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NFL Week 3 Preview: Early Super Bowl Preview Between Detroit Lions, Baltimore Ravens? · Inside the Birds: A Philadelphia Eagles Podcast

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Speaker 1: Hello, Welcome to the Inside the Birds weekly NFL preview.
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I'm Jeff Mosher. Hope everybody is doing well as we
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enter week three of the NFL season. Sure, hope you're
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all doing better than NFL quarterbacks, because as we enter
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week three, I mean, this feels like mid October already
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with all the injuries at the quarterback position. Joe Burrow out,
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JJ McCarthy out, Justin Fields out, Jade Daniels out, Block
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Party out. I mean, what is that five six of
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the you know, NFL starting quarterbacks already on the shelf
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with injuries. It doesn't sound so bad for Daniels. You'll
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obviously get replaced by Mariota for the Commanders they're playing
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the Raiders. But Joe Burrow's loss is huge. I mean
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he's going to be out for the same three months.
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You know, maybe he comes back for the last few
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weeks of the season.
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Speaker 2: Now you have to have.
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Speaker 1: Jake Browning holding the fourth down for the Cincinnati Bengals,
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and this is you know, this is bad for obviously Burrow,
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He's hurt a lot. Bad for the Bengals. They had
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high expectations. They're off to a two and no start.
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Bad for the league. I think the Bengals are gonna
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be in primetime a couple of times and instead of
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getting these great matchups of Borrow. Who's a star. Burrow
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is a star. He's an undeniable, undoubt about, no doubt
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about its star. He's a guy that people like to watch.
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They like the way he plays the game. You know,
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winner back at LSU, went to a super Bowl early
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in his career. He's catchy and for a Bengals team
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that does have catchy names, but you know, it's a
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smaller market. The league likes having Joe Burrow out there
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in primetime, and now, unfortunately for the league, for the viewers,
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for the Bengals, especially for Joe, He's gonna be on
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the show for quite a bit and we'll have to
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see if the Bengals can survive without him. The Bengals,
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you know, they've been so deficient defensively for the last
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two years that they have needed Burrow to be a
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superman and throw the ball all over the place and
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score a lot of points. When they won all those
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games at the end of last year, they were outscoring teams.
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They weren't playing better defense, they were just winning the
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offensive battle. Week after a week, and you really got
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to have a special quarterback to be able to do that.
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Speaker 2: And we'll see.
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Speaker 1: I know Jake Browning has had some success, but I
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think Zach Taylor their head coach, so I think he
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is a pretty good head coach. I think he's gonna
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have to do things differently. Maybe rely on the ground
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game more, maybe move the chains differently, ball control, try
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to keep his defense off the field, but also move
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the ball and score points. So that'll be the challenge
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for the Bengals. No challenge right now for the Bills.
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They're three to zero. Granted they haven't really played other
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than that first game against the Ravens and they open
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up the season and.
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Speaker 2: Had the great comeback.
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Speaker 1: They had two gifts against the Jets and the Dolphins
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in back to back weeks. But you know, short week
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beat the Jets, Dolphins did make it close. I was
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expecting a Dolphins team after the first two weeks. You
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heard me talk about it last week. If the Dolphins,
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I felt, if they didn't show up this week, then
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then they're in trouble.
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Speaker 2: And they are in trouble. They lost.
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Speaker 1: They did show up, but they're owing three and it's
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gonna be pretty tough for them this year. Already off
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to an zero to three start. They are just painful
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to watch. I mean, their offense two years ago was
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really nice. I mean, you had Tyreek Hill playing a
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high level, Jillen Waddle playing at a high level. The
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rookie Davon a Chan came in gave him a nice
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little dimension. They were a fun offense to watch. They
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had a lot of injuries on defense, and then last
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year they had injuries everywhere offense, defense. Hill didn't have
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a good year, and already this year, you know, they
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score eight points in the opener, they get down twelve nothing.
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I thought last week in their Sunday game against the
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Patriots Week two, I thought that that South Florida heat
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against the New England team would give them an advantage.
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They were down twelve nothing. They had to come back
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from that, and then they blew it anyway and lost
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at home thirty three to twenty seven. Then they obviously
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have short rests. They give it their best against the Bills.
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Their best is not nearly good enough. Now they're o
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win three with a third stretch. You very rarely see
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this this early in the season, but they have the
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Jets next game. They got a long rest for it,
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but they're going from Patriots to Bills to Jets if
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they don't win that game, because they have the Jets Panthers.
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Speaker 2: All right.
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Speaker 1: If the Dolphins want to salvage their season at all,
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it's over the next four weeks Jets Panthers. Then they
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got to go play the Chargers, but at least it's
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at home and then Browns. Okay, if you can't go
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three and one in that stretch, and at that point,
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that would leave with three and four and at least
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in it and viable. It's not like they have a
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very tough schedule. They got some teams that are beatable.
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But you're owing three right now. You can't beat anybody.
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Your offense stinks, your offensive line stinks, your pastor stinks,
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your defense stinks. Okay, So, Mike McDaniel, I'm sure you've
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been warned. You got an impatient owner. He liked what
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he did two years ago. Last year stunk, and now
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you're off the ow and three start. Time to turn
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it around or else you're not gonna see week seven
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a week eight. I haven't checked any of the odds,
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but I'm sure the sports books that put out the
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the prop bets, and you know who's likeliest to be
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fired first. I would have to think Mike McDaniel is
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now the leader in that clubhouse to get fired first.
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But he has a chance to turn it around. We'll
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see what they can do. All right, Let's talk about
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the one o'clock games. You got Green Bay at Cleveland
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one o'clock. The Packers are seven and a half point
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favors on the road. The Packers look legit. I mean
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they look as good as you can look after two weeks.
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Speaker 2: This will be their.
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Speaker 1: First game away from Lambeau. Love is playing well now.
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They did lose Jaden Reid. He's gonna be out for
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a long time, probably the year. He had to have
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two different surgeries. But they've got Golden Craft is a
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little banged up. We'll see if he plays. If he plays,
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he is a huge dimension to their offense.
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Speaker 2: He reminds me a little bit of Dallas Goddard where.
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Speaker 1: He doesn't have consistently these big games, but when he does,
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they're so important. Plays off contact, well, he's a really
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good tight end and you know they run the ball,
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They spread the ball around. There are times where he is,
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like last week, their top target, and when he is
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their top target, he's tough to stop. He's a really
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really good tight end, and he just gives them just
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another extra dimension. I mean they that game was close
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for the Commanders in score twenty seven eighteen, but in
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reality they dominated that game. And Craft is a really
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good player. Six for one, four and a touchdown. And
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we'll just see how they make up for Jaden Reid.
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You know again, they spread it around. You got Dubbs,
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you got the other tight end, Musgrave. We'll see Matthew
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Golden hasn't really been involved in the offense yet. He's
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a rookie. Given time, I think it'll happen. And lucky
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for them, they get to play a Browns team that
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isn't very good, doesn't have much to look forward to.
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They just got stumped by the Ravens, as you would expect.
