WEBVTT - NFL Cover Zero: NFL Week 1 0:00:06.423 --> 0:00:08.883 NFL Cover Zero with Matt Jones and Drew Franklin is 0:00:08.923 --> 0:00:21.933 a production of the NFL and iHeart Podcast. NFL Cover Zero. 0:00:22.133 --> 0:00:26.192 It is our week one review. Glad to be with 0:00:26.212 --> 0:00:29.393 you guys on a Sunday night. The Giants have just 0:00:29.633 --> 0:00:34.143 closed out the Cowboys to finish a great first week 0:00:34.323 --> 0:00:38.022 of action. We We are here in studio. I want 0:00:38.043 --> 0:00:41.523 to start by apologizing for the audio issues last week. 0:00:41.703 --> 0:00:46.873 I was at a hotel in Bristol, Connecticut, Drew, where 0:00:46.913 --> 0:00:49.773 they said, you know, you click on these things, it'll go. 0:00:49.793 --> 0:00:53.193 You can get regular internet for free or you can 0:00:53.253 --> 0:00:57.053 get deluxe internet for like $ 9. 99. And I've always thought 0:00:57.103 --> 0:01:01.183 that was just fake. Because how can you have two 0:01:01.223 --> 0:01:02.543 different kinds of internet? 0:01:02.563 --> 0:01:05.753 Okay. I mean, you know what I mean? There's more 0:01:05.792 --> 0:01:08.902 bandwidth on the one you pay for. How do they know? 0:01:08.923 --> 0:01:12.423 I don't know on the back end how it works. 0:01:12.523 --> 0:01:14.762 You could probably have more devices on the one that 0:01:14.783 --> 0:01:18.482 costs more money. I just needed one device. Okay. 0:01:18.943 --> 0:01:20.133 So I took the free one. 0:01:20.322 --> 0:01:20.572 Okay. 0:01:21.023 --> 0:01:24.333 And apparently the sound was not great, and I'm sorry 0:01:24.372 --> 0:01:26.973 about that. I don't know if I'd paid $ 9. 99 if 0:01:27.012 --> 0:01:28.753 it would have made a difference. Do you think it 0:01:28.773 --> 0:01:30.712 would have made a difference at the Doubletree in Bristol 0:01:30.753 --> 0:01:31.733 if I had paid $ 9. 99? 0:01:31.452 --> 0:01:35.962 It wouldn't have hurt. I mean, it wouldn't have been worse. 0:01:36.003 --> 0:01:38.262 I'm probably going to be back there at some point, so. 0:01:38.182 --> 0:01:40.702 I might need to go. I would take $ 9. 99 with me. 0:01:40.723 --> 0:01:44.042 We'll do a test. We'll use the $ 9. 99. Yeah. 0:01:44.353 --> 0:01:46.353 I mean, the ESPN's paying, so we can just charge 0:01:46.372 --> 0:01:50.153 it to ESPN. But I always thought that was fake. 0:01:50.333 --> 0:01:52.993 I always thought, because it says if you want to stream, 0:01:53.053 --> 0:01:55.743 pay $ 9. 99. But then I stream movies and stuff, and 0:01:55.763 --> 0:01:59.313 it works. But I guess there's something to it. 0:01:59.583 --> 0:02:01.393 Yeah, there was twice. You asked me a question on 0:02:01.433 --> 0:02:03.373 our stream. I had no idea what you said. So 0:02:03.413 --> 0:02:04.392 it wasn't working. Really? 0:02:04.473 --> 0:02:04.693 Yeah. 0:02:05.213 --> 0:02:06.793 Okay. It got better. 0:02:06.813 --> 0:02:09.502 It did, but I think it turned a lot of 0:02:09.523 --> 0:02:12.543 people away in the first five or ten minutes. And 0:02:12.563 --> 0:02:14.863 so I think maybe it wasn't the best episode in 0:02:14.903 --> 0:02:17.403 the world. But next time, I'm going to pay the $ 9. 0:02:17.083 --> 0:02:19.193 99. Yeah, just take ten bucks with you. Bring your 0:02:19.203 --> 0:02:22.953 penny back. Don't give me a penny back. And if 0:02:23.013 --> 0:02:25.113 it's the same, then we know for the future. It's 0:02:25.133 --> 0:02:26.723 really kind of a definitive test. 0:02:26.743 --> 0:02:27.203 Yeah. 0:02:27.343 --> 0:02:32.483 In fact, head there now. Let's go and figure this out. Well, 0:02:32.563 --> 0:02:35.313 if anyone knows. You said Doubletree. That comes with a cookie, right? 