1 00:00:11,840 --> 00:00:16,160 Speaker 1: Hello and welcome. It's the Around the NFL Friday Fun 2 00:00:16,239 --> 00:00:23,000 Speaker 1: Show working title. Consider this the football equivalent of a 3 00:00:23,120 --> 00:00:26,840 Speaker 1: wobbly spiral that takes you to Sunday kick off. I'm 4 00:00:26,920 --> 00:00:32,280 Speaker 1: Dan hansis here with the heroes Greg Rosenthal and Mark Sessler. 5 00:00:32,400 --> 00:00:36,560 Speaker 1: Here's a new thing, guys, this is special. I need 6 00:00:36,600 --> 00:00:38,480 Speaker 1: new things in my life to make me feel alive. 7 00:00:38,520 --> 00:00:41,440 Speaker 1: And then don't say wobbly like we're at Josh Allen 8 00:00:41,520 --> 00:00:44,879 Speaker 1: Heater down the sideline to Stefan the hearts out of 9 00:00:44,920 --> 00:00:48,360 Speaker 1: the defending I don't need new things. I just need 10 00:00:48,479 --> 00:00:50,760 Speaker 1: more of Greg in my life. And so to add 11 00:00:50,800 --> 00:00:54,400 Speaker 1: another show on Friday morning is exactly what my doctor 12 00:00:54,480 --> 00:00:56,720 Speaker 1: ordered from it. And I do like Greg's you know, 13 00:00:56,880 --> 00:01:00,280 Speaker 1: tight white T shirt. I'm thinking James Dean and his rhyme, 14 00:01:01,440 --> 00:01:03,720 Speaker 1: Well you were like, hey, just like where where are 15 00:01:03,760 --> 00:01:07,520 Speaker 1: you going to wear? I love that voice. We are 16 00:01:07,319 --> 00:01:11,800 Speaker 1: streaming live every Friday one pm Eastern ten am Pacific 17 00:01:12,560 --> 00:01:16,960 Speaker 1: Happy Hour six BN over in England and surrounding territories. 18 00:01:17,080 --> 00:01:20,480 Speaker 1: And uh, you know it's happy hour over there in 19 00:01:20,520 --> 00:01:23,080 Speaker 1: the UK, but you guys seem to drink all the time, 20 00:01:23,440 --> 00:01:27,119 Speaker 1: all day. Um. From our personal experience in the UK, 21 00:01:27,400 --> 00:01:30,640 Speaker 1: but wherever you are welcome excited to add this rinkal 22 00:01:30,720 --> 00:01:34,000 Speaker 1: to the A t N universe. Condolence is of course 23 00:01:34,680 --> 00:01:38,200 Speaker 1: to our UK listeners on the loss of Queen Elizabeth Mark, 24 00:01:38,319 --> 00:01:42,320 Speaker 1: no comments please, you know I will make a comment. 25 00:01:42,400 --> 00:01:45,479 Speaker 1: I I actually when I was a very young boy, 26 00:01:46,319 --> 00:01:49,400 Speaker 1: Oh here we go, because I think I some something 27 00:01:49,480 --> 00:01:51,760 Speaker 1: I said like months ago was taken a slightly out 28 00:01:51,760 --> 00:01:54,640 Speaker 1: of context. But um, I participated in Jubilee Day and 29 00:01:54,680 --> 00:01:58,040 Speaker 1: got a gigantic, um very ornate mug with the Queen's 30 00:01:58,080 --> 00:01:59,960 Speaker 1: face on it, filled with candy. So from a very 31 00:02:00,120 --> 00:02:02,600 Speaker 1: young age, I I thought high thoughts of of her 32 00:02:02,640 --> 00:02:04,200 Speaker 1: and what she was bringing to the table for me. 33 00:02:04,640 --> 00:02:08,720 Speaker 1: All right, cool, great, good, good official comments and yes 34 00:02:08,760 --> 00:02:10,720 Speaker 1: it's a live stream for the first time ever were 35 00:02:10,760 --> 00:02:13,880 Speaker 1: live streaming and we see it. It's already that it's 36 00:02:13,880 --> 00:02:16,040 Speaker 1: going off on the side of the screen and justin 37 00:02:16,080 --> 00:02:19,040 Speaker 1: Grave or the Grave Digger will be tracking the comments 38 00:02:19,040 --> 00:02:21,520 Speaker 1: from people watching along. This will also be a podcast 39 00:02:21,639 --> 00:02:24,120 Speaker 1: later in the day, so coming up on today's show 40 00:02:24,560 --> 00:02:27,239 Speaker 1: we'll share our final thoughts ahead of week one, done 41 00:02:27,280 --> 00:02:29,360 Speaker 1: of course with the touch of mirth. Also check in 42 00:02:29,400 --> 00:02:32,360 Speaker 1: on the latest injury news ahead of Sunday's action and 43 00:02:32,360 --> 00:02:35,919 Speaker 1: finally will make a prediction on Hero of the Week. 44 00:02:36,040 --> 00:02:38,760 Speaker 1: And uh, like I said, Grave Digger is gonna monitor 45 00:02:38,840 --> 00:02:42,040 Speaker 1: that stream, be involved with this show. It's a different vibe. 46 00:02:42,040 --> 00:02:43,959 Speaker 1: That's what we're going for. And before we get into 47 00:02:44,000 --> 00:02:46,680 Speaker 1: any of the other shenanigans, let's talk about the Week 48 00:02:46,720 --> 00:02:50,600 Speaker 1: one game that was already played Thursday night opener, defending 49 00:02:50,680 --> 00:02:54,320 Speaker 1: champion Rams hosting the a f C Powerhouse Bills. It 50 00:02:54,400 --> 00:02:57,160 Speaker 1: got weird. Bills get their room forty seven, he's in 51 00:02:57,200 --> 00:03:00,800 Speaker 1: the gun, gets a snap, pocket collapsetion, time of pressure. 52 00:03:01,000 --> 00:03:03,840 Speaker 1: Runster was right girls it down field looking for Diggs, 53 00:03:04,080 --> 00:03:06,280 Speaker 1: gig Stocks and he makes the catch and he said 54 00:03:06,360 --> 00:03:10,960 Speaker 1: the ends on touchdown. Buffalo step on Diggs, John Murphy 55 00:03:10,960 --> 00:03:13,280 Speaker 1: and Eric Wood with the call w g R five 56 00:03:13,360 --> 00:03:18,320 Speaker 1: fifty unbelievable. The Bills go to Sophie Stadium and behind 57 00:03:18,440 --> 00:03:23,560 Speaker 1: three Josh Allen touchdowns, blow out the defending champions thirty 58 00:03:23,600 --> 00:03:28,160 Speaker 1: one to ten. Greggy Mark, we were at this game, 59 00:03:28,560 --> 00:03:32,400 Speaker 1: and uh, the Bills just dominated, and especially in the 60 00:03:32,400 --> 00:03:35,760 Speaker 1: second half. And you tell me, Greg, is this the 61 00:03:35,840 --> 00:03:38,720 Speaker 1: sign of how good the Bills are gonna be? Or 62 00:03:38,760 --> 00:03:40,920 Speaker 1: an early sign that the Rams are in for some 63 00:03:40,960 --> 00:03:43,920 Speaker 1: type of post Super Super Bowl letdown. I mean yes, 64 00:03:44,040 --> 00:03:46,720 Speaker 1: but I definitely, you know, leaning towards the first part 65 00:03:46,720 --> 00:03:49,800 Speaker 1: of that equation. You can't remember the Packers losing thirty 66 00:03:49,800 --> 00:03:52,320 Speaker 1: one to three and week one last week. I think 67 00:03:52,320 --> 00:03:54,600 Speaker 1: the Rams will figure things out. They're good at football, 68 00:03:54,800 --> 00:03:56,840 Speaker 1: but the Ram the Bills don't need to figure anything out. 69 00:03:56,840 --> 00:03:59,760 Speaker 1: They were like already where they were in a divisional 70 00:04:00,000 --> 00:04:03,120 Speaker 1: out of last year against Kansas City. But the thing 71 00:04:03,160 --> 00:04:06,200 Speaker 1: that struck me more than anything was Alan in this 72 00:04:06,280 --> 00:04:09,640 Speaker 1: game that if he plays like this and you could 73 00:04:09,680 --> 00:04:11,920 Speaker 1: really see it being there at the game, and if 74 00:04:11,960 --> 00:04:16,960 Speaker 1: he makes decisions essentially before the snap is made, like 75 00:04:17,000 --> 00:04:19,560 Speaker 1: what are you gonna do? Because I got the binoculars on. 76 00:04:19,760 --> 00:04:22,159 Speaker 1: I'm trying to go real journal this whole time, and 77 00:04:22,200 --> 00:04:25,800 Speaker 1: I'm watching the interior defensive line for both teams, and 78 00:04:25,920 --> 00:04:29,120 Speaker 1: one of them, the Bills just romped through the Rams 79 00:04:29,160 --> 00:04:32,280 Speaker 1: every single play, and the other one the Rams, including 80 00:04:32,320 --> 00:04:35,279 Speaker 1: Aaron Donald, were often getting through very quickly. But you 81 00:04:35,279 --> 00:04:37,719 Speaker 1: know what, it didn't matter because Josh Allen could see 82 00:04:37,760 --> 00:04:40,279 Speaker 1: what the Rams were trying to do. And on those 83 00:04:40,320 --> 00:04:42,400 Speaker 1: third and seven, third and eights, there was an early 