Episode #1776
Kirk Cousins' Deep Ball Problem: Raiders Prep for Chargers with Breiden Fehoko
Raiders are 1-0, but we're not just taking the win and moving on. We break down the deep-ball problem hiding in the box score, bring in former Charger and LSU national champion Breiden Fehoko for a no-holds-barred read on the 0-1 Chargers, and open up the phone lines for the Raider Nation Court of Public Opinion. Chapters: 00:00 — Intro, welcome back Raider Nation 01:10 — Raiders 1-0, but there's a stat line that should make you nervous 01:45 — Breaking down Kirk Cousins' split stat line: elite under 10 air yards, 1-for-7 with 2 picks over 10 yards 03:23 — Three theories on the deep ball issue: arm strength, play design, or receiver separation 05:39 — Theory 3: is the wide receiver room the real problem? 09:10 — Ashton Jeanty, Brock Bowers absence and why WR separation matters 13:00 — What "fixed" looks like by Week 4, and prediction for the Chargers game 15:35 — Brock Bowers injury update: day-to-day, not week-to-week 19:49 — Prediction on Bowers' snap count for Sunday 20:26 — Max Crosby's managed workload: why his snap count dropped and why that's by design 25:00 — Kalshi prediction market picks for Raiders-Chargers 28:03 — Breiden Fehoko joins the show 29:07 — Fehoko on the Chargers: "the West Coast Cleveland Browns" 30:35 — Jim Harbaugh accountability and red flags from Chargers' Week 1 loss 34:21 — What Fehoko saw from the Raiders defense and Maxx Crosby's culture 37:03 — Offensive line turnaround under Klint Kubiak, DJ Glaze and Tyler Linderbaum 40:23 — Brock Bowers as a matchup nightmare, compared to Darren Waller and Derwin James 45:20 — Fernando Mendoza timeline: the Patrick Mahomes/Alex Smith comparison 53:15 — Wrap with Fehoko, prediction for Sunday's game 58:22 — Raider Nation Court of Public Opinion opens: Raider Rob's call Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
