WEBVTT - Not So Fast Episode 10 0:00:01.270 --> 0:00:05.210 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 --> 0:00:12.640 sports stories of the day. Here's Andrew Perloff and Paul Pabst. 0:00:13.540 --> 0:00:14.640 Not so fast, my friends. 0:00:19.840 --> 0:00:22.700 Welcome to Not So Fast. I'm Andrew Perloff. He's Paul Pabst. 0:00:22.980 --> 0:00:25.220 We're laughing because we just had to kick Tony Reale 0:00:25.280 --> 0:00:26.860 out from right in front of the camera. 0:00:27.250 --> 0:00:30.270 But we're all tired. Long football weekend. Teammate check. How'd 0:00:30.290 --> 0:00:30.770 you do, Paul? 0:00:30.870 --> 0:00:33.830 Pretty good. 13 hours of college football on Saturday. Another 0:00:33.830 --> 0:00:36.390 12 on Sunday. I don't know how much sleep last night, 0:00:36.409 --> 0:00:38.190 but who cares? A lot of football. We're here for it. 0:00:38.510 --> 0:00:41.760 Yeah, so an incredible week one. They're about to set 0:00:41.840 --> 0:00:44.919 the scoring record unless the Chiefs and Broncos do nothing tonight. 0:00:45.350 --> 0:00:48.130 They are about 41 points away from the highest scoring 0:00:48.159 --> 0:00:50.260 week one in NFL history, Paul. 0:00:50.340 --> 0:00:50.820 Break it down. 0:00:50.960 --> 0:00:51.180 All right. 0:00:51.260 --> 0:00:57.960 So the Bears have 59. Ravens, 41. Jags, 34. Bengals, 33. Lions, 0:00:57.980 --> 0:00:58.920 31-30 over the Saints. 0:00:59.260 --> 0:00:59.800 Bills, 36-31. 0:01:00.050 --> 0:01:04.450 The Vikings are the third-string quarterback to score 39. The 0:01:04.650 --> 0:01:07.830 Giants score 28. And then here's what's funny about this, Perloff. 0:01:07.870 --> 0:01:08.930 Go back to last week. 0:01:09.069 --> 0:01:09.190 Yeah. 0:01:09.660 --> 0:01:12.600 The Seahawks and Patriots score 13 and 10 and the 0:01:12.660 --> 0:01:13.840 Rams only score seven. 0:01:14.060 --> 0:01:17.080 Unbelievable that the Rams are the one single digit team. 0:01:17.220 --> 0:01:19.300 Okay. So we're in week one. We see all this scoring. 0:01:19.319 --> 0:01:21.959 There's Josh Allen. Of course he's going to score. Is 0:01:21.980 --> 0:01:25.000 this an anomaly or can you extrapolate a trend out 0:01:25.020 --> 0:01:25.860 of this, this early? 0:01:26.420 --> 0:01:28.920 To me, it's an anomaly. Week one is a liver. 0:01:29.470 --> 0:01:32.050 It never means exactly what you think it is, but 0:01:32.090 --> 0:01:34.570 some of the reasons that the games were so high 0:01:34.590 --> 0:01:37.580 scoring was turnovers cause a lot of points. And then 0:01:37.600 --> 0:01:39.410 the one game that sort of lit it all up 0:01:39.490 --> 0:01:41.830 was the Bears and the Panthers, 59-37. 0:01:41.850 --> 0:01:44.899 Part of the reason that went so high scoring. 0:01:45.340 --> 0:01:47.740 This piece of Bears defense let the Panthers stay in 0:01:47.760 --> 0:01:48.100 the game. 0:01:48.140 --> 0:01:50.240 The Bears were blowing them out. So the Bears had 0:01:50.260 --> 0:01:51.660 to keep their foot on the gas. 0:01:51.820 --> 0:01:56.080 And Kevin Clark from Omaha Productions, he was joining the 0:01:56.100 --> 0:01:57.980 Dan Patch show today, and he talked about this. And 0:01:58.000 --> 0:02:00.560 he said something about, you know, the defenses are playing catch-up. 0:02:00.620 --> 0:02:03.860 A lot of new players, new quarterbacks, new systems, free agency. 0:02:04.190 --> 0:02:05.730 So they don't know exactly what to get to. 0:02:06.110 --> 0:02:07.030 Yeah, it was a. 0:02:06.990 --> 0:02:09.730 Little shocking that the Texans defense, which we've been talking 0:02:09.750 --> 0:02:13.589 about for months— Completely fell apart. It looked like Josh Allen, 0:02:13.630 --> 0:02:16.710 by the end, could do whatever he wanted. That, to me, 0:02:16.730 --> 0:02:19.750 was the biggest surprise. But again, week one does not 0:02:19.810 --> 0:02:21.950 mean what we think it does. I mean, the Bears 0:02:21.990 --> 0:02:23.970 are not going to score 59 points a week, are they? 0:02:24.490 --> 0:02:26.880 No, they usually don't score 59 points in a month, 0:02:26.900 --> 0:02:29.079 like in the old Bears days. But there's a lot 0:02:29.100 --> 0:02:31.940 of teams that are interesting. The Vikings, Packers, that's nuts 0:02:31.980 --> 0:02:34.400 because you think... Once Kyler Murray's out, the scoring's going 0:02:34.419 --> 0:02:34.820 to go down. 0:02:35.040 --> 0:02:35.760 I mean, come on. 0:02:35.919 --> 0:02:36.240 It is. 0:02:36.600 --> 0:02:38.540 There is no way the Vikings or the Bears play 0:02:38.580 --> 0:02:40.540 in Week 2. We're not going to see games in 0:02:40.660 --> 0:02:41.520 the 30s or 40s. 0:02:42.500 --> 0:02:43.119 I think it's a anomaly. 0:02:43.139 --> 0:02:44.600 So you're poo-pooing the possible trend. 0:02:44.800 --> 0:02:47.560 I am completely poo-pooing, and I'm starting with your Bears. 0:02:48.320 --> 0:02:49.440 I like the Bears a lot this year. 0:02:49.760 --> 0:02:52.130 They do not want to score 59 points. Ben Johnson 0:02:52.150 --> 0:02:54.430 wants to run left and run right because he's got 0:02:54.450 --> 0:02:55.510 to protect that defense. 0:02:55.930 --> 0:02:57.570 I'll bet you anything, Paul. I'm going to go out 0:02:57.590 --> 0:03:00.350 on a limb here. that they go under next week. 0:03:00.530 --> 0:03:00.730 Right. 0:03:00.950 --> 0:03:03.230 I'm positive they're going to go under, whatever the total is. 0:03:03.250 --> 0:03:05.800 So you're going to say they're going to undercompensate, not overcompensate. 0:03:05.840 --> 0:03:08.820 They're going to undercompensate, and they love to run the ball. 0:03:08.880 --> 0:03:11.139 They had two runners over 100 yards on Sunday. 0:03:11.160 --> 0:03:12.760 But it was a fun weekend. At least it's fun 0:03:12.780 --> 0:03:14.359 for all the fans. A lot of scoring, a lot 0:03:14.380 --> 0:03:14.760 of energy. 0:03:15.610 --> 0:03:19.150 I think so, right, unless you're a Chargers fan. There 0:03:19.169 --> 0:03:21.389 are a lot of, you know, listen, there's the flip side. 0:03:21.410 --> 0:03:23.220 There are a lot of teams that did not do well, 0:03:23.570 --> 0:03:25.980 but to me, there are certain fan bases that are 0:03:26.040 --> 0:03:28.700 completely over the moon, starting with Chicago. But Tony kept 0:03:28.760 --> 0:03:30.359 on talking about it on the Dan Patrick show. 0:03:30.740 --> 0:03:33.520 You were a little bit, I'm not going to say timid. 0:03:34.220 --> 0:03:35.740 I'm going to save this for my warm take because 0:03:35.760 --> 0:03:37.100 I want to talk about Sunday Night Football, but I'm 0:03:37.120 --> 0:03:40.200 going to save Bears football. break pumping for my warm take. 0:03:40.220 --> 0:03:42.340 Well, that's a game, by the way, Sunday Night Football, 0:03:42.380 --> 0:03:45.110 where there is no break pumping in New York because the. 0:03:45.110 --> 0:03:46.190 Giants are back. 0:03:46.770 --> 0:03:49.110 I mean, I don't know what this means, but the 0:03:49.150 --> 0:03:51.270 Giants look like they have it figured out and the 0:03:51.310 --> 0:03:54.080 Cowboys were disappointing. I'll tell you right now, the reason 0:03:54.120 --> 0:03:55.890 I think the Giants are back, I think Jackson Dart is... 0:03:56.500 --> 0:03:58.840 Between 5 and 10 in the quarterback rankings. 0:03:58.940 --> 0:04:00.180 I think he's elite. 0:04:00.320 --> 0:04:02.620 I'm going there, Paul. I think he looked like Joe 0:04:02.640 --> 0:04:05.800 Burrow on Sunday night. He was incredible on third down. 0:04:06.320 --> 0:04:07.220 I'm dead serious. 0:04:07.920 --> 0:04:09.300 I'm dead serious. 0:04:09.320 --> 0:04:12.310 The team was 9 of 11 on third down, and 0:04:12.350 --> 0:04:14.350 he looked like he could do whatever he wanted. 0:04:14.590 --> 0:04:16.430 They had the running game going with Scadaboo. 0:04:16.770 --> 0:04:19.570 The Dallas Cowboys only got the ball twice in the 0:04:19.630 --> 0:04:22.430 second half. It was a domination. It was a ball 0:04:22.450 --> 0:04:25.750 control domination. Isaiah likely turns out to be a star 0:04:25.810 --> 0:04:29.680 at tight end. But I was really impressed by Jackson 0:04:29.700 --> 0:04:30.380 Dart's poise. 0:04:30.500 --> 0:04:32.140 OK, I got to call a 20 here. I'm going 0:04:32.160 --> 0:04:33.940 to need to chop up everything you just said. First 0:04:33.960 --> 0:04:36.620 of all, Scataboo, no more round off things. This is 0:04:36.660 --> 0:04:39.960 not the Olympics. You're not Romanian. Here we go. I 0:04:39.980 --> 0:04:41.810 know what you're saying about Jackson Dart because I agree 0:04:41.830 --> 0:04:43.410 with you. I thought he was great in college. I 0:04:43.490 --> 0:04:45.250 loved him last year, but he just took on too 0:04:45.270 --> 0:04:47.320 much hits. There was a play in the second quarter 0:04:47.339 --> 0:04:50.159 where Dart rolls left. He's run for about 15 yards 0:04:50.240 --> 0:04:52.419 and could have gotten another five yards, and he casually 0:04:52.460 --> 0:04:54.770 walks out of bounds. And you hear Chris Collinsworth on 0:04:54.850 --> 0:04:57.810 NBC go, oh, that's it. That's it. Like he finally 0:04:57.890 --> 0:05:00.710 unlocked the box. I will say, though, I was not 0:05:00.750 --> 0:05:03.810 that surprised by this game because Dallas has a revamped 0:05:03.830 --> 0:05:07.039 defense with some new characters. Sean Gary. That takes time 0:05:07.060 --> 0:05:07.539 to play out. 0:05:08.560 --> 0:05:11.600 Wait, we're analyzing NFL Week 1. Don't give me time 0:05:11.640 --> 0:05:13.540 to play out. We have to overreact here, Paul. 0:05:13.660 --> 0:05:16.020 I'm going to do proper reaction Monday here. I love 0:05:16.050 --> 0:05:18.669 what the Giants did. They ran the ball well. Malik Nabors, 0:05:18.690 --> 0:05:20.270 there was some talk that he wouldn't be ready for 0:05:20.290 --> 0:05:22.429 the game up until three hours before the game started. 0:05:22.810 --> 0:05:25.450 But look at them last night. 5.8 yards per play. 0:05:25.450 --> 0:05:28.360 9 for 11 on third down. That's a quarterback who 0:05:28.400 --> 0:05:30.780 gets it. And Jackson Dart, if he could just cut 0:05:30.820 --> 0:05:33.020 down his hits... I think he ran the ball 11 times. 0:05:33.040 --> 0:05:35.000 That's a little much for me. But he's good at running. 0:05:35.050 --> 0:05:35.710 That's the tough part. 0:05:36.029 --> 0:05:38.390 Yeah, no, and he had some key first downs with 0:05:38.430 --> 0:05:41.050 his legs. Again, I'm ready to. 0:05:41.050 --> 0:05:42.460 Say the word. I'll say it. Elite. 0:05:42.720 --> 0:05:44.760 But you, when we were talking about the Giants a 0:05:44.839 --> 0:05:47.280 month ago, you said, don't worry about the Giants. They're inconsequential. 0:05:47.540 --> 0:05:49.220 Are you falling for your own stuff here? 0:05:49.240 --> 0:05:51.060 I'm totally falling for my own hype. And you didn't 0:05:51.110 --> 0:05:54.530 even really get to see that defensive line with Abdul 0:05:54.550 --> 0:05:58.729 Carter and now Arvel Risa, linebacker, Kayvon Thibodeau, and Ryan Burns, 0:05:58.750 --> 0:05:59.430 who's outstanding. 0:05:59.450 --> 0:06:01.330 They had no sacks yesterday, but they were in the 0:06:01.390 --> 0:06:02.130 backfield a lot. 0:06:02.230 --> 0:06:05.510 Abdul Carter had a big play that disrupted the Cowboys' offense. 