1 00:00:00,440 --> 00:00:06,399 Speaker 1: The Around the NFL podcast does four hours of independent 2 00:00:06,559 --> 00:00:13,080 Speaker 1: study per week from the Chris Westling podcast studio and 3 00:00:13,320 --> 00:00:18,919 Speaker 1: Keith and Dev's kitchen. It's Around the NFL. I'm Dan Kansas, 4 00:00:20,160 --> 00:00:27,000 Speaker 1: joined by two heroes, Greg Rosenthal, Mark Sessler. Boys. It's 5 00:00:27,040 --> 00:00:29,360 Speaker 1: a t N Coast to coast for week seven the 6 00:00:29,360 --> 00:00:32,280 Speaker 1: preview show. For such a great reason. You're, you know, 7 00:00:32,360 --> 00:00:36,400 Speaker 1: your home, surprising your dad on his birthday week and 8 00:00:36,479 --> 00:00:38,159 Speaker 1: I think we can handle this. We're gonna have to 9 00:00:38,400 --> 00:00:41,520 Speaker 1: bring extra energy. Mark, I think to just like send 10 00:00:41,560 --> 00:00:44,239 Speaker 1: that energy over to New York. I totally agree, Dan. 11 00:00:44,320 --> 00:00:46,479 Speaker 1: I just I'd like to know what kind of breakfast 12 00:00:46,520 --> 00:00:50,000 Speaker 1: your mom made you back in your home, childhood home. 13 00:00:50,440 --> 00:00:53,840 Speaker 1: What happened? That great question, it's a great question. Uh. 14 00:00:53,840 --> 00:00:57,120 Speaker 1: It's fall in New York here in the Lower Hudson 15 00:00:57,240 --> 00:01:02,800 Speaker 1: Value of Valley. The Folia, the foliages just off the charts, beautiful. Uh. 16 00:01:02,920 --> 00:01:07,520 Speaker 1: Deb prepared some eggs with onions, a little bit of ham, 17 00:01:07,560 --> 00:01:11,240 Speaker 1: and then some paprika, which is a u a trick 18 00:01:11,720 --> 00:01:14,240 Speaker 1: of Deb's for years. So you know it tastes, it 19 00:01:14,280 --> 00:01:17,000 Speaker 1: tastes like home. Here, it feels like home. I'm wearing 20 00:01:17,040 --> 00:01:22,160 Speaker 1: my orange autumnal button down to celebrate actually feeling what 21 00:01:22,280 --> 00:01:24,080 Speaker 1: fall is like again. And I will tell you. I'll 22 00:01:24,080 --> 00:01:26,560 Speaker 1: tell you something else. Boys. Obviously the Yankees in the 23 00:01:26,560 --> 00:01:29,400 Speaker 1: playoffs right now. So a good sports scene here. It's 24 00:01:29,440 --> 00:01:32,080 Speaker 1: on in New York City with the Jets and Giants. 25 00:01:32,280 --> 00:01:35,560 Speaker 1: People going nuts here. Uh. Talk to a Cabby. I 26 00:01:35,600 --> 00:01:38,240 Speaker 1: talked to a guy at the airport. Uh. There is 27 00:01:38,319 --> 00:01:44,160 Speaker 1: a lot of positive buzz and of course the Giants 28 00:01:44,160 --> 00:01:46,000 Speaker 1: are getting more of it here because this is this 29 00:01:46,080 --> 00:01:48,240 Speaker 1: is more of a Giant's town than the Jets town. 30 00:01:48,680 --> 00:01:51,840 Speaker 1: But you feel that pulsation that has not been happening 31 00:01:51,840 --> 00:01:53,560 Speaker 1: in a long time, this part in this neck of 32 00:01:53,600 --> 00:01:56,120 Speaker 1: the woods. Andy, I think you can respond to them 33 00:01:56,160 --> 00:01:58,480 Speaker 1: as a Jets fan. Yeah, the Giant the Giants are 34 00:01:58,600 --> 00:02:01,120 Speaker 1: five and one. Uh, but the Jets are better and 35 00:02:01,240 --> 00:02:03,840 Speaker 1: have more talent. Let's be real. That's what I would 36 00:02:03,840 --> 00:02:06,040 Speaker 1: tell just to start. So that's how you handle a Cabby. 37 00:02:06,080 --> 00:02:07,560 Speaker 1: I think that's a good move with a Cabby. Just 38 00:02:07,960 --> 00:02:12,320 Speaker 1: get confrontational. As Greg Wood. Uh, so you know how 39 00:02:12,360 --> 00:02:15,520 Speaker 1: it is. Nothing changes for the preview show. We're gonna 40 00:02:15,560 --> 00:02:21,720 Speaker 1: do all the games to come here in week seven. Greg, 41 00:02:22,760 --> 00:02:26,239 Speaker 1: It's crazy how it flies, buddy, just the season just yeah, 42 00:02:26,240 --> 00:02:28,880 Speaker 1: it keeps moving, it moves along, and it's faster than 43 00:02:28,919 --> 00:02:32,200 Speaker 1: we expected. How did people? I hope you are checking 44 00:02:32,200 --> 00:02:35,360 Speaker 1: out all the E t N content, the QB Index, 45 00:02:35,720 --> 00:02:39,200 Speaker 1: Haiku special Um hearing a lot of good buzz about it. 46 00:02:39,600 --> 00:02:42,120 Speaker 1: Please check it out if you have not yet. I 47 00:02:42,160 --> 00:02:44,160 Speaker 1: mean it was. It was a raging hit because I 48 00:02:44,200 --> 00:02:46,160 Speaker 1: looked at the metrics and the ratings behind it, and 49 00:02:46,200 --> 00:02:48,600 Speaker 1: I don't know what to attribute it to, but um 50 00:02:48,639 --> 00:02:51,840 Speaker 1: off the charts, participation from the listeners, and also an 51 00:02:51,880 --> 00:02:54,760 Speaker 1: interactive episode where they kept tweeting us saying please more 52 00:02:54,760 --> 00:02:56,920 Speaker 1: of this. It was. It was delightful as it was 53 00:02:56,960 --> 00:03:01,200 Speaker 1: happening on the ears. Yeah, it was prerecorded show that 54 00:03:01,320 --> 00:03:04,480 Speaker 1: had a high interaction level. And that's if we can 55 00:03:04,480 --> 00:03:08,080 Speaker 1: get Mark reading poetry in general, we should mix that 56 00:03:08,160 --> 00:03:10,880 Speaker 1: more into the program moving forward. It's always a winner, 57 00:03:11,120 --> 00:03:12,960 Speaker 1: you know what. I bet the listeners would love it. 58 00:03:13,000 --> 00:03:14,440 Speaker 1: And you know what, Mark, let's just put that on 59 00:03:14,480 --> 00:03:17,639 Speaker 1: your plate for on a weekly manner. Uh, we need 60 00:03:17,680 --> 00:03:21,120 Speaker 1: thirty two high cups everyonesday Wednesday, six am and then 61 00:03:21,160 --> 00:03:24,240 Speaker 1: we'll do a recording. That's when I hit like Craigslist 62 00:03:24,240 --> 00:03:27,160 Speaker 1: and hire an intern from usc to right start writing 63 00:03:27,200 --> 00:03:29,239 Speaker 1: my content which we've which I've done before and where 64 00:03:29,240 --> 00:03:32,240 Speaker 1: it's quite successful. Yes, you you will undoubtedly reach out 65 00:03:32,280 --> 00:03:35,280 Speaker 1: to an intern at usc UM at some point. All right, 66 00:03:35,400 --> 00:03:39,080 Speaker 1: let's get into the game, starting with the prime time 67 00:03:39,680 --> 00:03:41,880 Speaker 1: action as we always do before we hit the draft, 68 00:03:41,920 --> 00:03:44,480 Speaker 1: and on Sunday Night football. It is the Pittsburgh Steelers 69 00:03:44,480 --> 00:03:48,280 Speaker 1: at two and four at the Miami Dolphins three and three. 70 00:03:48,360 --> 00:03:51,760 Speaker 1: And the big story around this one, Greggy is to 71 00:03:52,080 --> 00:03:55,920 Speaker 1: h is expected to return. Um he as we knew. 72 00:03:55,920 --> 00:03:58,600 Speaker 1: As we expected, this was going to be a different 73 00:03:58,680 --> 00:04:02,720 Speaker 1: process than a typical player given the high profile nature 74 00:04:02,840 --> 00:04:06,360 Speaker 1: of his particular head injury. So even though he was 75 00:04:06,440 --> 00:04:10,360 Speaker 1: cleared last week, he was not playing. Now another week passes, 76 00:04:10,480 --> 00:04:12,680 Speaker 1: they feel comfortable. Obviously, people are gonna be watching it 77 00:04:12,720 --> 00:04:15,839 Speaker 1: closely to see how to reacts and and I think 78 00:04:16,080 --> 00:04:18,720 Speaker 1: hopefully he's gonna be okay, but it's gonna be a 79 00:04:18,720 --> 00:04:21,640 Speaker 1: big lift in Miami. Who after a big start to 80 00:04:21,680 --> 00:04:25,839 Speaker 1: the season, things have gone sideways. They have, and I 81 00:04:25,880 --> 00:04:29,039 Speaker 1: don't necessarily think it's because of the quarterback position. They've 82 00:04:29,080 --> 00:04:32,839 Speaker 1: certainly gotten luck are bad luck where in three games 83 00:04:32,839 --> 00:04:35,960 Speaker 1: in a row now They've had their starting quarterback knocked 84 00:04:35,960 --> 00:04:38,720 Speaker 1: out in the first half, and yet I don't think 85 00:04:38,720 --> 00:04:42,600 Speaker 1: their quarterback play is really the reason they keep losing 86 00:04:42,600 --> 00:04:46,159 Speaker 1: these games. Mike McDaniels had a bad month because I 87 00:04:46,200 --> 00:04:50,120 Speaker 1: think the way he handled to his concussion uh publicly 88 00:04:51,080 --> 00:04:53,760 Speaker 1: was problematic, and I don't think he looked good. And 89 00:04:54,040 --> 00:04:56,960 Speaker 1: I'm surprised how little he seems to have reflected and 90 00:04:57,000 --> 00:05:00,200 Speaker 1: have regrets about how he's handled it publicly. Yet I 91 00:05:00,240 --> 00:05:03,080 Speaker 1: think he's such a good coach. I was watching Teddy 92 00:05:03,080 --> 00:05:06,000 Speaker 1: and Skylar Thompson looked pretty good last week. I was 93 00:05:06,000 --> 00:05:09,359 Speaker 1: surprised you were so hard on Teddy Mark on the recap. 94 00:05:09,400 --> 00:05:13,719 Speaker 1: So they moved the ball, and this Steelers defense is 95 00:05:13,760 --> 00:05:16,320 Speaker 1: a defense you can move the ball against. I have 96 00:05:16,400 --> 00:05:19,480 Speaker 1: more confidence that to a tongue of Voloa and his 97 00:05:19,600 --> 00:05:22,240 Speaker 1: great wide receivers of course, will move the ball up 98 00:05:22,240 --> 00:05:24,960 Speaker 1: and down the field than I had for Tom Brady 99 00:05:25,160 --> 00:05:27,080 Speaker 1: moving the ball up and down the field on Pittsburgh. 100 00:05:27,080 --> 00:05:28,960 Speaker 1: I just don't think this is a defense it's gonna 101 00:05:29,000 --> 00:05:31,760 Speaker 1: slow them down much. Yeah. I watching that Dolphins game, 102 00:05:31,800 --> 00:05:34,240 Speaker 1: I kind of was wondering why, or with the Bucks 103 00:05:34,240 --> 00:05:37,080 Speaker 1: Steelers game, why Tom Brady didn't take more shots down 104 00:05:37,120 --> 00:05:39,520 Speaker 1: field because I think you can do that against Pittsburgh. 105 00:05:39,520 --> 00:05:41,760 Speaker 1: They're the thirtie past defense in the league, and it's 106 00:05:41,760 --> 00:05:44,039 Speaker 1: set up well for Toua for Jail and Waddle for 107 00:05:44,080 --> 00:05:47,080 Speaker 1: Tyreek Hill. I think to make plays. You know, before 108 00:05:47,160 --> 00:05:50,279 Speaker 1: Tuah went out, he was nine yards per attempt, highest 109 00:05:50,279 --> 00:05:52,440 Speaker 1: in the league, tops in the league. He also, though 110 00:05:52,600 --> 00:05:54,400 Speaker 1: I think something hidden in his game. He's a four 111 00:05:54,440 --> 00:05:57,159 Speaker 1: point nine turnover worthy play rate this year, which is 112 00:05:57,160 --> 00:05:59,000 Speaker 1: six in the league. There's been a couple he's been 113 00:05:59,080 --> 00:06:01,800 Speaker 1: lucky on some would be interceptions on some fumbles that 114 00:06:01,800 --> 00:06:04,080 Speaker 1: got recovered by the Dolphins. The biggest thing for me 115 00:06:04,160 --> 00:06:06,680 Speaker 1: Toronto Armstead is back at practice. If he's back in 116 00:06:06,720 --> 00:06:09,000 Speaker 1: the lineup, that is a big part for their offense 117 00:06:09,040 --> 00:06:12,000 Speaker 1: because without him they have struggled with backup left tackles there. 118 00:06:12,120 --> 00:06:16,119 Speaker 1: And you look at statistically during the three game losing streak, 119 00:06:16,160 --> 00:06:19,279 Speaker 1: they've averaged just sixteen points a game, but even the 120 00:06:19,320 --> 00:06:21,919 Speaker 1: week one through three, you say, oh, twenty seven point seven. 121 00:06:21,960 --> 00:06:23,719 Speaker 1: But a lot of that was done in that huge 122 00:06:23,720 --> 00:06:27,159 Speaker 1: shootout come back when they had uh in Week two. 123 00:06:27,200 --> 00:06:30,719 Speaker 1: So I'm very interested to see where this offense is 124 00:06:30,720 --> 00:06:33,159 Speaker 1: that I think it's interesting even with the points down 125 00:06:33,240 --> 00:06:36,000 Speaker 1: during to his absence, you know, Wattle and Hill, they 126 00:06:36,040 --> 00:06:37,839 Speaker 1: were getting there is in most of these games, even 127 00:06:37,839 --> 00:06:39,960 Speaker 1: the game's game against the Jets where they didn't put 128 00:06:40,040 --> 00:06:42,320 Speaker 1: up big numbers, they gained a hundred yards and past 129 00:06:42,360 --> 00:06:45,400 Speaker 1: interference penalty. So you know, even I wrote about it 130 00:06:45,440 --> 00:06:48,320 Speaker 1: earlier this week that you almost hit pause on their 131 00:06:48,360 --> 00:06:51,800 Speaker 1: season the moment to his head smacked the turf in Cincinnati. 132 00:06:52,480 --> 00:06:56,279 Speaker 1: But I also really interested to see if this fixes 133 00:06:56,320 --> 00:06:58,880 Speaker 1: things quote unquote and they get on back to their 134 00:06:58,880 --> 00:07:00,919 Speaker 1: winning ways, because let's fay is it, this is a 135 00:07:00,960 --> 00:07:04,120 Speaker 1: game they should win at home, first prime time Sunday 136 00:07:04,160 --> 00:07:06,200 Speaker 1: night game in a while against the Steelers team that 137 00:07:06,680 --> 00:07:09,320 Speaker 1: you know what they are at this stage. Miami's gotta 138 00:07:09,320 --> 00:07:11,760 Speaker 1: win or you gotta re examine where they stack up 139 00:07:11,800 --> 00:07:14,320 Speaker 1: in the a f C playoff mix. I agree, and 140 00:07:14,400 --> 00:07:17,360 Speaker 1: yet I think these are both underrated teams. Like I 141 00:07:17,920 --> 00:07:20,640 Speaker 1: think everyone's given up on Pittsburgh because they started one 142 00:07:20,640 --> 00:07:23,560 Speaker 1: and four. Every single game they've played has come down 143 00:07:23,600 --> 00:07:26,600 Speaker 1: to the final play of the game, except for the 144 00:07:26,640 --> 00:07:28,880 Speaker 1: Bills game, and everyone remembers that Bills game. It was 145 00:07:28,880 --> 00:07:31,080 Speaker 1: a terrible game. I get it, but the other five 146 00:07:31,560 --> 00:07:34,400 Speaker 1: against kind of mid level teams all came down to 147 00:07:34,440 --> 00:07:37,280 Speaker 1: the final possession. Now they're gonna start Kenny Pickett. It 148 00:07:37,360 --> 00:07:41,240 Speaker 1: appears in this game he's coming off a concussion as well, 149 00:07:41,280 --> 00:07:44,960 Speaker 1: but he practiced fully and the reporting is that he 150 00:07:45,040 --> 00:07:50,040 Speaker 1: will play. Rabinsky played so well the bench that I 151 00:07:50,080 --> 00:07:53,880 Speaker 1: actually was curious to see if somehow that loosened him up, 152 00:07:53,880 --> 00:07:55,640 Speaker 1: because he was much more aggressive. But we're not going 153 00:07:55,720 --> 00:07:58,520 Speaker 1: to find out because it looks like it's gonna be 154 00:07:58,600 --> 00:08:01,280 Speaker 1: pick it. But hope fully he throws the ball down 155 00:08:01,280 --> 00:08:03,080 Speaker 1: the field a little more like like he had been 156 00:08:03,360 --> 00:08:05,800 Speaker 1: to his receiver's Claypool got off last week. I thought 157 00:08:05,800 --> 00:08:08,080 Speaker 1: the Dolphins defense played their best game of the season 158 00:08:08,120 --> 00:08:10,400 Speaker 1: by far last week. Really look like they're old selves 159 00:08:10,440 --> 00:08:12,800 Speaker 1: against Minnesota. For the most part, I think this is 160 00:08:12,840 --> 00:08:16,200 Speaker 1: a sneaky good game, and I hate giving the Dolphins 161 00:08:16,240 --> 00:08:18,480 Speaker 1: seven points. This is not even in the lock zone 162 00:08:18,680 --> 00:08:22,160 Speaker 1: the Dolphins are. It's so favorite. I think these are 163 00:08:22,200 --> 00:08:24,640 Speaker 1: two teams it will be. It's not like two Super 164 00:08:24,640 --> 00:08:26,320 Speaker 1: Bowl contenders, but it'll be a good game. I do 165 00:08:26,360 --> 00:08:29,960 Speaker 1: attribute some of what Miami's defense did to Minnesota, just 166 00:08:30,080 --> 00:08:32,480 Speaker 1: the Vikings way of life, where they had like about 167 00:08:32,480 --> 00:08:35,160 Speaker 1: twenty eight three and ounce and then two beautiful drives 168 00:08:35,360 --> 00:08:37,600 Speaker 1: that went for touchdowns. But I think you can. You 169 00:08:37,600 --> 00:08:41,160 Speaker 1: can obviously, uh you thrive against the Steelers offense. But 170 00:08:41,200 --> 00:08:43,120 Speaker 1: I love the Pickets back in there because I think 171 00:08:43,600 --> 00:08:44,800 Speaker 1: you can. If you look at his you know, the 172 00:08:44,800 --> 00:08:47,120 Speaker 1: turnovers and stuff, a lot of that to me mask 173 00:08:47,240 --> 00:08:50,560 Speaker 1: what he's been is an aggressive down field thrower who 174 00:08:50,600 --> 00:08:52,720 Speaker 1: makes better use of their weapons. I know Trabisky look 175 00:08:52,760 --> 00:08:54,520 Speaker 1: great and relief, but I would not want to continue 176 00:08:54,520 --> 00:08:57,199 Speaker 1: with Mitch Robisky. But you got Picket showing the showing 177 00:08:57,280 --> 00:08:59,400 Speaker 1: up the way he has. All right, should be a 178 00:08:59,440 --> 00:09:02,040 Speaker 1: good game on Sunday night. Let's pivot now to the 179 00:09:02,080 --> 00:09:05,199 Speaker 1: Monday night football matchup and Greggy, it works up, works 180 00:09:05,200 --> 00:09:08,280 Speaker 1: out well for you. You handle our Monday Night football 181 00:09:08,320 --> 00:09:11,520 Speaker 1: recap every week, and now it's your team. You know, 182 00:09:11,679 --> 00:09:14,520 Speaker 1: on some level, the New England Patriots that will be 183 00:09:14,920 --> 00:09:18,080 Speaker 1: hosting the Chicago Bears, they don't need to see the 184 00:09:18,080 --> 00:09:20,800 Speaker 1: Bears again in primetime. But we've we've talked about it. 185 00:09:20,800 --> 00:09:22,960 Speaker 1: It just happens. It is what it is. It's the market. 186 00:09:23,200 --> 00:09:26,000 Speaker 1: So the Bears are back in primetime once again to 187 00:09:26,080 --> 00:09:28,520 Speaker 1: face the Patriots team that's really found itself in the 188 00:09:28,600 --> 00:09:30,720 Speaker 1: last two weeks here in Mark. They won twenty nine 189 00:09:31,040 --> 00:09:34,720 Speaker 1: zip obviously against Detroit, then they beat up on your 190 00:09:34,720 --> 00:09:37,800 Speaker 1: tea help maybe your team, maybe not the Browns, And 191 00:09:37,880 --> 00:09:41,080 Speaker 1: now they get the Bears, which seems like another plus matchup, 192 00:09:41,240 --> 00:09:45,079 Speaker 1: especially in I. This is a game I would think 193 00:09:45,120 --> 00:09:48,560 Speaker 1: about locking at home. They're too they're too big of 194 00:09:48,600 --> 00:09:53,480 Speaker 1: a favorite. That's unbelievable at home in prime time against 195 00:09:53,559 --> 00:09:56,679 Speaker 1: Justin Fields, who has shown signs of growth growth the 196 00:09:56,720 --> 00:09:59,960 Speaker 1: last two weeks, but I've seen it before. Justin feel 197 00:10:00,120 --> 00:10:02,839 Speaker 1: could be seeing ghosts sizzler on Monday Night. I think 198 00:10:02,840 --> 00:10:06,520 Speaker 1: if you're Bill Belichick, you're absolutely adoring what's unfolded over 199 00:10:06,559 --> 00:10:09,719 Speaker 1: the past fortnight and what will come on Monday Night. 200 00:10:09,800 --> 00:10:11,880 Speaker 1: This is a great matchup for the Patriots, And I 201 00:10:11,880 --> 00:10:14,240 Speaker 1: think one thing, if you look at their metrics as 202 00:10:14,280 --> 00:10:16,960 Speaker 1: a run defense, they're low. It doesn't look good. But 203 00:10:17,000 --> 00:10:19,360 Speaker 1: then they what They put the clamps on the Lions, 204 00:10:19,640 --> 00:10:21,360 Speaker 1: and they did the same to the Browns a week ago, 205 00:10:21,480 --> 00:10:25,320 Speaker 1: seventy yards. That Cleveland ground game has demolished people, and 206 00:10:25,360 --> 00:10:27,600 Speaker 1: Belichick specialized against that. And what are they? What are 207 00:10:27,600 --> 00:10:30,200 Speaker 1: the Bears? Do well well with Justin Fields. They've run 208 00:10:30,200 --> 00:10:32,520 Speaker 1: the ball really well with their backfield with Killiel Herbert 209 00:10:32,559 --> 00:10:34,560 Speaker 1: as well. And so if that's the If that's the 210 00:10:34,559 --> 00:10:37,040 Speaker 1: formula and they can shut down Chicago on the ground, 211 00:10:37,080 --> 00:10:39,520 Speaker 1: which I think they're gonna be able to based on 212 00:10:39,559 --> 00:10:42,400 Speaker 1: the last two weeks, then you're asking the Bears to 213 00:10:42,520 --> 00:10:44,920 Speaker 1: make money through the air, and that is a big problem. 214 00:10:44,920 --> 00:10:48,600 Speaker 1: I mean, Justin Fields is on pace for fewer completions 215 00:10:48,880 --> 00:10:50,840 Speaker 1: and attempts. You have to go back to like Doug 216 00:10:50,880 --> 00:10:53,440 Speaker 1: Williams with the seventy nine bucks to find a comparison. 217 00:10:53,679 --> 00:10:56,319 Speaker 1: It's just not They're not a modern day passing offense 218 00:10:56,360 --> 00:10:58,360 Speaker 1: right now. You can squint and see it at times, 219 00:10:58,559 --> 00:11:00,000 Speaker 1: but it's really been when they've been good on the 220 00:11:00,040 --> 00:11:02,079 Speaker 1: ground that they've done anything on offense. And this is 221 00:11:02,080 --> 00:11:06,280 Speaker 1: a tough matchup. Patriots struggle with athletic running quarterbacks over 222 00:11:06,320 --> 00:11:09,600 Speaker 1: the years because they played this sound defense that can 223 00:11:09,720 --> 00:11:13,640 Speaker 1: stop like the logical plays, and Justin Fields is a 224 00:11:13,640 --> 00:11:16,319 Speaker 1: great runner. So maybe they'll break that out a little more. 225 00:11:16,320 --> 00:11:18,920 Speaker 1: They really haven't much, but I've seen enough out of 226 00:11:18,920 --> 00:11:23,520 Speaker 1: this Patriots defense that they do well against mediocre or 227 00:11:23,559 --> 00:11:28,400 Speaker 1: worst quarter I mean they can do it. And they've 228 00:11:28,400 --> 00:11:31,200 Speaker 1: got a nice little secondary going. They've got three safeties 229 00:11:31,240 --> 00:11:33,920 Speaker 1: out there almost every step. Adrian Phillips is playing great. 