The Herd - Hour 3 - Justin Herbert stops by

Published Aug 9, 2023, 8:19 PM

Chargers QB Justin Herbert joins the show to talk about dealing with injuries last season and what to expect this season

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It's so good to have you in. We've had some really good guests in the last couple of days. And Justin Herbert, the Chargers quarterback who I watched a lot of at Oregon, entering his fourth season with the Chargers, a Pro Bowler in twenty one, Offensive Rookie of the Year the year before, a pac twelve Champer, Rolls Bowl MVP, and you know what, he's a very humble guy. So he signed a new contract and he's not into that money stuff. That's not who he is. But I did hear when Patrick Mahomes signed a deal justin that people said it was team friendly, and Jalen Hurts people said it was kind of team friendly, and yours similarly, people said, you know, listen, the Chargers will not be you know, handicapped with it. And I think some people look at that and say, man, you should take every available penny. But it doesn't sound like the negotiations were divisive or difficult. How did you view the whole thing? If I can ask the contract, Yeah.

From what I heard, you know, the negotiations were pretty friendly on both sides.

And I think that's kind of what I wanted to.

You know, the Chargers organization, they've done such a great job taking care of us and supporting us, and I'm so thankful to be a part of it.

And you know, I.

Couldn't be more happy with the outcome of it and being able to take care of this team and going forward. But overall, I think both sides, you know, they worked really well together, got it done and it's not a distraction anymore. So I think that's a big bonus too.

So Austin Eckler said yesterday, he said, listen, Justin's different. It's a different year.

Now.

We're going into a four season.

So I want you to tell me because you were a kid that was a good student, you were bright, you knew football, but this game is so fat asked and Mahomes had mentioned year three is like the light went on. So I don't know if the light went on for you. But do you notice this camp? Does it feel different?

It does feel different, you know, especially with the new offense and Kellen Moore. We've had so much fun putting in this offense so far, and I've really done my best to take control of this offense and to increase my command over it and whether it's you know, protections, routes, adjustments, things like that. I feel like we're making it our own. And you know, to have guys like Keenan Allen, Mike Williams, they're making plays on the outside and you just got to let them play ball and that's what they do best, and my job is just to get them the ball.

So we're having fun at that.

Explain how Kellen Moore is different than your other coordinators, So you had Shane Steichen Lombardi explain to me as a layman terms like what will it look differently? Is it more jumbo sets, is it more multiple, the more motions? What will be different?

Justin about it.

I think we've done a great job of installing everything so far, whether it's jumbo or whether it's unbalanced, or whether we're going tempo or slowing the ball down and getting bigs in there. I think we've done a great job of installing everything and being ready for each situation. Kellen's done a great job of having played the position that he really understands, you know, the protection, the time behind the line, you don't have a whole lot of time to get the ball off, and so he gets that feel. And we've done a great job working with the offensive line communicating exactly what we want with the protection. So I feel like in that regard, you know, he's done a great job communicating with that with us.

Okay, so you had some really interesting rookies. Tom to le us go, your GM is not only a friend, but he's done a very good job in the draft, especially with early picks. But sometimes you get stars in the fifth, sixth, seventh round. Is there a young player maybe this draft or the last draft where you looked at him justin and thought, oh, he's ready to contribute.

This guy can really play.

I think Josh Palmer over the past couple of years has been awesome. He's taken so many big strides in the past couple of years, and you know, he might have been a later draft pick, but he's one of those guys that has really stepped up, especially when Keenan Mike went down last year. He needed to step up for us big time and he came through. And you know, I think this year que Quinn Johnston is going to be an incredible receiver. He's a star already and he's making huge plays, so I'm gonna be really excited to watch him play this year.

So Netflix has this new documentary on quarterbacks. Now I don't know if you've got even a second to watch it, but they've really shown the personal, the human side, the family, the kids.

I'm sure.