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I thought maybe they would you give them a game
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because it's an AFC South game. Gabriel did come in
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for a little bit there at the end, completed all
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three of his passes. Is it only a matter of
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time before Dylan Gabriel becomes the quarterback? Probably it is
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probably only a matter of time Quinn Schawn Judkins had
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a I guess his first game looked pretty good.
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Speaker 2: You only had ten carries.
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Speaker 1: I mean, the Browns offense right now is it is
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what it is. It's not great. Their OWD line is
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not great. They're getting some good production from some guys
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like Harrold Fannon Junior their tight end tight end. It
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means he'll probably wind up trading David and Joku at
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some point, especially as they continue to get out of it.
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But you know, the Browns are just not a team
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that you can count on for giving you any kind
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of consistency. So you gotta like green Bay going in
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even with the big number there at seven and a half.
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Colts at Titans, you know, I feel bad for the Titans.
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You know they're trying to they're playing better. Their schedule
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has done them no favors. They had to start the
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year against the Broncos in Denver, and then they had
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to go play a very good Rams team, and then
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the Eagles fans will get to see that Rams team
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up front. And now week three, you got to play
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an Indianapolis Colts team that is unexpectedly two to oh
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and really doing it with it behind Daniel Jones and
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the running game Daniel Jones is the story of the
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Colts because they've scored sixty two points in their first
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two weeks. You know, they really put a lot of
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points on Denver. Now, they won that game. Denver gave
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them that game. There was a stupid penalty on a
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really long kick that made it a much closer kick,
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but hey, they capitalized.
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Speaker 2: They won the game. They're two and zero.
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Speaker 1: They beat Miami pretty absolutely, sambag Miami and everybody thought, well,
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that's just Miami.
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Speaker 2: Well and you beat the Denver Broncos.
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Speaker 1: Okay, Well, now you go on the road and you
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play the Titans, and the Titans are improved. They're hanging
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in there, they're fighting, but I don't think that they're
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going to be right now. You know, they got some
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offensive line issues or left tackle has been hurt. Cam
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Ward does some nice things, but there's just no consistency
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right now. With Tennessee. They played decent defense. Okay defense,
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they give up thirty three to the Rams, only twenty
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to the Broncos. But this is their chance to sort
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of make their move. I guess that to show that
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they have growth. You have a Colts team coming in there.
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It's their first AFC Central game and let's see what
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they can do. But the Colts are on fire right now.
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It's all about not only Daniel Jones, but it's about
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their running game. Taylor has been fantastic through two weeks.
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Jones is doing a good job getting the ball to
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Tyler Warren. I know Warren will see how he is.
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He was dealing with a toe injury throughout the weeks.
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Those things can be nagging, they can be pesky. They
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can put guys out for a little bit. If it's
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turf tow. I don't know what it is, but tow
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injuries are kind of difficult. But you've seen Daniel Jones
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spread the ball uh to toh Pittman to Downs. He's
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doing a nice job. I mean this, Shane Styken is
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showing you that he is still a very good play caller.
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He can still call plays and when he has a
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quarterback who you can just execute the basics for him,
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which is what Daniel Jones is doing.
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Speaker 2: In a little more.
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Speaker 1: But really the point is that Stiken just needs somebody
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who can run the offense the right way. They can
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do some things and if they win this game, it's
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gonna be really big for the Colts. They'll be three
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and oh obviously, and they'll start to generate more buzz
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and then they'll have some some games coming up.
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Speaker 2: Then they got they'll have the Rams out after that.
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Speaker 1: But again after that, Raiders Cardinals, I mean, could they
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be five and one going into Week seven against the Chargers. Yeah,
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they could be if they continue this up, but we
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got to see them over a longer period of time.
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But right now, my takeaways are Daniel Jones playing well,
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Shane Steichen's offense though is what's really coming alive, and
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Jonathan Taylor within it is still an elite back in
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Speaker 1: All right, Well, now we got Bengals Vikings in Minnesota.
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The Vikings are actually favored to win the game, I
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guess because the Bengals lost Burrow and they're on Jake Browning.
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But it's not any better for the Vikings. The Vikings
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are not listen. The Vikings were struggling offensively anyway. Outside
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of one quarter of football, the Vikings have not played
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very good behind JJ McCarthy. And now they're turning the
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ball over to Carson Wentz, who sets some kind kind
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of crazy quarterback record for starting for a six different
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team in six years. You know he started. His last
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year was twenty twenty with the Eagles. Then he went
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to the Colts in twenty twenty one, had a better
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year than people want to acknowledge that year, but he
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collapsed at the end and the Colts didn't make the playoffs,
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and then we all know he went to Washington the
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next year, was not very good, got hurt, lost his job,
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and then for Carson wentz. From that point on, it's
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backup city and different stops along the way. I think
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his fourth year was after the Eagles, was the Rams
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he was there for under McVeigh, and then last year
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with the Kansas City Chiefs, and he made a one
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start with them in that meaningless season finale. And now
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he's with Kevin O'Connell in the Vikings. And O'Connell is
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known for being a guy who is a quarterback guru.
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You can't say it's not working with McCarthy. I mean,
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McCarthy was hurt all last year, so it's not like
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he had a whole lot of time to groom him
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up on the field. And then of course this year
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you only get OTAs and training camp and this injury
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happens early.
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Speaker 2: I'm I'm not gonna look at J. J.
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Speaker 1: McCarthy's early struggles and say O'Connell is no, is not
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the guru that we think he is. But I tell
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you this is somewhat of a red flag for me
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on Carson Wentz all right, the last two years I
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just said, he spent with La Rams under McVeigh and
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the Chiefs with Andy Reid. All Right, those are two
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excellent offensive line, two guys known for bringing out the
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best in quarterbacks, and neither team wanted him back as
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their backup. It's important to have a backup quarterback in
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this league. Why did the Commanders want Mariota back? Because
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he knows the system? He played well last year. You
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want a guy who's been in your system and knows
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your offense, right, especially when you're trying to compete. Why
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did the Eagles get rid of Kenny Pickett and promote
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Tanner McKee's business third year? They felt that he was
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ready to be a backup. He played well last year
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when he got in.
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Speaker 2: It's important you like teams.
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Speaker 1: Jake Browning, we'll see this with the Bengals. The Bengals
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are probably feeling a little bit more confident than ordinarily
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because Browning has played with them, has been with them.
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Speaker 2: This is I believe this is his.
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Speaker 1: Third year with them, even though he was a journeyman before.
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That has shown some decent things. I think he completed
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seventy percent of his passes two years ago when he
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had to play seven games. So it concerns me that
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two guys who had Carson Wentz in their system, who
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are known for being quarterback guruz, if you want to
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call it, that decided that they didn't want Carson Wentz
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to be their backup.
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Speaker 2: But we'll see.
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Speaker 1: He'll be in Minnesota. He'll have you listen. We know
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he likes to throw the deep ball. He's got, Jefferson got,
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Addison Hockinson is off to a kind of a rough start.
