WEBVTT - Not So Fast Episode 13 0:00:01.270 --> 0:00:05.220 Welcome to Not So Fast with Andrew Perloff and Paul Pabst, 0:00:05.460 --> 0:00:08.740 where two longtime friends challenge each other on the biggest 0:00:08.780 --> 0:00:09.959 sports stories. 0:00:09.619 --> 0:00:13.750 Of the day. Here's Andrew Perloff and Paul Pabst. Not 0:00:13.770 --> 0:00:14.650 so fast, my friends. 0:00:20.510 --> 0:00:23.330 Welcome to Not So Fast. I'm Andrew Perloff. He is 0:00:23.450 --> 0:00:27.120 Paul Paps. Huge football weekend ahead, but first, Paul, last night. 0:00:27.740 --> 0:00:30.780 Last night wasn't even a football game on Thursday Night Football, 0:00:30.800 --> 0:00:31.200 Bill's lines. 0:00:31.260 --> 0:00:32.040 It felt like an event. 0:00:32.420 --> 0:00:34.699 It was incredible. You had the bare-naked ladies singing O 0:00:34.720 --> 0:00:35.159 Canada once more. 0:00:35.180 --> 0:00:35.740 That's what it was? 0:00:36.040 --> 0:00:39.729 Yes. Yeah, throwback to the 90s. There's nothing more Bills 0:00:39.750 --> 0:00:41.890 than that. You had Bruce Smith in the house. You 0:00:41.909 --> 0:00:45.210 had the new Highmark Stadium. Ryan Fitzpatrick doing all sorts 0:00:45.250 --> 0:00:48.409 of crazy things. I am so glad the Bills delivered 0:00:48.450 --> 0:00:50.199 on the field. I don't want to root one way 0:00:50.220 --> 0:00:52.580 or another, but if they'd come out totally flat after 0:00:52.620 --> 0:00:53.980 that opening, that would be a disaster. 0:00:54.000 --> 0:00:56.080 Yeah, they really couldn't have played better in the first half. 0:00:56.160 --> 0:00:59.020 It felt like... Touchdown, Josh Allen. Touchdown, Josh Allen. 0:00:59.060 --> 0:00:59.370 Pass. 0:00:59.600 --> 0:01:01.530 He dumped one to Knox just to give him a 0:01:01.550 --> 0:01:03.710 little bit of it, but it felt exactly what you 0:01:03.750 --> 0:01:08.000 wanted that night. The fireworks beforehand, tables getting broken, Josh 0:01:08.080 --> 0:01:10.100 Allen hitting everybody, keeping everybody happy. 0:01:10.120 --> 0:01:12.400 Look at this one. Is there a defender in the building? 0:01:12.660 --> 0:01:16.220 I was actually yelling at the Lions defensive coordinator Josh 0:01:16.300 --> 0:01:18.080 Allen is about to scramble right. He was going to 0:01:18.100 --> 0:01:20.820 do it every time. So Aiden Hutchinson would storm down 0:01:20.860 --> 0:01:23.110 the middle. Allen would run right around him. They would 0:01:23.140 --> 0:01:25.790 blitz like crazy and Allen would get around it. They 0:01:25.830 --> 0:01:27.279 had no game plan at all for him. 0:01:27.390 --> 0:01:29.990 It felt like Aiden Hutchinson was on an island and 0:01:30.010 --> 0:01:32.170 it was just chasing around. And Josh Allen was just 0:01:32.209 --> 0:01:34.090 doing it with his legs, giving to his running back. 0:01:34.110 --> 0:01:34.610 It was beautiful. 0:01:34.850 --> 0:01:36.570 Yeah, against the blitz, he was 12 for 17, 137 yards, 0:01:36.610 --> 0:01:42.520 two TDs. Right now, Paul, in my mind, he's unstoppable. 0:01:43.160 --> 0:01:45.860 In fact, to the point where I am thinking about 0:01:45.900 --> 0:01:48.320 changing my Super Bowl pick in the AFC to the Bills, 0:01:48.700 --> 0:01:51.620 he's that good where he can carry a team. Football 0:01:51.640 --> 0:01:54.100 is an ultimate team sport. To me, this is a 0:01:54.280 --> 0:01:57.360 one-man team, and usually that does not work. It's working 0:01:57.400 --> 0:01:57.640 with him. 0:01:57.780 --> 0:02:00.270 He does feel undefendable, and they have a running game 0:02:00.280 --> 0:02:02.810 with James Cook. I know the running game is because 0:02:02.830 --> 0:02:04.850 of Josh Allen. You've got to contain him. but it 0:02:04.890 --> 0:02:07.210 feels like the only negative from last night is the 0:02:07.250 --> 0:02:09.590 DJ Moore injury, and it doesn't look like it's that bad, 0:02:09.650 --> 0:02:12.269 but it felt like one of those perfect nights where 0:02:12.290 --> 0:02:15.290 you reminded the entire world that Josh Allen is the 0:02:15.380 --> 0:02:16.340 best player in football? 