84 00:04:42,520 --> 00:04:44,760 Speaker 1: third and ten plus two digs where he put it 85 00:04:44,760 --> 00:04:47,839 Speaker 1: on the back hip. He made his decision beforehand based 86 00:04:47,839 --> 00:04:50,320 Speaker 1: on everything he saw pre coverage. Those are not plays 87 00:04:50,760 --> 00:04:53,839 Speaker 1: Josh Allen was making even at the beginning of last year. 88 00:04:53,920 --> 00:04:56,280 Speaker 1: I think he is taking like another step just in 89 00:04:56,360 --> 00:04:58,479 Speaker 1: terms of the mental side of things. And if he 90 00:04:58,520 --> 00:05:00,800 Speaker 1: combines the mental side, you saw the physical sence, like, 91 00:05:00,839 --> 00:05:03,560 Speaker 1: what's he gonna do. He's telling Sessy, if you want 92 00:05:03,560 --> 00:05:05,400 Speaker 1: to be a top ten analysts, put me at number 93 00:05:05,440 --> 00:05:08,000 Speaker 1: one in the qbn NEX pretty soon watch happen. I 94 00:05:08,880 --> 00:05:11,760 Speaker 1: don't think that's an impossible ask on any level. I mean, 95 00:05:12,200 --> 00:05:16,039 Speaker 1: he's just uh, operating somewhere completely different than any type 96 00:05:16,040 --> 00:05:18,320 Speaker 1: other quarterback we've really ever seen. I don't really have 97 00:05:18,360 --> 00:05:21,440 Speaker 1: a comform you could mix and Matt match comps for him, 98 00:05:21,440 --> 00:05:24,880 Speaker 1: but he's, um, it's completely unique individual to me. I 99 00:05:24,920 --> 00:05:27,200 Speaker 1: do think that, um, if you're Sean McVeigh, and I 100 00:05:27,200 --> 00:05:29,000 Speaker 1: mean that we got another one of those kind of 101 00:05:29,040 --> 00:05:31,240 Speaker 1: like I'm humbled, I'm gonna go back to the drawing 102 00:05:31,240 --> 00:05:33,920 Speaker 1: board and Sean McVeigh puts it all on Sean McVeigh 103 00:05:33,960 --> 00:05:37,080 Speaker 1: and I he this was another Sean Verse. Sean We've 104 00:05:37,080 --> 00:05:40,160 Speaker 1: seen this before with Sean Payton, but Sean McDermott. If 105 00:05:40,200 --> 00:05:42,920 Speaker 1: you go back and track the time that these two 106 00:05:42,920 --> 00:05:45,240 Speaker 1: coaches have faced each other, it's been twice with the 107 00:05:45,320 --> 00:05:48,039 Speaker 1: Rams and Bills, but before that three other times when 108 00:05:48,120 --> 00:05:51,440 Speaker 1: McVeigh was with Washington as the o C and McDermott 109 00:05:51,480 --> 00:05:54,760 Speaker 1: was with the Panthers. McDermott has sort of owned Sean McVeigh. 110 00:05:54,920 --> 00:05:59,919 Speaker 1: He has coaxed in five of those meetings. Thirteen takeaway 111 00:06:00,160 --> 00:06:02,000 Speaker 1: in those five contests. We saw it last night, and 112 00:06:02,040 --> 00:06:04,359 Speaker 1: I just think that we came into this game thinking 113 00:06:04,600 --> 00:06:10,440 Speaker 1: can the Bills young cornerbacks handle Matthew Stafford Cooper They 114 00:06:10,440 --> 00:06:12,800 Speaker 1: were so well coached. This whole thing was just a 115 00:06:12,839 --> 00:06:15,080 Speaker 1: sort of a deep shell mixing and cover two. You 116 00:06:15,160 --> 00:06:17,520 Speaker 1: let Cooper cup have his catches, but in general, you 117 00:06:17,560 --> 00:06:19,600 Speaker 1: took away the big play. And we said it on 118 00:06:19,640 --> 00:06:23,039 Speaker 1: Tuesday's show, you don't blitz Matthew Stafford. I want to 119 00:06:23,040 --> 00:06:25,520 Speaker 1: get I want to get a comment or involved here. 120 00:06:25,600 --> 00:06:27,839 Speaker 1: Angriest writes, four out of the last six games, the 121 00:06:27,880 --> 00:06:32,960 Speaker 1: Bills haven't punted. It's outrageous and you made history first, 122 00:06:33,760 --> 00:06:37,600 Speaker 1: and it's you know, Greg like Mark myself. We went 123 00:06:37,640 --> 00:06:40,159 Speaker 1: to the game, we started the press box, and because 124 00:06:40,279 --> 00:06:42,280 Speaker 1: Mark and I are more like the working man, were 125 00:06:42,279 --> 00:06:44,600 Speaker 1: like the common type people, we say we need to 126 00:06:44,640 --> 00:06:46,640 Speaker 1: get where the people are. So all Greg's got his 127 00:06:46,720 --> 00:06:49,920 Speaker 1: binoculars out and he's in his stuffy press box with 128 00:06:49,960 --> 00:06:52,479 Speaker 1: all the other guys. We go down there. We feel 129 00:06:52,520 --> 00:06:54,919 Speaker 1: the energy, We're in the heat, we're in the humidity, 130 00:06:55,000 --> 00:06:58,919 Speaker 1: and it was very hot and very uncomfortable in that building. 131 00:06:59,000 --> 00:07:01,640 Speaker 1: And it was interesting to me the energy and flow 132 00:07:01,680 --> 00:07:05,000 Speaker 1: of that game. How the Rams came out flat, the 133 00:07:05,040 --> 00:07:07,440 Speaker 1: Bills came out hot. With the first touchdown, they get 134 00:07:07,440 --> 00:07:10,520 Speaker 1: ahead by double digit points, and then because the Bills 135 00:07:10,560 --> 00:07:13,240 Speaker 1: shoot themselves in the foot with three first half turnovers, 136 00:07:13,920 --> 00:07:15,920 Speaker 1: they let it get away and you go to you 137 00:07:15,960 --> 00:07:19,360 Speaker 1: go to halftime tied to ten, and you think to yourself, wow, 138 00:07:19,840 --> 00:07:22,480 Speaker 1: this could be a huge missed opportunity for Buffalo because 139 00:07:22,480 --> 00:07:24,720 Speaker 1: they had a chance to potentially run the Rams out 140 00:07:24,720 --> 00:07:28,920 Speaker 1: of the building and beat at the half something like that. Instead, 141 00:07:29,000 --> 00:07:32,360 Speaker 1: they let the Rams reset things. And usually when that happens, 142 00:07:32,400 --> 00:07:35,040 Speaker 1: the home team, a really great team and defending champion, 143 00:07:35,360 --> 00:07:37,920 Speaker 1: then makes you eat it in the second half because 144 00:07:37,960 --> 00:07:39,840 Speaker 1: they do get the game script backed and they get 145 00:07:39,920 --> 00:07:41,480 Speaker 1: to do what they want to do. But not this time. 146 00:07:41,800 --> 00:07:44,160 Speaker 1: The Bills instead regrouped and it was the Bills coming 147 00:07:44,160 --> 00:07:47,679 Speaker 1: out of halftime whipping him one zip in the second half. 148 00:07:47,720 --> 00:07:50,560 Speaker 1: So you never want to read too much into Week one, 149 00:07:50,760 --> 00:07:55,040 Speaker 1: especially the way Mark and Greg the NFL's frame now 150 00:07:55,080 --> 00:07:57,400 Speaker 1: where the preseason is a joke. None of these guys 151 00:07:57,400 --> 00:08:00,480 Speaker 1: that are big time players really get to play real 152 00:08:00,560 --> 00:08:03,080 Speaker 1: games until the games starts, so there's some kinks being 153 00:08:03,120 --> 00:08:06,280 Speaker 1: worked out. But I thought it was crazy impressive how 154 00:08:06,320 --> 00:08:08,840 Speaker 1: the Bills took control of the game, lost control, and 155 00:08:08,880 --> 00:08:11,080 Speaker 1: then regained it. We'll think about this, I mean, and 156 00:08:11,320 --> 00:08:14,400 Speaker 1: if I told you before last night the Bills are 157 00:08:14,400 --> 00:08:17,600 Speaker 1: gonna have five turnovers and someone's gonna win the game 158 00:08:17,680 --> 00:08:19,840 Speaker 1: thirty one to ten, it's like you would not think 159 00:08:19,880 --> 00:08:23,120 Speaker 1: it was the Bills. I mean, I would say again, like, 160 00:08:23,160 --> 00:08:25,240 Speaker 1: why are you telling me this before the game in 161 00:08:25,320 --> 00:08:28,400 Speaker 1: such a strange, stilted way. You never do that. You 162 00:08:28,480 --> 00:08:30,760 Speaker 1: never do that. I don't speak to you before games, 163 00:08:30,760 --> 00:08:35,000 Speaker 1: typical with your middle canister binoculars as well, Dan and 164 00:08:35,080 --> 00:08:37,200 Speaker 1: I are out roaming among the real human beings. So 165 00:08:37,840 --> 00:08:41,600 Speaker 1: but honestly, like they overcame multiple turnovers and it didn't 