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Speaker 1: Around the NFL Podcast. My name is Dan Hansis, and

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Speaker 1: I am joined by a room filled with some heroes,

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Speaker 1: Mark Sessler and Greg Rosa Thal. What up, boys, Well,

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Speaker 1: we've lost Wesleyan. He apparently is in a vehicle headed

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Speaker 1: don't know who you know, TD. He because we're on

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Speaker 1: that had the arm rests. Well, you've got a collared

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Speaker 1: I do wear collared shirts. I don't know why everyone's

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Speaker 1: so stunned by this. Um. You know, once a week

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Speaker 1: Why not? Um? By the way, I don't know if

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Speaker 1: you've noticed Mark and Greg that on our Facebook feeds

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Speaker 1: Emmy Awards all over the place. Oh you mean from

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Speaker 1: going to build up to t D, but yeah, TD

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Speaker 1: to congratulate you. Mark is dismissively shaking his head. Congratulations.

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Speaker 1: That's a really nice honor. Is typical? Dan moved to

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Speaker 1: Have a nice time with it. See your true nature

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Speaker 1: came out there. Enjoy it. But honestly, how do we

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Speaker 1: greg this feels like it falls on you a little bit? Everyone?

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Speaker 1: Ben Liebenberg are great photographer, has a Facebook photo holding

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Speaker 1: with hashtag blessed. How do we get Emmy's? Well, you

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Speaker 1: can do projects like the JFK memorial or something like that.

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Speaker 1: They can have their Emmys. We've got a stitcher who

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Speaker 1: in an online chat but I did the second half

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Speaker 1: of the game. Then. Now, that's why you're hunger to

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Speaker 1: get an Emmy is low because you have one hand

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Speaker 1: to anyone pretty much basically, they're being handed out like

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Speaker 1: cups of coffee. You know, you don't have to do

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Speaker 1: reminder of where we are on the food chain. Dan,

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Speaker 1: I think we need to go pitch a low level project,

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Speaker 1: The metal, the hardware will flow in the gold. Congrats,

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Speaker 1: Depending guy, I don't know if you've noticed. He doesn't

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Speaker 1: the Man Not be Named the Sticks. And actually that

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Speaker 1: last episode with Baldinger and talking offensive was really good stuff.

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Speaker 1: You're a hardcore folks. Everyone should download It's good. This

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Speaker 1: It's just wait and see. Uh, today's show is going

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Speaker 1: is Greg. I don't know if you're aware the first

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Speaker 1: you Dan, another Thursday night. This game looked like a

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Speaker 1: Media Insider Ian rap Board that the Redskins believe Griffin

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Speaker 1: this was one of his better performances we've seen in

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Speaker 1: them down. That's what he would say to e J. Manuel. Okay, Well,

427
00:21:42,040 --> 00:21:45,439
Speaker 1: that mystery has been solved. It's a reunion week in

428
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Speaker 1: the NFL, and the in the Fitzpatrick Buffalo one is

429
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Speaker 1: it's hard to get as excited about that. I get

430
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Speaker 1: goose bumps. Greg and Patrick both took the Bills the

431
00:21:53,840 --> 00:21:55,960
Speaker 1: rest of us took the Texans. So those are the

432
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Speaker 1: games that of this group we got excited. I don't

433
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Speaker 1: even know if they eat Arian Foster in this game,

434
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Speaker 1: because they got Sessler's boy Alfred Blue. Actually I went

435
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Speaker 1: back and watched Alfred well. He had a forty six

436
00:22:08,000 --> 00:22:09,840
Speaker 1: yard run at one point, and I think he had

437
00:22:09,920 --> 00:22:13,120
Speaker 1: like nine of his other thirteen runs were less than

438
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Speaker 1: two yards even when they were short though. I you know,

439
00:22:15,760 --> 00:22:18,280
Speaker 1: Bill O'Brien's been talking to him up all week. There's

440
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Speaker 1: another tough on this game. I know you want to

441
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Speaker 1: move on. We do. Yeah, we shock Marone and Bill O'Brien,

442
00:22:23,359 --> 00:22:27,840
Speaker 1: best of buddies, throwing zingers at it. Their wives were

443
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Speaker 1: college roommates. By the way, this is not an even matter.

444
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Speaker 1: I feel really good about having the road underdog. I

445
00:22:32,800 --> 00:22:35,000
Speaker 1: think the Bills are a good team here in. The

446
00:22:35,040 --> 00:22:39,120
Speaker 1: Texans are lousy. Scouter shop Fitzpatrick last week, How dare

447
00:22:39,160 --> 00:22:42,800
Speaker 1: you one mistake? One game of mistakes? He's been greatest

448
00:22:42,840 --> 00:22:45,280
Speaker 1: whole career. That's not true. All right, that's it. Those

449
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Speaker 1: are the three games that jumped out to us. And

450
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Speaker 1: now we'll go into an extended version of everyone's favorite

451
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Speaker 1: interlude of the pick segment Defend your Hero, Defend your Hero.

452
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Speaker 1: Of course that's handsome Hank the Notorious d O P

453
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Speaker 1: also of the I think Mark you called him on

454
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Speaker 1: the previous podcast, a character on the Dave Damn Check

455
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Speaker 1: Football program. I believe personality personality com Yeah, I didn't

456
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Speaker 1: want to drill down too hard. It's complex. People don't

457
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Speaker 1: care Elliott Harrison's sidekick. Essentially, that's the end of this show. Um. So,

458
00:23:30,000 --> 00:23:33,920
Speaker 1: Henry is in England right now for the football games

459
00:23:33,960 --> 00:23:37,200
Speaker 1: across the Pond. I think he's doing some dispatches too,

460
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Speaker 1: for the around the couple posts. Good so anyway, So, yes,

461
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Speaker 1: this is the defend your Hero segment where each week

462
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Speaker 1: usually at least one of us have a pick that

463
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Speaker 1: goes against the grain and everyone else goes in the

464
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Speaker 1: other direction. Uh. In this week in particular, I'm really

465
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Speaker 1: out there. I have a grand total of four hero picks,

466
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Speaker 1: which I'm pretty terrified about actually, But why don't we

467
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Speaker 1: start first of all with Mr Kevin Patrick coming at you,

468
00:24:03,480 --> 00:24:07,200
Speaker 1: who uh went out on a limb believes that speaking

469
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Speaker 1: of England, the Raiders will get off the schneid in

470
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Speaker 1: London at Wembley Stadium and take down the Miami Dolphins,

471
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Speaker 1: who are in all sorts of tumult right now, with

472
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Speaker 1: Ryan Tannehill coming out and naming himself the starter Joe

473
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Speaker 1: Philban on Thursday. Although he didn't say say as much

474
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Speaker 1: in the press conference, there was a report out there,

475
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Speaker 1: I believe in the Miami Herald that he had a

476
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Speaker 1: private meeting with the team and essentially apologize for putting,

477
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Speaker 1: uh this unnecessary distraction on the team about not naming

478
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Speaker 1: a quarterback. So Tannehill is a starter. I don't know

479
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Speaker 1: how long his rope is, but I think Patra is

480
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Speaker 1: buying into the fact that the Dolphins are really are

481
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Speaker 1: gonna lose again. Patrick Ain here, but Mark Seessler is

482
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Speaker 1: so Mark Sessler defend that here. That was a gallant leading.

483
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Speaker 1: I think I'm not sure where to go. You have

484
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Speaker 1: taken a lot of the fire out of my argument,

485
00:24:56,040 --> 00:24:57,600
Speaker 1: which did not have a lot of fire. I mean,

486
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Speaker 1: I thought, as the host, I needed to set it up,

487
00:25:00,200 --> 00:25:02,320
Speaker 1: and then you would go the deep diving into under

488
00:25:02,359 --> 00:25:05,480
Speaker 1: the cracks and crevices that people don't even think set

489
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Speaker 1: it up. He'd already be circling his finger in the air.

490
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Speaker 1: Let me let me see why I think Patra did

491
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Speaker 1: this a number one that Patrick I think went fourteen

492
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Speaker 1: and two last thirteen and three. So really anything he does,

493
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Speaker 1: I'll just say probably a good move on his part.

494
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Speaker 1: He did an outstanding you know, this was basically an

495
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Speaker 1: attempt to get under the skin of handsome Hank, who

496
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Speaker 1: is in London in a lifelong Dolphins fan. I think

497
00:25:28,560 --> 00:25:30,119
Speaker 1: it was a little bit of a nudge that said,

498
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Speaker 1: oh yeah, yeah, you on your business trip overseas. Not

499
00:25:34,080 --> 00:25:36,600
Speaker 1: all things will be rainbows. And one thing that I

500
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Speaker 1: can see happening here is Oakland winning this game. If

501
00:25:39,880 --> 00:25:42,600
Speaker 1: you go back and watch, you know, listen, sometimes these

502
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Speaker 1: teams that are so hapless or potentially hapless, if they're

503
00:25:46,040 --> 00:25:48,160
Speaker 1: gonna grow, it's not gonna always happen in Week one.

504
00:25:48,600 --> 00:25:52,040
Speaker 1: Oakland is not a very talented team on offense. But

505
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Speaker 1: Derek Carr, who everyone likes to dismiss entirely, I thought

506
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Speaker 1: he did some good things against New England. He was

507
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Speaker 1: far from a disaster, and they made the most of

508
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Speaker 1: a bad offensive line in New England. Right now, that's

509
00:26:02,800 --> 00:26:04,760
Speaker 1: not getting the job done. Oakland hung in there. Who

510
00:26:04,800 --> 00:26:07,280
Speaker 1: thought they were gonna lose that game sixteen and nine.

511
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Speaker 1: Some of that I think was the product of New

512
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Speaker 1: England not being itself right now. But your point is

513
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Speaker 1: a good one. That well, my point is that Oakland

514
00:26:12,920 --> 00:26:14,640
Speaker 1: took New England a little bit out of its game,

515
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Speaker 1: and they kept New England off the field for a

516
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Speaker 1: big chunk of the first half. They did a good job.

