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NFL Week 5 PREDICTIONS: 49ers-Seahawks, Bills-Rams, Cowboys-Bucs, Lions-Cardinals | Sherman · The Richard Sherman Podcast

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  Speaker 1: Welcome back to the Richard Sherman podcast. Another great week
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  Speaker 1: of football coming up. We're in week five and you
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  Speaker 1: got the Sherman Bowl. The Seattle Seahawks and the San
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  Speaker 1: Francisco 49ers are playing this week and I know you
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  Speaker 1: guys are here for it. Thank you for always supporting.
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  Speaker 1: Hit that like and sub button if you're new. This
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  Speaker 1: is going to be a great matchup and I can't
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  Speaker 1: wait to talk about it. It's going to be a
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  Speaker 1: good one. And now I know I know what people
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  Speaker 1: are going to say about what happened last year. We're
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  Speaker 1: going to address that.
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  Speaker 2: Richard, it is the Sherman Bowl, and you are not
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  Speaker 2: allowed to pick a 25-25 tie like you have in
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  Speaker 2: years past. It's just not allowed, man. I'm setting the standard,
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  Speaker 2: setting the tone right now. You must declare a winner
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  Speaker 2: before the end of this podcast. Richard, two gladiators are
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  Speaker 2: about to enter the Coliseum on Sunday. One shall come
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  Speaker 2: out victorious. This is a colossal matchup in Seattle. And
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  Speaker 2: Polly Market gives Seattle the edge at 58% likelihood to
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  Speaker 2: win over the red-hot San Francisco 49ers. What do you
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  Speaker 2: expect to see out of this game when these teams
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  Speaker 2: enter Lumen Field on Sunday?
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  Speaker 1: I expect it to be electric. It's going to be electric.
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  Speaker 1: The Seattle Seahawks reigning defending Super Bowl champions at home
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  Speaker 1: coming off a big win against the Chargers, and they
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  Speaker 1: look good. Mitchell Sam Donald starting to find his rhythm,
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  Speaker 1: starting to get, he had an early interception, first play
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  Speaker 1: from scrimmage, threw a ball to other team, shook that off. JSN,
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  Speaker 1: reigning offensive player of the year, looks fantastic. They're finding
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  Speaker 1: ways to get Rashid Shahid involved. That's been great. This
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  Speaker 1: offense is starting to find themselves. This defense continues to
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  Speaker 1: create turnovers. They got six interceptions on a season, got
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  Speaker 1: two more from Justin Herbert the other day. Drake Thomas
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  Speaker 1: got one. They're playing good football. The D-line is starting
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  Speaker 1: to generate a little bit more pressure. They're figuring that
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  Speaker 1: part of it out. Their sack rate is increasing. I
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  Speaker 1: think they're seventh in the league at 8.15 right now.
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  Speaker 1: I love to see how they're playing in the back end.
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  Speaker 1: They're getting a little healthier. It was great to see
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  Speaker 1: Julian Love back in the mix. You could see his
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  Speaker 1: impact immediately. You could see it in the last play
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  Speaker 1: of the game when Uchenna Nwosu Gets the sack. Justin
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  Speaker 1: Herbert was looking for that dig route backside. Julian Love
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  Speaker 1: was right there, ready to poach it. Made Herbert hold
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  Speaker 1: the ball for an extra tick. Sack, forced fumble, game time.
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  Speaker 1: There were so many plays, so many impact plays, whether
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  Speaker 1: you see it on the tape or whether you see
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  Speaker 1: it on the stat sheet from that guy that continue
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  Speaker 1: to show up. Ernest Jones, Ernest Jones had an incredible
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  Speaker 1: impact in this game. and Nick Emanwuri. I mean, what
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  Speaker 1: a godsend. This guy was making plays all over the field.
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  Speaker 1: They were lining him up everywhere. One time I saw
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  Speaker 1: him in a four-point stance at the end going against
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  Speaker 1: Joe Alt, the former top 10 pick, and hit him
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  Speaker 1: with a spin move. Beat him. Beat him for all
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  Speaker 1: intents and purposes. Beat him like he's a pass rusher.
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  Speaker 1: You talk about a Swiss Army knife of a player,
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  Speaker 1: a guy that literally can do and play any position
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  Speaker 1: in this defense. You can put him at the end.
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  Speaker 1: You can put him At D-tackle, you can put him
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  Speaker 1: at middle linebacker. You can put him at safety, corner,
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  Speaker 1: and he can pass. Mitchell, the old booby mouth. This
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  Speaker 1: guy is just a great football player, and that's why
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  Speaker 1: he's the guy that Mike McDonald said was most important
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  Speaker 1: to this defense and makes such a big difference because
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  Speaker 1: no matter where they put him, he's going to make
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  Speaker 1: an impact. And he had a sack in this game.
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  Speaker 1: They used him to cover backs, tight ends. He's going
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  Speaker 1: to factor into this game, no question about it. On
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  Speaker 1: the other side of the coin, The special teams has
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  Speaker 1: been a little up and down. Rashid Shaheed hasn't had
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  Speaker 1: the impact on the special teams that he had last season.
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  Speaker 1: There were a number of big punt returns and kick
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  Speaker 1: returns that he had that really turned the tide in
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  Speaker 1: a couple games. He hasn't had the impact on the
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  Speaker 1: offensive side either that we expected him to have. Yes,
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  Speaker 1: they put him in the backfield. He found his way
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  Speaker 1: to the end zone. That was an incredibly innovative way
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  Speaker 1: to use him. But I'm still wondering why they aren't
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  Speaker 1: able to use him in the passing game in the
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  Speaker 1: way that we thought they would. There are clear and
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  Speaker 1: easy ways to use a speedster like that. He was
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  Speaker 1: getting used. His usage rate in New Orleans was incredibly high.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, he's a guy that can push the ball
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  Speaker 1: down the field, that could stretch the field, that could
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  Speaker 1: take the top off the defense and really open things
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  Speaker 1: up for Jackson Smith and Jigba. And before the season started,
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  Speaker 1: that's the way I thought they would use him. It hasn't.
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  Speaker 1: come to fruition yet, and some of that may have
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  Speaker 1: been Sam Darnold getting hurt, Drew Locke coming in there,
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  Speaker 1: and just a little bit of uncertainty at quarterback for
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  Speaker 1: a quick second, but now Sam Darnold's back, and I'm
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  Speaker 1: still not seeing it. Also, this Seahawks run defense, it
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  Speaker 1: hasn't been terrible, it hasn't been terrible, but they gave
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  Speaker 1: up 147 yards last week to the Chargers, and again,
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  Speaker 1: Mike McDaniel on And Kyle Shanahan has some similarities, especially
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  Speaker 1: in the run game. Kyle is going to watch this
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  Speaker 1: tape and see things that the San Francisco 49ers can
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  Speaker 1: do well against this team if they can move them. Now,
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  Speaker 1: I know the Seattle Seahawks fans are going to say,
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  Speaker 1: this is going to be an easy game. Mitchell, it's
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  Speaker 1: going to be an easy game. They beat them 41-6
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  Speaker 1: in a divisional. They beat them 13-3 last game of
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  Speaker 1: the season. They lost to them first game of the season, 17-13.
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  Speaker 1: But over these three games... The San Francisco 49ers have averaged, what,
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  Speaker 1: about eight, eight and a half points, eight and a
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  Speaker 1: half points a game. That's terrible. So if you're a
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  Speaker 1: Seahawks fan and you believe that, Mitchell, do you think
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  Speaker 1: you're sitting pretty?
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  Speaker 2: I wouldn't be sitting pretty. I got to believe, Richard,
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  Speaker 2: that San Francisco, this is a new team compared to
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  Speaker 2: last year. You know, they had deficiencies down the stretch
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  Speaker 2: last season. They had injuries. This year, sure, they have injuries.
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  Speaker 2: but they're finding a way to overcome them. I mean,
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  Speaker 2: with the addition of Mike Evans, we've already talked about
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  Speaker 2: him a number of times. George Kittle coming back and
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  Speaker 2: defying the odds, tearing his Achilles and running almost 20
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  Speaker 2: miles an hour last week. Listen, I'm a neutral party here.
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  Speaker 2: I like the faithful. I like the 12s. I like
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  Speaker 2: both of you guys. I'm a Detroit Lions fan. I
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  Speaker 2: might be looking for a new fan base to be
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  Speaker 2: a part of if my team keeps down this abysmal path.
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  Speaker 2: But coming into this game as a neutral bystander, I
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  Speaker 2: love what San Francisco is doing. Seattle, the last two weeks,
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  Speaker 2: you guys got beat by the Commanders, and sure, you
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  Speaker 2: got out to an aggressive lead against the Chargers. Reality is,
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  Speaker 2: the game finished a one-score game. My mojo, my momentum,
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  Speaker 2: that meter, is tilted towards the San Francisco 49ers in
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  Speaker 2: this game. Richard, who do you think has the advantage
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  Speaker 2: entering Sunday?
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  Speaker 1: Well, let me go back and continue what I was
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  Speaker 1: getting at because I don't want to just give it
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  Speaker 1: to them that easy. This is too big of a
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  Speaker 1: game for me to just kind of breeze through it.
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  Speaker 1: So I'm going to take my time. I'm going to
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  Speaker 1: run through some stats for you. And I just like
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  Speaker 1: to leave things objective. I don't want to leave it subjective.
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  Speaker 1: It's not my opinion. These are things that both teams
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  Speaker 1: have put on tape. Offensively, points per game, San Francisco
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  Speaker 1: 49ers are– Let's make sure we're accurate because there are
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  Speaker 1: things that are different. They're second at 30.5 points per game.
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  Speaker 1: Seattle Seahawks are 10th with 26.3 yards per game. Total yards,
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  Speaker 1: San Francisco is seventh, Seattle's 13th. Yards per play, 6.8.
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  Speaker 1: San Francisco is first, Seattle is eighth. So relatively close offensively.
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  Speaker 1: And it sounds like, hey, both offenses can score points,
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  Speaker 1: move the ball. But this is where the gap is.
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  Speaker 1: And the things change. The Seattle Seahawks have had a
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  Speaker 1: much tougher time finishing drives, finishing plays, converting third downs.
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  Speaker 1: San Francisco 49ers are the best team in the National
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  Speaker 1: Football League. Number one in conversion rate. They convert 57.5%.
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  Speaker 1: percent of their third downs. You get them to third down,
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  Speaker 1: they're likely converting. And that's because usually Kyle gets them
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  Speaker 1: to manageable third downs because he's going to run the ball.
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  Speaker 1: They're going to be efficient. Brock Purdy is going to
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  Speaker 1: get the ball to the right person in these situations,
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  Speaker 1: and they're going to push the ball down the field
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  Speaker 1: when they need to. But on the flip side, the
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  Speaker 1: Seattle Seahawks are 31st in the league in conversion rate.
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  Speaker 1: They only convert 31 percent of their third downs. That's
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  Speaker 1: an issue. That's a canyon, Mitchell. That's a big disparity.
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  Speaker 1: And I think that's going to have a huge impact
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  Speaker 1: on this game. And then if you go deeper into this,
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  Speaker 1: the red zone, San Francisco 49ers this season, four games in,
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  Speaker 1: have converted 84% of their trips in the red zone.
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  Speaker 1: That's number one in the league by far. On the
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  Speaker 1: flip side, the Seattle Seahawks have converted 56.7. That's 17th
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  Speaker 1: in the league. Again, you're talking about scoring points. You're
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  Speaker 1: talking about finishing drives. You have to be able to
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  Speaker 1: do this, especially in a game like this where the
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  Speaker 1: teams are really evenly matched on a lot of fronts.
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  Speaker 1: I think that obviously what happened last year matters. I mean,
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  Speaker 1: just mentality-wise, mindset-wise, a lot of these guys are the same,
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  Speaker 1: especially on the offensive and defensive lines. The defensive line
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  Speaker 1: for the Seattle Seahawks manhandled this offensive line for the
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  Speaker 1: San Francisco 49ers last year. But the cool thing about
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  Speaker 1: human beings is they have pride. They have pride. You
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  Speaker 1: see that. You feel that. You spend all offseason saying, hey,
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  Speaker 1: I'm never going to let that happen again. These guys
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  Speaker 1: didn't make it to the NFL. These guys haven't played
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  Speaker 1: as well as they have all season long and given
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  Speaker 1: up zero sacks. Their sack percentage is zero right now
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  Speaker 1: for the San Francisco 49ers. Again, number one in the league.
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  Speaker 1: They have not let Brock Purdy get sacked. And obviously
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  Speaker 1: Brock Purdy's legs and his creativity and his elusiveness have
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  Speaker 1: contributed to that as well. But they... have kept him safe,
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  Speaker 1: and I think they are going to take pride in
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  Speaker 1: running the football this game. That's the one weakness that
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  Speaker 1: you could say. If you're a Seahawks fan, there has
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  Speaker 1: been some leaky yardage on the ground, and if the
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  Speaker 1: San Francisco 49ers can run the ball as well as
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  Speaker 1: they have the last few games, and it's been better,
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  Speaker 1: they're sixth in the league at 137 yards per game
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  Speaker 1: on the ground. I think that's going to make the difference.
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  Speaker 1: And then on the flip side, defensively, the Seattle Seahawks
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  Speaker 1: have been really good. They're always good. They're fifth in
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  Speaker 1: points allowed per game. They're first in yards allowed per game,
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  Speaker 1: first in yards per play, first in net passing yards.
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  Speaker 1: This Seattle Seahawks game is still very formidable through the air.
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  Speaker 1: And they're a top 10 rush defense. They're top 11
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  Speaker 1: rush defense. They're 11th in the league at 102 per game.
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  Speaker 1: but there are ways you can get them. And if,
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  Speaker 1: with Julian Love, they're a different secondary. And obviously Kyle
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  Speaker 1: Shanahan knows this. He speaks about Julian Love in the
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  Speaker 1: way that he should be revered. He's an all-pro caliber player,
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  Speaker 1: and I think he finally gets his all-pro nod this year.
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  Speaker 1: But can Brock Purdy finally figure this defense out? Can
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  Speaker 1: he be efficient? Now, this matchup is a much different
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  Speaker 1: matchup than it was last season. You've got to add
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  Speaker 1: in Fred Warner. You've got to add in Dre Greenlaw
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  Speaker 1: back into the equation. two monsters, two monsters, huge difference
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  Speaker 1: makers in this game. You got to enter in a
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  Speaker 1: healthy George Kittle, a healthier Trent Williams. Those guys are
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  Speaker 1: going to make a difference. And if this offensive line,
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  Speaker 1: they're playing like a better unit. They are playing their
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  Speaker 1: best football. So you have to put that into the equation.