0:02:35.323 --> 0:02:37.313 It does come with a cookie. Yeah. And I ate 0:02:37.333 --> 0:02:40.693 the cookie. Here's the problem, though. You know how nowadays 0:02:40.713 --> 0:02:41.853 they have to put the calories. 0:02:42.493 --> 0:02:44.153 On everything, yeah. Do you like that? 0:02:44.173 --> 0:02:48.893 I mean, on the one hand, more information, that's good. 0:02:49.493 --> 0:02:52.073 On the other hand, it really depresses me, and it 0:02:52.133 --> 0:02:53.603 makes me not order things I want to eat. 0:02:56.103 --> 0:02:58.263 See, I'm the opposite. When I'm at Taco Bell, I'm 0:02:58.563 --> 0:03:00.603 adding it like, hell yeah, high score. Let's go. I 0:03:00.603 --> 0:03:02.863 don't have any shame. Oh, you're trying to get the most. 0:03:02.883 --> 0:03:04.923 Zero shame or regret. Okay, good. 0:03:05.563 --> 0:03:08.783 Well, it makes me feel like I'm like, you cannot 0:03:08.863 --> 0:03:14.003 have 1,600 calories for lunch. Well, the Doubletree cookie, I've 0:03:14.083 --> 0:03:17.643 always taken it, eaten it. Sometimes I wink at the 0:03:17.663 --> 0:03:20.483 person to give me two. It's 440 calories, one of 0:03:20.503 --> 0:03:21.363 those cookies. 0:03:21.383 --> 0:03:21.463 Whoa. 0:03:22.943 --> 0:03:24.703 One cookie? Man, they're good, though. 0:03:25.163 --> 0:03:27.223 They're really good, but now you got to be careful 0:03:27.243 --> 0:03:29.303 when you go to Doubletree how many cookies. Now they 0:03:29.343 --> 0:03:31.523 put the calories on the little paper. 0:03:31.723 --> 0:03:34.263 I was at a wedding in June, stayed at a Doubletree. 0:03:34.283 --> 0:03:36.783 I'm not going to say where. Might have been in Evansville, Indiana. 0:03:37.163 --> 0:03:39.393 Didn't give me a cookie. Oh, they didn't? Ruined my 0:03:39.433 --> 0:03:41.513 entire experience. I'm at the wedding, and I can't even 0:03:41.533 --> 0:03:43.333 look at the bride and groom because I'm just hurt 0:03:43.753 --> 0:03:45.973 from my lobby experience that morning. Well, I wouldn't have 0:03:45.993 --> 0:03:46.403 given them $ 9. 0:03:46.273 --> 0:03:46.513 99. No. 0:03:46.533 --> 0:03:46.613 No. 0:03:49.113 --> 0:03:50.193 They owe me $ 9. 0:03:49.553 --> 0:03:49.873 99. 0:03:49.873 --> 0:03:50.673 Yeah. 0:03:50.993 --> 0:03:54.493 No, that is a great thing about Doubletree. It also, 0:03:54.553 --> 0:03:59.553 as I get older, I've realized my hotel tolerance is 0:03:59.573 --> 0:04:03.313 getting worse, meaning I'm becoming not what I want to be. 0:04:03.713 --> 0:04:06.433 I used to be like, you and I used to travel. 0:04:06.453 --> 0:04:10.833 We'd stay at La Quinta, like everywhere. I remember the 0:04:10.873 --> 0:04:12.933 first time I went to ESPN in 2018, they put 0:04:12.953 --> 0:04:14.713 me up in that Doubletree, and I was like, oh, 0:04:14.753 --> 0:04:18.303 this is living. You know what I mean? Like, this 0:04:18.323 --> 0:04:19.263 is how the other half lives. 0:04:19.483 --> 0:04:20.973 Are you splurging now for the hotel? 0:04:20.993 --> 0:04:22.953 Well, now when I go to the Doubletree, well, I mean, 0:04:22.972 --> 0:04:25.392 it's Bristol Connect. There is no other hotel. Like, the 0:04:25.412 --> 0:04:29.893 Doubletree is it. It's that or Red Roof. Don't get 0:04:29.912 --> 0:04:33.183 the cookies there. But now when I go to that 0:04:33.282 --> 0:04:36.222 same Doubletree that eight years ago, I remember walking around going, 0:04:36.282 --> 0:04:37.243 all right, here we go. 0:04:37.263 --> 0:04:41.693 Now I'm like, ugh. It's aged a little bit. Well, 0:04:41.793 --> 0:04:43.353 I don't know if it's aged or if I've just 0:04:43.392 --> 0:04:44.793 gotten snooty. A little bit of both. 0:04:44.853 --> 0:04:46.852 It's probably a little bit of both. They're now telling 0:04:46.873 --> 0:04:48.333 me if I want better hotels, I have to stay 0:04:48.392 --> 0:04:53.582 in West Hartford. Because that's where the nice people are, Billy. 