WEBVTT - 2019 Week 7 Preview 0:00:00.400 --> 0:00:06.800 Be Around the NFL Podcast can't figure out what XFL 0:00:07.040 --> 0:00:10.399 stands for Extreme Football League. Welcome to another edition of 0:00:10.480 --> 0:00:14.920 the Around the NFL Podcast, presented by the United States 0:00:15.080 --> 0:00:19.040 Marine Corps GO USA. My name is Dan Hansis. I'm 0:00:19.120 --> 0:00:22.599 joined in a room filled with heroes, Mark Sessler, Chris Westling, 0:00:22.840 --> 0:00:26.800 and Greg Rosenthal. What is up? Boys? Hey? Dan, nice 0:00:26.800 --> 0:00:29.440 to have a sponsor as rugged and masculine as the 0:00:29.480 --> 0:00:34.800 foreman on this show. Finally, once again Greg projecting things 0:00:35.040 --> 0:00:37.479 within him that he feels on the couple of uncomfortable with. 0:00:38.840 --> 0:00:42.680 We're all in good shape right now. I find myself 0:00:42.680 --> 0:00:45.440 to be a standard like masculine male, So I don't 0:00:45.479 --> 0:00:48.479 feel uncomfortable with being connected to I'm not you know, 0:00:48.560 --> 0:00:51.080 those type of things in the world. But you tend 0:00:51.120 --> 0:00:52.920 to do that a lot. As I pointed out in 0:00:52.960 --> 0:00:56.440 the past, you'll you know, group us in in a 0:00:56.760 --> 0:01:01.480 somewhat effeminate way. I find it's not somewhat a feminine way. 0:01:01.520 --> 0:01:04.759 I mean, I'm making a joke that you know, we're 0:01:04.800 --> 0:01:07.240 not the four like biggest bros in the world. But 0:01:07.319 --> 0:01:09.920 I also I also do think it's it's finally a 0:01:10.680 --> 0:01:13.319 sponsor worthy. I say this and I'm not even saying 0:01:13.360 --> 0:01:15.440 it like that. I'm proud of it. I feel like 0:01:15.440 --> 0:01:17.440 I'm a bit of a bro. So that's why when 0:01:17.480 --> 0:01:20.520 you make those kind of comments sometimes I feel I 0:01:20.560 --> 0:01:25.000 feel I feel different. I feel like maybe I don't 0:01:25.000 --> 0:01:28.440 belong in that conversation, not like me pounding my chest 0:01:28.480 --> 0:01:30.120 over it or anything. I don't I don't sense you 0:01:30.160 --> 0:01:33.880 pounding your chest. Um. It's an interesting place to break 0:01:33.920 --> 0:01:36.319 this down and dig into it, but that's what the 0:01:36.319 --> 0:01:38.000 show is for. We don't really speak to each other 0:01:38.040 --> 0:01:40.200 outside of this this format. You mean at the top 0:01:40.200 --> 0:01:42.280 of the week set. I mean, there's a lot of 0:01:42.319 --> 0:01:44.240 people that have never watched the show at all, and 0:01:44.319 --> 0:01:46.480 at this point they're probably wondering, what on earth is 0:01:46.480 --> 0:01:48.080 this about? What they're about to find out? I hope, 0:01:48.240 --> 0:01:52.000 well at some point, how exciting, uh, that we're here 0:01:52.120 --> 0:01:56.040 back in the States West with football to talk about. 0:01:56.320 --> 0:01:57.800 How's your jet leg? By the way, how are you 0:01:57.800 --> 0:02:01.520 sleeping these days? I'm sleeping okay, catching up. My game 0:02:01.560 --> 0:02:04.760 passes way behind, and I'm I had to resort to 0:02:04.840 --> 0:02:06.920 Mark show me a little shortcut. You can watch some 0:02:07.040 --> 0:02:10.040 like ten minute highlights on on YouTube. So I've had 0:02:10.040 --> 0:02:12.400 to resort to that feels like a ridiculous shot. That's 0:02:12.400 --> 0:02:15.440 a Sunday thing that you do when you've not watched 0:02:15.440 --> 0:02:19.840 the games. Well, see, if they're gonna squabble, we can 0:02:19.840 --> 0:02:21.639 squabble too. I don't like the way that went down 0:02:21.680 --> 0:02:24.000 at all. Greg nice Tie were on the video show. 0:02:24.040 --> 0:02:26.079 Now they're going to try to become friends to make 0:02:26.200 --> 0:02:29.399 us look going on, Nice Tie, I like it. There's 0:02:29.400 --> 0:02:31.359 a lot of going on. There's a lot to unpack 0:02:31.480 --> 0:02:34.320 so far in today's episode. Theyll haven't really overcome the 0:02:34.320 --> 0:02:36.680 