Speaker 1: And now move the sticks with Daniel Jeremiah and Bucky Brooks.
Speaker 2: What's up everybody, I'm Bucky Brooks. This has moved the
Speaker 2: sticks and I am joined by my guy HBCU legend himself,
Speaker 2: Steve Weiss representing Hu. Each and every day is a
Speaker 2: great day to be a Howard body.
Speaker 1: Great day to be Howard Bison. We take on those
Speaker 1: Hampton Pirates this weekend. I do not want to lose
Speaker 1: to them again. It seems like every time we play
Speaker 1: we lose. So let's go Bison, your favor to do
Speaker 1: some stuff in the miac. But Bucky, what about the
Speaker 1: tar Heels? What about your tar heels? What do they got?
Speaker 2: So the tar Heels decided to get into the mix
Speaker 2: a little bit. They took on the mighty North Carolina
Speaker 2: Central Eagles last weekend. They were able to handle business
Speaker 2: against the Eagles, but I'm not gonna last year. Got
Speaker 2: a little nervous. The Eagles were going. Trey Oliver had
Speaker 2: them guys going for a minute.
Speaker 1: I was nervous.
Speaker 3: I was like, as much as I love representing, I
Speaker 3: did not want my guys to be on ESPN representing
Speaker 3: the case that a look at them snatch down a school.
Speaker 2: They're back. So now it's great Seeingdrey Olivan those guys going.
Speaker 2: So the Tar Heels are trying to get it going.
Speaker 2: We'll see we're flying under radar, just hoping they can
Speaker 2: kind of continue to be okay and see if they
Speaker 2: can get better down the stretch. Today, those team we're
Speaker 2: going to talk about the National Football League. We're going
Speaker 2: to talk about the standings. We're gonna go through each
Speaker 2: division and talk about is the division winner or the
Speaker 2: division leader? Are they gonna end up winning the division
Speaker 2: when it's all set and done. So, this should be
Speaker 2: a little fun, little exercise to see what's going on,
Speaker 2: to see who's who and what's what. I know, you
Speaker 2: got your ear to the street. So let's start in
Speaker 2: the AFC East Buffalo Bills sending it to and undefeated.
Speaker 2: The Buffalo Bills have owned the division and the Sean
Speaker 2: McDermott era. Do they continue to reign supreme over the
Speaker 2: rest of the AFC.
Speaker 1: East folks, Yes they do, Bucky, they own it. There's
Speaker 1: no partial shares in the lead for the AFC East.
Speaker 1: I say that because not only you know, are the
Speaker 1: Bills different? Right, They've become a tight end centric offense, right,
Speaker 1: because they got two really capable tight ends. James Cook's
Speaker 1: been doing this thing out of the gate. But the
Speaker 1: rest of the division, you've got quarterback uncertainty in New
Speaker 1: England and Miami and the Jets. You know, you just
Speaker 1: don't know what you're gonna get weak to week. So yeah,
Speaker 1: I mean, the Bills are not gonna go seventeen to know,
Speaker 1: but I do think they end up keeping their claim
Speaker 1: on the ownership of the division.
Speaker 2: Yeah, now the Bills are that squad. I will say this,
Speaker 2: I am not surprised by the New England Patriots. I
Speaker 2: mean have been kind of like the lone wolf in
Speaker 2: terms of like believing that they would figure it out,
Speaker 2: that their defense would remain a very vulnerable unit, and
Speaker 2: then offensively they're doing just enough not turn the ball over,
Speaker 2: keeping the games close. They came up short last week,
Speaker 2: but you're gonna already see Jiro Meo has a nice
Speaker 2: plan for how this team needs to play to be
Speaker 2: able to stay in every game. Hass off to him.
Speaker 2: But when I look at the Division, two of being
Speaker 2: out for the Miami Dolphin puts them behind the eight ball.
Speaker 2: I don't know if I can fully trust the Jets,
Speaker 2: particularly Aaron Rodgers, just kind of look different. So yeah,
Speaker 2: I'm all in on the Buffalo Bio Sean McDermott, even
Speaker 2: in what was thought to be a bit of a rebuild,
Speaker 2: it's still kind of to me head and showed us
Speaker 2: above the rest of the division.
