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Speaker 1: What you been up to, Richard? It feels so good
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Speaker 1: in Dallas, as you know witnessed the Lions laid the
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Speaker 1: Well, Richard, let's get into nice games. We had a
Speaker 1: doubleheader on Monday night, football, starting with the ones I
Speaker 1: think most people wanted to watch. That was a Baltimore
Speaker 1: Ravens going on the road.
Speaker 2: Nobody to watch the other game, Mitchell, they made that good,
Speaker 2: very hard to get to. They sure did.
Speaker 1: I was royally confused when I want to tune in,
Speaker 1: I'm like, what channel is this on? And I quickly
Speaker 1: realized it was on a channel I do not have,
Speaker 1: and we got to subscribe to ESPN Plus. But that's
Speaker 1: neither here nor there, Richard, Baltimore got down early. They
Speaker 1: were down ten points right out the game. It's to Tampa.
Speaker 1: They looked sluggish. Tampa Bay looked like they had this game,
Speaker 1: and then all of a sudden, Baltimore said not so
Speaker 1: fast and just went on to steamroll Tampa Bay. This
Speaker 1: game was closer than the probably score indicated. Lamar Jackson
Speaker 1: and Derek dominant, or indicated to me, I'm sorry, that's
Speaker 1: what I meant to say. This game was not nearly
Speaker 1: as close as the getting the score indicated with Tampa
Speaker 1: scoring at the end. But Richard, this identity of the
Speaker 1: Baltimore raven football team is quickly starting to take fold,
Speaker 1: and that's Lamar Jackson, Derrick Henry. This team looks like
Speaker 1: they're gonna be tough to play against. What are your
Speaker 1: thoughts on the Baltimore Ravens going on the road and
Speaker 1: laying the hurt and on the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
Speaker 2: Well, at this point, they just seemed like an inevitability. Mentell.
Speaker 2: Every single game, They're going down the field, even when
Speaker 2: they start slow. At one point, I think it was
Speaker 2: the third quarter, I left up and they said Derrick
Speaker 2: Henry had five carries for like thirty yards. They were
Speaker 2: talking about how good of a job Tampa was doing.
Speaker 2: Obviously Lamar was having six says I think he had
Speaker 2: just thrown that dime to Bateman the forty nine yard touchdown,
Speaker 2: And then you look up at the end of the
Speaker 2: game he had fifteen carries for one sixty nine to
Speaker 2: eighty one yard scamper where he just looks incredible. He
Speaker 2: looks like a creative player. The old school created players.
Speaker 2: Mentell when it was like two thousand and five or
Speaker 2: two thousand and six, he used to create a big
Speaker 2: running back, make him ninety nine speed, two point fifty
Speaker 2: breaking all the tackles. Except he's a real life human being.
Speaker 2: He's going to be a gold jacket whining a player
Speaker 2: after his career is done. But Lamar Jackson looked fantastic,
Speaker 2: and he fished through the air seventeen to twenty two
Speaker 2: for two eighty one. He found Mark Andrews a number
Speaker 2: of times. One time he found him against against one
Speaker 2: of my guys, a friend of a program, Jordan Whitehead,
Speaker 2: on a great route late in the game. It was
Speaker 2: a great touchdown path. But the player that day for me,
Speaker 2: for him was the pass to Bateman and that past Mentell.
Speaker 2: He dropped back in the pocket, he hit his back foot,
Speaker 2: Bateman ran would appeared to be a seven in goal.
Speaker 2: The corner thought it was going to be a seven
Speaker 2: cut look back for the ball. As soon as he
Speaker 2: looked back, Batement went and it was a dime in
Speaker 2: the end zone. You couldn't throw it better, you couldn't
Speaker 2: end it to him better. And you got to give
Speaker 2: Lamar Jackson a lot of credit. He was efficient from
Speaker 2: the pocket and then on the other side of the ball.
Speaker 2: Marlon Humphrey had an incredible game before he went out
Speaker 2: with injury. The veteran savvy had three interceptions coming into
Speaker 2: the game, got two more today. Hopefully he's okay. I
Speaker 2: didn't he left the game early with an injury. Don't
Speaker 2: know what happened, but Rokwan Smith was all over the place.
Speaker 2: He was everywhere like Project roaches eighteen tackles in the
Speaker 2: ball game. He was up and down the field. A
Speaker 2: big reason why this defense played so well. Like you said,
Speaker 2: the score looks like this game was close, but Tampa
Speaker 2: was able to get a lot of garbage yards garbage points.
Speaker 2: Ended up with close to four hundred yards or four
Speaker 2: to sixty and yards and when the game was really decided,
Speaker 2: to think they had three hundred and Baltimore had five
Speaker 2: to eight. But the big storyline, you know, great win
Speaker 2: for Baltimore. They're tied with the Steelers for first in
Speaker 2: that division. That division is going to be a much
Speaker 2: better race than we thought it would. I think a
Speaker 2: lot of people thought either Baltimore would dominate this division
Speaker 2: and run away with it or beat them in Cincinnati.
Speaker 2: You know, maybe Cleveland if Deshaun Watson could get it together,
Speaker 2: but he hasn't been able to and then now he's
Speaker 2: gone out with the injury, so they seem like they're
Speaker 2: down and out of this division, even though they have
Speaker 2: a really talented defense. But the Cleveland I mean Cincinnati Bengals,
Speaker 2: you just don't know. Their defense hasn't played as well
Speaker 2: as they have in the past. They look like they
Speaker 2: you know, they're always primed to go on a run,
Speaker 2: but this year and they might have run out of luck.
