WEBVTT - Mac & Bone Hour 4: Panthering Up? 0:00:01.110 --> 0:00:05.180 Why are. 0:00:09.520 --> 0:00:10.900 You so. 0:00:13.080 --> 0:00:14.380 Pretty now? 0:00:27.490 --> 0:00:30.170 I actually think this could be Miami's kind of announcement 0:00:30.230 --> 0:00:32.309 to the rest of the country. We think we know 0:00:32.350 --> 0:00:34.449 that they're really good. I think on Saturday night, we're 0:00:34.470 --> 0:00:37.120 going to be like, yep, that is one of, if 0:00:37.229 --> 0:00:38.960 not the best teams in the country. I don't know 0:00:39.000 --> 0:00:41.120 if there's enough guts in a bring your own gut 0:00:41.159 --> 0:00:44.000 style environment for Dabo Sweeney to go out there and 0:00:44.100 --> 0:00:48.240 beat a Miami team that's that talented. unless Miami beats themselves, 0:00:48.600 --> 0:00:51.339 which they have a propensity to do at times. But 0:00:51.400 --> 0:00:54.630 this feels different this year. You've got Darian Mensah playing 0:00:54.670 --> 0:00:57.010 at a high level. You've got Malachi Toney. And if 0:00:57.050 --> 0:00:59.210 we didn't have Jeremiah Smith in this sport right now, 0:00:59.270 --> 0:01:01.430 Malachi Toney would be head and shoulders the best wide 0:01:01.450 --> 0:01:04.410 receiver in college football. By the way, Mensah played in 0:01:04.450 --> 0:01:08.910 Tiger Stadium last year, beat Clemson. in the road environment, 0:01:09.090 --> 0:01:11.010 in a tight game. They're better at the line of 0:01:11.030 --> 0:01:14.550 scrimmage than Clemson is. They're better than Clemson. Clemson's gotten 0:01:14.590 --> 0:01:17.730 some wins over, what, Georgia Southern, North Carolina, and Cal? 0:01:17.890 --> 0:01:20.899 I've got Miami winning on the road 42-17. They cover 0:01:20.920 --> 0:01:21.920 the 16. 0:01:21.459 --> 0:01:21.800 And a half. 0:01:21.900 --> 0:01:24.940 Road favorites, baby! What are we doing? This is crazy. 0:01:26.390 --> 0:01:30.030 That is Joel Klatt thinks Miami could put it on 0:01:30.050 --> 0:01:33.229 the Clemson Tigers. And that's one of the questions, Bowens, 0:01:33.430 --> 0:01:36.970 as we enter the college football confidence segment. If you're 0:01:37.010 --> 0:01:42.900 looking for expertise breaking down the Panthers and their situation 0:01:42.940 --> 0:01:44.940 right now with all the injuries and the game against 0:01:44.959 --> 0:01:47.040 the Lions, we're not going to give it to you. 0:01:47.200 --> 0:01:51.040 We tried earlier, but Trevor Sycamore from NFL Media joins 0:01:51.140 --> 0:01:52.000 us at. 0:01:53.260 --> 0:01:54.100 What time would that be, Bo? 0:01:54.100 --> 0:01:54.260 925. 0:01:54.260 --> 0:01:56.720 Yeah, if you're. 0:01:56.020 --> 0:01:59.040 Looking for Zach Gelb, he was on yesterday this week. 0:01:59.060 --> 0:02:03.210 Check out the podcast wherever you find your podcasts. 0:02:03.390 --> 0:02:03.950 Absolutely. 0:02:03.970 --> 0:02:07.490 All right, so we want to know which college fan 0:02:07.530 --> 0:02:09.169 base is out there. We definitely want to hear from 0:02:09.190 --> 0:02:11.430 some of the local ones, but I mean, heck. If 0:02:11.470 --> 0:02:15.390 you're a Bama fan, you want to shout out, you're 0:02:15.430 --> 0:02:19.570 tied going into Starkville. If you're a Mississippi State fan, 0:02:19.750 --> 0:02:22.370 I mean, whoever you root for, Ohio State, Iowa, hell, 0:02:22.389 --> 0:02:24.910 we'll even take Buckeye fans, whatever, Notre Dame fans going 0:02:24.950 --> 0:02:27.290 into Chapel Hill. But I definitely would love to hear. 0:02:27.810 --> 0:02:32.520 from local fans in the Carolinas, um, who is feeling confident. 0:02:32.560 --> 0:02:34.600 And if you're not feeling confident, let us know too. 0:02:34.680 --> 0:02:37.980 Like if you just, I think you could certainly understand 0:02:38.020 --> 0:02:42.560 bone if Clemson fans and Tar Heel fans are like, yeah, 0:02:42.800 --> 0:02:47.150 I ain't got no confidence for these matchups. Do you think, um, 0:02:47.530 --> 0:02:50.690 what do you think? Cause I can't help. Clemson fans 0:02:50.889 --> 0:02:54.650 or Notre Dame or Carolina fans, I think they're both 0:02:54.690 --> 0:02:58.940 about to get Molly Wombone. Do you think there's either 0:02:58.970 --> 0:03:01.680 of those teams keeping it close or not really? 0:03:03.700 --> 0:03:06.880 Check my notes here. No, not now. I think Clemson 0:03:07.100 --> 0:03:07.940 will maybe. 0:03:08.720 --> 0:03:12.380 night game death valley uh maybe for a little bit 0:03:12.419 --> 0:03:15.870 longer actually i don't know i think notre dame like 0:03:15.930 --> 0:03:18.250 i said yesterday i think they may bleed unc to 0:03:18.260 --> 0:03:20.049 death i don't know if they're just going to go 0:03:20.070 --> 0:03:21.470 ahead and put it on them immediately but it might 0:03:21.490 --> 0:03:24.510 be seven nothing and then 14 nothing but they're going 0:03:24.530 --> 0:03:27.049 to get to a number that the unc offense just 0:03:27.110 --> 0:03:32.030 can't catch it might end up being 24 to 3. 0:03:30.190 --> 0:03:32.609 It may end up being 27-6. I don't know. 0:03:32.930 --> 0:03:35.850 But I just feel like Notre Dame's going to score here, 0:03:35.920 --> 0:03:37.980 score there, and eventually it's going to pile up where 0:03:38.560 --> 0:03:41.620 UNC just can't keep up with that. Miami has a chance. 0:03:43.080 --> 0:03:45.060 I think eventually they're going to go on a run, 0:03:45.260 --> 0:03:47.220 and it's going to get very ugly for Clemson. But 0:03:47.720 --> 0:03:51.380 I think Clemson will stay in the game a little 0:03:51.430 --> 0:03:53.010 bit longer than the Heels will. 0:03:53.170 --> 0:03:55.750 Here's the thing for the Heels, and I do agree 0:03:55.770 --> 0:03:58.850 with you. If Notre Dame put up 27, it was 27-3, 0:03:58.870 --> 0:04:01.090 it wouldn't shock me. If it's 31-10, you know what 0:04:01.290 --> 0:04:03.570 I mean? Something like that, it wouldn't shock me. Notre 0:04:03.590 --> 0:04:06.760 Dame's offense is not perfect. There's no doubt about it. 0:04:06.780 --> 0:04:08.440 They still want to get the running game going, get 0:04:08.480 --> 0:04:11.340 more explosives going. but I just have to mention, I'm 0:04:11.360 --> 0:04:13.620 not trying to ruin the mood of Tar Heel fans, Boney, 0:04:13.990 --> 0:04:16.370 but I just have to state the absolute mismatch when 0:04:16.390 --> 0:04:19.390 the Tar Heels have the football. Notre Dame's defense bone 0:04:19.770 --> 0:04:23.110 is number one in yards, number one in points, number 0:04:23.230 --> 0:04:26.219 one in yards for play, number three against the rush, 0:04:26.680 --> 0:04:30.539 and number seven against the pass. UNC in games against 0:04:30.740 --> 0:04:34.430 FBS competition, so take the East Tennessee game out, They 0:04:34.460 --> 0:04:37.570 are 108th in points on offense and 87th in yards 0:04:37.650 --> 0:04:38.130 on offense. 0:04:38.570 --> 0:04:42.070 How on earth? Because Carolina, they need to run the ball. 0:04:43.430 --> 0:04:44.469 I don't think they're running the ball. 0:04:45.430 --> 0:04:47.110 I know they did against Clemson, but this is a 0:04:47.150 --> 0:04:50.330 completely different animal defensively. This might be the best defense 0:04:50.350 --> 0:04:50.890 in the country. 0:04:51.270 --> 0:04:53.920 Yeah, this is going to be very, very hard for 0:04:53.940 --> 0:04:57.600 them to score in this game. It also may be hard, Mac, 0:04:57.620 --> 0:05:00.419 for our own guy, Phinney Marlow, to score tickets to 0:05:00.460 --> 0:05:03.239 this game because we got some very upsetting news. 0:05:03.900 --> 0:05:06.120 During the commercial break. I cannot believe Smoke pulled the 0:05:06.180 --> 0:05:08.770 robbery on you, Fetty. I can't believe this. 0:05:08.790 --> 0:05:10.890 That's sneaky. Notre Dame fans are sneaky, man. 0:05:10.930 --> 0:05:14.410 The station tickets or the building tickets for all the stations, 0:05:15.290 --> 0:05:17.600 they're given away on Friday for the UNC games, and 0:05:17.630 --> 0:05:19.560 a lot of times they end up in the... the 0:05:19.600 --> 0:05:23.500 pause of either Fitty or Flounder. They did not win 0:05:23.540 --> 0:05:27.370 the raffle this time. Enjoy the game, Smoke Ludwig. 0:05:27.850 --> 0:05:28.690 Golden Smoke. 0:05:29.250 --> 0:05:32.790 Golden Smoke, the Notre Dame fan, snagged the tickets that 0:05:32.870 --> 0:05:34.430 normally you guys would get. 0:05:34.710 --> 0:05:35.010 Hey, y'all. 0:05:35.029 --> 0:05:37.450 How are your mom and dad? That's sneaky. Those domers 0:05:37.510 --> 0:05:38.450 are sneaky, y'all. 0:05:38.610 --> 0:05:41.260 What a win for Smug. Finny, maybe Smug will take 0:05:41.279 --> 0:05:42.520 you to the game. You can sit with him the 0:05:42.540 --> 0:05:42.940 whole time. 0:05:43.060 --> 0:05:44.260 Yeah, probably not. 0:05:44.360 --> 0:05:46.479 This is probably the first of many L's I'll be 0:05:46.500 --> 0:05:48.839 taking this weekend during the football weekend. 0:05:49.220 --> 0:05:51.580 Oh, my God. Lost the tickets. Brutal. 