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Green and Gold Brothers Episode 1 · Green and Gold Brothers

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SPEAKER_01: Hello and welcome to the Green and Gold Brothers Podcast, the place for all things Packers related.
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SPEAKER_00: Welcome to the first official episode of the Green and Gold Brothers Podcast.
0:24
SPEAKER_00: I'm Zach.
0:25
SPEAKER_00: And I'm Cody.
0:26
SPEAKER_00: NFL schedule just dropped, so let's break it down.
0:30
SPEAKER_00: Yeah, week one.
0:32
SPEAKER_01: Packers head to Minnesota.
0:34
SPEAKER_01: Play the Vikings.
0:37
SPEAKER_01: We think that this one is going to be a win heading to Minnesota.
0:42
SPEAKER_00: For sure.
0:44
SPEAKER_00: A lot of speculation on who's going to be the quarterback for the Vikings.
0:49
SPEAKER_00: Could be Kyler Murray, could be JJ McCarthy.
0:51
SPEAKER_00: Either way, it's a win.
0:53
SPEAKER_00: It's a win for us.
0:54
SPEAKER_01: I think getting them week one with a potential new quarterback, and uh, you know, if it's Kyler in a new offense, uh definitely helps the the Packers in that situation.
1:06
SPEAKER_01: Um, I think there's enough or it's early where you don't necessarily know what what you're gonna be or what what you're not.
1:13
SPEAKER_01: So there's there's a lot of growing pains in week one um both sides, but I think there's a little bit more continuity uh on the Packers side.
1:22
SPEAKER_01: So yeah, I think headed to Minnesota, that one is going to end up with a W.
1:27
SPEAKER_00: Week two New York Jets on the road.
1:31
SPEAKER_00: The Jets will be the Jets.
1:33
SPEAKER_00: That's kind of my mindset on this.
1:34
SPEAKER_00: Um I'm it's an early early chalk up, uh, chalk up a W here.
1:39
SPEAKER_00: Uh what are your thoughts?
1:40
SPEAKER_01: Yeah, uh the the Jets are very good at kind of struggling to get out of their own way.
1:46
SPEAKER_01: Um kind of hate to say it sometimes.
1:49
SPEAKER_01: No, it's true though.
1:50
SPEAKER_01: Feel bad for for that fan base.
1:52
SPEAKER_01: You know, they've been struggling for a while.
1:53
SPEAKER_01: There's a couple in the the NFL that you can say that about.
1:57
SPEAKER_01: Um, so it's not not singling out Jets fans here, but uh it's sometimes tough to to show up every week.
2:04
SPEAKER_01: But yeah, they they struggled last year and it didn't necessarily make a ton of improvements.
2:10
SPEAKER_01: Um they didn't even get an interception last year.
2:12
SPEAKER_01: Yeah, that that's insane.
2:14
SPEAKER_01: Um, especially with a defensive head coach, you think that that might be a little bit more of an emphasis.
2:20
SPEAKER_01: Um speaking of defensive head coach, I would not be surprised if Aaron Glenn does not make it through the year.
2:26
SPEAKER_01: Um he could, you know, you never know.
2:28
SPEAKER_01: He could could turn it around and they could be competitive.
2:31
SPEAKER_01: That's a tough division, though.
2:33
SPEAKER_01: Um so yeah, I I definitely think he is potentially coaching for his job.
2:38
SPEAKER_01: Not not in week two, but before the end of the year.
2:41
SPEAKER_00: Yeah, 100% agree with you on that.
2:43
SPEAKER_00: Uh week three.
2:45
SPEAKER_00: Home opener, Thursday night football against the Atlanta Falcons.
2:50
SPEAKER_00: Um W.
2:52
SPEAKER_00: W.
2:52
SPEAKER_00: Lambo is going to be loud.
2:54
SPEAKER_01: Very loud.
2:55
SPEAKER_01: Yeah, I agree.
2:56
SPEAKER_01: W.
2:57
SPEAKER_01: Um Yeah, I just think the Packers are a little bit more talented.
3:01
SPEAKER_00: Yeah, for sure.
3:02
SPEAKER_00: Um, pretty, pretty easy win, I think.
