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00:05Talk to our pal Rick Doc Walker, host of the Burgundy and Gold Show.
00:09Burgundy and Gold today on the Team 980.
00:12What's up, Doc?
00:13Well, it must be bad news.
00:15You guys holler at your boy.
00:17You bring in a wide receiver.
00:19You bring in good news, no call.
00:22Crickets.
00:23Something goes wrong.
00:25You guys want to go get DOC.
00:27So let's talk about Diggs first then.
00:29You can talk about Diggs.
00:31Is that a game changer for this offense?
00:34Yeah, I'm just messing with you.
00:36Of course it is because he's what you need because he's a pro.
00:40He wants to be here.
00:42And if his last performance was in the Super Bowl as opposed to some guy on IR,
00:47I'll take him 100 times out of 100.
00:50Yeah, I mean, now, especially since Jaden was hurt last year,
00:56you've got a lot of new pieces.
00:59And Diggs and McLaurin.
01:01And I think both those guys, I mean, we know McLaurin's really good in the locker room.
01:05Right?
01:06I think Diggs is going to be...
01:07Right.
01:08I think Diggs is going to be really good in the locker room.
01:10Two older brothers.
01:11And they're just very talented.
01:12I mean, I think it adds a whole new dimension to them.
01:14Especially in the past.
01:15Yeah, my only threat was that if Terry were to get a hangnail.
01:18Right.
01:19Because I like the receiver room.
01:21I like the young talent.
01:23If we had to play with him, I'd go.
01:25But I'd be a little bit concerned if Terry went down.
01:29Now, I'm not.
01:31Right.
01:31Because you needed...
01:32It was about duplicating Terry for me.
01:34Right.
01:34Those guys are young.
01:36They're eager.
01:37They're explosive off the line.
01:39They got great hands.
01:40I'm not worried about them.
01:40But I was worried about Terry having a stuntman.
01:43Right.
01:44So, how worried are you about losing Laramie Tunsil?
01:46Like, back in the day when you were playing...
01:48The only reason I'm not worried...
01:50Go ahead.
01:51The only reason I'm not worried is because I know there's nothing I can do about it.
01:55Yeah.
01:56It's part of the game.
01:57Yep.
01:57You prepare for it.
01:59They've got two people, maybe three, that can play it.
02:03And the game's going to go on without all of us.
02:06I watched him when I was out there last weekend.
02:09I was so proud of him because the guy had a gas mask smoking.
02:14Weed the first time I saw him.
02:16And then, now I see him out mentoring.
02:19I saw him on the field early with the puppies.
02:22And he just worked and worked and worked.
02:24And I go, this guy's gold jacket material.
02:27And now he's ready to go get it.
02:29And then, unbelievably, this is what happens.
02:32So, it's the game.
02:33You've got to be prepared for it or you shouldn't be in the game.
02:36Right.
02:37And then, fortunately, they're going to go with a guy who, in his rookie campaign,
02:41helped them win 12 regular season games.
02:4414 overall.
02:45So, it's not like you can't say they can't win without Larry McTunsell.
02:49They can actually win with Brandon Coleman, his replacement.
02:51Now, the schedule's a lot more difficult.
02:53And there's a lot more challenges.
02:54Everything's different.
02:55There's no doubt about it.
02:56And they take a depth hit that's huge.
03:00I mean, Coleman potentially was going to fill in at center, if need be.
03:04So, I mean, the depth has taken a huge hit.
03:07But I don't think it's season over.
03:09There are ways.
03:10How much does it help them that they have 20 days or so to scheme around,
03:13pick up some reinforcements, and kind of know where they're at heading into all this?
03:18Well, that's jackpot.
03:18You just won a prize because had this happened a week before Philly, I'd be throwing up now.
03:24But if it's going to happen, now you've got time to get it done.
03:28And that's their job.
03:30We're out on the outside nervous wrecks.
03:32But if they're nervous, we're in trouble.
03:35It's the occupational hazards part of the game.
03:37So, your scouts, your front office people, they should be having the next guy ready.
03:43And I think they have a couple of candidates.
03:45I think it's their deepest position, if you want to be honest, in terms of depth and experience,
03:50guys who've actually played in the NFL.
03:53So, they just got to move on.
03:54And hopefully, we'll run the ball more than ever.
03:57So, it'll be less of a burden on J.D.
04:00dropping back, being in those ridiculous sets they were in last year with those losers.
04:05So, yeah, I still believe everything can be accomplished as long as they don't sustain
04:10another injury to a key player.
04:13Right.
04:13Doc, it's interesting for a defense that was horrendous last year with all these additions
04:18and everything.
04:19Some people believe it's going to be a strength of the team.
04:21What do you think this defense is going to look like on the field?
04:24Well, you nailed it.
04:26It couldn't be worse.
04:27That AARP crew they threw out last year has been replaced by some young studs.
04:33I mean, I've not seen as much quick twitch energy out of a unit in a long, long time.
04:41And that's what happens when you get young, hungry people that want to prove something.
04:45They just have better athletes now.
04:47Now, will they perform better?
04:48Yet to be seen.
04:51But I don't recall ever seeing that much athleticism on the field at one time.
04:56Now, we're going to find out if they can win.
04:59Again, look good, but you've got to play good, and that's yet to be determined.
05:04What do you expect from the rushing attack?
05:08Because we were hearing all these reports that Bill's catching the ball a lot, showcasing that.
05:12Well, I thought that's why they brought White in.
