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00:00News, to start NFL Live, the Bears are signing GM Ryan Poles to a contract extension.
00:05Our Adam Schefter reporting that the deal ties into Chicago for the next five years through the 2029 season.
00:11Poles had two years remaining on his old deal, but now the Bears have him and new head coach Ben Johnson
00:16both under contract for a matching five seasons.
00:20That could have been part of why they wanted to do this.
00:22We'll dive into that.
00:23Welcome to NFL Live.
00:24Davian Woody is here.
00:25We got Kevin Clark on a Friday.
00:27Tim Hasselbeck with us for the hour two.
00:29So, Damian, we're still waiting to see if Caleb Williams can reach his potential,
00:33but Poles now has upgraded the roster all around him.
00:36Do you like this investment in Poles specifically right now?
00:40You know, I hate to, you know, sound this way about my fellow BC brethren right here,
00:44but I feel like it pulled a little bit too early on this one right here.
00:48Like, to me, the easiest part was getting Ben Johnson aboard.
00:52When you have the number one pick in Caleb Williams, that was the easy sale.
00:55Now, the hard part is actually going out and winning football games.
00:59Yes, you've acquired all this talent, but ultimately you've got to win the games on the field,
01:04and that's something that we haven't seen the Chicago Bears do yet.
01:08So, I feel like they pulled the trigger a little bit too early on that.
01:10Here's my official statement.
01:12Hmm.
01:12That's it.
01:14I don't know.
01:15How do we spell that?
01:16Yeah.
01:16I don't know, like Damian, why you signed this extension right now.
01:22They did this year what they've done the last three years,
01:25which is win the off-season championship.
01:26They've got a couple of those banners.
01:28They haven't done it on the field yet.
01:29Last year, Caleb Williams not only took the third most sacks in history,
01:34he took the most unblocked pressure since next-gen stats started to tabulate that,
01:40which means it was the Lions fault, even though he was holding onto the ball way too long.
01:44And then you look at the fact that he avoided 50 sacks, which was the highest number in the sport.
01:49So, he really was under assault the entire season, and Ryan Poles was there for that.
01:54Ben Johnson runs this organization, basically 1 through 53 on the roster, everything in the building,
02:01and that means that Ryan Poles is his buddy, is his sidekick, and that's the job right now.
02:07So, if Ben Johnson wanted Ryan Poles to be the GM, then he's the GM.
02:10And I think, well, first off, I'm surprised of the B.C. on B.C. crime by Damian.
02:17But what I would say is, like, you know, part of it is just like you do with players.
02:24Sometimes being ahead of it is the plan.
02:26And so, if the expectation is that, you know, the Chicago Bears are going to be good,
02:32then go ahead and get the deal done sooner rather than later, because if you see improvement,
02:38if you anticipate improvement, then you can see how it would make sense to have your GM
02:44and the leadership of your organization locked up.
02:47Brian, that's a good sell by my man.
02:52That's a good sell by my man, Tim Asselback.
02:54But, again, I need to see the proof in the pudding.
02:58Yep.
02:59We saw what it was.
03:00We saw last year what Ryan Poles did as far as building out the roster with the rookie.
03:05Didn't work out.
03:06Okay?
03:06He got all the shiny toys, but he forgot how the sausage is made in the National Football League.
03:11Now, Ben Johnson comes in from the Detroit atmosphere where they build from the inside out.
03:18So, you know, I'm not ready to give him credit for what, you know, what's transpired this offseason.
03:23If there's one thing I can give Ryan Poles credit for, it's recognizing there was a problem,
03:28a disaster looming with Caleb Williams.
03:30When I talked about all of those numbers from last year, they understood, first of all,
03:33go out and get credibility on the offensive line, get credibility with coaching.
03:38Dahlman, Joe Tooney, those were top-of-the-market options for the offensive line.
03:42So there are no more excuses for Caleb Williams.
03:44But I'll say the same about Ryan Poles, and he just got extended.
03:47Okay.
03:48By the way, I think D-Wood did the one BC on BC crime to Ryan Poles,
03:52and then I think you did BC on BC crime to Tim, too.
03:55Yeah, I hate to do that to my brother, but we're still good.
03:59Okay, well, we'll just keep track of that ledger throughout the rest of the show.
04:03The Bears still looking for their first playoff win since 2010, by the way.
04:06Let's stay in that division.
04:07The Lions are looking to bounce back from this moment.
04:10Dak Prescott, back, looking for him.
04:15Hutch has got him, and down he goes.
04:18Aiden Hutchinson joining the sack party here at AT&T Stadium.
04:24And he is not getting up.
04:28Oh, my goodness.
04:29He pulled his gloves off immediately.
04:35He knew something was wrong as he took down Dak Prescott.
04:41I think left leg.
04:42Yeah, I think it's good.
04:43Oh, boy.
04:44You know, I hate it for Hutch.
04:46That's tough.
04:47You know, obviously, he's going to be down for a little while.
04:49And so that's tough, man.
04:51It's hard when you lose somebody like him.
04:53Obviously, wish him the best.
04:55Ooh, one of the more disappointing moments of last season, Aiden Hutchinson going down.
