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NFL Week 1 Recap 2026 | Biggest Reactions, Takeaways & Surprises · Banter with the Boys

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get laced up let's go it's time for banter with
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the boys welcome back to banter with the boys
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gridiron updates week Week two. Week two. We
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are going to be recapping in this episode the
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week one games that we previewed last week. If
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you listen, if you're an avid listener to the
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Banter with the Boys, we have an avid listener
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of Banter with the Boys here with us today. But
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before we get to him, we always start with him.
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Start with him last. Yep, that makes sense. We
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always finish with him last. Finish him. Kev,
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behind the camera, get everything done for us.
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To my Larry, it is Jake Cobb. As Roberto likes
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to say. Yep. Yep. Hi. What's up? You like the
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Ravens. I do. And the Vikings, right? No. Actually,
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I think Jake's a little disturbed by the Vikings
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game this week. We'll get to it. Yeah, he's a
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little disturbed. We'll get to it. Roberto to
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my Randy. What's up, buddy? Just ready to talk
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some football. It's a good week one. Get it in
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the system, you know. I'm excited to keep it
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going. We've got 20 more weeks of football. Excitement.
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Hopefully no one's overacting too much on their
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team's first week result. We'll get to it. That's
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the best part of it. We do have some overreactions,
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but that's right. To his right, Dom, avid listener
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and returner, Don Banter with the boys. Let's
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give Dom a round of applause. There he is. It's
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good to be back, fellas. Big time listener, avid
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listener. Just got off the links. What'd you
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shoot on the links today? Let the people know.
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Let the people know. Greenlee. Greenlee Albert
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Lee. Stop by any time. We've got a great greens
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and 80 on the nuts today. 80 on the nuts today.
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And how far did you drive to get here today?
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How long did that drive take? About an hour 25.
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That's how bad he is to banter with the boys.
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There it is, fellas. Trying to make it happen.
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All right. All right. Well, without further ado,
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let's get into our. Yeah. Yeah. What do they.
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Yeah, whatever. I'm going to. I'm going to get
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sidetracked. All right. I keep going. What are
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we talking about? Football. Week one. Our first
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game that we previewed last week was the Patriots
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traveling to the Seattle Seahawks, the Super
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Bowl matchup, and the Seahawks have done it again,
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13 -10. Let's start with Dom. Let's start with
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me. People would say that they didn't win the
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way that they usually win, you know? Gave it
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to the Price is Right, Jaden, or what's his first
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name, right? Yeah. Jaden Price. I had it all
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set up. Jaden Price is right. You know, good
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to have him. It's week one. We're all rusty.
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We're all rusty on here, Dom. Since Charbonnet
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is not there at the moment, Chardonnay, you know.
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There he is. So it was good to have Jaden Price
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be able to run the rock for them, especially
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as being a late draft pick from Notre Dame. And
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then Drew Locke came in, did what a backup did.
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Didn't do too much, didn't do too little, you
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know. He tried for his best Carson Wentz impression.
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100%. Did everything right, yeah. Besides that,
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I mean, the defense was pretty locked in to me,
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I felt like. I mean, coming back from where they
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were at in the situation, just like losing. Sam
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Darnold, so early in the game, was definitely
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not what anybody had in the cards for me. They
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didn't have it on that first 10 scripted plays.
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No, it's not. Or did he last more than 10 plays?
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He lasted more than 10. No, he didn't last more
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than 10. That was the first drive. Yeah, it was
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the first drive. Finish up. How are you feeling
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about the rest of it? The rest of the game was
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pretty solid. I mean, Drake definitely made a
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couple of bad decisions. I mean, the last play
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to lose it the way he did. Definitely not how
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I want my quarterback to be going out. Your quarterback?
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Is he your boy, Drake May? No. No, no, no. I
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wanted him as a Vikings fan, so I guess I can
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claim him as my boy. So, Rob, you dig into the
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QBs all the time pretty deep. Yes. Are there
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any glaring concerns with Drake May's game, or
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is this just a week one, get the rust out, you
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know, whatever? Playing in a tough environment.
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Yeah, definitely tough environment. That front
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seven of Seattle is elite. They displayed that
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the whole game. We were talking about the secondary
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last week being banged up. They showed up and,
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you know, showed out a little bit. Yeah, I was
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going to mention that. I kind of talked crap
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on that. Sorry to steal your takes. No, no. Rob's
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stealing notes again. That's right. I have them
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up right here. From ESPN. Yeah, he was a little
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reckless on a couple of those picks. That first
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one was definitely a throw 50 -50 ball that he
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shunned. It's going to be interesting once, you
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know, A .J. Brown went down. How that offense
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continues to develop, you know, what, four or
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five weeks, which he's probably out. It's going
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to be interesting who's going to step up. Dobbs
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had a huge drop. They kind of really killed him
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a little bit in that game. What did A .J. Brown
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end up having? What was the high ankle? Yeah.
