WEBVTT - NFL Cover Zero: Week 6 Previews 0:00:06.423 --> 0:00:08.893 NFL Cover Zero with Matt Jones and Drew Franklin is 0:00:08.933 --> 0:00:11.903 a production of the NFL and iHeart Podcast. 0:00:21.093 --> 0:00:24.393 Welcome in to a new edition of NFL Cover Zero. 0:00:24.893 --> 0:00:28.053 Drew Franklin sitting in the host chair today with Billy R. 0:00:28.073 --> 0:00:31.423 Sports joining me as the sidekick. We are without Matt Jones. 0:00:31.683 --> 0:00:34.123 It's a unique week here for Kentucky Sports Radio. That's 0:00:34.143 --> 0:00:36.763 what we do full time when we're not talking about 0:00:36.783 --> 0:00:40.263 the NFL. And Matt is on the road with Ryan 0:00:40.303 --> 0:00:42.103 Lemon and Mario Maitland, who many of you know well 0:00:42.143 --> 0:00:46.153 from KSR. They're on their way to Oklahoma, which really 0:00:46.193 --> 0:00:47.293 impacted scheduling this week. 0:00:47.313 --> 0:00:50.133 They're driving. They're in Evansville, Indiana today as we do this. 0:00:50.693 --> 0:00:52.413 Billy and I stayed back and it was looking like 0:00:52.433 --> 0:00:53.673 we weren't going to be able to even have a 0:00:53.713 --> 0:00:55.593 midweek episode. But Billy and I said, you know what? 0:00:56.513 --> 0:00:59.183 This season's rolling. We can't be taking weeks off. We 0:00:59.203 --> 0:01:01.343 got to get together, make this happen. We miss Matt, 0:01:01.543 --> 0:01:04.283 but we're going to get to our week six preview 0:01:04.322 --> 0:01:06.163 episode without him. And I feel like we can handle 0:01:06.203 --> 0:01:08.223 it just fine. Might be a little abbreviated because we 0:01:08.243 --> 0:01:09.833 have our own things going on today. But Billy, we 0:01:09.853 --> 0:01:12.152 just couldn't leave the people without an episode with so 0:01:12.193 --> 0:01:13.413 much happening. Let's do it, man. 0:01:13.473 --> 0:01:16.392 Next man up mentality. We've done a show together before 0:01:16.413 --> 0:01:18.452 where we talked about how little time we'd be spending 0:01:18.493 --> 0:01:20.613 with our family around the holidays with all the great 0:01:20.652 --> 0:01:22.333 games in the NFL. So ready to do it again 0:01:22.353 --> 0:01:23.413 with you. Absolutely. 0:01:24.133 --> 0:01:25.763 Where do you want to start here? You want to 0:01:25.803 --> 0:01:28.203 talk about that thriller on Monday night? You want to 0:01:28.223 --> 0:01:31.243 get some news? We'll obviously preview the games later, but 0:01:31.542 --> 0:01:33.383 I'm just going to toss to you as our news 0:01:33.663 --> 0:01:35.822 finder and everything you've dialed up. Billy, where do you 0:01:35.842 --> 0:01:37.303 want to lead off with all that's happening as we 0:01:37.322 --> 0:01:38.843 head into week six? Well, first of all, I'm a 0:01:38.863 --> 0:01:39.543 little sad today. 0:01:39.583 --> 0:01:42.212 I don't know if you noticed this with the vibes 0:01:42.253 --> 0:02:03.433 in the room. first of all what a great game 0:02:03.453 --> 0:02:04.793 that was why don't we start there. 0:02:04.633 --> 0:02:06.673 Yeah let's talk about that i mean we said going 0:02:06.693 --> 0:02:09.033 into it i i thought super bowl preview that's not 0:02:09.053 --> 0:02:11.313 a wild take but i still believe will be a 0:02:11.333 --> 0:02:13.433 rematch there you know early it. 0:02:13.353 --> 0:02:15.553 Started off everybody thought we'd get a shootout two years 0:02:15.573 --> 0:02:17.713 ago these teams played and it was just back and 0:02:17.753 --> 0:02:19.613 forth back and forth i think it almost got to 0:02:19.653 --> 0:02:22.043 the 50s they were scoring so much and then this 0:02:22.123 --> 0:02:24.863 one started a little slow we wondered where's our shootout 0:02:25.183 --> 0:02:26.583 and then it kind of kicked into gear in the 0:02:26.623 --> 0:02:28.603 game as the game went on and of course