Speaker 1: This is Eric Decker and you're listening to the laces
Speaker 1: In Podcast with Eric Allen, Jimson Greenberg. What's up Jets Nation?
Speaker 1: That was Eric Decker. This is laces In Ethan Greenberg
Speaker 1: alongside Alex Jaimo and Eric Allen. Here for the third
Speaker 1: episode of the podcast. Let's reintroduce our reporters again. Alex
Speaker 1: Jaimo used to work for the Iowa Hawkeyes, Jersey Girl
Speaker 1: Italian loves her French bulldog, Mela. And then there's Eric Allen. No,
Speaker 1: I'm just kidding. I'm just kidding. He's simple. And now
Speaker 1: let's hear something about you. I was gonna say, everyone
Speaker 1: knows you. You know, he's been on the team for
Speaker 1: sixteen years. Big college football fan. I love college football,
Speaker 1: love college football. I heard you are at the Syracuse
Speaker 1: game over the weekend. What happened to the Orange? You're
Speaker 1: both the orange Syracuse product. The Orange crushed. We should
Speaker 1: say yeah for for This is gonna be an awful analogy,
Speaker 1: but the juice was squeezed. What was the final score?
Speaker 1: Who did you play? Forty five to twenty USF over Syracuse.
Speaker 1: Syracuse was up seventeen and nothing at the end of
Speaker 1: the first quarter seventeen seventeen by the half, So Syracuse
Speaker 1: kind of kind of felt disappointed. You know. I grew
Speaker 1: up in Buffalo, about two and a half hour drive
Speaker 1: from Syracuse. About I went to a couple Actually I
Speaker 1: saw Syracuse when they were nationally ranked back in the day.
Speaker 1: Their college hoops team, what a program. Jim Beheim has
Speaker 1: their own play Yukon. And actually we got caught on
Speaker 1: a way coming home in a snowstorm because we're coming
Speaker 1: back to Buffalo. I was at Canisius College my freshman
Speaker 1: year before I transferred to Maryland undergraduate days. This might
Speaker 1: have been before both of you were born. Find you.
Speaker 1: But yes, I saw Syracuse play Yukon at the Dome.
Speaker 1: And you know, when the dome is so packed, they
Speaker 1: put those curtains up. I guess I had obstructed view.
Speaker 1: I was at the top of the don't so funny.
Speaker 1: I have to mention this just because I think it's
Speaker 1: funny and my dad thinks it's hilarious. Carrier, it's the carrier.
Speaker 1: Don't carriers an air conditioning company. There's no air conditioning
Speaker 1: in the carrier. Cell phones, you don't need air conditioning
Speaker 1: than the don't know it's so dam of cold outside. Yeah.
Speaker 1: Well let's clarify something here too. Snows more Syracuse is
Speaker 1: the snowiest city in the snows more Syracuse than Buffalo. Yeah.
Speaker 1: I walked around campus sometimes and the snow piles were
Speaker 1: they were probably bigger than you price. You've got the
Speaker 1: class knowing you. I figured the cheapest sleep. Oh my god,
Speaker 1: I was an eight four point student, Erica. I took
Speaker 1: school away to I don't want to use that to
Speaker 1: truth to truths and a live The dam would be
Speaker 1: to walk in the snow. Okay. So now now that
Speaker 1: we're that, we know a little bit about each other
Speaker 1: a little more. We just know something about Alex. All
Speaker 1: we know I do. I'll give you it's all about me.
Speaker 1: So I was gonna sell you alright, where did that
Speaker 1: come from? So? By the way, I'm Irish and my
Speaker 1: dad has a little German in them. But you're Irish.
Speaker 1: I can't tell with your pink skins. My my father
Speaker 1: his his um mother was a McGrady, and then on
Speaker 1: my mom's side we were the Cochlin's in the Gearys.
Speaker 1: So I'm very Irish. So if anybody wanted to know,
Speaker 1: or we're just announcing the Italians are We're gonna go
Speaker 1: down to Mulberry Street and some lunch. What we're gonna
Speaker 1: do it. What we're gonna do is, we're gonna have
Speaker 1: another ice breaker instead of two truths and a lie
Speaker 1: slash dare, We're gonna have your personal Hall of Fame
Speaker 1: sports moment in your own playing career. What sticks out
Speaker 1: in your mind? Who wants to bat lead off? Because
Speaker 1: that's what I do. I go, you know, first at everything,
Speaker 1: first in line. That's the Italian right there. So I mean,
Speaker 1: there's so many to choose from. To be honest, Oh
Speaker 1: my god, this ridiculous. I'm gonna go ice hockey because
Speaker 1: I know, yeah, he's gonna go ice hockey. I know it.
