Fred, Hardy and Wallach said the Patriots’ 20-13 loss to the Raiders came down to a lack of talent, not coaching. Drake Maye flashed early but struggled under pressure, while the defense showed effort but no true pass rusher. They pointed to rookies like Will Campbell and Kayshon Boutte as positives, but stressed expectations should remain low.
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00:00You know, as I went out after the game, because that Lions game was,
00:05I wasn't going to, after the Jet game, I was not staying home to watch the Lions lose.
00:11So I went out to do things, and, you know, people do come up to me in the public,
00:16and especially during the football season, they're like,
00:19what did you think of the Patriots game?
00:21And I said, and this isn't a victory lap, it's just they're not good.
00:27Like, I don't know why everyone thought they were going to be good.
00:32It's week one, that's fine.
00:34They're not good.
00:35Your reaction to this game depends solely on how you felt about the team going in.
00:41Right.
00:41If you thought this was a 9 or 10 win team, you tend to be more angry this morning.
00:46If you were more realistic and thought 6 or 7 wins, you go, okay, this was good,
00:51this wasn't good, but there's a lot of room for improvement.
00:53Okay, and I also, the nitpicking on, like, the Vrabel moves prove how good,
01:01how this team isn't any good.
01:03Down 10 that they punted with, like, very little time left.
01:08They had 4th and 10 after the penalty, and they were down 10.
01:11No, it was more than 4th and 10.
01:13It was 4th and 5, and Campbell committed the false start.
01:16Okay, then it was 4th and 10.
01:17I have the sheet.
01:18But that's the big sticking point, and if that's the big coaching blunder,
01:25in quotations, that cost them the game, then you are not good
01:30because that's hardly some decision that ended up biting you in the ass.
01:36It's not like that's why you lost the game.
01:38It's an unconventional decision based on his thoughts on the offense
01:42not being able to move the ball.
01:44You can question it, but that wasn't the tiebreaker.
01:47Of course you can question it, but if that's the thing you're questioning
01:51about the game, that game was already pretty much over at that point.
01:55You weren't going to score 10 points with that much time left.
01:58It just wasn't going to happen.
01:59I was telling my son, as soon as they kicked the field goal to go up 10,
02:02I'm like, that's it.
02:03Game's over.
02:03He's like, wait, there's a lot of time left.
02:05I said, there's no way this offense is going twice.
02:07Yeah, just like when the Jets fumbled the kickoff return,
02:12and I said, that's the game.
02:14Yeah.
02:14Now, I didn't know a 60-yard field goal would be required for that to happen,
02:18but it did.
02:20That was unfortunate.
02:22They did everything they could have done.
02:24I mean, they pushed them back.
02:26The Steelers got the ball.
02:28They pushed them back.
02:29They pushed them back out of field goal range.
02:31John is absolutely right, though.
02:35It's all predicated on what you thought, what your level of fandom is,
02:39all that going into the season.
02:40I was with Perillo on Saturday morning, and same guy up at the Meadow at Peabody,
02:47the assistant pro up there.
02:49Same thing to Paul, same thing to me.
02:51He's like, Hardy, eight?
02:54I said, what?
02:54I said, oh, no.
02:56I think seven.
02:58And he said the same thing to Paul.
02:59You know, Paul, Paul, eight?
03:01Eight wins?
03:05And I didn't have time to do the whole conversation with him,
03:08but I said, hey, man, seven wins in Hardy Math is more than twice the number of
03:14wins they had last year, because I don't count the last win of this season.
03:18You've got to settle in for this, unless you're expecting some kind of like Jaden
03:26Daniels performance out of Drake May this year and some kind of commanders-like
03:30resurgence from this team, which I'm not.
03:33Okay, whatever.
03:35You're going to lose some games that you may have had circled as wins or possible
03:41wins.
03:42Yeah, and you'll win some other.
03:43And as in every season, there'll be at least one win against a team that you have no business
03:49beating.
03:50Yeah.
03:50And there'll be that.
03:51And I think if you get to seven, you should be happy with that.
03:55And there's no reason to believe they can't do that.
03:57But that start yesterday, I didn't come away from it thinking, oh, boy, now it's all over.
04:03No, that's I think what it's going to look like.
04:07A lot of it is going to look like that for the near future.
04:11Well, I'll tell you, I put money a month ago on the money line for Vegas, and then the
04:18spread was three and a half.
04:20And just as the month went on, I just kept adding more and more money on Vegas.
04:24Oh, like a 401k.
04:26Exactly.
