WEBVTT - Not So Fast Episode 17th 0:00:01.270 --> 0:00:05.190 Welcome to Not So Fast with Andrew Perloff and Paul Pabst, 0:00:05.430 --> 0:00:08.740 where two longtime friends challenge each other on the biggest 0:00:08.780 --> 0:00:10.100 sports stories of the day. 0:00:10.119 --> 0:00:12.640 Here's Andrew Perloff and Paul Pabst. 0:00:13.540 --> 0:00:14.660 Not so fast, my friends. 0:00:18.520 --> 0:00:21.000 Welcome to Not So Fast. I'm Andrew Perloff. He is 0:00:21.110 --> 0:00:23.090 Paul Pabst. All right, Paul, what do we got on tap? 0:00:23.310 --> 0:00:25.889 Oh, we got warm takes on the Texas Longhorns, warm 0:00:25.910 --> 0:00:29.140 takes on USC and Lincoln Riley versus Oregon, and What 0:00:29.160 --> 0:00:30.650 are the New York Giants going to do now, now 0:00:30.690 --> 0:00:33.309 that Jackson Dart is out for the season, maybe the 0:00:33.390 --> 0:00:34.670 regular season, maybe the postseason? 0:00:35.050 --> 0:00:35.650 Where do they pivot? 0:00:36.270 --> 0:00:38.110 We'll see. I got lots of quarterback news. Do you 0:00:38.130 --> 0:00:39.330 want good or bad to start? 0:00:39.430 --> 0:00:41.669 Okay, yesterday on Not So Fast, we started and broke 0:00:41.710 --> 0:00:43.629 some quarterback news about Jackson Dart, and that was a 0:00:43.700 --> 0:00:44.120 negative day. 0:00:44.130 --> 0:00:44.860 Let's go positive. 0:00:45.020 --> 0:00:48.239 Okay, let's go to Seattle then, where Sam Darnold is 0:00:48.560 --> 0:00:52.200 on track to play this Sunday against the Commanders. So funny, 0:00:52.240 --> 0:00:56.200 it's a defending champion, Super Bowl, and no one cares. 0:00:56.330 --> 0:00:58.470 It's funny that no one is talking about Sam Darnold 0:00:58.550 --> 0:01:01.390 probably going back, the defending Super Bowl champion quarterback. I 0:01:01.410 --> 0:01:04.690 think it's double good news for Seattle because Darnold is healthy. 0:01:05.170 --> 0:01:06.670 It looked like it could be a hip injury, which 0:01:06.730 --> 0:01:07.870 could be ongoing. 0:01:08.150 --> 0:01:10.840 It's a glute. That's called your butt. And it seems 0:01:10.860 --> 0:01:11.300 to be fine. 0:01:11.660 --> 0:01:14.339 Here's the bonus for the Seahawks. You found out that 0:01:14.360 --> 0:01:18.400 Drew Locke is more than serviceable and maybe threatening. Usually 0:01:18.420 --> 0:01:20.910 your quarterbacks are either serviceable or threatening. Sounds like a 0:01:20.970 --> 0:01:23.420 band name. But he was pretty good. And I think 0:01:23.500 --> 0:01:25.880 other teams now look at Drew Locke and say to themselves, 0:01:26.240 --> 0:01:28.340 you know, it's not a second-string quarterback. 0:01:28.420 --> 0:01:30.360 It's just the second-best quarterback on the roster. And this 0:01:30.400 --> 0:01:31.220 guy could do some damage. 0:01:31.360 --> 0:01:33.300 Yeah, I mean, he might not even be that far 0:01:33.340 --> 0:01:37.100 behind Darnold. Darnold was basically Drew Locke a few years ago, 0:01:37.140 --> 0:01:39.080 and Darnold just came out of nowhere. I know why 0:01:39.100 --> 0:01:40.459 he's coming back. Do you want to hear the reason? 0:01:40.640 --> 0:01:43.290 Go ahead. Because he's playing the Commanders. So I pulled 0:01:43.330 --> 0:01:46.600 up his line last year when Seattle played Washington. Sam 0:01:46.620 --> 0:01:51.310 Darnold was 21 for 24, 330 yards passing, and four TDs. 0:01:51.650 --> 0:01:53.590 Sam's like, I'm not missing this game. I've got to 0:01:53.650 --> 0:01:54.550 pad my stats. 0:01:54.610 --> 0:01:57.050 I remember this game specifically, and he was licking his 0:01:57.090 --> 0:01:59.000 chops the whole game. I think in the first half, 0:01:59.390 --> 0:02:02.000 he had three touchdowns, and the commanders aren't any better. 