WEBVTT - 2018 Week 2 Preview 0:00:00.280 --> 0:00:03.240 Oh yeah, Hey everybody. Whether you ride a bike, a 0:00:03.360 --> 0:00:06.080 bronch or a skateboard, Wrangler jeans or for you, I 0:00:06.160 --> 0:00:08.440 love writing, Oh my god, it's a Wrangler jeans ad 0:00:08.440 --> 0:00:11.440 read classic or modern styles, A range of fits, all 0:00:11.520 --> 0:00:15.520 price points, vintage re releases. Wrangler has something for everyone. 0:00:15.640 --> 0:00:19.240 Visit Wrangler dot com and check out their selection of jeans, shirts, 0:00:19.280 --> 0:00:22.760 and outerwear for men and women. New styles, great fits, 0:00:22.800 --> 0:00:27.520 Wrangler Real comfortable jeans. Mark you need more clothes? Bring 0:00:27.520 --> 0:00:32.480 it on, big toss to his right hand tone touch 0:00:33.120 --> 0:00:40.240 Hey j Greene, here's a play Jay. Second of again, 0:00:42.479 --> 0:00:50.680 Black Hand Feel thirty four to twenty three, the Bengals 0:00:50.800 --> 0:00:54.000 over the Ravens to kick off Week two. This is 0:00:54.040 --> 0:00:59.600 Greg Rosenthal alongside Chris Westlyne, Dan Hansis and Mark Sessler. 0:00:59.720 --> 0:01:02.440 Will be with us a little later to preview the 0:01:02.520 --> 0:01:06.199 Week two games. But Chris, we are here to talk 0:01:06.240 --> 0:01:08.959 a little T and F once again. I forgot how 0:01:08.959 --> 0:01:11.680 to do this, but I know this was a tough 0:01:11.800 --> 0:01:16.160 night for you, testing your professionalism to write nice things 0:01:16.200 --> 0:01:20.600 about the Cincinnati Bengals, the undefeated Cincinnati Bengals on NFL 0:01:20.680 --> 0:01:23.720 dot Com. That's one way to put it. I would say, 0:01:23.720 --> 0:01:26.600 in my defense, I've been pretty complimentary about the Bengals 0:01:26.959 --> 0:01:29.600 throughout the off season, and certainly about Joe Mixon the 0:01:29.600 --> 0:01:33.120 first two weeks. That's true, and Mixon made a difference 0:01:33.120 --> 0:01:34.840 in this game, even though the numbers didn't show it. 0:01:34.920 --> 0:01:37.320 Twenty one carries eighty four yards. When he came back 0:01:37.760 --> 0:01:39.880 into the game. He was on and off the field 0:01:39.880 --> 0:01:42.480 because of injuries. When he came back in in the 0:01:42.520 --> 0:01:44.880 fourth quarter when they absolutely needed to drive, he was 0:01:44.959 --> 0:01:47.640 kind of the key guy to kill the clock, move 0:01:47.720 --> 0:01:49.520 the ball, and they got a field goal that that 0:01:49.760 --> 0:01:52.960 held off the Ravens. The Bengals were up to seven, 0:01:53.200 --> 0:01:55.440 they almost blew it. Did you think they were gonna 0:01:55.440 --> 0:01:58.600 blow it? And what were you? I absolutely thought they 0:01:58.640 --> 0:02:00.720 would blow up because I've seen the you know, for 0:02:01.680 --> 0:02:05.559 thirty five years, the Bengals always blow leads. This time 0:02:06.080 --> 0:02:07.960 they they did a good job of keeping the lead. 0:02:08.040 --> 0:02:10.880 And I think this this is one of the most 0:02:10.960 --> 0:02:13.720 improved offenses in the league. And and the defense is 0:02:13.760 --> 0:02:17.120 improved too. Even without Vontes Perfect out there, this defense 0:02:17.200 --> 0:02:18.800 is better than it's been. You think they're gonna go 0:02:18.840 --> 0:02:21.680 sixteen and now, no, I don't know. I don't think 0:02:21.680 --> 0:02:23.200 they have it in them. But it would be fun 0:02:23.240 --> 0:02:26.239 to see them go sixteen and oh and then losing 0:02:26.280 --> 0:02:28.519 the in the in the second round of them, that 0:02:28.560 --> 0:02:30.960 would be That would be Marvin Lewis really stepping up. 0:02:31.000 --> 0:02:33.120 There are a different team though, don't you think uh 0:02:33.160 --> 0:02:36.880 Tyler Boyd is really becoming a solid number two to 0:02:36.960 --> 0:02:39.720 Ada Green? Green had three touchdowns in this game. He 0:02:39.720 --> 0:02:42.160 could have had three last weekends. And Balton will find 0:02:42.200 --> 0:02:44.880 open receivers if you