WEBVTT - Not So Fast Episode 11 0:00:01.270 --> 0:00:05.220 Welcome to Not So Fast with Andrew Perloff and Paul Pabst, 0:00:05.460 --> 0:00:08.740 where two longtime friends challenge each other on the biggest 0:00:08.780 --> 0:00:12.640 sports stories of the day. Here's Andrew Perloff and Paul Pabst. 0:00:13.540 --> 0:00:14.650 Not so fast, my friends. 0:00:18.450 --> 0:00:21.530 Welcome to Not So Fast. I'm Andrew Perloff. He's Paul Papps. 0:00:21.730 --> 0:00:24.290 We have Monday Night Football. Are you a main telecast 0:00:24.350 --> 0:00:25.470 or a manning cast guy? 0:00:25.670 --> 0:00:27.889 I flip-flop. I usually start with the manning cast to 0:00:27.910 --> 0:00:29.250 see what the boys want to say. It's good to 0:00:29.290 --> 0:00:31.360 see them back. The manning cast is a lot of fun. 0:00:31.380 --> 0:00:34.580 You get the insight. When is the Not So Fast cast? 0:00:34.640 --> 0:00:35.660 Is that in the works? 0:00:35.800 --> 0:00:37.520 Oh, I think it's going to be Not So Fast 0:00:37.540 --> 0:00:39.280 until we get a Not So Fast cast. 0:00:39.300 --> 0:00:39.860 Keep an eye on that. 0:00:40.420 --> 0:00:43.580 All right, Chiefs win 31-10. Paul, what's your biggest reaction 0:00:43.620 --> 0:00:44.000 to the game? 0:00:44.080 --> 0:00:46.019 Well, I think everyone sat down and expected some sort 0:00:46.040 --> 0:00:48.840 of a shootout, but maybe Patrick Mahomes' slow start. I 0:00:48.880 --> 0:00:51.330 think he was 2-10 to start the game. But when 0:00:51.370 --> 0:00:53.810 he had that run where he ran for the 15-yard touchdown, 0:00:53.970 --> 0:00:55.750 I'm not even a Chiefs fan, but I look and 0:00:55.790 --> 0:00:56.650 I'm like, oh, don't run. 0:00:57.170 --> 0:00:57.570 Don't run. 0:00:57.670 --> 0:00:59.490 And then he got to about the 5-yard line, and 0:00:59.510 --> 0:01:01.790 I'm like, is he going to slide or go shoulders in? 0:01:02.330 --> 0:01:04.610 He went shoulders in, and I think even the DBs 0:01:04.650 --> 0:01:06.710 were surprised that he didn't put on the brakes. But 0:01:07.190 --> 0:01:09.690 Chiefs fans were like holding their breath and then exhaling. 0:01:10.080 --> 0:01:12.840 Oh, I saw that touchdown. I was like, Chiefs are back. Yes. 0:01:13.300 --> 0:01:15.819 Actually, all night long I said Chiefs are back. The 0:01:15.860 --> 0:01:18.240 entire preseason narrative about this team. 0:01:18.660 --> 0:01:19.339 Just out the window. 0:01:19.860 --> 0:01:20.480 Yeah. 0:01:20.720 --> 0:01:21.940 I thought they were going to be in trouble, Paul. 0:01:21.959 --> 0:01:23.360 They're not in trouble at all. They look like the 0:01:23.400 --> 0:01:25.380 team that it's been to how many Super Bowls? 0:01:25.440 --> 0:01:27.040 And we get to Ken Walker, but the guys like 0:01:27.060 --> 0:01:29.970 Chris Jones and George Karloftis and Bolton. And all those 0:01:29.990 --> 0:01:33.449 guys on defense stepped up. Rasheed Rice back. Things have 0:01:33.490 --> 0:01:36.620 calmed down from the offseason. He's playing good football. Travis Kelsey, 0:01:36.700 --> 0:01:39.040 nice night. All the usual suspects were in place. 0:01:39.319 --> 0:01:41.200 Yeah, I mean, you mentioned the running game. Obviously, Ken 0:01:41.240 --> 0:01:43.890 Walker gets the headlines. But give Andy Reid, the coach, credit. 0:01:44.310 --> 0:01:46.729 Because they went under center, which they never do. 0:01:46.790 --> 0:01:46.950 Right. 0:01:47.390 --> 0:01:51.470 And they had backup offensive linemen. Somehow those backup offensive 0:01:51.500 --> 0:01:54.540 linemen had no problem with the Broncos' pass rush, which 0:01:54.580 --> 0:01:56.720 had the most sacks in the entire NFL last year, 0:01:57.040 --> 0:01:57.940 pushed them around. 