners who don't know about this, in our group text, they have been going back and forth with the Braves and the Phillies in a group chat. And so this is just interesting to see how this is playing out. But back to back years for y'all just joining us, actually. Yeah, back to back years and same result.
[00:01:55] Speaker C: Yeah, same games.
[00:01:57] Speaker A: I will tell you what, I will retract everything I said.
I will retract everything I said and genuinely congratulate you if you guys win the World Series.
[00:02:07] Speaker C: Sounds good.
[00:02:08] Speaker A: If you don't win the World Series.
[00:02:10] Speaker C: Having a historic season like the Braves did in losing the first round, if.
[00:02:12] Speaker A: You don't win the World Series, then as far as I'm concerned, who cares? That's the rest I have to say.
[00:02:20] Speaker C: We'll shake on it right now.
[00:02:21] Speaker A: Yeah, sure. You win the World Series, I retract everything. I congratulate you. But if you do not, we're the 2023 Braves, we will have done exactly you're, the 2023 Phillies is what you are.
[00:02:32] Speaker B: I don't get it.
[00:02:33] Speaker A: Anyway, this is an NFL show for people.
[00:02:35] Speaker B: Remind me. This is an NFL show. But we just had to get that out of the way. Just a little back and forth, but evan, how are you doing?
[00:02:42] Speaker A: Just to get to you, all my.
[00:02:43] Speaker D: Classes got canceled today, so I'm feeling good.
[00:02:45] Speaker A: Nice, man.
[00:02:46] Speaker B: Oh, that's always high when it's get cancelled.
[00:02:48] Speaker A: Yeah, well, feels good to have a.
[00:02:50] Speaker C: Win this week, too, I guess, Evan. And next week, we will get to that.
[00:02:56] Speaker B: Now we're talking. Yeah. That's actually a great segue into our games, but let's start by reacting to the games that we saw this past week. Let's talk about the Eagles and the jets. I know we're both Eagles fans. We can definitely speak on that, but I'm going to let you take it away. What do you want to talk about most about that game and what was your biggest takeaway?
[00:03:13] Speaker A: Just kidding.
[00:03:14] Speaker C: I want to say Sean ASAI, you have my heart. You are a great defensive coordinator. You didn't have Jalen Carter. You didn't have Darius Slay. Sydney Brown got injured. Justin Evans got injured. Reed Blankenship got injured. Avante Maddox was out. The entire secondary was depleted.
[00:03:30] Speaker B: The free agent you just signed last week is out.
[00:03:32] Speaker C: Yeah. Bradley Roby out. And you still held the jets to this type of offensive game you had?
I can't even remember. It was an insane amount of pressure. It was, I think, ten pressures. Ten pressures. Six sacks? No, ten. Yeah, something like that. Zach Wilson was under duress the entire game. So it's just the defense played their butts off. And then you get to the offensive side of the ball. Lane Johnson got hurt. Jack Dreswell got abused. There's nothing else to say. Jalen Hurts didn't look sharp whatsoever. His decision making wasn't what it's usually. I know you look at the Stat LAN, he has three picks. Two of those picks were off batted balls. One was a Dallas got it screen that got deflected on contact. Corn Williams came with the pick. The second was Jack Driscoll got just absolutely manhandled by Jermaine Johnson. And as Jalen Hurts is throwing the ball, he gets hit in the elbow, which, I mean, still, I guess, better pocket awareness, but I would still say.
[00:04:24] Speaker A: You gotta can we talk about the third pick?
[00:04:26] Speaker C: Third pick was horrendous to watch.
[00:04:28] Speaker A: Yeah, third pick.
[00:04:30] Speaker C: Let's just play calling.
[00:04:34] Speaker B: I think it's definitely only just at that point of the game. We're talking about the very last play, right?
[00:04:38] Speaker A: No, I'm talking about the third. There's, like, a minute 45 left. You guys are up to you're on your side of the field, I believe, or maybe you're like, on the 50, something like that, but you're on your side of the field. Jalen hurts, throws a ball to AJ. Brown, I think just ran, like a stop route, something like that. It's pretty severely undercut. It's hard to tell on the screen how close the DB was before he threw it, but it does not look great from what we can see. And it was taken almost to the house, which led to the touchdown that eventually won the game.
[00:05:07] Speaker B: Touchdown that they let them score.
[00:05:08] Speaker C: So that was the only pick. I feel like that was actually all of Jalen Hurts'fault. He still didn't play a great game, don't get me wrong.
[00:05:15] Speaker B: But well, see, that's where I would kind of, like, argue. I know, I've seen it all along on Twitter. I'm not saying it was the best Jalen Hurts game, but I don't think it was to say he was terrible because you think that whole game, up until three quarter, I want to say it was just him on that offense. Like, just him making a play out of nothing, scrambling out of the pocket, getting the first down, getting the checkdown passes.
[00:05:34] Speaker C: Because I remember, I think it was like the first or second drive, jalen Hurts had a defender draped on him, stiff arming him, and still threw a shot to AJ. Brown on the sideline.
[00:05:42] Speaker B: And to me, he was doing that all game. And I just thought he was getting a little bit more of the blame than I would like to see. But to your point, he does deserve a little bit of that blame. But I didn't necessarily think it was that bad.
[00:05:54] Speaker A: Jalen Hurts is sitting at, what, seven touchdowns, seven picks this year? I know those three picks. Obviously, like you said, the two other picks, and obviously picks in general, it's tough to nail down before the fault goes just because of how complicated football is. But I mean, seven touchdowns, seven picks. He's what, it around, like 1500 yards? If I had to guess, I would.
[00:06:13] Speaker C: Say something like that.
[00:06:14] Speaker B: I believe I can double check that. But another thing that I just want to say, I think it was like earlier in the season, too, he had the same game where he threw a couple of picks. I don't think he threw as many, but you could just tell it's these wide receivers. And there seems to be an issue with the communication, especially on the like, I think Smitty and AJ. Brown was a prime example of like when AJ. Brown was running the shriek route and then he was trying to get he kind of stopped. Yeah, exactly. And if he hadn't stopped, that was a touchdown.
[00:06:40] Speaker C: Yeah, it was a touchdown. Devontae Smith had two crucial drops, which were crazy.
[00:06:44] Speaker B: And especially in clutch time, crunch time.
[00:06:46] Speaker C: Something that doesn't happen.
[00:06:49] Speaker B: And then, like you mentioned earlier, we had Dallas just doing that fumble or interception, whatever you want to call it, just another time where it's just been like he has had some weird he's called Hurt some weird interceptions in his career. Just like last year, he had that kickball interception. So I don't necessarily want to say this was on Hurts, but more so.
[00:07:07] Speaker C: Just like on the whole offense.
[00:07:09] Speaker B: Yeah, just the whole offense.