517
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Speaker 1: And this is Miami's offense has been an issue. Tannehill,

518
00:26:23,240 --> 00:26:25,520
Speaker 1: I think, is thirty one in the league in completion

519
00:26:25,520 --> 00:26:28,840
Speaker 1: percentage in the Gabbard zone for the season thirty yards

520
00:26:28,880 --> 00:26:32,000
Speaker 1: per attempt. He's thirty two right now. That offense was

521
00:26:32,000 --> 00:26:34,320
Speaker 1: supposed to come in and electrify right out of the gate,

522
00:26:34,400 --> 00:26:36,560
Speaker 1: the same way Phillies did. And if the running game

523
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Speaker 1: isn't working, if they can slow down Miami's run game,

524
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Speaker 1: They're going to give Miami problems. Patrick's not insane. Derek

525
00:26:42,240 --> 00:26:47,440
Speaker 1: Carr did something last week that Ryan Tannehill still can't

526
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Speaker 1: really do, and that's throw the ball before your receiver

527
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Speaker 1: makes his cuts. And that I noticed that three or

528
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Speaker 1: four times in the in the Raiders game, that car

529
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Speaker 1: let go of the ball. It's a timing pattern. His

530
00:27:00,320 --> 00:27:02,560
Speaker 1: guy hasn't even made his cut. It's right there on

531
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Speaker 1: the money. Tannehill is one of those guys Mayok always

532
00:27:05,760 --> 00:27:08,239
Speaker 1: talks about like Jake Cutler, He's got to see it

533
00:27:08,320 --> 00:27:10,960
Speaker 1: before he throws it. There's no anticipation, there's no feel

534
00:27:11,000 --> 00:27:13,800
Speaker 1: of the pocket. I mean, car was a better quarterback

535
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Speaker 1: last week. I don't know if he will be this week.

536
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Speaker 1: I think that the Dolphins defense is the best group

537
00:27:18,320 --> 00:27:19,639
Speaker 1: in this game. That's why I took them. But it

538
00:27:19,680 --> 00:27:21,520
Speaker 1: wouldn't surprise me. I don't think the Raiders are big

539
00:27:21,600 --> 00:27:23,800
Speaker 1: underdogs in this game. I really don't. It is as

540
00:27:23,800 --> 00:27:25,720
Speaker 1: far as hero picks go, I think this is a

541
00:27:25,760 --> 00:27:28,439
Speaker 1: strong one. But I mean I I used my Durast

542
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Speaker 1: cell power pick good for you ow on the Dolphins

543
00:27:33,280 --> 00:27:36,560
Speaker 1: just because I I think the Dolphins. A couple of

544
00:27:36,560 --> 00:27:39,040
Speaker 1: weeks ago, I I sent a tweet out that I

545
00:27:39,040 --> 00:27:41,159
Speaker 1: thought that Dolphins had a good shot at getting to

546
00:27:41,240 --> 00:27:43,719
Speaker 1: four and oh, that's obviously not gonna happen. But I

547
00:27:43,760 --> 00:27:46,600
Speaker 1: thought through through the first week. Maybe not a tweet

548
00:27:46,600 --> 00:27:48,600
Speaker 1: you want to bring back up? Listen, I'm I'm not

549
00:27:48,640 --> 00:27:51,440
Speaker 1: one of these pundits that don't bring up their failures.

550
00:27:51,520 --> 00:27:56,399
Speaker 1: That's that's a pet peeved. Yeah, what do you shut

551
00:27:56,480 --> 00:27:59,080
Speaker 1: up everyone and listen to me when I speak? Um

552
00:27:59,280 --> 00:28:02,360
Speaker 1: that I think that, honestly, the Dolphins aren't as bad

553
00:28:02,359 --> 00:28:04,080
Speaker 1: as maybe they've seen the last two weeks, and the

554
00:28:04,160 --> 00:28:06,600
Speaker 1: Raiders stink. Come on, you see, that's where I disagree.

555
00:28:06,600 --> 00:28:08,440
Speaker 1: I think people just look at Oakland and I don't

556
00:28:08,440 --> 00:28:10,680
Speaker 1: know how many Raiders games you watched this Oh, they're terrible.

557
00:28:10,720 --> 00:28:12,480
Speaker 1: I'm gonna keep you know. You could be smart to

558
00:28:12,480 --> 00:28:14,520
Speaker 1: pick against them every week this season. You probably get

559
00:28:14,520 --> 00:28:18,520
Speaker 1: eleven of those, right, But if you watch that Patriots game,

560
00:28:18,560 --> 00:28:21,200
Speaker 1: they were not a disaster. Justin Tuck played a little

561
00:28:21,200 --> 00:28:24,720
Speaker 1: bit better last week. But the difference is Cameron Wake

562
00:28:24,920 --> 00:28:28,679
Speaker 1: Olivia Vernon. The defensive talent on Miami is strong, and

563
00:28:28,680 --> 00:28:30,840
Speaker 1: I don't see any reason to believe that the Raiders

564
00:28:30,840 --> 00:28:33,760
Speaker 1: are gonna put up more than fourteen seventeen points towards

565
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Speaker 1: Khalil mac next game. Boom. Alright, we're going into the

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Speaker 1: next four picks are all hero picks of mine. As

567
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Speaker 1: I said, I'm terrified about it. Greg, Why don't you

568
00:28:42,480 --> 00:28:45,160
Speaker 1: you know? I guess we should start with the one

569
00:28:45,240 --> 00:28:47,080
Speaker 1: that if I were you, I'd feel the best about,

570
00:28:47,520 --> 00:28:51,040
Speaker 1: because not only is it your team, the New York Jets,

571
00:28:51,080 --> 00:28:54,360
Speaker 1: but they're at home against the team that's typically uneven.

572
00:28:54,520 --> 00:28:58,040
Speaker 1: The Detroit Lions defend your hero I really. I mean,

573
00:28:58,080 --> 00:29:00,880
Speaker 1: I think the Jets, they look really bad on Monday

574
00:29:00,960 --> 00:29:04,160
Speaker 1: Night and their inability to take advantage of the Bears

575
00:29:04,480 --> 00:29:05,800
Speaker 1: that we're trying to give him that game. But I

576
00:29:05,840 --> 00:29:08,240
Speaker 1: think ultimately they've been a good team at home in

577
00:29:08,280 --> 00:29:10,960
Speaker 1: the last couple of years, especially with Gino Smith behind center.

578
00:29:11,120 --> 00:29:14,000
Speaker 1: He's never lost back to back games at the Meadow

579
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Speaker 1: Ends in his career. And yeah, what you said? Yeah,

580
00:29:16,240 --> 00:29:19,280
Speaker 1: I mean you know that the Lions there are two teams.

581
00:29:19,360 --> 00:29:22,800
Speaker 1: Ball teams are kind of hard to figure out right now. Um,

582
00:29:22,880 --> 00:29:25,120
Speaker 1: and I think I'm taking the home team. I don't know.

583
00:29:25,200 --> 00:29:26,680
Speaker 1: I don't know if I can trust the Lions to

584
00:29:26,720 --> 00:29:28,600
Speaker 1: do well in the in that setting. I think the

585
00:29:28,680 --> 00:29:31,320
Speaker 1: Jets will play better this week than they did on Monday.

586
00:29:31,520 --> 00:29:33,040
Speaker 1: I just feel good about the Jets here. I think

587
00:29:33,120 --> 00:29:34,760
Speaker 1: Dan has a point. You know, there's probably a little

588
00:29:34,800 --> 00:29:37,600
Speaker 1: bit of buyer's remorse on the part of the entire

589
00:29:37,800 --> 00:29:40,440
Speaker 1: around the NFL group. We all picked the Jets, we

590
00:29:40,560 --> 00:29:42,240
Speaker 1: got fried for it. It's like, I'm not gonna make

591
00:29:42,240 --> 00:29:45,520
Speaker 1: that mistake again. The Lions have three plus turnovers and

592
00:29:45,600 --> 00:29:47,840
Speaker 1: eight of the last ten games. A bunch of those

593
00:29:47,880 --> 00:29:50,120
Speaker 1: came on the road. You can say that doesn't matter,

594
00:29:50,440 --> 00:29:53,760
Speaker 1: but you know what, New York did not look as

595
00:29:53,800 --> 00:29:55,600
Speaker 1: bad to me as the score in the in part

596
00:29:55,640 --> 00:29:57,840
Speaker 1: of that game last week. I think that Rex Ryan

597
00:29:58,280 --> 00:29:59,920
Speaker 1: is one of the remains one of the better coach

598
00:30:00,120 --> 00:30:02,400
Speaker 1: is in the a f C. Especially with the defense.

599
00:30:02,760 --> 00:30:05,360
Speaker 1: You have to win the matchup with Megatron. That's your

600
00:30:05,440 --> 00:30:07,600
Speaker 1: challenge right there. I don't think they're gonna win it,

601
00:30:07,640 --> 00:30:10,120
Speaker 1: but the question is whether they get killed on it

602
00:30:10,400 --> 00:30:13,800
Speaker 1: keep it from He hasn't even practiced as we tape this,

603
00:30:14,200 --> 00:30:16,760
Speaker 1: but that happened last year? How and what how many

604
00:30:16,800 --> 00:30:19,720
Speaker 1: weeks were we writing an injury update on Megatron. On Saturday,

605
00:30:19,760 --> 00:30:23,000
Speaker 1: Antonio Allen, you're Jets cornerback, says he wants to hold

606
00:30:23,040 --> 00:30:25,680
Speaker 1: Megatron without a catch. That's his goal. I mean, it's

607
00:30:25,680 --> 00:30:28,080
Speaker 1: good to have goals. And by the way, one Jets

608
00:30:28,080 --> 00:30:30,960
Speaker 1: related thing, I don't know this narrative that's been floating

609
00:30:31,000 --> 00:30:33,280
Speaker 1: around or it's been pushed ever since Gino bombed on

610
00:30:33,320 --> 00:30:35,360
Speaker 1: Monday night that all of a sudden, maybe is his

611
00:30:35,440 --> 00:30:38,840
Speaker 1: job in danger and all this sudden it's completely stupid.

612
00:30:38,880 --> 00:30:41,960
Speaker 1: I mean, the Jets still believe in Smith, and he

613
00:30:42,000 --> 00:30:45,240
Speaker 1: showed he showed enough this season Monday notwithstanding, to have

614
00:30:45,320 --> 00:30:47,920
Speaker 1: a pretty long lease right now. So Gino Smith is

615
00:30:47,960 --> 00:30:49,760
Speaker 1: not on a week to week deal right now. Michael

616
00:30:49,800 --> 00:30:51,720
Speaker 1: Vick is not about to go into the game for

617
00:30:51,760 --> 00:30:54,800
Speaker 1: the Jets. One reason I took the Lions was because

618
00:30:54,960 --> 00:30:57,320
Speaker 1: of how they closed out the game against Green Bay.