Speaker 1: But I'm gonna go ice hockey. When I was on
Speaker 1: the All Boys team, travel ice hockey team, Midget League
Speaker 1: Mayby sing Country Club UM in New Jersey, and I
Speaker 1: was named offensive m v P of the Year, But
Speaker 1: there's not like a moment where you're like I diked
Speaker 1: some guy that that was my moment sticking in to
Speaker 1: all the boys and like that. I mean, that was
Speaker 1: a pretty powerful moment for me. Female power baby, So
Speaker 1: I love tons of m v P. I will never
Speaker 1: forget walking up and getting my midgets right before bandom.
Speaker 1: That was like talking hockey talk. You don't get it. Whoa, whoa, whoa.
Speaker 1: I played ice hockey too. You did you play? Did
Speaker 1: you figure? I stopped in high school because we didn't
Speaker 1: have a team. I'm sorry about that. That's all right.
Speaker 1: I played baseball and said we'll get there in a minute. Okay, yeah, yeah,
Speaker 1: you're up next. Oh spent so many your freshman year.
Speaker 1: Just very recently, folks, we play street hockey here with
Speaker 1: the Jets. Wait, I want to play different and we
Speaker 1: change our team name after we want a couple of championships.
Speaker 1: But last year I tore my biceps tendon and I
Speaker 1: continued to play scored two goals during that game. Then wait,
Speaker 1: why did you tear your biceps? What were you what
Speaker 1: were you lifting too much weight? Well, I don't know.
Speaker 1: It was over time, it was overtime. Then it's just separated.
Speaker 1: And but during the street hockey game, I felt the
Speaker 1: terror even more pronounced and that's pretty painful. But I
Speaker 1: went on to score two goals. But who cares about
Speaker 1: street hockey? For those of you that don't know at home,
Speaker 1: he's biceps are like that. That's just fun biceps. Yea.
Speaker 1: In college, you go back to the University of Maryland.
Speaker 1: I will never forget a weekend my parents were in town.
Speaker 1: They didn't get a chance to see all my college games.
Speaker 1: They's opposed to high school and travel. I played for
Speaker 1: the Hamburg Hawks to year two. We didn't have a
Speaker 1: Tier one team. Usually it's broken up to Tier three
Speaker 1: and a Tier two. I played for the Hamburg Clocks.
Speaker 1: I played in some state tournaments. Um. One of the
Speaker 1: state tournaments, actually we played the number one seed from Rome,
Speaker 1: New York, New York Exit and I made about forty fives.
Speaker 1: We ended up losing the game, but it's um that
Speaker 1: was one of my better performances probably ever in that
Speaker 1: that came during the state tournament. Also, when I tried
Speaker 1: out at Kenisius Division one program, I didn't end up playing.
Speaker 1: I ended up playing JV for them my freshman year
Speaker 1: because I wasn't recruited. A lot of kids came over
Speaker 1: from Canada. I came out of high school maybe a
Speaker 1: hundred fifty five pounds, okay, and it got involved in
Speaker 1: the strength and training program there and we're doing a
Speaker 1: lot of stuff dry Land. But then on the ice
Speaker 1: we had a tryout and I really had an unbelievable
Speaker 1: just a practice day for one moment, we're getting every moment.
Speaker 1: Let's go back Lesli school. No, no, we have to
Speaker 1: cut him. Let's go back to high school. I was
Speaker 1: a defensive stopper playing JV basketball. Score he's reliving his
Speaker 1: glory away for a minute. Score twenty points. I think
Speaker 1: just off as steals alone. They used to call me
Speaker 1: Marcus on the team because we had to Marcus. We
Speaker 1: had too Erics. There was a guy by the name
Speaker 1: Marcus Allen. Alex probably doesn't remember, so to change it
Speaker 1: up and not calls both Eric Marcus. Okay, no doubt,
Speaker 1: say it enough for you. I think we haven't. I
Speaker 1: got my old wing at the whole offair. We're good.