0:02:17.160 --> 0:02:19.840 Oh, absolutely the best player in football. I mean, the 0:02:19.980 --> 0:02:22.820 one competition is, I guess, Lamar Jackson and Patrick Mahomes, 0:02:22.860 --> 0:02:25.440 but right now, Josh Allen is playing better than anybody. 0:02:25.480 --> 0:02:27.430 We'll talk a little more about that later, and on 0:02:27.470 --> 0:02:29.270 the Lions side of it, it felt like, you know, 0:02:29.310 --> 0:02:31.150 there they are going down the field. It felt like 0:02:31.680 --> 0:02:34.139 The backup defensive backs were doing nothing. James Cook running 0:02:34.200 --> 0:02:37.940 wild here. It did feel like they were two separate teams. 0:02:38.260 --> 0:02:40.640 The Bills feel like a Super Bowl favorite. The Lions 0:02:40.860 --> 0:02:41.990 feel like a team that can. 0:02:41.910 --> 0:02:42.530 Make the playoffs. 0:02:43.230 --> 0:02:44.750 Yeah, I mean, they have some work to do to 0:02:44.790 --> 0:02:46.810 make the playoffs. They were not good in the second 0:02:46.850 --> 0:02:49.450 half against the Saints. They have injuries everywhere, Paul. 0:02:49.530 --> 0:02:51.610 The Lions cut that to a 10-point game with eight 0:02:51.630 --> 0:02:54.480 and a half minutes left, and they didn't get a stop. 0:02:54.900 --> 0:02:56.400 I wouldn't say they were in it, but they were 0:02:56.440 --> 0:02:56.940 in it-ish. 0:02:57.840 --> 0:02:59.980 I don't know. I am not sold on that team 0:03:00.020 --> 0:03:02.600 at all. Obviously, everyone knows about their safeties are out 0:03:02.620 --> 0:03:05.440 with injuries. Then the O-line got all banged up. I 0:03:05.480 --> 0:03:07.660 felt like the Bills sort of let them hang around. 0:03:07.720 --> 0:03:10.850 They were up 27-7. They got that field goal at 0:03:10.870 --> 0:03:12.610 the end of the half. If the Bills wanted to 0:03:12.650 --> 0:03:15.550 go 59 like your Chicago Bears, I think they could have. 0:03:15.750 --> 0:03:17.970 Do you have any issues with the Bills going forward? 0:03:18.669 --> 0:03:20.930 None whatsoever. In fact, I am so excited about it. 0:03:21.169 --> 0:03:24.180 I have some comparisons for Josh Allen in my mind. Okay, 0:03:24.660 --> 0:03:26.739 he was so dominant in that first half, I got 0:03:26.760 --> 0:03:28.800 to thinking, is anyone ever gonna be able to stop him? 0:03:29.190 --> 0:03:32.410 Even in the playoffs where the Bills have struggled, How 0:03:32.430 --> 0:03:34.800 about SGA two years ago with Oklahoma City? Could not 0:03:34.820 --> 0:03:36.620 be stopped. Oh, you're going NBA? I'm going NBA. How 0:03:36.660 --> 0:03:39.820 about Kawhi in 2019 with the Raptors? Barry Bonds in 0:03:39.860 --> 0:03:44.140 baseball in 2003 or 2004. Aaron Donald in the Super 0:03:44.180 --> 0:03:46.260 Bowl when he said, the Rams are not going to 0:03:46.280 --> 0:03:49.370 lose this game. I'm going to single-handedly take down the Bengals. 0:03:49.670 --> 0:03:51.830 And he just went ahead and did that. I think 0:03:51.870 --> 0:03:54.850 Josh Allen is playing so good right now. Superman is 0:03:54.890 --> 0:03:57.850 the analogy for me. I see no... No player who's 0:03:57.890 --> 0:03:59.490 doing what he's doing, and not only that, he makes 0:03:59.590 --> 0:04:02.890 everything around him easier. James Cook has all these wide 0:04:02.930 --> 0:04:05.070 holes because all the defense is watching Josh Allen. 