1 00:00:00,400 --> 00:00:07,480 Speaker 1: The Around the NFL Podcast failed the league substance abuse policy. 2 00:00:07,800 --> 00:00:10,800 Speaker 1: Welcome back to another edition of the Around the NFL 3 00:00:10,920 --> 00:00:13,800 Speaker 1: Podcast presented My Head and Shoulders. My name is Dan 4 00:00:13,840 --> 00:00:16,240 Speaker 1: Hansis and I'm joined my room filled with some Euros, 5 00:00:17,160 --> 00:00:22,720 Speaker 1: Mark Sessler and Gregg Rosenthal. What's up, boys, Well, sometimes 6 00:00:22,720 --> 00:00:25,439 Speaker 1: you start a show and everything goes quite as planned, 7 00:00:25,440 --> 00:00:27,560 Speaker 1: and today we've been hit with We've been here with 8 00:00:27,560 --> 00:00:29,400 Speaker 1: a bummer. We've been here with a bummer. We don't 9 00:00:29,400 --> 00:00:33,360 Speaker 1: need to, you know, pretend like the Deshaun Watson torn 10 00:00:33,400 --> 00:00:35,440 Speaker 1: a c L news we just found out about isn't 11 00:00:35,440 --> 00:00:38,040 Speaker 1: a huge bummer. It was literally two minutes before we 12 00:00:38,080 --> 00:00:43,239 Speaker 1: started taping. This season is cursed. Um, yes, Deshaun Watson. 13 00:00:43,520 --> 00:00:47,560 Speaker 1: Uh Ian Rappabor reports that sorry, it's taking a while 14 00:00:47,600 --> 00:00:51,879 Speaker 1: to recover a knee injuries sustained today at practice was 15 00:00:51,920 --> 00:00:53,840 Speaker 1: revealed the fear was a torn a c L, and 16 00:00:53,880 --> 00:00:57,600 Speaker 1: then Mike Garafolo confirmed of via source that it is 17 00:00:57,640 --> 00:01:00,240 Speaker 1: indeed a torn a c L. It is that area. 18 00:01:00,280 --> 00:01:03,000 Speaker 1: On top of what has just been a terrible NFL 19 00:01:03,040 --> 00:01:06,320 Speaker 1: season with major injuries. Two players, I mean the list, 20 00:01:06,360 --> 00:01:08,800 Speaker 1: Aaron Rodgers Andrew Luck who were gonna get to in 21 00:01:08,800 --> 00:01:12,600 Speaker 1: a second, J. J. Watt, O'Dell Beckham, David Johnson and 22 00:01:12,680 --> 00:01:17,279 Speaker 1: now the most explosive rookie UM quarterback we've seen since 23 00:01:17,319 --> 00:01:19,760 Speaker 1: maybe Andrew Luck and Robert Griffin the third came into 24 00:01:19,800 --> 00:01:22,880 Speaker 1: the league. The guy that was almost single handedly keeping 25 00:01:22,880 --> 00:01:25,559 Speaker 1: the a f C afloat as an interesting entity. What's 26 00:01:25,560 --> 00:01:28,040 Speaker 1: been a down year for the conference and this idea that, 27 00:01:28,040 --> 00:01:32,679 Speaker 1: of course, now the throne of ease goes Dio. I mean, 28 00:01:32,880 --> 00:01:36,160 Speaker 1: I'm not the only one you take Mark, you take 29 00:01:36,200 --> 00:01:38,200 Speaker 1: Watson out of the a f C. First of all, 30 00:01:38,400 --> 00:01:40,560 Speaker 1: goodbye to the Texans who were three and four to 31 00:01:40,640 --> 00:01:43,160 Speaker 1: be fair already, but goodbye to the Texans as an 32 00:01:43,160 --> 00:01:46,039 Speaker 1: interesting entity. And it just makes the whole season a 33 00:01:46,080 --> 00:01:48,160 Speaker 1: lot less exciting because he was such a fun part 34 00:01:48,200 --> 00:01:51,559 Speaker 1: of this year. We had our network bump uh kicked 35 00:01:51,560 --> 00:01:54,360 Speaker 1: off the air for the roughly seventeen time in a row. 36 00:01:54,760 --> 00:01:56,480 Speaker 1: And what what what we were going to talk about 37 00:01:56,480 --> 00:01:58,640 Speaker 1: on that one was Greg's QUB index And my one 38 00:01:58,680 --> 00:02:01,120 Speaker 1: point was to be just John Watson. He was below 39 00:02:01,160 --> 00:02:05,200 Speaker 1: Tyrod Taylor overall that he needed to be hiring. How 40 00:02:05,240 --> 00:02:07,520 Speaker 1: do you feel about yourself now? Greg? What is it? 41 00:02:07,720 --> 00:02:10,680 Speaker 1: What is that now that he's been ripped away from 42 00:02:10,760 --> 00:02:14,680 Speaker 1: us by the football gods. You never properly respected how 43 00:02:14,720 --> 00:02:17,680 Speaker 1: amazing he was this season, and now it's too late 44 00:02:17,720 --> 00:02:21,480 Speaker 1: to change that. He was eighth place forever for Greg 45 00:02:21,600 --> 00:02:23,760 Speaker 1: as a rookie. I mean, that's pretty good, top ten 46 00:02:23,800 --> 00:02:26,440 Speaker 1: as a rookie. Not many rookies have that sort of honor. 47 00:02:26,600 --> 00:02:29,720 Speaker 1: He was a guy who I believe I said on 48 00:02:29,760 --> 00:02:32,760 Speaker 1: this program last week, it was like he was what 49 00:02:32,880 --> 00:02:35,560 Speaker 1: the NFL and he was exactly what the NFL needed 50 00:02:35,560 --> 00:02:37,960 Speaker 1: this season because of all these other injuries, because of 51 00:02:38,000 --> 00:02:41,040 Speaker 1: everything else that's going on that's made a weird season. 52 00:02:41,360 --> 00:02:46,840 Speaker 1: Like he was the single most exciting player and story 53 00:02:47,000 --> 00:02:49,520 Speaker 1: from an on field perspective, and it kept getting better 54 00:02:49,560 --> 00:02:51,400 Speaker 1: each and every week. Like I was looking forward to 55 00:02:51,720 --> 00:02:54,280 Speaker 1: Texans Colts not a game that I'm going to be 56 00:02:54,320 --> 00:02:56,880 Speaker 1: looking forward to now just because he's going up against 57 00:02:56,880 --> 00:02:58,799 Speaker 1: the worst defense in the league, Like, Wow, this is 58 00:02:58,800 --> 00:03:02,000 Speaker 1: gonna be fun. Texan called Texans Cults has been reduced 59 00:03:02,000 --> 00:03:04,520 Speaker 1: assault at this point, but the three and four at 60 00:03:04,560 --> 00:03:07,799 Speaker 1: the Texans and now you lose entire, entire, entire hope 61 00:03:07,800 --> 00:03:10,119 Speaker 1: for them to do anything in this season. But had 62 00:03:10,160 --> 00:03:12,720 Speaker 1: they had Deshaun Watson, and had they crept into the 63 00:03:12,720 --> 00:03:15,360 Speaker 1: playoffs even as a nine and seven team, as the 64 00:03:15,400 --> 00:03:17,519 Speaker 1: Texans are wanted to do, I would say they could 65 00:03:17,520 --> 00:03:20,080 Speaker 1: have beaten anyone in the a f C with the 66 00:03:20,080 --> 00:03:23,560 Speaker 1: way they were playing right now, because their defense is 67 00:03:23,600 --> 00:03:27,000 Speaker 1: majorly suspect, but their offense was so electrifying that they 68 00:03:27,000 --> 00:03:30,079 Speaker 1: could have gone into any distant away field. I could 69 00:03:30,080 --> 00:03:32,040 Speaker 1: have done it at home and knocked anyone in that 70 00:03:32,120 --> 00:03:35,440 Speaker 1: conference out. It's completely wiped away so many anything that 71 00:03:35,520 --> 00:03:38,200 Speaker 1: people wrote this, if you wrote about the a f C, UH, 72 00:03:38,520 --> 00:03:40,760 Speaker 1: Deshaun Watson's gonna be coming up. I wrote in the 73 00:03:40,920 --> 00:03:43,880 Speaker 1: piece that I wrote yesterday how the injuries that the 74 00:03:43,920 --> 00:03:48,320 Speaker 1: Texans sustained to Wat and merciless uh in Covington this 75 00:03:48,360 --> 00:03:50,840 Speaker 1: week him going on are just another blow for them. 76 00:03:51,360 --> 00:03:53,560 Speaker 1: But as long as Watson was involved in what's been 77 00:03:53,560 --> 00:03:55,360 Speaker 1: a weird, topsy turvy kind of year for the a 78 00:03:55,400 --> 00:03:57,960 Speaker 1: f C, the Texans would not be kept out of 79 00:03:58,000 --> 00:03:59,680 Speaker 1: the mix, and they are still a team to keep 80 00:03:59,680 --> 00:04:04,480 Speaker 1: an eye at least be fun to watch he and 81 00:04:05,360 --> 00:04:07,240 Speaker 1: one of the things that I was really looking forward 82 00:04:07,280 --> 00:04:09,240 Speaker 1: to with their team, which is taken aways like Bill 83 00:04:09,280 --> 00:04:12,160 Speaker 1: O'Brien had done a really interesting and great coaching job 84 00:04:12,200 --> 00:04:14,120 Speaker 1: coming out of the bye week. It was very noticeable 85 00:04:14,160 --> 00:04:18,000 Speaker 1: their offense was very unlike just about any offense that 86 00:04:18,360 --> 00:04:21,680 Speaker 1: we've seen in the NFL, is all on misdirection and 87 00:04:21,960 --> 00:04:25,279 Speaker 1: multiple guys in the backfield doing different sorts of action. 88 00:04:25,360 --> 00:04:27,960 Speaker 1: I think, you know, Bill O'Brien deserved a good amount 89 00:04:27,960 --> 00:04:30,200 Speaker 1: of credit for helping Watson as a rookie. He was 90 00:04:30,240 --> 00:04:33,080 Speaker 1: really showing how versatile he is, such a different quarterback 91 00:04:33,120 --> 00:04:34,960 Speaker 1: than some of the guys they they had before. I 92 00:04:35,000 --> 00:04:38,360 Speaker 1: think they would have had a trouble making the playoffs. Uh, 93 00:04:38,400 --> 00:04:40,919 Speaker 1: in that division with Jacksonville and Tennessee. I would have 94 00:04:40,960 --> 00:04:43,279 Speaker 1: put that under you know, I was not expecting this 95 00:04:43,360 --> 00:04:46,120 Speaker 1: Texans team because it's a bad defense to make the playoffs. 96 00:04:46,120 --> 00:04:48,760 Speaker 1: But now they've got, like, for instance, looking at this Sunday, 97 00:04:48,880 --> 00:04:50,800 Speaker 1: they've got a game against the Colts where it's like 98 00:04:51,000 --> 00:04:52,839 Speaker 1: that's a that's a coin flip game. I'm gonna just 99 00:04:52,880 --> 00:04:56,520 Speaker 1: take the cults out of out of disappointment, like total 100 00:04:56,560 --> 00:04:58,920 Speaker 1: also rans and the game doesn't matter. Take either of 101 00:04:58,960 --> 00:05:02,640 Speaker 1: these teams seriously at this point, um and uh, the 102 00:05:02,680 --> 00:05:04,360 Speaker 1: one last point for we because we got so much 103 00:05:04,400 --> 00:05:06,640 Speaker 1: to get to. Mark, you brought it up, and yes, Greg, 104 00:05:06,680 --> 00:05:08,719 Speaker 1: you know I'm a bitter Jets fan and all that, 105 00:05:09,040 --> 00:05:11,960 Speaker 1: But it did feel like the sense that if the 106 00:05:12,000 --> 00:05:14,600 Speaker 1: Texans did find a way to nine wins, they were 107 00:05:14,600 --> 00:05:17,400 Speaker 1: the type of worst case scenario to be coming into. 108 00:05:17,720 --> 00:05:21,119 Speaker 1: They were like the early the early Bulls with Jordan 109 00:05:21,240 --> 00:05:23,279 Speaker 1: the like any of these teams. To have this star 110 00:05:23,400 --> 00:05:26,080 Speaker 1: that's developing into something that's going to change the NFL, 111 00:05:26,120 --> 00:05:28,120 Speaker 1: which I think to Shaun Watson is that kind of talent, 112 00:05:28,480 --> 00:05:30,359 Speaker 1: then you believe that he can tug the team, no 113 00:05:30,360 --> 00:05:31,719 Speaker 1: matter what the record is at the end of the 114 00:05:31,720 --> 00:05:34,680 Speaker 1: regular season, into a special place in the postseason that's 115 00:05:34,720 --> 00:05:36,880 Speaker 1: been wiped away entirely. It's another a f C team 116 00:05:36,920 --> 00:05:39,040 Speaker 1: we can't count on or get excited about from now 117 00:05:39,120 --> 00:05:40,360 Speaker 1: to the end of the year eight. They did have 118 00:05:40,400 --> 00:05:42,840 Speaker 1: one chance at at home against the real a f 119 00:05:42,920 --> 00:05:45,599 Speaker 1: C power, and they were not in the same ballpark 120 00:05:45,920 --> 00:05:47,920 Speaker 1: as the Kansas City Chiefs, just like they weren't in 121 00:05:47,960 --> 00:05:50,159 Speaker 1: the same ballpark on the Jaguars. And Week one with 122 00:05:50,320 --> 00:05:53,239 Speaker 1: which Tom Savage started, and now we get Tom Savage 123 00:05:53,240 --> 00:05:58,800 Speaker 1: starting games again, and yeah, Mark, I think you put 124 00:05:58,800 --> 00:06:02,320 Speaker 1: it well, I thinkson was anything can happen type talent, though, 125 00:06:02,600 --> 00:06:04,640 Speaker 1: and to take him from the equation, it hurts it. 126 00:06:04,760 --> 00:06:07,120 Speaker 1: It stinks as football fans. And if you're Texans fan, 127 00:06:07,160 --> 00:06:10,039 Speaker 1: at least you got the Astros in Houston. But my god, 128 00:06:10,120 --> 00:06:12,000 Speaker 1: this is quite a come down. All right. We got 129 00:06:12,000 --> 00:06:15,760 Speaker 1: all the Week nine games to get to, including Colts Texans. 130 00:06:15,839 --> 00:06:18,719 Speaker 1: But let's talk Andrew Luck when we get back, because 131 00:06:18,720 --> 00:06:20,240 Speaker 1: all of a sudden, that game doesn't seem like it 132 00:06:20,279 --> 00:06:23,200 Speaker 1: means much. But before we do that, uh, the first 133 00:06:23,200 --> 00:06:26,080 Speaker 1: game of Week nine is played on Thursday night. Greg 134 00:06:26,080 --> 00:06:29,320 Speaker 1: and I talked about it. Let's check it out under 135 00:06:29,360 --> 00:06:32,640 Speaker 1: Center's account. Straight back to front, looks right, throws upon 136 00:06:32,720 --> 00:06:36,000 Speaker 1: down the right sideline. Hobby Anderson chuckles, it does he 137 00:06:36,120 --> 00:06:40,480 Speaker 1: have it? He does touch down, Hobby Anderson gown the 138 00:06:40,560 --> 00:06:45,880 Speaker 1: sideline and McCown truck it right down the chimney again. 