0:06:05.529 --> 0:06:07.770 Okay, let's get to the Cowboys' side of this. I 0:06:07.810 --> 0:06:09.910 would be a little more bothered about the offense was 0:06:09.930 --> 0:06:12.089 supposed to be the sure thing this year. They ran 0:06:12.130 --> 0:06:15.270 the ball okay. They passed the ball okay. But okay 0:06:15.300 --> 0:06:16.920 won't work when you have an average defense. 0:06:17.180 --> 0:06:19.060 You can't pass the ball or run the ball when 0:06:19.100 --> 0:06:22.260 you're on defense all the time. Dak was really, really good. 0:06:22.279 --> 0:06:24.460 There were a couple drops. I'm not worried about their 0:06:24.520 --> 0:06:27.300 offense at all. I am so disappointed in their defense, Paul. 0:06:27.620 --> 0:06:29.960 Because remember the narrative that Jerry Jones had made up 0:06:30.000 --> 0:06:32.190 for the bad Micah Parsons trade by getting all these 0:06:32.230 --> 0:06:33.390 defensive tackles and they. 0:06:33.330 --> 0:06:35.110 Were going to stop the run? What happened to that? 0:06:35.290 --> 0:06:37.030 Yeah, and the bigger picture with the Cowboys, I think, 0:06:37.290 --> 0:06:39.480 whatever you think of their offense or their defense... They 0:06:39.520 --> 0:06:41.530 don't feel like a big game team for me. The 0:06:41.870 --> 0:06:44.470 bigger the game, the less they show up. And that's been, 0:06:44.850 --> 0:06:47.270 we're a couple decades into that now. I mean, I'm 0:06:47.290 --> 0:06:49.240 not an anti-Cowboys guy. I just think that they don't 0:06:49.380 --> 0:06:51.820 perform well under the biggest of lights. And you'd think 0:06:51.980 --> 0:06:52.820 they're used to the lights. 0:06:53.240 --> 0:06:55.490 There was so much hype, too. And I fell into it. 0:06:55.550 --> 0:06:57.990 I picked them to win the NFC East. Did that 0:06:58.050 --> 0:07:00.289 make the whole experience of watching them lose and lose 0:07:00.330 --> 0:07:02.540 pretty badly even harder for Cowboys fans? 0:07:03.160 --> 0:07:03.480 It does. 0:07:03.600 --> 0:07:03.900 It does. 0:07:03.920 --> 0:07:05.260 All right, we're going to get some college football in 0:07:05.300 --> 0:07:07.760 a second, but week one NFL, we didn't talk about 0:07:07.779 --> 0:07:10.120 the teams that were hurting, like the Dolphins and maybe 0:07:10.140 --> 0:07:12.370 the Packers, but it's time to give out helmet stickers. 0:07:12.390 --> 0:07:14.470 Who had a good game, who had a great performance, 0:07:14.670 --> 0:07:15.110 you go first. 0:07:15.630 --> 0:07:18.720 Okay, my first helmet sticker actually goes to Baltimore, and 0:07:18.740 --> 0:07:20.140 you'd think I was talking about Lamar Jackson. 0:07:20.180 --> 0:07:23.040 No, I'm talking about Zay Flowers, a wide receiver. 0:07:23.080 --> 0:07:25.720 Had 150 yards receiving that went out with a hamstring injury, 0:07:25.820 --> 0:07:26.800 one that he's been dealing with. 0:07:27.140 --> 0:07:28.060 Not too bad, though. 0:07:28.340 --> 0:07:30.860 The reason I'm giving Zay Flowers the helmet sticker is 0:07:31.160 --> 0:07:33.460 because I thought he was the most overpaid wide receiver 0:07:33.480 --> 0:07:36.160 in football. When he got $ 35 million in the offseason, 0:07:36.400 --> 0:07:38.460 then he goes out against Week 1 and Indy, and 0:07:38.480 --> 0:07:42.710 the entire Baltimore offense was dominant, and he was unbelievable. 0:07:43.170 --> 0:07:45.610 I took a long one to the house. Zay Flowers 0:07:45.810 --> 0:07:46.870 is a top-tier receiver. 0:07:46.910 --> 0:07:47.950 I was totally wrong about that. 0:07:47.970 --> 0:07:49.130 Yeah, I don't think he's ever going to get in 0:07:49.150 --> 0:07:52.410 that conversation with Jamar Chase and Justin Jefferson. For that team, 0:07:52.750 --> 0:07:55.070 he does exactly what they need. Not a big dude, but, man, 0:07:55.090 --> 0:07:55.710 he can get up the field. 0:07:55.770 --> 0:07:56.790 Oh, he can scoot. 0:07:56.890 --> 0:07:58.570 I pulled a hamstring just watching him on that play. 0:07:58.590 --> 0:08:00.560 Yeah, I'm a little worried about this hamstring. 0:08:00.570 --> 0:08:02.330 They said if it was a playoff game, he could 0:08:02.360 --> 0:08:05.700 have gone back into the game against Indy. But the 0:08:05.740 --> 0:08:08.920 way Lamar Jackson played on Sunday and with Flowers and 0:08:08.980 --> 0:08:12.010 a bunch of other weapons, Derrick Henry looks like he's 25. 0:08:12.010 --> 0:08:13.350 I think this offense is going to be one of 0:08:13.370 --> 0:08:14.070 the stories of the year. 0:08:14.090 --> 0:08:15.650 When the Ravens are at the goal line at the 0:08:15.670 --> 0:08:17.810 5-yard line, they run that read option with Derrick Henry 0:08:18.380 --> 0:08:20.280 and Lamar Jackson. I don't know how you stop that. 0:08:20.500 --> 0:08:21.160 Good luck. 0:08:21.260 --> 0:08:22.880 All right, it's time for my helmet sticker. I'm going 0:08:22.900 --> 0:08:26.000 to give my helmet sticker to T.J. Watt of the Steelers. 0:08:26.300 --> 0:08:28.960 His first career touchdown. This is a play. This is 0:08:29.000 --> 0:08:30.900 kind of like Jefferson in Fast Times at Ridgemont High. 0:08:31.150 --> 0:08:33.630 He just ate it alive. He picked, ran it back 0:08:33.650 --> 0:08:35.690 to the house. Unbelievable play by T.J. 0:08:35.750 --> 0:08:35.970 Watt. 0:08:36.230 --> 0:08:37.830 And his brother. I was almost going to give J.J. 0:08:37.870 --> 0:08:40.470 Watt a helmet sticker as well. But first career touchdown. 0:08:40.490 --> 0:08:42.080 Watch this here. Right here. 0:08:42.100 --> 0:08:42.630 Eat it up. 0:08:43.059 --> 0:08:43.679 I'll just take that. 0:08:44.080 --> 0:08:44.240 Yeah. 0:08:44.380 --> 0:08:45.880 That looks like something out of a high school game. 0:08:46.559 --> 0:08:47.920 Yeah, and they didn't even get him when he was 0:08:47.990 --> 0:08:50.610 on the ground. I did hear, was this his first touchdown? 0:08:50.650 --> 0:08:53.150 First career touchdown. That's not very wattish. 0:08:53.450 --> 0:08:55.929 But he has 10 picks, I also heard, in his career. 0:08:55.950 --> 0:08:58.170 They said that during the game, which is unbelievable. I 0:08:58.690 --> 0:09:00.580 actually want to bring up a sensitive topic. 0:09:00.600 --> 0:09:00.840 Uh-oh. 0:09:01.880 --> 0:09:03.500 You are a friend of J.J. Watt's. 0:09:03.720 --> 0:09:04.400 Friend of Justin, yeah. 0:09:04.840 --> 0:09:07.059 Is it possible that T.J. is going to end up 0:09:07.100 --> 0:09:08.580 having a better career. 0:09:08.400 --> 0:09:10.680 Than J.J.? You know, I think that's an interesting one. 0:09:10.690 --> 0:09:12.130 We're going to have to maybe save that. 0:09:12.170 --> 0:09:13.730 Yeah, I hit you with that out of nowhere. 0:09:13.809 --> 0:09:16.230 But let's tease that for tomorrow, who will have a 0:09:16.230 --> 0:09:17.190 better career. 0:09:17.210 --> 0:09:17.350 T.J. 0:09:17.390 --> 0:09:20.109 Watt has a little more consistency past the age of 27. 0:09:20.090 --> 0:09:23.819 After the age of 27, J.J. Watt, injuries kind of 0:09:23.860 --> 0:09:27.130 slowed him down, so... More consistency. I would say better 0:09:27.210 --> 0:09:28.390 at their best, JJ. 0:09:28.730 --> 0:09:29.470 Ooh, I don't know. 0:09:29.510 --> 0:09:32.400 Because TJ, when he's not there, the Steelers can't win 0:09:32.440 --> 0:09:32.819 a game. 0:09:33.220 --> 0:09:36.220 So to me, I'm leaning TJ. But we'll save that 0:09:36.260 --> 0:09:38.000 for tomorrow. We can get the audience involved as well. 0:09:38.200 --> 0:09:38.580 Absolutely. 0:09:38.660 --> 0:09:38.960 All right. 0:09:39.320 --> 0:09:42.080 Saturday night, college football, the game of the year, even 0:09:42.100 --> 0:09:43.610 though it's only the first two weeks of the year. 0:09:43.990 --> 0:09:46.630 It was Ohio State versus Texas. Game day is there. 0:09:46.970 --> 0:09:49.630 McConaughey is there. Woody Harrelson is there. The Manning family 0:09:49.650 --> 0:09:52.370 is there. And Ohio State was running things for the 0:09:52.410 --> 0:09:55.260 entire first quarter, for the entire first half. It's 23 0:09:55.260 --> 0:09:57.329 at halftime and you're trying to figure out a reason 0:09:57.630 --> 0:09:59.710 to stay with this game. And then it was like 0:09:59.730 --> 0:10:02.920 one of those body-switching movies where everything Ohio State did 0:10:03.059 --> 0:10:05.420 in the fourth quarter was wrong and everything Texas did 0:10:05.460 --> 0:10:05.740 was right. 0:10:06.200 --> 0:10:09.640 Well, Arch Manning struggled in the first half, but to 0:10:09.700 --> 0:10:10.660 me it was on the drops. 0:10:10.740 --> 0:10:11.080 Totally. 0:10:11.320 --> 0:10:13.640 It was a Ryan Wingo drop and a Cam Coleman 0:10:13.660 --> 0:10:15.590 drop on a hard play that. 0:10:15.520 --> 0:10:17.179 Ended up being an interception of total fluke play. 0:10:17.210 --> 0:10:17.730 Fluke play. 0:10:17.950 --> 0:10:20.530 Fluke play. I didn't think Arch was playing badly. 0:10:20.590 --> 0:10:23.429 Then Arch started to push a little bit, probably made 0:10:23.450 --> 0:10:24.910 some throws that were ill-advised. 0:10:25.559 --> 0:10:26.660 I thought Arch looked okay. 0:10:26.720 --> 0:10:28.580 And then the rest of the team caught up with him. 0:10:29.120 --> 0:10:31.280 So I was not shocked that Texas came back. 0:10:31.380 --> 0:10:33.090 Same here. You and I are texting during this game, 0:10:33.130 --> 0:10:36.070 watching the different games. And at halftime, I said, Texas 0:10:36.110 --> 0:10:38.750 is a little closer than 20-3. They can't have this 0:10:38.830 --> 0:10:43.609 many dismantling things. But that fourth quarter, gutsy Sark calls 0:10:43.670 --> 0:10:46.150 on fourth down. Arch getting it done. 0:10:46.350 --> 0:10:46.809 They did it. 0:10:47.350 --> 0:10:50.290 And it's like you've talked about before. Some teams step 0:10:50.490 --> 0:10:52.580 off the gas when they've got to hit it. Julian 0:10:52.620 --> 0:10:54.640 Sane could have hit a touchdown to close that one out. 0:10:55.290 --> 0:10:57.189 about a foot high, and that cost him the game. 0:10:57.850 --> 0:11:02.490 That's one of those games. Stat-wise, Arch Manning, not great. Performance-wise, great. 0:11:03.070 --> 0:11:05.890 I would say good, because he definitely was not great 0:11:05.910 --> 0:11:08.969 in the first half. Definitely clutch. Ohio State missed a 0:11:08.970 --> 0:11:11.100 field goal. That was a total killer as well. 0:11:11.270 --> 0:11:13.140 Before we break, who would you rather stand next to 0:11:13.200 --> 0:11:15.720 on the sidelines during a big Texas game? Kevin Durant, 0:11:16.280 --> 0:11:19.660 Matt McConaughey, Woody Harrelson, or any Manning family member? 0:11:20.130 --> 0:11:22.150 All right, all right. It's got to be McConaughey, right? 0:11:22.210 --> 0:11:23.290 Yeah, because of the after party? 0:11:23.510 --> 0:11:24.050 Are you kidding me? 0:11:24.270 --> 0:11:26.699 All right, coming up on Not So Fast, are you 0:11:27.000 --> 0:11:31.360 all in on the Chicago Bears after yesterday's 8TD explosion? Paul, 0:11:31.679 --> 0:11:33.360 I'm not so sure about it, even though he is 0:11:33.380 --> 0:11:35.340 a Bears fan. That's next, Not So Fast. 0:11:37.559 --> 0:11:40.559 Midday pick-me-up, Perloff. This is like a double shot of espresso. 