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3rd hour of the G-Bag Nation: TD Tuesday; Texas Rangers GM Chris Young joins the Nation; NFL Insider Mark Schlereth joins the Nation with NFL Week 2 reactions
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(upbeat music) Shoot ya, here we go, it's hour three of the G Bag Nation on 105.3. The fannet is time now for a little TD Tuesday with your guys, Wolf Chuck, and she'll follow you here. They are, Eric and Zach. Let's do it, baby. We love to do this on a Tuesday. We have all the best touchdown calls from the National Football League and College Football and we do it in a way we like to call TD Tuesday. ♪ Boom, shock a lot ♪ ♪ Boom, shock a lot ♪ ♪ Boom, shock a lot ♪ ♪ TD Tuesday, shock a lot ♪ (rooster crows) And we start right here in our backyard, AT&T Stadium, the home of the front runners there at Carr and the Saints come to town with their tubas and 70 yard bomb skis. Play action to Jamal Williams. He's looking deep and he's throwing deep and he's going for Shaheed. Shaheed takes the guts. 10, 5, 2, 3, 2, later, 5, no flags, 70 yards. You can be greedy, my friend, because it makes for a great touchdown. - Who's short, so damn greedy. - The New Orleans Saints Radio Network. - Mike Haas? - Yeah, Mike Haas in company. - Yeah, he was awesome. - That was Shaheed's seventh reception over 50 yards of air distance since the start of last season. Of course, the most in the NFL. - You said he was boomer bust. - Yeah, he's a big guy. - He was booming and busting all over. - He sure was, he sure was. All right, let's go to Tampa Bay where they're firing them cannons. Baker Mayfield finding his guy, Chris Godwin. - It is first down in 10, Rashad White, side card in the left, shotgun look. - Urban in motion, play action fake, looking Baker May. Those have all down for you. - Now, let me see for White open. That's 20, 15, 10, 5, 3, 2, 1. Touchdown, Chris Godwin, touchdown Tampa Bay. Baker Mayfield looked over and throws a 41 yard strike to a wide open Chris Godwin in, was the Chris Godwin drive. And the Bucks take a six point lead 12 to six. - The Godwin drive. - Oh, yeah. We do all the time to have a lay. - Shout out to Gene here in the Tampa Bay Radio Network. - Gene Deckerhoff, is that it, my guy? - Gene Deckerhoff. - Deckerhoff, yeah. - And look, Chris Godwin's had a great start to season. So is Baker and just the Bucks offense in general. - They're humming. - Sneaky, sneaky contender in the NFC. - Yeah. - The Tampa Bay Buccaneers. - Hey, what a lot of content. - They're firing them cannon, not a contender. - Play-offs. - Play-offs. - Yeah, like last year. - Talking playoffs, yeah, but not a Super Bowl. - Since 2020, no NFC team has more wins, including the playoffs than the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. - Man. - Look at that, man, a model of consistency. I would have thought the Niners, you've been pulling out, maybe even the Cowboys, but they included the playoffs. So that's when it was like, okay, that's probably gonna, that's gonna hurt for the front runners. Let's get to filthy where the dirty birds storm the town and Kirk Cousins. What is it? Kirk O'Chains. - Kirk O'Chains. - To Mr. D. London. - Takes a snap. Kirk looks, sails it. Drake there, caught, touchdown Atlanta. - Drake London, for the first time in 14 games, he stands in the end zone. And the Falcons have tied the game with 34 seconds. - I think you're gonna have to look at the South now too. I mean, they're putting up some results, aren't they? - Tampa. - Yeah, New Orleans. - Atlanta at one and one, 14 game streak without a touchdown for Greg London. That's how bad that quarterback situation was last year. - Thank you to the- - West Durham on the call there for the Falcone. - Yeah, chatting to the Atlanta Falcons Radio Network. Raltio to Malik Willis making his start in Green Bay. This was his stunner this weekend. The Green Bay Packer Radio Network with the call, Willis with his first touchdown as a Packer. - Wicks motions back and forth. And here's the snap. Willis looks, throws. Right side pass, man. Down the sidelines. Into the end zone, done. Taby and Wicks and the Packers. No flags. Lead it by the score of nine to nothing. - Yeah, and thank you to the Packers Radio Network for that one. I mean, Matt Lofler and the game plan that he was able to pull out there just a total master class. Is that Gus Bradley that he took to the woods? Yeah, there. It's like, hey, Gus. - I think so. - All we can do is run the ball. And fortunately for Matt Lofler, he understands that there's more than just one way to run the ball. And so it was just being inundated with creative designs and his quarterback can scoot. That was one of like 14 times Malik Willis through the football. And of course, it ended in a touchdown right there. But that right there was an awesome, awesome, that was a coach victory game ball, Matt Lofler. - Yup. - That's not a petty one either. That's a tip of the