230 00:11:33,920 --> 00:11:36,320 Speaker 1: They got these two rookies, Jack and Marcus Jones. They're 231 00:11:36,320 --> 00:11:38,520 Speaker 1: playing great. And this game means a lot Danny to 232 00:11:38,640 --> 00:11:43,120 Speaker 1: Bill Belichick. It's crazy. The NFL schedule makers absolutely put 233 00:11:43,160 --> 00:11:46,839 Speaker 1: this game on Monday Night Football in this spot with 234 00:11:46,880 --> 00:11:51,000 Speaker 1: the hopes that Bill Belichick would be passing George Hallis 235 00:11:51,200 --> 00:11:56,560 Speaker 1: the the great UH Bears Grando on Monday Night Football, 236 00:11:56,640 --> 00:11:58,920 Speaker 1: and it worked out. I guess they knew he could 237 00:11:58,960 --> 00:12:01,920 Speaker 1: have been either tying or breaking, so there was like 238 00:12:01,960 --> 00:12:04,720 Speaker 1: a chance either way, and they got it. And we 239 00:12:04,800 --> 00:12:08,000 Speaker 1: saw last week and this I'm you can say I'm 240 00:12:08,040 --> 00:12:10,240 Speaker 1: like only partly a Patriots fan. Well, I'm a full 241 00:12:10,280 --> 00:12:12,839 Speaker 1: Belichick fan, and I love how much this means to him. 242 00:12:12,840 --> 00:12:15,120 Speaker 1: He's not even hiding it like it means so much 243 00:12:15,160 --> 00:12:18,400 Speaker 1: to him, and he he's having the Patriots like go 244 00:12:18,559 --> 00:12:21,560 Speaker 1: check out the Jim Brown name and statue in Cleveland. 245 00:12:21,600 --> 00:12:24,400 Speaker 1: It's all connected. And he's talking about the history and 246 00:12:24,600 --> 00:12:26,920 Speaker 1: he's talking about seven minutes of house. I'm sorry, I 247 00:12:27,000 --> 00:12:29,080 Speaker 1: gotta stop ranting, but this means a lot to him, 248 00:12:29,120 --> 00:12:33,080 Speaker 1: So I love it's happening in probably yes Belichick, even me. 249 00:12:33,160 --> 00:12:35,280 Speaker 1: As you know, time has went on now and we've 250 00:12:35,320 --> 00:12:37,040 Speaker 1: moved out of the Brady are I have a much 251 00:12:37,160 --> 00:12:41,040 Speaker 1: much warmer feeling about Belichick, and I think he deserves 252 00:12:41,720 --> 00:12:43,480 Speaker 1: all these big moments that are going to come his 253 00:12:43,520 --> 00:12:45,320 Speaker 1: way now at this point. So this is a nice 254 00:12:45,320 --> 00:12:48,920 Speaker 1: set up. And yeah, again, we've seen too many of 255 00:12:48,920 --> 00:12:51,560 Speaker 1: these games, uh, these primetime New England games, and I 256 00:12:51,600 --> 00:12:55,959 Speaker 1: know Brady's not there anymore, but Bill devours young quarterbacks 257 00:12:55,960 --> 00:12:58,520 Speaker 1: in these type of settings. This does feel like a 258 00:12:58,600 --> 00:13:01,240 Speaker 1: multiple touchdown win. I hope it's not, because I want 259 00:13:01,280 --> 00:13:04,480 Speaker 1: to see entertaining football. And also I know, Greg, I'm 260 00:13:04,520 --> 00:13:06,040 Speaker 1: kind of picking up that you're trying to let the 261 00:13:06,080 --> 00:13:08,720 Speaker 1: schedule makers off the hook for giving us the Broncos 262 00:13:08,760 --> 00:13:11,160 Speaker 1: five weeks out of six by saying they nailed this, 263 00:13:11,520 --> 00:13:15,840 Speaker 1: But you're right, Okay, yeah, I'll give you credit for 264 00:13:15,840 --> 00:13:17,839 Speaker 1: this one because they did. They really did the kind 265 00:13:17,840 --> 00:13:20,959 Speaker 1: of I'm sure this was part of their internal thinking 266 00:13:21,240 --> 00:13:23,760 Speaker 1: that the Patriots would have around this record at this time. 267 00:13:24,040 --> 00:13:25,839 Speaker 1: So it works out, will turn it. It's gonna be 268 00:13:25,920 --> 00:13:29,600 Speaker 1: a celebration of Bill by the second half totally, yes, 269 00:13:29,720 --> 00:13:31,839 Speaker 1: quick quickly. By the way, the Bears are at ten 270 00:13:31,920 --> 00:13:34,240 Speaker 1: am every single game the rest of the season on 271 00:13:34,280 --> 00:13:37,040 Speaker 1: the West Coast, where they below pm on the East Coast. Uh. 272 00:13:37,080 --> 00:13:40,320 Speaker 1: And we should mention Mac Jones is expected to be 273 00:13:40,360 --> 00:13:43,800 Speaker 1: available for this game according to Mike g Reece from ESPN, 274 00:13:44,000 --> 00:13:48,000 Speaker 1: and he is expected to start um this game according 275 00:13:48,040 --> 00:13:50,680 Speaker 1: to Jeff how at the Athletic and that goes with 276 00:13:50,720 --> 00:13:54,320 Speaker 1: a lot of local reporting that inside the building they 277 00:13:54,360 --> 00:13:57,880 Speaker 1: were never considering going away from mac Jones at least 278 00:13:57,880 --> 00:14:00,680 Speaker 1: not at this point. Do you think, if what I 279 00:14:00,679 --> 00:14:03,320 Speaker 1: gotta take their I mean this one. This feels like 280 00:14:03,360 --> 00:14:07,920 Speaker 1: the Cooper Dack situation where no quarterback controversy. But if 281 00:14:07,920 --> 00:14:10,920 Speaker 1: you have a young player in playing really well in 282 00:14:10,960 --> 00:14:14,440 Speaker 1: a very positive game script situation, and the guy that's 283 00:14:14,440 --> 00:14:17,800 Speaker 1: recovering has the type of injury that could be easily aggravated, 284 00:14:17,960 --> 00:14:21,000 Speaker 1: which a high ankle sprain absolutely can. We've learned that 285 00:14:21,600 --> 00:14:25,360 Speaker 1: why not go with Zappy and give Mac one more week? 286 00:14:26,280 --> 00:14:28,720 Speaker 1: If and let's say that Mac Jones ever came into 287 00:14:28,720 --> 00:14:32,160 Speaker 1: this game and struggled after to fine, Zappy starts and 288 00:14:32,720 --> 00:14:35,720 Speaker 1: Bill Belichick for some reason, this went south. He doesn't 289 00:14:35,960 --> 00:14:38,800 Speaker 1: eclipse Papa Bear George Hallis because of a bag Mac 290 00:14:38,880 --> 00:14:41,560 Speaker 1: Jones game. Then tell me that New England won't be 291 00:14:41,800 --> 00:14:45,400 Speaker 1: going nuts over the concept that Zappy this isn't Dak Prescott, 292 00:14:45,400 --> 00:14:48,200 Speaker 1: cause Matt Jones does has a rookie contract. If Zappy 293 00:14:48,320 --> 00:14:51,440 Speaker 1: is getting better play out of Bill Belichick's offense, I 294 00:14:51,480 --> 00:14:53,680 Speaker 1: think Zappy got to compare to the lineup. I just 295 00:14:53,720 --> 00:14:56,560 Speaker 1: love saying his name. They're already going crazy. There's a 296 00:14:56,600 --> 00:15:01,000 Speaker 1: total controversy among the fans in the media. There was 297 00:15:01,040 --> 00:15:03,400 Speaker 1: all this like negative Mac Jones stuff I didn't even 298 00:15:03,400 --> 00:15:05,520 Speaker 1: know about, like Michael Lombardi was putting out there a 299 00:15:05,560 --> 00:15:07,160 Speaker 1: few weeks ago, the way he was playing and the 300 00:15:07,200 --> 00:15:09,760 Speaker 1: way he was reacting to coaching and all this stuff. 301 00:15:09,800 --> 00:15:11,880 Speaker 1: But I would just say from a football vantage point, 302 00:15:11,920 --> 00:15:14,280 Speaker 1: there is nothing Bailey Zappy did over the last two 303 00:15:14,280 --> 00:15:16,680 Speaker 1: weeks against two of the worst defense in league, with 304 00:15:16,800 --> 00:15:19,640 Speaker 1: great protection and great game planes that Mac Jones couldn't 305 00:15:19,680 --> 00:15:23,040 Speaker 1: have done. And mac Jones showed so much last year, 306 00:15:23,080 --> 00:15:24,760 Speaker 1: and I think even the higher level, even in that 307 00:15:24,840 --> 00:15:27,360 Speaker 1: Ravens game this year, that I don't think they would 308 00:15:27,360 --> 00:15:29,480 Speaker 1: consider that. And Dad, I'd flip it the other way 309 00:15:29,560 --> 00:15:32,760 Speaker 1: or marked you two is that this is another easy matchup. 310 00:15:32,800 --> 00:15:34,800 Speaker 1: I don't think they would want Zappy to have another 311 00:15:34,880 --> 00:15:38,400 Speaker 1: great game with Mac on the sideline. That gets harders repulsively. 312 00:15:38,520 --> 00:15:41,240 Speaker 1: There's been reporting that Mac Jones was quite upset that 313 00:15:41,280 --> 00:15:43,680 Speaker 1: they wouldn't clear him last week, that he felt ready 314 00:15:43,720 --> 00:15:46,160 Speaker 1: to go and they he thought last week they were 315 00:15:46,160 --> 00:15:49,040 Speaker 1: playing it too same. Not upset, but he was really disappointed. 316 00:15:49,240 --> 00:15:51,480 Speaker 1: He thought he could play and he was practicing, and 317 00:15:51,520 --> 00:15:53,200 Speaker 1: so he's ready. I mean, if you get Zappy two 318 00:15:53,320 --> 00:15:56,400 Speaker 1: or three more starts and he's he's a crystal gem, 319 00:15:56,480 --> 00:15:59,160 Speaker 1: you've got major issues to deal with. Found something though, 320 00:15:59,160 --> 00:16:02,320 Speaker 1: They found a nice at worst backup quarterback in Zappy. 321 00:16:03,480 --> 00:16:05,600 Speaker 1: My my final word is for words on this or 322 00:16:05,760 --> 00:16:11,840 Speaker 1: Zappy ain't no Slappy. Let's now let's move to the 323 00:16:11,920 --> 00:16:15,720 Speaker 1: draft and the old Zeuser is back with the number 324 00:16:15,720 --> 00:16:19,200 Speaker 1: one overall pick. And I went through the games. I 325 00:16:19,280 --> 00:16:23,040 Speaker 1: combed through them, and I was going down the list 326 00:16:23,080 --> 00:16:25,160 Speaker 1: and I'm like, oh am I in a my own 327 00:16:25,280 --> 00:16:28,880 Speaker 1: Luke jokel Eric Fisher situation, and then bang I hit 328 00:16:29,200 --> 00:16:34,360 Speaker 1: the kickoff. UH Kansas City Chiefs at San Francisco forty 329 00:16:34,440 --> 00:16:36,880 Speaker 1: Niners that is the first overall pick of the draft. 330 00:16:37,120 --> 00:16:39,440 Speaker 1: It's an easy one. It is a rematch of the 331 00:16:39,480 --> 00:16:42,160 Speaker 1: Super Bowl a couple of years back in Miami or 332 00:16:42,400 --> 00:16:45,040 Speaker 1: Marks as you know, Uh, the one with j Lo 333 00:16:45,200 --> 00:16:48,320 Speaker 1: and Shakira, as you often done, so I I identify 334 00:16:48,400 --> 00:16:50,600 Speaker 1: it correct right. But here we are now with the 335 00:16:50,680 --> 00:16:54,960 Speaker 1: Chiefs UH coming off a stinging loss at home to Buffalo. 336 00:16:55,200 --> 00:16:58,680 Speaker 1: They traveled to San Francisco and you know, we talked 337 00:16:58,680 --> 00:17:00,320 Speaker 1: about it a little bit on Tuesday. If you if 338 00:17:00,360 --> 00:17:02,880 Speaker 1: you listen to the Power Rings podcast, you know it's 339 00:17:02,920 --> 00:17:05,159 Speaker 1: really annoying that there's no clear fourth best team in 340 00:17:05,160 --> 00:17:06,880 Speaker 1: the league. To me, the Chiefs of the clear third 341 00:17:06,880 --> 00:17:10,040 Speaker 1: best team. I want San Francisco to be the fourth 342 00:17:10,080 --> 00:17:11,919 Speaker 1: best team in the league. It makes sense that they 343 00:17:11,920 --> 00:17:16,040 Speaker 1: should be. But I had him dropping UH down because Greggy, 344 00:17:16,080 --> 00:17:19,440 Speaker 1: these injuries can no longer be annoyed ignored uh. For 345 00:17:19,520 --> 00:17:24,520 Speaker 1: San Francisco. They finished Sunday's game with four of eleven 346 00:17:24,600 --> 00:17:30,000 Speaker 1: projected starters on their defense and eleven of twenty two overall. UM. 347 00:17:30,160 --> 00:17:32,479 Speaker 1: So they are going through it right now. And you 348 00:17:32,520 --> 00:17:35,240 Speaker 1: saw the cracks showing and taking nothing away from Atlanta, 349 00:17:35,480 --> 00:17:39,240 Speaker 1: but you absolutely saw the crack showing in week six. Yeah, 350 00:17:39,280 --> 00:17:42,760 Speaker 1: and so they've gotten some good news. This qualify I 351 00:17:42,760 --> 00:17:45,240 Speaker 1: would say it's definitely good news. Trent Williams and Nick Bosa, 352 00:17:45,320 --> 00:17:47,560 Speaker 1: two of the best players that have been hurt. We're 353 00:17:47,600 --> 00:17:49,840 Speaker 1: back at practice, and so it looks like they're going 354 00:17:49,880 --> 00:17:52,240 Speaker 1: to be back. Jimmy Ward, who is another important piece 355 00:17:52,240 --> 00:17:55,200 Speaker 1: of their secondary it was also back. So it looks 356 00:17:55,200 --> 00:17:57,840 Speaker 1: like they'll get three of those players back, but that 357 00:17:57,960 --> 00:18:00,800 Speaker 1: still means you're missing seven or right, well, you know 358 00:18:00,880 --> 00:18:03,240 Speaker 1: one is not coming back, and and one of those 359 00:18:03,240 --> 00:18:05,640 Speaker 1: players that probably is gonna be out at char Various Ward, 360 00:18:05,640 --> 00:18:07,640 Speaker 1: who has been really good in the secondary and this 361 00:18:07,720 --> 00:18:12,720 Speaker 1: is a secondary game, So who fonga. Your guy suffered 362 00:18:12,720 --> 00:18:16,600 Speaker 1: a concussion, and it's it's really interesting how little attention 363 00:18:16,640 --> 00:18:18,600 Speaker 1: that's gott. He suffered a concussion in the game, he 364 00:18:18,640 --> 00:18:21,760 Speaker 1: passed the concussion protocol testing on the sidelines, he re 365 00:18:21,920 --> 00:18:24,480 Speaker 1: entered the game and finished it, and then he showed 366 00:18:24,560 --> 00:18:27,359 Speaker 1: up on Monday with severe or I shouldn't say severe, 367 00:18:27,400 --> 00:18:29,879 Speaker 1: but he self reported concussion symptoms and it sounds like 368 00:18:29,920 --> 00:18:33,320 Speaker 1: he's not gonna play this week, which is basically an 369 00:18:33,359 --> 00:18:35,679 Speaker 1: admittance that they should not have allowed him to return 370 00:18:35,720 --> 00:18:37,760 Speaker 1: to the game, and they did, and he suffered a 371 00:18:37,800 --> 00:18:40,440 Speaker 1: concussion that's now got you know, more injury to that 372 00:18:40,600 --> 00:18:42,680 Speaker 1: to his head. So it's like, yeah, you're playing it 373 00:18:42,760 --> 00:18:44,879 Speaker 1: safe with the quarterbacks, but no one really cares about 374 00:18:44,920 --> 00:18:48,000 Speaker 1: the safeties. Are the all like the whole idea that like, oh, 375 00:18:48,040 --> 00:18:51,600 Speaker 1: they're playing it too safe. I don't think that's really happening. 376 00:18:51,640 --> 00:18:53,680 Speaker 1: You can still fake out these guys. And it's disappointing 377 00:18:53,720 --> 00:18:56,119 Speaker 1: because I'd love to see who Fonga in this specific 378 00:18:56,160 --> 00:18:58,680 Speaker 1: game because they're gonna need him, and I feel like 379 00:18:59,040 --> 00:19:01,400 Speaker 1: they have a great fens, a great secondary, but we're 380 00:19:01,400 --> 00:19:03,440 Speaker 1: not really going to get to see the full secondary 381 00:19:03,520 --> 00:19:05,240 Speaker 1: against the chief It's a shame because this is the 382 00:19:05,280 --> 00:19:07,399 Speaker 1: best defense in the league right now. I mean, you know, 383 00:19:07,560 --> 00:19:09,960 Speaker 1: even at this stage, they were giving up one point 384 00:19:09,960 --> 00:19:12,720 Speaker 1: one six points per drive, which is the best in 385 00:19:12,720 --> 00:19:14,800 Speaker 1: the league by a bunch. But they're playing the Chiefs, 386 00:19:14,920 --> 00:19:17,199 Speaker 1: who scored two points seven seven per driving, which is 387 00:19:17,240 --> 00:19:19,119 Speaker 1: best in the league. I kind of love what the 388 00:19:19,200 --> 00:19:22,320 Speaker 1: Chiefs did against the Bills, seeing Juju Smith Schuster make 389 00:19:22,359 --> 00:19:25,560 Speaker 1: big plays start to emerge. They haven't really had the 390 00:19:25,600 --> 00:19:28,199 Speaker 1: benefit of one of these wide receivers really stepping up. 391 00:19:28,400 --> 00:19:30,720 Speaker 1: I think it's gonna matter in this game. But I think, 392 00:19:31,359 --> 00:19:33,760 Speaker 1: to me, the acid test is how many Niners players 393 00:19:33,800 --> 00:19:35,800 Speaker 1: are on defense. I mean, no matter who you are, 394 00:19:35,840 --> 00:19:38,760 Speaker 1: if you're gonna miss seven or eight guys, you're so compromised. 395 00:19:38,760 --> 00:19:41,520 Speaker 1: And what team can you imagine, what coach, what quarterback 396 00:19:41,560 --> 00:19:44,600 Speaker 1: combination than Andy Reid and Patrick Mahomes to make use 397 00:19:44,600 --> 00:19:47,520 Speaker 1: of that. Yeah, they they have their averaging just about 398 00:19:47,560 --> 00:19:50,720 Speaker 1: thirty points a game Kansas City, so they're they're gonna 399 00:19:50,760 --> 00:19:54,080 Speaker 1: put up points obviously. So the question becomes, can San 400 00:19:54,119 --> 00:19:58,439 Speaker 1: Francisco keep pace and we'll see, Greggy you gotta I 401 00:19:58,480 --> 00:20:01,200 Speaker 1: heard you in the newsroom on Sunday get none the foul. 402 00:20:01,520 --> 00:20:05,399 Speaker 1: The San Francisco offense unable to getting to come back mode. 403 00:20:05,640 --> 00:20:08,000 Speaker 1: I watched a game I couldn't totally agree because they 404 00:20:08,000 --> 00:20:10,040 Speaker 1: had a penalty that wiped out a big play. They 405 00:20:10,080 --> 00:20:12,440 Speaker 1: had a huge drop. I uh, it wasn't Kiddle I 406 00:20:12,480 --> 00:20:14,640 Speaker 1: believe was the backup tight end that would have set 407 00:20:14,680 --> 00:20:17,720 Speaker 1: them up. They did get played fine, Yeah you still 408 00:20:18,000 --> 00:20:20,080 Speaker 1: you still had an eight minute fourth quarter drive they 409 00:20:20,200 --> 00:20:22,600 Speaker 1: fairly made. I understand that. I understand that, but this 410 00:20:22,720 --> 00:20:25,560 Speaker 1: offense that it looks like that way until one of 411 00:20:25,560 --> 00:20:28,320 Speaker 1: the yacht brothers goes and that's kind of the way 412 00:20:28,359 --> 00:20:31,399 Speaker 1: they're built. Um. But at the same time, yeah, they 413 00:20:31,640 --> 00:20:33,680 Speaker 1: just scored fourteen points and they got shut out in 414 00:20:33,720 --> 00:20:35,600 Speaker 1: the second half, and that's why you gotta feel really 415 00:20:35,640 --> 00:20:39,359 Speaker 1: good about the Chiefs here against the beaten down defense 416 00:20:39,480 --> 00:20:41,600 Speaker 1: is a game. I feel pretty confident the Chiefs are 417 00:20:41,600 --> 00:20:44,720 Speaker 1: gonna take care of business. Is he gonna lock it up? No? No, No. 418 00:20:44,760 --> 00:20:46,399 Speaker 1: I have a team that I'm way more confident in 419 00:20:46,480 --> 00:20:48,560 Speaker 1: this week. But I think I you know what I 420 00:20:48,600 --> 00:20:51,680 Speaker 1: am gonna I know they wanted me to tell them 421 00:20:51,680 --> 00:20:53,320 Speaker 1: this a long time ago, but I'm gonna lock up 422 00:20:53,359 --> 00:20:55,720 Speaker 1: the Chiefs because I feel good about this situation. There 423 00:20:55,760 --> 00:20:58,800 Speaker 1: we go. You know what I don't love about the 424 00:20:58,880 --> 00:21:02,240 Speaker 1: Niners is I I think that certainly with their defense compromise, 425 00:21:02,320 --> 00:21:04,920 Speaker 1: they are a team that when they play with a lead, 426 00:21:04,960 --> 00:21:06,719 Speaker 1: and we saw it like when they play the Rams, 427 00:21:06,880 --> 00:21:08,639 Speaker 1: they get up there punishing on defense and they can 428 00:21:08,720 --> 00:21:12,160 Speaker 1: run the ball and cause havoc. They're unstoppable. But they 429 00:21:12,240 --> 00:21:14,959 Speaker 1: have had in three games over the last four weeks, 430 00:21:15,320 --> 00:21:17,359 Speaker 1: really low returns on their ground game. This isn't a 431 00:21:17,400 --> 00:21:20,600 Speaker 1: typical Shanahan run attack. They're sitting, they're searching for something. 432 00:21:20,640 --> 00:21:22,760 Speaker 1: I think that's the identity and then then the yards 433 00:21:22,800 --> 00:21:25,000 Speaker 1: after catching all the other stuff that me Jimmy G's 434 00:21:25,000 --> 00:21:27,080 Speaker 1: in a better place. So I think I think Kansas 435 00:21:27,080 --> 00:21:30,080 Speaker 1: City coming off a loss that they're agitated by, Uh, 436 00:21:30,119 --> 00:21:32,440 Speaker 1: they're gonna come out firing. This feels like the first 437 00:21:32,480 --> 00:21:36,520 Speaker 1: time cest Dog is ever locked against Kyle Shanahan. Potential 438 00:21:36,600 --> 00:21:38,560 Speaker 1: it is, but go look, go look at his numbers 439 00:21:38,600 --> 00:21:41,359 Speaker 1: when he's down late in the third quarter. It's pretty crazy. 440 00:21:41,400 --> 00:21:43,120 Speaker 1: They're not a comeball. To check a lot of teams 441 00:21:43,200 --> 00:21:45,159 Speaker 1: numbers when they're down late in the third quarter. The 442 00:21:45,200 --> 00:21:48,280 Speaker 1: stats are probably his are actually like you would think 443 00:21:48,320 --> 00:21:52,000 Speaker 1: that Shanahan's would be at least average or fine. They 444 00:21:52,040 --> 00:21:54,400 Speaker 1: stand out as a big problem and a big hole 445 00:21:54,440 --> 00:21:56,840 Speaker 1: in his in his resume, I'd say, I think, I 446 00:21:56,880 --> 00:21:58,600 Speaker 1: do think this is a dangerous game for the Chiefs. 447 00:21:58,600 --> 00:22:00,240 Speaker 1: That too. I'm speaking out of both sides and about 448 00:22:00,280 --> 00:22:02,439 Speaker 1: I do. I would not feel comfortable locking this because 449 00:22:02,760 --> 00:22:05,320 Speaker 1: I just think is coming off for loss. I think 450 00:22:05,720 --> 00:22:07,879 Speaker 1: I shouldn't say I don't. It doesn't affect my decision 451 00:22:07,920 --> 00:22:09,920 Speaker 1: at all because I I don't even remember who I locked. 452 00:22:09,920 --> 00:22:11,719 Speaker 1: The injury report is a big part of it. Like 453 00:22:11,840 --> 00:22:14,000 Speaker 1: last week they didn't have their entire defensive line. If 454 00:22:14,000 --> 00:22:16,160 Speaker 1: they get two of them back, including both, like, that's 455 00:22:16,359 --> 00:22:18,280 Speaker 1: it's a big difference. It also can't be it can't 456 00:22:18,280 --> 00:22:22,040 Speaker 1: be debot or nothing on that offense. So I want 457 00:22:22,040 --> 00:22:24,399 Speaker 1: to point out also as as frustrating as that second 458 00:22:24,400 --> 00:22:27,280 Speaker 1: half was for San Francisco, Kittle was you know, on 459 00:22:27,680 --> 00:22:30,479 Speaker 1: Dug's radar and Brandon you've got in the end zone twice. 