0:05:51.600 --> 0:05:55.599 My team's probably going to lose the game on Saturday. Hopefully, 0:05:55.640 --> 0:05:57.790 my team doesn't lose on Sunday. This could be an 0:05:57.940 --> 0:05:58.570 O for weekend. 0:05:58.630 --> 0:06:00.229 I haven't seen it quite so far. 0:06:00.529 --> 0:06:02.250 Finny, you could have taken the tickets and taken your 0:06:02.270 --> 0:06:04.050 woman to the game and press her a little bit. 0:06:04.839 --> 0:06:05.780 Oh, we're not ready for that. 0:06:05.860 --> 0:06:08.800 I ain't going to yell at you about that one. 0:06:08.820 --> 0:06:09.979 I ain't going to yell at you about that one. 0:06:10.000 --> 0:06:12.340 Enjoy the game, Smogalicious. What do you think about this? 0:06:12.440 --> 0:06:16.880 Okay, so we have a couple of fans thinking either 0:06:16.940 --> 0:06:21.360 Clemson or UNC can hang in there. Brian says, Mac, oh, 0:06:21.380 --> 0:06:22.700 so he's not a Tar Heel. I thought we had 0:06:22.720 --> 0:06:24.520 a Tar Heel fan with some confidence. No, he says, 0:06:24.880 --> 0:06:26.480 I don't have a dog in the fight, but I 0:06:26.520 --> 0:06:29.430 have watched Notre Dame a bunch this year. They play 0:06:29.460 --> 0:06:32.450 with their food against Wisconsin and Michigan State. Could they 0:06:32.490 --> 0:06:35.330 do that tomorrow? Yeah, but I still think the final 0:06:35.370 --> 0:06:38.200 score to Bones Point is like 27 points or so. 0:06:38.200 --> 0:06:41.589 You know what I mean? It'll eventually get to that, 0:06:41.690 --> 0:06:41.970 I think. 0:06:41.990 --> 0:06:45.050 You may look and say, oh, it's only 17-0 Notre Dame, 0:06:45.130 --> 0:06:46.210 and it's just going to keep growing. 0:06:46.510 --> 0:06:47.730 Like a Price is Right dough board. 0:06:48.270 --> 0:06:51.030 AllIn since 79 says, Mac, talk those canes up. I 0:06:51.070 --> 0:06:53.229 think I will, and I think, yeah, I get why 0:06:53.910 --> 0:06:58.030 you want me to. 704Numbers says, I'm a Clemson alum. 0:06:58.050 --> 0:07:02.290 I do think that we can hang in this game 0:07:02.310 --> 0:07:05.350 for three quarters. It feels like, though, Miami plays at 0:07:05.390 --> 0:07:07.770 a pace that we can't keep up with. 0:07:07.810 --> 0:07:08.510 Yeah, you can't. 0:07:09.440 --> 0:07:10.910 This has to be an ugly rain. A lot of 0:07:10.930 --> 0:07:13.590 Clemson fans are asking, can the rain keep us in 0:07:13.630 --> 0:07:14.010 the game? 0:07:14.450 --> 0:07:16.310 Yeah, maybe. I know this. 0:07:16.750 --> 0:07:22.550 Mensah completes 89% of his passes as more touchdowns than incompletions. 0:07:23.090 --> 0:07:25.030 It's just filthy what he has done. 0:07:25.710 --> 0:07:28.690 And what he did last year to y'all, Joe Klatt 0:07:28.710 --> 0:07:32.989 said it, well, four touchdowns, no picks, 361 yards passing 0:07:33.470 --> 0:07:36.460 with the Duke supporting cast. So I just can't help 0:07:36.880 --> 0:07:40.260 to feel like, Bone, I can't help to feel like 0:07:40.580 --> 0:07:43.580 with this supporting cast, he's going to go off. Even 0:07:43.620 --> 0:07:47.460 if Clemson hangs for a while, it just feels inevitable. 0:07:48.890 --> 0:07:52.530 And the whole thing about pace, how's Clemson's offense hang 0:07:52.550 --> 0:07:54.230 with Miami's offense if they start scoring? 0:07:54.270 --> 0:07:57.130 That's the problem. Neither Clemson or North Carolina has the 0:07:57.210 --> 0:08:00.920 offensive firepower to do that. to hang with the opponents, 0:08:00.980 --> 0:08:04.140 albeit different styles in their ways they do it. They 0:08:04.180 --> 0:08:08.340 don't have the offensive firepower to hang in there for 0:08:08.420 --> 0:08:12.210 four quarters. It's eventually going to just wear out, and 0:08:12.270 --> 0:08:13.970 they're not going to be able to keep up with 0:08:13.990 --> 0:08:17.470 those teams. Now, NC State, I do think, has the 0:08:17.550 --> 0:08:19.950 firepower to keep up in their game, and I would 0:08:19.990 --> 0:08:22.790 like to get the NC State fan vibe on their 0:08:22.810 --> 0:08:24.950 matchup tomorrow. You picked him to win this game. What's 0:08:24.970 --> 0:08:27.510 that confidence level on that? Because Wolfpack Bone came a 0:08:27.550 --> 0:08:29.720 howling and has picked your team to win tomorrow. 0:08:30.720 --> 0:08:33.680 Yeah, Wolfpack Mac put his Wolfpack fingers down. I am 0:08:33.720 --> 0:08:36.540 not armed with Wolfpack fingers today. I just, I think 0:08:36.580 --> 0:08:38.540 it's a tough spot. I think if you're a state 0:08:38.600 --> 0:08:43.160 fan and you saw Wake Forest beat Louisville, I think. 0:08:43.020 --> 0:08:45.510 You said, oh no, oh no. Oh, no. 0:08:46.050 --> 0:08:48.309 Because I think Louisville's too talented, Bone, to lose to 0:08:48.350 --> 0:08:50.310 both these teams in a row. I just think they are. 0:08:50.730 --> 0:08:52.970 I think their running game is too talented to get 0:08:53.030 --> 0:08:55.679 shut down again the way Wake shut them down. Not 0:08:55.720 --> 0:08:58.099 to mention, I don't think NC State's front is as 0:08:58.140 --> 0:09:00.840 good defensively as Wake's. So I don't think NC State 0:09:00.860 --> 0:09:02.800 has the ability to shut them down. And I know 0:09:02.900 --> 0:09:04.640 NC State's had very little pass rush. 0:09:04.660 --> 0:09:05.890 What do they have all year? Four sacks? 0:09:06.570 --> 0:09:10.650 So, like, I don't like being against the Wolfpack. I 0:09:10.710 --> 0:09:13.380 love coming on and getting the hows going and getting 0:09:13.390 --> 0:09:16.440 the fingies going and all that stuff. I think your 0:09:16.500 --> 0:09:20.340 Gamecocks are the ones that should feel like this is 0:09:20.380 --> 0:09:24.850 their bounce-back moment. I think the Gamecocks— Got Kentucky tomorrow, man. 0:09:25.070 --> 0:09:26.890 I think they will find a way. 0:09:26.950 --> 0:09:29.349 I think Beamer will survive a week, and then next 0:09:29.410 --> 0:09:32.089 week we'll have a discussion about what Florida does to 0:09:32.110 --> 0:09:35.850 the Gamecocks. So you give me the Gamecock, you give 0:09:35.890 --> 0:09:38.689 me the rooster, and I'll do the Wolfpack owl, all right? 0:09:38.790 --> 0:09:41.179 Okay. Three, two, one. 0:09:41.420 --> 0:09:44.939 Cock-a-doodle-doo! 0:09:45.340 --> 0:09:47.780 Why was I howling? Why did my cock-a-doodle-doo turn into 0:09:47.900 --> 0:09:51.940 a howl? I don't know what happened there. Try it again. Cock-a-doodle-doo! 0:09:53.300 --> 0:09:56.870 That's a confident Gamecock. That's a confident Rooster right there. 0:09:56.880 --> 0:10:00.120 Boyle, I got to say this right, Boyle Peanuts says 0:10:00.540 --> 0:10:02.650 this is going to be State's random win over a 0:10:02.679 --> 0:10:06.309 good team. Brian says, I can see how Bone would 0:10:06.470 --> 0:10:10.089 think this is State's moment like Georgia Tech was last year, 0:10:10.130 --> 0:10:12.209 but I got to see it to believe it. I 0:10:12.230 --> 0:10:16.630 know Bailey's playing well, Keenan Jackson, Douglas. I mean, they're starting, 0:10:16.950 --> 0:10:18.730 they're getting the pass game going. The run game's been 0:10:18.750 --> 0:10:23.260 better the last couple weeks. I think Louisville's good, man. 0:10:23.559 --> 0:10:25.319 I still do, even after the loss last week. 0:10:25.340 --> 0:10:28.059 I think Bama falls tomorrow in the noon game. Do you? 0:10:28.220 --> 0:10:28.420 Yes. 0:10:28.460 --> 0:10:33.260 Have you been converted to Mississippi State, Bo? You finally 0:10:33.300 --> 0:10:34.250 have been converted. 0:10:34.300 --> 0:10:39.730 Bulldog bone! Take my shoe off and throw it at you. 0:10:40.030 --> 0:10:40.209 No! 0:10:40.270 --> 0:10:41.410 I'm a broadcast journalist. 0:10:42.470 --> 0:10:45.070 I think this is one too much to ask for 0:10:45.090 --> 0:10:49.380 Mississippi State. They have been playing in big games two 0:10:49.400 --> 0:10:51.780 straight weeks now. The South Carolina game on the road 0:10:51.820 --> 0:10:53.940 where they had to come back from 16 down. Last 0:10:53.980 --> 0:10:55.839 week at home against Mizzou, that went down to the 0:10:55.900 --> 0:10:58.900 last drive. I just feel like getting up for a 0:10:59.000 --> 0:11:01.980 third one might be too tough to ask. If they 0:11:02.020 --> 0:11:04.620 can turn Russell over like Kentucky did in the first half. 0:11:05.500 --> 0:11:08.480 Then, yeah. That could change it, though, Boney. I would 0:11:08.520 --> 0:11:09.860 love to see him do it, man. 0:11:10.020 --> 0:11:12.179 And I know it's a big game on the road, 0:11:12.280 --> 0:11:14.500 and Nick Saban always seemed to not have, it seems, 0:11:14.540 --> 0:11:18.870 have this problem. Bama does play Georgia next week. That's true. 0:11:18.880 --> 0:11:20.770 A little look ahead. And I'm missing to say it's 0:11:20.790 --> 0:11:24.160 much better than normal. But are they getting a little pixie? 0:11:24.179 --> 0:11:26.340 A little look ahead to get ready for Georgia? 0:11:26.460 --> 0:11:28.360 And bam! That's an interesting question. 