WEBVTT - 2021 Week 9 Preview 0:00:00.440 --> 0:00:09.200 Be Around the NFL Podcast will always honor past hero 0:00:09.800 --> 0:00:13.240 from the Chris Westling podcast studio. It's the Around the 0:00:13.360 --> 0:00:19.760 NFL Podcast. Dan Hans is here with Greg ros Atal 0:00:19.960 --> 0:00:23.919 Mark Sessler. We have a little bit of a crisis 0:00:24.400 --> 0:00:27.240 at home. You know, I like your home, my personal 0:00:27.320 --> 0:00:30.160 life private on some level, but when something really bubbles 0:00:30.200 --> 0:00:32.800 out up inside the house, I'd like to get your 0:00:32.840 --> 0:00:39.600 thoughts as a fellow fathers Um Jack Hansas age seven. Um, 0:00:39.640 --> 0:00:41.760 he's in first grade. He's at the age now where 0:00:41.760 --> 0:00:44.680 he's starting to I think like my first crush was 0:00:44.680 --> 0:00:48.200 on my first grade teacher. He we get a call 0:00:48.600 --> 0:00:52.519 from uh the to unpack already. I don't know why 0:00:52.560 --> 0:00:55.640 marketized first reaction to look at Erica for her reaction. 0:00:55.680 --> 0:00:57.600 Why are you guys so weird? You know you don't 0:00:57.600 --> 0:01:00.280 know the boys get crushes on their teachers. Yeah, I'm not. 0:01:03.360 --> 0:01:06.039 Everything needs to have like look share between each other. 0:01:06.120 --> 0:01:08.800 Can we just can I tell the story? Well, Dan, 0:01:09.000 --> 0:01:12.200 you yeah, that's fine? What nothing? No, I think it's 0:01:12.280 --> 0:01:15.440 very I think it's very cute. Yea like keep going 0:01:15.480 --> 0:01:18.440 with the with the tail. No, Well, now that the 0:01:18.520 --> 0:01:20.840 story has been delayed, so now the story might get 0:01:20.880 --> 0:01:23.039 over long. Yeah, careful, you don't want to you know, 0:01:23.160 --> 0:01:28.440 upset Greg with a long story that was before the show. 0:01:27.959 --> 0:01:30.840 The story you should have heard the tension between Ricky 0:01:30.840 --> 0:01:33.560 and Greg before the show started to it's uncomfortable. Let's 0:01:33.560 --> 0:01:39.520 see her. Anyway, Jack has a after school teacher, and Um, 0:01:39.560 --> 0:01:43.520 she called my wife and said, hey, heads up. Jack 0:01:43.600 --> 0:01:46.840 kind of pulled me aside and took out a twenty 0:01:46.840 --> 0:01:49.880 dollar bill from his backpack and said here, I wanted 0:01:49.920 --> 0:01:51.480 to give this to you because you do such a 0:01:51.480 --> 0:01:55.440 great job. Um, that was my bill. That's so cute. 0:01:56.160 --> 0:01:58.480 She she didn't take the money, which you know, good 0:01:58.480 --> 0:02:01.960 test of her morals, her moral judgment, reported it back 0:02:02.000 --> 0:02:05.080 to the wife. Um, and then I mentioned it to 0:02:05.760 --> 0:02:10.040 the text thread that my family's on and Keith, my dad, 0:02:10.400 --> 0:02:12.920 who was you know, you know he's the old man. 0:02:13.000 --> 0:02:15.440 He had this to say. Bottom line is the wallet 0:02:15.480 --> 0:02:17.840 was your possession, not his to take and give away. 0:02:18.040 --> 0:02:20.440 He also secretly took the money. It was nice that 0:02:20.480 --> 0:02:22.919 he was giving it away with appreciation. How are you 0:02:23.000 --> 0:02:25.880 going to handle this? So he took he took the 0:02:25.919 --> 0:02:29.400 twenty out of your wallet. Uh, my son denied that 0:02:29.400 --> 0:02:31.919 he took it out of the wall. He took it 0:02:31.960 --> 0:02:33.519 out of my wall. He said he found it on 0:02:33.560 --> 0:02:37.720 the kitchen table. That's not what happened. That sounds like 0:02:37.720 --> 0:02:40.160 a real romantic he'll steal from his own father to 0:02:40.440 --> 0:02:43.160 press the lady. And so is that really what happened 0:02:43.240 --> 0:02:44.920 or did he take the twenty dollar bill out and 0:02:44.960 --> 0:02:47.320 say you want this twenty you gotta dance for it, teach. 