we 0:02:28.643 --> 0:02:31.883 end up With a thriller going to overtime, Bills getting 0:02:31.903 --> 0:02:34.543 the win. A little back and forth where it looks 0:02:34.563 --> 0:02:35.333 like the Bills have it. 0:02:35.343 --> 0:02:37.303 You get a fumble. Mevis lines up for a kick. 0:02:37.583 --> 0:02:39.003 Neither side really wanted to win. 0:02:39.223 --> 0:02:40.603 Your boy Mevis now no. 0:02:40.503 --> 0:02:42.263 Longer with the Rams as he missed that field goal 0:02:42.283 --> 0:02:43.983 that set up Josh Allen having the long run and 0:02:44.003 --> 0:02:45.222 the Bills stealing the victory in L.A. 0:02:45.523 --> 0:02:48.423 To your point, 34 points scored in that fourth quarter 0:02:48.443 --> 0:02:51.913 of that game. A total of 890 yards, eight lead changes. 0:02:51.953 --> 0:02:54.263 So it did become a great game. You know, the 0:02:54.323 --> 0:02:58.113 Rams defense celebrating after they got that fumble and overtime 0:02:58.153 --> 0:03:00.133 like they had already won the game. They had already 0:03:00.153 --> 0:03:03.453 won in their mind. And then just the disaster that 0:03:03.513 --> 0:03:06.493 unfolded after that. So it was it was really entertaining. 0:03:07.013 --> 0:03:09.613 And then Sean McVay looks into the cameras in the 0:03:09.633 --> 0:03:13.093 postgame press conference and says, I'm going to hold myself accountable. 0:03:13.253 --> 0:03:15.953 We're going to look at everything and make some changes. 0:03:16.413 --> 0:03:18.393 And the changes was for the thicker kicker to leave. 0:03:18.673 --> 0:03:21.513 And I am just devastated by this news. Not only 0:03:21.533 --> 0:03:23.053 that I have to go find a new kicker the 0:03:23.093 --> 0:03:25.323 week that I play you in fantasy in our league, Drew. Oh, 0:03:25.393 --> 0:03:26.943 I didn't even realize that. We'll add that to our 0:03:27.003 --> 0:03:29.083 list of topics for later. We'll talk some smack. But 0:03:29.123 --> 0:03:32.043 the 245 pound kicker was perfect last year. He was 0:03:32.223 --> 0:03:34.183 awesome for the ramps. I know he struggled. It was 0:03:34.283 --> 0:03:36.443 five for nine this year. Had two missed kicks in 0:03:36.463 --> 0:03:38.023 that game last night. But I thought it was a 0:03:38.243 --> 0:03:41.783 little reactionary. to kick Mevis off the team after that game. 0:03:42.003 --> 0:03:44.573 Here's a stat for you, Drew. Since Sean McVay took 0:03:44.663 --> 0:03:48.553 over in 2017, the Rams have had 81 kicks, either 0:03:48.673 --> 0:03:51.733 missed or blocked since that time. That's the third most 0:03:51.773 --> 0:03:54.953 in the NFL. Put it on yourself and your failure 0:03:55.093 --> 0:03:58.533 as a special teams coordinators, not the thicker kicker who 0:03:58.553 --> 0:04:01.393 has been bringing fans together for years. I did think 0:04:01.433 --> 0:04:04.513 there was a slight overreaction. He had two misses. One 0:04:04.553 --> 0:04:05.733 was from 50-plus. 0:04:05.873 --> 0:04:07.813 I mean, in the NFL, now they're kicking for 70. 0:04:07.813 --> 0:04:09.913 You're expected to make those, but it's not like he 0:04:10.033 --> 0:04:12.713 missed an extra point or a chip shot. And then 0:04:13.093 --> 0:04:15.113 the other, you get the blocked field goal at the end, 0:04:15.193 --> 0:04:18.613 also pushing 50 yards there. So I did think they 0:04:18.633 --> 0:04:20.713 threw him under the bus. I remember Harrison Mevis when 0:04:20.753 --> 0:04:23.533 he was at Missouri, and then he was in the XFL, 0:04:23.772 --> 0:04:25.422 and then he pops back up in the NFL, not 0:04:25.452 --> 0:04:27.392 just on any team, on the best team last year. 0:04:28.073 --> 0:04:29.522 didn't eventually be the best but we thought could be 0:04:29.543 --> 0:04:31.563 one of the best and just when he takes his 0:04:31.603 --> 0:04:33.883 helmet off he's kind of he's balding