139 00:06:46,839 --> 00:06:50,760 Speaker 1: I am eagle with the call. The New York Jets, 140 00:06:51,600 --> 00:06:54,919 Speaker 1: the New York Jets, the Bills come to town and 141 00:06:55,000 --> 00:06:58,000 Speaker 1: the Bills go home. All those Bills fans that came 142 00:06:58,080 --> 00:07:01,480 Speaker 1: down from Western New York because they thought they were 143 00:07:01,480 --> 00:07:03,800 Speaker 1: gonna get out blood bath, well they got one but 144 00:07:03,960 --> 00:07:07,040 Speaker 1: with the other direction, the New York Jets uh thirty 145 00:07:07,080 --> 00:07:10,760 Speaker 1: four to one win over the Bills, and it wasn't 146 00:07:10,760 --> 00:07:14,240 Speaker 1: that close. You heard Robbie Anderson his touchdown reception from 147 00:07:14,320 --> 00:07:18,240 Speaker 1: Josh McCown. The Jets also ran the ball extremely well 148 00:07:18,480 --> 00:07:23,960 Speaker 1: against the Bills and Greg Rosenthal. The Bills they got 149 00:07:24,000 --> 00:07:27,240 Speaker 1: they took seven sacks of Tyrod Taylor. They could not 150 00:07:27,400 --> 00:07:29,800 Speaker 1: move the ball, They got a ton of penalties. Just 151 00:07:29,960 --> 00:07:32,280 Speaker 1: when we were starting to talk up the Bills as 152 00:07:32,320 --> 00:07:35,440 Speaker 1: a a f C Cinderella, tonight happens your thoughts, Well, 153 00:07:35,440 --> 00:07:38,200 Speaker 1: they got the curse every This was the week everyone 154 00:07:38,240 --> 00:07:40,600 Speaker 1: in the national media felt the need and I probably 155 00:07:40,600 --> 00:07:43,520 Speaker 1: did this too, was like, all right, the Bills are 156 00:07:43,760 --> 00:07:46,200 Speaker 1: for real and then they go in and it was 157 00:07:46,240 --> 00:07:49,880 Speaker 1: one sided. It was also a game that all the 158 00:07:49,920 --> 00:07:52,360 Speaker 1: bounces that have gone the Bill's way that we talked about, 159 00:07:52,360 --> 00:07:54,840 Speaker 1: this is kind of like little magical season. It started 160 00:07:54,880 --> 00:07:57,560 Speaker 1: going the other way for them, especially in the first half. 161 00:07:57,600 --> 00:08:02,000 Speaker 1: They dropped an interception, another turnover goes the other way. 162 00:08:02,040 --> 00:08:05,320 Speaker 1: They had to play late where was it? Oh Leary 163 00:08:05,600 --> 00:08:08,000 Speaker 1: was on the ground that he gets up and he thought, 164 00:08:08,600 --> 00:08:10,600 Speaker 1: but the Jets were the better team that was the 165 00:08:10,640 --> 00:08:12,640 Speaker 1: most surprising thing about the game, just that it was 166 00:08:12,680 --> 00:08:15,120 Speaker 1: one sided, that that they won the line a scrimmage 167 00:08:15,160 --> 00:08:18,400 Speaker 1: battle pretty easily. I would say, on both sides. Yeah, 168 00:08:18,400 --> 00:08:22,520 Speaker 1: that this was a UM ten seven game at halftime, 169 00:08:22,600 --> 00:08:25,440 Speaker 1: and then the Jets just took off. I mean you 170 00:08:25,480 --> 00:08:26,800 Speaker 1: blink your eyes and all of a sudden it was 171 00:08:26,840 --> 00:08:30,400 Speaker 1: thirty four to seven. And and you know what I think, 172 00:08:30,680 --> 00:08:32,880 Speaker 1: as a Jets fan that's really kept this team at 173 00:08:33,080 --> 00:08:36,840 Speaker 1: a distance, you're getting excited, um for the first time. 174 00:08:36,920 --> 00:08:40,720 Speaker 1: I have to say that I in light of the 175 00:08:40,840 --> 00:08:43,720 Speaker 1: terrible news with the Shawn Watson and now seeing that 176 00:08:43,800 --> 00:08:47,160 Speaker 1: the Bills, you know, Bills coming into the metal ends 177 00:08:47,160 --> 00:08:49,760 Speaker 1: and lay an egg like this, that last wild card 178 00:08:49,800 --> 00:08:53,800 Speaker 1: spot truly is wide open. And I'm not the Jets 179 00:08:53,800 --> 00:08:56,120 Speaker 1: are four and five. The Bills are still in good 180 00:08:56,120 --> 00:08:58,320 Speaker 1: shape right now at five and three. But I think 181 00:08:58,360 --> 00:09:00,280 Speaker 1: any team, and I and I watched this game with 182 00:09:00,360 --> 00:09:04,520 Speaker 1: Handsome Hank and the Quiet Storm and and Damashak and others, 183 00:09:04,880 --> 00:09:08,000 Speaker 1: uh tonight, um, any team that's kind of within shouting 184 00:09:08,000 --> 00:09:10,319 Speaker 1: distance of five in the af C cannot be ruled 185 00:09:10,360 --> 00:09:13,200 Speaker 1: out as a team that's gonna be playing meaningful December 186 00:09:13,200 --> 00:09:16,559 Speaker 1: football and for the first time, despite the Jets having 187 00:09:16,600 --> 00:09:20,280 Speaker 1: greg a tough schedule going going forward, I'm not ruling 188 00:09:20,320 --> 00:09:23,240 Speaker 1: them out from being in the mix in mid December, 189 00:09:23,280 --> 00:09:26,080 Speaker 1: and I kept playing. I'm saying that. I'm so happy 190 00:09:26,120 --> 00:09:27,520 Speaker 1: to say that. I know they're not gonna win the 191 00:09:27,520 --> 00:09:29,640 Speaker 1: Super Bowl. I know they're probably not going to play 192 00:09:29,840 --> 00:09:32,160 Speaker 1: in the postseason, but now I, for the first time, 193 00:09:32,200 --> 00:09:35,120 Speaker 1: I believe it is certainly possible this team could be 194 00:09:35,240 --> 00:09:38,360 Speaker 1: playing meaningful football in December, and I would have never 195 00:09:38,480 --> 00:09:42,920 Speaker 1: guessed that three months ago. Maron, I'm excited for you 196 00:09:42,960 --> 00:09:45,600 Speaker 1: to just admit out loud what your heart has been 197 00:09:45,600 --> 00:09:47,800 Speaker 1: telling you, because you say you've been keeping this team 198 00:09:47,800 --> 00:09:50,240 Speaker 1: at a distance, but I have. I'm being honest. I'm 199 00:09:50,320 --> 00:09:53,439 Speaker 1: next to you on Sundays. And if that's at a distance, 200 00:09:54,160 --> 00:09:55,920 Speaker 1: I mean, if you get any closer to them in 201 00:09:55,960 --> 00:09:58,720 Speaker 1: the coming weeks, they're gonna get pregnant. Because this thing 202 00:09:58,920 --> 00:10:01,080 Speaker 1: you love, this team there ahead and they've had some 203 00:10:01,520 --> 00:10:04,120 Speaker 1: tough and what what was that I said, If that's 204 00:10:04,120 --> 00:10:06,280 Speaker 1: a data distance, I mean, now you're gonna be so 205 00:10:06,320 --> 00:10:09,720 Speaker 1: close they're gonna get pregnant. I heard it, but they 206 00:10:09,880 --> 00:10:13,760 Speaker 1: really mean anything. They've got a tough schedule here, Uh, 207 00:10:13,800 --> 00:10:16,200 Speaker 1: they've lost five games, But what's a tough schedule in 208 00:10:16,200 --> 00:10:19,720 Speaker 1: two thousand seventeen? Tell me, like what in the NFC? 209 00:10:19,840 --> 00:10:23,720 Speaker 1: In the a f C. No, there's really very few 210 00:10:23,760 --> 00:10:25,400 Speaker 1: teams that you look at and say, oh, we're not 211 00:10:25,400 --> 00:10:28,000 Speaker 1: gonna win this week. That's all I'm saying. Well, you 212 00:10:28,080 --> 00:10:30,480 Speaker 1: got the Bucks coming up next and then a bye week, 213 00:10:30,679 --> 00:10:34,200 Speaker 1: so you have a very realistic chance to get to 214 00:10:34,360 --> 00:10:38,240 Speaker 1: five and five right around Thanksgiving and if nothing else, 215 00:10:38,360 --> 00:10:40,960 Speaker 1: like that's a gift right there. You're playing meaningful games 216 00:10:40,960 --> 00:10:43,559 Speaker 1: from Thanksgiving. And you've got the Chiefs, the Saints and 217 00:10:43,600 --> 00:10:45,680 Speaker 1: the Patriots. Those are three teams that look like good 218 00:10:45,720 --> 00:10:48,319 Speaker 1: teams and you don't have a ton of margin for error. 219 00:10:48,559 --> 00:10:50,920 Speaker 1: But this game should provide hope because it was probity 220 00:10:50,960 --> 00:10:52,800 Speaker 1: far the best game the Jets have played. Now. I 221 00:10:52,800 --> 00:10:55,400 Speaker 1: don't I'm not too confident that they can do it 222 00:10:55,440 --> 00:10:57,280 Speaker 1: week after week, but I don't think it was a 223 00:10:57,280 --> 00:11:01,040 Speaker 1: flukey game. They've had parts of our team getting better. 224 00:11:01,120 --> 00:11:04,400 Speaker 1: Certainly the defensive line in the defense is getting better. 225 00:11:04,559 --> 00:11:07,800 Speaker 1: They've looked like a professional offense at times this season, 226 00:11:07,800 --> 00:11:09,760 Speaker 1: and they really put together a complete game. This was 227 00:11:09,840 --> 00:11:12,560 Speaker 1: easily their best game as all as a whole for 228 00:11:12,600 --> 00:11:15,440 Speaker 1: the year. Yeah. And when I say keeping on a distance, 229 00:11:15,520 --> 00:11:17,760 Speaker 1: I I kind of mean along the lines of they've 230 00:11:17,800 --> 00:11:21,000 Speaker 1: been playing almost every team or every team this season tight, 231 00:11:21,520 --> 00:11:23,600 Speaker 1: and now when they kind of put it on the Bills, 232 00:11:23,600 --> 00:11:26,920 Speaker 1: who everyone's been slobbering over this season, it's like, oh, 233 00:11:26,960 --> 00:11:29,400 Speaker 1: all right, So they're kind of at the same level 234 00:11:29,400 --> 00:11:33,360 Speaker 1: of almost anybody else that fancies themselves a potential playoff team. 235 00:11:33,679 --> 00:11:35,599 Speaker 1: So that's that's what you're excited about it as a 236 00:11:35,679 --> 00:11:39,120 Speaker 1: Jets Maria Davis. There In Lee, Jamal Adams, Leonard Williams, 237 00:11:39,120 --> 00:11:43,160 Speaker 1: Mohammed Wilkerson. May it the defense. I don't think it's 238 00:11:43,160 --> 00:11:45,920 Speaker 1: flukey like they have six, seven, eight players now playing 239 00:11:45,920 --> 00:11:47,840 Speaker 1: at a really high level. But so you're trying to 240 00:11:48,040 --> 00:11:51,560 Speaker 1: you're trying to suck me into get my heartbroken. I'm 241 00:11:51,600 --> 00:11:54,920 Speaker 1: not that far in. I get the deficiencies of this team. 242 00:11:54,960 --> 00:11:57,640 Speaker 1: But now I'm kind of going with the flow of 243 00:11:57,679 --> 00:12:01,120 Speaker 1: what is a very weird NFL season and now understanding 244 00:12:01,400 --> 00:12:03,360 Speaker 1: that if the Jets are gonna hang around five hundred, 245 00:12:04,080 --> 00:12:06,080 Speaker 1: you don't need to win more than nine games to 246 00:12:06,120 --> 00:12:08,040 Speaker 1: get a playoff spot. I think this year. You never know, 247 00:12:08,080 --> 00:12:10,200 Speaker 1: but it kind of feels like it could even be 248 00:12:10,240 --> 00:12:12,120 Speaker 1: a weird eight and eight year, Greg, we were kind 249 00:12:12,120 --> 00:12:14,679 Speaker 1: of overdue for that too. So let's see Jets for 250 00:12:14,720 --> 00:12:18,040 Speaker 1: four and five Bills five and two. Bitterly disappointing loss 251 00:12:18,080 --> 00:12:20,199 Speaker 1: for the Bills. You go on the road in primetime, 252 00:12:20,280 --> 00:12:22,679 Speaker 1: yeah you could, you could lose a game, but you 253 00:12:22,800 --> 00:12:25,000 Speaker 1: kind of expected more from this team. So I'm sure 254 00:12:25,320 --> 00:12:27,960 Speaker 1: all those all those Western New Yorkers that came down, 255 00:12:28,200 --> 00:12:30,480 Speaker 1: they're kind of scratching their heads, and a lot of people, 256 00:12:30,480 --> 00:12:32,640 Speaker 1: Bills fans at home doing the same thing. Tonight, it's 257 00:12:32,679 --> 00:12:36,200 Speaker 1: one game, and they are They have played really competitively 258 00:12:36,520 --> 00:12:39,200 Speaker 1: and they played smart for the most part, and tonight 259 00:12:39,200 --> 00:12:41,760 Speaker 1: they made a lot of dumb mistakes. So I think 260 00:12:41,800 --> 00:12:44,440 Speaker 1: they'll be in the mix. And uh, look, I should 261 00:12:44,480 --> 00:12:46,240 Speaker 1: be taking this as good news. It got the Patriots 262 00:12:46,240 --> 00:12:48,800 Speaker 1: in the first place. Here, look at you. You're flying 263 00:12:49,080 --> 00:12:51,240 Speaker 1: always on the throne of bees no matter what happens. 264 00:12:51,760 --> 00:12:55,360 Speaker 1: Um all right, before we get back, Uh listen there 265 00:12:55,360 --> 00:12:58,920 Speaker 1: it is great. There's the cherubs and popping grapesing out 266 00:12:59,520 --> 00:13:03,160 Speaker 1: time for strumming the heart. But still like today, even today, 267 00:13:03,200 --> 00:13:05,200 Speaker 1: they haven't they're not even near the football field. Some 268 00:13:05,240 --> 00:13:08,200 Speaker 1: good things and it's been a good day for you, 269 00:13:08,600 --> 00:13:11,280 Speaker 1: so I hope you're enjoying it. Um. Before we move 270 00:13:11,320 --> 00:13:15,199 Speaker 1: on to getting back to the previews, Uh, let's hear 271 00:13:15,240 --> 00:13:18,160 Speaker 1: what Keith hands has had to say, because listen, my dad. 272 00:13:18,440 --> 00:13:20,600 Speaker 1: Since we've been doing this, not a lot of things 273 00:13:20,640 --> 00:13:22,480 Speaker 1: the call about and be happy about. So I want 274 00:13:22,480 --> 00:13:24,840 Speaker 1: to hear my dad happy on a Thursday night. He's retired, 275 00:13:24,880 --> 00:13:26,480 Speaker 1: he doesn't have to get up for work in the morning. 276 00:13:26,640 --> 00:13:29,320 Speaker 1: He's having a nice night and the Jets did him right. 277 00:13:29,640 --> 00:13:35,560 Speaker 1: Let's listen to Keith yea, his name is Keith his dad, 278 00:13:36,480 --> 00:13:40,720 Speaker 1: he'll doubt about it. He's a big Jets fan. Well 279 00:13:40,840 --> 00:13:47,839 Speaker 1: does he go to say? Well does he go to 280 00:13:49,160 --> 00:13:52,920 Speaker 1: What a performance by the Jets tonight against the Bills. First, 281 00:13:52,960 --> 00:13:57,959 Speaker 1: on defense, they were outstanding with seven sacks against the 282 00:13:58,040 --> 00:14:02,199 Speaker 1: tough build team. Secondly, on offense, they kept the foot 283 00:14:02,200 --> 00:14:06,000 Speaker 1: on the accelerated tonight and control the line by running 284 00:14:06,040 --> 00:14:09,440 Speaker 1: for a hundred ninety seven yards rushing which was outstanding. 285 00:14:10,240 --> 00:14:14,000 Speaker 1: And third they finally finished the game, even though it's 286 00:14:14,000 --> 00:14:17,040 Speaker 1: tough at the end, but nevertheless it was a big 287 00:14:17,120 --> 00:14:21,840 Speaker 1: victory today Dad nailed it. Let's move up. Now, let's 288 00:14:21,880 --> 00:14:24,640 Speaker 1: talk about Andrew Luck. There was the thought that he 289 00:14:24,680 --> 00:14:26,840 Speaker 1: was gonna play the season. There was a we were 290 00:14:26,920 --> 00:14:31,479 Speaker 1: virtually assured of it mark by Colts management and ownership, 291 00:14:31,880 --> 00:14:34,920 Speaker 1: and then he had the setback. And then officially on Thursday, 292 00:14:35,240 --> 00:14:37,800 Speaker 1: it was announced that Andrew Luck being moved to injured reserve. 293 00:14:38,160 --> 00:14:40,480 Speaker 1: His season wiped out. And you have to have just 294 00:14:40,560 --> 00:14:45,400 Speaker 1: concerns about his long term value or availability or whether 295 00:14:45,440 --> 00:14:47,480 Speaker 1: his prime is going to be impacted forever. Now, well, 296 00:14:47,520 --> 00:14:49,760 Speaker 1: it already has. His prime has been impact because he's 297 00:14:49,800 --> 00:14:52,600 Speaker 1: missed so many games. At the same time, I think 298 00:14:52,640 --> 00:14:55,400 Speaker 1: the cults were so they wanted to keep this a 299 00:14:55,480 --> 00:14:58,880 Speaker 1: hopeful situation and work with Andrew Luck and how he felt. 300 00:14:58,880 --> 00:15:00,880 Speaker 1: He was always given a lot of hour, obviously as 301 00:15:00,880 --> 00:15:03,240 Speaker 1: he should in this scenario, in to when he'd be 302 00:15:03,280 --> 00:15:06,240 Speaker 1: ready to come back practice. He tried to practice, there 303 00:15:06,280 --> 00:15:08,640 Speaker 1: was a setback, he got pulled back out, and I 304 00:15:08,800 --> 00:15:11,360 Speaker 1: felt at that point when they talked about shelving him 305 00:15:11,400 --> 00:15:13,480 Speaker 1: for a period of time that was roughly what ten 306 00:15:13,560 --> 00:15:16,840 Speaker 1: ten twelve days ago or something that to me felt 307 00:15:16,880 --> 00:15:18,880 Speaker 1: like this season is not gonna happen for Andrew luck, 308 00:15:19,000 --> 00:15:20,840 Speaker 1: and the point would be, maybe you put him in 309 00:15:21,160 --> 00:15:24,840 Speaker 1: with the with the Cults a three win nightmare in 310 00:15:24,960 --> 00:15:27,280 Speaker 1: mid December. I'm not sure that even makes sense for him, 311 00:15:27,320 --> 00:15:29,160 Speaker 1: but it it just seems to me like this is 312 00:15:29,200 --> 00:15:32,080 Speaker 1: honestly the smartest thing to give him the entire off season. 