WEBVTT - Week 1 Recap 0:00:00.600 --> 0:00:05.600 The Around the NFL Podcast it's hoping to have its 0:00:05.680 --> 0:00:09.840 fifth year option picked up. Welcome back to another dishod 0:00:09.920 --> 0:00:13.080 the Around the NFL Podcast, presented by Head and Shoulders. 0:00:13.360 --> 0:00:15.440 My name is Dan Hansus, and I'm joined by room 0:00:15.480 --> 0:00:18.800 filled with some heroes. Mark Sessler to my left, Gregg 0:00:18.960 --> 0:00:23.119 Rosenhal on my right. What's up? Boys? Forget hoping for 0:00:23.239 --> 0:00:25.479 the fifth year option? This is it. This is the 0:00:25.480 --> 0:00:29.280 fifth year. It's starting week one, the fifth year of 0:00:29.320 --> 0:00:35.479 our flagship program, Sunday Night Recaps. We're here mark another 0:00:35.760 --> 0:00:37.479 year for you, and I mark our seventh year he 0:00:37.520 --> 0:00:41.120 at the NFL and our fifth year doing this little shebang. Yeah, 0:00:41.159 --> 0:00:43.400 I mean I I don't understand this fifth year option 0:00:43.479 --> 0:00:45.720 talk either. We've got an extended deal at this point, 0:00:45.720 --> 0:00:48.480 and you pull the plug tonight before we wrap the show. Yeah, 0:00:48.560 --> 0:00:50.159 let us. Let's hope that doesn't happen, because if I 0:00:50.240 --> 0:00:51.680 knew they were hanging that over us, I would have 0:00:51.960 --> 0:00:54.600 staged a holdout of some kind, made a huge stink, 0:00:54.880 --> 0:00:57.560 worked with the media, back channels with different insiders, and 0:00:57.640 --> 0:01:02.360 caused a whole ruckus. Well, I mean, we've built up 0:01:02.360 --> 0:01:04.920 this Sunday Night show to the point speaking to my 0:01:04.959 --> 0:01:09.920 mom this morning on her fiftieth wedding anniversary Rosenthals. She 0:01:10.080 --> 0:01:12.840 called it, well, I'll listen to your flagship show tomorrow. 0:01:12.880 --> 0:01:16.680 She called it the Pashal in a big spot. Congratulations 0:01:16.680 --> 0:01:19.640 to the Rosies. That's a nice that's an incredible achievement. 0:01:19.680 --> 0:01:23.560 What is that silver believe it may even be more 0:01:23.560 --> 0:01:26.880 than that ative. You gotta plug in on this one, Greggy. 0:01:27.160 --> 0:01:30.039 What I'm assuming you purchased a gift some flowers. You 0:01:30.040 --> 0:01:32.240 know they're gonna be here. This I mean beyond flowers. 0:01:32.240 --> 0:01:34.480 I'm sure you did something to to marvel and show 0:01:34.520 --> 0:01:37.680 your appreciation. Just shout out on one of the best 0:01:37.680 --> 0:01:41.320 podcasts that has very little cache. Let's get back. Let's 0:01:41.360 --> 0:01:44.240 get back on script because that's why it's the Sunday 0:01:44.280 --> 0:01:48.000 Flagship Show. Because we talked about every game that occurred 0:01:48.040 --> 0:01:52.640 on Sunday in this week one UH from the early 0:01:52.720 --> 0:01:56.320 kickoff straight through Sunday Night football, the Giants and the 0:01:56.360 --> 0:01:59.240 Cowboys in Jaral World, and it was it was a 0:01:59.280 --> 0:02:02.240 week one j M in UH where there were some 0:02:02.320 --> 0:02:06.120 surprises there always are, but also maybe not as not 0:02:06.160 --> 0:02:09.600 as much sizzle. Maybe I was expecting some fireworks, some 0:02:09.680 --> 0:02:12.640 crazy things happening. There was things to learn, but it 0:02:12.680 --> 0:02:14.919 wasn't blown away. Let's put it that way. I felt 0:02:14.919 --> 0:02:16.840 that way. But I also would point to the fact 0:02:16.880 --> 0:02:20.639 that we have to Monday night games that look enticing 0:02:20.680 --> 0:02:22.919 in these weeks when they start a little slow, usually 0:02:23.000 --> 0:02:25.440 round out with a lot of drama. League. Well, it 0:02:25.560 --> 0:02:28.560 was the most one score games in NFL history last year, 0:02:28.639 --> 0:02:31.360 and there were only out of the early games, you know, 0:02:31.400 --> 0:02:33.519 before the Sunday night game, only three one score games, 0:02:33.520 --> 0:02:36.200 so they weren't a lot of close finishes as you mentioned. Alright, 