In fact, I think I read somebody called you or somebody called your agent and would you ever be because you're a pretty quiet guy, would you ever be willing to do that or is it something that's just kind of a turn off for you.

I have not been approached by it, but I think i'd be pretty boring on the show.

You know, I don't.

I don't do a whole munt a lot outside of football, so they most of the footage would probably be just from football practice meetings and things like that, and we've kind of done that with hard knocks, so you know, I don't. I don't have too much going on outside of football, So I might not be the best candidate for that.

You know, it's interest because the Chargers are in Los Angeles and they obviously you know you're doing our show, but you're in it or again the same thing. You were the face of the franchise. It's not that you're uncomfortable with it, but there is something about you kind of your your own cat. How do you kind of view the media? Opinionated guys, how do you view it as a franchise quarterback in the NFL? Netflix guys, opinionated guys. It could be me, it could be skipped bath talk radio media, how do you view it?

I just never want to be distracted. I want to keep my focus on football and that's the most important thing. And when I wake up in the morning, it's all right, how can I be a better quarterback, better teammate, better person? And if you listen too much to what's going on in the media or on TV shows or on talk shows, I think you lose that focus and you can you know, you can get swayed one way or another, and I just don't think that's best for me to listen to. And so I've done my best to kind of stay away from it folks on football and be a good teammate.

So you walked into this team with Keenan Allen and Mike Williams and some veteran guys. Now you're moving into the veteran stage. Are you more comfortable now voicing an opinion, being verbal? Do you feel like now it's kind of your club and these are your guys.

It's gone by really fast, but I do feel that way. You know, I've gotten so comfortable around these guys, and it's such a great locker room and great teammates that you know, anyone can speak up, anyone can talk their mind, and we can work on something together, and whether times are good or times are bad, being the same person all the time is huge for us. And you know, I've felt like I've had much better commanded this team of this offense, especially moving forward. So I'm really looking forward to that this year as well.

Okay, you're a PAC twelve guy. You grew up in the shadow Sheldon High, Eugene, Oregon. Are you bitter about what's happened? Are you excited? What do you make of what's happened to the PAC twelve? The top four programs moving to the Midwest and the Big Ten.

Yeah, it's gonna take some time to get adjusted to that, but I'm excited, you know, kind of like we said, it's a great opportunity for them to go play some football against some really good football teams. Growing up a fan of the Pac Ten, it's gonna be tough kind of moving on from that, but it's a great opportunity for those guys to go branch out do something special. And so I'm rooting on organ I'm rooting on all those teams and looking forward to watching some pretty good college football this year.

So justin you're about six ' five ish. I think you're probably about two twenty five. You look leaned up, so I don't know what your weight is. But when you come into the league, obviously as a college player I watch at the Rose Bawl, you're bigger and stronger than a lot of guys. Then you get to the NFL, everybody's big strong. Kind of a weird question, But in terms of your body, you genetically you are a big kid. Are you trying to get bigger, leaner? Your arm strength? Does it change? Like, how are you physically four years now? Professional training how have you changed sort of not just the mentals but just you physically. What matters now to do you need to be bigger to take more hits?

Take me through that.

Yeah, I think that's a really good question.

I think for me personally, I started about two forty you know, week one, and I try and maintain that for as long as I can. It's a long season and you know, injuries kind of rack up and dings and bruises like that. So you just have to be at your best physically for seventeen hopefully you know, twenty plus weeks, and so for us, it's it's all about recovery, maintenance, keeping that strength going on as long as you can. But you know, unfortunately with those injuries and bruises and things like that, you're not gonna be able to lift as much. So for me personally, it's just trying stay on to two forty as long as I can.

Justin you had an injury last year. You didn't talk about it. It was painful. It was ribs and by the way, you know, rib injuries don't heal quickly. There's not much you can do. You just got to have to let them heal. Can you now in hindsight, talk about you played with some pain last year. How long was that stretch where you were just not one hundred percent?