give him time. And this offensive 0:02:44.919 --> 0:02:49.440 line kept him sack free against the defense that dominated 0:02:49.480 --> 0:02:54.680 the Bills last week. Yeah, that the coaching changes for 0:02:54.760 --> 0:02:56.800 this team have been a little under the radar. So 0:02:56.919 --> 0:03:00.840 Frank Pollock uh is their offensive former cowboy offensive line, 0:03:01.120 --> 0:03:03.480 and they look like a different offensive line. They look 0:03:03.520 --> 0:03:06.120 like a solid offensive line. Laser has had all off 0:03:06.160 --> 0:03:09.119 season to implemented playbook. He sort of got thrust into 0:03:09.200 --> 0:03:11.240 that in the middle of September last year. I was 0:03:11.280 --> 0:03:14.520 thinking back to I believe it was Week two a 0:03:14.600 --> 0:03:17.359 year ago. I was in this studio talking about Bengals 0:03:17.400 --> 0:03:19.680 Texans and that was a terrible game to watch the 0:03:19.680 --> 0:03:23.480 Bengals offense and comparing that Bengals offense to this one, 0:03:24.120 --> 0:03:26.240 I think they have some stain power. I know it 0:03:26.280 --> 0:03:29.160 was a Thursday night game on the road, but they 0:03:29.240 --> 0:03:32.080 pushed around the Ravens defensive line a little bit. I 0:03:32.080 --> 0:03:34.680 don't know if the Bengals are ready yet to challenge 0:03:34.680 --> 0:03:37.520 the Jaguars and the Patriots, but they look like a 0:03:37.520 --> 0:03:40.400 playoff team to me, and I hope we get West 0:03:40.400 --> 0:03:42.440 of Vis again this year. I think we are. I 0:03:42.480 --> 0:03:45.560 think the annual tradition Erica, you do you know what 0:03:45.640 --> 0:03:48.960 west of this is? Our producer, the loose cannon is 0:03:49.000 --> 0:03:51.600 behind the glass with us this Tuesday night. Do you 0:03:51.600 --> 0:03:54.400 know what west of This is? Uh, it's like the 0:03:54.440 --> 0:03:58.080 celebration of West No, well, sort of in an off 0:03:58.120 --> 0:04:00.480 hand kind of way. Yeah. I created this about what 0:04:00.640 --> 0:04:05.720 seven years ago. It was the annual Saturday afternoon in January, 0:04:05.800 --> 0:04:07.560 the first round of the playoffs when the Bengals lose 0:04:07.600 --> 0:04:09.680 every year. So that's his favorite day of the year, 0:04:10.680 --> 0:04:12.840 the Bengals losing, and we haven't been able to do 0:04:12.880 --> 0:04:14.960 it the last couple of years. I'm with you. I 0:04:15.000 --> 0:04:17.920 think at least two teams are getting into the playoffs 0:04:18.000 --> 0:04:21.120 from the a f C North. I predicted the Ravens 0:04:21.120 --> 0:04:23.719 and Bengals before the years would be those two. We'll see. 0:04:23.760 --> 0:04:25.480 It's a it's a long way to go. I think 0:04:25.520 --> 0:04:28.560 if you're a Ravens fan, I wouldn't freak out of it. 0:04:28.600 --> 0:04:31.520 I don't think any differently about this team after this 0:04:31.600 --> 0:04:35.200 game that the defense wasn't great but actually as bad 0:04:35.200 --> 0:04:37.279 as Joe Flacco looked in the first quarter of this game. 0:04:37.360 --> 0:04:39.400 The difference between this year is Joe Flacco and last 0:04:39.440 --> 0:04:41.760 year's Joe Flacco is at least he can do enough 0:04:41.800 --> 0:04:44.320 to rebound after a terrible start and put up some 0:04:44.360 --> 0:04:46.800 garbage stats and make it interesting that last year's Joe 0:04:46.839 --> 0:04:48.720 Flacco wasn't doing this. Yeah, he almost went for four 0:04:48.800 --> 0:04:50.839 hundred yards, and a lot of that is because his 0:04:50.920 --> 0:04:53.920 receivers are better. John Brown dropped the touchdown, but made 0:04:53.960 --> 0:04:56.680 some big plays in this game. I think they really 0:04:56.720 --> 0:04:58.640 missed C. J. Moseley, who went out with a bone 0:04:58.680 --> 0:05:00.839 bruise early in the game, and middle of the field 0:05:00.880 --> 0:05:03.720 was wide open for the Bengals for most of the game. 0:05:03.920 --> 0:05:06.240 And the other thing that would worry me if I'm 0:05:06.279 --> 0:05:10.120 