1 00:00:05,600 --> 00:00:09,879 Speaker 1: This is Straight Fire with Jason McIntire. 2 00:00:11,080 --> 00:00:14,720 Speaker 2: What is up Straight Fire, fam, It's me Jason McIntyre, 3 00:00:14,840 --> 00:00:19,080 Speaker 2: Straight Boyer for Wednesday, August the sixth. 4 00:00:19,200 --> 00:00:20,840 Speaker 3: We got a fan favorite on the pod today. You 5 00:00:20,840 --> 00:00:23,040 Speaker 3: guys know him and love him. My main man, Ta 6 00:00:23,840 --> 00:00:24,279 Speaker 3: and listen. 7 00:00:24,320 --> 00:00:27,440 Speaker 2: I know everybody's getting geeked about Fantasy Gambling Survivor. We're 8 00:00:27,440 --> 00:00:29,800 Speaker 2: gonna do a lot of that this month to get 9 00:00:29,840 --> 00:00:32,120 Speaker 2: you ready for NFL. There's I mean, there's really not 10 00:00:32,159 --> 00:00:34,400 Speaker 2: a lot of else to talk about. We could talk 11 00:00:34,440 --> 00:00:36,400 Speaker 2: about my Yankees, who were in a bit of a 12 00:00:36,400 --> 00:00:38,520 Speaker 2: free fall. There is panic in New York. 13 00:00:40,120 --> 00:00:41,480 Speaker 3: The Yankees have lost five straight. 14 00:00:41,760 --> 00:00:44,519 Speaker 2: Aaron Judge is hurt, but I'm asking you to take 15 00:00:44,560 --> 00:00:49,040 Speaker 2: a deep breath. There's over forty games left and currently, 16 00:00:49,080 --> 00:00:52,040 Speaker 2: as of right now, the Yankees are still in the 17 00:00:52,080 --> 00:00:56,120 Speaker 2: wild Card. They're sure Texas and Cleveland are breathing down 18 00:00:56,120 --> 00:00:58,040 Speaker 2: their neck and the Royals. 19 00:00:57,680 --> 00:01:00,000 Speaker 3: Are lingering, but the Yanks are gonna be fine. 20 00:01:00,360 --> 00:01:02,800 Speaker 2: You just you know, it is a long season. This 21 00:01:02,880 --> 00:01:06,520 Speaker 2: is a marathon, folks. I cannot get worked up about 22 00:01:06,560 --> 00:01:09,560 Speaker 2: like struggling Yankees in August. Now there's five losses in 23 00:01:09,600 --> 00:01:11,959 Speaker 2: a row, stretches to ten, then you can cat. 24 00:01:11,840 --> 00:01:13,440 Speaker 3: Start to panic. But it's five losses. 25 00:01:13,440 --> 00:01:17,559 Speaker 2: Come on, it's the dog days of August. I thought 26 00:01:17,600 --> 00:01:20,479 Speaker 2: that was one of the more interesting stories that I saw. Obviously, 27 00:01:20,920 --> 00:01:25,480 Speaker 2: there is plenty happening in the NFL. Schauduer Sanders is 28 00:01:25,560 --> 00:01:28,160 Speaker 2: going to start the preseason opener for the Browns. Not 29 00:01:28,200 --> 00:01:30,000 Speaker 2: because he's beat out anybody, but a lot of people 30 00:01:30,040 --> 00:01:31,440 Speaker 2: are hurt. They just on a fifth quarterback. 31 00:01:31,480 --> 00:01:34,880 Speaker 3: It's a little goofy. 32 00:01:35,160 --> 00:01:39,399 Speaker 2: I'm moderately interested in the ESPN acquiring the NFL network. 33 00:01:39,400 --> 00:01:40,080 Speaker 3: In red zone. 34 00:01:40,319 --> 00:01:42,759 Speaker 2: You guys know, I'm a heavy red zone consumer. I mean, 35 00:01:42,880 --> 00:01:46,160 Speaker 2: essentially Sundays for the starting in September, for four months, 36 00:01:46,480 --> 00:01:48,680 Speaker 2: I have red Zone on one TV and the local 37 00:01:48,720 --> 00:01:51,640 Speaker 2: game on the other, and then I find a feed 38 00:01:51,680 --> 00:01:55,040 Speaker 2: for my Jets. So I'm juggling multi but red zone 39 00:01:55,080 --> 00:01:58,000 Speaker 2: is not priority. Like I'm assuming you guys are gambling 40 00:01:58,040 --> 00:02:01,400 Speaker 2: and you're doing fantasy. You need to have red zone. 41 00:02:01,440 --> 00:02:04,000 Speaker 2: It's mandatory. And I know people are like, oh, ESPN's 42 00:02:04,000 --> 00:02:05,360 Speaker 2: gonna find a way to screw it up and all 43 00:02:05,400 --> 00:02:08,280 Speaker 2: this not It's gonna be fine. This is not splitting 44 00:02:08,280 --> 00:02:11,640 Speaker 2: the atom. Hey, here's red zone. ESPN it's yours. 45 00:02:11,680 --> 00:02:13,160 Speaker 3: Just keep it as it is. You don't need to 46 00:02:13,160 --> 00:02:15,920 Speaker 3: tinker with it, and it works fine, right, I don't 47 00:02:15,960 --> 00:02:16,359 Speaker 3: think you need to. 48 00:02:16,480 --> 00:02:19,360 Speaker 2: No Belgian whistles, no sprucing it up, just leave it 49 00:02:19,360 --> 00:02:19,840 Speaker 2: as it is. 50 00:02:21,720 --> 00:02:23,040 Speaker 3: But yeah, otherwise it. 51 00:02:23,080 --> 00:02:27,120 Speaker 2: Things are just slow. That being said, Listen, you guys 52 00:02:27,120 --> 00:02:29,400 Speaker 2: know Ta. He puts out a great free product at 53 00:02:29,480 --> 00:02:32,960 Speaker 2: Cleveanalytics dot com. I've already bet some of the stuff. 54 00:02:32,960 --> 00:02:35,440 Speaker 2: He just posted it last week in. 55 00:02:35,280 --> 00:02:38,280 Speaker 3: Depth as it gets. Guys, this is really good. 56 00:02:38,840 --> 00:02:39,760 Speaker 4: He's good. 57 00:02:40,440 --> 00:02:44,000 Speaker 3: All right, enjoy my main man, Cleve TA. 58 00:02:46,400 --> 00:02:49,000 Speaker 1: You know a guy, Jason likes to think he knows 59 00:02:49,200 --> 00:02:51,200 Speaker 1: everything when it comes to sports. 60 00:02:51,400 --> 00:02:53,079 Speaker 4: I know what sports fans. 61 00:02:52,880 --> 00:02:55,679 Speaker 1: Want, but for everything he doesn't. He knows the guy 62 00:02:55,720 --> 00:02:56,240 Speaker 1: who does. 63 00:02:56,600 --> 00:02:59,480 Speaker 4: Let's just say, I know a guy who knows the 64 00:02:59,520 --> 00:03:01,480 Speaker 4: guy who knows another guy. 65 00:03:01,840 --> 00:03:04,400 Speaker 3: All right, let's welcome him back to the podcast. You 66 00:03:04,560 --> 00:03:08,040 Speaker 3: know the main man, Ta. 67 00:03:08,440 --> 00:03:13,480 Speaker 2: Known as clev TA, known as cleve Analytics is his website. 68 00:03:13,919 --> 00:03:14,639 Speaker 3: Listen, he's good. 69 00:03:14,680 --> 00:03:18,440 Speaker 2: He helped me cash an awesome ticket Eagles over the 70 00:03:18,480 --> 00:03:20,800 Speaker 2: Chiefs in the Super Bowl, I believe a year ago 71 00:03:20,840 --> 00:03:23,200 Speaker 2: at this time, Ta, it's great to have you back, man. 72 00:03:23,240 --> 00:03:24,680 Speaker 3: I owe you a drink next time I see you. 73 00:03:25,720 --> 00:03:28,880 Speaker 4: Well, hey, Jason Good. I appreciate that I probably had 74 00:03:28,880 --> 00:03:33,000 Speaker 4: my worst regular season in about a decade last year, 75 00:03:33,040 --> 00:03:37,960 Speaker 4: but I also had probably by far the best preseason 76 00:03:38,000 --> 00:03:41,200 Speaker 4: predictions and futures. So it was a weird. It's a 77 00:03:41,280 --> 00:03:43,440 Speaker 4: dichotomy there. I mean, not only did I pick Eagles 78 00:03:43,480 --> 00:03:45,840 Speaker 4: over Chiefs, I had you know, Kevin O'Connell Coach of 79 00:03:45,880 --> 00:03:48,560 Speaker 4: the Year. I had a lot of Vikings exposure as 80 00:03:48,560 --> 00:03:50,160 Speaker 4: my sleeper team. I think I was on here last 81 00:03:50,200 --> 00:03:52,720 Speaker 4: year to talk about that, So you know, positives and 82 00:03:52,760 --> 00:03:54,280 Speaker 4: negatives of the season. 83 00:03:54,840 --> 00:03:57,360 Speaker 3: Yeah, Now, listen, lightning does not strike twice. This is 84 00:03:57,400 --> 00:03:57,960 Speaker 3: gonna be tough. 85 00:03:58,000 --> 00:04:01,320 Speaker 2: And I have the fortune of having gone through most 86 00:04:01,320 --> 00:04:03,160 Speaker 2: of your preview yet. I mean again, I'm going through it, 87 00:04:03,600 --> 00:04:07,000 Speaker 2: taking my time and taking notes, but i will just say, 88 00:04:07,080 --> 00:04:10,920 Speaker 2: if you hit your NFC team, I'll be absolutely stunned. 