Yeah, I think it was several weeks where it affected me, and you know, I had to unfortunately kind of change my mechanics a little bit, and because of the rib injury, I wasn't on to throw the ball over the top as well as I would have liked, and so I kind of had to, you know, alter my mechanics a little bit here and there.

But I felt comfortable going out there.

I thought the training staff did a great job of protecting me and making sure that I was ready to go and safe out there when I stepped foot on the field. But it was tough, and time, you know, was was the best thing for it. And eight or nine weeks down the road was feeling better, was was getting better. But it's it's never easy, but I was thankful for those training staff watching out for me.

Finally, Keenan Allen, Mike Williams and you have been together now this will be your fourth year. Without giving away any trade secrets, are there things now a look a signal? Are there non verbal stuff? When you were around these guys constantly. You know, it's just like your your brothers, your your family.

Do you do you.

Have now like a relationship with those guys Keenan and Mike that has grown and developed that you can sense. It's you can hide stuff from a from the viewer, from the defense that maybe you couldn't as a rookie.

I think big time. I think that's a great point that you bring up.

And being around those guys for so long that you kind of understand the leverage that they get played against. And if a guy's inside leverage, Keenan knows that, Mike knows that, and they're able to kind of beat that and understand where I'm going to try and put the ball. And uh, you know, the more time we spend together, the more defense that we look and see against. You know, their knowledge is only going to increase. And they're they're so smart. They've been around for so long that we've got a great feel for each other. And it doesn't it doesn't take long for me to know exactly, Hey, this is the route he's gonna run, this is how he's gonna try and run it. And Keenan, Mike, they're always trying to, you know, make things up and create these new routes and it's a fun, fun experiment to be a part of.

Austin Eckler is great. He's been terrific for you. He can catch, he can run, he can block. His contract situation does it make you anxious? How do you feel about that whole thing?

He's the ultimate team.

He's an incredible leader of our offense and he's a great guy to have in that locker room. And we're pulling for him all the way. And as long as he's out on the field, you know, the charges of a good shot of winning, and so to keep getting him the ball, whether it's running, passing. You know, he's done so much for this offense, so you know, really thankful that he's on our team. Got him figured out this year, so we're looking forward to getting him the.

Ball all right.

Justin Herbert, entering his fourth year with the Chargers, been an Offensive Rookie of the Year, sixth or overall pick A Pac twelve champ. Taking time, We always appreciate it. Congrats on your new deal.

Thank you always a pleasure.

Thank you, Justin Herbert.

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So the Austin Eckler situation has been, like all the running backs, tenuous and prickly and nobody's quite sure. I've said before is he's absolutely fantastic and certainly valuable. But the greater the quarterback is, the harder it is to rationalize long term deals for running backs. Now, I think in the case of Jonathan Taylor and Anthony Richardson, there's certainly an argument to me, Maye mad you make the deal Josh Jacobs with the Raiders. In Garoppolo's health, there's an argument to be made. Austin Eckler is really good pass catcher. So what is the latest update on that?

Do we have that?

On Austin Eckler's contract situation, He's still well, he's under contract. He wants a new contract. He's been very outspoken about that. So, yeah, he's shown up for practice. He's sweating, so he's putting the time in which I've said before when it comes to running backs, the man upstairs gave you a gift. Keep showing off, show up play. Austin wants a new deal because he didn't make any money. They didn't make any money when he entered the league, and he hasn't made the big money, and he's taken the big hits and running backs wear down.

So you know, my takeaway is show off. Do what you do.

It will increase your value either in the room or around the league. So also on hard knocks, there was a moment last night, and I've said this about Robert Sala I think it's gonna work. The first thing I look at when a coach colleger pro takes over a program, the very first thing I look at is can you master your side of the ball. So the concern with Oklahoma as Brent Venables went to the Sooners and their defense was terrible. Forget about Caleb Williams. I didn't need you to win twelve games. You got to get the defense right. You can't lose the Texas forty five nothing. So Brent couldn't get his side of the ball right. Lincoln Riley's defense stunk, but the offense was great.