0:02:02.240 --> 0:02:05.000 They have Marcus Mariota. They have their own quarterback situation. 0:02:05.040 --> 0:02:07.440 Who's a decent backup? But Sam, like you said, he 0:02:07.460 --> 0:02:08.130 doesn't want to miss this one. 0:02:08.139 --> 0:02:09.940 Well, that's why I was wondering. They could easily afford 0:02:09.960 --> 0:02:12.080 to sit Sam in this game and win the game, 0:02:12.380 --> 0:02:14.080 go with Drew Locke. But they don't seem to be 0:02:14.139 --> 0:02:15.420 that concerned about Darnold's health. 0:02:15.580 --> 0:02:17.760 I would say out in the NFC, you can't afford 0:02:17.800 --> 0:02:19.700 to pass on a weekend. I think you're trying to 0:02:19.740 --> 0:02:22.519 get home field advantage. And with the Rams and the 49ers, 0:02:22.860 --> 0:02:25.480 that one loss or that one pass on a win 0:02:25.840 --> 0:02:27.530 could be the difference between... being on the road in 0:02:27.550 --> 0:02:29.669 the NFC title game, and home for the NFC title. 0:02:29.710 --> 0:02:31.790 Also, it is East Coast 1 o'clock time, but I 0:02:31.810 --> 0:02:34.709 looked at last year. Seattle traveled East seven or eight times, 0:02:35.169 --> 0:02:37.500 dominated every game. They don't have a problem going East 0:02:37.510 --> 0:02:40.120 because they're a physical defense team. They're not a West 0:02:40.160 --> 0:02:43.239 Coast finesse team. So, like everybody, I'm not sure this 0:02:43.280 --> 0:02:44.760 makes a huge impact. I was going to pick the 0:02:44.780 --> 0:02:47.579 Seahawks against the Commanders with Drew Locke or Sam Darnold. 0:02:47.600 --> 0:02:49.240 And a lot of people liked the Commanders going into 0:02:49.260 --> 0:02:52.190 this year because Jayden Daniels two years ago was fantastic, 0:02:52.540 --> 0:02:54.370 and now it's like last year all over again. 0:02:54.630 --> 0:02:57.240 Okay. Okay. We also have some possibly bad news on 0:02:57.260 --> 0:03:00.079 the quarterback front. It's Chicago Bears, but we don't really 0:03:00.100 --> 0:03:02.600 know what's happening. It could be Caleb Williams comes back 0:03:02.639 --> 0:03:05.510 for Monday night. It could be Tyson Bajan's out of 0:03:05.530 --> 0:03:08.810 concussion protocol, or it could be my guy Case Keenum starting. Paul, 0:03:09.150 --> 0:03:11.190 you're a Bears fan. What should they do? 0:03:11.389 --> 0:03:13.389 I think this is a great news week for Chicago 0:03:13.410 --> 0:03:14.870 Bears fans. Again, if you go back to. 0:03:14.830 --> 0:03:17.669 When Caleb Williams went down and the Pope almost had 0:03:17.690 --> 0:03:19.780 to lay hands on him to get him back, the 0:03:19.820 --> 0:03:21.720 fact that he might miss one week and hasn't even 0:03:21.760 --> 0:03:25.620 been declared out for that week We've seen this 100 times, 0:03:25.620 --> 0:03:28.780 2,000 if you have the Internet. And at very worst, 0:03:28.880 --> 0:03:31.680 he's out a game or two. Tyson Bajent might be 0:03:31.700 --> 0:03:34.179 the bigger problem. He's in the concussion protocol. But I 0:03:34.220 --> 0:03:36.720 think the bigger picture is the Bears were ready for 0:03:36.760 --> 0:03:38.990 this at the quarterback position for a guy who doesn't 0:03:39.030 --> 0:03:41.850 get hurt. Bajent was there. And Case Keenum is kind 0:03:41.870 --> 0:03:44.810 of that player-coach era of his football career. But it's 0:03:44.850 --> 0:03:46.590 not a guy who's going to embarrass you. I don't 0:03:46.670 --> 0:03:50.110 think Case Keenum can have a Jameis Winston-type game like 0:03:50.130 --> 0:03:50.400 Jameis did. 0:03:51.150 --> 0:03:54.380 Absolutely. The Eagles defense has been pretty salty the first 0:03:54.420 --> 0:03:56.920 two games. Really, the only thing that anybody's done against 0:03:56.940 --> 0:03:59.440 them is quarterbacks running. Case is not going to run. 0:03:59.540 --> 0:04:01.470 That's the issue. But Caleb isn't going to be able 0:04:01.490 --> 0:04:03.710 to run with his hamstring either. This is a game 0:04:03.750 --> 0:04:05.670 to me where you might sit Caleb Williams because you 0:04:05.690 --> 0:04:08.230 don't want Jalen Carter coming after him. Is it that 0:04:08.330 --> 0:04:09.390 necessary to get him out there? 