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00:00It is the fact that they lost, but it's also the way that they lost.
00:02It is a double whammy of sorts, and I think that the offense, first and foremost,
00:10because the defense, even though I don't think the defense was anywhere near perfect,
00:14I'm looking right now at Good Morning Football, and they've got Willie Anderson Jr.
00:18managing to get a strip sack, fumble recovery for a touchdown.
00:23We saw a four-interception or four-turnover game?
00:28Four turnovers.
00:28You won the turnover battle.
00:30Two interceptions, what, two fumbles?
00:32You won the turnover battle by three.
00:34Yeah.
00:35And I think teams are now 9-1 when they win the turnover battle.
00:38That is correct.
00:39Yeah.
00:39Who was the one law?
00:40Who do you think?
00:41The Houston Texans, Monday Night Football, October 20th, 2025.
00:45Like, that's how poorly your offense was able to show up.
00:48That's how nonexistent the complementary of the complementary football was
00:54for the Houston Texans offense.
00:55And, look, there's obviously blame that goes in a lot of different places.
01:00But the man at the helm of this, Nick Cayley, I think that one of the takeaways I have.
01:07He is of his depth.
01:08And, you know, I promise I'm not going to go back to where this real problem is.
01:13Don't believe you.
01:13Don't believe you.
01:14You know, as in Nick Casario.
01:17So, that will be the end of that discussion.
01:18Let's talk about the job that Cayley is doing.
01:21I want to do that.
01:21I want to press pause and have a little sidebar with my friend here.
01:25What's up?
01:25Figgy Fig.
01:27You got the over or under on John Lopez next?
01:31Over.
01:32You got the over.
01:32I got the under.
01:33I'm trying to see.
01:34Oh, like, you meant total number.
01:35I was going to say the next time that he throws it out, but he knows.
01:37That's fair.
01:39How many more times does he mention John Carroll through the rest of this program?
01:43He already mentioned it, like, 27 times already.
01:47I'm going to set the over, under, at, and I think this is a good line, six and a half.
01:51Yeah, I was going to say.
01:52You going over?
01:53I'm going to take the under.
01:54I'm going to say five.
01:55Okay.
01:56So, I'm going to take the under.
01:56I'll take the over.
01:57I think right now, I think he's probably listening to us right now.
02:00So, he's going to try to scale it back a little bit.
02:02He's not.
02:03He can't listen.
02:03I'm going to be me.
02:04This is a sidebar.
02:04This is a sidebar.
02:05Okay.
02:05I'm going to be me.
02:07I got to be me.
02:08All right.
02:09Sidebar over.
02:10Lopez, you good?
02:10I'm good.
02:11Okay.
02:12Yeah, no, Nick Haley looked woefully, woefully out of his depths, and there was a few things
02:17for me that absolutely solidified that.
02:19One of them was just, this was a deeply predictable game plan.
02:23You have, 15 days is going to be a refrain, I think, over the entirety of this week, but
02:27as long as we're reflecting on this game.
02:2915 days, that is the separation between the game that you had in Baltimore versus the Ravens
02:34and this woeful performance that you had in Seattle, at least offensively.
02:40And what I saw were things that just were so obvious.
02:45Did you know that you had big boys in the middle of the defensive line?
02:49Because it felt like you didn't.
02:50Early on in the game, they were running directly at them.
02:53Eventually, they started trying to get to the outside, to which that wasn't very beneficial.
02:57And when they did, when they were trying to run a little bit more to the edges, I knew
03:01on this weird, you know, rotation that they had at left guard that when 75, big 75, Laker
03:07Tomlinson was in, they were going to try and run on his backside.
03:10And that blew up a whole possession for them.
03:12When they were moving the ball decently well, staying on schedule, they get to third and
03:16short, run for nothing.
03:17They run forward and short, and they run for nothing, right?
03:19Like, it was so abundantly obvious what was happening that I was like, this is your moment.
03:26This is the time for you as an offensive coordinator to be able to come out and make an impact because
03:31this is when you need it.
03:32This is when you need the advanced schematic prowess of a coordinator to help elevate what
03:38your team is doing.
03:39And what you gave me was like a, what was it, a stretch left behind an offensive side of
03:43the offensive line that had been getting beat.
03:45I didn't, I was so deeply disgusted.
03:47If I'm just talking about Nick Caley as an offensive coordinator, and I really feel for
03:52the guy because I think he's getting pushed around and influenced by Nick Casario.
03:58To me, you could disagree.
04:00I feel for him because I think Nick Casario has made all the decisions and given him the
04:03groceries, which isn't what a general manager is supposed to do, but at the same time has
04:10ill-equipped him.
04:10And so maybe that's one more reference at him because I do feel sorry that he hasn't, he
04:16doesn't have the pelts on the wall or the experience to say, this is what I want.
04:25I want to do.
04:26This is what I have confidence in.