05:01But look, he's motoring back.
05:03You hear the sound effects there?
05:04I like that.
05:05I'm not sure that's exactly what that sounded like.
05:07But look at him sprinting.
05:08You love to see it.
05:09Aiden Hutchinson is going to make a huge difference being back, hopefully healthy, in that Lions defense.
05:15And here's Hutchinson on how he's feeling at this point.
05:18I'm exactly where I need to be.
05:20And every year I've been able to improve on my own physical attributes, along with the mental ones.
05:28So I feel like every year I take a step.
05:31And despite having that rehab this offseason, I feel like I'm in the perfect spot and exactly where I need to be going into year four.
05:41Yeah, Hutchinson's impact has been felt in each season.
05:44It seems like he's just getting started, by the way, too.
05:47Since quarterback pressures have been tracked in 2017, only Micah Parsons and Nick Bosa have more in their first 40 NFL games.
05:54Hutchinson, third on the list, with still one game to go.
05:57Pretty impressive.
05:58You see that impact certainly being the second overall pick paying off.
06:02Kevin, let's start with the guy we just heard from, though.
06:04What will Hutchinson's return mean for this Lions defense?
06:07A fully healthy Aiden Hutchinson would be the biggest X-factor in the entire league this year.
06:14Before he went down last year, he had a 38% win rate on pass rush.
06:18Nobody else in football was above 23%.
06:21That was Myles Garrett.
06:22That is special stuff.
06:23In five games, he had more sacks than Kaleo Mack, De'Veon Connie, Matthew Judon had on the entire season.
06:31It was one of the most dominating five-game stretches we've ever seen.
06:34And I don't think anybody was going to stop him if he played the final 12 games.
06:37So, if he comes back and is that level, then yes, the Lions are back where they need to be.
06:42I think you're not going to see that immediately just because of human nature, just because it's an injury that takes a little bit of time.
06:48But, yes, his fully healthy self is a wrecking crew and would change the entire NFC.
06:54Make no mistake about it.
06:55He was on pace to be the defensive player of the year.
06:56Oh, absolutely.
06:57I mean, he was on an absolute heater in those first few games.
07:02And, you know, the injuries, unfortunately, but adding Aiden Hutchinson back to this defense, I mean, that's a, you know, tremendous boom for the Detroit Lions.
07:10Obviously, we know their defense coordinator, Aaron Glenn, moves over to the New York Jets.
07:14Kelvin Shepard, you would – I only imagine, like, Kelvin Shepard now the new defense coordinator is like, oh, I get my guy back.
07:20Not only get Aiden Hutchinson back, but all those guys that missed a significant time on their Detroit Lions defense.
07:27Yeah, so they get those guys back, right?
07:29And, Tim, we've mentioned, and you just heard Dee Wood say the loss of Aaron Glenn.
07:32They also lost O.C. Ben Johnson, who we're talking about off the top of the show, now the Bears head coach.
07:37How much does this really affect them to lose these two really important coordinators?
07:43Yeah, look, if you think coaching matters, which it does, we've seen it, you know, every year in the National Football League, then it's always a big deal.
07:50As much as we talk about players, I think when you talk about coordinators, it's a big factor.
07:55Just look at teams that have lost both coordinators and what their initial reaction to it is.
08:01Go back to Philadelphia when they did it.
08:03They ended up having to reset it again the very next year.
08:05Look what happened when it happened to Dallas, where it was a new offense and defensive coordinator.
08:10It's hard.
08:11Like, Ben Johnson has a new job for a reason.
08:14He was one of the most creative play callers.
08:17You know, he was a play designer.
08:18He had good timing when he was aggressive with play calls.
08:22So I just think that while I agree with Dee Wood, you're replacing what I believe is, you know, good coaches with good coaches.
08:30That being said, there's still a change.
08:33There's still some adjustment.
08:35And there's still, like, a factor of, look, you're going from somebody that was at the top of the business and doing it.
08:41It's why they're being rewarded, you know, getting jobs as head coaches with guys that are now going to have to prove themselves as coordinators in the league.
08:50So, Tim mentioned Philadelphia, which two years ago was kind of the worst-case scenario as far as replacing both coordinators.
08:57They didn't do it right.
08:57It set that back for an entire season.
08:59Next offseason, they do it right.
09:01They win the Super Bowl.
09:01Nick Sirianni is one of the best coaches in the NFL because of it, because of how he was able to adapt.
09:06Dan Campbell is also one of the best coaches in the NFL.
09:09It remains to be seen, however, what happens here.
09:12Ben Johnson built a Death Star.
09:13He had the best offensive line in football.
09:15He had some of the best, most creative plays.
09:17The way he was able to put confidence into Jared Goff was really, really special.
09:21I've talked to Goff about their connection, how special it was that Ben Johnson passed up head coaching opportunities to come back and be a part of it.
09:27It was a special environment, a special group.
09:30It's really hard to replicate that.
09:32This is one of the biggest questions going into the NFC, really, this season, is what happens next with this Lions team with Ben Johnson out-out.
