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16:24Hey, one thing about it. When it is cold like that, you might not be able to run the ball. It's cold and windy. he might not be able to throw the ball like he want to.

16:32Shannon Sharpe:Yeah.

16:35Shannon Sharpe:But give Chicago credit. Look, and I said this when they got to – I remember having this conversation. They're like, oh, I wouldn't take a quarterback. I got Justin Fields. I said, they passed on a quarterback. You think they're about to pass on the number one overall quarterback back-to-back years? Because they had – remember, they traded that Ocho to Carolina. So Carolina could select Bryce Young. I say, you actually think they're going to pass back-to-back years on the number one overall quarterback? You do realize the reason why they're in this position, this quarterback that he got. They're moving on.

17:07Shannon Sharpe:Oh, you think? I don't think I know.

17:13Shannon Sharpe:He's good. He's really, really good. And they've done a great job. They've done a great job, Ocho, of getting him talent. You look at DJ Moore, they extend DJ Moore. They get Roma Dunze. They got two tight ends with Cole Comet and Loveland. they get Burton the third in the draft they get Swift I like what they've done yeah offensive line they rebuilt the offensive line Ocho they they got they're gonna be good they can be good for a minute now that's not an easy division because you got the Packers in that division with a young quarterback you got the Detroit with with Goff and Gibbs and Armin Ra and Jamison Williams and they got an outstanding defense in Detroit.

18:04Shannon Sharpe:I don't know. Don't forget them weapons down there in Chicago now. That's what I said. I said they're going to be good for a minute. I was talking about them. Okay, okay, okay. We got a Doomsday. We Luther Burden. Come on now. We them boys going to... Never mind. I ain't going to say it. I ain't going to say it no more.

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21:35Shannon Sharpe:The Buffalo Bills, 20, excuse me, the Texans, 23. The Buffalo Bills, 19. Texans D, eight sacks, two pick, one fumble recovery. Countless, countless pressure. They probably would have had him another three or four times had it not been Josh Allen. Because he got the ball out a couple of times, Ocho, and he was able to get out of harm's way. But I thought they did an unbelievable job. Will Anderson Jr. is about to get him a Hutchinson contract. Woo-hoo! And Dale Hunter on one side. Will Anderson Jr. You got Mario Edwards Jr. You got Rankins. You have Barnett. They got a front that they can rotate guys in.

22:13Shannon Sharpe:Tua Lolo got in on action. And the back end is solid. You got Stingley, you got Laps. They are really, really good on the back end. But their front four, their front six is exceptional. And they did an outstanding job considering the offensive player of the week, Josh Allen, three touchdowns. There's only two men that's ever had three touchdowns rushing Ocho, three touchdown passes in a game. Otto Graham did it in 54 in the championship game. Josh Allen has done it twice. They made Josh Allen seem normal. Oh, yeah, absolutely. They made him seem normal. And Josh Allen is anything but normal. And so I don't think that's the way Josh played tonight.

22:51Shannon Sharpe:That was all because of that Texas defense. I ain't nothing with you no more. Now, I told you Josh Allen was supposed to have 255 yards. That's all I needed. Look what he got. He had 253. That means he was under. I said he was going over.

23:07Shannon Sharpe:before you go Ocho here's the Texas defense number one in total defense first in points allowed third in defense third in third down percentage third in pass defense third in rush defense fifth in takeaways take off hey listen around the board the Texas defense around the board on all three levels the front second level and that back end is phenomenal for one I know what Will Anderson Jr. did tonight I know how he looked at night, but I want to give Kalen Bullock some love, right? I want to give Kalen Bullock some love. Two interceptions, forced fumble. He made Shakira fumble early in the third.

23:44I think it might have been the third. Kalen Bullock was all over the place, huh? He was all over the place where Anderson Jules, they sacked Josh Allen eight times, huh? It almost looked like what we consider Superman at most times with his ability to extend plays and play off script. It looked like he didn't even be long out there. They kept him. They had him uncomfortable all game. He missed it. The kryptonite boys. Yeah, basically, that's exactly what it was. And for me, for the Texans, right, if we can get that offense, and goddamn Brother Mills, David Mills was only 16 for 30 with two TDs.

24:19He only had 153 yards. He left some plays out there, Ocho.

24:23Shannon Sharpe:I know you saw it. I know you saw what I saw. I was tweeting. I was like, bro, how many TD throws are you going to leave out there? Oh, yeah. You got the guy open. You hit the guy in the back of the head. You got the guy. I'm talking about that's the defender you're hitting in the back of the head. He underthrowing the ball. He underthrowing the ball. But listen, I'm not sure when C.J. Stroud comes back. But when he does, when he does, if that offense, if C.J. Stroud can elevate that offense and meet that defense just halfway, we don't need you to be top five in the NFL. Just meet them halfway, it can be scary.

24:54It can be scary, especially if they can get in that doorway and get in them playoffs. But that's a defense that nobody want to see. At all.