0:04:53.782 --> 0:04:55.303 That's where the big time thing is. 0:04:55.323 --> 0:04:58.142 Well, you'll make it one day to West Hartford. One 0:04:58.522 --> 0:04:59.203 of these. 0:04:58.923 --> 0:05:01.043 Days, I'm going to convince them to let me stay 0:05:01.082 --> 0:05:04.292 in West Hartford. And then I'll shut up about the Doubletree. 0:05:04.332 --> 0:05:07.053 There is something about... There is something about being at 0:05:07.092 --> 0:05:10.272 that Doubletree and thinking like, think of all the people 0:05:10.313 --> 0:05:13.592 who've stayed here over the years. Because it is the 0:05:13.673 --> 0:05:15.793 official where you stay if you're it is like, think 0:05:15.813 --> 0:05:16.732 of all the people. 0:05:17.573 --> 0:05:18.853 Over the years, who have stayed there? 0:05:19.272 --> 0:05:23.973 I mean, not just athletes, TV people. Like, what the 0:05:24.073 --> 0:05:27.292 walls of that Doubletree. I bet you. I'm going to 0:05:27.332 --> 0:05:30.113 make a bet. I bet it has had more celebrities 0:05:30.133 --> 0:05:32.213 than any Doubletree in the world. 0:05:34.053 --> 0:05:35.832 I don't know all the Doubletrees, but it's got to 0:05:35.873 --> 0:05:36.573 be high up there. 0:05:36.772 --> 0:05:39.962 In New York City, celebrities are not staying at the Doubletree. No. 0:05:40.753 --> 0:05:42.872 You sure they didn't get put up in West Hartford 0:05:43.152 --> 0:05:44.753 and you're just the one in the double tree? 0:05:44.813 --> 0:05:48.272 I think West Hartford's a new option. Okay, that's a 0:05:48.293 --> 0:05:53.482 good save. All right, so it's week one. We just 0:05:53.513 --> 0:05:56.423 watched the Cowboys and the Giants, so we'll lead off 0:05:56.462 --> 0:06:00.243 with that. Big upset. Giants win. Both New York teams 0:06:00.323 --> 0:06:04.783 are 1-0. What was interesting to me about the game is, A, 0:06:05.462 --> 0:06:09.173 I've heard Chris Collinsworth be meaner. to a group of 0:06:09.212 --> 0:06:11.663 people than he was the Dallas defense. He just kept 0:06:11.702 --> 0:06:15.983 being like, what are they doing? And then second, The 0:06:16.063 --> 0:06:18.722 Giants not only won, they looked like the better team 0:06:18.763 --> 0:06:20.542 throughout the game. They kind of dominated. 0:06:20.563 --> 0:06:24.332 Yeah, the Cowboys' defense sucked last year. Got a new coordinator. 0:06:24.693 --> 0:06:26.973 Trying to fix that to finally make that Super Bowl 0:06:27.013 --> 0:06:28.832 run they've been trying to make for 30 years now. 0:06:28.892 --> 0:06:30.873 And it doesn't, at least through one game, doesn't look 0:06:30.912 --> 0:06:34.613 like it's improved that much. Also, you know, this podcast 0:06:34.633 --> 0:06:39.013 hadn't been that high on Jackson Dart and Scadaboo. Pretty 0:06:39.032 --> 0:06:42.373 good start for those two to start the sophomore season 0:06:42.392 --> 0:06:43.013 for both of them. 0:06:43.553 --> 0:06:44.983 It's been a big year for meatheads. 0:06:45.152 --> 0:06:47.642 Yeah. Across the board. Did you see Scataboo walking into 0:06:47.683 --> 0:06:48.022 the game? 0:06:48.543 --> 0:06:48.763 No. 0:06:48.803 --> 0:06:50.923 His outfit. What'd he do? I'm still under it from 0:06:50.943 --> 0:06:52.222 the tweet I saw, but it said he looked like 0:06:52.263 --> 0:06:55.342 the bully in high school, but he's wearing long, baggy jeans. 