1 00:00:01,160 --> 00:00:08,160 Speaker 1: The Around the League Podcast agrees to offset contract language. 2 00:00:08,920 --> 00:00:11,400 Speaker 1: Welcome back to another edition of the Around the League Podcast. 3 00:00:11,440 --> 00:00:13,240 Speaker 1: My name is Dan Hansis, and I'm joined by a 4 00:00:13,320 --> 00:00:17,200 Speaker 1: room full of heroes, Chris Westling, Mark Sessler, and Greg Rosenthal. 5 00:00:17,320 --> 00:00:20,279 Speaker 1: What up, boys, So you've got your own sun kiss 6 00:00:20,360 --> 00:00:24,520 Speaker 1: calps today? Yeah? Well, you know what. This is my 7 00:00:24,560 --> 00:00:27,520 Speaker 1: off day, my scheduled off day, and I decided Wes 8 00:00:27,720 --> 00:00:30,440 Speaker 1: wears shorts on his off day. It's ninety degrees out. 9 00:00:30,480 --> 00:00:32,720 Speaker 1: I'm gonna do the same. It's not the same level 10 00:00:32,720 --> 00:00:36,199 Speaker 1: of Calves. I mean, this guy carved out of like 11 00:00:36,240 --> 00:00:39,720 Speaker 1: a sculpture card from the Greek gods. But I'm trying 12 00:00:39,760 --> 00:00:43,320 Speaker 1: my best. We're impressive on some level. Westling when we 13 00:00:43,400 --> 00:00:46,199 Speaker 1: hired him is a different man than he is today. 14 00:00:46,400 --> 00:00:48,159 Speaker 1: I mean, you've found out you're gonna move out to 15 00:00:48,200 --> 00:00:51,880 Speaker 1: Los Angeles. It's almost, uh cliche, and you just what 16 00:00:52,120 --> 00:00:58,040 Speaker 1: dropped something like that? I lost about That's what I did. 17 00:00:58,080 --> 00:01:00,840 Speaker 1: It's almost as if he was preparing for the Czarina's 18 00:01:00,920 --> 00:01:03,920 Speaker 1: by the pool. That was the plan, and now his 19 00:01:04,040 --> 00:01:08,440 Speaker 1: body is ready. It's a temple. Okay. So first of all, um, 20 00:01:08,720 --> 00:01:10,880 Speaker 1: we're going to dive into the Thursday Night Game, which 21 00:01:10,920 --> 00:01:15,040 Speaker 1: was pretty crazy on several levels. Before that, a little housekeeping, 22 00:01:15,560 --> 00:01:21,759 Speaker 1: uh the iTunes page rate, download, leave comments, anything else? 23 00:01:21,840 --> 00:01:24,880 Speaker 1: K Rich behind the Glass. No, that's about it. You 24 00:01:24,959 --> 00:01:28,560 Speaker 1: just mentioned Twitter, and yeah you can mention Twitter that 25 00:01:28,600 --> 00:01:31,760 Speaker 1: you can what about Twitter? Go on Twitter, tell us 26 00:01:31,800 --> 00:01:35,160 Speaker 1: what you think about the podcast. Use the hashtag hashtag 27 00:01:35,360 --> 00:01:37,640 Speaker 1: NFL A t L. 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Alright, so 38 00:02:10,080 --> 00:02:12,359 Speaker 1: let's get right into it. Who wants to start? Greg, 39 00:02:12,400 --> 00:02:14,880 Speaker 1: you are the boss, that is your nickname. It's growing 40 00:02:15,960 --> 00:02:21,760 Speaker 1: across the nation. It's spreading Thursday Night Crazy. Broncho Ravens opener. Well, 41 00:02:21,800 --> 00:02:25,880 Speaker 1: I just thought, how good, uh Wesleyan's prediction of the 42 00:02:25,919 --> 00:02:29,880 Speaker 1: Broncos looking like the O seven Patriots and Julius Thomas 43 00:02:29,919 --> 00:02:34,320 Speaker 1: being a breakout star looked quickly because that was about 44 00:02:34,320 --> 00:02:37,560 Speaker 1: as explosive a half as you're ever gonna see. And 45 00:02:37,600 --> 00:02:42,560 Speaker 1: that's the sign of a truly explosive, unstoppable offense is 46 00:02:42,600 --> 00:02:45,400 Speaker 1: that they score in bunches. And they had twenty one 47 00:02:46,400 --> 00:02:49,840 Speaker 1: in a six minute span. You don't see that too often. 48 00:02:50,160 --> 00:02:52,200 Speaker 1: He came out of half to him down seventeen fourteen, 49 00:02:52,200 --> 00:02:54,520 Speaker 1: and suddenly it's a blowout. Midway through the third quarter. 50 00:02:54,840 --> 00:02:56,760 Speaker 1: It was a blitz creek on the other side of 51 00:02:56,760 --> 00:03:00,200 Speaker 1: the ball. The thirty five points. That was unreal, and 52 00:03:00,440 --> 00:03:02,480 Speaker 1: I'd say it kind of went down like a lot 53 00:03:02,480 --> 00:03:04,960 Speaker 1: of us expected it to. Manning is going to be 54 00:03:05,040 --> 00:03:07,519 Speaker 1: able to just take advantage of the mismatches, and we 55 00:03:07,560 --> 00:03:10,320 Speaker 1: saw that last night with Welker and Julius Thomas. If 56 00:03:10,320 --> 00:03:13,600 Speaker 1: you're going to leave them in single coverage underneath or 57 00:03:13,639 --> 00:03:16,720 Speaker 1: down the scene because you're double double covering Damarius Thomas 58 00:03:16,760 --> 00:03:19,679 Speaker 1: and Eric Decker, it's too easy for Peyton Manning. He's 59 00:03:19,800 --> 00:03:22,440 Speaker 1: you know, I wasn't impressed with his arm strength at all. 60 00:03:22,560 --> 00:03:25,080 Speaker 1: Last night, he wasn't getting much on the ball deep. 61 00:03:25,400 --> 00:03:28,040 Speaker 1: But he's like the football version of Greg Mannox. Now 62 00:03:28,120 --> 00:03:30,760 Speaker 1: he's he's more of an artist. He's painting with strokes 63 00:03:30,760 --> 00:03:34,600 Speaker 1: out there, mixing, mixing up balls and uh mixing speeds. 64 00:03:34,920 --> 00:03:37,280 Speaker 1: I thought he looked great. Um, I don't see how 65 00:03:37,320 --> 00:03:39,360 Speaker 1: anybody is gonna stop that offense. Yeah, I watched the 66 00:03:39,360 --> 00:03:43,720 Speaker 1: game actually over at Dan's very nice apartment. Showed up uninvited. 67 00:03:43,760 --> 00:03:48,640 Speaker 1: I might well, no, I was, you texted me, and uh, West, 68 00:03:48,680 --> 00:03:52,320 Speaker 1: I think you're correct, because it's like Manning's army. We 69 00:03:52,360 --> 00:03:54,600 Speaker 1: mentioned that a few times last night. It just doesn't 70 00:03:54,640 --> 00:03:56,440 Speaker 1: look to have you hear about how much zip it 71 00:03:56,480 --> 00:03:59,160 Speaker 1: had and how much stronger it is. It isn't and 72 00:03:59,240 --> 00:04:01,280 Speaker 1: it doesn't need be necessarily with the way that all 73 00:04:01,480 --> 00:04:05,040 Speaker 1: saw no zip whatsoever, but also saw him just dropping 74 00:04:05,040 --> 00:04:07,920 Speaker 1: beautiful passes into the bucket, right into the receiver's hands 75 00:04:07,920 --> 00:04:10,240 Speaker 1: thirty yards down the field. Well, here's a perfect example. 76 00:04:10,520 --> 00:04:12,600 Speaker 1: I don't want to interrupt it. Mark. One example is 77 00:04:12,640 --> 00:04:14,920 Speaker 1: the first completion of the game he had to Wes Welker, 78 00:04:15,200 --> 00:04:16,839 Speaker 1: where he kind of you had to get into a 79 00:04:16,880 --> 00:04:19,440 Speaker 1: tight spot by the sideline and it kind of seemed 80 00:04:19,480 --> 00:04:21,480 Speaker 1: like it floated in there, but it got exactly where 81 00:04:21,480 --> 00:04:23,520 Speaker 1: it needed to be and he moved the chains with it. 82 00:04:24,120 --> 00:04:28,240 Speaker 1: Daniel Jeremiah on Twitter said it perfectly, which is that 83 00:04:28,760 --> 00:04:33,279 Speaker 1: Peyton Manning throws the most beautiful, perfect ugly passes in 84 00:04:33,279 --> 00:04:35,400 Speaker 1: the league. I mean, that's kind of what he majors 85 00:04:35,400 --> 00:04:38,640 Speaker 1: in right now. The two touchdowns were kind of beautiful passes, 86 00:04:38,720 --> 00:04:41,800 Speaker 1: but they were wobblers, but they were still right on 87 00:04:41,839 --> 00:04:44,760 Speaker 1: the money. The timing is great between him and the receivers. 88 00:04:44,800 --> 00:04:47,039 Speaker 1: He's always got that pass as they're hitting their stride, 89 00:04:47,080 --> 00:04:49,520 Speaker 1: beating a defender right down the sideline. And you take 90 00:04:49,520 --> 00:04:52,120 Speaker 1: a night where like Eric Decker, for instance, really had 91 00:04:52,120 --> 00:04:56,440 Speaker 1: a pretty ugly game. They have so many guys that 92 00:04:56,760 --> 00:04:59,280 Speaker 1: one or two of your parts cannot be operating a 93 00:05:00,200 --> 00:05:01,960 Speaker 1: There were a couple of mistakes there, and it's like 94 00:05:02,040 --> 00:05:06,279 Speaker 1: it didn't there were such an onslaught of targets out there, 95 00:05:06,480 --> 00:05:08,520 Speaker 1: and I think that we're gonna find out, you know, 96 00:05:08,640 --> 00:05:12,440 Speaker 1: eight weeks from now, that Baltimore's defense is not even 97 00:05:12,440 --> 00:05:14,479 Speaker 1: the worst of what you know it's in terms of 98 00:05:14,520 --> 00:05:18,160 Speaker 1: faring against the Broncos. Baltimore will be fine on defense. Ultimately, 99 00:05:19,120 --> 00:05:21,960 Speaker 1: they were a first guinea pig against this Broncos offense 100 00:05:22,000 --> 00:05:23,600 Speaker 1: and it's not it's gonna be ugly for a lot 101 00:05:23,680 --> 00:05:25,320 Speaker 1: of teams that face And they didn't run the ball 102 00:05:25,360 --> 00:05:27,800 Speaker 1: at all. The Broncos couldn't run. I mean they had 103 00:05:27,839 --> 00:05:30,320 Speaker 1: no Sean Moreno in there the whole first half essentially 104 00:05:30,360 --> 00:05:32,360 Speaker 1: just because he could pass protect and that's all they're 105 00:05:32,360 --> 00:05:34,839 Speaker 1: asking they're running backs to do. They put Monty ball 106 00:05:34,880 --> 00:05:37,159 Speaker 1: and in the second half and running situations near the 107 00:05:37,160 --> 00:05:39,280 Speaker 1: goal line, and they couldn't really run the ball and 108 00:05:39,360 --> 00:05:41,599 Speaker 1: it didn't matter. And that's the NFL right now. We 109 00:05:41,720 --> 00:05:44,400 Speaker 1: probably talked too much about running back problems. It doesn't 110 00:05:44,440 --> 00:05:46,880 Speaker 1: really matter if you have Peyton Manning and all those receivers. 111 00:05:46,920 --> 00:05:49,400 Speaker 1: And just watch if if Julius Thomas turns out to 112 00:05:49,520 --> 00:05:53,240 Speaker 1: be UH impact player this year, breakthrough player. And Eric 113 00:05:53,279 --> 00:05:55,120 Speaker 1: Decker had the worst game of his life when he 114 00:05:55,160 --> 00:05:58,280 Speaker 1: plays the way he should play. What I think I'm 115 00:05:58,320 --> 00:05:59,920 Speaker 1: starting to be on the West band wagon with the 116 00:06:00,120 --> 00:06:03,640 Speaker 1: this could be five point offense type stuff we're talking about, 117 00:06:03,800 --> 00:06:06,480 Speaker 1: and the other thing with Welker Uh, it's amazing how 118 00:06:06,560 --> 00:06:08,880 Speaker 1: quickly those guys seem to have a connection now and 119 00:06:09,240 --> 00:06:10,839 Speaker 1: Feast stays healthy, he's going to have a hundred and 120 00:06:10,839 --> 00:06:12,919 Speaker 1: fifty and catches again. I mean, we saw so what 121 00:06:13,040 --> 00:06:18,240 Speaker 1: the regular season record for past attempts shattered last night 122 00:06:19,440 --> 00:06:22,680 Speaker 1: in a non overtime game. My question is there have 123 00:06:22,760 --> 00:06:25,440 Speaker 1: been so much of a scheme change towards the past 124 00:06:25,480 --> 00:06:27,200 Speaker 1: game in the last couple of seasons. Are we gonna 125 00:06:27,200 --> 00:06:29,800 Speaker 1: see that go down a couple of times this season? Yes, 126 00:06:30,800 --> 00:06:33,520 Speaker 1: I think so, because it's not just the past game, 127 00:06:33,720 --> 00:06:36,719 Speaker 1: it's the no huddle and the past game. And I 128 00:06:36,760 --> 00:06:39,640 Speaker 1: thought that as an NFL fan last night, the one 129 00:06:39,720 --> 00:06:43,320 Speaker 1: drawback of the no huddle offenses. These games are long, 130 00:06:43,400 --> 00:06:45,720 Speaker 1: and it wasn't just because of the delay. There's so 131 00:06:45,760 --> 00:06:48,720 Speaker 1: many plays. That was a three hour, forty minute game 132 00:06:48,800 --> 00:06:50,919 Speaker 1: or something like that and just went on forever. I 133 00:06:50,920 --> 00:06:53,719 Speaker 1: think the average game last year was about a hundred 134 00:06:53,760 --> 00:06:56,680 Speaker 1: and five plays, and last night's game was a d 135 00:06:59,200 --> 00:07:01,080 Speaker 1: I think that's going to be I mean, we're gonna 136 00:07:01,120 --> 00:07:04,240 Speaker 1: with all these Eagles, Bills, Jaguars, we know are going 137 00:07:04,320 --> 00:07:07,960 Speaker 1: up tempo, probably a few more teams. It's a copycat league. 