Speaker 1: Yeah, we'll see how they handle the versity because we
Speaker 1: all know it's coming. But they've positioned themselves well. All right,
Speaker 1: but let's go to the AFC North, the best division
Speaker 1: top to bottom in the NFL right now. The Pittsburgh
Speaker 1: stillers the mighty team that has scored one touchdown I
Speaker 1: think after the first two weeks of the season, but
Speaker 1: they're two to no. Are they going to finish the
Speaker 1: season atop the North?
Speaker 2: Well, it depends on Steve. If I'm staying on brand,
Speaker 2: meaning I'm staying on brand with what I've said before
Speaker 2: on NFL dot Com, NFL Network, I'll be like, No,
Speaker 2: the clean Browns are the dark horse contended that you
Speaker 2: need to keep up with. If you go and look
Speaker 2: at that defense, town Swartze has them going. I think
Speaker 2: Deshaun Watson is going to come back. He might have
Speaker 2: turned the corner a little bit in that game against
Speaker 2: the Jaguars. I finally saw some of the swag that
Speaker 2: he used to have in Houston come back. And it
Speaker 2: was nothing major, but I just saw a little bounce
Speaker 2: in this step. I saw him kind of have like
Speaker 2: a little shemi and a swagger. If he becomes anything
Speaker 2: close to the player that he was at Houston, the
Speaker 2: Cleveland Browns is gonna be all the way back to me.
Speaker 2: I think this is more Pittsburgh. I don't know if
Speaker 2: they can hold onto the division league having to play
Speaker 2: the way they need their play with justin fields. In
Speaker 2: terms of winning the division, as much as I would
Speaker 2: like to think everyone comes back to the pack and
Speaker 2: a it's okay if everyone is right around nine and eight,
Speaker 2: I think they separate themselves. Whoever wins the division. I
Speaker 2: don't think the Stealers have that capacity. So I'm gonna
Speaker 2: go the other way. Give me the Cleveland Browns to
Speaker 2: win the division. Yeah, look at it.
Speaker 1: I'm with you, Bucky. In terms of I don't think
Speaker 1: Pittsburgh right now, which is leading Winter Division, just because
Speaker 1: they've got the most quarterback uncertainty of any team a division.
Speaker 1: You got Joey Burrow and the wing winless Bengals. Right now,
Speaker 1: the Ravens are winless. The Ravens look closer to being
Speaker 1: like a good football team than the Bengals do right now.
Speaker 1: And that's not taking anything from the Bengals. I think
Speaker 1: they're still very good football team. But I'm with you
Speaker 1: on the Cleveland Browns. Right They've got some injuries out
Speaker 1: of the gate. They're getting their tackles back this week.
Speaker 1: Neither tackle has played the first two weeks. And you know,
Speaker 1: David Njoku's out. That's a big blow. He's eventually gonna
Speaker 1: come back. But defensively, they're just I mean, they're they're
Speaker 1: so stout. They've They've got players across the board. J
Speaker 1: Ok one of my favorite players in the NFL, best
Speaker 1: dressed player in the NFL. So I'm with you, Pittsburgh
Speaker 1: Steelers do not win the North even though they are
Speaker 1: two to zero to start the season.
Speaker 2: Yeah, Jok is one of the best dress My funny
Speaker 2: comment about Jok, like, I love seeing the pre game.
Speaker 2: But Steve, I've been on the field when he is modeling.
Speaker 2: Who heaven helped the person who is the photographer, They
Speaker 2: have to be out there a long time. A man
Speaker 2: has certain things that He's like, hey, you gotta hear
Speaker 2: me from this angle and that angle or whatever. It's
Speaker 2: just not ay, I step out and take the pick.
Speaker 2: He's definitely going back old school to making sure that
Speaker 2: his posts.
Speaker 1: He reps like every country in West Africa with his gear,
Speaker 1: and I love it. He's from Hampton, Virginia seventy five
Speaker 1: to seven.