fact that Dan sees himself as a bro kind of 0:02:36.680 --> 0:02:38.680 a bro. But I mean, I feel like there's a 0:02:38.800 --> 0:02:41.400 positive to negatives to being a bro if you if 0:02:41.400 --> 0:02:44.360 you take bro too far. Yeah, And when I'm saying that, 0:02:44.440 --> 0:02:47.359 I really it wasn't even trying to be derogatory about 0:02:47.400 --> 0:02:50.880 our group. But even if you're like average broness, still 0:02:51.000 --> 0:02:54.840 the overall average bronness of the foursome lower than I 0:02:54.840 --> 0:02:56.800 got it. I didn't take offense to I just wanted 0:02:56.800 --> 0:02:59.280 to kind of, you know, share my feelings. You're not 0:02:59.320 --> 0:03:02.040 comfortable with the trust trade. It does seem fair to 0:03:02.480 --> 0:03:06.800 suggest that the Marines are tad more manly than three 0:03:06.840 --> 0:03:10.720 of the four of us. If not all idea was 0:03:10.760 --> 0:03:16.480 kind of they're the most masculine hard possible. Maybe we 0:03:16.520 --> 0:03:19.160 didn't quite stack up to their level. I feel comfortable 0:03:19.160 --> 0:03:22.840 in that conversation. You know that's I guess that's there's 0:03:22.840 --> 0:03:26.560 the disconnect as it turned out, UM football blogger that 0:03:26.639 --> 0:03:30.840 I am. Okay, guys, so much to get West. We're 0:03:30.840 --> 0:03:32.960 gonna get into it. We've got to get going on 0:03:33.000 --> 0:03:36.480 the show. But you've got some histories. It's staring right 0:03:36.520 --> 0:03:39.680 at you right now with the lock situation. I got 0:03:39.720 --> 0:03:42.560 off the SNIDA Monday night. We need you week seven 0:03:43.120 --> 0:03:45.880 before this becomes a national story. I'd like to say 0:03:45.880 --> 0:03:47.360 this has been keeping me up at night, but I 0:03:47.400 --> 0:03:50.520 haven't thought about it until like thirty seconds before the show. Well, 0:03:50.560 --> 0:03:52.280 I think it's time to start thinking about it because 0:03:52.600 --> 0:03:54.640 history is knocking on the door. Now. We need you 0:03:54.680 --> 0:03:59.200 to lock one up this week. Okay, will keep trying 0:03:59.240 --> 0:04:01.640 to get my game pick right because think about it. West. 0:04:01.640 --> 0:04:06.040 Thank you are the scientist along with Greg. What we need. 0:04:06.200 --> 0:04:08.360 What I need is the host. I need my scientists 0:04:08.400 --> 0:04:13.240 to start nailing some locks. I think UM listeners in general, 0:04:13.320 --> 0:04:15.560 and maybe you're a part of this put way more 0:04:15.640 --> 0:04:19.800 stock into game picks than I ever have, or it's 0:04:19.839 --> 0:04:22.320 I mean from another angle, set history by going oh 0:04:22.440 --> 0:04:24.960 and seven and maybe go even further like thinking, oh, 0:04:25.080 --> 0:04:29.240 en sixteen uh locks scenario would turn you into a legend. 0:04:29.240 --> 0:04:31.240 And was that your original plan? That was my plan 0:04:31.279 --> 0:04:32.680 when I got off to an O and to start, 0:04:32.720 --> 0:04:34.599 but then I got too hot. It hard to do. 0:04:34.920 --> 0:04:37.000 I got too hot. All right, So let's get into 0:04:37.040 --> 0:04:39.919 it as we always do. Um. We will do it 0:04:40.120 --> 0:04:43.880 snake style draft and the Thursday, the first game of 0:04:43.920 --> 0:04:48.320 week seven, Chiefs at broncos Um. The Scientists will be 0:04:48.400 --> 0:04:51.880 hitting that game later tonight in a mini pod, so 0:04:52.200 --> 0:04:54.719 stay tuned for that. But we're gonna go through the 0:04:54.720 --> 0:04:57.680 rest of the games we have. We have four teams 0:04:57.720 --> 0:05:00.520 again for the second straight week. On I who we 0:05:00.680 --> 0:05:04.240 without this week? We are without got the Panthers, the Browns, 0:05:04.320 --> 0:05:08.720 the Steelers, and the Bucks the to London teams. Brownie 0:05:08.800 --> 0:05:11.760 is a nice little way to exhale. I would imagine 0:05:11.760 --> 0:05:14.039 Mark right now after a rough start for the season. 