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Get laced up! Let's go! It's time for Banter
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with the Boys! Welcome back to Banter with the
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Boys Gridiron Updates Week 2 Preview and Picks.
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Already Week 2 going on. Crazy. Rob is 2 and
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3. Two and three? Yeah. Just had to throw it
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out there. So don't listen to anything I say
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is pretty much what he's saying right there.
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And my decent week will not happen again. So
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it's all bad. It's all bad. So that's why we
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brought Dom in this week, Dom. Save us. Here
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he is. The difference maker. The difference maker.
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The difference maker. Dom's the difference maker.
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Yes. Anyway, with that, obviously, Kev behind
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the camera. Getting everything done for us as
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always. Making sure you guys can hear us. It's
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just fine. Let's start with game one right off
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the bat. We're going with Commanders traveling
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to Lambeau on Thursday night football. Packers
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coming off a win in Lambeau. Staying home. September
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11th game, Thursday night. What do you guys got
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going on? Commanders coming in 1 -0 as well.
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I mean, this is an interesting chess match kind
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of between two defenses played really well last
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week. And, you know, Daniels racked up over 200
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yards rushing. So that battle and that defense,
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love. Kind of worked what would be considered
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a Lions decent defense last week. So I think
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it's going to be a really interesting battle.
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I'm going to end up going Packers on this one.
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Just the home field factor, I think, is going
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to be the difference. It could come down to the
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last possession, but that's kind of how I'm feeling.
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It's kind of how you're feeling. So it's a home
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field advantage for you. That's what you're saying?
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Yes, sir. It's going to be a close game. It could
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go any direction. Tough place to play. I already
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know Dom's going the opposite. Well, there's
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a guy specifically on the commanders that he's
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a slight fan of. I like Jaden Daniels. This is
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going to be a great game. I mean, you've got
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Jaden Daniels, you've got Jordan Love. It's going
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to be a great matchup. But now the Commander's
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got a little bit of a run game. This Bill Kroski
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-Merritt guy that they drafted in the sixth round,
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I think. I tried to get him on a couple of my
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leagues. They call him Bill. His mom started
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that a long time ago. That boy. Little boy Bill.
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Yeah, I mean, I'm going to definitely ride with
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the Commanders. There's no ifs, ands, or buts
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about it. We got... Terry McLaurin got Debo Samuel
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now, and he wasn't looking too fat, as everybody
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would like to say. McLaurin was kind of quiet
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last week. Yeah, but Debo Samuel picked it up.
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Yeah, he was the X factor last week. I would
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say it's going to come down to the last possession,
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as you guys were talking about. But to me, it's
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just really going to come down to what Jaden
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Daniels does for the commanders, what options
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he picks and things like that, and hopefully
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Bill Kroski -Mer can... Keep the boat rowing
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for him. Establish a little running game. You
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think they will. And the bright lights. Daniel
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typically feels like big games are not an issue
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to him. He's not too worried about it. Too worried
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about it. So, what do you think, Tyler? Smeltsy.
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I think that Washington's offense, I don't know,
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man, because it's a Packers defense. That's why
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we're on the podcast. It's a Packers defense
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that's throwing it off for me because. Even with
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the loss of both coordinators for the Lions,
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I figured the Lions, we know it's not going to
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be the same feel, but they still got some great
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pieces on that offense, and something wasn't
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clicking on Sunday. I think that's a little bit
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of the coordinator's situation, maybe. Because
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it's week one, dude. It's week one. You've got
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to work out some kinks, right? I think the Packers
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are a team that could take full advantage of
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something like that. Tell me what you're going
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to say, coach. Where are we going, coach? I don't
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know. Come on, coach. What's your direction?
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It's going to be the Commanders. It's going to
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be Commanders. I think the Packers are actually
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favorited in this game. Do we know? Are they?
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So, yeah. Do we dare say an upset? But, no. I
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think Jaden Daniels with the mix and Bill, he
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did come on strong. Oh, he came on strong. I
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mean, Austin Eckler was doing a little bit. And
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mixing a little Debo. You know, if we can get
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Debo going again, that end around or what was
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it? Yeah, it was an end around for his only touchdown.
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So, if we can get some more of that going on,
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some more misdirection with Jaden Daniels and
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Bill in the backfield. You know what I mean?
