WEBVTT - 2020 Week 5 Preview 0:00:00.960 --> 0:00:08.560 Be Around the NFL Podcast needs to get a lawyer. 0:00:09.600 --> 0:00:12.600 Welcome to another edition of the Around the NFL Podcast. 0:00:12.680 --> 0:00:14.560 My name is Dan Hans is coming to you from 0:00:14.560 --> 0:00:20.200 a virtual room filled with some heroes. Mark Sessler, Greg Rosenthal. 0:00:20.280 --> 0:00:26.400 What is up, bullies? Ah, big week, big week in 0:00:26.480 --> 0:00:32.680 this great year? Oh why are you the way that 0:00:32.920 --> 0:00:37.680 you are? If you're you know, people are just listening 0:00:37.720 --> 0:00:40.960 to this through audio channels. But I just and we 0:00:41.120 --> 0:00:45.640 just watched Greg do something with his body. Um what 0:00:45.680 --> 0:00:47.279 was that? Greg? What were you doing there with your 0:00:47.320 --> 0:00:50.000 fists in your arms, just kind of moving them in 0:00:50.040 --> 0:00:56.640 an awkward way. I call that pure uncut sex. Yeah, 0:00:57.360 --> 0:01:00.840 whats It's one of the benefits of taping at home, 0:01:00.960 --> 0:01:03.440 Like we'll always look back at this year, Like remember 0:01:03.440 --> 0:01:05.520 that year they kept putting us on the network and 0:01:05.520 --> 0:01:08.559 we could just wear T shirts. Yeah, before they buried 0:01:08.640 --> 0:01:10.880 us when everyone went back to It's like when I 0:01:10.920 --> 0:01:13.320 got four arms like this, you know, you just want 0:01:13.319 --> 0:01:14.760 to show it off. You have to. You have to 0:01:14.840 --> 0:01:16.800 know it's demand and people are demanding it, so you do. 0:01:17.200 --> 0:01:19.160 It does remind me that there will be a time, 0:01:20.160 --> 0:01:22.520 hopefully not too far down the road, where we have 0:01:22.560 --> 0:01:25.720 a vaccine and and the government has stunned us all 0:01:25.720 --> 0:01:28.600 by rolling it out in a way that all of 0:01:28.640 --> 0:01:33.760 America benefits from it, and we move beyond this horrific plague. 0:01:34.520 --> 0:01:38.840 And then we get told maybe via email, maybe a 0:01:38.959 --> 0:01:43.759 secondary manager type, that we no longer have television programs, 0:01:44.000 --> 0:01:46.119 that we are no longer needed really on any level 0:01:46.200 --> 0:01:48.400 except for your cute little podcast. That time is coming. 0:01:48.440 --> 0:01:51.280 But I will take that trade off if it means 0:01:51.320 --> 0:01:55.400 that we don't have to wear masks outside anymore. You know, 0:01:55.520 --> 0:01:58.200 there's some good vaccine news coming up. People getting pretty 0:01:58.240 --> 0:02:01.480 optimistic about, you know, late into early spring that you 0:02:01.480 --> 0:02:03.680 know it could happen. So it's starting to have a 0:02:03.720 --> 0:02:09.160 little bit of alright. Week five. Week five in the NFL. Obviously, 0:02:09.160 --> 0:02:13.919 Week four was impacted by the coronavirus with a postponement, 0:02:14.600 --> 0:02:17.440 uh two post moments one game that got taken care 0:02:17.480 --> 0:02:21.639 of on Monday, and of course the Steelers and Titans, 0:02:21.680 --> 0:02:24.920 which was moved to the middle of the season. We're 0:02:24.960 --> 0:02:27.959 going to go through all the games that are going 0:02:28.000 --> 0:02:32.400 to be played Week five. We won't dig in obviously 0:02:32.560 --> 0:02:35.880 on the Bills and Titans, and that's for obvious reasons. 0:02:35.919 --> 0:02:37.600 At the time of this taping, there's just too much 0:02:38.200 --> 0:02:41.280 unknown out there, So what's the point of us pretending 0:02:41.280 --> 0:02:43.680 to games happening. We don't even know who's playing, who's available, 0:02:43.760 --> 0:02:46.440 if they're playing, so uh, don't get angry at us. 0:02:46.919 --> 0:02:50.800 Uh tytoons, excuse me, Titans fans, and I don't know. 0:02:50.840 --> 0:02:52.560 You might have a case there at this point, but 0:02:52.960 --> 0:02:55.560 what to bring it back? I mean, I like that 0:02:55.720 --> 0:02:58.480 about three cases right right? This is a this is 0:02:58.480 --> 0:03:01.120 a more clownish scenario that then, you know, dropping a 0:03:01.240 --> 0:03:03.840 week eight game to the Jaguars or something they've created 0:03:03.880 --> 0:03:07.240 total tumult. He said it. People, No, but I know 0:03:07.280 --> 0:03:09.160 what you're saying exactly anyway, So we're not gonna hit 0:03:09.200 --> 0:03:13.200 that game. But if it is indeed played, um, we 0:03:13.280 --> 0:03:15.400 will of course cover it on the Sunday night Flagship 0:03:15.440 --> 0:03:20.000 Show or hypothetically Monday night Tuesday Night. I don't know. 0:03:20.240 --> 0:03:23.120 It's all so crazy right now, but let's get into 0:03:23.160 --> 0:03:24.920 the rest of the game's folks, and we do it 0:03:25.040 --> 0:03:29.239 draft style, and Mark, uh, you just so happened to 0:03:29.280 --> 0:03:32.080 have the number one overall pick where you go, I'm 0:03:32.120 --> 0:03:36.040 gonna go pick the Indianapolis called traveling to Cleveland to 0:03:36.120 --> 0:03:39.000 face the three and one Browns, and I am trying 0:03:39.000 --> 0:03:42.240 to remember a preview show in our long history where 0:03:42.280 --> 0:03:44.760 we had the Browns as the number one pick, I 0:03:44.800 --> 0:03:47.480 mean without me pulling some sort of shenanigans. That's that's 0:03:47.480 --> 0:03:50.080 been improbable in our in the run of our show. 0:03:50.400 --> 0:03:52.360 So how did we get here? I would point to 0:03:52.400 --> 0:03:56.000 someone named Paul de Podesta, the chief strategy officer of 0:03:56.000 --> 0:03:59.360 the Browns, who a year ago before they you're gonna 0:03:59.400 --> 0:04:01.800 mention the vibriss that originated somewhere else in the world 0:04:01.840 --> 0:04:04.920 and came here. Well, that's a factor too. But de 0:04:05.040 --> 0:04:09.640 Podesta pushed to hire Kevin Stefanski before they hired Freddy Kitchens. 0:04:09.720 --> 0:04:12.280 He pushed to hire Andrew Berry. And for the first 0:04:12.280 --> 0:04:14.440 time ever, we have a head coach in a GM 0:04:14.480 --> 0:04:17.520 that are married together without a lot of infighting and politics. 0:04:17.800 --> 0:04:20.200 And it is showing in this in this team right now. 0:04:20.480 --> 0:04:22.400 And they they asked a couple of the players, what 0:04:22.400 --> 0:04:26.359 do you think about Stefanski's play calling Darren Gutsy And 0:04:26.400 --> 0:04:29.360 we saw that against the Cowboys, a series of trick plays, 0:04:29.400 --> 0:04:31.640 the fifty yard run by Odell in a tough spot. 0:04:32.240 --> 0:04:34.240 I just think this is a different type of team 0:04:34.480 --> 0:04:36.880 than we've seen in Cleveland a really long time. And 0:04:37.000 --> 0:04:39.560 you know people can say, why doesn't Baker Mayfield, why 0:04:39.640 --> 0:04:41.320 is he throwing for three d yards a game? Well, 0:04:41.320 --> 0:04:43.320 you don't need him to right now. He has been 0:04:43.360 --> 0:04:46.440 tracked as the when you look at perfect ball location, 0:04:46.520 --> 0:04:49.640 PFF looks at this the number one quarterback right now. 0:04:49.880 --> 0:04:51.599 And I know that there are some plays that Baker 0:04:51.640 --> 0:04:53.960 Mayfield would want back, but he is working well in 0:04:53.960 --> 0:04:56.279 this system. The run game is on fire. You know 0:04:56.279 --> 0:04:58.440 there are concerns that Nick Chub is not part of that. 0:04:58.720 --> 0:05:00.840 But Greg, I know that you've and studying a little 0:05:00.839 --> 0:05:03.839 bit of de Ernest Johnson who stepped in for now Yeah, right, 0:05:03.880 --> 0:05:06.640 and Kareem Hunt and Ernest Johnson and the rest of 0:05:06.640 --> 0:05:08.839 that cast did not skip a beat. Now that was 0:05:08.880 --> 0:05:11.960 against the Dallas defense. Now you're playing a defense that 0:05:12.080 --> 0:05:14.040 is shut down the run and done a lot of 0:05:14.040 --> 0:05:16.279 other ian caused a lot of other problems for teams 0:05:16.279 --> 0:05:17.840 that they've faced so far. So this is a good 0:05:17.839 --> 0:05:19.919 test for the Browns. Did you? And that was a 0:05:19.960 --> 0:05:22.039 love fest? Mark? And I'm happy for you, Mark, because 0:05:22.080 --> 0:05:24.360 that is as about as positive as you've been on 0:05:24.440 --> 0:05:27.159 a Brown's monologue since I've known you. Did you say 0:05:27.200 --> 0:05:31.120 Baker Mayfield is the number one quarterback according to PF No, no, no, 0:05:31.160 --> 0:05:35.240 according to like perfect ball placement situations. It's a niche stat. 0:05:35.279 --> 0:05:37.640 But I'm gonna deep. I'm gonna dig deep for niche stats. 