09:39Listen, no organization experienced more brain drain than the Detroit Lions.
09:43I mean, not only do we talk about both coordinators, but key assistant coaches left as well with this organization.
09:50And so, for me, when I look at the Detroit Lions, the first person I'm looking at, I want to see what Jared Goff does.
09:56Because now, you know, no Sean McVay, no Ben Johnson.
10:01Let's see you pick up the slack in this scenario with Ben Johnson moving on now.
10:07So much of that offense, obviously, was built around what would feel good for Jared Goff.
10:11And with Johnson calling the shots, the Lions had the most efficient offense in the NFL over the last two seasons.
10:17Let's get to a developing story now.
10:19Chargers running back Najee Harris was injured in a fireworks accident.
10:23His agent, Doug Hendrickson, released this statement saying, quote,
10:26Najee Harris was present at a 4th of July event where a fireworks mishap resulted in injuries to several attendees.
10:33Najee sustained a superficial eye injury during the incident, but is fully expected to be ready for the upcoming NFL season.
10:41Of course, Chargers training camp starts next week.
10:43We'll bring you the link.
10:44Oh, we're back on NFL Live.
10:50Check out the top ten tight ends.
10:52According to executives, GMs, and scouts, this is compiled by our Jeremy Fowler.
10:56He pulled them all.
10:57This is what they said.
10:58Brock Bauer is making more history.
10:59He's the first player to rank number one in any position after his rookie year.
11:05Fowler began the poll in 2020.
11:06So he's got a little five-year sample size.
11:08Travis Kelsey goes from first to last.
11:11Oh, first last year.
11:11Excuse me.
11:12First to last.
11:12Woo!
11:13Woo!
11:13Taylor Swift might have something to say about that.
11:15All right.
11:15He's fifth this year.
11:16My bad.
11:17Trey McBride and Isaiah Likely joined the list after going unranked in 2024.
11:22Pretty impressive.
11:23We love to see it and glad to see where all these are taken out.
11:26Tim, did they get it right to put Bowers at number one?
11:31Listen, it's going to be hard to argue with a guy at over 100 catches,
11:34and I think it'd probably be easy to say he's the best route runner at the position in the entire league.
11:40And with such an emphasis on it being a passing league and the matchup problems tight ends create,
11:46it's hard for me to say they got it wrong.
11:49Now, I would just say for me, for my list, because of just the way that George Kittle still can do it all,
11:56it would be hard for me to remove him from the top of that list just because of how just tenacious he still is as a blocker.
12:05Like, listen, Brock Bowers is awesome.
12:07I'll take him on my team any day of the week.
12:09But what Kittle does in the passing game and then, you know, how he matches that with how physical he is in the run game,
12:17I would still have him in my top spot.
12:19I mean, listen, Tim brings up a good point, but I'm sorry, who was Brock Bowers' quarterback?
12:27Aiden O'Connell and Gardner Minshew?
12:30I mean, and, like, teams would go into the game knowing, okay, we got to eliminate Brock Bowers.
12:37And they still couldn't do it.
12:38Yeah, exactly.
12:39So, I mean, he's in rarefied air as far as a rookie coming in and being so dominant,
12:45especially in the passing game.
12:48So, listen, I have no problems with him being number one.
12:51I'll tell you, like Trey McBride.
12:53Yep.
12:54I don't know if a lot of people talk about Trey McBride.
12:57Obviously, playing with the Arizona Cardinals.
12:59Trey McBride is really, really good.
13:02I mean, listen, I think their offense is really going to take another step.
13:06But Trey McBride, to me, is one of the best tight ends in the game.
13:10I would inch him up a little bit closer in the top two or three, in my opinion.
13:14He was the highest-paid tight end for, like, a few weeks there.
13:17What a run.
13:18Yeah.
13:18What a run.
13:20I agree with Tim almost entirely.
13:23The best pass catcher on this list is Brock Bowers.
13:26George Kittle, his all-around game is incredible.
13:29Is it hypothetical about if you had 22 of the same player,
13:32which player would win in a tournament?
13:34I'd take 22 George Kittles.
13:36The way he runs and blocks and would presumably tackle on the other side.
13:40I would not want to see a team full of George Kittles.
13:42He is such an amazing all-around player.
13:44With Brock Bowers, what struck me, you mentioned the quarterback thing,
13:47also the way they used him last year.
13:49He had only 15 red zone targets last year, and only one of those was a touchdown.
13:54There was meat on the bone with Brock Bowers.
13:56He's incredibly athletic.
13:57He's great in open space.
13:58We saw that at Georgia.
13:59He had one of the coolest throwbacks I've ever seen against Alabama
14:03in the national championship game, the game I was lucky enough to be at.
14:05I think you were there, too.
14:06You were there.
14:07I think the world of Brock Bowers, and with Geno Smith now,
14:10it's all going to get better.
14:11It was pretty cool.
14:12Being at tight end university in Nashville just a few weeks ago,
14:17all of the tight ends, it didn't matter if it was Travis Kelsey, George Kittle,
14:21some of the guys who have been around way longer than that,
14:23they were like, yeah, Brock Bowers, he's the guy.
