Stingley and Hunter SWARMed Jags Big Time

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Seth and Sean discuss Derek Stingley Jr and Danielle Hunter's incredible performances in the win over the Jaguars on Sunday.

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00:00You know, Seth, Stingley has some of these picks where, in the moment, you watch it and you go,

00:06that's one of the greatest interceptions I've ever seen.

00:09That one was the one against Trevor Lawrence and the Jags on Sunday.

00:15That was one where you needed to see the replay to appreciate how ungodly good that pick was,

00:24how ridiculously talented Derek Stingley Jr. is.

00:27Because to the naked eye, you couldn't, at least I couldn't, tell, like, wow.

00:32Not only was it a one-handed interception, it was like a one-handed that,

00:35it felt like gravity was going to prevent that one-handed catch from happening.

00:39The impressive part about that is, you know, talk about the modern gloves all you want.

00:44It's the physics of it, of having soft enough hands that you can just throw your hand out there

00:50and keep the ball from just caroming off your hand.

00:54Yes.

00:54You know, to have a soft one hand.

00:56You can stop it.

00:57On a throw that's a line drive.

00:59Yep.

00:59It's not a deep ball or anything like that.

01:04Like, he just had to really just stick his hand out there.

01:06And like you said yesterday, 99% of the time, that's a pass breakup.

01:10Yeah.

01:11And a good play.

01:12Yeah.

01:13It's a pass defense, but that's it.

01:15It was just how, I don't want to say effortlessly,

01:18but just how smooth and comfortable he was grabbing it and pulling it in.

01:22And the other part of that, too, and as you and I have had both had an appetite for just going in

01:28and, you know, soaking up the tears of Jaguars fans this week.

01:32Yeah, yeah, yeah.

01:32That is very polarizing.

01:34That throw itself is very polarizing because the people who want to defend Trevor Lawrence are saying,

01:38well, it was just an incredible play by Derek Stingley.

01:41The other people are saying, are you watching the receivers slow down to come back for the ball?

01:48Yeah.

01:48That it was.

01:52Yes, most defensive backs don't make the play,

01:55but the only reason that Derek Stingley doesn't make the play or can make the play is because it wasn't a perfect ball.

02:01Yeah.

02:01So the other thing, too, is John Harris, I think it was John Harris telling this.

02:05Yeah, because John Harris talked to Derek Stingley after the game about that interception.

02:09And, of course, the first thing Stingley talks about is, no, he should have had that other one.

02:13Yep.

02:13They let go through his hands.

02:14Yep.

02:15That was the biggest stroke of luck the Jaguars had that day was that Derek Stingley didn't make that one interception

02:19on the really stupid throw by Trevor Lawrence.

02:21And that's classic Stingley, right?

02:23I mean, like, hey, what did you think of that great pick you had?

02:25He's like, yeah, can we talk about the one I didn't get?

02:29D'Amico was asked on his coach's show earlier this week,

02:32was that the best Derek Stingley Jr. interception that you've seen?

02:36Wow.

02:36Man, I put that one, I mean, that was probably the best catch, just one hit.

02:42Like, that was probably the best catch of the interception I've seen him.

02:45That and the Denver one, like, over, he always catches the ball like that.

02:49I think that was the best catch he had yesterday, the one-handed.

02:53But to me, the one that I love the most is the Miami one because it just, to end the game,

02:59like, they're trying to come back on our sidelines, just him going up, making that play.

03:03I was just, I was losing my mind on that one.

03:06That was an insane play, just when it happened, the critical moment in the game.

03:11And that other one has the benefit of me knowing that that was versus Odell Beckham Jr.

03:16Or, I mean, versus Tyreek Hill.

03:17Tyreek Hill, yeah.

03:18Compared to the nameless Jags receiver.

03:21Yeah, yeah.

03:21Johnny, if they kept playing that cut, because I watched the whole interview with D'Amico,

03:25and Johnny pointed that out, Harris, right after.

03:27He's like, yeah, he was running stride for stride with the Cheetah.

03:30Also, in that play, would like the one that directly ended a game that got him a win, too.

03:37You know, like, what was the...

03:38Yeah, I mean, it depends on how you're grading it.

03:40The physical impressiveness of it, the unlikelihood of it, or just the actual game situation.

03:45The Denver one was the one two years ago that I think they're talking about,

03:49where he tracked the ball all the way across the field, and, like, hands way out in front,

03:54diving catch.

03:55It was, yeah, he's something else, man, Derrick Stingley Jr.

03:59As long as we're talking about defensive...

04:00He is.

04:01Well, Derrick Stingley Jr. is the classic guy that, all right, if he wanted to do what

04:06Travis Hunter wants to do, and play both ways, I think Stingley is maybe more suited to it.

