WEBVTT - Richard Sherman Podcast - Week 9 Reaction 0:00:01.400 --> 0:00:02.480 The volume. 0:00:11.920 --> 0:00:12.520 Championships. 0:00:12.520 --> 0:00:15.760 That should always be the expectation. All right, go ahead, 0:00:16.600 --> 0:00:20.320 Welcome back to the Richard Sherman Podcast. It's been a 0:00:20.360 --> 0:00:23.520 crazy week. The Seattle Seahawks took the game to overtime 0:00:23.640 --> 0:00:28.040 after a really frustrating second half. Some interceptions, had a 0:00:28.160 --> 0:00:31.440 chance and just could not capitalize. Fourth and one that 0:00:31.760 --> 0:00:35.480 the La Rams gotta stop a much need to stop. 0:00:35.520 --> 0:00:38.600 Stafford drove right down the field, scoring a touchdown. I mean, 0:00:38.960 --> 0:00:42.400 this week was full of upsets, but this one, Metchell, 0:00:42.520 --> 0:00:43.200 this one hurts. 0:00:43.760 --> 0:00:46.640 I gotta believe it did, Richard. I mean, this game, 0:00:46.880 --> 0:00:50.400 it looked like the Seattle Seahawks had it, you know. 0:00:50.520 --> 0:00:52.760 I mean, the Rams came out. The Rams are a 0:00:52.760 --> 0:00:55.240 good team. Let's start there. They're a very good team. 0:00:55.320 --> 0:00:58.800 Matthew Stafford at the helm, and they're starting to get 0:00:58.840 --> 0:01:01.920 healthy again. But I thought Seattle they needed this game more. 0:01:02.600 --> 0:01:06.399 I think the question starts it's a simple question. Why 0:01:06.440 --> 0:01:09.600 do you not take the points in overtime? Richard? That 0:01:09.840 --> 0:01:14.200 was a backbreaking decision on fourth and short. They come 0:01:14.280 --> 0:01:18.000 up short and then the Rams go down and inevitably 0:01:18.040 --> 0:01:21.280 score the game winning touchdown. Where's your head at Richard? 0:01:21.319 --> 0:01:25.400 With this decision to not take the points in overtime. 0:01:26.280 --> 0:01:28.679 Because you get beat. Taking three points in a game 0:01:28.720 --> 0:01:30.600 where you've got Matthew Stafford on the other side, you 0:01:30.640 --> 0:01:33.920 get beat. So I support the decision to go for 0:01:34.000 --> 0:01:36.240 it on fourth and one because you got one yard 0:01:36.240 --> 0:01:38.400 to go, you had what three opportunities to get it. 0:01:38.440 --> 0:01:41.560 I do not. You just watched your old line get decimated, 0:01:42.160 --> 0:01:45.240 get dominated multiple plays in a row, Kennith Walker the 0:01:45.240 --> 0:01:48.040 third getting stopped. So come up with a better play 0:01:48.080 --> 0:01:51.200 goal in a situation. That's the only thing that frustrated me. 0:01:51.240 --> 0:01:52.880 It's like, Hey, you're just gonna keep running your head 0:01:52.920 --> 0:01:55.360 into a wall and assume he's gonna pop. How about 0:01:55.360 --> 0:01:57.600 you either QB sneak it and trust your center and 0:01:58.560 --> 0:02:01.560 trust everybody to push Geno over the pile, or you 0:02:01.640 --> 0:02:05.120 roll them out, give him a run pass option another opportunity. 0:02:05.120 --> 0:02:07.200 But I'm with the go for it on that play. 0:02:07.240 --> 0:02:08.880 You got to go for the win in that situation 0:02:09.240 --> 0:02:11.640 your team needs and you're at home. You got the momentum, 0:02:11.720 --> 0:02:13.680 you go for the win, and they just did not 0:02:13.680 --> 0:02:15.600 get it done. They did not execute well enough. The 0:02:15.600 --> 0:02:17.959 play call was not good enough. So that's just something 0:02:17.960 --> 0:02:20.920 they're gonna have to learn from. But Geno Smith had 0:02:21.680 --> 0:02:24.480 a rough day. He had a rough day, got beat up, 0:02:24.600 --> 0:02:28.120 you know, another seven sack day. He did throw for 0:02:28.680 --> 0:02:32.120 three hundred and sixty three yards three touchdowns, but two 0:02:32.280 --> 0:02:34.440 back to back. I mean one of them was a pick. 0:02:34.520 --> 0:02:38.240 Six interceptions in the red zone. They were one for 0:02:38.320 --> 0:02:40.480 four in the red zone. That is tough to win 0:02:40.520 --> 0:02:42.639 ball games when you're one for four in the red zone, 0:02:42.840 --> 0:02:46.200 especially division games. You got to execute. You got stopped. 0:02:46.360 --> 0:02:49.080 You were two for two on fourth downs before that 0:02:49.160 --> 0:02:51.239 fourth and one stop. You gotta find a way to 0:02:51.280 --> 0:02:52.880 get that done. You gotta find a way to get 0:02:52.880 --> 0:02:56.919 a yard. The defense, they got the turnover Tarik wool 0:02:56.919 --> 0:03:01.400 and got the interception, but they dropped another interception and 0:03:01.520 --> 0:03:03.959 they never got to Matthew Stafford. They had no sacks 0:03:04.000 --> 0:03:07.679 on the day. That's unacceptable. You cannot go into this game. 0:03:07.720 --> 0:03:10.280 This Rams offensive line is in world beaters. They're not 0:03:10.440 --> 0:03:13.600 the best offensive line in football. Arguably, You've gone against 0:03:13.639 --> 0:03:16.040 several offensive lines that would be considered better than the 0:03:16.040 --> 0:03:18.720 one that you just faced, and you've gotten much more 0:03:18.760 --> 0:03:20.799 pressure on the quarterback to not be able to get 0:03:20.800 --> 0:03:23.320 Matthew Stafford on the ground. And not that there weren't opportunities. 0:03:23.320 --> 0:03:26.000 There were times they came. Scott Freed, they got to him. 0:03:26.360 --> 0:03:29.920 But Matthew Stafford is in the pocket, he's ducking under arms, 0:03:30.040 --> 0:03:33.040 he's slipping away, he's put throwing the ball away. He's 0:03:33.080 --> 0:03:35.720 not allowing the people get to him. But again, you 0:03:35.800 --> 0:03:38.360 got to give the special teams for the Seattle Seahawks credit. 0:03:38.440 --> 0:03:40.240 They had a block punt, but you have to again 0:03:40.320 --> 0:03:42.960 be able to capitalize on these things and get points. 0:03:43.000 --> 0:03:46.000 They just weren't able to do it. And in overtime 0:03:46.400 --> 0:03:48.800 you got to play to Wooland where he had a 0:03:48.880 --> 0:03:52.400 chance to intercept the football on to DeMarcus Robinson coming 0:03:52.400 --> 0:03:54.960 across the Was it Tramarcus Robinson or was it I 0:03:55.000 --> 0:03:58.280 think it was just and coming across on an over route. 0:04:00.040 --> 0:04:01.760 But he just waits for the ball instead of just 0:04:01.800 --> 0:04:04.680 taking a step forward or two and and and running 0:04:04.720 --> 0:04:06.960 into the past. You know in this in this league, 0:04:06.960 --> 0:04:09.360 you can't wait for anything. You wait for anything, hungry 0:04:09.440 --> 0:04:12.600 dogs will come take the football. And that's what happened. Uh, 0:04:12.640 --> 0:04:16.080 And then again Stafford pushes the ball down the field 0:04:16.160 --> 0:04:19.479 to win the game. No fear, no, no, that's why 0:04:19.520 --> 0:04:21.120 you don't kick the field goal, because what is the 0:04:21.160 --> 0:04:23.039 field goal gonna do for you? Right there? They're gonna 0:04:23.080 --> 0:04:25.920 go for the juggular. They didn't need a touchdown right there. 0:04:25.920 --> 0:04:27.480 They could have won with the field goal. But you're 0:04:27.480 --> 0:04:29.479 playing against Matthew Stafford. If they get the look that 0:04:29.520 --> 0:04:31.800 they they want, if they get the covers they're looking for, 0:04:31.960 --> 0:04:33.919 they're gonna push the ball down the field. He's shown 0:04:33.960 --> 0:04:36.440 that time and time again, and he showed it this time. 0:04:36.640 --> 0:04:41.040 Great pass by him, great catch by DeMarcus Robinson, one 0:04:41.080 --> 0:04:43.800 hand catch. He pushed off on Tarik Wooland. But they 0:04:43.880 --> 0:04:45.840 never call that in the National Football League. I have 0:04:45.960 --> 0:04:49.240 yet to see them call a receiver pushing off uh 0:04:50.080 --> 0:04:51.880 And for the game, and that's the game. That's the 0:04:51.920 --> 0:04:54.920 ball game. You know. The Seahawks gotta gotta buy this 0:04:54.960 --> 0:04:57.479 week to to sit and think about it and look 0:04:57.480 --> 0:04:58.960 at the film and see what they're gonna change and 0:04:59.000 --> 0:05:02.599 what they're gonna adjust. But the offensive line continues to 0:05:02.600 --> 0:05:04.640 be an issue, and it's going to continue to be 0:05:04.680 --> 0:05:06.840 an issue until something gets fixed. And it's really the 0:05:06.880 --> 0:05:09.560 interior offensive line. But what do you do? You don't 0:05:09.760 --> 0:05:12.960 there aren't any easy answers or quick solutions. So I 0:05:12.960 --> 0:05:14.039 don't know where you go from here. 0:05:14.080 --> 0:05:16.080 Well, that's just a question. I mean, where do you 0:05:16.160 --> 0:05:18.560 go from here? This division is up for grabs. I 0:05:18.600 --> 0:05:21.720 mean it's anyone's game right now. I mean the Rams 0:05:21.720 --> 0:05:24.680 climb to five hundred. I mean Seattle, you know, they 0:05:24.760 --> 0:05:28.440 were they were looking good to start this season off, Richard, 0:05:28.480 --> 0:05:32.320 and now they're they're in the last place of the division. 0:05:32.480 --> 0:05:34.839 And I mean you see the Arizona Cardinals beat the 0:05:34.839 --> 0:05:37.720 Bears at home. You know, obviously the forty nine ers 0:05:37.680 --> 0:05:41.800 are getting healthier. What is it gonna take for Seattle 0:05:41.960 --> 0:05:45.640 to gain ground and restake their claim of this division? 0:05:45.680 --> 0:05:49.320 Because really, Richard, it is up for grabs still, despite 0:05:49.360 --> 0:05:50.280 this loss. 0:05:49.960 --> 0:05:51.600 They're gonna have to put They're gonna have put more 0:05:51.600 --> 0:05:53.919 pressure on a quarterback. You know, they have a really 0:05:53.960 --> 0:05:57.080 talented defense and defensive line, and they got to get 0:05:57.080 --> 0:05:59.680 home and they got to finish the job. You know, 0:05:59.720 --> 0:06:03.440 they're getting home, Leonard Williams getting home. You could see 0:06:03.480 --> 0:06:06.360 all the talent they have on that defensive line. Guys 0:06:06.960 --> 0:06:10.520 doing a great job. Jaron Reid. You know, they're putting 0:06:10.560 --> 0:06:12.760 pressure on the quarterback, but they're not getting home and 0:06:12.760 --> 0:06:15.560 finishing the job. And that's that's costing a lot of plays. 