0:05:14.120 --> 0:05:16.800 Don't care, all right, let's get into it. Marks. You 0:05:16.839 --> 0:05:21.119 are holding the first overall pick UH in today's draft, 0:05:21.160 --> 0:05:23.680 so get us going, all right? So number one because 0:05:23.680 --> 0:05:25.480 there's only three late games, and I want to be 0:05:25.560 --> 0:05:28.320 actually involved in the late slate this time where I've 0:05:28.360 --> 0:05:32.000 made a habit of getting out of that late slate scenario. 0:05:32.080 --> 0:05:38.560 I'm going Saints at Bears, and because number one, I 0:05:38.560 --> 0:05:42.039 want to watch Ray. It's solid because there's only three 0:05:42.040 --> 0:05:44.839 options there. And this to me is one of these 0:05:44.880 --> 0:05:48.320 games where I'm hoping it's like seven to six because 0:05:48.400 --> 0:05:51.200 the way that both defenses are playing right now. We 0:05:51.279 --> 0:05:53.640 know about the Bears now they fell off the edge 0:05:53.680 --> 0:05:55.720 of the bed a little bit against the Raiders. That 0:05:55.760 --> 0:05:57.480 didn't go so well in London, but a lot of 0:05:57.520 --> 0:05:59.640 things can happen in London. We know that ourselves. Weird 0:05:59.640 --> 0:06:04.239 stuff happened across the across the sea right. The Saints 0:06:04.320 --> 0:06:07.240 to me are the team that, no matter what happened 0:06:07.240 --> 0:06:09.360 to the team they played the week before, how inflow 0:06:09.400 --> 0:06:12.080 they were, uh in offense like that you look at 0:06:12.120 --> 0:06:14.440 like the Jaguars with Gardner Min show what happened last week, 0:06:14.480 --> 0:06:16.880 It's like this was the team coming in the big 0:06:16.920 --> 0:06:19.520 story hot Gardner Min Sho's the guy on fire. The 0:06:19.560 --> 0:06:21.480 Saints just come in and just squeeze the life out 0:06:21.480 --> 0:06:23.680 of you and end everything right away. And their defense 0:06:23.720 --> 0:06:25.880 to me is as compelling as the Bears at this point. 0:06:25.960 --> 0:06:28.640 They're not the same type of defense entirely, but they're 0:06:28.640 --> 0:06:32.440 doing Teddy Bridgewaters run with the team. He's done everything 0:06:32.440 --> 0:06:34.839 you could ask a backup quarterback to do, but it's 0:06:34.839 --> 0:06:36.839 not it's because it's not just him alone. They're a 0:06:36.960 --> 0:06:40.040 very balanced team in their defense to me is fascinating. 0:06:40.320 --> 0:06:42.960 You're gonna get Mr Robiski back in this one. I 0:06:43.000 --> 0:06:44.640 want to see this be one of these games that 0:06:44.680 --> 0:06:47.640 comes down to like the final seconds because no one's 0:06:47.760 --> 0:06:51.039 scoring touchdowns. It's like seven to six, eight third we 0:06:51.080 --> 0:06:52.400 have to that would have to be nine to six 0:06:52.480 --> 0:06:54.960 or something. Just one of these little old school matchups 0:06:54.960 --> 0:06:57.600 from nineteen twelve. Let's go on with Alvin Kamara here, 0:06:57.600 --> 0:06:59.120 because that's gonna be a big part of this game. 0:06:59.160 --> 0:07:00.800 You didn't look the same to me in the last 0:07:00.839 --> 0:07:03.960 few games. High ankle type of issue of what they're saying, 0:07:04.320 --> 0:07:09.240 and they signed Mark's boy double z Zack center was. 0:07:09.320 --> 0:07:11.640 I thought you put it well on Twitter yesterday. The 0:07:11.720 --> 0:07:14.800 disparity between the two skill sets is mind boggling. I 0:07:14.840 --> 0:07:16.920 don't see any difference between those time. I think with 0:07:17.000 --> 0:07:21.240 this team, they will be tempted to sit Alvin Kamara 0:07:21.600 --> 0:07:25.320 this early in the season, in a season they're expecting 0:07:25.360 --> 0:07:27.920 to make the playoffs, and he's as important to them 0:07:27.960 --> 0:07:31.640 as anyone, but Drew Brees, why would you be pushing it. 0:07:31.680 --> 0:07:33.640 You also have a bye week, I believe, coming up, 0:07:33.640 --> 0:07:35.760 and you have Arizona at home, which you should be 0:07:35.800 --> 0:07:37.760 able to take care of, and then the bye. So yeah, 0:07:37.760 --> 0:07:40.040 that would make sense to give him a you know, 0:07:40.640 --> 0:07:43.560 one plus day blow. LaTavia s Murray looked pretty good 0:07:43.640 --> 0:07:46.760 last week. I thought too. He sooked good in smaller doses. 