Very Promising Season Ahead, Despite A Few Errors

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00:00I mean, I think. My comment on

00:05the defense. I'm not totally

00:07concerned because I thought

00:08yeah, there was definitely

00:09things to be improved upon.

00:10They dropped a couple

00:12interceptions they could have

00:13had. Stafford played really

00:14well, releasing the ball so

00:17quick. That was smart. Um I

00:19felt like they were making

00:20plans for the pressure that we

00:22were going to bring. But you

00:23know, we're missing some key

00:25people to we had no Houston. No

00:26DJ reader, which is going to

00:26make a big difference on that

00:29team. I mean, I think we had a

00:30really good team on on hutch in

00:34that situation. But overall, I

00:36mean, there was a lot of

00:37slippage on the field, too. I

00:39mean, we had a pick of one guy

00:41fell down, and I don't know it

00:43was. It wasn't alarming. I

00:44think they're going to make

00:45adjustments, and I'm excited to

00:46see what they do next week.

00:49Yeah, I said it's I mean, I

00:50was surprised to see so many,

00:53you know, slips and the

00:54message there is you can't have

00:56those. I'm glad that on when

00:59you're still able to, you know,

01:00knock the ball down. I thought

01:01that was a key play. We've

01:02talked about that a little bit.

01:05But and I think DJ reader will

01:06help. But and I was going to

01:07ask you this, T J. Looking from

01:10afar, having watched it once

01:12and then watching some

01:13highlights this morning. Levi

01:15owns a Rike. I don't know if

01:17you could ever live up to the

01:18hype that he was receiving in

01:20the preseason. Not having seen

01:23him for three years. He's been

01:24hurt. Everybody was talking

01:26about the camp that he had. I

01:27Yeah, I was I was encouraged by

01:29what I saw from him. Yeah, he

01:30was. He was noticeable,

01:31especially in the first half.

01:32I think, you know, split the

01:34sack. I think with Davenport

01:37made some big, you know, some

01:38some really good stops in the

01:40run game. I think we're

01:41starting to see what we saw in

01:44Washington, right in college

01:45where he's just jetting off the

01:46ball, man. He's using his

01:47explosiveness, his quickness

01:48getting in the backfield,

01:50finding a way to make plays.

01:51And when you get matched up one

01:53on one, if the line sliding

01:55opposite of to Lee McNeil or

01:57overnight in Hutchinson, you

01:58gotta win those one on ones. I

01:59thought he really showed up in

02:00the first half and I talked to

02:02him after the game and I think

02:03he he mentioned just having, you

02:05know, Marcus Davenport, a

02:06veteran guy in the room and DJ

02:08reader, although he didn't play

02:10last night, but having another

02:11that veteran guy in the locker

02:12room too. And in that meeting

02:14room, how much that has helped

02:15him kind of mature, right? And I

02:17think Levi was everybody has it

02:19at some point in your career

02:20where it's make or break, right?

02:22Hey, if I don't come out, you

02:23know, if I don't start playing

02:25better, if I'm not, you know,

02:26if I don't find a way to be

02:27healthy and get on the field, if

02:28I don't find a way to, you know,

02:29contribute to this team, man, I

02:30might not have a job. I think

02:31Levi, Levi probably went through

02:33this, this off season. Uh,

02:35certainly a guy that we were all

02:36excited to see just after all

02:37the cam pipe that he got, but I

02:39thought he was noticeable and I

02:40thought that could be huge this

02:42season. If you can get, uh,

02:44continue to get that pass rush

02:46from an interior guy. Uh, I

02:48think Levi good start for him.

02:51Um, certainly got room like

02:53everybody in the same boat

02:54certainly got room to get better,

02:55but he was noticeable. And

02:56that's what I think I really

02:57wanted to see JMO noticeable.

02:59That's kind of the thing we've

03:00been waiting for. This is the

03:01player he was supposed to be.

03:03He had a hundred yards, hit the

03:05big 50 plus yard touchdown in

03:06the game. Uh, St. Brown, not as

03:09noticeable. Is that just a

03:10benefit to how this offense is

03:11going to be TJ? Like pick your

03:12poison. You can't take everybody

03:14away or should they have done

03:16more to get St. Brown involved?

03:17You know what part of me thinks

03:19you got to find ways to get St.

03:22Brown involved. Um, and you

03:23look at it yesterday on the

03:24other side and you're like, all

03:25they've got is Cooper cup, but

03:26he's still getting 22 targets.

03:28You know, whatever it was like,

03:29you still got to find ways to be

03:30creative to get him the ball.

03:32Right. I think we can all agree

03:33that this offense is much better

03:35if 14 is getting, you know, more

03:37than three touches a game. Um,

03:39so yeah, certainly that's

03:41something that they're going to

03:42look at. I don't, it's hard to

03:43tell the coverage wise. I'm not

03:44sure if they were bracketing him

03:46a ton during that game.

03:47Obviously the Rams defense was

03:48doing something because they

03:51focus was taking him away. And

03:52look, I think we saw much like

03:54Levi Jameson was getting a lot

03:56of hype every single day. You

03:57couldn't go a day without

03:58training camp with somebody

03:59talking about him. Uh, and, but

04:01I think a lot of us just still

04:02wanted to see it in a game.