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Yeah. On the other side of the ball, Patriots
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D, they played very well. Price does look nice.
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He's a dude. Real nice. Feeling that walk or
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roll. Looks like he can. Which was one of our
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bigger questions last week as well. Good overall
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first game. Good defensive game. I loved it.
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Obviously, with Sam going down, changed the aspect
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of how they were going to operate. They just
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tightened it down. We're not going to beat ourselves.
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We're going to play D. And, you know, they got
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an opportunity in the second half and got it
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done. Yes, sir. I was just about to say, do we
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have a timetable for Sam? But it says, like,
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a week, possible week four return. Could return
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sooner, but week four right now, they're eyeing
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up for Sam Donald. Oh, Sammy D. Well, well. Yeah,
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I guess, yeah, the only thing I was going to
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touch on is something you already mentioned was
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the Seattle secondary. I was a little concerned
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with some injuries back there, but, man, they
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shut me up with three picks. That's right. You
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know, and locking down, you know, somebody that
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we know has played at a high level in Drake May.
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So, yeah, it was bittersweet for me because I
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like defense more than offense. I was like, these
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boys showed up to play. I had to eat my words
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from last week a little bit. Yeah, and then Jackson
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Smith Najiba definitely stepped up and played
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number one receiver. Even having Drew Locke come
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in there, he definitely still had over 100 yards
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out there, so it was super solid for him. Yeah.
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The screen pass with the rack really helps the
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stat. Anytime. His touchdown, too, is that fourth
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and two, and he just runs a short hooker out,
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and he's just standing right there in that zone.
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So, I mean. Quick, simple routes and passes like
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that make it a lot easier for your backups to
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just be like, all right, there he is. Get the
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ball into my best player's hands and let him
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go make plays, and that's what he did. Showing
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why he was Offensive Player of the Year. Let's
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hear that, LaFerre. Ooh. Ooh. We're not even
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there yet. Not even there yet. Got to warm it
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up. All right, before we move on from these two
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teams, the Patriots have the Pittsburgh Steelers
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at home. Just real quick, can I say quick hits?
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Because somebody uses that. Steal it. There's
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real quick hits on that. Before we move on, Patriots
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at home against the Steelers. Do they leave their
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home stadium one and one? Bounce back for sure,
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100%. Yeah, get the win. That's one. Winning
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next week against the Steelers, Patriots. Don't
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need to go into a whole thing. Because I know
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you want to get analytical immediately. Not me.
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Not Mr. Analytics. Me? Not Mr. Analytics himself.
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Yes. Yes. All right. We're in agreeance. 4 -0.
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If the Patriots don't win next week, I guess
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unsubscribe. I don't know. Please don't. Wait
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a minute. Wait, wait, wait. Shut up. Shut up.
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Please look at the ticker Kevin made for us.
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All right. All right. All right. And then Seattle.
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They have, just because we're not talking about
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these teams, they travel to Arizona, who did
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kind of win, possibly not an upset by any means,
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but, I mean, you probably didn't think. I certainly
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didn't. They weren't going to be my pick. They
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wouldn't have been my pick. So next week, Seattle
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at Arizona. I think Seattle wins. Seattle pulls
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that off. I would imagine so as well. You're
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going to Arizona for sure. No, I'm going to Seattle.
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Seattle. Is that defense? There it is. I'm going
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to go back and listen and make sure. I'm just
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curious. 100%. Good luck on that path. All right.
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Anyway. All right. Next game of the week from
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week one here. The Melbourne game. The Niners
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running away with a 27 -7 over the Rams. Is it
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that 8%, 16%, 24 % because they traveled late
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and lost all that water here? We're tired of
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hydration now. Why are we watering? Love it.
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Love it. Keep going, keep going. I'm just curious.
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I don't know if it was the hydration, but I do
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think the travel. Traveling later? Yeah, because
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they traveled the day before, and so you're going
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to sit on a plane for. 18 hours and then try
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and act like nothing ever happened the next day
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and you're just going to continue to do your
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thing. Yeah, they said they had to get up. It
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was crazy. Yeah, I'm just like, nah. So you're
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on the fence of that that affected their play?
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100 % because they seemed just absolutely slow.
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I'm curious about the... their preseason prep,
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too, because they just seemed, like, out of shape.
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I know that not a lot of players are in, like,
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football condition right now, but they didn't
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look like they were in football condition. One
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guy at 95 looked 95. Yeah. Because when did they
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play? They played on, was it Thursday? Yeah.
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Last week, right? Yeah. And when did the Rams
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travel there? They traveled Wednesday. That.
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Yeah. Yeah. I don't know. Because we thought
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about it, because when we ripped the last show,
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I think the Niners were already there. Right,
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the Niners have been there for an entire week.
