# The NFL Report: Ja’Marr Chase Leaves Practice and Chargers Linebacker Daiyan Henley Joins the Show

An episode of [NFL: The Insiders](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1543090622), 26 Aug 2026, 25 min.

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Andrew Siciliano brings you the latest NFL news, including an update on Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes as he prepares to return from last season’s ACL tear and the injury that took Ja’Marr Chase out of practice today. Then, Lance Zierlein joins the show to provide his analysis on the Jets and why he is cautiously optimistic about their offense this season. Chargers linebacker and leading tackler Daiyan Henley calls in to discuss how the team has changed under new head coach Jim Harbaugh and what he’s seen from quarterback Justin Herbert and new offensive coordinator Mike McDaniel. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

## Transcript

[0:08] Speaker 1: Let's dive in to the NFL report. If the Bengals
[0:12] Speaker 1: are going to chase a title, they're going to need Jamar.
[0:15] Speaker 1: Coming up on the NFL report, the latest on a
[0:17] Speaker 1: scare Tuesday in Cincinnati. Meantime, he is QB2 right now
[0:23] Speaker 1: in Vegas. But will Fernando Mendoza be QB1 for your
[0:27] Speaker 1: fantasy team by the end of the season? Lance Zerline
[0:29] Speaker 1: is here. He has some numbers that may surprise you
[0:30] Speaker 1: or maybe not.
[0:31] Speaker 2: I don't know.
[0:32] Speaker 1: Plus, Chargers linebacker Dayon Henley joins the show to tell
[0:36] Speaker 1: you why practice, not a game, is sometimes just as
[0:40] Speaker 1: much fun as the game. All now on the NFL Report.
[0:44] Speaker 1: All right, friends, let's do a show. The first one
[0:46] Speaker 1: was fun. Let's do it again. Welcome to the NFL report.
[0:50] Speaker 1: We're new. We're fun. We're on NFL channel. We're a
[0:54] Speaker 1: podcast as well. My name is Andrew Siciliano. Happy to
[0:57] Speaker 1: be with you and happy that you are with us.
[0:59] Speaker 1: We're also a podcast because it's 2026. Find us later.
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[1:07] Speaker 1: Any and everything you need to know coming up. We're
[1:12] Speaker 1: not working nine to five. We're only working at seven.
[1:14] Speaker 1: Coming up, will Patrick Mahomes be working in two weeks?
[1:18] Speaker 1: Here's what is news to me. In Kansas City today,
[1:23] Speaker 1: Mahomes did not guarantee anything. He didn't want to make
[1:26] Speaker 1: some bold proclamation, but the Chiefs quarterback sounded as confident
[1:30] Speaker 1: as we have heard yet this summer that, yes, he
[1:34] Speaker 1: is going to be ready to play week one back
[1:36] Speaker 1: from that ACL against the Broncos.
[1:39] Speaker 3: I haven't missed any reps, you know, getting to go
[1:41] Speaker 3: out there day after day and kind of have the
[1:44] Speaker 3: grind of a camp, you know. I mean, that can
[1:46] Speaker 3: even be harder than the season, you know, just wear
[1:48] Speaker 3: and tear on your body and going back out there
[1:50] Speaker 3: and doing it again the next day. And so it's
[1:53] Speaker 3: been awesome for me to be able to go out
[1:55] Speaker 3: there and do that.
[1:56] Speaker 1: I'm excited.
[1:56] Speaker 3: I didn't know if I was going to have to
[1:57] Speaker 3: take days off and stuff like that, but my body's
[1:59] Speaker 3: responded the right way. And so I haven't had to
[2:01] Speaker 3: miss anything other than the preseason games. But even for those,
[2:04] Speaker 3: I'm going through the warm-up process, trying to make myself prepared.
[2:07] Speaker 3: And so I just don't get the one series or
[2:09] Speaker 3: whatever it would be. But other than that, I've done
[2:11] Speaker 3: every single rep.
[2:13] Speaker 1: So you're telling me there's a chance. Mahomes, remember, it
[2:15] Speaker 1: was an ACL back in December. Kenneth Walker, meantime, has
[2:18] Speaker 1: a foot, although it is not thought to be serious.
[2:21] Speaker 1: Walker didn't practice, though, Tuesday in Kansas City. That is notable.
[2:24] Speaker 1: He made his preseason debut last week, and the Chiefs
[2:27] Speaker 1: play his former team, the Seahawks. in their preseason finale
[2:31] Speaker 1: coming up on Friday night. All right, let's get to Jamar.
[2:34] Speaker 1: And here's the headline. Let's get out of the way.