0:04:05.090 --> 0:04:06.780 Okay, I'm going to not so fast you real quick 0:04:06.880 --> 0:04:08.780 because Josh Allen has been doing this for the past 0:04:08.840 --> 0:04:11.240 six years, and they haven't gotten that close. I will 0:04:11.280 --> 0:04:13.460 say I love their running game now compared to five 0:04:13.480 --> 0:04:16.560 years ago. We always say this in September. He's the 0:04:16.600 --> 0:04:19.160 September VP every year. What would be the thing that 0:04:19.200 --> 0:04:21.000 keeps him from the Super Bowl? If he can't, is 0:04:21.040 --> 0:04:24.400 it just... Being a bill, like being the bills keeps 0:04:24.440 --> 0:04:25.680 them from the Super Bowl. And I'm not trying to 0:04:25.720 --> 0:04:27.440 say they're jinxed. I don't like that kind of talk. 0:04:27.800 --> 0:04:30.040 But it does feel like they're a team that why 0:04:30.080 --> 0:04:31.060 wouldn't you pick them to the Super Bowl? 0:04:31.080 --> 0:04:31.640 They have everything. 0:04:32.440 --> 0:04:34.380 I don't think this is the same Josh Allen. I 0:04:34.440 --> 0:04:37.580 know what you're saying. He obviously won the MVP. He's 0:04:37.600 --> 0:04:39.780 been a great player, but what he did at Houston, 0:04:39.800 --> 0:04:43.140 specifically in Week 1, the best defense in the entire NFL. 0:04:43.170 --> 0:04:45.810 He carved them up. He just wrapped them around his finger, 0:04:45.850 --> 0:04:48.950 could do whatever he wanted. He can run without risk 0:04:48.990 --> 0:04:52.870 of injury, which Lamar Jackson cannot do. He'll try any 0:04:52.910 --> 0:04:54.710 throw out there, Paul, and he usually hits it. 0:04:54.910 --> 0:04:57.030 Okay, we're going to talk about helmet stickers in a second. 0:04:57.050 --> 0:04:58.849 We're going to talk about Highmark, but I've been saving 0:04:58.870 --> 0:05:01.220 this one for a while. Would you say, without a doubt, 0:05:01.339 --> 0:05:03.700 Josh Allen is the best football player in the NFL? 0:05:04.180 --> 0:05:04.820 Right now, yes. 0:05:05.080 --> 0:05:05.260 Okay. 0:05:05.880 --> 0:05:08.419 If you needed a win in a fourth quarter of 0:05:08.460 --> 0:05:10.120 a playoff game where you were down, would you take 0:05:10.200 --> 0:05:11.979 Josh Allen or Patrick Mahomes? 0:05:12.140 --> 0:05:13.000 Current Patrick Mahomes. 0:05:13.260 --> 0:05:16.380 Right. Even in his state of his health? 0:05:16.600 --> 0:05:17.420 Right now, Josh Allen. 0:05:17.960 --> 0:05:18.320 Really? 0:05:18.820 --> 0:05:20.040 I don't believe you believe that. 0:05:20.670 --> 0:05:22.250 Did you watch Patrick Mahomes last week? 0:05:22.410 --> 0:05:23.830 I did, and I think he's going to inch his 0:05:23.870 --> 0:05:24.229 way back. 0:05:24.270 --> 0:05:27.690 But I also think we forget sometimes because Josh Allen, 0:05:27.910 --> 0:05:30.130 he feels like the kid in high school that was bigger, stronger, 0:05:30.170 --> 0:05:32.430 and faster than everybody, and he's dating the prom queen. 0:05:32.930 --> 0:05:34.089 He seems unstoppable. 0:05:34.110 --> 0:05:36.770 When you watch his games, he's not afraid of contact, 0:05:36.830 --> 0:05:38.810 and he never gets hurt. He really is the Superman 0:05:38.830 --> 0:05:42.610 of the sport. Mahomes doesn't have that physical running physicality 0:05:42.650 --> 0:05:45.860 that Josh Allen has. But I really think that people 0:05:45.940 --> 0:05:48.870 take Mahomes for granted. And if you're being honest with yourself, 0:05:48.900 --> 0:05:51.770 if we had the NSF lie detector, you get Orlovsky 0:05:51.830 --> 0:05:53.690 in here, you get all these people in here that 0:05:53.730 --> 0:05:56.279 say Josh Allen's the greatest thing since sliced bread. You 0:05:56.300 --> 0:05:58.140 would take Mahomes in the fourth quarter of a playoff 0:05:58.170 --> 0:05:58.990 game down seven. 