1 00:00:00,800 --> 00:00:06,040 Speaker 1: Be Around the NFL Podcast tries not to feed the 2 00:00:06,120 --> 00:00:10,479 Speaker 1: HiPE bunnies. Welcome back to another edition of the Around 3 00:00:10,520 --> 00:00:12,800 Speaker 1: the NFL Podcast. My name is Dan Hansus, and I'm 4 00:00:12,880 --> 00:00:16,880 Speaker 1: joined by a room filled with heroes, Mark Sessler, Chris Westling, 5 00:00:17,120 --> 00:00:20,520 Speaker 1: and Greg Rols. A dollar up boys, Hey Dan, Happy 6 00:00:20,560 --> 00:00:25,000 Speaker 1: Sunday and a beautiful Sunday it is. I don't know 7 00:00:25,520 --> 00:00:29,160 Speaker 1: that it is beautiful out it is, but it is better. 8 00:00:29,320 --> 00:00:30,800 Speaker 1: For the first time, I feel like we don't have 9 00:00:30,840 --> 00:00:34,680 Speaker 1: to address seven thousand injuries off the top. Uh, we 10 00:00:34,720 --> 00:00:37,240 Speaker 1: don't have to talk about anything like super depressing that's 11 00:00:37,240 --> 00:00:39,320 Speaker 1: going on in the NFL. We could if we wanted to, 12 00:00:39,360 --> 00:00:42,520 Speaker 1: where we're not going to. Instead, we're gonna talk about 13 00:00:42,560 --> 00:00:46,440 Speaker 1: all these games. Mark Keson predicted the death or demise 14 00:00:46,560 --> 00:00:52,880 Speaker 1: of some NFL legend yet in the show and everything's great. Yeah, 15 00:00:52,920 --> 00:00:55,840 Speaker 1: there's the show is forty five seconds old. I was 16 00:00:55,880 --> 00:00:58,120 Speaker 1: gonna say there's a certain purity to the show right now, 17 00:00:58,160 --> 00:01:01,120 Speaker 1: but that will fade over the over the ensuing minutes 18 00:01:01,160 --> 00:01:04,319 Speaker 1: to come. You can be certain of that. So yeah, 19 00:01:04,360 --> 00:01:07,600 Speaker 1: So this is week three the NFL season. We already 20 00:01:07,760 --> 00:01:10,320 Speaker 1: went through the Thursday night game, which we'll all remember 21 00:01:10,360 --> 00:01:13,679 Speaker 1: forever is the day that the Tampa Bay Bucks ceased 22 00:01:13,680 --> 00:01:16,240 Speaker 1: to be taken seriously and they're actually and we'll get 23 00:01:16,280 --> 00:01:18,720 Speaker 1: to this maybe on Wednesday. We might have to convene 24 00:01:18,720 --> 00:01:22,400 Speaker 1: the four Committee a little bit early for new listeners, 25 00:01:22,680 --> 00:01:25,280 Speaker 1: stick a fork and in one of our top running, 26 00:01:26,000 --> 00:01:30,120 Speaker 1: huge metrics monster people, and the ratings just shoot through 27 00:01:30,120 --> 00:01:32,399 Speaker 1: the roof. None of this can be verified, but we 28 00:01:32,480 --> 00:01:35,800 Speaker 1: do decide when a team has no longer has a 29 00:01:35,840 --> 00:01:38,800 Speaker 1: tangible shot of making the playoffs, we stick a fork 30 00:01:38,840 --> 00:01:41,240 Speaker 1: in that team. We struggled in our first year, which 31 00:01:41,319 --> 00:01:44,880 Speaker 1: led to Greg making a sizeable donation to a charity 32 00:01:44,920 --> 00:01:47,800 Speaker 1: that he never let us forget. And then last season 33 00:01:47,840 --> 00:01:50,640 Speaker 1: we actually nailed it. Every team that we forked, we 34 00:01:50,680 --> 00:01:52,880 Speaker 1: didn't get burned if I'm if I'm remembering, well, we 35 00:01:52,880 --> 00:01:56,040 Speaker 1: were especially conservative last year. So yeah, that's a good point, mark, 36 00:01:56,080 --> 00:01:57,640 Speaker 1: So why don't we're gonna go for it this year? 37 00:01:57,640 --> 00:02:00,120 Speaker 1: And you know, I'll still play it smart, but may be, 38 00:02:01,000 --> 00:02:03,600 Speaker 1: just maybe we'll have our first team forked, and the 39 00:02:03,640 --> 00:02:06,080 Speaker 1: Bucks seem to be an option anyway, So let's talk 40 00:02:06,080 --> 00:02:12,000 Speaker 1: about the best ye alright, So Sunday, Yes, let's get 41 00:02:12,000 --> 00:02:14,639 Speaker 1: to Sunday and TD behind the Glass. How are you, buddy, 42 00:02:14,880 --> 00:02:17,639 Speaker 1: I'm doing good. Great week for NFL podcast. Mark Sessler 43 00:02:17,800 --> 00:02:20,919 Speaker 1: predicted that you know, blake Boarders will be playing week three. 44 00:02:21,040 --> 00:02:24,480 Speaker 1: Sort of got that right, Damage like predicted Jodan Matthews 45 00:02:24,520 --> 00:02:26,760 Speaker 1: have a huge game, and Dana Jeremifa Moved the Sticks 46 00:02:26,760 --> 00:02:30,200 Speaker 1: predicted that, hey, Broncos have a hard Tom against that's 47 00:02:30,200 --> 00:02:37,640 Speaker 1: the Yolks past defense, which at that I also watched 48 00:02:37,680 --> 00:02:40,240 Speaker 1: the Super Bowl last year. Thank you. Move the Sticks 49 00:02:40,400 --> 00:02:42,639 Speaker 1: has his new podcast in NFL dot Com, which is 50 00:02:42,680 --> 00:02:45,280 Speaker 1: really cute. But I I view him as a rival now, 51 00:02:45,320 --> 00:02:47,240 Speaker 1: so I don't like him coming up during the course 52 00:02:47,240 --> 00:02:50,680 Speaker 1: of the podcast. If that's okay. He's an enemy of 53 00:02:50,680 --> 00:02:53,400 Speaker 1: the state now maybe just for me, how I take it. Well, No, 54 00:02:53,520 --> 00:02:55,919 Speaker 1: TD has got his hand in forty five different shows, 55 00:02:55,960 --> 00:02:58,560 Speaker 1: so it's it's of interest to him to promote Move 56 00:02:58,639 --> 00:03:02,400 Speaker 1: the Sticks, you know, believe throughout this entire show. Alright, 57 00:03:02,440 --> 00:03:04,240 Speaker 1: and we love a guy. That's great. That's great for you, 58 00:03:05,080 --> 00:03:07,280 Speaker 1: all right? So why should we get going into the 59 00:03:07,320 --> 00:03:10,480 Speaker 1: games or some more bucks talk, maybe some more Jeremiah Tucker. 60 00:03:10,520 --> 00:03:15,440 Speaker 1: Should we just go? Let's do it. We start in Seattle, 61 00:03:15,480 --> 00:03:18,480 Speaker 1: where the Seahawks and Broncos had a rematch of their 62 00:03:18,480 --> 00:03:21,440 Speaker 1: Super Bowl forty eight blowout in the meadow Lands of February. 63 00:03:21,480 --> 00:03:25,079 Speaker 1: This game was closer, but the seahawksrevailed again. Marshawn Lynch 64 00:03:25,120 --> 00:03:27,680 Speaker 1: scored on a six yard touchdown run on the first 65 00:03:27,680 --> 00:03:32,320 Speaker 1: possession of overtime to give the Seahawks uh in Seattle. 66 00:03:32,360 --> 00:03:35,360 Speaker 1: As I said, Seattle blew a seventeen three fourth quarter lead. 67 00:03:35,720 --> 00:03:38,160 Speaker 1: Denver tied the game on a late Peyton Manning touchdown 68 00:03:38,240 --> 00:03:41,560 Speaker 1: pass that Jacob Tammy followed by a two point conversion. However, 69 00:03:41,920 --> 00:03:45,440 Speaker 1: all for not because the Seattle Seahawks took it right 70 00:03:45,480 --> 00:03:48,120 Speaker 1: down the field on the Denver defense won the game. 71 00:03:48,560 --> 00:03:51,800 Speaker 1: Seattle back in the winning column after lost in San Diego. Guys, 72 00:03:51,840 --> 00:03:54,600 Speaker 1: what do you take away from this game? The score 73 00:03:54,720 --> 00:03:57,720 Speaker 1: was closer, but the Seahawks are still the better team. 74 00:03:58,120 --> 00:04:03,160 Speaker 1: The Broncos defense is tougher. They added so many pieces 75 00:04:03,360 --> 00:04:05,080 Speaker 1: in part because of what happened in Super Bowl, and 76 00:04:05,120 --> 00:04:07,320 Speaker 1: they were much better today. I put this more on 77 00:04:07,360 --> 00:04:10,120 Speaker 1: the Broncos offense that they lost. The defense is tougher, 78 00:04:10,200 --> 00:04:12,360 Speaker 1: but it wasn't really the defense that was a problem 79 00:04:12,360 --> 00:04:14,920 Speaker 1: in the Super Bowl. It was the offense, and the 80 00:04:14,960 --> 00:04:17,440 Speaker 1: offense still is not tougher. Yeah, you know, it's great. 81 00:04:17,920 --> 00:04:22,200 Speaker 1: Even after the terrific eighty yard forty one second drive 82 00:04:22,279 --> 00:04:25,880 Speaker 1: that Denver had to finish regulation and force overtime, the 83 00:04:25,960 --> 00:04:28,840 Speaker 1: Broncos ended up with fewer yards per play in this 84 00:04:28,880 --> 00:04:30,920 Speaker 1: game than he did for the Super Bowl. I mean, 85 00:04:30,960 --> 00:04:33,640 Speaker 1: they could not move the ball. They were dominated for 86 00:04:33,800 --> 00:04:37,080 Speaker 1: essentially fifty nine minutes. Their defense kept a minute, had 87 00:04:37,080 --> 00:04:39,720 Speaker 1: a safety, made some big plays, and eventually Manning made 88 00:04:39,720 --> 00:04:41,320 Speaker 1: a couple of nice passes, but it was not a 89 00:04:41,320 --> 00:04:44,680 Speaker 1: good performance by Peyton Manning. I continue to be unimpressed 90 00:04:44,680 --> 00:04:47,680 Speaker 1: with Denver's ground game. You know, last year was like, 91 00:04:47,720 --> 00:04:50,400 Speaker 1: oh no, Sean Moreno, he's just a guy. Will throw 92 00:04:50,480 --> 00:04:52,280 Speaker 1: him out of the of the team and we'll just 93 00:04:52,320 --> 00:04:54,799 Speaker 1: plug in monte Ball and everything will be fine. Except 94 00:04:55,600 --> 00:04:57,640 Speaker 1: that's not how it always plays out, and they don't 95 00:04:57,640 --> 00:05:00,360 Speaker 1: really have a dynamic element on the ground and great. 96 00:05:00,400 --> 00:05:02,520 Speaker 1: We talked about downstairs in the newsroom the idea that 97 00:05:02,560 --> 00:05:05,680 Speaker 1: this was perhaps a moral victory for the Broncos, who 98 00:05:05,720 --> 00:05:08,520 Speaker 1: got blown out as we know eight and in this 99 00:05:08,560 --> 00:05:11,400 Speaker 1: game they got the the late touchdown to tie it. 100 00:05:11,480 --> 00:05:13,440 Speaker 1: But to me, I don't know if I buy into that, 101 00:05:13,480 --> 00:05:15,719 Speaker 1: because I think this was a game that the Seahawks 102 00:05:15,720 --> 00:05:18,600 Speaker 1: dominated for the most part, and they had the they 103 00:05:18,640 --> 00:05:21,120 Speaker 1: had the lead late, and they won convincingly in overtime. 104 00:05:21,160 --> 00:05:23,000 Speaker 1: I mean, but they got waxed in the Sewer Bowl. 105 00:05:23,040 --> 00:05:25,240 Speaker 1: That was an embarrassment. And it was seventeen three at 106 00:05:25,240 --> 00:05:27,000 Speaker 1: half time, and I was thinking, maybe it's going to 107 00:05:27,080 --> 00:05:29,360 Speaker 1: go that way again. This thing is gonna be thirty 108 00:05:29,360 --> 00:05:31,680 Speaker 1: one to ten or some laugher of a game, and 109 00:05:31,720 --> 00:05:34,000 Speaker 1: they make a big fourth quarter comeback. The defense was 110 00:05:34,160 --> 00:05:36,479 Speaker 1: much better, and they looked like a better Broncos. I 111 00:05:36,480 --> 00:05:38,640 Speaker 1: was gonna say, do you guys think this Broncos team 112 00:05:38,680 --> 00:05:41,120 Speaker 1: through three games, still a small sample, is better than 113 00:05:41,160 --> 00:05:43,440 Speaker 1: the last year's team. I know Manning isn't madding right 114 00:05:43,440 --> 00:05:45,360 Speaker 1: now compared to last season, but we didn't expect it 115 00:05:45,360 --> 00:05:47,479 Speaker 1: seems like a very different team to me. Yeah, I 116 00:05:47,520 --> 00:05:49,720 Speaker 1: think they're they're better on defense, but they're not as 117 00:05:49,720 --> 00:05:52,599 Speaker 1: good on offense. And what happened with the Seahawks today 118 00:05:52,640 --> 00:05:54,680 Speaker 1: letting the Broncos back in the game is sort of 119 00:05:54,680 --> 00:05:57,560 Speaker 1: what happened to the Broncos the first two weeks. Letting 120 00:05:57,600 --> 00:05:59,400 Speaker 1: the Colts back in the game, letting the Chiefs back 121 00:05:59,400 --> 00:06:01,360 Speaker 1: in the game when they were clearing the better team. 122 00:06:01,400 --> 00:06:02,840 Speaker 1: They just kind of took their foot off the gas 123 00:06:02,880 --> 00:06:05,480 Speaker 1: pedal and when pushed games shoven overtight Marshawn Lynch got 124 00:06:05,520 --> 00:06:08,240 Speaker 1: at least six yards and every single one of his runs, 125 00:06:08,360 --> 00:06:10,200 Speaker 1: so they did what they wanted in that one drive, 126 00:06:10,360 --> 00:06:12,320 Speaker 1: one quick thing with Denver. I feel like when they 127 00:06:12,320 --> 00:06:15,119 Speaker 1: were last year dominating teams and going on these spurts 128 00:06:15,160 --> 00:06:18,599 Speaker 1: where they'd scored twenty one points in four minutes. That's fine, 129 00:06:18,640 --> 00:06:21,440 Speaker 1: But in these close games where John Fox needs to 130 00:06:21,440 --> 00:06:23,920 Speaker 1: be the difference, I don't. I don't like what's going 131 00:06:23,920 --> 00:06:27,680 Speaker 1: on with John Fox in terms of late game management. Again, 132 00:06:28,000 --> 00:06:29,680 Speaker 1: this game would have been not as close had the 133 00:06:29,720 --> 00:06:31,600 Speaker 1: Seattle Seahawks had two weeks to prepare on like the 134 00:06:31,720 --> 00:06:34,279 Speaker 1: draws on third and ten. That's a John Fox not 135 00:06:34,320 --> 00:06:37,280 Speaker 1: a huge fandom. Part of the Broncos offensive problem is 136 00:06:37,279 --> 00:06:39,880 Speaker 1: that the Marus Thomas hasn't been himself yet this year. 137 00:06:40,040 --> 00:06:41,720 Speaker 1: Playing through a foot injury. He was kind of in 138 00:06:41,720 --> 00:06:44,120 Speaker 1: and out of the game. Had nine targets today and 139 00:06:44,120 --> 00:06:46,640 Speaker 1: didn't make an impact until the two point conversion to 140 00:06:46,720 --> 00:06:49,039 Speaker 1: tie the game late in the fourth quarter, Manning is 141 00:06:49,120 --> 00:06:53,320 Speaker 1: upping the stakes with his whole ducks ratio. His ducks 142 00:06:53,360 --> 00:06:56,000 Speaker 1: to spiral ratio continues to ride. I don't know how 143 00:06:56,000 --> 00:06:58,600 Speaker 1: he's managing to pull off being the best quarterback in 144 00:06:58,640 --> 00:07:01,080 Speaker 1: the NFL, which I still think he is, with all 145 00:07:01,200 --> 00:07:04,640 Speaker 1: these ugly flutterballs all day long. I mean, it just 146 00:07:04,680 --> 00:07:06,680 Speaker 1: was worse than it. D Does Greg have a tighter 147 00:07:06,960 --> 00:07:09,600 Speaker 1: deep ball than Peyton Manning at this stage in time, 148 00:07:09,720 --> 00:07:11,920 Speaker 1: I think it's starting to they close. I don't know, 149 00:07:12,000 --> 00:07:13,720 Speaker 1: actually Greg's deep. I don't think I've ever had a 150 00:07:13,720 --> 00:07:15,920 Speaker 1: catch with him. Dad, Will you have a catch with me? 151 00:07:16,320 --> 00:07:18,480 Speaker 1: At some point We're gonna nail you down on who 152 00:07:18,600 --> 00:07:21,120 Speaker 1: actually is the best quarterback in the NFL between Aaron 153 00:07:21,200 --> 00:07:24,280 Speaker 1: Rodgers and Peyton Manning. You can't just keep vacillating every week. 154 00:07:24,320 --> 00:07:26,440 Speaker 1: I meant, in the first three weeks of this season, 155 00:07:26,480 --> 00:07:28,360 Speaker 1: he has been one of them. Has to start playing well. 156 00:07:28,480 --> 00:07:34,720 Speaker 1: I guess he's been okay, He's been good in a 157 00:07:34,840 --> 00:07:37,920 Speaker 1: game that involved a brawl and a d R touchdown 158 00:07:37,960 --> 00:07:40,720 Speaker 1: from the Seawan Jackson and his Philly homecoming, and stellar 159 00:07:40,800 --> 00:07:44,480 Speaker 1: quarterback play by r G three's replacement, the Eagles outlasted 160 00:07:44,520 --> 00:07:47,120 Speaker 1: the Redskins thirty seven thirty four and one of the 161 00:07:47,160 --> 00:07:50,960 Speaker 1: most entertaining games of the season today. Kirk Cousins and 162 00:07:51,040 --> 00:07:54,320 Speaker 1: Nick Foles combined for seven hundred and fifty two yards 163 00:07:54,360 --> 00:07:57,080 Speaker 1: and six tds in the game, but the Eagles came 164 00:07:57,080 --> 00:08:01,080 Speaker 1: out ahead in this NFC East battle, Great Eagles one. 165 00:08:01,320 --> 00:08:06,280 Speaker 1: We expected Eagles to win, right, Yeah, but the Redskins 166 00:08:06,320 --> 00:08:08,400 Speaker 1: might not be that bad now. I think the Redskins 167 00:08:09,040 --> 00:08:11,200 Speaker 1: proved a lot even though they lost in this game. 168 00:08:11,240 --> 00:08:13,600 Speaker 1: They racked up over five hundred yards of offense. When 169 00:08:13,600 --> 00:08:15,720 Speaker 1: I just watched the two of them, I thought they 170 00:08:15,760 --> 00:08:17,920 Speaker 1: were the better team for most of the day. Kirk 171 00:08:17,920 --> 00:08:20,760 Speaker 1: Cousins played fantastic. Nick Foles had his best game of 172 00:08:20,800 --> 00:08:23,960 Speaker 1: the year by far. The difference with special teams again 173 00:08:24,200 --> 00:08:27,280 Speaker 1: a kickoff return for Philadelphia and a missed short field 174 00:08:27,320 --> 00:08:29,800 Speaker 1: goal that's ten points in a game like this, that 175 00:08:29,880 --> 00:08:33,120 Speaker 1: was really the difference. But Washington, Chris Wesley picked them 176 00:08:33,120 --> 00:08:35,680 Speaker 1: to go to the playoffs, and I'm thinking that prediction. 