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NFL Week 5 Look Ahead - 49ers @ Seahawks, Bills @ Rams & MUCH MORE! · Know Your Personnel Pod

• Nathan Hawthorne: Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to another episode of KYP. This is episode forty-three. I'm bringing you the week five NFL look ahead. Where to look, who to look for, the biggest storylines, and where you should be putting your money. Just kidding, we don't believe in gambling. Maybe just a little bit. My name is Nathan Hawthorne. This is my co host, Jared McEnroy. Jared, what teams are we breaking down today in this week five? Well, not just what teams, what games are we breaking down in this week five look ahead? Jarod McInroy: Yeah, let's start off with some Thursday night football. Bucks at Cowboys. This is a big game for the Cowboys, more so than the Bucks. I think the Bucks we kinda know what they are at this point. and especially if it's gonna be another missed week for Baker. damn, not looking great. But this is a prove it week for the Cowboys that you can do it in every game and maybe start to get some momentum going on that defense. this will be the second game for Jalen Daniels. And frankly, he didn't look great in his first game against a very a struggling Packers team. But the Cowboys, you gotta prove that you can stop bad teams and you gotta beat bad teams if you wanna win this division. There's only so many games that are winnable this year, and this is certainly one of Nathan Hawthorne: Yeah, this is a winnable game. To me, this smells trap game. If you're the Dallas Cowboys, you're coming off a high, beating one of the best defenses in a in the NFL, regardless of what the stats have said about the Houston Texans this year. You're going against a team that's reeling, that's struggling, that doesn't have their identity, but they are coming to you. So they're gonna be playing indoors. There's none of these outdoor weather factors that they endured in the first couple of weeks. This is going to be a game, and the Bucs know that they have to bring it. Otherwise, it's gonna get real scary in that building. And the Cowboys, this is a really easy game to start looking at and being like, Yeah, you know, we should just be able to show up and beat them all of a sudden it's Thursday night football and you're down two scores in the fourth quarter. this again, this is one of those games that scares me about Schottenheimer and about Christian Parker short week preparation. How do you get your guys ready to go for a team that you should be? Again, the line the lines at eight and Jarod McInroy: Nothing. Nathan Hawthorne: a half right now. I I I don't want to say that the Bucks are are gonna cover this game 'cause they're gonna have to score a lot of points. But I d I don't feel comfortable if I'm the Cowboys right now. Jarod McInroy: Nothing scarier than a desperate team with nothing to lose. especially one that has talent all over the field. Nathan Hawthorne: They got nothing to lose. Jarod McInroy: I mean, there there's a good amount of talent on this team. I've said it's a lot of guys. That might have been rude. But th there's some there's some dogs who can hurt you, especially if your your defense isn't gonna show up. So certainly trap game. but let's spend some more time on what I think is not only the game of the week, but the game I'm I've been the most excited for of this entire season so far. We have the Niners at Seahawks, and man, do the 49ers have a lot to prove going into Seattle. I think that's the big piece of this. The game in San Francisco will be fun. But I I'm glad it started off them the Niners four and at the Seahawks three and one in Seattle week five. Who do you have? Let's start off with this Give me your just your prediction and then get into why you think so. Nathan Hawthorne: I've got the Seahawks winning this game and I've got the Seahawks winning this game twenty seven to nineteen. I think it's gonna be a weird score line like that and I think the Seahawks defense and again the intimacy that they have had over a number of years, Mike McDonald going up against this team. the Niners have been a great red zone team. And I think that because of that, they've been able to run up the score on teams. I just think that the Seahawks are gonna be able to hold the Seahawks are gonna be able to hold the Niners to a few more field goals than they are used to. And again, these teams are so familiar. It's not like the score is gonna get run up, but again, I don't trust this Niners defense. To be able to consistently defend Jackson Smith and Jigba. I think he's gonna have a big