Speaker 1: I think we're set. I think, uh, I really don't
Speaker 1: know how to follow up with that, but I'll give
Speaker 1: it a shot. So I said before that I played
Speaker 1: hockey when I was little, and then didn't I transition
Speaker 1: to baseball. Uh my act, my Hall of Fame moment
Speaker 1: actually comes in in tramural softball because there was no
Speaker 1: baseball at Syracuse, so we were playing championship game. I
Speaker 1: was a two to I was a gold glove center
Speaker 1: fielder in high school. But they we we had, we
Speaker 1: had a lot of outfield talent. So I was moved
Speaker 1: to second base for the championship game. And it was
Speaker 1: an eight to seven game, bottom seven because we only
Speaker 1: played seven innings. Two outs, lefty up at the plate.
Speaker 1: I'm at second base the gut and it's underhand pitch. Right,
Speaker 1: it's underhand pitch, and the guy swings and completely flies
Speaker 1: out of his stance. So what do I do. I
Speaker 1: take a step to my left, thinking he's going to
Speaker 1: try to absolutely crush this ball and pull it next pitch.
Speaker 1: Sure enough, he's he crushes it. Myself, being the athlete
Speaker 1: that I am, make a diving play in the air,
Speaker 1: catch the ball in the air. It was really dramatic.
Speaker 1: I get up, I get up, I get up, and
Speaker 1: I'm dog piled because it's eight to seven. Basses juiced,
Speaker 1: and I saved the day and it was fantastic. Faces
Speaker 1: were loaded seven, had had the ball squeaked by, would
Speaker 1: have lost. So you know, since I had my own
Speaker 1: Hall of Fame wing, I do have to say that
Speaker 1: there were so many great sports moments. I love it
Speaker 1: when my nieces and nephews are involved in sports because
Speaker 1: you get the values of teamwork, you know, competitive play
Speaker 1: and also work ethics starts at a young age. Sports
Speaker 1: you know, they don't necessarily define yet, but I'll tell
Speaker 1: you what you think. Find out a lot about somebody's
Speaker 1: personally think the way they play sports. Like this one
Speaker 1: over here, Alex says, Oh, we're gonna play softball. I
Speaker 1: have to bat lead off whatever. We're going to Buffalo.
Speaker 1: We're going to buff We're going to Buff's go to Buffalo.
Speaker 1: Did you enjoy your trip home to Buffalo? Did you
Speaker 1: see any family? Certainly did. When you win a ball
Speaker 1: game and you work for an organization and you know
Speaker 1: you're facing either going on two or one and one,
Speaker 1: get coming up with a win on the road, yeah,
Speaker 1: did you The last time? You have to understand, the
Speaker 1: last time I left Buffalo in a working sense was
Speaker 1: in January when the Jets were ten and five entering
Speaker 1: that ball game with the playoffs on the line, and
Speaker 1: the Bills sent them home packet. So listen, this is
Speaker 1: a nice win. I love the prolific offensive performance. Uh,
Speaker 1: Saturday night, you're gonna asked me. Well, Saturday Wednesday night,
Speaker 1: I got a chance to see some of my cousins.
Speaker 1: I want to seven one six, that very close to
Speaker 1: the hotel we were staying downtown when the seven one
Speaker 1: six and as good as advertised. It was solid. You know,
Speaker 1: our food, but our food had a couple of adult beverages.
Speaker 1: And then downstairs that night you drink some I p
Speaker 1: a there might have, but again that's going to stay
Speaker 1: between me and the folks at seven six now downstairs
Speaker 1: Actually that night, Ethan, they were honoring Bruce Smith who
Speaker 1: they retired his number at halftime of the ball game.
Speaker 1: So I didn't even know that they had a red
Speaker 1: carpet opening. Uh at seven one six. They told us
Speaker 1: to go around and go up to the second floor.
Speaker 1: And did you enjoy your buffalo stay there? Um? No,
Speaker 1: not really except for the game, it was great. I
Speaker 1: was going to say, other than that, I was pretty bored.
Speaker 1: What is that? Just says something about your personality? Well,
Speaker 1: I'm not well, Jason and I are producer Jason Levine.
Speaker 1: We went out to a nice lunch. We were talking about,
Speaker 1: you know, a work lunch. Um. I was actually very
Speaker 1: improdly told Eric, I was very impressed with the Italian food.