0:02:36.280 --> 0:02:38.160 so we got so much to get to we should 0:02:38.200 --> 0:02:41.640 just do it. Um So. Erica, by the way, welcome 0:02:41.639 --> 0:02:46.280 to your first flagship program any butterflies. Sure, couple, Erica 0:02:46.320 --> 0:02:50.600 is still dead inside after Thursday Night's results. He's I'm 0:02:50.639 --> 0:02:52.880 doing I like that. I find out if you get 0:02:52.919 --> 0:02:55.639 snarky with her on Twitter about the Patriots, she will 0:02:55.680 --> 0:02:59.480 come right back at you with fire. Alright, Erica, let's 0:02:59.520 --> 0:03:03.560 get in to the action. Another season's here. There's glory 0:03:03.600 --> 0:03:07.120 in the legends of this hard muscle life, and there's 0:03:07.240 --> 0:03:12.440 poetry in each season made of sweat and strife, winds, 0:03:12.480 --> 0:03:16.760 whisper of high hopes, victory, is in the skies. A 0:03:16.919 --> 0:03:22.320 season awaits with glory in her eyes. One joins with 0:03:22.440 --> 0:03:27.519 many on summer's green field. Time to strive, to dare 0:03:28.320 --> 0:03:33.400 for all not to yield. Now that doesn't get too excited, 0:03:33.960 --> 0:03:38.720 slightly over dramatic, but I'll accept it. Let's settle down 0:03:38.800 --> 0:03:42.280 just a little bit, sir again, faced in the ground, 0:03:42.440 --> 0:03:46.000 cannot defend himself. Well, beautiful work by John Paci and 0:03:46.080 --> 0:03:50.040 Sam Spence, of course, with the music, classic stuff. All right, Okay, 0:03:50.040 --> 0:03:51.960 we can get rid of it as much as I 0:03:52.000 --> 0:03:55.640 respect it. Like Mark, it has its time. All right, 0:03:55.720 --> 0:03:58.400 Let's get into it, and we'll start with a game 0:03:58.440 --> 0:04:02.200 at lambeau Field, pitting two NFC superpowers against each other 0:04:02.320 --> 0:04:05.240 once more. Now the Packers in the catchain with two 0:04:05.240 --> 0:04:07.800 many guys in the field, Rogers takes the snap. The 0:04:07.840 --> 0:04:10.880 flag does come in, so Rogers has a free shirt 0:04:10.960 --> 0:04:13.600 and he flows it over the middle and took plates 0:04:13.600 --> 0:04:17.880 into the end zone. Touch Shorty Nelson a thirty two 0:04:17.960 --> 0:04:23.159 yards strike touchdown Green Bay. Aaron Rodgers third quarter touchdown 0:04:23.200 --> 0:04:25.680 hook up with Jordy Nelson gave the Packers some breathing room, 0:04:25.720 --> 0:04:28.520 and Green Bay swarming defense did the rest. A seventeen 0:04:28.839 --> 0:04:32.400 to nine win over the Seattle Seahawks. Uh, guys, this 0:04:32.480 --> 0:04:35.520 is a game that could have huge playoff ramifications down 0:04:35.520 --> 0:04:39.279 the line, and appropriately it had that feel of January football. Uh. 0:04:39.360 --> 0:04:43.400 Two great teams going at it um. The defenses certainly 0:04:43.400 --> 0:04:45.600 seemed like they were ahead of the offenses in this game. 0:04:45.760 --> 0:04:47.360 Maybe if this game was played a couple of months 0:04:47.360 --> 0:04:49.120 from now, it would be a little different the feel 0:04:49.160 --> 0:04:51.120 of it. But this was about defense. But at the end, 0:04:51.160 --> 0:04:53.200 at the end of the day, Aaron Rodgers made the 0:04:53.200 --> 0:04:55.680 plays he needed and that's now three straight wins for 0:04:55.760 --> 0:04:59.159 Rogers over the Seahawks in as many years. Greg, what 0:04:59.279 --> 0:05:02.560 were your take ways from this game? A really good game, 0:05:02.600 --> 0:05:04.800 maybe not a classic, but a nice game to start 0:05:04.800 --> 0:05:08.839 the season. That the last time we saw the Packers defense, 0:05:09.279 --> 0:05:14.039 they were getting filled in back to back playoff performances 0:05:14.120 --> 0:05:17.320 and they worked hard to shore up that secondary. But 0:05:17.400 --> 0:05:19.880 it was really the front seven and the last two 0:05:19.880 --> 0:05:22.800 guys that got big time extensions from the Packers. Mike 0:05:22.880 --> 0:05:26.280 Daniels and Nick Perry were dominating this game. I think 0:05:26.320 --> 0:05:28.560 Connor Or put in our right up and and I 0:05:28.640 --> 0:05:31.160 totally agree Mike Daniels deserves the game ball. I mean, 0:05:31.200 --> 0:05:34.760 he wrecked this Seattle offensive line, But you have to 0:05:34.800 --> 0:05:36.920 wonder about who was on the other side of the field. 