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And got acclimated to it. And then you think
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about it. There's got to be something to be said
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about that. And then after that. Whose decision
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is that? Is that McVay's decision? Yeah, 100
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% McVay. And so I think it's going to play out
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to the benefit of the 49ers because as soon as
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that game's over, you can be like, all right,
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let's pack our bags and let's go because we now
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have a week and a half to re -acclimate. and
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then be ready for week two. Whereas now the Rams
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are like, all right, we got our butts whipped.
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Let's go back and just try and recover. They're
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off to a rough start. I still think the Rams
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are going to be a really tough out for any team,
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so I'm not ruling them out yet, but more decision
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-making in terms of getting ready for the game.
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For sure. That and Stafford's got to look a little
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bit better. He definitely looked a little. rusty
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in that game. So that's what I'm looking for
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next week. Who do they play next week? Real quick.
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Before I forget. The Giants. 49ers D just balled
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out. They were flying all over. And they made
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it very difficult. They didn't miss any tackles.
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There's a video clip of Fred Warner that's on
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the opposite side of the... the field and then
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he's just running across and he's just like cruise
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missiles in on the tackle or with the tackle
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and just like man they're just it's good to have
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them back on yeah and like one of our viewers
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mentioned in common talking about last year they're
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down to their third string and they still have
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finished playoff you know like and he's like
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they got their squad and warner was one of the
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guys that was down you know so like when he's
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back that defense looks completely different
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thousand percent and then nick boas is back so
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yeah Yeah, the Rams did look slow, definitely
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on the defensive side. Sorry, I'm just jumping
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in and taking this, but this is where they just
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look fatigued. And it's week one. They're, you
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know, kicking the mouth. Everyone that said they
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were going to go undefeated. So all those people
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can, you know, calm down, you know. I mean, 95
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being out for four weeks is interesting. So that's
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the problem. He's not in shape, and now he's
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going to get a knee thing. So how long until
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week eight, nine, he's in the football shape
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finally? The Ravens are looking a little bit
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more smarter on why they didn't make it happen.
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It's interesting, yes. And now you're expecting
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Aaron Donald to come in and save the day. Yeah.
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After being out of the game for. Two years. But
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he's not taking all them hits at two years. That's
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my only saving grace. I don't know. It's the
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only thing. Still got to play against NFL players.
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But the speed of the game is just insane. The
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one thing I wanted to say is Debo Samuel scoring
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a touchdown in a Niners jersey again just feels
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right. Yeah, for sure. It sucks because when
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he played for the Niners before, we know all
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about that as Vikings fans, and so do you Packers
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fans. But just him scoring a touchdown again
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in a Niners jersey was just interesting to see.
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Felt right. And Mike Evans, too. It's good to
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have Mike Evans on that team. I mean, I feel
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like Brock Purdy really hasn't had a real solid
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number one receiver at how. the capacity of mike
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evans as you could say like you can just throw
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it up to him in the end zone and he can go get
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it i mean he's that kiddo but he's never really
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had a big receiver like that in his career so
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to have that is definitely super nice for that
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for that uh for that offense and then on the
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ram side i would say they have a really good
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one -two punch with quorum and kyron williams
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that's gonna be really nice to have down the
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road but like you guys said they definitely got
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to get in shape and and in the past mcfay's made
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this happen too he's won a game going overseas
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On only just one day is also. So this is definitely
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just he's done this before. Coram's got more
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explosiveness, too, than I always expect. Every
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single time he touches the ball. Michigan, man.
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I know. I hate it. I hate it. Play with nine.
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Play with nine. You hate him, too. Michigan.
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Real quick before we move on from this. Real
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quick before we move on from this game. Because
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I don't know where we'd even put Kev's corner
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if that was a tent talk. It's been a while. He's
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learning. That was aggressively quick. We didn't
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talk about this at all. I don't see this on Spotify.
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You don't hear it? I don't hear that on Spotify.
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So Spotify just, like, is wondering what happens
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in that moment. They don't hear the clap, and
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we're all just like. Anyway, real quick, Kev's
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Corner question, because we just talked about
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the Melbourne game. He asks, how do you guys
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feel? Well, first, should international games
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continue to happen? How do you feel about that
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and growing the game outside of the country?
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Yeah, for sure. I mean, 100%. I mean, one thing
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I definitely know that people don't want is a
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Super Bowl. Overseas to happen Because it would
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be crazy ticket prices. I couldn't imagine paying
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for a ticket to go overseas and then paying for
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the tickets to get into the game. Oh, for sure.
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You know, but I mean, I'm definitely down for
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it. Keep it going. Keep it more. Yeah, I like
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it. I mean, I know something. It affects the
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season like Rams, for example, in this game.
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I mean, that arguably that that could affect
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their season, you know, immediately in week one.
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And that's the follow up question for Cavs corners.