25:03Shannon Sharpe:The defense is, and that's the question, offensively. Because this defense is as good as advertised. D 'Amico Ryan does a great job of setting the people. I forget the defensive coordinator that was calling the plays tonight. D 'Amico turned a play calling over to him. But when you look at, Danelle Hunter had two sacks. Will Anderson Jr. had two and a half sacks. To Alolo had a sack. Tim Settle Jr. had a sack. Mario Edwards had half a sack. Barnett had a sack. I mean, hell, the only people that didn't get a sack was me and you. And I'm in New York and you in Miami. Hell, if we'd have been in Houston, we probably could have got to have a sack together.

25:39And I got one more thing. One more thing. For those of you that are in the chat, I don't understand why officer coordinators do this, right? You understand how well your defense is playing.

25:49Shannon Sharpe:Yes. I think in the fourth quarter, toward the end of the third quarter, heading into the fourth quarter, you're getting all these turnovers, right? You're getting all these opportunities for the Texans offensively. what is with the goddamn conservative play calling just because you have the lead why not be aggressive put your goddamn foot to the goddamn pedal and put the game away put the game away so it doesn't come to a nail batter a nail biter at the end where they got they run a goddamn pitching ladder on fourth and 27 and get it and have opportunity to win the goddamn game it shouldn't even have to come to that if with them last three off of the series when you had the ball, you run the ball first down.

26:27You run the ball second down, and then it's third and nine and third and eight, and it's damn near hard to get. It's hard to get because you don't want to put – And that area of the field, it absolutely is. Yeah, and you don't want to put the ball in harm's way, so you don't call plays that can put the ball in harm's way on third down for brother David Mills. Maybe if C.J. Straub was in there, maybe the play calling is a little bit more aggressive because you trust him a little bit more with the football in his hands. But, like, come on. The defense is playing balls out. Put the game away when you got the opportunity.

27:02Six, seven minutes in the game, four minutes in the game, you got the ball, you run a damn ball three times in a row. Like, come on, man.

27:09Shannon Sharpe:The defense know, they know that you don't trust Davis Mills. So they know there's a better than 80 % chance that you're going to run it. So what do we call a run blitz on first down? You stop you for no yard, no game. You see, it's plays like that, Ocho. and you had an opportunity. Kirk dropped one in the end zone. He was worried about his feet and forgot to catch the ball. Because Mills put it right in his hands, Ocho. He tried to drag his feet. Now, if you go look at the adjustment Higgins had, Higgins had a play on the sideline. Bro, you got to... Ocho, we're going to say pause. You got to go limp.

27:43Shannon Sharpe:Ocho, you got to go limp on the sideline, Ocho. That's a catch. Ocho, you can't put it any better. You can't take that full extended last step. He get his right foot down and he tried to take a full limp. No, you got to go limp there. That is really, even though he had an opportunity, it's not like, and then he came late in the fourth quarter. He had a sideline catch and he toe-touched it. In that situation, you got to go limp on the sideline, bro. You can't take that full extended step. No, you can't. You got to be self-aware. It's all about being self-aware and understanding where you are on the field, knowing how much room you have.

28:19Yes. And one of the things that you do, once you come out that break, It's all about knowing where you are, knowing when to allow the body to go limp, to make sure you can ensure the catch and make sure you get feet in.

28:31Shannon Sharpe:Because, first of all, you're probably at a situation like that. You're what? Probably two, three yards outside the number. So you're going to speed cut it. You're going to hit 10, roll to 12. So you already know that. Yeah. There are some plays, the center for the Houston Texans. They drop Joey Bosa. They bring the linebacker from depth. They got three guys blocking two. He lets 50 run right in the gap. Blocking that shoe is a perfect – you can't ask for anything better, Ojo. They drop one guy, Schultz go away. And now you got three guys. You got the center guard and tackle. And the center and the guard, they're blocking two guys, one guy, and 50 come right up the gut.

29:12Shannon Sharpe:Bro, that's perfect. Center. All you got to do is just push the guy onto the guard, and you're like, come on, 50. I'm going to hit you dead in your damn mouth. Yeah. That's all you got is stuff like that. On the first play, they came out with kind of like a little blitz. And Shakira, okay, Shakira comes in motion. He comes in short motion, and then he bellies back. Okay, you bring pressure. God, you from depth. That is a punt returner. That is a kick returner. What do you think the likelihood from 15, 20 yards deep, you are going to be able to tackle Shakira in a one-on-one situation? in the open field.

29:48In the open field, it's not happening. In the open field, it's not happening. I don't care if you come up under control. I don't care if you come up and come to balance. He's going to make you miss every time. Going to make you miss. Yes. Every time.

29:59Shannon Sharpe:I got a better chance of catching the wind. And that's not happening. It's things like that on the hook and ladder. I'm like, oh, my goodness. Hey, really, 427. Do y 'all not see the guys crossing? Y 'all don't see it. So, Ocho, I'm in front. I can it's kind of like I'm driving my car oh I see that guy I see that pedestrian about to get in the crosswalk oh I see this guy but you know what on that play on the 4th and 27 when Palmer catches that ball as aggressive you know how aggressive that goddamn defense is so they locked in they took a B line straight for Palmer and didn't even see the goddamn ladder didn't even see the hook and ladder come around with Shakir which is why they was able to get 4th and 27 ain't no goddamn plays No, sir.