0:01:58.400 --> 0:02:01.200 It really was, to me... I'm not surprised they won, 0:02:01.580 --> 0:02:03.460 but how they did it was a revelation. 0:02:03.480 --> 0:02:05.390 And if you look at Kenneth Walker, he goes from 0:02:05.440 --> 0:02:09.050 Super Bowl MVP to a better situation. You're playing with Mahomes. 0:02:09.350 --> 0:02:10.549 You're going to get the ball, and you're going to 0:02:10.570 --> 0:02:12.250 have a lot of freedom to get the ball. Pass game, 0:02:12.510 --> 0:02:15.329 the shovel pass here. But if you look at the offseason, 0:02:15.370 --> 0:02:18.930 what the Chiefs did, they've never had a true alpha 0:02:18.950 --> 0:02:22.690 dog running back. Early Kareem Hunt was pretty good, but 173, 0:02:22.690 --> 0:02:25.060 two touchdowns, a catch, which was like a shovel pass. 0:02:25.620 --> 0:02:27.560 But they have this alpha dog who's in the prime 0:02:27.580 --> 0:02:30.010 of his career to– I wouldn't use the word protect 0:02:30.070 --> 0:02:32.470 Patrick Mahomes, but accentuate Mahomes. 0:02:32.960 --> 0:02:35.000 How dare you? What about our favorite? Some of our 0:02:35.010 --> 0:02:36.960 favorite running backs of all time are Kansas City guys. 0:02:37.000 --> 0:02:39.900 Are we doing know your Chiefs running backs like Barry Word? 0:02:40.260 --> 0:02:41.020 One of your favorites. 0:02:41.220 --> 0:02:41.980 Christian McCoy. 0:02:42.060 --> 0:02:43.760 Christian McCoy. Jamal Charles. 0:02:43.820 --> 0:02:44.459 Priest Holmes. 0:02:44.540 --> 0:02:46.540 Priest Holmes. Larry Johnson had a couple good years. 0:02:46.620 --> 0:02:49.260 So is this sort of a callback now? Is that 0:02:49.300 --> 0:02:50.960 the kind of Chiefs we're going to have now? Or 0:02:51.020 --> 0:02:53.540 Ken Walker is one of the primary guys and Mahomes 0:02:53.960 --> 0:02:55.079 is not secondary. 0:02:55.480 --> 0:02:57.640 But is this offense going to be a run first offense? 0:02:57.660 --> 0:02:59.260 By the way, there's nothing more not so fast than 0:02:59.280 --> 0:03:01.220 just randomly throwing an old Chiefs running back. 0:03:01.260 --> 0:03:01.419 Yeah. 0:03:02.400 --> 0:03:04.540 I don't think it's going to be primarily a running offense, 0:03:04.560 --> 0:03:07.100 but they have that option because, again, Kenneth Walker is 0:03:07.160 --> 0:03:10.430 paid three years entering his prime as a running back. 0:03:10.590 --> 0:03:13.110 You gave me an assignment this morning, Paul. Come up 0:03:13.130 --> 0:03:15.530 with the perfect comp for Kenneth Walker, the running back. 0:03:15.650 --> 0:03:17.329 Okay, now the easy comp is? 0:03:17.350 --> 0:03:19.489 I have no idea. 0:03:19.550 --> 0:03:22.680 Le'Veon Bell is the easy comp, kind of a jump cut, 0:03:22.780 --> 0:03:23.560 patient running back. 0:03:23.980 --> 0:03:26.560 He's twice as fast as Le'Veon Bell. I agree. Okay, 0:03:26.620 --> 0:03:27.760 he's too fast for Le'Veon Bell. 0:03:27.800 --> 0:03:31.040 My old school comp for Kenneth Walker, Garrison Hurst. 0:03:31.500 --> 0:03:31.880 Jacked. 0:03:32.220 --> 0:03:33.040 But with some sizzle. 0:03:33.300 --> 0:03:35.560 Garrison Hurst out of Georgia, San Francisco 49ers? 0:03:35.580 --> 0:03:38.360 Yes. I'm going old school. Garrison Hurst was a fantastic 0:03:38.400 --> 0:03:40.540 running back. Check you too. It reminds me of the 0:03:40.920 --> 0:03:43.780 jump cut, but enough power. He's like a true combo 0:03:43.800 --> 0:03:46.940 back who has the moves. I won't say Saquon Barkley, 0:03:47.260 --> 0:03:48.790 but it's almost like, I don't want to say a 0:03:48.830 --> 0:03:51.150 poor man Saquon Barkley, but the jump cut reminds. 