0:05:59.200 --> 0:06:02.410 Okay. Tom Brady got hurt right at the prime of 0:06:02.470 --> 0:06:05.030 his career. Remember, he got hit below the knee. He 0:06:05.070 --> 0:06:07.210 came back. It took him a year to get back 0:06:07.250 --> 0:06:09.310 to where he should be. So I do not think 0:06:09.330 --> 0:06:12.170 you have prime Patrick Mahomes this season. So that's why 0:06:12.190 --> 0:06:13.350 I'm going Josh Allen. Okay. 0:06:13.390 --> 0:06:14.950 I still don't believe that you believe him, but I 0:06:14.950 --> 0:06:15.589 love where you're going. 0:06:15.610 --> 0:06:17.690 By the way, that guy, you know, the guy in 0:06:17.790 --> 0:06:21.050 high school, the football star. I let him copy my 0:06:21.070 --> 0:06:22.830 homework all the time. I know that guy really well. 0:06:23.110 --> 0:06:25.790 And Josh Allen, one thing about him, too, there's a 0:06:25.810 --> 0:06:28.520 destiny feel. I know that's not an analytic or anything, 0:06:28.540 --> 0:06:30.900 and I'm all about the analytics, but it does feel 0:06:30.920 --> 0:06:33.820 he is way too good to not win a Super 0:06:33.839 --> 0:06:34.260 Bowl at some point. 0:06:34.279 --> 0:06:35.979 Well, let's stay with that for a second, because the 0:06:36.060 --> 0:06:38.760 pressure on this guy now, he has the coach he wanted, 0:06:38.779 --> 0:06:41.420 Joe Brady, former OC. He has a new building. That's 0:06:41.480 --> 0:06:44.200 the house that Josh Allen built. They said that 20 0:06:44.200 --> 0:06:47.400 times on the broadcast. And he is at 30 years old. 0:06:48.250 --> 0:06:50.370 Going to be 31. The math works out that way. 0:06:50.990 --> 0:06:53.110 It does feel like the pressure is so out of 0:06:53.190 --> 0:06:55.909 hand to not be the Dan Marino of his generation 0:06:55.950 --> 0:06:58.590 that something is destined to go wrong, not destined to 0:06:58.630 --> 0:06:58.930 go right. 0:06:59.490 --> 0:07:01.570 I know exactly what you're saying. And there's a funny 0:07:01.610 --> 0:07:04.070 tweet out there. The Bills look so good. Maybe they'll 0:07:04.100 --> 0:07:06.080 lose in the championship game and not the divisional round 0:07:06.100 --> 0:07:08.720 this year. But that being said, the AFC is a 0:07:08.740 --> 0:07:10.600 little weird this year. I think the Chiefs are going 0:07:10.620 --> 0:07:12.800 to take some time with Patrick Mahomes coming off the injury. 0:07:13.140 --> 0:07:15.660 I don't think the Ravens look good right now, but 0:07:15.680 --> 0:07:19.640 there's a lot to be determined there. I want my mulligan, Paul. 0:07:19.740 --> 0:07:22.730 I want Josh Allen. I just feel it's like a movie. 0:07:22.810 --> 0:07:23.910 It's like a movie in real time. 0:07:23.950 --> 0:07:25.450 It's not the weekend yet. If you want to change 0:07:25.470 --> 0:07:27.010 your Super Bowl pick, you have half an hour to 0:07:27.050 --> 0:07:29.790 think about it. I will say, though, America wants the 0:07:29.830 --> 0:07:32.490 Bills to win. They love their fans. They love the tailgate. 0:07:32.590 --> 0:07:34.990 I love the outdoor stadium. Highmark looked great last night. 0:07:35.390 --> 0:07:37.560 And then we mentioned last night on the broadcast you 0:07:37.580 --> 0:07:40.480 saw four straight Super Bowls, Jim Kelly and his crew, 0:07:40.500 --> 0:07:41.780 the most talented. 