cap. - That's a real one. - All right, let's go to college football where the TDs in South Carolina were rocking and rolling. I believe this was the moment on your Saturday afternoon that Brian Brod has started truffle shuffling in his parents living room. - Third down goal to go from the Carolina two. Nussmeyer in the shot got along with Williams. Here's the snap. Williams goes left side. Williams into the end zone. Put a Tiger six on it. Touchdown, fighting Tigers of LSU. Two yard touchdown for Josh Williams. And it's 35-33 with a point after try upcoming with a minute 12 to go in this one. - Brian's pants are flying off. - Touchdown, fighting Tigers of LSU, let's go. - How about that, man? - I'll tell you this though. South Carolina's quarterback doesn't get hurt. That's probably an L. - Probably an L. - Hey, but you got the dub. - Well, I just want to know what it feels like to have the resiliency to go down 17 nothing in a game and still feel like you got to fight and chase. A Tiger fighting chance. - Yeah, even Coach Beaver was like saying, hey, we're doing everything in our power to lose this football game. - Yeah. - They asked him to have that. - You need a little help. - Let's go fight Tigers and say we are trying everything in our power to lose this football game today. And sure enough they did. - Hey, LSU wouldn't let you do a chat to the LSU Radio Network. - Let's go to the Jets Radio Network. Braylon Allen, the rookie. How about this? First victory of the Aaron Rodgers era with the JETS Jets, Jets Jets. Allen, cowboy fans wanted him in the draft. You didn't get him. He's now doing it for the Jets. - Rodgers under center. Braylon Allen alone set that. He takes the handoff, runs right. - Has a crease to the 15th. - Step arm, freeway, five, go line. Touchdown, that's a jet touchdown. - That's a jet touchdown. - I like that call. - Bob was choosing? - Yeah, Bob was choosing. We've interviewed him before, right? - Bobby, what he is? - Well, we too. I think we asked him some ridiculous questions. Like he was a big food guy. Bobby was choosing. - Oh, Bob, yeah. - Yeah, Bobby was talking, yeah. He likes to talk. - He's been a good guest for me, ESPN as well. And he has to play off hockey. - Bottomless, Bob. I believe is what they call him in the upstate. - In the upstate area. Yeah, Braylon Allen. - The tri-state. - Sorry, yeah, the tri-state. So what are you saying here? Well, Chuck Braylon Allen, the guy who had two touchdown runs with the Jets. If perhaps the Cowboys didn't trade a fourth round pick. - Maybe. - For Trey Lance. - Maybe he'd have the Badger. - That's a guy that you could identify as. - Badger, badger, badger, badger. - Could've been an option for your team. Okay. All right, just want to make sure that we have that right. Let's go to Minnesota where the Vikings and Sam Darnold continue to shock the world. They punch Shanahan in the mouth. 97 yards to the best receiver in football. - Second and nine for the Vikings from their own three. Darnold under center, play action to Jones. Back to pass, most have picked up deep shot, Jefferson. Yes, point of the 50, half-1 to the 40, cuts back to the 25, heads to the right. He's trying to outrun the Niners to the five, touchdown! A 90, seven yards touchdown from Sam Darnold to Justin Jefferson and your Minnesota Vikings having nine zero lead! - That's incredible. Paul Allen with the call. - Thank you. - Yeah, he gets more excited than anyone. - He does, he gets way excited. - He's held the call. - But hey, a 97-yard touchdown, you don't see it every day. - No, you don't. - It's pretty amazing. - How about Justin Jefferson traveling 127 and a half yards on that play, which is the most distance traveled by a ball carrier on an offensive touchdown in the next-gen stats era? - Very crazy. - Made history there on the Vikings radio network. From one stud receiver to the next, in his first ever NFL touchdown, it is Bob Papa and the Giants radio network. Welcome to the League, Malik Neighbors. - Third and one, Jones takes a shotgun snap. Grows it to the end zone for Neighbors who makes the catch, touchdown Giants! Malik Neighbors scores his first career touchdown on a third and one at the four, and the Giants are back in front with eight seconds to go on the half. - The entire offense is on his shoulders. They get 18 targets. - Yeah, it was 18 with 10 receptions. - Unreal, yeah. - I saw from Dane Bruegler that Malik Neighbors last year in college had the most receptions of 20 or more yards, and to start this NFL season, he has the most receptions of 20 or more yards. He's got five already on the season, and that's with Daniel Jones throwing him the football. I mean, if you put confidence back there, he might have double that. He's an absolute. - Yeah, he's a special. - Yeah, he's a savage, and now it's time to go to Charlotte where careers seem to just go to die, man. This is as sad a place as you can find yourself, unless, of course, you're J.K. Dobbins