0:06:17.279 --> 0:06:18.920 They gotta protect the quarterback. I mean, I don't know 0:06:18.960 --> 0:06:20.400 how many more times we could say we can get 0:06:20.440 --> 0:06:22.600 on here every single week and be like, hey, protect quarterback, 0:06:22.680 --> 0:06:24.919 Protect quarterback. I don't know if anybody's getting hit or 0:06:24.960 --> 0:06:28.120 sack more than Geno Smith right now. And Gino you know, 0:06:28.320 --> 0:06:30.279 there are times he could have made better decisions with 0:06:30.320 --> 0:06:32.640 the football. He's trying to trying to make things happen, 0:06:32.680 --> 0:06:34.760 and at the end of the game he had some 0:06:34.800 --> 0:06:38.240 incredible throws to JSN. He did used to count really 0:06:38.240 --> 0:06:41.040 well throughout this game. He made sure that you know, 0:06:41.240 --> 0:06:43.960 he capitalized on the free plays. A touchdown to Tyler 0:06:44.000 --> 0:06:47.200 Lockett JSN, I mean on a fourth and five, a 0:06:47.360 --> 0:06:50.039 dime of a pass to really get them into overtime, 0:06:50.240 --> 0:06:52.440 and a touchdown pass at the end to push the 0:06:52.480 --> 0:06:56.400 game to ot a big stop by the defense. But again, 0:06:56.640 --> 0:06:59.359 those those not executing in the red zone. That's what 0:06:59.440 --> 0:07:01.520 they're doing them. In a game like this, you look 0:07:01.600 --> 0:07:03.240 back and those are the plays where you're like, man, 0:07:03.560 --> 0:07:06.760 that's points. Whether it's three or six or seven, you 0:07:06.839 --> 0:07:07.400 got to get. 0:07:07.279 --> 0:07:10.720 Them, no question about it. I mean, the weapons, the 0:07:10.760 --> 0:07:15.000 offensive weapons, are in house in Seattle, JSN Jackson Smith 0:07:15.040 --> 0:07:18.440 and jig Ball proved himself he is he's a playmaker 0:07:18.480 --> 0:07:20.720 in this league. I mean we've talked about it for 0:07:20.880 --> 0:07:24.240 the last two years. I mean today was his day. 0:07:24.320 --> 0:07:26.840 I mean he showed himself with the out DK Metcalf 0:07:26.920 --> 0:07:29.440 on the field with seven catches for oneint eighty and 0:07:29.480 --> 0:07:33.560 two touchdowns. This team has offensive playmakers. The question is 0:07:33.760 --> 0:07:36.880 can they avoid the big mistakes. I mean throwing the 0:07:36.880 --> 0:07:40.200 one hundred and three yard interception return for a touchdown 0:07:40.240 --> 0:07:44.480 to Cameron Kitchens. I mean, that's that is a backbreaker 0:07:44.520 --> 0:07:47.400 for this team because Seattle had this game in hand. 0:07:48.080 --> 0:07:51.840 And when you give Matthew Stafford opportunities. I've seen it, Richard. 0:07:51.880 --> 0:07:54.600 I lived it here in Detroit. When you give this 0:07:54.640 --> 0:07:57.800 man opportunities, it's not going to work out for you, 0:07:58.200 --> 0:08:01.480 and it worked in his favor today. The LA Rams 0:08:01.720 --> 0:08:05.160 they're getting healthy. They look very good. If they can 0:08:05.160 --> 0:08:08.040 get pooking, Nakula backing up and cooking, I mean, this 0:08:08.080 --> 0:08:10.760 is a team that could easily compete for this division. 0:08:12.120 --> 0:08:14.320 What do you think of the Rams going for Richard? 0:08:14.320 --> 0:08:16.760 Because I know you have a stake in the forty 0:08:16.840 --> 0:08:18.520 nine ers I know you want to see the forty 0:08:18.600 --> 0:08:21.280 nine ers get healthy, but it's got to cause some 0:08:21.720 --> 0:08:24.200 a little element of concern for you seeing the Rams 0:08:24.240 --> 0:08:25.200 also getting healthy. 0:08:25.640 --> 0:08:28.800 Yeah, I mean not for me particularly, but it is 0:08:28.840 --> 0:08:31.960 for the division because you know, as they get healthy. 0:08:32.000 --> 0:08:33.920 I mean a few weeks ago, you thought it was 0:08:33.960 --> 0:08:36.720 a fire sale. You know, you hear about Pooking Akoua 0:08:36.800 --> 0:08:41.360 being available, Cooper Cup being available, all these guys, and 0:08:41.400 --> 0:08:43.240 they pretty much did this a lot of the times 0:08:43.240 --> 0:08:46.240 without hookin Nakula, who went out, who got ejected from 0:08:46.280 --> 0:08:49.400 the game for throwing a punch. I mean, this league 0:08:49.440 --> 0:08:52.960 is just getting ridiculously soft in so many different ways, 0:08:53.000 --> 0:08:55.680 and it's just laughable what this game has become. I mean, 0:08:55.920 --> 0:08:58.640 you saw it in your Detroit Lions game. They eject 0:08:58.640 --> 0:09:01.200 Brian Branch for a to helmet hit when he's trying 0:09:01.240 --> 0:09:05.040 to dislodge the football from the player. I mean, that's 0:09:05.040 --> 0:09:08.040 what this game was built on. It. I know, everybody's like, oh, well, 0:09:08.080 --> 0:09:11.240 you know, we're evolving, and we're all all evolution isn't 0:09:11.280 --> 0:09:13.360 a great thing, and that's a bad part of the 0:09:13.400 --> 0:09:15.720 game that should be reviewed. If you're gonna give the 0:09:15.760 --> 0:09:19.640 fifteen yard penalty give the fifteen yard penalty. Cool, But 0:09:19.720 --> 0:09:22.680 to eject the guy from the game, thinking, oh man, 0:09:22.720 --> 0:09:27.119 he went too high. He has literally a millisecond to decide, 0:09:27.240 --> 0:09:30.520 to make his decision and strike, and when he does that, 0:09:30.600 --> 0:09:33.400 a receiver can move up and down and around and 0:09:33.480 --> 0:09:35.559 left and right, and you just have to aim for 0:09:35.600 --> 0:09:37.640 where you think he's gonna be. And that's what he did. 0:09:37.880 --> 0:09:40.600 I thought the hit was fine, maybe a little high. 0:09:40.720 --> 0:09:42.640 If it's high, you flag him. 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Everyone's talking about the playing surface in Lambeau, 0:12:07.360 --> 0:12:10.320 the cleats being shifted up. I mean, Dan Campbell said it, 0:12:10.320 --> 0:12:13.240 what's the most important factor of this game? The shoes 0:12:13.280 --> 0:12:19.840 you wear? And Detroit came out and Richard, I'm a detroitter. 0:12:20.280 --> 0:12:22.600 I'm fired up. You're gonna have to talk me off 0:12:22.600 --> 0:12:25.160 this pedestal that I'm on. When I look at the 0:12:25.200 --> 0:12:30.400 Detroit Lions, I see a super Bowl team and maybe 0:12:30.400 --> 0:12:33.000 I'm nuts. But when you go on the road in 0:12:33.040 --> 0:12:35.440 your division and we've talked about this the last couple 0:12:35.440 --> 0:12:40.280 of weeks. These divisional games are so crucial, right, They're 0:12:40.320 --> 0:12:43.880 so crucial that they they make or break teams. And 0:12:43.920 --> 0:12:47.400 Detroit just was womping on Green Bay twenty what was it, 0:12:47.480 --> 0:12:50.040 twenty four to three at half. I know they didn't 0:12:50.040 --> 0:12:54.040 score after the first half, But Richard, I gotta know, like, 0:12:54.120 --> 0:12:56.520 where's your head at with the Detroit Lions team? Because 0:12:56.559 --> 0:12:58.959 I could talk and talk and talk and talk forever 0:12:59.320 --> 0:13:02.120 about how power I feel about this Lion's team. Where's 0:13:02.160 --> 0:13:02.719 your head at? 0:13:02.960 --> 0:13:05.319 I think they're an incredible team. I think they're one 0:13:05.360 --> 0:13:07.760 of the best teams, obviously the best team in the NFC. 0:13:08.080 --> 0:13:11.640 I just I have questions about, you know, long term 0:13:11.720 --> 0:13:14.080 and defensive. I think they have to make a move 0:13:14.120 --> 0:13:16.760 for a pass Russer. I've heard they're in the market for, 0:13:17.360 --> 0:13:19.720 you know, Zadarius Smith and a number of other guys 0:13:19.720 --> 0:13:22.480 who could really help. Now you get one of those guys, 0:13:22.960 --> 0:13:25.559 you know, to help put some more pressure on these quarterbacks, 0:13:25.679 --> 0:13:28.520 then I'm all on board, which eventual because that's the 0:13:28.600 --> 0:13:30.480 thing when you get into the playoffs, you get into 0:13:30.520 --> 0:13:33.000 these type all games. Who can get to the quarterback, 0:13:33.040 --> 0:13:35.040 who can get to the quarterback successfully. You have a 0:13:35.080 --> 0:13:38.520 really talented secondary, but nobody can cover forever. So if 0:13:38.520 --> 0:13:41.319 guys get more time, you start to find holes and zones, 0:13:41.400 --> 0:13:43.480 you start to find holes. But right now they're doing 0:13:43.480 --> 0:13:46.800 a phenomenal job. They held Jordan Love to two hundred 0:13:46.800 --> 0:13:48.720 and seventy three yards twenty three of thirty nine. He 0:13:48.840 --> 0:13:51.280 was he got some garbage time yards in there, so 0:13:51.440 --> 0:13:53.520 we're not going to count all that. Josh Jacobs was 0:13:53.559 --> 0:13:56.240 ever able to have some success on the ground thirteen 0:13:56.320 --> 0:14:00.719 carries for ninety five yards. But I thought Kirby Joseph's 0:14:01.000 --> 0:14:03.240 interception was an incredible play. I mean, to just be 0:14:03.320 --> 0:14:05.559 in the right place at the right time, to to 0:14:05.559 --> 0:14:08.320 to take your time, to not overrush, to have an 0:14:08.360 --> 0:14:11.640 awareness of where you are. We just talked about what 0:14:11.679 --> 0:14:15.319 they did to Brian Branch, which was a ridiculous, ridiculous 0:14:15.320 --> 0:14:17.920 abuse of power in the National Football League to kick 0:14:17.920 --> 0:14:21.840 a player out in the game for nothing, egregious nothing. 0:14:22.840 --> 0:14:25.160 He didn't do it on purpose, he didn't do anything 0:14:25.400 --> 0:14:27.520 that you would you would say, oh man, that was 0:14:27.560 --> 0:14:29.440 a dirty play. It was a football play, and if 0:14:29.440 --> 0:14:31.600 it's a football player, I don't I don't like football 0:14:31.600 --> 0:14:35.400 players getting ejected for it. And that's that's something that 0:14:35.400 --> 0:14:38.600 that has to be reviewed from New York or talked 0:14:38.600 --> 0:14:41.320 about because if you do that in a playoff game 0:14:41.360 --> 0:14:43.480 to an All Pro or Pro Bowl player, you know 0:14:43.520 --> 0:14:45.400 who can have a drastic effect on the game. It's 0:14:45.400 --> 0:14:47.400 too much gambling going on. It's too many, too much 0:14:47.440 --> 0:14:49.800 at stake in these ball games where people would start 0:14:49.840 --> 0:14:53.280 to say, hey man, they're starting to really they're starting 0:14:53.280 --> 0:14:55.480 to cheat, they're starting to cheat. I mean defense, you 0:14:55.520 --> 0:14:58.640 always feel like you getting cheated, but I mean that 0:14:58.880 --> 0:15:01.040 kind of play, you make it possible. So you're saying, hey, 0:15:01.080 --> 0:15:02.840 just let the guys catch the ball, because if they 0:15:02.880 --> 0:15:05.200 start taking guy's legs out and they start landing on 0:15:05.280 --> 0:15:07.760 their heads and breaking their necks and things like that, 0:15:07.800 --> 0:15:09.600 then it's going to be a whole different issue. So 0:15:09.760 --> 0:15:11.480 they're trying to hit guys in the chest, and you 0:15:11.520 --> 0:15:14.560 saw Kobe Bryant had a great play against the Rams 0:15:14.600 --> 0:15:16.280 where you hit the guy right in the chest, but 0:15:16.480 --> 0:15:18.680 his helmet hit the other guy's helmet a little bit. 0:15:18.840 --> 0:15:20.960 But if you find a way for a guy to 0:15:21.040 --> 0:15:25.000 lead his body without his head, then I'd be all ears. 0:15:25.240 --> 0:15:27.440 But I told when I sent the competition to meet 0:15:27.480 --> 0:15:31.400 in mini meetings, and they had these conversations. I said, hey, 0:15:31.640 --> 0:15:34.000 I want all you guys who are making these rules, 0:15:34.200 --> 0:15:36.240 I want you to walk towards the wall, and I 0:15:36.280 --> 0:15:38.080 want you to walk towards it, and I want you 0:15:38.120 --> 0:15:39.920 to do it with your head back. And they couldn't 0:15:39.920 --> 0:15:43.000 do it, Mitchell. They were stumbling, they were falling. I said, okay, 0:15:43.200 --> 0:15:45.440 now lean your head forward and walk wherever you want, 0:15:45.480 --> 0:15:47.880 what direction you want to go in, And they realized, hey, 0:15:47.880 --> 0:15:50.560 you're led by your head. No matter to run full speed, 0:15:50.760 --> 0:15:53.480 your head's going to be at the forefront. So if 0:15:53.480 --> 0:15:55.480 you're talking about striking somebody, you put a foot in 0:15:55.520 --> 0:15:57.600 the ground, you put your shoulder out front. But I'm 0:15:57.680 --> 0:16:01.440 leaning my shoulder and my head's gonna look at this Mitchell. Yeah, yeah, 0:16:01.440 --> 0:16:04.480 you measure it. My head, my shoulder, it's gonna hit 0:16:04.520 --> 0:16:06.120 the jam there at the same time. All my head's 0:16:06.160 --> 0:16:08.800 gonna go first. So if you some of the things 0:16:08.800 --> 0:16:11.240 people say, like oh, he's leading with his head, like 0:16:11.360 --> 0:16:13.920 get the head out the game. You can't unless you 0:16:13.920 --> 0:16:16.680 tell these guys to stop leading their body. And that's 0:16:17.160 --> 0:16:19.200 that's the part of the game I hate. But this 0:16:19.360 --> 0:16:23.520 Lion's team looks phenomenal. Uh. Their culture, their coaching looks good. 0:16:24.160 --> 0:16:27.160 Even when they when they face some adversity, they're overcoming 0:16:27.200 --> 0:16:29.720 it really quickly. They got a tough game against the 0:16:29.760 --> 0:16:34.400 Houston Texans next week. We trust just on TNF it's 0:16:34.440 --> 0:16:37.720 in Houston. I think they're a frustrated team. They're they're 0:16:37.760 --> 0:16:40.640 beat up at the receiver position. They're supposed to be 0:16:40.640 --> 0:16:43.760 getting Nico Collins back off the hamstring injury. So I'm 0:16:43.760 --> 0:16:46.000 looking forward to that game. But right now, there are 0:16:46.200 --> 0:16:48.480 very few teams that can consider themselves better than the 0:16:48.520 --> 0:16:49.200 Detroit Lions. 