166 00:08:41,600 --> 00:08:43,520 Speaker 1: even matter. It's like, you know, if they had had 167 00:08:43,520 --> 00:08:45,840 Speaker 1: a cleaner performance, they could have put fifty points up 168 00:08:45,840 --> 00:08:48,559 Speaker 1: on the Rams. They dominated them. They made so many 169 00:08:48,600 --> 00:08:50,200 Speaker 1: mistakes in the first half. Weird they like it was 170 00:08:50,240 --> 00:08:52,480 Speaker 1: bad luck to one of their one of their turnovers, 171 00:08:52,480 --> 00:08:55,400 Speaker 1: the first interception, they had a defensive holding, which hurt them. 172 00:08:55,400 --> 00:08:57,440 Speaker 1: They put their kick off out of bounds, set set 173 00:08:57,520 --> 00:09:01,080 Speaker 1: up the Rams. It was it was a whitewash. I mean, 174 00:09:01,720 --> 00:09:05,800 Speaker 1: like you mentioned, normally in these situations, defending champ, good 175 00:09:05,800 --> 00:09:08,600 Speaker 1: team at home, you know are gonna step up like that. 176 00:09:08,600 --> 00:09:10,320 Speaker 1: But it wasn't a home game, and I sort of 177 00:09:10,360 --> 00:09:13,240 Speaker 1: overrated that, like, oh yeah, the the defending champs also 178 00:09:13,320 --> 00:09:15,760 Speaker 1: do well in kickoff. But it was at least a 179 00:09:15,800 --> 00:09:18,920 Speaker 1: fifty fifty Bills crowd. That's press box guy again, the 180 00:09:19,000 --> 00:09:21,920 Speaker 1: real comns in the mix. They had a really it 181 00:09:21,960 --> 00:09:24,040 Speaker 1: was a vocal RAMS crowd. I mean, I would say, 182 00:09:24,120 --> 00:09:25,600 Speaker 1: I get it had to put a number on. If 183 00:09:25,600 --> 00:09:27,360 Speaker 1: you looked up to the left, it was Bills. If 184 00:09:27,360 --> 00:09:29,040 Speaker 1: you look to the right, it was a lot of records. 185 00:09:29,280 --> 00:09:31,920 Speaker 1: And I'm just saying it was that came there at 186 00:09:31,840 --> 00:09:35,080 Speaker 1: a party and celebrate, and you had Odell Beckham. You 187 00:09:35,120 --> 00:09:38,240 Speaker 1: had Odell Beckham lifting the Lombardi Trophy. I wonder if 188 00:09:38,280 --> 00:09:40,720 Speaker 1: that's a sign of things to come. And I thought 189 00:09:40,760 --> 00:09:43,560 Speaker 1: that that was a crowd, that was a good Rams crowd. 190 00:09:43,600 --> 00:09:46,400 Speaker 1: Of course it's there's a Bill side of it. But 191 00:09:46,640 --> 00:09:48,720 Speaker 1: I go on, finish your point, Craig, but I really did. 192 00:09:48,760 --> 00:09:50,640 Speaker 1: It did take me back a little bit that that 193 00:09:50,880 --> 00:09:53,760 Speaker 1: l A t and that l A crowds get a bad, bad, 194 00:09:53,800 --> 00:09:56,760 Speaker 1: bad reputation. I think that building had a lot of excited, 195 00:09:56,800 --> 00:09:58,520 Speaker 1: loud fans and they just had nothing to cheer for 196 00:09:58,640 --> 00:10:01,920 Speaker 1: after halftime. I at it, but it's still unique. A 197 00:10:02,320 --> 00:10:05,960 Speaker 1: defending champ has never had at least thirty thousand opposing 198 00:10:06,000 --> 00:10:09,800 Speaker 1: fans that we are extremely loud. In terms of the 199 00:10:09,800 --> 00:10:12,520 Speaker 1: Bills fans at their home game to start and that 200 00:10:12,559 --> 00:10:15,880 Speaker 1: they're going on a silent count. It's a totally different vibe. 201 00:10:15,920 --> 00:10:18,840 Speaker 1: And it wouldn't matter if the teams were even maybe 202 00:10:18,840 --> 00:10:20,840 Speaker 1: the Rams crowd shows up, but they weren't even. I mean, 203 00:10:20,840 --> 00:10:23,800 Speaker 1: it looked like a Week one game that you would 204 00:10:23,800 --> 00:10:25,960 Speaker 1: expect between the Bills and the Texans. I mean, you 205 00:10:26,000 --> 00:10:29,080 Speaker 1: mentioned that the turnovers mark at halftime when it was 206 00:10:29,160 --> 00:10:31,520 Speaker 1: ten ten, and when it got to later in the 207 00:10:31,520 --> 00:10:33,760 Speaker 1: third quarter, at one point it was three thirty yards 208 00:10:33,760 --> 00:10:36,559 Speaker 1: to one thirty and that was going into the fourth quarter. 209 00:10:36,760 --> 00:10:39,360 Speaker 1: Josh Allen at that point before that Dig's touchdown had 210 00:10:39,400 --> 00:10:42,400 Speaker 1: not thrown a pass over twenty yards, So that speaks 211 00:10:42,400 --> 00:10:43,880 Speaker 1: to my point that he was just doing it with 212 00:10:43,960 --> 00:10:46,200 Speaker 1: dinks and dunks. He didn't he had one ball hit 213 00:10:46,240 --> 00:10:49,800 Speaker 1: the ground, I believe, other than the interceptions, uh for 214 00:10:49,840 --> 00:10:52,280 Speaker 1: the entire game, or at least until late in the game. 215 00:10:52,360 --> 00:10:54,920 Speaker 1: And it was just like a mallelling. And that was 216 00:10:54,960 --> 00:10:57,800 Speaker 1: the offensive line in the Bills. That's what those binoculars 217 00:10:57,840 --> 00:11:00,200 Speaker 1: really showed me, because even when Ed Oliver went out, 218 00:11:00,360 --> 00:11:08,160 Speaker 1: who was killing them early? Tim Settle, Boogie Basham, Greg Russo. Yes, 219 00:11:08,240 --> 00:11:10,160 Speaker 1: Von Miller had a monster game and that was like 220 00:11:10,200 --> 00:11:13,400 Speaker 1: a big deal. But Jordan Phillips killed them all of 221 00:11:13,440 --> 00:11:16,400 Speaker 1: their defensive lineman. We're winning snap after snap. It was 222 00:11:16,440 --> 00:11:18,520 Speaker 1: like the Eagles Super Bowl where they had eight or 223 00:11:18,600 --> 00:11:21,160 Speaker 1: nine guys and every single one of them won every 224 00:11:21,160 --> 00:11:23,960 Speaker 1: single snap in Stafford Fritz stout because of it. And 225 00:11:23,960 --> 00:11:26,240 Speaker 1: you could have played that game. If they're winning like that, 226 00:11:26,360 --> 00:11:27,920 Speaker 1: you could have played at ten times and the Bills 227 00:11:27,960 --> 00:11:30,480 Speaker 1: win ten times. And let me give a little love 228 00:11:30,520 --> 00:11:33,240 Speaker 1: to Bill's Mafia now, because I don't want to make 229 00:11:33,280 --> 00:11:35,120 Speaker 1: it sound like I'm too much in the other direction. 230 00:11:35,800 --> 00:11:38,240 Speaker 1: I my goal was maybe to try to sneak out 231 00:11:38,240 --> 00:11:40,560 Speaker 1: of there, uh and not get killed by traffic at 232 00:11:40,559 --> 00:11:42,640 Speaker 1: the end of the game. But then when the Rams 233 00:11:42,679 --> 00:11:44,560 Speaker 1: laid such an epic egg and then gave up that 234 00:11:44,640 --> 00:11:46,920 Speaker 1: last Digs touchdown, it was too late. So I'm I 235 00:11:47,000 --> 00:11:49,000 Speaker 1: was just like, you know what, I'm gonna wait this 236 00:11:49,040 --> 00:11:51,320 Speaker 1: thing out. And by the very end of the game, 237 00:11:51,320 --> 00:11:54,000 Speaker 1: and a game that was over with twelve minutes to go, 238 00:11:54,760 --> 00:11:57,800 Speaker 1: all the Rams fans were history, And I thought it 239 00:11:57,840 --> 00:12:00,960 Speaker 1: was notable that there were thousand the Bills fans that 240 00:12:01,040 --> 00:12:03,080 Speaker 1: stayed to the very end. Maybe that nowhere else to 241 00:12:03,120 --> 00:12:07,040 Speaker 1: go honestly, either but remember how that season ended for Buffalo. 242 00:12:07,320 --> 00:12:10,280 Speaker 1: That was one of the more bitter playoff losses UH 243 00:12:10,320 --> 00:12:14,319 Speaker 1: in recent memory, against the Chiefs at Arrowhead. So this 244 00:12:14,400 --> 00:12:16,720 Speaker 1: was such a great way to kick off the next season. 