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That's a Kingsbury offense. That's a tough offense
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to stop. I'm going to go with the commander's
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offense beating the Packers' defense. I think
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that will be the key for me this week, which
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will lead the commanders to a close victory.
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But I think, obviously, the Packers are tough.
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It's going to be a tough NFC North. What's going
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to be the difference, Banker, you think? Is it
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going to be? Is Michael Parsons playing or not?
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He is a game changer. He's a difference maker
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himself. Is he playing or not? Is he healthy
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enough to play this week or not? That went through
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my mind. Especially on any option play. You're
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probably looking at him. What's he going to do?
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He can probably cover them both. That's the problem.
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I don't know. That's what I'm worried about.
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If Micah Parsons plays, the Packers could probably
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win. That's what I'm rolling dice. If he can
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get 25 snaps, Packers win the game. Why not?
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But I'm going with the Commanders. I'm going
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with the Commanders officially. Good for you.
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I know. For sure. Let's roll. What's our game
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two? Eagles at Chiefs. Whatever. I mean, this
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is a toss -up, right? It's not really a rematch,
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right? Because Chiefs kind of lost some pieces.
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Philly seemed like they really didn't lose a
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whole lot. Should I start this one? Yeah, might
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as well. You're already on the roll. Should I
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start this one? I feel like you're right. It's
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in Arrowhead. That's tough. A tough place to
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play. One and a half. Vegas. Philly. See, I'm
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seeing one and a half Chiefs. Your AI is wrong.
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I'm seeing one and a half Eagles. You've seen
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one and a half Eagles? I've talked to the script
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writers. Either way. Either way. We scripted
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this out. Who are we kidding? It's going to be
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the Eagles. I don't think the Chiefs are going
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to be able to honestly stop Saquon. Arrowhead's
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not enough? Nope. Not this week. Not this early
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in the season. Okay. I think late in the season,
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this could go the other way. But I think this
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early in the season, again, everybody's going
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to be freaking out. Oh, my God. The Chiefs are
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0 -2. No, it's going to be fine. It's going to
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be fine. They'll get their ground. It's a tough
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way to start the season. It is. Let's see, who
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do they got next? It's a tough hill to climb.
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They got the Giants next week in New York. Okay,
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they'll gain their ground next week, and then
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they got to turn around and play the Ravens again
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at home at Arrowhead. Is their defense going
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to be good enough for that offense? I'm not sure.
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It's a test. This game and that Ravens game is
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a true test of where these Chiefs are at. We'll
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see. I'm going with the Eagles. I'm riding with
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the Eagles. That makes me want to throw up. But
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it is what it is. How are you feeling, Dom? Which
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direction are you going? I feel like... You got
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fly eagles fly kind of look right now. I don't
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like this. I can't say things like that, man.
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Don't utter those words. Yeah, don't say things
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like that. I mean, shout out to my Eagles fans
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out there. But it's going to be a great game.
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And they've given us a great slate of games another
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week in a row. With this, it's coming down to
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people would say Saquon Barkley, but it's really
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going to come down to those pass catchers. A
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.J. Brown, Deontay. Smith. Deontay Smith. Sorry
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about that. Goddard, too. And, yeah, I mean,
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now they got Tank Bigsby coming in there. So,
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I mean, he's going to get a couple of snaps.
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But to me, I didn't really see much out of A
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.J. Brown, but I feel like the Cowboys were really
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doubling, tripling, teaming him. And he wasn't
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looking back, I felt like, a lot, too. I felt
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like by the time Jalen Hurts was in progression,
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he was already. On to the next one. Yeah. But
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for me, yeah, I'm going to have to ride with
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the Eagles because what I saw of the Chiefs last
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week was not enough for me to say, hey, I can
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take them just because they won the Super Bowls
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and they got Patrick Mahomes. At the end of the
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day, Patrick Mahomes can only play offense. That
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is true. The defense looked a little skeptical.
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Against a good Chargers team, which we would
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all probably agree. I got nothing to say bad
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about the Chargers. It just looked like the team
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aspect and just like the team morale really wasn't
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there last week. You saw Travis Kelsey getting
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in Chris Jones' face. You saw other guys just
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getting in other people's faces. That Super Bowl
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hangover is still continuing a little bit right
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now. Yeah. Unfortunately, I'm going to have to
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take the Eagles. At the end of the day. No, I
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am curious to see how much the Tank -Bigsby thing
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impacts the Eagles. I don't think it's impacting
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at all. But not right off the bat. Not in this
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game. I'm just saying in general, if you can
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take some miles off Saquon and keep his legs
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more fresh. Oh, for sure. I mean, I don't know.
