WEBVTT - Will Buffalo Bills remain undefeated? 0:00:04.339 --> 0:00:06.539 NFL Game dey View is a production of the NFL 0:00:06.619 --> 0:00:11.419 in partnership with iHeartRadio. 0:00:12.939 --> 0:00:15.699 Everybody Welcome to Game Debut, presented by Mercedes Ben Patrick 0:00:15.739 --> 0:00:18.659 playboun here with dear friends Greg Rosenthal and Cynthia Freeland. 0:00:18.659 --> 0:00:20.739 If you watch it so last week and kept track 0:00:20.779 --> 0:00:23.819 of all the picture, we're like, hey, this wasn't necessarily 0:00:23.899 --> 0:00:26.579 a good week. But let me tell you, Cynthia, it 0:00:26.699 --> 0:00:27.459 was a great week. 0:00:27.499 --> 0:00:28.179 Do you know why. 0:00:29.059 --> 0:00:33.499 No, that's because let's check out the pickstandings. The crown 0:00:33.619 --> 0:00:36.379 is off of Greg's head and it goes on Cynthia 0:00:36.419 --> 0:00:39.019 as the leader at twenty seven and twenty one. 0:00:39.259 --> 0:00:41.459 Greg sniped you at the beginning of the show last week. 0:00:41.539 --> 0:00:44.059 I want to start with you, Cynthia, how do you feel? 0:00:45.099 --> 0:00:48.459 I would just like to thank everyone who made this possible, 0:00:48.539 --> 0:00:50.699 all the teams that won, not any of you teams 0:00:50.699 --> 0:00:52.619 that lost. But here's I'm going to say. We've been 0:00:52.619 --> 0:00:55.539 doing for six seasons. Now I want a real crown 0:00:55.699 --> 0:00:58.619 because for the seasons that we didn't have it, there 0:00:58.699 --> 0:01:00.339 was no little tiny digital crown. 0:01:00.379 --> 0:01:05.179 So, oh my gosh, this is preposterous thought preposterous since 0:01:05.379 --> 0:01:05.899 oh may the. 0:01:05.899 --> 0:01:07.939 Best I mean, the one thing Patrick, you know could have. 0:01:08.179 --> 0:01:08.819 This looks great. 0:01:08.819 --> 0:01:10.859 This is the first time anyone else has led since 0:01:10.939 --> 0:01:14.019 Week thirteen of twenty twenty two, and now the real 0:01:14.099 --> 0:01:14.899 crown comes out. 0:01:14.979 --> 0:01:16.139 For years, I. 0:01:16.179 --> 0:01:17.899 Was in little need and we didn't even have that 0:01:17.939 --> 0:01:20.219 little tiny digital one that the smacks on your little 0:01:20.299 --> 0:01:23.219 like stout, little fit need that little face did you. 0:01:23.139 --> 0:01:25.979 Make, Greg, Greg's already the crown has taken hold. He's 0:01:25.979 --> 0:01:28.699 already living in the past. Speaking of going back in Tom, 0:01:28.819 --> 0:01:30.259 let's go in Doc rounds to Laurion. 0:01:30.419 --> 0:01:33.379 Go back to twenty eighteen, the seventh pick in the draft, 0:01:33.419 --> 0:01:36.299 the Bills took a gunslinger out of Wyoming named Josh Allen. 0:01:36.579 --> 0:01:38.779 Later that same night, Ozzy knew him, and the Ravens 0:01:38.819 --> 0:01:41.419 traded back into the first round with the final pick 0:01:41.659 --> 0:01:44.139 of Night one to take a kid from Louisville named 0:01:44.179 --> 0:01:44.979 Lamar Jackson. 0:01:45.019 --> 0:01:46.819 The rest is history. 0:01:46.899 --> 0:01:50.219 Both of these gentlemen now very very good quarterbacks. As 0:01:50.219 --> 0:01:52.499 we fast forward to twenty twenty four, two of the 0:01:52.579 --> 0:01:55.459 best in the entire game, the two squaring off Sunday 0:01:55.579 --> 0:01:58.699 night in Baltimore, Buffalo is still undefeated. 