30:48Shannon Sharpe:Ain't no playing for that. And here's the thing, is that the guy that was trailing Palmer, I mean, he's like, bro, you ain't finna catch him. Everybody on that side got to rally to the football. Oh, yeah. But they were able, and Chad, you've heard me say it many times, the mark of any great unit, can you get done what you need to get done when you got to? Yes. At the end of the day, their best unit was, I want my best unit on the field, Ocho. If I'm down three points, if I'm down and I need to get a touchdown, I want my best unit on the field. If I need to get a stop, I want my best unit on the field.

31:27Shannon Sharpe:So I would have trusted the defense to stop Josh Allen more than I would have trusted the Houston-Texas offense to go get a game-winning field goal or something of that nature. So that's the unit that I want on the field. That is it. That's what I want. And that's what they got. and Miko probably said, hey, we're going to win or lose this game. I mean, it would have been heartbreaking. If they lost. As well as that defense had played. If they had lost. To lose that game in the final seconds. Now, we would look back, Ocho, we'd look back like, well, damn, the offense did have numerous opportunities.

32:00Shannon Sharpe:And they would have. But when you got those kryptonite boys, you got them headhunters like they got out there. Nah, bro, I can't ask for a better situation. I want Hunter. I want Anderson. I want Settle. I want Rankins. I want Edwards Jr. I want Stingley. I want Lass. I want you guys on the field. You put the game in the hand. Come on, O. Come on, O. I don't want that. I want y 'all ass on the field. Yeah. Yeah. I mean, I like it. Obviously, me being an offensive guy, I prefer. You want you, Carson, and TJ on the field. Hold on. But this is the thing. I don't even want it to come down to the last few seconds.

32:35I want to put the game early when I had the ball with four, five minutes to go. Yeah, you could have made it 27.

32:40Shannon Sharpe:You could have made it 27. Hold on. Bingo. 20. Yeah, you could have made it 27-16. So, regardless of what they did, there was no way to come back. Regardless of what they did. So, now we can relax. We can relax on the sideline and just play defense. We ain't got nothing to worry about. But here we go. Nail biter at the end. Now we have to rely on that defense. But, again, as good as they are, there's a reason why they're number one. There's a reason why they're number one. So, I really enjoyed that. That was one good game. If I'm not mistaken, some of the Thursday night games have been doozies, huh?

33:12They've been snooze fest. They've been snooze fest.

33:14Shannon Sharpe:Yeah, but not tonight. This was an interesting game. Hey, this was a very good game. Ocho, Bills O-line, they kicked your ass. They kicked your ass. Now, I think the right tackle ended up getting benched. Now, I didn't see him get hurt, but I know they had a right tackle adjustment. And Dawkins, who's their best offensive lineman, he got work tonight. It happens. It happens to the best of us. We've all had moments in games where we, hey, I was this, and Ocho, you've been that, and somebody get the best of us. As a unit, offensive line pass, bro. They got work. They get a number on y 'all. They work overtime on y 'all ass.

33:57Shannon Sharpe:They whip y 'all ass like y 'all owe them money. I'm not sure if somebody made, hey, I don't know what went on, but when you do somebody like that, you whipping them like they owe you money. Absolutely. Absolutely. Not the Red Duke. Nah, he owe me money. I'm going to whip his ass. Boy, they gave him work. Yeah. Will Anderson Jr., I will say this. There was a third and 13, I think a third and 12, 13 situation. You've got to relay to your defensive tackle. If you go inside, you've got to tell him to loop. You both can't get inside because you both went inside, and guess what happened? Josh Allen went outside and got the first down.

34:35Shannon Sharpe:The back door open, yeah. You cannot do that. You've got to relay that. I know you're quick. And I know, like, ooh, I got his ass set up. I done been beating him around the edge. You kind of been beating him all. You beat him around the edge one time. Next time, you spin him inside. So you was having your way with him. But I'm just saying, for future reference, you got to be careful at that. You got to communicate with your DT. Hey, bro, check this out. Hey, I'm going to cross his face. You bubble outside. Yeah. I see. You know what? They got to communicate. They got to communicate. Matter of fact, that's a stunt, unk.

35:07And if you call it a stunt, it has to be called in the huddle. They can't just make that up, you know.

35:13Shannon Sharpe:No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. We can make it up. Because if I'm D 'Amico Ryan, I trust Will Anderson. Okay, okay, okay. I trust him enough that I'm going to give him the leeway. I'm going to give him the latitude. But I need him to convey that with the DT. The D-tackle? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Hey, bro, check this out. We're going to run an ET. Yeah. In, down, tackle, around. Hey, listen, when they can go on their own script like that, on their own page, off script based on what's called, and they can communicate that and then make the play? Yes. Hey. Because now we got him boxed in. Because, look, I want you to go up the field.

