We'll get into the reasons why I like Jared Stidham hires.

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Rashid Shaheed rushing, Cooper Cup receiving, and a whole lot more on the conference championship

preview with Dan

Pizzuto. One of the most, I would say thorough preview writers in the entire game. So Dan,

thanks for joining us. I want to start with the impossible question, but probably the most

important question of the entire weekend. How big of a drop-off is there from Bo Nix to Jared Stidom?

So I think structurally it's going to be a lot different because of what Bo Nix is able to do, kind of move it around.

And that's so much of what this Broncos offense has kind of been based around, is getting him out of the pocket, whether on purpose or not, because he does like still like to

go from clean pockets and just kind of get out of there and move around a little bit. So I think

we will see a little more structure, probably getting the ball out a little quicker. So I think I still

trust Sean Payton to open some things up schematically. But I think it is going to look a lot different

than in the way that Bowenix has probably a little less like explosive down the field where

you're hitting those types of plays that they've been kind of good at or kind of hit or miss

hitting throughout the season. But I think we're going to see a little more like concentrated

in the middle of the field probably is the stuff that we'll see just a little more. Yeah, with Bo Nix, I think his two signatures, maybe is three, it's sack avoidance. I don't think that Jared Sidham necessarily has that. You talk about the little boot legs and we saw that huge touchdown to little Jordan Humphrey and we've seen that tons of times before. That's another little signature that Bo Nix is good at.

And then obviously all the scrambling and short yardage rushing that they went to, you're not going to get that with Jared Stidham. Why I ask that, though, is the betting market seemed to think that the drop-off is about six-ish points. That feels kind of extreme to me. The reason why I think that's extreme is Jared

Stidham's been in this offense for three years. Sean Payton went out of his way to sign him on

the first day of free agency and then re-signed him to a two-year contract afterwards. On the

flip side, we'll get to Josh McDaniels, but Josh McDaniels also had an affinity for Jared Stidham,

drafting him in New England, and then trading for him when he was with the Raiders. So just some of the top play callers in the game seemed to like Jared Stidham. When I went back and watched him, I think he has a very lively arm. I think his decision making is actually pretty good. He can get a little bit chaotic with his feet, and you'll see him kind of really aggressively step up.

I think his accuracy is pretty hit and miss.

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