0:01:58.819 --> 0:01:59.819 Will it remain that way? 0:01:59.859 --> 0:02:03.579 Cynthia just barely per my mouth twenty four to twenty 0:02:03.579 --> 0:02:06.179 three is my final projected score. But I want to 0:02:06.179 --> 0:02:08.619 point out something about that high flute and root and 0:02:08.619 --> 0:02:10.739 tootin Son of a Gun from ol Wyoming. That would 0:02:10.779 --> 0:02:12.739 be Josh Allen. That's their fight song in case you 0:02:12.779 --> 0:02:15.659 hadn't heard it. He's really great at throwing to the slot. 0:02:15.659 --> 0:02:17.939 He has a one point oh two EPA when targeting 0:02:18.139 --> 0:02:21.059 slot players twenty three twenty six four touchdowns two hundred 0:02:21.059 --> 0:02:23.659 and forty one yards. You know who's really good in 0:02:23.699 --> 0:02:27.979 the slot besides Kueiosha Kir who dont k kid. So 0:02:28.139 --> 0:02:30.259 that's why when you see these yak the ability to 0:02:30.379 --> 0:02:33.139 run after the catch, which is something that Baltimore has 0:02:33.179 --> 0:02:36.339 given up, especially to such catches, sixty two percent rate 0:02:36.699 --> 0:02:40.619 on those slot catches. That is going to be a 0:02:40.779 --> 0:02:41.899 problem for the rape. 0:02:42.019 --> 0:02:43.979 Yes, she's just got a little extra verve now with 0:02:44.019 --> 0:02:45.419 that crown on, I don't like it. 0:02:45.499 --> 0:02:48.099 Well, it's it's hard, it looks really it's a really 0:02:48.099 --> 0:02:51.579 good looking crown. It works out, and I don't think 0:02:51.659 --> 0:02:53.419 this game works out for the Baltimore Ravens. 0:02:53.459 --> 0:02:55.219 I know I'm gold. 0:02:55.059 --> 0:02:56.019 Bills by two points. 0:02:56.099 --> 0:02:57.819 Yes, And you can say, well, Patrick, the last time 0:02:57.859 --> 0:02:58.179 you did this. 0:02:58.219 --> 0:03:00.459 The Ravens gotta win in. 0:03:02.539 --> 0:03:05.339 Yeah, maybe we're trying that again, but honest, honestly, I 0:03:05.379 --> 0:03:07.619 think it is a loss at home for Baltimore, Tyler 0:03:07.619 --> 0:03:10.859 bassfield goal being the difference because my concerns about that 0:03:10.899 --> 0:03:14.339 defense weren't exactly alleviated last week watching the Cowboys go 0:03:14.499 --> 0:03:17.019 up and down the field in the second half, and 0:03:17.059 --> 0:03:19.259 now it's time to deal with Josh Allen who he 0:03:19.379 --> 0:03:22.899 can still make plays like this. It's not all safety, Josh. 0:03:22.939 --> 0:03:25.059 He can make runs to the outside. At some point 0:03:25.099 --> 0:03:27.099 he's gonna throw a pump fake Ravens defender is gonna 0:03:27.139 --> 0:03:29.659 jump with nobody behind him, and Josh Allen is gonna 0:03:29.699 --> 0:03:31.579 have a crucial run for a first down. I've just 0:03:31.579 --> 0:03:33.579 seen it too many times. I am taking Buffalo to 0:03:33.579 --> 0:03:34.139 win this bar too. 0:03:34.339 --> 0:03:36.819 Okay, so this is only the second time on Gating 0:03:36.859 --> 0:03:39.779 game debut history that Patrick has gone against his Ravens. 0:03:39.819 --> 0:03:40.499 I love that. 0:03:40.619 --> 0:03:44.019 I'm getting a just greg on the Ravens winning at 0:03:44.019 --> 0:03:46.139 home twenty seven to twenty six. So they've thread the 0:03:46.179 --> 0:03:47.739 needle and these are two great teams. I have the 0:03:47.739 --> 0:03:49.899 Bills winning the super Bowl, but not this week, and 0:03:49.939 --> 0:03:52.939 it's partly because of the Ravens defense. The Ravens are 0:03:52.979 --> 0:03:55.019 doing that thing again, and you say. 0:03:54.819 --> 0:03:55.859 Well, well, what is that thing? 0:03:56.499 --> 0:03:59.579 It's not just their running game, it's their defense getting 0:03:59.619 --> 0:04:02.499 better bit by bit as the season goes along. 0:04:02.539 --> 0:04:03.899 That's good coaching, that's good. 0:04:03.779 --> 0:04:07.779 Developed and that's players like Travis Jones improving each and 0:04:07.859 --> 0:04:08.299 every year. 0:04:08.339 --> 0:04:09.979 He's been outstanding this season. 0:04:10.259 --> 0:04:15.419 Nomde Madamweke also playing very well, Kyle van Ney, Michael Pierce. 0:04:15.539 --> 0:04:18.379 Every week. I just see this group coalesce. They understand 0:04:18.379 --> 0:04:20.739 what they're asked to do. In Zach Orr's defense, the 0:04:20.779 --> 0:04:23.939 Bills have not played a defense nearly this good this season. 