313 00:15:32,200 --> 00:15:33,840 Speaker 1: It sounded like they didn't have a choice. I mean, 314 00:15:33,880 --> 00:15:36,160 Speaker 1: the plan was to ramp up his practice and that 315 00:15:36,240 --> 00:15:38,600 Speaker 1: he was gott they if they wouldn't have had him 316 00:15:38,640 --> 00:15:41,200 Speaker 1: on the field practicing again unless they were optimistic that 317 00:15:41,280 --> 00:15:44,600 Speaker 1: he can can continue to do more and more and 318 00:15:44,600 --> 00:15:47,160 Speaker 1: then eventually play this season. The fact that he was 319 00:15:47,240 --> 00:15:50,640 Speaker 1: feeling so much soreness, and as he and Rappaport described 320 00:15:50,680 --> 00:15:54,040 Speaker 1: it on our air today, really that other muscles and 321 00:15:54,120 --> 00:15:57,440 Speaker 1: other joints and other issues started popping up in his shoulder. 322 00:15:57,720 --> 00:16:01,080 Speaker 1: They were essentially compensating for the older injury that he 323 00:16:01,160 --> 00:16:03,800 Speaker 1: had that was all unforeseen. I mean, I'm thinking back 324 00:16:03,800 --> 00:16:05,720 Speaker 1: to Jim Mercy saying, this guy is starting week one 325 00:16:05,760 --> 00:16:09,480 Speaker 1: for sure back in back in Marcher or April, and 326 00:16:09,520 --> 00:16:11,120 Speaker 1: then I'll be he'll be ready for the beginning of 327 00:16:11,120 --> 00:16:14,800 Speaker 1: the season. GM. And yeah, the GM never GM, Chris 328 00:16:14,840 --> 00:16:18,720 Speaker 1: Ballard uh never said never put a timetable on it. 329 00:16:18,800 --> 00:16:20,840 Speaker 1: Neither did the coaches. It's such a bummer because you 330 00:16:20,840 --> 00:16:22,840 Speaker 1: think back to Week three of two thousand fifteen, that's 331 00:16:22,840 --> 00:16:25,560 Speaker 1: when he suffered this injury. He played that game through 332 00:16:25,560 --> 00:16:28,840 Speaker 1: this injury, he came back, had an unbelievable comeback against 333 00:16:28,840 --> 00:16:31,320 Speaker 1: the Titans to win that game. Then he tried to 334 00:16:31,320 --> 00:16:34,080 Speaker 1: play through it that year, shut down Mrs Half that season, 335 00:16:34,120 --> 00:16:36,840 Speaker 1: placed through in two thousand sixteen where he's not the 336 00:16:36,880 --> 00:16:39,280 Speaker 1: same guy, and yet he still was very good. This 337 00:16:39,320 --> 00:16:43,000 Speaker 1: is three seasons, ages six to twenty eight. This that 338 00:16:43,160 --> 00:16:46,120 Speaker 1: is his prime. That's in the middle. And do you 339 00:16:46,160 --> 00:16:48,800 Speaker 1: do we put any stock into what they knew even 340 00:16:48,880 --> 00:16:52,720 Speaker 1: days ago when you hear whispers that Dante Moncreeve, t Y, 341 00:16:52,840 --> 00:16:55,440 Speaker 1: Hilton x Y, and z Frank Cord that they were 342 00:16:55,480 --> 00:16:58,680 Speaker 1: all available for trade, that that was potentially a fire 343 00:16:58,720 --> 00:17:00,400 Speaker 1: sale on offense if you're gonna get an Drew Luck 344 00:17:00,560 --> 00:17:02,720 Speaker 1: this week. Yes, I think I think the second must 345 00:17:02,720 --> 00:17:05,920 Speaker 1: have known the minute that they pulled him back from 346 00:17:05,920 --> 00:17:08,800 Speaker 1: practicing as you as you mentioned, I think they knew 347 00:17:08,880 --> 00:17:11,640 Speaker 1: then that it was unlikely he'd play again. It's such 348 00:17:11,640 --> 00:17:14,200 Speaker 1: a bummer because as as exciting as the Shawn Watson 349 00:17:14,280 --> 00:17:17,240 Speaker 1: is Andrew Luck is right there as one of those 350 00:17:17,440 --> 00:17:19,639 Speaker 1: three or four quarterbacks I like to watch. It feels 351 00:17:19,640 --> 00:17:21,080 Speaker 1: like a memory right now. I don't feel like I 352 00:17:21,119 --> 00:17:23,440 Speaker 1: have a fresh memory of seeing him play three games 353 00:17:23,440 --> 00:17:25,600 Speaker 1: in a row. And you just wonder if when we 354 00:17:25,640 --> 00:17:27,439 Speaker 1: do finally see him again, if he'll still be the 355 00:17:27,480 --> 00:17:30,720 Speaker 1: same guy. Let's hope. So anyway, so Andrew Luck, now 356 00:17:31,119 --> 00:17:33,960 Speaker 1: done for the year, joins the mass It's gonna be 357 00:17:34,040 --> 00:17:36,280 Speaker 1: an entire It's gonna be an all time all Pro 358 00:17:36,400 --> 00:17:40,080 Speaker 1: team of this generation. UM, just on I R this year. 359 00:17:40,160 --> 00:17:42,320 Speaker 1: It's fun, really fun, and I hate, I hate to 360 00:17:42,359 --> 00:17:44,399 Speaker 1: like think of who this is good news for the 361 00:17:44,480 --> 00:17:46,879 Speaker 1: Luck news is not a surprise. But if you're a 362 00:17:46,880 --> 00:17:49,560 Speaker 1: Titans or or the Jaguars right now, it's suddenly it's 363 00:17:49,560 --> 00:17:52,440 Speaker 1: just a two team race. Yeah, that's there's no Luck 364 00:17:52,480 --> 00:17:54,360 Speaker 1: coming back to save the Colts, not that we thought 365 00:17:54,359 --> 00:17:56,920 Speaker 1: there was lately. And then and there's no Texans anymore. 366 00:17:57,040 --> 00:17:59,040 Speaker 1: One of those teams are going to a major blow 367 00:17:59,240 --> 00:18:03,680 Speaker 1: for January. UM, let's now move to some other games. 368 00:18:03,720 --> 00:18:07,680 Speaker 1: Let's start in the NFC with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, 369 00:18:07,680 --> 00:18:10,720 Speaker 1: who now travel to New Orleans to face the Saints. 370 00:18:10,760 --> 00:18:13,400 Speaker 1: The Saints are the hottest team in football. They've won 371 00:18:13,480 --> 00:18:19,879 Speaker 1: five straight games, and on paper, Greg Rosenthal, but on 372 00:18:20,040 --> 00:18:24,000 Speaker 1: paper this looks like another recipe for Saints of victory. 373 00:18:24,320 --> 00:18:27,080 Speaker 1: You got the Bucks who are not playing well at all, 374 00:18:27,119 --> 00:18:29,360 Speaker 1: and their quarterback may not be right. His shoulder could 375 00:18:29,359 --> 00:18:33,280 Speaker 1: be an issue. He didn't look healthy. He has erratic 376 00:18:33,280 --> 00:18:36,040 Speaker 1: accuracy even when things are right, so you're never sure 377 00:18:36,080 --> 00:18:37,919 Speaker 1: what the issue is. But he hasn't been able to 378 00:18:37,920 --> 00:18:41,040 Speaker 1: practice fully in a while. And when you look at 379 00:18:41,080 --> 00:18:43,560 Speaker 1: this Saints team, they're not the Saint They're not the 380 00:18:43,600 --> 00:18:45,280 Speaker 1: Saints team that we saw before. And then the whole 381 00:18:45,320 --> 00:18:49,480 Speaker 1: focus is on the defense. Defense, that's true, but everything 382 00:18:49,520 --> 00:18:51,280 Speaker 1: about this team is different. They are twelve in the 383 00:18:51,320 --> 00:18:55,080 Speaker 1: league and pass attempts. This is a team that every year, 384 00:18:55,440 --> 00:18:58,280 Speaker 1: good or bad, are the top team, usually one or two, 385 00:18:58,320 --> 00:19:01,359 Speaker 1: almost always won. There a ball control offense. Willie Steed 386 00:19:01,440 --> 00:19:03,639 Speaker 1: remember him, and he was a major factor for this 387 00:19:03,680 --> 00:19:06,800 Speaker 1: team for a long time. He's barely playing. They always 388 00:19:06,840 --> 00:19:09,200 Speaker 1: throw the tight ends in New Orleans, whether it's Ben 389 00:19:09,240 --> 00:19:11,880 Speaker 1: Watson or was it Jimmy Grammer Kobe. They don't throw 390 00:19:11,920 --> 00:19:14,399 Speaker 1: to their tight ends anymore. There's no Brandon Cooks on 391 00:19:14,440 --> 00:19:18,240 Speaker 1: this team. It's like a totally different team. Even offensively, 392 00:19:18,680 --> 00:19:21,480 Speaker 1: it's more conservative. And Drew Brees is such a pro. 393 00:19:22,000 --> 00:19:24,560 Speaker 1: He can kind of handle whatever type of offense they 394 00:19:24,600 --> 00:19:26,680 Speaker 1: want to run, and he's playing well well. And people 395 00:19:26,720 --> 00:19:29,000 Speaker 1: look back on that same Super Bowl team and think, well, 396 00:19:29,000 --> 00:19:32,800 Speaker 1: obviously Drew Brees through the ball crazy amounts, and they 397 00:19:32,840 --> 00:19:35,640 Speaker 1: got by on turnovers on defense with Greg Williams blah 398 00:19:35,640 --> 00:19:38,880 Speaker 1: blah blah, but think well, but they also they ran 399 00:19:38,960 --> 00:19:41,200 Speaker 1: the ball that you more than they had any year 400 00:19:41,280 --> 00:19:45,239 Speaker 1: up until this season. They they're balanced, right, it's they are. 401 00:19:45,320 --> 00:19:48,320 Speaker 1: They are using their running backs as receivers too, but 402 00:19:48,400 --> 00:19:50,520 Speaker 1: they are running back based offense. I love the way 403 00:19:50,560 --> 00:19:53,240 Speaker 1: they're using Ted Gain where other offenses Ted Gain has 404 00:19:53,280 --> 00:19:55,480 Speaker 1: been purely a deep threat. Now he's a line of 405 00:19:55,520 --> 00:19:58,880 Speaker 1: scrimmage guy to get you yards after the catch. Be good. 406 00:19:59,000 --> 00:20:00,840 Speaker 1: He's been great. And then I look at the Bucks, 407 00:20:00,840 --> 00:20:02,800 Speaker 1: who I think we spent all summer and it was 408 00:20:02,920 --> 00:20:04,960 Speaker 1: very easy to fall into this trap. We've covered this 409 00:20:05,000 --> 00:20:07,800 Speaker 1: ground on hard knocks and they're all the elements were 410 00:20:07,800 --> 00:20:09,679 Speaker 1: there to say the Bucks are a team that's going 411 00:20:09,720 --> 00:20:11,600 Speaker 1: to take the next step with the talent they have, 412 00:20:12,119 --> 00:20:14,480 Speaker 1: and we just didn't know enough about how the defense 413 00:20:14,520 --> 00:20:16,680 Speaker 1: would respond. And they've been they've been injured, but they've 414 00:20:16,680 --> 00:20:19,679 Speaker 1: also been an utter disaster. I watched that Panthers Bucks 415 00:20:19,760 --> 00:20:22,080 Speaker 1: game and it was the hardest thing that I've seen 416 00:20:22,080 --> 00:20:25,399 Speaker 1: on game pass in a solid month. I don't even 417 00:20:25,440 --> 00:20:27,000 Speaker 1: really want to talk about the Bucks until they show 418 00:20:27,040 --> 00:20:32,200 Speaker 1: a sign of life. By the lasting sacks, probably every 419 00:20:32,280 --> 00:20:35,240 Speaker 1: key metric their defense isn't bottom five or last. They've 420 00:20:35,320 --> 00:20:37,960 Speaker 1: hurt me. Um, They've hurt me. And so I'm moving 421 00:20:38,000 --> 00:20:40,239 Speaker 1: away from them and go back to the Saints and 422 00:20:40,280 --> 00:20:42,560 Speaker 1: just say that. The one thing that I do also 423 00:20:42,680 --> 00:20:45,680 Speaker 1: really admire about, and Sean Payton deserves a lot of 424 00:20:45,680 --> 00:20:48,360 Speaker 1: credit obviously, is that usually when you make this move, 425 00:20:48,359 --> 00:20:50,840 Speaker 1: when you have a veteran and older veteran quarterback, and 426 00:20:50,840 --> 00:20:52,240 Speaker 1: it's like all of a sudden, oh now they're a 427 00:20:52,320 --> 00:20:55,800 Speaker 1: running team, and usually it's done partly or mostly out 428 00:20:55,840 --> 00:20:58,639 Speaker 1: of necessity. Um, but why it's I think part of 429 00:20:58,640 --> 00:21:01,120 Speaker 1: the reason it's really working, it's Drew Brees can still play, 430 00:21:01,280 --> 00:21:03,240 Speaker 1: still looks good still when they do ask him to 431 00:21:03,280 --> 00:21:04,880 Speaker 1: make throws, and when he has to do it, he's 432 00:21:04,880 --> 00:21:07,080 Speaker 1: still Drew Brees. So when you take that and then 433 00:21:07,119 --> 00:21:09,960 Speaker 1: put a smart run philosophy in the mix, and then 434 00:21:10,000 --> 00:21:13,080 Speaker 1: mixing playmakers like your boy marsh On laddermer defense and 435 00:21:14,480 --> 00:21:17,320 Speaker 1: in the backfield. I mean, it is so far away 436 00:21:17,640 --> 00:21:22,280 Speaker 1: from week two Adrian Peterson who's scowling at Sean Payton 437 00:21:22,600 --> 00:21:27,440 Speaker 1: and their defense is getting fried. And people the fact 438 00:21:27,440 --> 00:21:30,760 Speaker 1: that Mark Sessler is giving a shout out to Brandon Coleman, 439 00:21:30,840 --> 00:21:34,320 Speaker 1: you know has a long time Saints homer on this podcast. 440 00:21:34,400 --> 00:21:36,159 Speaker 1: You know, that's music to my ears anyway, So the 441 00:21:36,200 --> 00:21:40,760 Speaker 1: Saints will probably destroy the Bucks who are fraudulent. If 442 00:21:40,760 --> 00:21:42,800 Speaker 1: you heard it, like you should lock this up or something. 443 00:21:42,880 --> 00:21:45,840 Speaker 1: If you hurt me a premium cable, I hurt you 444 00:21:45,880 --> 00:21:48,480 Speaker 1: twice as hard. That's that's my whole weird. That is 445 00:21:48,520 --> 00:21:51,240 Speaker 1: an age old code, very strange, strange philosophy by the 446 00:21:51,280 --> 00:21:55,240 Speaker 1: old juicer. Let's move on the Los Angeles football rams 447 00:21:55,680 --> 00:22:00,720 Speaker 1: Uh traveled with the meddle as the face. I have 448 00:22:00,880 --> 00:22:04,080 Speaker 1: waited so long for that sound effect from Dan to 449 00:22:04,119 --> 00:22:06,640 Speaker 1: come into play on this podcast, because you've been doing 450 00:22:06,640 --> 00:22:09,040 Speaker 1: it down in the office and in various other buildings 451 00:22:09,040 --> 00:22:11,919 Speaker 1: and rooms. Four weeks Mark, the rams are five and 452 00:22:11,960 --> 00:22:17,359 Speaker 1: two the gymn are one and six, and there are 453 00:22:17,359 --> 00:22:19,320 Speaker 1: still people, I'm mark, there's still people out there that 454 00:22:19,400 --> 00:22:22,359 Speaker 1: don't trust the Rams, and maybe don't trust Jared Golf. 455 00:22:22,440 --> 00:22:26,000 Speaker 1: They look at the Rams and they go prove it well. 456 00:22:26,040 --> 00:22:29,720 Speaker 1: I mean, okay, I think they have issues of their own. Potentially, 457 00:22:30,160 --> 00:22:32,800 Speaker 1: I see a lot of reasons to believe in the Rams. 458 00:22:32,840 --> 00:22:35,080 Speaker 1: I think the thing though, is that if you get 459 00:22:35,080 --> 00:22:37,560 Speaker 1: caught up in the early part of the season, you 460 00:22:37,680 --> 00:22:40,800 Speaker 1: say that Sean McVeigh is completely and it's a finished product. 