a little bit 0:04:33.902 --> 0:04:36.863 the belly it's it's a guy you really want to 0:04:36.883 --> 0:04:39.853 root for i don't like the rams i was rooting 0:04:39.892 --> 0:04:41.373 for the bills had a little money on it and 0:04:41.452 --> 0:04:43.352 even i was like all right thicker kicker i'm i'm 0:04:43.433 --> 0:04:45.152 kind of happy for that you get this moment and 0:04:45.173 --> 0:04:47.412 then it gets blocked and now he's looking for a job. 0:04:47.412 --> 0:04:49.633 He's now looking for a job so i did hate 0:04:49.683 --> 0:04:51.903 that but the rams got to start winning games they 0:04:51.923 --> 0:04:53.863 can't afford to lose too many more it You know, 0:04:53.902 --> 0:04:55.902 with the 49ers playing so well, they may not get 0:04:55.943 --> 0:04:58.103 home field advantage in the playoffs. I do want to 0:04:58.123 --> 0:05:00.782 bring up Josh Allen for one other thing, because it's 0:05:00.823 --> 0:05:03.253 been between him and Purdy for the MVP. Do you 0:05:03.263 --> 0:05:06.332 know Josh Allen is on pace to break LaDainian Tomlinson's 0:05:06.592 --> 0:05:10.933 rushing touchdown record? Josh Allen has eight rushing touchdowns. He's 0:05:10.993 --> 0:05:14.253 on pace to pass the 27 put up by LT 0:05:14.553 --> 0:05:18.142 in 2006. So not only throwing and leading the bills, 0:05:18.202 --> 0:05:23.082 but might break the rushing touchdown record, too. Clearly, great rusher. 0:05:23.123 --> 0:05:25.423 Maybe one of the best rushing quarterbacks we'll ever see. 0:05:25.462 --> 0:05:28.112 I did not know he was chasing running back LT records. 0:05:28.452 --> 0:05:31.772 So now I'm hoping he breaks it. All the tush pushes, 0:05:31.892 --> 0:05:34.423 just every time James Cook gets to the one-yard line, 0:05:34.462 --> 0:05:36.543 make sure Josh gets the touchdown because I'd love to 0:05:36.563 --> 0:05:38.663 see that record broken. Well, it wasn't a touchdown, but 0:05:38.683 --> 0:05:41.922 the running overtime was huge. That's what makes Josh Allen special. 0:05:41.983 --> 0:05:44.602 He said after the game that Matthew Stafford might be 0:05:44.642 --> 0:05:46.403 the best thrower of the football ever. 0:05:46.943 --> 0:05:49.893 Like any of them, just throwing the football. But as 0:05:49.912 --> 0:05:50.673 he's thinking. 0:05:50.712 --> 0:05:53.913 I'm like, yeah, but you have a whole other dynamic 0:05:53.933 --> 0:05:55.712 that no one else has really had. But I thought 0:05:55.733 --> 0:05:58.613 that was very complimentary of him to Matthew Stafford, who 0:05:58.652 --> 0:06:01.533 brings me to my next point. why did they stop 0:06:01.553 --> 0:06:04.292 throwing to puka yeah it felt like they could get 0:06:04.293 --> 0:06:07.823 15 yards anytime they wanted matthew stafford's numbers are insane 0:06:07.883 --> 0:06:09.803 puka's numbers are insane how many times was he targeted 0:06:09.863 --> 0:06:11.722 like 25 24 it's. 0:06:11.282 --> 0:06:13.623 Incredible and he's on my fantasy team by the way 0:06:14.082 --> 0:06:15.863 so you have that to look forward to this week 0:06:15.943 --> 0:06:18.402 it's a completely different offense when he was there davante 0:06:18.522 --> 0:06:21.313 adams got all the attention when nakua was out i 0:06:21.323 --> 0:06:23.413 don't know if he's a system receiver if anybody would 0:06:23.452 --> 0:06:25.292 have that kind of success or if it's just him 0:06:25.332 --> 0:06:28.693 but he was absolutely phenomenal you're right But then in overtime, 0:06:28.733 --> 0:06:30.233 it's like they just went away from it. 0:06:30.532 --> 0:06:30.753 Yep. 0:06:31.013 --> 0:06:33.972 And, I mean, just kind of goes to the questionable 0:06:34.032 --> 0:06:36.013 coaching decisions we saw in Week 5. There'll be more 0:06:36.073 --> 0:06:38.013 on that in a bit when we come to the news. 0:06:38.053 --> 0:06:41.133 But Stafford and Josh Allen, your two last MVPs in 0:06:41.152 --> 0:06:42.573 the league going at it on Monday night. 