[2:35] Speaker 1: Jamar Chase is okay. But look at this. The Bengals
[2:39] Speaker 1: got a scare today. Chase says he hyperextended his knee.
[2:42] Speaker 1: This looks bad. Said if it were a game, he
[2:45] Speaker 1: would have been able to finish the game. But for
[2:46] Speaker 1: around an hour today, we didn't know. And Bengals fans
[2:50] Speaker 1: went to social media and held their breath after Chase
[2:53] Speaker 1: limped off the practice field. I didn't know what happened.
[2:57] Speaker 1: I didn't know how I did it.
[2:58] Speaker 4: I just felt something and I just like couldn't walk
[3:01] Speaker 4: for a second and then I sat down and then
[3:03] Speaker 4: that was it.
[3:04] Speaker 1: It's just like a hyperextension. Like a hyperextension. It's just
[3:08] Speaker 1: freak accidents. Stuff like this happens all the time. It's football.
[3:11] Speaker 5: Some things are out of my control and that was
[3:12] Speaker 5: one situation.
[3:13] Speaker 1: That I couldn't control, but I can control now. Okay.
[3:17] Speaker 1: It's under control. The Aaron Donald situation evidently is under control.
[3:21] Speaker 1: The Rams are two weeks away from flying away to Melbourne,
[3:24] Speaker 1: but there is no news on whether or not Donald
[3:27] Speaker 1: is coming out of retirement. Twice he has worked out
[3:29] Speaker 1: with the Rams and maybe 500 times Sean McVay has
[3:32] Speaker 1: been asked about it, including again today. Here's the latest.
[3:37] Speaker 5: Our thought process has been, let's look at a 53
[3:39] Speaker 5: with him and a 53 not including him.
[3:41] Speaker 1: And what does that look like?
[3:42] Speaker 5: There's some different guys that, you know, you have some
[3:45] Speaker 5: potential roster exemptions that we've talked about. All those things
[3:48] Speaker 5: are things that we think about. And whenever a decision's made,
[3:51] Speaker 5: if that is the direction that he goes where he
[3:53] Speaker 5: wants to play, then we have, you know, plans accordingly.
[3:56] Speaker 1: And if not, we have plans for those as well.
[3:58] Speaker 5: And have you.
[3:59] Speaker 6: Guys planned in terms of if he does come back
[4:02] Speaker 6: but doesn't go to.
[4:04] Speaker 1: Australia, is that..
[4:05] Speaker 5: Haven't even gotten into all that. It's really more of
[4:07] Speaker 5: like truly just take it a day at a time.
[4:09] Speaker 5: And I know you think it's probably, I'm just being
[4:13] Speaker 5: kind of coy, but that's really the truth. And if
[4:15] Speaker 5: he decides he wants to be able to do it,
[4:17] Speaker 5: then the next conversations are, what is your ramp up?
[4:19] Speaker 5: What does it look like to approach whenever that would
[4:22] Speaker 5: be the first time that we think it would make
[4:24] Speaker 5: the most sense for him to impact and influence positive
[4:26] Speaker 5: change with us?
[4:28] Speaker 1: Sean McVay also made a joke today about a gummy,
[4:30] Speaker 1: but that's another story. Meantime in Santa Clara, last week
[4:33] Speaker 1: a quad strain. Today it was a groin for Mike Evans,
[4:36] Speaker 1: who didn't practice today. Evans turned 33 last Friday. He
[4:40] Speaker 1: played only eight games last year in Tampa, and then
[4:43] Speaker 1: he signed that three-year $ 42 million deal with the 49ers.
[4:47] Speaker 1: Mike Evans, injury watch again. OK, in Indianapolis, Alex Pierce
[4:53] Speaker 1: also did not practice today. But this is a good story,
[4:56] Speaker 1: not a bad story, because Shane Steichen says we may
[4:59] Speaker 1: see Pierce back on the practice field later this week.
[5:01] Speaker 1: And that would be huge. Pierce has not practiced since
[5:04] Speaker 1: offseason ankle surgery and notably since getting that four year
[5:08] Speaker 1: one hundred and fourteen million dollar deal back in. in March.
[5:13] Speaker 1: But wait, it's that time of the year we have
[5:15] Speaker 1: more practice news. Christian Gonzalez is back on the field,
[5:19] Speaker 1: although it is sunny right now in Foxborough, not snowy. Remember,
[5:22] Speaker 1: Devin Witherspoon got paid in Seattle, and many assumed that
[5:25] Speaker 1: a deal would be imminent for Gonzalez, same draft class.
[5:29] Speaker 1: But we're not there yet, Elliot Wolfe. Nothing new to
[5:33] Speaker 1: report on Christian. Want him here. He's an elite player.