Speaker 2: And the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. So in this game, Mitchell,
Speaker 2: they lose their two biggest superstars on this team, Chris
Speaker 2: Godwin to a a very concerning lower leg injury, and
Speaker 2: he has had the worluck with lower leg injuries. When
Speaker 2: I was there, he went out with a bad knee
Speaker 2: injury playing against the New Orleans Saints, and you just
Speaker 2: watched the plan and it was just so devastating. So
Speaker 2: I hated to see him go out on the cart.
Speaker 2: You could see his teammates feeling awful, Baker Mayfield getting
Speaker 2: emotional about it. I'm sure Mike Mike Evans was in
Speaker 2: the locker room already had went out with a serious
Speaker 2: hamstring injury, likely will be sidelined three to four weeks
Speaker 2: at the minimum. And to lose those guys, it's such
Speaker 2: a devastating blow, not only emotionally, but in terms of production,
Speaker 2: in terms of leadership, in terms of like your ability
Speaker 2: to push the ball down the field. When you have
Speaker 2: those two guys on the field, you know you have
Speaker 2: a chance. And so Baker Mayfield always feels great. They're
Speaker 2: going into a divisional matchup against the Atlanta Falcons next week.
Speaker 2: He's gonna have to depend on Cade Otten and some
Speaker 2: of these young receivers, maybe Sterling Shepherd and guys that
Speaker 2: he hasn't had to lean on as much because he
Speaker 2: doesn't have the two Aall pros that he's had. And
Speaker 2: I hate to see that. They're phenomenal man, phenomenal teammates
Speaker 2: and they don't deserve that. But you know, football is
Speaker 2: one hundred percent injury game, and you just hope that
Speaker 2: they can heal quickly and they get back on the
Speaker 2: field doing what they love to do.
Speaker 1: No doubt about it. Man, it was that one two
Speaker 1: gut punch combo. Man, this fan base has got to
Speaker 1: be reeling. You take the loss at home, and then
Speaker 1: you turn around and you look at this team. I mean,
Speaker 1: they went on the road, they beat my Detroit Lions.
Speaker 1: Their their defense is so well coached, and they do
Speaker 1: have those playmakers on the outside. And now we're starting
Speaker 1: to see, you know, Bucky Irving and Rashad White take
Speaker 1: more control. The Buccaneers had high hopes, I mean most
Speaker 1: certainly in this division, but I think they were a
Speaker 1: dark horse in this conference as well. And these two
Speaker 1: injuries today, it's going to be tough to keep this
Speaker 1: train on the tracks. Richard. We shall see how they
Speaker 1: recover in that divisional rival rematch against the Falcons. That's
Speaker 1: going to be a huge one for them to try
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Speaker 1: Then let's go to the game that a lot of
Speaker 1: people have had trouble watching down in Arizona. The LA
Speaker 1: Chargers there with this team that would just smash mouth football.
Speaker 1: Jim Harball went there and that's what he was gonna do,
Speaker 1: and we haven't seen a whole lot of Justin Herbert
Speaker 1: all season. And then all of a sudden, bam, he's
Speaker 1: throwing for thirty nine passes for three forty nine and
Speaker 1: looking like himself of old Richard, the Arizona Cardinals come
Speaker 1: off in a walk off thriller of this game. Your
Speaker 1: thoughts here, what do you make of Arizona? Can they
Speaker 1: stay around in this divisional race? Because let's be real,
Speaker 1: it is a tight one out there in the west
Speaker 1: side of the country that you're on.
Speaker 2: Richard, Let's be let's be let's be really careful calling
Speaker 2: things thrillers.
Speaker 1: Mitchell, I'm not gonna call it a thriller.
Speaker 2: You said, a walk off thriller. Said, oh God, Leah,
Speaker 2: that's a thriller. Goodness, gracious, must be opposite day.
Speaker 1: There was a reason it was hard to watch, Rich.
Speaker 2: It was hard to watch in every sense of the imagination.
Speaker 2: And I'm sorry Charger fans and Cardinal fans, all twelve
Speaker 2: of you guys. I know you guys want me to
Speaker 2: say great things about this team, but this game was tough.
Speaker 2: And Arizona Cardinals have have had an up and down seasons,
Speaker 2: and Kyler Murray has been up and down. He didn't
Speaker 2: have a great game. Fourteen to twenty six, one hundred
Speaker 2: and forty five yards, obviously doing a lot with his legs,
Speaker 2: six carries for sixty four yards in the touchdown. But
Speaker 2: James Conner continues to look like the Pro Bowl running
Speaker 2: back that he is earning his keep. Nineteen carries for
Speaker 2: one hundred and one yards, huge runs on the last drive,
Speaker 2: just like Derrick Henry. Just seems like he wears on
Speaker 2: the defense as time goes on. As the fourth quarter
Speaker 2: comes around, less guys want to tackle him. Less guys
Speaker 2: are looking to put their pats in front of his is.
Speaker 2: So you got to give him a lot of credit
Speaker 2: credit for that. The Cardinals defense was able to get
Speaker 2: to Justin Herbert a number of times. Nikevan Smith had
Speaker 2: a sack, Vin Steele, Dante Steeles had a sack. All
Speaker 2: had a sack in the game. But it was the turnovers.
