Tony Romo reacts to Chargers’ win over Raiders in Jim Harbaugh’s NFL return | Full Game Recap

Published: Sep 08, 2024 Duration: 00:08:52 Category: Sports

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Harbaugh. Now five and zero in openers, 22 to 10 is your final here Herbert 17 to 26 144. And the touchdown. But the story starts on the ground. JK Dobbins a buck 35 to his name. And for more it's time to take you out to the booth where the great Tony Romo is standing by. Tony, always great to see you and start a new season here. And I want to start with the final words you uttered on the broadcast. Chargers You might have found your identity. It's really an identity in the image of their head coach. What stood out to you about the game plan? I mean, that was almost exactly what you would expect. Like a tough, physical, hard fought Jim Harbaugh game. And the one thing is, the Raiders were equally as physically tough. And I think there'll be very few games this year that someone will impose their will on either one of these teams. You'll have styles and different fights. But this was just one of those persevere like a real 15 round fight. And it was ugly. It was tough. This D line dominated the first portion, then the next D line did and it was old school football. And I enjoyed the heck out of the whole game on both sides. And in round 14 it did actually turn into a fight. There for a moment. Let's talk about the Raiders for a couple of seconds here, because so often we see that magic captured by an interim head coach, and then you get to the actual opportunity. And it doesn't happen too often where the interim gets the head man job. How do you bottle up what they had last year down the stretch run and use it this year in what's required of a full time head coach? I wouldn't worry about the Raiders and Antonio Pierce is for real. Like I've played against him. I've communicated with him a bunch. You know, since he took over last year. And I think he's outstanding in almost each area. You know that you want your head coach. He has the ability to communicate with the players at a very high level. He has a standard that he sets that they follow. His players play as hard as any unit or any team that you'll see on tape week in, week out. Last year, you'll see that again today. Leaps out. They had too many turnovers and I think that cost him when they were right in that position to kind of extend the lead and to me there's a lot of positives there. But they didn't get the W, but they're much more exotic on defense than you think. He knows how to hide disguise I think they're going to have a really good year. They're just in a very tough division. I mean you got the Chargers. You got Andy Reid and the Chiefs Sean Payton a young quarterback. We'll see. But the Raiders are are going to be fine. They're just going to have to win some of the close ones. That's it. Everybody looking up at that big red machine. Opening arguments have been made between the Raiders and the Chargers. It's a win as the Harbaugh era begins Tony Romo appreciate you stopping by. As always. Thanks to look into the numbers here. It's plain and simple. The man gets his teams ready to play most recently a decade removed from his last a win over the Raiders in Week 122 to 10, and it started on the ground with a positive gain from JK Dobbins. Time and again it looked like Harbaugh. It's going to be hard to stop, but as we said, the Chiefs at the top far more multiple. See if this sort of bruising ball can withstand a full season in that division. Back in studio alongside the two time Super Bowl champ Brian McFadden. Joe Musso, your host back, that was exactly what we thought it was going to be. It was two teams that maybe are at a little bit of a talent deficit relative to those at the top of their division. There's really no hiding that the Chiefs have gotten better. We saw that on opening night, but as it pertains to these two, they're going to be tough outs for anybody that looks at them. What stood out to you on the Chargers side? First and foremost, that physical brand of football just their ability to stay with the running game. You know oftentimes offenses if they see something not working and they kind of switch it up. But for Coach Harbaugh and his entire staff offensively they stayed patient with the running game. And in the second half is when we really saw running opportunities for the Chargers, led by J.K. Dobbins. He finished with 135 yards on the in the ball game. But if you look at it in the first half, the Raiders did a great job and not allowing any running lanes. But they stayed patient. And then of course, one small crease open and he took 160 plus yards to kind of jumpstart everything when it came to this game. Kind of getting out of hand in favor of the Chargers. And that's the mentality. You know they're going to stay patient and stay devoted to the running game. And also they're going to play clean football. One side was sloppy three turnovers two fumbles one interception. The other side clean spotless football. And they were able to win this ball game. Guys with Justin Herbert only throwing for 144 yards. Those are Pop Warner numbers for quarterbacks right. That's not an area that Justin Herbert is used to being in. Especially winning ball games. I want to hear more about that because Justin Herbert is a guy that it seems like since that rookie season and the numbers, the gaudiness of them, this is going to be a different offense and Justin Herbert is going to be asked to do different things within it. That might be what the winning stat line has to look like with the weapons he has around him. Obviously you want to strike a little bit more of a balance, but do you think that they're doing a disservice if it is this run first plodding offense? Are you not taking advantage of your top weapon? No, I don't think they're doing Justin a disservice. And the reason why is because the other way, when we've seen him become more of a volume quarterback when it comes to the opportunities, it didn't really provide a lot of wins. Right? So this offense, when you look at all the offenses in the National Football League, their signature is ball control ball control, playing smart with the football and play tougher longer. That's their that's their mindset. And it works for Coach Harbaugh. Every stop he's been has been the same mindset. Ball control play tougher longer and be smar. That's what we saw today. And eventually you talked about the talent concerns. They're going to get more talent into the building right. But if he's able to make things happen right now with this said roster, just wait until he gets more talent in the building. But most importantly, you can tell he has the respect of the locker room everyone has bought into everything that he is selling, regardless if it's full price or half price. They're buying it because they know he has a resume of doing what winning and turning things around quickly. That's what Jim Harbaugh has done every single place that he has gone. And we'll see if they continue to buy into this run style. We'll see what happens when they face off with the team that's airing it out over the top. What we do know is that a record was broken the most yards in a debut for a running back in Chargers history, as J.K. Dobbins surpasses LaDainian Tomlinson number. Let's hear from Dobbins postgame with Tracy Wolfson. Just an incredible performance. Ten carries, 135 yards and a touchdown for you to be able to do that after last year tearing your Achilles in week one. Can you describe the emotions about it? You know, I've been praying hard, working hard, and it's no surprise to me because of the work I've put in the prayers I've put in. I know that God has something for me. When I tore my Achilles, I told the guys in the locker room in Baltimore like, I'm built for this. It was supposed to happen. I don't know why it happened, but it happened. Well, you certainly proved that today. This team struggled in the first half, though. What was that conversation like at halftime? Man just keep pushing. Keep fighting. We work so hard all camp right. So our coach he's a fighter. Everybody's a fighter. It's our culture now you know. So we're going to keep fighting. You mentioned your coach. You go from one Harbaugh to another Harbaugh what's it like to play for Jim Harbaugh? It's great I love him I love him. You know I had to beat him a few times in college. Three times. He's happy to have you on his side now. Yes ma'am I'm happy to be on his side to appreciate it. Congrats. Yes. Thank you so much. You heard it right there. Our coach fights and we're going to fight. It's what we do now. J.K. Dobbins, a buck 35 did it on ten. Totes house 13.5 yards per carry. Math is math. Those are the easy ones for me. You jt move tha

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