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The Audible on TDUK Season 2 Episode 6 · TDUK

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  Hey baby.
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  >> [music]
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  >> Hello everyone. Welcome in. It's the
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  Audible once again. We are here. We are
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  back. You may notice a little difference
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  this week though. As you can see, this
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  is not Ste. This is Lee. We're keeping
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  We're keeping the asinance. Um Lee, how
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  have you been? It's been a while since
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  we've seen you on the Audible. How's
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  things, mate?
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  >> Things are good. I'm back in the UK
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  after being overseas for a few weeks. Um
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  I know some people who watch the the
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  Monday night huddle will uh will have
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  missed me during the last sort of few
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  weeks a few few weeks of the season, but
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  um I'm back. Obviously, this is this is
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  where we uh where I started my um my
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  sort of podcast sort of exploration last
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  year with Steve and Matteo and and now
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  I'm back on the Audible. So, this is
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  this is great. This is amazing.
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  >> No, we're glad to have you back. Um and
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  we're looking forward to a bumper show
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  this week. There's been a lot of crazy
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  stuff happening in the NFL since the
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  start of the season and we have got a
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  lot to say about it. Um, but as as with
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  every week uh in September, we're just
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  going to do a little little shout
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  suicide prevention awareness month. Um,
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  if you're in the UK, 116123, Samaritans
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  is available 24/7. Uh, you can also text
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  shout to 65825.
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  I think that's that's uh let's just
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  double check.
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  That looks right to me. Um, we don't do
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  enough to talk about this in sport. We
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  don't do enough to talk about it in
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  general. Um, and as blo as well, I think
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  we need to do a better job of opening up
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  and talking about these kind of things
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  because we don't want to keep losing
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  people to suicide. We want to we want
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  to, you know, break the cycle, break the
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  stigma around it. So, if if that
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  requires us getting in touch with
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  friends, family, give us a message here
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  at TDUK. There will always be somebody
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  to sit and listen to you and we'd much
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  rather sit and have a chat than than,
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  you know, the other things. So, yeah,
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  remember those numbers. We'll cover it
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  again at the end, but let's begin with
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  the headlines for this week in the
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  opening drive. Now, we've got a few
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  things this week, uh, Lee, and the first
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  one we're going to look at is the
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  biggest week 2 result being the Panthers
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  going 34-3 against the Falcons. Did you
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  watch this game? And what do you think
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  about it?
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  >> Um, I I I did I did catch snippets of
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  this game. Um, it's it was it was a bit
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  of a
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  you know, a bit of a shock win really,
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  wasn't it really? Um, yeah, I
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  I mean, it's it's interesting because we
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  are still still so early on in the
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  season. We're still trying to find out
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  who those dominant teams are, who's
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  looking good, who which players are seem
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  to be, you know, firing on all cylinders
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  just at the right time. And um yeah,
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  it's it's definitely a sort of an
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  interesting score that one. Um, yeah.
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  What do you make of it?
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  >> I I am backing the Panthers to be
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  honest. Bryce Young seems to have come
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  out the gates really well. Obviously,
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  they're they're one and one. They lost
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  the first game. They did ship a lot of
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  points, but offensively they looked
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  good. I think that he's turned a bit of
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  a corner. He's got a couple of receivers
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  now. McMillan and Koko has had a bit of
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  a breakout. He's shown that he's solid.
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  the running game I thought would be
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  worse with them losing um Rico Dao but
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  Chuba Hubard seems to have stepped up
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  and and filled that gap quite nicely. So
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  in a division where you can make the
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  playoffs with an eight and nine record I
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  think they look in pole position well
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  maybe not quite pole position with the
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  Saints being about but they're in a good
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  spot. Yeah, I mean this is I mean it's
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  historically the the you know the NFC
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  South has been
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  a a sort of a
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  a joke sort of conference to be in. And
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  I I I think it's I think you're right.
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  You know the when you look at the
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  Saints, the Panthers,
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  um you know, the Bucks, uh it's it's
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  it's been anybody's anybody's sort of
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  season obviously the it came down to the
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  Bucks or the Panthers last year. Um and
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  and the Panthers seem to be making
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  really good headway in into this season.
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  You know, they're still they're still
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  one and one on the season, but they've
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  had some they've had two really good
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  solid games coming out of this. Um and
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  and like you say, Bryce Young is looking
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  really good. Um Chuba Hubbed is
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  obviously he he has been, you know, sort
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  of reliable running back for for a
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  period of time. Um,
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  yeah, I just I just, you know, they
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  obviously beat up a very sort of
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  disadvantaged Falcons team. We're
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  obviously going to talk about um you
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  know their game
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  um and who's coming in the in the
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  quarterback position, but you know when
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  you got when you got the likes of it's
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  Cooper Rush, isn't it that currently you
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  quarterback last last time um you know
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  the last two games he's he's been a
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  backup QB
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  and you know he's never really been a
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  the starter for for any team. So,
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  >> um, you know, when you lose, you know,
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  tour and when you lose PennX, you know,
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  you're going to your third string sort
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  of quarterback to to get you through the
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  first two games of the season, you know,
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  you're bound to struggle and obviously
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  the Falcons Hall 200 and two is is
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  really sort of,
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  you know, is not a shock st from what
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  we've seen.
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  >> No, I I I agree. I I think there's, you
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  know, like you say, it's it's a it's a
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  joke division. I I always, you know,
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  it's I always call it the worst division
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  in football, which it might not be this
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  year, weirdly. Um, but welcome in Nathan
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  on Instagram and also Matteo. Every
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  week, same thing, up the Denver Broncos
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  on Facebook, but [laughter]
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  you know, it is what it is. Hello, mate.
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  How you doing? Um, we'll run through a
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  couple of the headlines. Three
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  quarterbacks went down this week. three
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  important quarterbacks. Jaden Daniels to
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  a dislocated elbow. Uh Caleb Williams to
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  what looked like a career-ending injury
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  from the way that he was trying to get
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  off the field, but he's just torn he's
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  not torn his hamstring. He's strained
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  his hamstring and he'll be back by week
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  three. Um looking likely. Um and then we
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  also had Oh, who else went down? There
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  was another one. Uh
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  >> Jackson Dart.
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  >> That's the one. Jackson Dart, who looks
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  like he's going to be gone for the
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  season. So,
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  >> what do you think the impacts on those
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  three teams are going to be with their
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  key players going down this early in the
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  season?
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  >> I think it's
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  it was it was it's very strange how, you
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  know, two of the quarterbacks have both
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  come from the NFC East. You know, my
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  Philadelphia Eagles and the and the
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  Cowboys are probably rubbing their hands
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  together
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  >> looking forward to, you know, to backup
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  QBs jumping on the field. I think we've
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  got Mariota for for the Commanders and I
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  have no idea who's the backup for the uh
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  for the for the for the Giants, but
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  >> I think it's James Winston.
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  >> They're backups. Jameson Winston. So,
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  it's James Winston. Okay. He can
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  probably hold his own.
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  >> Um Mario, he's hot and cold. Yeah, very
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  much so. you know, one day you'll get a
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  great great sort of uh showing up and
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  then the other day you're going to get
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  if you got defense on your fantasy going
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  up against Washington, you're going to
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  be having a field day. Um
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  so yeah, I mean nobody likes to see
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  that, you know, the starting
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  quarterbacks go down and especially this
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  early on in the season. Um you know,
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  two, you know, really sort of positive
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  teams from last week coming out. Um, you
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  know, the Commanders narrowly losing to
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  the Eagles. Um, you know, the Giants
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  putting up a stellar performance on
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  their first week and then unfortunately,
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  you know, they go down in week two,
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  which, you know, nobody, again, nobody
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  wants to see. Even though I'm an Eagles
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  fan, I don't want to see, you know,
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  QB1's, you know, dropping out. You want
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  to see good, you know, the best against
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  the best. And, um, you know, it's it's
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  disappointing for sure. Um, I'd love to
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  see
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  them make a full recovery and obviously
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  um, you know, try and get back to the
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  field as quickly as possible. Um, with
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  with Caleb Williams, yeah, I think it's
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  just I think he he probably overplayed
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  it in his head. Um, and, you know, when
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  it was just a minor hamstring sort of
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  tear or pull or whatever the the di full
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  diagnosis is. Um, I think, you know,
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  he's going to be he's obviously going to
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  spend a couple of weeks recovering. Um,
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  and he he'll be back. he'll be back
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  fighting um in a in a really good solid
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  sort of, you know, Ben Johnson sort of
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  offense that he's got cooking up there.
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  So, yeah, that's he's going to be fine.
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  >> Yeah, I I think it's handed the the the
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  East to Philly. Uh I don't think that
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  the Cowboys are going to be able to to
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  knock them off their perch. Um but it's
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  a shame because Jackson Dark came out
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  week one looked really good and looked
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  like he he'd almost fixed a load of his
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  errors from from his first season. and
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  he looked a lot more composed in the
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  pocket. He was making less rass
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  decisions and to see him go down like
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  that is a is a massive shame. Jaden
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  Daniels looked like that was the same
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  elbow that he that took him out of last
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  season. So Washington just getting no
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  luck with rushing quarterbacks seemingly
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  which is a big
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  >> No. And it it was it was quite funny
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  listening to um to Tom Brady as well
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  cursing on the airways as he as
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  [laughter]
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  >> I think we need more of that. I think we
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  need more of that.
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  >> I think we do. I think it [snorts] just
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  brings a bit more natural sort of, you
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  know, that's a that's a rough break.
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  Obviously, Matteo's watching, so we'll
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  keep our P's and Q's and uh make sure
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  this remains a PG podcast. [laughter]
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  >> Yeah.
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  >> But but that it's it's a shame. And and
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  with the Bears as well, Nathan's just
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  mentioned that Tyson Begent's now in
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  concussion protocol as well, so the
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  Bears are on their third string
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  quarterback this week. So that'll be
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  interesting. But we will talk about that
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  coming up in the preview. Um, other
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  other thing we're going to be talking
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  about a bit later on in the the audible
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  call is which starts meaningful, which
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  starts we overreacting to. So, think
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  about that audience if you got any
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  questions for that later on. Um, but
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  we'll jump into the week two review. As
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  you can see on screen, these are mine
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  and Steve's picks from last week. Uh,
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  I've not done very well with this one. I
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  went seven and nine on my picks this
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  week cuz I I picked with my heart, not
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  with my head on a few of them. But we'll
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  start with the first game on the list.
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  It was the Bills at the Lions on
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  Thursday Night Football. What a first
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  half from Josh Allen. Four rushing
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  touchdowns in the game for him. Um
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  Detroit did come back somewhat. Got it
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  within 10, but just couldn't couldn't
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  take it. It was it was done by the end
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  of the first half, I think. But Lee,
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  what do you think? Is Buffalo's offense
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  looking like the league's most complete
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  unit at the moment, or or do you think
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  it's it's the the teams that they
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  played?
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  I think it's I think it's a reflection
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  on the teams they've played. I think,
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  you know, I I still thinking they're
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  missing that sort of star wide receiver,
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  you know, their sort of go-to wide
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  receiver who's going to who's going to
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  blow up secondaries and and just become
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  open all the time. And I think, you
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  know, as as you mentioned, you know,
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  Josh Allen putting so many points on the
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  board himself,
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  >> making making the plays work. you know,
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  he's got flushed out of the pocket quite
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  a few times and um I think, you know, he
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  he is he is certainly a a quarterback
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  who who is making wide receivers better.
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  >> Yes. Yeah, I agree.
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  >> From his his plays. um you know and I I
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  think you know back in the day when he
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  had Stefon Diggs or you know
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  those sort of stuff you know it gives
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  him the option to you know to to stretch
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  the field out a little bit more and
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  that's then obviously going to in turn
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  free up the you know the space you know
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  behind the line of scrimmage for those
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  sort of crossing routes for the for the
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  for the tight ends and stuff. So I think
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  that that is that is the only piece that
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  they are missing because you know they
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  do look a solid team. Um but yeah
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  absolutely
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  um you know excited to see how how uh
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  how how how this Joe Brady's Buffalo
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  Bills is is going to is going to move
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  forward.
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  >> Yeah, it's it's an interesting one
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  because like you say how long can Josh
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  Allen put points on the board? The
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  defense are allowing a lot of points.
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  They allowed a lot of points to to
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  Houston the week before. 31 to Detroit
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  when you know granted they were quite
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  significantly the game was done. It was
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  garbage time points really. But
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  >> you know James Cook again 135 rushing
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  yards. Can with DJ Moore going down with
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  a shoulder injury. Can they carry the
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  offense between them? I'm not so sure
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  personally, but
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  >> No.
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  >> No. I think I think you're right.
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  >> Yeah. I I mean, we we'll see. Buffalo
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  and Josh Allen somehow keeps himself in
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  MVP conversations every every year. I
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  think he's doing a great start to that
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  campaign again this year. Um but, you
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  know, as as most people will say, when
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  it really matters, he he chokes. Um and
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  hopefully we can see a different Josh
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  Allen in the playoffs this year, maybe.
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  Um next on the list, we have got
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  Carolina 34, Atlanta 3. Um, for this
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  one, I picked Carolina. Steve picked
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  Atlanta. So, look, it doesn't get much
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  better for me after this, so I'll take
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  them where I can. Uh, Carolina
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  absolutely dominated the Falcons. There
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  is no two ways about that. We spoke
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  about it um a bit in the the opening
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  drive, but you know, the quarterback
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  situation for Atlanta was a mess. I
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  mean, it's still not great right now.
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  Um, Cooper Rush struggling. Um, got
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  benched. Jack Strand comes on, throws a
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  pick with his first NFL throw, pick six.
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  Um, so not not good there. Um, but what
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  what do you think? Was it was it a case
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  of Carolina being excellent or Atlanta
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  just being awful?
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  >> I I think it's the latter. I think it is
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  Atlanta,
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  you know,
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  they you can only rely on your star
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  players so much. And you know when
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  you've when you're in that sort of week
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  prep preparation, you know, you're
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  looking at the Falcons going, "Okay,
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  Bejon Robinson, we need to make sure
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  we're taking care of him. We need to
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  make sure we've got uh, you know, all
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  the wide receivers covered." And once
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  you start, you know, taking away those
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  pieces for Cooper Rush um and the other
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  QBs, then then, you know, it gives your
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  defensive line time to then start
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  attacking the the quarterback and um and
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  and you know, start putting pressure on,
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  getting them sacks, getting them off the
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  field, you know, keeping the defense as
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  fresh as possible and and obviously, you
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  know, the offense, Carolina offense
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  coming on the field doing what doing the
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  doing the business and and and making
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  short change of of of a of a really
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  simple win for them. So, they'll they'll
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  take that victory and and definitely
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  look forward to the next game.
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  >> No, I agree. I mean, like I said before,
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  Bryce Young, 287 yards, three touchdowns
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  for him. Uh coming off another good
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  performance against the Bears the week
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  before. I think that Carolina are the
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  team to beat in that division. I think
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  they've got the most complete roster out
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  of the out of the South teams.
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  >> Okay. I'd have said it was the books at
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  the start of the year, but Baker
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  Mayfield looks we've got two sides to
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  Baker Mayfield. He's a bit like Too
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  Faced from Batman. You never know quite
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  what you're going to get. It's a flip of
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  a coin. When he's great, he is
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  unplayable,
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  >> but when he's struggling,
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  >> he's he's one of them kind of like I I
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  liken it to
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  >> There's a few players in for Chelsea. I
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  I'm I'm a Chelsea fan. There's a few
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  players for Chelsea that when they're in
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  form, when they're playing well, you
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  can't touch them. But when they get in
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  their own head,
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  >> they struggle to get out of it. It takes
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  a lot for them to work through that. And
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  that's how I see Baker Mayfield.
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  >> Um,
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  >> losing Mike Evans hasn't helped either
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  because that's that's an incredible
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  safety valve um that you've got. But
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  we'll get on to the to the books in a
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  bit, but next we keep with the South and
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  it's the Saints 24, the Ravens 17. We
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  both had the Ravens, Ste and I did. Um,
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  Baltimore looked like it was done. They
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  were they were 14-3 up and I was like,
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  "Okay, that's it. There's no way that
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  this goes the other way." Um, and then
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  Tyler Shook just turned it around.
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  >> So, is this a case of the Ravens being
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  vulnerable in general or was it just a
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  fourth quarter that cuz I mean, look,
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  they did it last week as well, the
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  Saints, they pulled it back in the
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  fourth quarter. Is is this a game plan
• 17:24
  thing from them or is it a case of teams
• 17:27
  just switch off to them because they
• 17:29
  don't expect anything from them?
• 17:32
  >> Well, I I think we got to remember, you
• 17:33
  know, Kell Moore is is he is he is one
• 17:37
  of those masterminds that people are
• 17:38
  underrating. He is a he is a very
• 17:40
  strategic offensiveminded
• 17:43
  coach
• 17:44
  >> and I think I think his his ability to
• 17:47
  to turn the games around in the second
• 17:50
  you know the second half the the third
• 17:52
  and fourth quarter and to you know
• 17:55
  really put the pressure on the
• 17:56
  opposition and again you're right they
• 18:00
  they proved that against the lines took
• 18:01
  the game into overtime
• 18:04
  you know if they'd have taken that
• 18:07
  two-point conversion Again, the whole,
• 18:09
  you know, it would have come out maybe
• 18:10
  come out a different story, but, you
• 18:12
  know, they they they lost a two-point
• 18:14
  conversion. The Lions walk away with a
• 18:16
  victory. The Saints narrowly miss out.
• 18:18
  And when I was watching this game,
• 18:19
  you're absolutely right. You know, the
• 18:20
  first first half, you know, the first
• 18:22
  two quarters, you're watching the game,
• 18:24
  you're like, uh, Derek Henry's, you
• 18:25
  know, rushing touchdowns, Lamar
• 18:27
  Jackson's looking hot, everything's
• 18:29
  looking great. M
• 18:31
  >> and then that second half hits and you
• 18:34
  know the Saints seem to be just chipping
• 18:36
  away moving up the field progressing you
• 18:39
  know making these these these key sort
• 18:41
  of uh catches um you know I mentioned
• 18:45
  before we started the you know the
• 18:46
  podcast and vele
• 18:48
  >> it's just a onetwo punch at the moment
• 18:50
  and then you throw the the tight end
• 18:52
  Johnson in there it's just it's just and
• 18:54
  obviously we got to see Alvin Kamar back
• 18:56
  after after you know a brief a brief
• 18:58
  sort of absence from the league Um, you
• 19:00
  know, Kamar's always been, you know, a
• 19:03
  bit of a favorite of mine. He's he's
• 19:04
  he's got that swagger about them and he
• 19:06
  he makes plays when when when the clutch
• 19:08
  moments are there. Um, but yeah, I I
• 19:11
  think it's I I think people are sleeping
• 19:13
  on It's interesting what you said about
• 19:14
  the Panthers. You know, you think that
• 19:16
  they're going to win. I think people are
• 19:18
  sleeping on the Saints right now. I
• 19:20
  really do. I think the Saints are a
• 19:22
  really strong team and I think they, you
• 19:25
  know, they're going to shock a lot of
• 19:26
  people. obviously beating the Ravens
• 19:29
  at home as well, you know, is a big
• 19:32
  fantastic. It is it is a really big sort
• 19:34
  of win.
• 19:35
  >> Um, and I'm I'm interested to see, you
• 19:38
  know, how they how they're going to
• 19:39
  progress for the rest of the season.
• 19:41
  >> No, you and me both. I mean, like I say,
• 19:44
  is it is it Kell Moore almost observing
• 19:47
  for the first half? Because it like like
• 19:49
  you know, it happened the week before
• 19:51
  with Detroit arguably
• 19:53
  they should have won in in regular time.