14:25He's that guy.
14:26So he's getting a lot of that respect from his own peers.
14:28Bowers was the most famous guy there.
14:30He really was.
14:31I don't care about Taylor Swift.
14:32Wow, Bowers.
14:33She was just bowing down.
14:35I'm just kidding.
14:35She really wasn't.
14:36But, all right, we've got a lot more coming your way here on NFL Live when we come back.
14:39Let's talk.
14:40It's clear he belongs here.
14:41I'm really proud of those guys.
14:42Not really been counted in many games.
14:44But to make the playoffs was a special moment for this crew.
14:47Something to build off of.
14:49The Broncos stormed into the playoffs for the first time
14:52since Peyton Manning took them to the Super Bowl in the 2015 season.
14:56It appears that Sean Peyton has found his quarterback in Bo Nix.
15:00He had the second most touchdown passes by a rookie in NFL history.
15:04For Nix, what's impressive is how quickly he's done this,
15:07knowing that Peyton's offenses can be complex and challenging to learn.
15:11To explain that better, we talked to two of Peyton's quarterbacks from New Orleans.
15:18It's been amazing to watch the Broncos offense from the start of the year.
15:22Until now, you have a rookie quarterback who Sean loves.
15:27Highly intelligent, highly cerebral.
15:29But, nonetheless, then you're stepping in as a rookie
15:32and you're trying to absorb this offense from, you know,
15:35this mad scientist play caller in Sean Peyton.
15:37I want to start with 13-Z, Debrie Henderson, Chris Ivory.
15:41Green, right, nasty, z-peel, fake, slash, 37, buster, bluff.
15:45Naked, right, ex-post, white, bite.
15:47That'll be the first call.
15:49Drew Brees played for Sean Peyton for 14 seasons.
15:52But he still remembers what it felt like
15:54when he was just learning how wordy and complicated Peyton's offense is.
15:58Man, your head's spinning just to get the play call out.
16:01Example of that would be a green left twin, z-short tight.
16:05Pass 37, buster, bluff, naked right.
16:07Y-flutie, sting, ex-spear.
16:09Kill, 53, tight and left.
16:11And there it is, a nine-yard strike right over the middle.
16:15In 2009, Brees was in his fourth season with Peyton.
16:19Chase Daniel, much like Bo Nix today, is just a rookie.
16:23I was just completely overwhelmed.
16:25I remember opening the playbook for the first time
16:28and I remember looking at what I thought was gibberish.
16:32And it was a completely different language than I had learned.
16:35Stem to queen, fix right, no-brainer freeze, alert to cheese.
16:38The first thing I ever learned when I got to this offense
16:41is you have to memorize calls.
16:44By the way, he only calls it one time.
16:46So if you miss it the one time, you better not go like this
16:49or he'll freak out on you.
16:50So far, Nix seems to have a handle on Sean Payton's football language.
16:55But those who have been in his shoes know it's not enough just to understand it.
16:59I could feel early in the season that this Broncos offense was somewhat limited
17:03in regards to what they were able to call
17:06because it was, hey, we're bringing the quarterback along.
17:08In training camp, I was actually able to sit and done some meetings.
17:11He overloaded Bo Nix to a point where he almost broke.
17:14And then about week seven, it clicked for him.
17:16And he's played really, really well since.
17:18That is the fourth touchdown pass of the game by rookie Bo Nix.
17:24The evolution to watch the speed now at which Bo Nix plays,
17:28the tempo at which he operates this offense,
17:31much more under center now, much more play action,
17:33turning his back to the defense,
17:35really good delivering the ball down the field.
17:37Like I can just see a level of confidence, a level of recognition.
17:43Golly, you hear those play calls and what is going on there?
17:47Tim, take us through what all that verbiage means in a play call.
17:50Pretty impressive.
17:51Well, I think it's important to realize, like, you know,
17:55Breeze and, you know, talking about you have to memorize it.
17:58Look, there's stuff that sticks in your mind.
17:59Like I can think back to Andy Reid, you know, red right slot, A right stop,
18:03322 scat, Y stick line, alert, fullback 40.
18:05Like, well, listen, it's been a long time, but it's still ingrained in my head.
18:09But the reality is, is that here's what happens.
18:12Like you, you memorize it, but you also have to picture it in your head.
18:15And the reason it's so you do it is to tell everybody what to do.
18:20So, really, it takes one really bright guy, you know, Drew Breeze,
18:24somebody like that, to say, okay, here's the deal.
18:27Red right slot, okay, that's the formation.
18:30A right stop, that's the motion.
18:32You know, so that's talking to those players.
18:34322 scat, look, that's talking to the offensive line as well as, you know,
18:39the guys that could be hot.
18:41Y stick, that's the route combination, in this case, to the right.
18:46Lion, that's the route combination to the guys on the left,
18:49the slot that's on the left.
18:50And then you say, alert, okay, hey, now, everyone,
18:53I just gave you that play call, but alert,
18:55if we don't get the look that we want, like, alert, fullback 40.
18:59Like, that's what we're going to run.
19:00And so, like, yes, they're long, but when you parse them out,
19:05you know, it's like an offensive line.