0:16:49.280 --> 0:16:52.760 Right now, there's and I appreciate you saying that, Richard. 0:16:53.120 --> 0:16:55.360 Let's talk a little bit about Jared Goff before he 0:16:55.440 --> 0:16:58.040 turned the page on this Detroit Lion team, because his 0:16:58.160 --> 0:17:01.440 last two games on paper have looked underwhelming. I mean, 0:17:01.480 --> 0:17:03.360 what do you have eighty three passing yards in a 0:17:03.440 --> 0:17:06.720 fifty two to ten or fifty to fourteen win against Titans. 0:17:07.080 --> 0:17:10.440 Now one hundred and forty five passing yards against these 0:17:10.440 --> 0:17:13.359 Green Bay Packers. But then you look at the fact 0:17:13.400 --> 0:17:17.200 that this guy, his completion percentage is off the charts. Richard, 0:17:18.160 --> 0:17:21.240 where do you put him? I mean, I know Lamar 0:17:21.359 --> 0:17:24.280 Jackson's been having a hell of a year, But is 0:17:24.320 --> 0:17:27.600 he a realistic MVP candidate right now? The way he's 0:17:27.640 --> 0:17:29.880 playing football for this Detroit Lion football team. 0:17:30.200 --> 0:17:33.400 If you're just looking at the efficiency numbers metro, you've 0:17:33.480 --> 0:17:36.119 got to give him at least a fair look because 0:17:36.119 --> 0:17:38.720 it's ridiculous. I mean, he's breaking records left and right, 0:17:40.480 --> 0:17:43.159 he's been so efficient, not turning the ball over at 0:17:43.160 --> 0:17:46.239 a high rate. But then you start to look at 0:17:46.240 --> 0:17:48.880 the overall numbers and he's just not thrown for very 0:17:48.880 --> 0:17:53.000 many yards. I think he's fourteenth right now. In yards, 0:17:52.720 --> 0:17:57.040 he's ninth, and touchdowns and those numbers for an MVP 0:17:57.320 --> 0:17:58.760 just aren't going to get it done. And you know, 0:17:58.800 --> 0:18:00.720 we talked about this last year when we were talking 0:18:00.720 --> 0:18:02.840 about Lamar Jackson, where his numbers stacked up in the 0:18:02.920 --> 0:18:05.640 National Football League, and you know, I wasn't I wasn't 0:18:05.640 --> 0:18:08.760 feeling it. But this year it's totally different. He looks 0:18:08.840 --> 0:18:13.040 like his twenty nineteen MVP season. So if he's having 0:18:13.040 --> 0:18:15.440 a year like that, Josh Allen's also having a phenomenal 0:18:15.480 --> 0:18:18.000 year where he's throwing for two thousand yards and he's 0:18:18.000 --> 0:18:21.280 got seventeen touchdowns, only two interceptions, both coming in the 0:18:21.359 --> 0:18:25.200 last two weeks. They're winning ball games. They're seven and 0:18:25.280 --> 0:18:29.000 two right now. And so Lamar Jackson's number one in 0:18:29.040 --> 0:18:31.560 the league in passing yards. I think he's number one. 0:18:31.600 --> 0:18:33.480 Are He's second in the league in passing yards, number 0:18:33.520 --> 0:18:36.880 one in QBR, second in touchdown passes with twenty only 0:18:36.920 --> 0:18:40.760 two interceptions. Those are MVP numbers. I mean, he almost 0:18:40.800 --> 0:18:43.480 has as many touchdown passes right now, nine games into 0:18:43.520 --> 0:18:46.240 the season as he did over sixteen games last year. 0:18:46.400 --> 0:18:48.080 And that's what when I was saying that last year, 0:18:48.080 --> 0:18:50.040 the oh, you're a hater, You're a hater. I'm not 0:18:50.119 --> 0:18:52.440 no hater. I just know what MVP numbers look like, 0:18:52.480 --> 0:18:55.080 and he has them. These are MVP numbers. He has 0:18:55.119 --> 0:18:58.000 twenty touchdown passes nine games into the season. He had 0:18:58.040 --> 0:19:02.120 twenty four last year the whole season. And that's this. 0:19:02.520 --> 0:19:06.000 He's running away with MVP. And has Jared Golf played 0:19:06.040 --> 0:19:09.200 an amazing and winning football and done a phenomenal job, 0:19:09.280 --> 0:19:11.240 no question about it. But he's gonna have to throw 0:19:11.240 --> 0:19:13.520 for more touchdowns. He's gonna have to throw for more 0:19:13.600 --> 0:19:15.680 yards if he wants to get in this conversation now, 0:19:15.680 --> 0:19:17.600 if he's holding a Trophy at the end. I don't 0:19:17.640 --> 0:19:20.080 think he cares, Mitchell, But if we're talking about the 0:19:20.160 --> 0:19:22.840 MVP conversation, you've got to get in some more numbers. 0:19:23.400 --> 0:19:25.679 I'm with you. And let's talk about Baltimore a little bit, 0:19:25.720 --> 0:19:28.639 because this was that measuring stick game I think for 0:19:28.720 --> 0:19:32.040 the Denver Broncos and they go on the road into 0:19:32.119 --> 0:19:35.560 Baltimore and they get shell ACKed. I don't know if 0:19:35.560 --> 0:19:40.080 any other word's gonna exemplify their showing losing by thirty 0:19:40.119 --> 0:19:43.800 one points on the road and Baltimore. I mean, for them, 0:19:44.080 --> 0:19:47.520 this goes to show they're a team, they're a force 0:19:47.600 --> 0:19:50.520 to be reckoned with us and in this AFC, and 0:19:50.600 --> 0:19:52.960 I know their kryptonite is the Kansas City Chiefs. I 0:19:53.000 --> 0:19:57.159 know everyone's kryptonite in the AFC is Patrick Mahomes. You know, 0:19:57.480 --> 0:20:02.399 Richard Baltimore looks down. I'm good. I mean, what's the 0:20:02.440 --> 0:20:06.760 ceiling for this team? Can they get past Patrick Mahomes 0:20:07.280 --> 0:20:09.520 in this Kansas City Chiefs team? Do you believe in 0:20:09.520 --> 0:20:11.240 this Baltimore Ravens team right now? 0:20:11.400 --> 0:20:15.760 What I believe? And they got two MVP candidates because 0:20:15.960 --> 0:20:19.520 you look at what Derrick Henry's done. He's got you know, 0:20:19.600 --> 0:20:22.840 third running back in league history with a thousand yards 0:20:22.840 --> 0:20:26.560 and ten touchdowns through nine games and the football season. 0:20:26.640 --> 0:20:29.560 The last two won the MVP. It was Sean Alexander 0:20:29.560 --> 0:20:32.240 and Terrell Davis. And you look at Lamar Jackson. I 0:20:32.320 --> 0:20:35.919 just talked about him. He had his fourth his fourth 0:20:35.960 --> 0:20:38.960 game with a perfect passer rating, most of any player 0:20:39.000 --> 0:20:42.800 with fifteen plus attempts. He's playing out of his mind 0:20:42.840 --> 0:20:44.840 right now. I mean he's playing elite. He's pushing the 0:20:44.880 --> 0:20:47.000 ball down the field. We talked about his passing numbers. 0:20:47.080 --> 0:20:49.000 He's running the ball really well. I think he has 0:20:49.040 --> 0:20:51.399 five hundred and five rush yards as well to go 0:20:51.480 --> 0:20:54.680 along with his twenty three hundred or so passing yards. 0:20:54.880 --> 0:20:57.560 And he's really efficient. Mit, he's not turning the ball 0:20:57.600 --> 0:21:00.640 over at all. He's putting his team in phenomen no positions. 0:21:00.640 --> 0:21:04.360 They're scoring a ton of points every single week. They 0:21:04.400 --> 0:21:07.720 look incredibly formidable. But then you look up and you're like, wait, 0:21:07.760 --> 0:21:12.120 they lost to the Browns and the Raiders, Like how why? Why? 0:21:12.200 --> 0:21:14.440 You can understand the Kansas City Chiefs loss this first 0:21:14.440 --> 0:21:16.280 game of the season, A lot of chaos is the 0:21:16.280 --> 0:21:18.679 Super Bowl champions. But then you look at at the 0:21:18.680 --> 0:21:21.359 Browns and the Raiders. You're like, hey, I don't know. 0:21:21.600 --> 0:21:23.679 You know, it leaves It leaves a lot for the 0:21:23.720 --> 0:21:27.320 imagination because now I need to see you against your division. 0:21:27.359 --> 0:21:29.600 I don't you know, I need. I still need. There 0:21:29.600 --> 0:21:31.359 are still things I need to see from this team 0:21:31.760 --> 0:21:35.320 because of those losses. Are they a great team? Has 0:21:35.359 --> 0:21:38.800 a defense played incredibly yes, sir, yes, sir to hold 0:21:38.840 --> 0:21:41.560 the Denver Broncos to ten points to score forty one 0:21:41.600 --> 0:21:44.600 points on this defense that has been amongst the league leaders. 0:21:44.640 --> 0:21:48.800 Vans Joseph has had these boys hunting all season, playing 0:21:49.000 --> 0:21:53.600 really really high level defensive football. Bo Knicks has had 0:21:53.720 --> 0:21:56.240 really good games over the past three or four ball games. 0:21:56.480 --> 0:21:59.960 And and in this game, I mean he was held 0:22:00.119 --> 0:22:02.400 to nineteen of thirty three to two hundred and twenty 0:22:02.440 --> 0:22:06.840 three yards. He had the reception touchdown on the Philly 0:22:06.920 --> 0:22:10.520 special play. But he's been feeding Courtland Sutton, who had 0:22:10.520 --> 0:22:13.920 another one hundred yard game, but they held him in check, 0:22:14.280 --> 0:22:18.360 forced them to throw an interception. They I mean, they 0:22:18.400 --> 0:22:20.919 had their way with that defense trying to play man coverage. 0:22:20.960 --> 0:22:23.280 They could not stop Zay Flowers five catches for one 0:22:23.320 --> 0:22:27.560 twenty seven and two tous. This team looks to be 0:22:27.600 --> 0:22:31.520 a very formidable team, but those concerning head scratching losses 0:22:31.520 --> 0:22:33.800 are the reason I can't put them up, you know, 0:22:33.920 --> 0:22:37.879 above three in my power rankings, because you're losing the 0:22:37.920 --> 0:22:40.520 teams who just aren't playing great football right now. You know, 0:22:40.560 --> 0:22:43.600 you lost to Gardner Minshew and you lost to Jamis 0:22:43.640 --> 0:22:46.160 who had a really good game. And you know, obviously 0:22:46.200 --> 0:22:48.639 we saw the chaos at the end, but they just 0:22:48.680 --> 0:22:51.000 got their butts kicked this week, and so you know, 0:22:51.080 --> 0:22:53.000 you think, oh man, they're about to turn it around, 0:22:53.040 --> 0:22:56.000 but then they did. So what they do this week 0:22:56.040 --> 0:22:59.200 and Thursday on Thursday night in front of us in 0:22:59.320 --> 0:23:01.880 Baltimore's really gonna give me what I need to see. 0:23:02.000 --> 0:23:05.080 Because the Cincinnati Bengals aren't a great team, but offensively, 0:23:05.160 --> 0:23:07.879 Joe Burrow just threw for five touchdowns. This defense is 0:23:07.880 --> 0:23:10.639 coming along as they always do around this time in 0:23:10.640 --> 0:23:13.040 the season. They're three and one over their last four. 0:23:13.320 --> 0:23:16.640 So you look and you say, okay, Baltimore is your 0:23:16.640 --> 0:23:19.879 time blow out a division opponent and let us all know, 0:23:19.960 --> 0:23:21.840 put us all on notice. So if they were able 0:23:21.880 --> 0:23:24.440 to do that, then they get to say that now 0:23:25.080 --> 0:23:26.720 I still need them to do more. 0:23:28.160 --> 0:23:30.359 No question, I know you've got to be fired up 0:23:30.400 --> 0:23:33.399 to be going to Baltimore on Thursday, Richard. It's gonna 0:23:33.400 --> 0:23:36.040 be a huge game, and it's gonna be another huge 0:23:36.040 --> 0:23:41.359 opportunity for Lamar Jackson. He is our player in Primetime, 0:23:41.400 --> 0:23:44.040 brought to you by our friends and partners at Brightling. 