0:11:29.320 --> 0:11:33.080 This texter says, Bone does not seem very happy about 0:11:33.120 --> 0:11:35.880 the fact he thinks his Gamecocks will win. That's why 0:11:35.920 --> 0:11:37.699 I said we got to ask Bone and all the 0:11:37.720 --> 0:11:39.840 Gamecock fans the question, do y'all even want to win 0:11:39.880 --> 0:11:40.200 the game? 0:11:41.640 --> 0:11:42.040 I do. 0:11:42.230 --> 0:11:42.590 I do. 0:11:42.780 --> 0:11:44.949 I do for the kids that put in all the effort. 0:11:45.210 --> 0:11:47.929 Are you going to be cheering? If they're winning the game, 0:11:47.950 --> 0:11:48.370 you're going. 0:11:48.290 --> 0:11:48.750 To be like, yeah! 0:11:50.230 --> 0:11:52.489 I'm saying I'm not going to be mad, but I'm 0:11:52.570 --> 0:11:56.240 also weary of just putting off the inevitable. Also, I 0:11:56.260 --> 0:11:58.559 don't feel like Beamer is going to do enough to 0:11:58.620 --> 0:12:01.540 come back with this win. Start some run like two 0:12:01.559 --> 0:12:04.700 years ago. I don't see that happening. You never know, 0:12:05.100 --> 0:12:06.760 but it's hard to see him right now going to 0:12:06.800 --> 0:12:09.809 win six or seven in a row. And that's the problem. 0:12:09.850 --> 0:12:13.089 It's the inconsistency. They can win this game. And next 0:12:13.150 --> 0:12:17.260 week they get beat, you know, 45 to 12 or something. Yeah, yeah. 0:12:17.300 --> 0:12:20.559 But I would hope the fans are going to cock-a-boos 0:12:20.600 --> 0:12:23.660 it up and be loud. I would hope the fans will. Oh, 0:12:23.679 --> 0:12:26.490 they'll always provide that. I mean, that's what I'm saying. But, like, 0:12:26.590 --> 0:12:29.850 if you were at the game, like, would you be loud? Like, 0:12:29.890 --> 0:12:34.130 has every South Carolina fan just– you've almost emotionally removed yourself. 0:12:34.990 --> 0:12:35.429 You know what I mean? 0:12:35.510 --> 0:12:38.130 And I think, have more Gamecock fans done that, you think? Like, 0:12:38.150 --> 0:12:41.890 you're just so out on Beamer, it's like, nah, I've 0:12:41.910 --> 0:12:45.910 seen enough. Like, I wonder if that's happened. We'll know 0:12:45.970 --> 0:12:46.809 early also, right? 0:12:47.030 --> 0:12:47.309 Yeah. 0:12:47.410 --> 0:12:49.150 If there is something bad in one of the first 0:12:49.170 --> 0:12:51.150 couple drives, this thing is going to get ugly, I think. 0:12:51.380 --> 0:12:54.880 Maybe not score-wise, but just vibes-wise. Speaking of vibes, Matt, 0:12:54.900 --> 0:12:58.630 we've got to bring in our newest pep talker. And 0:12:58.670 --> 0:13:03.219 that is BP from HB. I believe that's Huntington Beach, California. 0:13:03.340 --> 0:13:04.679 Oh, this dude's coming from Cali. 0:13:04.860 --> 0:13:07.220 I think so. I think BP is his initials. HB 0:13:07.679 --> 0:13:10.740 is California. BP, what's up, man? Introduce yourself. 0:13:13.140 --> 0:13:15.400 Mack Bone City. 0:13:15.600 --> 0:13:18.170 The beautiful people of Queen City. 0:13:18.450 --> 0:13:22.450 It is me, BP from HB. Huntington Beach. You got it, boys. 0:13:22.470 --> 0:13:26.640 It's an honor to be here. Terloin of beef, Weatherman Mark, 0:13:26.820 --> 0:13:30.120 you walk so I could run with this segment. Let's go, boys. 0:13:30.420 --> 0:13:33.260 All right, let's pep up the Panther fans. The Panther 0:13:33.280 --> 0:13:35.470 fans are down, baby. Pump them up. This is a 0:13:35.550 --> 0:13:38.870 Phitty hire, by the way. Pump them up, baby. 0:13:38.929 --> 0:13:42.490 Come on now. Come on. Let's start with the bad. Mack, 0:13:42.929 --> 0:13:45.810 that's assault, brother. of the verbal variety this morning. 0:13:46.370 --> 0:13:48.750 Hey, stay on track. You're supposed to be pumping up 0:13:48.790 --> 0:13:49.670 Panther fans, baby. 0:13:50.670 --> 0:13:53.780 All right, back to football. Back to football. There's no 0:13:53.820 --> 0:13:56.520 way around it, all right? It hurts. You lose your 0:13:56.620 --> 0:14:02.150 top two corners, Damian Lewis, Cougars banged up. It's going 0:14:02.190 --> 0:14:05.290 to be tough, but you know what? I've got some good. 0:14:05.309 --> 0:14:05.969 I like that. 0:14:06.230 --> 0:14:06.510 Try that. 0:14:06.630 --> 0:14:10.160 I've been waiting all day for what's Sunday night. 0:14:10.400 --> 0:14:13.660 It's the first time in 11 years, boys. We're going 0:14:13.679 --> 0:14:16.300 to be rocking at the bank. I will be there. 0:14:16.559 --> 0:14:19.780 We will be cheering. It's a blackout. The Lions, D, 0:14:19.900 --> 0:14:22.910 they're gettable. They're giving up over 300 yards a game. 0:14:23.130 --> 0:14:27.010 They're dealing with their own injuries. We got Bama Bryce here. 0:14:27.030 --> 0:14:29.800 This is what we've been waiting for. The number one 0:14:29.860 --> 0:14:32.660 pick playing out of his mind. Number one in the 0:14:32.720 --> 0:14:36.840 league in yards. We run the ball, control the clock. 0:14:37.180 --> 0:14:41.160 Jared Goff, he is not Caleb. He's not Deshaun. The 0:14:41.200 --> 0:14:45.210 guy is not mobile, all right? He's got a good-looking wife. 0:14:45.230 --> 0:14:47.229 We'll give him that. But, you know, when the big 0:14:47.290 --> 0:14:50.110 moment comes, he's going to choke. 0:14:50.390 --> 0:14:50.870 He is. 0:14:50.990 --> 0:14:54.010 We've seen it time and time again. A tail is 0:14:54.050 --> 0:14:58.070 all this time. We get that ball going. You know, 0:14:58.130 --> 0:15:02.330 Devin Lloyd is back. O'Kerrigan's balling. Tight ends. Darren Waller. 0:15:02.590 --> 0:15:03.230 Come on, boys. 0:15:03.250 --> 0:15:04.810 I like it. 0:15:04.980 --> 0:15:07.340 Everything is... Y'all have been talking about this. This is 0:15:07.380 --> 0:15:09.940 looking like the Rams last year, but it's countless out. 0:15:10.200 --> 0:15:12.680 The spread might not say it is what it was there, but... 0:15:12.910 --> 0:15:14.330 But these thirds are for real. 0:15:15.510 --> 0:15:15.940 It's 31-27. 0:15:16.050 --> 0:15:17.950 It's going to the good guys. 0:15:18.050 --> 0:15:18.750 I like it, baby. 0:15:19.010 --> 0:15:21.040 He pounded. Let's go, baby. 0:15:21.100 --> 0:15:21.880 Let's go, baby. 0:15:22.120 --> 0:15:22.940 I like it, baby. 0:15:22.960 --> 0:15:23.460 I like it. 0:15:23.480 --> 0:15:25.460 Let's go, baby. Good job, baby. Good job. Did you 0:15:25.500 --> 0:15:31.260 call them the thirds? He called him Thurs. Oh, no, no, no. 0:15:31.420 --> 0:15:33.100 We were so close. Good job, though, brother. 0:15:33.120 --> 0:15:33.780 Good job, though. 0:15:33.800 --> 0:15:35.480 We were so close to a perfect dunk. Good job. 0:15:35.520 --> 0:15:37.800 Can you pump up the Panther fan base by calling 0:15:37.840 --> 0:15:38.440 him Thurs, though? 0:15:38.500 --> 0:15:40.040 I don't know if you can. I don't know if 0:15:40.060 --> 0:15:43.520 you can. That is such a Cali man's way of referring. 0:15:43.180 --> 0:15:48.140 To the Panthers. The Thurs. The Thurs. Anyway, I don't know. 0:15:48.160 --> 0:15:49.900 He's pretty good, though. He's good, man. Here's the thing. 0:15:49.940 --> 0:15:51.660 He did not like your attitude towards Finney either. 0:15:52.120 --> 0:15:54.070 He did not, man. I had to get him back 0:15:54.170 --> 0:15:57.609 on track. Here's the thing. Now, Miss Sweetcheek says he sucks. 0:15:57.670 --> 0:16:01.390 Why is that? No one ever says these pep talkers 0:16:01.450 --> 0:16:03.710 are great. That's a badge of honor. But here's the thing, though. 0:16:03.790 --> 0:16:07.510 He gave more football points than previous pep talkers. No 0:16:07.530 --> 0:16:10.210 offense to Loyne and Mark, but football points were not 0:16:10.250 --> 0:16:10.750 what they were. 0:16:10.670 --> 0:16:12.630 Here to do. You know what I mean? Was that 0:16:12.650 --> 0:16:13.580 good that he did that or not? 0:16:13.700 --> 0:16:14.020 I don't know. 0:16:14.080 --> 0:16:16.920 I think it's good. I think it's good. Was he 0:16:16.960 --> 0:16:18.970 too smart for the pep talk? Yeah, was he too, 0:16:19.090 --> 0:16:19.630 I don't know. 0:16:19.670 --> 0:16:22.070 Hold on a minute. Too smart for the pep talk. 0:16:22.090 --> 0:16:26.490 Sirloin does football points. He does? Yeah. Gives you a score. 0:16:27.790 --> 0:16:30.020 Somebody said this dude was four points away from going 0:16:30.040 --> 0:16:30.800 full Sirloin. 