The Harrises break down another big Broncos win and look ahead to the NFL trade deadline — with Shelby floating one bold idea: Kyle Pitts to Denver. Ryan, Chris, and Shelby debate which contenders are for real, which teams are fading fast, and hand out their midseason awards including MVP, DPOY, and Coach of the Year.
Ryan, Chris, and Shelby Harris are back with a full Week 9 breakdown — starting with Denver’s 18–15 road win and a defense that’s suddenly one of the league’s toughest. The guys explain why those red-zone stands matter most in November football, and what the Broncos’ chemistry means heading into the second half of the season.
Then it’s deadline talk: could Sean Payton really pull off a blockbuster? Shelby throws out a wild but intriguing trade idea involving Kyle Pitts, while Chris looks at what contenders like the Eagles and Ravens are already doing to load up.
They close the show with midseason awards — from Matthew Stafford’s MVP case to Myles Garrett’s defensive dominance, plus Coach of the Year frontrunners like Shane Steichen and Mike McDonald. Three champions, three perspectives, one truth: the NFL season is just getting good.
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Ryan Harris
Welcome back to where the Harris is. We got Shelby Harris, current NFL star. And we've got Chris Harris junior Super Bowl 50 champion, perennial Pro Bowler and myself Ryan Harris, champion. Super Bowl 50 sellers. The Broncos had an incredible win on the road. It was 1815. At the end of the day, what did you make about the Broncos getting to squeeze out another this season?
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Shelby Harris
Man the Broncos did it again. They find a way and I know people are going to have question marks out to this. When all straw was hurt. You know it was all these different factors that go into it. But guess what. They came out one. And oh, and in the NFL that's the only thing that matters. Those guys on the other side of the ball get paid to man that Bronco defense.
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Shelby Harris
You got to give them credit and Bronco defense finally that's showing up. And like once again, it does not matter that C.J. Stroud was out. Pierce two was out to you know, you had a big component of your defense. I was out. So the Broncos were just as much struggling before the game as the Texans were. So they came out there and they actually came and responded.
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Shelby Harris
That team that actually responded, another win that is going to help this team at the end of the season during crunch time.
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Chris Harris Jr.
And, you know, it is a huge road win. The Broncos have been very good on the road in pretty tight. Tight, you know, games lately. You know, and that's what it takes to win and to make it far in the playoffs. You got to win these close games. And, who cares if C.J. Stroud was in or out?
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Chris Harris Jr.
You know, the Broncos still was able to handle business. You know, in the NFL, everybody gets paid. Everybody has a job to do. So, you know, David Mills is more than capable of beating a lot of NFL teams. And, you know I've been beaten by David Mills before. So I know that he can he's capable of beating you know guys.
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Chris Harris Jr.
So the Broncos was able to, you know, go out there Zach Allen still being a monster. Greenlaw being able to shut down the run. That's the difference right. They can they can play run defense now completely. May Nick Chubb and those guys you know nonexistent I think they average like two yards per carry. And then they had the the goal line stop.
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Chris Harris Jr.
So, you know it's just a tougher team who is injured MVP right now. The defense his way. He's commanding everything and capping the defense and not letting everything game there have been a lot of big plays, right. You don't see a lot of people just run away from the Broncos. Right. Because the safeties are captaining. So I, I love what they're doing on the defensive side of the ball.
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Chris Harris Jr.
Offense. If we can get clicking a little bit faster earlier in the game. But I know we're missing Mims. You know he's a huge playmaker for us. But I think I think the, Broncos are definitely in the in the right spot right now. Feeling good. You know the Chiefs are struggling. The Chargers are struggling.
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Chris Harris Jr.
So it's looking good for Denver.
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Ryan Harris
The amazing thing two things I want to say about that Broncos win. The first thing about that Broncos win is your defense. When you the game in the first half with two red zone stands. And that first one was first and goal from the two. I mean, you might not see a defense do that twice this year. And they did it twice in the same half.
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Ryan Harris
And then Tyler Noah who found the came in I think he's having a Pro Bowl season. It is a remarkable how good he is. He's always bothered football. Dre Greenlaw aka hit stick. Whoa. He is a difference maker like you said Chris let's give a little shout out to Chris Abrams drain. Everybody's talking about oh Patrick Shelton's not playing with yes.