Speaker 2: So good player, man, good player, Steve. I'll say that
Speaker 2: in watching him last week, he is shot out of
Speaker 2: a cannon on the so good. His instincts, his right
Speaker 2: now reactions are next level, and it's one of the
Speaker 2: reasons why they played really good defense towards He makes
Speaker 2: it easy for the guys. But man, those guys up
Speaker 2: front really high. I got a look for the Browns.
Speaker 2: Browns in the mix. Let's go to the a FC South.
Speaker 2: You got Htown putting it down. Do you continue to
Speaker 2: ride the Htown train?
Speaker 1: Yeah, Buck, I mean it's it's the Texans all the way.
Speaker 1: I mean, they came into the season, in my opinion,
Speaker 1: as a legitimate threat to the Chiefs and some other
Speaker 1: teams to get to the Super Bowl and represent the AFC.
Speaker 1: They're deeper than any team in the NFL. When you
Speaker 1: look at every position, even quarterback They've got They've got
Speaker 1: two good quarterbacks with Davis Mills and case Keenum. They've
Speaker 1: got wide receivers galore, They've got offensive line, and then defensively,
Speaker 1: I am not gonna stop talking about they will possibly
Speaker 1: threaten for the championship because their defense is so stacked.
Speaker 1: When I look at the rest of the division, I
Speaker 1: think the Jags are are in a tough situation. I'm
Speaker 1: starting ohing two is not good for them going up
Speaker 1: to Buffalo Monday night. They could be going three. They've
Speaker 1: got an uphill fight. The Titans got a little bit
Speaker 1: sharper fangs in them than I thought they had. I mean,
Speaker 1: they're they're they're doing some things. If Will Levis got
Speaker 1: down the turnovers or they're gonna win some ball games.
Speaker 1: And I think the Colts are eventually gonna get together.
Speaker 1: They're very banged up. Yeah, they got to the start
Speaker 1: I thought they would, and I think they're going to
Speaker 1: finish the top that division.
Speaker 2: You know, they're they're a tough team. Man. As much
Speaker 2: as I want to be optimistic about the Jaguars kind
Speaker 2: of climbing back into it, there's just different levels to this.
Speaker 2: When you look at Asheine. You look at Houston and
Speaker 2: how they put it together very quickly, I will I
Speaker 2: will say Undermiko rants that is just a great perspective
Speaker 2: by him in terms of how he wants his team
Speaker 2: to be. Nick Casario being able to keep his ego
Speaker 2: in check and just say, hey man, my job is
Speaker 2: to serve from the back end. They have a really
Speaker 2: good thing going and the culture is real. It's very
Speaker 2: genuine when you watch the players interact with the coaches.
Speaker 2: Dimiko came winning with a plan and they certainly have
Speaker 2: executed a plan, which is why they may go back
Speaker 2: to back in the South.
Speaker 1: All right, Bucky, let's get to the AFC West. Okay,
Speaker 1: technically the Chargers are the top of the division, but
Speaker 1: the Canton the Chiefs are also two and zero Chiefs
Speaker 1: are also to it. O. All right, so I'm gonna
Speaker 1: let you flip the coin here and see which you
Speaker 1: know what, Let's let's go ahead and play this. Do
Speaker 1: both of them? Let's twist this. Do both of them
Speaker 1: make the playoffs? Do the Chargers and the Chiefs from
Speaker 1: this division make the playoffs?
Speaker 3: Oh?
Speaker 2: Yes, Steve, because this is shaping up to be another
Speaker 2: gim Harbaugh story. So I'm not going to say that
Speaker 2: both of them make the playoffs. I'm saying they both
Speaker 2: make the playoffs, but the team in red is the
Speaker 2: wildcard team the Crown. Come on, Chargers. The Chargers win
Speaker 2: the division, no way, Hey man, I'm just telling you, man,
Speaker 2: I just feel like they're gonna they're gonna bloody their noses.
Speaker 2: They're gonna beat them up. And he's gonna do just
Speaker 2: like he did when he was at Stanford and he
Speaker 2: tracked down USC. I just I'm all in. And look,
Speaker 2: he makes me want to go to football practice and
Speaker 2: cover them with football pants on, like he's just old school.
