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NFL Week 7 Reaction - J.J. McCarthy ERUPTS, Brock Purdy & 49ers EMBARRASSED, & Caleb Williams MVP?? · Bussin' With The Boys

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  Speaker 1: are about to get started. We are getting right into
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  Speaker 1: Chiefs Seahawks. A lot of different takes on this game.
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  Speaker 1: My take is that the Seattle Seahawks absolutely embarrassed the
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  Speaker 1: Kansas City Chiefs. I mean, it was a coaching masterpiece
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  Speaker 1: by Mike McDonald. Look, Seattle... It was a scoreless first quarter.
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  Speaker 1: Seattle goes up 10-0. Darnold throws a pick at the
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  Speaker 1: end of the first half. Oh my gosh, it could
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  Speaker 1: have been 17-0. Darnold, I thought, actually played really, really well.
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  Speaker 1: JSN also just went absolutely ballistic in the first half.
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  Speaker 1: Here's how good JSN is. He's responsible for 49% of
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  Speaker 1: the Seattle receiving yards this year. I thought Darnold made
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  Speaker 1: really quick decisions. They showed a graphic on Sunday Night
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  Speaker 1: Football how when Sam Darnold was making decisions under 2.6 seconds,
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  Speaker 1: it was excellent. He had been holding the football a
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  Speaker 1: lot longer this year, taking a lot of sacks, obviously
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  Speaker 1: throwing a lot of interceptions. I just thought in general,
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  Speaker 1: when you can play like he's playing and just getting
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  Speaker 1: the ball to JSN, it's an absolute masterpiece. Let's start
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  Speaker 1: on the Chiefs side of things. My biggest takeaway from
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  Speaker 1: this entire game is Mahomes looks rattled. by the pressure
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  Speaker 1: of Mike McDonald's defense. It is unbelievable. He does not
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  Speaker 1: look himself. And multiple times in the broadcast, Chris Collinsworth
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  Speaker 1: would show, or they would show Mahomes' face. And he
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  Speaker 1: looked so dejected. He looked so incredibly pissed off. I mean,
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  Speaker 1: he had no one helping him out. Noah Gray was
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  Speaker 1: the leading receiver. Travis Kelsey got in on the action.
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  Speaker 1: Then you're running back. The receivers were non-existent. You're two
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  Speaker 1: tight ends. And your running back are your first three
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  Speaker 1: leading receivers. Obviously, Noah Rice this game. Xavier Worthy, multiple drops,
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  Speaker 1: had six targets, only three catches. Cyrus Allen, one catch.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, he looked good in training camp for the guys.
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  Speaker 1: And the most important thing, other than Mahomes looking rattled,
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  Speaker 1: is Kenneth Walker. 36 yards rushing through the fourth quarter.
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  Speaker 1: And honestly, just looked... It was unbelievable. And I don't
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  Speaker 1: think it was just... The offensive line for the Kansas
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  Speaker 1: City Chiefs, I think this had everything to do with
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  Speaker 1: Seattle's defense. But like Kenneth Walker came into this game
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  Speaker 1: averaging over 130 yards rushing and 130 total yards on
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  Speaker 1: the season. And you go in and you just look
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  Speaker 1: pedestrian to get your old team. Look, here's my thing.
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  Speaker 1: And this is the first time it's obviously happened for
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  Speaker 1: the Kansas City Chiefs. When you can make them a
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  Speaker 1: one-dimensional team, meaning you put, and this is what happened today,
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  Speaker 1: against the Seahawks is you put him in gun, Mahomes
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  Speaker 1: in gun, and you just get back to doing that
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  Speaker 1: stuff you've been doing for the first six or seven
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  Speaker 1: years where people have started figuring out. The reason they
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  Speaker 1: look different this year is because they were able to
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  Speaker 1: get the play action. And they weren't able to get
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  Speaker 1: the play action at all because there's no threat of
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  Speaker 1: the run. Here's what's crazy about this defense. You're playing
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  Speaker 1: in a bunch of two-eyed looks. Just no thought of
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  Speaker 1: even taking– Shots down the field because you have no
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  Speaker 1: one you trust at receiver. I think this is going
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  Speaker 1: to be the Chiefs Achilles heel. Like, can you figure
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  Speaker 1: out a way to push the football down the field
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  Speaker 1: when Kenneth Walker, who has been Mr. Superman, gets shut down?
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  Speaker 1: And I think what Seattle was doing, they were they
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  Speaker 1: were doing a nice job of setting edges and then
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  Speaker 1: rallying to the football. But once again, just just the
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  Speaker 1: Chiefs were really bad on third down. They had to
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  Speaker 1: go for it multiple times on fourth down. They weren't
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  Speaker 1: sustaining drives. They had way less plays than the Seahawks,
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  Speaker 1: so they were unable to go on. The Chiefs only
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  Speaker 1: had 11 first downs. The Seahawks had 24, but only
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  Speaker 1: 50 plays, 213 yards. This is one of the worst
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  Speaker 1: performances from an Andy Reid coached team, and I think, obviously,
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  Speaker 1: they didn't do a good job, some drops, frustration, but
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  Speaker 1: it goes to the Seahawks side of things because the
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  Speaker 1: Seattle Seahawks, they came into this game 3-3. They were reeling.
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  Speaker 1: Sam Darnold, they throw multiple interceptions in the last two games.
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  Speaker 1: But I believe McDonald, the head coach, I think he
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  Speaker 1: probably had a conversation with Sam and was like, hey,
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  Speaker 1: stop messing around. Stop doing this. Stop doing that. Sam
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  Speaker 1: Darnold ends 20-28, 257, a touchdown, a horrible interception. Here's
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  Speaker 1: the one thing that I loved about this game plan
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  Speaker 1: for the Seattle Seahawks, and this is who you need
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  Speaker 1: to be moving forward, is you are a running team.
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  Speaker 1: 41 points. carries Emmanuel Wilson, 24 carries a hundred yards.
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  Speaker 1: Sam Donald was your second leading rusher at 17. Obviously
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  Speaker 1: you've had issues with the running back. They obviously lost
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  Speaker 1: Kenneth Walker. Charbonnet is not back yet. I love the
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  Speaker 1: game plan though. And it, and it was Sam Donald
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  Speaker 1: making quick plays, Sam Donald scrambling. And the fact that
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  Speaker 1: you have JSN, like he is inevitable to me. He
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  Speaker 1: is so, so incredibly good. And they kept attacking the rookie,
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  Speaker 1: Mansour Delane, like over and over and over. And Spags
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  Speaker 1: would end up pressuring, sending the house. Here's the thing, though.
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  Speaker 1: Sam Drummond was not sacked. It's because of the quick decision-making,
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  Speaker 1: the scrambling in the pocket. This is who he is.
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  Speaker 1: People were like, oh, he's seeing ghosts. If he can
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  Speaker 1: continue to play like this, he played within himself in
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  Speaker 1: the first half. Now, the interception, I mean, you have
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  Speaker 1: a chance to go up 17-0. They get an almost
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  Speaker 1: halfway return. They obviously... The kicker misses a field goal
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  Speaker 1: for the Chiefs. Harrison Butker misses another field goal in
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  Speaker 1: the fourth quarter as well. Could have made it 13-6. Anyway,
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  Speaker 1: you have to throw that football early. It's an upright throw,
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  Speaker 1: which means you're sending a shallow cross in front of
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  Speaker 1: the safety, and you're trying to hit an upright behind.
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  Speaker 1: He had both guys. You're saving two lines from the
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  Speaker 1: end zone. He had both guys. Wide open was just
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  Speaker 1: a little bit late. I would say that's the one
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  Speaker 1: mistake in the game. That's a major mistake in the game.
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  Speaker 1: The touchdown throw, I thought, was absolutely incredible to JSN.