[5:38] Speaker 1: Been on record saying that before, and we're continuing to
[5:40] Speaker 1: work with his representation. to find a resolution that works
[5:44] Speaker 1: for everyone.
[5:44] Speaker 7: Do you view week one as sort of an internal
[5:46] Speaker 7: deadline when it comes to his potential extension, or would
[5:49] Speaker 7: you guys be open to continuing that throughout the season?
[5:53] Speaker 1: We're just kind of taking it a day at a
[5:54] Speaker 1: time right now. We haven't set a deadline. All right,
[5:57] Speaker 1: let's go to New York. You might have missed this
[5:59] Speaker 1: on Friday. It was in Pittsburgh, but the Jets look good,
[6:02] Speaker 1: and you might have missed it because you have a
[6:04] Speaker 1: social life and it was a Friday night, but Geno
[6:06] Speaker 1: Smith went seven for seven on his only drive. He
[6:09] Speaker 1: marched the Jets right down the field, 10 plays, 69 yards.
[6:12] Speaker 1: and a touchdown. What do you know?
[6:16] Speaker 4: You know, I think obviously it's one drive, but I
[6:19] Speaker 4: think we all did a great job of just going
[6:21] Speaker 4: out there and getting points. We had some third down
[6:23] Speaker 4: situations that we converted. You know, we had an explosive
[6:27] Speaker 4: play on that drive with the pass to AD. And usually,
[6:31] Speaker 4: you know, coach talks about when you have an explosive
[6:33] Speaker 4: on the drive, it usually leads to points.
[6:34] Speaker 1: The percentages of scoring points go up.
[6:37] Speaker 4: So, you know, I thought for the most part, everyone
[6:40] Speaker 4: did their jobs. But like I said, at the end
[6:42] Speaker 4: of the game, I think we all can continue to
[6:44] Speaker 4: get better. It's always something positive when you score points.
[6:47] Speaker 4: But again, me, how my mind works, I'm looking at
[6:50] Speaker 4: the things that we can work on.
[6:51] Speaker 1: And get better. And so it's a day-to-day process.
[6:54] Speaker 4: But we're really pleased with the way we started the game.
[6:57] Speaker 1: Love me some Geno. He's 35. He could still sling it.
[7:00] Speaker 1: Here's what he's joining. Yikes, the Jets were, what is
[7:04] Speaker 1: the word we're looking for? They were bad last year.
[7:09] Speaker 1: That is the word we're looking for. But now they
[7:12] Speaker 1: have Geno, and now, hi, Lance Zerline. Great to be
[7:14] Speaker 1: back with you. Now they have Frank Reich calling the plays.
[7:19] Speaker 1: I know the preseason is a liar. Are you buying
[7:23] Speaker 1: the Jets' offense being good this year after watching what
[7:27] Speaker 1: they did Friday night?
[7:29] Speaker 6: You know, it will be a soft purchase for me.
[7:31] Speaker 6: It's a soft purchase. I'll keep my receipt. But look,
[7:34] Speaker 6: this is what I think on that. You have actual
[7:37] Speaker 6: talent at the skill positions. We know Brees Hall. can
[7:41] Speaker 6: get some damage done on the ground and out of
[7:42] Speaker 6: the backfield. We know what Garrett Wilson is about. I
[7:46] Speaker 6: like the fact that Omar Cooper gives you a catch
[7:48] Speaker 6: option underneath who can do some things after the catch,
[7:51] Speaker 6: the rookie from Indiana. But what really excites me is
[7:55] Speaker 6: the combination at tight end, the 12 personnel sets that
[7:58] Speaker 6: they can throw out there with Kenyon Sadiq, the rookie,
[8:01] Speaker 6: and Mason Taylor, who I was very high.
[8:03] Speaker 2: On coming out of the 2025 draft.
[8:05] Speaker 6: I think when you look at Geno Smith, he's going
[8:07] Speaker 6: to have a variety of targets to throw to. I
[8:10] Speaker 6: didn't even mention A.D. Mitchell, who I think has some
[8:12] Speaker 6: good upside as well. So there's some real talent at
[8:15] Speaker 6: the skill position. It's just a matter of Frank Reich
[8:18] Speaker 6: working with this veteran quarterback to find out who is
[8:21] Speaker 6: going to be his favorite target. I don't know if
[8:24] Speaker 6: Geno's just going to lock in on Garrett Wilson. I
[8:27] Speaker 6: think that with these two tight ends, we could see
[8:30] Speaker 6: the Jets really– have some good, strong improvement from all.