3:05
SPEAKER_00: First primetime game of the season.
3:07
SPEAKER_00: Gonna be a win for sure.
3:08
SPEAKER_00: Week four, back on the road against Tampa Bay.
3:12
SPEAKER_01: I think Tampa's flying under the radar a little bit.
3:15
SPEAKER_01: Um, they're not really being talked about, at least what I've seen.
3:17
SPEAKER_01: I haven't seen them necessarily too hyped up.
3:21
SPEAKER_01: Um I think they're they're gonna be better than what people maybe the consensus thinks.
3:26
SPEAKER_00: I'm with you on that.
3:27
SPEAKER_00: Baker Mayfield's a top top 12, top 15 quarterback.
3:32
SPEAKER_00: Top 15 for sure.
3:32
SPEAKER_01: He's definitely top half.
3:33
SPEAKER_00: Uh Mike Evans, no longer there, but uh it's it's Tampa.
3:38
SPEAKER_00: They're they're gonna be competitive.
3:40
SPEAKER_00: I think we lose this game on the road, first loss of the season.
3:44
SPEAKER_00: Um that's that's my thought on that.
3:47
SPEAKER_00: Our thought on that.
3:48
SPEAKER_00: Uh week five, back at home against the Chicago Bears.
3:54
SPEAKER_00: Chicago.
3:56
SPEAKER_01: I think we win this one.
3:58
SPEAKER_01: Um, I think we're kind of together on this.
4:00
SPEAKER_01: I think we split with them, probably home and home.
4:04
SPEAKER_01: So this one's at home, so by that thinking, uh, that means we win this one.
4:08
SPEAKER_00: Yeah, and that should be the return of Micah Parsons, most likely.
4:13
SPEAKER_00: Week five coming off the PUP if that's what uh the situation's gonna be, which it kind of sounds like.
4:19
SPEAKER_00: Tucker Kraft, he probably back by then too.
4:22
SPEAKER_01: I think Tucker's ahead like ahead of he's at least ahead of Micah Parsons.
4:26
SPEAKER_01: Um I've seen some stuff about him and you know, some some maybe question marks about if he'll be on the pup or when he'll be back.
4:34
SPEAKER_01: I everything I've seen, it sounds like he's gonna be ready to go.
4:38
SPEAKER_01: Yeah, I hope so.
4:39
SPEAKER_01: I really hope so.
4:40
SPEAKER_01: Right right away, I mean, like week one.
4:42
SPEAKER_01: So I guess we'll we'll see.
4:43
SPEAKER_01: There's still a little bit of time, but I from what I've seen, I think Tucker will be fine.
4:47
SPEAKER_00: He was slugging beers at that Luke Combs concert.
4:50
SPEAKER_01: I did see that.
4:51
SPEAKER_00: Um, so jumping to week six now, Dallas, Sunday night football back at Lambeau.
4:57
SPEAKER_00: It's gonna be a pretty high-scoring game, in my opinion.
5:01
SPEAKER_00: Um, kind of a mirror of last season, I think, when we played the Cowboys.
5:06
SPEAKER_00: A lot of back and forth.
5:08
SPEAKER_00: Jordan Love was on point.
5:09
SPEAKER_00: Dak Prescott was on point.
5:11
SPEAKER_00: Uh, ended up going to overtime, and we ended up tying that game at the last second.
5:15
SPEAKER_00: But I think it's gonna be a little different this year.
5:18
SPEAKER_01: I think so.
5:18
SPEAKER_01: Uh we're we're at home.
5:20
SPEAKER_01: Last year that was in Dallas.
5:21
SPEAKER_01: Granted, that's where uh you know the house that that Aaron built.
5:25
SPEAKER_01: Yeah, but uh obviously he's not a Packer.
5:29
SPEAKER_01: However, I think the difference could be the uh home field in that one, especially prime time, uh, under the lights, crowd rocking, you know, it's Dallas, forever rivals.
5:39
SPEAKER_01: Um, yeah, I think we uh we we come out ahead in that one in a very tight contested game.
5:48
SPEAKER_01: Uh could come down to a kicker one way or another.
5:51
SPEAKER_01: Yeah, I agree with that 100%.