138 00:07:07,920 --> 00:07:10,480 Speaker 1: I see everybody trying to run seventy five or eighty 139 00:07:10,520 --> 00:07:12,880 Speaker 1: plays this year. When does the network decide that the 140 00:07:12,880 --> 00:07:16,280 Speaker 1: traditional four oh five or four fifteen start for the 141 00:07:16,280 --> 00:07:19,280 Speaker 1: East Coast games gets bumped to four forty five or 142 00:07:19,280 --> 00:07:21,200 Speaker 1: something next year. Well, they've have done it a little 143 00:07:21,240 --> 00:07:25,480 Speaker 1: bit sixty man games for the national late games. They 144 00:07:25,600 --> 00:07:27,680 Speaker 1: they have bumped it back and and we want to 145 00:07:27,720 --> 00:07:30,720 Speaker 1: move into all the previous We're gonna preview every game 146 00:07:30,720 --> 00:07:33,120 Speaker 1: on this show, by the way. But the one thing 147 00:07:33,160 --> 00:07:34,760 Speaker 1: I want to think about the Ravens was it was 148 00:07:34,800 --> 00:07:36,920 Speaker 1: the worst case scenario. The biggest news last night was 149 00:07:37,000 --> 00:07:39,600 Speaker 1: Jacobe Jones and Michael or getting hurt. If those are 150 00:07:39,640 --> 00:07:42,840 Speaker 1: serious injuries, those are positions they already didn't have much 151 00:07:42,880 --> 00:07:44,880 Speaker 1: depth that and could could be a big time problem. 152 00:07:44,920 --> 00:07:46,760 Speaker 1: That was that was a game that you know, got 153 00:07:46,760 --> 00:07:48,240 Speaker 1: away from the Ravens. So I don't want to put 154 00:07:48,240 --> 00:07:50,440 Speaker 1: too much into it. But one thing that definitely stood 155 00:07:50,440 --> 00:07:52,720 Speaker 1: out to me when they fell behind and they need 156 00:07:52,720 --> 00:07:54,720 Speaker 1: to get back in the game, You really it jumped 157 00:07:54,720 --> 00:07:57,920 Speaker 1: out to you the dearth of weapons that Flacco house. 158 00:07:57,960 --> 00:08:00,480 Speaker 1: How many times did he target Dallas Clark, who was 159 00:08:00,680 --> 00:08:03,400 Speaker 1: last an effective player in about two thousand eleven or 160 00:08:03,480 --> 00:08:05,680 Speaker 1: twel I mean, and he and Stokely led the team 161 00:08:05,680 --> 00:08:08,160 Speaker 1: in target Stokely, who can't move. I think Collinsworth even 162 00:08:08,160 --> 00:08:09,720 Speaker 1: said at one point the guy was gas trying to 163 00:08:09,720 --> 00:08:11,720 Speaker 1: get some separation down the field. He was looking at 164 00:08:11,720 --> 00:08:13,920 Speaker 1: these guys time and time again. And if Tory Smith 165 00:08:14,200 --> 00:08:16,400 Speaker 1: is not a number one receiver and they desperately need 166 00:08:16,480 --> 00:08:18,000 Speaker 1: him to be, and if he's really just a really 167 00:08:18,080 --> 00:08:20,840 Speaker 1: good number two receiver, they're gonna have a lot of 168 00:08:21,040 --> 00:08:23,160 Speaker 1: And forget at Dixon too. I mean that guy couldn't 169 00:08:23,200 --> 00:08:26,400 Speaker 1: catch the ball that they did not look he he 170 00:08:26,440 --> 00:08:29,080 Speaker 1: doesn't move well. He doesn't move any better than Dallas 171 00:08:29,080 --> 00:08:31,600 Speaker 1: Clark does at age thirty four. We said in the 172 00:08:31,640 --> 00:08:34,200 Speaker 1: preseason how bad of a sign it was that Stokely 173 00:08:34,280 --> 00:08:37,240 Speaker 1: and Clark started their third preseason game. They really don't 174 00:08:37,600 --> 00:08:39,640 Speaker 1: seem to have any answers. They're they're gonna have to 175 00:08:39,679 --> 00:08:41,520 Speaker 1: win games different times. If you want to talk about 176 00:08:41,520 --> 00:08:43,839 Speaker 1: a bad sign, that first pass of the game, when 177 00:08:43,880 --> 00:08:46,280 Speaker 1: Stokely took an hour to turn his body around with 178 00:08:46,320 --> 00:08:49,599 Speaker 1: nobody around, he should have had the first down. And 179 00:08:49,640 --> 00:08:53,120 Speaker 1: you thought, if that was any other slot receiver, he's 180 00:08:53,120 --> 00:08:55,760 Speaker 1: getting the first down on friends whose fathers could have 181 00:08:55,800 --> 00:08:59,679 Speaker 1: constructed that point with more power and speed before we 182 00:08:59,720 --> 00:09:01,480 Speaker 1: go on, I just want to ask, or should we 183 00:09:01,480 --> 00:09:03,199 Speaker 1: be worried about the Ravens based on this game or 184 00:09:03,280 --> 00:09:04,560 Speaker 1: is this kind of just the one that got away. 185 00:09:04,640 --> 00:09:06,520 Speaker 1: I think it went down like we thought it was 186 00:09:06,520 --> 00:09:09,160 Speaker 1: gonna go down. The receivers are a problem, They're tight. 187 00:09:09,240 --> 00:09:11,600 Speaker 1: Ends are a problem. Um, it's gonna take a while 188 00:09:11,679 --> 00:09:14,600 Speaker 1: for for Flacco to get in sync with him. If 189 00:09:14,600 --> 00:09:18,240 Speaker 1: Marlon Brown can emerge as a true weapon, maybe that, 190 00:09:18,520 --> 00:09:20,000 Speaker 1: you know, we've got to get. I think we have 191 00:09:20,040 --> 00:09:21,800 Speaker 1: to give them some time to get that figured out. 192 00:09:22,080 --> 00:09:23,760 Speaker 1: In the defense, I think that was more about the 193 00:09:23,760 --> 00:09:26,120 Speaker 1: Broncos than the Ravens. Yeah, I'm not worried. If that 194 00:09:26,200 --> 00:09:28,160 Speaker 1: was a preseason game, we would have watched the first 195 00:09:28,160 --> 00:09:31,719 Speaker 1: half and said, Wow, the Ravens are defending their championship. 196 00:09:31,760 --> 00:09:34,280 Speaker 1: Pretty well. They outplayed the Broncos. They ran out of 197 00:09:34,280 --> 00:09:36,480 Speaker 1: gas and Denver. A lot of teams do that. They 198 00:09:36,480 --> 00:09:39,920 Speaker 1: didn't have answers trying to come from behind. Uh. I 199 00:09:39,960 --> 00:09:42,360 Speaker 1: think they'll be fine. I'm not that worried. Okay, So 200 00:09:42,400 --> 00:09:46,319 Speaker 1: now we turn our attention to Sunday and Monday, the 201 00:09:46,360 --> 00:09:48,800 Speaker 1: proper start of the season. It's gonna be very exciting. 202 00:09:49,360 --> 00:09:51,360 Speaker 1: I guess the way we're gonna do this, We're gonna 203 00:09:51,400 --> 00:09:53,400 Speaker 1: each take a game that really jumps out to us 204 00:09:53,480 --> 00:09:56,880 Speaker 1: is interesting. We're gonna talk about those four games. Then 205 00:09:56,920 --> 00:09:59,040 Speaker 1: we'll we'll get into We have our picks that we 206 00:09:59,080 --> 00:10:00,480 Speaker 1: do every week and you can get it on the 207 00:10:00,480 --> 00:10:03,280 Speaker 1: Around the League blog. One category that we have for 208 00:10:03,400 --> 00:10:05,959 Speaker 1: our picks is called the hero pick, which is when 209 00:10:06,120 --> 00:10:07,800 Speaker 1: one of us picks a team that no one else 210 00:10:07,840 --> 00:10:11,680 Speaker 1: picked out of the five of us. So the whoever 211 00:10:11,720 --> 00:10:13,880 Speaker 1: it took a hero game gets explained why they took 212 00:10:13,880 --> 00:10:16,360 Speaker 1: the underdog. And we'll go over those games and then 213 00:10:16,400 --> 00:10:18,400 Speaker 1: maybe we'll talk a little bit about the orphans as well, 214 00:10:18,440 --> 00:10:20,960 Speaker 1: the games that we didn't touch about talk about. But 215 00:10:21,080 --> 00:10:24,559 Speaker 1: let's start with Mark Sessler. What game in Week one 216 00:10:24,600 --> 00:10:26,520 Speaker 1: is jumping out to you on Sunday? I guess for me, 217 00:10:26,559 --> 00:10:28,360 Speaker 1: the one that I have whenever I've looked at this 218 00:10:28,400 --> 00:10:32,120 Speaker 1: schedule that just pops out is Green Bay going to 219 00:10:32,360 --> 00:10:36,120 Speaker 1: San Francisco. You know, just eight months after that very 220 00:10:36,320 --> 00:10:40,199 Speaker 1: ugly I rewatched that playoff game, and I can't find 221 00:10:40,240 --> 00:10:44,240 Speaker 1: another game from last postseason where two teams that you 222 00:10:44,320 --> 00:10:47,640 Speaker 1: thought would battle equally to some degree where one of 223 00:10:47,679 --> 00:10:50,920 Speaker 1: them was just brutalized, Like Green Bay spent its entire 224 00:10:50,960 --> 00:10:53,600 Speaker 1: off season saying, we are going to be, you know, tougher, 225 00:10:54,520 --> 00:10:56,760 Speaker 1: It's tough. It's weird to hear Mike McCarthy said this 226 00:10:56,800 --> 00:10:58,640 Speaker 1: is we weren't tough enough. We're gonna have to get 227 00:10:58,640 --> 00:11:02,240 Speaker 1: more physical. They dispatchelor coaches to try to figure out 228 00:11:02,600 --> 00:11:04,720 Speaker 1: the forty Niners read option. And some people are making 229 00:11:04,760 --> 00:11:07,600 Speaker 1: a big deal how, oh, San Francisco hasn't done any 230 00:11:07,640 --> 00:11:10,480 Speaker 1: of that in the preseason. Nonsense. I mean, Greg Roman 231 00:11:10,679 --> 00:11:13,200 Speaker 1: is always two or three steps ahead of everyone. I 232 00:11:13,240 --> 00:11:16,720 Speaker 1: can't wait to see what the Niners bring to this 233 00:11:17,240 --> 00:11:20,119 Speaker 1: compared to what the Packers have spent the entire offseason 234 00:11:20,160 --> 00:11:22,440 Speaker 1: trying to prepare for. We're gonna find out really quick 235 00:11:22,480 --> 00:11:25,360 Speaker 1: what Green Bays defense is about, I think, and I've 236 00:11:25,400 --> 00:11:28,760 Speaker 1: expected that defense to be better. But they're not playing 237 00:11:28,800 --> 00:11:31,679 Speaker 1: with Casey Hayward this week. Morgan Burnett did not practice 238 00:11:31,880 --> 00:11:35,199 Speaker 1: on Friday, their safety and he's questionable for the game. 239 00:11:35,760 --> 00:11:40,679 Speaker 1: So that puts a stress on their secondary immediately. And 240 00:11:40,800 --> 00:11:43,800 Speaker 1: it's not often you see a team sort of build 241 00:11:43,800 --> 00:11:47,559 Speaker 1: the entire off season around the way one game ended 242 00:11:47,880 --> 00:11:50,760 Speaker 1: and then start the next season with that game. So, 243 00:11:50,800 --> 00:11:53,000 Speaker 1: I mean, it's it's the only Week one, but it's 244 00:11:53,000 --> 00:11:55,480 Speaker 1: one of those games that you feel like their game 245 00:11:55,559 --> 00:11:59,559 Speaker 1: last year, remember in Week one, that would reverberate through 246 00:11:59,559 --> 00:12:01,520 Speaker 1: the whole season, and that game did make a difference. 