0:05:36.920 --> 0:05:40.560 After hearing NonStop about what the Seahawks offensive line is 0:05:40.560 --> 0:05:44.520 gonna do all offseason, they had a worst case scenario 0:05:44.600 --> 0:05:47.240 performance and really didn't give their team a chance to win. 0:05:47.560 --> 0:05:50.479 I come out of this concerned for Seattle because the 0:05:50.560 --> 0:05:54.120 offensive line has been an issue forever and it held 0:05:54.160 --> 0:05:56.719 them back last year, and it also it curtailed Russell 0:05:56.760 --> 0:06:00.600 Wilson's season in terms of his health. Though Seattle year 0:06:00.640 --> 0:06:03.719 after year seems to figure themselves out on offense about 0:06:03.720 --> 0:06:06.480 a month into the season, if not later, sometimes completely 0:06:06.480 --> 0:06:09.400 shifting their identity by mid mid years. It's some it's 0:06:09.400 --> 0:06:12.320 some cases. So do we really take away from this 0:06:12.440 --> 0:06:14.719 anything other than it's a it's a rugged, rugged loss 0:06:14.720 --> 0:06:16.200 on the road for a team that we trust to 0:06:16.200 --> 0:06:18.880 bounce back. I don't put too much into the loss. 0:06:18.920 --> 0:06:20.640 It was hard fought and they just came out out 0:06:20.680 --> 0:06:23.720 on the losing end. Three years ago, um, I believe 0:06:23.720 --> 0:06:25.479 it was three years ago. I was in Seattle for 0:06:25.560 --> 0:06:29.560 their kickoff game against the Packers, and that was in 0:06:30.040 --> 0:06:32.080 a Century Link field and it was the same type 0:06:32.080 --> 0:06:34.000 of vibe where it's like it's kind of like your 0:06:34.000 --> 0:06:36.119 a little torn because it's a great game to start 0:06:36.120 --> 0:06:38.320 the season, and that was the first game of the 0:06:38.320 --> 0:06:41.279 game season period on Thursday night. But at the same time, 0:06:41.560 --> 0:06:45.000 these two teams, if they finished tied now at top 0:06:45.080 --> 0:06:47.120 the standings in terms of one loss in the NFC, 0:06:47.560 --> 0:06:50.520 the an NFC title game could be in lambeau Field, 0:06:50.720 --> 0:06:53.279 and they and now the Seattle Seahawks have to actually 0:06:53.320 --> 0:06:55.200 finish ahead of them by a full game in the 0:06:55.240 --> 0:06:58.120 standings to to finish out ahead in a tiebreaker scenario. 0:06:58.360 --> 0:07:00.040 You almost wish this game is a little deeper in 0:07:00.080 --> 0:07:01.840 the season when the teams are a little more worked out, 0:07:01.839 --> 0:07:04.720 because it has so much on the line. It does, 0:07:05.560 --> 0:07:08.720 But the Seahawks are a team, as Mark mentioned, that 0:07:08.920 --> 0:07:11.160 tries to figure things out. This isn't just a bad 0:07:11.200 --> 0:07:14.440 offensive performance. I mean they had about twenty five yards 0:07:14.760 --> 0:07:17.440 through their first five drives. I mean they couldn't five 0:07:17.480 --> 0:07:20.720 punst open the game right, They couldn't operate an offense 0:07:20.760 --> 0:07:22.640 at all. I think the better team ended up winning, 0:07:22.640 --> 0:07:25.040 even though it was close in the score. The Packers 0:07:25.040 --> 0:07:27.560 were doubling them up in terms of yard yardage. I 0:07:27.640 --> 0:07:29.520 think the Packers had to be a little worried about 0:07:29.520 --> 0:07:31.320 their offensive line. But the good news for them is 0:07:31.400 --> 0:07:34.880 David back tr who is very noticeable by his absence. 0:07:35.240 --> 0:07:38.240 You know, we'll be back. He'll he'll help shore up 0:07:38.280 --> 0:07:40.880 that line. I think the fact that the Packers could 0:07:40.880 --> 0:07:43.520 move the ball when they absolutely needed to late in 0:07:43.560 --> 0:07:45.640 the game and have some sustained drives, they have to 0:07:45.640 --> 0:07:47.840 feel really good that they can win these types of games. 