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The offensive line's beat up, though, And the one thing
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we know about Carson Wentz is if he's under siege,
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he's not going to get out of the pass rush anymore.
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It's gonna make some bad throw It's gonna make some
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rush throws. It'll be very interesting to see how Kevin
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o'c connell manages this game and if he tries to
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shift into a ground game. But guess what, Aaron Jones
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is out with an injury, Darris on the left tackle
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all beat up, So even if he wants to be
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able to be more of a run play action team,
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will he be able to do it. I guess, you know,
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against the Bengals defense, he'll probably have an easier time
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than as opposed to if he was playing maybe the
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Lions or the Packers defense. So I suspect that Connor
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will try to do that. It'll be Jordan Mason time.
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Of course, in Minnesota. He's they acquired him for a reason.
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They've been playing him a lot anyway, and now he's
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gonna get the majority of the carries.
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Speaker 2: And with the Bengals, you know, you just gotta see Burrows.
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I'm sorry.
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Speaker 1: Browning has plenty of weapons, he doesn't have the arm
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that Burrow has. He can make accurate passes. I think
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that Zach Taylor will try to do the same thing,
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maybe lean a little more on that run game with
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Chase Brown the short passing game, and then every once
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in a while try to open it up and hit
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Higgins or Chase downfield. The offense is gonna look different,
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there's no doubt about it. But it doesn't have to
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be worse per se. All Right, Steelers at New England.
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The Steelers are one and a half point favorites on
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the road, despite the fact that they have looked downright
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terrible defensively and not great offensively, but really especially their
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running game. I mean, they beat the Jets thirty four
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to thirty two. Aaron Rodgers look good everything. Hey, maybe
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the Steelers are flying high. Then they come home where
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they are a very tough team to beat and they
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just look terrible, losing thirty one seventeen to the Seahawks.
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And here's the thing about the Steelers right now. They
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have no run game. Their defense is allowed thirty points
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or more in the last two weeks, first two weeks
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of the season. When is the last time you talked
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about the Steelers and said their defense stinks and they
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have no run game. It's been a long time, So
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I don't know that you should give them the benefit
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of the doubt. I do think that they usually figure
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out ways. Mike Tomlin is good at figuring out ways
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to correct his issues fairly quickly, so I would expect
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that they'll go to New England. I'm not counting them out.
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New England is obviously not a great team in itself.
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Speaker 2: They're one and one.
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Speaker 1: Their only win came from the Dolphins and they almost
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blew that, so this will be an interesting game. But
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I'm just shocked at the Steelers not being a good
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defensive team and have no running game. I know that
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their running game when you look at the personnel isn't
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very good because you're seeing Jalen Warren and Kenneth Game Weell.
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They drafted the kid third round, Caleb Johnson. He's perfect
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for their scheme, but he's not getting on the field,
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so he's not doing something right for the coaches to
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believe he belongs on the field, and so that's forced
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them to be one dimensional offensively. And this is not
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the year of Aaron Rodgers where you want him throw
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the ball forty times a game.
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Speaker 2: You want to be able to run.
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Speaker 1: You want to limit how many times Aaron Rodgers has
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so you can still throw. He's fine in that regard,
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but you just you don't want him to throw forty
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times a game. You want to manage the game. They
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were just awful against Seattle and he threw the ball
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thirty three times two interceptions. That's too much at this
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stage of his career. As for the Patriots, you know
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they're not playing well, but I know that some of
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their Milton Williams played well for them. Eagles fans know
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all about how good. Milton Williams is he's playing well
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for them. They got to get figure it out. It's
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gonna take very ball a little bit because he has
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so many new players. Drake May is gonna be inconsistent.
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This will be a really nice win at home if
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the if the Patriots can pull this off Rams Eagles
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one o'clock at the link, we'll cover that on inside
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the Birds pregame show myself, Adam Kaplan, Greg Cosell will
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break it down. It's a really I think it's a
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great matchup two teams that have very good defenses. The
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Rams offense is playing better than the Eagles offense right now,
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but the Eagles keep winning. So and we all know
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what the Eagles running game did to the Rams rush
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defense last year twice. Sa Kwon Barkley still hunting Sean
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McVay and Krishule in their dreams.
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Speaker 2: I'm sure Jets at Bucks.
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Speaker 1: Now, this is a game that I mean, you got
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you got Fields not playing for the Jets. He's out,
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and so they got Tarrod Taylor. Who's listen. If you're
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gonna have a backup, let it be Torod Taylor. He
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can he can run your offense. He's fine, that's not
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the issue. The issue is that Justin Fields brings a
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running element and they're trying to play You would think
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a ground and pound game with Bryce Hall with Brayalen
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Allen with Fields running the ball, and it's a little
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different with Torod Taylor back there. But hey, Torod Taylor
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is respectable. And on the other side, you know, Baker
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Mayfield credited him. He hasn't had greats that like last year.
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But they are too and zero and they are about
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as beat up as beat up can be. I'm just
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surprised at all the injuries that we have seen. I mean,
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they started off with injuries because they didn't have worfs.
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They're left tackle. They have an Godwin yet, I mean
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those guys. They're waiting for those guys to come back.
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But now they have more offensive line injuries. I mean
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they're really banged up on the old line, and they
21:09
lost a defensive tackle, Elijah Canti, a really good player.
21:13
First round pick for them, or I think it was
21:14
a first round pick, yeah, a couple of years ago.
21:16
But hey, they've beaten the Falcons, they've beaten the Texans,
21:20
just barely. I mean, they are skating by they're averaging
21:22
like twenty one to twenty two points a game in
21:25
their first weeks, but they're only giving up about nineteen.
21:27
Speaker 2: And a half.
21:28
Speaker 1: So they've played really good defense and they should be
21:31
able to beat this Jets team at home, especially with
21:35
the Jets being undermanned.
21:37
Speaker 2: It'll it'll be. It won't be easy.
21:39
Speaker 1: Honestly, I don't think this is gonna I think because
21:41
of the injury situation and the Bucks not being a
21:44
full strength that they're gonna struggle a little bit to.
21:47
Speaker 2: Move the ball.
21:49
Speaker 1: But they should be all right. They should come out
21:51
with a win. And I told you in the Week
21:53
one show that they had a rookie that I really
21:56
liked who I thought would make an immediate impact, and
21:58
he already has with three touchdowns a Mecca Abuca has
22:01
been great. Obviously, they're running back from last year. He's
22:05
picked up where he left off so irving. So Mayfield
22:10
just has to keep studying the ship and weathering the
22:12
storm until his offensive line gets healthy. A one o'clock
22:17
game in Landover, Maryland, Washington, will host the Raiders for
22:22
the second time in three weeks. The Raiders have to
22:25
fly to the East Coast for a one o'clock game. Now,
22:30
I know you've heard me say that the statistics on
22:31
that aren't what they used to be. That West Coast
22:34
teams travel to the East Coast and win games much
22:37
more commonly than they did a long time ago when
22:40
for one o'clock games. But this is a little different.