Speaker 1: I was. I was walking in think everything's going to
Speaker 1: be horrible, but it was very good. All Italian Italian
Speaker 1: was just quiet. I was. It was quiet, the hotel was.
Speaker 1: I was bored, and the game was what what do
Speaker 1: you have done if you were in a metropolis, if
Speaker 1: it was Chicago, I don't know. I have done a
Speaker 1: little sight seeing or something. I don't know. It was
Speaker 1: a beautiful day, Ethan. It was a beautiful day, and
Speaker 1: the canal side. You probably didn't even get a chance
Speaker 1: because you're not adventurous to walk down the water. I want.
Speaker 1: I want to. I was like a talk at all, Right,
Speaker 1: this is we we get it. You guys can go
Speaker 1: back and forth on Buffalo all day. No, that's fine. Yeah,
Speaker 1: well I WoT you have launched with Jason Levine. What
Speaker 1: what would Jason Levine say about Buffalo if he was
Speaker 1: in here right now? Exactly exactly you're saying that she
Speaker 1: skewed her her mindset is No, I would expect nothing
Speaker 1: other than what she just said, because Alex I wasn't
Speaker 1: talking smack on Buffalo. I was just saying it was
Speaker 1: a little bored on the line in the sand. Your
Speaker 1: people know you got it. We're fat, were fast board minded.
Speaker 1: That might happen to you down the line. You do
Speaker 1: some do not respond? Okay, Alex, Now we're fast boarding
Speaker 1: to the game. Your your favorite part. What's your biggest
Speaker 1: takeaway from the Jets win in Buffalo? Um? My biggest
Speaker 1: takeaway are offensive? Yeah, I just said it. Our offensive
Speaker 1: performance was prolific. Um Quincy and Noona continued to show
Speaker 1: that he's just getting better and better every every day
Speaker 1: as a wide receiver and a in a really great
Speaker 1: third option for Ryan Fitzpatrick. What did Ryan Fitzpatrick have? What?
Speaker 1: Seven plays Ethan over twenty yards? Seven over twenty and
Speaker 1: the eighth was a penalty. Yeah. I mean there's lots
Speaker 1: of good things. Marcus Williams two interceptions in two games,
Speaker 1: Quincy had ninety two yards receiving, that's a career high,
Speaker 1: and then the game before that he had a career
Speaker 1: high and catches am I right. So it was it
Speaker 1: was impressive and it was a huge, huge win, you know,
Speaker 1: for for the guys. They needed that and dision Rivalandon
Speaker 1: Marshall went down with that apparent knee injury. My heart.
Speaker 1: I was in the press box with Ethan and he
Speaker 1: was there as well. But I looked at Ethan you
Speaker 1: literally I thought I saw go. It was my heart sank.
Speaker 1: Well he came back, God and he finished. It was
Speaker 1: a very successful Hey, what is your biggest takeaway? I
Speaker 1: think sometimes this league you're gonna take a punch. And
Speaker 1: the Jets came out and they landed early and off,
Speaker 1: and they scored on their first four offensive possessions. They
Speaker 1: took a seven lead, the Bills got a late field
Speaker 1: goal before the half and it was ten. Then in
Speaker 1: a matter of moments, the Jets found themselves trailing at
Speaker 1: to twenty. I think that was an early season test
Speaker 1: right there, because they could have easily felt and felt
Speaker 1: sorry for themselves in a game they had pretty much dominated,
Speaker 1: especially up front in the trenches. But instead they came
Speaker 1: back with a seventeen point run of their own. And
Speaker 1: the offensive balance is very impressive on this team. Alex
Speaker 1: mentioned Quincy and Noma, and we talked about Brahandon Marshall
Speaker 1: and Eric Ducker, Matt Forte. He continues to prove his
Speaker 1: worth here early. I'm not worried about the distribution either.
Speaker 1: He's not gonna get thirty carries every game. I love
Speaker 1: people playing these fantasy stats saying thirty times sixteen and
Speaker 1: how many carries is this guy gonna have. That's not
Speaker 1: gonna happen. It's gonna change each and every week. But
Speaker 1: he keeps coming after you. And defensively, even though the
Speaker 1: Jets gave up some big plays again in the secondary
Speaker 1: timely plays down the stretch when they needed to make
Speaker 1: on Marcus Williams interception on fourth and on third and one,
Speaker 1: and then Sheldon Richardson and Darrenly combining for the fourth
Speaker 1: one stop, fourth and one stop. Sheety McCoy. All in all,
Speaker 1: a good win. One and one. Now let's go to
Speaker 1: Kansas City and then one more point. Even Jalen Marshall
Speaker 1: eric Um, he had a he had a big fumble
Speaker 1: in that game that was returned for a touchdown by
Speaker 1: the Bills. But then he came back and made a
Speaker 1: couple of huge third down catches Um, and it was
Speaker 1: cool to see him, you know, come back from that
Speaker 1: mental the mental side of thing. He didn't let it
Speaker 1: get bogged down and he came back, so lots of positives.