0:07:48.560 --> 0:07:50.679 I wonder, you know, one of the questions for Seattle 0:07:50.720 --> 0:07:53.040 they didn't have Thomas Rowles this week was how the 0:07:53.080 --> 0:07:55.680 backfield would shake out, And it looks to me like 0:07:55.800 --> 0:07:57.760 Eddie Lacey does not have a major role on this 0:07:57.800 --> 0:07:59.720 team at all. He should have had. If he doesn't 0:07:59.720 --> 0:08:01.920 have made role in this game, it makes you wonder 0:08:02.120 --> 0:08:04.320 how high they really are. Chris Carson, the rookie, is 0:08:04.360 --> 0:08:06.720 getting more action than him. Russell Wilson leads the team 0:08:06.720 --> 0:08:10.080 in rushing today. Right right. Thomas Rawls was inactive for 0:08:10.080 --> 0:08:12.280 this game. We didn't know that going into it, and 0:08:12.360 --> 0:08:16.240 I do believe that Chris Carson ended up getting more 0:08:16.480 --> 0:08:20.560 snaps than Lacey. Lacey had seven snaps in this game, 0:08:20.720 --> 0:08:23.800 and we didn't hear that he was hurt. Maybe maybe 0:08:23.800 --> 0:08:26.520 something else will come out, but that that's troubling. So 0:08:26.560 --> 0:08:28.160 you have a couple of things working against you. If 0:08:28.160 --> 0:08:31.080 you're Russell Wilson, now you have no protection and you 0:08:31.240 --> 0:08:34.079 are figuring out the running game as you go. Maybe 0:08:34.120 --> 0:08:36.760 the Packers defense is better than we think. They'd certainly 0:08:36.800 --> 0:08:38.719 have talented players up front, but that that's a tough 0:08:38.760 --> 0:08:43.640 way to start. All right, boys, let's move on. Gonna 0:08:43.640 --> 0:08:51.760 throw it for the answer town Preaders Seth Roberts popped 0:08:51.800 --> 0:08:54.640 in right away. Is they quick snapped them, came back 0:08:54.760 --> 0:08:57.680 up on the ball and Seth Roberts doesn't again in 0:08:57.800 --> 0:09:00.640 Music City and they ran four verticals that time. Partner, 0:09:00.679 --> 0:09:03.040 you watch all the receivers going out, not waiting on 0:09:03.040 --> 0:09:05.840 the backside. Throw Seth Roberts right on the second level 0:09:06.160 --> 0:09:08.800 beats the Tennessee Titans before a touchdown. Now, I'm not 0:09:08.880 --> 0:09:12.720 saying that is worthy of a top ten calls the seen. 0:09:12.760 --> 0:09:15.920 Far from it, I would hope. But Erica Louis Cannon, 0:09:15.920 --> 0:09:19.240 you're new to the show. Uh, we got at tractees. Whatever, 0:09:19.360 --> 0:09:21.400 great calls from the We like going with the radio 0:09:21.480 --> 0:09:24.000 calls because we like the local guys. Some of them 0:09:24.040 --> 0:09:27.439 are literally insane people, and we lean on that insanity 0:09:27.520 --> 0:09:31.120 and we thrive on it as a clip that was 0:09:31.160 --> 0:09:36.000 not a top ten clip, but that Raiders call that spice. 0:09:36.920 --> 0:09:41.240 That's Papa, his best Papa being Papa, I pop be 0:09:41.800 --> 0:09:44.600 Derek Carr through two touchdowns, including the go ahead score 0:09:44.679 --> 0:09:47.560 you heard to Seth Roberts as the Oakland Raiders went 0:09:47.600 --> 0:09:50.360 on the road to beat the Tennessee Titoons You heard 0:09:50.400 --> 0:09:55.080 meteen in Nashville, Greg. This felt like an opportunity for 0:09:55.120 --> 0:09:57.360 the Titans to announce themselves as an a f C 0:09:57.480 --> 0:10:00.439 power player, but the Raiders instead gave everyone m under 0:10:00.480 --> 0:10:03.160 that they're already in the club. They they are, and 0:10:03.200 --> 0:10:06.160 they're a year ahead of the Titans in their development. 