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Just chances of bigger play out of Saquon, I
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think. One time he was a top 20 running back
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last year. Bigsby. Yeah. I mean, he's going to
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be a nice little spell back for sure with them.
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Chiefs, my biggest concern with them right now
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is their receiver in core. Now that Xavier Worthy
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is probably going to be out a few weeks, still
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missing Rice, and now you're down to just Kelsey
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and Brown. So fantasy -wise, Brown's going to
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get another ton of targets. Number 80, what was
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his name for the Chiefs? He missed a big catch.
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He made a big catch. He's going to definitely
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have to. Not the step up to even have a chance
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in this game. They say he's got speed. So, I
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mean, hopefully he can just get in the same rhythm
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with Patrick Mahomes. Yeah, that needs to happen.
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Thornton. Yeah, Thornton. Thornton. Yeah, because
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I don't think the Chiefs' running game is good
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enough to beat the Eagles, and they need a little
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something there to have a chip in a chair there.
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So I'm going, and I think Carter's going to come
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like a beast after missing last week. No spitting
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allowed. Good luck in the middle of that Chiefs'
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offensive line because he's going to be coming.
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So I'm going Chiefs. it's going to be two tutties.
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You're going Chiefs or two tutties? I'm naming
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Eagles. I just wanted to make sure. You were
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talking to Eagles. I wanted to give you the check.
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If we would have said anything, we would have
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just rolled with the Chiefs. I was like, two
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restarts? I think the Eagles are going to roll.
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It's an Eagle sweep across the board on this
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one. What do you guys think? Put it in the comments.
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Let's see. Okay, so this next game, you guys
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are probably going to be like, oh, there was
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better games maybe. But I don't know. Something
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about this game intrigues me. The Jags traveling
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to Cincinnati. It's a good division game. Yeah.
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What? No, they're not the same conference game.
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But, I mean, this. I think this is a must -win
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game for Sunshine. Like, just for himself. For
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Trevor Lawrence, sorry. I mean, you can say that
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about Joe Burrow, too. Does he have the blonde
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hair, too? But the Bengals don't have a defense.
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You know what I mean? The Bengals' defense doesn't
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startle me at all. Trey Hendrickson's there,
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yeah. Thank God. Their rookie played nice. Shamir
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Stewart? Yeah, Shamir Stewart. But again, I don't
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know. There's not a lot to like on the Bengals'
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defense. Now, don't get me wrong, they held up
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the Browns, but that was a great defensive battle,
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by the way, that game. As I'm tearing apart the
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Cincinnati Bengals' defense right now. Well,
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that's how you do it. You tear it down and bring
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them back up. But we'll see. We'll see. I think
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it's a great test for both teams. This will be
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a fun game, actually. It's intriguing. It's intriguing.
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I'm curious where the Jag – it would be a good
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test of where the Jaguars are actually at because
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there was times last season where I was like,
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okay, the Jaguars are making a little run here.
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They might try to make the playoffs. You know
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what I mean? But so – Can they battle for the
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AFC South this year against Houston Texans? This
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is a game you have to win if you're going to
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battle with the Texans. I agree. Who also don't
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look awesome right now, but we'll talk about
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them, oh, actually in the next game. So whatever.
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Anyway. Have you started with a pick yet? No,
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you haven't. Oh, easily can do that. I mean,
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like you said, it's two playoff hopefuls right
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here. I can easily do that. He's going with the
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Bengals. So, actually, I haven't even really
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picked yet. As I talk about it, I usually come
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up with my decision, actually. So, it's a big
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game for both because I think this is where that
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9 -8, 10 -7 scenario comes in later on in the
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season. Jaguars had a nice victory to start week
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one. Borough, for fantasy owners, they didn't
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put up big numbers. Still got the dub at the
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end of the day. That's all they really care about.
