GMFB Tuesday Hour 2: Seahawks PROBLEMS, Kenny Gainwell joins, Broncos LB Alex Singleton joins

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Welcome inside. Good morning, football, everybody. Presented by Old Trapper Beef Jerky. It's Tuesday, November 3rd. Please go out and get your vote on. Get your sticker on your little sweatshirt. Have a beautiful day and get to the ballot boxes. I'm Jamie Erdahl. Here's Manti Teo. Here's Isaiah Stanback in L.A.

Kyle Brandt is in his basement. Although he probably is on cloud nine, too. Kyle's probably in the group chats with the Bears fans and his cousins and his neighbor's dog, Walker, and they're probably all fired up about what the Bears did on Monday Night Football. KB, your people must be feeling themselves this morning.

The text chains are popping, but they have been all year. The difference now is... Everybody who's not a.

Bears fan is talking about the Bears. It's out now.

That last night, what they did, when they did it, and where they did it, how they did it, all of them. We're going to talk a lot of Bears, guys, over the next few months. We already were, but now we're talking about a lot, no matter what happens. The Bears, if they're not the best team right now in the NFL...

They're a team that is going to have a say in January.

We know that.

They just look too good and too strong. And let's get into the story of why we're talking about that. And I know they lost the Vikings. They got crushed by the Packers. I totally get it. But the week goes on and the month goes on.

And let's do it. Let's do a highlight. Roll the highlight, please. To start the show.

I've got a question. I remember last year. Last year we had a segment.

Before fourth quarter where you would read some tweets from some Bears fans.

Is that.

What is those tweets like this year? That's what I wanted to ask you. What are those tweets like this year from Bears fans?

Great question.

What Manti is saying is a lot of times last year the Bears were down and it looked hopeless.

And there'd be all these tweets, not from Bears haters, but Bears fans being like, this team sucks. Caleb sucks. Cairo sucks. All of that.

I actually read some of them to Caleb. This year, there's none of that. Because first of all, they don't get down like that. And second of all, they just feel different. They feel totally different. And last night, they felt even more different because of the orange-sleeved maniac named Jeffrey Simmons.

I'll show you what I mean, I promise. To Seattle we go. All right. So Ben Johnson, Mike McDonald never coached against each other. That's fun. Caleb screaming, Caleb and Simmons is a beautiful thing. As good as the bears offense was in spots. The story of this game was the bears defense and their brand new Rolls Royce with the orange sleeves.

Now we're in number 99, three score victory for the Ben Johnson bears.

Let's hear from the head coaches afterwards.

When the pressure's high, we want to be at our best. And I, like you said, all three phases did that. And so, um, I think you find out more about your identity as a team when you get put in those situations, and you talk about it as much as you want, and yet to go through it, to live it, and to see us come out of the other side, I think it's good for building our team because that's really where we're at right now.

We didn't come here to make a statement.

We're still building.

We're still building, and this is part of that process right now.

They won the game.

They won it fair and square. They won it in all three phases, and. And we got beat.

And no other way to sugarcoat it, I think when you look at the things that it takes to win in our league, we didn't do those things, and they did. So credit to them. Obviously we have some work to do, and that's what we intend to do, get back to work and attack.

The heck out of it.

Shout out to both of those young coaches and the honest assessment of their teams. Ben Johnson stands up there. He rarely blinks. He's just giving you a real-time answer as to how he's developing this team into being a true contender in the NFC. Mike McDonald on the flip side, Isaiah, is admitting that Seattle was outplayed in all three phases.

Stark contrast to what we saw last week against the Chiefs. So what did you learn about Seattle last night with a home loss?

Seattle needs offensive help. John Schneider, that's my dude. He needs to get on the phones and find some help. He needs to get help on the way for Mr. Jackson Smith and Jigba.

The reason being, he is too much of your offense right now. Completely too much.

Look at this from yesterday alone. 118 yards. The rest of the team had 151 yards.

Like, this is cool if they win.

Yes.

And it's not good when they lose.

You know what? Even if you win, I don't like it. Because what happens if he gets hurt?

Yeah.

Right?

Obviously, you never want to wish that upon nobody.

Hopefully, it never happens. But that's what Seattle is gambling with right now. They're rolling the dice saying, JSN is our everything. And if you think that it's only skewed to last night.