Speaker 1: I was going to say, my point is that kind
Speaker 1: of the poise of the offense, and I think that's
Speaker 1: a especially playing in a place in Buffalo at New
Speaker 1: Era Field, the new New Era Field formerly Ralph Wilson
Speaker 1: Stadium formally Rich Stadium formerly Rich Stadium formally that was
Speaker 1: before Why because naming rights rich products. Nonetheless, the biggest
Speaker 1: nonetheless my point here other than naming rights is that
Speaker 1: even though the Bills came out of the second half
Speaker 1: scored fourteen points, much to what Ryan Fitzpatrick said after
Speaker 1: the game, is there was never a hanging head on
Speaker 1: the sideline, and the Jets just seemed to go about
Speaker 1: their business and stick true to their game plant, which
Speaker 1: clearly involves Matt Forte obviously at thirty carries a hundred
Speaker 1: yards and three touchdowns. So I think that the most
Speaker 1: impressive thing for me was just sticking true to your
Speaker 1: game plan and staying keeping calm, keeping poison. Eventually, good
Speaker 1: things impress the atmosphere. Brian Winners said this week on
Speaker 1: Inside the Jets Monday night, seven o'clock on esp on
Speaker 1: New York here or you can watch it on New
Speaker 1: York Jets dot com. When he was visiting with myself
Speaker 1: and Larry Hardisty, he said that was the loudest environment
Speaker 1: he had ever played. In. Brandon Marshall, who's been in
Speaker 1: this league for more than a decade now, also said
Speaker 1: that place was crazy, tremendous environment, and the Jets responded,
Speaker 1: that's going to help him this week because Kansas City,
Speaker 1: it's gonna be an afternoon. I'm gonna piggyback right off
Speaker 1: what you said. We're moving to Kansas City again. If
Speaker 1: you don't know, Kansas City has not suffered a loss
Speaker 1: at Arrowhead Stadium since October eleventh, of two thousand score
Speaker 1: total yard there. It is Matt Forts return. The Jets returned,
Speaker 1: since I believe, and yeah, and then we don't win
Speaker 1: that game. New York Jets did not win that game.
Speaker 1: I remember that one. So so now we're gonna we're
Speaker 1: gonna go to the Twitter sphere here and we're gonna
Speaker 1: take some Twitter questions and about the game. And so
Speaker 1: first we're gonna go to Karen, He says. Should we
Speaker 1: expect to see more defaults from fits slash? Is there
Speaker 1: a specific soft spot that you see that the Jets
Speaker 1: and Shan Gailey will try to exploit? You're not lead off, No,
Speaker 1: I'm not, but it's it's a it's a given, Takethan
Speaker 1: I know you didn't ask this question you're getting from Twitter,
Speaker 1: But I ask, are we specifically talking about Kansas City?
Speaker 1: Kansas City? When I look at the Chiefs, the two
Speaker 1: guys who pop out at me in the secondary or
Speaker 1: Eric Barry, who was one of the finer safeties in
Speaker 1: the National Football and one of the finer stories in
Speaker 1: the National Football League as well, No doubt know everybody
Speaker 1: was playing for him and he came back. What do
Speaker 1: you have again? Which is so tough, and you know
Speaker 1: it says a lot about the guy that he came
Speaker 1: back from that and he played at a high level
Speaker 1: last year and he still remains one of the top
Speaker 1: safeties in the National Football League. Marcus Peters as a
Speaker 1: guy who got beat a couple of times last week
Speaker 1: in Houston. The Texans have some solid receivers DeAndre Hopkins
Speaker 1: among that group, but Peters also had two interceptions last week. Uh.
Speaker 1: He led the National Football League, as you pointed out, Um,
Speaker 1: and you're scouting the opponent's story. I believe he Leddon
Speaker 1: I found interceptions as a rookie last year, didn't he?