Speaker 2: It was the fumbles. You know, Justin Herbert didn't throw
Speaker 2: an interception, but they turned the ball over, fumbling the football.
Speaker 2: And that's what allowed the Arizona Cardinals, even when they
Speaker 2: were struggling offensively, to stay in this ball game. They
Speaker 2: gave up plays they weren't able to convert in the
Speaker 2: red zone, kept settling for field goals. You cannot keep
Speaker 2: settling for field goals. And that's why people are concerned
Speaker 2: about calling Justin Herbert a superstar quarterback because even with
Speaker 2: all this, even with their offense, you know, even with
Speaker 2: him throwing for three hundred and forty nine yards, he
Speaker 2: was twenty seven or thirty nine. Like you said, Justin Herbert,
Speaker 2: are old. Where are the touchdowns are? Where is the
Speaker 2: end zone? Where's the points? To really be excited about that.
Speaker 2: I'd rather you throw four one hundred and fifty yards
Speaker 2: and throw for four touchdowns than throw for three forty
Speaker 2: nine and have really nothing to show forward fifteen points
Speaker 2: in a game. And I'm sure Jim Harrball and Greg
Speaker 2: Roman aren't happy with JK. Dobbins fourteen carries for forty yards.
Speaker 2: They just could not get the run game going. But
Speaker 2: you have to give the Arizona car those defense a
Speaker 2: lot of credit. They played well, They made the plays
Speaker 2: they need to make, kept their offense in the game
Speaker 2: and allowed them to have a chance late in this
Speaker 2: ball game to win, and they were able to pull
Speaker 2: it out. But you got you just gotta convert. If
Speaker 2: you're the Chargers, you're coming off a huge divisional win,
Speaker 2: feeling good, a chance to continue to solidify yourself as
Speaker 2: contenders and this AFC West Division, and then you put
Speaker 2: up a stinker like this. You know where you could
Speaker 2: where you're getting the ball down the field, you're getting
Speaker 2: your yards, you're you're you're making plays, but you're not
Speaker 2: finishing drives. You have to finish drives. That's the name
Speaker 2: of the game in this league. That's why a number
Speaker 2: of these teams that are contending are are having that's
Speaker 2: their achilles heel, their ability to convert in the red zone.
Speaker 2: Because a lot of these defenses are been, but don't
Speaker 2: break there. They'll let you. They'll let you get some yards,
Speaker 2: they'll let you push the ball down the field. They'll
Speaker 2: let you have a thirteen to fourteen play drive. But
Speaker 2: when they get into the red zone, they're gonna bow up,
Speaker 2: are they They're gonna make a play. They're gonna They
Speaker 2: want you to play as many players as you can
Speaker 2: because they think you're gonna make a mistake. And so
Speaker 2: that's what continued to happen. But we'll see what this
Speaker 2: means for the Chargers. We'll see what this means for
Speaker 2: the Arizona Cardinals, because, like you said, the NFC West
Speaker 2: is wide open. I think they're second in the division
Speaker 2: right now because they beat the San Francisco forty nine Ers.
Speaker 2: You know, it's it's them, the San Francisco forty nine Ers,
Speaker 2: the Rams, and then obviously the Seattle Seahawks at the
Speaker 2: top right now, the only team above five hundred. So
Speaker 2: anything can happen. You know, Seattle could go on a
Speaker 2: run and start to pull away, or you know, they
Speaker 2: could stumble. Who knows, but you hope they can pull
Speaker 2: away and continue to win games. Maybe San Francisco figures
Speaker 2: it out. And can find it. But they got a
Speaker 2: tough road. They've got a tough game against the Dallas
Speaker 2: Cowboys in Jerry's world coming up, so so many things
Speaker 2: still waiting to play out. The Cardinals go to the Dolphins,
Speaker 2: who without two a tongue of ailoa have looked like
Speaker 2: a shell of themselves. Just came off of really really
Speaker 2: hit scratching loss to Indianapolis Colts. I mean, if you
Speaker 2: look at Anthony Richardson's performance, you'd say, wait, they won
Speaker 2: that game. He just just really had nothing to show
Speaker 2: for it, especially the way Joe Flacco had been playing
Speaker 2: the previous games. But obviously they have a lot invested
Speaker 2: in Anthony Richardson. They want to see him be successful.
Speaker 2: They want him to go through the learning, the growing pains,
Speaker 2: and they're gonna be patient with him. But just watching
Speaker 2: the offense with Joe Flackle and how efficient, how how
Speaker 2: productive those receivers and tight ends were when he was playing,
Speaker 2: I mean, a lot of fantasy owners had fools gold
Speaker 2: and start picking up Indianapolis Colts players like hotcakes Mitchell
Speaker 2: and then and then they look up no production.
Speaker 1: There's no doubt about that. I mean, Josh Downs is
Speaker 1: exploding like, I mean, Michael Pittman looked like himself from
Speaker 1: last year, and then everyone's wondering, Hey, you know, oh
Speaker 1: that's right. Garner Minshew was throwing him the ball last year,
Speaker 1: not Anthony Richardson. It seemed if they want to win,
Speaker 1: they got to put Joe Flacco in. But I don't
Speaker 1: think they're gonna do it, Richard. Anthony richards Sin is
Speaker 1: probably going to be the pick going forward. But I
Speaker 1: want to talk more about your NFC West because I
Speaker 1: know everyone feared it yesterday and we got confirmation. Now,
Speaker 1: the San Francisco forty nine ers injury riddled season continues
Speaker 1: in Brandon Ayuk's out now for the season with a
Speaker 1: torn acl and mcl richard, what is your panic meter here?
