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But today is the day being the third of September, being a Friday afternoon and being that I've just finished work. So guys, sit back, relax. I'm going to roll the intro and I will see you in just a second. Got to be honest guys, before we continue, this couldn't have turned out any better. So you can expect to see some other pajama pants around my head in future videos. We have 40 to go guys. We have officially completed three-fifths of the list. And guys, if that doesn't bring a smile to your face, well, then we can't be friends. There is one final piece of information that I do want to let you guys know. The first 60 players, so the 60 players that we've already reacted to, were all dropped on a single day on August the 16th. I've just noticed on this number 40 video that the release date is a week after that August 23rd. So I'm led to believe they did 60, then a week later they did 20, then a week later they did another 20. So being that it's the 3rd of September, I feel like they've only just released the top 20. And yes, unfortunately, I have seen who gets the number one spot. I'm not going to spoil it. If you guys don't want to know who the number one spot is, I've got your back. But I would be surprised if you've spent any amount of time on YouTube lately and not seen who received that number one spot. Was it deserving? Most probably. Was it my pick? No. But all of that and more will be revealed. Today we're looking at a guy named Bradley Chubb. And when I think about the name Chubb, I always think about Nick Chubb who is a running back for the Browns. In this case, we've got Bradley Chubb. I can't remember whether there's a relation or not, but we will check. So let's begin with Bradley Chubb. Limebacker for the Broncos. They ain't like middle school. Hey? They ain't like middle school. That's scoring every damn time I touch that. All right, guys, for anyone who missed that, Bradley Chubb was asked by a fellow teammate whether he played running back. And then he went on to say that, yeah, thanks for asking. Every time I touch the ball, I scored that bitch. But it will say that that definitely piqued my interest to hear that he not only played running back, but was pretty damn successful. It's awesome to see, you know, his improvement from the injury that you had and then come back and have a breakout year that he did is pretty phenomenal. Fourth and three empty backfield. Can Denver make a play on defense? They rushed five. Darnell in the pocket. He'll be hit! Pretty close to have a linebacker, isn't it? Right at the line of scrimmage and he gets himself a sack. All right, let's look up some stats. Actually, he's a lot younger than what I recall. He's 25 years of age, six foot four, two hundred and seventy nine pounds. He's an absolute beast. He got picked up in the first round of the 2018 draft with pick number five. And he went to the Broncos. He made his first Pro Bowl appearance last year. Played four years at North Carolina State, which you don't really see often, especially for guys who are going to be picked up in that first round. You know, they tend to, or at least in the first 10 picks, they tend to forgo their senior season if possible, but Chubb didn't. Chubb was projected to go in the first round of the 2018 draft. During the 2018 NFL Scouting Combine, he named Von Miller and Khalil Mack as players whom he models his play after. And if you're going to talk about two names in the linebacker position that are basically a guarantee to get on the list, but not only that in the top 20. Yeah, those two guys will take the cake. So as a linebacker running back in middle school, can you imagine it? Six foot five, hang on, six four or six five? I'm going to say six four and a half, six four and a half. Bigger that's an inch and a half taller than Derek Henry. He's 270 pounds. That's probably about 15 to 20 pounds heavier than Derek Henry. And he runs a four, six, five, four yard dash, which is most probably less than 0.1 of a second slower than Derek Henry. He's got a vertical jump of 36 inches, a broad jump of 10 foot one and a bench press effort of 24 reps. And he signed a rookie deal worth 27 million, which says a lot. They extended the fifth year option on Chubb's contract on April 30th, 2021. And just looking at his stats from last year, 14 games played, 14 games started. 42 combined tackles, 26 solo and 16 assisted, 7.5 sacks for the season, nine tackles for loss, 19 hits on the QB, which is actually the first time I've ever seen that stat on Wikipedia. QB hits literally the first time. Pass is deflected, none. He didn't have too much more action, but he did force one fumble. And as far as the relation to Nick Chubb, they are cousins. And believe it or not, they were drafted in the exact same year, which is pretty cool. One with the fifth pick and one with the 35th pick. And I can guarantee the Thanksgiving dinners would be extremely interesting around the Chubb table. Anyway, let's continue. He's bigger than I thought. He is a big, big linebacker with speed. Not an easy assignment for any quarterback. The L surgery of last year, 55. He's been one of the real bright spots for this football team. Just speaks for what type of man he is, what type of player he is. After missing 12 games in 2019 with a torn ACL, Bradley Chubb returned in 2020. That's right. We were meant to check why he was out of the game for so long and why he only played four games in 2019. And it is because of a partial tear of his ACL. In that particular game, he left the field due to the injury, but briefly returned. And obviously must have got some scans after the game and realized, that's your season done. 2020 came back, played 14 games and was voted to the 2021 Pro Bowl. Came back the next year, played 14 games and for his efforts was voted to his first Pro Bowl. Congrats. He was his rookie season. Coming from the blind side, he