WEBVTT - Can Saints keep marchin' vs. Eagles? 0:00:04.339 --> 0:00:06.539 NFL Game de View is a production of the NFL 0:00:06.619 --> 0:00:08.219 in partnership with iHeartRadio. 0:00:08.379 --> 0:00:11.499 All Right, welcome to Game Debut Present about Mercedes, Vince Patrick, Claibahn. 0:00:11.579 --> 0:00:14.059 Estatic to be here with my dear friends, Greg Rosendalt 0:00:14.059 --> 0:00:16.859 and Cynthia Freeland. I say dear friends because last week 0:00:17.019 --> 0:00:19.339 did not go well for almost anybody. Congratulations to everybody 0:00:19.379 --> 0:00:22.899 who won your Survivor pool. Sorry to everybody who's are 0:00:23.299 --> 0:00:25.379 It's all over. We're trying to find something different to 0:00:25.419 --> 0:00:27.179 do Greg for the rest of the early season. 0:00:27.699 --> 0:00:29.899 Yeah, you know, I don't want to talk about last week. 0:00:29.939 --> 0:00:32.739 We're on to Cincinnati proverbially. 0:00:32.579 --> 0:00:36.099 But also some people realistically, if you were the team 0:00:36.099 --> 0:00:40.099 that's playing them on Monday night, you know out somebody 0:00:40.139 --> 0:00:41.579 is on to Cincinnati. 0:00:41.179 --> 0:00:44.779 In a little We will move on, but first because 0:00:44.819 --> 0:00:47.379 we're honest, because we value your input and want to 0:00:47.419 --> 0:00:50.939 show you sometimes things don't go as planned. Well say 0:00:50.979 --> 0:00:52.939 that other than that, Miss Lincoln, how was the play? 0:00:53.459 --> 0:00:54.739 I don't know I can think about it. Is that 0:00:54.819 --> 0:00:57.459 I'm wearing someone else's pants. I don't know I think 0:00:57.459 --> 0:00:58.019 about right now? 0:00:58.259 --> 0:01:01.659 Yeah, I got someone else's pants, which pant? Sometimes you 0:01:01.779 --> 0:01:03.459 just got to go with the show that you got. 0:01:04.299 --> 0:01:07.979 Essentially, what happens is when you get picks wrong, somebody 0:01:08.019 --> 0:01:10.859 comes and removes pants from you, and so we're pants. 0:01:11.099 --> 0:01:13.299 We're gonna try to earn pants back. All of this, 0:01:14.459 --> 0:01:16.939 I get picked up a game. Hey guys, So me 0:01:17.019 --> 0:01:20.099 and Cynthia one game behind Greg Rosenthal who still has 0:01:20.139 --> 0:01:23.419 the crown. But I will give you a little bit 0:01:23.419 --> 0:01:25.419 of advanced notice. We had a lot of similar picks 0:01:25.499 --> 0:01:28.899 last week. Yep, that is not the case. Good Icy, 0:01:29.059 --> 0:01:30.939 Let's talk some ball. If you knew coming into the 0:01:30.939 --> 0:01:32.939 season the Saints would have one of the hottest offenses 0:01:32.939 --> 0:01:35.859 in the league after two weeks, I'd be shocked. One 0:01:36.379 --> 0:01:38.899 and two, I'd ask for some advice. New Orleans scored 0:01:38.979 --> 0:01:41.339 ninety one points in two games, which is tied for 0:01:41.419 --> 0:01:44.459 the second most in NFL history, forty five points a game, 0:01:44.539 --> 0:01:47.979 ten points higher than the next team. Right now, So 0:01:48.019 --> 0:01:50.499 the Saints playing host to the Eagles on Sunday, Philly 0:01:50.579 --> 0:01:54.219 one Saquon Barkley one field goal in the first half 0:01:54.379 --> 0:01:56.499 away from being two to zero. Who has the edge 0:01:56.539 --> 0:01:57.419 in this big matchup? 0:01:57.459 --> 0:01:58.379 So I think the Saints do. 0:01:58.579 --> 0:02:01.419 It's a classic case where you're talking about do you 0:02:01.459 --> 0:02:03.299 trust the first two weeks of the season or the 0:02:03.419 --> 0:02:06.499 data from last last year in the history. I trust 0:02:06.539 --> 0:02:09.979 Alvin Kamara, one of the best running backs of his generation. 