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Chris Russell puts an equal portion of the blame for the failed 4th down in the first half on Jayden Daniels and Dan Quinn. While most people are focusing on Dan Quinn's decision to go for it and potentially not knowing the down, Rooster is focused on Jayden Daniels' decision to throw the ball away.
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00:00All right, that's Joe Buck, Troy Aikman.
00:01When they're not fighting, they're not bad.
00:05I'm just teasing.
00:08I really hope by the time the season comes to an end,
00:12Joe Buck, actually, I really hope Troy Aikman
00:15throws a haymaker at Joe Buck
00:20for getting $18 million a year to broadcast football.
00:28I hope. Just once.
00:30That's all I need to see.
00:32I mean, we know they're going to divorce court.
00:35We know Aikman will become the number one analyst,
00:38or at least I think, on CBS.
00:41CBS.
00:42But that play, man, I just watched it again.
00:50The eye in the sky
00:53tells you a lot.
00:55God, Antonio Williams was wide open
01:00over and over and over again
01:03at the top of his route as he breaks it off,
01:07as he streams across
01:09to where Jaden is flushing to the right.
01:14If Jaden just looks backside,
01:16even though maybe it's a slightly dangerous throw,
01:20Antonio Williams is wide open
01:25at about the six-yard line.
01:27And he's wide open
01:28from one side of the field to the other.
01:31Now, again,
01:32once Jaden decides to flush and roll
01:36to his right,
01:37he's going to have to look backwards
01:39and he's going to have to throw it
01:41across his body.
01:42But there's nobody.
01:46There's nobody
01:48near Antonio Williams.
01:50Nobody.
01:51Not even close.
01:53I mean, I've watched it 10 times
01:55on the All-22.
01:57There's nobody within seven yards of him.
02:02And Jaden
02:03doesn't see it.
02:06Instead,
02:06he's locked on Rashad White,
02:08who's never open.
02:10And that's why he throws...
02:13I mean, Rashad White
02:13is never even remotely open
02:16on the play.
02:18Never even remotely open.
02:20So Jaden throws it away.
02:22Which, normally,
02:25that would be a good thing.
02:27That would be...
02:27If you miss somebody,
02:29okay,
02:30quarterbacks miss people.
02:32It might be the progression
02:33of the routes.
02:34We never know.
02:35Right?
02:35Everybody thinks
02:36every quarterback should see
02:38anybody that pops open.
02:39I mention it
02:41because it's very clear
02:43that Antonio Williams
02:45is open,
02:46wide open,
02:47and I believe
02:48even before Jaden
02:49starts to flush
02:50to the right
02:51on the fourth and two
02:52failed play
02:53from the 13
02:55in a 13-3 game.
02:57And we can again
02:57debate the merits
02:59of whether Dan Quinn
02:59should have gone for it or not.
03:01And then,
03:02of course,
03:03what he said,
03:03which somehow
03:04becomes more important
03:05to all the GIFs
03:07and the stupid
03:08internet memes
03:09and all the nonsense
03:11that we have to deal with
03:13than the actual decision
03:15or the execution.
03:16The bottom line is
03:19before Jaden starts to flush,
03:22I'm watching it right now.
03:24Again,
03:25before Jaden starts to flush
03:28to his right,
03:32not only is Antonio Williams
03:34wide open,
03:35but Stefan Diggs
03:36is open too.
03:38Now,
03:39again,
03:42you can make an argument
03:44that at the top
03:45of his drop,
03:46which is at about
03:47the 21-yard line,
03:49Jaden is not looking
03:50backside
03:52at Williams or Diggs.
03:55Here's
03:55my thing.
03:58You got three receivers
03:59to the left,
04:01backside.
04:03Why are we,
04:05if he's not looking
04:07to the left,
04:10something's wrong,
04:11right?
04:11You got five receivers
04:13out in the route.
04:14You got two to the right,
04:16which is where he's looking.
04:18I think he's looking
04:20at the right slot
04:23receiver that comes
04:24and pops open
04:25at the 10-yard line.