04:28I think that's his biggest problem.
04:30He is frankly inexperienced and out of his depth.
04:34And that's the last thing that you want for a contending team.
04:37I mentioned this to you during the break, the Seahawks could have easily put up 45 points
04:44or more on this team.
04:46Correct.
04:47Easily.
04:47The defense bailed your ass out.
04:49There was a lot of good fortune as much as that sounds insane.
04:52A couple of weird penalties and calls that wasn't.
04:55A safety.
04:56A safety, yeah.
04:57A touchdown that they scored but didn't score because they fumbled into the end zone.
05:00There was another pass interference that would have been a big play for the Seahawks.
05:07Your defense scored a touchdown, your only touchdown.
05:12So when you get an opportunity like that, any offensive coordinator worth their salt has
05:19to figure out a way to get it done.
05:22So my first thing about Nick Kaley as an offensive play caller is he's...
05:25Well, don't forget the Woody Marks touchdown that happened later.
05:27And the Woody Marks touchdown, yes.
05:28But he's out of his depth.
05:32I don't want to say he doesn't know what he's doing.
05:34I think he knows a lot of football.
05:36He doesn't know how to be an offensive coordinator.
05:38That's the first thing.
05:39Not yet, at least.
05:40Not in these...
05:41Because you talked about the fumble that was recovered and then fumbled again by the Seahawks
05:48that ultimately provided a touchback and incredibly lucky play.
05:51You want to know one of the things that happened there?
05:52Something that we actually talked about a good amount was you need to break the huddle in time.
05:57That one, the huddle was broken at 10.
05:59So they snapped.
06:01There was a delayed blitz.
06:03And that's when CJ is like, ball, and the ball comes loose.
06:07So that wasn't helped at all by, again, the coordinator.
06:10He's putting CJ in an adverse situation.
06:12And to be fair, CJ didn't cover himself in glory because both of those plays that you're talking about,
06:16CJ running backwards to get himself into a place where it's almost a sack.
06:19And then CJ trying to throw a football while he's wrapped up in a circumstance where either make that decision earlier to throw the football away
06:25or protect the football.
06:27Like, you got to do one or the other.
06:28And the other thing that I think is his biggest problem is in-game adjustments are, frankly, I didn't see any.
06:37You know, the biggest indicator was third down and one, fourth down and inches, third down and goal, fourth down and goal.
06:46And he honestly believed, oh, my guys will push those guys into the end zone.
06:51They got stood up from the first whistle to the last whistle.
06:56They got flat out outmanned on the offensive line.
07:00And an offensive coordinator needs to be able to see that in real time, make the adjustments, and obviously counter what they're doing.
07:10They had 56 rushing yards.
07:1356 rushing yards.
07:14And you're trying to hammer it up the middle on these so-called gotta-have-it plays.
07:21I feel sorry for the guy.
07:22And I know that's kind of an insult in itself, and I don't mean it that way.
07:26He's out of his depth and should never have gotten his job.
07:29No, I mean, that was the thing that I was watching this game.
07:32We were giving him, at least I was trying to give him more benefit of the doubt.
07:35And, you know, it's probably fair to look at this and say, this is still pretty early in the process with the system he's trying to bring in.
07:42But all of that could have been forced.
07:44We were looking at those, at least I looked at those two games, Tennessee, Baltimore.
07:50I was like, all right, this is a foundation.
07:51What can you do to build on it?
07:53And they rolled back some of the things that they did in those games.
07:56You got Daria Gumboale here in third downs again.
07:59You're switching up your offensive line.
08:01You talk about musical chairs.
08:02That's real musical chairs that they're doing there drive-by-drive.
08:05And then, frankly, it just – the thing that told me flat out that, oh, he's just not – he's not capable of this.
08:12When you get to a place where I sincerely believe this, and maybe someone will ultimately come out and tell me no right from that building, no, Reggie.
08:19There was other circumstances.
08:20I looked at that – what was that, in the third or fourth quarter?
08:23Late third quarter?
08:24I know what you're talking about.
08:24Where they start just chucking the ball down the field on seemingly go route after go route.
08:30And it felt like when you're playing Madden and you have nothing else, you're just like, I'm going four verts.
08:37It felt like they ran out of plays in this game, which is an unfathomable – there we go – thing for an offensive coordinator to have happen.
08:46He ran out of ideas.
08:47And then let's combine that with an offensive coordinator that kind of got onto something in the Ravens game, and we all know now that there was a lot of reasons for that.
09:00And then you have 15 days to prepare, and not only do you not make any of these changes that you're talking about, you go backwards.
09:06You go back to Daria Gumbawale, and you go back to rotating guards.
09:10And then beyond that, and I know he got a concussion, but Nico Collins – how many times did I say this has to be a Nico Collins game?
09:17This has to be a Nico Collins game.
09:19Four catches, 27 yards.
