WEBVTT - g Mixdown 1 0:00:04.339 --> 0:00:06.699 NFL Game View is a production of the NFL in 0:00:06.779 --> 0:00:12.259 partnership with iHeartRadio. 0:00:15.059 --> 0:00:17.779 Game Review for about Mercedes Benz, Patrick Claybund back here 0:00:17.779 --> 0:00:20.379 with my dear friends Greg Rosenthal and Cynthia Freeland, who 0:00:20.419 --> 0:00:23.379 it's very difficult to kind of get differences in picking 0:00:23.419 --> 0:00:26.139 once the season goes on, because we learn more, we're 0:00:26.219 --> 0:00:29.259 starting to make the same picks. But we've still managed 0:00:29.779 --> 0:00:31.099 to differ just a little bit. 0:00:31.139 --> 0:00:33.499 Greg, I mean we tried to the last couple of weeks. 0:00:33.539 --> 0:00:35.699 I had a perfect week two weeks ago. Let's put 0:00:35.779 --> 0:00:37.459 up the standings for last week. Is that what you're 0:00:37.499 --> 0:00:38.299 trying to set me up for? 0:00:38.419 --> 0:00:40.379 No, I just wanted you to say that you guys 0:00:40.539 --> 0:00:44.019 are my friends and we occasionally have So here's here's 0:00:44.059 --> 0:00:46.819 what goes on. Greg has a one game lead now 0:00:46.859 --> 0:00:49.459 on Cynthia, who has a three game lead over me, 0:00:50.179 --> 0:00:52.019 and we're battling back and front. 0:00:52.059 --> 0:00:53.659 I think the important part is all of us have 0:00:53.699 --> 0:00:55.299 great records over the last two weeks. 0:00:55.299 --> 0:00:55.779 How about that? 0:00:56.019 --> 0:00:58.779 Yeah, Well, we'll give you a diplomatic thing to say. 0:00:58.819 --> 0:01:01.379 For a guy who was literally being chased by security 0:01:01.419 --> 0:01:04.059 through the halls of NFL Network had to say. 0:01:03.979 --> 0:01:05.219 Let's cut that out. 0:01:07.139 --> 0:01:10.139 Oh so, Cowboys Niners a classic rivalry, much like the 0:01:10.219 --> 0:01:12.899 rivalries on this show. Lately, San Franz has gotten the 0:01:12.939 --> 0:01:15.219 best of Dallas. They've won the past three matchups, including 0:01:15.259 --> 0:01:18.099 last year when they dismantled the Cowboys forty two to ten. 0:01:18.139 --> 0:01:21.139 In Week ten, George Kettle had himself a day, grabbing 0:01:21.179 --> 0:01:25.099 three receptions for three touchdowns the Randy malstat line against 0:01:25.139 --> 0:01:28.739 the Cowboys. Teams meet up again Sunday night in Santa Clara. 0:01:28.779 --> 0:01:31.139 The forty nine Ers lost Brandon Ayuka last week to 0:01:31.179 --> 0:01:33.779 a torn acl Deebo Samuel statuses in the air. 0:01:34.379 --> 0:01:37.019 Did the Cowboys get it done coming off the bi Greg. 0:01:36.859 --> 0:01:37.899 I do not think so. 0:01:38.059 --> 0:01:41.059 You want to buy week to restart your program, but 0:01:41.139 --> 0:01:42.939 I think the forty nine Ers win this game twenty 0:01:42.979 --> 0:01:45.219 six to twenty. It's a familiar matchup because of the 0:01:45.259 --> 0:01:50.019 coaching situation in Dallas. Mike McCarthy had to be asked 0:01:50.819 --> 0:01:55.059 during the week in a public press conference, Hey, what 0:01:55.139 --> 0:01:58.379 do you think about your boss saying that you designed 0:01:58.539 --> 0:02:01.099 bad plays and that you have a bad scheme. 0:02:01.419 --> 0:02:04.099 I have never heard that from an owner. 0:02:04.419 --> 0:02:06.979 During the middle of the season, it started making me wonder, 0:02:07.059 --> 0:02:08.899 like if they don't win this game. With all the 0:02:08.939 --> 0:02:11.779 bad memories that they've had against the forty nine ers, 0:02:11.779 --> 0:02:13.579 they had the playoff loss, they had the blowout loss 0:02:13.619 --> 0:02:16.939 you mentioned last year. Patrick, I worry about what's going 0:02:16.979 --> 0:02:19.819 on here. They're not getting healthy on defense, the offense 0:02:19.899 --> 0:02:22.419 is stagnant. I think the forty nine ers still have 0:02:22.659 --> 0:02:25.739 enough talent and certainly enough scheme. I think they can 0:02:25.859 --> 0:02:28.539 overcome their injuries on offense with a week to prepare 0:02:28.779 --> 0:02:31.339 against this Cowboys defense, which has really been struggling. 