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  Speaker 1: With all that said, I think the San Francisco 49ers
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  Speaker 1: find a way to win this game. I think they
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  Speaker 1: find a way to win this game. It's not going
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  Speaker 1: to be a pretty win. It's not going to be
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  Speaker 1: One where you're like, oh my God, we're going to
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  Speaker 1: put this in the Louvre. But I think that Brock
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  Speaker 1: Purdy and the level that he is playing right now,
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  Speaker 1: I think he only has one turnover on the season
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  Speaker 1: and he's amongst the league leaders in touchdown passes, is
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  Speaker 1: going to be the difference. Not that Sam Darnold isn't
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  Speaker 1: playing great football, but he's still kind of finding his
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  Speaker 1: sea legs a little bit after the injury. You know,
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  Speaker 1: he's missed a couple games. He's not four games into
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  Speaker 1: the season. He's only two games into the season or
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  Speaker 1: two in a, or one and a half, whatever you
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  Speaker 1: want to call it, because he played one series of
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  Speaker 1: the New England game, or a couple plays of that series,
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  Speaker 1: and he came back last week against the Commanders, and
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  Speaker 1: he played this game. So two and some change games
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  Speaker 1: into this season, so he's still, you know, finding his rhythm.
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  Speaker 1: I think Brock Purdy is in rhythm. He's playing the
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  Speaker 1: best football of his life. They got Mike Evans, who's
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  Speaker 1: obviously banged up, but they got Deebo Samuel, another guy
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  Speaker 1: that has factored into this series over the history of
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  Speaker 1: the game. Last year, they didn't have these guys. Depot
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  Speaker 1: Samuel has had a factor in these games. He's not
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  Speaker 1: getting 10, 15 touches a game, but when he touches
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  Speaker 1: the football, whether it's in the backfield, in the screen game,
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  Speaker 1: he's making impact, even on the hook and lateral that
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  Speaker 1: they had the other day. He took it 80 yards
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  Speaker 1: for a touchdown, broke a tackle on the way. He's
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  Speaker 1: going to factor into this game. He has factored into
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  Speaker 1: this rivalry over the last couple years. I think the
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  Speaker 1: San Francisco 49ers win this game 24-21. Holy cow.
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  Speaker 2: We have breaking news on the Richard Sherman podcast. Richard
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  Speaker 2: has picked the San Francisco 49ers to beat the Seattle Seahawks.
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  Speaker 2: That's shocking. The other shocking part of this, Richard, is
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  Speaker 2: in my history of sitting down with you and being
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  Speaker 2: able to be a part of this podcast with you,
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  Speaker 2: I cannot remember a singular time that you picked against
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  Speaker 2: the Seattle Seahawks. I'm not going to call you a homer.
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  Speaker 2: I'm just going to call you a very smart man.
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  Speaker 2: You know, obviously, I question you in a lot of
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  Speaker 2: those matchups, but the Seattle Seahawks have been winning and
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  Speaker 2: winning a lot recently. But you're projecting to get knocked
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  Speaker 2: off this weekend. I'm going to join you. I like
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  Speaker 2: the San Francisco 49ers in this one. I think they're
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  Speaker 2: the hotter team. I think they got the old squad
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  Speaker 2: back together with Debo and Kittle and obviously the introduction
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  Speaker 2: of Mike Evans. There's been so many times throughout the
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  Speaker 2: last few years where you wonder, you know, when is
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  Speaker 2: this window open? of championship for the 49ers going to
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  Speaker 2: ultimately close. You know, they had the Trey Lance experiment
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  Speaker 2: go bad. They had to spend a bulk load of
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  Speaker 2: money on guys that were getting injured. And here they are,
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  Speaker 2: you know, arguably the best team in the league. I mean,
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  Speaker 2: certainly they're number one on my power ranks and yours now.
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  Speaker 2: It's remarkable stuff. We'll see how they.
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  Speaker 1: Hold up in Seattle. In mine now. Well, I... I
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  Speaker 1: should have said mine now.
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  Speaker 2: Richard, you've always been ahead of the curve with the 49ers,
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  Speaker 2: just like you were last year with the Seahawks.
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  Speaker 1: And the reason, Mitchell, if it wasn't for that Commanders
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  Speaker 1: game where Marcus Mariota had his way with this defense,
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  Speaker 1: there's no way I would pick the San Francisco 49ers
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  Speaker 1: against this team. But as I've said all year with
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  Speaker 1: my power rankings, for me to move the champs, somebody
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  Speaker 1: got to beat them. And I did not think the
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  Speaker 1: Washington Commanders with a backup quarterback would beat them. But
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  Speaker 1: it showed me some vulnerabilities in that game. And obviously,
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  Speaker 1: they're going to do what they can to fix those things.
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  Speaker 1: But if Marcus Mariota can do that with the receivers
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  Speaker 1: that they had, Diggs and McLaurin, not saying that they're
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  Speaker 1: not great receivers in their own respects, but I feel
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  Speaker 1: like Kyle Shanahan can look at that game and say, hmm.
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  Speaker 1: We have some of those plays. We have some of
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  Speaker 1: those things in our arsenal. Can we do it? Now, again,
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  Speaker 1: the Seattle Seahawks were without Julian Love in that game.
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  Speaker 1: Big deal. Much bigger deal than people give credit. At
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  Speaker 1: the end of the day, the game's played on the field.
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  Speaker 1: The numbers are the numbers. Sometimes people just have your number. Now,
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  Speaker 1: last year, that's what it seemed like. It seemed like
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  Speaker 1: the Seattle Seahawks just had the San Francisco 49ers number.
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  Speaker 1: The San Francisco 49ers couldn't get healthy. They got worse
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  Speaker 1: health-wise as the season progressed. We're going to see. I
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  Speaker 1: just use objective numbers to come to a fair conclusion.
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  Speaker 1: That's what the numbers say, Mitchell. We'll see what the
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  Speaker 1: football says.
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  Speaker 2: You had to be objective in this analysis, my friend,
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  Speaker 2: and I respect it.
• 16:46
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  Speaker 2: In the past, if you wanted action on the game,
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• 16:59
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• 17:22
  Speaker 1: And they're so confident that you will never go back
• 17:25
  Speaker 1: to the other guys that they're giving you a free
• 17:29
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• 17:33
  Speaker 2: And now they've launched a new feature. It's called Squads,
• 17:36
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• 17:39
  Speaker 2: trading on.
• 17:40
  Speaker 1: So download the Polymarket app today and use the promo
• 17:44
  Speaker 1: code Sherman when you sign up. That's S-H-E-R-M-A-N to get
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  Speaker 1: $ 25 free after you deposit just $ 10. Richard, we're going
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  Speaker 1: to do something a little bit different this week. For
• 17:57
  Speaker 1: this segment, it's sponsored by Polymarket. We're going to look
• 18:00
  Speaker 1: at the top five teams where Tyreek Hill could be headed.
• 18:04
  Speaker 1: Right now, Polymarket gives the Kansas City Chiefs a 78%
• 18:07
  Speaker 1: likelihood to land a.
• 18:10
  Speaker 2: Tyreek Hill, followed by your San Francisco 49ers at 15%,
• 18:13
  Speaker 2: the Tampa Bay Buccaneers at 15%, your Seattle Seahawks at 14%,
• 18:21
  Speaker 2: and the Minnesota Vikings at 9%. What do you think's
• 18:25
  Speaker 2: most likely, and what do you think's ultimately the best
• 18:27
  Speaker 2: fit for Tyreek out of these teams?
• 18:30
  Speaker 1: Mitchell, he's going to be singing that song. I'm coming home.
• 18:34
  Speaker 1: I'm coming home. Tell the world I'm coming home. Because
• 18:40
  Speaker 1: the Kansas City Chiefs just lost Taequann Thornton to a
• 18:44
  Speaker 1: lower body injury. If they didn't lose him, I would
• 18:46
  Speaker 1: probably say that percentage goes down substantially because where are
• 18:50
  Speaker 1: they going to play him? But I think if he
• 18:52
  Speaker 1: was willing to take a pay cut or a minimum
• 18:54
  Speaker 1: for any team, it's going to be that team. It's
• 18:56
  Speaker 1: going to be Andy Reid. It's going to be the
• 18:58
  Speaker 1: place that drafted him and believed in him in the
• 19:01
  Speaker 1: first place, a place he had his most successful seasons,
• 19:05
  Speaker 1: put a ring on his finger. And if you like it,
• 19:07
  Speaker 1: then you should have put a ring on it, Mitchell.
• 19:09
  Speaker 1: I think Andy Reid makes the call. I think they've
• 19:11
  Speaker 1: already had conversations. I would assume if he's healthy, he's
• 19:16
  Speaker 1: in Kansas City.
• 19:17
  Speaker 2: Well, as you can see on Polymarket, you can trade
• 19:20
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• 19:24
  Speaker 2: It's an alternative to traditional sportsbook that keeps you in
• 19:27
  Speaker 2: control of your trades. Let's take it to another game
• 19:32
  Speaker 2: in Dallas. This is a team that It got off
• 19:35
  Speaker 2: to a slow start this season, but our 2-2, and
• 19:37
  Speaker 2: their offense just looks dominant right now. CeeDee Lamb with
• 19:40
  Speaker 2: a huge week last weekend, and they take on the
• 19:43
  Speaker 2: 0-4 Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Richard, you're going to be at
• 19:46
  Speaker 2: this game in Dallas on Thursday Night Football Live. on
• 19:50
  Speaker 2: Amazon Prime. Make sure you tune in to watch Richard
• 19:54
  Speaker 2: and the crew. Dallas and this offense, mainly CeeDee Lamb
• 19:59
  Speaker 2: and Dak Prescott. They look like they've got something going.
• 20:03
  Speaker 2: Do you like what you see in Dallas right now?
• 20:05
  Speaker 1: Do I like what I see in Dallas, Mitchell? It's two-faced.
• 20:09
  Speaker 1: So I like half of what I see in Dallas.
• 20:11
  Speaker 1: I like the offense of Cy Mitchell. If I could
• 20:14
  Speaker 1: turn the TV off when they play defense, I'd be
• 20:17
  Speaker 1: talking about a Super Bowl contender. But we can't do that.
• 20:22
  Speaker 1: We can't just turn the game off when they play defense.
• 20:24
  Speaker 1: And the most concerning part about their defense is they
• 20:30
  Speaker 1: have guys. They have guys. If you look at the roster,
• 20:35
  Speaker 1: you say, hey, this defense on paper should be pretty good.
• 20:40
  Speaker 1: This defense on paper should be top 10. You got
• 20:44
  Speaker 1: Quentin Williams, you got Rashawn Gary, you got Kenny Clark.
• 20:47
  Speaker 1: That D-line should be formidable. But then they aren't. And
• 20:53
  Speaker 1: I'm still kind of waiting for Caleb Downs to have
• 20:56
  Speaker 1: that real big impact game that I think even the
• 21:02
  Speaker 1: Dallas Cowboys fans would say, hey, He's had some plays.
• 21:05
  Speaker 1: He's had some moments here and there. But you're still
• 21:09
  Speaker 1: waiting for his breakout game where he's just causing turnovers,
• 21:14
  Speaker 1: really impacting the game in a big way, and you're
• 21:17
  Speaker 1: feeling his presence. And, you know, he's still a rookie.
• 21:20
  Speaker 1: So I think it was unfair to put those expectations
• 21:24
  Speaker 1: on a rookie, but they did it. They did it.
• 21:27
  Speaker 1: They were speaking like he has just changed his defense.
• 21:29
  Speaker 1: He's just changed the culture, and he's changed their identities.
• 21:34
  Speaker 1: And I just haven't seen that on tape. On the
• 21:37
  Speaker 1: flip side, I mean, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers aren't a
• 21:40
  Speaker 1: great team. They are not. They're without Baker Mayfield for
• 21:43
  Speaker 1: the next two to four weeks. He can't even grip
• 21:46
  Speaker 1: a football right now. They aren't playing great defense. This
• 21:51
  Speaker 1: defense is hardly recognizable from the Todd Bowles' defenses of
• 21:56
  Speaker 1: the past that we kind of recognize as a pressure-packed
• 21:59
  Speaker 1: attacking style. And maybe that has to do with how
• 22:04
  Speaker 1: bad they're playing offensively. But I don't know. They got
• 22:09
  Speaker 1: to figure it out. They got to figure it out.
• 22:10
  Speaker 1: They're 23rd in scoring offense. They're playing Jalen Daniels again
• 22:14
  Speaker 1: at quarterback, the undrafted rookie out of Kansas. I just
• 22:19
  Speaker 1: don't see how things are going to improve for them.
• 22:21
  Speaker 1: Emeka Abuka hasn't looked like the player that he looked
• 22:24
  Speaker 1: his rookie year before. They haven't, Bucky Irving hasn't looked
• 22:28
  Speaker 1: like the guy he was last season. So many things,
• 22:31
  Speaker 1: so many things that they were depending on kind of
• 22:35
  Speaker 1: being the same and being consistent haven't been. And when
• 22:38
  Speaker 1: you lose foundational pieces to your team, like the Tampa
• 22:42
  Speaker 1: Bay Buccaneers, you lose Mike Evans, a guy who is
• 22:46
  Speaker 1: a walking thousand yard season. Every season for the Tampa
• 22:49
  Speaker 1: Bay Buccaneers, that's going to factor in. Sure, you got
• 22:52
  Speaker 1: Chris Godwin, you got Emeka Abuka, but He was the
• 22:56
  Speaker 1: stabilizing force, and I know he was banged up a
• 22:58
  Speaker 1: little bit last year. He's always banged up a little bit.
• 23:00
  Speaker 1: He's banged up now, but he's still a factor on
• 23:04
  Speaker 1: the field. He's still a guy defenses have to understand
• 23:09
  Speaker 1: where he is and how they're going to cover him.
• 23:11
  Speaker 1: You can't say, hey, we got a corner that's going
• 23:13
  Speaker 1: to guard Mike Evans. You're going to have a long
• 23:14
  Speaker 1: day as a team, as a defense. And then you
• 23:19
  Speaker 1: have Levante David, the leader of this defense, the– the
• 23:23
  Speaker 1: stabilizing force in this defense, and he had been for 13,
• 23:27
  Speaker 1: 14 years, and now he's gone. And so you have
• 23:32
  Speaker 1: guys trying to step into shoes that they can't fit,
• 23:34
  Speaker 1: and you're seeing those holes. You're seeing the lack of
• 23:38
  Speaker 1: continuity there. You're seeing what the lack of leadership can
• 23:43
  Speaker 1: do to a team. So, obviously, I think the Dallas Cowboys,
• 23:48
  Speaker 1: and Polly Market agrees with me. Dallas Cowboys, they believe
• 23:50
  Speaker 1: Dallas Cowboys have an 81% chance to win this game.