[8:34] Speaker 2: Those 29s and 30s and 31s we just saw in
[8:37] Speaker 2: the graphic.
[8:39] Speaker 1: So the number was 17 last year for Geno. You
[8:42] Speaker 1: know what that is by chance, 17?
[8:45] Speaker 2: Ooh, not touchdowns.
[8:48] Speaker 1: No, he led the league in picks. So I'm with you.
[8:51] Speaker 1: I'm kind of, I don't want to say bullish, but,
[8:53] Speaker 1: you know, I would maybe make a purchase but keep
[8:57] Speaker 1: the receipt. Real quick, 10 seconds, Lance. Can he cut
[9:00] Speaker 1: down on the picks?
[9:02] Speaker 6: I think he'll cut down, but it's still, look, he's
[9:04] Speaker 6: an interception guy.
[9:06] Speaker 2: 14-15 could be a good year for him, actually.
[9:09] Speaker 1: I mean, Gino once said, they wrote me off, but
[9:12] Speaker 1: I ain't written down.
[9:13] Speaker 2: He didn't write back. He didn't write back.
[9:14] Speaker 1: Right to the Jets. Maybe they can score some points.
[9:17] Speaker 1: Coming up next, that guy, Dan Henley, joins us live
[9:21] Speaker 1: in L.A. Who is funnier, his head coach or the
[9:24] Speaker 1: offensive coordinator that talks trash in practice to the Chargers defense?
[9:29] Speaker 1: NFL Report rolls on. When it feels good!
[9:37] Speaker 2: When it feels good!
[9:39] Speaker 1: Let's give a game ball to Mike McDaniel! Hey! About
[9:47] Speaker 1: 400 yards of offense in the preseason. Oh yeah! Game
[9:55] Speaker 1: ball to Chris O'Leary!
[10:03] Speaker 6: That fourth down stop, amazing.
[10:06] Speaker 1: Bunch of great calls. We got a locker room full
[10:09] Speaker 1: of characters there with the Chargers. This guy is a
[10:12] Speaker 1: character as well. He is an L.A. native, and he's
[10:16] Speaker 1: like five minutes down the road from where we are
[10:18] Speaker 1: standing now. Welcome to the NFL Report here, Charger linebacker
[10:22] Speaker 1: Deion Henley. How are you, man?
[10:24] Speaker 7: I'm doing pretty good. I'm having a good day. It's
[10:27] Speaker 7: been hot out here, man, burning up. But got to
[10:30] Speaker 7: be thankful for this weather, you know, nonetheless.
[10:32] Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean, we could be we could be like
[10:35] Speaker 1: in New Orleans and memory at Saints training camp or
[10:37] Speaker 1: Houston with that humidity. But honestly, it kind of not
[10:39] Speaker 1: that people elsewhere care about our weather day on, but
[10:42] Speaker 1: it is different right now.
[10:44] Speaker 7: No, it's definitely different. It's like you're caught in a
[10:46] Speaker 7: heat wave right now. You feel me? I'm trying to
[10:48] Speaker 7: bring in that heat, but you got to find a
[10:49] Speaker 7: way to bring that energy, and that's what this team
[10:51] Speaker 7: is doing.
[10:52] Speaker 1: Well, you guys have the energy. You practice, oh, by
[10:53] Speaker 1: the way, at the Bolt, which is a ridiculous new facility.
[10:57] Speaker 1: We saw Harbaugh there with McDaniel. It's year three for Harbaugh,
[11:01] Speaker 1: but it's year four for you, man. What does, after
[11:05] Speaker 1: career highs and 100 tackles, and you were lights out
[11:08] Speaker 1: in the playoff game, what does year four look like
[11:10] Speaker 1: for you, dude?
[11:12] Speaker 7: I think I would say more. You feel me? More
[11:15] Speaker 7: career highs. As I see it is my career has
[11:19] Speaker 7: a lot more left in it. And so for me,
[11:21] Speaker 7: I have a lot more left to give in myself.
[11:23] Speaker 7: So for me, I just want to keep stacking, keep
[11:25] Speaker 7: stacking days, keep stacking weeks, months, games, seasons. I just
[11:29] Speaker 7: want to be able to say that it was more
[11:31] Speaker 7: on the table and I'm continually going for it.
[11:33] Speaker 1: Where's the ceiling, man?
[11:36] Speaker 7: I don't see one right now. And that's the best
[11:38] Speaker 7: way for me to think. You feel me? As far
[11:40] Speaker 7: as my coaches go, this team, I see no ceiling
[11:43] Speaker 7: for myself. I see no ceiling for each other, for
[11:45] Speaker 7: our team. And I just want to make sure that,
[11:47] Speaker 7: you know, we work into that. A lot of this
[11:49] Speaker 7: stuff can be lip service, but you have to put
[11:51] Speaker 7: the work in right behind it. And that's where I'm
[11:53] Speaker 7: at right now. The mentality is to keep working and
[11:55] Speaker 7: striving for something.
