WEBVTT - HUGE DIVISIONAL MATCHUP! 0:00:04.339 --> 0:00:06.699 NFL Game View is a production of the NFL in 0:00:06.779 --> 0:00:12.499 partnership with iHeartRadio. 0:00:13.699 --> 0:00:15.859 Everybody Love in the Game debut was about her savings 0:00:15.859 --> 0:00:17.819 did have to play? I'm back with Fred Rose Withal 0:00:17.899 --> 0:00:21.899 and Cynthia Freeland week nine on the way we start 0:00:21.939 --> 0:00:25.259 on Thursday night and now we start to know more 0:00:25.379 --> 0:00:28.059 and learn more and maybe get some better picks. 0:00:28.059 --> 0:00:30.139 Greg, what are you talking about? I mean, uh what? 0:00:30.259 --> 0:00:32.459 We got to give Cynthia the love here. She had 0:00:32.499 --> 0:00:34.219 the picks last week, twelve and four. 0:00:34.579 --> 0:00:36.339 She's the queen again, crowner. 0:00:36.699 --> 0:00:37.819 What's this hand? 0:00:38.619 --> 0:00:40.899 I know at the beginning of it. 0:00:40.739 --> 0:00:44.019 Was such a negative tone. We gave you a cannon. 0:00:44.339 --> 0:00:45.539 But you had a perfect week. 0:00:45.739 --> 0:00:47.739 We've celebrated you, and then you can't. 0:00:47.939 --> 0:00:49.499 We're celebrating you. Put the crowd on. 0:00:49.859 --> 0:00:51.019 Let's let's look at the graphic. 0:00:51.099 --> 0:00:53.179 And Cynthia went twelve and four in the picks last week, 0:00:53.499 --> 0:00:56.699 jumping back into first place in our standings. I dropped 0:00:56.739 --> 0:01:00.139 a game back because the Chicago Bears didn't defend the 0:01:00.139 --> 0:01:00.899 Hail Mary. 0:01:01.379 --> 0:01:02.339 So that was a tough one. 0:01:02.339 --> 0:01:04.619 But Cynthia winning in life, not only because she's in 0:01:04.659 --> 0:01:08.699 first place in our Picks competition, but her Detroit. 0:01:08.139 --> 0:01:10.979 Lions have also won five straight. 0:01:11.059 --> 0:01:14.179 The Detroit Lions destroying the Titans last week fifty two 0:01:14.219 --> 0:01:18.499 to fourteen. The running game rumbled despite passing for just 0:01:18.539 --> 0:01:21.379 eighty five yards in the game, Jared Goff had three touchdowns. 0:01:21.419 --> 0:01:23.819 The Lions currently sit at first. 0:01:23.419 --> 0:01:27.539 In the NFC North at six and one, and so 0:01:27.699 --> 0:01:30.699 now they've got a huge matchup Sunday with the Packers, 0:01:30.779 --> 0:01:33.379 the top two teams in the division. Jordan Love back 0:01:33.419 --> 0:01:38.019 at practice Thursday. Lions playing their first outside games Cynthia. 0:01:38.179 --> 0:01:39.019 Does that matter? 0:01:39.699 --> 0:01:42.339 I mean, sure, but it's very fun, But it doesn't 0:01:42.379 --> 0:01:44.539 matter if we're the final score. I have Detroit winning 0:01:44.579 --> 0:01:47.259 this one by one easily. Point they need to wear 0:01:47.299 --> 0:01:49.859 those all blue jerseys more often because they don't lose 0:01:49.859 --> 0:01:54.259 when they wear those. My ferocious lying, Yes, that was fantastic, 0:01:54.379 --> 0:01:55.979 But when I'm looking at this one, I want to 0:01:56.019 --> 0:01:57.819 point out something about twelve personnel. 0:01:57.899 --> 0:01:59.619 So those two tight end sets. 0:02:00.019 --> 0:02:02.499 Not only do fantasy managers get a little bit mad 0:02:02.499 --> 0:02:04.739 that Sam Laporta is doing more in the blame game 0:02:04.779 --> 0:02:07.179 in this situation and not catching as many passes, but 0:02:07.219 --> 0:02:09.699 it actually makes both the run game and the passing 0:02:09.699 --> 0:02:12.539 game more efficient. So in the run game, like almost 0:02:12.619 --> 0:02:16.659 two yards per attempt more that's bananas. And in the 0:02:16.659 --> 0:02:19.019 passing game, this is an area where the Green Bay 0:02:19.059 --> 0:02:22.379 defense is top five most generous in both passer rating 0:02:22.419 --> 0:02:25.939 allowed and yards per play when opposing teams have used 0:02:25.979 --> 0:02:28.059 twelve personnel. So this is going to be a big 0:02:28.139 --> 0:02:28.939 key in this matchup. 