1 00:00:01,400 --> 00:00:06,040 Speaker 1: The Around the League Podcast. He is about to blow 2 00:00:06,280 --> 00:00:11,280 Speaker 1: your mind. Welcome to another edition to the Around the 3 00:00:11,320 --> 00:00:13,600 Speaker 1: League Podcast. My name is Dan Hansis and I'm joined 4 00:00:13,640 --> 00:00:16,200 Speaker 1: as always buy a room full of heroes, Chris Westling, 5 00:00:16,320 --> 00:00:19,919 Speaker 1: Mark Sessler, and Greg Rosenthal. What up, boys, he d 6 00:00:20,600 --> 00:00:23,159 Speaker 1: how you doing? I just noticed wesleyan is wearing a 7 00:00:23,160 --> 00:00:25,680 Speaker 1: Seattle Seahawks hat. I thought you were a team agnostic 8 00:00:25,880 --> 00:00:27,760 Speaker 1: I am, but it was a free hat and I 9 00:00:27,800 --> 00:00:29,360 Speaker 1: like the color. I was gonna say, it looks like 10 00:00:29,360 --> 00:00:32,519 Speaker 1: a guy that recently started working at the NFL can 11 00:00:32,560 --> 00:00:35,159 Speaker 1: get the employee discount, and said, you know what, I 12 00:00:35,280 --> 00:00:37,000 Speaker 1: like that hat. I'm going to put it over my head. 13 00:00:37,159 --> 00:00:39,400 Speaker 1: Was courtesy of Bear Heiser, who adds some kind of 14 00:00:39,400 --> 00:00:43,600 Speaker 1: connection to an equipment farm or something of random equipment 15 00:00:44,320 --> 00:00:47,000 Speaker 1: and you act like everyone knows who Bear Heiser is. 16 00:00:47,040 --> 00:00:50,800 Speaker 1: He's an editor for the NFL and he just mysteriously 17 00:00:50,840 --> 00:00:53,360 Speaker 1: walked into the room one day, into the newsroom with 18 00:00:53,400 --> 00:00:55,560 Speaker 1: a box of hats like they fell off a truck, 19 00:00:55,600 --> 00:00:58,480 Speaker 1: and Christopher multa sante from the Sopranos, picked it up 20 00:00:58,480 --> 00:01:00,480 Speaker 1: and brought it in. It was a little eighty but 21 00:01:00,600 --> 00:01:02,600 Speaker 1: I got a Jets hat, so it was nice. Well, 22 00:01:02,600 --> 00:01:05,440 Speaker 1: he did a nice jobby. He brought hats specific to 23 00:01:05,480 --> 00:01:07,320 Speaker 1: our team with the teams that we like. He knew 24 00:01:07,440 --> 00:01:10,399 Speaker 1: enough with West. I guess you could choose among any team. 25 00:01:10,440 --> 00:01:12,440 Speaker 1: I didn't want to take five minutes looking through hats. 26 00:01:12,480 --> 00:01:15,640 Speaker 1: I saw one that was blue, said that's that's for me. 27 00:01:16,600 --> 00:01:18,520 Speaker 1: It's like when I came by your desk and dropped 28 00:01:18,520 --> 00:01:22,080 Speaker 1: off a Dante Stalworth Cleveland Brown's jersey that I saw him. 29 00:01:22,120 --> 00:01:24,759 Speaker 1: You know, that thing has been floating around ever since 30 00:01:24,760 --> 00:01:28,080 Speaker 1: some stepped on brayl and Edward's foot back. Somehow it's 31 00:01:28,120 --> 00:01:30,720 Speaker 1: in my in my desk right now, but it will, 32 00:01:30,800 --> 00:01:32,759 Speaker 1: as it always does, will end up on your chair. 33 00:01:33,520 --> 00:01:36,800 Speaker 1: I think we have a wind Settler's Stalworth jersey trivia 34 00:01:36,840 --> 00:01:38,840 Speaker 1: contest coming now. I don't want Mark ever to be 35 00:01:38,920 --> 00:01:40,720 Speaker 1: part to the part with that because I love how 36 00:01:40,800 --> 00:01:43,959 Speaker 1: much he hates it. Um, all right, so let's get 37 00:01:43,959 --> 00:01:46,520 Speaker 1: to work. So okay, Rich, how you doing? By the way, 38 00:01:46,800 --> 00:01:49,680 Speaker 1: I'm great? How are you guys? She sounds under the weather. 39 00:01:49,880 --> 00:01:51,960 Speaker 1: K Ridge before the show started, said Hey, are any 40 00:01:52,000 --> 00:01:53,880 Speaker 1: of you guys sick? And they were like, oh no, 41 00:01:54,000 --> 00:01:57,440 Speaker 1: and she went, damn, you do have a special glow. 42 00:01:57,480 --> 00:01:59,800 Speaker 1: Though after your Eagles the other night, you know, I 43 00:01:59,800 --> 00:02:02,520 Speaker 1: got a tweet saying me, Kay Rich is gonna be 44 00:02:02,640 --> 00:02:04,760 Speaker 1: tough to deal with at the office tomorrow. So I 45 00:02:04,800 --> 00:02:07,840 Speaker 1: know that k Rich phenomenon is she is not even 46 00:02:07,840 --> 00:02:10,360 Speaker 1: close to the most tough to deal with Eagles related 47 00:02:10,400 --> 00:02:12,799 Speaker 1: individual in our office, is she Greg. See, I am 48 00:02:12,919 --> 00:02:15,320 Speaker 1: sick and under the weather, but I'm musc linked through 49 00:02:15,360 --> 00:02:18,400 Speaker 1: it because I'm so happy that in week one we 50 00:02:18,440 --> 00:02:21,800 Speaker 1: had an amazing win. In the whole first half, I 51 00:02:21,919 --> 00:02:25,280 Speaker 1: was excited and jubilant, and then the second half not 52 00:02:25,400 --> 00:02:28,880 Speaker 1: so much, but we still got the wind. That's all right. 53 00:02:28,960 --> 00:02:33,560 Speaker 1: That was k Rich, congratulations. Feel better. Um, we're gonna 54 00:02:33,560 --> 00:02:35,120 Speaker 1: we're gonna need you a little later on though, So 55 00:02:35,240 --> 00:02:38,760 Speaker 1: just maybe drink a power Aid and maybe an energy 56 00:02:38,760 --> 00:02:40,920 Speaker 1: bar of some kind. That was a tease. We're gonna 57 00:02:40,960 --> 00:02:43,799 Speaker 1: talk a little ego tease. Yeah, So let's go out. 58 00:02:43,800 --> 00:02:46,600 Speaker 1: We're gonna we're gonna talk a little bit about some 59 00:02:46,680 --> 00:02:49,360 Speaker 1: bigger takeaways, big picture takeaways from week one as we 60 00:02:49,440 --> 00:02:52,280 Speaker 1: moved into week two. Now, uh, we're do the news 61 00:02:52,320 --> 00:02:54,320 Speaker 1: of Crystal. We're gonna do a little talk about some 62 00:02:54,480 --> 00:02:57,320 Speaker 1: young quarterbacks. What we saw from some of the younger 63 00:02:57,360 --> 00:03:00,400 Speaker 1: guns in week one? Can we include Brandon We didn't 64 00:03:00,400 --> 00:03:05,399 Speaker 1: in that category. No, just subject for a moment. It's 65 00:03:05,400 --> 00:03:08,800 Speaker 1: just not that interesting. And of course some Thursday night 66 00:03:08,800 --> 00:03:12,040 Speaker 1: football talk. But let's start. Let's start with some bigger 67 00:03:12,080 --> 00:03:14,640 Speaker 1: takeaways on Sunday Night, because now we have a Sunday 68 00:03:14,720 --> 00:03:17,840 Speaker 1: Night podcast, which people are very excited about. We did 69 00:03:17,880 --> 00:03:21,240 Speaker 1: more instant analysis on the games of the day, but 70 00:03:21,360 --> 00:03:23,400 Speaker 1: now that we have a couple of days to digest it, 71 00:03:23,560 --> 00:03:26,080 Speaker 1: I just want to go around the room and just 72 00:03:26,120 --> 00:03:28,960 Speaker 1: see what you guys think, more like a big picture takeaway. 73 00:03:29,720 --> 00:03:31,600 Speaker 1: We will start with the men they call the Boss, 74 00:03:32,080 --> 00:03:35,840 Speaker 1: Greg Rosenthal, and I watched the Falcons and Saints over 75 00:03:35,880 --> 00:03:38,240 Speaker 1: the week and it just struck me how bad their 76 00:03:38,280 --> 00:03:41,200 Speaker 1: past protection was and how bad their past rush was. 77 00:03:41,360 --> 00:03:44,280 Speaker 1: And it's really hard to win in the NFL if 78 00:03:44,280 --> 00:03:46,800 Speaker 1: you can't run rush the passer and you can't protect 79 00:03:46,800 --> 00:03:48,680 Speaker 1: the pastor. And I think it's gonna be a problem 80 00:03:48,840 --> 00:03:51,320 Speaker 1: for Atlanta all year. If the Saints can get that 81 00:03:51,440 --> 00:03:54,880 Speaker 1: much pressure on Matt Ryan and they struggled that much 82 00:03:54,920 --> 00:03:56,800 Speaker 1: to get to Drew Brees, I mean, they really weren't 83 00:03:56,840 --> 00:03:59,440 Speaker 1: near him the entire game. I think that's going to 84 00:03:59,520 --> 00:04:01,520 Speaker 1: be a store that plays out over the course of 85 00:04:01,560 --> 00:04:04,600 Speaker 1: the season, and they're gonna have a tough time winning 86 00:04:04,600 --> 00:04:06,440 Speaker 1: that division again. I think that's gonna be a three 87 00:04:06,440 --> 00:04:10,040 Speaker 1: team race. Those were the two concerns about the Falcons 88 00:04:10,040 --> 00:04:13,280 Speaker 1: going into the season. Uh, they they failed to get 89 00:04:13,400 --> 00:04:16,440 Speaker 1: Richard Seymour. Maybe that would have helped. But yeah, I 90 00:04:16,440 --> 00:04:19,600 Speaker 1: think um Drew Brees had a perfect quarterback rating when 91 00:04:19,600 --> 00:04:22,400 Speaker 1: he was blitzed. That's a problem. Didn't it just look 92 00:04:22,440 --> 00:04:24,520 Speaker 1: like the old Saints. You throw Kenny Stills in there 93 00:04:24,520 --> 00:04:27,039 Speaker 1: and doesn't make a difference. You throw a new left 94 00:04:27,040 --> 00:04:29,320 Speaker 1: tackle out there, it doesn't make a difference. They kind 95 00:04:29,320 --> 00:04:31,279 Speaker 1: of just look like the same thing. They look the 96 00:04:31,320 --> 00:04:34,080 