0:02:10.499 --> 0:02:11.739 I believe it is going to be a Hall of 0:02:11.779 --> 0:02:14.459 Famer someday. My eyes told me the last couple of 0:02:14.499 --> 0:02:16.059 years he still had it, but. 0:02:16.179 --> 0:02:17.659 The team around him didn't have it. 0:02:17.699 --> 0:02:20.139 Now you look at the blocking that is just opening 0:02:20.219 --> 0:02:22.619 up huge holes from great cohesion in terms of their 0:02:22.659 --> 0:02:26.659 outside zone running scheme, and what if the Eagles struggled 0:02:26.699 --> 0:02:29.459 with the last couple of weeks their run defense, They're 0:02:29.499 --> 0:02:31.739 just getting pushed around on the edge. 0:02:31.779 --> 0:02:33.059 That's where the Saints win. 0:02:33.299 --> 0:02:35.059 When they get a lead, they just give it to 0:02:35.299 --> 0:02:38.179 a k This Dome is going to be rocking. I 0:02:38.219 --> 0:02:40.979 trust the first two weeks. This data matters to me. 0:02:41.219 --> 0:02:43.259 Twenty twenty three, twenty twenty two is over. 0:02:43.299 --> 0:02:46.139 These are new Saints, Yeah, new Saints, but the old 0:02:46.219 --> 0:02:48.939 talented Saints getting involved in a new system. I like 0:02:48.979 --> 0:02:51.859 the Saints as well. It's a three point win for me, 0:02:51.979 --> 0:02:54.899 New Orleans getting to win twenty three to twenty because 0:02:55.219 --> 0:02:58.299 speaking of days of old, I've seen the Eagles pass 0:02:58.379 --> 0:03:01.179 rush here in twenty twenty four and it's a rough 0:03:01.219 --> 0:03:04.619 situation closing moments of the game. Look at Kirk Cousins, 0:03:04.619 --> 0:03:07.379 Nobody at his feet, nobody around them. This is with 0:03:08.539 --> 0:03:11.019 under two minutes to go in the game. The Eagles 0:03:11.059 --> 0:03:13.579 have every opportunity to get the Kirk Cousins. I think 0:03:13.899 --> 0:03:16.819 of that BG rush against Tom Brady and the Super Bowl. 0:03:17.259 --> 0:03:20.019 There was the rush that knocked out Rock Party in 0:03:20.059 --> 0:03:22.859 the game from Hassan Reddick. In the NFC Championship game, 0:03:23.099 --> 0:03:25.179 no pressure on Kirk Cousins all the way till that 0:03:25.259 --> 0:03:28.619 last throw. I think, considering how improved things are upfront 0:03:28.619 --> 0:03:32.139 for New Orleans, Cynthia, I think the Saints score points. 0:03:31.779 --> 0:03:33.779 Well, we're rolling out of the gates here with a 0:03:33.859 --> 0:03:38.459 prime number. I have the Philadelphia Eagles by one point 0:03:38.579 --> 0:03:39.819 twenty six to twenty five. 0:03:40.339 --> 0:03:42.939 Play that noise, Play that noise. It's so great. I'm 0:03:42.979 --> 0:03:43.899 looking at something. 0:03:43.619 --> 0:03:46.139 Interesting about Derek Carr and I love this stat. It's 0:03:46.179 --> 0:03:48.619 interesting when you watch it because it's been eighty percent 0:03:48.659 --> 0:03:51.419 of plays have either been a run or using play action. 0:03:51.659 --> 0:03:54.059 That's where they've had success. The thing is is we 0:03:54.099 --> 0:03:56.179 don't know what happens if they're not playing with the 0:03:56.259 --> 0:03:59.179 lead ninety one points you don't need to worry about it, 0:03:59.259 --> 0:04:00.619 but they need to worry about it. 0:04:00.819 --> 0:04:02.979 Watching Derek Carr here and I love what I'm seeing. 0:04:03.019 --> 0:04:05.979 It's very fun. I like the swagger. It's fun to 0:04:05.979 --> 0:04:08.339 watch Alvin Kamara. But I'm looking at the football facts 0:04:08.339 --> 0:04:10.259 and saying, the Eagles are going to take this one, 0:04:10.299 --> 0:04:12.139 look at the data, and they're going to stop their run. 0:04:12.139 --> 0:04:13.339 That's the choice they're going to make. 0:04:13.499 --> 0:04:15.419 And then what happens when the play action isn't working 0:04:15.419 --> 0:04:17.179 as well and the run game isn't working as well? 0:04:17.339 --> 0:04:19.099 Are you going to have those past concepts? Is it 0:04:19.139 --> 0:04:22.019 going to be the same model? Says one point win 0:04:22.139 --> 0:04:23.339 in favor of the Eagles. 