0:02:29.139 --> 0:02:30.259 Yeah, I'm right there with it. 0:02:30.339 --> 0:02:32.939 We can get that run game video going back, Cynthia, 0:02:33.019 --> 0:02:35.419 because I've got the Detroit Lions winning this one by two, 0:02:35.939 --> 0:02:41.099 twenty six to twenty four, because David Montgomery and Jamier Gibbs. 0:02:41.699 --> 0:02:44.059 Fun fact, the last five games, this offense has more 0:02:44.099 --> 0:02:48.099 touchdowns and incompletions. Montgomery has five of those. Jamiir Gibbs 0:02:48.139 --> 0:02:51.419 has five of them. Coincidentally, David Montgomery, where's the number five? 0:02:51.579 --> 0:02:55.219 They're both averaging over five yards a touch in that span. 0:02:56.059 --> 0:02:57.899 The offense is just really good right now. 0:02:57.899 --> 0:03:02.299 And I understand the memes Jared Golf Outdoors, I don't care. 0:03:02.339 --> 0:03:04.179 I got to pick the offenses playing this way right now. 0:03:04.779 --> 0:03:07.139 It might be a weather game though, if there's rain, 0:03:07.379 --> 0:03:09.699 but when you look at the two quarterbacks, one is 0:03:09.739 --> 0:03:12.459 fully healthy ones not. I have the Lions winning. All 0:03:12.499 --> 0:03:14.659 of us have the Lions threading the needle. So we 0:03:14.699 --> 0:03:17.619 have the Packers covering, but the Lions winning. And one 0:03:17.619 --> 0:03:19.619 of the reasons is the Lions are so good on 0:03:19.659 --> 0:03:24.099 the margins special teams. They are the best special teams 0:03:24.459 --> 0:03:29.499 unit in the entire league, according to DVOA, number one, 0:03:29.779 --> 0:03:32.339 partly because of this guy Khalif Raymond, who's been getting 0:03:32.339 --> 0:03:34.379 it done on putt returns. He had the big one 0:03:34.459 --> 0:03:37.099 last week, but he's been getting chunky returns even when 0:03:37.139 --> 0:03:39.419 he doesn't take it all the way to the house. Okay, 0:03:39.499 --> 0:03:42.459 you lose Jamison Williams on offense, you get Khalif Rayman 0:03:42.539 --> 0:03:45.099 in the mix on offense as well. But when you 0:03:45.179 --> 0:03:48.219 compare the special teams number one in the league compared 0:03:48.259 --> 0:03:52.099 to number twenty six or the Packers, Rich Basaccio was 0:03:52.139 --> 0:03:54.419 brought in there to save their special teams. They have 0:03:54.459 --> 0:03:57.419 a good punter, everything else is poor. Their return units 0:03:57.419 --> 0:04:00.059 are bad, their coverage units are bad. Maybe that's where 0:04:00.099 --> 0:04:01.099 the Lions win this game. 0:04:01.259 --> 0:04:02.779 If I'm ever in a bad mood, I just want 0:04:02.779 --> 0:04:05.779 that Khalif Raymond touchdown video because it's electric. 0:04:05.939 --> 0:04:09.179 Thank you got emotional talking about his wide receiver Leaf, 0:04:09.659 --> 0:04:12.419 who he affectionately refers to the Lions offense been on. 0:04:12.339 --> 0:04:14.219 A tear lately. You know who else was on fire? 0:04:14.299 --> 0:04:19.379 Last week again against the Bucks. Kirk O chains oh 0:04:19.419 --> 0:04:22.259 fun factor. Kirk highlight video against the Bucks was seventeen 0:04:22.299 --> 0:04:25.339 minutes long. The Cowboys and the Falcons in Atlanta on Sunday. 0:04:25.419 --> 0:04:27.579 Kirk O's squad is one four of their last five. 0:04:27.619 --> 0:04:29.419 The Boys have dropped two in a row. 0:04:29.979 --> 0:04:31.299 Is it three in a row? Cynthia? 0:04:31.379 --> 0:04:32.979 It is? It is in my math. 0:04:33.099 --> 0:04:36.499 I'm sorry Cowboys fans, I have twenty eight to twenty three. 0:04:36.579 --> 0:04:39.099 Congratulations Atlanta fans. In this matchup. 