Let's go to the first half.

92 of 94 passing yards for Sam Darnold in the first half went to JSN. 36% of this team's scrimmage yards this year are from JSN. 51% of their passing yards this year are from JSN. You have to give him some help because last night you received both of your one and your two running backs. You got Price and Charbonnet both back last night. Neither one of them were effective. And because your running game wasn't effective.

You had to throw the ball to who?

JSN.

But at some point in time this season, a defensive coordinator is able to slow him down to stop him from getting 100 yards.

What do you have?

Cooper Cupps accounting for 10% of the passing yards. That's your next highest guy in terms of reception. So they have to get some additional help around here because right now the scale is too far skewed all on JSN.

And if he doesn't have.

A good day or, lo and behold, something happens to him physically, the Seahawks are in a world of trouble offensively.

They have to get some additional help.

When you say additional help, say, in what form are you saying?

Like a certain position?

They have to get a receiver.

They have to get another receiver that is respectable enough where defenses can't just simply just go all to JSN. And he also has an opportunity to get some more yards.

Okay, and the reason why I ask you that question is because I actually see it opposite.

They need a running back.

And the reason why I say that is because if you look at San Francisco, right, you look at Christian McCaffrey and the tension that he garners on the run game, and you have.

Mike Evans, right?

That's all they have, really, in a pass game for the San Francisco 49ers is Mike Evans. That's all you really need because your wide receiver, too, is your run game. So when I'm looking at the Seattle Seahawks, you have Jackson Smith and Jigbo, who's the best wide receiver in the game right now.

Your run game just isn't working.

And is that a fault of the players or is that a fault of the scheme? I think Brian Fleury's scheme is a little bit nuts. It's not fitting their personnel right now. I watched last night, and I specifically watched Quinton Nelson, and Quinton Nelson was driving D. Lyman five yards off the line of scrimmage.

So it's not like the.

Offensive line isn't creating movement there. I just think that whatever his approach is, Brian Fleury's approach is to these players These runs, it doesn't fit their offensive line, and it's definitely not fitting Sam Darnold.

Sam Darnold is a quarterback.

If you look at his stats in his production, It is one thing when he has a run game. It is a totally different thing when he doesn't have a run game. He is a great quarterback when he's operating out of play-action pass. But because they don't have one, now you're putting Sam Darnold in a position where the guy has to drop back and read defenses. That is not what Sam Darnold does well. He's never done that well, and he never will do that well, and that's no slight at Sam Darnold. Some quarterbacks just don't operate that way.

He operates with a great run game. So, You could bring in wide receivers. You can bring a tight end. You can bring in another guard. They need to figure out what they have to do at the running back position so that that run game helps out their quarterback, which will help out Jackson Smith and Jigba. And to your point, Zay, take some of that focus off of number 11, KB.

Listen, Seattle is good. They got bad issues right now. Let's just look at the division. San Francisco, San Francisco. The Rams are getting better back on their feet. And Miles Garrett is returning. And suddenly the Cardinals have knockout power and are scary. So I believe in Mike McDonald. There are 500 team. This is when you got to circle those whack and say, who the hell are we?

And maybe you do have to get more players. But sometimes, you know, this is man. Sometimes they're like, nah, we're close. This is the team. Go win with them. And they may have to do that, too. We have to talk about the Bears. The Seahawks have their issues. Last night, what the Bears did was a shot across the bow.

And I would credit our colleague, Mina Kimes, who also has Seattle roots, who said after the Jeffrey Simmons acquisition that this is a league-altering trade. Now, that sounds really dramatic. And what does that mean? Last night is what it meant. Last night, the Bears looked like a different team. The Bears have a different aura. They have a different intimidation factor.

I would just wonder, like, if you hate the Bears and you like to peck against the Bears and you hate Caleb and Ben Johnson, fine. I actually love that you hate them. What are you saying this morning? After seeing that, what is your take? What is your tweet?

That they got beat by the Packers a while ago or they lost the Vikings?

I guess that's all fair. Those teams, I watched those games. I don't recognize those teams from the one I saw last night. Listen to this figure. This is crazy. So since Caleb has returned from injury, he's played three games, right? That's 180 minutes of football.