0:03:50.870 --> 0:03:51.110 Me of that. 0:03:51.390 --> 0:03:55.050 So if he's this running back, who is Mahomes? Because 0:03:55.070 --> 0:03:57.250 the receivers did not get a lot of action last night. 0:03:57.490 --> 0:04:00.140 I know Rasheed Rice had one beautiful play. But you 0:04:00.160 --> 0:04:02.500 didn't hear Worthy's name and Rice's name a lot. There 0:04:02.540 --> 0:04:04.720 was some Kelsey. Is it going to ever be the 0:04:04.760 --> 0:04:05.780 high-octane Chiefs again? 0:04:05.840 --> 0:04:07.350 And you pointed out before the show, I think we 0:04:07.370 --> 0:04:10.510 were talking, he didn't have a pass completed over 10 yards. Now, 0:04:10.590 --> 0:04:12.470 when you win, no one talks about that kind of stuff. 0:04:12.830 --> 0:04:17.070 Yeah, the defense, again, was really awesome. It made Bo 0:04:17.110 --> 0:04:20.100 Nix look like he was at Auburn playing Georgia. Yeah, 0:04:21.120 --> 0:04:23.460 I kind of want a mulligan ball on my Super 0:04:23.500 --> 0:04:23.780 Bowl pick. 0:04:23.800 --> 0:04:25.460 All right, let's get to the Broncos' side of this. 0:04:25.520 --> 0:04:27.600 Let's get to the bad side of this. Ten points 0:04:27.640 --> 0:04:30.299 for the Broncos, a lot of expectations. They finished off 0:04:30.310 --> 0:04:32.080 the year great last year, and everyone's like, if they 0:04:32.120 --> 0:04:34.580 had Bo Nix, they'd be in the Super Bowl. A 0:04:34.720 --> 0:04:36.240 lot of people picked them for the Super Bowl. I'm 0:04:36.260 --> 0:04:37.940 going to get to that in a second. But what 0:04:37.960 --> 0:04:39.420 did you see with the Broncos last night? 0:04:39.839 --> 0:04:44.700 Oh, the Broncos offensively were a total mess. New offensive 0:04:44.720 --> 0:04:47.560 coordinator Davis Webb was supposed to get the calls in immediately. 0:04:47.839 --> 0:04:49.859 It looked like Bo Nix was scrambling to beat the 0:04:49.900 --> 0:04:53.180 game clock almost every play. And one or two times 0:04:53.200 --> 0:04:56.339 he did not get it in. receivers dropped passes. 0:04:56.640 --> 0:04:58.599 The run game was non-existent. I think they only had 0:04:58.660 --> 0:04:59.940 six carries at halftime, Paul. 0:05:00.460 --> 0:05:02.840 Everyone knew you have to run against the Chiefs defense, 0:05:02.900 --> 0:05:03.940 and they just refused. 0:05:04.660 --> 0:05:05.140 It's a mess. 0:05:05.310 --> 0:05:08.170 No run blocking, no pass blocking. Bo Nix didn't do 0:05:08.210 --> 0:05:10.750 enough on his own. If you look at that, Jalen 0:05:10.770 --> 0:05:13.390 Waddell got three targets. You'd think he'd be a feature guy. 0:05:13.410 --> 0:05:16.130 Yeah, major drop by Waddell, too. It is an important drop. 0:05:16.450 --> 0:05:18.100 That's the biggest disappointment of the night. 0:05:18.120 --> 0:05:19.960 And if you're watching that game, Monday Night Football, they 0:05:20.000 --> 0:05:23.180 announced Davis Webb, the former quarterback who played with Eli, 0:05:23.760 --> 0:05:26.760 is the new offensive coordinator. That was spotlit in that game, 0:05:27.100 --> 0:05:28.790 and all the blame seemed to shift his way. 0:05:29.230 --> 0:05:31.050 Okay, Sean Payton's one of the greatest play callers of 0:05:31.150 --> 0:05:32.630 all time. Right. Of all time. 0:05:33.670 --> 0:05:35.710 How many weeks is he going to sit there and 0:05:35.770 --> 0:05:37.859 watch this offense plot along like it did? 0:05:38.310 --> 0:05:40.760 I'll be honest, Paul, I would take over week two. 0:05:40.779 --> 0:05:43.080 Just pull the Band-Aid. 0:05:43.300 --> 0:05:45.900 What did you see last night that said Davis Webb 0:05:45.920 --> 0:05:47.540 should be the offensive coordinator of this team? 0:05:47.740 --> 0:05:49.640 I see what you're saying. You do cut the legs 0:05:49.740 --> 0:05:52.240 out under your offensive coordinator if after one week you 0:05:52.260 --> 0:05:53.839 announce he's no longer calling plays. 