WEBVTT - Will Jets splash MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE? 0:00:04.339 --> 0:00:06.699 NFL Game Review is a production of the NFL in 0:00:06.779 --> 0:00:08.219 partnership with iHeartRadio. 0:00:12.099 --> 0:00:15.099 Right Along the Game Debut, presented by Mercedes Vince Patrick Clayland. 0:00:15.139 --> 0:00:18.099 Back here with Greg Rosenthal and Cynthia Freeland to welcome 0:00:18.139 --> 0:00:21.019 this guy back to the United States of America. When 0:00:21.019 --> 0:00:22.219 you're back, Greg, We're glad to. 0:00:22.179 --> 0:00:25.259 Have I'm home and I'm just ready to jet lag 0:00:25.299 --> 0:00:27.019 get to what's next. I am a little jet lag, 0:00:27.059 --> 0:00:29.259 but that's I think that helped out my picks last week. 0:00:29.379 --> 0:00:31.739 Okay, being all a plane, it's good for the brain. 0:00:32.379 --> 0:00:36.379 In fact, let's let's check out the picks standings as. 0:00:36.059 --> 0:00:38.539 Of right now. Six. 0:00:38.659 --> 0:00:42.779 Greg Rosenthal goes fourteen and oh, Cynthia and I come 0:00:42.859 --> 0:00:43.899 up with twelve and two. 0:00:44.499 --> 0:00:47.819 So it's not just to welcome back. What do you mean? 0:00:47.859 --> 0:00:48.859 What is this? Greg? Is this? 0:00:48.939 --> 0:00:49.659 What are you thinking about? 0:00:49.699 --> 0:00:50.379 Props? Yeah? 0:00:50.379 --> 0:00:54.259 We got ready two one, Oh my god. 0:00:54.339 --> 0:00:56.739 Four that is amazing. 0:00:56.899 --> 0:00:58.339 We've gone multiple seasons. 0:00:58.859 --> 0:01:02.379 Tell me somebody going fourteen and oh or just undefeated 0:01:02.379 --> 0:01:04.219 on an entire slate, Greg rose Thal. 0:01:05.059 --> 0:01:05.459 Thank you. 0:01:05.699 --> 0:01:08.939 I want to thank all the favorites that came through 0:01:08.939 --> 0:01:11.979 with me and not taking many chances. I also want 0:01:12.019 --> 0:01:14.459 to thank our producers for not finding the last time 0:01:14.499 --> 0:01:16.739 someone went undefeated, because it was me. It was like 0:01:16.779 --> 0:01:18.859 three years ago, but I think it was me three 0:01:18.939 --> 0:01:19.139 or four. 0:01:19.379 --> 0:01:21.379 I net even remember it. Yeah, well, I do whatever. 0:01:21.619 --> 0:01:22.379 I'm sure you're right. 0:01:22.419 --> 0:01:25.179 If you need somebody to victory lap something from multiple years. 0:01:25.019 --> 0:01:26.059 Ago, that's me. 0:01:26.219 --> 0:01:27.979 Here's the guy speaking of confetti. 0:01:28.099 --> 0:01:30.259 We got a Super Bowl fifty eight rematch between the 0:01:30.299 --> 0:01:33.379 Chiefs and the Niners, and time now for active mic 0:01:33.419 --> 0:01:36.739 presented by v Wells Fargo Active Cash credit Card. Well, 0:01:36.779 --> 0:01:39.419 Patrick Mahomes has those rings now he's got two of 0:01:39.459 --> 0:01:42.379 them against Kyle Shanahan. We're getting a cheese forty nine 0:01:42.459 --> 0:01:45.299 Ers rematch on Sunday. Casey as five and zero. Do 0:01:45.419 --> 0:01:47.699 the Niners end their wind streaks ATIA? 0:01:48.339 --> 0:01:48.739 Nope? 0:01:48.819 --> 0:01:51.219 I still have a Kansas City winning this one twenty 0:01:51.219 --> 0:01:53.739 five to twenty three, which is exactly the same that 0:01:53.819 --> 0:01:56.819 I projected for their last Super Bowl matchup, which is 0:01:56.899 --> 0:01:59.139 wild to me. But I want to talk about Travis 0:01:59.219 --> 0:02:02.299 Kelcey in this matchup. Something really interesting that's going on 0:02:02.339 --> 0:02:05.459 this season. Usually you think nine, you think yack. Well, 0:02:05.499 --> 0:02:07.979 the actual what's going on this year is that now 0:02:08.019 --> 0:02:11.339 it's Patrick Mahomes plus YAK and rock Perty doesn't do 0:02:11.419 --> 0:02:14.059 the yak right, He's the least percentage of YAK, whereas 0:02:14.099 --> 0:02:16.699 Patrick Mahomes