0:05:38.040 --> 0:05:41.279 Deep letter on Baker's case. Come on enough with that, 0:05:41.440 --> 0:05:44.440 because I think because I think, um, we're gonna see 0:05:44.600 --> 0:05:46.479 I don't think people are really saying, like, why isn't 0:05:46.480 --> 0:05:49.279 Baker Mayfield throwing for three hundred yards? I think it 0:05:49.320 --> 0:05:51.640 all makes sense the way their game plan is playing out. 0:05:51.680 --> 0:05:54.120 But now Nick Chubb is on I R. So that 0:05:54.160 --> 0:05:56.640 does change a lot, and it does put more pressure 0:05:56.640 --> 0:05:59.479 on Baker. For example, hit that throw down the left 0:05:59.480 --> 0:06:03.039 sideline when Baker Mayfield or when Odell bails him out 0:06:03.640 --> 0:06:06.599 in the end of the Cowboys game. You're gonna need 0:06:06.920 --> 0:06:11.200 Baker to play at a higher level than he has. Well. 0:06:11.240 --> 0:06:13.960 They had about seven points when Nick Chubb left against 0:06:13.960 --> 0:06:15.719 the Cowboys, and they put up forty two in the 0:06:15.720 --> 0:06:17.800 final three quarters. I don't know where they find these guys. 0:06:17.800 --> 0:06:21.480 De Ernest Johnson just mowing over people, reminding Mark Sessler 0:06:21.600 --> 0:06:24.080 of of a young Kevin Mack. But you're not gonna 0:06:24.160 --> 0:06:27.159 do it this week against DeForrest Buckner. I mean, it'll 0:06:27.200 --> 0:06:30.479 be tough for you. Gotta try to run against this 0:06:30.560 --> 0:06:32.680 Colts team, and we don't know if Darius Leonard is 0:06:32.680 --> 0:06:34.880 gonna be out there, which to me is a huge factor. 0:06:35.120 --> 0:06:38.119 I thought when you said Mark though one guy changed 0:06:38.160 --> 0:06:39.960 at all, I thought you were gonna say Bill Callahan 0:06:40.120 --> 0:06:44.400 their offensive line. To me, he's the key, He's the key. 0:06:44.440 --> 0:06:47.120 There's suddenly the best offensive line in the league. These 0:06:47.160 --> 0:06:49.960 teams are bizarre there three and one, and with their 0:06:50.040 --> 0:06:54.039 quarterbacks not doing much. I mean Baker Mayfield's yards per attempt, Yeah, 0:06:54.040 --> 0:06:56.120 he's he's been accurate, he's been fine. It's still near 0:06:56.120 --> 0:06:58.120 the bottom of the league. And Philip Rivers, to me, 0:06:58.160 --> 0:07:00.719 has not particularly played well. If feel like I'm in 0:07:00.760 --> 0:07:04.520 bizarro land. I'm always defending Philip Rivers and his team 0:07:04.600 --> 0:07:07.359 is letting him down. And now I'm saying, I don't know, 0:07:07.560 --> 0:07:10.320 like he is being very careful with this throws, and 0:07:10.400 --> 0:07:13.120 yet he's still had plenty of turnover worthy plays. He's 0:07:13.160 --> 0:07:15.160 missed a lot of throws. There's not a lot of 0:07:15.240 --> 0:07:19.160 juice around him. Only Lamar Jackson and Kirk Cousins have 0:07:19.280 --> 0:07:22.960 thrown the ball less than these two quarterbacks Baker in 0:07:23.040 --> 0:07:25.880 Philip Rivers out of guys who have started four games. 