[00:07:10] Speaker C: Brian Johnson doesn't really run the ball. I feel like I'm getting the same vibe as the first few games when Nick Siriano was a play caller. It was a lot of just basic concepts with no running the ball. Because DeAndre Swift, he should get the ball. You should hand him the ball. Because anytime you do hand him the ball, I saw a stat. I think if the running back gets over 15 carries in the game, I think the Eagles are like, I want to say, 15 and 215 and one.
[00:07:38] Speaker A: If the running back one gets 15 carries in a game.
[00:07:40] Speaker C: Yeah, 15 or more. And if it gets less than 15, they're one and three. And this is one of those games where they lost.
[00:07:46] Speaker A: That makes sense. That could be from playing from behind, though. No, because naturally you're not going to be running the ball as much as the game goes on if you are playing from behind. That being said, I haven't watched Eagles games by minute this year, so I could be wrong in that assumption that there has been a part of playing behind. That's probably more up to you guys. But that is a potential.
[00:08:10] Speaker B: They started off running the ball pretty well, and then they kind of went away from it in last night's game, in my opinion. Especially against the jets defense, where, if I'm not wrong, they're not a very good run defense.
[00:08:19] Speaker C: They're a good run defense.
[00:08:20] Speaker A: They have a very good defensive line, in my opinion.
[00:08:23] Speaker B: Okay, maybe I'm mis, but it's mainly.
[00:08:25] Speaker A: Shout out Quinn and Williams, one of the best tackles in football.
[00:08:28] Speaker B: Great runs.
[00:08:28] Speaker C: Yeah. But so, like the Eagles, we lost a lead with about a minute left in the game, right? With that touchdown, Jalen Hurts threw the ball 45 times, and the leading rusher was DeAndre Swift with ten carries. Then Jalen hurts with eight and then Kenneth gain one. Boss got with both the two. So we were still up the entire game, but we didn't run the ball whatsoever.
[00:08:46] Speaker A: Yeah, with jalen hurts, man. I mean, don't get me wrong, he has vastly improved as a passer throughout his whole career, but I don't think she'd ever be throwing the ball 45 times, especially not in this offense. Yeah, exactly.
[00:08:58] Speaker C: With the O line we have in the running backs.
[00:09:00] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:09:00] Speaker A: What made Steiken so great was the combination of running the ball, play action, and those deep shots and the motion he had. Pre snap defense just never knew what was going to come. And what's great about it was that if they were running the ball, then you have to deal with the best offensive line, the best running offensive line in the league. And if they were not running the ball and it's a play action, then you got to go get back and defend AJ. Brown and Devante Smith.
[00:09:27] Speaker C: Who.
[00:09:27] Speaker A: AJ. Brown is elite in one on one.
[00:09:30] Speaker B: Going down the four straight games for the new Eagles franchise record with four straight games of 125 yards. Over 125 yards.
[00:09:36] Speaker A: Yeah, that makes sense.
[00:09:37] Speaker B: Yeah. But that's also, like, I read a quote, or maybe Connor, you know a little bit about this. Like Donovan McNabb, he was interviewed on the radio show.
[00:09:43] Speaker C: Oh, yeah.
[00:09:43] Speaker B: And he was saying this is what happens when you start going from because remember we saw that AJ. Brown freak out or not a freak out, but just like the conversation.
[00:09:53] Speaker C: Yeah.
[00:09:53] Speaker B: Him not being happy on the sideline. And he was kind of saying in that quote, I'm paraphrasing here, that basically this is what happens when you start focusing on one player instead of the whole offense. And now that the Eagles are trying to feed one game, they were feeling Dallas pretty much the whole game. I want to say not recently, because it's been a while for Dallas. He doesn't get a lot of touches, but when he does, it's noticeable.
[00:10:16] Speaker A: Tell you what went into the Super Bowl, dallas Goddard was unbelievable.
[00:10:18] Speaker B: Oh, yeah. I've been trying to tell people that he's a top five tight end for a while, and then I think a.
[00:10:24] Speaker A: Lot of people I'd have to think about that unfair.
[00:10:27] Speaker B: I mean, Darren Wallace out of my top five.
[00:10:29] Speaker C: Yeah, Darren Wallace is no longer in the top five for me just because he can't play. I mean, what can't stay healthy?
[00:10:34] Speaker A: He can't play.
[00:10:34] Speaker C: Okay, I'm not going to say he.
[00:10:35] Speaker A: Can'T play, like astute analysis.
[00:10:37] Speaker C: Of course he can play, but he just can't stay on the field with injuries.
[00:10:40] Speaker A: That's fair.
[00:10:40] Speaker B: That's probably like, what? Mark Andrews, TJ. Hawkinson. Not going in order. Mark Andrews, TJ. Hawkinson. George Kittle.
[00:10:46] Speaker C: Travis. Travis Kelsey.
[00:10:46] Speaker B: Travis Kelsey.
[00:10:47] Speaker C: Obviously, I would probably take Dallas over TJ.
[00:10:51] Speaker B: Yeah. I mean, I wouldn't well, this thing.
[00:10:54] Speaker C: About that as a pass catcher, I don't know about blocker.
[00:10:56] Speaker A: I think they're some dude.
[00:10:58] Speaker B: TJ.
[00:10:59] Speaker A: Is a pretty good pass catcher.
[00:11:00] Speaker B: TJ.
[00:11:00] Speaker C: Is a great pass catcher.
[00:11:01] Speaker A: But I think I think if Dallas gotter had continued a little bit what he had done in the Super Bowl, then you have an argument there. But I really haven't seen but that's the thing.
[00:11:08] Speaker B: It's because that level it's because we can't argue that fairly because it's a big difference in targets.
[00:11:15] Speaker C: Oh, very big.
[00:11:15] Speaker B: TJ. Hockinson besides Jefferson's.
[00:11:17] Speaker C: Jefferson.
[00:11:18] Speaker B: I don't know if he leads the team in targets, but he's definitely up.
[00:11:20] Speaker A: Right, but I think it should help his argument, though. He is getting the ball and he is know, to a certain point, you have to look at numbers. If he is getting more receiving yards and he's getting more catches, then to a certain extent, you got to say that he's a better pass catcher as a tight end.
[00:11:33] Speaker B: But what if you have to your credit, they do have Justin Jefferson, so.
[00:11:37] Speaker A: I can't really argue.
[00:11:39] Speaker C: But with that argument, you say you have Justin Jefferson, but who's their wide receiver, too? The Eagles. You have AJ. Brown and Devontae Smith.
[00:11:44] Speaker A: Jordan's pretty good.
[00:11:45] Speaker C: Jordan addison's pretty good. But he's not Devante Smith.
[00:11:47] Speaker A: He's not. But he's still solid wide receiver.
