WEBVTT - Not So Fast Episode 15 0:00:01.280 --> 0:00:05.200 Welcome to Not So Fast with Andrew Perloff and Paul Patz, 0:00:05.460 --> 0:00:08.740 where two longtime friends challenge each other on the biggest 0:00:08.780 --> 0:00:12.650 sports stories of the day. Here's Andrew Perloff and Paul Patz. 0:00:13.530 --> 0:00:14.650 Not so fast, my friends. 0:00:17.250 --> 0:00:20.329 Welcome to Not So Fast. I'm Andrew Perloff. He's Paul Paps. 0:00:20.390 --> 0:00:23.790 And good news, America. My Super Bowl pick is back on, Paul. 0:00:23.810 --> 0:00:25.230 The Rams beat the Giants. 0:00:25.310 --> 0:00:27.730 Yeah, gutsy pick. You picking the Rams for the season. 0:00:27.770 --> 0:00:29.810 Nobody really went there. You stuck with them after the 0:00:29.850 --> 0:00:31.010 tough times in Australia. 0:00:31.210 --> 0:00:33.440 Yeah, I mean, most people bailed. I'm still with them, 0:00:33.479 --> 0:00:35.440 and they delivered last night, Paul. What do we got 0:00:35.460 --> 0:00:35.760 coming up? 0:00:35.840 --> 0:00:36.640 A lot coming up today. 0:00:36.659 --> 0:00:39.479 We got warm takes on Jim Harbaugh and Baker Mayfield 0:00:39.580 --> 0:00:42.460 and naming rights. Someone's very upset about that. But Monday 0:00:42.479 --> 0:00:47.089 Night Football, I was excited going in. And then Jackson. 0:00:46.800 --> 0:00:49.949 Dart got hurt. Yeah, well, listen, Jameis Winston came in. 0:00:50.030 --> 0:00:52.330 Jameis Winston's had big moments in the NFL. Last night 0:00:52.370 --> 0:00:52.970 was not one of them. 0:00:52.990 --> 0:00:54.750 No, it was one of the worst. 0:00:54.950 --> 0:00:57.690 The social media joke, is that World Cup correspondent Jameis 0:00:57.750 --> 0:01:00.190 Winston playing football? He looked like he had not practiced 0:01:00.210 --> 0:01:03.290 all summer. He played worse than I've ever seen him play. 0:01:03.610 --> 0:01:06.149 I've seen Jameis Winston a lot. Guy's got arm talent. 0:01:06.209 --> 0:01:08.580 Last night, his arm looked weak. He looked like he 0:01:08.600 --> 0:01:10.400 didn't know where to go. It was all bad. 0:01:10.520 --> 0:01:12.740 Yeah, that game set up, you know, there's Jackson Dart 0:01:12.780 --> 0:01:14.680 hurt early, and it was not his fault. He just 0:01:14.700 --> 0:01:16.460 stayed in the pocket and got kind of crunched with 0:01:16.500 --> 0:01:19.360 a hyperextended knee. There was reports they tried to come 0:01:19.410 --> 0:01:21.110 back in the game, but that took the air out 0:01:21.130 --> 0:01:23.009 of the room because this felt like a night for 0:01:23.030 --> 0:01:26.709 the Giants to make a national TV statement. John Harbaugh, 0:01:26.970 --> 0:01:30.289 Cam Scadaboo, Malik Neighbors was healthy-ish for the game. And 0:01:30.390 --> 0:01:33.209 once Dart goes down, it's like we're going uphill now. 0:01:33.230 --> 0:01:35.089 And even though they got a couple turnovers, their defense 0:01:35.130 --> 0:01:37.420 played well in the first half, Jameis Winston looked like 0:01:37.450 --> 0:01:38.440 he forgot how to play the game. 0:01:38.640 --> 0:01:40.780 Yeah, you and Dan were also talking about the Giants' 0:01:40.819 --> 0:01:44.940 complete failure to cover Devontae Adams. At what point did 0:01:44.980 --> 0:01:47.260 you think, uh-oh, this number one wide receiver on the 0:01:47.300 --> 0:01:51.080 Rams because Pukunuku is out, Devontae Adams, future Hall of Famer, hey, 0:01:51.140 --> 0:01:52.040 maybe we double-team him? 0:01:52.320 --> 0:01:54.220 Yeah, it's actually an easy one. It looked like they 0:01:54.240 --> 0:01:56.160 were on his fan club or something. They were trying 0:01:56.180 --> 0:01:59.320 to keep away from him like two magnets. Pukunuku is out. 0:02:00.030 --> 0:02:01.710 And they're like, I don't even know what this is. 0:02:02.610 --> 0:02:04.500 You see these fade