177 00:08:36,320 --> 00:08:37,760 Speaker 1: Did you pick him to go to the playoffs? I 178 00:08:37,760 --> 00:08:40,320 Speaker 1: believe you did. I think I ended up well. You 179 00:08:40,360 --> 00:08:42,319 Speaker 1: liked them as your dark horse team. I'm I'm beginning 180 00:08:42,320 --> 00:08:43,920 Speaker 1: to think you might be onto something there. They look 181 00:08:43,960 --> 00:08:47,520 Speaker 1: pretty good and they're one and two and they'll come around. 182 00:08:47,600 --> 00:08:51,080 Speaker 1: Lost the starting cornerback possibly for the season, Jason Hatcher 183 00:08:51,120 --> 00:08:53,959 Speaker 1: hit a hamstring injury. They've had a ton of injuries 184 00:08:54,000 --> 00:08:56,800 Speaker 1: and they had more today. You're referring to D'Angelo Hollywood 185 00:08:56,960 --> 00:08:58,920 Speaker 1: tours Achilles in the game, at least that's what he 186 00:08:58,920 --> 00:09:01,120 Speaker 1: told reporters after of the game. But yeah, this game 187 00:09:01,160 --> 00:09:03,520 Speaker 1: had a little bit of everything that Sean Jackson just 188 00:09:03,679 --> 00:09:07,920 Speaker 1: trolling Philly fans, but five getting in a fight. What's 189 00:09:08,240 --> 00:09:12,199 Speaker 1: Berry Kirk Cousins. We gotta talk about him. Four hundred 190 00:09:12,280 --> 00:09:15,800 Speaker 1: and twenty seven yards and three touchdowns, r G three, 191 00:09:16,280 --> 00:09:18,160 Speaker 1: as we talked about yesterday. You know, I think there 192 00:09:18,200 --> 00:09:19,720 Speaker 1: was a report out there but that he might be 193 00:09:19,760 --> 00:09:22,480 Speaker 1: back in about a two month time frame. But this 194 00:09:22,600 --> 00:09:24,880 Speaker 1: is exactly the worst nightmare for r G three is 195 00:09:24,920 --> 00:09:27,240 Speaker 1: if Cousins comes in and plays great, he's not going 196 00:09:27,320 --> 00:09:30,600 Speaker 1: to be benched. Right. It's the nightmare for the coaching 197 00:09:30,640 --> 00:09:33,199 Speaker 1: staff too. I think you know, listen, if they if 198 00:09:33,200 --> 00:09:36,319 Speaker 1: they win four games with Cousins, that isn't but this 199 00:09:36,360 --> 00:09:38,480 Speaker 1: is gonna be a headache to deal with. Because your 200 00:09:38,520 --> 00:09:42,160 Speaker 1: owner went out on a limb to recreate this franchise 201 00:09:42,240 --> 00:09:45,160 Speaker 1: with r G three is his foundational quarterback. And then 202 00:09:45,200 --> 00:09:47,200 Speaker 1: you've got this guy who was picked up in a 203 00:09:47,280 --> 00:09:49,880 Speaker 1: late round, completely outplaying. And what happens when r G 204 00:09:50,000 --> 00:09:52,080 Speaker 1: three comes back and does one of his hundred and 205 00:09:52,080 --> 00:09:56,360 Speaker 1: eighteen yards games and the whole what the nation's capital melts. 206 00:09:56,520 --> 00:09:58,520 Speaker 1: That's a long way from now, and I think the 207 00:09:59,040 --> 00:10:01,360 Speaker 1: way it's tough for the coaches is if Cousins is 208 00:10:01,400 --> 00:10:04,439 Speaker 1: in the middle, if he plays like this most weeks, 209 00:10:04,679 --> 00:10:06,920 Speaker 1: there's it's not in the middle. He's just gonna keep 210 00:10:06,960 --> 00:10:09,640 Speaker 1: the job because he was very common third down, always 211 00:10:09,720 --> 00:10:12,400 Speaker 1: knew where to go, was very on point fourteen for 212 00:10:12,480 --> 00:10:15,000 Speaker 1: fifteen to start the game. And his deep ball looks ugly, 213 00:10:15,559 --> 00:10:17,480 Speaker 1: but it gets there and it's been accurate, and he 214 00:10:17,559 --> 00:10:19,200 Speaker 1: hit a lot of deep balls in this game. This 215 00:10:19,240 --> 00:10:21,560 Speaker 1: will be most one of the most interesting stories to 216 00:10:21,600 --> 00:10:25,640 Speaker 1: watch throughout the whole season, I think, because coaches work 217 00:10:25,840 --> 00:10:28,679 Speaker 1: twenty hours a day in the NFL and what they 218 00:10:28,760 --> 00:10:31,880 Speaker 1: want on Sundays is for the quarterback to follow the script, 219 00:10:32,800 --> 00:10:35,640 Speaker 1: and Kirk Cousins can do that better than r G three. Now, 220 00:10:35,720 --> 00:10:39,440 Speaker 1: sometimes you'll have Brett Farve not following homegrown script and 221 00:10:39,440 --> 00:10:42,400 Speaker 1: it works out better. But most coaches want that Bill Walsh, 222 00:10:42,520 --> 00:10:46,040 Speaker 1: Joe mont and Joe Montana thing, and Gruden is from 223 00:10:46,080 --> 00:10:48,880 Speaker 1: the Bill wallsh school. He wants his quarterback to go 224 00:10:48,880 --> 00:10:51,520 Speaker 1: out there and run his offense. And his confidence in 225 00:10:51,840 --> 00:10:54,959 Speaker 1: Cousins is is right up there, because we the comments 226 00:10:54,960 --> 00:10:57,960 Speaker 1: he made last week couldn't have been more damning for 227 00:10:58,080 --> 00:11:00,000 Speaker 1: r G three on some level when he spoke about 228 00:11:00,040 --> 00:11:01,960 Speaker 1: Cousins is a guy he can win with now that 229 00:11:01,960 --> 00:11:05,240 Speaker 1: he can do anything. And what he did in this 230 00:11:05,280 --> 00:11:07,000 Speaker 1: game is what I wanted to see out of him 231 00:11:07,040 --> 00:11:09,200 Speaker 1: as someone who doesn't quite buy into is that he 232 00:11:09,240 --> 00:11:11,120 Speaker 1: made a couple of wow throws. I mean, he's not 233 00:11:11,120 --> 00:11:14,800 Speaker 1: gonna amaze you with his arm, but into really small windows, 234 00:11:14,840 --> 00:11:17,600 Speaker 1: low percentage throws that he completed. And and I do 235 00:11:17,679 --> 00:11:19,880 Speaker 1: want to say after killing foals for a couple of weeks, 236 00:11:19,880 --> 00:11:21,800 Speaker 1: he was really good, especially in the first half of 237 00:11:21,840 --> 00:11:23,880 Speaker 1: this game. Uh He's one of the big reasons the 238 00:11:23,880 --> 00:11:26,000 Speaker 1: Eagles one because they couldn't run the ball at all. 239 00:11:26,040 --> 00:11:29,280 Speaker 1: Their offensive line is decimated by injuries right now. They 240 00:11:29,320 --> 00:11:33,600 Speaker 1: lost uh Kelsey in the game and Jason Peters got 241 00:11:33,679 --> 00:11:35,839 Speaker 1: kicked out for fighting and they still survived. By the way, 242 00:11:35,880 --> 00:11:39,480 Speaker 1: your defense, sorry, your defense gave up four something yards passing. 243 00:11:39,520 --> 00:11:41,520 Speaker 1: If you're the Eagles, that's rough. How serious is the 244 00:11:41,559 --> 00:11:45,040 Speaker 1: Kelsey injury? The The beat reporters in the locker room 245 00:11:45,320 --> 00:11:47,800 Speaker 1: didn't think it was necessarily that serious, but it was 246 00:11:47,840 --> 00:11:49,280 Speaker 1: tough to tell he was knocked out for the game 247 00:11:49,360 --> 00:11:54,079 Speaker 1: right away when it happened. Moving forward, the Buffalo Bills 248 00:11:54,120 --> 00:11:56,079 Speaker 1: were looking to move to three and oh at home 249 00:11:56,120 --> 00:11:59,600 Speaker 1: against the Chargers. It did not happen. Philip Rivers through 250 00:11:59,640 --> 00:12:02,840 Speaker 1: for two touchdown passes the Eddie Royal and the Chargers 251 00:12:02,920 --> 00:12:05,760 Speaker 1: had a two to ten win over the Bills. On Sunday, 252 00:12:06,000 --> 00:12:08,360 Speaker 1: Knocolm Floyd had two catches for ninety eight yards, is 253 00:12:08,800 --> 00:12:12,920 Speaker 1: Rivers found some of his uh big play accuracy downfield. 254 00:12:13,320 --> 00:12:15,480 Speaker 1: Danny Woodhead went out with an injury for the Chargers. 255 00:12:15,520 --> 00:12:17,160 Speaker 1: That's something to watch. He could be out for the 256 00:12:17,200 --> 00:12:20,360 Speaker 1: year with an angle leg injury. But on balance, another 257 00:12:20,480 --> 00:12:23,760 Speaker 1: nice win for the San Diego Chargers and another troubling 258 00:12:23,760 --> 00:12:28,319 Speaker 1: effort for ej Manuel. Well, well, I know you were 259 00:12:28,320 --> 00:12:31,400 Speaker 1: watching this game Dan closely. What about the e J 260 00:12:31,559 --> 00:12:34,040 Speaker 1: Manuel experience in you like, because actually the numbers are 261 00:12:34,080 --> 00:12:36,520 Speaker 1: fairly similar to his first two games, which they which 262 00:12:36,559 --> 00:12:39,680 Speaker 1: they won. And you know, I watched last Sunday, I 263 00:12:39,720 --> 00:12:41,959 Speaker 1: was also assigned to the Bills, and I got this 264 00:12:42,280 --> 00:12:44,400 Speaker 1: same question. I think in the student just be the 265 00:12:44,400 --> 00:12:46,880 Speaker 1: Bills beak. You're good enough if I can watch you, 266 00:12:46,960 --> 00:12:49,800 Speaker 1: j Manuel, I don't feel like anyone's gonna fight you out. 267 00:12:49,840 --> 00:12:52,319 Speaker 1: Here's the thing. Here's the thing. His numbers are not 268 00:12:52,400 --> 00:12:55,000 Speaker 1: matching his play to this point because while he's not 269 00:12:55,120 --> 00:12:58,320 Speaker 1: killing them, uh that is not really what they used 270 00:12:58,320 --> 00:13:00,679 Speaker 1: the first round pick on him for. Is for him 271 00:13:00,720 --> 00:13:02,840 Speaker 1: not to kill them. He's supposed to be making plays 272 00:13:03,120 --> 00:13:05,920 Speaker 1: and he just doesn't. He doesn't have um, he doesn't 273 00:13:05,960 --> 00:13:07,920 Speaker 1: have a lot of confidence pushing the ball down field. 274 00:13:07,960 --> 00:13:10,680 Speaker 1: He still makes too many mistakes. He took a terrible 275 00:13:10,679 --> 00:13:13,720 Speaker 1: intentional grounding penalty in the end zone in the fourth 276 00:13:13,760 --> 00:13:16,160 Speaker 1: quarter that costs the team of safety and really any 277 00:13:16,200 --> 00:13:19,440 Speaker 1: realistic shot at a comeback. It just feels like Manuel, 278 00:13:19,679 --> 00:13:21,760 Speaker 1: And this is something I think we were all on 279 00:13:21,840 --> 00:13:24,400 Speaker 1: board with well before the season started, that he might 280 00:13:24,440 --> 00:13:26,920 Speaker 1: be the guy that's holding back this offense and that 281 00:13:26,920 --> 00:13:28,920 Speaker 1: that's how it feels when I watch these games. I 282 00:13:28,960 --> 00:13:32,040 Speaker 1: think that's our concerned. Even he put up some decent 283 00:13:32,120 --> 00:13:34,280 Speaker 1: numbers the first two weeks they were winning. But how 284 00:13:34,320 --> 00:13:36,320 Speaker 1: long can you keep winning when you hide your quarterback? 285 00:13:37,160 --> 00:13:39,640 Speaker 1: Not that long. I'm I'd be a little worried about 286 00:13:39,679 --> 00:13:42,120 Speaker 1: the Chargers, one of my favorite teams out there this year. 287 00:13:42,200 --> 00:13:44,880 Speaker 1: That's for a team of a t l uh that 288 00:13:45,040 --> 00:13:47,960 Speaker 1: you lose woodhead on top of Matthews woodhead, it sounds 289 00:13:48,000 --> 00:13:50,959 Speaker 1: like will missed the season. Ryan Matthews out four to 290 00:13:51,080 --> 00:13:54,720 Speaker 1: five weeks and Donald Brown now steps in, at least 291 00:13:54,720 --> 00:13:57,840 Speaker 1: for now as the primary primary ball carrier. He delivered 292 00:13:57,920 --> 00:14:02,480 Speaker 1: a vintage matt as to performance with a career high 293 00:14:02,559 --> 00:14:04,959 Speaker 1: thirty one carries. For take a guess how many yards 294 00:14:05,480 --> 00:14:12,000 Speaker 1: twelve No, wow, sixty two? Whoever got it as a genius? 295 00:14:12,240 --> 00:14:14,600 Speaker 1: Sixty two yards a thirty one carries. So you know, 296 00:14:14,720 --> 00:14:17,480 Speaker 1: Donald Brown is Donald Brown. But at the same time, uh, 297 00:14:17,520 --> 00:14:20,280 Speaker 1: you know this offense has a chance to be really good. 298 00:14:20,320 --> 00:14:22,440 Speaker 1: And I wrote in the in the roundup post that 299 00:14:22,800 --> 00:14:25,360 Speaker 1: it's early after three weeks, but I'm starting to feel 300 00:14:25,440 --> 00:14:27,600 Speaker 1: a little frisky about Philip Rivers for m v P. 301 00:14:28,200 --> 00:14:32,800 Speaker 1: How about that? Hell about the appreciated coach in the league, 302 00:14:32,880 --> 00:14:36,240 Speaker 1: Mike McCoy, it's it says a lot a arians is like, 303 00:14:36,240 --> 00:14:39,520 Speaker 1: what about me? Fair enough, But bad teams or teams 304 00:14:39,560 --> 00:14:41,800 Speaker 1: that are figured out how to really be good teams 305 00:14:42,000 --> 00:14:44,240 Speaker 1: will go beat a team like Seattley did last week 306 00:14:44,240 --> 00:14:46,120 Speaker 1: and then not be able to carry it through. They 307 00:14:46,120 --> 00:14:47,720 Speaker 1: go on the road to a tough place to win. 308 00:14:47,760 --> 00:14:50,520 Speaker 1: They take care of business. I think Brandon Oliver, who 309 00:14:50,560 --> 00:14:52,760 Speaker 1: Wes and I both like, he may jump into that 310 00:14:52,800 --> 00:14:55,160 Speaker 1: offense and pick up some of those touches that Wouldhead 311 00:14:55,160 --> 00:14:58,600 Speaker 1: would have. He might. But on the afore mentioned Move 312 00:14:58,680 --> 00:15:02,040 Speaker 1: the Sticks podcast Danny and Tomlinson was on and was 313 00:15:02,120 --> 00:15:06,800 Speaker 1: just raving about Danny Woodheads route running and this guy 314 00:15:06,840 --> 00:15:08,480 Speaker 1: Oliver is a rookie. He's not gonna know how to 315 00:15:08,560 --> 00:15:10,880 Speaker 1: run route. He's not gonna be able to like come 316 00:15:10,880 --> 00:15:14,200 Speaker 1: in and immediately Rivers can identify a mismatch and say 317 00:15:14,200 --> 00:15:18,520 Speaker 1: Woodhead can take that lineback's been trying to do it 318 00:15:18,560 --> 00:15:22,400 Speaker 1: for six years. They don't bring it up, by the way, 319 00:15:22,760 --> 00:15:28,280 Speaker 1: for us making the leap captains Darius Captain it's weird 320 00:15:28,480 --> 00:15:31,680 Speaker 1: and Ladarius Green showed up four catches for sixty four yards. 