game. And I think that that's gonna be the reason that the Seahawks are able to win. It's gonna be able to stop them in the red zone with pressure on Purdy, make him throw the ball away, and then enforce field goals. And I think it's gonna be a big game from Jackson Smith and Jigba. And then I think that Emmanuel Wilson, I think that he's arguably looked better than Jadarian Price. And he's kinda come out of nowhere. And I know last week is kind of a a one off deal situation. It's never the same week to week. But he's the more physical downhill runner. And I think that that has helped the Seahawks, you know, last week and this week I think they're gonna bring it again. Jarod McInroy: Not sure if you saw this breaking news as of today. The Seahawks have signed Joe Mixon. What's your reaction to that? Nathan Hawthorne: I'm surprised. I think that that's amazing. for Joe Mixon specifically. I don't think that that changes this backfield, but that tells me is Judarian Price out for the year? Or is extended time on IR? Okay. Right. Jarod McInroy: th that is not official, I don't think. He is on the I IR so he's at least four weeks. Nathan Hawthorne: So that that tells me that they got some information that he's not coming back anytime soon. and you've got Charbonnet, who's supposed to be coming back here soon. So they're not feeling confident in either of these two guys returning. So again, you've got Emmanuel Wilson. You're gonna bring back Mixon, who's had, you know, largely kind of a year off almost, with not doing a whole ton in Houston last year or the year before. So maybe he comes back fresh and can give you a couple good games till your studs come back. But this this screams, I'm desperate and I'm a little bit scared. But you also you have to add depth. I mean, your Jarod McInroy: It screams that we didn't have a plan. Yeah. Nathan Hawthorne: your plan was to draft your plan was to draft a running back in the first round to replace your Super Bowl MVP, which you did. But unfortunately it things haven't really worked out yet. Jarod McInroy: The Kenneth Walker contract doesn't sound too bad right at this moment. but you move on. Hey, rushing touchdown. Maybe he's your running back. Nathan Hawthorne: But Shahid, big play. Again, not a receiver. Again, not a receiver. They paid a bunch of money to a gadget guy and kickoff returner. All due respect to you, Shahid. You are great at what you do, but what you do is not being an elite NFL wide receiver. Jarod McInroy: Let me jump in on the Seahawks here for a second too. As I kind of I I was talking about Fred Warner in the last episode, and he's obviously gonna be involved in this game as well. what Nick Emanwori means to this defense was very, very visible this week. he he's very quickly, I mean he's year Nathan Hawthorne: He's everywhere. Jarod McInroy: two he's he's year two now, but he looks like a leader. He's loud, he's everywhere. He got in a freaking three point stance on the edge this week and was revving up, made a huge play, rushed the quarterback, didn't get the sack, however, clearly impacted the play. He's everywhere, whether it's in in zone coverage, whether it's helping across the middle, whether it's lining up in the slot against, you know, somebody that they want to slow down. or if it's rushing the quarterback. He is he is everywhere and he means a lot to this defense. So this This looked like a very revitalized team. with that being said, yes, they give up a lot of points down the stretch, and that did look a little sketchy, but I don't think they're gonna I think they're gonna be locked, loaded, and ready to go against this 49ers team. And the 49ers, as we've said, they have a lot to prove. this is the defense you gotta do it against. You gotta do it in division, you gotta get these division wins. If you want to be the division winner, this is the game you have to go. get. that way if you win at home, great. If you lose at home, whatever you at least split. Go get the first one wherever the location. They did it against the Rams. That location happened to be Australia randomly, but they did it against Nathan Hawthorne: Ha ha. Jarod McInroy: the Rams. Now you have to go do it against the Seahawks too. Nathan Hawthorne: Yeah, absolutely. This is gonna be this is the game of the week. is this Sunday night football? It should be Sunday night football if it's not. but yeah, it's it's gonna be Jarod McInroy: I do not know the time of the game. Nathan Hawthorne: it's gonna be the game of the week. Jarod McInroy: Yeah. great. Nathan Hawthorne: No, it's not Sunday night football. Sorry. Jarod McInroy: They should have