was going to the ground and he reached up with his right arm and knocked the ball loose. I remember the first thing I thought when I saw him was, this dude is massive. Yeah. He's one of the biggest dudes I've ever seen, his power. Playing linebacker. That's what makes him. And with the ability to move like that. And then he gets people off guard. You know, you think it's just going to bull rush you then also hit you with the spin move. If you don't handle this guy, he will disrupt your entire offensive game plan. Oh, Brady did well to hold on to that. He doesn't just disrupt with his play on the field. You know, with Chubb, he's out there, John and backing it up in the same instance, it gets you going. Make your body go hell. I was waiting to hear what Justin would say. I mean, he's got an opinion on every single other player. He seems to nobody's talking about throughout the league, but certainly with a fellow Broncos player. Make your body go hell. I think I specifically remember him and Ebron going at it when we were playing Pittsburgh. Conor, Conor will bounce to the right and be hit by Chubb and dropped in the backfield. Tight end Ebron was... Eric Ebron. Knocked about three yards into the backfield. You could tell it brought that type of energy to the guys. Is that Tebow or Ebron? The defensive side of the ball. Now that was a bit of a low blow. I was a big supporter of Tim Tebow coming back this year. It just didn't work out, did it? Didn't quite have the killer instinct at 34 years of age and about 10 years out of the league. Fair enough. No piece of agreement is wish you on the edge. He's trying to come. Put your face mask into him. To a hit and dropped and there's Bradley Chubb with a huge shot. Denver got themselves a great player in him. He's the real deal. See, I tell you what, the difference about tackling in the game of rugby and football was on full display there. Okay? He did his job, right? He went low, he took the guy to the ground. As soon as your opposite man, as soon as the attacker, as soon as the offensive player touches the ground, the play's over. You don't have to worry about anything else, right? But in rugby, let's say he was to make that same tackle. The guy, you know, falls through the tackle. You don't really wrap your arms up. The guy just falls through it and sort of falls down on one knee or he might even fall to his stomach. But at the end of the day, the play's not over. So Bradley Chubb makes that tackle, but he has to get back up again. Because that's exactly what the offensive player's going to do. So when I see that, it really, it's interesting because at this moment, the play is still going in rugby, right? So there'd be other Broncos coming in. There'd be other, you know, Miami players behind him coming over the ball. And basically at this point, you know, as he gets tackled, if he was held, he'd have to release that ball. And then it's up to your teammates to come and secure that ball and continue the play. But seeing as the tackle was incomplete, he's got free reign to jump back up and continue running down the field. So that is where Bradley Chubb would have to bounce back up just as fast and continue running. And I just saw that instance and I just, it doesn't happen often, but I did think back to a game of rugby and I thought, and that, that's the major difference, right? It's the major difference between, you know, training techniques. It's the major difference between the body type and body shape of a, you know, average rugby player as opposed to an average NFL player. You make a play in American football, the play's over. Now, everything I'm saying, remember, is associated with rugby union, not rugby league. Now, if you were going to look at the game of rugby league, which, you know, it's a whole new set of rules, but they are a certain set of rules that are similar, more similar to the world of NFL, in that after a tackle is completed, just like this, or after a man is down, the play doesn't continue, it actually stops, they reset, the defense goes back 10 meters, the attack gets ready for another set and they go. Similar to the NFL rules, but not quite the same. Similar to NFL rules, but not quite the same, and if I have completely confused you, let me know down in the comment section below and let's continue. Yeah, there's no way you'd be doing snow angels on a rugby field, because by that point Fitzpatrick is probably sprinting away for a try. Like I see, this is like a last ditch tackle. The full back, the last guy, probably the equivalent of a free safety coming across, making that last ditch tackle, but Fitzpatrick breaking through the tackle. And in football, his knees down, the play's over. In rugby, his knees down, he can get straight back up and continue running. It's just the difference. He has speed, he has power, he has a swagger, and he has the will. Respect him. This guy's looking for that kid and he's going to be... He looks about 6'2", but he's 6'5". Especially on the top 10 fast rush in the league for many years to come. Yeah, I don't really know what to say about that. Other than, I mean, I enjoyed it. He's an absolute dynamite player. If I was a Broncos fan, you know, if I was a Die Hard Broncos fan, he'd most probably be one of my favorite players. But at the end of the day, you can only be on one bandwagon at a time and I'm on the Jacksonville bandwagon. And I'm going to continue to be throughout this season, unless they continue to fucking get rid of players that I like. In which case, I might have to have a wee word with management. They better be on their best behavior throughout this season. But anyways, guys, look, I hope you enjoyed that video. In the next one, we're looking at a quarterback, Kyla Murray, place for the Cardinals, and he's a gun. He's an absolute gun. Undercised, certainly not underskilled. So guys, thank you for watching and I'll see you back here shortly. Have a great day.