• 19:56
  time there was a penalty given that
• 19:57
  shouldn't have been they should you know
• 19:59
  should have been what it was
• 20:00
  >> but I I I'm I think you're right I think
• 20:03
  people are underestimating them. I think
• 20:05
  Kell Moore had a bit of a bad end to his
• 20:08
  time with the Chargers which has sort of
• 20:11
  clouded people's view on him a little
• 20:14
  bit as well.
• 20:15
  >> Um but yeah, I think the Saints are are
• 20:17
  one to to keep an eye on. We'll move to
• 20:20
  a game which I thought was going to be a
• 20:21
  lot better than it was. Uh the Vikings
• 20:24
  nine, Chicago three. That's not the
• 20:27
  score line I was expecting uh before
• 20:29
  this week started. Um Minnesota's
• 20:33
  defense once again, Brian Flores showing
• 20:35
  exactly why he is one of the top
• 20:36
  defensive coordinators in the league.
• 20:38
  They run a lot of blitz. They run a hell
• 20:41
  of a lot of blitz. They like I think
• 20:43
  against against the Packers it was 82%
• 20:45
  of their defensive snaps ran out of the
• 20:47
  blitz. Uh, I don't have the stat for
• 20:49
  this week, but Caleb Williams was under
• 20:51
  pressure
• 20:53
  constantly. The Chicago running game was
• 20:56
  nullified.
• 20:58
  Can Minnesota keep winning games though
• 21:00
  if the offense remains as limited as it
• 21:02
  is?
• 21:04
  >> That's a great question. Um, it really
• 21:06
  is. I think with with you know sticking
• 21:10
  with Flores for just a moment you know
• 21:13
  we're obviously saying he he blitzes a
• 21:15
  lot but the way he disguises those
• 21:17
  blitzes as well you know it's not just a
• 21:19
  case of you know we've got the middle
• 21:21
  lineback middle linebacker running
• 21:23
  through the A gap and putting the
• 21:24
  pressure on the QB. We've got we've got
• 21:27
  stunts on the defensive line and and the
• 21:29
  weak side linebackers coming all the way
• 21:31
  around and and jumping through the hole
• 21:33
  which which the guard has vacated as
• 21:35
  he's as he's you know following his man
• 21:37
  around. The stunts are technically and
• 21:40
  and visually
• 21:42
  amazing um to watch. Now I know this was
• 21:45
  a this was a a bit of a wet wet game.
• 21:48
  you know, you could see that it was it
• 21:49
  was visibly sort of uh you know, it was
• 21:52
  it was a hard sort of game to to throw
• 21:54
  and catch in. Um but you know, we're
• 21:59
  talking about four field goals here.
• 22:01
  >> That's that's all that's all the that's
• 22:02
  all the only points that got put onto
• 22:04
  this on on the game. And you know, the
• 22:07
  Vikings with Carson Wentz
• 22:09
  >> um you know, he's he's he's done well to
• 22:11
  step up and and to you know, replace
• 22:13
  Kyle Mara whilst he's on whilst he's on
• 22:16
  the protocol. Um, you know, and again
• 22:20
  the first in the Vikings first game
• 22:22
  again he looked really good, really
• 22:24
  positive. Um, but yeah, the Bears, you
• 22:28
  know, it's such a contrast going from
• 22:30
  week one to week two, you know, to have
• 22:33
  that many points scored in that first
• 22:35
  week, you know, it was over nearly a 60
• 22:38
  burger, wasn't it? It was it was it was
• 22:39
  nearly 60 points they put on.
• 22:40
  >> Very, very strong offensive performance
• 22:42
  week one. And then to go to to three
• 22:45
  points putting on the board this time
• 22:47
  around is is it's
• 22:51
  you know people often say week one you
• 22:53
  know they week one lies. Um what does
• 22:56
  week two do to us? You know [laughter]
• 22:58
  two just week two just throws a spanner
• 23:00
  in the works and go well everything you
• 23:01
  thought about week one is is is
• 23:03
  completely false and this is this is
• 23:04
  what's going on. Um but I think it was a
• 23:07
  you know a great divisional matchup. Um
• 23:10
  you know defensively it was a defensive
• 23:12
  game. wasn't an offensive game. So, um
• 23:14
  you know, if you're defensive mind
• 23:16
  minded, then this is this is definitely
• 23:18
  a game for you. But, um yeah, this
• 23:20
  division is is certainly hoting up. Um
• 23:23
  people when they shouldn't be and yeah,
• 23:25
  it's absolutely crazy.
• 23:27
  >> Yeah. I wouldn't have put the Vikings at
• 23:28
  2 and 0 after two weeks and be the only
• 23:30
  2 and 0 team in the division. So,
• 23:32
  >> yeah.
• 23:33
  >> Yeah. is and and it's interesting about
• 23:35
  Minnesota as well because they don't
• 23:36
  really have any star players along in in
• 23:41
  any of the defensive sections. They
• 23:43
  don't have any star tackles. They've not
• 23:45
  really got any outstanding what people
• 23:48
  would consider to be top five, top 10
• 23:50
  linebackers or anyone in the secondary.
• 23:52
  It's just a really
• 23:54
  >> like some of some of the parts kind of
• 23:57
  team which is which is
• 23:59
  >> going to take them so far. I think
• 24:01
  they're gonna need better quarterback
• 24:03
  play. They've got a top arguably best
• 24:07
  wide receiver in the league and
• 24:10
  >> not utilizing him. How much is he going
• 24:13
  to take before he decides he doesn't
• 24:14
  want to be there anymore cuz he's, you
• 24:16
  know,
• 24:18
  >> rightly so, frustrated with the service
• 24:20
  he's getting. Um, but that will that
• 24:23
  will be remain to be seen. Next up,
• 24:25
  we've got the Bengals. Uh, so they came
• 24:27
  out 26 winners against the Texans.
• 24:31
  Um, Houston 0 and2, which is again
• 24:33
  something that I didn't think that I'
• 24:34
  I'd be saying after the first couple of
• 24:36
  weeks. The Bengals defense haven't
• 24:38
  allowed a passing touchdown in the first
• 24:39
  two games of the season. Um, generated a
• 24:42
  lot of pressure, which is something that
• 24:44
  that Bengals defense has been so lax
• 24:47
  over the the last couple of seasons and
• 24:50
  and and Joe Burrow's had to win
• 24:53
  shootouts over and over and over again.
• 24:56
  and the addition of Dexter Lawrence into
• 24:59
  that front seems to have changed the way
• 25:01
  that they play completely. Um,
• 25:04
  >> are the Bengals one of the teams that we
• 25:05
  should be taking seriously is my
• 25:06
  question because I had them as as you
• 25:09
  know, Zack Taylor being first coach
• 25:10
  fired when we looked at preseason. Um,
• 25:13
  so I'm I'm very wrong. Um, but what what
• 25:17
  what do you think about that one?
• 25:19
  >> I I think he he was definitely sort of
• 25:21
  he was on the hot seat, wasn't he? you
• 25:22
  know, if you know, if he hadn't,
• 25:25
  >> you know, got off to a good start, you
• 25:26
  know, there's there was definitely going
• 25:27
  to be questions, you know, sort of put
• 25:30
  his in into his direction. Um, I think
• 25:34
  for me the one takeaway I want to take
• 25:36
  away from this game was that catch by
• 25:39
  Jamar Chase,
• 25:40
  >> that that contortion that he made,
• 25:44
  >> you know, whilst leaping through the air
• 25:46
  to twist his body around, catch the
• 25:48
  ball, put both feet on the ground with a
• 25:50
  tow drag. I mean that's that's that's up
• 25:53
  for you know up for a catch of the
• 25:54
  season for me. That was you know
• 25:57
  absolutely unbel unbelievable. Um
• 26:00
  but yeah,
• 26:02
  it's it's been a shock for to see the
• 26:04
  Bengals,
• 26:06
  you know,
• 26:08
  you know, again,
• 26:10
  not not just looking at them
• 26:12
  offensively. We know they've got, you
• 26:13
  know, Chase, they've got Higgins,
• 26:15
  they've got um, you know, Yosvich,
• 26:18
  Yosvich, and and, you know, various
• 26:21
  other skilled positions, but the
• 26:23
  defense, it's just
• 26:24
  >> I think I think we we we, you know, we
• 26:26
  we looked at them last year and thought,
• 26:29
  you know, they're they're just a defense
• 26:31
  away from being a great team.
• 26:33
  >> Yeah.
• 26:33
  >> Well, you know, what's happened? They
• 26:37
  they've always all suddenly just become
• 26:39
  a relevant team with a with a really
• 26:41
  good defense. So,
• 26:42
  >> well, this is it with losing their
• 26:44
  premier pass rusher as well in Trey
• 26:45
  Hendrickson going to the Ravens.
• 26:47
  >> So, I I this is what I mean. At the
• 26:49
  start of the season, I was like, well,
• 26:50
  they've lost Trey Hendrickson. Yes, they
• 26:51
  brought in Dexter to Lawrence, but the
• 26:54
  issue that they had wasn't that they
• 26:56
  were leaking too much in the run game.
• 26:58
  It was it was taking deep deep passes
• 27:01
  and just not being able to cover it.
• 27:02
  But,
• 27:04
  >> they've they've proven me completely
• 27:06
  wrong, which is, you know, I'm I'm more
• 27:08
  than happy to see that. like I'm I'm
• 27:10
  shocked, but we'll see how they get on
• 27:13
  uh get on in the next few weeks. The
• 27:15
  Texans as well, 0 and2, which is is, as
• 27:20
  I say, not what I was expecting. I
• 27:22
  thought they'd lose to the Bills, but I
• 27:23
  did think they'd win this. Their defense
• 27:24
  isn't looking as good as I thought it
• 27:26
  would. This is one of the defenses that
• 27:28
  I had down to be, you know, keeping
• 27:31
  points down more than any more than any
• 27:34
  other team, but they they've not looked
• 27:36
  great. Denil Hunter's not looked too
• 27:37
  great. Will Anderson's looked not the
• 27:40
  player that I expected him to take that
• 27:42
  step again. Um,
• 27:44
  >> but again, we'll see. It could just be
• 27:46
  that they've played two really strong
• 27:47
  teams and we'll see them get into the
• 27:49
  get into the swing of it. One thing we
• 27:51
  can take from that is CJ Strad has
• 27:53
  looked okay. He's he's getting lots of
• 27:55
  yardage. He's he's not making too many
• 27:58
  mistakes. So, that's one positive they
• 28:00
  can take from that. Um, we'll move on to
• 28:03
  the next one. the Patriots um only
• 28:05
  allowing the Steelers to score three
• 28:07
  points uh as they scored 20 to win uh to
• 28:10
  win there.
• 28:11
  >> New England's defense looked fantastic
• 28:14
  and Aaron Rogers unfortunately and it
• 28:16
  makes me really sad but Aaron Rogers
• 28:18
  looked every bit of his 42 years.
• 28:21
  [laughter]
• 28:22
  Um it it was a shame. Um and and I think
• 28:26
  this is unfortunately the reality. I I
• 28:28
  wanted it to be a Swan song. I wanted it
• 28:30
  to be, you know, Rogers goes out MVP
• 28:33
  season, maybe wins the Super Bowl.
• 28:34
  That'd be the only time I'd accept it
• 28:36
  because then he'd have beaten every team
• 28:38
  in the league if he beats the Packers in
• 28:40
  the Super Bowl. And I'd be like, be one
• 28:41
  time I'd be okay with it.
• 28:43
  >> But I think this is unfortunately the
• 28:44
  reality. He's he's father time uh always
• 28:48
  wins. He is undefeated and I think that
• 28:51
  is the case here. So what what does this
• 28:53
  say then about the Steelers offense
• 28:54
  outlook this season? What do you reckon?
• 28:57
  Um, I mean, you know, there was there
• 29:00
  was some visible sort of issues with,
• 29:03
  you know, Aaron Rogers, you know,
• 29:05
  looking slow in the pocket, not being
• 29:07
  not being able, you know, to to to get
• 29:09
  out and, you know, there was a couple of
• 29:11
  times where being chased out of the
• 29:12
  pocket and I think he could feel the
• 29:14
  pressure and just throwing the ball away
• 29:16
  where, you know, maybe as you said, you
• 29:18
  know, five, 10 years ago, he may have
• 29:20
  made a really good play, but um, you
• 29:23
  know, there was that really big hit, you
• 29:25
  know, where he just got absolutely
• 29:27
  sandwiched by two New England Patriots
• 29:29
  and
• 29:31
  >> you know you look at a healthy you know
• 29:32
  a young healthy quarterback and you're
• 29:34
  like that's going to hurt but Aaron
• 29:36
  Rogers seems to jump up and and to you
• 29:38
  know brush it off and and get back into
• 29:40
  the next next play. Um
• 29:43
  >> but yeah I mean DK Metaf just he dropped
• 29:47
  a few balls. He's he's just not looking
• 29:49
  like you say you know the Steelers that
• 29:51
  we were we were really hoping for. But
• 29:54
  hats off to the the Patriots. You know,
• 29:57
  they obviously narrowly lost uh well,
• 29:59
  they lost to uh to the opening game to
• 30:01
  the Seahawks. Um you know, Drake May
• 30:04
  obviously having those interceptions at
• 30:05
  the uh in that in that first game. He
• 30:08
  had a couple of interceptions in this
• 30:10
  game. So, I think he just he just needs
• 30:12
  to tidy up a little bit, settle himself
• 30:14
  down, you know, allow allow himself just
• 30:18
  a little bit more time in the pocket
• 30:19
  before he releases that ball. finding
• 30:21
  those finding his his his his key
• 30:23
  targets. Obviously, he hasn't got AJ
• 30:25
  Brown at the moment. Still on IR,
• 30:27
  >> but when he gets back, I'm sure
• 30:29
  >> I'm sure, you know, things will settle
• 30:31
  down for him. And, you know, we are only
• 30:32
  in the second game of the season. Yes,
• 30:34
  they walked away with a win. They've won
• 30:36
  and won the season. Let's just, you
• 30:38
  know, let's let's not beat down on the
• 30:40
  on the Patriots on how they're looking,
• 30:42
  but defensively they're looking they're
• 30:44
  looking pretty good. So, yeah, happy
• 30:46
  with that.
• 30:47
  >> Yeah, I I I think that's right. like
• 30:49
  Drake May had a you know a pretty okay
• 30:53
  performance.
• 30:55
  Yes, he he he still looks a little bit
• 30:57
  shaky but sort of big completions from
• 31:00
  him. Um but the defense were extremely
• 31:04
  good. I mean there's a fumble return
• 31:07
  touchdown. I think that you know Tvian
• 31:11
  Henderson looked okay when he came back
• 31:12
  as well. He got 39 yard rushing
• 31:15
  touchdown.
• 31:17
  they struggle or or they it was a very
• 31:20
  bitty game against Seattle the week
• 31:22
  prior and arguably they probably should
• 31:25
  have won that. That was a game that they
• 31:26
  lost rather than Seattle won is what me
• 31:28
  and Steve were talking about last week.
• 31:30
  >> But this week they bounced back and you
• 31:35
  know showed that they they should be in
• 31:37
  and around that that AFC top three top
• 31:40
  four sort of conversation. So yeah
• 31:43
  really really good bounce back from
• 31:44
  them. Um, next up, again, something I
• 31:49
  wasn't expecting to say, but the Green
• 31:51
  Bay Packers beat the New York Jets in
• 31:53
  overtime [laughter] after being down
• 31:56
  17-7 in the fourth quarter. Um, I I just
• 32:01
  don't really know what to think about
• 32:02
  the Green Bay Packers this year. It's
• 32:04
  been very frustrating. Um, Gino Smith
• 32:07
  had a had a, you know, near-perfect game
• 32:10
  as far as it goes. He didn't throw an
• 32:11
  inception. He did what he needed to do.
• 32:13
  Breeze Hall was held like the the
• 32:15
  Packers defense looked solid up to a
• 32:17
  certain point, but once again that
• 32:19
  offensive line is so bad. There is we
• 32:23
  we've now got Zack Bakobelle out for the
• 32:25
  season. He's gone. So, no right tackle.
• 32:28
  Arguably our best offensive lineman as
• 32:30
  well. So, it's it's just not it's it's
• 32:33
  it's not good. Was it like I suppose
• 32:36
  I've got my view on this, but like I I'm
• 32:39
  interested for a more objective view.
• 32:41
  Was it a genuine bounce back or was this
• 32:43
  just another scrape through and we're
• 32:44
  going to see?
• 32:45
  >> No, this one of these.
• 32:47
  >> Yeah, this this was a scrape through.
• 32:49
  You know, you've got, you know, the New
• 32:50
  York Jets are they they've come out a
• 32:54
  better team than what they were last
• 32:55
  year.
• 32:56
  >> Um, you know, they were competitive.
• 32:58
  Gino Smith is is given a little bit of a
• 33:01
  spark to the Jets. Um, and and and
• 33:05
  Aaron Glenn is is doing a fantastic job
• 33:07
  as as a head coach. I think, you know,
• 33:11
  we we we I' I've always been a champion
• 33:14
  the offensive line because being an
• 33:16
  offensive lineer myself back in the day,
• 33:18
  you know, you're as only as good as your
• 33:20
  offensive line. Um, and you know, when
• 33:23
  you've lost that many guards and
• 33:26
  tackles, you know, and you you're
• 33:28
  considering putting Tucker Craft in at
• 33:30
  tackle because you you run out of
• 33:32
  lineman, I think you then start asking
• 33:35
  the question of,
• 33:37
  >> "All right, maybe we start need to look
• 33:39
  at the uh the free agency and start
• 33:41
  bringing some more uh more players into
• 33:42
  that practice squad and promoting those
• 33:44
  practice squad guys up into the into the
• 33:46
  first team." Um, you know, we we we can
• 33:49
  look at
• 33:50
  >> the Chargers last year, you know, they
• 33:51
  still managed to make the playoffs, but
• 33:54
  you know, how many offensive linemen did
• 33:55
  they lose? You know, it's
• 33:57
  >> Well, yeah.
• 33:58
  >> And it's and you know, when when you
• 33:59
  know, we we did the audible last year,
• 34:01
  Matteo was always, you know, always the
• 34:03
  champion and his next player up, you
• 34:05
  know, this is your opportunity to shine.
• 34:06
  You know, you don't you're going to be
• 34:08
  coming from the practice world into the
• 34:10
  main team. now is your time to uh to to
• 34:13
  turn it on and show why you should be in
• 34:15
  in in the starting lineup, not in the
• 34:17
  practice squad. So,
• 34:18
  >> yeah, absolutely.
• 34:19
  >> But, you know, you are going to have,
• 34:21
  you know, you're going to have that
• 34:22
  ability sort of, you know, differential
• 34:26
  there. Um, but it it can be done. You
• 34:29
  you you guys can still make the
• 34:30
  playoffs. You guys can still compete
• 34:33
  this season. Um, [clears throat]
• 34:35
  >> it's you just got a you've got a tough
• 34:38
  tough season ahead. That's all I'm going
• 34:40
  to say.
• 34:41
  Yeah, I I I'm [gasps and snorts]
• 34:44
  We had this discussion last week about
• 34:45
  Matt Laflur as well. He's
• 34:50
  it with with all respect to the Jets and
• 34:52
  I did pick them as my dark horse this
• 34:54
  season. With all respect to the Jets, it
• 34:57
  shouldn't be going to overtime against
• 34:58
  the Jets. I I don't care who you are.