Year one.

You go back to Saban at Alabama. He got the defense figured out real fast. Kirby smart, Georgia defense fast. Pete Carroll when he was up in Seattle, it took him a year two to figure out the quarterback stuff. Got the defense good, the draft good real fast. So Sala has figured out the defense, so we know he's good. But Big Fangio did, Mike Zimmer did, Brian Flores did. Doesn't mean you last if you can't get along with the quarterback or can't get productivity from the quarterback spot. But Sala is a big personality. He looks the part. He's an alpha. I think the players buy into him. And on hard knocks last night, yeah, I don't know what to make it. Is he was telling the team about a story about an eagle and a crawl or something, and here it is.

I was thinking about you, guys. I was thinking about all the excitement surrounding us. Man, all of it, all of it. Did you know that the only bird, the only bird in the world that will attack an eagle is a crow.

It's a crow.

That's the only bird that will actually have the balls to attack an eagle. It will perch on the eagle's back and peck at its neck. So rather than fight back and tearing a crow to pieces like it can, the egle spreads its wings and it soars as high as it possibly can. It keeps going and going and going as high as it can. And the higher the eagle flies, the harder it is for the crow to breathe. Eventually, the crow suffocates, falls back down the earth, and dies.

That's what happens.

We got a great deal of hyperondos. We do all kinds of expectations, and with great expectations, we know that there's going to be a whole lot of people, a whole lot of crows, expecting us to fall on our face.

I think I like it.

I think as a good storyteller, Hard knocks with the New York Jets streaming on Max HBO.

Max.

Did you like the story?

Ryan?

Was it something?

Yeah?

I like what he's trying to do there.

It's become a bit of a trend that the coaches and their opening inspiring speech may be something that's a little foreign too everyday life and might be hard to relate to. But it seemed like the players seemed to be into it. So he's got a good presence.

So much of being a coach is spreading the gospel, creating the culture and getting belief. And so the good news is when you watch these young coaches, do they get their side of the ball figured out. So Salah's absolutely done that and now. And some of these defensive coaches, Tomlin, Sean McDermott, Carroll have not always been great developing building offensive lines. Well that's the Jets' primary issue offensive line. Not blaming the coaches. Maybe it's just a coincidence, but Pittsburgh can't figure it out, Buffalo can't figure it out. I think the Seahawks are getting better, but for years they struggled. It was the weakest part of their team, the offensive line. So the Jets have got to figure that out. Dwayne Brown's excellent, but he's right near the end of his career. Mackay Beckton so far has been a boss. He'll play the right side. Weight knees an issue. If Brown went down, you've got to move him left. And Aaron has never had a bad O line ever. Green Bay does a remarkable job to draft and develop O linemen starting with the second, third, fourth, fifth round and it just works. So that's what I'm looking for.

O line.

It holds up. Jets are very good. Ryan with the news, turn on the news.

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Speaking of running backs, Jonathan Taylor has a reported it has reportedly left Colts camp to have an ankle injury off site. The twenty twenty one rushing champ is in the middle of a contract dispute with Indy. The Colts are also reportedly meeting with free agent running back Kareem Hunt today.

How do you see this plan out?

You think they're going to try and bring in a backup running back or a fill in running back like Kareem Hunt and just let Jonathan Taylor hold out as long as possible.

Well, I don't think they view themselves in the AFC as a super Bowl team, and so there isn't the sense that and it's not a major market Anthony rich they have a new coach and a new quarterback, so nobody's judging the Colts. You know, like you get Aaron and New York media and the Jets, you better win.

Now.

