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NFL Week 2 Preview: Will The Real Rams Show Up Vs. The Giants? · Inside the Birds: A Philadelphia Eagles Podcast

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  Speaker 1: Hello, welcome back to the NFL Weekly Preview Show. I
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  Speaker 1: am Jeff Mosher. Of course, this comes to you courtesy
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  Speaker 1: of the Inside the Birds Network. And what I do
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  Speaker 1: every weekend is preview all the matchups. We do a
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  Speaker 1: little recap of the Thursday night game, and then we
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  Speaker 1: go ahead and preview the Sunday slate, Monday games. Later
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  Speaker 1: in the season, there'll be all sorts of games on
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  Speaker 1: all sorts of days. And then at the end, I'll
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  Speaker 1: give you my three picks with the spread of I went,
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  Speaker 1: I believe, 1-2 last week, better than 0-3. Last year
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  Speaker 1: I was abysmal, trying to do better this week. You'll
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  Speaker 1: notice week one there was a theme, and the theme
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  Speaker 1: was a little bit twofold. One, a lot of teams
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  Speaker 1: struggling to play defense. There were a lot of high scores,
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  Speaker 1: and you're going to see that. This is the NFL
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  Speaker 1: now in the first month of the season. It's not everybody.
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  Speaker 1: The Seahawks still played good defense, and they have a
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  Speaker 1: very good defensive team, but for the most part, You
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  Speaker 1: saw a lot of defenses just not live up to
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  Speaker 1: their billing. And then that folded into a lot of
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  Speaker 1: really good teams who were either playoff teams or conference
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  Speaker 1: championship teams last year had major, major letdowns. We talked
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  Speaker 1: last week about the Rams getting destroyed by the 49ers
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  Speaker 1: in Australia. You know, obviously the Broncos got their teeth
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  Speaker 1: kicked in by the Chiefs, the Patriots. We talked about
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  Speaker 1: losing to the, Seattle Seahawks in the season opener. So
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  Speaker 1: you're talking about three teams in the conference championship. Three
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  Speaker 1: of the four teams in the conference championship that lost
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  Speaker 1: week one and looked bad in losing. And there were
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  Speaker 1: some other teams that really, really struggled to play defense.
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  Speaker 1: And now you've got the Thursday night game that just played.
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  Speaker 1: The Bills beat the Lions 41-31. The Bills have already
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  Speaker 1: offed through a very good start. 2-0. They got a
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  Speaker 1: victory over Houston, which had been a bugaboo for Josh
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  Speaker 1: Allen playing the Texans. He went down, led them to
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  Speaker 1: a win there. They come home where they're very tough.
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  Speaker 1: They are very tough to beat in Buffalo, and the
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  Speaker 1: Lions found that out. Lions were constantly playing from behind,
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  Speaker 1: even with their high-powered offense, and the Bills pull out
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  Speaker 1: the 41-31 win. The Lions are another team. They are
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  Speaker 1: bad defensively, and they are not going to get better
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  Speaker 1: until they get healthier, until they get their two safeties back,
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  Speaker 1: Branch and Joseph. Those guys are more than just safeties
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  Speaker 1: in the Lions' defense. They do a whole lot of things.
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  Speaker 1: They control the back end, especially Branch. He's such a
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  Speaker 1: valuable player for them. Then they went and lost Devontae
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  Speaker 1: Maddox to an injury. They are really banged up in
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  Speaker 1: the secondary. They started the year that way. It's hurting them.
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  Speaker 1: They're all pro linebacker, played terribly. They just had no
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  Speaker 1: answers for what the Bills were doing. And they are
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  Speaker 1: going to have to outscore opponents from week to week
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  Speaker 1: until they get healthier on defense. And that's going to
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  Speaker 1: be a couple of weeks. They have the firepower to
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  Speaker 1: do it, but defensively it's just going to be an
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  Speaker 1: albatross for them to overcome each week. So, you know,
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  Speaker 1: you saw week one. They had a big lead over
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  Speaker 1: the Saints, and then it's– well, they had a lead
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  Speaker 1: over the Saints– And it looked like they were going
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  Speaker 1: to go into cruise control. And then the Saints came
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  Speaker 1: back and made it a game before the Lions pulled
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  Speaker 1: it out. So their defense is a wreck. And offensively,
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  Speaker 1: even though they're scoring a lot of points, they are
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  Speaker 1: struggling up front. They have injuries at center, on the
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  Speaker 1: interior line. They move their all-pro right tackle, Sewell, the
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  Speaker 1: left tackle. He is struggling there. And back on the defense, they,
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  Speaker 1: to me– I like the lions a lot. And I
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  Speaker 1: think as the season goes on, I suspect as they
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  Speaker 1: get healthier, they'll get better, but they really don't have
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  Speaker 1: another pass rusher that you're afraid of outside of Aiden Hutchinson.
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  Speaker 1: And he's great. Had a sack early in the game
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  Speaker 1: against Buffalo, but they just don't have another guy that
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  Speaker 1: the other team puts on a circle and says, well,
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  Speaker 1: not only do we have to worry about Hutchinson, but
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  Speaker 1: if we double team him, we got to worry about
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  Speaker 1: this guy one-on-one. They just don't have that. in the
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  Speaker 1: pass rush. So for the Lions, it's going to be
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  Speaker 1: very important for them to score a lot of points.
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  Speaker 1: They've got the firepower to do it. You hope that
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  Speaker 1: their offensive line issues, they, they get healthier, but they're
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  Speaker 1: playing in the tough NFC North. And so until they,
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  Speaker 1: until they get better defensively, you're going to see a
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  Speaker 1: lot of the games like they played against Buffalo. They'll
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  Speaker 1: win a bunch. They'll win 41 to 31. Sometimes they're
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  Speaker 1: going to lose 41 to 31 sometimes. But what can
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  Speaker 1: you say about Buffalo? I think Josh Allen already has
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  Speaker 1: nine touchdowns between rushing and passing. Joe Brady, good job
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  Speaker 1: by him to be 2-0 as the head coach, still
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  Speaker 1: with his reigns of the offense. They're leaning into that
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  Speaker 1: 13 personnel, three tight end stuff we talked about last
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  Speaker 1: week when I did the preview and I talked about
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  Speaker 1: all the different teams that are now playing multiple tight
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  Speaker 1: ends and going under center and trying to follow that
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  Speaker 1: Sean McVay and Brian Johnson mentality I'm sorry, Ben Johnson
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  Speaker 1: style of offense with all the tight ends. Well, Buffalo
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  Speaker 1: is doing it. They're doing a very good job. They've
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  Speaker 1: made some interesting run schemes off of these larger surfaces
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  Speaker 1: that they play with, you know, all these tight ends
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  Speaker 1: out there. They've worked some great play action off it.
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  Speaker 1: And they look like a well-oiled machine right now. They look,
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  Speaker 1: I had the Bills as a top five team, but
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  Speaker 1: I was wondering about Joe Brady as the head coach.
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  Speaker 1: I was wondering about their new defensive coordinator and, you know,
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  Speaker 1: moving on from Sean McDermott. who had done such a
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  Speaker 1: great job there. But, hey, they're 2-0, and they look really,
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  Speaker 1: really good. And those aren't– they just beat the playoff
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  Speaker 1: team from last year in week one in Houston and
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  Speaker 1: a team that a lot of people think will be
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  Speaker 1: in the playoffs and maybe a contender this year in
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  Speaker 1: the Lions, and they are 2-0. So hats off to
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  Speaker 1: the Buffalo Bills. They have started off their season really well.
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  Speaker 1: All right. The Sunday games. Some good ones, some interesting ones,
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  Speaker 1: some ugly ones we'll start with. Panthers at Falcons. The
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  Speaker 1: Falcons are two and a half point underdogs at home.
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  Speaker 1: They are still starting Cooper Rush again. Tua is not ready.
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  Speaker 1: I'm not sure if Tua is going to wind up
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  Speaker 1: playing for the Falcons this year. I think they're going
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  Speaker 1: to go right from Cooper Rush to Michael Penix when
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  Speaker 1: he's ready. And I don't know that Michael Penix is
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  Speaker 1: too far away from being ready. Maybe one more week.