19:07Look, they can have their ears turned off until they hear 322 scat.
19:11Okay, I'm good there.
19:13And then, oh, alert, fullback 40.
19:15Okay, now I'm good.
19:15Listen, guys like D. Wood can't digest all of that.
19:19Like, you know what I mean?
19:20Their attention spans.
19:21D. Wood, D. Wood, D. Wood.
19:23So, listen, Tim, Tim, before.
19:25So, you just got to give them little pieces as you go.
19:27Before you were telling that to us, D. Wood was telling us everything.
19:31I was breaking it down.
19:32I was breaking it down over here on the set.
19:36But, listen, Tim is right about that.
19:38Like, we let the quarterbacks have to parse all of that.
19:41All I'm doing is just peeking in on just the part that concerns me, the protection.
19:45Other than that, we leave that for everyone else.
19:47But sometimes these coaches, they outsmart themselves.
19:51Because you can condense a lot of this stuff by just using code, like, code words
19:55that represent what you're trying to do as far as play formation and personnel is concerned.
20:00Wouldn't sound nearly as fun as D. Wright, 22, back, wide, slot, kill.
20:05All right, Kevin.
20:06Yes.
20:07What are your expectations with Nix in this offense for another year?
20:11First of all, where's the feature on my Starbucks order?
20:13That's just as long.
20:14Well, give it to us.
20:15I don't know.
20:16Damien would be very confused about that one.
20:19Let's start here.
20:20Bo Nix, from week eight on last year, was one of the best quarterbacks in football,
20:25relative especially to the expectations that were placed on him going into this season
20:28where people thought he would just be an average rookie in a deep class
20:32and there'd be a learning curve and he couldn't throw the ball down the field.
20:34Well, here's what happened.
20:36Number one, he had the sixth best adjusted completion percentage on deep passes
20:39over 20 yards after week eight.
20:42He was top ten in completion percentage overall.
20:45I think the fourth most touchdowns from week eight on.
20:47Yes, he had a bunch of throws behind the line of scrimmage.
20:50That's part of the Sean Payton offense.
20:52That's the easy answer Sean Payton packages into the offense.
20:55But, but he was able to push the ball down the field.
20:57He married that with one of the best offensive lines in football
21:00and perhaps the best defense in football with three genuine defensive player of the year
21:04candidates that last year and this year.
21:07And the Broncos are the biggest threat to win the AFC West next to the Chiefs.
21:11Yeah, I mean, listen, he was a rookie quarterback going through the early pains.
21:14But once the game started slowing down, then you start seeing the real Bo Nix come,
21:20you know, come around.
21:21And I think the thing that helped Bo Nix come along was all the games he played in college.
21:26Yep.
21:26You know, when you have the plethora of experience that the plethora of games that he played,
21:31it helps you during, you know, during the early growing pains.
21:35And, you know, you talked about it, you know, as far as Bo Nix and this Denver team,
21:40when you got a great defense backing you up.
21:42In my opinion, I think they're the best offensive line in the National Football League last year.
21:46They play like it and they're going to run the ball.
21:48When you have all those things helping you out as a young quarterback, boy, that's a great thing to have early on in your career.
21:55Yeah, it's interesting.
21:55I think a lot of times the year two thing, people are like, oh, the league will adjust to these quarterbacks.
22:00And that may be true to some extent.
22:01But the Broncos have also gotten better at a few key spots in the meantime.
22:05All right, unlike the full of potential Broncos, the Dolphins struggled at the end of last season,
22:11which unfortunately has become a repeat occurrence here over the last couple seasons under Mike McDaniel.
22:17Tua, of course, wasn't healthy for a large chunk of it all, and he should be back.
22:21That helps.
22:21But here's what Jalen Waddell thinks about how he specifically can improve his game in Miami.
22:27He said, quote,
22:27Definitely the year that I didn't want as an individual after watching the film, definitely a lot of hand-eye coordination.
22:34I feel like I'm trying to move without the ball too much and just the simple things, just timing, getting smoother in and out of my route.
22:42So that's something to watch for out of Waddell, one of the better receivers in the game either way.
22:46Key changes aplenty for this Dolphins team this season, most notably the blockbuster trade that sent Jalen Ramsey and Jonu Smith to Pittsburgh.
22:53They did, however, reload with Minka Fitzpatrick, as well as key offensive pieces in Nick Westbrook-Akine
23:00and Alexander Madison from the Raiders, who signed Raheem Mostert.
23:04So some changes for sure they're going to look a little bit different.
23:06But, Deewood, how much pressure is on Mike McDaniel this season to bring this offense back to what it was two years ago
23:11when it felt like all we could talk about, especially during the regular season, was, man, this Dolphins offense is lightning?
23:17I think the Miami Dolphins situation bears watching this year.
23:20I think Mike McDaniels is in trouble if he doesn't have one of his better coaching years.
23:26Because when I look at the Miami Dolphins, you know what I see?
23:29I see a team, it's like empty calories.
23:33They do a lot of eye candy, but ultimately at the end of the day, it means nothing.
23:37Nothing.