0:06:42.853 --> 0:06:44.773 Yeah, and we're trying to hurry through this show, and 0:06:44.813 --> 0:06:46.273 we don't want to spend too much time on a 0:06:46.293 --> 0:06:48.423 game that was a few days ago. But I have 0:06:48.503 --> 0:06:49.332 one more thing from this game. 0:06:49.363 --> 0:06:49.803 One more thing, okay. 0:06:51.073 --> 0:06:54.892 In overtime, Bills have the ball. They make the pass 0:06:54.943 --> 0:06:58.403 to Shakir. He gets like 25 yards. There's a shoestring tackle. 0:06:58.423 --> 0:06:59.643 It looked like Shakir was going to have a game 0:06:59.662 --> 0:07:02.282 when he touched down. He had just dirt in front 0:07:02.303 --> 0:07:04.922 of him to the end zone. Shoestring tackle. Guy makes 0:07:04.983 --> 0:07:07.683 a play, brings him down. But still, you think, well, 0:07:07.722 --> 0:07:09.093 Bill's probably locked this up because that got him to 0:07:09.113 --> 0:07:11.453 field goal range. And then Cook fumbles on the next play. 0:07:11.833 --> 0:07:13.552 I say that because I don't even know who made 0:07:13.593 --> 0:07:16.413 that tackle. But the hustle plays, man. You never know 0:07:16.513 --> 0:07:18.713 what's next. He could have laid off a little bit. 0:07:18.793 --> 0:07:19.533 Game winning touchdown. 0:07:19.553 --> 0:07:20.133 You're going home. 0:07:20.473 --> 0:07:22.963 He gets that stop on Shakir. And then football happens. 0:07:23.103 --> 0:07:24.963 James Cook gives up the ball. And it completely, what 0:07:25.003 --> 0:07:26.063 we thought, turned the game. 0:07:26.203 --> 0:07:26.863 Rams get it back. 0:07:26.903 --> 0:07:28.843 Drive the field before the missed field goal. But that 0:07:28.863 --> 0:07:30.442 was just a moment where it looked like the Bills 0:07:30.463 --> 0:07:31.683 were going to win on that pass play. 0:07:31.723 --> 0:07:34.383 And then anything can happen. Cook. you know a great 0:07:34.433 --> 0:07:36.273 running back bills love him putting the ball in the 0:07:36.313 --> 0:07:37.893 dirt so uh one more thing from the game that 0:07:37.913 --> 0:07:39.513 i thought that was pretty interesting there i always thought 0:07:39.553 --> 0:07:41.653 it was over and then the rams end up you 0:07:41.673 --> 0:07:43.953 know getting their kick blocks so it's it's amazing how 0:07:43.993 --> 0:07:47.422 it changes i also remember a rams shoestring tackle that 0:07:47.503 --> 0:07:49.803 ended the 99 super bowl at the one yard line 0:07:49.903 --> 0:07:52.463 oh thank you for bringing that up they can't hurt 0:07:52.483 --> 0:07:56.543 me anymore billy They're also on my list. Yeah, it's 0:07:56.583 --> 0:07:58.483 been a rough week. All right, let's get to some news. 0:07:58.523 --> 0:08:01.482 We'll look a little more present than that past game, 0:08:01.503 --> 0:08:02.543 but it was such a big game we had to 0:08:02.563 --> 0:08:03.633 spend a little time talking about it. 0:08:03.673 --> 0:08:05.833 Yeah, well, since we've already talked about the Rams releasing 0:08:05.873 --> 0:08:07.833 their kicker right after the game, let me bring you 0:08:07.873 --> 0:08:11.853 another Rams note. The Rams left tackle Aleric Jackson was 0:08:11.893 --> 0:08:15.013 suspended two games for punching Bradley Chubb following the Monday 0:08:15.053 --> 0:08:18.233 night game. The players were shaking hands and exchanging jerseys 0:08:18.293 --> 0:08:22.013 when Jackson struck Chubb after a brief confrontation. He will 0:08:22.093 --> 0:08:25.823 miss two games against Arizona and Las Vegas over the 0:08:25.863 --> 0:08:28.303 next two weeks. Did you happen to see the video after? 0:08:28.523 --> 0:08:28.823 I did. 0:08:28.863 --> 0:08:31.963 You don't see that often. Just a clean shot on 0:08:32.023 --> 0:08:34.003 a jaw with the helmet off. I think of LeGarrette 0:08:34.083 --> 0:08:36.643 Blunt back in the day with Oregon, Boise State. 