89 00:04:10,920 --> 00:04:13,800 Speaker 2: But I'm not starting with that team. I want to 90 00:04:13,840 --> 00:04:18,080 Speaker 2: start with. So you put your division predictions on your preview, 91 00:04:18,080 --> 00:04:22,920 Speaker 2: which is free for everyone if they go to your Twitter. Okay, Ta, 92 00:04:23,480 --> 00:04:27,240 Speaker 2: I'm stunned how low you are on the San Francisco 93 00:04:27,320 --> 00:04:31,000 Speaker 2: forty nine ers. Obviously you like another team in that division, 94 00:04:31,000 --> 00:04:34,080 Speaker 2: and everybody likes the Rams. Well let's start with the 95 00:04:34,200 --> 00:04:36,799 Speaker 2: Niners because they have, by what so many are calling, 96 00:04:36,839 --> 00:04:38,800 Speaker 2: the easiest schedule in the league. 97 00:04:40,080 --> 00:04:42,240 Speaker 4: Well, I mean, I do have them in the playoffs. 98 00:04:42,279 --> 00:04:44,000 Speaker 4: I have them, I think nine to eight. I'm right 99 00:04:44,000 --> 00:04:45,840 Speaker 4: at that cutoff. It wouldn't surprise me if the won 100 00:04:45,880 --> 00:04:48,280 Speaker 4: ten eleven games, and I think they're win totals right 101 00:04:48,279 --> 00:04:50,960 Speaker 4: at ten, So that doesn't you know, I don't think 102 00:04:50,960 --> 00:04:53,760 Speaker 4: I'm that far off market. I get a little nervous 103 00:04:53,760 --> 00:04:55,760 Speaker 4: because I think their defense, while I do like the 104 00:04:56,240 --> 00:04:59,120 Speaker 4: edition of Robert Sala back in the mix, you know, 105 00:04:59,160 --> 00:05:00,839 Speaker 4: there's a lot of whole on the back end of 106 00:05:00,839 --> 00:05:04,120 Speaker 4: that defense. They lose Halfonga at safety, they lose Shavarious 107 00:05:04,200 --> 00:05:07,680 Speaker 4: Ward at corner. They don't really have a secondary that 108 00:05:07,760 --> 00:05:11,240 Speaker 4: I'm you know, that I have upside with. And then 109 00:05:11,240 --> 00:05:14,320 Speaker 4: they lose Drake Greenlaw at linebackers, so you know, they 110 00:05:14,320 --> 00:05:18,120 Speaker 4: lose Hard Grave defensive tackle. So they do have holes 111 00:05:18,120 --> 00:05:20,200 Speaker 4: back there. So it's not as if they're just gonna 112 00:05:20,480 --> 00:05:22,600 Speaker 4: you know, even with that easy schedule. I do think 113 00:05:22,600 --> 00:05:25,839 Speaker 4: their offense will be fine assuming everyone stays healthy, but 114 00:05:25,839 --> 00:05:28,440 Speaker 4: I think the defense does have some holes. And you know, again, 115 00:05:28,600 --> 00:05:30,640 Speaker 4: it wouldn't shock me if they won ten eleven games. 116 00:05:30,680 --> 00:05:32,360 Speaker 4: I have them at nine and eight. And I think 117 00:05:32,560 --> 00:05:35,559 Speaker 4: I put my prevw together before all this Matthew Stafford news. 118 00:05:36,080 --> 00:05:38,440 Speaker 4: If I had to redo it, I probably would you know, 119 00:05:38,560 --> 00:05:42,720 Speaker 4: flip those and have the Niners, you know higher, I 120 00:05:42,760 --> 00:05:46,599 Speaker 4: mean a game game higher so versus the Rams. But yeah, 121 00:05:46,640 --> 00:05:48,360 Speaker 4: interested together a few weeks ago, so it was a 122 00:05:48,360 --> 00:05:50,760 Speaker 4: little bit too, you know, without hindsight. 123 00:05:51,360 --> 00:05:54,799 Speaker 2: So I guess you seem to think this Stafford stuff 124 00:05:54,920 --> 00:05:57,040 Speaker 2: is legit and and very not good. 125 00:05:57,680 --> 00:05:59,960 Speaker 4: I mean, look, if he was a young quarterback who 126 00:06:00,839 --> 00:06:02,960 Speaker 4: you know didn't have back issues in the past, it 127 00:06:03,040 --> 00:06:05,919 Speaker 4: wasn't thirty seven years old. Yeah maybe I can you know, 128 00:06:05,960 --> 00:06:07,960 Speaker 4: sweep that under the rug. But this is you know, 129 00:06:08,040 --> 00:06:10,400 Speaker 4: even if he plays to start the season, and if 130 00:06:10,400 --> 00:06:12,279 Speaker 4: they say, yeah, I'll be okay, you know, week one. 131 00:06:12,960 --> 00:06:15,520 Speaker 4: From what I've read, I'm not a doctor, but I've 132 00:06:15,560 --> 00:06:18,039 Speaker 4: read some you know, some things out there that you 133 00:06:18,080 --> 00:06:20,240 Speaker 4: know from sports medicine guys that say, look, this is 134 00:06:20,279 --> 00:06:22,960 Speaker 4: gonna be something that probably lingers throughout the year and 135 00:06:23,000 --> 00:06:25,599 Speaker 4: there's a high reinjury risk. So even if he can, 136 00:06:25,760 --> 00:06:27,400 Speaker 4: you know, even if he does start the season and 137 00:06:27,640 --> 00:06:30,560 Speaker 4: everything's okay, you know, one hit and you know he 138 00:06:30,560 --> 00:06:32,559 Speaker 4: could be out a week or two or a month. 139 00:06:32,600 --> 00:06:34,480 Speaker 4: You know, it's it's one of those where I think 140 00:06:34,520 --> 00:06:36,400 Speaker 4: he's gonna consistently I have to get shot up with 141 00:06:36,560 --> 00:06:39,160 Speaker 4: my understanding. And you know that's dangerous that you're you're 142 00:06:39,160 --> 00:06:41,680 Speaker 4: thirty seven years old. It's not as if you know 143 00:06:41,720 --> 00:06:43,919 Speaker 4: he's a spry young guy, and you know that that 144 00:06:44,080 --> 00:06:47,600 Speaker 4: adds risk to the profile. So you know, I do 145 00:06:47,640 --> 00:06:48,520 Speaker 4: think there's risks there. 146 00:06:49,080 --> 00:06:52,440 Speaker 2: So we're recording this Tuesday afternoon, and the news just 147 00:06:52,560 --> 00:06:58,359 Speaker 2: broke that your Cleveland Browns will be starting Shoulder Sanders 148 00:06:58,400 --> 00:07:01,880 Speaker 2: in the preseason open. That's a surprise to me since 149 00:07:01,880 --> 00:07:03,560 Speaker 2: it seemed like he was third or fourth on the 150 00:07:03,560 --> 00:07:08,279 Speaker 2: depth chart. But pickets hurt, Gabriel's hurt. I know you're 151 00:07:08,320 --> 00:07:10,680 Speaker 2: deep into the weeds of the Browns. I see all 152 00:07:10,720 --> 00:07:13,280 Speaker 2: your tweets about like the secondary and the special teams 153 00:07:13,280 --> 00:07:16,239 Speaker 2: and crap your thoughts on shit do or getting to start. 154 00:07:17,320 --> 00:07:20,840 Speaker 4: Yeah, I think that's a combination of Picketts hurt, so 155 00:07:20,880 --> 00:07:23,600 Speaker 4: he's not gonna play. Dylan Gabriel is also hurt, so 156 00:07:23,640 --> 00:07:26,640 Speaker 4: he's not gonna play, and you know, with Joe Flacco, 157 00:07:27,040 --> 00:07:29,720 Speaker 4: I don't think. I think right now he's the presumed starter, 158 00:07:29,840 --> 00:07:32,080 Speaker 4: and you know, he's a veteran, he doesn't need to play, 159 00:07:32,640 --> 00:07:34,400 Speaker 4: and I think the team is being cautious. They don't 160 00:07:34,440 --> 00:07:36,200 Speaker 4: want they don't want to throw him out there too 161 00:07:36,240 --> 00:07:39,600 Speaker 4: and risk injury and really be left with nobody. So yeah, 162 00:07:39,640 --> 00:07:41,760 Speaker 4: I mean that they signed Tyler Huntley to be the backup. 163 00:07:41,800 --> 00:07:44,240 Speaker 4: So I think it's gonna be Shador Sanders for you know, 164 00:07:44,400 --> 00:07:46,440 Speaker 4: for much for at least a couple of quarters, and 165 00:07:46,480 --> 00:07:49,200 Speaker 4: then you know, Tyler Huntley maybe to to mop things 166 00:07:49,240 --> 00:07:51,200 Speaker 4: up in the fourth quarter. I think that this is 167 00:07:51,240 --> 00:07:54,000 Speaker 4: the right move, Like you have to see something out 168 00:07:54,000 --> 00:07:56,680 Speaker 4: of the rookie, and they treat you know, the Browns 169 00:07:56,680 --> 00:08:00,600 Speaker 4: and many other teams treat the you know, the these scrimmages, 170 00:08:01,640 --> 00:08:06,600 Speaker 4: more joint practices, much higher than they value preseason games. 