WEBVTT - Week 12 preview 0:00:00.360 --> 0:00:06.840 Da Around the NFL Podcast give zero about the News 0:00:06.840 --> 0:00:11.120 Star Wars. Welcome back to another edition of the Around 0:00:11.119 --> 0:00:14.080 the NFL Podcast. My name is Dan Hansis, and I 0:00:14.120 --> 0:00:16.920 am joined by a room filled with heroes, Mark Sessler, 0:00:17.200 --> 0:00:20.720 Chris Westling, and Greg Rosatal. What's up, boys, Hey, dam 0:00:20.760 --> 0:00:23.799 That definitely wasn't Mark's opinion. I can tell you that, Yeah, 0:00:23.800 --> 0:00:27.000 that was my favorite drop yet. But Mark produced a 0:00:27.040 --> 0:00:31.520 sour face. Well, the the new Star Wars number one, 0:00:31.920 --> 0:00:34.960 it's not not the name of it, but like anyone 0:00:35.040 --> 0:00:37.360 knows the name or we don't know that, yeah, normal people, 0:00:37.400 --> 0:00:40.480 the Force awakens. But I'm not some TD like sci 0:00:40.520 --> 0:00:42.840 fi nerd. But it's the first movie that I saw 0:00:42.880 --> 0:00:44.760 with my dad, as I've stated before, and so it 0:00:44.800 --> 0:00:47.080 has a meaning to apologize. No, no, but I can 0:00:47.080 --> 0:00:50.440 see that something was absolutely missing from the childhoods of 0:00:50.479 --> 0:00:54.720 others I said downstairs, you know, I've I sometimes draw 0:00:54.800 --> 0:00:57.480 criticism in certain circles, whether it be in the newsroom 0:00:57.520 --> 0:01:00.200 where on Twitter for being a hater of the Star 0:01:00.200 --> 0:01:02.920 Wars franchise. I'm not I just can't avoid it, and 0:01:02.920 --> 0:01:05.120 that gets little annoying, but at the same time, which 0:01:05.280 --> 0:01:07.399 makes you a hater. Yeah, I guess I wouldn't call 0:01:07.440 --> 0:01:10.440 you an advocate a kind advocate of the franchise, right, 0:01:10.440 --> 0:01:12.120 But I don't judge people for it. I do. I 0:01:12.120 --> 0:01:14.920 want to make that yes, you do, not really And 0:01:15.160 --> 0:01:17.840 you know the the new Rocky movie coming out, Creed. 0:01:18.280 --> 0:01:20.560 I will be at that theatre by myself on Friday. 0:01:20.600 --> 0:01:23.080 That's kind of like my Star Wars. Uh, something I'm 0:01:23.120 --> 0:01:25.280 really excited about. So I get it. And what There's 0:01:25.280 --> 0:01:26.520 not a lot of difference we can create in the 0:01:26.520 --> 0:01:28.920 new Star Wars when you think about it, too. Dormant 0:01:28.920 --> 0:01:31.320 franchise that are trying to relaunch to a new generation 0:01:31.400 --> 0:01:33.120 and make a ton more money. I want to see 0:01:33.160 --> 0:01:36.280 create that looks good. Well, one is taking place in 0:01:36.319 --> 0:01:39.880 the world where humans exist, and the other has you know, 0:01:39.959 --> 0:01:44.160 men dressed up funny robot outfits and like animal you 0:01:44.200 --> 0:01:46.160 know skins and what. Well, Greg, I realized that you 0:01:46.200 --> 0:01:49.080 were like basically born to Earth at age thirty three, 0:01:49.280 --> 0:01:52.080 that you had no childhood that we can detect, So 0:01:52.200 --> 0:01:55.600 I'm not surprised by your commentary. Both movies came out 0:01:55.600 --> 0:02:00.720 originally forty years ago. A terrible Ones came out about 0:02:02.040 --> 0:02:05.760 um Welcome Back to Another around the NFL podcast, our 0:02:05.800 --> 0:02:08.359 second in two days. I love it. Uh, this will 0:02:08.400 --> 0:02:11.919 be our big preview show of the rest of the week. 0:02:11.919 --> 0:02:15.280 Eleven game week, twelve games excuse me, that are not 0:02:15.360 --> 0:02:19.760 being played on Thanksgiving Day, so we previewed on Tuesday's show. 0:02:19.840 --> 0:02:22.400 Make sure you check that out. You haven't yet the 0:02:22.480 --> 0:02:29.519 three games on Thanksgiving Eagles, Lions, Panthers, Cowboys, Bears, Packers. 