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Episode 14- The So- Called Sports Analyst · The So-Called Sports Analysts

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Welcome, welcome, welcome, welcome, welcome, welcome, Welcome back to
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another great episode of the so called Sports Analyst. I am your host,
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Alfonso Portillo. This is episode number fourteen. I'm excited to be back with
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who like sports. But we're gonna go ahead and get into this episode.
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I have a lot to talk about, and it was a great weekend of
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football. It was a great weekend of football, mostly because of Dallas Cowboys
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one, but it was a great weekend of football. But we're gonna start
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in reverse order today, So we're gonna start with this ugly Monday night football
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game that just happened. So the Seattle Seahawks beat the Giants twenty four to
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three in a game that it looked terrible for the New York Giants. I
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don't know how the Giants. They're slowly getting worse throughout the season, but
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they are so in Week one, when they lost to the Cowboys forties of
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zero, you could say, okay, there was an outlier game. They
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were in the rain Cowboys, they just came in hot. Then they started
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off slow against Arizona, but then they beat them. Then San Francisco,
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which was a tough game in the first half, show plenty of fight and
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you end up losing. So you're kind of building positive traction there because even
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though there's losses, you're still kind of getting a sense that, all right,
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the things are starting to roll now. And not that I'm saying the
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Seattle Seahawks they're a bad team. They're definitely not a bad team. They're
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a wild card type of team that could potentially win around I feel like maybe
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two was pushing it, but they should be more than capable enough to win
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this game. But it looked like they had no business being on this field
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with the Seattle Seahawks. The offensive line for the New York Giants is terrible.
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I still don't know how they're not able to find a competent offensive lineman
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outside of Andrew Thomas. Andrew Thomas, he's an All Pro, but everybody
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else I have no clue. But what I can say is that they're one
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in three and go in and thank for Caleb Williams. I know it sounds
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ridiculous. You just paid Daniel Jones of four years, one hundred and sixty
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million, But what are their choice do you have? Like, realistically,
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what are the choice do you have? You stick with Daniel Jones and you
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end up being this team that's just wasting primes of plenty of people that are
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talented on this team, and then you then you traded for Darren Waller,
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which shows that you're trying to make the playoffs and trying to make a push.
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And honestly, this may sound ridiculous. Yes, I know, Kayleb
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Billiams, he is a college quarterback, but I feel like he is already
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one of the best quarterbacks in the NFL without having a step on the field
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or step on the NFL football field. And Daniel Jones, he's better than
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that quarterback right there. Yes, I know that eleven sacks no offensive line,
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Yes I know, but Kayleb Williams wouldn't have been this bad. In
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my opinion, Kayleb Billiams, he just has he has way more talent than
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Daniel Jones, and he has just as much mobility as Daniel Jones, and
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he is a bigger kid too, So it's not like there's gonna be an
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injury risk right there. And Calob Billiams, he already went out and he
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said he'd only want to play for six teams, and the New York Giants
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was one of them. So yes, it sounds ridiculous being one in three
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and you're already taking on the season. But Caleb Williams, that could end
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up changing their franchise for the next ten fifteen years. And there's nothing else
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they could really do because you have the Dallas Cowboys in Philadelphia Eagles in that
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division, let alone the Commanders, who are always good. I'm not saying
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they're a great team, but they're a good team who always compete with any
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team that steps on the field. So it's not like you're in a bad
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division where you could take advantage and maybe sneaking to the playoffs as a nine
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and seven maybe nine or nine and eight. Yeah, no, that's not
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gonna happen. You're playing seven games, seven more games remaining for them in
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the division, and I don't even know if they're gonna win two of those
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games the way it's looking right now. It looks like the Commanders. They'd
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probably win at least one game from the New York Giants. And yes,
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I know Daniel Jones he plays better against the Commanders, but I don't know.
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They just have such a bad football team. Defense they look decent,
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they didn't look too bad, but when they're on the field so much,
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you're eventually going to get gashed and there's nothing that the defense could do right
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there. And Seattle, Seattle, they look like the Dallas Cowboys. Week
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one, Seattle they had eleven sacks. They're rookie cornerback Devon Witherspoon. He
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had two sacks, an interception. Obviously that touchdown where the Giants were about
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to score potentially have a whole different ballgame. But he looks really nice.
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You draft him at the fifth overall pick, he should have some capabilities of
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being an all Pro or all time great cornerback. I've said this from the
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very good goal as far as the draft process that Devon Witherspoon is one of
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the US cornerbacks to come out in a long time. And he has already
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proven himself already just through four weeks in the NFL season, and It was
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big because Jamal Adams went out and Kobe Bryant, their other cornerback, was
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out, and he was able to step up on a big time stage and
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show out. And yes, I know Geno Smith he got hurt, but
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it looks like he'll be fine. He came back in the second half and
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he played. He played pretty pretty good. He played how he usually does.
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And now that you're starting to get your run game evolved with Ken Walker
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and Zach Scharbonet, you have a nice one two point right there. Obviously
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have the weapons with DK Metcalf, title Lockett, Jackson Smith and Jigba,
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So you're having a nice team right there. They're starting to roll. And
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I'm not saying that they're going to that they're going to beat the San Francisco
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forty nine ers. I'm not saying that San Francisco forty nine Ers are right
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now playing as the best team in the NFL. I'm gonna go ahead and
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say that right there confidently. But they could give San Francisco. San Francisco
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a run for their money because the Niners, they are going to be playing
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the Cowboys, then the Eagles, and then you still have the rest of
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that division right there that you're going to play. So maybe the Niners they
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slip up a couple of games and Seattle they end up with the division title.
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But we're gonna go ahead and go into the Sunday night game the Kansas
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City Chiefs versus in New York Jets in New York Kansas City. They squeaked
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out a win twenty three to twenty. The biggest surprise this game, I
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feel like it's not a shocker. Zach Wilson. Hats off to Zach Wilson.
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Zach Wilson, he finally looked loose, comfortable, looked like he learned
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the system and he was getting the ball out very quickly. And I guess
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being around Aaron Rodgers and getting just tips from him, he's finally able to
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just not think and just go play football. So yes, as a quarterback,
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you need to think. You need to think about the coverages, that
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plays, audibles, if something else happens. But there's sometimes with these rookie
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quarterbacks that you see they are just trying to do too much. And yes,
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it's good to be doing or focusing on these things, but doing it
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too much, that's when you end up becoming gun shy or feel like you're
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making the wrong read and you end up messing up too much. You have
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to be comfortable, and he finally looked comfortable and they should have won this
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game right here. So obviously what happened at the end of the game,
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the quote unquote holding call on Sauce Gardner against Marcus Valdi Scantling, and it
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wasn't a holding call. But there was times throughout that game where there should
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have been some calls that were made or that shouldn't have been made that happened,
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like the safety that happened for the New York Jets where they got momentum,
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the face mask on Juwan Taylor that wasn't in the end zone, so
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you could point out to that, or the non horse caller or the horse
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caller tackle later or earlier on in that game. So there's different things that
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happened that ends up balancing itself out. Obviously laid in the game. You
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don't want to call that, but it's just part of the football game.
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And at the end of the day, the Kansas City Chiefs, even though
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Patrick Mahomes he had one of his worst starts ever playing in the NFL,
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he is the better quarterback and Andy Reid he obviously is a better coach,
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so they were just bound to win this game. It was an ugly win.
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And yes, Patrick Mahomes, he did not look good at all,
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but at the end of the day, you won. You got the win,
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no matter how it is, whether it's pretty or whether it's ugly.
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I just believe a win is a win. And obviously you could get better
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from a win, but it's easier to learn from a win than to learn
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from a loss. And speaking of one of the other games, this game
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wasn't fairly so close. It was the San Francisco forty nine Ers versus the
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Arizona Cardinals. Yes, I know the Arizona Cardinals. They beat the Cowboys
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a week before, but stood no chance against San Francisco forty nine Ers.
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Brock Purty only had one incomplete pass two hundred and eighty three yards. But
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obviously Christian McCaffrey he was He was sensational and he had four touchdowns and just
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look he looked like old TMC and Kyle Shanahan. He just knows what to
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do when just dial up the right plays at the right time. And San
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Francisco they're rolling right now, and Brock Purdy, he keeps proving me wrong
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time after time after time. We'll see obviously next week we're not gonna get
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as much into that game because we're going to talk about it a little bit
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later on. But he looks good so far, and he looks legit obviously.
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That defense defense, I think everybody should have known that this defense was
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going to be a top three unit in the league, which is no surprise.
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But San Francisco forty nine ers are rolling and gonna be playing this next
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team that we're gonna be talking about, my Dallas Cowboys. They beat the
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New England Patriots thirty eight to three, the worst loss Bill Belichick has ever
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suffered in his career. Dak Prescott very efficient, two hundred and sixty one
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yards, had a touchdown, a defense looked amazing, had two touchdowns to
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Ron Bland, had two interceptions, finally looked comfortable in that outside corner position.
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But the biggest thing that everybody's gonna talk about with this game, which
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makes no sense to me, And yes, I know I am a Cowboys
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fan. I can be a little bit biased here as far as with the
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red zone struggles, I am still not buying it. Yes, I know
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that you need to cash in against these better teams, but you are up
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thirty eight to three, So there's a situational football that you just need to
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just run the clock out, trust your defense, and just score points.