460 00:22:31,760 --> 00:22:33,680 Speaker 1: You know, I would I would not feel comfortable here 461 00:22:33,800 --> 00:22:36,399 Speaker 1: locking up. The chiefs personally are doing this what we 462 00:22:36,400 --> 00:22:40,439 Speaker 1: shouldn't do this? Dan, just let him stay. No, but 463 00:22:40,520 --> 00:22:42,880 Speaker 1: this is more fun. You can see the mind at work, 464 00:22:42,960 --> 00:22:46,200 Speaker 1: the gears turning, the pain. I don't because they'll he'll 465 00:22:46,240 --> 00:22:49,160 Speaker 1: just switch to a better locker. So he's anyway with myself. Also, 466 00:22:50,000 --> 00:22:53,280 Speaker 1: I was terrible strategy by us. All right, No, it 467 00:22:53,359 --> 00:22:55,040 Speaker 1: was a great It was a great lock mark. All right, 468 00:22:55,119 --> 00:22:57,600 Speaker 1: let it. Let's take a break. It does not sway 469 00:22:57,680 --> 00:23:00,760 Speaker 1: me one way or the other. Okay it now we've 470 00:23:00,920 --> 00:23:04,879 Speaker 1: cornered him into not show a weakness of character. He 471 00:23:04,960 --> 00:23:06,800 Speaker 1: just yeah, he just dug in his Heels, so we're set. 472 00:23:07,000 --> 00:23:09,120 Speaker 1: Good job, Greg, All right, let's take a break and 473 00:23:09,160 --> 00:23:15,560 Speaker 1: the draft roll on. All right, welcome back, the draft 474 00:23:15,640 --> 00:23:18,840 Speaker 1: rolls on. Greggy on the clock. Okay, sometimes you gotta 475 00:23:18,960 --> 00:23:20,760 Speaker 1: just draft the draft that's in front of you, and 476 00:23:20,800 --> 00:23:24,520 Speaker 1: it's important to get a good UH Pacific game. I'm 477 00:23:24,520 --> 00:23:28,200 Speaker 1: taking Seahawks Chargers with the second overall pick, higher than 478 00:23:28,200 --> 00:23:30,520 Speaker 1: I wanted to, but did not want to get stuck 479 00:23:30,520 --> 00:23:33,520 Speaker 1: with Texans Raiders, which is the other option there if 480 00:23:33,600 --> 00:23:36,360 Speaker 1: d N gets the Jets game. And I really want 481 00:23:36,400 --> 00:23:39,000 Speaker 1: to watch this game anyways, what am I talking about? 482 00:23:39,280 --> 00:23:43,560 Speaker 1: Gino versus Justin Herbert, two of my absolute favorites and 483 00:23:43,760 --> 00:23:47,360 Speaker 1: a game that feels winnable for the Seahawks. Maybe I'm crazy. 484 00:23:47,440 --> 00:23:51,360 Speaker 1: I'm shocked that they're six and a half point underdogs 485 00:23:51,400 --> 00:23:54,080 Speaker 1: in this game. I think the Chargers have a lot 486 00:23:54,119 --> 00:23:56,080 Speaker 1: of problems. Yes, they could get to their bye week 487 00:23:56,119 --> 00:23:57,840 Speaker 1: at five and two, and then it would feel like 488 00:23:58,000 --> 00:24:00,399 Speaker 1: none of it mattered. And it just that doesn't feel 489 00:24:00,440 --> 00:24:03,159 Speaker 1: like the path this Chargers team is taking to me. 490 00:24:03,200 --> 00:24:05,520 Speaker 1: They feel more like a four and three type of 491 00:24:05,560 --> 00:24:08,200 Speaker 1: team at there By that struggled with a lot of injuries. 492 00:24:08,240 --> 00:24:11,360 Speaker 1: I was encouraged to see what the Seahawks did defensively 493 00:24:11,400 --> 00:24:13,679 Speaker 1: a week ago. They did make some changes. They've been 494 00:24:13,680 --> 00:24:16,080 Speaker 1: playing this style of defense where they're just trying to 495 00:24:16,119 --> 00:24:18,960 Speaker 1: hold up blockers up front and let the linebackers make 496 00:24:18,960 --> 00:24:21,920 Speaker 1: plays behind it. Last year, they came after last week, rather, 497 00:24:22,000 --> 00:24:25,800 Speaker 1: they came after the Sea. The Cardinals and their defensive line, 498 00:24:25,800 --> 00:24:28,679 Speaker 1: which I thought was gonna be good this year, played well. Darryl. 499 00:24:29,000 --> 00:24:31,600 Speaker 1: Darryl Taylor has had had a great game. Nuosa has 500 00:24:31,640 --> 00:24:34,080 Speaker 1: been good all year. The defensive tackles with with Puna 501 00:24:34,160 --> 00:24:37,480 Speaker 1: Ford are kind of underrated. Shelby Harris like just gives 502 00:24:37,520 --> 00:24:40,840 Speaker 1: me a feeling that this Pete Carroll trend that his 503 00:24:40,960 --> 00:24:44,600 Speaker 1: defense always starts really bad and then he improved. Average 504 00:24:44,760 --> 00:24:48,560 Speaker 1: could happen here, and I think average defenses can slow 505 00:24:48,600 --> 00:24:52,480 Speaker 1: down this Chargers team. You're not buying it. It's it's 506 00:24:52,520 --> 00:24:57,680 Speaker 1: wistful thinking. Is your fandom is coloring your analysis. That's okay. 507 00:24:58,640 --> 00:25:02,240 Speaker 1: So here here's the thing, um, just be careful because 508 00:25:02,280 --> 00:25:04,800 Speaker 1: the defense, the offense that they shut down last week 509 00:25:05,000 --> 00:25:08,240 Speaker 1: is broken. It's busted. So that's one thing. But here's 510 00:25:08,240 --> 00:25:11,040 Speaker 1: the good news. I don't know if the Chargers are 511 00:25:11,160 --> 00:25:15,439 Speaker 1: that far off under their fearless leader there Brandon Staley, 512 00:25:15,520 --> 00:25:20,000 Speaker 1: because that offense we watched on Monday night for the 513 00:25:20,119 --> 00:25:24,600 Speaker 1: Chargers against Denver was eerily reminiscent of watching Cardinals football, 514 00:25:24,920 --> 00:25:27,159 Speaker 1: where it just seemed disjointed and they weren't playing to 515 00:25:27,200 --> 00:25:29,920 Speaker 1: the strengths of their quarterback and so many fruitless drives. 516 00:25:30,080 --> 00:25:32,919 Speaker 1: I think Seattle's catching Los Angeles and in general the 517 00:25:32,920 --> 00:25:35,880 Speaker 1: schedule where they have a potential to yes build on 518 00:25:35,920 --> 00:25:38,679 Speaker 1: what they did defensively. They never they gave up three points, 519 00:25:38,680 --> 00:25:42,119 Speaker 1: they gave up an opening drive field goal Seattle against Arizona. 520 00:25:42,200 --> 00:25:46,080 Speaker 1: I just caution getting too fired up because they were 521 00:25:46,240 --> 00:25:51,240 Speaker 1: terrible the whole season before that. Terrible that the players 522 00:25:51,280 --> 00:25:53,479 Speaker 1: don't seem terrible though, That's why I don't get. They 523 00:25:53,480 --> 00:25:55,720 Speaker 1: seem like they have okay talent and they should have 524 00:25:55,760 --> 00:25:59,360 Speaker 1: good coaching. I think if you're Geno Smith, though, if 525 00:25:59,400 --> 00:26:04,800 Speaker 1: that was sort the floor game for Geno Smith, you 526 00:26:04,800 --> 00:26:06,800 Speaker 1: know it might be in this offense though, because he's 527 00:26:06,800 --> 00:26:08,639 Speaker 1: given us a lot of evidence that he's going to 528 00:26:08,720 --> 00:26:11,480 Speaker 1: continue to be successful throwing the ball deep. I love 529 00:26:11,520 --> 00:26:13,560 Speaker 1: that he's gotten more aggressive in the last couple of weeks. 530 00:26:13,800 --> 00:26:16,480 Speaker 1: The Chargers allow the fifth most deep passing yards in 531 00:26:16,520 --> 00:26:18,880 Speaker 1: the league. J C. Jackson, he was on your list 532 00:26:18,920 --> 00:26:22,720 Speaker 1: of UM offseason signings that have gone completely and totally south. 533 00:26:23,040 --> 00:26:24,720 Speaker 1: I mean, it's a tough matchup. He's either going to 534 00:26:24,760 --> 00:26:26,320 Speaker 1: be on d K or tire lock. I don't know. 535 00:26:26,680 --> 00:26:31,120 Speaker 1: He's bench, which he was at the last when comments 536 00:26:31,160 --> 00:26:33,400 Speaker 1: coming out of that game where he was benched, talk 537 00:26:33,480 --> 00:26:35,520 Speaker 1: to me about a player who neck up is in 538 00:26:35,560 --> 00:26:37,320 Speaker 1: a tough place right now, and I think this is 539 00:26:37,359 --> 00:26:39,199 Speaker 1: a good spot for Geno Smith and I you know, 540 00:26:39,240 --> 00:26:41,080 Speaker 1: the defense, I don't know of what we saw last 541 00:26:41,080 --> 00:26:43,760 Speaker 1: week against the Cardinals. I'm with Dan. I would tend 542 00:26:43,840 --> 00:26:45,720 Speaker 1: to think that's more of an aberration than the way 543 00:26:45,760 --> 00:26:48,920 Speaker 1: forward for Seattle's defense, just based on the other five 544 00:26:48,960 --> 00:26:52,520 Speaker 1: games they've played this seasons. Fair we'll see, I mean, 545 00:26:52,800 --> 00:26:55,400 Speaker 1: but even if they just hold teams in the twenties, 546 00:26:55,480 --> 00:26:58,960 Speaker 1: then this Seahawks offense I think will be better and 547 00:26:59,000 --> 00:27:01,959 Speaker 1: they can This is a row to possibly winning games. 548 00:27:01,960 --> 00:27:07,000 Speaker 1: Brandon Staley I think is he's just starting to like 549 00:27:07,160 --> 00:27:10,399 Speaker 1: lose a little support I feel like from the media, 550 00:27:10,480 --> 00:27:12,800 Speaker 1: which has generally been a fan of his. I have 551 00:27:12,960 --> 00:27:15,400 Speaker 1: been Mark has been at least on our show. Uh. 552 00:27:15,440 --> 00:27:17,640 Speaker 1: And part of the reason not just the game management, 553 00:27:17,640 --> 00:27:21,800 Speaker 1: which is weird sometimes, but the defense has been disappointing. 554 00:27:21,840 --> 00:27:25,080 Speaker 1: And yes they are missing key players and and maybe 555 00:27:25,080 --> 00:27:27,719 Speaker 1: that's part of it, but there they've been disappointing. There 556 00:27:27,720 --> 00:27:30,040 Speaker 1: are a mediocre defense again, Dan, And that's not like 557 00:27:30,240 --> 00:27:32,359 Speaker 1: this was supposed to be kind of a super team. 558 00:27:32,400 --> 00:27:34,280 Speaker 1: They've lost a lot of great players and maybe we 559 00:27:34,280 --> 00:27:36,360 Speaker 1: should give them more of a pass. But is it weird? 560 00:27:37,200 --> 00:27:39,960 Speaker 1: Isn't it weird how we're all down on the charges 561 00:27:40,000 --> 00:27:42,240 Speaker 1: because there's also a vision of what we and not 562 00:27:42,400 --> 00:27:45,280 Speaker 1: just us, but a lot of people in the football 563 00:27:45,280 --> 00:27:51,399 Speaker 1: gagna cent expect them to be, which is this fun, 564 00:27:51,520 --> 00:27:54,640 Speaker 1: high flying offense, and they're not. And yet they've won 565 00:27:54,720 --> 00:27:57,560 Speaker 1: three games in a row there, four and two. But 566 00:27:57,600 --> 00:28:00,639 Speaker 1: I don't think anybody is buying in uh the Bolts 567 00:28:00,720 --> 00:28:03,720 Speaker 1: right now. But that said, they're at home there against 568 00:28:03,760 --> 00:28:06,520 Speaker 1: the Seattle team that's been surprising. Obviously, Gino in the 569 00:28:06,560 --> 00:28:09,720 Speaker 1: offense is really played well pretty much all season. The 570 00:28:09,760 --> 00:28:12,240 Speaker 1: defense is coming off their best game. But Los Angeles 571 00:28:12,560 --> 00:28:14,840 Speaker 1: is gonna be favored here. They should win the game. 572 00:28:15,160 --> 00:28:17,000 Speaker 1: And then they're five. They've won five or seven to 573 00:28:17,040 --> 00:28:20,120 Speaker 1: start the season, and yet I don't know. I think 574 00:28:20,160 --> 00:28:22,400 Speaker 1: just the way the feeling, the vibe around this team, 575 00:28:22,440 --> 00:28:24,320 Speaker 1: now you're about to lock him. No, no, I I 576 00:28:24,400 --> 00:28:26,560 Speaker 1: really think as much as like I I was just 577 00:28:26,600 --> 00:28:30,280 Speaker 1: downplaying Seattle's defensive performance, I think, like I said, the 578 00:28:30,400 --> 00:28:34,560 Speaker 1: Chargers offense has not been the same since, uh justin 579 00:28:34,600 --> 00:28:37,360 Speaker 1: Herbert's rib injury. Statistically, I don't even know if that's 580 00:28:37,400 --> 00:28:39,600 Speaker 1: necessarily what it's about. I think there are more things 581 00:28:39,960 --> 00:28:42,880 Speaker 1: in play here with Los Angeles. So this seems like 582 00:28:42,880 --> 00:28:44,920 Speaker 1: a spot, Greg where you could be excited on Sunday 583 00:28:45,000 --> 00:28:50,320 Speaker 1: night talking about your your Seahawks again. Not only right, 584 00:28:50,360 --> 00:28:53,000 Speaker 1: I've got to enjoy this game. I think Gino is 585 00:28:53,040 --> 00:28:56,920 Speaker 1: more ready to test the secondary downfield than Herbert, who 586 00:28:57,000 --> 00:28:59,160 Speaker 1: was just it's just thinking Doug right now. And that's 587 00:28:59,200 --> 00:29:02,440 Speaker 1: why I am at least gonna drop some rain on 588 00:29:02,560 --> 00:29:05,280 Speaker 1: so Far stadium. The roof is gonna be open, it's 589 00:29:05,280 --> 00:29:09,600 Speaker 1: coming in sideways on Sunday afternoon. And you said it's 590 00:29:09,640 --> 00:29:12,080 Speaker 1: gonna be a home game for the Chargers. I don't 591 00:29:12,080 --> 00:29:14,640 Speaker 1: think so that twelves are showing up and it's gonna 592 00:29:14,680 --> 00:29:16,880 Speaker 1: be a home game, and I'm saying about two feet 593 00:29:16,880 --> 00:29:18,680 Speaker 1: from Greg in a different seat the normal and he 594 00:29:18,800 --> 00:29:21,280 Speaker 1: is just shouting and his face is growing redder and 595 00:29:21,320 --> 00:29:23,840 Speaker 1: redder as a tomato can be. The Seahawks to six 596 00:29:23,840 --> 00:29:25,920 Speaker 1: and a half point dogs. We already took this route 597 00:29:25,960 --> 00:29:29,200 Speaker 1: in Week one this year and we're undefeated. It's been raining, 598 00:29:30,040 --> 00:29:32,240 Speaker 1: you know, Mark, or you don't know, but I love 599 00:29:32,240 --> 00:29:34,640 Speaker 1: you to try it one day. The power chair, which 600 00:29:34,680 --> 00:29:37,360 Speaker 1: is the chair that faces the producer and the production team, 601 00:29:37,600 --> 00:29:40,600 Speaker 1: which is typically my chair. It's very dangerous to put 602 00:29:40,640 --> 00:29:43,520 Speaker 1: Greg in that chair, and I understand. I think that, 603 00:29:43,600 --> 00:29:46,000 Speaker 1: and I think that there's a situation that play here 604 00:29:46,040 --> 00:29:47,760 Speaker 1: where we just need to be careful and why I 605 00:29:47,840 --> 00:29:51,920 Speaker 1: need to race back to Los Angeles to power. We 606 00:29:52,000 --> 00:29:54,600 Speaker 1: know that that he whenever he comes closer power It's 607 00:29:54,640 --> 00:29:59,240 Speaker 1: just it's like a ridiculously ridiculous thing. It is completely 608 00:29:59,280 --> 00:30:02,000 Speaker 1: up in all My friend, their jerks, Mark Seler the 609 00:30:02,080 --> 00:30:05,840 Speaker 1: third overall pick. All right, I'm gonna take my late game, 610 00:30:05,960 --> 00:30:10,680 Speaker 1: which is the Houston Texans at the Las Vegas Raiders. UM, 611 00:30:10,720 --> 00:30:14,920 Speaker 1: I know that does not feel what well. I have 612 00:30:14,960 --> 00:30:18,240 Speaker 1: a pick after this too, but literally that's the only 613 00:30:18,640 --> 00:30:21,920 Speaker 1: uh game there that's even left before you go down 614 00:30:21,920 --> 00:30:27,040 Speaker 1: your little avenue, comment before I will tell you why 615 00:30:27,040 --> 00:30:29,480 Speaker 1: I am taking this. The Raiders are a wounded animal 616 00:30:29,560 --> 00:30:32,000 Speaker 1: right now. Here's what I love about what they've done 617 00:30:32,000 --> 00:30:35,640 Speaker 1: the last couple of weeks. They went from a team 618 00:30:35,680 --> 00:30:37,560 Speaker 1: trying to figure out what to do with Derek Carr 619 00:30:37,600 --> 00:30:40,000 Speaker 1: in the passing game to a ground and pound. They 620 00:30:40,000 --> 00:30:42,880 Speaker 1: had two and twelve yards against the Broncos, a good defense, 621 00:30:43,160 --> 00:30:45,240 Speaker 1: a hundred and fifty five against the Chiefs. I think 622 00:30:45,240 --> 00:30:48,680 Speaker 1: they're gonna come out and continue this approach under Josh McDaniels, 623 00:30:48,720 --> 00:30:50,560 Speaker 1: who wants to win the games on the ground and 624 00:30:50,720 --> 00:30:52,960 Speaker 1: puts Derek car in a better spot. Houston is a 625 00:30:53,000 --> 00:30:54,920 Speaker 1: sitting duck in this thing. They can't do anything on 626 00:30:54,960 --> 00:30:57,880 Speaker 1: offense outside of Damien Pierce. This is where the Raiders 627 00:30:57,920 --> 00:31:01,240 Speaker 1: turn their season around. In my book, They're gonna win 628 00:31:01,280 --> 00:31:04,400 Speaker 1: some games here. The schedule really softens up for Las Vegas. 629 00:31:04,720 --> 00:31:07,720 Speaker 1: I think they are a a team that will be 630 00:31:07,800 --> 00:31:09,760 Speaker 1: in the mix in the playoffs. But you gotta start 631 00:31:09,800 --> 00:31:12,400 Speaker 1: winning games now, and I think coming off of by 632 00:31:12,600 --> 00:31:15,520 Speaker 1: knowing the urgency, Uh, this is another game I think 633 00:31:15,560 --> 00:31:17,120 Speaker 1: we could see. I don't want it to be, but 634 00:31:17,240 --> 00:31:18,840 Speaker 1: you know, what There's been so much parody and so 635 00:31:18,880 --> 00:31:21,360 Speaker 1: many close games. This could be a week where I 636 00:31:21,360 --> 00:31:23,280 Speaker 1: think we see some one side of games. I think 637 00:31:23,280 --> 00:31:25,200 Speaker 1: this is another one. I think this is a game 638 00:31:25,240 --> 00:31:27,480 Speaker 1: where uh and I don't know where where the desert 639 00:31:27,480 --> 00:31:31,600 Speaker 1: makers come down on this, Greg, you could let me. Unfortunately, 640 00:31:31,640 --> 00:31:34,480 Speaker 1: we can't lock this. This one, to me, has this 641 00:31:34,520 --> 00:31:38,480 Speaker 1: one has you know, thirty to fourteen written all over it. 642 00:31:38,760 --> 00:31:40,640 Speaker 1: I think the Raiders are the better team. I don't 643 00:31:40,640 --> 00:31:42,680 Speaker 1: think the Raiders by any stretch, have been bad this year. 644 00:31:42,720 --> 00:31:45,680 Speaker 1: They've been bad at closing out games. That's been their issue, 645 00:31:45,880 --> 00:31:47,560 Speaker 1: and I don't think Houston's gonna be able to keep 646 00:31:47,600 --> 00:31:49,760 Speaker 1: up with them in this environment. They've lost to the 647 00:31:49,840 --> 00:31:53,640 Speaker 1: Chargers by five, the Cardinals by six, the Titans by two, 648 00:31:53,760 --> 00:31:56,560 Speaker 1: and the Chiefs game that was a heartbreaker by one. 649 00:31:56,640 --> 00:31:58,280 Speaker 1: I mean they they're the team that's gonna come out 650 00:31:58,280 --> 00:32:00,959 Speaker 1: and explode because they've lost too many tight, close games 651 00:32:01,040 --> 00:32:03,040 Speaker 1: that have put them in a wayward place in the West. 652 00:32:03,280 --> 00:32:04,920 Speaker 1: I don't think the West is out of control to 653 00:32:04,920 --> 00:32:06,760 Speaker 1: get a wild card spot if they come roaring to 654 00:32:06,880 --> 00:32:09,120 Speaker 1: get it. But I I feel weird that we all 655 00:32:09,160 --> 00:32:12,760 Speaker 1: agree so much that I'm worried, But I really do 656 00:32:13,000 --> 00:32:15,520 Speaker 1: uh find what they did on their offensive line, which 657 00:32:15,560 --> 00:32:18,960 Speaker 1: just looks so bad for so long, really encouraging. It 658 00:32:19,040 --> 00:32:22,360 Speaker 1: really looks like a Josh McDaniels type of offense. And 659 00:32:22,440 --> 00:32:25,720 Speaker 1: Davis Mills just can't shoot straight. He's not an accurate quarterback. 660 00:32:25,840 --> 00:32:28,120 Speaker 1: It just hasn't been a lot of juice there. When 661 00:32:28,120 --> 00:32:29,840 Speaker 1: it gets past ten yards, he doesn't get it. The 662 00:32:30,040 --> 00:32:32,400 Speaker 1: only thing that would give me a little positive Damian Pierce. 663 00:32:33,360 --> 00:32:35,360 Speaker 1: Is he a top five running back in the NFL 664 00:32:35,480 --> 00:32:38,240 Speaker 1: right now? I mean I might. I mean a lot 665 00:32:38,240 --> 00:32:41,160 Speaker 1: of the numbers suggest he is, especially the yards after contact, 666 00:32:41,200 --> 00:32:44,000 Speaker 1: the way he runs if you give him a little space, 667 00:32:44,080 --> 00:32:47,080 Speaker 1: runs through people, but also the cuts he makes against 668 00:32:47,080 --> 00:32:49,880 Speaker 1: this Raiders defense, which hasn't been great, Like you could 669 00:32:49,880 --> 00:32:51,720 Speaker 1: see him having a big game and at least keep it. 670 00:32:51,760 --> 00:32:54,560 Speaker 1: I mean, if the Raiders drop, rageous Danny, if the 671 00:32:55,600 --> 00:32:59,240 Speaker 1: Raiders drop this game, you have got major issues in 672 00:32:59,280 --> 00:33:01,880 Speaker 1: the desert with McDaniels. You cannot lose this thing. They're 673 00:33:01,920 --> 00:33:04,320 Speaker 1: not losing this thing. I think. I think They're running 674 00:33:04,320 --> 00:33:06,480 Speaker 1: back has been excellent. He you know, he had that 675 00:33:06,560 --> 00:33:09,560 Speaker 1: long touchdown run that pads your stats a little bit. 676 00:33:09,600 --> 00:33:11,840 Speaker 1: But he's had multiple weeks now where he's proven to 677 00:33:11,840 --> 00:33:13,720 Speaker 1: be the guy that should be the work horse of 678 00:33:13,760 --> 00:33:16,040 Speaker 1: their offense. But if you shut him down, Yeah, like 679 00:33:16,080 --> 00:33:18,480 Speaker 1: we had Nick Wessling, who will be hearing from I believe, 680 00:33:18,960 --> 00:33:21,760 Speaker 1: uh coming up in a bit. Um, he had a 681 00:33:21,800 --> 00:33:25,200 Speaker 1: buddy connected to Houston like asking, Hey, what's the deal 682 00:33:25,200 --> 00:33:27,400 Speaker 1: with Davis Mills. He is kind of what he is. 683 00:33:27,480 --> 00:33:31,680 Speaker 1: He's had five games with a sub passer rating, and um, 684 00:33:31,720 --> 00:33:34,760 Speaker 1: if he does not put together a stretch of really 685 00:33:34,800 --> 00:33:38,520 Speaker 1: good football, it feels like mortal lock territory. That Houston 686 00:33:38,600 --> 00:33:40,920 Speaker 1: uses a first round pick on a quarterback, it might 687 00:33:40,960 --> 00:33:43,920 Speaker 1: not matter. Quite honestly, I think they've already made that decision. 688 00:33:44,080 --> 00:33:49,160 Speaker 1: I would imagine, all right, you now, Mark Sesler snakes 689 00:33:49,200 --> 00:33:51,560 Speaker 1: to you, buddy, I'm going to pick the team that 690 00:33:51,680 --> 00:33:54,080 Speaker 1: is most intriguing to me in the league right now. 691 00:33:54,400 --> 00:33:57,280 Speaker 1: And if I were to pick a new favorite team, um, 692 00:33:57,320 --> 00:34:00,400 Speaker 1: going back to my childhood roots, this might be choice. 