WEBVTT - Week 3 Preview 0:00:00.560 --> 0:00:06.200 Be Around the NFL Podcast? What Am I Doing with 0:00:06.280 --> 0:00:10.799 My life? Welcome to another edition of the Around the 0:00:10.920 --> 0:00:14.840 NFL Podcast. My name is Dan Hansas. Joined in room 0:00:14.840 --> 0:00:18.920 filled with heroes, Mark Sessler, Chris Westling, Greg Rosa Doll 0:00:19.079 --> 0:00:21.560 with the pocket square What is up boys? Hey? Dan? 0:00:22.800 --> 0:00:27.120 Pocket squared life? Yeah, finish the suit. I like that 0:00:27.160 --> 0:00:30.160 you have just like a cardboard paperinger. That's another way 0:00:30.200 --> 0:00:34.120 to go. It's a valet ticket. Um. You literally you 0:00:34.159 --> 0:00:37.000 actually have your parking lot ticket in your pocket. I 0:00:37.040 --> 0:00:40.519 enjoyed it. That's a working classman's way to fly. She 0:00:40.600 --> 0:00:42.959 knows my name. Her name's Nancy and my name is Dan. 0:00:43.479 --> 0:00:47.360 It's a nice relationship. Very nice. Hey, um, Ricky Hollywood. 0:00:48.000 --> 0:00:51.280 It is on fire in the studio right now. Yeah, 0:00:51.280 --> 0:00:53.240 you guys are looking great. Are you looking to smoke 0:00:53.320 --> 0:00:54.600 us out? Do you do you want to see what 0:00:54.640 --> 0:00:56.120 it looks like? My uncle used to call me the 0:00:56.160 --> 0:00:57.840 human sweat gland. Do you want to see it? Really? 0:00:57.880 --> 0:01:00.080 Do you want the public to know that I'm just 0:01:00.160 --> 0:01:02.000 being open about it. I mean, the public is about 0:01:02.040 --> 0:01:04.800 to find out. They're learning. It's the one day that 0:01:04.800 --> 0:01:07.000 I've wore a second layer in like nine months. It 0:01:07.040 --> 0:01:09.479 happens to be. As soon as soon as I fixed 0:01:09.560 --> 0:01:13.600 the refrigerator, I'll get in there engineering and listen check 0:01:13.760 --> 0:01:16.559 check off your list as slowly as you desire. Yeah. Wait, 0:01:16.600 --> 0:01:19.399 you didn't fix the refrigerator yet. No, I'm not a mechanic. 0:01:20.400 --> 0:01:22.880 We've understood that. I think we covered this ground. You 0:01:22.880 --> 0:01:25.039 were supposed to reach out to someone that could fix it. Yeah, 0:01:25.080 --> 0:01:27.479 I did. What do you want? I followed? I even said, 0:01:27.959 --> 0:01:32.520 following up on this last email. Yeah, sorry, you look 0:01:32.520 --> 0:01:34.680 good though. There's the camera and and you can watch 0:01:34.720 --> 0:01:39.520 this on every again every Thursday. Our preview show is live. 0:01:40.600 --> 0:01:43.559 How fun is that on NFL dot com dot com 0:01:43.640 --> 0:01:46.000 eventually be up on YouTube. I think it's streaming on 0:01:46.040 --> 0:01:49.240 YouTube as well. Live on YouTube. A shadowy league figure 0:01:49.360 --> 0:01:51.600 just put it thumbs up. I've actually I'm checking on 0:01:51.600 --> 0:01:54.400 the YouTube length and it currently currently four point two 0:01:54.440 --> 0:01:57.680 million viewers. So the show is taking off very good. 0:01:58.400 --> 0:02:00.280 I feel like that will be good for the dual 0:02:00.400 --> 0:02:03.880 contract negotiations. You'd think write that number down, all right? Hey, 0:02:04.000 --> 0:02:09.280 so this is the week three preview episode. As we hinted, um, 0:02:09.360 --> 0:02:12.679 we will be instead of putting the Thursday night recap 0:02:12.880 --> 0:02:15.440 the game between the Titans and Jacksonville at the top 0:02:15.480 --> 0:02:17.440 of the show and putting the show out later mini 0:02:17.480 --> 0:02:20.440 pod coming up later tonight. Uh and the and this 0:02:20.480 --> 0:02:23.800 episode will come up earlier than it and it ever has, 0:02:24.160 --> 0:02:26.600 which is a great thing. I mean, finally giving one 0:02:26.639 --> 0:02:30.200 of the NFL's great rivalries, it's due its own podcast, Titan. 0:02:31.200 --> 0:02:33.200 It is a perfect way to kick it off. I 0:02:33.280 --> 0:02:36.560 think it's like of the Thursday night games in history. 