171 00:08:06,720 --> 00:08:09,880 Speaker 4: They like to put them in specific situations. And so 172 00:08:10,200 --> 00:08:12,200 Speaker 4: I don't think there's that much to read into it 173 00:08:12,240 --> 00:08:14,200 Speaker 4: other than they just don't have any bodies left and 174 00:08:14,520 --> 00:08:16,840 Speaker 4: you know, they don't really care about the preseason as much, 175 00:08:17,120 --> 00:08:18,720 Speaker 4: so you know, why not throw him out there and 176 00:08:18,720 --> 00:08:21,000 Speaker 4: see what he can do. I don't mind him. Mean, 177 00:08:21,040 --> 00:08:23,080 Speaker 4: it's it's definitely gonna make me want to tune in, 178 00:08:23,240 --> 00:08:25,160 Speaker 4: so I'd like to see what he can do. 179 00:08:25,320 --> 00:08:27,000 Speaker 2: Are you of the beliefs that the Browns are going 180 00:08:27,040 --> 00:08:28,560 Speaker 2: to be the worst team in the league this year? 181 00:08:29,480 --> 00:08:33,680 Speaker 4: So I think from a record perspective, they could. I 182 00:08:33,679 --> 00:08:35,200 Speaker 4: don't think they're the worst team. I think there's too 183 00:08:35,280 --> 00:08:38,080 Speaker 4: much talent on defense. This is the top to me, 184 00:08:38,240 --> 00:08:40,800 Speaker 4: is the top twelve to fifteen defense. They got plenty 185 00:08:40,800 --> 00:08:44,360 Speaker 4: of talent. The offensive line is solid. You know, they've 186 00:08:44,360 --> 00:08:46,800 Speaker 4: got Jerry, Judy, David and Joku like they actually have 187 00:08:46,880 --> 00:08:49,520 Speaker 4: some guys. It's just the quarterback situation is such a 188 00:08:49,559 --> 00:08:52,360 Speaker 4: mess and they have no run game right now to 189 00:08:52,400 --> 00:08:55,120 Speaker 4: speak of without Chubb and you know he's gone, and 190 00:08:55,720 --> 00:08:59,320 Speaker 4: you know the Judkins situation, and it's honestly, it's the schedule, 191 00:08:59,480 --> 00:09:01,679 Speaker 4: Like the especially the first half of the year is 192 00:09:01,760 --> 00:09:06,200 Speaker 4: absolutely brutal. Like they're gonna be huge underdogs for you know, 193 00:09:06,280 --> 00:09:08,640 Speaker 4: pretty much every game in the first six seven weeks. 194 00:09:08,640 --> 00:09:11,520 Speaker 4: So you know, that's that's what's making you know, making 195 00:09:11,559 --> 00:09:14,560 Speaker 4: things difficult. And you know, honestly, once this team is 196 00:09:14,559 --> 00:09:16,880 Speaker 4: completely out of it and they start throwing in the 197 00:09:16,960 --> 00:09:19,440 Speaker 4: rookies to start. They're gonna probably you know, start week 198 00:09:19,520 --> 00:09:22,880 Speaker 4: six seven, and that timeframe was my guess, and maybe 199 00:09:22,880 --> 00:09:25,120 Speaker 4: they play both for a handful of games. I'm not sure. 200 00:09:25,480 --> 00:09:27,920 Speaker 4: Like once you get to the you know, week twelve thirteen, 201 00:09:28,040 --> 00:09:29,920 Speaker 4: this team is going to be, you know, racing towards 202 00:09:29,920 --> 00:09:32,280 Speaker 4: the bottom. And yeah, they're going to probably try to 203 00:09:32,280 --> 00:09:35,400 Speaker 4: put guys out there that aren't gonna help them win. So, 204 00:09:36,000 --> 00:09:37,800 Speaker 4: you know, if you're looking at the win total, I 205 00:09:37,800 --> 00:09:39,400 Speaker 4: don't think they're the worst team, you know, from a 206 00:09:39,440 --> 00:09:41,920 Speaker 4: talent perspective and from a coaching perspective. It's just the 207 00:09:42,000 --> 00:09:45,000 Speaker 4: schedule is so brutal, especially early, and the fact that 208 00:09:45,000 --> 00:09:46,880 Speaker 4: there's going to be incentive to tank towards the end 209 00:09:46,920 --> 00:09:48,600 Speaker 4: of the year. So that that's what would make me 210 00:09:48,760 --> 00:09:51,680 Speaker 4: think that they're you know, probably among the bottom three. 211 00:09:51,760 --> 00:09:54,480 Speaker 2: So that's that's the weird part. So Stefanski, I think 212 00:09:54,480 --> 00:09:57,600 Speaker 2: everybody agrees, excellent coach. But what happens if they win 213 00:09:57,720 --> 00:10:00,360 Speaker 2: like three or four games and I know the would 214 00:10:00,360 --> 00:10:03,120 Speaker 2: pick an arch Manny, do you think Stefanski would return? 215 00:10:04,440 --> 00:10:04,680 Speaker 4: Do you? 216 00:10:04,720 --> 00:10:06,960 Speaker 2: I mean, does the front office love him, the owner 217 00:10:07,000 --> 00:10:09,640 Speaker 2: step in, does arch Manning have a say, I mean, 218 00:10:09,960 --> 00:10:10,600 Speaker 2: that's getting crazy. 219 00:10:10,760 --> 00:10:12,600 Speaker 4: I mean, look, the guy's won Coach of the Year twice, 220 00:10:12,640 --> 00:10:15,920 Speaker 4: so he clearly has some some equity built up. I 221 00:10:15,920 --> 00:10:18,360 Speaker 4: think Jimmy Haslan, the owner, came out last week, he 222 00:10:18,440 --> 00:10:20,880 Speaker 4: had a press conference, and he, you know, said he 223 00:10:20,920 --> 00:10:23,360 Speaker 4: wants to see the young guys. That's it's very important 224 00:10:23,640 --> 00:10:25,800 Speaker 4: to see the quarterbacks, the young quarterbacks and see if 225 00:10:25,800 --> 00:10:28,840 Speaker 4: they have something there. I think as long as you know, 226 00:10:28,880 --> 00:10:31,160 Speaker 4: they show some progress, I think, you know, as long 227 00:10:31,160 --> 00:10:33,040 Speaker 4: as they're not getting you know, losing by thirty points 228 00:10:33,040 --> 00:10:36,000 Speaker 4: every game and it's just a complete embarrassment. I do 229 00:10:36,080 --> 00:10:37,800 Speaker 4: think that, you know, he has a shot to stay. 230 00:10:37,920 --> 00:10:40,360 Speaker 4: I'm not sure about Andrew Berry the GM. You know, 231 00:10:40,440 --> 00:10:42,960 Speaker 4: he's highly regarded in the league, even though he hasn't 232 00:10:43,040 --> 00:10:45,840 Speaker 4: drafted well. And you know, the team is struggling right 233 00:10:45,840 --> 00:10:47,920 Speaker 4: now after the Shawn Watson trade. You know, they have 234 00:10:48,000 --> 00:10:50,000 Speaker 4: made the playoffs a couple of times. It's not like 235 00:10:50,080 --> 00:10:52,120 Speaker 4: this team has been a complete zero for the last 236 00:10:52,360 --> 00:10:54,760 Speaker 4: five six years. You know, they have had some success, 237 00:10:54,800 --> 00:10:58,240 Speaker 4: So you know, that's it's a question mark. Honestly, it's 238 00:10:58,280 --> 00:11:01,480 Speaker 4: hard to imagine, but I do think both have enough 239 00:11:01,480 --> 00:11:04,320 Speaker 4: equity that as long as you know they're in line 240 00:11:04,400 --> 00:11:07,560 Speaker 4: with the GM or with the owner, I do think 241 00:11:07,600 --> 00:11:09,520 Speaker 4: that you know, at least one of them has a 242 00:11:09,559 --> 00:11:10,160 Speaker 4: chance to stay. 243 00:11:11,200 --> 00:11:13,439 Speaker 2: It's interesting because when you look at you say he 244 00:11:13,480 --> 00:11:15,600 Speaker 2: hasn't drafted, well, I instantly call up the draft history. 