0:07:41.400 --> 0:07:43.520 Losers of all time. Losers in the Super Bowl, not 0:07:43.560 --> 0:07:44.120 losers in life. 0:07:44.810 --> 0:07:47.600 It does feel like America would absolutely embrace the Lions 0:07:47.640 --> 0:07:49.920 as well because they're like the Cubs. But I think 0:07:49.980 --> 0:07:52.059 America would embrace, has embraced the Bucs. 0:07:52.080 --> 0:07:53.900 Yeah, Josh Allen, of course, celebrity girlfriend. We need to 0:07:53.920 --> 0:07:54.700 give out game stickers. 0:07:54.720 --> 0:07:54.880 Okay. 0:07:55.040 --> 0:07:56.800 And there's so many to give out, obviously, on the 0:07:56.860 --> 0:07:58.500 Buffalo side. Paul, you want to get us started? 0:07:58.640 --> 0:08:00.930 Yeah, I'm going to go with Bill's running back, James Cook. 0:08:01.020 --> 0:08:03.350 I mean, he had 1,600 yards last year. He had 0:08:03.470 --> 0:08:06.430 two other 1,000-yard seasons before that. This guy is the 0:08:06.470 --> 0:08:09.830 most unknown star in the NFL. Now, I know James Cook, 0:08:10.090 --> 0:08:11.950 he gets a lot of his yards because they're focused 0:08:12.010 --> 0:08:15.250 on Jael Shallon. but 1,600 last year. And last night, 0:08:15.250 --> 0:08:18.470 21 for 135. I do wonder, James Cook, and look 0:08:18.490 --> 0:08:19.170 at that helmet sticker. 0:08:19.190 --> 0:08:21.050 Is that a flattering picture? It looks like he's falling 0:08:21.090 --> 0:08:21.950 down for the sticker. 0:08:22.250 --> 0:08:24.060 But we are lifting him up with that helmet sticker. 0:08:24.070 --> 0:08:24.800 Okay, fair enough. 0:08:24.880 --> 0:08:26.800 I wonder if James Cook ever gets salty when they 0:08:26.820 --> 0:08:28.700 get to the goal line and Josh Allen just pounds 0:08:28.760 --> 0:08:29.060 it in. 0:08:29.080 --> 0:08:29.280 I know. 0:08:29.500 --> 0:08:30.740 Can I get a couple of those touchdowns? 0:08:30.880 --> 0:08:32.890 I'm a James Cook fantasy owner. I get salty. You are? 0:08:32.920 --> 0:08:34.640 I was screaming at the TV last night. 0:08:34.720 --> 0:08:35.600 Who's your helmet sticker for? 0:08:35.679 --> 0:08:35.859 Okay. 0:08:36.120 --> 0:08:38.340 I'm going to stay on the Bills offense. Dalton Kincaid, 0:08:38.380 --> 0:08:41.820 seven catches, 95 yards, a touchdown. And he had the 0:08:41.860 --> 0:08:45.020 big catch in week one over Stingley, the best cornerback 0:08:45.160 --> 0:08:48.150 in the NFL, arguably. He is playing at an elite level, 0:08:48.190 --> 0:08:50.730 former first-round pick out of Utah. There are a lot 0:08:50.750 --> 0:08:52.730 of good players on Buffalo. I think that he is 0:08:52.750 --> 0:08:55.569 the transcendent target. People are looking to DJ Moore to 0:08:55.610 --> 0:08:57.290 be the guy who takes Josh Allen to the next level. 0:08:57.620 --> 0:08:59.900 I think it's tight end Dalton Kincaid. And this is 0:08:59.960 --> 0:09:02.560 now a tight end league, Paul. Everyone's talking about 12 0:09:02.559 --> 0:09:05.300 personnel and 13 personnel getting more tight ends on the field. 0:09:05.780 --> 0:09:09.170 Dalton Kincaid stands out to me as maybe the one 0:09:09.290 --> 0:09:12.429 go-to weapon. Again, talking about a difference maker in the playoffs, 0:09:12.690 --> 0:09:13.730 I think it's Kincaid. 0:09:13.830 --> 0:09:15.910 On the touchdown pass he had to Knox in the 0:09:15.929 --> 0:09:18.250 end zone, his other tight end, Josh Allen's running right. 0:09:18.270 --> 0:09:19.840 And like you said, they have to focus on him. 0:09:20.240 --> 0:09:22.520 Knox just turns around and goes like this. And Josh goes, oh, 0:09:22.580 --> 0:09:24.120 I'll let him have it. Like he was sharing at 0:09:24.140 --> 0:09:24.600 the playground. 0:09:24.820 --> 0:09:27.620 And he had another two open targets behind him because, 0:09:27.640 --> 0:09:30.809 and we'll get into Detroit a little more. their defensive 0:09:30.850 --> 0:09:33.869 coordinator had no game plan. No. I don't know if 0:09:33.890 --> 0:09:35.929 they have a defensive coordinator. They have someone in there. 