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00:00Let's flip it over to the AFC because I want to talk quarterbacks as well.
00:06Aaron Rodgers is playing in the game today for the New York Jets.
00:08He's not even the focal point for us.
00:10Why?
00:11Because we're taking a look at Anthony Richardson coming back in now starting for Joe Flacco.
00:13Adam, anything behind the scenes that you heard why he was benched and why he's back
00:18today?
00:19All right, Johnny.
00:20Look, first of all, they had to bench him when they did A. He was playing poorly.
00:23People forget.
00:24They want to point out, tap it out, and check it out of the game for a play.
00:29That's enough to get you benched, but he was playing poorly before that.
00:33In fact, the last competitive football he played was to start last season.
00:36You guys were talking about that in the previous segment, and then he hurt his shoulders after
00:40the season.
00:41Now, what I find interesting is Shane Stike was very definitive.
00:44Joe Flacco, when he benched Richardson, would be the start of the rest of the season.
00:49Now he's reversed course.
00:50He's now saying Anthony Richardson will be the start of the rest of the season.
00:54It's because A, Flacco did not play well.
00:56Let's call it like it is.
00:58Flacco did not play well.
00:59They were hoping he would.
01:00They were hoping to get back in the playoff race, but they're really—think about it.
01:04When you look at this situation, the Chargers are 5-5 right now—excuse me, the Broncos
01:08are 5-5.
01:09They're number 17.
01:11Getting a little juice here with Richardson, now that he's learned his lesson, Anthony's
01:15been very public about it, taking that step back.
01:18Sometimes you know guys that when a quarterback, a young quarterback, takes a step back, he
01:24can learn from the sidelines, and that's what's happened here.
01:26So why are they doing this going forward?
01:29They want that energy.
01:30They want that juice.
01:31He's a dynamic player, but he had to get his head right.
01:35And listen, folks, that jet defense—what has happened to the jet defense?
01:38It's not dominant.
01:39It's very average.
01:40This is actually a good play to do.
01:41Fired Salah.
01:42Well, you could say that, Kevin, but it hasn't been good since Salah's left.
01:46Call it like it is.
01:47Yeah, that's my point.
01:48That's my point.
01:49They fired Salah, and we're like, oh, well, Jeff Albrecht's there, and it's been a disaster.
01:54And again, the accountability in that room is embarrassing, Cap.
01:59Both sides of the football.
02:01The Jets—I'll admit it.
02:02I throw my hands up.
02:03I got that team wrong.
02:04Okay?
02:05When we gave on coast-to-coast with Pharrell, we gave our teams and picked divisions and
02:08so forth.
02:09He always looked for an upset.
02:10I was with the Jets for two days, and I asked point-blank about Aaron Rodgers.
02:13Looks great.
02:14Better than we expected.
02:15Looks great.
02:16We're ready to rock and roll here.
02:17But what you—and we could talk about their offense, how disappointing it's been.
02:21I cannot believe, Kevin, how disappointing the defense is.
02:23Who saw that?
02:24Certainly not I.