0:07:47.160 --> 0:07:50.840 Now how he looks carrying the load will be something center. 0:07:51.720 --> 0:07:54.400 The Bears put a Keem Hicks and Kyle Long on 0:07:54.480 --> 0:07:58.600 injured reserve this week. Kyle Long, you know, not the 0:07:58.640 --> 0:08:01.680 player he was earlier in his career, but still a 0:08:01.720 --> 0:08:04.760 big disappointment for him. I hope he keeps playing football. 0:08:04.760 --> 0:08:08.520 At this point, that's four straight years uninjured reserve. UM 0:08:10.200 --> 0:08:14.000 No had not but had a really great career beginning 0:08:14.080 --> 0:08:17.200 and start. Um that's really been racked by injuries, and 0:08:17.480 --> 0:08:20.480 I'm sure it's really tough times for him. Kiem Hicks 0:08:20.480 --> 0:08:23.880 is the bigger loss though, you know, maybe they're key, 0:08:23.920 --> 0:08:26.480 you know, interior player for sure, one of the best 0:08:26.560 --> 0:08:28.360 in the entire league. And I think you look at 0:08:28.360 --> 0:08:30.680 this matchup and it's like, which you know, you think 0:08:30.680 --> 0:08:32.800 of the Bears for defense, which defensive line would you 0:08:32.800 --> 0:08:36.440 take right now? I would think about it. I would 0:08:36.440 --> 0:08:39.080 take the Saints, and I'd certainly take the Saints offensive 0:08:39.120 --> 0:08:42.520 line over the Bears offensive line not playing well. And 0:08:42.559 --> 0:08:45.400 if there's a tackle tandem that can maybe handle Leonard 0:08:45.440 --> 0:08:49.160 Floyd and Clio Mack, it's Toronto Armstead and Ryan Ramchick's 0:08:49.200 --> 0:08:52.719 not a premier return spot for Mitch Robinsky, who is 0:08:52.760 --> 0:08:55.439 not going to be rather have Teddy bridgewriter than Mitch 0:08:55.520 --> 0:08:58.480 Robinsky too, because I know what I'm getting with Teddy. 0:08:58.559 --> 0:09:00.320 I don't know what I'm getting with Mitchell. True, I 0:09:00.320 --> 0:09:02.760 don't know what I'm getting with Teddy. But I mean, really, 0:09:02.840 --> 0:09:05.040 I think you're getting what is it twelve point? Is 0:09:05.040 --> 0:09:07.040 that what I'm You're getting kind of a Dalton line. 0:09:07.240 --> 0:09:10.640 I mean, you're getting Alex Smith before Andy Reid got there. 0:09:10.679 --> 0:09:13.920 You're getting competent quarterback play and you're playing around it. 0:09:14.520 --> 0:09:17.439 I barely competent. Though I would not equate Teddy Bridgewater 0:09:17.520 --> 0:09:20.160 with Alex Smith or Andy Dalton. But it's been good 0:09:20.240 --> 0:09:23.839 enough chucked in within this team, so I guess it's 0:09:23.840 --> 0:09:25.480 a good thing. They don't need for him to give 0:09:25.480 --> 0:09:28.120 you more. And I'm amazed the Saints are underdogs in 0:09:28.160 --> 0:09:33.760 this game, are they? No? Alvin Kamara defense into um. 0:09:33.800 --> 0:09:37.560 Speaking of the quarterback, Drew brees Um is continuing to 0:09:37.600 --> 0:09:40.760 work his way back. He's now quote graduated to the 0:09:40.880 --> 0:09:45.000 NFL ball, so he's he's getting closer and closer. But 0:09:45.640 --> 0:09:47.800 you know what, they they're kind of in a perfect 0:09:47.880 --> 0:09:51.560 situation that rarely happens. When the backup comes in and 0:09:51.600 --> 0:09:54.000 they win every game. Usually that leads to some type 0:09:54.040 --> 0:09:57.240 of controversy. The Saints are the exception in this case. 0:09:57.320 --> 0:10:00.440 No one's considering anything like that. It's just when he 0:10:00.520 --> 0:10:02.680 comes back, they get that much more dangerous. You're a 0:10:02.720 --> 0:10:04.680 manly fellow. When you go out of the park and 0:10:04.760 --> 0:10:07.920 throw the ball around, do you use an NFL sized 0:10:07.920 --> 0:10:10.880 ball or do you use perhaps something a little daintier. 