619
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Speaker 1: This was a team that always used to struggle to

620
00:30:59,520 --> 00:31:02,320
Speaker 1: run the ball all when Scott Lenahan was running the

621
00:31:02,360 --> 00:31:05,360
Speaker 1: offense and close out these late games and you'd have

622
00:31:05,400 --> 00:31:08,520
Speaker 1: some crazy plays because they just throw. And I like

623
00:31:08,600 --> 00:31:12,080
Speaker 1: this running game. I like the movement that Matthew Stafford

624
00:31:12,160 --> 00:31:13,600
Speaker 1: is showing this year. I don't know if he's gotten

625
00:31:13,640 --> 00:31:17,240
Speaker 1: better at that. I swear he's gotten better at moving, running,

626
00:31:17,440 --> 00:31:20,400
Speaker 1: avoiding tacklers. He's looked really they really played it up

627
00:31:20,400 --> 00:31:22,560
Speaker 1: on Monday Night Football in Week one when he was

628
00:31:22,600 --> 00:31:26,200
Speaker 1: dodging the Giants. That he spent the offseason getting better

629
00:31:26,240 --> 00:31:28,560
Speaker 1: shape and all that, and I think maybe that has

630
00:31:28,600 --> 00:31:30,360
Speaker 1: something to do with it. One last thing we talked

631
00:31:30,400 --> 00:31:33,680
Speaker 1: about Calvin Johnson. The wide receiver that might be the

632
00:31:33,680 --> 00:31:36,640
Speaker 1: most important of this game is Eric Decker in his health,

633
00:31:36,720 --> 00:31:39,080
Speaker 1: Because if you can't go or if he has to

634
00:31:39,080 --> 00:31:40,960
Speaker 1: pull himself out of the game like he did last week,

635
00:31:41,240 --> 00:31:43,720
Speaker 1: then New York suddenly has nothing vertical down the field

636
00:31:43,720 --> 00:31:45,680
Speaker 1: and you're gonna have to score some points. I think

637
00:31:45,680 --> 00:31:47,840
Speaker 1: in this football game, agreed, that will be a big difference.

638
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Speaker 1: You're saying Stephen Hill not gonna Oh wait, yeah, Stephen

639
00:31:51,040 --> 00:31:54,360
Speaker 1: Hill working at a local price right in like East Hampstead.

640
00:31:54,440 --> 00:31:56,480
Speaker 1: Usually you know where he is. He's on a practice

641
00:31:56,520 --> 00:32:01,720
Speaker 1: squad of the Carolina Panthers. And that's hug Dan's next

642
00:32:01,760 --> 00:32:07,520
Speaker 1: hero pen retiring from the host chair after that. Uh,

643
00:32:07,600 --> 00:32:10,560
Speaker 1: Baltimore Ravens Carolina Panthers should be one of the best

644
00:32:10,560 --> 00:32:12,520
Speaker 1: games of the week. You're the only one that took

645
00:32:12,640 --> 00:32:15,640
Speaker 1: the Panthers. Defend your hero. First of all, I really

646
00:32:15,720 --> 00:32:20,840
Speaker 1: liked that transition against Stephen Hill to Caroline. That was

647
00:32:20,920 --> 00:32:25,120
Speaker 1: really solid. Uh yeah, the Panthers are good. The Panther's

648
00:32:25,160 --> 00:32:27,200
Speaker 1: a good I can't believe I got a hero pick

649
00:32:27,200 --> 00:32:30,239
Speaker 1: on this. They stumble on Sunday night. Sometimes games get

650
00:32:30,280 --> 00:32:32,800
Speaker 1: away from a team. That's what happened against the Steelers.

651
00:32:33,400 --> 00:32:35,239
Speaker 1: But that doesn't mean that all of a sudden. I

652
00:32:35,280 --> 00:32:37,760
Speaker 1: don't think that the Panthers can go into Baltimore and

653
00:32:37,760 --> 00:32:40,520
Speaker 1: being a Ravens team that I'm sorry, I mean. Ravens

654
00:32:40,560 --> 00:32:43,760
Speaker 1: to me are an eight to nine win team, maybe

655
00:32:43,760 --> 00:32:45,880
Speaker 1: ten at the at the ceiling. But they're not a

656
00:32:45,920 --> 00:32:48,080
Speaker 1: great team by any stretch. I think the Panthers are better.

657
00:32:48,400 --> 00:32:51,240
Speaker 1: I think Panthers Cam Newton is another week removed from

658
00:32:51,440 --> 00:32:54,200
Speaker 1: ankle surgery. I think that they're just the better team

659
00:32:54,240 --> 00:32:56,760
Speaker 1: with the better defense, and that will carry the day.

660
00:32:56,880 --> 00:33:00,240
Speaker 1: One thing I noticed last week in the game against

661
00:33:00,240 --> 00:33:02,959
Speaker 1: the Browns for Baltimore, their run defense, and this has

662
00:33:03,000 --> 00:33:06,320
Speaker 1: been a theme all season, has gotten better in Baltimore.

663
00:33:06,320 --> 00:33:08,440
Speaker 1: They're they're doing a nice job against the run. Their

664
00:33:08,480 --> 00:33:11,480
Speaker 1: defense in general is tough and and in Carolina doesn't

665
00:33:11,520 --> 00:33:13,840
Speaker 1: bring much on the ground. So suddenly it's gonna put

666
00:33:13,840 --> 00:33:16,560
Speaker 1: a lot of pressure on Cam Newton to make plays

667
00:33:16,600 --> 00:33:20,640
Speaker 1: through the air all game long. In Baltimore's offense, you've

668
00:33:20,640 --> 00:33:22,880
Speaker 1: got Steve Smith. He's fired up to come in here

669
00:33:22,920 --> 00:33:25,400
Speaker 1: and have that game that puts everyone on the map

670
00:33:25,440 --> 00:33:28,000
Speaker 1: to say, Panthers, you made a mistake by letting this guy,

671
00:33:28,080 --> 00:33:30,480
Speaker 1: Dave Gentleman. You wanted to save your pennies, You just

672
00:33:30,560 --> 00:33:32,280
Speaker 1: let your best wide receiver walk out the door, have

673
00:33:32,320 --> 00:33:34,800
Speaker 1: a nice afternoon. And he famously said, even before he

674
00:33:34,800 --> 00:33:36,840
Speaker 1: had signed with the Ravens that if the Panthers are

675
00:33:36,880 --> 00:33:39,760
Speaker 1: on his schedule, get out the goggles because there's gonna

676
00:33:39,760 --> 00:33:42,640
Speaker 1: be blood and guts everywhere on the field. That at

677
00:33:42,960 --> 00:33:45,240
Speaker 1: the Carolina This game is not played in Carolina, but

678
00:33:45,280 --> 00:33:48,000
Speaker 1: close enough. And and Joe Flacco had a funny line

679
00:33:48,040 --> 00:33:50,560
Speaker 1: also yesterday he was he was asked if he thought

680
00:33:50,600 --> 00:33:53,360
Speaker 1: that Steve Smith would be coming to him asking for

681
00:33:53,400 --> 00:33:56,880
Speaker 1: more targets and uh, Flaco's response was, I'm not gonna

682
00:33:57,040 --> 00:33:59,280
Speaker 1: listen to that maniac and that will mess up my

683
00:33:59,320 --> 00:34:01,800
Speaker 1: play or something that And then they asked Smith about it,

684
00:34:01,840 --> 00:34:03,960
Speaker 1: of course, and he said, I guess that's some type

685
00:34:04,000 --> 00:34:06,680
Speaker 1: of backhanded compliment, but he kind of took it in stride.

686
00:34:06,720 --> 00:34:09,080
Speaker 1: So no, the other and Dennis Pett him not in

687
00:34:09,120 --> 00:34:12,440
Speaker 1: the picture, maybe out for his career. Unfortunately, with that

688
00:34:12,560 --> 00:34:15,040
Speaker 1: hip injury, that's a big loss and own Daniels will

689
00:34:15,040 --> 00:34:18,280
Speaker 1: not fill that void anytime soon. This is the best

690
00:34:18,320 --> 00:34:20,520
Speaker 1: game of the week now that I think about it.

691
00:34:20,520 --> 00:34:22,279
Speaker 1: Maybe I should have taken it at the top of

692
00:34:22,280 --> 00:34:25,239
Speaker 1: the show because these are two teams. I don't have

693
00:34:25,280 --> 00:34:27,560
Speaker 1: a feel for yet this season, but I think they

694
00:34:27,600 --> 00:34:29,760
Speaker 1: both could be pretty good. That's why I took the Ravens.

695
00:34:29,920 --> 00:34:32,160
Speaker 1: I feel weird about it because I still like the Panthers.

696
00:34:32,160 --> 00:34:34,360
Speaker 1: I got a hero pick on the Panthers earlier this season,

697
00:34:34,480 --> 00:34:36,640
Speaker 1: so it's worked out well for me. They've always been

698
00:34:36,719 --> 00:34:39,200
Speaker 1: very good to us here at the around they've been great.

699
00:34:39,440 --> 00:34:42,759
Speaker 1: But the Ravens have impressed me too. You mentioned them

700
00:34:42,800 --> 00:34:45,439
Speaker 1: stopping the run. Their offensive line is so much better,

701
00:34:45,520 --> 00:34:48,040
Speaker 1: and that they're gonna be without their left tackle Eugene

702
00:34:48,040 --> 00:34:49,759
Speaker 1: Monroe for three or four weeks, so that could be

703
00:34:49,760 --> 00:34:52,600
Speaker 1: a big factor. But there's so much better run blocking

704
00:34:53,040 --> 00:34:55,200
Speaker 1: and pass blocking. They're good up front. I thought it

705
00:34:55,239 --> 00:34:56,919
Speaker 1: was a coin flip type of game that these both

706
00:34:56,960 --> 00:34:59,360
Speaker 1: could be playoff teams, and that's why I took the

707
00:34:59,400 --> 00:35:01,880
Speaker 1: home teams. But talk to with your band Dan Daniel

708
00:35:01,920 --> 00:35:04,719
Speaker 1: Jeremiah yesterday and he like, I know you do, a

709
00:35:04,719 --> 00:35:07,080
Speaker 1: lot of people in the Ravens organization, um that just

710
00:35:07,120 --> 00:35:10,200
Speaker 1: don't like his podcast. It's not a mistake that big

711
00:35:10,239 --> 00:35:12,240
Speaker 1: plays are coming off the right side of that line.