0:04:39.299 --> 0:04:41.899 I want to point out something about why Dak Prescott's 0:04:41.899 --> 0:04:45.059 throws have been being intercepted. So he has eight interceptions, 0:04:45.059 --> 0:04:48.099 which leads the league. They're all on downfield passes. But 0:04:48.219 --> 0:04:50.379 look at how much space his receivers have you ready? 0:04:51.019 --> 0:04:52.059 None negligible. 0:04:52.259 --> 0:04:54.779 The answer is all of these plays that you're watching, 0:04:54.939 --> 0:04:57.539 you're gonna see tight window throws. And when you have 0:04:57.739 --> 0:05:00.219 this many tight window throws, I don't care. If you 0:05:00.259 --> 0:05:02.899 are better under pressure than you are not under pressure, 0:05:02.899 --> 0:05:05.779 which Dak Prescott is according to all of his stats. 0:05:06.219 --> 0:05:10.379 Eventually things go poorly if there is no separation. So 0:05:10.699 --> 0:05:13.419 because they have so many injuries to their wide receiving 0:05:13.499 --> 0:05:16.539 cores and they're not really being super effective on early 0:05:16.579 --> 0:05:18.379 downs in the run game, this is leading to tighter 0:05:18.419 --> 0:05:20.899 window passes, which is leading to interceptions. 0:05:21.019 --> 0:05:21.219 Yeah. 0:05:21.259 --> 0:05:22.859 I look at this matchup and think like, this is 0:05:22.899 --> 0:05:24.819 a game. Actually the Cowboys off and should get it 0:05:24.859 --> 0:05:27.099 going somewhat, but this is going to be a shootout. 0:05:27.139 --> 0:05:29.579 Every Falcons game is a shootout. The Cowboys aren't built 0:05:29.619 --> 0:05:33.059 for this life. Kirko Chains is thirty to twenty four, 0:05:33.099 --> 0:05:35.259 and it's because he has so many weapons. It's not 0:05:35.379 --> 0:05:38.459 just the Cowboys with one player, it's the Falcons with Yeah, 0:05:38.539 --> 0:05:41.179 Drake Lendon's the one, but how about their number two, 0:05:41.419 --> 0:05:45.179 Darnell Mooney. No receiver in the NFL has run more 0:05:45.299 --> 0:05:48.379 yards this season just on the field running around than 0:05:48.539 --> 0:05:52.019 Darnell Mooney. He's on pace for over one thousand yards. 0:05:52.019 --> 0:05:54.739 When your number two is getting a thousand yards, When 0:05:54.739 --> 0:05:56.339 you're taking a guy who did not have a lot 0:05:56.339 --> 0:06:00.419 of production in Chicago recently and getting him that many buckets, 0:06:00.499 --> 0:06:04.179 that's what Kirko Chains does. Just assists Kyle Pitts is relevant. 0:06:04.299 --> 0:06:06.459 The running backs getting it done. I don't know how 0:06:06.459 --> 0:06:09.179 it's gonna go against good defenses, but the Cowboys are 0:06:09.179 --> 0:06:10.019 not a good defense. 0:06:10.179 --> 0:06:11.219 Falcons win a shootout. 0:06:11.499 --> 0:06:13.779 I've got a Falcons win as well, a lower scoring 0:06:13.819 --> 0:06:15.859 game than you guys, because I think the Falcons keep 0:06:15.899 --> 0:06:18.579 the ball on the ground a solid We were treated 0:06:18.619 --> 0:06:21.619 to the third ever by the way Bijon Robinson one 0:06:21.699 --> 0:06:24.539 hundred yard game ever in his career a couple of 0:06:24.539 --> 0:06:27.259 weeks ago against the Seahawks. I think Dallas Cowboys will 0:06:27.299 --> 0:06:30.699 provide another one here, also a solid potential for a Tyler. 0:06:30.419 --> 0:06:32.539 Algier game as well. Twenty eighth. 0:06:33.059 --> 0:06:37.019 The Dallas Cowboys are stopping outside runs, Atlanta's top ten 0:06:37.179 --> 0:06:39.699 in that metric. I think the trend holds here, and 0:06:39.739 --> 0:06:42.379 also think the trend of Dak Prescott under pressure holds 0:06:42.379 --> 0:06:44.899 here because, like Cynthia points out, if there's more pressure 0:06:44.899 --> 0:06:47.139 around Dak, he doesn't mind that because means there's less 0:06:47.139 --> 0:06:50.299 people to defend those passes. It's just a rough situation. 