Speaker 2: I want to do squats, I want to pull slid
Speaker 2: with my Khaki's on. All of that. Jim Harbro's pushing
Speaker 2: all the right buttons. That's what I'm saying. The Chargers
Speaker 2: swipe the division from the Chiefs to year. Come on,
Speaker 2: come on, Buck, you don't believe that I do. Jacket Dobbins,
Speaker 2: Gus Edwards. I'm all them running the football, preserving my quarterback.
Speaker 2: He is. Look, he's that fire extinguisher just in the glass.
Speaker 2: We only break it when we need it.
Speaker 1: Okay, I'll say I'll say that both of them get
Speaker 1: to the postseason, and that's a real soft push.
Speaker 2: I think.
Speaker 1: I think I've seen some things in the Raiders to
Speaker 1: make me think that they could actually be better. Their
Speaker 1: defense is super legit, right, but Patrick Graham has done
Speaker 1: and adding Christian Wilkins to their front, they're super legit.
Speaker 1: So I'm not going to sleep on the Raiders possibly
Speaker 1: getting passing Chargers to be a wild card. The Chiefs
Speaker 1: are going to win the division. The Chiefs, barring injury
Speaker 1: to Patrick Mahomes, are going to be the face for
Speaker 1: it to rep the a f C again this year.
Speaker 1: But the reason why I think two teams are coming
Speaker 1: out of the West is I did think two teams
Speaker 1: are gonna be coming out of the East, and I'm
Speaker 1: not so sure what TUA situation now that there will
Speaker 1: be two teams coming out of the East. I think
Speaker 1: we're definitely gonna get two coming out of the North,
Speaker 1: one coming out of the South, so maybe the West
Speaker 1: and it won't be the Chargers. I love what they're doing.
Speaker 1: They're not gonna beat themselves, but I don't know. I
Speaker 1: think Antonio Pierce the in the way. Patrick Graham's got
Speaker 1: those guys going in Vegas let me just make sure.
Speaker 2: Okay, so the Chiefs are not winning the Vision, No,
Speaker 2: they are Chiefs. Okay, but we're saying the Raiders. Now
Speaker 2: the Chargers are the other team that's representing in the postseason.
Speaker 1: This I'm gonna call my shot. Yeah, I'm gonna call it.
Speaker 1: I'm gonna call it.
Speaker 2: Oh, the raatest A's don't like that. AP's don't like that.
Speaker 2: You must, you must want to go. There must be
Speaker 2: someone that's gonna have a resident residency in Vegas that
Speaker 2: you want to see. Usher's not there more Adeals is
Speaker 2: coming to win.
Speaker 1: They'll be on the road. There must be somebody road.
Speaker 2: There must be somebody that's that's coming through New Addition.
Speaker 2: Maybe New Addition is going to be in Vegas and
Speaker 2: you're trying to catch them because you're saying that that
Speaker 2: they're in the building. I know. No, I'm not saying
Speaker 2: because of the playoff game will be in Vegas. I'm
Speaker 2: just saying, you're trying to curry favors so you can
Speaker 2: get one of those the discounted tickets. Get you like
Speaker 2: one of those.
Speaker 1: Here's what I'm saying, Mark, Mark this, Okay, what was
Speaker 1: my number eighty nine? Who is number eighty nine for
Speaker 1: the Raiders. Rock Bowers.
Speaker 2: Oh yeah, Yeah, he's legit, Bucky, He's the deal.
Speaker 1: They've got some things showing up on offense, but I
Speaker 1: think their defense is so good. Their defense is so
Speaker 1: good that when the Chargers try to sit there and
Speaker 1: grind it on, grind it on, grind it out, they're
Speaker 1: gonna have some answers. They got some, they got some
Speaker 1: thieves on the back end. Okay, I'm calling my shot.
Speaker 1: I'm calling my shot. That's gonna be our surprise team
Speaker 1: come out of the division. Not the Chargers, call you, boy,
Speaker 1: Shawn mary Man. Let me tell them too that the
Speaker 1: Raiders are coming out of the division.