Speaker 1: Because we've addressed this numerous time this offseason, this training camp,
Speaker 1: you know, and throughout this season. Now, losing one of
Speaker 1: the top skill position players on this team, where are
Speaker 1: we at mentally.
Speaker 2: Well, mente I'm panicky, I'm panicky. I'm having a hard time.
Speaker 2: You know. I find hope knowing that in the past
Speaker 2: they've been able to dig themselves out of his whole.
Speaker 2: Kyle Shanahan's a fantastic coach Christian mccaffery's going to come
Speaker 2: back at some point in time. You know, there was there,
Speaker 2: there's conversations with Kyle this week about him potentially playing,
Speaker 2: you know, obviously long shot to play in the Dallas game,
Speaker 2: but I'm sure that's music to the ears of the
Speaker 2: faithful that he's going to be coming back at all.
Speaker 2: You know, that'll be a welcome boost. Maybe they can
Speaker 2: get Juwan Jennings back. That will be a sight for
Speaker 2: sore eyes, especially with the devastating injury to Brandon. I you,
Speaker 2: you know, you hate to hear that, You hate to
Speaker 2: see that. I'm grateful that he was able to get
Speaker 2: his money because this is this is what the stuff
Speaker 2: you hate. This is a game. You know, this is
Speaker 2: his livelihood, and you never want a guy to get injured.
Speaker 2: If he's going to get injured, at least he got
Speaker 2: life changing money for his family. I know fans hate
Speaker 2: to hear stuff like that, but that's how I fail
Speaker 2: as a player. You want guys to be Years will
Speaker 2: pass you, you know, you guys will remember and forget guys,
Speaker 2: but his family will be in a better place. He's
Speaker 2: worked his entire life to get to where he is
Speaker 2: today to earn the deal that he earned. I'm sure
Speaker 2: he's gonna come back with a vengeance and and and
Speaker 2: you know, show every everybody why he got the big bucks.
Speaker 2: But for just praying for a speedy recovery for Brandon Au.
Speaker 2: And you know, this is an opportunity for Juwan Jennings
Speaker 2: to showcase his talents along with Deebo Samuel. He'll obviously
Speaker 2: get a bigger role now he was a little under
Speaker 2: the weather in the last game. It'll get it also
Speaker 2: give Ricky Purcell a chance to grow up quick. You
Speaker 2: wonder when he will get his opportunity and how he
Speaker 2: would get his opportunity, and how would they will be
Speaker 2: enough footballs to go around. Well, sometimes the opportunities comes
Speaker 2: quicker and more unexpectedly, uh than you can imagine. And
Speaker 2: this is one of those situations. So you hate to
Speaker 2: hear that, but I mean, I'm I'm panicked, but I've
Speaker 2: seen him come out of bigger holes and go to
Speaker 2: the NFC Championship and and really still compete for Super Bowls.
Speaker 2: It's gonna be tough this season with how the those
Speaker 2: teams from your NFC North are playing. It looks like
Speaker 2: they're going to put four teams in the playoffs unless
Speaker 2: they just all stumbled terribly down the stretch. Uh. So
Speaker 2: you're gonna have to find a.
Speaker 1: Way, no question about that. I mean, like you said,
Speaker 1: this is third and Juwan Jennings time to shine. He's
Speaker 1: got a rise to this occasion. And then the silver
Speaker 1: lining here for these forty nine are faithful is the
Speaker 1: fact that Christian McCaffrey, hopefully we'll be back at some
Speaker 1: point in the next few weeks and can provide them
Speaker 1: some much needed firepower. Speaking of firepower, though, Richard, my
Speaker 1: Detroit Lions ace in their pocket. Jamison Williams gets suspended
Speaker 1: for two weeks now. Just things can never be too
Speaker 1: good in Detroit, Richard. Every time we get off to
Speaker 1: a hot start, something like this has got to happen
Speaker 1: to us. Fortunately we got the Titans this weekend. But
Speaker 1: what are your thoughts here about the Lions losing Jmo?
Speaker 2: Well, that's tough, obviously, you know he had just started
Speaker 2: getting his rhythm. It's a weird suspension, though, and this
Speaker 2: is coming from a guy that understands how guys get
Speaker 2: suspended usually for performance enhancing. It's six, it's four six,
Speaker 2: and they've really been sticklers for six you know, when
Speaker 2: it's something serious. So obviously some it's something small and
Speaker 2: something trivial that they're given too, and something they could
Speaker 2: probably have let pass. You know. Obviously it was an
Speaker 2: accidental ingestion or something of that sort. So I don't
Speaker 2: think this is anything where he intentionally took something banned
Speaker 2: or you know, was trying to cheat the game in
Speaker 2: some ways. So I hope fans aren't out here saying,
Speaker 2: you know, you know, putting that label on this kid,
Speaker 2: because this isn't that case. You know, there's so many
Speaker 2: things you got to take these days, so many supplements,
Speaker 2: so many so many things to try to get your
Speaker 2: body right, massages and things of that nature. Even some
Speaker 2: of the things that the the the protein powders and
Speaker 2: things that the teams give you think they got checked
Speaker 2: out right, but you just really never know. So I
Speaker 2: want people to be cautious of really throwing a bad
Speaker 2: label on this kid, especially with the two game suspension.