0:16:31.280 --> 0:16:35.140 That is true. He went 31-17 instead of 35-17. I 0:16:35.160 --> 0:16:37.880 like it, though. I think he mixed information with some fire. 0:16:38.200 --> 0:16:39.760 I think he may. And let's face it. 0:16:39.830 --> 0:16:42.250 All we're trying to do right now is find someone 0:16:42.270 --> 0:16:44.650 that can fire us up on a Friday, but also 0:16:44.690 --> 0:16:46.160 bone somebody that's good luck. 0:16:46.620 --> 0:16:48.750 Because weatherman Mark. He lost it. 0:16:48.870 --> 0:16:50.790 He got bounced because we lost the damn game. He 0:16:50.810 --> 0:16:53.080 also worked into Kerry Underwood's stuff as well, by the way. 0:16:53.380 --> 0:16:55.220 Oh, that was good. That was good. I like that, man. 0:16:55.260 --> 0:16:57.800 When we come back, you're going to hear from Trevor 0:16:57.860 --> 0:17:01.520 Sykema of NFL Media. He's got a new show out. 0:17:01.880 --> 0:17:05.040 He's going to break down what's making the Panthers offense 0:17:05.060 --> 0:17:09.080 successful so far and how do they attack the Lions 0:17:09.180 --> 0:17:32.320 on Sunday. Sports Radio 92.7 WFNZ. Sports Radio 92.7. WFNZ, 0:17:32.359 --> 0:17:34.129 Mac and Bone with you. 0:17:35.220 --> 0:17:36.109 Love it, man. Love it. 0:17:36.119 --> 0:17:40.590 People have all kind of opinions about BP's performance as 0:17:40.660 --> 0:17:41.550 the pep talker. 0:17:42.330 --> 0:17:43.250 This dude said. 0:17:44.230 --> 0:17:48.010 Half these listeners criticizing BP couldn't bring the heat and 0:17:48.030 --> 0:17:53.480 the facts like that. He brought heat and facts. Another texter, though, 0:17:53.540 --> 0:17:57.460 says bring the other two jackasses back. That's from Stifler. 0:17:58.000 --> 0:17:58.580 I believe. 0:17:58.960 --> 0:18:00.890 Is that complimentary? Do you mean that as a term 0:18:00.910 --> 0:18:03.629 of endearment? Miss Sweetcheeks wants more delusion and grandeur. 0:18:04.030 --> 0:18:06.129 A grandeur for a pep talk she wants fitty she 0:18:06.190 --> 0:18:08.510 said she said panther fitty will bring more of that 0:18:08.770 --> 0:18:10.670 that she wants just kind of like i don't. 0:18:10.570 --> 0:18:12.990 Know just all these pie in the sky. 0:18:12.710 --> 0:18:16.330 Beliefs anyway bp you the man i know this bp 0:18:16.810 --> 0:18:18.750 if we get a dub and pull off the upset 0:18:18.790 --> 0:18:20.889 with you man you're back in the seat all right 0:18:20.910 --> 0:18:23.030 that's how it works weatherman marsup said he called us 0:18:23.109 --> 0:18:25.850 birds i had it it's thurs not birds. 0:18:25.820 --> 0:18:31.120 Thurs winston did you hear birds Oh, man. All right. Anyway, 0:18:31.740 --> 0:18:33.699 let's bring in some expertise here, shall we? 0:18:33.760 --> 0:18:35.659 He's not here to pump us up, but he's here 0:18:35.680 --> 0:18:39.100 to give you his educated opinion on what's going on 0:18:39.140 --> 0:18:43.580 with the Panthers and what is going on specifically with 0:18:43.600 --> 0:18:46.379 the Lions and this matchup, how the two teams match 0:18:46.560 --> 0:18:49.320 up on Sunday night here at the bank where it 0:18:49.340 --> 0:18:53.200 could be rainy. Trevor Sikkim is joining us from NFL Media. 0:18:53.720 --> 0:18:58.050 He hosts, along with Brett Coleman, the NFL Pro Show. 0:18:58.170 --> 0:19:01.090 It's Monday, Thursday, and Friday at 5 p.m., and there's 0:19:01.130 --> 0:19:03.969 so many different places to get it. NFL Channel, NFL Plus, 0:19:04.830 --> 0:19:08.369 the YouTube channel, the NFL, the NFL Pro YouTube channel, 0:19:08.410 --> 0:19:11.980 and also the NFL app. He is Trevor Sykema, and 0:19:12.020 --> 0:19:14.380 he joins us here on the Mac and Bone Show 0:19:14.420 --> 0:19:18.320 to talk about the Panthers dealing with all these dang 0:19:18.480 --> 0:19:19.980 injuries that they're dealing with. 0:19:20.920 --> 0:19:23.699 Yeah, obviously it's tough. When you talk about teams who 0:19:23.780 --> 0:19:25.580 are the most successful in this league and sort of 0:19:25.619 --> 0:19:27.680 make it the furthest, you've got to have a little 0:19:27.700 --> 0:19:29.870 bit of luck on your side when it comes to injury. 0:19:30.070 --> 0:19:32.070 And I would say that in the secondary and in 0:19:32.090 --> 0:19:35.930 the trenches, outside of maybe quarterback, those are really the 0:19:36.070 --> 0:19:40.310 two most important spots. Defensive line, you could obviously argue 0:19:40.350 --> 0:19:41.970 that as well, but I feel like a lot of 0:19:42.030 --> 0:19:43.630 times you get to have on the defensive line sort 0:19:43.650 --> 0:19:46.050 of waves of guys that could sort of come in 0:19:46.109 --> 0:19:48.150 and it's a little bit easier to hey next man 0:19:48.250 --> 0:19:50.430 up when it comes to that defensive line when it 0:19:50.470 --> 0:19:53.840 comes to roster construction it's really hard to say all 0:19:53.859 --> 0:19:56.400 right sure yeah our starting tackles down we'll just sub 0:19:56.440 --> 0:19:59.560 somebody else out in especially for the injuries that the 0:19:59.580 --> 0:20:02.880 panthers already had going into this season um any sort 0:20:02.900 --> 0:20:05.679 of extra injuries along the offensive line you know it's 0:20:05.700 --> 0:20:07.800 really got the potential to hurt them and the secondary 0:20:07.820 --> 0:20:12.490 i The secondary is interesting because the Panthers under Jiro 0:20:12.580 --> 0:20:17.060 Ebro have played more off-zone coverage than anybody else in 0:20:17.100 --> 0:20:19.720 the NFL. Now, on one hand, you could say that, hey, 0:20:20.460 --> 0:20:22.780 it might be a little bit easier to find players 0:20:22.820 --> 0:20:25.659 that could sort of play that off-zone coverage role and 0:20:25.800 --> 0:20:28.760 at least keep the floor of this team in this 0:20:28.800 --> 0:20:31.800 secondary and what's after it a little bit higher. But 0:20:32.100 --> 0:20:35.190 on the other side of things, with zone coverage does 0:20:35.270 --> 0:20:38.490 come chemistry. It comes a demand for being able to 0:20:38.550 --> 0:20:41.310 play in close continuity with the guys who are next 0:20:41.330 --> 0:20:44.630 to you. And it's hard to sign guys who maybe 0:20:44.670 --> 0:20:46.429 haven't been on the team for a long time or. 0:20:46.410 --> 0:20:47.820 At least been running with the ones. 0:20:48.970 --> 0:20:49.669 It's sort of. 0:20:49.670 --> 0:20:52.460 I'm not sure which one's going to matter more, right? 0:20:52.580 --> 0:20:54.740 Is it the fact that they need that chemistry and continuity, 0:20:54.880 --> 0:20:57.700 or is it the fact that, hey, it's softer zone 0:20:57.760 --> 0:21:00.540 coverage stuff by nature. They like to keep things in 0:21:00.600 --> 0:21:02.379 front of them a lot. They like to sort of 0:21:02.480 --> 0:21:05.100 run and chase the football and not give up explosives 0:21:05.600 --> 0:21:07.300 and really be able to sort of control. 0:21:07.000 --> 0:21:07.840 The game that way. 0:21:08.180 --> 0:21:10.000 Does that make it a little bit easier to replace 0:21:10.040 --> 0:21:12.859 those guys? So, you know, anytime you're replacing a... you're 0:21:12.900 --> 0:21:14.699 trying to replace a talent like J.C. 0:21:14.740 --> 0:21:16.480 Hornet, it's never going to be easy, but. 0:21:16.980 --> 0:21:19.570 I think there are ways to sort of mitigate that 0:21:19.590 --> 0:21:22.310 a little bit, but it's obviously going to be tough, 0:21:22.330 --> 0:21:24.830 and any time that you have the injuries that the 0:21:24.869 --> 0:21:27.570 Carolina Panthers have just mounting up in the early parts 0:21:27.590 --> 0:21:30.170 of the year, it's going to require a lot from 0:21:30.230 --> 0:21:31.600 some unsung heroes, no doubt. 0:21:32.369 --> 0:21:35.210 Trevor, Bryce Young's off to a really good start. Leads 0:21:35.260 --> 0:21:38.820 the league in passing yards, albeit early. Didn't have his 0:21:38.859 --> 0:21:42.300 best game on Sunday, but nonetheless, a really good start. 0:21:42.340 --> 0:21:45.820 What do you attribute his early success to, and how 0:21:45.880 --> 0:21:48.980 sustainable do you think this start is for Bryce Young 0:21:49.020 --> 0:21:49.620 in the long haul? 0:21:50.380 --> 0:21:53.119 Yeah, I think I'd sustain it to just natural growth 0:21:53.180 --> 0:21:55.840 and progression and maturation of a young quarterback sort of 0:21:55.880 --> 0:21:58.840 becoming an NFL quarterback. And when I look at Bryce, 0:21:59.180 --> 0:22:01.200 I look specifically at the fact that not only is 0:22:01.240 --> 0:22:03.330 he leading the the NFL in passing yards and a 0:22:03.369 --> 0:22:07.200 lot of passing categories, it's specifically against zone coverages, something 0:22:07.240 --> 0:22:10.000 that he really struggled with early on in his career. Now, 0:22:10.060 --> 0:22:13.320 it's interesting because attacking zone coverages was something that he 0:22:13.359 --> 0:22:16.679 was great at when he was at Alabama. But the game, 0:22:16.770 --> 0:22:19.790 if this is more evidence to people, it's just so 0:22:19.850 --> 0:22:21.970 different at the pro level when it comes to speed 0:22:22.010 --> 0:22:23.930 and how tight these windows are and how you can 0:22:23.990 --> 0:22:26.830 second guess and doubt yourself. Even a player like Bryce Young, 0:22:26.850 --> 0:22:30.940 who played with elite anticipation when he was at Alabama, 0:22:31.550 --> 0:22:34.300 When he got to the NFL, he started second-guessing himself. 