461 00:22:41,080 --> 00:22:43,760 Speaker 1: Transform Jared Goff. It's a finished product, and we're gonna 462 00:22:43,760 --> 00:22:46,880 Speaker 1: get the early primetime version of Jared Goff we got 463 00:22:46,920 --> 00:22:48,240 Speaker 1: for the rest of the year. But last couple of 464 00:22:48,320 --> 00:22:50,560 Speaker 1: weeks it's been heat. You know, they had to buy 465 00:22:50,640 --> 00:22:53,520 Speaker 1: last week, But previous as you see him get pressured more, 466 00:22:53,840 --> 00:22:56,280 Speaker 1: I think we're getting There's still some growing pains with 467 00:22:56,359 --> 00:22:58,280 Speaker 1: Jared Goff and it's a little a little bit of 468 00:22:58,320 --> 00:23:00,919 Speaker 1: the function of the offense around him. But I'm super 469 00:23:01,000 --> 00:23:03,000 Speaker 1: encouraged by the Rams in general. I think they're gonna 470 00:23:03,000 --> 00:23:06,240 Speaker 1: easily take care of business against the giants, who the giants, 471 00:23:06,280 --> 00:23:08,679 Speaker 1: to me right now, there is a stink on them. 472 00:23:08,760 --> 00:23:11,919 Speaker 1: They feel totally dysfunctional. I just I don't like the 473 00:23:12,040 --> 00:23:14,680 Speaker 1: energy around this team. You gotta just getting players get 474 00:23:14,680 --> 00:23:17,080 Speaker 1: shell for the year. You're getting players suspended. I mean, 475 00:23:17,080 --> 00:23:20,359 Speaker 1: come on, Jennaris Jenkins. This is two weeks after d 476 00:23:20,520 --> 00:23:24,600 Speaker 1: r C get suspended. Now Jennars Jenkins suspended indefinitely. I 477 00:23:24,600 --> 00:23:27,399 Speaker 1: mean it's just it's it's a lost season for a 478 00:23:27,400 --> 00:23:30,239 Speaker 1: lost team. So now you see what happens Greg with 479 00:23:30,520 --> 00:23:33,200 Speaker 1: a team like the Giants and every everything's down Eli 480 00:23:33,560 --> 00:23:35,440 Speaker 1: does he survive the season? Does he make it look 481 00:23:35,440 --> 00:23:38,520 Speaker 1: respectable for them? I feel like this is a close game, though. 482 00:23:38,600 --> 00:23:41,320 Speaker 1: I I still think that they're The Giants have been 483 00:23:41,400 --> 00:23:43,919 Speaker 1: very competitive almost every week. I mean, they could have 484 00:23:43,960 --> 00:23:45,760 Speaker 1: a better record than they do. They're not a good team, 485 00:23:46,600 --> 00:23:49,920 Speaker 1: but they're competitive basically every week. No Genera's Jenkins hurts 486 00:23:49,960 --> 00:23:52,240 Speaker 1: that that to me is a Pro Bowl cornerback this year. 487 00:23:52,640 --> 00:23:54,680 Speaker 1: Maybe it's the week to get Sammy Watkins a little 488 00:23:54,920 --> 00:23:58,159 Speaker 1: more involved. He is the fourth leading receiver on this team. 489 00:23:58,760 --> 00:24:00,359 Speaker 1: As good as their offense has been, no one on 490 00:24:00,359 --> 00:24:02,280 Speaker 1: this team is on pace for even a thousand yards. 491 00:24:02,280 --> 00:24:04,600 Speaker 1: They are spreading around to like six different guys. Really 492 00:24:04,760 --> 00:24:07,400 Speaker 1: feel healthy to me, though, yeah, that's good. And and 493 00:24:07,680 --> 00:24:10,000 Speaker 1: I was thinking early in the year like, oh that 494 00:24:10,200 --> 00:24:13,120 Speaker 1: that Wade Phillips. Uh you know love letter I wrote 495 00:24:13,160 --> 00:24:15,040 Speaker 1: him not looking too good. But by the end of 496 00:24:15,080 --> 00:24:17,199 Speaker 1: the season, he'll turn things around. And it's like he 497 00:24:17,240 --> 00:24:19,080 Speaker 1: had already turned it around by the bye. He's a 498 00:24:19,160 --> 00:24:22,720 Speaker 1: top five defense right now and by Football Outsiders metrics, 499 00:24:22,720 --> 00:24:24,920 Speaker 1: So they turned it around quickly. And this is more 500 00:24:24,920 --> 00:24:27,040 Speaker 1: of a balanced team that can win with their defense. 501 00:24:27,080 --> 00:24:28,720 Speaker 1: And that's why I don't really give New York a 502 00:24:28,800 --> 00:24:30,560 Speaker 1: chance in this because how are they going to score 503 00:24:30,600 --> 00:24:33,200 Speaker 1: more than ten points? It's an offense based around essentially 504 00:24:33,200 --> 00:24:37,199 Speaker 1: Evan Ingram Right now, Uh, let's move forward. The Denver 505 00:24:37,359 --> 00:24:41,800 Speaker 1: Broncos now three and four, riding a three game losing streak, 506 00:24:41,840 --> 00:24:43,959 Speaker 1: and how bad can it get? How bad is your 507 00:24:43,960 --> 00:24:47,320 Speaker 1: season gone? Trevor Simeon. You've just gotten benched by two thousand, 508 00:24:47,400 --> 00:24:52,119 Speaker 1: seventeen brock Oswiler. And that's not a good thing. So 509 00:24:56,800 --> 00:25:01,720 Speaker 1: Foad that was grizzly under dead, four thousand on accounted, 510 00:25:01,720 --> 00:25:06,119 Speaker 1: full pile on Hansas. What what do you want from me? 511 00:25:06,200 --> 00:25:08,600 Speaker 1: He just got benched by Brock. Let's be fair for 512 00:25:08,720 --> 00:25:13,240 Speaker 1: brocks Weiler. I can't believe it and move now to 513 00:25:13,760 --> 00:25:16,640 Speaker 1: play a game in Philly, a tough spot here Mark 514 00:25:16,720 --> 00:25:20,200 Speaker 1: Carson Wentz against the Rocky Mountain Avalanche. Who comes out 515 00:25:20,200 --> 00:25:22,360 Speaker 1: on top. I like that it's in Philly, number one, 516 00:25:22,720 --> 00:25:25,720 Speaker 1: And I guess if you're if you're trying to game 517 00:25:25,760 --> 00:25:29,359 Speaker 1: plan for Denver's defense, you could maybe look at what 518 00:25:29,400 --> 00:25:31,520 Speaker 1: the Chiefs were successful at the They really did a 519 00:25:31,520 --> 00:25:33,840 Speaker 1: good job against Kansas City despite the score, which is 520 00:25:33,840 --> 00:25:37,800 Speaker 1: a little deceiving. But Travis Kelsey did a had a 521 00:25:37,880 --> 00:25:40,200 Speaker 1: big night. He's had a big night before against Denver. 522 00:25:40,520 --> 00:25:42,879 Speaker 1: Denver is thirty in the league against tight ends, and 523 00:25:42,880 --> 00:25:45,080 Speaker 1: now you have zach Ertz, who is arguably the number 524 00:25:45,080 --> 00:25:47,359 Speaker 1: one tight end in the NFC, if not the NFL 525 00:25:47,440 --> 00:25:49,720 Speaker 1: right now. I think it's a big game for zach Ertz. 526 00:25:49,720 --> 00:25:51,879 Speaker 1: And I wonder how much we'll see of j J. 527 00:25:51,920 --> 00:25:53,320 Speaker 1: I E. I don't know if we're gonna get a 528 00:25:53,320 --> 00:25:55,359 Speaker 1: full read this week on how he'll be used. I 529 00:25:55,760 --> 00:25:59,040 Speaker 1: think you'll see him because he's been with them for 530 00:25:59,160 --> 00:26:01,560 Speaker 1: an entire week there. I mean, maybe you're right, not 531 00:26:01,680 --> 00:26:03,840 Speaker 1: twenty carries if that's what he's gonna get in the future. 532 00:26:04,760 --> 00:26:06,920 Speaker 1: And I think it was it was such a low 533 00:26:07,000 --> 00:26:09,120 Speaker 1: cost move for them that it was a no brainer, 534 00:26:09,359 --> 00:26:11,760 Speaker 1: And I think it was an admission by them that 535 00:26:11,840 --> 00:26:15,199 Speaker 1: their offense has been good, but it's so reliant on 536 00:26:15,520 --> 00:26:20,120 Speaker 1: three or four crazy spectacular plays by Wentz every week 537 00:26:20,600 --> 00:26:24,040 Speaker 1: that they're they're an inconsistent offense. I am very curious 538 00:26:24,200 --> 00:26:27,960 Speaker 1: to see how they do against such a good defense 539 00:26:28,240 --> 00:26:30,320 Speaker 1: in Denver, because when I watched the Eagles, to me, 540 00:26:30,400 --> 00:26:32,920 Speaker 1: their season is much like that forty Niners game. It's 541 00:26:32,960 --> 00:26:35,160 Speaker 1: a lot of like you don't see anything for about 542 00:26:35,200 --> 00:26:37,440 Speaker 1: a quarter and a half, a lot of punts or 543 00:26:37,920 --> 00:26:40,480 Speaker 1: or mistakes, and then they just explode for for ten 544 00:26:40,480 --> 00:26:42,879 Speaker 1: minutes and that's enough. But against a good defense like Denver, 545 00:26:43,000 --> 00:26:45,399 Speaker 1: they could keep it close well, and you know, to 546 00:26:45,480 --> 00:26:48,520 Speaker 1: the ost wilder part of it. I don't it bothers 547 00:26:48,600 --> 00:26:51,720 Speaker 1: me when and you read sometimes this overly flowery nonsense 548 00:26:51,760 --> 00:26:55,160 Speaker 1: about oh the Bronchos are turning to brock Oswiler, It's 549 00:26:55,200 --> 00:26:58,840 Speaker 1: like we're gonna see every single quarterback on this roster 550 00:26:58,960 --> 00:27:00,600 Speaker 1: before the end of the year. For the only areas 551 00:27:00,640 --> 00:27:03,280 Speaker 1: in these pla there's that, And I mean, I just 552 00:27:03,320 --> 00:27:05,320 Speaker 1: think it's gonna flip back to Siming at this point 553 00:27:05,320 --> 00:27:07,880 Speaker 1: Oswiler will be exposed by the third quarter that maybe 554 00:27:07,880 --> 00:27:10,680 Speaker 1: it needed a break. He was mentally just didn't seem 555 00:27:10,720 --> 00:27:12,240 Speaker 1: like he was all the way there. Do you think 556 00:27:12,240 --> 00:27:13,840 Speaker 1: I've been piling on a little bit with the team 557 00:27:13,880 --> 00:27:16,720 Speaker 1: trap stuff? No, I mean you, well, every show it's 558 00:27:16,760 --> 00:27:20,399 Speaker 1: a five in a train crash, that's that's your I 559 00:27:20,400 --> 00:27:22,439 Speaker 1: mean you do it in fairness, like the Jets have 560 00:27:22,560 --> 00:27:25,640 Speaker 1: been that big of a mess basically since we've started 561 00:27:25,640 --> 00:27:28,119 Speaker 1: doing this show, and you often have them crashing into this. 562 00:27:28,160 --> 00:27:30,800 Speaker 1: I think you were ahead of the trend though, in 563 00:27:30,800 --> 00:27:34,240 Speaker 1: in seeing that Simeon was not letting up right their 564 00:27:34,280 --> 00:27:37,080 Speaker 1: offensive line there. I will just say to Mark's point, 565 00:27:37,119 --> 00:27:39,880 Speaker 1: now that it's come up, Um, I do believe back 566 00:27:39,920 --> 00:27:42,919 Speaker 1: in early September, Gregg maybe was man splaining to me 567 00:27:42,960 --> 00:27:45,760 Speaker 1: a little bit. I was pumping up. I was pumping up. 568 00:27:45,880 --> 00:27:49,000 Speaker 1: Why is it? It's not man splaining, it's Greg splaining. 569 00:27:49,040 --> 00:27:52,760 Speaker 1: It's just disagree. It's disagreed and also known as disagree 570 00:27:52,800 --> 00:27:55,440 Speaker 1: in that one instance with this player. Usually, No, I 571 00:27:55,440 --> 00:27:57,720 Speaker 1: don't think you man splain a lot in that case. 572 00:27:57,720 --> 00:28:02,879 Speaker 1: You're like, listen, listen, old dumbnuts. Yeah, Um, I've watched 573 00:28:02,920 --> 00:28:06,080 Speaker 1: every snap. Shut your mouth. This guy's a study. He 574 00:28:06,119 --> 00:28:08,280 Speaker 1: did look good though. Come on, he like two weeks 575 00:28:08,280 --> 00:28:11,439 Speaker 1: in still and he looked like a like a developing 576 00:28:11,720 --> 00:28:15,399 Speaker 1: franchise quarterball right. I mean I and I think anyone 577 00:28:15,440 --> 00:28:18,520 Speaker 1: behind that offensive line in that situation, like, I don't 578 00:28:18,600 --> 00:28:21,400 Speaker 1: think that his career is over. I think he has 579 00:28:21,400 --> 00:28:23,720 Speaker 1: a chance to be good. Yeah, he still can. Let's 580 00:28:23,720 --> 00:28:27,280 Speaker 1: move on. The Ravens are four and four, uh, and 581 00:28:27,720 --> 00:28:30,040 Speaker 1: they're not an exciting team, but give him credit. They 582 00:28:30,080 --> 00:28:32,000 Speaker 1: just want forty nothing. So we'll give him a little 583 00:28:32,040 --> 00:28:33,440 Speaker 1: love here and give him a chance to go into 584 00:28:33,520 --> 00:28:37,040 Speaker 1: Tennessee and beat the Titans. Tennessee Titans coming off of 585 00:28:37,080 --> 00:28:40,960 Speaker 1: by Greg Marcus Mariotta, who, by the way, some people 586 00:28:41,000 --> 00:28:44,160 Speaker 1: were surprised their streets talking that Marcus Mariotta is in 587 00:28:44,200 --> 00:28:48,320 Speaker 1: your top ten of your QB index. Um, if he 588 00:28:48,360 --> 00:28:52,200 Speaker 1: really is worthy of a top ten place, take care 589 00:28:52,240 --> 00:28:55,080 Speaker 1: of business at home, go ahead, tytoons. Who who would 590 00:28:55,080 --> 00:28:57,560 Speaker 1: you have higher than him? Then that was lower? Um, 591 00:28:57,680 --> 00:28:59,600 Speaker 1: we don't have a lot of time, frankly to get 592 00:28:59,600 --> 00:29:02,760 Speaker 1: into it. I'd probably put I think Big Ben who 593 00:29:02,800 --> 00:29:04,440 Speaker 1: has not had a great season, but I probably still 594 00:29:04,440 --> 00:29:08,240 Speaker 1: put him ahead. That that whole. I'll admit the whole 595 00:29:08,360 --> 00:29:12,240 Speaker 1: Mariota and Onward tend to about seventeen or so. They're 596 00:29:12,280 --> 00:29:14,720 Speaker 1: all about the same. But the difference is Mariota you 597 00:29:14,760 --> 00:29:16,360 Speaker 1: kind of know who he is every week, and you 598 00:29:16,400 --> 00:29:18,760 Speaker 1: can't say that about almost every quarterback. I think he's 599 00:29:18,760 --> 00:29:22,160 Speaker 1: been very consistent. It hasn't been spectacular. He lucked out 600 00:29:22,200 --> 00:29:24,400 Speaker 1: a little bit with some easy matchups when he got hurt, 601 00:29:24,680 --> 00:29:27,120 Speaker 1: but he basically is the same guy each week. And 602 00:29:27,160 --> 00:29:29,040 Speaker 1: the difference with the Titans is that they can't run 603 00:29:29,080 --> 00:29:31,480 Speaker 1: the bomb. So not impressed with their running game. The 604 00:29:31,560 --> 00:29:34,160 Speaker 1: numbers are better that I think they've actually been. And 605 00:29:34,200 --> 00:29:36,680 Speaker 1: this is a matchup kind of between disappointing units, which 606 00:29:36,720 --> 00:29:39,720 Speaker 1: is the rushing defense of the Ravens, which we expected 607 00:29:39,760 --> 00:29:41,760 Speaker 1: to be good, and the rushing attack of the Titans, 608 00:29:41,800 --> 00:29:43,680 Speaker 1: because they're not the Titans. If they can't run the ball, 609 00:29:43,760 --> 00:29:46,480 Speaker 1: no lucky to before. I'm more impressed with Alex Collins 610 00:29:46,520 --> 00:29:48,280 Speaker 1: of late than I am with any other running back 611 00:29:48,280 --> 00:29:50,800 Speaker 1: in this game. Right now, I will say this the Titans, 612 00:29:50,840 --> 00:29:53,320 Speaker 1: I know they wanted to change the identity of their 613 00:29:53,320 --> 00:29:56,120 Speaker 1: offense a little bit this season, but I don't know 614 00:29:56,160 --> 00:29:58,360 Speaker 1: that they wanted to get so far away from what 615 00:29:58,400 --> 00:30:00,000 Speaker 1: they were last year, which I thought was a team. 616 00:30:00,000 --> 00:30:02,040 Speaker 1: But they're bad at running now they're not trying to 617 00:30:02,080 --> 00:30:03,760 Speaker 1: do that. I'm not getting it done. I do think 618 00:30:03,760 --> 00:30:06,480 Speaker 1: there's a lot of buzz in Tennessee that Corey Davis 619 00:30:06,520 --> 00:30:09,240 Speaker 1: maybe back the rookie first round wide receiver this week, 620 00:30:09,480 --> 00:30:11,400 Speaker 1: and they've talked about the fact that they feel like 621 00:30:11,400 --> 00:30:14,200 Speaker 1: he can completely change what the passing game can do. 622 00:30:14,240 --> 00:30:17,080 Speaker 1: They can kind of honest up defenses well. And Odell 623 00:30:17,080 --> 00:30:19,480 Speaker 1: Beckham maybe the exception that proves the rule here. He 624 00:30:19,600 --> 00:30:21,920 Speaker 1: missed a chunk of training camp and then the first 625 00:30:21,960 --> 00:30:24,880 Speaker 1: four games and then became a superstar. But I don't 626 00:30:24,920 --> 00:30:28,040 Speaker 1: like when rookie wide receivers miss large chunks of time 627 00:30:28,400 --> 00:30:30,720 Speaker 1: and not optimal. Then the idea that oh, now he'll 628 00:30:30,720 --> 00:30:32,440 Speaker 1: be in and he'll be coming part of this offense. 