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Speaker 1: Around the NFL podcast The New Video Guy is ready

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Speaker 1: for the Internet back lass from the Chris Westling podcast studio.

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Speaker 1: It's around the NFL. I am Dan Hansis I have

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Speaker 1: heroes ready for a new season of National Football League Action.

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Speaker 1: Greg Rosenthal, Mark Sessler Boys the v O Guy, He's

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Speaker 1: ready for the backlash. Maybe we're ready for the backlash

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Speaker 1: because we're about to preview week one, our tenth season

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Speaker 1: together doing this thing. I like to think we're getting better.

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Speaker 1: I'm I don't have a proof of that, but I'd

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Speaker 1: like to think that we we arrived here. It does

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Speaker 1: have a different feel that the game's actually here tonight,

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Speaker 1: that the season started. The kids are in the RAMS

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Speaker 1: gear going to school. Like Dan's got a fresh haircut.

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Speaker 1: I believe this is in the seven to ten day.

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Speaker 1: Don't notice when he shaves he shaved. Just notice me

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Speaker 1: say same thing to my wife. I got a haircane.

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Speaker 1: I'm here, you got you look sharp, as Keith Hansas

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Speaker 1: would say. Hopefully we hear from Keith Hansas on Sunday

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Speaker 1: Night the Flagship Show talking about a Jets victory with

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Speaker 1: Joe Flacca will get into that situation. By the way,

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Speaker 1: I want to say a couple of things after a while,

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Speaker 1: I don't think that's gonna be a high draft pick.

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Speaker 1: We draft all the games based on what we're gonna

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Speaker 1: take Sunday, and it feels good to football. This spanner

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Speaker 1: I'm holding in my hand was sitting on every one

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Speaker 1: of our desks this morning. And by the way, hang

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Speaker 1: it proudly because I heard from a birdie that Goodell

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Speaker 1: the Commission is in the building. He could walk past

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Speaker 1: invite him in the studio if he shows up, or

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Speaker 1: you can make a stand about something you feel about

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Speaker 1: the league with him in our presence. But Goodell is

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Speaker 1: here somewhere, rock I have the the banner just sort

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Speaker 1: of haphazardly slabbed on my desk. I didn't realize that

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Speaker 1: It does feel great. We had Stephen Jackson next to

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Speaker 1: do have some questions about that Deshaun Watson investigations, So

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Speaker 1: I just wanted to find out it's time to chop

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Speaker 1: it up and figure out what's going on there. What else?

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Speaker 1: A couple of things because we're gonna get to every game.

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Speaker 1: We do a draft style of course. Uh, and we

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Speaker 1: will have our locks of the week. We'll have some

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Speaker 1: old friends checking in. UM. Big announcement, give me that announcement,

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Speaker 1: Horn Graver. We're going to London. You guys know that

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Speaker 1: we've announced that we've been this is our thing, fourth

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Speaker 1: show that is going to top any live show we've

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Speaker 1: ever done. Thursday, September twenty nine in London at the

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Speaker 1: O two Forum, Kentish Town. Showtime seven thirty. Doors open

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Speaker 1: at seven and you could get tickets at Ticketmaster search

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Speaker 1: around the NFL. A Ticketmaster, you will have access to

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Speaker 1: the Heroes Live. Put it out on our social There's

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Speaker 1: no going back now. I guess we're definitely going to London.

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Speaker 1: I still it's happening, it's exciting. We're so excited for this.

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Speaker 1: Mark has been his body. His workout routine has gone

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Speaker 1: through the roof because he's going to be shirtless during

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Speaker 1: Friday morning ten am Pacific, one pm Eastern six pm

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Speaker 1: Sunday Night Football, perfect place to start. And remember we're

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Speaker 1: Sunday Night Football the Tampa Bay Buccaneers at the Dallas

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426
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Speaker 1: the other direction, said I don't like all these people

427
00:21:22,960 --> 00:21:24,960
Speaker 1: saying we can't win. We're gonna win, We're gonna do X,

428
00:21:25,040 --> 00:21:26,640
Speaker 1: Y and Z. It's like, alright, Pete, well, I want

429
00:21:26,680 --> 00:21:28,120
Speaker 1: to say if they if they ever pull it off,

430
00:21:28,200 --> 00:21:30,080
Speaker 1: if they won nine or ten games with this team,

431
00:21:30,440 --> 00:21:32,560
Speaker 1: it I think it would become Seahawks fans, one of

432
00:21:32,600 --> 00:21:36,199
Speaker 1: the Seahawks fans, better season, more favorite seasons, because right

433
00:21:36,240 --> 00:21:41,880
Speaker 1: now it's dark like alrightw you're right, it's a it's

434
00:21:41,920 --> 00:21:44,840
Speaker 1: more of an is more of an interesting team here, Yes,

435
00:21:45,000 --> 00:21:47,560
Speaker 1: all right, well we'll find out on listen, we'll find out.

436
00:21:47,800 --> 00:21:51,160
Speaker 1: Can't we do the Tuesday show? You can't beat you can't.

437
00:21:51,240 --> 00:21:54,200
Speaker 1: I don't want to see the crowd um treating Russell

438
00:21:54,240 --> 00:21:56,760
Speaker 1: Wilson terribly. That really would be a bad look. Thank

439
00:21:56,800 --> 00:22:00,720
Speaker 1: you have some class. The guy bald out for years

440
00:22:00,760 --> 00:22:03,160
Speaker 1: for you, brought a super Bowl trophy to you, almost

441
00:22:03,200 --> 00:22:05,639
Speaker 1: got you another win. Still doing charity in your city,

442
00:22:05,760 --> 00:22:08,280
Speaker 1: doing charity in your city. What do we doing? Well,

443
00:22:08,320 --> 00:22:11,160
Speaker 1: they haven't done it yet, So he never takes any

444
00:22:11,200 --> 00:22:14,159
Speaker 1: grief for that, you know, interception. It's like Pete Carroll

445
00:22:14,359 --> 00:22:16,280
Speaker 1: in Bevel took all the grief as if like a

446
00:22:16,400 --> 00:22:20,440
Speaker 1: robot you don't think Russell Wilson took He's taken something.

447
00:22:20,800 --> 00:22:23,000
Speaker 1: You know, this is like the perfect storm because you

448
00:22:23,640 --> 00:22:26,200
Speaker 1: hate Russell Wilson and love Geno Smith and now they're

449
00:22:26,200 --> 00:22:28,920
Speaker 1: playing each other and Pete Carroll about two months ago.

450
00:22:29,000 --> 00:22:31,439
Speaker 1: So I don't know what. Let's take a break and

451
00:22:31,480 --> 00:22:35,680
Speaker 1: then we'll get to the draft. All right, welcome back.

452
00:22:35,720 --> 00:22:37,760
Speaker 1: We're through the prime time games. We got a six

453
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Speaker 1: hour show here, and we're really excited. It is officially

454
00:22:40,200 --> 00:22:41,880
Speaker 1: the first time of the season where you're like, Okay,

455
00:22:41,920 --> 00:22:45,800
Speaker 1: we gotta pick up the pace. Let's get to it. Now.

456
00:22:45,880 --> 00:22:49,600
Speaker 1: The draft. It's a snake draft and we will all

457
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Speaker 1: pick four games each and these these will be the

458
00:22:53,400 --> 00:22:56,320
Speaker 1: games that we will watch and be responsible for. It

459
00:22:56,320 --> 00:22:59,280
Speaker 1: comes Sunday and then talk about on the Flagship Show

460
00:22:59,320 --> 00:23:04,080
Speaker 1: Sunday night. And part of this process again is um

461
00:23:04,280 --> 00:23:06,399
Speaker 1: locking games and to come up with an order, you

462
00:23:06,440 --> 00:23:09,520
Speaker 1: have to you have to start somewhere. So yes, the

463
00:23:09,560 --> 00:23:13,760
Speaker 1: defending champion always picks first. And um, I just did

464
00:23:13,760 --> 00:23:16,840
Speaker 1: you guys remember that? Did you guys know? Well? So

465
00:23:16,920 --> 00:23:19,200
Speaker 1: does it go from? So do you guys know that

466
00:23:19,240 --> 00:23:24,480
Speaker 1: you won the luck? I did ask before the show.

467
00:23:24,560 --> 00:23:27,200
Speaker 1: I was u it was a really import holding the

468
00:23:27,240 --> 00:23:30,840
Speaker 1: lock trophy in my hands, taunting you with it. It

469
00:23:30,920 --> 00:23:33,160
Speaker 1: was an important moment because you've hosted this show for

470
00:23:33,240 --> 00:23:35,560
Speaker 1: so long and never won this by yourself, and it

471
00:23:35,600 --> 00:23:40,520
Speaker 1: was it was actually becoming awkward. So it's once and

472
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Speaker 1: one once, which I think is the all time leader.

473
00:23:43,800 --> 00:23:47,520
Speaker 1: I'm tied with maybe you at this point, so I

474
00:23:47,520 --> 00:23:49,920
Speaker 1: know it eats you up. Greg, especially since the whole

475
00:23:49,960 --> 00:23:51,480
Speaker 1: night I went it three times and a couple of

476
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Speaker 1: times by myself. We've done this like okay, So but

477
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Speaker 1: that was a sling that I I will take from

478
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Speaker 1: Greg and just by shield and send it back at him.

479
00:24:02,000 --> 00:24:04,880
Speaker 1: I am the champion. Greg, you finished in last last

480
00:24:04,920 --> 00:24:09,040
Speaker 1: year's you need to come back in fact that you know,

481
00:24:09,800 --> 00:24:11,359
Speaker 1: I think you just should show me a little more

482
00:24:11,400 --> 00:24:13,920
Speaker 1: respect because that was a tough battle to win last year.

483
00:24:16,160 --> 00:24:19,240
Speaker 1: The super Bowl trash talk, that's part of the fun.

484
00:24:20,359 --> 00:24:22,439
Speaker 1: I'm with you your first make your pick. I do

485
00:24:22,560 --> 00:24:26,000
Speaker 1: I do think there defending champ I didn't. I didn't

486
00:24:26,040 --> 00:24:28,520
Speaker 1: feel a lot of respect coming from that before because

487
00:24:28,560 --> 00:24:31,560
Speaker 1: you were you were going on about how you wanted

488
00:24:31,600 --> 00:24:33,879
Speaker 1: to end the competition. If you want to get if

489
00:24:35,440 --> 00:24:40,520
Speaker 1: the heroism of the old zuser saying, pipe down, Rosenthal.

490
00:24:40,640 --> 00:24:45,120
Speaker 1: Not only not only is the lock trophy not going anywhere.

491
00:24:47,040 --> 00:24:50,080
Speaker 1: I will humble you, so come get me. Okay, let's

492
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Speaker 1: start self spinning pr going on in the show. Speaking

493
00:24:54,320 --> 00:24:57,600
Speaker 1: of humbling, I would like to humbly request to join

494
00:24:57,880 --> 00:25:03,960
Speaker 1: the lock competition for the two seasons. You know absolutely,

495
00:25:04,040 --> 00:25:06,879
Speaker 1: I love it. Mark. I think you're probably comfortable with it.

496
00:25:06,960 --> 00:25:11,680
Speaker 1: I don't. I don't see the upside um. We're trying

497
00:25:11,720 --> 00:25:18,000
Speaker 1: to keep er she started. That's right, I didn't come

498
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Speaker 1: in last. Technically you could make fun of me if

499
00:25:20,480 --> 00:25:23,080
Speaker 1: I'm terrible. There's an upside for you, make a bit

500
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Speaker 1: out of it. I could see you maybe winning too,

501
00:25:25,200 --> 00:25:29,440
Speaker 1: which would be embarrassing. You win your first um time

502
00:25:29,440 --> 00:25:32,680
Speaker 1: ever that that's embarrassing for all of us. You're in

503
00:25:32,760 --> 00:25:35,800
Speaker 1: the middle. That's a wet fire. Who cares or your last?

504
00:25:35,880 --> 00:25:39,120
Speaker 1: And it's like, oh, no one can take your seriously. Yeah,

505
00:25:39,840 --> 00:25:43,800
Speaker 1: I see your point, Greg, all right, why don't you

506
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Speaker 1: share a lock? And then we're going to deliberate at

507
00:25:45,920 --> 00:25:47,760
Speaker 1: the end of the show. Now it's just a bit,

508
00:25:49,920 --> 00:25:52,199
Speaker 1: but it was. It was the man splaining and you

509
00:25:52,240 --> 00:25:54,040
Speaker 1: know what you did with Erica last year that won't

510
00:25:54,040 --> 00:25:57,679
Speaker 1: be forgotten. That was that was the opposite of that

511
00:25:57,720 --> 00:26:02,600
Speaker 1: was toward. Let's get to it. They I'm curious where

512
00:26:02,640 --> 00:26:06,400
Speaker 1: you're going with this first pick. It's an easy one.

513
00:26:06,960 --> 00:26:09,800
Speaker 1: I can't wait. I'm taking the last one of the

514
00:26:09,880 --> 00:26:16,080
Speaker 1: late games. I'm taking Raiders at Chargers. Let it begin.

515
00:26:16,680 --> 00:26:21,440
Speaker 1: I love all the intrigue obviously around the a f

516
00:26:21,520 --> 00:26:24,360
Speaker 1: C West this year. This is the CBS Kevin Harland

517
00:26:24,400 --> 00:26:28,760
Speaker 1: Trent Green joint and I am so excited to see

518
00:26:30,119 --> 00:26:32,040
Speaker 1: and says it's an easy pick, and he takes Trent

519
00:26:32,119 --> 00:26:35,440
Speaker 1: Green first. Over that the game is gonna outweigh the

520
00:26:35,880 --> 00:26:38,400
Speaker 1: crew here justin Herbert Mark and I both have him

521
00:26:38,400 --> 00:26:40,440
Speaker 1: as our m v P pick. Uh. There, this is

522
00:26:40,480 --> 00:26:43,320
Speaker 1: such an exciting roster on both sides of the ball.

523
00:26:43,560 --> 00:26:46,639
Speaker 1: Khalil mac Now on that defense, uh, you know you

524
00:26:46,640 --> 00:26:48,960
Speaker 1: could see Joey Bosa maybe having a defensive Player of

525
00:26:48,960 --> 00:26:50,879
Speaker 1: the Year type year. They're gonna score a ton of

526
00:26:50,920 --> 00:26:53,080
Speaker 1: points to be fun to watch. And then the Raiders,

527
00:26:53,119 --> 00:26:55,280
Speaker 1: who are a bit of a mystery to me. Um,

528
00:26:55,320 --> 00:26:57,560
Speaker 1: even though I think they'll be improved. You want to

529
00:26:57,560 --> 00:27:00,480
Speaker 1: see if all this hype after Davante Adams enters the building.

530
00:27:00,920 --> 00:27:04,800
Speaker 1: Uh checks out, because I feel very confident the Chargers

531
00:27:05,119 --> 00:27:08,600
Speaker 1: are gonna put up to thirty five points in this game.

532
00:27:09,480 --> 00:27:12,560
Speaker 1: Does Derek Carr have, with a true number one Hall

533
00:27:12,600 --> 00:27:15,080
Speaker 1: of Fame level wide receiver now at his side, the

534
00:27:15,119 --> 00:27:18,920
Speaker 1: ability to match a superstar like Herbert in a shootout?

535
00:27:19,840 --> 00:27:23,119
Speaker 1: I think he does, especially this week where it looks

536
00:27:23,160 --> 00:27:27,120
Speaker 1: like J. C. Jackson will probably miss the game. You know, look,

537
00:27:27,119 --> 00:27:30,040
Speaker 1: he did it last year, Derek Carr. He had a

538
00:27:30,119 --> 00:27:32,600
Speaker 1: chance to go away in that game, and he was

539
00:27:32,640 --> 00:27:35,280
Speaker 1: not his best game back in Week eighteen, but ultimately

540
00:27:35,440 --> 00:27:37,399
Speaker 1: he didn't make that out. I think it was to

541
00:27:37,560 --> 00:27:40,760
Speaker 1: Za Jones, which was a beautiful throw which ended up

542
00:27:40,800 --> 00:27:43,760
Speaker 1: putting them into the playoffs, you know, continuing that drive.

543
00:27:44,520 --> 00:27:47,919
Speaker 1: I am curious offensively, like how much can McDaniels and

544
00:27:47,960 --> 00:27:51,679
Speaker 1: then Patrick Graham defensively make up for spots because I

545
00:27:51,680 --> 00:27:53,400
Speaker 1: think you look at these two rosters and they both

546
00:27:53,400 --> 00:27:56,760
Speaker 1: look pretty loaded, except the Raiders offensive line looks like

547
00:27:56,840 --> 00:28:00,479
Speaker 1: a huge problem. And now you're going up against Khalil

548
00:28:00,560 --> 00:28:03,679
Speaker 1: Mack and you're going up against Joey Bosa, and to me,

549
00:28:03,760 --> 00:28:07,440
Speaker 1: the secondary looks like pretty weak on paper, and yet

550
00:28:07,440 --> 00:28:09,479
Speaker 1: Patrick Graham has done a good job coaching up They

551
00:28:09,520 --> 00:28:11,679
Speaker 1: felt good enough about their depth that they actually traded

552
00:28:11,680 --> 00:28:14,239
Speaker 1: away tray von Mon. And so I believe in mc

553
00:28:14,280 --> 00:28:17,400
Speaker 1: daniels and I think coaching can really improve your offensive line.

554
00:28:17,400 --> 00:28:19,600
Speaker 1: And so the names don't look good, but that's something

555
00:28:19,640 --> 00:28:22,359
Speaker 1: I'm watching. Can they just be respectable? That would be

556
00:28:22,359 --> 00:28:24,400
Speaker 1: a big improvement over what you saw up front under

557
00:28:24,480 --> 00:28:26,440
Speaker 1: John Gruden. Well, you've added Davante Adams. I mean that

558
00:28:26,560 --> 00:28:28,880
Speaker 1: is if that works. And I mean in this case,

559
00:28:28,960 --> 00:28:31,119
Speaker 1: Car and Davante Adams are like, we get it. Your

560
00:28:31,200 --> 00:28:33,040
Speaker 1: best friends, like you hear about all the time. I mean,

561
00:28:33,080 --> 00:28:34,720
Speaker 1: that's a nice thing to be to have a best friend.

562
00:28:34,920 --> 00:28:37,639
Speaker 1: So I think the chemistry will be there. But I

563
00:28:37,720 --> 00:28:40,720
Speaker 1: trust Khalil Mack in this situation because he's been in

564
00:28:40,760 --> 00:28:43,480
Speaker 1: this Brandon Stillly scheme before and they got him for

565
00:28:43,520 --> 00:28:45,960
Speaker 1: a reason. They added all these defensive parts for a reason.

566
00:28:45,960 --> 00:28:48,080
Speaker 1: If you don't get Jackson this this week, that's one thing.

567
00:28:48,320 --> 00:28:51,680
Speaker 1: But this Chargers defense was a massive liability down the

568
00:28:51,680 --> 00:28:53,760
Speaker 1: stretch last year. You remember they gave forty one points

569
00:28:53,760 --> 00:28:56,719
Speaker 1: to the Texans and in this game against the Raiders

570
00:28:56,800 --> 00:28:58,960
Speaker 1: last year that they prevented them from going to the playoffs.

571
00:28:59,200 --> 00:29:02,240
Speaker 1: The defense over and over big plays, allowing the Raiders

572
00:29:02,240 --> 00:29:03,600
Speaker 1: to do what they wanted up and down the field.

573
00:29:03,800 --> 00:29:10,040
Speaker 1: If you suddenly give Justin Herbert a more competent defense, uh,

574
00:29:10,080 --> 00:29:12,240
Speaker 1: this team can win twelve thirteen games. And I don't

575
00:29:12,240 --> 00:29:13,680
Speaker 1: know about you guys, but it's like I feel like

576
00:29:13,720 --> 00:29:16,000
Speaker 1: they are suddenly now And this happens to the Chargers

577
00:29:16,040 --> 00:29:17,840
Speaker 1: all the time, but it happened a lot of times

578
00:29:17,880 --> 00:29:20,800
Speaker 1: pre Justin Herbert, when I never trusted it. Are being

579
00:29:20,920 --> 00:29:23,800
Speaker 1: seen as the class of this division, even above the Chiefs.

580
00:29:23,800 --> 00:29:25,880
Speaker 1: Because there are questions about the Chiefs. I don't know

581
00:29:25,920 --> 00:29:27,800
Speaker 1: how that will shake out, but I don't think if

582
00:29:27,800 --> 00:29:29,400
Speaker 1: you're the Chargers you can walk out of this with

583
00:29:29,440 --> 00:29:32,520
Speaker 1: a loss. This is this is what undoing some of

584
00:29:32,560 --> 00:29:35,520
Speaker 1: the ills. What do I think they as. There's more

585
00:29:35,560 --> 00:29:38,120
Speaker 1: pressure on Brandon Staley, who I have as my coach

586
00:29:38,160 --> 00:29:40,160
Speaker 1: of the year than most coaches in the a f C,

587
00:29:40,320 --> 00:29:42,160
Speaker 1: most any coach in the FC, because there is not

588
00:29:42,360 --> 00:29:45,200
Speaker 1: really a weakness on this team that I see, all right.

589
00:29:45,240 --> 00:29:48,400
Speaker 1: So also to your point, Okay, you can lose at

590
00:29:48,440 --> 00:29:52,040
Speaker 1: home to any team in Week one and be okay. However,

591
00:29:52,640 --> 00:29:56,040
Speaker 1: if the Chargers want us the football gogness, and they

592
00:29:56,360 --> 00:29:59,200
Speaker 1: and maybe even themselves in that locker room to look

593
00:29:59,200 --> 00:30:00,920
Speaker 1: in the mirror and be like we are the best

594
00:30:00,920 --> 00:30:03,840
Speaker 1: team in that this division. You have Raiders week one,

595
00:30:03,880 --> 00:30:06,680
Speaker 1: and then at Arrowhead week two. It's like you don't

596
00:30:06,680 --> 00:30:09,240
Speaker 1: come out of there without at least a split. It's

597
00:30:09,240 --> 00:30:11,760
Speaker 1: gonna be the same old Chargers, gonna charge your vibe

598
00:30:11,760 --> 00:30:16,719
Speaker 1: to it Arrowhead. Oh and one. No, you're right, Thursday

599
00:30:16,840 --> 00:30:19,400
Speaker 1: night football. So it's like, yes, this is a very

600
00:30:19,440 --> 00:30:22,680
Speaker 1: important game. Uh, go take care of business. Charges because

601
00:30:22,680 --> 00:30:24,800
Speaker 1: I think they're the better team. But of course there's

602
00:30:24,840 --> 00:30:27,400
Speaker 1: some projection involved because we thought they were a really

603
00:30:27,440 --> 00:30:29,320
Speaker 1: good team last year and they kept shooting themselves in

604
00:30:29,360 --> 00:30:31,320
Speaker 1: the foot. They're not favored by much, and I think

605
00:30:31,320 --> 00:30:33,280
Speaker 1: that makes sense because I think the Raiders are are

606
00:30:33,360 --> 00:30:36,360
Speaker 1: extremely talented. There's still a question at like right tackle

607
00:30:36,520 --> 00:30:39,320
Speaker 1: for the Chargers, but you're right. Other than that, you

608
00:30:39,400 --> 00:30:41,800
Speaker 1: kind of line it up. It's not just hype, Mark,

609
00:30:42,280 --> 00:30:46,280
Speaker 1: I mean it's should be. To me, the Bills and

610
00:30:46,400 --> 00:30:48,560
Speaker 1: the Chargers have the best rosters, and I put the

611
00:30:48,600 --> 00:30:50,520
Speaker 1: Chiefs right there. To me, those are the three teams

612
00:30:50,520 --> 00:30:52,000
Speaker 1: in the a f C that should be the favorites.