0:08:37.343 --> 0:08:39.843 But he got him pretty good. I just I've still 0:08:39.863 --> 0:08:42.583 not heard what what sparked it. I didn't see. I 0:08:42.603 --> 0:08:45.703 didn't see this. Larrick Jackson has quite the past. If 0:08:45.723 --> 0:08:47.423 you look at some of the discipline that the NFL 0:08:47.443 --> 0:08:50.833 has given him. So, you know, probably fits with his 0:08:50.873 --> 0:08:54.013 personality a little bit. I normally see NFL players punch 0:08:54.063 --> 0:08:56.753 other NFL players with their helmets still on. So he 0:08:56.773 --> 0:08:58.393 did at least wait for the helmet to come off 0:08:58.433 --> 0:09:00.753 to get a clean shot. That's the dumbest thing is 0:09:00.813 --> 0:09:03.073 fighting in the NFL when you have all that headgear on. 0:09:03.493 --> 0:09:05.273 But he'll be out for the next two games. Do 0:09:05.293 --> 0:09:07.673 you think that'll matter? the starting left tackle being out. 0:09:08.073 --> 0:09:08.613 It will matter. 0:09:08.973 --> 0:09:10.793 Also really stupid on his part. Like I said, we 0:09:10.813 --> 0:09:12.653 don't know what started it, but he like seems to 0:09:12.933 --> 0:09:15.313 track Chubb down. Like he's looking for it. It wasn't 0:09:15.333 --> 0:09:17.433 like Chubb's in his face and he's reacting. He's the 0:09:17.513 --> 0:09:19.503 one that went out and sought him out. And then 0:09:19.843 --> 0:09:21.903 kind of good on Chubb to take it on the chin. 0:09:22.163 --> 0:09:24.043 Obviously he was yelling back at him, but his players 0:09:24.063 --> 0:09:25.883 hold him back and it didn't escalate. But that's a 0:09:25.923 --> 0:09:27.483 guy who knows, hey, I want to play next week. 0:09:27.523 --> 0:09:28.943 So I'll let you have that one. 0:09:29.203 --> 0:09:32.313 Yep. And the Bills defense has a much better pass 0:09:32.353 --> 0:09:34.913 rush this year with Bradley Chubb and Russo, who I 0:09:34.953 --> 0:09:37.003 think is leading the league in sacks. So got to 0:09:37.043 --> 0:09:38.863 keep him on the field. So smart decision by him 0:09:38.883 --> 0:09:41.813 not to. to punch back and it's not panic time 0:09:41.853 --> 0:09:43.793 for the rams because they're good but it's also like 0:09:43.913 --> 0:09:47.113 okay don't lose enough look at your division you know 0:09:47.233 --> 0:09:49.393 yeah you're playing he's still got the niners and seahawks 0:09:49.413 --> 0:09:51.273 a couple times like you can't play with your food 0:09:51.293 --> 0:09:53.723 here much longer yeah to that point i think like 0:09:53.813 --> 0:09:56.323 this week is like a must win for them after 0:09:56.603 --> 0:09:58.443 um well i mean do they even play this week 0:09:58.463 --> 0:10:00.153 or are they on a bye here let's see no 0:10:00.193 --> 0:10:02.833 they play this week the Cardinals they've got to beat 0:10:02.933 --> 0:10:04.353 Arizona to keep up with San. 0:10:04.213 --> 0:10:07.023 Francisco yeah season's over that would say more about what's 0:10:07.063 --> 0:10:08.543 going on in the locker room if they lose that. 0:10:08.443 --> 0:10:11.143 One right Here's another news note. Jerry Jones announced this 0:10:11.183 --> 0:10:14.333 week that first-year defensive coordinator Christian Parker is moving to 0:10:14.353 --> 0:10:17.753 the booth instead of the sidelines to call plays. The 0:10:17.773 --> 0:10:21.473 Cowboys are 2-3, and they gave up 419 yards to 0:10:21.493 --> 0:10:24.793 the winless Bucs on Thursday night. The Cowboys also hired 0:10:24.873 --> 0:10:28.573 longtime NFL coach Mike Pettin to join the defensive staff. 0:10:28.953 --> 0:10:32.493 As the Packers defensive coordinator from 2018 to 2020, Pettin 0:10:32.833 --> 0:10:37.203 gave Parker his first job in the NFL in 2019. 