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  Speaker 1: Not only the fact that you understood it was cover
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  Speaker 1: zero from Spaggs, you had an actual plan. The football
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  Speaker 1: was out of your hand. The running back took two blitzers,
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  Speaker 1: and you throw this over-the-top shoulder fade against Mansour Delayne,
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  Speaker 1: the LSU guy. But if you saw the replay, JSN,
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  Speaker 1: it's over his left shoulder. He catches it with both hands.
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  Speaker 1: Mansour Delayne has a hand in there. He switches it mid-step.
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  Speaker 1: to his left hand and they end up calling a touchdown.
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  Speaker 1: It was just unbelievable. I mean, the Seahawks were, were really,
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  Speaker 1: really good offensively. They were super efficient on third down
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  Speaker 1: 11 of 16. And the one thing where they got
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  Speaker 1: to figure it out is red zone. They were over three.
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  Speaker 1: They still ended up winning 20 to three. And then
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  Speaker 1: we got to talk about Mike McDonald and this defense.
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  Speaker 1: It's the best defense in the league. Quite honestly, it's
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  Speaker 1: not even close. They do so many things to put
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  Speaker 1: you in a bind where it's so incredibly difficult to
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  Speaker 1: move the football. You're sitting back there and they're playing
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  Speaker 1: in two-eye safety look. And they have six guys in
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  Speaker 1: the box. Imanware is playing like this nickel slot guy.
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  Speaker 1: Sometimes he'll pressure. You don't know where he's at. But
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  Speaker 1: they do such a good job of actually getting to
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  Speaker 1: the football and actually rallying to the ball where you're thinking, oh,
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  Speaker 1: I can just take shots down the field. Oh, I
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  Speaker 1: can just. But they play as one and it all
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  Speaker 1: has to do with coaching. I mean, this was an
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  Speaker 1: impressive win for the Seahawks because with the 49ers losing,
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  Speaker 1: obviously you gain a little bit more grounds. But yeah,
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  Speaker 1: two unbeatens losing. I think the Seahawks, if they can
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  Speaker 1: get this Sam Darnold moving forward, they are going to
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  Speaker 1: be a very, very tricky team. Now it's back to
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  Speaker 1: the drawing board for the Chiefs. Who knows what's going
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  Speaker 1: to happen? But yeah, big time win. for the Seattle Seahawks.
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  Speaker 1: All right, let's get into the next game of the day.
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  Speaker 1: And this was the most surprising game that we have
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  Speaker 1: seen today, including over Chiefs and Seahawks and all these
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  Speaker 1: other games. The 49ers 20, the Atlanta Falcons 29. Man,
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  Speaker 1: I have some thoughts. The first one is how in
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  Speaker 1: the world do the Falcons win this game? Well, I'll
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  Speaker 1: tell you, it's injuries and turnovers for the San Francisco 49ers. 49ers.
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  Speaker 1: They are absolutely decimated by injuries. I believe that no
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  Speaker 1: Mike Evans out there really hurt them. Brock could not
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  Speaker 1: get into a rhythm. Here's my thing too. When you're
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  Speaker 1: decimated by injuries, you can't turn it over four times.
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  Speaker 1: You can't have the turnovers that they had and still
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  Speaker 1: expect to win the game. You're minus four on turnover margin.
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  Speaker 1: That's the only thing you have to do is take
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  Speaker 1: care of the football in the red zone especially. Look,
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  Speaker 1: you only had two interceptions, Brock Purdy, coming into this game.
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  Speaker 1: And then you throw to almost three, to be completely
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  Speaker 1: honest with you. You have a fumble, first of all,
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  Speaker 1: not you, but you fumble in the red zone, okay?
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  Speaker 1: You have an interception in the red zone. You have
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  Speaker 1: an interception on third and nine, almost red zone turn.
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  Speaker 1: You're driving, and this Jeff Oldbrick defense is sort of
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  Speaker 1: a bend, don't break. You have stuff going your right way.
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  Speaker 1: CMC gets hurt. I thought Kalen Black played really well.
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  Speaker 1: And I think the interception on third and nine, the
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  Speaker 1: Brock Purdy one, I think there's a little over two
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  Speaker 1: minutes left in the game. It's a third and nine one,
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  Speaker 1: and they absolutely completely confuse you. And I think that's
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  Speaker 1: the thing I'm looking at this and I'm saying like,
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  Speaker 1: oh man, like they had a double A gap mug.
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  Speaker 1: They end up dropping out a D tackle or a linebacker.
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  Speaker 1: He throws it right to him. He has a slant
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  Speaker 1: route open on the left side. And it's just like,
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  Speaker 1: you knew they were gonna eventually lose one. Like they
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  Speaker 1: weren't going undefeated by any stretch of imagination. But when
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  Speaker 1: you turn the football over four times, I mean, I'm
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  Speaker 1: honestly surprised it wasn't more than nine points. To be
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  Speaker 1: completely honest with you. The biggest thing, too, is like
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  Speaker 1: offensively for the 49ers, when you don't have Mike Evans,
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  Speaker 1: Brock Purdy holds on to the football. He was sacked
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  Speaker 1: twice today. I think he was only sacked like five
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  Speaker 1: or six times coming into this game. So you get
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  Speaker 1: a third of your sacks in the season coming this game. Look,
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  Speaker 1: the Falcons pass rush. They were getting after him. I
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  Speaker 1: thought the offensive line, though, was looking at it. And
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  Speaker 1: it wasn't like it was pressure after pressure. It wasn't
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  Speaker 1: like it was a lot of disguise. It wasn't like
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  Speaker 1: it was all this, but the offensive line struggled to
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  Speaker 1: me today. And look, it's a very good Falcons pass
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  Speaker 1: rush team. Kalen Black looked well. And then you just
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  Speaker 1: want to go over to the other side of the
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  Speaker 1: 49ers team, and that's the defense. Raheem Morris got completely outcoached,
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  Speaker 1: in my opinion, by Kevin Stefanski. Kevin Stefanski, nothing crazy.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, if you look at yards, right? The Falcons
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  Speaker 1: only had 295 total yards. They were 33% on third down.
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  Speaker 1: So they did their job. They were actually two and
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  Speaker 1: five on third down. So you look at this in,
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  Speaker 1: or sorry, two for five in the red zone, but
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  Speaker 1: you look at this game plan and they didn't get
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  Speaker 1: any takeaways. And that was something Kevin Cervantes, I was
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  Speaker 1: watching some of the pregame stuff. That was something Kevin
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  Speaker 1: Cervantes said, hey, we have to do a better job.
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  Speaker 1: We can't just give them points. We felt like we
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  Speaker 1: had to score 30 to win. Well, guess what? Atlanta
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  Speaker 1: scored 29. Um, this isn't a sky is falling moment
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  Speaker 1: for the 49ers whatsoever. You don't have to worry about that.
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  Speaker 1: I do think that Brock Purdy showed that he's human.
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  Speaker 1: We had been on this and we've been doing these
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  Speaker 1: quarterback rankings about, you know, these top six quarterbacks on
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  Speaker 1: the breakdown that's coming out tomorrow on my channel where
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  Speaker 1: we rank them. We go through different ones. We're still
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  Speaker 1: going to break them down because there are some throws
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  Speaker 1: that Brock Purdy is going to want back. There are
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  Speaker 1: some throws where, you know, you're checking it down and
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  Speaker 1: you're doing this and you're trying to do a little
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  Speaker 1: too much. This is the first time I've seen him
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  Speaker 1: do that. Sorry, I'm a little sick if I'm coughing.
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  Speaker 1: But that was the first game, really, I felt like
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  Speaker 1: Brock was trying to do a little bit too much.
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  Speaker 1: All right, let's go to the Falcons side of things
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  Speaker 1: because this is a really interesting team. This is a
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  Speaker 1: really winnable division in the NFC South. I feel like
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  Speaker 1: everyone's continuing to lose. I know the Bucs won today.