Speaker 1: exact same. Um. We heard talk that mark Ingram was 97 00:04:34,080 --> 00:04:36,320 Speaker 1: gonna be used more. That's not gonna happen. Pierre Thomas 98 00:04:36,360 --> 00:04:38,960 Speaker 1: is a better back, he fits the offense better. Sprowls 99 00:04:39,000 --> 00:04:41,599 Speaker 1: is all over the place. They're the same offense, except 100 00:04:41,640 --> 00:04:44,560 Speaker 1: Stills is better than the third receiver they had last year. 101 00:04:44,600 --> 00:04:47,680 Speaker 1: I'm excited to finally retire the mark Ingram is finally 102 00:04:47,680 --> 00:04:50,479 Speaker 1: going to break out stories after this year because I'm 103 00:04:50,480 --> 00:04:52,200 Speaker 1: pretty sure that people are going to give up he 104 00:04:52,320 --> 00:04:54,920 Speaker 1: might break out with a different team. Yes, are we 105 00:04:54,960 --> 00:04:59,760 Speaker 1: going to give Rob Ryan any credit for uh scheming 106 00:04:59,800 --> 00:05:01,800 Speaker 1: up way to slow down the Falcons in week one? 107 00:05:02,200 --> 00:05:04,080 Speaker 1: Is he going to make a difference there? I'm giving 108 00:05:04,120 --> 00:05:08,320 Speaker 1: him credit. Why I mostly brought up Bad Santa only 109 00:05:08,320 --> 00:05:10,080 Speaker 1: because I love the story that he went into the 110 00:05:10,200 --> 00:05:13,080 Speaker 1: uptown dive bar in New Orleans after the game Miss 111 00:05:13,200 --> 00:05:16,159 Speaker 1: May's and handed the bartender a hundred dollars and say 112 00:05:16,240 --> 00:05:19,080 Speaker 1: bye round for everyone, and he just got blitzed. It 113 00:05:19,120 --> 00:05:24,400 Speaker 1: was pretty I've been It's great. I've been in Mismay's 114 00:05:24,440 --> 00:05:26,480 Speaker 1: many times. Not a place you want to be at 115 00:05:26,480 --> 00:05:28,360 Speaker 1: four or five in the morning. A hundred dollars that 116 00:05:28,400 --> 00:05:33,640 Speaker 1: will buy one dollar per call drink at Miss Mays. 117 00:05:33,680 --> 00:05:37,080 Speaker 1: A hundred dollars will buy eight drinks in l All. 118 00:05:37,200 --> 00:05:39,320 Speaker 1: That depends where you are. It might not even do that. 119 00:05:39,760 --> 00:05:42,400 Speaker 1: Um yeah, so, Mark, what did you think about that? 120 00:05:42,920 --> 00:05:46,479 Speaker 1: The game that I watched pretty closely yesterday was Jets 121 00:05:47,560 --> 00:05:52,320 Speaker 1: and Bucks, and it struck me that, sure, it seems 122 00:05:52,320 --> 00:05:54,880 Speaker 1: like you forgot no, no, no, I almost did for 123 00:05:54,920 --> 00:05:57,320 Speaker 1: a minute. It was, actually, I thought, an interesting game, 124 00:05:57,360 --> 00:06:01,400 Speaker 1: not necessarily extremely well played by her team, but especially 125 00:06:01,400 --> 00:06:04,560 Speaker 1: not Tampa Bay. You know, over the offseason, I took 126 00:06:04,560 --> 00:06:06,719 Speaker 1: a look at Tampa and thought they gotta I liked 127 00:06:06,720 --> 00:06:08,680 Speaker 1: their coach, They've got a lot of parts in place. 128 00:06:09,080 --> 00:06:10,919 Speaker 1: This might be a team that can make some noise 129 00:06:10,960 --> 00:06:13,560 Speaker 1: in the division. Well, they're gonna need to come out 130 00:06:13,640 --> 00:06:17,279 Speaker 1: this week looking completely different because against New York, I 131 00:06:17,360 --> 00:06:19,599 Speaker 1: felt that Doug Martin, especially who I think is really 132 00:06:19,600 --> 00:06:23,840 Speaker 1: the core of that offense, couldn't get anything going. Their 133 00:06:23,880 --> 00:06:27,400 Speaker 1: offensive line was completely overpowered by New York. They don't 134 00:06:27,400 --> 00:06:28,960 Speaker 1: have a tight end that you can put anywhere in 135 00:06:28,960 --> 00:06:31,400 Speaker 1: the formation to add as a blocker to make up 136 00:06:31,440 --> 00:06:34,960 Speaker 1: for the guys they're missing. Martin was completely frozen at 137 00:06:35,000 --> 00:06:39,080 Speaker 1: the line. And the biggest issue, frankly is in a 138 00:06:39,160 --> 00:06:42,640 Speaker 1: division with high power quarterbacks, Freeman just looks like he's 139 00:06:42,680 --> 00:06:46,120 Speaker 1: flat out regressing on that opening drive. He looked confused, 140 00:06:46,760 --> 00:06:50,400 Speaker 1: He looked like completely lacking command. Now credit goes to 141 00:06:50,440 --> 00:06:53,400 Speaker 1: the Jets to some degree, but Tampa could not They 142 00:06:53,400 --> 00:06:56,800 Speaker 1: could not establish anything. It was very disturbing to watch. 143 00:06:56,880 --> 00:06:59,200 Speaker 1: Couldn't I could not believe. And we talked about this 144 00:06:59,240 --> 00:07:01,559 Speaker 1: little bit on Sunday, but I I just couldn't believe 145 00:07:01,600 --> 00:07:03,960 Speaker 1: that Josh Freeman in the beginning of the game, after 146 00:07:04,000 --> 00:07:07,800 Speaker 1: an entire preseason of preparation. When the headset goes out 147 00:07:07,800 --> 00:07:10,080 Speaker 1: in his helmet, they have to burn a time out 148 00:07:10,080 --> 00:07:12,720 Speaker 1: and get called for I think two delay of game penalties. 149 00:07:12,920 --> 00:07:14,640 Speaker 1: It just was him in a nutshell. And it also 150 00:07:15,440 --> 00:07:18,120 Speaker 1: it makes you wonder, how you know him being stripped 151 00:07:18,120 --> 00:07:20,280 Speaker 1: of that captain status, what's going on in that locker room, 152 00:07:20,440 --> 00:07:22,200 Speaker 1: because you saw a lot of weird stuff going on 153 00:07:22,200 --> 00:07:25,440 Speaker 1: on the sidelines. I I didn't think highly of the 154 00:07:25,480 --> 00:07:27,960 Speaker 1: Bucks going into the season. I really could see them 155 00:07:27,960 --> 00:07:30,240 Speaker 1: really falling off the table. Well, they have a player's 156 00:07:30,280 --> 00:07:34,760 Speaker 1: only meeting today, I believe it was Pro Football Talk 157 00:07:34,840 --> 00:07:38,560 Speaker 1: reported there was a player's only meeting. Some players concerned 158 00:07:38,560 --> 00:07:42,160 Speaker 1: that maybe the captain's vote was rigged, which is something 159 00:07:42,200 --> 00:07:45,280 Speaker 1: we always hear. Supposedly it's always rigged. Coaches just kind 160 00:07:45,280 --> 00:07:48,000 Speaker 1: of choose that they want to be captains. But these 161 00:07:48,040 --> 00:07:49,480 Speaker 1: are not the things you want to be reading about 162 00:07:49,480 --> 00:07:51,680 Speaker 1: a week two. They have the Saints this week in Tampa. 163 00:07:51,720 --> 00:07:53,640 Speaker 1: That's a big game for them because if they go 164 00:07:53,720 --> 00:07:56,600 Speaker 1: oh in two, suddenly you know, the vultures start circling. 165 00:07:56,640 --> 00:07:58,239 Speaker 1: Do you know what the problem was with the headset. 166 00:07:58,920 --> 00:08:01,920 Speaker 1: They had circus music piping through. It couldn't hear anything else. 167 00:08:02,720 --> 00:08:04,640 Speaker 1: The Jets are happy that you're talking about a different 168 00:08:04,640 --> 00:08:07,280 Speaker 1: team when talking about I set on Twitter las night. 169 00:08:07,280 --> 00:08:08,800 Speaker 1: I was up until like two thirty in the morning 170 00:08:08,840 --> 00:08:10,200 Speaker 1: cause I got him from Soft but I was still 171 00:08:10,200 --> 00:08:12,600 Speaker 1: amped up. So I'm watching film and I'm like, uh, 172 00:08:12,720 --> 00:08:15,240 Speaker 1: I need to get asleep. Let me put on Jets 173 00:08:15,280 --> 00:08:19,360 Speaker 1: Bucks And it didn't disavoid the first series. I don't 174 00:08:19,360 --> 00:08:21,840 Speaker 1: know the last time I saw a third and forty situation. 175 00:08:22,440 --> 00:08:25,520 Speaker 1: The Bucks offense was one prap fall after another. It 176 00:08:25,680 --> 00:08:28,080 Speaker 1: was third and thirty five. The Jets declined to penalty 177 00:08:28,120 --> 00:08:30,800 Speaker 1: would have been a third and forty. Freeman looked awful. 178 00:08:30,880 --> 00:08:33,160 Speaker 1: Doug Martin hit the worst game I've ever seen him play. 179 00:08:33,480 --> 00:08:36,720 Speaker 1: Vincent Jackson looked great, but his Greg pointed out also 180 00:08:36,800 --> 00:08:38,800 Speaker 1: got caught from behind by a linebacker on a play 181 00:08:38,880 --> 00:08:41,840 Speaker 1: that could have won the game. And it's also a 182 00:08:41,920 --> 00:08:46,120 Speaker 1: game in which um Josh Freeman felt like he didn't 183 00:08:46,160 --> 00:08:48,160 Speaker 1: know what was going on. It looked like a poorly 184 00:08:48,320 --> 00:08:51,160 Speaker 1: coach team. You know, you watch all those sort of 185 00:08:51,160 --> 00:08:54,040 Speaker 1: problems with penalties and not lining up. I always think, well, 186 00:08:54,080 --> 00:08:56,200 Speaker 1: that's a team that's not really very well coached. They 187 00:08:56,240 --> 00:08:59,120 Speaker 1: have a first time offensive coordinator in Mike Sullivan, and 188 00:08:59,280 --> 00:09:02,280 Speaker 1: they're struggling. So last year it looked like they were 189 00:09:02,280 --> 00:09:08,280 Speaker 1: really well coached and disciplined. Is Greg Siano's college? Uh? 190 00:09:08,559 --> 00:09:13,240 Speaker 1: A spree to cored type thing? Is that we off 191 00:09:13,760 --> 00:09:15,920 Speaker 1: I don't know that they were that well coached on offense. 