Out of 180 minutes. The Chicago Bears.

Have been leading for 158 of those minutes.

They have never trailed. They have only been tied at 0-0.

Understand what that is. That's a stat from Bill Zimmerman. 180 minutes.

They've only tied at 0-0.

They've never tied 13-13, never 20-20, and never trailed since he's come back. He's looked incredible. He's looked damn near perfect. He doesn't throw interceptions. It's just they look great. And the Simmons thing is so astronomical. It is so important. Do you know how No, I know it is like, you know, good. Jeffrey Simmons was last night. He was completely destructive. And he and Jason were the best players in the game. Montez Sweat played out of his freaking mind.

If you've been watching the Montez Sweat.

Bears tenure, it's a little underwhelming, candidly.

The guy's coming off a suspension, all right, for allegedly the juice.

He comes back and it's like, has anyone ever come back from a performance enhancing suspension and looked like they were on performance enhancers more than he has?

Like, what the hell?

He looks awesome last night.

And that performance enhancer was his old buddy, Jeffrey Simmons, eating up blockers. And I also think just bringing him some juice.

Hontan Sweat had three sacks last night. Two of them were taken away because of dumb bears, the penalties in the secondary.

He was incredible. He wasn't as good as Simmons, but he was up there. So it's like there's a contagious factor. Yes, X's and O's about how many blockers he occupies, but also like The Bears feel like badasses now. They feel like rock stars now. I mean, Simmons, you know the story. Like, he never, ever plays on Monday Night Football. He's got to feel pretty damn cool last night, playing in front of the loudest crowd in the NFL and being the best player out there.

This guy is so fired up. The Bears defense is feeding it contagious.

And, like, if you are still pecking away at those Packers and Vikings losses, do it carefully because, again, I watched those games.

Those Bears teams were not the Bears team I saw last night.

They're not just good. They're scary. And if you're denying that, good luck with that.

Jeffrey Simmons with those orange sleeves on, you know, some people are supposed to wear like don't wear horizontal stripes on camera. Like those sleeves make his arms look like go-go gadget arms. And the special reason behind why, if you're wondering, he's out there, he's trying to be all flashy with the bears. He wore the red sleeves of the Tennessee Titans and he does so. So his young daughter at home can spot him on television as he's flying around the field. I feel like he doesn't even need the sleeves. You can see where he's coming from.

But I hope she was able to watch dad last night on Monday Night Football, Kyle, because that was a thing of beauty. But shout out, it was probably a hard week for him, leaving her in Tennessee, and he's got to make this trade and make this transition. And he absolutely performed for Chicago.

Definitely.

And I love the backstory about the sleeves, Jamie. I actually did not know that, but I do have a request. I don't want anyone else on the Bears D line.

To wear those sleeves. You leave those. All right. I know that they look cool.

And like, maybe you might want to do something like in unison. No, that's his thing. Like, I just I want him there with that.

Like it.

You know, back in the day, like, the whole Falcon secondary didn't wear the Dion do-rag, okay? It's just there's certain things that just leave them alone, and I like that we can immediately identify Simmons with those sleeves.

So all you guys just stick to your thing, but those are the Simmons sleeves.

Yeah, don't confuse his daughter either. Like, she's trying to find daddy out there, all right? That's why he does it, okay?

Yes.

Good point, Kyle, as well. With that, let's bring in Mike Garofalo, our NFL insider with us today. Mike, gee, a lot of us are waiting for a further update from the Detroit Lions on the injured linebacker, Jack Campbell, who we saw was carted off, hospitalized. Now, do you have any further information this morning? Because we really are wishing him well.

Jamie, Dan Campbell, the Lions general manager, saying that so far it had headlines. Head coach, excuse me, saying so far that the developments have been, quote, positive.

He said your prayers are working. He is asking for more prayers. But the Lions and.

Campbell side as well, just trying to keep this very private in this situation as he continues to rest in the hospital.

It sounds like.

Some of the really significant major concerns. That's the positive that Dan Campbell is talking about. All that has been pushed forward and into a positive direction right now. As for whether he's going to return this year or ever play football, like nobody's even talking about that right now. It's about the health of Jack Campbell. And again, some of those major indicators are.

Positive and moving in the right direction.

