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NFL Week 2 REACTION: Seahawks Win, 49ers Dominate, Colts-Chiefs, Ravens Upset, Caleb Injury · The Richard Sherman Podcast

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  Speaker 1: Welcome to the Richard Sherman podcast and what a game
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  Speaker 1: between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Indianapolis Colts. Indiana
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  Speaker 1: Jones had a really solid game, an early turnover which
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  Speaker 1: led to some points for the Kansas City Chiefs. That
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  Speaker 1: was the first points for the Chiefs. Before then, it
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  Speaker 1: seemed like the Indianapolis Colts may have the Kansas City
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  Speaker 1: Chiefs figured out. In this game, I felt like Jonathan Taylor,
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  Speaker 1: looked good. Jonathan Taylor, this Indianapolis Colts offensive line, they
• 0:31
  Speaker 1: did what the Denver Broncos could not do. They controlled
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  Speaker 1: the game on the ground. On the ground, they played
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  Speaker 1: some solid defense. I mean, I can't call it great defense.
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  Speaker 1: You can't call anything great defense when Patrick Mahomes has
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  Speaker 1: 387 yards and three touchdowns passing, 114 passer rating. He
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  Speaker 1: was 32 of 47. A fantastic game. And Kenneth Walker,
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  Speaker 1: this is what's going to make the Kansas City Chiefs
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  Speaker 1: so freaking dangerous and so dangerous for every team in
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  Speaker 1: the AFC come playoff time. Because last week, Patrick Mahomes
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  Speaker 1: was off. And it was Kenneth Walker. You got a
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  Speaker 1: steady dose of Kenneth Walker. Today, Patrick Mahomes was not
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  Speaker 1: off at all. And he fed everybody. Travis Kelsey, nine
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  Speaker 1: catches for 101 yards. Turn back the hands of time.
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  Speaker 1: Young man. I was at his wedding. Maybe he got
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  Speaker 1: his groove back. I thought I saw him on the
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  Speaker 1: dance floor cutting up a rug, and it looks like
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  Speaker 1: he still got enough to lead these Kansas City Chiefs.
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  Speaker 1: Tyquan Thornton, 4 for 86, a huge play late in
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  Speaker 1: that game to get him in scoring position. Rasheed Rice
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  Speaker 1: had some big plays, 4 for 83. And then Kenneth Walker,
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  Speaker 1: 6 for 61 in the past game. Had a great
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  Speaker 1: play in overtime. Patrick Mahomes just kind of tossed it
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  Speaker 1: to him. Playmaking ability. He's such a factor. I think
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  Speaker 1: he had almost 178 all-purpose yards in this game. Just
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  Speaker 1: an incredible addition for the Kansas City Chiefs, who are
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  Speaker 1: perennial Super Bowl contenders. Always in it. Before last year,
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  Speaker 1: I think they were in five of the last six
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  Speaker 1: Super Bowls. So we will call it five of the
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  Speaker 1: last seven. And For them to add a Super Bowl
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  Speaker 1: MVP to that lineup, a guy that's so dynamic, so explosive,
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  Speaker 1: looks like he's on pace for over 1,000 yards, he
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  Speaker 1: would be the first 1,000-yard rusher Patrick Mahomes has ever
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  Speaker 1: had his entire Kansas City career. That would be huge.
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  Speaker 1: But in this game, it was a dogfight. There were
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  Speaker 1: a lot of plays, some controversial plays that Laquan Treadwell, Ketch, Bobble,
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  Speaker 1: Did LeJarius Sneed touch him? Did he not touch him?
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  Speaker 1: I don't know. You know, I think that's one of
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  Speaker 1: those things people were like, oh, man, the Chiefs catch
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  Speaker 1: all the breaks. Of course he didn't touch him. Oh, man,
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  Speaker 1: they should have called this. Look, I understand. I understand.
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  Speaker 1: You feel like they catch all the breaks. This one,
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  Speaker 1: they earned it. They earned this game. They earned it,
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  Speaker 1: and they had to earn it in overtime, and they
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  Speaker 1: earned it with execution. Andy Reid, still one of the
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  Speaker 1: best played callers. I feel like we just... I don't
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  Speaker 1: know if we've gotten bored or we just lose sight
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  Speaker 1: of Andy Reid sometimes. I mean, last year, maybe last
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  Speaker 1: year was just a down year. Patrick Mahomes got banged up.
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  Speaker 1: You know, they didn't have the best record. And it
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  Speaker 1: was like, oh, man, the Chiefs are finally going away. Well,
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  Speaker 1: they're back. They're back like they have never left. And, again,
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  Speaker 1: these young guys in their secondary, these young guys back there.
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  Speaker 1: No Williams. I really like no Williams. I like the
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  Speaker 1: Kansas City Chiefs anytime they have a– Arias. Arias. You
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  Speaker 1: want to know what I mean? Y'all don't hear me.
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  Speaker 1: Y'all don't hear me. Arias. Like, when the Kansas City
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  Speaker 1: Chiefs have a Charverius or a Legarius, an Arias, they
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  Speaker 1: usually end up in that last game. They usually end
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  Speaker 1: up in that last game. Don't quote me on this
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  Speaker 1: because they've done it with McDuffie. They've done it with
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  Speaker 1: Christian Watson. But when they have an Arias back there
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  Speaker 1: and they secondary it, They've had Charverius Ward and LeJarius Sneed,
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  Speaker 1: and both of them were at 3-8. They end up
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  Speaker 1: somehow in that last game. So if I was the AFC,
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  Speaker 1: I would be careful. And when Patrick Mahomes is playing
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  Speaker 1: this way and Andy Reid is calling it, and then
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  Speaker 1: you got that Swiss Army knife in the backfield that
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  Speaker 1: can go yard at any time, and then you got
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  Speaker 1: those speedsters on the edge, and then Rasheed Rice, and
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  Speaker 1: then Travis want to get his groove back with his
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  Speaker 1: wifey up there in the stands. Boy, watch out. But again,
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  Speaker 1: I think this was a great showing for the Indianapolis Colts.
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  Speaker 1: They had a chance in this game. They had moments
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  Speaker 1: where they probably should have took a little bit more
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  Speaker 1: of a risk and won this game, but they did not.
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  Speaker 1: The Kansas City Chiefs are back. Everybody needs to be aware,
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  Speaker 1: and yes, they're going to stay in my power ranking.
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  Speaker 1: But let's bring in Mitch to talk about the rest
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  Speaker 1: of these games. What a great week of football, Mitchell.
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  Speaker 1: Make sure you like and subscribe. I love the way
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  Speaker 1: this week went. You know, some upsets, some almost upsets,
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  Speaker 1: some surprise wins, some surprise 2-0 teams. But obviously, we're
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  Speaker 1: going to start with that Seattle Seahawks versus the Arizona
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  Speaker 1: Cardinals game. Mitchell, Drew Locke, JSN for the win. Three
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  Speaker 1: touchdowns for the two of them. I mean, in different ways.
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  Speaker 1: They started off with a double move early in the game.
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  Speaker 1: 82-yarder to JSN. JSN did the rest. Drew Locke. His
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  Speaker 1: confidence just grew exponentially as the game progressed. It was
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  Speaker 1: incredible to watch. They had some, some mishaps to, uh,
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  Speaker 1: young Judarian price fumbled in the game, you know, things
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  Speaker 1: they can learn from, um, you know, they only gave
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  Speaker 1: up seven points. I love that about this week too.
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  Speaker 1: Just great defense throughout the league. Finally, people are deciding
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  Speaker 1: week two, we're going to play some defense and hold
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  Speaker 1: some guys to single digits. And I love that Seattle
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  Speaker 1: continues to be one of the best defenses in the league. Um,
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  Speaker 1: Had some leaky yardage early, but got it figured out
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  Speaker 1: in a big way. Emmanuel Wilson, 21 carries for 92 yards.
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  Speaker 1: Just kept chopping wood. Just kept chopping wind. It was
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  Speaker 1: great to see Rasheed Shaheed got a little bit more involved.
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  Speaker 1: Six targets in the game. But again, they just got
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  Speaker 1: to keep working on that connection. I'm still looking for
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  Speaker 1: him to have a big game. He also had a
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  Speaker 1: fumble in the game. That ended up being a big return.
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  Speaker 1: He fumbled. I think it was Sherratt picked the ball up,
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  Speaker 1: continued the return. put the Seahawks in scoring position. Just,
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  Speaker 1: I mean, sometimes it's better to be lucky than good, Mitchell.
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  Speaker 1: Sometimes it's better to be lucky than good, be in
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  Speaker 1: the right place at the right time. Sometimes it's just
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  Speaker 1: your time, and that's what it seemed like. But I
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  Speaker 1: want to talk about this defense and the playmakers they have.
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  Speaker 1: Leonard Williams, six tackles, one sack, two TFLs, a quarterback hit,
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  Speaker 1: continues to be great. But Julian Love, nobody talks about
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  Speaker 1: Julian Love enough. He has an interception in back-to-back games.
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  Speaker 1: The first game against the New England Patriots, I mean,
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  Speaker 1: it was an incredible play. He's disguised it. He was
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  Speaker 1: the middle run-through player. He was able to bait Drake
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  Speaker 1: May into a pass, picked it off. This week, it
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  Speaker 1: looked like he was the middle field safety and just
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  Speaker 1: had great range, got where he needed to get, made
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  Speaker 1: a huge play. And again, nobody talks about him enough.
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  Speaker 1: He's in the run game. He tackles well in open space.
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  Speaker 1: He's one of the commanders of that defense. He does
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  Speaker 1: a phenomenal job. I really think if people are paying attention,
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  Speaker 1: this is going to be Julian Love's all-pro season. No
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  Speaker 1: question about that. If he continues to play the way
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  Speaker 1: he has. Jaron Reed had a sack in his game
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  Speaker 1: where he just bullied the guard. And then he grabbed
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  Speaker 1: him like you grab your little brother as you're passing by.
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  Speaker 1: You know, you're wrestling with somebody, you grab your little
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  Speaker 1: brother like this. And he brought the quarterback down to
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  Speaker 1: the ground. That was really cool to see. this defense
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  Speaker 1: just continues to impress, just a steady course of consistency,
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  Speaker 1: held Arizona to seven points, and again, it looked like
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  Speaker 1: a game early on, Arizona was making some plays, their
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  Speaker 1: defense was holding strong, but a healthy dose of JSN
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  Speaker 1: and Drew Locke broke this game open.
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  Speaker 2: No question about it, and that defense, as you said,
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  Speaker 2: they just allowed 151 total yards to Arizona today, it
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  Speaker 2: was like Arizona, they had so much life coming into
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  Speaker 2: this game, right? They beat the Chargers. They go on
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  Speaker 2: the road in week one. That fan base is saying,
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  Speaker 2: maybe we got something here. You know, you get young
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  Speaker 2: Jeremiah Love there. Obviously, Michael Wilson is there. Questions are
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  Speaker 2: starting to arise with Marvin Harrison Jr., though, Richard. I
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  Speaker 2: don't know if it's a mental thing. Has he completely
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  Speaker 2: lost his confidence? Or is he just an overall bust?
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  Speaker 2: He was so good in Ohio State. I had no
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  Speaker 2: doubt he was going to be a star in this league.
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  Speaker 2: And I am wrong. Richard, is there any way to
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  Speaker 2: remedy these struggles for Marvin Harrison Jr., the former top
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  Speaker 2: five pick?
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  Speaker 1: The only way I know to remedy these kind of
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  Speaker 1: struggles is to feed him the football. And they're not
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  Speaker 1: trying to do that. It doesn't seem like they're involving
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  Speaker 1: him much in the offense. They're not designing plays to
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  Speaker 1: kind of generate confidence for him. I don't know. I
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  Speaker 1: really don't know. I think something has to be wrong.
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  Speaker 1: It seems like he's losing confidence. I mean, you look
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  Speaker 1: at him, he looked dejected on the sideline. That's something
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  Speaker 1: I don't understand. A guy you spend such high draft
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  Speaker 1: capital on, you wouldn't think they would give up on
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  Speaker 1: him this soon. Obviously, the physical traits are still there.
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  Speaker 1: So I don't know if we can just label him
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  Speaker 1: a bust. I know everybody's really quick to label guys
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  Speaker 1: bust these days, but I don't know if I'm ready
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  Speaker 1: to go there yet, but definitely concerning. But a person
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  Speaker 1: whose stock is on the rise, that's Drew lock i
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  Speaker 1: mean drew lock looked like he was in incredible command
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  Speaker 1: in this game uh accurate with the football even off
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  Speaker 1: his back foot he was backing away making good decisions
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  Speaker 1: i think you know sometimes quarterbacks have different growth moments
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  Speaker 1: and different maturity levels and different times where they start
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  Speaker 1: to figure it out and and the game starts slowing
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  Speaker 1: down for them and maybe Brian Fleury and the way
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  Speaker 1: he's designed this offense. I think people forget this is
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  Speaker 1: a new offensive coordinator for the Seattle Seahawks. It's going
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  Speaker 1: to take a second first time play caller and he
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  Speaker 1: is doing a magnificent job, especially in the second half,
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  Speaker 1: drawing up these plays. The Seahawks have five touchdowns this
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  Speaker 1: season over two games and four of those touchdowns went
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  Speaker 1: to JSN. When you have the reigning offensive player of
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  Speaker 1: the year, he gets a lot of attention. So for
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  Speaker 1: them to be able to scheme things JSN open when
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  Speaker 1: everybody in the stadium, in their grandmother, knows the ball
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  Speaker 1: is going to Jackson Smith and Jigba, and he continues
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  Speaker 1: to be productive. He's the best receiver in the National
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  Speaker 1: Football League. I know there are people that are going
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  Speaker 1: to argue Jamar Chase is the guy, and Jamar Chase
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  Speaker 1: deserves his flowers, deserves all the credit, deserves first-team All-Pro.