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As long as you're scoring points, whether it's seven or three points, you're
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scoring points. And that's just smart football right there. And we're going to
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see what the Dallas Cowboys red zone offense, what it's really made up against
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the San Francisco forty nine ers, because this is the first game where the
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Dallas Cowboys, well when they're winning that they're not going to be up by
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fourteen to twenty one points. This is gonna be a nip and tuck ball
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game and where you're gonna have to dial up your best plays or you're not
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gonna just be conservative. You're gonna be more of a balanced approach. So
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we're gonna see, hopefully the Cowboys bounced back again. I'm not trying to
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get into this game as much. We're gonna talk about it a little bit
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later. As far as from the New England Patriots side, Mac Jones looked
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terrible. Mac Jones rookie year he peaked he peaked. I'm sorry, I
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thought Mac Jones he was going to be better this year. Obviously having a
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defensive coordinator last year did not help. Maybe that worsened his progression right there,
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but it's still no excuse to be making those throws that you were making
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yesterday. Which that interception that Jaron Bland had, Yes, it was a
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great play. He was able to just jump the route. But as a
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quarterback, even as far as in high school, you should know this.
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Never throw across your body after scrambling out, scrambling out of the pocket.
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That's just a big no no. But who knows. Obviously he got benched
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by Bailey Zappy. I think that was more of a just get him out
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of the game, flip the page to the next week type of play or
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move. But defense, they're the Patriots defense. They had some losses.
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Christian Gonzalez. I don't know how long he's going to be out for,
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but I know he messed up his shoulder and Matthew Judon he tore his bicep,
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so he's gonna be out. I don't so there's conflicting reports saying the
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remainder of the season or majority of the season, but either way, it's
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going to be a significant amount of time. So it's just a tough loss.
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And potentially the Patriots could even get in the Caleb William sweepstakes, but
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because what else can they really do? They have a tough division. Now,
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the Jets, they looked tough, the Bills and Dolph Dolphins. Obviously
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they're one of the better teams in the league. So I don't know where
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the Patriots go. Bill Belichick, yes, I know he's one of the
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best coaches in the league, but there's only so much coaching you could do.
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At the end of the day. The players they have to play,
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and all right, the next game that we're going to talk about. This
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was the last three o'clock game of the day. Oh no, it was,
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yeah, no, it was the last three o'clock game of the day.
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It was the Los Angeles Chargers and the Las Vegas Raiders. The Chargers
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they won twenty four to seventeen. Biggest takeaway I have from this game is
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Khalil Mack had six sacks, almost broke the record through three quarters. In
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that last quarter, they finally decided, hey, maybe we should double and
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triple team a guy who has six sex or who is just getting to the
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quarterback every single time. But obviously the Raiders, they still end up losing
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that game. They had Aidan O'Connell and not Jimmy Garoppolo. Jimmy Garoppolo was
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hurt from the previous week. But once again the Chargers, they didn't look
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so impressive, but they needed to win. They go to two and two.
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Nice way to bounce back to keep their playoff hopes alive, but they're
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still gonna have an uphill climb. You have that division right there. I
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know the Denver Broncos, and I know they just beat the Raiders, and
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then you obviously have the Chiefs, but those are gonna be tough matchups.
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And then right after this week you play Oh no, the Charges are on
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to buy. I'm sorry, Yeah, the Chargers are on a buy.
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But the following week they play the Cowboys. So they needed to win this
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game because they couldn't afford topping up potentially one and four, So a must
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win game. Justin Herbert, he did break his finger. I believe it
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was in his left left finger, which is kind of a blessing in disguise,
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because obviously if it was a throwing hand he would be out for several
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several weeks, but lucky that didn't happen. But nothing else to really talk
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about from this game, So yeah, next game we have. It was
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one of the most shocking games, a game that I thought was going to
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be the other way around. It was the Houston Texans demolishing the Pittsburgh Steelers
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thirty to six, and CJ. Stroud once again proves he was worthy of
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being the third overall pick in the draft, potentially a mess up by the
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Carolina Panthers. And he looks really good. CJ. Stroud. Everything's just
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clicking for him. And he had three of his or three backup offensive alignment
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in against that Steeler's front, and he was picking him apart. C J.
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Shroud. He kind of looks like he has a little bit of Justin
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Herbert and Dak Prescott as far as just being able to extend plays and just
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being able to be a leader. He it looks like him and Will Anderson
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and Damiko Ryan's that new core that came in. They're starting to change around
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this whole team. And they're two and two. Now. I'm not saying
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they're gonna make the playoffs, but hey, you're competing. You're making a
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step forward and you just need that in order to build build steps towards success.
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So kudos to the Houston Texans, and it looks like they're draft picks
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so far they're paying off. And as far as for the Pittsburgh Steelers,
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Man Old Pittsburgh Steelers, they had high hopes for this year and so far
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they have not lived up to the billing. Yes, I know they're two
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and two, there's nothing really to panic about, but can you pick it?
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He was supposed supposed to make this jump into next year. Maybe it's
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a sophomore slump, and obviously having Matt Canada as offensive coordinator does not help
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at all, but he was supposed to take a jump, and he looks
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terrible. Can you pick it? He looks terrible. As far as his
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mechanics, they're they're fine, But as far as just his progressions and his
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reads and just touch an accuracy down the field, it does not look so
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good. And against the Raiders, if it wasn't for Josh McDaniel's terrible clock
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management and Week two where Deshaun Watson just played absolutely terrible and gave them the
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game, they could be owned for right now. And yes, I know
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Mike Tomlin he's never had a losing season as a head coach, but it
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looks like it maybe the first year this year because I know Cincinnati they're struggling,
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but I feel like Cincinnati they will be able to snap out of it.
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You have a great quarterback and then you have a more than solid head
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coach in the Cincinnati Bengals, and they should be able to balance back you
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obviously have. The Ravens are rolling right now. Yes, they just played
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Cleveland and they beat them, but Deshaun Watson's only going to get better throughout
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the year. So I don't know. It's not looking good for the Steelers.
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It's not looking good at all. And now, okay, go ahead
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and get into the twelve o'clock games. It was Minnesota at Carolina, teams
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that were both oz and three, both needed to win. Minnesota they barely
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squeaked out with the win twenty one to thirteen. And the Minnesota Vikings turnovers
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continue and continue and continue. And I know I said earlier a win as
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a win, but these turnovers, it's just a problem that continues to happen
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for the Minnesota Vikings. And I don't think it's gonna stop. And honestly,
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at this point, you have an offense that's so so it looks like
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they've started to figure out what the Minnesota offense wants to do. And yes,
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I know Kirk Cousins, he's been putting up great stats, but they've
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been more empty stats as far as just scorn when you're down fourteen plus points
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and you have to throw the ball, etc. Etc. So it looks
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better than what it actually is, but they have no direction. As far
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as for this team, yes, I know they made the playoffs last year,
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but like I said last week, I feel like they peaked and they
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lost to the New York Giants, who looked terrible this year. So it's
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very tough for Minnesota. Yes, the Bears are in that division, but
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you have the Green Bay Packers who look more than serviceable. Yes, I
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know they lost earlier this week. We'll get into that, and then you
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have the Detroit Lions. So at best you're the third best team in that
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division. Maybe they could turn it around, but I don't think that's going
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to happen. These turnovers that happen. So there's a few things that as
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far as something that stick through a team throughout the season. So that's turnovers,
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and that's penalties, and that's the offensive line. And as far as
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offensive line, I'm talking about as far as getting pressure on the quarterback and
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sacks aloud, those are things that continue on throughout the season, and it
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looks like they haven't progressed through any of those. And obviously turnovers being the
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worst in the worst situation, which is the red zone. Red zone turnovers
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are very terrible. So Minnesota, yes, I know they got this win,
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but I was expecting to win where they dominate Carolina and and get back
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on track. But this Carolina football team, it's very bad. And they
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wanted they basically wanted to give this game to Carolina, but Carolina they wanted
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this game a little or wanted the Vikings to win this game a little bit
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more. But speaking of the Panthers, Bryce Young the first overall pick of
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the draft, and just to put it brutally on us, he has not
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looked good so far. Obviously it's his rookie year. You're gonna have struggles,
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and maybe it's just offensive line. It just needs to get a little
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bit better throughout the year. And he just needs to get comfortable in the
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system them and playing in the NFL. But it's kind of hard to do
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that when you have c. J. Stroud, who is in this drive
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class and Anthony Richardson looked like they're young, promising stars. Not even necessarily
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that they're winning these football games, but they're just looking promising and they have
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spurts of great moments. And I don't believe as far as oh, he's
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too small or whatever, because I still believe that you could be more than
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capable enough to win plenty of football games in the league being a smaller quarterback,
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but he just has not shown it yet. Obviously, I'm not giving
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up on Bryce Young yet. He's the first overall pick for a reason.
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He has the talent he needs to develop. There's still plenty of time for
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him. But just so far from these four games, I'm just basing just
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off these four games. I'm not projecting anything or what he is going to
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do. But Bryce Young hasn't looked good so far, and hopefully he progresses,
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because it's always good to see a bunch of quarterbacks in this league that
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are more than capable enough to do great things. Then one of the other
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twelve o'clock games. We had the Philadelphia Eagles and the Washington Commanders, which
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this game ended up becoming very interesting. This game it went to overtime.