0:04:09.510 --> 0:04:12.390 Besides Jalen Carter, what's the pass rush for the Eagles 0:04:12.410 --> 0:04:12.730 these days? 0:04:12.770 --> 0:04:14.770 Pass rush is hit and miss. 0:04:14.830 --> 0:04:15.240 Hit and miss. 0:04:15.350 --> 0:04:17.150 Yeah. I mean, it really comes up in the middle 0:04:17.180 --> 0:04:19.560 with Jordan Davis and Jalen Carter. So that's going to 0:04:19.570 --> 0:04:23.300 be a problem. Cam Ward ran around a lot, but 0:04:23.320 --> 0:04:25.960 he's young and healthy. So I don't know that Caleb, 0:04:26.279 --> 0:04:27.620 if he's out there, is going to want to do that. 0:04:27.640 --> 0:04:29.440 Well, I think this goes back to the Bears being 0:04:29.480 --> 0:04:31.560 prepared at the quarterback position early in the season and 0:04:31.580 --> 0:04:33.920 the New York Giants not being prepared. They had no 0:04:34.020 --> 0:04:37.430 third-string emergency quarterback on the roster versus the Rams. Jameis 0:04:37.450 --> 0:04:39.550 Winston stunk the joint up. They were in that game 0:04:39.570 --> 0:04:41.710 with a couple turnovers. If they had a third string, 0:04:41.940 --> 0:04:45.120 I think the wide receiver return man Braxton Berrios was 0:04:45.140 --> 0:04:46.020 their emergency quarterback. 0:04:46.060 --> 0:04:46.560 That's not good. 0:04:47.060 --> 0:04:49.680 Yeah, and the Bears pay Tyson Bazard. I mean, not 0:04:49.720 --> 0:04:51.580 many teams are paying a second string and a third 0:04:51.600 --> 0:04:53.780 string quarterback as much as the Bears. I heard an 0:04:53.800 --> 0:04:55.620 interesting take on Caleb Williams. Tell me what you think 0:04:55.640 --> 0:04:58.260 of this. Oh, boy. If he's injured and he's going 0:04:58.279 --> 0:05:00.500 to be a little bit hampered all season long, won't 0:05:00.550 --> 0:05:03.390 be able to run, that might help him long-term to 0:05:03.430 --> 0:05:05.690 learn how to pass out of the pocket. Because Caleb 0:05:05.730 --> 0:05:08.050 does like to run to the right and look for 0:05:08.070 --> 0:05:10.750 something downfield instead of taking the pass right in front 0:05:10.770 --> 0:05:10.900 of him. 0:05:10.910 --> 0:05:12.650 So you're saying not so fast. There is such thing 0:05:12.690 --> 0:05:14.420 as a good injury or an upside to an injury? 0:05:14.600 --> 0:05:15.180 Possible. 0:05:15.839 --> 0:05:18.640 Well, Caleb is more of a scrambler, keep plays alive 0:05:18.660 --> 0:05:20.960 than a runner like a Vic or Lamar Jackson. 0:05:21.400 --> 0:05:23.500 But his escapability is the thing. 0:05:23.839 --> 0:05:25.020 He runs a lot, Paul. 0:05:25.100 --> 0:05:27.849 He runs a lot, but he doesn't run dumb. I'm 0:05:27.880 --> 0:05:29.460 not saying Josh Allen runs dumb. 0:05:29.610 --> 0:05:32.010 You saw the highlight. He just got hurt running out 0:05:32.050 --> 0:05:33.290 to try and avoid a tackle. 0:05:33.370 --> 0:05:35.330 He was barely running. He was trotting to the first 0:05:35.370 --> 0:05:37.670 down there. I'm just saying, Caleb Williams is not a 0:05:37.770 --> 0:05:38.590 contact guy. 0:05:38.650 --> 0:05:39.229 He's not a guy. 0:05:39.250 --> 0:05:42.409 Remember Jimmy Garoppolo years ago taking on contact or Andrew 0:05:42.450 --> 0:05:44.850 Luck early in his career? He doesn't look for the contact. 