0:02:29.560 --> 0:02:34.160 But guess what thirty two teams. No teams. I'm buying 0:02:34.919 --> 0:02:38.920 three games played on Thursday, which means thirteen games to 0:02:38.919 --> 0:02:42.960 be played on Sunday and Monday. So check out. The 0:02:43.040 --> 0:02:47.960 accident kind of went away like like, uh, what's that movie? Now, 0:02:48.000 --> 0:02:52.359 I'm blowing up your affection affectation change. That was more childlike, Okay, 0:02:54.080 --> 0:02:56.720 you really blew. You're not gonna come up with it. 0:02:56.720 --> 0:02:59.120 It's gonna hot me for the rest of the show. 0:02:59.480 --> 0:03:01.880 It's a uh, you know, it's some actors where they 0:03:01.919 --> 0:03:03.840 have the Boston accent. They'll kind of come and go 0:03:04.000 --> 0:03:06.600 during the Oh, I know you, I know where you're going. Uh, 0:03:06.720 --> 0:03:13.200 Jack Nicholson and uh came and went an Oscar Award 0:03:13.240 --> 0:03:17.679 winning actor Kevin Costner and uh playing one of the 0:03:17.720 --> 0:03:21.320 Kennedy users. There you go Costner Nicholson, Hansas. It happens 0:03:21.320 --> 0:03:23.920 to all of us. Uh. Sometimes you don't like holding 0:03:23.960 --> 0:03:27.440 against him and just keep moving on with their brilliant careers. Uh. So, yes, 0:03:27.520 --> 0:03:29.880 a lot of games to get to, uh, and we're 0:03:29.880 --> 0:03:32.840 gonna do that. We also a little later in the show. Uh, 0:03:32.880 --> 0:03:37.520 we have stopping by Michael Berger, who was a producer 0:03:37.560 --> 0:03:41.000 for NFL Network. He's a huge fan of the podcast. 0:03:41.000 --> 0:03:43.760 From what I understand, is that correct, right, former guest 0:03:43.840 --> 0:03:46.360 of the podcast. They're not not just any producer. He's 0:03:46.400 --> 0:03:50.760 the producer of our TV arm of of the show 0:03:50.880 --> 0:03:53.600 around the NFL. Right. Well, but we'll get into a 0:03:53.640 --> 0:03:56.520 little bit when Burger gets in here. How he came 0:03:56.560 --> 0:03:59.800 to be on the show for a second time, which 0:03:59.840 --> 0:04:02.920 will be today on the eve of Thanksgiving. Uh, And 0:04:02.920 --> 0:04:04.680 then we'll talk about some games with Burger is a 0:04:04.680 --> 0:04:08.080 big Cincinnati Bengals fan, So West and Burger have a 0:04:08.080 --> 0:04:11.080 little connection there. Well, I'm not a fan, We're both 0:04:11.080 --> 0:04:17.160 from Cincinnati now, he he likes the Bengals for some reason. Uh. So, yes, 0:04:17.200 --> 0:04:19.919 we'll get into all the games uh to be played 0:04:19.920 --> 0:04:22.000 on Sunday Monday. And I think we should get right 0:04:22.000 --> 0:04:23.839 into it because we got a lot to talk about, 0:04:24.240 --> 0:04:29.039 So why don't we uh start right away, gentlemen, with 0:04:29.080 --> 0:04:34.600 the one o'clock games on Sunday. Yes, the Minnesota Vikings 0:04:34.680 --> 0:04:37.920 coming off a tough loss uh to the Packers at home. 0:04:38.240 --> 0:04:40.920 They wanted it to be, yes, Greg, a statement game 0:04:40.960 --> 0:04:44.400 against Green Bay. Instead, they fell into a tie the 0:04:44.480 --> 0:04:46.559 top the NFC North, but still all good. At seven 0:04:46.560 --> 0:04:49.120 and three, they get the Atlanta Falcons, who once upon 0:04:49.160 --> 0:04:52.159 a time were they five and Oh that's correct. Wow, 0:04:52.200 --> 0:04:55.080 So now they're six and four. Uh, you know, the 0:04:55.080 --> 0:04:58.200 division is long gone, the four games behind the undefeated Panthers, 0:04:58.440 --> 0:04:59.880 and now they're just trying to hold on for a 0:05:00.000 --> 0:05:04.360 playoff spot. Um, Greg, I'll start with you on this one. Uh. 0:05:04.400 --> 0:05:08.240 Your thoughts on this matchup? The Falcons are hard team 0:05:08.320 --> 0:05:10.320 to get behind, no matter the opponent, and now they 0:05:10.320 --> 0:05:12.400 have an NFC team that's won seven of its first 0:05:12.440 --> 0:05:15.200 ten games. Well, I think this is the biggest game 0:05:15.520 --> 0:05:18.000 of the entire rest of the season for the NFC 0:05:18.040 --> 0:05:20.520 Wildcard race. It's not. It's not the game I'm most 0:05:20.520 --> 0:05:22.719 excited about, certainly for the rest of the season, or 0:05:22.720 --> 0:05:26.000 even this Sunday, even this Sunday at one o'clock but 0:05:26.320 --> 0:05:28.760 it is the biggest game there. I don't think there's 0:05:28.760 --> 0:05:31.839 really any argument because the winner of this game, especially 0:05:31.839 --> 0:05:36.240 if it's Minnesota, is in great position for that by 0:05:36.279 --> 0:05:38.800 But if Atlanta wins it there seven and four, they 0:05:38.800 --> 0:05:41.200 have a much i would say, an easier schedule than 0:05:41.279 --> 0:05:44.320 Minnesota the rest of the way, and suddenly that second 0:05:44.360 --> 0:05:46.640 spot is a lot more up for grabs. Atlanta will 0:05:46.640 --> 0:05:48.440 have a good chance for it will be a little 0:05:48.480 --> 0:05:52.120 tougher for teams like Seattle and Tampa to catch up. 0:05:52.200 --> 0:05:55.039 So even though Atlanta has been in a bit of 0:05:55.080 --> 0:05:57.719 a free father losing close games, I don't think Minnesota 0:05:57.760 --> 0:05:59.120 is a team that I trust to go on the 0:05:59.160 --> 0:06:01.000 road and blow any one out. I think this should 0:06:01.000 --> 0:06:04.080 be a close game. And Lanta's offense against the Cults 0:06:04.160 --> 0:06:07.600 last week, you know, a lot to be desired, both 0:06:07.600 --> 0:06:10.279 the passing game and the running game, especially when DeVonta 0:06:10.320 --> 0:06:13.280 Freeman went out and he's not gonna play this week. Minnesota, 0:06:13.320 --> 0:06:15.960 You're right, Greg, they had the second toughest schedule of 0:06:16.000 --> 0:06:18.280 any team in the league down the stretch after this game, 0:06:18.320 --> 0:06:20.680 they played the Seahawks and the Cardinals. So you got 0:06:20.680 --> 0:06:22.240 to take this game. And I think this is this 0:06:22.320 --> 0:06:24.479 is This is a winnable game for the second best 0:06:24.520 --> 0:06:26.960 defense in the league, and Matt Ryan has had a 0:06:27.000 --> 0:06:30.280 bad season, or what you would call mediocre season by 0:06:30.279 --> 0:06:32.640 his standards. This was the week after they blew that 0:06:32.640 --> 0:06:34.560 game against the Cults where it started to bubble up, 0:06:34.560 --> 0:06:37.360 where the criticism criticism started to really come out, and 0:06:37.400 --> 0:06:39.400 there are questions is this guy healthy? How is he? 0:06:39.680 --> 0:06:41.279 You know? Because he missed a lot of throws in 0:06:41.320 --> 0:06:44.520 that game in addition to a terrible pick six um, 0:06:44.600 --> 0:06:48.080 so that Ryan will be facing more scrutiny in this game. 0:06:48.120 --> 0:06:50.800 He cannot lay another egg at home or he's going 0:06:50.839 --> 0:06:53.640 to be primarily responsible for this team's free fall at 0:06:53.640 --> 0:06:57.440 a playoff contention? What do the Falcons do well? Get 0:06:57.440 --> 0:06:59.760 the ball? A Julio Jones? Other than that, I can't 0:06:59.760 --> 0:07:01.719 think of anything. They were running the ball well. I 0:07:01.720 --> 0:07:03.320 would have said that, you know, you could have said 0:07:03.320 --> 0:07:08.440 that's been a month. I don't know. I know what 0:07:08.440 --> 0:07:10.200 the Vikings do well. They run the ball, and they 0:07:10.240 --> 0:07:13.040 have a good defense, and Taddy Bridgewater makes a pretty 0:07:13.040 --> 0:07:15.400 throw or two every game in theory they rallied to 0:07:15.440 --> 0:07:19.320 the ball, you know they did in September. Decent team 0:07:19.360 --> 0:07:21.240 defense now I think you're right. I think this is 0:07:21.240 --> 0:07:23.800 a game that Minnesota should take care of. And you're 0:07:23.880 --> 0:07:25.800 right there. And that's the first time I can remember, 0:07:25.880 --> 0:07:30.080 even during Atlanta struggles the last couple of years, there 0:07:30.160 --> 0:07:33.720 wasn't a lot of coaches and players coming out saying 0:07:33.800 --> 0:07:37.200 we still believe in Matt Ryan. That that's a fairly 0:07:37.240 --> 0:07:41.040 new phenomenon really for the And he's a thirty year old, 0:07:41.080 --> 0:07:42.640 you know, he's right in the middle of his career 0:07:43.120 --> 0:07:45.000 just having I don't know what it is. Well, I 