Speaker 1: He did? He had eight. He's a guy, he's a playmaker.
Speaker 1: So when I look at this game. Hey, how are
Speaker 1: the Chiefs going to defund the Jets? First off, we
Speaker 1: got a monitor of the injury situation. Alex talked about
Speaker 1: Brandon Marshall while he's got the knee injury, dealing with it.
Speaker 1: He joked this week that Quincy and Noon was looking
Speaker 1: over his shoulders, so he's got to stay out there
Speaker 1: in the field. Speaking of shoulders, Eric Ducker dealing with
Speaker 1: the shoulder injury. Now, every game plan, each and every
Speaker 1: week is going to be different. But it's always been
Speaker 1: a misnomer that, hey, Fits can't get the ball down
Speaker 1: the field. The Bills challenged the Jets as far as
Speaker 1: one on one on one matchups, and the Jets got
Speaker 1: down the field and Fits put the ball where he
Speaker 1: was supposed to. I'm gonna be interested to see how
Speaker 1: Bob Sutton, a former Jets assistant, tries to attack this
Speaker 1: Jets offense a g I honestly don't even remember the question.
Speaker 1: I just know that we were just talking about Fits
Speaker 1: in our offense. Okay, that's fine. Should we expect to
Speaker 1: see do you or do you expect to see more
Speaker 1: deep balls from Fits? And is the is there a
Speaker 1: specific soft spot? So I mean, for me, personally, should
Speaker 1: we expect see more more chunk plays? I know Eric
Speaker 1: Decker in the off season and training camp always said,
Speaker 1: you know, I do want to be more involved in
Speaker 1: chunk plays. He had a couple of big I think
Speaker 1: he had a sixty five yard touchdown and when it
Speaker 1: was in the field house and rainy day ones, So
Speaker 1: I would expect I think accredit to Todd Bowles. It's
Speaker 1: a game by game basis, and chunk plays on this
Speaker 1: Chief secondary may be tough to come by with Eric
Speaker 1: the eight four mentioned Eric Berry and Marcus Peter and
Speaker 1: Ron Parker also play safety for the chief season and
Speaker 1: he's a former cornerback, so so there's talent there for sure. Yeah, listen,
Speaker 1: this Kansas City defense is a good defense, right. So
Speaker 1: so Alex, if you know, do you think that the
Speaker 1: Jets maybe pull a fast one on the Chiefs and
Speaker 1: go deep? I mean, why not? It worked in the
Speaker 1: last game, so you know, why would you go away
Speaker 1: from What I think is more interesting is the defensive
Speaker 1: game plan for the Jets this game. This is we
Speaker 1: talked about Brandon Marshall and I don't know who else
Speaker 1: said it was the Brian Winters Buffalo was the loudest
Speaker 1: environment he's ever been in. But this place is going
Speaker 1: to be rocking. Isn't it known to be the loudest
Speaker 1: in the NFL. But they some new noise records again
Speaker 1: they have. I don't think, and I'm not saying that
Speaker 1: from the seven six, I don't think it's gonna be
Speaker 1: as loud as Buffalo, just because there's a night factor
Speaker 1: a little bit at one o'clock, as opposed to those
Speaker 1: crazies back in Western New York tailgating Sunday afternoon to
Speaker 1: Thursday for that night game. There's that hasn't been a
Speaker 1: lot of night games in Buffalo lately. You know, Kansas
Speaker 1: City much respect out there to their fans. It's going
Speaker 1: to be a sea of red there. But I think
Speaker 1: the Jets will be ready for that noise. It's gonna
Speaker 1: be really important. I think that the Jets get off
Speaker 1: the field, especially on third down, because not only are
Speaker 1: they're gonna be going up against Andy Reid and that
Speaker 1: West Coast offense with Alex Smith, but they're gonna be
Speaker 1: going up against that crowd noise um, you know, and
Speaker 1: Andy Reid's as good as it gets um when it
Speaker 1: comes to calling offensive plays. Offensive game plans. It's been
Speaker 1: around a long time. Chiefs have struggled on third down
Speaker 1: here early in the season. And even though the Jets
Speaker 1: have given up those big plays in the secondary, they've
Speaker 1: been tremendous on third down themselves defensively. So can they
Speaker 1: win on first and second down here instead? And as