5:53
SPEAKER_01: Which I guess if it does, I I'd prefer if it doesn't.
5:56
SPEAKER_01: The Brandon Aubrey is pretty pretty good.
5:59
SPEAKER_01: Trace Mac though, Trey Smack.
6:01
SPEAKER_01: We'll see.
6:01
SPEAKER_01: By week six, he should have his feet wet, so you never know.
6:05
SPEAKER_01: Shouldn't uh just just hopefully it doesn't come down to a kicker.
6:09
SPEAKER_01: Yeah, yeah.
6:10
SPEAKER_00: Uh week seven, back on the road against the Detroit Lions.
6:13
SPEAKER_00: Uh, we got this one as a loss, kind of the same mindset as the Bears.
6:18
SPEAKER_00: Uh we think it's gonna be a split throughout the season.
6:22
SPEAKER_01: Um I think Detroit is going to be improved.
6:26
SPEAKER_01: They kind of it was sort of a fluky year last year.
6:29
SPEAKER_01: I think losing both coordinators was a bigger deal than maybe some people anticipated.
6:35
SPEAKER_01: Uh, they also had a lot of issues, but mostly injury concerns and and just injury issues along the offensive line.
6:43
SPEAKER_01: Uh, that is one of the more important things that maybe gets overlooked uh in the NFL.
6:50
SPEAKER_01: Teams just their their continuity and ability to be good up front is is so overlooked, which I don't understand why, because it feels like every year you look at the the better teams in the league are the ones that have the consistent offensive line play.
7:05
SPEAKER_00: Yeah, you saw it in the Packers last year too.
7:07
SPEAKER_00: I mean, our offensive line was not consistent every I mean, week to week we had different guys, different positions, different injuries, guys playing through injuries, season ending injuries.
7:19
SPEAKER_01: So um, and we were still a top five defense or offense, excuse me.
7:23
SPEAKER_01: Yep.
7:24
SPEAKER_01: And they just yeah, just some some continuity, I think, will will be a huge relief.
7:30
SPEAKER_01: So we made a couple changes, but also just health, overall health will be will be big.
7:36
SPEAKER_01: Uh also, you know, speaking for the Lions as well, but that's why I think we we kind of get knocked on our butts a little bit there, maybe in Detroit, uh, just because of that continuity and and year two of new coordinators.
7:51
SPEAKER_01: Or I guess maybe not year two of new coordinators, but year two of no more Ben Johnson and no more Aaron Glenn.
7:57
SPEAKER_00: Yeah.
7:58
SPEAKER_00: Uh going to week eight now, Carolina comes to Lambeau.
8:02
SPEAKER_00: This this is a sneaky one.
8:04
SPEAKER_00: Thursday night football game.
8:06
SPEAKER_00: We talked about this one, um, kind of back and forth on it.
8:10
SPEAKER_00: It's it's gonna be a loss, we think.
8:12
SPEAKER_00: Um, Carolina, they won their division last year.
8:15
SPEAKER_00: They were a playoff team.
8:17
SPEAKER_00: Uh Bryce Young might be figuring something out.
8:20
SPEAKER_00: It feels like it.
8:21
SPEAKER_01: Uh, you know, he's not not necessarily a world beater and maybe not uh number one value just yet, but he he's definitely shown growth and improvement.
8:31
SPEAKER_01: Um I think Dave Canales has kind of found something in him.
8:35
SPEAKER_01: So he's he's on the right track, in my opinion.
8:39
SPEAKER_00: We've kind of had a history here with Carolina the last couple seasons as well.
8:42
SPEAKER_00: That too.
8:43
SPEAKER_00: I think I I hope we can overcome it, but uh, I don't know.
8:47
SPEAKER_00: It's just it's one of those teams where you just don't know what you're gonna get.
8:51
SPEAKER_01: And I mean I don't know if it's the the familiarity with their D coordinator and Matt LaFleur or or what what the deal is, but yeah, they got us last year, and the year before it took a superhuman effort from Jordan Love to pull that one out.
9:07
SPEAKER_01: So I guess, or I guess that was three years ago.
9:10
SPEAKER_01: We still had Joe Barry.