patterns are a battle between the 0:02:04.540 --> 0:02:06.860 defensive back. They got lost in the uniform. But it's 0:02:06.880 --> 0:02:09.889 also a reminder game about how good Devontae Adams is. 0:02:09.950 --> 0:02:13.730 He was a fantastic player at Green Bay. Three-time first-team All-Pro. 0:02:14.010 --> 0:02:15.790 He goes to Las Vegas and kind of his career 0:02:15.889 --> 0:02:17.590 cools a bit. Now he's right back in the thick 0:02:17.610 --> 0:02:17.889 of it. 0:02:17.910 --> 0:02:21.580 Yeah, eight catches, 195 yards, two TDs. A lot of 0:02:21.600 --> 0:02:23.420 the show, DP show, was about is he a Hall 0:02:23.440 --> 0:02:25.460 of Famer. Dan said there's no debate. This is not 0:02:25.480 --> 0:02:28.419 a question. I agree. Did anybody push back on that? 0:02:28.639 --> 0:02:29.440 No, a little bit. 0:02:29.460 --> 0:02:31.280 I mean, he seems like he had a little break 0:02:31.310 --> 0:02:33.350 in his career, but now he's going full blast. 0:02:33.530 --> 0:02:35.730 Let's get back to your Rams. You called them. Nobody 0:02:35.750 --> 0:02:36.109 else did. 0:02:36.639 --> 0:02:38.300 How do you feel about the Rams today? Is it 0:02:38.600 --> 0:02:40.080 all good clean up on aisle five? 0:02:40.620 --> 0:02:43.780 It's beyond all good because Aaron Arnold did not do 0:02:43.860 --> 0:02:46.230 much on the statue. Don't get me wrong. He drew, 0:02:46.250 --> 0:02:48.530 I saw a stat, 39% of the time he got 0:02:48.570 --> 0:02:50.490 a double team. This is a guy who coming off 0:02:50.530 --> 0:02:53.370 his couch, four out of every 10 snaps, they decided 0:02:53.389 --> 0:02:54.910 to double team him, which meant the rest of the 0:02:54.950 --> 0:02:58.440 line looked tremendous. And there was no Miles Garrett. So 0:02:58.639 --> 0:03:00.579 can you imagine when Miles Garrett gets back in a 0:03:00.600 --> 0:03:03.700 few weeks? This line is going to be probably the 0:03:03.740 --> 0:03:06.120 best in the NFL, and that unit is good enough 0:03:06.139 --> 0:03:08.240 to win games on its own. Forget the offense. I 0:03:08.280 --> 0:03:11.040 think with Donald in the middle, once Myles Garrett gets back, 0:03:11.419 --> 0:03:13.460 this defense is going to wreck games. 0:03:13.500 --> 0:03:15.440 You know, I think the stat sheet doesn't do justice. 0:03:15.460 --> 0:03:17.780 Like you said about Jalen Carter of the Eagles yesterday, 0:03:18.360 --> 0:03:20.620 Aaron Donald looked fantastic last night. He was pushing into 0:03:20.639 --> 0:03:23.310 the backfield right off the bat. If you get double teamed, 0:03:23.370 --> 0:03:25.990 that's also a benefit for the entire defense. And without 0:03:26.030 --> 0:03:28.590 Myles Garrett, think about when Myles Garrett's back in a month, 0:03:28.690 --> 0:03:31.290 and Aaron Donald's much more into game speed. 0:03:31.850 --> 0:03:32.460 It looks perfect. 0:03:32.720 --> 0:03:34.920 Puka being out, not that big of a deal. The 0:03:34.940 --> 0:03:38.320 running game was great. Matthew Stafford, no health issues. That 0:03:38.380 --> 0:03:40.440 knee a couple years ago, the shoulder a couple years ago. 0:03:40.990 --> 0:03:42.830 It doesn't look like there's any issues with the Rams. 0:03:42.870 --> 0:03:45.030 Yeah, I mean, honestly, the only issue is that the 0:03:45.070 --> 0:03:48.570 fact that the Niners also look amazing in the NFC West. 0:03:48.680 --> 0:03:51.380 And the Seahawks. I'd say it's the biggest issue that 0:03:51.400 --> 0:03:53.740 there's too much competition in the NFC. It's not going 0:03:53.760 --> 0:03:55.420 to be the dream team scenario where they're going to 0:03:55.460 --> 0:03:59.260 go 16-1 and just storm straight to the Super Bowl. 0:03:59.280 --> 0:04:00.710 They're in for a battle, but they look good. 0:04:00.760 --> 0:04:02.510 Do you get into that thing where it's good to 0:04:02.550 --> 0:04:03.290 have a loss? 0:04:03.750 --> 0:04:05.570 Early in the season, a couple people on social media 0:04:05.590 --> 0:04:07.960 and a couple media people said, You know, the Rams 0:04:08.000 --> 0:04:11.520 could go 17-0, which is the biggest topic you want 0:04:11.540 --> 0:04:12.520 to avoid if you're that coach. 