[00:11:49] Speaker C: He is. Alexander Madison. He's not cool. DeAndre Swift, he's been a good wide.
[00:11:52] Speaker A: Receiver, too, for him.
[00:11:53] Speaker B: Yeah, he really has. I think Jordan he's like a mini Devante for me.
[00:11:59] Speaker A: Jordan Addison, that's not unfair in terms of just like they're very nuanced receiver. Not exactly game breaking speed, but they know how to get open.
[00:12:07] Speaker B: Yeah, I would agree, but yeah, I mean, not to get all the way down that rabbit hole. Yeah. But I just think just going back to the Eagles and jets games just really quickly, you had mentioned about the struggles about Nick Sirianni just in terms of play calling. You've been questioning, I mean, how good of a coach is it like, this is where we find out.
[00:12:22] Speaker A: Right.
[00:12:23] Speaker B: And I think this is about the time where I think, in my opinion, the Eagles should do the opposite of what the Panthers did. I know the know frank Reich.
[00:12:31] Speaker C: Let's just bring it back to the Owens only team with no one.
[00:12:34] Speaker A: That's awesome.
[00:12:35] Speaker B: I'm going with it in this direction. You guys just had Frank Reich step down from calling plays. And to your offensive coordinator, I think it's about time that we say, Nick Sariani. All right. I think you should be calling the plays again.
[00:12:47] Speaker A: Really?
[00:12:47] Speaker B: That's what I'm thinking. I think he's got to take over with play calling.
[00:12:50] Speaker C: Okay.
[00:12:50] Speaker A: I've seen Nick Sirianni struggle with play calling.
[00:12:52] Speaker B: Exactly. But if he wants to take that next step, which I believe Nick Sirianni could do, I just think because Shane Stichton was the better and he was someone who was good enough to be like, okay, this guy's better at play calling than me, you take that job. I think this is the terms we'd be like, I think I could do be a better play caller because I still think Brian Johnson needs more time, the Eagles offensive coordinator. But if I'm sirianni, I would like to start looking at him playing calling plays again.
[00:13:17] Speaker C: So before we say anything, I just want to bring you the fact that how funny Jalen brought up the subject of saying, let's do the opposite of what the Panthers are doing. Yeah, I just think that's pretty funny.
[00:13:25] Speaker B: But I meant it a good way.
[00:13:29] Speaker A: There's a lot of things you could.
[00:13:30] Speaker C: Do opposite of the Panthers, like win. You could win instead of lose, or.
[00:13:34] Speaker A: You could do something you think you are. I don't know how to describe it, but I'm glad that your teams are good at sports because I don't know what else you would have if they like because clearly, every time there's a dialogue between me and you, it's about the Phillies, it's about the Eagles, and it has to be about that. I'm so glad that these teams are good for you because I don't know what you would have.
[00:14:01] Speaker B: I don't know.
[00:14:02] Speaker A: How we would conversate if your teams.
[00:14:04] Speaker C: Weren'T my teams were really bad for a decent part of my life. You had the process with the sixers Phillies ever since 2009 or 2011. They've just been terrible. The Eagles had a stretch where it.
[00:14:16] Speaker B: Was just kelly, we don't even what.
[00:14:17] Speaker A: Are we doing, Kelly?
[00:14:18] Speaker C: So it's like, I know what suffering feels like.
[00:14:20] Speaker A: Right.
[00:14:21] Speaker C: And now that we're past it now.
[00:14:24] Speaker A: You want to go down again?
[00:14:26] Speaker C: Yes. I want to just look at all the lesser franchise and just be like.
[00:14:29] Speaker A: Wow, that's where we want to push down. That's awesome. You learned nothing from the struggle. You missed the whole point.
[00:14:35] Speaker B: But, hey, I think it's all about enjoying what you have while you have it. And that's exactly what we're doing.
[00:14:40] Speaker C: Exactly.
[00:14:40] Speaker A: I have Bryce Young and you don't.
Wvuafm Tuscaloosa.
Welcome back once again to the student section. Thank you again for listening to 90.7 the Capstone. My name is Tanner. I know I am not normally the host, but I just kind of I asked Jalen for a favor to see if I could intro this part of the show and because I kind of wanted to lead know if you were listening, connor was talking a little bit of mess to me about my sports team. So, Connor, I just have one question.
[00:15:26] Speaker C: Yes.
[00:15:26] Speaker A: Could you pronounce the word aneurysm for me?
[00:15:29] Speaker C: Unlike last week, I can aneurysm.
[00:15:31] Speaker A: Well done.
I have one more challenge. Can you say the whole phrase, I was having a brain aneurysm? You don't have to maybe too much. Maybe too much last week. But if you can, feel free to take the challenge.
[00:15:43] Speaker C: Last week. I did have a hard time saying this, but I in fact, did have a brain aneurysm.
[00:15:48] Speaker A: There you go. Well done, my friend.
[00:15:51] Speaker B: He did it.
[00:15:52] Speaker A: Everyone, I hope if you're listening, you should recognize how momentous look at me.
[00:15:58] Speaker C: Wait.
[00:16:01] Speaker A: How momentous of an achievement that was for Connor Rolls. Congratulations.
[00:16:05] Speaker C: Thank you.
[00:16:06] Speaker A: A lot of big words in that sentence. I'm surprised he got through it, but he's improving every day.
[00:16:10] Speaker C: Thank you.
[00:16:11] Speaker A: Anyway, speaking of momentum, continue with the show.
[00:16:13] Speaker B: Speaking of momentous momentum oh, God. See? Look at you.
[00:16:16] Speaker A: Nobody can get it.
[00:16:17] Speaker B: Oh, my God. Speaking of achievements, how about the Browns this past weekend, beating the number one team, arguably, in the NFC, the 49 Ers? That was a great matchup.
I think most of us would probably take the 49 Ers going into that one.
[00:16:30] Speaker A: Absolutely.
[00:16:30] Speaker B: Especially with the Browns not having Deshaun Watson.
[00:16:33] Speaker C: I mean. Or Nick chubb.
[00:16:34] Speaker B: Yeah Ornick chubb.
[00:16:37] Speaker C: Hey. Shout out.
[00:16:37] Speaker B: PJ.
[00:16:37] Speaker A: Walker, man.
[00:16:38] Speaker B: PJ. Walker.
[00:16:39] Speaker D: XFL legend.
[00:16:40] Speaker B: His legacy continues. I mean, like, hit that game winning. Well, not game winning, but one of.
[00:16:44] Speaker A: The best throws in Panthers history should have been game winning if DJ Moore hadn't thrown his helmet into the stands.
[00:16:50] Speaker B: But, hey, it was a cool moment.
[00:16:51] Speaker A: While that's football man. Yeah, that's being a Panthers fan.
[00:16:54] Speaker C: But look, hey, you had to say it, not me.
[00:16:57] Speaker B: Connor.