192 00:09:16,000 --> 00:09:19,679 Speaker 1: Maybe they're just getting youngery again. They did have some 193 00:09:19,880 --> 00:09:22,839 Speaker 1: Raheem Morris like traits in that game. Do you think, though, 194 00:09:22,880 --> 00:09:25,199 Speaker 1: we don't want to completely overreact. I mean, it was 195 00:09:25,280 --> 00:09:28,839 Speaker 1: an do it no no no, if there's reasons to 196 00:09:28,920 --> 00:09:31,800 Speaker 1: be because they really really looked that bad, But I 197 00:09:31,840 --> 00:09:34,480 Speaker 1: don't know. Week two seems to balance things out West. 198 00:09:34,559 --> 00:09:37,240 Speaker 1: What was your big takeaway? Can I have one general 199 00:09:37,320 --> 00:09:39,280 Speaker 1: thing and one specific thing? I don't know. What do 200 00:09:39,360 --> 00:09:42,120 Speaker 1: you think? Yeah, he's pretty good at this? Yeah go ahead, okay, 201 00:09:42,520 --> 00:09:46,360 Speaker 1: A Peer's My general thing is we saw Week one 202 00:09:46,480 --> 00:09:49,560 Speaker 1: have five more touchdown passes than any week in NFL history. 203 00:09:50,080 --> 00:09:52,200 Speaker 1: The majority of those, it seemed, came in the nationally 204 00:09:52,240 --> 00:09:57,800 Speaker 1: telefies games of Broncos, Ravens, Packers, Forty Niners, Eagles, Redskins, Texans, 205 00:09:58,000 --> 00:10:01,199 Speaker 1: Chargers in the other game games we saw some great 206 00:10:01,280 --> 00:10:05,360 Speaker 1: front sevens. Brown's Dolphins. Both teams were just getting after. 207 00:10:05,400 --> 00:10:09,560 Speaker 1: The quarterbacks looked great. Uh, Chiefs. I know everybody's gonna 208 00:10:09,600 --> 00:10:12,640 Speaker 1: say it was just the Jaguars. One reason why it 209 00:10:12,720 --> 00:10:14,840 Speaker 1: was just the Jaguars because the Chiefs played so well. 210 00:10:14,920 --> 00:10:17,800 Speaker 1: Don Terry Po was great at nose tackle justin Houston. 211 00:10:17,960 --> 00:10:20,640 Speaker 1: A couple of secks. Dereck Johnson was everywhere. Eric Barry 212 00:10:20,760 --> 00:10:23,959 Speaker 1: was really good in the secondary. Uh In. The Jets 213 00:10:24,000 --> 00:10:26,400 Speaker 1: played well. Their their front seven was in the backfield 214 00:10:26,400 --> 00:10:30,040 Speaker 1: all game. The Panthers played great. They kept the Seahawks 215 00:10:30,080 --> 00:10:33,120 Speaker 1: down all game until the conservative play calling came back. 216 00:10:33,160 --> 00:10:35,920 Speaker 1: But the front sevens were great this week. Is that 217 00:10:36,040 --> 00:10:39,839 Speaker 1: your specific and your general? That was my general thing. Well, 218 00:10:39,960 --> 00:10:43,080 Speaker 1: passing yards were up, it was a record Dave record 219 00:10:43,160 --> 00:10:45,640 Speaker 1: week for passing yards, but rushing yards were down twenty 220 00:10:45,760 --> 00:10:49,079 Speaker 1: three uh yards per game compared to last year. And 221 00:10:49,120 --> 00:10:50,880 Speaker 1: it wasn't just that teams aren't trying to rush, it 222 00:10:51,000 --> 00:10:52,880 Speaker 1: was that they weren't effective. There was just a lot 223 00:10:52,920 --> 00:10:55,079 Speaker 1: of guys getting stuck. I guess it just doesn't surprise 224 00:10:55,080 --> 00:10:57,839 Speaker 1: It wouldn't surprise me more if this hadn't been the 225 00:10:57,960 --> 00:11:00,760 Speaker 1: most you know, crazy passing week in terms of touchdowns. 226 00:11:00,800 --> 00:11:03,040 Speaker 1: With everything that we knew coming out of last year 227 00:11:03,040 --> 00:11:05,319 Speaker 1: and what teams are trying to do these days, wouldn't 228 00:11:05,320 --> 00:11:07,199 Speaker 1: have been a surprise that had been you know, ten 229 00:11:07,320 --> 00:11:10,000 Speaker 1: touchdowns less than last year's Week one. Just two guys 230 00:11:10,040 --> 00:11:12,880 Speaker 1: went over a hundred yards. So that's that seems to 231 00:11:12,920 --> 00:11:16,679 Speaker 1: me a little flukey. Is you could that possibly happen again? Well, 232 00:11:16,720 --> 00:11:19,120 Speaker 1: I mean it's possible, but I think that these things 233 00:11:19,200 --> 00:11:22,679 Speaker 1: balance out. It's it's a small sample size. I think 234 00:11:22,720 --> 00:11:25,559 Speaker 1: it's definitely every year becomes more pass first, but I 235 00:11:25,679 --> 00:11:28,040 Speaker 1: agree that that's that will balance out. It's not gonna 236 00:11:28,080 --> 00:11:31,240 Speaker 1: happen on a regular basis. What's your specific one? So 237 00:11:31,400 --> 00:11:36,280 Speaker 1: the Vikings Lions game, Harrison Smith one of our making 238 00:11:36,320 --> 00:11:38,199 Speaker 1: the Leap Guys, one of our top five making the 239 00:11:38,240 --> 00:11:42,880 Speaker 1: Leap Guys the NFL. Since Ed Reid and Troy Paula 240 00:11:42,920 --> 00:11:45,760 Speaker 1: Malle Paula Malu are on the back nine of their careers, 241 00:11:45,800 --> 00:11:48,400 Speaker 1: we don't really have a dominant safety. I think Harrison 242 00:11:48,440 --> 00:11:50,160 Speaker 1: Smith could be that guy as soon as this year. 243 00:11:50,679 --> 00:11:53,200 Speaker 1: I know we love Earl Thomas two and Eric Weddle's 244 00:11:53,280 --> 00:11:55,920 Speaker 1: underrated every year. I think Harrison Smith could be the 245 00:11:55,960 --> 00:11:57,920 Speaker 1: best safety in the NFL. I think last year, I 246 00:11:57,920 --> 00:11:59,760 Speaker 1: mean I got, I got, I should say stuck. But 247 00:11:59,840 --> 00:12:01,800 Speaker 1: they were actually enjoyable to watch the I did a 248 00:12:01,840 --> 00:12:05,760 Speaker 1: lot of Vikings games on Sunday, and Smith stood out 249 00:12:06,320 --> 00:12:08,760 Speaker 1: from very early on. He looked comfortable right away, and 250 00:12:08,920 --> 00:12:11,040 Speaker 1: I think that's a position that it's like he either 251 00:12:11,080 --> 00:12:12,760 Speaker 1: got her or you don't. And he right away it 252 00:12:13,160 --> 00:12:15,880 Speaker 1: seemed to be making plays. He changed that defense. He 253 00:12:16,040 --> 00:12:18,560 Speaker 1: was everywhere in coverage and in the run game, made 254 00:12:18,840 --> 00:12:21,880 Speaker 1: open field tackles to stop first down several times. Well, 255 00:12:21,920 --> 00:12:23,440 Speaker 1: that's why we had him in the top five. Looks 256 00:12:23,480 --> 00:12:26,120 Speaker 1: like we got one making the leap right at last. 257 00:12:26,640 --> 00:12:29,160 Speaker 1: Because he's a big hitter, but he's really good in coverage. 258 00:12:29,200 --> 00:12:31,760 Speaker 1: He can really do it all, which most most safety is, 259 00:12:31,800 --> 00:12:34,280 Speaker 1: even a d read type, is known for either his 260 00:12:34,559 --> 00:12:37,040 Speaker 1: you know past defense or his big hits. But Harrison 261 00:12:37,080 --> 00:12:39,400 Speaker 1: Smith can do everything. Well. We had Lamar Miller too, 262 00:12:39,440 --> 00:12:42,160 Speaker 1: and he has just been since pretty good. Don't worry 263 00:12:42,160 --> 00:12:44,720 Speaker 1: about David, don't don't forget about David Wills. A more 264 00:12:44,920 --> 00:12:47,880 Speaker 1: quick thing from that game, Reggie Bush I thought looked 265 00:12:47,960 --> 00:12:49,880 Speaker 1: the best. He's looked since he's been in the NFL, 266 00:12:50,559 --> 00:12:52,760 Speaker 1: and the coaching staff used him better than any coach, 267 00:12:52,840 --> 00:12:55,160 Speaker 1: even better than Sean Payton did in New Orleans. That 268 00:12:55,480 --> 00:12:57,640 Speaker 1: that screenplay, I've never seen him run that fast in 269 00:12:57,679 --> 00:12:59,920 Speaker 1: the NFL. He turned on the Jets and beat angle 270 00:13:00,040 --> 00:13:02,680 Speaker 1: was on defenders. That's another guy like Forte who looks 271 00:13:02,720 --> 00:13:05,040 Speaker 1: stronger to me this year too. He just looks thicker 272 00:13:05,160 --> 00:13:08,319 Speaker 1: and like he he his speed was was something different. 273 00:13:08,360 --> 00:13:10,839 Speaker 1: I mean he that play was amazing. That touchdown. Okay, 274 00:13:10,960 --> 00:13:13,520 Speaker 1: so I'll give you my takeaway. I mean, I think 275 00:13:14,040 --> 00:13:16,200 Speaker 1: not we can't make enough of what the Eagles did 276 00:13:16,240 --> 00:13:18,839 Speaker 1: on Monday night. Uh, it's really possible. It could be 277 00:13:18,960 --> 00:13:21,800 Speaker 1: the real deal with this Chip Kelly offense. Uh. It 278 00:13:21,960 --> 00:13:24,240 Speaker 1: was funny why in that first quarter, especially in the 279 00:13:24,280 --> 00:13:26,599 Speaker 1: first half in general, when they were just uh just 280 00:13:27,000 --> 00:13:30,000 Speaker 1: tearing up Washington. What was going on on Twitter with 281 00:13:30,080 --> 00:13:32,880 Speaker 1: the announcers were saying? I thought Mark Sessler actually on 282 00:13:33,000 --> 00:13:36,559 Speaker 1: Twitter best summed up the excitement and frankly hysteria of 283 00:13:36,640 --> 00:13:41,520 Speaker 1: the moment with his tweet thirty one teams riding horses, 284 00:13:41,920 --> 00:13:47,200 Speaker 1: Eagles riding a spaceship. Um. Now, possibly a little bit 285 00:13:47,240 --> 00:13:49,760 Speaker 1: of hyperbole, in there. It always goes back to spaceships. 