flexed it. This is why they need flexibility with these schedules and I don't know why it wasn't Sunday night football to begin with, but that it certainly should be. Nathan Hawthorne: Hm. Monday Night football game is good though. We'll get there. Jarod McInroy: I'm also gonna give my quick prediction. I agree that the Seahawks are gonna win this at home. th it they just man, they look good. Sam Darnold also he needs to continue to improve. I think that that's a big piece of this is yes, he took a big leap last year, but there is a large room of him for improvement. and also you have a new OC in the building and you have to be the guy that bridges that gap between the rest of the offense and your new OC. whether that be spending extra time with him in the office or whatever it is. I know he's a hard worker and he'll get it done, but he has to just continue to improve as as a leader. and I think he will. So let's jump over to the Raiders pat sorry, go ahead. But finishing thoughts. Nathan Hawthorne: Yeah. I just yep. No, I just want to say Mike Evans is proving to be an excellent weapon. Again, that hamstring it it scared me. It scared me in week three. I thought he was gonna be on the IR, but this is why the Niners did not care to pay IUK. They're like, we can go out and get somebody to do exactly what you're doing, how we need it done. So again, Shanahan is just a wizard with the weapons he has. A lot of these guys look revitalized. they kind of brought the crew back plus plus Mike Evans. So this this is impressive. But I I Jarod McInroy: Yeah. Nathan Hawthorne: think a lot of this gets bottled up this week by the Seattle defense. Jarod McInroy: Yeah. I again you gotta prove it against good defense. This is who you will probably face in the postseason. So like use this as a game to to Nathan Hawthorne: Get familiar. Jarod McInroy: really sharpen your tools. Raiders at Patriots, this one I'm less excited about, but this is a good chance for both teams to prove that they're legit I mean, the Patriots, things will sink very quickly if this game gets lost. and from the Raiders standpoint, if you just keep rolling You had them at seven wins in total. This is a very winnable game. Yes, it is in Foxboro. However, that's four already right there if they win this game. And they could they almost won their fourth this week. So how Nathan Hawthorne: The Jarod McInroy: many do they have to what what does their record have to be after ten games for you to actually think like dang this could be a playoff team? Nathan Hawthorne: I think if they have I think if they have six wins, I think they only need six wins for me to think that this could be a playoff team. that means you only have to win a couple more. You probably have to get to ten wins. so you know you're you gotta win out. But I think that it's hard to say. let me look at their schedule here and that will be able to give me a better indication. But I I think if they can win six games from their first ten, I'll feel pretty confident that they're a playoff team. 'Cause there will be some teams on their schedule. Jarod McInroy: Yeah, and I think this is a this is a very big one to to kick start that. again, with the Patriots, they've looked just terrible. Drake May looks awful. to even, you know, squeeze out wins here and there. They had that big win over the Steelers and we thought maybe it was just a bad week one. and then they go deliver a stinker and then they come and they squeak out another win. It's it's just it there's nothing making me feel confident about this team. But I also am not ready to to call it in yet. so if you do what you're supposed to do, win this game again again, you're circling games to start the season of these are victories that we have to have. you can't you can't lose to the Raiders if you want this thing to go in the right direction. Nathan Hawthorne: Yeah. You can't and the way they started was so atrocious and the way Drake May looked was so atrocious. And did they play some better defenses, kind of backing up the whole schedule merchant idea? Yes. Did the receiving core look a little bit more functional? Did Romeo Dobbs have one of those games that last year convinced the the Patriots to pay him? Yeah, he looked better, but I still think that even when AJ Brown gets back, this offense is just gonna look a little bit slow. Drake May is kind of fluttering the ball out there right now. But if he if you lose this game to the Raiders, all confidence for this team goes out the window. And I think the wheels really start to fall off and things look ugly. I don't know how they've managed to, like you said, eke