321 00:15:31,720 --> 00:15:34,280 Speaker 1: The Charges really need to point made to find a 322 00:15:34,320 --> 00:15:36,760 Speaker 1: way to get him in the mix more and maybe 323 00:15:36,760 --> 00:15:38,480 Speaker 1: we're on the right track. So anyway, the Bills are 324 00:15:38,520 --> 00:15:41,520 Speaker 1: now two and one, the Chargers in two and one. Uh, 325 00:15:41,560 --> 00:15:45,960 Speaker 1: and Philip Rivers looks awesome. This is how we know 326 00:15:46,080 --> 00:15:49,880 Speaker 1: things are going well for the Cincinnati Bengals. Andy Dalton 327 00:15:50,800 --> 00:15:54,400 Speaker 1: caught a touchdown pass on Sunday, the first Bengals quarterback 328 00:15:54,440 --> 00:15:57,760 Speaker 1: to ever do that, and the Cincinnati Bengals wiped out 329 00:15:58,240 --> 00:16:04,760 Speaker 1: the Tennessee It Tollin's seven on Sunday. The Bengals are 330 00:16:04,800 --> 00:16:07,120 Speaker 1: now three and oh, their best start in eight years. 331 00:16:08,440 --> 00:16:13,080 Speaker 1: Get excited, Chris Westling, The Bengals are three? Why would 332 00:16:13,080 --> 00:16:15,680 Speaker 1: that excite me? Because it's in you, It's deep within, 333 00:16:15,760 --> 00:16:19,240 Speaker 1: it's by Bengals went six. Do you become a fan again? 334 00:16:19,280 --> 00:16:21,280 Speaker 1: To them? I've told you before. It has nothing to 335 00:16:21,320 --> 00:16:24,240 Speaker 1: do with the outcome on the field. Here's the thing, 336 00:16:24,280 --> 00:16:26,440 Speaker 1: by the way, west I know, and it's been, uh, 337 00:16:26,520 --> 00:16:30,040 Speaker 1: something you've said repeatedly since the season started. The regular 338 00:16:30,080 --> 00:16:32,880 Speaker 1: season doesn't matter, you know. Once January rolls around, we're 339 00:16:32,880 --> 00:16:36,560 Speaker 1: gonna see the true Bengals. But this team feels a 340 00:16:36,560 --> 00:16:39,840 Speaker 1: little bit different. They can flip the script. I do 341 00:16:39,920 --> 00:16:42,320 Speaker 1: think that the regular season doesn't matter as much for them. 342 00:16:42,440 --> 00:16:44,400 Speaker 1: They have to win in the playoffs. Now they control 343 00:16:44,480 --> 00:16:47,480 Speaker 1: that too. They could start winning. I mean it would 344 00:16:47,520 --> 00:16:51,160 Speaker 1: help also if they were playing a NFL team, Right, 345 00:16:51,640 --> 00:16:55,360 Speaker 1: who are these tight? Dan? This is a team that 346 00:16:55,920 --> 00:16:58,840 Speaker 1: was when you were youth. Yes, the Houston Oilers. Do 347 00:16:58,840 --> 00:17:00,960 Speaker 1: you remember them? That rings about? Yes? They had one 348 00:17:01,000 --> 00:17:05,080 Speaker 1: point in the franchise mid nineties, made a relocation two 349 00:17:05,160 --> 00:17:08,480 Speaker 1: on Nashville and became the Tennessee Titans. See that. I 350 00:17:08,520 --> 00:17:11,760 Speaker 1: don't remember that. They were in a super Bowl. Jeff 351 00:17:11,800 --> 00:17:15,600 Speaker 1: Fisher was their coach for many years. Oh how did 352 00:17:15,720 --> 00:17:17,679 Speaker 1: Jake Locker look in this one? We were we were 353 00:17:17,760 --> 00:17:19,720 Speaker 1: up one week, We're down there next When Mark and 354 00:17:19,720 --> 00:17:22,919 Speaker 1: I are doing a bit, you just don't stomp on 355 00:17:23,000 --> 00:17:26,879 Speaker 1: it is at play. I thought it had reached its end. 356 00:17:29,359 --> 00:17:32,520 Speaker 1: It was about to die with its own volition. Al Right, 357 00:17:32,560 --> 00:17:35,520 Speaker 1: what was your super fun exciting question? It was? It 358 00:17:35,600 --> 00:17:37,399 Speaker 1: was for Mark. I want to know what Locker looked like. 359 00:17:37,520 --> 00:17:44,399 Speaker 1: Everyone heard it. An handsome guy. His play on the field, 360 00:17:44,480 --> 00:17:48,240 Speaker 1: it was well. Lockers is an enigma to me because 361 00:17:48,280 --> 00:17:52,080 Speaker 1: he continues to make these plays with his feet. Where 362 00:17:52,280 --> 00:17:54,800 Speaker 1: if he could if he could compliment with some accurate passes. 363 00:17:55,160 --> 00:17:57,320 Speaker 1: There was a play a couple of third downs where 364 00:17:57,320 --> 00:17:59,960 Speaker 1: he he couldn't connect with the receiver. One of them 365 00:18:00,400 --> 00:18:02,320 Speaker 1: was that moment in the game where you found out 366 00:18:02,359 --> 00:18:04,879 Speaker 1: either Tennessee is gonna stick around in this thing or 367 00:18:04,920 --> 00:18:07,199 Speaker 1: this thing is gonna go south in a hurry, and 368 00:18:07,240 --> 00:18:10,800 Speaker 1: everyone it looked like Justin Hunter dropped the ball, shocking 369 00:18:10,960 --> 00:18:13,800 Speaker 1: well no, but no, Actually, what it is? This happens 370 00:18:13,800 --> 00:18:16,639 Speaker 1: with Locker a lot. He's staring behind his receivers on 371 00:18:16,680 --> 00:18:19,520 Speaker 1: certain throws, making it a real tough catch for Hunter, 372 00:18:19,680 --> 00:18:21,280 Speaker 1: who would have had it with a nice pass and 373 00:18:21,320 --> 00:18:23,199 Speaker 1: it would have been a first down. Game continues on 374 00:18:23,640 --> 00:18:27,880 Speaker 1: Tennessee couldn't get anything going. Cincinnati is the best team 375 00:18:27,880 --> 00:18:31,399 Speaker 1: in the ANFC North. I have no problem with that. 376 00:18:31,440 --> 00:18:33,240 Speaker 1: There's no other team that stands out and can do 377 00:18:33,280 --> 00:18:36,200 Speaker 1: what they do at this point in the season. I 378 00:18:36,200 --> 00:18:38,800 Speaker 1: mean the Broncos, they don't seem quite as dangerous as 379 00:18:38,880 --> 00:18:41,359 Speaker 1: last year. Uh, the Patriots, who we're gonna get to 380 00:18:41,359 --> 00:18:44,040 Speaker 1: a little later. They barely beat the Raiders today and 381 00:18:44,040 --> 00:18:46,240 Speaker 1: they don't look great, at least offensively. They didn't look great. 382 00:18:46,520 --> 00:18:48,560 Speaker 1: This a FC is wide open. That was one of 383 00:18:48,600 --> 00:18:50,959 Speaker 1: the big takeaways I had from today. Don't the Bengals 384 00:18:51,000 --> 00:18:54,560 Speaker 1: seemed like one of the most complete, well coached teams 385 00:18:54,560 --> 00:18:57,080 Speaker 1: in the NFL. That's what people said last year about 386 00:18:57,080 --> 00:18:59,000 Speaker 1: their talent, that they have as much talent as but 387 00:18:59,440 --> 00:19:01,360 Speaker 1: some a chi was missing. I think that the Hugh 388 00:19:01,440 --> 00:19:06,560 Speaker 1: Jackson effect on this offense is dynamic. They're much more intriguing, team, 389 00:19:06,600 --> 00:19:09,119 Speaker 1: tougher to stop. But on defense to where's the week's 390 00:19:09,160 --> 00:19:13,520 Speaker 1: Paul doing a great job defense. By the way, Mark, 391 00:19:14,000 --> 00:19:16,520 Speaker 1: we talked out before the show maybe skipping this next game, 392 00:19:16,880 --> 00:19:19,520 Speaker 1: so we will give you an opportunity to maybe excuse yourself. 393 00:19:19,600 --> 00:19:22,200 Speaker 1: But you're also welcome, obviously to stay and talk about 394 00:19:22,560 --> 00:19:24,840 Speaker 1: this next game we're about to talk about. Let's let's 395 00:19:24,840 --> 00:19:27,320 Speaker 1: see it through since you've had the courage to take 396 00:19:27,359 --> 00:19:29,480 Speaker 1: on the Buffalo Bills beat writing job for the rest 397 00:19:29,560 --> 00:19:31,240 Speaker 1: of the year. I'll sit in the room and I 398 00:19:31,240 --> 00:19:35,600 Speaker 1: gotta work. I gotta work that out. Joe Flacco's thirty 399 00:19:35,600 --> 00:19:39,480 Speaker 1: two yards past the Steve Smith with play set up 400 00:19:39,720 --> 00:19:42,800 Speaker 1: a field goal thirty two yards by Justin Tucker as 401 00:19:42,880 --> 00:19:46,040 Speaker 1: the gun. As the gun was shot, they shot the gun, 402 00:19:46,520 --> 00:19:50,159 Speaker 1: ending the game. The Baltimore Ravens three win over the 403 00:19:50,240 --> 00:19:53,199 Speaker 1: Cleveland Browns. I don't know what's happening the Browns. There 404 00:19:53,240 --> 00:19:57,119 Speaker 1: there's guns and there were we should have left. We 405 00:19:57,119 --> 00:19:59,359 Speaker 1: should have left the show with that. There's gun playing 406 00:19:59,560 --> 00:20:02,000 Speaker 1: in Clay. It's a sensitive time for the NFL and 407 00:20:02,119 --> 00:20:04,920 Speaker 1: I didn't want to leave to that. But anyway, so going, 408 00:20:05,320 --> 00:20:07,679 Speaker 1: I'm not done. We could bring the music back. The 409 00:20:07,720 --> 00:20:10,639 Speaker 1: Cleveland missed the field goal, also had one block. This 410 00:20:10,760 --> 00:20:12,800 Speaker 1: is a game they probably should have won. And now 411 00:20:12,840 --> 00:20:16,480 Speaker 1: both Cleveland losses have come as time time expired. A 412 00:20:17,680 --> 00:20:23,440 Speaker 1: win for the Ravens. We're done with that, um Mark Sessler. 413 00:20:24,480 --> 00:20:26,840 Speaker 1: As you you you said, oh, they could easily be 414 00:20:26,880 --> 00:20:29,160 Speaker 1: owing three, but I I'm looking at this team could 415 00:20:29,160 --> 00:20:30,600 Speaker 1: have been three and oh with a little bit of 416 00:20:30,600 --> 00:20:33,040 Speaker 1: help instead there one is too kind of where everybody 417 00:20:33,080 --> 00:20:35,600 Speaker 1: expected them to be. Well, they wouldn't. They're not. They're 418 00:20:35,600 --> 00:20:37,840 Speaker 1: not a potentially owing three team the same way they 419 00:20:37,880 --> 00:20:41,240 Speaker 1: have been for the last fifteen years. I mean, they've 420 00:20:41,280 --> 00:20:42,840 Speaker 1: come to play each week. I think we looked at 421 00:20:42,840 --> 00:20:44,520 Speaker 1: this early schedule and thought, if they can get out 422 00:20:44,560 --> 00:20:47,480 Speaker 1: of here one and two, that would be fine before 423 00:20:47,520 --> 00:20:49,679 Speaker 1: the bye. But you know, they were very close to 424 00:20:49,680 --> 00:20:52,560 Speaker 1: two and one. That the problem with Cleveland today because 425 00:20:52,600 --> 00:20:55,240 Speaker 1: they took the Ravens right down to the edge, was 426 00:20:55,840 --> 00:20:58,320 Speaker 1: they had a chance twice in the final five minutes 427 00:20:58,760 --> 00:21:01,040 Speaker 1: to close this game out by just simply getting a 428 00:21:01,080 --> 00:21:03,399 Speaker 1: couple of first downs. And this is this is a 429 00:21:03,400 --> 00:21:05,960 Speaker 1: team that's running the football real well over the first 430 00:21:06,040 --> 00:21:08,800 Speaker 1: two weeks, uh through part of today as well. But 431 00:21:08,840 --> 00:21:11,879 Speaker 1: they had their first drive with that chance three plays, 432 00:21:11,960 --> 00:21:14,600 Speaker 1: fifty nine seconds ticked off the clock. They got it 433 00:21:14,640 --> 00:21:18,679 Speaker 1: again just outside the two minute warning, three plays twenty 434 00:21:18,720 --> 00:21:22,959 Speaker 1: one seconds, and that gave That's what let Baltimore back in. 435 00:21:23,040 --> 00:21:25,080 Speaker 1: And you know, they did a good job against Joe Flacco, 436 00:21:25,160 --> 00:21:29,160 Speaker 1: but you can't just keep giving the Ravens a chance 437 00:21:29,200 --> 00:21:31,400 Speaker 1: to get back into it over and over, sputtering out 438 00:21:31,480 --> 00:21:34,720 Speaker 1: late Martin. Otherwise, strong performance from Brian Hoyer, who went 439 00:21:34,960 --> 00:21:40,760 Speaker 1: nineteen touchdown which is some you know, upper level quarterbacking. 440 00:21:40,880 --> 00:21:43,800 Speaker 1: But I guess not able. Did he look different today? 441 00:21:44,200 --> 00:21:45,960 Speaker 1: I don't know, if I don't know if maybe it's 442 00:21:46,040 --> 00:21:48,639 Speaker 1: just he really essentially is a rookie in the fact 443 00:21:48,640 --> 00:21:51,200 Speaker 1: that how many weeks of practices he's had where he's 444 00:21:51,240 --> 00:21:53,920 Speaker 1: been the starter. He was seventeen from nineteen at one point. 445 00:21:54,119 --> 00:21:56,639 Speaker 1: They've got a pretty rag tag group of receivers, but 446 00:21:56,760 --> 00:22:00,200 Speaker 1: the chemistry between them is in a different place since 447 00:22:00,240 --> 00:22:03,000 Speaker 1: it was during what was a pretty awful preseason. You know, 448 00:22:03,040 --> 00:22:05,240 Speaker 1: I don't think Jordan Cameron is is fully healthy. He 449 00:22:05,280 --> 00:22:08,080 Speaker 1: only had one catch today. It looks like it's Andrew 450 00:22:08,119 --> 00:22:12,159 Speaker 1: Hawkins who has become Howyers go to guy earlier in 451 00:22:12,200 --> 00:22:15,560 Speaker 1: the year. You know, he's he's had his third straight 452 00:22:15,600 --> 00:22:17,919 Speaker 1: game in a row where he's been real productive. But 453 00:22:18,160 --> 00:22:20,639 Speaker 1: he's throwing to a strange group of wide outs and 454 00:22:20,400 --> 00:22:23,520 Speaker 1: he and he moved the ball with some big throws. 455 00:22:23,880 --> 00:22:26,600 Speaker 1: The gun play had to have been this that was disturbing. 456 00:22:26,640 --> 00:22:28,360 Speaker 1: I think we should talk about that. It's a sense 457 00:22:28,400 --> 00:22:30,640 Speaker 1: of time right now. By the way, let's talk about 458 00:22:30,640 --> 00:22:32,200 Speaker 1: I'm sorry, Mark, We're gonna talking about the winning team 459 00:22:32,200 --> 00:22:34,919 Speaker 1: a little bit. First of all, Dennis pit a hip injury, 460 00:22:35,040 --> 00:22:37,960 Speaker 1: same hip hip injury, the right hip that he went 461 00:22:38,000 --> 00:22:39,840 Speaker 1: down with last summer. So I don't know if we're 462 00:22:39,880 --> 00:22:41,639 Speaker 1: gonna see him again, and you have to wonder if 463 00:22:41,640 --> 00:22:43,240 Speaker 1: his career is in a little bit of jeopardy at 464 00:22:43,240 --> 00:22:45,720 Speaker 1: this point. And then Chris Wesley got to give some 465 00:22:45,800 --> 00:22:48,760 Speaker 1: props to the mailman who wrote before the season started 466 00:22:48,760 --> 00:22:51,800 Speaker 1: that Steve Smith will not only fit in well with 467 00:22:51,840 --> 00:22:54,200 Speaker 1: the Ravens, that he might end up being their top 468 00:22:54,240 --> 00:22:56,679 Speaker 1: receiving threat. Five for one oh one, And as I 469 00:22:56,720 --> 00:22:59,960 Speaker 1: said during that beautiful intro, uh, the big catch, it's 470 00:23:00,040 --> 00:23:01,960 Speaker 1: that up the game winning field goal. Steve Smith is 471 00:23:01,960 --> 00:23:04,280 Speaker 1: the number one wide receiver for especially with Pit out 472 00:23:04,280 --> 00:23:07,080 Speaker 1: of the mix. Yeah, TD just put that down for 473 00:23:07,119 --> 00:23:10,159 Speaker 1: the count, signaling here Tory Smith is down for the count. 