35:50Shannon Sharpe:Because I'm going inside, and if he see you up the field, he's going to dive inside. That'll give me enough opportunity that I can get it. Right. And if you come out the back door, you'll be right there waiting on him. Hey, you right there. that that's that's that's the only that was the only thing defensively that i will say because i thought that i thought they played a perfect game tonight yes absolutely look like i said you know we can we can nitpick the guy playing from depth because when shakir gonna that short motion and you bring pressure he bubbles out the back side you got him one-on-one he is a punt returner yeah the the number one job as a punt returner is to make the first guy miss hey the first guy you make him miss now he don't even count he's looking at you like the punter because they said we got everybody else we got everybody else block what you got to do to the punter make him make him miss so that's how he's looking at you with all that space yeah you're not you're not tackling nobody copenhagen spit-free pouches are packed full of american grown tobacco.

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39:35Shannon Sharpe:Before you go any further, we have breaking news. The Raiders just relieved Chip Kelly of his duties. Chip Kelly signed a contract to make him the highest paid offensive coordinator in football this offseason. But he was dismissed after just 11 games. Goddamn. He didn't stay in college. Listen, somebody got to take the fall. Somebody got to take the fall. Somebody got to take it on. Obviously, it ain't going to be Pete. It ain't going to be the quarterback. Okay, who are we going to blame? Offensively, we can't get nothing going offensively. So who's the first? Call that gadget-ass offense? What you call it?

40:13That gadget-ass offense. But this is the part I don't like. We're in the middle of the season, right? You let the offensive coordinator go. So what plays we call it now? Or we have someone else calling the same exact offense? Because we can't learn a brand-new offense. No, it's going to be the same offense.

40:27Shannon Sharpe:But, you know, sometimes, Ocho, maybe a different set of eyes. I like that. See things differently. I like that. Down in distance. area of the field. Or actually understanding the strengths of the goddamn supporting cast you have and putting it in the right places. Why is Tucker out there on the outside? He needs to be in the slot. Why is he out there on the outside as if he's a true, no disrespect, as if he's the true number one? He'll slide at best. He'll slide at best. He'll third. He'll third. He'll good third or fourth receiver. He needs to be in the slot. He don't need to be outside. First of all, Ocho, he only like, well, I thought he was like 5 '7", 5 '8".

41:09Hold on. I know he fast as hell. But he out there lined up two yards outside the number running comebacks. Man, they finna sit on that all day, huh? Yeah. They finna sit on that all day. Like, come on, man. Yeah. It's, hey, they paid a lot of money.

41:27Shannon Sharpe:They made him the highest paid offensive coordinator in football. All right. Time to let it go. Is that working? and go back to college. You can have a great career in college. And that worked. But you go in here and try to change guys, guys that have been doing stuff there in Thailand. Remember the first thing he did, Aston Gensley, he wanted Aston Gensley to put his hands on his thighs. The man been standing up the whole while. Hey, can I ask you a question? Yes. When you see Jameer Gibbs in the backfield, how is he standing? Damn near standing straight up. Straight up and down. Because that gives you, it doesn't change nothing.

42:05Shannon Sharpe:I'm comfortable. What you need? Hell, I'll let you play in some Uggs. If you're going to tell me you're going to go out there and rush for 215, I don't care nothing about what you got on. I really don't. Man, please. Thank you, Chad, man. Ooh, Chad, y 'all doing us good tonight. Ocho, we got 50K in the chat tonight. This has been the first time I've been at 50K in a regular season game in a long time. Chad, thank you so much for this support. Really appreciate it. The Rams beat the Buccaneers by the score of 34-7. Baker Mayfield left the game early due to a left shoulder injury. He did not return.

42:42Shannon Sharpe:He was spotted on the sideline wearing a sling. Teddy Bridgewater came in and filled in for him. But the Rams did a great job. They were clicking on all cylinders from an offensive standpoint. And then when they fell behind, they could hunt. Those two edge rushers and that great front four that the Rams normally have going all the way back to the fearsome foursome with Merlin Olsen, Deacon Jones, Lamar Lundy, and the great Rosie Greer. They got after Baker. They got after Teddy Bridgewater, and they went going away. They scored 31 points in the first half, and they cruised in the second half, only scored three, but that was all they needed because the Bucs didn't score at all.

43:21Shannon Sharpe:Watch this game. Matthew Stafford, 25-35, 273, two touchdowns. They didn't run the ball particularly well. 19 carries for 70 yards. Puka, seven catches, 97 yards. excuse me, Devontae Adams, five for 62, two tubs. Parkinson had four for 41 and a touchdown. But when you look at this team, they can run it with Kyron Williams and Blake Corb. We know they can throw it with Buka and those weapons that they have and Matthew Stafford at the helm. Ocho, what is it like, what you like so much about when you watch the Rams, you watch them play, and they do this every single week. So this is not an aberration or anything like that, an anomaly.

