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BUDDY, WESTWOOD 1 AND UH WELL COLLEGE FOOTBALL AND NFL ANALYSTS FOOTBALL PODCAST. BACK BACK. RUNNING BACK. QUESTION DAN. UH, I'M ROSS TUCKER, A MIDDLE-AGED PHENOM HAPPY TO JOIN THE SHOW. UH, KNOW YOU KNOW WHAT I I I DON'T KNOW THAT. I WOULD SAY THE RUNNING BACK IS BACK. WHAT I WOULD SAY, IS THAT WE'VE LOST OUR WAY A LITTLE BIT. THE LAST COUPLE YEARS WITH THE VALUE AROUND THAT POSITION OR THE MARKET FOR THAT POSITION, LIKE FOR EXAMPLE, RIGHT? DAN SAQUON BARKLEY. A LOT OF PEOPLE THOUGHT THE EAGLES OVERPAID HIM PAYING HIM 12 MILLION A YEAR. ALL RIGHT, SO WE'VE GOT THE LEFT GUARD FOR THE EAGLES. LANDON DIGGER'S A REALLY GOOD PLAYER. OKAY, HE MAKES 21 MILLION A YEAR. WE'VE GOT RECEIVERS MAKING 35 AND AND CLOSE AND SOON 36 MILLION A YEAR. YOU'RE TRYING TO TELL ME THAT A GUY IN SAQUON BARKLEY. WHO GETS WHAT DO YOU GET 24 CARRIES 20? I MEAN 24 TOUCHES, 28 TOUCHES IN THAT FIRST GAME. THAT THAT GUY. ISN'T WORTH A THIRD OF A TOP RECEIVER, OR ISN'T WORTH MORE THAN HALF OF A TOP GUARD. AND I DON'T, I, I DON'T KNOW HOW SAQUON FOUND THE FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH. HE LOOKED LIKE PENN STATE SEQUEL. I MEAN, DAN, HE'S 235 POUNDS. IT LOOKED LIKE HE HAD ROCKET BOOSTERS COMING OUT OF HIS BUTT. I MEAN HE WAS FLYING ALL OVER THE FIELD AND SO YES I THINK THE EAGLES MIGHT HAVE BEEN 1 OF THE FIRST TEAMS TO REALIZE HEY THIS HAS GOTTEN A LITTLE CARRIED AWAY, WE STILL GET THE GUY, THIS GUY, THE BALL LIKE 20 TIMES A GAME. YOU MIGHT WANT TO HAVE SOMEONE THAT YOU THINK IS REALLY GOOD. PAULY. COULD YOU CHECK TO SEE COMING OUT OF HIS BUTT? CHECKING ALL RIGHTY. UM YOU HAD 6100 YARD RUSHERS LAST YEAR. IT WAS AGAIN, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S AN ANOMALY BUT YOU KNOW, HARBAUGH IS GOING YEAR. I MEAN HE HE'S GOING TO MAKE THAT MICHIGAN WEST. HE'S GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE RUNNING THE FOOTBALL. IF I'M THE EAGLES, I'M RUNNING THE FOOTBALL. THE FOOTBALL. FEEL LIKE A TEAM IS A BETTER TEAM WHEN YOU'RE ABLE TO RUN THE FOOTBALL. IF I'M DALLAS I WOULD HAVE INVESTED IN A RUNNING BACK. UH I KNOW THAT THEY HAD TO PAY A LOT OF PEOPLE AND YOU BRING ZEKE BACK IN BUT JUST HAVING THE OPTION OF LIKE I'M NOT GOING TO BUY INTO PLAY. PLAY ACTION. IF I DON'T BUY INTO YOUR RUNNING BACK, LIKE I RIGHT. YEAH, AND HERE'S THE THING DAN BECAUSE I KNOW SCORING TIME AND THESE PRODUCTION MEETINGS, RIGHT? THE ANALYTICS. GUYS, THEY HAVE FIGURED OUT THAT THE 2 BIGGEST DETERMINING FACTORS FOR THE OUTCOME OF THE GAME, WHETHER YOU WIN OR LOSE, IT'S OBVIOUSLY TURNOVERS. WE KNEW THAT 1 THE OTHER 1 IS EXPLOSIVE PLAYS, RIGHT DIFFERENT PEOPLE CALCULATE THAT DIFFERENTLY BUT PASSES OVER 20 YARDS RUNS