doing the touchdown dance. - Dobbins right behind him. It's to Dobbins trying to stretch it. - He's got the corner, Dobbins left sideline, 30, 21 man to beat, cuts inside 10, five, flips into the end zone. Touchdown chargers! - J.K. Dobbins! - The flip into the end zone. Matt Moneysmith with the call there, chargers radio network. - Don't call me late, Matt Moneysmith. - No. - 'Cause he was, but he came to talk to us. - Uh-oh, under that, shots fired. - Yeah, I lost track of where I was. - Sorry, yes. - Trying to navigate the stadium, but J.K. Dobbins, an outstanding start to the season here with Harbaugh and the chargers. - It's crazy. - Got a big deal. Oh, let's go to Vegas for their 80s. They end up coming back. - No, no! - They're tying the game. - Eric Chia falls like, what the hell's going on? I gotta do a bad payoff 'cause it's Gardner, Menchu to Devontae Adams. - First and goal on the Ravens one yard line after Baltimore's ninth penalty. Menchu in the gun, he's got some near white to his right, brings mayor into the backfield, they hand off this a mirror. No, Menchu keeps it to the end zone for Adams and it's caught, puts down Raiders. Menchu pulled it out of White's belly and a quick throw to Devontae in the back middle of the end zone and the Raiders. With 354 to go in the game, are an extra point away from tying this game. - The old belly pole. - Unbelievable, man. And now you have Raider Joe in the 209 texting me. FU Eric, I think you should be, you should be thinking, you should be thanking me and Dawson. - FU Eric. - You're welcome. - Picking against your Raiders in Survivor and them having, if it wasn't for the Eagles, the most ridiculous, the most ridiculous comeback of the football weekend. That was insane, congratulations to him. - Triple Bet Pay on Friday. - Yes. - I can't wait to watch it. - Shakerton's in Arlington. - Come on out, watch it with me. - A remote? - Yeah. - We'll have a front row seat. - Yeah. - Oh, yeah. Well, Chuck's gonna be feeling like a million bucks on Friday after consuming the pickled pigs feet. Last Friday, he is now unscathed. - Thank goodness. - And watches us all, well, Parrish really in front of the Tolo's eyes. They're at Shakerton's. All right, we go back to the world of college football. It's the Oklahoma Sooners, Carter Freeman's squad and it's Taylor Tatum touchdown. I love a little, a little iteration. - Again, twin backs again. No play action throw. That's caught on the edge by Barnes. Turns it up. House it, touchdown. Taylor Tatum touchdown. And he takes a swing for the fences. - Taylor Tatum touchdown. - Takes a swing. - Holy Tatum. Yeah, the sooner radio network, shout out to you. Boomer, sooner, Carter. All right, let's suck. Wega Rapido try and get the rest of these in. Marvin Harrison Jr., Tyler Murray. Finally says, I'm throwing you the football. He sure did Arizona Radio Network with the call. - Fake to Connor. - Hurry on the roll out. - Looking deep for Harrison. Marvin Harrison Jr., to the end zone. Touchdown again. - That guy's great. I love it. - Dan Schuman. - Your guess is as good as mine. - Yeah, we've talked to him before. - Thank you to the Cardinals Radio Network. Not sure who burrowed through this touchdown too, but it was my Princeton guy. - This is my favorite call on the football weekend. - Fourth down and goal from the three. The Bengals elect to go for it, even though a field goal would give them the lead. Burrow looking to throw. Pouncing back where he throws into the end zone. - Yeah. - And his caught for the touchdown. Andre Yosibosh with his second touchdown, catch of the game and the Bengals with a gutsy call. Go for it on fourth and goal from the three and score. - Yeah, I mean, they're still my favorite. The Bengals Radio Network, the energy, and they're calling this guy Yoshi. I think it's awesome. I think the Yoshi nickname for him is fantastic. Right, let's just skip down to Craig Way and the Texas Longhorns. Here he is. Arch man and gets in the game. Quinn Ewards is out. And well, he just goes to Pader. - Split right is DeAndre Moore. Time in is Gunner Hillman. Second down. Hand off Wiesner. We're not pulling it back in his banding. Arch breaks has happened. 50, 45 to the 30. There I say it. Say goodnight to it. 60, seven yards. Arch to the house. - Arch allegedly topped out at a faster MPH on that play than Tyree killed it all last season. And I just refuse to believe that. That's a ball sack. - It's unbelievable. I mean, Craig Way was watching that looking like, is this real? This just happened 67 yards. Arch manning on the ground. - I'm gonna check the gun on that one, Chief. - Yeah, I think they got to get that recalibrated trigger. - That's pretty fast. - Yeah, no, he's got wheels. There's no question. But come on now. Half a mile an hour faster than Tyree killed the cheetah. Give me a damn break. - Well, thank you, boys. It's time now to get to the Chris Young Show here in the G-Bag Nation. Usually on Mondays, but he