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  Speaker 1: Maybe not. We'll see. But Right now, the Falcons are
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  Speaker 1: in dire straits, and I don't think Tua is going
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  Speaker 1: to be the answer. They're playing a Panthers team that
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  Speaker 1: looked pretty decent offensively last week against the Bears, even
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  Speaker 1: though their defense got its teeth kicked in, gave up
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  Speaker 1: 59 points. But at least you saw Bryce Young carry
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  Speaker 1: it over from that playoff game he had against the
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  Speaker 1: Rams last year in a loss, right? He had 360
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  Speaker 1: yards passing. He had three touchdowns. And Jalen Coker is
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  Speaker 1: a guy I've talked about a lot. You know, Ted
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  Speaker 1: McMillan might be their number one receiver, but Jalen Coker
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  Speaker 1: is the guy that they have that can really stress
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  Speaker 1: defenses vertically and give them a big presence on the
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  Speaker 1: outside and make plays outside the numbers down the field.
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  Speaker 1: He's strong. You know, he was once compared to by,
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  Speaker 1: I think, Steve Smith, the former Panthers receiver, compared Jalen
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  Speaker 1: Coker to Tim Duncan. because he's so fundamentally sound. This
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  Speaker 1: kid had a holy cross, Jalen Coker. He had 138 yards,
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  Speaker 1: two touchdowns, got his ankle banged up, but it sounds
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  Speaker 1: like he'll be good to go against the Falcons. Anyone
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  Speaker 1: can win this game. If the Falcons, if the Panthers
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  Speaker 1: can play a little bit better defense and they continue
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  Speaker 1: to get better play out of Bryce Young, you like
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  Speaker 1: their chances because right now the Falcons are, the Falcons
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  Speaker 1: are just, They're treading water until Penix gets back. And
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  Speaker 1: even when Penix gets back, I don't know how good
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  Speaker 1: they're going to be. They got to ride Bajon Robinson
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  Speaker 1: as much as they possibly can. A really fun one
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  Speaker 1: o'clock game. Vikings at Bears. All right. The Bears are
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  Speaker 1: four and a half point favorites. They just scored a
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  Speaker 1: truckload of points. I mean, you heard Ben Johnson say
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  Speaker 1: during either training camp or ODAs that he wants the
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  Speaker 1: Bears to have the highest scoring average ever. per game
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  Speaker 1: scoring average in the history of the league. Well, there's
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  Speaker 1: one way to do it. Go score 59 in your opener.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, they could literally get shut out by the
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  Speaker 1: Vikings this weekend, and they're still averaging close to 30
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  Speaker 1: points per game. So that was a heck of a
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  Speaker 1: week one game. Now, they're still bad defensively, but if
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  Speaker 1: you can score the way they're scoring, and think about this.
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  Speaker 1: Burden had an okay game. Loveland had no catches, so
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  Speaker 1: their top two guys did not explode. Their big guy
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  Speaker 1: was Kalief Raymond, who is really their third or fourth
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  Speaker 1: option in the past game, had a big game. That's
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  Speaker 1: not going to happen all the time, but Caleb Williams,
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  Speaker 1: you saw him throw the ball. He ran for a
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  Speaker 1: couple of touchdowns. He is so fast, and he makes
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  Speaker 1: some unbelievable off-schedule throws. He threw a ball to, I
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  Speaker 1: think it was Komet? some kind of over-the-shoulder throw where
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  Speaker 1: he was rolling to his left, and he kind of
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  Speaker 1: throws off his left foot as he's falling back with
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  Speaker 1: his right arm. He just guns it almost in a
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  Speaker 1: perfect spot. He's really coming along in this offense, and
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  Speaker 1: he could have player of the year type of numbers
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  Speaker 1: when it's all said and done. I don't want to
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  Speaker 1: get too crazy. You know me. I always say week one.
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  Speaker 1: is a con job so I'm not trying to trying
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  Speaker 1: to get too crazy in fact I wanted to remind
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  Speaker 1: everybody I meant to do this at the start of
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  Speaker 1: the show last year the Raiders went and beat the
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  Speaker 1: Patriots in week one they went across country I'm pretty
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  Speaker 1: sure went to New England and beat the Patriots in
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  Speaker 1: week one so if you need When you see some
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  Speaker 1: of those week one scores, like the Chargers losing to
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  Speaker 1: the Cardinals badly, okay, or some other close ones, some
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  Speaker 1: upsets in week one, don't get too crazy about it.
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  Speaker 1: Do I think the Bears are going to score 59
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  Speaker 1: points every week? No. But they do have an excellent
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  Speaker 1: head coach. They have a great run game. Swift had
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  Speaker 1: 124 yards and three touchdowns. Menungai took one carry to
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  Speaker 1: the house for 61 yards, and they have good receivers.
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  Speaker 1: They are going to be a very tough team. However,
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  Speaker 1: they're playing a Vikings team. that I told you last week, right,
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  Speaker 1: when I did the preview show, that you have to
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  Speaker 1: respect that the Vikings had horrific quarterback play last year
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  Speaker 1: and still went 9-8. I mean, absolutely horrific quarterback play,
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  Speaker 1: and they went 9-8. They were hoping Kyler Murray would
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  Speaker 1: be the answer. Well, he goes out early with a concussion.
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  Speaker 1: In comes Carson Wentz, and the next thing you know,
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  Speaker 1: Carson Wentz is throwing the ball all around the field,
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  Speaker 1: looking good. I don't want to make too much of
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  Speaker 1: one week, but we know that Carson Wentz's history is
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  Speaker 1: up and down and up and down. He really needs protection.
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  Speaker 1: I think it was a good sign for the Vikings
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  Speaker 1: offensive line that he was able to get that protection. And,
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  Speaker 1: of course, when Wentz is protected, he can still throw
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  Speaker 1: the ball pretty decently there. So it was a big
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  Speaker 1: win for them against the Packers, a division opponent. They
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  Speaker 1: scored 39 points. Amazingly, Wentz's score gives you three touchdown passes.
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  Speaker 1: All right. Justin Jefferson has a big game. That's good. Uh,
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  Speaker 1: Jordan Mason looks like he's going to be hurt. So
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  Speaker 1: they're gonna have to rely on Aaron Jones. Who's a
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  Speaker 1: little bit aging now in their run game. And then
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  Speaker 1: of course they're playing the bear. So for the Vikings
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  Speaker 1: to stick with the bears, they're going to have to
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  Speaker 1: play very good defense and they've got one of the best.
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  Speaker 1: And he, he showed it again last week. Flores knows
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  Speaker 1: how to scheme defenses. He had the Packers pretty much
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  Speaker 1: looking awful. Uh, offensively last week, and he will have
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  Speaker 1: something in mind for the bears. The question is, can
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  Speaker 1: he hold the bears under 24? Cause I don't know
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  Speaker 1: what the Vikings are going to score a ton of points.
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  Speaker 1: We'll see. It's in Chicago. Should be a great game.
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  Speaker 1: Good NFC North battle. I love the fact that we're
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  Speaker 1: getting really good NFC North games, or at least the
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  Speaker 1: lions playing the bills, right? Right off the bat, because
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  Speaker 1: it's a fantastic division where all four teams can make
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  Speaker 1: a case. But this will be a fantastic game. Can
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  Speaker 1: the Vikings slow down the Bears? Can they get two
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  Speaker 1: straight weeks of Carson Wentz playing at a good level?
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  Speaker 1: That's going to take protecting him first and foremost. But, again,
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  Speaker 1: good sign for the Vikings' offensive line after one week.
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  Speaker 1: And the Bears, we'll just see. Can they keep that
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  Speaker 1: offense going? Another 1 o'clock game. Eagles are in Nashville
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  Speaker 1: against the Titans, and we will have that all covered.
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  Speaker 1: The Eagles are seven-point road favorites. I don't like that.
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  Speaker 1: And I know how bad the Titans are. But the
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  Speaker 1: Eagles have some issues right now offensively on how they're
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  Speaker 1: going to get their identity working for them correctly. And,
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  Speaker 1: you know, the Eagles were big favorites. What were they,
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  Speaker 1: five and a half, six and a half point favorites
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  Speaker 1: against the Commanders? They did not cover at home. And
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  Speaker 1: now seven point favorites on the road against Tennessee. I'm
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  Speaker 1: just telling you, I know the Titans lost to the Jets.