0:06:50.379 --> 0:06:53.219 We are all aboard the Atlanta Falcons. 0:06:53.299 --> 0:06:54.059 Let's do some math. 0:06:54.539 --> 0:06:56.859 Calculator outs in the Ceedee Lamb a season high one 0:06:56.939 --> 0:06:58.059 hundred and forty six. 0:06:57.979 --> 0:07:00.019 Yards against the forty nine ers. 0:07:00.059 --> 0:07:02.139 Does he go over or under eighty five and a 0:07:02.179 --> 0:07:03.299 half this week, Well he's. 0:07:03.139 --> 0:07:05.459 Gonna go on under one hundred and forty six, but 0:07:05.659 --> 0:07:09.579 over eighty six yards in this matchup, I told you 0:07:09.619 --> 0:07:12.259 that he's throwing. Dak Prescott's throwing into these tight windows. Well, 0:07:12.299 --> 0:07:14.099 it's because there are a lack of options. So if 0:07:14.139 --> 0:07:17.539 you're talking about where the volume's gonna go, it's absolutely 0:07:17.579 --> 0:07:18.939 gonna go to CD lamb. 0:07:18.939 --> 0:07:20.379 We've seen that before, we'll see it again. 0:07:20.379 --> 0:07:20.779 And by the. 0:07:20.739 --> 0:07:23.939 Way, if our scores hold, they will absolutely be throwing 0:07:23.979 --> 0:07:24.739 in the second half. 0:07:24.779 --> 0:07:27.419 So that kind of accentuates what we're talking about here 0:07:27.459 --> 0:07:28.459 for seedam. 0:07:28.179 --> 0:07:30.299 All right moving from that matchup in the NFC to 0:07:30.339 --> 0:07:32.739 a battle of five and three teams in the AFC. 0:07:33.139 --> 0:07:36.459 Considering how the year started for Denver's rookie quarterback, maybe 0:07:36.459 --> 0:07:40.659 the most improved player since Week one Broncos and Ravens, 0:07:40.739 --> 0:07:43.259 Denver has won five of the last six. Baltimore saw 0:07:43.259 --> 0:07:45.579 it's winning streak come to a close last week against 0:07:45.619 --> 0:07:47.419 the Browns, but I do think they bounced back here 0:07:47.619 --> 0:07:51.219 and get a twenty six to nineteen win, because let's 0:07:51.219 --> 0:07:53.459 honestly take a look at what it took for the 0:07:53.499 --> 0:07:56.459 Cleveland Browns to beat the Baltimore Ravens a week ago. 0:07:56.939 --> 0:08:00.099 Drops on offense, there was this one by Nelson Agilar. 0:08:00.299 --> 0:08:03.619 Here's one from Zay Flowers. Of course, there was the 0:08:03.939 --> 0:08:07.579 drop on defense. This one hit Rashad Bateman in the face. 0:08:07.699 --> 0:08:10.219 Kyle Hamilton had what would have been a game ceiling interception. 0:08:10.499 --> 0:08:13.579 The defenses, the defense of the Ravens staying late after 0:08:13.619 --> 0:08:14.819 practice to catch balls. 0:08:14.899 --> 0:08:17.299 I don't know if that necessarily works. Sometimes, as a. 0:08:17.299 --> 0:08:19.179 Couple days can happen when you try to catch the ball. 0:08:19.339 --> 0:08:22.339 Sometimes it doesn't work out. I think they actually hold 0:08:22.379 --> 0:08:24.419 onto the ball and gonna win twenty six nights. 0:08:24.459 --> 0:08:26.779 I agree with you, and yet I'm almost disappointed. 0:08:26.819 --> 0:08:30.179 Patrick's the Ravens guy here, and he has Broncos keeping 0:08:30.219 --> 0:08:32.939 it close covering this spread. Forget that we got the 0:08:33.019 --> 0:08:34.899 Ravens by twenty points in this game. 0:08:35.099 --> 0:08:37.299 You think that's disrespectful. Yeah, it is. 0:08:37.339 --> 0:08:39.819 So's that nine point spread, especially them getting over it. 0:08:39.819 --> 0:08:42.499 They added weapons to the number one offense in the league. 0:08:42.539 --> 0:08:46.939 Deontay Johnson is a Baltimore raven How. 0:08:46.899 --> 0:08:48.779 Much can he do in one week? We'll see this 0:08:48.859 --> 0:08:49.379 is a matchup. 