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00:00 Just looking at Mack, how do you think Mack did?

00:02 You mentioned he threw a couple away.

00:05 I don't know if it's just simply there was just guys who were just too covered,

00:10 or there's just certain times he could have thrown a better ball.

00:12 Yeah, the downfield stuff I gotta say for the film breakdown,

00:17 so I can see definitively what he was seeing with the whole field.

00:20 But at the same time, I thought that, like I've been saying that Mack,

00:23 especially in situational football, has been pretty good.

00:25 He's had like three moments where he's hesitated in pretty big moments,

00:28 and I think it cost him a bit.

00:29 But I think he's been a net positive.

00:31 This was the first game where I can't really say that like Mack Jones is the reason he played well.

00:36 It was the offensive line, it was the run game, and the threat of the run game take a lot of pressure off him.

00:40 I would probably give him like a C- today.

00:44 Like he made some throws he needed to make.

00:46 There were a couple of throws that were pretty scary.

00:48 There was the one screen, third and 15.

00:50 They've got to stop with the third and like extra long screens,

00:54 because defenses keep snipping them out.

00:55 And this is the second time this season that he's almost been intercepted on one of those.

00:58 Maybe if you look at it again, I know Quinn Williams got a hand on it.

01:01 I'm not sure how interceptable it was, but it was a scary play.

01:05 And then there was the one to Hunter Henry, where I will say it was really a good defensive play,

01:09 because I think they, I knew what was coming when I saw the formation when Hunter Henry split out into a stack.

01:13 But that was another one where it seemed like a really close call.

01:16 So yeah, I thought he made the throws that he needed to make and that were there,

01:22 but I thought some of the other ones that could have put the offense in position to do better and move the chains,

01:27 I thought he missed on.

01:28 So I would say like a generous C- just based on the initial watch.

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01:46 Win or lose.

01:47 Wow. And Taylor will dig deeper into the film and give a more honest look.

01:53 But yeah, it felt like this wasn't a great, a great MAAC game, really.

01:59 And again, it's just, you know, I don't know what to feel like.

02:03 You've got, you stack up these three games, Taylor.

02:07 You got the moral victory against Philly, where that was better than anybody expected,

02:11 and you were competitive against a team that's considered, you know,

02:14 a top four team in the entire NFL and a legit Super Bowl contender.

02:18 And then the Dolphins, who what's funny is you're pretty disappointed about what happened against Miami last week.

02:27 Then you see what they did today and you're like, okay, you know, we did all right here, I think.

02:33 But the common denominator through all of this is the offense's inability to put points on the board,

02:39 which means your defense is going to have to be near perfect and you can't turn the ball over ever.

02:43 The margin of error this team is playing with because they just don't have the offensive personnel to do what they need to do is a challenge.

02:53 Like, that's going to, I don't know when it gets better or if it gets better.

02:58 I, it's still so early, man.

03:01 And it is.

03:03 I'm throwing it out to you.

03:05 There is reason for concern.

03:06 I think that's fair.

03:07 I'm not doing an, like a victory lap at all.

03:12 I think a lot of people felt the way I felt coming in.

03:15 I'm telling you, can you find a way, is there anything you see that gives you some hope or some thought, you know,

03:22 they can still figure some things out and be a little bit more, you know, if not explosive,

03:28 just be a little bit more dangerous than they are right now because they really don't look like a difficult team to defend.

03:33 I think the offensive line in the ground game, like that's the thing.

03:36 It stinks because like Mac Jones didn't play well,

03:38 but they won this game when Mac in the offense, passing offense, didn't play particularly well on the strength of their line and the run game.

03:46 Like, I think that's huge.

03:47 Like you said, that's got to be the difference maker where if you're going to have an offense that dinks and dunks down the field,

03:52 you got to be able to do in a different way and be able to have them respect you running the ball.

03:56 I think that's a massive step in the right direction because that was something that scared me.

04:00 It's like if you have bad offensive line play, nothing else matters because you're not going to have time,

04:03 even if guys are getting open and you can't just keep throwing things quick because then defenses are smart and they'll be able to figure you out.

04:09 So and beyond that, I do think there's a lot more potential with DeMario Douglas than we've seen.

04:15 I think even like Kendrick Bourne, we've seen him getting open downfield.

04:19 It's not like he's blanketed every time.

04:21 Like he's got some good reps.

04:23 It's just the connection hasn't been there.

04:24 And again, it's been two bad weather games.

04:27 So you say, all right, like I want to give them some benefit of the doubt.

04:30 But that's why like this week I've been saying was big for the offensive line.

04:34 Like you have you got Trent Brown back.

04:36 It was the healthiest they've been in a long time.

04:37 You had to prove that now next week.

04:39 It's okay. No excuses. You're in a dome.

04:41 You've got a healthy offensive line.

04:43 You've seen plenty of reps of what you did poorly trying to go downfield in this game specifically before.

04:49 I thought it was more execution like receivers weren't catching passes that they should have caught.

04:53 This was one where it's just like everything's out of whack next week.

04:56 If you can put something together, then you know, it's a step in the right direction.

04:59 But I agree that it's not looking good right now.

05:02 You know what it's starting to feel like based on what they're doing and what I'm seeing now with just, you know,

05:07 and again, it wasn't but just the three tight end sets,

05:12 you know, a lot of two tight end and the way they're doing running the ball 40 times today.

05:16 This feels like this feels like the Cam Newton season where we're not going to do anything real on offense,

05:23 but let's just keep it. Let's keep a ball control offense.

05:26 Let's be smart. Let's see if we can bully a little bit.

05:29 Let's see if we can pound the ball and just make smart plays and just keep it together

05:35 and then hope that our defense will keep us in games.

05:37 But I feel like the white flag has already been waved on this offense in terms of what they think it can do

05:43 because what's going to happen is the people at home are going to start clamoring for the kids.

05:47 What bugs me a little bit here is the thing that you just said Taylor is yeah,

05:52 maybe there's hope and that hope is in the here's why there's hope.

05:57 It's DeMario Douglas, Tyquan Thornton, maybe Keishon Butte.

06:00 Not because they're necessarily better than the guys you have running out here,

06:04 but you're pretty certain you know what those guys have.

06:07 So if there's going to be anything to open up this game,

06:09 it's going to be the more athletic more explosive younger playmakers that you have to give opportunities to

06:16 but I don't think Bill does that. I think Bill likes to play it safe with his veterans.

06:21 We've seen that time and again, so I don't know that you're going to get those guys.

06:25 The fact that Douglas, fine, he got benched last week,

06:28 you know when he was, you know, mixing in early and it looked like he might have a role.

06:32 I thought for sure they were going to come back and fold him into some more plays.

06:35 He was barely on the field at all here and they clearly had decided what they were going to do

06:39 and it didn't really involve him in this game and I get it against Zach Wilson.

06:43 It's a game plan. I get it here.

06:46 All you're trying to do is not lose it on offense against the Zach Wilson led Jets team.

06:50 So it's a different game plan.

06:52 Maybe they'll view it a little differently next week against the Cowboys.

06:55 I'm not sure.

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