0:07:45.000 --> 0:07:46.880 think they're not having that bad of a year. What 0:07:47.240 --> 0:07:49.480 the heck is going on here? Well, that's what this 0:07:49.520 --> 0:07:51.520 week has been like in Atlanta, though people have been 0:07:53.520 --> 0:07:54.960 I think a lot of fans look at he had 0:07:55.000 --> 0:07:57.120 three interceptions. One of them wasn't his fault. It's the 0:07:57.160 --> 0:07:59.960 end of the game, but they brought Oswiler and Den 0:08:00.200 --> 0:08:03.120 when he can finally run the rollout offense that is 0:08:03.200 --> 0:08:07.160 Kubiak's signature moment, That is the same offense in many 0:08:07.200 --> 0:08:10.440 ways as this Atlanta offense. And suddenly Matt Ryan's having 0:08:10.480 --> 0:08:13.160 to do that himself from really the first time in 0:08:13.200 --> 0:08:15.120 his career to that degree. And I just think it's 0:08:15.440 --> 0:08:17.520 next year We're gonna get a better version of Matt Ryan. 0:08:17.520 --> 0:08:19.760 Of Kyle Shanahan's still around, he seems to be having 0:08:19.840 --> 0:08:23.240 trouble adjusting to this offense. Absolutely. Look at the top 0:08:23.360 --> 0:08:27.600 m VP candidates this year, Tom Brady, Cam Newton, Carson Palmer, 0:08:27.640 --> 0:08:29.520 Aaron Rodgers, Andy Dalton. They have all been in their 0:08:29.520 --> 0:08:32.600 offense is for what five years? At least it takes 0:08:32.640 --> 0:08:36.400 a while. I want to see Teddy Bridgewater bounce back 0:08:36.440 --> 0:08:38.640 from a perform I thought he played really well last week. 0:08:38.840 --> 0:08:41.120 This is a defense that he shouldn't face much of 0:08:41.120 --> 0:08:43.640 a pass thrush at all, and I think the weapons 0:08:43.679 --> 0:08:45.880 around him are kind of coming around, with Gayle Rudolphs 0:08:45.880 --> 0:08:50.520 playing pretty well. Stefon Diggs light it up. We all 0:08:50.559 --> 0:08:53.480 picked the vikings of this game, which tells you a 0:08:53.559 --> 0:08:56.120 lot about what's happened with the Falcons the last six 0:08:56.160 --> 0:08:59.280 weeks or so, so we'll see how that shakes out. 0:08:59.360 --> 0:09:02.200 Moving on to UH the next one PM game to 0:09:02.240 --> 0:09:03.880 talk about. This game will be on Fox and will 0:09:03.920 --> 0:09:06.760 be in New Orleans Saints at four and six and 0:09:06.800 --> 0:09:10.400 now with a new defensive coordinator UH, Dennis Allen replacing 0:09:11.240 --> 0:09:15.560 UH the jettisoned Rob Bryan, who had an eventful um 0:09:16.160 --> 0:09:19.640 stop by at NFL Network this past Sunday. Believe it 0:09:19.679 --> 0:09:22.640 made a Katrina reference, made a lot of jokes, and 0:09:22.679 --> 0:09:24.440 a tucking his shirt. It was a you know, a 0:09:24.480 --> 0:09:27.160 classic Rob Bryan appearance. But now the Saints gotta move 0:09:27.200 --> 0:09:28.920 on and try to save a season that's on the 0:09:28.960 --> 0:09:31.280 brink of slipping away. Has been too many of these 0:09:31.280 --> 0:09:33.760 in recent years. For New Orleans. They get the Texans, 0:09:33.800 --> 0:09:37.080 who are playing, uh, excellent defense right now. They just 0:09:37.120 --> 0:09:40.079 beat the Jets. Uh, they are a top of the 0:09:40.120 --> 0:09:43.640 AFC South at five and five. Chris Westling, We've been 0:09:43.679 --> 0:09:45.920 talking about them this week a lot. I mean, this 0:09:46.000 --> 0:09:48.640 is a team that, uh, we can't assume they're gonna 0:09:48.679 --> 0:09:50.520 beat anybody, but they're starting to look like a real 0:09:50.520 --> 0:09:53.280 playoff team potentially. Yeah. When I look at this matchup, 0:09:53.600 --> 0:09:55.120 you know, if this was two or three weeks ago, 0:09:55.160 --> 0:09:57.480 I would have said the Saints offense is the best 0:09:58.040 --> 0:10:00.560 unit in this game. But I don't think it is. 0:10:00.559 --> 0:10:02.800 I think the Texans defense is the way they're playing. 