0:02:48.919 --> 0:02:51.639 I don't know that. I think there was an innocence 0:02:51.680 --> 0:02:55.760 to it. But also my son has I think, Um, 0:02:55.800 --> 0:02:57.880 there's something special in him, But I have to he's 0:02:57.919 --> 0:03:01.680 either going to be a great leader of people or 0:03:01.720 --> 0:03:06.279 a leader of a an army force against like cyborgs 0:03:06.280 --> 0:03:08.360 like T two. So it's like a John Connor situation 0:03:09.040 --> 0:03:11.280 or evil. So I need to I need to make 0:03:11.280 --> 0:03:13.000 sure he's on the right path. How do we handle 0:03:13.000 --> 0:03:17.239 this without him off the hook? I think you explain 0:03:17.639 --> 0:03:22.560 that you don't take other people's possessions, that that's important, 0:03:22.800 --> 0:03:26.760 but that if you are, you know, having feelings for someone, 0:03:26.800 --> 0:03:28.960 you're you know, you have a crush on someone giving 0:03:29.000 --> 0:03:31.720 them money, that's a good move, and just give them money. 0:03:32.200 --> 0:03:35.520 It's I'm kind of really impressed. I'm impressed with his 0:03:35.600 --> 0:03:39.760 actions on some level. Um, to mind his way into 0:03:39.840 --> 0:03:42.440 your wallet and steal a twenty and and understand that 0:03:42.440 --> 0:03:45.080 that's would be a lot of money, not a one, 0:03:45.480 --> 0:03:47.560 not even a ten. And when you mentioned that, you know, 0:03:47.600 --> 0:03:49.400 one of his paths could be like the leader of 0:03:49.440 --> 0:03:52.840 some sort of um like apocalyptic thug gang. I mean, 0:03:52.960 --> 0:03:54.880 this would be a formative moment. I don't do you 0:03:54.920 --> 0:03:57.160 want to suppress that if that's maybe what he's supposed 0:03:57.200 --> 0:04:00.760 to be for his kids. I'm just saying, maybe you 0:04:00.760 --> 0:04:03.120 know he's telling you who you know, here's my skills 0:04:03.120 --> 0:04:05.040 and my gifts. All right, Well, thank you for the input, 0:04:05.160 --> 0:04:07.200 and I will address us and give you guys an 0:04:07.240 --> 0:04:11.200 update at a later date, week nine. Later tonight, you're 0:04:11.200 --> 0:04:15.600 gonna hear um for me and maybe some guests on 0:04:15.920 --> 0:04:18.120 the Jets and cults. How that went. I already told 0:04:18.160 --> 0:04:20.920 already everybody listening that's already gonna know the outcome. Just 0:04:21.000 --> 0:04:23.120 know that I knew what was coming and they couldn't 0:04:23.160 --> 0:04:26.479 hurt me. Just remember that, Um, the Jets cannot hurt 0:04:26.480 --> 0:04:28.720 me anymore in the football Gods, I'm not doing that. 0:04:29.520 --> 0:04:32.520 I am not doing that. This is Week nine, here 0:04:32.520 --> 0:04:35.600 we are. This is the midpoint of the NFL season 0:04:35.640 --> 0:04:38.560 this week once we're through the games and we have 0:04:38.800 --> 0:04:43.280 a nice slate game some another week with some big favorites. 0:04:43.320 --> 0:04:45.520 I think that might be there's something cooking here that 0:04:45.600 --> 0:04:48.159 there's a lot of. Is there more bad teams? It 0:04:48.279 --> 0:04:51.320 seems like bigger spreads than in a long time. Is 0:04:51.360 --> 0:04:52.800 this how it always is? Or does this just feel 0:04:52.800 --> 0:04:55.240 like there's a few more bad teams this year? Truly 0:04:55.279 --> 0:04:58.040 bad teams don't seem like they can compete. I think 0:04:58.120 --> 0:05:01.559 there is something to interesting anyway. We have big news 0:05:01.560 --> 0:05:07.479 obviously that came down on Wednesday with Aaron Rodgers, and 0:05:07.600 --> 0:05:10.120 that is something we'll pack a little bit later. But 0:05:10.200 --> 0:05:12.960 let us start with the prime time games. Let's get 0:05:13.000 --> 0:05:17.400 into the preview and uh, yes, Grave Diggers back by 0:05:17.400 --> 0:05:22.720 the way behind the glass and he didn't I I 0:05:22.760 --> 0:05:26.240 think maybe he didn't appreciate the assumption that he didn't 0:05:26.279 --> 0:05:28.120 come to work so he was so upset about the 0:05:28.160 --> 0:05:32.560 Derrick Henry uh injury. Because he is a professional who 0:05:32.600 --> 0:05:37.080 does his job well. So an apology to the grave Digger. Yeah, 0:05:37.080 --> 0:05:39.280 he's such a professional. He'll be at the Titans game. 0:05:39.279 --> 0:05:42.440 Will we're all taping our Sunday podcast about that Titans. 