247 00:12:01,520 --> 00:12:03,280 Speaker 1: It makes a difference for seeding at the end of 248 00:12:03,280 --> 00:12:05,200 Speaker 1: the year, and I think these two teams are going 249 00:12:05,200 --> 00:12:07,200 Speaker 1: to be in the playoffs. So even though it's Week one, 250 00:12:07,280 --> 00:12:10,600 Speaker 1: still an important game. And we all predicted that yesterday's 251 00:12:10,600 --> 00:12:12,760 Speaker 1: game would be high scoring and that turned out to 252 00:12:12,760 --> 00:12:15,240 Speaker 1: be the case. I think the same thing will happen here. 253 00:12:15,840 --> 00:12:19,600 Speaker 1: I'm curious how how healthy Uh Cobb and Jordy Nelson 254 00:12:19,600 --> 00:12:21,680 Speaker 1: are are they. I know they're gonna play and they've 255 00:12:21,720 --> 00:12:23,560 Speaker 1: been practicing, but are they going to be the guys 256 00:12:23,600 --> 00:12:26,120 Speaker 1: that we know them as because without them there's a 257 00:12:26,120 --> 00:12:28,640 Speaker 1: lot um you know, that's a big two missing pieces 258 00:12:28,640 --> 00:12:31,320 Speaker 1: for them. Well, I think people forget that both of 259 00:12:31,320 --> 00:12:34,120 Speaker 1: those players were injured last year in that game and 260 00:12:34,440 --> 00:12:37,080 Speaker 1: then that was huge. Their defense was banged up to right, 261 00:12:37,200 --> 00:12:39,600 Speaker 1: they the Packers were definitely not clicking on all cylinders 262 00:12:39,600 --> 00:12:42,320 Speaker 1: going into that game. Um, and you're right, they spent 263 00:12:42,360 --> 00:12:45,160 Speaker 1: all offseason doing this, and if you look ahead a 264 00:12:45,200 --> 00:12:47,640 Speaker 1: week two, they've got r G three next week. So 265 00:12:48,480 --> 00:12:51,080 Speaker 1: wouldn't it be funny if they spent all of season 266 00:12:51,120 --> 00:12:53,360 Speaker 1: preparing for this and then Greg Roman throws them a 267 00:12:53,360 --> 00:12:56,360 Speaker 1: curveball and doesn't even use the the read option or 268 00:12:56,400 --> 00:12:59,080 Speaker 1: the pistol that much. Maybe he has some totally new 269 00:12:59,160 --> 00:13:01,880 Speaker 1: up asleep to see what the forty Niners defense looks 270 00:13:01,880 --> 00:13:05,000 Speaker 1: like too, Because everyone thinks forty Niners big tough, strong team, 271 00:13:05,040 --> 00:13:07,640 Speaker 1: they're great. Their defense was not good down the stretch 272 00:13:07,760 --> 00:13:10,080 Speaker 1: last season. They made it to the Super Bowl really 273 00:13:10,120 --> 00:13:12,240 Speaker 1: on on their offense, and now they got to play 274 00:13:12,280 --> 00:13:14,840 Speaker 1: Aaron Rodgers in a pretty primed offense. I don't know 275 00:13:14,880 --> 00:13:18,000 Speaker 1: if that forty Niners defense is as good as their reputation. Well, 276 00:13:18,600 --> 00:13:20,640 Speaker 1: this is another team we talked about Cobb and Nelson 277 00:13:20,679 --> 00:13:24,080 Speaker 1: being out last year. Justin Smith, who when he's right, 278 00:13:24,440 --> 00:13:27,040 Speaker 1: is among the top five defensive players in the NFL. 279 00:13:27,600 --> 00:13:31,160 Speaker 1: Alden Smith were both injured in that game. So you know, 280 00:13:31,240 --> 00:13:33,880 Speaker 1: you had Cobb and Nelson on the Packers side and 281 00:13:33,880 --> 00:13:35,719 Speaker 1: then in two Smiths on the forty Niners side. So 282 00:13:35,720 --> 00:13:37,839 Speaker 1: it'll be interesting to see everybody healthy now well and 283 00:13:37,920 --> 00:13:41,440 Speaker 1: we saw Alden Smith's sack totals vanish, you know post 284 00:13:41,559 --> 00:13:44,520 Speaker 1: justin smith injury, and so you're right, Green Bay didn't 285 00:13:44,559 --> 00:13:47,080 Speaker 1: get a full dose of what San Francisco West offer either. 286 00:13:47,320 --> 00:13:50,800 Speaker 1: And further record, Cobb says he's his biceps is a 287 00:13:50,800 --> 00:13:54,000 Speaker 1: non issue right now and Nelson is allegedly running just 288 00:13:54,040 --> 00:13:56,400 Speaker 1: as fast as he ever had. Did anyone take the Packers? 289 00:13:56,920 --> 00:14:00,240 Speaker 1: We split the right split. Sessler and Westling took the Packs, 290 00:14:00,280 --> 00:14:02,520 Speaker 1: Greg and I took the Niners. Even though I had 291 00:14:02,520 --> 00:14:05,120 Speaker 1: the Packers winning the super Bowl and then losing this week. 292 00:14:05,400 --> 00:14:07,920 Speaker 1: I like that. Keep everybody on the toes. Okay, I'll 293 00:14:07,960 --> 00:14:11,280 Speaker 1: go next. Um Me, I have the game that maybe 294 00:14:11,600 --> 00:14:14,240 Speaker 1: got the most media in the off season. And in 295 00:14:14,320 --> 00:14:17,160 Speaker 1: terms of the two teams, the Philadelphia Eagles against the 296 00:14:17,160 --> 00:14:20,600 Speaker 1: Redskins on Monday Night. Uh, the two things they're kind 297 00:14:20,600 --> 00:14:22,840 Speaker 1: of obvious, but I think everyone's fascinated to see how 298 00:14:22,880 --> 00:14:25,560 Speaker 1: it plays out, how Chip Kelly's offense looks now that 299 00:14:25,800 --> 00:14:28,000 Speaker 1: you know, you get the vanilla taken out, and you 300 00:14:28,000 --> 00:14:31,280 Speaker 1: know how they're gonna debut in the NFL, and also 301 00:14:31,400 --> 00:14:33,200 Speaker 1: r G three, how he's gonna be used. Are they 302 00:14:33,200 --> 00:14:36,320 Speaker 1: gonna are you gonna see a similar attack with r 303 00:14:36,400 --> 00:14:39,080 Speaker 1: G three moving around and you know, running a lot, 304 00:14:39,200 --> 00:14:40,800 Speaker 1: or is he going to be a more pocket guy 305 00:14:40,840 --> 00:14:43,160 Speaker 1: in his first game back. I think for me, it's 306 00:14:43,200 --> 00:14:46,160 Speaker 1: almost like that that shifts the interest to the two defenses, 307 00:14:46,200 --> 00:14:50,040 Speaker 1: because I'm not really sold on Washington's defense, and I'm 308 00:14:50,080 --> 00:14:53,280 Speaker 1: certainly not sold on on Philly's. And Philly doesn't quite 309 00:14:53,280 --> 00:14:55,600 Speaker 1: know what the Redskins are gonna bring and how they're 310 00:14:55,600 --> 00:14:58,000 Speaker 1: gonna use r G three. But talk about having to 311 00:14:58,040 --> 00:15:02,000 Speaker 1: be a guinea pig. If you're wash Shington's defense and 312 00:15:02,200 --> 00:15:04,480 Speaker 1: you know you've getten, you've been given little glimmers and 313 00:15:04,560 --> 00:15:07,400 Speaker 1: hints of what Chip Kelly has to offer. I mean, 314 00:15:07,520 --> 00:15:10,440 Speaker 1: has what basically said. I went back and watched twenty 315 00:15:10,440 --> 00:15:13,440 Speaker 1: four games from Oregon. I've studied it up and down. 316 00:15:13,640 --> 00:15:16,000 Speaker 1: If they have anything else to bring, God bless him. 317 00:15:16,040 --> 00:15:17,920 Speaker 1: But you know, I feel like Kelly does and he 318 00:15:18,040 --> 00:15:21,200 Speaker 1: will continue to surprise. Can I just ask you a question. 319 00:15:21,240 --> 00:15:24,359 Speaker 1: You said that that shifts your interest to the defenses. 320 00:15:24,520 --> 00:15:26,600 Speaker 1: Are you not fascinated to find out how those two 321 00:15:26,680 --> 00:15:28,840 Speaker 1: things actually play out? I feel like as much as 322 00:15:28,840 --> 00:15:31,280 Speaker 1: they've been covered, still it's like we're finally going to 323 00:15:31,360 --> 00:15:33,720 Speaker 1: see it. I'm completely interested in that. But it's also 324 00:15:33,800 --> 00:15:37,080 Speaker 1: it's it's like these two defenses are going in completely 325 00:15:37,080 --> 00:15:39,160 Speaker 1: blind to what they're going to see, and so they're 326 00:15:39,200 --> 00:15:41,320 Speaker 1: part of the equation on how the offensive. And now 327 00:15:41,360 --> 00:15:42,960 Speaker 1: we're on the same page. We're on the same page. 328 00:15:43,520 --> 00:15:45,520 Speaker 1: You guys just have a chemistry that makes me feel 329 00:15:45,520 --> 00:15:47,760 Speaker 1: awkward to even be in the room with you. We're 330 00:15:47,960 --> 00:15:49,840 Speaker 1: we're under the blanket again on the couch watching the 331 00:15:51,880 --> 00:15:54,040 Speaker 1: This is a coaching geek game. This is a football 332 00:15:54,040 --> 00:15:56,520 Speaker 1: geek game. And it's the perfect Monday night game because 333 00:15:56,520 --> 00:15:59,760 Speaker 1: after this first week, you're kind of you know, ready 334 00:15:59,840 --> 00:16:03,440 Speaker 1: for that, you know, hit a football all off season long, 335 00:16:03,560 --> 00:16:06,280 Speaker 1: and then you just get overloaded Sunday and it's almost 336 00:16:06,320 --> 00:16:09,440 Speaker 1: like too much and you're almost you know, tapped out 337 00:16:09,480 --> 00:16:11,920 Speaker 1: a little bit. You're overwhelmed and you need that Monday night. 338 00:16:11,920 --> 00:16:13,120 Speaker 1: In the first game, a lot of times it's not 339 00:16:13,160 --> 00:16:15,160 Speaker 1: that great and it couldn't be better than this one. 340 00:16:15,200 --> 00:16:18,440 Speaker 1: I mean, if you're into schemes into offense, people forget 341 00:16:18,440 --> 00:16:22,040 Speaker 1: the Shanahan's can cook up some great stuff with Griffin. 342 00:16:22,440 --> 00:16:24,320 Speaker 1: I mean, it's not gonna be any better than this, 343 00:16:24,400 --> 00:16:27,440 Speaker 1: And I expect uh the Eagles to win this game. 344 00:16:27,840 --> 00:16:30,720 Speaker 1: This was actually a hero pick on the site. I 345 00:16:30,720 --> 00:16:32,800 Speaker 1: was the only one to pick the Eagles. And it's 346 00:16:32,880 --> 00:16:37,080 Speaker 1: partly because I just trust and Kelly and I. That's 347 00:16:37,080 --> 00:16:43,600 Speaker 1: not right to try west end for the records, right, 348 00:16:43,640 --> 00:16:45,640 Speaker 1: we wouldn't even be talking about you can spread any 349 00:16:45,640 --> 00:16:49,680 Speaker 1: more lies. Greg and West took the Eagles, Uh, Cessler 350 00:16:49,680 --> 00:16:52,160 Speaker 1: and I Kindred Spirits took the Redskins along with Patrick. 351 00:16:52,400 --> 00:16:55,680 Speaker 1: This is the taste of your own medicine game. I think, alright, Greg, 352 00:16:55,720 --> 00:16:56,840 Speaker 1: do you want to go on? Are you just so 353 00:16:57,160 --> 00:17:01,200 Speaker 1: that's that's that's good? This is the taste of your 354 00:17:01,200 --> 00:17:03,680 Speaker 1: own medicine game. The Redskins last year through the whole 355 00:17:03,720 --> 00:17:06,400 Speaker 1: league for a loop, unleashed this new offense. In Week 356 00:17:06,440 --> 00:17:09,359 Speaker 1: one knocked Off, the Saints announced their presence as a 357 00:17:09,400 --> 00:17:11,840 Speaker 1: team to be reckoned with. I think the Eagles might 358 00:17:11,880 --> 00:17:15,520 Speaker 1: do the same thing to them Monday night, and they're 359 00:17:15,520 --> 00:17:18,119 Speaker 1: gonna kind of throw teams for a loop for a 360 00:17:18,160 --> 00:17:20,679 Speaker 1: few weeks. The test is can you keep it up 361 00:17:20,720 --> 00:17:22,919 Speaker 1: once teams figure you out. I could see the Eagles 362 00:17:22,960 --> 00:17:25,200 Speaker 1: winning a couple of surprise games early on, then going 363 00:17:25,240 --> 00:17:28,120 Speaker 1: through like a mid season duldrums like the Redskins did 364 00:17:28,200 --> 00:17:31,080 Speaker 1: last year. I don't know if they're talented enough on defense. 