0:02:36.840 --> 0:02:39.680 And can we do a little house keeping that you know, 0:02:39.840 --> 0:02:42.440 we had rich eyes and on the other day, um 0:02:42.520 --> 0:02:47.399 he we couldn't record until about you know, four pm Pacific, 0:02:47.440 --> 0:02:49.520 which is seven pm Eastern. I got a lot of 0:02:49.520 --> 0:02:52.560 tweets saying that I'm a bad producer because I don't 0:02:52.560 --> 0:02:54.880 get the show up in time. And you know, every 0:02:55.040 --> 0:02:58.320 can we all stand together and and sometimes our schedules 0:02:58.360 --> 0:03:01.080 come up into things you know that we all agree 0:03:01.120 --> 0:03:05.560 on together. Right, But you know today the Thursday show 0:03:05.639 --> 0:03:07.400 is going to go right up after it's live, so 0:03:07.440 --> 0:03:10.040 you can count on that Tuesday, you know something's come up. 0:03:10.240 --> 0:03:13.160 First of all, you're a wonderful producer of all. Ignore 0:03:13.160 --> 0:03:16.079 the idiots, right, you don't want you're kind of sending 0:03:16.120 --> 0:03:18.600 a loud message to them that that they're going to 0:03:18.680 --> 0:03:22.000 get a response if they keep bugging you, so quit 0:03:22.080 --> 0:03:24.359 it and just block them. Another thing to know, we're 0:03:24.400 --> 0:03:26.720 about five minutes into the show. Three plus have been 0:03:26.760 --> 0:03:29.720 focused on the Erica cam with just Erica, you know, 0:03:29.720 --> 0:03:33.440 announcing her announcements. As I said, Erica, you know, when 0:03:33.440 --> 0:03:36.440 it comes to fans that get on you, don't let 0:03:36.440 --> 0:03:40.720 the bastards grind you down. That's important. We support you 0:03:40.800 --> 0:03:43.760 all right before we get into the first game. Uh 0:03:43.760 --> 0:03:47.160 and the draft um. Two bits of housekeeping. First of all, 0:03:47.440 --> 0:03:51.120 total disgrace. Last week we went oh and four locking 0:03:51.120 --> 0:03:54.400 our games. We're supposed to be professionals and this isn't 0:03:54.400 --> 0:03:57.000 good enough. And I speak for myself as much as 0:03:57.000 --> 0:03:59.400 I speak for the whole team. We will be better 0:03:59.600 --> 0:04:03.920 and week three guaranteed at least one in three. I mean, 0:04:03.960 --> 0:04:06.080 I'm okay with how I how I fared. I don't 0:04:06.600 --> 0:04:09.640 you picked the Giants. You need to be better to Mark, 0:04:09.840 --> 0:04:11.360 we all need to. I think it would be just 0:04:11.400 --> 0:04:14.320 as special and just as much of an accomplishment after 0:04:14.360 --> 0:04:16.040 winning two times in a row to go oh in 0:04:16.160 --> 0:04:19.400 sixteen or in seventeen. That would be why you picked 0:04:19.440 --> 0:04:21.600 the Giants last week all right, now we're starting to 0:04:21.600 --> 0:04:23.560 figure it out here we go. All right, now that's 0:04:23.560 --> 0:04:25.840 the first bit of housekeeping. Second bit, West, you and 0:04:25.880 --> 0:04:29.360 me first pick. As a gentleman, I'll defer to my elder. 0:04:29.560 --> 0:04:31.120 Do you want to have the first overall pick? No, 0:04:31.240 --> 0:04:32.920 you can take it, all right? So the old juice 0:04:32.960 --> 0:04:37.640 will pick first, then West, then Mark, then Greg. Right, 0:04:37.960 --> 0:04:42.440 makes sense? All right, So let's get into it, and 0:04:42.480 --> 0:04:45.520 I will make the first selection. It is an easy 0:04:45.520 --> 0:04:55.760 one for me. Okay, yeah, this is live, very pregnant. 