0:05:54.040 --> 0:05:57.070 Just to be nice, you're letting him do his job. 0:05:57.310 --> 0:05:59.050 I say you get right in there because the season's 0:05:59.070 --> 0:05:59.430 going to get. 0:05:59.390 --> 0:06:01.750 Away from you if you're Denver. Jacksonville this week. But 0:06:01.910 --> 0:06:03.870 they played great. You can't lose this game. 0:06:04.029 --> 0:06:06.830 I will say, though, Denver under Sean Payton has never 0:06:06.870 --> 0:06:09.380 started well in September. Last year, they were 1-2. So 0:06:09.440 --> 0:06:11.520 maybe there will be more patience. But if you look 0:06:11.540 --> 0:06:15.660 at the schedule coming up, Jags– Rams. 0:06:16.040 --> 0:06:16.680 At the Niners. 0:06:16.800 --> 0:06:19.700 Niners. And the Chargers are probably better at that point 0:06:19.750 --> 0:06:22.210 than the Seahawks. You could look at that schedule and think, 0:06:22.410 --> 0:06:22.909 we could be 1-4. 0:06:23.370 --> 0:06:25.409 That is not a schedule to learn how to be 0:06:25.450 --> 0:06:28.640 an offensive coordinator. Honestly, Peyton should take it away from 0:06:29.190 --> 0:06:32.270 from Webb immediately. As you said, rip the Band-Aid off. 0:06:32.600 --> 0:06:33.820 And then if he wants to give it back to 0:06:33.860 --> 0:06:35.480 him for, I don't know, where's the break? 0:06:36.020 --> 0:06:40.120 Cardinals. The Cardinals were good last week. So who knows? 0:06:40.260 --> 0:06:42.200 But I am actually really worried. I did pick the 0:06:42.220 --> 0:06:43.500 Broncos and now I regret it. 0:06:43.640 --> 0:06:45.830 Okay. So if you're watching the Dan Patrick show earlier today, 0:06:45.870 --> 0:06:48.190 Dan did mention that his Super Bowl pick was the Broncos. 0:06:48.230 --> 0:06:49.150 Yours was the Broncos. 0:06:49.330 --> 0:06:50.229 Coincidence. Right. 0:06:50.330 --> 0:06:52.490 We gave Dan a do-over. He said, no, I'm sticking. 0:06:52.529 --> 0:06:54.710 I'm not going to bail week one. Will you bail 0:06:54.750 --> 0:06:55.490 week one on your Broncos? 0:06:55.570 --> 0:06:56.990 I will not just bail. 0:06:57.100 --> 0:06:59.720 I will 100% bail, and I have no problem doing this. 0:06:59.800 --> 0:07:01.479 And I'll tell you where I want to bail if 0:07:01.540 --> 0:07:01.800 I'm allowed. 0:07:01.820 --> 0:07:04.020 But if you bail, you can't unbail. I'm checking with 0:07:04.040 --> 0:07:05.480 the control room. No unbailing on that. 0:07:05.500 --> 0:07:06.360 That's absolutely fine. 0:07:06.779 --> 0:07:10.240 Because Bo Nix reverted to bad Auburn Bo Nix. 0:07:10.540 --> 0:07:12.580 I want nothing to do with this right now. Not 0:07:12.700 --> 0:07:14.800 Oregon Bo Nix. Not Oregon Bo Nix. I think the 0:07:14.840 --> 0:07:16.730 defense will get much better. I think they start off 0:07:16.760 --> 0:07:16.960 a little. 0:07:16.990 --> 0:07:18.430 Wait, are you bailing or unbailing? 0:07:18.690 --> 0:07:20.850 I'm bailing. I'm full bailing. Full bail. 0:07:21.250 --> 0:07:23.590 Okay, before today's show is done, you have to pick 0:07:23.750 --> 0:07:25.150 your replacement AFC team. 0:07:25.610 --> 0:07:26.130 Okay, I think. 0:07:26.150 --> 0:07:27.970 Do you want to save it for the final segment? 