712
00:35:12,560 --> 00:35:14,480
Speaker 1: They're they're much happier with the right side of the

713
00:35:14,520 --> 00:35:16,960
Speaker 1: line right now. And one guy to look for. Rookie

714
00:35:17,040 --> 00:35:21,759
Speaker 1: running back Lorenzo talia Faro looked fantastic against Cleveland last week,

715
00:35:21,840 --> 00:35:25,040
Speaker 1: kind of unstoppable. That's summertime arrest went off the grid.

716
00:35:25,120 --> 00:35:27,560
Speaker 1: No one had much to say about him. He's a

717
00:35:27,680 --> 00:35:30,080
Speaker 1: He's an next factor. Everybody, anybody that wants to call

718
00:35:30,280 --> 00:35:34,440
Speaker 1: Lorenzo talia Faro lt do not do it, because that

719
00:35:34,600 --> 00:35:37,000
Speaker 1: is a great name and that should be said fully

720
00:35:37,040 --> 00:35:39,680
Speaker 1: first and last every time on every reference. All Right,

721
00:35:40,040 --> 00:35:45,000
Speaker 1: another great name. I don't know I got almost Sean

722
00:35:45,040 --> 00:35:53,160
Speaker 1: Payton Nos Bryant Des Bryant, Dallas Cowboys, New Orleans Saints.

723
00:35:53,600 --> 00:35:56,960
Speaker 1: I remember these games from the last five years. Whenever

724
00:35:57,000 --> 00:36:00,360
Speaker 1: Sean Payton goes up against the Cowboys, it just seems

725
00:36:00,400 --> 00:36:03,280
Speaker 1: like he's got a little extra juice in the offensive playbook.

726
00:36:03,280 --> 00:36:07,520
Speaker 1: Bill Parcells. His old team, his old team, Saints, Cowboys. Dan,

727
00:36:07,560 --> 00:36:10,319
Speaker 1: you're the only one that has the Cowboys defend your here.

728
00:36:10,480 --> 00:36:12,160
Speaker 1: This is the only one I don't feel great about.

729
00:36:12,280 --> 00:36:15,320
Speaker 1: I get sucked in. Everyone knows on this podcast. I

730
00:36:15,320 --> 00:36:18,279
Speaker 1: get sucked in by all NFC East teams, but particularly

731
00:36:18,320 --> 00:36:21,120
Speaker 1: the Cowboys and the Giants. And I think, but I

732
00:36:21,120 --> 00:36:23,719
Speaker 1: think in this case that I the only thing I

733
00:36:23,760 --> 00:36:26,319
Speaker 1: can hang my hat on feel somewhat confident about is

734
00:36:26,320 --> 00:36:28,360
Speaker 1: that the Saints aren't going to be as good on

735
00:36:28,400 --> 00:36:31,279
Speaker 1: the road. I think, Greg you mentioned it yesterday in

736
00:36:31,280 --> 00:36:33,959
Speaker 1: the newsroom, the six and twelve six and twelve since

737
00:36:33,960 --> 00:36:36,399
Speaker 1: the start of two thousand twelve, so the road all

738
00:36:36,480 --> 00:36:38,759
Speaker 1: use Saints fans that tweeted at me a couple of

739
00:36:38,760 --> 00:36:41,040
Speaker 1: weeks ago when I said they were a bad road team, Like,

740
00:36:41,080 --> 00:36:43,640
Speaker 1: what am I talking about? Six and twelve? Yeah, so

741
00:36:43,760 --> 00:36:45,759
Speaker 1: that was I mean, that tells you right there that

742
00:36:45,880 --> 00:36:48,439
Speaker 1: no one should be blindly thinking the Saints are gonna

743
00:36:48,480 --> 00:36:50,799
Speaker 1: go into Dallas and wipe out the Cowboys. I think

744
00:36:50,840 --> 00:36:53,080
Speaker 1: I liked what I saw from Tony Romo last week.

745
00:36:53,239 --> 00:36:56,040
Speaker 1: I think the Cowboys are gonna score points. I think

746
00:36:56,040 --> 00:36:57,759
Speaker 1: this is a game that they're gonna have to put

747
00:36:57,800 --> 00:36:59,279
Speaker 1: up about thirty points, and I think they could do

748
00:36:59,280 --> 00:37:01,600
Speaker 1: it against Rob and Rob Bryan is shown that he

749
00:37:01,600 --> 00:37:04,439
Speaker 1: could fail at Cowboys Stadium or whatever they call it now,

750
00:37:04,760 --> 00:37:06,920
Speaker 1: a T and T stadium, and I think he'll fail again,

751
00:37:06,960 --> 00:37:08,840
Speaker 1: and I think the Cowboys will come out with a

752
00:37:08,880 --> 00:37:13,279
Speaker 1: nice little does a study on like successful plays and

753
00:37:13,320 --> 00:37:16,360
Speaker 1: the Saints and Cowboys offenses lead the league and successful

754
00:37:16,360 --> 00:37:18,239
Speaker 1: plays this season. And you know, we look at the

755
00:37:18,239 --> 00:37:21,280
Speaker 1: Saints that are one and two. What's wrong in New Orleans? Actually,

756
00:37:21,400 --> 00:37:24,520
Speaker 1: they've scored on thirteen drives, that's the best in the league.

757
00:37:24,640 --> 00:37:26,360
Speaker 1: And they have the best third down conversion in the

758
00:37:26,400 --> 00:37:29,560
Speaker 1: league right now. Well, what's wrong is their defense? Rob Ryan,

759
00:37:29,680 --> 00:37:31,600
Speaker 1: he doesn't need to go on the road to struggle.

760
00:37:31,920 --> 00:37:34,319
Speaker 1: He struggles everywhere. I guess they did find last week

761
00:37:34,400 --> 00:37:38,440
Speaker 1: against the Vikings, but statistically they are among the worst

762
00:37:38,480 --> 00:37:40,719
Speaker 1: defenses in the league so far, and they've got to

763
00:37:40,719 --> 00:37:42,960
Speaker 1: go up against a very good offensive line in De Marco.

764
00:37:43,320 --> 00:37:45,960
Speaker 1: Like every other year, Rob Ryan is either a genius

765
00:37:46,040 --> 00:37:48,640
Speaker 1: or a fool, and this is the full year. Next

766
00:37:48,719 --> 00:37:53,080
Speaker 1: year he'll be riding high again. Somewhere else, somewhere else. Yeah,

767
00:37:53,120 --> 00:37:55,760
Speaker 1: the Saints are thirty first in the league by Football

768
00:37:55,840 --> 00:37:59,160
Speaker 1: Outsiders numbers. The only team that's worse You're Cleveland Browns

769
00:38:00,000 --> 00:38:03,319
Speaker 1: on defense. On defense? Right, well, it's actually aren't you

770
00:38:03,360 --> 00:38:07,120
Speaker 1: the best at being the worst defense? This is my favorite,

771
00:38:07,200 --> 00:38:10,080
Speaker 1: your favorite week of the year. By the way, having

772
00:38:10,160 --> 00:38:12,720
Speaker 1: done now five seasons with Mark, whenever it's the Cleveland

773
00:38:12,760 --> 00:38:15,279
Speaker 1: bye week, you don't have to worry about Mark being

774
00:38:15,280 --> 00:38:17,120
Speaker 1: in a bad mood. At any point in the afternoon,

775
00:38:17,440 --> 00:38:20,400
Speaker 1: Everything's gonna be okay. It's gonna be Mark just enjoying

776
00:38:20,719 --> 00:38:24,120
Speaker 1: pig skin. We can worry about ourselves and our teams

777
00:38:24,120 --> 00:38:26,840
Speaker 1: instead of just worrying about Marks well being Mark the

778
00:38:26,880 --> 00:38:30,560
Speaker 1: whole time. I got one more. Oh yeah. Other comment

779
00:38:30,640 --> 00:38:33,160
Speaker 1: on that fine tribe that just came from the second

780
00:38:33,600 --> 00:38:37,319
Speaker 1: week of the year, that Dan has four hero picks

781
00:38:37,440 --> 00:38:39,320
Speaker 1: at five Actually in a week you did, and you

782
00:38:39,760 --> 00:38:43,640
Speaker 1: hit three of them, and so you still lead the season. Uh,

783
00:38:43,760 --> 00:38:46,560
Speaker 1: standings in hero picks not an overall riddle of the pack,

784
00:38:46,600 --> 00:38:48,719
Speaker 1: and overall maybe in the back end you've got three

785
00:38:48,760 --> 00:38:51,279
Speaker 1: hero picks. I have two patricks, got a couple your

786
00:38:51,360 --> 00:38:53,719
Speaker 1: last one of the week. The Kansas City Chiefs at

787
00:38:53,920 --> 00:38:58,120
Speaker 1: home on Monday night football against my New England Patriots.

788
00:38:58,120 --> 00:39:00,640
Speaker 1: Defend your hero I gotta say I said the Dallas game.

789
00:39:00,680 --> 00:39:02,359
Speaker 1: I have maybe a little bit of regret this one.

790
00:39:02,360 --> 00:39:05,759
Speaker 1: I'm feeling good about Monday night New England Patriots. Don't

791
00:39:05,760 --> 00:39:08,520
Speaker 1: know what they're doing on offense right now. Gronks not playing,

792
00:39:08,840 --> 00:39:12,480
Speaker 1: is playing half the game, not moving too well. Well,

793
00:39:12,560 --> 00:39:15,080
Speaker 1: listen the the Chiefs. This is my concern about the

794
00:39:15,120 --> 00:39:17,560
Speaker 1: Chiefs is Jamal Charles if he's healthy. I know they

795
00:39:17,880 --> 00:39:19,840
Speaker 1: have tons of injuries. The Chiefs, maybe they're not the

796
00:39:19,880 --> 00:39:21,680
Speaker 1: same team, but they're coming off a win. They're in

797
00:39:21,719 --> 00:39:24,439
Speaker 1: their own building. It's gonna be loud, it's gonna be uh,

798
00:39:24,480 --> 00:39:26,680
Speaker 1: there's gonna be a lot of barbecue being ingested. I

799
00:39:26,680 --> 00:39:29,319
Speaker 1: don't know how that affects the game, but it's still fun.