0:10:11.160 --> 0:10:14.120 I use a dainty ball that just makes my hands 0:10:14.120 --> 0:10:18.640 feel like they're uh No, Marians would use an oversized ball, 0:10:18.720 --> 0:10:21.520 rugby ball even all right, let's move on to the 0:10:21.640 --> 0:10:24.520 second pick. It will be Greg Rosenthal all right, let 0:10:24.559 --> 0:10:29.199 me guess. Am I picking last again? No? I mean 0:10:29.280 --> 0:10:31.360 you listen. I think you gotta plug in on this 0:10:31.400 --> 0:10:33.200 Thursday show a little bit more West. I need you 0:10:33.240 --> 0:10:36.120 to know who you're gonna lock up and understand that 0:10:36.080 --> 0:10:38.040 the draft the way it works. Two weeks ago you 0:10:38.120 --> 0:10:41.520 drafted first. Alright, that means last week you draft last, 0:10:42.040 --> 0:10:44.520 and then this week you draft third. Next week you'll 0:10:44.559 --> 0:10:46.880 draft second, and then the week after that you're back 0:10:46.880 --> 0:10:49.800 to first. I think it's the way our seating is arranged. 0:10:49.800 --> 0:10:53.280 It has me confused. I am I'm excited to end 0:10:53.280 --> 0:10:57.560 this conversation move on to Oakland Green Bay. Oh yeah, 0:10:57.600 --> 0:11:01.040 I'm back to the Tony Romo experience. And I also 0:11:01.120 --> 0:11:03.960 am thinking about writing about the old Green Bay Packers 0:11:04.320 --> 0:11:06.600 on my Monday column. So you gotta like combine at 0:11:06.640 --> 0:11:11.400 all because I'm whether no matter what happens in this game, 0:11:11.440 --> 0:11:14.920 if the Raiders pull off an upset, there suddenly very 0:11:15.000 --> 0:11:17.880 frisky and one of the stories in the league. But 0:11:17.920 --> 0:11:20.319 I'm more interested in what I've been watching the last 0:11:20.360 --> 0:11:24.040 couple of weeks out of Aaron Rodgers and thinking this 0:11:24.120 --> 0:11:26.559 is the best three games stretch I've seen out of 0:11:26.640 --> 0:11:28.760 him in a while. I thought Monday night was the 0:11:28.760 --> 0:11:32.600 best game period I've seen out of him for a while. Uh. 0:11:32.679 --> 0:11:36.280 He was making some unbelievable throws against the Lions, many 0:11:36.320 --> 0:11:39.640 of which were dropped, a few of which were caught 0:11:39.679 --> 0:11:44.040 in tough spots too. He's making plays in rhythm, He's 0:11:44.040 --> 0:11:46.520 getting rid of the ball. It's all making a little 0:11:46.559 --> 0:11:49.640 more sense. I gotta say, Matt Lafleur, I'm warming up 0:11:49.640 --> 0:11:52.280 to the flower. The running game is working a little better. 0:11:52.360 --> 0:11:55.360 Everything is just kind of exactly if you're a Packers 0:11:55.400 --> 0:11:58.360 fans on schedule in terms of it makes a little 0:11:58.400 --> 0:12:00.520 more sense and it looks a little better every week 0:12:00.840 --> 0:12:03.880 despite all the injuries that they've had on offense. Yeah 0:12:04.360 --> 0:12:07.920 this may not you know, and get me on Mark's 0:12:07.960 --> 0:12:10.080 good graces, but they've Packers are back to being the 0:12:10.120 --> 0:12:13.280 only team I watched regularly on coaches film, just because 0:12:13.320 --> 0:12:15.760 I love watching Aaron Rodgers so much. In their defense, 0:12:16.320 --> 0:12:20.200 um Mark finds the Packers to be a little TV 0:12:20.400 --> 0:12:22.599 not this year's not this year's because they have it. 0:12:23.840 --> 0:12:26.000 They've got a defense. The I like teams that can 0:12:26.080 --> 0:12:27.960 you know, isn't this It's a different They've changed up 0:12:28.000 --> 0:12:30.520 the narrative little bit so we're in good place, West 0:12:30.559 --> 0:12:32.559 go back in a good place. On the show, Simpatico, 0:12:32.679 --> 0:12:37.440 I liked that the Packers not practicing on Thursday. Their 0:12:37.440 --> 0:12:41.000 top three wide receivers, their top two pass catching tight hands, 0:12:41.640 --> 0:12:45.880 their top safety there stud defensive tackle Kenny Clark, and 0:12:46.200 --> 0:12:50.480 UH slot corner Tremont Williams. I think they're super vulnerable here, 0:12:51.600 --> 0:12:54.400 right if those guys don't play. They Yes, they are 0:12:54.440 --> 0:12:56.320 super vulnerable because I don't think Derek Carr in the 0:12:56.360 --> 0:13:00.959 Raiders offense is gonna light up the Packers um at 0:13:00.960 --> 0:13:03.160 Green Bay. But I do think this is a theme. 