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  Speaker 1: Saints lost as well. Panthers lost. The Falcons, to me,
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  Speaker 1: they can be a sneaky good team if they just
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  Speaker 1: have a little bit of consistency on their team. One week,
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  Speaker 1: they look unbeatable and they're beating unbeatens at home, doing
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  Speaker 1: the dirty bird. And then the next week, they're just
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  Speaker 1: not playing really well. I mean, here's the thing. They
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  Speaker 1: finally learned their lesson and they finally listened to us
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  Speaker 1: because on this show last week, we said, hey, just
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  Speaker 1: give B. John Robinson the football. B. John Robinson, what
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  Speaker 1: do you know? 25 touches, 122 scrimmage yards. Here's what
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  Speaker 1: I love the most about this game plan. There wasn't
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  Speaker 1: anything tricky about it. It was, hey, we're going to
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  Speaker 1: line up. We're going to get the big three, the
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  Speaker 1: best big three in football, Pitts, London, and Bijon. And
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  Speaker 1: I think they are the best big three. We're going
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  Speaker 1: to get them the ball, but we're going to stay
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  Speaker 1: ahead of the chains. We're going to try to move
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  Speaker 1: the football. We had 10 total drives. The 49ers only
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  Speaker 1: had nine. We made plays in situational football. I mean,
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  Speaker 1: it's not, it's really not that hard to win in
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  Speaker 1: the NFL. Now, when you have four turnovers and takeaways,
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  Speaker 1: you know, you get four extra drives. And so you
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  Speaker 1: expect more points. But I love the plan, especially they
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  Speaker 1: had the ball. As I'm watching the third quarter, they
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  Speaker 1: had the ball for 12 minutes. The 49ers defense could
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  Speaker 1: not get off of the field whatsoever. Sometimes, and we've
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  Speaker 1: talked about this a lot before on this show, the
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  Speaker 1: best defense can be your offense. How about the third
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  Speaker 1: and 17 hook and ladder? That was massive. How about
• 15:32
  Speaker 1: Michael Pinnock Jr.? Three total touchdowns, no interceptions. I've just
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  Speaker 1: been really super impressed with his growth. He fits Savancy's
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  Speaker 1: offense better than I thought he would. that under center,
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  Speaker 1: the play action, the movement, he's getting a lot more comfortable.
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  Speaker 1: And I've always said this about Michael Penix before, and
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  Speaker 1: I think he's a much better answer than Tua right now,
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  Speaker 1: is he just consistently makes the right decision. Sure, there's
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  Speaker 1: going to be some balls he puts in harm's way,
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  Speaker 1: but in general, he's staying ahead of the sticks. He's
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  Speaker 1: making the right decisions. He's not putting the ball in
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  Speaker 1: harm's way. If he needs to take a sack, he
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  Speaker 1: can take a sack. He's not the most athletic guy,
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  Speaker 1: but I think that's how he really gets that offense going.
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  Speaker 1: And when you have, you know, Drake London, when you
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  Speaker 1: have B. John Robinson, when you have Kyle Pitts, there
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  Speaker 1: needs to be an offense built around those three and
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  Speaker 1: understanding you're not the key part of that offense. Those
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  Speaker 1: guys are. B. John Robinson is. And I think they're
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  Speaker 1: starting to really learn in week seven how to win
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  Speaker 1: football games. So I've been really impressed with this team specifically.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, we talked about it a little bit, but
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  Speaker 1: Jeff Ulbrich's defense. Have yourself a day. Finally fixed the
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  Speaker 1: pass rush last year. They get back to what they're doing.
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  Speaker 1: Two sacks, three takeaways, two forced fumbles. It's the first
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  Speaker 1: time this year they've had multiple in all those sacks, takeaways,
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  Speaker 1: forced fumbles. This is not just an offensive show. We're
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  Speaker 1: going to show love to the defense. And that is
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  Speaker 1: the team that won the game. That is the way
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  Speaker 1: that they won the game. All right, let's get on
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  Speaker 1: to the next game. Rams Raiders. How about them Rams?
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  Speaker 1: This is the best they have looked this year offensively. But, man,
• 17:06
  Speaker 1: they tried to give it away late. It was 28-13
• 17:09
  Speaker 1: at one point, and the Rams are going for two
• 17:12
  Speaker 1: or 28-something, where Matthew Stafford ends up throwing that late interception.
• 17:16
  Speaker 1: Got tipped. I got you. Raiders score 14 fourth-quarter points.
• 17:22
  Speaker 1: But if you just look at this first half and
• 17:24
  Speaker 1: you look at purely just the Rams offensively, that was
• 17:28
  Speaker 1: the best half they have played. And defensively, I would
• 17:31
  Speaker 1: say that as well. But that was the best first
• 17:33
  Speaker 1: half they have played. All year long, 243 total yards
• 17:37
  Speaker 1: to 97 of the Raiders. Raiders didn't even look like
• 17:40
  Speaker 1: they were existing. I thought literally they were going to,
• 17:42
  Speaker 1: and we're going to get into it. I was like,
• 17:44
  Speaker 1: are we going to see Fernando Mendoza in the second half?
• 17:47
  Speaker 1: And how about the Rams defense too, right? We're going
• 17:50
  Speaker 1: to get back to Stafford, but the Rams defense until
• 17:52
  Speaker 1: the fourth quarter had not allowed a touchdown on like
• 17:55
  Speaker 1: 18 straight drives or 19 straight drives. And then you're
• 17:58
  Speaker 1: able to go that, the Raiders are a tough out.
• 18:01
  Speaker 1: This Clint Kubiak team, they're great, but you're able to
• 18:03
  Speaker 1: go in, after sort of an up and down season,
• 18:05
  Speaker 1: like you lose this, good luck making the playoffs. It's
• 18:08
  Speaker 1: a very difficult NFC West division. Obviously the 49ers are
• 18:11
  Speaker 1: leading it. The Seahawks still three and three or the
• 18:14
  Speaker 1: Seahawks are still, you know, alive as well. And I
• 18:17
  Speaker 1: just think that the Rams, here's their success. Here's where
• 18:21
  Speaker 1: they are turning the corner and what they want to be.
• 18:24
  Speaker 1: They get in a lot of 12 personnel. They get
• 18:26
  Speaker 1: in a lot of 13 personnel chase. What is that? Well,
• 18:29
  Speaker 1: the first digit one talks to the running backs on
• 18:32
  Speaker 1: the field, 12 one. So there's one, The second digit, two,
• 18:35
  Speaker 1: talks to the tight ends. Two tight ends or three
• 18:37
  Speaker 1: tight ends. And what that does is it gets this
• 18:40
  Speaker 1: defense of Raiders. If you're in 13 personnel, you're probably
• 18:44
  Speaker 1: going to get base defense, which means four down linemen,
• 18:47
  Speaker 1: three linebackers. Then you're able to throw the football down
• 18:49
  Speaker 1: the field on these linebackers with these tight ends. They've
• 18:52
  Speaker 1: been doing a lot more of it, especially without Devontae Adams' one.
• 18:56
  Speaker 1: Here's the thing, though. I love this game because I
• 18:58
  Speaker 1: thought the Rams... They ran it well enough to then
• 19:01
  Speaker 1: set up the play-action pass. Where you've seen McVay getting
• 19:04
  Speaker 1: a little bit of a blender this year is you're
• 19:06
  Speaker 1: trying to run it too much first. Sorry, you're trying
• 19:10
  Speaker 1: to play action pass first without the run game. But
• 19:12
  Speaker 1: how about Kyron Williams and Blake Corum? Over 150 yards
• 19:15
  Speaker 1: between these two. They look dynamic. They stuck with the run.
• 19:19
  Speaker 1: And then Matthew Stafford, too. There's been a lot of
• 19:22
  Speaker 1: talk about the MVP. He's not seeing it. He's not
• 19:25
  Speaker 1: doing this. He's not doing that. Yeah, he made this.
• 19:28
  Speaker 1: you know, interception that got tipped up that like, let's
• 19:31
  Speaker 1: be real. He played unbelievable. This game that he was,
• 19:35
  Speaker 1: he was finally seeing it. There's been a lot of
• 19:37
  Speaker 1: people on the internet saying, Hey, Matthew Stafford's not seeing it.