0:07:25.920 --> 0:07:29.280 So it's bizarre. In in an offensive league, I sort 0:07:29.320 --> 0:07:31.400 of trust the Browns a little more because they seem 0:07:31.560 --> 0:07:34.520 more like the offensive team here. Mark Cesslo, you should 0:07:34.560 --> 0:07:36.880 lock up your Browns if you really believe in him. 0:07:37.080 --> 0:07:39.800 Well you know, I I've learned to touch the Browns 0:07:39.800 --> 0:07:42.840 in our lock exercise. But Greg, I'm with you because 0:07:42.840 --> 0:07:45.360 I don't think Cleveland is playing around Baker Mayfield. But 0:07:45.400 --> 0:07:47.880 when you watch this Cults team, you kind of get 0:07:47.920 --> 0:07:50.360 the sense that they're trying to ask Philip Rivers to 0:07:50.400 --> 0:07:52.640 do as little as possible, and I don't know if 0:07:52.680 --> 0:07:54.640 they have the offense to carry them that way. I mean, 0:07:54.920 --> 0:07:56.720 what is going on with t Y Hilton? When is 0:07:56.760 --> 0:07:59.400 he Is he deciding just to take the early autumn 0:07:59.440 --> 0:08:02.840 off when he be reignited into this attack? Not impressed 0:08:02.840 --> 0:08:05.679 so far with t Y Hilton. I think the Colts 0:08:05.880 --> 0:08:08.000 part of it has been the schedule and they haven't 0:08:08.200 --> 0:08:10.960 needed to ask Phil Rivers to carry them in a game. 0:08:11.000 --> 0:08:13.440 It could happen here because the Browns have been putting 0:08:13.480 --> 0:08:15.760 up points and I think will continue to happen. It 0:08:15.760 --> 0:08:19.200 did show me something with the Indie defense last week 0:08:19.560 --> 0:08:22.840 playing without Darius Leonard to shut down. Listen, the Bears 0:08:22.840 --> 0:08:26.280 are not very good on offense, but still to hold 0:08:26.320 --> 0:08:28.960 that team to three points late in the fourth quarter 0:08:29.240 --> 0:08:31.560 that they have more depth than they can keep it going. 0:08:31.600 --> 0:08:34.760 And I think, uh, this will be a real test 0:08:34.840 --> 0:08:37.920 for both teams. I think this is a good number 0:08:37.920 --> 0:08:40.880 one overall pick, mark, and it is a great sign 0:08:40.920 --> 0:08:43.040 for your Cleveland Browns that they are in the top 0:08:43.080 --> 0:08:45.240 of the show. Now, let's see what they can do 0:08:45.280 --> 0:08:48.840 with that. That and that's a great responsibility mark your 0:08:48.880 --> 0:08:51.400 Browns right now at the top of this show. It is. 0:08:51.520 --> 0:08:54.359 I mean, I don't know if I'm shouldering the responsibility. 0:08:54.400 --> 0:08:57.080 My job is to sit there and watch them and 0:08:57.120 --> 0:08:59.160 see how they perform. But I mean, they nearly gave 0:08:59.200 --> 0:09:00.960 me a heart attack at the end of the Cowboys games. 0:09:00.960 --> 0:09:03.280 So can we make these a little less dramatic? Possibly? 0:09:03.720 --> 0:09:06.120 All right, we'll see how it plays out. All right, 0:09:06.240 --> 0:09:09.280 I am up. It is a bit of a weird 0:09:09.480 --> 0:09:12.160 slate this week. Um, So it wasn't a game that 0:09:12.240 --> 0:09:14.760 jumped right out at me. So I will go with 0:09:14.960 --> 0:09:19.520 the Las Vegas Raiders traveling to Arrowhead to face the Chiefs, 0:09:19.880 --> 0:09:23.320 um and I thought the Chiefs performance on Monday night 0:09:23.400 --> 0:09:27.880 was interesting. They won because their defense showed it can 0:09:27.920 --> 0:09:31.439 still deliver a big performance even when it's shorthanded. You're 0:09:31.440 --> 0:09:34.719 missing Chris Jones, who is there, you know, best playmaker 0:09:35.000 --> 0:09:38.239 on the defensive line, and they still force four turnovers, 0:09:38.600 --> 0:09:41.640 uh and hold the opposition to ten points. Now that 0:09:41.760 --> 0:09:43.960 opposition is this game playoff the same way with Cam 0:09:43.960 --> 0:09:48.000 Newton behind center instead of Brian Hoyer and Jared Stidham. 0:09:48.120 --> 0:09:50.720 Probably not the same type of game, but I still 0:09:50.720 --> 0:09:52.880 think the outcome outcome would have been the same with 0:09:52.960 --> 0:09:55.640 Patrick Mahomes stepping in and making sure the Chiefs there 0:09:55.840 --> 0:09:58.760 win that game. So I think, on balance, even if 0:09:58.760 --> 0:10:00.120 you want to be like, oh, that was a bit 0:10:00.160 --> 0:10:02.280 of a bummer that the Chief's offense wasn't humming there 0:10:02.320 --> 0:10:05.360 in prime time, I think it was on balance a 0:10:05.440 --> 0:10:08.320 good sign for the Chiefs that they again showing that 0:10:08.360 --> 0:10:10.360 this is a well rounded team. It's just it's not 0:10:10.440 --> 0:10:13.480 just the Patrick Mahomes show. So I expect them to 0:10:13.520 --> 0:10:16.120 be in a really good spot here against the Raiders 0:10:16.160 --> 0:10:18.840 greg a Raiders team that showed for the second consecutive 0:10:18.880 --> 0:10:21.560 week that they can hang for a while with a 0:10:21.600 --> 0:10:23.920 team better than them, but they make too many mistakes 0:10:24.080 --> 0:10:27.720 to win these games outright, and they don't have a defense. 