05:14Is that just to make Bill more versatile, or is he going to be a bigger player than we might
05:17think?
05:18I think right now in training camp, if you're not working on your weaknesses,
05:22you need to be terminated.
05:24So no matter what you're noted for, you should be working on the things you're not noted for in training
05:29camp.
05:29Because you want to get the best of every guy on your team.
05:33What else are you going to experiment?
05:35Now's the time to work on those skills.
05:37But the week before Philly, because look, guy, all I focus on is Philly.
05:41I don't care a damn about nothing but Philly.
05:43And in order to beat Philly, you've got to have people out there to understand what the game plan is.
05:49And we don't even know what it is.
05:50That's the benefit of having two new coordinators.
05:54That's an advantage for us.
05:55Philly doesn't know either.
05:56Look, they're in the stands.
05:57They're here.
05:59We're in their place.
06:00This is how this game is played.
06:03But on opening day, we've got to have the best 22 on the field that can help us win the
06:08ball game.
06:09And I think we're leap years ahead of where we were a year ago.
06:13Doc, how much do you want to see Jaden in the first-team offense Friday?
06:20The reason why I say coach's decision, because I know they're going to limit it.
06:25But I think I'd look for a quarter.
06:27I'd look for him to score.
06:29Because I think you play the game to match the energy that you're going to need when it's for real.
06:34The benefit of not playing is you don't get your body jacked up.
06:38The moment you tell me I'm not playing, my engines are off.
06:43I like what Joe did with us.
06:44It was like, you might play until I get tired of seeing you out there.
06:48Or until you score.
06:49So once he let it out that if we score, you're out.
06:52You're incendiable to get in the end zone and get out.
06:56And then in the second preseason game, you want to see him for at least a half, correct?
07:00I don't know.
07:02You know, I'm hesitant to say time.
07:05Because I want to judge it on production.
07:08Right, right.
07:09Like if I get two series out of you and we're clicking, you're out.
07:13If I see what I want to see, but because we have new cords on both sides, this is going
07:18to be the one year I think you throw out all the old standards.
07:22Let your gut tell you.
07:23Let their performance show you.
07:25If you're scared to play them in games, you ought to get out the business.
07:29Well, I'll be honest with you, Doc.
07:31I'm scared looking at the schedule.
07:34As soon as that thing came out, it scared me.
07:37No, you're smart.
07:38You ain't giving me to it.
07:39You're smart.
07:40Yeah.
07:41Look, I mean, if you've got Philly, Dallas, Seattle.
07:45Now, if I'm on the team, I'm thrilled.
07:48Because you want to play the best.
07:49In order to be the best, you've got to go through them.
07:51You can't avoid them.
07:52As fans, we can.
07:54But as a warrior, wouldn't you be disappointed?
07:58If they were looking at the schedule and scurred, are you kidding me?
08:02No, I know they're not.
08:04Yeah, well, that's all that matters.
08:05We don't matter.
08:07Okay, we don't matter.
08:09What we've got to do is find out, do you want to have that crazy season you had a year
08:14ago,
08:14or do you want to get back to where you were two years ago?
08:17We keep referencing that, although this team has nothing in common with that team.
08:21But it's fun for us to do it because it's a great feeling.
08:25We needed that.
08:26We've been stuck in a hell hole, and that kind of got you out, and everybody felt good about it.
08:32Now, in order to get back to that, we've got to ground and pound so we keep five alive.
08:40If not, it's over.
08:42Right.
08:42How big of an impact is the tunnel injury, beyond just disrupting plays, but make Jaden a little bit more
08:50vulnerable
08:51because it's going to flush him a little bit more, and he's going to be exposing himself maybe more than
08:56he would have if Tunsil was there.
08:58How big of a factor is that?
09:00Well, let me tell you what.
09:01The answer to that is John Bates.
09:04Okay.
09:04So he's the weapon.
09:06Yeah.
09:06So if Batesy is out there, see, I can protect a tackle.
09:10I can help a tackle with a back and a tight end.
09:13As B. Mitch about putting a target on some pass rusher's thigh.
09:17We can get to a guy to protect one person.
09:21But the problem is, and you guys have alluded on this earlier today, if someone else goes down, now we've
09:26got a problem.
09:27Yeah.
09:27Because, you know, it's about depth, unless one of the puppies, one of the young guys, steps up.
09:33See, we don't know who's about to have the season of a lifetime.
09:37They just haven't done it yet.
09:39You know, we keep talking about, first of all, we can't be scared about this.
09:44It's an occupational hazard.
09:46So you go in with the mindset that, whatever, let's go for this.
09:51Roger Craig at the Hall of Fame inducted, that's what this game does to you.
09:55That's what's possible.
09:56That's real.
09:57There's no hype.
09:59You get your skull crushed.
10:00And everybody out there understands it.
10:03But they all feel like they can play.
10:05They're not like we are.
10:06We can't play.
10:08So we look at it and go, ooh, ah, those dudes ain't scared.
10:11If they're scared, we pick the wrong people.
10:13This is an opportunity for the next man to step up and be a pro.
10:17He really don't give a damn about the guy that's out.
10:20He's trying to take care of his family.
10:21If you get that mindset, now we've got a chance to become champions.
10:26Doc, got to run.
10:27Great stuff as always.
10:28Thanks, guys.
10:28Thank you, buddy.
10:29Appreciate you.
10:30See you, buddy.
10:30Call me the next tragedy.
10:32Hopefully there's not one.
10:34You can listen to Doc on Burgundy Gold today on the Team 980.
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