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00:02 - And Joe, let's talk quarterbacks.
00:04 And if we have time, tight ends.
00:05 Let's start at Jalen Hurts.
00:07 Nine even on Fandle. - Ed O'Neill,
00:09 the pride of Polk High.
00:11 Let's not forget Ed O'Neill as well.
00:13 That's right, the pride of Polk High.
00:15 - 8,200 on DK.
00:16 Good callback, didn't see it coming.
00:19 Standing eight-nil for me,
00:20 while you're talking about Jalen Hurts,
00:21 nine even on Fandle, 8,200 on DK.
00:24 Worth it?
00:25 - Jalen Hurts is always worth it
00:29 because Jalen Hurts' rushing equity is off the charts,
00:31 right, and this is a huge game.
00:33 And unlike my earlier statement about Brock Purdy,
00:36 I have question marks about that.
00:38 Now, people would say, well, it's not fair
00:40 because in that game, he got hurt.
00:42 Yeah, and?
00:45 I mean, part of, you know, when you're a quarterback,
00:47 when you take hits in the pocket,
00:49 it's because you are not getting the ball quick enough.
00:51 It's because you're not making the right read.
00:54 There's a lot of issues there when you're getting hit.
00:56 Some of it is on the offensive line,
00:57 but he's got a good offensive line.
00:59 And I think that, you know, with Jalen Hurts,
01:03 here's a spot here where he has a great offensive line.
01:05 We know the pass rush is ferocious
01:07 when it comes to the 49ers, right?
01:08 We know Chase Young and Nick Bosa,
01:10 this is their new thing now, and it's working, absolutely.
01:13 But they also haven't faced an offensive line this good yet
01:16 with Kelsey, with Maialata.
01:18 Like, all these guys are just tremendous, right?
01:20 These are all pro guys there.
01:21 This is a first-class offensive line.
01:24 And the way you slow that pass rush down
01:27 is with getting Jalen Hurts out there in RPOs,
01:30 getting him out there in designed runs,
01:32 and make those guys chase.
01:34 Make them chase all over the field.
01:36 So if anything, I actually feel better about Jalen Hurts
01:39 than any other piece in the offense,
01:41 because I think Jalen Hurts not only can avoid the rush,
01:43 but look, we've seen it here.
01:44 He's running the gauntlet with these teams, Matt.
01:47 And maybe these teams, you know,
01:48 don't have as good of a defense, theoretically,
01:50 as the San Francisco 49ers,
01:52 but that secondary for the 49ers isn't great either.
01:54 And when Hufanga got hurt, to me,
01:56 that was also kind of the death knell of that secondary.
01:59 So nobody's been able to quite expose that yet,
02:01 and I want to emphasize yet,
02:02 because now you have Smith, you have Brown,
02:05 you have a lot of pieces here
02:07 where you can really attack that secondary
02:09 with some first-class talent.
02:11 But let's go back and let's take a look at this gauntlet
02:12 they've been running, right?
02:13 Against Miami, Jalen Hurts at 24 points.
02:16 Against Washington, who always plays them tough, 27 points.
02:19 Dallas, 25 points.
02:20 Kansas City, 19 points.
02:22 And last week against Buffalo, with the overtime, 35 points.
02:25 So Jalen Hurts shows up in big games.
02:27 Jalen Hurts is putting up big numbers.
02:29 Again, if you're going to go up to a quarterback
02:31 and spend at the very top of the board,
02:33 I think he's the guy to do it with.
02:34 But you don't necessarily have to pair either,
02:37 because although it is expensive to get to A.J. Brown,
02:40 it could be a Smith day,
02:41 you could just run Hurts by himself,
02:43 or even Hurts and DeAndre Swift, if you want to go that way.
02:46 Because once again, don't confuse great pass rush
02:50 necessarily with great defense,
02:51 because I think the 49ers have a great pass rush,
02:53 but that's secondary, also not very good.
02:56 I think there's a lot of holes there,
02:58 and we're going to find out just how good the 49ers are.
03:00 Are they the team that lost four straight
03:02 and then came back after the bye,
03:03 and started looking really good
03:05 against some lesser opponents?
03:06 And are they ready for the Philadelphia Eagles?
03:08 Or, you know, are they this other team
03:11 that we're going to find out this afternoon who they are?
03:13 And I'm fascinated to find out.
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