• 35:02
  There is maybe one team in the league
• 35:03
  that that I'd be okay with taking them
• 35:05
  to overtime and that's the Dolphins. and
• 35:07
  they are equally like
• 35:10
  >> what we I'd consider to be the worst
• 35:11
  team in the league at the moment.
• 35:13
  >> Yes,
• 35:14
  >> with what we've got in terms of
• 35:15
  offensive weapons, Watson, Craft, um
• 35:19
  Reed obviously gone down now. He's out.
• 35:22
  Um but
• 35:23
  >> you know, there's a lot of weapons
• 35:26
  there. Jordan Love is a
• 35:29
  >> slightly better than serviceable
• 35:31
  quarterback. He's he's not got a lot of
• 35:33
  help in terms of the offensive line, so
• 35:35
  he's having to make quick decisions.
• 35:36
  He's he's having to play a bit of hero
• 35:38
  ball, but defensively
• 35:42
  we should not be allowing the Jets to
• 35:44
  score 17 points. And that's just that
• 35:47
  that's that's it. We've got a very good
• 35:49
  defense. We've got a star-studded
• 35:51
  defense. And I'm not sure Jonathan Ganon
• 35:55
  was ever the right hire, but I'm I'm
• 35:59
  Yeah, I I'm going to I'm going to leave
• 36:01
  I could talk about the Packers for a
• 36:03
  while. So, we're going
• 36:04
  >> I think I think I think things are
• 36:05
  things are obviously going to change
• 36:06
  when you you know I mean Parson's just
• 36:08
  been promoted to the hot list. I believe
• 36:11
  he's not anymore.
• 36:15
  So he's he's in that
• 36:17
  >> he's he's in that process of coming back
• 36:19
  and I think once you know he's probably
• 36:20
  a few weeks away getting back onto the
• 36:22
  team. Once that happens I think you're
• 36:25
  then going to get a spark that that
• 36:26
  Ganon needs to to sort of orchestrate
• 36:29
  that that defense into a into a wrecking
• 36:32
  ball that potentially could be. It's
• 36:34
  just you need that playmaker on the edge
• 36:37
  to to make that happen.
• 36:38
  >> Well, this is it. I mean Lucas Vaness
• 36:40
  has stepped up. He's he's had a much
• 36:41
  better start to this season than than
• 36:44
  his end to last season with Rashan Garry
• 36:47
  leaving to the Cowboys as well. So, he's
• 36:48
  had to step up and be that sort of like
• 36:51
  premier edge rusher.
• 36:52
  >> He's looked a lot better. But again,
• 36:54
  like you say, with Parson's back, that
• 36:55
  adds another element.
• 36:57
  >> But the offense I I again I go back to
• 37:00
  the thing with with Minnesota. If that
• 37:02
  offensive line doesn't get better and
• 37:03
  and start to, you know, sing from the
• 37:05
  same him sheet, it's it's going to be
• 37:08
  single score games and and that's not
• 37:10
  it's not sustainable to be honest. But
• 37:13
  >> we'll move on to a game which I'm sure
• 37:15
  you've got plenty to talk about. It is
• 37:17
  the Eagles 24, the Titans 20. A a late
• 37:22
  push from the Titans and they looked on
• 37:24
  that last drive like they might take it,
• 37:26
  but a solid hold from the the Eagles
• 37:29
  defense. What do you think? What what
• 37:31
  what are your views on this? Because
• 37:33
  it's been a couple of weeks where the
• 37:34
  Eagles have looked shaky going into the
• 37:36
  into the closing plays of games and
• 37:39
  looking like they might might be on the
• 37:41
  wrong side of a one-sore loss. So, where
• 37:43
  do you see things at the moment? I think
• 37:45
  it's it's again, you know, we're
• 37:47
  talking, you know, Shawn Manion, the new
• 37:48
  offensive coordinator for for the
• 37:50
  Eagles. You know, he's
• 37:53
  he he was the the quarterback coach last
• 37:55
  year for the Eagles. And he's he's
• 37:57
  finding his thing, and it's it's not
• 37:59
  going to be a case of, you know, he's
• 38:01
  he's going to come in. He's not an
• 38:02
  offensive mastermind like uh like Kell
• 38:04
  Moore, the Eagles had, you know, for
• 38:06
  that Super Bowl super bowl when they had
• 38:09
  a couple years ago.
• 38:11
  He's he's going to be one of these
• 38:13
  coaches which is he's going to develop
• 38:15
  as the season goes on. Now, you know,
• 38:18
  early on in that game, you know, lost
• 38:20
  Saquon Barkley to a stinger for the for
• 38:22
  the first half. Uh, you know, Dallas got
• 38:25
  us got it has gone out um with I think
• 38:28
  an ACL or some lower body injury.
• 38:32
  >> Um, you know, we're missing key players
• 38:34
  on the offensive line. Landon
• 38:35
  Dickerson's now on IR. So we we have
• 38:38
  moving Cam Jer Jurgens to from center to
• 38:41
  guard and then bringing in the rookie to
• 38:43
  go in at center. So there's lots of sort
• 38:45
  of moving things that that happened on
• 38:48
  in that last week. And you know when you
• 38:51
  go into a team like the the Titans who
• 38:55
  you know last year and the last few
• 38:56
  years have been um you know the worst
• 39:00
  team in in in football.
• 39:03
  Um, you know, I think they may have gone
• 39:05
  into that game a little bit relaxed, a
• 39:09
  little too too relaxed. Um
• 39:13
  but yeah,
• 39:15
  I [sighs and gasps]
• 39:18
  I when you start looking at the first
• 39:20
  quarter, you know, Jaylen Hurst thrown
• 39:21
  an interception to to uh to the Titans
• 39:24
  and they they made a
• 39:26
  a hell of a play on on the left hand
• 39:28
  side and got it, you know, within
• 39:30
  striking distance for the Titans to put
• 39:32
  the first points on the board. It was
• 39:34
  then it was then going to be a back and
• 39:35
  forth game and that's pretty much what
• 39:37
  it was. There was some, you know, there
• 39:39
  were some really good offensive plays.
• 39:41
  Defenses struggled to to get the offense
• 39:43
  off the pit field a lot of the time. Um,
• 39:46
  but yeah, it was it was it was really
• 39:48
  great to see. Um, you know, the Eagles
• 39:51
  coming out on top in the end, but you
• 39:52
  got to give flowers to the Titans for
• 39:54
  putting up
• 39:55
  >> um a better performance than what they
• 39:57
  did last week.
• 39:59
  >> Absolutely. I mean, I I wouldn't have
• 40:00
  had them, you know, three points ahead
• 40:02
  with two minutes to go. Um but Jaylen
• 40:06
  Herz came up in the clutch. Darius
• 40:08
  Cooper uh getting his first NFL
• 40:10
  touchdown as well with just 14 seconds
• 40:12
  left on the clock.
• 40:13
  >> Yeah.
• 40:13
  >> Um but I think you know in that
• 40:16
  situation you're always backing the
• 40:18
  Eagles to go and to go and get that that
• 40:20
  last touchdown or or I I thought at the
• 40:23
  very least there's a there's a field
• 40:24
  goal going up and overtime is going to
• 40:26
  be, you know, going to be run through.
• 40:28
  But yeah, I think it'll be
• 40:31
  [sighs and gasps]
• 40:32
  >> I think that Philly now, especially with
• 40:34
  the Giants and the Commanders losing
• 40:37
  their quarterbacks, it's going to be a
• 40:39
  much more easier ride. Um Oh, yeah.
• 40:42
  Depends on how Dak looks cuz they looked
• 40:44
  okay as well this week. But I think,
• 40:47
  >> you know, I just think as a team the
• 40:50
  Eagles have got
• 40:52
  >> Yeah.
• 40:52
  >> too much to not win that division.
• 40:55
  >> Uh which I'm sure you'll be very happy
• 40:57
  about. [laughter] Yeah, just a little
• 40:58
  bit. Um, obviously we've got a comment
• 41:00
  in the uh in the in the comment section
• 41:01
  there. Go Pack Go, as Kim would say,
• 41:04
  who's um who's Nicole's partner. I do
• 41:06
  know Nicole quite well. Um, she hasn't
• 41:08
  got a clue about football, so she's
• 41:10
  >> That's it. Well, look, you don't need to
• 41:12
  know anything about football to know
• 41:13
  that the Packers
• 41:14
  >> should be uh supported as [laughter] the
• 41:16
  best team in the league. Um, we'll move
• 41:18
  on to a shock result this week. Uh Baker
• 41:21
  Mayfield faces the Browns for the first
• 41:23
  time and loses 2319.
• 41:27
  >> I am shocked there is
• 41:30
  >> in their home in their home stadium as
• 41:32
  well which is
• 41:33
  >> yeah big questions now for for Tampa.
• 41:38
  Big questions. It's it's it's
• 41:42
  not looking good. But and my question
• 41:45
  for you is are they one of the own and
• 41:47
  two teams that we shouldn't panic about
• 41:49
  yet?
• 41:52
  I think they are one of the teams we
• 41:53
  should be panicking about. I think the
• 41:56
  amount of pressure that Baker is is is
• 42:00
  having inside that pocket
• 42:03
  >> um you know he's being flushed out. He's
• 42:06
  he's he's he's rushing his reads. He's
• 42:09
  he's fumbling the ball in the first game
• 42:12
  and again he's he's he's relying on his
• 42:16
  his own legs, you know, to get first
• 42:19
  downs quite a lot of the time and I know
• 42:21
  he had some good connections with
• 42:23
  uh and a few of the other few of the
• 42:25
  other players, you know, Godwin as well,
• 42:28
  you know, he had some connections there,
• 42:30
  but it there's no flow. It seems to be,
• 42:34
  you know, three and out, three and out,
• 42:36
  three and out. Oh, he's made a play.
• 42:37
  It's good. There's there's not that
• 42:39
  consistency in Baker's performance at
• 42:41
  the moment. That's that's convincing me
• 42:43
  that, you know, Todd BS has has got the
• 42:47
  grip that he wants on this team. And I
• 42:49
  think when it comes, if they don't start
• 42:51
  performing soon, I think Todd Bows is
• 42:54
  going to be the the first coach on the
• 42:56
  chopping block in my eyes.
• 42:58
  >> Yeah, I I think losing to the Browns is
• 43:00
  is one way to do that. There was also a
• 43:03
  132minute lightning delay in the fourth
• 43:05
  quarter before Tampa's final possession.
• 43:08
  >> Now, interestingly,
• 43:11
  >> Cleveland had um gone ahead by that
• 43:14
  point. I believe it was it was 2319 at
• 43:17
  the delay,
• 43:18
  >> but that is a you know to try and pull
• 43:21
  momentum back after a you know over
• 43:23
  twohour delay is is is never easy.
• 43:26
  >> Um but Deshaawn Watson I you know we he
• 43:29
  was one of the talking points of
• 43:30
  preseason. And is he going to come out
• 43:32
  and is he going to is he going to be
• 43:33
  okay? 24 for 30, 238 yards and two
• 43:37
  touchdowns.
• 43:39
  >> I mean the stats say it all really,
• 43:41
  doesn't it? I mean there was you know
• 43:42
  there was a couple of pressures which
• 43:44
  again offensive line um you know could
• 43:46
  do could do a bit of more improvement in
• 43:48
  protecting the quarterback.
• 43:50
  Um, you know, when you've got stats like
• 43:52
  that, when he's when he's getting rid of
• 43:54
  the ball and he's connecting with his
• 43:56
  his his wide receivers and tight ends
• 43:58
  and running backs,
• 44:01
  you know, put the points on the board
• 44:03
  and you're going to win the game. You
• 44:04
  know, hats off to the Browns defense as
• 44:07
  well. They, you know, they've obviously
• 44:08
  lost, you know, the star edge, you know,
• 44:11
  Miles Garrett this season and and
• 44:12
  everyone's looking at the Browns going,
• 44:13
  "Oh, that's you know, the Browns are
• 44:15
  Browns are cooked."
• 44:17
  Well, you just traveled halfway across
• 44:20
  the country to a to Tampa Bay in their
• 44:23
  own stadium and
• 44:26
  >> put it on them. So, yeah, I'm I'm
• 44:30
  excited to see, you know, what the
• 44:32
  Browns can do to go forward in this, but
• 44:33
  I'm worried about the Bucks and and
• 44:36
  where they go forward in this.
• 44:38
  >> No, I agree. I I think that that that
• 44:41
  Baker's going to have to have a big big
• 44:43
  turnaround. He's going to have to have a
• 44:44
  chat with himself. Um we move on to the
• 44:46
  next one. It was the Broncos uh versus
• 44:49
  the Jags. Broncos coming out 2013
• 44:51
  winners on this occasion. Um [snorts]
• 44:54
  Jacksonville and Denver both moving to
• 44:56
  one and one on the season. Um Trevor
• 44:59
  Lawrence obviously putting two four
• 45:00
  touchdowns across the opening two weeks.
• 45:03
  Um
• 45:04
  my question for you on this one, Lee, is
• 45:06
  can Denver's defense carry him through a
• 45:08
  difficult early schedule? Because it's
• 45:10
  not an easy one. like when when you go
• 45:11
  14 and three, you've got to play a lot
• 45:13
  of good teams on on on the schedule. So,
• 45:15
  is it is it case that their defense can
• 45:17
  carry them or do you think that Bonix is
• 45:19
  going to have to take another step up
• 45:20
  because he looked good this game, but he
• 45:22
  didn't look good the week before?
• 45:24
  >> Yeah. And I think it's it's, you know,
• 45:26
  it's going to come down to,
• 45:28
  you know, Boicks's complacency. He
• 45:32
  >> he rushes his read sometimes. he gets
• 45:34
  rid of the ball, puts it into a bit of
• 45:36
  traffic and and and gets those picked
• 45:38
  which he really shouldn't be, you know,
• 45:41
  putting those balls into those sort of
• 45:43
  areas. So, I think we we know that the
• 45:46
  Broncos defense are are pretty solid.
• 45:49
  You know, Pasatan and and, you know, the
• 45:51
  other guys on that that that roster are
• 45:54
  really good. Um
• 45:57
  and and and we know for a fact that you
• 45:59
  know Jaylen Wadd um and and the other
• 46:03
  guys on on the wide receiver sort of
• 46:06
  team
• 46:08
  is on paper it looks amazing.
• 46:11
  >> And you know the the biggest difference
• 46:14
  from last year to this year is obviously
• 46:15
  Shawn Payton is is is
• 46:18
  focusing more on the head coaching role
• 46:20
  and not the play caller at the moment.
• 46:23
  And you know, when you look at that loss
• 46:24
  that they had last week, it may have
• 46:27
  come down to that sort of instance where
• 46:30
  it was down to play calling rather than
• 46:33
  [clears throat]
• 46:33
  >> the players ability.
• 46:35
  >> Um, so it was it was great to see that
• 46:37
  the Broncos actually got this got their
• 46:40
  win, the first win of the season
• 46:43
  >> against a a Jacksonville Jaguars who,
• 46:45
  you know, everyone had tipped to to do
• 46:48
  really well this year in in the AFC. So,
• 46:53
  it's it was it was a game that could go
• 46:56
  either way for in my eyes and um I'm not
• 46:59
  shocked that the Broncos won. Um but I
• 47:02
  am a little bit confused on why the Jags
• 47:06
  aren't showing a more of a dominance
• 47:08
  this early on in the season. Again,
• 47:12
  we're only two games in. you know, when
• 47:14
  once we've got, you know, three, four
• 47:16
  games under the belt, we can then start
• 47:18
  making that judgment on,
• 47:19
  >> okay, are they going to be a playoff
• 47:22
  contender? I think they are. I think
• 47:23
  they're going to they're going to
• 47:24
  dominate their their league. Um, and
• 47:27
  they're going to get into the playoffs,
• 47:28
  but,
• 47:30
  you know, we want to see consistency
• 47:32
  now. We want to see consistency when it
• 47:34
  comes to the Jags and their games moving
• 47:36
  forward.
• 47:37
  >> Well, this is it. I mean, Trevor
• 47:38
  Lawrence has looked really good and and
• 47:40
  they did only let 20 points go on the
• 47:43
  board from Denver,
• 47:44
  >> but to to let 17 unanswered points come
• 47:48
  back, that's that's, you know, that's a
• 47:50
  failure on the offensive side. It's
• 47:52
  completely completely stalled. But
• 47:56
  I'm not sure I my my ver my my belief on
• 47:59
  this is again, it's not the Broncos
• 48:00
  didn't win it. The Jags lost it
• 48:03
  >> because they were they were in control.
• 48:05
  the first half they looked great and
• 48:06
  then all of a sudden it was just right
• 48:08
  okay well we're going to stop doing it.
• 48:11
  Trevor Lawrence made that crucial
• 48:12
  interception um you know in the second
• 48:15
  half and that kind of gave all the
• 48:17
  momentum to Denver and that was that.
• 48:19
  >> Um so again another division that's very
• 48:23
  wide open. Nice segue into the next one
• 48:25
  which is the Raiders who are somehow 2
• 48:28
  and 0.
• 48:30
  2614 winners against the Chargers. Me
• 48:32
  and Steve both picked the Chargers for
• 48:34
  this one. I mean, I think that's at this
• 48:37
  point I'm not picking against the
• 48:38
  Raiders, I don't think. Um, but Kurt
• 48:41
  Cousins, three touchdowns for the second
• 48:42
  straight week. He is he is only the
• 48:45
  second Raiders QB to do that in a
• 48:47
  season's first two games. So, that tells
• 48:49
  you a lot about the Raiders quarterback
• 48:50
  situations. Trey Tucker had a great
• 48:53
  game. Uh, Cody White, again, we were
• 48:55
  talking about next man up before with
• 48:57
  the with the Green Bay line. Cody White
• 48:58
  coming in catching two touchdowns after
• 49:00
  being elevated from the practice squad.
• 49:02
  Um, Raiders rookie Hezekia Masses picks
• 49:05
  off Justin Herbert twice. Herbert once
• 49:08
  again not looking good. Um, I've got a
• 49:11
  view on this and I think it's a Mike
• 49:13
  McDaniel problem because he's come in
• 49:16
  and tried to change an offense when that
• 49:18
  offense is not set up to do what he
• 49:20
  wants to do.
• 49:21
  >> Yeah. [snorts] No, I think you're
• 49:22
  absolutely right. Michael McDaniels
• 49:24
  again, he's he's from that Shanahan
• 49:27
  tree, isn't he? you know, he's he's got
• 49:28
  he's got that that offensive mind. Um,
• 49:33
  but
• 49:35
  you know, it's it's always the same
• 49:37
  thing. You know, you may have a
• 49:38
  fantastic scheme, but you need to have
• 49:40
  the players
• 49:42
  >> in the right positions at the right time
• 49:46
  to make it work. And I think he he's
• 49:50
  he's come in there, you know, with with
• 49:52
  Harour and and he's he's trying to he's
• 49:55
  trying to in insert his dominance into
• 49:57
  this into this offense and it is not
• 50:00
  looking great right now. Again,
• 50:04
  you know, when we start looking at that,
• 50:06
  you know, sort of should we be worried?
• 50:09
  Should we be worried about the Chargers
• 50:11
  being 0 and2 on the season? No, I don't
• 50:15
  think we should be. I think, you know,
• 50:16
  again, give a couple more couple more
• 50:18
  weeks. Let's get a bit more of a
• 50:21
  uh a bit more of a a feel for how how
• 50:26
  the other teams that they're going up
• 50:27
  against. Um and then we can make a
• 50:29
  judgment. But hats off to the Raiders.