245 00:12:16,760 --> 00:12:20,080 Speaker 1: Sometimes when you go through a summer of hype, you 246 00:12:20,200 --> 00:12:22,320 Speaker 1: come out and you feel the pressure. This felt like 247 00:12:22,320 --> 00:12:25,960 Speaker 1: a team that had unfinished business. So I had I 248 00:12:26,000 --> 00:12:28,080 Speaker 1: had the Bills number one of the power rankings to 249 00:12:28,080 --> 00:12:30,600 Speaker 1: start the season. The arrow cannot be more up on them. 250 00:12:30,840 --> 00:12:34,319 Speaker 1: They are a badass squad. Well that said, only all 251 00:12:34,360 --> 00:12:36,080 Speaker 1: three of us picked the Ramps to win this game. 252 00:12:36,120 --> 00:12:41,319 Speaker 1: Only the So well that was for our audio listeners. Um, 253 00:12:41,360 --> 00:12:43,679 Speaker 1: you know, now we're at home on Fridays, We're getting 254 00:12:43,679 --> 00:12:46,800 Speaker 1: the comments and everything. But I'm seeing how annoyed Mark 255 00:12:46,960 --> 00:12:49,480 Speaker 1: is like as I speak, So that's more disarmy. Normally 256 00:12:49,520 --> 00:12:51,959 Speaker 1: I'm kind of setting in. Sometimes it's in the corner 257 00:12:52,000 --> 00:12:54,000 Speaker 1: of your eye. Now it's like facing I don't even 258 00:12:54,080 --> 00:12:55,560 Speaker 1: let the corner because I want to, you know, be 259 00:12:55,640 --> 00:12:58,240 Speaker 1: focused and everything. But now I just see those eyes. 260 00:12:58,320 --> 00:13:06,040 Speaker 1: Just when will this guy shut the half? By the way, 261 00:13:06,040 --> 00:13:08,719 Speaker 1: Cooper Cup even in a disastrous night overall for the 262 00:13:08,840 --> 00:13:13,120 Speaker 1: Rams goes thirteen and a touchdown of fifteen targets, and 263 00:13:13,160 --> 00:13:15,200 Speaker 1: you know I'm watching. I'm keeping an eye on Allen 264 00:13:15,280 --> 00:13:17,439 Speaker 1: Robinson even in garbage time. It has nothing to do 265 00:13:17,520 --> 00:13:19,480 Speaker 1: with the fact that he's on my fantasy team. And 266 00:13:19,520 --> 00:13:21,800 Speaker 1: I'm like, oh no, this is not what we talked 267 00:13:21,800 --> 00:13:24,760 Speaker 1: about all summer, and we'll see this is a bad 268 00:13:24,880 --> 00:13:28,320 Speaker 1: night he had one catch on two targets, including the 269 00:13:28,400 --> 00:13:31,199 Speaker 1: last throw of the game, so he was completely invisible 270 00:13:31,559 --> 00:13:36,400 Speaker 1: in the mix. Get get Sean mcveigh's little pet project 271 00:13:36,440 --> 00:13:38,720 Speaker 1: to to at well out of there. Get Brandon Powell. 272 00:13:38,800 --> 00:13:41,000 Speaker 1: I saw cam akers lining up at wide receiver on 273 00:13:41,000 --> 00:13:44,240 Speaker 1: a crucial drive. It's like they need some juice out there. Well, 274 00:13:44,280 --> 00:13:47,760 Speaker 1: Matthew Staffords one is he's focused on one receiver. It's 275 00:13:47,800 --> 00:13:50,000 Speaker 1: it's on Matthew Stafford to look around the field a 276 00:13:50,000 --> 00:13:53,080 Speaker 1: little bit more. Boo boo is wondering how much, how 277 00:13:53,120 --> 00:13:55,320 Speaker 1: many more minutes until Mark logs off. He does have 278 00:13:55,400 --> 00:13:58,840 Speaker 1: the option and you could always just say bad connection. 279 00:13:58,880 --> 00:14:01,960 Speaker 1: Sorry guys, I'll catch you next Friday. That's out there. Yeah, 280 00:14:02,000 --> 00:14:03,480 Speaker 1: I'd like to blame I'll dis blame it on a 281 00:14:03,520 --> 00:14:05,760 Speaker 1: technical glitch and there's no way to prove it. All Right, 282 00:14:05,760 --> 00:14:08,040 Speaker 1: there you go, Thursday night football. Let's who do the 283 00:14:08,120 --> 00:14:10,360 Speaker 1: rams up next week? By the way, Falcons, because we 284 00:14:10,400 --> 00:14:12,640 Speaker 1: remember we were sitting right next to that Falcon scout 285 00:14:12,800 --> 00:14:15,680 Speaker 1: in the press box. He was noticing that Matt Gay 286 00:14:15,800 --> 00:14:19,440 Speaker 1: was good from room to spare in the in the prency. 287 00:14:19,560 --> 00:14:21,400 Speaker 1: The sort of nuggets you can get in the press 288 00:14:21,440 --> 00:14:23,680 Speaker 1: fact good. Now, I don't think you're supposed to share that, Greg. 289 00:14:23,720 --> 00:14:26,480 Speaker 1: That's that's private, fellow. I mean in public. He's out 290 00:14:26,480 --> 00:14:28,800 Speaker 1: there kicking the ball in the middle of the field. 291 00:14:28,880 --> 00:14:31,160 Speaker 1: I was sitting next to a scout as well initially, 292 00:14:31,200 --> 00:14:32,840 Speaker 1: and I will not reveal who the team is. Well, 293 00:14:32,880 --> 00:14:35,400 Speaker 1: you're a professional. That's what's happening here. That's a journalism 294 00:14:35,480 --> 00:14:38,080 Speaker 1: degree speaking. It was the tight ends. It's because the 295 00:14:38,120 --> 00:14:41,800 Speaker 1: next opponent is always there in the press. Look at 296 00:14:41,840 --> 00:14:45,120 Speaker 1: the schedule. Look that's Greg the bad boy of NFL media. 297 00:14:45,200 --> 00:14:48,600 Speaker 1: All right, there you go. That is Thursday Night football. 298 00:14:48,960 --> 00:14:51,600 Speaker 1: And again the rest of the recaps will follow on 299 00:14:51,640 --> 00:14:55,080 Speaker 1: the flagship program on Sunday night. So make sure you 300 00:14:55,160 --> 00:14:58,880 Speaker 1: come back. Uh, and you know, check out all the content. 301 00:14:58,920 --> 00:15:00,600 Speaker 1: And we really think everybody it's live. We've got a 302 00:15:00,640 --> 00:15:02,320 Speaker 1: lot of people, Grave Digger. It seems like we've got 303 00:15:02,360 --> 00:15:06,240 Speaker 1: a very active right bar here on the live stream. Uh. 304 00:15:06,240 --> 00:15:08,280 Speaker 1: So that's a good start to things where his grave digger, 305 00:15:09,240 --> 00:15:13,200 Speaker 1: let's take a question. Yeah, well excuse me, Yeah, we 306 00:15:13,240 --> 00:15:16,800 Speaker 1: have a ton of commenters in here. Um, I can't 307 00:15:16,800 --> 00:15:19,080 Speaker 1: believe how many people are watching the first live stream. 308 00:15:19,080 --> 00:15:21,560 Speaker 1: I guess I should believe it. But well, let me 309 00:15:21,560 --> 00:15:23,720 Speaker 1: ask you a question, grave Digger, because you just became 310 00:15:24,160 --> 00:15:26,120 Speaker 1: unable to speak for a moment. There are you a 311 00:15:26,120 --> 00:15:29,200 Speaker 1: little dehydrated? Because I know Yessica is out of town 312 00:15:29,240 --> 00:15:31,240 Speaker 1: and then she came back. Last one of the commenters 313 00:15:31,280 --> 00:15:33,440 Speaker 1: is saying, we want to see Yessica and we've heard 314 00:15:33,480 --> 00:15:35,520 Speaker 1: that she's watching the show in the room next door, 315 00:15:35,640 --> 00:15:40,000 Speaker 1: so a different apartment unfortunately. But um, here's a here's 316 00:15:40,000 --> 00:15:42,200 Speaker 1: a question for you guys to totally dodge with. Dan 317 00:15:42,280 --> 00:15:46,560 Speaker 1: just asked me, great Digger. Oh, here's King's lord Bill's 318 00:15:46,600 --> 00:15:49,000 Speaker 1: defense to break any sack records this season. Yeah, we 319 00:15:49,000 --> 00:15:53,520 Speaker 1: should throw out that. Von Miller instantly made himself valuable 320 00:15:53,640 --> 00:15:55,160 Speaker 1: a couple of sacks in this game. And they just 321 00:15:55,200 --> 00:15:57,680 Speaker 1: destroyed the Rams at the line of scrimmage. So it 322 00:15:57,760 --> 00:16:00,200 Speaker 1: was a perfect game for Buffalo really, I mean take 323 00:16:00,240 --> 00:16:03,680 Speaker 1: out the three turnovers. They just absolutely kicked the defending 324 00:16:03,720 --> 00:16:07,880 Speaker 1: Super Bowl champions as seven seven sacks. Uh and they 325 00:16:07,920 --> 00:16:11,160 Speaker 1: are playing the Jets, Dolphins, and Patriots who all have 326 00:16:11,360 --> 00:16:15,600 Speaker 1: offensive line question six times. So sounds great. All right, 327 00:16:15,640 --> 00:16:19,280 Speaker 1: let's take a break. We'll be right back all right now, 328 00:16:19,440 --> 00:16:22,680 Speaker 1: with that business done, let's let's now as we again, 329 00:16:22,720 --> 00:16:25,040 Speaker 1: we're here kind of Greg says, it's a tight spiral. 