0:11:40.600 --> 0:11:43.340 Watch this guy. This is my guy, Commander Special Teamer 0:11:43.420 --> 0:11:46.020 Tyler Owens. He became a star yesterday off this plate. 0:11:46.040 --> 0:11:46.179 Look. 0:11:46.450 --> 0:11:46.800 Absolutely. 0:11:46.830 --> 0:11:49.620 Hand on the neck, hand on the neck. Watch this. 0:11:50.179 --> 0:11:51.750 Lift and bango! 0:11:52.270 --> 0:11:54.860 There is not a single thing to talk to about 0:11:54.880 --> 0:11:56.760 the commanders. Except that play. 0:11:56.840 --> 0:11:59.220 That was their only highlight of the game, basically. 0:11:59.300 --> 0:12:01.470 Tyler Owens, that clip is getting all over the place. 0:12:01.500 --> 0:12:04.050 He's becoming a star. Got banged up later. Commander's uniform's 0:12:04.070 --> 0:12:05.730 a little better. A little clean up. 0:12:05.990 --> 0:12:09.030 Maybe. But I don't know if Star, for that one play, 0:12:09.090 --> 0:12:10.429 is he in NFL lore? 0:12:10.830 --> 0:12:14.900 Not NFL lore, but special teams Monday morning social media lore. 0:12:15.160 --> 0:12:15.460 Love it. 0:12:15.600 --> 0:12:17.420 We'll take that. All right, it's time for Warm Takes. 0:12:17.460 --> 0:12:19.600 We do it every day on Not So Fast on Pabst. 0:12:19.620 --> 0:12:21.380 He's Perloff. My first warm take. 0:12:21.400 --> 0:12:21.760 Are you ready? 0:12:21.820 --> 0:12:22.900 Let me stretch out here, Pearl. 0:12:23.160 --> 0:12:25.880 All right. It's a big one. First NFL Monday. 0:12:25.940 --> 0:12:28.220 Shake it off. I'm going to speak today as a 0:12:28.360 --> 0:12:31.260 representative of Bears Nation. I'm trying to be objective here. 0:12:31.760 --> 0:12:33.240 But I've been working all night to try to say 0:12:33.280 --> 0:12:36.000 the phrase, the Bears almost scored 60 week one of 0:12:36.020 --> 0:12:39.180 the NFL season. It's not really working in my mind 0:12:39.300 --> 0:12:41.270 and it won't really get to my mouth. It's like 0:12:41.309 --> 0:12:44.089 I'm having a moment where I can't speak. And it 0:12:44.130 --> 0:12:45.990 doesn't make sense to a Bears fan. If you're a 0:12:46.010 --> 0:12:49.370 Bears fan, you've conditioned to scoring 17 points and trying 0:12:49.390 --> 0:12:52.630 to steal a win or winning with defense. And I 0:12:52.670 --> 0:12:55.010 know it's the Carolina Panthers, but they were not the 0:12:55.090 --> 0:12:58.070 worst defensive team. They're bottom of the half. So it's 0:12:58.110 --> 0:13:00.580 very confusing for a Bears fan to see this happen. 0:13:01.240 --> 0:13:04.220 Bears fans are happy with 30 points, happy with 25 points. 0:13:04.740 --> 0:13:08.160 So should you be a break pumper? I think everybody 0:13:08.200 --> 0:13:09.760 week one should be a break pumper. What you see 0:13:09.820 --> 0:13:12.250 week one is an anomaly. It doesn't usually hold up. 0:13:12.580 --> 0:13:14.690 What usually happens the next week, the Bears would score 0:13:14.690 --> 0:13:17.530 17 in a battle and lose at the buzzer. And 0:13:17.550 --> 0:13:19.340 that's what happens here. So While you have to be 0:13:19.360 --> 0:13:21.780 excited and you have to see that offense, but Ben 0:13:21.830 --> 0:13:23.730 Johnson said this in the preseason. He said, we want 0:13:23.750 --> 0:13:27.030 to be the highest scoring offense in the league, and historically. 0:13:27.370 --> 0:13:29.870 So he called his shot, and everyone was ready to jab. 0:13:29.890 --> 0:13:33.260 The claws were out, the Packers media, all the different media. 0:13:33.760 --> 0:13:36.240 But then you score 59, you leave everyone nowhere to go. 0:13:36.300 --> 0:13:38.840 So Ben Johnson, he called his shot. Week one, we'll 0:13:38.860 --> 0:13:39.450 see how it plays out. 0:13:39.950 --> 0:13:41.950 A couple things. I am obviously a break pumper. 0:13:42.070 --> 0:13:42.250 Yes. 0:13:43.130 --> 0:13:44.690 Am I rooting against your team because I don't want 0:13:44.710 --> 0:13:46.090 you to come in here gloating on Monday morning? 0:13:46.150 --> 0:13:46.550 Perhaps. 0:13:46.590 --> 0:13:47.070 Understandable. 0:13:48.030 --> 0:13:50.530 The Panthers were 14th in defense last year, but that's 0:13:50.570 --> 0:13:51.449 in the NFC South. 0:13:51.610 --> 0:13:52.610 So you sort of weight that. 0:13:52.630 --> 0:13:53.320 You prorate that. 0:13:53.700 --> 0:13:56.080 And two years ago, they let up 47 to the 0:13:56.140 --> 0:13:59.540 Saints in week one. And then the Saints didn't score 0:13:59.540 --> 0:14:01.420 47 points the rest of the season. So the Panthers 0:14:01.460 --> 0:14:03.740 might stink on defense. That is a big part of it. 0:14:03.920 --> 0:14:05.540 But not 59 points stink. 0:14:05.760 --> 0:14:07.959 Well, the thing is, the Bears let the Panthers back 0:14:08.000 --> 0:14:08.460 in that game. 0:14:08.480 --> 0:14:11.220 Bryce Young looked like Alabama Bryce Young. So the Bears 0:14:11.260 --> 0:14:11.980 had to keep on. 0:14:12.420 --> 0:14:14.949 Jacksonville could have scored 59 against Cleveland, but there was 0:14:14.990 --> 0:14:16.910 no need to. They sort of took their foot off 0:14:16.950 --> 0:14:20.729 the gas. So, again, I am definitely break pumping. And 0:14:20.750 --> 0:14:23.229 I think week two against Minnesota, that's a much better test. 0:14:23.510 --> 0:14:25.330 Yeah, the other thing is the Bears may need to 0:14:25.370 --> 0:14:28.109 score 40-plus a game because the defense, for every pick 0:14:28.130 --> 0:14:29.290 they get, they give up three touches. 0:14:29.310 --> 0:14:31.130 Yeah, I'm worried about the defense. I mean, listen, they 0:14:31.170 --> 0:14:32.670 are going to be good. There's no doubt. You should 0:14:32.700 --> 0:14:33.050 be excited. 0:14:33.170 --> 0:14:34.980 Okay, I'm going to talk about a team that is 0:14:35.020 --> 0:14:36.960 not excited at all, and that is in L.A., and 0:14:36.980 --> 0:14:39.520 that is the Chargers. And I'm mad at the Chargers 0:14:39.560 --> 0:14:43.520 for many reasons. I entered a huge survivor pool, and 0:14:43.560 --> 0:14:46.320 I picked the Chargers to beat the Cardinals in Week 1. 0:14:46.320 --> 0:14:49.030 I am officially out. They lost 26-14. 0:14:50.700 --> 0:14:53.320 And all the things that Jim Harbaugh, the coach, said 0:14:53.540 --> 0:14:56.800 in the preseason did not come true. He said that 0:14:56.860 --> 0:14:59.350 Justin Herbert was not just going to be good, but 0:14:59.370 --> 0:15:00.550 the greatest quarterback of all time. 0:15:00.870 --> 0:15:02.750 Here's Harbaugh on Michael Irvin's podcast. 0:15:02.810 --> 0:15:04.970 Allow me to call my shot like Babe Ruth pointing 0:15:05.010 --> 0:15:06.230 his bat over a center field. 0:15:06.530 --> 0:15:08.090 Justin Herbert, when it's all said and done. 0:15:08.410 --> 0:15:10.190 When his career comes to an end, I predict he 0:15:10.210 --> 0:15:13.450 will be known as the greatest, best ever to play 0:15:13.470 --> 0:15:14.710 the position of quarterback. 0:15:15.270 --> 0:15:17.010 Jim Harbaugh not mincing words there. 0:15:17.070 --> 0:15:19.610 Mike McDaniel, the new offensive coordinator, was supposed to be 0:15:19.630 --> 0:15:21.900 the wonder kid who was going to fix everything with 0:15:21.940 --> 0:15:25.350 the Chargers offense. They looked terrible. The team looked terrible. 0:15:25.470 --> 0:15:27.260 They were going against one of the worst defenses in 0:15:27.280 --> 0:15:30.550 the NFL, the Arizona Cardinals. The Cardinals beat them up, 0:15:30.910 --> 0:15:33.770 dominated them in every phase of the game. Here's the 0:15:33.950 --> 0:15:36.470 one YOLO shot they took at the end of the game, 0:15:36.550 --> 0:15:37.090 and it did. 0:15:37.010 --> 0:15:37.790 Not work out. 0:15:38.290 --> 0:15:40.430 So the Chargers not only killed me in the survivor pool, 0:15:40.790 --> 0:15:43.910 I'm down on the team. I'm completely overreacting on this 0:15:44.190 --> 0:15:46.250 because Justin Herbert is not going to be the greatest 0:15:46.290 --> 0:15:48.470 quarterback of all time. He's not going to challenge Joe 0:15:48.490 --> 0:15:51.770 Montana and Tom Brady. He's okay, but he needs protection. 0:15:51.810 --> 0:15:52.650 He has no weapons. 0:15:52.730 --> 0:15:55.450 He's not even the best quarterback in Chargers' recent history. 0:15:55.530 --> 0:15:56.590 I mean, I don't even have to go back to 0:15:56.630 --> 0:15:59.109 Dan Fouts. I mean, Stan Humphreys had more success in 0:15:59.130 --> 0:16:01.030 the playoffs. I mean, I think that's a fact. Now, 0:16:01.050 --> 0:16:03.270 he doesn't look as good. But, yeah, the Chargers might 0:16:03.290 --> 0:16:05.700 be underrated for how frustrating of a franchise they are. 0:16:06.360 --> 0:16:08.940 Back in the day, Antonio Gates and Tomlinson, and they 0:16:08.960 --> 0:16:11.290 have Breeze on the roster. You have Phil Rivers. And 0:16:11.310 --> 0:16:14.770 this roster is very good. A very good defense. O'Marion Hampton. Now, 0:16:14.810 --> 0:16:16.910 it's week one, but that's a team you're playing that 0:16:16.990 --> 0:16:19.510 probably doesn't want to win. And they made Jacoby Brissett 0:16:19.530 --> 0:16:22.930 look good. And it's a very frustrating franchise. Also, they're 0:16:22.950 --> 0:16:25.290 like the hot girl who never shows up. Because they 0:16:25.350 --> 0:16:27.550 look so good in their uniforms. Justin Herbert looks the 0:16:27.600 --> 0:16:30.940 part of the WB star quarterback with great hair. And 0:16:31.240 --> 0:16:34.960 Jim Harbaugh, he always wins. Like, historically. 0:16:35.140 --> 0:16:35.520 Everywhere. 0:16:35.600 --> 0:16:38.380 So it's even more frustrating because everything's in place. 0:16:38.930 --> 0:16:40.550 By the way, it's very not so fast that you 0:16:40.570 --> 0:16:42.190 went to Stan Humphreys and not Phillip Rivers. 0:16:42.650 --> 0:16:44.740 Maybe a little more recent. I mean, okay. 0:16:44.840 --> 0:16:47.140 I'm a deep cut guy. All right. Here's my next 0:16:47.200 --> 0:16:47.760 warm take. 0:16:47.780 --> 0:16:48.220 Here it is. 0:16:48.960 --> 0:16:51.480 Oregon football got by Boise week one. No big deal. 0:16:51.540 --> 0:16:54.800 Great second half. Dante Moore, Heisman candidate and a top 0:16:54.880 --> 0:16:58.400 five draft pick supposedly for the NFL draft. That was 0:16:58.460 --> 0:17:01.800 not so good. Oregon State last week lost to Tulsa 0:17:01.830 --> 0:17:04.410 at home. And Tulsa is more of a basketball school. 0:17:05.230 --> 0:17:07.790 Oklahoma State handled them. They beat them. It wasn't luck. 0:17:07.850 --> 0:17:10.130 It wasn't a fluke. And Dante Moore did very little 0:17:10.150 --> 0:17:12.159 in the second half to help Oregon get out of 0:17:12.190 --> 0:17:14.840 this mess that they were in. Look, can they right 0:17:14.880 --> 0:17:16.720 the ship? They're not out of the playoffs. There's a 0:17:16.760 --> 0:17:19.340 long way to go. It's an ugly victory. Ugly loss, 0:17:19.380 --> 0:17:22.360 I should say. The bigger picture is Oklahoma State. With 0:17:22.420 --> 0:17:24.460 Drew Mestermaker, who was, I think, in the band four 0:17:24.480 --> 0:17:26.940 years ago, and now is going to be in play 0:17:26.980 --> 0:17:30.520 for the first round of the NFL draft. Dante Moore, 0:17:30.920 --> 0:17:32.780 get it together. You came back for a reason. You 0:17:32.800 --> 0:17:34.160 could have stayed in the draft and been a top 0:17:34.160 --> 0:17:34.600 20 pick. 0:17:34.820 --> 0:17:35.100 Easy. 0:17:35.490 --> 0:17:37.800 You came back for one reason, to win something, to 0:17:37.820 --> 0:17:40.020 get to the playoffs. Don't let this happen. It is 0:17:40.100 --> 0:17:41.460 on you. It's not on your coach. It's not on 0:17:41.480 --> 0:17:43.640 everybody else. You're the guy. You want to be the guy. 0:17:43.859 --> 0:17:44.820 Do the thing in the second half. 0:17:45.240 --> 0:17:45.870 Absolutely. 