0:07:27.990 --> 0:07:30.410 I'll save it. But am I allowed to do this? 0:07:30.470 --> 0:07:31.790 I think the audience is not going to accept it. 0:07:31.790 --> 0:07:34.330 New show, new rules, NBC's in my ear saying you 0:07:34.380 --> 0:07:35.010 are allowed to do this. 0:07:35.470 --> 0:07:37.940 Who at NBC? I don't know. Was it Tirico? Was 0:07:37.980 --> 0:07:38.510 it Collinsworth? 0:07:38.920 --> 0:07:41.820 They watch. All right, let's get to it. Week one 0:07:41.840 --> 0:07:44.140 in the NFL is over, and there are some quarterback 0:07:44.160 --> 0:07:47.340 situations already. Not benched for play, but benched for other reasons. 0:07:47.780 --> 0:07:50.160 Let's start with Drew Locke filling in for Sam Darnold. 0:07:50.360 --> 0:07:52.940 Sam Darnold has a soft tissue injury, which none of 0:07:52.980 --> 0:07:54.810 us understand. Is it his hip? 0:07:55.020 --> 0:07:55.750 Is it his glute? 0:07:55.970 --> 0:07:59.610 Nobody really knows. But he's out for an unspecified amount 0:07:59.630 --> 0:08:01.390 of time, and another report said he's out for a 0:08:01.590 --> 0:08:03.770 few weeks. Perloff, you're the semantics guy. 0:08:03.850 --> 0:08:05.450 What does a few weeks mean? A few means three. 0:08:06.170 --> 0:08:08.210 Not two to three? No. 0:08:08.240 --> 0:08:11.900 A few means three, but are they saying he's coming 0:08:11.940 --> 0:08:13.280 back if we really need him? 0:08:13.360 --> 0:08:16.240 I know San Francisco is on the schedule soon. If 0:08:16.380 --> 0:08:18.340 they have an easy game, then he's out. 0:08:18.520 --> 0:08:20.400 Let's pin down a few. I think a few could 0:08:20.420 --> 0:08:23.440 be two to three. A couple obviously only means two. 0:08:24.220 --> 0:08:24.540 Oh, yeah. 0:08:24.560 --> 0:08:26.720 A couple is definitely two. But these injuries, especially if 0:08:26.740 --> 0:08:28.940 you can't specify the injury, if you're not even giving 0:08:28.980 --> 0:08:30.700 me a body part, Paul, how are we going to 0:08:30.740 --> 0:08:31.500 define a few? 0:08:31.700 --> 0:08:31.820 Yeah. 0:08:31.860 --> 0:08:33.199 Give me a body part and give me a number 0:08:33.220 --> 0:08:35.090 of weeks. Can we help a brother out? What about 0:08:35.160 --> 0:08:37.430 can a few be four weeks or is that extended 0:08:37.470 --> 0:08:38.150 period of time? 0:08:38.690 --> 0:08:41.580 Oh, well, then people are going to be nervous. More importantly, 0:08:41.620 --> 0:08:44.420 look at the schedule. Instead of arguing about wording here. 0:08:44.480 --> 0:08:45.300 Is this schedule-based? 0:08:45.900 --> 0:08:46.300 I think so. 0:08:46.620 --> 0:08:48.640 At Arizona, it might be tougher than you think. But 0:08:48.750 --> 0:08:50.910 at Washington, you don't need him for that game. That 0:08:50.929 --> 0:08:54.490 Seattle defense can win that game single-handedly. Then the Chargers, 0:08:54.850 --> 0:08:56.990 it's a San Francisco game because that's a divisional game. 0:08:57.010 --> 0:08:58.809 It means more in the standings. I think Darnold will 0:08:58.870 --> 0:08:59.929 definitely be backed by that. 0:09:00.070 --> 0:09:02.350 So you're looking at the Seahawks right now saying, Drew 0:09:02.390 --> 0:09:04.370 Locke played pretty well last week. He's got a lot 0:09:04.490 --> 0:09:06.250 in the tank. He has a whole week to get 0:09:06.290 --> 0:09:08.880 first-team reps. Let him play out a week or two. 0:09:08.890 --> 0:09:10.600 Remember back in the day, they used to do this 0:09:10.640 --> 0:09:12.679 with Steph Curry, and they wouldn't bring him back until 0:09:12.700 --> 0:09:14.630 they lost a game in a series. This might be 0:09:14.670 --> 0:09:15.790 one of those type of situations. 