has the most. So you're telling me that 0:02:16.779 --> 0:02:19.099 you don't have an advantage here with eighty seven in 0:02:19.179 --> 0:02:21.259 space because I think now that we've seen all of 0:02:21.299 --> 0:02:25.339 these different formations using multiple tight ends, this is another area, 0:02:25.419 --> 0:02:29.059 another key area where they're going to have mismatches with 0:02:29.259 --> 0:02:31.619 Travis Kelcey and be able to take advantage of it. 0:02:31.659 --> 0:02:33.459 Andy Reid coming off of bye Am, I. 0:02:33.539 --> 0:02:35.299 Right, You're absolutely right. 0:02:35.339 --> 0:02:37.979 And I've been wrong about the Chiefs all season long 0:02:38.299 --> 0:02:39.219 picking against them. 0:02:39.259 --> 0:02:40.939 This time, I'm not going against them again. 0:02:41.019 --> 0:02:44.059 They get to win in Santa Clara this week, and 0:02:44.219 --> 0:02:45.979 the reason why they're going to be doing some more 0:02:46.019 --> 0:02:49.219 confetti this week is Chris Jones. Look, Chris Jones is 0:02:49.259 --> 0:02:51.779 the biggest reason maybe they won that Super Bowl. He's 0:02:51.779 --> 0:02:53.779 a big reason why they won that game against the 0:02:53.859 --> 0:02:55.859 forty nine ers, if you remember a couple of seasons 0:02:55.859 --> 0:02:58.899 ago in the regular season, had a big performance there. 0:02:59.019 --> 0:03:02.819 He is second in the NFL in pressures from defensive tackles. 0:03:02.859 --> 0:03:06.179 He is second in pressures. So these are quality pressures 0:03:06.219 --> 0:03:08.499 where there's basically no chance for the quarterback to get 0:03:08.499 --> 0:03:12.499 out of the way. Brock Perty's excellent evading pressure and 0:03:12.579 --> 0:03:15.619 making plays. But ultimately, I think the Chiefs are getting 0:03:15.659 --> 0:03:18.459 better and better offensively in the forty nine ers defense. 0:03:18.539 --> 0:03:20.539 Not as good as they were in previous years. 0:03:20.819 --> 0:03:21.979 Yeah, better and better offensively. 0:03:22.019 --> 0:03:24.019 You guys got twenty five and twenty seven points for 0:03:24.059 --> 0:03:25.979 the Chiefs, and I'm glad you do, because the games 0:03:26.019 --> 0:03:28.499 where they've scored the high twenties have been against three 0:03:28.499 --> 0:03:29.819 teams in the bottom ten. 0:03:30.019 --> 0:03:32.379 In terms of total scoring defense. 0:03:32.419 --> 0:03:34.899 So I'm gonna take the forty nine Ers in this 0:03:34.939 --> 0:03:38.139 one in a revenge game, and I'm not necessarily picking 0:03:38.179 --> 0:03:40.459 it just for revenge purposes, because I'm looking at how 0:03:40.619 --> 0:03:43.819 the Chiefs have managed to score like scoring against the 0:03:43.819 --> 0:03:47.539 New Orleans Saints. They did that with four tight ends 0:03:47.579 --> 0:03:49.939 on the field. Sometimes if you count Juju Smith Schuster 0:03:49.979 --> 0:03:51.579 in that, which I do, then I'll go ahead and 0:03:51.699 --> 0:03:53.459 get five tight ends. 0:03:53.459 --> 0:03:56.299 And Fred Warner playing really good right now. Fred Warner 0:03:56.619 --> 0:03:58.059 on a Hall of Fame track. 0:03:58.339 --> 0:04:01.059 In a defensive MVP type track season. In terms of 0:04:01.099 --> 0:04:04.419 fumbles force, He's allowed five receptions for just forty five 0:04:04.499 --> 0:04:08.499 yards while also picking off two passes and defending two 0:04:08.539 --> 0:04:12.419 other passes on nine targets this season. I think you 0:04:12.499 --> 0:04:14.419 want to run out a host of tight ends against 0:04:14.419 --> 0:04:16.579 the forty nine ers defense, that might be the spot. 0:04:16.619 --> 0:04:19.219 Despite the fall off, which I do agree, the forty 0:04:19.299 --> 0:04:20.219 nine Ers can get the advantage. 