• 23:54
  Speaker 1: And the way Dak Prescott is playing, I believe that.
• 23:56
  Speaker 1: He has eight touchdowns, only one interception on the season.
• 23:59
  Speaker 1: He's thrown for over 1,000 yards. C.D. Lamb, 37 receptions,
• 24:03
  Speaker 1: 498 yards, four touchdowns. I mean, they threw it to
• 24:05
  Speaker 1: him early and often last year, I mean, last game.
• 24:08
  Speaker 1: And he showed up. He had over 180 yards receiving.
• 24:12
  Speaker 1: I think he had 17 catches. And if they're going
• 24:14
  Speaker 1: to use him in that way, whether it's in a
• 24:16
  Speaker 1: screen game, deep down the field, in the intermediate game,
• 24:21
  Speaker 1: they're going to be a dangerous team. And he doesn't
• 24:23
  Speaker 1: believe anybody in the league can cover him. And it's
• 24:26
  Speaker 1: proven to be true so far. So I expect Dallas
• 24:30
  Speaker 1: to continue to do that, to continue to feed him,
• 24:32
  Speaker 1: to get George Pickens more involved. Because George Pickens was
• 24:35
  Speaker 1: really explosive last week. For all the passes that didn't
• 24:38
  Speaker 1: go to CeeDee Lamb and the ones that went to
• 24:40
  Speaker 1: George Pickens, he was very productive. Caught a deep post
• 24:43
  Speaker 1: route against Kamari Lassiter. That was a huge play in
• 24:46
  Speaker 1: the game. And this was against a good team. And
• 24:50
  Speaker 1: you saw C.D. Lamb do it against Derek Stingley, Kamari Lassiter,
• 24:54
  Speaker 1: Kalen Bullock, whoever was out there, Jalen Petrie. And you
• 24:58
  Speaker 1: got to give them respect for that. Obviously, the Houston
• 25:01
  Speaker 1: Texans defense hasn't been what we expected them to be
• 25:04
  Speaker 1: this season. They haven't played as well as we expected,
• 25:07
  Speaker 1: as anybody expected. And I'm sure they're frustrated with that.
• 25:10
  Speaker 1: But This Dallas Cowboys offense is as good as any
• 25:14
  Speaker 1: in the league, but the thing that's holding them back
• 25:16
  Speaker 1: is a defense that's highly talented, but not as productive
• 25:20
  Speaker 1: as they need to be. Now, maybe Joey Porter Jr. will,
• 25:23
  Speaker 1: as he gets more acclimated, as they kind of figure
• 25:28
  Speaker 1: out how they're going to create a defense around him,
• 25:32
  Speaker 1: maybe that makes a huge difference in a secondary with
• 25:34
  Speaker 1: him and Caleb Downs. If Christian Parker can kind of
• 25:37
  Speaker 1: find a way to let him man up with somebody's
• 25:40
  Speaker 1: best receiver and create zones around him, maybe create pressure
• 25:43
  Speaker 1: packages with Caleb Downs and let him get more involved
• 25:47
  Speaker 1: around the line of scrimmage, maybe things could change. That's
• 25:50
  Speaker 1: what I would do. But this is a game I
• 25:53
  Speaker 1: think Dallas can win, and I feel really good about it.
• 25:57
  Speaker 1: If Tampa Bay wins this game, this would be an
• 25:58
  Speaker 1: incredible upset.
• 26:00
  Speaker 2: I agree with you 100%. Give me the Dallas Cowboys
• 26:04
  Speaker 2: in this one. Now we got to talk about my
• 26:06
  Speaker 2: Detroit Lions and the game was late and I'm sorry.
• 26:10
  Speaker 2: I know I probably caught some flack in the comment
• 26:12
  Speaker 2: section for not commenting on the Lions loss to the
• 26:15
  Speaker 2: Carolina Panthers, but I'll reserve my comments to now. Richard,
• 26:19
  Speaker 2: I have been humbled by this team to say the least.
• 26:22
  Speaker 2: My expectations were very high on the Detroit Lions coming
• 26:25
  Speaker 2: into the season. I thought 13 and four was very obtainable.
• 26:29
  Speaker 2: Now I'm questioning whether even eclipsing 500 is possible. This offense,
• 26:34
  Speaker 2: and I'm going to read a stat to you and
• 26:36
  Speaker 2: feel free to just comment with your eyes if you want.
• 26:40
  Speaker 2: Jerry Goff is the first quarterback in NFL history to
• 26:45
  Speaker 2: have 1,200 plus pass yards and zero turnovers for the
• 26:49
  Speaker 2: first four games of the season and not to have
• 26:52
  Speaker 2: a winning record. Richard, that is a wild statistic because
• 26:57
  Speaker 2: when you look at the other quarterbacks that have did
• 26:59
  Speaker 2: similar things to this, they all are in that MVP conversation.
• 27:03
  Speaker 2: A lot of them went on to win the MVP.
• 27:05
  Speaker 2: So while Jared Goff might be a dark horse MVP candidate,
• 27:09
  Speaker 2: what is holding this team back? And the glaring issue
• 27:12
  Speaker 2: here is defense. I mean, when you were talking about
• 27:16
  Speaker 2: the Seattle Seahawks and their struggles against the run being
• 27:20
  Speaker 2: 17th in the league, Man, what I would give to
• 27:23
  Speaker 2: be 17th in the league, Richard. I mean, this Detroit
• 27:26
  Speaker 2: Lions defense is making every quarterback they go against look
• 27:30
  Speaker 2: like a first ballot Hall of Famer. They're making every.
• 27:34
  Speaker 1: I got to stop you because the Seattle Seahawks defense
• 27:37
  Speaker 1: isn't 17th. They're third down defenses. They're number one in
• 27:40
  Speaker 1: just about every other category.
• 27:41
  Speaker 2: Well, fine, fine. Okay, I misspoke there. But I will
• 27:45
  Speaker 2: take 17th in third down defense or whatever. You get
• 27:49
  Speaker 2: my point. But, Richard, the Detroit Lions in this defense,
• 27:55
  Speaker 2: they're making every single quarterback and number one receiving option
• 27:59
  Speaker 2: look like first ballot Hall of Famers. I mean, you
• 28:01
  Speaker 2: saw it with Chris Alave week one. You saw it
• 28:04
  Speaker 2: with the rookie Kenyon Sadiq out of Oregon, almost going
• 28:07
  Speaker 2: for 100 yards and a score. Geno Smith. And then, obviously,
• 28:11
  Speaker 2: this past week with Bryce Young and Tedaroa McMillan, who, yes,
• 28:16
  Speaker 2: you know, he's a first-round pick. at wide receiver, but
• 28:18
  Speaker 2: really has not performed up to his standards this early
• 28:21
  Speaker 2: into the season. And here he goes. He's at 150
• 28:24
  Speaker 2: yards in the first half. I don't even know where
• 28:28
  Speaker 2: to begin. Calvin Shepard is catching a lot of flack
• 28:33
  Speaker 2: here in Detroit, and rightfully so. But while the scheme
• 28:37
  Speaker 2: issue is a big one, the personnel issue is a
• 28:39
  Speaker 2: bigger one. Brad Holmes was staring down the barrel of
• 28:42
  Speaker 2: this gun all offseason. I mean, he had no Brian Branch.
• 28:46
  Speaker 2: He had no Kirby Joseph. Tarion Arnold was in a
• 28:49
  Speaker 2: situation that is unpredictable, but he was obviously aware of it.
• 28:53
  Speaker 2: And yet they chose to stay with the guys they
• 28:56
  Speaker 2: had in their room. From the head coach's mouth, we're good. Richard,
• 29:01
  Speaker 2: we are not, in fact, good. This team has personnel
• 29:04
  Speaker 2: and schematic issues. What do you think is the bigger
• 29:07
  Speaker 2: issue internally for the Detroit Lions in this defense?
• 29:11
  Speaker 1: Well, again, I got to clarify that again because your
• 29:15
  Speaker 1: 17th thing just messed me up. They're third in third
• 29:18
  Speaker 1: down defense, 28% of Seattle Seahawks, one of the best
• 29:21
  Speaker 1: third down defense. Their offense is 17th in the league
• 29:24
  Speaker 1: in third down conversions. Clarification, we'd like to get things
• 29:27
  Speaker 1: right here on the Richard Sherman Podcast. Yes. But to
• 29:32
  Speaker 1: your point, they don't have the talent, Mitchell. And I think, again,
• 29:35
  Speaker 1: it's unfortunate. It's more unfortunate luck for Brad Holmes than
• 29:39
  Speaker 1: anything else. I don't think his draft strategy and his
• 29:43
  Speaker 1: foresight was off. I think when you draft well and
• 29:48
  Speaker 1: players that you expect you have in premium positions have
• 29:52
  Speaker 1: unfortunate circumstances happen to them like you did with Brian
• 29:55
  Speaker 1: Branch and Kirby Joseph. you can't predict those things. Like you,
• 30:01
  Speaker 1: you have two of the best safeties in the league.
• 30:03
  Speaker 1: If they're healthy, you're, you're looking at a great defense,
• 30:06
  Speaker 1: a great secondary. And even Terry on Arnold, you drafted
• 30:11
  Speaker 1: a corner. He played solid football. Now, could you have
• 30:14
  Speaker 1: given them a coordinator that kind of played more to
• 30:16
  Speaker 1: his strengths?
• 30:17
  Speaker 2: Sure.
• 30:18
  Speaker 1: Sure. They're there. They have played a lot more man coverage.
• 30:22
  Speaker 1: And I think Terry on Arnold is, is well-equipped to play, but,
• 30:28
  Speaker 1: when you have those injuries and you have those setbacks
• 30:31
  Speaker 1: and you understand you have a whole offseason to address
• 30:34
  Speaker 1: them and you understand that, hey, there's a chance Terryon
• 30:36
  Speaker 1: Arnold has something pending that may force him to miss
• 30:41
  Speaker 1: a substantial part of the season or, I mean, you know,
• 30:45
  Speaker 1: not going to speculate on legalities and an ongoing case,
• 30:48
  Speaker 1: but you have to then maybe overpay and stretch yourself thinner,
• 30:55
  Speaker 1: you know, with a contingency plan That just kind of
• 30:58
  Speaker 1: band-aids you over. Until you get to a point where
• 31:01
  Speaker 1: those guys can return. Where you can get potentially Kirby
• 31:03
  Speaker 1: Joseph back. Or Brian Branch. Or both. And if you don't.
• 31:09
  Speaker 1: These are the kind of situations you run into. You're
• 31:11
  Speaker 1: not equipped. And I'm not sure in the linebacker room.
• 31:13
  Speaker 1: I know you love these guys. I know you love
• 31:15
  Speaker 1: Jack Campbell. And these guys are great for the program.
• 31:19
  Speaker 1: And they're hard working. And they're blue collar. And they
• 31:21
  Speaker 1: do stuff right. And they're in the right spots. But
• 31:23
  Speaker 1: this is a different kind of league. Jack Campbell about.
• 31:27
  Speaker 1: 20 years ago, perfect, perfect kind of guy. But in
• 31:33
  Speaker 1: this day and age where you got backs that are
• 31:37
  Speaker 1: really involved in the pass game, you got backs that
• 31:39
  Speaker 1: are really explosive, you got a back on your team.
• 31:41
  Speaker 1: I can't imagine Jack Campbell trying to guard their running back.
• 31:46
  Speaker 1: At that point, you got to understand that's going to
• 31:48
  Speaker 1: put you in a tough position. And now you've made
• 31:52
  Speaker 1: some changes on the defensive line. You've done some cool
• 31:55
  Speaker 1: things on the defensive line. But that's not enough. That's
• 31:58
  Speaker 1: not enough. When you have a quarterback playing as well
• 32:01
  Speaker 1: as Jared Goff is, and Jared Goff is the most
• 32:04
  Speaker 1: underrated quarterback probably in the last 10 years of football,
• 32:08
  Speaker 1: in the last decade at least, because if you compare
• 32:11
  Speaker 1: his numbers to any of the guys that you got
• 32:14
  Speaker 1: high-level respect for, and that goes Josh Allen to Lamar
• 32:19
  Speaker 1: to Burrow and our guy Brock Purdy, the elites of
• 32:26
  Speaker 1: the elites. I think his stats would hold– they would
• 32:31
  Speaker 1: hold their own. They would hold their own. The thing
• 32:33
  Speaker 1: that has held him back is lack of playoff success.
• 32:37
  Speaker 1: I think that year where they had the NFC Championship
• 32:41
  Speaker 1: kind of in the bag, they were up a substantial amount,
• 32:43
  Speaker 1: that was the year they had to have it. The
• 32:45
  Speaker 1: next year they go in, they're a top seed, and
• 32:47
  Speaker 1: the Washington Commanders come into town, and they kind of
• 32:50
  Speaker 1: struggle in a game where they needed to win that game.
• 32:52
  Speaker 1: They needed to show, hey, we played well all season.
• 32:55
  Speaker 1: And we're going to show you guys that we're the
• 32:57
  Speaker 1: championship team that we've made ourselves out to be all
• 32:59
  Speaker 1: season and that it didn't end up coming to fruition.
• 33:02
  Speaker 1: But Jared Goff has produced at a very high level
• 33:05
  Speaker 1: for a long time. And now he just doesn't have
• 33:08
  Speaker 1: the defense to support. And that's why we don't call
• 33:12
  Speaker 1: the Detroit Lions contenders. That's why a number of teams
• 33:15
  Speaker 1: aren't contenders because they're only half-baked. They have a great
• 33:18
  Speaker 1: defense with nothing on offense. Or they have a great offense,
• 33:22
  Speaker 1: top five, top three. with nothing on the defensive side.
• 33:26
  Speaker 1: The same thing can be said about the Dallas Cowboys,
• 33:28
  Speaker 1: who we just talked about. And that's the unfortunate part.
• 33:31
  Speaker 1: I don't see an obvious solution to this situation. Obviously,
• 33:36
  Speaker 1: people are like, oh, man, we should have got Joey
• 33:38
  Speaker 1: Porter Jr. I don't know if he saves this team.
• 33:40
  Speaker 1: I don't know if that move would have saved what's
• 33:42
  Speaker 1: happening right now for this team. And it's not all
• 33:47
  Speaker 1: on Kelvin Shepard. You can't put it all on the coordinator.