04:27You don't do it all at once.
04:29Right.
04:30You hit the market at different times.
04:32That's one of the most...
04:33Well, no, I only took the points once, and then I just kept going, you know what?
04:37The more I heard people talk about the Patriots, and the more I went, well, uh-huh, I just started
04:42pounding the under on wins, pounding that Raiders money line.
04:45I mean, Jesus Christ.
04:47I have no idea why everyone was so confident they were going to win that game.
04:51You were...
04:52Now, at the end of the week, people started kind of coming to their senses and realizing
04:57that there was a fairly substantial high-end talent differential on those teams.
05:02And also, your coach is not a better coach than the coach that was across from him, so
05:08I don't understand really where all this confidence came from.
05:12But nonetheless, it worked out kind of like how you had to expect it to work out.
05:17Anyway, if you were paying any attention, but look, they're at a very bad team next week,
05:24and they should be one-on-one.
05:26If they lose that game, if they lose to the Dolphins, that's a problem.
05:30That's a big problem.
05:31That's a game they should win.
05:33That's a game that if they...
05:34That's a game that if you're going to improve as a team, you really need to win because you're
05:41not beating the Steelers, and you could beat the Panthers.
05:44You could beat two-and-two, which is great, but you're one-and-three against that schedule.
05:51That's no good.
05:52But they're not so good in Miami either, Fred.
05:55Miami's real bad.
05:57I don't believe in institutional things, but there is something about the Patriots
06:01playing in Miami.
06:03Something about the laundry.
06:04I don't know.
06:05I don't know why, but it's a thing.
06:08Miami's actually favored, according to what I'm looking at here.
06:11I would...
06:12Two-and-a-half points.
06:13Las Vegas Raiders in town, and Raiders get the ball to start the game.
06:19How many plays would it take for them to march downfield on their scripted opening drive?
06:24Smith with time.
06:25Loads up.
06:25Throws it down.
06:26A little wide open.
06:27Tucker.
06:27Touchdown.
06:28Las Vegas.
06:29Hawkins.
06:30What a throw by Geno.
06:32That wasn't even an insane zip code.
06:35Hawkins got smoked.
06:36Yes, he did.
06:37Six plays, two minutes, 43 seconds for the Raiders to find the end zone.
06:42Safety Jalen Hawkins slipped a little, fell down, and Tucker ended up being wide open
06:49in the end zone for Geno Smith.
06:51Not a lot of fun.
06:53I have to be honest with you.
06:54The Patriots were getting absolutely zero pressure by rushing just four guys.
06:58Remember we were talking about the lack of pass rushers and the lack of a game wrecker?
07:02That was the case, especially during that drive.
07:04Geno had a lot of time.
07:06Yes.
07:07Pats would go three and out.
07:08A lot of time all game.
07:10When they didn't blitz, yes.
07:12Pats would go three and out on their first possession.
07:15So, Raiders driving again.
07:17Remember Jalen Hawkins, the guy who got beat so bad on that first Raiders touchdown?
07:21I do.
07:22You remember that guy?
07:23Smith under center.
07:24Nope.
07:24Fake hoop to Janty.
07:25Hoop legs into the pocket.
07:26Half-time.
07:27Throws it left.
07:28Passes to the end.
07:29And shoot it.
07:30Defected by Davis.
07:31Picked off by Hawkins.
07:32Along the far side.
07:34At the 17-yard line.
07:36That's where Geno kills you.
07:38He's standing down.
07:39It's a two-man route.
07:40Nothing to flood.
07:41Nothing to flat.
07:42It's a two-man route.
07:43And an under defender and over defender.
07:45It's tipped and picked.
07:46So, redemption there for Jalen Hawkins as he gets the interception.
07:53And so, the Patriots show a little life.
07:56Start driving the ball.
07:58Drake May starts completing some passes.
08:00A couple to Keyshawn Booty, who gets banged up.
08:03So, instead, he goes to his tight ends.
08:05He finds Hunter Henry.
08:06He also found DeMario Douglas.
08:09May, in the gun, left foot forward.
08:11Takes the snap.
08:12Drops back.
08:13Looking left.
08:13Throws it to the near side.
08:15Diving catch.
08:16The Bengals.
08:17Touchdown, Patriots.
08:22All right.
08:23So, I talked about the other night with the quarterback.
08:25What are you looking forward to?
08:27More than seven snaps.
08:28Get a little bit of a rhythm.
08:30Yeah.
08:30DeMario Douglas.
08:31That was a nice catch for a touchdown.