44:00Shannon Sharpe:This is who they are. This is what they do. Listen, this is the importance of having a quarterback, huh? This is the importance of having a quarterback. Obviously, considered a gunslinger, an MVP, a Super Bowl winning quarterback. And you can make a team one-dimensional. They couldn't run the ball, but they threw that motherfucker all over. I'm sorry. They threw the ball all over the place. They did what they wanted to do. Puka, Puka Eden, Devontae. Listen, I'm not even sure. What was Tampa Bay doing? Why are they leaving Devontae Adams singled up over there in man-to-man, knowing goodwill ain't nobody gonna be able to stick with him.

44:36He's scoring touchdowns all over the place.

44:38Shannon Sharpe:Making it look easy. Making it look really easy especially if you watch it from TV like well god damn. You know he gonna hit you Ocho. They know he gonna hit him with that pause. Every time. Hey listen and once you relax once he hits you with that head once you relax take off it's a done deal. But outside of that man they look really good man. They look really really good really really sharp um Matt Stafford is good huh the man the man didn't play and he didn't even have he didn't even go to training camp he didn't even go to training camp so to be able to come out here and play like this all season long you know they 9-2 now right?

45:199-2 best record in the NFC hey they gonna be here to deal with boy they gonna be here to deal with coming out of that NFC now

45:28Shannon Sharpe:cause Seattle look good I mean that division You got them, you got Seattle, and you got the 49ers. The 49ers have the best record within the division. They're 4-1 in the division. Yeah. So they have the best record. They just don't have the best overall record. They did get Purdy back. Christian McCaffrey is healthy. They're doing a lot with Kittle and Ayuk. It's going to be interesting when they get Pierce all back if he's coming back. Defensively, they're trying to mix and match. They're without their two best players, Fred Warner and Nick Bosa. But they're making it for somehow, some way, they're making it work.

46:05Shannon Sharpe:But the Rams make light work of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers tonight, run their record to 9-2 thanks to a 34-7 victory over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Tampa falls to 6-5. Baker Mayfield was injured in the ballgame. Obviously, he's going to probably get an MRI and see what's going on with that shoulder. Hopefully, it's not something that's long-term. But Tampa didn't look good tonight. They couldn't run the football. They didn't throw the ball. They didn't really do anything well. And that has a lot to do with the Rams, not so much what they didn't do. Well, the Rams put so much pressure. They applied so much pressure out the gate.

46:39Yeah. They can get after you now. Oh, yeah. Absolutely. So they kept Baker Mayfield uncomfortable. Didn't allow him to sit in the pocket. He had to run and scramble for his life. He had to extend plays. He did the best he could. But at the end of the day, it was nearly not enough. Not even close.

47:03Shannon Sharpe:Ocho, the Cowboys fall behind 21-0, score 24 unanswered points, and they win on a game of Brandon Albury's 42-yard field goal as time expired. Jalen Hurst said after the game, we got to find a way to finish the game, and we got to find some consistency in what we do. Definitely the tail of two halves. In the end, we didn't play a complete game as a team, and it got us today. We've got to own this one. is let that light a fire in us as a team and stay together and move forward. A.J. Brown been trying to tell y 'all this. Eagle fans, A.J. Brown been trying to tell you what happens when the defense can't bail us out.

47:44Shannon Sharpe:You cannot run the football. You're going to win games moving forward on Jalen Hurst's arm. Now, he got some pressure that he doesn't normally get. Yeah. Lane Johnson is a big out. Mm-hmm. The center, Jurgis, ah. Ah. Diggy Zua was whipping ass inside today. Yes, sir. But with the exception of one game, Saquon has not run the ball this year. Saquon had 10 carries for 22 yards. Yeah. Jalen Hurts had seven for 33. Bigsby had one for eight. So that's 18 carries for 63 yards.

48:32This is going to be like this all season long now.

48:34Shannon Sharpe:You had two turnovers. I mean, the defense was balling. I was sitting there and I started to tweet. I started to tweet this, but I didn't. What? They had the ball second and 17. Uh-huh. They just run the ball, pick up four yards. Hey, how about trying to go for it and try to get 9 or 10? Now we got something manageable. You run the ball into the line of scrimmage, and now it's 3rd and 17. I think A.J. Brown or somebody picked up 12 yards. Now, if you'd have picked up 5 or 6 yards before, and now come back and get to 12, now you got a first down. First down. They give up on too many plays. Well, our defense will bail us out.

49:17Our defense, no. Well, you know, what about not wanting to put the ball in harm's way? but not wanting to put the ball in the hard way but also being able to trust your quarterback to make the right decision with the ball

49:28Shannon Sharpe:I don't care what they say they don't there are not a whole lot of people that have a quarterback that's won a Super Bowl MVP that on second and 17 they're handing the ball off they're going to throw the ball let me try to get half of it back Ocho now I got a manageable third down I get all they say and Stefanski excuse me, Sirianni's going to say all this stuff, and I get all of that. But they don't trust him like they should trust him as a guy that started damn near his entire career in the NFL. He came into the backup. He got the starting job, and he hasn't relinquished it. He's gone to the playoffs.

