BEST OF THE HERD – Chiefs Exposed | 49ers Injury Issues

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Oh, it is a Monday. It's Halloween week Monday live in Los Angeles for the week. Wherever you may be, however, you may be watching or listening. Thanks for making us part of your day. Colin Wright, Colin wrong. A lot of both in one hour from now. Well, isn't it amazing? The quarterback that had the better run game last night, Sam Darnold, shocking, was significantly better than the great Patrick Mahomes.

Can we stop selling stock on the Drake Mays and the C.J. Strouds and the Sam Darnolds when they have a bad week or two? The answer is almost always in the they didn't have any help. And last night, the Chiefs did not generate money one explosive run all night. That's the first time that's happened all season. And what do you know? They got bulldozed by Seattle. It wasn't as close as 20-3. Kenneth Walker, and by the way, the former Seahawk, they had their eyes on him, saw a wall of blue for three hours. And the other thing is Seattle's corner, Devin Witherspoon, best tackling, best corner in the game against the run. Nick, I'm in worry.

Seattle's safety, hyper-physical. So Seattle was in nickel defense. That's an extra DB or two, nickel or dime for 100% of the snaps. Kansas City is usually great with that because Walker will run past or run over a corner or a secondary guy. But it doesn't work that way with Seattle because Seattle's corner, Witherspoon's the best tackling corner in the league. The safety, they use him now. Is he a linebacker or a safety? They don't care. They put him everywhere. So Seattle's secondary, more than any secondary in the NFL, is a punishing secondary. They can throw extra DBs on the field. And generally, Kenneth Walker eats and last night didn't have one explosive run. And so here's Mahomes last night. The great Patrick Mahomes. No run game.

Throwing on second and third and long. the field. And it looked a lot like, be honest, Chiefs fans, it looked a lot like last year's Mahomes, where this wide receiver core, you don't know who's available week to week. It's a lot of get the ball to old Travis Kelsey, no run game. And now Kansas City, this offensive line, they got issues. They're not telling us what's going on, but it's a problem. They don't know who's playing left tackle.

So they became very dependent on Kenneth Walker. And we also have to be honest, If you look at early in the season, they beat the Raiders and the Dolphins and they beat the Colts in overtime and the Chargers. And that week one win over Denver, Denver put in a new play caller. And all of a sudden last night, you look, oh, oh, this is true serum. Seattle looked a lot younger. Faster, more athletic, more of everything. That was a mismatch. Kansas City had 11 first downs, four and a half yards per pass. This was not, when you put those teams up next to each other, juxtapose them next to each other, Seattle looked like a different level of team. So in fact, last night for Kansas City's offense, this really jumps out to you. Points, total yards,

First downs and red zone drives, the fewest in the Mahomes era. So that easy schedule covered up the flaws and masqueraded as strength. You watched it and I watched it. That wasn't particularly close. It would have been worse if Darnold didn't throw a pick in the end zone. Mahomes also had an ugly pick. You know I'm going to defend quarterbacks who take swings, who take risks, and Darnold's the anti-Bownicks. Almost aggressive to a fault, but that felt like there's still a gap between Kansas City and and the best roster in the league. And right now the best roster is Seattle, and here's Mahomes after.

We have to help him. I think that's the biggest thing is when they put so many eggs in that basket of stopping the run game, we have to have the play-action game and the movement game to be able to throw the ball. And if we're not proving that, they're going to continue to put those guys up at the line of scrimmage, and that's hard for the run game.

Obviously it sucks right now, but we'll be full steam ahead, trying to do our best to find a way to win this next week.

Okay, San Francisco's falling apart physically. Stop me if you've heard it before. In September every year, they are cinematic. Oscar worthy. But remember, we said it. This is why I didn't pick San Francisco to win this division. Christian McCaffrey had 413 touches last year. And over the last 15 seasons in the NFL, any time a player's had 400 plus touches, it's happened four times. The following season, the player gets hurt. or has a catastrophic drop-off in productivity.

So he got dinged up again, and here we are. So their starting receivers were Jordan Watkins and Brandon Cook. So it is what it is. Mike Evans didn't play. Debo didn't play. So Brock Purdy, what do you know, has two picks. Brock Purdy looks pretty average. So San Francisco is not just the oldest team in the NFL.