08:33Good route.
08:33Whatever.
08:33Have you seen the stats for Douglas at the end of the game?
08:36Not great.
08:36Two catches, minus two yards, and a touchdown.
08:40Yeah.
08:40It's tough to do.
08:41It's very difficult to do, I'd say.
08:44Considering that, by definition, was for positive yards.
08:48Yeah.
08:49You would imagine the touchdown, you'd have to at least get at least one yard.
08:53Get a half yard.
08:53Yeah.
08:55Two catches and seven targets with a touchdown, minus two yards.
09:00Yeah.
09:01I dare to say that's probably not been done before.
09:04I'm surprised he didn't manage to find Austin Hooper for more than one catch.
09:10He only targeted him once.
09:11And it was on that drive.
09:13Because Henry left the field, if you remember correctly.
09:16He got hurt.
09:17He had to leave for a couple of plays.
09:19He's going to be a big fan of Hunter Henry this year.
09:22That's going to, at least the first half of the season, Hunter Henry's going to get a lot.
09:26Who else are you going to go to?
09:27Booty would be the guy.
09:29Kayshawn Booty had a good game.
09:30Booty had a good game yesterday.
09:31No question.
09:32A lot of single coverage, he took advantage.
09:35Diggs, largely absent.
09:38There's just not a lot of looks his way.
09:40There's a comfort level that obviously isn't there yet.
09:43He's just not ready for that many reps.
09:44I don't know if anyone else saw this, but Diggs was only in on first down for a large portion of time.
09:51Not that many reps.
09:51And then they took him off the field until the second half.
09:54Pats would miss a 40-yard field goal in the first half.
09:56But make from 39 to take a 10-7 lead into the half.
10:01And things didn't go so well after that.
10:04May back to pass.
10:05Steps up.
10:05He's hit as he throws.
10:06And that pass.
10:07Hanging in the air is intercepted down the right seam.
10:09Paloma with the pick.
10:11As May tried to hit Diggs, it appeared.
10:14Running up the right seam.
10:15But couldn't really step into the throw as he was hit in the chest.
10:18And the Raiders have their first takeaway.
10:20Zou could call it in the air.
10:22Oh, no.
10:24May back to pass.
10:25Steps up.
10:25He's hit as he throws.
10:26And that pass.
10:26Hanging in the air is it.
10:28Oh, no.
10:29You know what the Raiders did after sitting back and watching Drake May pick them apart in the first half?
10:36They decided to blitz a little bit.
10:38And wouldn't you know it, Drake May didn't handle it well.
10:41Especially on that pass.
10:43Didn't handle the blitz well at all.
10:45And the offensive line struggled and things went downhill.
10:48But the lack of ability by Drake May to handle the blitz without being flustered in the second half yesterday was eye-opening.
10:56I heard in the post-game Greg Bedard talking about it.
10:59He was talking about how mechanically off he was.
11:04Yeah.
11:04So that's a little something.
11:05He got rattled.
11:06No, no.
11:07It's not just rattled.
11:08That his mechanics, just as a rule, are bad.
11:12I mean, he floated passes.
11:14Like, Drake May wasn't just being confused by the defense or, you know, under duress.
11:19He was also just floating passes.
11:22I mean, he was inaccurate yesterday as a rule.
11:24I mean, you can look at the box score and go, you know, it's okay.
11:28But he missed wide-open receivers on more than a couple of occasions.
11:32Consistently high, yes.
11:33Yeah, so this is last season.
11:35This is one of the things that we would talk about when we watched Drake May.
11:37It's like, oh, he's just a little juiced up.
11:39He just got a little too much on that one.
11:42Now, those same passes look like a guy who just isn't all that accurate yet.
11:48This isn't him being too amped.
11:51This isn't him being juiced.
11:52This is him throwing high balls.
11:54And it's also because the expectations for him are far different now, as we have discussed,
11:59is that last year it was, wow, he's a really good athlete.
12:03He can do these incredible athletic feats.
12:07He can, you know, roll out, throw off those back foot, you know, 40 yards downfield.
12:11And that was enough.
12:13But we've, again, people got sick of hearing it.
12:15But it's the way that it is, is that now so much more is expected of him.
12:20You have to hit open receivers.
12:22You can't turn the ball over.
12:24These are the things that you have to be able to do.
12:26And he missed wide open receivers.
12:28That's not being confused or even getting hurried.
12:31Like, you just...
12:32Missing guys.
12:33You just can't miss guys in the NFL.