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How do you feel about an international game being
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week one versus later in the season? Is it better
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that it's early? You know. I think I said it
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last week to some extent where it was just like,
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I wish this game was later in the season so that
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both teams. So I think the NFL is doing a disservice
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to the international fans to be like, all right,
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you guys are going to get week one. A bunch of
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players, a bunch of starters that haven't. I
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mean, they've practiced, but they haven't really
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played a preseason game. Yeah. And so everyone's
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rusty and out of shape. And like, what kind of
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product are you giving them? If you want to continue
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to grow the international scene, it's like, let's
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try and get it like week four, week five, and
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then offset it or allow the teams an extra, like
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throw in another week. It's another like a buy.
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It's like, all right, you're having an international
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game. And now you have a week off. Like, force
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that on them versus right now they have the option.
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They pick the teams that are going to be doing
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an international game, and they're like, hey.
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You're doing this international game. Do you
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want your bye week immediately following, or
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do you want it at another time? So the team has
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the choice, but why not, if the goal is to grow
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it, every team plays one international game,
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throw in an extra week as an additional bye week
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for everyone, just to offset that travel. Then
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have the Super Bowl on that Sunday with the following
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of President's Day? Yeah. So like end of February,
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beginning of March. They'd rather have a game
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than give another bye week, though. Right. But
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maybe that's – but if you add an 18th game, I
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think the Players Association is going to require
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a second bye. And then all of a sudden you're
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like, all right, there's our in for our one required
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international game for every team. Like that
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take? Yeah, interesting. You'll see that on a
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reel. You would think they would have to standardize
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the travel then or continue to leave that in
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the team's hands? Well, I think they could leave
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that into the team's hands as to when they wanted
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to travel. Right on, right on. Well, we went
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down that frickin' rabbit hole. It was good.
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Great question, Kev. Yeah, good job, Kev. I'm
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not going to give my take because it's like 45
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minutes. Fair enough. I'll get to that other
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Kev's Corner question as well. All right. Ravens
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at Colts, game three. Oh, we didn't even go over.
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Let's see. For the first game, Seattle against
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Patriots. I was the only one to pick Patriots.
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I think because you picked Seattle too, didn't
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you? And then for Rams, Niners. Didn't you pick
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Niners? Yes, I did. Oh, look at that. We all
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picked Rams up here other than Dom. This game,
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we all picked Ravens. Back in the lead already.
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What did you pick? Ravens, Colts. Ravens. Jake,
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take it away. It's your flock. That's cold. I
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like that. I was not prepared for that. 2026.
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2026 banter with the boys going crazy. It's not
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AI slop. AI slop. Where do I start? Lots of notes.
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I think for the most part, yeah, we did. Defense
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showed up. Which is weird for you guys. Whoa.
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I'm just giving you ideas. My bad. Go for it.
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Let's see. So. I mean, I guess out of the entire
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game, my biggest concern, and as I looked back
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at it, it made sense. The Ravens kind of did
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still let the Colts run the ball effectively.
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And it's Jonathan Taylor. He's a really great
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running back. He almost hit 100 yards over the
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course of the entire game. And if you think about
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that, I mean, like how the score was and he still
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got 100 yards, like that's a little bit concerning
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long term for the Ravens, the ability to stop
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the run term. But they were playing out of the
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gates nickel and dime. So they were doing a...
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Excuse me. Their base formation is now 3 -4.
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So they would go with a 3 -3, and then they're
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running either two or three linebackers. Okay.
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And then a whole bunch of, like... Quick DB,
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guys. Yeah. So obviously that leaves them more
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susceptible to to the run game. So that kind
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of makes sense. Why would you why would that
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be your game plan against Jonathan Taylor? I
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I don't know. That's really weird because in
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my mind, I'm like, well, if Daniel Jones is coming
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back from an Achilles, let's stack the box, stop
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the run, and see if Daniel Jones can beat us.
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Captain Hunter 100, that's a win. That's where
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I'm going with that. You think maybe it's like
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great players are going to get theirs, and then
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you just do everything that you can to stop everybody
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else. That's probably what the mindset was going
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into that. I was really impressed with the play
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calling. We quote that cabin right there, that
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little sound. Impressed with the play calling?
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Well, because Declan Doyle stuck with or took
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the things that worked with Lamar and Derrick
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Henry, and that's what they did out of the gates.
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They were like, all right, we're going to do
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RPOs. We're going to do options with Henry and
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Lamar. We're going to do bootlegs. get Jackson
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out of the pocket, make the defense guess where's
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the ball going to, like who's going to actually
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be getting the ball. Yeah. And that's going to
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make them dangerous. And then as they continue
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to at least. They literally ran away with the
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game because Derrick Henry had 144 yards. Something
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that I've always preached is like, you give Derrick
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Henry lots of touches, you want 20 plus. He 24
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for the 144 and the three. Zia Flowers looked
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amazing. I think we saw an example of why he
22:21
was worth the contract extension. It was a bummer
22:23
that he hurt his hamstring. And so he's going
22:26
to be day -to -day. Ooh, changing our pick. Lane
22:30
got hurt. He did, yeah, with that wrist injury.