a Ravens fan. I'm probably making too much of this, 0:05:10.600 --> 0:05:12.880 but Eric Weddle is thirty three years old. He's played 0:05:12.880 --> 0:05:14.679 a hundred and seventy games. That one of the hardest 0:05:14.760 --> 0:05:17.120 hitting positions on the field, and I hope he took 0:05:17.160 --> 0:05:19.640 a bad angle on the eight second A J. Green 0:05:19.720 --> 0:05:23.000 touchdown because he looked awfully slow on that play. He didn't. 0:05:23.040 --> 0:05:25.400 He did not look great tonight. Geno Atkins might have 0:05:25.400 --> 0:05:27.160 been the best player on the field. Two tackles for 0:05:27.279 --> 0:05:30.159 last four quarterback kids, two sacks, but the Ravens aren't 0:05:30.200 --> 0:05:32.800 gonna win any games where they have no sacks, no turnovers. 0:05:33.040 --> 0:05:36.440 Andy Dalton in prime Time was basically mistake free throwing 0:05:36.480 --> 0:05:38.080 to A J. Green And I just want to read 0:05:38.080 --> 0:05:40.320 a tweet that the loose cannon said, and I want 0:05:40.320 --> 0:05:42.400 to see if she can explain it to me. She wrote, 0:05:42.440 --> 0:05:44.719 A J. Green is like the X that you ignored 0:05:44.760 --> 0:05:47.880 their calls a little too long in case someone else called, 0:05:48.200 --> 0:05:50.600 but then shows up to the dance with Tom Brady, 0:05:51.080 --> 0:05:56.400 catch my drift. Listen, listen, make it quick, Okay, make 0:05:56.440 --> 0:05:59.000 it quick. A J. Green people last season and started like, yeah, 0:05:59.000 --> 0:06:01.200 he's okay, he's good, you know whatever bother they're kind 0:06:01.200 --> 0:06:04.080 of about him. And then tonight he like busted through 0:06:04.120 --> 0:06:06.640 the gate the first half and everyone was like A J. Green, 0:06:06.720 --> 0:06:09.880 Oh my god, heart eyes emoji like he's the popular 0:06:09.960 --> 0:06:11.520 kid now, but he was the one that we were 0:06:11.520 --> 0:06:13.160 all sort of like, I'm not going to pick up 0:06:13.160 --> 0:06:15.839 the phone for him calling because I'm gonna see what 0:06:15.839 --> 0:06:18.160 else is out there. But then he shows you up 0:06:18.360 --> 0:06:20.440 by you know, bringing Tom Brady to the dance. That 0:06:20.520 --> 0:06:22.480 was just me throwing in tom Brady, but otherwise like 0:06:22.680 --> 0:06:25.120 bringing the hottie to the dance when you didn't Anyone 0:06:25.200 --> 0:06:27.559 that was ever questioning a j Green too hard doesn't 0:06:27.560 --> 0:06:29.479 know what they were talking about. This This guy's a 0:06:29.480 --> 0:06:32.080 Hall of Famer. And then finally before we throw it 0:06:32.120 --> 0:06:33.960 to Dan, I want to I want to hear a 0:06:34.080 --> 0:06:36.440 voice of another Hall of Famer in my eyes. But 0:06:36.520 --> 0:06:39.120 Andy has been playing with your hair on fire. Basically, 0:06:46.880 --> 0:06:49.880 I see what you did there, Andy Dalton, two thousand eighteen. 0:06:49.960 --> 0:06:53.200 That was a great reaction to our friend Colleen Wolf. 0:06:53.320 --> 0:06:57.160 Congratulations for Colleen hanging out in my hometown first night 0:06:57.400 --> 0:07:00.880 hosting the pregame, the half time, the post game of 0:07:00.920 --> 0:07:03.760 Thursday Night Football. They grow up so fast, and she 0:07:03.839 --> 0:07:07.799 did an awesome job as predicted. She was incredible. Congratulations 0:07:07.800 --> 0:07:10.600 to Colleen, and let's throw it over to Dan and 0:07:10.640 --> 0:07:13.560 talk a little bit more about the week to slate, 0:07:14.960 --> 0:07:20.960 the Around the NFL podcast posts up jays in the backyard. 0:07:22.760 --> 0:07:25.760 Welcome to another edition of the Around the NFL Podcast. 