It's the oldest offense. And by a wide margin, okay, it's cocoon. It is by a wide margin. So Seattle yesterday, when you watch them, looks young and spry and athletic. And San Francisco yesterday, barely able to field a roster, looked like the San Francisco team that got hammered by Seattle at the end of the year last year twice.

And the Niners' defense is also an issue because Pennix had 33 drops. I don't know where Bosa went. I have no idea. 33 drops for Pennix. Zero quarterback hit. So it's not just an offensive mission. We've told you this. And I understand it. Shanahan likes smart, veteran, physical, experienced players.

It's not the substation. It's good to joke about that. But if you wonder why they have the injuries, because he loves physical players. They have physical practices. He likes older players. And so they're going to be fine. They have a bye, and God, do they need it. But they come back and face the Raiders and the Cowboys.

So the Niners are going to be 8-1. But the standard for the San Francisco 49ers, it's a Yankee standard. It's a Dodgers standard. The standard is getting to the Super Bowl and winning it. And when you watch Chicago on Thursday, super young, or even New England, the losing team on Thursday, super young, 23 first or second year starters.

If you watch Seattle yesterday, you see all that youth and talent. You don't see those teams limping around the field. So Shanahan is a brilliant coach. No coach in the NFL navigates an injury-plagued roster like him. Guy won 12 games last year in a playoff game in Philly, and they had no business winning. They had no business winning a playoff game and winning 12 games last year. So, I mean, just yesterday, 15 guys on the injured list before the game. Shanahan said after, they didn't know. Could they get 48 players? They didn't know if they could field a team. So they need to buy... They'll be okay, but the standard's different. And again, this is a very reminiscent trend and theme. They're a bit like the muscle car.

They look great, right? But boy, they're in the shop a lot. And you're less attractive, less cool cars on the freeway driving to work. And so here's San Francisco. Very good. But if you're a Niner fan and you look at Christian McCaffrey, not to say we told you so, because I think he's the third best running back I've ever seen after Walter Payton and Barry Sanders. I really do.

But you're giving him 400 touches. That's insane. I mean, that's just... And again, this is a guy with a long career. He feeds off the physicality. He doesn't run away from hits. So here's McCaffrey talking about that leg after the game. I have no idea.

It sucks because I feel like I was going on a run there.

And.

My leg just.

Died on me.

I was trying to get it going for the whole rest of the game, but it just sucks trying to play like that.

I know I'll be all right, but it's just really frustrating.

That leg just died on me. I don't know what happened. Well, I do. 413 touches last year. So, again, San Francisco is a playoff team. I like them a lot. I mean, the Rams won and, you know, looked a little bit. My friend of mine texted me. He goes, the Rams and the Seahawks looked like last year. And, by the way, the Niners looked like last year. Not the loss part, the falling apart part. So, they are the muscle car of the season. of the NFL. That muscle car's in the shop probably more than you'd like, but I think that's where we stand. Matt Hasselbeck calling right wrong an hour from now. I thought there were... It wasn't a great Sunday, and I thought Thursday's game was spectacular. But I will say... there is something going on with the

New York Giants. Here's how good of a coach Sean Harbaugh is. They lost Jackson Dart. They're on their third quarterback and they're in first place.

It's a good call by you.

The New York Giants, I said all off season. Don't, first of all, don't compare them to the Jets. They have better ownership. They have a better roster, and they've got some older complementary players. The Jets are very talented, but very young, and they don't have the coach. But we've seen this before. Anybody notice John Harbaugh leaves Baltimore?

Baltimore's in last place. John Harbaugh goes to the Giants, who you thought had a terrible roster, and the Giants are in first place. And I will say, there was a moment this week with the New York Giants. Great coaching and great parenting have one thing in common. I'm going to talk about that next. We're live in L.A.

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Here we go. It is a Monday. Matt Hasselbeck in less than five minutes. We're in L.A. It's the Herd. Wherever you may be, however you may be listening, thanks for making us part of your day. Oh, the studio looks beautiful here. A little spooky. It's Halloween week. It's a big time. L.A. is a very good Halloween city.