22:42
This is two times in three weeks, I mean, and
22:46
with the Chargers at home sandwiched in between, and that
22:48
was a tough loss for them. They did beat the
22:50
Patriots twenty thirteen, and now they face a Commander's team
22:54
that's not gonna have jayde Daniels. It'll be Marcus Mariota.
22:58
And to me, the bigger law though for the Commanders
23:01
in the long haul, is losing Eckler when he went
23:04
down with the achilles, which you could see it immediately,
23:07
non contact injury, lost his footing, couldn't get up, had
23:10
to be helped off. You knew it was an achilles
23:12
right away, and I think it's fair to wonder if
23:14
he'll ever be able to play again. But with Tampa Bay,
23:19
I'm sorry, with the Commander's offense being what it is,
23:23
which I've said for a couple of weeks. Now, I
23:26
like this team, but they really lack explosive playmakers.
23:30
Speaker 2: All right, Is.
23:30
Speaker 1: Austin Eckler an explosive playmaker? No, but he's a running
23:33
back who can do multiple things. Can run the ball,
23:36
he can catch the ball, he's good in space, good hands,
23:39
he can pass.
23:40
Speaker 2: Pro let's pick up all that. That's a big loss
23:44
for them.
23:44
Speaker 1: I just think that they have to rely too much
23:47
on Jayden Daniels for offense.
23:49
Speaker 2: Mclaurin's good. I'm not saying anything about McLaurin. He's good.
23:52
Speaker 1: He's not justin Jefferson, here's a good player. Deebo's okay.
23:57
He adds dimension, but they don't have anything fearful now.
24:00
Speaker 2: In their run game. We'll see how they're rookie that
24:02
they really like.
24:03
Speaker 1: Bill Krossky Merritt comes along, he's gonna be a guy
24:07
that's gonna have to be play a bigger role. Maybe
24:10
they can get Debo and McLaurin the ball a little more,
24:13
you know, even though Mario is a quarterback today, I
24:15
just think that they're they're missing a little bit offensively,
24:19
but against this Vegas team that is just not you know, obviously,
24:23
Genti hasn't had the start that I think a lot
24:26
of people thought myself included, he would have. Gino can
24:29
be very good. Sometimes he can be okay. Other times
24:32
I like Gino, but he's working with limited options here.
24:37
And and the Raiders just have not yet found their stride,
24:41
you know, they were They were outclassed pretty pretty big
24:43
time against the Chargers, and now they gotta fly east again.
24:47
So the Commander's two and a half point favorites there,
24:50
all right, Atlanta at Carolina one o'clock at they Carolina.
24:55
Speaker 2: Is just a man. They are a mystery to me.
24:58
They do not look good. They are getting nothing, I
25:02
mean nothing.
25:03
Speaker 1: From their first round pick two years ago in Xavier
25:05
l Get I mean, he has just been a colossal disappointment.
25:09
They have some injuries up front. They lost their guard,
25:12
Robert Hunt, good player, Pro Bowl guard, I think.
25:14
Speaker 2: So.
25:14
Speaker 1: They already got injuries on the O line. They don't
25:17
have Bryce Young playing well. They don't have anybody offensively
25:20
that can do anything other than Teed Totora McMillan, who is.
25:24
Speaker 2: A volume receiver.
25:25
Speaker 1: And they're gonna give him eight nine ten balls a game,
25:27
and that's fine, he'll get his yards.
25:29
Speaker 2: But who else is giving you anything? Not no one?
25:33
Speaker 1: And so they to me, I don't care that they're home.
25:37
You know, Atlanta is five. Atlanta is five and a
25:40
half point favorites over the Falcon. I'm sorry over the Panthers,
25:45
and Atlanta is the road team and they're one and one,
25:48
and the only team Atlanta's beaten is Minnesota, who doesn't
25:51
look like a very good team. But I don't blame
25:54
the Alans makers. I think the Falcons will win this game.
25:58
Speaker 2: Probably pretty easily.
26:00
Speaker 1: And the Falcons got a pass rush last game, folks,
26:04
that was important. I think they had six sacks if
26:06
I'm not mistaken, which they didn't have any that I
26:09
can recall in the first game. But in the second game,
26:12
the defense got going. Tell you in the second how
26:15
many sacks?
26:16
Speaker 2: They had?
26:17
Speaker 1: One, two, three, four, five? Yeah, six sacks. So that's
26:21
a really big number for them. And that's the one
26:23
element to the Viking the Falcons defense that they have
26:26
been missing. If they can continue to get sacks and
26:29
if they can put pressure on on Bryce Young, which
26:34
they should be able to do, then they'll look good
26:36
and they'll win. Houston at Jacksonville another one o'clock game.
26:40
Jacksonville is one and a half point favorites. You know,
26:43
Houston's been a big disappointment for me. If you heard
26:46
me talk about them. I really love their defense, and
26:49
I just thought they would be better offensively. Now they've
26:52
got a lot of issues in their offensive line and
26:55
run game.
26:56
Speaker 2: Again.
26:56
Speaker 1: I just can't believe this early in the season how
27:00
much injuries are impacting a team. And the Texans had
27:03
to redesign their offensive line because they've had some injuries there.
27:07
It was already an offensive line they were trying to
27:10
remake from last year. They traded tunsl they drafted Ursery,
27:13
did a few.
27:14
Speaker 2: Things, you know.
27:14
Speaker 1: They brought Nick Chubb in to run the ball, mixing
27:17
it may not play again this year, so they had
27:19
to go get Chubb and they draft Woody Marks. I'm
27:21
sure they'll get him more involved. But their offense is
27:24
pathetic right now. The two receivers they drafted have not
27:27
been able to get involved. They scored twenty eight points.
27:30
Speaker 2: In two games.
27:31
Speaker 1: Granted they faced some good teams in the Rams and Bucks,
27:34
but if they don't get it going against this Jags
27:37
team that I don't think has been impressive at all
27:39
through two weeks, they're in trouble. You can't go lose
27:43
this game, fall to zero to three at lose to
27:46
Jacksonville and AFC Central Team fall behind.
27:50
Speaker 5: There.
27:50
Speaker 1: They are better than the Jaguars, but they're not playing
27:53
very good and neither of the Jaguars, although I'm sure
27:58
at one and one they feel good, but really feel
28:00
all right. They beat the Panthers, lost to the Bengals.
28:04
Their schedule is a little interesting because after the Texans
28:06
they get the Niners and the Chiefs and the Seahawks
28:08
and the Rams. So if the Niners the Jaguars want
28:11
to have a good year, they've got to win games
28:13
that are winnable. And right now Houston is vulnerable. But
28:16
Houston is the better team. The Jags offense not very good.
28:21
Speaker 2: I just think that.