0:04:56.440 --> 0:04:59.479 Maybe it's not so easy. Um, I will with the 0:04:59.480 --> 0:05:07.480 first pick. Oh yeah. Ravens at chiefs Lamar against Mahomes. WHOA, 0:05:07.920 --> 0:05:11.560 that's a layup, and it's an exciting matchup for the 0:05:11.600 --> 0:05:16.799 obvious reason that Lamar Jackson Well, maybe nobody's gonna break 0:05:16.839 --> 0:05:19.760 through the way Patrick Mahomes last year did and winning 0:05:19.760 --> 0:05:22.280 the MVP in his first season as starter, Lamar is 0:05:22.279 --> 0:05:25.279 off to like the type of start that, besides carrying 0:05:25.520 --> 0:05:30.000 fantasy teams to championships, um really makes the Ravens a 0:05:30.040 --> 0:05:32.719 totally different team and reframes the way we looked at them. 0:05:32.920 --> 0:05:35.240 We look at them now compared to even three weeks ago. 0:05:35.680 --> 0:05:37.960 So after a couple of layups and we'll say it's 0:05:38.040 --> 0:05:42.760 laps at Miami. Uh. In week one, Week two they 0:05:42.760 --> 0:05:45.160 had the home game. Who they have in week two 0:05:45.200 --> 0:05:48.760 is Cardinals took care of business there. He flashed again, 0:05:48.880 --> 0:05:51.960 especially with his legs. Now he goes on the road 0:05:52.000 --> 0:05:55.359 to Arrowhead and I cannot wait to see how Lamar 0:05:55.440 --> 0:05:58.479 Jackson looks in this setting. This is a beautiful game, 0:05:58.640 --> 0:06:01.360 and I'm pumped with the number one overall pick. I mean, 0:06:01.360 --> 0:06:03.840 this game is so good I'm just gonna watch it anyways. 0:06:03.880 --> 0:06:06.520 I don't care that I'm not assigned to it. Ultimately, 0:06:06.640 --> 0:06:09.440 there's some you know, Bills Bengals, you're getting short shrift. 0:06:09.760 --> 0:06:11.760 I mean, this game should be put on that it's 0:06:11.839 --> 0:06:14.200 it's a crime. This game's at ten am out here 0:06:14.240 --> 0:06:16.479 in one pm across the country. It should be on 0:06:16.560 --> 0:06:19.960 national TV everywhere because we haven't seen there literally has 0:06:20.000 --> 0:06:21.680 never been a matchup like this in Week three in 0:06:21.760 --> 0:06:24.800 NFL history. Just there passing stats, for what it's worth, 0:06:25.040 --> 0:06:28.080 are the greatest ever in terms of you know, seven touchdowns, 0:06:28.080 --> 0:06:30.960 no interceptions, and the completion percentage, the amount of yards 0:06:30.960 --> 0:06:33.720 that they have. But it's just the entertainment value that 0:06:34.040 --> 0:06:37.240 I watched this sport to be dazzled and Lamar Jackson 0:06:37.360 --> 0:06:40.280 right now. We knew the eight yard out where he 0:06:40.480 --> 0:06:42.440 you know, fakes the handoff is the easiest play in 0:06:42.440 --> 0:06:44.839 football in terms of him running to the sideline, But 0:06:44.920 --> 0:06:47.960 we did not expect him to be dropping dimes into 0:06:48.000 --> 0:06:50.960 tight coverage on some sideline routes. That is surprising. We 0:06:50.960 --> 0:06:54.200 didn't expect them to be dropping you know, beautiful touch 0:06:54.279 --> 0:06:57.440 passes over the top of zone defenses where it gets 0:06:57.440 --> 0:07:00.200 it over the linebacker in front of the defensive act 0:07:00.200 --> 0:07:02.200 I don't know if he can do it every week, 0:07:02.320 --> 0:07:05.520 but it shouldn't be that shocking that a guy who 0:07:05.560 --> 0:07:07.799 was twenty one years old as a starter is improving 0:07:07.920 --> 0:07:10.360 dramatically in his second season. And it's a joy to watch. 0:07:11.120 --> 0:07:13.920 I get a kick out of John Harbaugh after a 0:07:13.960 --> 0:07:18.120 few years of not having a dominant team, really feeling 0:07:18.200 --> 0:07:21.600 himself this year. Yeah. Shregs at halftime asked him, you know, 0:07:21.640 --> 0:07:24.760 are you concerned about the Cardinals They came back, you know, 0:07:24.800 --> 0:07:26.760 they had that big comeback last week, and he said, 0:07:27.160 --> 0:07:29.760 that is not on anybody's mind over here. We're only 0:07:29.800 --> 0:07:33.160 concerned about our own domination. And they didn't really dominate 0:07:33.200 --> 0:07:35.000 in the second half. But the in the fans are 0:07:35.120 --> 0:07:38.680 kind of like John Harward. They seem so crazy excited 0:07:38.960 --> 0:07:41.600 and so like overwhelmed it because they've never seen an 0:07:41.720 --> 0:07:45.120 exciting offense in Baltimore. It's a totally new phenomenon. I 0:07:45.160 --> 0:07:48.320 think that's it. The competent shift is from late period 0:07:48.840 --> 0:07:52.960 health adult Joe Flacco