0:05:44.890 --> 0:05:47.620 He's more of a Russell Wilson guy. with more escapability. 0:05:47.779 --> 0:05:49.420 Yeah, but when you run, you never know what's going 0:05:49.440 --> 0:05:51.790 to happen. All right, so you're optimistic about the Bears. 0:05:51.810 --> 0:05:53.890 I'm pretty optimistic. Now, there is a thing in sports 0:05:53.970 --> 0:05:56.810 media that you must do. It's a mandatory thing second 0:05:56.850 --> 0:05:59.770 week of the season. The 0-2 team that's going to 0:05:59.790 --> 0:06:01.850 make the playoffs and the 2-0 team that's going to 0:06:01.890 --> 0:06:02.410 miss the playoffs. 0:06:02.450 --> 0:06:03.950 Now, Pearl, we all know the stat. 0:06:04.070 --> 0:06:06.530 If you go 2-0, you're likely going to the playoffs, 0:06:06.630 --> 0:06:09.070 and 0-2, it's like 80% chance you're not. 0:06:09.190 --> 0:06:12.100 Now, is this still true with the expanded schedule? You know, 0:06:12.130 --> 0:06:13.320 all the numbers are a little bit off. 0:06:13.440 --> 0:06:15.400 I didn't chop up the numbers, but let's start with, 0:06:15.420 --> 0:06:17.970 how about this? We'll start with the graphic. 2-0 teams. 0:06:17.990 --> 0:06:19.550 Let's take a look at them, Perloff. I don't know 0:06:19.570 --> 0:06:21.430 what you're picking. You don't know what I'm picking. 0:06:22.010 --> 0:06:22.270 Okay. 0:06:22.510 --> 0:06:27.310 Bills, Bengals, Eagles, Seahawks. Raiders, Chiefs, Vikings, Niners. You go first. 0:06:27.390 --> 0:06:30.170 Who's not making the playoffs? Who's not making the playoffs? Well, 0:06:30.230 --> 0:06:32.970 it's obviously not going to be the Bills. Obviously not 0:06:33.010 --> 0:06:35.770 going to be my Eagles or the Seahawks. It seems 0:06:35.800 --> 0:06:38.880 pretty obvious. I'm going to take the low-hanging fruit, the 0:06:38.920 --> 0:06:40.480 Las Vegas Raiders. 0:06:40.500 --> 0:06:41.640 You were high on the Raiders. 0:06:41.740 --> 0:06:42.440 I love the Raiders. 0:06:42.640 --> 0:06:45.000 You love the Raiders, but they're not going to make 0:06:45.020 --> 0:06:45.540 the playoffs. 0:06:46.080 --> 0:06:48.040 I just threw my pen off camera by accident. That 0:06:48.080 --> 0:06:49.900 was a hot take. Okay, the Raiders have the sixth 0:06:49.940 --> 0:06:53.119 hardest remaining schedule. They have the NFC West on their schedule, Paul. 0:06:53.400 --> 0:06:54.900 They have a lot of hard games. They've got the Patriots. 0:06:54.920 --> 0:06:56.000 So you like, don't love them? 0:06:56.460 --> 0:06:58.000 No, I like what they're doing. I like the direction 0:06:58.020 --> 0:06:59.730 they're going. There's no way they're going to get through 0:06:59.770 --> 0:07:01.890 this schedule and make the playoffs. They're in the AFC 0:07:01.970 --> 0:07:05.930 West with Kansas City Chiefs and the Denver Broncos. Explain 0:07:05.950 --> 0:07:08.250 to me exactly what their path is. They're not winning 0:07:08.270 --> 0:07:10.310 the division, and with that hard schedule, it's going to 0:07:10.330 --> 0:07:11.910 be too hard to get enough wins for the wild card. 0:07:11.990 --> 0:07:14.250 Before my pick, if you're a Raiders fan, do you 0:07:14.290 --> 0:07:14.990 want to make the playoffs? 0:07:16.480 --> 0:07:17.220 Yeah, now you do. 0:07:17.220 --> 0:07:18.800 Like a wild card when you get bounced? 