0:13:03.200 --> 0:13:06.360 And yes that while Rodgers is Rogers and he's still 0:13:06.360 --> 0:13:09.680 at his apex, they needed some things to go their way, 0:13:10.080 --> 0:13:12.360 uh to to steal that game last week, and to 0:13:12.360 --> 0:13:14.640 score twenty three points. I think scoring points is going 0:13:14.679 --> 0:13:16.800 to be an issue for them until some of these 0:13:16.800 --> 0:13:18.680 guys get healthy. Davante Adams at the front of the 0:13:18.720 --> 0:13:20.880 line with that. If you're the Raiders, I mean, so 0:13:21.000 --> 0:13:22.880 you you got the Bears in London and I and 0:13:22.920 --> 0:13:25.840 I just think that that's if you if you handle 0:13:25.880 --> 0:13:28.160 that week, well, you've got a different Bears team potentially, 0:13:28.200 --> 0:13:30.439 then you're getting the most banged up version of the 0:13:30.480 --> 0:13:33.560 Packers you could possibly imagine right now, coming off a 0:13:33.600 --> 0:13:35.800 short week, it's a good setup for the Raiders. I 0:13:35.840 --> 0:13:37.640 also think there's a bit of a revenge element. Dan. 0:13:37.720 --> 0:13:41.600 You remember these two teams they battled in Canada and 0:13:41.840 --> 0:13:46.600 Ruden was very offended at the Flower wanted to cancel 0:13:47.040 --> 0:13:50.480 a very important preseason about just because the field was 0:13:50.520 --> 0:13:52.719 stripped of an end zone. If I recall, and I 0:13:52.760 --> 0:13:55.680 think Ruden has never really exactly right, I'll fill in 0:13:55.679 --> 0:13:58.200 the detail. Did not get that where the goal post 0:13:58.280 --> 0:14:00.400 they had to move back, So there was a patch 0:14:00.440 --> 0:14:04.400 of turf that the Flower believed wasn't firm enough and 0:14:04.440 --> 0:14:06.680 put his players in danger. So he didn't say to 0:14:06.760 --> 0:14:08.960 cancel the game. He pulled all the starters out of 0:14:08.960 --> 0:14:11.400 the game, and then they shortened the field. It was 0:14:11.440 --> 0:14:14.520 a fiasco, I cares. I think Ruden felt like the 0:14:14.520 --> 0:14:18.000 intet was yeah, you know, and on a hard knocks 0:14:18.000 --> 0:14:20.360 that he made some comments that you know on Mike 0:14:20.880 --> 0:14:22.720 that he was a little incredulous about the whole Well, 0:14:22.720 --> 0:14:24.840 I know, we'll get into some what people are fired 0:14:24.840 --> 0:14:27.040 about us a real revenge game this week. This to 0:14:27.120 --> 0:14:30.000 me is because of that scenario alone, the real revenge 0:14:30.000 --> 0:14:32.600 game in this week's slate. I mean, let's calm down 0:14:32.640 --> 0:14:36.320 about the Raiders shutting down Aaron Rodgers. They don't have 0:14:36.360 --> 0:14:39.680 a pass rush, and I think you can get away 0:14:39.720 --> 0:14:43.640 with that. You know, maybe against the Colts and they're 0:14:43.680 --> 0:14:46.040 certainly competitive, they're playing hard. You can get away with 0:14:46.080 --> 0:14:48.360 that against the Bears. I don't. I don't care if 0:14:48.360 --> 0:14:52.040 it's Alan Lazard and who's out there. I'm you know, 0:14:52.160 --> 0:14:54.520 I'm loving Aaron Rodgers in this spot. Is he gonna 0:14:54.800 --> 0:14:57.720 His tackles are playing well, his centers playing well, and 0:14:57.760 --> 0:14:59.800 his defense is playing well. And that's why I'm gonna 0:14:59.800 --> 0:15:02.480 walk much, all right. I like it. It's good luck 0:15:02.520 --> 0:15:05.720 because you're lack. You're locking Aaron Rodgers at home against 0:15:05.760 --> 0:15:08.600 an okay team. It's a good luck. But I don't 0:15:08.600 --> 0:15:11.440 think anybody said that there are Rodgers gonna get shut 0:15:11.480 --> 0:15:13.280 down by the Raiders. But I don't know if we're 0:15:13.280 --> 0:15:16.000 gonna we're gonna be approaching a thirty burger. I guess 0:15:16.040 --> 0:15:19.880 I'm not. I'm not buying into this Raiders story because 0:15:19.960 --> 0:15:22.440 the wait, you're the one selling the story. How up? 0:15:22.480 --> 0:15:24.800 They're fun, they're fun to watch, but I'm not buying 0:15:24.840 --> 0:15:26.880 them as a team that's gonna win a lot of 0:15:26.880 --> 0:15:30.200 tough games on the road. Uh, I get Bears and 0:15:30.240 --> 0:15:32.760 Cults are different. I guess they've done it. I mean 0:15:32.800 --> 0:15:35.720 they've proved me wrong in that sense. And the offense 0:15:35.760 --> 0:15:38.360 is efficient. They're running the ball well there Cars getting 0:15:38.400 --> 0:15:39.640 rid of the ball. I think they'll be able to 0:15:39.640 --> 0:15:42.520 move the ball somewhat. But I still see them as 0:15:42.520 --> 0:15:44.440 like a seven win type of team. And and good 0:15:44.480 --> 0:15:46.840 for Darren Waller, by the way, the tight end for 0:15:46.880 --> 0:15:49.520 the Raiders. Speaking of hard Knocks, he flashed on that 0:15:49.520 --> 0:15:52.880 show and you got to learn about his battles against 0:15:52.920 --> 0:15:56.400 substance abuse and even the you know one trip to 0:15:56.560 --> 0:16:00.800 a twelve step program. Uh. He has come out bawling 0:16:00.840 --> 0:16:02.520 all through the beginning of the season and now just 0:16:02.560 --> 0:16:05.840 got a three year contract extension. So that that's pretty crazy. 0:16:05.840 --> 0:16:08.480 To playing with nobody at wide receiver happened? I mean's 0:16:08.560 --> 0:16:11.360 been the past quarterback? Would you rather have with no receivers? 0:16:11.360 --> 0:16:15.080 I mean Derek Cars throwing to Trevor Davis, Keelan Doss, Hunter, 0:16:15.160 --> 0:16:19.960 renfro and z Jones have fun with that. Dan. Darren 0:16:20.000 --> 0:16:22.000 Waller dropped an album too, didn't he? Did he I 0:16:22.040 --> 0:16:24.880 was not aware of that. A year. I'm less excited 0:16:24.920 --> 0:16:27.800 about that. Um, you you have it out for Hunter Renfro. 0:16:27.880 --> 0:16:30.760 I've decided you're coming for your coming for the run 0:16:30.760 --> 0:16:35.200 from He's like the most you know, he's the guy 0:16:35.200 --> 0:16:37.560 who looks most like me at that plays wide receiver 0:16:37.640 --> 0:16:39.640 in the league. And in terms of well, no, that 0:16:39.640 --> 0:16:42.360 would make sense, there can only be one, so you're that, 0:16:42.600 --> 0:16:44.440 I think, well, it's just one of those things that 0:16:44.480 --> 0:16:46.920 you get annoyed when everyone says the same thing. And 0:16:46.920 --> 0:16:50.240 back in August, like Hunter Renfro, he's gonna catch seventy 0:16:50.560 --> 0:16:52.640 balls in that ovine. Know that he was a fifth 0:16:52.760 --> 0:16:54.800 round pick. They've thrown it to him twenty five times. 0:16:54.800 --> 0:16:57.960 He has like six catches. Love when Gregg gets whipping boys, 0:16:58.000 --> 0:17:00.320 I was essentially teeing up because I knew wanted to 0:17:00.440 --> 0:17:03.560 take some swings at the kid. It's like Specknola all 0:17:03.600 --> 0:17:06.080 over again. All right, West, you are now up with 0:17:06.119 --> 0:17:09.280 a third overall pick. I will go back to the 0:17:09.400 --> 0:17:15.879 four o'clock slate and do Ravens at Seahawks game. Oh yes, 0:17:16.600 --> 0:17:19.760 oh Wes, you're really unlocked an eastg is. It's time 0:17:19.760 --> 0:17:22.159 now for a road to Victory presented by the United 0:17:22.160 --> 0:17:25.520 States Marine Corps. Dig into this game, West, why did 0:17:25.520 --> 0:17:28.440 you select it? Well, it's two of the most dominant 0:17:28.800 --> 0:17:31.000 rushing attacks that we've seen since the start of the 0:17:31.000 --> 0:17:34.560 two thousand eighteen season. Um and it's two of the 0:17:34.560 --> 0:17:38.000 most exciting quarterbacks to watch, and in this season, Russell 0:17:38.040 --> 0:17:40.679 Wilson I think is becoming the favorite for m v 0:17:40.800 --> 0:17:44.080 P and Lamar Jackson, as Greg will tell you, is 0:17:44.160 --> 0:17:47.320 just good old plane fund to watch every week. This 0:17:47.359 --> 0:17:49.200 is this is a matchup of two teams that are 0:17:49.320 --> 0:17:53.760 fairly similar, great offenses and not so good defenses, which 0:17:53.800 --> 0:17:55.760 is opposite of what you're used to from these teams. 