0:10:27.960 --> 0:10:31.040 I mean, this is the perfect recipe for the Chiefs 0:10:31.040 --> 0:10:33.200 to get right offensively. It feels weird that a four 0:10:33.320 --> 0:10:36.360 NO team who blasted the Ravens on Monday Night football 0:10:36.360 --> 0:10:38.079 needs to get right. But they are a little different. 0:10:38.120 --> 0:10:40.880 I mean, Mahomes is eighteenth and yards right now, like 0:10:40.960 --> 0:10:43.640 eighth and yards per a tempt that they're between six 0:10:43.760 --> 0:10:46.920 and eight. I mean, he's fine. I'm just saying they're 0:10:46.960 --> 0:10:49.600 not at the level that they were out a year ago. 0:10:50.200 --> 0:10:51.840 And he's playing well, and you know what gets you 0:10:51.880 --> 0:10:55.000 back to that level, a nice comfortable matchup versus this 0:10:55.120 --> 0:10:59.719 dreadful Raiders defense. I mean, they were thirty in the 0:10:59.760 --> 0:11:03.120 league last year in efficiency, thirty feet in the league 0:11:03.160 --> 0:11:06.280 this year. They don't do anything well. They missed tackles, 0:11:06.280 --> 0:11:08.640 they're not fundamental, they don't have much skills, they don't 0:11:08.640 --> 0:11:10.600 have a pass rush. The one thing I liked about 0:11:10.640 --> 0:11:13.720 them was in their secondary with Trayvon Mullen and our net, 0:11:13.760 --> 0:11:16.800 and now our net is hurt, and so this is perfect. 0:11:16.800 --> 0:11:19.559 Mahomes cooks the Chiefs. And I think John Gruden's head 0:11:19.600 --> 0:11:22.480 is about to explode because of this defense. He's never 0:11:22.520 --> 0:11:24.720 had a bad defense like this. He always had Monty 0:11:24.800 --> 0:11:27.600 Kiff and kind of propping him up in Tampa. Uh, 0:11:27.640 --> 0:11:29.880 this is a new experience, and you do wonder if 0:11:29.880 --> 0:11:33.319 he you know, I wouldn't be comfortable if I was employed, 0:11:33.640 --> 0:11:37.560 Uh in the you know, Raiders defensive coaching room right now. 0:11:38.559 --> 0:11:40.520 I think you're right, Gregg. And I mean I don't 0:11:40.520 --> 0:11:43.080 like to look at results from a year ago and 0:11:43.120 --> 0:11:46.679 beyond that, but there is something about this Chief's Raiders 0:11:46.800 --> 0:11:49.400 rivalry which is that it's not a rivalry and just 0:11:49.480 --> 0:11:52.360 hasn't been for so long. Derek Carr is Owen six 0:11:52.720 --> 0:11:56.040 in Kansas City, John Cruden is not beaten Mahomes and 0:11:56.080 --> 0:11:58.080 the Chiefs, and they haven't just simply lost. Look at 0:11:58.120 --> 0:12:01.040 some of the results. They have been sandblast by the Chiefs. 0:12:01.040 --> 0:12:03.720 So you know, we can talk about Kansas City site 0:12:04.040 --> 0:12:06.480 still finding its groove on offense, but their version of 0:12:06.520 --> 0:12:09.320 finding their groove is their four No, they're undefeated. They 0:12:09.360 --> 0:12:11.480 just hammered the Ravens a couple of weeks ago. I 0:12:11.480 --> 0:12:13.240 don't see a lot in their way this time. What 0:12:13.240 --> 0:12:15.160 I'd love to see is what happened to that Raiders 0:12:15.480 --> 0:12:18.720 offense from week one? What happened to Josh Jacobs. I mean, 0:12:18.960 --> 0:12:21.079 it's one of my favorite running backs. He's not been 0:12:21.080 --> 0:12:22.760 the same guy to ask a couple of weeks. I 0:12:22.800 --> 0:12:25.199 think he's playing fine, but he's not the central figure 0:12:25.240 --> 0:12:29.160 that he was right now. No, and you mentioned