OVER 10 YARDS. SO WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? THAT MEANS EVERYBODY IS PLAYING WITH 2 DEEP SAFETIES. EVERYBODY IS SAYING. YOU KNOW WHAT, ESPECIALLY IN WEEK 1 OR EARLY IN THE SEASON. WHY DON'T YOU PROVE? YOU CAN GO ON A 12 PLAY DRIVE AND NOT HAVE A FALSE START, NOT HAVE A HOLDING PENALTY. BE ABLE TO CONVERT SEVERAL THIRD DOWNS. SO IF YOU'RE GOING TO KEEP HAVING THESE TEAMS PLAY IN THE 250S, SO THAT THESE 30 MILLION DOLLAR WIDE RECEIVERS, DON'T BEAT THEM OVER THE TOP. THAT IS VERY FAVORABLE TO RUN THE BALL TO DO THE MATH ESPECIALLY IF YOU HAVE A EVEN A LITTLE BIT. THE DEFENDERS, THERE'S NOT ENOUGH OF THEM. THEY CAN'T GET EVERY GAP. IF 2 SAFETY, THAT IS WHAT I THINK. MORE THAN ANYTHING. WHY THERE'S A RESURGENCE IN THE RUNNING GAME, IT'S KIND OF WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO, IF THEY'RE GOING TO SIT IN THOSE 2 DEEP SAFETY. LOOKS YEAH, I I AND ONCE AGAIN IT'S A SMALL SAMPLE SIZE, IT'S WEEK 1, BUT IF I'M LOOKING AT TOUCHDOWN PASSES HERE, 2019. THERE WERE 61 TOUCHDOWN PASSES IN WEEK 1. THERE WERE 34 IN WEEK 1 THIS YEAR. BIG DROP AND DROP. PREVIOUS YEAR, THERE WERE 37, TOUCHDOWN PASSES WEEK 1 COLLECTIVELY. WELL, THAT'S THE OTHER THING. IF YOU'RE GOING ON LONG DRIVE AS OPPOSED TO GETTING THESE BIG LONG TOUCHDOWNS THROUGH THE AIR AND YOU GET DOWN NEAR THE END ZONE, BUT WHAT DO THEY DO? THEN I'VE SEEN IT A MILLION TIMES THEY GO IN. THEY DROP IN A ZONE AND YOU'RE NOW TRYING TO THROW THE BALL INTO THE END ZONE WHEN THEY'RE 7 OR 8 GUYS IN THERE. GOOD LUCK. THAT IS HARD TO DO. I THINK THE TEAMS LOOKED AT IT AND THEY THOUGHT I MEAN, JOSH ALLEN, I DID THE BILLS CARDINALS LAST SUNDAY FOR CBS, DAN JOSH ALLEN DROPPED BACK AND THOUGHT I'M NOT THROWING IT IN THERE. THERE'S 8 GUYS IN THE END ZONE, I'M SAY, I TURN IT OVER GOOD LUCK. THAT IS HARD TO GONNA THIS WILL BE AN GUYS IN FOR A TOUCHDOWN. I THINK THEY'RE REALIZING THAT IS TOUGH DUTY TRYING TO FIT A BALL WHEN YOU GET DOWN NEAR THE GOAL AND THERE'S JUST NOT THAT MUCH SPACE TALKING TO ROSS TUCKER, BY THE WAY, ROSS ON THE CALL FOR BILLS DOLPHINS TONIGHT ON WESTWOOD 1, HE ALSO HAS COLORADO COLORADO, STATE FOR CBS ON SATURDAY AND YOU WERE THERE FOR THE CARDINALS IN THE BILLS. I'LL GO BACK TO THAT GAME IN A MOMENT. I SAID THIS IS A MUST-WIN. FOR THE DOLPHINS TONIGHT. PERCEPTION WISE, YOU'RE 1 AND 6 AGAINST BUFFALO WITH 2 OF THEIR YOU KNOW, YOU'RE GOING TO FACE HIM AGAIN IN NOVEMBER AND GO TOE-TO-TOE FOR THE YOU'RE AT HOME. HOW IMPORTANT IS WELL, MORE IMPORTANT FROM MIAMI OR BUFFALO. DEFINITELY MORE IMPORTANT FOR MIAMI. IT'S A SHORT WEEK, THEY'RE PLAYING AT HOME. YOU COULD ARGUE THE EAGLE UH THE EAGLES, THE BILLS, BEST DEFENSIVE PLAYER AND MAYBE THE BEST NICKELBACK IN THE LEAGUE. TARAN