04:26And he's open too
04:29for a brief second.
04:30I think that's where
04:31he's looking.
04:32But he's not looking
04:34backside
04:35where you got
04:36three receivers
04:38basically clustered
04:39between the eight-yard line
04:40and the 12-yard line.
04:42And two of them
04:43are open
04:45at the top
04:46of his drop.
04:47One of them,
04:48I think it's Chig,
04:49but I can't see the number
04:50quite honestly
04:51from the eye in the sky,
04:53curls
04:54towards the left
04:55sideline
04:56at the 10-yard line.
04:57He's not open.
04:58But you got Diggs
04:59open at the five
05:00at the break
05:02of his route
05:03and Antonio Williams
05:04is sitting there
05:05going,
05:05whoo-hoo,
05:06hello,
05:07at the seven.
05:10But Jaden
05:12is locked
05:12in
05:13to,
05:15I believe,
05:17the receiver
05:18that's standing
05:19just at the nine
05:23to his right,
05:25but inside
05:26the numbers,
05:27and then
05:28eventually
05:29flushes,
05:30even though pressure,
05:31quite honestly,
05:32is not that bad.
05:33It's a decent pocket.
05:35It's actually
05:36a good pocket.
05:38And Jaden goes
05:39and throws one away
05:41to Rashad White,
05:42who's never open.
05:44And again,
05:45live for another day
05:46is a motto
05:46that I do believe in.
05:48Right?
05:48I think every coach
05:49believes in.
05:50I think every fan
05:51should believe in.
05:51Live for another day.
05:53Except when you don't
05:54have another day.
05:56And that's the problem.
05:58Guys,
05:59we can sit here
05:59and we can
06:01shred Dan Quinn
06:02for being
06:03a clueless deer
06:04in the headlights
06:05and all the things
06:05that you guys
06:06all want to talk.
06:07Blame the head coach
06:08for everything.
06:08I'm not telling you
06:09Dan Quinn's good
06:10at game clock management.
06:11I'm not telling you
06:13Dan Quinn's good
06:13at strategy.
06:14I'm not telling you
06:15Dan Quinn's a good leader.
06:16I'm not telling you
06:17any of that stuff.
06:19You know,
06:19again,
06:20Dan Quinn has been
06:20disappointing for me
06:21and I'm a guy
06:22that championed Dan Quinn.
06:24So I've got to
06:25acknowledge that
06:26all the time.
06:28But instead of
06:29looking at Dan Quinn
06:31and what he said
06:32apparently through
06:33lip readers
06:35which apparently
06:36I think I sent you
06:37John Boy Media.
06:39I hope I did.
06:41I saw it.
06:42It's all over the place now.
06:43John Boy
06:43is really good
06:45at analyzing
06:46like lip reading
06:47through baseball.
06:48So a bunch of people
06:49sent him the clip
06:50and wanted to know
06:51what he thought
06:52and he was like
06:53Dan Quinn didn't say
06:54that he didn't know
06:55it was fourth down.
06:57Whatever.
06:57We'll try and get to
06:58that clip
06:59as soon as we can.
07:00But you know
07:01who didn't apparently
07:02know it was fourth down?
07:03Jaden Daniels.
07:05Or if he knew
07:06he forgot.
07:07And he's so
07:09risk averse
07:09to making a mistake.
07:11Great.
07:12But you have to know
07:13you can't live
07:14for another day.
07:15It's fourth down.
07:17It's fourth down.
07:20And
07:21there were
07:22opportunities open
07:24and he chooses
07:26the one that's
07:27not even
07:28close to being open.
07:30and fires it
07:3110 yards
07:32away from him
07:33or maybe not
07:3410 yards
07:35five yards
07:36away from him
07:36way out of bounds.
07:39Now again
07:40we can argue
07:41that Dan Quinn
07:42made a mistake
07:42by going
07:43for it on
07:44fourth and two
07:45from the 13
07:46in a 13-3 game
07:47where if you take
07:48the field goal
07:49and presumably
07:50you make a chippy
07:50it's 13-6
07:52and you're only
07:52down one score.