693 00:34:00,440 --> 00:34:04,000 Speaker 1: The New York Giants going down to Jacksonville. And I 694 00:34:04,040 --> 00:34:08,120 Speaker 1: know everyone's well, there are there aren't a lot of 695 00:34:08,160 --> 00:34:11,239 Speaker 1: great Premier matchups this week, but this one, to me, 696 00:34:11,239 --> 00:34:12,919 Speaker 1: it's like, so I'm gonna pick one team I care about. 697 00:34:12,920 --> 00:34:16,160 Speaker 1: At least the Jaguars try to win me over. We'll see, 698 00:34:16,440 --> 00:34:18,719 Speaker 1: But this to me is just another continuation in the 699 00:34:18,760 --> 00:34:21,600 Speaker 1: Giants journey. They're so well coached. I want to see 700 00:34:21,600 --> 00:34:24,400 Speaker 1: Wink Martindale go after Trevor Lawrence. That's what he did 701 00:34:24,400 --> 00:34:27,800 Speaker 1: against Lamar Jackson last week. They went nuts applying pressure 702 00:34:27,960 --> 00:34:31,480 Speaker 1: to Lamar Jackson, and you know, statistically their defense does 703 00:34:31,520 --> 00:34:33,000 Speaker 1: not really measure up in a lot of ways. But 704 00:34:33,040 --> 00:34:35,920 Speaker 1: then you're getting guys like Cavon Thibodeaux. Our friend. He 705 00:34:36,000 --> 00:34:37,440 Speaker 1: I don't know if he knows he's our friend at 706 00:34:37,440 --> 00:34:40,040 Speaker 1: this point. Good friends. I think he's like my friends 707 00:34:40,040 --> 00:34:45,600 Speaker 1: still because I was here for that. You're the only 708 00:34:45,680 --> 00:34:49,279 Speaker 1: one not friends because you asked them in a very 709 00:34:49,320 --> 00:34:52,640 Speaker 1: awkward way. Well that was a separate but I think 710 00:34:52,640 --> 00:34:55,839 Speaker 1: we probably we probably wiped out your situation um as 711 00:34:55,920 --> 00:34:58,160 Speaker 1: much as anyone else's. Greg, I don't think you'd be 712 00:34:58,200 --> 00:35:00,640 Speaker 1: winning battles. Here's one thing I know is that he 713 00:35:00,719 --> 00:35:03,759 Speaker 1: can't tell us apart, so it doesn't really matter. That 714 00:35:04,200 --> 00:35:06,400 Speaker 1: may be true, that made but two weeks in a row, 715 00:35:06,440 --> 00:35:07,840 Speaker 1: because if you go back to the end of that 716 00:35:07,880 --> 00:35:11,920 Speaker 1: Packers game, in London. One of those fateful tipped passes 717 00:35:11,960 --> 00:35:14,640 Speaker 1: of Ayaron Rodgers went off of Thibodeaux. Last week, he 718 00:35:14,680 --> 00:35:17,840 Speaker 1: had a huge like a huge play against Lamar Jackson, 719 00:35:17,840 --> 00:35:20,200 Speaker 1: a big turnover the change that game. So not unlike 720 00:35:20,200 --> 00:35:21,960 Speaker 1: the Jets, they have a couple of young players on 721 00:35:22,000 --> 00:35:23,960 Speaker 1: both sides of the ball that are showing up. It's 722 00:35:24,000 --> 00:35:27,439 Speaker 1: just there's such a one sided offense because they're they're 723 00:35:27,480 --> 00:35:30,520 Speaker 1: passing numbers in their wide receiver group is a total mess. 724 00:35:30,560 --> 00:35:32,600 Speaker 1: So they're getting creative at least with day ball. It's 725 00:35:32,640 --> 00:35:35,200 Speaker 1: like direct snaps to say Quan who then hands it 726 00:35:35,239 --> 00:35:38,520 Speaker 1: off to Daniel Jones who Prepansy. It's like they're doing 727 00:35:38,560 --> 00:35:40,520 Speaker 1: the day bles, going into his bag of tricks whenever 728 00:35:40,560 --> 00:35:46,880 Speaker 1: he needs to. Was that wait a second? How, speaking 729 00:35:46,920 --> 00:35:49,640 Speaker 1: of the desert, how are the Jags favored by a 730 00:35:49,680 --> 00:35:52,200 Speaker 1: field goal in this game? What? What I felt? This 731 00:35:52,280 --> 00:35:55,680 Speaker 1: was a lockable one? And I unless I'm looking at 732 00:35:55,719 --> 00:35:59,400 Speaker 1: bad data here, how is it possible that Jacksonville is 733 00:35:59,480 --> 00:36:05,040 Speaker 1: favored this game? So these teams each get kind of 734 00:36:05,080 --> 00:36:08,799 Speaker 1: like a baseline Vegas number, like like the Jaguars are 735 00:36:08,840 --> 00:36:11,440 Speaker 1: just like against an average team, are like worth a 736 00:36:11,520 --> 00:36:14,560 Speaker 1: point in the in the Giants are worth negative two 737 00:36:14,560 --> 00:36:16,520 Speaker 1: points or what are based on their season, and that's 738 00:36:16,560 --> 00:36:20,320 Speaker 1: based on you know, their performance, you know, points scored, 739 00:36:20,360 --> 00:36:22,719 Speaker 1: points allowed, which the Jaguars still look good, and a 740 00:36:22,760 --> 00:36:25,560 Speaker 1: lot of the underlying analytics of like how effective the 741 00:36:25,600 --> 00:36:28,680 Speaker 1: offense has been moving the ball, turnover margin, how effective 742 00:36:28,719 --> 00:36:31,160 Speaker 1: the defense has been, and in all those numbers, the 743 00:36:31,239 --> 00:36:35,800 Speaker 1: Giants are you know, inferior to the Jaguars. They profile 744 00:36:35,880 --> 00:36:38,920 Speaker 1: as a mid level team. The Jaguars profile is slightly 745 00:36:39,000 --> 00:36:41,839 Speaker 1: better and they're at home. But yeah, it's it's kind 746 00:36:41,880 --> 00:36:45,520 Speaker 1: of like they're begging everyone to take the Giants and 747 00:36:45,560 --> 00:36:48,839 Speaker 1: they're trusting their numbers and seeing because everyone will take 748 00:36:48,880 --> 00:36:50,400 Speaker 1: the job. I don't want to because I know this 749 00:36:50,480 --> 00:36:53,320 Speaker 1: makes you seem someone who should never be taken serious 750 00:36:53,360 --> 00:36:56,919 Speaker 1: on any level where we are with sports. But like 751 00:36:57,719 --> 00:36:59,920 Speaker 1: that's why the game is not played on spreadsheets, Like 752 00:37:00,280 --> 00:37:02,360 Speaker 1: Vegas should be paying attention to the way the Giants 753 00:37:02,400 --> 00:37:05,480 Speaker 1: closed these games and how, but it's also why Vegas, 754 00:37:05,520 --> 00:37:11,160 Speaker 1: you know, wins well that serves them over time. No, 755 00:37:11,280 --> 00:37:13,880 Speaker 1: I think the Giants are like a better team, but 756 00:37:14,000 --> 00:37:17,160 Speaker 1: I understand the headwinds that they're sort of putting that 757 00:37:17,280 --> 00:37:20,480 Speaker 1: number at in in such a way that they believe 758 00:37:20,560 --> 00:37:22,640 Speaker 1: these teams are equal, and they kind of probably in 759 00:37:22,680 --> 00:37:24,799 Speaker 1: this one. No, everyone's gonna take the Giants and they'll 760 00:37:24,840 --> 00:37:29,080 Speaker 1: take their chances. Yeah, I I just I sort of disagree, 761 00:37:29,080 --> 00:37:31,200 Speaker 1: But I also make the Jaggers to win this game online. 762 00:37:31,200 --> 00:37:33,200 Speaker 1: So I'm I'm you're boxing a little bit. I think 763 00:37:33,600 --> 00:37:36,200 Speaker 1: I think the from my angle on, it is the 764 00:37:36,239 --> 00:37:38,640 Speaker 1: way the league is right now where it's a big 765 00:37:38,680 --> 00:37:42,840 Speaker 1: three and let's see on everything else, it matters the 766 00:37:42,880 --> 00:37:44,960 Speaker 1: way the Giants have played these games and the way 767 00:37:45,000 --> 00:37:47,080 Speaker 1: they've been coached, in the way their their game plan 768 00:37:47,160 --> 00:37:50,120 Speaker 1: has been rolled out that with all these teams kind 769 00:37:50,120 --> 00:37:51,960 Speaker 1: of in a similar place. Like I'm not saying that 770 00:37:52,040 --> 00:37:56,200 Speaker 1: Jacksonville is inferior, grossly inferior talent wise. You could definitely 771 00:37:56,280 --> 00:37:59,440 Speaker 1: make the case they have better talent. But in Jacksonville, 772 00:37:59,440 --> 00:38:01,919 Speaker 1: you've had a very inconsistent team that's been up and down, 773 00:38:01,920 --> 00:38:04,520 Speaker 1: a quarterback play very up and down, a Giant team 774 00:38:04,520 --> 00:38:06,960 Speaker 1: that has showed you week after weeks so far exactly 775 00:38:06,960 --> 00:38:09,400 Speaker 1: who they are. I don't think that's gonna stop. I 776 00:38:09,440 --> 00:38:13,359 Speaker 1: think this is especially in our league and where things are. 777 00:38:13,440 --> 00:38:15,520 Speaker 1: I think you're gonna see the Giants playing close games 778 00:38:15,560 --> 00:38:19,480 Speaker 1: all year and winning close games all year. I see 779 00:38:19,520 --> 00:38:22,640 Speaker 1: this as an eleven and six team with you. I mean, 780 00:38:22,680 --> 00:38:25,360 Speaker 1: I think in general, you look at the league on whole, 781 00:38:26,040 --> 00:38:29,680 Speaker 1: the average margin of victories eight point nine points per game, 782 00:38:29,719 --> 00:38:32,520 Speaker 1: which is the lowest ever in the NFL. And so 783 00:38:32,719 --> 00:38:35,240 Speaker 1: I really don't have a big problem with this spread, 784 00:38:35,280 --> 00:38:38,120 Speaker 1: per se. I think they're not factoring in the way 785 00:38:38,160 --> 00:38:40,319 Speaker 1: that we feel about the Giants. The Giants make us 786 00:38:40,360 --> 00:38:42,920 Speaker 1: feel a certain way because not only well they did, 787 00:38:42,960 --> 00:38:45,400 Speaker 1: they've flipped entirely who they are. And every week you 788 00:38:45,440 --> 00:38:47,600 Speaker 1: can point too close to you right now, you can 789 00:38:47,680 --> 00:38:50,040 Speaker 1: point to Wink Martindale, you can point to Brian Dable 790 00:38:50,080 --> 00:38:52,080 Speaker 1: that they really have been coached so well and the 791 00:38:52,120 --> 00:38:54,280 Speaker 1: team is totally bought in. I don't think that's totally 792 00:38:54,320 --> 00:38:56,560 Speaker 1: untrue of Jacksonville. But they're not where the Giants are. No, 793 00:38:56,719 --> 00:38:59,480 Speaker 1: But I saw some good things last week. You know, 794 00:38:59,560 --> 00:39:03,440 Speaker 1: Trevor Lawrence's highs aren't that high, which is unfortunate for 795 00:39:03,480 --> 00:39:05,480 Speaker 1: the most part. Is lows other than in the rain 796 00:39:05,680 --> 00:39:08,120 Speaker 1: aren't that low. I don't think either. I think these 797 00:39:08,120 --> 00:39:10,920 Speaker 1: two quarterbacks are similar in that way. That's where you 798 00:39:10,960 --> 00:39:13,600 Speaker 1: can really say that Brian Dable has done a fantastic 799 00:39:13,680 --> 00:39:16,960 Speaker 1: job is that he's coached Daniel Jones to not have 800 00:39:17,080 --> 00:39:20,719 Speaker 1: lows despite a tough situation. They've been very reliable, but 801 00:39:20,760 --> 00:39:24,680 Speaker 1: I think Lawrence has been reliable the differences. I trust 802 00:39:24,800 --> 00:39:28,719 Speaker 1: Able to attack the opposing defenses weakness is more. And 803 00:39:28,760 --> 00:39:31,919 Speaker 1: the Eagles put Devin Lloyd, who everyone wants to talk about, 804 00:39:31,960 --> 00:39:34,640 Speaker 1: his defensive Rookie of the Year candidate, in a blender 805 00:39:34,640 --> 00:39:37,400 Speaker 1: in that game, and I noticed last week the Colts 806 00:39:37,440 --> 00:39:41,800 Speaker 1: did too. They're just targeting his over aggressiveness and killing 807 00:39:41,880 --> 00:39:44,760 Speaker 1: him h with running backs and tight ends and coverage, 808 00:39:44,760 --> 00:39:48,080 Speaker 1: and se Quon Barkley can definitely kill you as a receiver. 809 00:39:48,200 --> 00:39:50,440 Speaker 1: Darius Williams was another guy they handed a lot of 810 00:39:50,440 --> 00:39:53,200 Speaker 1: money to who's really struggling. So the Jaguars defense has 811 00:39:53,200 --> 00:39:55,520 Speaker 1: some weaknesses, and I think Dable is good at attacking 812 00:39:55,520 --> 00:39:58,640 Speaker 1: those weaknesses. If the Jaguars bring their quote unquote a 813 00:39:58,719 --> 00:40:02,879 Speaker 1: game at home, they should win. I just I feel 814 00:40:02,880 --> 00:40:05,760 Speaker 1: like it's more likely that you get another consistent, solid 815 00:40:05,760 --> 00:40:10,000 Speaker 1: effort by New York. Um. By the way, we're talking 816 00:40:10,040 --> 00:40:13,000 Speaker 1: New York or Northern New Jersey. We're talking about Duval, 817 00:40:13,640 --> 00:40:18,520 Speaker 1: But why don't we head over to the Cincinnati Zoomy Years. 818 00:40:18,880 --> 00:40:23,200 Speaker 1: No surprise after your last week. I'm a little under 819 00:40:23,239 --> 00:40:27,480 Speaker 1: the weather. It's okay, though, because these games aren't worth 820 00:40:27,560 --> 00:40:31,520 Speaker 1: me getting out of bed for. There are two six 821 00:40:31,560 --> 00:40:34,120 Speaker 1: and a half point favorites, the Bangals and the Ravens. 822 00:40:35,200 --> 00:40:37,200 Speaker 1: I can't wait to see which one's Dan and Greg 823 00:40:37,239 --> 00:40:41,960 Speaker 1: lock up. It's okay. I'm gonna add a little spice 824 00:40:42,000 --> 00:40:47,239 Speaker 1: this week. Everyone keeps talking about the Giants. Where's three 825 00:40:47,239 --> 00:40:49,319 Speaker 1: and one team in the league. Where's four and one 826 00:40:49,400 --> 00:40:52,200 Speaker 1: team in the league. Where's five and one league team 827 00:40:52,200 --> 00:40:55,520 Speaker 1: in the league. These are the New York Football Giants 828 00:40:56,520 --> 00:40:59,839 Speaker 1: and they're taking on the Jaguars. That's for you, Dan. 829 00:41:02,280 --> 00:41:05,799 Speaker 1: The reason the Giant people talk about the Football Giants 830 00:41:05,800 --> 00:41:08,440 Speaker 1: like they're not that good is because they aren't, and 831 00:41:08,520 --> 00:41:13,400 Speaker 1: the Jags are going to expose them for the impostors 832 00:41:13,400 --> 00:41:22,680 Speaker 1: they are. That's a bold lock. I don't know if 833 00:41:22,680 --> 00:41:24,520 Speaker 1: you got full buy in from the other brothers on 834 00:41:24,560 --> 00:41:27,279 Speaker 1: that one. I always like his lock explanation because I 835 00:41:27,360 --> 00:41:29,719 Speaker 1: never know who he's taking until the very end. It 836 00:41:29,760 --> 00:41:32,520 Speaker 1: never like supports the case he's got to make. But 837 00:41:32,560 --> 00:41:34,640 Speaker 1: he did take your note, Dan, I think you asked 838 00:41:34,640 --> 00:41:37,640 Speaker 1: for him to be under a minute and he did it. Yeah. 839 00:41:38,520 --> 00:41:40,960 Speaker 1: You know, if there's any pushback against old zeus are 840 00:41:41,000 --> 00:41:43,560 Speaker 1: on that. You know. It's not that I'm trying to 841 00:41:43,560 --> 00:41:46,320 Speaker 1: to rush the man, but I think a more concise 842 00:41:46,400 --> 00:41:50,000 Speaker 1: message could lead to even better entertainment value. And I 843 00:41:50,080 --> 00:41:53,040 Speaker 1: just thought, you know that that shot in in particular, 844 00:41:53,560 --> 00:41:56,920 Speaker 1: and please watch us on NFL Network and NFL Plus 845 00:41:56,960 --> 00:41:59,839 Speaker 1: YouTube wherever you can get the show. Um, just for 846 00:41:59,880 --> 00:42:04,000 Speaker 1: the value of that overhead shot of Nick Westling, please 847 00:42:04,000 --> 00:42:07,200 Speaker 1: tune in. I mean, I'm I'm just concerned because there's 848 00:42:07,200 --> 00:42:09,200 Speaker 1: been a lot of in fighting between that group and 849 00:42:09,239 --> 00:42:12,759 Speaker 1: you look right here. He's clearly, um, heavily medicated. Yeah, 850 00:42:12,760 --> 00:42:15,839 Speaker 1: and he's just locked up the Jackson. We've got Scorsese 851 00:42:16,000 --> 00:42:19,640 Speaker 1: directing Nick's hits. It's just very artistic with this view. 852 00:42:19,840 --> 00:42:22,320 Speaker 1: I don't know, Yeah, I don't know if the brothers 853 00:42:22,320 --> 00:42:24,520 Speaker 1: are even connected at this point. I think I don't 854 00:42:24,520 --> 00:42:26,719 Speaker 1: think so. Nick has just drifted off as a satellite 855 00:42:26,760 --> 00:42:29,640 Speaker 1: and uh reach out to us, you know, Brother Wesley 856 00:42:29,719 --> 00:42:32,440 Speaker 1: brothers that are all paid attention. I don't know if 857 00:42:32,440 --> 00:42:34,920 Speaker 1: they're Phil listens. I'll let us know if if you're 858 00:42:34,920 --> 00:42:36,960 Speaker 1: happy with this, all right, let's take a break and 859 00:42:37,719 --> 00:42:44,960 Speaker 1: move all right, welcome back. Now I'm not looking. This 860 00:42:45,000 --> 00:42:48,080 Speaker 1: isn't me prodding here, says dog, you're a top ten 861 00:42:48,239 --> 00:42:53,360 Speaker 1: NFL insider. Um, but the third overall pick might have 862 00:42:53,400 --> 00:42:56,560 Speaker 1: been the word top ten football insider in the history 863 00:42:56,600 --> 00:42:59,799 Speaker 1: of this draft. And Greg kind of pointed it out, Um, 864 00:42:59,880 --> 00:43:01,719 Speaker 1: and now I just have to it just needs to 865 00:43:01,719 --> 00:43:04,759 Speaker 1: go down for posterity. People need to know. Um, there 866 00:43:04,880 --> 00:43:08,319 Speaker 1: was two remaining four o'clock games, late games, you know, 867 00:43:08,400 --> 00:43:10,960 Speaker 1: I want to be all over Jets Denver, which means 868 00:43:11,000 --> 00:43:13,120 Speaker 1: Greg had already picked a late game. I had already 869 00:43:13,120 --> 00:43:15,600 Speaker 1: picked one previously. No one was going to take Houston 870 00:43:15,680 --> 00:43:18,120 Speaker 1: Las Vegas period. You could have taken it with your 871 00:43:18,120 --> 00:43:21,760 Speaker 1: final pick of the draft, um, and picked another game. 872 00:43:21,800 --> 00:43:23,560 Speaker 1: And I just I think it needs to be pointed 873 00:43:23,560 --> 00:43:26,520 Speaker 1: out that that would be something that the draft knicks 874 00:43:26,560 --> 00:43:29,520 Speaker 1: would absolutely go off on you for that terrible value. 875 00:43:29,640 --> 00:43:33,080 Speaker 1: That strange of this. I don't operate cold strangers having 876 00:43:33,120 --> 00:43:35,560 Speaker 1: a great rookie season. By the way, so that if 877 00:43:35,560 --> 00:43:37,399 Speaker 1: the Rams want to laugh at me for my draft 878 00:43:37,440 --> 00:43:40,880 Speaker 1: pick here, that's perfectly that was That was Alex Leatherwood. 879 00:43:40,920 --> 00:43:43,719 Speaker 1: That's what that was. I would just say, like the 880 00:43:43,800 --> 00:43:46,760 Speaker 1: idea that I am going to sit around tonight after 881 00:43:46,800 --> 00:43:49,600 Speaker 1: the show and fret and be concerned because of you 882 00:43:49,719 --> 00:43:52,320 Speaker 1: two thinking that my draft pick wasn't up to snuff. 883 00:43:52,360 --> 00:43:55,440 Speaker 1: I will not be tonight. We're trying to make you 884 00:43:55,440 --> 00:44:00,000 Speaker 1: feel uncomfortable and sad. Now very comfortable and very confident. 885 00:44:00,280 --> 00:44:02,279 Speaker 1: My pick is what I wanted, although I gotta admit 886 00:44:02,360 --> 00:44:04,120 Speaker 1: that I got the next pick here and I'm quite 887 00:44:04,120 --> 00:44:07,200 Speaker 1: annoyed because Jack's Giants was gonna be my first overall, 888 00:44:10,000 --> 00:44:12,319 Speaker 1: because so that's just perception. I got the same I 889 00:44:12,400 --> 00:44:14,440 Speaker 1: got what I wanted. Had I just flipped them, I 890 00:44:14,480 --> 00:44:15,799 Speaker 1: know what you're saying, I could have. I could have 891 00:44:15,840 --> 00:44:18,080 Speaker 1: also taken the Jets game, which I really wanted, and 892 00:44:18,120 --> 00:44:20,959 Speaker 1: I didn't because of you, Dan, So maybe pipe down 893 00:44:21,040 --> 00:44:23,160 Speaker 1: just for a minute. I mean, you're a good guy, 894 00:44:23,200 --> 00:44:24,960 Speaker 1: but you couldn't. You wouldn't do that. You're too good 895 00:44:24,960 --> 00:44:27,880 Speaker 1: a guy to do that. I could in a trade trade. 896 00:44:29,160 --> 00:44:31,000 Speaker 1: I mean, it's not a great gift to watch the 897 00:44:31,040 --> 00:44:34,920 Speaker 1: Broncos at this point. I'm taking Lions Cowboys with the 898 00:44:34,960 --> 00:44:39,719 Speaker 1: next pick, all right in this draft, and I want 899 00:44:39,719 --> 00:44:41,560 Speaker 1: to learn a lot of gems here in this draft. 900 00:44:41,680 --> 00:44:43,520 Speaker 1: Let's not act like this is like the game of 901 00:44:43,560 --> 00:44:48,600 Speaker 1: the same get it. It's the team of coming off 902 00:44:48,600 --> 00:44:51,840 Speaker 1: of by at a moment where it's put up for 903 00:44:51,840 --> 00:44:54,359 Speaker 1: shut up time. It's kind of like you gotta show 904 00:44:54,440 --> 00:44:57,600 Speaker 1: up and you're in a brutally difficult spot here going 905 00:44:57,640 --> 00:45:01,200 Speaker 1: against the Cowboys, who I think are a top five 906 00:45:01,280 --> 00:45:03,799 Speaker 1: team and a very watered down NFL. They'd be in 907 00:45:03,800 --> 00:45:06,120 Speaker 1: my top five because of their defense and because the 908 00:45:06,160 --> 00:45:09,000 Speaker 1: offense has shown enough to believe that with Dak Prescott back, 909 00:45:09,560 --> 00:45:13,160 Speaker 1: that they'll be an average, maybe an above average offense, 910 00:45:13,200 --> 00:45:15,439 Speaker 1: and with that defense in this NFL, I think that's 911 00:45:15,480 --> 00:45:19,360 Speaker 1: all they'll need. Dak Prescott is expected to start in 912 00:45:19,440 --> 00:45:22,760 Speaker 1: this game the Cowboys, you know, sending out a thumbs 913 00:45:22,840 --> 00:45:27,799 Speaker 1: up creatively on Twitter, and he's practicing fully, so it 914 00:45:27,960 --> 00:45:30,960 Speaker 1: looks like it's all systems go, and he's going up 915 00:45:31,000 --> 00:45:34,719 Speaker 1: against the Lions defense that's still banged up. They were 916 00:45:34,760 --> 00:45:40,120 Speaker 1: missing nine starters in practice on Wednesday. Coming off Thereby, 917 00:45:40,280 --> 00:45:43,800 Speaker 1: it's like you hope that the buy like magically heals people, 918 00:45:43,840 --> 00:45:46,520 Speaker 1: but it's only one week. They will get Iman ros 919 00:45:46,640 --> 00:45:50,000 Speaker 1: st Brown back. It looks like he's practicing and DeAndre 920 00:45:50,080 --> 00:45:52,600 Speaker 1: swift back, So those are the two most important guys 921 00:45:52,640 --> 00:45:55,719 Speaker 1: on their offense, along with Jared Goff, and so that 922 00:45:55,800 --> 00:45:58,080 Speaker 1: gives him a chance. I just don't know what's gonna 923 00:45:58,080 --> 00:45:59,680 Speaker 1: happen in this game. I tend to think that it's 924 00:45:59,719 --> 00:46:02,600 Speaker 1: gonna be a Cowboys game and and maybe they'll even 925 00:46:02,680 --> 00:46:06,600 Speaker 1: cover the seven points spread here. But I'm hoping I'm wrong. 