0:22:34.710 --> 0:22:36.400 And it took him. 0:22:36.359 --> 0:22:38.980 A year and a half. It took him 10 weeks 0:22:39.040 --> 0:22:41.840 into his sophomore season in the NFL for him to 0:22:41.859 --> 0:22:44.699 throw a touchdown against zone coverage. And he's already got 0:22:44.770 --> 0:22:47.010 multiple of those and a ton of yards against zone 0:22:47.050 --> 0:22:49.730 this year. I think that is just a matter of 0:22:49.990 --> 0:22:52.230 getting a lot of snaps under your belt, really having 0:22:52.250 --> 0:22:54.670 a lot of confidence in that anticipation and what you're 0:22:54.690 --> 0:22:57.080 seeing from the defense. And so that's what I love 0:22:57.100 --> 0:22:59.780 the most about Bryce Young right now and why I 0:22:59.840 --> 0:23:02.160 can say that I feel as though this is not 0:23:02.220 --> 0:23:04.760 something that's fleeting. This isn't something, well, oh, he had 0:23:04.780 --> 0:23:06.290 a couple of good matchups early on. 0:23:06.220 --> 0:23:08.150 In the season. It's not going to be the same 0:23:08.210 --> 0:23:08.950 moving forward. 0:23:09.430 --> 0:23:11.230 I think that we can see this sustained level of 0:23:11.270 --> 0:23:14.310 success from him because I think that it stems from 0:23:14.410 --> 0:23:18.439 legitimate growth. from Bryce Young. So, yes, I think he's 0:23:18.460 --> 0:23:20.449 been playing at a very high level to start the season, 0:23:20.750 --> 0:23:22.689 and I think that they can continue to lean on 0:23:22.730 --> 0:23:27.010 that from him moving forward, especially if teams want to 0:23:27.050 --> 0:23:28.609 continue to play a lot of zone against him. 0:23:28.910 --> 0:23:32.940 We're talking to Trevor Sykema, NFL media, about the Panthers, obviously. 0:23:33.460 --> 0:23:35.560 And this week, it does stink. We have all these 0:23:35.619 --> 0:23:37.500 injuries in a national showcase game. 0:23:37.540 --> 0:23:37.860 It's been. 0:23:38.340 --> 0:23:40.790 You know, over a decade since the Panthers, Trevor had 0:23:40.810 --> 0:23:42.090 a Sunday night game here. 0:23:42.130 --> 0:23:44.130 We don't get invited much, Trevor. In Charlotte, yeah. 0:23:44.170 --> 0:23:46.050 We get to host this party. We don't even usually 0:23:46.070 --> 0:23:48.709 get invited to this Sunday night party. What do you 0:23:48.750 --> 0:23:50.949 think about the way they match up with the Lions? 0:23:50.990 --> 0:23:55.129 Let's talk about Bryce and the offense. In one respect, man, 0:23:55.470 --> 0:23:58.340 Bryce has to be licking his chops at the wounded 0:23:58.420 --> 0:24:01.719 secondary of Detroit, but also you got the problem with 0:24:01.760 --> 0:24:04.960 your backup tackles trying to protect against Aiden Hutchinson. What 0:24:04.980 --> 0:24:06.900 do you think of this particular matchup? 0:24:07.660 --> 0:24:09.659 Yeah, so, I mean, you mentioned it a little bit there. 0:24:10.180 --> 0:24:12.430 Detroit's had a lot of troubles in the secondary, not 0:24:12.450 --> 0:24:17.550 just this year, where they're averaging the most yards, passing yards, 0:24:17.590 --> 0:24:19.869 excuse me, against them per game. But also, you go 0:24:19.910 --> 0:24:21.649 back to last year, too. I mean, it's tough for 0:24:21.690 --> 0:24:24.949 them last year. So this isn't a new change or 0:24:25.010 --> 0:24:28.290 something that you expect Detroit to just snap their fingers 0:24:28.310 --> 0:24:30.990 and get better at, especially with the injuries that Kirby 0:24:31.030 --> 0:24:33.840 Joseph and Brian Branch in the secondary at the safety spots. 0:24:33.880 --> 0:24:36.180 I mean, they are not the same team anymore. with 0:24:36.200 --> 0:24:39.190 those guys out there. Now, an interesting part of this 0:24:39.450 --> 0:24:41.830 is I just talked about how good Bryce. 0:24:41.650 --> 0:24:44.730 Young has been against zone. The lions don't want to 0:24:44.910 --> 0:24:46.210 run a ton of zone. 0:24:46.270 --> 0:24:48.760 Now, everybody in the league runs more zone than they 0:24:48.780 --> 0:24:51.260 do man. But when it comes to just overall percentages 0:24:51.320 --> 0:24:54.260 of man coverage in the NFL, Detroit wants to be 0:24:54.320 --> 0:24:56.800 more in that top five, top 10 conversation of how 0:24:56.900 --> 0:25:00.010 often they're able to run man coverage. So, Bryce should 0:25:00.070 --> 0:25:02.109 see a good amount of man coverage in this game, 0:25:02.130 --> 0:25:04.750 but for how poor the secondary has played, I don't 0:25:04.790 --> 0:25:06.649 have a lot of faith that they're going to rattle 0:25:06.690 --> 0:25:09.350 Bryce in any way against that man coverage. Instead, I 0:25:09.369 --> 0:25:09.970 think it could. 0:25:09.850 --> 0:25:11.800 Be a really good day at the office for Bryce Young, 0:25:11.840 --> 0:25:14.399 especially if it's anything from what we have seen lately. 0:25:14.500 --> 0:25:16.920 Obviously, you mentioned being able to hold up with those 0:25:16.980 --> 0:25:19.900 tackles is going to be really, really important, and Aiden 0:25:19.940 --> 0:25:21.900 Hutchinson's one of the best in the NFL at getting 0:25:21.940 --> 0:25:25.500 after the quarterback, but I still think as though Detroit's 0:25:25.540 --> 0:25:28.020 sort of searching for that second fill to him. Now, 0:25:28.580 --> 0:25:30.800 They're playing a lot better, I think, as a group 0:25:31.020 --> 0:25:34.960 along the defensive line, specifically on the interior. So it 0:25:35.000 --> 0:25:37.440 hasn't been as strong of a start to the year 0:25:37.480 --> 0:25:41.369 for the Panthers' interior offensive line as well. I've noticed 0:25:41.390 --> 0:25:43.790 that from that group. And you kind of need those 0:25:43.910 --> 0:25:46.169 stars to be able to step up, right? I mean, 0:25:46.190 --> 0:25:49.379 like you look at Robert Hunt, and he's got to 0:25:49.410 --> 0:25:50.480 have a much better start. 0:25:50.320 --> 0:25:51.240 To the season. 0:25:51.680 --> 0:25:53.600 And I just think that the interior offensive line has 0:25:53.619 --> 0:25:56.340 got to continue to play really, really well, or even 0:25:56.380 --> 0:25:59.690 step up and play really, really well amongst all those injuries. 0:25:59.750 --> 0:26:02.270 So I think it's going to be a shootout, right? 0:26:02.310 --> 0:26:05.270 I mean, you talked about how Sunday night football in 0:26:05.290 --> 0:26:07.159 Charlotte for the first time in over a decade. I 0:26:07.920 --> 0:26:09.399 think it's going to be, I think it's going to 0:26:09.420 --> 0:26:11.080 be a light up the scoreboard type of a game. 0:26:11.119 --> 0:26:13.340 So it's going to be really exciting. And obviously Panthers 0:26:13.359 --> 0:26:15.399 fans just hope that no matter what the score is, 0:26:15.440 --> 0:26:17.450 whether the numbers start with a 3 or a 4, 0:26:17.450 --> 0:26:19.450 or I don't think it's going. 0:26:19.369 --> 0:26:20.050 To start with a 5. 0:26:20.050 --> 0:26:20.670 Please don't. 0:26:20.730 --> 0:26:21.970 You just hope that the Panthers are going to be 0:26:22.040 --> 0:26:24.160 on top. I know the fans are thinking of that, 0:26:24.200 --> 0:26:25.580 but I think that they're going to have an exciting 0:26:25.600 --> 0:26:26.239 game no matter what. 0:26:26.280 --> 0:26:27.540 We already saw the 5-9. 0:26:27.560 --> 0:26:30.160 We don't need to see the 60s or anything close 0:26:30.180 --> 0:26:33.980 to that again. T-Mac's off to a slowish start this 0:26:34.020 --> 0:26:37.090 year from what we thought. Do you think on Sunday night, Trevor, 0:26:37.690 --> 0:26:40.730 Coker's been banged up? You're going over the line in secondary. 0:26:41.109 --> 0:26:44.290 Is this a spot for McMillan to really maybe get 0:26:44.330 --> 0:26:46.370 going for the first time this year in full? 0:26:47.750 --> 0:26:50.070 I think it should be. I mean, the recipe is 0:26:50.109 --> 0:26:54.090 definitely there for it. And, you know, when you're facing 0:26:54.130 --> 0:26:58.600 a lot of zone coverage, it's not always easy to 0:26:58.640 --> 0:27:01.659 just identify, like, hey, here's the superstar wide receiver on 0:27:01.680 --> 0:27:03.580 the team. Let me feed him the ball. Like, sometimes 0:27:03.619 --> 0:27:05.720 your game plan can be predicated around that. But I 0:27:05.760 --> 0:27:08.820 think a lot of it is instead– giving Bryce a 0:27:08.880 --> 0:27:12.220 lot of different passing options to give you the ball to, 0:27:12.780 --> 0:27:15.080 and being able to attack zone coverages in the correct 0:27:15.140 --> 0:27:17.379 way there. I think that that's left a little bit 0:27:17.400 --> 0:27:18.639 of meat on the bone when it comes to what 0:27:18.680 --> 0:27:21.119 Tets or O. McMillan can do. But I think that 0:27:21.160 --> 0:27:24.240 it's a great matchup, especially, again, since if Detroit's going 0:27:24.260 --> 0:27:27.659 to try to play that man coverage a lot more, 0:27:28.119 --> 0:27:30.040 well then, okay, you have a guy who you want 0:27:30.060 --> 0:27:32.400 to bet on one-on-one in man coverage at all times 0:27:32.520 --> 0:27:34.780 in McMillan. So I know it's been a little bit 0:27:34.820 --> 0:27:37.380 slow for him, but I still feel as though he's 0:27:37.400 --> 0:27:40.280 going to be a major factor in this game. Coker, 0:27:40.320 --> 0:27:42.340 I know he's been banged up as well, but I 0:27:42.380 --> 0:27:44.220 think this could be a big, great game from him 0:27:44.560 --> 0:27:45.420 if he is out there. 