So we hope for continued positive news there as Campbell continues to ask for prayers.

Meanwhile, for the Baltimore Ravens, They are down.

They were down two quarterbacks the other day, had to turn to their third emergency quarterback in Joe Fagnano. Now looking toward Thursday night with Fagnano likely as the starter chance to play while he was limited in practice yesterday.

And he's the best option right now. We can add one more to the mix.

Keaton Slovis just signed off the Arizona Cardinals practice squad. He has a history with Israel Wilford, the Ravens quarterbacks coach. So now you've got Joe Fagnano. You've got Keaton Slovis. And now you have Austin Reed as well. So the Ravens on a short week. We'll try to figure out some maybe longer-term plans, but right now you've got to do as best as you possibly can with the familiarity that you can work with right now as that game against the Jaguars is now only two days away, but Fagnano looking like he is in line to start despite an ankle injury. Miles Garrett returning to the field. For the Rams, Sean McVay very careful saying, I don't want to set expectations as to when he's going to play

in a game, but saying extremely positive that he will return to.

Practice this week.

Remember after week one, having that surgery on his knee. So a great sign for the Rams as they try to rally. Just like Kyle talked about, the Rams are still hanging around there. If they can get Miles Garrett back, maybe in a couple of weeks you get Devontae Adams back and you continue to win some games here. And who knows, right at the end, maybe the Rams will be right where we thought they would be despite that rocky start.

That would be a wild ride that none of us were anticipating. Mike G., thank you very much.

Hey, guys, that was an old-school, hard-nosed football game, and that's a hell of a job fighting right there.

Hell of a job fighting. Right over 300 yards rushing.

Come on!

I'd make Baker a wishbone for it.

So the Bucs did something on Sunday that hadn't happened since 1974. I know you've heard about it, but I'll say it again. They won this game without completing a single pass. They panned that camera over to Baker. Baker's like, no, no, no, no. Show Kenny Gainwell, Kenny G, the Bucs running back because he is one of the main reasons this happened. Welcome inside GMFB to Kenny G.

Good morning, guys. Good morning.

Good morning.

So, Kenny, you had quite the workload on Sunday. 25 times you carried the ball, good for 140 yards. At what point did the sideline guys tell you that the coaches were just like, just leave him out there, just keep handing Kenny G the ball. He's got this all day long.

Yeah, when our running back that's on the practice squad came up to me and was like, hey, Kenny, you got 74 right now. We need you going to get– This is my more, you know, and my running back coach was like, yeah, go get it. So, I mean, they kept me out there, and I went and did the job. I went and got the job done. That's great. Hey, man, we can't mistakenly miss what Bucky did, too, man. That was incredible by him and the job he did, too.

But we were toting the ball, man. We did what we had to do.

Dude, we love Bucky here.

I think everybody loves Bucky, but we have huge respect for what you did. Not only are we going to applaud you and hype you, we're sending you the Angry Runs scepter. This is the scepter that we send every single.

Week to the angriest runner. Dude, we've said that to Tampa before. You won Angry Runs this week, bro. Roll the video.

And it's earlier this show, dude.

You won it, and we're sending it to you. Baker Mayfield has won some of your other teammates.

I'm going to take you through this. Boom!

Yeah, man, hey. I don't want to talk too bad about another player because we're all professional at this job. But, man, when I seen his eyes go in the back of his head after I ran him over, it was crazy. I was too hungry. That's how I'm finishing a run, right?

Like you're doing it in the mud? No, but so.

It was a grimy game, man. It was a grimy game.

Oh, man.

So this will show up in the facility tomorrow and you'll get the shirt with your picture on it and everything. And we're just so happy for you because you've always been such a great player and now you're getting some shine.

We have to ask you this.

So Kenny, this happened off of commercial because when you come on, you probably hear this.

All the time. People are like, is it Kenneth or is it Kenny? And what did you say to that question?

Man, we going by Kenny G, you know, gotta go Kenny G baby. Let's go.

Now, do you know the OG Kenny G, the guy with the hair and the saxophone? Have you ever seen this guy?

Most definitely, man.

Let's go.

I talked to Kenny G when I first came into the league. No way. That's all we talked about, you know, and everybody was calling me Kenny G from that point on. That's dope.

That's dope. Hey, Kenny G, man.