0:07:19.200 --> 0:07:21.750 Why? You're not drafting a quarterback. You just took Fernando Mendoza, 0:07:21.830 --> 0:07:23.790 number one overall. Why would you not want to be good? 0:07:23.910 --> 0:07:25.910 But if you keep winning and stay relevant and stay 0:07:25.930 --> 0:07:27.970 in the playoff hunt, you don't see Mendoza one snap 0:07:27.990 --> 0:07:28.270 this year. 0:07:28.430 --> 0:07:28.950 That's fine. 0:07:29.210 --> 0:07:29.650 That is fine. 0:07:29.670 --> 0:07:31.690 This is the Las Vegas Raiders, Paul. How often do 0:07:31.710 --> 0:07:34.290 they make the playoffs? One year with Derek Carr? Are 0:07:34.310 --> 0:07:34.810 you kidding me? 0:07:34.920 --> 0:07:36.700 All right, who do you got? My 2-0 team that 0:07:36.720 --> 0:07:38.740 will not make the playoffs, I'm going with the Vikings. 0:07:38.820 --> 0:07:41.060 I think the Vikings are quality, and they're a decent team. 0:07:41.400 --> 0:07:43.460 I just think that division is going to get chewed up. 0:07:43.820 --> 0:07:47.570 Bringing Kyler Murray back to me is... It's almost an obligation. 0:07:47.790 --> 0:07:49.520 I don't know if it's the right football decision. I 0:07:49.540 --> 0:07:52.260 don't know if he's more stable at the quarterback position 0:07:52.300 --> 0:07:53.820 than Carson Wentz, and I think you agree with me. 0:07:54.360 --> 0:07:57.900 Carson Wentz, to me, is like a safe B-level quarterback. 0:07:58.340 --> 0:08:01.740 Kyler Murray is a D one day and an A 0:08:01.780 --> 0:08:04.300 the other, and you can't win that division where every 0:08:04.320 --> 0:08:06.480 game is tough that way. I think the Vikings will 0:08:06.520 --> 0:08:08.380 stay afloat for a while, but they're going to get 0:08:08.800 --> 0:08:09.260 chewed up late. 0:08:09.620 --> 0:08:11.470 Yeah, they have a great roster around their quarterback. I 0:08:11.510 --> 0:08:14.020 think Brian Flores, probably the best defensive coordinator in the NFL. 0:08:14.030 --> 0:08:14.950 I still like them as a team. 0:08:15.150 --> 0:08:17.310 I just don't think that Kyler Murray is the guy 0:08:17.390 --> 0:08:19.520 who will win a late game for you. 0:08:19.620 --> 0:08:21.320 He was more likely to lose a late game for you. 0:08:21.340 --> 0:08:23.440 Yeah, he came out, and I think his first pass 0:08:23.780 --> 0:08:25.200 with the Vikings was an interception. 0:08:25.220 --> 0:08:26.280 He set the bar nice and low. 0:08:26.880 --> 0:08:28.800 And also, he could get hurt again. But you do 0:08:28.840 --> 0:08:31.520 have Carson Wentz behind there. You know, I'm not going 0:08:31.550 --> 0:08:33.620 to back you on this one. I think Minnesota could 0:08:33.640 --> 0:08:35.790 get to 10 wins no matter who's playing quarterback. This 0:08:35.809 --> 0:08:37.010 is a really good coaching staff. 0:08:37.250 --> 0:08:39.350 Okay, if you're picking Minnesota to make the playoffs, give 0:08:39.370 --> 0:08:41.390 me your two teams for the NFC North that won't 0:08:41.510 --> 0:08:42.110 make the playoffs. 0:08:42.590 --> 0:08:44.890 Wow, the Packers and Lions. Really? Really. 0:08:45.500 --> 0:08:46.540 Lions, the Windows. 0:08:46.580 --> 0:08:48.400 Actually, and the Bears, maybe not either. 0:08:49.160 --> 0:08:50.920 If the Vikings make it and nobody else makes it, 0:08:50.920 --> 0:08:52.520 that would be the call of the year by you, Perloff. 0:08:52.760 --> 0:08:55.740 All right, let's go to the 0-2 team that doesn't, 0:08:56.660 --> 0:08:57.470 does make the playoffs. 0:08:57.710 --> 0:09:00.990 Okay, 0-2 team. Again, here's the list here. Obviously, we're 0:09:01.030 --> 0:09:04.449 not putting the Dolphins. We're not putting the Commanders. 0:09:04.470 --> 0:09:06.050 Wasn't it a waste of time to build the Dolphins 0:09:06.110 --> 0:09:06.650 in that graphic? 0:09:06.710 --> 0:09:08.689 Yeah, I'm going to go with the obvious one again. 0:09:08.710 --> 0:09:10.590 At least it seems obvious to me. Of course, it's 0:09:10.650 --> 0:09:11.410 the Houston Texans. 