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Speaker 1: Ye daffirs, All right, this is going to be an
Speaker 1: absolute fire hose of an episode, and we're going to
Speaker 1: get it done in forty minutes, including this little blurb
Speaker 1: and the intro. Every team in the NFL a blurb
Speaker 1: on all of them. Keep it tight. One minute per club.
Speaker 1: Just tell you how I see each team. Will predict
Speaker 1: the Wreckers, run through the playoffs, pick the end of
Speaker 1: season awards, and a Super Bowl champion. Good, all right,
Speaker 1: here we go NFC West forty nine ers. I love
Speaker 1: everything about how this team is built, and it's a
Speaker 1: lot like looking in a mirror. A quarterback that gets
Speaker 1: the system, who executes it, who gives you enough creativity
Speaker 1: and throws to either the best or the second best
Speaker 1: skill group out of their breaks to maximize their skill set.
Speaker 1: In the National Football League, I think Brandon Ayuk is
Speaker 1: the new alpha receiver on that team, the best separator
Speaker 1: where Deebo kind of struggles in that department a little bit,
Speaker 1: But he's one of the best toys in the NFL
Speaker 1: that Kyle Shanahan knows how to use exactly right. George
Speaker 1: Kittle is the Travis Kelcey of the NFC, and Christian
Speaker 1: McCaffrey is a modern day Marshall fulk. They invest in
Speaker 1: the tackle position Trent Williams, and they find their interior
Speaker 1: offensive line late in the draft or on the bargain
Speaker 1: market of free agency weird. The defense is littered with
Speaker 1: playmakers at every single level, none more important than one
Speaker 1: of the rangiest linebackers to ever play the game in
Speaker 1: Fred Warner. It's one of the best coach teams National
Speaker 1: Football League, one of the best rosters, and a threat
Speaker 1: to go right back to the Super Bowl. Across the
Speaker 1: state from them or below in the state, the Los
Speaker 1: Angeles Rams, Matt Stafford is a top three quarterback for me.
Speaker 1: I've got Mahomes, Allen and Stafford, and they've replenished his
Speaker 1: weapons with an elite number one in Poka Nakua, which
Speaker 1: frees up Cooper Cup to destroy one on one coverage,
Speaker 1: and they've got a premier field stretcher jet sweep guy
Speaker 1: in two to two at will. I love that they
Speaker 1: found a perfect back for their system in Kyrin Williams,
Speaker 1: who also allows them to incorporate more gap in power,
Speaker 1: sort of the reshift their focus offensively with Steve Avila,
Speaker 1: Jonah Jackson and Joe Noteboom. They're massive people movers on
Speaker 1: the inside and the converse of that of the rest
Speaker 1: of the teams from this tree with less investment in
Speaker 1: the tackle position. Last year, they had like forty rookies
Speaker 1: trying to find some young, cheap hits, and they got
Speaker 1: it within the rebuild and they put themselves back in
Speaker 1: the postseason. Pooka obviously was great, but Kobe Turner was
Speaker 1: actually the runner up for the Defensive Rookie of the Year.
Speaker 1: And then I love pairing Jared Vers with Braden Fisk
Speaker 1: from FSU. I love the Cameron Curl addition and getting
Speaker 1: Darius glins back after a couple of years outside of
Speaker 1: Los Angeles, Like San Francisco one of the best coach
Speaker 1: teams in the league. With an elite quarterback and balance
Speaker 1: on offense, that alone will make you a threat. It
Speaker 1: would not at all surprise me if the Rams came
Speaker 1: out of the NFC West. We have to accelerate this
Speaker 1: pace the Seahawks. Ben Grubb is a fun change for
Speaker 1: an offense that had been stuck in the ancient era
Speaker 1: of football, and they have real weapons to maximize that
Speaker 1: system and a very good quarterback. Gino Smith has so
Speaker 1: much trust and faith in his own ability that he
Speaker 1: makes some true psychopath throws, and I think that Ben
Speaker 1: Grubb will absolutely maximize that skill set. It's a total
Speaker 1: shift from their ground and pound. You slow it down,
Speaker 1: play defense offense, No, it's going to be hurry up
Speaker 1: for verts, stretch strets, stretch the field. Think Jackson Smith
Speaker 1: in JIGBA breaks out behind DK Metcalf and Tyler Lockett.
Speaker 1: They need their line to retur turned to twenty twenty
Speaker 1: two form when rookies Charles Cross and Abe Lucas go
Speaker 1: Koog's were flat out awesome and just like their receivers
Speaker 1: are awesome one through three. They have a dynamic trio
Speaker 1: of cornerbacks in Devon Witherspoonreek Woollen and Shrey Brown, which
Speaker 1: pairs really well with two gap linemen that can help
Speaker 1: play that play the run from those two high structures
Speaker 1: with Jonathan Hankins, Leonard Williams, Jaron Reed, Dray Jones, and
Speaker 1: Byron Murphy, who looks like an absolute hit there in
Speaker 1: the first round. Second level edge rushers and offensive line
Speaker 1: depth probably some areas of concern there. Spoiler alert, I
Speaker 1: have three playoff teams coming from this division. It's not
Speaker 1: the Cardinals. Cardinals fans although have been waiting for a
Speaker 1: long time for this, since basically twenty twenty two when
Speaker 1: Kyler Murray got hurt. He's finally free of encumberments from
Speaker 1: that injury, and I thought he played well down the
Speaker 1: stretch last year. I think Marvin Harrison Junior is an
Speaker 1: instant number one alpha receiver and they have good role
Speaker 1: guys in Michael Wilson and Greg Dortsch. They've invested in
Speaker 1: large offensive linemen in front of their not so large
Speaker 1: quarterback and spend a lot on some players that have
Speaker 1: been a bit up and down, like Jonah Williams, Will Hernandez.
Speaker 1: They really need Paris Johnson to be a hit at
Speaker 1: left tackle. And this shows you why going crazy infree
Speaker 1: agency on the offensive line typically is bad money. It's
Speaker 1: bad investment. You don't get the return on those guys
Speaker 1: because what do we know about the league. The league
Speaker 1: does not let good offensive linemen go unless they demand
Speaker 1: twenty million dollars in neil market and can go get
Speaker 1: it from the worst team of the National Football League.
Speaker 1: Right The defense was a total tear down last year
Speaker 1: and has a ways to go, but I do love
Speaker 1: that safety tandem of Buddha Baker and Jalen Thompson go Koog's.
Speaker 1: The concerns are, well, they're all over the place. The
Speaker 1: front seven might be the worst in the league. They
Speaker 1: have a bunch of bad money on that offensive line,
Speaker 1: like I mentioned, like I talked about there, their skill
Speaker 1: position depth is not great, and that offensive line again
Speaker 1: just a couple of holes that I think are going
Speaker 1: to tear that group apart. Rough rough division for the
Speaker 1: Cardinals to be in. But they're still a good team,
Speaker 1: I think on balance because that quarterback in the NFC South,
Speaker 1: the Falcons felt last year they were a quarterback away
Speaker 1: from winning the division. They still almost did because nine
Speaker 1: Wins did the trick there. I love Kirk Cousins. I
Speaker 1: think Pennix is a long term solution, so we're all
Speaker 1: good at quarterback. I love Bajon Robinson Kyle Pitts, and
Speaker 1: he gives them amo to run or those two players
Speaker 1: give them more ammo to run. Unique personnel groupings. I
Speaker 1: really like Kirk Cousins when he has two backs or
Speaker 1: two tight end sets where he can run play action
Speaker 1: game and just carve teams up from comfortable positions back
Speaker 1: in the pocket. Because of that run game, I think
Speaker 1: this defense is underrated. David Anyamada, Grady Jarrett, and Lorenzo
Speaker 1: Carter and now with Matt Judon is a nice addition there.
