17 Burst results for "Alec Pierce"
The Bill Simmons Podcast
"alec pierce" Discussed on The Bill Simmons Podcast
"And camp black, even though they're paying their left guard like 50 million a year. They give them that deal. $20 million a year. He's a guard and he's great. And he's like, great humanitarian. And he's like, the cold sky and Quentin Nelson's great, but he's not touching the ball a single play to pay an offensive guard that money. You better feel confident that you've got other guys and I don't know who plays wide receiver for the colts. This pitman had a decent year last year. He's heard the dueling Alec pierce as a rookie. None of these guys are on the field, and then we get to the old game, Matt. Yeah, and you get to the games and you're like, all right, Matt Ryan, go and lead us with throwing the ball to we don't know who to pour us offensive line. And every year, we are like the cult of the team coming in and they got this new quarterback. And Jim irsay, we know how he handled Carson Wentz. He's been tweeting up a storm about how much he loves Matt Ryan. Well, I'm curious to see, let's check in on that one. They look bad in Tennessee looks worse. The most alarming thing for Tennessee for me. And he broke his foot last year. He looks slow in the playoffs. There was a lot of evidence against him. Maybe ever getting back to the forum he had the curse of three 70, all that stuff. And then I think he's looked Derek Henry's really slow. And for him in the first two games, have not seen the same kind of invisible big boy stuff from him. They have no scope position, guys. The Tannehill thing now you have Malik Willis, his breasts on Tannehill's neck now. Yes, come on. It's a logical. Pinned against his back or anything. What are you talking about? What's on my neck? It's nothing that Malik Willis has done to increase his odds is just how bad Tannehill's been. And then it's a logical conclusion. You reveal yourself. If Tannehill can't get the job done and you took a recorder back in the third round, eventually ten years in the final year of his contract, it's like, all right, we have no other choice. Can't help but terrible. Well, he's think of it. He's like, you want to give him a really nice car that's decked out. And he could drive it fine. But if you're giving him a banged up car
Bloomberg Radio New York
"alec pierce" Discussed on Bloomberg Radio New York
"End zone. He's got it. Touchdown. Bearcats. Alec pierce. If you can imagine a Michael Pittman and his contested catch kind of capability and Alec pierce now a deep threat backing defense is off a little bit of Jonathan Taylor. He might be even better this year. So who knows? Well, Chris, now you're right in our Wheelhouse here. I mean, you're talking to the wide receiver position and we have witnessed a massive re rating of the top, both in free agency. I'm talking to Monte Adams, Tyree kill, cop, AGB you name it, as well as the draft, right? I mean, we had a lot of wide receivers going the first round. And so my question for you is with all this money that's getting paid to the wide receiver position. What does this mean for teams for general managers looking to build a champion? Yeah, it has me calling my agent and asking, do I have any potential of a comeback at all? Whenever they're making $40 million a year now it's insane. But I think it is exactly where the league is going. And even more so this year because it hasn't been talked about a whole lot yet, but the league is going to really crack down on illegal contact penalties this year. And the reason is that scoring has been moving downwards. Just ever so little, but a little bit. And one of the great breakthroughs that happened as far as you can look historically that when scoring really started to take off is when they really put that illegal contact play in, bump and run coverage was lessening the scoring around the league. So now they're going to really crack down on it and they make no bones about it. They send out a memo the other day. The reason we're doing this is we want more points scored at the National Football League. So now with devonte moving on to the Raiders with tyreek going to Miami and we're starting to see this influx of incredible town. I mean, think about the guys that are in the game these days that 6 foot three lay 225 pounds and run four three 5 and all the insanity and you can't go up and play bump and run coverage against them. You're going to see some points scored and you're going to see the passing game be even bigger and more prevalent in what has been so far this year. So it's exciting times for the league and for wide receivers. So there's this need or this push to get higher scores in each of the games. Is that to generate excitement to make it more engaging for the viewer? How much of it is tied to the popularity, the growing popularity of sports betting? Well, like I always tell my kids if you don't know the answer to something and you answer money, you're going to be right 99 points. I don't know what the other one tenth of 1% might be. But yeah, all the above. And I don't think it's directly tied to gambling, but I think if you're gambling legally now, which we can all officially talk about at this point in time and certainly at TF athlete do a lot of talks about gambling and our new app that came out. So we're excited about that too. But yeah, I think that the overall excitement of the game and what differentiates it is are the skill positions, these great quarterbacks, the ability of the receivers to make incredible plays with these gloves that are made out of flypaper or something these days. I would have liked to have played one game with the plus sign, but that's a whole other story there. But yeah, I think that we're seeing now what the fans want, clearly, are more points, more great plays, more games that end like the Kansas City buffalo game last year where whoever took the field last was going to win the football game and move on in the playoffs. So yes, that's what sells. No question about it. It's what the fans want. I want to talk about you PFF app because I think you just kicked it off the year before last year when we talked to you. If I got the app right, how has it been going recently? We actually, we were working on it last year when we talked. And it has just kicked off and I'm probably going to get in trouble for doing this because this is supposed to be our soft launch where they make sure nothing breaks down and they make sure. So I'm going to come on your show and we'll have 10 million people going to check it out. Don't worry, I won't tell anybody, man. But yeah, it's just PFF and so now it's news, it's all the fantasy news and information you need, but more importantly, direct link to betting information and you can actually connect back to bed MGM and go
Bloomberg Radio New York
"alec pierce" Discussed on Bloomberg Radio New York
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Bloomberg Radio New York
"alec pierce" Discussed on Bloomberg Radio New York