0:17:46.210 --> 0:17:48.170 You know, for fun, I went back to some preseason 0:17:48.190 --> 0:17:50.800 mock drafts, Paul. Not everyone had Drew Mestermaker in the 0:17:50.840 --> 0:17:52.940 first round, but the Athletics' Dane Brugler had a number 0:17:52.980 --> 0:17:54.280 eight overall to the Steelers. 0:17:54.359 --> 0:17:55.770 This guy was at North Texas last year. 0:17:55.869 --> 0:17:56.220 I know. 0:17:56.980 --> 0:17:59.490 Steelers, Drew Mestermaker, could he be the next Big Ben? 0:17:59.530 --> 0:18:01.790 He's got a Big Ben quality to me. He's fast, 0:18:02.170 --> 0:18:02.930 and he's got an arm. 0:18:02.970 --> 0:18:05.210 Yeah, Mestermaker sounds like a Dutch name, and I think 0:18:05.230 --> 0:18:08.250 that's big in Pennsylvania. I extrapolate, yeah. But they do 0:18:08.290 --> 0:18:08.790 love Durella. 0:18:10.090 --> 0:18:11.550 Get out of here. All right. 0:18:12.410 --> 0:18:15.160 I'm willing to go back to the NFL here. Now, 0:18:15.340 --> 0:18:17.840 there was some bad football on Sunday. People have been 0:18:17.859 --> 0:18:20.260 talking about tanking possibly for Arch Manning. It was for 0:18:20.300 --> 0:18:22.340 Dante Moore, but I agree with Paul. He might have 0:18:22.359 --> 0:18:25.940 just absolutely gone off the radar for the NFL on Saturday. 0:18:26.440 --> 0:18:28.020 But it's going to be really hard to tank this 0:18:28.060 --> 0:18:30.220 year because there are some awful teams. You can look 0:18:30.260 --> 0:18:34.590 at Cleveland. You look at Tennessee, and you look at Miami. Now, 0:18:34.680 --> 0:18:37.850 two of those teams definitely need a quarterback. Miami with 0:18:37.890 --> 0:18:40.310 Malik Willis, he looked okay, but they're going to be 0:18:40.350 --> 0:18:43.490 in the mix. Deshaun Watson was terrible. That was play 0:18:43.730 --> 0:18:44.330 one right there. 0:18:44.770 --> 0:18:45.389 He was awful. 0:18:46.010 --> 0:18:48.410 And I do not know what the Tennessee Titans are doing. 0:18:48.800 --> 0:18:51.460 New coach Robert Sala did not have control of this game. 0:18:51.820 --> 0:18:54.219 Cam Ward does not look good. It wasn't really his 0:18:54.260 --> 0:18:56.320 fault because there's no talent around him. But, Paul, let 0:18:56.359 --> 0:18:59.410 me give you some numbers here. Tennessee just had 195 0:18:59.410 --> 0:19:01.949 total yards in the game against the Jets. Cleveland was 0:19:01.970 --> 0:19:04.659 down 24-0 at halftime, then down 34-3. 0:19:04.700 --> 0:19:08.820 The Dolphins, 2-for-10 on third down. There's so many ugly statistics. 0:19:09.400 --> 0:19:11.080 But I don't know. If you want the number one 0:19:11.119 --> 0:19:12.440 pick this year, you're going to really have to work 0:19:12.480 --> 0:19:14.260 for it. I think you might have a one-win team. 0:19:14.540 --> 0:19:16.790 Yeah, it's really ugly. And Cam Ward, at the end 0:19:16.830 --> 0:19:18.350 of last season, seemed to be picking it up a 0:19:18.390 --> 0:19:21.230 little bit. We felt good about the offseason. The Cleveland Browns, 0:19:21.270 --> 0:19:23.910 we said we liked the team's direction. You trade Miles Garrett, 0:19:23.950 --> 0:19:25.710 which you don't want to do, but you kind of 0:19:25.750 --> 0:19:26.050 had to. 0:19:26.070 --> 0:19:27.109 But that's a move for the future. 0:19:27.150 --> 0:19:29.200 It is for the future, but their presence seems so 0:19:29.260 --> 0:19:32.620 dark and ugly. And then the Miami Dolphins, I looked 0:19:32.640 --> 0:19:34.719 at their wide receiver depth chart yesterday. I didn't know 0:19:34.780 --> 0:19:36.480 any names. I thought they were friends of mine from college. 0:19:36.600 --> 0:19:38.220 No, the wide receiver depth chart is one of the 0:19:38.260 --> 0:19:41.120 funniest things ever. I mean, Malik Willis, I think, has 0:19:41.160 --> 0:19:43.410 some talent. I feel really bad for him. Came over 0:19:43.470 --> 0:19:46.450 from Green Bay. But they're looking toward the future as well. 0:19:46.770 --> 0:19:48.550 They're definitely going to draft a quarterback. To me, the 0:19:48.609 --> 0:19:51.250 interesting thing, what about 10 What if Cam Ward struggles 0:19:51.290 --> 0:19:52.590 all season and they end up with a one or 0:19:52.609 --> 0:19:55.010 two pick? There's going to be some great quarterbacks. Do 0:19:55.030 --> 0:19:57.210 they give up on last year's number one overall? 0:19:57.230 --> 0:19:59.649 Because they gave up on Malik Willis. They gave up 0:19:59.750 --> 0:20:00.750 on your boy from Kentucky. 0:20:00.890 --> 0:20:01.830 Will Levis. Will Levis. 0:20:01.950 --> 0:20:04.189 And they're going to do it again. It's like no consistency. 0:20:04.210 --> 0:20:06.179 But the number one overall to give up on him 0:20:06.200 --> 0:20:07.840 that fast, that's tough. All right. 0:20:07.960 --> 0:20:10.080 That's it. Oh, we got a little Who Said It 0:20:10.140 --> 0:20:12.480 bonus coverage. Let's play a little game called Who Said It? 0:20:12.840 --> 0:20:15.640 NFL or college-related pearl. We're going to do one real quick. 0:20:15.900 --> 0:20:16.120 Okay. 0:20:16.290 --> 0:20:18.970 Here we go. Who said this? We are 0 for 0:20:19.030 --> 0:20:22.180 last week. To have a guy like that who doesn't 0:20:22.240 --> 0:20:23.909 even get tired, I don't know how he does it. 0:20:24.000 --> 0:20:26.060 He's running the ball every play, catching it out of 0:20:26.080 --> 0:20:28.840 the backfield. I'm looking in the huddle, and he's not 0:20:28.859 --> 0:20:30.720 even breathing hard. I don't know how he does it. 0:20:31.210 --> 0:20:34.710 Okay, I will go with Jared Goff on Jameer Gibbs, 0:20:34.830 --> 0:20:37.609 although Ashton Jenner or Jameer Gibbs is subject to this. 0:20:37.670 --> 0:20:41.070 I'm going to go Cooper Rush, surprise starter for Atlanta, 0:20:41.109 --> 0:20:42.410 talking about Bisham Robinson. 0:20:42.450 --> 0:20:42.770 Good one. 0:20:42.970 --> 0:20:43.300 Thank you. 0:20:43.730 --> 0:20:44.080 Here we go. 0:20:46.140 --> 0:20:47.220 To have a guy like that, I mean, he doesn't 0:20:47.240 --> 0:20:48.450 even get tired. I don't know how he does it. 0:20:48.740 --> 0:20:50.360 He's running the ball every play, whatever. 0:20:51.170 --> 0:20:53.390 Catching it out the backfield and he's still, I'm looking 0:20:53.410 --> 0:20:54.770 in the huddle and he's not even breathing hard. I'm like, 0:20:54.790 --> 0:20:56.570 I don't know how he does it. I'm going to 0:20:56.590 --> 0:20:57.490 give you half a point for that. 0:20:57.670 --> 0:20:59.109 I think I should get three quarters of a point. 0:20:59.130 --> 0:21:00.500 Three quarters of a point. I'm giving that to you. 0:21:00.630 --> 0:21:02.790 I'm going to Ross St. Brown. Talk about Jameer Gibbs 0:21:02.869 --> 0:21:03.310 on the Lions. 0:21:03.369 --> 0:21:05.830 That's a problem though. Do we want Jameer Gibbs to 0:21:05.869 --> 0:21:07.530 be running the ball every play? I was a little 0:21:07.550 --> 0:21:09.649 worried about that. David Montgomery had a great game on 0:21:09.690 --> 0:21:10.450 Sunday as well. 0:21:11.190 --> 0:21:13.250 I think the Lions have to protect their star running. 0:21:13.850 --> 0:21:15.270 But they didn't do so in the off season. They 0:21:15.290 --> 0:21:17.610 didn't get depth. They don't have David Montgomery anymore. 0:21:17.630 --> 0:21:17.909 All right. 0:21:17.950 --> 0:21:20.909 Coming up next. Ooh, this is bonus coverage here. John 0:21:21.060 --> 0:21:23.740 Fanta of NBC Sports will join us next to talk 0:21:23.780 --> 0:21:26.780 about college football, pro football, and his new show on NBC. 0:21:27.020 --> 0:21:28.120 Stick around. Not So Fast. 0:21:30.040 --> 0:21:32.699 Welcome back to Not So Fast. I'm Perloff. He's Pabst. 0:21:33.119 --> 0:21:35.520 And, Paul, one of the great things about debuting on 0:21:35.580 --> 0:21:38.200 NBC Sports now on Peacock, we debuted the same day 0:21:38.270 --> 0:21:41.850 as John Fanta, Fanta in 60. Really proud of that. And, 0:21:41.890 --> 0:21:45.669 of course, we're a longtime fan. Fanta in 60, college 0:21:45.690 --> 0:21:49.350 football countdown, just all over NBC Sports. And been doing 0:21:49.369 --> 0:21:52.149 such an incredible job. John, it's so good to have you. 0:21:52.160 --> 0:21:52.940 How are you doing, buddy? 0:21:54.480 --> 0:21:58.379 Oh, guys, I'm doing well. I enjoyed week one of 0:21:58.440 --> 0:22:00.969 the NFL. I thought it was dramatic. I love that 0:22:01.010 --> 0:22:05.750 the windows were pretty balanced in drama. And look, the 0:22:05.869 --> 0:22:08.650 team that I'm a fan of did not ruin my 0:22:08.770 --> 0:22:13.410 entire day. It was around 108 when things sort of expired. 0:22:13.690 --> 0:22:15.250 Okay, so we're going to get the college football. Let's 0:22:15.290 --> 0:22:17.390 pull the Band-Aid on this. You grew up a Browns 0:22:17.470 --> 0:22:20.580 fan and And they weren't awful last year. Their defense 0:22:20.600 --> 0:22:22.940 looked okay. The Jared Verst trade, you kind of like 0:22:22.960 --> 0:22:25.860 the direction of the team. But that's a body blow 0:22:25.900 --> 0:22:26.540 on Sunday, isn't it? 0:22:27.680 --> 0:22:31.050 I think it's probably the most disturbing thing about this, fellas, 0:22:31.609 --> 0:22:34.410 is that I don't think that the casual would believe 0:22:34.430 --> 0:22:37.070 that the Browns have made the playoffs two of the 0:22:37.130 --> 0:22:40.510 last six years. People would find that hard to believe, 0:22:40.570 --> 0:22:47.530 and rightly so. What they're doing isn't just bad. It's 0:22:47.670 --> 0:22:52.470 worse than that because it's one thing to stink. It's 0:22:52.530 --> 0:22:57.050 another to be tone deaf about it. And they should 0:22:57.090 --> 0:23:00.630 be ashamed of what they did on Sunday afternoon. That 0:23:00.690 --> 0:23:03.949 was not National Football League caliber. At the end of 0:23:04.050 --> 0:23:09.270 the day, the NFL is an entertainment business. And if 0:23:09.310 --> 0:23:13.950 you're trying to lose football games, I get it, okay? 0:23:14.119 --> 0:23:17.889 This quarterback draft class is stacked with people. But the 0:23:18.030 --> 0:23:21.810 owner of this team, Jimmy Haslam, came out in early 0:23:21.930 --> 0:23:25.580 August and said, if it were me betting on it, 0:23:25.830 --> 0:23:28.340 I'd take us over five and a half wins. Just 0:23:28.380 --> 0:23:29.040 stop talking. 0:23:29.680 --> 0:23:30.540 Just stop talking. 0:23:30.920 --> 0:23:34.720 He comes out and says that. This franchise is close 0:23:34.780 --> 0:23:38.280 to 80 games under. 500 since his ownership group took over. 0:23:39.100 --> 0:23:45.160 Deshaun Watson couldn't play in 2023. In what world, in 0:23:45.460 --> 0:23:49.450 what world is any National Football League player who couldn't 0:23:49.550 --> 0:23:53.810 play their position three years ago still in the league? 