0:17:56.440 --> 0:18:00.200 Totally opposite. I mean, it's a total turning the fell 0:18:00.280 --> 0:18:03.400 on its ear that you would be expecting, uh, these 0:18:03.400 --> 0:18:05.520 teams to be, you know, pounding it out in a 0:18:05.600 --> 0:18:12.320 ten seven game and instead people wondered why Lamar Jackson 0:18:12.359 --> 0:18:15.639 had so many attempts on the ground last week, And 0:18:15.680 --> 0:18:17.520 one of the reasons watching that game was that the 0:18:17.560 --> 0:18:20.199 Bengals looked like a defense that had never seen a 0:18:20.240 --> 0:18:22.960 read option play before that it worked out of the 0:18:23.000 --> 0:18:25.200 gate and they just kept going at it and they're 0:18:25.200 --> 0:18:27.680 starting to use all their backs now, not just mark 0:18:27.840 --> 0:18:31.560 ingram and they are so punishing that while it up. 0:18:31.560 --> 0:18:34.240 They they to me, they they they're a target to 0:18:34.359 --> 0:18:37.919 trade for potentially a second wide receiver. I think if 0:18:37.960 --> 0:18:40.000 they wanted to add to that attack and make it 0:18:40.040 --> 0:18:41.560 a little bit. I don't know how long you can 0:18:41.640 --> 0:18:43.760 assume this will go without a hiccup at some point, 0:18:43.960 --> 0:18:47.040 and at some point maybe in January. But they're tight ends. 0:18:47.119 --> 0:18:50.440 I mean Mark Andrews, outside of his leap and fumble 0:18:50.760 --> 0:18:52.520 routine that happened last week, I'm not sure we're gonna 0:18:52.520 --> 0:18:55.680 see that leap over the defender thing again. I mean, 0:18:55.920 --> 0:18:58.760 he he is. He has become a one of the 0:18:58.800 --> 0:19:00.760 bigger weapons in the a of see North in a 0:19:00.840 --> 0:19:03.560 total factor and on the flip side will display out 0:19:03.600 --> 0:19:05.439 for the Seahawks. That's a big loss that tight end 0:19:05.480 --> 0:19:07.800 for them. He will have a surgery on an achilles 0:19:07.800 --> 0:19:10.680 tendon injury, so that's unfortunate. He's done for the year. 0:19:10.800 --> 0:19:15.080 Marcus Brown is sidelines in terms of practices. That's one 0:19:15.080 --> 0:19:16.480 of the reasons I think they had to run the 0:19:16.480 --> 0:19:19.919 ball so much against Cincinnati. They just do not have 0:19:20.040 --> 0:19:24.160 much of a passing game at receiver right now. Other 0:19:24.200 --> 0:19:27.159 than Marquis Brown. That's reliable, and if you don't have 0:19:27.240 --> 0:19:30.200 him going to Seattle, that's troubling because you're playing against 0:19:30.200 --> 0:19:33.840 the team who's got a nice making the leap candidate. 0:19:34.880 --> 0:19:38.840 Warner Back Shaquille Griffin the other Shack Griffin, the one 0:19:38.880 --> 0:19:41.720 who's I think right now, having a Pro Bowl type 0:19:41.720 --> 0:19:43.960 of season. Not a lot that you love about the 0:19:44.280 --> 0:19:47.600 Seahawks defense right now in terms of their overall play. 0:19:47.680 --> 0:19:50.520 The pass rush is not great, but Shaq Griffin has 0:19:50.560 --> 0:19:52.879 really been playing well, locking down one side of the 0:19:52.920 --> 0:19:55.240 ball to the point where the opponents are just kind 0:19:55.280 --> 0:19:58.680 of peppering the other side NonStop. Earl Thomas Revenge Game, 0:19:58.760 --> 0:20:02.159 Chris Westling, you've seen any improvements from Earl since a 0:20:02.160 --> 0:20:04.159 couple of weeks ago when you found him to be 0:20:04.240 --> 0:20:08.000