0:10:03.360 --> 0:10:05.439 It was right around this time last year when J. J. 0:10:05.600 --> 0:10:08.240 Watt just you know exploded. He was sitting on eight 0:10:08.240 --> 0:10:10.400 at eight and a half sacks and then he had 0:10:10.480 --> 0:10:14.160 what twelve over his final six or seven games, and 0:10:14.240 --> 0:10:16.040 I think he's gonna do the same thing this year. 0:10:16.360 --> 0:10:19.439 I think Whitney merciless, who's really flown under the radar, 0:10:19.480 --> 0:10:21.880 is in the top eight this year in the NFL 0:10:22.000 --> 0:10:24.840 and tackles behind the line of scrimmage. And you know 0:10:24.920 --> 0:10:28.200 Mark mentioned the rookie cornerback Kevin Johnson playing well, Jadevin Clown, 0:10:28.240 --> 0:10:30.880 he's playing really well, and uh their second round pick. 0:10:30.920 --> 0:10:33.160 But Argic McKinney is really coming alive and inside lab 0:10:33.240 --> 0:10:36.520 backer two. They're the best thurned down defense in the NFL. 0:10:36.679 --> 0:10:41.040 And the worst unit in this game is the Saints defense. Specifically, 0:10:41.040 --> 0:10:44.360 they're passing defense. Four more touchdowns and loud and three 0:10:44.840 --> 0:10:47.439 straight games through the air. That's a disaster. This is 0:10:47.480 --> 0:10:51.200 an opportunity again for DeAndre Hopkins to blow up, because 0:10:51.280 --> 0:10:53.440 what we're not seeing with Sammy Watkins and what's getting 0:10:53.440 --> 0:10:55.960 a lot of pressing Buffalo is he's just not getting targets. 0:10:56.280 --> 0:10:58.440 But in Houston, they're, dude, doing the right thing. This 0:10:58.520 --> 0:11:00.400 is your star player and they're going to him over 0:11:00.480 --> 0:11:01.760 and over and over and he could have a big 0:11:01.800 --> 0:11:03.560 day here. I don't want to hear the Sammy Watkins 0:11:03.600 --> 0:11:05.959 stuff too. It's not all in the Bill's scheme in 0:11:06.000 --> 0:11:08.679 the quarterbacks like that. Guy's always hurt. So he's been 0:11:09.920 --> 0:11:12.600 getting to any flow in his NFL career through two years. 0:11:12.600 --> 0:11:14.960 Hopkins is on the field and he makes the most 0:11:14.960 --> 0:11:16.520 of his targets. No ma out of the quarterback. I 0:11:16.559 --> 0:11:19.840 think West and I think you you know, um, maybe 0:11:20.040 --> 0:11:22.120 a rankings list to come up, whether it's this season 0:11:22.120 --> 0:11:24.240 in the off season. I think you could make a 0:11:24.240 --> 0:11:26.920 case that he's the number one wide receiver now because 0:11:26.960 --> 0:11:28.559 and you all set the factor in his production. He 0:11:28.640 --> 0:11:32.320 is better production than anybody Hopkins and he's got no quarterbacks. Really, 0:11:32.559 --> 0:11:34.360 I think he might be the best now. I have 0:11:34.640 --> 0:11:37.160 made a wide receiver rankings. Thanks for reading it, Dan, Yeah, 0:11:37.200 --> 0:11:40.000 you're welcome. When it was about I would say four 0:11:40.040 --> 0:11:41.959 weeks ago, said okay, well, I can't read every I 0:11:41.960 --> 0:11:44.520 don't know. Maybe six weeks ago. It was before everyone 0:11:44.640 --> 0:11:48.199 realized that DeAndre Hopkins was possible. But I would have 0:11:48.240 --> 0:11:51.480 a hard time putting him over Antonio Brown and Juldio Jones. 0:11:53.120 --> 0:11:55.559 I'd consider I can. I would put Brown number one. 0:11:55.679 --> 0:11:58.000 To me, that's easy. I think he is playing at 0:11:58.040 --> 0:12:00.840 a level right now, I can't really remember seeing anyone 0:12:00.960 --> 0:12:04.040 or at least as high level. Hopkins is right there though, 0:12:04.200 --> 0:12:06.280 And well, the one thing he does have with Brian Hoyer, 0:12:06.559 --> 0:12:09.080 which Brian Horror is not a great quarterback. Brian Horge 0:12:09.080 --> 0:12:12.280 is just gonna throw the bottom him fourteen times. Well, 0:12:12.320 --> 0:12:14.319 are you sure because t J. Yates would throw t 0:12:14.480 --> 0:12:16.000 J Yates is gonna throw it to him too. Ryan 0:12:16.000 --> 0:12:18.160 Mawt's gonna throw it to him too. I mean, his 0:12:18.160 --> 0:12:22.079 his targets for this season are absolutely outrageous, and they're right. 