0:27:45.520 --> 0:27:47.639 So I think that those two. 0:27:47.500 --> 0:27:49.820 Guys, they're in for much more of sort of those 0:27:49.920 --> 0:27:53.320 early week standout performances and maybe even at the same 0:27:53.359 --> 0:27:55.780 time here against a struggling Detroit defense. 0:27:55.980 --> 0:27:57.820 All right, last thing we want to ask you, Trevor, 0:27:57.840 --> 0:28:01.460 when you're watching the Panthers so far, only three weeks in, 0:28:02.000 --> 0:28:05.480 but there's some notable things that look different, and I 0:28:05.540 --> 0:28:07.480 wonder if it has to do with Brad Idzik calling 0:28:07.530 --> 0:28:10.629 the plays. I wonder how much it's in his influence. 0:28:11.560 --> 0:28:15.360 Have you noticed things differently with Idzik? They're clearly throwing 0:28:15.420 --> 0:28:19.320 the ball downfield more. What do you see differently maybe 0:28:19.359 --> 0:28:23.040 from a play-calling or schematic standpoint from this offense this year? 0:28:23.100 --> 0:28:25.830 Yeah, so I do think that they are trying to 0:28:25.869 --> 0:28:26.830 throw the ball deeper. 0:28:27.609 --> 0:28:29.590 I think that they still want to get the tight. 0:28:29.390 --> 0:28:31.689 Ends involved quite a bit, and I wondered if, you know, 0:28:31.710 --> 0:28:35.030 with them kind of moving away from Jutabian Sanders, hey, 0:28:35.109 --> 0:28:37.090 are they going to continue to try to be a 0:28:37.250 --> 0:28:38.370 multiple tight end team? 0:28:38.410 --> 0:28:40.210 And they are. They're still trying to get the tight 0:28:40.260 --> 0:28:40.800 ends involved. 0:28:41.150 --> 0:28:43.140 Quite a bit and they've got those guys on the field. 0:28:43.200 --> 0:28:45.860 And I just think that it's really just the next 0:28:45.940 --> 0:28:47.680 evolution of the offense. I don't know how much they're 0:28:47.700 --> 0:28:51.040 doing like schematically that I didn't see last year that 0:28:51.540 --> 0:28:53.360 you could kind of tell like, Hey, they want to 0:28:53.400 --> 0:28:55.160 get into this a little bit more, whether it's the 0:28:55.220 --> 0:28:57.850 tight end passing game or, you know, taking shots deep 0:28:57.890 --> 0:29:00.390 down the field, they just didn't have the reliability in 0:29:00.470 --> 0:29:02.850 either of those areas. And this year it just feels 0:29:02.930 --> 0:29:06.370 as though, whether it's a Bryce young evolution or maybe 0:29:06.410 --> 0:29:08.530 just to, you know, how they've designed some of these 0:29:08.590 --> 0:29:10.640 plays this year, it just looks a lot more confident. 0:29:10.930 --> 0:29:14.260 So to me, the difference this year isn't like, oh, 0:29:14.300 --> 0:29:17.300 they're trying something new that they've never tried before. It's 0:29:17.340 --> 0:29:19.380 a lot of the same philosophy of what they want 0:29:19.420 --> 0:29:23.360 to do. They're just genuinely doing it better. So I 0:29:23.400 --> 0:29:27.480 think that that's really how I identify it, is whatever 0:29:27.520 --> 0:29:29.620 it is with Izzik and sort of the plays that 0:29:29.660 --> 0:29:32.340 they're calling, Bryce just has a lot more confidence, and 0:29:32.360 --> 0:29:34.300 these guys are executing at a much higher level to 0:29:34.320 --> 0:29:35.940 start the season than last year. And I think it's 0:29:35.960 --> 0:29:38.160 just that evolution of what they wanted to do last 0:29:38.180 --> 0:29:39.420 year that they felt like they couldn't. 0:29:40.280 --> 0:29:40.760 There you go. 0:29:40.800 --> 0:29:44.020 That is Trevor Sykema, NFL Media, joining us here on 0:29:44.420 --> 0:29:48.660 the Mac and Bone Show, breaking down Panthers and Lions 0:29:48.920 --> 0:29:50.950 on Sunday night. Remember, KB and I have got the 0:29:50.970 --> 0:29:54.070 pregame show 5 o'clock, 5 until 8, getting you ready 0:29:54.390 --> 0:29:57.450 for the 8-20 start tonight. on sunday night remember they 0:29:57.470 --> 0:29:59.490 want to do the blackout they want you to wear 0:29:59.850 --> 0:30:03.660 your black panther gear um and maybe some rain gear 0:30:03.860 --> 0:30:06.580 would help as well uh based off the weather report 0:30:06.600 --> 0:30:11.110 from distinguished meteorologist weatherman mark today on the show. 0:30:10.900 --> 0:30:12.950 You and i said an hour ago we've got picante 0:30:12.970 --> 0:30:15.090 coming up here momentarily with this pics you and i 0:30:15.130 --> 0:30:19.190 said an hour ago we did not expect A full 0:30:19.210 --> 0:30:21.730 Lions takeover. There's always going to be fans of other teams. 0:30:21.750 --> 0:30:24.360 It's the way it operates. But a full Lions takeover, 0:30:24.880 --> 0:30:29.240 we did not see that. But we've got two airport reports. 0:30:29.940 --> 0:30:32.760 What's going on back at Charlotte Douglas this morning? This 0:30:32.820 --> 0:30:34.920 is a second one. We read the first one an 0:30:34.960 --> 0:30:39.960 hour ago. A second one that people are being told 0:30:40.000 --> 0:30:42.040 by folks that are at the airport that it is 0:30:42.080 --> 0:30:45.140 a Detroit invasion at the damn airport. 0:30:45.770 --> 0:30:47.830 Are you kidding me? We got to worry about this 0:30:47.850 --> 0:30:48.670 fan base, too? 0:30:48.690 --> 0:30:51.270 They're not even coming in just for Saturday to hang out. 0:30:51.290 --> 0:30:52.430 They're coming in for the whole weekend here. 0:30:52.450 --> 0:30:54.930 Damn, seriously. Well, if you lived in Detroit, you probably would. 0:30:54.970 --> 0:30:57.830 Although our weather probably— they ain't really going. 0:30:57.730 --> 0:30:58.490 To enjoy the weather. 0:30:59.530 --> 0:31:01.170 Did you have that good pizza there, though, I will say. 0:31:03.470 --> 0:31:05.840 I like that Detroit style. That crispy, I like that. 0:31:06.640 --> 0:31:08.700 We have another text that brings up an interesting point. 0:31:09.100 --> 0:31:12.060 They said, Mac, you guys were saying that because of 0:31:12.100 --> 0:31:14.040 the colors of the Lions and Panthers, we won't be 0:31:14.060 --> 0:31:16.880 able to tell it's a takeover, but we're doing a blackout. 0:31:17.240 --> 0:31:21.010 The Panther fans will be in black. The Lions blue 0:31:21.090 --> 0:31:23.070 and silver will stick out. 0:31:23.350 --> 0:31:24.770 This might be a bad idea. 0:31:24.830 --> 0:31:28.760 Does it backfire? There can't be that many Lions fans. 0:31:28.800 --> 0:31:30.400 Maybe they're all coming in right now. Maybe they're all 0:31:30.420 --> 0:31:32.920 at the airport right now. On TV, they're still going 0:31:32.940 --> 0:31:35.460 to look like Panther fans. If you're just watching, you'll think, oh, 0:31:35.460 --> 0:31:35.840 that's a lot. 0:31:35.760 --> 0:31:38.460 Of Panther fans. Okay, okay. Let's bring in the man. 0:31:38.480 --> 0:31:40.350 I'm nervous about this with a lot of Lions fans. 0:31:41.400 --> 0:31:44.650 Tell me the Lions don't take over, too, y'all. All right, 0:31:44.670 --> 0:31:47.550 let's bring in the man with the plan. Picante, 2-2 0:31:47.590 --> 0:31:51.070 last week, and he feels bad about it, Bone. But 0:31:51.090 --> 0:31:53.350 we're sticking with our guy, all right? We know there's 0:31:53.390 --> 0:31:56.290 something there, and he has vowed, Bone, to bounce back 0:31:56.330 --> 0:32:00.310 with a winning week this week. It's time for Picante's picks. 0:32:00.390 --> 0:32:03.010 Picante! How are you feeling this week, man? 0:32:03.430 --> 0:32:07.090 Hey, guys. I feel confident, man. From week zero, still 0:32:07.130 --> 0:32:08.550 week five, still standing. 0:32:09.610 --> 0:32:09.910 I'm in. 0:32:09.990 --> 0:32:10.310 I'm in. 0:32:10.710 --> 0:32:13.690 All right. All right. Let's hear what you got. What's 0:32:13.710 --> 0:32:14.410 your first pick? 0:32:14.430 --> 0:32:18.100 All right. My first pick, I'm actually surprised that the 0:32:18.140 --> 0:32:20.760 line is that low. Pain state, minus two and a half. 0:32:22.110 --> 0:32:25.750 Rocker Bear will bounce back after that horrible game that 0:32:25.770 --> 0:32:29.320 he got against Wisconsin. But I do believe that it's 0:32:29.340 --> 0:32:31.760 still like a playoff team, so it needs to win 0:32:31.780 --> 0:32:33.440 for Penn State minus two and a half. 0:32:33.620 --> 0:32:34.020 Okay. 0:32:34.300 --> 0:32:36.239 I feel a little better about my Nittany Lions now 0:32:36.290 --> 0:32:37.370 that I know you're backing them. 0:32:39.030 --> 0:32:40.230 All right. 0:32:40.290 --> 0:32:41.290 What's your second pick? 0:32:42.390 --> 0:32:45.070 My second pick will be a showdown. Literally, it will 0:32:45.090 --> 0:32:50.490 be a showdown. Running, passing, Alabama versus Mississippi. Two fresh quarterbacks. 