0:04:23.379 --> 0:04:25.499 Well, I like it. We got different picks, so finally, 0:04:26.099 --> 0:04:28.419 finally we enjoy fun. We got more fun in our 0:04:28.419 --> 0:04:30.179 next game. A couple of teams they were able to 0:04:30.219 --> 0:04:32.699 get it done in the closing moments Monday Night. Yeah again, 0:04:32.819 --> 0:04:35.859 Kirk o Chains looked so much better than he did 0:04:35.859 --> 0:04:38.339 in Week one, ultimately finding Drake London for that game 0:04:38.379 --> 0:04:41.379 winning seven yard touchdown. Well comes next to the defending 0:04:41.379 --> 0:04:44.499 Super Bowl champs Sunday Night in Atlanta, also blinking the 0:04:44.539 --> 0:04:48.299 physiological requirement, We will blink but can the dirty birds 0:04:48.659 --> 0:04:51.779 keep the champs from rolling on undefeated? Grip? 0:04:52.099 --> 0:04:53.899 No, the Chiefs are going to get to three and 0:04:53.939 --> 0:04:55.979 oh twenty four to seventeen. Sometimes you just got to 0:04:55.979 --> 0:04:58.259 go with greatness. Of course, maybe the greatest quarterback of 0:04:58.259 --> 0:05:00.339 all time, Patrick Blumbs and one of the greatest tight 0:05:00.419 --> 0:05:03.059 ends of all time, Travis Kelsey. Let's just look at 0:05:03.059 --> 0:05:07.259 all of his pastic plays. Kelsey such a key part 0:05:07.659 --> 0:05:11.099 of the Chiefs offense. But wait, are all these plays 0:05:11.099 --> 0:05:13.459 from twenty twenty three? Yes, they are, because we haven't 0:05:13.459 --> 0:05:15.099 seen any plays in twenty twenty four. 0:05:15.139 --> 0:05:15.859 What is happening? 0:05:15.899 --> 0:05:19.339 Travis Kelcey had won cats for like four yards last week, 0:05:19.379 --> 0:05:22.419 didn't really do anything in week one when I asked 0:05:22.419 --> 0:05:25.139 for a highlight package for this season that there is nothing. 0:05:26.139 --> 0:05:28.539 At some point Travis Kelcey has to crank up those 0:05:28.539 --> 0:05:30.819 old bones and get it going. I think this is 0:05:30.859 --> 0:05:33.579 the week to get it done. The linebackers for the 0:05:33.619 --> 0:05:36.019 Falcons are not strong Travis Kelcey. 0:05:35.859 --> 0:05:38.019 They hear people talking that he might be a little 0:05:38.059 --> 0:05:39.499 past his prime. They're gonna get the all. 0:05:39.539 --> 0:05:42.219 Do you crank up old both? I don't know, anyways, 0:05:42.259 --> 0:05:42.459 I do. 0:05:42.659 --> 0:05:44.139 I'm looking at this when I have the same winner, 0:05:44.219 --> 0:05:46.059 the same score for the Chiefs, but I have a 0:05:46.059 --> 0:05:48.459 little bit closer game. Twenty four to twenty one is 0:05:48.499 --> 0:05:51.259 my final score. Remember last week we were like, if 0:05:51.299 --> 0:05:54.459 only Kirk Cousins would manage to use play action. Well 0:05:54.499 --> 0:05:56.579 he did, he did eight times, and guess what happened? 0:05:56.979 --> 0:05:59.739 Not a lot when five of eight fifty two yards 0:05:59.739 --> 0:06:02.859 no touchdowns like okay, and then without play action was 0:06:02.899 --> 0:06:03.739 where all of. 0:06:03.699 --> 0:06:06.219 The action happened. So we were wrong. I was wrong. 0:06:06.459 --> 0:06:07.139 Craig was wrong. 0:06:07.179 --> 0:06:09.779 I mean, he didn't really move outside the pocket at all. 0:06:09.819 --> 0:06:11.619 I still think it's not a great thing when you're 0:06:12.619 --> 0:06:13.059 and you're. 0:06:12.939 --> 0:06:13.619 Picking the Chiefs. 0:06:14.179 --> 0:06:16.339 I'm picking the Chiefs, and I'm also telling you that 0:06:16.499 --> 0:06:19.179 it's a really good week for Kyle Pitt's touchdown just 0:06:19.219 --> 0:06:21.539 because of some tendencies for the Chiefs defense. But I'm 0:06:21.539 --> 0:06:23.779 saying on the other end of it, the Chiefs end 0:06:23.819 --> 0:06:25.179 up victorious in this matchup. 