629 00:30:32,600 --> 00:30:34,320 Speaker 1: It might end up being a red shirt year for him. 630 00:30:34,320 --> 00:30:36,960 Speaker 1: I don't know. Consider me pessimistic on that. If you 631 00:30:37,120 --> 00:30:40,720 Speaker 1: scroll sound effect, let's get the Corey Davis cratching vehicles 632 00:30:40,720 --> 00:30:43,040 Speaker 1: sound if we If you scroll down in the old 633 00:30:43,280 --> 00:30:46,320 Speaker 1: QBN next this week, you would find at number twenty 634 00:30:46,400 --> 00:30:50,040 Speaker 1: seven Joe Flacco. I mean come back to us Joe Flacco. 635 00:30:51,160 --> 00:30:53,560 Speaker 1: So I'm just I know at this point, like there, 636 00:30:53,960 --> 00:30:56,600 Speaker 1: his arm is fine. I I you see the arm strength. 637 00:30:56,600 --> 00:30:59,840 Speaker 1: That's fine. His offensive line has been fine. There's not 638 00:31:00,000 --> 00:31:01,800 Speaker 1: really a lot of excuse for the fact that this 639 00:31:01,840 --> 00:31:05,160 Speaker 1: week he finally passed to Shaun Kaiser and now he's 640 00:31:05,240 --> 00:31:07,720 Speaker 1: second to last place in yards per tempt. This is 641 00:31:07,760 --> 00:31:11,520 Speaker 1: the NFL's ultimate and worst stinking dunk offense and it's 642 00:31:11,600 --> 00:31:13,960 Speaker 1: run by Joe Flacco. Something's going on here, but I 643 00:31:14,320 --> 00:31:16,680 Speaker 1: don't know if it's Flacco or Martin wag or anything. 644 00:31:16,800 --> 00:31:19,400 Speaker 1: How about our old friend Nazzie Newsom. Get this man 645 00:31:19,480 --> 00:31:21,360 Speaker 1: some real talent around him. See if you can still play. 646 00:31:21,440 --> 00:31:24,480 Speaker 1: I don't think he's ever been like an absolute superstar quarterback. 647 00:31:24,680 --> 00:31:26,920 Speaker 1: But give him some pieces. Does he have pieces? Do 648 00:31:26,920 --> 00:31:30,040 Speaker 1: you think right now? Is he good enough to overcome 649 00:31:30,040 --> 00:31:34,000 Speaker 1: not having pieces? I don't know if he can not, Wallace, 650 00:31:35,000 --> 00:31:38,160 Speaker 1: I don't know. All right, let's move on. The Washington 651 00:31:38,360 --> 00:31:43,200 Speaker 1: Redskins are losers of two straight games, too tough divisional losses, 652 00:31:43,200 --> 00:31:46,200 Speaker 1: and what's the reward uh for that failure? Now go 653 00:31:46,280 --> 00:31:49,440 Speaker 1: to Seattle and face of the Seahawks who are back. 654 00:31:49,960 --> 00:31:53,360 Speaker 1: Um to being an NFC force four game winning streak. 655 00:31:53,680 --> 00:31:55,680 Speaker 1: Had Oh, so that's the last time we get to 656 00:31:55,720 --> 00:31:58,320 Speaker 1: see Deshaun Watson that game. We get the game at 657 00:31:58,320 --> 00:32:00,840 Speaker 1: the one of the great rookie performance is of the decade, 658 00:32:00,880 --> 00:32:03,160 Speaker 1: and then that's it for the season. That's fair. Thanks, 659 00:32:03,160 --> 00:32:06,760 Speaker 1: football gods. You're the worst football gods. You are terrible 660 00:32:06,800 --> 00:32:08,440 Speaker 1: and you can't do anything to hurt me. I have 661 00:32:08,560 --> 00:32:11,120 Speaker 1: a Jets man, Yeah, I have a few complaints. Do it? Yeah? 662 00:32:11,240 --> 00:32:14,080 Speaker 1: What about old marky Mark over here? Bad job by 663 00:32:14,120 --> 00:32:20,560 Speaker 1: you football gods, sticking up your race. That should please Jets. 664 00:32:20,600 --> 00:32:24,000 Speaker 1: Don't win again until Jets give up like seven first 665 00:32:24,080 --> 00:32:27,680 Speaker 1: round picks for a j mccaren tomorrow. Uh My, gods 666 00:32:27,720 --> 00:32:29,480 Speaker 1: are like, we found a way to keep you from 667 00:32:29,520 --> 00:32:31,960 Speaker 1: going to London this year. And wait till you see 668 00:32:31,960 --> 00:32:39,440 Speaker 1: what we got in store feeds that would stick stick 669 00:32:39,480 --> 00:32:41,240 Speaker 1: my foot in my mouth. I was going to I'm 670 00:32:41,240 --> 00:32:44,680 Speaker 1: not gonna good things. I'm going to say to get 671 00:32:44,680 --> 00:32:47,760 Speaker 1: fired podcast. Let's move on and talk about this game, 672 00:32:48,000 --> 00:32:51,840 Speaker 1: all right. So the Seahawks at home, Um and Mark, uh, 673 00:32:51,920 --> 00:32:54,040 Speaker 1: this is a game that you figured they'll take it. 674 00:32:54,120 --> 00:32:55,640 Speaker 1: They should be able to win. At the same time, 675 00:32:55,720 --> 00:32:58,160 Speaker 1: the Redskins are desperate here. They need to win. Redskins 676 00:32:58,160 --> 00:33:00,360 Speaker 1: defense is hit the skids of late and I am 677 00:33:00,480 --> 00:33:02,400 Speaker 1: you know, watch what was lost a little bit in 678 00:33:02,400 --> 00:33:06,840 Speaker 1: that Texans Seahawks game was the fact that if your Seattle, 679 00:33:07,680 --> 00:33:10,560 Speaker 1: your your ground game was operating at a sub zero 680 00:33:10,680 --> 00:33:13,640 Speaker 1: level until maybe the fifty four minute of that of 681 00:33:13,680 --> 00:33:17,160 Speaker 1: that contest. And I would love to see that, Dwayne Brown, 682 00:33:17,200 --> 00:33:18,720 Speaker 1: if you want to really talk about Seattle as a 683 00:33:18,720 --> 00:33:20,840 Speaker 1: team that's gonna forge deep into the playoffs. I know 684 00:33:21,080 --> 00:33:23,480 Speaker 1: Russell Wilson he can pull magic out of a a hat 685 00:33:23,520 --> 00:33:26,760 Speaker 1: every week, and that's that's that's a tangible gift. But 686 00:33:26,800 --> 00:33:29,120 Speaker 1: with Drayne Brown at left tackle, if he can help 687 00:33:29,160 --> 00:33:32,280 Speaker 1: a protect Russell Wilson, but help that ground game get 688 00:33:32,280 --> 00:33:34,360 Speaker 1: going a little bit too. I don't think that's entirely 689 00:33:34,840 --> 00:33:36,800 Speaker 1: on the line. I don't think they have a back 690 00:33:36,920 --> 00:33:38,800 Speaker 1: right now that is stepped in and said I'm gonna 691 00:33:38,840 --> 00:33:40,640 Speaker 1: dominate and be the lead back here. They don't have 692 00:33:40,680 --> 00:33:43,360 Speaker 1: that guy. Well, they for the first time they are 693 00:33:43,440 --> 00:33:46,360 Speaker 1: saying that they're gonna try it that way, that Eddie 694 00:33:46,440 --> 00:33:49,040 Speaker 1: Lacy is going to be that guy this week. He 695 00:33:49,160 --> 00:33:51,280 Speaker 1: is going to be their lead back, They'll give him 696 00:33:51,320 --> 00:33:54,200 Speaker 1: him a chance, Like they're saying, that's that's the plan. 697 00:33:54,400 --> 00:33:57,000 Speaker 1: I like that idea. They are they are a passing 698 00:33:57,040 --> 00:33:59,160 Speaker 1: team though, and I think that was overlooked in that 699 00:33:59,200 --> 00:34:01,320 Speaker 1: game too. John Watson was great. Russell Wilson was the 700 00:34:01,320 --> 00:34:03,200 Speaker 1: best quarterback in that game. I don't think it was 701 00:34:03,200 --> 00:34:07,520 Speaker 1: any question. Uh. He made almost as many great plays, 702 00:34:07,720 --> 00:34:12,080 Speaker 1: made almost no mistakes, kicking the guy all his down unbelievable. Mr. 703 00:34:12,080 --> 00:34:15,400 Speaker 1: Eighth place Deshaun Watson not even the best. You know, 704 00:34:15,400 --> 00:34:17,600 Speaker 1: I do these little I do, these little grades and whatnot. 705 00:34:17,680 --> 00:34:19,359 Speaker 1: For the thing, he had a perfect He had one 706 00:34:19,360 --> 00:34:22,120 Speaker 1: of the best games I think any quarterback had all seen. 707 00:34:22,480 --> 00:34:24,680 Speaker 1: It's all I'm saying, Russell Wilson, and this is a 708 00:34:24,719 --> 00:34:26,920 Speaker 1: passing offense for the first time. We've been saying, like, 709 00:34:26,960 --> 00:34:28,239 Speaker 1: when are they going to become kind of like a 710 00:34:28,280 --> 00:34:31,400 Speaker 1: passing attack. He's got Richardson playing well and healthy Locket 711 00:34:31,560 --> 00:34:33,640 Speaker 1: is starting to look like lock it again, and his 712 00:34:33,719 --> 00:34:36,840 Speaker 1: healthy Doug Baldwin is who he is, Like, this is 713 00:34:36,880 --> 00:34:40,720 Speaker 1: a good looking little past. Jimmy Graham being used correctly 714 00:34:40,719 --> 00:34:42,560 Speaker 1: in the red zone, getting more targets than he ever 715 00:34:42,600 --> 00:34:44,640 Speaker 1: has been. Funny started catching the ball a little bit. 716 00:34:44,920 --> 00:34:46,640 Speaker 1: I'm not I'm not in love with Jimmy Graham. But 717 00:34:46,680 --> 00:34:50,560 Speaker 1: here's what Pete Carroll said on Thursday about Dwayne Brown 718 00:34:50,640 --> 00:34:52,879 Speaker 1: and the difference that he's made. He just ran about 719 00:34:52,880 --> 00:34:54,759 Speaker 1: fifty plays and he didn't even have a glitch in 720 00:34:54,840 --> 00:34:57,600 Speaker 1: any part of it. That's pretty remarkable. I'm counting on 721 00:34:57,680 --> 00:35:00,480 Speaker 1: an immediate impact and we'll we'll see what if Drayne 722 00:35:00,520 --> 00:35:05,000 Speaker 1: Brown plays um at his top level, which is certainly possible. 723 00:35:05,280 --> 00:35:09,040 Speaker 1: Once he knocks the rust off, everything changes for them. 724 00:35:09,080 --> 00:35:12,359 Speaker 1: But remember remember when the Redskins offense used to be 725 00:35:12,440 --> 00:35:15,960 Speaker 1: fun to watch, and they lost their starting receivers. But 726 00:35:15,960 --> 00:35:18,520 Speaker 1: they've also kind of lost Jordan Reed and Jamison Crowder 727 00:35:18,800 --> 00:35:21,160 Speaker 1: like the guys. Those guys were good last year. Crowder 728 00:35:21,239 --> 00:35:24,160 Speaker 1: finally had a good game last week. They're a little 729 00:35:24,200 --> 00:35:29,160 Speaker 1: shorthanded on the offensive line. And even though Dan has 730 00:35:29,200 --> 00:35:32,240 Speaker 1: said that the Legion of Boom is dead, that's a quote. 731 00:35:32,400 --> 00:35:35,960 Speaker 1: He says it's dead. I've I've studied all of holding 732 00:35:36,000 --> 00:35:37,680 Speaker 1: my feet to the fire on that one. I respected, 733 00:35:37,800 --> 00:35:40,600 Speaker 1: I've studied all the metrics in this contest, and I've 734 00:35:40,640 --> 00:35:45,480 Speaker 1: decided that I'm going to lock it up oh hello there, 735 00:35:46,760 --> 00:35:51,200 Speaker 1: that off spoken lock it up got to change my approach. 736 00:35:51,280 --> 00:35:55,000 Speaker 1: Things I have not been going well. Um Gregg says 737 00:35:55,040 --> 00:35:58,359 Speaker 1: that because he's in the locked for second place, which 738 00:35:58,400 --> 00:36:01,239 Speaker 1: is also last place three and five with Mark pulled 739 00:36:01,280 --> 00:36:03,040 Speaker 1: into a tie with Mark three and five, the old 740 00:36:03,080 --> 00:36:05,680 Speaker 1: Zeuser Greig does not appreciate being tied with Mark in 741 00:36:05,800 --> 00:36:07,759 Speaker 1: picks that that is for sure. The older is a 742 00:36:07,800 --> 00:36:11,399 Speaker 1: six and two and riding a five game. Come get 743 00:36:11,400 --> 00:36:15,120 Speaker 1: me boys. Um, We're gonna talk bangles and Jaguars. But 744 00:36:15,160 --> 00:36:18,120 Speaker 1: before we talk about those two feelines, Mark, I think 745 00:36:18,120 --> 00:36:20,399 Speaker 1: you have a little announcement or update for us. We'll 746 00:36:20,440 --> 00:36:23,480 Speaker 1: do this quickly, but we have. We asked for hashtag 747 00:36:23,560 --> 00:36:26,719 Speaker 1: a t N cat names for the A T N 748 00:36:26,719 --> 00:36:29,600 Speaker 1: cat that we found in my yard on Monday night, 749 00:36:29,640 --> 00:36:32,680 Speaker 1: and We've gotten a lot of creative offerings, and I'm 750 00:36:32,719 --> 00:36:35,560 Speaker 1: gonna read them real quick in a list cat names Colon, 751 00:36:35,920 --> 00:36:43,520 Speaker 1: Thunderhead Cat, Hassleback Friday, the Very Little Sea, Americano, Summer Bear, 752 00:36:43,960 --> 00:36:51,200 Speaker 1: eight Ball, Mr Fancy Pants, Parrel Sugs me Outavius, Bryant cat, 753 00:36:51,280 --> 00:36:59,360 Speaker 1: Rick clay bonn Jariss Bird Catcher, rus Bird, Ruse, bired 754 00:37:00,160 --> 00:37:06,320 Speaker 1: micro Modal, lunch pail A J. Mccatton, Cat Shob, Jason 755 00:37:06,400 --> 00:37:13,399 Speaker 1: Kitten the Cat and ASCENTI Deep Threat, Deep Threat, Tom Cat, 756 00:37:13,440 --> 00:37:19,680 Speaker 1: Brady feline Backer, Luma Model, T Westler, Jacob brisk Cat, 757 00:37:20,680 --> 00:37:24,480 Speaker 1: Christian McCAT free, one of my favorites Cat money Smith 758 00:37:25,280 --> 00:37:27,160 Speaker 1: and one that I think also needs a lot of 759 00:37:27,160 --> 00:37:30,400 Speaker 1: attention for our deal, Dear pal west the old Mouser. 760 00:37:30,680 --> 00:37:32,480 Speaker 1: Can I can I see the list for a second 761 00:37:33,440 --> 00:37:36,120 Speaker 1: because a few, yeah, a few stuck out to me. 762 00:37:36,440 --> 00:37:40,200 Speaker 1: What was Catcher Catcher Claybhinn. That's pretty funny. I like 763 00:37:40,360 --> 00:37:45,239 Speaker 1: the very little see. It's a mouthful um, very little sea. 764 00:37:46,400 --> 00:37:48,239 Speaker 1: You need to be thinking about using it in a 765 00:37:48,320 --> 00:37:51,120 Speaker 1: time of crisis, so well, yeah, I guess it's a 766 00:37:51,200 --> 00:37:53,319 Speaker 1: lot very little see. But I do like that. Mr 767 00:37:53,400 --> 00:37:56,279 Speaker 1: fancy Pants, I kind of like. I don't know. Mr 768 00:37:56,360 --> 00:37:59,560 Speaker 1: fancy Pants was the name that Dave Damasha gave Mark 769 00:37:59,600 --> 00:38:01,879 Speaker 1: Ceciler an attempt to really make it stick as being 770 00:38:01,960 --> 00:38:04,799 Speaker 1: the name that Mark was known by in the media world, 771 00:38:04,880 --> 00:38:07,680 Speaker 1: which no, I don't need that coming back into the mix. 772 00:38:07,800 --> 00:38:10,200 Speaker 1: It was a big loss for damn right there. He 773 00:38:10,320 --> 00:38:14,279 Speaker 1: took the l on that one. I like, um the 774 00:38:14,400 --> 00:38:18,560 Speaker 1: bird Catcher one, the grouse bird, catch bird catcher bired 775 00:38:20,719 --> 00:38:24,279 Speaker 1: bired um and the cat in ASCENTI is cat stand 776 00:38:24,320 --> 00:38:26,120 Speaker 1: here and dear to my heart? Yeah, all right, well 777 00:38:26,239 --> 00:38:29,600 Speaker 1: let's let's reservices on Tuesday. Wait, is simone signing off 778 00:38:29,680 --> 00:38:32,080 Speaker 1: on us being able to name it with the audiences help. Well, 779 00:38:32,600 --> 00:38:35,040 Speaker 1: there's there's a lot of complexities behind the scenes, but 780 00:38:35,080 --> 00:38:36,920 Speaker 1: we'll get we'll get into that on Tuesday. It's been 781 00:38:37,000 --> 00:38:39,160 Speaker 1: bubbling behind the scenes on social media and just to 782 00:38:39,200 --> 00:38:41,520 Speaker 1: pull back the curtain, if you're friends with Mark on 783 00:38:41,600 --> 00:38:44,560 Speaker 1: Facebook that the cat already has a name, well, it's yes, 784 00:38:45,080 --> 00:38:47,400 Speaker 1: that the cat doesn't know that though we'd have to 785 00:38:47,440 --> 00:38:49,960 Speaker 1: work with the various family members under the age of eight. 