22:33
He's going to be out longer. But, man, they really
22:36
spread the ball around. Yeah, they did. There's
22:38
a ton of people that touched the ball. And with
22:41
Flowers and even Jacoby Lane being injured for
22:46
next. For next week, this is maybe some foreshadowing
22:49
for my pick. I'm not overly concerned about it
22:51
because of... some of the depth of their... He's
22:54
going with the Ravens. Big guess, but tune in
22:57
to the preview and picks week two episode. Spoilers!
23:00
Spoilers! I think that they've got some depth
23:05
at wide receiver now that they can afford to
23:07
not rush Zay Flowers back with that hamstring
23:10
injury because you don't want to rush that back
23:12
where he's going to potentially make it worse.
23:15
That's the same hamstring, right? From camp or
23:17
something? Yeah. Not good. Loved everything that
23:22
I saw, and I'm looking forward to what is going
23:26
to continue to happen, hopefully. Right, Don.
23:29
For these Ravens. Touch on it. He killed it.
23:34
Don's got it. Let's Dom rip on it. Rip it up,
23:38
Don. We can talk about the Colts a little bit.
23:40
I mean, I know they didn't come up and play the
23:41
best game in the world. I mean, by what I see,
23:45
I mean, Tyler Warren got a touchdown, which is
23:46
nice. I mean, feed him in the end zone, in the
23:48
red zone. You got to give it to the big guy.
23:50
Jonathan Taylor is going to be obviously great
23:53
down the long road. And, I mean, I just see Daniel
23:57
Jones. He came back from a torn Achilles. Right.
23:59
He looked like he came back from a torn Achilles.
24:02
Right. And for me. I just think it's crazy nowadays.
24:06
Like, him and Patrick Mahomes are both starting
24:08
week one, and they both got really hurt last
24:12
year. Significantly. It's not like we just had
24:14
a couple of high -income sprains. You know, we
24:16
had a couple of torn Achilles and a couple of
24:17
torn ACLs. And, I mean, I feel like 10 years
24:20
ago, guys weren't coming back from that that
24:22
quickly like that. You know. AP all day. AP all
24:25
day. So, great dub by the Ravens. They just came
24:29
out and Jesse Minter. Great first win as a head
24:32
coach of the Ravens, and I'm excited for you
24:35
guys' future with him. So good W. Looking forward
24:38
to it. I mean, running RPO with Henry and Lamar
24:43
is so hard. Until injuries happen. And, you know,
24:50
that's the only thing that looks like it's going
24:52
to slow them down unless some team wants to get
24:54
in a track meet with them. I do not suggest.
24:58
Yeah, it's going to be interesting for the opponents
25:02
for the Ravens moving on right now. Right on,
25:05
right on. With that, let's head to our fourth
25:07
and final game of our week one recap. However,
25:12
I'm not the one introducing it. It'll be Roberto.
25:16
I don't know what. He just wanted it. I mean,
25:22
Vikes come off with a big win here. We made a
25:26
video here with some highlights here. Kevin,
25:28
can you cue it up so if you didn't catch the
25:30
game, you kind of... We did it for the Vikes
25:33
but nobody else. Geez, I wonder why. Donovan
25:37
Jennings gets worked. Absolutely f***ing worked.
25:41
What a shot. Hey! How about stop running play
25:48
action when their defensive line gets to you
25:53
in three seconds? Stop with the play action.
25:58
He doesn't know how to count. This is nightmare
26:00
fuel, bro. This is nightmare fuel. Embarrassment,
26:04
man. Donovan Jennings gets worked. Absolutely
26:09
fucking worked. Interesting first half. How about
26:16
stop running? Obviously, Kyler Murray getting
26:20
hurt after 12 plays kind of shook it up a little
26:25
bit with Carson Wentz coming in. I'm glad the
26:27
defensive player was not ejected. Yes, I agree.
26:31
I mean, it was a football play. Kyler Murray's
26:32
wearing a... a football jersey. He's a football
26:35
player. He kind of put himself in it. They both
26:37
kind of started going slide and the tackle simultaneously.
26:42
I'm just glad he wasn't ejected for that. Get
26:45
rid of the slide. That's all I'm going to say
26:49
with that. I love JJ. That's another 45 minutes.
26:54
I think it's big for him because of him only
26:57
having two touchdowns last year. Getting him
26:59
started hot and believing. Great start on that
27:04
aspect. I mean, the refs, it wasn't their best
27:07
game. Just overall. It wasn't their best game.
27:11
I think it wasn't one of their best weeks as
27:18
a whole. If you look at the entire slate of games
27:26
that was played this week, I don't think officiating
27:28
was great. I agree. For the most part. So tell
27:32
us more about that, because I feel like you're
27:34
kind of on the Packer fans' field here. I have
27:37
one massive problem with the game. So I've got
27:42
two. We'll call it one massive problem. Like
27:49
bonehead move, maybe? No, I wouldn't say bonehead.
27:52
There's definitely a bonehead move in this game.