0:04:12.540 --> 0:04:14.040 Now you don't have to deal with that anymore. 0:04:14.280 --> 0:04:16.280 Well, it's the old Bill Belichick theory. I always thought 0:04:16.300 --> 0:04:19.020 that around week three or four, Bill Belichick sort of 0:04:19.200 --> 0:04:22.560 undercoached the team so he could work and yell at guys. No, 0:04:22.600 --> 0:04:25.140 I don't buy that. I think that they honestly made 0:04:25.160 --> 0:04:27.080 a mistake with Australia. I don't know if they win 0:04:27.110 --> 0:04:29.830 that game anyway. You're seeing in San Francisco the team 0:04:29.870 --> 0:04:32.589 they lost to, a fully constituted 49ers team with all 0:04:32.630 --> 0:04:34.850 their stars healthy. I don't know how many games you're 0:04:34.870 --> 0:04:36.730 going to see San Francisco like that. But now that 0:04:36.770 --> 0:04:39.250 the Rams are coming back, and the other thing about 0:04:39.290 --> 0:04:40.910 last night, the game would have been a lot closer 0:04:40.930 --> 0:04:42.789 if Jackson Dart had been healthy. I don't think that 0:04:42.830 --> 0:04:44.650 was a bad team they beat up on last night. 0:04:44.680 --> 0:04:47.240 It's hard to tell. But I am confident. You know, 0:04:47.279 --> 0:04:49.500 the Rams don't have a great home field advantage, but 0:04:49.540 --> 0:04:52.620 they looked really comfortable last night. I am comfortable that 0:04:52.680 --> 0:04:54.780 everything I thought about them preseason is true. 0:04:54.900 --> 0:04:56.820 Okay, let's look at the Giants angle of this because 0:04:56.839 --> 0:04:59.290 it felt like there was some hope. And with Jackson Dart, 0:04:59.310 --> 0:05:00.670 we don't know how long he's out, but let's say 0:05:00.690 --> 0:05:02.620 he's out for three weeks. Do you look at the 0:05:02.640 --> 0:05:06.330 season as non-competitive, a ramp-up season, or could they get 0:05:06.370 --> 0:05:06.630 it back? 0:05:07.380 --> 0:05:08.610 If they were ever anywhere. 0:05:08.760 --> 0:05:11.090 I'm really worried. And it's health. Because it wasn't just 0:05:11.130 --> 0:05:13.550 Jackson Dart. Malik Nabors came in and out of the lineup. 0:05:13.890 --> 0:05:15.930 Toward the end of the game, Brian Burns, their star 0:05:15.970 --> 0:05:19.310 pass rusher, hurts his lower ankle. Low ankle screen ball. 0:05:19.830 --> 0:05:20.830 Is that better than high ankle? 0:05:20.970 --> 0:05:25.930 That's definitely better than high ankle. And then their left tackle, 0:05:26.010 --> 0:05:29.610 Andrew Thomas, got hurt with a groin. That really concerns me. 0:05:29.670 --> 0:05:32.170 Because the O-line has been a consistent problem for the Giants. 0:05:32.230 --> 0:05:34.310 Thought they had it fixed this year. So I'm worried. 0:05:34.350 --> 0:05:35.690 Is it going to be one of those years where 0:05:35.710 --> 0:05:38.150 the Giants just get beat up and beat up some more? 0:05:38.450 --> 0:05:40.670 You obviously need Dart back in four or five weeks, 0:05:41.070 --> 0:05:43.089 but already my expectations are falling. 