0:07:25.840 --> 0:07:27.640 My name is Dan Hansas and I am joined in 0:07:27.640 --> 0:07:31.440 a room filled with heroes, Mark Sessler, Chris Westling and 0:07:31.600 --> 0:07:35.560 Greg Rosenthal. What is up, boys? Hey, d I like 0:07:35.640 --> 0:07:42.160 that idea. Actually, just have listeners start sending high quality 0:07:42.200 --> 0:07:46.240 clothing to my desk at work and I'll start wearing it. 0:07:46.840 --> 0:07:50.840 You heard it, people hit me up and I'll give 0:07:50.880 --> 0:07:54.520 you my sizes before you purchase. At the top of 0:07:54.560 --> 0:07:58.800 the show, you heard Wes and Greg the Scientists breakdown 0:07:58.880 --> 0:08:03.600 the Ravens and Ben Gals Tilt on Thursday night, and 0:08:04.160 --> 0:08:09.520 our job today on the late Thursday early Friday edition 0:08:09.560 --> 0:08:11.600 of our pod is to break down each of the 0:08:11.640 --> 0:08:16.080 week two games we we were you know, of course 0:08:16.120 --> 0:08:20.880 in London last week. We get back Monday highly jet lagged. 0:08:21.000 --> 0:08:25.120 Um actually slept to almost six am uh this morning, 0:08:25.120 --> 0:08:26.680 so I feel like I'm really heading in the right 0:08:26.720 --> 0:08:30.200 direction now, in full recovery. But no one said that 0:08:30.240 --> 0:08:31.600 was part of the deal of going to London. It 0:08:31.680 --> 0:08:34.280 was like, no one cares about you. You're going on 0:08:34.320 --> 0:08:36.480 your little fancy boy trip and when you come back, 0:08:36.559 --> 0:08:39.280 you're going to be dropped into you know, the Viet 0:08:39.320 --> 0:08:43.160 conge and that's where we are right now. But you 0:08:43.160 --> 0:08:44.840 can just like whine about it at the top of 0:08:44.840 --> 0:08:47.600 the podcast. At least that helps. Yeah, I'm not whining. 0:08:47.640 --> 0:08:50.080 I'm just saying this is my my I think our 0:08:50.200 --> 0:08:52.800 job is to try to recapture some of the energy 0:08:52.880 --> 0:08:55.719 that was going back and forth between West and the 0:08:55.800 --> 0:08:58.680 loose cannon behind the glass before the show started, because 0:08:58.679 --> 0:09:01.360 that was something special. I've never seen West scream at 0:09:01.400 --> 0:09:05.760 someone like that. Yeah, there was no screaming. Okay, your thoughts. 0:09:05.760 --> 0:09:09.240 Someone happened before the show. Greg's just jealous that since London, 0:09:09.280 --> 0:09:14.720 West and I have a much deeper bond, Greg, there's 0:09:14.760 --> 0:09:17.480 something to that. Okay. By the way, I wonder if 0:09:17.559 --> 0:09:20.800 Vietnam vets might disagree with your opening analysis there. That 0:09:21.000 --> 0:09:23.560 was a little a little bit more harrow than wandering 0:09:23.600 --> 0:09:27.319 around a carpeted corporate building talking about a sport. Well, 0:09:27.360 --> 0:09:29.360 you know, I you know, I love this country, and 0:09:29.640 --> 0:09:33.480 of course all the veterans the true heroes of this country. 0:09:33.800 --> 0:09:36.040 But one thing they don't know is what it's like 0:09:36.120 --> 0:09:38.600 to go on a work trip to England, and then 0:09:38.880 --> 0:09:41.400 I'm back and have to record three podcasts and go 0:09:41.480 --> 0:09:45.520 to multiple meetings. I'm losing it. West is right on 0:09:45.600 --> 0:09:50.199 the edge. It's weak too. West had a borderline meltdown 0:09:50.240 --> 0:09:52.440 when his slack wasn't opening, and then he found out 0:09:52.440 --> 0:09:54.920 that we had to do a video hit. What was it? 0:09:54.960 --> 0:09:56.920 What did you say? There's not enough hours in the day. 0:09:56.960 --> 0:09:58.920 That's something. That's what a crazy person says when they 0:09:58.920 --> 0:10:01.360 lose it. There's not enough hours. I need more hours, day, 0:10:01.400 --> 0:10:05.080 need more class. Erica's upbringing for not knowing what apple 0:10:05.160 --> 0:10:10.199 juice looks like compared to drinking urine. Well yeah, but wait, 0:10:10.520 --> 0:10:12.360 have you ever met a human in their twenties that 0:10:12.360 --> 0:10:14.320 doesn't know what apple juice looks like? That did not 0:10:14.440 --> 0:10:17.000 look like normal apple juice. It's a fair critique. West. 0:10:17.040 --> 0:10:20.400 I'm with you, Thank you look exactly like apple juice. Actually, 0:10:20.520 --> 0:10:24.640 there was a label on it that said apple drinking 0:10:24.800 --> 0:10:30.000 