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I just feel like this is going to be bangles
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at home. I feel like they're going to be flying
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around. I think it's going to be big numbers
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on the Borough chase because they've got to make
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up for last week. I think they're going to show
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up. Show up. show out exactly. I'm going definitely
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Bengals on this one. What do you think, Mr. Smeltz?
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Definitely Bengals on this one. I would think
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if the Bengals can get a couple better running
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lanes for what's their running back's name? Chase
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Brown? Yeah, Chase Brown. He had a tiny last
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week. I think he only averaged like... Two or
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two and a half or something. It wasn't like Jay
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Williams' numbers in his career. No, Jay Williams
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had a little better day. But I think if they
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can establish a running game, they have a chance.
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They do. But it's weird for me to say the Bengals
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have a chance at home when they are a playoff
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team. Let's be real. But I think the Jaguars
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can edge them out this game realistically. And
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it's going to be Trevor Lawrence. Is he that
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dude or not? If he's that dude, unfortunately,
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time's running out for him. So if he's that dude,
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you've got to have no picks this week, man. None.
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Clean sheet. For sure. This is a big clutch game
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for them. It's a playoff game almost for them.
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That's how they should be approaching it. 100%.
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I would agree. I would agree. If you're trying
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to actually make the playoffs this season, the
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Jaguars will have to win this game. But I am
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curious to see. Tutin? Is that how you say it?
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Tutin? I'm curious to see him get a little more
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carries. What can he do? Because Etienne's not
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going to run for 140 yards every single game.
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That's just unrealistic. Unless he's going to
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be that guy like Saquon now, which not yet, right?
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But we'd really lose credibility. But no, so
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I'm curious to see what Tutin can do. Yeah, Jags
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beat them. It's going to be close. Another close
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game. A lot of good games this week. I could
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see Brian Thomas Jr. having a big game, too,
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this week. The opportunity's there. Against this
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defense, the opportunity is there. So I could
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easily see this game getting into the 30s. I
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think it's going to be that style of a game.
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Fantasy owners, sign up. Start the bank. Start
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the bank. Whatever you can do to attach yourself
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to some Bengal or Jaguar. We got Dom. I mean,
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for me, I feel like it's a pretty easy pick for
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me just knowing what happened last week with
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the Bengals. Jamar Chase is going to want to
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eat. He's going to want to touch the ball at
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least ten times. At home, yeah. Minimum ten times.
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Got to feed T. Higgins. Joe Burrow is going to
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be coming out slinging the rock. So, I mean,
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I'm going to take the Bengals, but at the same
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time for the Jaguars this week, it's going to
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be a secondary situation. Where are those cornerbacks
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and safeties at this weekend? Tough test. They
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got a tough test ahead of them. Top dual in the
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NFL? Oh, man. It's got to be. Yeah. This week
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coming up, it's just going to, like I said, come
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it out in the secondary and just see where that
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defense is at in general. Great test for both
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teams, obviously. Trevor Lawrence has got to
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sling the rock if he wants to win this weekend.
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No doubt about it. But write me down for the
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bingos. I think you're right. I think shootout.
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Shootout 30 -plus. It'd be nice. It'd be a fun
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game to watch if it comes down to that. That'd
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be the only way I would want to watch it. Speaking
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of fun game, I had people in that other league
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that Ben and I play in. You know what I mean?
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They were like, oh, this game is so boring about
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the Vikes -Bears game. I was like, bro, welcome
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to the NFC North. It's about defense and running
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game. 100%. Like that Lions offense from last
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year. That's crazy to see out of the NFC North.
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So anyway. Oh, I'm sorry. Rant. Anyway, what
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are we on now? Bucs traveling to the Houston
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Texans. Great game. Great. Oh, man. Great game.
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Great game. I mean, this is like almost another
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playoff game. It is. It truly is. They're just
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not going to see each other. But it is. It's
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a playoff team. It's the same quality level of
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teams. I would agree. CJ didn't look awesome
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in his first game. So, curious to see how he
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can bounce back against the playoff defense.
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This is a tough game. I don't know who I want
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to pick here. I know who I want to pick. I want
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to pick the Buccaneers, but my gut's telling
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me the Texans, you know, they're for real too.
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I have every reason to think that the Texans
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are going to win the AFC South. Okay. Hoping
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to see the Jaguars battle them. Shoot, the Colts
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came out and looked like they should be. The
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Colts are looking a little bit better than the
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Texans right now. Week one, dog. Come on. I mean,
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still. Put up 30 -plus, man. It's a good week.