Damn.

I need you to take that scepter. When you get the scepter and you have your photo shoot with it and there's all the smoke and the rage and the whatever, can you also treat it like an instrument? I don't think anybody's ever done that before.

I do that.

All right. I got two questions, man.

The first one, I need you to go ahead and put everybody out there in the country on notice about your running back coach, Skip Pete.

What the heck is he doing down there with you guys?

Man, Skip is one of the funniest and coolest guys you can ever meet. I mean, he get us prepared for the week every day, you know, and be ready. You want to go out there and play ball for a guy like that. And I mean, I enjoy going out there playing for him. And I mean, The things we do on the field, that's our talent. But the knowledge coming from throughout the week is what we can, like, take to the game. And, man, he prepares the right way.

That's cool. And I know he must have been proud of the way that you and Bucky performed.

You mentioned it like you couldn't do it without.

Bucky, like giving him his shout out. You guys combined to rush the ball 52 times for 310 yards, but it all couldn't happen without those big boys in the front. Your alignment posted this on Instagram, a picture of all of them. How much fun were those guys having, those big boys up front? How much fun were those guys having in the rain and in the mud?

I should have started that conversation off talking about them because it definitely couldn't happen without them. The O-line, the tight ends, even receivers getting in there playing dirty ball. You know, like we have a completed pass, but everybody got to chip in. And, you know, it started with all the 11, all the guys getting it done. The big guys up front, shout out to them. Man, we're going to keep it going each and every week.

So the other highlight that we want to talk about from week eight is the fact that as you are weaving through the defense, back, right, cut, and left, all over the place, your quarterback is waving you.

Come on, come on.

Baker ends up driving Jesse Bates out of bounds on this play, and then there's wrestling, like a scene out of WWE Monday Night Raw. What did you see on this play?

Oh, man. It's crazy because I seen him, like, waving me to come behind him.

So.

I run. I get tackled. I look up. I'm hiking with the O-line for a minute.

I look back.

I see him in the tunnel. I'm like, what is he doing over there?

So I didn't really know.

What was going on at first. I didn't really know what was going on until I seen the video, and it was crazy, man. Bro, you need somebody like that. You want to go to battle with somebody that's willing to do that, especially your quarterback. But like I always say, man, we don't want him to go out there doing that.

He's a franchise quarterback. We need him to be healthy each and every game. But we like that dog mentality.

Listen, you've played with some fascinating quarterbacks. Baker, obviously. You played with Jalen. And let's talk about your quarterback last year. You were one year in Pittsburgh, but fantastic. And at every turn, Aaron Rodgers would tell the media how good you are, how consistent you had been down the stretch.

Just amazing.

Everybody's got their Rodgers story. When was the moment that you knew this guy is different, this guy is unique?

I say, man, it's just the small conversation we had throughout the game. Um, he was just, he was just always on point. Like we was connected like through and through, man. I'm talking about like, he knew what I'm about to do. I know what he's about to do. I know he's going to throw the ball. I know where he's going to check it down at like, Kenny go do this.

Kenny go do that. Like he knew exactly what I need to be doing to go out there and be great for the team on each and every Sunday. So, I mean, he just loved the way I attacked the week and attack the game. I'm just a true player to it.

Well, Kenny G right now, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, you guys have won three out of the four games.

That you guys have played.

It started off a little slow on four, but now you guys are right there at first place. I'm tied for first place at NFC South. Tell me what's the vibe like in the building right now.

Man, the vibe has been at an all-time high. I love it right now. Man, we just got to keep it going, like keeping the ball rolling, never thinking back on what happened in the beginning of the season, just keeping everything forward right now. Let's continue to climb that mountain. Everything's been good.

Kenny, did you check out Monday Night Football last night?

Yeah, I got a chance to watch a little bit of it. I know we got them guys this Sunday night.

Well, as it happens, you guys are going to Chicago, and there's that dude with the orange sleeves right up the middle who is nasty.

What are your thoughts, man? Man, I played him in high school, bro. That's crazy, you know, because we both from Mississippi. I played him in high school.

For real?

I know how dangerous he is up in that middle, you know? But I will have my eyes out for them orange sleeves. I know he's going to wear them every game.

Yeah.