0:06:55.383 --> 0:06:58.433 I think it was darts, old jersey. Yeah. It's a 0:06:58.452 --> 0:07:00.052 very Cam Scataboo outfit. 0:07:00.113 --> 0:07:02.472 Listen, if you are that kind of person, this has 0:07:02.493 --> 0:07:07.183 been a great year. You start with Theo Vaughn, Pat McAfee. 0:07:08.813 --> 0:07:11.913 Cam Scadaboo, Jackson Dart. I mean, this has been a 0:07:12.053 --> 0:07:14.873 big bussing with the boys. Like, this has been a 0:07:14.913 --> 0:07:17.213 big year for those kind of guys, and tonight. 0:07:16.943 --> 0:07:19.823 Was as well. Yeah, Dart with three TDs, though. I 0:07:19.843 --> 0:07:22.602 didn't have him out playing Dak. Pretty quiet night for Pickens. 0:07:23.183 --> 0:07:25.283 I thought, you know, that defense we'd figure out. Turns 0:07:25.303 --> 0:07:26.843 out it wasn't that great, but I thought the Cowboys' 0:07:26.943 --> 0:07:28.383 offense was going to be stacked to put up a 0:07:28.403 --> 0:07:31.133 ton of points. I mean... Not a big night, really, 0:07:31.143 --> 0:07:33.593 all around for that whole team. 0:07:33.613 --> 0:07:36.953 Yeah, what was amazing is how much the Giants had 0:07:36.973 --> 0:07:39.953 the ball throughout it. I mean, not a ton of 0:07:39.993 --> 0:07:45.213 big plays, but just methodically kind of controlling the pace 0:07:45.243 --> 0:07:48.903 of the play. And then a lot of mistakes. for 0:07:49.363 --> 0:07:51.703 uh for the cowboys on offense they would they would 0:07:51.763 --> 0:07:54.123 find themselves that you know they'd get sacked or they'd 0:07:54.383 --> 0:07:56.703 uh uh get a penalty and then they're at third 0:07:56.763 --> 0:07:58.843 and 12 and they can't get it and then george 0:07:58.883 --> 0:08:02.053 pickens dropped a couple wide open passes just a pretty 0:08:02.113 --> 0:08:04.293 bad performance but i want to go back to the 0:08:04.333 --> 0:08:07.513 cowboys defense the new defensive coordinator whose name is escaping 0:08:07.533 --> 0:08:11.213 me let's call him rick um they said in the 0:08:11.233 --> 0:08:15.503 thing that he was the ninth interview that shot nimer 0:08:15.523 --> 0:08:19.513 had done That's too many. Yeah, it's too many people. 0:08:19.553 --> 0:08:21.672 When your aide tells you no, you just got to 0:08:21.693 --> 0:08:22.313 figure something else out. 0:08:22.333 --> 0:08:25.593 Well, I think the insinuation was they interviewed nine and 0:08:25.633 --> 0:08:28.232 they picked him. Well, first of all, I don't know 0:08:28.253 --> 0:08:29.373 if he was the last one. I don't know if 0:08:29.393 --> 0:08:35.363 there were people after him. That's too many people. Schottenheimer 0:08:35.403 --> 0:08:38.083 takes too long to make decisions. Never interview more than 0:08:38.103 --> 0:08:41.913 three people. And then, I'm sure, you know, that's the 0:08:41.953 --> 0:08:43.233 one we always wanted. It's like, well, why'd you have 0:08:43.253 --> 0:08:44.633 the other eight in there then, if that was your guy? 0:08:45.193 --> 0:08:46.033 Nine seems like a lot. 0:08:46.293 --> 0:08:52.693 I remember one time, many, many years ago, 2001, in Washington, D.C. 0:08:53.173 --> 0:08:55.383 This was when people were playing illegal poker games. I'm 0:08:55.393 --> 0:08:59.683 sure they still are, but they were in 2001 in Washington, D.C. And... 0:09:00.583 --> 0:09:02.343 And when I was working on it, and this guy 0:09:02.623 --> 0:09:06.523 was arranging a poker game, and he said that he 0:09:06.543 --> 0:09:09.323 was going to hire a bartender for the poker game 0:09:09.843 --> 0:09:12.983 for like 30 guys. And he was like, I'm going 0:09:13.003 --> 0:09:15.683 to do interviews. And I remember I was going, what 0:09:15.713 --> 0:09:20.253 do you mean interviews? Just find somebody. And he said, well, 0:09:20.273 --> 0:09:24.253 I already have them scheduled. There's 18 people coming in. 0:09:25.393 --> 0:09:25.973 I was like, 18 people? 