0:05:42.760 --> 0:05:45.720 We're still learning about Grave Digger. Titans six and two, 0:05:45.720 --> 0:05:51.000 it Rams seven and one, Sunday Night football at Sophi Stadium, 0:05:51.240 --> 0:05:55.520 and um, we all know what's going on here the Titans. 0:05:55.560 --> 0:05:58.400 This is a team that's been surging, that has been 0:05:59.080 --> 0:06:02.040 on a real streak that puts them at the top 0:06:02.080 --> 0:06:04.360 of the a f C as we speak right now, 0:06:04.720 --> 0:06:06.839 and yet they lost Derrick Henry. And it's gonna be 0:06:06.880 --> 0:06:09.680 mark a test, isn't it? Like the old How important 0:06:09.800 --> 0:06:12.560 is a running back really in the NFL? Well, the 0:06:12.600 --> 0:06:16.000 guy that everyone knows is more important to his team 0:06:16.000 --> 0:06:18.920 than any other running back exits does to the Titans 0:06:18.960 --> 0:06:22.279 exit from the conversation as a contender. I don't think so, 0:06:22.440 --> 0:06:26.039 because as much as they have been reliant on him 0:06:26.080 --> 0:06:28.440 over the years, it's not all they are. I thought 0:06:28.440 --> 0:06:30.800 it was interesting that Todd Downing, their play caller, basically 0:06:30.800 --> 0:06:34.640 said he would be doing a disservice to the entire 0:06:34.680 --> 0:06:37.560 offense to get away from their run oriented approach. But 0:06:37.560 --> 0:06:39.480 you're gonna have to be You're gonna have to be different, 0:06:39.480 --> 0:06:42.320 and you're gonna have to rely more on on Tannehill 0:06:42.360 --> 0:06:44.000 and A J. Brown. A J. Brown is coming off 0:06:44.040 --> 0:06:47.839 two big weeks but this week specifically, suddenly you're dealing 0:06:47.880 --> 0:06:50.440 with a defense that was already a big headache. And 0:06:50.480 --> 0:06:52.720 I know it was the Texans, but there are clips 0:06:52.760 --> 0:06:56.599 out there in tape of like them wrecking Houston's front 0:06:56.680 --> 0:06:59.480 and making life hell for Davis Mills. And now you've 0:06:59.520 --> 0:07:02.320 got ten see having to deal with not only Aaron 0:07:02.400 --> 0:07:04.800 Donald and Jalen Ramsey will be on a J. Brown, 0:07:04.800 --> 0:07:06.640 but also you throw Von Miller into the mix. I 0:07:06.640 --> 0:07:08.880 think they're gonna do something spicy with him, and it 0:07:08.960 --> 0:07:11.600 just seems like for the Titans offensive line and who 0:07:11.640 --> 0:07:14.000 they want to be, you're gonna find out right away. 0:07:14.200 --> 0:07:16.280 This is an acid test, I think right having two 0:07:16.280 --> 0:07:20.160 pass rushers and Donald and Floyd is that's great, especially 0:07:20.120 --> 0:07:21.640 when one of them is the greatest of all time. 0:07:22.520 --> 0:07:25.640 You had a third and suddenly it's just like impossible 0:07:25.840 --> 0:07:29.400 to to avoid one on one matchups where either Floyd 0:07:29.440 --> 0:07:31.240 or Miller are gonna be in good situations. And the 0:07:31.240 --> 0:07:34.440 Titans haven't really pass protected well this year. There's six 0:07:34.440 --> 0:07:38.200 and two despite something's going against them, the injuries in 0:07:38.200 --> 0:07:41.360 the secondary, the offensive line, and yet they're about to 0:07:41.400 --> 0:07:44.040 finish the toughest four games stretch they could possibly have, 0:07:44.120 --> 0:07:46.160 and I feel like every week we're like, well, this 0:07:46.200 --> 0:07:48.400 will really tell us something about the Titans. They beat 0:07:48.440 --> 0:07:50.440 the Bills, this will tell us something about the Titans. 