800
00:39:29,680 --> 00:39:32,960
Speaker 1: I think, Uh, the Patriots gonna continue to struggle on

801
00:39:33,080 --> 00:39:36,400
Speaker 1: offense even against the Chiefs team that's not gonna scare anybody,

802
00:39:36,600 --> 00:39:38,680
Speaker 1: and I think the Chiefs win. I I really like,

803
00:39:38,760 --> 00:39:41,399
Speaker 1: I feel good about this. The Patriots are not playing well.

804
00:39:41,400 --> 00:39:45,200
Speaker 1: They've they've been able to uh you know, the season

805
00:39:45,239 --> 00:39:48,000
Speaker 1: has not started terribly for them, but at the same time,

806
00:39:48,040 --> 00:39:50,600
Speaker 1: they could easily have lost all the games. Really they

807
00:39:50,640 --> 00:39:54,560
Speaker 1: played right, that's fair, that's fair. But still, I mean,

808
00:39:54,719 --> 00:39:56,799
Speaker 1: I just feel good about this. I think Kansas City

809
00:39:56,840 --> 00:39:58,960
Speaker 1: at home is in a good spot. You know. The Chiefs,

810
00:39:59,360 --> 00:40:01,840
Speaker 1: I I'm sometimes early in the year, I got stuck

811
00:40:01,840 --> 00:40:03,879
Speaker 1: on what happened in Week one with them, and they've

812
00:40:03,880 --> 00:40:06,799
Speaker 1: got their issues, but they've run for over three yards

813
00:40:06,840 --> 00:40:10,320
Speaker 1: in the last two weeks. They have success running the football.

814
00:40:10,320 --> 00:40:13,720
Speaker 1: That's what they're about. Alex Smith. You know, it's easy

815
00:40:13,760 --> 00:40:16,239
Speaker 1: to overlook him too. I think his play has been

816
00:40:16,320 --> 00:40:19,040
Speaker 1: with what he's dealing with and the shortcomings on the

817
00:40:19,040 --> 00:40:21,919
Speaker 1: offensive line has gone above and beyond what they could

818
00:40:21,920 --> 00:40:23,960
Speaker 1: have asked. I mean, he is one of quietly one

819
00:40:23,960 --> 00:40:27,400
Speaker 1: of the better rushing quarterbacks in the entire NFL. And

820
00:40:27,400 --> 00:40:29,520
Speaker 1: people don't want to see that. They'll look elsewhere. It's

821
00:40:29,520 --> 00:40:31,520
Speaker 1: like this guy continues to make these plays. They have

822
00:40:31,719 --> 00:40:36,200
Speaker 1: unbelievable limitations. Right now, Pro Football Focus has the Chiefs

823
00:40:36,200 --> 00:40:39,560
Speaker 1: and the Patriots offensive lines as the worst two offensive

824
00:40:39,600 --> 00:40:43,120
Speaker 1: lines in the league overall and in terms of past protection,

825
00:40:43,360 --> 00:40:45,640
Speaker 1: these two teams are really mirror images of each other

826
00:40:45,640 --> 00:40:48,239
Speaker 1: because all they can do is dncing dunk. I mean

827
00:40:48,280 --> 00:40:53,080
Speaker 1: Alex Smith didn't attempt a single pass last week that

828
00:40:53,160 --> 00:40:55,480
Speaker 1: traveled more than ten yards in the year, not once,

829
00:40:56,040 --> 00:40:58,359
Speaker 1: and they when they scored thirty four points and they

830
00:40:58,400 --> 00:40:59,800
Speaker 1: won the game, and he faced a lot of the

831
00:40:59,880 --> 00:41:01,840
Speaker 1: me the at pressure, but they ran the ball and

832
00:41:01,880 --> 00:41:04,120
Speaker 1: he made good throws on third down. The two teams

833
00:41:04,120 --> 00:41:07,120
Speaker 1: are are very similar. They're not explosive. I guess it'd

834
00:41:07,160 --> 00:41:10,160
Speaker 1: be a game you could play some fantasy defenses there well.

835
00:41:10,160 --> 00:41:13,520
Speaker 1: And meanwhile, Brady is one one for seventeen on passes

836
00:41:13,560 --> 00:41:15,759
Speaker 1: over twenty yards, which is worse than the league right now.

837
00:41:16,040 --> 00:41:18,000
Speaker 1: I think for many of the same reasons, because in

838
00:41:18,040 --> 00:41:21,000
Speaker 1: the past, you'd say New England will spend that first

839
00:41:21,040 --> 00:41:23,600
Speaker 1: month figuring out what it doesn't want to do on offense,

840
00:41:23,600 --> 00:41:26,400
Speaker 1: and then it will like unlike some teams transform itself

841
00:41:26,440 --> 00:41:29,320
Speaker 1: and becomes something else. They might, but when your offensive

842
00:41:29,360 --> 00:41:31,240
Speaker 1: line is looking worse than it has in a decade,

843
00:41:31,440 --> 00:41:34,080
Speaker 1: the issues are there. I think Dan is maybe onto

844
00:41:34,120 --> 00:41:37,560
Speaker 1: something with this home game on Monday night. Yeah, that

845
00:41:37,600 --> 00:41:39,960
Speaker 1: can change. That changes. Here's the other thing, Like and

846
00:41:40,239 --> 00:41:43,600
Speaker 1: the Patriots are marquee franchise with the most famous quarterback

847
00:41:43,880 --> 00:41:47,040
Speaker 1: in the world, and all that fan bases get pumped

848
00:41:47,080 --> 00:41:49,600
Speaker 1: up for that game. When the Patriots coming into town

849
00:41:49,640 --> 00:41:52,520
Speaker 1: on primetime, that place is gonna be loud. The Chiefs

850
00:41:52,520 --> 00:41:54,120
Speaker 1: are gonna be way into it. I think it's a

851
00:41:54,120 --> 00:41:55,879
Speaker 1: really good spot form and you know how you shut

852
00:41:55,920 --> 00:41:59,480
Speaker 1: them up. You have Chandler Jones matchup against Eric Fisher

853
00:41:59,840 --> 00:42:03,800
Speaker 1: and in that poor kid's career, I mean, Tayler Jones

854
00:42:03,880 --> 00:42:06,000
Speaker 1: is just about the most impressive defensive player in the

855
00:42:06,080 --> 00:42:08,320
Speaker 1: league right now, and Eric Fisher is about the worst

856
00:42:08,400 --> 00:42:10,919
Speaker 1: left tackle in the league. That is the number one

857
00:42:11,000 --> 00:42:13,880
Speaker 1: overall pick in an NFL draft. So I'm just saying that.

858
00:42:13,960 --> 00:42:18,600
Speaker 1: Then you give them the offense, which is centered around

859
00:42:18,680 --> 00:42:21,040
Speaker 1: Julian Edelman right now, a chance to go out and

860
00:42:21,120 --> 00:42:24,360
Speaker 1: score like fourteen points. It comes down to Rob Gronkowski.

861
00:42:24,640 --> 00:42:27,440
Speaker 1: He says he's gonna play more this game. He might

862
00:42:27,440 --> 00:42:29,880
Speaker 1: want to lose that limp he's been walking with. I

863
00:42:29,880 --> 00:42:31,600
Speaker 1: don't know if it's a limp, but he's certainly not

864
00:42:31,640 --> 00:42:33,839
Speaker 1: as explosive as he's been in the past. He are

865
00:42:33,920 --> 00:42:37,000
Speaker 1: you more explosive than Gronk or is he more explosive

866
00:42:37,080 --> 00:42:40,960
Speaker 1: than you? I think would need about six more surgeries

867
00:42:41,200 --> 00:42:43,839
Speaker 1: to be less explosive than me. But I think he's

868
00:42:43,920 --> 00:42:47,080
Speaker 1: starting to head downward. The slope we all get older

869
00:42:47,760 --> 00:42:52,360
Speaker 1: is the Patriots are gonna be great for running for

870
00:42:52,400 --> 00:42:56,560
Speaker 1: a bunch of Logger Greg best Patriots defense in a decade.

871
00:42:57,080 --> 00:42:58,960
Speaker 1: I think that's gonna have for an eight and eight team.

872
00:42:59,040 --> 00:43:01,520
Speaker 1: Hanging your hat on that, all right, So that's the

873
00:43:01,600 --> 00:43:03,440
Speaker 1: last hero pick before we go into the rest of

874
00:43:03,480 --> 00:43:05,600
Speaker 1: the games. T D. I want to check in with

875
00:43:05,640 --> 00:43:08,799
Speaker 1: you real quick. This is this is perhaps the most

876
00:43:08,840 --> 00:43:12,320
Speaker 1: important task that a producer for the Around the NFL

877
00:43:12,360 --> 00:43:15,280
Speaker 1: podcast has. You have not This will be your maiden voyage.

878
00:43:15,520 --> 00:43:20,640
Speaker 1: It's time to get into when Greg's toaster, it is yep,

879
00:43:20,800 --> 00:43:23,400
Speaker 1: you're gonna have to start. Just let me know you

880
00:43:23,480 --> 00:43:25,680
Speaker 1: have time. This is an assignment like when the back

881
00:43:25,719 --> 00:43:27,880
Speaker 1: in the school where they said, you know, this assignment

882
00:43:27,920 --> 00:43:31,920
Speaker 1: isn't due for several weeks. It's time for our producer

883
00:43:32,040 --> 00:43:34,959
Speaker 1: t D to start looking for some as Greg puts

884
00:43:34,960 --> 00:43:38,720
Speaker 1: a tomato cans for him to just cushion his title

885
00:43:38,760 --> 00:43:42,320
Speaker 1: defense on UH and and T and gold standed a

886
00:43:42,360 --> 00:43:45,000
Speaker 1: great job finding some competitors, and now it is yours.