0:04:24.019 --> 0:04:26.499 I think the Ravens need this game more and so, yeah, 0:04:26.499 --> 0:04:28.139 I'm thread of the needle. It's a close game, but 0:04:28.179 --> 0:04:29.379 the Ravens get the win at home. 0:04:29.459 --> 0:04:31.419 All right, Let's go back into the numbers and do 0:04:31.499 --> 0:04:35.099 some maths. Cynthia will Lamar Jackson throw for over two 0:04:35.219 --> 0:04:37.339 hundred and three yards on Sunday night? 0:04:37.459 --> 0:04:40.339 Oh yeah, buddy, yes he will. Why because we've seen 0:04:40.379 --> 0:04:42.499 a lot of problems with his O line. They're shuffling 0:04:42.499 --> 0:04:45.459 the deck. There three new offensive linemen this season. That's 0:04:45.499 --> 0:04:47.619 an issue. And you know how you overcome that issue. 0:04:47.699 --> 0:04:50.859 You throw quick passes. Quick passes, get guys open in space, 0:04:51.019 --> 0:04:53.739 take advantage of the fact that on that Bill's defense 0:04:53.739 --> 0:04:55.739 there are a bunch of missing pieces that no one 0:04:55.779 --> 0:04:58.019 has really made him pay for yet. So you're going 0:04:58.099 --> 0:05:00.619 to see a lot of spine of the defense targeting 0:05:00.659 --> 0:05:03.059 kind of that middle area with quick passes. So yes, 0:05:03.379 --> 0:05:05.259 it is only two three, So yes, all. 0:05:05.219 --> 0:05:07.059 Right, we're gonna find out a lot about both teams. 0:05:07.099 --> 0:05:09.379 The Bills undefeated. Now let's go to another undefeated team, 0:05:09.419 --> 0:05:13.219 the Seattle Seahawks. Seahawks with a tough matchup in Motown. 0:05:13.659 --> 0:05:16.099 The Seahawks and Lions had an epic game last season. 0:05:16.139 --> 0:05:19.179 Gino and golf exploded for seven hundred, almost seven hundred 0:05:19.179 --> 0:05:21.739 passing yards between the two. Game went to ot where 0:05:21.779 --> 0:05:25.419 Gino found Tyler Lockett for this six yard walk golf touchdown. 0:05:25.459 --> 0:05:29.539 Hawks won it thirty seven to thirty one, setting up 0:05:29.739 --> 0:05:33.059 a special game debut matchup. As we get the rematch, 0:05:33.299 --> 0:05:37.499 Greg's undying love for Eugene Cervill Smith against Cynthia's Lyons. 0:05:37.619 --> 0:05:38.779 What do you see happening? Greg? 0:05:39.019 --> 0:05:41.299 I gotta go with my man Gino in this one. 0:05:41.299 --> 0:05:43.299 I went back and forth. Actually all week. I had 0:05:43.339 --> 0:05:46.059 the Lions at first, but Gino Smith is the quarterback 0:05:46.059 --> 0:05:49.059 that I'm more afraid because he's so good targeting man coverage. 0:05:49.059 --> 0:05:51.779 What team loves to play man coverage on defense more 0:05:51.819 --> 0:05:55.179 than almost anyone else, It's the Detroit Lions. What wide 0:05:55.179 --> 0:05:57.899 receivers are ready to beat any man coverage you throw 0:05:57.899 --> 0:06:01.299 out him, DK Metcalf, Tyler Lockett and Jackson Smith and Jigba. 0:06:01.539 --> 0:06:05.139 Gino Smith is throwing for over a seventy percent completion 0:06:05.299 --> 0:06:08.299 percentage into man coverage this season, and this is just 0:06:08.339 --> 0:06:10.299 a matchup he owns. People don't know of it as 0:06:10.339 --> 0:06:13.979 a rivalry, but Gino Smith owns Dan Campbell. He's won 0:06:14.059 --> 0:06:17.939 in two shootouts back to back seasons. Jared Goff, Dan Campbell. 0:06:17.939 --> 0:06:19.859 They just can't beat Geno Smith. They're not going to 0:06:19.899 --> 0:06:20.899 do it this week either. 