• 50:33
  Um, I know Matteo is probably gonna be,
• 50:36
  >> you know, turning in his turn
• 50:40
  screaming at the screen about how much
• 50:42
  how much he hates the Raiders, but um,
• 50:45
  you know, to to turn it around the way
• 50:47
  they have, you know, with Kurt Cousins,
• 50:49
  you know, they not even really put
• 50:50
  Mendoza on the field too much in these
• 50:53
  last two games, but [snorts] um, yeah,
• 50:56
  I'm I'm excited to see what what the
• 50:57
  Raiders can do. I mean, look, I I'm all
• 51:01
  all for the Raiders winning that
• 51:03
  division. Um, just because that'll annoy
• 51:05
  both Ste and and Matteo. [laughter] So,
• 51:09
  look, this is it's a win-win for me. Uh,
• 51:12
  but yeah, no, I agree. I think the
• 51:13
  Raiders have have have come out as a bit
• 51:15
  of, you know, real surprise for me. it.
• 51:18
  Kurt Cousins, we know that Kurt Cousins
• 51:20
  can be that guy he was for the the
• 51:22
  Vikings when they I think they went
• 51:25
  >> I want to say they went 12 and five,
• 51:27
  maybe 13 and four that year that they
• 51:29
  won the division. I think in 2022, so
• 51:31
  he's got he's we know he's got the
• 51:33
  capability. He's just I didn't think he
• 51:35
  had any weapons, but apparently they
• 51:37
  just sit on the practice squad. Um so
• 51:40
  that's that's you know, again, like you
• 51:42
  say, next man up. Um
• 51:43
  >> yeah,
• 51:44
  >> we'll move on to the next one. Seahawks
• 51:46
  [snorts] at Cardinals. Seattle came out
• 51:48
  31-7 winners over Arizona. I picked this
• 51:50
  one with my heart and picked the
• 51:52
  Cardinals. That was silly because uh it
• 51:55
  was never really going to happen, was
• 51:56
  it? Jackson Smith and Jigba came out and
• 51:58
  did a Jackson Smith and Jigba thing.
• 51:59
  Three touchdowns, 155 yards. Drew
• 52:02
  Lockach, when you've got that many
• 52:04
  weapons, it's hard to be bad. Um he
• 52:07
  looked very solid. Three touchdowns from
• 52:09
  him, all to Jackson Smith and Jigba.
• 52:11
  Seahawks defense only allowing 151 total
• 52:14
  yards and all their momentum is now
• 52:16
  gone. Seattle however have 12 straight
• 52:18
  wins including the playoffs. Um are they
• 52:21
  looking like the team to beat in the NFC
• 52:23
  or are Arizona just being brought back
• 52:25
  down to earth? What do you think?
• 52:27
  >> I think it's the the latter. I think
• 52:29
  Arizona being brought down to earth. You
• 52:31
  know they
• 52:33
  you know they've got Jacobe Brassette as
• 52:36
  QB. He is
• 52:39
  he is not a top 20 QB, you know, he's
• 52:44
  he's sort of bottom to to maybe to
• 52:48
  middle sort of average quarterback, um
• 52:51
  he is not a an elite QB. Um and although
• 52:54
  he's got Trey McBride and
• 52:58
  you know Marvin Harris Harrison Jr.,
• 53:02
  I haven't heard him. I haven't heard has
• 53:04
  he even had a catch yet? I I don't know
• 53:06
  what is going on in that offense. Why
• 53:08
  are they not utilizing their star wide
• 53:10
  receiver
• 53:11
  >> at all? Now,
• 53:13
  you know, last week's last week's win,
• 53:16
  was that a fluke?
• 53:18
  Is it's to be debated. Um but the the
• 53:22
  Seahawks,
• 53:24
  I think, are just
• 53:26
  they're churning their way through at
• 53:27
  the moment. They're they're, you know,
• 53:28
  taking care of business.
• 53:30
  >> Yeah. you know, against against against
• 53:31
  against a good Patriots last week and
• 53:34
  now, you know, against a
• 53:37
  questionable Cardinals.
• 53:40
  I'll be interesting to see
• 53:43
  how they game plan against someone like
• 53:45
  the 49ers or [clears throat]
• 53:47
  >> or the Rams.
• 53:49
  Um,
• 53:51
  you know, obviously they've got to play
• 53:52
  both of those teams twice, so it'll be
• 53:55
  interesting to see how that pans out. Um
• 53:58
  but at the moment, [clears throat] you
• 53:59
  know, they're taking care of business.
• 54:00
  They're they're moving along quite
• 54:02
  nicely. Um yeah, it's it's six of one
• 54:05
  half a dozen the other. It was a bad
• 54:07
  Cardinals. It is a good Seahawks.
• 54:10
  >> That's that's why we got the score that
• 54:11
  we've got.
• 54:13
  >> No, I I agree. Uh th this, you know,
• 54:15
  preseason looked like it was going to be
• 54:17
  one of the toughest divisions to get out
• 54:18
  of. Um, the Rams I am still I've got
• 54:23
  them on fraud watch to be honest, but I
• 54:27
  I I think the 49ers look really good.
• 54:30
  Uh, the Seahawks obviously come out and
• 54:32
  and just continuing what they did at the
• 54:34
  back end of last season. the Rams. I
• 54:36
  think it will be interesting to see how
• 54:38
  they develop, but that first week, and I
• 54:41
  know a lot's been said about the travel
• 54:43
  time and stuff, but I I just
• 54:45
  >> it's it's it's
• 54:48
  travel time aside, you are still the
• 54:50
  players that you are and should have put
• 54:52
  out a better performance. So, we'll see
• 54:53
  how that division goes. Um, next up, we
• 54:56
  go back to the East. It was an East
• 54:58
  matchup. It was the Commanders at the
• 54:59
  Cowboys, Dallas 37, Washington 20.
• 55:03
  Obviously, this one headlined by the
• 55:04
  fact that Jaden Daniels dislocated his
• 55:06
  left elbow once again. At the time of
• 55:08
  him leaving, he was 11 of 17 for 96
• 55:10
  yards and a touchdown, 69 rushing yards
• 55:13
  on the board. Marcus Mariota came in and
• 55:15
  Washington only managed 10 more points
• 55:17
  in the entire game.
• 55:18
  >> [snorts]
• 55:19
  >> Um,
• 55:20
  so yeah,
• 55:22
  interesting. Interesting because Dallas
• 55:25
  obviously lost the first week to the
• 55:26
  Giants. Scored 37 this week.
• 55:31
  Very efficient. Scored on seven of their
• 55:33
  eight possessions as well. CD Lamb woke
• 55:36
  up 153 yards, two touchdowns from eight
• 55:38
  catches. But I think more of this game
• 55:44
  was lost by Daniels leaving the game
• 55:47
  than Dallas being better. Cuz up until
• 55:49
  that point, Dallas didn't look like they
• 55:51
  were going to win. So what what what are
• 55:54
  your views? Did they fix their problems
• 55:55
  from week one or was it more that
• 55:56
  Daniels coming out of the game changed
• 55:58
  the game completely? No, I think I think
• 56:00
  you know this you've taken away a a
• 56:04
  dominant
• 56:06
  quarterback um against a really weak
• 56:09
  Dallas Cowboys defense.
• 56:11
  And what's happened is, you know, the
• 56:15
  offense for both teams, the Cowboys kept
• 56:19
  going and the Commanders couldn't quite
• 56:21
  keep up. So, I think it would have been
• 56:22
  a very back and forth game if if Daniels
• 56:25
  hadn't become injured. I think it would
• 56:27
  have just been a two and throw sort of
• 56:30
  uh score off. But with with Daniels
• 56:33
  going down, I think that's
• 56:37
  >> that's what gave the the Cowboys that
• 56:41
  that edge in this. Um they their defense
• 56:44
  still looks shocking. Um
• 56:47
  >> I'm not impressed whatsoever with their
• 56:49
  secondary. Um, you know,
• 56:53
  >> to be honest, they look very vulnerable
• 56:56
  on the run. Despite adding Quinn and
• 56:57
  Williams, despite adding Kenny Clark,
• 57:00
  >> despite adding Rashan Garry, that
• 57:01
  defensive front does not look solid at
• 57:03
  all. I mean, they gave up 203 yards in
• 57:05
  the second quarter before Jaden Daniels
• 57:08
  got injured.
• 57:09
  >> Um, so I I I'm not
• 57:12
  >> I'm not sold on Dallas. I think Dax
• 57:14
  Dak's one of those quarterbacks that,
• 57:15
  you know, you're going to get a good
• 57:16
  regular season out of. You know, he's
• 57:18
  going to, you know, get a lot of yards.
• 57:20
  He's got weapons, he's got Pickings,
• 57:22
  he's got Lamb, he's got Ferguson.
• 57:25
  Javvante Williams hasn't looked great to
• 57:27
  start the year. Um, but yeah, I I think
• 57:30
  this is basically just handed the
• 57:32
  division to uh
• 57:33
  >> to the Eagles, which you know,
• 57:36
  >> yeah,
• 57:36
  >> I don't think there's a and and some
• 57:38
  some games there's not a really a great
• 57:40
  deal to say. Jaden Daniels coming out
• 57:42
  changed the game. Dallas took advantage
• 57:44
  of that and the Commanders are now going
• 57:46
  to suffer uh as they go to Seattle this
• 57:49
  week. So yeah, not fun. Not fun. Um,
• 57:54
  next up we have got the Dolphins at the
• 57:58
  49ers.
• 57:59
  Expectedly Miami dropped to 0 and2 3513
• 58:03
  to the 49ers. Um, the Niners scoring
• 58:07
  touchdowns on their first five offensive
• 58:08
  possessions. So the game was done very
• 58:11
  very early on. Brock Pery near perfect.
• 58:13
  20 of 22 of 287, two touchdowns and a
• 58:16
  rushing touchdown. four sacks from the
• 58:19
  San Francisco defense, uh, keeping them
• 58:21
  out of the end zone till late in the
• 58:22
  foro and a garbage time touchdown. Great
• 58:25
  defensive performance once again from
• 58:27
  San Francisco. But twofold question for
• 58:30
  you. Are the 49ers genuine contenders
• 58:33
  for the NFC? And how bad is Miami
• 58:35
  situation at 0 and2?
• 58:39
  >> Um, yeah. I mean, it's it's it's it's
• 58:43
  disaster for for Miami. I think they are
• 58:46
  they are tanking. You know, no team will
• 58:49
  admit that they're going to tank, but I
• 58:51
  think we can safely say, you know, when
• 58:53
  you when you make the trades that they
• 58:56
  made at the beginning of the season,
• 58:57
  getting rid of Waddle and getting rid of
• 58:59
  some other key players that they had, I
• 59:01
  think that was a key indication that the
• 59:03
  Dolphins are making a beline for for for
• 59:06
  the Manning boy over at Texas. Um
• 59:11
  this the shock for me was
• 59:14
  this the the lack of points towards the
• 59:17
  end of the game for for the ners. I
• 59:19
  think I thought this was going to be a
• 59:20
  blowout. You know you mentioned about
• 59:22
  you know five scores on the first five
• 59:24
  drives.
• 59:26
  I was expecting this to be a complete
• 59:28
  blowout, but obviously um
• 59:30
  >> yeah,
• 59:30
  >> you know, I don't know if they started
• 59:31
  rotating in their their second string
• 59:34
  guys in there, but it just it just
• 59:36
  didn't seem uh a big enough blowout for
• 59:39
  me for for the nines. Maybe they just
• 59:41
  use this as a sort of a a training sort
• 59:44
  of game. But um yeah,
• 59:48
  I I I think the Dolphins are going to
• 59:50
  struggle to get any wins this season. I
• 59:54
  think, you know, we looking at, you
• 59:56
  know, potentially an 0 and 17 season for
• 59:59
  the Dolphins
• 1:00:00
  >> [snorts]
• 1:00:00
  >> uh whilst they're trying to secure that
• 1:00:02
  that quarterback. Uh for the Niners, I
• 1:00:04
  think
• 1:00:06
  I think I think they they are a Super
• 1:00:09
  Bowl contender. I, you know, the way
• 1:00:11
  they they took care of business in in
• 1:00:13
  Australia last week. Um, you know, and I
• 1:00:16
  think they're just they're just,
• 1:00:21
  you know, unless they lose any more
• 1:00:23
  players.
• 1:00:24
  >> Um, I think, you know, their defense is
• 1:00:27
  looking solid, their offense is looking
• 1:00:29
  solid, special teams are coming together
• 1:00:31
  quite nicely. I think they are,
• 1:00:35
  [gasps]
• 1:00:36
  you know, barring any major upsets, I
• 1:00:38
  think they could be heading to the NFC
• 1:00:40
  title game and potentially looking to
• 1:00:43
  make the playoffs. Um, but yeah, that
• 1:00:46
  that's that's going to be my bold
• 1:00:48
  prediction for the for the nines.
• 1:00:50
  >> Okay. No, I mean, I think I think
• 1:00:52
  they've started really well. Uh adding
• 1:00:54
  Mike Evans gives them a a proper wide
• 1:00:56
  receiver one with Brandon Aayuk deciding
• 1:01:00
  he wants to go to the Commanders and not
• 1:01:01
  playing and whatever whatever he's
• 1:01:03
  doing. [snorts] Um so yeah, despite
• 1:01:06
  having a lot of uncertainty
• 1:01:10
  going into the season, they've started
• 1:01:12
  really well. Um KD's been been solid
• 1:01:15
  doing what he does. Best best blocking
• 1:01:17
  tight end in the league.
• 1:01:19
  >> McCaffry's been solid. He's not been
• 1:01:21
  outstanding, which we come to expect
• 1:01:23
  from him, but he's done enough. They've
• 1:01:25
  got a good backup running back in Kalin
• 1:01:27
  Black. They just look solid everywhere.
• 1:01:30
  There's Fred Warner's started the season
• 1:01:32
  really well. So, yeah, for me,
• 1:01:35
  >> really interesting. Um Brock Pery
• 1:01:38
  though,
• 1:01:39
  >> um looking like he's not going to play
• 1:01:41
  this week. We will talk about that, but
• 1:01:42
  that is something to to keep an eye on
• 1:01:44
  for San Francisco in the upcoming week.
• 1:01:46
  Um next up, Colts at Chiefs. It went to
• 1:01:49
  overtime again. Not not something I
• 1:01:51
  thought would go to overtime, but the
• 1:01:52
  Chiefs win it sneakily 3330.
• 1:01:55
  Um, are the Chiefs back or are they just
• 1:01:58
  finding ways to win close games at the
• 1:02:00
  moment? I'm not sure.
• 1:02:02
  >> No, I'm not I'm not sure either.
• 1:02:04
  Everyone's everyone's, you know, saying
• 1:02:06
  don't dismiss the Chiefs. You know, they
• 1:02:08
  are,
• 1:02:09
  you know, they they should have respect
• 1:02:12
  and and everything about that. And and
• 1:02:16
  when we look at the roster, you know,
• 1:02:17
  you're looking at Travis Kelce who's,
• 1:02:19
  you know, potentially this is going to
• 1:02:21
  be his last season.
• 1:02:22
  >> You know, you've got Mahomes who's who's
• 1:02:24
  still just coming back from from
• 1:02:26
  surgery. Um you've got, you know, Xavier
• 1:02:29
  Worthy who who was, you know, sort of
• 1:02:33
  seen as as a as as the next
• 1:02:37
  um
• 1:02:39
  sort of I can't remember his name now.
• 1:02:43
  Tyreek Hill, you know, they were going
• 1:02:44
  to think he was going to stretch the
• 1:02:45
  field and and give Mahomes a deep
• 1:02:47
  threat. Um,
• 1:02:50
  >> they just they just don't
• 1:02:53
  they're still not
• 1:02:56
  giving me that that boost of confidence
• 1:02:58
  where I think they could be back in the
• 1:03:00
  Super Bowl this year. I still think they
• 1:03:02
  they're gonna
• 1:03:03
  >> something's going to happen about week
• 1:03:04
  seven, week eight, week nine where they
• 1:03:06
  start to start to crumble. a player may
• 1:03:09
  get injured or or or the the just the
• 1:03:13
  the scheme seems to be breaking down.
• 1:03:15
  People start cracking the codes and and
• 1:03:18
  you know, they start losing consecutive
• 1:03:20
  games and I I I don't think
• 1:03:24
  they're a serious team this year.
• 1:03:26
  >> Um but yeah, I'm I'm What's your view on
• 1:03:29
  this one? Because I mean I I'm obviously
• 1:03:32
  Steve Steve's obviously a Chie fan and
• 1:03:34
  you know
• 1:03:34
  >> Yes. I've got his I've got his his his
• 1:03:36
  voice ringing in my ears telling me that
• 1:03:38
  when they won in 2022, it was Mico
• 1:03:40
  Hardman and Juju Smith Schustster and
• 1:03:43
  and their Clyde Edwards Helair at at
• 1:03:45
  running back and
• 1:03:46
  >> Momes has has pulled greatness out of
• 1:03:50
  bad players before.
• 1:03:52
  >> Um and it's not as if Rashi Rice and
• 1:03:54
  Travis Kelce and Xavier Worthy are bad
• 1:03:56
  players either. Um
• 1:03:59
  >> he's looked very good since coming back
• 1:04:01
  as well. I mean, this week, 382 yards,
• 1:04:03
  three touchdowns, no picks, pulled 101
• 1:04:06
  yards out of Kelsey. But I think the
• 1:04:08
  biggest difference for me this season in
• 1:04:10
  the Chiefs and why they will be the team
• 1:04:13
  to beat in that division is Kenneth
• 1:04:14
  Walker. The way that he started the
• 1:04:16
  season,
• 1:04:17
  >> I I was very on the anti-Kenneth Walker
• 1:04:20
  train going into the season because I
• 1:04:22
  believed and still probably do to a
• 1:04:24
  degree that Zack Sharet is the better
• 1:04:25
  running back out of the two of them.
• 1:04:28
  However, in this system that Andy Reid
• 1:04:31
  puts across,
• 1:04:33
  >> yeah,
• 1:04:33
  >> Kenneth Walker is
• 1:04:36
  the the prototypical running back for
• 1:04:39
  it. He's a great backfield
• 1:04:42
  >> like he catches out the backfield really
• 1:04:44
  well. He's great at finding the gaps.
• 1:04:48
  >> He's
• 1:04:50
  he just creates chaos, which is
• 1:04:52
  something that the Chiefs lacked last
• 1:04:54
  season. um especially when uh Mahomes
• 1:04:57
  went down. So I think that provided and
• 1:05:01
  it's a big provided if Kenneth Walker
• 1:05:03
  can keep going in the way that he is it
• 1:05:05
  frees Mahomes up to take more time
• 1:05:08
  because Mahomes is Mahomes gets worse
• 1:05:10
  when he when he feels like he has to
• 1:05:11
  play and win the game when like himself
• 1:05:14
  and I've said this to Steve many times
• 1:05:15
  is when Mahomes is back against the wall
• 1:05:18
  you either get Super Mahomes where he
• 1:05:21
  he'll launch himself across and and
• 1:05:22
  somehow make a pass or he's throwing the
• 1:05:26
  ball 80 yards and he's getting picked
• 1:05:27
  off and there's nobody nobody anywhere
• 1:05:29
  near it. So I think having a great
• 1:05:32
  running back like Kenneth Walker well
• 1:05:34
  having somebody in form like Kenneth
• 1:05:36
  Walker is if he can sustain it gives
• 1:05:38
  Mahomes more time and gives the Chiefs
• 1:05:41
  more options.
• 1:05:42
  >> Um so I think it's it's it's one of
• 1:05:46
  those that's still the jury is still out
• 1:05:47
  for me.
• 1:05:48
  >> Yeah.