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  Speaker 1: But nobody's doing what JSN is doing right now. Nobody
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  Speaker 1: in the league. I mean, where else is this offense going?
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  Speaker 1: Without him on the field, Mitchell, I don't know if
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  Speaker 1: they win both of those games. And he is single-handedly
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  Speaker 1: taking over these games. Now, they have great pieces around him.
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  Speaker 1: They have a great offensive line that's playing good football
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  Speaker 1: right now and protecting Drew Locke in a big way.
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  Speaker 1: They deserve credit. In year two, they're starting to jail
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  Speaker 1: and figure it out. But you've got to give credit
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  Speaker 1: where it's due.
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  Speaker 2: No doubt about it. And Richard, I got news for you.
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  Speaker 2: JSN has always been that guy. You go back to
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  Speaker 2: all his Ohio State days. In the Rose Bowl against
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  Speaker 2: the Utah Utes, he had 15 receptions for 347 yards.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, this guy's been doing it since college. It
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  Speaker 2: was shocking to me he fell in the draft like
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  Speaker 2: he did. The Seahawks got an absolute steal. And you know,
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  Speaker 2: it's funny because a couple weeks ago I said JSN's
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  Speaker 2: a top five receiver and I got roasted in the
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  Speaker 2: comments section by the Seattle fan base saying, Apparently that
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  Speaker 2: wasn't good enough. And you're right, Richard. He's certainly in
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  Speaker 2: the conversation for the best wide receiver in this league
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  Speaker 2: right now. What he does, yards after catch, is remarkable.
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  Speaker 2: He's one of the most sure-handed wideouts in the league.
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  Speaker 2: His ability to separate and get open at all times.
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  Speaker 2: What a huge safety blanket for this team. And kudos
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  Speaker 2: to Drew Locke as well. Again, we talked about it.
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  Speaker 2: He's a guy that was drafted at Denver, given an opportunity,
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  Speaker 2: and essentially run out of the building. And we've seen
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  Speaker 2: it time and again over these last few years. where
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  Speaker 2: these guys come in and get a second opportunity and
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  Speaker 2: rejuvenate their career, I think we could be seeing the
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  Speaker 2: same thing from Drew Locke. I don't know what his
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  Speaker 2: contract is like, but I have to imagine after this year,
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  Speaker 2: people are going to be looking for him as a
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  Speaker 2: potential starting quarterback option going forward with what he's been
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  Speaker 2: able to do these last two weeks.
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  Speaker 1: No question about it. That's the cool thing about this
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  Speaker 1: league is whenever you get a shot, you just have
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  Speaker 1: to be ready for your moment. And if you're a
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  Speaker 1: backup quarterback and you're a starter, that's why the backup quarterback–
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  Speaker 1: It's not an important position until it is. Until you're
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  Speaker 1: a Super Bowl contender or the reigning Super Bowl champs
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  Speaker 1: and your starting quarterback gets hurt the first series of
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  Speaker 1: the game and who is your backup? Nobody cares who
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  Speaker 1: your backup is until they do. And Drew Locke has
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  Speaker 1: shown up in a big way for the Seattle Seahawks.
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  Speaker 1: I'm sure Mike McDonald is incredibly happy with his performance.
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  Speaker 1: I'm sure he's reaping praise onto him. His team is
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  Speaker 1: playing as well as anybody in the National Football League.
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  Speaker 1: This is why they are number one in my power rankings.
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  Speaker 1: I hear people all the time, well, they just lost
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  Speaker 1: their starting quarterback. How are they number one? Because they're
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  Speaker 1: still the best team in the National Football League. In
• 13:40
  Speaker 1: order to knock the champs off, you got to beat
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  Speaker 1: the champs. I know people had the Rams and then
• 13:45
  Speaker 1: Baltimore and then the Kansas City Chiefs, now the Buffalo Bills, everybody.
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  Speaker 1: But again, I hear all that conjecture. But until the
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  Speaker 1: champs are beaten, They will not move off this number
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  Speaker 1: one spot. Now, there will be some movement in between
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  Speaker 1: behind them, but I give Mike McDonald a ton of
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  Speaker 1: credit for what he's able to do. I give this offense,
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  Speaker 1: this defense, that if they get the credit they deserve,
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  Speaker 1: will be filled with all pros. Even with losing starting safety,
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  Speaker 1: losing Boye Mafe, losing the MVP of the Super Bowl,
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  Speaker 1: who had a heck of a day, K-9 Kenneth Walker.
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  Speaker 1: For the Kansas City Chiefs the other night, I'm sure
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  Speaker 1: he's going to have a heck of a night tonight.
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  Speaker 1: They just continue to persevere. They scored 31 in this game,
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  Speaker 1: and a lot of it was a number 11.
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  Speaker 2: No doubt. And Richard, they get to take on the
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  Speaker 2: Washington Commanders next week, who obviously are looking like they're
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  Speaker 2: going to be without Jaden Daniels for a while now.
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  Speaker 2: So the Seahawks have a good opportunity to beat 3-0
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  Speaker 2: after next week. Let's go to the number two team
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  Speaker 2: in your power ranks. That's the San Francisco 49ers. They
• 14:52
  Speaker 2: take care of business against the Dolphins, 35-13. Brock Purdy
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  Speaker 2: had a near-perfect performance, Richard. 20-22, 287 yards, two touchdowns.
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  Speaker 2: Got it done on the ground as well with three
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  Speaker 2: carries for 30 yards and a touchdown. What did you
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  Speaker 2: like about what San Francisco did today in this dominant victory?
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  Speaker 1: Huh, what did I like the most? Brock Purdy. Brock Purdy,
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  Speaker 1: if Brock Purdy was 6'5, and could throw it 70 yards,
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  Speaker 1: people would say he's the best quarterback in the National
• 15:24
  Speaker 1: Football League. Mitchell, no question about it. Or they'd be
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  Speaker 1: debating it. They'd be debating it between him and Josh
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  Speaker 1: Allen or Joe Burrell or Patrick Mahomes. They'd be putting
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  Speaker 1: him in that conversation. The fact he was number, the
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  Speaker 1: last overall pick, mystery, relevant, and all that works against him.
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  Speaker 1: The fact he doesn't have elite measurables in the way
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  Speaker 1: that people want to see him is working against him.
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  Speaker 1: But if you just look at the stat sheet and
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  Speaker 1: you don't know who he is and you just imagine
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  Speaker 1: Put Justin Herbert's frame and build and measurables on him
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  Speaker 1: and then read off his accomplishments. And then people would say,
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  Speaker 1: oh my God, this guy is the guy. One of
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  Speaker 1: the greatest quarterbacks to play in the National Football League.
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  Speaker 1: Had such an efficient day today. Almost perfect, almost perfect
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  Speaker 1: quarterback rating today. I think he had an intentional grounding
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  Speaker 1: that knocked it off. But out of the hundred points
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  Speaker 1: you get, Mitchell, let me get this right. Because I
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  Speaker 1: don't want to, you know, I want to give him
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  Speaker 1: his flowers. His QBR was 97.9 out of 100. You
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  Speaker 1: guys can look up what that means, but it means
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  Speaker 1: he is balling. And he balled out against the Rams.
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  Speaker 1: So I know people will jump down my throat and say,
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  Speaker 1: they played the youngest team in the National Football League
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  Speaker 1: in the Miami Dolphins. Nobody's expecting anything from the Miami Dolphins. Well,
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  Speaker 1: they played the Rams last week. And they were saying
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  Speaker 1: this is the greatest defense in the world. on paper
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  Speaker 1: to ever grace the field and shredded them to 27
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  Speaker 1: to seven. And so he shreds the Miami dolphins the
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  Speaker 1: same way. I mean, master splinter shredder. I mean, this
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  Speaker 1: isn't the Ninja turtles Mitchell, but he's getting it done
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  Speaker 1: in a big way. And guys keep getting banged up.
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  Speaker 1: They lose DeMarcus Robinson today. Mike Evans has a, has
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  Speaker 1: a hip issue. He was questionable at the end of
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  Speaker 1: the game, but it didn't matter. You, if you watch
• 17:15
  Speaker 1: the game, You wouldn't have known who was hurt because
• 17:18
  Speaker 1: he was distributing the ball to whoever was out there,
• 17:20
  Speaker 1: and I think he does not get enough credit for that.
• 17:23
  Speaker 1: I know everybody's like, he has all these elite weapons
• 17:25
  Speaker 1: and Kyle Shanahan and George Kittle and Christian McCaffrey, and
• 17:29
  Speaker 1: it's like, yeah, but a lot of it doesn't work
• 17:31
  Speaker 1: without him. And there's a reason he's won as many
• 17:36
  Speaker 1: games as he has. In short, Kyle Shanahan's a big
• 17:39
  Speaker 1: part of that, but if you look at Justin Herbert
• 17:42
  Speaker 1: down in L.A., I mean... Mike McDaniel is a good
• 17:46
  Speaker 1: offensive coordinator, good play caller, good guy to draw up
• 17:49
  Speaker 1: the scheme. He struggled, still struggling this year. Lost multiple
• 17:54
  Speaker 1: games in a row, just lost to the Raiders. And
• 17:56
  Speaker 1: I know you could say, oh, man, his O-line isn't
• 17:58
  Speaker 1: doing enough for him. And maybe they aren't. But those things,
• 18:02
  Speaker 1: like the excuses that work for thee, doesn't work for
• 18:05
  Speaker 1: Brock Purdy. And that's where I get confused and frustrated because–
• 18:09
  Speaker 1: Brock Purdy is playing at an elite level. He's a
• 18:11
  Speaker 1: top five quarterback in the National Football League. By every
• 18:16
  Speaker 1: objective stat, every objective stat, he's a top five quarterback
• 18:19
  Speaker 1: in the National Football League. But the subjective issue is
• 18:23
  Speaker 1: where he falls short. He was 20 of 22 today, 287,
• 18:27
  Speaker 1: two touchdowns, 149 rating. He was not sacked. So great
• 18:33
  Speaker 1: job to the San Francisco 49ers offensive line. I said
• 18:36
  Speaker 1: before the season, the reason they weren't in the same
• 18:39
  Speaker 1: tier as the Niners and the Rams coming into the
• 18:42
  Speaker 1: season was the questions in that interior offensive line. Mitchell,
• 18:47
  Speaker 1: they have answered them in a big way. They have
• 18:49
  Speaker 1: been incredibly solid over the first two games. And I
• 18:52
  Speaker 1: know the Miami game doesn't tell us a ton, but
• 18:55
  Speaker 1: the first game does. They were without Chop Robinson. They
• 18:59
  Speaker 1: didn't have a ton of pass rushing involved. They're a
• 19:04
  Speaker 1: team rebuilding. But the Rams did, and they played very
• 19:08
  Speaker 1: well against the Rams. They played incredibly well against the
• 19:11
  Speaker 1: Miami Dolphins. I have to give them credit. If you're
• 19:13
  Speaker 1: going to criticize people, you have to give them credit.
• 19:15
  Speaker 1: They are playing great football, protecting Brock Purdy, opening holes.
• 19:19
  Speaker 1: Christian McCaffrey, they didn't run the ball well today. That's
• 19:24
  Speaker 1: the only knock you could put on this game. They
• 19:27
  Speaker 1: did not run the ball well, but congratulations to Christian McCaffrey.
• 19:30
  Speaker 1: Gets his 100th career touchdown, 50th with the San Francisco 49ers,
• 19:35
  Speaker 1: I think he's one of the few players in the
• 19:37
  Speaker 1: National Football League's history that has 50 touchdowns with multiple franchises.
• 19:41
  Speaker 1: One of the greatest players to ever play this game,
• 19:43
  Speaker 1: so congrats to him. Congrats to George Kittle. Four targets,
• 19:47
  Speaker 1: four catches, 80 yards, a touchdown, a long of 40.
• 19:50
  Speaker 1: 40 yards. It was great to watch him coming out
• 19:52
  Speaker 1: of the half. They fed him on that drive. He
• 19:54
  Speaker 1: had a 40-yard catch and then caught the seven cut
• 19:57
  Speaker 1: from Brock Purdy. That was great. Deebo Samuel made an
• 20:02
  Speaker 1: impact in this game. Didn't do a ton. Kyle Hustek,
• 20:05
  Speaker 1: all the things you don't see. but got some targets,
• 20:08
  Speaker 1: had a touchdown in this game. Again, they didn't run
• 20:11
  Speaker 1: the ball well on the ground at all, but all
• 20:14
  Speaker 1: pro threat continues to show out, continues to make his
• 20:18
  Speaker 1: Hall of Fame case. Five tackles, half a sack, a
• 20:20
  Speaker 1: forced fumble, a quarterback hit, up then stout. It's starting
• 20:24
  Speaker 1: to really, really take another step up and starting to
• 20:27
  Speaker 1: play elite football, just playing with confidence, playing really fast
• 20:30
  Speaker 1: in the run game, in the fast game. Romello Height
• 20:33
  Speaker 1: gets his first sack in the game. This defense looks good.