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  Speaker 1: Do I think the Titans are good? No. Do I
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  Speaker 1: worry about week one scores and what they mean for
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  Speaker 1: 17 weeks? Yes. So Salah is a good coach, and
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  Speaker 1: he's beaten the Eagles before with the Jets. So that
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  Speaker 1: line scares me a little bit. Steelers, the Patriots. So
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  Speaker 1: this will be a big test, right? This will be
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  Speaker 1: a test of the Patriots. They failed under pressure. They
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  Speaker 1: had a terrible game against the Seahawks. You know, they
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  Speaker 1: couldn't take advantage of Sam Donald getting hurt. A lot
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  Speaker 1: of mistakes made by their quarterback, Drake May. Now they'll
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  Speaker 1: be home. They're five and a half point favorites over
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  Speaker 1: the Steelers. I thought the Steelers would look better against
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  Speaker 1: the Falcons, especially at home last week. They looked okay.
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  Speaker 1: But the Steelers never seemed to win by a lot.
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  Speaker 1: You know, they cornered the market on winning ugly. So
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  Speaker 1: I imagine they will try their hardest to make this
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  Speaker 1: an ugly win in New England. We'll see if Travion
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  Speaker 1: Henderson plays and gives the running game for the Patriots
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  Speaker 1: a little extra spice. He did not play in the
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  Speaker 1: season opener. But the big thing here is Drake may
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  Speaker 1: responding and showing that, you know, he's a human being.
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  Speaker 1: He can have a bad game. Yeah. He had almost
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  Speaker 1: none of them last year, but other than week one,
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  Speaker 1: but now you come back, you're home. You got a
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  Speaker 1: Steelers team that has a very good defense, but you're
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  Speaker 1: Drake may you're the Patriots. The issue is obviously AJ Brown.
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  Speaker 1: You will not have him for four more, three games
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  Speaker 1: after this. So, but you didn't have him last year.
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  Speaker 1: Romeo Dobbs really has to snap out of what was
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  Speaker 1: a terrible week one game for him. And the Patriots
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  Speaker 1: got to get back in the win column there and
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  Speaker 1: start to get everybody remembering why they were in the
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  Speaker 1: Super Bowl last year. Packers at Jets. Now, if you
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  Speaker 1: had looked at this game three weeks ago in the preseason, Packers, Jets,
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  Speaker 1: disgusting game. Packers a roll. Well, the Packers look bad
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  Speaker 1: against the Vikings. Everything everybody said about them. As far
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  Speaker 1: as their defense, without Micah Parsons, it wound up being true.
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  Speaker 1: They had no answers for the Vikings who were on
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  Speaker 1: Carson Wentz midway through the first quarter. So their defense
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  Speaker 1: looked bad in all forms and fashions. Their offense, they
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  Speaker 1: wound up throwing the ball quite a bit, which is
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  Speaker 1: not what their head coach wants to do but was
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  Speaker 1: forced to do. He's got two running backs, Marshawn Lloyd
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  Speaker 1: and Chris Brooks right now, who are not Josh Jacobs.
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  Speaker 1: One of them is really explosive. The other one is
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  Speaker 1: a better pass protector. Brooks got more run, probably could
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  Speaker 1: be better in pass protection against that Brian Flores defense.
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  Speaker 1: Maybe Marshawn Lloyd will get more work against the Jets.
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  Speaker 1: But when you see a Packers quarterback throw for 387 yards,
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  Speaker 1: that might look impressive, but you know that that's not
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  Speaker 1: the style that LaFleur wants to play. And it probably
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  Speaker 1: means things are going wrong for them. And they did.
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  Speaker 1: The Packers didn't look good. Yes, Matthew Golden finally had
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  Speaker 1: a nice game. Good for him. Christian Watson, I already
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  Speaker 1: said last week, I think he's going to be a star.
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  Speaker 1: I think he's going to have a great year this year.
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  Speaker 1: But the Packers lost their identity in that game against
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  Speaker 1: the Vikings, and they lost. And the Jets are coming
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  Speaker 1: off a very impressive win. It was their first road
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  Speaker 1: win in week one since, I believe, 2009. Or, no,
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  Speaker 1: I'm sorry, 2019. It's been a long time. It's been
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  Speaker 1: a very long time. So they're going to look to
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  Speaker 1: capitalize their home. I was really interested watching some tape
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  Speaker 1: on– the jets Titans game. It looks like Frank Reich
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  Speaker 1: is now also leaning in the under center, multiple tight ends.
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  Speaker 1: He saw a motion and misdirection. He is a West
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  Speaker 1: coast guy, but he's not been that kind of a,
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  Speaker 1: it's not been a Shanahan McVay kind of West coast guy,
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  Speaker 1: but the knock on Frank Reich was that his offenses
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  Speaker 1: got stale quickly and he wasn't a good play caller
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  Speaker 1: week one. He looks like he's made some adjustments. Nice
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  Speaker 1: little jet sweep using the rookie Kenyon Sadiq for a
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  Speaker 1: three-yard touchdown. Got his run game to the edges going
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  Speaker 1: with Brees Hall. Got the ball out of Geno Smith's
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  Speaker 1: hands quickly with some well-designed plays to get the ball
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  Speaker 1: to Garrett Wilson and get the ball to A.D. Mitchell.
• 17:56
  Speaker 1: So it was a really nice balanced offense that they
• 17:59
  Speaker 1: had with Hall going for 102 yards. And I think
• 18:01
  Speaker 1: Geno only threw the ball 20, 22 times. That's what
• 18:05
  Speaker 1: they want to do. And if they can continue to
• 18:08
  Speaker 1: do that against a Packers team that, again, is struggling
• 18:10
  Speaker 1: with defense and pass rush after one week, no Parsons,
• 18:14
  Speaker 1: imagine the Jets going 2-0 with wins over the Titans
• 18:17
  Speaker 1: and the Packers. That would really start to signal that
• 18:21
  Speaker 1: Aaron Glenn has things going in the right direction. Browns
• 18:25
  Speaker 1: at Buccaneers, and the Browns will continue this trade with
• 18:29
  Speaker 1: Deshaun Watson. The Buccaneers are 8.5-point favorites. Bucs had some issues.
• 18:35
  Speaker 1: protecting the ball. Week one, I think Mayfield had three bumbles,
• 18:39
  Speaker 1: which is never what you want. You want to play
• 18:42
  Speaker 1: a crisp game. You just give the quarterback a big contract.
• 18:45
  Speaker 1: You're hoping that he plays better. But they did score
• 18:48
  Speaker 1: 27 points against a Bengals defense that is supposed to
• 18:52
  Speaker 1: be improved. We'll see. The Bengals defense did force four turnovers,
• 18:57
  Speaker 1: so it looked like they were improved there. And the
• 19:00
  Speaker 1: Bucs scored 17 points in the second half. So when
• 19:03
  Speaker 1: the Bucs weren't given the ball away, they were moving
• 19:06
  Speaker 1: the ball pretty well. Irving was healthy, looked good. Egbuka,
• 19:10
  Speaker 1: their second-year receiver, looked good. I mean, honestly, the Buccaneers
• 19:13
  Speaker 1: should win this game by 14 or more points going forward.
• 19:17
  Speaker 1: The Browns, it's hard to take them seriously until they're
• 19:20
  Speaker 1: playing a real quarterback, and it doesn't look like they're
• 19:24
  Speaker 1: ready to do that yet. And I'm not even sure
• 19:26
  Speaker 1: Shador is the answer, but I would much rather see
• 19:29
  Speaker 1: him attempt– to see what he can do than watch
• 19:32
  Speaker 1: Deshaun Watson play football anymore. One o'clock game again. The
• 19:39
  Speaker 1: Saints are at the Ravens. The Saints looked for the
• 19:45
  Speaker 1: first half against the Lions last week like they weren't
• 19:49
  Speaker 1: going to be that team. They're a surprise team for
• 19:52
  Speaker 1: a lot of people. I thought personally the Saints would
• 19:55
  Speaker 1: challenge the Bucs for the NFC South this year. I
• 19:57
  Speaker 1: liked the Saints. I was just worried about their defense.