0:05:43.170 --> 0:05:44.919 You know, I've been pretty critical of Dart. Here's their 0:05:44.980 --> 0:05:47.450 schedule coming up. Titans, you could pull out a win. Cardinals, 0:05:47.480 --> 0:05:50.480 you could pull out a win. Washington, the Saints, it's 0:05:50.540 --> 0:05:53.180 actually a pretty friendly month. I don't know if they 0:05:53.200 --> 0:05:55.500 can go into this month with Jameis Winston and think 0:05:55.680 --> 0:05:57.400 this is going to be a good thing. I don't 0:05:57.420 --> 0:05:59.310 think they'll go on the market at this point. But 0:05:59.370 --> 0:06:02.070 without Jackson Dart, I've been critical of Jackson Dart because 0:06:02.089 --> 0:06:04.409 of the way he took on contact last year. The 0:06:04.430 --> 0:06:07.010 first two games, even though one game and five plays, 0:06:07.420 --> 0:06:09.220 he didn't really do that. He got hurt, which is 0:06:09.240 --> 0:06:10.979 kind of ironic, standing in the pocket. 0:06:11.440 --> 0:06:13.779 Yeah, it's amazing. We've been talking a lot about the 0:06:13.820 --> 0:06:15.719 concussions and the fact that he always gets in the 0:06:15.760 --> 0:06:20.410 blue medical tent. I was glad that wasn't worse last night. Yeah. Scott, 0:06:20.430 --> 0:06:22.539 our producer, said, thank God he was sort of jumping 0:06:22.620 --> 0:06:24.160 up because if his foot was planted, he might have 0:06:24.180 --> 0:06:26.740 tore his knee in half. He got the old Malachi crunch, 0:06:26.940 --> 0:06:27.880 up high and up low. 0:06:27.940 --> 0:06:28.480 Nice reference. 0:06:28.680 --> 0:06:31.420 Yeah, I am worried about Jack Starr. I really like 0:06:31.460 --> 0:06:34.140 him as a quarterback. I think I off-camera compared him 0:06:34.160 --> 0:06:37.260 to Joe Burrow a little bit. I'm serious. He's top 0:06:37.260 --> 0:06:39.900 10 talent. He is that good, I think, because he 0:06:39.920 --> 0:06:42.500 can move. He's got an accurate arm. I just don't 0:06:42.520 --> 0:06:43.460 know if he's ever going to be healthy. 0:06:43.520 --> 0:06:44.900 Well, I guess that's the one good thing about the 0:06:44.960 --> 0:06:47.020 Giants is maybe this year does not work out, but 0:06:47.050 --> 0:06:49.490 you have John Harbaugh, and it feels like you have 0:06:49.510 --> 0:06:52.289 your quarterback. And the Cam Scadaboo thing, it's a cute 0:06:52.330 --> 0:06:54.450 story and it's nice. He's a nice player, but it's 0:06:54.510 --> 0:06:57.390 Malik Neighbors. His health is, it's a team effort with Dart. 0:06:57.650 --> 0:07:00.450 Right. And Neighbors looked good in week one, obviously wasn't himself. 0:07:00.990 --> 0:07:02.230 Are we going to do game stickers, Paul? 0:07:02.450 --> 0:07:03.650 Let's do game stickers. You want to go first? 0:07:03.850 --> 0:07:06.330 Yeah. Okay. I've been thinking a lot about this game sticker. 0:07:06.350 --> 0:07:08.620 There's so many handouts. This is the Paps and Perloff 0:07:08.650 --> 0:07:11.740 game stickers where You basically get a very ugly sticker. 0:07:11.800 --> 0:07:12.420 Right on your helmet. 0:07:12.600 --> 0:07:14.420 For a very pretty game. A lot of guys on 0:07:14.440 --> 0:07:15.680 the Rams stood out, but I'm going to go to 0:07:15.720 --> 0:07:19.020 tight end Terrence Ferguson. Second round pick in 2025. Okay. 0:07:19.440 --> 0:07:22.900 Last night, caught a touchdown. The reason I was impressed, 0:07:23.040 --> 0:07:25.620 he had two drops early in the game, Paul. And 0:07:25.640 --> 0:07:27.740 the fact that Matthew Stafford kept coming back to him 0:07:28.040 --> 0:07:29.600 and he delivered is a big deal. This is a 0:07:29.620 --> 0:07:31.110 guy they had a lot of expectations for. And you 0:07:31.140 --> 0:07:34.010 know the Rams love their tight ends. Yeah. Sean McVay 0:07:34.030 --> 0:07:37.510 will go 12 personnel, 13 personnel, meaning two tight ends, 0:07:37.550 --> 0:07:39.790 three tight ends. And Ferguson's a big part of what 0:07:39.830 --> 0:07:41.850 they want to do, so he did not crumble after 0:07:41.870 --> 0:07:43.150 a couple drops and had a big game. 0:07:43.210 --> 0:07:45.230 And he doesn't get a lot of national attention because 0:07:45.270 --> 0:07:46.690 everyone else soaks up all the attention. 