[11:57] Speaker 1: And I know with those coaches we just saw there,
[11:59] Speaker 1: they're going to make you put the work in. Harbaugh's
[12:02] Speaker 1: a character. Mike McDaniel. He is a character. Chris O'Leary,
[12:06] Speaker 1: maybe not as much, but he's a different dude. He's
[12:09] Speaker 1: the new DC. What is it like at practice with
[12:13] Speaker 1: Harbaugh and McDaniels?
[12:16] Speaker 7: It's exciting. It's exciting. And I want you to understand,
[12:19] Speaker 7: Coach O'Leary has just that amount of energy as well
[12:23] Speaker 7: to match those guys. We just don't see him as
[12:25] Speaker 7: much in the same light. But it's crazy when they
[12:29] Speaker 7: go back and forth in these practices. It's just like
[12:32] Speaker 7: they're ping-ponging off of each other and making sure that
[12:35] Speaker 7: they're getting better themselves each day. And so for me,
[12:38] Speaker 7: going into practice every day is exciting, bro. You never
[12:41] Speaker 7: know what you're going to get. Coach Harbaugh can have
[12:44] Speaker 7: the craziest one-liner, but Coach Mike McDaniel will follow right
[12:48] Speaker 7: behind him. And then on the other end, you have
[12:50] Speaker 7: Coach O'Leary who's bringing that electric energy every day. So
[12:53] Speaker 7: for us, it's like waking up and going to watch
[12:57] Speaker 7: a Hard Knocks episode of the Chargers every day. I'm
[12:59] Speaker 7: surprised we ain't been on there yet. We should have
[13:01] Speaker 7: definitely had a season right now with these guys because
[13:04] Speaker 7: every day is an episode. Every day is electric. And
[13:07] Speaker 7: so for me, it's entertaining. It keeps you engaged, right?
[13:09] Speaker 7: It keeps you engaged.
[13:11] Speaker 1: We're getting to the great work you're doing in the
[13:13] Speaker 1: community coming up in one second. But I got to
[13:15] Speaker 1: ask about your quarterback, because with that drip that the
[13:17] Speaker 1: OC has, I know you see Justin Herbert's eyes and
[13:22] Speaker 1: he's a killer already. What is Justin Herbert like now
[13:27] Speaker 1: in this new offense?
[13:30] Speaker 7: One, I want to say he loves it. Not only
[13:33] Speaker 7: does he love it, but it's starting to become him
[13:35] Speaker 7: in a sense of like the ownership. Obviously, things are new.
[13:38] Speaker 7: I can see for myself as well when we talk
[13:40] Speaker 7: about the need, how the defense is coming along. But
[13:43] Speaker 7: like with Justin, he dives in so deep into what
[13:47] Speaker 7: he's doing. It becomes him. And so for me out
[13:50] Speaker 7: there looking at him from the outside looking in, I
[13:52] Speaker 7: can see how much time he spent, how much dedication
[13:55] Speaker 7: he's putting into not only studying with Coach Mike, but
[13:59] Speaker 7: studying on his own. Every time I walk past a
[14:01] Speaker 7: QB room, his head is down and he's in his notes.
[14:03] Speaker 7: And I mean, that's been the past three or four days.
[14:06] Speaker 7: The guys are talking, whatever's going on around him, his
[14:08] Speaker 7: head is down, he's in his notes. He's trying to
[14:09] Speaker 7: make sure that this offense becomes second nature for him.
[14:12] Speaker 7: And so to say that he's locked in is an understatement.
[14:16] Speaker 7: Like I said, the best way to describe this offense
[14:18] Speaker 7: is that it's becoming him. So the ownership that I'm
[14:20] Speaker 7: seeing from Justin Herbert, it drives and motivates me to
[14:23] Speaker 7: study my defense the way I do Derwin James, the
[14:26] Speaker 7: same way he's our leader. And he spoke to us
[14:29] Speaker 7: today and just kind of told us, like, you know,
[14:31] Speaker 7: he enjoys being on this team. And so that kind
[14:34] Speaker 7: of just drives us more and more to just fight
[14:37] Speaker 7: for him, both sides of the ball, all three phases.