to Lamar Jackson. And it's to me, 0:07:53.040 --> 0:07:55.000 this is the what If Bowl for a huge chunk 0:07:55.040 --> 0:07:57.800 of teams around the league, because last year was here's 0:07:57.800 --> 0:08:00.360 all the teams that are struggling on offense that could 0:08:00.400 --> 0:08:03.880 have drafted Patrick Mahomes seasons ago, instead of the Chiefs 0:08:03.880 --> 0:08:06.240 trading up with John Dorsey to get him and making 0:08:06.240 --> 0:08:09.080 the move and trusting him and everyone that questioned Patrick 0:08:09.120 --> 0:08:11.640 Mahomes heading into year two when a few people thought 0:08:11.680 --> 0:08:13.680 this guy is gonna blow up and most didn't. And 0:08:13.720 --> 0:08:16.280 the what if both for everyone that waited on Lamar 0:08:16.400 --> 0:08:18.560 Jackson thinking he wasn't worth the first round pick. What 0:08:18.640 --> 0:08:20.760 if I mean, what if the Jets or Brown's had 0:08:20.840 --> 0:08:24.960 even taken Lamar Jackson. He has transformed Baltimore's offense to 0:08:25.000 --> 0:08:27.560 such a degree and they have the perfect parts around 0:08:27.640 --> 0:08:29.720 him right now. And I love that the anyone that 0:08:29.800 --> 0:08:32.160 thought he's going to break down if he's not using 0:08:32.200 --> 0:08:34.840 his legs, if he's forced to throw. They last week's 0:08:34.840 --> 0:08:36.680 showed they can use his legs when they need to, 0:08:36.920 --> 0:08:38.360 but they didn't in Week one, and I know it 0:08:38.440 --> 0:08:41.240 was the Dolphins, but in general, he's grown as a 0:08:41.240 --> 0:08:44.240 passer in ways that I think was unpredictable to most. 0:08:44.280 --> 0:08:46.200 And the team is as dangerous as any team in 0:08:46.200 --> 0:08:47.640 the a f C. Well, we want to see him 0:08:47.640 --> 0:08:50.480 against better competition in terms of the defense, and I 0:08:50.480 --> 0:08:53.079 think that the Chiefs will be better competition. They're not 0:08:53.120 --> 0:08:55.800 a great defense, but I think Spagnolo will throw a 0:08:55.800 --> 0:08:57.679 little more at there, and I don't think they're at 0:08:57.679 --> 0:09:01.560 the low level right now. As Dan fixes my collar 0:09:03.240 --> 0:09:06.280 digital you don't see that on most shows, where someone 0:09:06.320 --> 0:09:09.840 will reach over and just another man. There's no commercial 0:09:09.840 --> 0:09:12.800 breaks here. We need to on the fly. I like it. 0:09:12.800 --> 0:09:16.199 It's it's ad lib at its finest um. The throw 0:09:16.280 --> 0:09:19.480 that really got me was that third and long, and 0:09:19.520 --> 0:09:21.280 we did touch on it on the Sunday Show, I believe, 0:09:21.320 --> 0:09:24.280 but it's worth bringing up again. Lamar Jackson the guy again. 0:09:25.080 --> 0:09:27.320 The storyline, Greg you were You did a good job 0:09:27.320 --> 0:09:29.200 with this over the summer. You were pounding the table 0:09:29.440 --> 0:09:31.520 that Jackson was a guy that could be a pastor, 0:09:31.600 --> 0:09:34.920 that could thrive, uh and in fact go supernova in 0:09:35.000 --> 0:09:37.040 year two if things went the right way. The throw 0:09:37.120 --> 0:09:39.680 he makes to Hollywood Brown on third down to ice 0:09:39.720 --> 0:09:42.600 that game against the Cardinals is the type of throw 0:09:42.640 --> 0:09:44.440 I just did not think would be in his arsenal 0:09:44.640 --> 0:09:47.760 this soon or ever. Uh, And it just takes the 0:09:47.760 --> 0:09:50.440 there's no there's what what Mike old Michael Jordan's line 0:09:50.440 --> 0:09:53.000 that the roof has no ceiling? That's where I am 0:09:53.160 --> 0:09:58.120 right something like that. This is an exciting game because 0:09:58.240 --> 0:10:00.880 if the Ravens go to Arrowhead and beat the Chiefs, 0:10:01.559 --> 0:10:04.120 a f C is just like, Wow, we have another 0:10:04.160 --> 0:10:07.080 powerhouse on our hands. And as good as the Patriots look, 0:10:07.200 --> 0:10:09.320 it would feel very wide open to me who could 0:10:09.360 --> 0:10:11.200 come