330 00:16:25,200 --> 00:16:27,840 Speaker 1: I like that. Maybe it's like a Kurt Warner spiral 331 00:16:28,120 --> 00:16:32,440 Speaker 1: to Sunday, where it doesn't necessarily look beautiful, but it 332 00:16:32,520 --> 00:16:34,520 Speaker 1: gets right where it needs to go. We're gonna take 333 00:16:34,560 --> 00:16:37,360 Speaker 1: you to Sunday now with some kind of final thoughts 334 00:16:37,880 --> 00:16:42,520 Speaker 1: about where we're at and let me let me start here. 335 00:16:43,520 --> 00:16:46,680 Speaker 1: And I want to say that I can't help but 336 00:16:47,200 --> 00:16:52,520 Speaker 1: scratch my head sometimes because only my team, the Jets, 337 00:16:53,000 --> 00:16:57,160 Speaker 1: can win the spring and forgot about the fall and winter, 338 00:16:57,520 --> 00:17:00,520 Speaker 1: lose the summer, and it's been a really had summer 339 00:17:00,560 --> 00:17:04,119 Speaker 1: now for the Jets and McKay beckton injury. You have, 340 00:17:04,200 --> 00:17:06,679 Speaker 1: of course the Zack Wilson injury, and now you have 341 00:17:06,760 --> 00:17:10,280 Speaker 1: Dwayne Brown signed to replace McKay Beckton. He has a 342 00:17:10,320 --> 00:17:12,640 Speaker 1: shoulder issue. He's not going to play in Week one. 343 00:17:12,920 --> 00:17:17,560 Speaker 1: He might be heading to injured reserve. And I just 344 00:17:17,560 --> 00:17:19,720 Speaker 1: want to say, I wish I could get to a 345 00:17:19,760 --> 00:17:25,800 Speaker 1: place m hm. I wish I could get to a 346 00:17:25,800 --> 00:17:33,960 Speaker 1: place where things are more like innocent, get to that 347 00:17:34,040 --> 00:17:36,000 Speaker 1: place where I've always wanted to be. I don't even 348 00:17:36,000 --> 00:17:37,919 Speaker 1: know if it is a real place. Maybe it's more 349 00:17:37,960 --> 00:17:43,280 Speaker 1: of an idea camp happiness. Take me to camp happiness. 350 00:17:43,480 --> 00:17:47,000 Speaker 1: I thought, that's Mark's place. I don't know what it is. 351 00:17:47,760 --> 00:17:50,439 Speaker 1: I know that's the place for Mark. It was the 352 00:17:50,480 --> 00:17:54,919 Speaker 1: place where he could, you know, take a bunch of 353 00:17:54,920 --> 00:17:57,600 Speaker 1: pictures and look like he was Brandon Walsh and Brenda 354 00:17:57,640 --> 00:18:00,160 Speaker 1: Walsh from nine o two and oh that was It's 355 00:18:00,200 --> 00:18:04,480 Speaker 1: his version of camp happiness. It's a flannel fest with 356 00:18:04,520 --> 00:18:08,959 Speaker 1: poofy hair, a lot of whites by the water. For me, 357 00:18:09,080 --> 00:18:12,800 Speaker 1: I think about when was I last happy as a 358 00:18:12,880 --> 00:18:15,439 Speaker 1: Jet span in a situation like this? And you know 359 00:18:15,480 --> 00:18:20,720 Speaker 1: what I think about, uh, Joe Flacco playing on Sunday 360 00:18:20,760 --> 00:18:24,840 Speaker 1: against the Ravens, a thirty five, thirty seven year old 361 00:18:25,080 --> 00:18:28,840 Speaker 1: former first round pick. And then I think, where does 362 00:18:28,920 --> 00:18:31,800 Speaker 1: Dan's camp happiness is? A Jets fan? What do I 363 00:18:32,080 --> 00:18:38,440 Speaker 1: long for? I was eighteen. I didn't have a girlfriend, 364 00:18:38,600 --> 00:18:41,560 Speaker 1: but I did have any test of Verdi, a thirty 365 00:18:41,560 --> 00:18:45,280 Speaker 1: five year old former first round pick who replaced Glenn 366 00:18:45,320 --> 00:18:48,040 Speaker 1: Foley and became a star one of the best Jet 367 00:18:48,080 --> 00:18:53,000 Speaker 1: seasons ever by a quarterback. And during this time where 368 00:18:53,040 --> 00:18:56,960 Speaker 1: the president feels too hard and it's better to have 369 00:18:57,080 --> 00:18:59,480 Speaker 1: a couple of glasses of veno. You know what I'm saying, Mark, 370 00:18:59,560 --> 00:19:02,800 Speaker 1: and just remember a different time in life. I wonder, 371 00:19:02,840 --> 00:19:04,920 Speaker 1: wouldn't it be nice if I could return to camp 372 00:19:04,960 --> 00:19:09,880 Speaker 1: happiness and Joe Flacco could be Vinny test of verity. 373 00:19:12,040 --> 00:19:15,639 Speaker 1: Here's the problem that I see for you, Dan. This 374 00:19:15,800 --> 00:19:19,840 Speaker 1: angst is generating incredible segments like this, in incredible monologues 375 00:19:19,920 --> 00:19:22,919 Speaker 1: and soliloquies, which which we enjoy. So if suddenly they 376 00:19:23,080 --> 00:19:25,720 Speaker 1: became if they were thriving and you're just sort of 377 00:19:25,720 --> 00:19:28,439 Speaker 1: sitting back in your chair, you know, slapping yourself on 378 00:19:28,480 --> 00:19:30,760 Speaker 1: the back, we lose all that. So we'll give me 379 00:19:34,920 --> 00:19:40,679 Speaker 1: enough when they've been good show. Right now, I'm now 380 00:19:40,720 --> 00:19:43,440 Speaker 1: a Jets fan. We we've done. Like we talked about 381 00:19:43,640 --> 00:19:46,960 Speaker 1: new experiences on this show. I need a new experience 382 00:19:46,960 --> 00:19:48,920 Speaker 1: of Dan, not meaning miserable. We haven't even gotten to 383 00:19:49,000 --> 00:19:51,959 Speaker 1: week one. Things are so sideways. What is happening? This 384 00:19:52,000 --> 00:19:55,920 Speaker 1: is usually beautiful Dan. Part of the season where I 385 00:19:55,960 --> 00:19:59,760 Speaker 1: admire how just like fresh as a daisy he shows 386 00:19:59,840 --> 00:20:02,479 Speaker 1: up to camp. He's just like the little camper and 387 00:20:02,800 --> 00:20:04,560 Speaker 1: you know, even though all the kids were mean to 388 00:20:04,640 --> 00:20:06,560 Speaker 1: him a year ago, he's just like, this will be 389 00:20:06,600 --> 00:20:10,720 Speaker 1: the year I make a lot of fresh, but that's 390 00:20:10,720 --> 00:20:12,960 Speaker 1: too much. I I don't know about Testa Verdie, but 391 00:20:13,200 --> 00:20:16,240 Speaker 1: how about give us a little Ryan Fitzpatrick. We can 392 00:20:16,359 --> 00:20:19,000 Speaker 1: take that, just be in the mix. And let's say 393 00:20:19,000 --> 00:20:21,600 Speaker 1: this because we talked about it on Thursday. Um. And 394 00:20:21,640 --> 00:20:23,359 Speaker 1: then I want to throw it to you, Greg for 395 00:20:23,440 --> 00:20:27,679 Speaker 1: your big picture thought. But the fact that Robert Solomon 396 00:20:27,760 --> 00:20:31,320 Speaker 1: Jets strangely gave a now four week timetable into the 397 00:20:31,359 --> 00:20:33,879 Speaker 1: regular season. You don't think if Joe Flacco plays well 398 00:20:33,880 --> 00:20:35,879 Speaker 1: in these first three weeks, he might not hold on 399 00:20:35,920 --> 00:20:38,840 Speaker 1: to that job. That is just enough runway to establish 400 00:20:38,880 --> 00:20:42,080 Speaker 1: success and keep Zack Wilson on the bench. So keep 401 00:20:42,119 --> 00:20:44,280 Speaker 1: an eye on that. Now. The most important thing is 402 00:20:44,520 --> 00:20:46,240 Speaker 1: Flack lush to play well, and now he doesn't. He 403 00:20:46,280 --> 00:20:48,680 Speaker 1: has a rookie right tackle and poor George Fan has 404 00:20:48,680 --> 00:20:52,040 Speaker 1: flopped back to left tackle. Uh, it's a mess. Good 405 00:20:52,119 --> 00:20:54,359 Speaker 1: luck to you. Joe Flacco would be a lot of fun. 406 00:20:54,960 --> 00:20:59,320 Speaker 1: We're overdue for a return to camp happiness. Greg, you're up. Yeah, 407 00:20:59,440 --> 00:21:03,280 Speaker 1: I mean you're looking to return to a happy place. 408 00:21:03,359 --> 00:21:06,919 Speaker 1: And and I really am too. And I look towards 409 00:21:06,960 --> 00:21:11,280 Speaker 1: the Pacific Northwest and I think of the last few 410 00:21:11,320 --> 00:21:15,760 Speaker 1: seasons of a once proud franchise, and I I see 411 00:21:15,800 --> 00:21:18,720 Speaker 1: a lot of storm clouds. I see a lot of tension. 