04:12Yeah.

04:12The biggest problem would be, though, that Derrick Stingley's also got a history of injuries.

04:16Right.

04:17Like, Travis Hunter already does.

04:18The same take would apply.

04:20Travis Hunter has already missed time now.

04:22He's on IR right now.

04:23He had to miss time during training camp with an injury, and he's tiny.

04:26Yeah.

04:27Like, he's not going to...

04:28He is not going to redefine or reinvent the game of football.

04:30It ain't happening.

04:30I know it's early in his career, but it ain't happening.

04:33Nope.

04:34Ain't happening.

04:34And we called it.

04:35It ain't happening.

04:36We actually asked...

04:37We had Nico on the post-game show, Nico Collins, who also had an incredible one-handed catch

04:41in that game on the two-point conversion.

04:44Somebody asked us that on the text page.

04:45Who had the better one-handed catch on Sunday?

04:47Stingley or Nico Collins on the two-point conversion?

04:50We talked about it with Nico a little bit.

04:52But I think Nico's was harder because he had to get his feet down also at the same time

04:58and get inside the pylon.

05:00There was a lot going on in a fraction of a second.

05:02They were both incredible, and I can't believe they happened in the same game.

05:05And they were both super...

05:07They both directly affected the score because Nico's was a two-point pick.

05:13Cam Little's going to get a look at a field goal there at the end of the half.

05:15Saved three points at the end of the half.

05:18Stingley did.

05:18So, Nico on his coach's show was also asked about the Neil Hunter's performance.

05:23I think when we get...

05:25Usually when we get off the air, Seth, on Wednesday at 10 o'clock is when the players of the week

05:28come out.

05:29I think the Neil Hunter's going to be the AFC defensive player of the week.

05:32If I had to guess, three and a half sacks in a comeback...

05:34Yeah, three and a half sacks in that game, especially.

05:36And two of the sacks were in the fourth quarter.

05:38Right.

05:38And a tackle for a loss in the fourth quarter.

05:41That's right.

05:42Yeah.

05:42I mean, he single-handedly stopped that one drive, basically.

05:45Bingo.

05:46Yeah.

05:46He was fantastic when they needed it most.

05:49Bunch of crooked numbers in the box score.

05:51How good was Neil Hunter, coach?

05:53Yeah.

05:54It's, I mean, one of the best games I've seen him play.

05:56Incredible.

05:57You know, since he's been a Texan, it started for me in the run game.

06:01When I saw the way he was setting the edge in a run game, like, that's what sparked it

06:05for me.

06:05And then when he was rushing, like, he was getting off the ball.

06:09He was playing explosive, violent, and the tackle had no chance.

06:13Yeah.

06:13And so, you know, for him to get the plays he made, I mean, also he had one, he had a

06:18two-play sequence late in the game where he goes underneath the tackle, gets a tackle

06:21for loss, and then he gets a huge sack.

06:24Yeah.

06:24Mark talks about that a lot.

06:25And it's, that was such a huge two-play sequence in the game to knock them back.

06:30Man, it was, it was big, man.

06:32Daniil, he's outstanding.

06:33We challenged him all week, right, to really crush the pocket, and he did that.

06:39Yeah, that sequence, they reiterated what you just said there, Seth, that TFL and that

06:43sack back-to-back.

06:44Man, games like this are so much more fun.

06:47There's so many heroes in a game like this, you know?

06:49Well, it's funny.

06:49You know, it is.

06:51Even as we're going, all right.

06:53The importance of just having players like Nico Collins and Derek Singley and Will Anderson

06:58and Daniil Hunter.

06:59The Jags aren't a great team or anything, but in that game, there's no way you're making

07:06that comeback if you don't have all of those things.

07:10Yeah.

07:10If you don't have those guys making those plays, those very, very unlikely plays.

07:14And, you know, Davis Mills doesn't have the game he has without, you know, Nico Collins.

07:20Like, Nico, that's a, I guess that's a, when people are trying to start, I predicted it.

07:25It's this point in the week where you're starting to hear people make the argument that, no,

07:29Davis Mills should be the starter instead of C.J.

07:32Stroud.

07:32Um, and, uh, especially people that didn't actually watch the game will look at Nico

07:36Collins' numbers, uh, compared to the other games he's played this year.

07:39And they don't realize that a big chunk of those numbers came on that meaningless play

07:44at the end of the first half.

07:4554 yards.

07:46Yeah.

07:47That was 54.

07:48But it was still one of the better, even without that 54 yards is one of Nico's better performances

07:52this year.

07:53No doubt.

07:53Um, I think that there were a lot of things that happened in that game where it just, it

07:58felt like a complete and total team victory.

08:00That's what I liked about it.

08:01Yep.

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