The Colts have the luxury the ownership, and the GM has the luxury of new coach, new quarterback, very little pressure. I am very interested. They're one of the more interesting offenses. Do they just let Anthony Richardson become sort of cam big band Josh Allen run the offense wildly productive eleven hundred twelve hundred rushing yards, ten to twelve touchdowns and kind of feel their way through it because I think what they worry about is that if Anthony Richardson is as dynamic and successful running the ball as many project, he's going to gobble up twenty five percent of Jonathan Taylor's yards, So why get him involved in a four and five year deal? So I think I think they The advantage for the Colts, this is rarely an advantage in sports, is they're not going to be that great, and they got rookies everywhere coach quarterback, So I think they just want to let it develop, see how it comes out.

And but I I.

Think, listen, Jonathan Taylor's really good, but it's like the Austin Eckler thing. The Chargers love Austin Eckler, but why sign him early? Justin Herbert, Mike Williams, Keenan Allen, Quintin Johnston. How valuable is that position going to be for a second contract? So I think the culture going to set play this out, let it, watch it, see what developed. And I don't think Jonathan Taylor, though, has a market. There's no doubt in my mind, he's absolutely got a market somewhere may not be this market, it may be that market, but great always has a market.

Absolutely, And to your point about Anthony Richardson and what we've seen with Shane Steiken during his time in Philadelphia, they can develop a system for a quarterback that's mobile and they don't necessarily have to be married to just one belcow running back handing the ball off thirty five times a game. Yeah, DeAndre Hopkins is that Titans training camp two weeks after signing with the team, Ryan Tannehill apparently played a big role in recruiting Hopkins to Tennessee. Yesterday, Tannehill talked about what they've seen from Hopkins in practice so far.

He's been a big addition. You know, there's been a lot of those same things we've been talking about with everyone else, but we've seen some huge plays from him, you know, vintage Hopkins that you've seen across his career, of tight contested catches and he's able to elevate or or make the extended catch. So as a quarterback, it's been a lot of fun to find those areas where I can put the ball where only he can get it, and then he's making the play.

He's not known.

I don't think is later in his career. Is a great route runner. He's a good contested catch guy. He's good underneath and then yards after the catch. But the truth is with them is they have a hole in their roster. It's a pretty good roster. They need dynamic wide receiver talent.

They have that.

Alex Burks is a Trey Long.

Yeah.

Trey Burg's from Arkansas. Really nice emerging player. I'm not sure if he's a one, probably will be so. I think for two years this is the organization where I thought New England and Tennessee were the two places it made sense.

Absolutely try to help add a little bit of juice to that offense. One thing we've seen from Mike Rabel so far in his career as the head coach of the Titans, as they always end up winning more games.

Than you'd expect.

Yep. CJ.

Stroud is set to make his preseason debut tomorrow for the Texans. The second overall pick was named the starter by head coach Demiko Ryans. His backup veteran Case Keenum, spoke about how impressed he is with Stroud's progress.

I think his confidence, his unwavering mindset of just trying to get better, trying to put the team in the best possible situation the fall where it needs to go, with a lot of pressures. You know, I've I've never been drafted as high as he was. You know, I've never been drafted, So I don't know, you know, some of the pressures that go on there and other things that he's dealing with. So I've been very impressed with his unwavering focus on getting better every day and his confidence in that.

So he's done a great job.

Just don't know can he overcome the Texans nonsense and they there's heaping spoonfuls every year of it. I think Demiko Ryan's will tighten the ship. But again it's not a shot. When I say the greatest ten quarterbacks of all and whoever they are, Terry Bradshaw, Oh, he had Chuck Nole at, Troy Agman had Jimmy Johnson, Joe Montana, Steve Young had Bill Walsh, Like it's very rare. Dan Marino, John Elway or Dan Marino, Don Shula, John Elway, Mike Shanahan, Big Ben, Mike Tomlin.

Like you don't find a lot of great quarterback.

Thirteen coaches, so that yeah, I mean Patrick Mahomes, Andy.