23:38When was the last time the Miami Dolphins won a meaningful game?
23:42When was the last time Tua, talking about Laura, made plays out of structure, outside of the X's and O's?
23:48They don't have any of that.
23:50They don't play physical.
23:51They don't capture the line of scrimmage.
23:53And so when I look at this team, I look at a team that four of their captains from last year,
23:58no longer on the roster, so that is a big question mark.
24:01They need to get back to playing the game the way it's supposed to be played.
24:06Yeah, Mike McDaniels, he draws up the pretty eye candy type of stuff,
24:11but you've got to get down to basics in the National Football League or people start catching up to you
24:16and start owning you in that manner.
24:20I think we're being a little hard on them.
24:23Look, when McDaniel got there, basically there was a lot of talk of,
24:27can Tua even be a starting NFL quarterback?
24:30And a couple years in, he leads the league in passing.
24:34They're doing things that the rest of the NFL is copying.
24:37And so while a lot of the attention was the stuff in the passing game with some of the motion to get Tyreek moving,
24:47they also did a pretty good job of the run game.
24:49And you think of McDaniels' history coming from the 49ers, that's really where his expertise is.
24:57And so Damian's right in that, look, it can't be all like the flash and excitement of what they can do
25:04with the speed on the perimeter in the passing game.
25:08They do have to have balance in what they do.
25:11And I think that they can with, you know, better personnel and deciding to, you know, stay committed to the run.
25:17I think they've gotten better.
25:20I think the challenge that they have is this.
25:22They have a good quarterback.
25:23They have a quarterback that's a, you know, a starting level quarterback.
25:27But they play in a division with the league MVP.
25:31They play in a conference with quarterbacks like Lamar Jackson and Patrick Mahomes.
25:36Like, that's, I think, what they're dealing with as much as anything else.
25:41Very few rules in life, but one of them is if Zach Wilson is on your key additions graphic,
25:47it's time to be at least a little bit concerned.
25:49I don't think they've gotten that much better.
25:52And I look at this roster and it needs a DeLorean.
25:55It needs a time machine because two years ago in 2023, I really felt that they were up for the challenge in the AFC,
26:01that they were closer to the Bills than they are now.
26:05And, in fact, I would say the Patriots are closer to the Dolphins than the Dolphins are closer to the Bills going into 2025.
26:13That's a bad thing.
26:14I still believe in a lot of talent on this team.
26:17I disagree with Damian Woody about Mike McDaniel.
26:19I think he's a really good play caller.
26:21I think he can do the basics.
26:22I think he can run the ball.
26:23I think this team can be good.
26:25I just look at this roster.
26:26It's not lining up.
26:27The offensive line, obviously, losing Teron Armstead is huge.
26:30I don't know if they're going to be able to replace him.
26:32I'm just looking at this roster and I'm just not seeing a team, as Tim alluded to,
26:36in a stacked AFC with really good rosters and really good quarterbacks married to each other.
26:41I do not see the Dolphins competing very well.
26:44Yeah, I mean, O-line's been a problem seemingly for years there.
26:48And even when we've thought it would be better, it just hasn't all panned out.
26:51But I don't know.
26:52I think I'm somewhere in the middle on the Dolphins.
26:54Maybe they'll surprise us.
26:55They ranked, by the way, offensively 25th last season in explosive plays.
26:59That was their worst under Mike McDaniel.
27:01A lot of that, though, again, I think has to do with Tua's health, too.
27:03All right, coming up, camp is in session in New England.
27:05We noticed you were together with some of your teammates.
27:09Yeah.
27:09What did you get accomplished?
27:10Yeah, it was awesome.
27:11I think being with the guys, you know, find a time where we've had about a month off to
27:15get back together, you know, go some routes.
27:17I think the bonding is more important than really the football, but also the time to,
27:21you know, throw it around, throw some routes, and just have some dinner and get out in the
27:25pool on the lake.
27:25It was a good time.
27:26And you're getting ready to report to training camp.
27:28What are you looking forward to?
27:30Yeah, I think just getting back with the guys, seeing the guys.
27:32It's been about a month.
27:33I'm ready to get back to work and get ready for games almost, I guess, for two months
27:38out now, and it's coming close.
27:39So getting back with the guys and kind of building the bond and building the culture.
27:44Man, first of all, Drake May, just one of the great guys.
27:48Like, he donated his wedding gifts to charity.
27:51He's out there doing a camp for the youth.
27:54I love it.
27:54Tim, what do you expect from May with the new group around him, including Stefan Diggs?
28:00Listen, I don't want competition for leading the fan club, Laura.
28:03You can leave that to me.
28:05You know, that's my job.
28:08So here's the deal.
28:11Like, I thought he was one of the best prospects I've ever seen coming out of school.
28:15I really do.
28:15In terms of, he's a rare guy in terms of, you know, size, athleticism, intelligence,
28:23competitiveness, all of that stuff.
28:26Found himself in a brutal situation his rookie year.
28:29Lack of talent around him.
28:30I just think in terms of how the organization was being coached, all of that stuff, it was
28:35like a reboot in year two.