• 1:05:48
  >> But trending towards them being the one
• 1:05:51
  of one of the better if not the best
• 1:05:53
  team in that division. But I mean, you
• 1:05:55
  know, having that that run game is is is
• 1:05:57
  fantastic and it gives them a whole
• 1:05:58
  different dimension
• 1:06:00
  >> to every other running back that has
• 1:06:01
  been in that sort of that team over the
• 1:06:03
  over the Super Bowl sort of era that
• 1:06:05
  they've had. [snorts]
• 1:06:07
  >> Yeah, I I agree.
• 1:06:09
  >> Our team's going to figure this out. Our
• 1:06:11
  team's going to start going, "Okay,
• 1:06:13
  well, we need to take care of Kenneth
• 1:06:14
  Walker and then put pressure on Holmes,
• 1:06:18
  >> force them into the air, and then we can
• 1:06:21
  take care of business." right now and
• 1:06:22
  Reed's got this this team cooking, you
• 1:06:25
  know, with uh you know, with um the OC
• 1:06:28
  there. And I think he's Yeah, he's he's
• 1:06:32
  got he's got this team where he wants
• 1:06:33
  to. But right now, I think like I say,
• 1:06:35
  week week seven, eight, nine when teams
• 1:06:38
  start figuring this this this this plan
• 1:06:40
  out and how they can stop Kenneth Walker
• 1:06:42
  and then put pressure on Mahomes and
• 1:06:44
  then stop stop the run game, stop the
• 1:06:46
  pass game, and then put pressure on. I
• 1:06:48
  think this is where that's that's where
• 1:06:49
  we'll see the the team start to fold up.
• 1:06:52
  But that's just, you know, that's just
• 1:06:53
  my my personal thought, but that's how I
• 1:06:55
  feel.
• 1:06:55
  >> No, I I think you've got a fair point
• 1:06:57
  there. I mean, the biggest thing for me
• 1:06:59
  with the Chiefs at the moment is that uh
• 1:07:02
  their defense is bad. And like I say,
• 1:07:05
  Momes, you get one of two players when
• 1:07:08
  his back's against the wall. And if the
• 1:07:09
  defense can't stop points going on the
• 1:07:11
  board, he's going to have to play hero
• 1:07:12
  ball more than he's not. So,
• 1:07:14
  >> we will see. Uh but Monday Night
• 1:07:16
  Football, I am sad because the Giants
• 1:07:19
  lost 28-6 to the to the evil
• 1:07:22
  corporation, the Rams. It's like it's
• 1:07:25
  like to me this is Vince McMahon's
• 1:07:26
  corporation. I don't like it. I don't
• 1:07:29
  like the way that the Rams have gone
• 1:07:31
  about it. But 286 win, Jackson Dark goes
• 1:07:34
  down, his ACL goes seven snaps into the
• 1:07:37
  game, didn't come back, which is a well,
• 1:07:40
  that's it. That that's the Giant season
• 1:07:42
  for I don't I don't think there's
• 1:07:43
  there's anything more to be said about
• 1:07:45
  that part. Um, Niku was out. Devonte
• 1:07:49
  Adams comes in with two touchdowns and
• 1:07:51
  nearly 200 receiving yards. Matthew
• 1:07:53
  Stafford near perfect again. And that
• 1:07:55
  defense actually looked like the defense
• 1:07:58
  that we were promised at the start of
• 1:08:00
  the season. Yeah, it's shocking what
• 1:08:02
  happens when you don't have to travel 27
• 1:08:04
  hours before and do like nearly 24-hour
• 1:08:07
  journey.
• 1:08:08
  >> It's amazing.
• 1:08:09
  But yeah, I mean Trent McDuffy gets his
• 1:08:12
  first interception as a Ram, four pass
• 1:08:13
  deflections as well. Aaron Donald comes
• 1:08:15
  back, three tackles in a TFL. Giants
• 1:08:18
  also lose Andrew Thomas and Brian Burns
• 1:08:20
  to injuries. So they are decimated right
• 1:08:23
  now.
• 1:08:24
  >> Question for you is was week one the
• 1:08:26
  aberration or have the Rams actually
• 1:08:28
  rediscovered the team that we expected
• 1:08:30
  to see? I think and you know listening
• 1:08:33
  to the press conference that um Shawn
• 1:08:35
  McVey kind of gave after the the game in
• 1:08:38
  in in Australia you know he he kind of
• 1:08:41
  held his hands up and said I got this
• 1:08:43
  wrong
• 1:08:44
  >> and I think if if he' have t he had
• 1:08:47
  taken the team out to Australia the same
• 1:08:50
  time the ners did we may be looking at a
• 1:08:53
  completely different score. No. Okay.
• 1:08:55
  >> When you when you talk to, you know,
• 1:08:56
  when when the reporters were talking to
• 1:08:59
  um Jordan Milata, who's is obviously an
• 1:09:01
  Australian uh international player who's
• 1:09:04
  who's come over to the Philadelphia
• 1:09:05
  Eagles, you know, they asked on his
• 1:09:08
  view, you know, do you think Shawn McVey
• 1:09:11
  did the right thing? And he's like, no,
• 1:09:14
  it's it's too much of a of a distance to
• 1:09:17
  travel to, you know, to in such a short
• 1:09:20
  space of time, your players are going to
• 1:09:22
  be cooked. and they were they were
• 1:09:24
  dominated on all levels against the the
• 1:09:26
  ners. Um and you know now again like you
• 1:09:30
  say now they're back on sort of home
• 1:09:32
  soil and and you know maybe just
• 1:09:34
  traveling you know against maybe a
• 1:09:38
  couple of time zones across the states.
• 1:09:40
  You know they're going to find that
• 1:09:42
  their flow a lot a lot easier and we're
• 1:09:45
  going to start seeing you know the
• 1:09:47
  defense cooking especially when Miles
• 1:09:48
  Garretts get back after after his stint
• 1:09:51
  on IR. I think once once, you know, once
• 1:09:53
  we see that one-two punch from from
• 1:09:56
  Maron Donald and and Miles Garrett, I
• 1:09:58
  think it's going to be it's definitely
• 1:09:59
  going to be spicy. Um, and you know,
• 1:10:02
  Stafford Stafford's just going to
• 1:10:03
  continue to do what he does. You know,
• 1:10:04
  he's got the weapons that he needs. Um,
• 1:10:07
  you know, and if he hasn't he hasn't got
• 1:10:09
  Noui, he's got um he's got his other
• 1:10:12
  players he can he can lean on. And I
• 1:10:14
  think, yeah, he's
• 1:10:16
  we're going to see the LA start to to
• 1:10:18
  hoten up now. I think they've now they
• 1:10:20
  now they've got that first game out the
• 1:10:22
  way with drew a line underneath it.
• 1:10:24
  We're going to see the Rams, the
• 1:10:26
  corporation Rams, you said um firing up
• 1:10:29
  and and showing us um that they are the
• 1:10:32
  Super Bowl contenders.
• 1:10:35
  >> Yeah. I mean, I've still got them on
• 1:10:36
  fraud watch, but that's just cuz that's
• 1:10:38
  that, you know, [laughter]
• 1:10:41
  >> it's one of them teams. It's like you
• 1:10:43
  It's like when the Pat you when the
• 1:10:45
  Patriots are just that they were the
• 1:10:46
  evil machine for a while and now you
• 1:10:50
  know the Chiefs were the evil machine
• 1:10:51
  and and the Rams are trying to assemble
• 1:10:53
  this super team and become the evil
• 1:10:55
  machine. I'm just I don't know. It
• 1:10:57
  doesn't quite sit right with me. I don't
• 1:10:58
  know if that's been an English thing and
• 1:11:00
  it's just like I want the underdog to
• 1:11:01
  win. But yeah, I I I I really just Yeah,
• 1:11:07
  I'm not a fan. I'm not a fan. Though I
• 1:11:09
  do think they will be good. I think I
• 1:11:10
  think they will pick up into the season
• 1:11:12
  and they'll they'll settle in. That
• 1:11:14
  first game going to Australia is always
• 1:11:16
  going to be an outlier because you never
• 1:11:18
  know who's going to acclimate better.
• 1:11:20
  You never know who's going to, you know,
• 1:11:23
  deal with the weather. There's lots of
• 1:11:25
  lots of factors at play, but yeah, I
• 1:11:27
  think the Rams are they're pretty safe
• 1:11:29
  going to be in and around that, you
• 1:11:31
  know, NFC Championship conversation um
• 1:11:34
  for the season. So that is uh that is
• 1:11:37
  the week one review. As of right now I
• 1:11:40
  am 17 and 15 which is absolutely
• 1:11:42
  diabolical in terms of my predictions
• 1:11:44
  and Steve is 21 and 11. He's not here so
• 1:11:47
  we'll move on. Um [laughter] we'll go
• 1:11:49
  we'll go to the fantasy room. Um this
• 1:11:52
  week has been interesting in the TDUK
• 1:11:54
  Fantasy League. Uh once again Steve's
• 1:11:57
  not here. Um but he scored 206 points in
• 1:12:01
  the fantasy league this this week. um
• 1:12:05
  339.78
• 1:12:07
  points for for him with the comfortably
• 1:12:09
  the highest total in the league which is
• 1:12:11
  uh you know he'll be he's playing me
• 1:12:14
  this week though so this is where it
• 1:12:15
  ends. Um and at the other end we've got
• 1:12:17
  Matteo. Matteo only scored 89 points
• 1:12:19
  this week. The only team scoring under
• 1:12:22
  100 um and only 164 points across the
• 1:12:25
  first two weeks. It would help if he
• 1:12:27
  played uh all the players that played
• 1:12:28
  and and took the ones out that were
• 1:12:30
  injured, but that's by the buy. Um,
• 1:12:33
  three teams left unbeaten so far. At the
• 1:12:35
  top, it's Ste, it's Banger and Mash, and
• 1:12:37
  it is myself. So, only three unbeaten
• 1:12:39
  teams. But an interesting one to keep an
• 1:12:41
  eye on is Genty Does It, who are one and
• 1:12:43
  one, but have scored 313.68
• 1:12:46
  points across uh two games. So, it's the
• 1:12:48
  second highest points for in the league.
• 1:12:51
  Um, but yeah, players of the week this
• 1:12:53
  week, Jackson Smith and Jigba, 44
• 1:12:56
  points. Uh, Josh Allen obviously with
• 1:12:58
  his ridiculous performance as he does,
• 1:13:00
  33 points for him. Jonathan Taylor
• 1:13:03
  putting in a good performance for
• 1:13:04
  Indianapolis against um the Chiefs 29.2.
• 1:13:08
  Daltton King 22.5. Brandon Aubry kicking
• 1:13:12
  20 points worth of fantasy points this
• 1:13:14
  week. And the Patriots defense and
• 1:13:16
  special teams having a great time as
• 1:13:18
  well with 23. [snorts] Um week two
• 1:13:21
  awards though and you'll be happy you're
• 1:13:22
  in on this one. You're the most
• 1:13:23
  efficient manager this week.
• 1:13:25
  >> There we go. For for those of you out
• 1:13:27
  there that that with these awards, the
• 1:13:29
  most efficient manager is basically you
• 1:13:32
  pick the right players. You pick the
• 1:13:33
  players that are going to score you the
• 1:13:34
  most. And Lee this week was uh our most
• 1:13:37
  efficient. Highest points in a loss uh
• 1:13:40
  was Dixon with two 121 points, which is
• 1:13:43
  brutal to lose with 121 points. Um
• 1:13:47
  considering the lowest points in the win
• 1:13:48
  was 116 this week. So that's uh you
• 1:13:51
  know, it is what it is. The narrowest
• 1:13:53
  victory was the Pickle Rickers.
• 1:13:56
  116.18
• 1:13:59
  uh against 113.58.
• 1:14:02
  Um and yeah, we've got we've got some 0
• 1:14:04
  and2 teams. Uh we've got some one-on-one
• 1:14:07
  [snorts] teams and we've got some two
• 1:14:08
  and0 teams. It's going to be interesting
• 1:14:10
  to see what happens this week this
• 1:14:12
  season. But yeah, the big fantasy story
• 1:14:15
  this week, quarterbacks. Now, Jackson
• 1:14:18
  Dart down for the season. Jaden Daniels
• 1:14:20
  down for the season looking likely.
• 1:14:23
  Caleb Williams out for at least this
• 1:14:25
  week. The waiver wire is going to be
• 1:14:27
  very important. Who would you be going
• 1:14:29
  after, Lee? Um, if you've got one of
• 1:14:31
  those three quarterbacks,
• 1:14:32
  >> well, I've got one of those three
• 1:14:33
  quarterbacks, haven't I? I've got
• 1:14:35
  >> Well, this is what you know what? This
• 1:14:36
  is this [laughter] is why I thought it
• 1:14:38
  would be a nice segue. Who are you going
• 1:14:40
  to be going after?
• 1:14:41
  >> Um, I mean, I've got I've got Justin
• 1:14:43
  Herbert on the on the bench, so I'm I'm
• 1:14:45
  going to be promoting him to
• 1:14:46
  >> That is That is ropey.
• 1:14:49
  >> It's ropey. It is absolutely ropey. But
• 1:14:52
  I don't really want to get rid of,
• 1:14:55
  you know, one of my QBs.
• 1:14:57
  >> I I I believe that Justin Herbert is
• 1:15:00
  going to is going to have a revival and
• 1:15:02
  he's he's going to be there. He's he's I
• 1:15:05
  want him to be my Mr. Reliable.
• 1:15:07
  >> Yeah.
• 1:15:07
  >> You know, once once Caleb William gets
• 1:15:09
  back, he's going to get back into that
• 1:15:10
  into that chair for me and and to, you
• 1:15:13
  know, to leave lead leave the leave my
• 1:15:15
  team. Um,
• 1:15:18
  but yeah, I want Justin Herbert just to
• 1:15:20
  be my Mr. Reliable that, you know, he
• 1:15:23
  he's he can jump back, he can jump into
• 1:15:25
  that number one seat and and to take my
• 1:15:27
  team in and with a victory. But, um,
• 1:15:30
  thankfully I've got Matteo this week, so
• 1:15:33
  I don't really need to try that hard.
• 1:15:35
  So, [laughter]
• 1:15:39
  so I mean I think I think I think I'm uh
• 1:15:42
  I think I'm safe this week, but um I'm
• 1:15:44
  hoping that Caleb gets back soon,
• 1:15:45
  otherwise I'm going to have to start
• 1:15:46
  looking at the waiver wire and see see
• 1:15:49
  what other good QBs are out there. But
• 1:15:51
  yeah, I I don't know who's got um D or
• 1:15:54
  or or Daniels, but they've I'm sure
• 1:15:57
  they're going to be panicking as well.
• 1:15:59
  >> Yeah, I mean in in a lot of leagues,
• 1:16:01
  Tyler Shook's available, Bryce Young is
• 1:16:03
  available. Nobody really expecting much
• 1:16:05
  from them, but they've shown up to be
• 1:16:06
  two of the best performing quarterbacks
• 1:16:08
  in terms of fantasy so far. Um,
• 1:16:10
  >> point for you guys out there as well
• 1:16:12
  with your fantasy leagues. Number one,
• 1:16:14
  do not forget tonight is the first game.
• 1:16:17
  Don't keep your players from tonight in
• 1:16:19
  your flex spots because that is going to
• 1:16:22
  cause you a problem later on down the
• 1:16:24
  line. Put them in your starting spots if
• 1:16:26
  you're going to.
• 1:16:28
  >> Um, [snorts] but also think about who's
• 1:16:29
  inherited volume because somebody's got
• 1:16:31
  injured. And that is something we're
• 1:16:32
  going to speak about with the start and
• 1:16:33
  sit calls. Um,
• 1:16:36
  I've got Jameson Williams down as a
• 1:16:38
  start. The passing game hasn't been
• 1:16:40
  great for the Lions yet, but there is
• 1:16:42
  reason to stay patient with Williams
• 1:16:43
  rather than panic. Um, PFF has
• 1:16:46
  specifically noted that his slow start
• 1:16:48
  is understandable and expects bigger
• 1:16:50
  games ahead. Thoughts on that one, Lee?
• 1:16:54
  >> Oh,
• 1:16:56
  yeah. I mean,
• 1:17:02
  it's it's it's a it's a really tough one
• 1:17:04
  to to kind of get your head around, you
• 1:17:06
  know, when you when you're looking at
• 1:17:07
  Jameson W Jameson Winston and and how is
• 1:17:11
  he going to perform? Um, I mean, who
• 1:17:13
  have got who have the Giants got this
• 1:17:15
  week?
• 1:17:16
  >> So, it's Jameson Williams, the Detroit
• 1:17:17
  wide receiver.
• 1:17:18
  >> Oh, Jameson Williams, sorry. Jameson
• 1:17:20
  Williams.
• 1:17:21
  >> Um,
• 1:17:22
  Jameson Williams. I
• 1:17:25
  he's always going to struggle when
• 1:17:26
  you've got someone like Arman Ross and
• 1:17:28
  Brown, you know, putting up the the big
• 1:17:30
  points. You know, Goff Scoff's always
• 1:17:32
  going to target him
• 1:17:34
  >> over Jameson. Um but yeah, I'd like to
• 1:17:38
  see Jameson come back into this. I'd
• 1:17:39
  like to see him, you know, getting some
• 1:17:41
  more of those targets and and putting
• 1:17:42
  some more points on the board. Um but
• 1:17:44
  yeah um
• 1:17:47
  >> yeah I think it's an interesting one
• 1:17:49
  because he's he's the biggest sort of
• 1:17:51
  like big play guy for the Lions because
• 1:17:53
  of how fast he is. So that that is
• 1:17:56
  something to keep an eye on especially
• 1:17:58
  when they're playing teams that have got
• 1:17:59
  poor secondaries. Um second on the list
• 1:18:02
  I've got Marvin Harrison Jr. is a sit.
• 1:18:04
  This is for me it's name value versus
• 1:18:06
  current production decision. um he's not
• 1:18:09
  given enough through the first two weeks
• 1:18:10
  to justify a blind start, but
• 1:18:14
  but and it is a big but
• 1:18:17
  he's come out and said that he's he's
• 1:18:19
  not worried about it. The coach has come
• 1:18:21
  out and said he's not worried about it.
• 1:18:22
  Jacobe Brassette has come out and said
• 1:18:24
  the only reason you're talking about him
• 1:18:25
  is because he's called Marvin Harrison.
• 1:18:28
  So
• 1:18:29
  what do you think? Is this a case of
• 1:18:31
  persist? I mean I I I think he should be
• 1:18:33
  sat this week. I think you you sit him
• 1:18:35
  and maybe take the risk that he's going
• 1:18:36
  to score well, but then he gets a bit of
• 1:18:38
  momentum back and you bring him back in
• 1:18:40
  rather than blindly start him and then
• 1:18:42
  he has another week like he has the last
• 1:18:44
  couple.
• 1:18:46
  >> So, I'm I'm I'm going to compare this to
• 1:18:49
  the AJ Brown last season. You know, AJ
• 1:18:53
  Brown
• 1:18:54
  was on so many people's fantasies last
• 1:18:57
  year, and you know, they're using his
• 1:19:00
  name and his reputation to go, he's
• 1:19:03
  going to score me at least 20 points in
• 1:19:06
  in this in this fantasy. I'm going to
• 1:19:07
  sit him in that in that prime spot. And
• 1:19:12
  then he gets he gets a couple of targets
• 1:19:15
  in the game. He only he only gets a
• 1:19:17
  handful of points and
• 1:19:21
  and then that that brings the players
• 1:19:23
  morale down. It then snowballs the way
• 1:19:26
  the Eagles obviously handled it um and
• 1:19:30
  the end ends up going to to New England.