0:07:46.710 --> 0:07:48.830 Miles Garrett, Aaron Donald, you can go five down. 0:07:49.090 --> 0:07:50.250 Oh, can you go even further now? 0:07:50.270 --> 0:07:52.330 All right, here's my helmet sticker. For the first time 0:07:52.350 --> 0:07:54.970 in show history, I'm bucking the trend and giving two 0:07:55.050 --> 0:07:55.650 helmet stickers. 0:07:56.010 --> 0:07:57.530 Scotty, permission? Permission granted. 0:07:57.890 --> 0:08:00.489 Kyron Williams, the running back for the Rams, and Blake Corum, 0:08:00.510 --> 0:08:01.670 the other running back for the Rams. 0:08:02.090 --> 0:08:02.550 Notre Dame. 0:08:04.580 --> 0:08:07.020 Two stud college running backs who are sharing time. 0:08:07.060 --> 0:08:08.869 They each had 12 carries yesterday. 0:08:09.350 --> 0:08:11.270 I love this tandem. These are two guys who can 0:08:11.290 --> 0:08:13.440 catch the ball, run the ball. No one gets too 0:08:13.460 --> 0:08:15.460 beat up. You don't spend too much on the running 0:08:15.480 --> 0:08:17.380 back position, which I like that with the Rams. So 0:08:17.660 --> 0:08:19.680 fiscal responsibility and good running game. 0:08:19.800 --> 0:08:20.520 You know I love that. 0:08:20.920 --> 0:08:23.230 Yeah, I don't know if we have enough stickers to 0:08:23.250 --> 0:08:24.410 give it out to two guys, Paul. 0:08:24.530 --> 0:08:26.570 I called the printing, and they're doing it. 0:08:26.570 --> 0:08:29.090 Okay. You know what, though? It's a bit of a system, 0:08:29.110 --> 0:08:31.530 you have to admit, because the defense is so terrified 0:08:31.590 --> 0:08:35.150 of Stafford. That's why McVay keeps on hitting them with run, run, run, run. 0:08:35.190 --> 0:08:35.890 It's a winning formula. 0:08:35.910 --> 0:08:36.630 Oh, but I like that. 0:08:36.710 --> 0:08:38.840 I like protecting your quarterback with the running game as 0:08:38.880 --> 0:08:40.580 much as the offensive line. And they have two nice 0:08:40.640 --> 0:08:42.900 running backs. They don't have a Saquon Barkley. They don't 0:08:42.940 --> 0:08:44.880 have a Derrick Henry, but they're also not paying that 0:08:44.920 --> 0:08:45.280 kind of money. 0:08:45.540 --> 0:08:48.380 By the way, do you regret anything you said about 0:08:48.420 --> 0:08:50.160 the Rams? Do you want to come clean after week 0:08:50.260 --> 0:08:51.880 one in Australia? Did you give up on them at all? 0:08:52.020 --> 0:08:53.750 I didn't give up on them, but I also said 0:08:53.800 --> 0:08:57.010 that the dream team thing, 17-0, it's the worst call 0:08:57.030 --> 0:08:58.350 in the world, and it worked out that way. 0:08:58.370 --> 0:08:59.689 But no, the Rams are a lot of fun. 0:08:59.710 --> 0:09:02.130 We'll talk about their uniforms in a little bit. All right, 0:09:02.590 --> 0:09:04.490 what do we know after week two in the NFL? 0:09:04.510 --> 0:09:05.750 Week two is in the books. I don't know where 0:09:05.790 --> 0:09:08.640 those books are, but somewhere they're in the books. Week 0:09:08.660 --> 0:09:10.059 two in the NFL, what do you know? What do 0:09:10.080 --> 0:09:11.280 you feel great about, Pearl? 0:09:11.740 --> 0:09:15.380 Okay, I feel great about saying the Cincinnati Bengals have 0:09:15.450 --> 0:09:18.209 done a lot to fix their defense. We saw a 0:09:18.510 --> 0:09:22.910 dominant performance against the Houston Texans. They had 27 pressures. 0:09:22.950 --> 0:09:26.589 That's 43% of their dropbacks. They got a pressure on C.J. 0:09:26.610 --> 0:09:29.689 Stroud and the Texans. So that changed the game, only 0:09:29.710 --> 0:09:31.959 let up six points. Week one, they looked good as well. 0:09:32.640 --> 0:09:34.300 This is a defense that doesn't have to be great. 