09:20And Nico Collins had his because –
09:22He had a drop.
09:22He had a drop that was very –
09:24But it got – getting Nico Collins the ball was back shoulder fades.
09:28Yeah.
09:29Like they couldn't even find and engineer different ways to get him the football, which again, like the things that you knew that you could go to, Nico Collins, Dalton Schultz,
09:38it became one note even getting them the football because what was the Dalton Schultz way to get him the football?
09:43Right.
09:44Well, there were several different ways, but right down the middle.
09:46Well, they didn't – they weren't even really capable to –
09:49Fake to the running back and then in the flat, but they ran that like six times.
09:52That little switch release that happened.
09:53Yeah.
09:53Like it was just – these are the only things that we can go to.
09:57Yeah.
09:58Like he felt like a college student that's like, hey, man, I got ramen in the fridge.
10:02Like this is my one go-to that I can use to make – there's a poverty in this offense right now.
10:08And some of – a good amount of that is because the coordinator's out of his depth.
10:11It's not all of it, and that's the thing that's most frustrating.
10:13I would love to be able to say that you switch the coordinator and all this is fixed.
10:17Is that something that even feels like that's on the board for you?
10:21That's a capable maybe answer to try – because, again, at this point, once you make the decision
10:25or once you feel confident, as I feel like I am, that he's out of his depth,
10:29what do you do besides take that responsibility away from him?
10:32You change play callers at least.
10:34Try to at least stir the pot.
10:36Wake up the bats.
10:37The plays are not going to be any different because it's too late in the game.
10:41You don't have a training camp and all – you can't change the offense,
10:43but maybe just the common sense stuff that we're talking about.
10:47I mean, those short pound-the-ball-up-the-middle runs were just –
10:52like even before the ball was snapped, not just the announcers on TV,
10:56but we were saying, what are we – you know, don't run the ball up the middle.
10:58Don't do it.
10:59Don't do it.
11:00Oh, there you did it.
11:01It's running up to a brick wall, man.
11:02Yes, yes.
11:03Yeah, and –
11:05So would you – let's – like I said, wake up the bats is what I'm talking about.
11:09It's going to be the same offense, so maybe it's not going to be, you know,
11:13terrifically successful, but get another set of eyes out there.
11:17You know, someone that maybe can get the play calls at least right.
11:21Or at least get them in on time for you to be able to come out
11:23and have a better chance at running them correctly.
11:26And maybe – I don't know.
11:28I feel like they're naturally inclined to just, hey,
11:30we're going to support who we have here.
11:32I think that there's real reason for them to consider the possibility
11:35of changing coordinator, and that's so frustrating
11:39because this is something that was always a possibility
11:42with bringing in a first-time play caller.
11:45I'm not saying that every first-time play caller is going to do –
11:48but this is probably about as poor as a first-time play caller can go,
11:52especially with the expectations that were with this team.
11:56Does this at all – and this is a sick question to ask –
11:59does this at all change the perspective that you have on Bobby Slowick
12:02and his tenure?
12:04Ooh, that's a very good question.
12:06Not really in my gut.
12:08I'm just going with what my gut is telling you right now.
12:10Not really.
12:12But, again, you can also give Bobby Slowick a little bit of grace,
12:17you know, whatever you want to call it,
12:19because the guy from John Carroll that's bringing in the bacon,
12:23you know, also did the same thing to him.
12:26The thing that's even more frustrating about, like, the clear –
12:32I think I've absolutely gotten to a place where I don't think
12:34that Nick Haley can do this at the very least right now,
12:37but I just don't know if he's going to be the offensive coordinator
12:39that you need this year is, again,
12:41that is not one of those things that you can find hope in.
12:43Like, that's –
12:45You've got to try and find the places where you go,
12:48can you salvage this to make some level of good out of a season
12:52that is clearly going to be wasted in the larger scheme of,
12:54you're not contending for no Super Bowl.
12:56That's gone and dusted.
12:58Yeah.
12:58I can't find any hope in the offense right now.
13:02Last thing.
13:04Why would the offensive coordinator all of a sudden put Braxton Berrios out there?
13:10That this team has just decided to go with –
13:13Honestly, I was about to try and find answers.
13:15I don't know.
13:16Yeah, I have no clue.
13:16Because you pair the Braxton Berrios with the bringing back Laken Tomlinson
13:20with the Daria Gumbawale on third downs.
13:23Like, there was a –
13:24It just didn't feel like –
13:25And it felt like it came from above, the offense coordinator,
13:27because Braxton Berrios was also returning kicks,
13:29a job that Jalen Olin has had.
13:30Yeah.
13:31Came from above, huh?
13:32To me, it seemed like they were kind of filling themselves the last two games
13:35and said, all right, we could get back to what we really wanted to do
13:39from week one.
13:40This would work.
13:41Yeah.
13:41And they didn't.
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