Very good.

Yeah, I rate cities based on how they accept candy.

I thought it was Airports 1, Halloween costumes 2. What are you dressing up as this weekend?

Um... a respected, seasoned local news anchor. I thought you would go as Caleb Williams. Let me tell you something. That guy is playing a different level. That was the most fun I've had at a game in several years, going to that Bears-Patriots game. All right, Colin Wright, Colin Wrong on a Monday. And here we go.

Where Colin was right.

Caleb Williams. Oh, Colin, he paints his fingernails in college. Who gives a rip? Kids are different. Let him live. He's a creative guy. He emotes. Sometimes he gets emotional. His completion percentage now is 71%, so I not only get the horsepower, the guy is surgical. Eight completions of 20-plus yards against New England, and I was there. That New England defense is not giving up eight chunk plays the rest.

Of the year.

He is one of those guys, and you see him once, twice a decade, who even amongst other great pro athletes feels like a different level. Always a lot of critics because he's different, but I like this different.

Where Colin was wrong.

Is J.J. McCarthy the next Sam Darnold? Now, he had a great run game. Okay, 188 yards, and all quarterbacks are better with a run game, but let's be fair here. He made the connections with Malik neighbors were noteworthy. He played with confidence. That's a big-time throw right there. He played with poise. I mean, Houston's a real good team, and yes, Scadaboo was decisive in his running, but in Minnesota, there was all sorts of weird stuff happening. The injuries, people said, you know, like he couldn't stay healthy. There was some stuff. He's a little arrogant and off-putting.

Whatever.

Young people grow. But that J.J. McCarthy, I thought I would never see.

In the NFL. Where Colin was right.

The NIL has created a surplus of drama. I don't want to hear how it's bad for college football. Anybody can beat anybody. I mean, BYU beats Notre Dame and then goes and loses to unranked Central Florida. UCLA is a basketball school. They're 7-0. Three straight weeks, we have a number one or two ranked team losing to an unranked team. This is unbelievable. It's much like baseball. Baseball is a great sport, but it needed some fundamental changes.

That is college football, where you had three teams that had such a wide gap over everybody else. The last two weeks, I have no idea who's winning games. Week to week, I mean, the outcomes are far more diverse. There's a very tiny gap between the 36th best team and the 4th best team. Long overdue. The sport's never been better. I don't want to hear the NIL is gloom and doom.

Where Colin was wrong.

Yeah, I think I got over my skis on the Houston Texans, who are now 0-4 at home and 2-5. After they beat the Jags, I was like, that team can win the Super Bowl. Uh, how about no, um, CJ Stroud is not the issue. The defense has regressed. I don't have an answer for it. Um, they can never build a run game. Woody Marks got banged up, came back, but I, I just, it, it feels like it's the same thing. The old line can't stay healthy.

The run came run game is never dynamic enough. Uh, CJ Stroud is to me, not the issue when they beat the Jags. I was like, wow, this, And yesterday I was like, whoa, whatever.

Where Colin was right.

Lakers are better without LeBron, and that's not a criticism of LeBron. He takes so much oxygen out of the room. The Lakers needed a clear pecking order, and they have it. Luka is the understated. Well, I mean, he's not LeBron. He is a number one. Austin's a number two because they don't have LeBron's salary. They can afford Walker Kessler and multiple wing defenders who can catch and shoot. LeBron's salary would have gotten in the way of the rebuild.

They have a legitimate rim runner, rim protector, wing defenders, and a clear number one. It's not a criticism on LeBron, but LeBron, between the money and the oxygen, he clouded the Lakers. He leaves LeBron. As a Laker fan, you may not want a title, but it feels like this is a real team with real players and positions that can compete with the best teams.

Where Colin was wrong.

Well, I was wrong on Sark at USC and Lane Kiffin at USC. I'm wrong on Lincoln Riley at USC. You can preach toughness, but it's the same problems. O-line play, can't run the ball, get pushed around on the road, lack an innate toughness in these big games. And college football's best coaches, your Freemans and Cignettis and your Ryan Days and your Kirby Smarts, the one thing they have in common, their teams are physical and they push around.