0:23:44.440 --> 0:23:47.960 We've already talked about him enough, Richard. I'm sporting my 0:23:48.080 --> 0:23:51.680 Honolulu Blue Brightling. I know you got ears on two, 0:23:52.200 --> 0:23:54.720 and trust me, I'm gonna be giving this to you 0:23:54.800 --> 0:23:57.680 to wear a sideline when you're in Detroit, the Honolulu 0:23:57.720 --> 0:24:00.840 Blue Brightling when in Detroit for the Thursday night game 0:24:00.840 --> 0:24:04.359 against the Pack. But this Lamar Jackson, if he keeps 0:24:04.400 --> 0:24:08.880 going the way he is, he's deserving of a repeat MVP. 0:24:10.240 --> 0:24:13.520 He is our players in Primetime, brought to you by 0:24:13.520 --> 0:24:16.160 our friends at Brightling. Make sure you guys go check 0:24:16.240 --> 0:24:20.520 them out. They've got one hundred watches each for each team. 0:24:21.000 --> 0:24:22.720 You guys got to look at him. Even if you're 0:24:22.720 --> 0:24:24.480 not going to buy him, at least look at him. 0:24:24.520 --> 0:24:26.720 They're beautiful. They're beautiful pieces. 0:24:27.280 --> 0:24:29.520 Richard. Yeah, Mitchell, we're going to have a hard time 0:24:29.720 --> 0:24:31.800 not giving him player a month this month. I mean, 0:24:31.840 --> 0:24:35.720 he's over the last five games, Lamar Jackson fourteen touchdown passes, 0:24:36.000 --> 0:24:40.320 one interception, and just high level football, high level football. 0:24:40.320 --> 0:24:42.800 They're running it, they're passing and making great decisions, fourth 0:24:42.840 --> 0:24:48.000 down efficiency at perfect passer rating this game. I mean, 0:24:48.080 --> 0:24:51.359 what can't you say about him? The leading candidate for 0:24:51.440 --> 0:24:54.480 MVP right now. And we all talked about these guys 0:24:54.480 --> 0:24:56.800 throwing all these touchdown passes. We talked about Jordan Love 0:24:56.880 --> 0:24:59.400 and Patrick Mahons, but they're throwing a lot of interceptions 0:24:59.480 --> 0:25:02.520 right now. They're one and two in the league in 0:25:02.520 --> 0:25:05.920 interceptions thrown. And even Baker Mayfield, who's leading the league 0:25:05.920 --> 0:25:09.399 in passing yards, are passing touchdowns and I want to 0:25:09.440 --> 0:25:12.000 say yards. It's just throwing a ton of interceptions. So 0:25:12.359 --> 0:25:14.080 you think you would think, oh man, they got a 0:25:14.119 --> 0:25:17.720 high risk, high reward kind of deal. But Lamar Jackson's 0:25:17.760 --> 0:25:20.800 doing it, and so is Josh Allen very efficiently. 0:25:23.440 --> 0:25:26.840 Let's go to Atlanta, Richard. Let's talk about the sinking 0:25:26.920 --> 0:25:29.920 ship that is the Dallas Cowboys. I don't know if 0:25:29.920 --> 0:25:32.520 many people saw this coming into the season. They're three 0:25:32.600 --> 0:25:37.160 and five right now, and I think, frankly, they look horrendous. 0:25:37.880 --> 0:25:41.359 The Atlanta Falcons are six and three. I mean, what's 0:25:41.359 --> 0:25:43.840 the bigger story here in your eyes? The fact that 0:25:43.880 --> 0:25:45.960 Atlanta is six and three are the fact that the 0:25:46.040 --> 0:25:49.639 Dallas Cowboys are an abysmal three and five. 0:25:50.640 --> 0:25:52.520 I would say the Dallas Cowboys because I think a 0:25:52.520 --> 0:25:54.280 lot of people, you know, we're getting a lot of 0:25:54.320 --> 0:25:57.080 credit to the moves that Atlanta made throughout the offseason. 0:25:57.119 --> 0:25:59.639 I think, you know, people were criticizing them about the 0:25:59.680 --> 0:26:02.879 Michael Pennick's move and drafting him in the first round. 0:26:02.920 --> 0:26:05.520 But he's the future of the franchise and they believe that. 0:26:05.560 --> 0:26:08.640 But they have the current right now and Kirk Cousins, 0:26:08.640 --> 0:26:12.199 and I think he's he's enjoying himself. He's adopting the 0:26:12.320 --> 0:26:15.720 Atlanta culture and the Atlanta vibes and and everything that 0:26:15.720 --> 0:26:17.879 that that they stand for. And I think the city's 0:26:17.920 --> 0:26:20.359 embracing him, and he's embracing the city and he's having 0:26:20.359 --> 0:26:23.320 a lot of fun. Mitchell, he was nineteen or twenty 0:26:23.320 --> 0:26:27.359 four today. Three touchdown passes. He was able to hit 0:26:27.440 --> 0:26:29.879 Drake London on a on a fade route or a 0:26:29.920 --> 0:26:32.119 will route in the end zone. He was able to 0:26:32.560 --> 0:26:34.760 hit Mooney on a broken coverage. It looked like they 0:26:34.840 --> 0:26:39.800 just busted cover two and you gotta you just gotta. 0:26:39.880 --> 0:26:42.160 I'm I'm I'm happy for Kirk. I'm happy for Kirk. 0:26:42.200 --> 0:26:44.359 He's always been one of the quarterbacks that that I 0:26:44.440 --> 0:26:47.720 thought was a way better, way better and closer to 0:26:47.800 --> 0:26:51.800 elite than anybody gave him credit. And he's on a 0:26:51.840 --> 0:26:54.520 team with a lot of talent. I think Kyle Pitts 0:26:54.560 --> 0:26:57.240 is starting to benefit from it, obviously Darnelle Mooney. But 0:26:57.359 --> 0:27:01.359 John Robinson had seven catches for fifty nine yards, twelve 0:27:01.440 --> 0:27:04.440 rushes for seventy five yards, his best all purpose yards 0:27:04.480 --> 0:27:08.840 game of the season, and they're finally giving him more touches, 0:27:08.880 --> 0:27:11.040 giving him, you know, getting him the ball in space 0:27:11.080 --> 0:27:15.680 a lot more. But remember last year when the Dallas Cowboys, 0:27:15.720 --> 0:27:18.520 Jerry Jones was at the trade line, was Drey deadline, 0:27:18.600 --> 0:27:21.199 was like, hey, we're not making any moves. We're I mean, 0:27:21.280 --> 0:27:24.080 unless somebody calls us and gives us an offer we 0:27:24.119 --> 0:27:26.800 can't refuse. We just got on to keep doing what 0:27:26.840 --> 0:27:30.920 we do well. Jerry, your team looks abysmal. You should 0:27:30.920 --> 0:27:33.960 have made decisions during all season when you were all in, 0:27:34.560 --> 0:27:38.240 all in, mint all out, I guess, Mitchell, because everybody 0:27:38.320 --> 0:27:40.760 about to be out in a second, they about to 0:27:40.760 --> 0:27:42.919 say you gotta go, you gotta go, you gotta go, 0:27:43.040 --> 0:27:46.040 you gotta go, because they made a terrible move picking 0:27:46.080 --> 0:27:49.880 their defensive coordinator. Now, I've talked to players on that team, 0:27:49.920 --> 0:27:53.320 I've talked to guys on that staff. I've talked to 0:27:53.400 --> 0:27:56.440 ex players who played in this game. It's too predictable, 0:27:56.680 --> 0:28:00.080 Mike Zimmers game is too predictable. They don't they he 0:28:00.119 --> 0:28:04.879 doesn't adjust, he doesn't adapt to what's going on right now. 0:28:05.320 --> 0:28:07.719 Like you have to adapt to the league that it 0:28:07.800 --> 0:28:10.000 is right now. You can't say, hey, I've had success 0:28:10.000 --> 0:28:13.280 in the past and I've always done this, and I've 0:28:13.320 --> 0:28:15.560 always done that. You have to evolve. You have to 0:28:15.600 --> 0:28:19.600 adapt to what's happening right now, and he's not. You 0:28:19.640 --> 0:28:21.840 know when they're gonna be in man, you know when 0:28:21.880 --> 0:28:25.479 they're gonna be in zone. You know what zone they're running. 0:28:25.760 --> 0:28:28.200 It's predictable and you can dictate their informations. If it's 0:28:28.200 --> 0:28:29.960 third and short, they're in man, if they're in the 0:28:30.000 --> 0:28:32.919 red zone inside the five, they're in man like. And 0:28:33.680 --> 0:28:37.200 it's really resulted in them being a terrible red zone 0:28:37.240 --> 0:28:40.120 defense because of how predictable they are. And you look 0:28:40.200 --> 0:28:42.640 and you see a lot of the same talented pieces 0:28:43.520 --> 0:28:45.640 that were there when Dan Quinn was there, and they 0:28:45.640 --> 0:28:49.080 were amongst the league leaders at top ten defense, number 0:28:49.120 --> 0:28:52.080 one in turnovers over the past however many years, and 0:28:52.120 --> 0:28:54.680 now they can't seem to get any turnovers. They they're 0:28:54.720 --> 0:28:56.800 not getting to the quarterback at the high till now. 0:28:57.200 --> 0:29:01.360 DeMarcus Lawrence is hurt. Parsons is out. You got to 0:29:01.400 --> 0:29:03.560 give him credit for that, Yes, sir, I understand that. 0:29:03.920 --> 0:29:07.800 But there are still really talented guys there. Carl Lawson 0:29:07.880 --> 0:29:09.320 was able to get to the quarterback. He was a 0:29:09.320 --> 0:29:11.480 free agent acquisition, was able to get to the quarterback 0:29:11.680 --> 0:29:15.400 a few times in this game. But what's happened to 0:29:16.320 --> 0:29:20.160 Cede Lamb? What's happened to the rapport between Dak Prescott 0:29:20.200 --> 0:29:22.760 and Ceedee Lamb. Dak Prescott eighteen to twenty four, but 0:29:22.880 --> 0:29:25.440 only one hundred and thirty three yards in a touchdown. 0:29:25.760 --> 0:29:27.959 They said something about his running this week, that he 0:29:28.040 --> 0:29:31.200 was he had less rushing yards than than your boy 0:29:31.280 --> 0:29:34.560 Jared Goff and I think a rod and so now 0:29:34.600 --> 0:29:38.560 he ran for thirty yards. But again now he pulls 0:29:38.600 --> 0:29:41.680 his hamstring. Mitchell. They almost they almost talked to him 0:29:41.680 --> 0:29:43.600 into pulling his hamstring. So they tell you you're not 0:29:43.680 --> 0:29:46.760 running enough, you laugh it off and say, man, that's bad. 0:29:47.000 --> 0:29:48.400 They get you to run the ball and you pull 0:29:48.400 --> 0:29:50.320 your hamstring in the game, and then they put Cooper 0:29:50.400 --> 0:29:53.480 Rush in, which is gonna start a whole different controversy 0:29:53.520 --> 0:29:58.840 because there's a small contingent of Dallas Cowboy fans who 0:29:58.880 --> 0:30:01.960 have been saying Cooper, Cooper Rush. Put Cooper Rush in 0:30:02.000 --> 0:30:05.280 the game. Cooper, Well, they're gonna have another few games 0:30:05.280 --> 0:30:07.520 of Cooper Rush. I would believe it, depending on the 0:30:07.520 --> 0:30:10.960 severity of Dak Prescott's hamstring injury and if he finds 0:30:10.960 --> 0:30:13.520 the way to win games. Mitchell, this is the kind 0:30:13.560 --> 0:30:17.880 of ridiculousness that happens in Dallas that people would be 0:30:17.920 --> 0:30:20.160 saying they need to start him over the sixty million 0:30:20.200 --> 0:30:23.800 dollar quarterback. I'm not the one saying that, Mitchell, and 0:30:23.880 --> 0:30:26.719 I would never say it because that's ridiculous. But there 0:30:26.760 --> 0:30:29.880 are people that were Dallas Cowboys gear every single week 0:30:29.920 --> 0:30:31.640 that we'll be saying that we. 0:30:31.920 --> 0:30:34.760 Had a buyer cell segment last week, Richard I said 0:30:34.800 --> 0:30:38.880 buy or sell. Dak Prescott is gonna be not on 0:30:38.920 --> 0:30:42.760 this team next year, Richard. If it keeps going down 0:30:42.800 --> 0:30:46.600 this path the Dallas Cowboys. You know Jerry, I mean 0:30:47.080 --> 0:30:49.720 he does not accept losing. You know, this city does 0:30:49.760 --> 0:30:53.040 not accept losing. Where do we go from here with Dallas? 