was returning from Japan where he scouted the next great Japanese pitcher that's gonna come through here in a couple of years. We'll get his thoughts on that. And so much more with the Rangers GM next. It's the G-Bag Nation on the fan. - Hey, Mike Vlinny here, host a cash to ticket alongside my partner, Jim Costa. It's really simple. Are you tired of podcasts claiming there are a bunch of pro bettors when they live in their mommy's basement? Are you tired of podcasts that claim they hit 80% of the games when really they just lose like most of us? Think cash to tickets, the spot for you. We're real, we're transparent, we're having a hell of a good time with it. And we sit there and we're there for the sweat with you guys. We're just trying to figure it out just like you. Follow and listen to Cash the Ticket on the free Odyssey app or wherever you get your podcasts. (upbeat music) - Yeah, buddy, it's time now for the Chris Young Show here on your home of the Rangers 105 through the fan. It's brought you by Tylock, George, I care. Segments presented by the Frankles, Lifesun predictable, accidents happen. If you were a loved one's in an accident due to somebody's negligence, call the Frankles for a free consultation. 2-1-4-4-8-1-7-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3. Go to franklyfirm.com. It's also brought you by cars for kids. Donate today at carsforkids.org. A lot to talk about with this baseball team and Rangers host in the Blue Jays tonight. 6-30 pregame is C-Y joins us now here in the nation. Good afternoon, sir, how the heck are you? - Hey, guys, I'm well, how are you all? - Well, we're doing great, a lot to talk about, but first up, how was your trip to Japan, man? - It was a great trip. It was a quick trip. I flew over Saturday and I came back yesterday. So I'm sorry, flew over Friday and came back yesterday. So I'm not sure which time zone I'm in right now, but nonetheless happy to be back, but it was a wonderful trip. - Yeah, I can imagine the turnaround with the time zone changes and all that, just wreaking havoc. What do you think of the 22-year-old Rokie Sasaki, or how much can you talk about this right now? - Yeah, I really can't. I'll say that it was a great beginning over there and seeing a game and spending time with our Japanese gal who do a tremendous job and very excited about our Japanese and pack room operations. And there's a lot of talent over there and I enjoyed going over there. - Hey, Chris, I hope this is not too probing of a question, but for players like that, is it more about being seen over there than the evaluation of the prospect that if they post and all that stuff, I was trying to kind of get an idea about that stuff. - Well, yeah, the purpose of the trip was not simply a scouting trip. There were a lot of different things. It was to spend time with our own scouts to have meetings with different people connected to Japanese baseball and really establish, continue to establish a presence in Japan in terms of the Texas Rangers have a good track record of relationships over there and I think those have served the organization well, especially when Darvish wanted to come over and we want to make sure that we continue to develop those relationships and be in a good position for the next crop of Japanese talent that comes out. - Well, I'm glad we don't have to ask you awkward questions about your contract future anymore. Chris, congrats on that. - I appreciate it, guys. I'm happy that it's behind us. I'm looking forward to the future here and really excited for what we have to build upon. Obviously, this year has not gone the way we wanted. That said, I'm very confident and extremely motivated to get back to what I believe this team can be. This organization should be and most importantly, what our fans deserve. So there's a lot of work ahead. I want to see a strong finish here these last couple of weeks and then we'll turn the page on 2024 and regroup and be ready for 2025. - Well, see, I do have one uncomfortable question. Is this possibly Nathan of all these last homes start as a member of the Rangers? - Well, certainly that possibility exists and I can't deny that. He's not under contract for next year. That said, we love the player and I think we would be very interested in finding a way to get Nate back, but I understand that things happen. And so I don't take for granted that it could be his last start. I hope it's not, but the reality is that he is not under contract for next year. And we'll see how that plays out, but I would love certainly to have him back. - We got to chat with Camar Rocker earlier and that was awesome. It was great seeing him out there making his debut. I know you were in Japan, but overall your thoughts on him and to Grom being back in and what the organization felt about their starts. - Yeah, I did get to see Camar on Thursday before flying over to Japan on Friday. I had to miss Jacob's start, but I was actually able to watch it on the