0:02:31.619 --> 0:02:33.499 You have six points, I have seven points. 0:02:33.539 --> 0:02:35.459 I have twenty eight to twenty one, a few more 0:02:35.539 --> 0:02:38.699 overall points projected for me as opposed to you from 0:02:38.739 --> 0:02:41.339 Greg in this matchup. Why Well, I'm looking at this 0:02:41.379 --> 0:02:44.099 Cowboys defense, and I'm looking at their ability to give 0:02:44.219 --> 0:02:45.059 up Yak in. 0:02:44.979 --> 0:02:45.779 The passing game. 0:02:46.059 --> 0:02:49.339 They're just allowing guys to have tons of yards after 0:02:49.379 --> 0:02:51.579 the catch. This has been an interesting stat about brock 0:02:51.619 --> 0:02:54.459 Perty this year. He actually ranks last in terms of 0:02:54.579 --> 0:02:57.459 the yardage coming the percentage of his yardage coming from Yak. 0:02:57.619 --> 0:02:59.699 Where's for the past eight seasons that was a San 0:02:59.739 --> 0:03:03.739 Francisco thing. So I think that trend reverses in this matchup. 0:03:03.859 --> 0:03:05.899 And start to see that catch and run thing that 0:03:05.939 --> 0:03:08.979 we're totally used to from this offense come back big time? 0:03:09.259 --> 0:03:09.459 Is it? 0:03:09.499 --> 0:03:10.579 George Kittle? Sure? 0:03:10.859 --> 0:03:11.059 Is it? 0:03:11.059 --> 0:03:12.179 Deebo Samuel Sure? 0:03:12.339 --> 0:03:12.459 Is it? 0:03:12.579 --> 0:03:13.099 Everyone? 0:03:13.539 --> 0:03:15.419 The answer is yes, anyone that's playing, They're gonna have 0:03:15.419 --> 0:03:16.499 a good yacht day. 0:03:16.739 --> 0:03:18.299 I believe that they will have a good yack day. 0:03:18.339 --> 0:03:21.099 I don't necessarily see the high scores that you guys do. 0:03:21.179 --> 0:03:24.059 I have a lower scoring game, a slower pace game 0:03:24.259 --> 0:03:26.779 because the Dallas Cowboys still. 0:03:26.619 --> 0:03:28.619 Cannot stop the run. Greg mentioned the bye week. 0:03:28.739 --> 0:03:30.859 They had an entire offseason to figure out how to 0:03:30.899 --> 0:03:32.379 approach the opposition running the ball. 0:03:32.459 --> 0:03:33.379 Here's what they've done. 0:03:33.459 --> 0:03:36.899 They are dead last and rushing efficiency, dead last against 0:03:36.979 --> 0:03:40.579 under center runs, and dead last thirty two in three 0:03:40.619 --> 0:03:44.619 categories in design runs. Jordan Mason second in the league 0:03:44.659 --> 0:03:47.979 in yards and carries. Again, if they couldn't do it 0:03:47.979 --> 0:03:50.099 in an entire offseason, I don't know what the bye 0:03:50.099 --> 0:03:52.179 week is going to do. We are all aboard on 0:03:52.219 --> 0:03:55.659 the forty nine ers against the Dallas Cowboys. Nemaus get 0:03:55.739 --> 0:03:56.219 us Cowboys. 0:03:56.259 --> 0:03:58.379 There are no Cowboys fans left anymore, so they can't 0:03:58.419 --> 0:03:59.139 meme us. 0:04:00.259 --> 0:04:03.579 Both considered Super Bowl contenders coming into the season as 0:04:03.579 --> 0:04:06.619 where the Bill who made a new acquisition last week 0:04:06.659 --> 0:04:07.179 who had an. 0:04:07.059 --> 0:04:10.579 Immediate impact not pictured in there was a celebration. Ever, 0:04:10.659 --> 0:04:11.939 I going to hug Mark Cooper. 0:04:11.819 --> 0:04:14.939 Him like feeling uncomfortable at all the love coming from 0:04:15.019 --> 0:04:17.779 his teammates. The Bills are the Seahawks at Luomenfield, Josh 0:04:17.819 --> 0:04:20.579 Allen against Gino Smith Seattle coming off a big win 0:04:20.699 --> 0:04:21.419 in Atlanta. 