0:09:12.280 --> 0:09:12.540 Okay. 0:09:12.760 --> 0:09:14.730 In part because everyone picked them to go deep into 0:09:14.750 --> 0:09:17.230 the playoffs. But they've had a tough start to the 0:09:17.270 --> 0:09:20.710 schedule with Cincinnati and Buffalo on their schedule. They were 0:09:20.770 --> 0:09:22.710 right there with the Bills, who are arguably the best 0:09:22.750 --> 0:09:27.719 team in the NFL. And the Bengals, their defense got hot. 0:09:28.080 --> 0:09:30.660 But the issue with the Texans is Nico Collins has 0:09:30.720 --> 0:09:32.920 not been out. He never is? Yeah, but he might 0:09:32.960 --> 0:09:35.020 be back week three or four. Their whole offense depends 0:09:35.080 --> 0:09:37.709 on their number one receiver. And TJ Stroud has not 0:09:37.750 --> 0:09:41.429 played bad. This defense is still awesome. Tough schedule a 0:09:41.470 --> 0:09:43.610 little bit, but I think that they get some easy 0:09:43.690 --> 0:09:46.390 wins against teams like Cleveland, and they find a way 0:09:46.460 --> 0:09:48.219 to at least make the wild card with maybe the 0:09:48.280 --> 0:09:49.320 Jags winning that division. 0:09:49.480 --> 0:09:49.880 I don't know. 0:09:49.960 --> 0:09:51.939 Their defense really concerns me because that was supposed to 0:09:51.960 --> 0:09:54.420 be the best defense in the NFL, the most threatening 0:09:54.490 --> 0:09:55.830 defense in the NFL to Texans. 0:09:56.250 --> 0:09:58.730 And if they're not doing it, C.J. Stroud does not 0:09:58.790 --> 0:09:59.810 show flashes of C.J. 0:09:59.830 --> 0:09:59.970 Stroud. 0:10:00.140 --> 0:10:00.520 From three years. 0:10:00.540 --> 0:10:02.319 Well, they did hold the Bengals to 20 points. It's 0:10:02.400 --> 0:10:04.880 not like Joe Burrow lit them up. Josh Allen did 0:10:04.920 --> 0:10:07.340 light them up. But I think their defense is going 0:10:07.360 --> 0:10:10.260 to round into form. C.J. Stroud looks fine. I don't 0:10:10.300 --> 0:10:12.219 know why people are ripping him. He just has nobody 0:10:12.240 --> 0:10:12.730 to throw to. 0:10:12.870 --> 0:10:15.229 Fine is a rough word when you're talking about quarterbacks. 0:10:15.270 --> 0:10:16.630 When my wife comes up and says, what do you 0:10:16.650 --> 0:10:18.030 think of this dress? If I say fine. 0:10:18.350 --> 0:10:19.130 I'm in a lot of trouble. 0:10:19.290 --> 0:10:22.230 If he was fine in last year's playoffs, Paul, Houston 0:10:22.250 --> 0:10:23.989 Texans would have been in the AFC title game and 0:10:24.030 --> 0:10:25.670 might have been the Super Bowl. But he was awful. 0:10:25.950 --> 0:10:27.250 So that's why I'm taking fine. 0:10:27.380 --> 0:10:29.280 If you're aspiring to be fine as a quarterback, I 0:10:29.320 --> 0:10:29.900 worry about things. 0:10:30.040 --> 0:10:33.540 Okay, my 0-2 team that makes the playoffs, I begrudgingly 0:10:33.580 --> 0:10:34.660 am going with the Falcons. 0:10:34.720 --> 0:10:35.160 Here's why. 0:10:35.600 --> 0:10:37.520 They stunk up the joint. I mean the joint being 0:10:37.660 --> 0:10:40.059 Earth the first couple weeks of the season. The Falcons, 0:10:40.750 --> 0:10:44.069 the two quarterbacks who played, not Tua, not Penix, a 0:10:44.110 --> 0:10:46.350 couple guys you barely know and you shouldn't know because 0:10:46.370 --> 0:10:46.790 they're awful. 0:10:47.290 --> 0:10:48.500 And you have Drake London. 0:10:48.630 --> 0:10:52.000 You have Pitts. You have Bijan Robinson. And you could 0:10:52.020 --> 0:10:53.559 put together 16 points. 