28:23
Speaker 1: As down as I am right now on Houston, I
28:25
was high on them going into the year. I think
28:28
with offensive line, you need continuity. You got to get
28:31
your quarterback comfortable. I still think Stroud can fling it
28:34
as well as anybody in the league. Just got to
28:36
be protected. He and Nico finally connected last week. One
28:41
of these days they got a breakout game. Maybe it'll
28:43
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great slate at four o'clock games. You got the Broncos
31:24
at Chargers. That's a good one. We'll get into that
31:26
in a second. You know, Saint Set Seattle, Cowboys at
31:31
Bears not not necessarily exciting, Arizona at San Francisco, So
31:35
you got to call it an NFC West matchup in
31:37
that one, Broncos at Chargers. Chargers are playing really well
31:43
home two and a half point advantage. Denver's the head
31:46
scratcher so far. I mean, they did not look good
31:49
offensively at home in their opener against the Titans, and
31:54
then they did not look good defensively, and that's where
31:56
they make their money. They did not look good defensively
32:00
in their week two.
32:01
Speaker 2: Game against the Colts. They lost that.
32:05
Speaker 1: So now they go on the road to face a
32:06
Chargers team that's just playing really well. Obviously, justin Herbert
32:10
early on, playing very well. They beat the Raiders twenty
32:15
to nine. It was a pretty sound thumping. And you
32:18
look at the Chargers right now. If you can beat
32:21
the Broncos and go to three and oh, you get
32:23
the Giants after that Commanders, that'll be a little bit tough,
32:27
depending on Daniels's back or not, but that's at least
32:30
at home, and then the Dolphins, So could six and
32:34
oh be within the realm of possibility. And then week
32:37
seven is Colts. Then you get Vikings, Titans, Steelers, Jaguars
32:44
headed into the bye week. I don't like to look
32:46
ahead that much after two weeks, but if you're talking
32:49
about winnable games for the Chargers the way they're playing,
32:52
and assuming they take care of business against the Broncos
32:55
and go to three and oh, you got to like
32:57
how they would at least do against the Giants the Dolphins.
33:02
Who knows, we'll be quarterbacking the Vikings by then, But
33:05
it is in La. So Vikings, Titans, and Jaguar. That's
33:10
five of those seven games. You know, the Commanders are
33:13
still tough, and I still think the Steelers in general
33:15
are tough, but that game is in LA. But the
33:18
schedule looks really good here for the Chargers in the
33:21
second half. A little harder when they go Eagles, Chiefs, Cowboys, Texans, Broncos.
33:25
But you know they're gonna do what they do. They're
33:28
gonna run the ball, they're gonna play great defense. And
33:30
of Herbert, who has been banged up throughout his career.
33:34
You know, he dealt with Planter for schitis, He's dealt
33:36
with other leg injuries, He's dealt with a shoulder injury.
33:39
Speaker 2: He gets beat up.
33:40
Speaker 1: But right now he's healthy, he's playing well, he's driving
33:44
the ball. The biggest most interesting thing about the Chargers
33:48
right now is how much they're passing the ball. We
33:50
all know Hardball and Greg Roman love to run the ball.
33:54
They've drafted the rookie in the first round. Oh, maryon
33:56
Hampton's not off to the greatest start. I think that
33:58
will change. I do think they will run the ball.
34:01
But Harrball is in love with If you ever hear Jim.
34:04
Speaker 2: Harbaugh talk about Justin Herbert, he has like a man
34:07
crush on his quarterback. So it doesn't surprise me that
34:11
they've opened the offense up and they're letting Herbert throw
34:13
the ball around.
34:14
Speaker 1: I don't know if they have enough overall playmakers to
34:16
throw it as much as they have, but when Herbert's
34:19
playing this well, why not.
34:21
Speaker 2: And we'll see.
34:22
Speaker 1: We'll see against the Broncos defense that again didn't play
34:24
well last week, but they have got some great pass rushers.
34:27
Nick Benido is a fantastic, fantastic pass rusher. Saints at
34:35
Seattle Seattle seven and a half point favorite. Seattle shook
34:39
off a Week one loss and then came back and
34:42
beat the Steelers pretty good there, so I'm not quite
34:45
sure who they are.
34:47
Speaker 2: That was a rough Week one.
34:48
Speaker 1: Loss to the forty nine ers, they only scored thirteen points,
34:51
but then they erupt for thirty one against the Steelers.
34:54
They should beat the Saints. I mean, the Saints are
34:57
a weird, weird team zero and two. They are throwing
35:01
the ball everywhere. This is amazing to me. Spencer Rattler
35:06
already has eighty pass attempts in two games, so they
35:10
are clearly understanding of who they are.
35:12
Speaker 2: The Saints.
35:13
Speaker 1: They've got Rashi Yahid, they have Olave, they have Juwan Johnson.
35:18
Their offensive line is okay. It's hard for them to
35:20
run the ball the way they want to. With Alvin
35:24
Kamara because he's a little bit older, so, I mean,
35:26
he's much older now, so he probably can't handle the
35:30
workload that he used to be able to handle. And
35:33
you know, they're trying to figure out what they got
35:35
in Rattler and maybe they go to Tyler Shuck at
35:37
some point, but right now and then they're also behind.
35:40
They're not very good defensively, so they're gonna be behind
35:43
in games, although both of their games so far have
35:45
been pretty close. But Kamara has only carried the ball
35:48
thirty two times in two games. He's caught four pass
35:52
I'm sorry, he's caught eight passes, so averages four a game.
35:55
So he's touching the ball seventeen eighteen times a game.
35:59
But it's it's just the high vibe. This guy used
36:01
to get the ball. I mean in his heyday, you know,
36:03
he was good for fifteen to twenty carries, five to
36:07
eight catches. I mean, he was one of the premier
36:09
backs in the league. But what happens to those guys,
36:11
They get hurt a little bit and they wear it down,
36:14
so they have to go to Seattle. Seattle obviously bounce back.
36:18
Darnold's playing well. Jackson Smith and Jigba has really stepped up.
36:21
I mentioned in week my Week one show they have
36:23
a rookie that they really liked. I think they drafted
36:26
him in the fifth round. Last name is Horton, think
36:29
Tory Horton, and he kind of became that third receiver
36:34
for them because they don't have Tyler Lockett anymore. And
36:37
he caught a touchdown for them in I believe their
36:42
last game, and they're gradually easing him into the offense,
36:46
so he's going to be a guy to watch. He
36:49
had a twenty one yard catch. He's not a big
36:52
part of the offense. And their rookie tight end Elijah
36:54
Royal I thought would be a bigger part. He hasn't really.
36:58
He hasn't really stepped into it. Mostly Jackson Smith and Jigbo,
37:01
who's a really good wide receiver. Doesn't get into the
37:04
end zone a lot, but he catches a lot of passes.
37:07
Great in space, good against man, good against zone. He's
37:10
just a really complete receiver and.
37:12
Speaker 2: They're riding him right now.
37:14
Speaker 1: I feel like until they get somebody to step up
37:17
as a second or third weapon, there are probably gonna
37:19
be games where they struggle offensively and maybe they even
37:23
do against the Saints. Again, I'm surprised at how well
37:25
they were able to play against the Steelers.
37:28
Speaker 2: But there's something going on with the Steelers.