0:10:06.280 --> 0:10:08.560 And I thought this was a really well played game. 0:10:08.679 --> 0:10:11.960 Some sloppy performances around Week one, a lot of people complaining, 0:10:12.160 --> 0:10:14.640 go go watch. This game wasn't a barn burner at 0:10:14.640 --> 0:10:16.360 the end because the Raiders were too good and they 0:10:16.360 --> 0:10:18.640 put it away. But these were two really good teams, 0:10:19.280 --> 0:10:22.120 very evenly matched. But the differences the Raiders have been 0:10:22.160 --> 0:10:23.839 there and these are This is kind of the win 0:10:23.960 --> 0:10:25.920 we were looking for last year. A lot of times 0:10:25.920 --> 0:10:28.480 where the Raiders didn't convincingly win. It felt like they 0:10:28.520 --> 0:10:31.520 got a little lucky. This was complete and the two 0:10:31.559 --> 0:10:36.000 guys that they added on offense, Marshawn Lynch and Jared Cook, 0:10:36.280 --> 0:10:40.520 could make a huge difference. This was already a great offense, 0:10:40.840 --> 0:10:44.520 and they upgraded at two positions of need. I thought 0:10:44.520 --> 0:10:46.960 Marshawn Lynch looked fantastic. I was gonna say, does he 0:10:47.080 --> 0:10:50.559 look like Marshall Lynch of two thousand, let's say fourteen? Yes, 0:10:50.640 --> 0:10:53.400 the numbers didn't pop off in terms of the box score. 0:10:53.400 --> 0:10:55.520 I think he got almost a hundred yards from scrimmage, 0:10:55.520 --> 0:10:59.440 so very solid. But he's breaking tackles. He got a 0:10:59.480 --> 0:11:02.880 fourth in short near the goal line where most running 0:11:02.880 --> 0:11:05.920 backs would have been taken out. He ran over Darrell Casey, 0:11:05.920 --> 0:11:08.839 who's three hundred and five pounds, and just knocked him 0:11:08.840 --> 0:11:11.640 back on a totally different play. I thought he looked great. 0:11:11.720 --> 0:11:14.760 He's the guy Seattle could have used today because he 0:11:14.840 --> 0:11:17.800 looked to me, it's a great points like the youthful 0:11:17.880 --> 0:11:20.360 runner of four or five years ago, not just the 0:11:20.520 --> 0:11:23.120 guy from two seasons ago in Seattle, and they tried 0:11:23.160 --> 0:11:25.800 to give him some rest. He he you know, was 0:11:25.840 --> 0:11:28.040 out every third month five or so. They used DeAndre 0:11:28.160 --> 0:11:30.679 Washington and Jalen re Shard a lot, and yet at 0:11:30.679 --> 0:11:32.960 the end when they needed to close the game out, 0:11:33.280 --> 0:11:35.960 they went with Lynch and they killed the clock and 0:11:35.960 --> 0:11:38.400 they basically turned a really good game into a sleeper 0:11:38.640 --> 0:11:40.560 just because they held onto the ball. And you know, 0:11:40.720 --> 0:11:44.120 I kind of kid, but I'm serious. You know, Tennessee, 0:11:44.160 --> 0:11:45.640 it was. It was a whole off season. There's so 0:11:45.720 --> 0:11:47.800 much football to play. Obviously, I'm not saying now the 0:11:47.800 --> 0:11:50.600 Titans are done or something, but you know, you're at 0:11:50.640 --> 0:11:53.079 home and you're starting a season and it's been talked 0:11:53.120 --> 0:11:54.840 up a lot that they're now ready to make this 0:11:55.120 --> 0:11:57.360 big play and then you let big brother come in 0:11:57.400 --> 0:11:59.480 and take care of business. It's disappointing. You have to 0:11:59.480 --> 0:12:01.959 be this point is the Titans. I am annoyed because 0:12:02.280 --> 0:12:05.760 I thought the Tennessee would see this as a comprehensive 0:12:05.840 --> 0:12:10.840 statement game I forgot about. Yeah, this one. I locked 0:12:10.840 --> 0:12:12.559 this up. I would say that I locked it up. 0:12:12.640 --> 0:12:14.200 You know, you could not do less of a of 0:12:14.240 --> 0:12:16.640 a positive job out of the gate in Week one 0:12:16.760 --> 0:12:19.599 then to latch onto a team that ran into a buzz. So, 0:12:19.720 --> 0:12:21.400 I mean, listen, the one thing you could say about 0:12:21.400 --> 0:12:23.240 Tennessee is they're not going to meet the Raiders every week. 0:12:23.440 --> 0:12:26.040 The dead bolt did not turn. It did not turn. 0:12:26.080 --> 0:12:28.319 There were a lot of positives. Corey Davis was out 0:12:28.360 --> 0:12:31.360 there look good. Overall. I think they were fine. Who 0:12:31.440 --> 0:12:32.760 they got next week? I put you guys on the 0:12:32.760 --> 0:12:36.240 spot as I can find that out in one second. Baby, 0:12:36.240 --> 0:12:39.080 you gotta win a ball game next week. Next week. 0:12:39.120 --> 0:12:41.439 The Patriots. No, I'm kidding. They do not have the Patriots. 