Speaker 1: Depth might be a concern, but I love the middle
Speaker 1: of this defense. Those defensive tackles I mentioned Cayden Ellis.
Speaker 1: The linebackers are very good player Jesse Bates and Justin
Speaker 1: Simmons's pretty fantastic, and their corner depth beyond aj Terrell,
Speaker 1: their depth at wide receiver, a couple of interior offensive
Speaker 1: line spots that I think had rough years last year.
Speaker 1: Are some concerns there, and I might be a hater
Speaker 1: for saying this, but I don't think Drake London is
Speaker 1: a true number one receiver in this league. The Tampa
Speaker 1: Bay Buccaneers. I think Baker Mayfield has really settled into
Speaker 1: a very good quarterback in this league, like fifteen sixteen,
Speaker 1: seventeen range, which tells you how many good quarterbacks there
Speaker 1: are in this league. And if you don't have one
Speaker 1: of those guys, you don't have much of a chance.
Speaker 1: But Mike Evans helps that a lot. He just never
Speaker 1: stops making plays. I also love the addition of Jalen
Speaker 1: McMillan as the third behind Chris Godwin, and that offensive
Speaker 1: line is so impressive. Tristan Wurse, Graham Barton, Cody Mock
Speaker 1: and Lukeka Dicky are all very very good players. I'd
Speaker 1: like more explosiveness in the backfield, and that receiver group
Speaker 1: is super thin. So you're gonna see the theme throughout
Speaker 1: this predictions here that skill players, to me are what
Speaker 1: wins games with good quarterback play, and I'm gonna dock
Speaker 1: you if you don't have that in the Bucks. If
Speaker 1: you get an injury or two, it gets really ugly,
Speaker 1: really quickly. On the other side, Vitevea is a Hall
Speaker 1: of Fame player and Elijah Cantsey is such a perfect
Speaker 1: compliment to his skill set. Those guys, along with Greg
Speaker 1: Gaines playing in front of Levonte David, that's as good
Speaker 1: as it gets down the middle. And then you also
Speaker 1: have Antwoine Winfield down the middle, who might be the
Speaker 1: best safety in the National Football League. My concerns for them,
Speaker 1: I think would be on the perimeter of the defense,
Speaker 1: edge rushers, cornerbacks, outside backers. Not a ton to go
Speaker 1: off of there. The Saints, It's a huge year for
Speaker 1: Derek Carr, right, Derek Carr and Dennis Allen. I almost
Speaker 1: said David Carr, and I just think that desperation mode
Speaker 1: there with those two will lead to maybe a bit
Speaker 1: of a tire fire. But all these teams that have
Speaker 1: like horrendous situations are in bad divisions, and I think
Speaker 1: that's what gets them like enough wins to like not
Speaker 1: pick first, but eventually cost people jobs. It was so
Speaker 1: ugly last year, so hard to watch this offense. I
Speaker 1: love Chris Olave and Rashid Shaheed. I think Shaheed's one
Speaker 1: of the most underrated players in the National Football League,
Speaker 1: But the depth beyond those guys is really tough. The
Speaker 1: tackle position took a massive blow, and Ryan Ramchick was
Speaker 1: announced done for the year, and they literally had to
Speaker 1: draft the tackle in the first round because they didn't
Speaker 1: enough guys to play tackle. And now they're gonna have
Speaker 1: to put Trevor Penning in the lineup and they didn't
Speaker 1: want to play him last year over practice squad guys,
Speaker 1: So between him and Talisi Fuaga, who I like, but
Speaker 1: playing a new spot at left tackle, I don't love
Speaker 1: that so much. I do love Eric McCoy and Caesar
Speaker 1: Rowe and Alvin Kameric can still flat out do it,
Speaker 1: but that offense is going to be terrible again. I think.
Speaker 1: I do love Cameron Jordan and Carl Granderson off the edge,
Speaker 1: pairing with Colin Saunders inside to Mario Davis one of
Speaker 1: the top linebackers in the league and he has good
Speaker 1: players around him, and Pete Warner and Willie Gay from
Speaker 1: Kansas City. I love that cornerback room. I'm not so
Speaker 1: sure who the next safety is beyond Tyron Matthew, but
Speaker 1: those cornerbacks Alonte Taylor, Marshawn ladim Or paulse and the
Speaker 1: Deebo kool Aid McKinstry. It's an awesome group of corners.
Speaker 1: This will be one of the NFL's most boring teams
Speaker 1: because they have a good not great defense, horrible quarterback play,
Speaker 1: bad offense. It's gonna be a six or seven win
Speaker 1: team in a bad division all day long. And rounding
Speaker 1: out a bad division that's gonna get some wins because
Speaker 1: of that is the Carolina Panthers, who I think are
Speaker 1: gonna be really bad again. I think the head coach
Speaker 1: decision was it's gonna be one they regret, but they
Speaker 1: went to work trying to help the situation around Bryce
Speaker 1: Young two massive guards in front of him with Robert
Speaker 1: Hunt and Damian Lewis. But like, yo, that's not where
Speaker 1: you should be spending twenty million bus some players. It's crazy.
Speaker 1: They did get Deontae Johnson and Xavier Lagette as the
Speaker 1: starters to go with Adam Thielen. Like it sounds good
Speaker 1: with those three guys, but when you look at the
Speaker 1: rest of the NFL, it's like a bottom five receiving corps.
Speaker 1: They have some nice pieces on the defense, but they
Speaker 1: did lose Brian Burns and they don't have nearly the
Speaker 1: edge presence. Now. I like Derek Brown, I like Shaq Thompson,
Speaker 1: and hopefully we see j C. Horn finally healthy for
Speaker 1: a season. Probably still always away, but no reason I
Speaker 1: think they can't progress off last year's two wins and
Speaker 1: go win four five ball games in the NFC North.
Speaker 1: The Packers are a team that I am extremely bullis Shawn.
Speaker 1: I feel pretty vindicated in my pre draft love for
Speaker 1: Jordan Love and I love, love, love that receiving corps.
Speaker 1: They don't really have a number one receiver, but they
Speaker 1: have four dues that can be that guy in any
Speaker 1: given week between Wix, Watson, Reed, and Dubbs or sorry Dobbs.
Speaker 1: They have an awesome twelve personnel package with Luke Musgrave
Speaker 1: and Tucker Kraft and then Josh Jacobs behind that. And
Speaker 1: they've patchworked this offensive line with mid round picks for
Speaker 1: the most part and turned into a really good one,
Speaker 1: but injuries have robbed them the last couple of years.