0:10:54.120 --> 0:10:56.420 Perloff, you could have scored a couple points with this team. 0:10:56.960 --> 0:10:59.780 It gets tougher, but I think the Falcons are generally 0:10:59.820 --> 0:11:02.530 a quality team, and they have a decent defense and 0:11:02.570 --> 0:11:05.310 a lot of skilled position players. I like that Penix 0:11:05.330 --> 0:11:07.829 didn't start early before he was physically ready. And I 0:11:07.890 --> 0:11:10.030 think that I'm calling out the division. Saints are a 0:11:10.050 --> 0:11:13.830 nice story. The Panthers are a nice story. I think 0:11:13.850 --> 0:11:15.150 there's going to be a battle, and I could see 0:11:15.170 --> 0:11:17.230 the Falcons riding the ship tonight against Green Bay. 0:11:17.250 --> 0:11:17.809 That's a teaser. 0:11:18.030 --> 0:11:18.329 Okay. 0:11:18.670 --> 0:11:21.360 And Michael Penix, who everyone likes as a quarterback. They 0:11:21.380 --> 0:11:22.300 just don't like his knees. 0:11:23.480 --> 0:11:25.380 Oh, man. I don't know, Paul. 0:11:25.400 --> 0:11:26.679 Go back to college. People love this guy. 0:11:26.700 --> 0:11:28.620 No, I love Penix. I'm just talking about the Falcons 0:11:28.660 --> 0:11:31.610 in general. I think Kevin Stefanski has been a little 0:11:31.630 --> 0:11:33.900 bit exposed, the head coach, the first two weeks. Are 0:11:33.920 --> 0:11:36.040 you sure, even with panics, they can win enough games 0:11:36.059 --> 0:11:36.600 to make the playoffs? 0:11:36.640 --> 0:11:39.120 That's another reason I like them, because Stefanski's seen bad 0:11:39.160 --> 0:11:41.660 teams before. He knows bad football. This guy's an expert 0:11:41.740 --> 0:11:42.920 on coaching bad football teams. 0:11:42.980 --> 0:11:45.079 Yeah, but he loses a lot of those games with 0:11:45.100 --> 0:11:45.800 bad football teams. 0:11:45.840 --> 0:11:47.400 But now he has a decent team around him. 0:11:47.500 --> 0:11:50.160 I think they're going to be okay-ish, but the bar 0:11:50.179 --> 0:11:52.750 has been set so low, so early, everyone's off. 0:11:52.830 --> 0:11:55.410 If there was a Falcons bandwagon, nobody stayed on it. 0:11:55.510 --> 0:11:57.130 Well, it's funny. I actually looked at the Bucs at 0:11:57.150 --> 0:11:59.610 0-2 because I had the same thought. NFC South, you 0:11:59.630 --> 0:12:02.270 win eight games, you're probably in the playoffs. Why not 0:12:02.309 --> 0:12:02.630 the Bucs? 0:12:03.520 --> 0:12:04.620 I was coin flipping that one. 0:12:04.640 --> 0:12:04.940 Yeah, yeah. 0:12:04.980 --> 0:12:07.410 And the Bucks disappoint me more. And they are more 0:12:07.490 --> 0:12:09.910 known to disappoint me the past couple years. They find 0:12:09.960 --> 0:12:12.260 a way to be down at halftime, get it close, 0:12:12.400 --> 0:12:13.120 and then lose at the end. 0:12:14.000 --> 0:12:16.819 Yeah, I don't know. I guess one team has to 0:12:16.840 --> 0:12:18.900 make the playoffs. New Orleans to me, if I want 0:12:18.920 --> 0:12:20.920 to do a mulligan, I'm picking New Orleans, but you're 0:12:20.960 --> 0:12:21.260 not there. 0:12:21.520 --> 0:12:23.709 Yeah, no, I'm not. And we checked the box, 0-2, 2-0, 0:12:24.410 --> 0:12:25.130 mandatory in sports. 0:12:25.150 --> 0:12:27.830 Yeah, I think it's 75% and 16%, Paul. 0:12:27.850 --> 0:12:28.630 You might be making those up. 0:12:28.929 --> 0:12:31.190 Could be. All right, coming up next on Not So Fast, 0:12:31.230 --> 0:12:34.260 we dive into an exciting college football weekend. What is 0:12:34.300 --> 0:12:36.040 the game of the weekend? Paul and I will debate. 0:12:36.100 --> 0:12:37.500 That's next, Not So Fast. 0:12:39.900 --> 0:12:42.120 Pearl, it's time for the midday pick-me-up. Here we go. 0:12:42.140 --> 0:12:44.360 A little baseball. Let's go out to Seattle. Great unis 0:12:44.440 --> 0:12:49.370 out there. You know that. Bango. That's Josh Naylor. No 0:12:49.400 --> 0:12:52.770 problem there. Getting the win. Nice win for Seattle. Walk-off. 0:12:52.809 --> 0:12:55.870 The fans are going crazy. Now, they stave off elimination. 