0:09:28.183 --> 0:09:30.983 For a bartender, maybe if there's eight teams for a bartender, 0:09:31.003 --> 0:09:32.663 there needs to be nine for the defensive coordinator of 0:09:32.683 --> 0:09:34.703 the Cowboys, but it didn't work, the guy they are. 0:09:34.763 --> 0:09:35.683 At least in game one. 0:09:35.723 --> 0:09:38.043 Their new coordinator might be bartending soon if it continues 0:09:38.083 --> 0:09:41.093 like that. Their draft pick Downs made a big play 0:09:41.173 --> 0:09:43.513 on defense. Maybe there's some hope there. Maybe. Other than 0:09:43.553 --> 0:09:46.093 the Giants, Isaiah Likely's new to New York. He was 0:09:46.133 --> 0:09:47.833 a big target for them. Heard his name called a 0:09:47.853 --> 0:09:51.133 lot tonight. Had two TDs. I don't want to call 0:09:51.173 --> 0:09:54.053 myself a Giants hater, but I've definitely been rooting against 0:09:54.083 --> 0:09:56.163 them having a big year with that young group. 0:09:56.203 --> 0:09:59.293 We just have to accept the bros are gonna like 0:09:59.293 --> 0:10:02.273 they're taking over I mean we just said I have 0:10:02.273 --> 0:10:04.373 to accept it those those are the kind of people 0:10:04.413 --> 0:10:10.283 that just sort of rub me wronger. stronger than everyone 0:10:10.363 --> 0:10:14.403 else on the planet um but like we just gotta 0:10:14.423 --> 0:10:18.893 accept that that's as long as scataboo is successful i 0:10:18.923 --> 0:10:20.763 don't know this is this is the world we're. 0:10:20.683 --> 0:10:22.653 Gonna live in uh one more note from the game 0:10:22.693 --> 0:10:25.493 of cover zero update i said jake ferguson who married 0:10:25.533 --> 0:10:27.813 cavender was gonna have a big year I don't know 0:10:27.833 --> 0:10:29.713 if he did anything tonight. It feels like when I 0:10:29.753 --> 0:10:31.833 saw him have tight ends, he wasn't even in. Was 0:10:31.873 --> 0:10:32.273 he hurt? 0:10:32.653 --> 0:10:34.533 There was some guy with two last names. 0:10:34.313 --> 0:10:35.833 That I had never heard of that got all the catches. 0:10:35.853 --> 0:10:38.443 Spanford? Yeah, Spanford that got all the catches. Yeah, big 0:10:38.483 --> 0:10:40.143 Ferguson guy. I thought this was going to be his year. 0:10:40.163 --> 0:10:42.723 He's married. He's focused. Doesn't have to worry about all 0:10:42.763 --> 0:10:45.163 those other things out there. He's got his Cavender, but no. 0:10:45.603 --> 0:10:46.463 Quiet night for him, too. 0:10:46.663 --> 0:10:47.343 It's the way it goes. 0:10:47.783 --> 0:10:50.313 We're going to have President Braxton Berrios here soon. 0:10:50.333 --> 0:10:50.413 Yeah. 0:10:52.113 --> 0:10:54.313 And that's just going to be what it is. So 0:10:54.353 --> 0:10:58.973 congrats to the Giants. New York teams, both 1-0. Now, Billy, 0:10:58.993 --> 0:11:01.653 you're going to kind of go over the games. We 0:11:01.673 --> 0:11:04.313 have a lot because, you know, there's nobody on buys. 0:11:04.353 --> 0:11:07.403 We had a game Wednesday and Thursday. So let's just 0:11:07.443 --> 0:11:08.463 run them down. Go for it. 0:11:08.603 --> 0:11:08.763 Sure. 0:11:08.783 --> 0:11:11.003 We'll start with an exciting one. The Lions beat the 0:11:11.063 --> 0:11:14.823 Saints in overtime 31-30. They blew a 21-point lead in 0:11:14.843 --> 0:11:17.003 the second half. And then in overtime, the Saints went 0:11:17.023 --> 0:11:19.183 for two and for the win. But they did not 0:11:19.203 --> 0:11:20.943 get it, and the Lions win week one. 0:11:21.043 --> 0:11:23.093 Such a weird game. Like, it felt like it was over, 0:11:23.733 --> 0:11:25.493 and then all of a sudden the Saints were driving 0:11:25.553 --> 0:11:28.253 to tie. And then when the game was over, Tyler 0:11:28.293 --> 0:11:30.713 Shuck had 410 yards passing. 