0:06:25.419 --> 0:06:27.219 Kyle Pitts was open for a touchdown last week, and 0:06:27.299 --> 0:06:29.019 Kirk threw it to Mike Trout in the back of 0:06:29.019 --> 0:06:32.179 the zonne For some reason. I like that score so much, Cynthia, 0:06:32.219 --> 0:06:34.819 I'm gonna take it as well. I've gotanked twenty four 0:06:35.259 --> 0:06:37.379 twenty one Kansas City Chiefs as well. I understand the 0:06:37.419 --> 0:06:39.659 Chiefs were dealing with injuries and there's that spot in 0:06:39.699 --> 0:06:42.099 the regular season where they historically have a little bit 0:06:42.099 --> 0:06:45.619 of a lull occasionally. But here's the Falcons defense. Yes, 0:06:45.659 --> 0:06:48.419 the Eagles are a good offensive line, but through two weeks, 0:06:48.739 --> 0:06:51.739 the Atlanta Falcons defense are number thirty two in pressure 0:06:51.819 --> 0:06:54.419 rate in the NFL. I need you to be better 0:06:54.779 --> 0:06:56.819 if you're gonna play against Patrick Mahomes and try to 0:06:56.859 --> 0:07:00.779 get a win, preferably with four people. Maybe send somebody 0:07:00.779 --> 0:07:02.939 else if you want to. But that's dangerous with Mahomes 0:07:02.939 --> 0:07:04.939 that it makes it tough for me to pick the I. 0:07:04.859 --> 0:07:06.419 Know something funny, guess who's thirty one? 0:07:06.579 --> 0:07:12.419 Who's that the Chiefs? Oh points for everybody, Kirk Patrick, congratulations, 0:07:12.499 --> 0:07:14.939 I gotta have some opportunity. Let's check out some player 0:07:14.979 --> 0:07:18.699 props on this one, Patrick Mahomes. Looking at that one 0:07:18.739 --> 0:07:21.139 and a half passing touchdowns, seventy two and a half 0:07:21.219 --> 0:07:24.459 rushing yards for Jon Robinson, and almost seven catches for 0:07:24.539 --> 0:07:25.859 Reshoot right, I. 0:07:25.859 --> 0:07:27.939 Mean forty eight point five receiving yards? Is that for 0:07:28.059 --> 0:07:30.219 Kelsey on the season? So far, he's not even there. 0:07:30.379 --> 0:07:33.899 Get him, Greg, go? Greg is all about the old boats. Oh, 0:07:33.939 --> 0:07:36.459 Travis Kells, get that carbon rator, crank up those old bones. 0:07:36.539 --> 0:07:39.699 Let's get to the Ravens and the Cowboys. Dallas shockingly 0:07:39.779 --> 0:07:42.539 boat raced by the Saints last week while the Ravens 0:07:42.619 --> 0:07:45.699 just playing a shocked by the Raiders. Which team rebounds 0:07:45.739 --> 0:07:46.179 on Sunday? 0:07:46.259 --> 0:07:49.499 Since your team does Baltimore winning this one twenty six 0:07:49.739 --> 0:07:52.619 to twenty for I like a lot of things about 0:07:52.659 --> 0:07:56.459 this game, but specifically Derrick Henry to overcome what will 0:07:56.539 --> 0:07:58.659 likely be something that takes a little bit of time. 0:07:58.779 --> 0:08:01.299 That's the fact that three of the offensive linemen for 0:08:01.339 --> 0:08:03.939 the Ravens are different this season. That's sixty percent. That's 0:08:04.339 --> 0:08:06.979 for you right there, Greg. But ultimately, what do you 0:08:07.019 --> 0:08:09.299 do when you have pressure? Old coach bek, you run 0:08:09.379 --> 0:08:13.379 right at pressure. Raw so run right at Micah Parsons. 0:08:13.779 --> 0:08:16.579 With Derrick Henry, I think they did not bring him 0:08:16.619 --> 0:08:18.379 on this team not to use him, so we saw 0:08:18.379 --> 0:08:20.459 it kind of get going last week against the Raiders. 0:08:20.539 --> 0:08:23.259 I think that continues against a Mike Zimmer defense that 0:08:23.299 --> 0:08:25.739 I'm still confused as to what we're going to see 0:08:25.739 --> 0:08:26.499 you throughout the season. 0:08:26.699 --> 0:08:28.259 Yeah, we don't Mike ap Parsons as good. 0:08:28.139 --> 0:08:29.219 Though I'm not sure. 0:08:29.259 --> 0:08:31.419 I just don't think Mike Zimmer has the players like 0:08:31.499 --> 0:08:35.819 the they're bringing in defensive tackles off the free agency wires. 