• 20:37
  Speaker 1: And Raheem Morris is doing a great job putting guys
• 20:40
  Speaker 1: in a position to thrive. Jair Brown, 12 tackles in
• 20:44
  Speaker 1: the game. Had a TFL in the game. Grayson Holton. Like, wow. Wow. Like,
• 20:54
  Speaker 1: you talk about found gold, found money, Mitchell. A guy,
• 20:58
  Speaker 1: when you came into this season, you were expecting Alfred Collins,
• 21:03
  Speaker 1: Mikael Williams, those guys to get healthy. and do a
• 21:07
  Speaker 1: good thing, and Houghton had five tackles, a TFL in
• 21:11
  Speaker 1: this game, and just looked dominant, looked dominant. Now, maybe it's, again,
• 21:16
  Speaker 1: the Miami Dolphins, and they're overwhelmed, but guys are starting
• 21:19
  Speaker 1: to play with so much confidence. They're playing fast, and obviously,
• 21:22
  Speaker 1: they scored 13 points, but it wasn't going to be 13.
• 21:26
  Speaker 1: They gave up a big score at the end, a
• 21:30
  Speaker 1: blunder of a play, but San Francisco 49ers look good.
• 21:33
  Speaker 1: They're actually number three in my power rankings right now
• 21:35
  Speaker 1: behind the Buffalo Bills, but they could easily be number two.
• 21:38
  Speaker 2: I think I might just be predicting the future on
• 21:40
  Speaker 2: that one, Richard. This team has made me a complete
• 21:44
  Speaker 2: believer in them again. I mean, I had my doubts,
• 21:47
  Speaker 2: much like you did coming into this season when you
• 21:49
  Speaker 2: see there was a little bit of a gap between
• 21:52
  Speaker 2: San Francisco and Seattle. I think San Francisco has closed
• 21:55
  Speaker 2: that gap, and it's thanks to Brock Purdy. I mean,
• 21:58
  Speaker 2: he was clinical out there today. Um, he did a
• 22:01
  Speaker 2: heck of a job, but this, this front office from
• 22:04
  Speaker 2: top down, the way this organization is built, everyone's clicking
• 22:07
  Speaker 2: on all cylinders. I mean, John Lutz did a great,
• 22:10
  Speaker 2: great job this off season, bringing him Mike Evans, bringing
• 22:13
  Speaker 2: back Debo Samuel. I think, you know, resetting the tone
• 22:18
  Speaker 2: in San Francisco and for them to go out and
• 22:20
  Speaker 2: beat the Rams in week one and take care of
• 22:22
  Speaker 2: business like everyone expected them to today, but in dominant fashion,
• 22:26
  Speaker 2: it's very impressive. And I think to rewind a couple
• 22:29
  Speaker 2: of years, because I think if other franchises were in
• 22:32
  Speaker 2: the same situation the Niners were when they drafted Trey
• 22:36
  Speaker 2: Lance and traded all their picks and essentially mortgaged their
• 22:40
  Speaker 2: future for this guy, and everything goes south with that,
• 22:44
  Speaker 2: incredible job bringing up, some might call it luck, but
• 22:47
  Speaker 2: being able to acquire Brock Purdy and trust this guy
• 22:51
  Speaker 2: at a young age. I mean, Richard, talk about a
• 22:54
  Speaker 2: complete pivot because it could have gone really bad. And
• 22:57
  Speaker 2: then in terms of Christian McCaffrey, I don't know how
• 23:00
  Speaker 2: many guys in NFL history have their jersey retired with
• 23:03
  Speaker 2: multiple teams, but I got to believe Christian McCaffrey hitting
• 23:07
  Speaker 2: 50 touchdowns with the Niners, he certainly belongs in that
• 23:10
  Speaker 2: ring of honor, and I would expect him to be
• 23:12
  Speaker 2: with the Panthers as well. If he keeps this up, Richard,
• 23:16
  Speaker 2: he's going to go down as one of the best
• 23:18
  Speaker 2: running backs in all time. At least that's my take.
• 23:21
  Speaker 2: But this team right now, the way they're positioned, They're
• 23:25
  Speaker 2: moving on up my power rankings in a big, big fashion.
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• 24:33
  Speaker 2: Let's talk about another team here, Richard, that I was
• 24:35
  Speaker 2: high on coming into the season and it left you
• 24:38
  Speaker 2: scratching your head until you started having blood in your scalp.
• 24:42
  Speaker 2: But I hope you're not scratching your head anymore. These
• 24:45
  Speaker 2: Cincinnati Bengals, they go on the road. They take care
• 24:49
  Speaker 2: of business. against the vaunted Houston Texans defense, uh, Joe burrow,
• 24:55
  Speaker 2: you know, finally healthy, you know, not the best statistical game,
• 24:58
  Speaker 2: but when you're going against the secondary and a defense
• 25:00
  Speaker 2: like the Texans for him to connect with Jamar chase,
• 25:03
  Speaker 2: his running mate, seven receptions, 75 yards, two touchdowns. It's
• 25:08
  Speaker 2: an impressive showing an impressive start to the season by
• 25:10
  Speaker 2: the bangles. But more impressively is this shell of a
• 25:13
  Speaker 2: defense that we saw over the last few years, all
• 25:16
  Speaker 2: of a sudden looks good. Um, Your thoughts on the
• 25:19
  Speaker 2: Cincinnati Bengals team as they start 2-0 and take care
• 25:22
  Speaker 2: of the Houston Ducksons.
• 25:25
  Speaker 1: Well, I got to say, Mitchell, you were on this
• 25:27
  Speaker 1: from the beginning. And Cincinnati Bengals defense, I got to apologize.
• 25:31
  Speaker 1: I was not familiar with your work. And this season,
• 25:35
  Speaker 1: they have started off on fire, Mitchell. And it started
• 25:39
  Speaker 1: up front. Jonathan Allen, Dexter Lawrence, Boye Maffei. The D-line
• 25:43
  Speaker 1: is setting the tone, game in and game out. And
• 25:46
  Speaker 1: I would say, eh, this Houston offense. But they just
• 25:49
  Speaker 1: put up 31 versus the Buffalo Bills, another Super Bowl
• 25:52
  Speaker 1: contender this season. And they put it up relatively easy.
• 25:56
  Speaker 1: Ran the ball very well. C.J. Stroud played very well.
• 25:59
  Speaker 1: In this game, C.J. Stroud threw for his yards. He
• 26:01
  Speaker 1: threw for. 353. They could not get the ground game
• 26:04
  Speaker 1: going at all with David Montgomery and Woody Marks. They
• 26:07
  Speaker 1: were stuffing them every chance they got. Huge fourth down
• 26:11
  Speaker 1: stop where They tried to hand it off, and guess what?
• 26:15
  Speaker 1: Dexter Lawrence just walked through the offensive line and said, nope,
• 26:18
  Speaker 1: not in my house. Sexy Dexy has changed the culture
• 26:22
  Speaker 1: for the Cincinnati Bengals team and really dominated. And then
• 26:25
  Speaker 1: on the offensive side, of course, I thought Joe Burrows
• 26:28
  Speaker 1: was going to continue to put up incredible points and
• 26:32
  Speaker 1: do a great job, and he will. But this game,
• 26:34
  Speaker 1: he did not put up that many points. He put
• 26:36
  Speaker 1: up 20 points, and it was his defense that kept
• 26:39
  Speaker 1: them in the game drive after drive after drive, continue
• 26:44
  Speaker 1: to get stops. And I didn't even know. I didn't
• 26:47
  Speaker 1: even know that Will Anderson was a chiropractor. I didn't
• 26:50
  Speaker 1: even know. The Bengals had it so good today. They
• 26:55
  Speaker 1: had things going so good that when Will Anderson, when
• 26:59
  Speaker 1: they sacked Joe Burrow, and they sacked him quite a
• 27:00
  Speaker 1: few times today, I think they had five on the day,
• 27:03
  Speaker 1: they actually put his rib back in place. A little
• 27:07
  Speaker 1: chiropractic work, Mitchell. What? When you're looking for some chiropractic work, Mitchell,
• 27:12
  Speaker 1: look in Houston. I didn't know they did that, but
• 27:14
  Speaker 1: apparently they just helped the Bengals out and got Joe
• 27:17
  Speaker 1: Burrow right on their way to an L. The Bengals
• 27:20
  Speaker 1: look really good, Mitchell. If their defense can play like
• 27:23
  Speaker 1: this all season, Sheldon Stewart, like every year, and this
• 27:27
  Speaker 1: is why I didn't really believe it going in, because
• 27:30
  Speaker 1: every year they've invested draft capital into this defense. They
• 27:33
  Speaker 1: brought in guys who looked good other places, who played
• 27:37
  Speaker 1: well other places, who did things other places. and they
• 27:40
  Speaker 1: just didn't get it done here. And then you got
• 27:42
  Speaker 1: Trey Hendrickson, you know, a guy that homegrown talent, and
• 27:45
  Speaker 1: then he walks away. And you're like, ah, like, what's
• 27:48
  Speaker 1: going on in Cincinnati? But they have got it together
• 27:50
  Speaker 1: right now. The guys they have are tone setters. You
• 27:53
  Speaker 1: heard Jonathan Allen before the game. Like, they don't talk
• 27:56
  Speaker 1: a lot. They don't talk a lot, Mitchell. They do
• 27:58
  Speaker 1: it with their shoulder pads and helmets. And, Mitchell, a
• 28:01
  Speaker 1: lot of people understand that. I get it.
• 28:06
  Speaker 2: I saw this coming, but I couldn't believe it was
• 28:09
  Speaker 2: going to be like this. A dominant fashion win against Houston.
• 28:13
  Speaker 2: Houston now starts 0-2. I know you're high on the Texans.
• 28:17
  Speaker 2: What does this do for your expectations for the Texans
• 28:19
  Speaker 2: the rest of the season? Do you still think they
• 28:21
  Speaker 2: can win this division and make the playoffs? Because, Richard,
• 28:24
  Speaker 2: an 0-2 start. We talked about it last week. You
• 28:27
  Speaker 2: got about a 10% shot statistically to still make the
• 28:30
  Speaker 2: playoffs over the course of history. Are the Texans going
• 28:33
  Speaker 2: to be one of those 10% after this 0-2 start
• 28:35
  Speaker 2: to the season?
• 28:36
  Speaker 1: We will see. I think it's much more probable now
• 28:39
  Speaker 1: with the seventh seed. And if you look at it,
• 28:48
  Speaker 1: the teams they lost to are likely playoff teams. The
• 28:50
  Speaker 1: Cincinnati Bengals and the Buffalo Bills look fantastic. C.J. Stroud
• 28:56
  Speaker 1: didn't play bad in these games, so I think that's
• 28:58
  Speaker 1: the silver lining of this whole situation. C.J. Stroud was 355.
• 29:03
  Speaker 1: three 53, no touchdowns, no interceptions. Dalton Schultz had a
• 29:06
  Speaker 1: good game. They were, they were getting the ball around. They,
• 29:08
  Speaker 1: the defense just has to come to life and they
• 29:10
  Speaker 1: have to score in the red zone. They have to
• 29:12
  Speaker 1: stop ending these drives with field goals. Hmm. Yeah, I
• 29:21
  Speaker 1: think they could. I really, I have a hard time
• 29:23
  Speaker 1: thinking the Houston Texans are going to be out of it. Um,
• 29:27
  Speaker 1: obviously a lot of work is to be done, but
• 29:29
  Speaker 1: that AFC South, it's a dog fight right now. Um,
• 29:33
  Speaker 1: Everybody got at least one loss. The Jacksonville Jaguars just
• 29:37
  Speaker 1: lost to the Denver Broncos today. The Titans are 0-2.
• 29:42
  Speaker 1: The Colts are about to play tonight against the Kansas
• 29:45
  Speaker 1: City Chiefs. That's going to be a tough game. So yeah,
• 29:48
  Speaker 1: I think there's still a chance for them to make
• 29:49
  Speaker 1: the playoffs and still potentially win this division.
• 29:53
  Speaker 2: Well, they've got a tough division game next week against
• 29:55
  Speaker 2: the Colts, and then the Bengals take on the Steelers
• 29:57
  Speaker 2: for an opportunity to start 3-0. Let's take a look
• 30:01
  Speaker 2: at another intriguing team. I was able to watch them
• 30:04
  Speaker 2: firsthand last week. The New Orleans Saints are one play
• 30:08
  Speaker 2: away from being 2-0. If they would have been able
• 30:11
  Speaker 2: to convert that two-point conversion against the Lions, this would
• 30:15
  Speaker 2: have been a total different story for them. They take
• 30:17
  Speaker 2: care of business against the Baltimore Ravens, right? And you
• 30:20
  Speaker 2: talked about it already. Everyone has the Baltimore Ravens up
• 30:24
  Speaker 2: in their power rankings. Everyone but you. You kind of
• 30:27
  Speaker 2: saw this coming. How did you see this coming? Do
• 30:30
  Speaker 2: you like the Saints? Because, Richard, I'm high on them
• 30:33
  Speaker 2: right now. I think they're going to win the NFC South.