[00:16:58] Speaker A: Let's just let Joe in.
[00:17:00] Speaker B: But the redemption story continues as the Browns get the win over the 49.
[00:17:04] Speaker A: Ers.
[00:17:04] Speaker B: I just want to know what's your guys'biggest takeaway from that game. And yeah, where does this team go, especially? What's with this Watson situation? I mean, he's not playing. There's reports that he's injured. He said he's going to practice this week, but we'll see what happens. But there's a whole lot to do with this game.
[00:17:19] Speaker D: I think my biggest takeaway is I don't think it makes Christian McCaffrey more likely to win MVP, but I think it solidifies him as their most valuable player. They can't succeed without Christian McCaffrey or just their playmakers helping out Brock Purdy in that offense as much as they can.
[00:17:39] Speaker A: Right. I think that does make sense. I do think Christian McCaffrey is incredibly valuable to them.
I kind of mentioned this earlier off air, but the Browns defensive line is very good. The defense overall is a very talented defense. And I think with the amount that I believe it was, dalvin Tomlinson was one of the Browns interior defensive line guys. He was tearing up the Niners offensive line all day. The Niners have Trent Williams, who is by far the best offensive lineman in the league. I would say no one.
I think he's by far may just say better. I think he's better than Lane Johnson. Somewhat confidently, I understand you guys may not agree with that for God knows why.
[00:18:31] Speaker B: The only knock you can really for me that you could take away from him is just that you don't want to mess with Trent Williams. Whereas I feel like I could just come up the Lane Johnson be like, what's up?
[00:18:41] Speaker C: Lane Johnson hasn't given up a sex since 2020. That's the only and I'm saying, okay, maybe Lane Johnson might be yeah, I get a little bit better.
[00:18:48] Speaker A: Lane Johnson is incredible.
[00:18:50] Speaker C: Oh, yeah, they're both incredible.
[00:18:51] Speaker B: Lane Johnson's a little bit more injury prone, though. That's the only thing.
[00:18:54] Speaker C: Trent Williams has been pretty injury prone, too. I'll have to go, not as much as Lane, but the only thing. I would still probably give it to Trent just because of the run blocking as well.
[00:19:02] Speaker A: He's an incredible run blocker, and he's also used well in that mean also what he did to Micah Parsons the whole game. He just completely took Micah every time Micah Parsons lined up over Trent Williams, he was a non factor. And Micah Parsons is one of the best edge defenders in this league. Right.
You know, obviously we talk about the two way street, I guess, between offensive tackles and edge defenders. They're generally the best players at their respective positions, in their position groups, if that makes sense. Tackles are generally the best offensive linemen, and edge defenders are generally seen as the best on the defensive line and Drew Shrey in the front. But so when you have a guy that we know is as talented as Micah Parsons, who can do it all from any position, for Trent Williams to just completely shut him down, I mean, borderline embarrassed him all game, I think that's what has to put Williams as the best.
[00:19:58] Speaker C: We say that, but Miles Garrett kind of embarrassed Trent Williams this game. He had, like, six or seven pressures off of him.
[00:20:05] Speaker A: Right, and that's fair. But even then, Trent Williams was I have to assume that he didn't get injured. I didn't watch the full game. But he did have an injury.
[00:20:13] Speaker C: He did have an injury. I think he left the game after it, though.
[00:20:15] Speaker A: So he had the injury and he.
[00:20:16] Speaker C: Directly left after, I think. So I could be wrong, but we'd.
[00:20:20] Speaker A: Have to go back and to make sure. But again, that's kind of why I preface with everybody gets exposed in this league. It's the NFL for sure.
But anyway, I kind of got off on the tangent. This is about the 49 ers, not necessarily Trent Williams, but yeah, the interior line is not very good. Dalvin Thompson is a solid defensive tackle. I would say good. But there are better players in this league, namely on the Eagles. And if they want to get out of the NFC, then that is a priority that they need to address very quickly, because Jalen Carter is a very good defensive lineman, and he will I mean, there's a chance he could single handedly change that game for both teams if they do not prepare well enough.
[00:21:02] Speaker C: So my biggest takeaway, don't draft a kicker in the third.
I mean, brutal. You can say whatever you want. I mean, they lost CMC. They lost Debo Samuel, lost Trent Williams. Yeah, I mean, Brock Purdy didn't look great without all of his All Pros on the field. So, I mean, I feel like you should look at Brock Purdy and be like, okay, maybe he's not the best quarterback we've seen in the Kyle Shanahan offense, but you still can't knock him because he didn't have Debo or CMC. The defense looked good.
Okay, maybe you could knock them because they didn't have Deshaun Watson. They had PJ. Walker at quarterback, kind of moving the ball well against them. But Brock Purdy, last drive of the game, they brought him down the field. Jake Moody, it should have been easy. It was centered up. What was it, like, 42 42? And he just shanks it.
[00:21:49] Speaker A: Brutal.
[00:21:51] Speaker C: There's a lot of kickers that go undrafted who can easily make that kick.
[00:21:54] Speaker B: Yeah, and the same goes for, like there's the point you just made. You look at the patriots. The Patriots just spent, like, what, a fourth round draft pick? And he's been not off to a hot start, and they just let Nick Folk, the kicker for the former Patriots, go to the Titans, who's been killing it. For a long so I think you make a great points. With all these kickers being drafted really high and early, it seems like very a lot of risk going into it.
[00:22:15] Speaker C: But hopefully they should have spent some more on that interior offensive line.
[00:22:19] Speaker B: Yeah, you would think. And then also, speaking of the O line, I want to talk about the Browns O line. How big I think you pronounce it Dawan Jens.
[00:22:27] Speaker A: Dawan Jens, yeah, he's freak six, 8350, something like that, 370 maybe.
[00:22:32] Speaker B: He's been huge for the Browns, if you ask me. And I just think that just goes to what they're where do you guys rank Kevin Stefanski as a coach? Because he's got an interesting I don't think he's in the top tier of coaches. I don't think necessarily he's in the bad tier either. But it's just like you look at some of the time management and some of the calls, he like, I don't know.
[00:22:52] Speaker A: I think if I were to this may be a weird way to rank him, but it just kind of makes sense in my head. If I were to compare him to an NFL quarterback in terms of their standing with the rest of their peers and their performance, I would say he would be like Dak Prescott for me in the sense of that. We know he has been good. He has put together a good team a few times.
The numbers can back it, but at the same time, it feels like when it comes down to it, he's not that great. And also the team, when it comes down to it, I think when you're evaluating a head coach, you have to evaluate the entire team's performance. And there are moments with Kevin Stefanski where when it comes down to it, the Browns just don't seem like they're ready for the moment. And obviously they took care of it this game, and you got to give him props for what he did to the 49 ers, but at the same time, we've still seen a lot of problems from him, so I wouldn't be completely sold on making him a high know coach, like you said. But yeah, I think he's somewhere in that middle tier, kind of like, again, like I said, Dak Prescott. But yeah.