0:10:37.203 --> 0:10:39.763 Never a good sign when you hear coordinator moving from 0:10:39.823 --> 0:10:42.123 the sideline to the booth after the struggles of the 0:10:42.163 --> 0:10:42.783 first few weeks. 0:10:43.263 --> 0:10:45.973 And Dallas having a bad defense didn't just pop up 0:10:45.993 --> 0:10:48.273 this year. They were awful last year. It was the 0:10:48.313 --> 0:10:51.933 main priority this offseason. Fired Math Boy Matt Nagy, if 0:10:51.973 --> 0:10:55.653 I'm not mistaken. as coordinator a year ago. They may 0:10:55.673 --> 0:10:59.813 be slightly better, maybe, but not. I mean, they're still 0:10:59.883 --> 0:11:03.423 ranked 29th, 30th in a lot of defensive stats. That's 0:11:03.443 --> 0:11:04.723 going to be what holds them back this year. They're 0:11:04.763 --> 0:11:07.263 wasting a great offense and moving from the booth or 0:11:07.303 --> 0:11:09.883 bringing in an old guy that hired you from the past, this, that, that. 0:11:10.423 --> 0:11:11.763 I don't know. They're so bad, I don't think that 0:11:11.803 --> 0:11:15.283 fixes it. No. 31st in yards allowed. You can get 0:11:15.323 --> 0:11:17.783 a better view of the carnage from up there compared 0:11:17.803 --> 0:11:19.393 to the sideline. He's supposed to be farther away from it. 0:11:19.463 --> 0:11:21.463 But what do you feel about bringing in an old 0:11:21.563 --> 0:11:26.813 mentor like that? What's he going to do? Unlock something 0:11:26.893 --> 0:11:30.453 in the young defensive coordinator, Christian Parker? That seems like 0:11:30.493 --> 0:11:32.693 a panic move for a Cowboys team that is in 0:11:32.733 --> 0:11:36.333 win-now mode. And especially with that division, they still can, right? 0:11:36.413 --> 0:11:39.793 So maybe Jerry's still optimistic. But yeah, they got to 0:11:39.833 --> 0:11:42.653 get that fixed. It's so bad. I don't know. What 0:11:42.743 --> 0:11:44.923 was the guy's name that they brought in? Mike Pettin. 0:11:45.103 --> 0:11:46.823 I don't know what that's going to do. Former coach 0:11:46.843 --> 0:11:49.063 of the Browns. Yeah, yeah. But is he just, Christian 0:11:49.083 --> 0:11:51.003 Parker's just going to be like, oh, Mike's here. Now 0:11:51.063 --> 0:11:52.683 I can lock in. Or is Mike just going to 0:11:52.703 --> 0:11:55.703 be standing over him? Remember 2019? We did this, this, 0:11:55.763 --> 0:11:58.133 and this. Maybe you should do this, this, and this. 0:11:58.353 --> 0:12:00.673 As a casual Dallas fan, I hate that the defense 0:12:00.733 --> 0:12:02.933 is going to ruin what should be a good year. 0:12:03.213 --> 0:12:05.613 And moving to the booth is not going to change anything. Well, 0:12:05.633 --> 0:12:08.473 it's Sunday night football. Cowboys at Packers this week, so 0:12:08.493 --> 0:12:11.413 we'll see it in prime time. Little Micah had a 0:12:11.453 --> 0:12:14.313 reunion there. Who is not going to play in this game, 0:12:14.553 --> 0:12:17.362 which is a big mystery right now as the Packers 0:12:17.393 --> 0:12:19.183 wait for him to come back. He's podcasting like us. 0:12:33.393 --> 0:12:37.603 Here's another note. The six episode ESPN doc titled Saban 0:12:37.643 --> 0:12:40.963 was just released. It was the most watched original debut 0:12:41.023 --> 0:12:44.673 since 2022 for ESPN. But Saban, as well as his 0:12:44.693 --> 0:12:48.033 college success, coached the Dolphins for two years from 2005 0:12:48.033 --> 0:12:51.053 to 2006, where he was 15 and 17. Before that, 0:12:51.073 --> 0:12:53.363 he was a defensive coordinator for the Browns from 91 0:12:53.363 --> 0:12:56.443 to 94, where he was with Bill Belichick. And Saban 0:12:56.483 --> 0:12:58.883 has said that was the worst four years of his life. 0:12:59.283 --> 0:13:01.433 Did you happen to catch the beginning of the Saban doc? 0:13:02.333 --> 0:13:04.273 Because people have been linking