• 20:00
  Speaker 1: And after the first half against the Lions, those concerns
• 20:04
  Speaker 1: look legitimate. They just did not play well, shucked Didn't
• 20:09
  Speaker 1: look very good in the first half. They were down
• 20:12
  Speaker 1: 7-0 early in the game. And then they got down
• 20:16
  Speaker 1: 21-0 by the third quarter. And that's when all of
• 20:20
  Speaker 1: a sudden things started to turn where the Lions' bad
• 20:23
  Speaker 1: defense reared its head. And all of a sudden, Shuck
• 20:27
  Speaker 1: and the offense started to do some good things. And
• 20:30
  Speaker 1: by the time it got close there, it was 21-17
• 20:34
  Speaker 1: in the fourth. Then the Lions kicked a field goal
• 20:37
  Speaker 1: to go 24-17. And then Shuck throws a touchdown to
• 20:40
  Speaker 1: Juwan Johnson, who I really like. Good tight end to
• 20:44
  Speaker 1: tie the game. It goes into overtime. And, of course,
• 20:47
  Speaker 1: the Amon Ross-St. Brown touchdown puts the Lions ahead. And
• 20:51
  Speaker 1: then the Saints come back and get a touchdown to
• 20:57
  Speaker 1: Fant from Shuck, but they fail the two-point conversion. So
• 21:01
  Speaker 1: the Saints really made this thing a game. They basically
• 21:04
  Speaker 1: scored all their points from midway to the third quarter
• 21:08
  Speaker 1: and So they can be an explosive scoring team. Shuck
• 21:13
  Speaker 1: really did look like a good quarterback there. It just
• 21:16
  Speaker 1: took them a while to get warmed up. Well, they
• 21:18
  Speaker 1: can't do that two weeks in a row against the Ravens.
• 21:21
  Speaker 1: The Ravens came out of the box with their new
• 21:24
  Speaker 1: offensive coordinator, Neclan Doyle, and they look good. They're doing great.
• 21:28
  Speaker 1: They're leaning into the under center and the multiple tight ends.
• 21:31
  Speaker 1: And then the next thing you know, they got, what,
• 21:34
  Speaker 1: 31 points at halftime. Did the Colts score a few
• 21:37
  Speaker 1: in the second half to make it look somewhat respectable?
• 21:39
  Speaker 1: I guess. But they rolled the Colts 41-23. Henry, who
• 21:44
  Speaker 1: is an ageless wonder, gets 144 yards on the ground
• 21:48
  Speaker 1: and three touchdowns. Lamar looks like the Lamar of MVP
• 21:51
  Speaker 1: form with 324 passing yards. Had a couple of big runs. Now,
• 21:57
  Speaker 1: Flowers got hurt in the game, but it looks like
• 22:00
  Speaker 1: he's going to play. He had a big game, but
• 22:01
  Speaker 1: he got hurt. It looks like he's going to be
• 22:03
  Speaker 1: able to play. The Ravens are 8.5-point favorites. If the
• 22:07
  Speaker 1: Saints want to make a statement, they go in there
• 22:09
  Speaker 1: and they win this game. I know that's a tall ask,
• 22:13
  Speaker 1: but don't just cover the spread. You're 0-1. If you
• 22:17
  Speaker 1: fall to 0-2, you're already going to start to lose
• 22:20
  Speaker 1: some faith, some ground. It would be too early to panic.
• 22:24
  Speaker 1: But if you really want to believe in the Saints,
• 22:28
  Speaker 1: I love their run game. They had a good passing.
• 22:30
  Speaker 1: I love their running game. You're going to need that.
• 22:31
  Speaker 1: You're going to have to ball control against the Ravens.
• 22:35
  Speaker 1: Go to Baltimore and win this game. Because the Ravens
• 22:38
  Speaker 1: are good, but I don't think they're perfect. The Saints
• 22:41
  Speaker 1: should be able to go in. But if they get embarrassed,
• 22:44
  Speaker 1: if they lose by 10, 12, 14, it's going to
• 22:48
  Speaker 1: feel like the Saints haven't turned the corner yet. Ravens,
• 22:51
  Speaker 1: what can you say about them? Look really good. Good
• 22:53
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• 22:56
  Speaker 1: The new offensive coordinator, he's got to feel good about
• 22:59
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• 26:32
  Speaker 1: Now I said last week that I really thought the
• 26:35
  Speaker 1: Texans were going to be an improved offensive team because
• 26:39
  Speaker 1: they've upgraded their offensive line, which is still not great,
• 26:42
  Speaker 1: but I think it's better. I love the kid that
• 26:44
  Speaker 1: they drafted to play left guard in the first round. Uh,
• 26:47
  Speaker 1: you know, their left tackle enters year two. You just
• 26:49
  Speaker 1: thought there would be better. And then, of course, the
• 26:51
  Speaker 1: David Montgomery addition, I thought, was huge for them. It
• 26:55
  Speaker 1: gave them an honest running game. Somebody who could help
• 26:59
  Speaker 1: move the chains. And I did believe that it would
• 27:02
  Speaker 1: take some pressure off of C.J. Stroud. And if that
• 27:04
  Speaker 1: were the case, he would look better. And he did.
• 27:07
  Speaker 1: He threw two touchdowns, completed 26 of 38 passes, had a,
• 27:09
  Speaker 1: I think, a 106.7 passer rating. So he looked good,
• 27:12
  Speaker 1: even without Jaden Higgins, who they lost. But amazingly, and
• 27:22
  Speaker 1: by the way, Montgomery had his 60 yards and two touchdowns.
• 27:24
  Speaker 1: So Montgomery did his job. He also had another receiving touchdown.
• 27:28
  Speaker 1: Montgomery had a really good game. Surprisingly, the defense melted down.
• 27:32
  Speaker 1: I mean, they just had no response. And again, I
• 27:35
  Speaker 1: tip my cap to what Joe Brady is doing offensively
• 27:38
  Speaker 1: with these two and three tight end formations. I think
• 27:40
  Speaker 1: he's taking some people by surprise. And he probably did
• 27:43
  Speaker 1: that for the Texans and D'Amico Ryans because they just
• 27:47
  Speaker 1: were not good defensively the way they normally are. I
• 27:51
  Speaker 1: will say after halftime, they allowed 12 points instead of
• 27:55
  Speaker 1: 24 that they allowed before halftime. So they probably made
• 27:59
  Speaker 1: some tweaks and adjustments a little bit too late. I
• 28:02
  Speaker 1: don't think the– I'm not worried. This is a week
• 28:04
  Speaker 1: one thing. I am not worried about the Texans' defense
• 28:06
  Speaker 1: at all. I think it will still be great. And
• 28:09
  Speaker 1: they come home. But they do have a game against
• 28:12
  Speaker 1: the Bengals. And, again, the Bengals are 1-0. They scored
• 28:15
  Speaker 1: a lot of points. You know they can score a
• 28:17
  Speaker 1: lot of points. By the way, Nico Collins got banged
• 28:19
  Speaker 1: up with a hamstring. He may not be able to go.
• 28:22
  Speaker 1: If Collins does not play for the Texans, then this
• 28:26
  Speaker 1: one's going to be tough. Now, the Texans started off
• 28:29
  Speaker 1: badly last year. So even if they fall to 0-2,
• 28:33
  Speaker 1: I'm not going to sit there and rule out their season.
• 28:36
  Speaker 1: I think they were 1-3 or 1-4 after last year.
• 28:39
  Speaker 1: If I go back and look, you'll see they started
• 28:42
  Speaker 1: off very poorly. It just so happens to be that
• 28:46
  Speaker 1: they had a really tough week one draw with the Bills,
• 28:49
  Speaker 1: who they usually beat but didn't, and now they got
• 28:51
  Speaker 1: a rejuvenated Bengals coming in. I still think if you're
• 28:55
  Speaker 1: the Texans, you should win the game, but hey, the
• 28:58
  Speaker 1: Bengals are tough. They outlasted the Bucs. They scored a
• 29:01
  Speaker 1: lot of points, as they usually do when Joe Burrow
• 29:03
  Speaker 1: is healthy. Interestingly, they didn't get a huge game out
• 29:06
  Speaker 1: of Jamar Chase or T. Higgins. It was Mike Jasicki
• 29:09
  Speaker 1: who did most of their damage. Yoshevis is a good
• 29:13
  Speaker 1: slot receiver. They had the run game going with Chase Brown.
• 29:16
  Speaker 1: This is another team and another coach, Zach Taylor, who
• 29:20
  Speaker 1: is leaning into more under center, playing tight ends, trying
• 29:24
  Speaker 1: to get a run game, trying to marry a play-action
• 29:27
  Speaker 1: game off that. The Bengals have been such a heavy
• 29:30
  Speaker 1: shotgun team with Joe Burrow in the past, so this
• 29:33
  Speaker 1: is new for them, but you have to like their
• 29:35
  Speaker 1: results with 33 points. Now, a lot of that was
• 29:38
  Speaker 1: aided by the forte they were able to produce. I
• 29:42
  Speaker 1: don't want you to think that like they lit up
• 29:44
  Speaker 1: the box score as much as the 33 points might suggest,
• 29:47
  Speaker 1: but Hey, if the defense, that's what we've said about
• 29:49
  Speaker 1: the Bengals, their defense is just a little bit better
• 29:52
  Speaker 1: than with the offensive firepower that they have. They should
• 29:56
  Speaker 1: be really good. And that's what helped them win a game.