Speaker 2: Raiders are coming out of division wild card. All right, Okay,
Speaker 2: so we're gonna rock with that. We're just gonna let
Speaker 2: you live with it. We're gonna let you wallowing that
Speaker 2: Silver and black. We're rolling you staying. They're in already
Speaker 2: Aps Black Air Force One's on getting it done. So
Speaker 2: let's let's let's let's let's let's rock out. I mean,
Speaker 2: that's I guess that's just the way. It's just the
Speaker 2: way it's gonna go.
Speaker 1: We'll be right back after this break.
Speaker 2: All right, So let's go to the other side. Let's
Speaker 2: go to the n FC East.
Speaker 1: Oh my god. So right now we have three one
Speaker 1: in one team. If you have Washington, Philly and Dallas
Speaker 1: at one in one, giants zero and two, giants are
Speaker 1: not winning the division. They're They're probably gonna end up
Speaker 1: right where they are in.
Speaker 2: The fourth place.
Speaker 1: Buck, this is a tough call for me. But when
Speaker 1: push comes to shove on all of this, I do
Speaker 1: think it will be the Dallas Cowboys who win the division. Uh.
Speaker 1: That is a soft that is like a soft of
Speaker 1: a But I mean Philadelphia. I love what they've got
Speaker 1: offensively with the line Sakuon Barkley's that man. But their defense, man,
Speaker 1: it is it is. And I'm not sitting here saying
Speaker 1: the Cowboys have the greatest defense. But I've got some
Speaker 1: faith in Mike Zimmer fixing some things down there. So yeah,
Speaker 1: I mean a very I'm talking a marshmallow soft pick is.
Speaker 1: I got the Cowboys coming out of that division.
Speaker 2: Marsh mellow soft Philly.
Speaker 1: I don't know, man, Philly's offense is so good. I'm torn.
Speaker 2: I'm torn, Buck, You're torn.
Speaker 1: You know what I'm flipping. I'm flipping because I picked earlier.
Speaker 1: I'm sticking to my pre seats. I'm going to Philly.
Speaker 1: I just I think their offense is just too good.
Speaker 1: I'm going I'm going to Philly. I'm going to Philly's
Speaker 1: gonna win the division.
Speaker 2: Okay, So I'm worried about the Cowboys, particularly after seeing
Speaker 2: them uh getting molliwopped by the New Orleans Saints. It's
Speaker 2: hard for me to have a lot of If you
Speaker 2: told me week I would have been, I'd have been
Speaker 2: all over. But the fact that Deiry Carr and the
Speaker 2: Saints went up and down the field with little resistance,
Speaker 2: I'm worried about it. Here's where the Cowboys get me
Speaker 2: and what could hurt them in terms of trying to
Speaker 2: win the depth? Like they have star power, but the
Speaker 2: depth they don't have any of them. No, they don't.
Speaker 2: You got CD Lamb on the outside, you get Dave Prescott,
Speaker 2: but the fact that they're still spinning their wheels trying
Speaker 2: to figure out that running back. And I like dizzyke
Speaker 2: came back. That's cool, but they don't have a high
Speaker 2: end running back now, and the offensive weapons they have
Speaker 2: right now cannotwithstand an injury to one of their notable names,
Speaker 2: So I worry about that part of it. So if
Speaker 2: we think about the rosters and the talent, the Eagles
Speaker 2: have to get it out because there's more talented squad.
Speaker 1: You know, you brought a great point about the division,
Speaker 1: like every team has got a legit running back, especially
Speaker 1: Washington with Brian Robinson. I love that, dude. Even the
Speaker 1: Giants and Devin Singletary Cowboys don't have that. And at
Speaker 1: some point you've got to be able to run the football.
Speaker 1: That's gonna be an issue. If you're asking Dak that
Speaker 1: through forty four times a game every week, that's that's
Speaker 1: not it. All these other teams, or let's say the
Speaker 1: competitive teams Philadelphia and Washington, they have to run the ball.
Speaker 1: They can run the football. Dallas can't do that. And
Speaker 1: I think you know, And now I'm feeling better about
Speaker 1: me saying the Eagles are gonna are gonna.