286 00:13:50,440 --> 00:13:52,800 Speaker 1: It is, it does. It's funny you should say that, 287 00:13:52,920 --> 00:13:55,199 Speaker 1: but uh yeah, so what do we think about this? 288 00:13:55,360 --> 00:13:57,079 Speaker 1: Is this? Is this going to really work? Are we? 289 00:13:57,360 --> 00:13:59,800 Speaker 1: Is this a revolution? As they say, Well, you know, 290 00:13:59,840 --> 00:14:01,920 Speaker 1: I was the only one that picked the Eagles to 291 00:14:01,960 --> 00:14:04,439 Speaker 1: win the division here, not to pat myself back, but 292 00:14:04,559 --> 00:14:06,400 Speaker 1: I totally just did that. You guys all had them 293 00:14:06,520 --> 00:14:12,079 Speaker 1: last and Chris had them last. So it was one 294 00:14:12,120 --> 00:14:14,959 Speaker 1: game enough to change your guys opinion. I'm a little nervous. 295 00:14:15,000 --> 00:14:17,000 Speaker 1: I'm a little nervous about my five and record. I 296 00:14:17,080 --> 00:14:21,040 Speaker 1: did pick him to win that game, and it did 297 00:14:21,200 --> 00:14:23,520 Speaker 1: change my mind. As far as the division, I think 298 00:14:23,560 --> 00:14:26,160 Speaker 1: they're probably going to finish ahead of the Redskins and 299 00:14:26,280 --> 00:14:28,800 Speaker 1: the Giants. And let's just say, I mean, okay, yes 300 00:14:28,880 --> 00:14:32,440 Speaker 1: they look great, but they didn't quite um prove to 301 00:14:32,480 --> 00:14:34,680 Speaker 1: anyone they know how to take care of a lead 302 00:14:34,760 --> 00:14:37,640 Speaker 1: with this type of offense. Washington came very close to 303 00:14:37,720 --> 00:14:39,360 Speaker 1: really getting back in the game. They did get back 304 00:14:39,400 --> 00:14:42,360 Speaker 1: in the game. And number two, everyone everybody's talking about this, 305 00:14:42,440 --> 00:14:44,560 Speaker 1: how is Vic going to stay upright when he's running 306 00:14:44,800 --> 00:14:46,400 Speaker 1: this many plays? By the end of that he's never 307 00:14:46,440 --> 00:14:48,760 Speaker 1: played sixteen games. The way this offense is set up, 308 00:14:48,760 --> 00:14:50,680 Speaker 1: it's like you have to play thirty two games. I 309 00:14:50,800 --> 00:14:53,280 Speaker 1: just don't see it. And and the next guy in line, 310 00:14:53,360 --> 00:14:55,080 Speaker 1: is he gonna be able to keep the offense moving 311 00:14:55,120 --> 00:14:57,160 Speaker 1: the way Vic has done so far? To answer your question, 312 00:14:57,200 --> 00:14:59,360 Speaker 1: if I could go back and take the Cowboys out 313 00:14:59,360 --> 00:15:02,040 Speaker 1: of number one, put the Eagles in there, I would, Yeah, 314 00:15:02,320 --> 00:15:05,120 Speaker 1: I would, because listen, I I think Dan makes a 315 00:15:05,160 --> 00:15:08,640 Speaker 1: good well, no, I think it's it's it work. What 316 00:15:08,800 --> 00:15:11,160 Speaker 1: we saw work. The question is with any team, if 317 00:15:11,200 --> 00:15:13,680 Speaker 1: you lose a couple of guys, you know, the Eagles 318 00:15:13,720 --> 00:15:15,680 Speaker 1: aren't going to be the same football team. But actually 319 00:15:15,760 --> 00:15:18,880 Speaker 1: the second half what it showed us and I think 320 00:15:18,920 --> 00:15:21,120 Speaker 1: teams are going to catch up to some degree. I 321 00:15:21,240 --> 00:15:23,720 Speaker 1: remember back in the old tech mobile days, my brother 322 00:15:23,840 --> 00:15:25,680 Speaker 1: used to play with like the run and shoot oilers. 323 00:15:25,880 --> 00:15:27,640 Speaker 1: You just go up and down the field, and I 324 00:15:27,680 --> 00:15:30,800 Speaker 1: would wheel out one of the better running teams and 325 00:15:30,880 --> 00:15:33,400 Speaker 1: I would let the clock run out between every six 326 00:15:33,560 --> 00:15:36,600 Speaker 1: yard run that I would eat up the entire quarter 327 00:15:36,800 --> 00:15:40,000 Speaker 1: and just keep him off the field. The Redskins had 328 00:15:40,040 --> 00:15:41,840 Speaker 1: a ton of turnovers in the first half. They were 329 00:15:41,880 --> 00:15:45,120 Speaker 1: a complete disaster, but they sustained drives in the second 330 00:15:45,160 --> 00:15:47,840 Speaker 1: and it was like Philly was not the same football team. 331 00:15:47,960 --> 00:15:50,120 Speaker 1: Well for the Eagles, I think it just comes back 332 00:15:50,160 --> 00:15:52,200 Speaker 1: to is Vic good enough. It's not so much of 333 00:15:52,240 --> 00:15:56,520 Speaker 1: the number of plays, it's the plays he's unnecessarily getting hit. 334 00:15:56,640 --> 00:15:58,800 Speaker 1: I mean, they didn't end up running that many plays 335 00:15:58,840 --> 00:16:00,920 Speaker 1: in that game. He missed a number of open throws 336 00:16:01,200 --> 00:16:03,640 Speaker 1: in the first half and the second half, or they 337 00:16:03,680 --> 00:16:05,960 Speaker 1: could have had more points. So he has to find 338 00:16:06,000 --> 00:16:08,840 Speaker 1: a way to stay healthy and and I think be 339 00:16:08,960 --> 00:16:11,400 Speaker 1: more effective. To me, the game didn't change anything. They're 340 00:16:11,400 --> 00:16:13,160 Speaker 1: gonna be tough to deal with every week, but they're 341 00:16:13,160 --> 00:16:15,360 Speaker 1: gonna be very up and down. The best thing about 342 00:16:15,640 --> 00:16:18,000 Speaker 1: them the second half that you mentioned where they let 343 00:16:18,040 --> 00:16:20,480 Speaker 1: the Redskins back in it. That's the difference between Chip 344 00:16:20,560 --> 00:16:23,040 Speaker 1: Kelly and most coaches. After the game, he said immediately, 345 00:16:23,120 --> 00:16:24,880 Speaker 1: I should have kept my foot on the gas pedal. 346 00:16:24,920 --> 00:16:27,480 Speaker 1: I learned my lesson. We're gonna do things differently. It's 347 00:16:27,560 --> 00:16:29,960 Speaker 1: this in greg Ciano saying I'm still gonna rush the 348 00:16:30,040 --> 00:16:32,520 Speaker 1: quarterback with no seconds left on the clock because we're Rutgers. 349 00:16:33,800 --> 00:16:36,800 Speaker 1: He learned his lesson. You know, he and I think 350 00:16:36,880 --> 00:16:40,840 Speaker 1: that's Chip Kelly's most most redeeming quality. Alright, So that 351 00:16:41,040 --> 00:16:43,200 Speaker 1: is that's just week one of the season that we're 352 00:16:43,320 --> 00:16:46,920 Speaker 1: we got sixteen more of these in the playoffs. Very exciting. Um, 353 00:16:47,200 --> 00:16:55,560 Speaker 1: Crystal behind the glass, it's still little loose. I hope 354 00:16:55,600 --> 00:16:57,880 Speaker 1: you guys enjoyed that theme music that you just heard. 355 00:16:58,560 --> 00:17:01,880 Speaker 1: Oh it's there, all right, guys. So starting up, Texans 356 00:17:01,960 --> 00:17:05,120 Speaker 1: head coach Gary Kubiak announced that Arian Foster and Ben 357 00:17:05,200 --> 00:17:09,639 Speaker 1: Tate will split the Texans backfield carries. Now I'm a 358 00:17:09,720 --> 00:17:12,679 Speaker 1: fantasy owner and he's on my team. I'm very disappointed 359 00:17:12,680 --> 00:17:14,879 Speaker 1: in this news, and I don't get that I heard that. 360 00:17:14,960 --> 00:17:17,800 Speaker 1: Actually I wrote a post yesterday and one of our 361 00:17:18,680 --> 00:17:20,720 Speaker 1: colleagues came out to me and say, say, it ain't so, 362 00:17:21,200 --> 00:17:23,000 Speaker 1: But like, didn't we all see this the writing on 363 00:17:23,040 --> 00:17:25,440 Speaker 1: the wall with this. When you picked Arian Foster in 364 00:17:25,520 --> 00:17:27,960 Speaker 1: the last week of August, we already knew that Tate 365 00:17:28,040 --> 00:17:29,919 Speaker 1: was going to have a defined role in this offense. 366 00:17:30,000 --> 00:17:33,440 Speaker 1: Well you know who didn't though, is probably seventy people 367 00:17:33,480 --> 00:17:36,560 Speaker 1: that play fantasy football that don't read every single, you know, 368 00:17:36,760 --> 00:17:39,120 Speaker 1: news blurb coming out of Houston, where you think, look 369 00:17:39,160 --> 00:17:41,600 Speaker 1: at Foster's being that guy. But I just think it's 370 00:17:41,640 --> 00:17:44,200 Speaker 1: a great thing for the Texans. They fell apart down 371 00:17:44,280 --> 00:17:48,840 Speaker 1: the stretch last season against better football teams. Keep Foster fresh. 