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Ryan Harris
You need Patrick to tan. Nobody's saying that. But the next man up mentality. Here comes Chris Abrams drained and he smokes CJ's star with the best hit I've seen in a while. Shoulder to that sternum. Oh. Ouch. Yeah. No I mean that kind of thing. You hope that your young players come up and when they get an opportunity, they step into it like that.
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Ryan Harris
They got to call the run. More on the Broncos offense. They have to call the run. Somebody tell Sean Payton, call the run. It's free minutes mobile to mobile. But they're in a great spot as as you guys said. And they they're at the top of the AFC West.
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Shelby Harris
Let's go man that was spinal I'm telling you like you know he felt that thing all through his body. You can just tell that it made him feel a question coming out the play that day. But once again the you know I you know, we have to give credit to Vance Joseph. Another another adjustment throughout the game to get the team starting quarterback goes out.
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Shelby Harris
So you gotta think the offense is going to change just a little bit to help them in nothing. But field goals and times where the Texans were driving. And that defense came up with big stops all throughout the game. So once again that Vance Joseph defense is so crucial to what this Broncos team does. They're playing some real good complementary football.
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Shelby Harris
And they're not even they haven't even hit their peak yet. They haven't really even played complementary football at the right time together. It's just they they've been playing off each other and being able to win. But once it all actually clicks, man, this team, this team is going to be special. But as we move the second down, man, it's something that I'm very familiar with is a trade.
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Shelby Harris
The trade deadline is coming up guys, and we've already had a couple a couple of trades. My guy Draymond Jones can send off to the Ravens. He's got a couple teams doing a couple fire sales. Got guys. Is there any other trades that we might see. Those rumors. There's rumors. I keep hearing that. Well one I'm not going to I keep hearing my name and rumors.
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Shelby Harris
But then.
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Ryan Harris
Two.
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Shelby Harris
I keep hearing that the Broncos might be a team that might actually end up doing a blockbuster trade at the deadline. Chris how do you feel about that?
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Chris Harris Jr.
I seen the Eagles, you know, continue to get the rich gets richer. Right? Being able to get Phillips, a guy that's played in Fangio's system when he coached in Miami and he he's an excellent pass rusher, at a at a position where they do need that. Right. It's usually the Eagles have an overwhelming pass rushers.
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Chris Harris Jr.
But you know a lot of those guys had left and went got paid. So you know to be able to bring Phillips bring in. Jaire. Alexander. Even though he hadn't played too well, he didn't fit too good in the Ravens system. You know, he might fit better with it, you know. And and he'll miss another playmaker. So and they do need some more corners.
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Chris Harris Jr.
So I think the Eagles definitely one so far. Draymond Jones I think going to Ravens that's going to be a good fit for him being able to you know go to a winning atmosphere I think what was he at Tennessee.
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Shelby Harris
And then Tennessee. And the don't forget about Luke Wilson from Cincinnati a guy came out Tuesday morning to Luke Wilson going to the Cowboys today too.
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Ryan Harris
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Chris Harris Jr.
Yeah. But if the Broncos you know I don't see them being a blockbuster. You know I don't know why they had them out there. I seen them man looking for a receiver you know. But you know just talking to Sean Payton. That's not his philosophy. Right. You feel like he can get anybody open in his scheme and his system.
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Chris Harris Jr.
So I don't see him making, like, big trades for, you know, a receiver. So I don't know who would be out there that they're looking for, right now. You know, I think it's just getting their guys healthy. But right now, you got to give it to the Eagles. You know, being able to get Phillips being able to steal him.
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Chris Harris Jr.
That's how I mean, they're running the trade deadline right now.
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Ryan Harris
You know, it's I think it's interesting too. This is a different trade deadline. I mean before last weekend I would have said, man, maybe the Steelers need to get on that trade deadline. Maybe maybe the Browns need to get on that trade deadline. But now all of a sudden you get some performances. You're like, man, you could be three and five and still have a chance here now.