And in crisis, they may be flawed, but they're tough. And everything about USC screams convertible sports car in the winter. It just doesn't work. It's pretty at times, snazzy at home. It just doesn't work. And I was wrong. Eastern Michigan scored more against the Badgers than USC did.

Come on. Where Colin was right.

Michael Penix, listen, nine touchdowns a pick and a 109 passer rating this season. I loved him out of college. I know he's a pocket quarterback, but he can roll a little bit. Jared Goff's a pocket quarterback, and right now he's the number one passer rating. I want my quarterback to stay in the pocket. I do want him to be athletic enough to be able to move the pocket.

I think Penix is. I think he throws a beautiful football. And do I worry about the health? Absolutely. Absolutely. Absolutely, I worry about the health. But for two years, I worried about Brock Purdy's health. Michael Penix is a franchise quarterback. Tall, deep ball. I mean, if you give him, like Goff, two beats, he is tough to stop.

Where Colin was right.

Finally, Deion Sanders. I don't think he can coach a lick. I do think he's interesting, but he could never build a legitimate staff. 20 games at Colorado. 5-15, four losses by 30-plus. That's Carl Durrell without the branding. Again, I think he's an interesting guy. Deion's about Deion. He can sell Deion. But the reality is the great coaches didn't want to join this staff because they didn't think he was a great coach. And Colorado now is just a poorly coached football team with a coach that has done a great job to market himself and brand himself. And I did think for the first couple years they were interesting, but this is no different than Carl Durrell. who is a good guy and was a, you know, can be

an assistant coach, but you know, they're, they're, they're just over their skis week after week. calling right, calling wrong.

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App, 18 years in the NFL. A lot of it was Seattle. Matt Hasselbeck is now joining us live. I'll tell you what the, um, I always say this about Darnold. He's the only quarterback that, uh, He's the only quarterback in the league where you have a great quarterback-wide receiver combo, and the receiver gets 100% of the credit. It's all JSN.

With Jamar Chase, we acknowledge Burrow. With Jalen Brown, we acknowledge Jalen Hurts. Or with A.J. Brown, it's all JSN. And last night on 3rd and 9, Darnold was 5 of 6. That's impossible. That hasn't happened since 2008. Is it just the jet ears that we are? I mean, what is it about Donald that just there's people that can't embrace it?

Well, I blame Drew Locke a little bit because Drew Locke started a game this this year. And I think his first pass was like an 80 yard touchdown to JSN. You know, JSN also, you know, he's taking plays that should not be touchdown plays and turned him into touchdowns. fourth and one a little completion play touchdown a little screen touchdown uh but i i don't know i think sam's getting his credit i don't think he's looking for the credit he's got a super bowl ring and a trophy and all that stuff and uh and he knows he can play better i thought he was outstanding last night on third down you know first of all the defense made my homes look mortal He usually looks immortal.

Sam was incredible on third down, protected the ball. He had a critical error in the red zone that.

Almost cost him.

But, you know, he just needs to eliminate those things. He was great with his legs last night. I don't think he's looking for the credit. I think he realizes he learned it last year. There's enough credit to go around with a great team like this. And help is on the way at the running back position as well.

So great win for Seattle last night. They really needed it.

Well, Kansas City had beaten up on the Chargers and the Colts and the Raiders, and Denver came in. Davis Webb was now the play caller with a new language. So then you watch them play Seattle, and Seattle is so young and so athletic and so fast, and Eamon Worry and Witherspoon in the secondary. They can put nickel and dime packages there. Kansas City, you can't take advantage of it. I did think last night, it felt like I was watching, Matt, a wave, a blue wall. And it did make Kansas City, and they're not an old team.

They've got some old players. But do I just take it's a hard night in Seattle? But that game felt like, wow, there's a gap in personnel. But sometimes you go on the road and that's what it looks like. Do I should I take too much out of Kansas City getting bulldozed?

I think this is what people don't realize.