• 33:50
  Speaker 1: But the blame spreads pretty evenly to everybody, to players, coaches,
• 33:55
  Speaker 1: and everybody on that field that is preparing these teams
• 33:59
  Speaker 1: to play these teams. You can't play this bad on
• 34:01
  Speaker 1: defense and expect to win in National Football League.
• 34:05
  Speaker 2: We say all this to just talk about them taking
• 34:07
  Speaker 2: on the Arizona Cardinals. Now, here's another opportunity for them
• 34:11
  Speaker 2: to right this ship before they go into the bye week,
• 34:13
  Speaker 2: you know, and then coming out of the bye week,
• 34:15
  Speaker 2: they've got two divisional games at home against the Green
• 34:18
  Speaker 2: Bay Packers and Minnesota Vikings. So, If the Lions can
• 34:21
  Speaker 2: get things right, now is the time to do so. Richard,
• 34:24
  Speaker 2: they haven't won back-to-back games since this time last year,
• 34:29
  Speaker 2: which is a wild statistic when you think about the
• 34:32
  Speaker 2: success they've had over the last three years. So now
• 34:35
  Speaker 2: is the time the Detroit Lions need to take care
• 34:39
  Speaker 2: of business. I'm not even going to predict anything with
• 34:41
  Speaker 2: this one. I'll let you do the talking. I'm way
• 34:44
  Speaker 2: too biased in Detroit. I got the Lions winning, but
• 34:48
  Speaker 2: this team hasn't covered a spread all year. So I'm
• 34:51
  Speaker 2: going to choose to remove myself from giving a score
• 34:54
  Speaker 2: on this one outside of the Lions winning. What do
• 34:57
  Speaker 2: you think the outcome will be this Sunday in Arizona?
• 35:01
  Speaker 1: Well, this is actually a much tougher one to call
• 35:03
  Speaker 1: for me. Neither team has played well defensively. The Arizona
• 35:08
  Speaker 1: Cardinals really struggled against the Giants in a game I thought, hey, okay, LeFleur,
• 35:12
  Speaker 1: you're going to finally get a chance to see a
• 35:14
  Speaker 1: team that I would say they're pretty evenly matched talent-wise.
• 35:19
  Speaker 1: What are you going to do with that? But again,
• 35:21
  Speaker 1: the Giants are coached, really well coached. Jameis Winston, they
• 35:25
  Speaker 1: created a plan around him. He played good football. You
• 35:28
  Speaker 1: never know which Jameis you're going to get. They got
• 35:30
  Speaker 1: a good Jameis against Arizona last week, and they scored
• 35:33
  Speaker 1: 36 points. And the Arizona Cardinals only scored 24. But again,
• 35:40
  Speaker 1: Jacoby Brissett against a defense that has struggled mightily. They
• 35:44
  Speaker 1: have receivers that can get down the field. They have
• 35:46
  Speaker 1: a running game that could really get going. We know
• 35:48
  Speaker 1: what Jeremiah Love can be and what he was at
• 35:51
  Speaker 1: Notre Dame. And he's had some flashes in the National
• 35:54
  Speaker 1: Football League. But it's hard. It's really hard to give
• 35:59
  Speaker 1: this defense from Detroit any credit with how they played.
• 36:03
  Speaker 1: But the Arizona Cardinals defense hasn't played much better. Detroit
• 36:08
  Speaker 1: has 15 sacks on a season. Arizona only has eight.
• 36:11
  Speaker 1: And if you give Jared Goff time to dissect your
• 36:15
  Speaker 1: defense with the receivers, Amin Ra, And the guys they got,
• 36:19
  Speaker 1: Jamison Williams, Laporta, Jameer Gibbs, I think they obviously they're
• 36:24
  Speaker 1: going to score a lot of points. So your Detroit Lions,
• 36:27
  Speaker 1: I think, win this game comfortably. I think they score
• 36:29
  Speaker 1: 35-plus points. I think the defense has one of their
• 36:33
  Speaker 1: better showings. They can get after the quarterback. Jacoby Brissett
• 36:36
  Speaker 1: isn't the most mobile guy. This offensive line has banged
• 36:38
  Speaker 1: up some. They lost their left tackle, Parrish Johnson. He's
• 36:41
  Speaker 1: out for the season. Isaiah Adams is out. This game,
• 36:47
  Speaker 1: whether questionable this game, Jeremiah Love is questionable in this game.
• 36:51
  Speaker 1: So I think things are working in Detroit's favor for
• 36:55
  Speaker 1: them to get their second win in a row. Before
• 36:59
  Speaker 1: we leave this game. No, wait. To get back on
• 37:02
  Speaker 1: the winning side.
• 37:02
  Speaker 2: Before we leave this game. I'm going to ask you
• 37:09
  Speaker 2: to pick one player because it's a foregone conclusion one
• 37:12
  Speaker 2: of these Arizona Cardinals is due for a breakout game,
• 37:15
  Speaker 2: especially at wide receiver or a tight end. If you
• 37:18
  Speaker 2: had to pick one for all the fantasy football lovers
• 37:20
  Speaker 2: out there, would you go with Trey McBride, your boy
• 37:23
  Speaker 2: Michael Wilson, Stanford Cardinal, go Trey, or would you go
• 37:28
  Speaker 2: Marvin Harrison Jr.? Revenge game right here, Richard. He's Ohio
• 37:32
  Speaker 2: State Buckeye taking on a team from Detroit. Is it
• 37:35
  Speaker 2: finally time that Marvin Harrison gets things rolling?
• 37:40
  Speaker 1: No, no, no. I don't think so. I think they
• 37:42
  Speaker 1: finally find a trade partner for Marvin Harrison Jr. No
• 37:45
  Speaker 1: offense to him. I mean, it just doesn't seem like
• 37:47
  Speaker 1: corners have had very, very, very hard times guarding him.
• 37:50
  Speaker 1: But I think it's Michael Wilson. I'm going with the
• 37:53
  Speaker 1: Stanford Cardinal. I think it's his time to have a
• 37:55
  Speaker 1: breakout game, to get over 100 yards, to have a
• 37:58
  Speaker 1: tremendous impact on this game and a loss.
• 38:02
  Speaker 2: Okay, let's go to Jacksonville. This team is starting to
• 38:05
  Speaker 2: look very good. In fact... Breaking news. I've got them
• 38:08
  Speaker 2: in the top five of my power ranks this week, Richard.
• 38:12
  Speaker 2: The Jacksonville Jaguars. I like them. And I know I'm
• 38:16
  Speaker 2: going to jinx myself. I like the Cincinnati Bengals as well,
• 38:19
  Speaker 2: and they've lost two in a row. But Jacksonville welcomes Philadelphia.
• 38:23
  Speaker 2: The 2-2 Eagles come to town. What are we in
• 38:27
  Speaker 2: store for here? Because Philly's got a lot of question
• 38:30
  Speaker 2: marks internally right now. I mean, this offense doesn't look
• 38:33
  Speaker 2: the part. I know they were without Devontae Smith last week,
• 38:36
  Speaker 2: but it's starting to look glaring that they have a
• 38:38
  Speaker 2: need at wideout without A.J. Brown there. And then you
• 38:41
  Speaker 2: look at Jacksonville, and you were so right. Look at
• 38:44
  Speaker 2: Travis Hunter, right? You called it. This guy is not
• 38:48
  Speaker 2: going to play both sides of the ball. If he should,
• 38:50
  Speaker 2: he should play a defensive back and a little bit
• 38:53
  Speaker 2: of gimmick plays at wide receiver. Well, he's settled into DB,
• 38:56
  Speaker 2: and he's gotten himself pretty comfy there. Who do you
• 38:59
  Speaker 2: think comes out on top in this matchup?
• 39:04
  Speaker 1: Polly Market has Jacksonville with a 74% chance to win
• 39:08
  Speaker 1: this game, and I agree with him. I agree with that.
• 39:10
  Speaker 1: The Philadelphia Eagles just have too many question marks on offense.
• 39:14
  Speaker 1: You haven't, especially in that second half of that game,
• 39:17
  Speaker 1: and if you even watch the entirety of the game
• 39:20
  Speaker 1: against the Bears, there's nothing that really gives you that
• 39:23
  Speaker 1: much confidence in this team offensively. I do like with
• 39:31
  Speaker 1: Saquon out. I mean, you got to think Saquon Barkley
• 39:34
  Speaker 1: is going to miss this game with a hamstring. I
• 39:36
  Speaker 1: would assume he went out the last game with a hamstring.
• 39:38
  Speaker 1: And they're a different team without him in the lineup. Sure,
• 39:43
  Speaker 1: there are questions at guard for this team. Their offensive
• 39:46
  Speaker 1: line has consistently been one of the best teams, I mean,
• 39:52
  Speaker 1: one of the best offensive lines in the National Football League.
• 39:55
  Speaker 1: But this year, it has not been the case. Jalen
• 39:57
  Speaker 1: Hurts has been under more pressure. They are awful on
• 40:00
  Speaker 1: third down, the worst team in the National Football League
• 40:02
  Speaker 1: on third down, converting third downs. And his Jacksonville defense
• 40:05
  Speaker 1: is formidable. I don't want to say I told you
• 40:08
  Speaker 1: so about Travis Hunter. I don't want to say they
• 40:11
  Speaker 1: made a big deal because I said he'd be one
• 40:13
  Speaker 1: of the best corners in the National Football League. And
• 40:17
  Speaker 1: then I said something else about him at receiver, you know,
• 40:20
  Speaker 1: and they were like, oh, my God, they put it
• 40:21
  Speaker 1: on shirts, Mitchell. They said, oh, my God, he's so offensive.
• 40:25
  Speaker 1: What was it? Bland. Yeah, yeah. And I was like, wait, what? Like, bland? Like,
• 40:34
  Speaker 1: that's what, the round? But I said he would blend.
• 40:38
  Speaker 1: I said he would blend in. He would just be
• 40:40
  Speaker 1: another guy. He would not stand out in the way
• 40:43
  Speaker 1: that he would stand out at corner. And guess what, people?
• 40:45
  Speaker 1: Ball knower. I know the game. I know players. Right now,
• 40:50
  Speaker 1: on his team, he'd be the fourth, fifth receiver because
• 40:55
  Speaker 1: they have guys that play receiver, that have only come
• 40:57
  Speaker 1: into the National Football League to play receiver, who have
• 41:01
  Speaker 1: done nothing else during their time, but be professionals at
• 41:05
  Speaker 1: playing wide receiver. And Jacoby Meyer, Brian Thomas, Parker Washington,
• 41:12
  Speaker 1: they're the guys. They're the guys on this team. And
• 41:15
  Speaker 1: that's why they're not wasting time putting him on offense,
• 41:17
  Speaker 1: trying to get him throws. Because when you're creating an offense,
• 41:21
  Speaker 1: when you're trying to create a plan going into the season,
• 41:23
  Speaker 1: you can't be sitting there like, hey, how do we
• 41:26
  Speaker 1: get this guy the ball if our number one and
• 41:28
  Speaker 1: number two guys are these guys? And then Brenton Strange,
• 41:32
  Speaker 1: your tight end, is a guy that needs to factor
• 41:34
  Speaker 1: into there. And then you got tootin' in the run game,
• 41:37
  Speaker 1: in the screen game. Like, it's hard to create a
• 41:39
  Speaker 1: plan for a guy like that. But you know what
• 41:41
  Speaker 1: you can do? You can let him play defense. And really,
• 41:44
  Speaker 1: as a rookie, as a young guy, as a second-year player,
• 41:47
  Speaker 1: start to get his legs under him. Let him stay
• 41:49
  Speaker 1: out there. Let him continue to get in the rhythm.
• 41:50
  Speaker 1: And if you need him on offense for a play
• 41:52
  Speaker 1: or two, you want to get him a screen, you
• 41:54
  Speaker 1: want to go out to him, throw a post and
• 41:56
  Speaker 1: see what happens, sure. Put him over there. But don't
• 42:00
  Speaker 1: waste him. Don't waste. Defense isn't played that way. They're
• 42:04
  Speaker 1: a very few rotational corners in the National Football League
• 42:07
  Speaker 1: because that's too hard of a position to say, hey, oh,
• 42:10
  Speaker 1: this is a big drive in the game. Get in
• 42:11
  Speaker 1: there and guard their best receiver, even though you haven't
• 42:13
  Speaker 1: played corner all day. That's not how this works. So
• 42:16
  Speaker 1: it's great to see them finally playing to Travis Hunter's strengths.
• 42:21
  Speaker 1: And he looks great. He looks like the all-pro caliber
• 42:24
  Speaker 1: player that we all knew he could be coming out
• 42:26
  Speaker 1: of Colorado. He's an incredible athlete with great ball skills,
• 42:30
  Speaker 1: great IQ, great instincts. Everything you need to be a
• 42:34
  Speaker 1: great quarterback. And I saw him be physical. There were
• 42:36
  Speaker 1: a few plays in there, Mitchell, where he put his
• 42:38
  Speaker 1: shoulder into God. They called a hitch, and he said, fuck,
• 42:41
  Speaker 1: shoulder into him, guys on the ground. Travis Hunter, physicality,
• 42:46
  Speaker 1: tackling well. And he had an interception in the game
• 42:48
  Speaker 1: where they threw the pass up. I think he was
• 42:50
  Speaker 1: guarding Jamar Chase before Jamar Chase went out with a concussion.
• 42:54
  Speaker 1: The play ends up getting called back for a rough
• 42:56
  Speaker 1: in the passer. But great pick, great return, just looks
• 43:00
  Speaker 1: the part, smooth. as anybody you've seen, smooth as glass,
• 43:03
  Speaker 1: as Tony Gonzalez would say. And I hope that they
• 43:07
  Speaker 1: continue to let him thrive on the defensive side of
• 43:09
  Speaker 1: the football because that's where he should be. He's born
• 43:14
  Speaker 1: and bred to do it. And sure, he can make
• 43:17
  Speaker 1: plays offensively. He's great with the football in his hands.
• 43:20
  Speaker 1: Get the football in his hands and let him make
• 43:21
  Speaker 1: some plays, but that's not where he's going to butter
• 43:24
  Speaker 1: his bread. And if they continue to just let him
• 43:28
  Speaker 1: play defense and let him develop, I think it's going
• 43:30
  Speaker 1: to be the best decision they could have made, and
• 43:32
  Speaker 1: I think he'll live up to the number two pick
• 43:34
  Speaker 1: that they used on him. They traded up for the
• 43:35
  Speaker 1: number two pick for a reason. I think he's that
• 43:38
  Speaker 1: good of a corner that it still will make sense.