613
00:30:52,320 --> 00:30:55,440
Speaker 1: All right, great game, that's the first pick up next

614
00:30:55,440 --> 00:30:59,080
Speaker 1: in the draft. Okay, So sometimes you gotta think about

615
00:30:59,360 --> 00:31:02,240
Speaker 1: who's coming up in the draft. You gotta make a strategy,

616
00:31:02,320 --> 00:31:04,560
Speaker 1: and you've got to think about what you want to watch.

617
00:31:04,680 --> 00:31:08,280
Speaker 1: That's what I do, not just broadcasters, but what teams,

618
00:31:08,840 --> 00:31:13,920
Speaker 1: What teams you're you're highest on, What teams have tugged

619
00:31:13,920 --> 00:31:17,960
Speaker 1: at your heart strings when the big spot on Hard

620
00:31:18,000 --> 00:31:20,520
Speaker 1: Knock throughout the last month. The teams teams that you

621
00:31:20,560 --> 00:31:23,800
Speaker 1: are invested in. And that's why I'm taking Eagles Lions

622
00:31:24,600 --> 00:31:27,320
Speaker 1: right off the top. I want to watch this. Don't

623
00:31:27,400 --> 00:31:30,520
Speaker 1: know what's going to happen. This was a blowout. When

624
00:31:30,520 --> 00:31:32,960
Speaker 1: I watched it a year ago, I remember being somewhat

625
00:31:33,000 --> 00:31:35,600
Speaker 1: excited for that game. It was when the Eagles were

626
00:31:35,720 --> 00:31:37,720
Speaker 1: up and down and it was kind of when they

627
00:31:37,720 --> 00:31:40,680
Speaker 1: started looking like the Eagles and they just ran all

628
00:31:40,720 --> 00:31:43,840
Speaker 1: over them. And to me, it gets at something that

629
00:31:43,960 --> 00:31:47,360
Speaker 1: Dan Campbell talked about so much in Hard Knocks. You know,

630
00:31:47,400 --> 00:31:50,080
Speaker 1: grit and you and you look at how they started

631
00:31:50,600 --> 00:31:53,360
Speaker 1: the Dan Campbell era. What did they do in the draft,

632
00:31:53,400 --> 00:31:55,880
Speaker 1: what did they do in free agency? They took two

633
00:31:55,920 --> 00:32:00,880
Speaker 1: big run stoppers, up front, Ali McNeil and own Mozzoicki

634
00:32:00,960 --> 00:32:02,960
Speaker 1: Levi own Mozoiki who I don't even think it's gonna

635
00:32:02,960 --> 00:32:05,640
Speaker 1: play in this game. They signed Michael Brocker's they wanted

636
00:32:05,640 --> 00:32:08,640
Speaker 1: to be a big, tough, manly football team that stops

637
00:32:08,640 --> 00:32:10,400
Speaker 1: to run. You know who was the worst team in

638
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Speaker 1: the NFL last year or or in the bottom two

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Speaker 1: in de v o It was the Lions. And that's

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Speaker 1: why this matchup was so bad for him. Like they

641
00:32:18,040 --> 00:32:19,960
Speaker 1: were the opposite of what you would think of Dan

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00:32:20,000 --> 00:32:23,240
Speaker 1: Campbell team should be. They ultimately were a finesse team

643
00:32:23,440 --> 00:32:25,640
Speaker 1: that got pushed around a little bit and could hang

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Speaker 1: around by throwing short passes. But whenever they played a

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00:32:29,240 --> 00:32:32,160
Speaker 1: team with a little bit of toughness who could steamroll

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00:32:32,240 --> 00:32:35,200
Speaker 1: them defensively, it was lights out. And to me, the

647
00:32:35,240 --> 00:32:37,680
Speaker 1: Eagles are as tough as it gets up front. So

648
00:32:37,720 --> 00:32:40,120
Speaker 1: it's a great Week one test. I don't know if

649
00:32:40,160 --> 00:32:43,760
Speaker 1: the Lions have improved enough on their defensive line in

650
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Speaker 1: terms of their toughness to hold up against Philadelphia. If

651
00:32:46,320 --> 00:32:48,080
Speaker 1: they do, that will show me they're really a different

652
00:32:48,120 --> 00:32:52,640
Speaker 1: Lions team. I I kind of wipe away that that

653
00:32:52,760 --> 00:32:54,360
Speaker 1: game from a year ago that said I think the

654
00:32:54,360 --> 00:32:56,600
Speaker 1: Eagles have improved as much as any team in the league.

655
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Speaker 1: And if you're gonna try to have to try to

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Speaker 1: get into some sort of a shootout with him, I

657
00:33:00,360 --> 00:33:02,000
Speaker 1: don't love that for Jared Goff because I think what

658
00:33:02,040 --> 00:33:04,160
Speaker 1: we love about this Lions team for golf is that

659
00:33:04,520 --> 00:33:07,360
Speaker 1: it starts with their offensive line. There. I think DeAndre

660
00:33:07,440 --> 00:33:09,840
Speaker 1: Swift is going to have a great year. You can control.

661
00:33:09,920 --> 00:33:12,440
Speaker 1: You want low scoring games where you can control the ball.

662
00:33:12,720 --> 00:33:14,120
Speaker 1: But if you're gonna have to try to throw against

663
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Speaker 1: Eagles second hear you're talking about James Bradberry, Darius Slay.

664
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Speaker 1: They've got Chauncey Gardner Johnson. Now, I mean they're stacked

665
00:33:19,280 --> 00:33:21,600
Speaker 1: all over the place too, and they can rush the passer,

666
00:33:21,680 --> 00:33:24,240
Speaker 1: and I think they're being viewed a certain way. I

667
00:33:24,280 --> 00:33:26,640
Speaker 1: did want this game, but I also watch I put

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Speaker 1: all every screen up on my computer because I have

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Speaker 1: this gigantic monitor so I can w's maxing out your

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Speaker 1: brain capacity. Everybody's got a process. Everybody's got a process.

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Speaker 1: I mean, I'll do what I want to do. It's

672
00:33:39,760 --> 00:33:43,120
Speaker 1: if you got you got no games on It's like

673
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Speaker 1: the old Parcels thing. If you've got two quarterbacks you

674
00:33:45,760 --> 00:33:50,240
Speaker 1: don't have any you ever been to a sports bar again,

675
00:33:51,400 --> 00:33:54,640
Speaker 1: there is a flustered and freaking out I watched two

676
00:33:54,720 --> 00:33:57,640
Speaker 1: games at a time, maybe a third in a special

677
00:33:57,640 --> 00:34:00,600
Speaker 1: saying that I'm equally tracking every one of the they

678
00:34:00,640 --> 00:34:05,280
Speaker 1: also have equal if you're not tracking anything closely because

679
00:34:05,280 --> 00:34:07,560
Speaker 1: you have so many games and I'm not here to

680
00:34:07,600 --> 00:34:12,640
Speaker 1: attack your process, Mark, it feels that way. I'm more

681
00:34:12,719 --> 00:34:15,239
Speaker 1: like almost I admire it because I can never do

682
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Speaker 1: anything like that. I could not be even a little

683
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Speaker 1: bit productive and I have any insight on any game whatsoever.

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Speaker 1: But obviously you can. What is your critique, Greg, No,

685
00:34:23,239 --> 00:34:25,520
Speaker 1: I'm similar, Okay, I do you use there are a

686
00:34:25,520 --> 00:34:28,920
Speaker 1: lot of pressure on Jalen Hurd suddenly, Yes, you know

687
00:34:29,000 --> 00:34:30,799
Speaker 1: some of this pressure stuff, and I've been talking it

688
00:34:30,880 --> 00:34:32,839
Speaker 1: up with the Niners to and get to that later.

689
00:34:33,000 --> 00:34:35,560
Speaker 1: Is like Trey Lance, how is he going to react? Like?

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00:34:35,719 --> 00:34:39,000
Speaker 1: If these guys are actually good, it's not a problem.

691
00:34:39,120 --> 00:34:42,640
Speaker 1: If these guys are true pros and their franchise type quarterbacks,

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00:34:43,040 --> 00:34:46,000
Speaker 1: he will take this pressure and he'll he'll with a

693
00:34:46,000 --> 00:34:48,480
Speaker 1: better supporting cast take that next step. Let a lot

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Speaker 1: of people see. And that's why that's why I gotta

695
00:34:52,239 --> 00:34:55,080
Speaker 1: tell you some guys. As the defending locks champion, I'm

696
00:34:55,160 --> 00:34:59,400
Speaker 1: starting with the Eagles. I'm gonna lock it up. I

697
00:34:59,600 --> 00:35:03,000
Speaker 1: like stock shocked by this because I really, well I

698
00:35:03,080 --> 00:35:05,600
Speaker 1: picked them to win the division. I'm I really like

699
00:35:05,760 --> 00:35:08,839
Speaker 1: the lines. I have a personal affection for that team,

700
00:35:08,880 --> 00:35:11,000
Speaker 1: but they ain't ready. I don't think to face an

701
00:35:11,080 --> 00:35:13,520
Speaker 1: upper National on team, which I think the Eagles can

702
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Speaker 1: be potentially here. And one thing that I thought was

703
00:35:16,200 --> 00:35:17,879
Speaker 1: a little bit interesting and you don't read too much

704
00:35:17,880 --> 00:35:22,160
Speaker 1: into it because you know hard knocks, we learned that Rodrigo,

705
00:35:22,600 --> 00:35:27,719
Speaker 1: Malcolm Rodriguez, the six round pick linebacker who's gonna have

706
00:35:27,800 --> 00:35:29,840
Speaker 1: a big role with this team, has the second highest

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00:35:29,880 --> 00:35:34,319
Speaker 1: selling jersey on the team, behind Aidan Hutchinson. And I

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00:35:34,360 --> 00:35:36,640
Speaker 1: was just thinking to myself, like that's cool. But it's

709
00:35:36,640 --> 00:35:39,480
Speaker 1: also like they don't have a lot of stars. They

710
00:35:39,520 --> 00:35:42,080
Speaker 1: don't have like the fan base this They need more

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00:35:42,160 --> 00:35:45,680
Speaker 1: good players and this is a process and I think

712
00:35:45,920 --> 00:35:47,759
Speaker 1: it's gonna take time. And in Week one is not

713
00:35:47,920 --> 00:35:50,840
Speaker 1: that time because you've kind of nagged the Eagles for

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00:35:50,880 --> 00:35:53,440
Speaker 1: the last Yeah, well it's I think the Eagles are good,

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00:35:53,719 --> 00:35:56,360
Speaker 1: not maybe super Bowl good like you think. I just

716
00:35:56,400 --> 00:35:59,200
Speaker 1: think the lines are gonna take time, and I think

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00:35:59,200 --> 00:36:00,839
Speaker 1: the Eagles will win. I have them by six. I'm

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Speaker 1: doing game picks on NFL dot Com this year, NFL

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Speaker 1: dot Com Slash game picks, and I do have them

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Speaker 1: winning by six. But I think this could be like

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Speaker 1: thirty three seven this you might be sweating it out

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Speaker 1: towards the end. You stole my fire a little bit there,

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Speaker 1: dan Um. But we said we sent in our locks

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00:36:14,600 --> 00:36:17,359
Speaker 1: to our producers yesterday. I did, and I am also

725
00:36:17,480 --> 00:36:21,520
Speaker 1: locking the Eagles. I love where. I love your reasoning. Um.

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00:36:21,560 --> 00:36:23,680
Speaker 1: I also came up with a similar reasoning on my

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00:36:23,719 --> 00:36:28,160
Speaker 1: own A day. I go, I was wondering why you

728
00:36:28,200 --> 00:36:30,800
Speaker 1: mentioned the producer yesterday, but well, because I don't know.

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00:36:31,120 --> 00:36:33,680
Speaker 1: I'm not just like riding the codetails ever ever with

730
00:36:33,800 --> 00:36:36,319
Speaker 1: locks of the champ. Yeah, well, first of all, yeah,

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Speaker 1: I don't know why Greg is picking second when I

732
00:36:38,440 --> 00:36:40,680
Speaker 1: came in second. Yeah, that was an oversight by Zeuster

733
00:36:40,760 --> 00:36:45,799
Speaker 1: Tugboad should have done that oversight or if I was

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00:36:45,840 --> 00:36:48,000
Speaker 1: not going to get that game coming background I need

735
00:36:48,000 --> 00:36:49,759
Speaker 1: if I wanted it, I hated to take it, but

736
00:36:49,800 --> 00:36:52,280
Speaker 1: I like the snake is a nice spot to be though, also,

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00:36:52,520 --> 00:36:54,760
Speaker 1: and we're going to find that out right now because

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Speaker 1: Mark Sessler, you were up with a third overall pick,

739
00:36:57,600 --> 00:37:01,360
Speaker 1: and yeah, like is a night because he took like

740
00:37:01,440 --> 00:37:03,880
Speaker 1: my team. So it's like I can't root against you know,

741
00:37:04,040 --> 00:37:07,359
Speaker 1: nothing makes me happier than to hear that we've done

742
00:37:07,360 --> 00:37:11,319
Speaker 1: our job. Greg is often an impenetrable force. You want

743
00:37:11,360 --> 00:37:13,319
Speaker 1: to annoy him, but it just like bounces right off.

744
00:37:13,480 --> 00:37:16,359
Speaker 1: So when you do acknowledge it, it's like, yes, it's

745
00:37:16,360 --> 00:37:21,600
Speaker 1: a human victory. There's one player that I'm more excited

746
00:37:21,640 --> 00:37:23,840
Speaker 1: to see than any other player in the league, and

747
00:37:23,880 --> 00:37:27,160
Speaker 1: it there really isn't even a close second place. And

748
00:37:27,239 --> 00:37:29,479
Speaker 1: he plays in California, but he will not be playing

749
00:37:29,520 --> 00:37:33,280
Speaker 1: in California this weekend. He will be playing in Chicago

750
00:37:33,640 --> 00:37:39,040
Speaker 1: for the San Francisco It is Trey Lance. I'm taking

751
00:37:39,120 --> 00:37:43,560
Speaker 1: Niners at Bears. I think this is a great situation

752
00:37:43,760 --> 00:37:47,279
Speaker 1: for Tray Lance. Out of just one second, Yeah, Greg,

753
00:37:47,280 --> 00:37:49,359
Speaker 1: a little bit of a reach. Bears at three overall. Well, yeah,

754
00:37:49,400 --> 00:37:51,799
Speaker 1: no one was taking that, but I do what I

755
00:37:51,840 --> 00:37:54,400
Speaker 1: want to do. But also, okay, back to you, when

756
00:37:54,440 --> 00:37:56,040
Speaker 1: it came back to me, I don't think I think

757
00:37:56,080 --> 00:37:58,080
Speaker 1: someone else would grab Trey Lance. That was my thinking.

758
00:37:58,360 --> 00:38:00,440
Speaker 1: I'm not saying the Bears with the person they wouldn't,

759
00:38:01,040 --> 00:38:04,840
Speaker 1: but yeah, I like to see competitive so no, but

760
00:38:04,960 --> 00:38:07,360
Speaker 1: I pick what I want. But you would have got

761
00:38:07,440 --> 00:38:09,960
Speaker 1: him right. You're like, You're like, I'm not convinced. You're

762
00:38:10,000 --> 00:38:12,640
Speaker 1: like Mayock and Gruden out there. It's like, hey, we

763
00:38:12,680 --> 00:38:15,640
Speaker 1: believe in Cleveland Ferrell, so we're gonna take him forth overall,

764
00:38:15,800 --> 00:38:18,640
Speaker 1: we don't care about value. I don't see that parallel.

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00:38:19,080 --> 00:38:22,200
Speaker 1: I don't see that parallel on any level, not on

766
00:38:22,239 --> 00:38:24,560
Speaker 1: any level. You can run on the Bears. You can.

767
00:38:24,640 --> 00:38:27,399
Speaker 1: I I know the rebuilding that's obvious, but you don't

768
00:38:27,400 --> 00:38:31,080
Speaker 1: have Khalil mac Larry gun Joe who they tried to

769
00:38:31,080 --> 00:38:33,520
Speaker 1: sign that never worked out. Eddie Goldman is gone, a

770
00:38:33,640 --> 00:38:36,000
Speaker 1: Cheam Hits is gone. I think the Niners are gonna

771
00:38:36,000 --> 00:38:37,960
Speaker 1: try to create an environment for Trey Lance where it's

772
00:38:38,000 --> 00:38:39,400
Speaker 1: not putting a ton on him. I don't love the

773
00:38:39,400 --> 00:38:42,560
Speaker 1: Bear secondary either, and I certainly don't love their offensive line.

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00:38:42,560 --> 00:38:45,000
Speaker 1: I think if you look at this Niners defense, they

775
00:38:45,040 --> 00:38:48,160
Speaker 1: are justin fields. Did some really good things in the preseason.

776
00:38:48,160 --> 00:38:50,319
Speaker 1: I think there's hope there, there's no question, but he

777
00:38:50,520 --> 00:38:54,759
Speaker 1: is weapons depleted beyond Darnell Mooney. I don't think their

778
00:38:54,800 --> 00:38:57,560
Speaker 1: offensive line is anything but maybe the first or second

779
00:38:57,560 --> 00:38:59,680
Speaker 1: worst in the league. And it's gonna have him running

780
00:38:59,680 --> 00:39:02,080
Speaker 1: for his life and creating problems from wire to wire.

781
00:39:02,080 --> 00:39:03,719
Speaker 1: And you're coming up against what might be the best

782
00:39:03,760 --> 00:39:06,560
Speaker 1: defense in the league in the Niners. Well that it

783
00:39:06,600 --> 00:39:11,560
Speaker 1: does check out of Sessler boxes, blowout potential, two running teams,

784
00:39:11,560 --> 00:39:14,800
Speaker 1: could be a quick game. It's basically Sessler, I see

785
00:39:14,680 --> 00:39:17,399
Speaker 1: what's happening here. And I gotta say, even though it's

786
00:39:17,400 --> 00:39:19,680
Speaker 1: not a Sunday game, I'd be excited about. It will

787
00:39:19,719 --> 00:39:21,080
Speaker 1: be one of the first ones I turned on in

788
00:39:21,160 --> 00:39:24,239
Speaker 1: game past because of Lance and because of fields. Uh So,

789
00:39:24,360 --> 00:39:26,560
Speaker 1: just in I think there are individual stories to get

790
00:39:26,560 --> 00:39:30,040
Speaker 1: excited about. But this is the worst possible Week one matchup,

791
00:39:30,120 --> 00:39:33,120
Speaker 1: I think for Chicago because I I believe that the

792
00:39:33,160 --> 00:39:35,759
Speaker 1: forty Niners, if I had to choose one team going

793
00:39:35,800 --> 00:39:38,120
Speaker 1: into the year, uh in terms of the best defense

794
00:39:38,320 --> 00:39:42,319
Speaker 1: for me, would be the forty Niners. Um Bosa, they

795
00:39:42,400 --> 00:39:46,359
Speaker 1: really uh think Javon Hargreave and not Javon Hargrave rather

796
00:39:46,560 --> 00:39:48,680
Speaker 1: whom I think of Javon kin Law in the middle

797
00:39:49,120 --> 00:39:52,200
Speaker 1: is actually gonna be a difference maker this year. He

798
00:39:52,320 --> 00:39:54,239
Speaker 1: lost a lot of weight, had a great camp. Abu

799
00:39:54,320 --> 00:39:56,279
Speaker 1: com like they just bring guys from other teams that

800
00:39:56,320 --> 00:39:58,600
Speaker 1: suddenly end up playing well for them. Arc Armstead is

801
00:39:58,600 --> 00:40:01,040
Speaker 1: always so underrated. Then you have the best linebacker corps

802
00:40:01,080 --> 00:40:03,280
Speaker 1: in the league. It's just a lot for that Bears

803
00:40:03,320 --> 00:40:05,320
Speaker 1: offensive line to deal. I actually think the forty Niners

804
00:40:05,360 --> 00:40:08,440
Speaker 1: are extremely vulnerable upfront, more than any time in the

805
00:40:08,760 --> 00:40:12,480
Speaker 1: fort era under Shanahan. They have four new starters. It's

806
00:40:12,520 --> 00:40:15,160
Speaker 1: like journeyman late round picks. They've barely ever played. But

807
00:40:15,200 --> 00:40:17,600
Speaker 1: I don't think the Bears are the team to really

808
00:40:17,640 --> 00:40:21,880
Speaker 1: take advantage of. That's a good call. That is a

809
00:40:21,880 --> 00:40:24,319
Speaker 1: good could be low scoring. It's gonna be twenty to six.

810
00:40:24,360 --> 00:40:26,840
Speaker 1: And your power rankings, you have the Niners third, I

811
00:40:26,840 --> 00:40:29,400
Speaker 1: think about Heaven third, and that was higher than you

812
00:40:29,400 --> 00:40:32,560
Speaker 1: would see probably anywhere else. I think their defense has

813
00:40:32,600 --> 00:40:34,839
Speaker 1: been slept on a little bit. They were a top

814
00:40:34,880 --> 00:40:37,120
Speaker 1: ten defense according to d v o A last year

815
00:40:37,120 --> 00:40:39,640
Speaker 1: and they did not have a lot of turnovers. And

816
00:40:39,680 --> 00:40:42,560
Speaker 1: if you if you put factor in some regression there,

817
00:40:43,440 --> 00:40:45,319
Speaker 1: I think they're gonna do well. And I think it's

818
00:40:45,520 --> 00:40:48,240
Speaker 1: again a little bit of a projection, But I believe

819
00:40:48,600 --> 00:40:51,759
Speaker 1: in Kyle Shanahan. I believe in the weapons, uh with

820
00:40:51,880 --> 00:40:56,080
Speaker 1: Deebo and Iyo there especially, and the backfield which looks good.

821
00:40:56,440 --> 00:40:59,799
Speaker 1: That Trey Lands could be a stud and then what

822
00:41:00,280 --> 00:41:02,399
Speaker 1: then they're the best team in the league potentially. Now

823
00:41:02,400 --> 00:41:04,520
Speaker 1: these things have to come into play where you need

824
00:41:04,560 --> 00:41:06,399
Speaker 1: to get the protection, he needs to have his head

825
00:41:06,400 --> 00:41:08,360
Speaker 1: on straight. And if Jimmy g has to enter the

826
00:41:08,400 --> 00:41:11,120
Speaker 1: picture a little later in the season, so be it.