• 19:39
  Speaker 1: He's not doing this. He's not, he absolutely is seeing it.
• 19:42
  Speaker 1: He was uber efficient until that, obviously that tipped, um, interception,
• 19:45
  Speaker 1: but here's the crazy thing about him. And I played
• 19:47
  Speaker 1: with him for a year. He went to Highland park.
• 19:49
  Speaker 1: I was in South in Dallas, uh, high school. So
• 19:52
  Speaker 1: we'd been on each other for a while, but he
• 19:54
  Speaker 1: became the all time passing TD leader for both the
• 19:57
  Speaker 1: lions and the Rams. You can't tell me that he's
• 20:02
  Speaker 1: not one of the greatest to ever do it. Like
• 20:04
  Speaker 1: he is a first ballot hall of famer and he's
• 20:08
  Speaker 1: seeing it a lot better. Sean McVay and him, as
• 20:10
  Speaker 1: long as they're together, and if they can get Devontae back,
• 20:14
  Speaker 1: if they can get some of their injured key guys back,
• 20:17
  Speaker 1: I think they're going to be great. Aaron Donald, a
• 20:19
  Speaker 1: good story. Miles Garrett's got to be coming back soon.
• 20:22
  Speaker 1: The Rams scored on four straight touchdowns and finished out
• 20:24
  Speaker 1: the half. All right, let's get to the most interesting
• 20:26
  Speaker 1: part of the Raiders, though, because this is the one
• 20:29
  Speaker 1: for me, and I've said it, and I will continue
• 20:34
  Speaker 1: to say it. Before we get into the actual game
• 20:38
  Speaker 1: on what happened, Let's just look at their schedule. You
• 20:41
  Speaker 1: got next week, you got the Jets. Okay, seems like
• 20:44
  Speaker 1: a game that, I don't know, maybe Fernando Mendoza can
• 20:47
  Speaker 1: come in because the Jets are not very good. And
• 20:50
  Speaker 1: then listen to this. Listen to this. 49ers, Seahawks, Broncos,
• 20:58
  Speaker 1: the Browns. Chase, you said the Browns. Yes, the Browns
• 20:59
  Speaker 1: are 5-2. They are balling. Their schedule does not get
• 21:03
  Speaker 1: any easier. I really don't think that they are making
• 21:06
  Speaker 1: the playoffs. So what are we doing continuing to start
• 21:11
  Speaker 1: Kirk Cousins? It has to. And I think Kirk's played
• 21:14
  Speaker 1: well in the second half, in the fourth quarter. That's great.
• 21:18
  Speaker 1: He struggled all day long until the last 12 minutes
• 21:20
  Speaker 1: of the fourth quarter. But at what point do we
• 21:22
  Speaker 1: go to Fernando Mendoza? I think that's the thing that
• 21:24
  Speaker 1: you have to see here. Look, I don't like that
• 21:27
  Speaker 1: there's zero run game because Ashton Gentry, like where are
• 21:30
  Speaker 1: we going? Like 15 yards? I know he had a touchdown,
• 21:34
  Speaker 1: but it's bad. mind-boggling to me that you have an
• 21:40
  Speaker 1: offensive coordinator and offensive play caller offensive guru Clint Kubiak
• 21:44
  Speaker 1: that is calling these plays and you cannot get the
• 21:46
  Speaker 1: run game going maybe that is the reason they are
• 21:49
  Speaker 1: hesitant to play um the rookie and Fernando Mendoza but
• 21:54
  Speaker 1: the more they continue to lose the further away they're
• 21:58
  Speaker 1: getting from the AFC West title and quite honestly I
• 22:04
  Speaker 1: the chances of them making the playoffs this year, no
• 22:07
  Speaker 1: one ever really thought they were going to make the playoffs.
• 22:09
  Speaker 1: Your Raiders fans. I love you guys. I think you've
• 22:11
  Speaker 1: done great. You've got two weapons. You've got Trey Tucker
• 22:14
  Speaker 1: and Brock Bowers. Like those are the two weapons for
• 22:17
  Speaker 1: the Raiders. I think Trey Tucker is playing out of
• 22:19
  Speaker 1: his mind right now. Brock Bowers, obviously having a, a
• 22:22
  Speaker 1: heck of a year. You got to get Ash and
• 22:24
  Speaker 1: Jinji going, but I'm telling you right now, Fernando Mendoza,
• 22:26
  Speaker 1: let him come in here. The only thing for him that, that,
• 22:31
  Speaker 1: People are wondering if his game translates to the NFL
• 22:35
  Speaker 1: because he was in shotgun 99% of the time. He
• 22:37
  Speaker 1: was doing all this stuff. I thought he played really
• 22:38
  Speaker 1: well in the preseason. Here's the thing, and it sounds
• 22:41
  Speaker 1: so simple. You cannot get experience playing in this league
• 22:45
  Speaker 1: until you actually play. Practice reps do not matter. Training
• 22:50
  Speaker 1: camps do not matter. You can stay on the football
• 22:53
  Speaker 1: field all you want after practice, but you're not getting
• 22:56
  Speaker 1: any number one reps. You are currently the scout team quarterback.
• 23:01
  Speaker 1: And you are currently, this past week, getting ready for
• 23:04
  Speaker 1: the Rams-Raiders game. You are Matthew Stafford. You are not
• 23:07
  Speaker 1: running your own play. Sure, you're probably staying out on
• 23:09
  Speaker 1: the field with offensive coordinator, quarterback coach, all these guys.
• 23:13
  Speaker 1: Maybe you're back up to back up. I just think
• 23:17
  Speaker 1: that Raiders fans might not like it because I think
• 23:20
  Speaker 1: Kirk has actually played really well. I think Kirk can
• 23:22
  Speaker 1: continue to play in this league. I think he will
• 23:25
  Speaker 1: continue to play in this league. But you've got to
• 23:27
  Speaker 1: start and you've got to go with the rookie draft.
• 23:31
  Speaker 1: Fernando Mendoza. All right, let's take a quick break. We'll
• 23:33
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• 24:12
  Speaker 1: I thought this was a great game on the slate today.
• 24:15
  Speaker 1: Packers 17. Oh, that stinks, man. The Lions 20. How
• 24:21
  Speaker 1: about Jared Goff and Jordan Love? Just going back and forth.
• 24:24
  Speaker 1: Jared Goff, 303 yards, two touchdowns. Jordan Love, 274 yards,
• 24:28
  Speaker 1: two touchdowns, an interception. Multiple different turnovers in the game,
• 24:32
  Speaker 1: Jameer Gibbs, rarely cost it up. I think at that point, right,
• 24:37
  Speaker 1: there's 19 seconds left in the first half. While up 10-7,
• 24:40
  Speaker 1: that really hurt them. The Lions really could have run
• 24:43
  Speaker 1: away with this game. It was only the second turnover
• 24:45
  Speaker 1: all year long, which is wild to me for this
• 24:49
  Speaker 1: Detroit Lions team. I mean, the Lions dominated the first
• 24:52
  Speaker 1: half in almost every single category. Here's my thing. The Packers,
• 25:01
  Speaker 1: we'll start with them first. What are we doing? The
• 25:06
  Speaker 1: amount of penalties, the amount of missed field goals, the
• 25:10
  Speaker 1: amount of unforced errors, the turnovers, third and five, the
• 25:15
  Speaker 1: most important play in the game with two minutes left.
• 25:19
  Speaker 1: And the Packers jumped offsides to give the Lions a
• 25:22
  Speaker 1: first down and the Lions ended up getting another first
• 25:25
  Speaker 1: down and kicking like a chip shot, game-winning field goal
• 25:28
  Speaker 1: with one second left. You got to understand these NFC
• 25:32
  Speaker 1: North battles with the Vikings still winning and staying undefeated.