0:23:53.950 --> 0:23:57.369 It is the worst quarterback room in the NFL. Even, like, 0:23:57.450 --> 0:24:02.830 I watch these other teams. Jacoby Brissett, Geno Smith, Kirk Cousins. Like, 0:24:02.890 --> 0:24:08.760 they're functional. They're functional. The Browns put the fun in dysfunctional. 0:24:09.420 --> 0:24:10.960 John, when do they go to Shador Sanders? 0:24:12.760 --> 0:24:16.879 Should have happened already, Andrew. I will say this until 0:24:16.920 --> 0:24:20.520 I'm blue in the face, and I feel like a 0:24:20.580 --> 0:24:24.220 lot of outsiders maybe don't believe me. I think you two, 0:24:24.650 --> 0:24:27.050 I'm curious to see if you do believe me. I'm 0:24:27.109 --> 0:24:33.750 telling you guys right now. He, Watson, cannot start the 0:24:33.790 --> 0:24:36.670 home opener for the Browns, which is less than two 0:24:36.710 --> 0:24:41.680 weeks from now. It's against the Panthers. He cannot start 0:24:41.720 --> 0:24:45.020 that game. He cannot start that game. And it's not 0:24:45.080 --> 0:24:48.100 even about performance, guys. Like, well, I'm way past that. 0:24:48.140 --> 0:24:48.760 John, you're right. 0:24:48.800 --> 0:24:51.500 It's like pressing a bad hand. They made a horrible decision. 0:24:51.600 --> 0:24:54.139 They keep doubling down on this decision. It feels like 0:24:54.180 --> 0:24:56.640 a franchise. If you look at the Knicks 10 years ago, 0:24:56.900 --> 0:24:59.520 they somehow went from feeble and ownership that's a mess 0:24:59.900 --> 0:25:02.000 to somehow getting into title. It's hard to picture, but 0:25:02.040 --> 0:25:04.800 the Browns need to clear the books with this guy, 0:25:05.180 --> 0:25:07.220 draft a good quarterback next year, and they've got a 0:25:07.270 --> 0:25:10.200 lot of draft capital. Absolutely. 0:25:10.300 --> 0:25:12.560 The Browns are not– that's the other frustrating thing. They're 0:25:12.580 --> 0:25:15.480 not devoid of talent. But you can sense it from 0:25:15.520 --> 0:25:20.209 that locker room. They don't believe in him. Nobody does. 0:25:21.050 --> 0:25:23.390 And there's people getting paid millions of dollars that say 0:25:23.430 --> 0:25:26.230 they still believe in this guy all because of $ 230 million. 0:25:26.550 --> 0:25:29.530 And when I say Watson can't play the home opener– 0:25:29.930 --> 0:25:33.010 It's not because he can no longer play. It's because 0:25:33.530 --> 0:25:35.560 if I were the NFL, I'd be a little bit 0:25:35.619 --> 0:25:39.640 concerned about the scene inside that stadium. You both know 0:25:39.700 --> 0:25:43.889 passionate fan bases. Cleveland Browns fans, they have no filter. 0:25:43.910 --> 0:25:44.750 They have no control. 0:25:45.350 --> 0:25:46.070 I'm worried. 0:25:46.410 --> 0:25:48.870 I'm worried about that scene if he starts that game. 0:25:48.950 --> 0:25:49.540 I really am. 0:25:50.280 --> 0:25:53.480 John, I was actually worried about the 2027 Browns quarterback 0:25:53.640 --> 0:25:57.929 on Saturday night when Arch Manning was trailing against Ohio State. 0:25:58.750 --> 0:26:01.310 Take us into the control room during Saturday night. You 0:26:01.330 --> 0:26:04.530 had Iowa, Iowa State on NBC, and Texas, Ohio State. 0:26:04.630 --> 0:26:05.650 It was a crazy night. 0:26:06.270 --> 0:26:08.629 Well, you know, Chris Sims and Joshua Perry are on 0:26:08.670 --> 0:26:10.869 our panel, so Nicole Auerbeck and I were trying to 0:26:10.910 --> 0:26:12.990 keep them separate from each other. They both had their 0:26:13.010 --> 0:26:16.300 letterman's jackets on. And Perry, I mean, this was the 0:26:16.359 --> 0:26:20.480 total 180, guys. Perry had his... His feet kicked back. 0:26:20.920 --> 0:26:25.619 He was loving what he was seeing. When it was 23-3, and, 0:26:25.660 --> 0:26:28.820 you know, it's one thing to say it's okay. Like, 0:26:29.040 --> 0:26:30.720 if a bear does you know what in the woods, 0:26:30.740 --> 0:26:33.240 do people believe it? But I don't know about you two, 0:26:33.300 --> 0:26:35.119 but watching the game, I thought to myself, man, if 0:26:35.180 --> 0:26:39.830 Texas scores a touchdown. Things are going to get interesting here. 0:26:40.010 --> 0:26:42.810 Because Ohio State, even though they were up 20, they 0:26:42.830 --> 0:26:45.709 got gift-wrapped that lead. They got gift-wrapped that lead. They 0:26:45.730 --> 0:26:48.010 were kind of conservative all night. The one guy that 0:26:48.050 --> 0:26:51.690 was making plays was Jeremiah Smith. But they weren't running 0:26:51.730 --> 0:26:55.760 the ball great. They were not. And their defense was performing, 0:26:55.800 --> 0:26:58.300 but the heat, I thought, could get to them. It did. 0:26:59.040 --> 0:26:59.480 Shocking. 0:26:59.540 --> 0:27:03.000 I mean, we are Cy Hawk ended before this game. 0:27:03.500 --> 0:27:07.180 Our entire crew went right back into the game screening room, 0:27:07.200 --> 0:27:09.449 you know, after working a 12 hour day and we 0:27:09.470 --> 0:27:11.290 had to make sure, hey, we need to see how 0:27:11.330 --> 0:27:15.470 this thing closes. It's as shocked as I've been watching 0:27:15.530 --> 0:27:18.280 a fourth quarter of a game. The two, not one, 0:27:18.320 --> 0:27:24.240 but two fourth down conversions, penalties, conservative play calling. It's 0:27:24.280 --> 0:27:27.140 a really bad loss for Ryan Day. I mean, there's no– 0:27:27.280 --> 0:27:28.840 Ohio State lost this. 0:27:28.700 --> 0:27:32.160 Game to me. John, I thought you did a great 0:27:32.200 --> 0:27:34.679 job at halftime kind of going counter, saying how do 0:27:34.700 --> 0:27:37.050 they get back, not declaring it over. So many people, 0:27:37.410 --> 0:27:39.790 especially on social media, declare a game over. Tonight you 0:27:39.810 --> 0:27:42.290 have Herb Street on Fan 1060, so you can chop 0:27:42.310 --> 0:27:44.830 that up altogether. You cover a lot of Big Ten. 0:27:44.890 --> 0:27:47.210 You're hosting the Big Ten shows. How much of a 0:27:47.290 --> 0:27:50.210 cleanup or a necessary cleanup was the Michigan win over Oklahoma? 0:27:52.320 --> 0:27:52.600 Oof. 0:27:53.430 --> 0:27:57.210 Well, when you saw the line come out for the game, 0:27:57.250 --> 0:27:59.929 my brain went to, all right, something's up here. This 0:27:59.950 --> 0:28:01.429 is going to be a football game. They're going to 0:28:01.470 --> 0:28:04.210 hang around. But I didn't think that Michigan could conceivably 0:28:04.380 --> 0:28:07.129 win the game. And the reason why was because Western 0:28:07.150 --> 0:28:09.899 Michigan pushed them around. They pushed them around. At the 0:28:09.940 --> 0:28:12.020 line of scrimmage, Michigan lost the game at the line 0:28:12.040 --> 0:28:15.480 of scrimmage. I don't know if they really won. They 0:28:15.520 --> 0:28:18.200 won it over Oklahoma. Did they win it significantly? 0:28:18.560 --> 0:28:18.840 No. 0:28:19.500 --> 0:28:22.020 But Bryce Underwood was a better runner than John Mateer. 0:28:22.869 --> 0:28:26.030 And that was the difference in the football game. Oklahoma, 0:28:27.030 --> 0:28:30.540 under Brent Venables, I feel like we're not even giving 0:28:30.560 --> 0:28:34.020 them much credit for the playoff appearance last year because 0:28:34.040 --> 0:28:37.300 they ended up unraveling, and they weren't an easy– they 0:28:37.320 --> 0:28:39.860 weren't a fun watch. And offensively, they're kind of a 0:28:39.900 --> 0:28:43.930 car stuck in neutral. And that's– it was the perfect– 0:28:44.610 --> 0:28:47.490 if you were to select any top 15 team this 0:28:47.670 --> 0:28:49.940 past Saturday for Michigan to play– I think he would 0:28:49.960 --> 0:28:53.090 have drafted Oklahoma because of how offensively slow they are 0:28:53.140 --> 0:28:56.350 at times. And it showed. The Big Ten's not off 0:28:56.370 --> 0:28:59.910 to a good start, but that on Saturday, that's a 0:29:00.050 --> 0:29:02.490 bad loss for the SEC to take. If you thought 0:29:02.550 --> 0:29:04.630 Oklahoma was the third or fourth best team in your league, 0:29:04.910 --> 0:29:08.210 that's a tough way to lose because they look terrible. 0:29:08.990 --> 0:29:11.870 You know, another favorite in the Big Ten, Oregon. Lost 0:29:11.950 --> 0:29:15.989 Oklahoma State. I was already worried about Oregon after week one. 0:29:16.560 --> 0:29:16.740 All right. 0:29:17.000 --> 0:29:19.140 Is there any chance they turn around after what happened 0:29:19.180 --> 0:29:19.700 on Saturday? 0:29:20.640 --> 0:29:22.380 Well, I'm going to twist it on you guys and 0:29:22.400 --> 0:29:25.920 give you a not so fast here. OK, I'm going 0:29:25.940 --> 0:29:28.720 to take the car like this and I'm going to 0:29:28.780 --> 0:29:34.310 say when that game ended, my brain went to. If 0:29:34.700 --> 0:29:37.250 Lincoln Wiley at USC is ever going to work, USC 0:29:37.290 --> 0:29:39.370 beats Oregon a week from Saturday. 0:29:39.030 --> 0:29:39.650 At the Coliseum. 0:29:40.560 --> 0:29:44.090 That is it, plain and simple. That's where my brain went, Andrew. 0:29:44.530 --> 0:29:47.170 My brain did not go to Oregon. It went to, 0:29:47.190 --> 0:29:50.430 we circled this date at the end of September as 0:29:50.450 --> 0:29:53.810 USC's potential breakthrough night. They have been waiting for a 0:29:53.870 --> 0:29:57.980 night of validation. That game actually got more interesting with 0:29:58.040 --> 0:30:00.560 Oregon now having a loss because Oregon has to win 0:30:00.580 --> 0:30:03.000 the game. They can't lose the game. They're still going 0:30:03.020 --> 0:30:04.880 to have Ohio State. They're still going to have Indiana. 0:30:05.100 --> 0:30:07.070 Conventional wisdom says they're going to lose one of those 0:30:07.110 --> 0:30:09.610 football games. They can't be 9-3 with one of those 0:30:09.630 --> 0:30:13.790 three losses being to Oklahoma State. So will they recover? 0:30:15.370 --> 0:30:20.020 I don't think they will. I don't like the way 0:30:20.040 --> 0:30:22.440 that they're playing. I know it's two games in, but 0:30:22.480 --> 0:30:26.240 there are so many issues across the board. And their defense, 0:30:26.540 --> 0:30:29.900 I mean, it got shredded. Jaden Maiava and USC could 0:30:29.940 --> 0:30:32.060 have a field day in LA. 0:30:32.260 --> 0:30:34.480 Yeah, that's a great point. And the USC freshman talent, 0:30:34.500 --> 0:30:36.560 they've had a couple games to get ready. All right, 0:30:36.600 --> 0:30:41.770 your show, Phantoms 60, 6 p.m. Eastern, NBC Sports Now, Peacock, NBCSN. 0:30:42.110 --> 0:30:44.350 We are teammates now, JF, as I call you, JF. 0:30:44.870 --> 0:30:48.250 Your new show, you have an answer machine. That answer 0:30:48.270 --> 0:30:51.370 machine is hot. It's white hot, and you're getting some 0:30:51.870 --> 0:30:53.810 questionable calls. And I mean that in a good way, right? 