0:08:35.859 --> 0:08:38.659 Some are going to injured reserve Lynn Val Joseph is there. 0:08:38.659 --> 0:08:40.619 I got the Ravens winning this game for much of 0:08:40.659 --> 0:08:42.739 the same reason I like it when Cynthia and I are. 0:08:42.659 --> 0:08:43.259 On the same page. 0:08:43.299 --> 0:08:45.779 I got him winning by a touchdown, and it's because 0:08:45.819 --> 0:08:46.699 of that run defense. 0:08:46.739 --> 0:08:47.059 Fisty. 0:08:47.299 --> 0:08:49.499 You want to know where they are according to Next 0:08:49.579 --> 0:08:53.219 Gen stat against inside runs where bed last in the 0:08:53.379 --> 0:08:55.979 entire NFL. You know where they are in red zone 0:08:56.019 --> 0:08:57.459 defense against the run. 0:08:57.539 --> 0:08:58.899 Dead last, Ben last. 0:08:59.019 --> 0:09:02.939 You know who's pretty good running inside, Derrick Henry and 0:09:03.019 --> 0:09:05.019 Lamar Jackson, by the way, and it feels like, you 0:09:05.019 --> 0:09:07.459 know who's the best red zone weapon I've ever seen 0:09:07.499 --> 0:09:11.779 that quarterback Lamar Jackson, who's great in the red zone, 0:09:11.859 --> 0:09:14.299 it's Derrick Henry. Like, I just don't think the matchup works. 0:09:14.339 --> 0:09:16.499 I don't think they got the players at linebacker or 0:09:16.579 --> 0:09:18.059 defensive tackle for Dallas. 0:09:18.059 --> 0:09:20.339 Well, I'm so glad that you guys are confident, because 0:09:20.379 --> 0:09:22.779 I was not confident in making this pick, although I 0:09:22.939 --> 0:09:26.659 will take the Baltimore Ravens by one point twenty one 0:09:26.859 --> 0:09:30.179 to twenty because of what Cynthia mentioned, there's real issues 0:09:30.259 --> 0:09:32.059 up front and at some point at oh to two, 0:09:32.299 --> 0:09:34.059 the Baltimore Ravens are going to need to figure out 0:09:34.419 --> 0:09:37.179 the terrier of that offense a lot of specifically on 0:09:37.259 --> 0:09:40.099 the right side. But then I'm thinking about what the 0:09:40.139 --> 0:09:44.699 defense is dealing with. And Dallas, whether through personnel or 0:09:44.739 --> 0:09:48.459 also schematically play calling was feels too, have just punted 0:09:48.659 --> 0:09:51.579 on running the ball, making running the ball an afterthought, 0:09:51.979 --> 0:09:54.219 making things a little tougher on back in the offense. 0:09:54.539 --> 0:09:57.659 For those unfamiliar with Next Gen stats and the expected 0:09:57.739 --> 0:10:00.899 yards per carry, They've got years of data on where 0:10:00.899 --> 0:10:03.499 players are located on the field. You hand off and 0:10:03.539 --> 0:10:05.859 then see where the player has the handoff, and they 0:10:06.059 --> 0:10:08.579 give you how many expected yards that you will have 0:10:08.619 --> 0:10:11.299 on a particular play. Dallas has negative sixty one yikes. 0:10:11.339 --> 0:10:14.339 Negative sex Negative is bad, okay for a defense, negative 0:10:14.419 --> 0:10:14.699 is good. 0:10:14.859 --> 0:10:16.739 For an offense, negative is bad. 0:10:17.179 --> 0:10:20.379 So I've also got next Greg stats and I've been 0:10:20.379 --> 0:10:22.819 doing this show a while. We've been watching football a while. 0:10:22.939 --> 0:10:24.859 Have you ever seen a John Harbough team go oh 0:10:24.939 --> 0:10:27.059 to three. When you see a team as talented as 0:10:27.099 --> 0:10:29.579 good as the Ravens, do you think Lamar Jackson's ever 0:10:29.579 --> 0:10:31.259 going to be owing three? Sometimes you don't have to 0:10:31.299 --> 0:10:33.099 get like too smart about it. They're just not going 0:10:33.179 --> 0:10:34.619 to be oh and three. That's not a bad way 0:10:34.619 --> 0:10:35.299 to pick games. 