0:12:41.480 --> 0:12:43.800 They had, well, they have the Jacksonville Jaguars. Then after 0:12:43.840 --> 0:12:46.280 that they had the Seahawks and the Texans, and I know, 0:12:46.400 --> 0:12:48.679 I know, we gotta move on. But one last thing, 0:12:48.800 --> 0:12:51.320 my you know, one game ball today goes to Georgio 0:12:51.480 --> 0:12:55.000 to Vecchio, the new Raiders kicker. Get excited. The first 0:12:55.040 --> 0:12:57.640 Italian born player in the NFL and more than forty 0:12:57.720 --> 0:13:00.720 years he put the opening kickoff through of the uprights. 0:13:00.800 --> 0:13:03.840 You don't see that too often. He hit to fifty yarders, 0:13:03.840 --> 0:13:06.520 first time in NFL history a rookie kicker ever did that. 0:13:06.559 --> 0:13:09.960 There has been a lot of an understated anti Sea 0:13:10.040 --> 0:13:12.440 Bass sentiment coming from Greg and I think it's because 0:13:12.440 --> 0:13:15.360 he's the last player from that Tom Brady draft class 0:13:15.360 --> 0:13:17.960 and Greg wants zero competition. He wants him out of there, 0:13:18.080 --> 0:13:20.000 telling you this kid was booming it all right. Well, see, 0:13:20.000 --> 0:13:22.520 Bass will probably not be coming back this year. But Greg, 0:13:22.760 --> 0:13:24.679 I thought that game ball was gonna go to Tony Romo. 0:13:24.760 --> 0:13:27.040 I thought you were that. I forgot about that. Maybe 0:13:27.040 --> 0:13:29.120 we'll save it for Tuesday, But you were very happy 0:13:29.160 --> 0:13:31.840 with Tony Romo is already one of, if not the 0:13:31.880 --> 0:13:35.040 top color analysts, and business loved him. Look at that. 0:13:35.160 --> 0:13:37.080 I can't wait to watch this game and I'll see 0:13:37.080 --> 0:13:40.559 if I concur with you or violently disagree. Let's keep moving. 0:13:41.360 --> 0:13:43.120 Could be the last player of the game. Fourth and 0:13:43.120 --> 0:13:47.320 goal four on the play talks Napthter Glennon he'll step 0:13:47.440 --> 0:13:54.520 up in trouble. Brooks Rate sucks him, brooks Read gets 0:13:54.559 --> 0:13:58.040 another suck, and Atlanta is going to win for the 0:13:58.120 --> 0:14:02.840 first time since nineteen eight three. Soldier Field, the Falcons 0:14:02.880 --> 0:14:04.920 got the type of stop they could not manage at 0:14:04.960 --> 0:14:06.960 the end of Super Bowl fifty one, and Matt Ryan 0:14:07.040 --> 0:14:11.080 led to fourth quarters scoring drives. The result seen road 0:14:11.080 --> 0:14:14.600 win over the Chicago Bears. A Soldier Field Mark Sessler. 0:14:14.679 --> 0:14:16.600 This was not easy, but the Falcons found a way 0:14:16.600 --> 0:14:19.080 to finish but in just a little more distance between 0:14:19.120 --> 0:14:22.320 themselves and the events of the first Sunday in February, 0:14:22.360 --> 0:14:25.360 they did and an uncomfortable and uh, you know, I'd 0:14:25.400 --> 0:14:28.640 say disturbing finish for Bears fans. You have first and 0:14:28.680 --> 0:14:31.920 goal at the Falcons five, and you've hung in a 0:14:31.960 --> 0:14:34.320 game that many people thought would have equated to a 0:14:34.320 --> 0:14:37.760 massive slaughter in week one, and quite the opposite. They 0:14:37.840 --> 0:14:40.640 hung around. You've got three shots at the end zone, 0:14:41.040 --> 0:14:43.560 three straight in completions, and it was not on Mike Glenn. 0:14:43.560 --> 0:14:46.440 And this final chance here is wide outs and that's, 0:14:46.880 --> 0:14:48.680 you know, an area of weakness for the for the 0:14:48.720 --> 0:14:51.040 Bears could not get the job done. They had their 0:14:51.080 --> 0:14:53.400 hands on these passes and dropped them. Mark knows it. 0:14:53.640 --> 0:14:56.000 I know it as a Jets fan. The difference between 0:14:56.400 --> 0:14:59.920 good teams, average teams, and bad teams is that idiot 0:15:00.240 --> 0:15:04.360 either any little bit of playmaking ability when it really counts, 0:15:04.400 --> 0:15:07.240 And they could have easily scored twice, maybe