[14:41] Speaker 1: I know you're a leader as well in the community
[14:43] Speaker 1: and on the field, but the community means a lot
[14:45] Speaker 1: to you. You're from here, man, Crenshaw, and you want
[14:49] Speaker 1: to give back, whether it's in the neighborhood where you
[14:52] Speaker 1: grew up or out in the Palisades as well, which
[14:54] Speaker 1: is where you were last week. Pali High, you know,
[14:57] Speaker 1: they had to play every game on the road last year, obviously,
[15:01] Speaker 1: as as all of the Palisades in Malibu rebuild from
[15:04] Speaker 1: those horrible fires. It's a lot for them. But here
[15:07] Speaker 1: you are there as an honorary captain. Man, how cool
[15:10] Speaker 1: was this? And what did this mean for those kids
[15:13] Speaker 1: and for you?
[15:14] Speaker 7: I mean, it was beautiful just to be a part
[15:17] Speaker 7: of that community for a short time, but just to
[15:20] Speaker 7: feel like I've been there my whole life. Everyone was
[15:22] Speaker 7: so welcoming from the kids to the parents to the coaches,
[15:26] Speaker 7: the team. It was amazing to be just to be
[15:28] Speaker 7: a part of it. I was honored to not only
[15:31] Speaker 7: just be a captain. honorary captain but also to have
[15:34] Speaker 7: my team that i grew up in my school play
[15:37] Speaker 7: against them that same game so for me to have
[15:39] Speaker 7: both my communities in a sense be there in that
[15:42] Speaker 7: moment just to show that it's it's united and sometimes
[15:45] Speaker 7: people have to remind like be reminded that it's more
[15:48] Speaker 7: than football and for me it's not about what teams
[15:50] Speaker 7: were playing on that field it was about supporting palisades
[15:52] Speaker 7: high school and not only that but the community because
[15:55] Speaker 7: we the chargers know what happened to LA during that
[16:00] Speaker 7: time you know the whole Los Angeles everyone that's involved
[16:03] Speaker 7: and so for us to be able to be a
[16:05] Speaker 7: part of that and to show that we are helping
[16:07] Speaker 7: hand is big not only for me but just to
[16:10] Speaker 7: be a part of an organization like this it just
[16:11] Speaker 7: shows how much love and respect I have for this
[16:14] Speaker 7: building and for the people that's involved in all these decisions.
[16:17] Speaker 1: Yeah I'm glad you mentioned it's not just you it's
[16:19] Speaker 1: the team whether it's nominating Coach Smith for the Don
[16:21] Speaker 1: Chulo Award or hosting Pally High last year at SoFi
[16:26] Speaker 1: you guys have done so much and Dan, I'm just
[16:29] Speaker 1: imagining what it would mean for your high school, for Pally,
[16:33] Speaker 1: for all of L.A., if you guys finally take that
[16:37] Speaker 1: next step this year. How do you take that grassroots
[16:41] Speaker 1: support here and turn it into this team, your team,
[16:46] Speaker 1: getting over the hump?
[16:47] Speaker 7: I think one thing that I like to talk about
[16:50] Speaker 7: all the time is that this team is deep rooted
[16:54] Speaker 7: in fight, right? Just having that fight, that hunger to
[16:57] Speaker 7: go do. And that's kind of like the community that
[16:59] Speaker 7: I come from, the Crenshaw District. You got to have
[17:01] Speaker 7: that fight, that hunger to go do. And with the
[17:03] Speaker 7: will that we have as a unit right now, I
[17:07] Speaker 7: feel like the hump is near right now. We're getting
[17:10] Speaker 7: over it. And I just feel like. This comes from
[17:12] Speaker 7: just the dedication, the time spent in the locker room,
[17:17] Speaker 7: on the field, day in and day out. And with
[17:20] Speaker 7: just tying that into the community, they're fiending for another championship,
[17:24] Speaker 7: and that's what we want to be able to give them.
[17:26] Speaker 7: But I know it starts a day's work. uh building
[17:29] Speaker 7: block you know every day is something and so for
[17:31] Speaker 7: me to be a community rep in my sense of
[17:33] Speaker 7: to be the Crenshaw district to be if you look
[17:35] Speaker 7: at the rosters in Crenshaw I mean in LA like
[17:38] Speaker 7: being a true native uh from Los Angeles so to
[17:42] Speaker 7: give that respect and love to the Chargers I just
[17:45] Speaker 7: can't wait to do that so I feel like this
[17:47] Speaker 7: is the year to get over that hump and take
[17:49] Speaker 7: the drive the necessary drive as far as we want
[17:51] Speaker 7: to go.
[17:52] Speaker 1: Can't wait to see it man Dayon Henley, best of luck.