Speaker 1: If they're healthy, they'll be good, but that never really
Speaker 1: happens on the offensive line, so we'll see how their
Speaker 1: depth can hold up there. They're three deep off the
Speaker 1: edge with Rashaan Gary, with Lucas van Ness and Preston Smith.
Speaker 1: They have good defensive tackles and good linebackers. I love
Speaker 1: the import of Xavier McKinney. I think depth in the
Speaker 1: back seven is a potential concern, especially if Jyr Alexander
Speaker 1: does JayR Alexander things. I think they're going to be
Speaker 1: a problem this Packers team. The Lions are pretty good too.
Speaker 1: This division has me really all twisted up. I think
Speaker 1: the Lions are right there. I think they can win,
Speaker 1: or can they win I should say as the hunted team.
Speaker 1: I don't know. And green Bay turned around when they
Speaker 1: beat them last year in that Thanksgiving Day game. They
Speaker 1: kind of went off after that. I think Goff is
Speaker 1: a great example of what talent and a sharp quarterback
Speaker 1: mind can become into their thirties, which is a damn
Speaker 1: good quarterback. And I love that skill group with Gibbs, Laporta,
Speaker 1: Saint Brown, and Jamison Williams. But there's almost no depth
Speaker 1: beyond that. Khalif Raymond as the number three. I think
Speaker 1: that that loss of Josh Reynolds will be felt in
Speaker 1: that receiving corps. They also have probably the best offensive
Speaker 1: line in football, and they play to it. Man alight, right,
Speaker 1: Dan Campbell, speaking of grit, they spent a ton of
Speaker 1: resources remaking that defense from that same identity, but I
Speaker 1: don't think it's quite there yet. I do think that
Speaker 1: Jack Campbell is going to become the next dude at linebacker.
Speaker 1: I loved the DJ Reader addition inside. He fits them
Speaker 1: to a tee. He goes along with Levi on Woozerrique
Speaker 1: really well. And if Marcus Davenport can harness his talents
Speaker 1: and have a breakout season, that rush becomes kind of
Speaker 1: crazy with him, Aiden Hutchinson, John Comiski, and John Pascal.
Speaker 1: I love the addition of Carlton Davis. He again fits
Speaker 1: that brand really well. And Brian Branch is the next
Speaker 1: superstar slot in this league. He is fantastic. I also
Speaker 1: love Kirby Joseph. I think Detroit and Green Bay are
Speaker 1: probably the biggest challengers in the NFC to the forty
Speaker 1: nine ers the Chicago Bears. Part of me wants to
Speaker 1: go all in and put him in the playoffs. Part
Speaker 1: of me wants to say they're going to win four
Speaker 1: or five games. I'll probably wind up in the middle
Speaker 1: and I'll do that. I'll do the latter. While Kylee
Speaker 1: Williams kind of develops his game, I think his creativity
Speaker 1: will keep his head afloat while he does that, because
Speaker 1: I don't think he's already made product. This receiving corps
Speaker 1: is kind of absurd though and masterfully constructed. I mean,
Speaker 1: between DJ Moore, Roma Dunze, and Keenan Allen, they're all
Speaker 1: great at different things, and I really like a few
Speaker 1: of the line between two guys that I was a
Speaker 1: big draft fan of, with Darnell Wright and Tevin Jenkins.
Speaker 1: They both are hits, but they have some questions and
Speaker 1: other spots. That's gonna be a theme throughout this episode.
Speaker 1: The defense is a question on this team. They have
Speaker 1: a good core with sweat Walker, Edmunds, Brisker, Kyler Gordon,
Speaker 1: and a top three cornerback in the NFL on Jalen
Speaker 1: Johnson who they kept around. But I think there's still
Speaker 1: another good draft and some quality vet additions from being
Speaker 1: fifteen to eighteen deep, which you kind of have to
Speaker 1: be in the National Football League. We finish up the
Speaker 1: NFC North Norris with the Minnesota Vikings, the fourth different
Speaker 1: team in the division. That gives me conflict because I
Speaker 1: think that Sam Donald Sam Donald will play well in
Speaker 1: the Kevin O'Connell system. I really do, especially with Justin
Speaker 1: Jefferson and Jordan Addison if is he still healthy, didn't
Speaker 1: even get carted off through the day, and he's driving
Speaker 1: like a maniac deal and then TJ. Howkinson. They have
Speaker 1: weapons out there again injuries notwithstanding. This line is a
Speaker 1: lot like ours in San Francisco. Tons of investment at
Speaker 1: tackle and center, and then they've done a good job
Speaker 1: of developing some guard play weird. The defense blitzes every
Speaker 1: snap or so. It seems they rely on that pressure
Speaker 1: with guys like Josh Mattelis, Cam bind them and Ivan Pace,
Speaker 1: which have all been hits for them so far, and
Speaker 1: then the cornerback or those guys are all cornerbacks and
Speaker 1: linebackers and they just try to bring different guys. You
Speaker 1: guys know how Brian Flores operates as defenses. I think
Speaker 1: this works against inexperienced quarterbacks or quarterbacks that are not
Speaker 1: any good evidence of the December record that we all
Speaker 1: boasted about when he was beating guys like Ian Book.
Speaker 1: But you can't do it against the best quarterbacks, hence
Speaker 1: losing by the fifty points of the Bills every damn
Speaker 1: time we saw them with that defense, And I think
Speaker 1: they're a bit thin on the back end to where
Speaker 1: that can really cause issues if you go to that
Speaker 1: well one too many times. I think all four of
Speaker 1: these teams could be playoff teams, and two of them
Speaker 1: are championship contenders. In the NFC East, I think we've
Speaker 1: gone back to the days of the NFC East being
Speaker 1: like the worst division in the league because the Eagles.
Speaker 1: It didn't count as a collapse because they made the playoffs,
Speaker 1: but from ten to one to eleven and six and
Speaker 1: then the playoff loss to a nine win also ran
Speaker 1: Tampa team. I mean, at ten and one with a
Speaker 1: win over Kansas City, we all thought they were going
Speaker 1: right back to the Super Bowl, and then it fell
Speaker 1: apart and Jalen Hurts looked really bad down the stretch.
Speaker 1: They swapped their coordinators, Kellen Moore and Vic Fangio. Moore
Speaker 1: has been on three teams in three years, and Vic
Speaker 1: is Vic. They got to get Hurts back to that
Speaker 1: twenty twenty two style of play. Last year it was
Speaker 1: like throw verticals and the cover receivers and just hope
Speaker 1: and that led to very poor efficiency. But I think
Speaker 1: they can get back to their ground and pound with
Speaker 1: Sakuon Barkley as they finally have a true game changing back.
Speaker 1: Now that should really help that if he can stay
Speaker 1: healthy and don't sleep on the Jason Kelsey lost because
Speaker 1: I think that he did a lot more for Hurts
Speaker 1: in terms of protections and getting things lined up than
Speaker 1: your average center, which he's a Hall of Famer, so duh.