0:07:50.480 --> 0:07:52.320 They beat the Chiefs, Like this should be the letdown 0:07:52.360 --> 0:07:54.640 game against the Colts team that knows them. They get 0:07:54.680 --> 0:07:57.160 that win. So when I saw the line in this game, 0:07:57.200 --> 0:08:00.280 seven and a half feels a little disrespectful. I don't 0:08:00.280 --> 0:08:03.280 know if Adrian Peterson is ready in his first game 0:08:03.360 --> 0:08:06.760 to be the full Adrian Peterson that maybe he could 0:08:06.760 --> 0:08:08.560 be in three or four weeks, where at least he's 0:08:08.600 --> 0:08:10.040 like deep, you know, at least he saw it. Can 0:08:10.080 --> 0:08:12.480 we be honest about what Adrian Peterson is in the 0:08:12.520 --> 0:08:15.080 first place? What we saw last year was the very 0:08:15.120 --> 0:08:17.240 middle of the road guy up there in years. At 0:08:17.280 --> 0:08:20.720 this point, he's he's not special, but I think just 0:08:20.800 --> 0:08:25.200 as a pure runner, like a pure power runner, he 0:08:25.360 --> 0:08:30.360 was average too, better than average of nfls. And I think, 0:08:30.920 --> 0:08:32.880 but even understanding that, it's kind of a lot to 0:08:32.920 --> 0:08:35.360 ask to just like come off wherever whatever he was 0:08:35.440 --> 0:08:38.439 doing and just play a lot this game, you'll probably 0:08:38.440 --> 0:08:41.480 see a lot of Jeremy McNichols. So maybe maybe Vegas 0:08:41.520 --> 0:08:44.560 is asking you to to have the Titans keep it close. 0:08:44.600 --> 0:08:46.280 But I believe in Tannel. I think they will make 0:08:46.320 --> 0:08:47.839 it a fun game. You know. That's why I didn't 0:08:48.280 --> 0:08:51.400 ding the Titans and the power rankings after Henry's injury, 0:08:51.440 --> 0:08:55.040 because I think they've earned at this point the respect 0:08:55.520 --> 0:08:57.920 um with their play in recent weeks to say, Okay, 0:08:58.120 --> 0:09:00.320 let's see you are a well coach team. You still 0:09:00.320 --> 0:09:01.760 have your quarterback. We all know as long as you 0:09:01.760 --> 0:09:04.439 have your starting quarterback, you usually can keep your head 0:09:04.440 --> 0:09:06.640 above water. So I'm not ready to say the Titans 0:09:06.640 --> 0:09:09.079 are cooked, and I'm interested to see how this plays out. 0:09:09.080 --> 0:09:10.600 It's a great experiment. It does put a lot more 0:09:10.640 --> 0:09:12.960 pressure on Julio Jones to have a real role on 0:09:12.960 --> 0:09:15.599 this team and if he could stay healthy, make this 0:09:15.679 --> 0:09:17.560 a better passing team, because I think they'll have to 0:09:17.559 --> 0:09:19.800 be too. He's gonna play after missing a couple of games. 0:09:19.800 --> 0:09:22.520 Can we talk about Cooper cup And I know maybe 0:09:22.520 --> 0:09:24.400 we are talking a lot about Cooper Cupper, maybe we're 0:09:24.440 --> 0:09:25.840 not talking about it enough. I just want to go 0:09:26.160 --> 0:09:28.559 his game log, because doesn't it seem like he's always 0:09:28.600 --> 0:09:31.080 having a big game that year? It's because he is here. 0:09:31.080 --> 0:09:33.160 We go seven for one, oh eight and one. That 0:09:33.280 --> 0:09:35.840 was Week one nine for one sixty three and two 0:09:35.960 --> 0:09:39.000 nine six and two five or sixty four seven for 0:09:39.120 --> 0:09:42.040 ninety two nine for one thirty and two ten for 0:09:42.120 --> 0:09:45.839 one fifty six and two seven for one fifteen and one. 0:09:46.000 --> 0:09:49.280 And this is from NFL media research. Matthew Stafford and 0:09:49.280 --> 0:09:53.160 Cooper Cup have connected on ten uh touchdown passes this season, 0:09:53.240 --> 0:09:56.079 most of the duo in the NFL, second most by 0:09:56.160 --> 0:09:59.240 QB pass catcher in the first eight games since nineteen 0:09:59.320 --> 0:10:01.800 seventy and this that Cup is the only player in 0:10:01.840 --> 0:10:05.720 the Super Bowl era since the nineteen sixty six yards 0:10:05.720 --> 0:10:10.120 and ten receiving touchdowns in his team's first eight games 0:10:10.160 --> 0:10:12.559 of a season. I'm not looking I'm not just trying 0:10:12.520 --> 0:10:16.319 to regurgitate stats at you, but I think