There's something really unique and special about playing against an old teammate. And Seattle, that organization, I've been there. I've been there recently. I lived it there. They love each other, top to bottom. John Schneider, the GM, players. equipment managers athletic trainers like it's a family there and john schneider and company have been taking a lot of heat because k-9 is running wild on the nfl right and now he's paired with andy reed and patrick mahomes and this wasn't just another game for them it wasn't just another prime time game it was an opportunity in love to play against your old teammate your super bowl mvp your guy from last year kind of like playing against your brother or your best friend and doing it for your

other brother or your best friend, and kind of stepping up and sending a message. And it wasn't a perfect game by any stretch, but defensively, that was one of the more dominant performances that I've ever seen, especially stopping a run game and a runner that's been lights out this year.

Yeah.

So we've joked that we think it's the substation in San Francisco with the injuries, but what it really is is Shanahan is a high-functioning, maybe the best play designer play caller in the league. He likes older, mature, experienced players. He doesn't want to teach you how to play football. So, I mean, even when they are banged up, he's like, I want, I want Mike Evans. Right. Right. And so like, and last year, McCaffrey had 400 plus touches. There is a recent history. If you do the following year, you get dinged up. So I look at San Francisco and, I almost feel, here's I guess my take, is that Shanahan may have a little too much say in personnel, that he wants older players. But I've got another October

where the Niners are falling apart. Is it a flaw in the Shanahan brilliance that these older players, they just keep, he doesn't get rewarded in November and on?

Yeah, I'm scratching my head. The injury thing in San Fran is real. All I can tell you is the lifestyle out there is kind of nice and easy and palm trees and perfect weather and perfect grass. And that's just not the lifestyle in the NFL. I had a daughter who played a sport at Stanford in Palo Alto.

It's beautiful every day. It's perfect conditions.

And then you go on the road in places like a dome in Atlanta. I've played there and that turf is like playing in the parking lot. It's just different. So I'm I got no answers for you other than I feel like it's a team of Ferraris and not a team of pickup trucks.

They get dinged up.

I don't know.

I know that they're scratching their head about it. I'm not sure about the electricity transfer station. I enjoyed that game yesterday, though. I mean, I thought it was a great game. San Fran was right there to win it. Pennix was really steady and impressive in a lot of ways. Brock Purdy, you know, the six-point deficit, he's taken them down to win the game. And the rookie inside linebacker from Oklahoma, I think his name is Daniels.

He makes one of the most.

Spectacular plays that I've seen all season by a defensive player. So I think you just got to tip your cap to Atlanta and just say this 49ers team's for real and they'll be back in it. They fumbled too much and Purdy threw an interception when he was trying to throw the ball away.

So the Lions and the Packers, it's interesting. Green Bay not only leads the NFL in drops, they lead it by a mile. Yesterday, their DBs are dropping it. Their receivers are dropping it. And I wonder, in your years in the NFL, was there ever a year that Seattle or Green Bay, like, it's just a drop year? Are they not doing the homework on drafting? I mean, they don't lead the NFL in drops. They lead it by a significant margin. And yesterday, I mean, listen, they couldn't hit chip shot field goals. It was a lot of stuff. Bay.

Yeah, listen, well, I forget the year, but one year, our team, the Seattle Seahawks, we led the league in drops by a wide margin, like a ton.

It was crazy.

And what's going on? And all I can say is it does get contagious. It does get in your head, much like a kicker missing a kick or a guy off the tee box in golf.

It just kind of gets in your head.

And I always like coming back to my guys right after that. But I also appreciated when I saw them working on the fundamentals. Before practice, after practice, on the jugs machine, guys on offense, guys on defense. Put the extra work in. It gives me confidence. That wasn't the case with all the guys that had the drops. Some guys were putting work in. Some guys were like, my bad, my B. What are we doing about it, guys? What are we doing about it? Yesterday's game was a game of inches, and it was people making plays at the moment of truth. Whether it's a running back dropping a touchdown, perfect touchdown pass, or a guy deciding to bust through somebody to block a game-winning field goal. Whatever it was,

it was playmakers making plays at the moment of truth. And that's really what happens with drops. Defenders are taught to have strong hands. Wide receivers and guys catching the ball are taught to concentrate, look it in. You know, if it's above your chest, it's thumbs together. If it's below your chest, pinkies together. All the fundamentals that you talk about and coach, you got to do it when it's time to do it.