Speaker 1: I love the skill group. The line is still really
Speaker 1: dang good on defense. It feels like they're waiting on
Speaker 1: a bunch of guys to kind of take that next,
Speaker 1: you know, Davis Carter, Dean, Nolan Smith. They do get
Speaker 1: Chauncey Gardner Johnson back from Detroit, and I love Bryce Huff.
Speaker 1: Not sure why the Jets let him go, Well they did.
Speaker 1: They let him go, like let someone else come in
Speaker 1: there and not play for him. But they also added
Speaker 1: Quiny and Mitchell, who I love as well. This is
Speaker 1: one of the harder teams for me to peg this year.
Speaker 1: We'll talk more about them in the playoff section. Playoffs.
Speaker 1: The Commanders. I'm not sure a quarterback has ever changed
Speaker 1: my mind, how as much as Jayden Daniels did. With
Speaker 1: one practice I saw live and then two preseason games
Speaker 1: I saw on or One was live, one was a
Speaker 1: television copy. I think he'll come out of this draft
Speaker 1: as the best quarterback. I like him better than Caleb Williams.
Speaker 1: He does not look like a rookie to me, and
Speaker 1: some of you might remember, I was very bullish on
Speaker 1: this team last year outside of the quarterback position, and
Speaker 1: that kind of blew up down the stretch when Sam
Speaker 1: Howell just became a shadow of himself. But to me,
Speaker 1: that's been fixed because I think Jayden Daniels can play
Speaker 1: from the pocket, and I think he can create as well,
Speaker 1: and I think Brian Robinson Jr. Gives him a really
Speaker 1: fun different dynamic in the backfield. In terms of their combo,
Speaker 1: I think the line is good enough. It's like most
Speaker 1: lines in league. Sixty percent is pretty good. Scary Terry
Speaker 1: is still elite, and Diami Brown has arrived. On defense,
Speaker 1: Darrin's Armstrong was a great addition alongside Deron Payne and
Speaker 1: Jonathan Allen. I love the pairings of Frankie Luvu, Go
Speaker 1: Koogs and Bobby Wagner inside, and then Jeremy Chin and
Speaker 1: Mike Sandra Still. They got really strong up the middle.
Speaker 1: That's a strong safety and a slot cornerback that I
Speaker 1: think are gonna be very good players. And I'm riding
Speaker 1: these were fired to the record predictions. I think the
Speaker 1: Commanders might be in contention for that seven seed, but
Speaker 1: I'm not yet committed. More in a moment, my biggest
Speaker 1: concern for the Dallas Cowboys is guys headspace down there,
Speaker 1: because as of this taping, there's no deal for Dak Prescott.
Speaker 1: And as I'm writing this podcast, they actually got a
Speaker 1: deal done with Ceedee Lamb. But it sounds like Dak's
Speaker 1: like ready to test for agency, which is that's horrible,
Speaker 1: Like they were gonna offer him, like his contract they
Speaker 1: was offered to him was a bunch of money, and
Speaker 1: he's like turning you down. That's that's tough. They lost
Speaker 1: Tyron Smith, Dorrens Armstrong, Tony Pollard, they were not active
Speaker 1: in freegency whatsoever. They draft Tyler Geidton to kind of
Speaker 1: fill in a hole that they created themselves by not
Speaker 1: bringing back Tyron Smith. And he's gonna play left tackle.
Speaker 1: He was a right tackle in college. Like I don't know.
Speaker 1: They lost Tyler Biattish and his replacement has like no experience.
Speaker 1: Zeke is running back one and again, Deck has been
Speaker 1: pretty open about not being in a rush to sign
Speaker 1: just so many questions here about this Cowboys team, and
Speaker 1: on defense, Micah Parsons is the best player on the
Speaker 1: planet for my money. Trayvon Diggs comes back, which is nice.
Speaker 1: I love George Lewis, but they also lost to Ron
Speaker 1: Bland for the first half of the season and they
Speaker 1: go get Eric Kendricks I don't think can play anymore.
Speaker 1: They have no depth in the defensive backfield. I don't
Speaker 1: know man lame duck coach. A quarterback doesn't want to
Speaker 1: be there. This kind of feels like a blow up
Speaker 1: season for the Cowboys, and I'm probably gonna have them
Speaker 1: on the outside looking in for the Giants. Spoiler alert,
Speaker 1: let's see look at my numbers. I have the Giants
Speaker 1: picking first overall next year. Malik Neighbors alone makes them watchable,
Speaker 1: which they weren't last year, but they have no one
Speaker 1: else beyond that. It's a big year for Daniel Jones,
Speaker 1: who can't play. I think Brian Dable deserves a shot
Speaker 1: to take his own quarterback. I hope he gets it,
Speaker 1: and they showed on Hard Knocks how hard they tried
Speaker 1: to go get Drake may line is better, provided it's
Speaker 1: not ravaged by injuries. Once again. I think beyond neighbors,
Speaker 1: there's just nothing there to work with. On defense. Brian
Speaker 1: Burns and Dexter Lawrence is electric, but the rest of
Speaker 1: that unit has questions. I love Kavon Thibadeau to round
Speaker 1: out the rush unit, and I like Bobby o'caakay quite
Speaker 1: a lot, but I think there's like a lot of
Speaker 1: experience in that secondary they're counting on, and that's not
Speaker 1: a good place to be in the National Football Like
Speaker 1: you've heard me talk about a lot of receivers so far.
Speaker 1: If you can't cover those guys, good luck. That's the NFC.
Speaker 1: Let's come back and do the AFC and then we'll
Speaker 1: do the playoffs at the end. All of that Next
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Speaker 1: and do the entire AFC, going in the same direction,
Speaker 1: moving west to east with the Kansas City Chiefs. And
Speaker 1: it feels absurd to say this about a back to
Speaker 1: back Super Bowl champion, but I feel like this is
Speaker 1: the best team they've had in three years. He's hurt
Speaker 1: right now, but Hollywood Brown paired with Xavier Worthy, that
Speaker 1: returns the deep element to their they've been missing the
Speaker 1: last two years. It's funny like after that loss in
Speaker 1: Super Bowl fifty five, they emphasize offensive line by signing
Speaker 1: Joe Tooney, by going out and getting Orlando Brown, who
Speaker 1: has since been replaced by Juwan Taylor, and then they
Speaker 1: hit Yatzi in the middle late rounds with Creed Humphrey
Speaker 1: and Trey Smith. But now they're going with a rookie
Speaker 1: at left tackle and the BYU kid that I can't
Speaker 1: pronounce his name, and they're going heavy in their money
Speaker 1: spending or free agent spending at the skills spots, and
Speaker 1: Rashid Rice appears to how to have somehow avoided suspension
Speaker 1: for this season at least. I just think that offense
Speaker 1: is going to be unstoppable, and they lost lugerious Scene
Speaker 1: on defense, and Jaden Hicks is a star in the making.