flight, which was amazing. And so it was just so fun seeing both those guys pitch back-to-back nights. They're both so talented and especially for Camar to see his debut, it was really special. The first two guys get on base. He's a second and third, no outs. And he navigates it, gets out of it without giving up a run. And really just, he pitched so well and it was so exciting to see. I think it's great for his future, for the future of the Rangers. And then obviously to follow that up, the next night with Jacob the Grom, who has been the best pitcher in the world at certain times when he's healthy. And Jacob looked like he had the skip to beat. I know he wasn't perfectly satisfied with his performance, but I was so happy for Jacob to be back out there and really what it means to our fans and in our 2025 season. So I thought to some degree it was a glimpse the next year. I'm excited for both those players and looking forward to watching their next couple of starts here before the season winds down. - Jack Lider to the bullpen. I saw Boji talking about that. Can you just give us the thinking and putting Lider more in the bullpen perhaps for the rest of the season? - Well, obviously we'd love to have Jack in the rotation. We have a surplus of starters right now. And so the easiest thing to do was to slide Jack to the pin to take you back. Max came back off the I.L. And as it turns out, the two of them split the game and it was fun seeing both those guys back out there and pitching well. So really happy with Jack's performance. I thought he pitched great. Handled, the change in role very, very well. And ultimately, I think that'll serve him well too moving forward understanding that he's versatile and capable of doing different things. But we see Jack as a starting pitcher long term and not something that we want to get used to. But that said, where we are right now, that's what we had to do. - Rangers general manager Chris Young here with you on your home of the champs 105.3, the fan. Okay, so we're talking a lot about pitching and it's really exciting. But with the way the offense went, my question is, is starting pitching the type of priority as you look forward to the winter? Or is it getting those 200 plus runs back? - Well, it's both. We're going to need both. And the best teams in baseball right now, they score runs and they pitch. And so we've got to be able to do both. And we need to be probably elite in one of those areas. And I think last year we were very elite offensively. And I think that's, we're capable of doing that. The additions may be internal additions as much as they are from the external additions in terms of improving our offense. And I think I say that meaning getting Josh Young for a full season, getting Evan Carter for a full season, having the Dolis Garcia and Jonah Heim bounce back and play like they're capable. And really, if those things happen, then I think we're in a much better position to be a better offensive team. I can't imagine that we would struggle if those guys are performing at their accustomed level that we would struggle to the degree we have this year. So I think that's a huge part of it. Now with that, we are always going to look for ways to improve our club any way we can. And adding to our offense will be something that we look into this offseason. So in what form that happens, I can't necessarily predict at this point, but it's our job as a front office to continue to improve and find any way we can to make the club better and give the team a chance to win a championship again next year. You mentioned the health of a lot of your offensive catalysts there and maybe a dip in production. When you go and evaluate that, how do you judge if that was just player-based dip in production or if it was maybe instruction-based? Well, I think it's a tough thing to evaluate, but ultimately we have to figure out what the root cause was. And I think that sometimes guys just have bad years. And I experienced that as a player, I understand it. Now what we want to see is that the player is motivated from that bad year and that they understand what went wrong and how we're going to correct it moving forward. And then collectively we look at our philosophy and our instruction to make sure that that's in line with what the player needs to set the player up for success. So it's both and we can't shift blame to anyone spot in terms of the players or the staff that's collective. We've all failed to some degree this year and it's our jobs to self-reflect and find solutions and ways we're going to bounce back. And it's up for the players to go work hard and commit to a plan and show up in really good shape and motivated and I'm confident that's going to happen. - You talk about internal improvement. Might that include the now reigning Texas league player of the week, is it Obby Ortiz hit 524 with four bombs and five games? What can you tell us about the ref rider? - Yeah, he's, you know, actually