0:32:50.610 --> 0:32:50.830 Over. 0:32:50.970 --> 0:32:51.690 I smell over. 0:32:51.710 --> 0:32:51.790 Over. 0:32:53.370 --> 0:32:56.390 The over, baby. Give me the over to the moon. 0:32:58.930 --> 0:33:02.960 I started with 59.5. The line is sitting at 60.5. 0:33:02.960 --> 0:33:04.640 I believe at the end of the line tomorrow it's 0:33:04.680 --> 0:33:09.420 going to be like 63. So do it now. It's 60.5. 0:33:09.420 --> 0:33:12.090 Over. Over 60.5 with those two teams. I like it. 0:33:12.280 --> 0:33:14.500 I did not take a Picante pick last week, and 0:33:14.520 --> 0:33:16.760 I took a pick from one of the free sample 0:33:16.800 --> 0:33:18.920 guys at Target, and I completely screwed up. 0:33:18.960 --> 0:33:21.640 Don't buy your picks at Target. 0:33:22.480 --> 0:33:26.580 Hey, boom, I'm 11-2 in my Instagram page. I'm so 0:33:26.640 --> 0:33:29.800 hot right now. I'm hotter than Granny Pat in Freedom Park. 0:33:33.590 --> 0:33:33.850 What? 0:33:33.880 --> 0:33:36.650 Why? Picante, picks, and humor. 0:33:36.810 --> 0:33:39.490 Oh, God, Picante's on. It's at the Picante picks, but 0:33:39.510 --> 0:33:40.370 it's not Picante. 0:33:40.390 --> 0:33:45.330 Stevie, okay, my best bet, it will be Memphis against 0:33:45.390 --> 0:33:51.040 the poor 49ers, man. It's going to be every possession 0:33:51.060 --> 0:33:55.820 I got. I think they're going to score. So Marcus 0:33:55.840 --> 0:33:58.680 Stokes has been great. So I think that they will 0:33:58.700 --> 0:33:59.590 win by 40 or 35. 0:33:59.590 --> 0:34:02.910 That's a tough one for the Niners, man. There's no 0:34:02.930 --> 0:34:05.070 doubt about it. Memphis offense is explosive. 0:34:06.630 --> 0:34:09.439 So, yeah, so Memphis still needs to prove something, but 0:34:09.460 --> 0:34:10.460 the Niners don't have anything. 0:34:10.800 --> 0:34:12.040 I think they moved the game. 0:34:12.060 --> 0:34:13.440 So, the line is minus 20 and a half. 0:34:13.760 --> 0:34:14.020 Yeah. 0:34:14.040 --> 0:34:17.180 I'm thinking that they're going to cover that very easy. 0:34:17.540 --> 0:34:19.700 What if they moved the game time up, Charlotte did, 0:34:20.000 --> 0:34:20.940 but didn't tell Memphis? 0:34:22.200 --> 0:34:25.279 It's an 11 a.m. game, but Bo thinks Memphis shows 0:34:25.340 --> 0:34:27.950 up for 3.30. That would be– that would actually be 0:34:27.989 --> 0:34:30.069 playing chess. However you get a win, get a one. 0:34:30.130 --> 0:34:31.270 That would be playing chess, Niners. 0:34:32.130 --> 0:34:35.410 I need to give a shout out to a loyal listener, 0:34:35.730 --> 0:34:38.680 Nick Centro. I met him in a bar yesterday. And 0:34:39.719 --> 0:34:43.820 he said, I was like, what? I guess because of 0:34:43.840 --> 0:34:46.520 my accent or something. I don't know, man. 0:34:46.760 --> 0:34:48.799 You famous. Yeah, you're blowing up now, man. 0:34:48.820 --> 0:34:55.239 So you're at ThePicantePics on Instagram, but Picante is P-I-K-A-N-T-E, right? 0:34:55.360 --> 0:34:55.799 There you go. 0:34:56.219 --> 0:34:58.960 Yeah, so ThePicantePics. Yeah, it's like that. 0:34:59.080 --> 0:35:00.000 All right, brother. 0:35:00.020 --> 0:35:01.859 Thank you guys again. And I'm telling you, man, we're 0:35:01.900 --> 0:35:02.960 going to roll this week. 0:35:03.000 --> 0:35:05.070 Good luck. Hit these, baby. Hit these. 0:35:05.120 --> 0:35:07.750 All right, there you go. Although I hope you don't 0:35:07.790 --> 0:35:09.330 hit the Niner one. I like the Niners to hang 0:35:09.370 --> 0:35:12.830 in the game. You know, they're like 20-point dogs. Have 0:35:12.850 --> 0:35:15.029 a good week. Win the other two, though, baby. Win 0:35:15.070 --> 0:35:15.629 the other two. 0:35:16.690 --> 0:35:18.609 When we come back, Mac, I guess we're going to do– 0:35:18.630 --> 0:35:19.810 it's a little bit off today, but we're going to 0:35:19.830 --> 0:35:21.870 do our Panther predictions, right? 0:35:21.890 --> 0:35:24.709 We come back? It occurred to us a little while ago, 0:35:24.770 --> 0:35:25.680 we never Panthered up. 0:35:25.950 --> 0:35:29.110 Weatherman Mark came on and stopped– we forgot to Panther 0:35:29.210 --> 0:35:30.610 up or not Panther up. 0:35:30.650 --> 0:35:31.930 We come back. That's the question. 0:35:32.030 --> 0:35:33.970 What direction are we going in? Are we going Lions 0:35:34.010 --> 0:35:37.780 or Thurs? Sports Radio 92.7. 0:35:54.010 --> 0:35:58.890 Oh, we have just gone down a rabbit hole here online. 0:35:59.310 --> 0:36:01.310 So we had a texture, Mac and Bone with you here. 0:36:01.590 --> 0:36:04.150 We will make our Panther picks. Not to be confused 0:36:04.170 --> 0:36:06.850 with Picante picks. There's only one Picante. We'll make our 0:36:06.890 --> 0:36:11.110 Panther picks. We did not Panther up or pick the 0:36:11.140 --> 0:36:14.779 Panthers to lose earlier in the show. But we've discovered 0:36:14.860 --> 0:36:18.219 the AI knowledge that, you know, when you Google, the 0:36:18.300 --> 0:36:21.359 knowledge of AI on stuff on the Mac and Bone 0:36:21.420 --> 0:36:22.400 show is scary. 0:36:23.160 --> 0:36:24.120 Oh, it's crazy. 0:36:24.200 --> 0:36:28.390 A listener said, Bone, that they Googled Picante's picks and 0:36:28.410 --> 0:36:31.290 they knew all about the segment on WFNZ in Charlotte. 0:36:32.130 --> 0:36:35.550 And then there's stuff about us, like Fitty's personal life. 0:36:35.650 --> 0:36:37.650 Like they know all about the show, talking about Fitty 0:36:37.670 --> 0:36:40.170 and Stro trying to give advice on the show to 0:36:40.210 --> 0:36:42.000 Fitty about his personal life. 0:36:42.100 --> 0:36:44.480 Yeah, it all comes from, you know, social media and 0:36:44.780 --> 0:36:47.080 website posts and it puts it all together. But yeah, it's... 0:36:47.800 --> 0:36:50.060 The knowledge is crazy. I told you that one day, though, 0:36:50.080 --> 0:36:54.259 I Googled most frequent texters of WFNZ, and it gave 0:36:54.320 --> 0:36:55.719 us like five made-up names. 0:36:55.739 --> 0:36:56.950 Remember that day where it gave us like— Yeah, they 0:36:56.969 --> 0:36:58.529 totally made up the names, though. Yeah, totally made up 0:36:58.550 --> 0:37:00.790 the names. That was off, man. 0:37:00.830 --> 0:37:07.250 That was definitely— Here's—I AI-searched the top five most popular 0:37:08.010 --> 0:37:08.890 WFNZ texters. 0:37:08.910 --> 0:37:10.290 Would you like me to read off the list, Matt? Yeah, 0:37:10.310 --> 0:37:14.350 what are they? Number one, Bebop. That was right. Seriously? 0:37:14.370 --> 0:37:15.009 They got that? 0:37:15.210 --> 0:37:18.799 Number two, Mark from Gastonia, the most legendary caller of 0:37:18.920 --> 0:37:19.300 all time. 0:37:19.400 --> 0:37:19.760 Okay. 0:37:19.820 --> 0:37:23.880 Number three, Big Dave. Who the heck's Big Nick? A 0:37:23.920 --> 0:37:27.580 constant fixture on the morning show. Who often gets mad 0:37:27.620 --> 0:37:28.780 at local roster moves. 0:37:30.200 --> 0:37:34.050 Number four. No-neck Nick. No-neck who, Nick? 0:37:34.090 --> 0:37:38.690 No-neck Nick. He's actually a host here. A recurring fan 0:37:38.730 --> 0:37:41.050 who's known for his blue-collar rants. 0:37:42.230 --> 0:37:46.799 Number five. The G-Man. Our daily betting advisor on the 0:37:46.840 --> 0:37:47.239 text line. 0:37:47.380 --> 0:37:49.960 Okay, so they got a little squirrely there. They lost 0:37:50.000 --> 0:37:53.090 the plot on a couple of those made-up guys. I 0:37:53.290 --> 0:37:57.910 need to know who No Neck Nick is. Maybe Finney's 0:37:57.950 --> 0:37:58.490 got a twin. 0:37:59.930 --> 0:38:00.109 No. 0:38:00.290 --> 0:38:00.630 I don't know. 0:38:00.650 --> 0:38:04.839 We've also got Lee and Gastonia, Panther Dan, and we're 0:38:04.880 --> 0:38:07.419 also known, Mac, for our segment called Pros vs. 0:38:07.480 --> 0:38:10.390 Moes. What is that supposed to be? 0:38:10.410 --> 0:38:13.670 Where we put on pro athletes and have them debate 0:38:13.890 --> 0:38:14.690 people in the audience. 0:38:15.050 --> 0:38:15.510 Our most. 0:38:15.590 --> 0:38:18.509 Well, I guess pros versus Joe's already taken. So they 0:38:18.530 --> 0:38:19.930 think we should take pros versus. 0:38:20.180 --> 0:38:23.280 We should actually start doing the segments that they suggest 0:38:23.320 --> 0:38:24.379 that they think we already do. 0:38:24.500 --> 0:38:26.980 What is called back versus 50? 0:38:26.980 --> 0:38:27.219 Yeah. 0:38:27.540 --> 0:38:30.070 Oh, man. All right, anyway. It's hilarious. I love it. 0:38:30.219 --> 0:38:34.029 AI is crazy, man. Bro's first moments. Bagel Guy. Oh, 0:38:34.050 --> 0:38:36.230 this is a segment in itself. We've got to ask 0:38:36.270 --> 0:38:40.529 the audience. How about ask AI? Bagel Guy wants to 0:38:40.570 --> 0:38:42.390 know if AI knows all the Bones teams. 0:38:43.730 --> 0:38:44.850 I'll be like, I'll be like. 0:38:44.870 --> 0:38:48.069 This is a hell of a game. I may spend 0:38:48.110 --> 0:38:49.089 my Friday night doing this. 0:38:50.170 --> 0:38:51.230 You know where it is, right? I don't have much 0:38:51.250 --> 0:38:53.050 going on. We know what you're not going to be doing. 