0:04:20.219 --> 0:04:22.099 So yeah, I'll take the stray bah on this one. 0:04:22.179 --> 0:04:25.739 For the home defending NFC champions from the undefeated Chiefs 0:04:25.819 --> 0:04:28.459 to the undefeated Vikings, Minnesota gonna have their hands full 0:04:28.499 --> 0:04:30.499 Sunday because Cynthia's. 0:04:30.059 --> 0:04:31.619 Lions are coming to town. 0:04:32.459 --> 0:04:35.739 Lions Vikings the two top teams in the NFC North, 0:04:35.779 --> 0:04:38.019 one of the best divisions in football, Minnesota at five 0:04:38.059 --> 0:04:40.419 and zero with Detroit just a game behind. 0:04:40.499 --> 0:04:41.379 Who wins it? Greg? 0:04:41.739 --> 0:04:45.299 I am going with Cynthia's Lions twenty eight to twenty seven. 0:04:45.459 --> 0:04:47.619 But in an upset, you know, you think about Jared 0:04:47.659 --> 0:04:49.859 Goff and you think, Okay, he's going to struggle a 0:04:49.859 --> 0:04:50.979 little bit against the Blitz. 0:04:51.019 --> 0:04:52.139 He's not great against pressure. 0:04:52.339 --> 0:04:54.979 How about how he handled Brian Flores in this Vikings 0:04:55.019 --> 0:04:57.779 defense a year ago in two matchups he was over 0:04:57.899 --> 0:05:02.259 seventy percent completions, three touchdowns, no picks, almost three. 0:05:02.139 --> 0:05:03.299 Hundred yards per game. 0:05:03.459 --> 0:05:05.819 They put up the in both of those games, I 0:05:05.899 --> 0:05:09.419 say they win twenty eight to twenty seven. Yeah, he's 0:05:09.459 --> 0:05:11.379 the more trustworthy quarterback in this game. 0:05:11.459 --> 0:05:13.539 Sam Darnold, everyone oh mvpmvv. 0:05:13.859 --> 0:05:15.699 Like the last couple of weeks he's been taking on 0:05:15.739 --> 0:05:17.819 a little struggles. 0:05:18.019 --> 0:05:18.979 I'll just put it that way. 0:05:19.019 --> 0:05:20.619 And I know Detroit's not going to be as good 0:05:20.699 --> 0:05:23.139 upfront without Aiden Hudginson, but I think this is an 0:05:23.179 --> 0:05:26.179 offensive game and I'm taking the quarterback that I trust more. 0:05:26.459 --> 0:05:29.059 It's Jared Goff on the road against Vikings. 0:05:29.099 --> 0:05:32.179 I very much considered asking for like the ASPCA commercial 0:05:32.179 --> 0:05:33.979 where the puppies l are looking sad, because that's how 0:05:33.979 --> 0:05:36.459 I feel about losing Aden Hutchinson. But I'm not going 0:05:36.539 --> 0:05:39.179 to be sad because my model picked the Lions twenty 0:05:39.219 --> 0:05:42.979 four to twenty three. It is kind of my personal nightmare. However, 0:05:43.179 --> 0:05:45.299 I think that the run game here is the real 0:05:45.379 --> 0:05:48.059 reason why the Lions are able to pull this off. 0:05:48.059 --> 0:05:50.379 I'm gonna show you some David Montgomery, who has one 0:05:50.419 --> 0:05:52.499 of the longest touchdown streaks, as in, he's tied with 0:05:52.579 --> 0:05:55.339 Kyroen Williams for the longest touchdown streaker currently. But when 0:05:55.339 --> 0:05:58.699 I'm looking at his ability to break, to break tackles, 0:05:58.699 --> 0:06:01.699 to get yards after contact, and Jamiir Gibbs the two 0:06:01.779 --> 0:06:05.099 hundred monster in the run game. With this line that 0:06:05.259 --> 0:06:07.419 helps Kate take more ball control and keep it on 0:06:07.459 --> 0:06:10.739 the side of the Lions and helps to somewhat ease 0:06:10.819 --> 0:06:13.699 a little bit of the pain of losing Aiden Hutchinson. 0:06:14.299 --> 0:06:16.979 No ESPCA commercial for me. We're gonna be happy little 0:06:17.019 --> 0:06:19.659 Lions and we're going to win one three. 0:06:19.699 --> 0:06:22.739 Well, I'll go ahead and take the home team again 0:06:22.899 --> 0:06:25.859 on another straight on and take the Minnesota Vikings here 0:06:26.179 --> 0:06:28.819 a considerable difference in terms of the total score. I 0:06:28.859 --> 0:06:30.699 think this is going to be a lower scoring game. 0:06:30.779 --> 0:06:32.539 But the player that I do think scores and the 0:06:32.539 --> 0:06:34.939 player that has traditionally had a lot of success against 0:06:34.939 --> 0:06:37.579 the Detroit Lions, arguably one of the best players in 0:06:37.619 --> 0:06:41.379 the entire NFL. Justin Jefferson has played eight games against 0:06:41.379 --> 0:06:42.259 Detroit in his career. 