Chris Long

It's like nuts. Like this team is so tough. Everything they've been dealt this year, they've just dealt with it. I mean, and Dan Campbell, you guys, I know you guys love him, but as a football player, the longer he coaches this team, the more I'm impressed with him. Yeah. I mean, they really have not flinched all year long.

Well, look, you get home field advantage. That's a big deal, right? Like, it's a big deal for a lot of reasons, but it's really loud in a playoff game at home. And you talk about communication. Like, I remember being in St. Louis, and we never played in the playoffs, but there were 100 instances of me screaming at James Laranitis, like, what the fuck is the call? am I stemming?

Well, look, you get home field advantage. That's a big deal, right? Like, it's a big deal for a lot of reasons, but it's really loud in a playoff game at home. And you talk about communication. Like, I remember being in St. Louis, and we never played in the playoffs, but there were 100 instances of me screaming at James Laranitis, like, what the fuck is the call? am I stemming?

Well, look, you get home field advantage. That's a big deal, right? Like, it's a big deal for a lot of reasons, but it's really loud in a playoff game at home. And you talk about communication. Like, I remember being in St. Louis, and we never played in the playoffs, but there were 100 instances of me screaming at James Laranitis, like, what the fuck is the call? am I stemming?

Like what's happening here? Like there he's like a, he's like a service agent on the phone. Like a bunch of people are calling him at the same time. Like whether it's me, the other D tackle, somebody needs to call in the secondary. We need to, we need to figure out what that call was tagged with. There's just a ton of like communication issues, but then not only that, like he's a great cover guy.

Like what's happening here? Like there he's like a, he's like a service agent on the phone. Like a bunch of people are calling him at the same time. Like whether it's me, the other D tackle, somebody needs to call in the secondary. We need to, we need to figure out what that call was tagged with. There's just a ton of like communication issues, but then not only that, like he's a great cover guy.

Like what's happening here? Like there he's like a, he's like a service agent on the phone. Like a bunch of people are calling him at the same time. Like whether it's me, the other D tackle, somebody needs to call in the secondary. We need to, we need to figure out what that call was tagged with. There's just a ton of like communication issues, but then not only that, like he's a great cover guy.

Right. And in the NFL now, You know, we kind of went through this thing where, like, backers not important. Coincidentally, running backs not important. They're important again. But backers are really important. You play – and we're not talking about the commanders so much, but any of these, like, souped-up West Coast offenses.

Right. And in the NFL now, You know, we kind of went through this thing where, like, backers not important. Coincidentally, running backs not important. They're important again. But backers are really important. You play – and we're not talking about the commanders so much, but any of these, like, souped-up West Coast offenses.

Right. And in the NFL now, You know, we kind of went through this thing where, like, backers not important. Coincidentally, running backs not important. They're important again. But backers are really important. You play – and we're not talking about the commanders so much, but any of these, like, souped-up West Coast offenses.

Like, you've got to have guys in the middle that are rangy and that can cover. I mean, like, the Eagles. We're going to talk about them in a second. They lose to Kobe Dean in a game where – You know, Matt Stafford is going to be trying to chunk the intermediate part of the field all day long. And you see it like when they played Minnesota. Minnesota gives up a lot of chunks in the middle.

Like, you've got to have guys in the middle that are rangy and that can cover. I mean, like, the Eagles. We're going to talk about them in a second. They lose to Kobe Dean in a game where – You know, Matt Stafford is going to be trying to chunk the intermediate part of the field all day long. And you see it like when they played Minnesota. Minnesota gives up a lot of chunks in the middle.

Like, you've got to have guys in the middle that are rangy and that can cover. I mean, like, the Eagles. We're going to talk about them in a second. They lose to Kobe Dean in a game where – You know, Matt Stafford is going to be trying to chunk the intermediate part of the field all day long. And you see it like when they played Minnesota. Minnesota gives up a lot of chunks in the middle.

Having a dominant backer in the middle of the field, like imagine if you have like, I'm not comparing Anzalone, but to illustrate the importance of the position, Fred Warner changes the entire game. Right. And I think for the Bills, when we get to that game, one thing we'll talk about is they were down three backers in that first game.

Having a dominant backer in the middle of the field, like imagine if you have like, I'm not comparing Anzalone, but to illustrate the importance of the position, Fred Warner changes the entire game. Right. And I think for the Bills, when we get to that game, one thing we'll talk about is they were down three backers in that first game.

Having a dominant backer in the middle of the field, like imagine if you have like, I'm not comparing Anzalone, but to illustrate the importance of the position, Fred Warner changes the entire game. Right. And I think for the Bills, when we get to that game, one thing we'll talk about is they were down three backers in that first game.

So it matters, not just having the green dot, but having good players in the middle field.

So it matters, not just having the green dot, but having good players in the middle field.

So it matters, not just having the green dot, but having good players in the middle field.

It doesn't really make a whole lot of sense. It didn't work. I don't know why Todd Bowles did a lot of things he did down the stretch. I was really disappointed in that Bucs team. You know when you pick a team to win the division, you kind of get married to them and you fall in love with them and you justify all their mistakes and