0:11:31.613 --> 0:11:34.313 Yeah, Shuck and the Saints might be a little better 0:11:34.353 --> 0:11:36.113 than at least I expected. I mean, they did this 0:11:36.153 --> 0:11:37.193 without Alvin Kamara. 0:11:37.213 --> 0:11:37.413 Yeah. 0:11:37.453 --> 0:11:39.953 You're right. I'm pretty high on Detroit and Dan Campbell, 0:11:39.993 --> 0:11:42.523 their operation there. To be down 21 and not quit 0:11:42.683 --> 0:11:45.463 and come back like that, that's crazy for New Orleans. 0:11:45.543 --> 0:11:46.903 I know you don't get the win, but, I mean, 0:11:46.923 --> 0:11:49.763 the Saints look like a good team today. But 410 0:11:49.763 --> 0:11:54.403 yards is a huge amount in an NFL game. Did 0:11:54.443 --> 0:11:56.833 you like the decision to go for two? I did. 0:11:57.493 --> 0:11:59.173 Like I said, you're the Saints. You're trying to build 0:11:59.213 --> 0:12:02.933 something new. You get mostly new faces. I know Shuck 0:12:02.993 --> 0:12:04.673 and Moore have been there a year, but you're trying 0:12:04.693 --> 0:12:06.503 to start something, and why not roll the dice? They 0:12:06.513 --> 0:12:08.523 don't have high expectations to go win a Super Bowl 0:12:08.563 --> 0:12:11.303 this year. By going for two, maybe you steal one there. 0:12:11.363 --> 0:12:13.183 You avoid a tie, and if you get it, you've 0:12:13.223 --> 0:12:14.803 got a huge win in week one to build on 0:12:14.823 --> 0:12:17.973 over the Lions. Not sure it's a little disappointing, but 0:12:17.993 --> 0:12:19.313 you weren't supposed to be in that spot anyway. 0:12:19.893 --> 0:12:23.173 Yeah, I mean, it was in a position where it's 0:12:23.233 --> 0:12:25.853 not like they could still win. So if they kick 0:12:25.873 --> 0:12:27.893 the extra point, the game's just going to end in 0:12:27.953 --> 0:12:30.333 a tie. Now, that would have put them in first 0:12:30.373 --> 0:12:31.953 place in the NFC South. 0:12:32.333 --> 0:12:35.133 Nobody wants to get ready for a game. 0:12:35.153 --> 0:12:37.742 Do you think if they knew, though, that everyone else 0:12:37.783 --> 0:12:40.843 was going to lose— Then they would have been in 0:12:40.923 --> 0:12:41.523 first place. 0:12:41.563 --> 0:12:43.523 They might have just chosen a tie. See, if I'm 0:12:43.603 --> 0:12:45.783 on an NFL team and I'm on that field, I'm 0:12:45.843 --> 0:12:48.413 not thinking about my standings. I'm thinking, I didn't show 0:12:48.453 --> 0:12:51.153 up here to tie. I'm going all or nothing. Let's 0:12:51.173 --> 0:12:52.333 go for two and settle this. 0:12:53.353 --> 0:12:56.433 By the way, and I'm all for player safety. Billy's 0:12:56.653 --> 0:12:59.883 against it. That's the weird thing about Billy. Most of 0:12:59.943 --> 0:13:04.003 us are for player safety. I don't like the 10-minute 0:13:04.843 --> 0:13:07.483 rule in overtime. I'm not saying they have to play 0:13:07.643 --> 0:13:09.563 until someone– like, I'm not saying they got to play 0:13:09.613 --> 0:13:12.673 to the death. But, like, it used to be 15 minutes. 0:13:12.953 --> 0:13:14.353 And then all of a sudden we just switched it 0:13:14.393 --> 0:13:15.573 to 10. 