he's, it's great to see him finish strong. He's had a little bit of a down season. I think double A has been a little bit of an adjustment for him, but he's now at the end of the season and he seems to be figuring it out. You know, he was a minor league player the year last year, had a tremendous year in Hickory. And, you know, and as with most players, they go to double A and they see a level of talent. They quite haven't quite seen yet and there's an adjustment period. And Obby went through that this year, but he's finishing strong. He's very talented. He's got immense power and there's a really, really hard working kid, good guy, always happy. And, you know, excited about the progress he's made here at the end of the season and looking forward for him, having a good off season as well. - Thank you so much for your time, sir. Give these Blue Jays hell we'll be pulling for you. - Thank you guys, good chatting with you. - There he goes, Rangers GM Chris Young. Mostly Mondays at 4.20, but he was traveling there. Little international flight, Brian, I know you're familiar with that. - Yeah, international flight. I'm sure that he was up in the front of the bus, old, you know, 610 guy. You can't be in the back of the bus there. You gotta be, you know, you gotta be up in the front of that bus where you stretch out a little bit. - We'll continue our weekly series with Mark Schlereth of Odyssey NFL Insider with you next ride here. It's the Jeep Bag Nation talking NFL football. Week three with Mark next in the nation. I want to chat, Frankles. Thank you very much, Lucius. It's time now for our weekly conversation with Mark Schlereth. He is our Odyssey NFL Insider. Mark Schlereth, host of the Stinking Truth podcast Insider calls brought to you by Hellman's Real Manays. Mayo Game Day be delicious. And a good afternoon, Mark. How the heck are you? - I'm doing great. How are you guys doing? - We're doing pretty good. You know, that one hurt a little bit. - We just got our heads kicked in, bro. - Yeah, we crapped in our helmet again, Stink. - Yeah, yeah, he certainly did. Listen, you know what? I said this on breakfast ball. The show here I do in New York. I've said it on my podcast. You know, I predicted the Saints going in there and beating the Cowboys. They're a physical freaking group, man. They're a physical football team. And it's so funny. I just got done doing an interview in Chicago. And it's amazing how you build a football team. And, you know, Chicago has built it from the outside, from the outside in. Like, hey, we got so many. Like, we got, you know, we got Keenan Allen, and we got DJ Moore. Now we got Roman Dunezay. And we got, you know, a tie in and commit. We got a running back and swift. And like, we're going to be unstoppable. We got all these weapons. Well, I guess what, you can't block anybody. Last Sunday night against Houston, 37 dropbacks by the quarterback Caleb William, 36 pressures. So you do the math. Like, how's all that, how's all that weaponry doing is you're kicking field goals. Let me ask you that. So it's really interesting when you put a team together that can absolutely dominate the line of scrimmage, and how it just basically beats the will out of you. And like, one thing I would tell you is, you're watching that game and it's humiliating, getting physically whooped at a line of scrimmage and physically just beat down. How do you respond to that? And the answer for the Cowboys is they had no response to that because they could not match the physicality of the Saints. And that's concerning. Like, because that's on film, that shows. And then you just start saying, well, hey, listen, guys, we might not be able to out talent the rider receiving core. We may not be able to out talent them, but we can beat them up. And that's going to be a recipe until they solve it. Like, every team's going to come in there and try to physically wear them out. So how do you become a physical team? Well, you've got to have the right players, obviously. I mean, that's probably the biggest thing. You've got to have the right players. And then you've got to have a dedication to it. It's got to become your identity. It's got to become what you do, who you are, and the way you go about handling your business. And so it's one of those things that you just come out and say, this is who we're going to be. And this is how we're going to work on it. And this is the way we're going to play it again. Now, unfortunately, listen, it's really hard to work on those things because, you know, I don't know in a physical contact sport and, you know, where technique and coming off the ball and creating leverage and all that stuff is really important. We're no longer allowed in this league to practice. Like, we're no longer allowed to hit people and practice. And so it's really-- if you don't have it, and it's not something you did in training camp, and it's not really how you're built or who you are, it's really hard to have