887
00:43:45,239 --> 00:43:47,520
Speaker 1: I used to love that. I used to watch the

888
00:43:47,560 --> 00:43:49,399
Speaker 1: gold Standard do that and it was so funny. Would

889
00:43:49,400 --> 00:43:50,719
Speaker 1: get on the phone and call people. I'm like, what

890
00:43:50,719 --> 00:43:52,239
Speaker 1: are you doing? It's like, yeah, I just listen to

891
00:43:52,239 --> 00:43:57,000
Speaker 1: contestants like did you ever think your career would mimic that? Well,

892
00:43:57,360 --> 00:44:02,080
Speaker 1: let's see we'll see anyone out there listening. The less

893
00:44:02,120 --> 00:44:05,640
Speaker 1: you know, the better contact t D. You know, it's

894
00:44:05,800 --> 00:44:08,600
Speaker 1: it's a producer TV. It's fun to just be on

895
00:44:08,680 --> 00:44:11,440
Speaker 1: the podcast. You don't need to worry about getting the

896
00:44:11,480 --> 00:44:13,360
Speaker 1: answers right. We just want to set up all the

897
00:44:13,560 --> 00:44:18,640
Speaker 1: tomato cans. Weslyn had one week where it was six

898
00:44:18,680 --> 00:44:21,919
Speaker 1: oh and five to one. They clearly speak and no, no,

899
00:44:21,960 --> 00:44:25,000
Speaker 1: you know, we wait a second misinformation from the bus

900
00:44:25,200 --> 00:44:28,120
Speaker 1: and so anyway, yeah, don't contact t D please if

901
00:44:28,160 --> 00:44:29,719
Speaker 1: you're a listener, and we love that you listen to

902
00:44:29,760 --> 00:44:32,000
Speaker 1: the show, but don't contact TV just to get on

903
00:44:32,040 --> 00:44:35,400
Speaker 1: the show. Contact to win to beat Greg, because the

904
00:44:35,440 --> 00:44:39,320
Speaker 1: big showdown, the Titanic showdown, the you know, Tyson holy

905
00:44:39,360 --> 00:44:44,800
Speaker 1: Field one type showdown is Greg against West, the rematch

906
00:44:44,960 --> 00:44:47,160
Speaker 1: for all the marbles after West was taken down in

907
00:44:47,239 --> 00:44:50,520
Speaker 1: trivia by Greg. But Greg will get a couple of

908
00:44:50,600 --> 00:44:54,120
Speaker 1: challengers ahead of that. I don't agree with you if

909
00:44:55,000 --> 00:44:57,480
Speaker 1: it's over. I don't agree with the faction of people

910
00:44:57,520 --> 00:45:00,440
Speaker 1: that quickly labeled Greg the Buster Douglass and this scenario.

911
00:45:00,719 --> 00:45:02,279
Speaker 1: But if you're at home, you kind of know if

912
00:45:02,280 --> 00:45:05,319
Speaker 1: the labeled himself, oh yeah, well that was more about

913
00:45:05,400 --> 00:45:08,239
Speaker 1: the women and the money and the video games and

914
00:45:08,280 --> 00:45:11,560
Speaker 1: everything I've been doing that do we we? No matter

915
00:45:11,640 --> 00:45:18,040
Speaker 1: what pounds, Buster Douglas beat for people that aren't fans

916
00:45:18,040 --> 00:45:20,440
Speaker 1: of boxing. Bust Buster Douglas beat Mike Tyson and the

917
00:45:20,480 --> 00:45:24,799
Speaker 1: Tokyo Dome and biggest upset of all time, then immediately

918
00:45:25,239 --> 00:45:28,480
Speaker 1: gained a hundred pounds, lost this title and went into

919
00:45:28,520 --> 00:45:31,440
Speaker 1: like a diabetic coma. That's what Greg is angling for

920
00:45:31,640 --> 00:45:35,000
Speaker 1: right now in his life. To be the team to beat,

921
00:45:35,160 --> 00:45:37,799
Speaker 1: be the guy that beats Mike uh Buster Douglas. That's

922
00:45:37,920 --> 00:45:40,880
Speaker 1: that's the challenge. And TV, that is the challenge we

923
00:45:40,920 --> 00:45:43,040
Speaker 1: throw out to you. We'll make it happen. Alright, cool,

924
00:45:43,080 --> 00:45:45,840
Speaker 1: alright the rest of the games. It's always a positive.

925
00:45:45,840 --> 00:45:48,120
Speaker 1: By the way, Damn when we can combine to put

926
00:45:48,120 --> 00:45:51,640
Speaker 1: out a three decade old boxing narrative into the podcast,

927
00:45:51,920 --> 00:45:54,759
Speaker 1: good people like it. I miss heavyweight boxing. What a

928
00:45:54,840 --> 00:45:58,799
Speaker 1: joke it is? Now? Uh Tampa Bay Buccaneers with Mike

929
00:45:58,920 --> 00:46:02,200
Speaker 1: Lennon at quarterback. Someone get excited about this game because

930
00:46:02,200 --> 00:46:05,080
Speaker 1: I cannot are heading to Pittsburgh to play the Steelers.

931
00:46:05,080 --> 00:46:08,080
Speaker 1: The Steelers look great on Sunday, but at the same time,

932
00:46:08,160 --> 00:46:10,520
Speaker 1: let's not get too excited because they didn't look very

933
00:46:10,520 --> 00:46:13,080
Speaker 1: great at all the week before that against the Ravens,

934
00:46:13,120 --> 00:46:16,160
Speaker 1: so maybe we're not quite sure where the Steelers are

935
00:46:16,160 --> 00:46:17,480
Speaker 1: at as a team. We kind of know where the

936
00:46:17,480 --> 00:46:19,920
Speaker 1: Bucks are at. They were down fifty six nothing in

937
00:46:19,960 --> 00:46:22,560
Speaker 1: the fourth quarter of their last game. But now they

938
00:46:22,600 --> 00:46:26,560
Speaker 1: have Glennon who starting in place of the injured Josh McCown,

939
00:46:26,680 --> 00:46:29,200
Speaker 1: probably for good. You could potentially see it working out

940
00:46:29,239 --> 00:46:32,520
Speaker 1: that way if Glennon has some success. Can either of you, gentlemen,

941
00:46:32,560 --> 00:46:35,479
Speaker 1: make a case for the Bucks competing slash winning this game.

942
00:46:36,480 --> 00:46:38,319
Speaker 1: I don't know when you, uh, I guess if you're

943
00:46:38,320 --> 00:46:40,520
Speaker 1: a coaching staff and you want to try to find

944
00:46:40,600 --> 00:46:44,879
Speaker 1: the the little tiny Achilles heel and the next opponent, well,

945
00:46:44,920 --> 00:46:47,479
Speaker 1: when you watch the team coming up lose fifty six

946
00:46:47,520 --> 00:46:49,640
Speaker 1: to fourteen the way they did, the way that Bucks

947
00:46:49,640 --> 00:46:51,920
Speaker 1: did to Atlanta, there's a whole lot of ways to

948
00:46:51,960 --> 00:46:55,600
Speaker 1: attack a defense that's injury riddled right now, and it

949
00:46:55,719 --> 00:46:58,279
Speaker 1: starts with Leavian Bell. I think Pittsburgh doesn't need to

950
00:46:58,280 --> 00:47:00,480
Speaker 1: do anything special. They need to keep doing what they

951
00:47:00,480 --> 00:47:03,640
Speaker 1: were that Baltimore game is they had a weird little

952
00:47:03,640 --> 00:47:06,040
Speaker 1: funk because they blew the doors off Cleveland, and then

953
00:47:06,120 --> 00:47:08,960
Speaker 1: that second half against Cleveland into the entire game with

954
00:47:08,960 --> 00:47:11,560
Speaker 1: Baltimore was not who they seemed to be the rest

955
00:47:11,560 --> 00:47:13,080
Speaker 1: of the year. They looked like they got back on

956
00:47:13,120 --> 00:47:15,600
Speaker 1: track last week. I don't. I can't come up with

957
00:47:15,640 --> 00:47:18,400
Speaker 1: the case for the Bucks, can you, Greg? No? I

958
00:47:18,440 --> 00:47:22,319
Speaker 1: mean I can make Yeah, they look they've been They've

959
00:47:22,360 --> 00:47:24,520
Speaker 1: been the worst team in the league on bounced the

960
00:47:24,560 --> 00:47:28,160
Speaker 1: best cases. Maybe Mike Glennan gives that offense a little

961
00:47:28,160 --> 00:47:30,640
Speaker 1: bit of juice, But they just lost their offensive coordinator,

962
00:47:30,960 --> 00:47:34,280
Speaker 1: probably for the year. I mean, the Steelers are missing

963
00:47:34,320 --> 00:47:36,239
Speaker 1: a lot of players on defense too. I mean the

964
00:47:36,400 --> 00:47:39,520
Speaker 1: they just lost three players to injury, like Taylor Jarvis Jones,

965
00:47:39,600 --> 00:47:41,759
Speaker 1: ran Chey's ear. So that's a problem. But you look

966
00:47:41,760 --> 00:47:43,520
Speaker 1: at the Steeler schedule. They got the Bucks this week

967
00:47:43,560 --> 00:47:46,280
Speaker 1: and the Jags next week. It would be a stunted

968
00:47:46,480 --> 00:47:49,400
Speaker 1: stunner if they're not four and one sitting and we

969
00:47:49,600 --> 00:47:51,880
Speaker 1: and we mentioned on Sunday that we were thinking about

970
00:47:52,239 --> 00:47:54,279
Speaker 1: sticking the old fork in the Bucks and ruling that

971
00:47:54,360 --> 00:47:57,880
Speaker 1: their postseason chances were shot. We really should fork the

972
00:47:57,920 --> 00:47:59,919
Speaker 1: Bucks hard, but we're gonna wait till West gets back.

973
00:48:00,160 --> 00:48:02,359
Speaker 1: We basically forgot to Yeah, we forgot to fork him,

974
00:48:02,400 --> 00:48:10,080
Speaker 1: but we're gonna fork him. Yes, we're gonna fork him. Uh.