827
00:41:11,400 --> 00:41:13,080
Speaker 1: But I think it's all there for them. Like they

828
00:41:13,120 --> 00:41:14,799
Speaker 1: were in the Final four last year, they were one

829
00:41:14,920 --> 00:41:17,280
Speaker 1: bad fourth quarter away from being in the Super Bowl

830
00:41:17,480 --> 00:41:20,160
Speaker 1: and potentially winning that damn thing. So this team is

831
00:41:20,280 --> 00:41:22,359
Speaker 1: right there and now they have an X factor. It's

832
00:41:22,360 --> 00:41:24,480
Speaker 1: like the old West is Um where it's like with fantasy.

833
00:41:24,520 --> 00:41:27,000
Speaker 1: At least take the swing on the guy that has

834
00:41:27,040 --> 00:41:30,319
Speaker 1: a huge upside. That's Lance and we're about to see it.

835
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Speaker 1: It's exciting, all right. My second choice Chiefs at Cardinals

836
00:41:40,600 --> 00:41:43,319
Speaker 1: PM East close slot. Just to let you know if

837
00:41:43,360 --> 00:41:48,080
Speaker 1: you're wondering when the game started, uh, um, that was

838
00:41:48,120 --> 00:41:50,520
Speaker 1: my pick. I gotta admit I didn't think well, first

839
00:41:50,520 --> 00:41:52,120
Speaker 1: of all, I could have just lead with this and

840
00:41:52,280 --> 00:41:57,640
Speaker 1: avoided all the critique. But I simply uh believe in

841
00:41:57,640 --> 00:41:59,840
Speaker 1: that other game is a fascinating and to entity to

842
00:42:00,440 --> 00:42:03,600
Speaker 1: this one has. I mean the Cardinals, the journey the

843
00:42:03,600 --> 00:42:06,520
Speaker 1: Cardinals have been on, and and Kyler Murray. I there

844
00:42:06,520 --> 00:42:08,080
Speaker 1: aren't many more. There are many other teams. I just

845
00:42:08,080 --> 00:42:10,120
Speaker 1: want to see what they do, especially this matchup out

846
00:42:10,120 --> 00:42:12,040
Speaker 1: of the gate and the Chiefs. On the flip side,

847
00:42:12,040 --> 00:42:14,919
Speaker 1: it's like, Okay, you don't have Tyreek Hill and we've

848
00:42:14,920 --> 00:42:17,040
Speaker 1: been saying for the last there's no there's no one

849
00:42:17,080 --> 00:42:20,480
Speaker 1: I trust more than Andy Reid and Patrick Mahomes to

850
00:42:20,520 --> 00:42:22,839
Speaker 1: figure it out. Well that's probably true, but still they're

851
00:42:22,880 --> 00:42:24,719
Speaker 1: gonna have to be doing it for the first time here.

852
00:42:24,719 --> 00:42:26,680
Speaker 1: And so was that your impression of me? I feel

853
00:42:26,719 --> 00:42:28,400
Speaker 1: like I've said no. I literally wrote that in a

854
00:42:28,440 --> 00:42:30,840
Speaker 1: piece this week. I just because it is. There is

855
00:42:30,880 --> 00:42:33,080
Speaker 1: a lot of evidence to suggests that Andy Reid, but

856
00:42:33,200 --> 00:42:35,720
Speaker 1: it's about his creative and flexible and willing to shift

857
00:42:35,719 --> 00:42:40,640
Speaker 1: off what was you're referring to. Yes, great job with it.

858
00:42:40,680 --> 00:42:44,000
Speaker 1: Oh thanks man, everyone everyone should check that out. Brought

859
00:42:44,000 --> 00:42:47,560
Speaker 1: a real sessler And you didn't do the pre week

860
00:42:47,600 --> 00:42:52,560
Speaker 1: one h Q, And you did an excellent job. Well,

861
00:42:52,600 --> 00:42:55,080
Speaker 1: thank you. I might just get up and leave now,

862
00:42:55,120 --> 00:42:59,640
Speaker 1: because that's that's all I needed to. I loved that

863
00:42:59,719 --> 00:43:03,279
Speaker 1: you could you want to. I enjoyed it mentioned both

864
00:43:03,280 --> 00:43:05,440
Speaker 1: of these teams, and obviously, I think for me, if

865
00:43:05,600 --> 00:43:07,560
Speaker 1: if you're the Cardinals, one thing, if you're the Chiefs

866
00:43:07,600 --> 00:43:09,120
Speaker 1: with these new pieces and the way to do it,

867
00:43:09,680 --> 00:43:13,440
Speaker 1: Cardinals secondary to me is a concern. Marco Wilson is

868
00:43:13,440 --> 00:43:15,640
Speaker 1: not a great cornerback at this point. They went out

869
00:43:15,640 --> 00:43:18,040
Speaker 1: and traded for Trayvon Mullen. They've got Byron Murphy Jr.

870
00:43:18,080 --> 00:43:20,640
Speaker 1: I do like Buddha Baker, but their cornerbacks specifically like

871
00:43:20,680 --> 00:43:23,160
Speaker 1: I think Patrick Mahomes can take advantage of that and

872
00:43:23,160 --> 00:43:25,040
Speaker 1: put Kyler Murray in a situation where he's got to

873
00:43:25,040 --> 00:43:29,040
Speaker 1: turn around his score points without DeAndre Hopkins. Yeah. I UM,

874
00:43:29,280 --> 00:43:32,280
Speaker 1: I gotta admit, I'm I'm smarting. I had a bad draft.

875
00:43:32,440 --> 00:43:35,560
Speaker 1: I'm I'm not I'm getting my This is the game

876
00:43:35,600 --> 00:43:39,400
Speaker 1: I ultimately wanted the most, but I got cute and

877
00:43:39,600 --> 00:43:43,080
Speaker 1: um I tried to, you know, take the Eagles. I

878
00:43:43,080 --> 00:43:44,880
Speaker 1: thought I would get both in the end because I

879
00:43:44,880 --> 00:43:48,440
Speaker 1: wanted Romo. I'm fascinated. I don't think it's necessarily going

880
00:43:48,480 --> 00:43:51,000
Speaker 1: to be close, so again, you might have an blowout.

881
00:43:51,080 --> 00:43:53,760
Speaker 1: Like I, I think you look at these two teams

882
00:43:54,000 --> 00:43:58,680
Speaker 1: and Okay, obviously you have a significant advantage at quarterback

883
00:43:59,719 --> 00:44:01,840
Speaker 1: over the balance of a season. If you're the Chiefs,

884
00:44:02,320 --> 00:44:06,360
Speaker 1: you have a significant advantage as a play caller in

885
00:44:06,480 --> 00:44:09,319
Speaker 1: Andy Reid. And oh, by the way, what if I

886
00:44:09,400 --> 00:44:13,719
Speaker 1: told you you have a massive advantage on both lines, Like,

887
00:44:13,800 --> 00:44:17,320
Speaker 1: wouldn't you like the team that has the massive advantage

888
00:44:17,320 --> 00:44:19,440
Speaker 1: on both lines? I hate the Cardinals pass rush on

889
00:44:19,440 --> 00:44:22,240
Speaker 1: paper looks terrible, and I love the Chiefs up front.

890
00:44:22,280 --> 00:44:24,280
Speaker 1: I like what I've heard in terms of the Chiefs

891
00:44:24,280 --> 00:44:26,520
Speaker 1: pass rush, what they added to it with Dunlop, with

892
00:44:26,560 --> 00:44:29,200
Speaker 1: Frank Clark getting healthy, with car Loft this they're great.

893
00:44:29,239 --> 00:44:31,120
Speaker 1: Obviously in the middle, I love how that matches up

894
00:44:31,120 --> 00:44:34,319
Speaker 1: against a very shaky Cardinals offensive line. I think they

895
00:44:34,320 --> 00:44:36,359
Speaker 1: could take them to the wood shed. And that's why

896
00:44:36,400 --> 00:44:41,160
Speaker 1: I'm locking up the Chiefs in Week one. Spicy, spicy, smart.

897
00:44:41,239 --> 00:44:43,080
Speaker 1: I like it. I really want to see how this

898
00:44:43,160 --> 00:44:47,200
Speaker 1: offense looks. Is gonna feel different um with no Tyreek

899
00:44:47,239 --> 00:44:49,840
Speaker 1: kill um, And I want to see what they've been

900
00:44:49,880 --> 00:44:51,279
Speaker 1: cooking up. I want to see what Andy Reid has

901
00:44:51,280 --> 00:44:54,880
Speaker 1: been up to. That's a That's why I hate the preseason,

902
00:44:55,120 --> 00:44:58,000
Speaker 1: you know, That's why the summer gets annoying after a while.

903
00:44:58,480 --> 00:45:00,440
Speaker 1: Now we get to see it. What do they got

904
00:45:00,480 --> 00:45:02,960
Speaker 1: up their sleeves and sometimes come out I don't that

905
00:45:02,960 --> 00:45:04,799
Speaker 1: didn't happen last year, but I do feel like they

906
00:45:04,840 --> 00:45:07,960
Speaker 1: sometimes come out with a bunch of plays. John Gruden

907
00:45:08,040 --> 00:45:10,160
Speaker 1: used to talk about this on Monday Night Football, that

908
00:45:10,280 --> 00:45:14,000
Speaker 1: everyone watches Andy Reid's first three games so that they

909
00:45:14,000 --> 00:45:16,280
Speaker 1: can steal his plays for the rest of the season

910
00:45:16,320 --> 00:45:19,239
Speaker 1: because he's always coming up with like new variations on

911
00:45:19,320 --> 00:45:22,279
Speaker 1: variations on variations, and everyone's like, I gotta give that

912
00:45:22,320 --> 00:45:24,759
Speaker 1: man credit. Let's start taking those plays, like and you

913
00:45:24,760 --> 00:45:27,080
Speaker 1: don't know what's coming. I'm thinking of that forty burger

914
00:45:27,080 --> 00:45:28,960
Speaker 1: they dropped on the Patriots in Week one and a

915
00:45:29,040 --> 00:45:33,000
Speaker 1: kickoff game like it happens, Isn't it funny? Like with Belichick,

916
00:45:33,080 --> 00:45:34,879
Speaker 1: you could just picture it. You can just pick him

917
00:45:34,920 --> 00:45:37,680
Speaker 1: spending in the entire offseason and living in the facility

918
00:45:37,760 --> 00:45:40,560
Speaker 1: during the year, always trying to scheme and come up

919
00:45:40,600 --> 00:45:42,239
Speaker 1: with new plays, and it's the only thing you can

920
00:45:42,320 --> 00:45:45,000
Speaker 1: think about. Everything in his life takes a back seat. Well,

921
00:45:45,120 --> 00:45:46,879
Speaker 1: Andy Reid, and we've met him, and he's a really

922
00:45:47,000 --> 00:45:50,000
Speaker 1: nice guy, and he's genial, and he's very almost grandfatherly.

923
00:45:50,560 --> 00:45:52,359
Speaker 1: I don't like picture him in the same same way

924
00:45:52,360 --> 00:45:56,279
Speaker 1: as this assassin, like drawing up new plays and dictating

925
00:45:56,320 --> 00:46:00,600
Speaker 1: the future of the NFL offense. But yeah, he's right, guys,

926
00:46:01,200 --> 00:46:03,399
Speaker 1: I think that's smart to have a personality that kind

927
00:46:03,400 --> 00:46:09,319
Speaker 1: of a little Hawaiian shirt. You know, see where you're going,

928
00:46:09,320 --> 00:46:14,319
Speaker 1: it's almost a little Hawaiian shirts I'm gonna talk about. Yeah,

929
00:46:14,440 --> 00:46:16,440
Speaker 1: and then all of a sudden he's in his study,

930
00:46:16,880 --> 00:46:19,719
Speaker 1: changing the game year after year. I gotta love it.

931
00:46:21,280 --> 00:46:25,080
Speaker 1: Gotta love it, love that, Andy Reid. Alright, let's take

932
00:46:25,080 --> 00:46:30,399
Speaker 1: a break and continue the draft. Alright, we're back, Greggy.

933
00:46:30,600 --> 00:46:33,279
Speaker 1: You've already spoken on this. You're filled. We have done

934
00:46:33,280 --> 00:46:35,719
Speaker 1: four picks, and you are filled with self doubt. But

935
00:46:35,800 --> 00:46:38,239
Speaker 1: you could dig yourself out of the hole right here

936
00:46:38,239 --> 00:46:41,880
Speaker 1: with this good games left for you. There's plenty of

937
00:46:41,960 --> 00:46:45,560
Speaker 1: games left, although ultimately I feel like the ones I

938
00:46:45,600 --> 00:46:47,760
Speaker 1: want are going to be around for a while anyway.

939
00:46:47,800 --> 00:46:50,520
Speaker 1: So just for the integrity the got draft. You know,

940
00:46:50,520 --> 00:46:53,040
Speaker 1: I'm a team player. I'm going to take the Kevin

941
00:46:53,040 --> 00:46:57,319
Speaker 1: Burkhardt Greg Olsen game. This is a rare week where

942
00:46:57,360 --> 00:47:00,880
Speaker 1: Tony Romo and the top Fox team will be working

943
00:47:00,920 --> 00:47:03,520
Speaker 1: at the same time. They allow that, Uh in week one,

944
00:47:03,560 --> 00:47:06,160
Speaker 1: they don't allow that most weeks. That is Packers, that

945
00:47:06,360 --> 00:47:09,799
Speaker 1: is Vikings, and uh, it's the best game left on

946
00:47:09,840 --> 00:47:11,640
Speaker 1: the board. And even though it wasn't you know that

947
00:47:11,760 --> 00:47:14,640
Speaker 1: high on my board. You gotta take value in this situation.

948
00:47:15,520 --> 00:47:19,040
Speaker 1: I have a feeling this Vikings team is gonna be

949
00:47:19,480 --> 00:47:24,799
Speaker 1: more exciting offensively than they have been the last few years. Um,

950
00:47:24,840 --> 00:47:27,040
Speaker 1: not just because of adding Kevin O'Connell, who we don't

951
00:47:27,120 --> 00:47:30,840
Speaker 1: know about, just because I trust some of the reporters

952
00:47:30,840 --> 00:47:33,040
Speaker 1: that have been there year after year. A Reef Hasan,

953
00:47:33,080 --> 00:47:34,800
Speaker 1: who we've had on the show a number of times,

954
00:47:34,840 --> 00:47:37,759
Speaker 1: just saying, look, Adam, theland looks like he did four

955
00:47:37,840 --> 00:47:42,120
Speaker 1: years ago. Uh, the offense was cooking. Like everywhere you

956
00:47:42,120 --> 00:47:43,880
Speaker 1: hear all the defenses ahead of the offense, not in

957
00:47:43,920 --> 00:47:48,000
Speaker 1: Minnesota during camp, like Cousins grew up in this offense,

958
00:47:48,080 --> 00:47:50,799
Speaker 1: Like this is the type of situation he was in

959
00:47:50,800 --> 00:47:52,880
Speaker 1: in Washington way back in the day. And then you

960
00:47:52,920 --> 00:47:55,440
Speaker 1: just look at the talent kJ or Osborne is a

961
00:47:55,480 --> 00:47:59,279
Speaker 1: great number three. Like they they're excited. I know Irv

962
00:47:59,400 --> 00:48:02,239
Speaker 1: Smith's hurt, but you have an incredible running game, you

963
00:48:02,239 --> 00:48:05,960
Speaker 1: have an incredibly deep receiver crew, and you're going up

964
00:48:06,000 --> 00:48:08,360
Speaker 1: against maybe the best secondary in the league. So I

965
00:48:08,400 --> 00:48:12,520
Speaker 1: think when it's Vikings offense versus Packers defense, that is

966
00:48:12,560 --> 00:48:16,319
Speaker 1: some best on best uh action that I'm excited to see.

967
00:48:16,320 --> 00:48:17,600
Speaker 1: I don't know how it go, but I think the

968
00:48:17,680 --> 00:48:20,520
Speaker 1: Vikings have a real chance to win this game. I

969
00:48:20,560 --> 00:48:22,560
Speaker 1: did take them in my game picks. I think they're

970
00:48:22,560 --> 00:48:24,560
Speaker 1: the slight favorite here in Week one. They're one of

971
00:48:24,600 --> 00:48:26,799
Speaker 1: the three teams that beat Green Bay a year ago.

972
00:48:26,880 --> 00:48:29,239
Speaker 1: They obviously know the Packers really well. I think it's

973
00:48:29,360 --> 00:48:32,200
Speaker 1: it's if you're a Vikings fan and the offense doesn't

974
00:48:32,200 --> 00:48:35,560
Speaker 1: explode this week, UH, be patient because you're playing I

975
00:48:35,560 --> 00:48:37,840
Speaker 1: think what will be one of the better defenses in

976
00:48:37,840 --> 00:48:39,920
Speaker 1: the NFC or league wide. They've spent eleven of their

977
00:48:40,000 --> 00:48:43,160
Speaker 1: last twelve first round picks on defensive players. Uh. They

978
00:48:43,200 --> 00:48:45,560
Speaker 1: did not have j your exam Alexander for thirteen games

979
00:48:45,600 --> 00:48:47,200
Speaker 1: a year ago. They have him back. They've got a

980
00:48:47,200 --> 00:48:49,320
Speaker 1: great secondary. I think they can do a lot upfront

981
00:48:49,640 --> 00:48:51,640
Speaker 1: and so if you're the Vikings, it's a great first

982
00:48:51,640 --> 00:48:53,759
Speaker 1: test for Kevin O'Connell. I mean, I think you went

983
00:48:53,800 --> 00:48:56,640
Speaker 1: out and got Kevin O'Connell for the same reason everyone

984
00:48:56,719 --> 00:48:59,640
Speaker 1: hired Ship Sean. Sean mcvadh's branches off his tree and

985
00:48:59,680 --> 00:49:01,120
Speaker 1: your whole mean that he is a big reason why

986
00:49:01,160 --> 00:49:02,839
Speaker 1: they have the effect. I think it's gonna be a

987
00:49:02,880 --> 00:49:05,880
Speaker 1: different um operation for Justin Jefferson, who I picked us

988
00:49:05,880 --> 00:49:07,640
Speaker 1: my offensive player of the Year. They're gonna move him

989
00:49:07,640 --> 00:49:10,120
Speaker 1: around more. And in general they were sort of set

990
00:49:10,160 --> 00:49:13,720
Speaker 1: to go pieces wise already. I think their interior offensive

991
00:49:13,760 --> 00:49:16,040
Speaker 1: line is a bit of a concern, but in general,

992
00:49:16,080 --> 00:49:18,160
Speaker 1: the Vikings to me where I really was down on

993
00:49:18,200 --> 00:49:21,399
Speaker 1: in the Minnesota under under Zimmerman for zimmer for so long,

994
00:49:21,480 --> 00:49:24,959
Speaker 1: because I just thought he'd always gave the offensive side

995
00:49:24,960 --> 00:49:27,440
Speaker 1: of the ball um the wrong cues, like when he

996
00:49:27,440 --> 00:49:29,960
Speaker 1: went he wanted to go run heavies, firing of offensive

997
00:49:30,000 --> 00:49:32,760
Speaker 1: coordinators left and right, hiring his friends, and never really

998
00:49:32,880 --> 00:49:36,040
Speaker 1: got into the Kirk Cousins thing. I think Ryan where

999
00:49:36,040 --> 00:49:38,160
Speaker 1: he almost seemed to root against the zone. He really did.

1000
00:49:38,160 --> 00:49:39,799
Speaker 1: There seem to be so much in fighting and when

1001
00:49:39,960 --> 00:49:41,720
Speaker 1: when he left and I think he's a good coach.

1002
00:49:41,960 --> 00:49:43,840
Speaker 1: It just seemed like a big sigh of relief that

1003
00:49:43,840 --> 00:49:46,040
Speaker 1: they needed a new energy. So I think Kevin O'Connell,

1004
00:49:46,200 --> 00:49:48,240
Speaker 1: if he can do it, is a major X factor

1005
00:49:48,280 --> 00:49:50,160
Speaker 1: for a team that was sort of stuck in the mud.

1006
00:49:50,360 --> 00:49:52,480
Speaker 1: And Kirk Cousins at quarterback is one of the biggest

1007
00:49:52,480 --> 00:49:57,920
Speaker 1: beneficiaries of that. Irvin Michael Irvin has Kirk Cousins as

1008
00:49:57,960 --> 00:50:00,200
Speaker 1: the m v P. And you know, that's buzzy, that's

1009
00:50:00,200 --> 00:50:03,640
Speaker 1: good and social. But he will do what he does

1010
00:50:04,160 --> 00:50:06,920
Speaker 1: and that's gonna be put up those similar numbers and have.

1011
00:50:07,680 --> 00:50:09,680
Speaker 1: They will have periods, and maybe it will be to

1012
00:50:09,719 --> 00:50:11,600
Speaker 1: start the season, or maybe it'll be a few weeks

1013
00:50:11,600 --> 00:50:14,200
Speaker 1: in where they will be unstoppable for a stretch and

1014
00:50:14,200 --> 00:50:15,799
Speaker 1: then there will be a three or four week and

1015
00:50:15,800 --> 00:50:18,160
Speaker 1: I don't care who's calling the plays, it's gonna happen

1016
00:50:18,239 --> 00:50:20,120
Speaker 1: because the guy at the front, Cousins, is the guy

1017
00:50:20,160 --> 00:50:22,200
Speaker 1: that's kind of a big part of this. I know

1018
00:50:22,239 --> 00:50:24,600
Speaker 1: the play calling, you could say plays the role as well,

1019
00:50:24,760 --> 00:50:27,240
Speaker 1: but I think it's Cousins himself who ebbs and flows

1020
00:50:27,800 --> 00:50:30,319
Speaker 1: uh and he'll he'll tear your hair out and then

1021
00:50:30,360 --> 00:50:31,520
Speaker 1: at the end of the season and be like, I

1022
00:50:31,560 --> 00:50:34,640
Speaker 1: can't stand this guy and we'll have yards and thirty

1023
00:50:34,640 --> 00:50:37,839
Speaker 1: seven touchdowns, Like, oh geez, why this is why every

1024
00:50:37,840 --> 00:50:39,520
Speaker 1: other front office doesn't know what to do with this guy,

1025
00:50:39,640 --> 00:50:42,440
Speaker 1: so they keep on cutting them checks. I'm really curious

1026
00:50:42,440 --> 00:50:46,320
Speaker 1: to see if they do come out with the locked

1027
00:50:46,360 --> 00:50:48,040
Speaker 1: in version of the Vikings. And I said that, I

1028
00:50:48,080 --> 00:50:50,040
Speaker 1: love that Adam Feeland's healthy now, and I think he

1029
00:50:50,200 --> 00:50:53,840
Speaker 1: is an underrated like top robin to a batman in

1030
00:50:53,840 --> 00:50:56,640
Speaker 1: the league. UH, with a healthy Dalvin Cook that they're

1031
00:50:56,640 --> 00:50:59,200
Speaker 1: going to score points? Are the Packers where they are

1032
00:50:59,280 --> 00:51:02,480
Speaker 1: right now? In search mode? Christian Watson barely was involved

1033
00:51:02,520 --> 00:51:05,799
Speaker 1: with the summer UH figuring out life after Davante? Can

1034
00:51:05,840 --> 00:51:08,920
Speaker 1: they hang if the good Vikings offense shows up? I

1035
00:51:08,960 --> 00:51:11,120
Speaker 1: don't like the spot. I'm picking the Vikings a week one?