0:13:15.573 --> 0:13:19.853 Why? Because I don't– This happens a lot. 0:13:19.953 --> 0:13:21.673 I mean, we've now kind of made it to where 0:13:21.713 --> 0:13:25.173 both teams kind of only get one possession in a game. 0:13:25.213 --> 0:13:26.153 I don't really like that. 0:13:26.173 --> 0:13:27.773 I feel like we had some meaningful ones last year. 0:13:27.793 --> 0:13:29.433 I know the Packers had a tie that kind of 0:13:29.453 --> 0:13:31.433 shook up those standings. Why not just go 15? 0:13:31.433 --> 0:13:33.893 Because if you do 15, you're going to at least 0:13:33.933 --> 0:13:36.403 get three possessions. You might still get four, and you 0:13:36.423 --> 0:13:39.223 still would get occasional. I think you'd get far fewer. 0:13:40.043 --> 0:13:42.543 I'd even be down to work in a gimmick, maybe 0:13:42.583 --> 0:13:44.623 not full college, but like you have to go for 0:13:44.663 --> 0:13:46.703 two or like we have to decide this. I don't 0:13:46.743 --> 0:13:48.503 like it can just end in a tie. 0:13:48.863 --> 0:13:49.943 Yeah. Yeah. 0:13:49.963 --> 0:13:51.803 Yeah. Everybody gets the ball once. 0:13:51.953 --> 0:13:54.993 Yeah. And if not, then you I've always thought college 0:13:55.013 --> 0:13:56.732 and it feels like the pros could do this to 0:13:57.313 --> 0:14:00.953 just start at like the 20. 0:14:00.953 --> 0:14:01.453 You know what I mean? 0:14:01.653 --> 0:14:06.473 Like start at the 20 and but you have to 0:14:06.493 --> 0:14:07.083 get to the end zone. 0:14:09.173 --> 0:14:09.763 I'm fine with that. 0:14:10.163 --> 0:14:11.703 Yeah, I mean, rather than first and go with the 10, 0:14:11.703 --> 0:14:13.703 it's first and go with the 20. 0:14:13.703 --> 0:14:14.643 And you can't kick a field goal. 0:14:15.943 --> 0:14:17.783 You could throw that in there if you wanted. I mean, 0:14:17.803 --> 0:14:21.263 whatever you want. No one wants a tie. No. 0:14:21.623 --> 0:14:25.253 And I don't think the 10-minute clock, why? I don't 0:14:25.283 --> 0:14:28.273 even like how it looks on the standings when at 0:14:28.293 --> 0:14:30.493 the end of the year, like, oh, this team went 0:14:30.513 --> 0:14:31.633 8-1 last year. I'm like, that's stupid. 0:14:31.653 --> 0:14:33.013 Just figure that out. The thing is, I never know 0:14:33.173 --> 0:14:36.113 early on whether the tie's in the middle or at 0:14:36.173 --> 0:14:36.553 the end. 0:14:38.563 --> 0:14:40.403 On the record? 0:14:40.443 --> 0:14:40.943 Yeah. 0:14:41.223 --> 0:14:44.403 So I don't know if it's like 3-0-1. I don't 0:14:44.423 --> 0:14:47.353 know if they have zero losses or zero ties. 0:14:47.423 --> 0:14:49.413 Unnecessary confusion. Do you know what I mean? 0:14:49.713 --> 0:14:50.553 I completely agree. 0:14:50.613 --> 0:14:52.473 It's un-American. I still don't know. The tie's at the end. 0:14:52.493 --> 0:14:53.153 Tie's at the end. 0:14:53.473 --> 0:14:54.973 But it feels like the tie should be in the 0:14:55.033 --> 0:14:57.453 middle because it's between the win and the loss. 0:14:57.693 --> 0:15:00.113 I'm with you. Again, another reason to get it out 0:15:00.133 --> 0:15:02.703 of here. I'm fine with ties in soccer. That makes sense. 0:15:02.743 --> 0:15:06.283 I'm not anti-ties everywhere, but the NFL's better than ties. Yeah. 0:15:06.603 --> 0:15:10.403 So I don't like that. For the Lions, kind of 0:15:10.513 --> 0:15:12.933 a disappointing performance, right? You're at home. 0:15:14.083 --> 0:15:15.803 The fact that they had a chance to lose it 0:15:15.863 --> 0:15:19.593 on a two-point conversion, and for three quarters they dominated 0:15:19.633 --> 0:15:19.953 the game. 0:15:19.973 --> 0:15:22.293 A little bit disappointing, right? You've got to be happy. 