07:53But at that point
07:54he's seen
07:55now this is
07:5713 minutes
07:58left to go
07:59in the game
07:59he's seen
08:00his defense
08:00not be able
08:01to even offer
08:02any resistance
08:03to the 49ers.
08:05Right?
08:06At that point.
08:09So
08:11I don't know
08:12quite honestly
08:14if we can
08:15kill Dan Quinn
08:16for that decision.
08:18You might not
08:19like the aggressiveness
08:20of it.
08:21I get it.
08:23You might not
08:24like that.
08:27but
08:29that's
08:30how he's
08:30kind of
08:31seeing the game.
08:32Now
08:32the only
08:33knock
08:34against Dan Quinn's
08:35argument there
08:37is
08:38the 49ers
08:39third offensive
08:40series
08:41which comes
08:41right before
08:42this possession
08:43by the commanders
08:44early in the
08:45second quarter
08:46starts late
08:47in the first
08:47quarter
08:48and they go
08:48three plays
08:49three and out.
08:52I think
08:53that was
08:54because
08:55yeah
08:56that was
08:56because of
08:56the really
08:57good Trent
08:58Tressway punt
08:59and Tyler
09:00Owens downing
09:00it at the
09:02four yard line.
09:02They go
09:03three and out.
09:04So I mean
09:04again that
09:05kind of
09:06hey Dan
09:06like you
09:07got to be
09:08more
09:08your defense
09:09just got a
09:10big three
09:10and out
09:10you flip
09:11field
09:11whatever
09:13do you have
09:14to be as
09:14aggressive?
09:15No.
09:16The answer
09:16is no.
09:17He doesn't
09:17have to.
09:18A more
09:18conservative
09:19coach
09:19would go
09:20field goal
09:21and get
09:22within one
09:22score
09:23and make
09:23it 13-6
09:24provided that
09:24you hit
09:25the field
09:25goal
09:25and you
09:26get the
09:26operation
09:26right.
09:27But Dan
09:28Quinn
09:28as we've
09:29talked about
09:30maybe ad
09:31nauseam to
09:32you
09:32is more
09:33aggressive
09:34than typical
09:35defensive
09:36coaches.
09:37We talked
09:38about this
09:38yesterday.
09:39Remember
09:39Anthony
09:40I was
09:40asking you
09:40you know
09:41if it's
09:41on the
09:41plus side
09:42of the
09:42field
09:42if it's
09:43on the
09:43minus
09:43side
09:43of the
09:43field
09:44if it's
09:44one
09:45one and
09:45a half
09:45whatever
09:46this was
09:46fourth and
09:47two
09:47way plus
09:48side of the
09:48field
09:48at the
09:4913.
09:49Again
09:51in a
09:5213-3
09:53game
09:53I can
09:55see why
09:55he said
09:56man I
09:56need
09:57touchdowns
09:57not field
09:58goals
09:58but I
09:59do have
10:00to offer
10:00the caveat
10:01that it's
10:02A a chip
10:02shot field
10:03goal
10:03B it's
10:04fourth and
10:05two not
10:05fourth and
10:05inches not
10:06fourth and
10:07one C I
10:08lost Terry
10:09McLaurin
10:09already and
10:10D I
10:11just came
10:12off of a
10:12three and
10:12out stop
10:14yeah I
10:15mean that
10:16came after
10:17the the
10:18fumble
10:18but that
10:19was a
10:19three and
10:19out
10:21the
10:22this
10:22possession
10:23that I'm
10:23talking
10:23it comes
10:24after the
10:24three and
10:25out where
10:25way knocks
10:27it to
10:27inside the
10:28five yard
10:28line Tyler
10:29Owens downs
10:29it at the
10:30four and
10:31then they
10:31get a
10:31three and
10:31out and
10:32flip field
10:33position and
10:34then get in
10:34this position
10:35where you
10:37know again
10:37Jaden now
10:39he's not
10:40looking I
10:40can see it
10:41on the
10:41tape right
10:42and I'm
10:42not a
10:43quarterback
10:43coach he's
10:44not looking
10:44at his