0:04:21.499 --> 0:04:23.659 Do they keep that going at home? 0:04:23.739 --> 0:04:26.219 Cynthia, I think they keep it closer, But I still 0:04:26.219 --> 0:04:29.619 have Buffalo winning this matchup twenty five to twenty three. 0:04:29.659 --> 0:04:31.739 When I'm looking at Josh Allen this season and what 0:04:31.859 --> 0:04:34.419 he's been doing, let's just say the number two hundred. 0:04:34.179 --> 0:04:34.659 And eighty six. 0:04:34.699 --> 0:04:37.739 That's how many consecutive passes that Josh Allen has thrown 0:04:37.859 --> 0:04:41.699 without that other thing that happens. I know sometimes Buffalo people, 0:04:41.739 --> 0:04:42.659 we are Midwesterners. 0:04:42.699 --> 0:04:44.379 I'm a Midwesterner. They're Midwesterners. 0:04:44.419 --> 0:04:44.539 There. 0:04:44.539 --> 0:04:46.539 That's the highest compliment I can give you. You can't 0:04:46.619 --> 0:04:47.019 jinx it. 0:04:47.219 --> 0:04:49.699 So that thing that's the opposite of completing a pass 0:04:49.859 --> 0:04:52.339 but not incomplete anyways, that hasn't happened. It is the 0:04:52.379 --> 0:04:54.779 longest current streak in football. It is the longest streak 0:04:54.979 --> 0:04:56.459 in Bill's history. 0:04:56.739 --> 0:04:57.379 That has been a. 0:04:57.419 --> 0:04:59.899 Huge reason why this team is so great. And the 0:04:59.979 --> 0:05:02.859 quick passes that is where they've really gotten things going, 0:05:02.939 --> 0:05:05.419 especially on first and second day. That's going to continue 0:05:05.419 --> 0:05:07.659 because that is a one way to really target the 0:05:07.699 --> 0:05:08.459 Seattle defense. 0:05:08.499 --> 0:05:10.859 Yeah, you don't want to do that thing that hasn't happened. 0:05:11.259 --> 0:05:12.539 To quote my dad, that thing. 0:05:12.699 --> 0:05:14.539 There's three things that can happen when you throw the ball, 0:05:14.619 --> 0:05:16.339 and two of them are bad, and one of those 0:05:16.579 --> 0:05:18.699 is the thing that Cynthia is talking about that. 0:05:18.659 --> 0:05:19.379 We're not talking about. 0:05:19.419 --> 0:05:21.379 I also have a close Bills win twenty six to 0:05:21.379 --> 0:05:24.299 twenty five because of Josh Allen. The Falcons offense was 0:05:24.299 --> 0:05:26.099 an issue for the Seahawks in the run game, but 0:05:26.179 --> 0:05:28.619 in the passing game they were kind of limited because 0:05:28.699 --> 0:05:31.459 Kirk Cousins isn't necessarily the most mobile. 0:05:31.499 --> 0:05:33.539 So you go from defending Kirk Cousins to. 0:05:33.539 --> 0:05:36.099 Having to deal with this guy out on the edge 0:05:36.419 --> 0:05:40.139 where he's number two in the league in passing yardage 0:05:40.179 --> 0:05:42.579 on the run that's running at over eight miles an 0:05:42.579 --> 0:05:44.219 hour and throwing the ball. He's also in the top 0:05:44.259 --> 0:05:46.779 ten in terms of scramble yards. I think that's tougher 0:05:47.139 --> 0:05:49.099 for Seattle. So I've got a Bills win here. 0:05:49.139 --> 0:05:53.019 Great, man, this is messed up because the Seahawks were 0:05:53.059 --> 0:05:54.259 three point underdogs last week. 0:05:54.299 --> 0:05:54.979 I picked them. I got it. 0:05:55.059 --> 0:05:56.539 I know that's how you got up on them. 0:05:56.539 --> 0:05:58.979 I just figured one of you guys would take him. Here, 0:05:59.339 --> 0:06:01.779 we have the same type of score, thread in the needle, 0:06:01.859 --> 0:06:04.379 A close Bills win twenty nine to twenty seven. Yeah, 0:06:04.379 --> 0:06:06.859 because it's like, kill your darlings. I love both these teams. 