out these wins, but they have. And if you're the Raiders, you have some wins against some low quality teams, the Saints, the Chargers, and Dolphins. You hung tight with the Chiefs. So the Patriots, I think, are somewhere a step above, you know, the Saints. They're not an amazing team right now, but they're a little bit better. But then, like I was talking about, they have the Bills, the Rams, the Jets, the Niners, and then the 11th game, or then the 10th game is the Seahawks. So you've got some games in there that will really test your mental about how good this team really is. And again, like we talked about, is this team going to be a playoff team? And I think that if they have six of those 10, I'd feel pretty good about their ability. but man, this is gonna be a a big prove it game, I think, for this Kubiak offense. Going against a more experienced Mike Vrabel defense in terms of the coaching matchup. and then it's gonna come down to what version of Drake May do we see? Do we see meatball sub Drake May, or do we see a Drake May that can push the football down the field again? I know which one I think we're gonna see. Jarod McInroy: Sixty two percent completions, four touchdowns to seven interceptions. That it's Nathan Hawthorne: It's looked rough. It's looked rough. Jarod McInroy: looked rough. But you know who hasn't looked rough is Kirk Cousins. And what I will say is his decisiveness, his comfortability and trusting every one of his targets to be in the right place this year. it it looks crazy. We've seen what he looks like under pressure, and that's when we get the really bad Kirk Cousins. We get the atrocious turnovers. But also shout out to their GM for going and getting Tyler Lindenbaum to run the the O line there at center. Like they these building the trenches is important. but when you have a vet guy who just needs a little bit of time, that's where you need to spend the money. You you got a a weird two tight end system, which is great. You don't have a true wide receiver one. but Jalen Naylor looked to be like he's a pretty good pickup as well. I I don't know, man. I I Like this team. I don't want to I don't want to buy into it too much, but let's get into another very desperate team. Bears at Packers. Now Nathan Hawthorne: Division game. Jarod McInroy: let's just run through the quarterbacks that the Packers have had to face this year. they're gonna be facing T Tyson Bajent this week, this was again a dodge. It's frankly a dodge. You're getting gifted from the Schedule Gods a chance at at winning this game. So you you you started off with Carson Wentz, then you went to Gino. Yes, the Jets looked pretty good, whatever. Then you have Michael Penix in his first game back. Then you get gifted a game against Jalen Daniels. at home you squeak out the win. You're two and two, somehow, some way. Now you get the Bears. It's at home. These are the games that you have to at least split. And you're being gifted not having to play Caleb Williams. I think this is a terrible team. I think they're going to lose this game and it's going to be in embarrassing fashion. I think Ben Johnson's going to really want to style on his, you know, his division rivals. It's almost like he shows up for these games more so than others. And I think he's silently like in a competition against KOC and LaFleur and Shanahan and McVay of like I am the guy. Nathan Hawthorne: Yeah. Jarod McInroy: So these are those games that they he's gonna want to style on and I think he's gonna. So give me the Bears at Packers. If how how the Packers are two and two I have no idea. Nathan Hawthorne: This is this is only a three point spread right now, which is interesting to me. So they're telling you that being in Jarod McInroy: Embarrassing. Nathan Hawthorne: Green Bay is important for the the Packers, obviously, that home field advantage. But also that if they stick with Bajant, things won't look great. Do they go back to Case Keenum? No but honestly, I've we have no idea what Ben Johnson's gonna decide to do next week. And it could very well bring be bringing back Case Keenum, or it could be again, you know, starting Case Keen or I'm sorry, Tyson Bajent. So we will see what they do. But this Packers team can't run the football at all. And they cannot protect the quarterback at all. And Jordan Love is slinging the football not very well. It's a low completion percentage. He doesn't have a lot of time and he doesn't have support in the run game. But again, when you are paid the Big Bucks, it is your job to manage the rest of the offense when things aren't looking great. You know, you've doubled down on your