• 29:59
  Speaker 1: in week one. Good game. I like that. Bengals-Texans. Should
• 30:03
  Speaker 1: be a good one. All right. This brings us to
• 30:06
  Speaker 1: the 4 o'clock games. You got Jags at Broncos. Broncos
• 30:11
  Speaker 1: are home, two-and-a-half-point favorites. And so this is the type
• 30:15
  Speaker 1: of game where you expect that the Broncos, who were
• 30:18
  Speaker 1: absolutely humbled by the Chiefs, were terrible, terrible on defense
• 30:25
  Speaker 1: and tackling. Forget pass rush. They were just awful in
• 30:29
  Speaker 1: wrapping up tackles. I mean, they let Kenneth Walker basically
• 30:32
  Speaker 1: do what he wanted to. Fourth down run, he breaks
• 30:37
  Speaker 1: it to the edge. Riley Moss wants none of it.
• 30:39
  Speaker 1: And away Walker goes for a really long touchdown. If
• 30:43
  Speaker 1: you're the Broncos, you're a prideful group. You know Sean
• 30:46
  Speaker 1: Payton is a prideful coordinator or head coach. You know
• 30:51
  Speaker 1: Vance Joseph is a prideful defensive coordinator. You cannot come home.
• 30:56
  Speaker 1: in front of your home crowd after honestly deserving to
• 30:59
  Speaker 1: be in the Super Bowl last year and have another
• 31:02
  Speaker 1: effort like that. You're allowed a week one implosion. Everybody is.
• 31:06
  Speaker 1: Week one's a con job. I'll keep saying it again.
• 31:08
  Speaker 1: You can't come home against the Jaguars and not wrap
• 31:11
  Speaker 1: up tackles against Basial, Tootin, Chris Rodriguez, you know, Parker Washington.
• 31:18
  Speaker 1: You got to be able to cover them. I think
• 31:19
  Speaker 1: the Broncos, they are two and a half point favorites
• 31:22
  Speaker 1: in this game. I think they can win this game big.
• 31:28
  Speaker 1: And I like the Jaguars. And I was impressed as
• 31:31
  Speaker 1: anybody with the Jaguars and how they looked. I mean,
• 31:34
  Speaker 1: Liam Cohen is doing a great job, but they beat
• 31:36
  Speaker 1: the Browns. I can't, I can't put anything into a
• 31:38
  Speaker 1: big blow out of the Browns. This will be a
• 31:41
  Speaker 1: real challenge for the Broncos. And honestly, if I'm the Jaguars,
• 31:45
  Speaker 1: I'm probably a little annoyed that the Broncos got humbled
• 31:48
  Speaker 1: the way they did, because you know, the Broncos are
• 31:50
  Speaker 1: going to come home looking to prove a point. And
• 31:53
  Speaker 1: the Jaguars are, You know what? Lawrence played well, four TDs.
• 31:57
  Speaker 1: They did get 66 yards out of Tootin'. Parker Washington
• 32:00
  Speaker 1: continues to be such a reliable, dependable target for Trevor Lawrence.
• 32:05
  Speaker 1: They have basically been able to move past that Brian
• 32:09
  Speaker 1: Thomas Jr. has not played like he played since his
• 32:12
  Speaker 1: rookie year. They have moved on. Not moved on as
• 32:17
  Speaker 1: far as personnel. They still play him, but Parker Washington
• 32:21
  Speaker 1: is their guy now. They run the ball a little bit.
• 32:23
  Speaker 1: I still don't love their offensive line. Jacoby Myers is
• 32:27
  Speaker 1: another guy who will come in. He had a touchdown.
• 32:29
  Speaker 1: Brenton Strange had a couple of catches. They're an offense
• 32:33
  Speaker 1: that can spread it out. But two years ago, it
• 32:35
  Speaker 1: was all about Brian Thomas Jr., and he's a budding star.
• 32:38
  Speaker 1: Now he's an option in the offense. And by the way,
• 32:43
  Speaker 1: on the Broncos' end, listen, it was the first game
• 32:49
  Speaker 1: for their new play caller on offense, Davis Webb. I
• 32:52
  Speaker 1: was very surprised. I understood why, because Sean Payton didn't
• 32:56
  Speaker 1: want to lose Webb to a head coaching job. But
• 32:58
  Speaker 1: he gave him the play calling. And Payton's a very
• 33:02
  Speaker 1: prideful play caller. That is his baby. And I tell
• 33:05
  Speaker 1: you what, the Broncos have another dud offensively. If they
• 33:09
  Speaker 1: don't figure out how to get the ball in the
• 33:11
  Speaker 1: hands of Jalen Waddell, it took way too late in
• 33:14
  Speaker 1: that Chiefs game. And by the time they did, Waddell
• 33:15
  Speaker 1: had a few drops. He had a bad drop. I
• 33:17
  Speaker 1: get it. But you've got to get the ball in
• 33:19
  Speaker 1: the hands of your most explosive player a whole lot
• 33:22
  Speaker 1: earlier than they were able to do. And the clock
• 33:25
  Speaker 1: will be ticking if Davis Webb has another dud because
• 33:29
  Speaker 1: Sean Payton will not stand for that for very long.
• 33:33
  Speaker 1: All right, Raiders at Chargers. Raiders had a very nice
• 33:36
  Speaker 1: workmanlike win in week one, and you expect that the
• 33:39
  Speaker 1: Raiders are going to be better this year. Clint Kubiak
• 33:43
  Speaker 1: is their head coach. First of all, they played the
• 33:44
  Speaker 1: Dolphins in the season opener. Dolphins are the worst team
• 33:47
  Speaker 1: in the NFL. I told you about their offensive line upgrades.
• 33:52
  Speaker 1: They signed Tyler Lindabaugh, great center, immediate impact. Colton Miller
• 33:57
  Speaker 1: back at left tackle. The Clint Kubiak offense that worked
• 34:00
  Speaker 1: wonders last year for the Seahawks in the Super Bowl
• 34:03
  Speaker 1: is now being run in Las Vegas. They didn't even
• 34:07
  Speaker 1: have Brock Bowers. We'll see if he plays. I know
• 34:11
  Speaker 1: he got back to practice. I'm not sure he'll play
• 34:13
  Speaker 1: this week, but they didn't need him. to beat the Dolphins.
• 34:16
  Speaker 1: They got 100 rushing yards out of Jenty. They got
• 34:19
  Speaker 1: 45 more receiving yards and a couple of touchdowns. They
• 34:22
  Speaker 1: basically rode Jenty and their other tight end, Michael Meyer,
• 34:25
  Speaker 1: and that's all they needed to beat a Dolphins team
• 34:28
  Speaker 1: that is terrible, if we're being honest. So now they've
• 34:32
  Speaker 1: got to play a real team in the Chargers, the Chargers,
• 34:35
  Speaker 1: just like the Broncos game. The Chargers get absolutely emasculated
• 34:40
  Speaker 1: in week one by the Arizona Cardinals, a game that
• 34:43
  Speaker 1: cost a lot of people, myself included, an early exit
• 34:48
  Speaker 1: in a survivor pool. All right. Well, that to me
• 34:51
  Speaker 1: reeks of week one con job type of loss. It
• 34:54
  Speaker 1: was just a bad game. Now I do think the
• 34:56
  Speaker 1: chargers have some issues. I do think they do, but
• 35:01
  Speaker 1: they are better than the Raiders and they should beat
• 35:03
  Speaker 1: the Raiders. There's six and a half point, six and
• 35:06
  Speaker 1: a half point favorites over the Raiders. And I will
• 35:09
  Speaker 1: see what about McConkie. He's back. He got banged up.
• 35:13
  Speaker 1: They should, They should be able to beat the Raiders
• 35:14
  Speaker 1: even if McConkie doesn't play. But obviously, he's a big
• 35:17
  Speaker 1: part of their offense. So we'll see if he comes back.