0:30:53.040 --> 0:30:55.640 I mean we're at the halfway point. They're three and five. 0:30:55.880 --> 0:30:59.840 I mean, conceivably they're not out of the playoff picture, 0:31:00.080 --> 0:31:04.320 but for all intentsive purposes, they've been getting absolutely shelled 0:31:04.320 --> 0:31:06.280 by teams. I mean, I know this was a six 0:31:06.320 --> 0:31:09.040 point game, but they were down by multiple scores for 0:31:09.120 --> 0:31:11.560 the bulk of this game. They made it look close late. 0:31:12.840 --> 0:31:15.240 I just don't know what the end goal is with 0:31:15.320 --> 0:31:19.520 this Cowboys team. They made no moves this offseason. They're 0:31:19.640 --> 0:31:22.400 stuck in no man's land. They're in cap hell. They've 0:31:22.400 --> 0:31:24.880 got to pay all their players that they're supposed to 0:31:24.920 --> 0:31:27.200 be the team players that are going to elevate this team. 0:31:27.600 --> 0:31:30.760 Where do we go from here? Is Dak Prescott gonna 0:31:30.760 --> 0:31:33.560 be part of the long term solution with this team? 0:31:33.680 --> 0:31:35.920 Mitchell? Mitchell, I'm gonna let you know something that you 0:31:36.000 --> 0:31:38.080 may not know because I need to look this up. Sorry, 0:31:38.080 --> 0:31:40.080 I'm on my phone. I need to look at Dak's 0:31:40.480 --> 0:31:42.680 contract details, and I need to so I can have 0:31:42.800 --> 0:31:50.880 exact numbers for you, because perfect, perfect, perfect got it. 0:31:52.240 --> 0:31:56.720 So that's deal that he got Mitchell for all of 0:31:56.760 --> 0:32:03.040 that money hasn't even started yet, and so everybody is 0:32:03.080 --> 0:32:07.560 gonna be gone before Dak Prescott's gone. Dak Prescott makes 0:32:08.240 --> 0:32:12.520 one point two five base salary this year, he makes 0:32:12.640 --> 0:32:15.520 forty seven million, next year, forty to the next year, 0:32:15.600 --> 0:32:20.040 forty five the following year, etcetera, etcetera, fifty five and 0:32:20.120 --> 0:32:24.640 twenty twenty eight. Let's see the one hundred and twenty 0:32:24.720 --> 0:32:27.680 nine million guaranteed at signing, which is his twenty twenty 0:32:27.720 --> 0:32:32.760 four salary plus his twenty twenty five salary. His twenty 0:32:32.880 --> 0:32:36.720 twenty sixth salary is guaranteed Mark sixteenth of twenty twenty 0:32:36.760 --> 0:32:42.880 five injury guarantee that signing, and w fifth day of 0:32:43.040 --> 0:32:45.560 league year of twenty twenty six his twenty twenty seven 0:32:45.720 --> 0:32:50.760 salary is guaranteed. So Mitchell McCarthy's gonna be gone, and 0:32:50.840 --> 0:32:53.480 the rumors that he's picking up Prime and he's picking 0:32:53.560 --> 0:32:56.959 up Shador are gonna be as loud as they possibly 0:32:57.040 --> 0:33:00.320 can be. Now, don't let the Dallas Cowboys be in 0:33:00.360 --> 0:33:03.800 the top ten of the National Football League's draft. Do 0:33:04.000 --> 0:33:06.560 not let the Dallas Cowboys be picking in the top 0:33:06.680 --> 0:33:11.480 five of the National Football League's draft because the amount 0:33:11.480 --> 0:33:17.479 of noise you're gonna hear about them picking up Shador Sanders. Mitchell, 0:33:17.520 --> 0:33:21.400 it's gonna sound like Century Link during the NFC championship 0:33:21.480 --> 0:33:24.440 game that we are about to win. Mitchell, It's deafening. 0:33:25.040 --> 0:33:29.920 It's ridiculously deafening, and it's rightfully so. Then they're gonna 0:33:29.920 --> 0:33:32.320 be sitting there saying, well, why doesn't it Dad coach 0:33:32.360 --> 0:33:34.560 him again? He coached them at the high school level, 0:33:34.760 --> 0:33:37.560 he coached them at the college level, he coached them 0:33:37.600 --> 0:33:40.680 at Dallas. And you know one star that could be 0:33:40.800 --> 0:33:46.080 big enough to walk into Dallas and overshadow Jerry Jones 0:33:46.200 --> 0:33:50.160 just a little bit. It's Prime And Mitchell, that's just 0:33:50.200 --> 0:33:53.959 the conversation that it's gonna be am I stoking fires 0:33:54.000 --> 0:33:56.680 that probably aren't there. Is Deon likely gonna just stay 0:33:56.720 --> 0:33:58.640 at Colorado and have a good time and keep coaching 0:33:58.640 --> 0:34:02.040 his butt off. Sure, but I like the controversy, Mitchell, 0:34:02.200 --> 0:34:04.920 and it's the Dallas Cowboys. You never freaking know. All 0:34:04.960 --> 0:34:08.400 you know is that in January they're not gonna be 0:34:08.440 --> 0:34:09.560 there at least at the end. 0:34:11.200 --> 0:34:13.880 I love I love that prophecy Richard, I could totally 0:34:13.920 --> 0:34:17.800 see it. And they've got the Eagles on the docket 0:34:17.840 --> 0:34:20.719 next week. If they lose that game, I mean, we 0:34:20.840 --> 0:34:24.279 might be a step closer to that prophecy. Let's talk 0:34:24.280 --> 0:34:26.600 about the Eagles a little bit, and they are hot 0:34:26.680 --> 0:34:29.319 right now. I mean, if you're not talking about my 0:34:29.440 --> 0:34:31.560 Detroit Lions, we might as well be talking about the 0:34:31.560 --> 0:34:34.880 Philadelphia Eagles as the second hottest team in this NFC 0:34:35.080 --> 0:34:39.160 right now. They beat the Jacksonville Jaguars. They gave him 0:34:39.239 --> 0:34:41.279 a little bit of life, you know. I mean, this 0:34:41.400 --> 0:34:43.919 game is closer than it probably should have been twenty 0:34:43.960 --> 0:34:47.880 eight to twenty three. But Saquon Barkley is flat out bawling. 0:34:48.000 --> 0:34:50.680 I mean, he jumped over a guy backwards today. I 0:34:50.680 --> 0:34:52.759 don't know if you saw that, but I mean I've 0:34:52.760 --> 0:34:56.040 never seen that before in my life. Saquon Barkley, it 0:34:56.120 --> 0:35:00.360 seems like is the perfect fit for this Philadelphia Eagles team. 0:35:01.120 --> 0:35:03.760 Let's talk about the Eagles. Where what's your head? Where's 0:35:03.760 --> 0:35:05.360 your head at with this team? How far do you 0:35:05.400 --> 0:35:08.080 think they can realistically go? Because they look a lot 0:35:08.200 --> 0:35:10.320 better than they did last year right now, rich. 0:35:10.280 --> 0:35:12.920 They look really good and Jalen Hurst looks really accurate. 0:35:12.920 --> 0:35:16.000 I mean, he threw some pinpoint passes in traffic, dimes 0:35:16.040 --> 0:35:19.439 to Devonte Smith and to all they always open aj 0:35:19.600 --> 0:35:24.200 Brown into a saquon for that matter. But I thought 0:35:24.239 --> 0:35:27.000 defensively they made some progress too. I thought they made 0:35:27.040 --> 0:35:32.279 some plays put pressure on Trevor Lawrence caused two interceptions. 0:35:32.280 --> 0:35:34.520 Well one of them, I mean came off of Travers 0:35:34.520 --> 0:35:36.680 Etn's hands. I mean it was a pretty good pass 0:35:36.719 --> 0:35:39.279 by Trevor Lawrence, just a drop by Etn right into 0:35:39.320 --> 0:35:42.160 the defense, right up in the air. Defender Dove caught it. 0:35:43.120 --> 0:35:44.879 You can't really put that one on Trevor, but it's 0:35:44.880 --> 0:35:46.920 gonna be on Trevor, you know. I'm sorry. That's how 0:35:46.920 --> 0:35:50.080 it works. The good ones, the good touchdown passes that 0:35:50.120 --> 0:35:51.640 you're like, oh, that wasn't a great pass and a 0:35:51.719 --> 0:35:54.759 receiver makes a crazy catch. That's the quarterbacks touchdown too. 0:35:55.040 --> 0:35:57.160 And when it's a great pass and the receiver just 0:35:57.239 --> 0:35:58.839 drops it and bounces it up in the air, it's 0:35:58.840 --> 0:36:03.640 an interception that happens too. But you have to give 0:36:03.680 --> 0:36:06.239 the Eagles a lot of credit. I mean, you saw 0:36:06.280 --> 0:36:09.640 the clip with Sirianni at home going back and forth 0:36:09.680 --> 0:36:11.640 with the fan, and everybody was like, oh, what is 0:36:11.640 --> 0:36:13.319 he doing? Even I was like what is he doing? 0:36:13.800 --> 0:36:17.840 Then the article comes out and a fan does a 0:36:17.920 --> 0:36:20.640 video talking about he was telling Sirianni, Hey, you ran 0:36:20.680 --> 0:36:23.439 it for it five yards on first down. On second down, 0:36:23.640 --> 0:36:25.560 you run for it again. You got a first down, 0:36:25.560 --> 0:36:27.440 but instead you passed it two times. And now it's 0:36:27.480 --> 0:36:29.800 fourth and five. So he's telling them run the ball, 0:36:30.040 --> 0:36:32.200 run it down their throats. And then you look up 0:36:32.239 --> 0:36:34.400 and at the end of the game, I think Saquan 0:36:34.520 --> 0:36:36.360 had like one hundred and sixty or one hundred and 0:36:36.400 --> 0:36:39.480 seventy yards rushing, and he turns around and said, did 0:36:39.480 --> 0:36:40.600 I run it enough for you? 0:36:40.920 --> 0:36:41.000 Like? 0:36:41.200 --> 0:36:43.319 Was that enough? We ran it? We ran it, and 0:36:43.360 --> 0:36:45.760 we ran it and we ran it. I listened and people, 0:36:46.160 --> 0:36:48.239 you know, it didn't look great if you didn't know 0:36:48.280 --> 0:36:49.799 what he was saying. But if you knew what he 0:36:49.840 --> 0:36:53.080 was saying, you're like, hey, that's pretty cool. That's actually 0:36:53.080 --> 0:36:56.080 pretty cool. And their season has turned around. They're six 0:36:56.200 --> 0:36:58.120 and two. If you went back to that moment in 0:36:58.160 --> 0:37:01.040 time where Philadelphia fans are booing him and we're saying 0:37:01.080 --> 0:37:03.359 he's on the hot seat, they're about to fire him, 0:37:03.480 --> 0:37:06.200 And now they're six and two, tied for the leading division. 0:37:07.360 --> 0:37:10.160 He'd call me crazy, but that's that's games in Philly. 0:37:10.200 --> 0:37:11.720 We gotta go to Philly in a couple of weeks 0:37:11.960 --> 0:37:15.160 and they're playing the Washington Commanders, Mitchell. That's why I'm saying, 0:37:15.360 --> 0:37:18.600 like Lee Corso would not so fast, my friend, because 0:37:18.600 --> 0:37:22.759 those Washington Commanders look really good, look really good. They 0:37:23.400 --> 0:37:26.839 another tough divisional game against the Giants. The Giants made 0:37:26.840 --> 0:37:30.360 the game closer than it had to be. But Jaden Daniel, 0:37:30.960 --> 0:37:33.920 I mean he looked like looked like the guy steal 0:37:34.360 --> 0:37:40.000 you know, and steel guy is elite. He's efficient, he's 0:37:40.080 --> 0:37:42.240 using his legs when he's supposed to. He's keeping himself 0:37:42.280 --> 0:37:45.000 out of harm's way, even with the sore ribs. You know, 0:37:46.239 --> 0:37:49.280 he's dropping domes to Terry mcclu Mitchell. They had eleven 0:37:49.360 --> 0:37:53.359 seconds to go in a half, no timeouts. You got 0:37:53.400 --> 0:37:55.720 a rookie quarterback and I think they were about eighteen 0:37:55.800 --> 0:37:58.040 or nineteen yards away from the end zone. You know, 0:37:58.120 --> 0:38:01.120 he does Mintell, He drops back rows a dime on 0:38:01.200 --> 0:38:04.720 a slugo a slant and go route to Terry McClain 0:38:04.840 --> 0:38:09.960 corner of the end zone, back shoulder tug. I said, Ssh, 0:38:10.400 --> 0:38:12.960 this boy makes you want to It makes you it 0:38:13.000 --> 0:38:17.719 feels like it stinks in the room Mitchell my face, Yeah, Like, 0:38:17.840 --> 0:38:21.040 who is this guy a rook out out here controlling 0:38:21.080 --> 0:38:25.200 the game pinpoint passes under pressure. In those situations, you 0:38:25.239 --> 0:38:27.080 expect a rookie to make a mistake, to hold the 0:38:27.080 --> 0:38:30.320 ball too long, maybe take a sack, randomly throw. 