I'm ready for the challenge, man. We've been challenged all year, but I'm ready for this challenge for sure, especially on a primetime night, Sunday night football. I'm ready for it.

You're always ready for it, but we're ready to hear more about high school Jeffrey Simmons versus high school Kenny Gainwell.

Tell us what he was like and what the matchup was like. We love this.

It's the same way. I got grabbed one time. I was in ninth grade, and I went in for our hurt quarterback, And I got grabbed one time. I can't write about the game because I fumbled. But it was a good game.

Oh, no.

Wait, so Kenny, Kenny, you were a high school quarterback, right? So you're saying that as a, just give us the numbers. What, what size were you at in the ninth grade and what size was Jeffrey at and what grade was he in? And you got to take it.

That's crazy.

You weren't coming out of the backfield with the bat, with the, with the bread basket carry. You were the quarterback.

Yeah, I think he was a senior then. I was a freshman. I was like one, probably one-sixty.

I don't know.

At like five, six, five, five, something like that in high school. Like coming into high school, yeah. Uh-huh.

Yeah, that's a mismatch.

He's like, I want nothing.

Oh, man.

I want justice.

What was he, 340?

It's about the size of the heart.

Okay.

You're the man. Good luck with whatever video games coming out next. And we love watching pictures with the Kenny G reference.

There you go.

He's dead when he saw his eyes roll back. I don't need to see that.

Mahomes in trouble.

And he's decked.

Back at the 38 by Singleton. What a time to come up with a play like that.

The defensive player of the week just last week. Biggest tackle of the game today for the Broncos.

That Denver Broncos defense was relentless on Sunday, and they needed to be against a divisional opponent. The highlight that you just saw is one of many from their takedown of Kansas City in a nail-biting 28-24 victory where they halted them at the goal line. Denver now sits atop the AFC West, and this guy's a big reason why.

Say hello to Broncos linebacker and captain Alex Singleton.

First place.

First place. It is Alex, though, just to confirm. The hair is not floweth today. That's a game day thing. Can you confirm?

Okay.

Yes, it's a game day only.

Keep it up nice and tight the rest of the week.

Okay, good to know. Alex, that fourth quarter comeback is just something we associate you guys with at this point. It's thrilling, especially in the final three minutes to watch you guys operate. specifically how your defense performed. Third down sack on Patrick Mahomes came at the perfect time. What were some of the highlights for you, and what was the feeling from the group as you were mounting this comeback?

Yeah, obviously, first and foremost is the win. That's all we talked about all week. Sean is a big proponent on never look up during the fight. The fight, you know, fight for four quarters and look up at the scoreboard at the very end, and we were able to do that. I think the most calm our defense played the entire game was when they got to the one-yard line. And I think that's, you know, with how VJ is like kind of trained us is just to, you know, focus on the next play.

And we were able to do that.

And I watched the TV copy the next day and I was like, man, I didn't realize how stressful the stadium was. The announcers were, our offense was on the sideline because we were all kind of just like in our zone during that time.

The TV copy hits different, doesn't it?

Oh yeah.

It's you realize you kind of realize what's going on. Sometimes when you're out there, you don't realize that, you know, 10, 15, 20 million people, are tuned in and announcers are talking about you playing football.

Yeah.

Well, you also see that 99% of what announcers talk about is the quarterback and your quarterback, Bo Nix locked in, in the fourth quarter, he was feeling it. He was energized. Alex, you've been on through a lot of football. You've seen a lot of different quarterbacks. Bo Nix has taken some heat this year. He's taken some criticism very publicly. He's kept his mouth shut for the most part and played through it. What do you have to say about this young guy and this young leader about what he's doing with the team right now?

Yeah.

I think Bo's incredible the way he plays, the way he works every week. You see it in the games. It doesn't, we don't care as a team. Like I said, how we win football games. That's what it's all about is winning football games. I think the best thing he said at one point was the whole point of a football season is to get better every single week and just continue to win games during that process. And He and us have been able to do that this entire time.

And so that's exactly where we want to be. And that's exactly, you know, what we're able to do as a team.

Alex, you mentioned that that was the most calm, the most calm your defense was, was right at the goal line, right? Well, that was the most calm I saw your quarterback. And I said yesterday in the show, I credit that to Jonah Coleman, your rookie running back. What did you see in him from that, from that game that really impressed you the most?