out of this conference. I don't think the Ravens 0:10:11.200 --> 0:10:13.960 defense is as good this year. We'll see Matthew Judean 0:10:14.080 --> 0:10:16.640 kind of looks like that guy that dude that steps 0:10:16.720 --> 0:10:18.720 up every year for the Baltimore Ravens and then gets 0:10:18.760 --> 0:10:21.440 paid elsewhere. But overall they're a little thinner in the 0:10:21.480 --> 0:10:23.520 secondary than we expect. I don't think they're gonna be 0:10:23.600 --> 0:10:26.079 as I mean, Mahomes is the ceiling though. He's the 0:10:26.080 --> 0:10:28.960 greatest quarterback I've seen since we've been covering the league 0:10:29.440 --> 0:10:32.760 to come into it and he's playing as well or 0:10:32.800 --> 0:10:35.240 better than he did a year ago. That's the ceiling. 0:10:35.240 --> 0:10:37.080 And this was the game of the year to me. 0:10:37.120 --> 0:10:40.480 In the regular season maybe except for Chiefs Rams last year, 0:10:40.720 --> 0:10:42.600 it was empty. It was the m v P moment 0:10:42.679 --> 0:10:44.600 for Mahomes where he hit the fourth and nine across 0:10:44.640 --> 0:10:47.479 his body was two great styles. They went to overtime. 0:10:47.559 --> 0:10:49.880 It was a great first Lamar Jackson showing. So I 0:10:49.960 --> 0:10:51.840 think it could be a rivalry we see throughout the 0:10:51.880 --> 0:10:54.480 next day. But my last point, and about the Chiefs, 0:10:54.480 --> 0:10:58.040 because the Chiefs deserved talk as well, is that Derek 0:10:58.040 --> 0:11:01.080 Carr after last week's game where they essentially got shut 0:11:01.080 --> 0:11:03.640 out the last three quarters, he made a point to say, 0:11:03.679 --> 0:11:06.439 like the Chiefs, this is a really good defense and 0:11:06.440 --> 0:11:08.400 and we'll see And maybe you don't trust what Derek 0:11:08.400 --> 0:11:11.079 Carr has to say, but Derek Carr had no problems 0:11:11.160 --> 0:11:14.120 carving up Vick Fongio's team the week before and then 0:11:14.200 --> 0:11:16.880 ran into a wall against the Chiefs. We've talked about 0:11:16.880 --> 0:11:19.320 this before. All they need to be is okay on 0:11:19.400 --> 0:11:22.160 defense and Mahomes will handle the rest. Chris Jones also 0:11:22.200 --> 0:11:23.960 had one of the best games you'll see by any 0:11:24.000 --> 0:11:26.760 defensive lineman not named Aaron Donald or J. J. Watt. 0:11:26.800 --> 0:11:29.280 It was incredible, all right, way, Lamar Jackson runs, I 0:11:29.320 --> 0:11:31.679 don't care what defense you are man. The defenders look 0:11:31.880 --> 0:11:34.280 completely confused when he takes off. Anyone think the Ravens 0:11:34.280 --> 0:11:35.720 go there? And when I know we don't pick each 0:11:35.760 --> 0:11:39.640 game but games, I'm picking the Chiefs, but I think 0:11:39.640 --> 0:11:41.640 it'll be a fun game. I'll take the Ravens by 0:11:41.640 --> 0:11:44.040 one point. I just have too much faith in Patrick 0:11:44.080 --> 0:11:46.360 Mahomes right now. I'm taking the Chiefs, all right, West. 0:11:46.440 --> 0:11:50.520 The number two overall pick is Denver Broncos at Green 0:11:50.559 --> 0:11:55.840 Bay Packers. All right, tell us? Why, well, it's in 0:11:55.920 --> 0:11:59.240 Green Bay. For me what I watch on Sundays, I 0:11:59.280 --> 0:12:01.320 just don't want to be offended by your field or 0:12:01.360 --> 0:12:04.880 your team, and I love watching games in Lambeau. I 0:12:04.880 --> 0:12:08.760 feel like, uh, Aaron Rodgers just misconnecting on a few 0:12:08.800 --> 0:12:11.120 throws last week that would have been fantastic. I think 0:12:11.520 --> 0:12:14.480 that offense is close to a breakthrough right now, and 0:12:14.559 --> 0:12:17.839 this might be the game, especially against the Broncos pass rush, 0:12:17.920 --> 0:12:19.720 which we expected to be the best in the league 0:12:19.760 --> 0:12:23.800 in right now is dead lasting combined sacks and quarterback hits. 0:12:24.200 --> 0:12:27.280 While the Packers have za Darius Smith who is number one, 0:12:27.679 --> 