Speaker 1: the Chiefs don't make a lot of mistakes on offense, no,
Speaker 1: typically they don't. They turn the ball over against Houston
Speaker 1: and that's one of the key reasons why they lost
Speaker 1: that game against the Texas. Yeah so, but Alex Smith
Speaker 1: really commands that offense. So I'm looking more at this
Speaker 1: game in an offensive I mean defensive standpoint, as opposed
Speaker 1: to in Buffalo. I was looking at it more from
Speaker 1: an offensive So it should be interesting, you know. I
Speaker 1: think that it will be an interesting game. And you
Speaker 1: said one o'clock. But but in Missouri it will be three,
Speaker 1: al right, not nonetheless, I will be home. It'll be
Speaker 1: four where I am. It won't be the one o'clock
Speaker 1: crazy We're coming. I'll miss you guys too, but I
Speaker 1: will not not on the misser, not driving a very no, no,
Speaker 1: won't see there. But I will say that it'll be
Speaker 1: very interesting to see this week, especially defensively, just because
Speaker 1: you know, will Jamal Charles play? Will he not? I
Speaker 1: guess we'll find out. The running back West is Leland
Speaker 1: National Football League total yards he also he also led
Speaker 1: the teams and rushing yards in week one. So very
Speaker 1: talented people in the backfield. But real quick, before we
Speaker 1: get to our suicide picks, which we neglected to do
Speaker 1: last week. Real quick. Obviously, big news in pop culture world,
Speaker 1: Brad and Angelina no longer together, So I will ask
Speaker 1: you from Twitter, from Twitter, Brangelina, bran Aelina, now Brad
Speaker 1: and Angelina because they're not one anymore. Cameron Cook says,
Speaker 1: Angelina and Brad heartbreaking for us all. What's the most
Speaker 1: shocking duo breakup in sports history? Sports history? It's a
Speaker 1: good one. It's a good one, and I'm gonna I'll
Speaker 1: take I'll bad lead off here. Just wanted Shack and Kobe. Okay,
Speaker 1: I'm gonna throw that out the window, obvious one of
Speaker 1: shock and Kobe. I'm gonna go Donovan McNabb and Terrell
Speaker 1: Owens because that was a messy breakup in Philadelphia and
Speaker 1: they were both very talented players. The Eagles had a
Speaker 1: lot of firepower and they blew it. And when I
Speaker 1: say they, I don't mean they actually blew it. I
Speaker 1: just mean Donovan mcnabntio didn't get along. It's parted ways
Speaker 1: and that's all she wrote. I'll never forget it. I
Speaker 1: was going to uh attending the hockey camp in the
Speaker 1: summer when I was a kid, and um, the Edmonton
Speaker 1: Oilers sent Wayne Gretzky. You're going to say that to
Speaker 1: the Los Angeles Kings and that really turned the hockey
Speaker 1: world upside down. I fell to this day. I feel
Speaker 1: bad for the people in Edmonton, but I'll tell you what.
Speaker 1: They got a rising star there in Connor McDavid. But
Speaker 1: Gretzky was at the time such in the offensive force
Speaker 1: and then he went to l a and Janet Jones
Speaker 1: was in Hollywood at the time, and um, you know,
Speaker 1: he was a big star, and I think it helped
Speaker 1: hockey out. I'm gonna go completely different round with this.
Speaker 1: I mean, let's be real, Tiger Woods in the dating
Speaker 1: world as of late hasn't been the best. But who
Speaker 1: was the woman he was dating the Olympic athletes, Lindsay Vaughan.
Speaker 1: I thought they were gonna last a little bit I mean,
Speaker 1: I don't know who knows what Tiger, but they broke up,
Speaker 1: Actually she broke up with him. I was a little
Speaker 1: surprised with that. Um, that was a power couple. That
Speaker 1: was that was she was killing the game. I think
Speaker 1: Shack and Kobe are a power couple. Yeah, but well
Speaker 1: these two were actually a couple of couple. So you know,
Speaker 1: all right, you know what, you know what. We're gonna
Speaker 1: table the conversation. We're gonna move on to the suicide
Speaker 1: picks again. We neglected to do them last week. That's
Speaker 1: on us. That's our bad. No, that's not you. Okay, okay,
Speaker 1: you're the hostel was the practice was over, he was
Speaker 1: ripped it off, his life a locker room. Well you lost.