• 30:35
  Speaker 2: I like Tyler Shuck a lot. I think he brings
• 30:38
  Speaker 2: a great skill set to that offense, one they've lacked
• 30:42
  Speaker 2: for years. Chris Alave looks like the wide receiver they
• 30:45
  Speaker 2: expected him to be out of Ohio State. Eight receptions,
• 30:49
  Speaker 2: 86 yards, and a touchdown. You combine that with his
• 30:52
  Speaker 2: production last week against the Lions. This is one of
• 30:55
  Speaker 2: the top receivers statistically in football right now. Richard, how
• 30:59
  Speaker 2: impressed are you with the New Orleans Saints being able
• 31:02
  Speaker 2: to take care of business against the Baltimore Ravens today?
• 31:06
  Speaker 1: I'm really impressed. And what's most impressive is they're such
• 31:09
  Speaker 1: a fourth quarter team right now. They really have these
• 31:12
  Speaker 1: offensive explosions in the second half. And Tyler Shaw, maybe
• 31:15
  Speaker 1: he just finds his rhythm late. Maybe that's just how
• 31:17
  Speaker 1: he is and he warms up into it. but the
• 31:19
  Speaker 1: reason I wasn't as high on the, on the Baltimore
• 31:21
  Speaker 1: Ravens is because their defense, their defense just over the
• 31:25
  Speaker 1: last few years has not been great. Ever since Mike
• 31:27
  Speaker 1: McDonald has left, uh, the, the Baltimore Ravens, they just
• 31:30
  Speaker 1: have not been the same defensively. And so until I
• 31:33
  Speaker 1: see that change, I'm just not going to believe in
• 31:35
  Speaker 1: the Baltimore Ravens. Now they still have Lamar Jackson who
• 31:38
  Speaker 1: was going to continue to be Lamar Jackson. Uh, he
• 31:40
  Speaker 1: was 21 to 31 to 35, a touchdown, but he
• 31:43
  Speaker 1: did have that interception. Derek Henry started off really fast. Um,
• 31:48
  Speaker 1: was having a great game, but ended with 16 carries
• 31:50
  Speaker 1: for 68 yards and a touchdown. And so without Zay Flowers,
• 31:56
  Speaker 1: who are their go-to guys? Who's the guy that's going
• 31:59
  Speaker 1: to take the top off the defense? And this game,
• 32:02
  Speaker 1: it was Rashad Bateman who had seven receptions for 88
• 32:05
  Speaker 1: yards and a touchdown. But eventually, it's going to catch
• 32:09
  Speaker 1: up to you. Their defense got three sacks in this game.
• 32:13
  Speaker 1: But if you look at Tyler Shaw, just being efficient,
• 32:17
  Speaker 1: and I think He was the guy, because Shador Sanders
• 32:20
  Speaker 1: was in this draft, everybody was like, why would the
• 32:22
  Speaker 1: Saints pick him and not Shador Sanders? I think you're
• 32:24
  Speaker 1: starting to see it. I mean, I wasn't high on him.
• 32:26
  Speaker 1: He got a lot of reps last year. He got
• 32:28
  Speaker 1: a lot of reps in games that nobody was really
• 32:30
  Speaker 1: paying attention to. And all you heard was people like
• 32:34
  Speaker 1: Dan Orlowski and these quarterback whispers saying, hey, watch out.
• 32:38
  Speaker 1: I really like what I'm seeing on tape from Tyler Shaw.
• 32:41
  Speaker 1: But I'm not one of those quarterback whispers, Mitchell. I
• 32:43
  Speaker 1: was not watching Tyler Shaw. I was very unfamiliar with
• 32:46
  Speaker 1: his game. But You had to watch him against your
• 32:48
  Speaker 1: Detroit lions. We had to watch him last week and
• 32:51
  Speaker 1: he was striking. Chris Olave had like one 87. So
• 32:54
  Speaker 1: now you start paying attention. He starts to make noise.
• 32:57
  Speaker 1: If they would have got that win, it would have
• 32:58
  Speaker 1: been even more, but he got our attention in this game.
• 33:00
  Speaker 1: He continued where he left off and you got to
• 33:02
  Speaker 1: give Kellen more, Kellen more guy that people haven't talked
• 33:05
  Speaker 1: a ton about, you know, since he got to new
• 33:08
  Speaker 1: Orleans because they haven't been a great team, but he's
• 33:10
  Speaker 1: starting to show his promise again. Um, I know Chris
• 33:13
  Speaker 1: Olave is happy to see him. Juwan Johnson has had
• 33:16
  Speaker 1: a really good start to the season. You know, compared
• 33:19
  Speaker 1: to what they're used to, Daniel Carlson is making his kicks.
• 33:23
  Speaker 1: Pete Werner, 11 tackles, a sack in his game in
• 33:26
  Speaker 1: the TFL. It's some interesting stuff going on in New Orleans.
• 33:31
  Speaker 1: And again, in a division where things can go either way.
• 33:35
  Speaker 1: I thought I had Tampa Bay Bucks winning this division.
• 33:38
  Speaker 1: They're 0-2 right now. They just lost to the Cleveland
• 33:41
  Speaker 1: Browns and Deshaun Watson. So, Anything can happen. Can New
• 33:44
  Speaker 1: Orleans find their rhythm, find their footing? The Carolina Panthers
• 33:47
  Speaker 1: are starting to find their footing. Bryce Young looks the part.
• 33:51
  Speaker 1: He's making some big plays. He's pushing the ball down
• 33:53
  Speaker 1: the field. Teterola McMillan is doing a great job. But
• 33:56
  Speaker 1: Alvin Kamara was relatively quiet in this game, only had
• 34:00
  Speaker 1: 15 yards rushing and seven yards through the air. But
• 34:04
  Speaker 1: they're finding ways to win games, and that's what's important.
• 34:07
  Speaker 1: They scored 27 points in this game. Can they continue
• 34:09
  Speaker 1: to do that?
• 34:11
  Speaker 2: And it's going to be an interesting matchup.
• 34:12
  Speaker 1: They scored 24 points in this game. My apologies.
• 34:16
  Speaker 2: It's going to be an interesting matchup for them next
• 34:18
  Speaker 2: week as well. They're taking on the Vegas Raiders who
• 34:20
  Speaker 2: are off to a 2-0 start themselves. So here's a
• 34:24
  Speaker 2: matchup that not a whole lot of folks saw coming
• 34:27
  Speaker 2: at the beginning of the season. But here we are.
• 34:30
  Speaker 2: I think the Saints and the Raiders, it's going to
• 34:32
  Speaker 2: be a marquee matchup to watch next week. I'm shocked
• 34:35
  Speaker 2: that I'm saying that right now. Let's take a look
• 34:38
  Speaker 2: at a team that, It's 2-0, but I don't know
• 34:41
  Speaker 2: if their record is who they are right now. The
• 34:44
  Speaker 2: Philadelphia Eagles start 2-0 for the season, but did not
• 34:49
  Speaker 2: look very impressive in either win today. They go and
• 34:52
  Speaker 2: take on the lowly Tennessee Titans and need a last-minute
• 34:56
  Speaker 2: comeback in order to win in Tennessee. Richard, is there
• 35:01
  Speaker 2: cause for concern in Philly with how they've been playing,
• 35:05
  Speaker 2: albeit 2-0, but not looking the part?
• 35:10
  Speaker 1: Yes, there's calls for concern. And I had them on
• 35:14
  Speaker 1: upset alert early on Twitter. And then Philly fans, you know,
• 35:17
  Speaker 1: after they get the win with nine seconds to go,
• 35:19
  Speaker 1: start jumping in. But they weren't jumping in when I
• 35:22
  Speaker 1: said upset alert because they were concerned and they were worried,
• 35:25
  Speaker 1: just like they were in that Commanders game. That game
• 35:27
  Speaker 1: came down to a botched two-point conversion. And it's happening
• 35:32
  Speaker 1: like that. Now, maybe this still is a championship contender
• 35:35
  Speaker 1: in Philadelphia, but it's hard to see that when you
• 35:37
  Speaker 1: struggle defensively Versus a team that won three games last year,
• 35:41
  Speaker 1: whose quarterbacks struggled mightily last week. They struggled as a
• 35:44
  Speaker 1: team mightily last week. And so it's still to be seen.
• 35:48
  Speaker 1: But what you do have to say is Jalen Hurts
• 35:50
  Speaker 1: showed a tremendous amount of poise in this game. When
• 35:54
  Speaker 1: the offense needed it and they had to have it,
• 35:56
  Speaker 1: he came through in a big way. So did Devontae Smith.
• 35:59
  Speaker 1: He came through in a big way. 10 for 117
• 36:02
  Speaker 1: and a touchdown. Hurts did throw two interceptions. So that
• 36:06
  Speaker 1: is the concern on the other side of the coin.
• 36:08
  Speaker 1: is what he, there aren't many games that you're going
• 36:11
  Speaker 1: to find. We're not going to sit here and kill
• 36:13
  Speaker 1: Jalen Hurts and act like he throws two interceptions all
• 36:15
  Speaker 1: the time, but he did throw him in this game
• 36:17
  Speaker 1: against a defense that is relatively unheralded. So that's where
• 36:21
  Speaker 1: you start to say, Hmm, you know, Mitchell, because when
• 36:25
  Speaker 1: you came into this season, you said outside of Devante Smith,
• 36:29
  Speaker 1: where are they going to find offense? Now, Saquon Barkley
• 36:33
  Speaker 1: got a little banged up in this game. Um, He
• 36:36
  Speaker 1: only had four carries for nine yards, one reception for
• 36:39
  Speaker 1: 11 yards. So that matters. That factors into it. But
• 36:42
  Speaker 1: at the end of the day, you're still looking for
• 36:45
  Speaker 1: the number two option outside of Devontae Adams. Is it
• 36:48
  Speaker 1: going to be Doctavian Wicks? He had five catches for
• 36:51
  Speaker 1: 74 yards. Tank Bigby came in and did his thing
• 36:56
  Speaker 1: after Saquon left the game. But the things you expect
• 37:01
  Speaker 1: this team to lean on are their defense, their run game,
• 37:04
  Speaker 1: and then Jalen Hurts, Jalen Hurts' arm. And so they
• 37:07
  Speaker 1: got out of this game with a win. They're 2-0,
• 37:10
  Speaker 1: and they played the Bears, who just lost Caleb Williams
• 37:12
  Speaker 1: for an unknown amount of time. So they could easily
• 37:15
  Speaker 1: beat 3-0. And so it's not going to surprise anybody
• 37:18
  Speaker 1: when they are 3-0. But at the end of the season,
• 37:21
  Speaker 1: we're not going to– nobody's going to be talking about, oh, man,
• 37:24
  Speaker 1: they barely beat the Titans, or they did this, if
• 37:26
  Speaker 1: they're the number one seed in the playoffs. But it just–
• 37:32
  Speaker 1: it's not, these wins aren't instilling confidence in viewers and
• 37:37
  Speaker 1: the fans. And I know their fans will say, a
• 37:39
  Speaker 1: win is a win. Oh, you're just a hater. But
• 37:42
  Speaker 1: I would say this about anybody who was winning this way.
• 37:44
  Speaker 1: You know, if they're a contender and they're supposed to
• 37:46
  Speaker 1: be beating these teams in a big way, if the
• 37:49
  Speaker 1: Rams don't beat the Giants in a decisive, commanding way,
• 37:53
  Speaker 1: I'm going to say the same thing. Like, what's going
• 37:55
  Speaker 1: on there? The Green Bay Packers squeak out a win
• 37:58
  Speaker 1: against the The New York Jets, I'm going to say
• 38:03
  Speaker 1: we expected better from Jordan Love and the Green Bay Packers.
• 38:08
  Speaker 1: That's what you expect from championship contending teams. Now, Jalen
• 38:11
  Speaker 1: Carter played a good game when they needed to have it.
• 38:14
  Speaker 1: Their defense got after them, made big plays, sacked the quarterback,
• 38:18
  Speaker 1: and they won that game. But is this a sustainable
• 38:21
  Speaker 1: way of playing football? We will see. Football is back.
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  Speaker 1: The Legion of Boom energy, it was not casual. We
• 39:09
  Speaker 1: didn't walk on the field hoping people noticed us. We
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  Speaker 1: set the tone. We brought the energy. We made sure
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  Speaker 1: everybody knew exactly who they were dealing with.
• 39:18
  Speaker 2: That's how you should rep your team, Richard. Confidence, no apologies.
• 39:23
  Speaker 2: Whether you're hosting the crew, watching the family, tailgating before
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  Speaker 2: We shall see. Let's go to the NFC North, Richard.