Speaker 2: Walk with the East. Now you feel better. I feel better.
Speaker 1: Here here's one okay, now let's go to a super
Speaker 1: the toss up division. Right the NFC North, both Conference
Speaker 1: in North divisions are tough top to bot right now,
Speaker 1: the Vikings are unbeaten. Everyone else is one and one
Speaker 1: do they end the season atop the North?
Speaker 2: Okay, so, so my team's in the North. I feel
Speaker 2: like because shout out to Fife Dog. I feel like
Speaker 2: Fife Dog had all the different teams that he liked,
Speaker 2: he supported them all. Track delate to Fife Dog. He
Speaker 2: loved them all, and so I kind of feel like
Speaker 2: this in my division, Like I can see myself rocking
Speaker 2: with the Packers. I also love the grittiness of the Lions.
Speaker 2: I'm feeling what they're doing with the Minnesota Vikings and
Speaker 2: how can you not like the fact that the numb
Speaker 2: one overall pick lands in a nice spot in Chicago.
Speaker 2: That said, the Lions are so talented. Man, I have
Speaker 2: to go with the Lions because if not for the
Speaker 2: quarterback situation in Green Bay, I would lean towards Gopak Go.
Speaker 2: But because the Lions have everyone available right now, as
Speaker 2: we're not gonna w let's go Motown. Let's go with
Speaker 2: Detroit running it back and being able to get it down.
Speaker 1: I'm with you, Detroit. Detroit has been one of the
Speaker 1: few teams we've seen bucket. Usually when we see teams
Speaker 1: get to the playoffs year after year, they're either a
Speaker 1: consistent team like the forty nine ers, right, or the Chiefs,
Speaker 1: or there's a pop up team that comes and goes.
Speaker 1: The Niners are sorry. The Lions are one of the
Speaker 1: few teams we've seen, like an NBA team build, take
Speaker 1: a tough loss, build, take a tough loss, and continue
Speaker 1: to escalate. I think. I think by the end of
Speaker 1: the season, the Lions are going to be a legitimate
Speaker 1: threat to come out of the NFC. I'm going with Detroit.
Speaker 1: I like two teams coming out of this division. We'll
Speaker 1: see if it's gonna be the Packers or the Vikings.
Speaker 1: But I do like two teams coming out of the
Speaker 1: North with the Lions.
Speaker 2: Get the nod. Mmmmmm, that's good, all right. So now
Speaker 2: let's go to the Let's go to the South, the
Speaker 2: dirty We used to always talk about the South. There's
Speaker 2: so many rivals in this thing. When I think about it,
Speaker 2: I'm always thinking about the Atlanta Falcons and the New
Speaker 2: Orleans Saints. But you got to throw the tam Bay
Speaker 2: Buccaneers in. Yeah, they're they're they're tied at the top.
Speaker 2: When we talk about the Saints and the Bucks, the
Speaker 2: Carolina Panthers are way behind. They're kind of like the
Speaker 2: JV Unit to everybody else, who are we thinking? Who
Speaker 2: are we picking in that division?
Speaker 1: Well, right now the Saints are two and oh the
Speaker 1: Bucks are two and oh oh it is here's a
Speaker 1: crazy thing. It's really harder for me at this point
Speaker 1: not to rock with Todd Bowles and the Buccaneers. I
Speaker 1: know the Saints are lighting it up. I know they
Speaker 1: are so good defensively, they're putting points up. But the
Speaker 1: Bucks are just so steady, you know, Todd Bowles, It's
Speaker 1: like Brian Flores right, They've They've got a million different
Speaker 1: defensive structures and looks and everything. They're gonna give you
Speaker 1: every game. I think it's crazy as it sounds. I
Speaker 1: think Baker's probably the most consistent, stint looking quarterback when
Speaker 1: I look at the quarterbacks in this division. Boy at
Speaker 1: Atlanta is gonna get better as the year goes along.