[17:56] Speaker 1: Year number four, go get you some of those Mike
[17:57] Speaker 1: McDaniel shades and go stay in the air conditioning the
[18:01] Speaker 1: rest of the afternoon, man.
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[18:30] Speaker 1: get some other news in here. Not good for Calvin Austin.
[18:33] Speaker 1: Carted off veteran wide receiver in New York today, East Rutherford,
[18:37] Speaker 1: to be specific for the Giants. He's a former Steeler.
[18:40] Speaker 1: John Harbaugh says, quote, it does not look good. OK,
[18:44] Speaker 1: does that open the door maybe for Odell Beckham Jr.
[18:46] Speaker 1: to make the team? This is just me. Thinking out
[18:49] Speaker 1: loud in Detroit, the news is better for Sam Laporta.
[18:52] Speaker 1: He was back at practice today, one week after the
[18:55] Speaker 1: tight end had a hip injury in the Lions inner
[18:58] Speaker 1: squad scrimmage. So he missed a week. That's it. Sam
[19:02] Speaker 1: Laporta seems to be okay. And Allen Robinson is okay
[19:06] Speaker 1: as well. We want to say congratulations to the 11-year veteran,
[19:09] Speaker 1: the wide receiver, the NFL broadcast boot camp veteran who
[19:12] Speaker 1: retired yesterday on his 33rd birthday. Robinson, a Penn Stater,
[19:18] Speaker 1: led the NFL in his second season with 14 touchdown receptions.
[19:23] Speaker 1: Allen Robinson took last year off, was last in the
[19:26] Speaker 1: NFL with the Lions. All right, we roll on on
[19:31] Speaker 1: the NFL Report show number two. Let's do four downs.
[19:34] Speaker 1: Lance Zerline back with us on the home cam. Lance
[19:37] Speaker 1: has an article right now, NFL.com. It's the best and
[19:39] Speaker 1: worst cases for 17 rookies. So first down here for
[19:44] Speaker 1: the first overall pick, Lance, Fernando Mendoza, your projection for
[19:48] Speaker 1: him this season.
[19:50] Speaker 6: Yeah, I'm looking at about 11 to 12 starts for
[19:54] Speaker 6: Fernando Mendoza.
[19:54] Speaker 2: You can see my numbers there.
[19:56] Speaker 6: And I base that on the fact that, you know,
[19:58] Speaker 6: I do think Clint Kubiak is going to start off
[20:00] Speaker 6: with Kirk Cousins. I think that's a smart move, but
[20:02] Speaker 6: I liked what I saw from him against Houston in the,
[20:05] Speaker 6: in the joint practice and, and, In the preseason game,
[20:08] Speaker 6: I think Fernando is going to come along a little
[20:10] Speaker 6: quicker maybe than expected. I do think we'll see a
[20:13] Speaker 6: solid season fantasy wise, you know, probably not a factor
[20:16] Speaker 6: this year, maybe not even in dynasty leagues.
[20:19] Speaker 2: But by next year will be a factor, I think.
[20:21] Speaker 6: But I think he's going to have a solid season,
[20:24] Speaker 6: maybe on par, could be a little more efficient than
[20:28] Speaker 6: Cam Ward's season last year.
[20:29] Speaker 1: Your best case scenario is that he starts every game.
[20:32] Speaker 1: We both agree that is highly unlikely. You're also giving
[20:35] Speaker 1: us scenarios, best and worst case, for Jadarian Price, who
[20:38] Speaker 1: is the number 32 pick in the first round. Give
[20:41] Speaker 1: me a projection for the Seahawks rookie.
[20:43] Speaker 6: Yeah, so he's been splitting first-team carries with George Helani,
[20:46] Speaker 6: but George Helani has 25 career carries for 3.3 yards. Look,
[20:50] Speaker 6: this is going to be Jadarian Price's job in the
[20:53] Speaker 6: short term to long term, depending on Zach Charbonnet when
[20:57] Speaker 6: he returns. But I do think that we're going to
[20:59] Speaker 6: see the very talented Jadarian Price at a legitimate first-round
[21:02] Speaker 6: grade on him, and you're going to see why when
[21:04] Speaker 6: he gets in there. I think he's going to approach
[21:06] Speaker 6: 1,000 yards rushing this year with over 200 carries, and
[21:09] Speaker 6: I do expect him– to come close to the double-digit
[21:12] Speaker 6: touchdown mark as well.
[21:13] Speaker 2: Seattle's going to move the ball. He could be the
[21:16] Speaker 2: guy to punch that in.