0:08:49.419 --> 0:08:50.979 I think he could help them out quite a bit 0:08:51.139 --> 0:08:53.899 because He got Patrick Certan on one side, but can 0:08:53.939 --> 0:08:56.299 he really take out two receivers. No, he can take 0:08:56.299 --> 0:08:58.739 out Zay Flowers or Deontay Johnson. Then you got the 0:08:58.779 --> 0:09:01.539 other one getting after it. You have Rashad Bateman. Mark 0:09:01.579 --> 0:09:04.539 Andrews is playing better. The key point here is that 0:09:04.579 --> 0:09:07.299 they were the number one offense in the league before 0:09:07.419 --> 0:09:10.499 all this, and as good as Denver is on defense, 0:09:10.699 --> 0:09:13.339 here are the offenses that they've been going against. Gardner 0:09:13.379 --> 0:09:17.379 Minshew and the Raiders, Bryce Young and the Panthers, Spencer 0:09:17.459 --> 0:09:20.979 Rattler and the Saints and whatever you want to call 0:09:21.019 --> 0:09:23.499 the New York Jets, and what's happening there. This is 0:09:23.539 --> 0:09:25.539 a real offense their facing this week. I don't think 0:09:25.539 --> 0:09:27.619 they're going to be so great. I think the Ravens. 0:09:27.339 --> 0:09:30.259 Role, well, I'm just the buzzkill here. I'm going to 0:09:30.339 --> 0:09:31.819 go back to a score this a little bit more 0:09:31.859 --> 0:09:35.779 like Patrick's. I have Baltimore winning twenty seven to nineteen 0:09:35.859 --> 0:09:38.099 this week when I'm looking at what's going on in 0:09:38.139 --> 0:09:40.779 this bow Knicks situation where by the way, he leads 0:09:40.779 --> 0:09:43.819 all rookie quarterbacks in terms of offensive touchdowns, which I 0:09:43.859 --> 0:09:45.419 had to read that one three times just to make 0:09:45.419 --> 0:09:48.659 sure because those like Jaden Daniels. Nope, it is actually 0:09:48.779 --> 0:09:51.219 Bo Nicks. And why because he's really turned it up 0:09:51.219 --> 0:09:52.139 with Courtland Sutton. 0:09:52.299 --> 0:09:53.339 Courtland Sutton is. 0:09:53.339 --> 0:09:55.659 One of my favorite receivers in this entire league. You 0:09:55.699 --> 0:09:57.939 never hear him talk, you never hear him chirp, You 0:09:57.979 --> 0:10:00.339 never remember that he scores touchdowns, You never remember that 0:10:00.379 --> 0:10:02.219 he finally had one hundred yard game. This is an 0:10:02.219 --> 0:10:05.259 opportunity for him to again exploited defense that has been 0:10:05.419 --> 0:10:07.499 very generous in the passing game. It's not like the 0:10:07.619 --> 0:10:10.459 Ravens have sat there and been super strong against the pass. 0:10:10.619 --> 0:10:12.779 There are still a bunch of injuries to the defense too. 0:10:12.939 --> 0:10:14.739 As we're sitting here right now, we don't even have 0:10:14.779 --> 0:10:17.779 the final injury report on which defensive backs are playing. 0:10:17.859 --> 0:10:19.859 So I think Courtland Sutton could be in line for 0:10:19.939 --> 0:10:20.699 another big game. 0:10:20.899 --> 0:10:23.099 All right, we'll see how these scores shake out. 0:10:23.139 --> 0:10:26.259 But we are all, yes, you beautiful children, we are 0:10:26.459 --> 0:10:31.259 all aboard the Baltimore Ravens. The tennis reference from Sean mcman, 0:10:31.459 --> 0:10:33.019 we kind of get Steve Weisman in there. We gotta 0:10:33.019 --> 0:10:35.299 get some more Greg Rosenthal in the press room. 0:10:35.339 --> 0:10:37.299 It made no sense, though, it made no sense, and 0:10:37.339 --> 0:10:40.699 it wasn't a joke like he asked for laughter. You've 0:10:40.739 --> 0:10:43.339 been in that position too long. If he expects courtesy lasts. 0:10:43.139 --> 0:10:45.179 All right, Well, that takes us to the Drive to 0:10:45.299 --> 0:10:48.619 Excellence presented by Mercedes Beins. Yes, time for the Drive 0:10:48.699 --> 0:10:50.699 to Excellence presented by Mercedes Beins. The Rams and the 0:10:50.739 --> 0:10:54.459 Seahawks at Loomenfield. Saw mcvay's team looked legit last week 0:10:54.499 --> 0:10:57.779 against the Vikings Seattle hoping to have DK metcalf back. 0:10:58.139 --> 0:10:59.259 What takes place in THEIA. 