Speaker 1: And I love how they run the football with Jean
Speaker 1: Robinson and Tyler algi year. I love how they run
Speaker 1: the football. This is Buckey. What's interesting This looked like
Speaker 1: the doggie bag division in the NFL coming into the season,
Speaker 1: and now they're legitimately three teams from that division that
Speaker 1: can make the playoffs. I know people say that sounds crazy,
Speaker 1: but there might only be one team from the East.
Speaker 1: There might only be one team from the North, even
Speaker 1: though I think there's gonna be multiple teams from I'm sorry,
Speaker 1: from the from the West. Even though I think there's
Speaker 1: gonna be multiple teams from the West, I think we're
Speaker 1: gonna have multiple teams coming out of the South now
Speaker 1: when it comes to the playoffs.
Speaker 2: Yeah, it's funny. These teams are well constructed. I'm surprised
Speaker 2: because I think I've always been late to the party
Speaker 2: with the Saints because it's hard for me to believe
Speaker 2: they have an older defense, that the older defense is
Speaker 2: going to be able to carry it. But the reason
Speaker 2: why the older defense can work is because they now
Speaker 2: would be nursing leads as opposed to having to play
Speaker 2: I would say even Stephen contest, where they're having to
Speaker 2: dominate and create turnovers and all this other stuff. To me,
Speaker 2: this team is built to play from ahead on defense,
Speaker 2: and that offense is so legit they may be able
Speaker 2: to do that the full season. I like Tampa Bay.
Speaker 2: I like what Todd Bowles routinely does with their defense. Look,
Speaker 2: he blitzes all of his answers. Baker Mayfield is playing
Speaker 2: outstanding ball, which should give Carolina Panthers fans or Bryce
Speaker 2: Young fans hope Baker Mayfield was able to resurrect his career.
Speaker 2: Bryce Young can do the same in the right and.
Speaker 1: Doing it Carolina.
Speaker 2: That w never happened, Never happened. He probably should never
Speaker 2: shot up again with the Carolina Panthers based on how
Speaker 2: they dismissed him after only eighteen games. But that's for
Speaker 2: another pod. Yeah, no, just give me on saying so
Speaker 2: I think the Sames are the ones to get it done,
Speaker 2: even though I like what Raheem has at his disposal
Speaker 2: with Atlanta Falcons.
Speaker 1: You know what's intriguing when I look at this division,
Speaker 1: this is probably a great podcast for you and DJ
Speaker 1: to do. Look at the safeties in the NFC South,
Speaker 1: where you've got Winfield, Ty Matthew is freaking playing lights
Speaker 1: out in New Orleans, and then look at the deuce
Speaker 1: package that they've got in Atlanta, and when you watch
Speaker 1: that game, money Night, Jesse Bates is at a whole
Speaker 1: other level in this scheme. So again, I've given you
Speaker 1: an idea for a future podcast. But look at the
Speaker 1: safety play in this division. And how it may impact
Speaker 1: things going down the line. All right, Buck, let's go
Speaker 1: to that NFC West that I was just talking about. Okay,
Speaker 1: your squad, your forever squad. The Seattle Seahawks sitting on
Speaker 1: top two and zero, win a tough one at New England,
Speaker 1: playing early for a West Coast team last week Arizona
Speaker 1: Cardle's one to one Niners one and one, and what's
Speaker 1: left of the Rams at zero and two? Do you
Speaker 1: think and this is a this is actually a great question.
Speaker 1: Do you think Seahawks finished the season on top of
Speaker 1: the West?
Speaker 2: I do. I felt like this the San Francisco forty
Speaker 2: nine ers were gonna suffer from the hangover. So I
Speaker 2: am all in on the Seattle Seahawks. Mike McDonald being
Speaker 2: able to fix the defense that Pete Carroll could not
Speaker 2: get fixed, the offense, being able to really thrid on
Speaker 2: the Ryan Grubb. This team has the pieces in place
Speaker 2: to be a dominant unit. And I would say this,
Speaker 2: there's a level of seriousness that Mike McDonald exhibits. It's
Speaker 2: a little different than its predecessor, but it still looks
Speaker 2: like a fun environment. And so he's kind of mixed
Speaker 2: that delicate balance that you have to have. I'm all in, man.