Speaker 1: I think that he can offset some of that with
Speaker 1: the things that he can do in the defensive backfield,
Speaker 1: even though they played different positions, and Trent McDuffie is
Speaker 1: already there a superstar. Chris Jones is the Vida Veya,
Speaker 1: but with better pass rush than the AFC, And the
Speaker 1: concern would be that cornerback spot Nazine Johnson and Chamari
Speaker 1: Chamari Coot Connor easy for me to say currently slated
Speaker 1: as starters, but they're just kind of both unprove But
Speaker 1: I think they're going to be just fine. The Chargers,
Speaker 1: let's go ahead and start with this, kind of like
Speaker 1: the Cowboys. I think the Chargers whole deal here is
Speaker 1: a bit of a disaster in the making. I think
Speaker 1: this is a Saban level of trying to work with
Speaker 1: NFL players back in five and I know Harbaugh has
Speaker 1: done it before, but I think in the last decade
Speaker 1: things have changed entirely with the modern NFL player, and
Speaker 1: I don't think this is going to work. I also
Speaker 1: think they're going to integrate a style it doesn't work.
Speaker 1: This isn't the Big ten Bubba. You're not going to
Speaker 1: score at this level. You have to score at this level.
Speaker 1: You don't get to face Iowa and get wins with
Speaker 1: ten points. Not saying Michigan did that, but they played
Speaker 1: a certain style knowing they were playing Iowa and Purdue.
Speaker 1: This Herbert Planter Fascia injury kind of has me concerned.
Speaker 1: Although he is back at practice and it sounds like
Speaker 1: he's okay. But a guy that struggles to see the field,
Speaker 1: and if he can't move around like he usually does,
Speaker 1: that's a big issue. Interesting build of this team, zigging
Speaker 1: when the rest of the league zags with that running style,
Speaker 1: and they made that clear with alt over Neighbors, which
Speaker 1: I think is a mistake. They've got a ton of
Speaker 1: resources in that line and it has struggled over the years.
Speaker 1: I mean, Slayter's a beast, but Zion Johnson's been not good.
Speaker 1: They bring in Bradley Bose when that's a good addition
Speaker 1: for them. Trey Pipkins kicks inside and then Joe all
Speaker 1: changes sides of the offensive line. But you get one
Speaker 1: of those guys hurt, which happens all the time on
Speaker 1: the offensive line, and all of a sudden it's like
Speaker 1: not good again. I don't know. I like the way
Speaker 1: we do it. They bring over the Ravens running back
Speaker 1: room with Gus Edwards and JK. Dobbins. But you guys
Speaker 1: know me, I think this is a weapons league and
Speaker 1: it's Chark, Palmer and Mconkey right now. Wolf And for
Speaker 1: a quarterback that doesn't process well and doesn't get early separators,
Speaker 1: double Wolf. The defense is led by two old guys
Speaker 1: that are often hurt, and Joey Bosa and Khalil Mack.
Speaker 1: Khalil Mack had a great year lest year that was
Speaker 1: I shouldn't say that he but he does have injuries
Speaker 1: and age not on his side right now. And it's
Speaker 1: the same in the secondary with Alohi Gilman who missed
Speaker 1: most of last year and Derwin James who misses every
Speaker 1: other year. Steve Fense is bad man. It might be
Speaker 1: a bad football team the Raiders. This is my twenty
Speaker 1: twenty three commanders, but I won't give him as many wins.
Speaker 1: And I say that as a gardner. Minshew van go
Speaker 1: Koog's I just think that he kind of proved last year.
Speaker 1: He's in that twenty five to thirty five range of
Speaker 1: a spot starter, a good backup if you can get
Speaker 1: him in that role. But he's the guy, and the
Speaker 1: backup to him is Aidan O'Connell. It's probably the worst
Speaker 1: quarterback situation right now in the NFL in terms of
Speaker 1: ability and upside that you offer. I think the team's
Speaker 1: pretty good though, especially on offense. The quarterback play was
Speaker 1: terrible in the preseason, and Minshew's kind of a gamer,
Speaker 1: so maybe he can elevate his game, and I'm very
Speaker 1: concerned about Antonio Pierce not being on that interim kind
Speaker 1: of like I'm the new guy now. It's like he
Speaker 1: is the guy that's always tough to kind of build
Speaker 1: upon that. I love their skill spots with Devonte Adams
Speaker 1: and Jacobio Myers, who is so underrated. And I love
Speaker 1: those two tight ends with Brock Bauers and Michael Mayer.
Speaker 1: That's a deadly twelve personnel package. And then Crosby and
Speaker 1: Christian as good as it gets on the defensive line.
Speaker 1: But when you only have like two or three guys,
Speaker 1: can you can game plan around that? Just telling you,
Speaker 1: you know, Wake and Sue, we're not as good as
Speaker 1: we thought they were going to be together. But the
Speaker 1: depth beyond that is a total concern. I'm not sure
Speaker 1: where you're hanging hat in the back seven. I do
Speaker 1: like Jack Cory and Bennett and Jack Jones, but beyond that,
Speaker 1: I don't know the broncos. I am so fascinated by
Speaker 1: what bo Nicks will be. I think he's like already
Speaker 1: a finished product having sixty college starts. So if he's
Speaker 1: not good right away, will he get better? I just
Speaker 1: don't know that he Will I'm not crazy about the
Speaker 1: skill spots. You're counting on two guys and Tim Patrick
Speaker 1: and Cortland Sutton who have not played a full year
Speaker 1: in a long time. And this feels redundant with every team.
Speaker 1: But you have like sixty percent of your line that's
Speaker 1: actually proven. And Mike McGlinchey was bad last year. Man
Speaker 1: in the big free agent contract, what do I say?
Speaker 1: Teams don't let good tackles leave in free agency. They
Speaker 1: do let guards leave, though. On defense, I like this
Speaker 1: front Browning, Zach Allen, John Frankly Myers, but outside of
Speaker 1: Patrick Surtown in the back end, more unproven names back there.
Speaker 1: I think that side might be a work in progress.
Speaker 1: Not very high on the Broncos in the AFC South,
Speaker 1: the Texans. I cannot imagine a better rookie year for
Speaker 1: a club with regards to your quarterback and head coach.
Speaker 1: Both are already stars for my money, and they went
Speaker 1: to work rounding out that group with Diggs. But the
Speaker 1: growth from CJ, from Tank Dell, from Nico Collins and
Speaker 1: adding Joe Mixon, it's easy to see why there's so
Speaker 1: much hype there. I think John Metchi is a budding
Speaker 1: breakout player, and if they trade him that, you know
Speaker 1: whoever gets him good for you. The sixty percent offensive
Speaker 1: line rule applies here once again, but Shaq Mason's one
Speaker 1: of those guys still doing it. Lermie Tunzel and Tyas
Speaker 1: Howard daily two spots. It's been iffy on defense, it
Speaker 1: was so much better, but I think it has some
Speaker 1: room to grow, which is expected. Jalen Peatree is an
Speaker 1: absolute star. I think Derek Stingley is right there too,
Speaker 1: Will Anderson also, and I love how they remade their
Speaker 1: rush with the Neil Hunter, Derek Barnett, they got foll
Speaker 1: Lou Fatacasi in there. Demiko has just more weapons this year.