we need 0:10:16.360 --> 0:10:18.679 to start looking at what's happening. Here is a historic 0:10:18.800 --> 0:10:21.800 season and this is just like something. I don't think 0:10:21.800 --> 0:10:24.240 anybody predicted this, and yet here we are. He's the 0:10:24.320 --> 0:10:26.640 back to back player of the month on offense. I 0:10:26.679 --> 0:10:29.800 don't I'm not surprised that some of these, like records 0:10:29.840 --> 0:10:32.640 in general, will be broken by some quarterback and wide 0:10:32.640 --> 0:10:35.440 receiver out there. In one stuff from you know, the 0:10:35.480 --> 0:10:38.760 mid two thousand's and before. But this is truly special 0:10:38.800 --> 0:10:42.720 because you know, anyone, anyone preparing for the Rams knows 0:10:43.000 --> 0:10:45.040 every game that this is what Cooper Cup is, how 0:10:45.040 --> 0:10:46.679 he's gonna be used, what's he's gonna do when he's 0:10:46.679 --> 0:10:49.200 still doing it. I think he has a chance for 0:10:49.240 --> 0:10:52.800 two thousand yards, which would be wild from a receiver. 0:10:52.920 --> 0:10:55.520 You get the seventeen game, that helps, but he's almost 0:10:55.559 --> 0:10:57.360 on pace for two thousand right now, so you have 0:10:57.400 --> 0:10:58.920 to pick it up a lot a little. That's asking. 0:10:59.080 --> 0:11:01.679 But the thing that I think people miss on Cup 0:11:01.760 --> 0:11:05.640 is how often just it's just every play that he 0:11:05.679 --> 0:11:07.880 makes the first guy miss. And I and I think 0:11:07.880 --> 0:11:09.679 it's not just about that. They scheme him open and 0:11:09.720 --> 0:11:12.360 he's a good route runner and he gets deep, he 0:11:12.520 --> 0:11:15.520 almost always makes the first guy miss. It reminds me 0:11:15.559 --> 0:11:18.280 a little bit of Lamar or Herbert in the pocket, 0:11:18.280 --> 0:11:20.400 where it's like they almost don't even worry about the 0:11:20.400 --> 0:11:22.520 first guy, like the first guy they've got, and then 0:11:22.559 --> 0:11:24.200 they got to figure out what to do after that. 0:11:24.280 --> 0:11:26.599 And and Cups at that level, Deepo Samuels at that 0:11:26.720 --> 0:11:30.080 level two of the better Yak receivers that we've seen 0:11:30.120 --> 0:11:32.319 in along. They're kind of both not getting discussed enough. 0:11:32.360 --> 0:11:34.040 But maybe I think we're getting a tipping point with 0:11:34.040 --> 0:11:36.480 cup where you just getting mentioned every show. Believe, so 0:11:36.679 --> 0:11:38.160 I think it's a field goal game. What do you 0:11:38.160 --> 0:11:40.960 guys think That's what I had three or four? Yeah, 0:11:41.080 --> 0:11:42.880 I think it's gonna be close. So I would definitely 0:11:42.920 --> 0:11:45.880 go Rams. I definitely. I wonder if like there's any 0:11:46.000 --> 0:11:48.520 bit with the Rams after playing these three Cupcakes in 0:11:48.520 --> 0:11:50.200 a row, Is there like and will there be any 0:11:50.720 --> 0:11:52.960 shock of like, oh, this is what playing a real 0:11:52.960 --> 0:11:55.280 teams like? They literally just played the you know, the 0:11:55.320 --> 0:11:58.040 Giants at their worst in terms of injuries, and then 0:11:58.080 --> 0:11:59.920 the lines and the Texans. Maybe it's like a shock fuel. 0:11:59.920 --> 0:12:03.240 They don't strike me under to be like suddenly stunned 0:12:03.240 --> 0:12:07.000 by you know, an actual contender coming in. Let's get 0:12:07.040 --> 0:12:08.680 I want to get a heat check on Grave Digger. 