372 00:17:49,320 --> 00:17:51,280 Speaker 1: The question for Tate can you stay healthy. He's not 373 00:17:51,359 --> 00:17:53,040 Speaker 1: proven that he can do that in the past. Let's 374 00:17:53,280 --> 00:17:57,679 Speaker 1: keep a little perspective here, he said for now. For now, 375 00:17:57,800 --> 00:18:01,040 Speaker 1: they're gonna split carries because Foster's rusted. He missed offseason, 376 00:18:01,280 --> 00:18:04,560 Speaker 1: he missed camp, he missed preseason. Ben Tate was faster 377 00:18:04,720 --> 00:18:08,120 Speaker 1: the other night. Aaron Foster is a better player. He's 378 00:18:08,119 --> 00:18:10,160 Speaker 1: going to get his job back. They're gonna use Tate 379 00:18:10,280 --> 00:18:12,560 Speaker 1: like they did in two thousand eleven. He'll get maybe 380 00:18:12,600 --> 00:18:14,920 Speaker 1: eight to ten, eight to twelve touches a game. But 381 00:18:15,080 --> 00:18:16,639 Speaker 1: this is in a situation where he's going to get 382 00:18:16,680 --> 00:18:18,960 Speaker 1: more carries than Fosters. Well here's the thing, though, in 383 00:18:19,080 --> 00:18:22,000 Speaker 1: three weeks, if Tate is still faster than Foster and 384 00:18:22,040 --> 00:18:24,360 Speaker 1: they've done it for a while and it's worked out well, 385 00:18:24,800 --> 00:18:27,359 Speaker 1: then maybe Tate does earn that role where they're splitting 386 00:18:27,440 --> 00:18:29,320 Speaker 1: touches because you never know when when a running back 387 00:18:29,400 --> 00:18:31,720 Speaker 1: is going to fall off. Okay, Rich, what else is 388 00:18:31,800 --> 00:18:33,480 Speaker 1: in the news? All right? Next of a team that 389 00:18:33,560 --> 00:18:37,240 Speaker 1: looked very, very sad. In Week one, Giants head coach 390 00:18:37,359 --> 00:18:40,560 Speaker 1: Tom Coughlin calls running back David Wilson a marked man 391 00:18:41,119 --> 00:18:47,120 Speaker 1: after talking about his little fumbling problem a little Well, 392 00:18:47,400 --> 00:18:49,119 Speaker 1: what do you guess think he has no choice to 393 00:18:49,200 --> 00:18:50,719 Speaker 1: but to play him? So what's the difference. I mean, 394 00:18:50,720 --> 00:18:55,000 Speaker 1: they signed Brandon Jacobs. You can't play Brandon Jacob's significant 395 00:18:55,040 --> 00:18:58,960 Speaker 1: snaps this weekend. You have Derrell Scott who's injured, not seriously, 396 00:18:59,440 --> 00:19:02,240 Speaker 1: but Pison has to still be the guy. And yeah, 397 00:19:02,280 --> 00:19:04,679 Speaker 1: the fantasy owners don't freak out about, well, you ken 398 00:19:04,760 --> 00:19:06,840 Speaker 1: freak out about David Wilson. And Mark and I are 399 00:19:06,960 --> 00:19:11,040 Speaker 1: owners of Wilson and are Alison bree team. But he's 400 00:19:11,040 --> 00:19:12,960 Speaker 1: gonna get a chance to redeem himself now if he 401 00:19:13,000 --> 00:19:15,560 Speaker 1: puts it on the carpet again against the Broncos, all 402 00:19:15,640 --> 00:19:17,720 Speaker 1: bets are off. Who are they gonna play if he 403 00:19:17,760 --> 00:19:20,399 Speaker 1: puts it on the carpet again. Brandon Jacobs has washed 404 00:19:20,480 --> 00:19:22,600 Speaker 1: up well. And I was saying to Dan, I wouldn't 405 00:19:22,600 --> 00:19:25,120 Speaker 1: be surprised that Brandon Jacobs is unemployed a week from 406 00:19:25,119 --> 00:19:27,040 Speaker 1: now or two. Anyways, I'm not sure we'll even stick 407 00:19:27,080 --> 00:19:30,040 Speaker 1: around Wilson. What he's good at isn't going to disappear. 408 00:19:30,800 --> 00:19:32,560 Speaker 1: I mean, what he what his abilities are, and what 409 00:19:32,640 --> 00:19:34,480 Speaker 1: he's able to do. If he, you know, two or 410 00:19:34,520 --> 00:19:38,119 Speaker 1: three times a game long runs breakaway, that's not gonna change. 411 00:19:38,160 --> 00:19:39,800 Speaker 1: But I mean, Coughlin is just trying to get this 412 00:19:39,840 --> 00:19:42,040 Speaker 1: guy to be a complete back, and I don't think 413 00:19:42,080 --> 00:19:44,480 Speaker 1: he's He's not there in terms of past protection. Do 414 00:19:44,560 --> 00:19:46,440 Speaker 1: you know who two of the most fumble prone backs 415 00:19:46,480 --> 00:19:49,440 Speaker 1: earlier in her careers were, well three, Tiki Barber, Adrian 416 00:19:49,480 --> 00:19:53,600 Speaker 1: Peters and Walter Payton. It's an overrated issue. The Giants 417 00:19:53,640 --> 00:19:56,240 Speaker 1: would invite Tiki Barber into the building to help David 418 00:19:56,280 --> 00:19:59,159 Speaker 1: Wilson if t Barber wasn't such a hated band, I 419 00:19:59,160 --> 00:20:02,200 Speaker 1: wouldn't my Tiki over in my house either, Okay, Rich? 420 00:20:02,240 --> 00:20:05,399 Speaker 1: What else is in the news? Alright? Some Earsay news 421 00:20:05,960 --> 00:20:10,679 Speaker 1: called owner Jim Earsay is demanding better protection of quarterback 422 00:20:10,960 --> 00:20:15,479 Speaker 1: Andrew luck tread lightly here, boys, I like it when 423 00:20:15,640 --> 00:20:19,919 Speaker 1: Jim Mercy just demands things. You know from his Twitter pulpit. 424 00:20:20,119 --> 00:20:22,080 Speaker 1: You wrote this post. I mean, he just he just 425 00:20:22,160 --> 00:20:24,280 Speaker 1: kind of declared or else. I what what is the 426 00:20:24,520 --> 00:20:27,080 Speaker 1: or else in this situation? I like it too. I 427 00:20:27,119 --> 00:20:29,240 Speaker 1: don't think he's going to drop some hammer. He loves 428 00:20:29,280 --> 00:20:32,200 Speaker 1: his coaching staff in his front office. But listen, like, 429 00:20:33,000 --> 00:20:36,159 Speaker 1: what what's what's not? What's not sensible? Here? Luck is 430 00:20:36,359 --> 00:20:39,000 Speaker 1: the centerpiece of your organization. I think he was hit 431 00:20:39,119 --> 00:20:41,920 Speaker 1: more than any other quarterback last season. They want to 432 00:20:42,040 --> 00:20:44,280 Speaker 1: see that number decrease. That makes sense to me. Did 433 00:20:44,320 --> 00:20:46,680 Speaker 1: you watch the game? How how did it look? It 434 00:20:46,800 --> 00:20:49,199 Speaker 1: looked like last year like they looked they dropped Luck 435 00:20:49,240 --> 00:20:50,840 Speaker 1: into the middle of a war zone and asked him 436 00:20:50,880 --> 00:20:54,159 Speaker 1: to not get sacks four times. Underrated topic is that 437 00:20:54,240 --> 00:20:57,560 Speaker 1: Anthony Costanzo has been terrible. He's been one of the 438 00:20:57,600 --> 00:20:59,760 Speaker 1: worst left tackles in football, and the Raiders went through 439 00:20:59,800 --> 00:21:01,919 Speaker 1: the season with no pass rush in any of their 440 00:21:01,960 --> 00:21:04,520 Speaker 1: four games. The first game there, they beat Costanzo like 441 00:21:04,600 --> 00:21:07,119 Speaker 1: a drum. I just want to say I love everything 442 00:21:07,280 --> 00:21:11,159 Speaker 1: the owners say, including Jim Marseille, the man hatter, anything 443 00:21:11,240 --> 00:21:14,600 Speaker 1: else in the news carriage. Last thing, free agent receiver 444 00:21:14,960 --> 00:21:21,600 Speaker 1: Brandon Lloyd reportedly rejected six offers. Hmm, so it looks 445 00:21:21,640 --> 00:21:25,840 Speaker 1: like he's going to retire. I guess, well, I wonder 446 00:21:26,119 --> 00:21:29,560 Speaker 1: what how reliable is this report that he got six offers? 447 00:21:29,640 --> 00:21:31,920 Speaker 1: Because this was a league source from Pro Football Talk, 448 00:21:32,480 --> 00:21:34,280 Speaker 1: because I thought it was because he was a locker 449 00:21:34,400 --> 00:21:37,120 Speaker 1: room weirdo. I think it's a lawyer. We don't really 450 00:21:37,200 --> 00:21:39,480 Speaker 1: know what locker room lawyer means. He's in a locker 451 00:21:39,600 --> 00:21:42,480 Speaker 1: room weirdo. He we saw that report player he's in 452 00:21:42,480 --> 00:21:44,480 Speaker 1: the middle of a conversation with another player and told 453 00:21:44,520 --> 00:21:46,119 Speaker 1: the guy, you know what, I just don't feel like 454 00:21:46,200 --> 00:21:48,440 Speaker 1: talking to you anymore. What happens if you are yeah, 455 00:21:48,520 --> 00:21:50,919 Speaker 1: locker room weirdo is accurate. He has been known as 456 00:21:50,960 --> 00:21:52,720 Speaker 1: a locker room lawyer. What happens when you're not in 457 00:21:52,800 --> 00:21:55,320 Speaker 1: a locker room anymore and you're not actually certified as 458 00:21:55,320 --> 00:21:57,399 Speaker 1: a lawyer? Do you exist at all? Then you're just 459 00:21:57,520 --> 00:22:00,560 Speaker 1: walking down the middle of the street aimlessly. Well, I 460 00:22:00,720 --> 00:22:03,399 Speaker 1: was wondering what he did to the to Tom Brady 461 00:22:03,440 --> 00:22:05,240 Speaker 1: and the Patriots did not get a phone call, so 462 00:22:05,359 --> 00:22:07,240 Speaker 1: maybe he did get a phone call, because they're pretty 463 00:22:07,280 --> 00:22:09,959 Speaker 1: desperate right now for receivers. Did he say six offers 464 00:22:10,080 --> 00:22:15,240 Speaker 1: from NFL teams are just supposedly they're six real not offers, 465 00:22:15,320 --> 00:22:18,320 Speaker 1: but they reached out to him, and apparently he's telling 466 00:22:18,400 --> 00:22:21,920 Speaker 1: teams he is not mentally or physically prepared for the 467 00:22:22,040 --> 00:22:24,600 Speaker 1: NFL grind and he's thirty two. He played ten years. 