"He's got it. Touchdown. Bearcats. Alec pierce. So if you can imagine a Michael Pittman and his contested catch kind of capability and Alec pierce now a deep threat backing defense is off a little bit of Jonathan Taylor. He might be even better this year. So who knows? Well, Chris, now you're right in our Wheelhouse here. I mean, you're talking the wide receiver position and we have witnessed a massive re rating of the top, both in free agency. I'm talking to Monte Adams, Tyree kill, cop, AGB you name it, as well as the draft, right? I mean, we had a lot of wide receivers go in the first round. And so my question for you is with all this money that's getting paid to the wide receiver position. What does this mean for teams for general managers looking to build a champion? Yeah, it has me calling my agent and asking, do I have any potential of a comeback at all? Whenever they're making $40 million a year now it's insane. But I think it is exactly where the league is going. And even more so this year because it hasn't been talked about a whole lot yet, but the league is going to really crack down on illegal contact penalties this year. And the reason is that scoring has been moving downwards. Just ever so little, but a little bit. And one of the great breakthroughs that happened as far as you can look historically that when scoring really started to take off is when they really put that illegal contact play in, bump and run coverage was lessening the scoring around the league. So now they're going to really crack down on it and they make no bones about it. They send out a memo the other day. The reason we're doing this is we want more points scored to the National Football League. So now with devonte moving on to the Raiders with tyreek going to Miami and we're starting to see this influx of incredible town. I mean, think about the guys that are in the game these days and 6 foot three way 225 pounds and run four three 5 and all the insanity and you can't go up and play bump and run coverage against them. You're going to see some points scored and you're going to see the passing game be even bigger and more prevalent in what has been so far this year. So it's exciting times for the league and for wide receivers. So there's this need or this push to get higher scores in each of the games. Is that to generate excitement to make it more engaging for the viewer? How much of it is tied to the popularity, the growing popularity of sports betting? Well, like I always tell my kids if you don't know the answer to something and you answer money, you're going to be right 99 points. I don't know what the other one tenth of 1% might be. But yeah, it's all the above. And I don't think it's directly tied to gambling, but I think if you're gambling legally now, which we can all officially talk about at this point in time and certainly at TF athletes do a lot of talks about gambling and our new app that came out. So we're excited about that too. But yeah, I think that the overall excitement of the game and what differentiates it is are the skill positions, these great quarterbacks, the ability of the receivers to make incredible plays with these gloves that are made out of flypaper or something these days. I would have liked to have played one game with the plus on, but that's a whole other story there. But yeah, I think that we're seeing now what the fans want, clearly, are more points, more great plays, more games that end like the Kansas City buffalo game last year where whoever took the field last was going to win the football game and move on in the playoffs. So yes, that's what sells. No question about it. It's what the fans want. I want to talk about you, PFF, that because I think you just kicked it off the year before last year when we talked to you. If I got the app right, how has it been going recently? We actually, we were working on it last year when we talked. And it has just kicked off and I'm probably going to get in trouble for doing this because this is supposed to be our soft launch where they make sure nothing breaks down and they make sure that there's wrong. So I'm going to come on your show and we'll have $10 million check it out. Don't worry, I won't tell anybody, man. Okay. But yeah, it's just PFF and so now it's news, it's all the fantasy news and information you need, but more importantly, direct link to betting information and you can actually connect back to bed MGM and go make bets that you may want. Up next on the show more with Chris collinsworth straight ahead on the Bloomberg business of sports I'm Michael Barr, you can follow me on Twitter at big bar sports, along with scarlet foo on Twitter, at scarlet food. And Damien Sasha, you can follow him at desantis hour. Don't forget to catch
Bloomberg Radio New York
"alec pierce" Discussed on Bloomberg Radio New York
"Sass sour. We're previewing the NFL season with NBC Sunday Night football lead game analyst Chris collinsworth. We left off talking about some of the players Chris is excited about entering the new season. Chris now who else should I keep my eye on? There's a guy named Alec pierce who was a wide receiver taken in the maybe second or third round out of Cincinnati and he is that sort of deep threat kind of guy. Fires deep for Alec pierce in the end zone. He's got it. Touchdown. Bearcats. Alec pierce. So if you can imagine a Michael Pittman and his contested catch kind of capability and Alec pierce now a deep threat backing defense is off a little bit of Jonathan Taylor. He might be even better this year. So who knows? Well, Chris, now you're right in our Wheelhouse here. I mean, you're talking to the wide receiver position and we have witnessed a massive re rating of the top, both in free agency. I'm talking devonte Adams, tyreek hill, cop, AGB you name it, as well as the draft, right? I mean, we had a lot of wide receivers going the first round. And so my question for you is with all this money that's getting paid to the wide receiver position. What does this mean for teams for general managers looking to build a champion? Yeah, it has me calling my agent and asking, do I have any potential of a comeback at all? Whenever they're making $40 million a year now it's insane. But I think it is exactly where the league is going. And even more so this year because it hasn't been talked about a whole lot yet, but the league is going to really crack down on illegal contact penalties this year. And the reason is that scoring has been moving downwards. Just ever so little, but a little bit. And one of the great breakthroughs that happened as far as you can look historically that when scoring really started to take off is when they really put that illegal contact play in, bump and run coverage was lessening the scoring around the league. So now they're going to really crack down on it and they make no bones about it. They send out a memo the other day. The reason we're doing this is we want more points scored to the National Football League. So now with devonte moving on to the Raiders with tyreek going to Miami and we're starting to see this influx of incredible town. I mean, think about the guys that are in the game these days that 6 foot three lay 225 pounds and run four three 5 and all the insanity and you can't go up and play bump and run coverage against them. You're going to see some points scored and you're going to see the passing game be even bigger and more prevalent in what has been so far this year. So it's exciting times for the league and for wide receivers. So there's this need or this push to get higher scores in each of the games. Is that to generate excitement to make it more engaging for the viewer? How much of it is tied to the popularity, the growing popularity of sports betting? Well, like I always tell my kids if you don't know the answer to something and you answer money, you're going to be right 99 points. I don't know what the other one tenth of 1% might be. But yeah, it's all the above. And I don't think it's directly tied to gambling, but I think if you're gambling legally now, which we can all officially talk about at this point in time and certainly if you have athletes do a lot of talks about gambling and our new app that came out. So we're excited about that too. But yeah, I think that the overall excitement of the game and what differentiates it is the skill positions these great quarterbacks, the ability of the receivers to make incredible plays with these gloves that are made out of flypaper or something these days. I would have liked to have played one game with these plus on, but that's a whole other story there. But yeah, I think that we're seeing now what the fans want, clearly, are more points, more great plays, more games that end like the Kansas City buffalo game last year where whoever took the field last was going to win the football game and move on in the playoffs. So yes, that's what sells. No question about it. It's what the fans want. I want to talk about you, PFF, that because I think you just kicked it off the year before last year when we talked to you. If I got the app right, how has it been going recently? We actually, we were working on it last year when we talked. And it has just kicked off and I'm probably going to get in trouble for doing this because this is supposed to be our soft launch where they make sure nothing breaks down and they make sure. So I'm going to come on your show and we'll have 10 million people going to check it out. Don't worry, I won't tell anybody, man. Yeah, it's just PFF and so now it's news, it's all the fantasy news and information you need, but more importantly, direct link to betting information and you can actually connect back to bed MGM and go make bets that you may want. Up next on the show more with Chris collinsworth straight ahead on the Bloomberg business of sports on