0:06:06.859 --> 0:06:08.659 I picked the Bills to win the super Bowl this year. 0:06:08.739 --> 0:06:10.539 It's partly because of the pass rush. So let's look 0:06:10.539 --> 0:06:13.939 at what Greg Russo and Ed Oliver and this whole 0:06:13.979 --> 0:06:16.539 group as a team is doing. They have a team passer. 0:06:16.579 --> 0:06:18.179 What we all have two point scores. 0:06:18.339 --> 0:06:20.779 I just thought that you were gonna like third person. 0:06:21.219 --> 0:06:24.139 Let's look at what Greg has said about Yeah, I'm not. 0:06:24.819 --> 0:06:27.819 If I win the picks competition for a third straight year, 0:06:27.859 --> 0:06:29.659 I might start going third person all the time. 0:06:29.699 --> 0:06:30.579 But for now, I want to talk. 0:06:30.499 --> 0:06:33.459 About this defense because I do think against the Seattle 0:06:33.499 --> 0:06:35.539 offensive line, that's the difference. It shows that we don't 0:06:35.579 --> 0:06:38.779 feel that strong because we have the Seahawks covering all 0:06:38.819 --> 0:06:40.859 three of us the three point spread, and yet we 0:06:41.299 --> 0:06:42.139 don't have them winning. 0:06:43.099 --> 0:06:46.419 I think the biggest factor there is DK Metcalf's health, 0:06:46.419 --> 0:06:48.059 and yes, and if that was the other way, I 0:06:48.059 --> 0:06:51.059 would have been comfortable same picking the Seattle Seahawks instead 0:06:51.339 --> 0:06:53.059 Seattle Meme Away. 0:06:53.459 --> 0:06:56.019 Moving to the Eagles, they've been able to win two straight. 0:06:56.139 --> 0:06:59.859 Last week, Sinquan got some sweet revenge against his old team. 0:07:00.779 --> 0:07:03.139 He's done it again. The Eagles and Bengals. 0:07:03.139 --> 0:07:06.259 Once upon a time long ago, Burrow and LSU bested 0:07:06.339 --> 0:07:09.339 Hurts and Oklahoma in the Peach Bowl. They haven't met 0:07:09.859 --> 0:07:12.659 in the professional ranks yet, so this is their first 0:07:12.659 --> 0:07:13.059 time since. 0:07:13.099 --> 0:07:15.179 He's won three of their last four games. Who's winning 0:07:15.259 --> 0:07:15.659 this one. 0:07:15.619 --> 0:07:17.659 Cynthia, You know, I was a little surprised when I 0:07:17.659 --> 0:07:19.499 saw the outcome of my model in this one. But 0:07:19.539 --> 0:07:22.099 I have the Eagles just the one point win, twenty 0:07:22.139 --> 0:07:24.219 four to twenty three, in part. 0:07:24.019 --> 0:07:25.939 Because of that guy who we just saw. Do I 0:07:25.939 --> 0:07:27.339 think it's going to be one hundred and seventy six 0:07:27.459 --> 0:07:30.099 yards and a bajillion touchdowns in this game? I mean, 0:07:30.139 --> 0:07:31.179 it could very well be. 0:07:31.539 --> 0:07:34.299 However, I think it's more about the consistency on early 0:07:34.379 --> 0:07:37.299 downs so that Jalen Hurts has a chance to really 0:07:37.339 --> 0:07:38.979 do the thing that he does best, which is figure 0:07:39.019 --> 0:07:41.379 out all the different pass catching options that he has 0:07:41.459 --> 0:07:42.459 on every single down. 0:07:42.539 --> 0:07:44.339 I know that Trey Hendrickson is there. I know there 0:07:44.339 --> 0:07:46.219 are some o line questions in terms of health. 0:07:46.339 --> 0:07:49.099 However, Saquon running to the other side gives a lot 0:07:49.099 --> 0:07:51.899 of help to Jalen Hurts and the offense. So for me, 0:07:51.979 --> 0:07:53.659 it's the run game, in the stability in the run 0:07:53.699 --> 0:07:56.059 game that tips the scales in the favor of the Eagles. 0:07:56.219 --> 0:07:59.019 And we have a similar difference in terms of one 0:07:59.059 --> 0:08:02.339 point and a similar win in the Philadelphia Eagles. And 0:08:02.379 --> 0:08:05.539 it's side a similar reason because the Bengals run defense, 0:08:05.699 --> 0:08:08.299 while it has improved over the last few weeks, during 0:08:08.339 --> 0:08:10.939 this run not enough. I got the Eagles twenty one 0:08:10.939 --> 0:08:13.059 to twenty because I went to see just how much 0:08:13.099 --> 0:08:17.139 the Bengals run defense had improved over the past few weeks, considering. 