0:09:34.480 --> 0:09:36.250 It has to be okay. You have Joe Burrow and 0:09:36.260 --> 0:09:39.230 Jamar Chase and T. Higgins, and they're more than okay. 0:09:39.350 --> 0:09:41.870 I'm telling you right now, their D-line dominated the game 0:09:42.250 --> 0:09:44.750 on Sunday. They have eight sacks through two games. This 0:09:44.770 --> 0:09:47.650 could be a really big deal. I thought about Cincinnati 0:09:47.670 --> 0:09:49.850 as a Super Bowl pick. It did cross my mind, Paul, 0:09:50.270 --> 0:09:52.520 but now they have a defense, I think I should 0:09:52.540 --> 0:09:53.320 have given more attention. 0:09:53.360 --> 0:09:55.940 Well, I think that's such an underrated offseason acquisition. Everyone's 0:09:55.960 --> 0:09:58.320 going to talk about Miles Garrett because he's a star. 0:09:58.720 --> 0:10:01.500 Dexter Lawrence is is as good at what he does 0:10:01.580 --> 0:10:04.360 as Miles Garrett is at what he does. But interior linemen, 0:10:04.460 --> 0:10:06.819 as you brought again, your Jalen Carter take from yesterday, 0:10:07.280 --> 0:10:09.660 they cause havoc, and they cause havoc on every play. 0:10:09.679 --> 0:10:11.500 You don't need a sack with Dexter Lawrence. You just 0:10:11.520 --> 0:10:14.320 need him to push up the middle. If the Bengals 0:10:14.340 --> 0:10:17.120 could have a healthy wide receiver and a healthy quarterback, 0:10:17.610 --> 0:10:19.650 and a B-level defense, they can go anywhere. 0:10:20.000 --> 0:10:22.780 Absolutely. And, you know, a lot of people rip that trade. Remember, 0:10:22.800 --> 0:10:24.740 everyone's like, ah, Dexter Lawrence didn't have a great year 0:10:24.760 --> 0:10:26.860 last year. He's in his prime. Yeah, and also, you're 0:10:26.880 --> 0:10:28.900 not going to draft a guy like Dexter Lawrence, so 0:10:28.920 --> 0:10:30.200 a first-round pick might not mean that much. 0:10:30.220 --> 0:10:31.940 Well, I think what the Bengals have seen in the past, 0:10:31.980 --> 0:10:34.140 that they, you know, they bailed on Trey Hendrickson, and 0:10:34.160 --> 0:10:36.290 they kind of didn't invest in their defense. They invested 0:10:36.309 --> 0:10:38.490 in T. Higgins, invested in Jamar Chase, which you have 0:10:38.530 --> 0:10:40.490 to do. But then, like, hey, just give them a 0:10:40.530 --> 0:10:42.630 little to work with. All right, my what we know 0:10:42.690 --> 0:10:45.370 after week two, I'm going to go with the Seahawks. 0:10:45.890 --> 0:10:46.790 The Seahawks are all set. 0:10:47.280 --> 0:10:49.020 I don't think there's any problems with the Seahawks, which 0:10:49.080 --> 0:10:51.179 is weird to say when your star quarterback, and I 0:10:51.200 --> 0:10:53.339 don't even use the word star, your Super Bowl winning 0:10:53.380 --> 0:10:54.640 quarterback is not on the field. 0:10:55.080 --> 0:10:57.520 They got JSN right there. No problem. That's a burn, 0:10:57.559 --> 0:10:57.920 by the way. 0:10:58.660 --> 0:11:01.449 They have a fantastic defense and they're not star laden. 0:11:01.770 --> 0:11:04.590 They fixed their running back problem, which Darian Price. And 0:11:05.190 --> 0:11:07.050 I don't think there's any problem. Drew Locke is just 0:11:07.110 --> 0:11:10.010 cruising through teams. I think they're going to win 15 games. 0:11:10.070 --> 0:11:10.530 No problem. 0:11:10.570 --> 0:11:13.170 Whether they have Sam Darnold starting half of them or not. 0:11:13.550 --> 0:11:16.720 I see them comfortably in the NFC title game. Because 0:11:16.740 --> 0:11:19.060 the rest of the NFC is the Bears, the Lions, 0:11:19.280 --> 0:11:22.880 the Packers, the Eagles. Except the Rams and the Niners, 0:11:22.920 --> 0:11:25.500 someone's got to go. So I think that the 49ers, 0:11:25.520 --> 0:11:28.000 I think that the Seahawks are on absolute cruise control 0:11:28.020 --> 0:11:28.240 right now. 0:11:28.360 --> 0:11:30.700 I think that's a big yada yada, Paul. What about 0:11:30.780 --> 0:11:33.439 the Niners and the Rams? 0:11:33.500 --> 0:11:34.260 Sustainability. 