• 35:20
  Speaker 1: The Raiders, look, I don't want to say you're playing
• 35:23
  Speaker 1: with house money, but you come out of week two 1-1, okay.
• 35:27
  Speaker 1: You still won one of your first two games. There's
• 35:30
  Speaker 1: no expectations of this team until they turn it over
• 35:33
  Speaker 1: to Fernando Mendoza. So be 1-1, all right. On to
• 35:38
  Speaker 1: week three. Be 2-0. Be 2-0. And all of a sudden,
• 35:44
  Speaker 1: Clint Kubiak, people are going to think he's got that
• 35:47
  Speaker 1: magic formula. I already thought he was a really good hire.
• 35:50
  Speaker 1: But that's beat 2-0 and beat the Chargers. And, man,
• 35:54
  Speaker 1: you've got the Chargers already thinking about reevaluating things. I
• 35:58
  Speaker 1: was a little surprised that Mike McDaniel's offense did not
• 36:02
  Speaker 1: look very good there in week one. But we'll see.
• 36:06
  Speaker 1: Big 425 game, the Commanders versus the Cowboys. You want
• 36:10
  Speaker 1: to talk about two teams. that blew it in week
• 36:14
  Speaker 1: one in different ways. I mean, the commanders had to
• 36:17
  Speaker 1: go into Philadelphia. They were never, I mean, outside three,
• 36:21
  Speaker 1: nothing lead. It's not like they were ever control of
• 36:23
  Speaker 1: the game, but they blew it because of an awful
• 36:27
  Speaker 1: two point conversion play because digs had to over celebrate
• 36:31
  Speaker 1: and cost his team a penalty. I mean, they were there,
• 36:34
  Speaker 1: they were hanging tough. They had opportunities to win the game. Um,
• 36:39
  Speaker 1: But in the end, they could not. They had a P.A.T. blocked,
• 36:42
  Speaker 1: of course, by Jalen Carter. And now they got to
• 36:46
  Speaker 1: go to Dallas and play a Cowboys team that lost
• 36:48
  Speaker 1: to the Giants. Now everybody knew the Giants were going
• 36:52
  Speaker 1: to be an improved team. I don't know that everybody
• 36:55
  Speaker 1: expected Dallas to go into Giants Stadium and just completely
• 37:00
  Speaker 1: get outclassed the way they did in that game. That
• 37:03
  Speaker 1: was embarrassing. Dak threw a bad pick. He just expected... More, obviously,
• 37:11
  Speaker 1: from the Cowboys. Now, defensively, the Cowboys are not there yet.
• 37:17
  Speaker 1: They really struggle at the linebacker level. You know, there
• 37:20
  Speaker 1: was a sequence in this game where the Giants basically
• 37:23
  Speaker 1: ran the same play. They were just throwing the ball
• 37:26
  Speaker 1: to the left side, likely, left side, single-target. They were
• 37:28
  Speaker 1: just throwing the ball to the same spot on the field,
• 37:31
  Speaker 1: and the Cowboys could not stop it. So... maybe not
• 37:36
  Speaker 1: the greatest debut for Christian Parker as the defensive coordinator.
• 37:39
  Speaker 1: You'd like to see him have more answers. But I
• 37:42
  Speaker 1: think he's still working his way with his personnel. But
• 37:46
  Speaker 1: you can't give up 28 points to the Giants. However,
• 37:49
  Speaker 1: you look at the Giants, and there were some good
• 37:52
  Speaker 1: things that they were able to do. But the Cowboys
• 37:55
  Speaker 1: only scored 20 points. So if you're going to have
• 37:57
  Speaker 1: an off night defensively, which the Cowboys are used to,
• 38:00
  Speaker 1: at least get your offense going. And they could not
• 38:03
  Speaker 1: get their offense going. How do these two teams match up? Well,
• 38:07
  Speaker 1: the Dallas Cowboys are four and a half point favorites.
• 38:10
  Speaker 1: They are at home. I got to tell you, I
• 38:14
  Speaker 1: liked a lot of things that I saw Durante Jones
• 38:17
  Speaker 1: do as the commander's defensive coordinator. He put a lot
• 38:19
  Speaker 1: of pressure on the Eagles offensive line, not just Landon Dickerson.
• 38:23
  Speaker 1: I don't want to just make this about Landon Dickerson.
• 38:25
  Speaker 1: The Eagles had trouble running to the edges. You know,
• 38:28
  Speaker 1: they had to get bailed out by a bunch of
• 38:30
  Speaker 1: hurt scrambles. The commanders did a lot of things, putting
• 38:33
  Speaker 1: guys at the line of scrimmage, dropping sides. They did
• 38:36
  Speaker 1: Durante Jones did what his mentor, Brian Flores, does. And
• 38:40
  Speaker 1: so I kind of liked it, and we'll see. Now,
• 38:43
  Speaker 1: I believe they won't have Frankie Luvu, but I was
• 38:46
  Speaker 1: really impressed with what I saw from Sonny Stiles. Owe
• 38:49
  Speaker 1: gives you something in the pass rush. And again, they
• 38:52
  Speaker 1: will manufacture good pass rush because that's what Durante Jones
• 38:57
  Speaker 1: looks like he can do being a Flores disciple. This
• 39:00
  Speaker 1: will hurt the Cowboys. The Cowboys are still without their
• 39:02
  Speaker 1: left guard. Best left guard in the game, Tyler Smith.
• 39:06
  Speaker 1: Still without him. They're still working through some things offensively.
• 39:10
  Speaker 1: Wouldn't surprise me if the commanders went into Dallas and
• 39:13
  Speaker 1: pulled out a win here. I'm not saying Cowboys are
• 39:16
  Speaker 1: going to lose. I'm not saying the Cowboys can't get
• 39:18
  Speaker 1: their act together offensively. But I think what the commanders
• 39:23
  Speaker 1: will do defensively might give the Cowboys some trouble up front.
• 39:27
  Speaker 1: Look forward to watching that game. It'll be really interesting.
• 39:30
  Speaker 1: And then, of course, another 425 game. You get an
• 39:33
  Speaker 1: NFC West game. Seahawks at Cardinals. Seahawks. The Seahawks, to me,
• 39:42
  Speaker 1: now they'll be on their backup quarterback, Drew Locke. He's
• 39:44
  Speaker 1: been with them for several years now. I don't think...
• 39:48
  Speaker 1: I'm not trying to minimize losing the starting quarterback, but
• 39:51
  Speaker 1: this team is all about playing defense, running the ball,
• 39:53
  Speaker 1: working the play action. I don't think that they will
• 39:57
  Speaker 1: struggle to beat the Cardinals. I'm not going to say,
• 40:00
  Speaker 1: I'm not saying they're going to wipe them off the
• 40:01
  Speaker 1: face of the earth. Um, they are three and a
• 40:03
  Speaker 1: half point favorites probably win by more than that. I
• 40:07
  Speaker 1: think the Cardinals showed you that that week one was
• 40:11
  Speaker 1: probably the best time for them to pull off an upset.
• 40:14
  Speaker 1: They do come home. So have that advantage. Um, They
• 40:18
  Speaker 1: were able to get Jeremiah Love on the field. Algier
• 40:20
  Speaker 1: had a nice game getting most of the work. But
• 40:24
  Speaker 1: I don't think the Cardinals are a real good match
• 40:27
  Speaker 1: right now for the Seahawks defense. And remember, the Cardinals offense,
• 40:32
  Speaker 1: their head coach in their offense is being run by
• 40:34
  Speaker 1: Mike LaFleur, who comes from the 49ers chain, right? Just
• 40:41
  Speaker 1: like Clint Kubiak, the Seahawks offensive coordinator last year used to. So,
• 40:48
  Speaker 1: There's not going to be any guesswork in what the
• 40:51
  Speaker 1: Cardinals are trying to do offensively. The Seahawks, they'll know.
• 40:54
  Speaker 1: Mike McDonald is their defensive play caller. You know, he
• 40:56
  Speaker 1: plays against the 49ers twice. He plays against the Rams twice.
• 41:00
  Speaker 1: Whatever LeFleur and the Cardinals are going to do, it's
• 41:02
  Speaker 1: not going to be something that is taking the Seahawks
• 41:06
  Speaker 1: by surprise. Remember, Seahawks won that first game without their
• 41:10
  Speaker 1: great safety as well. He might be back in this game.