0:38:30.160 --> 0:38:30.680 The ball up. 0:38:30.719 --> 0:38:33.200 But he just looks like he has such a command 0:38:33.239 --> 0:38:36.280 of the offense, such a calm. The game is moving 0:38:36.280 --> 0:38:39.759 too fast for him. He's got a relationship with Terry 0:38:39.800 --> 0:38:42.759 McLaurin that's only getting better and tighter. Their chemistry is 0:38:42.800 --> 0:38:45.480 getting better. This is a team that I'm I need 0:38:45.520 --> 0:38:48.560 to see against the Philadelphia Eagles because I'm not sure 0:38:48.560 --> 0:38:51.000 the Philadelphia Eagles are better than them, but maybe they are. 0:38:51.040 --> 0:38:52.200 They're definitely more veteran. 0:38:53.440 --> 0:38:55.759 Well, that division is heating up in a way we 0:38:55.840 --> 0:38:57.920 did not see coming at the beginning of the season. 0:38:58.040 --> 0:39:00.440 And like you said, and it goes to show you. 0:39:00.480 --> 0:39:05.439 I mean, we heard reports earlier today that players are 0:39:05.480 --> 0:39:09.120 telling their agents, Hey, I want to play for this team. 0:39:09.239 --> 0:39:11.239 I want to play for the Commanders. I mean, it 0:39:11.280 --> 0:39:14.640 goes to show you how quickly things can change, and 0:39:14.680 --> 0:39:17.120 I know that you have a relationship with d Q, 0:39:17.360 --> 0:39:20.600 the head coach there, dan Quinn, did you see this 0:39:20.719 --> 0:39:24.840 coming when they hired him this offseason? Because he's always 0:39:24.880 --> 0:39:27.360 been looking for his opportunity. It just seems like this 0:39:27.560 --> 0:39:32.400 was the perfect fit for him. And this, I guess 0:39:32.800 --> 0:39:37.040 you have Jaden Daniels fall into your lap at two, Richard, 0:39:37.640 --> 0:39:41.320 How does this all happen in one offseason? Because Washington 0:39:41.719 --> 0:39:45.840 was not thought of as a city that many players 0:39:45.840 --> 0:39:46.480 wanted to go to. 0:39:46.800 --> 0:39:49.719 Well, you got you gotta think. Dan Quinn's first head 0:39:49.719 --> 0:39:51.960 coaching opportunity was in Atlanta and he took his team 0:39:52.000 --> 0:39:53.880 to the super Bowl the first year. I mean, it 0:39:53.960 --> 0:39:56.359 ended up being a memeable super Bowl when they had 0:39:56.400 --> 0:39:58.319 the twenty eight to three lead and Tom and those 0:39:58.360 --> 0:40:01.359 guys come running all the way back and beat him. 0:40:01.760 --> 0:40:04.719 But that's the coach that took his team to the 0:40:04.719 --> 0:40:06.239 super Bowl in the first year. So I knew the 0:40:06.239 --> 0:40:09.440 culture would be good. I knew them bringing in really 0:40:09.800 --> 0:40:14.360 championship caliber all pro leaders like Zach Ertz and Bobby 0:40:14.400 --> 0:40:16.840 Wagner would have a positive effect. But no, I cannot 0:40:17.120 --> 0:40:19.440 imagine them being seven and two at this point in 0:40:19.440 --> 0:40:22.640 the season and this young quarterback playing at not only 0:40:22.680 --> 0:40:26.600 an offensive Rookie of the Year type level. But you know, 0:40:26.640 --> 0:40:29.160 if it wasn't for Lamar Jackson just playing outside of 0:40:29.160 --> 0:40:32.160 his mind, you'd be talking about potentially MVP if this 0:40:32.200 --> 0:40:34.200 team can find a way to keep winning ball games 0:40:34.239 --> 0:40:37.000 or him keep pushing the ball down the field like 0:40:37.040 --> 0:40:41.279 he has. And outside of Terry McLaurin, it's not a 0:40:41.360 --> 0:40:43.840 ton of receivers you would say are elite in the 0:40:43.960 --> 0:40:47.640 National Football League. But you got to give Cliff Kingsbury 0:40:47.719 --> 0:40:50.799 he's a lot of credit for what he's been doing schematically. 0:40:50.840 --> 0:40:53.280 I mean, he's been really creative. You see some plays 0:40:53.440 --> 0:40:55.879 out of the Washington Commanders that you have never seen 0:40:55.880 --> 0:40:59.279 in the National Football League ever, some creativity in terms 0:40:59.320 --> 0:41:04.040 of the concept, the drop backs, the rollouts, the reverses. 0:41:04.080 --> 0:41:07.240 I mean, again, we talked about the Fleet flicker screen 0:41:07.320 --> 0:41:13.480 pass to Austin Eckler that was just crazy. And Austin Eckler, 0:41:13.600 --> 0:41:16.400 you know, a guy who has played really well, you know, 0:41:16.440 --> 0:41:20.160 a fantasy dream of Sourts International Football League, continues to 0:41:20.200 --> 0:41:22.960 play well, continues to elevate. This team had a really 0:41:23.040 --> 0:41:24.680 good game this week, and I think he's one of 0:41:24.760 --> 0:41:27.960 the underrated parts of this offense that continues to keep 0:41:28.000 --> 0:41:32.200 this engine going, and that defense is coming along. They're 0:41:32.200 --> 0:41:34.920 getting more pressure on the quarterback. You're seeing the DBS 0:41:34.960 --> 0:41:37.560 make more plays. Sure, you're seeing you're seeing busts in 0:41:37.600 --> 0:41:40.400 the coverage and things that are kind of head scratching. 0:41:40.680 --> 0:41:43.680 But overall, I mean to get to be seven and 0:41:43.719 --> 0:41:45.239 two in this league. I mean, there are a couple 0:41:45.320 --> 0:41:48.520 games away from clinching a playoff spot. And that's something 0:41:48.560 --> 0:41:50.960 that you couldn't have talked about in Washington for a 0:41:51.000 --> 0:41:54.880 long time. I can't imagine how cool the city feels. 0:41:56.000 --> 0:41:58.480 But I got another team I want to talk about 0:41:58.560 --> 0:42:03.400 because the Jacksonville jack what's happening in Duvall. You talk 0:42:03.440 --> 0:42:06.400 about hot seats, Mitchell, that's fish grease. 0:42:06.160 --> 0:42:10.960 Hid, Yeah, it is fish grease size. I know you'd 0:42:11.080 --> 0:42:14.200 like to talk about Trevor Lawrence. I mean, he had 0:42:14.200 --> 0:42:16.680 two rushing touchdowns today. I thought of you when he 0:42:16.960 --> 0:42:19.160 eclipsed the end zone on both of those siding I'm like, oh, 0:42:19.160 --> 0:42:21.440 maybe Richard will speak a little bit better than in today. 0:42:21.480 --> 0:42:22.719 But yeah, no. 0:42:22.960 --> 0:42:25.640 I mean sixteen to thirty one for one sixty nine 0:42:25.680 --> 0:42:30.360 and two interceptions. What's gonna give. I mean, you just 0:42:30.440 --> 0:42:33.839 paid this guy an exorbitant amount of money. I mean, 0:42:35.080 --> 0:42:39.320 what's the endgame in Jacksonville, because it seems like we're 0:42:39.360 --> 0:42:42.920 all aboard the Titanic and we just about hit that glacier. 0:42:43.520 --> 0:42:48.439 Yeah, Mitchell's Doug Peterson is probably gonna gonna see see 0:42:48.440 --> 0:42:51.040 the end of his time there. And because they will 0:42:51.040 --> 0:42:53.640 not blame Trevor Lawrence for some reason. You know people 0:42:54.200 --> 0:42:56.360 you see people in the comments or look, what is 0:42:56.360 --> 0:42:58.680 he supposed to do? The receivers are dropping the balls? 0:42:58.880 --> 0:43:01.919 What is he supposed to do? Like those interceptions aren't 0:43:01.960 --> 0:43:05.239 on him, and this game Trevor Etms interception wasn't on him. 0:43:05.320 --> 0:43:08.439 But the one to Nakobe Dean was that that wasn't 0:43:08.480 --> 0:43:10.719 a great pass. That was you know, there were better 0:43:10.719 --> 0:43:13.399 places to put that football and they could have won 0:43:13.440 --> 0:43:15.840 that game with that pass. But instead he turns the 0:43:15.840 --> 0:43:21.000 ball over. They lose. But they not understanding last year 0:43:21.000 --> 0:43:23.799 to Kansas City Chiefs. I think let the league drops 0:43:24.280 --> 0:43:26.520 won the Super Bowl somehow and they'd say, well, the 0:43:26.560 --> 0:43:30.960 defense played better. Defense played pretty good today. I mean 0:43:31.760 --> 0:43:35.800 Trevon Walker thirty five yard touchdow, I mean fumble return 0:43:36.080 --> 0:43:39.760 for a touchdown. So the defense gave you a touchdown today, 0:43:40.000 --> 0:43:43.040 they gave you a turnover. They had multiple sacks, they 0:43:43.080 --> 0:43:46.919 put pressure on the quarterback. They're facing a really high 0:43:46.960 --> 0:43:50.840 powered offense with a lot of playmakers, but your offense 0:43:50.880 --> 0:43:52.960 didn't do their part, and the quarterback is a part 0:43:52.960 --> 0:43:54.560 of that. You had a chance to win the game. 0:43:54.800 --> 0:43:57.480 You could make a better decision, better placement with the football, 0:43:57.680 --> 0:44:00.400 and we wouldn't be this critical of him if he 0:44:00.560 --> 0:44:04.480 wasn't getting top five quarterback money. When you're getting top 0:44:04.520 --> 0:44:08.160 five quarterback money, then you get top five quarterback criticism. 0:44:08.360 --> 0:44:10.960 I'm sorry, That's just how the world works. If you're 0:44:11.000 --> 0:44:13.560 the number one paid quarterback in the National Football League, 0:44:13.640 --> 0:44:17.880 Dak Prescott, he gets highly criticized and comes with the territory. 0:44:17.920 --> 0:44:21.799 He understands that if you're getting top quarterback money, then 0:44:22.080 --> 0:44:24.640 even if you're not playing to that level and never have, 0:44:25.560 --> 0:44:28.799 you get that criticism because you're getting paid like it. 0:44:29.080 --> 0:44:31.640 And if I'm getting paid like an elite even if 0:44:31.680 --> 0:44:34.000 I'm not playing elite, maybe it's bad on the team 0:44:34.440 --> 0:44:38.280 and the guys who paid him. Trent Balke like, why why, 0:44:38.640 --> 0:44:41.480 I mean you better off going bridge quarterback and drafting 0:44:41.719 --> 0:44:45.000 but who am I. They're gonna make me a GM someday. 0:44:45.239 --> 0:44:47.600 Maybe I'm definitely not gonna run it like this. But 0:44:49.480 --> 0:44:51.960 when you keep going into situations, and you do see 0:44:52.000 --> 0:44:54.719 situations where you're throwing really good passes and guys are 0:44:54.760 --> 0:44:57.080 dropping him. I saw several in his game, a first 0:44:57.160 --> 0:45:01.920 down past Evan Ingram drop. I saw multiple touchdown passes 0:45:01.960 --> 0:45:03.919 in one game. I think he threw two or three 0:45:03.960 --> 0:45:06.960 in one drive. Guys just drop, drop, drop, and I 0:45:07.000 --> 0:45:10.799 was like, ah, that sucks. But I also watch other 0:45:10.880 --> 0:45:13.279 teams and guys drop the touchdowns, and you know what 0:45:13.320 --> 0:45:16.480 the quarterback does, Mitchell, he keeps throwing them. He keep 0:45:16.680 --> 0:45:19.239 josh Avan, they drop a couple of touchdown fast. Guess 0:45:19.280 --> 0:45:22.160 what he gonna throw a couple more. And Lamar Jackson, 0:45:22.200 --> 0:45:25.600 I watch Bateman drop a wide open touchdown, the lights 0:45:25.600 --> 0:45:27.680 in his eyes, Mitchell, and he's gonna throw a couple 0:45:27.840 --> 0:45:31.000 mouth And that's why they're getting paid the big bucks 0:45:31.040 --> 0:45:34.120 because no matter what, they will overcome. That's why they 0:45:34.120 --> 0:45:37.560 get paid like they do. They overcome the circumstances. And 0:45:37.600 --> 0:45:41.239 you know what, they get paid to do it. And 0:45:41.320 --> 0:45:44.759 if you getting paid to do it and you're not 0:45:44.920 --> 0:45:48.160 doing it, expect to be criticized. That's all I'm saying. Mitchell, 0:45:48.160 --> 0:45:51.560 one one hundred and sixty nine yards, two interceptions just 0:45:51.680 --> 0:45:54.720 isn't getting it done. But two touchdown rushes on quarterback sneaks. 