0:12:22.120 --> 0:12:24.679 He doesn't need to happen and he usually is. Back 0:12:24.720 --> 0:12:26.559 to Antonio Brown, what happened when he took one of 0:12:26.559 --> 0:12:29.520 the best quarterbacks in the NFL. When you gave him 0:12:29.520 --> 0:12:32.959 the caliber quarterbacks that DeAndre Hopkins has been catching passes 0:12:33.000 --> 0:12:35.760 from all year, he disappeared. They didn't throw the ball. 0:12:36.200 --> 0:12:37.920 I don't care. The things that he does with the 0:12:37.960 --> 0:12:40.840 ball and on his routes are just are just exceptional. 0:12:40.840 --> 0:12:43.439 But we're picking between you know, the great as best 0:12:43.480 --> 0:12:46.640 player I hold in my hands. Get excited. Everybody in 0:12:46.679 --> 0:12:56.760 the two thousand fifteen season Week twelve research notes, it's 0:12:56.760 --> 0:13:01.000 just getting distasteful. It is Brian Hoyer's win though. Yeah, 0:13:01.040 --> 0:13:04.480 there you go, very good, Mark, Yes, Ed Koal check 0:13:04.520 --> 0:13:08.040 of Live. Don't pretend that was intentional. That nailed it. Uh, 0:13:08.160 --> 0:13:09.800 it was in my mind the whole time. Matt money 0:13:09.800 --> 0:13:12.920 Smith gave me some guff a couple of weeks ago 0:13:12.960 --> 0:13:15.200 that I had sent out a tweet last year at 0:13:15.240 --> 0:13:19.320 some point naming the top five live songs. In my defense, 0:13:19.400 --> 0:13:22.040 I was almost certainly drunk. Yeah, I'm sure that happened 0:13:22.040 --> 0:13:24.480 in a nearby tavern after about three games of pool 0:13:24.520 --> 0:13:27.040 and more beers than that. All right? From the research notes, 0:13:27.080 --> 0:13:29.839 the Texans oh their current three game winning streak to 0:13:29.880 --> 0:13:32.880 their defense. Opponents are scoring just nine point seven points 0:13:32.920 --> 0:13:35.720 a game over three three game streak, and the Texans 0:13:35.800 --> 0:13:39.440 have a plus five turnover differential and that's spin. Uh yeah, 0:13:39.440 --> 0:13:42.400 so Hopkins has been great, and uh you know, g J. 0:13:42.480 --> 0:13:45.440 Yates has done the job, But it's the defense. The 0:13:45.520 --> 0:13:47.520 defense could take them all the way to the playoffs. 0:13:47.559 --> 0:13:50.199 Where's the red flags from Damna sex show? Poor use 0:13:50.240 --> 0:13:54.120 of the research back repeating the same stuff I already said. Wait, 0:13:54.160 --> 0:13:56.600 why are you being so cantankerous with me today? Wes? 0:13:56.960 --> 0:13:58.520 I don't think I am. I think that was the 0:13:58.559 --> 0:14:02.160 first time, wasn't it? No? Was like I wrote about that, Dan, 0:14:02.320 --> 0:14:04.720 Thanks for reading my material. I feel like you've been 0:14:04.800 --> 0:14:09.360 undermining everything I've said about me. This is great. We 0:14:09.440 --> 0:14:11.480 have a lot of different types of heat on what 0:14:11.600 --> 0:14:16.320 is going on. That's why I'm so shocked these attacks. 0:14:16.440 --> 0:14:18.199 You know, I've been you know, hot and quote on 0:14:18.240 --> 0:14:21.440 your research packet usage right all year. You've been using 0:14:21.480 --> 0:14:23.760 it pretty well. But today you just repeated what already said. 0:14:23.800 --> 0:14:26.080 I would like you to keep your opinions to yourself. 0:14:26.360 --> 0:14:28.760 Whoa it comes to my research packet. If you're gonna 0:14:28.760 --> 0:14:33.800 have this attitude positive opinions only about the research packet 0:14:33.840 --> 0:14:36.680 going forward, I'm gonna I have my own research packet. 0:14:36.960 --> 0:14:41.120 It's right inside my brain and shuffled. And there's Gregg 0:14:41.200 --> 0:14:44.240 pointing to his head while he says and it tells me, 0:14:44.760 --> 0:14:47.640 uh to tell Sean Payton out there, hey, and key 0:14:47.800 --> 0:14:50.960 spots of the game. Let's maybe not give short yardage 0:14:51.000 --> 0:14:54.600 carries to Tim hi Tower. What's going on to my terrorism? 