9:11
SPEAKER_01: Yep, yep.
9:12
SPEAKER_01: Uh but yeah, it is in recent recent history then.
9:16
SPEAKER_01: You know, they they've been a tough out for us.
9:18
SPEAKER_01: So I think uh this one could be maybe an overlooked one, but yeah, it might be might be an issue.
9:24
SPEAKER_00: All right, heading on to week nine now.
9:26
SPEAKER_00: Hit the road, head to New England to take on the Patriots, the Super Bowl runner up.
9:31
SPEAKER_00: Uh, I think we're gonna win this one.
9:33
SPEAKER_00: It's gonna be uh back and forth.
9:35
SPEAKER_00: I think it's gonna come down to the wire.
9:37
SPEAKER_00: Um I I like I like our team, I guess Patriots here.
9:43
SPEAKER_01: Yeah, I think they are there there's gonna be some definite attention overall, I think, until everything gets sorted out, so maybe for for a long time.
9:57
SPEAKER_01: Yeah.
9:57
SPEAKER_01: Uh and we we've mentioned this before how you know you can say, oh well, XYZ isn't gonna be a distraction, and then you talk to the guys, the players, the coaches in the exit interviews, and at the end of the season, and they're like, Yep, you know what, this was a huge distraction.
10:14
SPEAKER_01: So the whole Mike Vrabel thing, I think, plays into the Packers' favor in this situation.
10:20
SPEAKER_00: I mean, all signs are pointing to him being the head coach still, but you don't know for sure what's going on behind the scenes, what's been said, what's true, what's not, but uh it's still gonna be on the players' minds, especially this point in the season.
10:32
SPEAKER_00: For sure.
10:33
SPEAKER_00: This is where you got your building blocks for your team before you even get into training camp.
10:36
SPEAKER_01: And I mean, if there's anything that's kind of holding them up there mindset-wise, it you might not get the best out of what you're yeah, if it's just another extra thing for guys to be thinking about all year or you know, even up until that point, that yeah, it's gonna be it could be could be a big wrench in the situation there.
10:55
SPEAKER_00: Alright, week 10.
10:57
SPEAKER_00: Minnesota comes to Lambo.
10:59
SPEAKER_00: Um it's gonna be a win, is our thought on it.
11:03
SPEAKER_00: Kind of uh the same as week one when we head to Minnesota.
11:08
SPEAKER_00: Uh, I think we take care of Minnesota in both games we play play them this year.
11:14
SPEAKER_00: Still kind of the same thing.
11:16
SPEAKER_00: You're not sure who's gonna be quarterback.
11:18
SPEAKER_00: I mean, the guy that's starting week one might not be the same guy starting week ten.
11:23
SPEAKER_01: I think there's a decent probability of that happening, um, depending on who it is.
11:28
SPEAKER_01: I guess if if it's McCarthy week one, there there's probably a decent chance that it's Kyler week nine, or it could be the other way around, too.
11:36
SPEAKER_00: Yeah.
11:37
SPEAKER_00: So I guess we'll see.
11:38
SPEAKER_00: Uh something to mention too about Minnesota.
11:40
SPEAKER_00: They kind of upped their offense this season uh in the wide receiver room.
11:45
SPEAKER_00: I mean, it's gonna be Justin Jefferson, Jordan Addison, and Joan Jennings, which I mean, that's that is a pretty uh pretty nasty room there.
11:53
SPEAKER_01: I I am a little bit concerned about that.
11:56
SPEAKER_01: Especially with us kind of having issues with the cornerback.
12:00
SPEAKER_01: Very much so.
12:01
SPEAKER_01: Lots of unknowns and young guys, and and maybe it's a situation that we we change the game or the playstyle in that one, and we try to control the ball.
12:10
SPEAKER_01: Or I who knows?
12:12
SPEAKER_01: That's week ten.
12:13
SPEAKER_01: We are a long ways away from that right now.
12:16
SPEAKER_00: Yep.
12:16
SPEAKER_00: Uh week eleven is our bye, and then we come back, I think you said ten days later.
12:23
SPEAKER_00: Yes.