474 00:23:13,320 --> 00:23:16,200 Speaker 1: Hang on, yeah, Tori Smith was invisible. One one last 475 00:23:16,240 --> 00:23:20,000 Speaker 1: thing on the Ravens. Lorenzo Talia Faroh, the rookie. He 476 00:23:20,240 --> 00:23:22,160 Speaker 1: you know, he hasn't done much. But with with Rice 477 00:23:22,200 --> 00:23:24,760 Speaker 1: and Bernard Pierce out of the mix, that's what I 478 00:23:24,800 --> 00:23:27,639 Speaker 1: want to know in your opinion, does he send Bernard 479 00:23:27,720 --> 00:23:30,320 Speaker 1: Pierce to the bench. Well he looked here and Pierre 480 00:23:30,359 --> 00:23:32,840 Speaker 1: says yeah. And actually here's the thing. They made a 481 00:23:32,840 --> 00:23:34,840 Speaker 1: good point late in the game that when when Justin 482 00:23:34,920 --> 00:23:38,080 Speaker 1: Forcette was in there it was often a passing down 483 00:23:38,359 --> 00:23:40,000 Speaker 1: that they weren't leaning on him on the run. They 484 00:23:40,040 --> 00:23:42,240 Speaker 1: were leaning on Lorenzo for the run down the stretch. 485 00:23:42,280 --> 00:23:44,359 Speaker 1: But this was a game where you've got, You've got 486 00:23:44,400 --> 00:23:48,000 Speaker 1: uh Isaiah Crow, l Terence West, and Lorenzo tali Faro. 487 00:23:48,080 --> 00:23:50,199 Speaker 1: All good rockie rookie running back is good class. What 488 00:23:50,320 --> 00:23:53,239 Speaker 1: was this, Manzelle Malarkey I saw on the field, this 489 00:23:53,640 --> 00:23:56,760 Speaker 1: playground stuff? What is this stuff? Man? Well, it never counted. 490 00:23:56,800 --> 00:23:59,320 Speaker 1: He had a thirty nine yard reception because he came 491 00:23:59,359 --> 00:24:00,880 Speaker 1: in and handed the ball off and then he sort 492 00:24:00,920 --> 00:24:03,520 Speaker 1: of flitted off to the sideline, and you know, they're 493 00:24:03,520 --> 00:24:06,040 Speaker 1: following his every move. It looked like Kyle Shanahan and 494 00:24:06,040 --> 00:24:10,040 Speaker 1: this other assistant we're dressing Manzel down for doing something wrong. 495 00:24:10,080 --> 00:24:12,000 Speaker 1: They were shouting at him, and I thought, I'm gonna 496 00:24:12,000 --> 00:24:14,880 Speaker 1: have to write some post about Manzel getting yelled at 497 00:24:15,200 --> 00:24:19,919 Speaker 1: but insteading, And then Shanahan's just goes he goes, go, go, go, 498 00:24:20,080 --> 00:24:22,560 Speaker 1: pointing with his finger down the field, and Manzell takes off, 499 00:24:23,000 --> 00:24:25,520 Speaker 1: catch the thing and runs. But an illegal shift or 500 00:24:25,520 --> 00:24:28,200 Speaker 1: illegal formation penalty was wiped it out now and it 501 00:24:28,359 --> 00:24:35,919 Speaker 1: was on Terrence West. You know what, Only glass separates 502 00:24:35,960 --> 00:24:39,800 Speaker 1: me from dealing with you one on one with TD Wow. 503 00:24:40,240 --> 00:24:42,720 Speaker 1: I like how with each drop of the factory of 504 00:24:42,800 --> 00:24:46,399 Speaker 1: sadness markets a little more closer to the edge and 505 00:24:46,400 --> 00:24:49,520 Speaker 1: and TD just laughs, it's not accurate. How many movies 506 00:24:49,560 --> 00:24:51,640 Speaker 1: have you seen where like the evil guy thinks he's 507 00:24:51,680 --> 00:24:54,159 Speaker 1: safe behind the partition and then all of a sudden 508 00:24:54,200 --> 00:24:56,560 Speaker 1: he's not. No holds barred comes to mind. I can 509 00:24:56,560 --> 00:24:59,399 Speaker 1: just walk through that door. That door opens. If k 510 00:24:59,560 --> 00:25:03,440 Speaker 1: Rich is back producing fully for the rest of the week, 511 00:25:03,800 --> 00:25:07,040 Speaker 1: he's here tonight as well, Rich, then then the listeners 512 00:25:07,080 --> 00:25:09,520 Speaker 1: will know why and Mark will also be taking that 513 00:25:09,720 --> 00:25:12,920 Speaker 1: because Mark has murdered TV and that will not happen. 514 00:25:13,119 --> 00:25:17,840 Speaker 1: This has been a dark Okay, let's go. So the 515 00:25:17,840 --> 00:25:21,840 Speaker 1: Green Bay Packers and Detroit Lions met in Detroit on Sunday. 516 00:25:21,880 --> 00:25:23,879 Speaker 1: I guess a lot of people thought at last I 517 00:25:23,920 --> 00:25:26,720 Speaker 1: thought it would be a big shootout between two top offenses. 518 00:25:26,760 --> 00:25:30,000 Speaker 1: Did not work out that way. Don Carry returned to bumble, 519 00:25:30,040 --> 00:25:33,320 Speaker 1: forty yards were a touchdown, and Aaron Rodgers was not 520 00:25:33,400 --> 00:25:36,159 Speaker 1: able to get anything going against the Lions front. A 521 00:25:36,280 --> 00:25:41,280 Speaker 1: nineteen seven win for the Lions. Aaron Rodgers, who we 522 00:25:41,320 --> 00:25:43,560 Speaker 1: all were pretty big on, through for only a hundred 523 00:25:43,640 --> 00:25:47,440 Speaker 1: sixty two yards and Eddie lacey struggles continue. The Packers 524 00:25:47,440 --> 00:25:50,159 Speaker 1: don't look right one and two. What's wrong with the 525 00:25:50,160 --> 00:25:54,120 Speaker 1: Packers guys, good question. Super Bowl picks from a lot 526 00:25:54,160 --> 00:25:57,160 Speaker 1: of us, at least Greg and I, and they can't. 527 00:25:57,200 --> 00:25:59,679 Speaker 1: They're not exposing them. On offense. They barely beat the 528 00:25:59,720 --> 00:26:02,520 Speaker 1: jet still lucky, they're not our own three. What's going 529 00:26:02,560 --> 00:26:05,600 Speaker 1: on with Eddie Lacey? Well, let's give old Kevin Patra 530 00:26:06,080 --> 00:26:08,399 Speaker 1: a call and find out. All right, he's younger than 531 00:26:08,440 --> 00:26:13,000 Speaker 1: all of us. But Kevin Patrick, are you there, buddy? 532 00:26:13,280 --> 00:26:16,600 Speaker 1: I am fellows going on? All right? So we're just well, 533 00:26:16,640 --> 00:26:19,119 Speaker 1: we're what's going on? Everything's great on our how's everything 534 00:26:19,119 --> 00:26:23,240 Speaker 1: with you? Fantastic, great day, phenomenal day. You sound you 535 00:26:23,280 --> 00:26:25,199 Speaker 1: don't sound too far away, so I don't think you're 536 00:26:25,240 --> 00:26:29,640 Speaker 1: in a pub restroom. So it sounds like, okay, good. 537 00:26:29,800 --> 00:26:31,919 Speaker 1: You sound like a man that watch the Lions somehow 538 00:26:31,960 --> 00:26:34,640 Speaker 1: beat the Packers. When Matthew Stafford didn't say that. Well, 539 00:26:34,800 --> 00:26:37,680 Speaker 1: give us a little context on on how this could happen. 540 00:26:37,880 --> 00:26:40,360 Speaker 1: How did this become the situation where the Lions took 541 00:26:40,359 --> 00:26:42,560 Speaker 1: it to Aaron Rodgers and Eddie Lacy and the rest 542 00:26:42,560 --> 00:26:45,200 Speaker 1: of the Packers offense. You gotta give it to Tarrell 543 00:26:45,200 --> 00:26:47,240 Speaker 1: Austin the defense. I mean, we've been killing him for 544 00:26:47,240 --> 00:26:50,280 Speaker 1: how many years the defense and they stepped up. Aaron 545 00:26:50,359 --> 00:26:52,640 Speaker 1: Rodgers was pushed off the spot by the defensive line. 546 00:26:52,680 --> 00:26:56,880 Speaker 1: The Packers offensive line looked awful again and the defensive 547 00:26:56,880 --> 00:26:59,720 Speaker 1: back didn't give Aaron Rodgers his first look. Darius Well, 548 00:26:59,720 --> 00:27:01,560 Speaker 1: I have to go look at his gun on All 549 00:27:01,640 --> 00:27:03,960 Speaker 1: twenty two, but from what we saw, he looked great 550 00:27:03,960 --> 00:27:07,280 Speaker 1: against Jordy Nelson. The defensive backs didn't give away a 551 00:27:07,320 --> 00:27:09,440 Speaker 1: first look. I mean the defense was what the story 552 00:27:09,600 --> 00:27:13,800 Speaker 1: was the whole game. Patra Lacey looked I thought pretty 553 00:27:13,840 --> 00:27:16,359 Speaker 1: good in the opener against the Seahawks before the concussion, 554 00:27:16,840 --> 00:27:18,840 Speaker 1: and then last week faced the Jets, so I didn't 555 00:27:18,840 --> 00:27:21,439 Speaker 1: expect much, but I'm seen on Twitter today that he 556 00:27:21,520 --> 00:27:25,080 Speaker 1: just didn't look like himself. Well, he also didn't get 557 00:27:25,080 --> 00:27:27,280 Speaker 1: any any room and they pulled him out after the 558 00:27:27,760 --> 00:27:30,600 Speaker 1: first drive of the game. He's fumbled, he was stripped, 559 00:27:31,040 --> 00:27:32,919 Speaker 1: and then he didn't really get any action until the 560 00:27:33,000 --> 00:27:35,240 Speaker 1: until the late in the second half. Um he had 561 00:27:35,280 --> 00:27:37,639 Speaker 1: the thirty or forty yards, they didn't bring any holes 562 00:27:37,640 --> 00:27:39,920 Speaker 1: for him. They weren't going to him, and the Lions 563 00:27:40,000 --> 00:27:43,000 Speaker 1: defensive line, for for the stats so far, had been 564 00:27:43,359 --> 00:27:45,439 Speaker 1: better than the Jets had, stopping the run, so that 565 00:27:45,440 --> 00:27:48,520 Speaker 1: that was a pretty steep task. DeAndre Levy was in 566 00:27:48,560 --> 00:27:51,720 Speaker 1: the backfield all day wrecking those runs. So can we 567 00:27:51,760 --> 00:27:53,400 Speaker 1: get a Pro Bowl for him a little bit too? 568 00:27:54,359 --> 00:27:56,359 Speaker 1: Can we please get a Pro Bowl for DeAndre Levin 569 00:27:56,400 --> 00:27:58,080 Speaker 1: should have been last year. I mean, if he doesn't 570 00:27:58,119 --> 00:27:59,760 Speaker 1: get the credit now that he deserved as one of 571 00:27:59,760 --> 00:28:03,680 Speaker 1: the linebackers, the something's wrong because he played phenomenal again today. 572 00:28:03,680 --> 00:28:06,199 Speaker 1: He was all over the play. This is one of 573 00:28:06,200 --> 00:28:09,520 Speaker 1: those games. I don't know, It's just are the Lions 574 00:28:09,520 --> 00:28:12,520 Speaker 1: just getting you all excited early in the season again, 575 00:28:12,600 --> 00:28:16,560 Speaker 1: or do you think this team has some stain power? Well, 576 00:28:16,600 --> 00:28:19,440 Speaker 1: I think if their offense plays the way it did today, 577 00:28:19,520 --> 00:28:22,080 Speaker 1: they won't. But I think that they'll get better. I mean, 578 00:28:22,080 --> 00:28:24,360 Speaker 1: I can't I can't believe Matthew Staff would have as 579 00:28:24,440 --> 00:28:26,080 Speaker 1: bad of a game he had today. I mean, you 580 00:28:26,119 --> 00:28:30,080 Speaker 1: turn them ball over three times by yourself and you 581 00:28:30,080 --> 00:28:32,280 Speaker 1: you usually lose those games. So if the defense plays 582 00:28:32,320 --> 00:28:35,960 Speaker 1: the way against against other quarterbacks the way it did today, 583 00:28:36,119 --> 00:28:37,680 Speaker 1: we'll see. But they haven't done it on the road, 584 00:28:37,720 --> 00:28:39,480 Speaker 1: which is what we what we killed them for earlier 585 00:28:39,560 --> 00:28:41,880 Speaker 1: in the preseason, So it's still up in the air. 586 00:28:41,920 --> 00:28:44,720 Speaker 1: But this is an encouraging performance by the defense. I 587 00:28:44,760 --> 00:28:47,600 Speaker 1: guess that would be the one kind of drawback for 588 00:28:47,640 --> 00:28:50,640 Speaker 1: the Lions is that after that amazing Week one performance, 589 00:28:51,120 --> 00:28:54,880 Speaker 1: we're possibly seeing another season of inconsistency from Stafford rather 590 00:28:54,960 --> 00:28:57,240 Speaker 1: than him having his season where he takes off right 591 00:28:58,720 --> 00:29:01,320 Speaker 1: true and the right tackle position, which they're on their 592 00:29:01,360 --> 00:29:04,600 Speaker 1: third right tackle of the season, was a mess and 593 00:29:04,720 --> 00:29:06,760 Speaker 1: which was surprising that they didn't give him more help. 594 00:29:07,120 --> 00:29:10,560 Speaker 1: Julius Peppers looked phenomenal today. I think that's two weeks 595 00:29:10,560 --> 00:29:13,080 Speaker 1: in a row for him. Yeah, he looked great. That 596 00:29:13,160 --> 00:29:15,920 Speaker 1: the Packers defensive line looked great until the fourth quarter 597 00:29:15,960 --> 00:29:19,160 Speaker 1: when they were just on the field so much that 598 00:29:19,280 --> 00:29:21,080 Speaker 1: the Lions run game just finally got to him and 599 00:29:21,080 --> 00:29:23,760 Speaker 1: Reggie Bush finally bounced one out. Packers offense has basically 600 00:29:23,760 --> 00:29:26,640 Speaker 1: had one good half this year. Well yeah, all these 601 00:29:26,640 --> 00:29:30,360 Speaker 1: weapons are supposed to have. Boykin's already basically been benched 602 00:29:30,440 --> 00:29:34,200 Speaker 1: right for Davante Adams, Richard Rodgers hasn't done anything at 603 00:29:34,240 --> 00:29:37,720 Speaker 1: tight end. I think beyond Jordy Nelson, they really haven't 604 00:29:37,760 --> 00:29:40,520 Speaker 1: played well. Right. Randall Cop didn't look like you could 605 00:29:40,520 --> 00:29:43,160 Speaker 1: separate today for some weird reason against fourth stringers and 606 00:29:43,160 --> 00:29:45,000 Speaker 1: guys they just picked up the street, which was weird 607 00:29:45,000 --> 00:29:48,120 Speaker 1: to me. Um so that it was a big surprise. 608 00:29:48,160 --> 00:29:50,240 Speaker 1: And I think once the Packers weren't able to go 609 00:29:50,320 --> 00:29:53,160 Speaker 1: no huddle, and that really would have been a weapon 610 00:29:53,200 --> 00:29:55,280 Speaker 1: against the Lions defense. We would have thought coming into 611 00:29:55,320 --> 00:29:57,240 Speaker 1: the game, all right. So the other game he watched 612 00:29:57,280 --> 00:30:02,920 Speaker 1: Oakland and New England UM sixteen and win for the Patriots, uh, 613 00:30:02,960 --> 00:30:06,080 Speaker 1: in which Tom Brady threw a touchdown pass but they 614 00:30:06,160 --> 00:30:07,880 Speaker 1: needed to make a goal line stand at the end. 615 00:30:07,960 --> 00:30:11,680 Speaker 1: Vince wolfwork of all people with the interception to clinch 616 00:30:11,760 --> 00:30:15,640 Speaker 1: the win for the Patriots. But just by on paper, 617 00:30:15,720 --> 00:30:17,120 Speaker 1: this does not look like a game that you would 618 00:30:17,320 --> 00:30:20,760 Speaker 1: mark off as an impressive win in Foxboro for the Pats. Well, 619 00:30:21,040 --> 00:30:23,920 Speaker 1: far far far from it, I mean, I think I 620 00:30:24,240 --> 00:30:28,720 Speaker 1: think from the Raiders were probably happy with themselves in 621 00:30:28,760 --> 00:30:31,600 Speaker 1: a moral victory sense after that. They stayed close with 622 00:30:31,920 --> 00:30:34,640 Speaker 1: a Patriots team that couldn't move the ball on offense 623 00:30:34,760 --> 00:30:36,479 Speaker 1: is dink and dunk all day. They didn't get their 624 00:30:36,520 --> 00:30:41,280 Speaker 1: first path play over eighteen yards until the two minutes 625 00:30:41,280 --> 00:30:44,720 Speaker 1: slept in the third quarter. Brady was harassed all game 626 00:30:44,800 --> 00:30:48,000 Speaker 1: by the Raiders front. The offensive line probably continue. They 627 00:30:48,000 --> 00:30:50,600 Speaker 1: couldn't really get the running game going. It just didn't 628 00:30:50,640 --> 00:30:55,120 Speaker 1: look good from the Patriots perspective at all. Patriots Greg 629 00:30:55,240 --> 00:30:57,440 Speaker 1: winning ugly now is that is? That's how it's been 630 00:30:57,480 --> 00:31:00,360 Speaker 1: a different sort of Patriots team. And they've been system 631 00:31:00,440 --> 00:31:03,760 Speaker 1: each week. They haven't at explosive plays. They had nine 632 00:31:03,760 --> 00:31:07,680 Speaker 1: point eight yards per catch today, which has become typical. Uh. 633 00:31:07,720 --> 00:31:10,920 Speaker 1: They're winning with defense and special teams and trying to 634 00:31:10,960 --> 00:31:13,200 Speaker 1: move the ball. It's a little old school Patriots. It's 635 00:31:13,240 --> 00:31:15,520 Speaker 1: not a great great sign, but they're never a very 636 00:31:15,560 --> 00:31:18,480 Speaker 1: good September team, So I hesitate to put too much 637 00:31:18,480 --> 00:31:21,640 Speaker 1: stock and and I'd be curious what you thought about this, Patrick. 