0:12:30.920 tied for number one and quarterback pressures this year, and 0:12:31.040 --> 0:12:32.920 they have Darnell Savage, who to me is one of 0:12:32.920 --> 0:12:35.480 the most exciting rookies in the business. He's got I'm 0:12:35.520 --> 0:12:37.679 not saying here's Earl Thomas, but his closing speed and 0:12:37.800 --> 0:12:40.680 range is fantastic. Was it the Packers offense? West though, 0:12:41.280 --> 0:12:44.440 super annoying to after those three possessions, that they could 0:12:44.640 --> 0:12:46.959 look that good, get the twenty one points and then 0:12:47.000 --> 0:12:49.080 just not be able to do anything. And essentially, if 0:12:49.120 --> 0:12:51.680 you take up step back over the two games about 0:12:52.520 --> 0:12:55.160 the possessions that have been garbage. Was not annoying to me. 0:12:55.200 --> 0:12:58.080 I love the way Aaron Jones ran over a hundred yards, 0:12:58.200 --> 0:13:00.800 got more than twenty carries, and like I said, Rodgers 0:13:00.920 --> 0:13:02.520 just missed on a couple of throws. I think there 0:13:02.559 --> 0:13:04.440 were a couple of penalties in there. There's a brought 0:13:04.520 --> 0:13:06.480 some big plays back, moved the ball a little better 0:13:06.480 --> 0:13:09.199 than I would have expected considering it was eleven possessions 0:13:09.200 --> 0:13:11.600 without a point. I also thought, like I was impressed 0:13:11.600 --> 0:13:14.360 by the way Rogers played, but then looking at my 0:13:14.400 --> 0:13:17.680 homes and just the distance between them. Now, I would 0:13:17.720 --> 0:13:19.840 not expect that that my homes is so much better 0:13:20.200 --> 0:13:23.439 than Rogers right now. I I watched the Packers from 0:13:23.520 --> 0:13:25.520 end end. In the note I took was I have 0:13:25.559 --> 0:13:28.000 hope in the offense because of what happened early. I'm 0:13:28.040 --> 0:13:30.480 not so worried about it breaking down later in the 0:13:30.520 --> 0:13:33.360 game because it is a totally new world for Rogers. 0:13:33.559 --> 0:13:36.199 Aaron Jones, You're right, I thought he ran. He should 0:13:36.200 --> 0:13:39.360 be their lead back in Matt Lafloors talking about splitting 0:13:39.400 --> 0:13:41.640 carries with him and Williamson. For me, I just think 0:13:41.640 --> 0:13:44.120 they need to They've missed two things. In my book 0:13:44.160 --> 0:13:46.520 for a long time, it was a featured running back 0:13:46.720 --> 0:13:48.840 that could bolster Rogers and you could count on from 0:13:48.880 --> 0:13:50.760 wire to wire. I think you have that in Jones 0:13:50.800 --> 0:13:54.120 if he stays healthy and unsuspended. And their defense. I 0:13:54.160 --> 0:13:56.720 love teams that completely changed the way you feel about 0:13:56.800 --> 0:13:58.800 them early on in the year. And Mike Petton's defense. 0:13:58.920 --> 0:14:01.560 They've given up about the second fewest amount of points 0:14:01.600 --> 0:14:05.480 in the league right and it is not a fluke. 0:14:05.559 --> 0:14:07.319 It is real. And I realized you play the Bears 0:14:07.360 --> 0:14:10.160 a rather broken down offense in Week one. But this 0:14:10.320 --> 0:14:13.120 to me, the way that Mike Patton his defense requires 0:14:13.440 --> 0:14:16.199 certain play at the cornerback position. They're getting that from 0:14:16.240 --> 0:14:18.920 their defense and pass rush they are. They have the 0:14:19.000 --> 0:14:21.160 right parts in place right now. They have elite players 0:14:21.200 --> 0:14:23.960 at every level, so they have a great coach. But 0:14:24.000 --> 0:14:26.040 the more important thing is the talents that Arius Smith 0:14:26.040 --> 0:14:28.480 and Kenny Clark are both ranked in the top five 0:14:28.480 --> 0:14:31.560 in PFF at their positions. Uh you go, you know 0:14:31.600 --> 0:14:34.160 to the back end, Adrian Amos is ranked that high. 0:14:34.240 --> 0:14:36.880 At safety, you have Blake Martinez. We've talked about on 0:14:36.880 --> 0:14:38.560 this show for a long time. You have playmakers at 