that happen. You know, it's funny. I was calling a game in Detroit last year. And Roger Goodell came up to me, and he said, hey, you think, how's it going? I'm thinking he goes, you know, at this point, like, all-- like, we had so many quarterback missed games. I think it was 68 games missed by starting quarterbacks in the league or something at this point. It was what are we going to do about all these quarterbacks missing, you know, missing games? And I go, well, I don't know, Roger. You know, I mean, if you keep legislating contact out of a contact sport and you don't get a work on it as an offensive line anymore, and you'd-- like, you don't think there's a cause and effect of guys getting hurt at the quarterback position? I mean, go on. You can't work on it. You can't block people. You don't know how to block people. And now we wonder why the quarterbacks are getting hit and getting hurt. I mean, it's silly to me the way we operate as a league. But yeah, once that ship's held, it's hard to all of a sudden go, OK, now we're going to be physical. Well, when you're going to work on it, I don't know. One thing we've been talking about as a Cowboys problem, maybe an NFL problem, is their inability defensively when they go up against one of these coaching staffs from the Shanahan tree. You played, of course, for Mike, blocked for a 2,000-yard rusher. What are the keys to that Shanahan running scheme and has it evolved as you've been watching it grow with Kyle and LaFloor and now Clint Kubiak with the Saints? Yeah, get a lead and then don't let them run. They're just really good at the way they operate their run game. And I think one of the things that that scheme does a great job of is obviously, you know, it's really based out of the wide zone. But it's a lot deeper. There's a lot more involved in it now. There's still a lot of gap stuff they run. They really run a lot of complementary stuff. And so, you know, you're running like-- for me-- and I don't want to get too technical, but you're running the backside of tight zone, right? And you've got the same footwork all the time. You're coming off the ball. You're coming off the ball. And I always say, make guys play schemes, not blocks. So you're coming off the ball in that tight zone, and they're playing that and they're playing that and they're trying to squeeze and, you know, cross your face, but squeeze your face down. And then all of a sudden, you say, OK, now we're going to run power or counter. And we're going to double team that. We're using the exact same footwork that that guy has seen five times. And now he's going to squeeze, squeeze, squeeze. And now we're going to roll him over and take him four gaps out of where he's supposed to be. And we're running countergap scheme on the-- you know, coming back at him. And so you set people up by the way you run the ball. One thing San Francisco does such a great job of is attacking the edge. So one minute, you know, you'll attack a defensive end, and it'll be between tackle and tight end. That's called a trade block. Then all of a sudden, you'll have two tight ends over there in a-- like a West formation. And then it's two tight ends attacking that defensive end. And that's called, you know, that's called a quad. And then all of a sudden, you'll have one tight end over there. The tackle will work in combination backside with a guard. And that tight end will basically kind of arc release. And all of a sudden, the full back will come from the back field and log that or hit that guy in the year hole. And so now-- now I just showed you-- or I just told you three different ways to block a defensive end on, say, 18 handoffs. And all three of those things are the exact same play for nine players. But there's just two guys changing their responsibility, but it looks like three completely different plays to a defensive end. And you can get them four different ways. And that's what they do. So they get you just playing on skates because you're like, where are they coming from? And what play am I defending for the offense? It's really easy. But for the defense, it looks like a bunch of different plays. And so it makes it very difficult. Mark Schlerith with us here on the fan. Now, a broadcaster question for you because we heard that Brady might not be able to get in these production meetings before these games because of the ownership stuff with the Raiders. I don't know how true that exactly is. But how important are those meetings as a guy who calls games? If you weren't a part of those meetings, do you feel like you'd have your hand behind your back a little bit calling these games? You know, can you do it? Yeah, a lot of guys do it on Zoom. And I don't know if they're just saying you can't come into the meeting. I don't know what that is. And those guys do it on Zoom or whatever. I don't ever-- I demand that the teams meet with me in person. I want to be for what I say. And I also want to meet people and talk to people and ask real football questions. And I want to sit down with Coach and say, hey, man, last week on this player two weeks ago, you guys did this. What's it like? What are you trying to do? What are you trying to accomplish? Why is that? Who made the mistake? Like, what-- I don't want to know-- I really want to learn about football. 