0:14:54.680 --> 0:14:56.520 Been in the league for four years? They give him 0:14:56.520 --> 0:14:59.280 big carries against the Redskins? What was that c J? 0:14:59.440 --> 0:15:02.680 Spiller to feed mark Ingram? What's so under you? We 0:15:02.920 --> 0:15:05.280 um All picked the Texans. I was just waiting for 0:15:05.320 --> 0:15:07.000 Greg to finish this point so I could get back 0:15:07.200 --> 0:15:10.720 to undermining West's career. I have a lot to get 0:15:10.760 --> 0:15:15.200 to destroy West. That's why I'm here moving on the 0:15:15.200 --> 0:15:19.040 Tampa Bay Buccaneers playing very well. UH, West stopped me 0:15:19.040 --> 0:15:20.680 if I step on any of your points for the 0:15:20.680 --> 0:15:24.440 rest of the show. With Jamis Winston playing at a 0:15:24.480 --> 0:15:28.840 Pro Bowl level five touchdowns in UH Sunday's win. Now 0:15:28.920 --> 0:15:31.720 they traveled to Indianapolis. And here's the problem for Jameis 0:15:31.720 --> 0:15:34.600 Winston and the Bucks, who are putting their season back 0:15:34.680 --> 0:15:38.920 together five and five, but now Mark Sessler Matt Hasselbeck, 0:15:38.960 --> 0:15:42.480 who literally cannot be defeated in the NFL. Coming off 0:15:42.520 --> 0:15:45.240 of watching last week's Cults game, I would say if 0:15:45.240 --> 0:15:47.080 you made a list of the teams you thought would 0:15:47.080 --> 0:15:49.480 be exciting before the year and where they are now, 0:15:49.680 --> 0:15:51.440 the Cults would be the number one team for me. 0:15:51.480 --> 0:15:53.840 That is bore boring than I thought. And the Bucks 0:15:53.840 --> 0:15:56.720 are the exact opposite where I thought they were gonna 0:15:56.760 --> 0:15:58.880 be a possible watch and they were one of the 0:15:58.920 --> 0:16:02.160 more exciting teams in league. I think Tampa Bay sounds 0:16:02.200 --> 0:16:05.520 like a column maybe so after the break, not today, 0:16:05.960 --> 0:16:09.760 but I'll tell you something. Tampa Bay, who waxed the 0:16:09.800 --> 0:16:13.480 floor last week with the Redskins, I think they're going 0:16:13.520 --> 0:16:17.040 to go and do it again. Excellent points, Mark, I 0:16:17.080 --> 0:16:20.080 would not dream of I would not dream of undermining 0:16:20.120 --> 0:16:25.720 anything done out there because less siding with a Sessler points. 0:16:26.160 --> 0:16:28.360 I thought that was well said considering what we thought 0:16:28.360 --> 0:16:30.880 of these teams earlier in the year entering the season, 0:16:30.920 --> 0:16:33.400 the Bucks are the much stronger team right now between 0:16:33.440 --> 0:16:38.040 these two teams room the old Fogies. It's it's not 0:16:38.120 --> 0:16:41.200 like the Bucks are just doing it once. I mean 0:16:41.320 --> 0:16:44.240 the first half that they had against the Redskins, there's 0:16:44.280 --> 0:16:47.880 I mean it. They explode fast. Three fifty five yards 0:16:48.120 --> 0:16:51.800 in the first half last week against Philadelphia is outrageous. 0:16:51.800 --> 0:16:54.680 And Jamis Winston he's not playing at a pro Bowl level, 0:16:54.720 --> 0:16:56.160 by the way, that that's a little much. I mean 0:16:56.160 --> 0:16:59.240 that means you're one of the top league. Okay, last 0:16:59.240 --> 0:17:02.320 couple of weeks, that's fair. I think he is doing 0:17:02.400 --> 0:17:04.960 something that quarterbacks that have been making a lot of 0:17:04.960 --> 0:17:08.080 money for a lot of time don't do. Jake Cutler 0:17:08.200 --> 0:17:13.560 never anticipates throws. Ryan Tannehill never anticipates, throws Jamis Winston 0:17:13.680 --> 0:17:18.320 throws passes two spots. DJ Daniel Jeremiah on the Move 0:17:18.400 --> 0:17:20.280 The Sticks podcast kind of pointed this out. You know, 0:17:20.320 --> 0:17:23.119 he's anticipating, he throws balls in the tight window. He's 0:17:23.119 --> 0:17:27.840 a lot of fun to watch, really good stuff. Really, 0:17:28.359 --> 0:17:31.080 I thought you did great work there. Yeah, this this 0:17:31.160 --> 0:17:34.280 is unnatural alliance, but I love it. I like it. 0:17:34.320 --> 0:17:39.240 Also feels it is a largely phony union. But I'll 0:17:39.240 --> 0:17:43.400 tell you on no good