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Jalen Hurts he was able to throw the ball all over the field. Him
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and A J. Brown, they had a special connection going on. Ever
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since that Thursday night game, A J. Brown he's been getting a line
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share of the targets and he has been delivering on what he wanted as far
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as getting the ball and scoring. And like I said earlier, the Commanders,
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they always play everybody tough, so I wasn't expecting the Philadelphia Eagle to
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run away with this game. So a win's a win, And I'm not
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gonna criticize them a lot because tough game, divisional opponent. But one thing
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I can say is they don't look as dominant as they did last year.
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And what I mean by that is as far as their defensive line being dominant
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and smothering opponents, because last year they led the league in sacks. And
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yes, they're still able to run the ball very effectively. But I can't
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pinpoint exactly what it is. But I just don't feel like the Eagles they're
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the same team they were last year. I don't know exactly what it is,
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but they're just not the same team as last year. Next game we
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have the Tampa Bay Bucks and the New Orleans Saints twenty six to nine.
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The Tampa Bay Buccaneers, they shocked me. In my opinion. I thought
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Baker may Field heels coming back down to earth. Now Orleans Saints have a
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very good defense, and he proved me wrong. And the Tampa Bay Buccaneers
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are three and one, and I believe that they are leading that division right
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there. And maybe what the Tampa Bay Books they did last year, maybe
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it was just bad. Nothing could get clicking. But this is a very
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talented roster. You still have Mike Evans, Chris Godwin, you have Kay
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Dot and camera break Rashad White, and you have that defensive line that's still
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their linebackers. You still have cornerbacks there that are more than capable enough.
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So maybe I just underestimated the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Who knows if this is
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going to continue, but so far they just need to enjoy it. New
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Orleans Saints Derek Carr, he came back, still didn't look or he didn't
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look healthy, So it was kind of hard to judge this game, but
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Derek Carr, he so far he hasn't lived up to as far as what
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the expectations were supposed to be. Next game, Los Angeles Rams Indianapolis Colts.
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This was a very interesting game here too. The Rams. They beat
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the Colts twenty nine twenty three in overtime. Puka Nakua, he's still proven
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that he is so far well statistically he's been the best receiver, best receiver
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by far, and as far as even fantasy football wise, he's doing something
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that's ridiculous. But the Los Angeles Rams, there were up twenty three to
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zero in this game, and the Colts they fought all the way back to
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tie this twenty three to twenty three, and an overtime Rams they got the
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ball and never looked back and scored. But yes, I know the Rams.
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They won this game. And there's nothing really I can say about the
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Rams. I feel like they're kind of in a dead zone right now.
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You have the Seattle Seahawks and you have the San Francisco forty nine ers,
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and it's always hard for three teams to make the playoffs in the same division.
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So I just feel like they're going to be the odd man out right
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there. But the main thing I want to talk about from this game is
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Anthony Richardson. Anthony Richardson, he didn't play last week, he was hurt,
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but this week came back and picked up where he left off, and
29:25
he looks really good and that potential is just proving to be great. And
29:33
he looks like he has mold molds of Cam Newton and him, but he
29:38
has a better arm in my opinion, not as far as the deep ball,
29:44
but as far as the touch and the accuracy, and Cam Newton he
29:48
was very good at that too. And what helps with Anthony Richardson is that
29:52
he has a very good offensive line and he has he has solid web around
30:00
him, and possibly getting Jonathan Taylor back next week, You're going to see
30:06
that progression happening. And the biggest thing as far as the rookie quarterbacks,
30:11
it's not necessarily about stacking wins. Obviously that helps the progression, but as
30:15
far as just keeping these games close and when you have great players around him,
30:22
it makes that progression and it makes those reads in the process a lot
30:26
faster than what it should be. And I feel like that's just what happened.
30:30
That's what's happening with Anthony Richardson, and it looks like there's gonna be
30:34
another great AFC quarterback. So perhaps of the Colts at the beginning of the
30:42
draft, it looked like they took a big swing, but so far it
30:47
is paying off. Next twelve o'clock game, we have the Cincinnati Bengals Tennessee
30:52
tight Ends. The Tennessee tight Ends. They won twenty seven to three.
30:59
This game was just ugly. I'm not gonna lie to you. I didn't
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watch much of this game right here, so when I'm trying to watch games,
31:08
I watched the Red Zone and obviously I keep up with all these different
31:12
games. But I don't know what's wrong with the Cincinnati Bengals. I didn't
31:19
watch this game as much. Obviously, I told you guys that, but
31:23
it just seems like there's something missing. As far as offensively, I know
31:27
Joe Burrow is hurt, but there's no way that you could tell me,
31:30
even with Joe Burrow on a bum leg, should be scoring three points against
31:37
against the Tennessee Titans, who have one of the worst past defenses in the
31:41
NFL. In the NFL, and as far as for their offensive line.
31:48
They just aren't able to figure out their offensive line. And like I said
31:52
with the New York Giants earlier, they just can't figure it out. And
31:56
there's just some teams that just can't figure out at that certain skill position.
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And you even go back to Carson Palmer, he didn't have a good offensive
32:06
line, and any doll And he didn't have the best offensive line. It's
32:09
just something that just in that franchise they just can't get. And especially with
32:15
Joe Burrow him being on a bum calf, he needs an extra protection and
32:22
like I mentioned last week, with that calf, he's not able to put
32:28
extra zip on the ball. But it still shouldn't be a problem. You
32:32
could run quick routes of Jamar Chase and T Higgins. Yes, I know
32:37
t Higgins he got hurt in this game, but at halftime they were down
32:39
twenty four to three, twenty four to three, and at that point,
32:45
Derrick Henry he's gonna just do what Derrick Henry does. Just chew the clock
32:49
down, play conservative football, play smart defense. And I still think that
32:55
the Bengals. I can't give up on the Bengals yet. The Bengals for
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this is two years in a row where they started a very, very slow,
33:05
but they've been able to turn it around. Maybe if they lose this
33:07
following week, then maybe I'll have thoughts about that, But until then,
33:14
I still believe that the Cincinnati Bengals could turn this around. Another twelve o'clock
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game we had was the Baltimore Ravens and the Cleveland Browns. The Baltimore Ravens
33:24
they won twenty eight to three. Lamar Jackson looked like old Lamar Jackson and
33:30
nobody's talking about him and so far, he's playing like an MVP level right
33:36
now, at an MVP level, and yes it's not as flashy. It's
33:39
not the three hundred yards and the two hundred yards rushing or something that's ridiculous,
33:45
but he's doing just what he has to do. When the football games
33:50
played great defense and they look very scary. I feel like they could match
33:53
up with any team in the AFC, whether that's Kansas City, Miami buff
34:00
whoever it is you put in front of them, they're gonna be able to
34:02
beat. And as far as for Cleveland, that a backup in Yes,
34:07
he was a good story in the preseason. I can't think of the quarterback's
34:13
name right now, something Thompson. But you didn't have Deshaun Watson, and
34:21
so it's kind of hard to judge how this team would have actually done so.
34:25
All right, next game, surprising game the Denver Broncos and the Chicago
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Bears. So this game my biggest takeaway, it was so the Chicago Bears.
34:38
I don't know how they managed to do this time in and time after
34:43
time in time and again every single year you could count on it. I
34:46
believe this is thirteenth straight times they have lost the game. They haven't won
34:51
a game since Halloween last Halloween, and it is October October three as I'm
34:57
recording this right now, So it's I don't know at this point, I
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don't know. Justin fields, he played his best game by far through the
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first three quarters. Let me correct that through the first three quarters, played
35:12
his best game by far. Had three hundred and thirty five passing yards,
35:17
had four touchdowns. Looked very good, but then at the end of the
35:22
game, had a costly fumble where he should have just taken a sack and
35:29
he ended up having le Broncos scoop and score off of that. Then the
35:32
interception late in the game to potentially get a field goal to tie it sent
35:39
into overtime, which who knows would have happened, but they just happened to
35:45
do it every single time. And at this point, what do you do
35:51
with Justin Fields? You're own four, you have the Panthers first round pick.
35:59
Do you say, all right, well we'll tank get Caleb Williams and
36:05
Marvison Marvin Harrison Jr. With that first and second overall pick because both of
36:10
these teams are owned for the Panthers and the Bears. So you'd probably double
36:15
dip right there and get a great jump start to if you're trying to rebuild,
36:22
so potentially do that. Maybe you stick it out with Justin Fields.