0:08:16.779 --> 0:08:18.379 The fact that Saquan is coming to town. 0:08:18.579 --> 0:08:21.099 So weeks one through four they were dead last in 0:08:21.179 --> 0:08:24.339 rush defense success rate, and since then they've climbed all 0:08:24.379 --> 0:08:26.019 the way up to still being in the bottom ten. 0:08:26.099 --> 0:08:27.699 They've gone from the opponent being. 0:08:27.619 --> 0:08:30.459 Successful forty nine percent of the time to forty six 0:08:30.539 --> 0:08:32.539 percent of the time. I don't think that's enough against 0:08:32.539 --> 0:08:33.299 Saquon and company. 0:08:33.299 --> 0:08:38.739 Correct, I love me some home favorite, Just Greg, let's go. 0:08:39.219 --> 0:08:40.979 It has been a couple weeks actually since I had 0:08:40.979 --> 0:08:42.819 to do it, Just Greg, But I have the Bengals 0:08:42.819 --> 0:08:45.499 winning this game. I have them covering this game twenty 0:08:45.539 --> 0:08:48.699 four to twenty. I'm not feeling comfortable about Jalen Hurts 0:08:48.699 --> 0:08:51.099 in this Eagles offense right now because Jalen Hurts isn't 0:08:51.099 --> 0:08:54.219 feeling comfortable. I know they won twenty eight to three, 0:08:54.499 --> 0:08:57.899 but Fred Johnson, who's out there playing left tackle, is 0:08:58.019 --> 0:09:01.139 not starter level at the NFL level. This is a 0:09:01.139 --> 0:09:03.859 good Bengals pass rush. Even when Jalen Hurts has been 0:09:03.859 --> 0:09:07.019 protect lately. He's just kind of sitting there and waiting 0:09:07.059 --> 0:09:09.179 and you said, like trying to make a decision, and 0:09:09.219 --> 0:09:11.139 then he throws it to AJ Brown and that works 0:09:11.139 --> 0:09:11.619 pretty well. 0:09:11.659 --> 0:09:13.179 AJ Brown is just amazing. 0:09:13.499 --> 0:09:16.099 But I look at these two teams and I thought 0:09:16.739 --> 0:09:18.419 the pointspread was going to be higher in this game 0:09:18.419 --> 0:09:20.179 because I just think the Bengals are a better team 0:09:20.259 --> 0:09:22.459 right now than the Philadelphia Eagles, So I like them 0:09:22.459 --> 0:09:24.939 to win and maybe even buy more than four points. 0:09:24.939 --> 0:09:26.699 We'll see. All right, let's go from there. 0:09:26.859 --> 0:09:30.099 This guy or that guy Cynthia, which star more likely 0:09:30.139 --> 0:09:32.699 to have over seventy four receiving yards in this game? 0:09:32.779 --> 0:09:34.739 Is it aj Brown or is it Jamar Chase? 0:09:34.859 --> 0:09:37.579 It's both, but of the two, I think that Jamar 0:09:37.699 --> 0:09:41.019 Chase has more yards in general. While I'm looking at 0:09:41.019 --> 0:09:43.979 this opportunity here against the defense, and yes the Eagles 0:09:44.099 --> 0:09:47.499 they have upticked that sack number big time, I still 0:09:47.579 --> 0:09:50.059 think that this is Jamar Chase's yack. I mean, he 0:09:50.139 --> 0:09:52.219 said it himself this week. He's like, you know, he's 0:09:52.259 --> 0:09:54.499 gonna let let all of his performance do the talking 0:09:54.499 --> 0:09:56.099 for him for how valuable he is. 0:09:56.219 --> 0:09:57.779 Right, he answered it. You should google it. 0:09:57.779 --> 0:10:00.259 It's very funny, meaning pay the man, which is what 0:10:00.299 --> 0:10:03.059 they absolutely should and will do. But in this case, 0:10:03.099 --> 0:10:04.819 I think it's going to be around night yards. So 0:10:04.859 --> 0:10:06.579 I have a lot more than seventy four. 0:10:06.739 --> 0:10:08.939 Yeah, a lot of great receivers in this game. I 0:10:08.939 --> 0:10:10.139 think they should pay Jamar Chase. 