0:45:55.120 --> 0:45:56.840 I guess, good job, Trevor. 0:45:58.160 --> 0:46:02.319 I would love to hear the Jacksonville Jaguars fans come 0:46:02.360 --> 0:46:04.440 at you in the comments after a breakdown like that, 0:46:04.600 --> 0:46:10.680 because you're absolutely right, Richard. You're absolutely right. With opportunity 0:46:10.840 --> 0:46:16.160 and money comes much criticism, and he's just not performing. 0:46:17.320 --> 0:46:17.640 Richard. 0:46:17.680 --> 0:46:21.600 Let's go to Arizona. Arizona had a huge challenge against 0:46:21.680 --> 0:46:26.719 Chicago Bears, scrappy, needing a win. Arizona comes out victorious 0:46:27.200 --> 0:46:30.000 in a big fashion here. I mean, the Chicago Bears 0:46:30.000 --> 0:46:32.960 are not the Chicago Bears we've seen the last three years. 0:46:33.600 --> 0:46:37.200 They look like a very competitive team. Not today. The 0:46:37.320 --> 0:46:40.919 Arizona Cardinals come out with a twenty nine to nine win. 0:46:41.680 --> 0:46:45.000 This NFC West is heating up to be a battle 0:46:45.040 --> 0:46:50.160 to the finish line. Do you expect the Arizona Cardinals 0:46:50.239 --> 0:46:52.319 at the end of the year to be firmly in 0:46:52.360 --> 0:46:54.360 the mix to take this division crown? 0:46:54.840 --> 0:46:57.319 I don't know, Mitchell, But because you don't know what 0:46:57.320 --> 0:46:59.880 you're getting out of this team week to week. But 0:47:00.239 --> 0:47:02.640 you know what, I'll give Jonathan Gannon credit for it, 0:47:02.760 --> 0:47:06.200 because even when Kyler Murray was out, you saw teams 0:47:06.239 --> 0:47:07.680 going there. We talked about it because they beat the 0:47:07.760 --> 0:47:10.720 Dallas Cowboys last year. They beat a couple other teams, 0:47:10.760 --> 0:47:14.640 and they were finding ways to win games because James 0:47:14.640 --> 0:47:17.600 Connor is a bully and they got an offensive line 0:47:17.640 --> 0:47:19.879 that feels the same way, and they run the ball 0:47:20.000 --> 0:47:22.240 really well, and they keep running it and keep running 0:47:22.360 --> 0:47:26.080 and they stay consistent with it. Amari de Mercado, I 0:47:26.080 --> 0:47:28.480 don't even know where he came from Metell, but he 0:47:28.520 --> 0:47:31.040 had a fifty three yard rushing touchdown and he ran 0:47:31.040 --> 0:47:33.359 away from the entire defense and I was like, wait, 0:47:33.480 --> 0:47:37.080 who is this? Who is this? And where is James Connor? 0:47:37.400 --> 0:47:40.920 And but you again, they are staying committed to the 0:47:41.040 --> 0:47:43.920 run game. And Jonathan Gannon, it sounds like he has 0:47:43.960 --> 0:47:46.960 some old school coach in his ear telling him, you 0:47:47.000 --> 0:47:52.200 know what wins games, defense, run game, controlling the clock 0:47:52.640 --> 0:47:56.480 like good special teams. And that's what they're doing, Mitchell. 0:47:56.520 --> 0:47:59.799 They're playing really good defense. Sound they're not allowing Kyler 0:48:00.320 --> 0:48:02.440 to push the ball down the field owe that all 0:48:02.480 --> 0:48:04.360 that much. I mean he threw the ball twenty times 0:48:04.360 --> 0:48:06.440 this game. He was thirteen to twenty for one point 0:48:06.440 --> 0:48:10.280 fifty four, no touchdowns, no interception. He did lose that fumble. 0:48:10.360 --> 0:48:14.279 But they're they're not gonna put the ball in Harm's way. 0:48:14.320 --> 0:48:17.280 They're gonna be efficient. Don't turn the ball over, Kyler 0:48:17.360 --> 0:48:19.439 running when you can and give it to James Connor, 0:48:19.560 --> 0:48:23.000 let him wear the defense down. And it's winning football. 0:48:23.040 --> 0:48:27.120 They're five and four, they've been they this Bears defense 0:48:27.200 --> 0:48:30.000 that I have a lot of respect for. Jalen Johnson 0:48:30.000 --> 0:48:32.920 and the boys have been playing really good football all 0:48:33.000 --> 0:48:34.960 year long, and this is this is one of those 0:48:35.000 --> 0:48:38.239 games where I think they just had an off game. 0:48:38.360 --> 0:48:41.040 They just had an off day. And so did Caleb Williams. 0:48:41.120 --> 0:48:43.279 I mean, he just did not look good. You saw, 0:48:43.560 --> 0:48:45.840 you know, the one pass where he tried to side 0:48:45.880 --> 0:48:48.440 on you know, short stop to first base, throw it 0:48:49.040 --> 0:48:50.759 down the field and it almost got picked off. But 0:48:50.800 --> 0:48:53.239 it just seemed like they didn't they didn't want to 0:48:53.280 --> 0:48:57.520 catch that football. It was too hot. But Caleb Williams 0:48:57.560 --> 0:49:00.880 twenty two or forty two hundred and seventeen yards, no touchdowns, 0:49:00.960 --> 0:49:04.400 no interceptions, but sacked six times a beat up in 0:49:04.440 --> 0:49:07.120 this game. Arizona was bringing pressure from all over the 0:49:07.160 --> 0:49:11.160 place and you look up and Xavian Collins or Xavon 0:49:11.239 --> 0:49:14.880 Collins two sacks, Xavier Thomas sack and a half guys 0:49:14.880 --> 0:49:17.840 getting pressure. But this is a relatively a team with 0:49:18.400 --> 0:49:21.960 relatively unknown players outside of Buddha Baker. You don't know 0:49:22.000 --> 0:49:23.759 a ton of these guys on this defense that are 0:49:23.800 --> 0:49:27.400 making plays. You know, Zavon Collins was drafted pretty high. 0:49:27.440 --> 0:49:32.400 Outside of James Connor and Kyler Murray, Marvin Harrison junior, 0:49:33.920 --> 0:49:36.239 you don't know a ton about this offense and what 0:49:36.280 --> 0:49:39.840 they've been doing. But Mitchell, they're getting the job done. 0:49:40.040 --> 0:49:43.240 And if you don't, they're leading the NFC West right now, Minchell. 0:49:43.239 --> 0:49:45.880 And if you don't, if the San Francisco forty nine 0:49:45.960 --> 0:49:48.400 or Seattle Seahawks and the Rams don't get their stuff together, 0:49:48.680 --> 0:49:51.399 they will walk away with it. Cardinals are playing the Jets, 0:49:51.440 --> 0:49:54.240 who just got to win on Thursday against the Houston 0:49:54.239 --> 0:49:57.560 Texans and maybe getting their mojo back. But with this 0:49:57.640 --> 0:50:00.640 wild card Cardinals team, you just never know. You never 0:50:00.680 --> 0:50:02.960 know what they're gonna do. You don't. 0:50:03.080 --> 0:50:06.080 I mean, they look that this game next weekend is 0:50:06.080 --> 0:50:07.880 going to be a huge game for both teams, the 0:50:07.920 --> 0:50:10.960 Cardinals against the Jets, and then you look at the Bears. 0:50:11.040 --> 0:50:13.240 I mean they're four and four. A lot of folks 0:50:13.239 --> 0:50:17.440 in Chicago were hot on this team. But let's set 0:50:17.440 --> 0:50:20.000 these fans back to reality. Their four wins have come 0:50:20.000 --> 0:50:26.160 against the Panthers, an injury injury riddled Rams team, the Jags, 0:50:26.200 --> 0:50:29.359 and the Titans. So they get another opportunity next week 0:50:29.400 --> 0:50:32.040 to add to their resume with a potential win against 0:50:32.080 --> 0:50:36.160 the Patriots. I gotta see more from the Chicago Bears. 0:50:36.320 --> 0:50:39.399 This was an opportunity on the road against a team 0:50:39.520 --> 0:50:42.560 needing to win in Arizona for them to show themselves, 0:50:42.719 --> 0:50:45.560 and I think they dropped it. I don't know rich. 0:50:45.640 --> 0:50:50.160 I mean, this NFC North is a highly contested battle 0:50:50.360 --> 0:50:53.319 going on right now. I think Chicago might fade a 0:50:53.320 --> 0:50:56.560 little bit. But let's talk about a team that needs 0:50:56.600 --> 0:50:59.600 to rise, and that's the Cincinnati Bengals. They were in 0:50:59.719 --> 0:51:03.440 much need of a win this week hosting the Raiders, 0:51:03.840 --> 0:51:07.800 and they they did what they did and they absolutely 0:51:07.800 --> 0:51:12.040 obliterated the Las Vegas Raiders. Joe Burrow had a field day, 0:51:12.040 --> 0:51:16.000 throwing for five touchdowns. Is it safe to say that 0:51:16.040 --> 0:51:19.920 the Cincinnati Bengals are back to what we thought they 0:51:19.920 --> 0:51:23.000 would be. Are they in competition area? Where where's your 0:51:23.000 --> 0:51:24.560 head at with this team? 0:51:25.000 --> 0:51:27.719 Well, I don't I still don't know, Betchell, I don't know. 0:51:27.800 --> 0:51:29.200 Let me let me, let me look at a couple 0:51:29.239 --> 0:51:34.640 of things, because the Cincinnati Bengals are just inconsistent. And 0:51:35.120 --> 0:51:38.640 what they've been over the last four games defensively is 0:51:38.640 --> 0:51:41.520 a much better team than they've been over the first 0:51:41.640 --> 0:51:46.240 four games. Almost two different, totally different teams in general. 0:51:46.320 --> 0:51:52.319 But you look up and you say, this team has 0:51:52.480 --> 0:51:55.240 all the talent in the world. They have the ability 0:51:55.280 --> 0:51:57.320 to turn up on defense, they have the corners to 0:51:57.320 --> 0:51:59.680 play at a high level, they have the pass rushers 0:52:00.400 --> 0:52:04.279 to get to the quarterback and Hendrickson and Hubbard. But 0:52:04.280 --> 0:52:08.480 but you just don't see it consistently. And Joe Burrows 0:52:08.520 --> 0:52:11.000 throws five touchdown passes for the second time this season. 0:52:11.239 --> 0:52:13.200 But then you look up and you're like, oh, he 0:52:13.280 --> 0:52:16.040 must be he must have thirty touchdowns this year, and 0:52:16.080 --> 0:52:18.520 he doesn't. He's not. He's not leading the league right 0:52:18.520 --> 0:52:24.279 now in touchdown passes. I think he has well, he's third, 0:52:24.400 --> 0:52:27.279 he started third in the league. So a quarter of 0:52:27.320 --> 0:52:32.600 his touchdown passes came today. Uh So without t Higgins 0:52:32.600 --> 0:52:35.080 in the lineup, you you wonder can they beat a 0:52:35.120 --> 0:52:39.600 team like the like the Baltimore Ravens. Hopefully he's gonna 0:52:39.640 --> 0:52:41.080 get back. I thought he had a chance to get 0:52:41.120 --> 0:52:44.480 back this week. He'll be back next week. But this 0:52:44.520 --> 0:52:47.319 is the team we expected to see. Trey Hendrickson four 0:52:47.400 --> 0:52:50.680 sacks in the game. Really incredible game for him. Uh 0:52:50.880 --> 0:52:54.359 in that defense. Just Secie. I don't know why I'd 0:52:54.360 --> 0:52:56.879 like to say his name, just it just sounds cool. 0:52:57.760 --> 0:53:00.600 But he had five catches for over a hundred yards, 0:53:00.640 --> 0:53:02.799 two touchdown passes, and he could have had another one. 0:53:03.280 --> 0:53:05.680 He looks like he can emerge as one of Joe 0:53:05.680 --> 0:53:09.920 Burrow's top top targets because outside of him, Jamar Chase 0:53:09.960 --> 0:53:13.120 had I think forty seven yards and nobody really really 0:53:13.280 --> 0:53:16.040 woke up outside of Chiasecke. He seemed like he had 0:53:16.080 --> 0:53:19.359 the matchup that they wanted to exploit, and they exploited it. 0:53:20.280 --> 0:53:22.879 Trace Brown ran the ball really well, caught the ball 0:53:22.880 --> 0:53:25.360 out of the backfield really well. Twenty seven carries for 0:53:25.360 --> 0:53:27.880 one hundred and twenty yards. He also had five catches 0:53:27.880 --> 0:53:31.399 for thirty seven yards. In a touchdown pass. So we're 0:53:31.400 --> 0:53:33.960 gonna find out what they are this week, Mitchell. They 0:53:33.960 --> 0:53:36.920 play the Baltimore Ravens on Thursday Night football only on 0:53:37.000 --> 0:53:39.520 Prime Video, and I'm gonna be there, Mitchell, and I'm 0:53:39.520 --> 0:53:42.239 gonna keep a very very close eye on this offense 0:53:42.880 --> 0:53:46.720 and how they execute if T. Higgins isn't in the lineup, 0:53:46.800 --> 0:53:51.080 because that's just I think their second win over since 0:53:51.080 --> 0:53:53.640 twenty twenty three with T. Higgins out of the lineup. 