12:35And there's, to be fair, not many guys that will miss that many open receivers.
12:42If you look around week one, there's not a bunch of dudes sailing balls all the time
12:46over wide open receivers' heads.
12:48And real quick, John, just not...
12:49Not just missing receivers, Fred, but missing guys who are open and taking lesser options
12:55and missing those guys, too.
12:57Well, that's...
12:57Yeah, that's what I said.
12:58Okay.
12:59They're missing wide open receivers, yes.
13:00The other part of it is, now that we're talking about this, I'm not sure what it was in the
13:06second half.
13:06Obviously, May was rattled.
13:08The blitz had him rattled.
13:09He didn't perform well under pressure.
13:11He also admits to being too amped up at the beginning of the games, which I'll give him.
13:15And it's good that he admitted it, so you do have that.
13:18Go ahead.
13:18He missed a lot of receivers, open receivers high, especially in that first quarter.
13:23But in the third quarter, when Pete Carroll decided to blitz him, it clearly affected him
13:27early.
13:27And I don't know if that was a carryover, because he was missing receivers when he wasn't blitzed
13:33at times.
13:34Was that still his mechanics, or was he rattled because of what had happened to him previously?
13:38Now I'm thinking about it.
13:39I'm not sure which it is.
13:41Well, yeah, that's for people far above our pay grade that analyze quarterback mechanics.
13:47But it was clear, especially in the second half, where he had a very good second quarter.
13:51In the second half, he was off.
13:53And now I'm thinking, I'm not sure why.
13:55I'm not sure which specific thing it was.
13:58But he is a kid.
14:01And again, this season, he's just got to get better as the season goes on.
14:07He wasn't going to be Jayden Daniels this year.
14:11He wasn't.
14:12First of all, he's zero talent around him.
14:14But he's not going to be Jayden Daniels this year.
14:17You need to improve.
14:19He needs to get over his excitement at the beginning of games.
14:22He needs to be far more accurate.
14:24He needs to be able to handle pressure.
14:28There's a bunch of things that he needs to learn how to do.
14:30If I'm Miami, I look at that tape and I say, I'll blitz this kid all day.
14:34Blitz him until he beats us.
14:35That's what I would do if I'm McDaniel.
14:38I look at that tape five seconds and say, Pete Carroll did the right thing in the third quarter.
14:42This is how we win the game.
14:43He didn't sound like he went to Duke where he's going to light him up, like the quarterback yesterday did.
14:51If you're looking to the defense to keep you in these games, I mean, all right, you held him to 20 points.
14:57By the way, the Raiders would make him pay on that turnover, and they would go 14-10, kick a couple of field goals.
15:03All right, it's 20-10 by the time the dagger was really put in, and that was Carlton Davis, who was beat on a third and 20.
15:13Geno Smith found Thornton on a pass that had no business being completed.
15:19They weren't even applying pressure.
15:22All you have to do is not allow the long pass downfield.
15:25Just stop that from happening, and they couldn't do it, and that was your ballgame.
15:31The Raiders go on to win by a final of 20-13.
15:36Well, I didn't think the corners were bad.
15:38I didn't think the secondary was bad.
15:40The defense wasn't bad.
15:43The defense, this is the thing.
15:44Harold Landry had two and a half sacks, and he had one sack that I can remember when they rushed four.
15:49He didn't.
15:50I mean, a nice stunt inside, sacked a quarterback.
15:52But by and large, the Patriots had a real hard time getting home when they didn't blitz, and that's a problem.
15:58Especially, we were talking about the fact that they don't have that edge rusher.
16:02They don't have that game wrecker that you need to upset the offense.
16:06They have, instead of a 10 on the edge and maybe a 3 or a 4 inside, you've got a bunch of 6s and 7s rushing the passer.
16:15But that was another thing we never understood is how they were going to be such a great defense with no edge rusher.
16:20And I do believe, and look, it's one game and everything could change, but we did bring up to several people several times.
16:28If their defensive line is so good, there's a reason edge rushers, A, don't become free agents, and B, make the kind of money that they make is because they're rare and they're very important, and they don't have one.
16:44Apparently, Milton Williams, using advanced metrics, had himself a good game.
16:48No, yeah, but his job's not to rush the passer.
16:51His job is to make sure that no one runs up the middle.
16:54And also, no, but he's there to create pressure, but I shouldn't say that.
16:59His job's not to sack the quarterback.
17:01Yes.
17:01His job is to create pressure and create pressure up the middle and to wreak havoc up the middle, but it's not necessarily to get home.