365 00:17:31,119 --> 00:17:32,680 Speaker 1: Did then come back at the end of the year 366 00:17:33,000 --> 00:17:34,960 Speaker 1: and get hot like the Redskins did last year. I 367 00:17:34,960 --> 00:17:37,639 Speaker 1: would love more than anything to see this game go 368 00:17:37,720 --> 00:17:41,199 Speaker 1: into overtime three three and then someone hit like a 369 00:17:41,240 --> 00:17:44,520 Speaker 1: forty nine yard field and just watch Twitter melt into itself. 370 00:17:44,560 --> 00:17:47,240 Speaker 1: Though this is the perfect John Gruden game. By the way, 371 00:17:47,320 --> 00:17:53,040 Speaker 1: just might this guy? Hey Karroch, who do you have 372 00:17:53,080 --> 00:17:55,200 Speaker 1: in this game? By the way, Oh, you guys didn't 373 00:17:55,200 --> 00:17:58,359 Speaker 1: know the big Philadelphia Eagles fan? What do you expect 374 00:17:58,359 --> 00:18:00,199 Speaker 1: that at Vick? We really don't know what we're going 375 00:18:00,280 --> 00:18:02,520 Speaker 1: to see out of either of these quarterbacks. I mean 376 00:18:02,920 --> 00:18:05,119 Speaker 1: r G three could be the same guy or he 377 00:18:05,119 --> 00:18:08,399 Speaker 1: could be totally different. And Michael Vick, everyone forgets what 378 00:18:08,560 --> 00:18:10,320 Speaker 1: kind of a disaster by the end of last season. 379 00:18:10,440 --> 00:18:12,440 Speaker 1: What do you what is the Eagles fan expecting out 380 00:18:12,440 --> 00:18:15,320 Speaker 1: of Michael? This is honestly what I expect as an 381 00:18:15,320 --> 00:18:19,640 Speaker 1: Eagles fand putting all of my prejudice aside, I feel 382 00:18:19,680 --> 00:18:22,119 Speaker 1: like Mike Vick will struggle a little bit in his 383 00:18:22,200 --> 00:18:25,680 Speaker 1: Week one game before later in the season he gets 384 00:18:25,720 --> 00:18:30,840 Speaker 1: back to his side. But the first game, I believe 385 00:18:30,960 --> 00:18:33,280 Speaker 1: he will struggle. I'm not saying they will lose. I 386 00:18:33,280 --> 00:18:35,760 Speaker 1: will not say that about my team right now, but 387 00:18:35,840 --> 00:18:37,520 Speaker 1: I feel like he will have to go through his 388 00:18:37,600 --> 00:18:39,679 Speaker 1: chip Kelly growing pain. I feel like Greg and I 389 00:18:39,720 --> 00:18:41,960 Speaker 1: have more confidence in your team than you know. Well 390 00:18:42,000 --> 00:18:46,920 Speaker 1: that's has been broken year after year. Wow. So you're 391 00:18:46,960 --> 00:18:49,359 Speaker 1: saying that the growing pains will be on the Eagles side, 392 00:18:49,440 --> 00:18:55,600 Speaker 1: not on the surprised defensive side. Yeah. I don't know 393 00:18:55,640 --> 00:18:59,520 Speaker 1: anyone talking about it. That's a good point that kar 394 00:18:59,600 --> 00:19:01,640 Speaker 1: Rich brings up. Though. If Vic struggles out of the gate, 395 00:19:01,640 --> 00:19:05,360 Speaker 1: how long rope do you think he gets? Yeah? Yeah, 396 00:19:05,400 --> 00:19:07,080 Speaker 1: I think so, because I don't I mean well personally, 397 00:19:07,080 --> 00:19:08,760 Speaker 1: I just think that you know whether or not the 398 00:19:08,800 --> 00:19:11,840 Speaker 1: Eagles have their quarterback of the future. Kelly seems like 399 00:19:11,840 --> 00:19:14,000 Speaker 1: he wants to pick a guide stick with him versus 400 00:19:14,040 --> 00:19:18,040 Speaker 1: creating chaos that gives you Nick Foles on the other side, West, 401 00:19:18,080 --> 00:19:21,440 Speaker 1: do you wanna give us your game of the week? Yeah, 402 00:19:21,480 --> 00:19:25,000 Speaker 1: I'm interested in the Bears and Bengals. Uh, two teams 403 00:19:25,040 --> 00:19:27,600 Speaker 1: that I picked to go to be wild card teams. 404 00:19:27,680 --> 00:19:29,439 Speaker 1: I don't know that that the class of the NFL, 405 00:19:29,840 --> 00:19:33,080 Speaker 1: but they look pretty strong to me. I think most 406 00:19:33,080 --> 00:19:36,320 Speaker 1: people see the Bengals is having a stronger roster and 407 00:19:36,400 --> 00:19:38,960 Speaker 1: the Bears, as much as we've liked their offensive line 408 00:19:39,160 --> 00:19:41,600 Speaker 1: from what we've seen in the preseason, this is a 409 00:19:41,600 --> 00:19:44,840 Speaker 1: big test for them because the Bengals have arguably the 410 00:19:44,840 --> 00:19:47,480 Speaker 1: best defensive tackle in the NFL and Geno Atkins and 411 00:19:48,040 --> 00:19:49,840 Speaker 1: in a stout line overall, so this is gonna be 412 00:19:49,880 --> 00:19:51,359 Speaker 1: a big test for the Bear This is one of 413 00:19:51,359 --> 00:19:54,040 Speaker 1: the most predictable picks we'll have all season. You have 414 00:19:54,560 --> 00:19:56,600 Speaker 1: Cecily who thinks the Bears are gonna go nineteen, and 415 00:19:56,640 --> 00:20:00,679 Speaker 1: oh h Westley who just despises the Bengals to the 416 00:20:00,680 --> 00:20:02,959 Speaker 1: point where he'll never pick them. And then you have 417 00:20:03,200 --> 00:20:06,200 Speaker 1: two people Sanity and the Wilderness, Greg and I picking 418 00:20:06,240 --> 00:20:08,720 Speaker 1: the Bengals. I couldn't even remember who I picked in 419 00:20:08,760 --> 00:20:11,359 Speaker 1: this game. It was the toughest game of the entire 420 00:20:11,600 --> 00:20:14,320 Speaker 1: sixty and this one in Panthers Seahawks. I thought, it's 421 00:20:14,400 --> 00:20:17,080 Speaker 1: it's such an even matchup. And Andrew Whitworth is not 422 00:20:17,119 --> 00:20:19,399 Speaker 1: going to play in this game. He's doubtful, most likely 423 00:20:19,440 --> 00:20:21,920 Speaker 1: he's out and he has to go. You know, now 424 00:20:21,960 --> 00:20:25,400 Speaker 1: they have a backup left tackle going up against Julius Peppers. 425 00:20:25,520 --> 00:20:27,400 Speaker 1: Henry Melton is gonna play in this game. There wasn't 426 00:20:27,400 --> 00:20:30,760 Speaker 1: a single Chicago Bear on the injury report this week, 427 00:20:31,000 --> 00:20:33,520 Speaker 1: and that is arguably. You know, if everyone talks about 428 00:20:33,520 --> 00:20:36,320 Speaker 1: the Bengals maybe the best defensive line in football, if 429 00:20:36,359 --> 00:20:39,760 Speaker 1: everyone's right in Chicago, couldn't couldn't they be in the mix? 430 00:20:39,960 --> 00:20:42,679 Speaker 1: They could be. I think the Lions are now just 431 00:20:42,880 --> 00:20:45,399 Speaker 1: enough to Greg has picked the Bengals. Dan has picked 432 00:20:45,480 --> 00:20:53,000 Speaker 1: a girl pop outfit from the early eighties, the Bengals. Yes, 433 00:20:53,359 --> 00:20:55,600 Speaker 1: she's a great woman. Um. One thing I will say, 434 00:20:55,720 --> 00:20:57,880 Speaker 1: actually I knew it was the team and not the 435 00:20:57,960 --> 00:21:00,840 Speaker 1: fading pop in. But uh, one thing that we'll say 436 00:21:00,840 --> 00:21:03,320 Speaker 1: about the Bears look out because if they get off 437 00:21:03,320 --> 00:21:05,480 Speaker 1: to a fast start, I think they will really start 438 00:21:05,560 --> 00:21:07,439 Speaker 1: rolling and I could see them being a twelve win 439 00:21:07,560 --> 00:21:09,400 Speaker 1: team if they get out of the gate. Two quick 440 00:21:09,400 --> 00:21:11,960 Speaker 1: stats West and I noticed this on the NFL network 441 00:21:12,000 --> 00:21:14,480 Speaker 1: feed before we came up. The Bears gave up two 442 00:21:14,640 --> 00:21:17,800 Speaker 1: rushing touchdowns at home all last season. I love their 443 00:21:17,800 --> 00:21:20,120 Speaker 1: defense as much as I think their offense will sing. 444 00:21:20,560 --> 00:21:24,560 Speaker 1: But also, Andy Dalton did not complete a fifteen yard 445 00:21:25,000 --> 00:21:28,399 Speaker 1: or plus yardage pass all preseason. I watched hard Knocks 446 00:21:28,440 --> 00:21:30,639 Speaker 1: and I am not surprised by that's that. I just 447 00:21:30,800 --> 00:21:32,920 Speaker 1: you know, for me, it's a huge game for these 448 00:21:32,920 --> 00:21:36,240 Speaker 1: two quarterbacks because they're both under pressure. They've been surrounded 449 00:21:36,240 --> 00:21:39,080 Speaker 1: by more weapons than in the past, with the scheme 450 00:21:39,119 --> 00:21:41,600 Speaker 1: has been dressed around them, a lot of pressure to succeed. 451 00:21:41,640 --> 00:21:44,199 Speaker 1: I think that's for me. What's the what I I 452 00:21:44,240 --> 00:21:47,760 Speaker 1: have visions of Tim Jennings catching three interceptions against I 453 00:21:47,760 --> 00:21:51,040 Speaker 1: could see it. This is my favorite football day of 454 00:21:51,080 --> 00:21:52,800 Speaker 1: the year, by the way, because of this game. It's 455 00:21:52,800 --> 00:21:54,680 Speaker 1: like we don't know what's going to happen with Tressman 456 00:21:54,920 --> 00:21:58,240 Speaker 1: and Cutler and everything's new, and people always say, oh 457 00:21:58,359 --> 00:22:01,080 Speaker 1: division around this is the best day of the first 458 00:22:01,119 --> 00:22:04,199 Speaker 1: Sunday of the year is the best football day of 459 00:22:04,240 --> 00:22:07,000 Speaker 1: the year because you have no idea what's going to happen. 460 00:22:07,080 --> 00:22:10,280 Speaker 1: It's been so long since you've had one, and most importantly, 461 00:22:10,280 --> 00:22:12,520 Speaker 1: you have the most football in front of you. So 462 00:22:12,560 --> 00:22:15,560 Speaker 1: I think it steadily goes down and down after this. 463 00:22:15,560 --> 00:22:18,359 Speaker 1: This is it right here. It's very convincing. I'm buying 464 00:22:18,400 --> 00:22:20,840 Speaker 1: into that theory. This is also the number one chance 465 00:22:20,880 --> 00:22:24,640 Speaker 1: to go oh and sixteen and the picks because yeah, 466 00:22:24,640 --> 00:22:26,040 Speaker 1: like you were saying, there's no way to really know 467 00:22:26,200 --> 00:22:28,320 Speaker 1: right now, Cecil the only only one on pace because 468 00:22:28,320 --> 00:22:31,639 Speaker 1: you picked the Ravens on Thursday night thoughts. Ah, yeah, no, 469 00:22:31,720 --> 00:22:34,320 Speaker 1: I got hung out to dry on that. And you know, listen, 470 00:22:34,359 --> 00:22:37,800 Speaker 1: it's a long season. I'm due for some tough times 471 00:22:37,800 --> 00:22:39,720 Speaker 1: after what happened last year. You were one one of 472 00:22:39,720 --> 00:22:42,240 Speaker 1: the best prognosticators in the entire country, and that is 473 00:22:42,280 --> 00:22:45,439 Speaker 1: not that is not me embellishing what you did last year. 474 00:22:45,480 --> 00:22:47,159 Speaker 1: So let's see if you can keep it going. I 475 00:22:47,200 --> 00:22:51,160 Speaker 1: won't Greg, what is your game mind? Saints Falcons because 476 00:22:51,240 --> 00:22:54,000 Speaker 1: this has been one of the best rivalries in the 477 00:22:54,119 --> 00:22:57,240 Speaker 1: NFL for the last four or five years. And it's 478 00:22:57,280 --> 00:23:00,680 Speaker 1: not a rivalry like the Jets and Patriot. It's where 479 00:23:00,680 --> 00:23:02,880 Speaker 1: it's a lot of talking, but the games aren't great. 