0:11:34.800 --> 0:11:37.620 So you're guaranteeing NFC title game. To me, those three 0:11:37.640 --> 0:11:39.800 teams are about equal. I worry the Niners are going 0:11:39.820 --> 0:11:41.760 to get hurt. So then you get into a little 0:11:41.780 --> 0:11:43.220 bit of who's healthier at the end of the year. 0:11:43.460 --> 0:11:46.160 I think at 15 in that division, that means that 0:11:46.179 --> 0:11:49.520 they beat the Rams and the Niners twice, not to 0:11:49.559 --> 0:11:53.760 mention Arizona. Yeah, a couple there. Also, the Eagles, if 0:11:53.780 --> 0:11:55.920 the Eagles get a run game going, who knows? I 0:11:55.960 --> 0:11:58.120 think you're a little premature of that. We can come 0:11:58.160 --> 0:11:58.560 back to this. 0:11:58.700 --> 0:12:00.520 It's not the wildest pick in the world to say 0:12:00.540 --> 0:12:02.380 the Seahawks are in good shape, though. I can't say 0:12:02.420 --> 0:12:03.500 it's the hottest take of all time. 0:12:03.559 --> 0:12:06.339 Yeah, but Sam Darnold is gone. It's a little hot. 0:12:06.559 --> 0:12:09.920 It's warmish. We'll get into warm takes in a second, including... 0:12:10.190 --> 0:12:12.010 Jim Harbaugh on the hot seat already? 0:12:12.130 --> 0:12:12.350 Wow. 0:12:12.929 --> 0:12:15.290 Paul might go there. We'll get into that next. Not 0:12:15.330 --> 0:12:16.030 so fast. 0:12:23.040 --> 0:12:28.800 Here's Riley Green with his 1663 OPS in the City 0:12:28.840 --> 0:12:33.770 Connect jerseys. And when your OPS in any category is 0:12:33.809 --> 0:12:37.030 the same as the year when the Austro-Turkish War started, 0:12:38.010 --> 0:12:54.710 you're doing well. That's 1663. Thanks, Andrew. Ground ball back 0:12:54.730 --> 0:12:59.010 to the mound. Her is handled out number one. 0:12:59.830 --> 0:13:02.089 Back on Not So Fast with Pabst and Perloff. That's 0:13:02.170 --> 0:13:06.429 Jason Benetti, the popular NBC Sports and the Detroit Tigers 0:13:06.470 --> 0:13:08.670 play-by-play man. And a great job by the director and 0:13:08.690 --> 0:13:11.630 camera person saying geek after he had that reference. A 0:13:11.690 --> 0:13:13.069 reference you probably knew, Perloff. 0:13:13.429 --> 0:13:15.260 Oh, of course I knew that. But it's funny. I 0:13:15.300 --> 0:13:16.820 think because we're in the industry and we know how 0:13:16.860 --> 0:13:19.480 this works, the brilliance of that move cannot be understated. 0:13:19.580 --> 0:13:21.420 That was a very good move by the director. Benetti, 0:13:21.440 --> 0:13:22.780 you're going to love that one. All right. 0:13:22.840 --> 0:13:24.729 It's time for warm takes on Pabst and Perloff. And 0:13:24.750 --> 0:13:27.470 I'm going to go first. Let's go to, here's one, 0:13:28.030 --> 0:13:30.490 Jim Harbaugh. You know, it's not hot to say that 0:13:30.510 --> 0:13:31.809 the Chargers are in a little bit of trouble. 0:13:31.850 --> 0:13:32.319 You're 0-2. 0:13:32.890 --> 0:13:34.880 You've got a big schedule coming up. And I start 0:13:34.940 --> 0:13:37.199 playing it out. What if the Chargers just don't get 0:13:37.220 --> 0:13:39.559 it together and they don't make the playoffs? We're in 0:13:39.600 --> 0:13:41.860 year three with Jim Harbaugh. I don't think he's in 0:13:41.920 --> 0:13:43.579 danger of being fired. I don't think they're going to 0:13:43.600 --> 0:13:45.650 make that type of decision after year three. I think 0:13:45.670 --> 0:13:48.530 they would trust Harbaugh because of his coaching background. But 0:13:48.550 --> 0:13:50.210 for a moment I said, well, you know, if he 0:13:50.250 --> 0:13:53.190 does get fired, that's okay because colleges would just line 0:13:53.250 --> 0:13:54.469 up to bring Jim Harbaugh back. 0:13:55.170 --> 0:13:57.250 And then I remembered. Show cause. 