• 41:14
  Speaker 1: I'm in worry. That would be a big boost if
• 41:17
  Speaker 1: he is. I think he might be able to play
• 41:20
  Speaker 1: in this game. We'll have to see. But I imagine
• 41:22
  Speaker 1: with or without him, they will be able to handle
• 41:24
  Speaker 1: the Cardinals. And then you got Dolphins at the 49ers. And, man,
• 41:29
  Speaker 1: what a great bonus it was for the 49ers to
• 41:33
  Speaker 1: open their season with a blowout win over the Rams,
• 41:37
  Speaker 1: get the extra time off coming back from Australia, and
• 41:41
  Speaker 1: then be able to come home in week two and
• 41:44
  Speaker 1: face the Dolphins. So what a great bonus. They should
• 41:49
  Speaker 1: roll over the Dolphins. Now, they did lose Stribling, their rookie,
• 41:54
  Speaker 1: who they were counting on this year. I mean, it
• 41:57
  Speaker 1: wouldn't be a 49ers team if you weren't already talking
• 42:00
  Speaker 1: about injuries. They lose Stribling. They lost their backup tight end.
• 42:04
  Speaker 1: I think he's on IR. He might have had surgery, Tongas,
• 42:07
  Speaker 1: with an MCL injury. And that hurts. I mean, those
• 42:11
  Speaker 1: guys were supposed to contribute. Supposed to be big time
• 42:15
  Speaker 1: contributors because the 49ers always play their second tight end.
• 42:18
  Speaker 1: And Tongas was good when he had to fill in
• 42:20
  Speaker 1: for Kittle last year. And of course, dribbling is a
• 42:22
  Speaker 1: kid that, you know, they were expecting to come in,
• 42:25
  Speaker 1: play right away. So they didn't have to lean on
• 42:27
  Speaker 1: Debo Samuel. They didn't have to lean on Christian Kirk
• 42:30
  Speaker 1: so much. They can take a little pressure off Mike Evans,
• 42:34
  Speaker 1: but that's not the case. Now they used Evans really
• 42:37
  Speaker 1: creatively against the Rams. They played him in a slot
• 42:39
  Speaker 1: a little bit. They kind of turned him into a
• 42:42
  Speaker 1: movable possession receiver as opposed to a guy who just
• 42:45
  Speaker 1: lines up at the X and just beats people downfield
• 42:48
  Speaker 1: on overs and crossers and contested catches like he did
• 42:51
  Speaker 1: in Tampa Bay. But that's because Shanahan's right. And he's
• 42:55
  Speaker 1: one of the best at what he does. And he
• 42:57
  Speaker 1: probably is, you know, giving Evans good matchups in his offense.
• 43:03
  Speaker 1: And I'm sure Evans is happy about it. And right
• 43:05
  Speaker 1: now Evans is healthy and they should have plenty with
• 43:09
  Speaker 1: Evans and George Kittle probably have his role expanded now
• 43:13
  Speaker 1: in week two, as he continues to come back. from
• 43:15
  Speaker 1: the Achilles and they should have more than enough to
• 43:18
  Speaker 1: beat a dolphins team. That's already bad. And then wound
• 43:21
  Speaker 1: up losing a good rookie that they had lost the kid,
• 43:26
  Speaker 1: the linebacker, whose name is escaping me right now. But
• 43:30
  Speaker 1: they're all, I mean, the dolphins are, are a mess.
• 43:33
  Speaker 1: Chop Robinson had a concussion. So he'll be out. It's,
• 43:37
  Speaker 1: it's going to be a long year for the Miami dolphins.
• 43:40
  Speaker 1: So I would expect the 49ers to roll in this game.
• 43:43
  Speaker 1: They're a good survivor pool pick. for this week. And
• 43:47
  Speaker 1: then last Sunday night game, you get the Colts at
• 43:51
  Speaker 1: the Chiefs. The Chiefs obviously come home now, or they're
• 43:58
  Speaker 1: home and they're facing the Colts. Colts are coming off
• 44:01
  Speaker 1: a bad loss in week one. Very non-competitive game against Baltimore.
• 44:07
  Speaker 1: And now they face a Chiefs team that has to
• 44:09
  Speaker 1: feel rejuvenated. Now, I knew the Chiefs were going to
• 44:13
  Speaker 1: play differently this I know some people involved with the Chiefs.
• 44:16
  Speaker 1: I could tell what they were doing in their offseason.
• 44:19
  Speaker 1: They understand that they've got a lot of young kids
• 44:23
  Speaker 1: on defense. They're playing a lot of, yeah, they're playing
• 44:25
  Speaker 1: a rookie corner. He had an interception in the first game,
• 44:27
  Speaker 1: top 10 pick. They got a rookie defensive tackle. They're
• 44:31
  Speaker 1: still waiting for Justin Simmons, their second year left tackle,
• 44:33
  Speaker 1: to be healthy. He didn't even play against the Broncos,
• 44:36
  Speaker 1: which is even more of a feather in the cap
• 44:38
  Speaker 1: for their run game. Their receivers have not come around.
• 44:42
  Speaker 1: Rasheed Rice, I know he had a touchdown, but he
• 44:44
  Speaker 1: doesn't look like that guy. Xavier, their first-round pick from
• 44:48
  Speaker 1: two years ago, their speedy receiver, Xavier Watson, still kind
• 44:53
  Speaker 1: of making his way into the offense, really not having
• 44:56
  Speaker 1: an impact. I mean, they're still throwing the ball to Kelsey.
• 44:58
  Speaker 1: Xavier Worthy. I'm sorry, not Xavier Watson. So I know
• 45:02
  Speaker 1: that the Chiefs are trying to win because they have Mahomes,
• 45:06
  Speaker 1: they have Andy Reid, they have Spagnuolo, they have enough talent,
• 45:09
  Speaker 1: Chris Jones. You know, they have talent. They're always going
• 45:12
  Speaker 1: to try to compete and win a Super Bowl, but
• 45:14
  Speaker 1: they're trying to remake this team a little bit. They're
• 45:17
  Speaker 1: trying to remake. They're doing some different things defensively that
• 45:20
  Speaker 1: they feel will be better for them. They're trying to
• 45:24
  Speaker 1: work through their offensive line. They have two very good
• 45:26
  Speaker 1: offensive linemen. They've got to get the other three situated.
• 45:30
  Speaker 1: They've got to get Simmons back at left tackle. While
• 45:33
  Speaker 1: they're doing that, they've decided they're going to run the
• 45:36
  Speaker 1: ball more. I know that's hard to believe from an
• 45:37
  Speaker 1: Andy Reid team, but 23 carries for Walker, 173 yards.
• 45:41
  Speaker 1: That's why they spent that money to get Kenneth Walker.
• 45:45
  Speaker 1: It seemed weird to a lot of people that the
• 45:48
  Speaker 1: Chiefs of all teams would throw it all over the place.
• 45:50
  Speaker 1: Andy Reid spent money on a running back in the offseason.
• 45:54
  Speaker 1: But you got to understand, that's for this year. They're
• 45:57
  Speaker 1: eventually trying to get back to what they were a
• 46:00
  Speaker 1: couple of years ago. They're not there yet. Mahomes is
• 46:03
  Speaker 1: coming back from the ACL. They knew they were going
• 46:05
  Speaker 1: to have to play more ball control, more ground game.
• 46:08
  Speaker 1: All right. That's why they went out and got Walker.
• 46:11
  Speaker 1: That's why they're hoping their offensive line comes together. And
• 46:14
  Speaker 1: can they get that downfield attack going? They haven't had
• 46:17
  Speaker 1: it in a while. And it looks like it's going
• 46:20
  Speaker 1: to be a struggle for them. But they're going to
• 46:21
  Speaker 1: play a different style of offense this year. And for
• 46:25
  Speaker 1: one week, catching the Broncos on an awful week, it worked.
• 46:29
  Speaker 1: Can you go to 2-0 against the Colts? That would
• 46:33
  Speaker 1: be very, very beneficial for this team as they try
• 46:37
  Speaker 1: to get back to who they were. As for the Colts,
• 46:40
  Speaker 1: if they fall to 0-2, you got to start watching
• 46:43
  Speaker 1: the wagons getting circled around the head coach and the GM.