0:12:08.720 --> 0:12:10.559 I want to see if he's just chucking up threes 0:12:10.600 --> 0:12:12.640 from thirty five ft and if he thinks his team 0:12:12.679 --> 0:12:16.840 is gonna win this weekend on an honest assessment prediction 0:12:16.880 --> 0:12:18.920 of the game. Justin as someone who knows the team 0:12:18.920 --> 0:12:21.920 better than any of us, I think that there could 0:12:21.960 --> 0:12:25.319 be some element of surprise where if you are playing 0:12:25.360 --> 0:12:28.320 against the Derrick Henry Titans. You know exactly what your 0:12:28.360 --> 0:12:33.000 defensive game plan is, and this one week could provide 0:12:33.080 --> 0:12:36.120 I mean that's probably only last a half, but it 0:12:36.160 --> 0:12:39.080 couldn't give the Titans a spark early on. I think 0:12:39.960 --> 0:12:42.360 this could be a week the Titans fall short. For sure. 0:12:42.640 --> 0:12:45.200 It's an NFC game. It doesn't really matter that much 0:12:45.200 --> 0:12:48.680 for their playoff standings, but it would be nice to 0:12:48.760 --> 0:12:52.920 keep that a f C one seed. I will go 0:12:54.120 --> 0:12:59.920 Rams thirty eight, Titans thirty. They didn't even cover, so 0:13:00.040 --> 0:13:02.040 the defense won't show up in this spot. It's tough. 0:13:02.080 --> 0:13:04.800 I mean, it's the Rams, all right. They'll be okay. 0:13:04.920 --> 0:13:07.400 As he's saying, though, I mean it will matter if 0:13:07.400 --> 0:13:10.000 the Colts somehow get hot in the standings, but at 0:13:10.000 --> 0:13:12.600 six and three and NFC lost, you'll be okay heading 0:13:12.640 --> 0:13:15.960 into Week ten. Let's move to the Monday night football 0:13:16.040 --> 0:13:19.040 game between the Chicago Bears, who always seemed to get 0:13:19.040 --> 0:13:22.000 on the prime time schedule regardless of what they put 0:13:22.000 --> 0:13:26.120 out on the field, um against the Pittsburgh Steelers four 0:13:26.160 --> 0:13:30.000 and three. We know what happened uh in Cleveland last Sunday, 0:13:30.040 --> 0:13:33.360 Pittsburgh outlasting the Browns and the kind of a classic, 0:13:33.400 --> 0:13:37.440 a f C North uh slugfest, a slobber knocker. Uh. 0:13:37.440 --> 0:13:39.360 So they are now above five hundred at four and 0:13:39.440 --> 0:13:42.080 three after that one and three start, and looking very 0:13:42.160 --> 0:13:44.600 much like kind of the type of Steelers team that 0:13:45.160 --> 0:13:47.320 you know, could find its way to the playoffs potentially 0:13:47.520 --> 0:13:52.240 the Chicago Bears. On the mean. Meanwhile, Greg three and five. Uh, 0:13:52.360 --> 0:13:55.439 they lost last week, but at the same time, there 0:13:55.440 --> 0:13:57.440 were some reasons to be excited watching them for the 0:13:57.440 --> 0:13:59.240 first time in a while, and it starts behind center 0:14:00.080 --> 0:14:02.120 justin fields is a roller coaster like a lot of 0:14:02.200 --> 0:14:05.400 rookie qb especially ones that struggle, and he struggled on 0:14:05.480 --> 0:14:08.800 balance where the good games like last week, we're really good. 0:14:08.840 --> 0:14:10.520 I thought that was his best game of the season. 0:14:11.040 --> 0:14:12.520 I don't know if it's you know, I don't think 0:14:12.520 --> 0:14:14.800 it's Naggy not being there, But I do like the 0:14:14.840 --> 0:14:17.839 idea that Bill Laser is figuring out ways to get 0:14:17.840 --> 0:14:20.160 the best out of fields and if nothing else, they're 0:14:20.160 --> 0:14:22.520 telling him run the ball more because he is an 0:14:22.560 --> 0:14:25.640 incredible runner. There's only two design runs on those ten runs, 0:14:25.680 --> 0:14:27.880 so it was a lot of just scrambling. But when 0:14:27.880 --> 0:14:30.440 he had the first read open, he hit it, and 0:14:30.480 --> 0:14:32.720 I think this is a winnable game for them if 0:14:32.760 --> 0:14:35.320 they had Khalil mack and Eddie Jackson. We don't really know. 0:14:35.440 --> 0:14:38.760 Eddie Jackson, their former all Pro safeties, struggled a little 0:14:38.760 --> 0:14:41.080 bit this year, got hurt early in last week's game, 0:14:41.160 --> 0:14:43.400 and Khalil mac didn't play for the first time as 0:14:43.440 --> 0:14:47.320 a Bear, and their defense, which had been competitive, was 0:14:47.440 --> 0:14:51.040 terrible a week ago. And if you're competitive, I think 0:14:51.080 --> 0:14:52.960 you stay in the game against the Steelers. I mean, 0:14:52.960 --> 0:14:56.000 the Steelers are about two plays away from scoring, you know, 