0:15:22.293 --> 0:15:24.273 31 points, three quarters you dominated. But as you said, 0:15:24.313 --> 0:15:27.553 you gave up 400 passing yards. To Tyler Shuck. To 0:15:27.653 --> 0:15:31.633 Tyler Shuck. Yeah, so that is concerning. I know they're secondary, 0:15:31.983 --> 0:15:35.083 had some guys out. But, I mean, this is the NFL. 0:15:35.103 --> 0:15:37.003 If Tyler Shuck's throwing 400 on you, it could be 0:15:37.063 --> 0:15:37.503 a long year. 0:15:37.823 --> 0:15:39.903 Now, I promise you we're not going to be like... 0:15:40.343 --> 0:15:43.303 Let's talk about my fantasy team because that's, I think, 0:15:43.383 --> 0:15:46.203 boring radio. With that said, when we did the draft, 0:15:46.853 --> 0:15:48.713 I decided to pick one guy that was going to 0:15:48.733 --> 0:15:52.133 be my, I don't know who this is, but I'm 0:15:52.173 --> 0:15:54.933 going to have all in on him all year. And 0:15:54.973 --> 0:15:57.733 I picked Devon Vele. Okay. 0:15:58.013 --> 0:15:58.433 Hell yeah. 0:15:59.173 --> 0:16:01.653 And I'd never heard of him, but I picked him 0:16:01.693 --> 0:16:06.173 because he just, he spoke to me. I had him 0:16:06.233 --> 0:16:10.073 on my bench today, but he had 19.9 fantasy points 0:16:10.773 --> 0:16:14.053 and he's starting to earn a look on first team reps. 0:16:15.213 --> 0:16:17.233 And he was on he's a New Orleans wide receiver. 0:16:17.533 --> 0:16:19.773 He was their number two receiver. And today he had 0:16:20.223 --> 0:16:23.383 what he had. full touchdown he had a touchdown he 0:16:23.403 --> 0:16:25.443 had well i can't find his stats here but regardless 0:16:25.463 --> 0:16:26.243 he had a big game. 0:16:26.843 --> 0:16:28.823 Yeah well since you brought up fantasy uh the guy 0:16:28.843 --> 0:16:31.963 i'm playing had chris alave who was insane today he 0:16:32.023 --> 0:16:33.843 didn't have a touchdown but he had close to 200 0:16:33.843 --> 0:16:36.933 yards and double digit receptions helping tyler shuck get to 0:16:36.933 --> 0:16:39.933 400 yards huge game for him too he is so 0:16:40.093 --> 0:16:40.993 i'm seeing that on the other. 0:16:40.873 --> 0:16:57.043 Side fun game to watch All right, what's next? 0:16:57.663 --> 0:17:00.833 It was the highest scoring week one since the 1970 merger, Matt. 0:17:00.853 --> 0:17:01.713 I don't know if you know that. 0:17:01.833 --> 0:17:02.993 There was a halftime. 0:17:03.133 --> 0:17:06.393 Every game was like 31 to 23 or something. 0:17:06.413 --> 0:17:09.072 It was crazy. I did a touchdown parlay. I do 0:17:09.113 --> 0:17:11.532 it every game in the 1 o'clock time slot. It 0:17:11.593 --> 0:17:13.833 was like filling up minutes in. I got excited. I 0:17:13.833 --> 0:17:15.573 ended up not getting them all. I went six of eight. 0:17:15.653 --> 0:17:18.913 But like minutes into the afternoon window, there were touchdowns everywhere. 0:17:18.933 --> 0:17:19.673 Yeah, it was everywhere. 0:17:19.733 --> 0:17:23.213 Well, in the highest season opener game, week one game ever, 0:17:23.273 --> 0:17:27.233 the Bears beat the Panthers 59 to 37. You had 0:17:27.273 --> 0:17:30.503 Caleb Williams go off throwing two touchdowns and running two 0:17:30.563 --> 0:17:33.303 as well. But it was the most points scored ever 0:17:33.363 --> 0:17:36.263 against the Panthers in their. history as a team, and 0:17:36.283 --> 0:17:37.443 the Bears get a big win on the road. 0:17:37.523 --> 0:17:39.283 That's a wild– I mean, that was a wild game. 0:17:39.303 --> 0:17:43.443 Caleb Williams was awesome. Like, awesome. 0:17:44.263 --> 0:17:47.653 He may have made one bad decision the whole game. 0:17:47.693 --> 0:17:50.013 I mean, he was awesome. And now, you know, if 0:17:50.613 --> 0:17:52.292 you're a Bears fan, if you want to be negative, 0:17:52.313 --> 0:17:54.593 you're like, well, we gave up 38 or whatever it was. 0:17:54.673 --> 0:18:00.173