1036
00:51:11,200 --> 00:51:15,040
Speaker 1: How about that? And Alan Lazard, who Aaron Rodgers has

1037
00:51:15,040 --> 00:51:17,680
Speaker 1: talked up as the number one receiver, all of looks

1038
00:51:17,680 --> 00:51:20,080
Speaker 1: like he's out in this game. A little surprising. He

1039
00:51:20,120 --> 00:51:22,160
Speaker 1: had a next week and injury next week or the

1040
00:51:22,200 --> 00:51:24,920
Speaker 1: week after. I mean, if we tape these shows on Thursday,

1041
00:51:24,960 --> 00:51:27,440
Speaker 1: he did not practice Wednesday or Thursday. He has not

1042
00:51:27,480 --> 00:51:29,359
Speaker 1: practiced in a week he's had this injury. It kind

1043
00:51:29,360 --> 00:51:32,440
Speaker 1: of came later in camp. So now Sammy Watkins is

1044
00:51:32,440 --> 00:51:35,480
Speaker 1: your one, and Randall Cobb is your two, and Andy

1045
00:51:35,760 --> 00:51:39,560
Speaker 1: Romeo Dobbs is number two in two is not a

1046
00:51:39,560 --> 00:51:44,080
Speaker 1: good changed. Maybe it's Romeo Dobbs, it's your number two, Watson.

1047
00:51:44,120 --> 00:51:45,759
Speaker 1: We don't know if plays in this game. And the

1048
00:51:45,760 --> 00:51:48,920
Speaker 1: big question to me is, uh, Bok tr might return

1049
00:51:49,000 --> 00:51:53,160
Speaker 1: for this game. Elton Jenkins, who didn't like might return.

1050
00:51:53,239 --> 00:51:55,120
Speaker 1: So either you have what I would say is the

1051
00:51:55,200 --> 00:51:58,800
Speaker 1: best tackle combination in the league in bok T and Jenkins,

1052
00:51:59,200 --> 00:52:01,960
Speaker 1: or you have neither, or maybe you have one. And oh,

1053
00:52:02,000 --> 00:52:05,799
Speaker 1: by the way, they're going up against Zadarius Smith and

1054
00:52:06,040 --> 00:52:08,840
Speaker 1: Daniel Hunter and this is a legit revenge games. Zadarius

1055
00:52:08,840 --> 00:52:12,200
Speaker 1: Smith was talking some real trash this week that he

1056
00:52:12,280 --> 00:52:14,839
Speaker 1: felt the Packers did him wrong, and he even talked

1057
00:52:14,840 --> 00:52:17,240
Speaker 1: trash about his teammates that when he was like coming

1058
00:52:17,239 --> 00:52:19,759
Speaker 1: off that back injury last year, that like no one

1059
00:52:19,880 --> 00:52:22,240
Speaker 1: was talking to him in the hallways. There was hallway pop.

1060
00:52:22,560 --> 00:52:24,480
Speaker 1: He was like people were just putting their head down.

1061
00:52:24,520 --> 00:52:26,480
Speaker 1: No one was saying hi to me, Like no one

1062
00:52:26,520 --> 00:52:28,080
Speaker 1: was saying how I was. It was like when I

1063
00:52:28,160 --> 00:52:30,120
Speaker 1: was hurt, it was like I wasn't even part of

1064
00:52:30,120 --> 00:52:33,319
Speaker 1: the team. Back guys, you know, they like to talk

1065
00:52:33,320 --> 00:52:35,480
Speaker 1: about the backs a lot, and sometimes just like, oh,

1066
00:52:35,560 --> 00:52:39,480
Speaker 1: we were in the getting our makeup, Greg is unfair

1067
00:52:39,640 --> 00:52:43,000
Speaker 1: and I asked our buddy David Singer um who works

1068
00:52:43,000 --> 00:52:45,160
Speaker 1: with the Talent booking, about his back because he has

1069
00:52:45,200 --> 00:52:48,040
Speaker 1: an issue. And then Steven Jackson, the great running back

1070
00:52:48,520 --> 00:52:50,640
Speaker 1: of the Rams, was right in between Greg and I

1071
00:52:50,800 --> 00:52:53,040
Speaker 1: in a chair because he's doing NFL network stuff and

1072
00:52:53,040 --> 00:52:56,600
Speaker 1: he had a major backs during his NFL. Back guys

1073
00:52:56,680 --> 00:52:59,800
Speaker 1: just chopping it up. Maybes maybe sometimes I'm not saying

1074
00:53:00,160 --> 00:53:03,239
Speaker 1: Singer or Steven Jackson are these guys. Sometimes back guys

1075
00:53:03,280 --> 00:53:06,080
Speaker 1: are a little bit like, okay, bro, can we talk

1076
00:53:06,080 --> 00:53:08,600
Speaker 1: about something else other than your back injury? Maybe that's

1077
00:53:08,600 --> 00:53:12,760
Speaker 1: what happened here. He was a bad guy and story

1078
00:53:13,000 --> 00:53:14,880
Speaker 1: so people were looking down in the hallway because they

1079
00:53:14,880 --> 00:53:17,919
Speaker 1: were like, all right, dude, we get it. What else

1080
00:53:18,000 --> 00:53:21,160
Speaker 1: is going on? I would think that's great detective work.

1081
00:53:21,200 --> 00:53:23,440
Speaker 1: I wish I had one of those penance because to me,

1082
00:53:23,600 --> 00:53:26,040
Speaker 1: like Dan just won the it's what is it called,

1083
00:53:26,080 --> 00:53:29,759
Speaker 1: It's time to football? That was some good football. That

1084
00:53:29,840 --> 00:53:36,160
Speaker 1: was some good football tea. Yes, Justin, I'm jumping in

1085
00:53:36,239 --> 00:53:40,680
Speaker 1: here to lock up the Packers. That's a good way

1086
00:53:40,719 --> 00:53:45,600
Speaker 1: to start. You. You know, you're not just not just

1087
00:53:45,880 --> 00:53:50,719
Speaker 1: their singer walking in. Uh, you're not. His ears were aching. Um,

1088
00:53:50,920 --> 00:53:53,040
Speaker 1: you're not just locking up a game and looking for

1089
00:53:53,120 --> 00:53:57,000
Speaker 1: the trophy. Great digger trying to make a statement. Sorry,

1090
00:53:57,239 --> 00:53:59,800
Speaker 1: you're trying to We're doing a show right now. Justin,

1091
00:54:00,160 --> 00:54:03,720
Speaker 1: he's you know, he's dealing with many Uh. You're also

1092
00:54:04,000 --> 00:54:06,399
Speaker 1: looking to bring back the dignity to the producer chair

1093
00:54:06,440 --> 00:54:08,240
Speaker 1: for the pick segments. So there's a lot of pressure

1094
00:54:08,280 --> 00:54:12,120
Speaker 1: on you. Well this, Yes, you want this, and I

1095
00:54:12,200 --> 00:54:14,200
Speaker 1: understand that would be a disgrace for us to be

1096
00:54:14,239 --> 00:54:16,160
Speaker 1: honest to do if it goes behind the glass. The

1097
00:54:16,200 --> 00:54:20,040
Speaker 1: trophy has to stay. Remember our mock draft went uh

1098
00:54:21,000 --> 00:54:24,480
Speaker 1: back back in May. Graver did quite well. Well not well?

1099
00:54:24,560 --> 00:54:26,680
Speaker 1: Yeahs our favorite in this game. By the way, I

1100
00:54:26,719 --> 00:54:30,120
Speaker 1: was wrong, I think I said earlier, completely forgotten. I

1101
00:54:30,160 --> 00:54:35,080
Speaker 1: didn't why why the Packers justin? Well, like Mark said,

1102
00:54:35,120 --> 00:54:36,839
Speaker 1: I think their defense is really good, and I think

1103
00:54:36,880 --> 00:54:38,680
Speaker 1: the Vikings could get off to a bit of a

1104
00:54:38,719 --> 00:54:40,960
Speaker 1: slow start under a new offensive system. With a new

1105
00:54:41,000 --> 00:54:43,920
Speaker 1: head coach who knows how that's just like week one stuff.

1106
00:54:43,960 --> 00:54:46,880
Speaker 1: Plus week one is always like so unpredictable and doesn't

1107
00:54:46,920 --> 00:54:48,760
Speaker 1: have any indication for how the rest of the season

1108
00:54:48,760 --> 00:54:52,000
Speaker 1: can go. Are a great example. They lost thirty eight

1109
00:54:52,080 --> 00:54:54,439
Speaker 1: to three or something like that to the Saints last year.

1110
00:54:54,600 --> 00:54:57,160
Speaker 1: What Aaron Rodgers was a disaster? What is it about

1111
00:54:57,200 --> 00:54:59,920
Speaker 1: the Vikings? They always I just love the Vikings like

1112
00:55:00,000 --> 00:55:01,799
Speaker 1: I'm sucked in. If it was a different week and

1113
00:55:01,840 --> 00:55:03,520
Speaker 1: I didn't have a game that I really liked, i'd

1114
00:55:03,640 --> 00:55:05,480
Speaker 1: full on go into a lock off with you. But

1115
00:55:05,520 --> 00:55:08,319
Speaker 1: we're just not there. Too early in the season for that,

1116
00:55:08,840 --> 00:55:11,520
Speaker 1: too early for a lock off. Okay, let's move on.

1117
00:55:11,800 --> 00:55:15,359
Speaker 1: Zeuser's up. You gotta pick up the pace. Users up. Yes,

1118
00:55:15,440 --> 00:55:19,319
Speaker 1: you are to take a break. We just we just

1119
00:55:19,360 --> 00:55:21,400
Speaker 1: took a break, thank you. Okay, there's a lot of

1120
00:55:21,440 --> 00:55:23,839
Speaker 1: good lot going on all right, Greg here. I think

1121
00:55:23,840 --> 00:55:25,640
Speaker 1: this will make you feel better. You jacked up my

1122
00:55:25,680 --> 00:55:28,239
Speaker 1: draft there a little bit. I was hoping that game

1123
00:55:28,280 --> 00:55:30,120
Speaker 1: fell to me because then i'd have a really nice

1124
00:55:30,120 --> 00:55:32,520
Speaker 1: balance to my week where I would have a main

1125
00:55:32,600 --> 00:55:34,640
Speaker 1: game in the morning to focus a main game in

1126
00:55:34,680 --> 00:55:36,840
Speaker 1: the afternoon. Now I gotta go in a little bit

1127
00:55:36,840 --> 00:55:39,279
Speaker 1: of a different direction. But it's okay. I'm prepared and

1128
00:55:39,280 --> 00:55:40,719
Speaker 1: I'm ready for this. Let's go to the a f

1129
00:55:40,800 --> 00:55:43,879
Speaker 1: C East. Let's go to the New England Patriots, last

1130
00:55:43,960 --> 00:55:47,040
Speaker 1: year's wild card team behind the Bills. To a f

1131
00:55:47,120 --> 00:55:50,160
Speaker 1: C S teams made the playoffs, they were destroyed in

1132
00:55:50,200 --> 00:55:53,359
Speaker 1: the postseason by the Bills, as you may recall, one

1133
00:55:53,400 --> 00:55:56,120
Speaker 1: of the great ass whippings of all time. Actually, and

1134
00:55:56,200 --> 00:55:59,040
Speaker 1: now here's the first game since there since then without

1135
00:55:59,120 --> 00:56:01,840
Speaker 1: Josh McDaniels, and all the hullabaloo about the new scheme

1136
00:56:01,840 --> 00:56:04,640
Speaker 1: they're putting in the struggles that the Patriots had Tom

1137
00:56:04,719 --> 00:56:06,880
Speaker 1: Kerrn like in the offense in the summer is a

1138
00:56:06,960 --> 00:56:12,640
Speaker 1: car with square wheels. Okay, so again, let's see it now,

1139
00:56:12,680 --> 00:56:15,080
Speaker 1: we see it, We see for real with this Patriots

1140
00:56:15,080 --> 00:56:17,520
Speaker 1: offensive where it's at, and they get the Dolphins, and

1141
00:56:17,600 --> 00:56:21,400
Speaker 1: I have with our sandwich props, I already predicted, or

1142
00:56:21,440 --> 00:56:23,479
Speaker 1: at least put sandwiches on the line, that we're gonna

1143
00:56:23,480 --> 00:56:26,920
Speaker 1: see Teddy Bridgewater this reason this season, for performance reasons.

1144
00:56:26,920 --> 00:56:29,960
Speaker 1: So I'm not sold on toa but I reserve the

1145
00:56:30,080 --> 00:56:32,960
Speaker 1: right to be a dumbass and be totally wrong and

1146
00:56:33,000 --> 00:56:37,319
Speaker 1: see TUA with Jalen Waddle and freaking Tyreek Hill light

1147
00:56:37,440 --> 00:56:42,120
Speaker 1: things up. You got to. I mean, I reserve the

1148
00:56:42,200 --> 00:56:44,239
Speaker 1: right to be ridiculous. I reserved the right to be

1149
00:56:44,280 --> 00:56:46,640
Speaker 1: a dumbass. And I am on the line right now

1150
00:56:46,880 --> 00:56:49,400
Speaker 1: because is there a scenario where the Patriots who is

1151
00:56:49,440 --> 00:56:53,440
Speaker 1: Greg Greggy notes and Patriots Nation stink in South Florida

1152
00:56:54,040 --> 00:56:56,520
Speaker 1: that where you could just see the Miami going up

1153
00:56:56,520 --> 00:56:59,480
Speaker 1: and down the field. I could see it, but I

1154
00:56:59,480 --> 00:57:01,359
Speaker 1: can't get a hind it. But I can see it.

1155
00:57:01,800 --> 00:57:03,600
Speaker 1: I can see it this week. And I can see

1156
00:57:03,600 --> 00:57:07,080
Speaker 1: the Patriots even in a scenario where they make the

1157
00:57:07,120 --> 00:57:11,080
Speaker 1: playoffs everyone, even in that scenario, I could see them

1158
00:57:11,080 --> 00:57:14,560
Speaker 1: starting one in three or you know, two and four

1159
00:57:14,640 --> 00:57:16,840
Speaker 1: and the offense gets a slow start. The Dolphins are

1160
00:57:16,880 --> 00:57:18,600
Speaker 1: favored by three and a half in this game, which

1161
00:57:18,640 --> 00:57:21,200
Speaker 1: is is pretty wild. You wouldn't have expected that when

1162
00:57:21,280 --> 00:57:23,320
Speaker 1: last season ended. But these two teams went about the

1163
00:57:23,320 --> 00:57:26,920
Speaker 1: off season with similar goals. They both wanted to install

1164
00:57:27,320 --> 00:57:30,640
Speaker 1: the offense that's sort of the most effective throughout the

1165
00:57:30,720 --> 00:57:34,560
Speaker 1: NFL right now, the Kyle offense. One of them hired

1166
00:57:34,600 --> 00:57:36,880
Speaker 1: a guy who's spent his whole career in it, and

1167
00:57:36,880 --> 00:57:40,200
Speaker 1: then they got Tyree Hill uh, and they got most

1168
00:57:40,400 --> 00:57:43,080
Speaker 1: and they got the fastest offensive weapons in the league

1169
00:57:43,080 --> 00:57:45,240
Speaker 1: to make plays after the catch, and the other team

1170
00:57:45,280 --> 00:57:48,360
Speaker 1: hired Matt Patricia. You know that's who they decided to

1171
00:57:48,440 --> 00:57:51,480
Speaker 1: install that uh offense. Alright. I love what you just

1172
00:57:51,520 --> 00:57:54,520
Speaker 1: said because oh and DeVante Parker that was their big addition.

1173
00:57:54,840 --> 00:57:57,080
Speaker 1: That see, the guy who the Dolphins didn't even want,

1174
00:57:57,120 --> 00:58:00,240
Speaker 1: who just gave them away. But again, I don't wanna

1175
00:58:00,480 --> 00:58:03,560
Speaker 1: get tripped up on semantics here, but like, is it

1176
00:58:03,720 --> 00:58:09,840
Speaker 1: Matt Patricia installing this offense? Committee? It's a committee? Now,

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00:58:09,840 --> 00:58:14,400
Speaker 1: I think I don't think. I mean, Bill Belichick says

1178
00:58:14,400 --> 00:58:16,200
Speaker 1: it's a committee. I don't think that he that Why

1179
00:58:16,240 --> 00:58:18,600
Speaker 1: even raise all that nonsense If it's not the case

1180
00:58:18,640 --> 00:58:20,600
Speaker 1: it would be. I think people would be happier if

1181
00:58:20,600 --> 00:58:23,280
Speaker 1: it was just Bill Belichick. I'm saying I think it is,

1182
00:58:23,400 --> 00:58:25,800
Speaker 1: and he's I mean, he's probably got the final yes

1183
00:58:25,880 --> 00:58:28,120
Speaker 1: or no. But I do think they're working together. I'm

1184
00:58:28,120 --> 00:58:31,400
Speaker 1: just looking at their offense and saying, who are your weapons?

1185
00:58:31,400 --> 00:58:33,560
Speaker 1: Why are you a playoff team? I don't see it

1186
00:58:33,600 --> 00:58:35,080
Speaker 1: with New England. I think one of the reasons they

1187
00:58:35,080 --> 00:58:37,360
Speaker 1: could go down to Miami and get jobbed just because

1188
00:58:37,440 --> 00:58:39,880
Speaker 1: I don't think they have the strength on offense. I

1189
00:58:39,920 --> 00:58:42,959
Speaker 1: just don't. And I look at maybe it's fine after

1190
00:58:43,000 --> 00:58:44,600
Speaker 1: a month, maybe it's gonna be fine in a couple

1191
00:58:44,600 --> 00:58:48,000
Speaker 1: of weeks, but there has been frustration around mac Jones

1192
00:58:48,320 --> 00:58:49,840
Speaker 1: and what's he had, what's he's had to deal with

1193
00:58:49,880 --> 00:58:51,760
Speaker 1: this summer. I just don't think it's gone smoothly. I

1194
00:58:51,800 --> 00:58:54,520
Speaker 1: think they have a shaky coaching staff in general, which

1195
00:58:54,520 --> 00:58:56,800
Speaker 1: is not been the case with the Patriots in the past.

1196
00:58:56,880 --> 00:58:59,360
Speaker 1: And I think the Dolphins, to your point, Mike mc

1197
00:58:59,440 --> 00:59:02,560
Speaker 1: daniel way and did exactly what Kyle Shanahan in the

1198
00:59:02,640 --> 00:59:06,000
Speaker 1: Niners front office did before his first season in San Francisco,

1199
00:59:06,280 --> 00:59:10,520
Speaker 1: went out and got every part necessary to run his offense.

1200
00:59:10,760 --> 00:59:12,800
Speaker 1: It's not gonna take three years to get those parts.

1201
00:59:12,920 --> 00:59:14,760
Speaker 1: They got him now. And you want to say that

1202
00:59:14,800 --> 00:59:17,360
Speaker 1: too has a chance. One of two is issues in

1203
00:59:17,360 --> 00:59:19,960
Speaker 1: the past couple of years was protection behind that Dolphins line.

1204
00:59:20,080 --> 00:59:23,520
Speaker 1: I think tarn Omstead Connor Williams improved the situation a lot.

1205
00:59:23,760 --> 00:59:27,200
Speaker 1: Jillen Wattle was awesome last year. Tyreek Hill is already

1206
00:59:27,240 --> 00:59:31,720
Speaker 1: showing chemistry with two What about the Patriots secondary tells

1207
00:59:31,760 --> 00:59:33,440
Speaker 1: you that in this game and other games like this,

1208
00:59:33,480 --> 00:59:36,280
Speaker 1: when there are multiple high speed weapons, that they're gonna

1209
00:59:36,280 --> 00:59:38,280
Speaker 1: be able to stop that. Right, there's both both teams,

1210
00:59:38,320 --> 00:59:40,520
Speaker 1: and I do want to respond to something you said

1211
00:59:40,640 --> 00:59:43,320
Speaker 1: quickly on their weapons. I actually think the weapons on

1212
00:59:43,360 --> 00:59:45,960
Speaker 1: the Patriots offense is like the least of their concerns,

1213
00:59:45,960 --> 00:59:48,000
Speaker 1: almost on the whole roster. Like I like their skill

1214
00:59:48,040 --> 00:59:50,720
Speaker 1: position players. I know they're not superstars, but they're better

1215
00:59:50,800 --> 00:59:52,560
Speaker 1: than they were last year. They're better than they were

1216
00:59:52,640 --> 00:59:55,240
Speaker 1: the year before with Tom Brady. They were a top

1217
00:59:55,280 --> 00:59:58,280
Speaker 1: ten scoring offense a year ago with a rookie quarterback.

1218
00:59:58,320 --> 01:00:00,800
Speaker 1: It's the fact that they're changing mcdan, right, it's the

1219
01:00:00,840 --> 01:00:02,800
Speaker 1: fact that they're changing everything up. I don't trust the line.

1220
01:00:02,800 --> 01:00:05,120
Speaker 1: I don't trust the scheme. I don't trust the cohesion

1221
01:00:05,680 --> 01:00:07,600
Speaker 1: uh that they have to take advantage of what I

1222
01:00:07,640 --> 01:00:10,120
Speaker 1: think is the weakest part of the Dolphin step chart,

1223
01:00:10,200 --> 01:00:12,480
Speaker 1: which right now is their cornerback situation. They don't have

1224
01:00:12,520 --> 01:00:16,000
Speaker 1: Byron Jones. They're starting their old first round pick ig Bnogamy,

1225
01:00:16,760 --> 01:00:18,400
Speaker 1: who was a first round a couple of years ago,

1226
01:00:18,440 --> 01:00:20,800
Speaker 1: has not played well like normally I would say they

1227
01:00:20,800 --> 01:00:23,360
Speaker 1: can attack that weakness. I'm not confident where I am

1228
01:00:23,440 --> 01:00:26,760
Speaker 1: confident that Mike McDaniel looks at the Patriots and where

1229
01:00:26,760 --> 01:00:29,680
Speaker 1: where does that offense win over the middle with those

1230
01:00:29,720 --> 01:00:32,000
Speaker 1: crossers and those quick passes that turn into big place

1231
01:00:32,080 --> 01:00:35,560
Speaker 1: And where are the Patriots still looking like it's two

1232
01:00:35,600 --> 01:00:37,840
Speaker 1: thousand four except they're not nearly as good at it,

1233
01:00:38,080 --> 01:00:40,920
Speaker 1: slow as hell in the middle, Jawan Bentley, you got

1234
01:00:41,000 --> 01:00:43,320
Speaker 1: your guy mac Wilson. He might be okay, but it's

1235
01:00:43,360 --> 01:00:46,640
Speaker 1: like Kyle Duggan who's athletic but loves to bite on

1236
01:00:46,720 --> 01:00:49,000
Speaker 1: play action and give up big plays Like that middle

1237
01:00:49,040 --> 01:00:51,480
Speaker 1: of the field. They're gonna be just killing those linebackers.