Reid, Drew Brees, Sean Payton. So it matters.

Like almost every quarterback that succeeds at a high level has got really good structure and a brilliant guy behind him.

I mean Matt Stafford huge talent.

The minute he gets an elite coach first year, wins the super Bowl, Like it's not this stuff's not coincidental. So I think CJ is good. And I think if he went to Kansas City and had Andy Reid, I'd be like, oh, yeah, that's gonna work. It's not Mahomes, It's gonna work. But I don't think he I think he's very Jared Goff. Jared Goff could not overcome Jeff Fisher and that staff and then flourish with McVeigh.

Jared's the same guy.

But I don't think Jared or Stroud have enough juice to just overcome average game plans and an average infrastructure.

They need help.

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Saturday, It's Baseball Night in America on Fox as Ronald Acune Junior and the NL East leading Braves take on the Mats. Or Show Heyotani and the Angels battle division rival Astros or Brewers White Sox Saturday, seven Eastern.

Four Pacific on Fox.

Check report the game in your area.

I'm just looking at the on my phone. I'm looking at the Major League Baseball stands. Braves are the best team in baseball.

Then there's a series of Baltimore Dodgers, you know, Giants, There's some good teams, Brewers. The Mets are twenty one games out of first place, lost eight of their last ten. What a disastrous season, what a mess, and they just gave up. They traded everybody seemingly. Cubs are interesting, Dodgers, Giants, Diamondbacks. The Nation League West is pretty good.

It is.

I just can't buy the Orioles are seventy and forty three and remain hot. When was the last time the Orioles were great?

Not good? Great? It's hard to buy into that. You gotta see him in the postseason.

Yankees eleven and a half back, Red Sox twelve back.

How the world has changed?

It doesn't feel that long ago that the Tigers, the Yankees, the Red Sox were just powerful and Tigers have been.

On a ten year circle. The Drain, Yankees, red Sox not the same franchises.

All right, time to play, Yay or Nate? Would you would I play these quarterbacks in preseason? I feel differently than I usually do about this preseason because there's so many unanswered questions.

All right, let's start up first. Should Aaron Rodgers play in the preseason.

I actually think he should.

New team, new coach, new system, Garrett Wilson, McCole, hardman, or new guys. I don't think he has to play a ton, but I'd like to see some live bullets. I'd like to see fifteen snaps. I mean, Aaron's in good shape. Aaron's also good enough that he'll get rid of the ball fast. You're gonna get vanilla defenses. I don't worry about that. Some scheme, some blitz, but I don't think it's a terrible thing to play a couple series in a couple games.

I really don't Tuatungua Vailoa play in the preseason.

No, we got concussion concerns. Also, same system, same offensive corps. There's no radical additions. I don't think there's any reason to play him. And let's be honest about it. If he got dinged up, he's out for a month and a half, and this team in this division can ill afford not to be full steam ahead Week one. I think they open up with the Chargers like they get no breaks. Miami schedule is rough, one of the tougher schedules in the league, and they open with Justin Herbert on the road right out.

Of the gate.

Should Russell Wilson play in the preseason.

So I would play him. New coach, new system, he's got to build trust. They also have a new offensive line Mike mcglinche now at right tackle, Ben Powers at guard. And also he was tied for the most sacks I think last year in the NFL. So again, I think he and Aaron should play a little.

I don't have a problem with it.

What I'm interested is that he has lost weight. That's been well documented. I get a little twitchy or Russell Wilson. I hope I get the mid career Seattle Russell Wilson where he moves a lot basketball kind of football on grass, basketball on grass.

I hope it looks like that.

Should Jimmy Garoppolo play in the preseason?

Up and down?

Probably say yeah, because he's building a relationship with a bunch of really good offensive players, including Devonte Adams. So even though he knows this offense, he threw the other day there was a story that he threw like four picks in practice, so he's obviously he's not all in on all the timing here. So I think I think I'd probably play him. And if he's gonna break, he's gonna break. At some point you gotta play guys.