926 00:46:06,600 --> 00:46:08,760 Speaker 1: I'm hoping the Lions do it. You've had doubts about 927 00:46:08,800 --> 00:46:11,920 Speaker 1: this Lions team, Dan coming off of by Now you 928 00:46:11,920 --> 00:46:14,480 Speaker 1: think they'll like respond like this is the time where 929 00:46:14,520 --> 00:46:18,240 Speaker 1: you I mean the doubts. Doubts have always been about 930 00:46:18,320 --> 00:46:23,359 Speaker 1: the defense obviously, and um and that is really played out. 931 00:46:23,360 --> 00:46:25,600 Speaker 1: And the concern was what if the offense comes down 932 00:46:25,600 --> 00:46:27,320 Speaker 1: to earth and we saw what happened in New England. 933 00:46:27,360 --> 00:46:29,279 Speaker 1: They got this bye week to reset. I'm gonna speak 934 00:46:29,280 --> 00:46:31,960 Speaker 1: possibly about Detroit. They got the bye week to reset 935 00:46:32,000 --> 00:46:36,600 Speaker 1: some things. Get some guys if healthy, healthy, Yer closer, 936 00:46:36,920 --> 00:46:40,400 Speaker 1: having swift back and st Brown getting uh, you know, 937 00:46:40,680 --> 00:46:43,600 Speaker 1: some break That's that's important. And I think, you know, 938 00:46:43,640 --> 00:46:47,000 Speaker 1: I think this is a very important week for Dan Campbell, 939 00:46:47,040 --> 00:46:50,200 Speaker 1: like a proof of concept type game for him uh 940 00:46:50,200 --> 00:46:53,759 Speaker 1: and his Grit Warriors because Dallas as good as their 941 00:46:53,800 --> 00:46:57,960 Speaker 1: defense is, um, I imagine DA's gonna have Russ. I 942 00:46:58,000 --> 00:47:00,239 Speaker 1: don't think this is that offense. Is that that's gonna 943 00:47:00,480 --> 00:47:03,680 Speaker 1: you slide in Dak Prescott and they're often to the races. 944 00:47:03,760 --> 00:47:05,560 Speaker 1: Remember what they looked like in week one before he 945 00:47:05,600 --> 00:47:08,400 Speaker 1: got hurt against Tampa. There was a lot of moving 946 00:47:08,480 --> 00:47:10,680 Speaker 1: pieces and they hadn't figured things out. Like we talked 947 00:47:10,680 --> 00:47:13,480 Speaker 1: about last week. Michael galves back, but he doesn't look 948 00:47:13,520 --> 00:47:16,440 Speaker 1: like Michael Gallup. Um. So there are there are reasons 949 00:47:16,440 --> 00:47:18,640 Speaker 1: to believe Dallas will not score a lot of points. 950 00:47:18,920 --> 00:47:21,520 Speaker 1: The question is Jared Goff, who's oh eight and one 951 00:47:21,640 --> 00:47:25,239 Speaker 1: in his last nine road games, going to face this defense. 952 00:47:25,360 --> 00:47:28,160 Speaker 1: Michael Parsons this could be one of those games where 953 00:47:28,480 --> 00:47:32,720 Speaker 1: everybody's talking about him on Monday. Um. So I'm worried 954 00:47:32,719 --> 00:47:35,360 Speaker 1: about the Lions, But I don't think that Alice is 955 00:47:35,360 --> 00:47:37,160 Speaker 1: gonna score a ton of points which should keep them 956 00:47:37,160 --> 00:47:39,600 Speaker 1: in the game. We shall see. I mean, I don't 957 00:47:39,640 --> 00:47:42,480 Speaker 1: think that if the Lions lose, it's it really changes 958 00:47:42,640 --> 00:47:45,000 Speaker 1: much that we think about the competitive at least, and 959 00:47:45,320 --> 00:47:48,600 Speaker 1: they need to be there. I love. No, they can't 960 00:47:48,600 --> 00:47:50,440 Speaker 1: get blown up. I love the fact that Swift is back. 961 00:47:50,480 --> 00:47:53,000 Speaker 1: I mean, I think if you want to give Jared 962 00:47:53,000 --> 00:47:55,279 Speaker 1: Goff a chance in this uh, it can't be one 963 00:47:55,280 --> 00:47:57,719 Speaker 1: of these games where he has got someone in his 964 00:47:57,800 --> 00:48:00,359 Speaker 1: face left and right because he starts to one ravel. 965 00:48:00,440 --> 00:48:02,799 Speaker 1: And I think that what the Patriots did to them 966 00:48:02,840 --> 00:48:05,359 Speaker 1: and took away the run game, other teams are gonna 967 00:48:05,360 --> 00:48:06,880 Speaker 1: try to do. And I think the Cowboys and we 968 00:48:06,920 --> 00:48:09,360 Speaker 1: talked about the Niners as the best defense in the league. 969 00:48:09,600 --> 00:48:11,719 Speaker 1: It maybe Dallas and Dallas is you know, you can 970 00:48:11,800 --> 00:48:14,319 Speaker 1: run on Dallas here and there, but but Detroit's gonna 971 00:48:14,360 --> 00:48:15,759 Speaker 1: have to make players through the air, and they're gonna 972 00:48:15,800 --> 00:48:18,600 Speaker 1: have to keep Jared Goff safe and Jared Goff under pressure. 973 00:48:18,640 --> 00:48:20,120 Speaker 1: To me, is a completely different quarter. I just think 974 00:48:20,160 --> 00:48:22,479 Speaker 1: that Cowboys have a lot of dimensions to them this year. 975 00:48:22,560 --> 00:48:24,520 Speaker 1: I think the offensive line has gotten better. I think 976 00:48:24,520 --> 00:48:26,520 Speaker 1: the running games a little better than I expected. And 977 00:48:26,600 --> 00:48:28,719 Speaker 1: you mentioned that the defense the way dan Quinn has 978 00:48:29,040 --> 00:48:31,600 Speaker 1: continuity and he changes things from week to week. Now, 979 00:48:31,640 --> 00:48:35,920 Speaker 1: they really are built because they have veterans to adopt 980 00:48:36,000 --> 00:48:39,000 Speaker 1: a creative game plan and and do what belichicked in 981 00:48:39,200 --> 00:48:42,120 Speaker 1: kind of send that pressure and have the big bear 982 00:48:42,280 --> 00:48:44,680 Speaker 1: front where you got five defensive linemen up front to 983 00:48:44,760 --> 00:48:47,440 Speaker 1: stuff that running game, and then you send surprising people 984 00:48:47,480 --> 00:48:49,680 Speaker 1: like Golf like they can kind of do it all. 985 00:48:49,719 --> 00:48:52,120 Speaker 1: They can go tempo to offensively. I just think they 986 00:48:52,160 --> 00:48:54,640 Speaker 1: have a lot in their back pocket. I think they're 987 00:48:54,680 --> 00:48:57,040 Speaker 1: just a team that can win all sorts of different games. 988 00:48:57,080 --> 00:49:01,160 Speaker 1: They have a great returner, Cavante Turpin. Dan, maybe you're 989 00:49:01,200 --> 00:49:04,560 Speaker 1: all pro return guys so far this year. Dante Hall 990 00:49:04,640 --> 00:49:06,799 Speaker 1: on Sky Sports. I saw this. I was asked who 991 00:49:06,840 --> 00:49:11,319 Speaker 1: reminds him of himself in today's NFL, and he said, 992 00:49:11,400 --> 00:49:14,400 Speaker 1: Cavante Turpin of the Cowboys. That's a returner. Hey, you 993 00:49:14,440 --> 00:49:17,000 Speaker 1: know what, Greg, thank you for that, in fact, since 994 00:49:17,040 --> 00:49:19,880 Speaker 1: you pointed him out to me in that way and 995 00:49:19,920 --> 00:49:22,279 Speaker 1: I heard that sound. But he's one of my guys. Sorry, Mark, 996 00:49:22,280 --> 00:49:27,600 Speaker 1: you gotta take him off your list as possibilities, list 997 00:49:27,680 --> 00:49:30,160 Speaker 1: of guys that I'm ready to unveil at some point 998 00:49:30,200 --> 00:49:33,719 Speaker 1: on our podcast. Mean, Neil's unfair since I talked about him. Yeah, 999 00:49:34,040 --> 00:49:35,680 Speaker 1: but the way you threw it to me, you left 1000 00:49:35,719 --> 00:49:38,520 Speaker 1: it open and I grabbed him. Mark, I didn't notice that. 1001 00:49:38,600 --> 00:49:41,120 Speaker 1: It's like, hey, Dan, listen to my football thought like, oh, 1002 00:49:41,160 --> 00:49:43,799 Speaker 1: there's another person on the show. Well I get it, 1003 00:49:43,800 --> 00:49:46,520 Speaker 1: but he's over there, and I figured this game discussions over. 1004 00:49:48,480 --> 00:49:51,279 Speaker 1: Believe me, I will be thinking about that tonight. Mark. 1005 00:49:51,320 --> 00:49:54,959 Speaker 1: I would like to see at some point, we would 1006 00:49:54,960 --> 00:49:57,120 Speaker 1: love for you to unveil your private list of guys 1007 00:49:57,160 --> 00:49:58,840 Speaker 1: that you love. You tell me when it's it's a 1008 00:49:58,920 --> 00:50:01,359 Speaker 1: long list, and it's a lot of possibilities, and it's 1009 00:50:01,400 --> 00:50:04,879 Speaker 1: not none of them. Typically you have you keep your 1010 00:50:04,880 --> 00:50:07,400 Speaker 1: private list of men hidden from others, but we do 1011 00:50:07,480 --> 00:50:09,840 Speaker 1: want to see them at some point. I don't like 1012 00:50:09,880 --> 00:50:15,000 Speaker 1: how you phrase that. Um, let's bockholder back. Let's move 1013 00:50:15,560 --> 00:50:17,960 Speaker 1: back to the old zeus Sir, Yes, I will take 1014 00:50:18,080 --> 00:50:23,359 Speaker 1: jets at Denver Broncos mile High Stadium. Um, here's the 1015 00:50:23,440 --> 00:50:27,640 Speaker 1: latest on Russell Wilson shoulder. That's an ongoing thing. I 1016 00:50:27,680 --> 00:50:30,879 Speaker 1: guess hamstring an ongoing thing. What is he listed at 1017 00:50:31,320 --> 00:50:33,320 Speaker 1: They don't have the injury designations out yet, but it 1018 00:50:33,360 --> 00:50:36,120 Speaker 1: sounds like he'll play. He's practicing again, he said. He 1019 00:50:36,160 --> 00:50:39,800 Speaker 1: mentioned he had wolverine blood, that's why he's healing so fast. Well, 1020 00:50:39,880 --> 00:50:41,600 Speaker 1: you know we Mark, You and I were talking to 1021 00:50:41,840 --> 00:50:45,520 Speaker 1: a birdie in the newsroom that pointed out you know, 1022 00:50:45,640 --> 00:50:47,720 Speaker 1: he went out of his way to let the media 1023 00:50:47,800 --> 00:50:51,200 Speaker 1: know about these injuries. Um, so it's not like this 1024 00:50:51,239 --> 00:50:54,000 Speaker 1: is something that's coming out from the team. Uh. These 1025 00:50:54,040 --> 00:50:56,560 Speaker 1: different maladies that that Russ is dealing with. And you 1026 00:50:56,560 --> 00:50:59,440 Speaker 1: could take that info and think nothing of it or 1027 00:51:00,120 --> 00:51:02,880 Speaker 1: just think, is this a quarterback making some excuses for 1028 00:51:02,920 --> 00:51:07,319 Speaker 1: being statistically, in many ways the worst QBAN football this year. 1029 00:51:07,360 --> 00:51:10,080 Speaker 1: There's an there's an immense amount of pressure on the 1030 00:51:10,080 --> 00:51:14,360 Speaker 1: Broncos to start putting some stuff together here. Um, it 1031 00:51:14,640 --> 00:51:17,759 Speaker 1: is an offense that is not getting better. It is 1032 00:51:17,960 --> 00:51:20,920 Speaker 1: you you watch that ten for ten start, uh and 1033 00:51:20,960 --> 00:51:24,840 Speaker 1: the touchdown past the dulcitch and you think maybe something's cooking, 1034 00:51:25,239 --> 00:51:28,560 Speaker 1: and then things just got worse and worse and worse. 1035 00:51:28,680 --> 00:51:30,839 Speaker 1: And this is here's the bad news. And for those 1036 00:51:30,880 --> 00:51:34,319 Speaker 1: fans at Mile High, except for the Jets fans because 1037 00:51:34,320 --> 00:51:36,240 Speaker 1: they traveled really well to Green Bay, and I wonder 1038 00:51:36,320 --> 00:51:37,719 Speaker 1: if we're gonna see a lot of green in the 1039 00:51:37,760 --> 00:51:41,200 Speaker 1: stands on Sunday. Uh. The Jets defense is not going 1040 00:51:41,239 --> 00:51:43,680 Speaker 1: to be friendly to Russell Wilson, who can't pick up 1041 00:51:43,680 --> 00:51:46,360 Speaker 1: blitz Is, who doesn't spot receivers that are open that 1042 00:51:46,440 --> 00:51:51,839 Speaker 1: flash open quickly. Quentin Williams is absolutely playing. I don't 1043 00:51:51,880 --> 00:51:53,480 Speaker 1: know if we've heard this yet. We're hearing Pro Bowl, 1044 00:51:53,480 --> 00:51:55,320 Speaker 1: All Pro. He keeps this up, He's gonna be in 1045 00:51:55,360 --> 00:51:57,680 Speaker 1: the Defensive Player of the Year conversation. Quentnin Williams is 1046 00:51:57,680 --> 00:52:01,840 Speaker 1: an absolute game wrecker right now. And Sauce Gardner, what 1047 00:52:01,960 --> 00:52:04,839 Speaker 1: he's doing, what we're getting all across on all three 1048 00:52:04,920 --> 00:52:07,960 Speaker 1: levels of the Jets defense. Their ability to get pet 1049 00:52:08,000 --> 00:52:11,640 Speaker 1: pressure without blitzing that is going to be a huge 1050 00:52:11,680 --> 00:52:15,359 Speaker 1: issue for Russell Wilson in this game. So I don't 1051 00:52:15,360 --> 00:52:17,600 Speaker 1: know if I've I mean, I'm sure I've done it, boys, 1052 00:52:17,680 --> 00:52:20,400 Speaker 1: but it's been a long time. He got to do it. 1053 00:52:20,480 --> 00:52:22,640 Speaker 1: I believe that Jets are gonna give the Russell Wilson 1054 00:52:22,640 --> 00:52:27,839 Speaker 1: Broncos offense absolute fits and that's gonna be enough for 1055 00:52:27,880 --> 00:52:33,880 Speaker 1: me to lock up the j E T S Jets, Jets, Jets. 1056 00:52:34,920 --> 00:52:36,799 Speaker 1: Keith has is somewhere in the house right now. I 1057 00:52:36,840 --> 00:52:39,560 Speaker 1: know he hears it. Um, the Jets are gonna win 1058 00:52:39,640 --> 00:52:42,800 Speaker 1: this game. I was rewatching the game before we started 1059 00:52:42,840 --> 00:52:47,719 Speaker 1: taping today and I and I was counting Zach Wilson mistakes. 1060 00:52:48,200 --> 00:52:50,759 Speaker 1: UM in the first half and it was gonna one, 1061 00:52:51,160 --> 00:52:56,000 Speaker 1: two three, whether sliding early or badly placed pass or 1062 00:52:56,040 --> 00:52:59,320 Speaker 1: whatever it was. He's the one concerned with New York 1063 00:52:59,360 --> 00:53:03,279 Speaker 1: because if he puts it together and really does take 1064 00:53:03,320 --> 00:53:05,319 Speaker 1: that step, the Jets can hang with almost any if 1065 00:53:05,360 --> 00:53:08,000 Speaker 1: anybody in the a f c um But we need 1066 00:53:08,040 --> 00:53:09,840 Speaker 1: to see that step. But I think it's the defense 1067 00:53:09,840 --> 00:53:12,120 Speaker 1: that's going to carry them to yet another win. And 1068 00:53:12,280 --> 00:53:15,600 Speaker 1: it's impressive to see Quentin Williams what really how he 1069 00:53:15,640 --> 00:53:18,680 Speaker 1: impacted the game of Aaron Rodgers a week ago and 1070 00:53:18,719 --> 00:53:21,439 Speaker 1: their their faulty offensive line, the issues they were having 1071 00:53:21,640 --> 00:53:23,840 Speaker 1: that he took. He took passes away from Rogers that 1072 00:53:23,880 --> 00:53:25,520 Speaker 1: would have been that would have changed that thing. And 1073 00:53:25,600 --> 00:53:28,799 Speaker 1: so I'm with you, he's having a fantastic season. I'm 1074 00:53:28,840 --> 00:53:32,360 Speaker 1: watching the Broncos and I'm Greg you mentioned this after 1075 00:53:32,400 --> 00:53:35,960 Speaker 1: the Monday night game. I cannot really remember a team 1076 00:53:36,000 --> 00:53:38,799 Speaker 1: like this with a quarterback situation like this, where it's 1077 00:53:38,840 --> 00:53:42,200 Speaker 1: unfolding in such a public fashion and it's almost uncomfortable 1078 00:53:42,200 --> 00:53:45,400 Speaker 1: to watch, especially when it's been games in Denver Stadium 1079 00:53:45,600 --> 00:53:47,800 Speaker 1: where there is a fair debate because it's like Russell 1080 00:53:47,840 --> 00:53:52,040 Speaker 1: Wilson in his first game was playing the worst football 1081 00:53:52,080 --> 00:53:55,359 Speaker 1: of his career. But you're also it's possible to look 1082 00:53:55,400 --> 00:53:57,880 Speaker 1: at what's going on with Nathaniel Hackett in the entire 1083 00:53:58,080 --> 00:54:00,800 Speaker 1: organization of the offense and say which one is it. 1084 00:54:01,000 --> 00:54:03,440 Speaker 1: I think it's so clearly a terrible mixture of both. 1085 00:54:03,719 --> 00:54:06,200 Speaker 1: And the Jets absolutely keep finding these teams at the 1086 00:54:06,280 --> 00:54:09,200 Speaker 1: right time. They put the Packers into total chaos where 1087 00:54:09,200 --> 00:54:11,880 Speaker 1: Aaron Rodgers has to talk about simplifying the offense. I 1088 00:54:11,880 --> 00:54:15,200 Speaker 1: mean the Broncos offense. We're hearing people talk about their protections, 1089 00:54:15,360 --> 00:54:18,960 Speaker 1: other aspects of it being running a sub pro NFL level, 1090 00:54:19,200 --> 00:54:21,560 Speaker 1: And and it doesn't help that Russell Wilson seems to 1091 00:54:21,600 --> 00:54:24,080 Speaker 1: have completely lost his ability to see it, to see 1092 00:54:24,120 --> 00:54:26,880 Speaker 1: the field, and it's starting to feel like in fighting 1093 00:54:27,160 --> 00:54:30,319 Speaker 1: and teammates others are so disappointed with what's going on 1094 00:54:30,640 --> 00:54:33,359 Speaker 1: that the Jets right here who are riding is high 1095 00:54:33,520 --> 00:54:35,759 Speaker 1: magic carpetright as anyone in the league. I already locked 1096 00:54:35,840 --> 00:54:37,319 Speaker 1: him up, but I think it's a great spot for 1097 00:54:37,320 --> 00:54:39,799 Speaker 1: the Jets. Can I push back on one thing, mark 1098 00:54:39,880 --> 00:54:42,040 Speaker 1: that the you're satting the Jets of found teams at 1099 00:54:42,040 --> 00:54:44,120 Speaker 1: the right time. I think this is the landscape of 1100 00:54:44,160 --> 00:54:46,120 Speaker 1: the league. And that's why part of the reason why 1101 00:54:46,600 --> 00:54:49,400 Speaker 1: I have so much optimism about this Jet season. I 1102 00:54:49,440 --> 00:54:52,200 Speaker 1: know they're not the Bills. I know they're not the Chiefs, 1103 00:54:52,239 --> 00:54:54,680 Speaker 1: but you get you catch any team and the team's 1104 00:54:54,719 --> 00:54:57,680 Speaker 1: probably dealing with some type of issues. How the Jets 1105 00:54:57,719 --> 00:54:59,719 Speaker 1: were when Zach Wilson nearly blew out his a c 1106 00:54:59,920 --> 00:55:01,799 Speaker 1: L and they were playing Joe Flacco for a month, 1107 00:55:02,120 --> 00:55:05,760 Speaker 1: Like the Jets are just attacking their schedule and picking 1108 00:55:05,840 --> 00:55:08,080 Speaker 1: up The Jets still are. The Jets still are, And 1109 00:55:08,120 --> 00:55:11,359 Speaker 1: that issue is is Zack Wilson. Now, I gotta see 1110 00:55:11,719 --> 00:55:15,520 Speaker 1: multiple bad weeks until you get overly concerned. But there 1111 00:55:15,600 --> 00:55:19,120 Speaker 1: was a stat like his expected points added as a 1112 00:55:19,200 --> 00:55:22,759 Speaker 1: quarterback was one of the lowest in any single victory 1113 00:55:22,760 --> 00:55:25,919 Speaker 1: by a team in the last you know, five six years. 1114 00:55:25,920 --> 00:55:28,080 Speaker 1: He had a rough game and even though he's had 1115 00:55:28,400 --> 00:55:31,680 Speaker 1: good moments, he's very unpredictable of like when he drops back, 1116 00:55:31,680 --> 00:55:34,200 Speaker 1: you're not sure what's gonna happen. And this is an 1117 00:55:34,200 --> 00:55:37,880 Speaker 1: incredible test. We keep throwing around who's the best defense 1118 00:55:37,880 --> 00:55:42,120 Speaker 1: in the league. Cowboys for the Broncos are absolutely in 1119 00:55:42,200 --> 00:55:45,120 Speaker 1: that mix. They are doing everything well. They're the number 1120 00:55:45,160 --> 00:55:47,359 Speaker 1: one past defense in the league dv A way. They 1121 00:55:47,440 --> 00:55:50,640 Speaker 1: just added their all pro Justin Simmons back into the mix. 1122 00:55:50,920 --> 00:55:54,040 Speaker 1: There's a couple of spots there where they're thin, but they, 1123 00:55:54,320 --> 00:55:56,359 Speaker 1: like a lot of these teams, are very versatile because 1124 00:55:56,400 --> 00:55:59,920 Speaker 1: they play three safeties. Cayden Stearns played outstanding early in 1125 00:56:00,040 --> 00:56:02,399 Speaker 1: the season, and they have Kareem Jackson and their past 1126 00:56:02,480 --> 00:56:05,760 Speaker 1: rush is awesome. Baron Browning's been a revelation, Bradley Chubb's 1127 00:56:05,800 --> 00:56:08,080 Speaker 1: having the best season of his career, and then Draymond 1128 00:56:08,120 --> 00:56:10,759 Speaker 1: d J. Jones. This is a really good defense, and 1129 00:56:10,800 --> 00:56:13,399 Speaker 1: that's one of the things that's crazy about them being 1130 00:56:13,480 --> 00:56:16,160 Speaker 1: two and four. What's the most waste of defense we've 1131 00:56:16,160 --> 00:56:18,600 Speaker 1: seen there? There there number one right now in d 1132 00:56:18,719 --> 00:56:20,279 Speaker 1: v O A and defense. I'm not saying they're like 1133 00:56:20,360 --> 00:56:22,520 Speaker 1: so dominant that the Jets won't be able to run 1134 00:56:22,560 --> 00:56:24,560 Speaker 1: on them and make some place like no defense is 1135 00:56:24,600 --> 00:56:27,080 Speaker 1: that dominant, But it's a really good defense, and you 1136 00:56:27,080 --> 00:56:32,280 Speaker 1: would expect them to create some chaos for Zach Wilson. 1137 00:56:32,320 --> 00:56:34,480 Speaker 1: And that's the route. And that's why as bad as 1138 00:56:34,480 --> 00:56:37,200 Speaker 1: it's been for the Broncoes all these games they lose 1139 00:56:37,239 --> 00:56:39,600 Speaker 1: by three points, it's not like they're getting blown out, 1140 00:56:39,600 --> 00:56:42,319 Speaker 1: You're gonna be most likely. I think Dan sweaty out 1141 00:56:42,360 --> 00:56:44,719 Speaker 1: this lock. Even though I'm wish you, I'm with you, 1142 00:56:44,800 --> 00:56:46,640 Speaker 1: and I think the Jets will win. I think it's 1143 00:56:46,640 --> 00:56:48,440 Speaker 1: just time for me to go all the way in 1144 00:56:48,840 --> 00:56:50,880 Speaker 1: uh and and get behind them. I just like the 1145 00:56:50,920 --> 00:56:52,960 Speaker 1: spot and part of the reason I was watching Sunday 1146 00:56:53,120 --> 00:56:56,600 Speaker 1: or Monday night. You know, those third downs, whether it 1147 00:56:56,640 --> 00:56:59,520 Speaker 1: was third and medium, third and long, the complete inability 1148 00:56:59,719 --> 00:57:02,400 Speaker 1: for the ski forget about just Wilson who starts coaching 1149 00:57:03,080 --> 00:57:06,120 Speaker 1: scheme that they don't have that guys coming in unblocked. 