1238
01:00:51,520 --> 01:00:53,720
Speaker 1: You imagine being Mike McDaniel. I mean, first of all,

1239
01:00:53,720 --> 01:00:56,320
Speaker 1: it seems very self confident. He's a great coach, but

1240
01:00:56,360 --> 01:00:59,720
Speaker 1: your first game is Bill Belichick. I find that to

1241
01:00:59,760 --> 01:01:02,360
Speaker 1: be like when they've showed them at like owners meetings

1242
01:01:02,360 --> 01:01:03,880
Speaker 1: and stuff, where like the two of them, let's spend

1243
01:01:03,880 --> 01:01:07,280
Speaker 1: a lot of time talking. They're an odd pairing. Yeah,

1244
01:01:07,320 --> 01:01:08,840
Speaker 1: I don't know if they're going to be getting dinner

1245
01:01:08,880 --> 01:01:14,000
Speaker 1: together or maybe it'll be best not. This week. Patriots defense,

1246
01:01:14,040 --> 01:01:17,000
Speaker 1: by the way, statistically was really good. It got exposed

1247
01:01:17,080 --> 01:01:19,920
Speaker 1: horrifically by the Bills. But that Bill's team once they

1248
01:01:20,080 --> 01:01:21,400
Speaker 1: were hot at the end of the year, that was

1249
01:01:21,680 --> 01:01:23,560
Speaker 1: that was pretty rough. How much is J C. Jackson

1250
01:01:23,560 --> 01:01:28,920
Speaker 1: not being there change everything for New England? Greg, to you, uh,

1251
01:01:28,960 --> 01:01:32,439
Speaker 1: it's very significant at this point. I think they're gonna

1252
01:01:32,480 --> 01:01:35,360
Speaker 1: start Jonathan Jones on the outside when he was one

1253
01:01:35,400 --> 01:01:37,120
Speaker 1: of the best slot guys in the league. So now

1254
01:01:37,160 --> 01:01:39,280
Speaker 1: you're hurting two positions. If not, I don't think we

1255
01:01:39,360 --> 01:01:41,280
Speaker 1: even talked about the Malcolm Butler thing that just didn't

1256
01:01:41,320 --> 01:01:44,080
Speaker 1: take and then asking like Jalen Mills to do it.

1257
01:01:44,280 --> 01:01:47,280
Speaker 1: Jalen Mills is their top corner, like mccordy is still there.

1258
01:01:47,280 --> 01:01:49,360
Speaker 1: People like Dugger and I like Dugger two, but he

1259
01:01:50,880 --> 01:01:53,880
Speaker 1: I don't know. I'm probably two down on them right now.

1260
01:01:53,920 --> 01:01:56,400
Speaker 1: But it's it does it looks pretty great, all right,

1261
01:01:56,480 --> 01:01:58,640
Speaker 1: let's move on it. Si snakes to me, and this

1262
01:01:58,720 --> 01:02:01,080
Speaker 1: is where this is not really how I wanted to

1263
01:02:01,480 --> 01:02:06,440
Speaker 1: run this draft. Um, but things happen, and when you're

1264
01:02:06,480 --> 01:02:09,560
Speaker 1: doing a draft you have to adapt, and um, I

1265
01:02:09,640 --> 01:02:12,640
Speaker 1: will be taking the Baltimore Ravens at New York Jets

1266
01:02:12,720 --> 01:02:14,439
Speaker 1: at the Metal Lands. I was helping to grab him

1267
01:02:14,480 --> 01:02:17,360
Speaker 1: at the very back end. But the way things stack

1268
01:02:17,440 --> 01:02:21,320
Speaker 1: up times time wise, I need to get this game. Um,

1269
01:02:21,480 --> 01:02:27,800
Speaker 1: do you think someone was gonna grab this? But turn

1270
01:02:27,840 --> 01:02:35,000
Speaker 1: this up in my headphones been a while, you know

1271
01:02:35,040 --> 01:02:37,600
Speaker 1: what The name of this artist is, by the way,

1272
01:02:38,000 --> 01:02:42,840
Speaker 1: absolutely not my favorite band name ever from the Rights

1273
01:02:42,840 --> 01:02:48,040
Speaker 1: Free or whatever library, the tinsel Town Tune Stars. I

1274
01:02:48,160 --> 01:02:52,000
Speaker 1: believe it sounds made. I mean they probably got together

1275
01:02:52,040 --> 01:02:54,560
Speaker 1: for like one day, right, I mean that that session

1276
01:02:54,560 --> 01:02:58,439
Speaker 1: that was magical. No, there's no no one's questioning that anyway. Yeah.

1277
01:02:58,520 --> 01:03:06,080
Speaker 1: So Ravens Jets, Lamar Jackson healthy, Ravens is a team,

1278
01:03:06,200 --> 01:03:08,880
Speaker 1: much healthier. They make a lot of sense on paper

1279
01:03:08,920 --> 01:03:13,280
Speaker 1: as an AFC superpower. Um, they need things to fall

1280
01:03:13,320 --> 01:03:16,880
Speaker 1: into place, Lamar. All the contract talks still in the background.

1281
01:03:17,280 --> 01:03:20,080
Speaker 1: But guess what maybe they'll have like the NFL equivalent

1282
01:03:20,120 --> 01:03:22,240
Speaker 1: of what's happened here with Aaron Judge and the Yankees

1283
01:03:22,280 --> 01:03:25,520
Speaker 1: in baseball, where he has an incredible season and he

1284
01:03:25,600 --> 01:03:27,960
Speaker 1: ends up being putting himself in an even better position

1285
01:03:28,240 --> 01:03:30,720
Speaker 1: to have a record breaking contract. I could see it.

1286
01:03:31,400 --> 01:03:34,000
Speaker 1: Um going on the road here against the Jets. I

1287
01:03:34,040 --> 01:03:38,080
Speaker 1: think the Jets will be improved this year. Uh. On defense,

1288
01:03:38,160 --> 01:03:41,040
Speaker 1: I believe that I really excited to see Sauce Gardner

1289
01:03:41,080 --> 01:03:44,200
Speaker 1: at cornerback. We've talked about Greg, their defensive line and

1290
01:03:44,240 --> 01:03:46,640
Speaker 1: how deep it is they can make things happen. C J.

1291
01:03:46,760 --> 01:03:49,640
Speaker 1: Mosley is still the linebacker that's making things work in

1292
01:03:49,680 --> 01:03:51,240
Speaker 1: the middle. And he might not be the same guy

1293
01:03:51,240 --> 01:03:53,200
Speaker 1: he was when he was in Baltimore, but he's a

1294
01:03:53,240 --> 01:03:55,720
Speaker 1: good guy in the middle of a heartbeat of that defense.

1295
01:03:55,760 --> 01:03:58,000
Speaker 1: I like the defense, and I like the potential of it.

1296
01:03:58,840 --> 01:04:01,480
Speaker 1: Um the off that subside of the ball obviously is

1297
01:04:02,040 --> 01:04:05,400
Speaker 1: an issue, and we learned this week Robert Sala said,

1298
01:04:05,400 --> 01:04:08,320
Speaker 1: not only is Joe Flacco starting Week one against the Ravens,

1299
01:04:09,120 --> 01:04:12,480
Speaker 1: Zach Wilson's not coming back until at least Week four.

1300
01:04:13,360 --> 01:04:16,240
Speaker 1: And Uh, I saw your tweet, Greg, and I agreed

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01:04:16,280 --> 01:04:18,600
Speaker 1: with it. I tweeted myself that I feel like the

1302
01:04:18,680 --> 01:04:21,280
Speaker 1: vibes are weird now. It's not a good situation now

1303
01:04:21,320 --> 01:04:23,560
Speaker 1: between Zach Wilson and the Jezz. I feel like real

1304
01:04:23,640 --> 01:04:27,040
Speaker 1: doubts creeping in about how they feel about him beyond

1305
01:04:27,080 --> 01:04:29,320
Speaker 1: just where his knee is. Health was your tweet was

1306
01:04:29,440 --> 01:04:32,120
Speaker 1: essentially that they maybe kind of want to just start

1307
01:04:32,160 --> 01:04:34,680
Speaker 1: the season with Joe Flacco. It's like a soft benching,

1308
01:04:35,320 --> 01:04:38,040
Speaker 1: you know, to go through week three. And and I

1309
01:04:38,080 --> 01:04:39,440
Speaker 1: get and I don't think that's a bad thing. And

1310
01:04:39,480 --> 01:04:41,480
Speaker 1: I don't think that they've given up on them because

1311
01:04:41,520 --> 01:04:43,760
Speaker 1: of that, but that they're not ready right now. Like

1312
01:04:44,520 --> 01:04:46,320
Speaker 1: I think, here's the best way to put it. It It

1313
01:04:46,360 --> 01:04:48,640
Speaker 1: would just be if it was almost any other starting

1314
01:04:48,680 --> 01:04:50,840
Speaker 1: quarterback in the league, would they say he's out through

1315
01:04:50,840 --> 01:04:54,080
Speaker 1: week three? I don't think that. I think they would

1316
01:04:54,080 --> 01:04:56,240
Speaker 1: give him every chance to play week to, give him

1317
01:04:56,280 --> 01:04:59,400
Speaker 1: every chance to play week three, hope that he gets back.

1318
01:04:59,440 --> 01:05:01,920
Speaker 1: But there they want to be really careful and and

1319
01:05:01,960 --> 01:05:04,080
Speaker 1: they know they're only gonna have so many chances that

1320
01:05:04,320 --> 01:05:06,240
Speaker 1: they want to get him as ready for when he's

1321
01:05:06,280 --> 01:05:09,160
Speaker 1: going to start as humanly possible. And these first three games, oh,

1322
01:05:09,200 --> 01:05:11,360
Speaker 1: by the way, are pretty tough, you know, in terms

1323
01:05:11,400 --> 01:05:14,680
Speaker 1: of the past Russia as they face Ravens Brown's Bengals, like,

1324
01:05:15,040 --> 01:05:18,480
Speaker 1: let's let's let Joe Flacco take some heat against I

1325
01:05:18,480 --> 01:05:21,080
Speaker 1: think it speaks to their concern that they have about

1326
01:05:21,120 --> 01:05:24,600
Speaker 1: Wilson and his ability to play well straight up, like

1327
01:05:24,680 --> 01:05:27,640
Speaker 1: to to run the offense in a professional way that

1328
01:05:27,640 --> 01:05:30,040
Speaker 1: allows them to take these improved pieces on that side

1329
01:05:30,040 --> 01:05:32,360
Speaker 1: of the ball and actually be a better offense. And

1330
01:05:32,760 --> 01:05:36,000
Speaker 1: by saying like we're putting him out through three weeks,

1331
01:05:36,240 --> 01:05:38,320
Speaker 1: is like they think, not only does that need have

1332
01:05:38,360 --> 01:05:41,280
Speaker 1: to be we need him to be going through full practices.

1333
01:05:41,320 --> 01:05:44,400
Speaker 1: We need him to feel fully comfortable. And like you're saying,

1334
01:05:44,440 --> 01:05:48,040
Speaker 1: if it's Aaron Rodgers or almost anybody else, it's like,

1335
01:05:48,280 --> 01:05:50,480
Speaker 1: as soon as he can be on the field and practicing,

1336
01:05:50,560 --> 01:05:53,720
Speaker 1: we want him in with With Wilson, it's more like

1337
01:05:53,800 --> 01:05:57,080
Speaker 1: we need to feel comfortable that he is a percent ready,

1338
01:05:57,320 --> 01:06:00,360
Speaker 1: because otherwise we feel pretty confident we're gonna be behind

1339
01:06:00,360 --> 01:06:04,440
Speaker 1: the eight ball. Rogers wouldn't let the Packers go make

1340
01:06:04,480 --> 01:06:07,080
Speaker 1: that announcement about him anyways, Like Zach Wilson just has

1341
01:06:07,120 --> 01:06:10,400
Speaker 1: no real weight or credibility. And I don't say that

1342
01:06:10,440 --> 01:06:13,560
Speaker 1: about his person, but just like inside the organization, it's

1343
01:06:13,640 --> 01:06:16,600
Speaker 1: this is this this, this is quietly shakier then Sam

1344
01:06:16,640 --> 01:06:19,760
Speaker 1: Donald's run with the team so far. It's it's a mess.

1345
01:06:19,800 --> 01:06:21,640
Speaker 1: I don't think they could trust him to be confident

1346
01:06:21,720 --> 01:06:23,840
Speaker 1: with when he's a little banged up either, which you

1347
01:06:23,880 --> 01:06:25,760
Speaker 1: have to do as a quarterback. And I mean this

1348
01:06:25,880 --> 01:06:28,960
Speaker 1: is a raven secondary that you know they suffered. I

1349
01:06:28,960 --> 01:06:31,000
Speaker 1: don't want to talk about the running backs. Their secondary

1350
01:06:31,280 --> 01:06:34,640
Speaker 1: was destroyed by injuries a year ago. No Marcus Peters,

1351
01:06:34,680 --> 01:06:37,360
Speaker 1: he's back. Marlon Humphrey missed the final five games which

1352
01:06:37,400 --> 01:06:40,320
Speaker 1: they all lost. He's back. They signed Marcus Williams, Mike

1353
01:06:40,400 --> 01:06:43,000
Speaker 1: McDonald defensive coordinator. He is you know, he's he has

1354
01:06:43,000 --> 01:06:45,360
Speaker 1: Baltimore ties, but it's his first game. And I think

1355
01:06:45,440 --> 01:06:48,120
Speaker 1: that you said the Jets defense will be improved. It

1356
01:06:48,160 --> 01:06:50,160
Speaker 1: can't be worse. They were the worst scoring defense in

1357
01:06:50,160 --> 01:06:53,320
Speaker 1: the league last year and the worst defense. But I

1358
01:06:53,360 --> 01:06:54,800
Speaker 1: think that I think you got to move into the

1359
01:06:54,800 --> 01:06:56,920
Speaker 1: middle of the pack, and that's why you ride. Hired

1360
01:06:57,000 --> 01:06:59,880
Speaker 1: Robert Sala and will know in a month whether that's

1361
01:07:00,000 --> 01:07:02,240
Speaker 1: working or not. And I think it needs to otherwise.

1362
01:07:02,280 --> 01:07:04,160
Speaker 1: This team isn't disarrapt right. I think they could be better.

1363
01:07:04,200 --> 01:07:05,720
Speaker 1: I think they and I would say this with a

1364
01:07:05,720 --> 01:07:09,200
Speaker 1: lot of defenses, because they come and go, they're unpredictable.

1365
01:07:09,200 --> 01:07:10,560
Speaker 1: I think they could have a top you know, seven

1366
01:07:10,640 --> 01:07:13,520
Speaker 1: or eight defense. I think it's like car Like I

1367
01:07:13,600 --> 01:07:16,840
Speaker 1: love the defensive line. The secondary is is more of

1368
01:07:16,840 --> 01:07:19,800
Speaker 1: a projection, but it certainly has upside. I'm curious if

1369
01:07:19,800 --> 01:07:22,480
Speaker 1: they're gonna like blitz that the hell out of Lamar

1370
01:07:22,560 --> 01:07:25,600
Speaker 1: in this game, because that is one question that Lamar

1371
01:07:25,720 --> 01:07:28,760
Speaker 1: has to answer. It's not that he struggled that much

1372
01:07:28,840 --> 01:07:31,600
Speaker 1: with the blitz for the rest of his career. In fact,

1373
01:07:31,680 --> 01:07:34,120
Speaker 1: that the sort of the idea was you don't blitz

1374
01:07:34,200 --> 01:07:37,160
Speaker 1: Lamar because then you leave the guys in single coverage

1375
01:07:37,160 --> 01:07:39,400
Speaker 1: and then he can kill you with his legs. But

1376
01:07:39,440 --> 01:07:41,680
Speaker 1: he was awful against the blitz last year. It was

1377
01:07:41,720 --> 01:07:44,200
Speaker 1: a thing they never really solved it, and then he

1378
01:07:44,240 --> 01:07:46,160
Speaker 1: got hurt and a lot of that was people around him.

1379
01:07:46,200 --> 01:07:48,880
Speaker 1: So I'm curious to see how how aggressive they'll be

1380
01:07:48,920 --> 01:07:51,560
Speaker 1: and how well they protect Blacko because that if the

1381
01:07:51,640 --> 01:07:53,640
Speaker 1: Ravens have a weakness on defense, I think it is

1382
01:07:53,680 --> 01:07:55,600
Speaker 1: their pass rush. It's it's a da f a O

1383
01:07:55,720 --> 01:07:59,040
Speaker 1: ways for a couple of years. I don't know who

1384
01:07:59,240 --> 01:08:02,080
Speaker 1: like Justin, I don't know. So if you can get

1385
01:08:02,240 --> 01:08:04,680
Speaker 1: Flacco protected back there, and you know they think he

1386
01:08:04,720 --> 01:08:08,400
Speaker 1: can spin it can see they here's the thing too,

1387
01:08:08,520 --> 01:08:10,760
Speaker 1: part of the reason of the week three or through

1388
01:08:10,800 --> 01:08:13,520
Speaker 1: week fourth thing with Wilson, as you could tell, they

1389
01:08:13,560 --> 01:08:16,000
Speaker 1: like that there's a grown up running the offense. And

1390
01:08:16,040 --> 01:08:17,800
Speaker 1: I know if you get a pass rush on Flacco

1391
01:08:17,880 --> 01:08:20,120
Speaker 1: it's a rap. But the idea here as he isn't.

1392
01:08:20,120 --> 01:08:21,640
Speaker 1: By the way, I'll push back a little bit on

1393
01:08:22,000 --> 01:08:24,920
Speaker 1: the Donald thing not being as bad Donald the beginning

1394
01:08:24,920 --> 01:08:27,240
Speaker 1: the year two got Mono right before the season started,

1395
01:08:27,280 --> 01:08:29,880
Speaker 1: and that was not only did it suck, it was

1396
01:08:29,960 --> 01:08:32,519
Speaker 1: embarrassing as hell as a fan because everybody just rand

1397
01:08:32,840 --> 01:08:35,240
Speaker 1: that you have to, even as a Jets fan, sit

1398
01:08:35,280 --> 01:08:40,599
Speaker 1: around commanding that brought up Donald and I didn't. On Twitter,

1399
01:08:40,680 --> 01:08:42,799
Speaker 1: people were like, oh, now he's gonna bring up Donald

1400
01:08:42,840 --> 01:08:45,599
Speaker 1: again tomorrow. It's just the first. This is the first

1401
01:08:45,640 --> 01:08:48,040
Speaker 1: time in a t and history that we were comparing

1402
01:08:48,120 --> 01:08:50,280
Speaker 1: bad eras of the Jets and I didn't bring up

1403
01:08:50,320 --> 01:08:54,280
Speaker 1: Donald marked But wait, I was not allowed to do

1404
01:08:54,320 --> 01:08:55,840
Speaker 1: that well a lot of times in the past because

1405
01:08:55,840 --> 01:09:00,920
Speaker 1: we had a mare Donald, which it was not. The

1406
01:09:00,960 --> 01:09:03,320
Speaker 1: rest benefits show is not over yet because if I

1407
01:09:03,360 --> 01:09:05,240
Speaker 1: say something that touches a nervo with Greg, he will

1408
01:09:05,240 --> 01:09:08,640
Speaker 1: automatically go. But Sam Donald was terrible. Yeah, we no,

1409
01:09:08,720 --> 01:09:11,080
Speaker 1: we still have multiple games where that could occur. All right,

1410
01:09:11,200 --> 01:09:13,559
Speaker 1: let's move on, and I do I think the Ravens

1411
01:09:13,560 --> 01:09:15,800
Speaker 1: are in a good spot there, but I think there

1412
01:09:15,840 --> 01:09:18,400
Speaker 1: are pieces for the Jets. If they get proficient playoff

1413
01:09:18,920 --> 01:09:21,080
Speaker 1: quarterback play, they can make a game of that and

1414
01:09:21,120 --> 01:09:24,160
Speaker 1: a season of this. We shall see it. Now goes

1415
01:09:24,240 --> 01:09:28,400
Speaker 1: back to Greg. So I'm taking the Colts and the Texans,

1416
01:09:28,680 --> 01:09:31,040
Speaker 1: and I know that's an unconventional pick here, but I

1417
01:09:31,080 --> 01:09:33,800
Speaker 1: have different priorities of what I want on Sundays in

1418
01:09:33,840 --> 01:09:35,800
Speaker 1: my backup game and how I plan out the week,

1419
01:09:36,000 --> 01:09:38,720
Speaker 1: and I don't want to hear any complaints. I do

1420
01:09:38,800 --> 01:09:42,840
Speaker 1: think this game is gonna be closer than people expect.

1421
01:09:43,000 --> 01:09:46,320
Speaker 1: Totally absurd, by the way. What we all have our reasons,

1422
01:09:46,360 --> 01:09:48,400
Speaker 1: but no, no, I gave you that as my reason

1423
01:09:48,439 --> 01:09:50,639
Speaker 1: early in the show why I made the pick. I didn't, well,

1424
01:09:50,680 --> 01:09:54,360
Speaker 1: it's not good value backup game to be the one

1425
01:09:54,600 --> 01:09:56,360
Speaker 1: like this is the game I'm actually gonna watch the

1426
01:09:56,439 --> 01:09:58,719
Speaker 1: least all week lost. You would have taken Bears fourth

1427
01:09:58,760 --> 01:10:00,920
Speaker 1: instead of third, we would have said we're in the

1428
01:10:00,960 --> 01:10:06,439
Speaker 1: third round here. You have acknowledged self through self scouting

1429
01:10:06,520 --> 01:10:09,880
Speaker 1: that you both had major gaps in the stress too,

1430
01:10:10,600 --> 01:10:13,600
Speaker 1: are unbelievably un annoying to hang out with most of

1431
01:10:13,600 --> 01:10:17,400
Speaker 1: the time. We are the Texans, I think are going

1432
01:10:17,439 --> 01:10:19,439
Speaker 1: to thread the Neil here and that's where you know,

1433
01:10:19,479 --> 01:10:22,439
Speaker 1: it's a seven point a thread the needle game. We

1434
01:10:22,680 --> 01:10:25,479
Speaker 1: talked about that on game debut on Friday's. It's a

1435
01:10:25,560 --> 01:10:28,439
Speaker 1: seven point spread, the biggest all week. I think it

1436
01:10:28,520 --> 01:10:31,840
Speaker 1: ties the biggest. And uh, I think the Texans keep

1437
01:10:31,880 --> 01:10:34,720
Speaker 1: this thing close despite the fact that they lost the

1438
01:10:34,760 --> 01:10:36,960
Speaker 1: two games against the Colts last year. Are you ready

1439
01:10:37,000 --> 01:10:40,200
Speaker 1: for this by a combined sixty two to three? So

1440
01:10:41,080 --> 01:10:45,040
Speaker 1: in in this way, if not any other, Matt Ryan

1441
01:10:45,120 --> 01:10:47,640
Speaker 1: is going to have a very difficult chant, you know,

1442
01:10:48,320 --> 01:10:51,599
Speaker 1: time matching Carson Wentz like he probably will not beat

1443
01:10:51,640 --> 01:10:55,200
Speaker 1: down the Texans sixty two to three. Uh this year?

1444
01:10:55,600 --> 01:10:58,040
Speaker 1: And uh, what I saw out of Matt Ryan and

1445
01:10:58,080 --> 01:11:01,160
Speaker 1: their offense in the preseason at me a little concerned.