36:29
Justin Fields he did look better today, so it's kind of hard to judge,
36:37
but they're not gonna go on a win streak anytime soon soon. The
36:43
Chicago Bears. The Chicago Bears, they were expected to not necessarily make the
36:47
playoffs, but to just be a fringe playoff team being the hunt and have
36:58
progressions from Justin Fields. But this is the first game where Justin Fields he
37:04
looked decent and at the end of the game he fell apart. So I
37:09
don't know exactly what you're supposed to do. And as far as with the
37:15
Denver Broncos side, they really needed this win, and Russell Wilson he looked
37:28
good. But I just feel like there's something missing with Russell Wilson as far
37:35
as maybe it's his improvising and scrambling ability, but it looks like Sean Payton
37:42
he's doing the best he can with this team, and just no matter no
37:52
matter what he does, this team is a very bad football team. Defensively,
37:57
I don't know what happened from last year. They were one of the
38:00
best defensive teams last year where they had a worst offense, but they were
38:05
still one of the best defenses in the league. And it looks like they
38:08
just took a step the other way. And this just doesn't look like winning
38:14
football for the Denver Broncos, because yes, you won this game. And
38:19
like I was saying earlier, like I keep going back to, a win
38:22
is a win if you are one of the better teams in the league,
38:29
so it doesn't matter how you get that win ugly or not. But the
38:32
Denver Broncos, they just proved that they have no business even sniffing the playoffs
38:39
because the Chicago Bears up to this point had no offense at all, no
38:47
offense at all. They were completely shut out by the Chiefs. The Chiefs
38:52
who led Zach Wilson look pretty good, and I don't I don't know where
39:01
they go from here. Yes, you brought in Sean Payton. He was
39:07
supposed to fix Russell Wilson. It looks like he fixed them to the best
39:09
he can. But now that there's defensive issues, now the wide receivers are
39:15
not getting separation. So yeah, the Denver Broncos, they're in for a
39:24
very long season, very very long season. And I just feel sorry for
39:30
Broncos fans because even though you won this game, it's kind of hard to
39:35
celebrate this game. Last twelve o'clock game that we had, which was supposed
39:40
to supposed to be the best game by far, but it ended up becoming
39:46
a blowout. It was the Miami Dolphins versus the Buffalo Bills. The Buffalo
39:51
Bills they won forty eight to twenty. And at first this game, it
39:57
was touched down by the Bills, touchdown by the Dolphins, touched down by
40:00
the Bills, touchdown by the Dolphins. So it looked like it was living
40:02
up to the Billing and then the Bills defense finally settled in. I have
40:07
to give a lot of credit to Sean McDermott because I did say that Mike
40:10
McDaniels is a top three head coach in the league. I said that last
40:15
week, and now that he's calling places because Leslie Frazier, he took a
40:22
year off, he stepped up, and they've looked very good so far.
40:27
They've looked very good. So now that the defense is getting fixed, Josh
40:34
Allen, all he has to do is just protect the football and go score
40:39
touchdowns. And he did that plenty in this game. He had three twenty
40:45
passing yards. He had I can't remember off the top of my head,
40:50
but he had five total touchdowns. I know four of them were passed or
40:53
yeah, four of them were passing, one was rushing. So just had
40:58
an outstanding game. And I feel like this Buffalo Bills team, it has
41:05
a bunch in common with the other team, one of my favorite team or
41:08
the favorite team, the best team in the league. I guess that's me
41:13
being biased the Dallas Cowboys. These teams both have knockout power and they could
41:20
put you away quick it doesn't matter if it's one of the best teams in
41:22
the league or one of the worst teams in the league. But they also
41:28
have moments like what the Bills did against the Jets and what's what the Cowboys
41:32
did against the Cardinals where they just don't show up and they look like they're
41:39
terrible. And even the quarterbacks, they kind of remind me a lot of
41:45
each other, because Josh Allen, he could look exactly how we did this
41:51
week, and then the following week it could look like a totally different quarterback
41:55
and just it looks like he's one of the worst quarterbacks in the league.
42:05
So as far as with the Bills, I kind of have to say the
42:09
same thing with the Cowboys. Give them their win. That's a damn good
42:13
win that they had against Miami. Miami was the best team by far in
42:17
the league. I said that last week, and their offense was clicking.
42:21
They were able to shut them down. And I don't even know what to
42:30
say because it's still too early to predict what they're gonna do, because,
42:42
like I said, Josh Allen, he has an up and down roller coaster
42:46
and they're still in a tough division. The Jets look a little bit better
42:52
than they did last week. The Patriots always come prepared and you have the
42:57
Miami Dolphins, who you're gonna play again. But once again, like I'm
43:00
saying, props to the Buffalo Bills, this was a great win and they
43:04
needed it and let's see if this continues. And as far as for the
43:08
Miami Dolphins side, I feel like this was bounding to happen and happened earlier
43:14
than I expected as far as them losing, and they lost in embarrassing fashion,
43:21
But it shows that the key to this offense is as far as quick
43:30
passes getting out so two it he gets the ball out within two to three
43:34
seconds, and the Buffalo Bills they were just there within those two to three
43:39
seconds and just disrupting two US time in the entire time, the entire time.
43:45
So he was never able to really get into rhythm after that, After
43:51
those first two drives, he was never really able to get into rhythm.
43:53
He was running for his life. And when that happens, there's nothing you
44:00
could really do. The if you have a great pass rush that's going on
44:02
that game, they can shut down everything that your offense is trying to do.
44:09
But I feel like the Miami Dolphins are still fine, one of the
44:14
best head coaches in the league, still one of the best offenses. But
44:20
I did say last week that their defense is solid. But I'm starting to
44:25
get a little bit concerned as far as with the Dolphins defense and not being
44:30
able to just you don't necessarily have to stop them from stop them from scoring
44:37
entirely, but just turning those touchdowns into field goals and keeping your offense in
44:43
it a little bit where they have chances to get out of their get out
44:47
of their slumping and still be in the game. Because as of right now,
44:52
it looks like if the Miami Dolphins they don't score over anywhere from thirty
44:57
to thirty five points, they're probably gonna lose a game. That's what it
45:02
looks like. So hopefully they get that solved. Because they have one of
45:10
the best offenses. This team has potential of making it far. So let's
45:19
see. You can always improve on defense throughout the middle of the year,
45:22
So let's see how this goes. And the or the first Sunday game,
45:29
it was the Atlanta Falcons versus the Jacksonville Jaguars. The Jaguars they beat the
45:35
Falcons twenty three to seven. So yes, the Jaguars, they won this
45:43
game. But Trevor Lawrence, it looks like he was supposed to take this
45:47
next sleep, this next sleep into becoming potentially a top five quarterback, because
45:53
towards the end of the year last year, it looked like he was ascending
45:59
into the top ten quarterback range, and against the Chargers in the second half,
46:02
obviously coming back, and even against the Kansas City Chiefs, he looked
46:07
like one of the better quarterbacks in the league. And it looks like he
46:14
is regressing right now. And you can't even say to the lack of weapons,
46:21
because you added Calvin Ridley, have another year in the same system,
46:25
Christian Kirk, then you have Zay Jones, then you have Travis Etn in
46:31
that offense, Evan Ingram, so there's no excuse, and it looks like
46:38
he's taking a step backwards. And the Atlanta Falcons. I don't know exactly
46:51
what Arthur Smith is doing as far as not utilizing Kyle Pitts or Drake London
46:58
in this offense. May maybe he just thinks this is nineteen sixties football and
47:02
just he's just going to run the ball the entire time. But I don't
47:09
know. I don't know. You've used high draft capitol to draft these players
47:16
and you're not using them. You are using Bijon Robinson. But that's running
47:21
the football. Running the football can only get you so much in this league,
47:24
Desmond Ritter, He's not looked like a good quarterback so far. You're
47:30
still two and two. If anything, I feel like this should be a
47:34
team that should trade for Kirk Cousins because they have the talent around around the
47:44
entire roster where if you just entered a quarterback, even if it's mid season,
47:50
they could be more than capable enough to potentially win a playoff game or
47:53
so. And the last game that happened this week, or technically the first
48:00
game since I'm going in reverse order, the Detroit Lions. They whooped up
48:04
on the Green Bay Packers thirty four to twenty. And yes, I know
48:07
that the Detroit Packers or Detroit Packers. Really the Detroit Lions were supposed to
48:15
beat the Packers, but I didn't expect it like this. So this is
48:21
still in lambeau Field, even though they don't have Aaron Rodgers used to expect
48:25
them to have a good home field advantage Jordan loved. He's looked decent throughout
48:32
these first three starts, and they just dismantled them from the very get go.
48:42
I believe they had twenty seven points in the first half, and after
48:45
that they just played conservative football and just did what any smart football team was
48:51
supposed to do. And they look legit. They look like they're a team
48:54
to be wrecking with, and I think they could be a team that,
49:00
surprisingly this year, could knock off one of the big threes in the NFC
49:05
as far as San Francisco, Philadelphia or even Dallas. And now that you
49:13
beat Green Bay, who I felt that was their biggest competitor in that division,
49:20
they're off to the races for potentially even one seed or maybe two seed,
49:27
because yes, I know Detroit they play the Cowboys later on in the
49:30
season, but the Cowboys they do also play the Philadelphia Eagles twice, and
49:37
the Eagles they play the Cowboys and the Niners, and the Niners they play
49:42
both of those teams obviously, so it's gonna be a blood bath between those
49:49
three teams right there. So Detroit they could potentially sneak in and get the
49:53
one seed or even get the two seed, and get that advantage. So
50:00
it's looking good for Detroit so far. But it's week four, it's early
50:04
on in the season. We're gonna have to see this continue happening. But
50:09
so far, so good. And as far as for green Bay, Jordan
50:16
Love late in the game, it looked like he was starting to put something
50:21
together. But obviously it's not Aaron Rodgers level, but he looks like he
50:31
has progressions. As far as being a top twelve quarterback. I'm not saying
50:37
that top five range, but somewhere where he is just good enough. If
50:43
he has the pieces around him, he could potentially win a playoff game or
50:47
so. But he just ran into the wrong team at the wrong time.