10:45backside where
10:46he's got
10:46three receivers
10:47flooded to
10:48the backside
10:48of the
10:48field what
10:49why are we
10:50why are we
10:53running three
10:54to one side
10:55of the field
10:56two including
10:57Rashad White
10:58spread all the
10:59way out wide
11:00to the right
11:01no Terry
11:02McLaurin
11:02why are we
11:04why is the
11:05progression
11:06that way
11:07where he's
11:08not looking
11:09backside where
11:10he's got a
11:10flood of three
11:10receivers I
11:11don't get
11:12that and
11:12then why is
11:13he I
11:14I totally
11:15admire and
11:16appreciate and
11:17this is not to
11:18kill this is
11:18honest analysis
11:19I try to
11:21I try I
11:22very much
11:23appreciate him
11:24not putting
11:24the ball in
11:25peril but
11:26sometimes I
11:27need you to
11:27be a little
11:28bit more
11:28aggressive
11:29risk
11:32not a
11:33not a
11:34verse
11:34risk
11:35centric
11:36or more
11:37just I
11:38don't know
11:38football
11:38like I
11:40like I've
11:41seen this a
11:42lot on tape
11:43with Jaden
11:44he misses
11:45stuff
11:45now every
11:46quarterback
11:47misses stuff
11:47but I've
11:48seen this a
11:49lot where
11:50he has
11:50bypassed
11:51things that
11:51he doesn't
11:52either see
11:53or he
11:53doesn't trust
11:54and I
11:55don't know
11:56how if the
11:57progression of
11:57the route
11:58is flood
11:59the left
11:59side with
12:00three receivers
12:01the right
12:02side with
12:02two no
12:03Terry at
12:03this point
12:04and Rashad
12:05White is
12:05spread all
12:06the way out
12:07to Jaden's
12:07right how
12:08the progression
12:09only is
12:10slot right
12:11outside right
12:13after the
12:14takeoff
12:15how Jaden
12:16doesn't see
12:16anything backside
12:17or there's
12:18no like
12:19hey coaching
12:21point we're
12:22sending three
12:23to the left
12:24and two guys
12:25pop wide
12:26open digs
12:26and Antonio
12:27and he
12:28doesn't see
12:29them he
12:30doesn't look
12:31that way
12:32nothing man
12:33and then when
12:34he starts to
12:35scramble or
12:36roll to his
12:36right which
12:37there wasn't
12:38even pressure
12:38he doesn't
12:39see anybody
12:40backside
12:40either
12:42yeah I
12:43wasn't sure
12:44like because
12:45even when you
12:45look at the
12:46snap to
12:47me he
12:48seems like
12:49he's caught
12:49off guard
12:50by the snap
12:51like got to
12:52him like
12:52really fast
12:52so his
12:53first instinct
12:53more so
12:54was to look
12:55right and
12:56see if
12:57anything's
12:57there as
12:58opposed to
12:58you know
12:58trying to
12:59actually get
12:59through all
13:00of his
13:01progression
13:01but to
13:02your point
13:03anytime there
13:04is a bunch
13:05I would
13:05imagine or
13:06assume that
13:06you're probably
13:07looking to
13:08manipulate
13:09you know
13:11the zone
13:11that they're
13:12in using
13:13that bunch
13:14and again
13:15Antonio
13:16Williams was
13:16wide open
13:17so I
13:18didn't see
13:18anything wrong
13:18with the
13:19snap
13:19I just
13:20watched it
13:20again
13:21I didn't
13:21see any
13:21I mean
13:22you know
13:22I'm not
13:22afraid to
13:23criticize bad
13:24snaps
13:24but I
13:25didn't see
13:25anything wrong
13:26so maybe
13:26I missed
13:27it but
13:28right you're
13:29saying the
13:29same thing
13:29that I am
13:30Antonio
13:30Williams is
13:31I mean
13:32and Diggs
13:33is open
13:33for a while
13:34too and