0:13:57.770 --> 0:13:59.429 For those that don't know the phrase show cause, that 0:13:59.470 --> 0:14:02.620 means you can't coach here anymore. Jim Harbaugh has two 0:14:02.800 --> 0:14:05.900 show causes or cause I against him from the NCAA. 0:14:06.340 --> 0:14:09.420 He's got a four-year show cause and then a 10-year 0:14:09.480 --> 0:14:10.040 show cause. 0:14:10.520 --> 0:14:12.120 And I tried to double check yesterday. 0:14:12.530 --> 0:14:14.809 I think they put them together. Is that concurrently, Perloff? 0:14:14.830 --> 0:14:15.809 Is that the word I'm looking for? 0:14:16.250 --> 0:14:19.030 Concurrently. So Jim Harbaugh, as of now, there. 0:14:19.010 --> 0:14:21.670 Is an appeal process with show cause, as always with 0:14:21.750 --> 0:14:24.840 college football and the NCAA. But if Jim Harbaugh somehow 0:14:25.220 --> 0:14:27.750 was no longer the head coach, his options are another 0:14:27.830 --> 0:14:31.410 NFL team, the broadcast booth, which is saucy, but he 0:14:31.450 --> 0:14:33.490 can't go back and coach college football until, like. 0:14:33.490 --> 0:14:35.240 2040 or something like that. 0:14:35.260 --> 0:14:38.000 I actually, it is 2040 and that's pretty wild. 0:14:38.260 --> 0:14:41.220 Well, he can't appeal it. I wonder if the authorities 0:14:41.280 --> 0:14:43.040 in college football, whoever that is, I don't know who 0:14:43.080 --> 0:14:44.760 that is. That could be you for all I know. 0:14:45.280 --> 0:14:48.380 Can they suspend the show cause because Jim Harbaugh draws 0:14:48.440 --> 0:14:49.380 a lot of ratings? Right. 0:14:49.520 --> 0:14:51.300 I think that's a great thing. I was just about 0:14:51.340 --> 0:14:52.920 to bring that up. For the good of the game, 0:14:53.140 --> 0:14:56.580 I would un-show cause him if that's a phrase. Say, hey, 0:14:56.840 --> 0:14:59.980 no harm, no foul. jump on the Florida State team 0:15:00.120 --> 0:15:00.660 or whatever it is. 0:15:00.740 --> 0:15:02.540 Well, I don't know how many years Kyle Whittingham wants 0:15:02.570 --> 0:15:05.070 to coach at Michigan. If Michigan wants him back, they 0:15:05.110 --> 0:15:06.650 have a lot of power in the sport. 0:15:06.710 --> 0:15:08.890 Now you're over show-causing there. You can't go back to Michigan. 0:15:08.910 --> 0:15:09.850 Oh, you can't go back to Michigan? 0:15:09.870 --> 0:15:11.090 Yeah, you can't even go. I don't think you can 0:15:11.110 --> 0:15:12.450 go back to the Big Ten. You have to be 0:15:12.590 --> 0:15:14.590 in a tropical state or out west. 0:15:14.670 --> 0:15:17.150 Go back to Stanford, maybe? Maybe. It's kind of a 0:15:17.150 --> 0:15:19.790 waste of Jim Harbaugh. Stanford is not going to ever 0:15:19.830 --> 0:15:20.410 be big ratings. 0:15:20.430 --> 0:15:21.090 Maybe Clemson. 0:15:21.770 --> 0:15:25.800 All right. For my warm take, let's talk about Matthew Stafford. 0:15:25.820 --> 0:15:29.100 Pretty good quarterback. Last night, he passed Phillip Rivers for 0:15:29.160 --> 0:15:33.080 six all-time in passing touchdowns. Now, if you've never seen 0:15:33.120 --> 0:15:35.290 me do this take on Dan Patrick's show or anywhere 0:15:35.310 --> 0:15:37.350 in my career, get ready for it. He is the 0:15:37.470 --> 0:15:41.250 ultimate system QB in this sense, Paul. In this sense. 0:15:41.910 --> 0:15:45.100 If he didn't leave Detroit, Matthew Stafford would not be 0:15:45.120 --> 0:15:47.900 in the Hall of Fame. He would be Phillip Rivers, 0:15:48.240 --> 0:15:50.560 a guy who has great stats but does not get 0:15:50.640 --> 0:15:53.140 all the way. I think the fact that Matthew Stafford 0:15:53.450 --> 0:15:55.750 left the Lions and got paired up with Sean McVay 0:15:56.170 --> 0:15:58.670 is a major difference maker in his career, which proves 0:15:58.690 --> 0:16:03.500 to me, Paul, being a quarterback is all about location, location, location. 0:16:03.900 --> 0:16:06.240 If Tom Brady went to the Arizona Cardinals and not 0:16:06.280 --> 0:16:08.620