0:10:59.219 --> 0:11:02.419 Well, it's the upset technically, because the Seattle Seahawks win 0:11:02.539 --> 0:11:05.219 at home twenty four to twenty three, to a one 0:11:05.299 --> 0:11:08.099 point win in this matchup. Why well, when you look 0:11:08.139 --> 0:11:09.819 through all of the data, one of the things that 0:11:09.899 --> 0:11:11.859 was happening early in the season when they were winning 0:11:12.099 --> 0:11:13.259 was a lot of pre snap motion. 0:11:13.339 --> 0:11:15.539 You know who else says that, the Rams. But you 0:11:15.579 --> 0:11:16.619 know what happens when you do that. 0:11:16.779 --> 0:11:19.299 You get Kenneth Walker involved in this really interesting way. 0:11:19.379 --> 0:11:22.859 So once he starts to be a little bit more productive, 0:11:23.379 --> 0:11:25.899 especially on early downs, it opens up the playbook for 0:11:26.099 --> 0:11:28.699 later down play. If DK Metcalf's back, this makes it 0:11:28.739 --> 0:11:30.779 even better. More space on the field to work with 0:11:31.019 --> 0:11:32.699 but I think that if this game's going to kind 0:11:32.699 --> 0:11:34.459 of go the way Kenneth Walker goes, so if he 0:11:34.499 --> 0:11:37.019 goes well, plays well, then it goes by way of 0:11:37.059 --> 0:11:37.819 the Seahawks. 0:11:37.899 --> 0:11:39.939 Yeah, just a lot of chaos in the game against 0:11:39.939 --> 0:11:42.139 the Buffalo Bills, including two malfunctions, a. 0:11:42.139 --> 0:11:44.259 Lot of chaos. Also a lot of chaos in the 0:11:44.339 --> 0:11:44.979 RAMS game too. 0:11:44.979 --> 0:11:47.699 We didn't even know until ninety minutes before a game 0:11:47.939 --> 0:11:50.619 that Puka and Aku was even possible to play, really. 0:11:51.259 --> 0:11:54.459 And so we know this going in more for Mike 0:11:54.539 --> 0:11:55.459 McDonald to prepare for. 0:11:55.539 --> 0:11:58.219 He did say on Halloween that he's optimistic about DK metcalf, 0:11:58.219 --> 0:12:00.819 which I think is huge. That may be close enough 0:12:01.139 --> 0:12:02.819 for me to make this pick. I'm going with the 0:12:02.819 --> 0:12:06.859 Seattle Seahawks as well. Well, just give Gino some options. 0:12:06.859 --> 0:12:10.419 I got a twenty six twenty five win, and maybe 0:12:10.419 --> 0:12:13.099 that return of Puka and Cooper Cup kind of taking 0:12:13.259 --> 0:12:16.699 attention away from this RAMS secondary and how they are 0:12:16.779 --> 0:12:19.579 dead last according to next Gen stats against the Play 0:12:19.579 --> 0:12:24.659 Action Pass. Also the Ernest Jones ultimate revenge game after 0:12:24.699 --> 0:12:26.859 being besmirched by the team, and now it goes to 0:12:26.899 --> 0:12:29.779 a division rival, Greg right before he gets a chance 0:12:29.779 --> 0:12:30.579 to play against. 0:12:30.339 --> 0:12:30.939 This old squad. 0:12:31.019 --> 0:12:32.939 How dare you you know who else is bad against 0:12:32.939 --> 0:12:33.899 the play action plass? 0:12:33.899 --> 0:12:34.299 Who's that? 0:12:34.379 --> 0:12:38.459 The Seattle Seahaw linebackers. I'm just scregging it up with 0:12:38.539 --> 0:12:41.659 the Rams. Love this Give it to me twenty seven 0:12:41.659 --> 0:12:44.459 to twenty four. Hey, it's two things. I love Gino 0:12:44.539 --> 0:12:47.059 Smith and my daughter Elis, who's a Rams fan. But 0:12:47.179 --> 0:12:48.579 I'm keeping it all in the family. 0:12:48.699 --> 0:12:48.779 No. 0:12:48.859 --> 0:12:51.059 I believe in this Rams team, and it's not because 0:12:51.059 --> 0:12:53.939 of the return of Pooka Nakua and Cooper Cup alone. 0:12:54.099 --> 0:12:57.099 It's because of the improvement in the pass protection for 0:12:57.139 --> 0:13:00.699 the Rams. And this turnaround started before they got Nikoua 0:13:01.019 --> 0:13:03.699 and Cooper Cup back. It really happened after they got 0:13:03.699 --> 0:13:07.299 out of their They've settled down those injuries. They're putting 0:13:07.299 --> 0:13:10.659 out the same lineup every week. Matthew Stafford hasn't been touched. 