Bloomberg Radio New York
"alec pierce" Discussed on Bloomberg Radio New York
"Alec pierce. So if you can imagine a Michael Pittman and his contested catch kind of capability and Alec pierce now deep threat backing defense is off a little bit of Jonathan Taylor. He might be even better this year. So who knows? Well, Chris, now you're right in our Wheelhouse here. I mean, you're talking to the wide receiver position and we have witnessed a massive re rating at the top, both in free agency. I'm talking devonte Adams, tyreek hill, cop, AGB you name it, as well as the draft, right? I mean, we had a lot of wide receivers go in the first round. And so my question for you is with all this money that's getting paid to the wide receiver position. What does this mean for teams for general managers looking to build a champion? Yeah, it has me calling my agent and asking, do I have any potential of a comeback at all? Whenever they're making $40 million a year now it's insane. But I think it is exactly where the league is going. And even more so this year because it hasn't been talked about a whole lot yet, but the league is going to really crack down on illegal contact penalties this year. And the reason is that scoring has been moving downwards. Just ever so little, but a little bit. And one of the great breakthroughs that happened as far as you can look historically that when scoring really started to take off is when they really put that illegal contact play in, bump and run coverage was lessening the scoring around the league. So now they're going to really crack down on it and they make no bones about it. They send out a memo the other day. The reason we're doing this is we want more points scored the National Football League. So now with Devante moving on to the Raiders with tyreek going to Miami and we're starting to see this influx of incredible town. I mean think about the guys that are in the game these days and 6 foot three wait 225 pounds and run four three 5 and all the insanity and you can't go up and play bump and run coverage against them. You're going to see some points scored and you're going to see the passing game be even bigger and more prevalent than what it's been so far this year. So it's exciting times for the league and for wide receivers. So there's this need or this push to get higher scores in each of the games. Is that to generate excitement to make it more engaging for the viewer? How much of it is tied to the popularity, the growing popularity of sports betting? Well, like I always tell my kids if you don't know the answer to something and then you answer money, you're going to be right 99.9. I don't know what the other one tenth of 1% might be. But yeah, it's all the above. And I don't think it's directly tied to gambling, but I think if you're gambling legally now, which we can all officially talk about at this point in time and certainly at PFF we do a lot of talking about gambling and our new app that came out. So we're excited about that too. But yeah, I think that the overall excitement of the game and what differentiates it is are the skill positions, these great quarterbacks, the ability of the receivers to make incredible plays with these gloves that are made out of flypaper or something these days. I would have liked to have played one game with the club song, but that's a whole nother story there. But yeah, I think that we're seeing now what the fans want, clearly, are more points, more great plays, more games that end like the Kansas City buffalo game last year where whoever took the field last was going to win the football game and move on in the playoffs. So yes, that's what sells. No question about it. It's what the fans want. I want to talk about you, PFF, because I think you just kicked it off the year before last year when we talked to you. If I got the app right, how has it been going recently? We actually, we were working on it last year when we talked. And it has just kicked off and I'm probably going to get in trouble for doing this because this is supposed to be our soft launch where they make sure nothing breaks down and they make sure. So I'm going to come on your show and we'll have $10 million check that out. Don't worry, that won't tell anybody man. But yeah, if you have F and so now it's news, it's all the fantasy news and information you need, but more importantly, direct link to betting information and you can actually connect back to bed MGM and go make bets that you may want. Up next on the show more with Chris collinsworth, straight ahead on the Bloomberg business of sports on Michael Barr, you can follow me on Twitter at big bar sports, along with scarlet fu on Twitter, at scarlet food, and Damien Sasha, you can follow him at desant hour. Don't forget to catch our podcast as Monday's Wednesdays and Thursdays on all your podcast platforms and right here on Bloomberg business of sports and Bloomberg radio. Market coverage that progressive snapshot can save you money based on how you drive and
Bloomberg Radio New York
"alec pierce" Discussed on Bloomberg Radio New York
"The labor force participation rate, especially among women, especially primate women. And that did bring along a slight increase in the unemployment rate, but overall a solid report that suggests that we're making the transition that we know we need to make in our labor market. Cecilia rouse, chair of the council of economic advisers, so the question now is how well the jobs report play into fed policy decisions, Randy krasner is a former fed governor, now a professor at the Chicago booth school. This is really what the fed is hoping for. More people are coming back into the labor market that helps to reduce the tightness of that market and you saw that manifest in slightly lower wage growth. Randy krasner of the Chicago booth school. The Federal Reserve, meanwhile, keeping a close eye on the labor market, and with that story here's Bloomberg's Vinny del giudice. The August 8 is your wage growth is moderating evidence this year's fed rate hikes could be tempering inflation. Labor figures into the cost of goods and services in the feds trying to strike a balance. Tame inflation and decent job growth. Last month's gain, and more than 300,000 jobs followed in July gain of more than a half million. They needed ice Bloomberg radio, CVS Health is an advanced talks to buy signify health for about $8 billion, this according to Dow Jones. Stocks lower S&P down 42 down 1.1% the Dow also down 1.1% today, NASDAQ fell 1.3%. Globally used 24 hours a day on air and on Bloomberg quicktake, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. I'm Charlie palette. This is Bloomberg. Your listening to Bloomberg business of sports from Bloomberg radio. Thanks for joining us on the Bloomberg business of sports show where we explored the big money issues in the world of sports on Michael Barr, along with scarlet fu, and Damien SaaS sour. We're previewing the NFL season with NBC Sunday Night football lead game analyst Chris collinsworth. We left off talking about some of the players Chris is excited about entering the new season. Chris now who else should I keep my eye on? There's a guy named Alec pierce who was a wide receiver taken in the maybe second or third round out of Cincinnati and he is that sort of deep threat kind of guy. Fires deep for Alec pierce in the end zone. He's got it. Touchdown. Bearcats