12:23
SPEAKER_01: Yeah, it's it's a short traditional, or traditionally, it's a short bye week because we play that Wednesday before Thanksgiving.
12:33
SPEAKER_00: Yeah, so that's week twelve.
12:34
SPEAKER_00: Um we head to Los Angeles to take on the Rams on Thanksgiving Eve.
12:39
SPEAKER_00: We think it's gonna be a win.
12:40
SPEAKER_00: Um historically, Matt LaFleur has not lost to Sean McVeigh, and we think that's gonna continue.
12:47
SPEAKER_01: So Stafford is coming off an MVP year, but he's another year older, and granted their defense is young, but it's yeah, they they have the track record that I just I agree.
12:59
SPEAKER_01: I think that they are gonna continue their winning ways against the Rams.
13:04
SPEAKER_00: It's probably gonna be a back and forth.
13:05
SPEAKER_00: I mean, if I can just imagine it now, it's it's not gonna be uh we're not gonna blow the Rams out, especially on the road at their house.
13:14
SPEAKER_00: But um it's gonna be a highly contested game, but I think we we come out victorious with uh win there.
13:21
SPEAKER_00: And then uh yeah, we head to New Orleans, week 13 on the road.
13:26
SPEAKER_00: Kind of a trap game situation we were talking about here.
13:30
SPEAKER_00: Um yeah, absolutely.
13:33
SPEAKER_01: I think uh you have a little bit of a mini-buy between between weeks 12 and 13.
13:39
SPEAKER_01: Uh, we have an extra couple days playing on a Wednesday and then not playing until the following Sunday.
13:45
SPEAKER_01: So there's a little bit extra time to prepare.
13:48
SPEAKER_01: However, we're going down to New Orleans, tough place to play.
13:52
SPEAKER_01: If they're decent at all, it's gonna be uh a pretty rowdy crowd.
13:57
SPEAKER_01: Uh they they got a quarterback down there in New Orleans, too.
13:59
SPEAKER_01: I agree.
14:00
SPEAKER_01: Tyler Shuck has looked pretty decent.
14:02
SPEAKER_01: Uh, I think he's on the right track to figure it out.
14:06
SPEAKER_01: Kellen Moore has had a track rec track record of doing well with quarterbacks, so I think they're they're in pointing in the right direction, at least.
14:15
SPEAKER_01: And because it's a trap game, the reason it's a trap game is week 14 is Buffalo back at home.
14:22
SPEAKER_01: So it could very well be a situation where New Orleans is potentially overlooked a little bit.
14:28
SPEAKER_00: Yeah, so we got uh loss to New Orleans there.
14:30
SPEAKER_00: Like Cody said, uh week 14, Buffalo's coming to town.
14:34
SPEAKER_00: Sunday night football.
14:36
SPEAKER_00: This is probably just looking at the schedule, this might be my most anticipated, like most exciting game of the season.
14:42
SPEAKER_00: Sunday night football in Lambo late season.
14:45
SPEAKER_00: Good team.
14:46
SPEAKER_00: Very good team.
14:47
SPEAKER_00: I mean, Josh Allen versus Jordan Love, two top 10 quarterbacks.
14:51
SPEAKER_00: It's it's gonna be fun.
14:52
SPEAKER_00: I think it's gonna come down to the wire.
14:54
SPEAKER_00: It might be a field goal, might be overtime, but uh, we have Green Bay coming out victorious in this one.
15:01
SPEAKER_01: Yeah, this uh could be potentially uh I don't necessarily want to say it too soon, but it could be Super Bowl preview.
15:07
SPEAKER_00: Definitely could be.
15:09
SPEAKER_00: Um, week 15.
15:11
SPEAKER_00: We have the Green Bay Packers uh South team, the Miami Dolphins, heading up to Green Bay.
15:17
SPEAKER_00: Some familiar faces there with Jeff Hafley.
15:20
SPEAKER_00: It's gonna be a fun game.
15:21
SPEAKER_00: I think we're gonna win it.
15:22
SPEAKER_01: Um agreed that I think that Miami's gonna be a fun, a fun team to watch and pay attention to this year, especially with all the uh connections that you said.