50:05Shannon Sharpe:He's been to two Super Bowls. He's won one, and he's won a league, and he won a Super Bowl MVP. They don't trust him like they should. Yeah. Now, this loss should get their undivided attention. Now, AJ ain't going to say this, but AJ, see, I told you. But listen. I told you. But also, look at the game in that fourth quarter. Look at the game. Now, I know the Cavaliers were able to come back, but they had about 37-11 goddamn fumbles in a row in back-to-back series. Yes. Saquon fumbled, and then they punted it. The defense did a great job. He fumbled too. There's only so many times that you can keep putting your defense right back on the field.

50:48Shannon Sharpe:On the field, yeah. They just got off the field. They get the ball to Saquon, he fumbled it. The defense hold them. They punt the ball, defense right back on the field. On the field. There's only – look, I don't care how much you build a levy, if it rains enough, it will burst. Yeah, absolutely. And that water will come over that levy. Mm-hmm. Again, another thing that happened. Eagles. I just want to know how many penalties did that sit? Ocho, they had 14 penalties. Yeah, they had a lot. 14. No, they had more than a lot. A lot of the parcel of land. They had 14.

51:34Shannon Sharpe:I mean, Dallas had 473 yards of offense. But Dak was, look, this is when Dak is at his absolute best. Oh, yeah. Because now he can throw caution to the wind. Because guess what, Ocho? If you lose, oh, well.

51:52Shannon Sharpe:But because, you know, when I worked with Dan, Danny and I, Dan Marino, and we worked together for a decade, for a decade. And he said, he's like, hey, if I threw three interceptions, hell, what's the difference between three and four? What's the difference between four and five? I'm going to keep letting it rip. Let it go. I mean, they should have put this thing away in the first 21-0. Listen, Uncle, if you're playing Madden, you got to pass the sticks. The game is over. At 21-0, I thought the game was over. Obviously, I had both games going. I'm watching the Raiders. I'm watching the Raiders and the Browns.

52:27I'm watching the Eagles and the Cowboys. Boom. Both TVs set up right there. So I'm thinking, okay, damn. Boy, the Cowboys out of 21-zip in the NFL. if you continue to keep your foot on the gas, it's no way, as good as their defense is, it's no way the Cowboys should be able to come back. But lo and behold, boy, they got a young dude out there. They got a young dude out there, man, in Dallas that got a star on his helmet. When he got drafted, he was standing just like this, huh?

53:01He was standing... Man, listen, when we talk about top five again, when we talk about top five receivers and understand their potential and what they've been able to do and how there's a certain team that might have been holding him back based on what we're seeing this year man stop playing first of all it shouldn't even be

53:19Shannon Sharpe:21-0 Ocho what? CD might make sure you make curfew moving forward CD dropping an ass load of passes Ocho you watched it and I've watched it he dropped like four or five hold on how many targets hold on let me go back because Ocho he dropped Ocho, he dropped a flat-out touchdown. He dropped it in the end zone. That would have ended the game. I'm glad they won the game because that might have been on CeeDee if they lost. CeeDee had 11 targets. He caught four of them. Huh? 11 targets, he caught four. He threw four or five of them back at Dak. I mean, he turned into a retriever. You know what a retriever is, Ocho?

54:00Shannon Sharpe:You hunting quail or pheasant? Go get him, boy. He'll pick it and bring it back to you. That's what he was doing. He's picking the ball up, handing it to the official. No, no, no, bro. I need you to be a receiver. We pay you$34 million. And right now, well, you know, everybody's saying, we ain't got to say nothing. Y 'all see it with your own eyes. Y 'all see Pick is outplaying it. We ain't got to say nothing. But you see it. Yeah, he being lazy with his hands and eyes, Unc. That's all it is. Being lazy with your hands and eyes. You got to reset. He lead the league in drops, Ocho. He lead the league in drops?

54:36CD. CD drops.

54:41Oh, man. Hey. Damn. Huh?

54:49Shannon Sharpe:You sure? 1 ,000%. Damn. Got to get that thing right. Hell, I mean, the last couple of games, hell, I thought that was Edward Scissorhands out there. Hey, I mean, look, y 'all see it, Chad. I mean, Ocho and I, we make a lot of a situation, but y 'all see them drops. And I know Cowboy fans, y 'all see it like, damn, CD. Come on, CD, you got to catch. I'm talking about the ball beating him up, Ocho. Yeah. He done got, what happens, Ocho, you know when you drop a couple, you're like, well, damn, do I got my hands right? Should my hand? Yeah. Damn, like this? Do I catch it like this? now you start trying to body catch everything.

55:32Shannon Sharpe:It get in your head. It's gone. It get in your head. Listen, I've been there. Hey, listen, I've been there, so I kind of understand what he's going through. Now, it just be one game. It don't be multiple. It don't be back to back to back. And a player of his caliber? Of his caliber? Oh, absolutely not. The game was supposed to be over on that catch where it went through, it hit his belly and went through. And he looked at Dak and telling Dak, Throw it out there a little bit more so I can run to it. Come on. Come on now. Over the middle. He dropped one over the middle. And damn. I mean, and he like, I'm like, bro, I'm glad you got some flexibility.