0:53:53.719 --> 0:53:55.920 So now they're two and six when he's not in 0:53:55.920 --> 0:53:58.640 the lineup, And this offense looked really good. Give Joe 0:53:58.640 --> 0:54:00.359 Burrow a lot of credit to hundred five ffty one 0:54:00.400 --> 0:54:03.959 yards five touchdown passes. He got the job done, found 0:54:04.040 --> 0:54:06.680 other guys to really be able to push the ball 0:54:06.760 --> 0:54:09.360 down the field. But is it sustainable? 0:54:09.800 --> 0:54:13.959 We shall see, We shall, and we shall. Last week 0:54:14.000 --> 0:54:16.840 I post you a question, I said, are the Chargers 0:54:16.880 --> 0:54:18.400 the best defense in football? 0:54:18.400 --> 0:54:18.840 Buy? Or so? 0:54:19.040 --> 0:54:21.600 And you sold on that Richard. 0:54:21.760 --> 0:54:22.160 Today. 0:54:22.200 --> 0:54:25.120 I know they were going against the Browns and Jamis Winston, 0:54:25.239 --> 0:54:29.239 but they certainly at times have me thinking, man, this 0:54:29.320 --> 0:54:32.880 might be the best defense in football. Has your mindset 0:54:33.040 --> 0:54:35.160 changed at all after seeing then? Today? 0:54:36.440 --> 0:54:39.960 Take it to the Cleveland Browns. It hasn't changed. But again, 0:54:40.080 --> 0:54:43.000 they're living up to the potential that they've showed over 0:54:43.000 --> 0:54:46.360 the last what five years, four or five years with 0:54:46.600 --> 0:54:50.160 the talent that they had. I mean, Derwin, James, Sante, 0:54:50.200 --> 0:54:54.040 Samuel Junior, Joey Bosa, Khalil Mack, you know, the names 0:54:54.080 --> 0:54:56.759 go on and on and on, all these Pro Bowl, 0:54:56.880 --> 0:55:00.719 All Pro caliber players, and they're starting to play together 0:55:01.000 --> 0:55:04.440 as a really talented unit. You got Justin Herbert playing 0:55:04.520 --> 0:55:08.200 really good football, and it's flipped back and forth because 0:55:08.600 --> 0:55:10.600 earlier in the season they were leaning on the run 0:55:10.640 --> 0:55:13.000 game and JK. Dobbins was winning Player of the Week 0:55:13.040 --> 0:55:15.879 and you know, had all that acclaim, making all those 0:55:15.920 --> 0:55:18.440 big plays, and I think he's still playing solid football. 0:55:18.440 --> 0:55:20.600 He had fourteen carries for eighty five yards and two 0:55:20.680 --> 0:55:23.800 touchdowns today. But they're starting to lean on Justin Herbert 0:55:23.880 --> 0:55:25.920 a little bit more. Eighteen to twenty seven for two 0:55:26.000 --> 0:55:30.719 hundred and eighty two yards, two touchdown passes. But the 0:55:30.800 --> 0:55:34.040 guy who's been the greatest surprise this season has been 0:55:34.120 --> 0:55:36.799 Quinton Johnson. A lot of people were calling him a 0:55:36.840 --> 0:55:39.640 bus last season that you know, he was dropping a 0:55:39.680 --> 0:55:42.759 lot of passes easy passes, wide open passes, and this 0:55:42.880 --> 0:55:45.359 year it just seems like he's turned everything around. It's 0:55:45.400 --> 0:55:49.680 been a beautiful, wonderful story of redemption for this young 0:55:49.760 --> 0:55:54.239 man and it's really helped to power this offense. During 0:55:54.320 --> 0:55:57.560 this run. They've been on their defense, holding the Browns 0:55:57.560 --> 0:56:00.759 to ten points. They picked off Jamis three times. That's 0:56:00.800 --> 0:56:03.719 why the Chargers are this week's Uber Eats Almost Almost 0:56:03.719 --> 0:56:06.680 Perfect Defense. This segment is brought to you by Uber Eats. 0:56:06.719 --> 0:56:09.800 It highlights the defense that put on the week's most 0:56:09.800 --> 0:56:13.960 dominating performance. And again, there are three interceptions of Jamis. 0:56:14.080 --> 0:56:16.839 They sacked them six times. It was just so much 0:56:17.000 --> 0:56:20.560 chaos going on. They were in his face, made him 0:56:20.600 --> 0:56:23.480 uncomfortable the entire game. Coming off a huge win where 0:56:23.480 --> 0:56:26.279 they beat the Baltimore Ravens, everybody was looking forward to 0:56:26.280 --> 0:56:28.799 seeing what Jamis would do in this game. But the 0:56:28.920 --> 0:56:32.239 Chargers never allowed him to get going, never allowed him 0:56:32.280 --> 0:56:35.840 to feel comfortable. They I mean, they dropped one. Durwin 0:56:35.960 --> 0:56:39.040 James dropped a really easy interception too, so it could 0:56:39.040 --> 0:56:43.320 have been four. But that's this week's Uber Eats Almost 0:56:43.360 --> 0:56:45.799 Almost Perfect Defense of the Week. And remember, you can 0:56:45.920 --> 0:56:50.319 order almost almost anything you want with Uber eats, the 0:56:50.520 --> 0:56:54.359 official on demand delivery partner of the NFL Order Now 0:56:55.800 --> 0:56:56.400 no question. 0:56:56.520 --> 0:56:59.439 I mean Jamis Winston was a hot name after last 0:56:59.440 --> 0:57:02.200 week's fremans. I mean heck, I started him in daily 0:57:02.239 --> 0:57:04.800 Fantasy this week. I thought he could be a flyer 0:57:04.840 --> 0:57:10.520 on DraftKings, a friend of the program. But not so fast. 0:57:10.560 --> 0:57:13.800 This Chargers defense on the road held their own. They're 0:57:13.840 --> 0:57:18.080 deserving recipients of this week's almost almost perfect defense. Like 0:57:18.120 --> 0:57:20.920 you said, brought to her by our friends at uber eats, 0:57:21.440 --> 0:57:25.000 Uh Richard, Let's talk about the Bills. This game was 0:57:25.040 --> 0:57:28.160 a lot closer than I think a lot expected. Another 0:57:28.240 --> 0:57:32.400 Division game against the Dolphins comes down to the wire. 0:57:32.560 --> 0:57:36.880 The Bills escape with a game winning field goal. What's 0:57:36.920 --> 0:57:40.240 the strategy going forward? Let's start with the Dolphins because 0:57:40.240 --> 0:57:42.640 it seems like they're the season is at a loss. 0:57:42.720 --> 0:57:44.640 Do you just sit to it at this point or 0:57:44.680 --> 0:57:47.200 what do you do if you are the coach and 0:57:47.280 --> 0:57:50.560 general manager of this Dolphins team? 0:57:50.920 --> 0:57:55.840 Well clearly want to so I don't think you do that. 0:57:57.160 --> 0:57:59.640 I think you just keep competing. You know, teams have 0:57:59.680 --> 0:58:04.560 come back and teams have rallied, and the Miami Dolphins 0:58:04.560 --> 0:58:07.120 being one of them. I remember when Flores was there. 0:58:07.160 --> 0:58:09.240 I think they won seven straight to end the season, 0:58:09.840 --> 0:58:12.000 tried to get themselves in the playoff hunt and barely 0:58:12.040 --> 0:58:15.080 missed it. I don't think inn the NFL, you have 0:58:15.160 --> 0:58:18.320 teams that punt seasons. I know you have teams that 0:58:18.360 --> 0:58:21.520 don't have good enough teams to compete, Like right now, 0:58:21.560 --> 0:58:25.440 the Carolina Panthers are dealing with that offensively, the Browns 0:58:25.480 --> 0:58:29.320 are dealing with a little bit of that. The Patriots. 0:58:29.320 --> 0:58:32.240 The Patriots are dealing with issues the Jacksonville Jaguars. You 0:58:32.280 --> 0:58:35.840 know teams where you're just like, hey, can't figure it out. 0:58:35.920 --> 0:58:38.760 You can't figure out what's not working for your team. 0:58:39.640 --> 0:58:42.320 But no, I don't think you pumped the season. I 0:58:42.360 --> 0:58:46.000 think you got to keep competing. Buffalo obviously having a 0:58:46.000 --> 0:58:48.520 great season. We talked about all the great things Josh 0:58:48.600 --> 0:58:53.960 Allen's doing, had another great game this game, and the 0:58:54.000 --> 0:58:56.600 Dolphins had opportunities to win this game, to walk away 0:58:56.640 --> 0:58:58.840 with the W and just things just aren't the boys 0:58:58.840 --> 0:59:01.880 and bouncing their way this season on either side of 0:59:01.880 --> 0:59:04.920 the ball. But all you can do is keep competing. 0:59:06.200 --> 0:59:10.560 A no question. I mean the Bills, everyone expected them 0:59:10.640 --> 0:59:13.680 to win, but Miami came out. They needed this win 0:59:13.800 --> 0:59:17.000 more and like you said, crazier things have happened. You 0:59:17.120 --> 0:59:20.640 got to keep that gas pedal to the floor if 0:59:20.680 --> 0:59:23.040 you're Miami, because what is the alternative? I mean, you 0:59:23.040 --> 0:59:25.520 already got your quarterback, you already got your playmakers and 0:59:25.600 --> 0:59:30.840 now healthy. Let's see where this season goes, Richard, that 0:59:30.880 --> 0:59:33.400 can go. I mean we're through week nine already, We're 0:59:33.440 --> 0:59:38.400 past the halfway point. Where does your head go the 0:59:38.400 --> 0:59:41.600 rest of the way? I mean, because we've got my 0:59:41.720 --> 0:59:45.760 Detroit Lions, who I believe. I know the Kansas City 0:59:45.840 --> 0:59:48.120 Chiefs are playing on Monday Night Football, but I believe 0:59:48.120 --> 0:59:51.320 they've shown enough to show you, Richard Sherman, that they 0:59:51.360 --> 0:59:54.720 are deserving of your number one spot and your power ranks. 0:59:55.240 --> 0:59:57.080 What else do they have to do to prove you 0:59:57.320 --> 0:59:58.160 that they are worthy? 0:59:58.800 --> 1:00:00.800 Kansas City Chiefs has to lose. It has less to 1:00:00.840 --> 1:00:03.000 do with the Honolulu Blue Detroit Lions and more to 1:00:03.000 --> 1:00:05.880 do with Kansas City Chiefs. There are the defending Super 1:00:05.880 --> 1:00:08.320 Bowl champions and have not lost the game. So for 1:00:08.360 --> 1:00:11.280 me to take them out of the top spot would 1:00:11.320 --> 1:00:14.320 be what they consider asinine. Mitchell, I cannot do it. 1:00:14.360 --> 1:00:17.160 I will not do it, and they must be dethroned, 1:00:17.240 --> 1:00:19.520 and once they are dethroned, then I will put the 1:00:19.560 --> 1:00:22.280 Detroit Lions up there. But not so fast, my friend. 1:00:22.280 --> 1:00:24.680 They are seven and zero have not lost the game, 1:00:25.200 --> 1:00:28.560 and I'm waiting for somebody to figure them out and 1:00:28.600 --> 1:00:29.240 give them an al. 1:00:30.600 --> 1:00:34.160 I respect that answer. I respect it, Richard. This concludes 1:00:34.240 --> 1:00:36.600 a week nine sign us off. 1:00:36.640 --> 1:00:39.080 My friend. 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