27:56
Anyway, sorry, you go. I keep putting other ideas.
27:59
So there's a couple of things. I'll just say
28:02
this first. I don't mind the decision that they
28:06
went for it on fourth and one after they got
28:07
that offsides penalty on the field goal. No,
28:10
I didn't mind the decision to go for it. I get
28:12
the idea behind it, but I hate it. Trying to
28:14
go up by eight at that. or at least the field
28:18
goal put them up at eight. If you get the first
28:20
down, you potentially get more points. And you're
28:22
kicking it deep to a Vikings offense that wasn't
28:24
doing a damn thing. So the play call was poor.
28:30
It was an awful play call because you were just
28:33
doing a QB sneak. This isn't Tom Brady. Thank
28:36
you, homie. Dominique, big citrus. This isn't
28:41
Tom Brady who's like. 99 out of 100 on getting
28:45
first downs on QB sneaks. Is that his Madden
28:48
rating? No, his Madden rating is probably 100
28:51
still. But so there's that probably the questionable
28:59
decision is the play call on that fourth and
29:01
one. But no matter what, if you don't get it,
29:03
of course you're looked at as the bad guy. Right.
29:06
Yes. But I don't think that there is anything
29:08
wrong with that. And I don't. If you look at
29:12
other decisions that may have potentially cost
29:15
teams games, like if you look at Lion Saints,
29:19
the Saints went for two to try and take the win
29:21
instead of taking a tie. That's a different situation.
29:26
How is it different? They're coming out for a
29:28
win. Literally for the game in that single play.
29:32
Don't get me wrong. That play could have been
29:33
for the game. That play technically was for the
29:36
game. I agree. Because you took points off the
29:38
freaking board, which you never freaking do.
29:40
No. But because it was such a, one, it was a
29:43
giant momentum swing for the Vikings. Like, the
29:46
fans went crazy. Right. Giant boost and motivated
29:50
the offense. 100%. But then the Packers essentially
29:53
had to stop them, and then you've got the, like
29:57
the, what? No, not, before that, they had the
30:01
illegal contact. Which is true. Which was illegal.
30:05
Questionable. I mean. We're getting kind of question.
30:09
No, that's, I'm just like, no, that was rough.
30:12
I mean, but we still won by 17 points. So if
30:14
we take that one drive away, we still win by
30:16
what? So, but that, but you don't know that completely,
30:19
but you don't, you don't necessarily know that.
30:22
Right. Exactly. But I'm just, I'm just saying
30:25
that. So there's that play. Then there's the,
30:28
the roughing, the passer penalty. And then there
30:31
was the additional, additional PI, right? No,
30:35
it wasn't. It was a legal contact. Yeah, another
30:37
legal contact down at the goal line. But that
30:38
play, it was different because in that drive
30:39
that you were talking about, that's when Hutch
30:41
caught the touchdown pass. That P .I. was later
30:44
in the game. No, I'm not talking about the P
30:45
.I. There were three penalties on that drive.
30:48
Yeah, but not that penalty. Just clarifying.
30:51
Right. That ultimately led to Minnesota getting
30:55
that touchdown, taking the lead, and then...
30:59
But that was the... Was that the Hockinson touchdown?
31:02
That was Wentz's best throw of the day. Yeah.
31:05
And then, okay, so before the Packer field goal,
31:10
the Viking touchdown right before that, was that
31:12
Jeddah's deep on the free play? So that's my
31:15
point, right? The Vikings scored on the free
31:18
play, which is sick and blah, blah, blah. They
31:20
were kind of driving on that drive, but not really.
31:23
They just took advantage of the situation, and
31:25
Jeddah's is going to Jeddah's. But my... That's
31:29
my argument for keeping the points on the board
31:31
if you're the Packers because you already made
31:32
it. You know those points are up. You're up eight,
31:35
so you still either force them to go for two,
31:37
which they may or may not have right away if
31:40
they scored immediately. I don't know. I just
31:42
feel like you had the momentum as a Packer. Right.
31:44
So if you have the momentum, why not go for the
31:47
throat? Go for the fourth and one. Yeah. Again,
31:52
I don't hate the decision that they wanted to
31:54
go for. Again, if you do get it and then score.
31:57
Score six after that, if you're looking pretty.
32:00
Yeah, you're up 12, and now that's two scores.
32:02
They had other opportunities to get back in the
32:04
game. I know, but I just wanted to take points
32:07
off the board. I'm mad. That's me. So I'm annoyed
32:10
by the officiating in that particular drive.
32:12
For sure. Agreed. And ultimately, what I'll say
32:16
is this, and I believe this. He's a Packer fan.
32:19
No, he's not. I knew it. It took him one week
32:23
to switch. Too much purple. He's choking. No,
32:27
there's a saying or a phrase out there that the
32:31
teams have to play better than the ref's ref,
32:33
and that's 100 % true. I mean, which is always
32:34
true. So, I mean, I can be mad at the refs, but
32:39
then also it does fall on the players to execute.