• 46:46
  Speaker 1: Because the owner, you know, it's not a hearsay. It's
• 46:48
  Speaker 1: his child now, his children, I believe. They are not
• 46:53
  Speaker 1: going to tolerate another losing season. They've made that very
• 46:57
  Speaker 1: clear that the head coach and the GM are expected
• 47:02
  Speaker 1: to perform, expected to win. And if they go to 0-2,
• 47:07
  Speaker 1: I'm sure it's going to get a little hairy up
• 47:09
  Speaker 1: there in the front office. Carly Ursae Gordon, that's who
• 47:14
  Speaker 1: the owner is. That's Jim Ursae's daughter. I mean, she's
• 47:16
  Speaker 1: at least the one who's making the biggest decisions. And
• 47:20
  Speaker 1: she has made it very clear the Colts need to
• 47:23
  Speaker 1: win this year. And losing your first two games, getting
• 47:27
  Speaker 1: embarrassed by Baltimore, and then we'll see what happens against
• 47:29
  Speaker 1: the Chiefs. If that were to happen, no good. Come
• 47:32
  Speaker 1: out of Kansas City with a win, one and one, okay.
• 47:35
  Speaker 1: You've held the sharks down. for a little bit here
• 47:39
  Speaker 1: and you can try to get things going from there.
• 47:43
  Speaker 1: Last thing, the Monday night game, then we'll get into
• 47:46
  Speaker 1: the picks. You got the giants at the Rams. I
• 47:51
  Speaker 1: fully expect the Rams to have just a major bounce
• 47:56
  Speaker 1: back from what we saw. Obviously their travel plan did
• 48:01
  Speaker 1: not work out very well in that 49ers game in Australia,
• 48:05
  Speaker 1: but they've had some time to rest. I believe they're,
• 48:08
  Speaker 1: for the most part, not dealing with any major injuries.
• 48:12
  Speaker 1: The Giants took the Cowboys by surprise. Good for them.
• 48:16
  Speaker 1: But the Rams cannot let the Giants come into their
• 48:19
  Speaker 1: home and beat them and fall to 0-2. I don't
• 48:21
  Speaker 1: see that happening. I do like what the Giants' game
• 48:25
  Speaker 1: plan was. I said last week in the preview show,
• 48:27
  Speaker 1: I wasn't quite sure if I understood the dynamic between
• 48:31
  Speaker 1: the Greg Roman offense, which he's a consultant for their offense,
• 48:37
  Speaker 1: And he's a run game, a zone run guy. He's
• 48:39
  Speaker 1: a multiple tight ends and a fullback guy. And Matt Nagy,
• 48:43
  Speaker 1: who's their offensive coordinator and play caller, and he's been
• 48:46
  Speaker 1: an 11 personnel guy. Or when they've gone to 12 personnel,
• 48:50
  Speaker 1: they've still thrown the ball around. But they were more
• 48:52
  Speaker 1: like the Jim Harbaugh, Greg Roman offense. They got Patrick
• 48:56
  Speaker 1: Ricard on the field as an extra blocker. They ran
• 48:59
  Speaker 1: the ball with Scadaboo. They ran the ball with Dart.
• 49:02
  Speaker 1: Dart winds up throwing three touchdowns lightly. Has a big game.
• 49:06
  Speaker 1: So you like what you saw from the Giants. And honestly,
• 49:08
  Speaker 1: the Giants fans wouldn't want to hear it. But you
• 49:11
  Speaker 1: go into L.A. where the Rams are seven and a
• 49:13
  Speaker 1: half point favorites. Give them a game. Give them a game.
• 49:16
  Speaker 1: Then you come out one and one. You beat the Cowboys.
• 49:18
  Speaker 1: So you already got a division win. You took it.
• 49:20
  Speaker 1: a team that's expected to be in the Super Bowl.
• 49:22
  Speaker 1: You gave them a little bit of a scare. Now,
• 49:23
  Speaker 1: that to me would be a good showing for the Giants.
• 49:28
  Speaker 1: That's what I would be encouraged. You go lose by 21,
• 49:31
  Speaker 1: everybody's going to say you're the same old Giants. Doesn't
• 49:33
  Speaker 1: matter what you did in week one. And as for
• 49:36
  Speaker 1: the Rams, lose this game and there's going to be
• 49:38
  Speaker 1: some real Real doubts about what's going on with that team.
• 49:41
  Speaker 1: Did it get way too old overnight? I don't think
• 49:44
  Speaker 1: they're going to lose. I think that they will win
• 49:46
  Speaker 1: the game. I do think that they'll probably play better
• 49:50
  Speaker 1: defensively than they did against the 49ers. Because although losing Garrett,
• 49:56
  Speaker 1: I forgot to mention, does hurt their cause. He goes
• 49:59
  Speaker 1: on IR. Tough for the Rams to have that happen.
• 50:03
  Speaker 1: But they should have more than enough to beat the Giants.
• 50:06
  Speaker 1: And again, they are seven point. favorites. Hey, I'm somebody
• 50:09
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• 53:15
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  Speaker 1: on was the Steelers beating the Falcons. The Steelers were
• 53:26
  Speaker 1: six-point favorites. They covered with a seven-point win, so that
• 53:30
  Speaker 1: was good. I lost on the Bills-Texans game. The Texans
• 53:34
  Speaker 1: were getting one and a half points. They lost by five.
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  Speaker 1: Lost on that to the Bills. And then I completely
• 53:41
  Speaker 1: lost on the Broncos. I did not anticipate the Broncos getting...
• 53:46
  Speaker 1: I do think we're getting points in Kansas City. Yeah,
• 53:48
  Speaker 1: they were getting points, but not enough as they lost
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  Speaker 1: by 21 and got emasculated. So I started off at
• 53:55
  Speaker 1: one and two. Maybe I should just pick games where
• 53:58
  Speaker 1: I'm just really confident, although I was confident last week.
• 54:02
  Speaker 1: But maybe I should just pick against the really bad teams.
• 54:05
  Speaker 1: I think that's what I'm going to start doing more
• 54:07
  Speaker 1: to assure myself of a better record. So let's start
• 54:10
  Speaker 1: with Browns and Buccaneers. The Bucs are eight and a
• 54:13
  Speaker 1: half point favorites. They cover. I think the Browns are
• 54:16
  Speaker 1: that bad. The Bucs are at home. I say this
• 54:19
  Speaker 1: quite a bit. It's very difficult for teams that play
• 54:22
  Speaker 1: in the Northeast, the Midwest, where it does start to
• 54:25
  Speaker 1: get a little brisk at night, a little 50s and
• 54:27
  Speaker 1: 60s to go down and deal with that Tampa Bay
• 54:30
  Speaker 1: humidity and heat. So I don't know if the Browns
• 54:33
  Speaker 1: are traveling early or anything to get acquainted with it
• 54:37
  Speaker 1: like the Eagles did last year. But it does wear
• 54:40
  Speaker 1: teams out and the Browns are already undermanned. So give
• 54:43
  Speaker 1: me the Bucs. Covering the eight and a half. I
• 54:48
  Speaker 1: am going to also go again. You got to look
• 54:51
  Speaker 1: for bad teams. And unfortunately, sometimes the bad teams play
• 54:56
  Speaker 1: the bad team. So you don't really know what to expect.
• 55:00
  Speaker 1: I am going to take the Packers against the Jets.
• 55:04
  Speaker 1: I know they're on the road. I think they're better
• 55:07
  Speaker 1: than what they showed against the Vikings. I also think
• 55:09
  Speaker 1: the Jets were a product of a little bit of
• 55:11
  Speaker 1: a week one surprise against Titans. If the Packers can't
• 55:14
  Speaker 1: go in and beat the Jets by four or more points,
• 55:18
  Speaker 1: then their issues are bigger than even I thought. So
• 55:21
  Speaker 1: I'll take the Packers, giving three and a half to
• 55:24
  Speaker 1: the Jets, and give me the Chargers to bounce back
• 55:29
  Speaker 1: over the Raiders. They're six and a half point favorites.
• 55:33
  Speaker 1: They were embarrassed in week one. They're going to come
• 55:34
  Speaker 1: home with something to prove. And I like them to
• 55:37
  Speaker 1: win pretty big over the Raiders. So give me the
• 55:38
  Speaker 1: Chargers over the Raiders for my third game. All right,
• 55:41
  Speaker 1: that's going to do it for this week's NFL Weekly
• 55:43
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• 55:47
  Speaker 1: I forgot to tell you last week, please enjoy your
• 55:50
  Speaker 1: football watching. I'm Jeff Mosher. You've been watching the NFL
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