[00:23:59] Speaker B: All right. Let me ask you this. What about the Watson? They paid him that max contract. He hasn't been playing. There's some reports that the locker room is getting a little anxious with him not being out there. I just want to know your take because we're getting some a lot of back and forth misinformation, it seems like, from the Cleveland side of things. Like he's injured all of a sudden. But no, he's good to play. He's going to play this week. And a lot of speculation is he's really not going to practice this week, play this week. So you spent all that money on your quarterback. How nervous are. You right now, if you're a Browns fan or a member of the Browns.
[00:24:31] Speaker C: Organization, I would be pretty worried.
You trade all these draft capital away and all this stuff to the Houston's Texans just to get who have been cedar Strat has been probably the best quarterback from this draft class, probably going.
[00:24:46] Speaker B: To be the favorite for offensive rookie of the year.
[00:24:48] Speaker C: Yeah. You trade all the draft capital away, you give Deshaun Watson this monster contract, he comes back last season, he plays terrible. And I mean, I guess you can accept that he's been away from football for what, a year, year and a half. So it's okay. Maybe let's get him back next season. Let's see what they do. He still came out and has not looked great at all. I would still probably say I don't say bottom tier quarterback just because we know what he's done on the field, but if you look at his side of work only with the Cleveland Browns, I don't think I would take probably 25 quarterbacks over him.
[00:25:22] Speaker A: Yeah. As of right now, I think he's got to be a low end quarterback.
I know there's a lot of talk about how he was still nursing an injury, potentially something with his shoulder and that was why he couldn't necessarily drive the ball or something like that. But I gotta say it would be a very Browns thing for them to give a man such as Deshaun Watson all of this money and for it to still not work out. From a gameplay perspective, seems like the.
[00:25:50] Speaker B: Browns will always be the Browns and the jets will always be the jets.
[00:25:53] Speaker A: Just the way it seems like it is tough to escape that. It's a tough break teams.
[00:25:59] Speaker B: But also I just wanted to talk about just before we move on, just like you guys have mentioned, brock Purdy on the side of the 49 ers, where do you rank them towards? Like you just said, Dak Prescott and Deshaun Watson, mid to low end. Yeah. So where's Brock Purdy in that standing after what you just saw after that game?
[00:26:16] Speaker C: So after this game, I would probably consider Brock Purdy would be, I would say 15 to eleven range around that area. He's shown flashes where he can be a serviceable quarterback in the league. He has all pro positions, wide receivers, running back, left tackle, great defense. So they're going to win games.
[00:26:38] Speaker B: Basically everything that was said about Jalen.
[00:26:39] Speaker C: Hurts last year, but Jalen Hurts is getting crucified for it and Brock Purdy is like getting praised.
[00:26:47] Speaker A: Jalen Hurts was still able to make play that offense with the Eagles. I don't think it was as dependent on the players. I think Jalen Hurts still had to hit those deep shots, which were a big part of it. He still had to be good in the quarterback design runs, which is a big part of it. So I would say it's a different situation. Please continue.
[00:27:05] Speaker C: But I would actually thinking about it now because I've realized how many plays it is, I would probably consider him 15 to 18. Just because you look at all the big plays they have, it's a screen to Christian McCaffrey. It's a wide receiver screen or like little crossing route to Debo Samuel after a rollout. It's tight end design play.
It's nothing that shows off his arm talent. It's more you get your players, the ball and a little bit of blocking and let them go to work.
[00:27:32] Speaker A: Right.
[00:27:32] Speaker C: So I would call him an average mediocre quarterback.
[00:27:37] Speaker B: Okay. I can see and I've lived with.
[00:27:38] Speaker D: That, evan, I think mediocre quarterback is sometimes all you need.
Last year, the 49 Ers were on a good run before he came in. But after that, they just became the best team in football until he got injured in the playoffs. And obviously some of that has to do. I think Christian McCaffrey came in maybe a week or two after he got activated. But I think Brock Purdy is a good quarterback. I would want him on my team. He seems like, I don't know, obviously there's the Tom Brady comparisons. He isn't the talent of Tom Brady. But I'm biased. I just like him a lot. I think he's a top 13 quarterback for sure.
[00:28:21] Speaker B: Okay. I think it's a fair assessment. So let me ask you guys this before we move on to the next topic. Eagles, 49 Ers, are they still your favorites?
Wow. Are these are your favorite contenders in the NFC?
[00:28:35] Speaker C: So considering any options available, considering the injuries right now with the Eagles in the whole secondary, if we don't make moves, if Brian Johnson is to figure it out, I would probably say the Lions would surpass us.
[00:28:48] Speaker B: Yeah, okay.
[00:28:49] Speaker C: I would say 49 Ers, the Lions, if we can't get healthy.
[00:28:53] Speaker A: Yeah. I think something honestly, the thing that really worries me most about the Eagles that it seems like there is something fundamental to the team that's wrong again, which mainly you would think is offensive design and play calling. And so that worries me more than the, you know, had a bad matchup. Some players went down, brock Purdy couldn't. It had to fall on Brock Purdy's shoulders. And that's not necessarily the caliber of quarterback that I think Brock Purdy is. So I think that's why I would not have the Eagles in my top two. I will say the Lions, I think everybody on that team has proved who they are. I think they play a very sustainable, successful version of football with how good their run game is. And I don't know, man, they know how to use everybody on that team in the best way possible. Obviously, I don't think Jamir Gibbs, there's still a conversation around him in terms of his usage and what all he is contributing to that team could be more. But obviously, again, after taking him at twelve. That's somewhat irrelevant, but I think I would kind of agree with I still think the Niners are legit. I think they had to lose a game here. Honestly, it's probably better for this team that they lost to this game right here.
[00:30:10] Speaker B: I think you can make the case for both sides.
[00:30:11] Speaker C: Yeah, I would say for both, probably.
[00:30:12] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:30:13] Speaker B: Because I think this also, not only to your point, I think there's something wrong with the offense and especially some parts of the defense, especially the secondary. So I think that, like they said after the game, that they all had a players only meeting the offense and I think defense, too.
[00:30:29] Speaker A: I don't know if you're talking about the Eagles.
[00:30:31] Speaker B: Yeah, the Eagles. And they pretty much had a players only meeting, was like, hey, we need to fix this right now. And also, you're hearing more and more rumor reports coming into the Eagles side of things that they're looking around like Justin Simmons and Jeremy Chin. I know you've probably seen some of.
[00:30:43] Speaker A: Those rumors being rumors of Jeremy Chin on the trade block, which would be really good for you guys.
[00:30:48] Speaker B: We wanted to draft him.