0:09:16.010 --> 0:09:19.130 Oh, I mean, Drew Locke was fine last week, and 0:09:19.210 --> 0:09:21.970 the commanders did not look good. That's a perfect example 0:09:21.990 --> 0:09:23.510 where Seattle can play conservative. 0:09:23.550 --> 0:09:26.230 All right, next quarterback situation. There's Drew Locke just nailing 0:09:26.330 --> 0:09:27.230 one to Cooper Cup. 0:09:27.690 --> 0:09:29.910 Drew Locke, you know, I'm a big backup quarterback guy. 0:09:29.929 --> 0:09:30.330 Nice arm. 0:09:30.590 --> 0:09:32.609 He's got a better arm than half the starters in 0:09:32.630 --> 0:09:35.110 the league. He just gets a little flustered. 0:09:35.170 --> 0:09:36.950 And the defense will keep them in any game. All right, 0:09:36.970 --> 0:09:39.470 let's get to the next quarterback situation. This one is 0:09:39.530 --> 0:09:42.750 Carson Wentz in Minnesota. Kyler Murray is in the protocol, 0:09:42.790 --> 0:09:45.100 as we know. He threw a pick in his first pass. 0:09:45.820 --> 0:09:47.920 Here's the situation, I think, what's going to happen with 0:09:47.970 --> 0:09:51.010 Carson Wentz. Carson Wentz, three touchdowns to beat the Packers. 0:09:51.050 --> 0:09:51.390 Played well. 0:09:51.410 --> 0:09:56.429 There's Kyler Murray, unfortunately, hurt. But Carson Wentz is a 0:09:56.470 --> 0:09:59.069 known quantity. He's had some good years in the NFL before, 0:09:59.110 --> 0:09:59.870 and he's kind of a high. 0:10:00.290 --> 0:10:00.630 Backup. 0:10:01.110 --> 0:10:02.940 I wonder if the Vikings look at this situation, and 0:10:02.980 --> 0:10:06.540 more so, the Viking fans say, this might be preferable. 0:10:06.960 --> 0:10:09.099 A veteran guy like Carson Wentz who can do the 0:10:09.140 --> 0:10:12.400 right things and just deliver ball to Justin Jefferson. He's 0:10:12.440 --> 0:10:14.819 going against a below-average defense in the Bears next week. 0:10:15.080 --> 0:10:17.569 If Carson Wentz plays well and they somehow steal a 0:10:17.570 --> 0:10:20.030 win from the Bears... Could he hold that job for 0:10:20.070 --> 0:10:20.309 a while? 0:10:20.429 --> 0:10:22.330 Well, I think so, because Kyler Murray is on the 0:10:22.390 --> 0:10:23.050 league minimum. 0:10:23.070 --> 0:10:24.680 It's not like they invested anything in him. 0:10:24.710 --> 0:10:26.569 They don't have anything. Most of the money is going 0:10:26.590 --> 0:10:27.510 to J.J. McCarthy. 0:10:27.630 --> 0:10:29.220 Yeah, and they don't really even know what they have 0:10:29.240 --> 0:10:31.679 with Kyler Murray. I think Wentz could win this job. Now, 0:10:31.720 --> 0:10:33.660 Wentz struggled a little bit last year. He came in 0:10:33.740 --> 0:10:36.300 red hot when he got in for the Vikings, then 0:10:36.340 --> 0:10:39.059 he fell apart. But I think with an offseason and 0:10:39.080 --> 0:10:40.990 getting healthier, Wentz could be really good here. 0:10:41.510 --> 0:10:45.400 Obviously really good on Sunday. Wentz is funny. He sometimes 0:10:45.440 --> 0:10:47.800 has a couple good games, then he gets loose. But 0:10:47.880 --> 0:10:50.300 I think it's a really well-coached team. I think Justin 0:10:50.340 --> 0:10:53.260 Jefferson's on a mission. And you said this on Monday. 0:10:53.600 --> 0:10:55.059 What was the key to Wentz's success? 0:10:55.260 --> 0:10:55.600 Targeting. 0:10:56.200 --> 0:10:59.640 Targeting Justin Jefferson every game. I think this could work. 0:10:59.740 --> 0:11:01.380 I mean, is it a great team with Carson Wentz? 