Speaker 2: I think one he's legit as a coach. To Leslie
Speaker 2: Fraser being there to kind of help you out is
Speaker 2: an underrated move because Leslie Fraser has been a head coach,
Speaker 2: he's been a quality defensive coordinator. He just kind of
Speaker 2: is that. I call it, man, He's the old dude
Speaker 2: in the barbershop that everybody needs to bounce off of.
Speaker 2: Leslie being dead. For Mike McDonald, it'd be a huge
Speaker 2: advantage for the Seahawks as it gets tight down the
Speaker 2: stretch and they need to find a way to win
Speaker 2: those tight games.
Speaker 1: I love that you said that because Mike McDonald hold
Speaker 1: you thirty six? Yeah, I think he took a page
Speaker 1: out of Sean mcvay's pay. But GM, when Sean evay
Speaker 1: took over the Rams at age thirty two, who do
Speaker 1: he hires DC Wade Phillips, right, So he brings in
Speaker 1: a stage he's been a head coach, who's been a coordinator,
Speaker 1: who knows a billion people, has seen everything that football's
Speaker 1: had to offer, and that's what Leslie Fraser brings them.
Speaker 1: Do I think Seattle can win this division? I absolutely do.
Speaker 1: I have been calling their number for months. I think
Speaker 1: they're completely underrated because defensively they're going to be sounded.
Speaker 1: Look at boy MafA, he is killing it right now.
Speaker 1: They got pressure up front. Their secondary not only is
Speaker 1: good in disciplined, they can run. Rake Willins one of
Speaker 1: the fastest dbs in the NFL. Devin Weatherspoon is gonna
Speaker 1: emerge as a defensive Player of the Year candidate, right
Speaker 1: But look what they're doing on offense. Okay, we keep
Speaker 1: on thinking they're a run heavy because of Kenneth Walker
Speaker 1: and Zach Sharpy. They're hitting the big play in the
Speaker 1: passing game. Bucky Gino can throw the deep ball, and
Speaker 1: we saw against the Pages to DK metcalf the Jackson
Speaker 1: Smith and Jig who both went over one hundred. They
Speaker 1: have got explosiveness. So now Ben Grubb comes in and
Speaker 1: they're not they're not. We know, we know, we always
Speaker 1: knew what the Seattle Seahawks identity was before. Offensively, now
Speaker 1: we're not quite sure. They got us guessing mm hm.
Speaker 1: So I love the forty nine ers, I think the
Speaker 1: the most talented team. These injuries. I don't like what's
Speaker 1: happening with some of the injuries that they're having. With
Speaker 1: McCaffrey and Deebo already down. We've seen this happen before.
Speaker 1: But I think Seattle is gonna give the forty nine
Speaker 1: ers all season they can win the division. I still
Speaker 1: think the forty nine Ers end up winning the division.
Speaker 1: But both of these teams are gonna be in the postseason.
Speaker 2: Yeah, No, it's gonna be It's gonna be an interesting thing.
Speaker 2: I love the way this division is shaping out. I
Speaker 2: like how it's going to break down my pick on
Speaker 2: the Seattle see how solid. I kind of feel those
Speaker 2: same vibes that I fell back in twenty eleven, twelve thirty.
Speaker 2: You were calling it back then, Bro, It's kind of
Speaker 2: funny for it to come back around. See man, I
Speaker 2: appreciate you jumping on the pip, and it's always fun
Speaker 2: to kind of reconnect, get your knowledge, your insight. Make
Speaker 2: sure we catch Steve on everything on NFL Network. My
Speaker 2: man is doing it all. Sometimes I see you on
Speaker 2: the road, sometimes I see you in the building with
Speaker 2: Yammer talking about games on Sundays and all that other stuff. Look, man,
Speaker 2: we gotta do this again. We got to bring you on.
Speaker 2: Let's do it.
Speaker 1: But keep on doing your thing. Keep on shining your lights,
Speaker 1: spreading knowledge, and.
Speaker 2: Hit you yeah ags in the building. It should be
Speaker 2: a lot of fun. Missure you guys. Keep on checking
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