468 00:22:24,720 --> 00:22:26,720 Speaker 1: It was, you know, an okay career. He led the 469 00:22:27,600 --> 00:22:29,800 Speaker 1: NFL and receiving a two thousand ten. But other than that, 470 00:22:29,880 --> 00:22:31,920 Speaker 1: he was kind of a disappointment. But he's probably rich. 471 00:22:32,200 --> 00:22:34,479 Speaker 1: I liked with another teammate said about him when they 472 00:22:34,480 --> 00:22:36,520 Speaker 1: were doin the story in the Boston Globe for why 473 00:22:36,600 --> 00:22:38,960 Speaker 1: he wasn't going to be resigned, and now that got 474 00:22:39,119 --> 00:22:43,720 Speaker 1: just a different cat. Um. Is that all, Crystal? That 475 00:22:43,920 --> 00:22:46,400 Speaker 1: is all for today? Thank you, k Rich get your rest. 476 00:22:46,480 --> 00:22:49,640 Speaker 1: Okay Um. One thing we didn't bring up, by the way, 477 00:22:50,160 --> 00:22:53,160 Speaker 1: only because we can do it because it's our podcast. 478 00:22:53,240 --> 00:22:56,480 Speaker 1: We did not bring up and DOMI con Sue his 479 00:22:56,760 --> 00:22:59,080 Speaker 1: hundred thousand dollars fine, But I did want to just 480 00:22:59,200 --> 00:23:02,240 Speaker 1: open the floor to Mark Sessler. As I was working 481 00:23:02,280 --> 00:23:04,400 Speaker 1: out a post in the newsroom. Mark had a theory 482 00:23:04,440 --> 00:23:07,800 Speaker 1: about Sue about his plan because you're a little it's 483 00:23:08,080 --> 00:23:11,520 Speaker 1: the saturation of the Sioux News. It's not it's my wishes. Yeah, 484 00:23:11,600 --> 00:23:13,760 Speaker 1: what what was that again? I just was telling Dan 485 00:23:13,880 --> 00:23:15,919 Speaker 1: that there well, and I think we all have these players. 486 00:23:15,960 --> 00:23:18,280 Speaker 1: He's someone I would like to put into like a 487 00:23:18,359 --> 00:23:22,240 Speaker 1: one way rocket ship you like that, like little fuse 488 00:23:22,280 --> 00:23:24,760 Speaker 1: at the bottom of the match and he just he's gone. 489 00:23:25,080 --> 00:23:27,920 Speaker 1: Can he take the jets with him? Right? We all 490 00:23:28,080 --> 00:23:30,280 Speaker 1: have maybe that you know, we can discuss. We all 491 00:23:30,359 --> 00:23:31,840 Speaker 1: have that guy we want to put in that ship 492 00:23:31,920 --> 00:23:33,960 Speaker 1: that basically you never hear from it. And then my 493 00:23:34,119 --> 00:23:36,639 Speaker 1: question was if you was this, are you sending him 494 00:23:36,720 --> 00:23:39,600 Speaker 1: to to die to perish? Well, I don't know where 495 00:23:39,600 --> 00:23:40,959 Speaker 1: he's gonna go, but he's not going to be part 496 00:23:41,000 --> 00:23:43,440 Speaker 1: of the NFL news cycle. What's gonna happen is there's 497 00:23:43,440 --> 00:23:45,360 Speaker 1: gonna be a lot of debate like should we bring 498 00:23:45,640 --> 00:23:48,560 Speaker 1: Sue back to Earth? And then it will be coming 499 00:23:48,640 --> 00:23:49,959 Speaker 1: right back at you. Do you think we can get 500 00:23:50,000 --> 00:23:54,720 Speaker 1: Ben Watson's opinion on that? Very soilarious? Like I don't 501 00:23:54,720 --> 00:23:56,880 Speaker 1: know if you've ever seen that, I have seen silarious 502 00:23:58,280 --> 00:24:01,080 Speaker 1: growth Sue in there is this based on a feeling. 503 00:24:01,160 --> 00:24:05,000 Speaker 1: By the way, it's again it's a wish. Its just 504 00:24:05,160 --> 00:24:08,040 Speaker 1: it's a wish. So al right, okay, well, let us 505 00:24:08,080 --> 00:24:10,480 Speaker 1: know if if you're gonna try to fall through on that. 506 00:24:10,640 --> 00:24:12,560 Speaker 1: But it seems dangerous to that guy's well, sounds like 507 00:24:12,640 --> 00:24:17,640 Speaker 1: I'm Marvin the Martians Kit um, alright, So what we're 508 00:24:17,640 --> 00:24:21,520 Speaker 1: gonna be doing a bunch of I guess recurring feature posts. 509 00:24:21,720 --> 00:24:24,040 Speaker 1: Maybe that's one way to put it. One of them 510 00:24:24,119 --> 00:24:27,119 Speaker 1: will be written by Greg Rosenthal, will be tracking in 511 00:24:27,200 --> 00:24:31,920 Speaker 1: addition to Greg's QB buzz Index is not the correct term, okay, 512 00:24:32,040 --> 00:24:35,080 Speaker 1: quarterback Index. He'll also be doing a weekly post on 513 00:24:35,240 --> 00:24:38,439 Speaker 1: some of the young quarterbacks third year pros and below. 514 00:24:39,160 --> 00:24:41,359 Speaker 1: Uh So, maybe this will be a good time. Greg 515 00:24:41,440 --> 00:24:42,720 Speaker 1: will throw the floor to you, do you want to 516 00:24:42,760 --> 00:24:45,680 Speaker 1: give us any thoughts about some of the young guns 517 00:24:45,760 --> 00:24:47,520 Speaker 1: of the one I think it would be a good 518 00:24:47,600 --> 00:24:49,760 Speaker 1: thing for us to talk about each week because to me, 519 00:24:49,880 --> 00:24:53,480 Speaker 1: it's the the story in the NFL this year is 520 00:24:53,600 --> 00:24:55,720 Speaker 1: this crop of quarterbacks kind of how are they going 521 00:24:55,760 --> 00:24:58,120 Speaker 1: to follow up what they did last year? And I'd 522 00:24:58,119 --> 00:25:00,520 Speaker 1: really include five guys is the main the main guys, 523 00:25:00,680 --> 00:25:05,119 Speaker 1: Luck Russell, Wilson, r G three, Con Kaepernick, and Cam Newton. 524 00:25:05,280 --> 00:25:07,120 Speaker 1: So I just kind of wanted to throw it, throw 525 00:25:07,160 --> 00:25:10,200 Speaker 1: it out to the room, any big impressions. We knew 526 00:25:10,200 --> 00:25:12,479 Speaker 1: what we know what they did last year. We're kind 527 00:25:12,480 --> 00:25:14,920 Speaker 1: of wondering how they're going to follow it up? After 528 00:25:15,080 --> 00:25:17,920 Speaker 1: one week? What are we thinking? I thought last year, 529 00:25:18,200 --> 00:25:21,840 Speaker 1: for the entire season, for me, the question was who's 530 00:25:21,920 --> 00:25:25,000 Speaker 1: better Luck or r G three. For this year, the 531 00:25:25,080 --> 00:25:28,919 Speaker 1: question is who's better Luck or Kaepernick? Or just can 532 00:25:29,080 --> 00:25:32,560 Speaker 1: anyone stop Kaepernick? Is he just gonna be in that 533 00:25:32,720 --> 00:25:36,399 Speaker 1: top shelf of quarterbacks forget young quarterbacks, any quarterbacks. I 534 00:25:36,520 --> 00:25:39,720 Speaker 1: think so because Number one one thing I love about Kaepernick, 535 00:25:39,800 --> 00:25:42,240 Speaker 1: what I've seen already out a week one is that 536 00:25:42,720 --> 00:25:45,200 Speaker 1: you know, they coached him up to operate the offense 537 00:25:45,240 --> 00:25:48,119 Speaker 1: a certain way last year. In what we saw against 538 00:25:48,160 --> 00:25:50,919 Speaker 1: Green Bay was a completely different strategy to some degree, 539 00:25:51,320 --> 00:25:55,000 Speaker 1: and it's like he can't. He's he's capable of doing 540 00:25:55,119 --> 00:25:57,840 Speaker 1: whatever it is they want to do to attack teams. 541 00:25:58,320 --> 00:26:00,879 Speaker 1: And you know, listen, people had some can they go 542 00:26:01,000 --> 00:26:04,120 Speaker 1: to a pass only kind of offense? Yes they can. 543 00:26:04,600 --> 00:26:08,000 Speaker 1: It's it's unfair that Kaepernick has Jim Harbor and Greg 544 00:26:08,200 --> 00:26:12,040 Speaker 1: Roman and Cam Newton has Ron Rivera and Mike Schuler. 545 00:26:13,160 --> 00:26:16,560 Speaker 1: It's true, and I felt for Cam Newton. I felt 546 00:26:16,600 --> 00:26:18,800 Speaker 1: for Cam Newton watching that game. But I also thought, 547 00:26:18,920 --> 00:26:23,640 Speaker 1: you know, there's some similarities between how the Seahawks approached 548 00:26:23,680 --> 00:26:27,480 Speaker 1: things and how the Panthers approached things. They're both defensive 549 00:26:27,840 --> 00:26:30,879 Speaker 1: minded head coaches. They're both run first head coaches. The 550 00:26:31,200 --> 00:26:34,000 Speaker 1: Seahawks did not move the ball much for most of 551 00:26:34,040 --> 00:26:36,640 Speaker 1: the day. They weren't overly aggressive, but when it came 552 00:26:36,680 --> 00:26:40,720 Speaker 1: down to it, which quarterback can just make it happen 553 00:26:40,920 --> 00:26:43,600 Speaker 1: and make plays on his own? And watching that game 554 00:26:43,640 --> 00:26:46,400 Speaker 1: and I've always been a Cam guy. I just realized 555 00:26:46,440 --> 00:26:49,800 Speaker 1: and I knew it from last year two is Wilson 556 00:26:49,920 --> 00:26:52,440 Speaker 1: is that guy? It's not Cam Newton. I think you've 557 00:26:52,440 --> 00:26:54,280 Speaker 1: got to give him some credit for that. Is that 558 00:26:54,400 --> 00:26:56,520 Speaker 1: your way of saying Russell Wilson has the it factor, 559 00:26:57,200 --> 00:26:59,880 Speaker 1: I'm not saying that. That's that's what I heard. They've 560 00:27:00,119 --> 00:27:02,960 Speaker 1: to have the in