0:13:10.859 --> 0:13:12.779 I was up there in the cheap seats for this 0:13:12.859 --> 0:13:16.139 game against the Vikings and their offensive line dominated. If 0:13:16.179 --> 0:13:17.619 it wasn't the Rams, I think that would have been 0:13:17.659 --> 0:13:20.619 the story that Matthew Stafford was not touched at all. 0:13:20.659 --> 0:13:22.659 They were doing great things in the running game. I 0:13:22.659 --> 0:13:25.339 think they're a better offense in Seattle and they're maybe 0:13:25.619 --> 0:13:28.259 just as good a defense the Seahawks teams struggling on 0:13:28.259 --> 0:13:29.619 defense right now, all right, we're going to. 0:13:29.659 --> 0:13:33.099 Keep it in the NFC and move on to the Bears. Chicago. 0:13:33.259 --> 0:13:35.859 Avert your eyes. We're gonna play the thing again. 0:13:38.219 --> 0:13:40.699 Oh gut punch for Bears fans right there. Now, they 0:13:40.699 --> 0:13:42.899 face off against Kyler and the Cardinals, who won three 0:13:42.939 --> 0:13:45.539 of their last four is it four of their last 0:13:45.539 --> 0:13:46.259 five coming up? 0:13:46.299 --> 0:13:49.219 Since it's gonna be Chicago, so whichever way that one goes, 0:13:49.219 --> 0:13:51.579 we're going to go. Chicago wins this game twenty four 0:13:51.819 --> 0:13:54.379 to twenty two. I want to talk about the Bears blitzing, 0:13:54.419 --> 0:13:55.899 and I also want to talk about how the Bears 0:13:55.939 --> 0:13:58.099 defense is going to use last week as a quote 0:13:58.139 --> 0:13:59.299 teachable moment. 0:13:59.539 --> 0:14:01.859 When you blitz and you get an opportunity. 0:14:01.339 --> 0:14:03.659 To get after a guy like Kyler Murray, who is 0:14:03.659 --> 0:14:05.859 great when he outside of the pocket, outside of. 0:14:05.819 --> 0:14:07.259 Structure, that's awesome. 0:14:07.339 --> 0:14:09.619 You get a few wins in that part of the game, 0:14:09.659 --> 0:14:11.859 that phase of the game, things just start to go 0:14:12.019 --> 0:14:15.459 even better. Also, the secondary last week was a little 0:14:15.499 --> 0:14:18.579 out of control. However, that is where the good players 0:14:18.619 --> 0:14:21.539 become great players when they take that kind of moment, 0:14:21.739 --> 0:14:24.819 that bad moment and turn it into a really good moment. 0:14:25.099 --> 0:14:27.459 This is a great opportunity to turn that into an 0:14:27.539 --> 0:14:29.299 excellent moment for this whole defense. 0:14:29.979 --> 0:14:32.899 I've got a one point Bears win, Cynthia, going down 0:14:32.939 --> 0:14:34.819 from your two point win. I would feel a whole 0:14:34.819 --> 0:14:37.419 lot better if Kyler Gordon and Jakwan Brisker were off 0:14:37.419 --> 0:14:39.739 the injury report. If the Bears don't win this time, 0:14:40.019 --> 0:14:42.779 I will officially wait until those guys are back before 0:14:42.819 --> 0:14:44.859 I picked the Bears again. But I do think that 0:14:44.899 --> 0:14:47.979 they can lean on a solid ground game from DeAndre 0:14:48.339 --> 0:14:51.339 Swift powering the Bears to a win. Here in my pick, 0:14:51.379 --> 0:14:53.379 the Cardinals defense one of the worst teams in the 0:14:53.459 --> 0:14:56.779 league at defending runs out of the shotgun formation, and 0:14:56.819 --> 0:15:00.059 on two thirds of the opponent's rush attempts, runners get 0:15:00.059 --> 0:15:00.899 beyond the line. 0:15:00.779 --> 0:15:02.339 Of scrimmage before they are touched. 