Ultraflex Football
"alec pierce" Discussed on Ultraflex Football
"Relatively easy for me. I just let's see. That is such a reach on the ADP, but I mean, in my rankings, and I don't even disagree. I don't want to go for Tyler Lockett. I definitely want to go wide receiver here. I already got my third QB. I want to go wider receiver. I don't want to go Tyler Lockett. Michael Gallup makes some sense, but he's going to be injured and this is still one of the starting players for our roster. So yeah. I'm not going cordell Patterson. Like I said, I'm not going running back. So if you go down the list, the next guys are David bell, Alec pierce, what about a guy? Robert Woods as a bounce back candidate. Yeah, that would be fine, but this late in the draft. I'm shooting for upside. And I think, I mean, it's not that late in the draft, but this is a starting guy, and I think that if one of these guys has big time touchdown potential and who knows, I mean, he might get the yards too. I'm just going to take the take the guy. Ellen lazard. It's not sexy. It doesn't feel great. But Rogers right now. Yeah, Rogers has to throw it to somebody out there. And we know Sammy Watkins is going to be good week one. And after that, he's probably going to get hurt or if he even makes a team. There's some talk. I think I saw an ESPN article that said, he's in jeopardy, not even making the team potentially. So yeah. I know Randall Cobb's going to be there. They got the draft of Christian Watson in a second. Vacated targets often go to the running backs. So Aaron Jones is looking pretty good to get some targets there. But Al mazar is proven with Rogers that he can score some touchdown. So I feel good about that pick. After my pick, team 7 goes Michael Carter, team 8, David bell, team 9 chase Edmonds and then mister Anthony with the 1110 your last year. Is it going to be
Ultraflex Football
"alec pierce" Discussed on Ultraflex Football
"We got to throw the ball to somebody. They have to throw the ball to somebody. I don't love the QB situation, but man, that guy is special. If he can stay on the field, stay healthy, I get that he had like 6 injuries last year, but man, he is, he's got something special. Hopefully he could stay healthy because he does have that top potential. Yeah. You just love to have in a young wide receiver on your dynasty team. All right, so after I made my pick, it was Jahan dotson going after that to team 5. Team four went Ryan Tannehill have fun with that. Team three went Mike gise. And they finally took a quarterback. Their first quarterback. Oh, good for team four. Must be a Titans fan. Team two Rashad white and rob, you get to close out this mock with your tenth and 11th round picks. All right, let's see. Where do I want to go? I didn't have anybody queued up here. It kind of starts to get a little, yeah. I was just going to say at this point, but this is almost the point where there's not a lot of wind now guys left. So I probably would just look for a younger guy to balance out some of the older picks on my team. I will say that if there is a win now guy on inferior lock at our feeling to me. Yeah, I could agree with that. I mean, I'm just looking for the young guys. It's like it's David bowell. I don't know that he's ever going to give you the Adam Thielen top potential production that feeling has gotten you, maybe Alec pierce dogs with indie. Rondale Moore, John mache, yeah, you know what? I think I talked myself in the just going all in on this year. We're going for the one. Awesome. So you still have to make another pick. Yeah, so we went 11 rounds, so we drafted our ten starters with two quarterbacks and 8 flex positions. And then we wanted to be able to draft a third quarterback, like Ryan already took his third quarterback early. Yeah. So I'm going to go quarterback this round.
NFL Live
"alec pierce" Discussed on NFL Live
"Round pick Alec pierce out of Cincinnati is 6 three 220 pounds. And moale cocks their tight end at 6 5 two 75. And when I think of that as a quarterback, all I think about is ball placement. I just need to make sure that I've got ball placement that at least gives them a chance and throw that catchable type of almost, listen, they're not Julio, but almost too similar to what he had Julio in Atlanta. We're pivoting that catch radius on him as huge. If you're Matt Ryan, how comfortable I don't care who you are. Matt Ryan, throwing that ball to him, how comfortable you throw in and knowing that if he's got a back around him, he's got that huge radius that just get it close. Just throw to a spot away from throw it away from the background. That's one thing that was tricky about playing backers. You might have great coverage, but a better ball beats coverage every time. And with those big, long athletic guys man, if you're Matt Ryan, you got a great run game. They're really good. Similar to what he had in Atlanta, the MVP season. Yeah, and he can hand the ball off 25 times a game and be good, or if they need him to throw the ball 40 times a game. He's got those guys you mentioned. Yeah. To get it to an easy way. Frank Wright just wants him sorry. Just wants him to make the throws when it's necessary. And in big moments, to me, that was a thing. I mean, if you look at the numbers last year, that was when Carson Wentz really failed. He wasn't terrible for portions of the season. It was really wouldn't matter. All right, we got a lot more coming your way here on NFL live. But the ravens, not drafting a receiver, Raymond spans might feel worried about their offenses firepower, but our own quarterback says this mountain thinking of Lamar's MVP season. Dan is going to explain next. We'll be right back. Hi, this is Brian windhurst. Twice a week on my podcast that he collected. I have conversations about the NBA's top storylines, but the league's preeminent analysts and plugged in insiders from encore analysis all star and postseason awards ballots, the latest trade owners we cover it all. We can find the hoop collective wherever you get your podcasts, but it's also now available on ESPN's YouTube channel. We're so excited about this. There will be a special Monday Night Football double header in week two this season and earlier today on Good Morning America are Joe buck and Troy Aikman announced that there will be two games on Monday night September 19th, first the Titans traveling to buffalo to play the bills at 7 15 on ESPN, then at 8 30 on ABC. It's the Vikings at eagles two games and over four hours of football on one night on two of our networks. A lot of changes on all four of those teams. So which new player are you most looking forward to seeing on Monday Night Football, Dan? You first. Trey lon burch, for the Tennessee Titans. You know, obviously replacing AJ Brown, this is a guy that averaged 16 yards per touch essentially or catching the SEC, and he was using the multiple multitude of ways to get him the ball quickly on some of the cross the line of scrimmage stuff. One on one just really giving him an opportunity type throat is Tennessee deploy him in that aspect. How many different ways can they find opportunities to get him the football? Especially early on in this game to really set a tone for this Monday Night Football game. I'm looking at Dan, the Philadelphia Eagles new, wide receiver. AJ Brown, they went out and drafted and acquired. We saw what Terrell Owens once did for the eagles offense and there are people who believe that AJ Brown can have a similar effect in Philadelphia on the eagles offense this year opens up everything. Gives more opportunities to devote to Smith helps the running game which was already very struck and helps the quarterback Jalen hurts. AJ Brown, the man to watch in week two against the Minnesota Vikings. All right, I'm gonna go to Kobe dean linebacker at a Georgia plan