412 00:21:19,520 --> 00:21:22,200 Speaker 1: I see a lot of angst between the most powerful 413 00:21:22,280 --> 00:21:25,920 Speaker 1: men in the organization who can't figure things out money Ego. 414 00:21:27,320 --> 00:21:31,720 Speaker 1: Dark clouds rolling in and then in the distance see 415 00:21:32,560 --> 00:21:38,560 Speaker 1: clear skies. I see a horizon of beating expectations of 416 00:21:38,560 --> 00:21:43,200 Speaker 1: a weight being lifted. And I see on Monday Night 417 00:21:43,240 --> 00:21:48,359 Speaker 1: football a cleansing. A rain is gonna come down on Seattle, 418 00:21:48,440 --> 00:21:50,879 Speaker 1: and it is gonna be brought down by a man 419 00:21:51,560 --> 00:21:55,399 Speaker 1: named Geno Smith, who's gonna bring that six and a 420 00:21:55,400 --> 00:21:59,640 Speaker 1: half point spread down like I don't even know, talk 421 00:21:59,680 --> 00:22:04,320 Speaker 1: about at a disrespectful situation. Mark six and a half points. 422 00:22:04,480 --> 00:22:06,360 Speaker 1: If you want to sprinkle a little rain on them 423 00:22:06,400 --> 00:22:08,479 Speaker 1: to win the game. Look, I'm not gonna stop you 424 00:22:08,760 --> 00:22:11,359 Speaker 1: to do that either, But six and a half in 425 00:22:11,440 --> 00:22:14,960 Speaker 1: a game that Gino Smith and this defensive line is 426 00:22:15,000 --> 00:22:17,639 Speaker 1: gonna eat. They know where the bodies are buried in 427 00:22:17,720 --> 00:22:22,359 Speaker 1: Russell Wilson's mind, Pete Carroll, and they're gonna fight it there. Gino, 428 00:22:22,480 --> 00:22:25,800 Speaker 1: yesterday wasn't enough. I don't even need to talk about 429 00:22:25,840 --> 00:22:28,640 Speaker 1: you know, you could talk about their defensive line, who 430 00:22:28,680 --> 00:22:30,760 Speaker 1: to me is has a little Bills quality. They're not 431 00:22:30,840 --> 00:22:32,720 Speaker 1: nearly as good, but they're about six or seven deep 432 00:22:32,760 --> 00:22:35,199 Speaker 1: against a bad offensive line. I think they've got some 433 00:22:35,240 --> 00:22:37,600 Speaker 1: playmakers in the secondary. I think they slow them down. 434 00:22:37,840 --> 00:22:41,120 Speaker 1: I hate this line because to me, every Seahawks game 435 00:22:41,160 --> 00:22:43,399 Speaker 1: is gonna be eighteen to seventeen. I'm not sure it 436 00:22:43,480 --> 00:22:46,240 Speaker 1: was gonna win each week, but every single game this 437 00:22:46,280 --> 00:22:48,920 Speaker 1: season eighteen to seventeen, six and a half points is 438 00:22:48,960 --> 00:22:53,160 Speaker 1: a silva. Silva thinks that you have dipped into Mark's 439 00:22:53,200 --> 00:22:58,280 Speaker 1: mushroom stash Greig months ago, of course. I mean, uh, 440 00:22:58,760 --> 00:23:02,280 Speaker 1: we've got Chrispy fift am. I taking Gino Smith against 441 00:23:02,320 --> 00:23:04,719 Speaker 1: the spread. I think he went three and o against 442 00:23:04,720 --> 00:23:07,960 Speaker 1: the spread guys last year, including one of the best 443 00:23:07,960 --> 00:23:12,600 Speaker 1: statistical games of the year, uh completion percentage over expected. 444 00:23:14,240 --> 00:23:16,280 Speaker 1: And I'm loving the Seahawks. By the way, are gonna 445 00:23:16,359 --> 00:23:19,720 Speaker 1: run like crazy. Pete Carroll is going to be really 446 00:23:19,800 --> 00:23:22,360 Speaker 1: liberated to do whatever the hell he wants, and it's 447 00:23:22,359 --> 00:23:24,520 Speaker 1: against a bad run defense in Denver. It's going to 448 00:23:24,600 --> 00:23:28,119 Speaker 1: be glorious, that's all. Greg is like that friend who's 449 00:23:28,200 --> 00:23:30,240 Speaker 1: just gone through a terrible breakup. And for the next 450 00:23:30,320 --> 00:23:32,840 Speaker 1: like eighties, six times you talk about him, it's all 451 00:23:32,880 --> 00:23:34,880 Speaker 1: he'll discuss with you, and then you start to find 452 00:23:34,920 --> 00:23:39,760 Speaker 1: ways to evade, to disappear, to vanish, to not be available, 453 00:23:40,000 --> 00:23:44,240 Speaker 1: to not be around in a swinger? Is it just like, dude, 454 00:23:45,040 --> 00:23:49,679 Speaker 1: can we please mark? You're up? Baby? All right? I 455 00:23:50,440 --> 00:23:55,080 Speaker 1: UM titled this comment this thought, uh stuck in Arizona 456 00:23:56,080 --> 00:23:59,000 Speaker 1: without a personal vehicle. UM, I just want to let 457 00:23:59,000 --> 00:24:01,439 Speaker 1: you know. It's a little by an alphable. Okay, Um, 458 00:24:01,480 --> 00:24:03,320 Speaker 1: I've talked to you before, and I just say, this 459 00:24:03,359 --> 00:24:07,200 Speaker 1: is one of my favorite all time Sessler like life 460 00:24:07,200 --> 00:24:09,080 Speaker 1: moments when you got parked in a cold de sac 461 00:24:09,160 --> 00:24:11,240 Speaker 1: of life. Just go ahead. This is yeah. Well let's 462 00:24:11,280 --> 00:24:14,840 Speaker 1: post camp happiness, which was not that's not the friends 463 00:24:14,840 --> 00:24:18,080 Speaker 1: repeating stories. Okay, let's go alright, Greg, if you could 464 00:24:18,080 --> 00:24:19,760 Speaker 1: be quiet for three minutes, I think it would be 465 00:24:19,760 --> 00:24:22,359 Speaker 1: an incredible service to the show. I just want to 466 00:24:22,440 --> 00:24:24,040 Speaker 1: let you know. This was around more In March two 467 00:24:24,040 --> 00:24:26,320 Speaker 1: thousand three, I was living in Boulder, Colorado with UM, 468 00:24:26,359 --> 00:24:28,639 Speaker 1: a very different girl than that Camp Happiness girl was 469 00:24:28,760 --> 00:24:30,439 Speaker 1: UM a little bit more of an edgy or she 470 00:24:30,520 --> 00:24:32,680 Speaker 1: was a woman. It was an edgy or individual. Uh, 471 00:24:32,720 --> 00:24:34,840 Speaker 1: and we decided. I decided that I did not want 472 00:24:34,840 --> 00:24:36,720 Speaker 1: to live in Colorado anymore. I wanted to move to 473 00:24:36,840 --> 00:24:39,760 Speaker 1: Los Angeles and be in the movie industry. Because that's 474 00:24:39,760 --> 00:24:41,920 Speaker 1: it's that simple to get into the movie industry. I 475 00:24:41,960 --> 00:24:44,560 Speaker 1: can tell you that UM from experience, nothing worse needed. 476 00:24:44,880 --> 00:24:48,000 Speaker 1: So anyways, we sold UM in a totally foolhardy move, 477 00:24:48,359 --> 00:24:51,400 Speaker 1: sold all of our possessions. UM. I turned my least 478 00:24:51,440 --> 00:24:53,600 Speaker 1: car and she sold her car. We bought a v 479 00:24:53,840 --> 00:24:57,040 Speaker 1: W camper van pop top, one of those like sixties 480 00:24:57,080 --> 00:24:59,359 Speaker 1: deals were like you can sleep up top of it 481 00:24:59,400 --> 00:25:02,359 Speaker 1: if you want to. UM. The vehicle was shaky, which 482 00:25:02,359 --> 00:25:03,960 Speaker 1: we learned the minute we got on the road to 483 00:25:04,040 --> 00:25:07,480 Speaker 1: drive from Colorado to Los Angeles. Uh. And it became 484 00:25:07,560 --> 00:25:11,280 Speaker 1: shakier when it completely broke down in Tucson, Arizona in 485 00:25:11,280 --> 00:25:14,119 Speaker 1: the early spring. UM and we needed to be parked 486 00:25:14,119 --> 00:25:17,399 Speaker 1: out of US Sears garage waiting for parts for this. 487 00:25:18,800 --> 00:25:22,320 Speaker 1: I'm not speaking negative of you and picturing you, you know, 488 00:25:22,440 --> 00:25:24,560 Speaker 1: under the hood, just trying to crank out what's wrong 489 00:25:24,640 --> 00:25:28,320 Speaker 1: with this carburetor? Let me let me all my skill set. 490 00:25:28,359 --> 00:25:30,200 Speaker 1: You can imagine. And uh No, I was like in 491 00:25:30,240 --> 00:25:33,800 Speaker 1: the top of the pop top, just reading novels. But anyways, Um, 492 00:25:34,000 --> 00:25:35,800 Speaker 1: in the middle of this, we finally got the car 493 00:25:35,880 --> 00:25:39,200 Speaker 1: fixed and we moved to Phoenix, where she had friends, 494 00:25:39,280 --> 00:25:42,120 Speaker 1: some female friend who was like cohabitating with a guy, 495 00:25:42,480 --> 00:25:45,320 Speaker 1: and Um, she basically came to the conclusion about a 496 00:25:45,320 --> 00:25:48,200 Speaker 1: fortnight later. She told me one night, I'm a desert person. 