786 00:38:51,120 --> 00:38:53,120 Speaker 1: Let's talk about you're not aware of our bit. They 787 00:38:53,160 --> 00:38:56,440 Speaker 1: don't don't even know, don't not even quite clear what 788 00:38:56,560 --> 00:38:59,080 Speaker 1: dad does for work. So they're not listeners, you say, 789 00:38:59,440 --> 00:39:01,960 Speaker 1: I mean these kids are ordering like nine dollars with 790 00:39:02,040 --> 00:39:06,000 Speaker 1: the legos. I would be highly rated podcast. All right, 791 00:39:06,080 --> 00:39:08,839 Speaker 1: you're doing that. The Bengals is daddy ever coming back? 792 00:39:09,800 --> 00:39:13,839 Speaker 1: The Bengals and Jaguars um are facing off. Interesting game here. 793 00:39:13,920 --> 00:39:17,240 Speaker 1: The Jags are coming off a bye. If I'm not mistaken. 794 00:39:17,400 --> 00:39:22,920 Speaker 1: Is that right? Feel better about it. But in the 795 00:39:22,960 --> 00:39:25,160 Speaker 1: week before they had shut out the Colts and had 796 00:39:25,200 --> 00:39:28,799 Speaker 1: ten eleven sacks. It was quite a performance. And since 797 00:39:28,840 --> 00:39:32,800 Speaker 1: and I had just barely survived um in in Indianapolis 798 00:39:33,040 --> 00:39:35,959 Speaker 1: against Indianapolis at home last week, which disgusted you mark 799 00:39:36,239 --> 00:39:37,840 Speaker 1: your thoughts in this game. I was hard on the 800 00:39:37,920 --> 00:39:41,400 Speaker 1: Bengals on Sunday night. Uh, And instead of apologizing, I 801 00:39:41,440 --> 00:39:43,640 Speaker 1: will say that I was absolutely correct. This is the 802 00:39:43,719 --> 00:39:46,680 Speaker 1: game that people will point to and say you're over. 803 00:39:46,880 --> 00:39:50,759 Speaker 1: Your season is over, Cincinnati because the Jacksonville Jaguars, which 804 00:39:50,800 --> 00:39:54,799 Speaker 1: if flip flop wins and losses all year long, are 805 00:39:54,800 --> 00:39:57,600 Speaker 1: gonna come in here and do what they do. Everyone 806 00:39:57,719 --> 00:40:01,160 Speaker 1: made fun of this team with the little Saxonville hashtag thing. 807 00:40:01,280 --> 00:40:03,000 Speaker 1: I was at the top of it. It seemed absurd 808 00:40:03,080 --> 00:40:05,120 Speaker 1: to me. But they leave the league. They're on pace 809 00:40:05,320 --> 00:40:08,520 Speaker 1: right now for more sacks than any team in NFL history. 810 00:40:08,800 --> 00:40:11,320 Speaker 1: And I believe that Tom Coughlin has something to do 811 00:40:11,440 --> 00:40:13,879 Speaker 1: with it, the way that he's developed. He's brought people 812 00:40:13,960 --> 00:40:16,120 Speaker 1: in because the last time the Jaguars had the number 813 00:40:16,160 --> 00:40:18,360 Speaker 1: one defense, which are on pace to do. Who was 814 00:40:18,440 --> 00:40:24,320 Speaker 1: their coach? What was the year. Tommy Coughlin Up, No, 815 00:40:25,280 --> 00:40:28,680 Speaker 1: just feeling pretty strong about I don't listen locking up 816 00:40:29,520 --> 00:40:33,320 Speaker 1: a home team against this Bengals team. Zero courage in 817 00:40:33,360 --> 00:40:34,920 Speaker 1: that movie, and you you have to have you have 818 00:40:35,000 --> 00:40:37,399 Speaker 1: to be a man of integrity in this in this game. 819 00:40:37,440 --> 00:40:41,880 Speaker 1: You're right, the Colts are the worst defense in the league. 820 00:40:42,400 --> 00:40:46,400 Speaker 1: That's my opinion. After losing Millie Hooker. They might have 821 00:40:46,520 --> 00:40:49,200 Speaker 1: not have Vante David. They didn't have Vante Davis, and 822 00:40:49,360 --> 00:40:53,399 Speaker 1: yet the Bengals offense could not move the ball against them. 823 00:40:53,760 --> 00:40:57,080 Speaker 1: The fact that that they couldn't protect and Dalton wasn't 824 00:40:57,120 --> 00:41:00,440 Speaker 1: really seeing the blitz against the Cults. Now you've got 825 00:41:00,520 --> 00:41:03,080 Speaker 1: to face the number one past defense in the league. 826 00:41:03,480 --> 00:41:07,719 Speaker 1: I mean, logically, this would be a game that you're right, 827 00:41:07,880 --> 00:41:10,840 Speaker 1: would just ruin, would ruin all the fantasies of the Bengals. 828 00:41:11,360 --> 00:41:13,239 Speaker 1: Logic doesn't happen in the NFL all the time. But 829 00:41:13,400 --> 00:41:16,040 Speaker 1: that's I thought you nailed at Greg in your QB index. 830 00:41:16,120 --> 00:41:19,080 Speaker 1: Although the eighth place Deshaun Watson is just smacks of 831 00:41:19,160 --> 00:41:23,560 Speaker 1: disrespectful in light of recent events. Um it was written before. Yeah, 832 00:41:24,000 --> 00:41:25,640 Speaker 1: but most people will read that and think that you're 833 00:41:25,640 --> 00:41:28,479 Speaker 1: just sticking into him after the fact, I'm thinking maybe 834 00:41:28,600 --> 00:41:31,080 Speaker 1: that would be strange. We got the time stamp and 835 00:41:31,160 --> 00:41:33,840 Speaker 1: like calling him one of the very best players at 836 00:41:33,920 --> 00:41:35,960 Speaker 1: his position and his new prefect, Like this guy doesn't 837 00:41:36,000 --> 00:41:38,160 Speaker 1: even know what's going on. UM, But I want to 838 00:41:38,200 --> 00:41:40,560 Speaker 1: say that I think you nailed the Andy Dalton placement 839 00:41:40,600 --> 00:41:43,160 Speaker 1: on this one on your index and and I think 840 00:41:43,200 --> 00:41:45,520 Speaker 1: you hit on it. They they thought this year with 841 00:41:45,680 --> 00:41:49,960 Speaker 1: John Ross and with Tyler Eifford healthy, uh, with a 842 00:41:50,080 --> 00:41:52,960 Speaker 1: j Green and Joe mix in there and all that, 843 00:41:53,120 --> 00:41:55,200 Speaker 1: you know, Bernard, that this would be the year a 844 00:41:55,280 --> 00:41:57,359 Speaker 1: lot of people did. I thought that, And it turns 845 00:41:57,400 --> 00:42:00,239 Speaker 1: out Tyler Effort never is healthy and John Us is 846 00:42:00,280 --> 00:42:03,440 Speaker 1: another rookie that got hurt and he's never here heard from. Uh. 847 00:42:03,800 --> 00:42:05,799 Speaker 1: And maybe it was just two thousand fifteen and out 848 00:42:05,880 --> 00:42:07,880 Speaker 1: for Andy Dalton to be like an actual guy that 849 00:42:07,920 --> 00:42:09,920 Speaker 1: you can bank on to lift a team, well, right now, 850 00:42:10,080 --> 00:42:13,640 Speaker 1: that's the anomaly in his career. He hasn't been that 851 00:42:13,719 --> 00:42:16,800 Speaker 1: guy otherwise. So let's move on the Arizona Cardinals in 852 00:42:16,840 --> 00:42:19,840 Speaker 1: San Francisco forty niners. I don't think we need to 853 00:42:20,120 --> 00:42:23,839 Speaker 1: um spend too much time here with the Cardinals without 854 00:42:23,880 --> 00:42:27,000 Speaker 1: Carson Palmer and sending a three and four traveling to 855 00:42:27,080 --> 00:42:32,040 Speaker 1: San Francisco. But we can hit on um and any 856 00:42:32,120 --> 00:42:34,160 Speaker 1: thoughts on the games, fellas, don't be afraid to throw 857 00:42:34,239 --> 00:42:35,920 Speaker 1: him out, but just keep in mind we're on a 858 00:42:36,040 --> 00:42:39,400 Speaker 1: tight time budget. But um, Jimmy Garoppolo is now a 859 00:42:39,440 --> 00:42:42,440 Speaker 1: member of the forty Niners, which has led to people asking, oh, 860 00:42:42,480 --> 00:42:44,480 Speaker 1: what's going on with Jimmy? We're gonna see him this week, 861 00:42:44,520 --> 00:42:47,080 Speaker 1: next week? Not at all. Here's a Kyle Shannon and 862 00:42:47,160 --> 00:42:50,480 Speaker 1: had to say, uh, today, Yeah, that's why I have 863 00:42:50,640 --> 00:42:52,759 Speaker 1: no certainty of what we'll do. That's why I'm taking 864 00:42:52,800 --> 00:42:54,800 Speaker 1: it one day at a time. But I can't promise 865 00:42:54,840 --> 00:42:57,680 Speaker 1: you guys that he won't play this week. I can't 866 00:42:57,719 --> 00:43:00,399 Speaker 1: promise you guys that will play this year. It's all 867 00:43:00,880 --> 00:43:02,480 Speaker 1: I know that we have a guy that we're excited 868 00:43:02,520 --> 00:43:04,200 Speaker 1: about and I know has the ability to really help 869 00:43:04,320 --> 00:43:07,000 Speaker 1: us and help this team in the future. Um, that's 870 00:43:07,040 --> 00:43:08,480 Speaker 1: what I mean by what. We didn't do this to 871 00:43:08,560 --> 00:43:10,959 Speaker 1: just save this year. We did this because we feel 872 00:43:11,000 --> 00:43:14,399 Speaker 1: this will improve our team and our organization. And I'm 873 00:43:14,440 --> 00:43:16,480 Speaker 1: not going to put someone out there who I don't 874 00:43:16,480 --> 00:43:19,080 Speaker 1: think has a chance to be successful, and that starts 875 00:43:19,160 --> 00:43:21,880 Speaker 1: with that starts with the playbook. But don't you want 876 00:43:21,880 --> 00:43:23,640 Speaker 1: to get a look at him, Greg, if you're gonna 877 00:43:23,640 --> 00:43:25,600 Speaker 1: have to pay him, put the franchise tag on him. 878 00:43:25,920 --> 00:43:28,640 Speaker 1: I don't put any stock into that quote beyond that 879 00:43:28,760 --> 00:43:31,720 Speaker 1: he's not playing this week, right, I still I expect 880 00:43:31,800 --> 00:43:35,640 Speaker 1: to see him next week basically would right, I think, 881 00:43:35,840 --> 00:43:37,719 Speaker 1: And I get what he's saying, like he kind of 882 00:43:37,760 --> 00:43:40,480 Speaker 1: wants to see Garoppolo practice and get him going, so 883 00:43:40,520 --> 00:43:42,239 Speaker 1: he just doesn't want to get ahead of it. But 884 00:43:42,440 --> 00:43:44,080 Speaker 1: I think that's just talk. I mean, I think he's 885 00:43:44,120 --> 00:43:46,200 Speaker 1: gonna be. If he's not playing next week, it'll be 886 00:43:46,280 --> 00:43:49,000 Speaker 1: the week after. And it's been a tough um. The 887 00:43:49,120 --> 00:43:53,040 Speaker 1: reporters on that beat have been appropriately tough on ownership 888 00:43:53,120 --> 00:43:56,000 Speaker 1: in a variety of coaches there. But when you're owing eight, 889 00:43:56,560 --> 00:44:01,040 Speaker 1: this is the cookie cutter, perfect way who buy yourself 890 00:44:01,360 --> 00:44:04,160 Speaker 1: not only time, but hope throughout the franchise. With the 891 00:44:04,239 --> 00:44:06,760 Speaker 1: fan base, no one cares at the row in eight anymore. 892 00:44:07,160 --> 00:44:09,880 Speaker 1: You have found this piece that it doesn't need to 893 00:44:09,920 --> 00:44:12,160 Speaker 1: happen this season. I totally agree that you'll play, but 894 00:44:12,280 --> 00:44:15,359 Speaker 1: it's like you have done the perfect thing to save 895 00:44:15,480 --> 00:44:17,640 Speaker 1: a completely lost season on paper. And the last the 896 00:44:17,760 --> 00:44:19,440 Speaker 1: last thing in this game is if the Cardinals win 897 00:44:19,560 --> 00:44:21,160 Speaker 1: this game, which you know they have a chance that 898 00:44:21,200 --> 00:44:23,880 Speaker 1: they're playing a winless team, they're gonna be one of 899 00:44:23,920 --> 00:44:26,000 Speaker 1: the worst four and four teams with Drew Stanton, like 900 00:44:26,080 --> 00:44:27,719 Speaker 1: one of the more hopeless four and four teams. You 901 00:44:27,760 --> 00:44:30,799 Speaker 1: could imagine there's a few of them. Moving on, here's 902 00:44:30,840 --> 00:44:32,360 Speaker 1: one of the best games the week, if not the 903 00:44:32,480 --> 00:44:34,879 Speaker 1: best game of the week. The Kansas City Chiefs six 904 00:44:34,960 --> 00:44:38,360 Speaker 1: and to travel to Jerald World to face the Cowboys 905 00:44:38,400 --> 00:44:42,120 Speaker 1: four and three. The Cowboys UM look really good the 906 00:44:42,239 --> 00:44:44,160 Speaker 1: last two weeks, but now, of course they're not gonna 907 00:44:44,239 --> 00:44:47,920 Speaker 1: have Ezekiel Elliott, so it's Alfred Morris time or whoever 908 00:44:48,000 --> 00:44:51,760 Speaker 1: else UM is gonna get their shot and the Chiefs meanwhile, 909 00:44:52,320 --> 00:44:56,520 Speaker 1: um coming off that win, they're on a short week. Greg, 910 00:44:56,640 --> 00:45:00,480 Speaker 1: your thoughts about this football game. I'm really areous to 911 00:45:00,600 --> 00:45:04,240 Speaker 1: see how the Cowboys can push around this Chief's defense, 912 00:45:04,280 --> 00:45:06,760 Speaker 1: which has not played well. It's been a little under 913 00:45:07,040 --> 00:45:09,600 Speaker 1: talked about that their defense has gone from like oh 914 00:45:09,680 --> 00:45:12,319 Speaker 1: they're okay, they're there too, that they're a little bit 915 00:45:12,400 --> 00:45:15,000 Speaker 1: of a liability. And then you pair that with what 916 00:45:15,160 --> 00:45:17,719 Speaker 1: you just said about the Cowboys. As good as Zeke 917 00:45:17,920 --> 00:45:20,040 Speaker 1: has looked the last few weeks, I think the offensive 918 00:45:20,120 --> 00:45:23,360 Speaker 1: line has started to look back at their peak shape. 919 00:45:23,760 --> 00:45:26,759 Speaker 1: That maybe Tyrant Smith and pass protection hasn't been the same. 920 00:45:26,840 --> 00:45:30,160 Speaker 1: But in the running game, Zeke, and you would presume 921 00:45:30,239 --> 00:45:32,759 Speaker 1: Alfred Morris this week and Rod Smith, they've had some 922 00:45:32,880 --> 00:45:35,200 Speaker 1: big holes to run through and then you can control 923 00:45:35,239 --> 00:45:36,759 Speaker 1: the game. The Chiefs aren't a team I don't think 924 00:45:36,800 --> 00:45:39,120 Speaker 1: are going to run away and hide from them. Chief 925 00:45:39,200 --> 00:45:41,919 Speaker 1: so the worst run defense. No team in the league 926 00:45:41,920 --> 00:45:44,520 Speaker 1: has given up more big plays than Kansas City, and 927 00:45:45,000 --> 00:45:47,359 Speaker 1: I think that, Zeke, no team has more big plays. 928 00:45:47,400 --> 00:45:48,880 Speaker 1: It's kind of funny, kind of weird. It's like a 929 00:45:48,960 --> 00:45:51,520 Speaker 1: mirror image, but in a in a in an unfriendly 930 00:45:51,600 --> 00:45:54,120 Speaker 1: way for the defense. But I would say this though, 931 00:45:54,200 --> 00:45:56,200 Speaker 1: that I think that Alfred Morris and when he's come 932 00:45:56,239 --> 00:45:59,640 Speaker 1: in to spell Elliott, like no one is Ezekiel Elliott, 933 00:45:59,680 --> 00:46:02,080 Speaker 1: but he can be productive. I think they can move 934 00:46:02,160 --> 00:46:04,640 Speaker 1: the ball against this team. I like the fact that 935 00:46:04,719 --> 00:46:08,000 Speaker 1: it's in Dallas. I like it so much. I like 936 00:46:08,160 --> 00:46:11,000 Speaker 1: it so much. This has some this has some real 937 00:46:11,600 --> 00:46:16,160 Speaker 1: I'm gonna be locking it up. It gives me a 938 00:46:16,200 --> 00:46:17,759 Speaker 1: little more interest in the game too. I think it's 939 00:46:17,800 --> 00:46:19,640 Speaker 1: already a great matchup, but it just puts a little 940 00:46:19,680 --> 00:46:23,879 Speaker 1: bit of I love you lock a little bit. It's 941 00:46:23,920 --> 00:46:26,759 Speaker 1: a risk. I thought you might come back conservative after 942 00:46:27,120 --> 00:46:28,719 Speaker 1: locking up, and I looked hard at this in New 943 00:46:28,800 --> 00:46:31,719 Speaker 1: England last week. You are locking up a team that 944 00:46:31,840 --> 00:46:35,040 Speaker 1: just lost arguably their most important player to suspension. Wow, 945 00:46:35,120 --> 00:46:37,440 Speaker 1: look at you against the team that has the best 946 00:46:37,480 --> 00:46:40,080 Speaker 1: record in the I will be and I will be correct. 