for the Philadelphia Eagles. He's gonna get knocked for his size. He's a little bit shorter, short limbed guy, but most natural feel out of all the linebackers in the draft class this year can get to the ball can scrape and run sideline the sideline. Really good shake in between to escape from blockers, but I think the thing that helps him the most of the three big guys in front of him, Fletcher Cox, Jay von hargrave, and now Jordan Davis had a Georgia as well. Oh, let me take it from there, Luke. I'm saying, watch out. Kirk Cousins for Jordan Davis, because he is dynamic. And I think he's going to be, I know I love him so much. I think he's going to be really playing with his hair on fire out there trying to prove something. You saw the eagles go and get him I absolutely love the pick. A reminder too guys that there's Monday Night Football week one as well and on Thursday we will find the entire schedule out and we will have a schedule release show on ESPN2 at 8 p.m.. Can not wait to see one of Monday Night Football as well as the rest of the season on some other rookies guys. The chiefs and ravens holding their rookie mini camps today, both teams bolstering their defenses in the draft and taking some past catchers as well as you look at the rookies out there. It's so fun to see these guys finally in their NFL uniforms. The chiefs and ravens had two of the best draft classes this year based on pre draft rankings, they were two of the 14 to draft three players who were in the top 40 overall of scouting's final rankings, KC took Trent mcduffie, George Carr Loftus, and sky Moore with their first three picks and the ravens have Kyle Hamilton, Tyler linderbaum, and David ojabo. They got some great value out of those pics, especially two knowing that they don't need a Jabba right away. He would have been a much higher pick earlier on, had he not gotten injured. Okay, so the ravens had a stellar draft. They're still thin at the wide receiver position, though, with Hollywood Brown being traded away on night one. What does this offense for Lamar Jackson look like? I think two different ways. Number one, run game wise, I think they go back to a little bit of their zone scheme, which is that kind of we're working to an area rather than in the past year or two they did more gaps that more pulling people. And then pass game wise, getting Lamar back to throwing in between the numbers. That says 2019 MVPs MVPs and use unbelievable. QBR third in the league and then we've seen this kind of decline in performance wise with him throwing to the middle of the field and that's because stupid media members not me. I don't know if he's doing it. We got to get the ball. We got to throw the ball inside, and we got to throw the ball inside more. And they listened. And that's just not who they are. And I get that that's what we like the most. That's what we've seen the most be successful pass game wise in the league, but this is what this offense does the best. And by the way, they did it really well. So I said this for the past few weeks. We're going to see those multi two multiple tight ends get on the field. We're going to see the zone run game and a little bit more of the horizontal stretch. And I want to see Lamar and I expect them to get back to work in the middle of the field in their past game and dominating with their tight ends. I think you NATO with the two tight ends. You know, you look at who they have, Mark Andrews, obviously. One of the best. And then they went and got a guy this year Charlie Charlie Kohler at an Iowa state 6 6 and a half long. The middle of the field for these guys is going to be where they make all their money and the ravens honestly right now remind me a lot of us in 2015. We didn't have a true number one wide receiver, but we had a true number one tight end that basically was our number one wide receiver and Greg Olsen. He dominated the middle of the field outside the numbers. You could kind of put him wherever you want. So they might not necessarily have the true number one that most people think, but they have a tight end in Mark Andrews that can do that. And you pair them with Charlie Kohler and then when those two running bass come back from the torn ACL is I think they're going to be able to run the ball and attack the middle of the field. I think they'll be in great shape. Wait, just remind everyone what happened in 2015 with that team just in case people didn't know. That was that was when Julio Jones moss me were all laughing to bring it back. We were 15 and one that year. Amazing. And cam won the MVP not to dissimilar from Lamar when he came to that season, right? Yeah. Oh, you're great. But if you think about this style of offense, right? We just saw the rams with that firepower and those big time receivers. Can this style of offense that you guys are talking about here? Can that win a Super Bowl? Because that's what the ravens are looking at here. So I think it can because the quarterback is such a special talent. And the scheme is so unique. There's a fine line though, right? Like I get it where people say, there's no way that this offense can get through the juggernaut through the gauntlet of the AFC and win a Super Bowl. And that's fair. And there's no way this offense.
Greg Bedard Patriots Podcast with Nick Cattles
"alec pierce" Discussed on Greg Bedard Patriots Podcast with Nick Cattles
"This draft class and sort of we all know what the Patriots draft history is at the position. Hasn't been good. And then again, I don't know any of these kids, 'cause I don't get to interview them. Obviously George pickens was there, but George didn't supposedly as issues. I thought George pickens, by the way, was the best receiver on tape in this draft. That was my point of view. I thought pickens was one and Jameson Williams was two, I actually thought Johann dotson could have been pretty close to that as well. But taekwon Thornton, to me, I will echo what you said because I watched him in great detail, as you can see by my evaluation. I mean, that's pretty detailed as you can see, Greg. So, and as I said, I didn't know much about him at all. And I thought that he had an 8 yard touchdown versus Oklahoma in the red zone on a fade route where he defeated press man really cleanly with an inside stick and it's funny. I remember seeing the same play by another receiver who went high and now I can't remember who it was and people raved about, oh, he's such a great route runner. But Thornton did the exact same thing, but because Greg he was not thought of that way. The narrative Thornton was in part of anyone's narrative. So no one said anything about him. But I thought the tape said all you need to know. Yeah, and look, I've known you for years. I know the way you operate, so I'm not going to ask you, which of these guys is going to have the more successful career, because you and I both know it all depends on scheme coaches, quarterback, all this other stuff. But just there was a whole group of receivers taken there. Thornton pickens, Alec pierce. I love Alec pierce guy Morris. As well. Yeah, I mean, I really liked Alec pierce. I was in the minority. I thought Alec Pearson Drake London were very similar. Now Drake lunden won 8. I loved Alec pierce. You know, I saw a comm for Alec pierce after I did him, which I didn't think of, but I thought it was a very interesting one. And the comp was Jordy Nelson. And I think I loved Alex pierce on tape. Again, you know me well enough to know everything I say is based on watching tape and could be wrong. But like you said, there's going to be ten variables that we don't know about as we're speaking today. Absolutely. Third round, they took Marcus Jones 5 foot 8 quarterback out of Houston. I love the kid baller returner. Why would you think of him? Love the kid. You know, I know Bill doesn't play a lot of cover too. And who knows, you know, I mean, every year is different with coach Belichick. Obviously, you know, he could totally change because he may not feel like he has great man.