Lacroix with a straw, Erica. The context clues were everywhere, 0:10:30.040 --> 0:10:33.280 So I'm gonna keep a cool right now, but don't 0:10:33.320 --> 0:10:37.319 ever come at me about Lacroix or straw. That he 0:10:37.440 --> 0:10:43.920 likes his straws. All right, here's what happened? I get 0:10:43.920 --> 0:10:47.640 through Chemo, I have a skate through the off season, 0:10:47.679 --> 0:10:50.000 the easiest off season I've ever had, and in the 0:10:50.160 --> 0:10:53.760 helicopter me into week two. And by the way, you 0:10:53.840 --> 0:10:56.600 have eight new jobs here, deal with them. And I'm like, well, 0:10:56.640 --> 0:10:58.679 how when did all these jobs get on my plate? 0:10:58.720 --> 0:11:00.840 You know? If we're gonna get soon, I go ahead 0:11:00.840 --> 0:11:02.600 and Mark, that's playing that other little fiddle song it 0:11:02.640 --> 0:11:05.480 wants to play. It was it went quiet. We have 0:11:05.600 --> 0:11:08.160 a couple of years, but it got a little bit louder, 0:11:08.160 --> 0:11:10.520 and the back it's that little war cry for that 0:11:10.559 --> 0:11:13.800 little salary increase. Ittle song starts to just get a 0:11:13.800 --> 0:11:16.440 little bit loud. It's coming. I'm underpaid and I'm not 0:11:16.480 --> 0:11:19.960 gonna take it. We're gonna start getting some raises around here. 0:11:20.280 --> 0:11:22.079 How many jobs do you want a man to do? 0:11:23.000 --> 0:11:26.960 We're all gonna get fired. Um, okay, so we're gonna 0:11:26.960 --> 0:11:29.640 go through each of the I agree, by the way, West, 0:11:29.720 --> 0:11:32.640 I would like more money too. But you know what, 0:11:33.800 --> 0:11:36.880 we're pretty damn lucky too, aren't we. Greg. It's football season. 0:11:38.000 --> 0:11:40.400 We're here to talk football, and we're gonna go through 0:11:40.400 --> 0:11:44.720 each of the games. Um, I was gonna say half 0:11:44.720 --> 0:11:48.040 the league is oh and one, but Marx Brown's Oh, 0:11:48.080 --> 0:11:50.079 we just can't pull this off. It's too hard to 0:11:50.120 --> 0:11:52.440 kick a field goal. Wait a minute, they ruined everything, 0:11:52.480 --> 0:11:55.800 So now there's a tie attached to pause two items 0:11:55.880 --> 0:11:57.800 number one. I like how you don't blame the Steelers 0:11:57.800 --> 0:12:01.120 for that. Secondly, in a preseason an episode, I predicted 0:12:01.160 --> 0:12:03.080 the Steelers would have nine and a half winds, So 0:12:03.840 --> 0:12:08.320 let's see how that turns out. Might do we call 0:12:08.400 --> 0:12:11.600 ties half winds? Now? Is that the would That's exactly 0:12:11.640 --> 0:12:14.480 what a tie would be in the standings point five? Yeah, 0:12:14.520 --> 0:12:17.480 you would get that. Okay, we're gonna go through every 0:12:17.679 --> 0:12:20.640 scene around here. Thank yous. I don't know he's the 0:12:20.640 --> 0:12:27.040 guy to get all right, so let's get going. Let's start. Uh. 0:12:27.080 --> 0:12:31.400 In the NFC South, a great rivalry, um, the Carolina 0:12:31.480 --> 0:12:35.560 Panthers want to know. Uh, they kind of bullied the 0:12:35.800 --> 0:12:40.520 Cowboys a bit. Not a great showing offensively by the Panthers, 0:12:40.559 --> 0:12:42.960 but what they did do was beat up on the 0:12:43.000 --> 0:12:47.000 Cowboys offensive line on Dak Prescott, didn't let Zeke Elli 0:12:47.120 --> 0:12:50.080 get loose. A really on balance. A nice start in 0:12:50.120 --> 0:12:53.280 the first game with David Tepper at ownership and with 0:12:53.320 --> 0:12:55.520 the big Panthers logo in the center of the field. 0:12:56.040 --> 0:12:58.760 Who cares? I keep talking about the logo on the 0:12:58.760 --> 0:13:00.439 center of the field. I don't know why that keeps 0:13:00.440 --> 0:13:03.880 on connecting in my brain. But now they go in Carolina. 