0:10:10.139 --> 0:10:12.099 I think they should pay t Higgins because it's fun 0:10:12.219 --> 0:10:14.139 to see these guys on the field. At the same time, 0:10:14.299 --> 0:10:16.779 Bears are the commanders. Jayden Daniels has been dealing with 0:10:16.819 --> 0:10:19.259 a rib injury. If he can't go, Barcus Mariota gets 0:10:19.259 --> 0:10:22.299 the start. Who do you like in this potential battle 0:10:22.299 --> 0:10:22.859 of top picks? 0:10:22.899 --> 0:10:24.859 Grew Well, I like them both, but I like what 0:10:24.939 --> 0:10:28.699 Caleb Williams is doing with the up tempo Bears passing attack. 0:10:28.699 --> 0:10:30.779 I have the Bears winning this game twenty to seventeen. 0:10:30.979 --> 0:10:33.539 I'm operating under the assumption Jaden Daniels isn't playing. I 0:10:33.539 --> 0:10:35.499 would flip it if he is. But let's talk about 0:10:35.499 --> 0:10:38.059 that up tempo game. Caleb Williams in the last couple 0:10:38.059 --> 0:10:41.499 of weeks, including the game in London, was playing so 0:10:41.779 --> 0:10:44.499 fast and this is the part of the game where 0:10:44.579 --> 0:10:47.659 maybe a younger quarterback isn't having to think quite as much. 0:10:47.819 --> 0:10:50.939 You're dictating the matchups, and he's showing that he's very 0:10:50.979 --> 0:10:52.979 good at the line of scrimmage, being able to figure 0:10:52.979 --> 0:10:54.539 out and go fast, fast fast. 0:10:54.579 --> 0:10:57.139 Our friend Steve Weisch on the NFL. 0:10:56.859 --> 0:11:00.619 Daily podcast talk to someone within the organization and they said, 0:11:00.619 --> 0:11:02.339 it really took a few weeks to figure out what 0:11:02.419 --> 0:11:03.219 he likes to do. 0:11:03.299 --> 0:11:05.419 And Caleb Williams, he likes to go fast. 0:11:05.539 --> 0:11:07.499 We know he's accurate I mean, just look at that 0:11:07.579 --> 0:11:11.379 seamball there to Cole Comet, the weapons are all healthy 0:11:11.419 --> 0:11:13.419 coming off of a bye week, So yes, if there's 0:11:13.419 --> 0:11:16.299 no Jayden Daniels, I think it's a lower scoring game. 0:11:16.259 --> 0:11:18.339 And I like the Bears to win in that scenario. 0:11:18.659 --> 0:11:22.899 A similar situation where I agree, I appreciate Caleb's contributions. Again, 0:11:23.059 --> 0:11:27.179 a surgical magician literally doctor strange in that capacity, I've 0:11:27.219 --> 0:11:30.019 got a Bears win as well by two points for me, 0:11:30.099 --> 0:11:32.979 mainly because of the Bears defense. I recognize Caleb's playing better, 0:11:33.299 --> 0:11:35.539 but considering what this defense has done, and I think 0:11:35.699 --> 0:11:38.019 they'll be even healthier after the buy. Now, there was 0:11:38.139 --> 0:11:42.379 Nojakwan Brisker, Kyler Gordon as of Thursday, but rotational guys 0:11:42.419 --> 0:11:45.659 like Jacob Martin and Zach Pickens full participants as well. 0:11:45.899 --> 0:11:50.019 The lowest opposing quarterback rating allowed in the league, whether 0:11:50.019 --> 0:11:52.699 it's Marcus or Jayden. I think the Bears defense makes 0:11:52.739 --> 0:11:55.179 it tough and that gives me a confidence in a 0:11:55.219 --> 0:11:55.779 two point edge. 0:11:55.819 --> 0:11:59.699 Cynthia Well, I'd like to have a surgeon that's magical 0:11:59.739 --> 0:12:02.859 as opposed to a magician that's a surgeon. Anyway, either way, here, 0:12:02.899 --> 0:12:05.819 I'm taking Washington here twenty four to twenty three. I 0:12:05.859 --> 0:12:08.539 am operating under the assumption that we will see Jade 0:12:08.539 --> 0:12:11.539 and Daniels. I do believe that I understand that this 0:12:11.619 --> 0:12:13.699 is a rib injury, and I understand that's very painful. 