• 43:41
  Speaker 1: On the other side, the Philadelphia Eagles defense, it's played solid,
• 43:47
  Speaker 1: but it hasn't been world beaters. This defense hasn't been
• 43:51
  Speaker 1: world beaters. They gave up a lot to Matthew Stafford
• 43:53
  Speaker 1: at the end of that game in the fourth quarter
• 43:55
  Speaker 1: of that ball game. They were up 20-10 defensively. in
• 43:58
  Speaker 1: that ball game going into the fourth quarter, and they
• 44:00
  Speaker 1: let the Rams run back into the game. 14 unanswered
• 44:05
  Speaker 1: to win that game with a game-winning drive at the end.
• 44:08
  Speaker 1: And I think the Philadelphia Eagles just, I mean, every year,
• 44:11
  Speaker 1: I feel like week four, the Philadelphia Eagles are the same.
• 44:15
  Speaker 1: You know, you're like, the sky is falling. Even the
• 44:16
  Speaker 1: year they won the Super Bowl, they're like, oh, get
• 44:19
  Speaker 1: rid of Sirianni. I think they were chanting, fire Sirianni
• 44:22
  Speaker 1: in Philadelphia. And then they go on to win a
• 44:24
  Speaker 1: Super Bowl that year. So, Do I think this is
• 44:27
  Speaker 1: the same? No. I think they're in a much harder
• 44:30
  Speaker 1: position because you don't have the guys on offense. You
• 44:33
  Speaker 1: don't have the guys with the track record of really
• 44:36
  Speaker 1: having success in the National Football League, and then your
• 44:38
  Speaker 1: best receiver, Devontae Smith, is out. You don't really trust
• 44:41
  Speaker 1: your other guys. Usually a guy like Dallas Goddard is
• 44:45
  Speaker 1: still there, and he's a guy that's an underrated tight
• 44:47
  Speaker 1: end who makes a lot of big plays in Philadelphia.
• 44:49
  Speaker 1: He's out. Then you say, hey, Saquon Barkley's there. He's
• 44:53
  Speaker 1: a guy that could take over a game at any time.
• 44:55
  Speaker 1: He's out. Now you start to get concerned. Can Bigsby
• 44:59
  Speaker 1: do it? Can Bigsby put the team on his back?
• 45:01
  Speaker 1: Can Jalen Hurts put the team on his back? Because
• 45:03
  Speaker 1: they're asking a lot from Jalen Hurts. And I know
• 45:05
  Speaker 1: Philadelphia fans are like, we don't get to criticize Jalen Hurts.
• 45:08
  Speaker 1: Criticize all the other quarterbacks. How about we criticize everybody?
• 45:12
  Speaker 1: How about we just call the spade a spade? When
• 45:15
  Speaker 1: people are playing well, you say, hey, these guys are
• 45:17
  Speaker 1: playing really good football. When they're not playing well, you
• 45:20
  Speaker 1: got to say, hey, why aren't they playing well? This
• 45:22
  Speaker 1: is a good player. I think he has shown in
• 45:25
  Speaker 1: the past he can play this game at a really
• 45:26
  Speaker 1: high level. Why isn't it happening right now? That's a
• 45:29
  Speaker 1: fair question. Now, last year it was Kevin Petullo. Everybody
• 45:34
  Speaker 1: blamed Kevin Petullo, the offensive coordinator. Hey, he can change.
• 45:37
  Speaker 1: He can improve. We can get better than that. Now
• 45:40
  Speaker 1: you've got a new offensive coordinator, Sean Mannion, and now
• 45:44
  Speaker 1: is it the same thing? Get rid of the offensive coordinator? Like,
• 45:47
  Speaker 1: is that always– Is that going to be the go-to?
• 45:49
  Speaker 1: It can't be anything else. Nothing else can be corrected. Sure,
• 45:52
  Speaker 1: the offensive line is struggling. You're going to have to
• 45:53
  Speaker 1: address that. Mekhi Becton was sitting there as a free
• 45:56
  Speaker 1: agent before the Packers picked him up. Maybe he doesn't
• 45:58
  Speaker 1: fit at left guard. You know what I mean? But
• 46:01
  Speaker 1: I thought he played really good football for the Philadelphia
• 46:04
  Speaker 1: Eagles when he was there. Maybe he's not perfect, but
• 46:07
  Speaker 1: you bring him in, test it out, see if something
• 46:09
  Speaker 1: different works. I think that would have been a smart move.
• 46:13
  Speaker 1: Now he's in Green Bay, and you've got to continue
• 46:15
  Speaker 1: to go with what you have. But I just, I mean,
• 46:19
  Speaker 1: maybe the Philadelphia Eagles will surprise everybody this week, but
• 46:21
  Speaker 1: I can't see it.
• 46:23
  Speaker 2: Well, this division race is shaping up to have been
• 46:26
  Speaker 2: an interesting one too. You have the New York Giants
• 46:29
  Speaker 2: sitting at number one in the NFC East right now.
• 46:32
  Speaker 2: And then obviously with Philly struggling like they are, and
• 46:35
  Speaker 2: then you got the Cowboys who are red hot offensively
• 46:38
  Speaker 2: and are struggling defensively. Who do you think is going
• 46:42
  Speaker 2: to ultimately come out on top of this division? Because
• 46:46
  Speaker 2: every team has question marks.
• 46:50
  Speaker 1: I mean, my gut tells me the Dallas Cowboys because
• 46:55
  Speaker 1: they're the best of the group offensively, and nobody's– well,
• 46:59
  Speaker 1: the Giants have been better defensively. Deontay Banks has picked
• 47:02
  Speaker 1: six the other day. Their defense, you've got to give
• 47:03
  Speaker 1: them credit. They have been playing better. John Harbaugh is
• 47:06
  Speaker 1: a great coach. Jameis played better last week. All they
• 47:11
  Speaker 1: had to do was bring in nine. J.J. McCarthy behind him,
• 47:14
  Speaker 1: and things changed. Mitchell, it's crazy what competition can do.
• 47:17
  Speaker 1: It can bring the best out of you. you know,
• 47:19
  Speaker 1: they were asking Jameis questions in an interview and saying,
• 47:22
  Speaker 1: you know, as a backup quarterback, and Jameis took offense
• 47:25
  Speaker 1: to it. I think that's the first time I've seen
• 47:26
  Speaker 1: Jameis really that offended about something like that. And I
• 47:31
  Speaker 1: thought I saw a little bit of fire in Jameis' eyes.
• 47:34
  Speaker 1: I know everybody thinks of Jameis as like the jokester,
• 47:37
  Speaker 1: you know, the goofy guy that just, you know, has
• 47:39
  Speaker 1: these funny sayings. But I saw something serious right there
• 47:43
  Speaker 1: in that interview. And I thought Jameis had something to
• 47:45
  Speaker 1: prove against the Arizona Cardinals, and he did that. They
• 47:47
  Speaker 1: scored 36 points. That defense obviously had a factor in it.
• 47:51
  Speaker 1: They picked six Jacoby Brissett at the end of that
• 47:53
  Speaker 1: game near the goal line. And, yeah, I mean, you
• 47:59
  Speaker 1: can't count them out, but it's just hard to assume
• 48:01
  Speaker 1: that they're going to continue to play well and do
• 48:05
  Speaker 1: this with Jameis at the helm without the guys they
• 48:09
  Speaker 1: expected to start the season. But, again, if they find
• 48:16
  Speaker 1: a way to make the playoffs, I mean– John Harbaugh,
• 48:18
  Speaker 1: coach of the year. I agree.
• 48:21
  Speaker 2: I think it's a great hire in New York. Give
• 48:24
  Speaker 2: me Dallas in this division, by the way. Let's take
• 48:27
  Speaker 2: it to New England. This was a team that was
• 48:29
  Speaker 2: in desperate need of a win starting the season one
• 48:31
  Speaker 2: and two. They go on the road to Buffalo and
• 48:35
  Speaker 2: knock off Josh Allen and these high-flying Buffalo Bills. This
• 48:39
  Speaker 2: is the second year in a row they've done that.
• 48:41
  Speaker 2: They surprised a lot of folks last year when they
• 48:44
  Speaker 2: went into Buffalo and got a division win. Now they're
• 48:47
  Speaker 2: back to 2-2. They've found level footing, right? Now they
• 48:50
  Speaker 2: welcome the Las Vegas Raiders into town. Fresh off a
• 48:53
  Speaker 2: loss last week, but a team that looks like they
• 48:56
  Speaker 2: have changed a ton. Kirk Cousins holding it down for them.
• 49:00
  Speaker 2: And we've already talked about their offensive weapons. Brock Bowers,
• 49:04
  Speaker 2: what a perfect match for Kirk Cousins. Ashton Gentry and
• 49:08
  Speaker 2: their defense. Richard, they've made a lot of changes, especially
• 49:12
  Speaker 2: in that linebacking core. And I know you love the
• 49:15
  Speaker 2: rookie out of Cal, the fifth round pick who you
• 49:18
  Speaker 2: have a very soft spot in your heart for, Hezekiah Masses. Richard,
• 49:24
  Speaker 2: does the Las Vegas Raiders have what it takes to
• 49:27
  Speaker 2: get off the mat after this loss last week and
• 49:29
  Speaker 2: take care of the New England Patriots this weekend?
• 49:33
  Speaker 1: I think they do. I think they do. I think
• 49:36
  Speaker 1: even though they lost that game against Kansas city, I
• 49:39
  Speaker 1: think they won something. And I think they won the
• 49:41
  Speaker 1: respect of the league. And I think everybody who watched
• 49:43
  Speaker 1: that tape, who everybody who watched that game said, okay,
• 49:45
  Speaker 1: now every time that the Kansas city chiefs knocked them
• 49:50
  Speaker 1: on the mat, they got up and punched back. Every
• 49:52
  Speaker 1: time they took a punch, they gave a punch. And
• 49:55
  Speaker 1: obviously they run out of time. They lose the game
• 49:56
  Speaker 1: 30 to 27, but they didn't look like they didn't belong. And,
• 50:02
  Speaker 1: We speak very highly about the Kansas City Chiefs, and
• 50:04
  Speaker 1: they've earned that respect. No question about that. Andy Reid,
• 50:07
  Speaker 1: Patrick Mahomes, Kenneth Walker III. They have earned that, but
• 50:14
  Speaker 1: how did they stay in that game with the way
• 50:18
  Speaker 1: Kenneth Walker played? Now, sure, the Raiders defense has some
• 50:22
  Speaker 1: things to clean up, but they're still 11th in the
• 50:24
  Speaker 1: league in points allowed. I don't think people are giving
• 50:27
  Speaker 1: this defense– and N'Kobe Dean and these pass rushers and
• 50:30
  Speaker 1: Max Crosby and our guy Hezekiah Masters, enough credit for
• 50:33
  Speaker 1: what they've done this season. They have played good football
• 50:36
  Speaker 1: on both sides of the football. And when Kubiak decided
• 50:42
  Speaker 1: to play Kirk Cousins over Mendoza, I think people kind
• 50:46
  Speaker 1: of questioned everything. They're like, why would you do this?
• 50:48
  Speaker 1: Kirk Cousins really struggled in Atlanta last year. Why would
• 50:51
  Speaker 1: you sign him? But like I've said all season long,
• 50:55
  Speaker 1: in this offense, Kirk Cousins is quite the savant. This
• 50:59
  Speaker 1: is what he does. This is his comfort zone. You
• 51:02
  Speaker 1: talk about putting a guy, this is a fish in water.
• 51:05
  Speaker 1: This is putting a guy in his element and where
• 51:07
  Speaker 1: he plays well, what he does well, and you're saying, hey,
• 51:11
  Speaker 1: we need you to do this for us. And I
• 51:13
  Speaker 1: think Mendoza is going to learn a lot from Kirk
• 51:16
  Speaker 1: Cousins because he's one of the best at operating this
• 51:18
  Speaker 1: offense in an efficient way. He's not perfect. I'm not
• 51:22
  Speaker 1: saying he's the best quarterback in the National Football League,
• 51:24
  Speaker 1: but Within this system that they run, this West Coast
• 51:29
  Speaker 1: condensed system, he does a great job. They're eighth in
• 51:31
  Speaker 1: scoring right now, and the New England Patriots are struggling.
• 51:35
  Speaker 1: I know Drake May played well last week against the
• 51:37
  Speaker 1: Buffalo Bills. I do not think highly of the Buffalo Bills' defense.
• 51:40
  Speaker 1: I think the Raiders' defense is a better defense. And just,
• 51:45
  Speaker 1: I mean, Josh Allen struggled a bit in that game.
• 51:49
  Speaker 1: I don't think this... New England defense is by any
• 51:52
  Speaker 1: means afraid of Josh Allen or what he can do.
• 51:54
  Speaker 1: He seems kind of gun-shy and afraid to run right now,
• 51:58
  Speaker 1: and I wish we got to the bottom of that
• 51:59
  Speaker 1: because his legs are such a huge part of what
• 52:02
  Speaker 1: he does, but we're going to get past that. I
• 52:04
  Speaker 1: don't think the New England Patriots have enough offensively. Even
• 52:06
  Speaker 1: with Drake May playing a little better, playing an improved game,
• 52:11
  Speaker 1: he still had two turnovers in the game. They won,
• 52:14
  Speaker 1: but they're only averaging 16 points a game, and you're
• 52:18
  Speaker 1: going against the eighth best scoring offense now your defense
• 52:21
  Speaker 1: is sixth in scoring they have played really well but
• 52:24
  Speaker 1: this vegas defense has 12 sacks on a season four
• 52:28
  Speaker 1: interceptions and three of them have come from the rookie
• 52:31
  Speaker 1: so give me the raiders in this game.
• 52:35
  Speaker 2: Polymarket favors uh new england they give them a 64
• 52:38
  Speaker 2: likelihood of winning this game so richard you are calling
• 52:41
  Speaker 2: for the upset I like the Raiders too, man. If
• 52:44
  Speaker 2: nothing else, it's just a cool story to see. And
• 52:47
  Speaker 2: like you said, Mendoza, I don't think he could be
• 52:50
  Speaker 2: put into a better situation. Obviously, Tom Brady has to
• 52:53
  Speaker 2: have some say on this. And having a first overall
• 52:57
  Speaker 2: pick sit behind a proven veteran like Kirk Cousins, who
• 53:01
  Speaker 2: is a student of the game. I mean, this guy
• 53:03
  Speaker 2: is probably the best businessman in football with all the
• 53:07
  Speaker 2: money he's made on his contracts throughout the year. But
• 53:09
  Speaker 2: he's made that money because he's very coachable, right? I mean,
• 53:13
  Speaker 2: he fits hand in glove with different schemes. And clearly
• 53:17
  Speaker 2: Kubiak saw something in him and wanted him to be
• 53:20
  Speaker 2: the starting quarterback. Mendoza is going to benefit from this
• 53:25
  Speaker 2: exponentially in years to come. I like what the Raiders
• 53:28
  Speaker 2: are building. I would love to see him get a
• 53:30
  Speaker 2: win this weekend, but give me the Patriots. I just
• 53:33
  Speaker 2: think that we saw a different team last weekend against
• 53:36
  Speaker 2: the Bills. I expect them to continue that momentum. At
• 53:39
  Speaker 2: home in Foxborough, give me the Pats.