JOHNSON IS OUT. SO NOW THE BILLS DON'T HAVE THEIR BEST LINEBACKER WHO WAS PROBABLY THEIR BEST DEFENSIVE PLAYER. MATT MILANO, HE'S OUT TILL DECEMBER. NOW YOU DON'T HAVE TARAN JOHNSON IF THE DOLPHINS DON'T BEAT THE BILLS THIS TIME DAN, WHEN. WHEN ARE THEY GONNA WRITE? I MEAN, JOSH ALLEN, THE NUMBERS FOR JOSH ALLEN AGAINST THE DOLPHINS ARE JUST INSANE. HE AVERAGES OVER 275 YARDS PASSING AND OVER 50 YARDS RUSHING AGAINST THEM IN 13 STARTS. IT'S BY FAR THE MOST OF ANY PLAYER AGAINST ANY TEAM IN NFL HISTORY. JOSH ALLEN OWNS THE DOLPHINS. THE DOLPHINS NEED TO END THIS. THE BILLS HAVE WON THE AFC EAST 4 YEARS IN A ROW. I JUST THINK IT WOULD BE SO DEMORALIZING. MENTALLY, FOR THE DOLPHINS, IF THEY LOSE THIS, IF THE BILLS LOSE IT, THEY'LL SAY OKAY, SHORT WEEK, WE'RE WITHOUT OUR 2, BEST DEFENSIVE PLAYERS. WE'LL HAVE THEM LATER. WE'LL SEE THOSE GUYS UP IN BUFFALO LATER IN THE SEASON AND, AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO BEAT THEM AND WIN THE DIVISION IN DECEMBER. LIKE WE ALWAYS DO. I'M GONNA BRING BACK A COMMENT KYLER MURRAY MADE AFTER SUNDAY'S GAME. AND, UH, THE REPORTER WAS TALK, TALKING ABOUT NOT GETTING MARVIN. HARRISON THE BALL. YOU WERE THERE AND UH ESPECIALLY THAT THAT LAST PASS THAT COULD HAVE GONE TO MARVIN. HARRISON THAT WOULD HAVE WON THE GAME. HE BUT UH KYLER MURRAY IS ASKED ABOUT NOT GETTING HIS ROOKIE WIDE RECEIVER, THE BALL. UM, TAKE AWAY. MARVIN. WOULDN'T SAY THEY WERE JUST TAKING HIM AWAY. I THINK YOU KNOW, I'M JUST AS A QUARTERBACK OBVIOUSLY YOU'RE GOING THROUGH YOUR READS. SOMETIMES. THE BALL GOES TO HIM, BUT THAT'S NOT, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT MY JOB. OBVIOUSLY, I, YOU KNOW, I HAVE A, I HAVE A SENSE AND A FEEL FOR GUYS WHEN THEY DON'T GET THE BALL AND WHEN THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, WHEN THEY ARE GETTING THE BALL. BUT UM, YOU KNOW, I I LEAVE THAT UP TO DREW, YOU KNOW, DREW ALWAYS, YOU KNOW, HE HE TELLS ME DON'T WORRY ABOUT THAT TYPE OF STUFF UH JUST KEEP PLAYING YOUR GAME AND YOU KNOW GET THE BALL TO WHERE THE BALL IS SUPPOSED TO GO. ALL RIGHT. SO DREW IS, OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR THERE. RIGHT, AND HE KIND OF PUSHING OFF ANY BLAME THAT, IT'S ON THE OC, BUT YOU STILL HAVE THE BALL IN YOUR HANDS. HE'S NOT TELLING YOU, NOT TO THROW IT TO MARVIN HARRISON FOR THE GAME-WINNING TOUCHDOWN. I JUST I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THE MINDSET AND BE FAIR TO KYLER MURRAY AND THAT IS HOW DO I GET HIM THE BALL? HOW DO I NOT SAY TO MY OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR? LET'S GET HIM THE BALL. HE IS YOUR BEST WEAPON. WHY DOES HE HAVE 3 TARGETS IN THAT GAME? WELL, SO THAT'S WHAT'S SO INTERESTING ABOUT