even three 0:15:07.320 --> 0:15:09.480 times in that final drive and nobody can make a 0:15:09.560 --> 0:15:12.760 play when it counted, and and and the end, end game, 0:15:12.800 --> 0:15:15.760 Greg is the Falcons get a little bit lucky. Let's 0:15:15.760 --> 0:15:17.920 be honest, if if somebody steps up and makes a play. 0:15:18.120 --> 0:15:22.160 You're staring at a dreadful three loss and a week 0:15:22.200 --> 0:15:25.160 of being told or the Falcons, you know, do they 0:15:25.160 --> 0:15:28.040 have something wrong with them emotionally? You can't close that. Instead, 0:15:28.040 --> 0:15:30.080 they get to not worry about that and keep moving 0:15:30.080 --> 0:15:32.760 at one and oh, well, we've said we expect their 0:15:32.800 --> 0:15:35.960 offense to come back to the pack and they have 0:15:36.000 --> 0:15:38.440 three seventy yards. I think it gives some credit to 0:15:38.480 --> 0:15:40.720 the Bears defense, who's gonna which is gonna be better 0:15:40.800 --> 0:15:43.680 than we expect. But these were games last year that 0:15:43.720 --> 0:15:46.400 they won a little easier, I think last year. And 0:15:46.440 --> 0:15:49.320 there are always these teams that they suddenly just completely 0:15:49.400 --> 0:15:52.160 hit and find their groove and move into this sort 0:15:52.200 --> 0:15:54.600 of the shift in this unstoppable mode. And you can't 0:15:54.640 --> 0:15:57.120 ask Atlanta to do that year after year. They're not 0:15:57.200 --> 0:16:00.040 that team. They look more like the Falcons of a 0:16:00.040 --> 0:16:02.080 fle of years ago. And what do we see from 0:16:02.080 --> 0:16:06.960 Mike Lennon? I thought Glennan, like, listen, they they what 0:16:07.080 --> 0:16:09.200 they have. What they have in their arsenal is a 0:16:09.280 --> 0:16:12.480 fascinating pair of running backs in Jordan Howard and the 0:16:12.560 --> 0:16:16.080 rookie Tariko, And I guess electric today was absolutely electric. 0:16:16.640 --> 0:16:19.480 Mike Lennon is hindered by the fact that they have 0:16:19.560 --> 0:16:21.200 no weapons for him to throw do. But he was 0:16:21.240 --> 0:16:23.760 not a disaster today. It was not the Glennon that 0:16:23.760 --> 0:16:26.600 we would have put into a game script where suddenly 0:16:26.600 --> 0:16:28.360 they're gonna be calling for his job. This was not 0:16:28.440 --> 0:16:30.880 on him alone. Like it's it's good and bad news 0:16:30.960 --> 0:16:34.480 that Tarik Cohen is your leading receiver and you're leading rusher. 0:16:34.560 --> 0:16:37.560 I think they found something, but it's it's also you 0:16:37.560 --> 0:16:40.920 want more playmakers. Kevin White, who was a top ten pick, 0:16:41.600 --> 0:16:44.600 is gonna miss the rest of the season well, and 0:16:44.680 --> 0:16:46.840 you have to wonder what his career leads to after that. 0:16:46.840 --> 0:16:49.800 That's at least the expectation. They believe he suffered a 0:16:49.840 --> 0:16:53.360 broken collar bone. According to our NFL Network insider uh 0:16:53.400 --> 0:16:56.560 Ian Rappaport, he's played five career games and they're gonna 0:16:56.600 --> 0:17:00.200 be starting, you know, Josh Balamy and Deontay tom Sin 0:17:00.280 --> 0:17:02.480 and Kendall Right, that's tough. Do you like their defense? 0:17:02.600 --> 0:17:04.560 I think Chicago Cal could win off, you know, win 0:17:04.640 --> 0:17:07.159 six seven games this season to do and I listen, 0:17:07.520 --> 0:17:11.199 if you or every show listener of the Around the 0:17:11.359 --> 0:17:13.960 NFL podcast, you could have Torecon on your roster right now. 0:17:14.200 --> 0:17:16.719 We told you be on the lookout for this guy, 0:17:16.760 --> 0:17:18.399 and he went over a hundred toty yards. He's a 0:17:18.440 --> 0:17:20.479 nice little weapon for him. Let's see if they can 0:17:20.520 --> 0:17:22.360 build off that, because that gives him a nice little 0:17:22.400 --> 0:17:26.240 tandem back there. But no win on Sunday. Let's keep 0:17:26.240 --> 0:17:29.240 moving Stafford up under center, single back as a mirror. 