0:30:53.830 --> 0:30:57.920 Yeah. We are getting questionable calls. Even Paul Pabst happened 0:30:57.960 --> 0:31:01.780 to call the show and ask what the loudest atmosphere was. 0:31:01.820 --> 0:31:03.910 And I'll keep submitting questions to you guys. I want 0:31:03.930 --> 0:31:06.690 to come in a day and ask you, I love 0:31:06.830 --> 0:31:10.250 your food segment now of going to different restaurants around 0:31:10.270 --> 0:31:14.100 the country and showcasing those. But really happy to be 0:31:14.160 --> 0:31:16.640 teammates with you guys and loving what you're doing. And 0:31:16.660 --> 0:31:20.300 I appreciate the kindness back. And Paul, Andrew, the voicemail 0:31:20.320 --> 0:31:23.010 box is open anytime. Thank you both for not leaving 0:31:23.090 --> 0:31:26.910 condolences for my football team since the services had already passed. 0:31:27.170 --> 0:31:29.090 We didn't even take until week one for that to happen. 0:31:29.410 --> 0:31:30.650 I very much appreciate it. 0:31:30.650 --> 0:31:31.670 John, I was going to say, we'll have you in 0:31:31.770 --> 0:31:33.720 after a Browns win, but we want you in sooner 0:31:33.760 --> 0:31:33.960 than that. 0:31:34.000 --> 0:31:34.960 Wow, that's a shot. 0:31:36.010 --> 0:31:38.710 Yeah, that would be a little while from now. So 0:31:38.780 --> 0:31:41.340 there's no guarantees on when that appearance would come. So 0:31:41.380 --> 0:31:43.140 let's not put that in writing for a while. 0:31:43.820 --> 0:31:44.540 Awesome. Thanks, buddy. 0:31:44.560 --> 0:31:45.360 We'll talk to you soon. 0:31:45.520 --> 0:31:45.940 See you, Jeff. 0:31:46.310 --> 0:31:47.960 Appreciate you guys. Thanks for having me. 0:31:48.950 --> 0:31:51.060 I love Jon Fanta's passion for the Browns, Paul. It's 0:31:51.080 --> 0:31:52.420 hard to do. It is. 0:31:52.460 --> 0:31:55.340 You've got to be consistent. He's a young man. You've 0:31:55.360 --> 0:31:57.000 got to think once in your lifetime it's got to 0:31:57.020 --> 0:31:59.520 work out. Like being a Cubs fan, once in your lifetime, 0:31:59.540 --> 0:32:01.570 Browns fan, it's going to be a long life. 0:32:02.120 --> 0:32:04.750 Fanta and 60 Tonight, Jon Gruden and Kirk Herbstreit. All right, 0:32:04.770 --> 0:32:07.650 coming up next on Not So Fast, we go to 0:32:07.670 --> 0:32:11.330 the clip joint. Big debate about a controversial call that 0:32:11.530 --> 0:32:13.090 Paul and I had no idea about. 0:32:13.850 --> 0:32:15.130 That's next on Not So Fast. 0:32:20.110 --> 0:32:23.510 How does this happen in the NFL in 2026 that 0:32:24.750 --> 0:32:28.660 I don't know the rules? Anybody, raise your hand now. Marvin, Dylan, 0:32:28.700 --> 0:32:31.960 did you know the rule that was invoked nine minutes 0:32:31.980 --> 0:32:34.160 to go in the second quarter on this Jared Goff 0:32:34.200 --> 0:32:36.420 play with the ball going backwards? 0:32:37.340 --> 0:32:38.260 Marvin, no? 0:32:38.700 --> 0:32:41.110 Absolutely not. Dylan? Did not. Mm-hmm. 0:32:41.170 --> 0:32:41.530 Paulie? 0:32:42.050 --> 0:32:43.910 No, and when it was explained, I know you're going 0:32:43.930 --> 0:32:45.310 to play the cut, I was sitting there going, is 0:32:45.390 --> 0:32:46.190 this new? 0:32:46.410 --> 0:32:46.570 Yeah. 0:32:47.050 --> 0:32:47.310 I don't know. 0:32:47.510 --> 0:32:50.030 Right, because you grew up, grandma told you, ball goes backwards. 0:32:50.290 --> 0:32:51.750 Yeah, learned that when I was four. 0:32:51.890 --> 0:32:52.070 Yeah. 0:32:52.750 --> 0:32:53.090 Fritzie? 0:32:53.490 --> 0:32:54.250 Yeah, I had no idea. 0:32:54.270 --> 0:32:55.000 I thought that was a fun one. 0:32:55.010 --> 0:32:57.370 So we're 0 for 5 here, and not only 0 0:32:57.370 --> 0:32:59.120 for 5, I'm watching the game live, and then I 0:32:59.130 --> 0:33:02.680 flipped over, Red Zone had Pereira on TV live too, 0:33:02.700 --> 0:33:05.020 so we all heard this in real time. 0:33:05.560 --> 0:33:07.340 A rule, and then on the feed. 0:33:07.940 --> 0:33:10.360 I mean, this is a moment in the game that 0:33:10.480 --> 0:33:12.660 is a touchdown for the New Orleans Saints. 0:33:14.890 --> 0:33:16.969 Back on Not So Fast, Paps and Pearl off here 0:33:17.010 --> 0:33:18.969 at NBC Sports Now. This is the clip joint. That 0:33:18.990 --> 0:33:21.380 was Tony Reale and the crew a couple hours ago 0:33:21.410 --> 0:33:24.380 on the Dan Pats show, chopping up that play halfway 0:33:24.460 --> 0:33:27.500 through the Saints-Lions game. Pearl, I'm going to yield the 0:33:27.520 --> 0:33:29.320 floor to you. What did you see on that play? 0:33:30.080 --> 0:33:30.980 I don't want the floor. 0:33:31.020 --> 0:33:32.920 I don't know. I don't want the floor. This is 0:33:32.960 --> 0:33:34.760 so obvious. You go first. 0:33:34.780 --> 0:33:36.160 Okay, so they. 0:33:36.080 --> 0:33:39.260 Kind of ruled that it was his intention, Jared Goff's intention, 0:33:39.280 --> 0:33:41.740 to throw the ball forward. According to the rule book, 0:33:41.780 --> 0:33:44.320 and this is not a new rule, Paul, this is 0:33:44.580 --> 0:33:48.210 actually a forward pass. And Mike Pereira, of course, explained it, 0:33:48.740 --> 0:33:52.660 Fox's officiating expert. He said, Goff had started his throwing motion, 0:33:52.680 --> 0:33:56.270 throwing motion starts, hand going up, then it's hit, ball comes. 0:33:56.130 --> 0:33:58.350 Loose, his intent was to throw it forward. 0:33:58.650 --> 0:34:00.930 And since that motion had already started, which was a 0:34:00.950 --> 0:34:03.290 bit controversial, that's going to be a forward pass no 0:34:03.310 --> 0:34:05.630 matter where it lands. Then if you went on social media, Paul, 0:34:05.890 --> 0:34:09.020 there was about 100 clips of Similar cases where they 0:34:09.060 --> 0:34:09.600 did not. 0:34:09.480 --> 0:34:11.760 Call it a forward pass, where they called that exact 0:34:11.780 --> 0:34:12.340 play a fumble. 0:34:12.600 --> 0:34:14.380 I have so many issues with this. First of all, 0:34:14.640 --> 0:34:16.680 his intent has nothing to do with this. I assume 0:34:16.800 --> 0:34:19.830 every quarterback is intending to throw the ball forward. Hence, 0:34:20.130 --> 0:34:22.589 if it was a forward pass, by definition, it would 0:34:22.610 --> 0:34:26.950 have gone forward. Cracked, Andrew. Here's the thing. The other 0:34:26.989 --> 0:34:29.930 thing is, I thought that if a defensive lineman or 0:34:29.950 --> 0:34:33.140 a defender hits the quarterback and the ball goes squirrelly, 0:34:33.780 --> 0:34:36.080 It's almost a fumble by default, even if it went 0:34:36.300 --> 0:34:38.980 forward and rolled. I've seen that called the past few years. 0:34:39.520 --> 0:34:41.779 This is not a forward pass. His intent has nothing 0:34:41.800 --> 0:34:44.759 to do with it. If it goes backwards, by definition, 0:34:44.920 --> 0:34:47.640 it's a lateral. I mean, this is day one football stuff. 0:34:47.900 --> 0:34:48.510 Let me ask you this. 0:34:48.680 --> 0:34:50.410 Okay, say I had the football like this, and I 0:34:50.450 --> 0:34:52.910 was throwing forward. Someone knocked my arm, and it went 0:34:52.950 --> 0:34:55.410 like that. You might call that a forward pass. 0:34:55.730 --> 0:34:58.310 I wouldn't because it's still at some juncture has to 0:34:58.350 --> 0:35:00.230 go forward while leaving your hand. Let's say it goes 0:35:00.330 --> 0:35:03.880 forward and batted backward. It's by forward. But if it 0:35:04.060 --> 0:35:06.399 never goes forward, it can only be one other thing, 0:35:06.700 --> 0:35:10.500 a lateral, which is unintentional lateral, or you can define 0:35:10.520 --> 0:35:12.319 it as a fumble. If I'm the Saints, I don't 0:35:12.340 --> 0:35:15.250 know how much they complained about this, but this is debilitating. 0:35:15.270 --> 0:35:16.870 They went in for a touchdown this play. This wasn't 0:35:16.910 --> 0:35:18.010 just some average scrum. 0:35:18.230 --> 0:35:20.290 Okay, at least they didn't add a second to the 0:35:20.330 --> 0:35:22.190 clock like college football. Can we at least give the 0:35:22.250 --> 0:35:23.049 NFL credit for that? 0:35:23.190 --> 0:35:25.130 It does feel like they invented a new rule in 0:35:25.170 --> 0:35:27.069 the offseason and just happened to launch it on us 0:35:27.150 --> 0:35:31.649 Americans in the middle of a random game. They're like, hey, Lions-Saints- 0:35:32.120 --> 0:35:34.140 No one's really paying attention to that one. Let's just 0:35:34.390 --> 0:35:35.520 jack this rule into you. 0:35:35.570 --> 0:35:38.530 It's not a new rule. That's it. Okay. It's not. 0:35:38.570 --> 0:35:40.670 Well, you said it like they put it in March quietly, 0:35:40.710 --> 0:35:41.950 the owners meeting. That's not what happened. 0:35:41.969 --> 0:35:43.129 I think that's exactly what happened. 0:35:43.150 --> 0:35:44.330 That's not what happened. Okay. 0:35:44.489 --> 0:35:47.330 They've never called this rule. Okay. Then for the past 0:35:47.469 --> 0:35:49.960 decade or so, they've had this rule and never used it. 0:35:50.410 --> 0:35:51.989 You got to look into that. I don't think it's 0:35:52.030 --> 0:35:54.910 a new rule. Actually, Mike Pereira said like, yeah, of course, 0:35:54.969 --> 0:35:57.180 his intention. And everyone said his intention was. 0:35:57.620 --> 0:35:59.270 Of course his intention is to throw it forward. That's 0:35:59.290 --> 0:36:01.009 what quarterbacks do for a living. All right, next up, 0:36:01.510 --> 0:36:04.730 Texas coach Steve Sarkeesian. Oh, he had an interesting weekend. Now, 0:36:05.190 --> 0:36:07.390 at halftime, he probably wasn't thinking that he was going 0:36:07.410 --> 0:36:09.770 to have a really good postgame news conference. And then 0:36:09.890 --> 0:36:12.779 his team came back. They beat Ryan Day in a 0:36:12.980 --> 0:36:15.580 great Saturday night game. And here's Sark after the game. 0:36:17.440 --> 0:36:19.580 I definitely think it was helpful because we could be 0:36:19.620 --> 0:36:21.980 like some other teams and we could play Jones Jr. 0:36:22.000 --> 0:36:25.089 high tonight and win 66 to nothing. And I don't 0:36:25.110 --> 0:36:27.700 know what that does for us. What I think it 0:36:27.739 --> 0:36:29.989 did for us tonight is we found out that we can. 0:36:31.180 --> 0:36:33.430 And we've been close, and we've been knocking on the door. 0:36:34.890 --> 0:36:37.130 And so I do think that that's helpful for us, 0:36:37.410 --> 0:36:39.469 that we got an opportunity to play in a game 0:36:39.530 --> 0:36:42.950 like this before we got into conference play against a 0:36:43.030 --> 0:36:48.030 lead opponent and come out on top. Surely that's helpful 0:36:48.090 --> 0:36:50.379 for us moving forward from a mentality standpoint. 0:36:50.719 --> 0:36:52.780 Pearl, no matter what you think of Texas football and Sark, 0:36:52.800 --> 0:36:55.110 you've got to love what he says there. More big games, 0:36:55.210 --> 0:36:58.170 prime time against big opponents. They're not scared to schedule 0:36:58.190 --> 0:37:00.430 him at Texas. They still played Texas State last week. 0:37:00.469 --> 0:37:02.989 He kind of glazed over that one, Sark. But, yes, 0:37:03.010 --> 0:37:04.049 you've got to agree with him there. 0:37:04.290 --> 0:37:07.450 Well, last year, 14-7 loss to Ohio State in Columbus 0:37:07.670 --> 0:37:09.690 probably cost them the playoff because they had three losses 0:37:09.710 --> 0:37:10.930 with two losses they get in. 0:37:10.969 --> 0:37:11.209 Sure. 0:37:11.550 --> 0:37:14.390 I still think overall college football is... needs to be 0:37:14.430 --> 0:37:16.830 more lenient on these teams who lose. 0:37:16.610 --> 0:37:19.330 Those out-of-conference games. Because I want to see Texas-Ohio State 0:37:19.430 --> 0:37:21.730 every weekend. Unfortunately, you don't get that. Right. 