1446
01:11:01,479 --> 01:11:04,720
Speaker 1: I think the Texans defense is built to make you

1447
01:11:04,840 --> 01:11:08,960
Speaker 1: work down the field very slowly. That's what it's Lovey Smith.

1448
01:11:09,200 --> 01:11:11,040
Speaker 1: Just keep it in front of him, make him go slow.

1449
01:11:11,200 --> 01:11:13,599
Speaker 1: What's the Colts defense built to do with Gus Bradley?

1450
01:11:13,840 --> 01:11:16,599
Speaker 1: Make them work slow? What did both these quarterbacks love

1451
01:11:16,640 --> 01:11:19,439
Speaker 1: to do? Go really slow? A lot of a lot

1452
01:11:19,479 --> 01:11:21,719
Speaker 1: of digging dugs. Davis Mills a lot of dickon dugs

1453
01:11:21,760 --> 01:11:23,400
Speaker 1: Matt Ryan, a lot of digging dug. I think this

1454
01:11:23,479 --> 01:11:25,639
Speaker 1: could be your quickest game of the week here because

1455
01:11:25,680 --> 01:11:29,320
Speaker 1: of that, a lot of slow drives. Maybe not a

1456
01:11:29,360 --> 01:11:32,680
Speaker 1: lot of excitement, but a close game in the end

1457
01:11:32,760 --> 01:11:34,600
Speaker 1: because of that, that that leads to close games. I

1458
01:11:34,840 --> 01:11:37,880
Speaker 1: think you diagnose that perfectly because if you look at

1459
01:11:37,880 --> 01:11:40,160
Speaker 1: what I know that we want to be balanced. You know,

1460
01:11:40,200 --> 01:11:41,720
Speaker 1: we don't want it to be Jonathan Taylor and no

1461
01:11:41,720 --> 01:11:46,360
Speaker 1: one else but Jonathan Taylor last year combined forty seven

1462
01:11:46,360 --> 01:11:49,000
Speaker 1: carries for three d plus yards and four touchdowns in

1463
01:11:49,080 --> 01:11:51,920
Speaker 1: his two games against the Texans against love E. Smith's defense.

1464
01:11:52,160 --> 01:11:54,559
Speaker 1: So I don't see why that can't be duplicated to

1465
01:11:54,600 --> 01:11:59,000
Speaker 1: some degree. I do want to see what this Matt right, well,

1466
01:11:59,080 --> 01:12:01,080
Speaker 1: but but they that's how you hammer them. If you

1467
01:12:01,120 --> 01:12:03,880
Speaker 1: can tire out that defense right out of the gate,

1468
01:12:04,200 --> 01:12:06,160
Speaker 1: that would be big for the Colts. I don't think

1469
01:12:06,200 --> 01:12:09,400
Speaker 1: you want to putt Ryan in a situation where he's

1470
01:12:09,400 --> 01:12:12,240
Speaker 1: got to save the day on this team. Chat how

1471
01:12:12,280 --> 01:12:14,719
Speaker 1: you want to be described? Jack Leonard might have playing

1472
01:12:14,720 --> 01:12:17,000
Speaker 1: this game anyway. I wanted to bring that up. That's

1473
01:12:17,240 --> 01:12:19,760
Speaker 1: that's weird. I was a little annoyed. I wrote about

1474
01:12:19,880 --> 01:12:22,519
Speaker 1: the power rankings that Chris Ballard, the general manager of

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01:12:22,520 --> 01:12:25,240
Speaker 1: the Colts, when asked by the reporters, what's up with

1476
01:12:25,280 --> 01:12:28,960
Speaker 1: Shack Leonard? He's avoiding the pee pu p list? Is

1477
01:12:29,000 --> 01:12:33,160
Speaker 1: he possibly in any way? Ah? Could seem week one,

1478
01:12:33,160 --> 01:12:35,400
Speaker 1: could see in week six? What's your favorite type of frog?

1479
01:12:37,600 --> 01:12:42,320
Speaker 1: But dare you, Mr? Ballard? Answer? But don't you think

1480
01:12:42,360 --> 01:12:44,519
Speaker 1: we could just see him for like fifteen sixteen snaps?

1481
01:12:44,560 --> 01:12:46,600
Speaker 1: Maybe this even that would be great as long as

1482
01:12:46,680 --> 01:12:50,000
Speaker 1: he doesn't lead to a setback. He is a monster.

1483
01:12:50,320 --> 01:12:52,080
Speaker 1: He is, I think, and I know he's an All

1484
01:12:52,120 --> 01:12:54,519
Speaker 1: Pro and all that, but I still feel like he

1485
01:12:54,560 --> 01:12:59,080
Speaker 1: plays definitely in the Midwest. He is a cult not

1486
01:12:59,200 --> 01:13:02,639
Speaker 1: one of the major media markets. He is a dude

1487
01:13:03,040 --> 01:13:05,080
Speaker 1: that is one of the great players in the league

1488
01:13:05,120 --> 01:13:07,880
Speaker 1: and one of the great playmakers in the NFL on

1489
01:13:07,920 --> 01:13:10,200
Speaker 1: the defensive side of the ball, with that that famous

1490
01:13:10,240 --> 01:13:12,639
Speaker 1: punch out that if he stays on this trajectory, could

1491
01:13:12,640 --> 01:13:15,240
Speaker 1: be a Hall of Fame level guy, an all times

1492
01:13:15,360 --> 01:13:17,960
Speaker 1: swing and hit for as if I'm going to get

1493
01:13:17,960 --> 01:13:20,880
Speaker 1: Ballard heat second round pick and became one of the

1494
01:13:20,880 --> 01:13:23,960
Speaker 1: great linebackers of his generation. This dude's for real. I

1495
01:13:23,960 --> 01:13:27,720
Speaker 1: hope he's healthy. So you mentioned Ballard and m and

1496
01:13:27,840 --> 01:13:31,960
Speaker 1: we heard that sound drop earlier and what's your favorite

1497
01:13:31,960 --> 01:13:34,040
Speaker 1: type of frog? And I just like to think of

1498
01:13:34,080 --> 01:13:36,880
Speaker 1: the listeners who are just joining the show, like this

1499
01:13:36,920 --> 01:13:39,519
Speaker 1: season or last season, or even the season before the

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01:13:39,560 --> 01:13:42,599
Speaker 1: season before that, and even just have no context for

1501
01:13:42,680 --> 01:13:45,160
Speaker 1: why that's associated with Chris Ballard. And we're not going

1502
01:13:45,200 --> 01:13:47,920
Speaker 1: to explain it, you know, because I can't really even

1503
01:13:47,960 --> 01:13:49,360
Speaker 1: do it. If I tried, it was Greg and I

1504
01:13:49,600 --> 01:13:52,920
Speaker 1: standing in the not even try just I mean, that's

1505
01:13:52,920 --> 01:13:57,400
Speaker 1: just you're in the club, because I could picture where

1506
01:13:57,439 --> 01:14:00,479
Speaker 1: we were when it happened. But because what you what

1507
01:14:00,520 --> 01:14:03,120
Speaker 1: you really came away, your real impression was you cannot

1508
01:14:03,160 --> 01:14:09,919
Speaker 1: actually describe. It's hard to even like use the words

1509
01:14:10,120 --> 01:14:12,080
Speaker 1: that I don't know if they're even there. It's like

1510
01:14:12,080 --> 01:14:13,920
Speaker 1: the a f C. South. It's much better to spend

1511
01:14:14,120 --> 01:14:17,400
Speaker 1: two minutes explaining why we can't explain it. I'm just saying,

1512
01:14:17,400 --> 01:14:20,599
Speaker 1: welcome to the new listeners. You'll you'll catch up. And

1513
01:14:20,960 --> 01:14:24,040
Speaker 1: we're feeling good that Damian Pierce is the real dude.

1514
01:14:24,200 --> 01:14:26,200
Speaker 1: I love I loved him in the preseason. I think

1515
01:14:26,200 --> 01:14:27,960
Speaker 1: that's the reason to watch this game early in the week.

1516
01:14:28,160 --> 01:14:30,639
Speaker 1: He's going to be He's like one of the favorites.

1517
01:14:30,640 --> 01:14:33,479
Speaker 1: He's going to be a great producer that can make

1518
01:14:33,479 --> 01:14:36,160
Speaker 1: a big difference position. We can totally believe what we

1519
01:14:36,160 --> 01:14:38,439
Speaker 1: saw in the summer. I mean, he looks he quickly

1520
01:14:38,680 --> 01:14:42,880
Speaker 1: won the starting job. He he looks insane, but he's

1521
01:14:42,880 --> 01:14:45,320
Speaker 1: it's also insane. He's like the number four favorite for

1522
01:14:45,400 --> 01:14:47,800
Speaker 1: Offensive Rookie of the Year or something crazy like that.

1523
01:14:47,840 --> 01:14:50,160
Speaker 1: He's ahead of Drake London. He's ahead of a lot

1524
01:14:50,200 --> 01:14:53,120
Speaker 1: of like top shelf players. Now Damian Pierce did Rex

1525
01:14:53,160 --> 01:14:55,400
Speaker 1: Burkhead is the guy he's now competing for snaps with.

1526
01:14:55,560 --> 01:14:58,920
Speaker 1: So if he's healthy, guy, he's going to be the dude.

1527
01:14:58,920 --> 01:15:01,320
Speaker 1: All right, let's take a break and then we gotta

1528
01:15:01,320 --> 01:15:06,120
Speaker 1: wrap this thing up. All Right, we're back. Let us

1529
01:15:07,360 --> 01:15:11,400
Speaker 1: finish out the draft, and it is Mark Sessler with

1530
01:15:11,479 --> 01:15:13,960
Speaker 1: a double pick here. All right, I'm gonna go um

1531
01:15:14,160 --> 01:15:19,280
Speaker 1: Saints at Falcons. Alright, I'm fascinated by the Saints. Waiting

1532
01:15:19,320 --> 01:15:23,280
Speaker 1: for a reaction from us. Dramatic pause, just dramatic pause.

1533
01:15:23,280 --> 01:15:26,280
Speaker 1: That's how radio works. This makes sense. Is a logical

1534
01:15:26,360 --> 01:15:28,440
Speaker 1: landings about in the draft of the Saints at Falcons.

1535
01:15:28,560 --> 01:15:31,120
Speaker 1: Yes it is. And like for me, we talked about

1536
01:15:31,120 --> 01:15:33,760
Speaker 1: the Saints as the team where I don't know. If

1537
01:15:33,800 --> 01:15:37,519
Speaker 1: they won twelve games, I can logically explain why that

1538
01:15:37,520 --> 01:15:40,040
Speaker 1: could happen. If they win six, I could see why

1539
01:15:40,040 --> 01:15:42,559
Speaker 1: that would happen. I mean, you suddenly don't have Sean Payton,

1540
01:15:42,800 --> 01:15:47,160
Speaker 1: who used Jamis Winston conservatively last year but two successful results.

1541
01:15:47,160 --> 01:15:49,360
Speaker 1: I think he threw the ball over thirty times once

1542
01:15:49,640 --> 01:15:52,320
Speaker 1: in any of the games before I got injured under Payton. Uh,

1543
01:15:52,360 --> 01:15:54,920
Speaker 1: do we trust Pete Carmichael to do what Sean Payton does?

1544
01:15:55,840 --> 01:15:57,600
Speaker 1: Maybe they're gonna do the same things, but not the

1545
01:15:57,640 --> 01:15:59,720
Speaker 1: same way as Sean Payton. I think it's we talked

1546
01:15:59,720 --> 01:16:02,280
Speaker 1: about a lot, but I think it's Undersold losing him

1547
01:16:02,320 --> 01:16:04,120
Speaker 1: as her head coach. What that means for this team.

1548
01:16:04,280 --> 01:16:07,040
Speaker 1: But last year's issues were wide receiver, they were what

1549
01:16:07,120 --> 01:16:11,000
Speaker 1: lack of weapons? You've got Crystal Lava, Jarvis Landry, Michael Thomas.

1550
01:16:11,040 --> 01:16:14,920
Speaker 1: I think Alvin Kamara is someone that Michael Thomas playing well.

1551
01:16:14,920 --> 01:16:17,679
Speaker 1: That's they've been there a lot, hurt, a little weird

1552
01:16:17,880 --> 01:16:20,600
Speaker 1: like it was last month. He's come back and it

1553
01:16:20,800 --> 01:16:23,200
Speaker 1: sounds like he's trending towards playing, but we don't know.

1554
01:16:23,439 --> 01:16:25,400
Speaker 1: But again, this is like the last thing that the

1555
01:16:25,439 --> 01:16:29,320
Speaker 1: Saints fans wanted to Thomas after two years were ruined

1556
01:16:29,320 --> 01:16:32,080
Speaker 1: by injury. And now we're going into Week one and

1557
01:16:32,120 --> 01:16:34,760
Speaker 1: he's limited on and practiced by a hamstring issue. It's

1558
01:16:34,800 --> 01:16:38,160
Speaker 1: just like it is this gonna happen or what? Yeah,

1559
01:16:37,760 --> 01:16:41,200
Speaker 1: I'm that's such a huge, huge part of this because

1560
01:16:41,200 --> 01:16:43,320
Speaker 1: we could talk up a lava all we want and

1561
01:16:43,400 --> 01:16:48,799
Speaker 1: maybe he will be. Really Jarvis Landry looked good Thomas

1562
01:16:49,400 --> 01:16:54,120
Speaker 1: in the same He's so important, Uh, to balance everything

1563
01:16:54,160 --> 01:16:56,519
Speaker 1: on that offense. We're not losing Thomas for six seven

1564
01:16:56,600 --> 01:16:59,840
Speaker 1: weeks or something. So to answer your Pete Carmichael concerns,

1565
01:17:00,280 --> 01:17:02,439
Speaker 1: you know they did. They looked really good in the

1566
01:17:02,479 --> 01:17:05,839
Speaker 1: preseason when their first team offense played sometimes it was Dalton.

1567
01:17:06,000 --> 01:17:08,080
Speaker 1: It's only the preseason. You know, he did run the

1568
01:17:08,160 --> 01:17:11,559
Speaker 1: offense in that suspension year and they were good. You know,

1569
01:17:11,560 --> 01:17:13,519
Speaker 1: they were second and the third in the league in points.

1570
01:17:13,520 --> 01:17:16,639
Speaker 1: They were second or third like he did. The Sean

1571
01:17:16,720 --> 01:17:21,640
Speaker 1: Payton is a uh image what was it? A banner

1572
01:17:21,640 --> 01:17:26,719
Speaker 1: in the practice? That banner it feels good to football, Yeah, exact.

1573
01:17:26,760 --> 01:17:29,880
Speaker 1: It was his face looming over them as they practiced,

1574
01:17:29,960 --> 01:17:32,880
Speaker 1: not subtle Sean, So that part of it, I think

1575
01:17:33,240 --> 01:17:35,559
Speaker 1: I'm a little I'm weirdly more worried about the defense

1576
01:17:35,960 --> 01:17:39,800
Speaker 1: keeping up the same level. Yeah, it was a little

1577
01:17:40,160 --> 01:17:44,080
Speaker 1: like it was like it was also his very Russian.

1578
01:17:44,200 --> 01:17:47,200
Speaker 1: I think it was his face too. It was very serious.

1579
01:17:47,760 --> 01:17:51,000
Speaker 1: It was like it's like Daddy's watching. It was a

1580
01:17:51,040 --> 01:17:53,000
Speaker 1: tough It was a tough couple of years there for

1581
01:17:53,160 --> 01:17:55,439
Speaker 1: Sean Payton and the whole Saints thing. There were a

1582
01:17:55,439 --> 01:17:57,559
Speaker 1: lot of stories. There was a lot going on at

1583
01:17:57,600 --> 01:17:59,800
Speaker 1: that moment that if that, if if they made him

1584
01:17:59,840 --> 01:18:04,080
Speaker 1: more realistic movie about not Kevin James playing, that would

1585
01:18:04,120 --> 01:18:06,040
Speaker 1: be the middle where it gets really dark that he

1586
01:18:06,080 --> 01:18:08,080
Speaker 1: has to come back from you. I think that's still

1587
01:18:08,120 --> 01:18:13,439
Speaker 1: the lowest moment in UM entertainment industry history. The casting

1588
01:18:13,479 --> 01:18:15,680
Speaker 1: of the casting of Kevin James is shown page like

1589
01:18:15,760 --> 01:18:18,080
Speaker 1: Who Wins There. We actually had a segment where we

1590
01:18:18,120 --> 01:18:19,840
Speaker 1: came up with eight or nine other people that could

1591
01:18:19,880 --> 01:18:22,000
Speaker 1: have been him instead, and I get I want to

1592
01:18:22,040 --> 01:18:24,760
Speaker 1: just say I was gassing up Marcus Mariota a little

1593
01:18:24,760 --> 01:18:28,479
Speaker 1: bit earlier this week. I believe UM interesting to see

1594
01:18:28,479 --> 01:18:31,479
Speaker 1: what version of him shows up. But I had my

1595
01:18:32,120 --> 01:18:35,479
Speaker 1: League of Record fantasy draft yesterday. I smashed that draft

1596
01:18:35,479 --> 01:18:38,160
Speaker 1: button on Kyle Pitts. I can't wait to see this

1597
01:18:38,160 --> 01:18:41,400
Speaker 1: guy round third round, fourth third or fourth round. I

1598
01:18:41,479 --> 01:18:45,240
Speaker 1: just smashed it. I can't wait to see what he

1599
01:18:45,320 --> 01:18:47,519
Speaker 1: does in year two. If he stays healthy, this dude

1600
01:18:47,560 --> 01:18:51,759
Speaker 1: could be one of those guys sometimes in these the drafts,

1601
01:18:52,720 --> 01:18:55,200
Speaker 1: a tight end gets hyped up as a truly special guy,

1602
01:18:55,240 --> 01:18:57,360
Speaker 1: and then a few years later he's bounced around the league.

1603
01:18:57,560 --> 01:18:59,400
Speaker 1: We already saw in year one that this is a

1604
01:18:59,439 --> 01:19:02,639
Speaker 1: guy that's a potential super duper star, So it'll be fun.

1605
01:19:02,880 --> 01:19:05,240
Speaker 1: I don't like this matchup for the Falcons at although

1606
01:19:05,240 --> 01:19:07,320
Speaker 1: against the Saints defense. I know you have your questions, Greg,

1607
01:19:07,360 --> 01:19:10,519
Speaker 1: but like the Falcons have offensive line issues and last

1608
01:19:10,600 --> 01:19:14,080
Speaker 1: year they basically shut down Cordarold Patterson entirely over two games.

1609
01:19:14,280 --> 01:19:16,720
Speaker 1: It's just not a great match. Like Marcus Davenport has

1610
01:19:16,760 --> 01:19:19,280
Speaker 1: been a little bit of a mystery. They're very thin

1611
01:19:19,400 --> 01:19:22,679
Speaker 1: the Saints at at defensive tackle. Uh, they're not sure

1612
01:19:22,720 --> 01:19:26,240
Speaker 1: who's behind Davenport. If they're the Saints defensive last year,

1613
01:19:26,280 --> 01:19:28,640
Speaker 1: they will crush this offensive line. But i'd be a

1614
01:19:28,640 --> 01:19:31,639
Speaker 1: little concerned about a little Arthur Smith trickery week when

1615
01:19:31,800 --> 01:19:39,600
Speaker 1: I just feel like, hello heroes, Nick Westling, here, the

1616
01:19:39,680 --> 01:19:42,120
Speaker 1: brothers are back for another year of law in this

1617
01:19:42,200 --> 01:19:45,320
Speaker 1: time we're taking the trophy for Week one. We're going

1618
01:19:45,400 --> 01:19:47,800
Speaker 1: down to Atlanta to watch the Saints and the Falcons.

1619
01:19:48,080 --> 01:19:50,080
Speaker 1: The Falcons could be a little feisty this year with

1620
01:19:50,160 --> 01:19:53,360
Speaker 1: some young talent combined with some veterans on offense, but

1621
01:19:53,400 --> 01:19:56,240
Speaker 1: there'll be no match for the Saints. Chris a Lava

1622
01:19:56,360 --> 01:19:59,639
Speaker 1: burst onto the scene and his NFL goes for nine

1623
01:19:59,640 --> 01:20:03,400
Speaker 1: recep ten yards in a touchdown in the Saints role

1624
01:20:03,800 --> 01:20:07,640
Speaker 1: lock it up. I was like, you know, the Westlings

1625
01:20:07,680 --> 01:20:10,040
Speaker 1: are not taking the Bengals week one, where they had

1626
01:20:10,040 --> 01:20:12,519
Speaker 1: a pretty good choice on the board. That was weird.

1627
01:20:12,560 --> 01:20:17,880
Speaker 1: But they're all Ohio State. Um. Actually it's kind of

1628
01:20:17,880 --> 01:20:20,120
Speaker 1: the Ohio State Saints. You've got the Michael Thomas, you

1629
01:20:20,200 --> 01:20:22,200
Speaker 1: got it, you got a few few, you know. I'm

1630
01:20:22,240 --> 01:20:25,280
Speaker 1: so excited about the Westling brothers being back in the

1631
01:20:25,360 --> 01:20:29,160
Speaker 1: lock competition. Um, they had a great performance last year.

1632
01:20:29,240 --> 01:20:32,240
Speaker 1: They really came on strong as well. And I don't

1633
01:20:32,240 --> 01:20:34,680
Speaker 1: want to step on this, but there is a new

1634
01:20:34,720 --> 01:20:38,840
Speaker 1: Westling brother entering the mix from what I hear, who

1635
01:20:38,880 --> 01:20:42,240
Speaker 1: didn't have an opportunity to be in the mix last year. There,

1636
01:20:42,720 --> 01:20:44,559
Speaker 1: let's just leave it there, I can I just counter

1637
01:20:44,760 --> 01:20:50,080
Speaker 1: all of that hefty praise on one level. As an organization,

1638
01:20:50,520 --> 01:20:52,960
Speaker 1: they I liked their confidence. I think they probably spent

1639
01:20:53,000 --> 01:20:55,640
Speaker 1: an off season kind of realigning how they operate. But

1640
01:20:55,720 --> 01:20:58,439
Speaker 1: there was um really disruptive in fighting that I thought.

1641
01:20:58,560 --> 01:21:00,640
Speaker 1: That's a good That was so many and that's why

1642
01:21:00,680 --> 01:21:02,920
Speaker 1: I saw so many headlines in the area newspapers, the

1643
01:21:02,920 --> 01:21:06,280
Speaker 1: Cincinnati Zoo. That's the way they described the Westling brothers

1644
01:21:06,320 --> 01:21:09,120
Speaker 1: and the in fighting and the theatrics that went on.