15:32
SPEAKER_01: You know, the the Green Bay South reference that they took a bunch of former guys, former Packers, including their GM and head coach and quarterback.
15:40
SPEAKER_00: Like those are those are the big three.
15:42
SPEAKER_00: Well, there were a lot of guys on their draft board, guys that they drafted that were sure.
15:46
SPEAKER_00: Guys that we brought in on visits.
15:47
SPEAKER_01: And you could tell that it was a Packer former Packer front office because it was very Packer-y.
15:53
SPEAKER_01: Uh, so they will be fun to watch, but I just I think the cover's too bare this year.
15:58
SPEAKER_01: They uh are very much in rebuild mode, and I actually give them credit for tearing it down to the studs and and trying to start over.
16:08
SPEAKER_01: You know, they traded anybody and everybody they could, and it could be a situation that is tough for them, but in the long run will probably be the right move.
16:21
SPEAKER_00: Yeah, so now ahead into week 16 at Chicago, Christmas Day.
16:26
SPEAKER_00: Um, it sucks that it's Christmas because you wake up, it's probably gonna be snowing outside, you got that that white Christmas vibe going, you're feeling good, you're opening presents, and then at noon, it's it's kind of a make it or break it.
16:39
SPEAKER_00: It could ruin your day, or you could have the best Christmas of your life.
16:43
SPEAKER_01: Yeah.
16:43
SPEAKER_01: But it's the way that we have it shaping out, though, I think uh it it could be a rough one.
16:49
SPEAKER_00: Yeah, I think it's gonna be a loss too.
16:51
SPEAKER_00: Um we're we split the series, we brought that up earlier.
16:54
SPEAKER_00: So we beat them back in week five.
16:57
SPEAKER_00: They come back with a vengeance in week 16 at their house.
17:02
SPEAKER_01: With Christmas, there's just there's gonna be a ton of hype around that game.
17:05
SPEAKER_01: Yeah.
17:06
SPEAKER_01: And it's it's gonna be a tough one.
17:08
SPEAKER_01: I I could see it going to overtime or you know, potentially being a late field goal type situation.
17:15
SPEAKER_00: All right, week 17.
17:16
SPEAKER_00: The Houston Texans come to town.
17:18
SPEAKER_00: Monday night football.
17:19
SPEAKER_00: Monday night.
17:20
SPEAKER_00: Should be a good one.
17:21
SPEAKER_00: Um, I think we win it.
17:23
SPEAKER_00: Houston's defense is pretty pretty uh intense, pretty intimidating.
17:29
SPEAKER_00: But uh, as far as you know, CJ Stroud, I still don't I'm not sold on the guy yet.
17:34
SPEAKER_00: I don't know what he is.
17:36
SPEAKER_01: I'm with you.
17:37
SPEAKER_01: He's he's shown flashes.
17:39
SPEAKER_01: He is as a rookie, he looked really, really good.
17:42
SPEAKER_01: And that sort of has been his peak thus far.
17:45
SPEAKER_00: Yeah.
17:45
SPEAKER_01: Um, not saying that he can't, you know, surpass that and and get better, but yeah, he he has struggled a little bit uh last year in the playoffs.
17:54
SPEAKER_01: They they beat the Steelers in the wildcard round, but they did not beat the Steelers because of him.
18:00
SPEAKER_01: Yeah, he looked he looked pretty rough the last couple seasons once they get into the playoffs.
18:05
SPEAKER_01: I think he threw like three picks against them, and then the next week was he had turnovers again, and just it it was rough.
18:12
SPEAKER_00: All right, week 18 to end the regular season.
18:14
SPEAKER_00: Got Detroit at home, could be a monstrous game.
18:18
SPEAKER_00: Huge, huge uh implications.
18:22
SPEAKER_00: Yeah, thank you.
18:22
SPEAKER_00: Took the couldn't come up with the word there, huge implications here.
18:25
SPEAKER_00: It could be the division title on the line, could be playoff spots on the line for us, other teams.
18:32
SPEAKER_00: I mean, uh seeding.
18:33
SPEAKER_00: I'll give you another scenario.
18:34
SPEAKER_01: It could be a situation where one or either team is resting starters, too.