17:08I don't think they think Milton Williams is going to have 15 sacks this year.
17:12I don't think that's the goal for him, and I guess he, yeah, like I heard the same thing as you.
17:18I guess that he had a good game.
17:19Advanced metrics-wise.
17:20But overall, like we were talking about in the first segment, if you were believed this team was going to win nine or ten games,
17:26if you're a national guy, I heard a couple of national guys say 11 leading up to this.
17:30So did I.
17:31You look at it and go, oh, my God.
17:33Oh, my God, look at this.
17:35They have such, this guy was terrible, this guy was terrible, this guy was terrible.
17:39If you are a Patriots fan and you are much more realistic about this, you say, you know what?
17:44Will Campbell and Jared Wilson had themselves a really good game before things unraveled for them late in the third quarter.
17:51And they did unravel for them late in the third quarter.
17:53Kayshawn Booty was really good.
17:55You watch Drake May and you see the potential there.
17:58He wasn't running for his life like he was a lot of last year.
18:01He was able to stand in the pocket and deliver at times.
18:04He had himself a real good quarter, quarter and a half.
18:06These are the building blocks upon which you make a good team.
18:11That's all I ever thought this team was.
18:13The roster last year when they ended the season was a zero.
18:16All the additions have made them a three.
18:18And if you're really optimistic, a four out of ten.
18:22And so you saw some good things here.
18:25And that's what you build on.
18:27I bet you they're four and four going in.
18:30If an ideal situation, not ideal, an ideal situation would be five and three.
18:34But I bet you they're four and four going into that Falcons game.
18:37And then the season will fall apart.
18:38But if you're four and four going into that Falcons game, I think that that's something Patriots fans.
18:47I did not think there was any way they were going to win this game.
18:50They should win on Sunday.
18:52Their schedule, they're not going to beat the Steelers.
18:55Their schedule is, the Steelers defense is really, even though it didn't play yesterday, is pretty good.
19:01But T.J. Watt might be the best defensive player in the NFL.
19:05But, look, your schedule is easy at the beginning of the year.
19:09Just trying to emphasize the positive here.
19:11You know what the Patriots were in that game?
19:13Competitive.
19:14How many games did we watch and we knew at the end of the first quarter or sometime in the second quarter that the game was over
19:20and they had no chance of winning, regardless of who the opponent was?
19:24Yesterday, the expectations have risen a little bit.
19:28They were competitive with that team.
19:29They had a chance to win that game.
19:30They were in it in the fourth quarter.
19:32I mean, that's different than the last two seasons.
19:35The addition of Rabel and the addition of all of that talent and the rookies, three of whom started yesterday, mattered.
19:42That offensive line, I thought the left side of that offensive line was going to be in some serious trouble yesterday.
19:47And up until late in the third quarter, when things got out of hand, they kind of held up.
19:52You had two rookies starting at left guard and left tackle, and they held up.
19:56And according to people that, again, analyzed the game after, Will Campbell was actually pretty good.
20:07It was the guard situation that was more of a problem on the left guard.
20:11So, Will Campbell, though very publicly poor at the end, was, I guess, to people, what people have been saying is he had three quarters worth of pretty solid football.
20:24Yeah.
20:24In the end, you look at it and you go, okay, three false start penalties.
20:27He allowed two sacks, one of which where the quarterback ran right into the guy he was blocking when trying to win.
20:33And that, I heard Bedard say that wasn't his fault.
20:36No, it wasn't his fault.
20:37Well, no, but it also wasn't, like, kind of his assignment.
20:40Like, that was more, again, the guard.
20:42But the point is Campbell had more good than bad yesterday.
20:48And that's all you want from a rookie left tackle that you want to protect your franchise quarterback.
20:54All I'm saying is Patriots lost.
20:56There are a lot of things you can pick apart.
20:58But if you're realistic and didn't expect much, this is a step forward from last year.
21:04Hang on real quick.
21:05Let's take Phil.
21:06Phil, hello.
21:07Phil, hello.
21:09You know why Mr. Eagle loved the game so much?
21:12It was because of the big booty in the game.
21:14There's a lot of booty around, you know.
21:17It set off his Siri to look for.
21:20Yes, he was just lathering at the mouth.
21:24Fred, it's weird, though, because I've never heard you sound so optimistic about the Patriots.
21:30I'm sorry, you never what?
21:32Heard you so optimistic about the Patriots.
21:34I think it's just because you like them losing.
21:36Or maybe it's Belichick not being there?