it, Dan, like, 0:12:29.240 --> 0:12:30.640 this is a team that if you want to be 0:12:30.679 --> 0:12:33.360 a frisky Raiders team, you have to be like the 0:12:33.360 --> 0:12:35.920 Patriots were a week ago. There they had an offensive 0:12:35.920 --> 0:12:39.080 penalty was their first all season. Okay, that's well coached 0:12:39.160 --> 0:12:42.080 right there. That's disciplined. The Raiders, to me, are a 0:12:42.120 --> 0:12:45.320 mistake prone outfit and you can't be that against Mahomes 0:12:45.360 --> 0:12:47.440 and the Chiefs. You're gonna get waxed. I thought it 0:12:47.480 --> 0:12:51.240 was a perfect kind of summation of where the Raiders are, 0:12:51.640 --> 0:12:54.040 which is a team that they're not a laughing stock 0:12:54.040 --> 0:12:56.880 by any stretch. But Darren Waller, their start tight end, 0:12:56.920 --> 0:12:59.280 gets the ball punched out of his hands by Josh Norman. 0:12:59.600 --> 0:13:03.480 The next play, uh, they go up top Uh Josh 0:13:03.520 --> 0:13:05.400 Allen and hits a fifty yard past the Digs to 0:13:05.440 --> 0:13:09.080 set up the game clinching touchdown breakdowns all over the place. 0:13:09.120 --> 0:13:11.280 So I the Raiders aren't there yet, and I do 0:13:11.480 --> 0:13:14.280 you You mentioned sand blasted mark, which is a wild 0:13:14.360 --> 0:13:16.400 way to explain it. So I'll go with like, I 0:13:16.440 --> 0:13:19.480 couldn't we lock games every week. I couldn't look in 0:13:19.480 --> 0:13:23.040 the mirror and and say, oh, I'm gonna lock up 0:13:23.040 --> 0:13:25.440 the Chiefs here, because this feels like the sand blaster 0:13:25.920 --> 0:13:28.080 event of the week where we could be, you know, 0:13:28.360 --> 0:13:31.520 a three touchdown difference. I don't like the Raiders chances 0:13:31.559 --> 0:13:33.600 of hanging in this game. Now you would, We would 0:13:33.640 --> 0:13:35.400 kick you off the show if you detended to lock 0:13:35.520 --> 0:13:37.720 up the Chiefs. It's just it's that's illegal, all right, 0:13:38.080 --> 0:13:41.000 show us something. They might get Trent Brown back though 0:13:41.080 --> 0:13:42.840 a big time right tackle, and they might get Henry 0:13:42.880 --> 0:13:45.600 Ruggs their first round draft pick on offense. So show 0:13:45.679 --> 0:13:48.000 us something and score some points. Right, that's another chef. See, 0:13:48.040 --> 0:13:50.480 we we challenge the Browns by making them first and say, 0:13:50.800 --> 0:13:52.520 you know, show us that you are worthy of that 0:13:52.640 --> 0:13:55.360 high placement of the show. Now, Raiders, we challenge you 0:13:55.440 --> 0:13:58.000 to make a competitive at Arrowhead. Greg you're up next 0:13:58.000 --> 0:14:01.240 in the draft. Uh, not their game. I'm gonna challenge 0:14:01.240 --> 0:14:04.640 a team. How about the Minnesota Vikings go to Seattle 0:14:04.760 --> 0:14:07.319 and put on a show for us on Sunday Night football. 0:14:07.360 --> 0:14:10.200 I think they can do it because the Vikings offense 0:14:10.240 --> 0:14:13.439 the last couple of weeks has taken major strides because 0:14:13.480 --> 0:14:16.760 of Justin Jefferson. He has played so well. I'm almost 0:14:16.800 --> 0:14:20.400 like afraid to talk about how well Justin Jefferson is playing. 0:14:20.440 --> 0:14:22.880 Like you watch those two games and you think, is 0:14:22.920 --> 0:14:26.120 he the number one receiver and Theland's number two? Like 0:14:26.200 --> 0:14:29.960 has he fully replaced Stefan Digs? Yet it sounds crazy 0:14:29.960 --> 0:14:31.880 because it's two games and you want to see more. 0:14:32.200 --> 0:14:34.680 But it's the way he's doing it, his yards after 0:14:34.760 --> 0:14:36.880 the catch, the way he gets the ball at the catchpoint. 0:14:36.920 --> 0:14:39.520 It's everything they were saying coming into the draft. It's 0:14:39.560 --> 0:14:42.440 everything that's making the Eagles fans crazy that they didn't 0:14:42.840 --> 0:14:45.560 wind up with this guy. And Dalvin Cook is running 0:14:45.560 --> 0:14:48.680 as hard as anyone. They're scoring over thirty points a game. 0:14:48.920 --> 0:14:51.960 Cousins is like in a totally different offense. They barely 0:14:52.040 --> 0:14:55.240 throw the ball, but no one throws it deeper more 0:14:55.360 --> 0:14:59.280 often than Kurt Kid because he Cousins, like what is happening. 