• 53:42
  Speaker 1: Monday night delivers the final statement of the football week.
• 53:45
  Speaker 1: You've spent all weekend reacting to big plays and big decisions,
• 53:50
  Speaker 1: and now there's one more matchup to break down. It's
• 53:53
  Speaker 1: the kind of night you plan around, so dinner should
• 53:55
  Speaker 1: elevate it, not pull you away from it. And DiGiorno
• 53:58
  Speaker 1: Pizza lets you enjoy restaurant-quality taste fresh from your own oven.
• 54:04
  Speaker 1: while you settle in and watch how the defense disguises coverage,
• 54:08
  Speaker 1: how the offense adjusts, and who makes the play when
• 54:12
  Speaker 1: everybody knows the pressure is coming. Stay locked in to
• 54:15
  Speaker 1: the moments everyone will react afterwards to. The fourth down call,
• 54:20
  Speaker 1: the coverage bust, the turnover that changes everything. Monday night
• 54:25
  Speaker 1: is too good to treat like an ordinary weeknight. So
• 54:29
  Speaker 1: don't just make do, make DiGiorno. It's not delivery, baby.
• 54:34
  Speaker 1: It's DiGiorno.
• 54:37
  Speaker 2: Let's move on to Atlanta. I mean, this is a
• 54:39
  Speaker 2: team that had two primetime games the last two weeks.
• 54:43
  Speaker 2: Thursday night football in Green Bay, which you were a
• 54:45
  Speaker 2: witness of, decimated the Green Bay Packers. Then on Monday
• 54:49
  Speaker 2: night football, they travel on the road to division foe
• 54:52
  Speaker 2: New Orleans Saints. They handle them handedly. What has changed
• 54:57
  Speaker 2: outside of the obvious, which is Michael Penix? What has
• 55:01
  Speaker 2: changed for this team to go from absolute dumpster fire
• 55:05
  Speaker 2: to a team that looks like they should be one
• 55:08
  Speaker 2: of the top in the NFL. I mean, let's call
• 55:10
  Speaker 2: it what it is. They've dominated these last two weeks.
• 55:14
  Speaker 1: I think confidence. I think when a team believes that
• 55:17
  Speaker 1: the guy in their center can get it done, they
• 55:19
  Speaker 1: play with a different confidence, and that's everybody on the roster.
• 55:23
  Speaker 1: After watching them in Green Bay, I did not think,
• 55:25
  Speaker 1: based on the tape they put on the last two
• 55:27
  Speaker 1: games against Carolina, they got blown out of the water
• 55:29
  Speaker 1: against the Carolina Panthers 37-3, I want to say it was.
• 55:33
  Speaker 1: They didn't look great against the Pittsburgh Steelers. I was like, ah,
• 55:36
  Speaker 1: this team just doesn't. Maybe they just don't have it.
• 55:38
  Speaker 1: Maybe they're, again, a talented team that just can't put
• 55:40
  Speaker 1: it all together on Sundays. But with Pennix under center,
• 55:45
  Speaker 1: they have looked totally different. Drake London, much more productive.
• 55:51
  Speaker 1: Kyle Pitts still hasn't been unlocked in a way I
• 55:53
  Speaker 1: think that anybody expected. When he came out of college,
• 55:57
  Speaker 1: I think he's shown flashes of it, but I don't
• 56:00
  Speaker 1: think he's getting the opportunities that he needs to be
• 56:03
  Speaker 1: really impactful and he can be. A guy who has
• 56:06
  Speaker 1: been impactful is Bajon Robinson. Bajon Robinson, 85 carries, 494
• 56:11
  Speaker 1: yards and four touchdowns, including a 59 yarder that we
• 56:14
  Speaker 1: watched on Monday night. He's a guy. He's the best
• 56:18
  Speaker 1: running back in the National Football League. And I know
• 56:19
  Speaker 1: Kenneth Walker has a canine, has a great argument, but
• 56:22
  Speaker 1: this guy has been incredibly consistent over the years. And
• 56:25
  Speaker 1: if Kenneth Walker continues on the path he is on
• 56:28
  Speaker 1: right now, then he will potentially wear that crown this season.
• 56:32
  Speaker 1: And I'm sure James Cook and Buffalo Bills fans will
• 56:34
  Speaker 1: sit there and gripe about that. But Atlanta is playing
• 56:38
  Speaker 1: with a lot of confidence. And in this game, Baltimore,
• 56:41
  Speaker 1: they've won games. They've leaned on their run game. They're
• 56:44
  Speaker 1: scoring points. They're seventh in the league in scoring at
• 56:46
  Speaker 1: 29 points a game. But they didn't look great after
• 56:51
  Speaker 1: Lamar Jackson went out last week. They didn't score more
• 56:54
  Speaker 1: after the half. They were up, I think, 24 to
• 56:56
  Speaker 1: 7 or so after the half. And they did not
• 56:58
  Speaker 1: score another point. And He's questionable. He's a big-time competitor.
• 57:03
  Speaker 1: I'm sure he'll fight to play. But there are other issues.
• 57:06
  Speaker 1: They're missing their starting center, Ethan Posick. He's out. Ronnie Staley,
• 57:10
  Speaker 1: their tackle is questionable for this game. They're missing Humphrey
• 57:14
  Speaker 1: in this game. Trey Hendrickson is out of this game.
• 57:18
  Speaker 1: And this isn't a defense that were world beaters to
• 57:21
  Speaker 1: begin with. They're 15th in scoring and only have seven
• 57:27
  Speaker 1: sacks on the season. I think the Atlanta Falcons, I
• 57:30
  Speaker 1: know Polly Market has Baltimore winning this 57%, but I
• 57:35
  Speaker 1: got the Atlanta Falcons in this game. They're rolling. They're
• 57:37
  Speaker 1: playing with confidence. They're starting to think that they can
• 57:40
  Speaker 1: be the team that they thought they were coming out
• 57:42
  Speaker 1: of training camp. It's starting to come together in a
• 57:44
  Speaker 1: really cool way for them. And Baltimore just banged up.
• 57:48
  Speaker 1: It's the war of attrition. Can they stay healthy right now?
• 57:51
  Speaker 1: That hasn't been the case. And if Lamar Jackson can't go,
• 57:54
  Speaker 1: I think this game is totally out of control. If
• 57:57
  Speaker 1: he can go, obviously... He's a former multiple time MVP
• 58:01
  Speaker 1: and a guy that can take game over at any time.
• 58:03
  Speaker 1: They'll still have Derek Henry who has been productive, but
• 58:06
  Speaker 1: I know that Jeff Olbrich, the, the DC for the
• 58:10
  Speaker 1: Atlanta Falcons will call Robert Sala guy that they've worked
• 58:13
  Speaker 1: together in the past and say, Hey, what do you
• 58:16
  Speaker 1: think I need to do? What did you guys do
• 58:18
  Speaker 1: in the second half against this offense and try to
• 58:20
  Speaker 1: come up with some solutions? They contain, I can't say
• 58:23
  Speaker 1: they contain Lamar Jackson because he was very efficient, but, um,
• 58:27
  Speaker 1: I think they will have a good plan for them,
• 58:29
  Speaker 1: and this defense has been playing with more and more
• 58:31
  Speaker 1: confidence each week.
• 58:33
  Speaker 2: Well, obviously the big question coming into this game is
• 58:36
  Speaker 2: the health of Lamar Jackson, but I'm here to say
• 58:38
  Speaker 2: whether he plays or not, give me Atlanta as well.
• 58:41
  Speaker 2: I'm kind of surprised, honestly, that Atlanta's the underdog in
• 58:46
  Speaker 2: this game. This team has gone on the road in
• 58:50
  Speaker 2: primetime hostile environments the last two weeks and has taken
• 58:54
  Speaker 2: care of business handily. Now they come back home, and
• 58:58
  Speaker 2: I'm sure the crowd's going to be going berserk. Atlanta's
• 59:01
  Speaker 2: going to be on fire. Huge matchup. Give me Atlanta
• 59:04
  Speaker 2: as well. Michael Penix, what a change two weeks can
• 59:07
  Speaker 2: make for this team. We might actually have... a couple
• 59:11
  Speaker 2: good teams in this division, Richard. We were calling for
• 59:14
  Speaker 2: somebody to stand up in the NFC South. We've seen
• 59:17
  Speaker 2: the Carolina Panthers and Atlanta Falcons rise of recent. We'll
• 59:21
  Speaker 2: see if that trend continues. Let's take it to New Orleans,
• 59:24
  Speaker 2: a team that we just saw lose on Monday night
• 59:28
  Speaker 2: to this Atlanta Falcons team. And they host the 4-0
• 59:32
  Speaker 2: Minnesota Vikings. Last podcast I brought up to you, I said, man,
• 59:36
  Speaker 2: this team is undefeated. We hardly talk about them. You
• 59:39
  Speaker 2: didn't even bother to mention them. And your top five
• 59:41
  Speaker 2: is an honorable mention in your power ranks. And even
• 59:45
  Speaker 2: after they improved to 4-0, you said they're still on
• 59:48
  Speaker 2: the outside looking in. That being said, they travel on
• 59:51
  Speaker 2: the road to this New Orleans Saints team led by
• 59:54
  Speaker 2: Tyler Shuck. Tyler Shuck, you know, looks like he should
• 59:58
  Speaker 2: be the guy in New Orleans. Chris Alave, clearly healthy,
• 1:00:02
  Speaker 2: having a huge breakout season. Do you think the New
• 1:00:05
  Speaker 2: Orleans Saints has what it takes to knock off this
• 1:00:08
  Speaker 2: undefeated Minnesota Vikings team?
• 1:00:12
  Speaker 1: No, I do not. No, I do not. Um, I
• 1:00:15
  Speaker 1: don't think if they couldn't beat the Atlanta Falcons, uh,
• 1:00:19
  Speaker 1: I don't think they, they do well against this Brian
• 1:00:21
  Speaker 1: Flores coach defense, the aggression they're going to bring. Um,
• 1:00:26
  Speaker 1: I don't think they're playing well enough defensively. I know
• 1:00:28
  Speaker 1: Kyler Murray isn't perfect, but he played solid last game,
• 1:00:32
  Speaker 1: and I think he'll play better against this defense. I
• 1:00:38
  Speaker 1: don't see them winning this game. I think that Minnesota
• 1:00:41
  Speaker 1: has been very scrappy in the secondary. Isaiah Rogers, Byron Murphy,
• 1:00:46
  Speaker 1: Harrison Smith, those guys are playing really good football in
• 1:00:49
  Speaker 1: the front. Dallas Turner continues to be very disruptive. They
• 1:00:52
  Speaker 1: have 16 sacks on a season, four interceptions. They do
• 1:00:56
  Speaker 1: a great job of putting a lot of pressure on offense. Now,
• 1:00:58
  Speaker 1: Tyler Shuck has done a phenomenal job this season. He's
• 1:01:02
  Speaker 1: been a guy that has pushed the ball around the yard,
• 1:01:06
  Speaker 1: pushed the ball down the field, some very, really cool
• 1:01:08
  Speaker 1: high-level throws. Even Monday night, he had some really high-level
• 1:01:13
  Speaker 1: throws that he made in that game, but it wasn't enough.
• 1:01:16
  Speaker 1: And I don't know if it's going to be enough
• 1:01:18
  Speaker 1: going forward, and definitely not in this game. I don't
• 1:01:22
  Speaker 1: think he's going to be as comfortable as he was
• 1:01:24
  Speaker 1: I don't think he's going to have the time that
• 1:01:25
  Speaker 1: he did in the last game. And I think that
• 1:01:28
  Speaker 1: the Minnesota Vikings are just, I mean, they're just fighting
• 1:01:31
  Speaker 1: away right now. And we're going to have to really
• 1:01:33
  Speaker 1: start a really serious conversation about them winning this NFC North.
• 1:01:37
  Speaker 1: Something that I would not have thought I would say
• 1:01:40
  Speaker 1: coming into the season.
• 1:01:42
  Speaker 2: Well, it just shows you what a, what a great
• 1:01:44
  Speaker 2: defense can do for you. I mean, this Minnesota team
• 1:01:47
  Speaker 2: led by Kyler Murray has looked very beatable offensively, but
• 1:01:51
  Speaker 2: when you've got a defense that's holding it down the
• 1:01:53
  Speaker 2: way the Minnesota Vikings defense is, they can win every game.
• 1:01:57
  Speaker 2: That being said, give me New Orleans in this game, Richard.
• 1:01:59
  Speaker 2: I like the Saints and Tyler Shuck to get back
• 1:02:02
  Speaker 2: in the winning column. I just think they have more
• 1:02:04
  Speaker 2: offensive weapons than we saw last week with the Miami
• 1:02:08
  Speaker 2: Dolphins and.
• 1:02:10
  Speaker 2: We shall see. But that's my hot take of the week.
• 1:02:13
  Speaker 2: Give me New Orleans in this one. Let's move on
• 1:02:15
  Speaker 2: to a prime time showdown. Monday night football. The LA Rams.
• 1:02:20
  Speaker 2: Big comeback win last week in Philly. Down 20-10 going
• 1:02:24
  Speaker 2: into that fourth quarter. They host the Buffalo Bills. Fresh
• 1:02:27
  Speaker 2: off a loss against the New England Patriots. There are
• 1:02:32
  Speaker 2: two marquee matchups this week. The one being the Sherman Bowl.
• 1:02:37
  Speaker 2: 49ers versus the Seahawks. This comes second fiddle here. The
• 1:02:42
  Speaker 2: Rams taking on the Bills. Richard, Polly Market likes the
• 1:02:46
  Speaker 2: Rams at 59% likelihood to win this game.
• 1:02:49
  Speaker 1: Do you agree? This is a tougher one to call.
• 1:02:54
  Speaker 1: Because I don't believe in the Buffalo Bills defense. And again,
• 1:02:58
  Speaker 1: we talk about these contenders and what their Achilles heels are. Now,
• 1:03:03
  Speaker 1: is this defense as bad? As that Dallas Cowboys defense? No.
• 1:03:07
  Speaker 1: Are they as bad as your Detroit Lions defense? Heavens no.