0:06:42.539 --> 0:06:44.019 He has one thousand. 0:06:43.699 --> 0:06:46.339 And seventy three receiving yards at one hundred and thirty 0:06:46.339 --> 0:06:49.419 four yards a game, and four touchdowns. The hutch injury, 0:06:49.699 --> 0:06:52.419 as Cynthia pointed out, as about as depressing as it 0:06:52.419 --> 0:06:55.699 can get for a super Bowl contender, but I agree 0:06:55.739 --> 0:06:59.419 with Greg. Jared Goff wins the quarterback matchups, but you 0:06:59.459 --> 0:07:01.979 gotta bother Sam and I don't know how much McNeil 0:07:01.979 --> 0:07:04.739 and company can bother Sam in this and I think 0:07:05.179 --> 0:07:07.139 the Minnesota Vikings win it in a close one. 0:07:07.179 --> 0:07:08.379 We go from a game with two. 0:07:08.299 --> 0:07:11.779 Veteran quarterbacks to one featuring two up and covers, Drake 0:07:11.859 --> 0:07:14.499 May and Trevor Lawrence. Let's get ready for a great 0:07:14.659 --> 0:07:19.979 London finale This Sunday live from Wimbley Stadium in London, 0:07:20.059 --> 0:07:23.379 watches the Patriots face off against the Jags. Rise, Shine 0:07:23.499 --> 0:07:26.179 and watch Sunday nine thirty am Eastern only on NFL 0:07:26.219 --> 0:07:29.939 Network and streaming on NFL Plus. Subscription is required for 0:07:30.219 --> 0:07:34.739 NFL Plus. Let's discuss that game, this one in Wimbley Stadium. 0:07:34.859 --> 0:07:37.259 Drake May gets his second career start, both teams looking 0:07:37.259 --> 0:07:40.139 to turn things around. Who gets on a plane in 0:07:40.179 --> 0:07:41.819 a happy mood on Sunday? 0:07:41.899 --> 0:07:45.539 Okay, two people do well, two organizations. One for the Jaguars, 0:07:45.739 --> 0:07:47.699 They're gonna win this game twenty three to twenty. But 0:07:47.819 --> 0:07:51.979 also Drake May fans, Drake May fantasy owners. Everywhere I 0:07:52.019 --> 0:07:54.339 went in London last week, just people coming up to 0:07:54.339 --> 0:07:56.579 me saying, are we really gonna get to see Drake 0:07:56.619 --> 0:07:59.219 May live? Yes, you are at Wembley Stadium. Look at 0:07:59.219 --> 0:08:02.379 the big place. He threw up there last week against 0:08:02.419 --> 0:08:05.419 a much tougher defense, the Houston Tech. Drake May showed 0:08:05.579 --> 0:08:07.819 he can get to his second his third read. The 0:08:07.899 --> 0:08:11.619 accuracy not always consistent, but the excitement in terms of 0:08:11.659 --> 0:08:15.139 his running ability, make plays outside the pocket, but also 0:08:15.219 --> 0:08:17.379 make some plays where like I said, he went through 0:08:17.379 --> 0:08:19.979 his reads very next level. I thought he was a 0:08:20.019 --> 0:08:22.939 better prospect than Jayden Daniels. We'll see if that works 0:08:22.979 --> 0:08:26.259 out over time, but I do think he showed enough 0:08:26.419 --> 0:08:28.619 to believe that when he plays a bad defense like 0:08:28.659 --> 0:08:30.899 the Jagguarts, he's going to put up some touchdowns. He's 0:08:30.899 --> 0:08:33.059 going to put up some entertainment for the fans in 0:08:33.099 --> 0:08:34.699 London and on NFL Network. 0:08:34.939 --> 0:08:36.659 Oh I like that. Yeah, love that. 0:08:37.099 --> 0:08:40.659 I'm taking for some reason, despite getting absolutely steamrolled by 0:08:40.699 --> 0:08:44.019 them the entire season. The Jacksonville John Warris again in 0:08:44.059 --> 0:08:46.779 this one. I have a twenty to eighteen win for 0:08:46.899 --> 0:08:49.939 Jacksonville after doing it last week. For some reason, I'm 0:08:49.939 --> 0:08:51.859 out here again because for the second week in a row, 0:08:51.979 --> 0:08:56.379 Trepp played pretty Well, Trev's playing great at the quarterback position, 0:08:56.419 --> 0:08:58.419 just like he did against the Indianapolis Colts. 