0:15:02.499 --> 0:15:04.899 I think that means good things for DeAndre Swift and 0:15:04.979 --> 0:15:06.779 good things for Caleb Williams in the passing game. 0:15:06.819 --> 0:15:07.859 Greg, I got a Bears win. 0:15:08.419 --> 0:15:09.819 I had a hard time with this game. I thought 0:15:09.819 --> 0:15:11.739 it was the hardest game to pick all week. It's 0:15:12.059 --> 0:15:14.339 the rematch of the they are who we thought they 0:15:14.339 --> 0:15:18.179 were a game. When you give me a chance to 0:15:18.219 --> 0:15:19.899 go with two straight favorites, I. 0:15:19.899 --> 0:15:21.979 Don't know who to pick. But let's take the Cardinals. 0:15:22.019 --> 0:15:25.699 Why not at home home favorite Kyler Murray Man. 0:15:25.859 --> 0:15:29.459 If he's playing his very best, it's like he can 0:15:29.539 --> 0:15:31.899 just solve the world's problems. I mean, he looks like 0:15:31.939 --> 0:15:34.699 the best quarterback in the league when he's playing that 0:15:34.779 --> 0:15:36.539 way that he did in Miami last week. 0:15:36.579 --> 0:15:38.299 This is a better Bears defense. 0:15:38.259 --> 0:15:41.739 Certainly, but I think some of the issues that you 0:15:41.779 --> 0:15:45.099 could create are on the ground and what Kyler can 0:15:45.139 --> 0:15:48.499 do there as well. So he made plays outside the pocket. 0:15:48.579 --> 0:15:50.659 He needs to be able to run the ball because 0:15:50.659 --> 0:15:52.739 I think it could be a big James Connor game. 0:15:52.819 --> 0:15:55.219 Let's put a pin in that for later. But ultimately, 0:15:55.259 --> 0:15:57.939 I just trust the quarterback more than where Caleb Williams 0:15:57.979 --> 0:15:59.539 at is at in his part of his career. 0:15:59.659 --> 0:16:02.339 Let's go Cardinals, all right, We've all got very very 0:16:02.339 --> 0:16:04.899 close games either ways. Let's get a little deeper in 0:16:04.939 --> 0:16:07.899 that and go this guy or that game guy, Cynthia. 0:16:08.139 --> 0:16:11.579 Which receiver more likely to have over fifty five receiving yards? 0:16:11.619 --> 0:16:14.059 DJ More or Marvin Harrison junr. 0:16:14.059 --> 0:16:16.579 Well, both of them is my answer, however, I think 0:16:16.619 --> 0:16:18.939 Marvin Harrison Junior is the one I want to go 0:16:19.019 --> 0:16:21.099 with in this matchup. I know we talked about I 0:16:21.099 --> 0:16:22.619 think the Bears defense is going to be good. It's 0:16:22.619 --> 0:16:24.579 a teachable moment. I just said all that stuff. Yeah, 0:16:24.619 --> 0:16:27.459 but fifty five receiving yards, that is a very low number, 0:16:27.539 --> 0:16:30.819 especially considering Marvin Harrison gets targeted. 0:16:30.379 --> 0:16:31.339 On deeper passes. 0:16:31.379 --> 0:16:34.339 So those are just bigger numbers and fewer amount of catches. 0:16:34.499 --> 0:16:37.299 We talked about Nodra Kwon Brisker, no Kyler Gordon. Potentially 0:16:37.539 --> 0:16:39.699 even if they're playing, maybe they're not one hundred percent. 0:16:39.819 --> 0:16:41.979 So I think the rookie has a really good game. 0:16:42.539 --> 0:16:45.179 Fifty five yards, that's that's that's a low ball, snowball 0:16:45.259 --> 0:16:45.619 right there. 0:16:45.659 --> 0:16:49.099 And they started to use Marvin Harrison Junior in more 0:16:49.339 --> 0:16:51.739 varied ways last week. They were using them on crossing routes. 0:16:51.939 --> 0:16:53.739 Have just been a lot of go balls deep down 0:16:53.819 --> 0:16:56.779 the field. But you saw the variety. He can do everything, 0:16:56.819 --> 0:16:57.779 so let him do everything. 0:16:57.899 --> 0:16:58.139 Yeah. 0:16:58.459 --> 0:17:01.379 A lot of people reacting on social media website Twitter 0:17:01.379 --> 0:17:02.859 dot com in the first st half, Oh, they don't 0:17:02.859 --> 0:17:05.699 even use Martin Harrison Junior. Much to this chagrin, of 0:17:05.739 --> 0:17:08.219 the Miami Dolphins said they certainly did in the second half. 0:17:08.339 --> 0:17:11.139 Up next, We're going to believe land Jamis and the 0:17:11.219 --> 0:17:13.139