0:06:21.259 --> 0:06:21.899 I agree Greg. 0:06:22.099 --> 0:06:24.419 I've got a twenty one to twenty road upset for 0:06:24.539 --> 0:06:27.659 Gino and the Seahawks. I've loved the score fests between 0:06:27.699 --> 0:06:29.339 these two teams, not just last year, in the past 0:06:29.419 --> 0:06:31.459 couple of years as well. I do think this one 0:06:31.579 --> 0:06:34.339 is a little bit different. Greg mentioned the matchup between 0:06:34.499 --> 0:06:37.819 coach and the player. I'm looking back last year. At 0:06:38.099 --> 0:06:42.499 this coach player matchup, it's coach McDonald's Baltimore Ravens defense 0:06:42.579 --> 0:06:46.499 against Jared Golf. The Lions were flumbings. The score was 0:06:46.539 --> 0:06:49.379 thirty eight to six. Are they the twenty twenty three Ravens. No, 0:06:49.699 --> 0:06:51.419 even the Ravens weren't once you got to the AFC 0:06:51.539 --> 0:06:54.819 Championship camp. But they do get Gino the ball with 0:06:54.899 --> 0:06:56.899 a chance, and I think that's all he needs. 0:06:56.939 --> 0:06:57.979 Seahawks wins Cynthia. 0:06:58.579 --> 0:07:01.499 Because I'm wearing a crown, I'm gonna say this with confidence. 0:07:01.779 --> 0:07:05.059 The Lions win. Oh my two points, twenty five to 0:07:05.099 --> 0:07:08.019 twenty three. Do I feel confident? I was a wee 0:07:08.179 --> 0:07:10.139 lad of just No, I was a weak girl of 0:07:10.339 --> 0:07:12.979 just twenty in twenty twelve, just a little tiny girl. 0:07:12.979 --> 0:07:14.499 The last time they went, not really at all. It 0:07:14.539 --> 0:07:16.979 was graduate college. But don't worry about that. But I'm 0:07:17.019 --> 0:07:19.579 looking at the run game, which is completely different. Am 0:07:19.659 --> 0:07:21.339 I worried that Frank Ragnell's not playing? 0:07:21.379 --> 0:07:24.939 Yes, you're darn my pick. It really did well. 0:07:25.059 --> 0:07:26.819 There's a lot of other people that are missing too. 0:07:27.019 --> 0:07:30.539 Marks Davenport, yeah, Derek Barnes All and I are Anyways, 0:07:30.619 --> 0:07:33.459 long story short, the run game has where all has been, 0:07:33.499 --> 0:07:35.899 where all of the success has taken place, and both 0:07:35.899 --> 0:07:38.219 of the running backs are still in Therefore, my math 0:07:38.339 --> 0:07:41.739 still has it working out in favor of the Lions. 0:07:42.139 --> 0:07:45.939 I will say six and oh for the Seahawks against them. 0:07:46.059 --> 0:07:47.779 If I weren't wearing the crown, I wouldn't be quite 0:07:47.859 --> 0:07:49.979 as confident about it. But I'm wearing a crown, so 0:07:49.979 --> 0:07:50.539 I'm confident. 0:07:51.379 --> 0:07:52.739 Yeah. The tweet from Woodyard, the. 0:07:52.699 --> 0:07:56.579 Guy everybody concerned, They're not. Nothing's happening to Frank Ragnow 0:07:56.859 --> 0:07:58.419 he did say that they put him down. 0:07:58.819 --> 0:08:00.739 They just meant that there's no Frank ragnow. 0:08:00.579 --> 0:08:01.379 This week. 0:08:02.739 --> 0:08:05.299 Like an old yeller Ray Hard Now it's gonna be 0:08:05.339 --> 0:08:08.139 all right, Get well soon. Frank jaed Goff could have 0:08:08.219 --> 0:08:11.979 benged last year's lost. But speaking of revenge, let's talk 0:08:11.979 --> 0:08:14.979 about the Buccaneers and the Eagles, another big rematch Sunday. 0:08:15.019 --> 0:08:17.819 These teams faced off in last year's NFC Wildcard rounds. 0:08:18.059 --> 0:08:19.139 Baker lit up. 0:08:19.219 --> 0:08:21.779 The Philly defense through per over three hundred yards three 0:08:21.819 --> 0:08:25.899 touchdowns Tampa Clavern Philly thirty two to nine to advance. 0:08:25.939 --> 0:08:28.219 Baker was wired for the playoff win and have a 0:08:28.259 --> 0:08:31.059 listener because It's now time for Active Mic presented by 0:08:31.099 --> 0:08:31.939 the Wells. 0:08:31.659 --> 0:08:33.739 Fargo Active Cash credit card. 0:08:34.739 --> 0:08:37.099 The Burds and the Bucks down in Tampa, foughts with 0:08:37.219 --> 0:08:40.099 everybody dealing with Hurricane Helen down there on the Gulf Coast, 0:08:40.139 --> 0:08:42.739 Philly coming off a huge win in New Orleans, do 0:08:42.819 --> 0:08:44.459 they keep it rolling this weekend? 