Patriots Beat
"alec pierce" Discussed on Patriots Beat
"For a solid chunk of his of his senior season high school, he was the number one recruit in his class. Yeah. And Jack Jones sound I don't think he was number one, but again, it's the same thing where he's a 5 star recruit and obviously that potential wasn't recognized USC in the Arizona state, but the Patriots see that and say, well, there's something here. There's clearly something here. Can we tap into maybe what that detour, the year off juco, that might have put him off the track? Can we put him back on the track? I think that's the thought process here. Again, and I feel this way with a lot of the picks. They made throughout the three days. The NFL drafts about adding good players. They added good players. The questions for me are more about the guys they did not, you know, somebody at the chat brought up collusion here. I look at this point in the draft, whether it's Jalen or morte Davis, whether it's McCollum, whether it's Tariq woolen, right? To me, it's about, you know, there's going to be this draft is the potential to have a lot of revisionist history. I think Jack Jones can play. It's just did they take, I think they took a guy, it's just that they take the right guy. Yeah, we're going to be playing that game, I think, with this draft, like you said, for pretty much every pick that they made. I would say with Cole strange is not necessarily comparing him to players at his position. It's just comparing him to players that went in there and hit daxton hill is going to be the one. Right, daxton hill went after him, quay walker went to pick after the Patriots original Duffy went with the pick the Patriots traded to Kansas City. Kair elam went to buffalo a few picks after quay walker. So those are going to be the guys that you're going to say, okay, well, you had in this ten pick range. We had all this defensive talent and we took the guard. It's not so much about Cole strange. It's not so much even about the guard position. It's just really more about who they could have taken. With taekwon Thornton in the second round, sky Moore, George pickens Alec pierce. They all went in that ten to 15 pick range. So we'll see. For better or worse, that's what these guys are up against. They're up against comparing the guys that at their position specifically in most cases, the guys that went around them and the guys that were clustered around them on the board. All right, let's move on to the running back that the Patriots selected in the fourth round, one 27 Pierre strong from South Dakota state..
NFL Live
"alec pierce" Discussed on NFL Live
"You think about Drake London coming off the fractured ankle. So number one is Garrett Wilson from Ohio State. The body control, the ability to run any route necessary Brian Hart line of coach here. It was a great job getting those receivers ready for the National Football League. He could go number 8 to Atlanta be a great pick there for the falcons, Marcus Mariota taking over a quarterback. They need wide receiver help. He would team up with Kyle Pitts, give them that passing game situation in terms of weapons that they really need. Then you look at the next receiver off the board, could be Drake London from USC, Drake London, as I say, coming off the fractured ankle aid October, but he brings the size the physicality that the New York Jets that pick number ten would be looking for for their young quarterback Zach Wilson. So Drake London, I think, drops to ten because of the injury, not going through the process as clean as you would want, and it'd be a heck of a pick for the jets and crystal lava. I'll put him in a three. Jameis and Williams when I update the rankings on Wednesday day before the draft will be number three, but right now Chris olave is three. You know what you're getting a professional ready to contribute as a rookie to Philadelphia Eagles pick at 15 opposite devonte Smith he would look very good in an eagles uniform and jamison Williams certainly would be a guy if he's three and he's moved up that far. He's a guy you want to trade up for if you're Green Bay or your Kansas City and then I mentioned trailing perks from Arkansas, Christian Watson, North Dakota state and you can't forget about Jahan dotson from Penn State and my underrated guy I've been talking about since October sky more out of western Michigan also like Alec pierce a lot coming out of Cincinnati so the depth Kelsey wide receiver is outstanding although it doesn't match last year when we had the three big timers at the top. The depth overall is as good as it gets. 7 wide receivers going in the first round of your mock draft that would tie the most in the common draft air and we will see what happens. And speaking of wide receivers, more on this Friday, coming your way, the forty-niners, they've got a tough decision to make on Devo Samuel. Wanting out of the Bay Area could a trade to San Francisco back in the first round, we'll see what happens in the NFL Draft, more NFL live after this. 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And so he dialed in on every little detail of the game. It's a game that he only learned a few years before. I was born in Nigeria, lived there to our 7 years old. My dad's engineer, my mom's a lawyer, so I threw my dad's job. We moved over to Scotland. And I was playing soccer, basketball, and then Renault's 15 years old. I had dreams of going to the next level in America. I was a blurry academy, those two sports didn't really work out as well as I thought it was. So, you know, I switched to the track and field and ended up winning the hundred meter dash, perhaps state title, which then led people to tell me to play football. I gained new sport. It was a very difficult in the beginning to learn, but my first year, I earned 35 scholarships. We chose Michigan because, you know, it's the best of both worlds, you have the top education in the country and the biggest stadium in the country. Third year, we finally got to play, and top of that my parents got to come over and watch us beat a house that and go on to a big time championship and beat Iowa. I'm so grateful for my parents believed in me as a 15 year old. They let me go, and they supported me, and I owe them everything. Such an incredible journey, but now he's walking down another unexpected path. He suffered a torn Achilles at his pro day, Mel kiper, junior, as I'm going 34th overall to the Lions, a team that has 5 picks in the top 100 Jared Goff, of course, considered to be their starting QB. But what will they get at quarterback in the draft? Here's golf's thoughts on if they do go quarterback. You know, whatever it is I trust those guys, you know, they've expressed a lot of confidence in me and feel good about where I'm at and where I'm at with them and where we're headed. I'm excited about it. But if anything were to happen there, no, no concern. And trust those guys upstairs. I mean, I've always liked helping younger guys. I don't know. I have no idea I've never been in that position, but I don't know. I'm sure I would be the same guy I am and be helpful if I felt like it. So Jared Goff Jeff saying all the right things. Do you believe what he's saying? I do. Jared's one of the most genuine people you will ever meet. And I don't think that he would treat any competition like that with animosity. That being said, I also sense when he says those things that he feels some level of comfort from the organization and maybe things that they've told him to instill some faith that he will be the starting quarterback this year. Things change, of course, but at this point, yeah, I do believe Jared and I believe that he's very capable of handling that now that he's been in the league for this amount of time and really been through some rigors in that time. So I do. I do believe him. It's definitely been a journey for him to get to this point. Meanwhile, meld the lines, they have 5 picks in the top 100, including the second overall pick, so do they go quarterback you think at number two? I don't, Kelsey, some think they will. I disagree. I'm Malik Willis name has come up for them, but I just think you go defense. You got a corner like sauce gardener, you got a defensive pass rusher on that side of the ball like Trayvon walker, you can move around, try to figure out where he's going to maximize that ability or maybe even kayvon thibodeau. And then you go defense as well in the second third rounds moving forward. You've got that 32nd pick. That could be traded to somebody else, or if they feel like either Desmond Ritter from Cincinnati or Matt corral from old miss has a great high enough to warrant being the 32nd pick, then you would do it. If you don't feel there in that range, to be that guy and have that higher grade than you have to go defensive side of the ball. I think in terms of what they need, they need everything, right, mail, they don't need a quarterback. They got a quarterback in Jared Goff. Jared Goff gets a bad rap because of the way it all ended in Los Angeles for him. He took a team to a Super Bowl, multiple playoff appearances, a Pro.