56:08Shannon Sharpe:Because when he go down, he all on his neck. He all breaks down. I'm like, well, damn. Hey. Hey. But you know, listen. In baseball, some of the greatest sluggers, they go in the slumps. I'm not making no excuses for him. But somebody like that, that with that double eight, he with that double eight for a reason. Exactly. He wear that double A for a reason. So, boom, I had a bad game. Next week, I don't even know who the Cowboys got. I don't even know who the Cowboys got. But I know next week, a four. Man, get that boy back in the rhythm, man, and get his confidence back, man. Put that thing back on him.

56:41Shannon Sharpe:No, I'm going to let him work on his confidence. I'm going to go to number three because I know number three is going to put it in his back pocket for me. I know what three is going to do. Did you see that catch that three made? Wait, hold on. Which one? The one he made over two. He caught one and then 21 tried to swipe it. But here's the problem the Eagles got. What? Because wherever eighth at, the ball going to follow him. Jackson. Yeah. Whoever he guarding, the ball following him now. Adore. Adore. I'm trying to figure out, Adore. Adore Jackson sets up inside. Yeah. He has inside leverage. Yeah.

57:16Shannon Sharpe:How in the hell are you letting pickets cross your damn face? You're talking about on the slant? On the end route. Oh, okay, okay, okay. Okay. It was like third and 12. Oh, I know. The one he had to reach up and go half up. Yeah. You got inside. Ocho, they put you inside for a reason. Reason, yeah. If he beats you on the goal ball, you're like, coach, I mean, what you want me to do? You got me lined up inside. That's on him. If I line you, Ocho, if I line you up inside, you can't let him cross your face. Mm-hmm. Ocho, what did I tell you? What I've been telling running backs I say if a linebacker blitz And you catch him He gonna sit you in the lap of the quarterback And he gonna sack your quarterback What did McCauvin Dean do to Javante Williams Ocho?

58:07Sat him down back there

58:09Shannon Sharpe:Ocho you better close that distance You gotta realize He's coming from distance So he has a head of steam You sitting there catching him You better close that distance You gotta meet him you gotta meet him hey the Eagles I tell you what AJ Brown got their undivided attention yeah hey he had he had a hell of a game his A2 hey they were feeding that boy early too not enough hey they were feeding him early he should have had he should have had one of them chase games he should have had 23 targets Devontae Devontae cooking both of them both of them head chef and assistant chef it's not gonna be what it was last year you throw another wide open guys because Saquon and they're dropping that eighth guy down to stop Saquon that offensive line is not as dominant now Lane Johnson is out he's probably done for the year because it's reported that he has a Liz Frank so he's probably if he got Liz Frank he's probably done excuse me yes you're gonna have to educate me what the hell is a Liz Frank?

59:26Shannon Sharpe:Dancers normally get it. It's a small bro. It's a, what is it, like the metatarsal? Like in your foot. So this is your foot. It's like right. How you going to play? Because he got the foot already. It's his right foot. So you're going to kick. How you going to catch? How you going to sit? Can't. He done. If what they're saying is true, that he has a Liz Frank injury. Right. I might be able to do something for him for that well you might can do something after he has surgery but you ain't gonna be able to do nothing for it right now with that being said don't you look I think the thing is the Eagles just gotta realize and I've been saying this if you think you're gonna win the Super Bowl how you won it last year you're fooling yourself no you can't you gotta evolve you gotta evolve the way you won it last year you're not gonna be able to do it the same way the next year and obviously you know what you know how difficult it is to repeat being able to repeat is very difficult in itself.

1:00:27Shannon Sharpe:But, I don't know Minnesota. Hey, um. I know it's early. I wouldn't get DJ in a year or so, but hey. Early what? Ain't no way in hell you're supposed to let Sam Donald like that goddamn doe now. Stop playing. Well, he gone now. So ain't no sense in closing the door now, because the Cow's already out the barn. Did you? Were you able to watch that game today? I did watch it. Man, please. If you could turn back the hands of time, I guarantee they don't let... I'm sure absolutely they would. Absolutely. Yeah, 1 ,000. As a matter of fact, Justin Jefferson go pick his ass up from the airport. Yeah, you're absolutely right.

1:01:12Shannon Sharpe:Absolutely. I know Madal Jetta got to be frustrated, boy. I know he's frustrated. From going to putting up those kind of numbers? Yeah. I mean, think about what he, Ocho, he was on a historic, I mean, he was talking about the best five-year, six-year totals in NFL history. Run, easy. That's the kind of pace he was on. Yeah. And now it's come to a screeching halt because his quarterback play is inadequate. God. It is what it is. I mean, we're not, Ocho, we're not breaking, Ocho, we're not interrupting normally scheduled programming to break news. Right. If you watch the Vacuums play, their quarterback, he leaves a lot to be desired.

1:01:50Shannon Sharpe:As I said, I know this is his first year starting, although he's a second-year player. I'm willing to give him time. I'm willing to give him some runway. But I'm saying what my eyes are telling me right now is that he leaves a lot to be desired. Let's see if he can change my perception of how good I think he can be. Chat, I'll leave that up to y 'all. Maybe y 'all think he's, you know. Hey, listen, it's not up to us. He got to make them believers over there in that organization. Yeah. He got to make his receivers believers too. Because obviously based on what I saw today, the small symbol sides of the game I was able to catch, boy, that ain't it, boy.