• 25:36
  Speaker 1: Every single game goes down to the wire and you
• 25:41
  Speaker 1: gotta be on your P's and Q's. It's not just office.
• 25:45
  Speaker 1: It's not just defense. It's not just special teams. You
• 25:48
  Speaker 1: got to play complimentary football. If you want a shot
• 25:51
  Speaker 1: to continue to play a look, I've, enjoyed the way
• 25:56
  Speaker 1: Jordan Love has played. I think there's been no other
• 25:58
  Speaker 1: quarterback in the NFL that's been let down more by
• 26:01
  Speaker 1: those pass catchers in the last couple years than Jordan Love.
• 26:04
  Speaker 1: How many drops did we see this today? How about
• 26:07
  Speaker 1: the Josh Jacobs? I know he had a touchdown, but
• 26:10
  Speaker 1: how about the Josh Jacobs drop? That wheel route where
• 26:13
  Speaker 1: they end up running mesh? Jordan Love sort of fades away.
• 26:16
  Speaker 1: He throws a dime, hits Josh Jacobs right in the hands.
• 26:20
  Speaker 1: And look, I get it. I get it. I'm not
• 26:22
  Speaker 1: just saying this game I'm going back to other games
• 26:25
  Speaker 1: as well. But you have a huge turnover before the
• 26:29
  Speaker 1: half by your defense. So your defense is playing well.
• 26:32
  Speaker 1: And then the decision to go for it on fourth
• 26:36
  Speaker 1: and one with like four minutes left in the game
• 26:38
  Speaker 1: of the Lions, your defense comes up again. I thought
• 26:40
  Speaker 1: the defense actually played pretty well against probably the best
• 26:43
  Speaker 1: offense in the NFL to give you a shot. When
• 26:46
  Speaker 1: you hold that offense at 20 points, you expect to win.
• 26:50
  Speaker 1: And it comes down to Quite honestly, the kicker, and
• 26:53
  Speaker 1: I hate saying this, kickers are people too, but Trace Mack,
• 26:57
  Speaker 1: two missed vehicles. And look, I know one caught like
• 27:01
  Speaker 1: a fingernail according to the, to the announcers and I
• 27:04
  Speaker 1: saw it and yeah, sure enough, but like get that
• 27:07
  Speaker 1: kick up high. You got to get going. I mean,
• 27:11
  Speaker 1: if you're, if you are LaFleur and you are Love
• 27:15
  Speaker 1: and you are the Packers and you're This is such
• 27:18
  Speaker 1: a brutal loss in so many different ways because Jordan Love,
• 27:22
  Speaker 1: I thought, played another incredible game. He's going to be
• 27:23
  Speaker 1: in my top six quarterbacks again. Josh Jacobs came back.
• 27:27
  Speaker 1: That was a huge storyline. Not much going in the
• 27:29
  Speaker 1: run game. But I just think in general, the Packers, man,
• 27:35
  Speaker 1: they are struggling right now. And they are a really
• 27:39
  Speaker 1: good team. They started off really bad. They've gone up.
• 27:42
  Speaker 1: They've gone up and down. they got to have a
• 27:44
  Speaker 1: short memory. That's the biggest thing for them. Cause I
• 27:46
  Speaker 1: do think they're a really good team. I think their
• 27:47
  Speaker 1: defense is playing a lot better than a lot of
• 27:49
  Speaker 1: people think. Um, but pass catch, can we please stop
• 27:52
  Speaker 1: dropping the football lion side of things? Thought Jared Goff, man,
• 27:57
  Speaker 1: if he continues to play like this, you got to
• 28:00
  Speaker 1: put them in MVP case. Like I, I love the
• 28:02
  Speaker 1: way he's doing things. I love the fact on how
• 28:07
  Speaker 1: they are calling their plays offensively. Jared Goff, in my opinion,
• 28:12
  Speaker 1: is one of the better play-action quarterbacks. He does a really,
• 28:15
  Speaker 1: really good job of turning his back to the defense
• 28:18
  Speaker 1: and understanding then to turn his eyes around once you
• 28:21
  Speaker 1: get at the top of your drop and understand where
• 28:23
  Speaker 1: safeties are, where second-level guys are. And you can only
• 28:27
  Speaker 1: do that if you have a run game. And Jameer
• 28:30
  Speaker 1: Gibbs has an absolute run game because he's balling right now.
• 28:34
  Speaker 1: A couple things that really stood out is Amal Ross St. Brown.
• 28:38
  Speaker 1: He is an absolute beast. He had 135 yards in
• 28:43
  Speaker 1: the first half. He finished with 153. Just continue going
• 28:47
  Speaker 1: back to that, Will. That's crazy. How about Tom Brady
• 28:50
  Speaker 1: calling the game? I mean, and saying how mad he
• 28:53
  Speaker 1: was about some of these unnecessary roughness calls. I think
• 28:57
  Speaker 1: Brady's doing a heck of a job calling the game.
• 29:01
  Speaker 1: But here's calling games just in general. Here's the one
• 29:04
  Speaker 1: thing that's just I did not understand it. four minutes left.
• 29:09
  Speaker 1: We've talked about already. Dan Campbell goes for it, fourth
• 29:11
  Speaker 1: down inside his own 25 yard line. Packers get it,
• 29:15
  Speaker 1: miss the field goal. They go. So he gets sort
• 29:17
  Speaker 1: of bailed out, but what are we doing? Like I
• 29:21
  Speaker 1: get there's, there's aggressive. And then I get that there's
• 29:26
  Speaker 1: a little bit of reckless and look, that's how he's
• 29:28
  Speaker 1: always been. And I think he's trying to show trust,
• 29:30
  Speaker 1: but that, that play where it's, it's like a counter
• 29:32
  Speaker 1: G where you're faking one way, going the other, it
• 29:35
  Speaker 1: just took way too long. Packers pulled out in gauge eight.
• 29:40
  Speaker 1: And here's another thing, too, about these refs. Like, I'm
• 29:43
  Speaker 1: with Brady. There was an awful, awful roughing the passer
• 29:49
  Speaker 1: penalty on the Packers by Jared Goff. Like, or on
• 29:52
  Speaker 1: Jared Goff. Like, it was unbelievable. Like, he barely hit him.
• 29:56
  Speaker 1: You know, there was another one that Brady was talking about,
• 29:58
  Speaker 1: the NSR Rebels, where he hit them late. Not Goff,
• 30:00
  Speaker 1: but one of the guys late. I just think these
• 30:02
  Speaker 1: refs are unbelievable. But here's the thing. Lions, good team.
• 30:06
  Speaker 1: Their defense, you know, they played well. I think they
• 30:10
  Speaker 1: got bailed out by some drops. Not a great defense, though.
• 30:14
  Speaker 1: Here's something. If you want to continue to go on
• 30:16
  Speaker 1: these runs, you can't put all the pressure on Jared Goff.
• 30:19
  Speaker 1: You've got to have these defense step up. But I
• 30:21
  Speaker 1: thought that was the most entertaining game. Thought for sure
• 30:24
  Speaker 1: that was going to go into OT, but it didn't.
• 30:26
  Speaker 1: All right, let's get to the last game of the
• 30:28
  Speaker 1: slate that we are talking about here. Bengals Ravens. Talk
• 30:32
  Speaker 1: about a story of two completely different halves. The Ravens
• 30:38
  Speaker 1: looked unstoppable. Tyler Huntley plays unbelievable. No Lamar Jackson, still
• 30:45
  Speaker 1: an ankle for the Ravens. Bengals offense didn't get going.