0:10:35.379 --> 0:10:39.059 I hope we never see that moment of Greg saying 0:10:39.099 --> 0:10:41.899 that again. I would not like to have to revisit that, 0:10:42.099 --> 0:10:45.019 considering the options that are available. We're just getting started 0:10:45.019 --> 0:10:48.099 here on game debut. Coming up, a battle of undefeated 0:10:48.139 --> 0:10:53.379 squaring off in Minneapolis. It's Shroud versus Sam Darnold. Two 0:10:53.539 --> 0:10:56.979 potential future Hall of Famers are picks for Texans Vikings. 0:10:57.019 --> 0:11:00.579 Coming right up after this quick break, it's time for 0:11:00.659 --> 0:11:04.139 the Drive to Excellence presented by Mercedes Benz. The Charge 0:11:04.539 --> 0:11:07.659 and Steelers in Pittsburgh, both teams sitting at two and O. 0:11:07.899 --> 0:11:10.299 Justin Herbert dealing with an ankle injury. Who gets to 0:11:10.379 --> 0:11:10.939 three and oh? 0:11:10.979 --> 0:11:13.659 Cynthia the Pittsburgh Steelers get to three and oh with 0:11:13.739 --> 0:11:15.819 a twenty two to nineteen. When I love a good 0:11:15.859 --> 0:11:18.219 twenty two because everyone seems to be so excited about them. 0:11:18.499 --> 0:11:21.259 Why because of TJ. Watt, of course TJ. 0:11:21.339 --> 0:11:24.339 Watt, who's had three pressures and exactly three pressures in 0:11:24.379 --> 0:11:26.939 the past two games. When you're watching what come off 0:11:27.019 --> 0:11:29.499 the edge, it's just a nightmare for any quarterback in 0:11:29.539 --> 0:11:32.139 this situation. And I know Joe Alt's been Grady's four 0:11:32.179 --> 0:11:34.979 pressures allowed in fifty one drop backs, which is wonderful, 0:11:35.259 --> 0:11:38.179 but let's be fair, what is a different animal. He's 0:11:38.219 --> 0:11:42.019 the hardest to defend for even the most seasoned of veterans. 0:11:42.179 --> 0:11:44.299 But lining up across from a rookie, like you know, 0:11:44.339 --> 0:11:46.699 they have that like welcome to the NFL moment, that 0:11:46.779 --> 0:11:48.459 is this is going to be his welcome to the 0:11:48.579 --> 0:11:49.219 NFL moment. 0:11:49.259 --> 0:11:51.259 Hey, rookie, wasn't that the show? Whatever? 0:11:52.099 --> 0:11:53.859 Yeah, this is gonna be fun. 0:11:55.019 --> 0:11:55.939 Thanks are gonna be great. 0:11:56.419 --> 0:11:58.019 So you got a three point win. I've got a 0:11:58.019 --> 0:12:01.019 two point win for the Pittsburgh Steelers. It's still a win, though, 0:12:01.059 --> 0:12:03.379 And I'm thinking back to the early days of picket 0:12:03.419 --> 0:12:05.979 to Pickens and it's like, oh, we're having all this fun, 0:12:06.059 --> 0:12:08.739 and there's the literation and now it's like, wait a second, 0:12:09.179 --> 0:12:11.819 was that just George Pickens? This is what he does 0:12:12.179 --> 0:12:14.339 and justin fields and he are leaking up and making 0:12:14.339 --> 0:12:15.779 a lot of plays even if they're not showing up 0:12:15.779 --> 0:12:17.699 in the stat but sheet. We've had a couple of 0:12:17.739 --> 0:12:20.699 long DEPI calls. They were going right at Patrick Swutan 0:12:21.259 --> 0:12:23.779 a week ago. Since the start of last season, he 0:12:23.859 --> 0:12:27.299 leads the entire NFL in yards where the expected completion 0:12:27.379 --> 0:12:29.619 percentage was less than fifty percent. 0:12:29.819 --> 0:12:30.299 Wow. 0:12:30.339 --> 0:12:32.179 I think this is a game where big plays can 0:12:32.179 --> 0:12:34.339 swing it, and our trusts the Pittsburgh Steelers can make 0:12:34.379 --> 0:12:36.499 those plays. I don't know if the Chargers are gonna 0:12:36.539 --> 0:12:37.739 make big plays in this one. 0:12:37.779 --> 0:12:39.939 Great well, they've made big plays in the running game. 0:12:39.979 --> 0:12:41.939 I look at these two teams and only one of 0:12:41.979 --> 0:12:43.339 them can run the ball. 0:12:43.459 --> 0:12:46.059 That's the not the San Diego Chargers, the. 0:12:46.059 --> 0:12:49.179 Los Angeles Right, they got two great coaches, but only 0:12:49.219 --> 0:12:52.139 one great quarterback in Justin Herbert. As long as he plays, 0:12:52.379 --> 0:12:54.979 I like the Chargers to win this game seventeen to fourteen. 