975
00:48:10,280 --> 00:48:13,880
Speaker 1: Probably the earliest forking we've ever accomplished. He really, I

976
00:48:14,040 --> 00:48:16,040
Speaker 1: I already there are pangs of regret that we didn't

977
00:48:16,040 --> 00:48:18,680
Speaker 1: do it on Wednesday show. But that's how life I think. Actually,

978
00:48:18,760 --> 00:48:21,200
Speaker 1: I think we killed the Jaguars last year about three

979
00:48:21,239 --> 00:48:24,120
Speaker 1: week three or four. We didn't wait, we didn't wait around.

980
00:48:24,200 --> 00:48:27,000
Speaker 1: Moving forward, the Tennessee Titans, who Greg, I don't know

981
00:48:27,040 --> 00:48:30,360
Speaker 1: if Jake Walker's in the mix. He missed practice Wednesday

982
00:48:30,719 --> 00:48:36,400
Speaker 1: and Thursday, and that means Jesus for Jesus a k a.

983
00:48:36,600 --> 00:48:43,319
Speaker 1: The Wandering Log Cabin Residents' starting. Chazz Whitehurst likely or

984
00:48:43,360 --> 00:48:47,320
Speaker 1: probably or possibly starting for the Titans heading to Indianapolis

985
00:48:47,360 --> 00:48:50,480
Speaker 1: to face the Cults. So we have a Chazz Whitehurst

986
00:48:50,520 --> 00:48:54,719
Speaker 1: against Andrew Luck matchup that probably favors the town to

987
00:48:54,800 --> 00:48:57,520
Speaker 1: see two towns, I would think. Correct. The name of

988
00:48:57,520 --> 00:49:01,200
Speaker 1: the team is the It's the Titans from Tennessee. Okay,

989
00:49:01,280 --> 00:49:06,680
Speaker 1: so the Titans of Tennessee favorites. Correct. I watched Tennessee

990
00:49:06,719 --> 00:49:09,279
Speaker 1: play the Bengals last Sunday. That was a game that

991
00:49:09,320 --> 00:49:12,479
Speaker 1: was assigned to me at our workplace. After watching two

992
00:49:12,480 --> 00:49:15,160
Speaker 1: hours of Titans tape the day before. You told me, yeah,

993
00:49:15,239 --> 00:49:21,080
Speaker 1: last week did not in general? Really? Meanwhile, the one

994
00:49:21,160 --> 00:49:23,239
Speaker 1: day at home. Your kids are begging on the direct

995
00:49:25,680 --> 00:49:28,560
Speaker 1: nap time, but I should have taken a nap myself.

996
00:49:28,600 --> 00:49:32,240
Speaker 1: They are a team that is asleep inducing operation on offense.

997
00:49:32,600 --> 00:49:37,680
Speaker 1: For my My problem with Tennessee is when Bishop Sanky,

998
00:49:37,800 --> 00:49:41,239
Speaker 1: who has not been overly impressive, is the standout and

999
00:49:41,280 --> 00:49:43,680
Speaker 1: the only standout player on a team that got its

1000
00:49:43,920 --> 00:49:46,680
Speaker 1: butt kicked last weekend. There's nothing going on in this

1001
00:49:46,719 --> 00:49:50,239
Speaker 1: passing game. Yeah, maybe Locker isn't healthy, but it might

1002
00:49:50,280 --> 00:49:52,080
Speaker 1: have been time to take a look at the other

1003
00:49:52,160 --> 00:49:57,200
Speaker 1: quarterbacks anyways. That the thing this is Charlie Whitehurst. Hey,

1004
00:49:57,239 --> 00:50:00,319
Speaker 1: I am think they should have sat Whitehurst and gone

1005
00:50:00,360 --> 00:50:03,279
Speaker 1: straight to Mettenburger. He's a sixth round rookie that's just

1006
00:50:03,320 --> 00:50:05,200
Speaker 1: giving up on the season. That's what I hate about

1007
00:50:05,200 --> 00:50:09,120
Speaker 1: this game and this team, the Titans, because it already

1008
00:50:09,160 --> 00:50:14,040
Speaker 1: feels like their season is almost over. Well, I don't

1009
00:50:14,040 --> 00:50:16,520
Speaker 1: want to think looking at Jake Locker, It's here's the thing.

1010
00:50:16,640 --> 00:50:20,080
Speaker 1: It's a guy that's we've seen his ceiling so so

1011
00:50:20,560 --> 00:50:24,399
Speaker 1: I absolutely thinks he's never on the field. I've seen.

1012
00:50:24,960 --> 00:50:27,879
Speaker 1: I watching what he's done this season, it's like there

1013
00:50:27,880 --> 00:50:30,319
Speaker 1: are things about his game that if there isn't if

1014
00:50:30,480 --> 00:50:33,239
Speaker 1: if there hasn't shown any improvement in his accuracy some

1015
00:50:33,280 --> 00:50:36,080
Speaker 1: of the throws he's making. It's not his overall game.

1016
00:50:36,120 --> 00:50:39,239
Speaker 1: It's just really after this many seasons, I understand he

1017
00:50:39,280 --> 00:50:43,279
Speaker 1: hasn't had consecutive starts, but Ken wisen Hunt inherited a

1018
00:50:43,320 --> 00:50:45,680
Speaker 1: quarterback with a lot of issues. They're going to get

1019
00:50:45,680 --> 00:50:47,680
Speaker 1: a new one. Yeah, and it's not gonna be Charlie

1020
00:50:47,680 --> 00:50:51,320
Speaker 1: Whitre's four four starts into his career, all in Seattle.

1021
00:50:51,840 --> 00:50:54,920
Speaker 1: He has a deep in the Gabbard zone career yards

1022
00:50:54,960 --> 00:50:58,440
Speaker 1: per attempt at five point three. So he made it

1023
00:50:58,520 --> 00:51:00,919
Speaker 1: nine years. Was just about said, do you know how

1024
00:51:00,960 --> 00:51:05,160
Speaker 1: big Charlie White hurts? Houses? Probably on the beach, probably

1025
00:51:05,160 --> 00:51:06,920
Speaker 1: one of those things where you open up the sliding

1026
00:51:06,920 --> 00:51:08,920
Speaker 1: doors and the ocean is right in front of him

1027
00:51:09,040 --> 00:51:11,279
Speaker 1: and his surfboard is on the deck. Well, he has

1028
00:51:11,480 --> 00:51:13,879
Speaker 1: Chaz White hurts his life and what has he done

1029
00:51:13,880 --> 00:51:16,720
Speaker 1: to deserve it? And we don't have any emmys. They'ved

1030
00:51:16,719 --> 00:51:18,799
Speaker 1: in a log cabin during training camp. I can get

1031
00:51:18,800 --> 00:51:23,920
Speaker 1: behind that. How does he has a second house? Because

1032
00:51:24,040 --> 00:51:28,280
Speaker 1: quarterbacks that stay off the radar but have something physical

1033
00:51:28,360 --> 00:51:31,160
Speaker 1: in terms of their size that coaches like can exist

1034
00:51:31,239 --> 00:51:33,439
Speaker 1: for ten years. If we had to see white Hurst

1035
00:51:33,480 --> 00:51:36,399
Speaker 1: start two consecutive seasons, he'd be working elsewhere, right. He's

1036
00:51:36,400 --> 00:51:39,040
Speaker 1: probably a likable guy that works hard, like I think

1037
00:51:39,080 --> 00:51:42,239
Speaker 1: that about the working hard party doesn't think. I bet

1038
00:51:42,280 --> 00:51:44,759
Speaker 1: he has six ms, multiple emmies. He's involved with a

1039
00:51:44,840 --> 00:51:46,920
Speaker 1: lot of projects, you know, on a low level basis,

1040
00:51:46,960 --> 00:51:50,200
Speaker 1: and there comes the hardware just flows in a golden statues.

1041
00:51:50,280 --> 00:51:54,240
Speaker 1: Let's move on. The Jacksonville Jaguars will introduce Blake Bortles

1042
00:51:54,239 --> 00:51:57,440
Speaker 1: as a starting quarterback to the world. An NFL quarterback

1043
00:51:58,239 --> 00:52:01,719
Speaker 1: against the San Diego Chargers is a tough task for

1044
00:52:01,960 --> 00:52:05,040
Speaker 1: the Jags, who looked obviously terrible through three weeks. Now

1045
00:52:05,080 --> 00:52:09,399
Speaker 1: they they move forward with Boardles. We've talked about at

1046
00:52:09,480 --> 00:52:12,200
Speaker 1: length how that might not matter given the cast around him,

1047
00:52:12,280 --> 00:52:15,640
Speaker 1: especially his offensive line. Uh, the Chargers just gonna wipe

1048
00:52:15,680 --> 00:52:19,799
Speaker 1: the floor here, you would think. So. They've gotten a

1049
00:52:19,880 --> 00:52:23,000
Speaker 1: lot of injuries piled up on that team that people

1050
00:52:23,000 --> 00:52:25,560
Speaker 1: haven't really talked too much about Woodhead and Matthews, but

1051
00:52:25,640 --> 00:52:29,120
Speaker 1: also Melvin ingram Man. Tito is now out for a

1052
00:52:29,160 --> 00:52:32,600
Speaker 1: long time. It's a banged up Chargers team, but they

1053
00:52:32,600 --> 00:52:35,080
Speaker 1: showed us last week going a buffalo winning convincedly that

1054
00:52:35,160 --> 00:52:37,839
Speaker 1: they should take care of what's been the worst team

1055
00:52:37,840 --> 00:52:40,359
Speaker 1: in the league by far. I mean, the Raiders look

1056
00:52:40,440 --> 00:52:43,320
Speaker 1: great compared to the Jaguars. One thing I like about

1057
00:52:44,000 --> 00:52:47,680
Speaker 1: Bordles in this This happened right away when he came

1058
00:52:47,719 --> 00:52:49,520
Speaker 1: in last week, and it was will he be able

1059
00:52:49,560 --> 00:52:51,680
Speaker 1: to produce? And when he came in in the preseason,

1060
00:52:51,760 --> 00:52:55,280
Speaker 1: immediately the offense had more energy, started to gain chunkyard,

1061
00:52:55,280 --> 00:52:58,680
Speaker 1: and started to score points. Chad Henny last week did

1062
00:52:58,719 --> 00:53:01,000
Speaker 1: what he normally does, which is do a is essentially nothing.