• 1:19:34
  If they do not start targeting Marvin
• 1:19:37
  Harrison over these next couple of
• 1:19:39
  games, we are going to see the same
• 1:19:42
  issue
• 1:19:42
  >> arising in in Arizona with with the
• 1:19:46
  player
• 1:19:49
  becoming a little bit more vocal and
• 1:19:51
  saying, "Yeah,
• 1:19:52
  >> just throw me the ball.
• 1:19:53
  >> Give me a chance. You're not even
• 1:19:55
  looking at me. Throw me the ball and I
• 1:19:58
  will show you what I can do." So, I
• 1:20:00
  think you're right in saying potentially
• 1:20:03
  sit this week,
• 1:20:05
  but only if you know for a fact that
• 1:20:07
  you've got really good players ahead of
• 1:20:10
  him. because I think over the next few
• 1:20:13
  weeks he's going to have that breakout.
• 1:20:15
  People they're going to start targeting
• 1:20:17
  him,
• 1:20:19
  >> but they may not.
• 1:20:21
  >> Well, that's it. That is it. They
• 1:20:22
  [clears throat] are the two options.
• 1:20:24
  [laughter]
• 1:20:24
  >> They are the two options. You don't
• 1:20:25
  know. Um but I think once once he starts
• 1:20:28
  getting the ball thrown his way, he's
• 1:20:29
  going to light up the the the scores and
• 1:20:32
  he is going to he's you know, he may not
• 1:20:33
  score many touchdowns, but he's going to
• 1:20:35
  start putting the points back on the
• 1:20:36
  board. Um it's just a shock this year
• 1:20:39
  that you know he's had such a such a
• 1:20:43
  poor show this year. Um that may just
• 1:20:45
  down be down to the the sort of the
• 1:20:48
  offensive coordinator
• 1:20:50
  that hasn't really seen what he wants
• 1:20:52
  from him and that's why he's not
• 1:20:53
  targeting him.
• 1:20:54
  >> Yeah, I think that's fair. [snorts]
• 1:20:57
  >> Um waiver wire people to watch. We've
• 1:20:59
  already spoken about Tyler Shook and
• 1:21:01
  Bryce Young. Keep an eye on running back
• 1:21:03
  situations with Jonah Coleman, Emanuel
• 1:21:05
  Wilson, and Caleb Johnson. Obviously
• 1:21:06
  Wilson at Seattle, Caleb Johnson at
• 1:21:08
  Green Bay. The running back situation in
• 1:21:11
  Green Bay is not looking great at the
• 1:21:12
  moment. So see Caleb Johnson potentially
• 1:21:14
  getting some more volume. Trey Tucker is
• 1:21:16
  still on the waiver wire in a lot of
• 1:21:18
  leagues. Pick him up quickly because he
• 1:21:20
  is going to be scoring you a fair amount
• 1:21:22
  of points if this continues. Um and
• 1:21:24
  Dalton Schulz, big one to watch this
• 1:21:26
  week. If Nico Collins remains injured,
• 1:21:28
  he is a must start because he is going
• 1:21:30
  to be the prime target. Other than that,
• 1:21:33
  um, you've got to keep an eye on it
• 1:21:35
  really because if Nico Collins starts,
• 1:21:36
  then Dalton Schultz will get next to
• 1:21:37
  nothing. Um,
• 1:21:39
  >> yeah, I've I've just picked up uh I
• 1:21:42
  picked up Schultz on our league. So, um,
• 1:21:44
  >> yeah,
• 1:21:44
  >> I had Dallas Dallas got it with is
• 1:21:48
  obviously out for this uh for this next
• 1:21:49
  game. So, I picked him up and stuck him
• 1:21:51
  in my uh in my tight end slot. So, we're
• 1:21:54
  good.
• 1:21:55
  >> That's it. Hopefully, you can keep that
• 1:21:57
  most efficient tag going into next week.
• 1:21:59
  And
• 1:21:59
  >> you know, we'll see. We'll see. That's a
• 1:22:00
  That's a It's a good tag to have.
• 1:22:03
  >> It is. It is. But we move on to this
• 1:22:06
  week. As you can see, this is mine and
• 1:22:08
  Steve's predictions, and we're also
• 1:22:10
  going to get Lee's predictions this
• 1:22:11
  week. Um, we're going to rattle through
• 1:22:13
  these um as as quickly but as detailed
• 1:22:16
  as we can. And we're going to start off
• 1:22:17
  with Thursday Night Football. I'm going
• 1:22:19
  to keep as quiet as I can on this one
• 1:22:20
  because otherwise I'll go on for ages.
• 1:22:22
  It's Falcons at Packers. Me and Steve
• 1:22:24
  have both picked the Packers. And you
• 1:22:26
  think it's going to be Lee?
• 1:22:28
  >> Uh, Green Bay.
• 1:22:29
  >> Okay. However,
• 1:22:31
  >> however,
• 1:22:32
  this this is going to be interesting um
• 1:22:36
  because we've got Pennix coming back in
• 1:22:38
  to the lineup.
• 1:22:39
  >> We do.
• 1:22:40
  >> So, there is there is a different
• 1:22:41
  dynamic to this Atlanta offense.
• 1:22:46
  >> Mhm. [clears throat]
• 1:22:47
  >> But I think, you know, with Green Bay
• 1:22:50
  having the two games that they've just
• 1:22:52
  had, I think we're going to see
• 1:22:56
  them start turning up now. they're going
• 1:22:58
  to start bringing something to this game
• 1:23:00
  and I think this is going to be a
• 1:23:02
  fantastic game. I think it's going to be
• 1:23:06
  really high score um high score game for
• 1:23:08
  for Green Bay. Whether Atlantic can can
• 1:23:11
  reciprocate that um
• 1:23:14
  we'll see um we'll see how that pans
• 1:23:17
  out. But yeah, it's going to be a Green
• 1:23:18
  Bay win. Yeah, I mean look, despite
• 1:23:21
  Green Bay not being, you know, sort of
• 1:23:23
  firing on all cylinders, Jordan Love's
• 1:23:26
  only completed 52% of his passes so far
• 1:23:28
  this year, which is not great. But this
• 1:23:31
  is amongst an offensive line that's been
• 1:23:33
  peppered with injury. It's amongst a
• 1:23:36
  defense that that has been pretty solid
• 1:23:38
  to be fair. I mean, the pressure of the
• 1:23:39
  quarterback at a 45.6% rate through the
• 1:23:42
  first two weeks, which is good. Um, but
• 1:23:44
  is the short week and going to Lambo,
• 1:23:47
  which is never an easy trip to make
• 1:23:49
  either, going to be too much for the for
• 1:23:50
  the Falcons? I think so. I don't think
• 1:23:53
  Pennix is going to be I don't think
• 1:23:56
  we'll see the best of Pennix for a
• 1:23:57
  couple of weeks. I think it's going to
• 1:23:58
  take a while. He's coming back from an
• 1:23:59
  ACL. And having done my ACL a few weeks
• 1:24:02
  ago, I now appreciate how hard it is to
• 1:24:05
  come back and I'm not going back into
• 1:24:07
  elite sport. So, not far from it. So
• 1:24:10
  yeah, I think this is this one is I
• 1:24:12
  think we we both agreed that it's going
• 1:24:14
  to be
• 1:24:15
  >> a pretty straightforward Packers win,
• 1:24:17
  but
• 1:24:17
  >> Pennix could come back and be the wild
• 1:24:19
  card. We'll see.
• 1:24:22
  >> Benles
• 1:24:25
  go Pang Go. Go Pang Go there.
• 1:24:27
  >> Yeah, that's it. We love that.
• 1:24:29
  >> Bengals at Steelers. Uh we've got a
• 1:24:31
  change here for me and Steve. I'd pick
• 1:24:32
  the Steelers again. I'm going on the
• 1:24:34
  Aaron Rogers train. Probably shouldn't
• 1:24:35
  have done that. And Steve's picked the
• 1:24:37
  Bengals. Um, what do you think about
• 1:24:39
  this one? I mean, realistically,
• 1:24:41
  Cincinnati's defense has been
• 1:24:42
  incredible. We saw last week that Rogers
• 1:24:44
  against a decent defense looked awful.
• 1:24:47
  So, I I my my heart versus head
• 1:24:50
  prediction has gone horrendously wrong
• 1:24:51
  once already. I think it's going to go
• 1:24:52
  wrong again this week. But, what do you
• 1:24:54
  think?
• 1:24:55
  Um, I think the Steelers are going to be
• 1:24:58
  looking at the game tape from from the
• 1:25:00
  Bengals last two games and they're going
• 1:25:03
  to realize that
• 1:25:05
  Aaron's going to have to get rid of that
• 1:25:07
  ball pretty quick.
• 1:25:08
  >> Yeah.
• 1:25:09
  >> Is he he cannot hold on to that ball
• 1:25:12
  for too long now. if if the Bengals
• 1:25:15
  secondary can can shut down the uh the
• 1:25:19
  wide receivers um you know keep uh keep
• 1:25:24
  everyone in check then you know Rogers
• 1:25:26
  is going to have a really long day in
• 1:25:28
  that QB pocket and uh it's it's not
• 1:25:30
  going to look good.
• 1:25:32
  >> Um but yeah, I think you're I think you
• 1:25:34
  you you're living on a on a prayer
• 1:25:36
  there. I'm going to go for the Bengals
• 1:25:37
  on this one. I think it's just going to
• 1:25:38
  be Yeah, it's not looking good.
• 1:25:42
  >> No, I I think that's fair. I mean,
• 1:25:44
  there's a couple of injuries to keep an
• 1:25:45
  eye on. Ysef is uh got a thumb injury.
• 1:25:47
  He won't play. Uh Pittsburgh have had
• 1:25:50
  Warren and Dael both questionable this
• 1:25:52
  week. So, both of their running backs.
• 1:25:54
  That's not a great
• 1:25:56
  >> great thing. So, yeah, I I I'd love the
• 1:25:59
  Steelers to win. I'd love Rogers to just
• 1:26:01
  wake up and and remember who he is, but
• 1:26:05
  yeah, that that's the that's the path
• 1:26:06
  I'm going with this season. I'll pick
• 1:26:07
  the Steelers for every game, but uh
• 1:26:09
  yeah, I think you're right. Probably.
• 1:26:12
  Yeah.
• 1:26:12
  >> Next up, we've got the Pats at the Jags.
• 1:26:14
  Uh Ste and I have both picked the Jags
• 1:26:16
  for this one. Um how do you see this one
• 1:26:19
  going?
• 1:26:20
  >> I I think
• 1:26:23
  this this is this is going to be a
• 1:26:25
  really tight game. Um
• 1:26:29
  and I think it depends what version of
• 1:26:30
  Drake May we're going to have. Is this
• 1:26:32
  is this the Drake May that we're going
• 1:26:34
  to see who's who's careless with the
• 1:26:35
  ball, throwing the ball into into double
• 1:26:37
  coverage and getting picked off, or is
• 1:26:39
  this a Drake May that's going to be
• 1:26:42
  >> really looking at finding those holes,
• 1:26:44
  using his legs, getting rid of the ball
• 1:26:46
  quick,
• 1:26:48
  if that's the one we're going to see,
• 1:26:50
  we're going to see a Patriots win for
• 1:26:52
  sure. And I I I personally I think I'
• 1:26:54
  I've backed the Patriots in this two
• 1:26:56
  win.
• 1:26:57
  >> No, I haven't. I have I have I have
• 1:26:58
  actually picked the Jags. I've just
• 1:27:00
  realized I have picked the Jags. So,
• 1:27:01
  yeah, this is I picked the Jags, but I
• 1:27:03
  wouldn't be surprised if the Patriots
• 1:27:05
  win this one.
• 1:27:06
  >> Okay. I I mean, we I'm It's It's two
• 1:27:10
  things for me here. It's either
• 1:27:14
  Jacksonville's offense is as good as we
• 1:27:16
  as it's looked and is going to go over
• 1:27:18
  the Patriots defense, which is also very
• 1:27:21
  good, or the Jacksonville defense, which
• 1:27:24
  has allowed 6.1 yards per play and is
• 1:27:27
  not very good [laughter]
• 1:27:28
  going up against an offense that's
• 1:27:30
  struggling with Drake May. I It's going
• 1:27:32
  to be one of those two stories for me.
• 1:27:34
  And I I don't think
• 1:27:36
  I as I say I'm edging towards the Jags
• 1:27:38
  only because no AJ Brown, Drake Mays
• 1:27:41
  looked very very shaky to start the
• 1:27:43
  season and they don't have a great deal
• 1:27:46
  else in terms of that that sort of going
• 1:27:49
  through the air. Raandre Stevenson and
• 1:27:52
  Travian Henderson is a nice one-two
• 1:27:54
  punch, but like it's not the best.
• 1:27:56
  [laughter]
• 1:27:57
  >> Um so yeah, I I I think the Jags are who
• 1:28:00
  we're who we're gonna see here next
• 1:28:02
  game. Um, tank bowl question mark.
• 1:28:06
  Titans at Giants. Um, me and Steve have
• 1:28:09
  both got the Titans to win this one
• 1:28:11
  following the events of uh, of last
• 1:28:12
  week. What What do you think?
• 1:28:15
  >> I think Yeah, I think I think Robert
• 1:28:18
  Salah is is is now getting this Titans
• 1:28:21
  offense cooking. Um, you know, he's
• 1:28:23
  obviously defensive-minded coach, but,
• 1:28:25
  you know, I think he's his his style of
• 1:28:28
  coaching is is has got this Titans team
• 1:28:31
  where it should be. Now, they they put
• 1:28:32
  up a stellar performance against the
• 1:28:35
  Eagles, who are fantastic defensively,
• 1:28:38
  and they they found those holes. They
• 1:28:40
  they pushed the Eagles right to the
• 1:28:43
  edge. Um so, with a New York Giant,
• 1:28:47
  which have been
• 1:28:50
  have lost, you know, their their
• 1:28:52
  starting quarterback, and I know we've
• 1:28:54
  got Jameson Williams in there, James
• 1:28:57
  Jamie Winston,
• 1:28:59
  I don't think that's going to be enough.
• 1:29:00
  I think the Titans are going to just
• 1:29:03
  edge this one.
• 1:29:04
  >> Yeah, I think the biggest thing for me
• 1:29:06
  is like holding the Eagles to 89 rushing
• 1:29:09
  yards with and and that's a a team
• 1:29:11
  that's got Saquon Barkley in it. Um is
• 1:29:15
  enough to say to me that, you know,
• 1:29:17
  they've lost their quarterback, the
• 1:29:18
  Giants. Andrew Thomas is limited. Malik
• 1:29:21
  Neighbors is limited in practice
• 1:29:22
  yesterday as well. Brian Burns sat out.
• 1:29:25
  They're going to need the running game
• 1:29:26
  to be strong. And
• 1:29:29
  >> if you can neutralize Saquon Barkley,
• 1:29:32
  you can neutralize Cam Scataboo and
• 1:29:34
  Tyrone Tracy. That That's how I see it.
• 1:29:37
  I just don't think I think the more for
• 1:29:39
  more than anything though, the wind's
• 1:29:42
  been knocked out of New York's sales.
• 1:29:44
  >> Losing Jackson Dart like that is is
• 1:29:46
  something that's going to send waves
• 1:29:47
  through the locker room. And as good as
• 1:29:50
  Jameus Winston's motivational speeches
• 1:29:53
  are, uh I think he was talking about 53
• 1:29:56
  crab legs or something yesterday.
• 1:29:58
  >> Yeah.
• 1:29:58
  >> Um and I really like him. I just don't
• 1:30:01
  think that they've got it in them with
• 1:30:03
  all of those injuries and losing their
• 1:30:06
  key player to be able to to go over the
• 1:30:08
  Titans who look really good last week.
• 1:30:10
  >> Yeah.
• 1:30:10
  >> Um next one, one that you'll be keeping
• 1:30:13
  an eye on hoping that uh that they lose
• 1:30:15
  is the Seahawks at the Commanders. Um,
• 1:30:18
  we've both picked the Seahawks here. I
• 1:30:19
  think this one's, you know, pretty
• 1:30:21
  straightforward one.
• 1:30:22
  >> Straightforward one. Seahawks win this
• 1:30:24
  one. Yeah.
• 1:30:26
  >> Yeah. I mean, 37 points given up to
• 1:30:28
  Dallas last week for Washington. Marcus
• 1:30:30
  Mariota in at quarterback. Um, but and
• 1:30:34
  and when you've got Jackson Smith and
• 1:30:35
  Jigba who's got more uh more yards
• 1:30:39
  receiving than I think any quarterback
• 1:30:40
  that uh that Washington have had
• 1:30:43
  throwing. Um, that's something to be
• 1:30:45
  said. So, yeah. I mean, there's not much
• 1:30:48
  that needs to be said on this one
• 1:30:49
  really. Seattle are the much better
• 1:30:50
  team. The Commanders have been
• 1:30:51
  decimated. They've lost their their most
• 1:30:53
  important player. Um, and I just can't
• 1:30:57
  see a way that they'd get anywhere near
• 1:30:58
  them.
• 1:31:00
  >> Yep.
• 1:31:02
  >> I I can't I can't see anything. Yeah. I
• 1:31:04
  I can't see any any other score coming
• 1:31:06
  out of this one. You know, the Seahawks
• 1:31:08
  game move to 3-0 on the season on this
• 1:31:10
  on the season so far, I think. Yeah.
• 1:31:12
  >> No, I agree. Um, next up, Jets at Lions.
• 1:31:16
  Now, the Jets are my dark horse for the
• 1:31:18
  year. I've picked them to win here.
• 1:31:20
  Steve's picked the Lions, probably a bit
• 1:31:22
  more sensible, but there's some
• 1:31:25
  interesting storylines here. Aaron Glenn
• 1:31:27
  coming back to Detroit as the opposite
• 1:31:29
  opposition head coach. Um,
• 1:31:33
  the Jets defense has been good. They're
• 1:31:35
  third in DVOA, first against the run and
• 1:31:38
  sixth against the pass. Um,
• 1:31:42
  but it's it's two different things
• 1:31:43
  because the Lions have been able to put
• 1:31:45
  points on the board, but they've
• 1:31:46
  conceded a lot of points going up
• 1:31:48
  against a defense that's been very very
• 1:31:50
  solid, but struggled to score very much.
• 1:31:53
  So, where do you see this one? What do
• 1:31:55
  you see as as the the key decision
• 1:31:58
  points?
• 1:31:59
  >> I'm with you on this one. I think the
• 1:32:01
  Jets are going to edge this one. Um, not
• 1:32:06
  not to disrespect, you know, the lines.
• 1:32:08
  They are a fantastic team, but I think
• 1:32:12
  I think the Jets have have got that fire
• 1:32:14
  in their belly this year. And you know,
• 1:32:17
  after losing in that clutch moment
• 1:32:20
  against the Packers the week before,
• 1:32:22
  >> I think they're going to come out with
• 1:32:25
  with a little bit of a, you know, oomph
• 1:32:28
  in this game. And, you know, Aaron's
• 1:32:31
  Aaron Glenn's going to be hyping them up
• 1:32:33
  saying, "Let's take it. Let's take it to
• 1:32:36
  Detroit and let's put this win in and
• 1:32:40
  let's walk away with that dub. Um, so
• 1:32:42
  yeah, I'm I'm I'm with you on this one.
• 1:32:44
  I think the Jets are going to Jets are
• 1:32:46
  going to edge this one.