245 00:11:16,000 --> 00:11:18,600 Speaker 2: A lot of the draft capital went into the Watson deal, 246 00:11:18,640 --> 00:11:22,079 Speaker 2: which by all accounts the owner wanted. But you're right, 247 00:11:22,120 --> 00:11:24,000 Speaker 2: even guys, I mean, they haven't had a first This 248 00:11:24,120 --> 00:11:27,439 Speaker 2: is their first first round pick in years since Greg 249 00:11:27,520 --> 00:11:32,000 Speaker 2: Newsom in twenty one. Newsome kind of a bust. Yeah, 250 00:11:32,000 --> 00:11:34,360 Speaker 2: I think this is almost as bad of a team 251 00:11:34,360 --> 00:11:35,000 Speaker 2: as the Saints. 252 00:11:35,040 --> 00:11:38,080 Speaker 4: Probably right. I mean if you if you switched spots 253 00:11:38,080 --> 00:11:40,600 Speaker 4: and had the Browns playing in the NFC South and 254 00:11:40,679 --> 00:11:42,959 Speaker 4: you had the Saints in the AFC North, I don't 255 00:11:42,960 --> 00:11:46,000 Speaker 4: think the Saints honestly could win two games, three games 256 00:11:46,000 --> 00:11:48,640 Speaker 4: with that, that's fair. I do think the Browns, you know, 257 00:11:48,880 --> 00:11:51,960 Speaker 4: the Browns played you know, Carolina at home. It is 258 00:11:52,000 --> 00:11:53,920 Speaker 4: probably you know, close to a pick on. It's not 259 00:11:54,000 --> 00:11:56,880 Speaker 4: like they're a big underdollars like, I do think that 260 00:11:56,920 --> 00:11:59,760 Speaker 4: the schedules do matter. The Browns that have a top 261 00:12:00,040 --> 00:12:02,000 Speaker 4: one of the five toughest schedules, and it's in the 262 00:12:02,040 --> 00:12:04,080 Speaker 4: front end. It's the toughest schedule in the league. And 263 00:12:04,080 --> 00:12:06,120 Speaker 4: I wrote about it in my preview. I'm not sure 264 00:12:06,120 --> 00:12:08,800 Speaker 4: if you got to that part yet, but I hit 265 00:12:08,840 --> 00:12:11,480 Speaker 4: on a couple scheduling spots that, you know, something to circle. 266 00:12:12,040 --> 00:12:15,199 Speaker 4: You know, they're when they go to Detroit, I think 267 00:12:15,320 --> 00:12:17,160 Speaker 4: is a week four. They go on the road to Detroit, 268 00:12:17,200 --> 00:12:20,199 Speaker 4: obviously really tough team to play, a team that will 269 00:12:20,240 --> 00:12:23,280 Speaker 4: beat you up. Then they got to travel directly from 270 00:12:23,320 --> 00:12:26,560 Speaker 4: Detroit and fly overseas to London and play a good 271 00:12:26,640 --> 00:12:29,200 Speaker 4: Minnesota team who a Minnesota team that would be on 272 00:12:29,240 --> 00:12:31,880 Speaker 4: the back back to the back of European trips, so 273 00:12:31,880 --> 00:12:34,320 Speaker 4: their bodies is going to be adjusted. And we've seen 274 00:12:34,320 --> 00:12:36,680 Speaker 4: the Jags the last couple of years play well on 275 00:12:36,720 --> 00:12:39,480 Speaker 4: that second leg and have a big advantage, so that's 276 00:12:39,520 --> 00:12:42,679 Speaker 4: a tough spot. Then they immediately fly home, no buy, 277 00:12:43,200 --> 00:12:45,599 Speaker 4: and they go to Pittsburgh, who's coming off of a 278 00:12:45,679 --> 00:12:48,120 Speaker 4: bye themselves. It's the first time in my database, and 279 00:12:48,160 --> 00:12:50,440 Speaker 4: I could be wrong and someone could correct me. No 280 00:12:50,480 --> 00:12:53,440 Speaker 4: one has yet the first time that I believe a 281 00:12:53,480 --> 00:12:55,680 Speaker 4: team will be you know, coming off of a London 282 00:12:55,720 --> 00:12:59,160 Speaker 4: trip I uh, you know, no buy and playing another 283 00:12:59,200 --> 00:13:01,720 Speaker 4: team with a buy. It's the first time I can 284 00:13:01,800 --> 00:13:04,560 Speaker 4: I can find it in my database. So you know, 285 00:13:04,640 --> 00:13:06,640 Speaker 4: that is as brutal wal stretch as you're You're going 286 00:13:06,720 --> 00:13:08,960 Speaker 4: to get three tough teams and then it's all, you know, 287 00:13:09,040 --> 00:13:12,240 Speaker 4: essentially three straight weeks of traveling, you know, with a 288 00:13:12,320 --> 00:13:15,600 Speaker 4: London trip in between. So it's just such a hard spot. 289 00:13:15,880 --> 00:13:18,720 Speaker 4: I just think it's more about the schedule, the division 290 00:13:19,440 --> 00:13:21,839 Speaker 4: than it is just pure you know, talent and the roster, 291 00:13:21,920 --> 00:13:24,040 Speaker 4: because I don't think it's as bad as those Saints, 292 00:13:24,080 --> 00:13:26,720 Speaker 4: but you know, it's tough. I think the Jets honestly 293 00:13:26,720 --> 00:13:28,959 Speaker 4: could be the Jets and Giants are worse than both. 294 00:13:29,280 --> 00:13:29,760 Speaker 1: That's great. 295 00:13:30,280 --> 00:13:32,080 Speaker 3: Give me Arts Manning. I'll take him at a heartbeat 296 00:13:32,280 --> 00:13:32,720 Speaker 3: that minute. 297 00:13:32,720 --> 00:13:36,160 Speaker 2: Cleveland at Minnesota, well, Cleveland versus Minnesota in London, I'm 298 00:13:36,200 --> 00:13:38,800 Speaker 2: sure the Vikings are going to start out pretty good. 299 00:13:38,840 --> 00:13:40,440 Speaker 2: I'm guessing that the spread there is going to be 300 00:13:40,600 --> 00:13:42,160 Speaker 2: seven and a half or higher. I don't even know 301 00:13:42,200 --> 00:13:45,480 Speaker 2: who's gonna be starting for your Browns, my guess. 302 00:13:45,679 --> 00:13:47,200 Speaker 4: So if you would have told, if you would have 303 00:13:47,200 --> 00:13:48,960 Speaker 4: asked me a week or two ago before the picket 304 00:13:48,960 --> 00:13:51,600 Speaker 4: and injury. I would have thought Kenny Pickett. I would 305 00:13:51,600 --> 00:13:53,280 Speaker 4: have put my money on Picket. And the reason is 306 00:13:53,280 --> 00:13:55,920 Speaker 4: most would say Flaco. They know who Joe Flacco is. 307 00:13:55,920 --> 00:13:58,839 Speaker 4: He's forty years old. There's zero upside. They signed him 308 00:13:58,880 --> 00:14:01,520 Speaker 4: for for peanut, Yeah, and they signed him late in 309 00:14:01,559 --> 00:14:05,080 Speaker 4: the process. They traded a fifth round pick for Kenny Pickett, 310 00:14:05,160 --> 00:14:08,880 Speaker 4: like they actually like him, and I think people will laugh. 311 00:14:09,320 --> 00:14:12,280 Speaker 4: You know, we've seen the success of these retreads with 312 00:14:12,360 --> 00:14:14,720 Speaker 4: good pedigree, you know, high draft pedigree likes you know, 313 00:14:14,800 --> 00:14:18,240 Speaker 4: Sam Darnold and Baker Mayfield and even Gino Smith when 314 00:14:18,280 --> 00:14:21,800 Speaker 4: he went from the Giants to Seattle a few years ago. 315 00:14:21,920 --> 00:14:24,960 Speaker 4: Nobody suspected Gino Smith would turn around his career when he, 316 00:14:25,040 --> 00:14:27,920 Speaker 4: you know, in his thirties. After that start, I think 317 00:14:27,920 --> 00:14:29,880 Speaker 4: they're like, look, let's just toss a late round pick. 318 00:14:29,960 --> 00:14:32,760 Speaker 4: Let's you know, this is a bridge year. He doesn't 319 00:14:32,760 --> 00:14:34,680 Speaker 4: turn it over. That's the one thing. You're coming off 320 00:14:34,680 --> 00:14:37,320 Speaker 4: a year where he had Jamis Winston, you know, just 321 00:14:37,320 --> 00:14:41,040 Speaker 4: a turnover machine and with a good defense. They probably thought, look, 322 00:14:41,080 --> 00:14:43,080 Speaker 4: we got a guy who can at least protect the ball, 323 00:14:43,400 --> 00:14:46,400 Speaker 4: you know, make smart decisions. He's mobile. I mean two. 324 00:14:46,560 --> 00:14:48,640 Speaker 4: Just a couple of years ago, he was leading the 325 00:14:49,160 --> 00:14:51,120 Speaker 4: Steelers to the playoffs. I know his a little you know, 326 00:14:51,120 --> 00:14:53,160 Speaker 4: smoke and mirrors, but he had a terrible offensive you know, 327 00:14:53,240 --> 00:14:56,760 Speaker 4: coordinator in Matt Canada. They I thought that they were 328 00:14:56,760 --> 00:14:59,120 Speaker 4: going to let him kind of start the year. See 329 00:14:59,120 --> 00:15:01,560 Speaker 4: what they have. Maybe the lucky maybe maybe the five 330 00:15:01,560 --> 00:15:04,200 Speaker 4: to ten percent chance of him being a quality NFL starter, 331 00:15:04,640 --> 00:15:06,600 Speaker 4: you know, could hit like like some of those retrides. 