Speaker 2: That's the league saying it wasn't him taking something serious
Speaker 2: to saying knowingly, because if they thought that was the case,
Speaker 2: it's automatic six games. It's non negotiable. It's non debatable.
Speaker 2: It's nothing to talk about. They give six and they
Speaker 2: walk away. So if it's two games, that tells me
Speaker 2: I don't think this was a serious thing. But it
Speaker 2: is tough for the for the Detroit Lions. But with
Speaker 2: the way this offense has been rolling and the way
Speaker 2: Jared Golf has been just spreading the football round, you know,
Speaker 2: you obviously believe Sam Laporta is gonna get a few
Speaker 2: more targets. You know that Aman Rod is gonna get
Speaker 2: a few more targets. Maybe Jamiir Gibbs is more involved
Speaker 2: in the past game and things like that, but it's
Speaker 2: unfortunate because Jamison Williams was coming into his own.
Speaker 1: Yeah, no question about it. But this is why they
Speaker 1: signed Tim Patrick. They got some other guys that haven't
Speaker 1: been able to play a ton and they're sure going
Speaker 1: to get more opportunity here. The other news we got
Speaker 1: this week is toua tongue Ailoa is set to return
Speaker 1: to practice. He's not gonna be wearing a Guardian cap,
Speaker 1: but word on the street is that he's been deemed
Speaker 1: medically safe to return to practice. The Miami Dolphins clearly
Speaker 1: need a left Richard. They're not fun to watch at
Speaker 1: all without him on the field, and they desperately need him.
Speaker 1: How much does this change the trajectory of the season
Speaker 1: for the Miami Dolphins, But to have expected to be back.
Speaker 2: Well, it definitely changes the trajectory of this offense. And
Speaker 2: I'm sure it's a welcome site to Tyreek Hill and
Speaker 2: Jalen Waddell, whose seasons have gone to absolute nothing within
Speaker 2: his absence. You know, quarterbacks just can't find them, can't
Speaker 2: push the ball down the field though. I mean, they're
Speaker 2: just pretty pretty much non existent. And I'm sure they
Speaker 2: were ready to fold the season in if to a
Speaker 2: tongue of Vailoa wasn't coming back. And so him coming
Speaker 2: back means a lot for those guys. I'm sure the
Speaker 2: guys that have them in fantasy are jumping for joy
Speaker 2: at the chance to not just keep stashing them on
Speaker 2: the bench and actually have a chance to play them
Speaker 2: and in them to get some action and get some yardage.
Speaker 2: He means a lot to these guys. And sure his
Speaker 2: timing and stuff is gonna be all four second, he's
Speaker 2: gonna knock the rust off. But it's a welcome site
Speaker 2: this division. It's not really out of out of They're
Speaker 2: not really out of contention at this point in time.
Speaker 2: You know, they have to go on a serious run,
Speaker 2: win some ball games, get back to five hundred to
Speaker 2: have a chance, and they're gonna have to beat the
Speaker 2: Buffalo Bills a few times if they really want a
Speaker 2: chance at the playoffs. But he definitely gives them a chance.
Speaker 2: I think he should wear the Guardian cap. But that's
Speaker 2: just me. It's just me, you know, ten thousand feet
Speaker 2: in the air, given my little two cents.
Speaker 1: Bill Belichick was critical of new coach Gerard Mayo's soft comments.
Speaker 1: They were across the pond, the Pats playing the Jags
Speaker 1: and drove Mayos that were playing soft at the moment,
Speaker 1: to which Bill Belichick responded to call them soft. They're
Speaker 1: not soft. The Patriots led the league in rushing defense
Speaker 1: last year. It's the same guys, Richard. What do you
Speaker 1: you make of this comment, Well.
Speaker 2: It's a young coach frustrated, trying to motivate this team
Speaker 2: in a way that you know, it's it's that he
Speaker 2: probably thought was right. Bill is an old school coach,
Speaker 2: and Bill is one of those guys that I think
Speaker 2: a lot of people had a lot of respect for.
Speaker 2: Shortened press conferences, But I never really remember him calling
Speaker 2: his team out in this way. You know, he probably
Speaker 2: said they didn't play well enough or or they didn't
Speaker 2: get to get the job done, or we weren't good
Speaker 2: enough today or something like that, something short and to
Speaker 2: the point. But I don't think he ever, you know,
Speaker 2: went with the personal attack. So you know, it's just
Speaker 2: something Drop Mayo can learn from. Schematically, they're getting beat
Speaker 2: a team that that has has really been sound against
Speaker 2: the run, against the pass for the last decade or
Speaker 2: two with with or without incredible talent. You know, a
Speaker 2: lot of times it's with guys that you had never
Speaker 2: heard of, and everybody's like Bill Belichick is doing it
Speaker 2: again with the with the D line you know nobody's
Speaker 2: heard of, or you know, just schematically big linebackers, and
Speaker 2: they say you can't play big linebackers these days. And
Speaker 2: so it's one of those things that you understand what
Speaker 2: he means because his team kind of got pushed around
Speaker 2: out there over the pond by the Jacksonville Jaguars and
Speaker 2: went down their throat, and so you could see why
Speaker 2: he's frustrated. He's also a former player who's been out there,
Speaker 2: who knows what it takes to play elite defense. So
Speaker 2: I can see both sides of it. But I understand
Speaker 2: what Bill saying. Bill saying, come on now, and we've
Speaker 2: seen the guys do it, you know, put them in
Speaker 2: a position they need to be in, they'll get the
Speaker 2: job done.