0:14:38.600 --> 0:14:41.440 every level. I mean making the leaps, making a comeback 0:14:41.480 --> 0:14:45.680 because we had Lamar Jackson and the Packers defense. We mean, 0:14:46.720 --> 0:14:50.440 that's right, We're going royal. We The only problem with 0:14:50.480 --> 0:14:53.280 West's pick here is he's he talked about how excited 0:14:53.280 --> 0:14:55.920 he is to watch the Packers. Another team is playing 0:14:56.000 --> 0:14:57.560 this game, and it's a team that has his heart 0:14:57.600 --> 0:14:59.000 that he's going to be rooting for. And this is 0:14:59.240 --> 0:15:03.040 he's locked into the tough spot for the Broncos, well 0:15:03.160 --> 0:15:05.600 this is this is our first cornered animal game of 0:15:05.640 --> 0:15:08.360 the week and two teams. You know your season's over 0:15:08.400 --> 0:15:11.080 at own three, and do not discount that when you're 0:15:11.120 --> 0:15:14.080 looking to pick teams that, oh they're owing two, they stink. 0:15:14.280 --> 0:15:16.360 If they're not really a bad team. I feel like 0:15:16.400 --> 0:15:18.080 you're gonna get a really good effort for a lot 0:15:18.080 --> 0:15:20.080 of these own two teams. The Broncos, I think you're 0:15:20.120 --> 0:15:22.320 gonna put up a fight here, But like you said, West, 0:15:22.560 --> 0:15:24.200 I don't know how well this team is gonna travel 0:15:24.240 --> 0:15:26.760 all season. I'm much closer to shutting the Broncos down 0:15:26.920 --> 0:15:29.480 mentally in my mind before I am thinking they're gonna 0:15:29.560 --> 0:15:34.560 dance with with Mars. You know what. By the way, 0:15:34.600 --> 0:15:37.200 I'm typically right on those like It's it's not great 0:15:37.240 --> 0:15:39.400 for business to talk about a team being done in 0:15:39.440 --> 0:15:41.200 week three or week four, but you get a feeling, 0:15:41.240 --> 0:15:43.760 and if you're right, eight percent of the time, I 0:15:43.880 --> 0:15:45.960 ride with it. A Denver is not a playoff team 0:15:45.960 --> 0:15:48.640 to make Steve and Billy Mackison crossing and then putting 0:15:48.680 --> 0:15:50.880 on the lips. They still gonna have intriguing, uh you know, 0:15:50.920 --> 0:15:52.400 parts of their team even if they don't go to 0:15:52.400 --> 0:15:54.520 the playoffs. But I'm not I'm not that excited about 0:15:54.520 --> 0:15:56.280 the style of this game. These two teams have both 0:15:56.320 --> 0:15:59.000 played at a very slow pace. Two of the teams 0:15:59.040 --> 0:16:00.760 that are gonna wait till the end of the play 0:16:00.760 --> 0:16:03.440 clock and then they're gonna call a second and ten run. 0:16:03.680 --> 0:16:06.520 Matt Lafleur likes to play that way. Obviously they're entertaining, 0:16:06.760 --> 0:16:09.160 but it's I could imagine it being very close down 0:16:09.160 --> 0:16:12.200 to the wire. Uh like the last Broncos game, closer 0:16:12.200 --> 0:16:16.360 than the people in the desert think. This took me 0:16:16.480 --> 0:16:21.720 about one second to pick my game, and I am 0:16:21.800 --> 0:16:24.200 to me from August would have been stunned that this 0:16:24.240 --> 0:16:26.760 would be my pick because one of the two teams 0:16:27.200 --> 0:16:31.280 I sort of virtually reject from around age ten on. 0:16:31.640 --> 0:16:33.640 But the other one has won me over. And you 0:16:33.680 --> 0:16:36.200 want to talk about the Royal We we wrote an 0:16:36.280 --> 0:16:38.720 article about the Bills this week because we are fired 0:16:38.800 --> 0:16:41.480 up about Buffalo's chances in the a f C. I 0:16:41.520 --> 0:16:44.160 love the way this team is made. They are hosting 0:16:44.760 --> 0:16:47.440 in their home opener after going on the road and 0:16:47.520 --> 0:16:51.080 knocking out to pretenders from New York. They are hosting 0:16:51.360 --> 0:16:55.360 Cincinnati and the Bengals got absolutely worked over as bad 0:16:55.400 --> 0:16:57.960 as any team I saw in the league last week 0:16:57.960 --> 0:17:00.360 against the Niners. Just watch that game this