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Okay. I mean, last year they were struggling
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to put points on the board last year as a Colts
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fan. We'll see. We'll see. We'll see. Danny Dimes
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week one. We'll see Danny Dimes week two. He
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was in the KLC program. I agree. I agree. He's
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been educated. But so is Sam Darnold. And he
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looked like. Dog water, kind of, for Seattle
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this weekend. I guess I didn't really catch that.
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I only looked because of Daniel Jones. I only
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looked to see what Sam Darnold did because I
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saw what Daniel Jones did. I was like, oh, it's
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KLC, school quarterback, for real? You know what
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I mean? We'll see. It's week one. We'll see.
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Anyway, all right, getting off topic here. He's
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got to be the whisperer more than the school.
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He's going to be telling them in the plays in
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his ear. That's the key to it. Giving them the
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answers to the test. Bucks and Titans. I mean,
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Texans. And Titans. What's his name? Baker Mayfield
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looked awesome at Atlanta in a tough environment
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to play in. Gets loud in there at, what is it,
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Mercedes? Yes. Oh, gosh. The Dirty South. I don't
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know. Somebody else want to go first? Oh, you're
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scared? I mean, I'll take that. Rip it down.
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Yeah, let's go, man. I'm just going to throw
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it in there. I'm going Bucs. I'll explain it
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later. I'm going to ride with the Bucs. I mean,
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they got a good... Duo right now, Mike Evans
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and Buka coming in as a rookie. For me, a hot
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take for me this year is going to be a Buka rookie
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of the year. How he looked in the first week,
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he's looking like he's already been in the league
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before. Yes, sir. But where it's going to come
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down for me this week with the Bucks winning,
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it's going to come down to the run stop. I know
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that Joe Mixon's out right now for the Texans,
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but at the same time, I feel like if the Texans
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want to win, they're going to have to run the
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ball a bit more this week. A lot of Nick Chubb.
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A little bit more Nick Chubb. A lot of Chubb.
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I know Nico Collins had an off week. Jamar Chase
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had an off week last week. Week one, jitters,
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get those things out of the cobwebs, whatever
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you want to say. But for me, Baker Mayfield,
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Abuka, Otten, Mike Evans. I think they're rolling.
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I think they're just going off what they had
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last year. I know they kind of had a bad taste
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in their mouth losing the playoffs last year,
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but they were still on fire going into the playoffs,
20:43
and I feel like they just keep rolling with the
20:45
game they got. Houston does have a ridiculous
20:49
defense, though. They do, yeah. When they're
20:50
all healthy and flowing, that defense is scary
20:54
on paper. And they contained the Rams pretty,
20:57
you know, to 14 points last week. Yeah. So, like,
21:00
kind of the keys that I'm thinking is Tampa,
21:02
you know, disguising their pressures against
21:05
CJ, you know, whether he can check out of them.
21:10
I guess probably the running game, Nick Chubb
21:12
needs to be definitely effective. I think Joe
21:15
Mixon not having him, it really hurts that offense
21:18
and their dynamic ability because he can catch
21:21
the ball so well out of the backfield. They play
21:25
really well off the play action. I think that's
21:28
probably one of CJ's really best qualities. He
21:32
plays just better that way. So, I mean, this
21:36
one's a tough one for me. I think the Texans
21:44
are still going to come out. I knew you were
21:45
going to say it. I just knew. There's something
21:48
about that defense for me. There's something
21:50
about that defense. I think that the stadium's
21:52
going to be loud. It's going to get them going.
21:54
I think it's going to really get after Baker.
21:58
They're going to get their chances. In the 20s,
22:02
I see this game. I think it should be fun, but
22:06
I'm still good. I think that the home team's
22:07
going to take it down. Fun game. Fun game. Home
22:10
team taking it down. Let's head to our final
22:13
game. Game of the week. Game of the week. Is
22:17
it game of the week? I mean, the Eagles -Chiefs
22:20
game every time. Let's just do it. Sunday night
22:23
football at the Vikes. Sunday night football,
22:27
prime time. J .J. McCarthy's not scared of that.
22:30
Been there, done that. Somebody else take it
22:33
over. What do you want to see out of the Vikes
22:36
this week? What are we doing? I mean, it's...