factor there. He's stuck in third 561 00:27:03,080 --> 00:27:05,920 Speaker 1: nights after a couple of one yard runs too, And 562 00:27:06,560 --> 00:27:09,159 Speaker 1: who's the one making that play to just a crazy 563 00:27:09,240 --> 00:27:12,520 Speaker 1: improvisational play. It's what I trust Wilson over Newton when 564 00:27:12,560 --> 00:27:15,879 Speaker 1: you yes better coaching staff. As you said, I also think, uh, 565 00:27:16,359 --> 00:27:19,480 Speaker 1: you know, Ron Overa came out to acknowledge that the 566 00:27:19,880 --> 00:27:24,000 Speaker 1: Panther has completed three passes over ten yards on Sunday, 567 00:27:24,040 --> 00:27:26,040 Speaker 1: which is just a terrible stat when you have one 568 00:27:26,080 --> 00:27:29,240 Speaker 1: of the most talented quarterbacks alive. I'd be really surprised 569 00:27:29,240 --> 00:27:31,800 Speaker 1: if they don't really push the ball downfield. I feel 570 00:27:32,040 --> 00:27:35,000 Speaker 1: weird basing anything on Newton's progress when he seems to 571 00:27:35,040 --> 00:27:38,240 Speaker 1: be shackled by both the system and the personnel. Who 572 00:27:38,280 --> 00:27:40,680 Speaker 1: do they throw it down field to? That's a that's 573 00:27:40,680 --> 00:27:47,320 Speaker 1: a better question. I mean, it's it's striking as a 574 00:27:47,359 --> 00:27:50,560 Speaker 1: football observer, a football fan of football analysts, when you 575 00:27:50,680 --> 00:27:55,960 Speaker 1: watch the Panthers play nineteen sixties football. We have a 576 00:27:56,080 --> 00:27:58,000 Speaker 1: four point lead, We're gonna take the air out of 577 00:27:58,040 --> 00:28:00,280 Speaker 1: the ball and just get really conservative. And then the 578 00:28:00,359 --> 00:28:02,960 Speaker 1: next night you watch the Eagles and on the first drive, 579 00:28:03,040 --> 00:28:05,560 Speaker 1: Chip Kelly goes for fourth down at the twenty yard 580 00:28:05,600 --> 00:28:07,000 Speaker 1: line because he doesn't want to feel goal. He wants 581 00:28:07,000 --> 00:28:10,200 Speaker 1: a touchdown. And it's just like, as a fan you're thinking, 582 00:28:10,240 --> 00:28:12,560 Speaker 1: as an observer, you're thinking, one team is just so 583 00:28:12,800 --> 00:28:15,320 Speaker 1: far ahead of the other as far as how to 584 00:28:15,359 --> 00:28:17,840 Speaker 1: play football in the century. Well, it's like we went, 585 00:28:18,080 --> 00:28:21,840 Speaker 1: We spent weeks in the offseason looking at Mike Schulan 586 00:28:21,920 --> 00:28:24,720 Speaker 1: saying this is a this a red flag here. We 587 00:28:24,960 --> 00:28:26,760 Speaker 1: know what this guy's about and we don't like it. 588 00:28:27,080 --> 00:28:29,359 Speaker 1: But it's like, you know what, listen nine times out 589 00:28:29,400 --> 00:28:31,640 Speaker 1: of tend. Mike Schulan knows much more than we realize, 590 00:28:31,680 --> 00:28:33,560 Speaker 1: and he's able to adapt. He's been in the league 591 00:28:33,600 --> 00:28:35,600 Speaker 1: for a long time. But then he he you know, 592 00:28:35,680 --> 00:28:38,320 Speaker 1: he spits this game out and it's like, what is 593 00:28:38,400 --> 00:28:41,320 Speaker 1: this team doing? What are they doing with Cam Newton? 594 00:28:41,360 --> 00:28:43,520 Speaker 1: And they have done a terrible job of surrounding him 595 00:28:43,960 --> 00:28:47,000 Speaker 1: with talent. They've they basically bottomed out at wide receiver. 596 00:28:47,600 --> 00:28:49,760 Speaker 1: I don't think D'Angelo Williams is a guy you right off, 597 00:28:49,840 --> 00:28:52,720 Speaker 1: yet on any level, he's still basing the game plan 598 00:28:52,840 --> 00:28:56,480 Speaker 1: around D'Angelo will That's the problem. And it's like, you know, 599 00:28:56,720 --> 00:28:58,960 Speaker 1: you you if you wanted to grow a quarterback, you 600 00:28:59,080 --> 00:29:01,480 Speaker 1: do it the way Sam Cisco and Seattle is done. 601 00:29:01,880 --> 00:29:05,240 Speaker 1: Those also, by the way, physically very talented guys that 602 00:29:05,280 --> 00:29:07,720 Speaker 1: probably would thrive a lot of places. But Newton is 603 00:29:07,720 --> 00:29:10,560 Speaker 1: in a tough position. You know, last year, the team 604 00:29:10,640 --> 00:29:13,920 Speaker 1: that seemed one year ahead of everyone was Washington. They 605 00:29:14,000 --> 00:29:16,880 Speaker 1: didn't look like that on Monday Night. Are we concerned 606 00:29:16,920 --> 00:29:19,720 Speaker 1: at all about Robert Griffin the third this year and 607 00:29:19,960 --> 00:29:22,680 Speaker 1: that offense in general? I say, give him a month. 608 00:29:23,480 --> 00:29:25,840 Speaker 1: He didn't he didn't seem right. He you know, I 609 00:29:25,880 --> 00:29:28,320 Speaker 1: think he was healthy, but his mechanics seemed a little flawed. 610 00:29:28,400 --> 00:29:31,800 Speaker 1: He obviously they weren't designing run plays for him. I'd 611 00:29:31,880 --> 00:29:34,360 Speaker 1: like to see how he looks a month from now 612 00:29:34,440 --> 00:29:36,400 Speaker 1: and see if he's more like the guy that we remember. 613 00:29:37,120 --> 00:29:39,360 Speaker 1: Well said, That's all I would say to Yeah, I mean, 614 00:29:39,400 --> 00:29:42,640 Speaker 1: it's this is his preseason. Remember Adrian Peterson, even out 615 00:29:42,720 --> 00:29:45,680 Speaker 1: of first week or two with Minnesota last season, he 616 00:29:45,840 --> 00:29:48,000 Speaker 1: wasn't the guy he bloomed into even by week three 617 00:29:48,080 --> 00:29:51,160 Speaker 1: or four. Same with Rgie Throng term. I totally agree. 618 00:29:51,320 --> 00:29:53,280 Speaker 1: You know, for this season, they're gonna have to win 619 00:29:53,400 --> 00:29:55,360 Speaker 1: games sooner than later. You know, they went they go 620 00:29:55,440 --> 00:29:57,719 Speaker 1: to Green Bay this week that they come back for Detroit. 621 00:29:57,840 --> 00:30:00,080 Speaker 1: You know, you have to figure out what is the 622 00:30:00,120 --> 00:30:02,200 Speaker 1: best way to scheme to win games. As we're getting 623 00:30:02,240 --> 00:30:04,160 Speaker 1: this guy better, it's gonna be tricky for them. One 624 00:30:04,200 --> 00:30:06,560 Speaker 1: of my takeaways from the weekend too, is the Detroit's 625 00:30:06,600 --> 00:30:08,560 Speaker 1: much better than we thought they would be. They're a 626 00:30:08,640 --> 00:30:12,720 Speaker 1: good team right now. Mhm um, Okay, so we have 627 00:30:12,800 --> 00:30:15,160 Speaker 1: a couple of minutes left, do you want Let's get 628 00:30:15,200 --> 00:30:16,800 Speaker 1: a little bit and it's still a little talk about 629 00:30:16,880 --> 00:30:19,520 Speaker 1: Thursday night football wes you. You can leave the room 630 00:30:19,560 --> 00:30:21,200 Speaker 1: if you want right now, it's gonna be a Jet stalk. 631 00:30:22,200 --> 00:30:23,680 Speaker 1: Give me your option if you want to go, if 632 00:30:23,720 --> 00:30:27,240 Speaker 1: you want to. So we we we have a couple 633 00:30:27,280 --> 00:30:29,440 Speaker 1: of minutes. Let's let's get out there. I will say 634 00:30:29,480 --> 00:30:31,000 Speaker 1: as the Jets fan you I don't know if you 635 00:30:31,000 --> 00:30:33,760 Speaker 1: guys knew I am a Jets fan. Um, I will 636 00:30:33,840 --> 00:30:35,960 Speaker 1: say that the little hope crept into the room, which 637 00:30:36,000 --> 00:30:38,000 Speaker 1: is very Jets. As I said last week, there are 638 00:30:38,000 --> 00:30:41,400 Speaker 1: two types of Jets teams. The ones that are hopeless 639 00:30:41,440 --> 00:30:44,640 Speaker 1: from the start, which is co tight era some herm 640 00:30:44,760 --> 00:30:47,760 Speaker 1: years um. And then there's the team that you didn't 641 00:30:47,880 --> 00:30:49,400 Speaker 1: think much of and then they suck you in, they 642 00:30:49,480 --> 00:30:51,680 Speaker 1: bury you. I'm really excited this is the one that 643 00:30:51,720 --> 00:30:55,200 Speaker 1: sucks me and buries me. So I have a feeling. 