0:08:44.899 --> 0:08:47.699 I think the Eagles get it done twenty four to 0:08:47.739 --> 0:08:50.139 twenty because of the running game, it's supposed to be 0:08:50.139 --> 0:08:51.939 the foundation. 0:08:51.499 --> 0:08:52.619 Of a Todd Bowles defense. 0:08:52.619 --> 0:08:55.699 Some of the greatest run defenses in NFL history have 0:08:55.779 --> 0:08:58.499 been coached by Todd Bowles. You can't run against the 0:08:58.539 --> 0:09:00.459 Todd Bowles deven Oh what if you can? 0:09:00.779 --> 0:09:01.819 You can't this year. 0:09:01.979 --> 0:09:05.579 Thirty first, then rushing defensive EFFICI and you got Saquon 0:09:05.659 --> 0:09:07.339 Barkley coming to temph. 0:09:07.059 --> 0:09:08.619 This is a different Saquon Barkley. 0:09:08.659 --> 0:09:10.539 People say like, oh see, look, look what he looks 0:09:10.579 --> 0:09:11.899 like behind a good offensive line. 0:09:12.019 --> 0:09:13.619 Yeah, that's part of it. But I'm gonna use my 0:09:13.659 --> 0:09:14.099 eyes too. 0:09:14.179 --> 0:09:16.739 I think he's just running better, and he's more explosive, 0:09:16.819 --> 0:09:18.739 and he's healthier than he's been for a few years. 0:09:18.779 --> 0:09:22.379 So Saquon Barkley versus a bad Bucks defense, you don't 0:09:22.419 --> 0:09:24.939 even have to worry about Jalen Hurts versus the blitz. 0:09:24.939 --> 0:09:26.899 That's the reason Kellen Moore got this job, as they 0:09:26.899 --> 0:09:28.979 couldn't handle the bitz. You don't even need to worry 0:09:28.979 --> 0:09:31.179 about it when you hand it off to Saquon Barkley. 0:09:31.699 --> 0:09:34.659 I love that, and I also agree. Philadelphia wins twenty 0:09:34.659 --> 0:09:36.779 four to twenty two, so a two point win for 0:09:36.979 --> 0:09:39.259 the Eagles in this matchup. I'm just looking at what 0:09:39.339 --> 0:09:42.259 Dallas Goddard did last week. I'm looking back to see 0:09:42.339 --> 0:09:44.819 how he was used in so many different ways. He 0:09:44.939 --> 0:09:48.099 really tricked the Saints defense quite a bit. That ready 0:09:48.139 --> 0:09:50.539 to see all the game boom. That's it when you're 0:09:50.579 --> 0:09:53.139 watching to see how they're kind of changing some of 0:09:53.179 --> 0:09:56.739 the script this season, making adjustments to AJ Brown being out, 0:09:56.859 --> 0:09:59.899 what happens with de Bunch, et cetera. They're really leaning 0:09:59.899 --> 0:10:03.059 on Dallas Goddard here. And you talk about that blitz situation, Yeah, well, 0:10:03.179 --> 0:10:05.219 they don't have a sack when they're flitzing. They're the 0:10:05.219 --> 0:10:06.979 only team in the league to say that. And when 0:10:06.979 --> 0:10:08.979 they don't blitz just two secs, so this is not 0:10:09.179 --> 0:10:10.299 a big pressure situation. 0:10:10.539 --> 0:10:12.539 Yeah, Tampa Bay missing two of their best players. 0:10:12.539 --> 0:10:15.259 Still, I've got the Philadelphia Eagles twenty three to twenty 0:10:15.459 --> 0:10:18.419 all Birds. As we look at Vic Fangio's defense really 0:10:18.499 --> 0:10:21.819 stepping up in the Superdome last weekend against an offense 0:10:21.819 --> 0:10:26.539 that was playing to an historical extent just stopping the run. 0:10:26.619 --> 0:10:29.859 Jalen Carter had a spectacular game, and now Cody Mauch 0:10:30.019 --> 0:10:31.499 has given up fourteen pressures. 0:10:31.699 --> 0:10:35.059 He's going to be lined up primarily against Jalen Carter. Baker, 0:10:35.699 --> 0:10:36.179 good luck. 0:10:36.499 --> 0:10:39.659 I think the Philly defense is ready and the Birds 0:10:39.899 --> 0:10:42.819 get the win, and so Bucks fans, you have your 0:10:42.859 --> 0:10:44.819 meme opportunity meme away. 0:10:45.059 --> 0:10:47.739 Really, what a glorious sound. 