him to the Titans as 0:13:04.313 --> 0:13:04.943 of the last week. 0:13:06.103 --> 0:13:08.303 I've seen a lot of the social media clips, and 0:13:08.333 --> 0:13:10.533 then I've watched most of episode one. 0:13:10.753 --> 0:13:11.833 How was it? It's good. 0:13:11.893 --> 0:13:13.413 It was one of those things where I was also 0:13:13.433 --> 0:13:16.173 on my computer, so there's like five-minute windows where I 0:13:16.193 --> 0:13:18.563 look down and write something and I wasn't completely tuned in. 0:13:18.623 --> 0:13:21.003 But I'm enjoying it and seeing some of the stuff 0:13:21.023 --> 0:13:23.763 that's ahead in future episodes. I'm pretty locked in. I'm 0:13:23.783 --> 0:13:25.263 going to make sure I finish it. Have you had 0:13:25.283 --> 0:13:25.803 a chance to watch it? 0:13:25.803 --> 0:13:27.893 I haven't even started it yet, but I cannot wait 0:13:27.913 --> 0:13:30.253 to hear about those Browns years. Like if he's saying 0:13:30.293 --> 0:13:33.513 the worst years of his life and he's under Bill Belichick, 0:13:33.553 --> 0:13:36.193 there's got to be some stories there. Also, a DB 0:13:36.233 --> 0:13:37.993 coach for the Oilers back in the day as well. 0:13:38.033 --> 0:13:41.033 So he's got a lot of NFL time under his belt. 0:13:41.093 --> 0:13:43.653 But I think him famously going to the NFL, failing 0:13:44.003 --> 0:13:46.743 and then going back to college is probably the more interesting, though. 0:13:46.943 --> 0:13:50.663 Do you like these documentaries? I'm a fan. I used 0:13:50.683 --> 0:13:53.563 to be into every single one. Now there's a lot, 0:13:53.683 --> 0:13:55.753 so I don't watch every one like I used to. 0:13:55.783 --> 0:13:57.203 It's hard to track them all. When 30 for 30 0:13:57.203 --> 0:14:01.873 first started, it was appointment viewing. That Miami Hurricanes one broke, 0:14:02.093 --> 0:14:04.193 the one about the NFL athletes losing all their money. 0:14:05.133 --> 0:14:07.013 That was the one that they showed me in classes, 0:14:07.353 --> 0:14:11.373 in college classes. I'll definitely subscribe to those docs. 0:14:11.593 --> 0:14:13.293 Me too the same one's been good so far i 0:14:13.293 --> 0:14:15.352 think like different sport but the last dance was so 0:14:15.393 --> 0:14:18.583 good 30 for 30s i i really get into the 0:14:18.643 --> 0:14:20.523 i don't like i'm not even big saban guy but 0:14:20.623 --> 0:14:22.223 you know one of the greatest coaches of all time 0:14:22.243 --> 0:14:23.603 i like seeing the behind the scenes and a. 0:14:23.783 --> 0:14:26.703 Football life does some really good ones on the nfl 0:14:26.743 --> 0:14:27.683 network if you want to. 0:14:27.623 --> 0:14:29.873 See those of course yeah shout out the nfl i 0:14:29.883 --> 0:14:31.813 watch a lot of those too uh what's up next 0:14:32.133 --> 0:14:35.253 uh week five including a lot of odd coaching decisions 0:14:35.293 --> 0:14:36.893 i just wanted to run down all of them with 0:14:36.933 --> 0:14:38.753 you drew i got four of them for you Todd 0:14:38.793 --> 0:14:41.493 Bowles choosing not to go up three scores versus the 0:14:41.533 --> 0:14:42.953 Cowboys on Thursday Night Football. 0:14:43.873 --> 0:14:46.313 I would have fired him after the win, honestly, for 0:14:46.333 --> 0:14:47.383 doing that. I agree. 0:14:47.393 --> 0:14:50.123 Has he explained that? That's one of the dumber things 0:14:50.143 --> 0:14:50.563 you can do. 0:14:51.183 --> 0:14:53.723 I haven't been locked in and seen his comments on it, 0:14:54.643 --> 0:14:56.043 so I can't answer there. 