37:30
Speaker 1: But Seattle's got to feel pretty good about itself at
37:33
home against the Saints Dallas at Chicago.
37:38
Speaker 2: The Cowboys are road one and a half point favorites.
37:41
Speaker 1: All Right, I have to talk on this because I'm
37:45
already bothered by the Bears head coach Ben Johnson the
37:49
way he is talking in his press conference. All Right,
37:52
I mean they lose their first game to the Vikings
37:55
where they have the lead and then they blow it
37:57
in the fourth quarter. Okay, I mean, you're the Bears,
37:59
You're you're you've been bad for a long time. You're
38:02
trying to find some positives. They were playing well against
38:06
the Vikings, uh, and you know you're you're just trying
38:10
to build from that, and then then they go.
38:12
Speaker 2: And get their teeth kicked in by the Detroit Lions.
38:17
Speaker 1: And Ben Johnson this week says things like, we are
38:24
not practicing at a championship caliber level. Well, no freaking surprise,
38:32
the Bears aren't practicing at a championship level.
38:36
Speaker 2: Well, how do you expect a bunch of guys.
38:38
Speaker 1: You don't play in the championship to haven't had Super
38:42
Bowl experience, to just practice at a championship level?
38:45
Speaker 2: What does that even mean? That comment was so stupid
38:51
on so many levels.
38:52
Speaker 1: First of all, why are you rolling over the bus
38:55
on your team already two weeks in the seed ROWO?
38:57
And two you just got your rear end hand it
39:00
to you by the team you used to be the
39:02
offensive coordinator for the team that everybody thought you were
39:05
a genius for. They knew everything you were gonna do,
39:08
and they just rolled you. They rolled you like they
39:11
didn't even miss you. So I get it you your
39:14
butt hurt by that.
39:16
Speaker 2: I totally understand.
39:18
Speaker 1: But in this league, when you were a young first
39:21
year coach, you're not gonna help yourself by throwing your
39:25
team under the bus by saying they don't practice at
39:29
a championship level tone or pace.
39:32
Speaker 2: That they need to practice at.
39:34
Speaker 1: Well, guess what, not, only have they not won any championships,
39:38
neither of you, Ben Johnson, how do you know what
39:41
a championship level practice is? What championships? Have you coached
39:46
a team too that we all know about? That is
39:48
an asinine remark to make about a team that's been
39:52
bad for a long time and a coach who's got
39:55
two games under his belt criticizing them for not practicing
39:58
at a championship level. And I'll give you, I'll stick
40:01
this on to it. Whose fault is it that your
40:04
team doesn't practice at a championship level? Tell me that
40:07
who's fault. Did you just start practicing two weeks ago?
40:11
Or did you have the team since April? You've had
40:13
these guys in your facility earlier, because every OTA for
40:19
a rookie head coach or a first year head coach
40:20
starts a week earlier. All right, So you had these
40:23
guys earlier than most of the rest of the league.
40:26
You've had them since April. You've had an opportunity to
40:30
have OTAs a rookie camp, training camp practices now and
40:35
you're telling me they're not practicing at a championship level.
40:37
You've had them for April, May Drew and July five,
40:40
five six months now. Okay, So maybe you should take
40:44
a look in the mirror and ask yourself, why isn't
40:47
your team practicing better?
40:50
Speaker 2: All right?
40:50
Speaker 1: If you think it has nothing to do with you,
40:52
it's certain players get rid of the players bench players
40:55
play the players that you brought in, which apparently and
40:58
we'll see in this game. It sounds like, just from
41:02
some of the things I was reading, that they want
41:04
to get Luther Burden, their second round pick, more involved
41:07
in the offense. It may come at the expense of
41:10
Dj Moore. Dj Moore didn't have a good year last year,
41:14
and there were rumors that he might be out the door. Anyway,
41:17
he's not out the door yet, but he had five
41:20
for forty six against the Lions. I don't think he
41:24
did anything all that great in that first Bears game,
41:28
either three catches sixty eight yards. But if they want
41:31
to get Luthor Burden on the field, and he gonna
41:33
take Roma Dunsay off, he's got three touchdowns, alright, he's
41:36
been pretty good. Not gonna take the other kid that
41:38
you're the tight end they drafted off the field. Zakias
41:42
has played all right. So you want to take one
41:44
outside receiver or even slot guy off the field, It's
41:48
not gonna be a Douneesa, it's not gonna be Loveland.
41:51
It's gonna be more And so maybe there's a trade
41:54
of some sort that will eventually happen.
41:57
Speaker 2: If that's the case. I just listen.
41:59
Speaker 1: We all remember Nick Siriani getting his teeth kicked in
42:03
by the Kansas City Chiefs his first year. And the
42:05
week before that, I think they lost to the Niners,
42:08
and they did not play well offensively. In fact, I
42:11
think that's the game. They had a ninety one yard
42:13
pass from Hurts. I think the Quz Watkins inside the
42:18
five and didn't score, went fur on fourth down, didn't
42:20
even get it.
42:21
Speaker 2: They had problems.
42:23
Speaker 1: They had a lot of problems first year. And Nick
42:25
Sirianni did he roll the bus over his team.
42:28
Speaker 5: No.
42:28
Speaker 2: In fact, he looked at himself.
42:29
Speaker 1: In the mirror and he gave play calling over to
42:32
Shane Steichen and that made a big difference, right, And
42:35
then he gave the old impassioned Flower speech that he
42:38
got made fun of but wound up be true.
42:40
Speaker 2: The Flower speech being Hey, we're just we're like a flow.
42:43
We're gonna grow right.
42:45
Speaker 1: Well, this is the early stages, this is the growing pains.
42:48
We have not blossomed. We haven't come into our own.
42:51
He had his team's back, and all he was trying
42:53
to relay is let's get through the growing pains together.
42:56
Speaker 2: These are inevitable. They happened to everybody.
42:59
Speaker 1: But if we stay together and we play together, and
43:02
we trust each other and we become a family, we
43:05
can win.
43:06
Speaker 2: There's enough talent we can win.
43:08
Speaker 1: And they started to win, and they've won at a
43:10
higher rate than anybody under Nick Sirianni. You're two games in,
43:15
you're Ben Johnson, and you're saying your players don't practice
43:17
at a championship level. That is the most anti player.
43:22
That's the That's a great way to lose your locker
43:24
room really fast. And now I gotta wonder. I have
43:27
to wonder about Ben Johnson. You know, everybody thought it
43:29
was a little weird anyway, because he turned down a
43:32
bunch of jobs and he never went to to to
43:34
one of the jobs that I think it was a
43:36
commander's job he was supposed to interview for and then
43:38
just never went.
43:40
Speaker 2: You want, you know he was. He's kind of seen
43:42
his quirky.
43:42
Speaker 1: I really hope this is not an Adam Gays situation
43:46
all over again. I hope not, because I'm excited for
43:49
what Ben Johnson can do. Give him what he did
43:51
in Detroit. But man, did the Lions look like they
43:53
missed him by the way. I don't mean that from
43:56
an on field standpoint. I mean the handshake between him
43:59
and Dan Campbell of the game was first to say
44:02
the best or quick and I don't know. I mean,
44:06
how many people came out from Detroit and said, oh man,
44:08
we're gonna miss this guy.