1645
01:21:09,200 --> 01:21:14,320
Speaker 1: But they were productive a little bit of like the

1646
01:21:14,560 --> 01:21:18,240
Speaker 1: Rob Chadzinski Michael Lombardi Brown's it was just like a

1647
01:21:18,240 --> 01:21:22,360
Speaker 1: lot of worrying. Well, that group didn't come back for

1648
01:21:22,400 --> 01:21:24,000
Speaker 1: a second year, so that would be one to stay

1649
01:21:24,040 --> 01:21:27,479
Speaker 1: another season of the Cincinnati Zoo. Can't wait. The Saints

1650
01:21:27,520 --> 01:21:30,200
Speaker 1: locked up with a lobby having a big day. All right,

1651
01:21:30,680 --> 01:21:33,720
Speaker 1: Mark Snakes deal, let's wrap this thing up. Well, I

1652
01:21:33,760 --> 01:21:36,519
Speaker 1: can't believe this is still sitting here. I'm gonna be

1653
01:21:36,520 --> 01:21:37,840
Speaker 1: watching this out of the corner of my eye no

1654
01:21:37,880 --> 01:21:42,080
Speaker 1: matter what Browns and Panthers. Do you think that's an accident? Mark,

1655
01:21:43,400 --> 01:21:45,240
Speaker 1: This is a very We're trying to set up the

1656
01:21:45,240 --> 01:21:47,519
Speaker 1: best show possible. We want you want to hear, Mark,

1657
01:21:47,560 --> 01:21:51,800
Speaker 1: We're trying to help you. We know this is an

1658
01:21:51,840 --> 01:21:57,439
Speaker 1: absolutely emotional situation for you, the Browns. In my life,

1659
01:21:57,479 --> 01:21:59,639
Speaker 1: I'm forty two years old. I have never known anyone

1660
01:21:59,680 --> 01:22:03,680
Speaker 1: in my entire life that loved a sports team as

1661
01:22:03,760 --> 01:22:07,400
Speaker 1: much as you love the Browns. And now we're in

1662
01:22:07,400 --> 01:22:12,720
Speaker 1: a situation where you will be watching the Browns and

1663
01:22:12,840 --> 01:22:19,559
Speaker 1: hypothetically or potentially or certainly rooting against them. How how

1664
01:22:19,600 --> 01:22:22,880
Speaker 1: can we even know? Mark? How can you know until

1665
01:22:22,960 --> 01:22:25,320
Speaker 1: that game is on whether you'll be rooting against the

1666
01:22:25,360 --> 01:22:28,320
Speaker 1: Browns or have the other way, not even against their

1667
01:22:28,360 --> 01:22:33,320
Speaker 1: four no emotional tie. My theory is that you can't

1668
01:22:33,360 --> 01:22:36,479
Speaker 1: turn it off. That's just a theory, and that's not

1669
01:22:36,520 --> 01:22:39,160
Speaker 1: trying to be disrespectful to you. I don't think it's possible.

1670
01:22:39,200 --> 01:22:43,040
Speaker 1: And the first test is going to be Sunday, one

1671
01:22:43,080 --> 01:22:46,680
Speaker 1: pm Eastern CBS. I do not I don't tend to

1672
01:22:46,720 --> 01:22:50,599
Speaker 1: think that I feel great antagonism towards the team at

1673
01:22:50,600 --> 01:22:53,040
Speaker 1: this point or the players, like in terms of watching

1674
01:22:53,040 --> 01:22:55,360
Speaker 1: the game. I know this is hard for you to

1675
01:22:55,400 --> 01:22:58,000
Speaker 1: digest because we've discussed this. You can't turn off a waterfall,

1676
01:22:58,520 --> 01:23:00,720
Speaker 1: but the but but a now stroyed coland on a

1677
01:23:00,760 --> 01:23:03,519
Speaker 1: waterfall and turn it into like a calm lake. That's

1678
01:23:03,560 --> 01:23:05,439
Speaker 1: sort of where I'm at, Like, I don't there is

1679
01:23:05,479 --> 01:23:08,800
Speaker 1: no waterfalls, were just killed. I don't know where this

1680
01:23:10,000 --> 01:23:13,360
Speaker 1: I just I kind of feel like, in a way passions.

1681
01:23:14,320 --> 01:23:18,000
Speaker 1: But it's also Baker Bayfield, I think because that was

1682
01:23:18,080 --> 01:23:21,720
Speaker 1: your guys star, he's your guy next week, whoever the

1683
01:23:21,720 --> 01:23:24,600
Speaker 1: Browns playing next week. I really feel like almost no

1684
01:23:24,640 --> 01:23:26,600
Speaker 1: attachment at this point. It's been a long offseason and

1685
01:23:26,600 --> 01:23:29,040
Speaker 1: I'm trying to tell you in many different ways that

1686
01:23:29,040 --> 01:23:33,040
Speaker 1: that you know, well what I'm saying to you, you

1687
01:23:32,560 --> 01:23:37,040
Speaker 1: will know until the Browns with that and that building

1688
01:23:37,080 --> 01:23:41,280
Speaker 1: going nuts and they're they're treating not just this week

1689
01:23:41,320 --> 01:23:43,880
Speaker 1: but going forward, will you actually feel nothing that's fair?

1690
01:23:43,920 --> 01:23:46,320
Speaker 1: But I think there is um There is some projection

1691
01:23:46,360 --> 01:23:48,719
Speaker 1: going on there because you're thinking how you would respond

1692
01:23:48,760 --> 01:23:50,519
Speaker 1: if it were the Jets. For I think some of them,

1693
01:23:50,640 --> 01:23:52,640
Speaker 1: I have spent months and months kind of just being like,

1694
01:23:52,840 --> 01:23:54,479
Speaker 1: I'm good with this. They are a way bigger things

1695
01:23:54,520 --> 01:23:57,640
Speaker 1: happening in life than cheering off. One thing that I

1696
01:23:57,680 --> 01:24:00,920
Speaker 1: think helps the Browns and it certainly would help you,

1697
01:24:01,400 --> 01:24:04,960
Speaker 1: um in terms of having some connection is Deshaun Watson's

1698
01:24:05,000 --> 01:24:08,040
Speaker 1: not on the field. I think that's significant. I actually

1699
01:24:08,040 --> 01:24:11,519
Speaker 1: think that's been overlooked the football aspect of it. The

1700
01:24:11,560 --> 01:24:15,639
Speaker 1: second that suspension went down and Jacoby Brissette took over

1701
01:24:15,680 --> 01:24:20,240
Speaker 1: their core, you know, situation everyone in terms of their

1702
01:24:20,280 --> 01:24:22,760
Speaker 1: interaction with the media, whether it was Kevin Stefanski or

1703
01:24:22,760 --> 01:24:25,879
Speaker 1: Brissette or the players, it's like everyone got to move forward.

1704
01:24:26,160 --> 01:24:30,240
Speaker 1: This horrible black cloud of like the shame that their organization.

1705
01:24:30,280 --> 01:24:34,280
Speaker 1: They don't see it this way, but like the weight

1706
01:24:34,400 --> 01:24:37,000
Speaker 1: that they've had to carry in a way because they

1707
01:24:37,040 --> 01:24:40,280
Speaker 1: made this insane decision to take on Deshaun Watson and

1708
01:24:40,280 --> 01:24:43,040
Speaker 1: give him that contract before all this happened. At least

1709
01:24:43,040 --> 01:24:45,559
Speaker 1: for now, it's kind of like gone away and they're

1710
01:24:45,600 --> 01:24:48,920
Speaker 1: just a football team again, which I think is useful. Now.

1711
01:24:48,920 --> 01:24:50,880
Speaker 1: I know they're going against Baker Mayfield, but I think

1712
01:24:51,160 --> 01:24:52,920
Speaker 1: the things that they could be good at as a

1713
01:24:52,920 --> 01:24:54,880
Speaker 1: football team have a chance to come out. I've been

1714
01:24:54,880 --> 01:24:56,840
Speaker 1: so down on the Browns here. I do want to

1715
01:24:56,840 --> 01:24:59,799
Speaker 1: just say like the Browns defense does have a chance

1716
01:25:00,200 --> 01:25:04,320
Speaker 1: to be special. I mean they there edge rushers against

1717
01:25:04,360 --> 01:25:08,080
Speaker 1: this Panther's offensive line could be a problem for the Panthers.

1718
01:25:08,160 --> 01:25:10,880
Speaker 1: J Ok, you know a Wusso Corma, I love him,

1719
01:25:10,920 --> 01:25:14,000
Speaker 1: and then you love that secondary. I know Greg Knewsom,

1720
01:25:14,040 --> 01:25:15,479
Speaker 1: denzil Ward. I mean there are a lot of problems

1721
01:25:15,479 --> 01:25:17,519
Speaker 1: for Baker Mayfield on that and they know Baker. Their

1722
01:25:17,600 --> 01:25:20,280
Speaker 1: secondary is two first round picks, two second round picks

1723
01:25:20,280 --> 01:25:22,439
Speaker 1: who have all played pretty well, or or the rookies

1724
01:25:22,600 --> 01:25:25,280
Speaker 1: and John Johnson, who was their huge free agency pickup.

1725
01:25:25,320 --> 01:25:27,160
Speaker 1: Like that's their secondary. So they have a chance to

1726
01:25:27,160 --> 01:25:29,200
Speaker 1: give Baker Mayfield a lot of problems. What do we

1727
01:25:29,240 --> 01:25:33,280
Speaker 1: not like beyond their passing game? Uh, their offensive line

1728
01:25:33,439 --> 01:25:36,800
Speaker 1: on things special anymore. I don't like their defensive line.

1729
01:25:36,840 --> 01:25:38,000
Speaker 1: I think you can run on this. I think the

1730
01:25:38,040 --> 01:25:40,640
Speaker 1: defense has to show it too, like defensive tackle. Like

1731
01:25:40,720 --> 01:25:43,320
Speaker 1: the defense is more in theory than in practice because

1732
01:25:43,320 --> 01:25:45,679
Speaker 1: they weren't special last year. But I think on paper

1733
01:25:45,680 --> 01:25:48,480
Speaker 1: they look Jake Brisket could take them out of games potentially,

1734
01:25:48,520 --> 01:25:51,479
Speaker 1: but I'll say it, I think this is a team

1735
01:25:51,520 --> 01:25:55,960
Speaker 1: that's going to be competitive even with I don't understand

1736
01:25:56,000 --> 01:25:59,960
Speaker 1: how Brissette fits in this system, because the defining aspect

1737
01:26:00,000 --> 01:26:02,640
Speaker 1: to Jacoby Briscaid, other than being a great dude, is

1738
01:26:02,680 --> 01:26:08,040
Speaker 1: he is the slowest quarterback I think in the NFL.

1739
01:26:08,080 --> 01:26:10,200
Speaker 1: And by slow, I don't just mean he moves slow,

1740
01:26:10,240 --> 01:26:14,200
Speaker 1: which that's true too, but like he just holds it

1741
01:26:14,560 --> 01:26:18,840
Speaker 1: his like. I think he's smart. Everyone knows that. Maybe

1742
01:26:18,840 --> 01:26:21,760
Speaker 1: he's just cautious, but his time to throw in terms

1743
01:26:21,760 --> 01:26:25,840
Speaker 1: of holding, like he holds the ball forever and then

1744
01:26:25,840 --> 01:26:28,640
Speaker 1: he throws it short. And that is the opposite of

1745
01:26:28,680 --> 01:26:31,559
Speaker 1: what like Kevin Stefanski wants. So I sort of don't

1746
01:26:31,640 --> 01:26:34,519
Speaker 1: understand how he fits. And maybe that helps improve like

1747
01:26:34,680 --> 01:26:38,080
Speaker 1: his weaknesses. Maybe Stefanski does that, but that's the opposite

1748
01:26:38,080 --> 01:26:40,600
Speaker 1: of what Jacob has been. He's been to hold it

1749
01:26:40,680 --> 01:26:43,280
Speaker 1: forever and then maybe make a play. They didn't have

1750
01:26:43,320 --> 01:26:45,160
Speaker 1: a lot of options at quarterback, and they didn't they

1751
01:26:45,200 --> 01:26:47,240
Speaker 1: chose not to go after He could be a bad

1752
01:26:47,360 --> 01:26:50,640
Speaker 1: version of Jacoby Brissette. Even and whether he says it

1753
01:26:50,760 --> 01:26:54,400
Speaker 1: or not, or whether he said it or not, um

1754
01:26:54,520 --> 01:26:58,120
Speaker 1: Baker does want to mess up the Browns is delicious.

1755
01:26:58,160 --> 01:27:02,559
Speaker 1: That is a delicious merch He had merch ready to

1756
01:27:02,600 --> 01:27:05,479
Speaker 1: go off the leash. He actually made uh in his

1757
01:27:05,960 --> 01:27:09,000
Speaker 1: not only did he promote the off the Leash um

1758
01:27:09,000 --> 01:27:12,280
Speaker 1: you know T shirts very aggressively. Uh and his you

1759
01:27:12,320 --> 01:27:14,599
Speaker 1: know press conference last week he came back and he

1760
01:27:14,640 --> 01:27:16,720
Speaker 1: and he wanted to give a special shout out for

1761
01:27:16,720 --> 01:27:19,320
Speaker 1: just what a great job is social media team has

1762
01:27:19,360 --> 01:27:22,640
Speaker 1: done selling the off the league so so so No,

1763
01:27:22,840 --> 01:27:24,920
Speaker 1: I mean, of course, um, there's this game is just

1764
01:27:25,080 --> 01:27:32,160
Speaker 1: like any other, all right, Greg, alright, let's take Cincinnati Pittsburgh.

1765
01:27:32,200 --> 01:27:34,920
Speaker 1: That's ridiculous, this is still on the board. I apologize

1766
01:27:34,960 --> 01:27:38,439
Speaker 1: to the fans of the Bengals. It's just circumstantial in

1767
01:27:38,479 --> 01:27:42,080
Speaker 1: some some ways. Uh, we love your team. We're very

1768
01:27:42,160 --> 01:27:47,599
Speaker 1: interested in this matchup, particularly um. And I'm also interested

1769
01:27:47,640 --> 01:27:49,799
Speaker 1: to see if the Bengals defense, which was a top

1770
01:27:49,960 --> 01:27:52,600
Speaker 1: five defense in terms of the way they played in

1771
01:27:52,640 --> 01:27:55,400
Speaker 1: the playoffs. That was the biggest difference between the Bengals

1772
01:27:55,439 --> 01:27:58,120
Speaker 1: and the regular season the playoffs, was their defense suddenly

1773
01:27:58,160 --> 01:28:02,200
Speaker 1: played like a top five defense. Is that repeatable? Um?

1774
01:28:02,280 --> 01:28:05,000
Speaker 1: Because I think they can get after Mitchell Robinsky. But

1775
01:28:05,080 --> 01:28:09,000
Speaker 1: if they can't, this group of skill position players in

1776
01:28:09,040 --> 01:28:11,439
Speaker 1: Pittsburgh is one of the only ones that you could

1777
01:28:11,479 --> 01:28:15,559
Speaker 1: even compare to the Cincinnati group. I know we're projecting

1778
01:28:15,560 --> 01:28:18,400
Speaker 1: with George Pickens and we're projecting to come back by Claypool.

1779
01:28:18,720 --> 01:28:20,920
Speaker 1: But Friar Moose is gonna get better. Nasey here has

1780
01:28:20,960 --> 01:28:23,240
Speaker 1: got a bit better. We know who Dianti Johnson is like,

1781
01:28:23,439 --> 01:28:26,280
Speaker 1: you better get after Mitchell Trabinsky or I think this

1782
01:28:26,320 --> 01:28:28,840
Speaker 1: team could be problematic and there could be a lot

1783
01:28:28,880 --> 01:28:31,680
Speaker 1: of points in this game. I think that everyone just assumes,

1784
01:28:31,880 --> 01:28:34,559
Speaker 1: because it's the Steelers, that their defense is excellent and

1785
01:28:34,600 --> 01:28:38,439
Speaker 1: it's just not the case. Um, Cincinnati matched up really

1786
01:28:38,479 --> 01:28:40,600
Speaker 1: well with Pittsburgh last year to ten and then they

1787
01:28:40,680 --> 01:28:43,040
Speaker 1: dropped a forty one to ten bomb on them. And

1788
01:28:43,240 --> 01:28:46,439
Speaker 1: I I look at Cincinnati's skill position players and say,

1789
01:28:46,720 --> 01:28:48,760
Speaker 1: I with you. On the Steelers, I think there's promise there.

1790
01:28:48,760 --> 01:28:51,840
Speaker 1: And I think Trabinsky, you know game, I think it'll

1791
01:28:51,880 --> 01:28:54,360
Speaker 1: be a little more offensive. I I just this if

1792
01:28:54,400 --> 01:28:56,519
Speaker 1: the Bengals, who have been I think overlooked as much

1793
01:28:56,520 --> 01:28:58,439
Speaker 1: as any a f C Super Bowl team in a

1794
01:28:58,439 --> 01:29:03,120
Speaker 1: long long time. Um, you're talking about Pittsburgh's weapons, Cincinnati

1795
01:29:03,200 --> 01:29:05,680
Speaker 1: is the quarterback and I just trust Burrow that you're

1796
01:29:05,680 --> 01:29:07,880
Speaker 1: bringing all the same people back. I don't know if

1797
01:29:07,920 --> 01:29:11,479
Speaker 1: the offensive line editions were a plus editions. I think

1798
01:29:11,479 --> 01:29:14,760
Speaker 1: they obviously shored up what was the massive weakness and

1799
01:29:14,840 --> 01:29:16,960
Speaker 1: achilles healer a year ago. One thing, though, if you

1800
01:29:17,000 --> 01:29:19,800
Speaker 1: remember that during that playoffs, when every team knew that

1801
01:29:19,800 --> 01:29:23,160
Speaker 1: they had offensive line issues, the coaching staff seemed unable

1802
01:29:23,200 --> 01:29:25,880
Speaker 1: to make any adjustments. I just want to see that

1803
01:29:25,920 --> 01:29:27,559
Speaker 1: happen this year. Even if you found out the guys

1804
01:29:27,560 --> 01:29:29,120
Speaker 1: you plugged in like, they're still gonna take a little

1805
01:29:29,120 --> 01:29:32,120
Speaker 1: bit time to get together. You know that that's important,

1806
01:29:32,240 --> 01:29:34,639
Speaker 1: and that was the one coaching weakness from a year ago.

1807
01:29:34,880 --> 01:29:37,880
Speaker 1: But your defense brings everyone back. Essentially, it's got to

1808
01:29:37,880 --> 01:29:40,240
Speaker 1: protect himself a little better too. I think he knows

1809
01:29:40,280 --> 01:29:41,600
Speaker 1: that he does, but I think it's gonna be a

1810
01:29:41,640 --> 01:29:45,519
Speaker 1: better situation for him. But that defense was lights out

1811
01:29:46,360 --> 01:29:48,760
Speaker 1: in the playoffs and through most of the Super Bowl,

1812
01:29:48,800 --> 01:29:50,559
Speaker 1: and they were helped out with injuries in the wide

1813
01:29:50,600 --> 01:29:52,599
Speaker 1: receiver group for the Rams. But and they let down

1814
01:29:52,640 --> 01:29:55,320
Speaker 1: of course at the very end. But that was a

1815
01:29:55,360 --> 01:29:58,800
Speaker 1: big reason, more than the offense, that they were able

1816
01:29:58,840 --> 01:30:00,439
Speaker 1: to go on that run. And I think you talked

1817
01:30:00,439 --> 01:30:04,240
Speaker 1: about it with um the Chargers Mark. I think with

1818
01:30:04,280 --> 01:30:07,760
Speaker 1: the Bengals is a very important Week one game. You're

1819
01:30:07,800 --> 01:30:11,200
Speaker 1: in your building, You're against the Pittsburgh team that's in transition.

1820
01:30:11,720 --> 01:30:13,400
Speaker 1: If you want people to respect you as like a

1821
01:30:13,439 --> 01:30:16,920
Speaker 1: true superpower and not just a Cinderella team, go kick

1822
01:30:16,960 --> 01:30:20,439
Speaker 1: the Steeler's ass if you don't want to feel like

1823
01:30:20,560 --> 01:30:22,519
Speaker 1: it's every other year in the a f C North.

1824
01:30:22,680 --> 01:30:25,680
Speaker 1: If they lost this game, right and the Ravens do

1825
01:30:25,760 --> 01:30:28,880
Speaker 1: their thing against it, like suddenly, it's like right, And

1826
01:30:28,920 --> 01:30:31,639
Speaker 1: it doesn't mean the Cincinnati stubs their toe here, doesn't

1827
01:30:31,640 --> 01:30:33,519
Speaker 1: mean that I don't believe in or people should be

1828
01:30:33,600 --> 01:30:36,360
Speaker 1: jumping off the ship here. But it's just like, go

1829
01:30:36,439 --> 01:30:38,280
Speaker 1: take care of business. You you're the better team that

1830
01:30:38,400 --> 01:30:40,320
Speaker 1: you're the more prepared team right now, the way things

1831
01:30:40,360 --> 01:30:42,320
Speaker 1: are set up, win the day, and you should be

1832
01:30:42,360 --> 01:30:44,439
Speaker 1: able to take advantage of the worst position group in

1833
01:30:44,479 --> 01:30:48,679
Speaker 1: the entire game, which is Pittsburgh's offensive line. All right, now,

1834
01:30:48,960 --> 01:30:52,400
Speaker 1: it's time to close the draft. And um, I think

1835
01:30:52,439 --> 01:30:55,040
Speaker 1: we got two marks. Yeah, we're closing the draft though

1836
01:30:55,040 --> 01:31:00,240
Speaker 1: here with Jaguars at Washington, Um, how did this? How

1837
01:31:00,320 --> 01:31:07,160
Speaker 1: is this still here? Your kid? Right? Yes? I like

1838
01:31:07,680 --> 01:31:09,800
Speaker 1: to be looking forward to keeping an eye on Jacksonville

1839
01:31:09,840 --> 01:31:13,040
Speaker 1: is intriguing for all the reasons that we're talking about.

1840
01:31:13,160 --> 01:31:16,680
Speaker 1: There's juice, there's here. I've already I've shared it on

1841
01:31:16,720 --> 01:31:18,720
Speaker 1: this show and on Power Rankings that they're kind of

1842
01:31:18,720 --> 01:31:21,080
Speaker 1: my Cincinnati pick to come out of the bottom of

1843
01:31:21,120 --> 01:31:23,559
Speaker 1: the Power rankings and be a frisky team and potentially

1844
01:31:23,600 --> 01:31:26,040
Speaker 1: even compete in the ANFC South. Could it end with

1845
01:31:26,080 --> 01:31:29,439
Speaker 1: them having the number one overall pick for the third year. No, actually,

1846
01:31:29,520 --> 01:31:33,719
Speaker 1: that cannot happen. It will not happen unless, yeah, unless

1847
01:31:33,760 --> 01:31:36,760
Speaker 1: disaster strikes with Chevor Lawrence. On a physical level, I

1848
01:31:36,800 --> 01:31:39,240
Speaker 1: think they're going to be better with a more professional

1849
01:31:39,320 --> 01:31:42,760
Speaker 1: head coach and staff with Doug Peterson, and there is

1850
01:31:42,920 --> 01:31:46,000
Speaker 1: major upside for Jacksonville. They could go in Washington, and

1851
01:31:46,040 --> 01:31:48,120
Speaker 1: I know Washington's not a big time team, but they

1852
01:31:48,160 --> 01:31:50,639
Speaker 1: could go to Washington and score a bunch of points

1853
01:31:50,680 --> 01:31:53,640
Speaker 1: and kind of make a statement that the Jaguars, as

1854
01:31:53,680 --> 01:31:57,160
Speaker 1: a joke, is over where frisky and immediately people will

1855
01:31:57,160 --> 01:31:59,960
Speaker 1: be talking about them as soon as week two. Or

1856
01:32:00,920 --> 01:32:04,760
Speaker 1: they could be sloppy and uninspired and stink and and

1857
01:32:04,960 --> 01:32:08,920
Speaker 1: you know, Carson Wentz throws for decided to really go

1858
01:32:08,960 --> 01:32:11,439
Speaker 1: ahead and start to take command. Carson Wentz throws a

1859
01:32:11,560 --> 01:32:14,439
Speaker 1: hundred eighty nine yards and his sloppy most of the game,

1860
01:32:14,479 --> 01:32:17,080
Speaker 1: and then throws a touchdown late to Terry McLaurin for

1861
01:32:17,120 --> 01:32:20,840
Speaker 1: a seventeen fifteen win. And we're like, oh, everything is

1862
01:32:20,880 --> 01:32:24,320
Speaker 1: the same, both with Washington and Jacksonville. So I'm excited

1863
01:32:24,360 --> 01:32:28,040
Speaker 1: to see the real Jags, the Jags that the Jacksonville

1864
01:32:28,120 --> 01:32:31,880
Speaker 1: fans in Duval and ownership wants to see step up.