• 39:55
  Speaker 2: We had a wild defensive battle. The Vikings come away
• 40:00
  Speaker 2: with a win in Chicago. And the story of this
• 40:04
  Speaker 2: game is Caleb Williams. He goes out with what looked
• 40:08
  Speaker 2: like a hamstring injury, rolling out to his left, being
• 40:12
  Speaker 2: chased in pursuit, and tweaks the hamstring. Richard, this is
• 40:17
  Speaker 2: a big, big deal for a team that had aspirations
• 40:22
  Speaker 2: of a Super Bowl this year. Let's call it what
• 40:24
  Speaker 2: it is. Ben Johnson's flexing his muscles after putting 50
• 40:28
  Speaker 2: plus points on the board up in week one and
• 40:30
  Speaker 2: they come back and put three on the board in
• 40:33
  Speaker 2: week two. Without Caleb Williams in the lineup, how does
• 40:37
  Speaker 2: this change everything for Chicago? I don't want to speculate
• 40:42
  Speaker 2: on timing, but if it's Four weeks, eight weeks, 12 weeks,
• 40:46
  Speaker 2: season long. How much is this going to impact the
• 40:50
  Speaker 2: Chicago Bears in their season and their expectations this season?
• 40:55
  Speaker 1: Man, I feel terrible for Caleb Williams. You're hoping it's
• 40:59
  Speaker 1: not a serious injury, but anytime it's non-contact and a
• 41:02
  Speaker 1: guy goes down like that, you're concerned and all the
• 41:06
  Speaker 1: prayers go up and all your energy goes up to that.
• 41:08
  Speaker 1: But I think he was struggling in this game anyway. Anyway,
• 41:14
  Speaker 1: they were struggling as a team, and so it's not
• 41:16
  Speaker 1: like Caleb Williams is having the greatest game, and then
• 41:19
  Speaker 1: he got banged up, and then it went to nowhere.
• 41:22
  Speaker 1: They had three points when he left the game. They
• 41:25
  Speaker 1: had three points when it was over, and they weren't
• 41:28
  Speaker 1: getting going because Brian Flores in this defense, and I
• 41:31
  Speaker 1: think he might have taken what Ben Johnson said very personally. Mitchell,
• 41:35
  Speaker 1: because they're on this schedule twice this year. When you
• 41:38
  Speaker 1: say you're going to break the record for scoring and
• 41:40
  Speaker 1: we're on your schedule twice, that means you think you're
• 41:43
  Speaker 1: about to put up crazy numbers on our defense. And
• 41:47
  Speaker 1: I'm sure that conversation was had in the locker room,
• 41:51
  Speaker 1: in the meeting room, because that's the way defenses are.
• 41:54
  Speaker 1: Ben Johnson gave many defenses bulletin board material. And he
• 42:01
  Speaker 1: probably didn't mean to. He's probably just hyping up his
• 42:04
  Speaker 1: own team and speaking to how great they feel and how, man,
• 42:07
  Speaker 1: this is energetic and, man, we feel good. We're dialed in.
• 42:11
  Speaker 1: These guys have worked so hard and you're speaking your
• 42:13
  Speaker 1: team up. Other side of the coin, you're pissing people off.
• 42:18
  Speaker 1: And when pissed off people come into town and you're
• 42:22
  Speaker 1: in their sights, it's going to be tough. And I
• 42:24
  Speaker 1: know the Philadelphia Eagles, now they come into town, Mitchell. Mitchell?
• 42:29
  Speaker 1: And now you got Tyson Bajan out there. And Jalen
• 42:32
  Speaker 1: Carter's still there. Noah Smith. The guys. What are they
• 42:37
  Speaker 1: going to want to do? They're going to want to eat, Mitchell.
• 42:40
  Speaker 1: They're going to want to eat. And they're not going
• 42:42
  Speaker 1: to feel sorry that your starting quarterback went out. You
• 42:45
  Speaker 1: scored 59 to start the season. You're going to break
• 42:48
  Speaker 1: all these records. That's the NFL. NFL.
• 42:54
  Speaker 2: Ben Johnson, he's got a little cockiness to him. I
• 42:57
  Speaker 2: like his approach, but when you say stuff like this,
• 42:59
  Speaker 2: like you said, it gives every other defense all the
• 43:02
  Speaker 2: material they need to get ready for that Sunday. The
• 43:05
  Speaker 2: Bears as a team, though, Richard, does this remove them
• 43:08
  Speaker 2: out of playoff hopefuls at this point for you without
• 43:12
  Speaker 2: Caleb Williams, without him starting for the foreseeable future here?
• 43:18
  Speaker 1: I'm not going to just outright move them out of
• 43:20
  Speaker 1: there because of their run game with DeAndre Swift and
• 43:23
  Speaker 1: Kyle Menungai. Obviously, Swift had a bad fumble in this game,
• 43:27
  Speaker 1: if I'm not mistaken. But they have a great run game.
• 43:32
  Speaker 1: And if Tyson Bajent can just be solid, be solid.
• 43:35
  Speaker 1: And I'm sure Ben Johnson, when you lose your starting quarterback,
• 43:38
  Speaker 1: you didn't have the plan for Tyson Bajent to be
• 43:41
  Speaker 1: your quarterback. You had a plan that played to Caleb Williams' strength.
• 43:45
  Speaker 1: So I'm sure with a weak week's worth of time
• 43:48
  Speaker 1: to game plan and create a plan specifically structured for
• 43:55
  Speaker 1: Tyson Bajent, maybe he has some success. But it's going
• 43:59
  Speaker 1: to be tough. It's going to definitely be an uphill battle.
• 44:02
  Speaker 2: You know what, Richard? They obviously have faith in Tyson Bajent.
• 44:05
  Speaker 2: They paid him $ 10 million two years ago, a two-year
• 44:08
  Speaker 2: $ 10 million deal for a guy that comes from a
• 44:10
  Speaker 2: small school. It's worth up to $ 16 million worth of incentives.
• 44:14
  Speaker 2: So Here's his opportunity. They obviously have faith in him
• 44:18
  Speaker 2: to pay him and give him that guaranteed money. We'll
• 44:21
  Speaker 2: see if he's able to rise to the occasion. I,
• 44:23
  Speaker 2: like you, I don't think all hope is lost in Chicago.
• 44:27
  Speaker 2: Hopefully for them, Caleb Williams is not gone for more
• 44:30
  Speaker 2: than a month or two. But Tyson Bajent just needs
• 44:33
  Speaker 2: to keep them afloat. They've still got a number of
• 44:35
  Speaker 2: weapons on this team to keep them competitive. Let's talk
• 44:38
  Speaker 2: about the Denver Broncos.
• 44:40
  Speaker 1: This was a.
• 44:40
  Speaker 2: Team that absolutely needed to avoid going 0-2 after a
• 44:44
  Speaker 2: rough showing last week against the Kansas City Chiefs. They
• 44:48
  Speaker 2: welcomed the Jacksonville Jaguars into town, and early on it
• 44:52
  Speaker 2: looked like the Jags were going to take care of business.
• 44:55
  Speaker 2: But then Denver caught some life, and they came back
• 44:57
  Speaker 2: and pulled out an impressive win over this Jacksonville Jaguars
• 45:01
  Speaker 2: team that has been pretty hot lately. Richard, how impressive
• 45:05
  Speaker 2: of a win was this for the Denver Broncos?
• 45:08
  Speaker 1: This is an incredibly impressive victory for the Denver Broncos
• 45:12
  Speaker 1: for the simple fact that Trevor Lawrence and the Jacksonville Jaguars,
• 45:16
  Speaker 1: even extending on to last season, have played really great
• 45:19
  Speaker 1: football down the stretch. Trevor Lawrence struggled a bit in
• 45:21
  Speaker 1: this game. He was 17 of 29 for 189 at
• 45:24
  Speaker 1: the interception, but he had some spectacular plays. Then he
• 45:27
  Speaker 1: struggled in some ways. Um, Parker Washington continues to show
• 45:32
  Speaker 1: that he is the guy out there. They feed Jacoby Myers,
• 45:35
  Speaker 1: but he only had one target for 28 yards. Parker
• 45:40
  Speaker 1: Washington had 12 targets, 7 receptions, 98 yards. So they
• 45:44
  Speaker 1: clearly believe he's the guy. I'm just trying to figure out. Sorry,
• 45:51
  Speaker 1: I'm going to start that over. I'm incredibly impressed with
• 46:00
  Speaker 1: this win for the Denver Broncos for the simple fact
• 46:03
  Speaker 1: that the Jacksonville Jaguars have played really good football. They
• 46:06
  Speaker 1: looked great last week. Trevor Lawrence has continued an ascension
• 46:14
  Speaker 1: in this league. But today, the Denver Broncos reminded everybody
• 46:19
  Speaker 1: that they were, last year, one of the best defenses
• 46:21
  Speaker 1: in the National Football League. Yes, they have the best
• 46:24
  Speaker 1: corner in the National Football League in Patrick Sertan. Now,
• 46:26
  Speaker 1: Christian Gonzalez... Would like to put his name in a hat,
• 46:29
  Speaker 1: no question about it. He has played magnificent football over
• 46:32
  Speaker 1: the past couple games. But this Denver Broncos defense is
• 46:37
  Speaker 1: the reason that they were in this game. They were
• 46:40
  Speaker 1: creating turnovers. They had multiple sacks in this game.
• 46:44
  Speaker 2: Fuck!
• 46:47
  Speaker 1: I got to start that over. Okay. Yes, I think
• 46:58
  Speaker 1: this is an incredibly impressive win by the Denver Broncos
• 47:01
  Speaker 1: because the Jacksonville Jaguars were rolling. Trevor Lawrence was rolling.
• 47:05
  Speaker 1: He was playing really good football, high-level football. Everybody was like, man,
• 47:08
  Speaker 1: he's finally figured it out. It's finally clicking for him.
• 47:12
  Speaker 1: Liam Cohen is getting the best out of him, but
• 47:14
  Speaker 1: today he struggled versus a defense that last season was
• 47:18
  Speaker 1: one of the best in the league. They didn't look
• 47:19
  Speaker 1: that way against Kansas City the other night, but this
• 47:24
  Speaker 1: is a week-to-week league. You never know. And they seem
• 47:27
  Speaker 1: to have found their rhythm. Patrick Sertan had a really
• 47:30
  Speaker 1: good game in coverage throughout. Obviously, Parker Washington is going
• 47:34
  Speaker 1: to be a tough, tough cover for anybody. He had
• 47:37
  Speaker 1: 12 targets, seven catches for 98 yards. Brian Thomas Jr.
• 47:41
  Speaker 1: had eight targets, but only three catches for 40 yards.
• 47:44
  Speaker 1: Jacoby Myers only had one target, and he had one
• 47:46
  Speaker 1: catch for 28 yards. So you wonder, what's up with that?
• 47:51
  Speaker 1: They were running the ball, but it just It just
• 47:53
  Speaker 1: seemed like their offense never really got going, and that's
• 47:56
  Speaker 1: both sides of the ball. The Denver Broncos out-yarded the
• 48:00
  Speaker 1: Jacksonville Jaguars throughout this game, but the Jacksonville Jaguars were leading.
• 48:04
  Speaker 1: It was the fourth quarter and 14 unanswered by the
• 48:09
  Speaker 1: Denver Broncos that really turned this game around, and I
• 48:12
  Speaker 1: think that's where people are starting to believe, hey, maybe
• 48:16
  Speaker 1: Davis Webb can do it. There was a lot of
• 48:19
  Speaker 1: question marks for Davis Webb after last week's showing in
• 48:22
  Speaker 1: Kansas City, Like, is he the guy? And then early
• 48:24
  Speaker 1: on in this game, again, I'm sure people were already
• 48:27
  Speaker 1: writing the articles that Davis Webb may not be the guy.
• 48:30
  Speaker 1: When is Sean Payton going to take over? But in
• 48:34
  Speaker 1: the fourth quarter, it seemed like he found his rhythm.
• 48:36
  Speaker 1: Bo Nix found his rhythm. He ended the game with
• 48:38
  Speaker 1: two 88, a touchdown in that one interception, uh, not
• 48:42
  Speaker 1: sacked in the game, which was huge because this offensive
• 48:47
  Speaker 1: line was supposed to be one of the best in
• 48:48
  Speaker 1: the league coming into the season. And they were, uh, Again,
• 48:52
  Speaker 1: they weren't able to get a ton on the ground.
• 48:54
  Speaker 1: You know, this was a grinded-out game. This was a
• 48:56
  Speaker 1: defensive game. But I think sometimes you need that. Sometimes
• 49:00
  Speaker 1: you need to lean on your defense and remind yourselves
• 49:03
  Speaker 1: who you are. I'm sure Vance Joseph was very happy
• 49:06
  Speaker 1: with his team's performance, very happy with what they were
• 49:09
  Speaker 1: able to do. Our guy, Riley Moss, got an interception
• 49:12
  Speaker 1: in the game where they disguised cover two.
• 49:14
  Speaker 2: He rerouted.
• 49:15
  Speaker 1: He was playing it from off. As a quarterback, you
• 49:17
  Speaker 1: see off coverage. You're thinking, hey, maybe it's a man.
