00:00Talk to me on Seattle.
00:02Defensively? Offensively.
00:04I think they have the benefit of being a little bit more balanced.
00:09I just do.
00:10And I think that when you look at the physicality of the offensive line,
00:15if we're looking at rushing attacks,
00:18I feel more confident in Kenneth Walker
00:21and the physicality of Seattle's rushing attack than I do New England.
00:25So I think they could attack it the way they did the L.A. Rams.
00:29I mean, Kenneth Walker had basically, what, 62, 65 yards for the game?
00:3450 came in the first half?
00:35Yeah.
00:36I mean, he was shut down.
00:38They didn't even go to the run in the second half.
00:40It was all JSN and Sam Darnold.
00:43So, again, I think Seattle might take more of a counterpunchers approach offensively.
00:49Let's see if we can run it.
00:50Let's see if we have a little, you know, an edge up physicality-wise
00:54with the offensive line, and we can work off a play action with Darnold
00:57if we have success in the rushing attack.
00:59I don't believe that Seattle, I think Seattle's going to play it that way.
01:05And I don't think McDonald and I don't think Kubiak feel,
01:09hey, if we're down the way we were against the Rams,
01:12we can't come back against New England.
01:14I think on the flip side, I am very concerned,
01:19if you're a New England backer, that they have to be able to dictate this tempo.
01:23If they're down 10-3, 13-3, I'm sorry.
01:28I think they could be at a huge disadvantage.
01:30Then in that type of scenario, you might get the under and get blown out.
01:35So, we'll talk some alt spreads and things like that.
01:40No, no, no, hold on.
01:41So, this is why I like New England so much in this game.
01:45There is not a script that scares me.
01:49Not one.
01:50Because...
01:50Well, I don't think it's...
01:52Again, I'm just talking the football aspect.
01:55Scare me.
01:56No, no, no.
01:56I want to just...
01:57Let me make my case.
01:59So, I agree with you that New England should come out
02:01and be looking to throw the football.
02:03Seattle graded out as the best run defense in the league by EPA.
02:07A little bit more vulnerable through the air.
02:08Again, the Patriots graded out as an elite pass attack
02:11with an incredibly seasoned from Drake May.
02:13We saw Stafford move the ball on this team multiple times this season, right?
02:17So, I should think that Drake May should be able to do the same.
02:20Why I'm comfortable in the game script
02:22is I think the only way in which Seattle is letting Darnold
02:27rip it, spin it, hey, whatever you want to do
02:30is because the Patriots are pushing them.
02:32So, I'm already in the game.
02:34Otherwise, I think it's close to the vest.
02:38Run it.
02:39JSN screen.
02:40Like, I don't...
02:42You know, you can say it in this last words.
02:44That's fine.
02:44I don't...
02:44I don't think it's going to be 17-0 Seattle.
02:48I don't see that on the board.
02:50I don't think that's who they are.
02:52I think it's only 17-0 if Drake May is turning the football over a ton.
02:57I'm not expecting that in this game.
02:58I...
02:59Because I don't think...
03:00Do you think that Seattle is going to come out
03:03letting Darnold try and throw for 200 in the first half?
03:05I don't know about 200, but I think they're going to...
03:08That's what he did in the first half against the Rams.
03:09Yeah, I know that.
03:10And JSN had 115 in the touchdown.
03:13He had nine receptions.
03:14Yeah, something...
03:15Not nine, eight.
03:16Eight, something like that, but...
03:17Six, seven.
03:18Yeah.
03:19Six, seven.
03:20No.
03:21I don't think...
03:2330 times, but I think he could throw for 120, 130 yards in the first half.
03:30I think that's very doable in the type of balance that they have.
03:35I'll put it this way.
03:37It's imperative for Drake May to get to that number.
03:41140, 150.
03:42I guess where...
03:45Kev, they've been shrugged.
03:48You trust the Seattle offense in a way that I don't.
03:51Here's what I trust.
03:53If I tell you New England scores seven points in the first half,
03:57do you think they're in a bad spot?
03:59Yeah.
03:59I'm not sure they are.
04:00Okay.
04:01Might be 10-7.
04:02I don't know about that.
04:03You have Seattle getting to 14, 17, 20 in the first half?
04:09Yeah, I do.
04:11I mean, I think if they win this game, they gotta get there.
04:15Again, I'm...
04:16Look, I just don't...
04:17I do not see the way they have struggled on third down.
04:21They were 6 of 18 on third downs.
04:24Against Denver?
04:24Yeah.
04:25They were basically punting on third down in that game.
04:30I...
04:30This is one of my strongest beliefs, is New England pulled back the reins over-aggressively
04:41in each one of their first three playoff games.
04:45They were 4 of 11.
04:46Because they knew their opponent was dead to rights.
04:48Hmm.
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