• 1:03:14
  Speaker 1: Don't do me like that.
• 1:03:15
  Speaker 2: I just caught a stray, man.
• 1:03:17
  Speaker 1: Come on. I mean, it's stray, Mitchell, but it's not wrong.
• 1:03:22
  Speaker 1: But they're 25th right now in points allowed at 26.8
• 1:03:26
  Speaker 1: points a game. Now, Matthew Stafford isn't having his best
• 1:03:30
  Speaker 1: season yet. by any stretch of the imagination. He's thrown
• 1:03:32
  Speaker 1: six touchdowns and six interceptions. That's unusual for Matthew Stafford,
• 1:03:36
  Speaker 1: especially how great he's been in L.A. He's the reigning
• 1:03:41
  Speaker 1: most valuable player in the National Football League, so I'm
• 1:03:43
  Speaker 1: sure he's not happy about that. But they, you know,
• 1:03:47
  Speaker 1: Puka Nakua has been in and out of the lineup.
• 1:03:49
  Speaker 1: You know, they've had some bad luck, but I'm sure
• 1:03:51
  Speaker 1: he's going to hold himself to a higher standard. Josh
• 1:03:53
  Speaker 1: Allen hasn't been as great as he would want to be.
• 1:03:56
  Speaker 1: James Cook has. James Cook has. And He's going to
• 1:04:01
  Speaker 1: be the biggest factor. I can't say the biggest factor,
• 1:04:05
  Speaker 1: but if the Buffalo Bills have a chance in this game,
• 1:04:07
  Speaker 1: he's going to be the reason. Obviously, Josh Allen's going
• 1:04:10
  Speaker 1: to be a huge part of it. But, again, I
• 1:04:14
  Speaker 1: don't know what's holding Josh Allen back from running the
• 1:04:17
  Speaker 1: football when he has open space. He has, like, even
• 1:04:21
  Speaker 1: times where you see there's green grass out in front
• 1:04:24
  Speaker 1: of him. He's looking and still– throwing the football, whether
• 1:04:27
  Speaker 1: it's incomplete or not. I mean, there were times he
• 1:04:30
  Speaker 1: had a clear path to the end zone. He could
• 1:04:31
  Speaker 1: have took off, and you just usually expect Josh Allen
• 1:04:34
  Speaker 1: to say, yep, I'm taking that, whether I'm diving or
• 1:04:38
  Speaker 1: running somebody over, I'm going for the end zone. And
• 1:04:41
  Speaker 1: it seems like there's been a concerted effort for him
• 1:04:43
  Speaker 1: not to take those runs. And I think it's harmed,
• 1:04:46
  Speaker 1: it's hurt the Buffalo Bills this season. I got the L.A.
• 1:04:50
  Speaker 1: Rams in this one. I got the L.A. Rams. I
• 1:04:52
  Speaker 1: think the momentum from last game, that fourth quarter rally
• 1:04:57
  Speaker 1: that they had, the way Sean, exuberant energy from Sean McVay.
• 1:05:01
  Speaker 1: I think if they lose that game, I would have
• 1:05:03
  Speaker 1: them losing this game. But I think them fighting and
• 1:05:06
  Speaker 1: battling on the road in Philadelphia and finding a way
• 1:05:10
  Speaker 1: to pull out that game, that kind of woke up
• 1:05:12
  Speaker 1: something in that team and kind of reassured them. I think,
• 1:05:16
  Speaker 1: you know, they were right there teetering, Mitchell teetering, and
• 1:05:20
  Speaker 1: they teetered on the right side of history in that game.
• 1:05:24
  Speaker 1: And I think that's going to help them going into
• 1:05:25
  Speaker 1: this game. Every game is different, but I think their
• 1:05:29
  Speaker 1: defense felt really good. They played a great second half.
• 1:05:33
  Speaker 1: They played a great fourth quarter. They were making plays.
• 1:05:35
  Speaker 1: They were putting pressure on the quarterback. They were doing
• 1:05:38
  Speaker 1: what they expected to do. And offensively, they got it done.
• 1:05:43
  Speaker 1: And that kind of brings you together, Mitchell. That starts
• 1:05:46
  Speaker 1: to bring a team together. And I think the Buffalo
• 1:05:48
  Speaker 1: Bills kind of headed in the other direction. You look
• 1:05:51
  Speaker 1: at that game, and at the end, Drake May made
• 1:05:53
  Speaker 1: enough plays on their defense, and then you give Josh
• 1:05:56
  Speaker 1: Allen the ball, and you expect him to play hero again,
• 1:05:59
  Speaker 1: and this time he threw an interception at the end
• 1:06:01
  Speaker 1: of that game. He's not always able to save the day.
• 1:06:03
  Speaker 1: He shouldn't always need to save the day, and that's
• 1:06:06
  Speaker 1: why this team has struggled because he has to be
• 1:06:10
  Speaker 1: hero ball. If he doesn't play hero ball, they lose,
• 1:06:12
  Speaker 1: and last week he couldn't play the hero at the end,
• 1:06:15
  Speaker 1: and of course they lose this game. I think the
• 1:06:18
  Speaker 1: Rams are a more complete team. I got the Rams
• 1:06:20
  Speaker 1: in this one.
• 1:06:23
  Speaker 2: This NFC West is about to heat up here, Richard.
• 1:06:25
  Speaker 2: I mean, all three of these teams are starting to
• 1:06:28
  Speaker 2: look very, very formidable. We shall see how it all
• 1:06:31
  Speaker 2: unfolds here in the coming weeks. Let's take it to
• 1:06:34
  Speaker 2: the NFC North, a divisional matchup here in Green Bay
• 1:06:37
  Speaker 2: as the Green Bay Packers host the Chicago Bears, who
• 1:06:40
  Speaker 2: are off to a 3-1 start under Ben Johnson. This
• 1:06:44
  Speaker 2: team in Chicago has weathered the storm of not having
• 1:06:48
  Speaker 2: Caleb Williams for the last couple weeks, and they haven't
• 1:06:51
  Speaker 2: missed a beat. Case Keenum comes in. Tyson Bajan comes in.
• 1:06:54
  Speaker 2: It doesn't matter who's under center. It just goes to
• 1:06:56
  Speaker 2: show you what a big mastermind of an offensive guy
• 1:07:01
  Speaker 2: Ben Johnson truly is. Richard, Polymarket gives 58% likelihood of
• 1:07:06
  Speaker 2: Chicago to win this game.
• 1:07:08
  Speaker 1: Your thoughts? Yeah, I mean, the Chicago defense has played
• 1:07:12
  Speaker 1: really well after week one. They gave up those 37
• 1:07:14
  Speaker 1: points to Carolina. Since then, they've given up 9, 7,
• 1:07:19
  Speaker 1: and 12. I got the Chicago Bears beating them. Green
• 1:07:22
  Speaker 1: Bay has helped, has fixed some of their problems on
• 1:07:25
  Speaker 1: the offensive line, but I don't think that's enough. They're
• 1:07:27
  Speaker 1: not playing well enough defensively to win this one.
• 1:07:30
  Speaker 2: Until the Green Bay Packers figure out their running back room,
• 1:07:33
  Speaker 2: I just can't take them seriously. I mean, this is–
• 1:07:36
  Speaker 2: Similar to what's going on in Detroit with their defense.
• 1:07:39
  Speaker 2: There's got to be somebody else out there that they
• 1:07:42
  Speaker 2: can pluck off the free agency wire that can take
• 1:07:45
  Speaker 2: some pressure off of Jordan Love in this offense. Give
• 1:07:47
  Speaker 2: me Chicago as well. Let's take it to Denver. Just
• 1:07:51
  Speaker 2: losing to the San Francisco 49ers by 10 last week.
• 1:07:54
  Speaker 2: They travel on the road against the LA Chargers 0-4.
• 1:07:59
  Speaker 2: Let's just cut right to the chase. Is this season
• 1:08:02
  Speaker 2: over for the Chargers?
• 1:08:04
  Speaker 1: Yes, yes. The season's over for the Chargers, in my opinion.
• 1:08:07
  Speaker 1: The question is who's going to get fired and how
• 1:08:09
  Speaker 1: bad it's going to get. I think the Denver Broncos
• 1:08:12
  Speaker 1: obviously haven't played as well offensively as they wanted to.
• 1:08:15
  Speaker 1: They expected more from Davis Webb, and I think they're
• 1:08:18
  Speaker 1: still giving him, Sean Payton's still giving him enough leash
• 1:08:21
  Speaker 1: to try to figure things out, but it's getting close.
• 1:08:23
  Speaker 1: If they don't win this game and they don't play
• 1:08:26
  Speaker 1: well enough offensively, I think you could see a moment
• 1:08:29
  Speaker 1: where Sean Payton kind of takes the reins back of
• 1:08:31
  Speaker 1: this offense and gets them back on track. But I
• 1:08:33
  Speaker 1: got the Denver Broncos winning this game.
• 1:08:35
  Speaker 2: I like Denver as well. We've got the Miami Dolphins 0-4,
• 1:08:40
  Speaker 2: another 0-4 team, taking on and hosting the Cincinnati Bengals.
• 1:08:44
  Speaker 2: I've been very bullish on the Cincinnati Bengals from the
• 1:08:48
  Speaker 2: start of the season. They've let me down the last
• 1:08:50
  Speaker 2: couple weeks. Do they get back in the winning column
• 1:08:52
  Speaker 2: this weekend?
• 1:08:54
  Speaker 1: Yes, I think Cincinnati Bengals get back in the winning column. Hopefully,
• 1:08:58
  Speaker 1: Jamar Chase is back in the fold. Obviously, he went
• 1:09:00
  Speaker 1: out with a concussion last week. You hope that he's
• 1:09:04
  Speaker 1: okay for this game. He's a big part of this offense.
• 1:09:06
  Speaker 1: Joe Burrow continued to be productive, found T. Higgins, and
• 1:09:09
  Speaker 1: they started to develop a rapport in that game. Their
• 1:09:11
  Speaker 1: defense needs to get back to playing great football. We
• 1:09:14
  Speaker 1: started to give them credit, and then they started to
• 1:09:16
  Speaker 1: play a little bit worse than they had played early
• 1:09:18
  Speaker 1: in the season. They're still 13th in points allowed, but
• 1:09:21
  Speaker 1: they've dropped the last two. I think they get back
• 1:09:22
  Speaker 1: on the winning track.
• 1:09:25
  Speaker 2: Cleveland, a team that's 3-1 traveling to New York to
• 1:09:28
  Speaker 2: face the 1-3 Jets. This is one of the more
• 1:09:30
  Speaker 2: surprising teams of the year, much like the Las Vegas Raiders.
• 1:09:34
  Speaker 2: Cleveland being 3-1 is a bit of a shock. They're
• 1:09:37
  Speaker 2: underdogs heading into this game. Polly Market favors the New
• 1:09:40
  Speaker 2: York Jets, giving them a 55% likelihood to win this game.
• 1:09:44
  Speaker 2: That being said, Cleveland looked very good on Thursday Night Football,
• 1:09:47
  Speaker 2: a game that you were at. How much faith do
• 1:09:49
  Speaker 2: you have in Deshaun Watson under center for this team?
• 1:09:53
  Speaker 1: It's, I mean, not a ton. You know, it was
• 1:09:55
  Speaker 1: starting to grow, but it's a seed that's been getting
• 1:09:57
  Speaker 1: watered a little bit. And that win, we saw it
• 1:09:59
  Speaker 1: in person. It's starting to give credence to what the
• 1:10:03
  Speaker 1: fans and Todd Munkin has said that they believe this
• 1:10:07
  Speaker 1: team can get it done. And Todd Munkin is a
• 1:10:11
  Speaker 1: very fun coach, it seems like. It seems like he's
• 1:10:13
  Speaker 1: having fun, he's bought in, he's energetic, and he's starting
• 1:10:16
  Speaker 1: to speak belief into this team. Their defense is starting
• 1:10:18
  Speaker 1: to play better. Denzel Ward continues to be one of
• 1:10:21
  Speaker 1: the best corners in the league. Mike Ruttenberg has this
• 1:10:25
  Speaker 1: team playing a lot of man coverage, and it's making
• 1:10:27
  Speaker 1: it really tough on offenses. They're playing tough, tight coverage.
• 1:10:30
  Speaker 1: Tyson Campbell on the other side. Grant Delphitt, these guys
• 1:10:33
  Speaker 1: are getting it done at a high level. And then
• 1:10:35
  Speaker 1: Jared Burst is talking crap every series, it seems like.
• 1:10:39
  Speaker 1: And this defensive line, they're starting to believe. The unfortunate
• 1:10:41
  Speaker 1: part is a guy who was having a breakout season
• 1:10:44
  Speaker 1: in his second year, Mason Graham, seems to be like
• 1:10:46
  Speaker 1: he may be out for the rest of the season.
• 1:10:48
  Speaker 1: And that's a huge blow. But I think they find
• 1:10:50
  Speaker 1: a way to win this game. They got some momentum.
• 1:10:52
  Speaker 1: I think the Cleveland Browns win this one.
• 1:10:54
  Speaker 2: Give me Cleveland as well. Let's go to Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh's
• 1:10:57
  Speaker 2: hosting the Indianapolis Colts, who just won last week. Both
• 1:11:01
  Speaker 2: of these teams are 2-2, have a lot to fight for.
• 1:11:05
  Speaker 2: We talked about it this past weekend. You said Daniel
• 1:11:08
  Speaker 2: Jones didn't look like the Indiana Jones of last year.
• 1:11:12
  Speaker 2: That being said, do you think the Indianapolis Colts have
• 1:11:15
  Speaker 2: what it takes to go on the road and get
• 1:11:16
  Speaker 2: an upset win in Pittsburgh?
• 1:11:19
  Speaker 1: Well, I think Aaron Rodgers is actually playing really solid football. Obviously,
• 1:11:24
  Speaker 1: the standard for him is so high that you can
• 1:11:26
  Speaker 1: never say he's playing as well as he's played in
• 1:11:28
  Speaker 1: his career because he's got four MVPs, but I think
• 1:11:30
  Speaker 1: for a guy that's 42 years old, he's playing very solid.
• 1:11:33
  Speaker 1: I think He needs more help from his weapons. Pittman
• 1:11:37
  Speaker 1: is going to have to step up. DK Metcalf is
• 1:11:39
  Speaker 1: going to have to be more consistent in these games.
• 1:11:41
  Speaker 1: Darnell Washington is a guy he's found that has made
• 1:11:44
  Speaker 1: some highlight plays for him. Their defense has been solid,
• 1:11:48
  Speaker 1: a little up and down. They struggled last week against
• 1:11:50
  Speaker 1: Deshaun Watson in that offense, so there's some question marks there.