• 49:19
  Speaker 1: Maybe it's cover three. Maybe it's quarters and palms. But
• 49:21
  Speaker 1: you're rarely ever thinking it's cover two. He sat on
• 49:24
  Speaker 1: the route, looked like he got beat, rolled with the coverage,
• 49:27
  Speaker 1: got an interception. Plays like that are what makes defenses great.
• 49:31
  Speaker 1: And I think I have a lot of respect for
• 49:33
  Speaker 1: Riley Moss because he plays opposite of Patrick Sertan. And
• 49:38
  Speaker 1: that's the toughest job in the National Football League because
• 49:40
  Speaker 1: they aren't going to target Patrick Sertan a ton. And
• 49:43
  Speaker 1: you know who they are going to target a ton?
• 49:45
  Speaker 1: Riley Moss or whoever is over there. And for him
• 49:48
  Speaker 1: to be able to create a turnover in this game
• 49:49
  Speaker 1: and really, really turn the momentum on this game and
• 49:53
  Speaker 1: give the Denver Broncos life and kind of lead to
• 49:56
  Speaker 1: them getting these scoring drives going, you know, always a
• 50:01
  Speaker 1: respect for end of the program, Riley Moss.
• 50:04
  Speaker 2: You love you some Riley Moss, Richard. Bo Nix had
• 50:07
  Speaker 2: a great game, too. The Denver Broncos had an excellent
• 50:10
  Speaker 2: second half. Jalen Waddell got involved. Ten targets, eight receptions,
• 50:15
  Speaker 2: 138 yards. You like to see that as a Bronco fan.
• 50:18
  Speaker 2: This was the big high-ticket acquisition over the offseason, bringing
• 50:22
  Speaker 2: Jalen Waddell in. But another under-the-radar acquisition, who I think
• 50:26
  Speaker 2: we're going to see a lot more of in Denver
• 50:28
  Speaker 2: going forward, is Jonah Coleman. Jonah Coleman's a rookie running
• 50:31
  Speaker 2: back out of UW. Up by you, Richard, the Washington Huskies.
• 50:36
  Speaker 2: Denver spoke very highly of him in training camp. He's
• 50:38
  Speaker 2: a versatile, smaller, compactor, shorter but stout running back that
• 50:44
  Speaker 2: runs between the tackles but can also catch the ball
• 50:46
  Speaker 2: out of the backfield every down back. I like him
• 50:49
  Speaker 2: for Denver, Richard. I wouldn't be shocked if he takes
• 50:51
  Speaker 2: over the starting role at some point here in the
• 50:53
  Speaker 2: next month or so. J.K. Dobbins gets hurt in the
• 50:57
  Speaker 2: fourth quarter. We'll see, Richard. I like to call these
• 51:02
  Speaker 2: guys out every once in a while. I got an
• 51:04
  Speaker 2: eye on somebody. Keep an eye on Jonah Coleman going
• 51:07
  Speaker 2: forward for me, all right?
• 51:09
  Speaker 1: I'm going to do it, Mitchell. You can be a
• 51:11
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  Speaker 1: found a pair of Kobe Grinches in my size, Mitchell.
• 52:24
  Speaker 1: Mint condition, original box. I've been looking for a pair
• 52:28
  Speaker 1: of these for years.
• 52:30
  Speaker 2: And you haven't stopped talking about them. You've been talking
• 52:33
  Speaker 2: about them before they even arrived.
• 52:35
  Speaker 1: Because they take me back to my childhood era, man. R.I.P.
• 52:38
  Speaker 1: the Bean Mitchell. Any chance I get to just remember
• 52:43
  Speaker 1: the bean and have something that he wore, it means
• 52:46
  Speaker 1: something to me, Mitchell. It means something to me. I
• 52:49
  Speaker 1: use Whatnot to find sneakers and sports memorabilia to actually
• 52:54
  Speaker 1: fit in my collection.
• 52:56
  Speaker 2: Speaking of sports memorabilia, I went the sports memorabilia route.
• 53:00
  Speaker 2: I found a signed Barry Sanders jersey. Richard, it brought
• 53:03
  Speaker 2: me back to my youth. I found it on Whatnot.
• 53:06
  Speaker 2: Seeing the actual item live made it super easy. The
• 53:10
  Speaker 2: seller showed the autograph, the condition, and every detail on
• 53:13
  Speaker 2: camera before I bought it.
• 53:15
  Speaker 1: Mitch, that's what makes Whatnot different. Whatnot is the largest
• 53:19
  Speaker 1: live shopping marketplace in the United States. You can shop
• 53:23
  Speaker 1: live with sellers who know the hobby, ask questions in
• 53:26
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• 53:33
  Speaker 1: and more.
• 53:33
  Speaker 2: I use Whatnot, and I've told my friends to check
• 53:36
  Speaker 2: it out too, especially if there's something special you've been
• 53:39
  Speaker 2: trying to find.
• 53:40
  Speaker 1: Get $ 20 off your first purchase right now. Just search Whatnot.
• 53:44
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• 53:49
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• 53:52
  Speaker 2: Let's rattle through some of these remaining games. The Richard
• 53:55
  Speaker 2: Sherman Podcast is entering the fourth quarter. Richard, I'm looking
• 53:58
  Speaker 2: for your quick reactions for these next games. The Cowboys
• 54:03
  Speaker 2: put up 37 points, take down the Washington Commanders. Big
• 54:07
  Speaker 2: story in this game. It looks like Jaden Daniels re-injures
• 54:10
  Speaker 2: the elbow that he hurt last year. You hate to
• 54:13
  Speaker 2: see it. We saw what happened to him last year
• 54:16
  Speaker 2: when he was out. The Commanders, there was a lot
• 54:19
  Speaker 2: of hope for them coming into the season 0-2. On
• 54:22
  Speaker 2: the other side, the Cowboys get a much-needed win, 1-1.
• 54:26
  Speaker 2: Big showing from Dak Prescott and C.D.
• 54:28
  Speaker 1: Lamb.
• 54:28
  Speaker 2: How impressed were you with this win by the Dallas Cowboys?
• 54:32
  Speaker 1: I was really impressed with this game. Bouncing back from
• 54:34
  Speaker 1: a loss to the New York Giants, they played the
• 54:38
  Speaker 1: way you expected them to play. Dak Prescott was really efficient, 26-31,
• 54:42
  Speaker 1: four touchdowns. He got two to C.D. Lamb. C.D. Lamb
• 54:45
  Speaker 1: went over 150 yards in the game. George Pickens got
• 54:48
  Speaker 1: six catches on eight targets for 40 yards. You know,
• 54:51
  Speaker 1: they just want to get the ball in his hands
• 54:52
  Speaker 1: and continue to feed him. They didn't get a ton
• 54:55
  Speaker 1: done on the ground. The Washington Commanders did a great job.
• 54:59
  Speaker 1: Javon Kinlaw and those guys inside. aren't going to just
• 55:02
  Speaker 1: let you run the ball on them. But I think
• 55:04
  Speaker 1: they're starting to get back to who they are. They're
• 55:07
  Speaker 1: an air raid system, and Dak Prescott can really push
• 55:11
  Speaker 1: the ball down the field. Defensively, they got the stops
• 55:14
  Speaker 1: they needed to get. Obviously, the concern here is Jaden
• 55:17
  Speaker 1: Daniels for the commanders. You hate to see that. You
• 55:20
  Speaker 1: hate to see these young quarterbacks, Caleb Williams and Jaden Daniels,
• 55:23
  Speaker 1: get hurt, especially early in the season when a lot
• 55:25
  Speaker 1: of the hopes of their teams are still up in
• 55:27
  Speaker 1: the air. But you hope that it's not too serious.
• 55:30
  Speaker 1: X-rays showed no fracture, which is a positive thing. But, again,
• 55:35
  Speaker 1: when that happens, those ligaments get inflamed, and sometimes that
• 55:38
  Speaker 1: takes a second to heal up. But thank goodness they
• 55:42
  Speaker 1: have Marcus Mariota. He'll be solid. They play the Seahawks
• 55:45
  Speaker 1: next game, so this schedule isn't doing them any favors.
• 55:48
  Speaker 1: The Cowboys have the Ravens, who are coming off a
• 55:51
  Speaker 1: tough loss. I'm interested to watch that game because who's
• 55:54
  Speaker 1: going to finally take a step up? Who's going to
• 55:56
  Speaker 1: make a play for either of these teams? Which one
• 55:58
  Speaker 1: of these defenses– is going to show their mettle. And
• 56:02
  Speaker 1: I think that's something to see. Two really good quarterbacks
• 56:05
  Speaker 1: in Lamar Jackson and Dak Prescott competing against each other.
• 56:07
  Speaker 1: That's always fun to see.
• 56:10
  Speaker 2: And down in Florida, in Tampa Bay, the Bucs start
• 56:13
  Speaker 2: the season 0-2. They lose to the hands of the
• 56:16
  Speaker 2: Cleveland Browns. It was a rainy day in Tampa. This
• 56:18
  Speaker 2: game got delayed for a couple hours. Big storyline here, though,
• 56:22
  Speaker 2: is Deshaun Watson. It finally looked like the Deshaun Watson
• 56:26
  Speaker 2: game of old. Is there hope in Cleveland if Deshaun
• 56:29
  Speaker 2: Watson can play this level of football?
• 56:32
  Speaker 1: Sure, sure. I think if Deshaun Watson can play this
• 56:36
  Speaker 1: level of football and his defense can play this level
• 56:39
  Speaker 1: of football, they got three sacks in this game. They
• 56:42
  Speaker 1: got intercepted Baker Mayfield. That's what it's going to come
• 56:45
  Speaker 1: down to. Now, Deshaun Watson has to be a good player.
• 56:48
  Speaker 1: He has to protect the ball. I thought he was
• 56:49
  Speaker 1: pretty efficient, pretty solid in this game. I thought his
• 56:53
  Speaker 1: receivers and tight ends didn't do him any favors. I
• 56:55
  Speaker 1: thought there was a number of catchable footballs that didn't
• 56:58
  Speaker 1: end up in catches. But, yeah, I think this team
• 57:02
  Speaker 1: showed some life today. They showed some life, showed some
• 57:05
  Speaker 1: things that I think they showed what they're capable of
• 57:11
  Speaker 1: if they just execute. And I'm sure Todd Munkin appreciated that.
• 57:16
  Speaker 2: And look, they hit a home run in the draft
• 57:18
  Speaker 2: to this Denzel Boston kid, another guy from UW up
• 57:20
  Speaker 2: by you, the Washington Huskies second round pick a big
• 57:24
  Speaker 2: wide receiver. He had five for 95 and a touchdown. Um,
• 57:27
  Speaker 2: Cleveland has lacked playmakers in recent years. If the Sean
• 57:31
  Speaker 2: Watson can play this level of football, I think other
• 57:34
  Speaker 2: guys around him are going to rise up. Um, they
• 57:36
  Speaker 2: invested a lot into the wide receiver room and Casey
• 57:39
  Speaker 2: conception and Denzel Boston. Um, the future might be bright
• 57:44
  Speaker 2: in Cleveland. I don't think they're going to compete for
• 57:46
  Speaker 2: the division just yet, but it's good to see them
• 57:49
  Speaker 2: be competitive and get a win on the road. Uh,
• 57:52
  Speaker 2: as much as I hate to revisit the past, Richard,
• 57:54
  Speaker 2: we got to talk about Thursday night football. I was there.
• 57:57
  Speaker 2: You were obviously there. Obviously there, the bills were there.
• 58:01
  Speaker 2: And unfortunately the Detroit lions were there as well. They
• 58:04
  Speaker 2: took a massive L to the hands of Josh Allen
• 58:07
  Speaker 2: and the unstoppable offense of the Buffalo bills. Um, Richard, uh,
• 58:12
  Speaker 2: To me, looking at Josh Allen firsthand, he is my
• 58:17
  Speaker 2: biggest shoo-in MVP candidate right now. The way he dominates
• 58:21
  Speaker 2: the game on every facet. If you've got the wide
• 58:24
  Speaker 2: receivers covered, he's going to roll out and scramble on you.
• 58:28
  Speaker 2: He's a physical specimen. A short yardage is impossible to
• 58:32
  Speaker 2: stop him. Richard, after watching this Bills team firsthand and
• 58:36
  Speaker 2: seeing them put up the amount of points they did
• 58:38
  Speaker 2: against Houston in Week 1, This team is red hot,
• 58:41
  Speaker 2: and I got them moving up my power ranks big time.
• 58:44
  Speaker 2: This is the one team I could see really give
• 58:46
  Speaker 2: the Seattle Seahawks a hard time if they stay healthy.
• 58:50
  Speaker 2: How much do you like this Buffalo Bills team right now?
• 58:54
  Speaker 1: I really like this Buffalo Bills team, especially offensively. I
• 58:57
  Speaker 1: like Dalton Kincaid. I think that's a name you're going
• 59:00
  Speaker 1: to hear a lot more in this league, a guy
• 59:02
  Speaker 1: you're going to hear mentioned with the Trey McBrides and
• 59:08
  Speaker 1: George Kittles of the world. as one of the elite
• 59:11
  Speaker 1: tight ends in the National Football League. He's having that
• 59:13
  Speaker 1: kind of start to the season. And if Josh Allen
• 59:15
  Speaker 1: continues to blossom, James Cook continues to be an issue.