Patriots Beat
"alec pierce" Discussed on Patriots Beat
"Lucky enough. The only wide receiver that I am really all in on on day two at this point is John metchie. I love Alec pierce from Cincinnati. I think that that would be a great pick also, but he's a true ex and then you have to kind of start talking about what you're doing with Devante Parker on the roster, right? If you got a guy like pierce behind him and that type of stuff, to me, I think that the one guy that I could really get behind on day two is matchy just because of the play style, the Mac Jones, obviously chemistry there and stuff like that. That one I can get with other than that. I mean, I mentioned Danny gray earlier from SMU, villas Jones, bow melt. I don't sky more. Sky more I love too bad, just don't know how are they going to get sky more? Like he's going to go straight down. Yeah, I mean, he's going to go early 30s. He's exactly the kind of guy that they need to add. Yeah, I love sky more. I think that I would love to draft sky more. But I just don't know where a sky more. How are they going to get sky more without taking him with their first pick? That's the thing. If they trade down from 21 and they get sky more act like 33, 34 or whatever they trip with the Lions and they get 30 four from Detroit. It takes time. They could also go up. If you falls a little bit, they can move up like they did with barmore. I suppose. I don't know. I don't think he's been falling much. I just don't. I think at the end of the first round, you have Green Bay. You have Kansas City. Those teams are taking wide receivers. So you're going to start to see some of these wide receivers go. If they can find a way to finagle it, they can get their hands on sky more than I'm all for it. I don't know if they'll have the optics of being able to do that. I also don't know if they would want to take a wide receiver with their top pick in the draft, right? That's the difference. Calvin Austin, no thank you. He's like 5 8. Good athlete. Obviously, but I think villa's Jones is everything that Calvin Austin is, but he's much bigger than taban Austin. So I don't know. I like Christian Watson. I've always liked Christian Watson. Like I said, I like Alec pierce. I don't know..
The Lead
"alec pierce" Discussed on The Lead
"Well just step onto the field for a minute here. You know, one of the drawbacks of playing in a non power 5 conference is that Cincinnati games are not as widely televised nationally as a lot of programs. So I think a lot of college football fans know this team, but probably haven't seen them play all that much. So give us the scouting report on this team. What exactly do they do well? Yeah, so it goes back to that balance that we talked about. They have a lot of skill a lot of talent on both defense and offense. It's probably still especially internally a defensive mindset focused team. They have a really good secondary two really good cornerbacks, sauce gardener who is a name. It's hard to forget the name sauce. In heavy tracking and the sauce got to him. That's Gardner. Ahmaud sauce Gardner with the pick. And then on the other side, Kobe Bryant, a 5th year senior quarterback, one of the guys who used that extra year of eligibility. He's one of three Jim Thorpe finalists. For Kobe Bryant touchdown 73 yard mixes. So they have a lot of talent in the secondary kind of a really deep and aggressive defensive line that has allowed them to get pressure on the quarterback and kind of set the tone. And that's the way this team wants to be built under Luke fickle. They want to be built from the trenches. He always says they want to be an offensive and defensive line driven program. But on the offensive side, they've definitely stabilized on the offensive line. But the biggest strides have been at quarterback, the way Desmond Ritter has gone from this scrawny running quarterback as a youngster to now and all around dual threat quarterback who's developed into a much better passer and that's going to allow him to be a high round NFL Draft pick. They have Alec pierce at wide receiver, kind of the same deal. He's a guy who's just developed over the course of his time here and is an intriguing NFL prospect, and then Jerome Ford at running back who is going to go against his old team in the playoff. He played in Alabama for two years before Cincinnati picked him up in the transfer portal. And he's averaging 6.2 yards of Carrie. He has over 20 touchdowns this season, just kind of a real home run hitter who when you see him play, do you understand why he played Alabama when you see him run? He has that top tier SEC Alabama talent and it's been a huge boon for Cincinnati in the backfield. Well, speaking of Alabama and them being a really good program, the bear cats play against the number one ranked crimson tide on December 31st. Now, Cincinnati did beat a very good Notre-Dame team this season. But I think it's safe to say that Alabama is a cut above that fighting Irish team. What will the bear cats have to do to be competitive in this game? Yeah, it's only fitting right Cincinnati makes this historic underdog rise to the top to the CFP. And when they get there, they have to face Alabama. In the way the movie script goes, that's probably the way it has to be. It is going to be a tough game. I certainly don't think that Alabama is just going to automatically blow Cincinnati off the field, especially this year's Alabama team. We've seen Alabama beat really good college football teams and playoff semifinals in recent seasons. I don't know if this Alabama team is quite at that level. I think what will be interesting is Alabama can not play its best game and beat Cincinnati in the cotton bowl. I think Cincinnati will probably have to play about as good as possible to beat Alabama, but they are capable of that. We saw them play really well against George and the peach bowl last year a game they should have won. We saw him go on the road in South Bend and beat Notre-Dame by double digits. So if Cincinnati can play to their full potential, this will be a game and it'll be a close game they'll hang with them and certainly one that Cincinnati can win. The challenge with a team like Alabama is it's constant. They have so much talent, they're so deep. And if you have any slip up along the way, it can be tough to kind of take them down to the wire. So Cincinnati is probably gonna have to play a better game than Alabama in order to win, but it's not an impossibility in my opinion. And lastly, Justin, we talked about the blue collar nature of this team and coach fickle. Now that they're in the college football playoff and have this greatly elevated profile, not to mention an invitation to join the big 12. Do you think that they'll stray from the approach that got them here? That sort of blue collar recruit and local guys kind of approach. And emulate some of the bigger programs that they're now scoring up against? So this is I talked to Brady Collins, the strength coach about this for that story. That's going to be the key. I think the best thing that we did was embrace culture of this university of the city, whereas if you want something you've got to put in the work and then things are comfortable. I don't think they ever want to stray from that kind of local recruiting footprint. The city of Cincinnati and the 300 mile radius around it, they always want that to be the core of their identity from a recruiting standpoint. Even as they have made strides in Texas and Florida and Georgia in places like that. They've announced a $100 million fundraising campaign in the lead up to joining the big 12 to kind of get them ready to move up to a power conference. So they're going to have better facilities, their successes allow them to recruit a higher caliber player, but the goal for Cincinnati is how do we keep that same tough and nasty ethos mentality while upgrading and enhancing in all these areas. That's what's allowed them to be so successful under Luke fickle, and that's certainly the same mentality he's going to keep no matter what conference they're in or who they're going against, and I think the goal for Cincinnati is keep that mindset even as all of the things around you might upgrade and enhance. Justin, thanks so much for breaking all this down for us and if you'll excuse me now I'm gonna go find myself a roast beef sandwich. Absolutely honors, I appreciate you having me on. You can follow all of Justin Williams coverage of the Cincinnati bearcats at the athletic dot com..