0:08:58.819 --> 0:08:59.939 One place he's really. 0:08:59.739 --> 0:09:01.659 Throwing the ball well is outside the numbers, where his 0:09:01.699 --> 0:09:04.499 passer rating is over one hundred and one. All that 0:09:04.579 --> 0:09:07.099 has to happen is the Jags receivers actually catch the ball. 0:09:07.859 --> 0:09:10.499 I guess they'll do better. There's nowhere to go but up. 0:09:10.619 --> 0:09:12.219 In terms of that, I think they get the win. 0:09:12.299 --> 0:09:13.619 Cynthia like too. 0:09:13.659 --> 0:09:15.939 We'll make it a We have a meme alert here 0:09:15.979 --> 0:09:18.379 because I also have the Jacksonville Jaguars. 0:09:18.539 --> 0:09:21.419 We're not confident to eighteen, clearly, don't. 0:09:21.499 --> 0:09:23.859 Yeah, we have the Patriots covering. We love you too, 0:09:23.899 --> 0:09:25.739 all three of us exactly. 0:09:25.899 --> 0:09:28.579 It's clearly a huge dealer. Anyways, when I'm looking at 0:09:28.579 --> 0:09:31.259 this matchup, it really is Tank Bigsby. That makes me 0:09:31.539 --> 0:09:33.819 kind of pushed over the edge on this. Why we 0:09:33.899 --> 0:09:36.539 have one hundred and forty three yards after contact? 0:09:36.579 --> 0:09:37.219 That is a big deal. 0:09:37.219 --> 0:09:39.619 You were watching it right here. He was tackled maybe 0:09:39.659 --> 0:09:41.739 twice or maybe one and a half times there and 0:09:41.779 --> 0:09:44.059 he ends up in the end zone. Well, this defense 0:09:44.059 --> 0:09:46.139 he's going up against in the Patriots, they've allowed the 0:09:46.179 --> 0:09:49.219 third most one hundred and thirty one yards two such runs. 0:09:49.259 --> 0:09:51.299 So for me, a little bit more stability in the 0:09:51.339 --> 0:09:53.419 run game. That kind of helps with some of the 0:09:53.459 --> 0:09:56.579 weirdness we've seen from either quarterback. I feel more confident 0:09:56.619 --> 0:09:59.859 about this ability to run as I do the other side. 0:09:59.939 --> 0:10:01.619 And so there's the competit's coming. 0:10:01.619 --> 0:10:02.619 For me, I could see, well. 0:10:02.419 --> 0:10:05.899 No, it's coming. For the fans, this is there. 0:10:07.099 --> 0:10:09.339 Take the meme alert at that point if we're all 0:10:09.379 --> 0:10:10.819 on the wrong side of this one matrix. 0:10:10.819 --> 0:10:14.019 Fans used to different confetti. This is just nextually, this 0:10:14.099 --> 0:10:16.659 is better. This is my undefeated week confetti. I'm gonna 0:10:16.659 --> 0:10:18.659 take out again. Yeah, go Jags. 0:10:18.659 --> 0:10:21.539 At this point, oh good, buddy, touchdowns and group hugs. 0:10:21.539 --> 0:10:24.619 It's time for the drive the Excellence presented by Mercedes Benz. 0:10:24.779 --> 0:10:27.939 The Texans and the Packers at Lambeau Stroud versus love 0:10:28.099 --> 0:10:29.979 two of the best young quarterbacks in the game. And 0:10:30.019 --> 0:10:32.339 I'll start this one off, guys, because I'm taking the 0:10:32.379 --> 0:10:35.819 Green Bay Packers in this one twenty six to twenty three. 0:10:36.299 --> 0:10:38.619 As the offense is now back with its starting quarterback 0:10:38.659 --> 0:10:41.739 for multiple weeks and the play caller Matt Lafleur is 0:10:41.899 --> 0:10:45.979 in his bag all season callin plays. Let's just watch 0:10:46.019 --> 0:10:48.219 some of this screen game where I got Tucker Craft 0:10:48.579 --> 0:10:51.419 going down, the sideline rush, coming in, ball coming out, 0:10:51.419 --> 0:10:55.579 more Tucker Craft underneath. They get Melton as well as 0:10:55.659 --> 0:10:57.899 Josh Jacobs involved in the screen and by the way, 0:10:58.339 --> 0:11:01.659 Jordan Love plus forty eight on EPA on play action 0:11:01.739 --> 0:11:04.499 passes since becoming a starter top five, and the in 0:11:04.539 --> 0:11:04.819 that it. 0:11:04.739 --> 0:11:06.979 Also helps these aids head coach the whole time. I 0:11:07.099 --> 0:11:07.779 got the Packers. 