Speaker 1: We don't came out. We don't even need for the segment. No,
Speaker 1: well here's the thing, Okay, other than that, we buried
Speaker 1: that hatchet. We have to go. We have we have
Speaker 1: to reinvite because we didn't pick. I'm coming back. Our
Speaker 1: records still counts. It'll just add to the record. Yeah,
Speaker 1: have you gotten a chance there? She has to be
Speaker 1: some kind of buying. We don't play this game. We
Speaker 1: sub games. Alex read us to schedule. She used to
Speaker 1: pick two games, all right, finally pick two games. I
Speaker 1: can just remove myself from this game. I don't even know. No, no, no,
Speaker 1: you like this game. We want you and Lindsey Von
Speaker 1: tell me the games this week? Alright, Houston at New England.
Speaker 1: I mean New England is now on their third string quarterback,
Speaker 1: so that will be interesting. Is that beneficially announced? I
Speaker 1: mean started out Bill Belichick. That's true? Yea confirming that
Speaker 1: Jason Levine confirms where somebody Jason Levine who actually looks
Speaker 1: a lot like Jimmy Garoppolo and a fan on the
Speaker 1: New York Twitter account. Jason Levine was on in one
Speaker 1: of the pictures in one of the media availabilities yesterday,
Speaker 1: and someone tweeted out, is that Jimmy Garoppolo undercover? Jason
Speaker 1: head a little big right now? But on to the
Speaker 1: next one. Arizona Arizona at Buffalo, Minnesota at Carolina, Denver
Speaker 1: at Cincinnati, Detroit at the Pack, Baltimore at Jacksonville, Cleveland
Speaker 1: at um Miami, Washington at our Friends in Blue the Giants,
Speaker 1: Oakland at Tennessee, San Francisco at Tampa Bay, San Diego, Indie,
Speaker 1: Indie Indie, New York Jets at Kansas City, Pittsburgh at Philly,
Speaker 1: Chicago at Dallas, Atlanta at Nola, which means New Orleans.
Speaker 1: I don't know if you guys know that I'm I'm
Speaker 1: taking I'm taking the lead here. Miami over the Dolphins.
Speaker 1: I'm wow, Miami over the Browns, not Miami over the Dolphins.
Speaker 1: It is in Miami, the Dolphins over the Browns, and
Speaker 1: that is my pick. Both teams going to the Cleveland Browns.
Speaker 1: Corey Coleman broken head, no surgery, out four to six weeks.
Speaker 1: He was the starting receiver there. And in addition to that,
Speaker 1: Cody Kessler, rookie quarterback, third string starting. My pick, Miami
Speaker 1: Dolphins over the Cleveland Browns. Who's up next? I'll take
Speaker 1: the Cowboys home Sunday night. Uh playing a team was
Speaker 1: scuffling right now, the Bears, and they got some players.
Speaker 1: You know, everybody in the National Football League has players.
Speaker 1: But gimme Dallas at home. They got the big road win, Washington,
Speaker 1: key divisional road win. I think that Prescott's but performing well.
Speaker 1: I think they'll be able to get the run game gone,
Speaker 1: short passing game. Um yeah, like I was gonna oh absolutely,
Speaker 1: go ahead. You gotta pick dude Detroit at the pack
Speaker 1: See this is where I don't know, because then I
Speaker 1: can't pick the Packers again. So I'm gonna I'm gonna
Speaker 1: give you. Can I go Dallas as well? Yeah, but
Speaker 1: you gotta pick another game for to make up for
Speaker 1: last week. Okay, okay, this is ridiculous. Um, then I'll
Speaker 1: do Green Bay in Dallas. And that's all she wrote
Speaker 1: for laces In this week, Green Band Dallas, Dallas. Free
Speaker 1: a Miami Dolphins for me, the division rival Miami Dolphins.
Speaker 1: Hope that doesn't get me in trouble. But again, New
Speaker 1: York Jets at Arrowhead Stadium in Missouri four kickoff on
Speaker 1: the East Coast. It will be three. They're just looking
Speaker 1: to improve to two and one on the season. Again,
Speaker 1: Kansas City has not lost at home since October eleven,
Speaker 1: but nonetheless, the Jets will be storming in hoping to
Speaker 1: get their second win of the season. Both teams are
Speaker 1: one and one. Tune in next week for another episode
Speaker 1: of laces In. Thank you, and have a good day.