You, as a rule, defend young quarterbacks even when they struggle. And JJ McCarthy, I sold my stock and I generally don't. I like the Drake Mays, the CJs, the Darnolds. I don't. But I thought he was nervous. I thought he didn't have an off-speed pitch. Everything's a fastball. I thought he lost his confidence. And then I watched him with Scadaboon a run game yesterday, and I'm like, okay, I got to slow down because do we have the next Darnold?

Do you think it's Harbaugh? Do you think it's the run game? I mean, I'm sorry, but he never looked that confident for a football game in Minnesota. You played the position. He had moments. He didn't look like that. What do I make of that? Because that was impressive.

Sometimes it's a long-term investment. You invest in something. It's not a flip it in two years. It's like flip it in 20 years, flip it in 10 years. I think that's the way we get wrong in the NFL with quarterbacks. I will also say the quarterbacks deserve some blame. A lot of people are like, oh, organizations fail quarterbacks.

Quarterbacks don't fail organizations.

No, no, no, no, no.

There's plenty of blame to go around. These quarterbacks, I'll use JJ as an example. It was a wake-up call. He went in there thinking like, oh, this is going to be just like I'm the man.

It's handed to me.

No.

There's a standard that people expect for you on the field, off the field, at practice, in the film room, all of it. And he's getting a second chance to kind of sink or swim.

I do think Harbaugh matters.

I do think the fact that his brother was his college coach at, at Michigan, like the scouting report. Hey, here's what you need to say to this guy. Here's what, it's not what he can't do. It's what he can do. He has tangibles. He's got the ability to run. He's got a strong arm. You got to maybe keep it simple for him. Mike Holmgren used to always say, Hey, with young quarterbacks, they need to walk before they can run.

We're not taking the training wheels off right away. And you can say that about guys like Brett Favre and Steve Young.

I mean, you'd say, well, great players.

So, you know, he's been outstanding. Like Cam Scadaboo, neighbors, this offense, I give Harbaugh the credit. It's an attitude thing. And also when you coach a quarterback, keeping it super simple, right? Something like they can hang their hat on. Hey, I want this, this or that done. Not like, oh, you could do this. No, what do I actually want right here, right now? And then that allows you to go out and play free. And that's what I see. I see a quarterback who's got a second chance playing free.

Something I've never figured out in football. And so let's start with this. It's a Joe Burrow question, but I want to start with this. When you get to the locker room, how much time do the coaches have with the players to tweak? How much, seven minutes, six?

Depends on how quickly they get their act together.

Like if they're organized going in for their little coaches huddle, what happens is coaches come in, they huddle up, players go up and they huddle up, use the bathroom, literally have orange slices and something to drink like you did when you were growing up. And then the coaches come in, they come in quickly sometimes, like when they have answers or they come in late when they don't have answers.

What usually happens in that waiting time is, is players will either say nothing or speak up. It sounds like Jamar Chase spoke up. And sometimes that can be helpful. Sometimes that can be detrimental. But to think that halftime adjustments don't happen, that's not a fact. They just maybe don't get shared with the group or maybe they're not advertised.

But it's an important time to me. I feel like halftime is an important time to regroup and have a plan coming out the second half.

I've never seen a game where a team Cincinnati could not 40, 50 yards. And then in the second half, it was a seven on seven drill in Los Angeles with high schoolers. It was literally catch pass and catch. Cincinnati was flawless. And I'm thinking the whole time, what happened Cincinnati? I mean, what happens in seven minutes that Cincinnati can't get a first down to unstoppable?

This is my take.

I thought Cincinnati looked lethargic. I thought they were bad on third down. And sometimes a great player and a great personality and a great leader, oftentimes the quarterback, but not always a great player can drag his team into the fight. And I feel like that's what Jamar Chase did. I felt like Jamar Chase at halftime, he dragged his team into the fight.

He's like, hey, I don't know about y'all. I'm getting into a fight.

Who's with me?

Like, who's got my back?

I'm in.

Count on me.

Put it on me.

Find me. It'll start with me.