947 00:46:41,920 --> 00:46:46,200 Speaker 1: I mean the records that unless it that that most 948 00:46:46,280 --> 00:46:49,440 Speaker 1: of the time me and you are not correct. Look 949 00:46:49,480 --> 00:46:54,640 Speaker 1: at big step for Greg included himself success that was 950 00:46:54,840 --> 00:46:56,840 Speaker 1: that's growth. It's actually a double big step because he 951 00:46:56,880 --> 00:46:58,520 Speaker 1: used to include me as well as like we all 952 00:46:58,600 --> 00:47:02,440 Speaker 1: are terrible. But this is fairly Gregg leaving. You've been 953 00:47:02,480 --> 00:47:04,560 Speaker 1: find you've been fine this season. To your point, the 954 00:47:04,719 --> 00:47:07,120 Speaker 1: Chiefs fans should not lose any sleep over me locking 955 00:47:07,239 --> 00:47:09,200 Speaker 1: up against their team. They should in fact stay up 956 00:47:09,200 --> 00:47:11,359 Speaker 1: all night. And the reason I agree with you. If 957 00:47:11,440 --> 00:47:13,560 Speaker 1: if we were picking this game for NFL pick um 958 00:47:13,640 --> 00:47:16,839 Speaker 1: check it out on a Saturday, DVR it up, I'd 959 00:47:16,880 --> 00:47:19,959 Speaker 1: be picking the Cowboys as well, because they're not quite 960 00:47:20,000 --> 00:47:22,799 Speaker 1: as one sided lately since David Irving came back, he's 961 00:47:22,840 --> 00:47:25,359 Speaker 1: been good. And you got the Marcus Lawrence and Shan 962 00:47:25,480 --> 00:47:28,000 Speaker 1: Lee in Scandricks coming off his best game. I'm not 963 00:47:28,000 --> 00:47:31,360 Speaker 1: saying they're a defense first team, but their defensive line 964 00:47:32,000 --> 00:47:34,080 Speaker 1: has made some noise the last couple of weeks and 965 00:47:34,239 --> 00:47:36,000 Speaker 1: and if you can just be a little balance, you'll 966 00:47:36,040 --> 00:47:37,759 Speaker 1: have a chance. I like the Chiefs in this game, 967 00:47:37,840 --> 00:47:40,160 Speaker 1: so I'm going to get you on this, guys, but 968 00:47:40,719 --> 00:47:42,919 Speaker 1: it should be a good game. We excited. Good luck Sell. 969 00:47:43,080 --> 00:47:44,919 Speaker 1: That's the game of the week. Is this Joe Buck 970 00:47:45,000 --> 00:47:47,719 Speaker 1: and our friend it is? Actually that's the other note. 971 00:47:47,800 --> 00:47:51,480 Speaker 1: Tony Romo his first time announcing the Dallas Cowboys and 972 00:47:51,560 --> 00:47:53,680 Speaker 1: everybody I was getting a lot of heat. I said, 973 00:47:54,040 --> 00:47:56,880 Speaker 1: I had a great time watching the uh the playoffs 974 00:47:56,960 --> 00:47:59,600 Speaker 1: this season, even the non Yankees games, And at the 975 00:47:59,680 --> 00:48:01,759 Speaker 1: end of Game seven yesterday, I gave Joe Buck a 976 00:48:01,800 --> 00:48:04,320 Speaker 1: little love on Twitter, and everybody treated me like I 977 00:48:04,440 --> 00:48:07,440 Speaker 1: was a damn monster. Joe Buck does an incredible job 978 00:48:07,520 --> 00:48:10,520 Speaker 1: in baseball and he is super although he's had his 979 00:48:10,680 --> 00:48:13,080 Speaker 1: issues and at times. He's been on the air for 980 00:48:13,200 --> 00:48:15,399 Speaker 1: twenty years and people point out a couple to hate 981 00:48:15,440 --> 00:48:18,200 Speaker 1: that guy. I don't know. Buck is such a great announcer, 982 00:48:18,280 --> 00:48:21,359 Speaker 1: So Paring, you gave Tony Romo Greg the first half 983 00:48:21,520 --> 00:48:23,680 Speaker 1: m v PU for his job as a color guy, 984 00:48:23,719 --> 00:48:26,080 Speaker 1: which is deserved even though it's not a real thing. Uh. 985 00:48:26,280 --> 00:48:28,600 Speaker 1: Buck is a Hall of Famer in his prime to me, 986 00:48:29,239 --> 00:48:31,800 Speaker 1: play by play guy, everybody can suck it. I agree 987 00:48:31,840 --> 00:48:34,920 Speaker 1: with you on on on baseball, But what I really think, 988 00:48:34,960 --> 00:48:37,759 Speaker 1: I'm just reading the subtext here. Dan has now really 989 00:48:37,840 --> 00:48:39,920 Speaker 1: over the last two year, has become a host. So 990 00:48:40,080 --> 00:48:43,520 Speaker 1: he sees himself in the state in the same genre 991 00:48:43,800 --> 00:48:46,440 Speaker 1: as Joe Buck, and now he's starting to respect. Hey, 992 00:48:46,520 --> 00:48:48,600 Speaker 1: that's not as easy a job. I used to think 993 00:48:49,239 --> 00:48:52,360 Speaker 1: I was just a slubuh, And now you know he 994 00:48:52,520 --> 00:48:54,760 Speaker 1: recognized his game when I was. When I was Johnny 995 00:48:54,880 --> 00:48:56,880 Speaker 1: jack Nuts. You know I thought that Joe Buck, who 996 00:48:56,920 --> 00:48:59,240 Speaker 1: was a real loser. Oh, making fun of it, Randy 997 00:48:59,320 --> 00:49:04,360 Speaker 1: moss Ah, you're hitting identity, Johnny jack Nuts. Let's move on. 998 00:49:04,440 --> 00:49:07,160 Speaker 1: The Atlanta Falcons four and three, third place in the 999 00:49:07,280 --> 00:49:11,120 Speaker 1: NFC South eked one out against the Jets last week. Um, 1000 00:49:11,880 --> 00:49:14,279 Speaker 1: you know, got it done. Maybe didn't play tremendously well, 1001 00:49:14,360 --> 00:49:16,160 Speaker 1: but they played well. Enough to beat New York and 1002 00:49:16,239 --> 00:49:20,440 Speaker 1: now a big, big, big big game against the Carolina 1003 00:49:20,480 --> 00:49:24,960 Speaker 1: Panthers in Charlotte, UM a game greg that Cam Newton 1004 00:49:25,000 --> 00:49:28,000 Speaker 1: will not have his number one wide receiver um because 1005 00:49:28,040 --> 00:49:30,359 Speaker 1: he was just traded for whatever reason. He's no longer 1006 00:49:30,400 --> 00:49:32,480 Speaker 1: on the team because they want more speed. So I 1007 00:49:32,560 --> 00:49:34,040 Speaker 1: guess now it's gonna be a track made for the 1008 00:49:34,080 --> 00:49:37,560 Speaker 1: Panthers and they're gonna destroy the defending UNFC champions. Well, 1009 00:49:37,880 --> 00:49:42,040 Speaker 1: they believe that the running game is struggling in part 1010 00:49:42,080 --> 00:49:44,200 Speaker 1: because the field is so condensed that they have no 1011 00:49:44,400 --> 00:49:46,360 Speaker 1: one that can take the top off of a defense. 1012 00:49:46,400 --> 00:49:48,840 Speaker 1: And in theory that I think that's gonna be Curtis Samuel, 1013 00:49:48,880 --> 00:49:51,680 Speaker 1: their second round pick, and we'll see if he he's 1014 00:49:51,680 --> 00:49:54,600 Speaker 1: basically done nothing, We'll see if he can make that 1015 00:49:54,840 --> 00:49:58,040 Speaker 1: big of a factor. Because I think Rivera looks at 1016 00:49:58,040 --> 00:49:59,640 Speaker 1: this team. They're not an offense first team. They're a 1017 00:49:59,719 --> 00:50:02,360 Speaker 1: def ense of team, and they must look at the 1018 00:50:02,400 --> 00:50:06,200 Speaker 1: Falcons this week and think we just blitzed the Bejesus 1019 00:50:06,239 --> 00:50:08,879 Speaker 1: out of the box. Where blitzing everyone every week, That's 1020 00:50:08,920 --> 00:50:11,359 Speaker 1: kind of who their identity is is. There's blitz, blitz, blitz, 1021 00:50:11,400 --> 00:50:13,920 Speaker 1: They're getting a lot of pressure, and they're facing a 1022 00:50:14,040 --> 00:50:17,000 Speaker 1: Falcon's offensive line. The Falcons passing attack that that's been 1023 00:50:17,040 --> 00:50:19,000 Speaker 1: the biggest problem their Their offensive line, which is a 1024 00:50:19,040 --> 00:50:22,200 Speaker 1: little overrated last year, has been a problem for Matt 1025 00:50:22,400 --> 00:50:24,560 Speaker 1: Ryan this year. And I think it's gonna be tough 1026 00:50:24,600 --> 00:50:26,600 Speaker 1: for the Falcons to score some points. I think there's 1027 00:50:26,600 --> 00:50:28,800 Speaker 1: a lot of pressure on this team after trading away 1028 00:50:28,920 --> 00:50:32,040 Speaker 1: Kelvin Benjamin A. The players clearly not happy at all 1029 00:50:32,120 --> 00:50:35,279 Speaker 1: with the decision, and and in theory, you could make 1030 00:50:35,320 --> 00:50:37,919 Speaker 1: an argument for their reasoning that we want to open 1031 00:50:38,040 --> 00:50:41,359 Speaker 1: up the offense and suddenly you know it doesn't make 1032 00:50:41,400 --> 00:50:44,439 Speaker 1: a lot of then well that's the thing. I guess 1033 00:50:44,520 --> 00:50:46,840 Speaker 1: they found those two to be redundant and picked Funis, 1034 00:50:46,880 --> 00:50:49,680 Speaker 1: who's had nine catches in three weeks. Benjamin made a 1035 00:50:49,680 --> 00:50:52,440 Speaker 1: beautiful touchdown cast catch last week for an offense that 1036 00:50:52,560 --> 00:50:55,680 Speaker 1: is I found pretty unwatchable. We didn't really talk about 1037 00:50:55,760 --> 00:50:59,080 Speaker 1: it um when the trade went down, but Benjamin also 1038 00:50:59,280 --> 00:51:01,839 Speaker 1: was It seems like he's been a concern for them 1039 00:51:02,200 --> 00:51:05,719 Speaker 1: his fitness and things of that nature, so they might 1040 00:51:05,760 --> 00:51:07,799 Speaker 1: have decided, listen, this guy is too much a deal 1041 00:51:07,880 --> 00:51:09,520 Speaker 1: with We're not going to resign them, so let's get 1042 00:51:09,560 --> 00:51:12,600 Speaker 1: some value. So he was, he was traded to a 1043 00:51:12,760 --> 00:51:15,040 Speaker 1: GM and a coach that could have known him any 1044 00:51:15,120 --> 00:51:17,480 Speaker 1: better than they do. So I that doesn't mean those 1045 00:51:17,520 --> 00:51:20,399 Speaker 1: guys are right, It's true. I mean, are they looking 1046 00:51:20,400 --> 00:51:22,400 Speaker 1: at Russell Shepard who's got a lot of but I 1047 00:51:22,480 --> 00:51:25,000 Speaker 1: couldn't you could get more snaps too. I'm very intrigued 1048 00:51:25,000 --> 00:51:27,320 Speaker 1: by this game because I know I've I'm a broken record, 1049 00:51:27,400 --> 00:51:30,160 Speaker 1: and that these teams are going to change throughout the season. 1050 00:51:30,440 --> 00:51:32,400 Speaker 1: These are two of the teams that I think have 1051 00:51:32,560 --> 00:51:34,960 Speaker 1: the potential to be a much different team in mid 1052 00:51:35,040 --> 00:51:37,719 Speaker 1: December and a better team than they are right now. 1053 00:51:37,840 --> 00:51:40,200 Speaker 1: And then there four and three at five and three. 1054 00:51:40,480 --> 00:51:43,799 Speaker 1: I think it's a really big game, especially for Atlanta 1055 00:51:44,280 --> 00:51:46,799 Speaker 1: right now, to just kind of get some hold into 1056 00:51:46,880 --> 00:51:49,359 Speaker 1: this season. And that's why I've used my number one 1057 00:51:49,520 --> 00:51:52,480 Speaker 1: draft pick at the ten am hour and selected this 1058 00:51:52,760 --> 00:51:54,640 Speaker 1: as the game I want to watch. That's a new 1059 00:51:54,719 --> 00:51:56,799 Speaker 1: weekly like that. We might need to get a drop 1060 00:51:56,840 --> 00:52:00,480 Speaker 1: involved with that. UM One last note before we move on, uh, 1061 00:52:00,680 --> 00:52:06,440 Speaker 1: Devin Funcius, zach Ertz, Christian McCaffrey, and Pierre Garson. What 1062 00:52:06,560 --> 00:52:08,640 Speaker 1: are these four men all have in common? They are 1063 00:52:08,680 --> 00:52:12,399 Speaker 1: all male, That is correct? What else professional football players? Yes, 1064 00:52:12,480 --> 00:52:15,040 Speaker 1: and one more thing on only one more thing. All 1065 00:52:15,120 --> 00:52:18,600 Speaker 1: have been targeted more this season than Julio Jones. Yeah, 1066 00:52:18,760 --> 00:52:24,200 Speaker 1: sometimes it's not complicated. Sometimes, Steve Sarkisian, you just throw 1067 00:52:24,239 --> 00:52:26,640 Speaker 1: it to your best guy, do it more and maybe 1068 00:52:26,640 --> 00:52:28,800 Speaker 1: you'll score more points. Sarksi and one of his bullet 1069 00:52:28,840 --> 00:52:30,759 Speaker 1: points in the off season was like, there is a 1070 00:52:30,840 --> 00:52:33,000 Speaker 1: way I can improve this offense. It's gonna be more 1071 00:52:33,080 --> 00:52:35,240 Speaker 1: targets in the red zone or more targets in general 1072 00:52:35,280 --> 00:52:38,000 Speaker 1: for Julio Jones. And it's like, yet the opposite has happened. 