weapon with Christian Watson. He's actually looked fantastic this year. They're gonna have to continue to lean on him. But yeah, they they can't run the ball. And then their defense really isn't great either. so if I'm looking at this game and I'm the Bears, yes, I would like I would like to say that they'll be able to style on them. but it's gonna be I think it's just gonna be another heavy dose of the run game. Give me DeAndre Swift, give me Kyle Manangay, and then that's I think that's what we're gonna see. Jarod McInroy: Yeah, I think they're starting to finally get Luther Burton involved too. just d these are those weeks that you look at and you're like, let's get everyone involved. Let's let's have some fun and let's do it against a of struggling defense who's honestly pretty desperate. Also, I wanna put a number. You just said that that sorry. Bro, I need to lock in right now. Let's add a number to it. you just said that Jordan Love is struggling. fifty six percent of his passes are getting completed at this moment, so it's very embarrassing. It's not a good number. Again, we I said it. I said he's very overrated. I don't think he's this overrated. I think he's better than he's played, but yeah, it's getting kinda sad at this point. Any any final thoughts before we move on? Nathan Hawthorne: Very sad. No no thoughts. again, this game a couple of weeks ago I thought would have been more exciting with Caleb Williams and if you had a Packers team that was more functional. but again, this is a division game. It's gonna matter. LaFleur and Ben Johnson do not like each other, so it's gonna be a an intense matchup. Jarod McInroy: Yeah, I'm excited. let's jump over to Ravens. Falcons really quick. I think this one is more so exciting to me because I think the Falcons, again, we're recording this on Monday, so we don't know the result of Monday night football yet between them and the Saints. But I think this is where they're gonna start to roll now that they finally get their quarterback back and it's in Atlanta. The Ravens. Man, for whatever reason, they feel I feel like they played down to their opponent. They play up to their opponent as well, which is a good thing. but even just this last week against Tennessee, somehow they barely squeaked out the win. I know we kinda alluded to maybe it being a Lamar Jackson issue, but at the same time you should always be confident in your team against a bad team. and frankly, we don't know what this Falcons team is quite yet. we know they have a lot of talent. We know that they have the capability to Go out and win. Kevin Stefansky's looked better than I think you were giving him credit for in terms of running this team to date. But this this will be proof. This will be proof. You're at home, you're against the Super Bowl bubble team, and I you got a lot to say over there. Let me I'll get to you. I'll get to you. Hang on. They need to just get into a rhythm. I think that's that's a big piece of this, is they need to They need everybody on the field for an extended period of time for a few games in a row to get this thing rolling and then we'll kind of get to understand what this team is really about. Go ahead. Tell me about Kevin Safansky. Nathan Hawthorne: You said Kevin Stefanski looks good. Jarod McInroy: Decent. Nathan Hawthorne: They scored 13 points, three points, and then 35 against a Packers defense that we just railed. Okay? Now again, are they gonna look better with a quarterback who Jarod McInroy: Decent. Nathan Hawthorne: can who can throw the football? Yes. I I absolutely agree. Bijan Robinson is a gym. He's one of the best players in football, I think, is making the rest of this offense look better throughout this year. so the jury's still out. I'm gonna give the Falcons some grace. I'm gonna give Kevin Stefansky a shred of grace right now, now that he has his quarterback. So again, we're going to see Monday Night Football. But against the Ravens, you've got two teams that are dynamic in their own ways. One led by the quarterback with Lamar Jackson. Hopefully he's healthy. And, you know, him leaving in the boot wasn't gonna mean, isn't gonna mean he's gonna be placed on the IR or miss an extended period of time. But we're gonna see if the Ravens' defense is legit with Jesse Mentor, or do they still have holes that if you Legacy positions that maybe they haven't moved on from or they need to age out and get younger. And then this Falcons offense, is it legit? Because I trust the Ravens offense, large and part, to go ahead and get the job done as long as Zay Flowers is healthy. You're gonna tote the rock with Derrick Henry. And