0:11:08.619 --> 0:11:11.219 I have the Packers as well in this game. And 0:11:11.259 --> 0:11:13.459 I'm gonna talk about something that they don't usually tell 0:11:13.499 --> 0:11:17.179 you about on television that the Packers defense. Yes, this 0:11:17.299 --> 0:11:19.219 side of the ball matters too, and it's not just 0:11:19.339 --> 0:11:22.419 Xavier McKenney. A couple of things I noticed with them lately. Obviously, 0:11:22.499 --> 0:11:24.499 they're turning the ball over a lot, the pass rush 0:11:24.699 --> 0:11:27.459 not consistent. But you're watching two rookies who have stepped up, 0:11:27.739 --> 0:11:31.019 Edger and Cooper at linebacker and Evan Williams at safety. 0:11:31.179 --> 0:11:34.259 Here's what good coaching staffs do. They evolve over the 0:11:34.259 --> 0:11:36.419 course of the season, these two rookies getting more and 0:11:36.419 --> 0:11:38.979 more playing time as the season wears on. I think 0:11:38.979 --> 0:11:42.019 Cooper's turned out to be their best linebacker position where 0:11:42.019 --> 0:11:43.779 they need some help. They have a couple of young 0:11:43.859 --> 0:11:47.299 safeties out there. Evan Williams was fantastic last week. So 0:11:47.499 --> 0:11:50.579 it's a young group at certain spots. They're still figuring 0:11:50.619 --> 0:11:53.219 out where they are at their best. But I think 0:11:53.219 --> 0:11:56.099 they're gonna get better and better as they get more 0:11:56.219 --> 0:11:59.259 used to this defense. And it's playing against a Texans 0:11:59.339 --> 0:12:03.219 offense that CJ. Stroud is great, but it's not always cohesive. 0:12:03.299 --> 0:12:05.779 I like the pass to win this game. Twenty seven 0:12:05.859 --> 0:12:07.939 to twenty. They cover that three point number. 0:12:08.139 --> 0:12:10.339 Let's go go, so you have a field goal, you 0:12:10.379 --> 0:12:11.099 have a touchdown. 0:12:11.419 --> 0:12:12.219 I have the upset. 0:12:12.539 --> 0:12:16.979 I think Houston wins this one Prime Numba twenty five 0:12:17.099 --> 0:12:20.499 to twenty four. Why because now we've seen that Joe 0:12:20.539 --> 0:12:23.259 Mixon is back, baby, and when he's in the game, 0:12:23.499 --> 0:12:26.299 things make a big difference for what CJ. Stroud in 0:12:26.339 --> 0:12:28.619 this offense can do. What I feel better if Ygo 0:12:28.699 --> 0:12:31.699 Collins were there, Heck yeah, I would, But I still 0:12:31.779 --> 0:12:34.859 think that the opportunity that they have with Mixin and 0:12:34.899 --> 0:12:36.539 of course when he's healthy, he's had over one hundred 0:12:36.619 --> 0:12:38.699 rushing yards in a touchdown in each one of those starts, 0:12:38.699 --> 0:12:41.939 which is helpful, but also it's just those early downs 0:12:42.139 --> 0:12:44.819 keeping CJ. Stroud ahead of the chase. Now, defenses are 0:12:44.859 --> 0:12:47.179 really starting to come up with game plans for CJ. 0:12:47.259 --> 0:12:49.899 Stroud specifically, so he's ready to take it to the 0:12:49.939 --> 0:12:52.779 next level of quarterbacking, which is he'll have to adapt 0:12:52.859 --> 0:12:54.259 and I think that this is a game where you'll 0:12:54.259 --> 0:12:56.099 start to see that adapting happen. 0:12:56.339 --> 0:12:58.579 Well, he and his Texans have won three straight going 0:12:58.579 --> 0:13:00.259 into Sunday's matchup against the Packers. 0:13:00.299 --> 0:13:02.779 But you guys know who's won four straight games. That 0:13:02.819 --> 0:13:05.459 would be the depending Envy and the Baltimore Ravens. 