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Ryan Harris
Yeah. So there's a lot of teams that are in this last weekend just pulled themselves down. But if I'm the Miami Dolphins I'm trading as much as I can to get more value back for the next draft. You are in a rebuild. You do not have a GM anymore for their GM. You do not have a quarterback you can trust.
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Ryan Harris
You know you might not have a coach you can trust, so now's the time to get picks. If I'm at Miami, I am wholesaling. And for me, and if I'm the Broncos, I'm not doing anything that is a great roster that loves each other, believes in themselves. Now, they may not have the veteran leadership you need, but you also don't want a veteran to come in and start stealing from the team and players to see that.
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Ryan Harris
So you really got to make the best decision for your chemistry on your roster. And that's why if I'm the Broncos, I'm staying pat. And if I'm the Dolphins, man, I can't wait to pick up the phone today.
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Shelby Harris
I believe that a team that you will see actually be active, that we've really wouldn't expect, but they've had a rash of injuries lately that would make them have to rethink how they're going to do it in the trenches. Is the Los Angeles Chargers. They are decimated on the O-line and Bean line. They need help. They lost both their starting tackles, Christian Slater and Joe.
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Shelby Harris
All the season ending injuries. And that's a team that had postseason you know thoughts and and and had inhibitions before the season. So what are they going to do to fix the problems. Kind of happened in the season because obviously if there were that many great tackles on all in the league, they wouldn't be out there for trade rumors at this time.
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Shelby Harris
So there's only so much fixing. You know, Bob, it's only so much you can put people into play right now and actually expect to be, you know, competitive. But one thing I do expect the Browns do. I know this is crazy. And I and I've heard this rumor in the offseason and people thought when you got Evan Engram that was going to squash it all.
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Shelby Harris
But I have some for y'all Kyle Pitts.
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Ryan Harris
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Shelby Harris
To the Broncos. And I think that would be the blockbuster people wouldn't expect. But it's something that I think would make that offense and actually take it to a whole completely different level where having the two dynamic players like a Kyle Pitts in Everett Ingram but also having receivers, and then it takes a little bit of that pressure off those younger receivers and allows them to just play a role and not have to expect to be a playmaker.
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Shelby Harris
So if we're going to look at a blockbuster trade, I'm saying it's going to be Kyle Pitts. But especially with the Falcons struggling the way they are. Kyle Pitts to the.
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Ryan Harris
Broncos, that would be a lethal offense. If you're able to keep Evan Ingram, you got two guys that can run post routes from the slot right. Run post routes from the three point. So I mean that's a that's a and you guys know better than me. No defense is built to stop two tight ends. Now you guys don't have that personnel.
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Ryan Harris
So and if you're in if you're Sean Payton I think that's a great way to do it. I think that was one of the most impressive, Patriots championships when they had Gronkowski and Aaron Hernandez. And we're just playing that 22 personnel I mean that's hard to beat. So man if you're a Shelby Harris future agent he's got his ear on the street.
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Ryan Harris
Let's go.
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Shelby Harris
Hey. Always gotta gotta stay relevant baby okay.
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Chris Harris Jr.
Now we're going to third down. And nine weeks into the season who is the team to beat. Are these teams for real? We got the Broncos, the Colts and the Pats. Seven and two. The bills six into the Eagles. Rams Seattle on the Bucs six and two and the Packers five to on what what team do y'all think is for real and has the best chance to win it this season?
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Shelby Harris
Hey, I know y'all saw the Seahawks team this week. Oh man that Seahawks team looks scary. Defense flying around Sam Darnold I don't want to say it but look at like an MVP right now.
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Ryan Harris
Oh man ball.
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Chris Harris Jr.
In. He's in a rice ball.
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Shelby Harris
And he's in the round about balling. And then come on now the kid Jackson Smith and Jake Burroughs over here playing at an all.
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Ryan Harris
Pro.
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Shelby Harris
Level right now. This team we haven't seen this type of offense come out of Seattle in a long time. And now they have the defense to match. And one thing I've always respected from even from my time in Seattle, they always have some of the best special teams in the league. But Michael Dixon is probably the best, one of the best, if not the best the league.
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Shelby Harris
And they have Jason Myers all the way as Mr. Consistent. This team is. It's surprising a lot of people miss because no one knew what to expect from Sam Darnold coming into Seattle now man they look unstoppable.