22:38
Are we scared of Michael Penix? It's Penix versus
22:40
McCarthy. It's, you know, they both, same draft
22:43
class, you know, premier. It's kind of a little
22:46
proving ground a little bit. I kind of like it.
22:48
You know, same, you know, NFC. Same draft class.
22:52
They could be, you know, future 10 years down
22:54
still battling. 100%. Penix played. He was pretty
22:58
effective last week against the Bucs. Took only
23:02
one sack. Atlanta. There. I don't know if their
23:09
defense is going to be enough to stop the Vikings.
23:12
It depends if they come with pressure. It'll
23:14
be interesting to see J .J. against a team that
23:17
pressures a lot. You know, the Blitzes lost.
23:20
I think Chicago didn't really. They were pretty
23:22
effective with just rushing four or five. Yeah,
23:24
the fourth one was just getting there. I mean,
23:26
they had Grady Jarrett, and I feel like we'll
23:28
see this week how much of a loss Grady Jarrett
23:30
was to the Falcons. True. Yeah, because where
23:33
is he up at? He was on the Falcons. I know, but
23:37
didn't he? He plays on the Bears now. Bears now,
23:40
yeah. Yeah, he was given. So, I'm going the Vikings
23:44
here. It's going to be a squeaker. It's going
23:48
to be a late night on Sunday night, hopefully
23:51
happy like it was this last Monday. So the Vikings
23:56
definitely need to establish a running game,
23:58
and then that opens up the rest of it. I think
24:01
where McCarthy, JJ, is at right now, we've got
24:05
to have a running game. keep him. We can't put
24:09
it all on their shoulders. I think it's the exact
24:11
same thing if you look at Atlanta, too. They
24:14
only had 69 rushing yards last week, and 21 of
24:17
them came from their quarterback. Bijan went
24:20
for 100 yards receiving. Of course, he's a threat.
24:23
What is that? 48 yards rushing from their two
24:29
running backs combined out of 22 carries. I mean,
24:32
that's just not enough. You've got to have way
24:34
more yards per carry out of that. So if Atlanta
24:37
can establish a running game, and I don't know
24:39
if the Minnesota Vikings defense is a defense
24:42
to be doing that against, I don't think they're
24:44
going to see anything better this week. And if
24:46
London's out, you know. Right. If Drake London's
24:49
going to – is he out for sure? I mean, he's questionable.
24:52
It's not. I mean, I own him in fantasy, and when
24:54
I look at it, it doesn't look good. I love that.
24:57
Ryan Wadham, Darnell Mooney, Kyle Pitts. Ray
25:00
McLeod's out there. Yeah. So if I'm the Falcons,
25:04
how I'm beating the Vikings is definitely over
25:06
the top, trying to air that thing out. That's
25:08
the Vikings' weakness right now in their defense.
25:10
We don't know where Harrison Smith, what's going
25:12
on. It's a personal thing. And the Bears didn't
25:16
even try this last week. Did they have one deep
25:18
shot at all? There was a couple. There was a
25:20
couple shots. The one to Moore, would you consider
25:22
that a deep shot? It was a deeper shot. What
25:24
was other than that? He missed the open corner.
25:27
That was only because we were playing prevent
25:29
defense. We didn't want to get anything. only
25:31
two deep balls I could think from Williams. He
25:33
missed like four of them, though. I think there
25:35
was more there than we saw. So that is my concern,
25:39
especially with Michael Penix pushing 300 yards
25:41
last week. He didn't make it, but 298, whatever.
25:44
So they're looking to air that thing out, especially
25:46
with no running game. So I am a little worried
25:48
about that. I'm going Vikings, obviously. I messed
25:51
up last week. Idiot. He said bear down. Did I?
25:56
No. I'll just play him, bro. Come on. I got him
26:01
scared for a minute. Remember, we're going to
26:03
go have a conversation back over here. I almost
26:06
had a heart attack. Vikings fan over here. There's
26:10
a chair in the corner for you. Obviously, skull
26:13
vikes for me, but looking to see what McCarthy
26:16
can do. Yeah, week two. He's ready to, quote,
26:19
go to war. So, here we go. I mean, easy pick
26:22
for me. Vikes all day. For me, again, what's
26:26
going to come down to B -Flow? What is he going
26:28
to dice up this week? I know he likes to play
26:31
that chess game, so he's going to play the long
26:32
game no matter what, no matter what offense.