0:09:36.050 --> 0:09:38.310 I just don't know his name. Yeah, Kelvin Shepard really 0:09:38.390 --> 0:09:40.830 struggled last night. It might be the personnel. They have 0:09:40.850 --> 0:09:43.830 a lot of injuries. I love your Aiden Hutchinson. He 0:09:43.870 --> 0:09:46.440 was sucking wind by the end because he's basically the 0:09:46.559 --> 0:09:47.099 only guy. 0:09:47.140 --> 0:09:48.760 Yeah, it was a great night in Buffalo. Felt like 0:09:48.780 --> 0:09:51.119 a homecoming game. The field was a star. There was 0:09:51.160 --> 0:09:51.839 tables everywhere. 0:09:51.860 --> 0:09:52.360 It was a good night. 0:09:52.600 --> 0:09:52.780 Yeah. 0:09:52.880 --> 0:09:55.280 All right, coming up next, which team needs to win 0:09:55.320 --> 0:09:57.200 the most in Week two? I'm going to give you 0:09:57.240 --> 0:09:58.679 my take next. Not so fast. 0:10:00.460 --> 0:10:02.640 OK, Pearl, time for the midday pick me up. And 0:10:02.660 --> 0:10:04.679 you're an Ivy Leaguer. Here's an Ivy Leaguer for you. 0:10:04.700 --> 0:10:05.459 A Harvard guy. 0:10:05.480 --> 0:10:07.210 There he is. Ryan Fitzpatrick. 0:10:07.450 --> 0:10:07.790 Bingo. 0:10:08.510 --> 0:10:10.809 You got to like the form. I mean, that's a 0:10:10.830 --> 0:10:11.390 guy who's been there. 0:10:12.240 --> 0:10:14.880 Oh, Ryan looked right at home last night in Buffalo, 0:10:14.900 --> 0:10:15.620 like a fan almost. 0:10:15.640 --> 0:10:18.020 How do you think that plays in the Harvard community? 0:10:18.100 --> 0:10:19.820 Because this is not what they're known for. 0:10:20.160 --> 0:10:21.720 I got to be honest, I don't know how Ryan 0:10:21.760 --> 0:10:24.120 Fitzpatrick got into Harvard. I've talked to him a few times. 0:10:24.140 --> 0:10:25.830 We've seen him around. He was at Lake Tahoe with 0:10:25.870 --> 0:10:27.890 DP Show. He doesn't seem like a Harvard guy. 0:10:27.950 --> 0:10:29.910 And they don't give scholarships for football. I think you 0:10:29.990 --> 0:10:32.310 also have to have grades. I'll defer to you. You 0:10:32.330 --> 0:10:34.290 played JV at Dartmouth. Did you get in because of 0:10:34.309 --> 0:10:35.569 your abilities or because of your grades? 0:10:36.530 --> 0:10:40.230 That was my jump shot for sure. No, Ryan Fitzpatrick, 0:10:40.730 --> 0:10:42.429 I understand he had a huge Wunderlich score, and he 0:10:42.500 --> 0:10:44.220 is smart, but he's one of those smart guys who 0:10:44.260 --> 0:10:45.100 sounds dumb sometimes. 0:10:45.300 --> 0:10:47.079 Yeah, the beard, I love it. But, you know, no 0:10:47.140 --> 0:10:48.020 elbow patches for him. 0:10:48.080 --> 0:10:48.839 All right, let's get to it. 0:10:48.860 --> 0:10:50.780 We love warm takes here on Not So Fast with 0:10:50.800 --> 0:10:53.160 Paps and Perloff. I'm going to go first on a nice, warm, 0:10:53.200 --> 0:10:56.809 cozy one, getting into the college football weekend. This LSU 0:10:56.890 --> 0:10:59.229 Ole Miss game is nine months in the making. This 0:10:59.250 --> 0:11:01.170 is when Lane Kiffin leaves town. I mean, he ran 0:11:01.210 --> 0:11:04.170 out of town like he had the authorities after him. 0:11:04.190 --> 0:11:07.270 Some wanted to. And this has been building and building 0:11:07.309 --> 0:11:09.650 and building. It's almost anticlimactic at this point. And now 0:11:09.690 --> 0:11:11.670 the thing is, who are you rooting for if you 0:11:11.690 --> 0:11:13.650 don't have a dog in the fight, LSU at Ole Miss? 0:11:14.090 --> 0:11:15.709 I would say if you did a poll, it's probably 0:11:15.770 --> 0:11:18.469 most people are rooting for Ole Miss for payback. You 0:11:18.490 --> 0:11:21.380 spurned us. We still have good players. Let's take you down, 0:11:21.720 --> 0:11:24.040 bring you down a notch. I can make the case, though, 0:11:24.080 --> 0:11:26.020 you'd also root for Lane Kiffin because you want to 0:11:26.059 --> 0:11:28.820 see LSU relevant this year. You want to see LSU 0:11:28.860 --> 0:11:31.719 in the playoffs. Kiffin is a button pusher. Even if 0:11:31.760 --> 0:11:33.400 you don't like him, you've got to like the content 0:11:33.420 --> 0:11:33.920 he provides. 