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Ryan Harris
Shout out to Mike McDonald who put together a great coaching staff I mean one of the things that fans don't see is that most coaches they don't want former players around. They don't want a great coaching staff because they don't want to be challenged, not Mike McDonald. He's got world champions in that locker room as a coaching staff, setting the example, and they got a lot of young guys.
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Ryan Harris
They got the lot of players. They have a lot of players who didn't have success somewhere else but know that they're good enough to be pros. I mean, what Sam Darnold's been through is a story that many NFL professionals know, and he's there to do the work. And in that post game, you hear him talking about me. I'm happy to be a part of this team.
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Ryan Harris
It's fun to be a part of this team. And those are the kinds of things you need to win. So that's something where to me, not only Seattle real, then you got the you got the Arizona Cardinals turning things around over there now I mean the Arizona Cardinals shout out to Jacoby Brissett getting up getting a bunch of getting a bunch of production and an offense that was clearly stagnant for a different reason.
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Ryan Harris
But then you to me at the end of the day, the bills show that they're ready to go toe to toe with the best in the AFC. So the bills are the number one team to me right now. That's the team you got to beat.
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Chris Harris Jr.
I'm gonna go with the Rams also. You know the Rams playing good football Matthew Stafford heaps. He's probably up there in the VP race. Also with 21 leading the league in touchdowns 20 plus touchdowns and two picks. And I mean on that no look at all over the field. Very accurate. Williams in the run game has been very solid.
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Chris Harris Jr.
Their defense have been very impressive. You know the Rams got a D line. Now they're coming off that edge. So I like what they're doing. They're definitely going to be a contender. But you know in the AFC is it's tough man. It's tough to go against you know what the bills are doing. The Chargers like chubby said losing those two tackles I think they're done.
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Chris Harris Jr.
The Colts showed us you know, you said they're if they had him on the road and not playing that dome and it's kind of chilly. They might not be the team who we thought they are. You know, going up there playing the Steelers and getting killed. So it's still kind of up in the air. But I think the Broncos are for real in the AFC.
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Chris Harris Jr.
You know and the bills right now.
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Shelby Harris
Hey like let's not forget you know we just a week or two ago we were stadium singing the praises of the Colts. Oh Indianapolis Indianapolis that I don't see I didn't see anybody mention them boys this week. But I performance they had against the Steelers man Daniel Jones looked like Daniel Johnson. New York and I don't think any I think a lot of people's enthusiasm with the Colts went away real quick the minute you saw Daniel Jones look like old Daniel Jones.
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Shelby Harris
And I'm here to say it won't happen again. Yeah, it won't happen again. Because that team that coached team, they got bullied right there by those dude by the Steelers, the turnovers. They went like three straight drives or turnovers where it was a Daniel Jones strip sack Daniel Jones interception. The play moves like it was just Daniel Jones has had one of those games where it's like, hey, we don't want that old guy here anymore.
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Shelby Harris
We need them. We need that new Danny Dimes all over again. And one thing that really does set that game off against against the Steelers were the Colts struggled. They didn't run the ball.
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Ryan Harris
Hello. Where was before running the ball.
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Shelby Harris
And then you made Daniel Jones throw the ball 30 plus times. You're not going to win. And so the Colts forgot who they were for a week. But I don't expect it to happen again because obviously they know their former to success is to give Jonathan Taylor the ball. There was a time in that game I just saw him drop back and throw the ball at least eight times straight, and when the game was.
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Ryan Harris
Close, yeah, that's that's that's illegal. That's illegal in football. To do that you got to run the ball every third play.
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Shelby Harris
And and that's the issue though is this they got to relying on Daniel Jones. And that's what we saw happen all over again the New York Giants mindset. And so once again Daniel Jones has made strides. We we we see who he's become. But we see how easy it is for him to come back and do it and come back and be the guy that he was before.
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Shelby Harris
So I think it was a it was a reality check for that Indianapolis team. They played a good defense. A defense has been struggling, so they played a defense that had to find itself again. And they kind of they knocked Indiana in the mouth. And we're I expect them to be the team that we saw the first couple weeks of the season, not the team that we saw against the Steelers.