332 00:15:07,280 --> 00:15:09,520 Speaker 4: There's no upside to Flacco, Like what, you're not making 333 00:15:09,560 --> 00:15:12,240 Speaker 4: the playoffs, You're there's no future with him. He's you know, 334 00:15:12,240 --> 00:15:14,640 Speaker 4: it's forty years old. So what's the point of starting Flacco. 335 00:15:14,720 --> 00:15:17,200 Speaker 4: I think they signed him just as an emergency protection 336 00:15:17,920 --> 00:15:20,720 Speaker 4: for things like injuries or just complete disaster. So I 337 00:15:20,760 --> 00:15:22,640 Speaker 4: want to said Picket. The problem is he got hurt. 338 00:15:22,960 --> 00:15:25,320 Speaker 4: Is there enough time for him to recover and start. 339 00:15:26,000 --> 00:15:28,560 Speaker 4: I think it's possible, But I think right now it's 340 00:15:28,600 --> 00:15:31,360 Speaker 4: it's gonna be either Flacco Picket for six weeks until 341 00:15:31,360 --> 00:15:34,160 Speaker 4: they get you know, after that Steelers game that I 342 00:15:34,200 --> 00:15:36,880 Speaker 4: talked about, and then I think one of the rookies 343 00:15:36,920 --> 00:15:38,760 Speaker 4: will start against Miami the following week. 344 00:15:39,480 --> 00:15:42,400 Speaker 1: Fox Sports Radio has the best sports talk lineup in 345 00:15:42,440 --> 00:15:45,800 Speaker 1: the nation. Catch all of our shows at Foxsports Radio 346 00:15:45,920 --> 00:15:50,040 Speaker 1: dot com and within the iHeartRadio app. Search FSR to 347 00:15:50,120 --> 00:15:50,800 Speaker 1: listen live. 348 00:15:51,440 --> 00:15:53,600 Speaker 2: All right, let's get to the team you are really 349 00:15:53,680 --> 00:15:58,600 Speaker 2: high on, and that is the Green Bay Packers, folks. 350 00:15:58,640 --> 00:16:02,760 Speaker 2: I was stunned when you know you're AFC team for 351 00:16:02,800 --> 00:16:04,920 Speaker 2: the Super Bowl. Not a major surprise of people, but 352 00:16:04,960 --> 00:16:07,680 Speaker 2: the NFC team, the Packers, surprised me. Now, your logic 353 00:16:07,760 --> 00:16:13,320 Speaker 2: is sound. That division is just so hard, man, I'm 354 00:16:13,600 --> 00:16:16,240 Speaker 2: I'm floored. Were you surprise that you landed on the Packers? 355 00:16:16,920 --> 00:16:19,000 Speaker 4: Well, so, I'll be honest, people asked me about my 356 00:16:19,120 --> 00:16:21,920 Speaker 4: NFC pick. I think you can go. There's honestly six 357 00:16:22,000 --> 00:16:24,280 Speaker 4: seven teams you could pick, and I wouldn't, you know, 358 00:16:25,240 --> 00:16:28,400 Speaker 4: bat an eye. I think we've seen it. Like every 359 00:16:28,480 --> 00:16:30,960 Speaker 4: year there's a new team that rises up. It's not 360 00:16:31,080 --> 00:16:33,000 Speaker 4: like with the Chiefs. It's not like the AC. We 361 00:16:33,080 --> 00:16:36,240 Speaker 4: have the Chiefs, Bills and Ravens that are just head 362 00:16:36,240 --> 00:16:38,880 Speaker 4: and shoulders above everybody else. And you know, it's one 363 00:16:38,920 --> 00:16:41,120 Speaker 4: of those teams. You know, the NFC is kind of 364 00:16:41,120 --> 00:16:44,680 Speaker 4: wide open. So I like the Packers. I didn't, I'll 365 00:16:44,720 --> 00:16:47,520 Speaker 4: be honest, Going into kind of putting this stuff together 366 00:16:47,560 --> 00:16:50,200 Speaker 4: and digging into my research. I didn't expect to land 367 00:16:50,240 --> 00:16:52,560 Speaker 4: on the on the Packers, but I think there's a 368 00:16:52,600 --> 00:16:55,200 Speaker 4: lot of question marks with everybody else in that division. 369 00:16:55,280 --> 00:16:57,640 Speaker 4: I'm not as high. I mean, I love Minnesota. Last 370 00:16:57,720 --> 00:16:59,840 Speaker 4: year I told you like I swim from the rooftops. 371 00:17:00,200 --> 00:17:02,520 Speaker 4: You know, there's question marks there with JJ McCarthy and 372 00:17:02,840 --> 00:17:05,080 Speaker 4: you know, much tougher schedule, and now teams are going 373 00:17:05,119 --> 00:17:07,320 Speaker 4: to be ready for the for Minnesota versus last year. 374 00:17:07,400 --> 00:17:09,520 Speaker 4: You got the Bearers, who I'm really low on. I 375 00:17:09,520 --> 00:17:11,960 Speaker 4: don't I don't understand why. I know, Ben Johnson, I 376 00:17:11,960 --> 00:17:16,320 Speaker 4: don't think they did enough to really make that a 377 00:17:16,400 --> 00:17:18,800 Speaker 4: playoff level team. They got really one of the toughest 378 00:17:18,840 --> 00:17:21,560 Speaker 4: schedules in the NFL. And then the Lions, I think 379 00:17:21,560 --> 00:17:22,919 Speaker 4: we're going to take a step back. They're still going 380 00:17:22,960 --> 00:17:25,119 Speaker 4: to be good, but they don't play as many games 381 00:17:25,119 --> 00:17:26,639 Speaker 4: in the Dome like they did last year. And then 382 00:17:26,640 --> 00:17:30,040 Speaker 4: obviously we know between the coordinators in the offensive line issues. 383 00:17:30,080 --> 00:17:34,240 Speaker 4: So the Packers to me, don't have many weaknesses like 384 00:17:34,280 --> 00:17:37,280 Speaker 4: you can't sit here in point to like oh glaring 385 00:17:37,359 --> 00:17:40,080 Speaker 4: holes on this roster. They have a solid roster. They 386 00:17:40,080 --> 00:17:43,240 Speaker 4: added back you Golden at receiver. You know, they didn't 387 00:17:43,240 --> 00:17:44,840 Speaker 4: have a receiver step up last year to be their 388 00:17:44,920 --> 00:17:46,960 Speaker 4: number one. But I think Golden has a chance to 389 00:17:47,720 --> 00:17:50,159 Speaker 4: really be, you know, that outside weapon that they were 390 00:17:50,160 --> 00:17:52,840 Speaker 4: missing with Watson, who's been hurt a lot the last 391 00:17:52,880 --> 00:17:54,879 Speaker 4: couple of years. You know, they got a really good 392 00:17:54,960 --> 00:17:58,119 Speaker 4: run game in Josh Jacobs. They've got one of the 393 00:17:58,119 --> 00:18:01,560 Speaker 4: better offensive lines in the league, tight ends, really good 394 00:18:01,560 --> 00:18:04,640 Speaker 4: coaching staff. We know Matt Laflora can take anybody at quarterback. 395 00:18:04,680 --> 00:18:06,679 Speaker 4: We saw that in the Lake Lellis last year and 396 00:18:06,760 --> 00:18:09,760 Speaker 4: win games. And so when when I dug into Jordan Love, 397 00:18:09,760 --> 00:18:11,400 Speaker 4: because I think that's going to be your follow up. 398 00:18:11,960 --> 00:18:14,840 Speaker 4: You know, from the surface level, you would have thought, oh, 399 00:18:14,880 --> 00:18:16,720 Speaker 4: you know, his numbers were down from the year ago. 400 00:18:16,800 --> 00:18:19,040 Speaker 4: He wasn't the same guy as he was two years ago. 401 00:18:19,040 --> 00:18:21,040 Speaker 4: Everybody hyped him up to be the next Pie Things. 402 00:18:22,200 --> 00:18:24,000 Speaker 4: You know, when I dug into the numbers, he faced 403 00:18:24,040 --> 00:18:27,320 Speaker 4: the single toughest schedule of opposing pass defenses in the 404 00:18:27,440 --> 00:18:31,199 Speaker 4: NFL last year. Okay, a really tough schedule. He had 405 00:18:31,960 --> 00:18:34,479 Speaker 4: got hurt in that opener against the Eagles right in Brazil. 