0:13:04.000 --> 0:13:06.080 They were talking about it all off seasons. Okay, so 0:13:06.080 --> 0:13:08.280 maybe I was just I didn't even realize I was 0:13:08.320 --> 0:13:11.480 tapping into that entire right now they head now to 0:13:11.520 --> 0:13:14.920 Atlanta to face the Falcons and this you know, these 0:13:14.920 --> 0:13:18.080 are not must win games, Mark Sessler in Week two, 0:13:18.120 --> 0:13:20.320 But you know what, that was such a bad showing 0:13:20.360 --> 0:13:23.840 by the Falcons, especially on offense against the Eagles, that 0:13:23.960 --> 0:13:26.480 you really want to see them do something and really 0:13:26.840 --> 0:13:28.760 take care of business at home in their home open 0:13:28.840 --> 0:13:30.720 or big game for them. Yeah, man, because we you know, 0:13:30.800 --> 0:13:33.200 you and I picked the Falcons, say super Bowl. I did. 0:13:33.520 --> 0:13:36.040 I'm a little annoyed. I've never heard is this the 0:13:36.040 --> 0:13:39.439 new Mark? Yeah? Man? It was awesome. Bro. Well, I'm 0:13:39.480 --> 0:13:41.640 just playing off of the lexicon you were throwing at 0:13:41.679 --> 0:13:43.240 us before the show, where you're trying to be like 0:13:43.240 --> 0:13:47.080 a man from like Queens eight, like son of Summer, 0:13:47.120 --> 0:13:53.439 son of Sam Summer, like all right, okay, please let's here. Anyways, 0:13:53.920 --> 0:13:57.960 I one of the most tiring narratives all this offseason 0:13:58.040 --> 0:14:00.760 and last offseason because they got pound it lay into 0:14:00.760 --> 0:14:04.240 like forty two dead horses with Steve Scarce Sarkis and 0:14:04.280 --> 0:14:06.720 how will he adjust the offense? What will happen? It's like, 0:14:06.960 --> 0:14:09.920 here's the problem, though, nothing is more depressing than me 0:14:09.960 --> 0:14:11.560 when you watch a team come out the way they 0:14:11.640 --> 0:14:14.400 did the Falcons against the Eagles and have the same 0:14:14.440 --> 0:14:17.560 identical problems that they had on offense a year ago. 0:14:17.880 --> 0:14:20.800 And this is a team that since Steve Sarkising has 0:14:20.840 --> 0:14:24.000 showed up, has ranked twenty nine and red zone scoring percentage. 0:14:24.000 --> 0:14:26.520 So it's not just words, it's real. And you look 0:14:26.520 --> 0:14:30.320 at Falcons, the Falcons losing games, the playoff game last year, 0:14:30.640 --> 0:14:33.160 the game this year where you with the red zone 0:14:33.200 --> 0:14:35.560 offense were completely different. There are a different team. We're 0:14:35.560 --> 0:14:37.320 talking about them differently. They might have been the Super 0:14:37.360 --> 0:14:39.760 Bowl winner and slay those ghosts from two seasons ago. 0:14:40.560 --> 0:14:42.359 How the heck did they get out of this situation? 0:14:43.120 --> 0:14:45.840 This is like the Battle of Chancellorsville. Who's left on 0:14:45.960 --> 0:14:49.400 these rosters? It's Week two and the Panthers and Falcons 0:14:49.440 --> 0:14:51.480 are the two most injured teams in the Battle was 0:14:51.720 --> 0:14:56.840 that again the Civil War battle. Those veterans also have 0:14:56.920 --> 0:14:59.120 no idea what it's like to be on a podcast 0:14:59.640 --> 0:15:03.320 for the and Dan Patriots definitely didn't know what podcasts are, 0:15:04.040 --> 0:15:07.480 that's true. Yeah, Greg Olsen's gone. Tray Turner, who was 0:15:07.520 --> 0:15:10.560 one of their loan surviving offensive tackles, has a concussion, 0:15:11.080 --> 0:15:14.080 and then Devonte Freeman's not practicing this week for the Falcons, 0:15:14.120 --> 0:15:17.880 Jones and Neil are out. Who's left? God forbid Greg 0:15:17.920 --> 0:15:20.520 that the Yeah, the injuries is a big part of this. 0:15:20.560 --> 0:15:25.160 But to Mark's point, God forbid the Falcons start sputtering 0:15:25.200 --> 0:15:27.200 in the red zone again and they have another game 0:15:27.280 --> 0:15:30.080 like they had in Week one, tying back to the playoffs, 0:15:30.080 --> 0:15:32.200 because then that's all anybody's gonna talk about. They need 0:15:32.240 --> 0:15:34.840 to score points and a lot of them on Sunday. 