0:12:13.739 --> 0:12:16.859 But I also know that he's got this one circled since, 0:12:16.899 --> 0:12:17.819 like last. 0:12:17.579 --> 0:12:19.299 You know, the very minute you. 0:12:19.259 --> 0:12:21.299 Walk down, like whenever we schedule released in. 0:12:21.259 --> 0:12:23.259 May, Revenge game not Revenge. 0:12:23.299 --> 0:12:24.379 But they doubted me. 0:12:24.659 --> 0:12:26.979 They doubted me. They thought I was number two. I 0:12:27.059 --> 0:12:29.059 thought all the world one. I felt, oh no. 0:12:29.139 --> 0:12:31.019 But I do think that this is an important one 0:12:31.019 --> 0:12:33.699 for him, probably emotionally. His coach has nothing but good 0:12:33.699 --> 0:12:35.379 things to say about him. When I'm looking at his 0:12:35.459 --> 0:12:38.059 ability to connect with Terry McLaurin specifically, I know you 0:12:38.099 --> 0:12:40.979 talked about how great those offensive backs are for the Bears, 0:12:41.099 --> 0:12:44.539 but you also talked about they're not practicing. They weren't 0:12:44.539 --> 0:12:46.899 practicing this week for Kyler or Gordon, for Jakwan Brisker. 0:12:46.979 --> 0:12:48.819 So Jalen Johnson is just one man. 0:12:49.179 --> 0:12:49.379 You know. 0:12:49.739 --> 0:12:52.259 He can't patrol the whole field. And I do understand that. 0:12:52.499 --> 0:12:54.259 You know, the other guys have been great and stepped 0:12:54.299 --> 0:12:56.539 up in replacement, but This is a prime number, baby, 0:12:56.779 --> 0:12:58.779 and probably won't be by the time it starts, because 0:12:58.779 --> 0:13:01.619 I imagine it's gonna change a Ruski it. But you know, 0:13:02.179 --> 0:13:04.379 I think it's Washington unfortunately for Bears. 0:13:04.459 --> 0:13:06.659 All right, congratulations to the commanders. You get the first 0:13:06.699 --> 0:13:09.099 prime number of the day. That's the Drive to Excellence 0:13:09.219 --> 0:13:12.699 presented by Mercedes, Bins and folks. You can upgrade your 0:13:12.739 --> 0:13:15.579 Sundays with NFL Plus Premium and watch live local and 0:13:15.619 --> 0:13:18.379 primetime games on mobile devices, plus NFL Red Zone game 0:13:18.419 --> 0:13:20.979 replays and more. You can sign up today at plus 0:13:20.979 --> 0:13:24.739 dot nfl dot com. Subscription is required for NFL Plus Premium. 0:13:24.819 --> 0:13:27.859 Terms and conditions apply. Colts and the Texans top two 0:13:27.859 --> 0:13:30.019 teams in the AFC South. When they met back in 0:13:30.099 --> 0:13:32.019 Week one. Houston won it by two, twenty nine to 0:13:32.059 --> 0:13:32.539 twenty seven. 0:13:32.579 --> 0:13:34.899 It feels like forever ago. What happens this. 0:13:34.859 --> 0:13:37.019 Time in Week A, Cynthia a Begger win for Houston 0:13:37.139 --> 0:13:39.619 is what I have forecast twenty six to nineteen in 0:13:39.699 --> 0:13:40.379 this matchup. 0:13:40.579 --> 0:13:42.579 I want to say something about how CJ. Stroud has 0:13:42.619 --> 0:13:43.059 been playing. 0:13:43.179 --> 0:13:46.019 I did a lot of homework on Stroud specifically, and 0:13:46.059 --> 0:13:48.099 he's kind of been like quarterbacking two point Oho. 0:13:48.099 --> 0:13:50.299 There's like three steps one. Step one, be really good. 0:13:50.379 --> 0:13:52.219 You don't necessarily need to be offensive rookie of the 0:13:52.299 --> 0:13:54.219 year good, but you do need to be really good. 0:13:54.379 --> 0:13:54.979 Step two. 0:13:55.259 --> 0:13:56.979 Then maybe what you're gonna do is you're gonna have 0:13:56.979 --> 0:14:00.699 defenses try to really have things that they do against you. 0:14:00.739 --> 0:14:03.299 Specifically, we saw it last week with the Packers. 