0:14:56.280 --> 0:14:58.800 six points. Against the Browns, you got a fourth a 0:14:58.840 --> 0:15:00.960 couple of fourth downs, and it's like they're working hard 0:15:01.000 --> 0:15:03.120 for their points. So if Khalil MC and Eddie Jackson's 0:15:03.120 --> 0:15:04.480 out there, I think we could have like a fun 0:15:04.560 --> 0:15:06.800 game close. I think it could be close. I I 0:15:07.280 --> 0:15:10.880 don't really trust the Bears on any level compared to 0:15:10.920 --> 0:15:14.400 the Steelers. And I think you saw Pittsburgh's offensive line 0:15:14.560 --> 0:15:17.000 start to dominate Cleveland down the stretch in that game, 0:15:17.000 --> 0:15:19.400 and like it's been a long journey for that. They're 0:15:19.480 --> 0:15:21.520 very young and they're still learning how to kind of mesh. 0:15:21.560 --> 0:15:24.640 But that right it was very helpful I thought for 0:15:24.680 --> 0:15:27.600 them in that situation, and you know, Tomlin is twenty 0:15:27.600 --> 0:15:30.280 two and four against rookie starters. But I'm with you 0:15:30.360 --> 0:15:32.760 on fields. I I you know, there have been moments 0:15:32.800 --> 0:15:36.000 obviously before the Niners game where you saw it and 0:15:36.040 --> 0:15:37.760 you can and and you just want him to get 0:15:37.760 --> 0:15:40.600 more comfortable. But I thought that he just his athleticism 0:15:40.600 --> 0:15:42.360 took over last week and on the ground he was 0:15:42.400 --> 0:15:44.640 a total factor. And I thought he saw the ball 0:15:44.640 --> 0:15:46.560 better and he was throwing the ball beyond the sticks 0:15:46.600 --> 0:15:49.320 and using you know, there was a tight one of 0:15:49.320 --> 0:15:51.080 his tight ends, cold Commet dropped the ball in the 0:15:51.120 --> 0:15:52.760 end zone. I mean, he could have they could have 0:15:52.800 --> 0:15:55.040 had that game could have been even closer. Seven times 0:15:55.040 --> 0:15:56.600 in nine drives. He had a great game. I think 0:15:56.640 --> 0:15:58.720 Khalil Herbert also has been one of there's been a 0:15:58.760 --> 0:16:00.800 number of good rookie running back, but he has been 0:16:00.840 --> 0:16:03.080 awesome for them. It kind of got wiped away because 0:16:03.080 --> 0:16:07.440 San Francisco's offense got hot um. But the touchdown run, 0:16:07.480 --> 0:16:09.840 the twenty two yard touchdown run, well, let's listen to 0:16:09.920 --> 0:16:11.560 us here, Jeff Johnny iu with the call, because I 0:16:11.600 --> 0:16:15.440 thought that was the moment where Bears fans were like, okay, 0:16:15.560 --> 0:16:17.200 all right, I know this has been a tough season, 0:16:17.480 --> 0:16:20.560 but there's something special here potentially. Let's listening football at 0:16:20.560 --> 0:16:22.920 the twenty one yard line. It's fourth down. Here we go, 0:16:23.160 --> 0:16:27.000 Sun comes out, Bears down seven two clock running. You're 0:16:27.000 --> 0:16:29.040 on the port fields with eight on the play clock, 0:16:29.080 --> 0:16:31.040 trying to get everybody set, money in motion to the 0:16:31.120 --> 0:16:34.400 right fields. Now brings him back the other way. I'm 0:16:34.440 --> 0:16:37.280 gonna take fields. Was gonna do something with it, but 0:16:37.280 --> 0:16:39.560 it was not piss. He's trying to get out of trouble, 0:16:39.640 --> 0:16:46.040 breaks out of a tackle, lift ten five Bengo touchdown, touchdown, 0:16:46.160 --> 0:16:50.880 Bears twenty two yards and lit play. How broken play 0:16:51.160 --> 0:16:55.400 turns into six for justin fields. It was a electrifying 0:16:55.440 --> 0:16:58.560 moment in that game, and the first electrifying moment around 0:16:58.600 --> 0:17:00.640 the Bears that I can remember a long time, to 0:17:00.640 --> 0:17:03.520 be quite honest with you. So um, let's see more 0:17:03.520 --> 0:17:06.320 of that. Matt Naggie, do not put this guy in shackles, 0:17:06.560 --> 0:17:09.200 Let him be loose, let him make mistakes, but also 0:17:09.359 --> 0:17:11.399 make sure you don't