• 1:32:48
  >> I mean, I hope so. I've got Breeze Hall
• 1:32:50
  and Garrett Wilson in a couple of
• 1:32:51
  leagues, so I could quite do with it,
• 1:32:53
  especially with um Avante Maddox is out
• 1:32:55
  for the season. Brian Branch and Kirby
• 1:32:57
  Joseph both still remain unavailable in
• 1:32:58
  that Detroit secondary. So, they are
• 1:33:00
  very, very thin at safety. Um, yeah, I
• 1:33:04
  think this is going to be be the Jets
• 1:33:06
  and and not to forget Aaron Glenn knows
• 1:33:08
  this offense.
• 1:33:09
  >> He he was the defensive coordinator, but
• 1:33:11
  you know that in in practice, he's going
• 1:33:13
  up against it every week. So,
• 1:33:16
  >> it'll be interesting to see, you know,
• 1:33:18
  quite how well the Jets defense does
• 1:33:20
  against this Lions offense. Um, but
• 1:33:23
  yeah, next one we've got Panthers at
• 1:33:24
  Browns. Uh Steve and I have both picked
• 1:33:26
  the Panthers for this one despite how
• 1:33:28
  well the Browns played last week,
• 1:33:30
  >> but they played a bad team in the books.
• 1:33:35
  >> The Panthers have looked a lot better
• 1:33:37
  than they had the last couple of
• 1:33:38
  seasons. How do you see this one going?
• 1:33:42
  >> I think you you you both nailed this
• 1:33:44
  one. It's going to be a Panthers um
• 1:33:46
  Panthers winning this one. They're
• 1:33:47
  looking hot. They're looking they're
• 1:33:49
  looking good. Um Bryce Young is is he's
• 1:33:52
  is he's he's slinging that ball really
• 1:33:55
  well. Um and I think this is the you
• 1:33:59
  know sort of the the welcome home game
• 1:34:02
  for the Browns where they're just going
• 1:34:03
  to go okay yeah we last week was a bit
• 1:34:06
  of a fluke against the Bucks. Um and I
• 1:34:09
  think I think the the Panthers are going
• 1:34:12
  to take care of business in the in the
• 1:34:14
  dog pound
• 1:34:15
  >> and we're going to see an easy easy win
• 1:34:18
  by then. Yeah, I mean it's there's a
• 1:34:21
  couple of interesting parts here. Like
• 1:34:22
  Carolina can't seem to stop the run. Uh
• 1:34:24
  but Cleveland can't run the ball, so
• 1:34:27
  something's got to give there, I guess.
• 1:34:29
  Um and Bryce Young has thrown six
• 1:34:32
  touchdowns to one interception. Um I'm
• 1:34:36
  not sure. There's a couple of injuries
• 1:34:37
  for for Carolina. Devin Lloyd, Jaylen
• 1:34:39
  Phillips, [clears throat] and Nick
• 1:34:40
  Scott. So that's three really key
• 1:34:43
  defensive players for Carolina. But
• 1:34:47
  you've got to establish the run game.
• 1:34:50
  >> Yeah.
• 1:34:50
  >> And I I don't know. I I just I just
• 1:34:55
  think that
• 1:34:56
  Carolina's
• 1:34:58
  even though they are so bad against the
• 1:35:00
  run, Cleveland's inability to establish
• 1:35:02
  that ground game will leave Deshaawn
• 1:35:04
  Watson having to play hero ball. And I
• 1:35:07
  don't think he's going to be able to do
• 1:35:08
  it against an offense like Carolina that
• 1:35:10
  are just scoring points for fun at the
• 1:35:12
  moment.
• 1:35:12
  >> Yeah. No, [snorts] absolutely. I think
• 1:35:15
  you're absolutely right there and you
• 1:35:16
  know I think we're going to see a
• 1:35:18
  different side to to Shaun Watson. Um
• 1:35:20
  you know he he put up a fairly good game
• 1:35:23
  against the box but against this
• 1:35:26
  Carolina defense I think he's going to
• 1:35:28
  he's going to get picked off a couple of
• 1:35:29
  times. He's going to you know the the
• 1:35:32
  talks of bringing Shadu back into the
• 1:35:34
  into the mix is going to come back in
• 1:35:36
  after this game I think. So we'll see.
• 1:35:40
  >> No, I agree. U next one I think is going
• 1:35:42
  to be quite straightforward. Chiefs at
• 1:35:43
  Dolphins. There is uh nobody in the
• 1:35:46
  world, even Dolphins fans, that think
• 1:35:48
  they're going to win this one. No.
• 1:35:49
  >> Um this is a horrendous mismatch.
• 1:35:53
  >> I can I can quite honestly see Kenneth
• 1:35:56
  Walker rushing for 200 yards in this
• 1:35:58
  game. If he's going to do it against
• 1:35:59
  anyone,
• 1:36:01
  >> it's it's going to be this this this
• 1:36:03
  awful Miami team. Um do you think they
• 1:36:06
  make it competitive
• 1:36:08
  or do you think it's just going to be a
• 1:36:11
  complete blowout?
• 1:36:14
  H let's have a score prediction. So I
• 1:36:16
  think it's going to be
• 1:36:19
  I think it's going to be
• 1:36:24
  40 points to nine in favor of the
• 1:36:27
  Chiefs. I think the only nine points
• 1:36:29
  that the uh the Dolphins are going to
• 1:36:31
  score three field goals. I think that's
• 1:36:33
  that's being generous. [snorts]
• 1:36:35
  >> No, I think you're probably right there.
• 1:36:37
  I just can't I can see them putting up a
• 1:36:40
  duck egg. Honestly, I I don't think that
• 1:36:42
  they've got anything.
• 1:36:43
  >> Um Steve, if you are out there, if for
• 1:36:45
  is 49 a score a gami, you know, these
• 1:36:47
  things.
• 1:36:48
  >> Um
• 1:36:49
  >> but yeah, I I don't think there's much.
• 1:36:52
  You know, the question isn't who wins,
• 1:36:54
  it's just whether Miami, you know,
• 1:36:56
  completely collapse or try and put some
• 1:36:58
  points on the board, but we'll see.
• 1:37:00
  >> If if I'm Kansas City here, I'm winning
• 1:37:02
  the game in the first half and pulling
• 1:37:04
  Momes. I I'm not leaving them out there.
• 1:37:06
  That is just danger.
• 1:37:08
  >> Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Don't don't do
• 1:37:10
  anything stupid. Once you get that sort
• 1:37:12
  of that nice buffer zone, get your
• 1:37:15
  second strings in there. Look after your
• 1:37:17
  look after your primaries and just watch
• 1:37:19
  the game plot click tick tick down and
• 1:37:21
  just uh walk out of there,
• 1:37:23
  >> walk out of the uh the fishbowl as as
• 1:37:25
  best you can. I think
• 1:37:27
  >> it'll be interesting to see what you
• 1:37:28
  know what sort of crowds do Dolphins
• 1:37:30
  bring in. You know, I remember watching
• 1:37:32
  the um the Bucks game and you know,
• 1:37:34
  looking at the crowd when they went down
• 1:37:36
  to sort of ground level and looking at
• 1:37:37
  the looking at the crowd around the uh
• 1:37:39
  sort of the bowl and just seeing so many
• 1:37:42
  empty seats.
• 1:37:43
  >> Um you know,
• 1:37:46
  I don't think they're going to have much
• 1:37:48
  of the crowd in the uh in the Hard Rock
• 1:37:52
  Stadium at the the Dolphins. I don't
• 1:37:54
  think so. [snorts]
• 1:37:56
  >> No, me neither. Um, next up we've got a
• 1:37:59
  two and0 team versus an 0 and2 team.
• 1:38:01
  It's Buffalo uh at home against the LA
• 1:38:05
  Chargers. Ste and I have both picked the
• 1:38:06
  Bills. What do you reckon on this one,
• 1:38:09
  Lee?
• 1:38:10
  >> Yeah, it's it's it's a tough one, isn't
• 1:38:12
  it? You got Josh Allen, you know,
• 1:38:15
  you know, potential MVP for this season
• 1:38:17
  going up against a a you know, Bolt team
• 1:38:21
  which haven't seem to be sparking on on
• 1:38:24
  offense. defense isn't looking too bad,
• 1:38:27
  but I think I think uh Josh Allen's
• 1:38:30
  going to going to take care of business
• 1:38:32
  um in in Buffalo and and make sure that
• 1:38:36
  you know that
• 1:38:38
  all the doubters out there are you know
• 1:38:40
  put put to rest and and you know the
• 1:38:43
  Bills are going to walk away with the
• 1:38:44
  dub on this one.
• 1:38:46
  >> Yeah, [snorts] I think that's fair.
• 1:38:47
  Also, just just so that the audience
• 1:38:50
  hasn't missed it, if you have the uh the
• 1:38:53
  electricity metaphors that went up
• 1:38:55
  there, I did appre I did hear them. I
• 1:38:57
  did appreciate them. The Bolts finding
• 1:38:59
  this need to find the spark on offense.
• 1:39:00
  I did like that. Um but Buffalo's
• 1:39:04
  defense hasn't been great. You know, 31
• 1:39:07
  points against in both games. So, if
• 1:39:09
  Herbert can wake up and and you know,
• 1:39:12
  find something here, then, you know,
• 1:39:15
  it's going to be a shootout. I back Josh
• 1:39:17
  Allen in a shootout every day of the
• 1:39:18
  week, but it could make it interesting.
• 1:39:21
  >> So, yeah, we've all gone for the Bills
• 1:39:23
  on that one. Next up, we've got the
• 1:39:25
  Texans at the Colts. Um, Ste and I have
• 1:39:28
  both gone for the Texans. Um, the angle
• 1:39:32
  here for me is that even though both
• 1:39:34
  teams are 0 and2, they've both shown
• 1:39:36
  enough to suggest that they're better
• 1:39:38
  than their records. The Colts obviously
• 1:39:40
  nearly nearly beaten KC last week.
• 1:39:42
  Houston's defense though gives me more
• 1:39:44
  than enough confidence to to say that
• 1:39:46
  they're going to take this one though.
• 1:39:49
  >> I think looking at the Colts last week
• 1:39:52
  um against the the Chiefs,
• 1:39:55
  I think people are sleeping on them. Um
• 1:39:58
  and I'm I actually backed the Colts to
• 1:40:00
  win in Lucas Oil Stadium this time. So,
• 1:40:02
  I'm I'm I'm going to go against the
• 1:40:04
  grain here and and back the Colts. I
• 1:40:07
  think they've uh
• 1:40:09
  they've got a lot more to prove and I
• 1:40:12
  think, you know, with a third loss under
• 1:40:15
  the Texans belts, then there's going to
• 1:40:17
  be, you know, sort of alarm bells going
• 1:40:18
  off uh around the the AFC South. Um and
• 1:40:24
  yeah, you know, see what see what
• 1:40:26
  happens in uh in Lucas Oil Stadium on on
• 1:40:29
  Sun.
• 1:40:30
  [snorts]
• 1:40:31
  >> Interesting. I mean, I I've I wasn't
• 1:40:34
  expecting that to be completely honest.
• 1:40:36
  So, we'll we'll we'll see it it to be
• 1:40:38
  honest though.
• 1:40:42
  If Nico Collins is out, I can I can see
• 1:40:45
  it. I can see it to a degree, but I just
• 1:40:47
  think their defense is too good. Whereas
• 1:40:49
  the Chiefs's defense isn't very good.
• 1:40:52
  It's not a strong defense.
• 1:40:54
  >> So, yeah, Alec Pierce has just gone to
• 1:40:57
  IR as well for the Colts. So, that's a
• 1:41:00
  >> horrendously overpaid wide receiver
• 1:41:02
  that's now sitting. Um, but yeah, so
• 1:41:05
  we'll see. We'll see how that goes next
• 1:41:06
  week when we come back. If if you've uh
• 1:41:09
  made us look silly, then then we will
• 1:41:11
  [laughter] uh
• 1:41:12
  >> I'll be back on the show. I'll be back
• 1:41:13
  on the show. I told you. I told you.
• 1:41:18
  >> Next up, we've got what again will be a
• 1:41:21
  given. I think it's the cards at the
• 1:41:23
  NerS.
• 1:41:25
  There is a big question here though. A
• 1:41:29
  big question. Yeah,
• 1:41:30
  >> Brock Pery has got shoulder and toe
• 1:41:33
  issues and has been come out today um
• 1:41:36
  and said that he is highly unlikely to
• 1:41:38
  start which means M. Jones is going to
• 1:41:41
  start for the Ners. That changes the
• 1:41:44
  complexion of the game slightly because
• 1:41:47
  the interior for San Francisco
• 1:41:51
  isn't strong at the moment. They've lost
• 1:41:54
  a couple of defensive tackles and
• 1:41:55
  they've struggled against the run. The
• 1:41:58
  Cardinals with Jeremiah Love and Tyler
• 1:42:00
  Algier have established a decent run
• 1:42:01
  game to start with. If they can keep the
• 1:42:04
  ball away from the Niners offense, if
• 1:42:06
  they can sustain long drives, establish
• 1:42:08
  the run and keep the clock moving,
• 1:42:11
  can the N the Cardinals put up more of a
• 1:42:14
  fight than we think that they would do?
• 1:42:18
  >> No. I think, you know, even with M.
• 1:42:20
  Jones is as in QB. I think, you know,
• 1:42:24
  when you've got the playmakers like
• 1:42:26
  McCaffrey, when you've got K, you know,
• 1:42:28
  just running those, you know, small, you
• 1:42:30
  know, the uh the short dig routes and,
• 1:42:33
  you know, Matt Jones isn't going to be
• 1:42:35
  asked to throw the ball deep every time.
• 1:42:37
  He's he can check [clears throat] down.
• 1:42:38
  He can throw the ball just on the other
• 1:42:40
  line other side of the line of
• 1:42:41
  scrimmage. And I think they can get that
• 1:42:43
  ball moving. Um and you know we're going
• 1:42:46
  to see a competitive 49ers coming out of
• 1:42:50
  the gate. Um
• 1:42:53
  and you know the the cards I I I again I
• 1:42:57
  don't think they're going to be
• 1:42:58
  competitive in this one even without you
• 1:43:00
  know without Brock Purley um in a QB but
• 1:43:04
  yeah my my money is going to be on the
• 1:43:06
  niner still even though we know Pery's
• 1:43:09
  out. Yeah, I think I'm I'm relatively on
• 1:43:13
  the same in the same boat. I think it's
• 1:43:15
  it's always interesting when you see a
• 1:43:18
  backup QB come in. Um, and especially,
• 1:43:22
  you know, with with that front not being
• 1:43:24
  as as as strong for San Francisco and
• 1:43:26
  they've been a bit weak against the run.
• 1:43:28
  That could be somewhere where if I'm
• 1:43:31
  Arizona, I'm looking at that and I'm
• 1:43:32
  going, "Okay, we're running up the
• 1:43:33
  middle. We're just abs we're just going
• 1:43:35
  to batter them up the middle and keep it
• 1:43:36
  going and keep it going." But I just
• 1:43:38
  think when that 49ers offense come on
• 1:43:41
  the field,
• 1:43:43
  they will lean on the run a bit more,
• 1:43:45
  which means McAffrey is going to get
• 1:43:46
  more touches and if he gets more
• 1:43:47
  touches, he's going to make more plays
• 1:43:49
  and so on and so on. 49ers win. So yeah,
• 1:43:52
  I think I think you're right there.
• 1:43:53
  >> Uh again, another 2 and 0 team against
• 1:43:56
  an 0 and2 team. It's the Vikings at the
• 1:43:58
  books. However, me and Ste have both
• 1:44:01
  picked the books for this one because
• 1:44:04
  for me,
• 1:44:06
  the Vikings have not set the world al
• 1:44:09
  light. The worrying part is Brian Flores
• 1:44:12
  does blitz a lot of the a lot of the
• 1:44:15
  time and Mayfield has been historically
• 1:44:18
  effective against pressure. He's very
• 1:44:21
  good at eluding pressure. He's very good
• 1:44:22
  at extending plays outside the pocket
• 1:44:26
  and the books have lost narrowly both
• 1:44:29
  weeks. So, is this a case where
• 1:44:33
  Minnesota have kind of got on a little
• 1:44:37
  bit of a roll and and they've, you know,
• 1:44:40
  kind of won games where they m maybe
• 1:44:42
  shouldn't have won games
• 1:44:46
  and the books losing games where they
• 1:44:48
  probably should have won them.
• 1:44:51
  What do you what do you think the story
• 1:44:52
  is here? How how do you think this one's
• 1:44:53
  going to go?
• 1:44:54
  >> So, yeah, I I I think you're absolutely
• 1:44:56
  right. I think, you know, the box are
• 1:44:58
  now due a win. You know, it's
• 1:45:01
  you know, to lose three games on a
• 1:45:04
  bounce, I think is,
• 1:45:07
  you know, is is quite hard to do unless
• 1:45:09
  you're the Dolphins. Um,
• 1:45:12
  [laughter]
• 1:45:14
  just I I I don't think it's is it's
• 1:45:17
  going to be possible. And I think, you
• 1:45:19
  know, the the trip from Minnesota down
• 1:45:22
  to down to Tampa Bay area, you know,
• 1:45:25
  you're still going to be dealing with
• 1:45:26
  with quite high levels of heat. Yeah,
• 1:45:30
  heat will play a key factor in this in
• 1:45:33
  this game. Um,
• 1:45:36
  and you know, the Vikings have been
• 1:45:38
  winning
• 1:45:41
  somehow, but I just think that somehow
• 1:45:44
  is going to come to an end against this
• 1:45:45
  game. Um, so I think it's it's just one
• 1:45:48
  of those games which I think, you know,
• 1:45:50
  everyone's going to expect the Vikings
• 1:45:52
  to go down there and take care of
• 1:45:53
  business. And I think the Bucks are
• 1:45:56
  going to get their first win of the
• 1:45:57
  season.
• 1:45:59
  >> Yeah, I I I think I'm with you on that
• 1:46:01
  one. Like Kyler Murray is back. He's
• 1:46:03
  cleared concussion protocol, so he's
• 1:46:04
  back uh to start this week. But I just
• 1:46:08
  don't again that offense is not It
• 1:46:12
  doesn't have a great run game. Jordan
• 1:46:14
  Mason's out. Aaron Jones is is he's gone
• 1:46:18
  over the hill. Justin Jefferson is
• 1:46:21
  obviously a wild card. He is he is
• 1:46:23
  Justin Jefferson. But ultimately, you
• 1:46:25
  know,
• 1:46:27
  Tamper have got to start
• 1:46:30
  having a little bit of luck [laughter]
• 1:46:32
  to be honest because they they've been
• 1:46:33
  unlucky. Um and I think Baker's due a
• 1:46:36
  bounce back. I think he'll be fuming
• 1:46:38
  after that performance against Cleveland
• 1:46:40
  last week and I think he's going to come
• 1:46:43
  out in like angry. When Baker gets
• 1:46:46
  angry, I fear to be I wouldn't want to
• 1:46:48
  be the other team. So yeah, I think that
• 1:46:51
  the books take this one. Um, next up and
• 1:46:54
  an interesting thing where the Raiders
• 1:46:57
  have got a better record than the
• 1:46:58
  Saints. They're going at 2 and0 to one
• 1:47:00
  and one for the Saints, but we've both
• 1:47:02
  picked the Saints. Um, I imagine you're
• 1:47:04
  going for the Saints as well, Lee, based
• 1:47:06
  on what they done today so far.