'Cause I'm constantly learning about the game. I love it. So I love sitting down. Because I do it that way, I mean, I've probably gotten five or six consulting jobs over the years just for different teams. And I've got a roll of decks of head coaches and offensive coordinators and defensive coordinators in my phone that I call and I lean on. Because those guys respect it. Like, coaches love-- you guys know this. Coaches love to talk about football. They do. That's what they love to talk about. They don't want to-- if you sit down with them and you talk about what every deep writer in America say, well, so-and-so said that this guy was grumpy. Because then they played three plays on defense. And then you go in and ask them the same damn thing. They tune you out. But when you ask them an actual football question, like something you want to know about the broadcast, and they're like, oh, OK, I want to talk to this guy. Because it's refreshing that he's actually looked at all the film. And so that's just kind of how I do it. And I just-- like, I'm not-- listen, man. Obviously, you know, I mean, Brady comes into town. I get kicked to the curb. So I mean, I get where I stand. But I'm not the best in the world by any stretch of the imagination. But I love this game. I'm passionate about this game. And I do it the way I do it. And it may not be the best. But if you don't like it, I don't give a crap. That's just the way I do it. Well, I know football junkies love your breakdowns right now. We're getting great reaction here on our text toy. As Mark Schlerith continues here in the nation, did you call Ravens Raiders this week? No, no. I had Giants Washington, which was a phenomenal game. The first game in history where the-- actually, the Giants scored three touchdowns and didn't give up a touchdown and a loss. It's the first time the history of the National Football League that that has ever happened. It's amazing. Or a team scored three touchdowns and didn't give up one and lost the game. So we're trying to figure out, you know, what to make of this Ravens team. Are they 0 and 2 bad? Is this a good team just off to a slow start? What do you think? Well, I think they've had some online issues. Like, I think that that's definitely true. I also think that they've had some identity issues. And, you know, I think almost the John Harbaugh came out before the season started on, so listed it and said, you know, Lamar Jackson is going to go down in history is the best quarterback that ever played the game. And, you know, it almost feels like there's some self-fulfilling prophecy going on there. Listen, Lamar is a two-time MVP. Lamar is incredible. Lamar is not a drawback, you know, each you from the pocket alive guy on a consistent basis. Sorry, he just isn't. But he's one of the most dynamic athletes I've ever watched. He's one of the very few guys that ever watched me. NFL that can take NFL players and make them look like JV players. Like, he's that gifted. And, you know, John also said, hey, I didn't, you know, I didn't sign Derek Henry to carry it 30 times a game. What? How do you look at it? He's six foot three, 250 pounds. I can outrun a DB. Like, he better get a 30. He better get a 25 times a game. Like, what did you bring him there for? He got 15 carries the first game. Listen, you know, I get that you're trying to evolve and I get that you're trying to, you know, save your Corvette, whatever, you are what you are. And like, what Lamar is, is awesome. So let him be that. I get, it kills me. Like, put a guy in a position to fail. Don't be surprised when he fails. You're the dumbass that put him there. Like, I don't under, I don't understand what it is about NFL coaches that want to look at what a guy can't do and want to live in that realm. Like, that doesn't make any sense to me. What can he do? What is he good at? Let's let him live there as opposed to saying, you know what? Hey, we win a lot of games like this, but I really wish we could do some of these things. So let's just let him live there for a while and cost ourselves games. I, like, that just doesn't make any sense to me. Like, he is one of the most dynamic, unbelievable athletes I've ever seen. Let's let him just be that, you know, and let him live there. And we'll win a lot of games and maybe we can figure it out in the playoffs. We won a championship that way. - Great stuff, Mark. Have a good week and we'll catch you up with the next Tuesday. - Sounds good, guys. Take care. - Mark Schlerith with you. Just dropping bombs in absolute carpet bombing of NFL knowledge here with you. 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