0:11:01.400 --> 0:11:03.400 Maybe not. But you didn't know what you had with 0:11:03.420 --> 0:11:03.900 Kyler Murray. 0:11:03.950 --> 0:11:05.510 You know, it could be one of those situations where 0:11:05.550 --> 0:11:07.430 if he wins this weekend, and they just let him 0:11:07.470 --> 0:11:09.650 play out until he loses, and they could use abundance 0:11:09.690 --> 0:11:11.150 of caution with Kyler Murray. 0:11:11.210 --> 0:11:13.090 Right, and you know, we were talking about 90s and 0:11:13.290 --> 0:11:14.150 2000s NFL history. 0:11:14.530 --> 0:11:17.670 Same thing happened with Randall Cunningham in 98, Jeff George, 0:11:18.050 --> 0:11:21.370 my guy Case Keenum, Warren Moon. The Vikings have this 0:11:21.510 --> 0:11:23.970 knack for bringing up guys out of nowhere who have 0:11:24.010 --> 0:11:24.469 good seasons. 0:11:24.510 --> 0:11:26.970 Sam Darnold, no one expected Sam Darnold to do what 0:11:27.010 --> 0:11:27.250 he did. 0:11:27.350 --> 0:11:29.369 Alright, before we break, some warm takes coming up, but 0:11:29.920 --> 0:11:33.130 The other quarterback situation is Atlanta, and it's a situation 0:11:33.150 --> 0:11:36.410 where there's maybe no right answer. Cooper Rush played last week. 0:11:36.880 --> 0:11:40.480 Pennix is not 100%. Tua's got a back thing, and 0:11:40.500 --> 0:11:43.000 they have given no update on this. Is there any 0:11:43.080 --> 0:11:44.020 upside to this situation? 0:11:44.460 --> 0:11:44.760 No. 0:11:44.880 --> 0:11:46.620 In fact, you might be getting into a tank mode 0:11:46.660 --> 0:11:47.300 if you're Atlanta. 0:11:47.400 --> 0:11:47.520 Oh. 0:11:47.800 --> 0:11:49.840 Because that offense did nothing. I mean, B. 0:11:49.860 --> 0:11:52.340 John Robinson was awesome, but he was the entire offense. 0:11:52.720 --> 0:11:56.080 So I don't know if they really want good quarterbacking. 0:11:56.100 --> 0:11:57.820 You might be quarterbacking them in a couple weeks. 0:11:57.860 --> 0:11:59.979 Yeah, I'm not sure Michael Penix has the health to 0:12:00.040 --> 0:12:01.349 be a long-term starter. 0:12:01.380 --> 0:12:01.640 Jeez. 0:12:02.250 --> 0:12:05.810 All right, coming up next, Ohio State obviously fell in 0:12:05.830 --> 0:12:06.410 the rankings. 0:12:06.730 --> 0:12:09.310 I have a major, major problem with the way the 0:12:09.390 --> 0:12:11.790 AP did this. We'll get to that next. Not so fast. 0:12:15.429 --> 0:12:18.720 Here we go, Pearl. Midday pick-me-up just for you. Actually, 0:12:18.740 --> 0:12:19.480 just for DP. 0:12:19.520 --> 0:12:20.240 He's a Reds guy. 0:12:20.900 --> 0:12:22.600 Ellie De La Cruz. When you were a kid and 0:12:22.620 --> 0:12:24.660 you went to the local ballpark, someone put one out. 0:12:24.679 --> 0:12:27.339 They called it Parking One. Ellie De La Cruz parked 0:12:27.420 --> 0:12:29.070 one out of the ballpark. 0:12:29.740 --> 0:12:32.280 What's that line in the movie Major League? What park 0:12:32.300 --> 0:12:34.820 did that leave? Like a national park? That would have 0:12:34.840 --> 0:12:37.420 gone out of Rushmore. I mean out of Yellowstone. 0:12:37.460 --> 0:12:38.140 That was crazy. 0:12:38.179 --> 0:12:39.660 Too far. Too far. 0:12:39.760 --> 0:12:40.280 Too far. 0:12:40.350 --> 0:12:41.140 Great hit by L.A. 0:12:41.160 --> 0:12:41.770 Dealer Cruz. 0:12:41.790 --> 0:12:44.090 All right, it's time. Monday Night Football, we'll talk more 0:12:44.130 --> 0:12:45.949 about that in a little bit. It's time for warm takes. 0:12:46.250 --> 0:12:48.109 Some nice cozy ones to get you ready for the 0:12:48.190 --> 0:12:48.910 nice Tuesday. 0:12:49.550 --> 0:12:50.510 I will go first, Pearl. 