0:10:48.259 --> 0:10:52.379 It's time for the Drive to Excellence presented by Mercedes Bins. 0:10:52.419 --> 0:10:55.259 The undefeated Kansas City Chiefs taking on the Chargers at 0:10:55.259 --> 0:10:59.459 SOFI Stadium. Patrick Mahomes one hundredth career start. Does Casey 0:10:59.579 --> 0:11:01.139 remain unbeaten after this one. 0:11:01.019 --> 0:11:04.499 Cynthia, Yes they do. Twenty six to seventeen is my 0:11:04.579 --> 0:11:07.339 final score. No, I'm never taking the crown off, but 0:11:07.459 --> 0:11:09.859 I am going to say that Travis Kelcey is going 0:11:09.939 --> 0:11:12.539 to have a rebound game. Here's why I do understand 0:11:12.619 --> 0:11:14.739 that thirty five yards a game is not what the 0:11:14.779 --> 0:11:17.539 rest of us or fantasy players, or probably even Taylor 0:11:17.579 --> 0:11:21.779 Swift was anticipating this time through the season. However, when 0:11:21.819 --> 0:11:24.499 you're looking at how good the Chargers have been at 0:11:24.499 --> 0:11:26.979 defending yards after the catch on routes that are run 0:11:27.019 --> 0:11:30.379 by Rashid Rice, they're going to devote extra attention to him, 0:11:30.499 --> 0:11:33.379 which what leaves Travis Kelce open. Do you know who 0:11:33.499 --> 0:11:37.099 basically owns the Chargers, trav Ravis Kelce. So that's why 0:11:37.139 --> 0:11:39.459 I think this is the week the touchdown happens. 0:11:39.579 --> 0:11:43.539 Okay, yeah, a lot of people will be happy to 0:11:43.579 --> 0:11:43.939 see that. 0:11:44.019 --> 0:11:46.499 I also have Kansas City in this game twenty three 0:11:46.579 --> 0:11:49.579 to fourteen, because honestly, the Chargers. 0:11:49.219 --> 0:11:51.059 Are very, very hurt. Derwin James is. 0:11:51.059 --> 0:11:53.339 Going to be out for this game as well as 0:11:53.419 --> 0:11:56.979 Joey Bosa leaving the game last week. Justin Herbert could 0:11:57.019 --> 0:11:59.939 be hobbling around, or it could be Taylor Heineke. I'm 0:11:59.939 --> 0:12:02.739 taking the Kansas City Chiefs because of that. I do 0:12:02.819 --> 0:12:04.579 want to sew some video of Patrick Mahone. I'm throwing 0:12:04.619 --> 0:12:07.299 crossers because sometimes we just see something over and over 0:12:07.339 --> 0:12:09.899 again and we gotta take it for granted. You just 0:12:09.939 --> 0:12:12.659 have to defend every bit of blade, every single blade 0:12:12.659 --> 0:12:13.059 of grass. 0:12:13.099 --> 0:12:15.019 When Patrick Mahomes is playing football. 0:12:14.779 --> 0:12:18.099 And sometimes there's just a guy dragging across and he's 0:12:18.139 --> 0:12:19.779 gonna make a god miss in the in the pocket, 0:12:19.899 --> 0:12:20.699 he's gonna throw the cross. 0:12:20.699 --> 0:12:22.059 They're gonna get thirty yards and none you can do 0:12:22.099 --> 0:12:22.379 about it. 0:12:22.779 --> 0:12:24.379 You know what, you know what else they take for granted, 0:12:24.419 --> 0:12:27.139 well's that that the Chiefs speeding the Chargers every time 0:12:27.179 --> 0:12:29.539 they play him. I mean, I've picked the Chargers so 0:12:29.539 --> 0:12:33.179 many times in this matchup. It never happens. They even 0:12:33.219 --> 0:12:34.939 in the best of times, it doesn't happen. It's not 0:12:34.979 --> 0:12:37.299 happening this week. They're not gonna score double digits. It's 0:12:37.339 --> 0:12:41.579 twenty to nine Chiefs in this game. Look, defenses are 0:12:41.619 --> 0:12:44.419 asking Patrick Mahomes, can you just please hand the ball off? 0:12:44.579 --> 0:12:48.659 And he says, okay, we've got Carson Steele. Who's Carson Steel? Like, 0:12:49.059 --> 0:12:51.979 didn't he run a four seven seven forty? Like, isn't 0:12:51.979 --> 0:12:54.619 that the name of like an adult entertainer. He's like, 0:12:54.659 --> 0:12:57.099 I don't care. I'm gonna get it done. I'm gonna 0:12:57.139 --> 0:12:59.979 get my four yards. I'm gonna get exactly what's blocked. 