638 00:31:21,720 --> 00:31:25,200 Speaker 1: I read this after the game. Durrell Reevas struggled against 639 00:31:25,200 --> 00:31:28,400 Speaker 1: Derek Carr. Here the numbers. Car completed five of six 640 00:31:28,440 --> 00:31:31,400 Speaker 1: passes for sixty three yards against Revas, who was also 641 00:31:31,480 --> 00:31:35,400 Speaker 1: called for a pass interference penalty. Uh so did you 642 00:31:35,440 --> 00:31:38,600 Speaker 1: see anything out there? Is Rivas not Revas right now? Well? Yeah, 643 00:31:38,640 --> 00:31:42,120 Speaker 1: he got beat by James Jones several times. Derek car 644 00:31:42,160 --> 00:31:44,920 Speaker 1: was clearly not afraid to target him. He started following 645 00:31:44,960 --> 00:31:47,480 Speaker 1: James Jones around in the second half of James Jones 646 00:31:47,520 --> 00:31:50,320 Speaker 1: had completions of twelve, thirteen and eighteen yards and man 647 00:31:50,320 --> 00:31:53,920 Speaker 1: coverage yep, and and it just seemed like he was 648 00:31:54,040 --> 00:31:56,840 Speaker 1: boxing them. Mountain Revas just wasn't in a good position 649 00:31:56,880 --> 00:31:59,960 Speaker 1: to make plays on the ball. Kevin have fun way 650 00:32:00,040 --> 00:32:02,960 Speaker 1: in the Raiders, by the way next week. Sorry, I'm 651 00:32:03,000 --> 00:32:07,719 Speaker 1: just saying ending out assignments, ugly assignments to a variety 652 00:32:07,720 --> 00:32:09,640 Speaker 1: of people. Dan will be covering the bills for the 653 00:32:09,680 --> 00:32:11,080 Speaker 1: rest of the year, and you just got the Raiders. 654 00:32:11,080 --> 00:32:14,720 Speaker 1: Speaking of the Raiders, Derek Carr, I mean, you know, 655 00:32:14,800 --> 00:32:16,800 Speaker 1: week to week are we are? Is there hope that 656 00:32:16,880 --> 00:32:19,680 Speaker 1: they found someone they can hang their hat on. I 657 00:32:19,720 --> 00:32:21,080 Speaker 1: don't even know if you can go week to week. 658 00:32:21,120 --> 00:32:23,840 Speaker 1: It's drive to drive. Some drives he looks pitiful, and 659 00:32:23,920 --> 00:32:25,760 Speaker 1: other drives he makes throws. You're like, oh, that's the 660 00:32:25,800 --> 00:32:27,800 Speaker 1: guy that day that we saw, Like, that's the guy 661 00:32:27,800 --> 00:32:30,760 Speaker 1: that you want. He's just so inconsistent. I mean, he 662 00:32:30,760 --> 00:32:32,800 Speaker 1: will have a checkdown that will suplight at somebody's feet 663 00:32:32,840 --> 00:32:34,800 Speaker 1: and then I'll put one over the top in the 664 00:32:34,840 --> 00:32:37,040 Speaker 1: perfect spot. You couldn't complain of all about it at all. 665 00:32:37,280 --> 00:32:39,680 Speaker 1: And it's just he's just very inconsistent, and I believe 666 00:32:39,800 --> 00:32:43,360 Speaker 1: Rod Streeder, who is the nominal number one guy in Oakland, 667 00:32:43,560 --> 00:32:46,440 Speaker 1: his season is done, isn't it. He He was in 668 00:32:46,480 --> 00:32:48,680 Speaker 1: a boot after the game and it didn't look good 669 00:32:48,720 --> 00:32:51,560 Speaker 1: and they were talking about him falling back, so not going, 670 00:32:51,720 --> 00:32:54,640 Speaker 1: not being overseas. So yeah, he seems to be out. 671 00:32:54,920 --> 00:32:56,880 Speaker 1: But Derek does do do a good job of spreading 672 00:32:56,880 --> 00:32:59,960 Speaker 1: the ball around. We'll give him credit for that. Rosa 673 00:33:00,120 --> 00:33:05,240 Speaker 1: level of kind of personable Patra Derek Carr friendship, a 674 00:33:05,240 --> 00:33:08,040 Speaker 1: lot of parallels to lifestyle and goals. They'll be talking 675 00:33:08,040 --> 00:33:13,080 Speaker 1: about the future of the book industry soon. Did Khalil 676 00:33:13,200 --> 00:33:16,320 Speaker 1: Mack look a little friskier this week? He did? He did, 677 00:33:16,360 --> 00:33:18,480 Speaker 1: you know? And I meant to mention that he did. 678 00:33:18,520 --> 00:33:20,240 Speaker 1: He got it. He was in the backfield quite a bit. 679 00:33:20,600 --> 00:33:22,000 Speaker 1: He was one of those guys you got some tuck 680 00:33:22,120 --> 00:33:24,920 Speaker 1: was in there Tony again, three q QB hit. But 681 00:33:25,040 --> 00:33:26,520 Speaker 1: Mac looked a little bit. He was getting He was 682 00:33:26,560 --> 00:33:32,200 Speaker 1: taking advantage of that of that bad Patriots offensive line. 683 00:33:32,200 --> 00:33:33,520 Speaker 1: He was in the backfield quite a bit. I didn't 684 00:33:33,520 --> 00:33:35,760 Speaker 1: notice him on top of plays. One time he blew 685 00:33:35,840 --> 00:33:38,960 Speaker 1: right by Nate Soldier. Was good to see Kevin, It 686 00:33:39,080 --> 00:33:42,800 Speaker 1: is always great to hear your voice. Very masculine. Thanks, buddy, 687 00:33:43,400 --> 00:33:51,120 Speaker 1: appreciate its. We move on. Andrew Luck through four touchdown 688 00:33:51,160 --> 00:33:54,880 Speaker 1: passes and the Indianapolis Cults beat up on the Woffle 689 00:33:54,960 --> 00:33:58,960 Speaker 1: Jacksonville Jaguars seventeen for their first winner of the season. 690 00:33:59,600 --> 00:34:03,120 Speaker 1: The jack Wars, you know, stink fell two oh and three. 691 00:34:03,200 --> 00:34:05,440 Speaker 1: They were down thirty nothing at the half. That's Bucks 692 00:34:05,520 --> 00:34:09,160 Speaker 1: level futility talking a little bucks, Greg little Bucks and 693 00:34:09,600 --> 00:34:12,759 Speaker 1: Chad Hendy got benched. And I guess the big takeaway, 694 00:34:12,880 --> 00:34:15,400 Speaker 1: uh for the Jaguars if you want to look forward, 695 00:34:15,480 --> 00:34:18,799 Speaker 1: is Blake Bordles named the Week four starter. So the 696 00:34:18,920 --> 00:34:21,440 Speaker 1: Blake Bordles era begins. And for those that were tweeting 697 00:34:21,800 --> 00:34:24,640 Speaker 1: at Mark and the rest of us Mark, although Borders 698 00:34:24,719 --> 00:34:28,320 Speaker 1: came into the game today, Mark said that the Sandwich 699 00:34:28,320 --> 00:34:31,080 Speaker 1: proposition was that he would start Week three, so still 700 00:34:32,440 --> 00:34:36,239 Speaker 1: start his career. Yes, but however very close, and he 701 00:34:36,280 --> 00:34:41,359 Speaker 1: deserve kudos for almost oh yeah, moral victory, yeah, there 702 00:34:41,400 --> 00:34:44,880 Speaker 1: were no no moral victories for the Jaguars though. Who 703 00:34:45,000 --> 00:34:47,440 Speaker 1: you know. We we thought maybe they'd be better this year. 704 00:34:47,480 --> 00:34:49,600 Speaker 1: They are not better. They seem to be just as 705 00:34:49,600 --> 00:34:51,480 Speaker 1: bad as they were when they started last year oh 706 00:34:51,560 --> 00:34:54,480 Speaker 1: and eight or whatever it was. Congratulations Blake Bordles. Now 707 00:34:54,520 --> 00:34:59,120 Speaker 1: you're a sitting duck behind this offensive line. He came in, 708 00:34:59,200 --> 00:35:01,920 Speaker 1: they had a punt, a field goal, he throws an 709 00:35:01,920 --> 00:35:06,560 Speaker 1: interception and there's a play in the end zone where 710 00:35:06,920 --> 00:35:10,120 Speaker 1: Bjorn Verner gets around uh. I think their tackle was 711 00:35:10,200 --> 00:35:13,200 Speaker 1: Sam Young, a Bill's reject gets around him, strips the 712 00:35:13,239 --> 00:35:15,879 Speaker 1: ball right out of Bortles hands, knocks it away, gets 713 00:35:15,960 --> 00:35:18,719 Speaker 1: nullified by an illegal contact penalty. But they were in 714 00:35:18,800 --> 00:35:21,600 Speaker 1: his grill the old game. He allowed fewer sacks than 715 00:35:21,640 --> 00:35:24,240 Speaker 1: hen he did because he plays a lot of differently. 716 00:35:24,239 --> 00:35:26,880 Speaker 1: He gets rid of the ball faster, takes more chances. 717 00:35:26,920 --> 00:35:31,120 Speaker 1: But it was a comedy of airs really until the 718 00:35:31,200 --> 00:35:33,719 Speaker 1: Colts were down. The Colts were up thirty seven to three, 719 00:35:33,719 --> 00:35:36,000 Speaker 1: and just really stopped trying. At that point. Still, when 720 00:35:36,000 --> 00:35:38,120 Speaker 1: the Colts are getting four sacks a team with no 721 00:35:38,239 --> 00:35:41,680 Speaker 1: pass rush, four sacks and seven quarterback hits, I thought, 722 00:35:41,680 --> 00:35:44,840 Speaker 1: maybe that's why you hit the brakes on putting your 723 00:35:44,880 --> 00:35:48,440 Speaker 1: rookie quarterback in there until maybe maybe next season, because 724 00:35:48,480 --> 00:35:51,719 Speaker 1: this doesn't look very correctable problem for this line. You know, 725 00:35:51,760 --> 00:35:53,319 Speaker 1: there are things they go out and they get this 726 00:35:53,560 --> 00:35:56,919 Speaker 1: so called bell cow workhorse running back, and we're gonna 727 00:35:56,920 --> 00:35:59,440 Speaker 1: continue to get these lines like we did today from 728 00:35:59,480 --> 00:36:03,040 Speaker 1: Toby gear Hard, which is nine rushes for thirty two yards. 729 00:36:03,080 --> 00:36:06,400 Speaker 1: I think like maybe this time next year or next summer, 730 00:36:06,960 --> 00:36:10,160 Speaker 1: we should all try to think. Sometimes we get wrapped 731 00:36:10,239 --> 00:36:12,480 Speaker 1: up with a player, and I think Toby Garhard is 732 00:36:12,520 --> 00:36:14,840 Speaker 1: a perfect example of someone who might be entering a 733 00:36:14,840 --> 00:36:17,080 Speaker 1: better situation. And we see some good things on tape. 734 00:36:17,160 --> 00:36:19,759 Speaker 1: But Toby Garrett, his name is Toby. First of all, 735 00:36:19,920 --> 00:36:21,880 Speaker 1: he was never a big time back with the Vikings, 736 00:36:21,880 --> 00:36:24,200 Speaker 1: and now he got this big opportunity. But is it 737 00:36:24,280 --> 00:36:26,480 Speaker 1: the line or is its definitely the line. I don't 738 00:36:26,520 --> 00:36:28,560 Speaker 1: think there was any problem with saying Toby garroh will 739 00:36:28,600 --> 00:36:30,000 Speaker 1: be good. We don't know how good the line will 740 00:36:30,040 --> 00:36:32,880 Speaker 1: be in the off season. I don't have any problem 741 00:36:32,920 --> 00:36:37,120 Speaker 1: backing Toby Gerhard. He's not the problem there. The storyline 742 00:36:37,120 --> 00:36:41,680 Speaker 1: here is Chris Westleyan's ever changing pronunciation of born Verner. 743 00:36:42,480 --> 00:36:48,719 Speaker 1: I've been really excited and maybe it's changing the major storyline. 744 00:36:49,840 --> 00:36:53,480 Speaker 1: Can you say? I don't even know. It's kind of 745 00:36:53,520 --> 00:36:55,719 Speaker 1: like when you hear the news caster and they put 746 00:36:55,719 --> 00:37:00,400 Speaker 1: on a special like like accent when they got to say, like, well, 747 00:37:00,480 --> 00:37:02,520 Speaker 1: he is from Germany and that's how he pronounced it. 748 00:37:03,480 --> 00:37:13,919 Speaker 1: Where was Mike Myers character in Sprockets? Was his Sprockets? Uh? I? 749 00:37:13,920 --> 00:37:16,080 Speaker 1: I know that was the monkey, wasn't it at the 750 00:37:16,120 --> 00:37:19,359 Speaker 1: time on Sprockets? When to get back on track here 751 00:37:19,360 --> 00:37:27,400 Speaker 1: to some degree, yeah, can we talk about what the 752 00:37:27,440 --> 00:37:30,520 Speaker 1: major storyline in this game was. Andrew Luck had one 753 00:37:30,560 --> 00:37:33,560 Speaker 1: of the best games in NFL history. Tell us only 754 00:37:33,640 --> 00:37:36,520 Speaker 1: so many guys have done this. The only other Cults 755 00:37:36,560 --> 00:37:39,799 Speaker 1: player to do it was Johnny Unitis seventy completions, three 756 00:37:39,920 --> 00:37:43,160 Speaker 1: and fifty yards, four touchdowns. Peyton Manny never did that 757 00:37:43,960 --> 00:37:47,759 Speaker 1: with no interceptions, and he should have had five touchdowns, 758 00:37:47,760 --> 00:37:50,440 Speaker 1: but Kobe Fleaner dropped the perfectly thrown pass right in 759 00:37:50,520 --> 00:37:53,040 Speaker 1: his hands. This game could have been fifty or fifty 760 00:37:53,040 --> 00:37:55,520 Speaker 1: five to nothing at one point. Does it help when 761 00:37:55,560 --> 00:37:59,759 Speaker 1: Trent Richardson is running for four point one yards per 762 00:38:00,239 --> 00:38:02,160 Speaker 1: There was a rumor that I heard in the newsroom, 763 00:38:02,239 --> 00:38:04,919 Speaker 1: obvious hoax, that he had a twenty seven yard run tonight, 764 00:38:04,960 --> 00:38:07,440 Speaker 1: and that's why he got the four point one because 765 00:38:07,880 --> 00:38:11,360 Speaker 1: of that. He didn't he didn't look that great. Bradshaw 766 00:38:11,440 --> 00:38:14,560 Speaker 1: always looks better and looked much better today. And Bradshaw 767 00:38:14,600 --> 00:38:16,480 Speaker 1: is the guy they turned to in the red zone. Definitely, 768 00:38:16,600 --> 00:38:18,799 Speaker 1: were they smart with his touches brad hunks. They gotta 769 00:38:18,800 --> 00:38:20,880 Speaker 1: be careful there, Yeah, And I think that's that's the 770 00:38:20,880 --> 00:38:22,920 Speaker 1: only reason why Trent Well not the only reason they 771 00:38:22,920 --> 00:38:25,839 Speaker 1: invested a first round draft pick in him. But I 772 00:38:25,880 --> 00:38:28,080 Speaker 1: think if if a mob Bradshaw had a body that 773 00:38:28,120 --> 00:38:31,399 Speaker 1: wasn't continually breaking down, he would be touching the ball 774 00:38:31,440 --> 00:38:33,480 Speaker 1: a lot more than he is. And Mark, I know 775 00:38:33,560 --> 00:38:36,280 Speaker 1: that you said downstairs that you believed in Gus Bradley 776 00:38:36,320 --> 00:38:39,719 Speaker 1: and David Caldwell. Uh, they go to and fourteen or something, 777 00:38:40,000 --> 00:38:41,319 Speaker 1: they're gonna be in trouble. I don't know if they're 778 00:38:41,320 --> 00:38:42,960 Speaker 1: gonna be able to see this through. If they have 779 00:38:43,040 --> 00:38:45,200 Speaker 1: a nightmare season, that's certainly I would started. I think 780 00:38:45,239 --> 00:38:48,040 Speaker 1: they inherited and and it's comes you know how patient 781 00:38:48,120 --> 00:38:50,160 Speaker 1: is the owner. He seems patient to me. They inherited 782 00:38:50,160 --> 00:38:52,320 Speaker 1: one of the worst rosters we've seen in a really 783 00:38:52,840 --> 00:38:55,239 Speaker 1: long time, and the rebuild to get out of that 784 00:38:55,880 --> 00:38:58,400 Speaker 1: is harder than I don't think. I don't think they 785 00:38:58,400 --> 00:39:01,759 Speaker 1: could lose their jobs. No matter what I agree, I 786 00:39:01,760 --> 00:39:07,520 Speaker 1: think they're safe moving forward. The New Orleans Saints. New 787 00:39:07,600 --> 00:39:11,800 Speaker 1: Orleans Saints are off. The Schnei drew Brees past te 788 00:39:11,840 --> 00:39:14,239 Speaker 1: yards and two touchdowns, and the Saints took care of 789 00:39:14,280 --> 00:39:17,800 Speaker 1: business with a twenty to nine win over the Adrian 790 00:39:17,840 --> 00:39:23,279 Speaker 1: Peterson Lists Minnesota Vikings uh All. Another quarterback situation here. 791 00:39:23,320 --> 00:39:26,080 Speaker 1: Matt Castle suffered a toe injury and multiple fractures. I 792 00:39:26,080 --> 00:39:30,680 Speaker 1: believe I read replaced by rookie Teddy Bridgewater, who had 793 00:39:30,719 --> 00:39:32,839 Speaker 1: some success or a little bit of success in this game. 794 00:39:33,560 --> 00:39:37,120 Speaker 1: Are we ready for the Teddy Bridgewater era? It's Teddy time, 795 00:39:37,239 --> 00:39:39,799 Speaker 1: whether ready for it or not. He came in and 796 00:39:39,840 --> 00:39:42,400 Speaker 1: gave them a little bit of a spark, made a 797 00:39:42,400 --> 00:39:45,440 Speaker 1: few players with his legs, got a few screen passes 798 00:39:45,480 --> 00:39:48,200 Speaker 1: that went for thirty or forty yards, and then they 799 00:39:48,280 --> 00:39:51,160 Speaker 1: kind of settled into a fog over the rest of 800 00:39:51,200 --> 00:39:53,799 Speaker 1: the game and didn't do much. But this was kind 801 00:39:53,840 --> 00:39:55,840 Speaker 1: of an odd game. The Saints jumped out to a 802 00:39:55,840 --> 00:39:58,560 Speaker 1: big lead thirteen and nothing didn't do anything for the 803 00:39:58,600 --> 00:40:00,680 Speaker 1: second and third quarters. It seemed like Zimmer made some 804 00:40:00,719 --> 00:40:03,840 Speaker 1: really good adjustments and was starting to put pressure on breeze. 