480 00:23:02,920 --> 00:23:06,320 Speaker 1: The games are classic every time, and they always seem 481 00:23:06,400 --> 00:23:08,720 Speaker 1: to bring out the best of in each other, whether 482 00:23:08,760 --> 00:23:11,760 Speaker 1: it's Michael Turner getting stuffed on fourth and one, whether 483 00:23:11,800 --> 00:23:14,880 Speaker 1: it's the Saints winning I think the division and then 484 00:23:14,880 --> 00:23:18,280 Speaker 1: celebrating on the Falcons logo. And there's controversy after that, 485 00:23:18,520 --> 00:23:21,040 Speaker 1: whether last year there was one moment in the season 486 00:23:21,280 --> 00:23:23,520 Speaker 1: where we thought the Saints might get back into it, 487 00:23:23,600 --> 00:23:26,680 Speaker 1: and they actually beat the Falcons at home in the Superdome. 488 00:23:26,680 --> 00:23:28,680 Speaker 1: It doesn't matter what the records are. You have two 489 00:23:28,720 --> 00:23:30,840 Speaker 1: of the best quarterbacks in the league, you have two 490 00:23:30,960 --> 00:23:34,040 Speaker 1: very good coaches, and it's always a tight, close game. 491 00:23:34,119 --> 00:23:37,040 Speaker 1: I have made sure to watch I think every Saints 492 00:23:37,080 --> 00:23:39,919 Speaker 1: Falcons game as it's happening for the last five or 493 00:23:39,920 --> 00:23:42,800 Speaker 1: six years, and I would say it's the number one rivalry. 494 00:23:43,200 --> 00:23:46,240 Speaker 1: Well I know, but I'm saying on Sunday that's the game. 495 00:23:46,280 --> 00:23:48,720 Speaker 1: On watching I I think it's the best rivalry in 496 00:23:48,760 --> 00:23:51,320 Speaker 1: the NFL in terms of the games are always fantastic. 497 00:23:51,400 --> 00:23:53,840 Speaker 1: The Falcons should change their logo to a running loop 498 00:23:53,880 --> 00:23:57,720 Speaker 1: of Michael Turner getting stuffed one fourth or more. Well, 499 00:23:57,720 --> 00:24:00,080 Speaker 1: hopefully now they're not gonna that's not gonna happen with 500 00:24:00,320 --> 00:24:04,280 Speaker 1: Stephen Jackson now against the very suspect Saints defense, and 501 00:24:04,640 --> 00:24:07,320 Speaker 1: normally everything's lining up for the Saints in this I 502 00:24:07,320 --> 00:24:08,840 Speaker 1: mean for the Falcons in this game, you would just 503 00:24:08,840 --> 00:24:12,439 Speaker 1: think the continuity that they'll score forty points. But the 504 00:24:12,480 --> 00:24:14,320 Speaker 1: Falcons always bring out the best in the Saints and 505 00:24:14,359 --> 00:24:17,280 Speaker 1: it's in New Orleans. Well outside of the really tragic 506 00:24:17,840 --> 00:24:20,080 Speaker 1: fact that this game will always occur in a dome 507 00:24:20,800 --> 00:24:23,680 Speaker 1: um and therefore reduces my interest level by at least half. 508 00:24:24,720 --> 00:24:29,000 Speaker 1: I hate a child, I cannot stand. Do not like 509 00:24:29,119 --> 00:24:32,800 Speaker 1: dome football and talk about two warm weather cities that 510 00:24:32,880 --> 00:24:35,080 Speaker 1: don't need a dome to begin with. Please, it's never 511 00:24:35,160 --> 00:24:38,359 Speaker 1: inclement weather there anyways, Enough with the dome thing. I 512 00:24:38,480 --> 00:24:41,600 Speaker 1: do think for me, I cannot wait to see. Listen, 513 00:24:41,640 --> 00:24:43,800 Speaker 1: I don't feel bad for the Saints after what happened 514 00:24:43,840 --> 00:24:47,000 Speaker 1: last year. It's a really edgy, uh nervous fan base 515 00:24:47,080 --> 00:24:50,800 Speaker 1: that seems, you know, to hyper react over everything. But uh, 516 00:24:50,840 --> 00:24:55,520 Speaker 1: sorry I've gone off attention. True, but well no they are. 517 00:24:55,520 --> 00:24:57,600 Speaker 1: They were a little edgy last season. But I do, 518 00:24:57,840 --> 00:25:00,359 Speaker 1: I do want to see and it's not just in 519 00:25:00,359 --> 00:25:02,560 Speaker 1: this one game, over the course of maybe the first 520 00:25:02,640 --> 00:25:05,720 Speaker 1: quarter and half of the season. Sean Payton's you know 521 00:25:05,760 --> 00:25:08,400 Speaker 1: effect on this team. Are they who were who they 522 00:25:08,400 --> 00:25:10,720 Speaker 1: were last year, which I suspect they are, or do 523 00:25:10,800 --> 00:25:12,560 Speaker 1: they go back to what they were two seasons ago, 524 00:25:12,600 --> 00:25:15,879 Speaker 1: which was a dominant NFC team. You know, you guys 525 00:25:15,960 --> 00:25:18,520 Speaker 1: raised a lot of good points. Uh. The Saints always 526 00:25:18,520 --> 00:25:21,040 Speaker 1: play the Falcons. Well, they've got this great offense, You've 527 00:25:21,080 --> 00:25:23,600 Speaker 1: got Sean Payton coming back. This game wasn't that hard 528 00:25:23,640 --> 00:25:25,880 Speaker 1: for me to pick. The Falcons are a much better team. 529 00:25:25,920 --> 00:25:28,440 Speaker 1: I don't think the Saints can stop any offense right now, 530 00:25:28,520 --> 00:25:32,000 Speaker 1: much less the Falcons. Yeah, the defense seems crippled. The 531 00:25:32,000 --> 00:25:34,840 Speaker 1: defense is awful. Where is the talent on that side 532 00:25:34,840 --> 00:25:37,560 Speaker 1: of the ball? There is none. Um for the record, 533 00:25:37,600 --> 00:25:40,840 Speaker 1: by the way, Westling took the Falcons, the rest of 534 00:25:40,920 --> 00:25:43,520 Speaker 1: us took the Saints and wow, but it's not a 535 00:25:43,560 --> 00:25:47,240 Speaker 1: hero because Patrick also took Kevin Patrick. You gotta include there. Well, 536 00:25:47,359 --> 00:25:52,760 Speaker 1: Rob Ryan as as a Saints sessler, cesslor I can 537 00:25:52,800 --> 00:25:55,200 Speaker 1: tell you you know, he can cook up some one 538 00:25:55,280 --> 00:25:59,320 Speaker 1: game defensive scheme to help win a game, and maybe 539 00:25:59,320 --> 00:26:03,120 Speaker 1: it doesn't laugh, could also cook up some doozies. Yeah, okay, guys, 540 00:26:03,119 --> 00:26:06,080 Speaker 1: So let's now go over to our hero picks. Um, 541 00:26:06,119 --> 00:26:08,719 Speaker 1: as we laid out before, whoever picked it, no one 542 00:26:08,760 --> 00:26:12,359 Speaker 1: else picked that team. So Chris Westling, you are the 543 00:26:12,400 --> 00:26:14,520 Speaker 1: man up first. Who is the team that you picked 544 00:26:14,520 --> 00:26:16,119 Speaker 1: that no one else picked? This week? I have a 545 00:26:16,200 --> 00:26:20,480 Speaker 1: Carolina Panthers at home over the Seattle Seahawks. I believe 546 00:26:20,520 --> 00:26:23,000 Speaker 1: the Seahawks are a better team. I think they are 547 00:26:23,040 --> 00:26:26,159 Speaker 1: probably the best roster in the NFL right now. I 548 00:26:26,200 --> 00:26:28,800 Speaker 1: liked how the Panthers played the Seahawks last year. They 549 00:26:28,800 --> 00:26:31,280 Speaker 1: played them really tight. Should have won that game probably, 550 00:26:32,160 --> 00:26:34,880 Speaker 1: And I think the Seahawks are literally unbeatable at home. 551 00:26:35,080 --> 00:26:37,359 Speaker 1: They went undefeated last year. I think they're gonna go 552 00:26:37,440 --> 00:26:39,880 Speaker 1: undefeated again this year. They were a five hundred team 553 00:26:39,920 --> 00:26:42,240 Speaker 1: on the road last year. I don't think they're that 554 00:26:42,320 --> 00:26:45,040 Speaker 1: intimidating on the road. I think the Panthers defense is 555 00:26:45,040 --> 00:26:47,840 Speaker 1: a lot better than people think, and uh for that. 556 00:26:47,960 --> 00:26:51,600 Speaker 1: For those reasons, I'm going to Carolina. I was so 557 00:26:51,720 --> 00:26:54,600 Speaker 1: tempted to take Caroline. I struggled with this. These picks 558 00:26:54,720 --> 00:26:57,080 Speaker 1: just torment me. I almost feel like it's not worth 559 00:26:57,119 --> 00:26:59,520 Speaker 1: it to be even involved, because I thought about it 560 00:26:59,560 --> 00:27:02,560 Speaker 1: all week, and then once I saw Wesley took the 561 00:27:02,560 --> 00:27:04,800 Speaker 1: Panthers and he was the only one it, it just 562 00:27:04,920 --> 00:27:07,240 Speaker 1: crushed my soul a little bit. For some reason, I 563 00:27:07,280 --> 00:27:10,760 Speaker 1: regretted it. But the reason I didn't take them, and 564 00:27:10,800 --> 00:27:13,240 Speaker 1: I hate to say it, is because Seattle just seemed 565 00:27:13,240 --> 00:27:16,639 Speaker 1: like such a finely oiled machine in the preseason that 566 00:27:16,680 --> 00:27:19,160 Speaker 1: they were just one of those teams that comes into 567 00:27:19,200 --> 00:27:21,679 Speaker 1: the season ready to go, and you never know if 568 00:27:21,680 --> 00:27:25,040 Speaker 1: it's gonna stay that way the whole season. Things change 569 00:27:25,080 --> 00:27:26,600 Speaker 1: up and down. But they're one of those teams I 570 00:27:26,600 --> 00:27:29,959 Speaker 1: could see in September already being kind of where they 571 00:27:30,040 --> 00:27:32,960 Speaker 1: left off, whereas most teams are not like that. I agree. 572 00:27:33,000 --> 00:27:35,160 Speaker 1: I think it's a it's a gutsy pick on your part, 573 00:27:35,200 --> 00:27:38,040 Speaker 1: and it is tantalizing because Caroline is one of these 574 00:27:38,080 --> 00:27:41,200 Speaker 1: teams that has talent in certain areas where I think 575 00:27:41,200 --> 00:27:43,480 Speaker 1: we talked about this before. Wouldn't be a surprise that 576 00:27:43,560 --> 00:27:46,080 Speaker 1: they win ten and six. Wouldn't be that surprising if 577 00:27:46,119 --> 00:27:49,000 Speaker 1: they win six and ten. I I think, for me, 578 00:27:49,040 --> 00:27:51,119 Speaker 1: when it comes to picking games, though I look at Seattle, 579 00:27:51,160 --> 00:27:54,560 Speaker 1: I'm gonna pick them almost every single week, and I 580 00:27:54,600 --> 00:27:56,480 Speaker 1: will be wrong probably three or four times, and I 581 00:27:56,520 --> 00:27:59,679 Speaker 1: can live with it. The matchup I'm looking forward to 582 00:27:59,840 --> 00:28:02,920 Speaker 1: is Marshawn Lynch, Kristin Michael and that Seattle running game 583 00:28:02,960 --> 00:28:07,720 Speaker 1: against Carolina's you know, newfangled defensive tackle combination Kawan short, 584 00:28:07,760 --> 00:28:11,120 Speaker 1: Star low to lay. That was their biggest weakness last year. 585 00:28:11,200 --> 00:28:13,640 Speaker 1: Now maybe it's a strength and and if Seattle can't 586 00:28:13,680 --> 00:28:15,679 Speaker 1: run the ball. That's what they still base things off of. 587 00:28:16,000 --> 00:28:17,520 Speaker 1: I don't know if they're gonna just be able to 588 00:28:17,520 --> 00:28:20,960 Speaker 1: throw the ball times and score a lot of points. Well, 589 00:28:21,000 --> 00:28:23,639 Speaker 1: Brandon Browner is a game time decision. So you can 590 00:28:23,680 --> 00:28:26,480 Speaker 1: probably guess which matchup I'm looking forward to the most. 591 00:28:26,880 --> 00:28:30,359 Speaker 1: Cliff av also eighty nine versus the mouth of the 592 00:28:30,359 --> 00:28:34,240 Speaker 1: West Richard Sherman, and eighty nine is going to get 593 00:28:34,280 --> 00:28:38,120 Speaker 1: in his grill and embarrass him because that's what eighty 594 00:28:38,200 --> 00:28:41,520 Speaker 1: nine does. Bottom line, do you think Richard Sherman stays 595 00:28:41,520 --> 00:28:44,080 Speaker 1: as the best cornerback in the league this year? No, 596 00:28:44,240 --> 00:28:45,840 Speaker 1: I don't know if he's the best cornerback in the 597 00:28:45,880 --> 00:28:48,280 Speaker 1: league last year. I think this. I think I'm gonna 598 00:28:48,320 --> 00:28:50,600 Speaker 1: cook up a post idea for West. Right now, you 599 00:28:50,760 --> 00:28:53,960 Speaker 1: right up, whatever happens in that game with that matchup, Okay, 600 00:28:54,480 --> 00:28:58,600 Speaker 1: Greg's that all right? You're the editor. That sounds great. 