1:02:30No. That ain't going to get it done.

1:02:32Shannon Sharpe:Not even close to being it. And the funny thing when I think about it is you still have the same weapons that goddamn Sam Donald had last year. so it really shouldn't be that goddamn difficult even though playing the quarterback position is difficult but for Sam Donald to make it look like he did last year and then go to Seattle and continue making it look like that I'm thinking well hell shoot if he's what he's supposed to be as high as he got drafted he should be able to get get it done the exact same way I was concerned Ocho let me tell you why I was concerned about him is because they really didn't throw the football at Michigan they were a running team yeah they run it right down your mouth so whoa hold on hold on run that back I need you to rephrase that and then press play press play yeah I need you to come on just rephrase it press play run the ball damn let me see how you can say they run the ball against no I'm trying to say it the right way I don't know, but I just need you to rephrase what you did.

1:03:42Shannon Sharpe:Just rephrase that. They run – they're going to run the ball downhill. Okay, yeah. Okay, yeah. There you go. My bad. Yeah, yeah. Woo.

1:04:01Shannon Sharpe:Emmanuel Wilson ran for 107 yards and two touchdowns as the Packers beat Minnesota by the score of 23-6. Wilson provided all the offense Green Bay needed on a day the Packers forced three turnovers, produced five sacks, including two from each from Michael Parson and Devontae Wyatt. The Vikings totaled four net yards and three turnovers in the second half. The Vikings hadn't finished the half with as few as four total yards offense since 1991 or as far back as Sports Radar. Sports to Radar? Sport radar. Research goals. Damn. Ocho, we were kind of having this conversation just a minute ago. Yeah.

1:04:39I'm willing to give him, look, he missed last year with an injury.

1:04:44Shannon Sharpe:Yes. So he didn't really get a whole lot of reps. This year he missed, what, five games with an injury. So that kind of studied his growth. I'm willing to give him some time. But, boy, next year this time, Ocho, he'll have to show me a lot to convince me. Yeah, absolutely. Listen, the clock is ticking, obviously. The clock is ticking. You have to prove yourself because if you don't prove yourself next year around this time, then they just go, they're going to move on. You know how this business is. You understand how this game is. They want instant gratification right away. They're not waiting around, waiting for you to develop, waiting for you to get better.

1:05:19You have to show signs. You have to show signs of improvement fast, quick, and in a hurry. If you don't, you got to be able to show some type of potential. And in order to do that, you got to be healthy. You got to be on the field.

1:05:36Shannon Sharpe:You think about Ocho. He was 12 or 19 for 87 yards, two picks. And then they had another 93 yards on the ground. So basically they had 180 yards of total offense. Maybe they didn't have that many. When you take the sack yardage into account, they might have had 140 yards. My bad, 145. That's crazy. I don't know if you're going to win a whole lot of games unless you sack their quarterback 10 times, unless you take the ball away from them another five times. It's hard. Or you get pick sixes, scooping scores, or return touchdowns in the special teams game. You're not winning no game with 145 yards of total offense unless you get a punt return, a kick return, you block a punt, something unforeseen.

1:06:27Shannon Sharpe:Right. But 145 yards?

1:06:34Damn.

1:06:35Shannon Sharpe:That's embarrassing. I mean, you got Addison, you got Jetta, and you got Naylor. And you got Hawkinson. You got Thielen in there too. No, yeah, Thielen. And you got Hawkinson. And you got Aaron Jones who can – Nah, there is no excuse. Hey, that's – No excuse. That's crazy. Boy, I know Jed is hot. This is what Justin Jefferson said. It gets frustrating when they keep saying the same fixes are coming each week, but nothing is different the following week. It's frustrating. It's frustrating to lose. It's frustrating to be up here saying the same thing every single week, expecting things to change the following week, and we're still in the same spot, and we just got to figure it out.

1:07:23Yeah. I mean, he's saying all the right things. He's saying all the right things to us in front of the camera, but behind closed doors to those that he knows, those that he trusts, that conversation is completely different. Throw my whole meal in the trash. Completely different.

1:07:42Hey, can you imagine, though? I'm just thinking about it. You know how bad you have to be to have Justin Jefferson, Addison, Thielen, Hawkinson. You got Aaron Jones back there running the ball to take some of the pressure off of you. Even if you are one-dimensional, you can be able to throw the ball with them, excuse me, with those weapons? Mm-hmm. Come on, now. The same Sam Donald that was with the New York Jets that they didn't want anymore, the same Sam Donald with the Carolina Panthers that they didn't want because he went to Minnesota and looked like a goddamn imp. Man, come on, now. Stop playing.

1:08:20If you really are who you say you are based on your draft status, based on where you were picked in the draft, supposed to be the franchise quarterback? Yeah. It's looking like a heavy miss. And I say that with all due respect.

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