1865
01:32:32,200 --> 01:32:34,000
Speaker 1: And I think we will. I think Jaggars is a

1866
01:32:34,000 --> 01:32:35,439
Speaker 1: gonna have a good week and people are gonna be

1867
01:32:35,479 --> 01:32:38,439
Speaker 1: talking about him on Monday. This was my hardest game,

1868
01:32:38,479 --> 01:32:41,160
Speaker 1: I think to to pick, I went back and forth.

1869
01:32:41,200 --> 01:32:42,720
Speaker 1: They ended up with the Commanders, and I don't know.

1870
01:32:42,840 --> 01:32:45,639
Speaker 1: I just like had this image of them annoyingly winning

1871
01:32:45,640 --> 01:32:48,599
Speaker 1: this game and annoying me because it's a better story

1872
01:32:48,600 --> 01:32:50,479
Speaker 1: if it's Jaguars. But then I thought about how they

1873
01:32:50,479 --> 01:32:53,320
Speaker 1: do have continuity Washington. This is the third year for

1874
01:32:53,360 --> 01:32:56,599
Speaker 1: this coaching staff. I think it's a professional coaching staff.

1875
01:32:56,800 --> 01:32:58,800
Speaker 1: There's a lot of continuity in terms of scheme and

1876
01:32:58,840 --> 01:33:00,599
Speaker 1: the players that are there. And you look at their

1877
01:33:00,600 --> 01:33:04,240
Speaker 1: players and it's not it's not terrible. I do think

1878
01:33:04,240 --> 01:33:07,960
Speaker 1: that Jaguars offensive line is underrated, and I think Washington

1879
01:33:08,080 --> 01:33:10,160
Speaker 1: is gonna miss Chase Young and they're a little thin

1880
01:33:10,320 --> 01:33:12,960
Speaker 1: at the edge position. And if you give Trevor Lawrence

1881
01:33:13,080 --> 01:33:14,960
Speaker 1: a little bit of time, I think I think he

1882
01:33:15,000 --> 01:33:16,960
Speaker 1: could cook. And I think you could see some points

1883
01:33:17,000 --> 01:33:19,120
Speaker 1: in this game and they and they prove me wrong

1884
01:33:19,160 --> 01:33:21,559
Speaker 1: and win it. I do worry about the There is

1885
01:33:21,600 --> 01:33:24,640
Speaker 1: this sort of large assumption that Trevor Lawrence is now

1886
01:33:24,640 --> 01:33:27,720
Speaker 1: going to be awesome just because of Doug Peterson. I

1887
01:33:27,720 --> 01:33:30,320
Speaker 1: mean he threw seventeen interceptions last year. He I don't

1888
01:33:30,320 --> 01:33:33,360
Speaker 1: think it's because of Doug Peterson. Well, but there's a

1889
01:33:33,360 --> 01:33:37,559
Speaker 1: lot there's a lot of well hopefully not. You know,

1890
01:33:37,680 --> 01:33:40,439
Speaker 1: it'll be better than that situation. Uh do we? There's

1891
01:33:40,479 --> 01:33:42,320
Speaker 1: a lot of revenge games this week? What about Carson

1892
01:33:42,360 --> 01:33:45,360
Speaker 1: Wentz Doug Peterson hate revenge games. I think most of

1893
01:33:45,400 --> 01:33:47,719
Speaker 1: them mean nothing at all at this point, Like Carson

1894
01:33:47,760 --> 01:33:49,559
Speaker 1: Wentz has eight other people to be more annoyed with

1895
01:33:49,600 --> 01:33:51,000
Speaker 1: than Doug Peterson. I mean they did a lot of

1896
01:33:51,040 --> 01:33:54,360
Speaker 1: good things together. I don't hate like the offense, and

1897
01:33:55,360 --> 01:33:57,360
Speaker 1: I can't believe I said I started forgot about it,

1898
01:33:57,360 --> 01:33:59,320
Speaker 1: but they did have a thing. I think that's I

1899
01:33:59,360 --> 01:34:03,519
Speaker 1: think there's a little avenge here Peterson's last season. Absolutely yeah,

1900
01:34:03,680 --> 01:34:05,960
Speaker 1: when that's whole, that's where that whole thing came from.

1901
01:34:06,080 --> 01:34:09,000
Speaker 1: So that was the first coach to get completely disillusioned

1902
01:34:09,000 --> 01:34:12,000
Speaker 1: with Carson Wentz. There's been a few sense a lot

1903
01:34:12,040 --> 01:34:14,800
Speaker 1: of commanders in Washington, d C. And the Pentagon. A

1904
01:34:14,800 --> 01:34:17,040
Speaker 1: few days ago, I said that I had a major

1905
01:34:17,120 --> 01:34:19,280
Speaker 1: Pentagon take that I was going to share on the

1906
01:34:19,320 --> 01:34:22,960
Speaker 1: Thursday show. But when we were texting the three of

1907
01:34:23,040 --> 01:34:26,560
Speaker 1: us about that, Daddy had a couple of tetos in them.

1908
01:34:26,640 --> 01:34:30,559
Speaker 1: And now the Pentagon take is gone. A major you

1909
01:34:30,600 --> 01:34:34,479
Speaker 1: can't recall it was a major take on that. Was

1910
01:34:34,479 --> 01:34:37,559
Speaker 1: it positive or negative? I don't know. I think it

1911
01:34:37,640 --> 01:34:41,599
Speaker 1: was gonna cause some ripples. I'm not a scientist, but

1912
01:34:41,840 --> 01:34:45,519
Speaker 1: I think if you have Tito's again, then come back, right,

1913
01:34:45,640 --> 01:34:48,280
Speaker 1: let's go, let's find some all right. I will if

1914
01:34:48,280 --> 01:34:50,120
Speaker 1: it comes to me, I will share it this episode

1915
01:34:50,200 --> 01:34:52,320
Speaker 1: or in the future. It's a major. It was definitely

1916
01:34:52,360 --> 01:34:54,800
Speaker 1: positive because that's sort of you in a nutshell. It's

1917
01:34:54,840 --> 01:34:57,599
Speaker 1: like I trust our government like a trust our sold

1918
01:34:57,640 --> 01:35:00,519
Speaker 1: I trust our soldiers, very nice, but it's like trust military.

1919
01:35:00,840 --> 01:35:03,760
Speaker 1: I'm like you, Um, I don't trust the soldiers, but

1920
01:35:03,800 --> 01:35:08,200
Speaker 1: I do A no, I don't nice try there, but

1921
01:35:08,320 --> 01:35:13,080
Speaker 1: I do think that is a five sided fortress, impenetrable.

1922
01:35:13,560 --> 01:35:16,560
Speaker 1: All right, here we go. Let's close with Giants of

1923
01:35:16,680 --> 01:35:23,960
Speaker 1: Titans at Nissan Stadium. Grave Digger, I know you're disappointed,

1924
01:35:24,080 --> 01:35:28,679
Speaker 1: but not surprised that this game didn't get drafted, but uh, maybe,

1925
01:35:28,920 --> 01:35:31,000
Speaker 1: just maybe justin and we're gonna ask you to track

1926
01:35:31,080 --> 01:35:34,839
Speaker 1: this game for us for the Flagship Show and report

1927
01:35:34,880 --> 01:35:38,280
Speaker 1: back the Titans show up ball out at home and

1928
01:35:38,280 --> 01:35:43,080
Speaker 1: tell people, hey, give us some respect. I think that

1929
01:35:43,160 --> 01:35:45,439
Speaker 1: Mike Rabel is one of the most underrated coaches in

1930
01:35:45,479 --> 01:35:49,000
Speaker 1: the entire league. Okay, all right, Mark, that's not me

1931
01:35:49,200 --> 01:35:53,519
Speaker 1: interrupting or jumping in. That's literally justin pressing the button. Yes, well,

1932
01:35:53,560 --> 01:35:55,080
Speaker 1: I do think Mike Brabel is one of the most

1933
01:35:55,120 --> 01:35:58,559
Speaker 1: underrated coaches in the entire league. But the Titans were

1934
01:35:58,640 --> 01:36:00,960
Speaker 1: terribly unprepared and weak one last year and they got

1935
01:36:00,960 --> 01:36:03,960
Speaker 1: their butts kicked by the Cardinals. I feel like maybe

1936
01:36:04,000 --> 01:36:06,880
Speaker 1: that informs how they get ready and prepare for this week.

1937
01:36:06,960 --> 01:36:09,200
Speaker 1: And I do think the Titans should win at home

1938
01:36:09,600 --> 01:36:12,000
Speaker 1: against the Giants. And we don't know what are the

1939
01:36:12,040 --> 01:36:15,120
Speaker 1: Giant's gonna look like? Brian Daball, who knows it's all unknown? Yeah,

1940
01:36:15,360 --> 01:36:18,160
Speaker 1: that's that's should have been a good lock. Um. Yeah,

1941
01:36:18,160 --> 01:36:20,680
Speaker 1: I'm actually surprised the number is that five and a

1942
01:36:20,720 --> 01:36:24,360
Speaker 1: half there. I think that's uh, it's not too late.

1943
01:36:24,400 --> 01:36:27,120
Speaker 1: You could jump over to the Giants. The Giants defense,

1944
01:36:27,160 --> 01:36:30,120
Speaker 1: I think is so bad. I think it might be

1945
01:36:30,160 --> 01:36:32,559
Speaker 1: one of the worst defenses in the league. Azizel Jilari

1946
01:36:32,800 --> 01:36:35,280
Speaker 1: and our friend Cavan Thibodeau. I mean, he's my friend.

1947
01:36:35,280 --> 01:36:36,960
Speaker 1: You guys seem to have a weird thing with him.

1948
01:36:37,040 --> 01:36:40,120
Speaker 1: I think friendship. That there was a slight misstep, but

1949
01:36:40,160 --> 01:36:43,960
Speaker 1: it doesn't mean little. He's banged up. Maybe those two

1950
01:36:44,000 --> 01:36:47,679
Speaker 1: guys will play like quite literally said he's not your friend,

1951
01:36:48,240 --> 01:36:52,439
Speaker 1: so like you asked him. It's a great point. You

1952
01:36:52,520 --> 01:36:55,040
Speaker 1: got me. I think the Titans. I just feel like

1953
01:36:55,080 --> 01:37:00,200
Speaker 1: this's a veteran team that knows how little respect they're geting,

1954
01:37:00,400 --> 01:37:03,960
Speaker 1: and there's every reason to believe they are well ahead

1955
01:37:04,000 --> 01:37:06,800
Speaker 1: and there like building process in terms of able being

1956
01:37:06,800 --> 01:37:08,960
Speaker 1: around for five or six years, and I just like

1957
01:37:09,040 --> 01:37:12,280
Speaker 1: their talent better, Like defensively I have I think they're

1958
01:37:12,280 --> 01:37:16,040
Speaker 1: gonna swallow up the Giants. I am worried for It

1959
01:37:16,080 --> 01:37:18,679
Speaker 1: would be an absolute disaster if they do not beat

1960
01:37:18,680 --> 01:37:21,080
Speaker 1: the New York Giants. This is one of those lines.

1961
01:37:21,120 --> 01:37:23,080
Speaker 1: It's it's you know, it's still pretty high. It's almost

1962
01:37:23,080 --> 01:37:24,800
Speaker 1: like they want you to take the Giants. And I

1963
01:37:24,840 --> 01:37:27,120
Speaker 1: bet a lot of people are and I still I wouldn't.

1964
01:37:27,120 --> 01:37:29,559
Speaker 1: I actually think the Titans could just romp in this game.

1965
01:37:29,560 --> 01:37:33,160
Speaker 1: That's what I only winning records for Mike. We're not

1966
01:37:33,400 --> 01:37:36,719
Speaker 1: this may not AI, this may not be the week

1967
01:37:36,800 --> 01:37:40,360
Speaker 1: that this becomes a problem. But I look at more

1968
01:37:40,439 --> 01:37:43,639
Speaker 1: voices from Greg Popping. We got it covered with Greggy,

1969
01:37:43,680 --> 01:37:46,759
Speaker 1: the real Greggy right here justin Are you not concerned

1970
01:37:46,760 --> 01:37:50,000
Speaker 1: about their wide receiver group for Ryan Tannehill and the

1971
01:37:50,080 --> 01:37:52,400
Speaker 1: experience in general in that offense, there is a reason

1972
01:37:52,439 --> 01:37:56,040
Speaker 1: to think they'll be just vastly less effective. I agree,

1973
01:37:56,080 --> 01:37:58,639
Speaker 1: there's reason to think that, but I'm actually not that concerned.

1974
01:37:58,640 --> 01:38:01,080
Speaker 1: I think Robert Woods has shown no signs of being

1975
01:38:01,080 --> 01:38:03,439
Speaker 1: slowed down by coming back from the a c L injury.

1976
01:38:03,479 --> 01:38:05,920
Speaker 1: He's a pro. He knows this offense. It's the same

1977
01:38:05,920 --> 01:38:10,280
Speaker 1: offense that Mattaflora installed after he came over from the Rams.

1978
01:38:10,439 --> 01:38:13,800
Speaker 1: Pro and that's us. Yeah, Week one preview. In the

1979
01:38:13,840 --> 01:38:16,560
Speaker 1: book Super Size, they won't always be this size E.

1980
01:38:16,680 --> 01:38:19,479
Speaker 1: But listen, we're all excited. There's a lot to talk about,

1981
01:38:20,160 --> 01:38:23,559
Speaker 1: and um, we'll be typically this long, not typically, but

1982
01:38:23,920 --> 01:38:28,720
Speaker 1: it's fun. It's great. Football's back tonight, Rams Bills and

1983
01:38:28,760 --> 01:38:32,280
Speaker 1: just as a reminder, we'll be at the game. And

1984
01:38:32,280 --> 01:38:35,559
Speaker 1: then tomorrow morning, the Friday Fun Show premiers will have

1985
01:38:35,600 --> 01:38:38,479
Speaker 1: the recap of TNF and then some final thoughts as

1986
01:38:38,520 --> 01:38:44,080
Speaker 1: we go into uh the weekend, and we got oh,

1987
01:38:44,160 --> 01:38:46,320
Speaker 1: we have a special guest before we say goodbye? Is

1988
01:38:46,360 --> 01:38:50,080
Speaker 1: that true? Is my favorite part of the show coming

1989
01:38:50,080 --> 01:38:53,000
Speaker 1: out right now? Before we say goodbye, let's welcome in

1990
01:38:53,640 --> 01:38:58,080
Speaker 1: a very special guest. She's actually a housemaid of mine

1991
01:38:58,160 --> 01:39:01,479
Speaker 1: right now staying with me and Emily and the boys

1992
01:39:01,680 --> 01:39:05,320
Speaker 1: and one of our favorite people in the world, Lakisha Wrestling.

1993
01:39:05,760 --> 01:39:09,400
Speaker 1: What's up. I know it feels so good to be

1994
01:39:09,479 --> 01:39:12,040
Speaker 1: back now. I don't know if we've actually spoken about

1995
01:39:12,040 --> 01:39:14,240
Speaker 1: it but on the show, but you are back in St.

1996
01:39:14,280 --> 01:39:16,559
Speaker 1: Louis and that's been a great thing, and you've been

1997
01:39:16,560 --> 01:39:19,400
Speaker 1: close to family and you had been itching to get

1998
01:39:19,400 --> 01:39:21,320
Speaker 1: back to l A And of course is the Rams

1999
01:39:21,360 --> 01:39:24,240
Speaker 1: fan that you are here. We are for Rams bills

2000
01:39:24,280 --> 01:39:26,439
Speaker 1: tonight and you'll be there and my mom's decked out

2001
01:39:26,479 --> 01:39:28,960
Speaker 1: in Rams, Lincoln's ducked out in Rams. There you go.

2002
01:39:30,160 --> 01:39:32,920
Speaker 1: I mean the last time you were here at so

2003
01:39:33,080 --> 01:39:37,000
Speaker 1: far at least the confetti was coming down. It was.

2004
01:39:39,400 --> 01:39:42,439
Speaker 1: That's why those people that picked against the Rams tonight,

2005
01:39:42,600 --> 01:39:45,679
Speaker 1: I'm sorry, you're wrong. Uh, this could all be proven

2006
01:39:45,720 --> 01:39:48,280
Speaker 1: totally erroneous by the time people hear this, and then

2007
01:39:48,320 --> 01:39:50,400
Speaker 1: I'll just look like an idiot. But I don't care.

2008
01:39:50,840 --> 01:39:54,200
Speaker 1: That's the magic of Lakisha Jackson Westling. Now when I

2009
01:39:54,240 --> 01:39:56,400
Speaker 1: walk in there, it's just going to be like, man,

2010
01:39:57,040 --> 01:39:59,719
Speaker 1: take me back. That was just crazy. I still can't believe.

2011
01:39:59,800 --> 01:40:04,040
Speaker 1: Like last season, like, what the heck? How is everything else? Lukisha,

2012
01:40:04,160 --> 01:40:08,040
Speaker 1: It's good, um single mom, you know, taking care of

2013
01:40:08,040 --> 01:40:12,360
Speaker 1: the toddler, just busy like no other. He's growing so

2014
01:40:12,439 --> 01:40:16,439
Speaker 1: fast and just like like cuter and cuter. But he

2015
01:40:16,640 --> 01:40:19,240
Speaker 1: is like twice the side is he aware of like

2016
01:40:19,400 --> 01:40:22,240
Speaker 1: with the Rams thing? Is it like legit his favorite

2017
01:40:22,320 --> 01:40:26,000
Speaker 1: team and he's tracking this not even I was going

2018
01:40:26,040 --> 01:40:32,880
Speaker 1: to say that when he's a solid brick, yeah to

2019
01:40:32,920 --> 01:40:35,559
Speaker 1: say I was telling Dan last night, like he looks

2020
01:40:35,640 --> 01:40:39,240
Speaker 1: like West so much because I forget like how stocky

2021
01:40:39,320 --> 01:40:41,960
Speaker 1: West was before he died of cancer. And it's just like,

2022
01:40:42,000 --> 01:40:44,519
Speaker 1: I see this little toddler walking around the house and

2023
01:40:44,520 --> 01:40:47,840
Speaker 1: he's got these big calf muscles and guys, and it's

2024
01:40:47,880 --> 01:40:50,200
Speaker 1: just like he's got my biceps, and it's just like

2025
01:40:50,240 --> 01:40:54,800
Speaker 1: if he has a tank top on a little deed

2026
01:40:54,920 --> 01:40:56,800
Speaker 1: like a fire hydrant. Put him there on the end

2027
01:40:56,800 --> 01:40:59,880
Speaker 1: at tight end. He's like he's like eighteen to twenty four.

2028
01:41:00,000 --> 01:41:02,400
Speaker 1: It's away from just hammering us all in cornhole. I mean,

2029
01:41:03,040 --> 01:41:05,160
Speaker 1: he's on the arc. I can't wait to see what

2030
01:41:05,200 --> 01:41:07,920
Speaker 1: sports he is going to be playing like. But yes,

2031
01:41:08,000 --> 01:41:11,120
Speaker 1: it's great. We're gonna obviously hang out today and at

2032
01:41:11,160 --> 01:41:13,439
Speaker 1: the game, and then we're gonna have a get together,

2033
01:41:13,520 --> 01:41:16,080
Speaker 1: a pre season to get together, and it's just great

2034
01:41:16,120 --> 01:41:19,000
Speaker 1: to all be back together. We wish West was with us,

2035
01:41:19,040 --> 01:41:22,320
Speaker 1: of course, but as long as you're with us, and

2036
01:41:22,439 --> 01:41:25,040
Speaker 1: Link is here with us, West is with us. So

2037
01:41:25,400 --> 01:41:28,439
Speaker 1: here in the Chris Westling Podcast Studio, love having you here,

2038
01:41:28,520 --> 01:41:31,880
Speaker 1: Keisha Always love you guys. Just like the room at

2039
01:41:31,920 --> 01:41:35,120
Speaker 1: any room Keisha walks into just feels like it's immediately

2040
01:41:35,200 --> 01:41:38,599
Speaker 1: lighter and happier, and it is don't know about this morning.

2041
01:41:38,800 --> 01:41:41,800
Speaker 1: It is a beautiful, beautiful in my bedroom and there

2042
01:41:41,800 --> 01:41:43,479
Speaker 1: she was sitting with a cup of coffee and it's

2043
01:41:43,560 --> 01:41:46,800
Speaker 1: like in the room, where are you staying? In Dan's house.

2044
01:41:46,840 --> 01:41:49,360
Speaker 1: There's a multiple areas you could be. Got a nice

2045
01:41:49,360 --> 01:41:54,120
Speaker 1: little set up and upstairs downstairs areas nice. I got

2046
01:41:54,120 --> 01:41:56,759
Speaker 1: it set up for you. It's perfect, this little candle

2047
01:41:56,800 --> 01:41:59,479
Speaker 1: for yes, the time of year we should all be

2048
01:41:59,560 --> 01:42:02,000
Speaker 1: together and uh as the time of year we definitely

2049
01:42:02,040 --> 01:42:06,280
Speaker 1: are thinking about West even more with football starting. Um,

2050
01:42:06,640 --> 01:42:08,479
Speaker 1: I don't know. I love I love I love how

2051
01:42:08,520 --> 01:42:12,240
Speaker 1: we have him as part of us inside the studio

2052
01:42:12,320 --> 01:42:13,880
Speaker 1: with his name on it. And it's just like it,

2053
01:42:13,880 --> 01:42:16,360
Speaker 1: it's never ending. Every time you guys mentioned it, it

2054
01:42:16,520 --> 01:42:19,880
Speaker 1: just touches warms my heart. I love you, kich al right,

2055
01:42:20,120 --> 01:42:22,840
Speaker 1: I love you the audience, Thank you for most of

2056
01:42:22,880 --> 01:42:25,720
Speaker 1: you beginning the journey with us on another season or

2057
01:42:25,800 --> 01:42:29,479
Speaker 1: tenth with around the NFL. Remember Friday Fund Show tomorrow

2058
01:42:29,600 --> 01:42:33,800
Speaker 1: live stream or pod go get it and remember, like

2059
01:42:33,800 --> 01:42:34,920
Speaker 1: what I said, he the call