805 00:40:04,239 --> 00:40:06,279 Speaker 1: The Saints missed mark Ingram in the running game. They 806 00:40:06,280 --> 00:40:08,759 Speaker 1: couldn't get anything going for a couple of quarters there, 807 00:40:08,800 --> 00:40:10,720 Speaker 1: and then they just took over again in the fourth quarter. 808 00:40:11,400 --> 00:40:14,200 Speaker 1: Any concerned that the Saints could only score twenty points 809 00:40:14,200 --> 00:40:17,160 Speaker 1: at home a little surprise there. Yeah, they seemed a 810 00:40:17,200 --> 00:40:19,239 Speaker 1: little disjointed. And I'm not sure what's going on with 811 00:40:19,280 --> 00:40:23,200 Speaker 1: Marcus Colston. He had a fumble in the opening game 812 00:40:23,320 --> 00:40:25,920 Speaker 1: that basically cost them the game. Last week he was 813 00:40:25,920 --> 00:40:28,160 Speaker 1: held without a catch, and this week he was held 814 00:40:28,200 --> 00:40:30,280 Speaker 1: without a catch until he had an eighteen yard touchdown 815 00:40:30,360 --> 00:40:33,160 Speaker 1: late in the game. He's not giving them much on offense. 816 00:40:33,880 --> 00:40:36,880 Speaker 1: It seems like their attack centers, and this is what 817 00:40:36,920 --> 00:40:40,000 Speaker 1: it looked like last week. Cooks and Graham are going 818 00:40:40,040 --> 00:40:42,759 Speaker 1: to trade off big, big days. I mean, it's but 819 00:40:42,920 --> 00:40:46,280 Speaker 1: if you don't have Colston, that removes and we're still's 820 00:40:46,320 --> 00:40:49,399 Speaker 1: he how's he looking? They've been using him on shorter routes, 821 00:40:49,440 --> 00:40:51,120 Speaker 1: which is odd because last year he was a deep 822 00:40:51,160 --> 00:40:53,000 Speaker 1: threat and we know he has that kind of speed 823 00:40:53,040 --> 00:40:55,600 Speaker 1: he can make place down the field. But there they 824 00:40:55,640 --> 00:40:57,359 Speaker 1: didn't really go down the field much. And I think 825 00:40:57,440 --> 00:41:00,320 Speaker 1: Jeremy Hill, the third string tight end had the longest 826 00:41:00,360 --> 00:41:03,080 Speaker 1: play thirty four yards. Why is sorry, why is Cordirel 827 00:41:03,120 --> 00:41:06,120 Speaker 1: Patterson running the ball once? Where they? Is that not 828 00:41:06,120 --> 00:41:09,200 Speaker 1: not happening for this team anymore? I cannot tell you 829 00:41:09,239 --> 00:41:11,400 Speaker 1: why he only ran it once, but I need an 830 00:41:11,400 --> 00:41:16,160 Speaker 1: answer from you that you have to check with Norvi. 831 00:41:16,480 --> 00:41:18,560 Speaker 1: This was your game, right and you still don't have 832 00:41:18,600 --> 00:41:22,160 Speaker 1: an answer. I don't know why a little library raising 833 00:41:23,120 --> 00:41:27,280 Speaker 1: hours after the game, you know, Bridgewater comes in Castle. 834 00:41:27,320 --> 00:41:28,600 Speaker 1: It sounds like he's going to be out for a 835 00:41:28,640 --> 00:41:31,280 Speaker 1: while with the broken bones in his foot. I still 836 00:41:31,640 --> 00:41:34,120 Speaker 1: don't give up on this team being a little feisty, 837 00:41:34,239 --> 00:41:36,480 Speaker 1: and this performance kind of speaks to that that they 838 00:41:36,480 --> 00:41:38,440 Speaker 1: were in a one score game in New Orleans in 839 00:41:38,480 --> 00:41:41,400 Speaker 1: a tough spot. I still think the Vikings are going 840 00:41:41,480 --> 00:41:43,480 Speaker 1: to be a tough out despite a couple of tough 841 00:41:43,480 --> 00:41:45,560 Speaker 1: weeks for them. You know, I don't you know, would 842 00:41:45,600 --> 00:41:49,319 Speaker 1: help good defense, else would help the best running back 843 00:41:49,320 --> 00:41:51,399 Speaker 1: in the world being back on that would help a lot. 844 00:41:51,520 --> 00:41:53,919 Speaker 1: Asiata is twelve or thirty five, that's such an as 845 00:41:54,360 --> 00:42:02,040 Speaker 1: That's yeah, that's a classic Asiada. Moving forward, oh John, 846 00:42:02,680 --> 00:42:05,840 Speaker 1: moving forward? The New York Giants are in the wind column. 847 00:42:06,000 --> 00:42:09,320 Speaker 1: Were shot. Jennings blows up for a career high hundred 848 00:42:09,320 --> 00:42:12,279 Speaker 1: and seventy six yards in a touch Eli Manning looks 849 00:42:12,280 --> 00:42:14,200 Speaker 1: like he played good for the second straight week through 850 00:42:14,200 --> 00:42:17,359 Speaker 1: two touchdown passes, and the New York Giants took care 851 00:42:17,360 --> 00:42:20,239 Speaker 1: of the Houston Texans thirty to seventeen. That the metal ends. 852 00:42:20,560 --> 00:42:23,440 Speaker 1: The Texans were without Arian Foster in this game. Uh, 853 00:42:23,560 --> 00:42:27,440 Speaker 1: the offense did not look good. Victor Cruz salsa this 854 00:42:27,560 --> 00:42:30,319 Speaker 1: first touch touchdown for most of the year. What is 855 00:42:30,360 --> 00:42:36,040 Speaker 1: the plural of salsa salth side, salside, salsa's deploral, salsa's 856 00:42:36,120 --> 00:42:42,680 Speaker 1: he salsas deplorable? This whole conversation, yea, what is who 857 00:42:42,760 --> 00:42:45,840 Speaker 1: watch this game? Who was Yeah? Come on, I got it. 858 00:42:46,200 --> 00:42:48,719 Speaker 1: It was on fire. So was Victor Cruz moving his 859 00:42:49,080 --> 00:42:51,360 Speaker 1: feet very quickly. He has no side. He has no 860 00:42:51,440 --> 00:42:53,760 Speaker 1: long speed anymore. He had a sixty one yard catch 861 00:42:54,160 --> 00:42:59,080 Speaker 1: that could have been not I guess he never really 862 00:42:59,080 --> 00:43:00,920 Speaker 1: had his long Speedi's out a guy that was gonna 863 00:43:00,920 --> 00:43:03,040 Speaker 1: win a big forty Jets fan. I could say that 864 00:43:03,080 --> 00:43:05,200 Speaker 1: he does. Didn't you have a record for the most 865 00:43:05,680 --> 00:43:08,279 Speaker 1: plays of seventy yards or more in the first I'm 866 00:43:08,320 --> 00:43:10,200 Speaker 1: just telling you what I saw. He got caught from 867 00:43:10,200 --> 00:43:12,879 Speaker 1: behind pretty easily. But he's one of those guys Mike 868 00:43:12,880 --> 00:43:15,160 Speaker 1: Mack would say he's quicker than fast, and he his 869 00:43:15,200 --> 00:43:17,440 Speaker 1: footwork was working well, and I think it was a 870 00:43:17,480 --> 00:43:20,120 Speaker 1: twenty six yard touchdown catch. I just looked at it 871 00:43:20,200 --> 00:43:23,120 Speaker 1: like the Giants offensive stars or whatever you want to 872 00:43:23,160 --> 00:43:28,200 Speaker 1: call them. Eli Manning, Cruise, Rashad Jennings took this game over. 873 00:43:28,800 --> 00:43:30,880 Speaker 1: When the Texans made a little run in the second half, 874 00:43:30,960 --> 00:43:33,799 Speaker 1: Jennings took it over. The running game was terrific and 875 00:43:34,280 --> 00:43:35,840 Speaker 1: it could have been a lot worse than the score. 876 00:43:35,880 --> 00:43:38,640 Speaker 1: They dominated. The offense played well today and Eli Manning. 877 00:43:39,200 --> 00:43:41,760 Speaker 1: I find interesting that Bruce arians said last week before 878 00:43:42,120 --> 00:43:44,080 Speaker 1: the Week two game that it could take a veteran 879 00:43:44,120 --> 00:43:46,840 Speaker 1: quarterback half a season to pick up the offense. And 880 00:43:46,920 --> 00:43:50,160 Speaker 1: after a terrible Week one, it seems like Eli's on 881 00:43:50,200 --> 00:43:52,080 Speaker 1: the right track now. Is that there? I think he's 882 00:43:52,080 --> 00:43:56,680 Speaker 1: played three games, one terrible game and two decent games. 883 00:43:56,760 --> 00:43:58,600 Speaker 1: He played pretty well today. It could, like I said, 884 00:43:58,600 --> 00:44:01,200 Speaker 1: it could have been worse. Larry Dennell dropped or fumbled 885 00:44:01,200 --> 00:44:04,440 Speaker 1: the pass that was in the red zone. Uh, there 886 00:44:04,480 --> 00:44:06,920 Speaker 1: was another drop on third down. Eli played a very 887 00:44:06,960 --> 00:44:09,560 Speaker 1: controlled game. They would have had fifty points if it 888 00:44:09,600 --> 00:44:11,799 Speaker 1: wasn't for J. J. Watt. The only drives that were 889 00:44:11,840 --> 00:44:16,960 Speaker 1: stopped were drive stopped single seventy six yards to Rashad Jennings. 890 00:44:16,960 --> 00:44:21,279 Speaker 1: So this defense has nothing beyond J. J. Watt. That's 891 00:44:21,280 --> 00:44:23,720 Speaker 1: what it looked like. Pretty disappointing showing by the Texans. 892 00:44:23,760 --> 00:44:26,400 Speaker 1: And I heard the real run. Fitzpatrick showed up. He 893 00:44:26,480 --> 00:44:30,360 Speaker 1: had halftime, He had two interceptions, three completions in twenty 894 00:44:30,400 --> 00:44:32,920 Speaker 1: three yards. So that was the reason it could have 895 00:44:32,960 --> 00:44:35,319 Speaker 1: been a lot worse the Giants. It was how you 896 00:44:35,360 --> 00:44:37,960 Speaker 1: dial it up, Hankins, Pierre Paul, They were in the 897 00:44:37,960 --> 00:44:41,040 Speaker 1: backfield quite a bit. Prince mukamara and Rogers Camarady had 898 00:44:41,040 --> 00:44:43,160 Speaker 1: a really nice game. I mean, if you had just 899 00:44:43,239 --> 00:44:46,400 Speaker 1: looked at this game alone, you would have thought the 900 00:44:46,440 --> 00:44:48,080 Speaker 1: Giants are a three and o type of team and 901 00:44:48,120 --> 00:44:49,920 Speaker 1: the Texans are now and three type of team. It was. 902 00:44:50,080 --> 00:44:52,160 Speaker 1: It was an all around great performance by New York 903 00:44:52,560 --> 00:44:56,160 Speaker 1: Is new Copkins making the lead. Oh why not, he's 904 00:44:56,160 --> 00:45:00,400 Speaker 1: been pretty good, he said, catch that didn't matter that 905 00:45:00,440 --> 00:45:02,880 Speaker 1: you've ever seen or something, DeAndre Hopkins go look it up. 906 00:45:02,920 --> 00:45:05,080 Speaker 1: You probably have by now. If you watch the highlight shows. 907 00:45:05,120 --> 00:45:07,880 Speaker 1: But if you're an NFL fan, you're watching highlight and 908 00:45:07,920 --> 00:45:10,080 Speaker 1: you're listening to the show. Well, maybe an NFL fan 909 00:45:10,239 --> 00:45:13,120 Speaker 1: was busy today and had a chance if you get 910 00:45:13,120 --> 00:45:17,560 Speaker 1: it to get the play was called off due to 911 00:45:17,600 --> 00:45:21,760 Speaker 1: an illegal procedure, but DeAndre Hopkins fifty yards down the field, 912 00:45:22,120 --> 00:45:25,319 Speaker 1: falling backwards onto his back, catching it with his left hand, 913 00:45:25,520 --> 00:45:28,480 Speaker 1: one handed outstretch of the account is the best catch 914 00:45:28,520 --> 00:45:32,759 Speaker 1: in NFL history. That the count doesn't matter. He made 915 00:45:32,800 --> 00:45:36,080 Speaker 1: another great place, Hopkins, Your boy has looked pretty good. 916 00:45:36,719 --> 00:45:47,440 Speaker 1: They lost next. Terence Williams scored the go ahead touchdown 917 00:45:47,960 --> 00:45:49,759 Speaker 1: late in the fourth quarter for the Dallas Cowboys that 918 00:45:49,840 --> 00:45:52,880 Speaker 1: Bruce Carter had the big play on defense for the 919 00:45:53,040 --> 00:45:57,160 Speaker 1: Dallas defense, a twenty five yard pick six of St. 920 00:45:57,200 --> 00:46:00,360 Speaker 1: Louis quarterback Austin Davis. The Cowboys rallied back from a 921 00:46:00,440 --> 00:46:03,040 Speaker 1: twenty one nothing deficit in the first half to beat 922 00:46:03,120 --> 00:46:06,320 Speaker 1: the Rams thirty four to thirty one at the Edward 923 00:46:06,360 --> 00:46:11,120 Speaker 1: Jones Tomb. Very nice. I'll tell you what. I'll tell 924 00:46:11,120 --> 00:46:13,839 Speaker 1: you what you know. The Cowboys aren't synonymous with heart 925 00:46:13,880 --> 00:46:16,400 Speaker 1: typically and uh the last fifteen years or so, but 926 00:46:16,400 --> 00:46:18,320 Speaker 1: this is a nice win. A team that was getting 927 00:46:18,360 --> 00:46:21,000 Speaker 1: spanked on the road. They could easily just you know, 928 00:46:21,200 --> 00:46:22,719 Speaker 1: turned it in and said, all right, we're not gonna 929 00:46:22,719 --> 00:46:25,680 Speaker 1: win this road game. They chip away, chip away, make 930 00:46:25,760 --> 00:46:28,080 Speaker 1: some plays. Tony Romo gets it together after an early 931 00:46:28,120 --> 00:46:30,920 Speaker 1: pick six, and they steal the game. They win it. 932 00:46:30,960 --> 00:46:33,520 Speaker 1: So the Cowboys pick up a victory. It's the kind 933 00:46:33,520 --> 00:46:38,960 Speaker 1: of game Jason Garrett typically absolutely will lose, and I 934 00:46:39,000 --> 00:46:41,520 Speaker 1: am surprised to see them turn it around. Cowboys two 935 00:46:41,520 --> 00:46:45,640 Speaker 1: and one. Did Romo make any throws beyond ten or 936 00:46:45,640 --> 00:46:50,440 Speaker 1: twelve yards? Romo okay, So yes and no, because a 937 00:46:50,440 --> 00:46:53,400 Speaker 1: lot of his throws are very very short in nature, 938 00:46:53,480 --> 00:46:56,200 Speaker 1: and he seemed to be kind of wincing, not wincing, 939 00:46:56,200 --> 00:46:58,640 Speaker 1: but protecting himself from contact and not falling through in 940 00:46:58,719 --> 00:47:01,680 Speaker 1: some throws. I'm still not convinced he's feeling great physically. 941 00:47:02,160 --> 00:47:03,960 Speaker 1: On the other end of it, he had a sixty 942 00:47:04,239 --> 00:47:07,040 Speaker 1: seven yard touchdown. I believe that Dez Bryant uh not 943 00:47:07,160 --> 00:47:09,120 Speaker 1: a contestant throw. There was a blown coverage and Dez 944 00:47:09,239 --> 00:47:11,600 Speaker 1: was all alone, so that accounted for the big play 945 00:47:11,600 --> 00:47:14,480 Speaker 1: and it helped everyone's stats along the line. So I 946 00:47:14,520 --> 00:47:17,799 Speaker 1: don't think we're still seeing Romo at full capacity. But 947 00:47:17,840 --> 00:47:20,359 Speaker 1: I would say after a terrible pick six in which 948 00:47:20,360 --> 00:47:21,880 Speaker 1: he threw an out that didn't get there and it 949 00:47:21,960 --> 00:47:25,080 Speaker 1: was jumped for the touchdown, Uh, he did play better. 950 00:47:25,160 --> 00:47:27,239 Speaker 1: So this was a step in the right direction for Romo. 951 00:47:27,400 --> 00:47:30,560 Speaker 1: Last week against the Titans Dallas, their defense did not 952 00:47:30,640 --> 00:47:33,399 Speaker 1: look half bad today, though I'm just looking at the sheet. 