• 30:48
  Speaker 1: Joe Burrell takes over. Since he scores 35 unanswered points,
• 30:52
  Speaker 1: I mean, it was a great game. Tyler Huntley threw
• 30:56
  Speaker 1: for 298 yards in the first half. I like the
• 30:59
  Speaker 1: play calling. Declan Doyle was great. It's just really hard
• 31:03
  Speaker 1: to win a game with a backup quarterback, especially when
• 31:07
  Speaker 1: Derrick Henry rushes for 17 yards on 45 yards. Sorry,
• 31:11
  Speaker 1: 17 rushes on 45 yards against the Bengals. The Bengals
• 31:14
  Speaker 1: had been allowing 123 rush yards per game. Like you
• 31:17
  Speaker 1: can't do it. You're leading 13, nothing at home and
• 31:19
  Speaker 1: you end up losing it. Not a great look for
• 31:22
  Speaker 1: the Ravens. I just think eventually they're going to need
• 31:25
  Speaker 1: to get, I mean, obviously chase, right? They got to
• 31:27
  Speaker 1: get Lamar Jackson back. They're a good team. I don't
• 31:30
  Speaker 1: think they're a bad team. He needs to come back ASAP. Um,
• 31:33
  Speaker 1: completely disappeared in the second half though. That offense, another
• 31:37
  Speaker 1: bright spot, one bright spot you could say is a
• 31:39
  Speaker 1: flowers is still very, very good at football over 130
• 31:42
  Speaker 1: yards receiving. Um, Here's the thing, too, that worried me
• 31:47
  Speaker 1: a little bit, and we'll get into the Bengals side
• 31:48
  Speaker 1: of things, but this Baltimore defense, which is supposed to
• 31:52
  Speaker 1: be all-world, coached by Jesse Minter, the way they played
• 31:55
  Speaker 1: in the second half, you couldn't sniff any pressure on
• 31:58
  Speaker 1: Joe Burrell, and you missed so many different tackles. There
• 32:01
  Speaker 1: was a couple clips going viral, and I'm not calling
• 32:03
  Speaker 1: anyone out. There's a couple clips going viral right now
• 32:07
  Speaker 1: on the internet of so much of a lack of
• 32:09
  Speaker 1: effort by that defense in the second half. They couldn't tackle.
• 32:13
  Speaker 1: They couldn't do anything. They couldn't sniff pressure. And maybe
• 32:16
  Speaker 1: Lamar is the guy that they get going, that they're like, hey,
• 32:19
  Speaker 1: here's a, I don't know. This Ravens team is really, really,
• 32:24
  Speaker 1: I struggle to understand them. Let's go to the Bengals.
• 32:27
  Speaker 1: All right. First half, you looked awful. Joe Burrell had
• 32:31
  Speaker 1: 59 yards in the first half. You end up finishing
• 32:34
  Speaker 1: the game with almost 300 yards. Total passing. What, like, Chase,
• 32:38
  Speaker 1: what's it? Well, there's 21 fourth quarter points. The first half,
• 32:42
  Speaker 1: no T. Higgins anywhere to be seen. No Jamar Chase
• 32:46
  Speaker 1: to be seen. Joe Burrell leading rush. Bengals have no
• 32:52
  Speaker 1: run game. And then the second half happened. And then
• 32:58
  Speaker 1: a treat of receivers with T. Higgins and Jamar Chase.
• 33:03
  Speaker 1: I mean, it is such an unbelievable thing that T.
• 33:08
  Speaker 1: Higgins and Jamar Chase are on the same team. Teagan's
• 33:11
  Speaker 1: uncoverable in the second half. He had almost 150 yards
• 33:14
  Speaker 1: in the second half. And then Joe Burrow, this is
• 33:19
  Speaker 1: the one. He's going to be really high on my
• 33:21
  Speaker 1: quarterback breakdown and quarterback rankings because the way he played
• 33:24
  Speaker 1: in the second half is the way I know he
• 33:26
  Speaker 1: can play. He didn't get pressured. He moved in the pocket.
• 33:30
  Speaker 1: They took over, scored touchdowns on the first five possessions
• 33:34
  Speaker 1: of the second half. And the one thing about him
• 33:37
  Speaker 1: is he was pinpoint accurate getting hit. throwing the football,
• 33:39
  Speaker 1: a lot of out routes to Jamar Chase. There was a,
• 33:41
  Speaker 1: there was that route. We call it a race route.
• 33:44
  Speaker 1: We're in the red zone where you race to the corner. Dude,
• 33:47
  Speaker 1: Jamar Chase completely turned around the Ravens defensive back. He
• 33:50
  Speaker 1: went out, he went in, he went all over the place.
• 33:52
  Speaker 1: That was a beautiful throw. Multiple throws in cover two
• 33:57
  Speaker 1: that the Ravens were playing between the corner and the
• 33:59
  Speaker 1: safety on these corner routes to T Higgins, who's a
• 34:02
  Speaker 1: big body. You put it up there. I don't think
• 34:05
  Speaker 1: that when Joe Burrow is rolling, I don't know if
• 34:09
  Speaker 1: there's any other quarterbacks that are as accurate or that
• 34:13
  Speaker 1: are as good as him. They spread it around to
• 34:15
  Speaker 1: all their guys, four touchdowns, second half alone, throwing the
• 34:19
  Speaker 1: football all to different guys. That's when they're at their best.
• 34:23
  Speaker 1: Now that play calling Zach Taylor did a really nice job.
• 34:26
  Speaker 1: He was fired up on the sideline. It just takes
• 34:29
  Speaker 1: a lot because like when you're down 13, nothing on
• 34:30
  Speaker 1: the road and you're thinking like, well, what's going wrong?
• 34:33
  Speaker 1: It's really hard to just flip the script. And then
• 34:37
  Speaker 1: that's when I, felt the momentum switch. There's not a
• 34:39
  Speaker 1: lot of people talking about this momentum, but the momentum switch,
• 34:42
  Speaker 1: Bengals started to pressure more in the second half. They
• 34:44
  Speaker 1: got the Huntley. I just want to know what the
• 34:46
  Speaker 1: heck was the halftime speech at, Zach Taylor. So if
• 34:48
  Speaker 1: you watch the show, heard you're a big first read guy,
• 34:51
  Speaker 1: let us know. All right, we are going to get
• 34:55
  Speaker 1: to who is trending up and who is trending down.
• 34:59
  Speaker 1: It is probably a fan favorite on this entire block,
• 35:05
  Speaker 1: meaning like what we're doing. We're going to start with
• 35:06
  Speaker 1: trending up. And that is we're going to tell players, coaches,
• 35:11
  Speaker 1: teams who are trending up after week seven. And then
• 35:14
  Speaker 1: we're going to get into the trending down in week
• 35:17
  Speaker 1: seven as well. Let's start with the first one. Thursday
• 35:20
  Speaker 1: night game, Caleb Williams, Iceman. They beat the Pats Thursday night,
• 35:26
  Speaker 1: 30 to 24 to move to five and two. Caleb
• 35:29
  Speaker 1: went 22 of 33, 308 yards, two touchdowns, most importantly,
• 35:32
  Speaker 1: zero interceptions. How about this on the season? 1,020 yards,
• 35:36
  Speaker 1: five touchdowns, one pick, 71% completion rate. The Bears also
• 35:43
  Speaker 1: rushed for 120 yards and two touchdowns. Here's the thing
• 35:46
  Speaker 1: about Caleb Williams, why I'm so smitten on him. You
• 35:49
  Speaker 1: go back, you win, you come back from that hamstring injury,
• 35:52
  Speaker 1: you play really well against the Falcons, then you come
• 35:54
  Speaker 1: home against the Pats who had been playing a lot better,
• 35:56
  Speaker 1: and it was the way you were able to throw
• 36:00
  Speaker 1: the football in the tight windows. It was the way
• 36:02
  Speaker 1: you were able... to throw accurately with pressure in your face.
• 36:05
  Speaker 1: It was the way that you took over that game.
• 36:08
  Speaker 1: He's playing with extreme confidence right now. I can absolutely
• 36:12
  Speaker 1: say with, with no doubt in my mind that Caleb
• 36:16
  Speaker 1: Williams continues to play like this. He's going to be
• 36:18
  Speaker 1: in the MVP race. Like there's no doubt in my
• 36:20
  Speaker 1: mind about it. It's hard press to find. And I
• 36:24
  Speaker 1: know it's old news, but we cover the bears here
• 36:26
  Speaker 1: on this channel because it was Thursday. He throws the football,
• 36:31
  Speaker 1: and plays the position of quarterback probably better than anyone
• 36:34
  Speaker 1: in this game outside Brock Purdy and maybe Josh Allen.