1063
00:53:01,239 --> 00:53:03,920
Speaker 1: Bortles came in. He wasn't perfect, but he quickly generated

1064
00:53:03,920 --> 00:53:07,600
Speaker 1: two passing yards and two touchdowns. I don't know if

1065
00:53:07,600 --> 00:53:09,799
Speaker 1: this is gonna be as easy and out has it's

1066
00:53:09,800 --> 00:53:12,759
Speaker 1: been in the past four teams playing Jacksonville. This is

1067
00:53:12,800 --> 00:53:15,399
Speaker 1: the guy they should have started from the beginning, and

1068
00:53:15,480 --> 00:53:19,000
Speaker 1: he's behind a terrible offensive line. That's the cautionary flag. Well,

1069
00:53:19,040 --> 00:53:22,560
Speaker 1: the defense has been the worst in the league. I mean,

1070
00:53:22,560 --> 00:53:25,760
Speaker 1: they have been outscored by an average of twenty five points.

1071
00:53:25,920 --> 00:53:29,160
Speaker 1: Their defense doesn't get any stops. The secondary is nowhere

1072
00:53:29,239 --> 00:53:32,480
Speaker 1: near the receiver, so you're playing a precise group like

1073
00:53:32,520 --> 00:53:35,960
Speaker 1: the Chargers. They're gonna score thirty thirty five points. But

1074
00:53:36,000 --> 00:53:38,040
Speaker 1: you're right, Bortles makes him watchable. I mean, he was

1075
00:53:38,080 --> 00:53:40,000
Speaker 1: a lot of fun last week. That's all you can hope.

1076
00:53:40,200 --> 00:53:42,240
Speaker 1: Because if San Diego can do what they did against

1077
00:53:42,280 --> 00:53:45,279
Speaker 1: Seattle and then go into Buffalo, underrated, tough place to

1078
00:53:45,320 --> 00:53:47,719
Speaker 1: win a game, and go to and oh in there

1079
00:53:47,800 --> 00:53:50,000
Speaker 1: in that affair, this is a game they should win

1080
00:53:50,080 --> 00:53:54,840
Speaker 1: by one of us. It is an affair, an event

1081
00:53:55,800 --> 00:53:59,480
Speaker 1: happening that I think I'm gonna make a pitch Greg

1082
00:53:59,480 --> 00:54:01,400
Speaker 1: that this is a good game for Dan to be covering.

1083
00:54:02,360 --> 00:54:05,160
Speaker 1: But you just called it us an affair. I think

1084
00:54:05,239 --> 00:54:07,160
Speaker 1: you it's got your name all over it. I believe

1085
00:54:07,160 --> 00:54:09,799
Speaker 1: it's a late game. I will be long gone. It's fortals.

1086
00:54:10,200 --> 00:54:13,239
Speaker 1: I mean, it is more fun. He made a lot

1087
00:54:13,239 --> 00:54:16,160
Speaker 1: of wow plays last week evading pressure. He also made

1088
00:54:16,160 --> 00:54:18,480
Speaker 1: some bone headed plays and some crazy gonna happen though,

1089
00:54:18,560 --> 00:54:21,680
Speaker 1: right yeah, crazy throws. But he was fun to watch. Finally,

1090
00:54:22,280 --> 00:54:25,640
Speaker 1: we head to Minnesota, where we have another new quarterback,

1091
00:54:25,640 --> 00:54:29,360
Speaker 1: another rookie quarterback, Teddy Bridgewater making his first NFL start

1092
00:54:29,520 --> 00:54:32,520
Speaker 1: in uh in place of Matt Castle, who broke bones

1093
00:54:32,560 --> 00:54:34,719
Speaker 1: in his foot. He's done. He gone for the year.

1094
00:54:35,040 --> 00:54:37,480
Speaker 1: So it's the Teddy Bridgewater era opening it up against

1095
00:54:37,520 --> 00:54:41,080
Speaker 1: the Falcons. Uh. They were my dark horse candidate entering

1096
00:54:41,080 --> 00:54:43,840
Speaker 1: the season. I'm feeling great about that. After Thursday, that

1097
00:54:44,040 --> 00:54:48,160
Speaker 1: fifty to fourteen romp, I think again, this will be

1098
00:54:48,200 --> 00:54:50,600
Speaker 1: a closer game, I think, But I believe that the

1099
00:54:50,600 --> 00:54:53,920
Speaker 1: Falcons were well against score points. I think Adrian Peterson

1100
00:54:54,040 --> 00:54:56,680
Speaker 1: isn't on the Vikings in case people haven't noticed, and

1101
00:54:56,800 --> 00:54:59,560
Speaker 1: that's going to continue to haunt them. So you're saying

1102
00:55:00,080 --> 00:55:05,440
Speaker 1: Peterson won't be suiting up. I heard via sources that

1103
00:55:05,520 --> 00:55:08,359
Speaker 1: Adrian Peterson has not in the NFL right now, all right,

1104
00:55:08,680 --> 00:55:12,240
Speaker 1: I take from Dan with some NFL news information provided

1105
00:55:12,320 --> 00:55:17,600
Speaker 1: right there as he's he's our podcast Adam Schefter right here.

1106
00:55:18,560 --> 00:55:21,239
Speaker 1: I really thought about taking the Vikings in this game.

1107
00:55:21,320 --> 00:55:23,320
Speaker 1: I still think they're gonna be feisty this year. I

1108
00:55:23,320 --> 00:55:27,600
Speaker 1: think Mike Zimmer has improved that defense tremendously, and I

1109
00:55:27,640 --> 00:55:29,920
Speaker 1: think Teddy Bridgewater is gonna be kind of fun. And

1110
00:55:29,920 --> 00:55:33,080
Speaker 1: they all the reasons that mark you picked them as

1111
00:55:33,280 --> 00:55:36,279
Speaker 1: a team of a t L candidate and why I

1112
00:55:36,320 --> 00:55:38,440
Speaker 1: thought they'd be a dark horse team I think those

1113
00:55:38,800 --> 00:55:41,560
Speaker 1: ingredients are still there, even though that the Peterson News

1114
00:55:41,640 --> 00:55:43,680
Speaker 1: now has died down a little bit their home. For

1115
00:55:43,680 --> 00:55:46,440
Speaker 1: this game, I think they could be tough. It's amazing

1116
00:55:46,480 --> 00:55:51,120
Speaker 1: how quickly Minnesota became a completely different team because you

1117
00:55:51,280 --> 00:55:55,279
Speaker 1: had your Adrian Peterson and Matt Castle combination, which is

1118
00:55:55,360 --> 00:55:58,040
Speaker 1: very familiar to the troubles from last season, and then

1119
00:55:58,080 --> 00:56:02,000
Speaker 1: suddenly it's Teddy Bridgewater and a cast of different players.

1120
00:56:02,080 --> 00:56:04,520
Speaker 1: I like it, though, I think it's the same with Jacksonville.

1121
00:56:04,920 --> 00:56:07,319
Speaker 1: Interesting selling. The Vikings are interesting to watch because they've

1122
00:56:07,320 --> 00:56:10,640
Speaker 1: got their first round quarterback on the field. But Atlanta

1123
00:56:11,040 --> 00:56:14,560
Speaker 1: four hundred and fifty five yards per game over three weeks.

1124
00:56:14,719 --> 00:56:16,799
Speaker 1: I don't think we can look at this team and say, oh,

1125
00:56:16,800 --> 00:56:20,680
Speaker 1: they're about to stumble. But they're one road game. They

1126
00:56:20,760 --> 00:56:24,319
Speaker 1: didn't do anything on offense, and they were playing a

1127
00:56:24,440 --> 00:56:28,880
Speaker 1: defense a Mike zimmercrafted defense very similar to this defense.

1128
00:56:29,120 --> 00:56:32,439
Speaker 1: And people forget the Vikings were among the worst two

1129
00:56:32,520 --> 00:56:34,600
Speaker 1: or three defenses in the league last year. They are

1130
00:56:34,719 --> 00:56:37,640
Speaker 1: ninth in scoring so far, eleventh in yards allowed. They've

1131
00:56:37,680 --> 00:56:40,680
Speaker 1: improved dramatically on defense. I don't think this is gonna

1132
00:56:40,680 --> 00:56:43,440
Speaker 1: be a walkover name to watch if the Vikings win

1133
00:56:43,480 --> 00:56:50,120
Speaker 1: this in the final seconds, Harrison Smith safety, what's he

1134
00:56:50,120 --> 00:56:52,239
Speaker 1: gonna do just to have a feeling he may have

1135
00:56:52,440 --> 00:57:00,000
Speaker 1: the turnover that changes the complexion of this game. Well,

1136
00:57:00,000 --> 00:57:02,919
Speaker 1: we all we all took the falcon so yeah, yeah,

1137
00:57:03,320 --> 00:57:05,239
Speaker 1: I like to have my I like to have both

1138
00:57:05,239 --> 00:57:07,640
Speaker 1: sides covered like that. That's a good way to play life,

1139
00:57:07,719 --> 00:57:11,400
Speaker 1: both sides of defense. Uh. That is it for Thursday's

1140
00:57:11,520 --> 00:57:13,920
Speaker 1: edition to the Around the NFL Podcast. We will be

1141
00:57:13,960 --> 00:57:16,960
Speaker 1: back on Sunday, where Greg we will devote the entire

1142
00:57:17,080 --> 00:57:20,919
Speaker 1: hour retrospective of Derek Jeter's career with the Yankees, as

1143
00:57:21,080 --> 00:57:24,680
Speaker 1: was your request. I'm just happy that you're gonna have

1144
00:57:24,720 --> 00:57:28,000
Speaker 1: to work during Jeter's last game and you don't have to,

1145
00:57:28,200 --> 00:57:31,680
Speaker 1: you know, be at home crying your eyes out or whatever.

1146
00:57:31,720 --> 00:57:33,959
Speaker 1: What are you going on? We are friends in real life.

1147
00:57:34,400 --> 00:57:36,520
Speaker 1: Um okay, So that's it. We'll see you Sunday. To

1148
00:57:36,600 --> 00:57:39,680
Speaker 1: Stan Jansas signing off for the Sizzler the Boss to

1149
00:57:39,960 --> 00:57:42,240
Speaker 1: Day behind the Glass until Sunday night.