0:14:59.320 --> 0:15:04.960 It's a totally different Vikings, right, I love I love 0:15:04.960 --> 0:15:07.880 a little kid, causey you know he this they should 0:15:07.880 --> 0:15:10.200 put up points everyone plays. You know what, I thought 0:15:10.200 --> 0:15:12.640 the same thing the past two weeks. The Vikings fixed 0:15:13.040 --> 0:15:16.840 themselves on offense, and I you know, there's too much 0:15:16.880 --> 0:15:19.040 talent there and you could get on Kirk Cousins for 0:15:19.120 --> 0:15:21.120 being flawed or a guy that can't get to the 0:15:21.120 --> 0:15:24.200 next level. But Kirk Cousins is gonna get you points 0:15:24.280 --> 0:15:26.720 and take you down the field for sixteen weeks of 0:15:26.760 --> 0:15:29.360 a regular season. So they've now fixed one side of 0:15:29.400 --> 0:15:30.920 the ball. Now they just gotta figure out how to 0:15:30.920 --> 0:15:33.120 make the defense competent and if they could do that, 0:15:33.480 --> 0:15:35.440 they will get back in the race. But I totally 0:15:35.520 --> 0:15:38.240 I'm with you that was on Justin Jefferson. That was 0:15:38.280 --> 0:15:40.920 a huge issue for them in the first three weeks 0:15:40.920 --> 0:15:42.920 of the season where they couldn't or the first two 0:15:42.960 --> 0:15:44.920 weeks of this season where it was clear that Cousins 0:15:44.960 --> 0:15:47.720 didn't know who to trust. Once the kid kid cause 0:15:47.760 --> 0:15:51.480 he showed that, uh, he could trust the rookie. Now 0:15:51.520 --> 0:15:53.840 that offense, the lids off the offense because you have 0:15:53.920 --> 0:15:57.760 two big time receivers and you know, quietly a top 0:15:57.800 --> 0:16:00.320 three running back in the whole league and Dalvin Cook. Yeah, 0:16:00.320 --> 0:16:01.840 they can be what they were last year. I mean 0:16:02.000 --> 0:16:04.840 it was the question of you you handed away Stefon Diggs. 0:16:05.440 --> 0:16:07.600 It wasn't. It wasn't you know, in any way of 0:16:07.600 --> 0:16:10.280 fleecing because you got picks back, and then this pick 0:16:10.320 --> 0:16:12.440 has worked out with Jefferson, So you can be what 0:16:12.480 --> 0:16:15.400 you were last year, especially when you have Dalvin Cook 0:16:15.520 --> 0:16:17.840 running for three d and forty five yards and three 0:16:17.880 --> 0:16:20.520 touchdowns over the last two weeks. I mean, this is 0:16:20.560 --> 0:16:23.400 an explosive offense when it wants to be, and you're 0:16:23.480 --> 0:16:27.120 you're facing a Seahawks pass rush that simply doesn't exist. 0:16:27.440 --> 0:16:30.040 I mean, it's a ghost pass rush. It's the worst 0:16:30.040 --> 0:16:32.480 in the league in many metrics. Jamal Adams is out 0:16:32.480 --> 0:16:35.680 of the mix. So this has potential shootout potential that 0:16:35.760 --> 0:16:37.440 the Vikings can be what they want to be. But 0:16:37.440 --> 0:16:39.960 I'm gonna tell you something right now. I just think 0:16:40.000 --> 0:16:42.600 Seattle is a special team right now. And you know, 0:16:42.720 --> 0:16:45.760 the desert does not provide a lot of comfortable locks 0:16:45.800 --> 0:16:47.840 this week for us. But I have no shame in 0:16:47.880 --> 0:16:51.240 picking the Seattle Seahawks to lock this game up, to 0:16:51.280 --> 0:16:55.880 win it and take the Vikings. I like it. I 0:16:55.920 --> 0:16:58.240 mean that you're right there were It's weirdly a week. 0:16:58.280 --> 0:17:00.320 There's a lot of mismatches, and I think think this 0:17:00.360 --> 0:17:03.120 game is dangerous for Seattle. I trust them ultimately because 0:17:03.120 --> 0:17:07.399 they're so aggressive offensively. The drive at the end of 0:17:07.400 --> 0:17:11.359 the first half against Miami was unbelievable. I'm not gonna 0:17:11.440 --> 