[21:17] Speaker 1: I also highly recommend watching Hard Knocks tonight, Jadarian Price
[21:20] Speaker 1: with the Rookie Talent Show in Nashville. You should see it. Okay,
[21:24] Speaker 1: our last two downs, third and fourth down, Lance, are
[21:26] Speaker 1: just for you because you are in Houston. The Texans
[21:29] Speaker 1: made a trade yesterday. They made the call, and they
[21:32] Speaker 1: got Keyshawn Boutte. They got him from the Patriots. They
[21:36] Speaker 1: need a wide receiver with Jaden Higgins down. They didn't
[21:38] Speaker 1: give up much. What do you think of the deal?
[21:41] Speaker 1: Love the deal.
[21:42] Speaker 2: I think Nick Casario did a great job here.
[21:43] Speaker 6: You had backup depth at safety, the sixth-round pick Jalen Reed,
[21:47] Speaker 6: so you were able to move a third or fourth
[21:50] Speaker 6: safety and a seventh-round pick for a wide receiver who's
[21:53] Speaker 6: going to step in right away and be your second
[21:55] Speaker 6: wide receiver on a team who has Super Bowl aspirations.
[21:59] Speaker 6: So in my opinion, a guy with elite hands, great
[22:01] Speaker 6: body control and the ability, I think, to step in
[22:05] Speaker 6: and be a pro right away. This is a very
[22:07] Speaker 6: shrewd move and a very strong move by Nick Casario
[22:10] Speaker 6: to pick up this level of player this late in camp.
[22:14] Speaker 1: Also, I mentioned Houston fourth down. The Texans rolled out
[22:19] Speaker 1: as all the NFL, the NFC North did today. The
[22:22] Speaker 1: Texans rolled out their rivalry. They're in the Nike rivalry uniform.
[22:26] Speaker 1: What do we think of this? It's Liberty White, H-Town Blue,
[22:31] Speaker 1: and Battle Red. They're going to wear them week 11
[22:34] Speaker 1: against the Colts on Thursday Night Football. What do you think?
[22:39] Speaker 2: You know, it's been positive, mostly positive from here in Houston.
[22:42] Speaker 6: I've seen some spotty reaction to some of the city
[22:45] Speaker 6: jerseys up to this point.
[22:46] Speaker 2: But here in Houston, they like it.
[22:48] Speaker 6: They like the rollout with the video that the Texans
[22:51] Speaker 6: did with their social media team.
[22:53] Speaker 2: So mostly positive here in Houston.
[22:55] Speaker 6: I like it's something completely different than we've seen over
[22:59] Speaker 6: the 25 years the Texans have been in business here
[23:02] Speaker 6: in the NFL.
[23:03] Speaker 2: So looking forward to seeing how they look in all white.
[23:06] Speaker 1: Okay, did you on Sunday night watch– the Titans as
[23:10] Speaker 1: they played the Seahawks on Sunday night football while Fox
[23:13] Speaker 1: Sunday night football, because we know that there's, there's, there's
[23:16] Speaker 1: some tension between the two franchises. We know this obviously for, for,
[23:20] Speaker 1: for clear reasons. They also are wearing these new white
[23:24] Speaker 1: uniforms that looked ridiculous, ridiculous, like good. I mean, not bad.
[23:31] Speaker 2: Right, right.
[23:32] Speaker 6: There's a little tension here in Houston because basically Tennessee
[23:36] Speaker 6: is wearing the Houston Oilers uniforms.
[23:38] Speaker 2: That's probably what you're referring to.
[23:40] Speaker 6: And I can tell you this, people in Houston don't
[23:42] Speaker 6: love it, but the people who really don't like it
[23:44] Speaker 6: are the ownership here in Houston, Cal and Hannah McNair.
[23:48] Speaker 2: I think they would love to have those colors back here.
[23:51] Speaker 6: The Tennessee owner, of course, Amy Adams Strunk, the daughter of–
[23:56] Speaker 6: Adams from, you know, Bud Adams who owned the Houston Oilers.
[24:01] Speaker 6: It's a fun little rivalry and the jerseys are the
[24:03] Speaker 6: latest salvo in terms of the shots back and forth.
[24:06] Speaker 1: Yeah, I love them. Now, the Bears ones, which I
[24:11] Speaker 1: don't think we're going to put on the screen, look
[24:12] Speaker 1: a little bit like Syracuse? But hey, I love it.
[24:16] Speaker 1: They look like the Orange Men. Caleb Williams is leaving
[24:19] Speaker 1: to go play for Syracuse. We're leaving as well. Thank you,
[24:21] Speaker 1: Lance Erlein. This has been the NFL Report. I'm Andrew Siciliano,
[24:25] Speaker 1: 7 p.m. Eastern time every day. See you tomorrow. Listen
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