• 36:38
  Speaker 1: He is having a hell of a season. The Bears
• 36:42
  Speaker 1: are an absolute unit offensively. Ben Johnson's doing a heck
• 36:45
  Speaker 1: of a job. All right, let's get to the second
• 36:48
  Speaker 1: trending up. I never thought I would say this. Producer
• 36:52
  Speaker 1: Kent put it in my ear, and I was like, man,
• 36:54
  Speaker 1: let's do this. AFC North, except the Ravens. You're trending down,
• 37:00
  Speaker 1: but we'll get to that in a second. AFC North,
• 37:02
  Speaker 1: how about the Browns, the Steelers, and the Bengals? Who
• 37:05
  Speaker 1: in their right mind thought that this would be one
• 37:06
  Speaker 1: of the better divisions in all of football? The Browns
• 37:09
  Speaker 1: are now in first place again. I mean, it's unbelievable.
• 37:16
  Speaker 1: Five and two. They beat Tennessee. The Browns have fought.
• 37:20
  Speaker 1: How about this? This is the difference between having an
• 37:24
  Speaker 1: experienced quarterback, having not an experienced quarterback, having a little
• 37:27
  Speaker 1: bit of belief, having about momentum. Browns have five game-winning drives.
• 37:31
  Speaker 1: One in each of their wins. Each of their wins,
• 37:34
  Speaker 1: they have five game-winning drives. How about that? And then
• 37:38
  Speaker 1: Steelers win a nasty game in Paris. I mean, that
• 37:40
  Speaker 1: was probably one of the more boring games, 16-10 over
• 37:43
  Speaker 1: the Saints. But they win. Rodgers, 19-30, 212 yards, a touchdown,
• 37:47
  Speaker 1: zero interceptions. He took three sacks because he's old. Jalen
• 37:51
  Speaker 1: Warren continues, continues to ball out 18 rushes, 101 yards.
• 37:55
  Speaker 1: And then the Bengals, we just talked about, and their
• 37:57
  Speaker 1: pass offense is humming. After a bad first half versus
• 38:01
  Speaker 1: the Ravens, it's going to get really interesting down the stretch.
• 38:04
  Speaker 1: Who do I think is going to come out? I mean,
• 38:06
  Speaker 1: I don't know. That's a great question. The Bengals look
• 38:09
  Speaker 1: really good. Steelers are great. I just don't know if
• 38:11
  Speaker 1: the Browns have it in them to continue doing all
• 38:14
  Speaker 1: this stuff. But it is such a good story with
• 38:17
  Speaker 1: Deshaun Watson. All right, let's get to topic three. Guys, J.J. McCarthy,
• 38:23
  Speaker 1: Cam Scadaboo. How about that? They win 27-21 in overtime
• 38:29
  Speaker 1: in Houston, and J.J. McCarthy goes absolutely ballistic. 20 of 28,
• 38:35
  Speaker 1: 252 yards, took three sacks. No interceptions, more importantly, against
• 38:40
  Speaker 1: a decent Houston defense who's sort of gotten struggled a
• 38:43
  Speaker 1: little bit, so we'll just say they're okay. Zero touchdowns.
• 38:46
  Speaker 1: But the way J.J. McCarthy, and I've said this because
• 38:50
  Speaker 1: I know Matt Nagy's offense, he is a very similar
• 38:53
  Speaker 1: fit to this offense. as Jackson Dart uses his legs enough.
• 38:57
  Speaker 1: Some of these throws too. It's not just like, we're
• 38:59
  Speaker 1: not just stat watching. We're actually breaking down these throws.
• 39:02
  Speaker 1: Some of these throws to the sideline off his back foot,
• 39:05
  Speaker 1: still mechanically, not as great as I want them to be,
• 39:08
  Speaker 1: but like, don't let the giants and JJ McCarthy get
• 39:12
  Speaker 1: hot for two and one that ties like, you know,
• 39:15
  Speaker 1: kissing your sister. Like, what are we doing here? However,
• 39:19
  Speaker 1: another part of the duo, it used to be Jackson Dart,
• 39:21
  Speaker 1: Cam Scatterwood. How about JJ McCarthy, Cam Scatterwood. Now, Skadibu
• 39:25
  Speaker 1: was benched his last game. That's right. So what does
• 39:28
  Speaker 1: he do? He comes back. and the Giants in general, Singletary,
• 39:32
  Speaker 1: their run game was excellent, but he comes back, 17 rushes,
• 39:35
  Speaker 1: 124 yards and a touchdown. These two right now, the
• 39:38
  Speaker 1: way Matt Nagy is calling the plays, Isaiah Likely, Malik Neighbors,
• 39:42
  Speaker 1: they're getting going. Don't let them get hot. Don't let
• 39:45
  Speaker 1: them get a little bit of confidence in an NFC
• 39:47
  Speaker 1: East that is extremely winnable. I don't trust anyone in
• 39:51
  Speaker 1: the NFC East. The Eagles, oh my gosh. The Cowboys,
• 39:54
  Speaker 1: oh my gosh. The Commanders, oh my gosh. If you
• 39:56
  Speaker 1: continue to win and continue to just get something, their
• 39:59
  Speaker 1: defense plays just good enough. I mean, this is easily
• 40:02
  Speaker 1: their best one of the year. Super impressed with J.J.
• 40:04
  Speaker 1: McCarthy and the Giants. All right, let's get to everyone's
• 40:07
  Speaker 1: favorite trending down. We're going to start with the Ravens.
• 40:11
  Speaker 1: We said it. We don't need to say a lot.
• 40:13
  Speaker 1: The Ravens lose 35-13 to the Bengals. They're 4-3, 1-2
• 40:15
  Speaker 1: at home. Home 0-2 in the division. You should be
• 40:20
  Speaker 1: winning home games. You should be winning division games. Lamar Jackson,
• 40:25
  Speaker 1: come back right now. Huntley played great. He was sacked
• 40:29
  Speaker 1: four times. You know, you got to think, will Lamar
• 40:31
  Speaker 1: escape those throws? Maybe, maybe not. Defense 2, you give
• 40:35
  Speaker 1: up 35 unanswered after shutting out the Bengals in the
• 40:38
  Speaker 1: first half. What happened there? I just think they got
• 40:40
  Speaker 1: to get their ducks in a row. There's not going
• 40:42
  Speaker 1: well for them. Moving on. The Texans, oh, man. It's
• 40:48
  Speaker 1: like season's probably over, but you lose to the Giants
• 40:51
  Speaker 1: at home after winning the last two. I just can't
• 40:54
  Speaker 1: get over the lack of run game, and I can't
• 40:56
  Speaker 1: get over how bad your defense is. And they've struggled,
• 40:58
  Speaker 1: and I hate saying how bad. It's just they're not
• 41:00
  Speaker 1: clicking right now. C.J. Stroud had played really well going
• 41:03
  Speaker 1: into this game, but he only passed for 153 yards.
• 41:06
  Speaker 1: Nine touchdowns, only one interception on the season, though. He's
• 41:10
  Speaker 1: not the problem. The problem is the lack of run game.
• 41:13
  Speaker 1: I mean, Jalen Noel is Houston's leading receiver for 334 yards,
• 41:17
  Speaker 1: but where is this run game going? It'll be interesting
• 41:21
  Speaker 1: to see what kind of changes. I don't think D'Amico
• 41:22
  Speaker 1: Ryans is on the hot seat whatsoever, but we've got
• 41:26
  Speaker 1: to figure out what's going on with this defense. He
• 41:29
  Speaker 1: traded for Marvin Harrison Jr., receiver room, sort of stuck. Defense,
• 41:35
  Speaker 1: disappointing to say the least. Only three interceptions and three
• 41:38
  Speaker 1: fumble recoveries on the year. I mean, yes, you have
• 41:40
  Speaker 1: probably the best rusher in all of football, Will Anderson,
• 41:43
  Speaker 1: who has seven and a half sacks. You're getting pressure,
• 41:46
  Speaker 1: but you're not getting takeaways. That's a huge deal for
• 41:49
  Speaker 1: the Texans. And then finally, it'll be quick, the Raiders. Man,
• 41:55
  Speaker 1: you guys started so well. Kirk Cousins started so hot.