0:38:53.070 --> 0:38:54.730 Matt, go on Google search now. Just go right to 0:38:54.750 --> 0:38:56.850 the left. It says AI mode right there next to it. 0:38:56.930 --> 0:38:59.830 Okay. Okay. What teams does T-Bone root for? Give me 0:38:59.850 --> 0:39:05.009 a second here. Put WFNZ. This is very exciting. Very exciting. 0:39:05.030 --> 0:39:06.450 We swear we're going to do our Panther picks in 0:39:06.469 --> 0:39:08.720 a second. Yeah, I got this. Hold on. We're loading, loading, loading. 0:39:08.739 --> 0:39:09.859 Let's see. 0:39:09.900 --> 0:39:11.640 What teams does T-Bone root for? Let's see. 0:39:13.930 --> 0:39:16.360 It's shocking that the Cirque is taking a while, isn't it? 0:39:16.380 --> 0:39:20.500 They are scouring right now. It only has me listed 0:39:20.600 --> 0:39:21.820 as the Hornets and Panthers. 0:39:23.080 --> 0:39:25.410 Come on, AI. Get your game right. 0:39:25.469 --> 0:39:28.310 It lists me as the esteemed official pregame show host 0:39:28.370 --> 0:39:29.390 of the Hornets radio network. 0:39:29.410 --> 0:39:29.969 Man, they've been listed. 0:39:30.160 --> 0:39:33.180 To kb ai is a kb fan the esteemed travis 0:39:33.260 --> 0:39:34.899 and got did i wear ai. 0:39:34.820 --> 0:39:36.580 Gave up on it thereby we can't possibly do. 0:39:36.580 --> 0:39:38.900 All this search no ai said y'all we got plans 0:39:39.180 --> 0:39:41.739 all right we got a breakfast to get to it 0:39:41.780 --> 0:39:44.400 has me as a wake forest fan due to my 0:39:44.440 --> 0:39:48.819 friendship with chris paul a yukon husky fan And a 0:39:48.880 --> 0:39:50.700 Boston Red Sox fan for some reason. 0:39:51.420 --> 0:39:53.800 Gee, you better take something up with AI. 0:39:54.180 --> 0:39:56.940 Texter wants to know, do they think the Panthers, does 0:39:57.040 --> 0:40:01.270 AI think the Panthers will beat the Lions? They have, 0:40:02.510 --> 0:40:05.230 they don't, they just say Lions have roughly a 62 0:40:05.230 --> 0:40:06.730 to 64% chance of winning the game. 0:40:06.850 --> 0:40:09.670 It'll give you like the odds off on the internet. 0:40:09.690 --> 0:40:12.370 Yeah, they have Lions. They're not doing all that now. Okay. 0:40:12.670 --> 0:40:15.069 All right. Let's get to our picks, though. All right? 0:40:15.550 --> 0:40:17.690 The heck with AI. You ain't picking the game. We will. 0:40:18.190 --> 0:40:21.350 Bone, are you panthering up with all the injuries and 0:40:21.370 --> 0:40:22.810 the Lions coming in on primetime? 0:40:22.830 --> 0:40:23.390 I've been thinking a. 0:40:23.370 --> 0:40:25.450 Lot about it back, and I've decided that I am 0:40:25.550 --> 0:40:27.860 not panthering up on Sunday. I think the Lions are 0:40:27.880 --> 0:40:33.470 going to win 41-34. I think the Panthers' offense will 0:40:33.489 --> 0:40:37.950 perform very well. I need to see them perform this 0:40:37.989 --> 0:40:43.270 season without Mike Jack and Horn. I think this is 0:40:43.310 --> 0:40:46.310 a very tough matchup for the young guys. Offense plays well. 0:40:46.330 --> 0:40:48.870 A lot to be proud of offensively. I just don't 0:40:48.890 --> 0:40:51.630 know if the defense can hang with the Lions without 0:40:51.670 --> 0:40:52.200 those two dudes. 0:40:52.300 --> 0:40:52.720 All right. 0:40:52.760 --> 0:40:54.960 If that happens, I'm sure a zero of arrows day 0:40:55.000 --> 0:40:56.680 might come up once or twice on Monday. 0:40:56.700 --> 0:40:58.200 All right. 0:40:58.280 --> 0:40:58.620 Daddy. 0:40:59.760 --> 0:41:03.400 Would you let Panther Nation down, or are you Panthering up? 0:41:03.840 --> 0:41:06.219 Should be a fun one at the bank on Sunday night. 0:41:06.300 --> 0:41:11.469 Excited to see Bryce Young perform in a primetime setting 0:41:11.510 --> 0:41:14.870 like this game will be. Mackey's playing the best football 0:41:14.950 --> 0:41:16.319 of his career. He's going to have to play maybe 0:41:16.340 --> 0:41:18.380 the best game of his career to give Carolina a 0:41:18.380 --> 0:41:22.360 chance to win on Sunday. amid all the injuries. I 0:41:22.380 --> 0:41:24.900 think that happens. I think we get the good version 0:41:24.920 --> 0:41:27.160 of Bryce. Not that he was bad last week against Cleveland, 0:41:27.540 --> 0:41:30.360 but we get more Bryce from week one, more Bryce 0:41:30.400 --> 0:41:32.700 we saw from week two. I think they run it 0:41:32.820 --> 0:41:35.279 a little bit better. They get a turnover or two 0:41:35.300 --> 0:41:37.779 from Jared Goff when they blitz him. I got the 0:41:37.820 --> 0:41:40.400 Panthers at home over the Lions 34-29. 0:41:40.560 --> 0:41:45.140 Okay, Fink. There you go, Fink. Give us a growl, baby. 0:41:45.460 --> 0:41:45.790 Wow, wow, wow. 0:41:46.140 --> 0:41:47.560 There you go. There you go. 0:41:47.580 --> 0:41:51.469 Now people are mad I didn't pick the Panthers, but 0:41:51.489 --> 0:41:53.670 yet they're mad if I do pick the Panthers. You 0:41:53.690 --> 0:41:55.790 know that's like mad to be able to be in 0:41:55.850 --> 0:41:57.029 a no-win situation like this? 0:41:57.950 --> 0:41:59.620 I think I know what they want out of me, though. 0:41:59.860 --> 0:42:01.360 I am pretty sure they do not want me to 0:42:01.400 --> 0:42:04.100 pick the Panthers. I'm torn on this one because I 0:42:04.120 --> 0:42:06.740 have said all along, if we can beat the Rams boat, 0:42:06.969 --> 0:42:08.910 who were the hottest team in the NFL last year 0:42:09.210 --> 0:42:12.310 with the absences we had, this Lions team that is 0:42:12.430 --> 0:42:16.490 very flawed on defense, this is nowhere near the challenge 0:42:16.530 --> 0:42:19.680 of the Rams. And I do agree with Fitty about Bryce. 0:42:19.980 --> 0:42:23.240 Their past defense is trash. And I do believe Bryce 0:42:23.280 --> 0:42:25.339 will make plays. Now, will there even be moments that 0:42:25.380 --> 0:42:29.000 Hutchinson and, you know, Eileen McNeil and maybe even Wanham 0:42:29.480 --> 0:42:31.640 get to Bryce? Yeah, unfortunately, I think there will be 0:42:31.660 --> 0:42:34.009 with our O-line situation. But I think it's going to 0:42:34.050 --> 0:42:36.250 move the pocket for Bryce. I think we'll run the 0:42:36.270 --> 0:42:38.970 football more this week, Boney. And I think the Panthers 0:42:39.070 --> 0:42:42.510 offense will have a huge freaking night. Now, here's the problem. 0:42:43.380 --> 0:42:46.060 The problem is the Lions are not the team I 0:42:46.100 --> 0:42:48.690 want to face when we're trying to get Will Lee 0:42:49.150 --> 0:42:53.390 and a Caleb Evans acclimated. I think Avero will keep 0:42:53.989 --> 0:42:56.190 the Lions in front of us for the most part, Bone, 0:42:56.550 --> 0:42:58.080 but I think they'll move the ball up and down 0:42:58.120 --> 0:43:01.800 the field. I think the Panthers lose an entertaining shootout 0:43:02.219 --> 0:43:05.660 with America enjoying themselves, but I think it ends up 34-31, Lions. 0:43:07.620 --> 0:43:10.160 yeah just the two injuries if it was even just 0:43:10.260 --> 0:43:13.640 mike jack plays and horn doesn't it's just and who 0:43:13.680 --> 0:43:16.600 cover who covers amon ron the slot where he plays 0:43:16.780 --> 0:43:18.640 you know about half the time. 0:43:18.560 --> 0:43:21.040 Does finney become a god i don't know man a 0:43:21.080 --> 0:43:23.939 god by monday morning we'll find out if we win 0:43:24.020 --> 0:43:26.879 i'm dancing alone i hope you're right baby i hope 0:43:26.900 --> 0:43:28.799 you are right fit he's dancing alone there you go 0:43:28.840 --> 0:43:32.650 have at it oh solo finney dance we what do 0:43:32.670 --> 0:43:34.130 we just sit there and watch like we're at the 0:43:34.150 --> 0:43:39.020 club We just throw dollars out. Is that what our 0:43:39.060 --> 0:43:42.100 role will be? I hope we're victory dancing, y'all. And 0:43:42.120 --> 0:43:44.460 I hope to see you at the doghouse pregame. Get 0:43:44.520 --> 0:43:46.420 ready for the game. Rain or shine. We need you 0:43:46.480 --> 0:43:47.520 out there, Panther fans. 0:43:47.860 --> 0:43:51.870 We had Charlotte Todd's brother or Todd from Detroit, who's 0:43:51.890 --> 0:43:55.910 a texter. His brother-in-law said, I guess he took Todd's 0:43:55.950 --> 0:43:59.350 phone and texted us. I just landed with a bunch 0:43:59.390 --> 0:44:03.569 of my friends from Detroit. So they're here, Boney. They're here. 0:44:03.590 --> 0:44:05.879 Look out. One guy said he knows four Lions fans 0:44:05.930 --> 0:44:07.970 are all going to the game. Look out. Look out. 0:44:08.360 --> 0:44:10.460 All right, we're out of here, y'all. We'll talk to 0:44:10.500 --> 0:44:14.380 you about it. Everybody enjoy their weekend. Good job out 0:44:14.400 --> 0:44:16.650 of Phinney. Had no issues at Phinney today at all. 0:44:16.660 --> 0:44:18.239 I don't know what y'all are talking about. Good job 0:44:18.320 --> 0:44:21.060 out of the bone, man. Colin Hoggard, Shore Sports Today, 0:44:21.100 --> 0:44:21.740 coming up next. 0:44:22.580 --> 0:44:24.200 Ladies and gentlemen, the weekend.