00:00Here is my beef with the Patriots.
00:03Go ahead.
00:04Honestly, is in the first two games defensively,
00:09they have smashed these offenses
00:12because they are two horrific offensive lines.
00:16They're not going to have that.
00:18They're going to have to bring their A game against.
00:21And I know it's Stidham.
00:22I agree.
00:22But going into that environment.
00:24Yes.
00:24And with a Super Bowl coach that knows how to scheme.
00:30Yes.
00:30Denver has.
00:30It's going to be a different game.
00:32Denver has an A-plus offensive line.
00:35What we have seen from New England,
00:37and it has not impacted the results of these games,
00:40is a quarterback a little reckless with the football.
00:44Now, the interception was an end-a-half Hail Mary.
00:47That doesn't matter even slightly.
00:48But Drake May is leaving that football vulnerable.
00:52And this is a Broncos defense that is ruthless
00:56and will be on 10.
00:58Because they are going to know, Joe,
01:00the game is on them.
01:01They are going to know that that game is going to be,
01:04do we step up?
01:05After not stepping up, by the way, right?
01:07Against the Buffalo Bills,
01:08allowing 30 points in that football game.
01:11So, for me,
01:14when I'm evaluating these New England performances,
01:17okay,
01:17in the same vein of Chicago,
01:20hey, feel great.
01:21Frable's going to coach this team for another decade.
01:24Drake May is going to be your quarterback
01:25for just as long,
01:27if not longer.
01:27We know that, okay?
01:29But you are now booked as favorites
01:32to win a conference comfortably.
01:35Yeah.
01:35You are seen as a team
01:36that could absolutely beat
01:38either Seattle or Los Angeles
01:40by everyone else.
01:41And I know it's on the nose,
01:44but it does feel like the team
01:46whose season was also defined
01:48by an easy schedule
01:49has had a perfect run out
01:52to start this postseason.
01:54Yeah.
01:54In terms of opponents.
01:55No, I agree.
01:56I mean,
01:56you couldn't ask for a better opponent
01:59right here,
02:00right now,
02:00even though they're on the road,
02:02than a backup quarterback
02:03and a team that potentially is deflated
02:05because Bo Nix,
02:07you know,
02:07was out for the year.
02:08I get that.
02:09But,
02:10and I keep saying but,
02:12you are right to assess
02:14that their playoff,
02:15and we're just talking playoffs now,
02:17their playoff victories
02:18have come against
02:20basically anemic offenses,
02:23especially at the end of the year.
02:24The identity of the Chargers
02:26certainly wasn't the same
02:28at the end of the year
02:29as it was in the middle part
02:30or the early part
02:31with allowing Justin Herbert
02:33to cook
02:34and utilize those playmakers
02:36in the passing attack.
02:38And yes,
02:38they're good.
02:39You know,
02:39Gonzalez,
02:40a lockdown corner,
02:41and I understand the secondary
02:42for New England's playing lights out.
02:44I get that.
02:45But,
02:46I still think
02:47the difference is
02:49when you look at New England
02:50and you look at the two teams,
02:52Chargers and Texans,
02:53what did they fail to do offensively
02:56is again,
02:57they fail to consistently
02:59challenge them vertically.
03:01Right?
03:02Because they were hit,
03:03these offenses were terrible.
03:05Right?
03:05You could go,
03:06you could,
03:06they were,
03:07they were terrible.
03:08The throws,
03:09now part of that can,
03:10people argue,
03:11oh,
03:11it's the coverage,
03:12it's,
03:13yes,
03:13it's also the mentality.
03:15You need an attacking mentality.
03:17I don't think Peyton
03:17is going into this game
03:19because it's Stidham
03:21and saying,
03:22you know what?
03:24I'm going to look
03:24to win this game
03:2516-13
03:27because I have
03:28the better defense.
03:29I don't think
03:30he goes in there.
03:31I think he believes
03:32in Stidham
03:32to a certain capacity
03:34and he believes
03:35in his ability
03:36to play call
03:37to challenge them vertically
03:39and again,
03:40call it,
03:41you know,
03:41backups are backups
03:42but Lil Jordan Humphrey,
03:44it has size,
03:45Mims can burn,
03:47Cortland Sutton,
03:48pure number one,
03:50my guy Ingram,
03:51when you get him
03:51the football at times,
03:53Harvey runs 4-3,
03:55you know,
03:55you're talking about
03:56playmakers at every level
03:57and you've got to believe
04:00that New England's saying,
04:01you know what,
04:02we agree
04:03that you're a backup quarterback
04:06but we're not going to give you
04:07easy yards,
04:08right?
04:09You've got to believe
04:09that New England's
04:10going into this game,
04:11we're going to shut down
04:12Harvey and Jaleel McLaughlin,
04:15right?
04:15And let's put the game
04:16on Stidham
04:17and that's where I think
04:19Peyton might have
04:21an advantage here
04:22saying,
04:22okay,
04:23you want to play that way?
04:24We're going to slice you
04:25and dice you early
04:26and then let's see
04:28if you can play catch up.