50:52
The Detroit Lions, they're just very good right now and their offense is just
50:58
clicking. Their defense is improved from last year. So nothing really I could
51:04
take from this from the Green Bay Packers from this game. They just got
51:08
beaten by one of the teams who have been the hottest teams even going into
51:14
last year. Because now I believe that's I don't want to be mistaken exactly,
51:22
but I believe they're eight and nine in their last nine games. So
51:25
yeah, very good, so far, so it's kind of hard to beat
51:30
that team. All Right, Next, we're gonna get into Week five predictions,
51:37
and we're gonna go ahead and start off with the Thursday night football game.
51:43
I'm going to kind of run through these a little bit quicker this time.
51:46
All Right, Thursday night football game. You have Chicago at Washington.
51:52
I think Washington they win this game. They bounced back after a tough game
51:55
against Philly. Chicago they dropped to own five anders they do just enough to
52:01
be a good team. Another London game. It's the Buffalo Bills versus the
52:07
Jacksonville Jaguars. I think that the Bills they win, they continue on their
52:15
momentum. The Jacksonville Jaguars defense is not that good, so Josh Allen should
52:20
have his way against them. Houston at Atlanta, the first twelve o'clock game
52:25
of the day. I'm gonna go with the upset here, and I think
52:30
Houston they win and they get to over five hundred. I don't know since
52:36
how long, but they get to over five hundred. C J. Stroud,
52:38
he's playing really nice right now and I think that continues. Carolina at
52:44
Detroit. Like I just talked about Detroit, Detroit they're just on fire right
52:47
now. Detroit they go to four and one, and Carolina they lose again.
52:53
Tennessee at Indianapolis. Indianapolis, I just believe they'll get it done here
52:58
at home. Tennessee. They're a tough team, but as far as the
53:02
front sevens, indeed, they just match up with the Tennessee Titans, so
53:07
they can neutralize them. And I think the better quarterback already is Anthony Richardson,
53:13
so they should win this game. New York Giants at the Miami Dolphins.
53:17
Miami Dolphins often embarrassing loss Miami. They should win and take care of
53:22
business. New Orleans Saints at the New England Patriots. Tough game to judge.
53:29
Saints. He looked bad last week, so did the Patriots. But
53:32
it's in Foxborough. I think that surprisingly, I feel like this is a
53:37
little bit of a shocker right here. I think that the Patriots win after
53:42
a very upsetting loss. Bill Belichick he's gonna have his team prepared and it's
53:46
at home, so I feel like they're just gonna be able to get it
53:50
done. Baltimore at Pittsburgh. This game, it was a little bit tougher
53:55
for me to judge because Pittsburgh. They got embarrassed. Baltimore. They just
54:01
beat the Browns, so you could feel like this is kind of a trap
54:05
game if this was another team. But this is a divisional game. Baltimore,
54:09
They're going to be ready, and I feel like the Ravens are gonna
54:13
win this game. But it's gonna be a nip and tuck ball game,
54:15
all right, first three o'clock game, it's Philadelphia versus the Rams and Cooper
54:22
Cup. He should be coming back this week. It's not exactly sure,
54:25
or I'm not exactly sure. Reports are kind of conflicting each other, but
54:30
I'm thinking Cooper Cup is going to play. Even with that being said,
54:35
I think philadel Philadelphia should win. Philadelphia's offense is clicking. Rams. They
54:42
have one of the worst defenses in the league, so and I think Matt
54:46
Stafford would be able. Is going to turn over the ball maybe once or
54:52
twice, and it's gonna go in Philly's favors. Philly they win, but
54:55
closer than what people expect. Cincinnati at eras Zona, this game is going
55:01
to be very interesting. Arizona. They've been playing everybody tough. But like
55:06
I said earlier, I still believe in Cincinnati. I still believe that they
55:09
can do something, and I believe that they are going to win this game.
55:15
And hopefully Jamar Chase he scores me a bunch of points because they have
55:19
him in fantasy football. But all right, one of the other three o'clock
55:23
games, it is New York Jets at the Denver Broncos. Side note,
55:30
this is the revenge game for Nathaniel Hackett against Sean Payton after all those or
55:37
after all what Sean Payton said as far as worst coaching coaching job in NFL
55:42
history. So kind of a side revenge game. And I think that the
55:46
New York Jets actually win this game. Like I said, Denver Broncos,
55:52
they make any offensive good. Zach Wilson, he was starting a letter rip
55:55
last week and I think that continues in Jets. They win at Denver.
56:01
Then the last three o'clock game of the day, it is the Kansas City
56:07
Chiefs at the Minnesota Vikings. Kansas City Chiefs, even though they won against
56:13
New York Jets, it was a very ugly win. I believe that Andy
56:17
Reid, Pat Mahomes they'll get back to the drawing board and against this Minnesota
56:22
defense who has looked a little bit better. They will cook them up and
56:28
the Kansas City Chiefs they'll be able to take advantage of those turnovers. Because
56:31
obviously you have Patrick Mahomes and the game so far the game of the year.
56:38
You have the Dallas Cowboys versus the San Francisco forty nine ers in San
56:45
France Sunday night. I want to talk about this game a little bit more
56:49
because I am a Dallas Cowboys fan. Call it buyers or not, but
56:52
you're gonna listen to Cowboys cowboys talk no matter what, no matter who you
56:57
listen to. So this game it's going to prove a lot as far as
57:02
for both teams. The Dallas Cowboys, it's going to prove if they did
57:07
improve from last year, and how this new offense or the Dallas Cowboys is
57:13
going to look against the San Francisco defense. And as far as if those
57:17
red zone if those red zone issues are going to be fixed, because in
57:22
my opinion, looking at the film and some of these plays that Mike McCarthy
57:29
has been calling, it looks like he's been not necessarily hiding place or hiding
57:32
the book, but it looks like he hasn't been given given everything into this
57:37
red zone and it hasn't been a close ball game, so he hasn't had
57:43
to unleash the full table as far as in the red zone. And we're
57:47
going to be able to see because these are the best two defenses in the
57:52
league. Offenses are both clicking and apparently to some people across the sports me
58:00
the or Brock Purty is better than Dak Prescott. So we're gonna see about
58:06
that. And I think again, it's gonna be kind of a similar game
58:12
to last year in the playoffs. Not necessarily that low scorn, but I
58:16
could see this game it being potentially a twenty twenty three seventeen game, and
58:24
I'm going to pick the Dallas Cowboys. Call me biased all you want,
58:29
but even if you don't like the Cowboys, you have to admit the Dallas
58:32
Cowboys have a very good chance of winning this game. And I'm gonna stick
58:37
with my team, Dallas Cowboys. They win. And then the Money Night
58:40
game, you have the Green Bay Packers at the Las Vegas Raiders. Jimmy
58:45
g it looks like he should be back for this game, but I feel
58:51
like the Packers they take care of business after Thursday Night losing very embarrassingly embarrassingly
58:58
to the Lions. They should take care of business and the Jordan Love lead
59:06
Packers get back on track. And all right, all right, now that
59:09
we got done, as far as with NFL, NFL talk, we're gonna
59:15
get We're gonna get into a little bit of college football talk. I'm gonna
59:20
just talk about some of the games that I watched and as far as what
59:24
I see, I'm gonna talk about as far as some of the top tier
59:29
ranked teams or some of the more interesting games that I saw. So one
59:35
of the games that was very interesting to me was the number one Georgia going
59:38
up against Auburn and barely won in twenty seven to twenty. If it wasn't
59:43
for Brock Bowers just making an amazing play, then Georgia they could have possibly
59:51
lost this game. And I know you say, okay, but you said
59:54
earlier as far as what the NFL, a win is a win, but
59:58
as far as in college football, it's a little bit different. You need
1:00:00
style points to win. That's exactly why Florida State they dropped in the rankings
1:00:07
against Clemson because they it was a close game. Even though they won,
1:00:12
they didn't have style points and that's just how it is. I hate that
1:00:15
it's like that, but it's that's just it. And I believe that Georgia
1:00:22
they need to be dropped. I'll get into that in a second, but
1:00:27
they just did not look impressive and they look beatable this year. Michigan,
1:00:30
they took care of business against Nebraska. They won forty five to seven.
1:00:35
Nothing really to take away from this. Michigan. They picked right back up
1:00:39
where they left off and they should be winning these next few games. Texas
1:00:45
they took care of business against a backup quarterback and Quinn Edwards he looked very
1:00:52
nice. Jonathan Brooks he had two eighteen rushing yards, which is damn good.
1:00:58
Offensive line they great and we'll see how they look next week. But
1:01:06
I'm not gonna get into that yet. And all right, Penn State,
1:01:10
they beat Northwestern after a close game throughout the first half, which it was
1:01:15
ten to ten, they took care of business in the second half and they
1:01:20
put up thirty one points in the second half compared to three four Northwestern and
1:01:25
Washington. Michael Pennocks continues to look very good. Had three hundred and sixty
1:01:30
three yards beat Arizona in a close game thirty one to twenty four. And
1:01:37
let's see how he looks against some more competition down the road, because you
1:01:39
have a very tough schedule in the Pac twelve. But speaking of the Pac
1:01:44
twelve, the eight seed USC we're dominating Colorado forty eight or and they won
1:01:52
forty eight to forty one. Caleb Williams, he looked fantastic. Six touchdowns,
1:01:58
but so did Shader Sanders. But this game it shouldn't have been as
1:02:02
close at it as it ended up being. That offense ended up just shutting
1:02:07
down. But like I said, style points are needed in college football to
1:02:14
go up the ranks, and I believe that at the beginning of the game
1:02:17
they did have style points after being up so much. But since they let
1:02:22
this game so close, I don't see them moving down. But I could
1:02:25
see them just staying in the same situation where they were. Oregon and Stanford.