again, this is only a this is this is not a division game. And it's not even, you know, an it within your conference game. So it doesn't matter, but it's gonna kind of give us that gauge of. Okay, what does a middling team look like from the NFC right now with the Falcons? And what does an elite team look like in the AFC? And I think that's gonna be able to speak to some of these other matchups that we start to see for the rest of the year. Ravens Jarod McInroy: Yeah. Nathan Hawthorne: should win this game. On paper, Ravens should win this game. And it should Jarod McInroy: They should. They should. But we talk about trap games and this is one where I'm like it i i i it honestly doesn't even feel like a trap though. I feel like you should Nathan Hawthorne: It's not a trap game. Jarod McInroy: yeah, it's tough because it's like well, I mean any game where you're like you you're expecting to win against a bad I mean, again, we it's hard to call them a bad team anymore because we've historically these last couple of years been able to comfortably call them a bad team. So I feel like that's Nathan Hawthorne: Mm-hmm. Jarod McInroy: fair at at least. but the Ravens are certainly a better team than the Falcons. Therefore it's it's a semi-trap game. they're probably expecting to go in and roll. but who knows? I I think you're right. I think the Ravens should win the game, but I wouldn't be surprised if the Falcons do. That's a game I'm just gonna leave off my parlay entirely. Nathan Hawthorne: It's it's a game you don't want to touch. Jarod McInroy: No. Now we already talked about the game of the week, maybe the game of the year. This one could compete with it in terms of like one I really just want to see. one I'm really excited to watch Bills at Rams on Monday Night Football. we will be recording, so we'll make sure to wrap up before that starts. But man. Nathan Hawthorne: Yes. Popcorn pre popped. Jarod McInroy: Man, what we need to see a lot of things in this game. I think these are two teams that we have a lot of question marks on. honestly, d you know what? I'm done giving the Bills credit here. Their offense is great. We know what they are. Their offense is great, their defense is bad. There is no question mark. Nathan Hawthorne: It's the same team! Jarod McInroy: There's no question marks on the Bill side. I don't even know why I'm even giving them that. the defense looks terrible. They'll give up 30 to anyone who asks nicely. I'll say it over and over again until they stop. the Rams desperately need a bounce back and they need their offense to look good from top to bottom. Kyron Williams is carrying this team. Matt Stafford has looked really bad in a lot of different situations, but he's also had drives where he's done what he's needed to do and looked really good. So it's there. The rhythm's not there. He hasn't had his wide receiver one. we're we're gonna give them grace. And that's where they have a lot of question marks. So this is the perfect game to do it at home against a Bills team that again, you're gonna have to outscore. but if I have to outscore a team, that's the defense I wanna be facing. Nathan Hawthorne: Yeah, I mean, you couldn't ask for a better game to try and outscore somebody. This should be a high scoring game, and of course, as they say that, it's gonna end up being, you know, a seventeen, fourteen slug out, and we're all gonna be sick to our stomachs 'cause we thought we were gonna get fireworks. this Bills team, again, the defense, Jim Leonard, dog, talk to me. Do something different. You guys can't stop the run. You continue to give up big plays, especially on third down, and you can't get off the field. You are making it harder on your offense and you are making it harder on Josh Allen in the remainder of that offense to go out and feel like they have to score points every time, which is the mentality an offense should have and what you want them to have. But goodness gracious, help a brother out. This is this is looking like the early Justin Herbert years with the Chargers. You know, you score 35 points, but you're giving up 36. You score 32 points, but you gave up 33 and you hate to see it. Now let's be clear, I'm giving Josh Allen no excuses. You know how I feel about this. He gave up a massive turnover to close out the last game against the Patriots With a ball he didn't even need to throw at all. Like that that wasn't the throw you needed to try and make. You could have extended anyways. We know Josh Allen has his turnover problems, and that's what we talked about with this Joe Brady hire. Are we gonna rein in Josh Allen and get him playing