Yeah.

Jonah's a dog, you know, besides, besides the, you know, a couple of the jewelry he's wearing all the time, he, he's special. He flashes and he makes just big plays in big situations, you know, to see a rookie like that, just coming off an injury to making a play like that. And that kind of game, it's special to see, you know, a guy that has just, you know, that honestly that dog in them and make a play like that.

Man, Alex, listen.

Mile High Stadium is one of my favorite stadiums to play in when I have my time in the league, and.

It's just amazing. It's loud.

Coach Payton went ahead and gave credit to how important it was for the crowd noise in that building.

To secure the win.

This is your opportunity to talk to the fans. I'm asking you the question, but you're talking to the fans. How important is it for them to be loud and to be crunk in those crucial situations in Mile High Stadium?

Man, I got to say thank you to them. They are the best in the world. If anyone looks, you can see my helmet. I got the ear covers. I got everything. We've had We've had three games this year where quarterbacks have gone to the sideline just to get the calls when I've been able to stay out there. Cause we practice all week for these guys. And so the crowd, what they do is, is truly incredible.

It's the best. I never been more thankful.

I'm hyped up all game because of them. I truly love it. And you know, we, we went to Arizona and we had a home crowd. We went to the chargers and had a home crowd. We even went to San Francisco and had a decent home crowd. Like we travel. Well, we have the best fans in the world and I truly love it.

Yeah.

That, that, that game was a big win for you guys. Not just because it was at home, but because it was against a divisional opponent, uh, but it was also Sean Payton's 200th win. How special of a moment was that for you and the team?

It was really special.

I've never, well, not never.

He, the way after the game, you know, he, he kind of was losing it and it wasn't because of himself. You know, I think what he said meant a lot to us too. He said, you know, these wins, it's not about me, but it's about the guys that you put in the rooms to get those wins. And he, you know, when, when he tears up talking about that, it, it makes not just him special, but it makes everyone in that room feel special that, you know, this off season, everyone watched us resign all of our guys and people kind of just pointed us like, are they going to be able to do that again? And so when he's the guy that does that, but then he's also the guy that tears up when he gets his 200th win in that situation because of the guys in the room,

it's really special. And it just shows the guy he is and the leader he is for this team.

Alex, it's really cool to hear you talk about football. You just truly shine a light in how passionate you are about not only the game, but your team. Another thing that you brought to light was this week last year marks one year since you were diagnosed and treated for testicular cancer. Now you found out about this diagnosis, you had surgery shortly after, and you only missed one game.

But the conversation surrounding the topic has really taken on a new meaning for a lot of fans. So first of all, well done on that, because it's really, really huge for men's health to be able to have that conversation. What does your life look like now, looking back on that moment, but also everything you've been able to bring in terms of the topic?

Yeah. Today actually marks the one year anniversary of being diagnosed with testicular cancer. So, you know, me and my wife talked about that last night. It seems like it was a lifetime ago, but it also feels like it was yesterday. And we've done so much from that because it's a, it's a scary situation with your family, but to be able to now at this point, be able to come out here, stand up and say, take care of yourself, you know, check your body, you know, feel yourself, know yourself, and just be able to tell a doctor if you feel something funny and, because you're loved by everyone, whether you know it or not, like people love you and people want you here. And so to be able to just have an awareness of your body and get

checked and early detection in cancer, we live in the greatest time of medicine. And so to just know that if something does happen to you, something scary, something bad, man, like getting cancer was the scariest thing in the world to me. Like that word still scares me today. But the fact that I was able to play a football game 21 days later after being diagnosed with cancer, having to have surgery and all these things. That is the biggest Testament I can share with everyone that it's okay to be scared, but these doctors and these medical professionals now will take care of you and you can live a very regular life. The earlier you detect it and as fast as you possibly can.

Awesome.

Really well said Alex. Congratulations on your health. on the messaging and on the win and being on a really good Broncos team this season. We love having you on, Alex.

Awesome, bro.

Awesome, bro. Thank you, guys.

I appreciate it.

Great doing it, Alex.

We love you, man.

That's really cool.

Killing it, brother.

Proud of you, man. Let it flow.

Hell yeah.

Great job.

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