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00:00Adam's going to break down these Seahawks and Bears in Chicago.
00:07All right.
00:08We'll talk about that.
00:09But I also want to talk about the Steelers after we're done with this game.
00:12So, the Seahawks, look, they lose two in a row at home.
00:16They look really, really bad.
00:18Gino Smith is not looking.
00:19He had the knee injury two weeks ago.
00:21This is one of these odd things, Scott, where they're really bad at home,
00:243-6, but they're phenomenal with a rookie head coach on the road.
00:28They're 5-1.
00:29They've actually won four in a row on the road under Mike McDonald,
00:32their head coach.
00:33It is interesting talking to teams sometimes.
00:35You rally together.
00:37You get together.
00:38You feel better away from home.
00:39That's clearly what's happened here.
00:40Now, they play a Chicago team that they've lost nine in a row.
00:44Remember you and I were laughing with Rufus.
00:47Matty Rufus was the favorite for coach of the year.
00:50He got fired.
00:52Yeah, I remember you and I were like, no way.
00:54This is ridiculous.
00:55Now, I'll say this thing about the Bears, although we'll get it.
00:58We'll kind of go how we see this game.
01:00But they're very competitive at home.
01:02In fact, they're 4-4.
01:04They haven't won a game on the road.
01:06And they've had a number of games where they had the lead in the second half
01:09and they choked the lead.
01:10Now, when we look at the game from a scouting standpoint,
01:14Chicago is without two offensive linemen.
01:17Tevin Jenkins with a calf injury, who's one of their starting guards.
01:19And Braxton Jones, who's their left tackle, who's got an ankle injury,
01:22he's done for the season.
01:23They put him on IR earlier this week.
01:25That's a problem.
01:27Seattle's pass rush has been better, but they've been giving a place
01:30on the back end.
01:31You saw that last week with Sam Darnold.
01:33But the problem with Chicago is you never know what you're getting
01:35from Caleb Williams.
01:36One week you go, wow, he's really – it looks like he's advancing.
01:39The next week he regresses.
01:40So, they're a team that's been confounding.
01:43After that great start, they've been completely gone the other way
01:47for a number of games, and that's a big reason why they've lost
01:50nine in a row.
01:52So, Walker not going.
01:54Charbonnet is.
01:56He's been pretty good for them.
01:57A lot of people, you say, compare him to who?
02:00James Conner.
02:01You know, very stylistically, when you look at Zach Charbonnet,
02:04who was a second-rounder last year, who will fill in again for Kenneth Walker
02:08with an ankle injury, who's now missed four games.
02:10I know he's not as explosive as Kenneth Walker,
02:12but he's got better versatility.
02:14He can block and pass pro.
02:16He can catch on third down.
02:18And he's built, and he plays like James Conner.
02:20Now, when I say that, James Conners are a really good back.
02:23But Kenneth Walker is their starter.
02:25Charbonnet, who's, by the way, filled in, done a nice job,
02:27good in the passing game.
02:28He'll fill in again tonight.
02:30Look, they don't have – he doesn't have Walker's juice in the run game.
02:33I get that.
02:34But he's got versatility.
02:35Chicago's had a number of injuries in the back end of their defense,
02:38and this is the game Seattle's got it.
02:39They've got to win this.
02:40They know that.
02:41The only way that they get it is if they win the division.
02:43They know they've got to win this game.