• 1:11:54
  Speaker 1: The Indianapolis Colts are running the ball well. Jonathan Taylor
• 1:11:57
  Speaker 1: continues to show he's one of the best backs in
• 1:11:59
  Speaker 1: the National Football League, even though he gets forgotten sometimes
• 1:12:02
  Speaker 1: in the Indianapolis game. But I'm just not sure Daniel
• 1:12:05
  Speaker 1: Jones is quite there yet. I begrudgingly take the Pittsburgh
• 1:12:09
  Speaker 1: Steelers in this one.
• 1:12:12
  Speaker 2: A battle of two 0-4 teams in Tennessee. The Houston
• 1:12:16
  Speaker 2: Texans take on the Tennessee Titans. And there's going to
• 1:12:19
  Speaker 2: be some bad blood here, Richard. Let's not forget. Didn't
• 1:12:22
  Speaker 2: Houston move to Tennessee, the Houston Oilers? So, you know,
• 1:12:26
  Speaker 2: there's some ownership feud potentially going on here. The Houston Texans,
• 1:12:31
  Speaker 2: they're one of the biggest disappointments of the year. Right
• 1:12:35
  Speaker 2: next to the LA Chargers, 0-4. Did they finally figure
• 1:12:38
  Speaker 2: out a way to pull off a win this weekend
• 1:12:40
  Speaker 2: in Tennessee?
• 1:12:42
  Speaker 1: Yeah, I think the Houston Texans win this game or
• 1:12:45
  Speaker 1: there's going to be some changes. I think the Houston
• 1:12:48
  Speaker 1: Texans lose this game. Unfortunately, there are going to be
• 1:12:51
  Speaker 1: some changes. I don't know what those changes will be.
• 1:12:53
  Speaker 1: I'm not going to speculate at this time. But I
• 1:12:56
  Speaker 1: got Houston winning this game. Tennessee just doesn't have enough
• 1:12:59
  Speaker 1: right now. I'm still not bought in on Cam Ward
• 1:13:02
  Speaker 1: and what he's going to be, and I'm not sure
• 1:13:05
  Speaker 1: the Tennessee Titans are. I think he's playing for his job,
• 1:13:09
  Speaker 1: in a sense, going forward, his future, and if he
• 1:13:12
  Speaker 1: can show the flashes that people saw coming out of Miami,
• 1:13:15
  Speaker 1: obviously he's the number one pick. You don't quickly move
• 1:13:17
  Speaker 1: off a number one pick, but not living up to
• 1:13:21
  Speaker 1: the standard. This game is moving a lot. People are
• 1:13:23
  Speaker 1: starting to move off of players a lot quicker than
• 1:13:25
  Speaker 1: they once did And if he can't start to find
• 1:13:28
  Speaker 1: a way to score some points and push the ball
• 1:13:32
  Speaker 1: down the field, they're going to have to figure out
• 1:13:33
  Speaker 1: another answer.
• 1:13:36
  Speaker 2: The New York Giants, 3-1. We just talked about them,
• 1:13:39
  Speaker 2: but they're ahead of the NFC East right now. They
• 1:13:42
  Speaker 2: travel on the road to take on the Washington Commanders.
• 1:13:44
  Speaker 2: We're not sure who's going to be under center for
• 1:13:46
  Speaker 2: the Commanders. Let's assume it's Jaden Daniels. Can the Giants
• 1:13:50
  Speaker 2: really get off to a 4-1 start on the season here?
• 1:13:55
  Speaker 1: That's a great question. It's hard. It's hard to, you
• 1:13:59
  Speaker 1: don't know who's going to play a quarterback for the commanders.
• 1:14:01
  Speaker 1: If it's Jayden Daniels, you got to think they're going
• 1:14:03
  Speaker 1: to find a way to come out with winning this game.
• 1:14:05
  Speaker 1: It's hard to even recognize their stats in this game.
• 1:14:09
  Speaker 1: But again, the Giants defense has been sneaky. They've been
• 1:14:13
  Speaker 1: playing better than people are giving them credit. They're eighth
• 1:14:16
  Speaker 1: in the league in scoring defense at 19.8 points a game.
• 1:14:18
  Speaker 1: They're starting to play with more confidence at the end.
• 1:14:21
  Speaker 1: Games like that, plays like that kind of, start to
• 1:14:25
  Speaker 1: embolden a team, and start to have them believing that, hey,
• 1:14:30
  Speaker 1: maybe they're more special than people have given them credit for.
• 1:14:32
  Speaker 1: Sometimes you start to believe things that you didn't once
• 1:14:35
  Speaker 1: believe because the results are speaking for themselves. They're 3-1.
• 1:14:39
  Speaker 1: I know Polymarket has Washington at 62% in this game.
• 1:14:42
  Speaker 1: I'm not sure what roster they think they're looking at
• 1:14:45
  Speaker 1: when they're looking at this Washington Commanders team. I got
• 1:14:47
  Speaker 1: the Giants in this game.
• 1:14:49
  Speaker 2: And before we wrap, Richard, we've got to talk about
• 1:14:52
  Speaker 2: our power ranks here. And I'll let you take a
• 1:14:55
  Speaker 2: moment to formulate your opinion, and I'll start with mine.
• 1:14:59
  Speaker 2: I got the San Francisco 49ers. Call it a hot take.
• 1:15:02
  Speaker 2: It's really not one. But they're number one in my
• 1:15:04
  Speaker 2: power ranks. And you've been on this team all season long,
• 1:15:06
  Speaker 2: and I finally agree with you. They've proven it. They're
• 1:15:09
  Speaker 2: number one. Number two, the Kansas City Chiefs, led by
• 1:15:13
  Speaker 2: Kenneth Walker III, Michigan State. Go green, go white. I
• 1:15:18
  Speaker 2: love to see what he's doing with the Chiefs. You
• 1:15:19
  Speaker 2: have not seen this level of production behind Patrick Mahomes.
• 1:15:23
  Speaker 2: It unlocks a whole new layer for this offense. I
• 1:15:26
  Speaker 2: like the Chiefs for now and in the future. They're
• 1:15:28
  Speaker 2: on bye this week, so we're not going to get
• 1:15:30
  Speaker 2: to see them. But so impressed with what Kenneth Walker
• 1:15:32
  Speaker 2: brings to the table. And they might be in on
• 1:15:35
  Speaker 2: the Tyreek Hill sweepstakes. We shall see. At number three,
• 1:15:41
  Speaker 2: and this is a little reluctant for me, but I'm
• 1:15:43
  Speaker 2: going to give it to them. The Seattle Seahawks. I
• 1:15:46
  Speaker 2: like this team a lot. I'm going to look at
• 1:15:48
  Speaker 2: this weekend as a true measuring stick game for them.
• 1:15:52
  Speaker 2: How do they respond against division foes, San Francisco 49ers?
• 1:15:56
  Speaker 2: Lock me in with the Seattle Seahawks at three. That
• 1:15:59
  Speaker 2: being said, if they lose this week, Richard, they're out
• 1:16:01
  Speaker 2: of my power ranks and they might not be in
• 1:16:03
  Speaker 2: it for a little bit with two losses. At number four,
• 1:16:07
  Speaker 2: the Chicago Bears. As much as it pains me to
• 1:16:10
  Speaker 2: say it, what I've seen on tape from this team,
• 1:16:12
  Speaker 2: led by Ben Johnson. They are a force offensively, and
• 1:16:16
  Speaker 2: if they could just maintain teams defensively, this team, I think,
• 1:16:20
  Speaker 2: is going to win the North, and that really, really
• 1:16:21
  Speaker 2: pains me, but I love what I see in Chicago
• 1:16:24
  Speaker 2: right now. I think that fan base should be super excited.
• 1:16:27
  Speaker 2: And then finally, making their debut in my power ranks,
• 1:16:30
  Speaker 2: the Jacksonville Jaguars. They go on the road in Cincinnati
• 1:16:34
  Speaker 2: and knock off Joe Burrow and the Cincinnati Bengals. I
• 1:16:38
  Speaker 2: just love what I see from this team. They've got
• 1:16:40
  Speaker 2: enough spark plugs offensively. I love their wide receiving core,
• 1:16:43
  Speaker 2: but it's their defense. It's their defense that is the
• 1:16:46
  Speaker 2: difference makers for this team right now. Give me the
• 1:16:48
  Speaker 2: Jacksonville Jaguars at number five. Richard, what did I get wrong?
• 1:16:54
  Speaker 1: Well, Mitchell, you finally got number one, right? I was
• 1:16:56
  Speaker 1: waiting for you to get on the train and now
• 1:16:58
  Speaker 1: you're finally on board. The San Francisco 49ers are playing
• 1:17:00
  Speaker 1: the best football in the National Football League right now,
• 1:17:03
  Speaker 1: despite all the injuries at wide receiver, despite the injury.
• 1:17:06
  Speaker 1: to one of their best defensive players, Nicholas John Bolsa.
• 1:17:09
  Speaker 1: They continue to play well on both sides of the ball,
• 1:17:11
  Speaker 1: well coached, executing well in just about every phase of
• 1:17:14
  Speaker 1: the game. Number two, we're going to go with the
• 1:17:16
  Speaker 1: Kansas City Chiefs. They got a bye week, so they're
• 1:17:19
  Speaker 1: not going to move out of that spot this week.
• 1:17:21
  Speaker 1: It was the Buffalo Bills, but that loss to the
• 1:17:23
  Speaker 1: New England Patriots just put a bad taste in my mouth.
• 1:17:26
  Speaker 1: That defense continues to let me down, and it's letting
• 1:17:29
  Speaker 1: them down. And I don't really know how you get
• 1:17:32
  Speaker 1: that fixed. So number three, I'm going to go with
• 1:17:35
  Speaker 1: the Seattle Seahawks. I agree with you there. I'm not
• 1:17:37
  Speaker 1: just going to knock the Seahawks out of the running
• 1:17:43
  Speaker 1: because of a loss to the Commanders, even though that
• 1:17:47
  Speaker 1: loss to the Commanders, again, just bad taste in my mouth.
• 1:17:51
  Speaker 1: But still, one of the best teams in the National
• 1:17:52
  Speaker 1: Football League, one of the most complete teams in the
• 1:17:54
  Speaker 1: National Football League on both sides of the football. Number four,
• 1:17:59
  Speaker 1: I'm going to give them a little more credit than
• 1:18:00
  Speaker 1: you gave them, the Jacksonville Jaguars. They're playing good football
• 1:18:03
  Speaker 1: in Duval. Again, one of the best receiving cores in
• 1:18:06
  Speaker 1: the National Football League. Parker Washington, Jacoby Meyer, Brian Thomas Jr.
• 1:18:10
  Speaker 1: They're getting everybody involved. Then that defense. If they can
• 1:18:14
  Speaker 1: continue to make plays, put pressure on a quarterback. Our guy,
• 1:18:16
  Speaker 1: friend of the program, Eric Armstead, got him one other day.
• 1:18:19
  Speaker 1: Anytime you see the belly rub, Mitchell, he's having a
• 1:18:23
  Speaker 1: good time. And then in their secondary, finally playing Travis
• 1:18:26
  Speaker 1: Hunter and allowing him to do what he did. Jordan
• 1:18:30
  Speaker 1: Lewis got an interception last week. They're an opportunistic defense.
• 1:18:37
  Speaker 1: The middle linebacker, Oluokun, continues to make big plays, continues
• 1:18:41
  Speaker 1: to make a case to be a Pro Bowler this season.
• 1:18:44
  Speaker 1: And number five, it got to go with the Bears.
• 1:18:46
  Speaker 1: I got to go with the Bears. The Bears playing great.
• 1:18:50
  Speaker 1: defense despite the injuries at quarterback. I love the Case Keenum.
• 1:18:55
  Speaker 1: I thought they would play him again. I thought it
• 1:18:57
  Speaker 1: was a really cool deal that Ben Johnson put him
• 1:18:59
  Speaker 1: out there for the first play just to kind of
• 1:19:01
  Speaker 1: make a point. Tyson Bajent is going to have to
• 1:19:03
  Speaker 1: play better football to beat the Green Bay Packers. It's
• 1:19:06
  Speaker 1: going to be a tough divisional game, but I think
• 1:19:08
  Speaker 1: they pulled that one out. I feel really good about
• 1:19:10
  Speaker 1: this top five. There are a couple of teams that
• 1:19:12
  Speaker 1: are right there on the edge. I know the Minnesota
• 1:19:14
  Speaker 1: Vikings fans are like, we're 4-0. Yeah, but you're a
• 1:19:17
  Speaker 1: 4-0 that's a really flimsy 4-0. And until I see
• 1:19:21
  Speaker 1: you beat a team that we have a ton of
• 1:19:23
  Speaker 1: respect for, it's going to be tough. And I know
• 1:19:25
  Speaker 1: you can only play the schedule that you play, but
• 1:19:27
  Speaker 1: we've made that mistake before, putting teams in there with
• 1:19:30
  Speaker 1: flimsy schedules, Mitchell. If you're still there in a few weeks,
• 1:19:34
  Speaker 1: we will put you in. I might. If you win
• 1:19:37
  Speaker 1: this one. I'll put you in. How about that?
• 1:19:40
  Speaker 2: You're talking flimsy schedules. They're going on the road against
• 1:19:43
  Speaker 2: the Saints, man.
• 1:19:44
  Speaker 1: I don't know if.
• 1:19:47
  Speaker 2: You can necessarily hang your hat on that. Speaking of hats,
• 1:19:50
  Speaker 2: how about this hat, Richard? I'm debuting the new Richard
• 1:19:53
  Speaker 2: Sherman podcast hat here. I'm twinning it up with my
• 1:19:56
  Speaker 2: guy Richard over here. Another main team that's not in
• 1:20:00
  Speaker 2: the top five of either of our teams is the
• 1:20:02
  Speaker 2: Buffalo Bills. I know you briefly touched on them, but
• 1:20:06
  Speaker 2: What they showed the last two weeks, five turnovers against
• 1:20:09
  Speaker 2: the Chargers and then ultimately losing against the Pats, that
• 1:20:14
  Speaker 2: was enough for me to knock them out. They got
• 1:20:15
  Speaker 2: a little bit to prove to get back in. Richard,
• 1:20:18
  Speaker 2: this concludes our preview of week five. We're about a
• 1:20:21
  Speaker 2: quarter way through the season right now. It is always
• 1:20:24
  Speaker 2: a pleasure sitting down with you every week. I will
• 1:20:27
  Speaker 2: let you sign us off, my friend.
• 1:20:29
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• 1:20:31
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• 1:20:49
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