Speaker 1: Now for my personal favorite segment of the week, Richard,
Speaker 1: buyers sell. I'm gonna ask you make a couple of
Speaker 1: statements here and you're gonna buy or sell and tell
Speaker 1: me why. I'm gonna start with the Honolulu Blue Detroit Lions.
Speaker 1: Jared Goss Richard, this guy is sizzling hot right now.
Speaker 1: I think the statistic of the day was that the
Speaker 1: Detroit Lions have over the past four games, have more
Speaker 1: touchdowns than incompletions thrown. I mean, that's absolutely unheard of.
Speaker 1: Jared Goff is on a tear. He is the best
Speaker 1: QB in the NFC.
Speaker 2: Buy or sell. I gotta buy Mitchell. I'm a numbers guy,
Speaker 2: and he's got the numbers. He has to be the
Speaker 2: leading MVP candidate obviously, and that's you know, up in
Speaker 2: the air with Lamar Jackson throwing for five touchdowns tonight.
Speaker 2: But the way he's been playing way this offense has
Speaker 2: been playing. How efficient he's been with the football again,
Speaker 2: Like you just said, more touchdowns than incompletions. That's a
Speaker 2: ridiculous stat. I've seen him. He's gone eighteen for eighteen
Speaker 2: in the game this season, and he's getting the ball,
Speaker 2: spreading it to everybody. You know, He's spreading the love
Speaker 2: to every single receiver. It seems like Ben Johnson's just
Speaker 2: closing his eyes and saying, you get a pass, you
Speaker 2: get a pass, You get a pass, you get a pass,
Speaker 2: you get it. Oh, Mitchell, you see this, bookie, Bookie, Bookie.
Speaker 2: Come on now, I'm getting into the spirit. Jared Goff
Speaker 2: got me filling the rhythm. So I have to buy that, Mitchell.
Speaker 2: It'd be tough to argue. You know, you can argue talent,
Speaker 2: and I hate people arguing something that's subjective. Oh, there's
Speaker 2: more talented guys. They're talent, talent, talent, talent. I don't
Speaker 2: care about talent. A lot of guys that are more
Speaker 2: talented or throwing interceptions, a lot of them at a
Speaker 2: high tilt. And if you're throwing interceptions, you're putting your
Speaker 2: team in harm's way. He's not doing that. He's spreading
Speaker 2: the ball pushing the ball down the field, winning games,
Speaker 2: scoring a lot of points. You got to give him
Speaker 2: a nod for now. That may change throughout the season,
Speaker 2: maybe somebody catches him, but right now he's in the league.
Speaker 1: What's impressive to me is that game of Miyes was
Speaker 1: a bit of a trap game for the Lions. You're
Speaker 1: riding high off the emotional you know, the victory, huge
Speaker 1: victory over the Dallas Cowboys. You lose your emotional leader
Speaker 1: and Aiden Hutchinson, and then you go on the road
Speaker 1: against your division fox, who's playing the best football in
Speaker 1: the league arguably, and then you get in the whole
Speaker 1: ten to nothing. Jered Goff led this team back and
Speaker 1: then of course they're down late and he let them
Speaker 1: down the field for a game winning field goal. Terry
Speaker 1: Bradshaw said after the game that he reminded him a
Speaker 1: little bit of Tom Brady Richard. I don't know if
Speaker 1: I go that far, but like you said, he's a
Speaker 1: great ball distributor and he's arguably one of the best
Speaker 1: in the league at it. Right now, moving to the
Speaker 1: next topic, this one's tough. I know you're wearing the
Speaker 1: hat right now, but I gotta ask it the San
Speaker 1: Francisco forty nine ers will miss the playoffs. Buy or sell.
Speaker 2: I'm selling that, Mitchell. I'm selling that. I believe in
Speaker 2: coleg Or Brock Perdy and the boys. They're gonna rally
Speaker 2: and figure it out, find a way to get those
Speaker 2: playoffs and makes noise. They have to another number of
Speaker 2: things have to happen, and some things they can't control
Speaker 2: have to happen and go in their favor. But I
Speaker 2: got them making the playoffs.
Speaker 1: With that being said, I'm gonna stay in that same division.
Speaker 1: The Seattle Seahawks will make the playoffs. Buy or sell, Richard.
Speaker 2: I can buy that. I can buy that. You know
Speaker 2: it's as they get healthier, and you know they made
Speaker 2: a change at right tackle, which was a glaring week
Speaker 2: spot for him. Over the last couple of weeks, Geno
Speaker 2: Smith has been doing a lot with a little you know,
Speaker 2: making lemon I mean they giving him lemons and he's
Speaker 2: somehow making lemonade Mitchell with no water and no sugar
Speaker 2: and and sometimes no lemons. It's it's been incredible to watch.
Speaker 2: He's moving around in the pocket, he's accurate, even when
Speaker 2: he's under the rest. He's he's dropping dimes and he's
Speaker 2: gonna get a payday, and he's gonna get a big
Speaker 2: time pay day, well deserved. H I think they win it.
Speaker 2: I think their defense is just getting better. They'll get
Speaker 2: healthier Treik Wool and we'll get back in the lineup
Speaker 2: make this defense even more formidable. We talked about Derek
Speaker 2: Hall and Boye Mafey having really fantastic seasons, Leonard Williams
Speaker 2: and Byron Murphy in the middle. Byron Murphy coming back
Speaker 2: returning home last week to Atlanta and really having a
Speaker 2: really good game. Leonard Williams had a sack in the game.