1073 00:52:38,120 --> 00:52:41,800 Speaker 1: One touchdown Julio Jones. Morris Claiburn went out at halftime 1074 00:52:41,920 --> 00:52:44,680 Speaker 1: last week, and every Jet fan, including myself, said, oh 1075 00:52:44,719 --> 00:52:46,560 Speaker 1: it's over. It's gonna be Matt Ryan to Julio Jones 1076 00:52:46,600 --> 00:52:49,640 Speaker 1: in the second half. The guy would remain if you 1077 00:52:49,719 --> 00:52:51,279 Speaker 1: switt it hard through the rain. There, I think you 1078 00:52:51,320 --> 00:52:54,200 Speaker 1: saw a nice little Matt Ryan performance. Maybe a sign 1079 00:52:54,239 --> 00:52:56,640 Speaker 1: of things to coming. If you're okay, three lost bumbles 1080 00:52:56,640 --> 00:52:59,440 Speaker 1: on the snack. I mean that I'm saying throwing the 1081 00:52:59,520 --> 00:53:01,520 Speaker 1: ball that saying it just seems like a little bit 1082 00:53:01,520 --> 00:53:04,799 Speaker 1: of a christ season from Maddie. Uh. Sunday Night football. Uh. 1083 00:53:04,880 --> 00:53:08,040 Speaker 1: The Oakland Raiders, saving the best for last, coming off 1084 00:53:08,200 --> 00:53:11,840 Speaker 1: a really dispiriting performance and a loss to the Bills, 1085 00:53:11,920 --> 00:53:14,680 Speaker 1: travel to Miami to face the Dolphins. Have just traded 1086 00:53:14,760 --> 00:53:17,440 Speaker 1: j A. G I. Uh, we're still making sense of 1087 00:53:17,520 --> 00:53:21,440 Speaker 1: that one. Uh. So here we go, Mark, the Raiders, 1088 00:53:22,000 --> 00:53:26,880 Speaker 1: UH need to win this game. UH and desperation. Desperation 1089 00:53:26,960 --> 00:53:29,560 Speaker 1: is good in football to men. I mean, the Raiders 1090 00:53:30,120 --> 00:53:32,960 Speaker 1: talk about a team that they just simply there's no 1091 00:53:33,200 --> 00:53:36,240 Speaker 1: sort of holdover from last year's offense, and there's probably 1092 00:53:36,880 --> 00:53:39,040 Speaker 1: you know, Todd Downing under fire because of it. Their 1093 00:53:39,080 --> 00:53:43,279 Speaker 1: offensive coordinator Derek Carr is not seeing the same I 1094 00:53:43,440 --> 00:53:46,160 Speaker 1: think from performance from his wide receivers. Derek Hard does 1095 00:53:46,239 --> 00:53:47,719 Speaker 1: not look like the same guy to me right now. 1096 00:53:48,239 --> 00:53:50,640 Speaker 1: And yet you're going in to play a team that 1097 00:53:50,760 --> 00:53:53,440 Speaker 1: still has one too many Jay's. You still have Jay 1098 00:53:53,520 --> 00:53:56,000 Speaker 1: Cutler on this roster, and you just were blanked forty 1099 00:53:56,040 --> 00:54:00,239 Speaker 1: to nothing by a wanting Ravens teach. So I you know, 1100 00:54:00,440 --> 00:54:02,920 Speaker 1: this league is so unpredictable that I would not honestly 1101 00:54:03,040 --> 00:54:06,080 Speaker 1: be surprised to see without J. G. I E. The 1102 00:54:06,120 --> 00:54:08,440 Speaker 1: Dolphins somehow squeak out some sort of a win in 1103 00:54:08,560 --> 00:54:11,120 Speaker 1: any nothing with surprise. They're not playing a great team, 1104 00:54:11,120 --> 00:54:15,520 Speaker 1: they're playing record. It's just just it's an this is 1105 00:54:15,560 --> 00:54:18,160 Speaker 1: the game we're getting the that's bad, that should have 1106 00:54:18,160 --> 00:54:20,279 Speaker 1: been looks good. It looks good in August though, Um, 1107 00:54:20,560 --> 00:54:23,120 Speaker 1: but the Dolphins got shut out forty nothing last week? 1108 00:54:23,200 --> 00:54:25,040 Speaker 1: Did you turn that into a J Cutler dig when 1109 00:54:25,080 --> 00:54:26,680 Speaker 1: he didn't even play in the game. I just said, 1110 00:54:27,440 --> 00:54:29,920 Speaker 1: I said, there's still one too many Jay's on this team. 1111 00:54:31,520 --> 00:54:35,040 Speaker 1: I don't need anything. Bet. That was the best thing 1112 00:54:35,120 --> 00:54:37,080 Speaker 1: to happen to J Cutler season because it was kind 1113 00:54:37,120 --> 00:54:39,879 Speaker 1: of like, yeah, I'm a mess, but look at this team. 1114 00:54:40,280 --> 00:54:42,919 Speaker 1: Everyone's a mess. It's all a mess. I'm only part 1115 00:54:42,960 --> 00:54:44,960 Speaker 1: of it. Yeah, my commonist, I don't need eight more 1116 00:54:45,000 --> 00:54:47,000 Speaker 1: weeks of it. Whatever it is? What is that phrase 1117 00:54:47,840 --> 00:54:53,200 Speaker 1: the unstoppable force object? Like this is the stoppable force 1118 00:54:53,440 --> 00:54:56,160 Speaker 1: the Miami Dolphins offense thirty feet in the league and 1119 00:54:56,200 --> 00:55:00,440 Speaker 1: Football Outsiders versus the totally movable object of the Raiders defense, 1120 00:55:00,480 --> 00:55:03,480 Speaker 1: which is thirty one in defense. So who knows. We'll 1121 00:55:03,480 --> 00:55:08,439 Speaker 1: have to first fell history through eight games with zero 1122 00:55:08,520 --> 00:55:14,320 Speaker 1: interceptions history. That's bad, little but you'd say they're overdue also, 1123 00:55:15,040 --> 00:55:16,800 Speaker 1: and you know I've been slow to get off the 1124 00:55:16,920 --> 00:55:19,480 Speaker 1: Raiders train. I watched the Bills Raiders game this morning, 1125 00:55:19,960 --> 00:55:21,960 Speaker 1: and I saw a team that did not perform well, 1126 00:55:22,040 --> 00:55:24,000 Speaker 1: but also a little bit of a buzz. So this 1127 00:55:24,239 --> 00:55:26,160 Speaker 1: might be the highest the Bills ever get this season. 1128 00:55:26,600 --> 00:55:30,680 Speaker 1: Bad luck um uh and going into Orchard Park. I 1129 00:55:30,800 --> 00:55:34,719 Speaker 1: still do remember their spirited comeback the prior week, and 1130 00:55:34,800 --> 00:55:36,480 Speaker 1: that's why I'm not gonna give up on the Raiders 1131 00:55:36,600 --> 00:55:39,760 Speaker 1: in a saggy a f C. And I also believe 1132 00:55:39,880 --> 00:55:42,440 Speaker 1: that the Dolphins stink. You know, if I if you'll 1133 00:55:42,480 --> 00:55:44,480 Speaker 1: listen to this podcast, they could it could be the 1134 00:55:44,560 --> 00:55:48,919 Speaker 1: seventiess re animated and they'd still stink. But this team 1135 00:55:49,239 --> 00:55:52,840 Speaker 1: especially stinks. So that's why despite them going on the 1136 00:55:52,920 --> 00:55:56,160 Speaker 1: road and despite all their troubles there, oh yeah, five 1137 00:55:56,200 --> 00:55:58,640 Speaker 1: in Arrow is gonna go six because all Danny Boy, 1138 00:55:58,719 --> 00:56:06,400 Speaker 1: the old is gonna well. Okay, I like that. I 1139 00:56:06,560 --> 00:56:09,680 Speaker 1: like Handsome Head also declaring some type of vengeance upon you, Mark. 1140 00:56:10,280 --> 00:56:12,279 Speaker 1: I love Handsome Hank and he knows that. So my 1141 00:56:12,640 --> 00:56:14,600 Speaker 1: method with that tweet that he sent to me was 1142 00:56:14,680 --> 00:56:18,719 Speaker 1: to utterly ignore it. I'll deal with him he was 1143 00:56:18,760 --> 00:56:20,840 Speaker 1: in a long decline or something. It was off a 1144 00:56:20,920 --> 00:56:22,439 Speaker 1: bit that we were all talking to me. I said 1145 00:56:22,440 --> 00:56:24,879 Speaker 1: he was he was trending downward or something. But he's 1146 00:56:24,960 --> 00:56:29,920 Speaker 1: he's he's tall, he's British, he's extremely handsome, he's well spoken, 1147 00:56:29,960 --> 00:56:32,359 Speaker 1: he's got a cutting wit. I mean, I I don't 1148 00:56:32,400 --> 00:56:35,160 Speaker 1: think Marks not up for this fight. Henry does not 1149 00:56:35,280 --> 00:56:36,960 Speaker 1: really a guy who's up for fighting. I don't know, 1150 00:56:37,160 --> 00:56:39,040 Speaker 1: you know what it. Let me say this. We have 1151 00:56:39,120 --> 00:56:41,040 Speaker 1: the next two days off. What I like to do 1152 00:56:41,280 --> 00:56:43,080 Speaker 1: when we head off into our our version of a 1153 00:56:43,120 --> 00:56:46,320 Speaker 1: weekend is zero controversy. I don't want to deal with 1154 00:56:46,480 --> 00:56:48,640 Speaker 1: anyone on Twitter. I don't want to look at anyone 1155 00:56:48,760 --> 00:56:50,399 Speaker 1: or talk to him. You want to tie the boat 1156 00:56:50,440 --> 00:56:55,480 Speaker 1: to just thank you, thank you. And also the idea 1157 00:56:55,560 --> 00:56:57,560 Speaker 1: that Hank and I have ever had a real beef. 1158 00:56:57,640 --> 00:56:59,520 Speaker 1: He may have some of other people. I don't think 1159 00:56:59,560 --> 00:57:00,800 Speaker 1: he and I are and have ever been in that 1160 00:57:01,719 --> 00:57:03,919 Speaker 1: It was not all ominous. He said, expect your stock 1161 00:57:04,000 --> 00:57:07,040 Speaker 1: to decline even faster than mine. Apparently has he had 1162 00:57:07,080 --> 00:57:10,400 Speaker 1: the power to to reduce stock value? He is, he 1163 00:57:10,520 --> 00:57:12,640 Speaker 1: has a he is, he is a cunning wit. He 1164 00:57:12,719 --> 00:57:16,120 Speaker 1: has not mean spirited to a friend to destroy their career. 1165 00:57:16,160 --> 00:57:18,320 Speaker 1: I would not. I wouldn't go that far. Well I 1166 00:57:18,360 --> 00:57:20,320 Speaker 1: would if he does that to be based off of 1167 00:57:20,680 --> 00:57:24,800 Speaker 1: a podcast comment. Our podcasts, he's known to bring a 1168 00:57:24,920 --> 00:57:28,360 Speaker 1: bazuka to a knife fight for really almost no reason. 1169 00:57:29,000 --> 00:57:32,840 Speaker 1: Then bring it there, he goes up X. Everybody here, 1170 00:57:32,920 --> 00:57:36,440 Speaker 1: is it alright? That is not that? That is not 1171 00:57:36,600 --> 00:57:41,760 Speaker 1: the headlinelous. Finally, Monday Night football, the Detroit lines three 1172 00:57:41,800 --> 00:57:45,600 Speaker 1: and four and losing what losers of three straight? Um, 1173 00:57:45,680 --> 00:57:48,120 Speaker 1: I don't think they've you know, I don't think they've 1174 00:57:48,160 --> 00:57:52,240 Speaker 1: won in almost a month. And maybe they reported late 1175 00:57:52,320 --> 00:57:54,440 Speaker 1: in the month this summer. That's starting to show up 1176 00:57:54,440 --> 00:57:58,160 Speaker 1: at so now that lack of practice when everyone else was, uh, 1177 00:57:58,440 --> 00:58:01,600 Speaker 1: you know, hitting the old books are evident. We are 1178 00:58:01,680 --> 00:58:04,479 Speaker 1: getting less criticism from Lions Face a lot like giving 1179 00:58:04,560 --> 00:58:06,560 Speaker 1: them enough credit. I think I had him at number 1180 00:58:06,640 --> 00:58:09,320 Speaker 1: thirteen in our power rankings and I was basically told 1181 00:58:09,360 --> 00:58:15,120 Speaker 1: that I was the stupidest man a lot. And they 1182 00:58:15,200 --> 00:58:18,760 Speaker 1: traveled to lambeau Field of this game stinks that these 1183 00:58:18,800 --> 00:58:21,480 Speaker 1: primetime games, forget about it. The Packers who will be starting, 1184 00:58:21,680 --> 00:58:27,200 Speaker 1: uh Rhett, what's his face? Not far? So you could 1185 00:58:27,240 --> 00:58:29,800 Speaker 1: respect him? I'm not going to do it. He's accomplished 1186 00:58:29,800 --> 00:58:32,400 Speaker 1: a lot in his career and he's being paid pretty 1187 00:58:32,440 --> 00:58:36,360 Speaker 1: well for it, which not enjoyed his professional career. I mean, 1188 00:58:36,480 --> 00:58:39,479 Speaker 1: he right if he's done very well in his career. 1189 00:58:44,240 --> 00:58:46,880 Speaker 1: I'm not carrying that water. But I do respect that 1190 00:58:47,120 --> 00:58:49,480 Speaker 1: he's probably better at football than I've ever been at 1191 00:58:49,520 --> 00:58:51,520 Speaker 1: anything like that's a fair. That's a fair. I think 1192 00:58:51,560 --> 00:58:55,000 Speaker 1: you're better at your QB index than he is at professor. 1193 00:58:55,080 --> 00:58:57,000 Speaker 1: He can't throw it deep, and a couple of people 1194 00:58:57,040 --> 00:58:59,240 Speaker 1: have been commenting like, oh, they gotta let him throw 1195 00:58:59,280 --> 00:59:01,560 Speaker 1: it deep. It's they let him try about four or 1196 00:59:01,600 --> 00:59:03,760 Speaker 1: five times in that Saints game, and it was not pretty. 1197 00:59:03,800 --> 00:59:06,120 Speaker 1: It was very on Aaron Rodgers, like it's it's unfair 1198 00:59:06,200 --> 00:59:08,720 Speaker 1: to compare that to him, But it's a condensed offense 1199 00:59:08,800 --> 00:59:10,880 Speaker 1: with him. And I loved what I saw out of 1200 00:59:10,960 --> 00:59:14,280 Speaker 1: Matthew Stafford and that Lion's offense for the most part 1201 00:59:14,320 --> 00:59:16,800 Speaker 1: against Pittsburgh a very good defense, and you almost put 1202 00:59:16,840 --> 00:59:19,640 Speaker 1: five yards up against them. They just can't pick up 1203 00:59:19,680 --> 00:59:21,720 Speaker 1: a yard when they need to, Like, but I don't 1204 00:59:21,720 --> 00:59:23,200 Speaker 1: know if this is a game where that's gonna be 1205 00:59:23,320 --> 00:59:25,560 Speaker 1: the deciding factor, Like that they're the worst short yardage 1206 00:59:25,600 --> 00:59:27,240 Speaker 1: team just about in the league, but I think they'll 1207 00:59:27,240 --> 00:59:29,200 Speaker 1: be able to move the ball. It concerns me on 1208 00:59:29,280 --> 00:59:31,880 Speaker 1: the Packers side for Brett Hunley that he got he 1209 00:59:32,040 --> 00:59:34,480 Speaker 1: was well protected for the most part. He got a 1210 00:59:34,560 --> 00:59:37,560 Speaker 1: ground game, which a lot of times Aaron Rodgers never does. 1211 00:59:38,280 --> 00:59:40,920 Speaker 1: And after this week they have to go deal there. 1212 00:59:41,040 --> 00:59:43,240 Speaker 1: Four and three, they could be potentially four and four. 1213 00:59:43,560 --> 00:59:46,280 Speaker 1: And there's this there's this idea that maybe somehow they 1214 00:59:46,320 --> 00:59:48,440 Speaker 1: can exist until the end of the year. You have 1215 00:59:48,640 --> 00:59:52,800 Speaker 1: the defenses of Chicago, Baltimore and Pittsburgh coming. Now, Mike McCarthy, 1216 00:59:52,920 --> 00:59:55,240 Speaker 1: let's let's show something. You're coming off the bye week. 1217 00:59:55,480 --> 00:59:57,760 Speaker 1: Here's your chance. We've heard you're an offensive mastermind. You 1218 00:59:57,800 --> 01:00:00,760 Speaker 1: got this backup quarterback you're playing, and okay, defense, let's 1219 01:00:00,760 --> 01:00:03,600 Speaker 1: see something here. Let's see it. And if the Lions win, 1220 01:00:03,640 --> 01:00:05,400 Speaker 1: they got the Browns next week, so suddenly you know 1221 01:00:05,440 --> 01:00:07,120 Speaker 1: they could be right back in the mix. All right, 1222 01:00:07,160 --> 01:00:09,479 Speaker 1: So there you go. That's week nine. And in case 1223 01:00:09,560 --> 01:00:13,680 Speaker 1: you missed it, Mark Sessler to Handsome Hank bring it. 1224 01:00:16,160 --> 01:00:19,320 Speaker 1: That's that's direct report. I won't attempt to my conversation. 1225 01:00:19,480 --> 01:00:22,520 Speaker 1: Henry will listen to the entire ship, my direct conversations 1226 01:00:25,200 --> 01:00:32,480 Speaker 1: inside inside of Day for the truth, go to in 1227 01:00:32,560 --> 01:00:36,920 Speaker 1: the morning. We will be back. We will be back 1228 01:00:37,040 --> 01:00:41,120 Speaker 1: on Sunday night with the flagship program of course, uh, 1229 01:00:41,360 --> 01:00:44,760 Speaker 1: going over all the games that we just previewed. Um, 1230 01:00:45,400 --> 01:00:48,440 Speaker 1: and thank you to everyone for listening. Remember, NFL Pick 1231 01:00:48,520 --> 01:00:53,520 Speaker 1: Them is on three times this weekend on Saturday, check 1232 01:00:53,600 --> 01:00:56,000 Speaker 1: your local listings and then very early on Sunday if 1233 01:00:56,000 --> 01:00:59,080 Speaker 1: you miss it on Saturday, UH, including a very very 1234 01:00:59,160 --> 01:01:02,440 Speaker 1: important this is a very special episode of NFL Pick Him, 1235 01:01:02,960 --> 01:01:06,320 Speaker 1: Mark Cessler and the Loose Cannon Erica tam Posse really 1236 01:01:07,400 --> 01:01:11,240 Speaker 1: outdid themselves Greg with the screenplay. Me. You know, I think, 1237 01:01:11,280 --> 01:01:13,760 Speaker 1: actually I have seen a little bit of what's going 1238 01:01:13,840 --> 01:01:16,640 Speaker 1: on here in Greg and Dan. I think you'd be surprised, uh, 1239 01:01:17,080 --> 01:01:19,320 Speaker 1: that you may be a fan favorite after this. Well, 1240 01:01:19,320 --> 01:01:21,360 Speaker 1: it was a paycheck for me, but I put everything 1241 01:01:21,400 --> 01:01:23,280 Speaker 1: I had into it. For the paycheck, it was a 1242 01:01:23,400 --> 01:01:25,280 Speaker 1: labor of love, love for the rest of you guys, 1243 01:01:25,360 --> 01:01:27,840 Speaker 1: and I look forward to seeing and you should look 1244 01:01:27,840 --> 01:01:29,480 Speaker 1: forward to it. People. I'm a little worried that Dan 1245 01:01:29,640 --> 01:01:32,560 Speaker 1: is trying to distance himself from this. I thought, well, 1246 01:01:32,880 --> 01:01:35,080 Speaker 1: like let this move we all do this together, that 1247 01:01:35,160 --> 01:01:36,920 Speaker 1: we're all doing it together, but I get it. If 1248 01:01:36,920 --> 01:01:39,960 Speaker 1: it's someone else's bit, it's like, Wow, what a cynical 1249 01:01:40,080 --> 01:01:46,960 Speaker 1: viewpoint to have, Greg, Okay, let's go, or White Storm 1250 01:01:48,880 --> 01:01:56,160 Speaker 1: the old Boss n Bow Tom I'm a glass Sunday