406 00:18:35,040 --> 00:18:36,840 Speaker 4: He was at the hamstring and then he hurt his 407 00:18:36,920 --> 00:18:38,919 Speaker 4: knee later in the year, so he had multiple injuries. 408 00:18:38,960 --> 00:18:42,600 Speaker 4: He was dealing with. His receivers did him no favors. 409 00:18:42,640 --> 00:18:45,560 Speaker 4: Not only was Watson hurt a lot, but they dropped 410 00:18:45,560 --> 00:18:48,200 Speaker 4: balls at the fifth highest rate in the NFL for 411 00:18:49,160 --> 00:18:51,240 Speaker 4: you know, drop percentage, you know, So he had a 412 00:18:51,240 --> 00:18:53,560 Speaker 4: lot of things go against him, and he still had 413 00:18:53,560 --> 00:18:56,160 Speaker 4: a pretty good year. And I, you know, I look 414 00:18:56,240 --> 00:18:58,240 Speaker 4: at you know, I look at EPA, which is one 415 00:18:58,240 --> 00:19:00,400 Speaker 4: of those advanced metrics that you know, start the game 416 00:19:00,480 --> 00:19:03,960 Speaker 4: ground in kind of mainstream media in terms of how 417 00:19:04,000 --> 00:19:06,879 Speaker 4: did how do quarterbacks perform against their schedule? Now I 418 00:19:06,920 --> 00:19:10,600 Speaker 4: don't just look at raw numbers. I look at, you know, comparatively, 419 00:19:10,720 --> 00:19:14,040 Speaker 4: So how did Jordan Love do against the defenses that 420 00:19:14,080 --> 00:19:15,520 Speaker 4: he faced? And again I said, it was the toughest 421 00:19:15,560 --> 00:19:18,480 Speaker 4: set of defenses in the NFL versus all of the 422 00:19:18,600 --> 00:19:22,879 Speaker 4: quarterbacks against those same same defenses. And I do that 423 00:19:22,920 --> 00:19:24,720 Speaker 4: with every single quarterback in the league to kind of 424 00:19:24,720 --> 00:19:27,200 Speaker 4: get an apples to apples comparison. He's the only quarterback 425 00:19:27,240 --> 00:19:32,480 Speaker 4: that did not generate a bottom thirtieth percentile performance in 426 00:19:32,560 --> 00:19:37,399 Speaker 4: any single game against an opposing defense, meaning like he was. 427 00:19:38,080 --> 00:19:40,280 Speaker 4: He had a high floor in all of those games, 428 00:19:40,280 --> 00:19:43,080 Speaker 4: Like he never was a disaster. And if he had 429 00:19:43,080 --> 00:19:45,119 Speaker 4: a poor performance, it's against you know, one of the 430 00:19:45,119 --> 00:19:47,600 Speaker 4: better defenses in the NFL, who also made a lot 431 00:19:47,600 --> 00:19:50,439 Speaker 4: of other quarterbacks look poor. So you know, he had 432 00:19:50,480 --> 00:19:52,679 Speaker 4: a really high floor. I thought his consistency with solid. 433 00:19:52,680 --> 00:19:54,680 Speaker 4: He had a really nice stretch to end the year. 434 00:19:54,960 --> 00:19:56,840 Speaker 4: He was print playing pretty well. And I just think 435 00:19:56,880 --> 00:19:59,359 Speaker 4: between you know, a couple of those nagging injuries, you know, 436 00:19:59,400 --> 00:20:02,240 Speaker 4: the receivers not doing any favors, and then you know, 437 00:20:02,680 --> 00:20:05,000 Speaker 4: facing a tough schedule, and he did have a couple 438 00:20:05,080 --> 00:20:07,000 Speaker 4: of really tough weather games too, if I remember, you know, 439 00:20:07,040 --> 00:20:10,439 Speaker 4: he played in uh in that driving rainstorm against the 440 00:20:10,520 --> 00:20:12,720 Speaker 4: Lions at home, you know, and he was coming off 441 00:20:12,760 --> 00:20:15,920 Speaker 4: of an injury on that one he faced Miami, and 442 00:20:15,920 --> 00:20:18,040 Speaker 4: when it was freezing cold on Thanksgiving night against San 443 00:20:18,040 --> 00:20:21,280 Speaker 4: Francisco when it was really uh, you know, bad weather. 444 00:20:21,359 --> 00:20:23,600 Speaker 4: So it's not like he had perfect conditions. So all 445 00:20:23,640 --> 00:20:25,720 Speaker 4: in all, long story short, I think he's got good coaching, 446 00:20:25,760 --> 00:20:29,399 Speaker 4: he's got good weapons, gets everybody back, adds Matthew Golden, 447 00:20:30,640 --> 00:20:32,760 Speaker 4: And I think that the hopefully I mean I doubt 448 00:20:32,760 --> 00:20:35,280 Speaker 4: he's going to face the toughest schedule of defense pass 449 00:20:35,320 --> 00:20:38,080 Speaker 4: defenses again this year. So you know, anyway, like I said, 450 00:20:38,080 --> 00:20:40,040 Speaker 4: I think you could drop five, six, seven names and 451 00:20:40,040 --> 00:20:42,800 Speaker 4: a hat from a from an NFC standpoint and be 452 00:20:42,840 --> 00:20:44,840 Speaker 4: okay with that pick. And to me, it's just, you know, 453 00:20:45,119 --> 00:20:47,560 Speaker 4: kind of spun the wheel and I landed on the Packers. 454 00:20:47,560 --> 00:20:49,480 Speaker 3: For me, Now another team you like NFC. 455 00:20:49,560 --> 00:20:52,520 Speaker 2: You have Falcons over the Bucks, good bet for their 456 00:20:52,640 --> 00:20:56,320 Speaker 2: win total over possibly division all that stuff. I have 457 00:20:56,520 --> 00:20:59,600 Speaker 2: liked the Falcons a lot, but I'm seeing like real 458 00:20:59,720 --> 00:21:02,360 Speaker 2: ex from you regarding Pennix and Drake London. 459 00:21:03,080 --> 00:21:04,600 Speaker 3: We got a lot of fantasy listeners. 460 00:21:04,880 --> 00:21:07,280 Speaker 2: It sounds like those are two potential major targets you 461 00:21:07,280 --> 00:21:09,200 Speaker 2: should have as opposed to say Stafford. 462 00:21:10,000 --> 00:21:12,240 Speaker 4: Yeah, and again similar to Green Bay, I did not 463 00:21:12,359 --> 00:21:14,879 Speaker 4: expect to really be high on Atlanta when I started this, 464 00:21:14,960 --> 00:21:17,479 Speaker 4: And this is what you know, really this exercise helps 465 00:21:17,560 --> 00:21:20,560 Speaker 4: me focus in on what actually happened last year, and 466 00:21:20,600 --> 00:21:23,040 Speaker 4: when you dig into the numbers, you know, I knew 467 00:21:23,040 --> 00:21:26,240 Speaker 4: the Falcons offense was pretty good all season. They were 468 00:21:26,240 --> 00:21:29,520 Speaker 4: they were. They had the lowest three and out rate 469 00:21:30,240 --> 00:21:33,240 Speaker 4: among all teams in the NFL on offense, like they didn't. 470 00:21:33,520 --> 00:21:36,400 Speaker 4: There were no easy outs when you face the Atlanta 471 00:21:36,440 --> 00:21:39,879 Speaker 4: like they were consistently getting first downs. They were, you know, 472 00:21:39,960 --> 00:21:42,120 Speaker 4: from a success rate standpoint, one of the top five 473 00:21:42,200 --> 00:21:45,280 Speaker 4: or six offenses in the NFL. What really hurt them 474 00:21:45,320 --> 00:21:48,240 Speaker 4: were turnovers, and we all saw Kirk Cousins just completely 475 00:21:48,240 --> 00:21:51,920 Speaker 4: collapse for that stretch, you know, probably the last five 476 00:21:52,000 --> 00:21:54,520 Speaker 4: or six games of you know, his season last year. 477 00:21:55,000 --> 00:21:59,520 Speaker 4: He totally you know, sabotaged that offense to the point 478 00:21:59,560 --> 00:22:02,080 Speaker 4: where he, I mean they led the NFL with the 479 00:22:02,119 --> 00:22:04,919 Speaker 4: most turnovers in the second half of close games, Like 480 00:22:05,160 --> 00:22:07,879 Speaker 4: he had seven interceptions in the second half of games. 