And Joe Burrow, I know the respect he has for Jamar.

He's like, hey.

And coaches are like, okay, hey, where's our call sheet and where are our plays for him? Let's get him going. Let's get us going. And that can absolutely happen. Sometimes it happens with a guy on special teams or defense. But when it's one of your great players, it's a little bit easier because now all of a sudden he's in the fight. And if you got love for your brother that way, like, hey, I got my brother's back.

I'm stepping it up. And it was like a completely different team. And the game wasn't even close at the end.

That's the funny part. It was like a pretty solid win.

But at halftime, it absolutely looked like the Bengals were going to lose that game.

So, by the way, people don't understand that you always played hurt as a player. We have a video that when you sat down today, you broke your chair. And yet, look at this.

Look at that.

You literally broke your chair. And yet you have performed. You're like the Bengals. Yet you have performed despite not getting off to a great start. We really appreciate that. You're amazing.

You know, who needs enemies with friends like you guys?

Can I just give one little shout out, though? This I love this.

OK, the tight ends have done such an amazing job of marketing themselves. Tight end day, national tight end day, whatever these if you think that these offensive coordinators aren't actually thinking about that. Like, when they look, oh, we got a nice tight end day coming up, blah, blah, blah. Like, there were so many tight end plays. Like, opportunities for tight ends. Even Barner last night on the tush push.

Like, all of it.

Like, I promise you, if you think that these play callers are just blind to that, they're not. So, I don't know if there's statistics that back this up, or you can go back year to year.

I promise you it's a thing.

So, to the other positions out there, I don't know if it's like big man touchdown.

Day or whatever. Like.

You need to hire.

A marketing group for your position the way the tight ends have, because it's been outstanding.

I just had to say it.

Sorry. Well, I was at the Chicago-New England game live on Thursday, and there's no question that Drake May does not have a number one receiver, that A.J. Brown did not look good. The backs are kind of pedestrian. He is looking for Hunter Henry. And there's no question that Luther Burden and Colston Loveland, you know, the tight end of Michigan, are clearly Caleb William's number one guy. It's interesting watching that game. Caleb really, I feel like I feel bad for Drake May. I don't think they've drafted skill positions very well. I feel like Chicago really has.

Ryan Poles has nailed the skill positions. When I was watching that game between Drake May and Caleb, and I'm sure you were, one of the things I said is watching Caleb in person is different than TV. Drake May is great both ways. TV there, he's really good. uh caleb is just different his arm strength is the way he moves um i mean now you get surgical and you get the explosive stuff where are we today on when i said sometimes i think he's josh allen without the pics and that's way out there i know you're smiling you think it's the craziest thing you've ever heard am i going overboard.

You said something that maybe makes sense. It clicked in my brain that you said he looks completely different, way better when you watch him in person than he does on TV. Because the way you talk about Caleb is literally, you think I'm joking, my buddies from Chicago, Sully, Fitzy, and Murph.

I got Jack Murphy blowing up my phone. What do you think about Caleb now? He was at the game. And I was watching on TV.

So maybe it's the in-person thing. You know, like, you better believe it. Colin was right. You know, Caleb's the best. He's the MVP of the league. You know, so maybe it's the in-person thing. I got to get off my TV. Maybe that's what it is, Colin.

Okay.

Well, be safe. Sitting down is a problem. Be safe, Matt Hasselbeck.

I need to mix in some salads. No dressing, no croutons, and a water.

Sheesh.

The great Matt Hasselbeck, 18 years in the NFL. No, it's just like I can remember when LeBron was great. My wife and I, Ann, we went down to Miami. I'm like, I've got to see him in person. When Conor McGregor in the UFC, I was like, I've got to go watch some of these fights. You do get these rare players, Otani, where you're like, I want to see it in person. With Caleb, I have not seen Josh Allen in person, but with Caleb, you go watch him in person. I went to a practice this year, and I went to the game, and it just feels a little different. His escapability, how pedestrian he makes other great NFL players. New England's defense is really good. No other team is going to have eight chunk plays against

New England this year. Will not happen. And he did it, and it was kind of like, ho-hum. So there you go. In LA, it's the Herd.

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