0:13:05.499 --> 0:13:08.379 Since the Week two upset somehow by Gardner Minshew and 0:13:08.459 --> 0:13:12.139 the Raiders, lamarn Company have knocked off the Cowboys, Bills, Bengals, 0:13:12.179 --> 0:13:14.579 and Commanders on their way to first place in the AFC. 0:13:14.659 --> 0:13:14.899 North. 0:13:15.099 --> 0:13:18.619 Jackson has ten total touchdowns only one interception came on 0:13:18.619 --> 0:13:22.019 a tipball last week against Washington. Now the Ravens go 0:13:22.099 --> 0:13:25.619 down to Tampa for Monday Night. Lamar Jackson and Baker 0:13:25.659 --> 0:13:30.019 Mayfield two MVP candidates. Great he hates Yeah. Tampa put 0:13:30.099 --> 0:13:32.739 up a fifty burger against the Saints. Can they score 0:13:32.859 --> 0:13:34.019 enough to beat Baltimore. 0:13:34.139 --> 0:13:37.339 No, I mean, we can recognize Baker Mayfield is fine 0:13:37.419 --> 0:13:40.219 without just calling people MVP candidates for no reason. 0:13:40.459 --> 0:13:42.219 Lamar's the real MVP candidate. 0:13:42.259 --> 0:13:45.219 In this game, thirty four to twenty seven, the Ravens 0:13:45.259 --> 0:13:47.299 win in a shootout. You want to know why Patricks 0:13:47.299 --> 0:13:49.619 in such a good mood every week, It's because his guy, 0:13:49.699 --> 0:13:53.139 Lamar Jackson is getting supported by great wide receivers like 0:13:53.259 --> 0:13:56.419 Zay Flowers. Heck, this week, Troy Aikman was on the 0:13:56.539 --> 0:14:00.179 radio clowning the Cowboys receiver, saying what a good job 0:14:00.219 --> 0:14:02.459 they did. He said they should be better route runners 0:14:02.699 --> 0:14:06.019 like the Ravens wide receiver. Yes, Zay Flowers has taken 0:14:06.059 --> 0:14:08.819 a huge step from year one to year two. He 0:14:08.939 --> 0:14:11.139 reminds me a little bit of Jaden Reed in Green 0:14:11.219 --> 0:14:14.219 Bay in that you don't see them as a traditional 0:14:14.299 --> 0:14:17.499 number one receiver, and yet they're building a passing game 0:14:17.539 --> 0:14:20.419 that starts with Zay Flowers. He gets opened deep, he 0:14:20.459 --> 0:14:24.139 gets open in the intermedia area. He is really sharp, 0:14:24.179 --> 0:14:27.779 and he busts out when they snap the ball. He 0:14:27.899 --> 0:14:30.019 is so quick off the line of scrimmage. He gets 0:14:30.019 --> 0:14:33.619 opened so quickly that Lamar Jackson is seeing open receivers. 0:14:33.659 --> 0:14:35.739 It's not just Flowers, it's also with Shad Bateman. The 0:14:35.739 --> 0:14:38.659 best offense in the league by far. The Buccaneers cannot 0:14:38.659 --> 0:14:39.179 stop them. 0:14:39.499 --> 0:14:41.739 Yeah, it's gonna be I think there will be a 0:14:41.779 --> 0:14:44.059 lot of points in this game. I've got Baltimore winning 0:14:44.059 --> 0:14:47.859 twenty seven to twenty five, just by a pair, because yes, 0:14:47.899 --> 0:14:49.099 Baker Mayfield does lead. 0:14:48.979 --> 0:14:51.619 The NFL in touchdown passes right now with fifteen grig Well, 0:14:51.659 --> 0:14:53.419 we'll see if that continues. 0:14:53.539 --> 0:14:55.299 But I just want to shout out one of those 0:14:55.299 --> 0:14:57.299 receivers for the Baltimore Ravens. 0:14:57.619 --> 0:14:58.699 It's with Shad Bateman. 0:14:59.019 --> 0:15:02.459 Yeah, oddly enough, having a solid season in terms of 0:15:02.499 --> 0:15:03.739 the way things have gone. 0:15:04.259 --> 0:15:07.059 Much maligned Rashad Bateman. Other than the loss. 0:15:06.899 --> 0:15:09.419 Of the Raiders, He's had four average jars of separation 0:15:09.579 --> 0:15:11.939 in every single game game he taught. He caught every 0:15:11.979 --> 0:15:14.539 single one of his targets against the Bills and the Commanders. 0:15:14.659 --> 0:15:17.059 A lot of stars to deal with on the Ravens, 0:15:17.099 --> 0:15:19.419 and Rashad is right now easing into his role. 0:15:19.699 --> 0:15:21.099 I got them by a pair on Monday. 