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Ryan Harris
Credit the Steelers. They had to turn their season around. They had to really put something together where they felt good, not only about the win, but about who they beat and how they did it. And leave it to Mike Tomlin, Hall of Fame coach, to come up with a defensive game plan to shock people back into acting like they're crazy.
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Ryan Harris
That's Shane Steichen as Danny Dimes and and honestly, that's tailored to it. Because if you're not running the ball like that, that's on him to go tell the coach, hey, run the ball and you can say some other words like that in the NFL, but can we get some credit to the Vikings to everybody left them for dead.
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Ryan Harris
What they go do that is beat the Lions. That's it I mean come on man. So you have some resurrection and you have some shocking losses in the same week. And it's all building up to a fantastic week ten in the NFL.
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Shelby Harris
But is it over for the Bengals. Is it over for the Bengals right now that team is imploding with the players, offensive players literally in the media telling the defense, man, y'all suck. We all had to get one more stop. I've never seen something like that before that.
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Ryan Harris
Go head over for honey. That's crazy. I mean, even Joe Flacco can come in and do that. I mean, you should have won the game now. Should have won the game. I just gotta say that I mean, do I mean, do you agree? I mean, you guys are on defense. Yeah. Quarterback throwing for 400 like that off the couch.
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Ryan Harris
Hello.
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Chris Harris Jr.
I mean it's just poor tackling you know, saying the rookie Loveland you know, be able to do that to you if you're a man in you're in that second day. You know that has to be the worst feeling ever, right. We just let a rookie come down and really a second year quarterback and then a rookie just come in and just win this game on us.
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Chris Harris Jr.
You know as a secondary, you know that makes you that's that's going to make you feel bad. And that's why the Ja'Marr Chase is hot. What's the running backs name is Brown. Brown is hot. You know. No. Tell him what else was said in there. You know, but this is this has been the Bengals recipe, you know, for the past three years.
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Chris Harris Jr.
You know, playing terrible defense. Secondary. They haven't I don't think they've drafted anybody. Have they drafted anybody in the secondary. You know that's been worth a while you know. So they they have to reconstruct their, their defense and they're kind of like the Cowboys, you know, they're going to pay. They're spending so much money. Offensive heavy, right, that they forget their defense.
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Chris Harris Jr.
And you know, teams are built different. And we can see the teams that are built in kind of like how the Broncos, you can have a young quarterback and you put them around a lot of vets. What's another good team is doing it like Seattle doing it. Yeah. They got it that they didn't overpay a quarterback but they they played them solid right.
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Chris Harris Jr.
Donald's getting all.
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Ryan Harris
Those in there to Jacksonville.
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Shelby Harris
Yeah they're him you know. No way man. That's is what it is. But I Bengals team played embarrassingly bad. Your offense puts up those type of stats. And as a defender that's unacceptable I'm cussing everybody out on the sideline too. I'm just mad too. And that's the thing. We only saw offensive players saying that defensive players should be the first ones being like, that's unacceptable.
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Shelby Harris
Yeah, and I think that's their problem. You know? I mean like you only have the offensive players be like, that's unacceptable. The defensive players are like, we lost.
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Ryan Harris
Man.
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Shelby Harris
You know? And that's and you can't, you can't have that. And then as we move the fourth down, we're pretty much at the mid-season point of the year, which means mid-season award. Fellas, let me hear. We got defensive player of the year obviously offensive player of the year slash MVP. Obviously you know all know how that goes. Offensive rookie year defensive rookie year.
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Shelby Harris
And then don't forget coach of the year.
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Ryan Harris
Go ahead Chris.
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Chris Harris Jr.
That may have brought out five different awards and one that.
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Ryan Harris
Get him down. Yeah.
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Chris Harris Jr.
But I'm a go way. Let's go with Matthew Stafford MVP. Right. Just balling all year. Offensive player of the year. Let's go Taylor running back defensive player of the year Myles Garrett. You know I think is he still in the league in sacks.
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Shelby Harris
Yes he is you.
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Chris Harris Jr.
Know still being a problem on that Browns franchise. You know he's still making plays. Who are some what other positions.