1150 00:57:06,120 --> 00:57:09,920 Speaker 1: Every third down dropback was absolutely doomed. And I just 1151 00:57:09,960 --> 00:57:11,920 Speaker 1: think it sets up well for a New York defense 1152 00:57:11,960 --> 00:57:15,520 Speaker 1: playing really well. I will now snake it and I 1153 00:57:15,600 --> 00:57:17,840 Speaker 1: like to hurt. I like to hurt people. I like 1154 00:57:17,920 --> 00:57:20,440 Speaker 1: to hurt my friends, and that's what I'm about to do. 1155 00:57:21,240 --> 00:57:23,960 Speaker 1: Not in life, but in this game. I like to 1156 00:57:24,080 --> 00:57:27,440 Speaker 1: really stick it in the ribs and then twist because 1157 00:57:27,480 --> 00:57:30,400 Speaker 1: I know both of you were hoping Atlanta at Cincinnati 1158 00:57:31,120 --> 00:57:35,000 Speaker 1: would fall to you, um and yet it will not 1159 00:57:37,560 --> 00:57:40,720 Speaker 1: come on. Be honest, be honest, I'm a I'm a 1160 00:57:40,760 --> 00:57:43,440 Speaker 1: little peeved at you taking that game. But I'm over it. 1161 00:57:43,640 --> 00:57:46,880 Speaker 1: I'm getting over it currently. I can't say I'm like 1162 00:57:46,960 --> 00:57:52,200 Speaker 1: that disappointed. Listen, the Bengals offense in a very unsettled league. 1163 00:57:52,560 --> 00:57:55,240 Speaker 1: I really enjoyed watching Joe Burrow, and I've enjoyed in 1164 00:57:55,320 --> 00:57:57,919 Speaker 1: the last couple of weeks as they've been cleaning up 1165 00:57:58,200 --> 00:58:02,280 Speaker 1: their offensive line play and Tee Higgins getting healthier and 1166 00:58:02,320 --> 00:58:05,400 Speaker 1: back on the field, and all of a sudden, oh right, 1167 00:58:05,600 --> 00:58:08,600 Speaker 1: this is a Cincinnati this is that offense. And I 1168 00:58:08,760 --> 00:58:12,200 Speaker 1: just get the view, the feeling and the vibe that 1169 00:58:12,200 --> 00:58:16,800 Speaker 1: that Burrow and Jamaar and t and Mixing, who looked 1170 00:58:16,840 --> 00:58:20,000 Speaker 1: better last week, are about to go off and and 1171 00:58:20,040 --> 00:58:22,200 Speaker 1: win a bunch of games and score a lot of points. 1172 00:58:22,240 --> 00:58:25,320 Speaker 1: I really like them in the spot at home against Atlanta, 1173 00:58:25,560 --> 00:58:27,440 Speaker 1: And that's not taking anything away from the Falcons. I 1174 00:58:27,440 --> 00:58:29,880 Speaker 1: know you guys are higher in general, um on the 1175 00:58:29,960 --> 00:58:32,680 Speaker 1: Arthur Smith ra than me. I'm still more like, wait 1176 00:58:32,720 --> 00:58:36,120 Speaker 1: and see. They're definitely better than they were a year ago. Um. 1177 00:58:36,160 --> 00:58:39,520 Speaker 1: They beat San Francisco, which is a really nice win. Obviously, 1178 00:58:39,880 --> 00:58:43,040 Speaker 1: but like I said earlier, the Niners were decimated by injuries, 1179 00:58:43,040 --> 00:58:45,280 Speaker 1: so I don't know if we're seeing twenty eight more 1180 00:58:45,320 --> 00:58:47,800 Speaker 1: points from the Falcons, and I think we get that 1181 00:58:47,920 --> 00:58:50,720 Speaker 1: from Cincinnati. This one feels to me like a thirty 1182 00:58:50,800 --> 00:58:54,480 Speaker 1: one seventeen Cincinnati victory. I mean, except that Atlantis scored 1183 00:58:54,600 --> 00:58:57,080 Speaker 1: week after week and they found a way back into games. 1184 00:58:57,200 --> 00:58:59,080 Speaker 1: And if I if I you look at the way 1185 00:58:59,080 --> 00:59:01,880 Speaker 1: that they're playing, you get enough from Marcus Mariotta, and 1186 00:59:01,880 --> 00:59:03,720 Speaker 1: if you get him on the ground, they're running for 1187 00:59:03,720 --> 00:59:07,400 Speaker 1: like two hundred plus yards a game and dominating defensive 1188 00:59:07,440 --> 00:59:10,080 Speaker 1: lines um with not a great offensive line. Actually, that's 1189 00:59:10,080 --> 00:59:12,600 Speaker 1: why I think they're so well coached under Arthur Smith. 1190 00:59:12,680 --> 00:59:14,200 Speaker 1: And if you look at the Bengals, they have been 1191 00:59:14,280 --> 00:59:16,400 Speaker 1: gashed on the ground two weeks in a row. So 1192 00:59:16,440 --> 00:59:19,480 Speaker 1: I see an opportunity for Atlanta too, and you know, 1193 00:59:19,560 --> 00:59:21,320 Speaker 1: do what they want to do on offense and attack 1194 00:59:21,400 --> 00:59:23,160 Speaker 1: the way they want to attack. But Daniel right, I 1195 00:59:23,240 --> 00:59:25,320 Speaker 1: mean this, if you look at you take away that 1196 00:59:25,400 --> 00:59:28,240 Speaker 1: Week one result for Joe Burrow, I mean he's really 1197 00:59:28,280 --> 00:59:30,680 Speaker 1: been mistake free in terms of giveaways. He's not He's 1198 00:59:30,720 --> 00:59:32,840 Speaker 1: got like two picks or something like that, and you 1199 00:59:32,880 --> 00:59:35,080 Speaker 1: saw the big plays are starting to creep up. And 1200 00:59:35,120 --> 00:59:37,320 Speaker 1: if you get Burrow and Jamaar Chase the way you 1201 00:59:37,360 --> 00:59:39,080 Speaker 1: did last week. You know, you talk about the fact 1202 00:59:39,080 --> 00:59:41,680 Speaker 1: that Jamaar Chase for teams that haven't faced him yet, 1203 00:59:41,840 --> 00:59:43,680 Speaker 1: that on the field, when you deal with him, he's 1204 00:59:43,680 --> 00:59:46,560 Speaker 1: a completely different surprising entity than he is on tape. 1205 00:59:46,840 --> 00:59:49,000 Speaker 1: And I think that's the that the element of surprise 1206 00:59:49,040 --> 00:59:51,480 Speaker 1: for the Bengals is still there. They're growing into who 1207 00:59:51,480 --> 00:59:54,000 Speaker 1: they were last year to Sundergrand with they're that spicy. 1208 00:59:54,040 --> 00:59:56,400 Speaker 1: But it is a huge test for a Falcons team 1209 00:59:56,560 --> 00:59:58,040 Speaker 1: that I find to be as fun to watch as 1210 00:59:58,080 --> 01:00:01,280 Speaker 1: any in the league right now. Yeah, I I struggle 1211 01:00:01,360 --> 01:00:05,080 Speaker 1: with the Bengals. I want to say they turned some 1212 01:00:05,200 --> 01:00:07,720 Speaker 1: corner and I was expecting that, and then when I 1213 01:00:07,800 --> 01:00:10,080 Speaker 1: watched that game, I just don't. I don't feel like 1214 01:00:10,080 --> 01:00:13,040 Speaker 1: they've turned any corner. I don't think their offensive lines 1215 01:00:13,080 --> 01:00:17,400 Speaker 1: playing well at all. Like their only plays are Joe 1216 01:00:17,480 --> 01:00:19,240 Speaker 1: Burrow get the ball out of his hand in like 1217 01:00:19,360 --> 01:00:23,000 Speaker 1: one second, so there is no offensive line, or they're 1218 01:00:23,000 --> 01:00:26,959 Speaker 1: great players Tee Higgins, Jamaar Chase Burrow make just great 1219 01:00:27,000 --> 01:00:30,000 Speaker 1: individual plays. They either break tackles or they making insane 1220 01:00:30,000 --> 01:00:31,920 Speaker 1: catch or they're making insane run and that's great. They 1221 01:00:31,920 --> 01:00:33,960 Speaker 1: have great players wasn't he having to do that behind 1222 01:00:34,000 --> 01:00:36,640 Speaker 1: the line last year? Just so? But it it was, 1223 01:00:36,760 --> 01:00:39,240 Speaker 1: it felt a little more consistent. They didn't have a 1224 01:00:39,320 --> 01:00:41,520 Speaker 1: running game. I don't think they're well coached. And then 1225 01:00:41,560 --> 01:00:45,040 Speaker 1: the Bengals defense, which had started off the season so well, 1226 01:00:45,080 --> 01:00:46,760 Speaker 1: I think you can push them around a little bit. 1227 01:00:46,800 --> 01:00:50,000 Speaker 1: And this is the wrong team to play when you 1228 01:00:50,040 --> 01:00:52,160 Speaker 1: can get pushed around. To me, I see these teams 1229 01:00:52,160 --> 01:00:54,640 Speaker 1: as another two teams in the middle. I don't see 1230 01:00:54,680 --> 01:00:57,880 Speaker 1: them like because people do power rankings, Dan, you have 1231 01:00:57,960 --> 01:01:01,800 Speaker 1: to pick a team that's like, has potential and it's higher, 1232 01:01:01,960 --> 01:01:04,480 Speaker 1: and to me, these are two very much in the 1233 01:01:04,520 --> 01:01:06,840 Speaker 1: middle teams. The Bengals have so nothing other than what 1234 01:01:06,880 --> 01:01:10,080 Speaker 1: they did a year ago to believe that they're any different. 1235 01:01:10,480 --> 01:01:12,840 Speaker 1: We throw some stats out there because your your field 1236 01:01:12,840 --> 01:01:16,640 Speaker 1: test says Cincinnati is not getting much better. They still. 1237 01:01:17,320 --> 01:01:20,240 Speaker 1: Burrow has a one ten passer rating since Week three, 1238 01:01:20,320 --> 01:01:23,040 Speaker 1: third in the NFL. He has five interceptions this year, 1239 01:01:23,280 --> 01:01:28,320 Speaker 1: only one since Week one. Right, they have eight touchdown 1240 01:01:28,440 --> 01:01:32,160 Speaker 1: zero interceptions against man coverage that they've won three or 1241 01:01:32,160 --> 01:01:35,000 Speaker 1: four after starting oh and two. Joe Burrow on a 1242 01:01:35,240 --> 01:01:36,880 Speaker 1: you might not see what the offensive line greg but 1243 01:01:36,960 --> 01:01:39,280 Speaker 1: Joe Burrows went out of his way after these games 1244 01:01:39,320 --> 01:01:41,640 Speaker 1: to say that the offensive line is improving and it's 1245 01:01:41,680 --> 01:01:44,480 Speaker 1: helping his game. And I just think there's I'm not 1246 01:01:44,520 --> 01:01:46,400 Speaker 1: saying they're a perfect team, and what you're saying about 1247 01:01:46,400 --> 01:01:48,720 Speaker 1: the power wreckings is true. Do I think Cincinnati is 1248 01:01:48,760 --> 01:01:51,520 Speaker 1: a top five team almost any other year. No, They're 1249 01:01:51,560 --> 01:01:53,920 Speaker 1: kind of like a ten to thirteen type team. But 1250 01:01:53,960 --> 01:01:56,440 Speaker 1: the league is what the league is right now, and 1251 01:01:56,520 --> 01:02:00,880 Speaker 1: I saw certain things being unlocked with their offense, especially yesterday. 1252 01:02:00,920 --> 01:02:04,520 Speaker 1: The defense. Yes, they they're vulnerable there potentially, but I've 1253 01:02:04,560 --> 01:02:07,040 Speaker 1: just seen enough personally to say I could see the 1254 01:02:07,040 --> 01:02:09,160 Speaker 1: Bengals really getting hot here in the middle of the season. 1255 01:02:09,320 --> 01:02:11,200 Speaker 1: I'm with you because I think that, you know, had 1256 01:02:11,240 --> 01:02:13,680 Speaker 1: things continue to pace after Week one or Week two, 1257 01:02:13,920 --> 01:02:16,080 Speaker 1: you're in panic mode because it looked like Joe Burrow 1258 01:02:16,080 --> 01:02:18,240 Speaker 1: wouldn't last the season. Right now, I mean, it's like 1259 01:02:18,320 --> 01:02:20,840 Speaker 1: this is a process, and we're talking about the entire 1260 01:02:20,920 --> 01:02:24,320 Speaker 1: league looking mezzanine level outside of two or three teams. 1261 01:02:24,440 --> 01:02:26,840 Speaker 1: The Bengals at least are trending back to where they 1262 01:02:26,840 --> 01:02:30,040 Speaker 1: were a year ago. My difference is Joe mixing fourth 1263 01:02:30,080 --> 01:02:33,280 Speaker 1: most carries in the league seventeen in yardage because he's 1264 01:02:33,360 --> 01:02:35,440 Speaker 1: running the three point three yards per carry. I know 1265 01:02:35,520 --> 01:02:37,920 Speaker 1: he's had a couple better games here, but they were 1266 01:02:38,000 --> 01:02:40,840 Speaker 1: dominant down the stretch last year because, especially in their 1267 01:02:40,840 --> 01:02:44,080 Speaker 1: own division, mixing in the ground game would punish teams 1268 01:02:44,200 --> 01:02:46,720 Speaker 1: entire out defenses. They're not able to do that right now. 1269 01:02:46,920 --> 01:02:51,840 Speaker 1: I just think in this muddled NFL sometimes that we 1270 01:02:51,840 --> 01:02:53,760 Speaker 1: we signed a lot to wins and losses, that is 1271 01:02:53,800 --> 01:02:56,240 Speaker 1: the point. But have they really played like they lost 1272 01:02:56,280 --> 01:02:59,120 Speaker 1: a couple of heartbreakers early and we assigned a lot 1273 01:02:59,160 --> 01:03:00,880 Speaker 1: that things are falling by and now they're winning a 1274 01:03:00,920 --> 01:03:03,480 Speaker 1: couple of heartbreakers for the other teams late, and we're 1275 01:03:03,480 --> 01:03:05,240 Speaker 1: assigning a lot to that. And to me, they just 1276 01:03:05,600 --> 01:03:07,440 Speaker 1: they seem in the middle. And I think coaching is 1277 01:03:07,480 --> 01:03:10,600 Speaker 1: more important than ever. I always would say there's only 1278 01:03:10,600 --> 01:03:12,960 Speaker 1: five or six coaching staffs that matter on one side, 1279 01:03:12,960 --> 01:03:15,280 Speaker 1: good and bad. But I don't know what's so little 1280 01:03:15,680 --> 01:03:18,960 Speaker 1: separating these teams this year. I think coaching has mattered more. 1281 01:03:19,160 --> 01:03:21,960 Speaker 1: I found it interesting the Falcons like aren't blitzing much anymore. 1282 01:03:22,000 --> 01:03:23,640 Speaker 1: That's what you think of him as, but they've really 1283 01:03:23,640 --> 01:03:26,160 Speaker 1: adapted and they're different. And I look at this six 1284 01:03:26,160 --> 01:03:28,520 Speaker 1: and a half point spread, and like a couple of 1285 01:03:28,560 --> 01:03:30,520 Speaker 1: six and a half point spreads this week. I'm like, 1286 01:03:30,720 --> 01:03:34,240 Speaker 1: that seems crazy to me. These teams seem absolutely even, 1287 01:03:34,400 --> 01:03:36,680 Speaker 1: and that's why it's Uh, it's gonna be rated in 1288 01:03:36,720 --> 01:03:39,320 Speaker 1: Cincinnati to the Rainmaker doesn't come out twice in a 1289 01:03:39,320 --> 01:03:42,240 Speaker 1: week very often, but he is this week. We're taking 1290 01:03:42,240 --> 01:03:45,040 Speaker 1: the Falcon six and a half. I love it. This 1291 01:03:45,080 --> 01:03:49,680 Speaker 1: thing's coming down to the end, Dan, this is a 1292 01:03:49,760 --> 01:03:53,400 Speaker 1: chore sitting here today. Some people can handle the power 1293 01:03:53,440 --> 01:03:56,520 Speaker 1: and some people this person consumes. You know. Some listeners 1294 01:03:56,520 --> 01:03:59,000 Speaker 1: were like, you haven't done a Raidmaker in three weeks. 1295 01:03:59,000 --> 01:04:00,560 Speaker 1: I was like, okay, I gotta make up some and 1296 01:04:00,560 --> 01:04:03,400 Speaker 1: I do feel strong about these two. I love getting 1297 01:04:03,400 --> 01:04:06,600 Speaker 1: that many points. All right, good team, we'll be tracking 1298 01:04:06,640 --> 01:04:10,400 Speaker 1: that very closely. And if God forbid, your two Rainmakers 1299 01:04:10,440 --> 01:04:13,080 Speaker 1: don't hit, I'm sure that Mark and I won't be 1300 01:04:13,120 --> 01:04:15,320 Speaker 1: bringing it up on the show. Right I I just 1301 01:04:15,360 --> 01:04:18,720 Speaker 1: gave Dan one more thing to root heavily for on Sunday, 1302 01:04:18,760 --> 01:04:21,680 Speaker 1: So you're welcome um again. I'd like to hurt my friends, 1303 01:04:21,720 --> 01:04:24,680 Speaker 1: but only in scenarios like like this. Another example Greg's 1304 01:04:24,720 --> 01:04:28,760 Speaker 1: Rainmaker like that would be fun to celebrate sunshine in 1305 01:04:28,840 --> 01:04:31,200 Speaker 1: a I mean, the record over the last two years 1306 01:04:31,320 --> 01:04:33,960 Speaker 1: is getting to be ridiculous. I think it's like twelve 1307 01:04:34,000 --> 01:04:36,840 Speaker 1: and four something something outrageous. We're on a HoTT Well, 1308 01:04:36,840 --> 01:04:38,600 Speaker 1: you've had a lot of practice over the years, Greg 1309 01:04:38,600 --> 01:04:40,400 Speaker 1: in this realm and you you're really doing well and 1310 01:04:40,480 --> 01:04:44,920 Speaker 1: we thank you. Greg. You're up. Oh I am, I am. 1311 01:04:44,960 --> 01:04:47,680 Speaker 1: I'm gonna take the Browns in the Ravens. Uh. I 1312 01:04:47,680 --> 01:04:50,560 Speaker 1: feel weird with Mark City next to me taking the 1313 01:04:50,600 --> 01:04:52,680 Speaker 1: Browns back to back weeks. But we're deep in the 1314 01:04:52,720 --> 01:04:56,040 Speaker 1: draft and I'm just not. Uh, I wouldn't have. Yeah, 1315 01:04:56,080 --> 01:04:57,840 Speaker 1: you could have. I could have could have could you 1316 01:04:57,840 --> 01:04:59,800 Speaker 1: could have taken it with that third overall pick, Mark, 1317 01:04:59,800 --> 01:05:03,840 Speaker 1: That just I could have taken Colts Titans, And that's great. 1318 01:05:03,880 --> 01:05:07,000 Speaker 1: And I don't know, there's so many loyalties here. I'm 1319 01:05:07,080 --> 01:05:10,760 Speaker 1: loyal to football and I am uh interested in this game. 1320 01:05:11,240 --> 01:05:16,400 Speaker 1: I mean, I'm loyal to I'm just saying to like 1321 01:05:16,720 --> 01:05:19,880 Speaker 1: making the best Sunday. I'm I think this is a 1322 01:05:19,920 --> 01:05:23,080 Speaker 1: great game at this point in each of these two 1323 01:05:23,120 --> 01:05:25,680 Speaker 1: teams season. I think it's a very compelling game. I 1324 01:05:25,720 --> 01:05:29,080 Speaker 1: find both these teams compelling and confusing. The Ravens are 1325 01:05:29,120 --> 01:05:31,120 Speaker 1: such a strange three and three team. The Browns are 1326 01:05:31,400 --> 01:05:33,960 Speaker 1: a strange two and four team. They both feel like 1327 01:05:34,280 --> 01:05:36,120 Speaker 1: they should be better than they are. But one of 1328 01:05:36,120 --> 01:05:39,800 Speaker 1: these two teams is gonna be devastated after this loss 1329 01:05:40,000 --> 01:05:43,920 Speaker 1: and in a really difficult spot that they didn't expect. 1330 01:05:44,280 --> 01:05:47,160 Speaker 1: I want to think that the Ravens can punish the 1331 01:05:47,320 --> 01:05:51,320 Speaker 1: disorganized Brown's defense because this team has given up a 1332 01:05:51,360 --> 01:05:54,400 Speaker 1: lot of big plays. In theory, that's what Lamar's should do. 1333 01:05:54,720 --> 01:05:57,440 Speaker 1: Looks like they get Rashad Bateman back this week, but 1334 01:05:57,520 --> 01:06:01,080 Speaker 1: then Mark Andrews is out of practice when Day and Thursday, 1335 01:06:01,120 --> 01:06:05,400 Speaker 1: and it's like they they're just too thin. It's crazy 1336 01:06:05,440 --> 01:06:09,520 Speaker 1: how they don't have anyone but Andrews and kind of 1337 01:06:09,600 --> 01:06:13,360 Speaker 1: Devon DuVernay when Bateman was out. Now Bateman's back, that's 1338 01:06:13,400 --> 01:06:16,320 Speaker 1: not enough. Like no other receivers are getting involved. And yes, 1339 01:06:16,440 --> 01:06:18,600 Speaker 1: I think they found something with Kenyan Drake last week 1340 01:06:18,680 --> 01:06:20,960 Speaker 1: running the ball. He looked good. J K. Dobbins is 1341 01:06:20,960 --> 01:06:23,520 Speaker 1: out of practice. I get the feeling they might sit 1342 01:06:23,640 --> 01:06:26,080 Speaker 1: him down for a minute. He just never looked right 1343 01:06:26,160 --> 01:06:29,200 Speaker 1: this season coming off his injury. And maybe they're just 1344 01:06:29,240 --> 01:06:30,880 Speaker 1: gonna give him a couple of weeks off with that 1345 01:06:30,960 --> 01:06:32,600 Speaker 1: injury and just see if you can get a little 1346 01:06:32,640 --> 01:06:36,040 Speaker 1: more juice Kenyan Drake something. But they're an inconsistent offense. 1347 01:06:36,120 --> 01:06:40,240 Speaker 1: And you mentioned it, Mark, like Lamar has five fourth 1348 01:06:40,320 --> 01:06:46,920 Speaker 1: quarter interceptions? What turnovers? Four interceptions? Uh? They said something like, 1349 01:06:47,040 --> 01:06:49,240 Speaker 1: I think he only had six in his entire career 1350 01:06:49,360 --> 01:06:52,640 Speaker 1: until this year. Like something strange here. And he's definitely 1351 01:06:52,680 --> 01:06:54,320 Speaker 1: not playing at the level he was in the first 1352 01:06:54,360 --> 01:06:56,120 Speaker 1: three weeks. Now, I'm I'm with you. I mean, he's 1353 01:06:56,160 --> 01:06:58,240 Speaker 1: he's he's falling off a cliff in a lot of ways. 1354 01:06:58,280 --> 01:07:01,400 Speaker 1: But the turnovers have been um absolutely critical. And this 1355 01:07:01,480 --> 01:07:04,000 Speaker 1: is your game though, if you're the Ravens now that 1356 01:07:04,040 --> 01:07:05,640 Speaker 1: you have bateing back, because I'm with you, they always 1357 01:07:05,640 --> 01:07:08,880 Speaker 1: seem like they're if they're missing one weapon. They don't 1358 01:07:08,920 --> 01:07:12,640 Speaker 1: look like other NFL teams in terms of the more 1359 01:07:12,640 --> 01:07:15,160 Speaker 1: important right he's there, he's the core of their their 1360 01:07:15,160 --> 01:07:17,760 Speaker 1: passing game. But if you can't run against the Browns, 1361 01:07:17,800 --> 01:07:21,200 Speaker 1: if you can't get plays against Cleveland, it's that would 1362 01:07:21,200 --> 01:07:23,360 Speaker 1: be more concerning for me than anything about the Ravens, 1363 01:07:23,400 --> 01:07:25,880 Speaker 1: because the Browns defense right now, I think is a 1364 01:07:25,920 --> 01:07:29,000 Speaker 1: bottom three unit. It is Miles Garrett playing out of 1365 01:07:29,040 --> 01:07:32,560 Speaker 1: his mind week after week and nobody else, and it's 1366 01:07:32,560 --> 01:07:34,360 Speaker 1: like they're not the sum of their parts, because there's 1367 01:07:34,400 --> 01:07:36,840 Speaker 1: talent on this defense. But it's funny because, like John 1368 01:07:36,880 --> 01:07:39,000 Speaker 1: Johnson their safety this week, I thought he had some 1369 01:07:39,000 --> 01:07:41,800 Speaker 1: pretty revealing comments about the fact that, you know, this 1370 01:07:41,880 --> 01:07:45,000 Speaker 1: isn't a team that after practice people are sticking around 1371 01:07:45,320 --> 01:07:47,840 Speaker 1: logging more hours. It's like kind of get in your 1372 01:07:47,840 --> 01:07:51,960 Speaker 1: car and go home situation, and I kind of kind 1373 01:07:51,960 --> 01:07:54,160 Speaker 1: of I'm not done necessarily that they don't like each other. 1374 01:07:54,160 --> 01:07:56,080 Speaker 1: It's like, are they putting in the work? Is it 1375 01:07:56,120 --> 01:07:58,960 Speaker 1: all hands on deck? After what we've seen from this defense, 1376 01:07:59,000 --> 01:08:02,080 Speaker 1: they should be making adjustments changing what they're doing. And 1377 01:08:02,120 --> 01:08:05,280 Speaker 1: they've been discombobulated and out of sorts week after weeks. 