Should the Mark Jackson play in the preseason.

No.

They've won twenty three straight preseason games in Baltimore and he's only played in four of them. He does not need to play.

Now.

Again, you could say, well, he's got all these new pieces. Absolutely does, But when you look at the last two years how they've ended and his injuries, what's the point I got? I got no interest like Tua. Like with Tua, what's the point.

Should CJ. Stroud play in the preseason?

Yeah?

Because actually yes, because wasn't he splitting time with Davis Mills. I think he shared snaps, So I'm going to see him play. And again, he's a rookie. Get him out there. I want to see the gab. I'm really actually, I want to see the gap between c. J. Stroud and Davis Mills. Is there one? Mills is not a franchise guy, but he's got stuff. He played powerfil football, so I want to see the gap. I want to see him play.

Should Trevor Lawrence play in the preseason.

No, he played extensively in the first two one with Urban, one with Doug Peterson. I don't see the point. I got coaching and mostly roster continuity. They've added Ridley, Calvin Ridley, but I think at this point again, it's it would be like justin Herbert, what's the point just because you got one new wide receiver. I got coach system, mostly roster continuity. They spent a ton on free agents last year in the off season, So what's the point.

Should Anthony Richardson play in the preseason?

Hell?

Yeah, one year at Florida, completed fifty four percent of his throws.

There. I got to see him. This dude is big.

You watch some of the YouTube stuff in the practice video, this dude is yoked.

He is big, and I.

Just think he's got a huge upside, but what we The question about him at Florida was consistency.

You can't get that at practice. I mean you gotta you can't get that at intersquad games.

You got to you gotta go play people, even if it's vanilla defensive schemes.

You gotta get out there.

Should Dak Prescott play in the preseason now?

I don't.

He hasn't played in the preseason in years. I wouldn't play him. I mean, they added Brandon Cooks, but he's the longest tenured starting quarterback with one team in the league at seven years. You kind of know what you get. I did think it was interesting, though. The three picks yesterday.

That's not good, and we got video. One of them was a bad pick.

Should Brock Perdy play in the preseason?

No, because of the elbow stuff, and also they gotta figure out I think they have to show off Trey Lance. So to me, I don't need to see a lot of Aaron Rodgers show off Zach Wilson. But if you have three quarterbacks battling for it, I wouldn't play party.

I would get Donald.

I want to see Donald and Trey Lance get a ton of snaps because I think they're gonna move Trey Lance and he also needs the snaps.

Should justin Fields play in the preseason Yes?

Because yay? Because they had so much turnover.

Dj Moore, Robert Tanyan, Chase Claypool came last year at the end of the year, they got a lot of moving parts. Also, they drafted Darnell Right the offensive tackle, so they've got some movement on the offensive line.

I want some snaps. I think his in pocket growth is the story this year.

I think the roster's much better. They just added a rush end for a year. I want to see him in the pocket. I think more snaps the better for him.

Should Jordan Love play in the preseason.

Yeah, I'd like to see anything.

First of all, they have a very young They have two rookie tight ends, Christian Watson and Romeo Doms and according to the stories, musk Grave the tight end from Oregon State's crushing it.

They got a bunch of kids.

And by the way, Christian Watson young and now has a different quarterback. So I Jordan Love, I'd play every snap. I could every snap I could last one.

Should Bryce Youngason.

Yeah, and I can't wait to watch him new coach rookie quarterback some size concerns. Everybody worries about.

That, but again, if you're gonna get hurt, you're gonna get hurt.

For if you're small. I think he's They're my surprise team in the NFL. My surprise team in the league is the Carolina Panthers. I think they're gonna be really interesting. That kid upstairs learns offenses really fast, accurate growth, leadership smarts.

I think they're gonna be good, and I think they're gonna make the playoffs.

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