497 00:25:48,280 --> 00:25:50,000 Speaker 1: I just feel at home in the desert. I was like, 498 00:25:50,200 --> 00:25:52,240 Speaker 1: what are we doing here? Like the whole the whole plan. 499 00:25:52,640 --> 00:25:55,159 Speaker 1: We sold all our possessions. The whole plan was to 500 00:25:55,200 --> 00:25:57,920 Speaker 1: get to Los Angeles. So because also she was an 501 00:25:57,920 --> 00:26:00,720 Speaker 1: expensive girlfriend and I was a dumb twenty something year old, 502 00:26:00,840 --> 00:26:03,520 Speaker 1: I was about ten grand in debt, so I basically 503 00:26:03,560 --> 00:26:06,720 Speaker 1: just moved to my own apartment along the highway in Phoenix. 504 00:26:07,000 --> 00:26:12,240 Speaker 1: UM had no personal vehicle, no car, very little. Yes, 505 00:26:12,240 --> 00:26:14,040 Speaker 1: it is about week one. I'm gonna get there real soon. 506 00:26:14,280 --> 00:26:16,800 Speaker 1: But anyways, I got a job at a Wells Fargo 507 00:26:16,880 --> 00:26:18,679 Speaker 1: call center up the street where I could walk to 508 00:26:18,760 --> 00:26:21,280 Speaker 1: every day and ground my way out of debt for 509 00:26:21,320 --> 00:26:23,240 Speaker 1: the next seven or eight months. Then got a rental 510 00:26:23,280 --> 00:26:25,399 Speaker 1: car and just moved to l A because I wanted 511 00:26:25,440 --> 00:26:27,320 Speaker 1: to change my life and get where I needed to go. 512 00:26:27,720 --> 00:26:30,919 Speaker 1: And this makes me think in a weird way about 513 00:26:30,960 --> 00:26:33,959 Speaker 1: what they have done to Kyler Murray this offseason. Now 514 00:26:34,000 --> 00:26:35,840 Speaker 1: I get it, he got paid and so it's like 515 00:26:36,000 --> 00:26:39,280 Speaker 1: everything's fine, But all they've done to Kyler Murray is say, 516 00:26:39,640 --> 00:26:43,280 Speaker 1: you have a passion, but you must fulfill our jobs. Passion. 517 00:26:43,520 --> 00:26:45,720 Speaker 1: You must do what we want, but you must shut 518 00:26:45,760 --> 00:26:48,000 Speaker 1: down what it is you truly want to do. Justin, 519 00:26:48,080 --> 00:26:51,080 Speaker 1: let's show what we'd like to show here if we can, 520 00:26:51,119 --> 00:26:54,399 Speaker 1: grave Digger, this is justin. This is Kyler Murray and 521 00:26:54,520 --> 00:26:59,240 Speaker 1: his actual true what's happening here. This is Phase Clan. 522 00:26:59,600 --> 00:27:01,640 Speaker 1: This is an audio podcast to mark if you want 523 00:27:01,680 --> 00:27:06,159 Speaker 1: to Kyler Murray with a bunch of his gaming bros. 524 00:27:06,680 --> 00:27:09,120 Speaker 1: He joined up with this thing, Phase Clan and he's 525 00:27:09,160 --> 00:27:11,680 Speaker 1: on Twitch. I now follow him on Twitch to see 526 00:27:11,680 --> 00:27:14,400 Speaker 1: how often he logs onto game and it's never anymore. 527 00:27:14,800 --> 00:27:17,479 Speaker 1: He never does anymore because he's his true passion has 528 00:27:17,480 --> 00:27:19,040 Speaker 1: been taken away from So what I would like to 529 00:27:19,080 --> 00:27:21,959 Speaker 1: see for a number of reasons Football reasons number one, 530 00:27:22,000 --> 00:27:24,640 Speaker 1: after all this drama you're playing, the Chiefs get into 531 00:27:24,680 --> 00:27:28,840 Speaker 1: a high off team shootout with Patrick Mahomes Unferral six touchdowns, 532 00:27:29,160 --> 00:27:31,479 Speaker 1: take the Cardinals to one and oh and then at 533 00:27:31,520 --> 00:27:33,400 Speaker 1: that point you're in a your good place. And then 534 00:27:33,400 --> 00:27:35,560 Speaker 1: tell them I'm gonna take Monday to do what i 535 00:27:35,600 --> 00:27:37,560 Speaker 1: want to do. I'm gonna game and I'm gonna do 536 00:27:37,600 --> 00:27:39,520 Speaker 1: the stuff on the field because I'm allowed to be 537 00:27:39,600 --> 00:27:42,199 Speaker 1: the dog. I'm allowed to follow my passion and not 538 00:27:42,240 --> 00:27:45,639 Speaker 1: be ordered around by anyone and ever ever again, I 539 00:27:45,680 --> 00:27:48,040 Speaker 1: get the sense Mark looks at at that these times 540 00:27:48,040 --> 00:27:51,399 Speaker 1: where he was like floating very fondly. You know what 541 00:27:51,440 --> 00:27:54,400 Speaker 1: I mean, you almost miss um being lost in the world. 542 00:27:54,400 --> 00:27:57,440 Speaker 1: It was quite a journey to the football point. So basically, 543 00:27:57,960 --> 00:28:00,240 Speaker 1: don't be mean to Kyle. I mean, they have like 544 00:28:00,240 --> 00:28:02,960 Speaker 1: a twollion dollar contract. I get that. And so that 545 00:28:02,960 --> 00:28:05,879 Speaker 1: that that that essentially nullifies the argument, because now that 546 00:28:05,880 --> 00:28:07,880 Speaker 1: you're under that's a good point you made, Mark. Yeah, 547 00:28:07,880 --> 00:28:09,680 Speaker 1: that's a great point. Mark, that's a good point. Mark. 548 00:28:10,359 --> 00:28:15,320 Speaker 1: I'll take him insider, all right, Well, yeah, Kyler ball out, 549 00:28:15,640 --> 00:28:19,240 Speaker 1: criticism will mount, will mount, and we're gonna speaking of 550 00:28:19,240 --> 00:28:27,000 Speaker 1: the news flash. Let's set a newsflash year, and might 551 00:28:27,040 --> 00:28:31,320 Speaker 1: as well start right there with the Cardinals. I talked 552 00:28:31,320 --> 00:28:34,440 Speaker 1: about it on the show that I'm a little worried 553 00:28:34,440 --> 00:28:36,600 Speaker 1: that Kyler has not been set up for success, especially 554 00:28:36,680 --> 00:28:39,840 Speaker 1: DeAndre Hopkins out Rod dal Moore. The idea was that 555 00:28:39,880 --> 00:28:43,200 Speaker 1: he was going to be a contributor in year two 556 00:28:43,240 --> 00:28:45,240 Speaker 1: and a guy that could maybe light up the scoreboard 557 00:28:45,240 --> 00:28:47,680 Speaker 1: for for Kyler, he has a hamstring injury, and Greg 558 00:28:47,720 --> 00:28:50,480 Speaker 1: it might not be good. Now. When you leave a 559 00:28:50,520 --> 00:28:52,760 Speaker 1: practice and they say you're immediately going for an m 560 00:28:52,880 --> 00:28:54,680 Speaker 1: R I and then you meet and you miss the 561 00:28:54,720 --> 00:28:58,400 Speaker 1: following practice, hamstrings are usually multiple weeks. I wouldn't be 562 00:28:58,440 --> 00:29:00,080 Speaker 1: surprised to see him on I are and this is 563 00:29:00,160 --> 00:29:04,080 Speaker 1: after they spent the off season. Alan Robinson like hyping 564 00:29:04,160 --> 00:29:06,080 Speaker 1: up ron Dale Moore as kind of the answer to 565 00:29:06,120 --> 00:29:09,480 Speaker 1: their missing receiver room. They they got issues. I'm feeling 566 00:29:09,520 --> 00:29:11,760 Speaker 1: good about my chief's lock. Put it that way. What 567 00:29:11,920 --> 00:29:14,080 Speaker 1: is the over under on wins for the Cardinals in 568 00:29:15,880 --> 00:29:17,600 Speaker 1: it's high. I think it's like eight and a half 569 00:29:17,680 --> 00:29:21,600 Speaker 1: or something like you. Ken Lamar Jackson turned down the 570 00:29:21,680 --> 00:29:24,360 Speaker 1: Ravens offers for a contract extension, is now betting on 571 00:29:24,440 --> 00:29:30,120 Speaker 1: himself this season. We'll see how it goes. Mark uh 572 00:29:30,400 --> 00:29:33,680 Speaker 1: Eric the Costa released a statement. Despite best efforts on 573 00:29:33,720 --> 00:29:36,800 Speaker 1: both sides, were unable to do it. We're looking ahead 574 00:29:37,080 --> 00:29:39,880 Speaker 1: to the season. It's all in front of Lamar. If 575 00:29:39,880 --> 00:29:42,320 Speaker 1: he has a huge season, he becomes the highest paid 576 00:29:42,320 --> 00:29:45,640 Speaker 1: player in NFL history. Yep. Maybe they can also just 577 00:29:45,720 --> 00:29:47,680 Speaker 1: franchise tag him. I mean, I feel like if they 578 00:29:47,720 --> 00:29:50,560 Speaker 1: really really wanted him, uh, and I think they do 579 00:29:50,760 --> 00:29:53,000 Speaker 1: to a certain extent, they would have gotten this stunt. 