601 00:28:59,120 --> 00:29:02,640 Speaker 1: He might come find um. All right, let's move on. 602 00:29:02,680 --> 00:29:05,080 Speaker 1: My I'll do my hero pick because uh, I don't 603 00:29:05,080 --> 00:29:07,320 Speaker 1: feel even remotely good about it. But listen, sometimes just 604 00:29:07,320 --> 00:29:09,880 Speaker 1: gotta go with your gut. Um. I have the Chargers 605 00:29:09,920 --> 00:29:13,640 Speaker 1: on Monday Night, uh upset victory over the Houston Texans. 606 00:29:14,280 --> 00:29:16,360 Speaker 1: This is starting to feel a little personal because I 607 00:29:16,400 --> 00:29:18,840 Speaker 1: did I did pick the Texans to go eight and eight, 608 00:29:18,840 --> 00:29:21,440 Speaker 1: so I gotta find eight losses. Also, I went on 609 00:29:21,520 --> 00:29:24,840 Speaker 1: Houston radio and um, they gave out personal information trying 610 00:29:24,880 --> 00:29:27,240 Speaker 1: to get me in trouble. So it's just see a 611 00:29:27,280 --> 00:29:28,840 Speaker 1: lot of this just seems to be coming from a 612 00:29:28,840 --> 00:29:31,640 Speaker 1: deeper place. But if I need to give details of 613 00:29:31,720 --> 00:29:34,120 Speaker 1: why this would happen, I guess I could say, first 614 00:29:34,160 --> 00:29:37,320 Speaker 1: of all, it's a home Monday night ten twenty start 615 00:29:37,400 --> 00:29:40,840 Speaker 1: on the West on the East coast, and I, um, 616 00:29:40,880 --> 00:29:42,720 Speaker 1: so it's a time zone thing. Is really what I'm 617 00:29:45,040 --> 00:29:47,760 Speaker 1: what I'm going with here is the weird things could 618 00:29:47,760 --> 00:29:50,040 Speaker 1: happen on a season opener on a Monday night. Um, 619 00:29:50,120 --> 00:29:52,120 Speaker 1: I like that Foster, I don't like it, But Foster 620 00:29:52,280 --> 00:29:54,560 Speaker 1: might not be ready to really be Foster at this 621 00:29:54,600 --> 00:29:57,400 Speaker 1: point as he comes back from his injuries. DeAndre Hopkins 622 00:29:57,440 --> 00:30:00,040 Speaker 1: got cleared from a concussion what three days ago, so 623 00:30:00,080 --> 00:30:01,760 Speaker 1: I don't know if we're gonna expect him to immediately 624 00:30:01,800 --> 00:30:05,680 Speaker 1: be that number two option opposite Andre Johnson. And you know, 625 00:30:06,080 --> 00:30:08,520 Speaker 1: as I've been on record saying I like their defense 626 00:30:08,560 --> 00:30:10,080 Speaker 1: a lot. I love their defense, and they have two 627 00:30:10,080 --> 00:30:11,640 Speaker 1: of the best players in the league on the defense. 628 00:30:12,040 --> 00:30:15,520 Speaker 1: But I don't like Matt shob and maybe they you know, 629 00:30:15,560 --> 00:30:17,600 Speaker 1: we're talking like a game. They shouldn't lose what they 630 00:30:17,640 --> 00:30:20,719 Speaker 1: do sixteen something like that. I think you also just 631 00:30:20,760 --> 00:30:24,480 Speaker 1: completely gave the reason why this will go badly for you, 632 00:30:25,360 --> 00:30:30,480 Speaker 1: which is think Cushing, J J. Watt, Charger's offensive line, 633 00:30:30,840 --> 00:30:34,240 Speaker 1: Philip Rivers stuck in mud. I feel pity for King 634 00:30:34,320 --> 00:30:37,960 Speaker 1: Dunlap and d J. Fluker. Whichever side J. J. Watt 635 00:30:38,000 --> 00:30:40,320 Speaker 1: lines up on, it's just gonna be a nightmare for them. 636 00:30:40,480 --> 00:30:43,120 Speaker 1: A lot of time readers come at us on Twitter 637 00:30:43,360 --> 00:30:45,240 Speaker 1: or email or whatever and they're like, you're a hater, 638 00:30:45,440 --> 00:30:47,160 Speaker 1: you hate my team, and you know, they just you 639 00:30:47,200 --> 00:30:49,640 Speaker 1: can hear that from every team and they think it's personal. 640 00:30:50,040 --> 00:30:53,000 Speaker 1: But with this, with this Texans damn thing, I think, 641 00:30:53,160 --> 00:30:56,920 Speaker 1: really the entire city of Houston, I think it's gotten 642 00:30:56,920 --> 00:31:00,280 Speaker 1: to that point. And for the record, UM, you people 643 00:31:00,280 --> 00:31:02,280 Speaker 1: out there who give the comments, it is personal. I 644 00:31:02,320 --> 00:31:07,640 Speaker 1: really do hate your team and you're the reason why. Um. 645 00:31:07,680 --> 00:31:10,640 Speaker 1: All right, unless anyone else wants to jump on board. 646 00:31:10,640 --> 00:31:12,920 Speaker 1: And while the Texans are gonna slaughter the Charges, which 647 00:31:12,920 --> 00:31:15,280 Speaker 1: is probably more accurate. Greg, why don't you give us 648 00:31:15,280 --> 00:31:18,200 Speaker 1: your hero pick, which I really love. Whenever this happens, 649 00:31:18,440 --> 00:31:19,880 Speaker 1: What team do you think is gonna win that none 650 00:31:19,880 --> 00:31:22,200 Speaker 1: of us think? Well, I've got a couple hero picks 651 00:31:22,240 --> 00:31:24,920 Speaker 1: this week, I guess the only one and the I'm 652 00:31:24,960 --> 00:31:30,400 Speaker 1: gonna start with the New York And uh, you know, 653 00:31:30,480 --> 00:31:33,120 Speaker 1: part of the equation here is, uh, I don't mind 654 00:31:33,120 --> 00:31:34,920 Speaker 1: playing the game a little bit if I if there's 655 00:31:34,960 --> 00:31:37,720 Speaker 1: a game that's a fifty fifty toss up, and that's 656 00:31:37,720 --> 00:31:40,320 Speaker 1: how I see this game between the Jets and the Bucks, 657 00:31:40,560 --> 00:31:43,520 Speaker 1: and I have an inkling that maybe everyone's gonna go 658 00:31:43,640 --> 00:31:45,840 Speaker 1: the other way or it won't be a popular pick. 659 00:31:46,040 --> 00:31:48,800 Speaker 1: I'll take the underdock because I think this is an 660 00:31:48,840 --> 00:31:52,520 Speaker 1: even matchup. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers potentially have one of 661 00:31:52,560 --> 00:31:55,600 Speaker 1: the worst passing games in the league, not just based 662 00:31:55,680 --> 00:31:59,120 Speaker 1: on what I saw in the preseason, but just Josh 663 00:31:59,160 --> 00:32:02,040 Speaker 1: Freeman being up and down. I've said all preseason that 664 00:32:02,120 --> 00:32:04,400 Speaker 1: I think the Jets defense will be pretty good, and 665 00:32:04,440 --> 00:32:06,719 Speaker 1: they're at home and I see them winning you know, 666 00:32:06,920 --> 00:32:08,880 Speaker 1: six games. This is this is one of those types 667 00:32:08,920 --> 00:32:12,280 Speaker 1: of games that they win surprise everyone. I think you're 668 00:32:12,640 --> 00:32:16,360 Speaker 1: underestimating Vincent Jackson and Mike Williams quite a bit. And 669 00:32:16,520 --> 00:32:18,800 Speaker 1: I don't know that we have any confidence in d 670 00:32:19,000 --> 00:32:22,800 Speaker 1: Milliner or Kyle Wilson to stop them. Uh chrom Marty 671 00:32:22,880 --> 00:32:26,240 Speaker 1: is great, but if there's a weakness on the Jets defense, 672 00:32:26,280 --> 00:32:29,800 Speaker 1: it's in the secondary. I'm counting on the front seven 673 00:32:30,200 --> 00:32:32,560 Speaker 1: being good and Quentin Copeles isn't going to play this game, 674 00:32:32,600 --> 00:32:35,440 Speaker 1: but otherwise it looks like ken Rick Ellis will probably play. 675 00:32:35,920 --> 00:32:37,360 Speaker 1: I think they can get a lot of pressure. I 676 00:32:37,400 --> 00:32:39,479 Speaker 1: think they'll can keep it a low scoring game. And 677 00:32:39,760 --> 00:32:41,920 Speaker 1: I sometimes think of the season as a whole as 678 00:32:41,920 --> 00:32:45,880 Speaker 1: a narrative. Can't you just see this week one Jets 679 00:32:45,880 --> 00:32:48,600 Speaker 1: surprise everyone kind of get them off their backs, and 680 00:32:48,640 --> 00:32:51,160 Speaker 1: then people are like, WHOA wow, isn't Geno a little crazy? 681 00:32:51,200 --> 00:32:53,600 Speaker 1: Can see that? I can also see a tire fire 682 00:32:53,680 --> 00:32:56,120 Speaker 1: by the end of the first quarter. It could be there. 683 00:32:56,120 --> 00:32:58,320 Speaker 1: There are two things snowball the entire season. There are 684 00:32:58,320 --> 00:33:01,440 Speaker 1: two types of Jet seasons. There's one that's completely hopeless, 685 00:33:01,720 --> 00:33:06,880 Speaker 1: starts poorly, ends poorly. Think nine six, two thousand, five, 686 00:33:07,000 --> 00:33:09,600 Speaker 1: two thousand three, those type of seasons. And then there's 687 00:33:09,640 --> 00:33:12,520 Speaker 1: the one where they suck you in, um, and I 688 00:33:12,560 --> 00:33:15,520 Speaker 1: feel like this could be the one where they potentially 689 00:33:15,560 --> 00:33:17,360 Speaker 1: you can make make the case I didn't pick the Jets, 690 00:33:17,400 --> 00:33:19,040 Speaker 1: Greg did, but you can make the case they'll suck 691 00:33:19,160 --> 00:33:21,960 Speaker 1: us in because the Freeman will implode. The guy, poor 692 00:33:21,960 --> 00:33:23,800 Speaker 1: guy can't even be a captain of his team anymore. 693 00:33:24,000 --> 00:33:26,080 Speaker 1: He'll implode and throw a few picks and the Jets 694 00:33:26,120 --> 00:33:28,760 Speaker 1: win thirteen ten. Uh. That's how you sell it as 695 00:33:28,760 --> 00:33:31,200 Speaker 1: a Jets up. So I would say I entered I 696 00:33:31,400 --> 00:33:35,600 Speaker 1: entered the summer believing that line that, um, the Jets 697 00:33:36,760 --> 00:33:39,160 Speaker 1: could surprise the whole league and everybody's down on them. 698 00:33:39,360 --> 00:33:42,640 Speaker 1: But every successive week just brings more and more embarrassment 699 00:33:43,160 --> 00:33:45,920 Speaker 1: and more and more it looks like they're frauds. I mean, 700 00:33:46,000 --> 00:33:48,040 Speaker 1: I don't see anything about the Jets to get excited about. 701 00:33:48,080 --> 00:33:50,360 Speaker 1: I think this could go like last season, where the 702 00:33:50,440 --> 00:33:56,720 Speaker 1: Jets rolled out a Week one victory that had everyone 703 00:33:54,680 --> 00:34:00,480 Speaker 1: Jets and up putting up. Just come off Jet. Dan, 704 00:34:00,560 --> 00:34:02,920 Speaker 1: by the way, is in a glowing green T shirt 705 00:34:03,000 --> 00:34:05,200 Speaker 1: right now, which has nothing to do with his loyalties. 706 00:34:05,560 --> 00:34:07,440 Speaker 1: You know. I think it's gonna be tough for Geno Smith. 