morning, around 0:17:00.360 --> 0:17:02.960 to it and I cannot believe how hard the Niners 0:17:03.000 --> 0:17:06.560 thumped them in Cincinnati. The Bengals went from being a one, 0:17:06.600 --> 0:17:09.440 A O and one team that was very intriguing, I thought, 0:17:09.520 --> 0:17:11.639 for what they did against Seattle in Week one to 0:17:11.840 --> 0:17:14.440 losing all appeal. And I'm not just piling on them. 0:17:14.480 --> 0:17:16.760 There's just not a lot to cling onto the way 0:17:16.800 --> 0:17:18.800 that they were run on last week. And my word, 0:17:19.440 --> 0:17:23.720 it's one game and it's a small sample size. So 0:17:23.880 --> 0:17:26.000 I would say this the Bengals ever pulled this out, 0:17:26.280 --> 0:17:28.200 they're back on board for me as a team that 0:17:28.240 --> 0:17:31.440 can be frisky. I'm not putting them in no man's land, 0:17:31.600 --> 0:17:34.320 but the Bills have everything in place, and I think 0:17:34.320 --> 0:17:36.440 you have Josh Allen playing in a way you talk 0:17:36.440 --> 0:17:38.560 about Lamar Jackson. We thought that Lamar Jackson was a 0:17:38.640 --> 0:17:41.639 run not throw a quarterback at the very worst, and 0:17:41.800 --> 0:17:44.359 there was much more hope with him than there was 0:17:44.440 --> 0:17:46.199 I thought with Josh Allen in terms of being a 0:17:46.240 --> 0:17:49.200 complete player. And Josh Allen has answered a lot of 0:17:49.280 --> 0:17:52.000 questions early He's had a great running game around him 0:17:52.080 --> 0:17:54.760 with Frank Gore and Devin Singletary. Is my one concern. 0:17:54.800 --> 0:17:57.320 It sounds like he may not play this week and 0:17:57.440 --> 0:18:00.200 he has only had ten carries, but Lee is the 0:18:00.280 --> 0:18:02.960 league and rushes over ten yards and it's not a 0:18:03.359 --> 0:18:06.080 to me. That's he made their offense go when they 0:18:06.080 --> 0:18:08.959 finally put him in the game. This defense should have 0:18:09.000 --> 0:18:11.560 no problem against Andy Dalt and the Bengals, who to me, 0:18:11.640 --> 0:18:13.960 are one of these teams that can put two drives 0:18:14.000 --> 0:18:16.480 a week against you with big plays that make you think, 0:18:17.040 --> 0:18:21.000 but then they they killed themselves, but with penalties and turnovers. 0:18:21.000 --> 0:18:24.439 Their offensive line. The Bengals offensive line is a major 0:18:24.680 --> 0:18:27.760 issue right Andre Smith at left tackle. John Jerry comes 0:18:27.800 --> 0:18:29.439 into replace him when he has to sit out. This 0:18:29.480 --> 0:18:31.639 offensive line is as bad as we thought, and they 0:18:31.760 --> 0:18:35.920 lost They've lost i think starters at almost every position now, 0:18:36.040 --> 0:18:38.560 So it's to be fair to Zach Taylor and what's 0:18:38.560 --> 0:18:41.560 going on there. If they had a bad offensive line 0:18:41.560 --> 0:18:44.000 to begin with and they're down four starters right now, 0:18:44.080 --> 0:18:46.160 they might be down four or five. Like they even 0:18:46.160 --> 0:18:49.040 their backups with like Andre Smith and and one of 0:18:49.080 --> 0:18:51.520 the guards who's now out for the season that Yeah, 0:18:51.600 --> 0:18:53.440 that's not Zach Taylor's fault. I mean, they had guys 0:18:53.440 --> 0:18:56.920 retiring in what's making you chuckle over there? I well, 0:18:56.960 --> 0:18:59.800 I enjoy your passion for the Bills. Um. I want 0:18:59.800 --> 0:19:04.040 to say that another cornered animal game. And the one 0:19:04.040 --> 0:19:05.800 thing you have to keep in mind here, I think 0:19:05.880 --> 0:19:08.200 is that this the Bills as an organization are dealing 0:19:08.200 --> 0:19:10.359 with something. It's a good thing to deal with, but 0:19:10.440 --> 0:19:13.359 they haven't had in a long time, which is some 0:19:13.480 --> 0:19:17.160 expectation and some people assuming they're gonna win and everyone's 0:19:17.160 --> 0:19:19.919 gonna go in there and everybody's gonna pile into that 0:19:19.960 --> 0:19:23.120