• 1:47:08
  >> Yeah, absolutely. I think this the
• 1:47:11
  Saints are, you know, they are
• 1:47:14
  it's going to be a tight one between
• 1:47:15
  them and the Panthers, but I'm I'm going
• 1:47:17
  to edge towards the Saints. I think
• 1:47:19
  they've had uh, you know, Kell Moore is
• 1:47:22
  is got this team into the rhythm that he
• 1:47:25
  wants to go to, and I think he's going
• 1:47:26
  to
• 1:47:28
  he's going to quieten down the the the
• 1:47:31
  Raiders hype, I believe. and you know
• 1:47:33
  and to for them to travel to from Vegas
• 1:47:35
  all the way down to New Orleans. I think
• 1:47:37
  it's going to be an interesting match,
• 1:47:39
  but I think the the Saints will take
• 1:47:42
  care of business.
• 1:47:44
  >> Yeah, I mean I I I agree. Tyler Shook's
• 1:47:48
  been very good. He's leading the league
• 1:47:50
  in passing yards with 662.
• 1:47:53
  Um there's a couple of concerns for New
• 1:47:56
  Orleans at the moment. One is that
• 1:47:57
  Kelvin Banks Jr. is out indefinitely
• 1:47:59
  with a high ankle sprain. So, they've
• 1:48:01
  got to replace their left tackle, which
• 1:48:03
  is never an easy position to replace.
• 1:48:05
  Um, Brock Bowowers is back in practice
• 1:48:08
  yesterday after missing the first two
• 1:48:10
  games with his knee. Um, and can Kirk
• 1:48:14
  Cousins keep keep doing what he's doing?
• 1:48:17
  Because again, if if he can limit the
• 1:48:21
  mistakes and and find these players
• 1:48:24
  because Brock Bows is going to take a
• 1:48:25
  lot of attention. That's going to free
• 1:48:27
  up your Trey Tuckers. that's going to
• 1:48:28
  free up, you know, like looking at last
• 1:48:30
  week, the guy that come off the practice
• 1:48:32
  squad and and scored two touchdowns. So,
• 1:48:33
  like that, you know,
• 1:48:35
  >> the Raiders at the moment, Clint Kubak,
• 1:48:38
  >> great offensive coordinator last year
• 1:48:40
  for the um
• 1:48:42
  >> for the Seahawks getting them the Super
• 1:48:44
  Bowl and gone into the Raiders, they've
• 1:48:45
  started 2 and0, but I think based on how
• 1:48:47
  New Orleans have been in fourth quarters
• 1:48:49
  against very good teams,
• 1:48:51
  >> much better teams than the Raiders,
• 1:48:53
  let's let's call it how it is. I think
• 1:48:55
  the Saints the Saints have got this one.
• 1:48:58
  >> Yeah, absolutely.
• 1:49:00
  >> Uh, next up we have got the Ravens
• 1:49:02
  versus I don't like the fact they're
• 1:49:04
  called America's team, but America's
• 1:49:06
  team, the Dallas Cowboys. I've got the
• 1:49:08
  Cowboys winning. Ste's got the Ravens.
• 1:49:11
  And I imagine you're going to go for the
• 1:49:13
  Ravens here.
• 1:49:15
  >> I honestly don't know what you're
• 1:49:16
  smoking, but yeah, I'm going to be going
• 1:49:18
  for the Ravens here. I don't know how
• 1:49:20
  you think the Cowboys are going to walk
• 1:49:22
  away with a with a victory here. Um, you
• 1:49:24
  know, the Ravens lost um lost out last
• 1:49:28
  week and I, you know, they're going to
• 1:49:29
  be coming out fighting. Um, and you
• 1:49:32
  know, they they're going to have a point
• 1:49:34
  to prove and you know, they're going to
• 1:49:36
  they're going to expose the Dallas
• 1:49:39
  defense for what it really is, which is
• 1:49:42
  a shocking shocking team. Um, you know,
• 1:49:47
  Dak Prescott and CD Lamb and and you
• 1:49:50
  know, pickings, they're going to find
• 1:49:52
  the end zone a few times,
• 1:49:54
  >> but the Baltimore Ravens, you know, we
• 1:49:57
  we're going to see a triple touchdown
• 1:49:59
  from Derk Henry. We're going to see
• 1:50:02
  multiple touchdowns in the air, you
• 1:50:05
  know, from from Lamar Jackson. It's
• 1:50:07
  going to be a scorefest for for for the
• 1:50:09
  Raiders.
• 1:50:11
  Well, there is a wild card here and that
• 1:50:13
  is that this is at the Maranar in Rio de
• 1:50:15
  Janeiro. The humidity is going to be
• 1:50:17
  horrendous. The Ravens play in Baltimore
• 1:50:20
  where it's traditionally quite cold and
• 1:50:22
  and not very humid. Um Z Flowers, Ronny
• 1:50:25
  Stanley, Trey Hendrickson could all be
• 1:50:27
  missing the game as well, which are big
• 1:50:29
  players for the Ravens. Um
• 1:50:32
  the the thing for me is
• 1:50:37
  they're a much better team than New
• 1:50:40
  Orleans are
• 1:50:43
  >> and they lost last week against New
• 1:50:45
  Orleans. The Ravens did.
• 1:50:46
  >> Yeah.
• 1:50:47
  >> Collapsed in the fourth quarter. CD Lamb
• 1:50:50
  top five wide receiver in the league.
• 1:50:53
  >> I think that George Pickings is a great
• 1:50:55
  number two as well. Stretches the field
• 1:50:57
  really, really well.
• 1:50:58
  >> Yeah. If Baltimore can establish the run
• 1:51:01
  though and go up the middle with Derek
• 1:51:03
  Henry, I think that, you know, that's
• 1:51:05
  where that's where they'll win. But I I
• 1:51:08
  personally think that if it's a
• 1:51:10
  shootout, Dallas win. I just I just
• 1:51:12
  think that Dak's got the ability. He's
• 1:51:14
  got the weapons. And
• 1:51:18
  from what I saw of the Ravens last week
• 1:51:21
  against the Saints,
• 1:51:24
  I can't see a world where they're not
• 1:51:26
  going to allow those big plays because
• 1:51:29
  that's what Tyler Shook was living off.
• 1:51:30
  He was living off just finding a larae
• 1:51:32
  down the field and just having the space
• 1:51:34
  to do so. And when you've got somebody
• 1:51:36
  like Dak who is that's that's what he
• 1:51:39
  does and he's got CD Lamb and George
• 1:51:41
  Pickings, I think they're going to eat
• 1:51:43
  up yardage.
• 1:51:45
  >> [snorts]
• 1:51:46
  >> They would be more sensible, I think, to
• 1:51:47
  try and keep them off the field and
• 1:51:48
  extend like keep the clock rolling, but
• 1:51:50
  I think if it's a shootout, Dallas win
• 1:51:52
  and that's what I think it's going to
• 1:51:53
  be.
• 1:51:53
  >> Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.
• 1:51:57
  >> Yeah. I'm I'm still going to back the
• 1:51:59
  Raiders. I think, you know, even though
• 1:52:01
  Dallas obviously used to playing in the
• 1:52:03
  heat um down there in in Texas, I think,
• 1:52:07
  >> you know, they play in an air
• 1:52:08
  conditioning stadium. um the heat
• 1:52:10
  doesn't really become a factor and it's
• 1:52:12
  more of a dry heat in in Texas than a
• 1:52:14
  than a than a wet heat. Um so I think
• 1:52:16
  both teams are going to be
• 1:52:17
  disadvantaged. So I I I I still think
• 1:52:19
  it's going to be uh a Ravens scorefest
• 1:52:24
  in my opinion.
• 1:52:26
  >> That's fair. Uh we'll move on to Sunday
• 1:52:28
  night football. It's the Rams at the
• 1:52:30
  Broncos. Um Matteo, you'll be happy I've
• 1:52:32
  picked the Broncos. Uh Steve's gone for
• 1:52:34
  the Rams. And also I I I don't like the
• 1:52:36
  Rams. on fraud watch still, which is why
• 1:52:38
  I've picked the Broncos. [laughter] Um,
• 1:52:41
  obviously here you've got Stafford
• 1:52:43
  coming off a great performance last
• 1:52:44
  week. The Rams looking like the Rams
• 1:52:46
  even without Puka. Um, the Broncos,
• 1:52:50
  anyone going to mile high, and I say
• 1:52:52
  this every year, going to Mile High is
• 1:52:54
  the hardest place to go in the league.
• 1:52:56
  The altitude is if if any of you out
• 1:52:58
  there have have been anywhere that's at
• 1:53:01
  altitude, even walking around, it's not
• 1:53:04
  nice. It is it just it it completely
• 1:53:07
  like takes it out of you. Um LA
• 1:53:10
  obviously on a short week this week if
• 1:53:13
  Denver can sort of keep Stafford
• 1:53:15
  uncomfortable um and the Denver
• 1:53:17
  secondary is very good as well. Pat
• 1:53:19
  Satan in there.
• 1:53:20
  >> Yeah.
• 1:53:21
  >> I think that Denver have got if provided
• 1:53:23
  Bicks keeps it simple, Denver take this
• 1:53:26
  one. What do you think about this one?
• 1:53:29
  Um, I mean, I've picked the Rams because
• 1:53:32
  it's the Rams and, you know, they they
• 1:53:35
  are the Super Bowl favorites to get
• 1:53:40
  there. Um, you know, you've got
• 1:53:43
  two fantastic offensiveminded head
• 1:53:47
  coaches in Shawn Payton [clears throat]
• 1:53:48
  >> and Shawn McVey.
• 1:53:50
  >> Um,
• 1:53:53
  there's going to be lots of factors to
• 1:53:54
  this. You're absolutely right. Yeah, my
• 1:53:56
  house my Ohio high stadium is going to
• 1:53:58
  be one of the key factors,
• 1:54:01
  but I just can't see I can't see the
• 1:54:03
  Rams not doing Rams things. I think
• 1:54:07
  they're going to they're going to go in
• 1:54:08
  there and and
• 1:54:10
  defense are going to shut down Bon
• 1:54:13
  Knicks. I think their offense, you know,
• 1:54:17
  Stafford's just going to find his his
• 1:54:19
  open receivers regardless.
• 1:54:23
  um if Patan is, you know, running crazy
• 1:54:26
  in the backfield, you know, it's it's
• 1:54:28
  it's going to be it's going to be a
• 1:54:30
  tight game, but
• 1:54:31
  >> but I think it's the Rams are going to
• 1:54:34
  take care of business in a in a
• 1:54:35
  fantastic Sunday night game.
• 1:54:37
  >> Yeah. I think it's one of those games
• 1:54:39
  where like prime time quite often
• 1:54:42
  disappoints.
• 1:54:43
  >> Yeah.
• 1:54:44
  >> But this is one that I think is is going
• 1:54:47
  to be a very very mustwatch game to be
• 1:54:50
  honest. One of the games of the week.
• 1:54:52
  Um,
• 1:54:53
  on to the next one which is Monday Night
• 1:54:55
  Football which you'll be looking forward
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  to this week with no Cayla Williams.
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  Eagles at Bears. We've both gone the
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  Eagles here, me and Ste. And I I no
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  guesses who you've gone for this week.
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  >> But yeah, I I I'll let you I'll let you
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  take the lead on this one because
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  because you've got a lot more inside
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  knowledge on the Eagles than than I do.
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  So where where do you see the
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  weaknesses? Where do you see Chicago
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  keeping this competitive? Let's turn it
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  around from from why the Eagles a win.
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  Let's what what could challenge the
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  Eagles here from a Caleb Williams lus
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  Chicago Bears team?
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  >> So, it's it's going to be the Bears
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  defense making trouble for the for the
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  Eagles offense. They know that their
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  offensive line is is currently beat up,
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  missing Landon Dickinson in in the
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  middle. Um you've got players out of
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  position. Um, so they're going to try
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  and take it up the middle as much as
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  possible. Um, they're going to be
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  throwing out stunts and and trying to
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  run it up the middle. Um, and if they
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  can shut down the run game with with
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  Saquon Barkley and and Tank Bixby and
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  and um and and the other guys,
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  they they could force Jaylen to to put
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  the ball in the air. Um,
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  and you know, if if if the Bears
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  secondary are as as as
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  good as what they've been showing over
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  the last few weeks, you know, this could
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  be a problem for the Eagles.
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  >> But, you know, the Eagles will put
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  points on the boards. It's whether the
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  Bears can be competitive.
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  >> Yeah.
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  >> On their offensive side of the ball. Um,
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  you know, Roman Dun, you know, how much
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  of how much of the ball is he gonna be
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  seeing,
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  >> um, you know, we just heard from, um,
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  obviously from Nate that, you know,
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  Tyler, was it Tyler Beant? Is it there?
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  >> Yeah, Tyson Beant can look like Keenum
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  is going to be the starter for Chicago.
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  >> Case Keenum in 2026.
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  >> Jeez, I thought he retired. Honestly, I
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  didn't [laughter]
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  still in the league. He's he's he must
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  be sitting on the he must have been
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  sitting on the practice squad and he's
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  just been elevated. Um
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  >> what happens when he goes down?
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  >> Well, that's it. Who's next? [laughter]
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  >> Who's who's next? You know, we remember
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  that. Yeah.
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  >> I don't know.
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  >> He's still on podcast saying he wants to
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  play. So, you know,
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  >> he's still there. He's still there. It's
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  bringing Cam Ward. You know who else who
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  else we got? We've got we've got loads
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  of players who's wanting to come back.
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  Um
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  >> yeah, I yeah, I I this is going to be an
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  Eagles win is is what form of Bears
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  offense we see. Um you know, Ben Johnson
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  obviously he's again he's one of those
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  underrated sort of um offensive
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  masterminds. Um
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  you know, but we we saw him struggle
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  against, you know, a a mediocre
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  you know, Minnesota Vikings team last
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  week. So, how was how was
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  >> how was their third string quarterback
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  going to be
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  playing against the Eagles where, you
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  know, arguably, you know, again, a top
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  10 defense for the Philadelphia Eagles.
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  It's uh
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  >> yeah,
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  >> you know, it's it's it's going to be
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  tough for for them to move the ball and
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  I think the Eagles are just going to
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  >> take care of business. It's not going to
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  be an exciting game, I don't think, but
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  it's going to be an easy
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  I I I think you're right there. I The
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  only way that I can see this being
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  anywhere near close is if Chicago
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  established that run. Um obviously last
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  year when they beat you, they ran for
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  281 yards. So that is something and
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  especially with like you say all the
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  mismatch positions and injuries in the
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  offensive line, that's something to keep
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  an eye on. Um, but you know, I I just
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  think that the Eagles are too much. I
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  player for player at the moment and
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  especially when you're down to Case
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  Keenum, if that's if that's the genuine
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  best available option for you as a team,
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  then you're struggling a little bit. Um,
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  so yeah, I think the Eagles take this on
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  on prime time. I don't think it's going
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  to be as good of a prime time game as
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  the the Sunday night game, but it'll be
• 1:59:14
  a good game nonetheless. Saying that,
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  all the prime time games this week,
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  Thursday night, Sunday night, and also
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  Monday night, all look like they're not
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  going to be too bad this week. They all
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  they all seem like they're going to be
• 1:59:25
  decent matchups.
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  >> Um, so we are rapidly running out of
• 1:59:31
  time. So, the audible call this week we
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  are going to skip, but we're going to go
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  to the two-minute warning. The way we do
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  this two-minute warning, uh, Lee, is
• 1:59:38
  this is two bold predictions, hot takes,
• 1:59:40
  anything you want. This is this is what
• 1:59:42
  we're after. So, like, who do you think
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  is going to be the MVP? any any crazy
• 1:59:46
  stuff that you think that we can look
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  back and and go well in week three Lee
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  said this and it was right or it was
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  wrong.
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  >> So I think my bold prediction is going
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  to be
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  Tyler Shook offensive MVP.
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  >> Okay.
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  >> I think
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  >> yeah I think he's he's going to he's
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  going to progress this season. This is
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  obviously his second season in the the
• 2:00:11
  NFL. second season with the with the
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  Saints. And I think with
• 2:00:16
  uh Kell Moore, I think he is going to be
• 2:00:20
  he's going to develop as a really good
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  QB. Um you know, he's he's
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  [clears throat] he's obviously been
• 2:00:25
  compared as a as a um a cheap man's uh
• 2:00:30
  Josh Allen. And I think that's that's
• 2:00:32
  putting a bit of fire on his belly. And
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  I think he's going to come out and yeah,
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  he's going to be my uh my my
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  offensive MVP for this year.
• 2:00:41
  Okay. Interesting. And what about one
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  thing that you're seeing that nobody
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  else is seeing at the moment? Something
• 2:00:49
  that's like completely completely left
• 2:00:52
  field.
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  >> Okay. So, I mean, I think you you
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  already covered it there. The Jets. I
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  think we we are underestimating the Jets
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  in this one. I think the Jets are
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  they're going to be sneaky good this
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  year. I think they're going to be, you
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  know, compared to where they were last
• 2:01:11
  year, um, you know, they're in a a
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  highly competitive uh, AFC East.
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  >> Mhm.
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  >> But could we could we see them could we
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  see them in the playoffs as a wild card
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  team?
• 2:01:26
  >> That's what I that's what I said. That's
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  what I said in in week week two of
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  preseason. That was my prediction is the
• 2:01:32
  Jets are going to make the playoffs. and
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  Steve laughed at me and I I I I just I
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  can see it. I can see it.
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  >> I can I can say I can see it there as
• 2:01:40
  well, mate. I really could.
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  >> Um and we will close the show on the
• 2:01:45
  final whistle. So, game of the week.
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  What do you reckon this week is going to
• 2:01:49
  be the game of the week?
• 2:01:50
  >> I think it's that Sunday night game that
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  that Broncos versus the Rams. I think
• 2:01:54
  that is going to be a cracking game. Um
• 2:01:57
  a game which could go either way. Um, so
• 2:02:00
  that's that's definitely the game that
• 2:02:01
  I'm looking forward to watching on
• 2:02:03
  Sunday night.
• 2:02:04
  >> I I would say the Packers versus the
• 2:02:08
  Falcons, but I'm actually dreading
• 2:02:10
  watching this at this point. [laughter]
• 2:02:12
  Um, I honestly think the Cowboys versus
• 2:02:14
  the Ravens. I think it's going to be a
• 2:02:16
  shootout and I think it's going to be a
• 2:02:17
  very entertaining watch if you are not a
• 2:02:20
  Cowboys or a Ravens fan.
• 2:02:22
  >> Um, so that's that's that's my game of
• 2:02:24
  the week this week. Um, Steve, uh,
• 2:02:26
  Steve, Lee, sorry, I'm used to saying
• 2:02:28
  Ste at this point.
• 2:02:29
  >> Steve,
• 2:02:30
  >> Steve, where are you? Um, Super Bowl
• 2:02:32
  matchup right now. Go.
• 2:02:34
  >> Uh, it's going to be the Rams versus
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  Bill.
• 2:02:41
  >> Okay. Interesting. I am I'm I'm going to
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  go Packers Jets because
• 2:02:46
  I'm just I'm I'm I'm committing to the
• 2:02:49
  bit and I think the Packers are going to
• 2:02:51
  win it and I think the Jets are going to
• 2:02:53
  do really well. Um anyway, we've just
• 2:02:55
  about made it. We've kept within the two
• 2:02:57
  hours just about. Thank you massively to
• 2:03:00
  Lee for filling in for Steve this week.
• 2:03:02
  Um you will see Lee on on lots of
• 2:03:04
  different things on TDUK. Um we've had a
• 2:03:09
  crazy season so far. I think it's going
• 2:03:12
  to continue to be crazy. Um but one
• 2:03:15
  thing is not crazy. We'll be back here
• 2:03:17
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