Speaker 1: And just generally speaking, I'm always cautious when decent teams
Speaker 1: because they got all this love for the playoff game
Speaker 1: where they beat a bad Browns team, or not a
Speaker 1: bad Browns team, but a Browns team that was kind
Speaker 1: of helping out by duct tape at the end of
Speaker 1: the year, and all of a sudden, you get this
Speaker 1: misremembrance of who this team was. This was a nine
Speaker 1: win team that got blasted by the Jets by Zach
Speaker 1: Wilson and the Jets on the road, like they were
Speaker 1: not a good They were okay, they were fine. Sure,
Speaker 1: they won a bad division, and because of one Sunday
Speaker 1: they or was it Saturday at the playoff game, they
Speaker 1: got all this love and hype him. I get the quarterback,
Speaker 1: the head coach, and the additions. I get that, but
Speaker 1: it's usually the third year that the team that has
Speaker 1: those expectations makes the actual jump. As for the Colts,
Speaker 1: I am a huge Anthony Richardson fan. Now it's gonna
Speaker 1: be up and down because he's only played like a
Speaker 1: couple hundred snaps in his career, but you can see
Speaker 1: his ability to see the field. I think that folks
Speaker 1: really missed that. But football is a hard game to
Speaker 1: really dissect. And then I think he's going to be
Speaker 1: one of the best creators and design runners we've ever seen.
Speaker 1: Like Cam Newton's the comp for that, and that line's
Speaker 1: pretty damn good too. And with Jonathan Taylor alongside him,
Speaker 1: I think they have enough with Michael Pittman, Josh Downs
Speaker 1: when he gets back, Ady Mitchell, Alec Pierce, especially with
Speaker 1: Shane Steike and who I think the world of as
Speaker 1: a play designer, Grover Stewart and DeForest Buckner on the
Speaker 1: inside is about as good as it gets and as
Speaker 1: timidating as it gets. Those guys are monsters. I think
Speaker 1: Layout two Latou will be an absolute hit. I think
Speaker 1: that Quitty Pei can sort of take off from there
Speaker 1: as well, and some really fun parts in the back
Speaker 1: end with Julian Blackman, Kenny Moore and Juju Brents. The
Speaker 1: depth in the back seven, though, it's a big concern
Speaker 1: for this defense. The Jacksonville Jaguars another team, another one
Speaker 1: of those tough teams to figure out. I think Tee
Speaker 1: Laws on the verge of really taking the next step.
Speaker 1: I think he kind of got flack for a pretty
Speaker 1: good year where his players didn't help him out much.
Speaker 1: I love Travis Etn, I love Christian Kirk. I think
Speaker 1: Brian Thomas offers something they did not have before, and
Speaker 1: then Evan Ingram is a monster. The line looks good
Speaker 1: on paper, but they had a really rough preseason and
Speaker 1: got you know, Brandon Shirff got undressed a few times
Speaker 1: from what I saw in the games, and we saw
Speaker 1: that add up as Lawrence got banged up down the
Speaker 1: stretch last year and they began eight and three, finished
Speaker 1: nine to eight and missed the playoffs. They do get
Speaker 1: Eric Armstead, a massive addition alongside Josh Hines Allen, who's
Speaker 1: a beast. I think this creates a chance for Trayvon
Speaker 1: Walker to kind of take that next step, but as
Speaker 1: a number one pick, massive disappointment so far. Chad Muma
Speaker 1: and Devin Lloyd are fun players in theory, they haven't
Speaker 1: played as goods you would hope they have. I love
Speaker 1: Tyson Campbell and Andrea Cisco, but that theme again. Not
Speaker 1: many teams have depth on the offensive line or defensive backfield,
Speaker 1: and that's true for the Jaguars here as well the
Speaker 1: Tennessee Titans. Every year we get a team like this
Speaker 1: where you have a year two quarterback that you're not
Speaker 1: really sure what you're gonna get. If Levis is a star,
Speaker 1: this team will probably be pretty good. If not, they're
Speaker 1: probably going to be fourth in a much improved division.
Speaker 1: I think that Hopkins, Boyd and Ridley was nice four
Speaker 1: years ago, Ridley was bad last year. Tyler Boyd hasn't
Speaker 1: been good for a while, and DeAndre Hopkins has already
Speaker 1: got a soft tissue injury. The Derrick Henry days are over.
Speaker 1: I do like Taj Spears a heck of a lot
Speaker 1: and Tony Pollard is a good player as well, and
Speaker 1: they remade eighty percent of the offensive line. I think
Speaker 1: JC Latham is going to be a very good player
Speaker 1: for them. They need Pete Skeronsky to step up in
Speaker 1: year two, but that's sixty percent rule again man Dylan
Speaker 1: Radunz and Nicholas petite Ferrer on the right side. It's
Speaker 1: not very good and a team that needs it. With
Speaker 1: their quarterback style, I love their line, their physicals. Hell
Speaker 1: Justin Simmons is elite, elite player, not Justin Simmons. Yeah, yeah,
Speaker 1: Justin Simmons. And I think, no, not Justin Simmons. You
Speaker 1: goofed Jeffrey Simmons. Why did I keep saying that? I
Speaker 1: think Devandre Sweat's gonna be goold. Harold Landry's a great
Speaker 1: player coming back off injury. They do add Lugerius Snead
Speaker 1: on the back end along with Chidobo Wuz also add
Speaker 1: Quandre Diggs with Amani Hooker. Their skill spots, their depth,
Speaker 1: their line, their quarterback could all kind of go either way.
Speaker 1: And when you have that many could go either ways.
Speaker 1: At least half of them go south. And that's a
Speaker 1: lot to think about for this team, so a year
Speaker 1: or two away at least, and maybe even a quarterback away.
Speaker 1: In the AFC North, the Ravens a great exercise in
Speaker 1: the impact of coaching turnover. Much of the defensive staff
Speaker 1: left because of the success they had, but I do
Speaker 1: think they got up right with Zach Orr's promotion. Patrick
Speaker 1: Queen Lee's Rokwan Smith is still there's probably the best
Speaker 1: off ball linebacker in the conference. Fred Warner in the
Speaker 1: NFC says otherwise for the whole league, and he plays
Speaker 1: behind an awesome, awesome, awesome front in Justin Madawuke, Michael
Speaker 1: Pierce's like three hundred and sixty pounds, very good, Broderick Washington,
Speaker 1: Brent Urban. They just have waves of guys. Sound familiar, Yeah,
Speaker 1: Kyle Hamilton's a force multiplier on the back end with
Speaker 1: Marcus Williams and Eddie Jackson. What a trio of safeties
Speaker 1: that is. Then you've got Lamar Andrews likely Flowers that's
Speaker 1: good enough to me, and then you round it out
Speaker 1: with Bateman and Agalar. It's plenty good. Depth. The line
Speaker 1: has totally changed. Daniel Falle will be the biggest offensive
Speaker 1: lineman to ever play in an NFL game. He's pushing
Speaker 1: four hundred pounds and slotted at right guard, and they
Speaker 1: have a rookie at right tackle, and then Lamar Jackson.