0:37:21.810 --> 0:37:23.480 And I don't think Ohio State should be dinged that 0:37:23.520 --> 0:37:25.939 much for a loss. They played heavyweight on the road 0:37:26.280 --> 0:37:28.420 and came close to winning that game. A player two 0:37:28.580 --> 0:37:30.700 in the fourth quarter and they win that game. But 0:37:30.780 --> 0:37:33.080 I like what Sark is saying there. Now, Will he 0:37:33.140 --> 0:37:35.680 keep doing so going forward? Will he schedule out of conference? 0:37:35.700 --> 0:37:37.990 Will he schedule USC again and all those big weights? 0:37:38.010 --> 0:37:39.450 Well, a big part of it, do they go to 0:37:39.450 --> 0:37:40.750 24 teams in the playoff? 0:37:40.790 --> 0:37:42.990 Then you can schedule anybody because a team like Texas 0:37:43.070 --> 0:37:46.240 is pretty much guaranteed to make it in. The big 0:37:46.280 --> 0:37:48.660 story is here, they beat Ohio State. That was massive 0:37:48.680 --> 0:37:49.260 for this program. 0:37:49.380 --> 0:37:51.100 I wonder what he's thinking at halftime. I wonder if 0:37:51.140 --> 0:37:53.240 you're a coach at halftime, do you ever think, God, 0:37:53.280 --> 0:37:55.060 I don't look forward to that news conference after the 0:37:55.100 --> 0:37:57.440 game because you're at home, all the stars are out, 0:37:57.500 --> 0:37:58.719 and you laid an egg in the first half. 0:37:58.940 --> 0:38:01.560 Yeah, I mean, listen, he was probably just as surprised 0:38:01.600 --> 0:38:03.060 as the rest of us. They came away with it. 0:38:03.380 --> 0:38:06.820 Okay, if you want to feel better about yourself, I advise. 0:38:06.420 --> 0:38:08.960 You watch this next clip joint because Cleveland Browns' Todd 0:38:09.000 --> 0:38:11.260 Munkin had a worse day than pretty much anybody. 0:38:12.100 --> 0:38:14.839 He commented on the quarterback situation, which is not good. 0:38:17.140 --> 0:38:19.770 I'm sure as hell not firing me. I'm not firing 0:38:19.810 --> 0:38:21.610 our staff. I'm not giving it all of our players. 0:38:22.050 --> 0:38:24.510 So he happens to be one of 53. We'll analyze 0:38:24.570 --> 0:38:26.370 everything that we do. It's not just him. 0:38:26.670 --> 0:38:26.890 Okay. 0:38:26.910 --> 0:38:29.370 We're, we're putting this on Deshaun. 0:38:29.910 --> 0:38:30.230 Okay. 0:38:30.270 --> 0:38:31.570 Which is unfair. 0:38:31.590 --> 0:38:32.350 Okay. 0:38:32.650 --> 0:38:36.589 And whatever there is externally doesn't matter to me. That 0:38:36.630 --> 0:38:39.870 doesn't affect me. That has nothing to do with my decision-making. 0:38:40.750 --> 0:38:43.300 I rarely feel bad for people who make $ 5 million 0:38:43.340 --> 0:38:45.760 a year, but this guy, he's got Tom Izzo voice 0:38:45.840 --> 0:38:48.070 and it's September and, He looks like a school teacher 0:38:48.090 --> 0:38:49.819 at the end of a hard school year. He looks 0:38:49.840 --> 0:38:52.780 like worn out. It's September 11th, 12th, 13th. 0:38:53.020 --> 0:38:55.359 Yeah, you know what? He did bring some of this 0:38:55.440 --> 0:38:59.350 on himself. By taking the job? Yes, that. He could 0:38:59.370 --> 0:38:59.890 have said no. 0:39:00.030 --> 0:39:02.830 But also, we watched the Browns in the preseason, and 0:39:02.850 --> 0:39:06.390 Shador Sanders was playing better than Deshaun Watson. But Deshaun 0:39:06.430 --> 0:39:08.589 Watson's making all this money, and the owner said, I'm 0:39:08.640 --> 0:39:11.400 paying this guy $ 220 million to at least give him 0:39:11.460 --> 0:39:11.959 some starts. 0:39:11.980 --> 0:39:13.819 Well, I'm glad you brought that up, because you and 0:39:13.860 --> 0:39:15.900 I talked about this before, before the show even started 0:39:15.940 --> 0:39:19.040 not so fast. And we said, I don't believe Todd Munkin, 0:39:19.100 --> 0:39:22.060 by choice, would start Deshaun Watson, because that's not a 0:39:22.080 --> 0:39:24.860 better football decision. Deshaun Watson has not looked good the 0:39:24.880 --> 0:39:27.609 past few years and hasn't really been that healthy. I 0:39:27.790 --> 0:39:30.560 think this was a management ownership decision to start. Deshaun Watson. 0:39:30.600 --> 0:39:32.899 They paid all this money, and they're trying to right 0:39:33.080 --> 0:39:36.740 a four-year wrong. and hoping they would play well. He stinks. 0:39:37.120 --> 0:39:39.800 He's overpaid, he's unlikable, and he's got lots of baggage. 0:39:40.140 --> 0:39:42.180 Let's start this guy. Go ahead, Todd Munkin, you figure 0:39:42.200 --> 0:39:42.380 it out. 0:39:42.800 --> 0:39:46.069 Yeah, what about the theory that they're tanking and he 0:39:46.090 --> 0:39:48.610 can lose more games than he can win? Even though, listen, 0:39:48.950 --> 0:39:50.290 he was bad. He picked it up a little bit 0:39:50.310 --> 0:39:52.390 in the second half. I'm not sure any quarterback would 0:39:52.430 --> 0:39:54.469 win games in that situation. The team is not good. 0:39:54.489 --> 0:39:56.770 Well, if it's organizational tanking, then Todd Munkin has to 0:39:56.790 --> 0:39:59.200 say to management at some point, hey, okay, I'll do this, 0:39:59.500 --> 0:40:02.180 but my contract is set for next year. If we 0:40:02.200 --> 0:40:05.730 go 0-17, which is actually in play... I'm guaranteed I 0:40:05.730 --> 0:40:07.450 have a job next year because if I tank for you, 0:40:07.910 --> 0:40:09.150 you know what will happen. If you get the number 0:40:09.170 --> 0:40:11.939 one pick, all of a sudden this guy wants that job, 0:40:11.960 --> 0:40:13.620 that guy wants that job, and he's one and done. 0:40:13.739 --> 0:40:15.859 Well, just to keep it within the clip joint, what 0:40:15.900 --> 0:40:17.500 if Arch Manning is the number one pick and he says, 0:40:17.680 --> 0:40:19.280 let's bring Sark into the NFL. 0:40:19.620 --> 0:40:20.799 I like Steve Sharkeesian. 0:40:21.080 --> 0:40:23.660 Then Todd Munkin gets $ 5 million for one year and 0:40:23.780 --> 0:40:26.569 walks away. I mean, again, this is not a good 0:40:26.590 --> 0:40:27.180 weekend for him. 0:40:27.260 --> 0:40:28.630 He's in a terrible spot. 0:40:28.850 --> 0:40:30.589 It's only four months left to go, Coach. All right, 0:40:30.610 --> 0:40:34.040 coming up next. It's time for constructive criticism, the feel-good, 0:40:34.140 --> 0:40:36.560 and much, much more. Stick around. Not So Fast after 0:40:36.580 --> 0:40:36.879 the break. 0:40:37.780 --> 0:40:40.480 Back on Not So Fast, I'm Andrew Perloff. He's Paul Pabst, 0:40:40.570 --> 0:40:44.790 NBC Sports Now, Peacock. Paul, the big game tonight. Patrick 0:40:44.810 --> 0:40:45.650 Mahomes is back. 0:40:45.790 --> 0:40:47.310 The Chiefs host the Broncos. 0:40:47.330 --> 0:40:49.410 What do you expect? This is a hammer Monday night 0:40:49.450 --> 0:40:51.710 game right off the gate. This is fantastic. You know, 0:40:51.750 --> 0:40:53.810 you said before when Mahomes was hurt and kind of 0:40:53.910 --> 0:40:55.730 not sure whether he was going to play the first month, 0:40:56.250 --> 0:40:58.130 you've got to face that pass rush, Nick Benito and 0:40:58.150 --> 0:41:01.950 the crew. They're as good as... As good as the Dolphins, 0:41:02.230 --> 0:41:03.910 I should say as good as the Texans. They're as 0:41:03.930 --> 0:41:05.310 good as anybody with the pass rush. 0:41:05.330 --> 0:41:07.190 They've led the league in sacks the last two years. 0:41:07.210 --> 0:41:08.690 Nick Benito is fired. 0:41:08.810 --> 0:41:10.370 So if you're a Chiefs fan, it's like an exciting 0:41:10.530 --> 0:41:11.410 but concerning game. 0:41:11.630 --> 0:41:14.250 So if you're the Chiefs, you want to hand the 0:41:14.290 --> 0:41:16.470 ball off a lot. You've got Ken Walker from the Seahawks. 0:41:16.489 --> 0:41:17.750 Ken Walker. 0:41:18.430 --> 0:41:20.190 Ken Walker, as he is on the depth chart, the 0:41:20.230 --> 0:41:23.129 official depth chart, formerly Kenneth Walker. And they have a rookie, 0:41:23.210 --> 0:41:25.549 Emma Johnson, who's really good at running back. So I 0:41:25.590 --> 0:41:29.780 think they're practicing all August with Patrick Mahomes under center, 0:41:29.820 --> 0:41:32.529 which is not usual for him. They want to run, run, run, 0:41:33.060 --> 0:41:36.580 and not let Nick Bonito and everybody run after Patrick Mahomes. 0:41:36.600 --> 0:41:38.339 And how funny would it be, after all these teams 0:41:38.360 --> 0:41:40.980 scoring 30 on Sunday, that this is another game where 0:41:41.020 --> 0:41:43.580 the two teams who score points for a living go 0:41:43.719 --> 0:41:45.520 under 30, kind of like the Rams went 7th. 0:41:45.700 --> 0:41:47.160 Yeah, I want to see Jalen Waddell. 0:41:47.560 --> 0:41:50.680 To me, the Broncos adding the former Dolphins wide receiver, 0:41:51.020 --> 0:41:51.860 it's a whole new element. 0:41:51.900 --> 0:41:53.620 Everyone keeps talking about him. They're going to line him 0:41:53.680 --> 0:41:56.590 up all over. I think he could be really outstanding. 0:41:56.610 --> 0:41:58.109 And they were pretty good last year. If they looked 0:41:58.130 --> 0:42:00.189 at the offense with Bo Nix adding that type of weapon, 0:42:00.230 --> 0:42:03.310 that underneath weapon, he's not prime Tyree Kelly. He doesn't 0:42:03.330 --> 0:42:05.219 have that level of explosiveness, but he is a great player. 0:42:05.360 --> 0:42:07.560 Yeah, I picked the Broncos to win the Super Bowl 0:42:08.500 --> 0:42:09.700 against the Rams. 0:42:09.880 --> 0:42:12.919 So would you poo-poo yourself by picking against them tonight, 0:42:12.960 --> 0:42:13.620 or should we save that? 0:42:14.500 --> 0:42:15.319 Let's save that. 0:42:15.380 --> 0:42:16.820 I've got to be honest, I did not know the 0:42:16.860 --> 0:42:18.219 Ravens were going to look that good, or I might 0:42:18.239 --> 0:42:19.259 have thought twice about that. 0:42:19.340 --> 0:42:21.610 It's time for a little constructive criticism off the weekend. 0:42:21.660 --> 0:42:25.719 Thoughts on what we're wearing, football, food. Whatever you got. 0:42:25.800 --> 0:42:28.899 First one, Perloff. Let's see what we got. Constructive criticism. 0:42:29.640 --> 0:42:32.000 Oh, look, it's me. Let me read this one, Paul. 0:42:32.719 --> 0:42:35.779 Against the grain, at their peaks, Carson Wentz is the 0:42:35.820 --> 0:42:38.850 most talented player in the Vikings QB room over Kyler 0:42:38.890 --> 0:42:39.410 Murray and J.J. 0:42:39.530 --> 0:42:40.070 McCarthy. 0:42:40.390 --> 0:42:44.629 Don't think it's particularly close. This is from August 12, 2026. Now, 0:42:44.790 --> 0:42:49.730 maybe I was overstating it, but clearly the Vikings got better, unfortunately, 0:42:49.750 --> 0:42:52.430 when Kyler Murray got hurt and Carson Wentz came in 0:42:52.450 --> 0:42:54.410 the game. Now, Wentz was shaky to start with. But 0:42:54.430 --> 0:42:57.750 then he just started targeting Justin Jefferson. I've thought all 0:42:57.770 --> 0:43:01.570 along Wentz is probably the best Kevin O'Connell coach quarterback 0:43:02.050 --> 0:43:03.310 in that Vikings QB room. 0:43:03.770 --> 0:43:05.350 And it played out great on Sunday. 0:43:05.630 --> 0:43:08.310 I didn't understand why Wentz didn't even get consideration as 0:43:08.350 --> 0:43:08.770 a starter. 