580 00:29:53,040 --> 00:29:55,760 Speaker 1: I mean, he's he's you know, representing himself, which always 581 00:29:55,760 --> 00:29:57,400 Speaker 1: find that to be a little bit weird. But I 582 00:29:57,440 --> 00:29:59,640 Speaker 1: don't mind at this point, Um shooting this one into 583 00:29:59,680 --> 00:30:01,760 Speaker 1: the sun until next off. We don't need to deal 584 00:30:01,800 --> 00:30:04,920 Speaker 1: with it right. Another news, uh, simsy koif on the 585 00:30:05,200 --> 00:30:07,560 Speaker 1: stream tells us that we started our live stream at 586 00:30:07,560 --> 00:30:10,880 Speaker 1: the same time that King Charles has ascended to the 587 00:30:10,920 --> 00:30:13,600 Speaker 1: throne in England. So I feel like that could hit 588 00:30:14,000 --> 00:30:18,440 Speaker 1: and hurt our streaming numbers. Greg, it looks pretty good 589 00:30:18,440 --> 00:30:21,320 Speaker 1: in terms of the numbers. In fairness, we had you know, 590 00:30:21,360 --> 00:30:24,920 Speaker 1: carved out this time, I would think, right, I'm not 591 00:30:24,960 --> 00:30:26,760 Speaker 1: saying they would be aware of that, but we had 592 00:30:26,800 --> 00:30:31,360 Speaker 1: set the time first, that's all. And finally, George Kittle 593 00:30:32,120 --> 00:30:35,200 Speaker 1: again banged up. Greg, what are you hearing on this one? Well, 594 00:30:35,360 --> 00:30:37,280 Speaker 1: he's likely to miss this game. I think they can 595 00:30:37,320 --> 00:30:39,360 Speaker 1: survive without him. This week. I got my guy. I 596 00:30:39,760 --> 00:30:41,600 Speaker 1: I know you draft, didn't you draft him? In fantasy? 597 00:30:41,640 --> 00:30:46,680 Speaker 1: I think he's crazy, but I already started a great job. 598 00:30:47,000 --> 00:30:50,280 Speaker 1: George what Mark? More like George Brittle, Yeah, more like 599 00:30:50,440 --> 00:30:54,040 Speaker 1: George little hope of playing seventeen games. Ever, it is 600 00:30:54,080 --> 00:30:57,360 Speaker 1: sad that he never play the whole thing. All right, 601 00:30:57,520 --> 00:31:02,600 Speaker 1: that's that's that's the news flash. All before tells us 602 00:31:02,800 --> 00:31:05,720 Speaker 1: that we're cutting into their audience, but I don't think that's. 603 00:31:06,200 --> 00:31:08,000 Speaker 1: I know that they can do, is true. I do 604 00:31:08,040 --> 00:31:11,080 Speaker 1: appreciate the Serbian listener from the banks of the Danube 605 00:31:11,080 --> 00:31:13,320 Speaker 1: that said they're watching from there, so and anyone can 606 00:31:13,360 --> 00:31:15,640 Speaker 1: check us out on YouTube after the fact too, or 607 00:31:15,680 --> 00:31:19,920 Speaker 1: of course, uh in any audio podcast. Let's before we 608 00:31:19,960 --> 00:31:26,400 Speaker 1: sign off and throw you into Sunday tight spiral, Piro 609 00:31:26,560 --> 00:31:31,040 Speaker 1: of the Week picks Greg startus. Okay, I'm gonna go 610 00:31:31,080 --> 00:31:35,160 Speaker 1: with Jamaar Chase. I. I look at the Steelers secondary, 611 00:31:35,600 --> 00:31:38,200 Speaker 1: I look at the cornerbacks that almost no one has 612 00:31:38,200 --> 00:31:41,160 Speaker 1: talked about this offseason, and I see a major problem. 613 00:31:41,160 --> 00:31:43,480 Speaker 1: And I see a rookie who did things we haven't 614 00:31:43,480 --> 00:31:46,360 Speaker 1: seen any rookie do and I feel like maybe the 615 00:31:46,400 --> 00:31:49,120 Speaker 1: Bengals losing will keep them hungry. Um, if you're watching 616 00:31:49,160 --> 00:31:51,960 Speaker 1: on YouTube, you can see the uh the small state 617 00:31:52,040 --> 00:31:57,160 Speaker 1: championship trophy Massachusetts state champion Minuteak Regional high school that 618 00:31:57,240 --> 00:32:00,480 Speaker 1: you know, but before we were able to overcome the 619 00:32:00,600 --> 00:32:03,880 Speaker 1: vaunted kids at Newton South. You know, we had to 620 00:32:03,960 --> 00:32:06,080 Speaker 1: lose in a big spot the year before, but we 621 00:32:06,160 --> 00:32:08,120 Speaker 1: came back and we were better than ever the year before. 622 00:32:08,160 --> 00:32:10,120 Speaker 1: That's going to be Jamar Chase in the Bengals this year. 623 00:32:10,160 --> 00:32:12,040 Speaker 1: That's a sad looking trophy for a champ. It is 624 00:32:12,160 --> 00:32:14,280 Speaker 1: very small, Yeah, but we got some how about you 625 00:32:14,320 --> 00:32:17,320 Speaker 1: mark your Hero of the week prediction. Uh So there 626 00:32:17,400 --> 00:32:19,200 Speaker 1: is no George Kittle in San Francisco. I know they 627 00:32:19,240 --> 00:32:21,720 Speaker 1: have tons of other weapons. Trade Lance is beginning his 628 00:32:21,840 --> 00:32:25,320 Speaker 1: career as a starter, as a full fledged starter. How 629 00:32:25,360 --> 00:32:27,480 Speaker 1: about the guy that he hooked up with over and 630 00:32:27,520 --> 00:32:30,240 Speaker 1: over on the field in the preseason, Danny Gray, who 631 00:32:30,320 --> 00:32:33,840 Speaker 1: is incredibly faster playing a Bears defense has been stripped 632 00:32:33,840 --> 00:32:38,160 Speaker 1: aparts the rebuilding that team, the secondary is vulnerable. Maybe 633 00:32:38,160 --> 00:32:40,160 Speaker 1: a couple of big plays to get trade Lance comfortable. 634 00:32:40,200 --> 00:32:42,240 Speaker 1: I just liked the idea of picking someone that probably 635 00:32:42,240 --> 00:32:44,960 Speaker 1: won't be the Hero of the week fantasy though, like 636 00:32:45,040 --> 00:32:49,280 Speaker 1: Deep League, that's pretty good. And I will close it 637 00:32:49,320 --> 00:32:51,560 Speaker 1: with my prediction. Greg, you said that you're like a 638 00:32:51,640 --> 00:32:53,640 Speaker 1: Jets fan. Now earlier in the show, you're rooting for 639 00:32:53,640 --> 00:32:56,400 Speaker 1: the Jets. How about this my hero of the week prediction, 640 00:32:56,440 --> 00:33:01,960 Speaker 1: Bill Belichick. Just watch, just watch that Patriots defense. I 641 00:33:01,960 --> 00:33:05,640 Speaker 1: know they're missing parts now and they're vulnerable, but watch 642 00:33:05,720 --> 00:33:10,120 Speaker 1: him shut down to ah Entyreek Hill disappears and the 643 00:33:10,200 --> 00:33:13,240 Speaker 1: offense does enough. Mac Jones makes a late touchdown pass 644 00:33:13,760 --> 00:33:16,960 Speaker 1: and all of a sudden, the Patriots win seventeen fourteen, 645 00:33:17,480 --> 00:33:21,680 Speaker 1: and everyone's talking about how Bill really through Mike McDaniel, 646 00:33:21,760 --> 00:33:25,480 Speaker 1: the young genius off his game, and everyone will again 647 00:33:25,600 --> 00:33:28,800 Speaker 1: be throwing roses at the feet of Bill Belichick when 648 00:33:28,800 --> 00:33:34,080 Speaker 1: he shuts down the explosive quote unquote Dolphins offense. One 649 00:33:34,080 --> 00:33:37,760 Speaker 1: item amid reports from beat writers covering the Patriots that 650 00:33:37,840 --> 00:33:41,520 Speaker 1: they are ready to scrap their entire offensive reinvention. And 651 00:33:41,800 --> 00:33:43,960 Speaker 1: I just say, this isn't working. It's a great idea, 652 00:33:44,640 --> 00:33:47,960 Speaker 1: and it's a great idea that there's our our suggesting 653 00:33:48,000 --> 00:33:51,360 Speaker 1: this whole pro Patriots pro Belichick thing is just some 654 00:33:52,200 --> 00:33:55,880 Speaker 1: BS jinks. From Dan iouln't say that you would never 655 00:33:55,880 --> 00:33:59,520 Speaker 1: do something. Thank you for everybody for the live stream. 656 00:34:00,000 --> 00:34:02,400 Speaker 1: Thank you to everybody that's listening and following all the 657 00:34:02,440 --> 00:34:05,120 Speaker 1: things we do. We appreciate you. We'll be back next 658 00:34:05,160 --> 00:34:09,399 Speaker 1: Friday with another stream and podcast. Until then, enjoy all 659 00:34:09,480 --> 00:34:14,280 Speaker 1: the damn football it's happening. Enjoy the weekend. Go Falcons.