18:38
SPEAKER_01: So this one is is very much up in the air on who's playing, who's not playing, what it means, who who's gonna have more at stake, but I think we have them coming away victorious in this one.
18:55
SPEAKER_00: Yeah.
18:56
SPEAKER_00: So tally it all up there.
18:57
SPEAKER_00: That's uh 12 and five is our prediction on the regular season there.
19:04
SPEAKER_01: 12 and 5 would I think get us the NFC North Crown, as you said, and then I think that gets us a two-seed.
19:12
SPEAKER_01: Um just kind of going off gut feeling there.
19:17
SPEAKER_01: I think that would be enough to get the two seed.
19:19
SPEAKER_01: I think there's a couple teams out west that are gonna be fighting for the one that are pretty competitive.
19:25
SPEAKER_01: That division is tough.
19:26
SPEAKER_01: I do think that the wild card teams just purely gut feeling right now.
19:33
SPEAKER_01: Uh the the wildcard teams I think are coming from the west and from the north.
19:36
SPEAKER_01: I think those are probably the two toughest divisions.
19:39
SPEAKER_01: Obviously, Seattle won the Super Bowl last year.
19:41
SPEAKER_01: Yep.
19:42
SPEAKER_01: And the Rams are still gonna be good.
19:44
SPEAKER_01: San Francisco was sneaky good last year, and our I see no reason that they're not gonna be again.
19:50
SPEAKER_01: So that that's what I feel.
19:53
SPEAKER_01: Uh, I think it's gonna be the West and the North who make up the five through seven for the wild cards.
19:59
SPEAKER_01: Yeah, I agree with you 100%.
20:01
SPEAKER_01: Um, anything else you want to add here?
20:03
SPEAKER_01: I don't think so.
20:04
SPEAKER_01: Uh, we did kind of touch a little bit on you know, our weeks 11 through 13, where it's they play three games in like 18 days or something like that, or 20 days.
20:14
SPEAKER_01: It's a weird stretch where they have their bye and then a short week and then a long week, and it's it lays out, I think, beneficial, but we'll uh I guess we'll see what happens when that time comes.
20:27
SPEAKER_01: You know, maybe maybe they're humming and they come in and it's it's a bad time.
20:32
SPEAKER_01: Yeah.
20:32
SPEAKER_01: Sometimes that can happen where the the timing is just wrong, where you're you feel like you can beat anybody and then you hit you get a week off, and and after that it's like, well, I wish we wouldn't have had the break, but I think it it could be good where it's it's a little bit extra rest, and especially the later you get in the season, the the better the rest seems to help.
20:53
SPEAKER_00: Yeah.
20:54
SPEAKER_00: So yeah, I mean if we can end our season, what is that?
20:58
SPEAKER_00: Uh it'd be going four and one in the last five.
21:01
SPEAKER_00: Yep.
21:01
SPEAKER_01: Yeah, from Buffalo to the end of the year, so week 14 to hopefully wrapping up the division.
21:07
SPEAKER_00: I would take that.
21:08
SPEAKER_00: I mean, compared to how it ended last season for us.
21:10
SPEAKER_00: I mean, we had injuries and stuff, but yeah, going four and one in our last five, sign me up all day long.
21:16
SPEAKER_01: I think I don't really care what the record is this year if we can win the division.
21:22
SPEAKER_01: If if that means we're nine and eight and we win the division, I will take it.
21:26
SPEAKER_01: Amen, brother.
21:27
SPEAKER_01: I highly doubt that's going to happen, but I would I would take it.
21:33
SPEAKER_01: I I want the division this year at all costs.
21:36
SPEAKER_01: So hopefully we can get some uh some people to stop talking about goofy stuff.
21:43
SPEAKER_00: Alright, well, that pretty much wraps up our uh 2026 regular season uh prediction.
21:48
SPEAKER_00: Like I said, 12 and 5, uh winner of the division, and we're thinking a number two seed.
21:52
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21:56
SPEAKER_00: Um this is gonna be a fun journey.
21:58
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22:01
SPEAKER_00: Um that's pretty much pretty much it.
22:03
SPEAKER_00: Uh so we'll be back with episode two.
22:06
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