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Shelby Harris
Oh that was a rookie of the year.
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Chris Harris Jr.
Oh offensive rookie of the year.
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Shelby Harris
Ha. Go to Tampa. You know who knows what's going on in Tampa.
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Chris Harris Jr.
But he hasn't played in a couple of weeks right I like what dart is doing I like what yeah I'm gonna have to go ahead and book because that when he was playing, he was number one receiver in the league at that time, right. Defensively, I haven't seen any rookie pop out yet defensively yet. I might have to go back and check the numbers, but.
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Shelby Harris
I'm in Cleveland.
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Chris Harris Jr.
Yeah, I haven't seen. Well, yeah. Y'all do have a deep tackle that can't stop the run now.
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Shelby Harris
Not from a linebacker. I'm talking about the linebacker Carson Switzer.
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Chris Harris Jr.
Okay, I might have to check him out, but rookies on defense haven't really popped out yet for me yet. Man, gotta pick like.
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Ryan Harris
What's going in there.
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Chris Harris Jr.
You know? We'll take that. We'll throw him in there. Coach of the year. Let's go with the Colts.
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Shelby Harris
Coach Steichen.
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Chris Harris Jr.
Yeah, let's go with pro Steichen. I think he's able to turn the tide around that team moving on from Anthony Richardson. You know, I would say passing away and then, you know, still take control of the organization. I'm gonna go with Coach Steiger.
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Ryan Harris
All right? Man, he would go for the MVP for me. Come on, give it to him. It's going to be one Lamar Jackson. I just think he's coming back. He's going to go ham on everybody. I think.
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Chris Harris Jr.
He's.
00:21:35:09 - 00:21:57:03
Ryan Harris
Going to come back. He's going to come back and he's going to put open on everybody. He heard about y'all if not him Daniel Jones Sam Darnold you're in that conversation Taylor was you can't have a performance like that. You can't poor leadership like that. And allow them to not rush you the ball like that. So you got your way out of it for offensive player of the year.
00:21:57:05 - 00:22:14:28
Ryan Harris
Oh man, that's a tough one. God. I mean, as much as everybody wants to talk about Matthew Stafford, how about Devonte Adams out there still killing it. Now let's let's give it to the vet. Let's give it to the vet who's still running them steam routes. Get patient. You know me for rookie of the year. It's gotta be to me Abdul Carter I saw him when he was in college.
00:22:15:00 - 00:22:30:09
Ryan Harris
He is a premier pass rusher and he is a tough player. And you guys know how tough it is for a rookie to play with strength on it, on that defensive line. He's got some spin moves. He can do it all. Defensive player of the year I got to go with Myles Garrett. You get five sacks in a game man.
00:22:30:09 - 00:22:47:00
Ryan Harris
You get it man I mean and then you and you still have helped your team and that defense you guys Shelby now conversely do a lot of the defense is you actually give your team a chance to win the game with your defensive play. So I like him. But coach New Year's gotta be Mike McDonald to me. Nobody believed in Sam Darnold.
00:22:47:04 - 00:23:04:06
Ryan Harris
Nobody believed in have two coaches he had on his staff. And he's still out here just you know leading the division. So I mean this is a phenomenal team. And we gotta give credit to great coaches. We cannot stand bad coaches. And we know what they do to people's lives. But let me tell you what good coaches like Mike McDonald, they get they get all the flowers.
00:23:04:06 - 00:23:07:17
Ryan Harris
They get all the praise because they're doing it the right way and their players are having fun.
00:23:07:24 - 00:23:28:24
Shelby Harris
But we all know bad coaches take checks out of players pockets. And I'm talking about I've seen it all before. Bad coaches man. They they they take years off of a player's career. But right now we got to go with this MVP at this halfway moment is no one other than Matt Stafford. What he's doing. And I remember if you all look at episodes before this go check it out.
00:23:28:24 - 00:23:51:04
Shelby Harris
I have been singing the praises I've been telling people watch out for this LA Rams team a very complete team man. It's just a team that I be terrified of on offense with them. I'm Devonte Adams and having Puga, but Puig was injured now, but once they all come back with the weapons they have at the time and Kyron Williams like, behind at running back, man that offense is legit.