04:03He's just so dangerous with the

04:04ball in his hand. I mean, we're

04:06watching last night and just the

04:07speed that he's coming off the

04:08line with, um, the guy's a

04:10playmaker, the guy's a playmaker

04:12and his route tree, he's able to

04:13go over the middle. Uh, he's not

04:15just no longer the gadget guy.

04:17Hey, get quick screens and

04:18reverses and throw bombs to

04:21I think they really feel like

04:22they can utilize the entire

04:23field with him. And look, if

04:24he's a guy getting eight, nine

04:26touches a game, uh, I think

04:27that's a pretty good recipe to,

04:29to, to have some explosive plays

04:31on that offense. So I I'm sure,

04:33you know, Ben Johnson's probably

04:34going in today thinking of ways,

04:35uh, how can we get, um, and

04:37round the ball more, but damn,

04:38we feel pretty good about what

04:39we got from Jameson as well.

04:40But if they're going to take

04:41away the middle of the field and

04:43limit Sam Laporta, who still had

04:45four for 45 limit a Monrath St.

04:48Brown, that's where you need

04:49that other guy to step up,

04:50whether it's Jameer Gibbs in the

04:51passing game in the run game

04:53with David Montgomery, it's

04:54Jameson Williams that has to

04:56have a game like that. If

04:57they're going to limit those

04:59other, those other playmakers.

05:01And when that happens now, if

05:02you're Tampa or any team in the

05:04future, all right, well, how do

05:05we take away everything? Well,

05:07you can't can't. And so you put

05:10pressure on opposing defensive

05:11coordinators because you could

05:12stretch the field. Jared Goff

05:14showed that he could get him

05:15the ball. You have what they

05:18have had for the last couple of

05:19years with a Monrath St. Brown.

05:21Now you add in the years of

05:23experience, a year of

05:24experience with Laporta, Gibbs,

05:26and then Montgomery just taking

05:28the game over in overtime. Like

05:29it's a very hard offense to try

05:31and game plan. Yeah. And they

05:32played their B, B minus C plus

05:35game. Oh yeah. To your point.

05:38Yeah. Do you want to start

05:39loading up the box and taking

05:40away Dave Montgomery? Okay,

05:41watch this and you know, we'll

05:42hit one over your head with

05:43Jameson Williams. So yeah, I

05:45just can't that's I think that's

05:47the exciting part is still

05:49knowing how much better this

05:50this team and specifically this

05:52offense can even get. D in

05:54Detroit, you're next up. You're

05:55on 97 one. Hey, what's up

05:57fellas? How y'all doing? Good.

05:59Hey man, check this out. Me and

06:00my brother was at the game last

06:02night and he was getting so

06:03frustrated saying how the

06:05defensive line wasn't a second

06:07stopper. And I said, bro, look

06:10at this. Stafford is one of the

06:12greatest that ever did it.

06:13Quick release, but you got to

06:15and my man Davenport. I was so

06:17impressed with Markus Davenport

06:18last night fellas, because he

06:21showed me something. He got

06:22limp. He has um, speed and he

06:26seemed like he has a, a, a wheel

06:28to succeed here, bro. And we

06:30have never seen Hutchison paired

06:32up with somebody of this nature.

06:35I got, I got a prediction. Um,

06:37Davenport is going to be more

06:39productive than both of the

06:41Okorra brothers and Charles

06:43combined, if you stay healthy, fellas.

06:47And when we get DJ Reader in the mix,

06:49and McNeil get back in the mix,

06:51and put James Houston on the field,

06:53that defensive line might be a fierce force, bro.

06:57I seen it last night, and I was impressed.

06:59Even though we didn't have all the sack,

07:01Stafford was very uncomfortable

07:04several times last night, bro.

07:06Yep.

07:06Man, work for it.

07:07Yeah, I'd like to set that bar a little higher.

07:10Than being better than the Ocora brothers

07:11and Charles Harriers.

07:14I mean, combined, okay, we're starting to get there.

07:17So what, they're gonna have like six sacks?

07:19But here's the nice thing,

07:20is when you do have an Onzuriki that steps up,

07:23when DJ Reader is back, what's the knock on him?

07:27Last two years, he's been hurt.

07:28Well, you don't have to use him all the time.

07:30You've got depth at that position,

07:32and you can rotate guys through to keep them fresh

07:34so that you don't get into an overtime situation.

07:36I mean, the defensive line for the Rams

07:39looked exhausted in overtime, and overwhelmed.

07:42I don't think they looked exhausted, they were exhausted.

07:43Yeah.

07:44And they punished them.

07:45I think both defenses were tired.

07:46There were some long drives,

07:48especially in the first half of that game.

07:49I mean, you're talking, you know, 12, 13, 14 plays.

07:52It's like, I don't know if that's how you want to open

07:54week one after not playing in the preseason

07:56with some of those long, grueling drives.

07:58The big fellas like us are out there too.

07:59Yeah, I know, but no, I think, yeah,

08:01look, they found a way at the end, man.

08:03But I'm with you, I think Marcus Davenport,

08:05as long as he stays healthy,

08:07he's a guy that can just collapse the pocket

08:09from the other side.

08:10That's going to make Aidan Hutchinson's job even easier.

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