32:42
But I think that those three calls had more of
32:48
an impact on the game in that moment. than probably,
32:54
like, the rest of the game. Well, the rough in
32:56
the passer was on a third down, wasn't it? Yeah.
32:58
So it's just like third and three. Third and
33:00
three. Yeah. Yeah, it's like. I think it's probably
33:03
what it went for on third and three anyways.
33:06
Even if they don't call a penalty there. He went
33:08
up top when he, like, started up top. Yeah, but
33:10
he, like, braced himself with two hands, right?
33:12
Yeah, he's, like, falling. That's tough. If I'm
33:14
a defender, what else do you want me doing? It
33:15
sucks. It sucks. It's part of the game. So what
33:18
else do you want me to do? Dom says get bent,
33:20
son. Literally. Get up and do it again. I've
33:23
been a Vikings fan for 32 years old, and then
33:26
I've literally gotten bent a thousand times by
33:28
the Vikings. And you can put that on a reel.
33:32
The Vikings have bent me. That Dom likes getting
33:34
bent. Hey, this week as a Vikings fan, you just
33:41
got to be happy. At the end of it, we just got
33:44
to be happy. When I see the first 12 plays with
33:48
Kyler Murray and he throws a YOLO ball to God
33:50
knows who, McKinney. Don't know who it was going
33:53
to. No, it was going to Jennings. No, I'm saying
33:57
who intercepted it. Nixon. Nixon. Okay, Nixon.
34:00
He made a great play on that, actually. But again,
34:04
as a sitting duck, I would hope he can make that
34:06
play. I can make that play, too. No, he came
34:08
off coverage and made an amazing play. He was
34:10
on Hawkinson on the far outside. I don't agree
34:13
with the play call. I think he should have checked
34:15
out of it to something else. But the dude made
34:19
a nice play. Yeah, bad decision because of the
34:21
outcome. But if that dude's there, he might have
34:24
caught it. I mean, honestly, if you looked at
34:30
the play, Nixon made a nice play. But it was
34:33
kind of a dumb overall. Yeah, they were coming
34:35
hot. They were coming 12 in the box. Everybody
34:37
was coming. And like I said, I mean, me being
34:39
a Vikings fan this week was like a roller coaster
34:42
as usual. First quarter is as blah as you can
34:45
get. And I mean, after that, I would say a big.
34:50
People would say the momentum change would be
34:52
the fourth and one missing. But to me, I feel
34:56
like what really kicked it off was the Miles
34:59
Price kick return as far as we went. Oh, yeah.
35:01
Which was big. Which was crucial, especially
35:03
where we needed it, you know. He almost broke
35:05
one earlier, too. And then, I mean, defense did
35:08
not bend in the second half. You know, it was
35:11
great. Dallas Turner had eight pressures. He
35:14
should have had four sacks. He was all over the
35:16
field. He only had one sack, you know. He was
35:18
awesome. Obviously, Big Citrus, I'm really excited
35:24
for his future as a Viking. It's going to be
35:26
really exciting to see what happens. Obviously,
35:28
we've got to work on a lot more with the offense.
35:30
Everybody's freaking out about Banks not playing.
35:32
It's like, yeah, well, Miles Garrett is down
35:34
for four weeks. Shut up. I'd rather not lose
35:36
Banks to the rest of them. It's fine. It's good.
35:40
Guys that we didn't talk about on the offensive
35:42
side that I thought really stepped up. So, I
35:48
mean, Carson Wentz. I mean, plain and simple.
35:51
Had three touchdowns in, make no mistakes. Took
35:54
some bad sacks. He just likes to hold on to the
35:56
ball. And, God, I feel bad for the guy because
35:58
he looks like he's just getting demolished out
36:01
there. I mean, I expected J .J. McCarthy to be,
36:04
quote, unquote, activated. You know, for sure.
36:08
So, I mean, great W by the Vikings. Take it.
36:11
Take it. MSU North, you know. We'll take it.
36:14
Yeah, I'm going to throw some notables on the
36:16
defense. I thought Redmond and Rodriguez played
36:18
awesome up front. The Packers did not have really
36:22
a rush game at all. You can see Jacobs. Definitely
36:25
a missing piece in that. I really wanted to know
36:28
about. Just watching back the tape. Christian
36:31
Watson. The secondary played great. Josh Mattel
36:34
has had a few linebacker hip moves that we could
36:37
talk about at a different time. Another 45. Yeah.
36:41
But also a little concerning, though, most of
36:45
those big plays are Theo Jackson. He was a victim.
36:49
The big long run right away with Watson. He should
36:52
have lit him up or picked it off. He took a weird
36:55
back angle from it. And we always give Christian
36:58
Watson crap, but he played like a 1A receiver.
37:00
Yeah, he was ready to play this game. 100%. And
37:03
the rest of the game, Love looked very lost.