overload him and let him be 0:17:11.520 --> 0:17:13.360 what he is, which is a young quarterback, a young 0:17:13.400 --> 0:17:16.160 athletic quarterback. We'll see if that happens. What is more. 0:17:16.200 --> 0:17:18.919 I Mean, the one thing that's happened with Corona is 0:17:19.000 --> 0:17:21.320 that it seems like almost every time a head coach 0:17:21.400 --> 0:17:24.040 is out, uh, the team thrives. And it's like if 0:17:24.040 --> 0:17:26.800 you're naggy on top of everything else that you're dealing with, 0:17:26.840 --> 0:17:29.520 critique wise, like that's this thing out there, Like maybe 0:17:29.520 --> 0:17:32.199 they're just better without their head coach. The game they 0:17:32.240 --> 0:17:34.399 flipped to laser as the play caller was his first 0:17:34.640 --> 0:17:37.000 was his best game, first good game, and then the 0:17:37.040 --> 0:17:40.280 game he missed they had laser leap. I don't know, though, 0:17:40.400 --> 0:17:43.760 I I just I'm just not buying. Um the Steelers 0:17:44.119 --> 0:17:49.080 pass and uh any teams that that who's passing game 0:17:49.200 --> 0:17:51.080 is that bad? Like is going to keep the other 0:17:51.119 --> 0:17:53.000 team in the game. Do we think that maybe by 0:17:53.040 --> 0:17:55.840 the way um Alan Robinson can get involved in the 0:17:55.840 --> 0:17:59.000 Bears offensive season, he has crossed fifty yards like once 0:17:59.080 --> 0:18:01.359 all year twin and so she's got to be frustrated. 0:18:01.480 --> 0:18:03.680 All right, let's get to the draft now. So primetime 0:18:03.720 --> 0:18:05.720 games out of the way. The Bucks, line, Seahawks, and 0:18:05.760 --> 0:18:10.000 Washington all on a buy and this week Mark Sessler 0:18:10.080 --> 0:18:13.359 has the first overall pick. Well, this may be the 0:18:13.400 --> 0:18:15.720 last time that I did I do this depending on 0:18:15.760 --> 0:18:18.040 how this um shakes out, but I am going to 0:18:18.080 --> 0:18:21.240 pick the Browns one more time at Cincinnati because I think, 0:18:21.280 --> 0:18:24.040 first of all, it's not some you know, zero stakes 0:18:24.080 --> 0:18:26.199 game that it has been a dramatic week we can 0:18:26.200 --> 0:18:28.359 get any the way. It's maybe the best one PM 0:18:28.400 --> 0:18:32.359 games an AM game ever ever. Ever, according to this week, 0:18:32.760 --> 0:18:34.680 I'm saying it's probably the best one. That that's Romo 0:18:34.760 --> 0:18:38.679 is there your boy? Yeah, I've made it clear how 0:18:38.680 --> 0:18:40.560 I feel about that dynamic, but it would be the 0:18:40.600 --> 0:18:43.160 perfect week for Romo to be there um and not 0:18:43.359 --> 0:18:46.560 commentating what's gone down all week longed in with the 0:18:46.600 --> 0:18:51.760 Odell Beckham scenario. So someone explained this one to me 0:18:51.880 --> 0:18:54.680 because now the Backham doesn't get traded. We talked about 0:18:54.680 --> 0:19:01.159 it on Tuesday, the the Lebron tweet O'Dell Senior, the 0:19:01.200 --> 0:19:04.199 Instagram message, and then he doesn't practice and he's not 0:19:04.240 --> 0:19:06.879 practicing again on Thursday and they're excused absences, and the 0:19:06.920 --> 0:19:09.280 reporting out there is that he's not gonna play for 0:19:09.320 --> 0:19:13.480 the Browns again. What this feels like a unique situation 0:19:13.520 --> 0:19:16.520 because it's not a contract squabble, right, It's not a 0:19:16.560 --> 0:19:18.639 situation where he's unhappy with his playing time. He's the 0:19:18.680 --> 0:19:23.040 starting outside wide receiver for the Browns. He just doesn't 0:19:23.119 --> 0:19:26.920 like the quarterback and he's he's essentially to me, a 0:19:27.000 --> 0:19:29.800 rat jumping off a ship that's sinking, only the ship 0:19:29.840 --> 0:19:33.560 is not really sinking. So there's Odell has always been 0:19:33.560 --> 0:19:35.280 to me kind of a me first dude. He was 0:19:35.320 --> 0:19:36.800 that guy with the Giants, and that was part of 0:19:36.800 --> 0:19:39.440