28:36And he gets the benefit of a great coach who I think is going to end up pulling the best
28:40out of him.
28:41Both head coach and offensive coordinator in Josh McDaniels.
28:45And then I think the help around him.
28:47So, you know, the improvement in the talent.
28:48Now, look, you know, one swing at it in terms of improving in an offseason.
28:53It's hard to fix everything in New England with where they were.
28:57But I do believe that the jump from year one to year two is going to be drastic for Drake
29:02May.
29:03I don't think it was hyperbole what Tim just said about Drake May being one of the best
29:08prospects he's ever seen.
29:09I also don't think it's hyperbole to say that he played behind one of the worst offensive
29:13lines I've ever seen.
29:15It was embarrassing at times.
29:16It looked amateurish at times.
29:17So, to bring in genuine credibility, starting with Mike Vrable, I think is one of the best
29:21coaches in the sport, who's going to raise the talent for, and then drafting Will Campbell,
29:26getting NFL, more NFL skill guys for him.
29:29Stephon Diggs, obviously.
29:31Kyle Williams, their draft pick I really, really liked out of Washington State.
29:34This is going to be almost, and I hesitate to do this because I've heard excuse making
29:38before, it's almost going to be like Drake May's rookie year.
29:41Just because of the lack of talent he had last year, it was so, so low.
29:46I just feel like this is a fresh start for him.
29:48He survived last year, survived in advance.
29:51He's going to have a great, great year ahead of him.
29:53So, a couple things.
29:54Number one, Tim is absolutely right.
29:56I remember those, you know, last year during the draft, those get-up shows.
30:01Tim was the one, like, literally going to back for Drake May.
30:04He was, while everyone was talking about Jay Daniels, he was like, no, Drake May.
30:09Drake May's the guy.
30:10Tim should do a few victory laps.
30:12Yes, yes, absolutely.
30:13He would never, but he should.
30:14He absolutely, that's number one, but I am very bullish on the New England Patriots.
30:21I think the Patriots are going to be one of those teams that's going to surprise a lot
30:25of people.
30:25They're going to jump out and be like, whoa, Patriots have done what?
30:29Because a lot of it has to do with, you know, like you talked about, Kevin, number one starts
30:33with Mike Vrabel.
30:35Getting, you know, when you get the coach right, a guy who's been in this league, who's coached
30:40in this league full on for a while and done it at a high level, that brings credibility.
30:45Josh McDaniels leading the offense again in New England is going to be huge for Drake
30:51May and this whole entire outfit.
30:54Obviously, you talked about Will Campbell, number four pick out of LSU, Morgan Moses,
30:58who they signed in free agency.
30:59I think addressing the offense line, that aspect is going to be better.
31:04New England's defense, I think, is going to be one of the best units in the National Football
31:07League.
31:07So when you add it all up, to me, New England is primed to make a big jump in 2025.
31:13I once asked Rodney Harrison to describe Mike Vrabel, and this is what the Patriots need.
31:17Rodney said, Mike Vrabel is the best a-hole I've ever met in my entire life.
31:21And that is what a head coach should be.
31:24I would absolutely agree.
31:25He's the type of guy, being a former teammate, that you hated playing against him, but if you
31:29use your teammate, you love him.
31:31Yeah.
31:31You love him.
31:32You want that a-hole on your side.
31:33All right.
31:35On NFL Live.
31:36After bringing us his take on some of the biggest storylines of this NFL offseason.
31:40Today, the focus on Kansas City.
31:42And what's next for the Chiefs after their Super Bowl loss.
31:46Made a big choice for the world to see.
31:51It came from deep in my soul, it is the best of me.
31:57The Eagles have beaten the Chiefs convincingly in Super Bowl 59.
32:01Just because they failed to make history last season by becoming the first team ever to
32:06win three straight Super Bowls, doesn't mean that more history is within the grasp of Patrick
32:12Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs.
32:14All these guys hadn't lost one.
32:15I'm sure they'll be motivated to go back out there and try to find a way to get to the Super
32:18Bowl.
32:18What it is here.
32:19This season, the Chiefs will attempt to join the 1990 to 93 Buffalo Bills as the only
32:25NFL franchises in history to make four straight Super Bowl appearances.
32:30Hard!
32:30Hard!
32:31Hard!
32:31Hard!
32:32Hard!
32:32But what makes this team dangerous, aside from its tremendous talent and great coaching,
32:38is its attitude.
32:39Every time the ball comes away, you make a play.
32:41We fly around, we make plays, we win the game.
32:44This team has points to score and scores to settle.
32:48Patrick Mahomes is coming off a season in which he threw for fewer than 4,000 yards in
32:53a season for the first time in his career as a starter and ended the season with a Super
32:58Bowl loss.
32:59He's not happy with the way last season went and is determined to write an improved script
33:04this season.
33:06Whenever you lose, you kind of have this taste in your mouth that you want to go out there
33:09and revenge that.
33:10I'm like, let's just play football and just handle it all out there.
33:13Tight end Travis Kelsey is coming off a season in which he had his fewest receiving yards
33:17and fewest touchdown catches in any season in which he played at least two games.