football that's gonna keep you clean? Yes, you gotta be able to do that. And they haven't done that i i you know for the for a full season. And it doesn't look like Joe Brady's gonna be able to do that. For the Rams, defense, Don Trula, I need you to tighten things up. And again, you mentioned the offense already. You've got Puka back. You've still got Devante. Kyron looks like one of the best backs in the NFL this year. Can the offense get going from the jump and establish the run and not feel like you have to throw over the middle to Puka 500 times a game? And I know it's open. And I know that if it's open, you're going to keep doing it. But this offense should look and feel more dynamic. Everything right now looks forced. And I think a little bit a little bit of that's Matt Stafford. A little bit of that is just the I don't know if it's the offensive line or the structure of what McVeigh's calling, but nobody is in their bag yet with the Rams. And you know, that's what you wanna see. You're winning games and you're not playing your best football, but you're gonna have to play your best football to win this game. We're gonna get it from both teams. It's a two and a half point line in favor of the Rams. We'll see. So who do you think wins? Jarod McInroy: I have an analogy for this for this my before I get into that, this Bill's defense. It's not even like I was gonna say it's like, you know, just drinking from a fire hose, like they just can't stop anything, but it's really not. They're they're like trying to stop a leaky faucet with a paper towel. Like no matter like it's gonna it's gonna hold a drop here and there, but like it's also gonna let a lot of water through and ultimately will not hold up. And it's not even a bounty paper towel either. It's like one of those store brands, budget, save three dollars type of paper towel. Like they they just it's every drive, they can't get off the field. I hate beating them down week after week, but they keep doing it. You just gave up twenty nine to one of the Drake May was crying a week ago and you gave up twenty nine to Like I I I can't let's get into who's gonna win. I think the Rams are going to win this game. I and I think they have to. I think the Bills this is one where you're going into enemy ten territory and if you pull out the win, you're stoked. You're stoked. Honestly, I think a win for the Bills is a low scoring game. Ma may have your defense show some sign of life against what is a talented offense. Yes, they haven't clicked yet, but have some sort of cohesion and and just a grinded out game. If they're gonna beat us, it's gonna be because they beat us type of situation. So I'm putting my money on the Rams, but I wouldn't be surprised if the Bills just just outscore Nathan Hawthorne: Yeah, again, you you can't get up you can't get teams off the field on third down. you're giving up touchdowns to Romeo Dobbs. Greg Rousseau's played well, but Ed Oliver's now hurt. Some of those key pieces that you've had in there. I just Jim Leonard was the wrong hire. Joe Brady might have been the wrong hire because you attempted to change the scene and you didn't change the scenery at all. And that's and to me that's the disappointing that's the disappointing thing. You know those like little things, you click it and it like gives you a different picture. That's all you did. You're in the same place. But all you did was just just change it a little bit. So I think the Rams win this as well. and I think that this is another the I think this is a multi turnover Josh Allen game. I think it's a fumble and I think it's a pick. Jarod McInroy: I don't wanna see it. I want to see him just propel forward and Nathan Hawthorne: For my fantasy team, I wanna see him score nine hundred you know what I mean? Run the score up first couple weeks have been great. But again, we know that Josh Allen has gotten tight in some of these games, but we also know on the flip side he's been a superhero in some of these games. And that run game Jarod McInroy: Yeah. Nathan Hawthorne: is cooking with James Cook, no pun intended. So again, it's gonna be an exciting game to watch. We'll pop the popcorn and I believe there's some Yankees baseball to watch right now. Jarod McInroy: There is. I need to go I need to get down there right now. Cam Schlitter's on the mound and boy am I excited. Nathan Hawthorne: Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for tuning in to episode forty three of the Know Your Personnel Podcast. My name is Nathan Hawthorne. This is my co-host Jared McEnroy bringing you the best news in NFL football, and we will see you on the next one.