481 00:22:07,880 --> 00:22:11,119 Speaker 4: Like he was just a in the fourth quarter of games. Sorry, 482 00:22:11,200 --> 00:22:14,639 Speaker 4: I mean he was a complete zero. And he cost 483 00:22:14,680 --> 00:22:17,040 Speaker 4: them a lot of close games. And so to me, 484 00:22:17,160 --> 00:22:19,359 Speaker 4: it's like, Okay, now I get a guy in Michael Penix, 485 00:22:19,359 --> 00:22:21,720 Speaker 4: who honestly I wasn't that high on coming into the 486 00:22:21,760 --> 00:22:25,320 Speaker 4: draft when they took him, but you know, he clearly 487 00:22:25,359 --> 00:22:27,800 Speaker 4: has a much better arm than Cousins. He pushes the 488 00:22:27,840 --> 00:22:30,040 Speaker 4: ball down the field, so you get those explosive plays 489 00:22:30,040 --> 00:22:32,320 Speaker 4: that you don't necessarily get with Cousins. He is more 490 00:22:32,359 --> 00:22:35,360 Speaker 4: mobile obviously than Kirk Cousins. You know, we saw only 491 00:22:35,400 --> 00:22:36,840 Speaker 4: three games at the end of last year. If you 492 00:22:36,840 --> 00:22:39,440 Speaker 4: look at PFF, they've got what they call their big 493 00:22:39,480 --> 00:22:43,159 Speaker 4: time throw rate, which means like, you know, specific throws 494 00:22:43,200 --> 00:22:45,840 Speaker 4: down the field that you know, they consider a quote 495 00:22:45,880 --> 00:22:48,640 Speaker 4: unquote big time. He led the NFL in those big 496 00:22:48,680 --> 00:22:52,040 Speaker 4: time throws. So to me, it's like, okay. And they 497 00:22:52,119 --> 00:22:55,199 Speaker 4: also were really good in between, you know, from the 498 00:22:55,200 --> 00:22:57,960 Speaker 4: twenty to you know, twenty to twenty. Inside the red zone, 499 00:22:58,119 --> 00:23:02,359 Speaker 4: they failed, you know, higher rate than than what you'd 500 00:23:02,400 --> 00:23:04,919 Speaker 4: expect for a team with this sort of offensive you know, 501 00:23:04,960 --> 00:23:08,960 Speaker 4: these offensive metrics. So between high leverage spots, Layton games 502 00:23:09,359 --> 00:23:12,040 Speaker 4: and in the red zone, Kirk Cousins really failed them. 503 00:23:12,080 --> 00:23:15,320 Speaker 4: And so I think if you just you know, fix 504 00:23:15,400 --> 00:23:17,720 Speaker 4: some of the turnover issues, you get some regression there 505 00:23:18,680 --> 00:23:20,720 Speaker 4: and you get some more you get more explosive plays 506 00:23:20,720 --> 00:23:23,320 Speaker 4: down the field. With Pennix, that offense could be top 507 00:23:23,359 --> 00:23:25,320 Speaker 4: five to six in the league. They play twelve Dome 508 00:23:25,400 --> 00:23:28,960 Speaker 4: games and their schedule is you know, pretty pretty easy. 509 00:23:29,040 --> 00:23:31,080 Speaker 4: Like I don't think Tampa's got a good defense at all. 510 00:23:31,760 --> 00:23:34,520 Speaker 4: They didn't make any improvements. Carolina's maybe the worst defense 511 00:23:34,520 --> 00:23:37,720 Speaker 4: in the NFL. You know, the Saints are not or 512 00:23:37,800 --> 00:23:40,040 Speaker 4: not a good defensive team like that. That's six games 513 00:23:40,080 --> 00:23:43,359 Speaker 4: right there against you know, some pretty poor pass defenses, 514 00:23:43,920 --> 00:23:45,760 Speaker 4: and you know, I just think that the offense can 515 00:23:45,920 --> 00:23:49,439 Speaker 4: really really drive this team to the playoffs. And then 516 00:23:49,480 --> 00:23:51,640 Speaker 4: you look at the defense. Everyone's gonna point in the defense, like, yeah, 517 00:23:51,680 --> 00:23:54,359 Speaker 4: they weren't great last year. They were much worse on 518 00:23:54,440 --> 00:23:56,720 Speaker 4: high leverage third down situations. They could not get a 519 00:23:56,720 --> 00:24:00,600 Speaker 4: pass rush. They were bottom two in sack rate and 520 00:24:00,640 --> 00:24:03,400 Speaker 4: a pressure rate on third downs. They could not get 521 00:24:03,440 --> 00:24:05,359 Speaker 4: off the field every other down. They were fine on 522 00:24:05,440 --> 00:24:08,760 Speaker 4: early downs. They were top twenty in the NFL. Like, 523 00:24:08,800 --> 00:24:11,200 Speaker 4: they were fine if they can just get a pass rush, 524 00:24:11,240 --> 00:24:14,359 Speaker 4: and they threw multiple resources at their pass rush to 525 00:24:14,400 --> 00:24:17,480 Speaker 4: improve it. You know, they signed Leonard Floyd, who's you know, 526 00:24:17,520 --> 00:24:19,879 Speaker 4: he's not an elite pass rusher anymore, but he can 527 00:24:19,920 --> 00:24:22,800 Speaker 4: get you seven eight sacks. He's a veteran good rotation guy. 528 00:24:22,840 --> 00:24:24,639 Speaker 4: And they drafted those two guys in the first round, 529 00:24:24,880 --> 00:24:29,359 Speaker 4: James Pearson Walker out of Georgia. Like, they have real 530 00:24:29,480 --> 00:24:33,359 Speaker 4: options at the edge position. If one of those rookies 531 00:24:33,400 --> 00:24:35,840 Speaker 4: hit and you get Leonard Floyd in there, like, yeah, 532 00:24:35,920 --> 00:24:37,560 Speaker 4: they can get a few stops that they didn't get 533 00:24:37,640 --> 00:24:39,439 Speaker 4: last year, and they don't have to be an elite defense. 534 00:24:39,600 --> 00:24:42,479 Speaker 4: I'm just looking for give me a top you know, 535 00:24:42,640 --> 00:24:45,600 Speaker 4: sixteen to twenty defense to go with this offense of 536 00:24:45,680 --> 00:24:48,560 Speaker 4: the potential with Drake London and be John Robinson and 537 00:24:48,640 --> 00:24:51,280 Speaker 4: Darnell Mooney, et cetera. You know, I think that they've 538 00:24:51,320 --> 00:24:54,000 Speaker 4: got a shot to win the division and sneak up 539 00:24:54,000 --> 00:24:56,480 Speaker 4: on teams and you know, maybe win eleven twelve games. 540 00:24:56,920 --> 00:24:59,720 Speaker 1: Fox Sports Radio has the best sports talk lineup in 541 00:24:59,760 --> 00:25:03,600 Speaker 1: then catch all of our shows at Foxsports Radio dot 542 00:25:03,640 --> 00:25:08,200 Speaker 1: com and within the iHeartRadio app search FSR to listen live. 543 00:25:09,160 --> 00:25:11,400 Speaker 3: You also have Arizona doing the same thing. 544 00:25:11,480 --> 00:25:15,000 Speaker 2: Now, obviously you've been on this pod before hyping Jonathan 545 00:25:15,000 --> 00:25:16,679 Speaker 2: Gannon from way back when he was hired. 546 00:25:17,680 --> 00:25:18,680 Speaker 3: He's an Ohio guy. 547 00:25:19,600 --> 00:25:24,440 Speaker 2: I am curious that division. You know, Niners easy schedule, 548 00:25:24,600 --> 00:25:26,520 Speaker 2: rams are I mean, I think I don't know if 549 00:25:26,520 --> 00:25:28,680 Speaker 2: you heard Turnoff was on here maybe two months ago 550 00:25:28,760 --> 00:25:32,240 Speaker 2: saying he's got rams bill super Bowl. It feels like 551 00:25:32,359 --> 00:25:35,160 Speaker 2: the Cardinals winning ten games, Gannon Coach of the Year. 552 00:25:35,240 --> 00:25:38,480 Speaker 2: That seems like something nobody's gonna have yet this is 553 00:25:38,480 --> 00:25:38,919 Speaker 2: what you got. 554 00:25:39,960 --> 00:25:42,320 Speaker 4: Yeah, I like, I mean Arizona. To me, it was 555 00:25:42,400 --> 00:25:44,120 Speaker 4: not highing them last year. They had a really tough 556 00:25:44,119 --> 00:25:46,040 Speaker 4: schedule going in. I just didn't think they did anything 557 00:25:46,040 --> 00:25:48,639 Speaker 4: on defense, that they had no talent on defense outside 558 00:25:48,640 --> 00:25:52,720 Speaker 4: of Buddha Baker, and they coached them up. They did 559 00:25:52,720 --> 00:25:55,320 Speaker 4: a really good job of scheming things. If you if you, 560 00:25:55,320 --> 00:25:58,040 Speaker 4: you know, talk to some of the film nuts out there, 561 00:25:58,080 --> 00:26:00,159 Speaker 4: the nerds that really dive into these things, Like some 562 00:26:00,200 --> 00:26:02,000 Speaker 4: of the stuff they were doing on defense with the 563 00:26:02,040 --> 00:26:06,560 Speaker 4: exotic blitzes and the disguises were really next level. They 564 00:26:06,560 --> 00:26:09,440 Speaker 4: were kind of Brian Flora's esque. And you know, they 565 00:26:09,480 --> 00:26:11,879 Speaker 4: took no talent on defense and you know kept them 566 00:26:11,880 --> 00:26:13,399 Speaker 4: in a lot of games. They won eight games, like 567 00:26:13,400 --> 00:26:16,800 Speaker 4: with no talent on defense or offense, was solid top 568 00:26:16,840 --> 00:26:19,359 Speaker 4: twelve unit and they bring everybody back. And that was 569 00:26:19,359 --> 00:26:22,080 Speaker 4: with Marvin Harrison, by the way, really struggling as a rookie. 