0:17:30.359 --> 0:17:32.720 Matthews got it, fakes to get through a mirror, sets 0:17:32.760 --> 0:17:35.399 deep in the pocket, wants to throw keep down, want 0:17:35.440 --> 0:17:38.240 call a day inside the table. Died give me back 0:17:38.280 --> 0:17:43.720 the cats? He did? You are sucking tops down the 0:17:43.840 --> 0:17:54.200 drugs like that podcasts on the Connection. Holy Smoky laid 0:17:54.200 --> 0:17:58.959 out to make the Cats something else and you got 0:17:59.160 --> 0:18:01.480 the take. Just got down on his hands to me. 0:18:03.720 --> 0:18:08.640 Were not serving Matthew Stafford through four touchdown passes, including 0:18:08.680 --> 0:18:11.760 two fourth quarter hook ups with Kenny Golladay. Wow, And 0:18:11.800 --> 0:18:15.000 they were excited on the radio about Kenston leading the 0:18:15.040 --> 0:18:19.160 Detroit Lines to a comeback win over the Arizona Cardinals. 0:18:19.400 --> 0:18:25.159 And now we welcome in Nick Shook. Brain's end body, 0:18:25.560 --> 0:18:29.960 Nick Shook, as always who gave this game is undivided attention. Nick. 0:18:30.080 --> 0:18:32.440 We'll get to Detroit in a second. But this felt 0:18:32.480 --> 0:18:35.359 like a worst case scenario Sunday for Bruce Arians. David 0:18:35.400 --> 0:18:38.439 Johnson gets hurt and we don't know how serious it is, 0:18:38.440 --> 0:18:40.919 but it doesn't seem slight. And Carson Palmer played like 0:18:40.920 --> 0:18:44.720 an old man. Yeah, it was kind of a a 0:18:44.720 --> 0:18:46.920 little bit of a disaster scenario, especially in the second 0:18:46.920 --> 0:18:48.440 half of the Cardinals, because in the first half, you know, 0:18:48.440 --> 0:18:50.480 they had a little bit of an early lead. Things 0:18:50.520 --> 0:18:53.760 weren't necessarily off the rails yet. But Carson Palmer throw 0:18:53.800 --> 0:18:57.480 us three interceptions and you you suffer injuries and multiple 0:18:57.520 --> 0:18:59.720 areas and and and and then you end up blowing 0:18:59.720 --> 0:19:01.119 a lead that you had on the road. I mean, 0:19:01.160 --> 0:19:02.679 for a while it looked like the Cardinals were in 0:19:02.720 --> 0:19:05.760 control and it all fell apart pretty quickly. Twenty points 0:19:05.800 --> 0:19:09.320 given up in the final period. And you yeah, I 0:19:09.400 --> 0:19:11.959 was watching this game. I wasn't like totally plugged in on, 0:19:12.040 --> 0:19:14.199 but I was checking into the second half because it 0:19:14.240 --> 0:19:16.600 was a tight game, uh near the end, and then 0:19:17.000 --> 0:19:19.840 the Lions pulled away. But Palmer and maybe had this 0:19:19.920 --> 0:19:21.399 last year when he's playing well as well, but he 0:19:21.480 --> 0:19:24.080 kind of had that late period. Marino looked to him 0:19:24.119 --> 0:19:26.520 where he just wasn't fluid in his movements, and then 0:19:26.520 --> 0:19:28.960 when you you throw the turnovers and there, all of 0:19:29.000 --> 0:19:31.120 a sudden, it just looks like you're watching a guy 0:19:31.119 --> 0:19:34.720 that maybe maybe somebody to really be concerned about. Some 0:19:35.000 --> 0:19:37.120 everyone gets one bad week and week one you don't 0:19:37.119 --> 0:19:39.320 make too much of it, but I'm definitely like my 0:19:39.440 --> 0:19:42.800 radar would be up as a Cardinals fan another year later. 0:19:43.119 --> 0:19:44.439 He's kind of looked like that for a little bit 0:19:44.440 --> 0:19:46.840 of a while now, and and it's not really encouraging 0:19:46.840 --> 0:19:48.920 to see him start the season still kind of looking 0:19:49.000 --> 0:19:51.639 like that. Uh. One of those interceptions wasn't as fall 0:19:51.680 --> 0:19:54.600 as a tip ball. Uh, but overall not not not 0:19:54.680 --> 0:19:57.280 you're right, you're the late period Marina thing spot on, 0:19:57.440 --> 0:20:00.720 especially uh Detroit taking the turnover battle four to one. 0:20:01.440 --> 0:20:04.119 Major turnaround for the Lions as well. When to give 0:20:04.160 --> 0:20:07.680 their defense a little credit, it wasn't expecting much out 0:20:07.680 --> 0:20:10.600