0:11:33.960 --> 0:11:34.430 I know we do. 0:11:35.100 --> 0:11:36.360 I would say this. If you don't know who to 0:11:36.400 --> 0:11:36.860 root for. 0:11:37.340 --> 0:11:39.359 I'm rooting for a second act in this trilogy. I 0:11:39.400 --> 0:11:41.940 want three, if you could, but you can only get two. 0:11:42.580 --> 0:11:45.099 I would like to see the loser of Ole Miss-LSU 0:11:45.500 --> 0:11:48.719 make the playoffs. And if I'm concocting the playoffs and 0:11:48.740 --> 0:11:51.280 they build it later, I make sure Ole Miss versus 0:11:51.400 --> 0:11:52.400 LSU has a second act. 0:11:52.420 --> 0:11:54.069 I don't know if it's possible. There's a lot of 0:11:54.090 --> 0:11:54.520 ways to go. 0:11:54.570 --> 0:11:57.270 But if the loser can get it back together, this 0:11:57.330 --> 0:11:59.050 is not a bad loss on your resume if you 0:11:59.070 --> 0:12:00.970 lose this game. If you can get it back together, 0:12:01.030 --> 0:12:02.950 maybe LSU-Ole. 0:12:02.390 --> 0:12:03.270 Miss part do. 0:12:04.480 --> 0:12:05.420 I have some bad news. 0:12:05.800 --> 0:12:06.520 I don't like bad news. 0:12:06.580 --> 0:12:09.000 That's not happening, Paul. I'll tell you why. LSU's got 0:12:09.059 --> 0:12:13.069 Texas A & M, who's stacked, Alabama, Texas, at Tennessee, 0:12:13.450 --> 0:12:16.089 and Mississippi State, who looks dangerous as well. How is 0:12:16.230 --> 0:12:19.730 LSU— I know that Lane Kiffin looked great against Clemson. That's 0:12:20.130 --> 0:12:22.420 a bad Clemson team. I think there's trouble ahead for LSU. 0:12:22.440 --> 0:12:25.160 But also remember, whoever's putting together the playoff committee, whoever's 0:12:25.200 --> 0:12:28.070 putting together the playoffs— They are going to build a show, 0:12:28.190 --> 0:12:30.069 and they are going to try to work. They worked 0:12:30.130 --> 0:12:31.809 in Notre Dame every year. They're going to try to 0:12:31.850 --> 0:12:33.670 work in LSU. 0:12:33.990 --> 0:12:36.050 They have to end with two losses there, and I'm 0:12:36.070 --> 0:12:38.490 not sure Ole Miss is a great team. So we'll see. 0:12:38.570 --> 0:12:41.530 I mean, right now it feels like a top-ten matchup. 0:12:41.770 --> 0:12:42.829 I don't think it's going to be that at the 0:12:42.850 --> 0:12:43.250 end of the season. 0:12:43.270 --> 0:12:44.170 You're papooing my sequel. 0:12:44.750 --> 0:12:48.290 I know. Listen, you're right that that would be great TV, 0:12:48.340 --> 0:12:50.819 but I would hope that they're actually looking at results 0:12:50.860 --> 0:12:51.239 on the field. 0:12:51.700 --> 0:12:51.860 Okay. 0:12:52.500 --> 0:12:55.229 I'm going to go to the NFL. The Chargers host 0:12:55.250 --> 0:12:57.880 the Raiders and the Rams host the Giants on Monday night. 