0:15:21.139 --> 0:15:23.499 Cynthia, Well, I have a much closer game forecast in 0:15:23.579 --> 0:15:25.619 this one. I have Baltimore winning but just by one 0:15:25.659 --> 0:15:28.579 point twenty five to twenty four because of that MVP 0:15:28.779 --> 0:15:31.539 candidate Baker Mayfield, who I clearly love and who clearly 0:15:31.539 --> 0:15:34.859 loves me very much. My relationship with him is much 0:15:35.099 --> 0:15:37.979 like his relationship with the game last week, as he 0:15:38.059 --> 0:15:41.259 started off pretty poorly with three picks to start the game, 0:15:41.299 --> 0:15:45.459 but things ended up coming around. Baker's just put up 0:15:45.499 --> 0:15:49.099 some number. Yeah, Greg, Yeah, Greg. So ultimately, when I'm 0:15:49.139 --> 0:15:51.259 looking at the opportunity to this team in general, that 0:15:51.339 --> 0:15:53.859 was like a bounce Listen, it's a bounce pass. You've 0:15:53.899 --> 0:15:56.379 never seen a bounce past before. Come on, you watch basketball. 0:15:56.459 --> 0:15:57.899 The way he got there, that was the work that 0:15:57.899 --> 0:16:00.299 he did on this exactly. 0:16:00.499 --> 0:16:03.539 But hey, look, this is an offense that's finding solutions. 0:16:03.619 --> 0:16:05.579 They're finding which is the run game. And you know what, 0:16:05.659 --> 0:16:10.379 Baker Mayfield, the MVP candidate, is absolutely making sure that 0:16:10.459 --> 0:16:11.059 this happens. 0:16:11.099 --> 0:16:13.619 The look you just gave me, sheesh. 0:16:13.099 --> 0:16:14.899 I mean, you don't have to do this. 0:16:15.059 --> 0:16:17.579 If we will this in new existence, Greg Watos forever, 0:16:18.379 --> 0:16:19.379 it's like, it's fine. 0:16:19.499 --> 0:16:21.859 Just you could just say he's good. He's good. He's 0:16:21.899 --> 0:16:22.419 better than he. 0:16:22.499 --> 0:16:26.899 Was coming up the Aaron Rodgers, Davante Adams romance is back, 0:16:26.939 --> 0:16:29.339 baby will. They picked up right where they left off 0:16:29.539 --> 0:16:32.139 and saved the Jets season. We got a huge matchup 0:16:32.219 --> 0:16:35.339 Sunday night in Pittsburgh. Who's gonna win? The universe decides. 0:16:35.379 --> 0:16:42.539 We'll tell you what we think next. 0:16:42.659 --> 0:16:43.819 We're back on game debut. 0:16:43.899 --> 0:16:46.099 The Jets made a splash earlier in the week, trading 0:16:46.139 --> 0:16:49.779 for Davante Adams. The move reunites Adams with his old 0:16:49.779 --> 0:16:52.979 pal Aaron Rodgers. The duo played together in Green Bay 0:16:53.059 --> 0:16:56.379 from twenty fourteen to twenty twenty one, connected for sixty 0:16:56.419 --> 0:16:59.619 eight touchdowns. Here's what Adams and Rogers had to say 0:16:59.619 --> 0:17:01.179 about the trade. 0:17:02.499 --> 0:17:07.499 It's been a roller coaster, for sure. It's it's a weird. 0:17:07.539 --> 0:17:09.259 It's a weird thing to say, you know that that 0:17:09.339 --> 0:17:12.139 I'm I'm happy, but you know, obviously it was time 0:17:12.179 --> 0:17:14.499 for a change, and uh, you know, this whole thing 0:17:14.579 --> 0:17:17.059 kind of transpired a little, a little weird. But it's 0:17:17.099 --> 0:17:18.419 at the end of the day, I'm you know, we 0:17:18.419 --> 0:17:20.939 we're in a better place. I think that Raiders are 0:17:20.939 --> 0:17:22.619 in a better place as well, and uh, you know, 0:17:22.659 --> 0:17:23.659 everybody can kind of move on. 0:17:24.259 --> 0:17:27.939 Looks like he's drunking the elixir from the Fountain of Youth. 0:17:27.979 --> 0:17:30.459 As I watched some of his clips. We went back 0:17:30.499 --> 0:17:33.619 and watched some old twenty fourteen stuff when he was 0:17:33.619 --> 0:17:37.739 a rookie, and I lovingly call him fat Tay because 0:17:37.779 --> 0:17:40.219