570 00:26:22,119 --> 00:26:24,399 Speaker 4: Like they did not have a connection with Kyler Murray. 571 00:26:24,680 --> 00:26:27,000 Speaker 4: So you've got that off side. Okay, what if finally, 572 00:26:27,080 --> 00:26:29,639 Speaker 4: you know, Marvin Harrison figures it out with Kyler Murray 573 00:26:29,640 --> 00:26:32,960 Speaker 4: and he adds that extra element they bring everybody else back, 574 00:26:32,960 --> 00:26:34,520 Speaker 4: they should be fine on that side of the ball. 575 00:26:34,560 --> 00:26:38,400 Speaker 4: And defensively, you know, they added like five six starters. 576 00:26:38,480 --> 00:26:41,520 Speaker 4: You know, Walter Nolan who they drafted, Kalais Campbell, who's 577 00:26:41,520 --> 00:26:43,320 Speaker 4: still you know, some of his PF you look at 578 00:26:43,320 --> 00:26:45,960 Speaker 4: some of his PFF grade is really solid at defensive tackle, 579 00:26:46,280 --> 00:26:49,879 Speaker 4: Dalvin Tomlinson solid defensive tackle. You know, they signed Josh 580 00:26:49,880 --> 00:26:53,520 Speaker 4: Sweat as their big edge addition. They you know, they 581 00:26:53,560 --> 00:26:57,240 Speaker 4: traded for Baron Browning at the deadline last year, who 582 00:26:57,320 --> 00:27:00,400 Speaker 4: was a really solid pressure guy for Denver. They get 583 00:27:00,440 --> 00:27:04,720 Speaker 4: back Ojali bj Ojali from LSU who had a nice 584 00:27:04,760 --> 00:27:06,880 Speaker 4: rookie season and got you know, I think he tore 585 00:27:06,920 --> 00:27:09,159 Speaker 4: his name before the season last year. So you know, 586 00:27:09,720 --> 00:27:12,400 Speaker 4: they have some really solid guys in that pass rush. 587 00:27:12,440 --> 00:27:14,840 Speaker 4: It's like a bunch of dudes. And they've coach up 588 00:27:14,840 --> 00:27:17,480 Speaker 4: that secondary pretty good. I think they've got the makings 589 00:27:17,520 --> 00:27:21,480 Speaker 4: of a top fifteen defensive unit. And their schedule last 590 00:27:21,520 --> 00:27:23,680 Speaker 4: year they faced they were the one of the only 591 00:27:23,720 --> 00:27:27,159 Speaker 4: teams to face both the top ten toughest offensive and 592 00:27:27,240 --> 00:27:29,800 Speaker 4: defensive schedule by EPA in the NFL. I think the 593 00:27:29,880 --> 00:27:31,960 Speaker 4: Niners of the other team, So they did a lot. 594 00:27:32,000 --> 00:27:33,840 Speaker 4: I mean they won eight games against all really tough 595 00:27:33,880 --> 00:27:36,679 Speaker 4: schedules against some really good teams, and you know, I 596 00:27:36,760 --> 00:27:39,600 Speaker 4: do think that there's some upside here. And I just 597 00:27:39,680 --> 00:27:44,040 Speaker 4: think for me, you know, from with a division standpoint, 598 00:27:44,200 --> 00:27:47,080 Speaker 4: like you know, they're pretty solid, solid bet and now 599 00:27:47,119 --> 00:27:49,879 Speaker 4: with the Rams kind of fall potentially falling off with 600 00:27:49,880 --> 00:27:52,479 Speaker 4: if Stafford does have you know, a real injury, they 601 00:27:52,480 --> 00:27:54,960 Speaker 4: can leap up there. And you know, for for me, 602 00:27:55,040 --> 00:27:56,760 Speaker 4: for coach of the year, like Gannon checks all the 603 00:27:56,760 --> 00:27:59,479 Speaker 4: boxes and if they go from eight to eleven wins, 604 00:27:59,600 --> 00:28:01,960 Speaker 4: maybe well, like he's gonna have a real shot here 605 00:28:02,359 --> 00:28:05,040 Speaker 4: at twenty to one or higher to win, not coach 606 00:28:05,040 --> 00:28:05,360 Speaker 4: of the year. 607 00:28:05,520 --> 00:28:07,439 Speaker 2: Well, I love when you plant your flag on I 608 00:28:07,560 --> 00:28:09,880 Speaker 2: was doing I tried to do with Minnesota this offseason. 609 00:28:09,920 --> 00:28:13,720 Speaker 2: Then I read your recap and again, these are things 610 00:28:13,760 --> 00:28:16,040 Speaker 2: you don't see everywhere regarding Minnesota. 611 00:28:16,560 --> 00:28:18,120 Speaker 3: Nine and one in one score games. 612 00:28:18,440 --> 00:28:24,400 Speaker 2: You know, a couple other notes that turnovers, turnovers on defense. Yeah, 613 00:28:24,680 --> 00:28:28,560 Speaker 2: so like I've started to back off Minnesota and I'm 614 00:28:28,560 --> 00:28:30,199 Speaker 2: looking but listen, that's all we do this month, right, 615 00:28:30,200 --> 00:28:32,960 Speaker 2: You've got the preseason games you dig in h TA 616 00:28:33,160 --> 00:28:38,080 Speaker 2: as usual, great stuff obviously, the audience should be downloading 617 00:28:38,080 --> 00:28:39,760 Speaker 2: in your packet and getting on your site for the 618 00:28:39,800 --> 00:28:43,040 Speaker 2: gambling tidbits. By the way, it seems like the gambling 619 00:28:43,080 --> 00:28:45,080 Speaker 2: space is starting to thin out a little bit. 620 00:28:45,400 --> 00:28:46,640 Speaker 3: You're not going anywhere, right. 621 00:28:47,560 --> 00:28:49,240 Speaker 1: You know, So I no, I don't. 622 00:28:49,280 --> 00:28:51,320 Speaker 4: You know, I'm not a pro. Better I bet the NFL, 623 00:28:51,480 --> 00:28:54,240 Speaker 4: like like, I'm a pro, but everything else I'm not 624 00:28:54,280 --> 00:28:56,040 Speaker 4: a pro. I have a day job. But you know, 625 00:28:56,160 --> 00:28:58,400 Speaker 4: my site is more I call it content basics. You know, 626 00:28:58,400 --> 00:29:01,480 Speaker 4: there's so many the average oh doesn't just beat on games. 627 00:29:01,480 --> 00:29:04,880 Speaker 4: They played the FS. They've got fantasy football, they do pools, right, 628 00:29:05,200 --> 00:29:07,800 Speaker 4: So like I try to write up as many games 629 00:29:07,800 --> 00:29:10,560 Speaker 4: as I can give, you know, match up angles, you know, 630 00:29:10,680 --> 00:29:14,960 Speaker 4: trend trend lines, patterns, stats, injury reports, all those sorts 631 00:29:15,000 --> 00:29:17,080 Speaker 4: of things that you can take as as a content 632 00:29:18,160 --> 00:29:20,720 Speaker 4: you know, as a customer, and then you can do 633 00:29:20,760 --> 00:29:22,480 Speaker 4: whatever you want with that information. You can use it 634 00:29:22,520 --> 00:29:25,040 Speaker 4: for all different platforms. So to me, I'm kind of 635 00:29:25,240 --> 00:29:27,760 Speaker 4: I'm still going to be doing all those things and 636 00:29:27,840 --> 00:29:30,440 Speaker 4: I'm not going away from that perspective. 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But yeah, for me from a 643 00:29:47,280 --> 00:29:49,200 Speaker 4: content side, uh yeah, I'm not going away. 644 00:29:49,400 --> 00:29:50,640 Speaker 3: We need that content all right. 645 00:29:50,640 --> 00:29:53,160 Speaker 2: TA great stuff, And now we'll certainly talk to you 646 00:29:53,600 --> 00:29:55,440 Speaker 2: probably early September when you're ten to zero in the 647 00:29:55,440 --> 00:29:58,520 Speaker 2: contest and I'm nine to one chasing use have it 648 00:29:58,640 --> 00:29:59,080 Speaker 2: sounds good. 649 00:29:59,120 --> 00:29:59,760 Speaker 4: I appreciate it.