707 00:34:07,560 --> 00:34:10,799 Speaker 1: You may not like Tampa's passing game. I also sort 708 00:34:10,800 --> 00:34:12,600 Speaker 1: of disagree with you because I think they've got to 709 00:34:12,840 --> 00:34:16,240 Speaker 1: establish receivers there. Freeman when he's cold is a nightmare, 710 00:34:16,280 --> 00:34:19,080 Speaker 1: But when he's hot, the Jets aren't meal to stop that. 711 00:34:19,239 --> 00:34:21,480 Speaker 1: If that's what they get Gino Smith, it's gonna be 712 00:34:21,520 --> 00:34:23,520 Speaker 1: tough for him to be rolled out. He didn't get 713 00:34:23,560 --> 00:34:25,920 Speaker 1: a lot of work in the preseason to basically come 714 00:34:25,960 --> 00:34:29,720 Speaker 1: out and be real effective Week one. That's a big gamble, 715 00:34:30,080 --> 00:34:32,279 Speaker 1: it is, and so was my other hero pick. Well, 716 00:34:32,280 --> 00:34:33,880 Speaker 1: actually I didn't think it was that big of a gamble, 717 00:34:33,880 --> 00:34:36,560 Speaker 1: which was the Arizona Cardinals winning in St. Louis. I'm 718 00:34:36,600 --> 00:34:38,880 Speaker 1: a little surprised no one else picked that game. I 719 00:34:38,920 --> 00:34:41,560 Speaker 1: saw this as a coin flip. I see these two 720 00:34:41,560 --> 00:34:44,680 Speaker 1: teams both winning about seven games this year. We haven't 721 00:34:44,719 --> 00:34:47,440 Speaker 1: seen what Bruce Arians can do. There's a surprise factor. 722 00:34:47,520 --> 00:34:50,759 Speaker 1: I think the Rams are slightly overrated in general as 723 00:34:50,760 --> 00:34:53,680 Speaker 1: a surprise team. So to me, these are two teams 724 00:34:53,719 --> 00:34:57,000 Speaker 1: with pretty good talent on defense, big questions on offense. 725 00:34:57,040 --> 00:35:00,920 Speaker 1: I like the coaches, especially on offense. Better for the Cardinals, 726 00:35:01,000 --> 00:35:03,000 Speaker 1: I like them pulling off the Week one upset, getting 727 00:35:03,040 --> 00:35:05,480 Speaker 1: people a little excited in the desert. I think both 728 00:35:05,520 --> 00:35:08,320 Speaker 1: these teams are bound to disappoint by the end of 729 00:35:08,320 --> 00:35:10,040 Speaker 1: the season. But this is also I think the best 730 00:35:10,080 --> 00:35:12,880 Speaker 1: hero pick of the week, because why can't the Cardinals 731 00:35:12,920 --> 00:35:15,959 Speaker 1: go into the Edward James Dome or whatever it is? Uh, sorry, 732 00:35:16,040 --> 00:35:18,759 Speaker 1: don't talk. Didn't mean to hit up a soft spot, Mark, 733 00:35:19,120 --> 00:35:22,080 Speaker 1: but I don't see why that can happen. I mean, 734 00:35:22,560 --> 00:35:24,239 Speaker 1: are the Rams that good? I don't think the Rams 735 00:35:24,239 --> 00:35:27,160 Speaker 1: are that good at the Cardinals that bad? No crowds 736 00:35:27,160 --> 00:35:29,239 Speaker 1: in the league, I agree, this is a coin flip game. 737 00:35:29,360 --> 00:35:31,160 Speaker 1: I expect both of these teams to be about seven 738 00:35:31,160 --> 00:35:34,560 Speaker 1: and nine this year. I went with the home team. 739 00:35:34,640 --> 00:35:37,319 Speaker 1: I vaguely recall the Rams were very tough to beat 740 00:35:37,360 --> 00:35:40,440 Speaker 1: at home last year and very tough in the Division two. Well, 741 00:35:40,480 --> 00:35:43,520 Speaker 1: I think the Rams are potentially a little hyped up 742 00:35:43,640 --> 00:35:45,800 Speaker 1: this offseason, but I think still were the Cardinals. Frankly, 743 00:35:46,680 --> 00:35:48,480 Speaker 1: we've we've talked with the Cars. Suddenly the Cardinals are 744 00:35:48,480 --> 00:35:51,040 Speaker 1: this potential playoff team with all this talent. I need 745 00:35:51,080 --> 00:35:53,160 Speaker 1: to see it first. This to me, though, I think 746 00:35:53,160 --> 00:35:55,239 Speaker 1: you got the hero pick because a bunch of us 747 00:35:55,360 --> 00:35:58,120 Speaker 1: kind of coin flipped the choice and you got the 748 00:35:58,200 --> 00:35:59,840 Speaker 1: one that no one else picked. Have you never know 749 00:36:00,080 --> 00:36:03,520 Speaker 1: how it's gonna go. I thought Vikings Lions would have 750 00:36:03,520 --> 00:36:05,399 Speaker 1: been a coin flip, and all five of us took 751 00:36:05,440 --> 00:36:09,640 Speaker 1: the Lions. No love from Mark, You have a hero 752 00:36:09,800 --> 00:36:12,799 Speaker 1: pick that damn check will not be happy about. Well, 753 00:36:12,840 --> 00:36:14,880 Speaker 1: I had to. I had to. And the first was 754 00:36:14,920 --> 00:36:18,440 Speaker 1: the Ravens and that went down hill very fast. Uh. 755 00:36:18,480 --> 00:36:21,880 Speaker 1: But my second was I predict the Tennessee Titans to 756 00:36:22,040 --> 00:36:26,360 Speaker 1: upset the Steelers. And I know, logically, even as a 757 00:36:26,400 --> 00:36:29,480 Speaker 1: Browns fan, it's hard for me to picture Pittsburgh losing 758 00:36:29,480 --> 00:36:33,160 Speaker 1: at home in Week one. That's unusual, that's rare. But 759 00:36:33,520 --> 00:36:37,320 Speaker 1: something about the Titans feels different to me after watching 760 00:36:37,440 --> 00:36:40,000 Speaker 1: what they did in the preseason. I think they've rebuilt. 761 00:36:40,040 --> 00:36:43,120 Speaker 1: They actually rebuilt the line and it worked. The line 762 00:36:43,120 --> 00:36:46,360 Speaker 1: looks completely different. Chris Johnson looks like a different player 763 00:36:46,400 --> 00:36:49,000 Speaker 1: to me. I think he's actually happy for the first 764 00:36:49,080 --> 00:36:52,280 Speaker 1: time in a while. And you know, Greg Cosell called 765 00:36:52,400 --> 00:36:55,040 Speaker 1: Jake Locker the most improved player he's seen on tape, 766 00:36:55,040 --> 00:36:56,840 Speaker 1: and I think that means not that they're trying to 767 00:36:56,880 --> 00:36:58,879 Speaker 1: make him do things that he can't do, but they've 768 00:36:58,880 --> 00:37:02,279 Speaker 1: built the team around a scheme that actually works for him, 769 00:37:02,400 --> 00:37:04,840 Speaker 1: and I'm excited to see it. I think the Steelers, 770 00:37:05,200 --> 00:37:07,080 Speaker 1: we just assume we're gonna be this tenant six team. 771 00:37:07,080 --> 00:37:08,520 Speaker 1: I picked him to win the division, so I think 772 00:37:08,560 --> 00:37:11,680 Speaker 1: they'll rebound. But this one is going to be a 773 00:37:11,680 --> 00:37:13,839 Speaker 1: tight one, Titans winning. I like the way you say 774 00:37:15,239 --> 00:37:19,080 Speaker 1: the rebounds. That's how like how handsome, Hank says weekend. 775 00:37:22,239 --> 00:37:24,680 Speaker 1: I'm just glad Chris Johnson is happy, because that's the 776 00:37:24,760 --> 00:37:27,840 Speaker 1: key here. I mean, if he's happy, I don't know, 777 00:37:27,920 --> 00:37:30,839 Speaker 1: does he He seems a little bit refreshed to me, rejuvenated. 778 00:37:31,520 --> 00:37:34,640 Speaker 1: I know, I don't know the guy I see, I'll 779 00:37:34,640 --> 00:37:37,560 Speaker 1: see I'll see a great and raise you one. I 780 00:37:37,640 --> 00:37:40,480 Speaker 1: was listening to him yesterday. He loves what he's seen 781 00:37:40,520 --> 00:37:44,720 Speaker 1: from the Steelers defense, especially Troy Palamalo in the preseason. Um, 782 00:37:44,840 --> 00:37:47,239 Speaker 1: I don't see the Titans scoring more than twenty points 783 00:37:47,280 --> 00:37:50,319 Speaker 1: in this game. Mike Tomlin means business this year. I 784 00:37:50,360 --> 00:37:55,000 Speaker 1: really think this organization is embarrassed about what happened last year, 785 00:37:55,080 --> 00:37:58,320 Speaker 1: losing all those close games. Mike Tomlin is so serious 786 00:37:58,400 --> 00:38:01,520 Speaker 1: that the only people he fall was on Twitter are 787 00:38:01,640 --> 00:38:05,239 Speaker 1: his players, and he wants to monitor their activities, and 788 00:38:05,239 --> 00:38:07,759 Speaker 1: when the roster went from seventy five to fifty three 789 00:38:07,760 --> 00:38:12,080 Speaker 1: over the weekend, Mike Tomlin promptly unfollowed all of those 790 00:38:12,160 --> 00:38:14,840 Speaker 1: players that he cut. Cay Rich is angry about this 791 00:38:14,880 --> 00:38:16,799 Speaker 1: because we had to hack the news segment this week 792 00:38:16,880 --> 00:38:18,880 Speaker 1: because we had so many games to talk about. That 793 00:38:18,880 --> 00:38:20,359 Speaker 1: would have been a perfect one for you, k Rich, 794 00:38:21,040 --> 00:38:24,800 Speaker 1: because so intro is still in the making, it's coming together. 795 00:38:25,480 --> 00:38:27,759 Speaker 1: You've yet to reach out to anyone. No one's really 796 00:38:27,760 --> 00:38:29,799 Speaker 1: talked about it formally, but it's gonna happen, and people 797 00:38:29,800 --> 00:38:31,879 Speaker 1: are excited. It's going to happen. You guys will see, 798 00:38:32,040 --> 00:38:33,920 Speaker 1: all right. So let's move on now to what I 799 00:38:34,000 --> 00:38:35,920 Speaker 1: like to call the orphans. These are the games that 800 00:38:35,920 --> 00:38:37,920 Speaker 1: didn't fall into the hero pick or seemed to be 801 00:38:37,960 --> 00:38:40,359 Speaker 1: particularly interesting, although that's not really true because they're all 802 00:38:40,400 --> 00:38:43,000 Speaker 1: kind of interesting. But let's go, Greg, Why don't you 803 00:38:43,640 --> 00:38:47,360 Speaker 1: give us some breakdown of one of these orphans. Patriots Bills. 804 00:38:47,760 --> 00:38:51,040 Speaker 1: You know, Bill Belichick said this week all the Buffalo 805 00:38:51,040 --> 00:38:53,600 Speaker 1: Bills have run this preseason is no huddle. That's it. 806 00:38:53,680 --> 00:38:55,480 Speaker 1: That's all we've seen out of them. So they're not 807 00:38:55,760 --> 00:38:57,880 Speaker 1: trying to hide anything that's what they're gonna do. Think 808 00:38:57,880 --> 00:38:59,520 Speaker 1: we're gonna see a lot of plays out of them. 809 00:38:59,520 --> 00:39:02,960 Speaker 1: It's EJ. Manuel's first start in the NFL. Their offense 810 00:39:03,040 --> 00:39:05,279 Speaker 1: is healthy, and I'm I'm really excited to see what 811 00:39:05,320 --> 00:39:08,280 Speaker 1: a Doug Morone and and e J Manuel offense looks like. Alright, 812 00:39:08,320 --> 00:39:10,359 Speaker 1: the game I'll talk about is the Sunday night game. 813 00:39:10,400 --> 00:39:12,680 Speaker 1: I know Dallas Cowboys, New York Giants, and a lot 814 00:39:12,680 --> 00:39:14,440 Speaker 1: of people are sick of the Sunday night game between 815 00:39:14,440 --> 00:39:16,400 Speaker 1: the Cowboys and Giants. I always like it. I'm from 816 00:39:16,400 --> 00:39:19,480 Speaker 1: New York I Those games always get people excited, and 817 00:39:19,480 --> 00:39:22,240 Speaker 1: it's usually a close game and there's usually at least 818 00:39:22,280 --> 00:39:25,160 Speaker 1: one awesome cut to Jerry Jones's box where something funny, 819 00:39:25,200 --> 00:39:27,320 Speaker 1: so people are excited and sick of it at the 820 00:39:27,360 --> 00:39:31,960 Speaker 1: same time. That's me. That's kind of accurate. And the 821 00:39:32,080 --> 00:39:35,359 Speaker 1: Cowboys never win this game if it's in Dallas. Yeah, 822 00:39:35,360 --> 00:39:37,920 Speaker 1: they've never won since they opened. This is this is 823 00:39:37,920 --> 00:39:40,080 Speaker 1: another source Spot West got this wrong during the win 824 00:39:40,200 --> 00:39:45,080 Speaker 1: wests toaster game. A T and T Stadium formerly Cowboys Stadium. 