Speaker 2: They're they're finding their rhythm. You know, they're young. Head
Speaker 2: coach only thirty seven years old, Mike McDonald. It's starting
Speaker 2: to really impose his identity on this team, and these
Speaker 2: guys are starting to believe and starting to trust him.
Speaker 2: So that's a really positive sign. I think they make it.
Speaker 1: Moving on to Kansas City, this team looks like they're unbeatable.
Speaker 1: They can withstand every task, every up and down the
Speaker 1: season presents and Patrick Mahomes again comes off victorious on
Speaker 1: the road in the Super Bowl rematch. Richard, this Kansas
Speaker 1: City Chief team is gonna go undefeated this year by
Speaker 1: or Sell.
Speaker 2: No, I'm selling that, Mitchell.
Speaker 1: Ye.
Speaker 2: I don't think they want to go undefeated, at least
Speaker 2: the coaching staff doesn't, because that leaves you so vulnerable
Speaker 2: in these playoffs. You you need to teaching moments, and
Speaker 2: they're getting a lot of teaching moments in these wins.
Speaker 2: But as they always say, you lose, you learn more
Speaker 2: from a loss and you do a win, and they're
Speaker 2: getting away with some things they probably won't be able
Speaker 2: to get away with in the playoffs. So they're gonna
Speaker 2: need a loss to bring them back down to the earth.
Speaker 2: And I'm sure the coaches will say the same thing,
Speaker 2: and they're gonna get it at some point or another.
Speaker 2: They're living on borrow time. They're winning some of these
Speaker 2: games in some very odd and interesting ways. They're finding
Speaker 2: ways to win ugly, pretty on the side, up and down,
Speaker 2: you know, they're finding ways to get the dub and
Speaker 2: with Patrick Mahomes leading the league in interceptions, Eventually, that's
Speaker 2: gonna catch up to you. And I know it hasn't yet,
Speaker 2: and it's cliche to say, but it is. That's just
Speaker 2: how football works, no matter what the odds say. Eventually
Speaker 2: that gets you, it bites you right there in your
Speaker 2: hinee parts.
Speaker 1: Before we leave this game. I know I didn't have
Speaker 1: an opportunity to speak with you about it earlier, But
Speaker 1: what do you make of Patrick Mahomes tiptoeing down the
Speaker 1: sidelines acting like he's running out of bounds. Defender kind
Speaker 1: of lets up and then he scampers for another twenty five.
Speaker 1: That's why you laid out Jery Goff the way you
Speaker 1: did at the goal line several years ago, Richard, because
Speaker 1: Patrick Mahomes deserved it in that case.
Speaker 2: Yeah, Mitchell, I mean, it's not Patrick mahone fat as
Speaker 2: the league fault. This is what they've built. You know.
Speaker 2: They want to protect the quarterbacks, and they're going to
Speaker 2: continue to protect the quarterbacks. But if these defenders, you can't.
Speaker 2: It's just unfair, but you can't. You can't slow down,
Speaker 2: like until he steps out, Your effort should be your
Speaker 2: intentions should be cruel, Like, hey, I'm going with bad
Speaker 2: intentions until he steps out, and until he steps out
Speaker 2: if he that That's what I was with Jared at
Speaker 2: that time. I'm running full speed and my intentions are
Speaker 2: bad until he steps out, and if he doesn't step out,
Speaker 2: he's gonna feel my intentions right around this area, Mitchell
Speaker 2: and he and that's what what happened. And I think
Speaker 2: that's what you just gotta do. You got to play
Speaker 2: through the whistle. You gotta play two and through the whistle.
Speaker 2: And in that play there was a lot of assumptions
Speaker 2: going on and you can't assume in this game. It'll
Speaker 2: it'll bite you in the button. I'm sure that's a
Speaker 2: tough lesson for young winters. But uh, he'll get in
Speaker 2: and he'll be better for it.
Speaker 1: And finally, we just watched him to night. On Monday
Speaker 1: Night Football, the Baltimore Ravens put on a very solid performance.
Speaker 1: It look like they're back on the right track. Derrick
Speaker 1: Henry running the ball like crazy and Lamar Jackson looking
Speaker 1: like his MVP self. The Baltimore Ravens are the biggest
Speaker 1: threat to the Kansas City Chiefs in the AFC.
Speaker 2: Bye it or so oh by that, oh buy that
Speaker 2: and depending Ohio shakes out, though MITCHELLI, it's a weird year,
Speaker 2: so it may not shake out like it did last
Speaker 2: year where they don't meet into the nf AFC Championship Game.
Speaker 2: They may meet before then. You know this Division race
Speaker 2: for the AFC North is up for grabs. Obviously, Pittsburgh.
Speaker 2: You know, Russell played really well. You know, George Pickens
Speaker 2: made some incredible catch, his best game I think of
Speaker 2: his career, his young career. But if they're not undefeated,
Speaker 2: if the Houston Texans get on the run, you know,
Speaker 2: and they can somehow sneak in and get that two
Speaker 2: seed and get opposite side of the Kansas City Chiefs,
Speaker 2: I think things get really interesting. I think you may
Speaker 2: run into a situation in Baltimore, Raven. I mean, more
Speaker 2: than likely they'll play Houston, but you could run into
Speaker 2: a situation they stumble somewhere and they end up playing
Speaker 2: the Kansas City Chiefs in the divisional, which would be,
Speaker 2: you know, not great for the NFL. I'm sure they
Speaker 2: will want to see him inn AFC Championship. But yeah,
Speaker 2: I think they're the greatest threat to them, and I
Speaker 2: think that's going to be a fun game to watch
Speaker 2: whenever we could see it.