• 59:18
  Speaker 1: DJ Moore obviously suffered the shoulder injury in this game,
• 59:21
  Speaker 1: but I think he'll be okay and continues to play.
• 59:25
  Speaker 1: But it's the other side of the ball. that I'm
• 59:28
  Speaker 1: most worried about for the Buffalo bills. And I think
• 59:30
  Speaker 1: that that's right now, their Achilles heels, that defensive side.
• 59:32
  Speaker 1: And I know everybody's like, Oh man, it was, it
• 59:34
  Speaker 1: was garbage time. And that's when they were scoring the touchdowns.
• 59:37
  Speaker 1: But it's like, I don't know about that. Jared golf
• 59:39
  Speaker 1: through for three 27 and four touchdowns. I'm in rock St.
• 59:43
  Speaker 1: Brown had, uh, one 42 and two touchdowns in the game.
• 59:46
  Speaker 1: So again, if it wasn't for Josh Allen and his
• 59:50
  Speaker 1: incredible play and his monumental playmaking in this game, what
• 59:55
  Speaker 1: does this game end up becoming? So, um, You got
• 59:58
  Speaker 1: to give them credit, though. They look really good against
• 1:00:00
  Speaker 1: two really good opponents early on. Houston Texans, one of
• 1:00:03
  Speaker 1: the best defenses in the league last year. They balled
• 1:00:06
  Speaker 1: out against them. Your Detroit Lions team, a lot of
• 1:00:09
  Speaker 1: people see as contenders in the National Football League. They
• 1:00:12
  Speaker 1: balled out. They played the Chargers next week, who have
• 1:00:14
  Speaker 1: not looked good at all in the first two weeks
• 1:00:17
  Speaker 1: of the season. So now that's looking like a very
• 1:00:19
  Speaker 1: winnable game. The Buffalo Bills starting 3-0 in a very
• 1:00:23
  Speaker 1: interesting division. I can't call it a tough division because
• 1:00:26
  Speaker 1: their competition is, is the New England Patriots. And then
• 1:00:28
  Speaker 1: the other two teams, um, the Jets and the Miami
• 1:00:31
  Speaker 1: Dolphins are kind of up and down, but the Jets
• 1:00:33
  Speaker 1: have been solid. They gave the Green Bay Packers a
• 1:00:35
  Speaker 1: game today. Uh, and at times looked like they had
• 1:00:37
  Speaker 1: a chance to win that game.
• 1:00:39
  Speaker 2: Yeah. And Richard, as for the Lions, like I left
• 1:00:41
  Speaker 2: Thursday night demoralized. I'm not going to lie to you.
• 1:00:44
  Speaker 2: Just seeing how their defense has been, uh, just over
• 1:00:48
  Speaker 2: the last, what, six quarters since halftime of the, uh,
• 1:00:53
  Speaker 2: The Saints game, they've given up 71 points. You know,
• 1:00:57
  Speaker 2: it's just too much. And at some point, the Lions
• 1:00:59
  Speaker 2: have been playing this game where they just get in
• 1:01:01
  Speaker 2: shootouts and outscore their opponents in the high 30s, low 40s.
• 1:01:05
  Speaker 2: At some point, we got to see some stability defensively
• 1:01:08
  Speaker 2: if this team's going to really make some noise. Because
• 1:01:11
  Speaker 2: when the Lions go three and out, three and out,
• 1:01:14
  Speaker 2: and two sustained long drives by Josh Allen start the
• 1:01:18
  Speaker 2: game out 14 to nothing, that game was over. And
• 1:01:22
  Speaker 2: the Lions just can't afford to do that going forward.
• 1:01:24
  Speaker 2: Their schedule is a little bit easier over these next
• 1:01:26
  Speaker 2: three games. I look for the defense to find their
• 1:01:29
  Speaker 2: identity and stand up. Otherwise, there's going to be a
• 1:01:32
  Speaker 2: lot of questions in Detroit about who's making the decisions
• 1:01:35
  Speaker 2: on the defensive side of the ball.
• 1:01:38
  Speaker 1: And there's going to be some changes. And Dan Campbell
• 1:01:40
  Speaker 1: has shown he's not afraid to make changes in season.
• 1:01:43
  Speaker 1: I don't think he wants to fire anybody, but maybe
• 1:01:46
  Speaker 1: you change who's calling the plays. But there just doesn't
• 1:01:49
  Speaker 1: seem to be structure and sound coaching right now with
• 1:01:54
  Speaker 1: their defense. You can't really recognize what they're playing in
• 1:01:58
  Speaker 1: the back end. And if you're looking at the All-22,
• 1:02:01
  Speaker 1: even if you're looking with an experienced eye, you're having
• 1:02:04
  Speaker 1: a hard time kind of figuring out, is this quarters?
• 1:02:08
  Speaker 1: Is this fire zone? Is this kind of palms, but
• 1:02:11
  Speaker 1: they're not blitzing enough guys? Is this zero coverage, but
• 1:02:15
  Speaker 1: they're switching routes? When that's the case, you know that
• 1:02:17
  Speaker 1: this isn't sound football. And that's what you got to
• 1:02:21
  Speaker 1: have fundamentally. You have to have rules. You have to
• 1:02:24
  Speaker 1: have things you live by. You have to have a
• 1:02:26
  Speaker 1: foundation that you can grow from. And right now, their
• 1:02:29
  Speaker 1: foundation is built on sand.
• 1:02:31
  Speaker 2: Well, they got one with the Jets next week. The
• 1:02:34
  Speaker 2: Jets took on the Packers this week and almost, almost
• 1:02:37
  Speaker 2: snuck out with the win. In fact, they probably should
• 1:02:39
  Speaker 2: have won this game up 17-7 in the fourth quarter.
• 1:02:42
  Speaker 2: The Packers come back, win an OT 20-17. How concerned
• 1:02:47
  Speaker 2: should the Green Bay fan base be with this showing
• 1:02:50
  Speaker 2: from the Packers? They've looked less than impressive to start
• 1:02:53
  Speaker 2: the season, losing a game to the Vikings that they
• 1:02:57
  Speaker 2: held in hand in the fourth quarter and ultimately lost
• 1:02:59
  Speaker 2: by double digits, and then going on the road here
• 1:03:02
  Speaker 2: to the Jets and nearly losing to a team that
• 1:03:05
  Speaker 2: has struggled immensely over the last few years. How concerned
• 1:03:09
  Speaker 2: are you for the Green Bay Packers?
• 1:03:12
  Speaker 1: I'm really concerned, especially on the offensive side of the ball,
• 1:03:15
  Speaker 1: because you just expect Jordan Love to be better. He
• 1:03:19
  Speaker 1: was 16 of 16. 16 for 29 for 145 and
• 1:03:22
  Speaker 1: two touchdowns, and just looked uncomfortable. The Jets' defense isn't
• 1:03:26
  Speaker 1: super heralded. They only scored 20 points in a game.
• 1:03:31
  Speaker 1: On the other side of the ball, you are impressed
• 1:03:33
  Speaker 1: with Lucas Van Ness. He was a terror for them.
• 1:03:35
  Speaker 1: He had nine tackles, a sack and a half, three TFLs,
• 1:03:38
  Speaker 1: four quarterback hits. That's what you can hang your hat
• 1:03:41
  Speaker 1: on is that your D-line is starting to come to life. Eventually,
• 1:03:45
  Speaker 1: you'll get Micah Parsons back. That'll inject a ton of
• 1:03:48
  Speaker 1: life and help erase some of these issues. But on
• 1:03:52
  Speaker 1: the other side of the ball, you're still looking for answers.
• 1:03:55
  Speaker 1: Christian Watson looks good. He's scoring some touchdowns. He's moving well.
• 1:03:58
  Speaker 1: But where are the points? Where's the yardage? And I
• 1:04:02
  Speaker 1: can't really understand that. I didn't think that the Jets
• 1:04:04
  Speaker 1: defense would hold the Packers this low. They won the game.
• 1:04:08
  Speaker 1: They won it late in the game and they found
• 1:04:10
  Speaker 1: a way to get it done. But I just don't,
• 1:04:12
  Speaker 1: you know, it's not something that you look at, a
• 1:04:15
  Speaker 1: team that you look at and you're like, man, I
• 1:04:16
  Speaker 1: can hang my head on this or I can hang
• 1:04:19
  Speaker 1: my head on that. Obviously, being without Josh Jacobs is
• 1:04:23
  Speaker 1: a huge factor. That's a guy who really opens the
• 1:04:25
  Speaker 1: run game up and really opens the run game, opens
• 1:04:28
  Speaker 1: the pass game up for them. And until they get
• 1:04:30
  Speaker 1: them back, they won't be complete. But we got them
• 1:04:32
  Speaker 1: next week and they got the Atlanta Falcons and Atlanta
• 1:04:35
  Speaker 1: Falcons have not looked good. So maybe, you know, maybe
• 1:04:38
  Speaker 1: that'll be a good wake up and a good medicine
• 1:04:40
  Speaker 1: for this offense and get them going.
• 1:04:42
  Speaker 2: Let's talk about the Falcons real quick here. They have
• 1:04:45
  Speaker 2: a horrendous showing today against the Carolina Panthers. who gave
• 1:04:50
  Speaker 2: up 57 points last week. So obviously they had something
• 1:04:53
  Speaker 2: to go out and prove defensively. And they did just that,
• 1:04:56
  Speaker 2: holding the Falcons at three points. Devin Lloyd with a
• 1:04:59
  Speaker 2: massive game today. Had one pick six, almost had another one.
• 1:05:03
  Speaker 2: Stiff-armed the receiver. I'm blanking on his name right now. Dotson,
• 1:05:09
  Speaker 2: Jahan Dotson to the ground. And what a very impressive
• 1:05:13
  Speaker 2: run by Devin Lloyd. But Richard Bryce, young. 287 yards,
• 1:05:17
  Speaker 2: three touchdowns. These Carolina Panthers have shown they've got an
• 1:05:23
  Speaker 2: offense that can score, putting up 30-plus points the last
• 1:05:26
  Speaker 2: two games. Do you like this Panthers team in the
• 1:05:29
  Speaker 2: NFC South?
• 1:05:31
  Speaker 1: I like them more than I thought I would, and
• 1:05:33
  Speaker 1: I'm happy for David Canales. Obviously, everybody, the whole story was, man,
• 1:05:37
  Speaker 1: their defense gave up 59. They got blown out versus
• 1:05:39
  Speaker 1: the Chicago Bears, but their offense scored 37 and now
• 1:05:43
  Speaker 1: scored 34. They're rolling. They're doing a great job, and
• 1:05:48
  Speaker 1: if their defense can play like they did today, they
• 1:05:50
  Speaker 1: had five takeaways, three interceptions, two fumble recoveries and Devin
• 1:05:53
  Speaker 1: Lloyd picking up where he left off last season for
• 1:05:56
  Speaker 1: the Jacksonville Jaguars. He had five interceptions last season. He
• 1:05:59
  Speaker 1: was the second team, all pro. He's a pro bowler.
• 1:06:02
  Speaker 1: And now he's come to Carolina and he's doing the
• 1:06:04
  Speaker 1: same thing. I mean, he has, he's having a, those
• 1:06:07
  Speaker 1: kinds of stats in one game, Mitchell, that's a defensive
• 1:06:09
  Speaker 1: player of the year type game. If he can continue
• 1:06:12
  Speaker 1: that now, obviously, you know, he's going to be player
• 1:06:14
  Speaker 1: of the week. He's going to do his thing. Can
• 1:06:16
  Speaker 1: he continue to, to, To have those kind of games,
• 1:06:18
  Speaker 1: because if he does, look out. But that's what they're
• 1:06:22
  Speaker 1: going to need. That's what they're going to need. If
• 1:06:23
  Speaker 1: they're going to be an elite team in this league,
• 1:06:25
  Speaker 1: if they're going to be a championship team of some kind. Now,
• 1:06:27
  Speaker 1: I know saying championship in the Carolina Panthers doesn't even
• 1:06:30
  Speaker 1: sound right in this capacity. But with the way Bryce
• 1:06:33
  Speaker 1: Young is playing, he's starting to blossom into who people
• 1:06:37
  Speaker 1: thought he was. thought he could be when he first
• 1:06:39
  Speaker 1: got drafted. And I'm sure Dave Tepper, what he thought
• 1:06:41
  Speaker 1: he could be because he wanted them to draft him
• 1:06:43
  Speaker 1: so bad. So I'm sure he's excited for the way
• 1:06:45
  Speaker 1: he's playing. Three touchdowns on a day. He had four
• 1:06:47
  Speaker 1: total touchdowns last week. So I think he has six
• 1:06:50
  Speaker 1: passing touchdowns on a season. That's an outstanding start for him.
• 1:06:53
  Speaker 2: No question. Let's talk about the Patriots. Desperate need of
• 1:06:56
  Speaker 2: a win after losing in week one.
• 1:06:57
  Speaker 1: And you notice, Mitchell, we didn't talk about Atlanta because
• 1:07:01
  Speaker 1: it's tough.