[00:30:49] Speaker A: Jeremy Chin's a great player. He really is.
[00:30:51] Speaker B: We originally wanted to draft him, but you guys swiped him right before us. But hopefully that can come full circle. But just to go back to your points of the lines, this is a team that we've kind of seen them not even have be at full strength. Jameson Williams is just now getting back into that lineup.
[00:31:07] Speaker C: That was a crazy adjustment, I will say.
[00:31:10] Speaker B: And then Chauncey Gardner Johnson still out for the season, apparently, but I feel like there could be a chance he could come back early. Didn't JJ. Watt tear his peck and then was supposedly out for the season, then came back?
[00:31:21] Speaker A: Yeah, something like that. And JJ. Watt is a freak, but he also played interior defensive line, so you know what I mean? If you're tearing your peck, I would think it would be harder to come back as a defensive lineman than as a safety.
[00:31:34] Speaker B: We'll see what happens on that side, but I think both of these teams still have a lot of room to grow.
And I think even though the Eagles were five and you could just tell that this team was not the same.
[00:31:48] Speaker A: Team from last year, without a doubt.
[00:31:50] Speaker B: And I think that that finally just put everyone on notice, especially from the whole coaching staff to Howie making trades.
[00:31:57] Speaker C: We saw that today with Julio Jones signing with the Eagles.
[00:31:59] Speaker B: Yeah, I totally forgot about that. Big signing, difference maker, low key signing, huge difference maker.
[00:32:04] Speaker C: 30. No, I'm joking.
[00:32:05] Speaker B: I don't think he's going to be a pass catcher. I think he's just going to be a blocker.
[00:32:09] Speaker C: I think he's going to be in there for red zone and possession.
[00:32:11] Speaker A: Just possession, downs, big threat, probably.
[00:32:13] Speaker B: I would like to see him play safety for us. You know, he could hawk down a.
[00:32:17] Speaker A: Person and that'd be awesome, man, have you ever seen those to see Julio do that? Yeah, have you ever seen those compilations of him just tackle? He has a whole highlight reel from Matt Ryan interceptions of him making really good plays in the open field on guys who have the ball.
[00:32:37] Speaker B: But, yeah, I just thought that was funny. So at this time, we're going to head to break, and when we come back, we're going to talk about our last game, the Bills versus Giants. If we have time, we'll see how you guys are feeling on that. But for right now, you guys are listening to the student section, student section NFL, to be more specific, on WVUA 90.7, the Capstone. And we are back with our third and final break. And we're going to just talk about, just briefly the Bills and Giants game. Just is there any takeaways you guys want to talk about or do we just want to acknowledge Josh Allen being Josh Allen?
[00:33:26] Speaker C: Yeah, I think it's really just Josh Allen being Josh Allen narrative and the giants being the giants. There's really nothing else we can talk about.
[00:33:33] Speaker A: I mean, man, it's worth talking about that last play. That throw is the Giants last play on.
[00:33:41] Speaker B: Well, I thought you were talking about the josh Allen could have been a good pick.
[00:33:46] Speaker A: I'm saying that last play, the penalty.
[00:33:48] Speaker C: Or what should have been.
[00:33:49] Speaker A: Yeah, the potential DPI. I mean, don't get me wrong. Obviously it would suck, as it sucks for the game, for the refs to call back to back DPIs, because I believe there was a DPI before that also on the goal line.
Actually, that got them to the goal line. Excuse me, but I mean, man, if they make that call, I don't think I wouldn't be mad at that call.
[00:34:10] Speaker C: No, I feel like if something happens like that, you got to make the call.
[00:34:13] Speaker A: Yeah, exactly.
[00:34:14] Speaker C: Do you all remember the what was it, Chiefs Raiders game a few years ago where it was just like four DPIs back to back to back and the Raiders ended up winning it?
[00:34:21] Speaker B: Oh, I do remember that.
[00:34:22] Speaker A: Yeah, I think so.
[00:34:23] Speaker C: I feel like if you make that bad of a play, you got to be penalized for it. You can't just be like, oh, I mean, it happened before, so we should just let it slide because it's after the game.
[00:34:32] Speaker A: Do you think the whole narrative of how they all say all because here's, on the one hand, I would bet a lot of money that Bills fans see that after. And even not even just Bills fans, but a good portion of NFL fans see that, and they're like, oh, you got to let them play in that scenario. Because that has happened, what feels like a million times in the past, in the recent memory of the NFL. There's a small pi that they call, and then everyone says, oh, no, you got to let him play. In that scenario, there's a difference between.
[00:34:58] Speaker D: A small pi with just some hand fighting where one person comes up with the ball or they both touch it. But this guy, he didn't even look back. Taryn Johnson just had a handful of jersey draped all over Darren Waller, and all he could do was make his glove magnetize the ball.
[00:35:15] Speaker B: That's fair.
[00:35:15] Speaker A: I mean, I think you make it sound a little bit more heinous than it was. He tugs his jersey, but I think he tugs his jersey, but at the end of the day, he gets both hands up. And don't get me wrong, his left.
[00:35:29] Speaker D: Arm, I'm pretty sure, was, like, wrapped around his jersey, so he couldn't get that one all the way up. His right arm was, like, the only one that he could actually extend right.
[00:35:39] Speaker A: And that's fair. But I don't know. I think the Giants walked away from obviously, Darren Waller sat there for a second and kind of put his hands up like you're looking for a foul. But I think the Giants walk away from that pretty quickly for a.
[00:35:54] Speaker C: It'S.
[00:35:56] Speaker A: Obviously, it definitely shakes who the Bills are because we know the Giants are a very bad you know, we know what Josh Allen's tendencies are as a player, which, again, they're a confusing team, man, because they handled the Dolphins, who we know are a really good team. And then they come out and lose.
[00:36:13] Speaker C: The Jags, and they have a terrible outing to get the and that's I.
[00:36:16] Speaker A: Think it's probably just a testament to the NFL. And know, no matter what we think, every team stands a chance, as clearly we've seen know, niners Browns and Jets Eagles. But, yeah, I think another thing just.
[00:36:30] Speaker B: Before we move on and preview some of these games is just I don't know if you guys saw that little ending to that game about Sean McDermott and Brian Dable shaking hands.
[00:36:38] Speaker A: I did not see it.
[00:36:39] Speaker C: I did not see it. No.
[00:36:40] Speaker B: Interesting. Like, if you guys look at that clip, if you have time to see it, just pretty much they went to go shake hands and remember, Brian Dabel used to be under the Sean McDermott coaching tree, but they didn't even acknowledge each other. They literally just did a simple just touch hands and then completely looked other way. Sean McDermott never looked at Brian Dabel. It seemed like didn't even give him a chance of I just I don't know if it's anything, but I definitely thought for someone who you coached under and learned got, like, a lot of your you seemed like a mentor, kind of.