1378 01:08:05,280 --> 01:08:07,640 Speaker 1: So if the Ravens can't do it here, then I'd 1379 01:08:07,640 --> 01:08:09,840 Speaker 1: be really concerned about the Ravens from that angle. Well, 1380 01:08:10,160 --> 01:08:13,240 Speaker 1: that's the thing. The Ravens are annoying. The Ravens are 1381 01:08:13,240 --> 01:08:18,240 Speaker 1: in uh uh tugboat time out right now because it's 1382 01:08:18,360 --> 01:08:21,280 Speaker 1: just like, guys, what what are we doing here? Like 1383 01:08:21,439 --> 01:08:24,920 Speaker 1: that they've they've blown now three games with a ten 1384 01:08:25,000 --> 01:08:28,280 Speaker 1: point lead that's tied their franchise record in the second half, 1385 01:08:28,320 --> 01:08:31,479 Speaker 1: and that's through weeks six, And you just want to 1386 01:08:31,720 --> 01:08:33,960 Speaker 1: you what you're looking the way things are right now 1387 01:08:33,960 --> 01:08:36,519 Speaker 1: in this unsettled league to grab onto things teams that 1388 01:08:36,520 --> 01:08:39,439 Speaker 1: you could trust. In Baltimore, I I've lost two locks. 1389 01:08:39,479 --> 01:08:42,240 Speaker 1: Both my locks this year are getting behind the Ravens 1390 01:08:42,240 --> 01:08:44,720 Speaker 1: and games that they have in hand and blow and 1391 01:08:44,760 --> 01:08:48,080 Speaker 1: it's just like, what is that about? And I think 1392 01:08:48,439 --> 01:08:50,599 Speaker 1: there's two things. You could definitely point the finger at 1393 01:08:50,640 --> 01:08:53,200 Speaker 1: some coaching mistakes that are happening, but it's right. And 1394 01:08:53,240 --> 01:08:55,320 Speaker 1: I'm glad Greg because I know you and Clay Bown 1395 01:08:55,400 --> 01:08:58,680 Speaker 1: and others are always looking out for Lamar. But he 1396 01:08:58,920 --> 01:09:03,400 Speaker 1: is absolutely played a role in these collapses, especially against 1397 01:09:03,400 --> 01:09:07,599 Speaker 1: Buffalo obviously against the Giants, and he needs to be better. 1398 01:09:07,760 --> 01:09:09,200 Speaker 1: And you could say he doesn't have a lot of 1399 01:09:09,200 --> 01:09:13,240 Speaker 1: supporting parts, but you know, the great ones, uh, they 1400 01:09:13,280 --> 01:09:15,519 Speaker 1: find a way uh to get it done. Look at 1401 01:09:15,520 --> 01:09:17,320 Speaker 1: what we're seeing from Mahomes in Kansas City and we 1402 01:09:17,360 --> 01:09:21,240 Speaker 1: see Lamar. Maybe he's not Mahomes and that all time level, 1403 01:09:21,240 --> 01:09:23,559 Speaker 1: but if he's truly a superstar, that's gonna get paid 1404 01:09:23,880 --> 01:09:27,080 Speaker 1: the highest contract ever for a quarterback, well, he should 1405 01:09:27,080 --> 01:09:28,760 Speaker 1: be able to make it work. Maybe you shouldn't have 1406 01:09:28,800 --> 01:09:31,200 Speaker 1: traded Hollywood Brown. I don't know, but that's the past. 1407 01:09:31,600 --> 01:09:33,960 Speaker 1: You need Rashande Bateman to hit the ground running. Um. 1408 01:09:34,000 --> 01:09:36,479 Speaker 1: I expect this to be one sided for the Ravens, 1409 01:09:36,600 --> 01:09:40,040 Speaker 1: but again after three games, blown games and Latin teams 1410 01:09:40,040 --> 01:09:42,599 Speaker 1: back in games, it's like, I don't know what to expect. 1411 01:09:44,240 --> 01:09:47,920 Speaker 1: Look to be clear, Lamar overall is the reason why 1412 01:09:47,960 --> 01:09:51,320 Speaker 1: this team has a good offense. And of course he 1413 01:09:51,400 --> 01:09:54,719 Speaker 1: deserves that contract because like Kyler Murray gets those contracts 1414 01:09:54,760 --> 01:09:56,920 Speaker 1: like he's on he's at another level and that he's 1415 01:09:56,960 --> 01:09:58,479 Speaker 1: gonna get it. He's just got to clean up. His 1416 01:09:58,520 --> 01:10:00,519 Speaker 1: passing has just been a little in says. I think 1417 01:10:00,520 --> 01:10:02,840 Speaker 1: the reason they lose this game is because, unlike other 1418 01:10:02,960 --> 01:10:06,120 Speaker 1: Ravens team, their weaknesses are really weak. They have no 1419 01:10:06,320 --> 01:10:09,200 Speaker 1: edge rushers. I mean, they signed Jpp off the street, 1420 01:10:09,720 --> 01:10:12,040 Speaker 1: play him every snap and he he did, he did, 1421 01:10:12,200 --> 01:10:14,599 Speaker 1: he didn't show up in the stat sheet. Like their 1422 01:10:14,600 --> 01:10:17,320 Speaker 1: offensive line has been really injured. But I do think 1423 01:10:17,320 --> 01:10:19,760 Speaker 1: they're coming together. Ronnie Stanley has played well for them 1424 01:10:19,800 --> 01:10:21,840 Speaker 1: the last two weeks and they've they've improved the last 1425 01:10:21,840 --> 01:10:24,519 Speaker 1: couple of weeks, so certain things have come together while 1426 01:10:24,560 --> 01:10:27,200 Speaker 1: certain things have fallen apart in terms of giving up 1427 01:10:27,200 --> 01:10:30,120 Speaker 1: big plays defensively and like being really thin at receivers. 1428 01:10:30,120 --> 01:10:33,439 Speaker 1: Their weaknesses are weak. And yet, uh, I'm stepping into 1429 01:10:33,479 --> 01:10:35,960 Speaker 1: that trap to like you did, Dan, You've gotten a 1430 01:10:35,960 --> 01:10:38,800 Speaker 1: couple of Ravens wrong. I got it wrong last week, 1431 01:10:38,840 --> 01:10:40,559 Speaker 1: but then I jumped out of it at the last second. 1432 01:10:40,600 --> 01:10:42,760 Speaker 1: But this time I'm jumping right back in. I'm walking 1433 01:10:42,880 --> 01:10:46,639 Speaker 1: up the race. So I'm gonna say, I think you're 1434 01:10:46,640 --> 01:10:48,800 Speaker 1: in safe territory and you're gonna have to count on 1435 01:10:48,840 --> 01:10:50,799 Speaker 1: the fact that the Browns when they've been good on offense, 1436 01:10:50,880 --> 01:10:53,679 Speaker 1: like if Nick Chubb does Nick Chubb things, that they'll 1437 01:10:53,760 --> 01:10:55,400 Speaker 1: keep it close. But why a teller is out? I 1438 01:10:55,439 --> 01:10:58,040 Speaker 1: think that's a big loss for Cleveland's offensive line. I 1439 01:10:58,080 --> 01:11:02,160 Speaker 1: don't see Baltimore is getting stopped by Cleveland and there 1440 01:11:02,479 --> 01:11:06,400 Speaker 1: in Cleveland. It not to get to But I know 1441 01:11:06,479 --> 01:11:09,599 Speaker 1: Kevin Servantski does not listen to our show during the season. 1442 01:11:09,680 --> 01:11:12,479 Speaker 1: He's an every show listener in the off season. But 1443 01:11:12,640 --> 01:11:15,920 Speaker 1: just in case somebody can get this to him, Um, 1444 01:11:16,040 --> 01:11:18,760 Speaker 1: I was saying, give Nick Chubb the ball Mark, you 1445 01:11:18,760 --> 01:11:22,160 Speaker 1: gave it to him twelve times last week. I know 1446 01:11:22,280 --> 01:11:24,439 Speaker 1: the game script. Blah blah blah. Give the ball to 1447 01:11:24,560 --> 01:11:27,360 Speaker 1: Nick Chubb thirty times and see what's going on in 1448 01:11:27,360 --> 01:11:29,800 Speaker 1: the fourth course. Is he in a tug about time out? 1449 01:11:30,320 --> 01:11:33,519 Speaker 1: Oh no, the only one tugboat tugboat time out for 1450 01:11:34,200 --> 01:11:37,960 Speaker 1: any given time in the league. Put one of us 1451 01:11:37,960 --> 01:11:40,479 Speaker 1: in a tugboat time out at some point. That sounds child, 1452 01:11:40,640 --> 01:11:42,639 Speaker 1: sounds like less work. We just wouldn't come. It wouldn't 1453 01:11:42,680 --> 01:11:43,920 Speaker 1: come to the show. Why do you think I'm in 1454 01:11:43,960 --> 01:11:45,920 Speaker 1: New York? All right, let's take a break and finish 1455 01:11:45,920 --> 01:11:49,639 Speaker 1: out the draft. All right, it's time for the Sunday 1456 01:11:49,720 --> 01:11:53,760 Speaker 1: Dry presented by Toyota, and picking is Mark Sessler. First 1457 01:11:53,800 --> 01:11:58,280 Speaker 1: of two. We are down to teams that to me 1458 01:11:58,360 --> 01:12:01,000 Speaker 1: are depressing um and I'm gonna talk about two of 1459 01:12:01,040 --> 01:12:04,880 Speaker 1: them right well, uh, the Bucks at the Panthers, am I. 1460 01:12:05,160 --> 01:12:07,759 Speaker 1: They both kind of strike me as tough to watch 1461 01:12:07,880 --> 01:12:10,280 Speaker 1: right now, which um annoys me about the Bucks. But 1462 01:12:10,360 --> 01:12:11,960 Speaker 1: that's just been the case. That's been who they've been 1463 01:12:12,160 --> 01:12:14,719 Speaker 1: all year long. I don't know why last week against 1464 01:12:14,720 --> 01:12:17,360 Speaker 1: the Steelers you don't have Brady taking more shots down 1465 01:12:17,360 --> 01:12:19,880 Speaker 1: the field. Um, they were playing a secondary that was 1466 01:12:19,920 --> 01:12:22,880 Speaker 1: absolutely stripped of starters, no t J. Watt, and yet 1467 01:12:22,920 --> 01:12:25,639 Speaker 1: it looked like the Bucks offense we see most other weeks. 1468 01:12:25,640 --> 01:12:27,800 Speaker 1: He's throwing the ball well, but at the same time 1469 01:12:27,920 --> 01:12:29,640 Speaker 1: like it's just not happening. I feel like if you 1470 01:12:29,640 --> 01:12:32,680 Speaker 1: can lock down Mike Evans to some degree, then this 1471 01:12:32,760 --> 01:12:36,320 Speaker 1: Bucks offense has essentially been reduced to field goals and 1472 01:12:36,400 --> 01:12:39,360 Speaker 1: not even making all those. It's like this Brady is 1473 01:12:39,360 --> 01:12:41,400 Speaker 1: freaking out on the sideline. We're watching it right here 1474 01:12:41,439 --> 01:12:44,240 Speaker 1: on the clips, Like he just seems so frustrated and 1475 01:12:44,320 --> 01:12:47,400 Speaker 1: pent up, and I think it's you could just expect, Oh, 1476 01:12:47,439 --> 01:12:49,639 Speaker 1: Tampa is going to figure this out and round into 1477 01:12:49,760 --> 01:12:52,400 Speaker 1: something looking like they were two years ago, a year ago. 1478 01:12:52,800 --> 01:12:55,800 Speaker 1: I don't know if it's there. The thing is that 1479 01:12:55,840 --> 01:12:57,880 Speaker 1: you're playing the Panthers this week. So if you can't 1480 01:12:58,000 --> 01:13:00,759 Speaker 1: come out and drop thirty five point it's on this team, 1481 01:13:00,960 --> 01:13:03,280 Speaker 1: then you gotta look at why you can't playing Bruce 1482 01:13:03,280 --> 01:13:05,920 Speaker 1: arians he's not part of Carolina's defense has been the 1483 01:13:05,960 --> 01:13:08,960 Speaker 1: biggest issue for them, Like do I think that they're 1484 01:13:09,000 --> 01:13:12,160 Speaker 1: missing guys? They're starting to miss guys. They might get J. C. Hornback, 1485 01:13:12,160 --> 01:13:14,720 Speaker 1: who has been great for them, but they lost potentially 1486 01:13:14,760 --> 01:13:17,759 Speaker 1: two of their other starting cornerbacks h C. J. Henderson 1487 01:13:17,800 --> 01:13:20,120 Speaker 1: and Dante Jacks. I would say the reason that you 1488 01:13:20,360 --> 01:13:22,080 Speaker 1: that you think that Buck the Bucks could put up 1489 01:13:22,120 --> 01:13:24,160 Speaker 1: a ton of points in this is the fact that 1490 01:13:24,200 --> 01:13:27,080 Speaker 1: you've got p J. Walker starting a quarterback for an 1491 01:13:27,120 --> 01:13:29,519 Speaker 1: offense that's broken down, and you get a lot of 1492 01:13:29,520 --> 01:13:32,320 Speaker 1: three and ounce and you've got a tired Carolina defense 1493 01:13:32,360 --> 01:13:34,640 Speaker 1: by the end. Let me let me counter that. The 1494 01:13:34,680 --> 01:13:36,720 Speaker 1: reason I don't expect is because they just don't do it. 1495 01:13:36,800 --> 01:13:41,439 Speaker 1: This is their points per game this season nineteen twenty twelve, 1496 01:13:42,080 --> 01:13:44,200 Speaker 1: thirty one in a game that was a blowout, the 1497 01:13:44,240 --> 01:13:48,640 Speaker 1: other team scored forty one and eighteen. They they've been 1498 01:13:48,680 --> 01:13:50,880 Speaker 1: They've been a twenty point game offense this year for 1499 01:13:50,920 --> 01:13:54,000 Speaker 1: the most part. And it's this doesn't feel like a 1500 01:13:54,040 --> 01:13:56,160 Speaker 1: team to me like Cincinnati. Greg you, I know you 1501 01:13:56,400 --> 01:13:58,120 Speaker 1: are not on the same page, but I feel like 1502 01:13:58,160 --> 01:14:00,760 Speaker 1: Cincinnati is a team that's finding himself and getting better 1503 01:14:01,040 --> 01:14:03,120 Speaker 1: and looks like they are about to click and go off. 1504 01:14:03,600 --> 01:14:06,599 Speaker 1: I do not see the Tampa Bay offense as being 1505 01:14:06,600 --> 01:14:09,080 Speaker 1: close to that. Right now. Now, the NFL is unpredictable. 1506 01:14:09,120 --> 01:14:11,360 Speaker 1: It could absolutely happen. He could. They could score thirty 1507 01:14:11,439 --> 01:14:14,120 Speaker 1: five points against a Panther's team where half the organization 1508 01:14:14,200 --> 01:14:16,839 Speaker 1: is on the phone looking for work for next season already. 1509 01:14:17,280 --> 01:14:19,080 Speaker 1: But there's just a lot of there's a lot of 1510 01:14:19,120 --> 01:14:22,519 Speaker 1: bad vibes letting different than Cleveland, but again bad juju 1511 01:14:22,600 --> 01:14:25,080 Speaker 1: around the Tampa Bay team. No, they don't seem like 1512 01:14:25,080 --> 01:14:27,240 Speaker 1: they're having fun. And when you went through the point totals, 1513 01:14:27,280 --> 01:14:29,680 Speaker 1: I almost thought like maybe that Chiefs game, like that 1514 01:14:29,760 --> 01:14:31,479 Speaker 1: was like the one game. And I don't think it was. 1515 01:14:31,520 --> 01:14:34,000 Speaker 1: They were always chasing the score, but I think they 1516 01:14:34,000 --> 01:14:35,680 Speaker 1: played well from the first quarter to the end. It 1517 01:14:35,760 --> 01:14:37,559 Speaker 1: was like the one game. They all felt alive again. 1518 01:14:37,680 --> 01:14:40,559 Speaker 1: Especially but you know, like thee we're playing the Chiefs, 1519 01:14:40,600 --> 01:14:42,759 Speaker 1: like this game actually means something to me. Tom Brady's 1520 01:14:42,800 --> 01:14:45,320 Speaker 1: just it's like he's counting the days until the playoffs 1521 01:14:45,439 --> 01:14:48,160 Speaker 1: or something. I just thought that we're different on that 1522 01:14:48,200 --> 01:14:51,280 Speaker 1: point to Greg that game in particular, but like that, 1523 01:14:51,800 --> 01:14:54,040 Speaker 1: I would imagine Kansas City was playing maybe a little 1524 01:14:54,040 --> 01:14:56,200 Speaker 1: bit of a different defense is once they got ahead, 1525 01:14:56,439 --> 01:14:58,240 Speaker 1: I just would wonder what that game was like if 1526 01:14:58,280 --> 01:15:01,160 Speaker 1: if they're Tampa Bay's defense had showed up um, I 1527 01:15:01,520 --> 01:15:03,519 Speaker 1: want to make one quick thing about their defense and 1528 01:15:03,560 --> 01:15:05,280 Speaker 1: just about them in general. You're right there. Not the 1529 01:15:05,360 --> 01:15:07,439 Speaker 1: Bucks we expected. They used to be the best run 1530 01:15:07,439 --> 01:15:10,040 Speaker 1: defense in the league, like just best every year by far. 1531 01:15:10,280 --> 01:15:13,280 Speaker 1: Their mediocre. Uh, they're dead last and rushing right now 1532 01:15:13,320 --> 01:15:15,200 Speaker 1: and rushing like they used to be a very efficient 1533 01:15:15,280 --> 01:15:18,320 Speaker 1: rushing team. They are different. Todd Bowles made a statement 1534 01:15:18,400 --> 01:15:21,960 Speaker 1: after the game that some people are still living off 1535 01:15:22,000 --> 01:15:24,760 Speaker 1: of the Super Bowl, which I thought was like a 1536 01:15:24,840 --> 01:15:28,960 Speaker 1: really cutting statement, like their people are still living off 1537 01:15:29,040 --> 01:15:31,639 Speaker 1: the Super Bowl, And I'm just like, well, Todd Bowls, 1538 01:15:31,680 --> 01:15:34,959 Speaker 1: you wouldn't say that unless you're talking about specific players 1539 01:15:35,200 --> 01:15:38,040 Speaker 1: or players like player. And I was thinking, like, well, 1540 01:15:38,040 --> 01:15:40,400 Speaker 1: who's Todd Bowles talking about. I don't think he's talking 1541 01:15:40,439 --> 01:15:43,760 Speaker 1: about Tom Brady actually, because I just he's a defensive guy. 1542 01:15:43,800 --> 01:15:46,320 Speaker 1: And I thought in my head, if I had to guess, 1543 01:15:46,360 --> 01:15:49,679 Speaker 1: it would be Devin White. Devin White who gets talked 1544 01:15:49,760 --> 01:15:51,680 Speaker 1: up as like one of the great young linebackers in 1545 01:15:51,720 --> 01:15:54,880 Speaker 1: the league, but is always at the center of big 1546 01:15:54,920 --> 01:15:57,120 Speaker 1: plays being allowed. And I think it's one of those 1547 01:15:57,120 --> 01:15:59,880 Speaker 1: guys who doesn't necessarily do his assignment and searches the 1548 01:16:00,000 --> 01:16:03,479 Speaker 1: big plays and hasn't played as well, uh for the 1549 01:16:03,560 --> 01:16:06,479 Speaker 1: last year, especially this year, as people really on the 1550 01:16:06,520 --> 01:16:10,400 Speaker 1: outside believe. And then at his press conference on Wednesday, 1551 01:16:10,479 --> 01:16:14,600 Speaker 1: Todd Bowls pointed out that Devin White was responsible for 1552 01:16:14,640 --> 01:16:17,559 Speaker 1: the roughing the passer call last week and failing to 1553 01:16:17,600 --> 01:16:19,560 Speaker 1: cover Naj Harris, Like they asked him who had the 1554 01:16:19,560 --> 01:16:22,160 Speaker 1: busted coverage on that play, and he's like Devin White, 1555 01:16:22,200 --> 01:16:25,719 Speaker 1: So I don't know. That was just my little, uh mystery. 1556 01:16:25,720 --> 01:16:27,840 Speaker 1: I think you've connected the dots very well there. I 1557 01:16:27,840 --> 01:16:30,599 Speaker 1: would also imagine that that whole statement isn't being made 1558 01:16:30,600 --> 01:16:34,200 Speaker 1: about one player alone, because that's the White probably knows 1559 01:16:34,280 --> 01:16:37,679 Speaker 1: that he's talking about. And I just find that interest. 1560 01:16:38,080 --> 01:16:41,720 Speaker 1: How about how about Bruce Arians Well, there's a that's 1561 01:16:41,720 --> 01:16:43,760 Speaker 1: a thing. There's a there's a lot of candidates you 1562 01:16:43,760 --> 01:16:45,920 Speaker 1: could point to and just say this is this team 1563 01:16:46,040 --> 01:16:48,240 Speaker 1: is just their vibe is not a fun one at 1564 01:16:48,240 --> 01:16:50,040 Speaker 1: the moment. By the way, Julio Jones I believe is 1565 01:16:50,040 --> 01:16:53,880 Speaker 1: still not practicing, So that's right. P J. Walker also 1566 01:16:54,000 --> 01:16:57,360 Speaker 1: is starting this game. Um, so he will try to 1567 01:16:57,400 --> 01:17:00,960 Speaker 1: complete more than one pass that pass the line of scrimmage, 1568 01:17:01,000 --> 01:17:02,800 Speaker 1: which was how many he had last year, and that 1569 01:17:02,920 --> 01:17:05,760 Speaker 1: was the Sunday Drive presented by Toyota. How about we 1570 01:17:05,840 --> 01:17:10,320 Speaker 1: snake Dog. Alright, I'm gonna go Cults at Titans. Kind 1571 01:17:10,360 --> 01:17:13,639 Speaker 1: of surprised this is still hanging around. Uh me too, 1572 01:17:14,360 --> 01:17:16,560 Speaker 1: I know, Grave Digger, I kind of I feel the 1573 01:17:16,680 --> 01:17:18,479 Speaker 1: same way that Dan feels like this is something you're 1574 01:17:18,479 --> 01:17:21,320 Speaker 1: gonna have eyes on. So maybe I'm picking in lieu 1575 01:17:21,360 --> 01:17:24,160 Speaker 1: of you handling the work side of this. We will decide. 1576 01:17:24,720 --> 01:17:27,519 Speaker 1: But I think if you look back at how they 1577 01:17:27,760 --> 01:17:29,800 Speaker 1: dealt how the Titans beat the Cults the first time 1578 01:17:30,360 --> 01:17:33,639 Speaker 1: to seventeen a couple of weeks back, the Titans didn't 1579 01:17:33,640 --> 01:17:35,479 Speaker 1: have a player with more than thirty eight yards receiving, 1580 01:17:35,560 --> 01:17:37,839 Speaker 1: but it was one of our indicators that Derrick Henry 1581 01:17:37,840 --> 01:17:41,000 Speaker 1: I think is having I mean, he's looking he looks good. 1582 01:17:41,360 --> 01:17:43,559 Speaker 1: And that was a game where they also hassled Matt 1583 01:17:43,680 --> 01:17:46,840 Speaker 1: Ryan into three sacks and interceptional lost fumbles. One of 1584 01:17:46,880 --> 01:17:49,200 Speaker 1: us worst games. So if you're the Cults, because you're 1585 01:17:49,200 --> 01:17:52,559 Speaker 1: gonna get Jonathan Taylor back, Nihim Heinz is practicing again, 1586 01:17:52,560 --> 01:17:54,720 Speaker 1: You're gonna get him back. Do you go back to 1587 01:17:54,840 --> 01:17:57,120 Speaker 1: what you think you were last year? This run heavy 1588 01:17:57,160 --> 01:18:00,439 Speaker 1: team against the Titans, or do you try to maybe 1589 01:18:00,479 --> 01:18:02,880 Speaker 1: duplicate some of what happened last week when Matt Ryan, 1590 01:18:02,920 --> 01:18:05,800 Speaker 1: I thought, finally played a game where he looked competent 1591 01:18:05,840 --> 01:18:08,000 Speaker 1: and quite dangerous, and they were more of an air 1592 01:18:08,040 --> 01:18:10,559 Speaker 1: team than they were a ground team. Yeah, these teams 1593 01:18:10,560 --> 01:18:12,720 Speaker 1: developed during the course of the season, and they're a 1594 01:18:12,760 --> 01:18:15,120 Speaker 1: different team than the one that played the Titans a 1595 01:18:15,160 --> 01:18:17,280 Speaker 1: month ago. Graver, I'm sure you're a little concerned that 1596 01:18:17,320 --> 01:18:20,200 Speaker 1: they're coming up with solutions. Dennis Kelly played at left 1597 01:18:20,200 --> 01:18:22,960 Speaker 1: tackle last week. He quickly replaced their draft pick, and 1598 01:18:23,000 --> 01:18:25,840 Speaker 1: he played well and kind of solidified their offensive line 1599 01:18:25,840 --> 01:18:28,680 Speaker 1: a little bit. Alec Pierce has come along as a 1600 01:18:28,800 --> 01:18:32,280 Speaker 1: nice rookie wide receiver. Dion Jackson is like a nice 1601 01:18:32,320 --> 01:18:35,960 Speaker 1: little backup. Like they're finding things on offense. And I 1602 01:18:35,960 --> 01:18:39,240 Speaker 1: feel like these teams never I was gonna say, it 1603 01:18:39,240 --> 01:18:41,160 Speaker 1: feels like they never sweep each other. But the Titans 1604 01:18:41,240 --> 01:18:46,519 Speaker 1: have beaten him for straight how about that. Yeah, it's interesting. 