• 41:57
  Speaker 1: Now we're calling, I'm calling for Fernando Mendoza to get going.
• 42:01
  Speaker 1: Just got to find a way, play the Jets. You
• 42:05
  Speaker 1: got to get a win. You got to get a win.
• 42:07
  Speaker 1: I think you go with Fernando Mendoza. All right, let's
• 42:09
  Speaker 1: get to the next game balls. That's right. We got
• 42:14
  Speaker 1: a good ball winner. And, you know, I just decided
• 42:16
  Speaker 1: to break the rules a little bit. That's why you're
• 42:18
  Speaker 1: seeing Kevin O'Connell right there on the screen, because I'm
• 42:21
  Speaker 1: giving the good ball winner to the Minnesota Vikings. They
• 42:24
  Speaker 1: are six and oh, they come from behind to beat
• 42:28
  Speaker 1: the Colts 16 to 10 home win. Colts just fired
• 42:32
  Speaker 1: Chris Ballard. So they were maybe playing a little bit,
• 42:35
  Speaker 1: you know, better than I think. But In general, here's
• 42:38
  Speaker 1: the story of the year for the Minnesota Vikings. Four
• 42:42
  Speaker 1: sacks for their defense, seven tackles for loss, ten quarterbacks hits.
• 42:47
  Speaker 1: Harrison Smith, I feel like he's been playing forever, had
• 42:49
  Speaker 1: an interception. Your defense is carrying you. I mean, the
• 42:52
  Speaker 1: fact that you're 6-0 right now, and the fact is,
• 42:57
  Speaker 1: I think Kyler Murray is actually playing pretty well. He's
• 42:59
  Speaker 1: played in four games. Listen to these stats. He's averaging
• 43:01
  Speaker 1: like 150 yards a game. 662 yards, two touchdowns, two interceptions.
• 43:06
  Speaker 1: He's been sacked nine times, only 20 rushes for 93 yards,
• 43:11
  Speaker 1: zero touchdowns in five games played. I thought Kyler would
• 43:14
  Speaker 1: be there to use his legs a little bit more.
• 43:16
  Speaker 1: There's been a couple of games where Kyler's really showed out,
• 43:19
  Speaker 1: showed that he can throw the football down the field
• 43:21
  Speaker 1: a couple of halves. I think the biggest thing for him,
• 43:24
  Speaker 1: only two interceptions. I don't know how they're doing it.
• 43:29
  Speaker 1: I don't know how they're other than their defense. I mean,
• 43:32
  Speaker 1: In today's day and age, you still need a quarterback.
• 43:35
  Speaker 1: You still need a run game, but their defense is
• 43:37
  Speaker 1: playing out of their mind. The Vikings somehow only have
• 43:39
  Speaker 1: 13 red zone trips this season. No clue, but only
• 43:42
  Speaker 1: the Browns and the Dolphins have less. The Vikings, every
• 43:45
  Speaker 1: single one of you, game ball, game ball, game ball,
• 43:46
  Speaker 1: first read, it goes everywhere. Bad ball winner. We've rarely
• 43:49
  Speaker 1: talked about them, but we got to do it. The
• 43:52
  Speaker 1: Jets and Aaron Glenn, you lose at home to a
• 43:54
  Speaker 1: winless Dolphins team. 28-25 was actually a pretty entertaining game.
• 43:59
  Speaker 1: I watched the fourth quarter of it. Jets are now
• 44:00
  Speaker 1: two and five. one and two at home. You get
• 44:03
  Speaker 1: the Raiders who are reeling. You got to get that win. Today,
• 44:07
  Speaker 1: believe it or not, in a loss was the most
• 44:10
  Speaker 1: points they have scored in a game all season. The
• 44:12
  Speaker 1: previous high was 24 in week three against the Lions.
• 44:15
  Speaker 1: Here's the one thing that made me agree to have
• 44:19
  Speaker 1: the Jets and Aaron Glenn as bad ball winner. In
• 44:22
  Speaker 1: the last two minutes under Aaron Glenn, your point margin
• 44:27
  Speaker 1: 107 points given up into six. You scored six. That
• 44:32
  Speaker 1: looks fake to me. It's not fake. We've triple checked it.
• 44:35
  Speaker 1: Point margin, 107 to six in the last two minutes
• 44:40
  Speaker 1: under Glenn. Glenn is five and 19 as Jets head coach.
• 44:43
  Speaker 1: It's just not going well for him. I believe his
• 44:47
  Speaker 1: job is probably going to get talked about this week
• 44:50
  Speaker 1: in New York media, but we'll keep it to that.
• 44:53
  Speaker 1: All right. Favorite part of the show for me, it's
• 44:56
  Speaker 1: a two minute drill. We keep it quick. We keep
• 44:57
  Speaker 1: it rolling. What we do here is we just go
• 44:59
  Speaker 1: through other different headlines and storylines of the week. All right,
• 45:03
  Speaker 1: how about this? Deshaun Watson has led five game-winning drives
• 45:06
  Speaker 1: this season alone. Another tough loss for the Titans. They
• 45:10
  Speaker 1: were up 14-0 in the first quarter. Thought they would
• 45:13
  Speaker 1: end up pulling it off. Didn't Titans have a quarterback
• 45:15
  Speaker 1: issue with Cam Ward? J.J. McCarthy got his first win
• 45:19
  Speaker 1: in his first start with the Giants. Very efficient, 20
• 45:22
  Speaker 1: of 28, 252 yards, and Cam scattered and rushed for
• 45:23
  Speaker 1: 124 yards on 17 carries. and a touchdown to the Giants.
• 45:30
  Speaker 1: I think they might be for real. How about Bo Nix?
• 45:33
  Speaker 1: 62-yard touchdown run. He's playing a lot better. Broncos just
• 45:36
  Speaker 1: feel like they continue to win. He hit 19 miles
• 45:38
  Speaker 1: per hour on that 62-yard touchdown run at the Cardinals.
• 45:41
  Speaker 1: One of six quarterbacks to have a rushing and passing
• 45:44
  Speaker 1: touchdown of 50-plus yards in the same season. People say
• 45:47
  Speaker 1: Bo Nix is washed. I just think he needs to
• 45:50
  Speaker 1: step into his throws. All right, Cardinals haven't won a
• 45:52
  Speaker 1: home game. September 14th of last year. They're good on
• 45:57
  Speaker 1: the road. At what point do we see Carson Beck?
• 46:00
  Speaker 1: You got to play him. Play him now. In fact,
• 46:02
  Speaker 1: play him. Continue to play him. How about Baker Mayfield
• 46:05
  Speaker 1: and the Buccaneers? Took it to the Panthers. Panthers are
• 46:07
  Speaker 1: sort of rolling with Bryce Young. They win 43-13. Bucky
• 46:10
  Speaker 1: Irving rushed for 106 yards. Baker had that cast or
• 46:13
  Speaker 1: that splint on his right thumb. It looked pretty well.
• 46:15
  Speaker 1: And then the Dolphins get their first win of the
• 46:17
  Speaker 1: season against the Jets. Geno Smith, 23-30, 287, three touchdowns.
• 46:20
  Speaker 1: They still lost. Guys, that is week seven. It is
• 46:25
  Speaker 1: a crazy week seven. Thank you so much for liking.
• 46:27
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• 46:30
  Speaker 1: fun go at this show and we're going to continue
• 46:33
  Speaker 1: doing it. We'll see you next week.