21:39Yeah, I hated Belichick.
21:41I hated the fan base, their reaction to everything that was happening as if they were some victimized group of people.
21:49I didn't care for that.
21:50You sound so, like, really into him now.
21:54It's weird.
21:55I don't know what to do.
21:56I want the fan base because now, because the fan base has experienced something they've never experienced before.
22:03And, obviously, the fan base has been very good to me.
22:05I've been here for almost 20 years.
22:08I do want the fan base to understand that I believe Rabel's a good coach.
22:12I believe May could be a good quarterback.
22:15I just, they're not going to win 11 games.
22:18They're not going to.
22:19They never were.
22:20And, they just don't have enough talent.
22:23So, it's not a hard team to kind of root for because they're developing.
22:28And, it's, I just want people to understand that there's things to look for this season even though they're not going to make the playoffs.
22:37Yes.
22:37And, almost ways to kind of, like, trick myself into remaining engaged because you watched that Baltimore-Buffalo game last night.
22:45It's a different product.
22:47Oh, yeah.
22:47It's just, it's almost like they're playing.
22:48It's a different planet.
22:49It's like they're NFL teams.
22:52You know, they're in the division.
22:54You might as well be watching a different sport the way those two teams played versus the way the Raiders and Patriots played yesterday.
23:00So, now what?
23:02Well, what Fred just said.
23:03Things to look for during this season.
23:06Signs of improvement.
23:07Ways to believe.
23:08And, I believe, too, that, you know, they're on the ascension and that Vrabel's the right guy for this job and May is, I still feel, the right quarterback.
23:17But, it's going to take time.
23:19And, to somehow make other people believe that if they get to seven wins, that's still a good thing.
23:27Far short of the 9, 10, 11 nonsense that people were talking about up until two days ago.
23:33And, also, look, it would have been better if they won that game.
23:38That's a game that if they win, I do want them to be competitive going into December, which I do believe they will be.
23:45I think that they'll be one of those teams that are still in the hunt.
23:48You know what I'm saying?
23:49They'll be like the last.
23:51They'll be like six and eight in the hunt.
23:54Well, yeah.
23:54But, you don't underestimate the power of being in the hunt.
23:58And, I'm not being sarcastic.
23:59Like, at least there's something.
24:01There's a little bit of hope.
24:03And, I do think they will be.
24:05I really do believe that.
24:07But, I just, if they would have won almost yesterday, it might have been too much.
24:15It might have been too much.
24:17But, it might have been like, it might have, because this game would have come back in some other way.
24:22And, they would have lost to another team like this at home.
24:25And, I just, it's, I don't, I didn't want, I didn't need that this morning.
24:30Yeah, if May doesn't throw that pick, and they don't get the touchdown, and Davis doesn't allow that third and 20 reception to go out.
24:38Okay, you could, it's a couple of plays you can kind of talk yourself into it.
24:41But, still, you watch a couple of other games from around the league.
24:45You watch the way the Packers played yesterday.
24:47You watch the way those two teams played last night.
24:50And, I understand, Fred, there's still going to be people saying, you know, like, here we go.
24:57Super Bowl, here we come.
24:58They're off to a 1-0 start.
24:59But, still, there's a huge difference.
25:02Had they gotten that win yesterday, and a couple of plays going the other way, they would have.
25:07It still looks so different from what the upper echelon teams are doing right now.
25:13Right, because they'll never win games that way.
25:16I mean, they're never going to, you know, win a game by scoring 40-something odd points.
25:22There's just not enough talent on the team.
25:25I think Travion Henderson, despite, you know, not gaining a lot of yards, is going to be, look, he's a running back.
25:32And, he's not an every-down back.
25:34But, I think he'll be exciting.
25:36But, you don't have any receivers.
25:39I mean, what do you want them, how are they going to put up 40 points in a game?
25:42I was watching Travion Henderson yesterday.
25:45And, by the way, no screen passes in the face of all of those blitzes.
25:49You would think they would try and take some of the pressure off of the kid by throwing a screen or two to make the defensive line think.
25:56But, I'm watching Travion Henderson run the ball.
25:58And, he's fast, no problem.
26:00But, I'm watching him seek out contact and try to deliver blows to defensive backs.
26:05Run out of bounds.
26:06I don't want you to do that.
26:08If you're going to last a whole season, you can't take a lot of punishment.
26:11Setting a tone.
26:12That's what Ramondre is there for.
26:14You're not, if you were to set a tone, how dare you?
26:17Okay.
26:17He's setting a tone.
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