33:23I gotta make that play for you, baby.
33:24Now the Chiefs are back with upgrades and with a vengeance.
33:28Just as so many great players and teams often are most dangerous after their greatest
33:33disappointments, the Chiefs now find themselves in that same position.
33:38Opponents beware.
33:40Oh, that laser vision at the end.
33:44Did you guys catch that?
33:45Tim, we heard it there.
33:47The Chiefs motivated after the Super Bowl loss, as we might expect.
33:50But how much does that really matter?
33:53Look, I don't know that that matters as much as the way that Andy Reid has coached through
33:58his career.
33:59You think about, I think it was four straight NFC Championship games in Philadelphia.
34:03There was never really a hangover, you know, of the teams he coached in Philadelphia.
34:08And I don't expect there to be a, you know, a similar thing with the success that they've
34:12had.
34:13Or, you know, just kind of that, hey, like you got there.
34:16And now, you know, the focus is you're looking too far ahead to get back there, you know,
34:22and kind of avenge the loss of last year.
34:25I just don't think Andy lets that happen.
34:27I think he does an excellent job of identifying, relating to his team, and really, you know,
34:34creating an environment where, like, guys are focusing on, like, just getting a little
34:38bit better.
34:39Even, you know, a 35, soon to be 36-year-old tight end to be a little bit better.
34:45Like, I just think that he does such a good job of that, that while it may become the
34:50story, like, I don't think it's the day-to-day story for Kansas City.
34:54I think some of the all-time great coaches, they understand, you know, year to year, every
34:59team is different.
35:01And they don't allow what happened last year to affect what's going on this year.
35:04And Andy Reid is the same, you know, the same way, in the same vein.
35:08With all the success that the Kansas City Chiefs have had over the years, I mean, you just
35:13think about it, he's able to reset it every year.
35:16Yeah, we won a Super Bowl.
35:17None of that matters.
35:18Now we got a whole other year with a whole different team.
35:21And so I don't think, you know, what happened in that Super Bowl is going to have any effect
35:24on what's going on this year.
35:26Yeah, you've heard some of the kind of chirping from, you know, Mahomes is on this revenge
35:30tour and all those type of guys.
35:31But at the end of the day, I think the coach is going to set the temperature, going to set
35:36the culture and let those guys know, hey, that happened last year.
35:39It has no bearing on what we're going to do this year.
35:41You know, I mentioned we were just at Titan University NFL Live win.
35:44Watching Travis Kelsey move around, he looks maybe slimmer.
35:47He looked like he was in great shape, all of the things.
35:50Can he bounce back?
35:51And what does that actually look like for a player that is 35 and, as Tim said, going
35:56to turn 36?
35:57So we're going to keep doubting him.
36:01And we're going to say his numbers keep going down.
36:03And then in January, he's going to be wide open.
36:05And he's going to find 25 yards of space.
36:07And he's going to win a game.
36:09That's just how it goes.
36:10When I look at Travis Kelsey, I see two problems the last two years that have caused some of
36:15his numbers to go down.
36:15Number one, he avoids tackles less, less, according to PFF.
36:19He used to avoid about 15 tackles a year.
36:21Now it's four.
36:21That's just a sign of aging, frankly.
36:23He gets less yards after the catch.
36:25That is also a sign of declining athleticism.
36:27But nobody just sits down in a zone defense quite like Travis Kelsey.
36:31Nobody understands the two-man game with Patrick Mahomes.
36:34Unless there is a real development in the deep passing game this year with Patrick Mahomes,
36:39Travis Kelsey is still going to be a vital target and the reason they're going to win a lot of games.
36:44And as I said, nobody's better at catching the ball in January.
36:47But yes, he will bounce back and he'll do what he always does, which is win games.
36:50Another thing that makes a big difference, we talked about it, they've made it a priority
36:54to protect Patrick Mahomes.
36:55They really needed to, especially after the way that Super Bowl went.
36:59The Joe Tooney trade left a big hole in the Chiefs O-line, right?
37:02All but one of Josh Simmons' 1,100 snaps at Ohio State, by the way, were at left tackle.
37:08Tooney made a living protecting Mahomes' blindside.
37:10Simmons, of course, their draft pick did not allow a single pressure last season.
37:14You're seeing a little bit more about what that O-line will look like.
37:17But Dee Wood, what do you think about the changes to the O-line and how it will really translate to the field?
37:21Yeah, listen, you're talking about Josh Simmons.
37:23He's a natural.
37:25Remember, Joe Tooney was playing out of position.
37:27As great as he is, he's a natural guard.
37:30And so for me, Josh Simmons, if healthy, is going to be a major upgrade for the Kansas Chiefs.
37:35Patrick Mahomes took 70 hits last year, the most in the NFL.
37:37That cannot happen again.
37:39I do think that the fact that Josh Simmons wasn't as healthy as he would have been
37:42if he hadn't had the knee injury ends up benefiting the Chiefs.
37:45We just want to see it all play out.
37:47All right, have a great weekend.
37:48We'll see you Monday, as always, on NFL Live.
37:50Thanks for tuning in today.
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