44:10
Speaker 2: We love him, He's gonna be great. You just didn't
44:12
hear that.
44:13
Speaker 1: So it just makes me wonder about his personality and
44:16
how that's gonna go over in Chicago. And it's no
44:19
benefit to him that the Cowboys are coming in town
44:23
coming off that big win against the Giants and Dak
44:25
Prescott's playing really really good football. Chicago's beat up their cornerback,
44:30
Jon Johnson's bangs up, he's out. I'm again injuries. Injuries
44:33
are so much injuries early in the year, So Chicago
44:37
could be walking into a buzzsaw here and I would
44:40
watch out real quick if I was Ben Johnson. What
44:42
I'm saying, what I'm doing, how I'm treating my players,
44:46
that is just something you gotta watch out for. The
44:50
NFC West Game four twenty five, you got the Arizona
44:53
Cardinals at the forty nine ers.
44:56
Speaker 2: Now the forty nine.
44:57
Speaker 1: Ers are actually two and a half favor despite all
45:01
the injuries they have, and despite the fact that they're
45:04
playing an Arizona team that looks good on the surface
45:08
at two and oh, but they have probably played the
45:11
weakest schedule in the NFL. They've beaten two zero to
45:13
two teams, the Saints and the Panthers, So I get it.
45:16
They're on the road at San Francisco. They historically struggle
45:20
with San Francisco. This will be a real litmus test
45:23
game for the Cardinals, who are getting good defense.
45:27
Speaker 2: You know.
45:28
Speaker 1: I think Josh Wett is helping make a difference. They
45:30
drafted that rookie corner from Michigan, Will Johnson. I think
45:33
he's making a difference there. They've only allowed thirty five
45:37
points through two weeks, but again they've only they played
45:39
the Saints and the Panthers. So to me, this will
45:41
be a test for if the Cardinals are for real.
45:44
You're getting a forty nine ers team that is still
45:46
dealing with a lot of injuries. All right, Uh, You're
45:49
getting a forty nine ers team that is by its
45:55
is itself, you know, trying to pick up the pieces
45:57
from last year. They're also two and oh, so I
45:59
get why they're favored they are at home. They have
46:01
also only beaten the Saints and the Seahawks. You know,
46:05
to beat the Seahawks, but it was a close one.
46:07
It's kind of a litmus test, honestly for both teams.
46:10
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46:12
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Speaker 1: And then you got the Chiefs who are six and
47:50
a half point favorites against the Giants. Always fun to
47:54
see an zero to two team on the road that
47:58
is six and a half point favorites. Let let's talk
48:01
about Kansas City for a second, all right, In this
48:03
battle of oh to two teams the Chiefs.
48:06
Speaker 2: Everybody says the Chiefs should go go out trade for
48:09
Tyreek Hill.
48:10
Speaker 1: It's not working in Miami. They don't need a wide receiver.
48:13
I know their pass offense thinks right now, they are
48:16
they're they'll get Xavier Worthy back, and obviously Rashid Rice
48:20
will come back.
48:20
Speaker 2: Uh, this will be the third game of his six
48:22
game suspension. They're gonna get him back.
48:24
Speaker 1: And when they get Rice and Worthy healthy, and you
48:27
still got Travis Kelcey and that will help Mahomes out.
48:31
They'll be okay with the pass offense, and that left
48:34
side of the line I think will come together.
48:36
Speaker 2: I'm I don't.
48:38
Speaker 1: I feel like Justin Simmons is a really good athlete
48:40
and he's just going through as a rookie. I expect
48:43
him to be better. I think they'll be okay, but
48:46
they have got to get some semblance of a running game.
48:50
Right now, their running game is pathetic. Isaiah Pacheco, Kareem Hunt. Now,
48:58
they drafted a kid for Art Smith late day three
49:01
that might start to see a little more.
49:03
Speaker 2: Time in the offense. But you're trying to win another championship.
49:07
You're the Chiefs.
49:08
Speaker 1: You can't rely on that to happen unless this kid
49:11
is just that good. I think the Chiefs are the
49:14
top team right now to pull off a move like
49:17
the forty nine Ers did a couple of years ago
49:19
when they got McCaffrey to put him over the top
49:23
or something like the Eagles. They didn't trade, but they
49:25
obviously signed Saquon Barkley and that put them over the top.
49:29
If I'm the Chiefs, if I continue along this way
49:32
where my offense just has zero running impact and everybody's
49:36
team off on my quarterback, who's the leading rusher by
49:39
the way, which you don't.
49:40
Speaker 2: Want that out of Patrick Mahomes.
49:42
Speaker 1: All right, the first person I'm the first team I'm
49:44
calling is the Miami Dolphins.
49:47
Speaker 2: I'm calling on Devin Hn. Right.
49:49
Speaker 1: You put Devin Hn in that offense, and oh man,
49:53
I mean he can catch the ball, he's run, he's explosive,
49:55
he gets hurt a lot, but he's played more games.
49:58
Speaker 2: Than he's missed. Devin Chan in the Chiefs offense would
50:01
be a cheat code.
50:02
Speaker 1: And if Miami continues to lose and they're gonna blow
50:05
it up and new coach, new front office, this is
50:08
his third year a chen. If they don't see themselves
50:10
giving him a big extension, then you know they.
50:15
Speaker 2: I could see a trade like that happening. Potentially.
50:17
Speaker 1: It all depends on what happens with the Miami Dolphins.
50:20
That's the first team I would call. Second team i'd
50:22
call probably the Jaguars. The Jaguars drafted two running backs.
50:27
They want to play these guys, but Shual Tooton is one,
50:29
the Quinn Allen is another. They're already starting to get
50:32
toot and more involved in the offense. Etn is at
50:35
the end of his deal. It is, I believe, and
50:40
I don't know if he's gonna be if he's gonna
50:42
get an extension there, and he would be another really
50:46
good fit for that offense. I think he'd be a
50:51
perfect fit for the Chiefs offense. He can catch the ball,
50:53
he runs. He's a little up and down in his
50:55
career with the Jags. It seems like one minute he's
50:58
falling out of favor. Like last year he fell out
51:00
of favor with the coaching staff. This year he's back
51:02
into favor. You know, he's up and down. He's had
51:05
some really good years. He's got some years where he's
51:07
just okay. He does get injured a little bit, But
51:09
I think he'd be perfect in the Chiefs offense. So
51:12
chan Travis Atn or guys that have my ie off
51:16
for maybe go to Cleveland. Now they got Judkins and
51:19
maybe Cleveland has Jerome Ford. I don't think Jerome Ford
51:22
gives them, you know, nearly what ATM would give them,
51:26
or nearly what HM would give them, but.
51:28
Speaker 2: You know, he's probably better than what they got now
51:31
can do everything.
