J.K. Dobbins a 'difference-maker' in Chargers' win vs. Raiders | Chris Simms Unbuttoned | NFL on NBC

all right moving on now it is time for Lowe's Home Team help it's home team help presented by Lowe's is the official tagline of the sponsorship welcome to the podcast Lowe welcome to the podcast we're a podcast of everyone we love it when new people come to the podcast especially when they're a huge company like Lowe's definitely I've done some commercials for Lowe's they treat you right they're good peeps yeah which one was which are the commercials that you've done in your backyard you were building something in your exactly right it was doing that watching the game right you know yeah let's go team that's what I said at the end so we need to do that every time we do this ad as you say Let's go Team Let's go Team uh we're going to do it with so we want to look for someone who's you know maybe a little under the radar or who was under the radar coming into the season we haven't seen him lately and for that we're going to go to this Chargers game Chargers beat the Raiders 2210 Jim Harbaugh his debut back in the NFL gets a win uh who is who is your guy that's maybe a little was a little under the radar that that popped in this game for you the the like like just an unbelievable story comeback story JK Dobbins the running back and then of course when you couple that with hey it's Jim Harbaugh we drafted Joe halt right in the first round we're going to run we're going to play tough they're a team again like we just talked about a few minutes ago in the Patriots Jim Harbaugh ball is a little bit like that Patriots way they just go we're going to play sound we're going to play good the most teams find ways to lose games we're not going to be the team that does that we'll let them make mistakes and then capitalize off of it we'll just play sound kind of boring football at times but we'll wear on them but JK Dobbins who had potential to be really one of the best running backs in football and then I believe it was what patella and then an Achilles two years in a row and I would tell you that those are the two worst injuries you can have in football right now Patel attendant Achilles a lot of guys never come back the same and it was awesome to see him all of a sudden just start breaking big runs and becoming a Difference Maker again you know had a 12 yard touchdown run in the fourth quarter and then had the huge 60 yard run that really helped kind of put the nail in the coffin uh for the Los Angeles Chargers so that was awesome to see good for him like I love a story like that a guy who worked hard to come back and yeah is he as fast as he once was no but he's still damn fast and looks like they got something at r at RB there and in Los Angeles Yeah couple rushes in the first half didn't do anything second half eight rushes for 131 yards in that touchdown long of 61 uh the the big guys the bully ball for the Chargers you mentioned it Jim Harbaugh that's what he likes to do Kevin Adrien says show the big boys some love Dam okay Joe Al allowing zero pressures to one of the League's best pass rushers first time that Max Crosby has been shut out in an individual matchup since 2022 the rookie did it in game number one yes it's a [Music] um I think this is what we can expect to see with Harbaugh this is he's not he's going to protect just Justin Herbert that's going to be like no we're going to run the ball and our quarterback is going to feel comfortable right we it might not look pretty this year you know it might take some time you know they're going to it's it is a new offense receivers are still coming along right they have no guy that we can look at right now and go oh he's their go-to guy in the pass offense right so you know I I don't expect it to be pretty but I do expect to see what we saw today efficiency tough physical hard-hitting right they have a very good coach on the defensive side of the ball and Jesse Minter right that came from Michigan so that that is all positive uh but yeah that looked like a a culture win and you know on the Raiders side of the ball yeah the Raiders the defense I like the way that looks the offense I I think I'm going to have questions about I don't know where it's going to go right Gardner mchu does some things where you always like it but he always does a few things that you go oh you can't miss that throw or you the ball can't slip out of your hands and become a lateral and you give the ball to the Chargers at the 12 yd line right they did that at one point I don't know if you saw that play he was he was kind of getting ready to throw the ball it slipped out of his slipped out of his hand and went backwards and it kind of then rolled and the Chargers picked it up and got the ball at the 12 yd line going in so that was a big moment uh we know he had the interception as well uh but but yeah all in all I I worry about I guess the quarterback situation and the Raiders offense alog together they feel Saints is from last year where you look at the offense you're like what gets me excited on this offensive side of the ball and you're like I don't really know that there's much of anything and I'll tell you what didn't get me excited my least favorite call yeah coaching call of the Sunday Antonio Pierce end of the game fourth and one uh with them down six and they were on the 43 yard line the 4 kind of in that no man's land not totally no I saw you I know I and I saw you I think right after this right did I see you or no I don't think it was no it wasn't you yeah that was and they ped they and I was watching it and he was really like not sure what he wanted to do at the moment he sent out the punt team I could read his lips and he was going should I I he said I think at first he said should I kick the field goal should I go for it and they ended up hting it right they missed a field goal at earlier and I think maybe that scarred him a little bit because that gave the Chargers good field position on a on a on a drive as well at one point so maybe that's what scarred him a little bit and he did that but you're right the game changed that because then that was the do that was the Dobbins long run not long after that right I believe so so uh yeah that was a tough one I hear you there I think he was thinking like we've played good D today they haven't done much on o let's see if we can just kind of hang in there and pin them back and get the ball back but yeah you know between the muu fumble zamir white fumbled when when they were around Midfield kind of moving the ball at one point that hurt them um we'll see where this goes but yeah am I going to sit here and tell you that like yeah as we said at the time I don't think Gardner mchu is going to have the longest leash in the world I wouldn't be shocked if Aiden if it it looks like it did today I wouldn't be shocked if we see Aiden oconnell in week three or four or whatever and not that mchu was so bad but just not enough good plays and then you can't have the few play the few negative plays that he had that really hurt their football team congrats to Jim Harbaugh 5-0 all time in season openers 4-0 back with the 49ers 1-0 with the Chargers now thanks to his buddy and his Lowe's home team helper in JK Dobbins thanks L yo yo homies thanks for watching yeah it's time the NFL season is here on Chris Sims unbutton you can hit subscribe to get all the weekly picks plus our Sunday Recaps as the games are happening oh you know it nobody does that better than us thanks again for watching Remember to subscribe peace out we'll see you next time on unbutton