644 00:30:55,400 --> 00:30:57,440 Speaker 1: I don't not saying they're gonna win, but I think 645 00:30:57,480 --> 00:30:59,120 Speaker 1: it's gonna be a competitive game. It's gonna be a 646 00:30:59,200 --> 00:31:02,760 Speaker 1: situation where defense is gonna be hyped up. They play 647 00:31:02,840 --> 00:31:06,040 Speaker 1: well in New England. Uh. And I think that Patriots 648 00:31:06,040 --> 00:31:07,959 Speaker 1: are still figuring things out on offense. And I think 649 00:31:08,000 --> 00:31:09,760 Speaker 1: you put those two things together and it's a one 650 00:31:09,840 --> 00:31:12,840 Speaker 1: score game. I mean, last year's Jets team took the 651 00:31:12,880 --> 00:31:16,920 Speaker 1: Patriots to overtime, right, and I think this is a 652 00:31:16,960 --> 00:31:20,800 Speaker 1: better football team. And I do then last year what 653 00:31:20,960 --> 00:31:23,160 Speaker 1: the Jets are to me, or what the optimists around 654 00:31:23,200 --> 00:31:24,920 Speaker 1: the Jets, and Greg was one of them, that's what 655 00:31:25,000 --> 00:31:27,440 Speaker 1: they are there. They look like a good defensive football 656 00:31:27,480 --> 00:31:30,200 Speaker 1: team that's still figuring out what if anything they have 657 00:31:30,360 --> 00:31:32,960 Speaker 1: on offense. Because I looked at that running game and 658 00:31:33,080 --> 00:31:36,200 Speaker 1: that concerns me because you can't just try to scheme 659 00:31:36,240 --> 00:31:38,240 Speaker 1: your way out of not having a good ground game 660 00:31:38,280 --> 00:31:41,520 Speaker 1: by throwing the wildcat in there. That I'm not just 661 00:31:41,640 --> 00:31:44,720 Speaker 1: trying to poke fun at the Jets, but that it 662 00:31:44,840 --> 00:31:47,440 Speaker 1: wasn't properly used. They pulled Smith off the field on 663 00:31:47,520 --> 00:31:50,920 Speaker 1: his first NFL drive after two nice plays to the 664 00:31:51,000 --> 00:31:52,880 Speaker 1: best two players. Do you know Smith the entire gamer 665 00:31:52,960 --> 00:31:54,560 Speaker 1: on that first drive? Then they put in the wildcat 666 00:31:54,680 --> 00:31:56,560 Speaker 1: ends the drive. I laughed out loud when I was 667 00:31:56,560 --> 00:31:59,040 Speaker 1: watching the game. I saw the wildcat the first time, 668 00:31:59,080 --> 00:32:00,720 Speaker 1: and then I saw it two more times than I 669 00:32:00,800 --> 00:32:03,680 Speaker 1: just kept laughing. Well, concern me, like Chris Ivory just 670 00:32:03,960 --> 00:32:07,320 Speaker 1: looks completely in a fog. To me. That's that's one 671 00:32:07,360 --> 00:32:09,640 Speaker 1: thing where sometimes the preseason can tell you a little 672 00:32:09,640 --> 00:32:12,440 Speaker 1: bit individual players. He he looked rough in the preseason, 673 00:32:12,560 --> 00:32:14,360 Speaker 1: looks slow again. I don't know. If he's not healthier, 674 00:32:14,440 --> 00:32:16,200 Speaker 1: what well I would The only thing I would say 675 00:32:16,240 --> 00:32:19,440 Speaker 1: about Ivory Ivory is he also had a very not 676 00:32:19,600 --> 00:32:22,320 Speaker 1: a great offseason in terms of injuries. Maybe he's gonna 677 00:32:22,320 --> 00:32:24,160 Speaker 1: need some time too, But I agree that he's not 678 00:32:24,240 --> 00:32:26,680 Speaker 1: off to a great start. Hamstrings they can linger. I 679 00:32:26,760 --> 00:32:29,960 Speaker 1: turned on that game hoping to be excited about Geno Smith, 680 00:32:30,040 --> 00:32:32,680 Speaker 1: and I thought it was a discouraging performance considering you know, 681 00:32:32,760 --> 00:32:34,680 Speaker 1: they won the game. He got a lot of credit 682 00:32:34,760 --> 00:32:36,320 Speaker 1: for throwing for some yards. I don't think he had 683 00:32:36,360 --> 00:32:39,240 Speaker 1: a good game. I thought they passed protected very well, 684 00:32:39,440 --> 00:32:41,360 Speaker 1: and yet he was sacked five times and hit eight 685 00:32:41,440 --> 00:32:43,800 Speaker 1: more because he just holds it. I mean, he doesn't 686 00:32:43,840 --> 00:32:46,480 Speaker 1: force the ball, but he just holds it forever and ever. 687 00:32:46,560 --> 00:32:50,000 Speaker 1: And comparing him to EJ. Manuel in their first games, 688 00:32:50,160 --> 00:32:52,880 Speaker 1: maybe it's the coaching, maybe it's the player, but Manuel 689 00:32:52,960 --> 00:32:54,920 Speaker 1: was a lot more decisive, I think a lot better. 690 00:32:55,120 --> 00:32:59,400 Speaker 1: My expectations for Geno Smith were so low that he 691 00:32:59,480 --> 00:33:02,200 Speaker 1: actually surprised me a little bit. He wasn't He wasn't 692 00:33:02,200 --> 00:33:04,880 Speaker 1: a dumpster fire, and to me that was he was 693 00:33:04,920 --> 00:33:06,959 Speaker 1: everything you said there were. There were a lot of issues. 694 00:33:07,040 --> 00:33:08,920 Speaker 1: But he moved the ball once in a while, which 695 00:33:08,920 --> 00:33:10,480 Speaker 1: I didn't even expect him to do. He wasn't a 696 00:33:10,520 --> 00:33:13,880 Speaker 1: turnover machine. He didn't pull an Orlovsky. He was not 697 00:33:14,040 --> 00:33:17,080 Speaker 1: an embarrassment, which is all I really could have asked for, 698 00:33:17,200 --> 00:33:20,240 Speaker 1: is a Jeff what's Jeremy Curly status? Because he was 699 00:33:20,800 --> 00:33:22,720 Speaker 1: He was the best skilled position player on the field 700 00:33:22,760 --> 00:33:24,959 Speaker 1: for them. He was really trying to use him too. 701 00:33:25,040 --> 00:33:26,960 Speaker 1: They seem to want to try to make him like 702 00:33:27,040 --> 00:33:29,800 Speaker 1: a poor man's Tavon Austin to some degree, a very 703 00:33:29,840 --> 00:33:33,800 Speaker 1: poor man's vagrant man. But Curly is out for this game. 704 00:33:34,040 --> 00:33:35,800 Speaker 1: That's a big loss for them. That's a huge loss. 705 00:33:35,960 --> 00:33:39,160 Speaker 1: It's a big loss. Uh. Amondola is doubtful officially, Gronkowski 706 00:33:39,280 --> 00:33:41,800 Speaker 1: is doubtful. Officially. We don't expect to see either one 707 00:33:41,840 --> 00:33:44,200 Speaker 1: of them. We don't know about Aaron Dobson. UH for 708 00:33:44,320 --> 00:33:47,400 Speaker 1: this game with Veren is that with all these injuries, 709 00:33:47,440 --> 00:33:49,640 Speaker 1: do we think the Jets can go in there and 710 00:33:50,000 --> 00:33:53,120 Speaker 1: make it a game? Who's making a hero pick? I mean, 711 00:33:53,240 --> 00:33:58,520 Speaker 1: I got the Jets last time. UH can they make it, 712 00:33:58,560 --> 00:34:00,280 Speaker 1: I need to think about it. I'm very y be 713 00:34:00,320 --> 00:34:03,120 Speaker 1: a competitive game. I mean, we talked about the offense, 714 00:34:03,160 --> 00:34:06,200 Speaker 1: but the Jets defensive line looked really good. Antoine Barnes 715 00:34:06,240 --> 00:34:08,560 Speaker 1: looks like he could be a really nice signing for them. 716 00:34:09,000 --> 00:34:11,480 Speaker 1: They have a lot of depth there, even without Quentin Copeles. 717 00:34:11,680 --> 00:34:13,279 Speaker 1: There's a lot of guys that were getting a lot 718 00:34:13,320 --> 00:34:15,359 Speaker 1: of pressure in that game. Well, they're playing a much 719 00:34:15,400 --> 00:34:18,200 Speaker 1: better offensive line. I could see it being intriguing for 720 00:34:18,320 --> 00:34:21,360 Speaker 1: a half, and then as the Patriots are known to do, 721 00:34:21,440 --> 00:34:23,120 Speaker 1: I think the wheels fall off from New York in 722 00:34:23,200 --> 00:34:24,920 Speaker 1: the second half. You know, I kind of like the 723 00:34:25,239 --> 00:34:28,600 Speaker 1: Jets are. They are going back to their roots under Rex, 724 00:34:28,960 --> 00:34:31,319 Speaker 1: a little bit of an underdog team again, and they're 725 00:34:31,360 --> 00:34:33,919 Speaker 1: easier to root for now than they were the last 726 00:34:33,960 --> 00:34:37,360 Speaker 1: couple of years. Ahead, So get excited, because you know 727 00:34:38,040 --> 00:34:42,120 Speaker 1: that's all I got. Um Okay, So our next podcast 728 00:34:42,160 --> 00:34:45,320 Speaker 1: will be on Friday. We will talk about the results 729 00:34:45,400 --> 00:34:50,239 Speaker 1: of said Jets Patriots game, also breakdown the Week two 730 00:34:51,000 --> 00:34:53,359 Speaker 1: matchups in our picks. I'm not ready to talk about 731 00:34:53,440 --> 00:34:55,480 Speaker 1: the picks because I had a rough Week one, but 732 00:34:55,520 --> 00:34:58,560 Speaker 1: I don't want to get into it. Um but it 733 00:34:58,719 --> 00:35:00,920 Speaker 1: was bad. It was bad. I will be writing the 734 00:35:01,239 --> 00:35:04,080 Speaker 1: intro this week. This podcast is the one that we're 735 00:35:04,080 --> 00:35:06,759 Speaker 1: gonna be pulling sound clips of with this little glow 736 00:35:06,800 --> 00:35:09,359 Speaker 1: in your voice about the Jets on Friday morning when 737 00:35:09,400 --> 00:35:12,319 Speaker 1: they've when the train has been separated into fifteen parts 738 00:35:12,360 --> 00:35:15,239 Speaker 1: and they've lost my forty three points. I I have optimism. 739 00:35:15,320 --> 00:35:17,000 Speaker 1: I'm not like you and the Browns, where you've given 740 00:35:17,080 --> 00:35:20,040 Speaker 1: up all hope. I still believe in my team. But 741 00:35:20,160 --> 00:35:22,840 Speaker 1: we'll see what happens. I know how it's gonna turn out. Okay, 742 00:35:23,000 --> 00:35:26,800 Speaker 1: uh yeah, until Friday signing off the mailman, the sizzler, 743 00:35:26,880 --> 00:35:29,160 Speaker 1: the boss k Rich behind the glass, we'll see. I 744 00:35:33,120 --> 00:35:36,080 Speaker 1: got I got big blankets. It's like six degrees or 745 00:35:36,400 --> 00:35:38,120 Speaker 1: I just found out I don't have air conditioning in 746 00:35:38,239 --> 00:35:45,640 Speaker 1: my important sixty degrees and Gregg's. Gregg is one of 747 00:35:45,680 --> 00:35:48,279 Speaker 1: those houses with like a white porch wrapping around the 748 00:35:48,440 --> 00:35:50,000 Speaker 1: entire house, over looking to see