Newsradio 700 WLW
"alec pierce" Discussed on Newsradio 700 WLW
"Which helps and that kind of keeps him in there. But Mainly has the potentially has the ability to To do exactly what it did tonight. And, you know, we've all seen that before it be nice to get him going offensively. Well, he got going offensively last night, albeit for just a little bit, but big hit. So here's the wild card situation in the National Lake. You have the Giants. You have the Dodgers. Most likely it's It's going to be the Dodgers who win the wild card, although right now Both the Giants and the Dodgers are tied equally. 87. It's 50 87. I'm sorry. 86, 50 86 50 and both have healthy leads. It's the second wild card really? That's up in the air and the Reds right now, As I said her a half game ahead of the Padres, 2.5 ahead of the Cardinals, three ahead of the Phillies. Even the Mets are hanging in there just 4.5 back with only a handful of games to go. With the Reds need more than anything else is to get this thing. At least to a point in the final week of the season, where they have some sort of comfortable lead over whomever is directly behind them at the Padres, the Cardinals of the Phillies, then You can figure out how you want to sit your pitching for a one game playoff, and it's not just the starter who's going to have to be situated perfectly for that. Would have to also be the relievers and who is getting innings leading up to that final week of the season. Look, you got to win to get in, and if you've got to use everybody to get in in that final game of the season Well, then everybody is has to be available. But you don't want that You want your players, particularly your pitchers rested because in a one game playoff playing out on the West Coast Which is not always been Congenial to the Reds. That could be a dicey situation. So we'll see how it goes A lot of turf still to go 25 games to go and three teams legitimately with a shot. At that second wild card spot, But for the moment for the moment at 73 64 the Reds a half game up on the Padres, the Padres with a game in hand, Uh, maybe like you. I watched I watched the You know, you see football team last night. I watched that game against Miami. You talk about games that a team should win. That was a game that you see should have one. All due respect to Miami, which is coached by a terrific guy and gets its share of players that allows it to be competitive in the Mac. You're playing in your home stadium. You're playing against a team from the Mac. You should win that game. And that's what the University of Cincinnati did. I said this yesterday. Jim Kelly on the air with me. The terrific color commentator on on Bear Cats football game games on 700 wlw. I said to him, this is the most eagerly anticipated season. That I can remember. And I think you'd be hard pressed to find a season that has been as eagerly anticipated by a fan base in the last generation, if indeed, a generation is defined as 25 years Well yesterday. University of Cincinnati, largely behind its defense, collectively and individually, Desmond Ritter took it to Miami, 49 to 14. This game was over by and large in the first quarter. Desmond Ritter was terrific. 20 of 25 295 yards. He averaged about 12 yards per pass four touchdowns. He rushed for another. Got some major major exposure in national media last night. And if you were if you were just critically watching this game, sure you saw some flaws. I mean, Ritter threw an interception. Goofy as it was, he threw an interception. Prater threw an interception. I think Evan Prater is going to be a phenomenal quarterback when his time comes. It's obviously not this season, but they got to been there for a little bit. And in terms of of just grinding out yardage. Can you not be excited? What you saw from Jerome Ford 121 yards on the ground averaged 10 yards a carry. Had a 50 yard run. That was just absolutely terrific. And, of course, a touchdown. Prater rushed for another touchdown as well, and we talked yesterday. About the receiving cord core that that that you see has tighter. Scott Jaden Thompson. Alec Pierce, Uh, Jordan Jones. I mean, they're all they're all there, and we're all intricate yesterday in the passing game, So he's a man you might expect after the game. Luke Fickell was feeling pretty good. It was on the air Here on 700. W, well W and w E B n And the topic turned to Ritter and the performance he had. Here's what fickle said about Ritter a guy again. That just was was terrific. I mean, in his accuracy. Absolutely terrific. Give me I'll give you the stats again, Desmond Ritter yesterday. Was 20 of 25. And threw for 295 yards. Just about 12 yards, a catch and for touchdowns on the air. What touched down on the ground Fickle on Ritter after the game was over. He did a great job. You know, I felt bad. We were going to give him one series in the second half. And you know, it kind of grew a little bit. Um, you.
ESPN Chicago 1000 - WMVP
"alec pierce" Discussed on ESPN Chicago 1000 - WMVP
"After further review leaded interception in the end zone, followed by the fumble into the field of play, So my real momentum does not apply, however, defense recovered the ball. The one yard line with me down at the one ball be placed at the one yard line. Cincinnati Ball first down. Cincinnati in the end, will have the football at the one yard line, and they have 99 yards to march. And now they've got, I think the first and two most critical plays in this game so far in their favor. Special teams punt that went four yards, setting them up in enemy territory. And then a Georgia drive down in the red zone that now nets the no points and Cincinnati just needs to flip field position here. If nothing else coming out, it's so difficult to now taking care of the exchange, but no doubt a huge mo mentum swing coming off their defense with another interception on this season. So the real test now for Desmond Ritter, the 64 junior From Louisville, Kentucky. Get the football here for the bear Cats. Like Damn Rock, the offensive coordinator for Cincinnati. It's an offense that has shown plenty of punch this year. The bear cats getting almost 39 points per game four times They have scored. At least 40 so they can hang up a bunch of touchdowns on you. We've seen them get after it. This is a group that again extremely athletic As we look at what comes into this match up, and we've already seen they're big time Playmaker is showing up. Alec Pierce. Certainly down the field. Michael Young, the Notre Dame transfer with a couple of big time. Acrobatic catches in the middle of the field as well. They're in rhythm right now. So the Georgia defense has to find a way to get Desmond Ritter off spot better than they have. Would watch the reviews several times. Any dispute as far as you're concerned, you think they got it right? I think they got it right on the ball placement. I still don't know if Kobe Bryant had possession long enough for that to be considered an interception, but Their cats now operating at their own half yard line. First down and 10 closely bunched on the line, a quarterback Ritter under center 3 29 to go here in the first quarter. He's just going to take the snapping dive ahead. As if you were looking for just a one yard gain Its Much what he gets their diving straight forward. That'll bring up second down for Cincinnati. Working at their own three. Our line that formation looked like the victory kneel, too tight ends around the quarterback and in a post Bush bush era way, see those tight ends just shoving their quarterback for word to get out of the shadow of their own end zone. He did pick up to second down eight. Cincinnati again and all red with the black helmets moving left to right. Snap back to the quarterback in the end, so he's going to roll a bit to his right is going to throw incomplete to the near side line intended for La Belle, his tight end, but under throne and just smart by Desmond Ritter feeling pressure getting the ball out before anything, Harry happens. No holdings in the end zone. Don't give them a chance for a sack or a bad play..