26:34
Do you think he'll change it up this week and
26:36
come out with heat right away after a younger
26:38
quarterback? In a sense, no cashman. Eric Wilson
26:41
stepped up a lot last week. Oh, my God. I mean,
26:43
he played for a pump block, and he came back
26:45
and played on the defensive side. How that dude
26:46
was filling the run. Dude, I was killing it.
26:49
I love it. Hargrave. Allen, they both combined
26:53
for 13 % of our pressures in the game last week.
26:56
Allen almost had his first Viking sack. We missed
27:00
a lot of sacks this week. I feel like B -Flow
27:02
is going to really emphasize on staying home,
27:04
making that tackle. Because if we can do that
27:07
against Michael Penix, he's a little mobile,
27:09
but he's not no Caleb Williams and things like
27:12
that when it comes down to getting out of the
27:13
pressure. For offensive side, J .J. McCarthy's
27:17
got to do what he did in that fourth quarter.
27:19
Got to come out slinging. Just don't make mistakes.
27:22
I'm never going to be worried right now about
27:23
making mistakes. Try to limit them. As a rookie
27:26
quarterback, in quotations, I know he sat and
27:30
saw everything happen, but he wasn't playing
27:31
the game. You know, so that's way different.
27:33
Got to establish that run. I think we give a
27:36
couple more carries to Jordan Mason. And I loved
27:39
how we were using Aaron Jones' last week. Yeah,
27:41
what a catch. He's a great receiving back. Great
27:44
throw, too. Yeah. Oh, yeah, he put it on the
27:46
dime. So, I mean, Vikings all the way. Secondary's
27:50
got to get right. Byron Murphy had a terrible,
27:52
terrible game. He wasn't good. Did not play up
27:54
to that contract we paid him for. But, again,
27:58
week one. Rodgers tackling was bad. Yeah. DB.
28:01
But. Bad? Like I said, it's going to come down
28:04
to defense and where Kevin O 'Connor puts J .J.
28:08
McCarthy at the end of the day. So, let's go
28:10
to the bowl. Let's go to the bowl. Of course.
28:13
So, Vikes going 2 -0 this week. You already know.
28:15
Let's go. Yeah. Rob. it's all about, you know,
28:19
Penn X and then it's whether if London doesn't
28:22
play, I think it's going to be very difficult
28:24
for them with, with the, with the Vikings. And
28:26
you're talking about your fantasy teams and channel.
28:28
Well, B flow, or I mean, B flow is just going
28:30
to put some crazy, that place is a home. That
28:32
place is going to be loud. So Penn X ain't going
28:35
to be able to check out much. So it's going to
28:37
be, it will be loud. There's some energy, you
28:42
know, but it's, you know, whether the Vikings
28:44
can get something, some flow established in offense
28:46
early, which they didn't in the, first half.
28:48
I just think they still have a better team. I
28:52
just need JJ not to make two plus turnovers,
28:57
we might lose the game. He doesn't have to win
29:02
the game, but he definitely can't lose us the
29:03
game. Keep us... Keep us down the road. Keep
29:08
us down the road. With that, we need to go down
29:10
the road. So, Dom, thanks for being here, my
29:14
guy. It's a blessing, my guys. You guys are the
29:15
best. Ben of the boys. Thank you, brother. Driving
29:18
again. What? Is it an hour and a half? Alberta
29:20
Lee. Yeah, yeah. It's a minute. It's a minute
29:23
here in Minnesota to get here, to be on the show
29:26
this week. But he did it. And his significant
29:29
other, again, being here as well. Thank you for
29:30
being here. Rob? I'll be back. You had your little
29:37
jaunt here. Yes. It's fun. I'm excited. Week
29:39
one was such an opening football season. It all
29:42
happened so fast. We're going to be in week eight
29:44
before we know it. It is, but just to get it
29:46
going, fall's coming around. It's just my favorite
29:49
time of year. It gives you something to watch
29:52
on the weekends. It's kind of nice to throw it
29:54
on the background. I end up having to re -watch
29:56
a ton of games, but it's part about podcasting.
29:59
For sure. Kev, thanks for getting everything
30:02
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