13:34then Antonio
13:35drags along
13:36the field
13:37from
13:38Jaden's
13:38left
13:39all the way
13:40across the
13:40four yard
13:41line-ish
13:42right to
13:43the right
13:44in his
13:44field of
13:45vision
13:45now he's
13:45got to
13:45look back
13:46a little
13:46bit
13:46he's got
13:47to throw
13:48across his
13:49body
13:50I'm sorry
13:52I'm just
13:53going to say
13:53this
13:53like
13:54everybody
13:55like
13:56everybody
13:57can blow
13:57up whatever
13:58the bleep
13:59they want
13:59about Dan
14:00Quinn
14:00and Dan
14:00Quinn
14:01I'm not
14:01trying to
14:02defend Dan
14:02Quinn
14:02I'm just
14:03trying to be
14:03fair
14:03this one's
14:04on Jaden
14:05this particular
14:06play
14:07is on Jaden
14:08and I have
14:08the video
14:09proof
14:09and the
14:10football
14:11I believe
14:12knowledge
14:13and the
14:14all 22
14:15and the
14:16explanation
14:17and I'll
14:17put up
14:17pictures
14:18for you
14:20I mean
14:21ultimately
14:22you agree
14:23that this
14:24one's on
14:24Jaden
14:25more than
14:25DQ
14:26even though
14:27DQ
14:27shares
14:28some
14:28criticism
14:29because
14:30of the
14:30decision
14:31not the
14:32communication
14:33which
14:33everybody's
14:34blowing
14:34up
14:35because
14:35of what
14:35happened
14:36last week
14:36we don't
14:36even know
14:37what he
14:37said
14:37I mean
14:38I would
14:38definitely
14:39put more
14:39of the
14:39blame
14:40on Jaden
14:40as well
14:41again
14:41I think
14:41this one
14:42just boils
14:42down to
14:43situation
14:43awareness
14:43and everybody's
14:44been hammering
14:45home
14:45it's fourth
14:46down
14:47you gotta
14:48you know
14:48give your
14:48wide receivers
14:49your play
14:49because the
14:50chance to
14:50go out
14:50there
14:51and make
14:51a play
14:52and for
14:53him to
14:54airmail the
14:54ball to
14:55the first
14:55row of
14:56the stadium
14:57I don't
14:58know what
14:58was going
14:59through his
15:00mind
15:01during that
15:01moment
15:02so I
15:02would
15:02definitely
15:02put a lot
15:03of the
15:03blame
15:03on Jaden
15:04and that's
15:05why I
15:05view his
15:06performance
15:07as a little
15:08up and
15:09down
15:09because this
15:09was a huge
15:10moment in
15:10the game
15:11I agree
15:12with the
15:12decision
15:12to go
15:12for it
15:13again I
15:14was telling
15:14you yesterday
15:14we gotta
15:15be aggressive
15:16field goals
15:17were not
15:17gonna win us
15:17that game
15:18you were
15:19right
15:19the 49ers
15:20how they
15:20started
15:20two straight
15:21drives
15:22down the
15:22field
15:22scored
15:23no
15:24resistance
15:24whatsoever
15:25so again
15:25we're already
15:26trailing
15:2713-3
15:28let's go get
15:29some touchdowns
15:31as opposed to
15:32field goals
15:32that's gonna be
15:33our focus
15:34today
15:34obviously
15:35that whole
15:35entire
15:36sequence
15:36we'll get
15:37obviously
15:38into other
15:38things
15:39but we'll
15:40do a lot
15:40more of the
15:41big picture
15:41game stuff
15:42tomorrow
15:42we'll focus
15:44and hammer
15:44obviously on
15:45this particular
15:46sequence
15:47because it
15:47was so
15:48important
15:48for both
15:49Dan Quinn
15:49and
15:50Jaden
15:51Daniels
15:51your calls
15:52your reaction
15:53I'm sure
15:54you'll all
15:55be rational
15:55next
15:56301-230-0980
15:58we'll start
15:58with Athens
15:59we'll get
15:59to others
16:00stay with us
16:01right here
16:01on the
16:01team
16:02980