37:06
They didn't really like the playoff calling,
37:08
especially with the Vikings brought pressure
37:09
in the second half. They kept running super long
37:12
10, 12 -yard routes all the time. A lot of play
37:16
action. You saw in the video of the highlights
37:17
of the game. Run another play action. I was like,
37:20
why are you running big, long, developing plays?
37:23
when the Vikings are just sending the house.
37:26
Literally, it's straight in your face. What did
37:29
you put in the chat? 78 %? Yeah, it was 78 %
37:33
blitz rate. Yes. And then out of that, they had
37:36
52 .8%. Percentage of those resulted in pressure
37:42
on Love. That's tough, man. Literally half the
37:45
game. Yeah, he's running for his life. Yeah,
37:47
that's tough. Obviously, it's going to be a little
37:50
bit tough next week. One other one. I'll give
37:53
some love to the fight. I mean, we talked about,
37:56
like, Turner. I like this. Brian Cashman. I'll
38:00
play awesome. Amazing. Like, just absolutely
38:03
owning those double A gap blitzes. 100%. Big
38:07
leg will. As usual. Front seven played awesome.
38:11
Secondary, Rogers dropped one. That's all right.
38:14
That would have closed up. We'll let them have
38:16
it. We'll let them have it. They'll play more
38:19
opportunities. So this is the point in the episode
38:21
where we're going to do a little quick blurb.
38:22
Do we still do that? Did we have another Kevin's
38:25
Corner? We do have another Kevin's Corner. Let's
38:27
end with that. That's good. That's good. Kev
38:31
was curious. Kev's Corner. We should have some
38:34
sort of noise for that. That was in Netflix,
38:37
wasn't it? I don't know why I just did that.
38:41
He is curious if... When you ask that question,
38:44
are you talking every single play? Only things
38:47
that are called. Only things that are called.
38:50
To be able to challenge every single call. There's
38:54
a hole in every call. There's a PI on every single
38:57
play. Correct. So Kev wants... Basically, for
39:04
you MLB fans out there, he wants to know if NFL
39:07
will go to that route where you can challenge
39:09
every call and everything. To Kev's point, there's
39:13
holding on every play. Can you challenge that?
39:16
But to that same point, I think that's the problem,
39:18
that there's holding on every play. So it's like,
39:20
where's the line drawn? Clarifying question from
39:24
Kev. That's what I'm saying. I'm not saying the
39:31
coach can challenge every single player. It's
39:34
not going to work. No, that's a really great
39:38
question, and there's a history lesson to this.
39:41
A few years ago, the NFL had the rules committee
39:47
implemented the ability to challenge pass interference.
39:51
If there was a pass interference call, then a
39:55
team had the ability to challenge that. Correct.
40:00
Now, every single pass interference call that
40:04
was challenged was upheld. That it was pass interference.
40:10
And the biggest thing was that they couldn't
40:12
confirm intent. Like what they were actually...
40:16
But, I mean, the goal or the intention and the
40:21
spirit of the rule or the ability to challenge
40:24
it was a result of... It was Saints -Rams. NFC
40:30
Championship game. On a corner. Yeah, and that
40:32
wide receiver just got blown up. Blown up so
40:36
hard. And the DPI didn't get called there in
40:40
any capacity. They got so screwed on that. Way
40:43
worse than the Kyle Rudolph potential push -off
40:45
in the back corner. Man, they got screwed on
40:49
that. That was so bad. Sorry. One and all. They
40:54
got a Super Bowl. I think that's a great point.
41:16
For those that cannot hear, he said the play
41:19
of the roughing the passer call where the guy
41:21
puts his hands out and got called for roughing
41:23
the passer. Looks like he kept his weight off
41:25
him. You know, you challenge that to say what
41:27
else you can do. What were you going to say?
41:29
No, it's just like, yeah, like with the Major
41:32
League Baseball ABS system, it's very linear.
41:35
They've got a, yeah. Whereas this is just like,
41:39
well, we think they weren't. It's all judgment
41:40
call. Even on a replay, it's another judgment
41:42
call. You're just taking another look. And then
41:43
we have these conversations over, well, was that
41:46
really an illegal contact or not that we have
41:50
right here? So how's an official supposed to
41:52
make that call in the moment? Right. I don't
41:54
know. I don't know. Well, we've got to wrap this
41:57
episode, fellas. Don't forget to check out Week
41:59
2's Tent Talk and Week 2's Preview and Picks.
42:03
Oh, wow. I even said it. Jeez. And we missed
42:07
that. Okay, so that was all good. Dom, thanks
42:11
for being here, homie. I appreciate you. You're
42:12
going to be here for Tent Talk and Week 2 Preview.
42:15
Oh, man. I'm on it. And Week 2 Preview and Picks
42:18
show, so don't forget to check Dom out in the
42:20
next two episodes. Jake's here every week. We're
42:24
fine. Rob's here every week as well. Kev, Yerp.
42:31
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