• 1:07:02
  Speaker 2: It's tough.
• 1:07:02
  Speaker 1: Cooper Rush. Yeah.
• 1:07:05
  Speaker 2: What's there to say, Richard? I mean, this team looks
• 1:07:07
  Speaker 2: like they don't even know the season started. You know
• 1:07:09
  Speaker 2: what I mean? I mean, you've got guys like Drake
• 1:07:12
  Speaker 2: London and Bajon Robinson having conversations in game. You can
• 1:07:15
  Speaker 2: tell by body language, these guys are frustrated. This is
• 1:07:18
  Speaker 2: only week two. Cooper Rush is obviously out there, Richard.
• 1:07:23
  Speaker 2: I don't know if Tua is going to be the
• 1:07:24
  Speaker 2: savior for him or Michael Penix Jr. is, but this
• 1:07:28
  Speaker 2: is rough for the Atlanta Falcons.
• 1:07:31
  Speaker 1: Yeah, and I don't know if there's hope on the
• 1:07:34
  Speaker 1: horizon because is Tua Tunga-Vailoa going to come in and
• 1:07:37
  Speaker 1: just make them world beaters? I don't know. Is Penix
• 1:07:39
  Speaker 1: going to make them world beaters? We saw him have
• 1:07:42
  Speaker 1: good moments and bad moments last season. I don't know, Atlanta.
• 1:07:46
  Speaker 1: Might be time for a fire sale.
• 1:07:48
  Speaker 2: It certainly might be. Let's talk about the Patriots again.
• 1:07:52
  Speaker 2: They started the season 0-1. You lost to your Seattle
• 1:07:56
  Speaker 2: Seahawks in a very emotional night to kick off the season.
• 1:08:00
  Speaker 2: New England gets back to basics, takes care of the
• 1:08:02
  Speaker 2: Pittsburgh Steelers, holding them to three points. This game was
• 1:08:06
  Speaker 2: dominated defensively. The New England Patriots took care of Aaron Rodgers.
• 1:08:14
  Speaker 2: Maybe New England is that team still. Without A.J. Brown,
• 1:08:18
  Speaker 2: they got it done. Richard, do you like New England
• 1:08:22
  Speaker 2: and this Patriots team as competitors in the AFC? No.
• 1:08:28
  Speaker 1: No, I don't. I think they just ran into a
• 1:08:32
  Speaker 1: Steelers team that's not very good. Aaron Rodgers is getting old,
• 1:08:35
  Speaker 1: and he looked it in this game. They beat him
• 1:08:38
  Speaker 1: up really bad. Got some really physical sacks early in
• 1:08:42
  Speaker 1: the game. Forced to fumble. Held Aaron Rodgers to 187 yards.
• 1:08:47
  Speaker 1: I mean, they roughed him up. He looked his age.
• 1:08:51
  Speaker 1: And you can't say that a lot of times, but
• 1:08:54
  Speaker 1: he did. And give the New England Patriots defense a
• 1:08:57
  Speaker 1: ton of credit. But then you look at... Drake May,
• 1:09:01
  Speaker 1: and again, you still had some question marks about Drake
• 1:09:04
  Speaker 1: May's performance. Now, Ramondre Stevenson had a good game, and
• 1:09:10
  Speaker 1: then Travion Henderson. Okay. Okay. And Travion Hendrickson had some
• 1:09:19
  Speaker 1: big runs, and that's the reason they won the game,
• 1:09:21
  Speaker 1: because their run game got going and was very efficient
• 1:09:24
  Speaker 1: and explosive. And I think that's the case. But I'm
• 1:09:29
  Speaker 1: still concerned about Drake May.
• 1:09:30
  Speaker 2: And then finally, the Raiders. This team is probably the
• 1:09:33
  Speaker 2: surprise of the NFL right now. Starting 2-0, taking care
• 1:09:37
  Speaker 2: of the L.A. Chargers. Very disappointing start of the season
• 1:09:40
  Speaker 2: for the L.A. Chargers. A lot of hope heading into
• 1:09:43
  Speaker 2: the season with Mike McDaniel. assuming offensive coordinator duties. And
• 1:09:48
  Speaker 2: they just get walked by the Raiders, 26-14. Cody White,
• 1:09:53
  Speaker 2: former Michigan State Spartan, the undrafted wide receiver, has two
• 1:09:58
  Speaker 2: touchdowns today. Richard, the Vegas, Kirk Cousins, you like that?
• 1:10:06
  Speaker 1: I do like that. You know who doesn't like that?
• 1:10:07
  Speaker 1: The L.A. Chargers and their fans. And they're not going
• 1:10:10
  Speaker 1: to like what's coming up next because they have the
• 1:10:12
  Speaker 1: Buffalo Bills. The Seattle Seahawks, the Denver Broncos, the Chiefs,
• 1:10:16
  Speaker 1: the Rams, the Texans, the Ravens. Mitchell, I don't see
• 1:10:20
  Speaker 1: a lot of dubs coming out of there. I see
• 1:10:22
  Speaker 1: a lot of L's, more L's than Cool J. But
• 1:10:25
  Speaker 1: I don't get what's wrong with the L.A. Chargers. I
• 1:10:30
  Speaker 1: don't get it. Their offensive line should be better. They
• 1:10:33
  Speaker 1: were banged up last season. I don't get what's wrong
• 1:10:36
  Speaker 1: with the L.A. Chargers. I thought bringing in Mike McDaniel
• 1:10:39
  Speaker 1: would really, really fix some of the problems that they
• 1:10:42
  Speaker 1: have fix their run game, like create some really cool
• 1:10:46
  Speaker 1: concepts for Justin Herbert. But it's just not coming together.
• 1:10:50
  Speaker 1: It's just not happening. And you start to wonder, like,
• 1:10:52
  Speaker 1: is it Justin Herbert? Like, you know, sometimes you can
• 1:10:56
  Speaker 1: be the prettiest girl at the prom, Mitchell. Sometimes you
• 1:10:59
  Speaker 1: can have all the features, all the physical features, a
• 1:11:01
  Speaker 1: great personality, and it just still something's off about you.
• 1:11:05
  Speaker 1: that you just can't put your finger on, but nobody
• 1:11:08
  Speaker 1: putting a ring on it. And right now, the league
• 1:11:10
  Speaker 1: ain't putting a ring on Justin Herbert, and they're not
• 1:11:12
  Speaker 1: even figuring out a way to get doves for him.
• 1:11:14
  Speaker 1: And I know everybody knows he can be an elite quarterback,
• 1:11:18
  Speaker 1: and you want him to be an elite quarterback, and
• 1:11:20
  Speaker 1: everything screams elite quarterback. Dan Orlowski just said it the
• 1:11:23
  Speaker 1: other day. He's like, well, he just looks the part.
• 1:11:26
  Speaker 1: It just looks right. In my mind, it's what a
• 1:11:29
  Speaker 1: quarterback should look like. And I know Brock Purdy isn't
• 1:11:31
  Speaker 1: what a quarterback should look like in his mind, but
• 1:11:33
  Speaker 1: Brock Purdy's a better quarterback than Justin Herbert. That's just
• 1:11:36
  Speaker 1: what has happened in the National Football League. Less of
• 1:11:40
  Speaker 1: a subjective opinion and more of a fact of the
• 1:11:44
  Speaker 1: matter and a fact that could be supported. And I
• 1:11:47
  Speaker 1: know everybody goes out of their way to create reasons
• 1:11:52
  Speaker 1: for why Justin Herbert hasn't been productive, why Justin Herbert
• 1:11:55
  Speaker 1: hasn't had the success that we all think Justin Herbert
• 1:11:59
  Speaker 1: should have. But at some point, you got to say, Mitchell,
• 1:12:04
  Speaker 1: if this was anybody else, you wouldn't be making the
• 1:12:08
  Speaker 1: same excuses. If this was anybody else, if this was
• 1:12:13
  Speaker 1: the guys that you don't see as elite guys, if
• 1:12:16
  Speaker 1: this was Sam Darnold, if this was Brock Purdy, Mitchell,
• 1:12:19
  Speaker 1: if this was those guys, you would have wrote them
• 1:12:23
  Speaker 1: off a long time ago. But they will not write
• 1:12:25
  Speaker 1: off Justin Herbert. And I'm starting to think, like, there
• 1:12:28
  Speaker 1: has to be something. It's not always everybody else. You're
• 1:12:33
  Speaker 1: only two right now lost to the Cardinals and the Raiders,
• 1:12:37
  Speaker 1: two teams that picked in the top five last year.
• 1:12:42
  Speaker 1: The Raiders picked number one overall. And now you're about
• 1:12:46
  Speaker 1: to play the Beals. I think you're going to lose
• 1:12:48
  Speaker 1: that game. I think you lose the Seahawks game. I
• 1:12:50
  Speaker 1: think you lose the Broncos game. I think you lose
• 1:12:53
  Speaker 1: the Chiefs game. I think you lose to the Rams.
• 1:12:55
  Speaker 1: You might beat the Texans if they're having an off-day offensive.
• 1:13:00
  Speaker 1: And you could beat the Ravens, but I doubt. So...
• 1:13:06
  Speaker 1: That's 0-9, Richard.
• 1:13:07
  Speaker 2: And you're not wrong. I'm laughing because I think you're right.
• 1:13:15
  Speaker 2: I mean, we called this with the New England Patriots
• 1:13:17
  Speaker 2: last year when we saw their schedule. They were runway
• 1:13:20
  Speaker 2: of eight games. We said, they're going to probably win
• 1:13:22
  Speaker 2: all these.
• 1:13:23
  Speaker 1: You're right.
• 1:13:23
  Speaker 2: They're probably going to lose all these. I mean, moreover,
• 1:13:26
  Speaker 2: they're on the road, too.
• 1:13:27
  Speaker 1: So.
• 1:13:28
  Speaker 2: For the Chargers, they didn't just lose. They lost by
• 1:13:31
  Speaker 2: double digits to both of these teams, and they both
• 1:13:33
  Speaker 2: were at home. So, Richard, this is as bad of
• 1:13:37
  Speaker 2: a start of the season as the L.A. Chargers and
• 1:13:40
  Speaker 2: their fan base could have possibly dreamed up.
• 1:13:42
  Speaker 1: And, Mitchell, I don't know where they go from here.
• 1:13:44
  Speaker 1: I don't know how you motivate a team after these
• 1:13:46
  Speaker 1: kind of losses. I don't know how you motivate a
• 1:13:48
  Speaker 1: team to get on a flight, a six-hour flight to Buffalo,
• 1:13:50
  Speaker 1: and expect to convince them that they can beat Josh
• 1:13:53
  Speaker 1: Allen in the way he's been playing. That sounds crazy,
• 1:13:56
  Speaker 1: but the National Football League has surprised me before. It'll
• 1:13:59
  Speaker 1: surprise me again. But right now, there are a lot
• 1:14:03
  Speaker 1: more questions than answers in L.A., and I don't know
• 1:14:06
  Speaker 1: what to tell them. I don't know what to tell them.
• 1:14:08
  Speaker 1: I thought Mike McDaniel would be the answer. Omarion Hampton
• 1:14:12
  Speaker 1: is a good back. He had some success in his game.
• 1:14:14
  Speaker 1: But again, defensively, I'm kind of baffled. They've been a
• 1:14:18
  Speaker 1: good defense. They were a good defense last year. A
• 1:14:20
  Speaker 1: lot of playmakers. A lot of guys can play the
• 1:14:22
  Speaker 1: game at a high level. They just have not done it.
• 1:14:24
  Speaker 1: And I know If you weren't able to stop Kirk
• 1:14:26
  Speaker 1: Cousins and the Raiders, you weren't able to stop Jacoby
• 1:14:29
  Speaker 1: Brissett and the Cardinals, you're dang sure ain't about to
• 1:14:32
  Speaker 1: stop Josh Allen and the Beals. That's for sure.
• 1:14:35
  Speaker 2: No doubt. And it's a cool moment for the Raiders, too.
• 1:14:38
  Speaker 2: Clint Kubiak, new coach there in Vegas. Kirk Cousins, new quarterback.
• 1:14:43
  Speaker 2: This is a great start for them. The future's bright
• 1:14:47
  Speaker 2: in Vegas for once. Mendoza, giving him an opportunity to
• 1:14:51
  Speaker 2: learn from a seasoned vet and A little bit of
• 1:14:55
  Speaker 2: irony here. I just put two and two together. Quarterback
• 1:14:58
  Speaker 2: from Michigan State, wide receiver from Michigan State, and all
• 1:15:02
  Speaker 2: of a sudden the Raiders are pretty darn good, baby.
• 1:15:05
  Speaker 1: And I like to hear that, Mitchell. I like Cody White.
• 1:15:07
  Speaker 1: He was with the Seahawks last year. He's a special
• 1:15:09
  Speaker 1: teams guy, just a hard work, do-right guy, and he's
• 1:15:12
  Speaker 1: getting a big opportunity, and he's taking advantage of them.
• 1:15:14
  Speaker 1: So hat tip to Cody White. Good player, and I
• 1:15:18
  Speaker 1: love that great things are happening for him. As always,
• 1:15:21
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