0:12:57.920 --> 0:13:00.730 We have back-to-back games at SoFi. I got to tell you, Paul. 0:13:01.429 --> 0:13:04.720 this better be a good weekend of pro football in L.A. 0:13:04.820 --> 0:13:06.920 or that town is going to forget they have the NFL. 0:13:06.940 --> 0:13:10.340 Because the Chargers and the Rams were such duds in 0:13:10.380 --> 0:13:12.559 Week 1. Now, I know the Rams were in Australia 0:13:12.580 --> 0:13:14.580 and they flew in too late, but the Chargers had 0:13:14.600 --> 0:13:17.830 the most disappointing loss of the whole Week 1 against 0:13:17.850 --> 0:13:21.510 the Cardinals. Now, listen, the Raiders look pretty good. If 0:13:21.550 --> 0:13:24.350 the Chargers fall to the Raiders... The very few fans 0:13:24.370 --> 0:13:27.130 that they do have are gone. Right. And the Rams, 0:13:27.770 --> 0:13:32.410 all the national expectations, they better deliver in a primetime audience. Listen, 0:13:32.460 --> 0:13:35.520 the Dodgers just clinched ball. USC is in a great 0:13:35.559 --> 0:13:38.360 position to go 4-0. They play Rutgers. So they're going 0:13:38.380 --> 0:13:40.520 to go back to USC being the only football team 0:13:40.559 --> 0:13:42.960 in town. And the Dodgers are going to take all 0:13:43.020 --> 0:13:44.860 the oxygen out of the air in L.A. So it 0:13:44.940 --> 0:13:47.030 is now or never for the Chargers and Rams. 0:13:47.090 --> 0:13:50.050 You're 100% right because L.A. fans are fickle. I mean, 0:13:50.070 --> 0:13:52.130 there was so much buzz when they got Harbaugh there. 0:13:52.970 --> 0:13:53.550 It's still there. 0:13:53.570 --> 0:13:56.770 Mike McDaniel, the offensive coordinator, it's still there. Justin Herbert, 0:13:57.429 --> 0:13:59.830 it's still there. But the Rams, the Rams were like 0:14:00.030 --> 0:14:02.630 destiny team where the playoffs are not even a question. 0:14:02.670 --> 0:14:04.089 It's like, who are they going to play in the 0:14:04.130 --> 0:14:05.270 Super Bowl? Not if they make it. 0:14:05.510 --> 0:14:08.050 Well, listen, they should be OK against the Giants. But 0:14:08.090 --> 0:14:10.050 can you imagine if Cam Scadaboo came to L.A. and 0:14:10.110 --> 0:14:12.910 ran all over them? Rams fans are just going to 0:14:12.950 --> 0:14:14.929 go 0-2 and be so upset. 0:14:14.970 --> 0:14:16.910 And I think they got blindsided by the Miles Garrett 0:14:16.929 --> 0:14:19.359 knee surgery. I don't think there was any talk in 0:14:19.380 --> 0:14:22.200 the preseason that he was hurt, hobbled. got injured in 0:14:22.240 --> 0:14:24.880 some type of activity. And I know it's some type 0:14:24.900 --> 0:14:27.850 of career cleanup on the knee, but look at the Rams' schedule. 0:14:28.390 --> 0:14:29.290 It gets a lot tougher. 0:14:29.410 --> 0:14:30.070 I mean, a lot tougher. 0:14:30.130 --> 0:14:32.030 Even that Arizona game is not a gimme anymore. 0:14:32.250 --> 0:14:36.410 Yeah, I mean, 0-5 is a possibility. I think they 0:14:36.450 --> 0:14:39.360 turn it around pretty quickly. The Giants look great against Dallas. 0:14:39.380 --> 0:14:41.320 The Rams are another level. You know, the whole thing 0:14:41.360 --> 0:14:43.240 about the flight was they wanted to be ready for 0:14:43.340 --> 0:14:46.860 week two and not stay in Australia too long. They 0:14:46.880 --> 0:14:49.120 better show up. Stafford looked old. I'm just going to 0:14:49.140 --> 0:14:51.960 say that week one looked like his back was cranky. 0:14:51.980 --> 0:14:52.600 You know how it is. 0:14:52.620 --> 0:14:54.120 Yeah, I know how it is. Yeah, I'm the old 0:14:54.140 --> 0:14:54.580 guy in the room. 0:14:54.610 --> 0:14:56.620 All right, here we go. My next warm take. Let's 0:14:56.640 --> 0:14:59.210 go to the Detroit Lions. Now, you would think I 0:14:59.250 --> 0:15:01.210 wouldn't root for the Lions, but I think you root 0:15:01.230 --> 0:15:03.590 for stories and sports. And I get worried sometimes for 0:15:03.690 --> 0:15:06.570 other fan bases. Like, I don't care really about the Lions, 0:15:06.610 --> 0:15:10.010 but their fan base deserves a one. One title in 0:15:10.030 --> 0:15:11.850 their lifetime. I grew up a Cubs fan. 0:15:12.250 --> 0:15:12.890