825 00:39:46,160 --> 00:39:49,399 Speaker 1: Now I know the corporate sponsor of a stadium, Yeah, 826 00:39:49,400 --> 00:39:52,480 Speaker 1: I really I think ultimately the Giants are gonna lose 827 00:39:52,520 --> 00:39:54,040 Speaker 1: one of these games. I don't think it's gonna be 828 00:39:54,040 --> 00:39:55,960 Speaker 1: this one, but that will be a fun game to 829 00:39:56,040 --> 00:39:58,080 Speaker 1: watch on Sunday night. Alan Chris will be pumped. I 830 00:39:58,120 --> 00:40:01,560 Speaker 1: would keep an eye on David Will's and our breakout star, 831 00:40:02,200 --> 00:40:03,960 Speaker 1: my number one guy in the making. Elite piece that 832 00:40:04,040 --> 00:40:07,799 Speaker 1: was published today that Dallas Cowboys defensive line is missing 833 00:40:07,880 --> 00:40:11,080 Speaker 1: j Ratliffe. They're undersized. I'm not sure they can stop 834 00:40:11,120 --> 00:40:14,000 Speaker 1: the run. What's your game? Was? My game? Is Raiders 835 00:40:14,040 --> 00:40:16,000 Speaker 1: going into Indianapolis and this is going to be a 836 00:40:16,040 --> 00:40:18,759 Speaker 1: blood bath. The Raiders are down to their fourth left 837 00:40:18,800 --> 00:40:23,000 Speaker 1: tackle since training camp opened. It's not good. It's not good. 838 00:40:23,400 --> 00:40:26,960 Speaker 1: They wait. The more left tackles is not better. They 839 00:40:27,040 --> 00:40:29,680 Speaker 1: do not want to accumulate left tackle. But that's not 840 00:40:29,719 --> 00:40:33,560 Speaker 1: an important position, especially not when you have a quarterback 841 00:40:33,560 --> 00:40:37,200 Speaker 1: making his second career start. Uh So, the Raiders have 842 00:40:37,560 --> 00:40:41,480 Speaker 1: a left tackle right tackle combination of Calif Barnes and 843 00:40:41,600 --> 00:40:44,759 Speaker 1: Tony Pashas, who once paved the way for a two 844 00:40:45,160 --> 00:40:50,160 Speaker 1: thirty six yard rushing attack and no sacks in Indianapolis. Unfortunately, 845 00:40:50,160 --> 00:40:52,400 Speaker 1: that was six years ago when they were playing for 846 00:40:52,440 --> 00:40:55,960 Speaker 1: the Jaguars. Break that out for toast their time. That 847 00:40:56,040 --> 00:41:00,280 Speaker 1: was wow? Uh, Mark, What's that was really a press 848 00:41:00,280 --> 00:41:02,480 Speaker 1: of West Mark? Well, the game that I've been given 849 00:41:02,480 --> 00:41:07,640 Speaker 1: that apparently nobody cares about. Is Miami verse Cleveland care about? 850 00:41:09,400 --> 00:41:14,240 Speaker 1: That's That's how the segment was sold orphanage and adopted. 851 00:41:14,280 --> 00:41:16,640 Speaker 1: You're not people don't care about you. They should be loved. 852 00:41:18,640 --> 00:41:22,440 Speaker 1: WHOA what are you looking for? Brown's boy? Okay? Well, 853 00:41:22,480 --> 00:41:24,719 Speaker 1: I think I think for me there's many angles, But 854 00:41:25,000 --> 00:41:28,920 Speaker 1: I really wanted to see the Dion Jordan's versus Barkvous Mingo. 855 00:41:29,520 --> 00:41:31,680 Speaker 1: Which one of these guys can do more torment to 856 00:41:31,719 --> 00:41:34,759 Speaker 1: the opposing quarterback? Mingo is? I'm not sure we ever 857 00:41:34,760 --> 00:41:38,120 Speaker 1: see Mingo ever? Again, I don't even know. I'm not sure. Well, 858 00:41:38,160 --> 00:41:40,840 Speaker 1: I just don't know. A very mysterious injury. But listen, 859 00:41:41,000 --> 00:41:44,480 Speaker 1: is is Brandon Whedon um this wonder boy that showed 860 00:41:44,560 --> 00:41:47,000 Speaker 1: up for ten days during the preseason or is he 861 00:41:47,120 --> 00:41:49,879 Speaker 1: everything we thought he was last season? I have much 862 00:41:49,920 --> 00:41:54,600 Speaker 1: more faith in Ryan Tannehill uh sustaining drives with Miami. 863 00:41:54,680 --> 00:41:56,959 Speaker 1: I think that that guy is legit in the real deal. 864 00:41:57,480 --> 00:41:59,719 Speaker 1: It's gonna be a real tough game for Cleveland, who 865 00:41:59,800 --> 00:42:02,439 Speaker 1: has not one a home opener since two or any 866 00:42:02,480 --> 00:42:05,120 Speaker 1: opener since two thousand and four. To pull this off. 867 00:42:05,400 --> 00:42:10,279 Speaker 1: Barkis Mingo has a bruise lung, Mark Sessler bruised heart. Ah. 868 00:42:10,680 --> 00:42:12,960 Speaker 1: If you can't get fired up for the Devon best Bull, 869 00:42:13,040 --> 00:42:16,040 Speaker 1: what can you get fired up for fair Point by West? 870 00:42:16,120 --> 00:42:19,480 Speaker 1: Greg You got another one right Minnesota Detroit and uh, 871 00:42:19,680 --> 00:42:22,520 Speaker 1: for all the legion of people out there that don't 872 00:42:22,560 --> 00:42:25,480 Speaker 1: quite believe in Christian Ponder, this could be quite a 873 00:42:25,520 --> 00:42:29,360 Speaker 1: game because you've got the Detroit defensive line given pressure 874 00:42:29,440 --> 00:42:32,520 Speaker 1: up the middle. On the sides, Ponder does not handle pressure. Well, 875 00:42:32,600 --> 00:42:35,040 Speaker 1: maybe that's why we we all took the Lions, and 876 00:42:35,120 --> 00:42:37,840 Speaker 1: this is kind of one of those games that the Lions, 877 00:42:37,880 --> 00:42:39,600 Speaker 1: if they're really going to be part of this division, 878 00:42:39,600 --> 00:42:42,319 Speaker 1: you gotta win division games at home. We think the 879 00:42:42,400 --> 00:42:44,600 Speaker 1: Vikings are headed for a fall, so it's a big 880 00:42:44,600 --> 00:42:47,520 Speaker 1: early season game for them. I could see us all 881 00:42:47,560 --> 00:42:49,560 Speaker 1: being wrong about this one. Yeah, I mean, I think 882 00:42:49,920 --> 00:42:52,880 Speaker 1: we all love what we've seen from the lines defensive line, 883 00:42:52,960 --> 00:42:55,680 Speaker 1: and maybe that's what has us so confident, and we 884 00:42:55,719 --> 00:42:58,319 Speaker 1: hate what we've seen from Christian Ponder in the preseason, 885 00:42:59,040 --> 00:43:02,200 Speaker 1: But I like everything else about the Vikings roster. I 886 00:43:02,320 --> 00:43:04,560 Speaker 1: just don't trust the quarterback. How about the quarterbacks in 887 00:43:04,680 --> 00:43:07,840 Speaker 1: casey Jacksonville, Well, do we know who's going to start 888 00:43:07,840 --> 00:43:13,800 Speaker 1: for the Jaguars. I don't think it matters decision. It 889 00:43:13,800 --> 00:43:16,439 Speaker 1: would be very surprising if Gaver didn't. I don't think 890 00:43:16,440 --> 00:43:18,799 Speaker 1: the Chiefs are nearly as good as everyone else thinks 891 00:43:18,840 --> 00:43:20,759 Speaker 1: they do. There's some trendy pick this year for some 892 00:43:20,800 --> 00:43:22,480 Speaker 1: reason to make the playoffs, and I don't see it 893 00:43:22,520 --> 00:43:25,440 Speaker 1: at all. And as much as everybody loves the Andy 894 00:43:25,480 --> 00:43:28,480 Speaker 1: read to Kansas City story, I think Jacksonville has a 895 00:43:28,480 --> 00:43:33,439 Speaker 1: better head coach. So did you take the Jaguars? Who 896 00:43:33,440 --> 00:43:37,440 Speaker 1: else took the Jaguars? Kevin Patra out there, Hopefully he's 897 00:43:37,440 --> 00:43:40,920 Speaker 1: still listening to the show working right now. I supposed 898 00:43:40,920 --> 00:43:43,319 Speaker 1: to be covering us in case breaking news goes down. 899 00:43:43,920 --> 00:43:47,840 Speaker 1: Um alright, guys, So that was a week one. I thought, 900 00:43:48,080 --> 00:43:50,040 Speaker 1: I thought that went well, what do you guys think? 901 00:43:50,239 --> 00:43:52,440 Speaker 1: I thought it was good? Let us know, Yeah, that's 902 00:43:52,480 --> 00:43:54,120 Speaker 1: and then you know how you let us know you? 903 00:43:54,480 --> 00:43:57,920 Speaker 1: Contact is via Twitter at NFL at a t L 904 00:43:58,160 --> 00:44:00,520 Speaker 1: or underscore a t L and then also on the 905 00:44:00,560 --> 00:44:03,960 Speaker 1: iTunes page, but only positive comments there. Please just we 906 00:44:03,960 --> 00:44:07,240 Speaker 1: are very sensitive. We have a very special announcement starting 907 00:44:07,400 --> 00:44:11,759 Speaker 1: on Sunday, Greg take it away. Uh, We're gonna do 908 00:44:11,800 --> 00:44:16,919 Speaker 1: a Sunday night podcast every week after the games are over. 909 00:44:17,080 --> 00:44:19,239 Speaker 1: I don't know if there's gonna be any podcast out 910 00:44:19,280 --> 00:44:22,879 Speaker 1: there talking football for you fresh pop it into your 911 00:44:23,239 --> 00:44:27,280 Speaker 1: iPhone or whatever. On Monday morning, it will be ready. 912 00:44:27,320 --> 00:44:30,200 Speaker 1: We'll go over all the Sunday games, all the immediate 913 00:44:30,280 --> 00:44:33,480 Speaker 1: fallout and yeah, check that out. That should be ready 914 00:44:33,560 --> 00:44:37,160 Speaker 1: late Sunday night on the West Coast and early East 915 00:44:37,160 --> 00:44:39,520 Speaker 1: Coast morning. What the listeners should realize too, is that 916 00:44:39,719 --> 00:44:41,759 Speaker 1: we'll be doing this podcast at the tail end of 917 00:44:41,760 --> 00:44:44,680 Speaker 1: what will probably be about a twelve to fourteen hour day. 918 00:44:44,960 --> 00:44:48,319 Speaker 1: And that just tells you the level of care that's going. 919 00:44:48,400 --> 00:44:50,640 Speaker 1: It's not it's like we're not Rex Ryan going down 920 00:44:50,680 --> 00:44:53,360 Speaker 1: to Clemson to watch the kids standing standing on the sideline. 921 00:44:53,440 --> 00:44:57,480 Speaker 1: We're all in our children. Probably a lack of quality too. 922 00:44:57,680 --> 00:45:00,320 Speaker 1: Will probably be totally out of our minds after Fftina, 923 00:45:00,440 --> 00:45:03,600 Speaker 1: I'm excited about this. This is something I would listen to. Definitely. Well, 924 00:45:03,600 --> 00:45:07,359 Speaker 1: that's good. At least we've got we got West and 925 00:45:07,480 --> 00:45:08,920 Speaker 1: U k Rich is also going to have to stick 926 00:45:08,960 --> 00:45:12,080 Speaker 1: around and we uh, we're very thankful for that. I'll 927 00:45:12,080 --> 00:45:16,960 Speaker 1: see there, all right. Yeah, that's that's very fun. Okay, 928 00:45:17,000 --> 00:45:22,640 Speaker 1: so until Sunday. Um, thank you to the mailman, the Sizzler, 929 00:45:23,160 --> 00:45:26,440 Speaker 1: the Boss, k Rich and Lyle the h L intern. 930 00:45:26,640 --> 00:45:32,920 Speaker 1: We'll see either. If she's gorgeous, I'll do the cookie. 931 00:45:33,040 --> 00:45:35,680 Speaker 1: And I married someone who ended up being like a 932 00:45:35,680 --> 00:45:38,719 Speaker 1: professional chef for other food a little bit though. I 933 00:45:39,360 --> 00:45:42,640 Speaker 1: have a hard time eating anything that's not good. Yeah, 934 00:45:42,680 --> 00:45:45,560 Speaker 1: I'm sure you do well, of course a professional chef, 935 00:45:45,840 --> 00:45:48,080 Speaker 1: Mr Spoil, But can we change his name to Mr 936 00:45:48,120 --> 00:45:51,280 Speaker 1: Spoiled at the end of the show, Mr Spoil