0:13:00.019 --> 0:13:03.019 You know, who's the number one running back in the 0:13:03.139 --> 0:13:07.259 NFL right now, Cynthia and Patrick in success right number one. 0:13:07.579 --> 0:13:08.939 It's not Carsons anyway. 0:13:08.979 --> 0:13:12.019 Carsons even though he has no big plays, but if 0:13:12.019 --> 0:13:14.739 you need four on first and ten, he'll get you four. 0:13:14.859 --> 0:13:15.659 That's all they need. 0:13:16.259 --> 0:13:19.499 Huh. I will just move on as we're speaking of 0:13:19.539 --> 0:13:19.939 the Chiefs. 0:13:19.979 --> 0:13:23.059 So they played abroad last season the NFL going back 0:13:23.099 --> 0:13:26.539 to Europe next week. We got Sunday Morning Football Live 0:13:26.579 --> 0:13:30.259 from London at nine thirty am Eastern, exclusively on NFL Network. 0:13:30.379 --> 0:13:33.219 Aaron Rodgers and the Jets take on Justin Jefferson and 0:13:33.259 --> 0:13:36.499 the Vikings at Tottenham Hot Square Stadium in London. Rise, 0:13:36.539 --> 0:13:39.899 shine and watch Jets against the Vikings on NFL Network 0:13:39.939 --> 0:13:45.619 and streaming on NFL Plus. Subscription required for NFL Plus. Now, 0:13:46.219 --> 0:13:48.379 before the Vikings go across the Pond and we get 0:13:48.459 --> 0:13:51.739 the the Sam Donald revenge game, we're going to Lambeau 0:13:51.979 --> 0:13:53.139 to take on the Packers. 0:13:53.179 --> 0:13:54.899 Are the Vikings? What do you see happening? Grig? 0:13:55.019 --> 0:13:57.899 I think the Packers win this game because Brian Flores's 0:13:57.939 --> 0:13:59.979 defense right now has shown like you got to have 0:14:00.019 --> 0:14:02.499 a dude back there at quarterback to possibly beat him 0:14:02.619 --> 0:14:04.659 and the Packers do. His name is George and Love 0:14:04.779 --> 0:14:08.059 he's practicing this week. It sounds positive for him playing. 0:14:08.419 --> 0:14:10.579 And when you look at the matchup that they had 0:14:10.699 --> 0:14:13.259 with Brian Flores in this Vikings defense a year ago, 0:14:13.419 --> 0:14:16.499 a lot of drop back passing, a lot of deep shots. 0:14:16.539 --> 0:14:18.939 You want to send all those blitzers. We're gonna win 0:14:18.979 --> 0:14:21.539 our matchups and we're gonna hit you with some big plays. 0:14:21.619 --> 0:14:25.179 I think the Packers' offensive coaching staff can get ready 0:14:25.179 --> 0:14:27.659 for this matchup in a way that the other teams 0:14:27.699 --> 0:14:30.819 the Vikings have played could not. Look if it's Malik Willis, 0:14:30.819 --> 0:14:33.059 I think they have a chance because the Packers running 0:14:33.139 --> 0:14:36.379 game is so good this year number one in the NFL. 0:14:36.539 --> 0:14:38.059 That they can hit you with the pass, they can 0:14:38.139 --> 0:14:40.579 hit you with the run. But Jordan Love's return is 0:14:40.619 --> 0:14:43.099 really the key factor and why I'm taking them. I'm 0:14:43.139 --> 0:14:45.179 torn here because I kind of want NFL network to 0:14:45.219 --> 0:14:47.379 have an undefeated Vikings team going to London. 0:14:47.419 --> 0:14:48.619 But either way, that's a great game. 0:14:48.779 --> 0:14:50.779 I also agree that the Grand Bay Packers will win, 0:14:50.859 --> 0:14:53.579 but we see a completely different game because I don't 0:14:53.579 --> 0:14:55.259 think Jordan Love is going to play in this game. 0:14:55.299 --> 0:14:57.699 I think it's gonna be Malik Willison. Perhaps all the 0:14:57.699 --> 0:14:59.339 love talk that we've heard has been a bit of 0:14:59.339 --> 0:15:03.939 a smoke screen coming out of Wisconsin, but Gran's right 0:15:04.619 --> 0:15:08.819 the Packers Battleafloor has been calling incredible plays during this 0:15:08.859 --> 0:15:12.179 Malik Willis run, including the screen game, and I know 0:15:12.259 --> 0:15:15.419 Brian Floor is this propensity to bring the house