[00:37:10] Speaker A: Right.
[00:37:11] Speaker B: Just seems like it's a weird embrace for after the game.
[00:37:13] Speaker C: Yeah, it could be, but it could also be like, hey, we just lost a really tough game. Let's just get out of here. Yeah, that's what I would have picked.
[00:37:22] Speaker A: I can understand from McDermot's perspective, but no, they won.
[00:37:24] Speaker B: But McDermott was the one that walked away.
[00:37:28] Speaker A: McDermott was the one who didn't really?
[00:37:30] Speaker B: Yeah. Yeah. That's interesting. That's why I find it yeah.
[00:37:32] Speaker A: I don't have to I guess I'd just have to I would have to look at it.
[00:37:36] Speaker C: But from what I'm hearing, it's like it's whatever.
[00:37:38] Speaker B: Yeah. I'm not saying it's a big news story, but I just thought it was something to pay attention to. But also something to pay attention to is we got the Eagles versus Dolphins this week. Evan, how about that? Evan, you're going to have a lot to say about this, as sure as Connor is too. But let me just say the Dolphins are the number one in total offense in the NFL, along with number one rushing offense and the number one scoring offense in the NFL, going up against the number two total offense in the NFL, the number two rushing offense and the number five scoring offense. So we got quite a matchup I want to hear, Evan, you're the Dolphins fan. Give me your perspective.
[00:38:10] Speaker A: And what, I should just leave honestly.
[00:38:11] Speaker D: At this point by a third party, though?
[00:38:15] Speaker B: Yeah, that's true. We do need, like, a judge.
[00:38:17] Speaker D: Okay. So my biggest concern for the game is we know the Eagles are a very two sided team. They have a great defense and they have a great offense. The Dolphins offensive line has been okay. They've been suitable, but how are they going to stand up to Jalen Carter?
What's his name?
[00:38:35] Speaker A: Jordan Davis?
[00:38:36] Speaker C: Fletcher Cox? Hassan Reddick? Derek Barnett. Exactly.
[00:38:40] Speaker A: He was acknowledging the ability of your defensive line. I just had to went and did that.
Sure.
[00:38:49] Speaker D: But I just don't know how our defense, who has struggled against bad teams, we let the Panthers get 14 quick points last week.
[00:39:03] Speaker A: They sure did.
[00:39:04] Speaker C: No hate. No hate Tanner.
[00:39:05] Speaker A: But Tanner is on a great team.
[00:39:08] Speaker D: Tanner's highlighted the good 45, I think. So I don't know how our defense is going to hold up, I don't know how our offensive line is going to hold up, but I think it is going to be a pretty good high scoring game.
[00:39:20] Speaker C: Most definitely. I think it's going to be a high scoring game.
Personally, I'm kind of terrified. I know y'all's defense is it's not the greatest, I know, but I know that offense is insane. I just know Tyreek Hill. Jalen waddle that speed. It's going to be very hard to contain, especially with the injuries we have going on on the defense side of the ball. Hopefully Darius Slay is back.
[00:39:42] Speaker D: Hopefully not.
[00:39:44] Speaker C: I mean, we don't really have a safety right now. I don't know how long Reed Blankenship is out for. I don't know how. Justin Evans. I don't know about Sidney Brown. I don't know about our safeties.
[00:39:52] Speaker B: Literally, that whole, like, we just called up Josiah Scott from the practice squad from the Steelers, and that's someone who we had on our practice squad last year. So that just means we're getting someone familiar with the system and someone quick and out there fast.
[00:40:06] Speaker C: We just signed Bradley Roby last week to fill the slot corner void, and he just got I know. I think Jalen Carter will be back, and I'm really excited to see what this defensive line does against Tua and that offensive line because I know Terron Armstead didn't he get hurt?
[00:40:26] Speaker D: I don't know if they put him on injured reserve, but he doesn't really have a timetable for coming back.
[00:40:30] Speaker C: So he's definitely out next week then, right. So I think Hasan Reddick against him or Brandon Graham, I think that'll be pretty scary. I think the offensive line is going to struggle. I think Tua, if we can get to Tua, I think he can struggle. He hasn't been really great under pressure, his career.
[00:40:44] Speaker D: Tua can evade maybe one person, but after that he knows to tuck it and do his little judo roll.
[00:40:52] Speaker C: But I'm saying all this because if Two has time to throw, tyree Kill is going to get like 300 yards against us. I think Jalen Waddle is going to have at least a buck 50.
The thing that worries me, the thing that I feel confident in, like I said, the D line, but the running attack. I know we're going to look at their offense. You say number one total offense, number one rushing offense, number one scoring offense. I think what's really skewed that entire system was the game where they put up 70 against the Broncos, which, yes, that is still insane, but they don't have a chain. They don't have is Jeff Wilson going to be back this week? I know he's out last.
[00:41:27] Speaker A: They have most of it, though.
[00:41:28] Speaker C: They have most.
[00:41:29] Speaker A: Running back pretty good.
[00:41:31] Speaker B: Yeah, pretty much any running back on that team.
[00:41:33] Speaker A: If you're fast.
[00:41:35] Speaker C: If you're fast, you will play. So I know the Eagles had the number one rush defense in the NFL, so that's going to be a good matchup to look forward to. I know if we can hand the ball to DeAndre Swift, I think we'll look pretty good.
Jalen Hurts. I'm hoping Jalen Hurts will have a bounce back game. I think Julio Jones will suit up, which I'm excited to see. And I think one thing we're not really paying attention to is just the Kelly Green is this week. It's Sunday Night Football. So I think the Eagles are going to actually have some juice.
[00:42:06] Speaker D: Is that home or away for it's home.
[00:42:08] Speaker C: It's a home Sunday night football game. Kelly Green. Okay.
[00:42:11] Speaker D: I hope we wear those white Dolphins throwbacks. Those are beautiful.
[00:42:14] Speaker C: So I think if y'all do that, that will be probably the cleanest matchup matchup at least this year, uniform wise. Yeah. Of the season maybe last five years.
But I think if the Eagles are wearing Kelly Green Sunday Night Football at home, I think they're going to come out and try to play, especially after last week. So I wouldn't be surprised if we just come out and are insane. But I'm definitely scared.
[00:42:37] Speaker B: And Evan, to your point, you guys are not going to be wearing the white uniforms, throwback uniforms this weekend, unfortunately, but you will be wearing them soon on October 29, like a couple of days before Halloween against the Patriots.
[00:42:49] Speaker C: So next week we haven't worn those.
[00:42:50] Speaker D: Green throwbacks in a minute.
[00:42:52] Speaker B: Oh, the aqua ones. Funny you say that. The aqua ones you guys are going to be wearing on Christmas day against the Cowboys. Perfect.