0:12:50.890 --> 0:12:52.530 I've been banging the drum on this one for a while. 0:12:52.590 --> 0:12:55.130 There's time for a new stat in football, both college 0:12:55.150 --> 0:13:00.239 and pro. RCI, Receiver Caused Interception. Happened maybe to Arch 0:13:00.280 --> 0:13:02.680 Manning the other day, but happens a couple times a weekend. 0:13:03.059 --> 0:13:04.540 So let's say a running back is out in the 0:13:04.600 --> 0:13:05.859 flat or a wide receiver is out in the flat. 0:13:05.900 --> 0:13:08.140 He gets hit right in the hands, right in the 0:13:08.160 --> 0:13:11.240 numbers with a ball. It pops out and gets intercepted. 0:13:11.580 --> 0:13:13.490 That goes on the tally for the quarterback, and it 0:13:13.540 --> 0:13:14.870 goes at the end of the season. He had this 0:13:14.910 --> 0:13:18.069 many interceptions. Why not put that blame on the receiver 0:13:18.130 --> 0:13:20.430 who let it hit right off his hands, a catchable ball, 0:13:20.730 --> 0:13:22.510 and go out? If it hit him in the hands 0:13:22.570 --> 0:13:24.290 and it hit the turf, he would get dinged and 0:13:24.309 --> 0:13:27.470 be caused a drop. A drop is an official NFL stat. 0:13:27.610 --> 0:13:31.500 This is just like that. R-C-I, receiver-caused interception. Look at 0:13:31.520 --> 0:13:34.199 other sports. Baseball, it's either a wild pitch or a 0:13:34.240 --> 0:13:37.040 passed ball, and that's judging, giving a judgment to something 0:13:37.080 --> 0:13:40.020 and assigning blame. We love to assign blame. If you 0:13:40.059 --> 0:13:43.199 look at other things in baseball, error or hit, you 0:13:43.240 --> 0:13:44.990 judge whether it should have been an error or a hit. 0:13:45.330 --> 0:13:46.870 I think this is a really easy one for the 0:13:46.910 --> 0:13:49.309 score people to do in the NFL or college football. 0:13:49.330 --> 0:13:52.230 It hits the receiver in the hands, pops off, gets 0:13:52.250 --> 0:13:55.040 an interception. It's an R-C-I. I'm going to throw this 0:13:55.080 --> 0:13:58.160 out to the Manning brothers. Mannings, you're quarterbacks. You love 0:13:58.179 --> 0:14:01.330 shifting blame to the receivers. R-C-I, this is the year 0:14:01.429 --> 0:14:02.670 to make it happen. Pearl, your thoughts. 0:14:03.370 --> 0:14:05.710 Who's going to judge whether it's a little, what if 0:14:05.730 --> 0:14:07.310 it's a little bit behind him, or what if the 0:14:07.350 --> 0:14:09.850 pass has too much zip on it? You know, that 0:14:09.870 --> 0:14:11.390 could be on the quarterback just a little bit. 0:14:11.450 --> 0:14:13.190 So it's in between. But you know it when you 0:14:13.230 --> 0:14:15.390 see it. If it hits a guy right in the hands, 0:14:15.490 --> 0:14:17.230 and he's in the flat, and he goes, whoop, whoop, 0:14:17.490 --> 0:14:19.860 and gets picked off, that is not on the quarterback. 0:14:19.890 --> 0:14:20.560 You hear him say that? 0:14:21.200 --> 0:14:21.340 R-C-I. 0:14:21.950 --> 0:14:24.810 How about last night Patrick Mahomes threw an interception because 0:14:24.870 --> 0:14:27.810 Xavier Worthy ran the wrong route or there was a miscommunication? 0:14:27.990 --> 0:14:28.930 Is that an RCI? 0:14:29.030 --> 0:14:31.160 I think that's harder for the people to judge us 0:14:31.580 --> 0:14:31.960 to judge. 0:14:32.140 --> 0:14:33.280 Wrong route RCI? 0:14:34.180 --> 0:14:38.239 Wrong route. That's a little wordy. RCI is nice and simple. RCI, 0:14:38.300 --> 0:14:38.980 let's make it happen. 0:14:39.080 --> 0:14:40.870 Yeah, these things in the NFL like that are always 0:14:40.920 --> 0:14:41.470 so simple. 0:14:41.510 --> 0:14:42.890