1:02:30
Oregan took care business. Oregon they're still on a roll. They beat
1:02:35
Stanford forty two to six. Bonnicks, he looked great once again. And
1:02:40
Oregon they could potentially sneak into top five territory and something I didn't expect them
1:02:47
and the best game that I saw it was the it was a Saturday night
1:02:52
game, it was Notre Dame versus Duke. Duke. They end up storming
1:02:57
back after being down and they went up fourteen to thirteen or yeah, fourteen
1:03:04
to thirteen, and Notre Dame they just marched down the field and ended up
1:03:08
scoring a touchdown and kept their college football playoff hopes alive because they couldn't lose
1:03:14
back to back games. Even though Duke they've they've looked pretty nice, but
1:03:17
you couldn't afford to lose this game. And good for them because Notre Dame
1:03:23
football, when they're always playing good college football, is always better to watch.
1:03:29
And as far as next games that I want to see next week or
1:03:35
that I'm excited for, so one of the first games that I'm excited for
1:03:40
is obviously if you're a Texas fan or Ou fan, you should know which
1:03:46
game I'm talking about, and that is the Oklahoma versus Texas game aka the
1:03:52
red River Red River rivalry game. I don't know why that was a tongue
1:03:57
twister for me. This is gonna show exactly how good Texas is, this
1:04:04
has been there or this is going to be their best opponent in my opinion,
1:04:09
Yes, I know they did play Alabama, but this is going to
1:04:12
be their best best opponent they're gonna play yet because oh you, they know,
1:04:15
no Texas better than Alabama. That's why I think it's gonna be better.
1:04:20
Not necessarily because they match up as far as each player, but you
1:04:25
just play this team so damn much that you're gonna just know their system or
1:04:29
and what exactly they're trying to do. Hopefully it's not a game how it
1:04:33
was last year where Texas just obliterated them. I just don't feel like that's
1:04:38
gonna happen. But you never know, it's college football. Anything can happen.
1:04:45
So I know a lot of people they've been picking, oh you to
1:04:50
win this game. But I still think Texas they win this game. As
1:04:54
far as how much they win this game by, I have no clue,
1:04:58
but I feel like Texas they they squeak out a win. I feel like
1:05:01
this is a game where it's going into the fourth quarter, it's a close
1:05:05
ball game, but Texas they pull away by about ten or fourteen points and
1:05:12
they just end up winning. And one of the other games that I want
1:05:15
to see is Alabama versus Texas A and M. And yes, I know
1:05:21
A M they're not a good team, but a M they just always play
1:05:29
Alabama tough. I don't know what it is about Texas A and M where
1:05:33
they just match up with them so well, but they're just able to And
1:05:41
I think that there is a big chance that Texas A and M they're able
1:05:46
to upset Alabama and potentially knock them out of the playoff hunt very very early.
1:05:55
So who knows. If you're a Texas fan, you're I'm pretty sure
1:05:59
you're rooting for alab Mama though, because it makes that Alabama victory look a
1:06:02
little bit more impressive. And one of the other games that I'm looking forward
1:06:09
to is Kentucky versus Georgia. When you look at look at this on paper,
1:06:15
you're probably thinking, why it's Kentucky and Georgia. One of the games
1:06:19
you're looking at Anaton Athens, So why would you be looking at this?
1:06:25
But Kentucky they've been able to run the football very very well. Georgia they
1:06:30
don't look as dominant. And I don't think that Georgia is going to lose
1:06:34
this game, but I feel like it's gonna be another close game where Kentucky's
1:06:40
gonna put Georgia on the ropes and we're gonna see how they respond. And
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all right, last game that I want to see, and it sounds like
1:06:51
a very weird game is Noorder Dame versus Louisville Order Dame. After two emotional
1:07:00
ends or two emotional wins and loss back to back weeks. You're going up
1:07:05
against Louisville. Louisville who have looked better as of late, and not to
1:07:11
mention that they are five a note, and they have looked pretty dominant as
1:07:14
of right now. And yes, I know it has been against lesser opponents,
1:07:18
but like I said, Nonre Dame, they're coming off of two emotional
1:07:24
games and they could potentially slip up right here. It is a Saturday night
1:07:28
game too, so I will be watching this game. So yeah, as
1:07:33
far as who wins this games, I'm not that I'm not that exactly sure
1:07:40
because NFL you can kind of predict, you could tell who has a momentum
1:07:45
who doesn't. But in college football, you never know exactly what is going
1:07:49
to happen. So yeah, I'm going to just let these games just play
1:07:56
out themselves because you have no clue how these games are going to pan out.
1:08:00
And all right, the MLB Playoffs is officially here and I am excited
1:08:11
for it. So if you're listening to this recording the MLB Playoffs, they
1:08:16
are under way either either today or tomorrow or whenever, whenever you're listening to
1:08:23
this. And so as of right now, the seeding so far we're going
1:08:28
to go into the American League. The Baltimore Orioles have the one seed.
1:08:31
The Houston Astros jumped up all the way from the six seed to the two
1:08:36
seed to get the buy and the three seed belongs to the Twins, who
1:08:45
will be going up against the Toronto Blue Jays who have the sixth seed in
1:08:50
a three game series. And the same thing goes for the Tampa Bay Rays
1:08:55
against the Texas Rangers. And as far as who will win those, I
1:09:01
think I already made my predictions clear. I feel like the Texas Rangers they
1:09:08
are going to make the World Series. Their bats have just been on fire.
1:09:13
Yes, I know they struggled against the Mariners and they lost one to
1:09:16
zero to go all the way from the two seed to the five seed,
1:09:21
which is which is a bad way to enter the playoffs, but their bats
1:09:27
are too good, and I feel like it's too much even for a three
1:09:31
game series against the Rays, who have been one of the best teams so
1:09:35
far, and pitching is something that I feel like they can overcome. And
1:09:44
as far as for the other series in the American League, the Twins and
1:09:47
the Blue Jays, I feel like the Twins they should win twins. They
1:09:54
have the better pitching staff and just the more experienced team, so they should
1:09:59
take advantage of this. Blue Jays they finally made a step in the right
1:10:02
direction, but I just don't feel like they're ready to take that next step.
1:10:08
So that means the Rangers would play the Baltimore Orioles in the ALDS.
1:10:15
And like I mentioned, the Baltimore Orioles are a young team and they made
1:10:20
a jump out of nowhere. Yes, I know they had a hot streak
1:10:24
down the year to potentially make the playoffs. But at the end of the
1:10:30
day in baseball, yes, I know, it's about as far as your
1:10:34
bat's getting hot and as far as clicking on all cylinators at the right time.
1:10:39
But the Rangers just have a little bit more experience and their bats are
1:10:44
just better. And I just think the Rangers don't get it done. I
1:10:49
just feel like the Rangers, they're just bound to make a run this year.
1:10:57
It's been a while. You have a good coach, you have good
1:11:00
you have good bats, and they should take advantage of an unexperienced Oriels team
1:11:09
who don't know how to go with the ups and downs in the postseason.
1:11:15
So I have that one. I have the Rangers going to the Alcs.
1:11:19
Then I have obviously the Twins advanced into the next round facing the Ashalls and
1:11:24
the Alds. I feel like this should be a question. I know the
1:11:27
Ashalls, they have struggled throughout this entire season, but they made into the
1:11:30
playoffs. They finally got here, and I feel like the Ashalls they should
1:11:35
take care of business and just again experienced team. I know the Twins are
1:11:42
a little bit experienced, but you have the best experience you can. You're
1:11:46
the world champs. You should be able to win a series potentially two pitching
1:11:54
is there. I know you don't. You don't have mc colors. I
1:12:00
know he's out for the year, but you still have your done. You
1:12:03
still have Benya, you still have Auve, So you still have those people
1:12:08
there and they should be able to take advantage, but I think that Houston
1:12:14
could be taken to the brink right here. Not I don't think seven game
1:12:17
series, but potentially six game series. So that means i'd have two Texas
1:12:23
teams, the Rangers and the Astros in the ALCS. And I'll get back
1:12:29
to this, but let me go ahead and go to the NLCS. So
1:12:31
in the NLCS, obviously have the best team in the league, the Atlanta
1:12:35
Braves being the one seed. Two seed belongs to the LA Dodgers, three
1:12:41
seed is the Milwaukee Brewers, six seed Arizona Diamondbacks, four seed Philadelphia Phillies,
1:12:48
and five seed the Miami Marlins. So I think that the Phillies should
1:12:58
take care of business against the Marlins, again experienced team, Marlin's inexperienced team,
1:13:03
and Marlins they were able to find them way, find their way into
1:13:09
the playoffs and sneak in. But Phillies, if it wasn't for the Braves
1:13:13
having such a great season in their division, the Phillies they would be the
1:13:17
talk as far as potentially making another run. So I think Phillies they should
1:13:24
take care of business, and I think it should be fairly convincingly. I
1:13:29
wouldn't be surprised if it's two old just sweep against the Marlins. As far
1:13:33
as the Brewers and Diamondbacks, Diamondbacks corporate Carroll, what he's done rookie year
1:13:41
amazing, but Brewers again, as you could tell, I'm kind of leaning
1:13:45
with the trend here. You have the experienced teams here and Brewers they've been
1:13:49
in these situations plenty of times, and Brewers they should be able to take
1:13:55
advantage of this inexperienced team. And I think it's going to be a very
1:14:00
good series though. I think this could go potentially all three games right here.