1605 01:18:46,560 --> 01:18:49,000 Speaker 1: Dennis Kelly revenge game. He was a right tackle for 1606 01:18:49,080 --> 01:18:53,719 Speaker 1: the Titans. Now he's you know this game got drafted 1607 01:18:53,720 --> 01:18:57,120 Speaker 1: so late. Well, hey, you know what, this is the 1608 01:18:57,120 --> 01:19:00,280 Speaker 1: second closest spread of any of the Sunday games. With 1609 01:19:00,320 --> 01:19:02,439 Speaker 1: the Chiefs two and a half point favorites on the road, 1610 01:19:02,479 --> 01:19:04,840 Speaker 1: Titans two and a a half point favorites at home, It's 1611 01:19:04,840 --> 01:19:07,160 Speaker 1: like gonna be a close game. Most likely it's a 1612 01:19:07,280 --> 01:19:10,080 Speaker 1: huge a f C South Divisional game to position whoever 1613 01:19:10,120 --> 01:19:12,640 Speaker 1: wins with a lead going down the stretch where they 1614 01:19:12,680 --> 01:19:14,559 Speaker 1: don't play each other again. This is also the colts 1615 01:19:14,560 --> 01:19:17,720 Speaker 1: fifth division game in seven weeks, which is crazy. That's 1616 01:19:17,840 --> 01:19:20,960 Speaker 1: so stupid. It is um and the CBS crew has 1617 01:19:21,000 --> 01:19:23,720 Speaker 1: their fifth CBS fifth ranked crew out of the five 1618 01:19:23,760 --> 01:19:29,080 Speaker 1: CBS games. I don't really get people don't yeah, watch it. Yeah, 1619 01:19:30,640 --> 01:19:34,600 Speaker 1: a f C South consigliari, keep going. I think the 1620 01:19:34,600 --> 01:19:37,639 Speaker 1: Colts are going to stick to this passing approach because 1621 01:19:38,080 --> 01:19:40,519 Speaker 1: it works so well last week. Number one and number two. 1622 01:19:40,760 --> 01:19:44,200 Speaker 1: The Titans defensive strength is their run stopping defensive line. 1623 01:19:44,240 --> 01:19:46,360 Speaker 1: They have been torched through the air all season. They've 1624 01:19:46,360 --> 01:19:49,639 Speaker 1: allowed three yard passers in four straight games. I think 1625 01:19:49,720 --> 01:19:51,920 Speaker 1: Matt Ryan's gonna probably hit that number again, and this one. 1626 01:19:51,960 --> 01:19:53,920 Speaker 1: That doesn't necessarily mean the Colts win, but I do 1627 01:19:54,000 --> 01:19:56,200 Speaker 1: think it's gonna be like a fifty plus attempt game 1628 01:19:56,240 --> 01:19:59,160 Speaker 1: again for Matt Ryan trying to attack a week or 1629 01:19:59,200 --> 01:20:02,200 Speaker 1: Titan second arry and staying away from the Titan strength, 1630 01:20:02,200 --> 01:20:04,240 Speaker 1: which is running. I will be interested to see if 1631 01:20:04,240 --> 01:20:06,640 Speaker 1: Shaquille Leonard makes his return. He's back with practice, he 1632 01:20:06,720 --> 01:20:09,080 Speaker 1: is practicing, and like you know, Jonathan Taylor also, it 1633 01:20:09,120 --> 01:20:10,639 Speaker 1: was a week ago where he was sort of said, 1634 01:20:10,680 --> 01:20:13,840 Speaker 1: like on the ankle, it's just not right. And I mean, 1635 01:20:13,920 --> 01:20:16,160 Speaker 1: he'll he'll play. But I wonder if we're gonna get 1636 01:20:16,400 --> 01:20:19,519 Speaker 1: last year's version of Jonathan Taylor at all this season 1637 01:20:19,600 --> 01:20:21,880 Speaker 1: or if not for a while, because when you hear 1638 01:20:21,920 --> 01:20:24,400 Speaker 1: ankle injury running back and it wasn't good a week ago, 1639 01:20:24,920 --> 01:20:26,320 Speaker 1: I don't know if this is the guy you lean 1640 01:20:26,400 --> 01:20:28,200 Speaker 1: on the same way that you as as a as 1641 01:20:28,240 --> 01:20:30,839 Speaker 1: a last season, and I know must be super annoying. 1642 01:20:30,880 --> 01:20:33,559 Speaker 1: Grave digger. We've talked about this that the Cults are 1643 01:20:33,560 --> 01:20:35,920 Speaker 1: in pretty good position and uh, you know, I called 1644 01:20:35,920 --> 01:20:38,240 Speaker 1: it out on Sunday Show that you know, to have 1645 01:20:38,320 --> 01:20:41,320 Speaker 1: fifty eight pass attempts as the Colts did, and Ryan 1646 01:20:41,360 --> 01:20:43,880 Speaker 1: not to get sacked. These are all positive signs that 1647 01:20:43,960 --> 01:20:46,320 Speaker 1: India is out of the darkest winter of their season, 1648 01:20:46,400 --> 01:20:50,439 Speaker 1: which often is the beginning. Now. Um, but you know, 1649 01:20:50,520 --> 01:20:54,040 Speaker 1: the Titans, I just I feel good about your Titans here, 1650 01:20:54,120 --> 01:20:57,160 Speaker 1: justin I think they're coming off a bye week, h 1651 01:20:57,360 --> 01:21:00,280 Speaker 1: Henry finding his way. I think Tannehill will make some 1652 01:21:00,320 --> 01:21:02,680 Speaker 1: plays here, and this feels like a good Tennessee set 1653 01:21:02,760 --> 01:21:05,400 Speaker 1: up to really take control and sweep the if you 1654 01:21:05,479 --> 01:21:09,960 Speaker 1: can sweep this series. Unless you're hot about Jackson Mill again, 1655 01:21:10,000 --> 01:21:12,679 Speaker 1: maybe they do show Vegas to be smart and they're 1656 01:21:12,680 --> 01:21:15,280 Speaker 1: back in the race. That's a pretty commanding lead if 1657 01:21:15,280 --> 01:21:17,800 Speaker 1: they can get a w here. Yeah, I think it's 1658 01:21:17,840 --> 01:21:19,880 Speaker 1: a huge game for the Titans. And I actually feel 1659 01:21:19,880 --> 01:21:21,759 Speaker 1: good about the Titans and this one because Mike Rabel's 1660 01:21:21,840 --> 01:21:23,640 Speaker 1: record coming off of a bye or off of a 1661 01:21:23,680 --> 01:21:25,639 Speaker 1: Thursday night game, I wish I had it in front 1662 01:21:25,640 --> 01:21:31,360 Speaker 1: of me. It's really good. It's not that high, but 1663 01:21:31,600 --> 01:21:34,120 Speaker 1: it is really really good. And so I think the 1664 01:21:34,120 --> 01:21:36,720 Speaker 1: Titans will be well prepared. They're better rested than this 1665 01:21:36,840 --> 01:21:39,080 Speaker 1: Colts team coming into this game. I think it's gonna 1666 01:21:39,080 --> 01:21:41,559 Speaker 1: be another game where they get Derrick Henry heavily involved 1667 01:21:41,600 --> 01:21:44,760 Speaker 1: in the passing game, like with five catches for eighty 1668 01:21:44,800 --> 01:21:47,120 Speaker 1: yards or something for Henry in this game, and I 1669 01:21:47,160 --> 01:21:50,920 Speaker 1: think the Titans could win it, not comfortably, but more 1670 01:21:50,960 --> 01:21:53,639 Speaker 1: comfortably than they've won any game that they've won. This. Wow. 1671 01:21:53,760 --> 01:21:57,040 Speaker 1: I mean he's only coached for four years before this, Justine, 1672 01:21:57,240 --> 01:22:00,840 Speaker 1: so your options are really four no or three? And 1673 01:22:00,840 --> 01:22:04,200 Speaker 1: what well? Also including a break after a Thursday night game, 1674 01:22:04,520 --> 01:22:11,960 Speaker 1: if I could get personal for a moment here The 1675 01:22:12,000 --> 01:22:14,200 Speaker 1: best career advice I ever got. It was at the 1676 01:22:14,240 --> 01:22:17,160 Speaker 1: Super Bowl about ten years ago, and I was lucky 1677 01:22:17,280 --> 01:22:22,840 Speaker 1: enough to run into John Madden um at a rest room. 1678 01:22:23,000 --> 01:22:26,320 Speaker 1: Um at a restaurant, and uh, I was a little 1679 01:22:26,400 --> 01:22:29,400 Speaker 1: shy um obviously, and it was the bathroom, so it's 1680 01:22:29,439 --> 01:22:31,760 Speaker 1: kind of weird. But as he was walking out, I 1681 01:22:32,240 --> 01:22:33,479 Speaker 1: came up to him. I told him I was a 1682 01:22:33,560 --> 01:22:36,400 Speaker 1: huge fan and how important he has been, what a 1683 01:22:36,400 --> 01:22:38,800 Speaker 1: figure he was in my childhood. And like he looked 1684 01:22:38,880 --> 01:22:41,200 Speaker 1: me right in the eyes, gave like a good handshake 1685 01:22:41,280 --> 01:22:44,400 Speaker 1: and said to me, the one this is the advice 1686 01:22:44,439 --> 01:22:47,400 Speaker 1: I'll give you, and take this with you. If you 1687 01:22:47,439 --> 01:22:50,599 Speaker 1: don't know a stat or something, just make it up. 1688 01:22:52,200 --> 01:22:55,360 Speaker 1: He did a fist pump, and uh, that's amazing, and 1689 01:22:55,760 --> 01:22:58,519 Speaker 1: that was and he walked away. It crediful advice. That's 1690 01:22:58,520 --> 01:23:01,120 Speaker 1: a true story. How have I never heard this story? 1691 01:23:01,160 --> 01:23:03,280 Speaker 1: Of course, that's not a true story. It was completely 1692 01:23:03,280 --> 01:23:06,320 Speaker 1: made up. Well that you're taking and made up advice 1693 01:23:06,360 --> 01:23:08,519 Speaker 1: to make things up. But the Titans are four and 1694 01:23:08,600 --> 01:23:10,599 Speaker 1: no after they're buying the Mike Rabel era with an 1695 01:23:10,640 --> 01:23:13,519 Speaker 1: eighty two point differential. Over those four games, they're scoring 1696 01:23:13,560 --> 01:23:19,880 Speaker 1: thirty three points per game and allowing twelve point five one. Okay, 1697 01:23:19,920 --> 01:23:22,960 Speaker 1: Actually another advice he said, don't don't say it's stats 1698 01:23:22,960 --> 01:23:24,880 Speaker 1: when they're just kind of made up. Dan, you should 1699 01:23:24,880 --> 01:23:27,839 Speaker 1: not have acknowledged that that was a fictitious story because 1700 01:23:27,960 --> 01:23:31,640 Speaker 1: I think, let's thinking about that because the bathroom. He 1701 01:23:31,680 --> 01:23:34,960 Speaker 1: gave you a fist like, let's let's let's close the 1702 01:23:35,000 --> 01:23:37,840 Speaker 1: curtain on a f C South Consigliari, justin, I think 1703 01:23:37,840 --> 01:23:39,960 Speaker 1: that Mike rabel is one of the most underrated coaches 1704 01:23:40,120 --> 01:23:42,280 Speaker 1: in the entire thing. That doesn't that Also, that drop 1705 01:23:42,320 --> 01:23:46,840 Speaker 1: doesn't need to exist. Justin, you've gone too far, but 1706 01:23:46,880 --> 01:23:52,439 Speaker 1: we still love all right, close it out, Greg, unbelievably Sure, 1707 01:23:52,600 --> 01:23:56,000 Speaker 1: the Washington Commanders last, that makes sense, but the Green 1708 01:23:56,040 --> 01:23:59,559 Speaker 1: Bay Packers the final pick of a draft. Yeah, that's rough. 1709 01:24:00,040 --> 01:24:03,000 Speaker 1: I um, and I'm not looking forward to watching this 1710 01:24:03,120 --> 01:24:07,960 Speaker 1: in particular, despite the you know, presence of Taylor Heineke 1711 01:24:08,479 --> 01:24:10,519 Speaker 1: back in Our Lives. He says he was a little 1712 01:24:10,560 --> 01:24:12,920 Speaker 1: overwhelmed last year as a starter. He feels like he'll 1713 01:24:12,920 --> 01:24:15,639 Speaker 1: be more prepared for and they can throw the ball 1714 01:24:15,680 --> 01:24:19,480 Speaker 1: around a little bit. They have weapons, and the Packers 1715 01:24:19,880 --> 01:24:23,840 Speaker 1: defense tends to lose guys in coverage. They've had a 1716 01:24:23,880 --> 01:24:26,559 Speaker 1: couple of guys who had total career years a year ago, 1717 01:24:26,720 --> 01:24:30,519 Speaker 1: Devandre Campbell and Roswell Douglas, who are playing bad this year. 1718 01:24:30,680 --> 01:24:34,400 Speaker 1: But they're not playing like amazing anymore. And it just 1719 01:24:34,520 --> 01:24:38,400 Speaker 1: doesn't seem to be a very aggressive or particularly well 1720 01:24:38,479 --> 01:24:43,160 Speaker 1: coached defense. They let passes uh in receptions happen in 1721 01:24:43,160 --> 01:24:45,160 Speaker 1: front of them and just try to make the tackle 1722 01:24:45,200 --> 01:24:47,519 Speaker 1: while giving up thirteen yards at a time. So it 1723 01:24:48,160 --> 01:24:49,920 Speaker 1: I'm I don't know why I feel crazy. I know 1724 01:24:49,960 --> 01:24:53,360 Speaker 1: the Commanders have scored twelve points of games since Week three, 1725 01:24:53,479 --> 01:24:55,200 Speaker 1: Yet I kind of feel like this game will be 1726 01:24:55,240 --> 01:24:57,360 Speaker 1: close at the end, because most Packers games are. I 1727 01:24:57,360 --> 01:24:58,960 Speaker 1: think it will be too. I mean, the Packers have 1728 01:24:59,000 --> 01:25:02,280 Speaker 1: scored ten points in six quarters. They look fairly broken 1729 01:25:02,320 --> 01:25:04,559 Speaker 1: on offense to me, like I thought, if anything, if 1730 01:25:04,560 --> 01:25:07,200 Speaker 1: you're not gonna have a coordinated passing attack, let Aaron 1731 01:25:07,280 --> 01:25:09,120 Speaker 1: Jones be the heart of the offense. That's not been 1732 01:25:09,160 --> 01:25:11,920 Speaker 1: the case. And I mean, I don't love Washington in 1733 01:25:11,960 --> 01:25:15,040 Speaker 1: any game, but I do like Taylor Heineke honestly better 1734 01:25:15,120 --> 01:25:18,160 Speaker 1: than Carson Wentz. I'm probably in the vast minority there. 1735 01:25:18,400 --> 01:25:20,320 Speaker 1: I just think there's something to his game where it's 1736 01:25:20,320 --> 01:25:22,400 Speaker 1: not a big drop off. And I think maybe that 1737 01:25:22,560 --> 01:25:24,519 Speaker 1: this is a team that needed a quarterback switch for 1738 01:25:24,600 --> 01:25:27,759 Speaker 1: multiple reasons. And if you've got Montes Sweat and Jonathan 1739 01:25:27,760 --> 01:25:30,759 Speaker 1: Allen against the Packers offensive line that has major issues 1740 01:25:30,840 --> 01:25:33,480 Speaker 1: last night, that was wrecked last week by Quentin Williams, 1741 01:25:33,880 --> 01:25:35,559 Speaker 1: maybe you've got to find a way into this fourth 1742 01:25:35,600 --> 01:25:38,280 Speaker 1: quarter and if something happens, the Packers become one of 1743 01:25:38,280 --> 01:25:41,680 Speaker 1: the most disappointing teams in the entire conference. Yeah, I 1744 01:25:41,720 --> 01:25:43,599 Speaker 1: think or they get right. Yeah, I think they're gonna 1745 01:25:43,600 --> 01:25:45,360 Speaker 1: get right. I like them in this game a lot. 1746 01:25:45,400 --> 01:25:49,200 Speaker 1: And I think Matt Lafleur will look hard in the 1747 01:25:49,240 --> 01:25:52,679 Speaker 1: mirror after watching the game tape against the Jets and say, 1748 01:25:52,720 --> 01:25:55,280 Speaker 1: what am I How am I still giving? Aaron Jones 1749 01:25:55,960 --> 01:25:58,120 Speaker 1: said game scripts where he has three touches in the 1750 01:25:58,120 --> 01:26:01,960 Speaker 1: first half against the Jets, they they have to understand 1751 01:26:02,320 --> 01:26:06,120 Speaker 1: and listen, that man knows more about offensive football uh 1752 01:26:06,120 --> 01:26:08,640 Speaker 1: in his pinky than Old Zeuser or any of us 1753 01:26:08,640 --> 01:26:15,599 Speaker 1: for that matter. So but pinky is so smart. But 1754 01:26:15,840 --> 01:26:19,599 Speaker 1: at the same time, like, don't overthink it. Your offensive 1755 01:26:19,600 --> 01:26:22,439 Speaker 1: passing game is just not there right now, and you 1756 01:26:22,479 --> 01:26:24,559 Speaker 1: have a quarterback in Aaron Rodgers that might be playing 1757 01:26:24,560 --> 01:26:27,160 Speaker 1: through an injury. Uh. They're obviously gonna keep that quiet. 1758 01:26:27,760 --> 01:26:30,679 Speaker 1: But he was clearly favoring his his right throwing them 1759 01:26:30,800 --> 01:26:34,040 Speaker 1: during that game against the Jets. I'm gonna say it again. 1760 01:26:34,200 --> 01:26:37,200 Speaker 1: Give the ball to Aaron Jones like the brown should 1761 01:26:37,240 --> 01:26:38,840 Speaker 1: be given the ball to Nick Chobb. Get a j 1762 01:26:39,040 --> 01:26:42,240 Speaker 1: Dillon involved, make it a running attack, and then if 1763 01:26:42,280 --> 01:26:45,240 Speaker 1: the offensive passing game comes back and they figure some 1764 01:26:45,280 --> 01:26:47,559 Speaker 1: things out, then you can make it more balanced. It's 1765 01:26:47,600 --> 01:26:49,840 Speaker 1: okay to play through your running game even though you 1766 01:26:49,840 --> 01:26:52,280 Speaker 1: have Aaron Rodgers, unless Aaron Rodgers isn't gonna let that 1767 01:26:52,760 --> 01:26:55,080 Speaker 1: uh go. But at the same time, where the Packers 1768 01:26:55,080 --> 01:26:57,600 Speaker 1: are at a five D team that looks like a 1769 01:26:57,640 --> 01:27:00,839 Speaker 1: five hundred team at best, it's time to make some changes. 1770 01:27:01,560 --> 01:27:03,960 Speaker 1: Good opponent for me, you kind of convinced me, yeah, 1771 01:27:04,120 --> 01:27:06,400 Speaker 1: like wow, this is even a better lock maybe than 1772 01:27:06,720 --> 01:27:08,720 Speaker 1: than the one I have, just because like, hey, it's 1773 01:27:08,760 --> 01:27:14,519 Speaker 1: it's still the Green Bay Packers. Greg does this everything. 1774 01:27:13,960 --> 01:27:17,040 Speaker 1: If you had told us before the season, hey you 1775 01:27:17,080 --> 01:27:19,400 Speaker 1: got a chance to lock up the Packers over the Commanders, 1776 01:27:19,400 --> 01:27:22,479 Speaker 1: it's like week seven. That that sounds they were pretty bad. 1777 01:27:23,640 --> 01:27:28,439 Speaker 1: Pretty it does sound delicious. That's why I'm doing it, Okay, 1778 01:27:30,600 --> 01:27:33,880 Speaker 1: I like that locks. It also feels like the thing 1779 01:27:33,920 --> 01:27:35,840 Speaker 1: you do before we find out the Packers are even 1780 01:27:35,840 --> 01:27:38,760 Speaker 1: more broken than we realize that that's wishful thinking. So 1781 01:27:38,840 --> 01:27:41,000 Speaker 1: you heard off the Ravens that see I kind of 1782 01:27:41,000 --> 01:27:44,240 Speaker 1: think that's a smart move. No, that was Grave Digger 1783 01:27:44,320 --> 01:27:48,639 Speaker 1: is locking up the Packers. I I he inserted himself 1784 01:27:48,680 --> 01:27:51,200 Speaker 1: back into the show. You know, merciless. Now, I thought 1785 01:27:51,200 --> 01:27:53,599 Speaker 1: you drafted this game last right after the Titans game. 1786 01:27:53,720 --> 01:27:56,200 Speaker 1: Yeah it's true, I know, and I have three early 1787 01:27:56,280 --> 01:27:59,439 Speaker 1: games now. It's a whole thing that's shook this problem. 1788 01:27:59,479 --> 01:28:01,479 Speaker 1: Why is great they're not locking up the Titans. By 1789 01:28:01,479 --> 01:28:06,479 Speaker 1: the way, for the Colts, he just said it'd be 1790 01:28:06,160 --> 01:28:09,360 Speaker 1: a blowout to No. I think they win thirty one 1791 01:28:10,160 --> 01:28:14,760 Speaker 1: four to jinks. I can't jink to show much this 1792 01:28:14,840 --> 01:28:18,040 Speaker 1: season has changed as we say goodbye. The three biggest 1793 01:28:18,080 --> 01:28:21,479 Speaker 1: declines in offensive e p A this season for many 1794 01:28:21,560 --> 01:28:26,599 Speaker 1: team uh yeah. The third biggest decline the Buccaneers, second 1795 01:28:26,600 --> 01:28:30,960 Speaker 1: biggest decline the Packers, and the biggest decline is the Rams. 1796 01:28:31,040 --> 01:28:34,160 Speaker 1: It's like all these little superpowers from the NFC a 1797 01:28:34,240 --> 01:28:39,360 Speaker 1: year ago who have just that has absolutely been a 1798 01:28:39,439 --> 01:28:42,960 Speaker 1: driving factor in the chaos that we're seeing in the 1799 01:28:43,080 --> 01:28:46,639 Speaker 1: NFL right now. The big A lot of these war horses, 1800 01:28:46,680 --> 01:28:49,840 Speaker 1: these powerhouse teams of the past have come down, while 1801 01:28:49,880 --> 01:28:52,439 Speaker 1: a lot of the bad teams have come up, and 1802 01:28:52,520 --> 01:28:56,879 Speaker 1: it's just creating this like really thick stew um gross. Finally, 1803 01:28:57,160 --> 01:28:59,439 Speaker 1: before we say goodbye, let's check in on those lock 1804 01:28:59,479 --> 01:29:02,240 Speaker 1: of the week's standings and see where we are. Old 1805 01:29:02,320 --> 01:29:04,880 Speaker 1: zeus Or drops another one with the Ravens falls to 1806 01:29:04,960 --> 01:29:07,320 Speaker 1: four and too Grave Digger up to four into Greg 1807 01:29:07,360 --> 01:29:10,639 Speaker 1: four and two, and then Mark and West both three. 1808 01:29:10,760 --> 01:29:12,880 Speaker 1: The West is both three and three. By the way, 1809 01:29:13,000 --> 01:29:16,440 Speaker 1: I'm happy this is happening on national television. This is incorrect. 1810 01:29:16,880 --> 01:29:19,200 Speaker 1: I was three and two and one. My charger's locks 1811 01:29:19,520 --> 01:29:22,800 Speaker 1: and four and two. Are you sure? I am dead sure. 1812 01:29:24,080 --> 01:29:26,439 Speaker 1: I think we'll just go with three and three. I 1813 01:29:26,520 --> 01:29:29,000 Speaker 1: know you know what you're doing, because this is this 1814 01:29:29,080 --> 01:29:31,360 Speaker 1: is a weekly bit. It's a weekly bit, and you've 1815 01:29:31,400 --> 01:29:33,599 Speaker 1: really pushed into it this time. But I am four 1816 01:29:33,640 --> 01:29:36,040 Speaker 1: and too and should be on top the list. I think, well, 1817 01:29:36,080 --> 01:29:38,559 Speaker 1: I think my courageous lock win of a week ago 1818 01:29:38,640 --> 01:29:40,880 Speaker 1: it happened on Monday. I mean the Chargers didn't, Lou, 1819 01:29:41,000 --> 01:29:43,320 Speaker 1: I think with they everyone lost in that game, So 1820 01:29:43,360 --> 01:29:45,479 Speaker 1: I think of giving you a loss for that game. 1821 01:29:45,479 --> 01:29:49,640 Speaker 1: You don't decide anything remotely, Mark, Do you want to 1822 01:29:49,680 --> 01:29:51,360 Speaker 1: know how the sausage gets made a little bit on 1823 01:29:51,400 --> 01:29:53,920 Speaker 1: this one? I'm pretty sure I know, but you could 1824 01:29:54,040 --> 01:29:55,800 Speaker 1: you could tell everyone else if you'd like. Some people 1825 01:29:55,800 --> 01:29:57,920 Speaker 1: behind the glass wanted it to say one in five 1826 01:29:58,000 --> 01:29:59,760 Speaker 1: for Mark, but I was like, no, what, We'll get 1827 01:29:59,840 --> 01:30:02,000 Speaker 1: him much more mad if you just miss it by one. 1828 01:30:03,920 --> 01:30:05,519 Speaker 1: I thought it was five and one to be honest, 1829 01:30:05,560 --> 01:30:10,800 Speaker 1: but I'll four and two. It is clowns, all right. 1830 01:30:10,880 --> 01:30:14,919 Speaker 1: Thank you to everyone for watching the Friday Fun Show tomorrow. 1831 01:30:14,920 --> 01:30:17,439 Speaker 1: That's live, that's interactive, so make sure you're there at 1832 01:30:17,439 --> 01:30:20,840 Speaker 1: ten am Pacific, one pm Eastern, five pm London Happy 1833 01:30:20,880 --> 01:30:24,800 Speaker 1: Hour and then yes, the flagship program Sunday Night where 1834 01:30:24,800 --> 01:30:27,280 Speaker 1: we go over every game we just previewed. Until then, 1835 01:30:28,280 --> 01:30:30,840 Speaker 1: Dan handsOn signing off for the Quiet Storm. The Old 1836 01:30:30,840 --> 01:30:32,519 Speaker 1: Boss need the call.