0:12:54.979 --> 0:12:57.019 Now I go through why the Chargers are better, and 0:12:57.059 --> 0:12:59.579 I can hear you all the way from Pittsford, but 0:12:59.699 --> 0:13:02.939 the Steelers have the great defense. So to the Chargers, 0:13:02.939 --> 0:13:05.619 these are the top two defense in the league right now. 0:13:05.739 --> 0:13:08.579 Joey Bosa is having one of those seasons. When you 0:13:08.619 --> 0:13:12.379 watch him this year, you realize, oh yeah, when he's healthy, 0:13:12.459 --> 0:13:14.419 one of the very best players in the NFL. 0:13:14.499 --> 0:13:15.979 Khleio Max still getting it done. 0:13:16.179 --> 0:13:19.379 Pass rush from the interior, and in terms of their depth, 0:13:19.419 --> 0:13:22.139 it's been fantastic. I like their secondary. So to me, 0:13:22.539 --> 0:13:26.419 it's two great defenses. It's two offenses that haven't been 0:13:26.459 --> 0:13:28.419 so great through the air, but one team that can 0:13:28.499 --> 0:13:31.779 run the ball. That's the Chargers, not the Steelers. Let's 0:13:31.899 --> 0:13:33.739 just Greg it up. I just s gregged you a 0:13:33.779 --> 0:13:36.059 win Steelers in Week one. Now I'm going against you. 0:13:36.139 --> 0:13:37.579 It's a just Greg revenge game. 0:13:37.659 --> 0:13:40.499 Greg, giveth and take it away? How does Greg feel 0:13:40.539 --> 0:13:43.099 about your team? Find out next week the. 0:13:43.059 --> 0:13:44.979 Third person talking against me every time. 0:13:45.299 --> 0:13:48.459 We're gonna see if this is a trendy Greg going 0:13:48.499 --> 0:13:50.739 back and forth on the Pittsburgh Seels. Another team has 0:13:50.819 --> 0:13:52.819 jumped out to a two and zho start, the Vikings 0:13:52.939 --> 0:13:58.899 so far, no Kirk Cousins, no problem for Kevin O'Connell's squad. Indeed, Texans, 0:13:59.019 --> 0:14:03.059 Vikings both undefeated. It's stroud. It's the Darnald Hove buzzing 0:14:03.139 --> 0:14:05.379 in all of our ears. Something's got to give here. 0:14:05.419 --> 0:14:07.979 Cynthia who walks away from this game undefeated. 0:14:08.179 --> 0:14:12.339 The Houston Texans walk away undefeated twenty four to twenty. 0:14:12.659 --> 0:14:15.459 I'm looking at my college friend Brian Flores. 0:14:15.579 --> 0:14:17.059 He's just a lot old with me. Just kidding, he's 0:14:17.059 --> 0:14:18.739 just a little with me, but he loves the blitz. 0:14:18.779 --> 0:14:21.979 Since he entered being their defensive coordinator, no team has 0:14:21.979 --> 0:14:24.859 blitzed more than his. When I'm watching this team and 0:14:24.899 --> 0:14:27.619 then I watched c J. Stroud, I would recommend to 0:14:27.699 --> 0:14:29.859 him because I know he's watching our show. 0:14:29.899 --> 0:14:31.899 Maybe don't blitz him so much. Because CJ. 0:14:32.019 --> 0:14:35.179 Stroud is very good against the blitz. I understand perhaps 0:14:35.219 --> 0:14:37.259 without Joe mixing, things could look a little bit different. 0:14:37.539 --> 0:14:40.819 I don't care. This is not an opportunity. His splits 0:14:40.899 --> 0:14:45.179 are ridiculous against the blitz, so maybe find another option 0:14:45.579 --> 0:14:46.419 in this matchup. 0:14:47.259 --> 0:14:49.299 The trend is not your friend in this case. 0:14:49.419 --> 0:14:51.659 Yeah, I've got a four point win by the Houston 0:14:51.659 --> 0:14:54.619 Texans as well, twenty three to nineteen. Pressure, of course, 0:14:54.979 --> 0:14:57.139 being a key theme in this game. In one place 0:14:57.579 --> 0:14:59.699 the CJ. Stroud is able to go when the pressure 0:14:59.779 --> 0:15:02.619 amounts is to Nico Collins, who was having a great 0:15:02.659 --> 0:15:06.219 start to the season. I'm just a general great start. 