0:12:56.309 --> 0:12:59.170 Checking my notes, they have a. 1 chance to make 0:12:59.190 --> 0:13:01.720 the playoffs. Everybody has to lose, and they have to 0:13:01.740 --> 0:13:01.990 win out. 0:13:02.650 --> 0:13:04.209 That doesn't seem likely to me, Paul. 0:13:04.350 --> 0:13:06.370 Not likely, but we're saying there's a chance. 0:13:06.730 --> 0:13:09.510 Wow. The fans are into it. I like this. That's 0:13:09.530 --> 0:13:11.390 the whole point of the wild card, to keep everybody alive, 0:13:11.429 --> 0:13:12.949 but this is not really too alive. 0:13:12.970 --> 0:13:15.640 We are the official show of Seattle sports today. Darnold 0:13:15.700 --> 0:13:18.160 and Josh Naylor, look at us. All right, it's time 0:13:18.200 --> 0:13:20.199 for some warm takes. Pabst and Perloff, I'm going to 0:13:20.240 --> 0:13:22.140 get you going. I'm going to start off, Perloff. My 0:13:22.240 --> 0:13:25.679 first warm take is this. College football this weekend, heck 0:13:25.720 --> 0:13:27.540 of a slate. There's a lot of good games down 0:13:27.590 --> 0:13:30.729 in Knoxville, a lot of places. Oregon-USC this weekend is 0:13:30.750 --> 0:13:33.480 a great game. It may not be a great game itself. 0:13:33.540 --> 0:13:35.720 We don't know. But Oregon, they started a little slow. 0:13:35.940 --> 0:13:38.880 They righted the ship. They should be okay. Here's the thing. 0:13:38.980 --> 0:13:41.460 USC football. They're 4-0 right now. 0:13:41.620 --> 0:13:44.610 Now, it's a shaky 4-0 because of the teams they beat. 0:13:44.630 --> 0:13:46.230 We don't have to get into it, but they barely 0:13:46.270 --> 0:13:46.890 got by Rutgers. 0:13:46.970 --> 0:13:47.350 No offense. 0:13:48.630 --> 0:13:51.790 USC football has not been national title relevant in about 0:13:51.929 --> 0:13:54.650 six years. And that's a long stretch for them. Remember 0:13:54.670 --> 0:13:57.530 the Clay Harbor days? Lincoln Riley was brought there from 0:13:57.590 --> 0:13:59.370 Oklahoma to win national titles. 0:13:59.750 --> 0:14:01.970 Not to be decent. Not to win seven games. And 0:14:01.990 --> 0:14:03.670 this is it. You're 4-0. 0:14:03.870 --> 0:14:06.729 You got Oregon. Oregon's not the Oregon that we thought 0:14:06.750 --> 0:14:09.560 they were. You win on Saturday, you're in position. You'll 0:14:09.580 --> 0:14:11.740 be talked about on national shows like this, the Dan 0:14:11.760 --> 0:14:12.980 Patrick Show, all over the place. 0:14:13.320 --> 0:14:14.600 Maybe game day will come back out there. 0:14:15.040 --> 0:14:16.440 But if you lose to Oregon, you're in a big 0:14:16.480 --> 0:14:18.120 jam because it gets a lot tougher. 0:14:18.380 --> 0:14:20.420 You have Ohio State later this season. You have Penn 0:14:20.460 --> 0:14:22.420 State in two weeks. You have Indiana. 0:14:23.100 --> 0:14:25.370 Remember, can you imagine a world where I'd say, USC 0:14:25.400 --> 0:14:27.070 has to be scared of going into Bloomington? 0:14:27.310 --> 0:14:31.100 Yeah, you do. Because they'll be favorited. USC football, Lincoln-Riley, 0:14:31.180 --> 0:14:31.640 this is it. 0:14:32.120 --> 0:14:34.780 Take down Oregon, take down Penn State in two weeks, 0:14:34.940 --> 0:14:36.760 and then we'll start talking about you again because we 0:14:36.800 --> 0:14:38.040 haven't in a long, long time. 0:14:38.700 --> 0:14:40.680 I totally agree, but let me ask you something. Everything 0:14:40.700 --> 0:14:42.540 we learned in the first three weeks of college football, 0:14:42.580 --> 0:14:45.350