0:15:34.920 --> 0:15:37.720 This is such a great opportunity for the Panthers. Ron Rivera, 0:15:37.760 --> 0:15:40.120 even though they lost all those players to injury, I 0:15:40.120 --> 0:15:42.360 think loved the way that his team came out and 0:15:42.360 --> 0:15:46.440 they could perhaps bully the Falcons up front with that 0:15:46.560 --> 0:15:49.960 defensive line, which did look incredible. And we we just 0:15:50.080 --> 0:15:52.720 came from a meeting for this Twitter show that we're 0:15:52.720 --> 0:15:55.200 going to be starting on Tuesday, and one of the 0:15:55.240 --> 0:15:58.320 segments that the Shadowy League figures aren't too sure about 0:15:58.400 --> 0:16:01.120 that was broached as an idea. It was this is 0:16:01.160 --> 0:16:05.680 not this is not gambling advice, but that that's basically 0:16:05.760 --> 0:16:07.880 the segment and for you know, maybe we could try 0:16:07.920 --> 0:16:10.480 it out here a little bit. It's like, this is 0:16:10.520 --> 0:16:14.360 not gambling advice. But I'm a little shocked that the 0:16:14.400 --> 0:16:18.640 Falcons are huge favorites in this game, because this is 0:16:18.680 --> 0:16:20.680 one of those games You're right, Dan, that they have 0:16:20.760 --> 0:16:24.040 to just find anyway that they can to escape with 0:16:24.080 --> 0:16:26.720 a victory, and I'm not so sure up front on 0:16:26.800 --> 0:16:28.640 either side of the ball that they have the advantage. 0:16:28.680 --> 0:16:30.520 I kind of see where the Desert people are coming 0:16:30.560 --> 0:16:33.120 from in the sense that Thursday night opener is weird 0:16:33.160 --> 0:16:35.560 to start with, and you're playing the Eagles and the 0:16:35.600 --> 0:16:38.760 crowd and the banners going up. I wouldn't put too 0:16:38.840 --> 0:16:41.000 much into one game a week, one game on a 0:16:41.040 --> 0:16:44.080 Thursday night, but they're not. They're not gonna be favorites 0:16:44.160 --> 0:16:45.960 much longer if we keep seeing the way they look, Well, 0:16:46.080 --> 0:16:48.920 did they not account for what the Panthers did last Sunday? 0:16:48.920 --> 0:16:52.000 When they make this Desert it's all accounted for, and 0:16:52.080 --> 0:16:55.160 the I think it's I think it's the injuries, especially 0:16:55.160 --> 0:16:57.800 on Carolina. But keep an eye on Ian Thomas, who 0:16:58.400 --> 0:17:01.960 really impressed the Panthers, had earned a role on that 0:17:02.000 --> 0:17:04.320 team as a rookie tight end, which you don't really see. 0:17:04.359 --> 0:17:07.360 He was already splitting snaps with Greg Olson and he 0:17:07.520 --> 0:17:11.040 just is a physical beast who I think, if you're 0:17:11.040 --> 0:17:13.280 in fantasy leagues, might be a guy that gets a 0:17:13.280 --> 0:17:15.520 lot of targets because they are just not healthy in 0:17:15.600 --> 0:17:18.400 Carolina at all. And I think Cam Newton loves throwing 0:17:18.440 --> 0:17:20.360 the tight ends. North Turner loves tight ends. I could 0:17:20.400 --> 0:17:22.680 see this rookie pretty big fact picked this game. I'm 0:17:22.680 --> 0:17:27.280 just out of Panthers Falcons. I'm taking the Falcons, okay, 0:17:27.320 --> 0:17:31.080 So let's see what happens. Uh. Moving on the Los 0:17:31.080 --> 0:17:35.320 Angeles Chargers. Uh laid a stinking egg in week one 0:17:35.359 --> 0:17:37.960 against the chiefs Now they travel to Western New York 0:17:37.960 --> 0:17:39.720 to face the Bills and no one laid a bigger 0:17:39.720 --> 0:17:42.359 egg in week one then the Buffalo Bills forty seven 0:17:42.440 --> 0:17:45.880 three loss, and Sean McDermott, although he says he he'll 0:17:45.920 --> 0:17:47.720 take it to the grave that it was the right 0:17:47.760 --> 0:17:51.880 decision to start Nade Peterman in week one. Well despite that, 0:17:52.080 --> 0:17:54.760 despite that, that's strong hope he's not thinking about that 0:17:54.840 --> 0:17:58.440 when he's you know what I mean, Like, I hope 0:17:58.440 --> 0:18:00.520 he's thinking about his family and he has made the 0:18:00.560 --> 0:18:04.160 move now to bench Peterman. Josh Allen, this is now 0:18:04.240 --> 0:18:07.280 your team. You get a Charger's team Chris Westling that 0:18:07.320 --> 0:18:09.760 will once again be without Joey Bosa, who is out 0:18:09.760 --> 0:18:11.639 and definitely and that does not sound good what's going 0:18:11.640 --> 0:18:15.040 on with his foot. So any chance that the Bills 0:18:15.119 --> 0:18:17.800 shake off what was just a horrendous showing in Week 0:18:17.840 --> 0:18:20.639 one against maybe a vulnerable Charges team. I feel like 0:18:20.680 --> 0:18:23.119 I've been saying for five years, never underestimate the Bills 0:18:23.240 --> 0:18:25.760 at home, but I think it's safe to underestimate the 0:18:25.760 --> 0:18:30.560 Bills at home. Speaking of strong convictions, when we did 0:18:30.720 --> 0:18:34.320 the hot seat, Brackett, my strong convictions was that we 0:18:34.320 --> 0:18:37.760 were giving Sean McDermott way too much credit because this 0:18:37.880 --> 0:18:40.399 could be a like one in fifteen type of season, 0:18:41.000 --> 0:18:43.720 and it certainly looks like that to me. That quote 0:18:43.720 --> 0:18:46.240 that you said was just plain weird about Peterman will 0:18:46.280 --> 0:18:51.119 take Let's actually let's hear the exact quote from coach McDermott. 0:18:51.600 --> 0:18:59.400 Do you feel you miss m No, No, certainly looks 0:18:59.520 --> 0:19:03.480 away from well listen. I felt like it was just 0:19:03.560 --> 0:19:05.240 like this, I feel like it's the right move. I 0:19:05.280 --> 0:19:08.239 felt like that was the right move. Um and and 0:19:08.280 --> 0:19:10.280 I and I'll take that to my grave, And that's 0:19:10.280 --> 0:19:11.879 how I felt about it. I'm always going to try 0:19:11.880 --> 0:19:14.280 and make the right move for our football team. Sometimes 0:19:14.320 --> 0:19:17.879 it's gonna work out, sometimes it's not, And I stand 0:19:17.880 --> 0:19:19.920 by it as a leader. I stand by those, both 0:19:20.000 --> 0:19:21.560 the ones that work out and the ones that don't. 0:19:21.800 --> 0:19:25.240 And then the fact that Zay Jones mom is telling 0:19:25.240 --> 0:19:27.680 people that Zay had to tell Kelvin Benjamin where to 0:19:27.720 --> 0:19:31.000 line up. This is this happened in the preseason. Bill's 0:19:31.040 --> 0:19:33.600 receivers didn't know where to line up. What is going 0:19:33.640 --> 0:19:35.840 on with this coaching staff. And when you're well and 0:19:35.840 --> 0:19:38.320 when your mom is talking trash on the other receivers 0:19:38.320 --> 0:19:40.639 and you're answering questions about that, that feels like a team. 0:19:40.680 --> 0:19:43.480 It's like one of those Weeks sixteen seventeen stories of 0:19:43.480 --> 0:19:46.520 a team falling apart. But this is Week two. And 0:19:46.760 --> 0:19:49.880 as much as the Chargers charger last week, they did 0:19:49.920 --> 0:19:52.919 have five forty yards and they did give up a 0:19:52.920 --> 0:19:54.800 ton of points on special teams, which is kind of 0:19:54.840 --> 0:19:57.520 what they do. But if if they can just not 0:19:57.720 --> 0:20:01.080 make massive mistakes, not give a way points and special 0:20:01.080 --> 0:20:05.119 teams not drop all of Philip Rivers is beautiful deep balls. 0:20:05.240 --> 0:20:07.360 I mean they should they should make some Hey, part 0:20:07.359 --> 0:20:13.040 of Chargers charging beautiful. He's just beautiful deep balls, you know, 0:20:13.240 --> 0:20:16.200 nice and down the field. Look at the family tree. 0:20:16.240 --> 0:20:20.520 I buy into it. Yeah, I just think charges charging 0:20:20.560 --> 0:20:21.920 has a lot to do with the fact that Philip 0:20:22.000 --> 0:20:24.480 Rivers will throw for five yards, then throw the killer pick, 0:20:24.560 --> 0:20:27.000 then the missfield goal will come. Then everyone, you know, 0:20:27.040 --> 0:20:29.080 half the stadium is rooting for the other team and 0:20:29.119 --> 0:20:31.879 everything crumbles. But I mean, West, I think part of 0:20:31.880 --> 0:20:34.919 the reason that McDermott probably didn't rank as high as 0:20:34.960 --> 0:20:36.480 he should have on the hot seat is that they've 0:20:36.480 --> 0:20:40.240