Speaker 1: If he plays all seventeen games, you can write down
Speaker 1: double digit wins in Penn the Bengals, you know, I
Speaker 1: think Joe Burrow having a full camp for the first
Speaker 1: time in his career. It was COVID, it was ACL,
Speaker 1: it was appendecting me, and then the injuries last year
Speaker 1: that kept him out of the first part of the
Speaker 1: season will have a major major impact. Chase is practicing
Speaker 1: again after a holdout, so he's back. T Higgins is
Speaker 1: back in the fold. They lose their first round pick
Speaker 1: of Marius Mims, which was a killer because he was
Speaker 1: going to kind of be a guy that got them
Speaker 1: over the hump on the offensive line. Now other kind
Speaker 1: of back to square one and Burrow, you know, he's
Speaker 1: taken some hits before when the line's not been good.
Speaker 1: He gets the ball out fast, but he's not too
Speaker 1: a fast. Trey Hendrick sends back on defense after what
Speaker 1: requesting a trade. I think that he and Sam Hubbard
Speaker 1: are one of the best edge duos in the National
Speaker 1: Football League. But losing DJ Reeder is massive, and I
Speaker 1: like that they went back to the vet safeties for
Speaker 1: that lou An Romo defense after it didn't work out
Speaker 1: last year. They lost Baits and Bell and the young
Speaker 1: replacements did not play well. They get Von Bell back
Speaker 1: and they go get Geno Stone as a positive step
Speaker 1: for them. Across the state of Ohio, the Cleveland Browns.
Speaker 1: It has the look of one of the deeper teams
Speaker 1: in the league. But it's time for that quarterback to
Speaker 1: catch up to his contract. Man. I think we saw
Speaker 1: that roster's potential last year, and they got good quarterback
Speaker 1: play from Flacco, who was the only quarterback that played
Speaker 1: well for them all year long. But I think it
Speaker 1: might take some time. With Nick Chubb coming back, Jerry Judy,
Speaker 1: who's I don't know what to think of him getting incorporated,
Speaker 1: Elijah Moore, it's those guys beyond Amari Cooper. Is that
Speaker 1: enough behind an offensive line that's banged up once again?
Speaker 1: Somehow Already they won games last year with eighty per
Speaker 1: cent of their offensive line from opening day down and
Speaker 1: out for the entire stretch run. I love the defense, though,
Speaker 1: Miles Garrett, Denzel Ward, j Jeremiah Wusu Corromoa. I love
Speaker 1: Dalvin Thomlinson and Shelby Harris additions, so they're loaded up front.
Speaker 1: I think getting won Thornhill with how I expect, you know,
Speaker 1: Greg Newsom and Martin Emerson to take off a little
Speaker 1: bit makes that defense one of the top five in
Speaker 1: the NFL. The Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback position, what a nightmare
Speaker 1: it's been since Roethlisberger's last couple of years. Right, They're
Speaker 1: gonna go with Russ He he can't play anymore justin fields,
Speaker 1: never could play, so whatever. But the offensive line was
Speaker 1: so deep going into camp. Then they take some injuries.
Speaker 1: It looks like in Broderick Jones, the first round pick
Speaker 1: last year, has been really brutal this preseason. Troy Fatano
Speaker 1: has been down all camp. They lose Nate Herbig for
Speaker 1: the year, so Zach Frasier gets put into the starting lineup.
Speaker 1: I do love George Pickens and Pat Fryermuth, but beyond
Speaker 1: that ain't much there on defense. You know, Watt and
Speaker 1: high Smith as a great edge combo. I love Benton
Speaker 1: and Hayward and Ogun Jobi inside with Patrick Queen and
Speaker 1: Landon Roberts behind it meank On the back end. But
Speaker 1: yet another team here that has almost nothing at cornerback
Speaker 1: in terms of their depth, like Beanie Bishop is listed
Speaker 1: as a starter across from Joey Porter junior, who had
Speaker 1: a very up and down rookie season. So we'll see.
Speaker 1: I don't know, it's a lot to gas from that
Speaker 1: young group of defensive backs in the AFC East. The
Speaker 1: Dolphins don't really have to do this. We revamped skill
Speaker 1: group third year in a system that's been wildly successful,
Speaker 1: a rookie class that looked great all month, a new
Speaker 1: defense I think fits Anthony Weavers, Moo, and a lot
Speaker 1: of dogs Dawg's added with John wu Smith, Jordan Brooks,
Speaker 1: Jordan Poyer, Anthony Walker Junior, Kalais Campbell. I think this
Speaker 1: this is going to be a big force multipliers. The
Speaker 1: way they added attitude to the defense, I think it's
Speaker 1: going to be one of the best teams in the
Speaker 1: league once again, Buffalo. We have to beat these guys
Speaker 1: to prove it right, interested to see how they approach
Speaker 1: the skill spots and how it works out. Khalil Shakur
Speaker 1: is your top receiver. Okay, okay, whatever you say, I mean,
Speaker 1: I don't want to talk too much trash because we
Speaker 1: got to beat these guys, but that seems dubious at best.
Speaker 1: They do have really good tight ends and Dalton King
Speaker 1: Kid and Dawson Knox, but beyond that, Curtis Samuel and
Speaker 1: he's always injured right has turf toe, so he's down
Speaker 1: right now. Keon Coleman, you're gonna rely on him because
Speaker 1: it's that's like end of career Devonte Parker to me.
Speaker 1: But do they become more of a run first team
Speaker 1: with James Cook and Joe Brady's the OC. Do you
Speaker 1: want to take the ball out of Josh Allen's hands?
Speaker 1: I don't know. And will they get nineteen games of
Speaker 1: the exact same offensive line combination like they got last year?
Speaker 1: That probably doesn't happen again, but it currently goes Dion Dawkins,
Speaker 1: David Edwards, Connor McGovern no more, Mitch Morse, Osiris Torreans
Speaker 1: who wasn't good a year ago, and Spencer Brown. They
Speaker 1: had big losses on defense. Milano was already out for
Speaker 1: most of the year. It sounds like until at least December,
Speaker 1: so he'll miss both Dolphins games. Boyer and Hyde are gone.
Speaker 1: Those guys were and Trey White. All those guys were
Speaker 1: thorns in our side since twenty seventeen. But that front
Speaker 1: is really damn good. At Oliver and Dakwan Jones are awesome.
Speaker 1: Greg Russoa, I think is gonna be an awesome player
Speaker 1: this year. Aj Epenesa with Von Miller and Dwayne Smoot
Speaker 1: is enough. On the other side, Rasuell Douglass had a
Speaker 1: ate season after coming over the trade deadline. He and
Speaker 1: Christian Benford, who was a sixth round pick that beat
Speaker 1: out a first round pick in kyer Elam. They're pretty
Speaker 1: well set there. Tarren Johnson in the slot's one of
Speaker 1: their best players. If you read camp reports, those safety
Speaker 1: seems to be one of the spots they're concerned with
Speaker 1: right now. It's Tamar Hamlin and Taylor Rapp. With Mike
Speaker 1: Edwards missing all of camp, that is not a good
Speaker 1: situation on the back end, especially against the Miami team
Speaker 1: that has so much speed. For the Jets, they have
Speaker 1: to be the most volatile team in the entire national
Speaker 1: football as we learned last year. Four snaps in and
Speaker 1: I could not tell you what I expect from Rodgers.