points. We all, by the way, 0:17:43.480 --> 0:17:47.040 took the Bucks in this game, except for the renegade 0:17:47.080 --> 0:17:51.479 connor Or, who is staking the Cults. His renegade way 0:17:51.520 --> 0:17:54.840 as I passed him in the pick standings. But I 0:17:55.280 --> 0:17:57.560 still feel like he could be someone to watch, just 0:17:57.600 --> 0:18:00.320 because he's fearless. He's interesting. Well, this is a rare case. 0:18:00.359 --> 0:18:04.320 He's picking the favorite, and he's the Colts are favorite. Well, 0:18:04.400 --> 0:18:08.879 fan consensus as well. They're they're in Indianapolis. Did just 0:18:08.960 --> 0:18:10.480 win a game. I know you don't want to count it. 0:18:10.520 --> 0:18:13.359 They did just win a game in Atlanta. They've they've 0:18:13.359 --> 0:18:15.399 they're five and five. They've had the same record as 0:18:15.400 --> 0:18:18.080 a Bucks bad team. All right, let's quickly get through 0:18:18.119 --> 0:18:20.680 this next game because it's the San Diego Chargers, who 0:18:20.680 --> 0:18:23.520 are very a tough watch. It's like watching like a 0:18:23.560 --> 0:18:26.880 Greek tragedy unfolding before your very eyes for four quarters. 0:18:27.160 --> 0:18:31.440 They head to Jacksonville to face the Jaguars. The four 0:18:31.440 --> 0:18:35.200 and six Jaguars, you know, barely beat the Tennessee Titans, 0:18:35.320 --> 0:18:37.120 uh in prime time. They did get a win, though, 0:18:37.160 --> 0:18:39.000 and that's enough to keep you in the mix in 0:18:39.040 --> 0:18:43.080 the a f C South. Ironically, the only team our 0:18:43.160 --> 0:18:46.720 fork exercise, the only team that we didn't fork besides 0:18:46.760 --> 0:18:49.120 the Colts, was the Titans, and they are done there 0:18:49.160 --> 0:18:52.760 two and eight most likely, but Houston and Jackson will 0:18:52.800 --> 0:18:57.320 still in good shape here. Um, Jackson's gotta win this game. West. 0:18:57.920 --> 0:19:00.960 Let's put our differences behind us now and move forward 0:19:01.040 --> 0:19:04.800 together as a unit. Jacksonvill's got to win this game, absolutely, 0:19:04.800 --> 0:19:07.280 And they picked the right opponent because San Diego is 0:19:07.400 --> 0:19:10.480 terrible and it seems like, I don't know, Greg referenced 0:19:11.240 --> 0:19:15.280 the Cleveland scenario. This team is running on fumes, doesn't 0:19:15.280 --> 0:19:18.560 seem particularly interested in playing football right now, and yet 0:19:18.640 --> 0:19:22.000 I would be surprised if the Jaguars won a game convincingly. 0:19:22.720 --> 0:19:25.720 They are four and six, and yeah, they've lost a 0:19:25.720 --> 0:19:28.720 couple of close games too, but they could easily be 0:19:28.800 --> 0:19:31.560 one and nine. I think in terms of what they've 0:19:31.600 --> 0:19:34.240 done on the field. I I root for this team. 0:19:34.280 --> 0:19:36.560 I love Bordles, I love the receivers. But I think 0:19:36.560 --> 0:19:38.080 if you're just watching the team on a week to 0:19:38.119 --> 0:19:40.320 week basis, they're one of the worst teams in the NFL, 0:19:40.480 --> 0:19:42.159 and they're they're lucky to have four wins, and some 0:19:42.200 --> 0:19:44.760 of these are crazy endings and very flukey ending and 0:19:44.840 --> 0:19:47.120 one of them shouldn't they shouldn't have won. So you're right. 0:19:47.400 --> 0:19:49.600 But I go back to the game against the Bills 0:19:49.600 --> 0:19:51.639 in London where there was a quarter and I guess 0:19:51.880 --> 0:19:53.879 I realized they were playing a Jay Ma annual. But 0:19:53.960 --> 0:19:55.720 I thought that the story of that game was going 0:19:55.800 --> 0:19:58.080 to be that the vision of what this team was 0:19:58.119 --> 0:20:00.159 going to be. That was the turning point where they 0:20:00.200 --> 0:20:02.439 suddenly got hot and we're hard to beat, and that 0:20:02.480 --> 0:20:04.920 didn't happen. You're right, they're still struggling. But I would say, 0:20:05.000 --> 0:20:06.800 right now, let me ask you a question. If you 0:20:06.840 --> 0:20:09.560