0:14:03.299 --> 0:14:05.259 They didn't even blitz it, but they brought the heat 0:14:05.299 --> 0:14:07.699 with four or fewer pass rushers and that got to him. 0:14:07.699 --> 0:14:10.139 All right, now we learn something. Now it's c J. 0:14:10.219 --> 0:14:13.059 Stroud's turn to evolve into his next iteration of him. 0:14:13.219 --> 0:14:15.579 So all these bad things are seeing happen that is 0:14:15.619 --> 0:14:17.059 not gonna be the case in this matchup. 0:14:17.499 --> 0:14:20.019 I love that, and I love the Texans in general. 0:14:20.059 --> 0:14:22.019 I didn't like seeing all that negative c J. 0:14:22.139 --> 0:14:22.539 Stroud. 0:14:22.779 --> 0:14:25.299 You know tape, let's put something positive about the Texans. 0:14:25.299 --> 0:14:29.099 They win thirty three to nineteen, and it's partly because 0:14:29.139 --> 0:14:31.419 c J. Stroud's gonna hand the ball off to Joe 0:14:31.499 --> 0:14:33.659 Mixon and the offensive line that's so bad at pass 0:14:33.699 --> 0:14:35.859 protection doesn't have to worry about it as much. 0:14:35.979 --> 0:14:37.859 This is the biggest. 0:14:37.419 --> 0:14:42.459 Boom or bust offense, and especially boom or bust running. 0:14:42.139 --> 0:14:43.579 Game in the entire league. 0:14:43.659 --> 0:14:45.899 But when it's boom or bust, Patrick, what do you 0:14:45.939 --> 0:14:47.579 think happens against the Colts defense. 0:14:47.699 --> 0:14:49.739 Yeah, it's the boom, it's boom. 0:14:49.899 --> 0:14:51.459 I mean Joe Mixon. 0:14:51.539 --> 0:14:53.939 He can have one, one, negative one and then he'll 0:14:53.939 --> 0:14:56.299 have forty And I think that's what's gonna happen in 0:14:56.339 --> 0:14:56.739 this game. 0:14:56.779 --> 0:14:58.059 Three or four different times. 0:14:58.179 --> 0:15:00.739 They end up racking up big rushing yards with those 0:15:00.819 --> 0:15:03.539 quick hitting runs where it really gets up the seam 0:15:03.579 --> 0:15:05.339 and I'm going thirty three to seventeen. 0:15:05.379 --> 0:15:07.419 It's a get right game for the Texans offense. 0:15:07.499 --> 0:15:10.339 All it's unanimous. I've got the Houston Texans as well 0:15:10.619 --> 0:15:14.259 in this game. A bounce back game, not just for CJ. Stroud, 0:15:14.259 --> 0:15:16.339 who had eighty six yards passing, but for Tank Dell 0:15:16.539 --> 0:15:18.179 as well, because when I think about the Colts, I 0:15:18.259 --> 0:15:21.139 think about Gus Bradley's defense going out there and having 0:15:21.219 --> 0:15:25.179 a similar type scheme and plan week after week after week, 0:15:25.219 --> 0:15:27.619 and Cynthia outlined you got to be a little bit 0:15:27.659 --> 0:15:30.299 different to get c J. Stroud off the edge and 0:15:30.419 --> 0:15:32.579 back in week one, there was a lot of Tank 0:15:32.619 --> 0:15:34.979 Dell getting involved. He also had two carries in the 0:15:34.979 --> 0:15:37.499 game seven targets. I know it's been a slow start, 0:15:37.699 --> 0:15:40.379 but I think without Nico Collins, this is the game 0:15:40.899 --> 0:15:42.819 for TANKDLL to come out there and have a big 0:15:42.859 --> 0:15:44.619 game against a division rival. 0:15:44.699 --> 0:15:47.459 More to come here on game debut. Up next to another. 0:15:47.459 --> 0:15:49.739 Big matchup for the top spot in a vision going 0:15:49.779 --> 0:15:54.299 down in Tampa. Baker in the Bucks versus Kirko Chains again. 0:15:54.579 --> 0:15:56.939 They scored a billion points last time. Who's ready to 0:15:56.939 --> 0:16:05.939 claim the South? Our answer right after this, Oh, that 0:16:05.979 --> 0:16:07.579 was the most fun I've had on a Thursday night 0:16:07.659 --> 0:16:10.779 since Baker Mayfield's epic win across the street at so 0:16:10.899 --> 0:16:12.539 Far Stadium a couple of years ago. 0:16:12.939 --> 0:16:13.979 That was a walk off win. 0:16:14.179 --> 0:16:16.619