51:32
Speaker 1: And yeah, you just start to look at teams that
51:34
are you know, out of it or be willing to
51:37
pawn off pieces. You know, Tennessee, the Titans, you know,
51:40
they need more draft picks, they need to continue to build.
51:43
They will at some point get Ty J. Spears back
51:46
and then maybe that'll make Tony Pollard expendable for them
51:48
if they don't think that they're really.
51:50
Speaker 2: In the race.
51:51
Speaker 1: So there'll be some options for the Chiefs. But I
51:54
think they're just gonna be real, real hard watch at
51:58
times until one of two things happen. One they get
52:01
a better running game or.
52:02
Speaker 2: Two they get Rice and Worthy back and on the field.
52:05
Speaker 1: At the same time, that being said, I don't trust
52:09
that Russell Wilson's gonna have a game like he had
52:11
against the Cowboys every week. The Giants offensive line is
52:15
still an issue. The Giants defense is an issue right now.
52:19
They're not stopping the run very well. And also when
52:22
you don't stop the run and you can't get the
52:24
opponent in those third and long situations, then you can't
52:27
rush the passer all right, and they have great pass rushers,
52:31
but these guys are not able to do that with
52:33
any regularity because the team just isn't good and never
52:37
has a lead. So it's almost a little bit of
52:40
a waste. But the defense still has to play better.
52:42
Giants defense did not play well against the Cowboys, played
52:46
okay against the Commanders, but the Commanders made a lot
52:49
of mistakes in that opener. They made a time management mistake.
52:52
They dropped like four or five balls. The Giants defense
52:54
is not playing well. It's sort of a shame that
52:56
this is the eight to twenty game. I don't know
52:58
whose idea that was or why, but you know you
53:02
got two h and two teams Prime time, the A NBC.
53:05
Speaker 2: Good for you.
53:06
Speaker 1: I mean, people will watch A because it's football, B
53:09
because it's the Chiefs, But I mean two oh and
53:13
two teams. That's all you gotta say. All right, last game.
53:18
This is now this Monday night game. This is like
53:21
Game of the year type game. If you thought the
53:23
opener between the Ravens and Bills was.
53:25
Speaker 2: A great game.
53:26
Speaker 1: This game is going to be fantastic and that's Detroit
53:30
Lions at the Baltimore Ravens.
53:33
Speaker 2: The Lions, I told.
53:34
Speaker 1: You last week, and I didn't expect them to break
53:36
out the way they did. But too many people were
53:39
talking about the new offensive coordinator and not enough about
53:43
their offensive line that had undergone a lot of losses
53:46
in the offseason. Now sure didn't look at like it
53:50
when they were playing the Bears, who stink. I mean,
53:52
obviously they were able to do whatever they wanted offensively.
53:56
Speaker 2: Gibbs had a good game.
53:57
Speaker 1: Montgomery ran the ball well, GoF another five touchdown. Jared
54:02
Goff must have five touchdown games like two or three
54:04
times a year. It's unbelievable. Now what kind of quarterback
54:08
he's become. I mean, he only threw the boy he's
54:10
twenty three or twenty eight five touchdowns. They had two
54:13
different receivers go over one hundred yards. This kid, Tesla,
54:16
they drafted him in the third round, makes another crazy catch.
54:19
Speaker 2: So they're good.
54:21
Speaker 1: They're set, But now they got to go play the Ravens.
54:24
That'll be a much better test for their ability to
54:27
control the line of scrimmage, to run the ball, to
54:30
do you know, to play how they want, how the
54:32
Lions want to play. The Ravens will pose a big
54:35
threat to that. Probably will have to throw the ball
54:37
a little more. And that's when sometimes GoF gets a
54:39
little bit out of his realm and makes a mistake,
54:43
and the Ravens can do that to you. The Ravens
54:46
have now scored forty points in back to back games.
54:49
They lost forty one to forty to Buffalo. I talked
54:51
about that, and then they beat the Browns forty one seventeen.
54:55
That's a pretty amazing statistic to go forty. I think
54:59
the Saints did that actually last year. I'm gonna go
55:02
back and check this really quick. I think the Saints
55:03
actually scored forty points in each of their first two
55:07
games last year, and we all saw what happened to
55:10
their season. Yeah, they did forty seven to ten and
55:12
forty four nineteen. So I'm guessing the Ravens are gonna
55:17
fare a little better than the Saints did last year.
55:20
Lamar is playing at a great level. Defense did not
55:23
look good against Buffalo, looked way better against the Browns.
55:26
The defense did look terrible against Buffalo, because, yeah, the
55:28
Buffalo's just hard to defend.
55:30
Speaker 2: They're very hard to defend.
55:32
Speaker 1: Allen uses every square inch of the football field to
55:35
either run or throw in, so you really have to
55:38
defend every piece. Every blade of grass is defensible when
55:43
you have to play the Bills, so it's tough. And
55:45
then they were winning that game by fifteen before that turnover.
55:49
But the bottom line is the Ravens are on fire
55:52
right now they are home.
55:54
Speaker 2: That gives them the advantage.
55:55
Speaker 1: I wouldn't put money on this game because anybody could
55:58
literally win it, and it should be the best game
56:02
of the week overall. And that wraps up the games.
56:05
I had a bad week last week as far as
56:07
my picks.
56:08
Speaker 2: I went oh and three.
56:09
Speaker 1: I had the Dolphins covering one and a half over
56:12
the Patriots.
56:12
Speaker 2: They just lost out right.
56:14
Speaker 1: The Steelers beating the Saints, I'm sorry, beating the Seahawks
56:17
by two.
56:17
Speaker 2: And a half.
56:18
Speaker 1: They lost outright. And the Cowboys did not cover five
56:21
and a half over the Giants. They won by only three,
56:25
So I went oh and three. That brings me to
56:27
two and four this week. I like the Cowboys. They
56:30
are one and a half point favorites at the Bears.
56:32
I like them to cover that for a whole lot
56:34
of reasons that I just discussed. I like the Bengals
56:37
going into Minnesota. They're getting two and a half points.
56:40
This game could go either way. It could be a
56:42
one point win for the either team. But I'm just
56:46
not putting my faith in Carson Wentz to come out
56:48
there and beat up on the Bengals, especially with all
56:52
the injuries that the Vikings are dealing with outside of
56:55
just the quarterback. So I like the Bengals to cover
56:57
the two and a half that they're getting and the
57:01
Texans one and a half points that they're getting against
57:04
the Jags. Yeah, two of the three games, I'm taking
57:07
a team that's getting points on the road. I just
57:11
don't love what I've seen from the Jaguars, and I
57:13
don't love at all what I've seen from the Texans,
57:15
but I do think they're gonna break out of it
57:17
at some point, and I just think.
57:19
Speaker 2: That they're overall better than the Jaguars.
57:21
Speaker 1: So you're giving the Texans one and a half, I'll
57:23
take the Texans one and a half.
57:24
Speaker 2: Those are my three picks.
57:25
Speaker 1: Everybody, enjoy your football watching this weekend and We'll do
57:29
it again next week.