Speaker 1: If he's twenty twenty one, Rogers, they'll make a run.
Speaker 1: If he's twenty twenty two, they'll be in the eight
Speaker 1: to nine win rage once again. And can he stay healthy?
Speaker 1: And they have a lot of these guys like Tyron Smith,
Speaker 1: Mike Williams. I will say they did a great job
Speaker 1: to build the offensive line. I think Olufashawan, who's a
Speaker 1: great player. But they got to keep guys healthy because
Speaker 1: Elijah Vera Tucker is one of those guys who's really good,
Speaker 1: but he has finished the last two years on IR
Speaker 1: and I wonder how long this defense can stay elite.
Speaker 1: Really that they botched the edge position by getting Hassan Reddick,
Speaker 1: who wants out. It cost them Bright Tough and John
Speaker 1: Franklin Myers. It's a huge step down. They need Will
Speaker 1: McDonald to be good, who was not good last year.
Speaker 1: The Williams bros. Are awesome Quinn and uh Quincy excuse me.
Speaker 1: And they have really good cornerback play with Sauce Reed
Speaker 1: and Michael Carter. What a weird team. I could see
Speaker 1: this team winning eleven games. I could see him winning
Speaker 1: six games for the Patriots. It's so weird to see
Speaker 1: the Pats in transition. But I think you have to
Speaker 1: start Drake May. I think he needs the reps. This
Speaker 1: line is a work in progress. The skill groups are
Speaker 1: better than last year, but they still don't have like
Speaker 1: a top guy or even the top two guy like
Speaker 1: Pop Douglas, Kendrick Bourne, Jalen Polk. Those all sound like
Speaker 1: good number three receivers. I think the defense will be good.
Speaker 1: Christian Gonzalez is going to be a great player, but
Speaker 1: obviously losing Matt Judon is huge for them, but also
Speaker 1: smart to recoup a pick and a year that they're
Speaker 1: probably not gonna go very far right, probably gonna win
Speaker 1: a few games. Kyle Duggar is elite. I like Jonathan
Speaker 1: Jones a lot, and he has Tyreek's number for some reason.
Speaker 1: But they need to find out which of those edge
Speaker 1: guys between josh Uja, Keon White and Anthroony Jennings is
Speaker 1: gonna be the next Judon? Are any of those guys
Speaker 1: gonna be the next Judon? There you go. That's the
Speaker 1: entire NFL in a snapshot. We're gonna do the predicts
Speaker 1: for the records, the playoffs, and end of season awards,
Speaker 1: all of that. Next Draft Time podcast, your host Travis Wingfield,
Speaker 1: brought to you by Auto Nation. You heard me talk
Speaker 1: about the teams. Let's run down the predictions. I'm gonna
Speaker 1: start in the NFC. We'll come over to the AFC last.
Speaker 1: So in the West, I have the Niners at fourteen
Speaker 1: and three, the Rams eleven and six, the Seahawks ten
Speaker 1: and seven, all three of them get in the playoffs,
Speaker 1: and I have the Cardinals winning seven games this year.
Speaker 1: In the South, the Falcons take the division at ten
Speaker 1: and seven, the Bucks just miss out at nine and eight,
Speaker 1: New Orleans seven and ten, and the Panthers go five
Speaker 1: and twelve. I have the Packers taking the NFC North
Speaker 1: at twelve and five. The Lions go eleven and six
Speaker 1: and get second in the division. Chicago almost has a
Speaker 1: winning season at eight to nine, and the Vikings go
Speaker 1: six and eleven. I don't like the NFC East at all.
Speaker 1: The Eagles ten and seven, Washington nine to eight, just
Speaker 1: missing out on the postseason. Dallas goes down to seven
Speaker 1: and ten, and the Giants pick first in the draft
Speaker 1: at three and fourteen. In the AFC, Kansas City has
Speaker 1: the best record in the NFL at fifteen and two.
Speaker 1: The Chargers are not good this year. They go six
Speaker 1: and eleven. In fact, this is why the Chiefs go
Speaker 1: fifteen to two, Chargers six and eleven, Raiders and Broncos
Speaker 1: both go five and twelve. In the AFC South, probably
Speaker 1: my biggest surprise for any pick out there. I have
Speaker 1: Indy winning the AFC South at ten and seven, and
Speaker 1: I have Houston getting into the playoffs at nine and eight,
Speaker 1: Jacksonville missing the playoffs at nine and eight, and the
Speaker 1: Titans go five and twelve. In the North, Baltimore eleven
Speaker 1: and six. That's enough to win a tiebreaker over the
Speaker 1: also eleven and six Bengals. The Browns go seven and
Speaker 1: ten and the Steelers go six and eleven. In the
Speaker 1: AFC East, the Dolphins win the division at twelve and five,
Speaker 1: The Bills go eleven and six, the Jets seven and ten,
Speaker 1: and the Patriots go four and thirteen and get the
Speaker 1: second pick in the NFL Draft. My MVP is Matthew Stafford.
Speaker 1: My coach of the Year is Dan Quinn. My offensive
Speaker 1: player of the Year is Tyreek Hill. My defensive player
Speaker 1: of the Year is Chris Jones, my offensive Rookie of
Speaker 1: the Year is Jaden Daniels, and my defensive rookie of
Speaker 1: the Year is Jared Verse. It's a lot of stock
Speaker 1: in LA and Washington, but we ride baby. In the
Speaker 1: AFC playoffs, the Dolphins down the Texans in the wild
Speaker 1: card round. The Bengals beat the Ravens on the road
Speaker 1: to get some revenge there. The Bills go get a
Speaker 1: road win also over the Colts, and that gives you
Speaker 1: a Buffalo at Miami divisional round matchup, and the Dolphins
Speaker 1: win that one and get the season series over the
Speaker 1: Buffalo Bills to improve to the AFC Championship game, where
Speaker 1: they face the Kansas City Chiefs, who beat the Bengals
Speaker 1: in the divisional round. In the NFC Wildcard playoffs, the
Speaker 1: Packers take out the seven seeded Seahawks. The Rams go
Speaker 1: on the road to Philly and beat the Eagles, and
Speaker 1: the Detroit Lions do the exact same thing in Atlanta
Speaker 1: and win on the road. That means the Rams go
Speaker 1: to the Niners and the Lions go to the Packers
Speaker 1: in the divisional round, and I'm taking chalk there, and
Speaker 1: then of course the Packers go to the Niners and
Speaker 1: the NFC Championship game, I have the Niners playing that game.
Speaker 1: I have the Chiefs winning again over the Dolphins in
Speaker 1: the playoffs. In the AFC Championship Game, and then I'm
Speaker 1: gonna flip the results from last year with a Niners
Speaker 1: over Chiefs Super Bowl. So there you go. Dolphins win
Speaker 1: the division, they go twelve and five, They win two
Speaker 1: playoff games over Houston and Buffalo before ultimately falling to
Speaker 1: the Chiefs in the AFC Championship Game. How would you
Speaker 1: feel about that? Would you feel pretty good about that
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