1:14:06
So yeah, and so that means i'd have the Atlanta Braves versus the
1:14:12
Phillies a rematch of last year. But I think that the Atlanta Braves they
1:14:17
do get their revenge. They started clicking at the right time. As I
1:14:21
recorded this last Tuesday, I said the Braves they need to kind of get
1:14:26
on a hot streak. Their bats need to start to get going. And
1:14:30
that's exactly what's happened. The bats They've gotten going, So they should be
1:14:35
run into the playoffs very fresh. Max Freed, he's gonna be fresh.
1:14:40
Charlie Morton, he's gonna be fresh. So You're just gonna have a fresh
1:14:45
team that's ready to take advantage and get revenge after last year having kind of
1:14:50
a disappointing ending to their season. And as far as the Brewers versus Dodgers,
1:14:57
I think that the Dodgers and experienced team. I've been there, and
1:15:03
Dodgers offense is one of the best offenses in my opinion. They're the third
1:15:09
best offense in the whole league, behind the Braves Rangers in or yeah,
1:15:15
behind the Braves and Rangers. So they should take advantage because the pitching is
1:15:20
kind of a stalemate between the Brewers and Dodgers, so the Bats should be
1:15:26
there. Obviously, you have Freddy Freeman, Mookie Bets, Chris Taylor,
1:15:30
Will Smith, so you have the talent there and it should be a rematch
1:15:33
of what two years ago it was the Atlanta Braves versus the La Dodgers.
1:15:39
All right, let's go ahead. And getting to the Alcs, you have
1:15:43
the Rangers versus the Astros, and this is where I believe the Astros they
1:15:49
fall back down to heaven or fall back down from heaven. As far as
1:15:55
this run that they've had and as far as dominating the American leg I feel
1:16:00
like it finally does come to an end, and the Rangers bats have just
1:16:08
been on fire, and now especially with this new baseball, if your bats
1:16:14
are on fire, you could find yourself winning these shootout games and pitching it
1:16:18
does matter. But if you're the second best offense in the league, you
1:16:23
could win seven out of ten times, and especially this being a seven game
1:16:28
series, it's just hard for me to think that for that for four of
1:16:34
those games, the Rangers bats are not going to be on So I know
1:16:41
this sounds crazy, but I think that the Texas Rangers are going to make
1:16:45
the World Series and they are going to be going up against one of the
1:16:50
two against the Atlanta Braves or the LA Dodgers and now Braves Dodgers, they've
1:17:00
had a great rivalry as of late, two great teams, MVP front runners.
1:17:04
You have Ronald Kunja, you have Mookie Bets, Matt Ols and Freddie
1:17:10
Freeman. You have the pitching staff that's there. You have the coach,
1:17:14
you have the managers that are there not coaches. I'm sorry, I'm used
1:17:17
to the NFL talk right now, but you just have a stacked, stacked
1:17:25
team versus stacked team. I believe whoever gets out of this series, they
1:17:29
will win the World Series because they're just so dominant experience. They've been there
1:17:36
and again beats are just amazing. I feel like this is gonna be blood
1:17:44
bath. I think this is gonna go all seven. Just the fact that
1:17:48
the Dodgers are so experienced, even though this Braves offense is amazing and it's
1:17:54
gonna be hard to stop. I feel like this is gonna be the World
1:17:58
Series before the World Series as far as the best series out there. So
1:18:02
yeah, and I think the Braves are gonna win. The Braves are gonna
1:18:08
win the World Series and be champions after after losing last year, because they
1:18:17
they're gonna take care of the Dodgers and once they play the Rangers, just
1:18:24
take advantage, take advantage. And when you have two of the best offenses
1:18:28
in the league, usually the better pitching staff wins. And I'd lean towards
1:18:33
the Atlanta Braves because you have Max Freed, Charlie Moore in Spencer Strider,
1:18:39
then you have a great closer and Iglesias. So yeah, Braves they win
1:18:46
in my opinion, and I think that it's it's gonna cap off and historic
1:18:56
season. Ronald Kuna. I feel like he's gonna win, you know,
1:19:00
MVP. So it's gonna just cap off an historic, historic season. And
1:19:08
I'm just excited for the MLB playoffs to start because it's it's just amazing time
1:19:15
of the year. You have football, yeah, baseball, and then you
1:19:20
have basketball. And some basketball news that happened that shocked me. So it
1:19:30
was literally right after I got done posting the episode for last week, I
1:19:39
got the news that Damian Lillard was traded to the Milwaukee Bucks in something that
1:19:50
nobody expected to happen. Nobody because as far as with Damian Lillard, he
1:19:57
said he would have just played in my Emily straight Lee and he wasn't gonna
1:20:01
go anywhere else and if not, he would hold out and just wait till
1:20:05
he was traded again. But it's kind of hard to hold out when you
1:20:12
get traded to a team like the Milwaukee Bucks who are looking to win a
1:20:16
championship. And that's exactly what Damian Lillard wanted. And as far as the
1:20:24
trade details, I'm gonna go ahead and get into it. So the Trail
1:20:26
Blazers they received all and off from this trade. So after trading away Drew
1:20:33
Holiday to the Celtics. You've got Malcolm Brogden, Robert Williams, DeAndre Atan
1:20:41
and you had and you got three first round picks in total. And then
1:20:47
with the Sun's trade or with the Suns being involved in this trade, they
1:20:53
got use of nark h Grayson, Allen Zero, little Keyan Johnson, obviously
1:20:57
the Bucks to get Damian Lillard and the trouble Blazers. They got a good
1:21:02
package from this, and after trading away Drew Holiday, it looks like they're
1:21:06
officially in rebuilding. They're gonna rebuild around Shading Sharp, Scoot Henderson and DeAndre
1:21:13
Aiden. That's a nice core right there to get started, and they're going
1:21:16
to be an exciting team. And you just basically gave the keys to Scoot
1:21:20
Henderson and say, all right, well you could just co play basketball.
1:21:26
And Chauncey Billips he's I feel like he is a very good coach, So
1:21:31
he's gonna be able to coach coach up this team the right way and they
1:21:36
could just end up being a sneaky team that I wouldn't be surprised if they
1:21:42
made the playoffs because they have the talent all around them. But all right,
1:21:48
now, what as far as everybody, everybody, as far as they
1:21:53
want to know, as far as for the Bucks. So in my opinion,
1:21:59
the Bucks to this trade, they instantly become title favorites. And yes,
1:22:03
I know that they lost drough Holiday and you could say the perimeter defense,
1:22:08
but yes, you need defense to win championships, no question, But
1:22:13
they act like they lost Jannis. As far as from the defensive side,
1:22:17
Jannis is still going to be there, brook Lopez is still going to be
1:22:21
there. So at this point, you're just asking Damian Lillard on defense to
1:22:26
just guard up on the threes and you could let them blow by and you'll
1:22:32
have Jannis and brook Lopez there who will be there blocking shots. And what
1:22:39
this does for them offensively, that pick and roll is going to be nasty
1:22:43
between Damie Lillard and Jannis, and it just spaces a floor for Yannis,
1:22:48
which is scary. That's the last thing that Jannis needs. He is already
1:22:53
dominant as it is. He almost averaged thirty points last year. So with
1:23:00
this happening, Damian Lillard, he I feel like he's gonna be a man
1:23:05
on fire. And just last year he had the best year of his career.
1:23:12
There's only been a few people or a few people do what he did
1:23:15
last year. And one of those guys his name is Michael Jordan. Sounds
1:23:18
pretty familiar. So the Bucks, they should be title favorites and they should
1:23:31
be winning the NBA Finals. I'm not going to get in as far as
1:23:38
NBA Finals predictions because it is too early in my opinion, I won't make
1:23:42
those predictions yet. Basketball season hasn't even started, so but as far as
1:23:47
just his trade, it's just it just instantly boost the Bucks into title favorites,
1:23:55
and just not necessarily that they weren't going all in before, but going
1:24:02
with that all in approach and pleasing your superstar who said I believe it was
1:24:10
a month ago. If they don't make the right moves around me, I
1:24:14
could potentially rees or sign somewhere else. And I'm pretty sure that changed Janie's
1:24:18
mind really quick. So yeah, congrats to the Milwaukee Bucks. Bearing all
1:24:28
injuries, they should be the best team in the NBA. And now that
1:24:36
we're on NBA talk, I've been wanting to I wanted to do this last
1:24:44
episode, but there was nothing really that I could talk about as far as
1:24:47
to bring in NBA and as far as the best players in the league.