0:17:13.560 I'm not gonna shame you know what I already can 0:17:13.560 --> 0:17:15.800 tell dan Is dan is getting I'm gonna be hearing 0:17:15.840 --> 0:17:18.800 about this from Damn right around our Sunday night show. 0:17:19.080 --> 0:17:22.560 I have no problems. I haven't said anything. Let it 0:17:22.600 --> 0:17:25.320 be staying. It's you, it's your tone, it's the way 0:17:25.359 --> 0:17:27.080 that you're not, you know, sort of shaking your head 0:17:27.080 --> 0:17:32.960 a little bit. The Viking. The Vikings defense is so bad. 0:17:33.280 --> 0:17:35.879 If you saw that drive that the Seahawks guys made 0:17:36.119 --> 0:17:37.959 at the end of that first half, they had twenty 0:17:38.000 --> 0:17:41.480 five seconds and they scored a touchdown against Miami. In 0:17:41.520 --> 0:17:43.880 the past, that would have been Brian Schottenheimer running into 0:17:43.920 --> 0:17:46.800 the line and running into halftime. Instead, they scored a 0:17:46.800 --> 0:17:50.159 touchdown in four plays like that is outrageous, and Minnesota's 0:17:50.200 --> 0:17:52.440 kind of showed nothing defensively where you actually think they'll 0:17:52.480 --> 0:17:54.760 get many stops. So you're right, Mark, this is a 0:17:54.760 --> 0:17:58.320 good pick. I feel good about Russell Wilson on pace 0:17:58.400 --> 0:18:01.160 for seventy five touchdowns at home against the worst past 0:18:01.200 --> 0:18:03.480 defense in the league, a team that's one and three. 0:18:03.240 --> 0:18:05.160 I feel like this is a good lock for you. 0:18:06.160 --> 0:18:08.520 Thank you. I well, you know your approval is something 0:18:08.520 --> 0:18:10.960 that I'm constantly seeking, So this this matters to me. 0:18:11.560 --> 0:18:15.639 Feeling good? All right, Greg, you're up next. That snakes 0:18:15.720 --> 0:18:20.160 to you, all right. Early games, I'm excited to see 0:18:20.400 --> 0:18:25.880 the first matchup of Lamar Jackson versus Joe Burrow Bengals Ravens. 0:18:25.960 --> 0:18:27.919 Isn't it fun that the Bengals are in games that 0:18:28.000 --> 0:18:30.879 we actually want to watch. I don't know if they 0:18:30.880 --> 0:18:32.840 can win this game, but I think they can slow 0:18:32.920 --> 0:18:36.080 down the Ravens. Like the Ravens are, it's tough to 0:18:36.119 --> 0:18:39.040 compare them to the two thousand nineteen Ravens, like that's 0:18:39.080 --> 0:18:42.400 unfair for any team, even Ravens. But they're not They're 0:18:42.400 --> 0:18:45.479 not the same. They're eleventh in efficiency right now. They 0:18:45.480 --> 0:18:48.119 don't have those long drives. I think the offensive line 0:18:48.200 --> 0:18:51.040 is not playing quite as well. They have the explosive place. 0:18:51.119 --> 0:18:53.080 I mean, you saw Lamar Jackson last week. He makes 0:18:53.080 --> 0:18:55.960 a couple of incredible throws and incredible runs and you 0:18:56.000 --> 0:18:58.800 don't worry about them that much against the Bengals defense 0:18:58.840 --> 0:19:01.880 that the numbers is a lot better this year. Um, 0:19:01.920 --> 0:19:04.280 but you think this is a game where they'll still 0:19:04.400 --> 0:19:07.960 do enough. But it's it's not the same feeling. And 0:19:08.000 --> 0:19:10.560 you do wonder if if it's familiar matchups, if it's 0:19:10.600 --> 0:19:14.480 tough defenses they're facing. But like that seven yard you 0:19:14.520 --> 0:19:16.880 know run that Lamar kind of does to the outside, 0:19:16.920 --> 0:19:19.359 that always felt like the easiest playing football, they're not 0:19:19.359 --> 0:19:21.400 getting that this year, and they're not getting the easy 0:19:21.480 --> 0:19:23.840 runs out of their running backs either. So now that 0:19:23.880 --> 0:19:26.359 they're heading into division play, I'm curious to see if 0:19:26.359 --> 0:19:28.960 this Bengals defense, which is played fairly well, can slow 0:19:29.000 --> 0:19:30.520 him down a little bit. I'm with you. I think 0:19:30.520 --> 0:19:32.960 it's an interesting matchup, and you're right, the Bengals are 0:19:33.920 --> 0:19:36.520