953 00:47:33,440 --> 00:47:35,600 Speaker 1: They gave up four hundred and forty eight yards. Was 954 00:47:35,640 --> 00:47:38,600 Speaker 1: it as bad as it looks on the statue? Yes? 955 00:47:38,640 --> 00:47:41,680 Speaker 1: And no. Austin Davis is not bad, by the way. 956 00:47:41,840 --> 00:47:44,520 Speaker 1: Did he do enough to keep the job from Sean Hill? 957 00:47:45,080 --> 00:47:46,960 Speaker 1: I think he did more than enough. He played great. 958 00:47:47,040 --> 00:47:50,520 Speaker 1: He was thirty or forty two twenty seven yards three touchdowns, 959 00:47:50,520 --> 00:47:52,040 Speaker 1: should have had a fourth. And this was kind of 960 00:47:52,040 --> 00:47:55,720 Speaker 1: an interesting subplot of the game. Jared Cook UH drops 961 00:47:55,719 --> 00:47:58,080 Speaker 1: a wide open pass in the end zone that would 962 00:47:58,120 --> 00:48:01,880 Speaker 1: have put uh the ram Is up by I'm not 963 00:48:01,920 --> 00:48:03,920 Speaker 1: sure what the score, but they had a settle for three. 964 00:48:04,280 --> 00:48:07,319 Speaker 1: And then on the sideline, Cook, who was upset about it, 965 00:48:07,600 --> 00:48:09,080 Speaker 1: He got up and he's walking and he kind of 966 00:48:09,120 --> 00:48:11,680 Speaker 1: pushes Austin Davis out of the way when Davis want 967 00:48:11,719 --> 00:48:14,840 Speaker 1: to console him. Led to a little brew haha, amongst 968 00:48:14,880 --> 00:48:19,320 Speaker 1: other teammates. Uh. To Cook's credit, he apologized profusely both 969 00:48:19,800 --> 00:48:22,880 Speaker 1: to reporters and then on Twitter. So, uh, that was 970 00:48:22,880 --> 00:48:26,080 Speaker 1: an interesting play. But Austin Davis looks really good and 971 00:48:26,280 --> 00:48:28,800 Speaker 1: I think he's going to keep the job. But overall, 972 00:48:28,800 --> 00:48:30,879 Speaker 1: this is a nice one for the Cowboys and DeMarco Murray, 973 00:48:30,920 --> 00:48:32,439 Speaker 1: by the way, three for three now in a hundred 974 00:48:32,520 --> 00:48:34,960 Speaker 1: yard games. He is a real candidate to win the 975 00:48:35,040 --> 00:48:38,080 Speaker 1: rushing title if he could stay healthy. If I think 976 00:48:38,080 --> 00:48:40,160 Speaker 1: he's the favorite maybe right now, I'm trying to think 977 00:48:40,160 --> 00:48:43,400 Speaker 1: who else would be. Yeah, I wouldn't put him. I 978 00:48:43,440 --> 00:48:47,000 Speaker 1: think favorite. Don't sleep on Benny Cunningham. I'm just glad 979 00:48:47,040 --> 00:48:50,120 Speaker 1: we got through today. Uh with a Jared Cook apology 980 00:48:50,200 --> 00:48:53,120 Speaker 1: being part of the mix. So many Dard Cook apologies. 981 00:48:53,400 --> 00:48:55,800 Speaker 1: I check that video because you know, especially with the 982 00:48:55,880 --> 00:48:58,440 Speaker 1: quarterback end, when you have Austin Davis, when it's a 983 00:48:58,520 --> 00:49:00,799 Speaker 1: kid that doesn't have a lot of respect, maybe at 984 00:49:00,800 --> 00:49:02,880 Speaker 1: this level he does what is he gonna do? He 985 00:49:02,920 --> 00:49:04,680 Speaker 1: couldn't really do anything, so he was a little stunned. 986 00:49:04,680 --> 00:49:06,440 Speaker 1: But that was interesting. But the Cowboys are two and one. 987 00:49:06,480 --> 00:49:09,360 Speaker 1: Great day for the NFC East Redskins looked better. Of 988 00:49:09,400 --> 00:49:11,840 Speaker 1: course they lost the Eagles, and the Giants looked pretty 989 00:49:11,840 --> 00:49:16,000 Speaker 1: good today. Maybe the NFC East is back board help us, 990 00:49:19,080 --> 00:49:21,920 Speaker 1: all right? So the San Francisco forty Niners go to 991 00:49:21,920 --> 00:49:25,319 Speaker 1: Arizona NFC West game. No Carson Palmer again, but Drew 992 00:49:25,400 --> 00:49:28,200 Speaker 1: Stanton does some work. He throws two third quarter touchdown 993 00:49:28,200 --> 00:49:31,800 Speaker 1: passes to rookie John Brown and making the lead candidate, 994 00:49:32,120 --> 00:49:34,880 Speaker 1: and the Cardinals rallied to beat No. Is he not 995 00:49:35,239 --> 00:49:40,960 Speaker 1: making the lead next year? Uh? And the the Arizona 996 00:49:41,000 --> 00:49:45,480 Speaker 1: Cardinals beat the forty three fourteen on Sunday. That is 997 00:49:45,640 --> 00:49:48,080 Speaker 1: a three and o Cardinals outfit a team of a 998 00:49:48,160 --> 00:49:51,240 Speaker 1: t L nominee when they outscored the nine or seventeen 999 00:49:51,320 --> 00:49:55,320 Speaker 1: oh in the second half. The Niners, gentlemen, are playing 1000 00:49:55,400 --> 00:49:58,040 Speaker 1: terrible down the stretch of these games. What is going 1001 00:49:58,080 --> 00:50:01,279 Speaker 1: on with the once mighty forty nine? Yeah, the forty 1002 00:50:01,360 --> 00:50:04,600 Speaker 1: Niners certainly looked like a Jekyl and Hide operation on offense, 1003 00:50:04,680 --> 00:50:06,920 Speaker 1: because very strong in the first half. And that's what 1004 00:50:07,000 --> 00:50:09,840 Speaker 1: happened today and have not scored a touchdown in the 1005 00:50:09,840 --> 00:50:12,279 Speaker 1: fourth quarter and been outscored something like fifty two to 1006 00:50:12,520 --> 00:50:15,799 Speaker 1: three in the second half over three games you know 1007 00:50:15,840 --> 00:50:18,560 Speaker 1: today the big note for me with Colin Kaepernick and 1008 00:50:18,640 --> 00:50:22,000 Speaker 1: the entire offenses, they got away from what they are 1009 00:50:22,080 --> 00:50:25,319 Speaker 1: under Jim Harbaugh. Like they were second half running a 1010 00:50:25,360 --> 00:50:29,560 Speaker 1: ton of five wide receiver sets. Kaepernick had thirteen rushes, 1011 00:50:29,640 --> 00:50:32,120 Speaker 1: that's more than the rest of the the team combined. They 1012 00:50:32,239 --> 00:50:36,000 Speaker 1: kind of Frank Gore finished with six rushes for ten yards, 1013 00:50:36,400 --> 00:50:40,040 Speaker 1: So they just decided that they couldn't run. I don't 1014 00:50:40,040 --> 00:50:42,560 Speaker 1: know if that's what they decided, but looking at the 1015 00:50:42,600 --> 00:50:45,080 Speaker 1: flow of the game, they got into a bout a 1016 00:50:45,120 --> 00:50:47,440 Speaker 1: bunch of third down situations in the second half that 1017 00:50:47,440 --> 00:50:48,960 Speaker 1: didn't go the way, and the story of the game 1018 00:50:49,000 --> 00:50:51,759 Speaker 1: was Drew standing for the Cardinals. Not perfect, but he 1019 00:50:51,800 --> 00:50:54,080 Speaker 1: made some big plays. I'll just circle back real quick 1020 00:50:54,120 --> 00:50:57,480 Speaker 1: to Frank Gore our fantasy team, Kate Mara. Maybe we 1021 00:50:57,560 --> 00:51:00,200 Speaker 1: got in a year too late of the beginning. Truth well, 1022 00:51:00,239 --> 00:51:02,959 Speaker 1: we might have. But yeah, Drew Stanton, Uh, he looks 1023 00:51:03,000 --> 00:51:05,080 Speaker 1: like he could. We don't know how long Carson pomer 1024 00:51:05,080 --> 00:51:07,200 Speaker 1: will be out. He wasn't even active for this game. 1025 00:51:07,320 --> 00:51:09,960 Speaker 1: He's got the nerve issue. Is he, in your opinion, 1026 00:51:09,960 --> 00:51:12,359 Speaker 1: market guy that can carry this offense for however? Long 1027 00:51:12,400 --> 00:51:15,440 Speaker 1: he has to. What I saw today was that Bruce 1028 00:51:15,440 --> 00:51:18,680 Speaker 1: arians trusts him. He didn't. You know, they haven't slimmed 1029 00:51:18,680 --> 00:51:20,920 Speaker 1: down the offense with him in there, and they're using 1030 00:51:21,040 --> 00:51:23,439 Speaker 1: He did a nice job spreading the ball to eight 1031 00:51:23,440 --> 00:51:27,960 Speaker 1: different guys, and guys like Michael Floyd and John Brown 1032 00:51:28,239 --> 00:51:30,520 Speaker 1: made some big plays. That is that is an offense 1033 00:51:30,520 --> 00:51:32,160 Speaker 1: with a lot of speed at wide receiver. And they've 1034 00:51:32,160 --> 00:51:34,719 Speaker 1: got Ellington out of the backfield, who I'm a little 1035 00:51:34,880 --> 00:51:37,440 Speaker 1: Ellington is a little underwhelming in terms of the role 1036 00:51:37,520 --> 00:51:39,919 Speaker 1: they boosted him up for. But he made some nice 1037 00:51:39,960 --> 00:51:43,680 Speaker 1: plays around the edges today. And they they're the team 1038 00:51:43,680 --> 00:51:45,440 Speaker 1: that kept making big plays when they needed to at 1039 00:51:45,440 --> 00:51:47,680 Speaker 1: the forty Niners did not. And how about this Cardinal's defense. 1040 00:51:49,880 --> 00:51:53,400 Speaker 1: They're tough. They lost another guy this week and John Abraham, 1041 00:51:53,440 --> 00:51:55,600 Speaker 1: who was a key pass rusher for them, he's out 1042 00:51:55,600 --> 00:51:57,920 Speaker 1: of the picture for the season. And yet they shut 1043 00:51:57,960 --> 00:52:01,000 Speaker 1: down the Niners down the stretch. They're playing three And oh, 1044 00:52:01,040 --> 00:52:02,759 Speaker 1: I know, Greg, you threw me under the bus on 1045 00:52:02,760 --> 00:52:04,880 Speaker 1: Twitter that I didn't give the Cardinals enough credit. But 1046 00:52:04,920 --> 00:52:07,680 Speaker 1: now I'm all in on this Cardinals. You know what 1047 00:52:07,760 --> 00:52:09,759 Speaker 1: you did, and I'll pull up the tweet later and 1048 00:52:09,760 --> 00:52:13,360 Speaker 1: you'll see tols is auditioning for a head coaching job. Yeah. 1049 00:52:13,440 --> 00:52:18,120 Speaker 1: I mean every week this team loses another defensive pillar 1050 00:52:18,200 --> 00:52:20,680 Speaker 1: that they were gonna base their whole season around, and 1051 00:52:20,960 --> 00:52:23,839 Speaker 1: you just expected to keep falling apart. And then when 1052 00:52:23,920 --> 00:52:26,400 Speaker 1: they show up on Sunday, they're just a little gang 1053 00:52:26,480 --> 00:52:28,880 Speaker 1: that could Chris And that's a team that you should 1054 00:52:28,880 --> 00:52:31,239 Speaker 1: be pulling for. For the team of a t L 1055 00:52:31,400 --> 00:52:33,839 Speaker 1: team that you can injure him. Oh, it doesn't matter, 1056 00:52:33,920 --> 00:52:36,520 Speaker 1: a team that's been underground for so long, it doesn't 1057 00:52:36,560 --> 00:52:39,080 Speaker 1: matter three and oh the what more do they need 1058 00:52:39,120 --> 00:52:41,839 Speaker 1: to do? Team of a t L. By the way, 1059 00:52:41,960 --> 00:52:46,000 Speaker 1: there's no question that Bruce Arians trust Drew Stanton. Last week, 1060 00:52:46,400 --> 00:52:49,200 Speaker 1: thirty seconds left in the first half, the Cardinals get 1061 00:52:49,239 --> 00:52:52,279 Speaker 1: the ball deep in their own territory and Arians is 1062 00:52:52,360 --> 00:52:55,960 Speaker 1: dialing up go routes and having Stanton take shot plays 1063 00:52:55,960 --> 00:52:58,440 Speaker 1: down the field and they're making some of these players 1064 00:52:58,520 --> 00:53:01,200 Speaker 1: going for it on fourth down at midfield. Today, he's 1065 00:53:01,200 --> 00:53:03,319 Speaker 1: been the coach of the year through three games, and 1066 00:53:04,760 --> 00:53:07,080 Speaker 1: he's your cool uncle. And guess what, it got a 1067 00:53:07,080 --> 00:53:09,920 Speaker 1: little heated downstairs in the newsroom, some Team of a 1068 00:53:10,040 --> 00:53:14,040 Speaker 1: t L talk. But they they are gaining They got 1069 00:53:14,120 --> 00:53:18,719 Speaker 1: very heated. They are gaining heat. That's one of your nominees, Greg, 1070 00:53:18,760 --> 00:53:22,080 Speaker 1: what more? What more do they need to do? And yeah, 1071 00:53:22,160 --> 00:53:25,400 Speaker 1: Bruce arians great coaching and get behind just like coming up. 1072 00:53:25,480 --> 00:53:27,359 Speaker 1: So they're going to be staying on looking. I don't 1073 00:53:27,360 --> 00:53:29,480 Speaker 1: want to pick a team and then see them go 1074 00:53:29,560 --> 00:53:31,319 Speaker 1: on a four game losing street because they're just not 1075 00:53:31,360 --> 00:53:34,040 Speaker 1: good enough. Do you think that's what's gonna happen with this? 1076 00:53:34,840 --> 00:53:37,120 Speaker 1: I'm not convinced yet that they can avoid that. I 1077 00:53:37,120 --> 00:53:39,239 Speaker 1: don't They don't look like a team that's gonna drop 1078 00:53:39,280 --> 00:53:41,520 Speaker 1: four straight games. To me, from what we've seen so far, 1079 00:53:41,640 --> 00:53:45,960 Speaker 1: I've got two words for you, Chandler Cotta zero Cotton 1080 00:53:46,080 --> 00:53:50,080 Speaker 1: zero the kicker. That's the key to the Cardinals. That's 1081 00:53:50,080 --> 00:53:52,400 Speaker 1: why they're in trouble. Is our team jump on board 1082 00:53:53,520 --> 00:54:00,000 Speaker 1: the potentially not a wild selling point, the very specially 1083 00:54:02,600 --> 00:54:05,520 Speaker 1: referring to being the team of a TL It is 1084 00:54:05,520 --> 00:54:09,960 Speaker 1: a very special on Anyway, moving forward, that SoundBite definitely 1085 00:54:10,000 --> 00:54:15,000 Speaker 1: led to probably two or three car crashes, the Miami 1086 00:54:15,040 --> 00:54:20,319 Speaker 1: Dolphins and Ryan Tannehill headed for divorce. That's how all 1087 00:54:20,360 --> 00:54:24,320 Speaker 1: open is. Alex Smith through three touchdown fasts in the 1088 00:54:24,400 --> 00:54:29,319 Speaker 1: Chiefs went to Miami and beat up on the dolphinsin 1089 00:54:29,920 --> 00:54:33,760 Speaker 1: Smith easily outplayed Tannehill, who finished gentleman in the Gabbard 1090 00:54:33,840 --> 00:54:36,799 Speaker 1: zone and he, as well as the entire offense hurt 1091 00:54:36,800 --> 00:54:39,880 Speaker 1: booze from the home crowd. Uh Nile Davis filled in 1092 00:54:39,920 --> 00:54:42,080 Speaker 1: for Jamal Charles ran for a hundred and thirty two 1093 00:54:42,160 --> 00:54:47,920 Speaker 1: yards and a touchdown. And I'm telling you, gentleman, there's 1094 00:54:47,960 --> 00:54:51,680 Speaker 1: an issue in Miami with his offense. Tannehill is not progressing. 1095 00:54:51,760 --> 00:54:54,399 Speaker 1: And he came out and said on Wednesday this past 1096 00:54:54,440 --> 00:54:57,000 Speaker 1: Wednesday that he needed to be better. So it's not 1097 00:54:57,080 --> 00:54:59,480 Speaker 1: a great sign when he comes out and plays just 1098 00:54:59,600 --> 00:55:02,279 Speaker 1: as bad as he's been all this season. He just 1099 00:55:02,520 --> 00:55:05,080 Speaker 1: he struggles to move this team on offense. Was it 1100 00:55:05,120 --> 00:55:08,200 Speaker 1: third downs again? Third down was a problem. I mean 1101 00:55:08,200 --> 00:55:10,520 Speaker 1: he he has issues with accuracy, as we know, and 1102 00:55:10,560 --> 00:55:12,839 Speaker 1: also some vision issues. There was a third down play 1103 00:55:12,840 --> 00:55:15,640 Speaker 1: in the third quarter, a key play near midfield, third 1104 00:55:15,680 --> 00:55:17,880 Speaker 1: and short. I think it was inches even they call 1105 00:55:17,960 --> 00:55:21,560 Speaker 1: play action and Daniel Thomas rolls out from the backfield 1106 00:55:21,640 --> 00:55:24,759 Speaker 1: is open for the conversion. Instead, Uh Tannehill never sees 1107 00:55:24,840 --> 00:55:27,520 Speaker 1: him pushes it. Uh takes a sack and the drive 1108 00:55:27,600 --> 00:55:29,600 Speaker 1: is over. I mean, it's just stuff like that that 1109 00:55:29,680 --> 00:55:32,160 Speaker 1: continues to add up. And it also happened, and it 1110 00:55:32,200 --> 00:55:35,520 Speaker 1: makes the more distressing for Miami that Tannehill is struggling 1111 00:55:35,600 --> 00:55:38,560 Speaker 1: like this when you have a running game. Lamar Miller 1112 00:55:38,600 --> 00:55:41,239 Speaker 1: played great rent for a hundred and fifteen yards. It's 1113 00:55:41,239 --> 00:55:44,719 Speaker 1: his first hundred yard games since the last Halloween. But 1114 00:55:44,920 --> 00:55:47,880 Speaker 1: and they made some plays on special teams in defense, 1115 00:55:47,920 --> 00:55:50,880 Speaker 1: and Tannehill was the only guy that really wasn't getting 1116 00:55:50,920 --> 00:55:54,640 Speaker 1: it done. Greg, that's your boy, Ryan Tannehill. You've you've 1117 00:55:54,680 --> 00:55:56,839 Speaker 1: went to the post room many times. It's a time 1118 00:55:56,880 --> 00:55:59,400 Speaker 1: to walk away. Well, no, I'm I'm sticking with it. 1119 00:55:59,719 --> 00:56:02,080 Speaker 1: Pro Football Focus I've already gotten an early look at 1120 00:56:02,120 --> 00:56:04,680 Speaker 1: their rankings. They've actually said this was the best performance 1121 00:56:04,719 --> 00:56:11,520 Speaker 1: any quarterback Number one on the rankings and Football Focus 1122 00:56:11,600 --> 00:56:14,920 Speaker 1: Bunsen Burner blowtorch right there. Ah, Yeah, it's a big concern. 