0:43:09.469 --> 0:43:11.370 I don't get the Kyler Murray thing. 0:43:11.690 --> 0:43:13.450 I always thought Kyler Murray was going to have trouble 0:43:13.570 --> 0:43:16.430 in this offense or trouble staying healthy, and that's what happened. 0:43:16.450 --> 0:43:18.200 I like this total setup email. This is like a 0:43:18.300 --> 0:43:21.920 third-person email. tweet to the Not So Fast show. You know, 0:43:21.960 --> 0:43:24.340 I'm with you. If you don't remember Pete Carson Wentz, 0:43:24.420 --> 0:43:28.000 he was a fantastic runner and a big, strong passer. 0:43:28.460 --> 0:43:29.700 No one's going to think of him as the most 0:43:29.739 --> 0:43:31.779 physically talented guy in the room anymore, but there was 0:43:31.820 --> 0:43:33.730 a time that he was because Kyler Murray didn't have 0:43:33.770 --> 0:43:34.989 power as a runner. He had a lot of speed. 0:43:35.230 --> 0:43:36.589 Is it okay, by the way, that I called out 0:43:36.630 --> 0:43:38.890 a tweet that it's sort of right compared to one 0:43:38.910 --> 0:43:40.610 of the many, many bad takes that I have on 0:43:40.630 --> 0:43:40.910 social media? 0:43:40.930 --> 0:43:43.069 It is right on brand for you, Pearl. All right, 0:43:43.170 --> 0:43:46.060 next up, constructive criticism. Let's see what we have coming 0:43:46.100 --> 0:43:46.439 up next. 0:43:46.719 --> 0:43:46.960 Here we go. 0:43:48.550 --> 0:43:51.359 Chip in Florida, are you doing hair treatments? You seem 0:43:51.380 --> 0:43:52.980 to have more hair than you did a while back. 0:43:53.000 --> 0:43:57.300 That's to me. Let's check. I thought I was fading fast. 0:43:58.700 --> 0:44:00.160 I did trim it up a little bit. I think 0:44:00.200 --> 0:44:02.520 by keeping it tight, I look like I have more. 0:44:03.260 --> 0:44:04.520 But should I go on record here? 0:44:05.700 --> 0:44:06.950 I don't know. If you are getting them, you need 0:44:06.989 --> 0:44:07.490 to pay more. 0:44:08.270 --> 0:44:10.509 Yeah, if I got hair treatments, I should ask my 0:44:10.550 --> 0:44:13.750 money back because they missed. No, it's a slow retreat. 0:44:14.390 --> 0:44:16.549 It's 20 years in the making, and we're holding on. 0:44:17.070 --> 0:44:18.989 just by this much, but thank you for that. 0:44:19.150 --> 0:44:21.730 Would you ever go Jason Statham and just say goodbye? 0:44:21.870 --> 0:44:26.140 Yeah, or go Brian Urlacher and load it up for 0:44:26.160 --> 0:44:27.220 the back half of the career. 0:44:27.239 --> 0:44:29.180 I just compared you to Jason Statham. I would take 0:44:29.200 --> 0:44:29.610 that if I were you. 0:44:29.620 --> 0:44:31.180 I would take that in a second. Of course, I'm 0:44:31.200 --> 0:44:33.520 just like a wimp compared to him. All right, next up, 0:44:33.560 --> 0:44:36.620 constructive criticism. Let's see what we have here, Pearl. Oh, 0:44:36.660 --> 0:44:38.180 this is from me. Look at me with the setup. 0:44:38.610 --> 0:44:41.010 My wife just yelled down, we made a little something. 0:44:41.510 --> 0:44:43.810 My wife was cooking upstairs with one of my children. 0:44:43.830 --> 0:44:45.210 I'm not sure which one. I can't keep track of 0:44:45.230 --> 0:44:48.260 their names during football season. And she brings a big, 0:44:48.500 --> 0:44:53.160 huge tub of Italian sausage, peppers, and onions, then rolls, 0:44:53.640 --> 0:44:56.910 and the optional marinara sauce. And I would marry her 0:44:56.969 --> 0:44:58.910 all over again. What are your thoughts on that dish, Pearl? 0:44:59.050 --> 0:45:00.390 That looks amazing. 0:45:00.410 --> 0:45:02.850 I mean, this is the most self-serving constructive criticism we've 0:45:02.890 --> 0:45:04.550 ever done. I don't think we should be able to 0:45:04.590 --> 0:45:07.070 do this anymore. Scott's in my ear, our producer, saying, 0:45:07.410 --> 0:45:09.959 you know, you guys could get posts from other people 0:45:09.980 --> 0:45:11.100 as well, but that looks amazing. 0:45:12.100 --> 0:45:14.460 Well, we're working, and maybe we'll get a picture of 0:45:14.480 --> 0:45:16.020 Scott's new daughter so he can feel like he's part 0:45:16.040 --> 0:45:18.460 of the team. But, you know, where does that rank? 0:45:18.840 --> 0:45:21.970 Sausage and peppers as a game-day treat? Where does that rank? 0:45:22.140 --> 0:45:23.969 That's incredible. I don't know why. 0:45:24.050 --> 0:45:26.469 I never think to make that, though, but sausage is 0:45:26.810 --> 0:45:28.210 a go-to in the Perloff household. 0:45:28.230 --> 0:45:30.290 We love sausage. You're going to edit that as you will. 0:45:30.310 --> 0:45:32.870 All right, it's time for the feel-good. If you watched 0:45:32.950 --> 0:45:36.129 on NBC, Iowa State versus Iowa on Saturday night. Really 0:45:36.170 --> 0:45:39.410 tight game. Surprisingly hit the under. This is. 0:45:41.060 --> 0:45:43.460 This is what they do every week at Iowa, the 0:45:43.540 --> 0:45:47.029 Stead Family Children's Hospital. End of the first quarter, the fans, 0:45:47.090 --> 0:45:49.590 the players, the coaches, everybody waves up to the kids 0:45:49.610 --> 0:45:53.090 at the Stead Family Children's Hospital. What a great tradition. 0:45:53.130 --> 0:45:54.630 My wife and kids were sitting next to me, and 0:45:54.670 --> 0:45:57.150 they hadn't watched an Iowa home game before. And they're like, 0:45:57.230 --> 0:45:58.489 this is the coolest thing of all time. 0:45:59.130 --> 0:45:59.930 Oh, it's incredible. 0:46:00.390 --> 0:46:02.670 I've always found it so interesting the way the hospital 0:46:02.690 --> 0:46:03.890 is placed next to the stadium. 0:46:05.050 --> 0:46:06.870 I've seen it many, many times, and it still makes 0:46:06.910 --> 0:46:07.770 me feel good every time. 0:46:08.110 --> 0:46:10.390 Yeah, it's really cool. Iowa's been doing this for a 0:46:10.430 --> 0:46:12.320 long time now. It's on brand, and the other team 0:46:12.340 --> 0:46:13.180 gets involved as well. 0:46:13.340 --> 0:46:16.280 Yeah, especially, I mean, and also, that's a pretty good rivalry. 0:46:16.320 --> 0:46:18.560 We have a lot of DP show fans in Iowa, 0:46:18.700 --> 0:46:20.520 and this has been heated for many, many years. 0:46:20.540 --> 0:46:22.160 Well, those games are kind of the sure things to 0:46:22.180 --> 0:46:23.859 me of the college football weekend. When you have, like, 0:46:23.880 --> 0:46:25.960 the Apple Cup, or if you have the Iron Bowl, 0:46:25.980 --> 0:46:28.319 or if you have Iowa State, I always lean towards 0:46:28.340 --> 0:46:30.529 watching them because they're almost always close. I think in 0:46:30.550 --> 0:46:33.049 the past 10 years, seven of those are three-point games 0:46:33.070 --> 0:46:33.930 with Iowa State. 0:46:34.190 --> 0:46:34.830 Absolutely. 0:46:34.850 --> 0:46:38.390 All right, Paul, we mentioned keep it friendly for Chiefs 0:46:38.410 --> 0:46:38.680 and Broncos. 0:46:38.700 --> 0:46:40.120 You want to bet this one? You know what? 0:46:40.940 --> 0:46:42.920 As I mentioned earlier, I'm already out on the survivor 0:46:42.960 --> 0:46:44.219 pool thanks to the Chargers. 0:46:44.640 --> 0:46:46.580 So I didn't exactly have the greatest weekend. 0:46:47.020 --> 0:46:49.640 But I got to be honest, I am leaning Broncos. 0:46:49.800 --> 0:46:51.850 And even if they try and protect Patrick Mahomes tonight, 0:46:52.250 --> 0:46:53.469 I feel like the Broncos are going to be a 0:46:53.489 --> 0:46:55.510 house on fire to get after their rival. 0:46:55.550 --> 0:46:56.790 How do you look at games like this? When you 0:46:56.810 --> 0:47:00.420 have a heavyweight battle, Broncos, Chiefs, or Texans versus Bills, 0:47:00.780 --> 0:47:02.500 do you really care who wins that game or are 0:47:02.520 --> 0:47:03.420 you looking for the nuance? 0:47:04.360 --> 0:47:09.250 Oh, for me, Patrick Mahomes' health. Patrick Mahomes, people in 0:47:09.270 --> 0:47:11.780 KC are saying he looks amazing. Everyone picked their Super 0:47:11.800 --> 0:47:14.379 Bowl pick and nobody had the Chiefs. If Mahomes looks 0:47:14.400 --> 0:47:15.520 good tonight, that's going to change. 0:47:15.580 --> 0:47:17.480 And if you look last week, Mahomes was asked about 0:47:17.520 --> 0:47:19.420 his knee again. He goes, we're done. We're done with 0:47:19.440 --> 0:47:21.560 this topic. I like him being angry because he's so 0:47:21.600 --> 0:47:22.620 far past the knee situation. 0:47:22.680 --> 0:47:25.550 And what about a Mary Travis Kelsey? He was sort 0:47:25.570 --> 0:47:26.589 of downgraded last year. 0:47:26.630 --> 0:47:27.549 They didn't use him a lot. 0:47:27.850 --> 0:47:29.930 Is he going to be better or worse now that 0:47:29.989 --> 0:47:30.870 it's official with Taylor? 0:47:30.890 --> 0:47:32.950 Well, married guys usually put on 15 pounds in the 0:47:33.070 --> 0:47:34.670 first year of marriage, so look for that when you're 0:47:34.690 --> 0:47:35.750 watching the game. Do you have a pick? 0:47:36.010 --> 0:47:37.050 Yeah, no, I'm going Denver. 0:47:37.280 --> 0:47:39.800 I'm going Jalen Waddell is going to make a splash, 0:47:39.840 --> 0:47:41.220 has a long touchdown tonight. 0:47:41.360 --> 0:47:44.180 Close game, but Bo Nix gets away with a win. 0:47:44.320 --> 0:47:44.739 Who do you got? 0:47:45.120 --> 0:47:46.620 I'm going to go Chiefs just to be countered a 0:47:46.620 --> 0:47:48.890 little bit. I believe in the Broncos as a for 0:47:48.910 --> 0:47:51.219 the entire season, but tonight on Monday Night Football. How 0:47:51.239 --> 0:47:52.480 do you feel about week one? How do you feel 0:47:52.500 --> 0:47:54.480 about your picks, your warm takes? How do you feel 0:47:54.500 --> 0:47:54.860 about week one? 0:47:54.920 --> 0:47:57.719 I can't believe all the scoring. It was awesome. 0:47:58.310 --> 0:48:01.050 Basically, the Chargers are my big disappointment. The Cowboys defense, 0:48:01.090 --> 0:48:05.060 my second big disappointment. I am really, really curious about 0:48:05.120 --> 0:48:06.839 how bad the Browns are going to be this year. 0:48:06.960 --> 0:48:08.180 How do you look at the other side of it, 0:48:08.200 --> 0:48:10.819 the Arizona Cardinals? Are you like, nice little story for 0:48:10.920 --> 0:48:12.759 one week or a nice story for the month? 0:48:12.900 --> 0:48:15.680 I'm about to buy a Jeremiah Love jersey. Are you 0:48:15.719 --> 0:48:17.399 kidding me? I'm all in, Paul. You know me. 0:48:17.480 --> 0:48:18.760 A Tyler Algier jersey? 0:48:18.969 --> 0:48:20.450 And how do you feel about the Bears? 0:48:21.150 --> 0:48:23.450 I feel good about the Bears. I hope they keep 0:48:23.550 --> 0:48:24.630 scoring a lot of points. 0:48:24.630 --> 0:48:26.210 59 points a game? 0:48:26.330 --> 0:48:28.230 And maybe playing a little defense. All right, that's it 0:48:28.250 --> 0:48:30.070 for us. Tune in tomorrow. We'll have some more on 0:48:30.090 --> 0:48:32.080 this game, the Monday Night Football wrap-up. Tune in to 0:48:32.100 --> 0:48:34.200 the Dan Patrick Show tomorrow. DP will be back right 0:48:34.219 --> 0:48:36.940 here on NBC Sports and NBC Sports Now. But that's 0:48:36.960 --> 0:48:39.700 all for us. Week one in the books. Tune in 0:48:39.719 --> 0:48:40.759 to Monday Night Football. Stick around. 0:48:40.860 --> 0:48:41.100 Take care.