Speaker 1: Richard, you're going to La this Thursday. It's time for
Speaker 1: our TNF preview presented by Prime Video. The Vikings, fresh
Speaker 1: off of loss against my Detroit Lions, are going to
Speaker 1: be hungry going across the country to take on the
Speaker 1: La Rams, who are in desperate need of a win.
Speaker 1: Vegas has got this as a three point Minnesota Viking favor.
Speaker 1: Your thoughts on this game, Richard. The Vikings coming off
Speaker 1: the bye week, you know, in a huge environment at
Speaker 1: home against the Detroit Lions lose. I mean, what do
Speaker 1: you expect to see out of them this Thursday? Is
Speaker 1: they take on the Rams and what appears to be
Speaker 1: a must win situation for them.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean it is, let's win situation for the Rams.
Speaker 2: But I got the Minnesota Vikings winning that game. You know,
Speaker 2: it's it is a trap game on a short week.
Speaker 2: And so you know, your boy, Stafford, if you're gonna
Speaker 2: if you're gonna have a you know, no hope game,
Speaker 2: and your team has no chance of winning this game,
Speaker 2: and you got Matthew Stafford at the helm, that's the
Speaker 2: only chance you got. That's a that's a very dangerous club, Mitchell,
Speaker 2: because he I think he likes to be the underdog
Speaker 2: more than he likes to be the favorite. He likes
Speaker 2: to have no hope. Hey, take out all my star receivers,
Speaker 2: back up old line, you know, backup running back, banged
Speaker 2: up defense perfect. I'm gonna shred and he's gonna probably
Speaker 2: throw for three point fifty if they can protect him.
Speaker 2: And that's a big if because Brian Flores is gonna
Speaker 2: be bringing a lot of pressure and so he may
Speaker 2: end up. You know, this is gonna be an ice
Speaker 2: bag game for him because I think they're getting a
Speaker 2: little healthier on the offensive line. I think they might
Speaker 2: be getting one player back, but they're still banged up.
Speaker 2: They're young. Flora's is gonna be bring pressure from a
Speaker 2: lot of different angles. They're gonna pop out and play too,
Speaker 2: pop out and play man to man, give him a
Speaker 2: lot of different looks. I think Cooper Cup is gonna
Speaker 2: be his first game back. There'll be a a little
Speaker 2: bit of rust there, but if he's able to if
Speaker 2: they have any chance, it's gonna because Matthew Stafford is
Speaker 2: just a gunslinger who's seen a lot of football, who's
Speaker 2: played a lot of football, and he can get it done.
Speaker 2: But I expect Minnesota Vikings to get back on track
Speaker 2: and get back in the win.
Speaker 1: Calf Well, that's this week's TNF preview, presented by Prime Video,
Speaker 1: and be sure to watch the Vikings take on the
Speaker 1: Rams this Thursday only on Amazon Prime. Richard's gonna be there.
Speaker 1: I know you're excited to stay on that West coast
Speaker 1: for this Thursday, Richard. Before we sign off, this is
Speaker 1: a very critical part of the podcast. And I gotta know,
Speaker 1: I mean, the Richard Sherman power ranks have always been
Speaker 1: a little you know, you've given some love. The Detroit
Speaker 1: Lions you have been more hesitant tend to give love,
Speaker 1: but I think they deserve it.
Speaker 2: Now.
Speaker 1: I'm excited to see where you stack up. Give us
Speaker 1: our top five.
Speaker 2: Well, number five the Detroit line. Uh, well, well, we'll
Speaker 2: go with the Kansasty Chiefs are undefeated, continued to find
Speaker 2: ways to win games. We've talked about that extensively. Number two,
Speaker 2: Mitchell Detroit. Uh, Baltimore looked really good today. Mitchell, they
Speaker 2: looked really good today. Uh. Number two, I'll go with
Speaker 2: the Detroit Lions, and and Roy knows I don't want
Speaker 2: to give it to you with Jui City here. Three,
Speaker 2: I gotta go with the Baltimore Ravens. They're playing really
Speaker 2: great football. They you know, Lamar Jackson looks really good,
Speaker 2: Derek Hemery looks good at their defense. If obviously Marlon
Speaker 2: Humphreys being injured is a big deal, but young Corner
Speaker 2: is playing really good. Four we're going Houston Texans. I
Speaker 2: still think they're going to be uh in a class
Speaker 2: of their own in this division. Five is tricky. Five
Speaker 2: is tricky. There's a number of teams, green Bay Packers
Speaker 2: being one that I want to put in five. Minnesota Vikings,
Speaker 2: you know, who were two in my power rankings and
Speaker 2: they lost to three. And if this was college football
Speaker 2: and SCC, if two loses to three, there'll probably be four,
Speaker 2: you know, but I'll put them at five. The Minnesota Vikings.
Speaker 2: I still think they're one of the top teams in
Speaker 2: the league.
Speaker 1: I can absolutely respect that. Well, Richard, this can close
Speaker 1: what we already through week seven of the season. Please
Speaker 1: sign us off my front.
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