[00:42:58] Speaker D: Cowboys.
[00:42:59] Speaker A: Can I throw in a few thoughts about this?
[00:43:01] Speaker B: Of course.
[00:43:01] Speaker A: Perfect.
[00:43:02] Speaker B: I mean no.
[00:43:03] Speaker A: Oh, man.
I know we were talking about I wrote a few things down just as the conversation was going because I wanted to let you guys get all your thoughts out. But when it comes to the offensive line and the run game one, I think the Dolphins offensive line is a very good offensive line.
Personally, I would say they're a good offensive line.
But also what helps them in terms of them being an offensive line is that Tua has the lowest time to throw, I believe, of any quarterback in the league. And that is because of one, a incredible system designed by Mike McDaniel. I think he may be the I believe he was a run game coordinator when he was with San Francisco. And that shows when you watch this team, it is creative.
There are multiple motions every snap so that the defense does not know what's coming. I think with the Eagles and their problems in the secondary with all the injuries they have, I think worst case scenario is having safeties who are not as familiar with the playbook, especially with how defense is played. Today defense in the NFL right now is constant passing of assignments and decision making in game and during the play. And if you have guys that are not experienced in that against this mean, I would be mean. Maybe Evan is being conservative because he doesn't want know overshoot it with his I mean, Mike McDaniel's offense is seriously incredibly well designed. I think that Tua's time to throw will help with the negating the pass rush. Obviously I would still worry about it, but time to throw is a very good way to again, like I said, negate the pass rush from as talented as the Eagles defensive line is, it's hard to get to him if he's getting the ball out in 2 seconds. You know what I mean? And again, I also do think we should credit their running game. I still think they do have one of the best running attacks in the league, probably second to the Lions or something along those lines. I think the Lions probably pretty confidently have the best rushing attack in the football, but again, it is because of a talented offensive line and a really good offensive coordinator in Mike McDaniel. Mike McDaniel brings so much to that team. And again the Eagles with maybe Nakobe. Dean. I know he's a great team captain. We've seen it before, especially in college.
[00:45:28] Speaker C: But I don't think he played last week.
[00:45:30] Speaker B: Okay. Yeah, I think he was back.
[00:45:32] Speaker A: I don't think there's enough guys on that team to where they can truly handle what Miami is going to throw at them.
That being said, I mean, don't get me wrong, this is easy for me to say, but the Panthers have a good defense at the end of the day, the offense has been absolutely terrible, and that is a big reason why they have not been able to win games keeping defense. Exactly. It is not the defense's problem. But they were up fourteen zero. And then they had 42, almost, almost 42 unanswered dropped on them, except for one touchdown that we had on a pick six, courtesy of Sam Franklin, that was thrown by Mike White after they took Tua out of the game. So this is a very good offense, and I don't think that the Eagles match up well. I think if the Eagles are lucky, then their defensive line just plays out of their minds and they are able to get to two fast enough consistently to disrupt that offense. But again, I think it's going to be really hard to keep track of everybody in that offense. So it's going to be really hard.
[00:46:33] Speaker C: So I agree. I think the passing game is going to torture us just because of the secondary injuries. I hope Reed Blakeenship is back. I hope Justin Evans or Sidney Brown are back, because I know Sydney Brown had that insane play against Mike Evans.
The game against the Bucs. But for the run defense, I'm not really worried about their I don't want to say not really worried about the run defense because we know what the D line can do. Jordan Davis has been insane when it comes to the run. You look at Jalen Carter, he's destroyed double teams. He's done all this stuff. But if we look at the linebacker position, Nakobi Dean is not even a starter anymore. Nicholas Morrow has been an amazing pickup this season. We look at his PFF grade 85. He's been one of the better linebackers around the ball. Zach Cunningham, who he's not the greatest in the past. He's not a great off ball line. Yeah, great vet, but he's not a great off ball linebacker. But he can for sure stuff the run. So I'm not really worried about the run. I'm more worried about just Tyree killing Jalen water speed. It's just the speed because their whole game plan is to come in and try to set up the run and the pass. They're not going to get much done, in my opinion.
[00:47:37] Speaker A: The coaching defensively has to be on point.
[00:47:40] Speaker C: They do. And it was on point last week.
[00:47:42] Speaker B: And I like Sean Desai. I think a lot of, like you said earlier, to start the mean, I like him more than Jonathan Gannon, but it's still early to say that. So I don't want to say that entirely. But from what I've seen from him, it's been really nice. And also, I just want to say that in their matchups, I want to say this is actually kind of an interesting stat, but Miami leads the all time series nine to six. The last two meetings against these teams. Miami got the win both as an underdog.
[00:48:10] Speaker D: Devante Parker legacy game.
[00:48:12] Speaker C: Yeah, no, that game, I remember that was the year the Eagles weren't the greatest, but they had a chance. And the Dolphins, I think, were that was the year they lost to the Patriots or something by like 40, 50.
[00:48:27] Speaker D: I'm pretty sure that was 2019. That was the season they went five to eleven and ended Tom Brady's career in New England.
[00:48:36] Speaker C: I'm pretty sure that was the year they were terrible. And I'm like, I'm checking it off. Oh, this is going to be easy.
[00:48:40] Speaker B: Was that the year with the who was it the runback touchdown on a grind?
[00:48:44] Speaker C: No, that wasn't that year.
[00:48:46] Speaker D: That was 2018.
[00:48:47] Speaker C: This was a year where it was like the Ravens. It was the patriots.
[00:48:52] Speaker D: Antonio Brown, Minka Fitzpatrick, 59 points against the Ravens.
[00:48:57] Speaker C: Yeah, it was that year. It was when Antonio Brown was on the Patriots for that weird season. So I was like, okay, this is going to be an easy win. And then each week the Eagles get worse and worse after starting really good. And then Devontae Parker was just prime Julio Jones that week. And I'm just, what can we do? It was Ryan Fitzpatrick, right?
[00:49:15] Speaker D: Ryan Fitzpatrick.
[00:49:16] Speaker C: Yeah.
[00:49:17] Speaker B: Wow. Okay. Yeah, that's the season where he got like face mask and he still threw, like, that bomb to yeah, that was unbelievable. Yeah, Ryan Fitzpatrick, one of the great quarterbacks, bridge quarterbacks in our league. But with that being said, we're going to start to get ready to close out the show. Connor, I know you were talking, but me, I know you saw me getting a little bit excited over here. We just had a schwar bomb. Phillies are up 20.
[00:49:37] Speaker A: Oh, my God.
[00:49:37] Speaker B: Even though this is an NFL show, I'm going to close it out with some good news.
[00:49:40] Speaker A: And you guys are thank you for listening.
[00:49:43] Speaker B: The fight it feels. Anyway, you guys are listening to WVUA 90.7 McCaps. Have a good.
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