00:23:51:04 - 00:24:08:15
Shelby Harris
But then also with the front seven that that Rams team has. And so it's going to make my Stafford's job a lot easier. And and that's what you're going to see later in the season when when these games get harder and harder you're going to see that defense really come and pull that Rams team and really propelled them to the playoffs.
00:24:08:18 - 00:24:24:14
Shelby Harris
Defensive play two you no other than Myles Garrett we know that. I don't think that's not not much even needs to be said Myles. Mr. Myles Lawrence Garrett will be the decoy again. And so that and that that's I'm excited to be a part of that. Personally I think it's great to be on the field where I'm watching.
00:24:24:14 - 00:24:27:27
Shelby Harris
Greatness is man. Got five sacks and I'm on the field. Half of them.
00:24:27:29 - 00:24:30:27
Chris Harris Jr.
Is his next gen stats legit?
00:24:30:29 - 00:24:49:03
Shelby Harris
Yeah. Like I'm not. Are you really? And you know, I'm not that I hate giving compliments. I'm not like Chris. You know me. I'm not a compliment. Complimentary type of person Myles Garrett I don't. It's very rare when you see him lose a pass rush. I see people when we go to these joint practices. How many times you've seen Myles Garrett lose.
00:24:49:06 - 00:24:51:09
Shelby Harris
You don't. Oh you don't.
00:24:51:09 - 00:24:55:03
Ryan Harris
Hey, man I want to sleep tonight. Yeah I'm still a tackle now. You can't, you know.
00:24:55:06 - 00:25:16:03
Shelby Harris
But I will tell you this. And Denver Broncos country should be happy about this. One of the best people I ever see go against Bozo is gear bolts. By far, by far. Garrett holds his own offensive rookie of the year. I got to go down to Tampa. Is is he, Offensive player of the year? No doubt. Even with him being hurt, the numbers he's put up, you know, as a rookie, that's special.
00:25:16:03 - 00:25:34:10
Shelby Harris
I really do have him, Mike Evans out and just coming in there and then just taking over and he's tough Chris Godwin don't don't forget about that. So you have ballers down there and he he's he's taking over the offense. We're going here. I'm going to be selfish. We're going to Cleveland Carson Swearinger just watch the tape I know yeah.
00:25:34:13 - 00:25:40:01
Shelby Harris
You know we talk about our record in Cleveland being what it is. Look at our number.
00:25:40:01 - 00:25:40:13
Ryan Harris
1 in.
00:25:40:13 - 00:26:00:21
Shelby Harris
1 of the top defenses and leave. A big part of that is this rookie linebacker of UCLA. And the middle I am crazy. The guy doesn't make mistakes. He he's alive, but he's he's the he's the brain of the defense. To be able to have that much information put on you as a young guy, it's very rare. It's very rare.
00:26:00:23 - 00:26:21:04
Shelby Harris
And now offensive. Play it here. Obviously it's like obviously, you know OPL or while or whatever Jonathan Taylor no doubt. We know that Jonathan Taylor is the lifeblood of that Indianapolis Colts offense. That's it. Point blank sample coach of the year obviously that you had a great choice with Mike Madonna. But you gotta go saying psycho for it.
00:26:21:04 - 00:26:26:21
Shelby Harris
For a team that had a QB battle to start the season, you don't expect them to be where they are today. You.
00:26:26:21 - 00:26:26:29
Ryan Harris
Right?
00:26:27:05 - 00:26:47:00
Shelby Harris
Any time you have a QB battle, you expect your team to be trash. You expect your team to really have to like, figure out, you know the defense is going to be a strong part of your team and Indiana Indianapolis is the offense. So that those are my picks for the midseason awards. But man, so much can change in these next eight weeks.
00:26:47:00 - 00:27:08:10
Ryan Harris
And we gotta mention Class Campbell to now. I mean, he's out there 21 year old, 401 K playing out there on the NFL, making him go bankrupt. I mean, he's balling at an age that I don't I'm betting I can't believe it man. So shout out to Clay is Campbell as well. Well that's this week's episode of Where the Harris is like subscribe share with friends, retweet.
00:27:08:11 - 00:27:15:18
Ryan Harris
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