THAT, RIGHT? YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT LIKE THROUGHOUT THE REST OF THE GAME. DAN THAT HE WAS RUNNING WIDE OPEN THE FIRST TIME, KYLER THREW HIM THE BALL IN THE GAME. IT WAS A BACK SHOULDER. THROW AND HARRISON DIDN'T LOOK LIKE HE WAS EXPECTING IT. HE WAS GOING FOR THE KYLER KIND OF GAVE HIM. 1 OF THESE, YOU KNOW SHRUGGING LIKE HEY WHAT ARE WE DOING HERE AND THEN LATER ON QUARTER HE RAN A GOOD ROUTE, HE WAS WIDE OPEN TYLER, PUT IT RIGHT ON HIM DAN AND HE JUST DROPPED IT. 1 OF THE WORST DROPS I'VE EVER SEEN AND I'VE I'VE BEEN WATCHING MARVIN HARRISON PLAY FOOTBALL SINCE HE WAS IN 10TH GRADE IN PHILLY. HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL, I HONESTLY DON'T THINK I'VE EVER SEEN HIM HAVE A DROP BEFORE. HE MIGHT HAVE THE BEST BALL SKILLS OF ANY WIDE RECEIVER PROSPECT. I CAN REMEMBER IT WAS A BLATANT DROP. NOW CREDIT TO PETTING BECAUSE THE VERY NEXT PLAY THEY JUST RAN A 5 YARD OUT WITH HARRISON AND THREW IT RIGHT TO HIM JUST SO THAT HE DIDN'T LOSE IT MENTALLY. BUT I THINK YOU KNOW, NO PRESEASON FOR THESE GUYS AND NO MATTER WHAT THE EXPECTATIONS ARE, HE'S STILL A ROOKIE. IT WAS STILL, WE ASKED HIM THE DAY BEFORE THE GAME AND THE PRODUCTION MEETINGS YOU KNOW, WHAT DO YOU THINK HE'S LIKE, I GOT ALL KINDS OF FEELINGS GOING ON. I MEAN, YOU KNOW, THESE ARE STILL 21 YEAR OLD KIDS AND THEIR FIRST NFL GAME AND I'M I'M NOT SURE LET'S GO THIS WAY. I'M NOT SAYING KYLER WAS INTENTIONALLY, NOT TRYING TO THROW HARRISON LATE, BUT HE CERTAINLY HASN'T EARNED AND DIDN'T EARN IN THAT GAME. HEY, THIS IS OUR GUY I MEAN KYLO IS PROBABLY LOOKING FOR TREY MCBRIDE OR MAYBE DORTCH OR SOMEBODY ELSE. I DON'T THINK KYLER HAS THAT CONFIDENCE IN HARRISON JR. YET, EVEN THOUGH HE TOLD US THE DAY BEFORE THAT HE DID. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. NOW YOU GOT STATE? IS THIS A MUST-WIN FOR DION? ABSOLUTELY. YEAH. I MEAN, AND 0. AND THEN THEY LOST THE GAME AND IT WENT OFF THE RAILS. I MEAN THEY WENT 1 AND 8 THE REST OF THE SEASON AND IT'S 1 OF THE THINGS I THINK THAT'S SO INTERESTING ABOUT THEIR MODEL AND HAVING THIS MANY NEW PLAYERS EVERY YEAR AND THIS MANY TRANSFER PORTAL EDITIONS. HOW DOES THAT GROUP OVERCOME ADVERSITY? HOW, HOW DO THEY FARE WHEN THINGS START TO GO SOUTH? IF THEY LOSE THIS GAME? WHICH BY THE WAY? YOU KNOW, THEY'RE TELLING ME IT'S THE GONNA BE THE BIGGEST EVENT IN THE HISTORY OF FORT COLLINS COLORADO. THEY HAVEN'T HOSTED COLORADO IN THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN, SHOWDOWN, SINCE 1996. NOW YOU HAVE DEION SANDERS AND ALL THE ATTENTION AND CBS PRIME TIME, ALL THAT STUFF LAST YEAR, COLORADO WAS 3 AND 0. WHAT HAPPENS IF THEY START THIS YEAR 1 AND 2 AND LOSING NEBRASKA IN COLORADO STATE, AFTER BEATING THEM LAST YEAR, YOU KNOW, THEIR TEAM IS MADE UP OF A LOT OF GUYS THAT HAVE SHOWN. THEY'RE WILLING TO GO SOMEWHERE ELSE, RIGHT? I TRANSPORTABLE, GUYS, THEY'RE WILLING TO GO SOMEWHERE. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S A BETTER TEAM OR A BETTER SITUATION FOR THEM OR MORE NIL MONEY. I WONDER IF IF COACH PRIME WILL BE ABLE TO KEEP THIS GROUP TOGETHER THE REST OF THE SEASON AND STAY RESILIENT IF THEY LOSE THIS 1, THEY DIDN'T SHOW LAST YEAR THAT THEY COULD ADVERSITY. THIS. GIVE YOU SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT. YOU HAD NORTHERN ILLINOIS. BEAT NOTRE DAME. THEY GOT PAID 1.4 MILLION DOLLARS TO GO IN THERE AND PLAY NOTRE DAME. THEY BEAT NOTRE DAME. WHAT IF I SAID TO NORTHERN ILLINOIS OR ANY OF THESE SMALLER SCHOOLS WHEN YOU GO IN BASICALLY BEING PAID TO BE A SACRIFICIAL LAMB, YOU CAN TAKE THE MONEY. OR YOU CAN TAKE HALF THE MONEY. AND THEN NOTRE, DAME MUST GO TO DEKALB NEXT SEASON, SO YOU GET NOTRE DAME GOING TO NORTHERN ILLINOIS. AND YOU GET HALF THE MONEY OR YOU JUST TAKE THE 1.4. IF I, IF I ADDED A LITTLE SPICE TO THESE GAMES WHERE THE BIG GUYS PICKING ON THE LITTLE GUY, AND THEN IF YOU LOSE, YOU HAVE TO GO TO THEIR PLACE. IT'S A HOME AND OH, ONLY IF ONLY IF YOU WIN ONLY IF YOU WIN. OH OH, OKAY. BECAUSE I WAS GONNA SAY THEY WOULD ALL TAKE THAT IN THE HEARTBEAT, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE EVEN LIKE COLORADO STATE, THEN THEY'RE GENIUSES, RIGHT? YOU CAN'T BUY A SINGLE GAME TICKET FOR THIS GAME ON SATURDAY NIGHT. IT HAD TO BE PART OF A SEASON TICKET PACKAGE. YOU WANTED TO GO TO THE CU CSU GAME. YOU HAD TO BUY SOME OTHER GAMES AS WELL. THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT NORTHERN ILLINOIS WOULD DO. I LIKE I MEAN I THINK UH, YOU KNOW WHAT, IT'S LIKE ANYTHING ELSE GOING ON DAYS DAN THE PLAYERS AND COACHES WOULD BE ALL FOR IT. THE ADMINISTRATORS WOULD SAY NO THANKS WE'LL TAKE THE GUARANTEED 1.4, THANK YOU. YEAH, I KNOW BECAUSE I'D LIKE TO SEE THESE SMALLER SCHOOLS, GET PAID BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT THAT HELPS THEIR ENTIRE ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT BUDGET. BUT IF YOU PUT THAT ON IMAGINE NOTRE DAME, YOU LOSE THE GAME, YOU PAY THEM $700,000 BUT THEN IT'LL BE IT WOULD BE THE BIGGEST EVENT IN THAT CITY'S HISTORY. IF NOTRE DAME WENT TO DEKALB NEXT YEAR, INCREDIBLE. WOULD BE INC. HOW THE THE POWER 4 MIGHT SPLIT OFF FROM THE GROUP OF 5, AND THERE'S ALL KINDS OF TALK ABOUT ALL THESE DIFFERENT SCENARIOS. I HOPE THAT KNOW, LIKE THE THE MAX SCHOOLS. ARE THEY NEED THOSE PAYDAYS FROM THE BIG BOYS? AND BY THE WAY, THE THE THE BIG GUYS, THE BIG PROGRAMS, THEY NEED THESE GAMES TOO. THEY NEED GAMES WHERE THEY'RE PRETTY CONFIDENT,