0:14:56.103 --> 0:14:58.803 People often say a kid playing Madden would have done that. 0:14:59.403 --> 0:15:01.763 This isn't even a kid playing Madden. This is like 0:15:01.903 --> 0:15:05.233 seven-year-old me on my Super Nintendo playing Troy Aikman football 0:15:06.133 --> 0:15:08.213 on crappy graphics. This is like Tecmo Bowl. 0:15:08.313 --> 0:15:11.233 You know not to do this. The basic level of 0:15:11.333 --> 0:15:14.513 football knowledge... Tells you not to do that. So that 0:15:14.533 --> 0:15:17.223 started the week. Then you had Nick Sirianni not having 0:15:17.283 --> 0:15:19.463 his kicker kick the ball into the end zone in London. 0:15:19.523 --> 0:15:21.723 It ended up costing the game. The Jags ended up 0:15:21.743 --> 0:15:23.663 kicking a field goal and winning. Eight seconds left in 0:15:23.703 --> 0:15:24.003 that game. 0:15:24.063 --> 0:15:27.193 On that one, still Dom not defending it. But you 0:15:27.213 --> 0:15:29.343 got to make a tackle. You are on the team 0:15:29.583 --> 0:15:31.963 to make a special team's tackle. The game is over 0:15:32.183 --> 0:15:34.523 if you do the bare minimum of your job is 0:15:34.623 --> 0:15:37.043 not let someone return the ball past the 50. So 0:15:37.443 --> 0:15:39.023 it's on all of them, not just the kick, not 0:15:39.063 --> 0:15:41.743 going out of bounds. And nobody returns kicks anymore for 0:15:41.783 --> 0:15:44.763 big gains. There hasn't been one for a touchdown this year, 0:15:44.803 --> 0:15:48.113 which is incredible. That play has been completely neutered. And 0:15:48.393 --> 0:15:49.793 for them to still get a big run back with 0:15:49.833 --> 0:15:53.313 eight seconds left. That set the tone. And the guy 0:15:54.133 --> 0:15:55.813 made a hustle tackle to get him down with one 0:15:55.853 --> 0:15:58.633 second left. I know in your mind you can't be like, well, 0:15:58.653 --> 0:16:00.083 I'm going to let him run three more yards, then 0:16:00.123 --> 0:16:02.063 tackle him. But he wasn't going to take it for 0:16:02.083 --> 0:16:03.623 a touchdown. There were still guys in front of him. 0:16:03.943 --> 0:16:06.023 And they tackle him from behind and leave a second 0:16:06.043 --> 0:16:06.663 in field goal range. 0:16:06.743 --> 0:16:09.203 Sirianni, bad move. Then you had Dan Quinn at the 0:16:09.243 --> 0:16:12.313 end of the Washington-New York Giants game. I also blame 0:16:12.353 --> 0:16:14.813 Jaden Daniels on that, too. I don't want him to 0:16:14.873 --> 0:16:17.973 be absolved from any— criticism of this if you're a 0:16:17.993 --> 0:16:20.413 quarterback at the highest level you have to have a 0:16:20.453 --> 0:16:23.023 sense of urgency and not a single person on that 0:16:23.063 --> 0:16:24.403 team did during that moment. 0:16:24.523 --> 0:16:26.243 I don't know his name but i love the offensive 0:16:26.283 --> 0:16:28.003 lineman did you see the video of him he's got long. 0:16:27.883 --> 0:16:32.013 Hair yeah he's screaming what the are we doing let 0:16:32.033 --> 0:16:35.813 that guy go somebody somebody helped dan quinn out he 0:16:35.853 --> 0:16:38.993 is going to be synonymous with bad play clock management 0:16:39.033 --> 0:16:41.513 now And then Sean McVay, I got one for you here. 0:16:41.583 --> 0:16:44.403 Didn't go for two at the end of regulation. They 0:16:44.443 --> 0:16:47.603 score with about a second left with Kyron Williams. Us 0:16:47.643 --> 0:16:49.883 here in Kentucky love what Will Stein's doing, going for 0:16:49.923 --> 0:16:52.593 two for back-to-back weeks. He decides to go for one. 0:16:52.633 --> 0:16:54.593 Do you like the move to give the ball back 0:16:54.633 --> 0:16:57.513 to the Josh Allen's Bills, or do you like going 0:16:57.553 --> 0:16:58.293 for it there at the end? 0:16:59.513 --> 0:17:02.133 I love that he kicked the extra point. But only 0:17:02.193 --> 0:17:04.233 because I'm on my couch watching Bills ramps. 0:17:04.292 --> 0:17:04.653 Oh, yeah. 0:17:04.953 --> 0:17:09.102 Like if that's if that's commanders giants, I'm like, come on, 0:17:09.343 --> 0:17:11.703 go for two. But I wanted more football in this case. 0:17:11.823 --> 0:17:14.043