0:15:06.539 --> 0:15:09.779 Great when CJ is under pressure. He's been targeted five 0:15:09.859 --> 0:15:12.899 times this season. He's caught every single one of those 0:15:12.939 --> 0:15:15.979 passes for one hundred and thirty five yards and a touchdown, 0:15:16.019 --> 0:15:18.699 including one that he finished emphatically in the end zone 0:15:18.699 --> 0:15:20.899 against the Chicago Bears, which was one of my favorite 0:15:20.939 --> 0:15:23.819 plays from last week, far and away eclipsing the rest 0:15:23.819 --> 0:15:26.139 of the roster in that stat They're both very good. 0:15:26.379 --> 0:15:28.299 I think they could score more. I've got the Houston 0:15:28.339 --> 0:15:29.139 Texans Greg. 0:15:29.939 --> 0:15:32.299 I struggled with this pick. I went back and forth 0:15:32.499 --> 0:15:35.979 all week because I think st J. Stroud's outstanding. My 0:15:36.059 --> 0:15:38.619 son Walker is now a Texans fan somehow. 0:15:38.979 --> 0:15:39.979 Wasn't he a Jags fan? 0:15:40.099 --> 0:15:41.299 No, he was never a Jackson. 0:15:41.979 --> 0:15:44.819 But I'm going Vikings in this game twenty seven to 0:15:44.979 --> 0:15:46.859 twenty four. Look, I think the Texans are going to 0:15:46.899 --> 0:15:49.339 have a better season, have a better team overall. But 0:15:49.419 --> 0:15:52.139 I can see it on Monday morning us asking how 0:15:52.179 --> 0:15:54.139 are the Vikings three and know how are they doing it? 0:15:54.219 --> 0:15:57.419 With their linebacker play and this defense and Brian Flores 0:15:57.499 --> 0:16:01.299 that I just think cooked up a very similar offense 0:16:01.859 --> 0:16:03.979 in the forty nine ers and Brock Purty and it's 0:16:03.979 --> 0:16:07.219 a challenge that CJ. Stroud and this offense has not 0:16:07.499 --> 0:16:09.779 yet seen. And there's just something going on with this 0:16:09.819 --> 0:16:11.939 team early. Like I said, I think the Texans have 0:16:11.979 --> 0:16:14.979 a better season. But look at the linebacker Blake Cashman 0:16:15.019 --> 0:16:18.739 flying all over this field. It's a Blake Cashman revenge game. 0:16:18.739 --> 0:16:21.339 He did great for Demiico Ryans last year, and yet 0:16:21.379 --> 0:16:23.779 Brian Flores is using him in all sorts of creative 0:16:23.779 --> 0:16:26.459 ways as a pass rusher, in coverage, in terms of 0:16:26.499 --> 0:16:28.859 his run defense, this defense, to me, has a chance to. 0:16:28.859 --> 0:16:30.019 Be really special. 0:16:30.059 --> 0:16:33.659 They're really smart, and I just think Texans go about 0:16:33.659 --> 0:16:36.179 thirteen and four and this is one of those four 0:16:36.579 --> 0:16:38.899 vikings get the win. Let's just scrag it up again 0:16:39.019 --> 0:16:40.099 twice in a row. 0:16:40.619 --> 0:16:44.259 Not just Cashman. We got Daniel Hunter in a revenge 0:16:44.259 --> 0:16:47.019 game as well. Jonathan Grenard a lot of revenge in 0:16:47.059 --> 0:16:49.699 the air in this one. So per the early picks 0:16:49.739 --> 0:16:51.379 on the show, at the very least, we're not all 0:16:51.419 --> 0:16:53.739 gonna have a bad week. At the same time, von 0:16:53.819 --> 0:16:56.379 Wiga Football, let's look at some of the highest over 0:16:56.539 --> 0:16:59.339 unders coming up in Week three. The Lions and the 0:16:59.379 --> 0:17:02.459 Cardinals number at fifty one and a half following up 0:17:02.459 --> 0:17:05.259 on the Eagles and Saints and then Raven's and Cowboys 0:17:05.339 --> 0:17:07.979 at forty eight. So let's dive right in to that 0:17:08.059 --> 0:17:11.459 matchup at the top Vegas expecting plenty of points. Kyler 0:17:11.499 --> 0:17:14.099 and company obliterating the Rams last week, did they keep 0:17:14.099 --> 0:17:16.299 it rolling against Cynthia's Lions grit? 0:17:16.499 --> 0:17:19.699 Not exactly, but I think Kyler Murray keeps it rolling. 0:17:19.739 --> 0:17:22.419