send 0:15:15.699 --> 0:15:17.979 even though the Vikings were getting pressure with just four. 0:15:18.259 --> 0:15:20.259 There's gonna be some play in this game, which I 0:15:20.259 --> 0:15:21.979 think is a very low scoring game. I've got it 0:15:22.059 --> 0:15:25.539 seventeen to sixteen where the Vikings send the blitz and 0:15:25.579 --> 0:15:29.259 whether it's Jade Reid, whether it's Romeo Dobs, there's some 0:15:29.299 --> 0:15:32.539 sort of screen the rookie Wilson gets involved. Big play 0:15:32.819 --> 0:15:35.179 winds up being the difference of the game commissioner Goodell. 0:15:36.059 --> 0:15:38.259 I'm actually the only one that cares about working here 0:15:38.299 --> 0:15:41.499 because I do want the Minnesota Vikings, and my model 0:15:41.499 --> 0:15:43.899 did pick them, so clearly I am the most company 0:15:44.099 --> 0:15:45.819 of company people to my model picked. 0:15:45.819 --> 0:15:47.419 It is a prime other prime number. 0:15:47.219 --> 0:15:50.139 Twenty three to twenty two. Minnesota wins this one. I 0:15:50.179 --> 0:15:52.979 want you to take note of three specific things that 0:15:53.099 --> 0:15:55.699 happened last game, and that is the three sacks that 0:15:55.739 --> 0:15:59.219 the Minnesota Vikings had when only rushing for aka not 0:15:59.539 --> 0:16:02.739 blitzing three other five me out. You said that they 0:16:02.779 --> 0:16:04.699 need a stud back there at quarter. What do you 0:16:04.699 --> 0:16:07.779 think CJ. Stroud's not a stud. Come on now, man, 0:16:07.859 --> 0:16:10.699 I don't know what you're smoking, but ultimately you're still 0:16:10.739 --> 0:16:13.539 thinking about that last thing with your guy Chad Steel. 0:16:13.819 --> 0:16:14.459 Carson Steel. 0:16:14.979 --> 0:16:15.899 Chad Steel is. 0:16:15.819 --> 0:16:21.499 The anyways, long story short is Brian Flores showed that 0:16:21.779 --> 0:16:24.339 interesting balance thing where he kind of adapted to the 0:16:24.379 --> 0:16:26.899 situation by not blitzing. It was fifty to fifty. They 0:16:26.899 --> 0:16:28.779 had the most pressures of the week with twenty three. 0:16:29.019 --> 0:16:32.259 Thirteen came with the blitz, ten came without. Three of 0:16:32.299 --> 0:16:34.739 the five sacks came without the blitz. So they did 0:16:34.739 --> 0:16:36.499 that thing that like really is all about life, right, 0:16:36.539 --> 0:16:39.419 It's balancing what I do best versus what my opponent 0:16:39.459 --> 0:16:44.059 does worst and figuring out. So you're welcome, Commissioner Goodell. 0:16:44.259 --> 0:16:47.859 I yeah, you can send to me an extra you know. Bonus? 0:16:48.019 --> 0:16:49.299 Yeah? Why not? One? 0:16:49.299 --> 0:16:52.859 Bonus is having the best at his position. Justin Jefferson 0:16:52.979 --> 0:16:55.859 on the Vikings. He's got three touchdowns in three games. 0:16:55.859 --> 0:17:00.459 Does he get four for four Cynthia, Yeah. 0:16:59.139 --> 0:17:01.339 I mean it's kind of as simple as that. 0:17:01.619 --> 0:17:04.539 Diya Alexander though, having kind of a comeback season, Let's go. 0:17:04.539 --> 0:17:05.059 Buddy a minute. 0:17:05.139 --> 0:17:07.819 Let's talk about how this team is super roller coastery. Right. 0:17:07.899 --> 0:17:10.099 They have the most interceptions with seven, but they also 0:17:10.139 --> 0:17:13.459 allowed the most yards after the catch overexpected boop boop boop. 0:17:13.499 --> 0:17:16.019 Which one wins? Justin Jefferson And that's all. 0:17:16.059 --> 0:17:18.219 We're gonna watch the games when we come back. Greg's 0:17:18.259 --> 0:17:19.739 favorite rivalry, Derek Caring. 0:17:19.819 --> 0:17:23.139 The Saints going to Atlanta to take on Fast Chains. 0:17:22.819 --> 0:17:23.739 And the Falcons. 0:17:23.779 --> 0:17:26.379 Who walks away victorious and whose fans are going to 0:17:26.459 --> 0:17:26.859