1123 00:56:15,000 --> 00:56:17,120 Speaker 1: He hasn't he's not looking. You weren't kidding, Dann. They 1124 00:56:17,120 --> 00:56:20,880 Speaker 1: were four or fifteen on third downs. And one thing 1125 00:56:20,920 --> 00:56:22,920 Speaker 1: that you keep hearing over and over out of Miami 1126 00:56:23,239 --> 00:56:26,400 Speaker 1: is that Bill has Er, the coordinator, has has pushed 1127 00:56:26,480 --> 00:56:29,719 Speaker 1: his players very hard, and you gotta wonder if the 1128 00:56:29,760 --> 00:56:33,080 Speaker 1: rest of the culture in Miami is doing the same thing. 1129 00:56:33,160 --> 00:56:35,680 Speaker 1: There were reports after the game that the defensive players 1130 00:56:35,680 --> 00:56:40,160 Speaker 1: were absolutely furious with the adjustments in the second half, 1131 00:56:40,239 --> 00:56:42,239 Speaker 1: that there was a bunch of players that left the 1132 00:56:42,280 --> 00:56:45,960 Speaker 1: locker room basically before the media even arrived. They just bolted. 1133 00:56:46,000 --> 00:56:49,280 Speaker 1: So they had to go to London now and handsome 1134 00:56:49,320 --> 00:56:53,480 Speaker 1: hand Henry Hodgins downstairs had a weird prediction. Well, I 1135 00:56:53,480 --> 00:56:57,640 Speaker 1: don't know. He basically he he is a Dolphins fan 1136 00:56:57,719 --> 00:57:00,520 Speaker 1: for life, signaled doom for this organization and saying that 1137 00:57:00,560 --> 00:57:02,879 Speaker 1: Philbin won't be even allowed on the plane ride home 1138 00:57:04,200 --> 00:57:07,080 Speaker 1: that being broadcast Bill Laser. He has a theory that 1139 00:57:07,120 --> 00:57:11,480 Speaker 1: Bill Laser takes over this coach and leads the Dolphins 1140 00:57:11,520 --> 00:57:15,640 Speaker 1: to some ridiculous, foolish glory in Henry's eyes. But I mean, 1141 00:57:15,760 --> 00:57:18,120 Speaker 1: Laser needs to show some things on offense before they 1142 00:57:18,160 --> 00:57:23,640 Speaker 1: think that he is the answer. Right. Well, wow, I 1143 00:57:23,640 --> 00:57:28,240 Speaker 1: don't even know if those are Lasers records. It is 1144 00:57:28,320 --> 00:57:30,160 Speaker 1: interesting to me because when we when I talked to 1145 00:57:30,240 --> 00:57:33,840 Speaker 1: Laser over the summer, he was not one of these 1146 00:57:33,880 --> 00:57:37,000 Speaker 1: guys that just poured glowing comments over Tannehill. He basically 1147 00:57:37,000 --> 00:57:39,280 Speaker 1: said he has a lot to work on and he's 1148 00:57:39,280 --> 00:57:42,160 Speaker 1: not there yet. And I wonder if maybe they wouldn't 1149 00:57:42,160 --> 00:57:44,000 Speaker 1: be afraid to make a quarterback switch at some point. 1150 00:57:44,040 --> 00:57:47,480 Speaker 1: You've got a decent back up there, name dropper. I 1151 00:57:47,520 --> 00:57:51,480 Speaker 1: was on the phone part of my job description during 1152 00:57:51,520 --> 00:57:54,440 Speaker 1: the very quiet summer. But I think we're burying the 1153 00:57:54,520 --> 00:57:57,920 Speaker 1: lead here. Jovid McKnight, he's been alive for what twenty 1154 00:57:57,960 --> 00:58:00,600 Speaker 1: five years, never scored an NFL touch down. Today he 1155 00:58:00,720 --> 00:58:08,880 Speaker 1: scored two. Scored, Yeah, he scored on offense. Just try 1156 00:58:08,880 --> 00:58:12,040 Speaker 1: to unlock that offensive power in Joe McKnight. Forever, he 1157 00:58:12,160 --> 00:58:14,760 Speaker 1: just was vomiting on the field. That's what he's most 1158 00:58:14,760 --> 00:58:17,560 Speaker 1: known for. I had no idea he was even on 1159 00:58:17,600 --> 00:58:19,480 Speaker 1: the Chief's roster. Yeah, I found out today when he 1160 00:58:19,520 --> 00:58:22,920 Speaker 1: crossed the goal that they needed that game, the Chiefs. 1161 00:58:23,600 --> 00:58:26,520 Speaker 1: You know, we make a lot of first impression thoughts 1162 00:58:26,600 --> 00:58:28,720 Speaker 1: off of Week one. The Chiefs have played well too 1163 00:58:28,800 --> 00:58:31,200 Speaker 1: straight weeks, and the Dolphins and played as bad as 1164 00:58:31,240 --> 00:58:33,960 Speaker 1: any team. And Alex Smith is a very good quarterback. 1165 00:58:34,040 --> 00:58:35,959 Speaker 1: All right, Which takes us to our last game, West 1166 00:58:36,040 --> 00:58:37,880 Speaker 1: and I will take it home. West. You ready to 1167 00:58:37,920 --> 00:58:42,640 Speaker 1: do this? Absolutely all right Sunday Night football. Pittsburgh Steelers, 1168 00:58:42,680 --> 00:58:46,400 Speaker 1: coming off that ugly loss last Thursday, bounce back an 1169 00:58:46,400 --> 00:58:50,640 Speaker 1: impressive fashion fashion in Charlotte deliver a thirty seven to 1170 00:58:50,840 --> 00:58:54,560 Speaker 1: nine team thumping over the Panthers. The Panthers, who looked 1171 00:58:54,600 --> 00:58:57,800 Speaker 1: so good to start the season, we're really no match West. 1172 00:58:58,400 --> 00:59:00,760 Speaker 1: The Steelers ran for well over towo hundred yards on 1173 00:59:00,760 --> 00:59:03,000 Speaker 1: the ground, got a big performance from Levy on Bell 1174 00:59:03,200 --> 00:59:06,440 Speaker 1: your Boy, and Ben Roethlisberger, who heated up as the 1175 00:59:06,440 --> 00:59:08,880 Speaker 1: game went along. So the Steelers back in the wind 1176 00:59:08,880 --> 00:59:11,680 Speaker 1: Calm thirty seven nineteen. As I said, what do you 1177 00:59:11,680 --> 00:59:15,400 Speaker 1: take out of this? Greg's favorite defense? He tweeted this 1178 00:59:15,440 --> 00:59:18,480 Speaker 1: today as the Panthers defense. They're commonly viewed as the 1179 00:59:18,520 --> 00:59:22,000 Speaker 1: best front seven in the NFL. They laid an egg. 1180 00:59:22,680 --> 00:59:25,360 Speaker 1: They the Steelers had their first pair of one hundred 1181 00:59:25,400 --> 00:59:31,640 Speaker 1: yard rushers since Ernest Jackson and Walter Abercrombie in six. 1182 00:59:32,440 --> 00:59:34,600 Speaker 1: I worry that this will be as far as the 1183 00:59:34,680 --> 00:59:37,240 Speaker 1: hundred yard rushers. This will be something that's used as 1184 00:59:37,240 --> 00:59:39,920 Speaker 1: a major narrative of le Gart Blunt basically piled on 1185 00:59:40,040 --> 00:59:42,160 Speaker 1: a hundred yards with the game was already over. But 1186 00:59:42,240 --> 00:59:46,760 Speaker 1: that doesn't change the fact that Levy on Bell looked tremendous. Uh. 1187 00:59:46,800 --> 00:59:49,640 Speaker 1: They ran the ball to ease against a nasty front seven. 1188 00:59:49,800 --> 00:59:52,560 Speaker 1: Of course, no Greg Hardy, but Levy Bill had an 1189 00:59:52,560 --> 00:59:55,520 Speaker 1: eighty one yard run. Really did whatever he wants. And 1190 00:59:55,520 --> 00:59:58,040 Speaker 1: this guy looks like his star is just taking off 1191 00:59:58,040 --> 01:00:00,360 Speaker 1: now right that eighty one yard run. He wouldn't have 1192 01:00:00,400 --> 01:00:03,360 Speaker 1: made that last year. The lost weight has really helped him. 1193 01:00:03,560 --> 01:00:05,400 Speaker 1: He was coming off the foot injury last year. He 1194 01:00:05,440 --> 01:00:08,360 Speaker 1: has another gear in two thousand and fourteen, and we 1195 01:00:08,400 --> 01:00:11,040 Speaker 1: saw that he already has more one games this season 1196 01:00:11,040 --> 01:00:13,320 Speaker 1: than he did last year. Wow. And I would say 1197 01:00:13,320 --> 01:00:16,240 Speaker 1: that to me. The biggest play of the game was 1198 01:00:16,320 --> 01:00:18,280 Speaker 1: in the third quarter of the Panthers back in it. 1199 01:00:19,000 --> 01:00:21,080 Speaker 1: After getting a three and out from the Steelers, they 1200 01:00:21,120 --> 01:00:23,760 Speaker 1: punted away. The Steelers punted away to Philly Brown, who 1201 01:00:23,800 --> 01:00:26,280 Speaker 1: makes and I wrote it in our piece, one of 1202 01:00:26,280 --> 01:00:29,480 Speaker 1: the most destructive special teams players you'll ever see. He 1203 01:00:29,600 --> 01:00:32,800 Speaker 1: muffs the punt, picks it up, gets it stripped away, 1204 01:00:33,320 --> 01:00:35,880 Speaker 1: The ball kicks around into the end zones, the Steelers 1205 01:00:35,920 --> 01:00:39,560 Speaker 1: fall on it. All of a sudden, it's a close 1206 01:00:39,600 --> 01:00:42,919 Speaker 1: game becomes I believe, thirty fourteen, and it's all over 1207 01:00:44,480 --> 01:00:47,360 Speaker 1: and uh, that's how the game got away. But at 1208 01:00:47,360 --> 01:00:49,560 Speaker 1: the same time, while the Panthers had a chance to 1209 01:00:49,600 --> 01:00:51,600 Speaker 1: get back in this game, the Steelers are clearly the 1210 01:00:51,680 --> 01:00:54,439 Speaker 1: better team tonight. And you know one thing I think 1211 01:00:55,120 --> 01:00:58,080 Speaker 1: West that we both noticed was Cam Newton getting hit 1212 01:00:58,120 --> 01:01:00,600 Speaker 1: a lot. Cam Newton uh limb thing by the end 1213 01:01:00,600 --> 01:01:03,240 Speaker 1: of the game, replaced by Derrek Anderson, not a benching 1214 01:01:03,320 --> 01:01:04,880 Speaker 1: or anything like that. I think they were just saying, 1215 01:01:04,960 --> 01:01:07,200 Speaker 1: this is enough. This game has gone. Cam has taken 1216 01:01:07,360 --> 01:01:11,320 Speaker 1: enough heat. But coming off the ankle surgery, not moving 1217 01:01:11,360 --> 01:01:14,360 Speaker 1: maybe the way he has in the past, he can't 1218 01:01:14,360 --> 01:01:16,880 Speaker 1: be taken this many shots. Yeah, I think you've got 1219 01:01:16,880 --> 01:01:20,400 Speaker 1: several issues with the Panthers right now. Their offensive line. 1220 01:01:20,440 --> 01:01:22,720 Speaker 1: We were concerned about them entering this season. It's still 1221 01:01:22,760 --> 01:01:25,120 Speaker 1: a concern. They haven't opened up holes in the running game. 1222 01:01:25,640 --> 01:01:28,440 Speaker 1: Jonathan Stewart got injured tonight with a knee contusion, and 1223 01:01:28,720 --> 01:01:33,080 Speaker 1: with his injury and yeah, his injury history. D'angela Williams 1224 01:01:33,080 --> 01:01:35,840 Speaker 1: wasn't even suited up. They have major problems in the backfield, 1225 01:01:36,080 --> 01:01:38,720 Speaker 1: offensive line, and the front seven. It's supposed to be 1226 01:01:38,760 --> 01:01:40,560 Speaker 1: the heart of the team didn't get it done. Tonight. 1227 01:01:40,920 --> 01:01:43,320 Speaker 1: One bright spot was Calvin Benjamin, who it seems like 1228 01:01:43,360 --> 01:01:46,160 Speaker 1: we have a different rookie every week who shines at 1229 01:01:46,160 --> 01:01:48,560 Speaker 1: wide receiver. It was Brandon Cooks the first week, Sammy 1230 01:01:48,600 --> 01:01:51,560 Speaker 1: Watkins last week, and looks like Kelvin Benjamin this week. 1231 01:01:51,560 --> 01:01:54,240 Speaker 1: He looked great tonight. And then the one, uh maybe 1232 01:01:54,320 --> 01:01:56,960 Speaker 1: downside for the Steelers is in the injury category. I 1233 01:01:57,040 --> 01:02:00,080 Speaker 1: Taylor suffered looked like a pretty bad arm injury. They 1234 01:02:00,080 --> 01:02:02,080 Speaker 1: showed him on the NBC showed him on the sidelines 1235 01:02:02,080 --> 01:02:03,440 Speaker 1: of the fourth quarter. He had the arm in the 1236 01:02:03,480 --> 01:02:06,240 Speaker 1: sling and the hardcast, so that could very easily be 1237 01:02:06,280 --> 01:02:08,640 Speaker 1: a break and that could be an i R trip 1238 01:02:08,720 --> 01:02:12,640 Speaker 1: for the veteran cornerback. Also, your boy west Ryan shays here. 1239 01:02:13,120 --> 01:02:15,480 Speaker 1: Uh he he left the game. I believe he was 1240 01:02:15,560 --> 01:02:18,040 Speaker 1: carded to the locker room. I'm not sure how serious 1241 01:02:18,040 --> 01:02:20,120 Speaker 1: that injury is. But he's a guy. Is he a 1242 01:02:20,200 --> 01:02:22,200 Speaker 1: Jena piece on that defense? Was? I don't think we 1243 01:02:22,240 --> 01:02:23,960 Speaker 1: can say that he's a Jena piece yet, but he 1244 01:02:24,080 --> 01:02:27,160 Speaker 1: definitely adds a speed dynamic that they haven't had in 1245 01:02:27,200 --> 01:02:30,120 Speaker 1: the past. He's gonna make some plays that other players 1246 01:02:30,120 --> 01:02:32,440 Speaker 1: won't make, that can't make. But he's also gonna be 1247 01:02:32,440 --> 01:02:34,520 Speaker 1: out of position once in a while, but definitely a 1248 01:02:34,560 --> 01:02:36,520 Speaker 1: guy we hope he does. He's not out for a 1249 01:02:36,520 --> 01:02:39,440 Speaker 1: while because we count on him improving throughout the season. 1250 01:02:40,240 --> 01:02:42,800 Speaker 1: Anything else was I think we covered it all good. 1251 01:02:42,880 --> 01:02:45,640 Speaker 1: And it's just you and I in the room. Anything 1252 01:02:45,720 --> 01:02:47,800 Speaker 1: personally you want to talk about, Just you and I, 1253 01:02:47,920 --> 01:02:53,960 Speaker 1: Bros Brow to brow talking about bro stuff. It was 1254 01:02:54,080 --> 01:02:56,800 Speaker 1: an interesting weekend all around, but I've had many interesting 1255 01:02:56,840 --> 01:02:59,600 Speaker 1: weekends lately. Things are kind of looking up for me 1256 01:02:59,640 --> 01:03:02,040 Speaker 1: and la Oh. I like the sound fun as being 1257 01:03:02,080 --> 01:03:05,440 Speaker 1: He and I'm basically taking Tybee Island into l A 1258 01:03:05,600 --> 01:03:10,720 Speaker 1: right now, and that is the greatest combination possible. So super, 1259 01:03:10,720 --> 01:03:13,000 Speaker 1: that's a super development. So that is it for Sunday's 1260 01:03:13,120 --> 01:03:16,000 Speaker 1: edition of the Around the NFL Podcast. We will be 1261 01:03:16,040 --> 01:03:19,960 Speaker 1: back west on Wednesday. We're gonna do some team of 1262 01:03:20,000 --> 01:03:21,560 Speaker 1: a t I'll talk. I'm sure you're happy about the 1263 01:03:21,560 --> 01:03:24,600 Speaker 1: Steelers here keeping in the mix and we cannot dismiss 1264 01:03:24,640 --> 01:03:27,800 Speaker 1: them anymore after this performance and all the other NFL talk. 1265 01:03:28,240 --> 01:03:30,960 Speaker 1: Uh Dan Hans is signing off for the Mailman and 1266 01:03:31,040 --> 01:03:33,320 Speaker 1: although they're not here, the Sizzler and the Boss TD 1267 01:03:33,480 --> 01:03:36,120 Speaker 1: behind the glass and the beautiful k Rich even further 1268 01:03:36,160 --> 01:03:41,200 Speaker 1: behind the glass until Wednesday,