1:24:55
So after this trade with the Milwaukee Bucks, after they got Damian Lillard,
1:25:02
I was thinking, who are the top ten players in the NBA, and
1:25:10
potentially are some of them on the same team or not. So I have
1:25:15
a couple honorable mentions in here, and when I'm listing my top ten,
1:25:23
this includes everything as far as health, what you have done the previous years.
1:25:30
I'm gonna say the last two years. I'm not gonna go three years
1:25:32
back because I feel like you could be past your prime, etc. Etc.
1:25:38
There's different So obviously everybody has a different criteria, but this is just
1:25:43
my criteria. So Number one, I have Nicolo nicolok last year just throughout
1:25:51
the entire season look like the best player in the league and won the NBA
1:25:58
Finals and just dominant, and it looks like he is unstoppable entering this prime
1:26:05
and the Nuggets they should be making another run. So it's very scary.
1:26:12
There's nothing that Nicola Yokis can't do offensively. Number two, it's I have
1:26:19
Jannis and at the Kumpo and I know that they lost last year in the
1:26:28
first round, but he is still the best in my opinion two way player
1:26:33
in the League. So he could do anything, block shots, facilitate an
1:26:41
offense, and be the backbone to a defense and just he is just amazing
1:26:49
and he could do anything, anything on the floor and something that hasn't been
1:26:56
done in a while. Number three Steph Curry. Steph Curry. Last year
1:27:01
in the playoffs, he had one of his best years. And even though
1:27:06
they lost against the Lakers, it was Steph Curry who was not necessarily carrying
1:27:14
that team. It is a very good team, but Steph Curry it looks
1:27:19
like he still is in his prime and has several more years to go.
1:27:26
And I refuse to put Steph Curry outside of the top three because he is
1:27:31
only two years or yeah, two years prior to winning a championship, so
1:27:40
it's hard to put him out of there. And Steph Curry he deserves it.
1:27:44
Number four. So this is where I started to have a little bit
1:27:49
of trouble as far as placing players, because this word gets interesting. Did
1:27:58
you want to put him be KD, Luca Tatum or whoever whoever you'd want
1:28:04
to put, But right here at number four, I have to put Luca
1:28:12
don Chi. So Luca don chich, Yes, I know, not the
1:28:18
best season for him. Last year, they did not make the playoffs after
1:28:23
being the four seed through the All Star break. But he is still offensively,
1:28:30
not behind Nicola Yokits and Steph Curry the best, the best offensive player
1:28:38
in the league. There's really no weaknesses to him offensively and he could just
1:28:42
control on the whole offense, and there's really it's hard to it's hard to
1:28:50
have somebody this talented not be a top four player in the league because he
1:29:00
is only going to get better, which is crazy to say he's only going
1:29:05
to be getting better. And number five, number five, man, this
1:29:16
is where it got really tough. And as far as last year, it
1:29:24
really had a lot to do as far as with this ranking, and I'm
1:29:30
going to have to put I'm going to have to put Kevin Durant over Joel
1:29:34
Embiid. So I guess I told you five and six. So I have
1:29:39
Kevin Durant five and I have Joel Embiad six. And yes, I know
1:29:45
these last two years they are going into consideration, and I still have Kevin
1:29:50
Durant over Joel Embiid. Joel Embiid he was dominant throughout the regular season,
1:30:00
but come playoff time, he was not that good. Well, let me
1:30:05
get this clear. Obviously he was good, obviously well great for any just
1:30:12
regular player in the NBA, but as far as for his standards, as
1:30:15
far as MVP standards, that's what I mean. He wasn't that good,
1:30:19
if that makes sense. But Kevin I'd still have. I'd still choose Kevin
1:30:26
Durant over Joel Embiid because I feel like if you put Kevin Durant on the
1:30:32
Philadelphia seventy six ers, they would have gone a little bit further then if
1:30:41
you put Joel Embiid on the Phoenix Suns. So yeah, it was tough
1:30:47
for me. It was hard for me to decide. But yeah, Kevin
1:30:51
Durant's five, and Joel Embiid he is six. And with that being said,
1:30:57
number seven I have Jason Tatum, and everybody they just remember Jason Tatum
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as far as in the Eastern Conference Finals losing to the Miami Heat. But
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let's not forget those first two series. Yes, I know he struggled against
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the Sixers, but he ended up balancing back in a very big way in
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Game six and Game seven against the Sixers and proved why he is at bare
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minimum. The seventh best player in the league. Honestly, I was tempted
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to put Tatum even over Embiid, but I just couldn't manage to do that
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because MBI did win the MVP, so I have to give him a little
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bit of an edge over Tatum. So yeah, but I wouldn't be surprised
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if Tatum he's able to leap frog over Embiid and KD potentially even Luca depending
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on how they do this year. And number eight, number eight right here,
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I guess you can consider this what I'm saying to prove why the Milwaukee
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Bucks they are the favorites. I have Damian Lillard right here, number eight,
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the eighth best player in the league. Just Damian Litard. When he
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was playing, he had the best year of his career. Just let me
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read you this what Damian Littard did last year. So Damian little last year.
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I know it was only fifty eight games he had, he was averaging
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thirty two points a game, forty six percent from the field, thirty seven
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percent from three, five rebounds, seven assists, and it's just hard for
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me. Yes, I know health is a factor, but if he's able
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to he doesn't even He's not even gonna have to be able to or need
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to do all of that for the Monkey Bucks. But I feel like if
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he just does that, he is going to be or prove why he is
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the eighth best player in the league. And he he's gonna be in a
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better, better system as far as he's gonna be getting even more open shots,
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because you're gonna have to pick your poison. You're either gonna let Damian
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Lillard stredd you to pieces from three or you're gonna have Jannis one of the
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two and like I said, both top ten players in the league. So
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I guess you could say it's the best duo in the league and number nine,
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number nine right here, I have Shay Gilgis Alexander, And yes,
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I know you could say Shay he was on a bad team, they didn't
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make the playoffs, etc. Etc. But what he's doing it can go
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unnoticed and he's I guess you could say, I feel like I'm not projecting,
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but I feel I feel if you're saying I'm projecting for what he's going
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to do this year, that's perfectly fine. And at bare minimum, he
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is the twelfth, twelfth best player in the league. But just in my
1:34:30
opinion. I have him nine because what he was able to do with that
1:34:35
Thundersteam, that Thunder team. That Thunder team is young, They're only gonna
1:34:40
be getting better, so he's gonna have even more pieces around him, especially
1:34:46
with chet Holmegren coming back, so very scary for shape, and if he's
1:34:54
able to develop that three point shot even more, he could he could jump
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all away from from nine to five. That's what's so interesting about this list
1:35:05
is that all the way from four to nine, I feel like it's just
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it's just all objective or subjective as far as your preference or as far as
1:35:19
where do you think they're projecting, are they're projecting up, are they projecting
1:35:23
down, or whatever? And then the tenth best player in the league,
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I'm going to have to say Anthony Davis is the tenth best player in the
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league. Anthony Davis. In the regular season, he was down that stretch
1:35:39
where the Lakers ended up making the playoffs, he was the best player and
1:35:45
he was one of the best players in the league. And the only reason
1:35:47
that I have him number ten is because of health. If it wasn't for
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health, then he'd potentially be up there with Luca and Kadi, but obviously
1:36:00
I'm considering health. But when healthy, he is the best defensive peace in
1:36:08
basketball, even better than Jannis in my opinion, even though they both can
1:36:13
guard the perimeter. Anthony Davis, he's he's just something that that is just
1:36:17
ridiculous, that that even Jannis can't do. And Jannis he's back to back
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defensive Player of the Year. So yeah, that's my top ten list.
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And as far as honorable mentions. So I had three right here that I
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was torn in between. I'm gonna name you number eleven and twelve, and
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who I thought could have been right there, I wouldn't have been mad.
1:36:45
So number eleven I have Lebron James right there. Again, same thing with
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Anthony Davis. He would be higher, but Lebron obviously older going into year
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twenty one, going off or coming off of that foot injury. So I
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could even see him. If he stays healthy, that's the biggest thing.
1:37:09
If he stays healthy, he could be up there too. So yeah,
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Lebron, I have him number eleven. The number twelve, I have Devin
1:37:18
Booker. Devin Booker last year in the playoffs, he was just a madman,
1:37:25
just on fire and even just throughout the season when Kevin Durant he was
1:37:30
hurt and they had a win games just to stay out of out of the
1:37:36
play in tournament. He will stepping up time in and time out again.
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And number thirteen, which is an honorable mention, was Jimmy Butler. Jimmy
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Butler, I feel like I can't put him into the top ten. I
1:37:54
know some people they're probably saying, well, Jimmy Butler after the playoff run,
1:37:57
what he did last year, I feel like it's kind of getting overvalued
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a little bit. Yes, he did make the finals. It was a
1:38:05
great run, but he is not better than any of those other players that
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I mentioned. I'd rather have those players on my team rather than Jimmy Butler.
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As far as anybody else, I'd anybody else. Yeah, I'd rather
1:38:21
have Jimmy Butler, but from twelve to one, I'd rather have everybody else.
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But still, that's an accomplishment for Jimmy Butler. Before then, he
1:38:31
was barely considered a top twenty player. So kudos to Jimmy Butler. Kudos
1:38:36
to him because he's finally getting the respect that he deserves. But all right,
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